March 7, 2010 3 p.m.
Lincoln Theatre
712 S. 1st St., Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Sponsors: Skagit PFLAG, The Pride Foundation : 2010 Skagit Human Rights Festival
Tickets (online): http://www.lincolntheatre.org/
Tickets (phone): 360-336-8955 (M-F, noon-5pm)
Ticket price: $10.00 General, $8.00 Students/Seniors
How about loading up a carload of your favorite folks and taking a little roadtrip and seeing this movie? Hannah Free is a wonderful movie that you can enjoy and support local organizations at the same time.
Ms T
Hannah and Rachel grew up as little girls in the same small Midwest town, where traditional gender expectations eventually challenge their deep love for one another. Hannah becomes an adventurous, unapologetic lesbian and Rachel a strong but quiet homemaker. Weaving back and forth between past and present, the film reveals how the women maintained their love affair despite a marriage, a world war, infidelities, and family denial.
Starring Sharon Gless and Maureen Gallagher
'Sharon Gless really knocks this role out of the park'
David Mixner
If you have not had the pleasure of checking out Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, I may be able to entice you by providing their March schedule of local authors that are doing FREE reading and book signings. There are several Third Place Book Clubs that are FREE, Drop In and themed (cooking, etc). There are many offerings so peek at the variety of FREE musical guests on Friday and Saturday evenings, or the many other events that are posted on the Seattle Announcements Calendar on the Home page. You can grab a bite to eat in their food court and enjoy your evening!
First do not miss this weekends Sunday 2/28 2-3pm performance of the Total Experience Gospel Choir as they will inspire you for the week! Onto book authors as news and sports radio and TV personality Tony Ventrella will introduce his second book which is a sequel, Seattle writer Bruce Taylor has been co-director of The Wellness Program at Harborview Medical and is a special book for Third Place as it is published by The Third Place Press Company. If you enjoy humor 'The Uptight Seattleite' may hit your funny bone, Seattle author Jeffrey Overstreet follows his first two novels and NW garden writer Linda Chalker-Scott presents her second book using scientific evidence to weed out gardening myths from facts.
There are plenty of other authors that grace Third Place and Jodi Picoult will introduce her 13th novel, this one a gripping story of a boy with Asperger's accused of murder. Chris Moore's 12th novel, third in his Bloodsucking Fiend series and Kim Harrison's eighth Rachel Morgan urban fantasy, the charming bounty hunter and witch will all be revealed this month. David Shields tackles a timely topic of reality TV, Facebook and YouTube and how truth and art is approached as a result. If you believe you can tell what a person feels by what their face looks like, check out Jean Haner as she reveals how acupuncture and Chinese medicine with face reading is a powerful source of wisdom.
Kevin Salwen & Hannah Salwen will discuss how their family sold their Atlanta mansion in an effort to do something about poverty. Their 14 year old was their inspiration and their book shows us how to live more frugally. David Corbett shares his compelling book on human-trafficking and Francis Kuffell shares 'Angry Fat Girls' which is a contemporary look at how she found support to lose weight in the cyber world.
3rd Annual Two day 'Over the Rainbow' Festival Friday, February 26th 7:00pm and Saturday, February 27th at Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon, WA. I want to invite you to join us to attend this event and support all the groups that are participating. You will get a sneak peek at Diverse Harmony (see my review of this group). Sponsors include: Skagit PFLAG www.pflagskagit.org; The Pride Foundation: Doug Exworthy and Kent Poush. This is a FREE event but donations gladly accepted.
The Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Skagit County Chapter, the Mount Vernon High School Gay/Straight Alliance and the Pride Foundation present the third annual festival.
Once again I am reminded of how much I receive from finding the gems in our community and sharing them with you. Certainly my life is enriched as a result and I hope that yours is too! Diverse Harmony struck a chord with me when I read about their mission statement 'to create a safe, affirming environment where everyone is accepted for who they are'. The chorus is open to 13-22 year old gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual and trans-gendered youth and I thought if they could pull this off within this age group I would take off my leather skirt metaphorically to them.
Certainly teens with queer family members/friends or those dealing with orientation or gender issues could use as many supportive environments as possible. I immediately talked to my own teen who loves to sing about whether she would be interested in checking out the FIRST Gay-Straight Alliance Youth chorus in the United States to see if it was a fit for her and her vocal desires. I was thrilled when she said she was interested in checking them out.
We showed up at one of their normal Tuesday evening practices unannounced and without really knowing what to expect. We were greeted warmly by the existing members in the group and by the Artistic Director Brent McGee. Brent is the second director in the groups history since it began in 2002 after music teacher Rhonda Juliano formed the choir as a result of her own blending of families and coming out.
Brent relates so well to teens that one wonders if he is a teenager trapped in the body of a adult male himself. He is a hoot and truly has a gift for creating an atmosphere of respect and fun while modeling the groups guiding values. The members sign a contract that they will uphold themselves accountable to a standard of behavior as they represent Diverse Harmony. I saw in action that first night that their behavior matches the vision.
Our vision...As with most successful endeavors, it takes a village of people and Jeremiah Oliver lends his musical talent as the Assistant Artistic Director/Accompianist and boy can he can play a mean piano! He can guide the voice using the piano with seemingly no effort. Brent and Jeremiah have vast musical experience which provides a strong foundation and are a natural fit for bringing out the fabulous in each chorus member. To round out the village people, Michael Morgan provides the backbone by keeping the chorus on track with the countless forms that need to be filled out as well as numerous other behind the scene functions as he answers the countless same questions over and over. Without him the focus of the chorus would be split so his attendance and calm, quiet demeanor provide such grace during practice. He is definitely the 'go to' guy.
is a world in which differences are celebrated!
The mission of Diverse Harmony, a gay/straight alliance youth chorus, is to create a safe, affirming environment where everyone is accepted for who they are.
We use our passion and the power of music to inspire the celebration of differences in our homes, community and world.
Our guiding values are:
* Musical excellence
* Fun and friendship
* Respect and gratitude
* Safety and support for being true self
* Inclusiveness
* Courage
* Self-responsibility
* Community service
We proudly invite all gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual and trans-gendered youth (ages 13-22) to participate in a choral community of their own.
