Kate Clinton in Seattle in March 2010

The upcoming Kate Clinton show at the Triple Door should be a hoot as she is always very current and funny with her very distinct brand of humor.  I have had the pleasure of seeing her in person in the past and enjoyed it very much. 

Kate Clinton 3/5/2010
Doors 6:00 Show 7:30. Doors 9:45 Show 10:30. 
Triple Door - Mainstage
216 Union St Seattle, WA
206.838.4333
Website: http://www.thetripledoor.net/

Country Doctor Provides no or low cost healthcare on Thursdays

There is FREE and Sliding scale Health Care available for those in our community*. 

Thursdays from 5:30-8:30 offers primary and naturopathic care for the LGBTQ community.  The providers have been serving the LGBTQ community for many years. Cost is sliding scale - no one is turned away for lack of funds and they are very accustomed and adept at providing skilled medical services to our community. For information and to make an appointment, call 206-299-1600.

Some of the things you can be seen for besides regular health screenings are:
hormone initiation and management
Sexually transmitted disease testing, treatment and counseling
Lifestyle counseling to optimize health and wellbeing

Spectrum Natural Health at Country Doctor Community Health Clinic, 500 19th Ave. E, Seattle, WA appt call 206-299-1600

Thanks to SGN for the information!

*Check out the event on the Home page of Seattle Announcements for December 12th for Free pap smears, breast exams and mammograms.  

Seattle Erotic Art Festival needs you writers

 This event grows each year in artist representation and has expanded to selecting writers as part of their 2nd year of the Literary Art Showcase...read on!  Ms T

Announcing the Call for Literary Art

Last year the Seattle Erotic Art Festival was delighted to premiere the Literary Art Showcase. Created to highlight writing as an important art form, the Showcase, the first of its kind at any erotic art festival, featured work from poets, playwrights and authors from across the country.


Featured writers, selected by a panel of professional writers, will have their work presented as part of an interactive installation created specifically for the Festival and may be selected for a future anthology of writing.


The call for writers is open until March 1, 2010.


There are three categories of literary art:

• Poetry (all forms)
• Short stories (5 pages or less, single-spaced)
• Short one-act plays or scripts (25 pages including scene setup)

In order to apply, you must be at least 18 years old.

For more information about the literary call for art, including rules and regulations, visit www.SeattleErotic.org.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Appreciation to Seattle Erotic Art Festival for the information updates.

What's to do this weekend?

There is so much to do this weekend-my goodness!  Please spend some time perusing the Seattle Announcements Calendar as you will find at least 20 things to do!  There is no reason to be lonely at home eating cold porridge.

Here a few events you will find on the Seattle Announcements Calendar for this weekend.  On Friday there is a Drag Show at Swank, Karaoke followed by a Dance at the WildRose, or if a bar is not your speed Columbia City has their Beatwalk for a few more weeks and Dunshee House has a game night.  Bent is preforming this weekend and has one of our own special folks preforming on Saturday (see other posts).

Leather Reign is all weekend and the Goodwill is having their Glitter Sale both days.  Seattle Men In Leather will buzz your hair and shine your boots for a worthy cause on Saturday.  The new Mr. Miss and Ms. Gay Seattle will be determined Saturday as well as a new event called the L Games will premiere at the Garage.  Swank has a fundraiser for Rain City Surge Women's Soccer Team and there is a Pet Loss Support Group during the day on Saturday for those experiencing this type of sad loss.

Sunday is a day for play and support.  Daring Divorceed Diva's meet and Parent/Family Support for the gender variant are on the calendar.  There are several T Dances and I am thrilled that DANA DUB has returned to Sunday T Dances.  I want to take a group to support him as he was the best DJ for Disco that I know and I still miss the Timberline as I know many of you do.  It is a great inexpensive and early day to get your groove on.

Please enjoy your weekend!  Since November is a month that I think of things I am grateful for, I want to start by letting you my gentle readers know I am grateful for you.

Thank you for your inspiration.

Ms T

Seattle Men in Leather presents "Boots & Buzzcuts plus Uniform Muster"

You can get your boots shined and a Buzzcut with the proceeds benefiting the 2009 Seattle Men in Leather charity, Lambert House, Seattle's LGBT Youth Resource Center.

On Saturday, November 14, from 8 p.m.-midnight, Seattle Men in Leather presents "Boots & Buzzcuts plus Uniform Muster" at:

The Cuff Complex
1533 13th Ave. at E. Pine St.
www.seattlemeninleather.org.

2009 Mr. Miss & Ms. Gay Seattle Pageant

Another event for Saturday November 14th worth mentioning!

2009 Mr. Miss & Ms. Gay Seattle Pageant $20 suggested donation
Presented by the Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle
Doors 7, show 7:30
Neigbours Nightclub
1509 Broadway (entrance in Alley)
www.imperialcourtofseattle.com

Glitter Sale Seattle Goodwill

This weekend (November 14/15) is the Goodwill's fabulous Glitter Sale. 

Glamorous attire and accessories at our famous low prices.
Saturday & Sunday 9am-6pm
Seattle Goodwill Store
1400 South Lane Street
Seattle, WA 98144
(near the corner of Rainer and Dearborn)

www.seattlegoodwill.org

Christmas Trees from Dunshee House & their services

This is perhaps early but I want to plant a seed as buying your Christmas Tree from Dunshee House is a small thing that we each can do to help support a wonderful organization (I don't assume we all celebrate Christmas).  The Christmas tree lot begins the day after Thanksgiving and runs through Christmas Eve. 

Would we like to organize a group of US to work a shift
for this neighborhood event?  Wouldn't that be a HOOT!!
Let me know if you are interested and I will set it up.

I was a part of Dunshee House (it was called SASG then) in their support group Family Shoulders in the early 91's-93ish.  I cannot say enough of how this group saved my emotional self when my brother told me he had HIV and then died suddenly and unnecessarily due to hospital neglect and prejudice.

Help out with our largest fundraising event, the annual Christmas tree lot!

Each year, the backyard of Dunshee House is transformed into our largest fundraising event, the annual Christmas tree lot (303 17th Avenue East ).  This event, which is almost completely volunteer-driven, provides a major portion of our annual operating budget.  Plus, it’s fun!  The Christmas tree lot begins the day after Thanksgiving and runs through Christmas Eve, but preparations begin long before that. 

If you are interested in pitching in,
or would like to bring a group of friends to work a shift for this neighborhood event,
contact David by phone: (206) 322-2584 or email: david@dunsheehouse.org

You will find many groups unrelated to HIV on our Seattle Announcements Calendar that Dunshee House hosts that fit nicely with the goal of our group in creating a sense of community and are FREE of charge.  Family of Choice for example is a drop in group for LBTQ women meeting on Tuesday evenings where one can meet new friends while sharing common experiences and creating community.  Or maybe you would enjoy their Spiritual Empowerment Group on the same evening which is a mixed gender group.

On Wednesday's they offer a Book Club that meets weekly to discuss a montly book that is selected.  On the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Friday of every month they have Queer Alternative GaYme Night for all LGBTQ's.  If you have friends or teens this could be a perfect event to attend with or without them.

If you are struggling with a break up they have a upbeat group on Sundays called Daring Divorced Diva's and it requires a check in with the facilitator before attending.  This ensures everyone's privacy and safety in the group.  Last, Lotus Sisters meets on the 2nd Sunday and is a lesbian Sangha that meets for sitting and walking meditation.  Many are Vipassana practitioners but all are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Lots of options and all are listed on the Seattle Announcements Calendar.

Ms T

Week at a Glance

Please take a peek at http://seattleannouncements.blogspot.com/

as there is an important event on the HOME page regarding getting FREE breast exams, PAP smears or mammograms on December 12th at the WildRose.  Take care of those girls...


Urgh...note to self, once I "publish post" if I make a change to the post it resends it to all my RSS subscribers.  I did this yesterday and found myself comparing my own post...what a freak and perfectionist I am.  

Dang...and I called Lisa a Kock instead of Koch in the post heading (pronounced cock, I am sure)...there is no spell check for that (or for hitting the send too soon as I wish other people had figured out by now).  Where is my lil person on my shoulder to keep me from doing that?  I need a HouseDyke just for this!  When I do my contest for what a HouseDyke does, this will definitely be on my list under the subheading "impulse control". 


I want to Highlight a number of events that are posted on the Seattle Announcements Calendar.  Please check it for additional details and for all the other great options for the week.

Monday join in on the fun at Cineoke!

Monday, November 9

A monthly sing along event presented by Three Dollar Bill Cinema. Sing along to your favorite numbers from American musicals, cult classics and foreign hits.

Cineoke happens the 2nd Monday of every month.

Monday, November 9

7pm (door 6:30pm)

Jewelbox Theater, at the Rendezvous

2322 Second Ave

$5 cover

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Wednesday

Women of the World Poetry Slam (WOWPS) Preliminary # 2 is part of the

Seattle Poetry Slam
Every Wed night at Spitfire
2219 4th Ave
Downtown Seattle, between Bell & Blanchard
Sign ups 8:00-8:30pm
$5 cover, 21 & up, ID required
www.SeattlePoetrySlam.org

This weeks featured artist is:

Tristan Silverman occupies the space where gender, sexuality, Judaism, and art converge. Trained as a documentary filmmaker, screenwriter, and novelist, Tristan's poetry addresses the humanness of flaw, the fluidity of identity, and the reality of coming of age queer and American. Tristan exploded onto the Chicago spoken word scene in 2006, quickly establishing herself as a force to be reckoned with in the poetry slam community and as an important voice for individuals who find themselves outside of the mainstream. She represented Chicago at two National Poetry Slam competitions, placing 5th in the nation with her team in 2008. An organizer and teaching artist as well as an award-winning poet, Silverman tours and conducts workshops across the country through organizations and events including the Estrogen Festival (Michigan and Chicago), Lesbians Against Cancer Association, BENT, Young Chicago Authors, Louder than a Bomb youth poetry festival, Sparkle (Washington D.C.), GenderFusions, and Mothertongue, as well as colleges and universities nationwide.

Thanks to Seattle Poetry Slam for the updates.

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Bent has performances on Friday and Saturday.  Janet Qualman will be in Saturday's show and use her name when you order tickets for either show as the performance teams are competing for an extra performance night.

Starting Friday Leather Reign begins which will run through the weekend and looks like they have a great schedule. 

Speaking of games...

The L Games is at the Garage and this looks like a hoot.  I would love to get a group together to go the next time they do one of these events.  If you can make it this time, check it out and let me know the fun you had.  I may pop in...you never know. 

Board games night for Lesbians

• Doors open at 8pm
• Cover: $8.80 online, $12 at the door
• Tickets @ theldate.net
  
• The L Word board game, Gayopoly, Homogenius
• Lesbian musical chairs!

That is enough for now and enjoy your week.


Ms T