Pride Week sweet deal Open the box, dump the pow- der in a bowl, add milk and stir. It’s a simple recipe, but there’s al- Vol. XIV, No. 4 Serving the Gay and Lesbian Community of the Inland Northwest April 2005 ways that moment when you think it may not blend properly. Then, voila! You’re serving dessert after all. Rodee-no-no Spokane’s Pride Week commit- Equality tee is still in the kitchen and, with help from some other cooks, ap- pears that it will be serving a table loaded with tempting and creative now in confections. And the menu is still open for additional treats. For a quick lick of the spatula, see stories beginning on page 6. hands of Historical commission: Olympia Gay marker approved for lawgivers Independence Supreme Court, Senate Hall grounds to decide marriage, PHILADELPHIA Ð The birthplace anti-discrimination of America’s fight for liberty will soon be the site of a new monument. compiled from various reports The Pennsylvania Historical and Mu- OLYMPIA Ð A Senate committee seum Commission has announced was to consider H.B. 1515, the Ander- photo courtesy John Tomes approval of an historical marker that son-Murray Anti-Discrimination Bill, will recognize the area around Inde- Bull riding is one capital event at rodeos, but Coeur d’Alene’s John Tomes, that would provide state residents civil above, was about to rack up frequent flyer miles from the back of Taylormade pendence Hall as the site of the first rights protections in employment, at last year’s Comstock Gay Rodeo in Reno, Nev. Tomes and other gay cowboys organized gay and lesbian civil rights housing and public accommodation and cowgirls are planning a rodeo event sponsored by the Pacific Northwest demonstration. based on sexual orientation. Gay Rodeo Association in the Spokane area for late May or early June. Related Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. The House of Representative over- story on page 8. Rendell is expected to unveil the whelming passed the bill on a vote of marker at a national celebration at In- 61-37, and Gov. Christine Gregoire has state no longer can justify limiting mar- dependence Hall on May 1. The event indicated that she will sign it. Pres- Prime Minister: Britain riage to a man and a woman. The de- will commemorate the 40th anniver- ently, however, the bill must be ap- cision was hailed as a legal landmark ready for a gay leader sary of the gay civil rights movement, proved at the committee level before that, if upheld on appeal, would pave LONDON marked by the demonstration at Inde- it can be forwarded for a vote by the Ð British Prime Minister the way for the nation’s most populous pendence Hall full chamber. Tony Blair publicly announced last on July 4, state to follow Massachusetts in allow- month that the United Kingdom is ready 1965. Insiders indicate a Senate vote ing same-sex couples to wed. for an openly-gay prime minister. would be close. “We are “It appears that no rational purpose “I don’t think people would reject a thrilled that Meanwhile, in the state Supreme exists for limiting marriage in this state prime minister simply on the basis that this important Court, justices are considering the con- to opposite-sex partners,” San Fran- he was gay,” Blair said in an interview landmark has stitutionality of extending the full cisco County Superior Court Judge with a local magazine, according to been approved rights of marriage to same-sex couples Richard Kramer wrote. Kramer stated The (Edinburgh) Scotsman, as Stone- unanimously in Washington state. The justices heard that the state’s historical definition of wall News Northwest prepared for by the (state arguments March 8 in lawsuit enjoined marriage, by itself, cannot justify the press. historical by the American Civil Liberties Union, unconstitutional denial of equal pro- commis- Pennsylvania Gov. Lambda Legal and the Northwest tection for gay men and lesbians and sion),” said Edward G. Rendell Women’s Law Center. their right to marry. INSIDE Malcolm Lazin, executive director of Plaintiffs in the case Ð 29 gay and Plaintiffs and their lawyers said the sponsoring Equality Forum. lesbian couples seeking to marry, in- Kramer’s ruling was a milestone for Arts & Entertainment ...... 10 “We commend Equality Forum for cluding Marge Ballack and Diane California, akin to the 1948 state Su- a well presented historical marker Lantz of Spokane Ð are challenging the preme Court decision that made Cali- Business Directory ...... 13 nomination form,” Wayne Spilove, legality of the state’s 1998 Defense of fornia the first state in the nation to Calendar ...... 19 chairman of PHMC, said March 23. Marriage Act (DOMA) which limits legalize interracial marriage. marriage to heterosexual couples. Classifieds ...... 18 “Pennsylvania is proud to be both the The California lawsuits have been birthplace of our nation and the birth- The court did not indicate when it closely watched. The state has the International News ...... 16 place of so many historic events that would issue a ruling in the case, but highest percentage of same-sex part- National News ...... 14 have advanced civil rights in those close to the matter feel an an- ners in the nation, and its Legisla- America,” Spilove added. nouncement may be forthcoming in ture has gone further than any other Regional News ...... 8 three to four months. The 16-hour national celebration on in voluntarily providing gay couples Spokane News ...... 4 May 1 is part of Equality Forum 2005, In another related development last the perks of marriage without a Tell Trinity ...... 17 Continued on page 18 month, a California judge ruled that the court order. Voices...... 2 Page 2 Stonewall News Northwest April 2005

This paper proudly dedicates itself to the spirit of the Voices Stonewall Patriots who, on May 5, 1997, courageously committed themselves to the achievement of Freedom and Liberty and A gay district in Spokane? Justice for all people of the City of Spokane “Equal Rights for All” Dean Lynch ❖ Bill Nourse ❖ Ella Hartson It’s about a La Cage aux Folles for canaries Dennis Davis ❖ Jay Castro ❖ Janice Marx by Michael Alvear the Reverend Linda J. Laster Sure, there are successful ethnic enclaves. The Marianne Hurmence-Dawson Latin Quarter in New Orleans, China Town in New Should cities create “gay districts” to attract tour- York and Little Cuba in Miami are all physical “dis- ists, residents and businesses? Gay activists in Spo- tricts” with shared cultural, linguistic and religious kane, Washington, are at the forefront of this question. practices. But a gay district would never work because They want to create a “gay district” filled with gay sexual orientation cuts across ethnic, religious and homes and businesses to attract some of the 38 million racial lines. What do gays and lesbians have in com- Founder and Publisher people economist Richard Florida calls the Creative mon other than that they’re romantically attracted to 1992 - 1995 Class Ð people like doctors and software engineers the same sex? Lawrence B. Stone who think for a living and prefer places that index Vol. XIV, No. 4 high on innovation and diversity. The Creative Class is not interested in gay districts; they’re not even interested in gay people, per se. What Publisher and Executive Editor Well, guess what? The folks in Spokane are casting John M. Deen a Queer Eye Down the Wrong Drive. Creating “gay they’re interested in are the things that gays value – walkable neighborhoods, mixed-use spaces, the arts, Production Editor districts” won’t draw in business, residents and Mark Southwick tourists. In fact, it’ll do the opposite. The Creative architectural design, variety and eccentricity. Contributors Class economist Richard Florida talks about is re- Birds of a feather might flock together but, ironi- Michael Alvear pelled by artifice. And building what amounts to a cally, the first ones to fly the coop in a gay district will Kurt Erichson Gay Epcott Center is the epitome of pretense. be gays themselves. That’s because if you want to see Earl Storm Gay activists and straight city planners are misinter- how tacky gay people can be, take a look at what John Tomes preting the influential economist’s findings. He never happens when we do things for each other. Ever been said, “Build it and they will come.” He said something to the Castro in San Francisco? Go. You’ll never say News and Advertising more like, “Let them come and they’ll build it.” “gay districts” and “creative” in the same sentence Contact Information again. Ever been to a Pride parade? Go. You’ll see Look at the success stories that Florida points to Ð Stonewall News Northwest and that Spokane wants to copy – Minneapolis’ Lorin better floats at high school homecoming parades. P.O. Box 2704 Park, Boston’s Jamaica Plain, Chicago’s Boystown, There’s nothing gay about the things gays like in Spokane, WA 99220 Atlanta’s Midtown, Washington’s Logan Circle. All their neighborhoods. What’s gay about wanting News and Advertising have a high Gay Index. But these cities didn’t create racially diverse neighbors? What’s gay about wanting Phone: (509) 456-8011 to walk to work? Fax: (509) 455-7013 gay districts. They created incentives to rebuild E-mail: [email protected] neglected neighborhoods. This whole issue reminds me of the old story about When sending artwork/graphic files by They made it easier for urban pioneers to stake out miners taking canaries into mine shafts. Miners used e-mail, please use: their territory. Gay men tend to be the first to gentrify them to detect deadly but odorless gases. If the canar- [email protected] a neighborhood, not because we’re born with a re- ies went claws up, the miners knew to turn tail and decorating gene, but because we’re more willing to run. Subscription Information risk the dangers of living in marginal neighborhoods. Richard Florida once described gays as the “canar- Subscribe by sending $20 (12 issues) Most of us don’t have kids so we’re not worried about with your name and address ies” of the creative economy. In other words, the to the address above, or call living in areas with good schools. And we certainly Creative Class Spokane and other cities want to attract (509) 456-8011 for credit card billing. don’t have girlfriends or wives who’d feel threatened don’t care about the canaries as much as they care about living in sketchy neighborhoods. about what they sniff out. © 2005 SNN. All Rights reserved. Once these neighborhoods are restored to their That’s why, instead of “gay districts,” cities should Stonewall News Northwest is published by former grandeur, the danger recedes, good schools Stonewall Publishing, Inc., a Washington Continued on page 18 state corporation founded in March 1992, approach and the Creative Class moves in. John M. Deen, president. Advertisers assume all liability for claims or suits based on the subject matter of their ad and agree to hold Stonewall Publishing, Inc. harmless from any such claim. The publisher assumes no Letters liability for typographical errors or omis- sions. Publication of the name or photo- graph of any person, organization or To gain respect, we doctor and isn’t working because he from others we have to have it for business in articles or advertising in is disabled … but not so disabled that ourselves and hold the members of Stonewall News Northwest is not to be must be accountable construed as an indication of the sexual he can’t go out drinking martinis, our own community accountable. orientation of such person, organization I recently met an HIV-positive cruising the parks and scoring and Otherwise, why should anybody or business. Opinions expressed in by-lined man, but it was not a positive experi- using drugs, with no apparent support our right to marriage or why columns, guest editorials, letters, articles and cartoons are those of the writers and ence for me. The more we talked, the income besides disability and those should our legislators fight for AIDS artists and do not necessarily represent the more I realized why gays have such a who co-sign for purchases. His funding? opinions of Stonewall News Northwest. great battle to fight in gaining prescribed narcotics are paid for by We must practice what we preach. acceptance as equals, basic human programs like the Early Intervention If we don’t open a dialogue and hold Letters Policy rights protections and continued Program and Medicare/Medicaid; his each other accountable, we are funding for AIDS programs. house rent is paid by some govern- Stonewall News Northwest welcomes letters doomed to repeat the past. It’s a past and e-mails. All submissions will be consid- This person is an example of why ment program, and he receives food I prefer not to revisit. Too many ered for publication. They should be typed and we have so many obstacles to from Spokane AIDS Network. people died to let this behavior go 250 words or less. Each submission may be edited for length and/or coherence. Full name, overcome. He admitted he has I confronted him about his behav- unchallenged. address, and phone number must be included, unprotected sex with other men, iors and didn’t make a friend, but I Paul W. Flanary Jr. and if written, signature of the author is re- abuses narcotics prescribed by his believe that if we demand respect Spokane quired. Names withheld by request only. Sub- missions will not be returned. Spring into the fun!

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“Simply Drag” April 23rd Saturday A blast from the past 10:30-12:30 EuniceEunice KennadyKennady SmithSmith && FriendsFriends 706 N. Monroe * 325-3871 Page 4 Stonewall News Northwest April 2005 Spokane Restaurants partner with SAN: Oscar raised $48,000 Auction will for SAN projects help Odyssey This year’s recent Oscar Night Gala Dining Out For Life to benefit Spokane AIDS Network was It’s a time-tested recipe that has two anywhere in the continental United termed a huge success by organizers. Youth Center gained a popular following in other States on Delta Airlines. Gala coordinator Russ Hemphill Members and volunteers at Odyssey parts of the country. Now, the chief The Dining Out For Life formula said the event “grossed just over Youth Center are putting the final cooks and bottle washers at Spokane was invented in Philadelphia 15 years $70,000.” The net proceeds, $48,000, touches to a function this month that is AIDS Network are introducing it ago. This is Spokane’s first year to par- he said, will allow SAN case manag- becoming an anticipated annual spring here, for Spogayans and Spokanites ticipate. ers to assist more than 200 clients and fundraising event for the youth group. alike. Ten restaurants had signed on to par- SAN educators to reach more than Appetizers and punch will be It’s called Dining Out For Life, a ticipate with SAN as Stonewall News 1,000 people with HIV-prevention in- served, but the event mainly revolves one-day-only partnership with local went to press. The list will grow, but formation. restaurants that will benefit SAN. It’s around an auction of art items and ser- already offers a surprising variety in Hemphill expressed SAN’s appre- scheduled at participating restaurants vices offered by participating busi- cuisine as well as cost alternatives. The ciation to those who contributed to the nesses. Executive Director Laurel for Thursday, April 28. list will be updated on SAN’s Web site silent auction, the four corporate spon- Kelly said the evening also will include From a prospective donor’s point of at: www.spokaneaidsnetwork.org. Or, sors, the 33 table captains, and all the selected presentations by youth center view, giving couldn’t get any better for questions, call SAN at 455-8993, volunteers, SAN staff and other sup- members and an overview of Odyssey than this. ext. 320. programs and objectives. porters who helped with the event. The recipe is simple: Participating The CCs and BWs at SAN (the chief The event is scheduled for a Satur- restaurants will donate 20 percent of cooks and bottle washers) will appre- Domestic partnership day, April 23, at the Corbin Arts Cen- every tab for lunch or dinner (includ- ciate everyone’s participation. They in- ter, on Seventh Avenue at Stevens ing beverages) to SAN. The money clude Janet Gordon, fundraising ordinance again delayed Street, from 7-10 p.m. Tickets are $35 that SAN receives will help people liv- assistant; Darrell Reeves, director of Plans to propose a Domestic Part- per person, $60 for couples, with the ing with HIV and AIDS and provide finance; Russ Hemphill, fundraising ners Benefit Ordinance for approval by receipts going to projects developed funds to help in the fight against HIV/ coordinator; Cherie Moss, volunteer the Spokane City Council have met for Odyssey youth, Kelly said. AIDS. coordinator, and Executive Director with another in a long line of delayed Kelly credited Teague Griffen for As an additional inducement Ð as if Susan Fabrikant as well as other vol- actions. one were needed Ð raffle tickets from unteers and community supporters. coordinating the event, with special as- Organizers recently announced sistance from Bonnie Aspen and Wil- the participating restaurants will give The first restaurants to join with plans to introduce the measure on City low Williams. diners the opportunity to win a trip for SAN in Dining Out For Life include: Council agendas in March. They now ■ Lunch and Dinner peg the date for a first reading for mid- Ankeny’s Rooftop Restaurant to late-April, according to a spokesper- David’s Pizza son for the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane and Inland North- Luigi’s Italian Restaurant west Equality. No reason was given for ■ Dinner only the latest postponement. 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their social concerns, relegating HIV terest in participating in the new New focus group at Spokane AIDS Network: risk reduction to the satisfaction of group. other, more compelling needs. Oelrich said Quest HS, for youth Safer sex must become The program is approved by the aged 16 and 17, will hold an organi- Centers for Disease Control and Pre- zational function at Lazer Quest in vention (CDC) “for relevance and April. Membership requirements and ‘mutually-accepted norm’ methodological rigor, and it has the objectives, he said, will be similar to positive and significant behavioral- those of the founding organization. ■ Spokane AIDS Network will intro- Ongoing publicity: campaigns health findings” required for official Participation requires members to duce a new program for HIV preven- that attract men to the project by word CDC listings, Hemphill said. be drug free, participate in monthly tion in Spokane and surrounding of mouth and through articles and ad- “Our aim is to create a stronger and service projects and abide by a policy communities this spring with the goal vertisements in gay newspapers. healthier community, with safer sex that precludes members dating each of creating a stronger and healthier The program came about, Hemphill other during the first months of affili- community Ð in which safer sex be- the mutually accepted norm,” explained, “because peers exert tre- Hemphill said. ation with the group. Oelrich said comes the mutually-accepted norm. mendous influence on other young, Quest HS will start with one drug-, Program coordinator Russ Hemphill gay men.” tobacco- and alcohol-free event per said the Mpowerment project is de- He said the month before expanding to offer the signed for peer-based intervention that program was Quest forms same level of services and programs relies on young gay men as agents for developed as the older group. effecting change to reduce the risks of through an in- auxiliary group The founding Quest Youth Group HIV infection. tensive re- was established in 2003 for gay, bi- Hemphill and SAN staff members search for gay, bi high sexual and questioning men 18-25 look to recruit a core group of 10 to 15 process that years of age. volunteers for Mpowerment. He said included so- school students they also hope to enlist the support of cial marketing Quest Youth Group has announced individuals and organizations in the and was based plans to initiate a program this month community as an advisory board to Russ Hemphill on a model in for gay and bisexual young men of help guide the core group. which young men take charge of the high school age. Executive Director project because, when individuals are According to Hemphill, Ryan Oelrich said more than three actively involved in finding and Mpowerment will rely on four inte- dozen students have expressed an in- grated activities: implementing solutions to their prob- ■ Formal outreach: teams of young lems, the behavior change is more gay men go to locations frequented by lasting. * gay men to discuss and promote safer Mpowerment, he said, “draws on Funded STI & HIV TESTING sex, deliver appealing informational the theory of diffusion of innovations, literature on HIV risk reduction and which suggests that people are most for low income GLBT distribute condoms. likely to adopt new behaviors that men and women living in ■ M-groups: gay men discuss fac- have already been accepted by others Spokane & Kootenai Counties! tors contributing to unsafe sex among who are similar to them and whom *Your treatment for Chlamydia, Gonnorhea & Genital Warts may be free - call for details. men, such as misconceptions about they respect.” safer sex and poor sexual communi- Since HIV, in and of itself, is not a Planned Parenthood cation skills. particularly motivating, captivating or of the Inland Northwest ■ Informal outreach: men discuss compelling subject for many gay Spokane - 123 E Indiana - 326-6292 safer sex with their friends. young men, Mpowerment focuses on Valley - 10525 E Trent - 922-2528 Page 6 Stonewall News Northwest April 2005

Friday, June 10 Ð Self-proclaimed D-list comic Kathy Griffin Ð who is Pride Week will rock more comfortable when at least one quarter of her audience is gay Ð will by John Deen Pride Week gives all appearances that Friday, June 3 Ð The Gay and Les- be featured at the Big Easy. (Her new it will be bigger and better than ever bian Film Festival will present Gay Pio- Conflicts that muddled plans last video, Allegedly, was previewed in the before. neers, a 30-minute documentary of the February issue of SNN.) Performance month for Spokane’s celebration of fight for gay civil rights 40 years ago. Pride Week seem to have been sorted Headliners from the world of enter- times and ticket prices are to be an- tainment are one exciting addition. (Related story on page 1.) Festival pro- nounced. out, resolved and otherwise corrected. ducer Barb Lee said one of the pioneers And while it may be cliché, this year’s Confirmation that the annual Pride Pa- The Garland Theater will show a rade will be routed through the down- profiled in the film, Barbara Gittings, gay-themed movie at midnight. town business core of the city and Ð is expected to attend the screening and for the first time Ð include motorized some Pride Week activities. Saturday, Pride Day, June 11 Ð floats also should buoy spirits and par- Lee said the film is booked at the Pride Parade: The staging area for ticipation. Eastern Washington University down- floats, marching units and other par- Like the city’s streets, some holes town campus Auditorium. Time and ticipants is the pedestrian mall on Wall tickets are subject to Gittings’ schedule. Street between Spokane Falls Blvd. need to be filled before all of Pride Week’s agenda is finalized, but and Riverside. The parade will start at Saturday, June 4 Ð This is the cor- OutSpokane chair Bridget Potter is noon and head east from Wall and rected date for Emmanuel Metropoli- Main, continuing clockwise to confident that committee members and tan Community Church’s annual Pride others planning Pride-related events Howard, Riverside, Post and Main to Cruise on Lake Coeur d’Alene. The Wall, then turn left and proceed to the will come through with colors flying. boat sails at 6 p.m. Tickets are $18 and Their special incentive lies with all the festival grounds in Riverfront Park. may be purchased by a telephone call Float owners must provide their own advance planning completed to date, a to the church at 838-0085. schedule that is well ahead of past insurance. years. Monday, June 6 Ð Spokane- Rainbow Festival: Gondola Mead- Northern Quest Casino has signed Kootenai Pride for the second year will ows, at Post and Spokane Falls Blvd., on as a Pride Week sponsor, but Potter present the annual Rainbow Awards. again will the site for the day’s main and her crew are interested in the par- The ceremonies will be held at feature, scheduled from 1-4 p.m. A ticipation of additional corporate spon- CenterStage at 7 p.m. wedding ceremony will be performed sors. Nominations for individuals and for all gay couples who wish their Registration for parade floats and groups in four award categories are due unions to be solemnized. Entertain- festival vendors will be available on by May 2. For nomination information, ment is to be announced. the Web site www.outspokane.com af- telephone the local Pride Foundation Concert: The Pride Foundation pre- ter April 15, Potter said. Following is office at 327-8377. sents the Seattle Men’s Chorus and a thumbnail guide to the events ahead: Seattle Women’s Chorus at the music Thursday, June 9 Ð Northern auditorium of Spokane Falls Commu- Quest Casino will feature one of the nity College at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 country’s top female impersonators in in advance, with service fee added, a one-night-only appearance at its glit- through TicketsWest at 325-SEAT The Imperial Sovereign Court of Spokane tering showcase in Airway Heights. (7328), or $22 at the door. Canadian-born Christopher Movie: At midnight, the Garland Peterson will present Eyecons in the Theater will feature a gay-themed film. presents 1,000-seat Pend Oreille Pavilion at 7 p.m. Ticket prices, to be determined, Sunday, June 12 Ð Captain will be available by calling the casino’s Smartypants, a unit of the Seattle entertainment line, 343-2329, between Men’s Chorus, will entertain at the Ken Mealer 10 a.m. and 10 p.m., or, with an added 9:15 and 11 a.m. services at Unitarian service charge, TicketsWest at 325- Universalist Church. The services are Cancer Awareness SEAT (7328). free and open to the public.

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Distributors unwilling Hip, hip and hooray, hooray, to help with delivery Buy merchandise by mail order and two groups fete the 1st of May a “shipping and handling” charge is tacked on to the bill. A major purchase S-K Pride fundraiser The Alliance fundraiser locally, if it’s too large to lug home, at The Merq at 2 p.m. at Dempseys at 6 p.m. usually comes with free delivery, Members of Spokane-Kootenai The Alliance, a gay student organi- thanks to a factored-in cost. Pride will sponsor Bunko Games at zation at Spokane Falls Community Now, Stonewall News Northwest The Merq on May 1 to raise funds for College, will sponsor Gay May Bingo readers may find their favorite spot for its annual grants program to benefit Day at Dempseys on May 1 at 6 p.m. picking up a copy of the paper no nonprofit organizations in the two that will feature bingo, lots of prizes longer has it available. The reason is Washington and Idaho counties. and a raffle for an air hockey table. The that businesses are unwilling to pay, Spokesman Kevan Gardner, who event will help build the treasury for even a nominal charge, for something serves as regional outreach manager the under-funded school organization. that has been provided for free. for the umbrella Pride Foundation, said Alliance members have taken it Stonewall asked its retailing distribu- the event will begin at 2 p.m. with a upon themselves to raise funds so they tors for help in offsetting rising costs, social hour along with instructions for can participate in a national conference including those at the fuel pump. As those who have never played the game in 2006 that will focus on the eradica- options, the newspaper suggested a bulk before. A $10 donation is suggested. tion of hate crimes, which, they say, is subscription rate of $7.50 per month or “Bunko is quick and easy to learn a significant issue on the campus. becoming an advertiser. Chain book- and lots of fun to play,” Gardner said. Members of the group, reportedly, stores, adult shops and several other “We’ll also have prizes for the game have been targets of hate crimes, but retailers declined participation. winners and door prizes.” He assured they say the perpetrators have yet to that play will start promptly at 3 p.m., be punished. “so that those who attend our Responding to a question of why the fundraiser will have time, if they want, group has had difficulty obtaining to play gay bingo at The Alliance funds from the school, one Alliance fundraiser later on at Dempseys.” member replied, “I’m not to sure, ev- Spokane-Kootenai Pride was ery other group that has requested ad- founded in 1997 as Pride Statewide!- ditional funds for trips has had them Spokane, the first affiliate to partici- granted. It was like pulling teeth to get pate in the new regional outreach $100 for us.” program developed by the Seattle- Funds collected at Gay May Bingo based Pride Foundation. It awarded Day, said Alliance member Melissa $7,500 in grants to local agencies in Derry, “will help to stop the violence its first year. In 2004, the local bi- that homophobia causes by supporting county affiliation awarded area orga- and playing gay bingo with The Alli- nizations $15,000 in grants. ance. There will be some great prizes The sponsoring Pride Foundation is- donated from local businesses, includ- sues grants twice yearly in the five- ing the grand prize of an air hockey state region of the Pacific Northwest. donated by a member of the club.”

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Regional Calendar Regional Local cowboys, cowgirls plan Verbena to light up April events: ‘stop smoking’ program ▼ April 2 Ð Masquerade, the University of Idaho Gay-Straight Alliance’s 5th annual Prom Spokane-area Play Day Rodeo SEATTLE Ð A two-part tobacco ces- You Never Went To, The Beach, Moscow, 9 sation intervention training for health pm, $7, $10 couples. COEUR d’ALENE Ð A get-together care providers serving the gay commu- ▼ April 5 and 12 Ð Quit Smoking program for of gay cowboys and cowgirls here last nity will be held this month at the healthcare providers, Verbena, Seattle, 7:30- month sparked interest in promoting a Seattle Gay Community Center. 9:30 am, free, (877) 323-6540. rodeo event in the Spokane area some- ■ April 6 Ð The Beaux Arts Trio, Meany time before summer takes full hold. The program is sponsored by Ver- Theater, Seattle, 8 pm, $30, (206) 543-48880. bena, in cooperation with King County ▼ April 8-30 – Spontaneous Productions’ The Principal organizer John Tomes, a tobacco prevention programs, and will Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, Off-Broadway member of the Pacific Northwest Gay focus on the how-to techniques of in- Theater, Boise, 8 pm, $10, (208) 363-7053. Rodeo Association, said the 20 or so corporating tobacco cessation interven- ▼ April 10 Ð PFLAG-Sandpoint scheduled people who gathered for the Saturday meeting, United Methodist Church, 2 pm, (208) tions into a practice; helping clients afternoon of get-acquainted fun and move toward readiness to quit tobacco, 263-6699. games expressed an interest in produc- ▼ April 12 Ð GLBT Forum, University of and becoming knowledgeable of the Montana UC, Helena, 7 pm, free, (208) 442- ing a Rodeo Play Day in the vicinity local tobacco cessation resources avail- 9322. of Mead, perhaps by late May. able to all men and women associated ▼ April 16, 17 Ð Seattle Women’s Chorus’ It’s A Rodeo Play Day, Tomes said, with the gay community. My Party with Leslie Gore, Meany Theater, “would involve a bunch of events. Seattle, $20-$52, (206) 323-2992. Special emphasis on the unique is- We’ll know more in a few weeks or ■ April 17 – Spokane’s CenterStage presents sues faced by gays will be emphasized, Forever Plaid, Panida Theatre, Sandpoint, 7 so.” Verbena said. Counselors and care pro- pm, $15, (509) 747-8243. While a play day for rodeo fans may viders who complete the training will ▼ April 28 Ð PFLAG-Helena meeting, be a couple of months off, the wran- receive a $50 stipend. Susanna’s Place Fireside Room, 512 Logan, 7 glers at the Lake City meet-and-greet photo by John Tomes The two-hour breakfast programs are pm, (208) 442-9322. Wayne Robin, left, and Jim Hauser got in a little play time for themselves. scheduled April 5 and 12. Registration “Among other things,” Tomes said, practiced roping techniques at a Plan ahead for May: cowboy/cowgirl meet-and-greet in is available by telephoning Verbena at “everybody had a chance to learn and (877) 323-6540. Verbena’s primary goal ▼ May 8 Ð Mother’s Day; PFLAG-Sandpoint Coeur d’Alene in March. scheduled meeting, United Methodist Church, 2 practice roping techniques used at is to provide health care support for gay, pm, (208) 263-6699. amateur and professional rodeos.” thrown in its direction,” Tomes said. bisexual and transgendered women. ▼ May 13-June 4 Ð Spontaneous Produc- With no live critters to lasso, a plas- “Oh, yeah,” he added, “a couple of the Earlier, in Philadelphia, the national tions presents Beyond Therapy, Off-Broadway tic calf head protruding from a bale of guys ‘volunteered’ to have a loop lesbian health organization Mautner Theater, Boise, 8 pm, $10, (208) 363-7053. straw “got a whole bunch of rope loops thrown over ’em, too. So everybody Project and two leading local health or- ▼ May 13-15 – Seattle Men’s Chorus’ had a chance to have fun.” Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 5th Avenue ganizations sponsored a Delicious Les- Theatre, Seattle, $29-$79, (206) 323-2992. Gay owned ¥ People Friendly In related news, Tomes, who also bian Kisses campaign during the city’s ▼ May 26 Ð PFLAG-Helena meeting, serves on PNWGRA’s Gay Pride Pa- “girL party.” The March 19 collabora- Susanna’s Place Fireside Room, 7 pm, (208) rade committee, said the association tion was part of an innovative nation- 442-9322. Y Tavern Excellent Cuisine plans to enter a contingent in wide anti-smoking campaign aimed at ■ May 30 Ð Memorial Day. (208) 682-4036 Spokane’s Pride Parade June 11. lesbian smokers above the age of 40. ▼ special interest ■ general interest I-90 Exit 43 to Prichard, Idaho Helena host city for Pride named among top Montana Pride in June work places in Seattle HELENA – Montana’s Pride celebra- SEATTLE Ð Seattle Magazine fea- tion, rotated annually among the state’s tures the Pride Foundation as one of major cities, will be held in the capital “Seattle’s Best Places to Work” in its this year, June 17-19. March issue. Kelowna ¥ British Columbia ¥ Canada Organizer Sandy Shull said festivi- Pride was saluted for its flexible ties will begin on Friday with a vari- work arrangements, paid sabbaticals ety show featuring Montana talent. A and mental-health days. The founda- parade and festival are scheduled for tion has the fewest number of employ- Saturday, with interfaith services ees on the list, 13, and is one of only A FULL FOUR SEASONS OF FUN! planned for Sunday. six nonprofit organizations included.

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A couple for six years, Alan and Gary Rapture were married March 16, 2004. from the relaxing elegance of the Eagle’s Nest The second B, breakfast, is just as exciting, and it begins the by John Deen night before when guests circle their selections from an The warming weather has sent the ski bunnies amazing number of choices suggested on the menu card. scurrying home as the world of nature refreshens itself While Gary normally cooks breakfast, both move with ease for spring. There couldn’t be a better time to exercise around the kitchen island that is open to the panoramic view your spirit of adventure, and one soul-satisfying way to from the dining room. Some guests may prefer their breakfast greet the new season would be to hit the road and presentation in bed, and that’s available, too. Special dietary explore the country around you. needs also are accommodated. Freshly-brewed coffee and herbal teas are available around the clock. The suggestion here is to head north Ð into the bountiful beauty of British Columbia. Destina- From the top deck, Gary explained that the orchard stretching toward the lake produces tion: Kelowna, on the shores of Okanagan Lake. cherries the size of ping pong balls that are individually wrapped for export to Japan. The lower Home base: the Eagle’s Nest, a year-old bed and deck is accessible from the game room that features a 61-inch HD TV and 1-inch-slate, ma- breakfast snugged into a vantage point that hogany pool table. The deck’s principal lure is the clothing-optional ahhh-hot tub. overlooks the lake and surrounding territory from Winery tours, fine restaurants and shopping add to the experience. One downtown nightclub just outside the busy little resort city. even “turns gay” on Saturday nights. For the border crossing, you’ll be asked to produce a Travelers who seek out the comforts a B&B birth certificate or a voter identification card. Two offers know that it takes special people to make Left: Inside a stable-sized garage filled with automotive restoration hundred dollars in cash is recommended, but the visitors want to return, and Eagle’s Nest hosts Warrens suggest making purchases by credit card. And, Alan and Gary Warren Ð they were married one projects, Gary Warren plans to use his 1929 DeSoto to transport bear in mind, with the current rate of exchange you can year ago Ð are a perfect match for their northland deduct about 25 percent from the Canadian price. retreat. Alan was right, when he said their visitors guests on winery tours, for an “arrive as guests, but leave as friends.” evening of dining out or for airline Ahhh, what a way to enjoy spring. arrivals and departures. Take the first B, bed: The bedrooms are massive and you can all but disappear in the Right: You arrive as a custom-made downiness of the king- and queen- guest, but leave as a sized four-poster beds. There are phones for friend. Bittersweet those who don’t carry their own and feel a good-byes dissolve into compulsion to communicate with the less a collection of happy 301 South Freya pampered. Large-screen televisions are tied to memories following a Spokane, WA 99202 local and cable programming, and DVDs offer visit with Alan and Gary Internet: www.emmanuelmcc.com the option of watching any of 300 or so main- Warren at Eagle’s Nest. E-Mail: [email protected] stream or adult movies available from the house Worship: Sundays at 5 p.m. library. 838-0085 Spacious baths offer separate showers and jacuzzi tubs, thick towels, essential toiletries for those who forgot to pack them, and a tantalizing array Wheelchair Accessible of French skin care products and scents, courtesy of Alan’s day-job affilia- tion as a licensed aesthetician and fragrance manager with the formidable Hudson’s Bay Company. The Master suite has adjoining bath facilities and, if desired, a private dining area that is perfect for honeymooners. The Warrens will even arrange a wedding for those Jerry J. Davis who would like to memorialize their union with a ceremony and certificate. Attorney at Law Certified Notary Public Criminal Defense Product Liability Real Estate • in association with Brant L. Stevens Bankruptcy Family Law Personal Injury New address: 1319 N. Howard St. • Spokane, WA 99201 Office: (509) 325 0125 • Fax: (509) 325 0127 • Cell: (509) 869 2168 Email: [email protected] • Website: www.sddlawoffices.com Page 10 Stonewall News Northwest April 2005 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Othello will find new dimension Blithe Spirit spells fun on thrust stage at Interplayers Artistic Director Niké Imoru opened for ARt’s 1st season finale her drama book at Interplayers and out leaped the Bard of Avon for April. compiled by John Deen ing the séance and the couple soon plied, “Erratic. Actually, it’s known by must deal with the ghost of Charles’ my friends as Touch and Gauguin.” Completing her first season in resi- Of all the remarkable figures of the dead first wife, Elvira. dence with the professional theatre on 20th century, none was even remotely At Queen Elizabeth’s coronation pa- Howard Street, Imoru selected Othello comparable to Noel Coward. Born in The encounter morphs into a bizarre rade, friends wondered aloud who the – one of Shakespeare’s four great trag- the British Isles within a fortnight of ménage-à-trois – a very unpleasant one little man sharing a carriage with the edies (in company with Hamlet, King the new century, the son of an unsuc- for Ruth, who, unlike Charles, cannot 400-pound Queen of Tonga might be. Lear and Macbeth) Ð to challenge her cessful piano salesman notched only a see the jealous ghost. Ultimately, According to David Niven, Coward actors and designers and provide the- few years of elementary school edu- Elvira turns out to be more of a blight replied: “Her lunch.” atre-goers with a vibrant change of cation. than blithe spirit in her effect on her To often-repeated questioning about pace for spring. Interplayers’ thrust former husband and his wife. Even so, by early adulthood he was why he would not “come out,” stage should lend a special and excit- recognized on both sides of the Atlan- Coward’s pet response was, “Because ing new dimension to this classic tale tic as the personification of wit and there are still three old ladies in of love, honor, jealousy and betrayal. sophistication, and he achieved success Brighton who don't know.” Othello opens with three preview as a composer, lyricist, actor, singer, All this apart, Blithe Spirit still sparkles performances beginning April 14 and director, novelist and painter. 60-plus years on for the finest piece of is scheduled through May 7. For show Once asked why the Duke of breakfast table dialogue ever written: times and tickets, $16-$20, with dis- Windsor (the former King Edward “Anything interesting in The Times, dar- counts for seniors and students, phone VIII) disliked him, Coward dead- ling?” “Don’t be silly, Charles.” 455-PLAY (7529). panned, “He pretends not to hate me, but he does, and it’s because I’m queer and he’s queer, but unlike him I don’t Musical evokes stylings pretend not to be.” Blithe Spirit of male quartets of the ’50s Actor’s Repertory Theatre of the CenterStage lowers The show is directed by Kathie Inland Northwest (ARt) selected Doyle-Lipe. Music director is Leslie Blithe Spirit as the exclamation prices to attract Ann Grove. The cast includes Russell point to its debut season in Spo- more to live theatre Seaton, Max Kumangai-McGee, Darin kane. It is billed at the Spartan Jones and Greg Pschirrer. Theatre at Spokane Falls Com- Bow ties, cardigans and white bucks munity College Wednesdays are back in style as CenterStage pre- The show also marks the debut of through Sundays, April 8-24. sents the award-winning musical For- CenterStage’s new dinner-theatre menu ever Plaid this month through the 24th. and lower ticket prices, according to With a special bent for Noel Noel Coward Coward productions, ARt’s resi- The Plaids are a male singing group Artistic Director Tim Behrens. “Our dent artistic director, Michael Shortly after writing Blithe Spirit, of the Fifties, four lovable losers who goal is to expand our reach into the Weaver, directs. Reserved seats Coward fell in love with South Afri- idolize The Four Aces, The Four Lads community and encourage more people are available by telephoning can actor Graham Payne. As a young and The Four Freshman. After fine- to experience and enjoy live theatre. 838-4013. Mention “Stonewall” boy, Payne had appeared in one of tuning their act at family gatherings, That’s the reason we have implemented and receive 20 percent off ticket these changes,” Behrens said. purchases. Coward’s revues. When they met again supermarket openings and proms, in 1945, Payne was a handsome young they’re ready for their big break, a gig Forever Plaid runs every Thursday, Signs on Fort George Wright Drive will direct patrons to free man. Mutual attraction did the rest. at the Airport Hilton Cocktail Bar. Friday and Saturday (except April 2 parking at Spartan Theatre. Coward suffered a stroke at his But, on the way, they’re broad-sided and 16) until April 24, with Sunday home in Jamaica in the early morning by a bus filled with Catholic school- matinees on April 3 and 24. The breezy supernatural comedy hours of March 26, 1973. The master girls going to see The Beatles debut Dinner-and-show tickets are now Blithe Spirit (1942) proved one of of one-liners insisted there was no need on The Ed Sullivan Show. The Plaids just $35 ($10 off the old price). Din- Coward’s most popular successes. to wake his friends, and died just be- are killed instantly. Miraculously, how- ners include salad, choice of entrée and Even Coward viewed it as the best fore dawn. Since then, Payne has su- ever, they return to earth to give their nonalcoholic beverage. Appetizers, thing he ever wrote: a dizzying com- pervised Coward’s affairs with loving best Ð and last Ð concert. desserts and a number of alternate edy about a novelist whose research care, protecting his plays and preserv- Show-stopping tunes will take the entrées are available for an additional into the occult brings back the ghost ing their home in Switzerland much as audience on a nostalgic tour with clas- charge. of his first wife Ð plaguing the novel- Coward left it. sics like Catch a Falling Star, Three Cocktail service begins at 5:30 p.m., ist, his outraged second wife and a While Coward kept his homosexual Coins in the Fountain and Love is a with dinner at 6. Shows start at 7:30 daffy spiritualist. life a scrupulously private matter, he Many-Splendored Thing. p.m. Show-only tickets are $17 for In Blithe Spirit, Charles, and his couldn’t resist dropping the occasional Forever Plaid is much more than adults, $13 for students with valid ID, wife, Ruth, invite a medium to give a hint. During a 1956 television inter- just a play about music: it’s about but do not include dessert or beverage. séance at their home because Charles view, when Edward R. Murrow asked dreams and how they really can come For matinees, doors open at noon, with wants to use a spiritualist as the vil- if he did anything to relax, Coward re- true. The New York Post called it lunch at 12:30 and the show at 2. lain in his next book. He hopes to scru- sponded, “Certainly, but I have no in- “Screamingly funny! Entirely enchant- Tickets may be purchased by tele- tinize Madame Arcati’s sham tention of discussing it before several ing, utterly entertaining, awesome.” phoning CenterStage at 747-8243, in techniques. million people.” The New York Times said, “The laugh- person at the theatre box office or, with Neither believes in the occult, but Once, when asked to describe the ter doesn’t stop … delightful, original applicable fees, at any TicketsWest something inexplicable happens dur- style of his tropical paintings, he re- and funny.” outlets. April 2005 Stonewall News Northwest Page 11

Dexter, the shy, unassuming Native- American owner of the town’s general Gay love triangle focus of store, where cowboys lounge on the porch to pass time while keeping an Pride and Joy Movie Night eye on the goings-on. Pike is as sur- prised as anyone at his new-found in- This month’s Pride and Joy Movie fatuation with Henry and, as this Night at CenterStage will transport unspoken triangle unfolds under the A&E viewers to a small town nestled among scrutiny of Big Eden’s community, the tall timbers and rugged mountains nearly everyone in town develops a ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT of Montana’s Big Sky country. stake in its outcome. Ayre Gross (from TV’s Ellen) stars Pride and Joy producer and in Big Eden, a tale of a gay New York CenterStage board member Jerry Rainbow Center artist who returns to his timberland Davis said April’s event will begin with home to care for the ailing grandfather a social time from 6-7:30 p.m. Liba- to host gay artist who reared him. Upon settling in, Henry tions, including several specially- The graphic works of gay artist Rich finds his feelings for Dean, which priced selections, will be available. Baker will be featured in the gallery at caused him to flee Big Eden nearly 20 Also, ticket holders are entitled to 25 the Rainbow Center during April and years earlier, have only grown stronger photo courtesy Chaikin Films percent off all menu items from Ella’s. May, announced the center’s art direc- over the intervening years. Gay artist Henry Hart (Ayre Gross) Tickets for Big Eden are $5 and may tor, Timothy Phillips. At the same time, Henry’s reappear- finds himself involved in a love triangle be purchased at the door the night of Baker describes his work Ð com- ance sparks a transformation in Pike in Big Eden at CenterStage April 26. the event, Tuesday, April 26. puter-aided depictions of the human form – as “very spiritually-energized ¥ Increased participation for some prints that come from the heart.” Summit may hold keys to art forms; a reduction in others. The artist resides in Cheney and will ¥ Reduced corporate and govern- be introduced at public receptions mental support of nonprofit art orga- showcasing his work during Spokane’s future of the arts in Spokane nizations. First Friday events on April 1 and May Key personnel changes, diminished Karen Mobley, head of the city’s ¥ An increase in performing arts or- 6. The receptions are scheduled from funding and a shift in participation are arts commission, expressed hope that ganizations, venues and for-profit busi- 5 to 8 p.m. and free to the public. among the concerns to prompt a com- the summit would create a frame- nesses. munity-wide summit this month to work for community support, The summit is dubbed Bold Strokes: SECRET LIFE OF JOHN PAUL discuss the future of the arts in Spo- strengthen and reinvigorate arts part- Building Spokane’s Arts Assets and will Did his struggle for homosexual kane. nerships and networking, and de- be held in the Jewitt House, directly be- rights cost him his life? In addition to artists and arts orga- velop a legislative agenda with hind the Cathedral of St. John at 12th and government priorities. look for ‘Murder in the Vatican’ nization officials and volunteers, busi- Grand, on April 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Auntie’s Books ¥ 402 W. Main ¥ Spokane ness, education and youth leaders and Mobley cited a number of recent Cost is $12 and includes a box lunch. others who have a stake in a prosper- changes that have altered the landscape ing local arts community are invited of the arts community in Spokane: to participate in the daylong program ¥ Almost a 100 percent turnover in announced by the Spokane Arts Com- arts organization directors and key mission. staff.

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Will & Grace slips vorite TV performer, and a whopping 95 percent find Six Feet Under as the CenterStage targets new as lesbians go for most accurate gay portrayal on the tube. The L Word and The TV faves and raves were tal- ‘bomb’ run on Saturdays lied by a recent online study con- It’s “bombs away” as CenterStage ■ April 16: Teenage Caveman, star- gay men opt for ducted by GLCensus Partners, a continues The Worst Midnight Movie ring Robert Vaughn, who should have Queer as Folk research partnership between Series Ever. The innovative theatre on yelled U.N.C.L.E. much earlier in his OpusComm Group and S.I. First Avenue Ð with a special lapse in career. When the elders of your pre- Newhouse School of Public Commu- SYRACUSE, N.Y. Ð Gay men are bad taste for Saturday nights at 12 Ð historic tribe tell you not to cross the nications at Syracuse University. from Mars and lesbians are from Ve- claims to have “reeled” in some excep- river and the Burning Plains or you will nus when it comes to picking their fa- tionally awful cases of celluloid abuse die, what do you do? Hmmm. Being a vorite television shows. Men gravitate for April. Each movie begins at mid- teenager, should you defy authority? more toward shows featuring guys, Dinner and Movie events night. Boy, that’s a tough one. To its credit, such as Queer as Folk and Will & offer free gay night out ■ April 2: Bela Lugosi Meets a the film has a unique plot-twist end- Grace. Women go for “chick” shows, Four Dinner and a Movie nights are Brooklyn Gorilla. Did you ever wish ing. To its discredit, it has Roger like The L Word and The Ellen Show. scheduled at the Rainbow Center this that Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis had Corman as director, which means we While 32 percent of lesbians say The month, according to chief cook and made a film with Bela Lugosi? If so, get dinosaurs that look like lizards (be- L Word is their favorite show, only one- projectionist Timothy Phillips: you’re probably very strange. But not cause they are) and bear suits that are barely there. half of one percent of the men do. ¥ April 8 Ð Saved! as strange as this movie. “Duke” and Queer as Folk was the favorite for 26 “Sammy” are dead ringers for the com- ■ April 23: The Terror of Tiny Town. ¥ April 15 ÐJust Like a Woman percent of gay men, but the Fab Five edy team. After accidentally falling out Thank the “little people” who made all scored a viewing audience of only 10.2 ¥ April 22 Ð Desert Hearts of a plane over the Pacific (wearing this possible. Round up some midgets, percent among gay women. ¥ April 29 Ð Pecker parachutes, of course), they land on a a duck that walks backwards, some Almost 50 percent of all gay view- The films and a small dinner, all free remote jungle island (how original). sandwiches and pickled eggs … they ers picked Ellen DeGeneres as their fa- to the public, start at 6 p.m. There’s a mad scientist (ditto), who just don’t make Westerns like they used experiments on apes and monkeys to in 1938, pardner. Cattle mysteriously (double ditto) and a beautiful princess disappear and people mysteriously (triple ditto). Oh, and a singing gorilla sing. High Noon it’s not, but it’s high Enjoy the Spring in ... (uh, you do the math). on camp and political incorrectness. ■ April 9: The Horrors of Spider Is- ■ April 30: C.H.U.D 2, another land. Horrors! A plane filled with mod- thriller starring Robert (Teenage Cave- els crashes on a tropical island. man, April 16) Vaughn, returning to the Spokane in April Horrors! It’s so hot and humid, they genre that began (or ended) his career. “Spokane. Near nature. Near perfect.” have to remove practically all their Chud is short for “cannibalistic human- clothing. Horrors! There’s not a rock oid underground dweller.” It’s also star or photographer in sight. Horrors! short for “dud,” which perfectly de- Friday the 8th – The Actor’s Repertory Theatre There’s this giant spider creature. Hor- scribes this film. A group of teens concludes its first season with the Noel Coward rors! We have to sit through 86 min- needs a replacement for the corpse they comedy Blithe Spirit at the Spartan Theatre at utes of this. accidentally let roll away from the sci- ence lab (yeah, we’ve all done that). Spokane Falls Community College at 8 pm. The So they decide to steal one from the show continues through April 24th. local hospital. Just their luck he turns out to be Bud the Chud (isn’t that a The Spokane Rainbow Center hosts its Dinner and killer?). And, as a matter of fact, he is. a Movie Night tonight and every Friday night this Tickets are $3 per person and may be purchased at the door on the night month at 6 pm. A&E of the show. Since evil can’t be fought on an empty stomach, cocktails, beer, Saturday the 9th – The Imperial Sovereign Court of ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT popcorn and snacks will be available. Spokane presents its Ken Mealer Cancer Awareness CenterStage is one block west of Dempseys, at 1017 W. 1st Ave. fundraiser at Dempseys at 9 pm.

Saturday the 23rd – Support our younger brothers and Mediterranean music, menu sisters at Odyssey Youth Center‘s Spring Auction from main courses at ‘world’ concert 7-10 pm at the Corbin Arts Center. The multi-cultural ensemble Chil- it was the first Western group to per- dren of the Revolution invades form in Taiwan, playing to an audience Tuesday the 26th – CenterStage presents the film CenterStage for a Sunday performance of 30,000 for Buddha’s spiritual birth- Big Eden at its Pride and Joy Movie Night with a social on April 17 as part of the theatre’s day. World Music Concert series. Dinner is Food service is in the dinner-theatre gathering at 6 pm; the feature starts at 7:30 pm. at 5:30 p.m.; the concert is at 7. format, with a menu featuring a sam- Children of the Revolution mixes pling of Mediterranean dishes. Tick- Thursday the 28th – Dine out and contribute to a flamenco, Gypsy, Greek and Turkish ets are $43 per person. Show-only good cause during Dining Out for Life. Participating influences with spicy blends of salsa, tickets include dessert and beverage for restaurants will donate 20% of your food and drink ska and even Native American $22, $15 for students with valid ID. rhythms, not to mention flamenco and Tickets may be purchased by call- tab to the Spokane AIDS Network. belly dancing. ing 747-8243 or in person at the The group was founded by vocalist CenterStage box office Tuesday Vassili and guitarist Eric Jaeger and through Saturday, from noon to 6 p.m. This message is presented as a Community Service by quickly expanded to include some of Tickets also are available, with appli- 123 E. Sprague Ave. Seattle’s most talented multi-ethnic cable fees, at all TicketsWest locations, 536-7001 singers, dancers and musicians. Re- including www.ticketswest.com and 2425 E. Springfield Ave. 624-7522 ferred to as “the world on one stage,” (800) 325-SEAT. April 2005 Stonewall News Northwest Page 13

‘Film junkies’ will find flicks at the Philadelphia Film Festi- record number of 31 world, North Philly appealing in April val. April marks the fifth anniversary American or United States premieres, of the film fest’s transformation into a and includes the screening of 110 fea- Please support our PHILADELPHIA Ð Inland North- major international film event. ture films, 24 full-length documenta- advertisers, they westerners who plan to be in the vi- Philadelphia’s richly varied pro- ries and 125 short films from 42 cinity of The City of Brotherly Love gram, under the leadership of Artistic countries. The festival runs for two support Stonewall. this month might want to take in some Director Raymond Murray, features a weeks, from April 7-20. Inland Northwest Business Directory

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Bloch, and his staff for refus- naming Joe Solmonese, CEO of ing to investigate a complaint by a gay retired military generals and admirals and Richard and Admiral Steinman have announced their support for the publicly acknowledged being gay. Emily’s List, as its new president. federal worker who charged that his Solmonese, 40, replaces Cheryl superiors retaliated against him for dis- Military Readiness Enhancement Act “I think the real issue is how sol- (MREA), which would repeal Don’t Jacques, who resigned the post in De- closing alleged unethical behavior by diers do their jobs, not their sexuality,” cember after holding the position for a fellow employee. Ask, Don’t Tell, the military’s ban on Richard said. “The policy is not work- gay and bisexual personnel. The legis- less than a year. Emily’s List is a po- Elaine ing and it’s not working because, as litical group that helps elect pro-choice lation was introduced by Rep. Marty an example … the Army and the ser- Kaplan, who Meehan (D-Mass.) on March 2, along Democratic women to public office. served as vices are short many linguists and we with more than 40 Congressional co- kicked out (many) over the last couple A gay man OSC director sponsors. Meehan is a member of the from from 1998 to of years that could have helped our House Armed Services Committee, as Army.” Attleboro, 2003, said the are seven cosponsored of the legislation. Mass., OSC violated In February, the Government Ac- Solmonese is The flag officers’ public backing countability Office (GAO) reported the U.S. followed an op-ed piece in the Army considered a Whistleblower that the military has fired 322 language seasoned po- Times calling for the elimination of specialists who are gay since 1993, in- Protection Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell by active-duty litical strate- Act by dis- cluding 54 who specialized in Arabic. gist with more Col. Allen S. Bishop, a professor at the The report concluded that Don’t Ask, missing a re- Elaine Kaplan than 10 years U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Don’t Tell is costly to national secu- taliation Joe Solmonese of experience complaint by Michael Levine, a radio The flag officers, all retired, are rity, stating that at least $191 million among the highest-ranking veterans to in election technician with the U.S. Forest Service in tax money was spent to train and campaigns and political fundraising. publicly support repeal of the replace the nearly 10,000 service mem- in California, according to the Wash- Vic Basile, an HRC board member ington Blade. military’s gay ban. They include Maj. bers fired under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Gen. Vance Coleman, Rear Adm. John GAO also acknowledged that its cost and cochair of a search committee that Kaplan, who is a lesbian, noted that Hutson, Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy, estimates did not include training and recommended Solmonese’s appoint- OSC issued the dismissal notice last Brig. Gen. Keith H. Kerr, Brig. Gen. replacement for officers or those with ment, told the Washington Blade that December, more than a year after Evelyn “Pat” Foote, Brig. Gen. Virgil highly specialized skills. the HRC board and the board of the Levine filed the complaint, without in- A. Richard, Maj. Gen. Charles Starr group’s educational arm, the HRC terviewing witnesses and without de- The United States continues to be Foundation, voted unanimously to ap- Jr. and Rear Adm. Alan M. Steinman. one of the last original NATO coun- ciding the case on its merits. She said “Our national security depends on prove the appointment. He declined to substantial evidence existed to warrant tries to ban gays from the military. name any other candidates considered having the best and brightest Ameri- Great Britain and Canada have lifted a probe into the case, and a finding of cans protecting our freedoms,” said for the position, saying only that the retaliation might have been made even their bans, joining Israel and other na- search committee conducted a “full Foote, one of the first women to tions around the world in utilizing if the allegation about an anti-gay slur achieve the rank of Brigadier General. and thorough” search for qualified can- could not be proven. openly-gay troops in both Iraq and didates. “As a commander, I know that lesbian, Afghanistan. In addition to dropping the retalia- gay and bisexual Americans have Solmonese is scheduled to move tion complaint, OSC also dismissed served our country with honor and dis- into his new office on April 11. His an- without an investigation a charge by tinction. Our armed forces should be AMA to include gay nual salary will be $225,000, a figure Levine that his supervisors engaged in able to recruit every qualified, capable health issues in program that Basile called “the standard in the discrimination against him based on American to protect our homeland, industry” for the kind of legislative and his sexual orientation. regardless of their sexual orientation.” WASHINGTON, D.C. Ð Officials of political campaign work that comes the American Medical Association with the job. emerged from a meeting with the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association in March with a commitment to fully in- ‘It ain’t in the Bible’ GET clude the health concerns of gay, les- Georgia teen advised bian, bisexual and transgendered Americans in the AMA’s ongoing work ATLANTA Ð A Georgia teenager is NAKED DSL! to eliminate health disparities. face to face with a small town’s ire in AMA leadership said it will seek to a fight over a student club that would NO expand the scope and focus of the embrace its gay high school students. PHONE Commission to End Health Care Dis- “I just don’t think it’s right to have LINE parities launched earlier this year to a club like this. It ain’t in the Bible,” REQUIRED focus on addressing disparities based said one 18-year-old resident of White Basic DSL Only $10 on race and ethnicity. GLMA had County, Ga., a small town some long- asked the AMA to help expand the time residents say is reluctant to em- $48 per month commission’s scope to include dispari- brace the big-city values that come gets you an ties experienced by gay people. with some of its newer residents. UP TO 1.5 “It’s good science, good policy and One newcomer, Kerry Pacer, hoped MEG CIRCUIT a matter of basic fairness to ensure that to start a Gay-Straight Alliance club at in prevention and treatment of disease White County High School, in the and in health research and education, shadows of the Great Smoky Moun- gay people are in the mix as much as tains some 70 miles northeast of At- any other group that experiences dis- lanta, but plans changed last month parities,” said AMA President John C. when the solidly Christian community Nelson. balked. 535.1169 • WWW.ASISNA.COM April 2005 Stonewall News Northwest Page 15

Catholic bishop denies UPS ordered to Amazing Race funeral for a gay man deliver $63,000 champ vilified SAN DIEGOÐ A 31-year-old gay club owner who died of congestive to lesbian for for being gay heart failure while on vacation in March was denied a Catholic funeral LOS ANGELES Ð Amazing Race 4 by San Diego Bishop Robert Brom, discrimination, winner Reichen Lehmkuhl Burke who said John McCusker Jr.’s busi- thought he was finished with a race that nesses Ð including a dance club gender hostility took him all over the world meeting popular with gays – were “inconsis- SAN FRANCISCO Ð An openly-les- various peoples and cultures, but it tent with Catholic moral teaching.” bian former employee of United Par- turns out, his biggest challenge is in McCusker’s funeral was eventu- cel Service was awarded $63,000 in his own backyard. ally held at an Episcopal church, but her hostile-work-environment sexual The firm that has been printing his Reichen Burke not before San Diego gay commu- harassment suit against the world’s beefcake posters for the past few nity leaders vented their outrage. largest package delivery company. months said it will suspend print runs also a mention of the radio show on Brom reversed course, issuing the A jury in March concluded that the in April because, “I learned you are ho- the Internet that I co-host. McCusker family an apology and 14-year UPS veteran experienced “se- mosexual, and your Web site is help- “For me, the most terrible aspect of offering to preside at mass in vere, widespread and persistent harass- ing to promote a homosexual lifestyle. this incident is that Mr. Jones bases his memory of the gay businessman. ment that created a hostile and abusive Not only in adults, but in underage hateful actions on his ‘Christianity’ and Dioceses have sometimes denied work environment,” which ultimately children as well,” wrote Mark Jones, calls himself a ‘right-wing conserva- funeral Masses for mobsters, and led to her wrongful termination. owner of Progressive Ventures of tive.’ The worst outcome from (his) be- some priests accused of sexual Vacaville, Calif. “The outcome of this case sends a havior would be that more people will abuse have been granted Catholic clear message to UPS Ð and the rest of Jones also asserted, “People are not turn away from spirituality in their own funeral services, said the Associated corporate America Ð that harassment born gay any more than they are born lives, thinking that the Christian way Press, based on gender stereotypes will not adulters (sic). Or murders (sic). Or is to hate gay people and to cause them be tolerated,” said attorney Waukeen thieves. It is the choices they make that harm,” Burke said. Q. McCoy, who represented Kathy they will be judged by, and this is con- High school editor axed Hoskins, the plaintiff. tributing to the decline in moral val- ACLU: Scouts ineligible ues in our nation today.” in free speech dispute The San Francisco Superior Court for government support case focused on Hoskins’ complaint of Burke called Jones’ accusations “ab- LOS ANGELES Ð The American persistent harassment by coworkers surd.” Promoting homosexuality, he WASHINGTON, D.C. Ð A legislative Civil Liberties Union is appealing the and supervisors about her appearance. said, “is impossible. Homosexuality bill called Support Our Scouts Act, in- recent dismissal of a high school news- She also was denied new work equip- simply exists. troduced in Congress March 16, would paper editor for publishing a human- ment and other uniform and safety “When (Jones) went to my Web site, open federal lands and facilities to interest article involving three gay and equipment that was readily available he must have seen my biography list- scouting activities and require state and bisexual students. to male employees. Hoskins is African ing me as a ‘gay rights advocate’ and local governments to do the same if Ann Long, the former editor-in- American whose gender presentation they allowed other groups to use pub- chief of the Oracle at Troy High does not fit the stereotypical feminine lic facilities. School, was removed from her posi- model. Black lesbian activist The American Civil Liberties Union tion for her chronicling the coming-out “According to my former supervi- found murdered in home says the Boy Scouts’ exclusion of gay stories of three fellow classmates. The members and its religious nature ACLU is seeking her reinstatement sor, I wasn’t ‘feminine’ enough,” said WASHINGTON, D.C. Ð Wanda Hoskins, who worked at a UPS facil- should make it ineligible for govern- through an appeal to Orange County Alston, who headed the mayor’s office ment support. school officials. ity in San Bruno, Calif., as a package of gay and lesbian issues in Washing- car driver until February 2003. ton, D.C., was found stabbed to death “This judgment is a huge step for- in her home March 16.The body was ward for women everywhere who want discovered by her partner, Stacey to be judged for the quality of their Long. Police found the victim’s car work, not how they express their gen- missing. der or how feminine they can appear,” Alston, 45, was “an activist, a said Riki Wilchins, executive director fighter, a of the Gender Public Advocacy Coali- strong black tion (GenderPAC), a nonprofit group woman, a vo- that fights discrimination and violence cal lesbian and caused by gender stereotypes. “Kathy a friend,” said Hoskins’ case is emblematic of a wider Keith Boykin, trend toward zero tolerance of gender president of Before you waste your valuable time harassment in the workplace that’s not the National anywhere else, come see us at our four only taking place in the courts, but in Black Justice easy locations: HOURS state and local legislatures and corpo- Coalition. Mon.-Fri. 9 - 8 rate America as well.” 3711 E. Sprague Ave. 535-2942 Sat. 9 - 7 Sun. 10 - 6 Wanda Alston Boykin 2319 N. Division Street 323-9060 In the gay community, “gender iden- noted that 7219 E. 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WEWE SUPPORTSUPPORT THETHE ARTSARTS Page 16 Stonewall News Northwest April 2005 International Swiss OK’d partnerships; Gays in India use now processing split-ups Trans golfer finds a loophole to marry GENEVA Ð Eight percent of the gay NEW DELHI Ð Winter is India’s couples who took advantage of ‘level of ignorance’ celebratory wedding season and, while Switzerland’s partnership law enacted the law is silent on gay marriage, same- in May 2001 now have legally dis- GOLD COAST, Australia Ð Mianne sex couples are taking advantage of the solved their unions. Bagger hopes that at some point in her loophole to perform marriage ceremo- A total of 215 gay couples and 54 golfing career she’ll be known for her nies. Yet the happy, but daring couples heterosexual couples have registered prowess with a driver or putter. Right are vulnerable to arrest because gay sex partnerships under the law, and 19 have now, though, the attention Bagger re- is punishable by up to 10 years in so far officially ended their relation- ceives is more about who she used to be. prison. ships, with 17 of those being gay Born a male in Copenhagen, Den- Gays in India face discrimination, couples, according to according to mark, on Christmas Day 1966, Bag- blackmail and persecution by police news sources. ger began playing golf as an and government agencies, human “They’re splitting up for the same 8-year-old, then stopped in 1992 to rights campaigners say. With India’s reasons that married people get di- begin a six-year transformation to fe- myriad caste and class distinctions, vorced,” Maurice Fiumelli of the can- male. Now a resident of Australia, she being openly-lesbian is doubly hard. made her European tour debut in this tonal chancellery office told the Mianne Bagger Lesbians Raju, 25, and Mala, 22, Swissinfo news agency. “Some of them year’s ANZ Ladies Masters at Royal who use single names, eloped in De- have discovered that they don’t get Pines, shooting an even-par 72. golf. “It really exhibits the level of ig- cember. The couple were detained and along or they’ve fallen in love with other Before her round, she said she was norance that exists,” Bagger said. taken to court, which decreed they people and want out of the relationship.” incredulous that some suggest she Nonetheless, rules are being changed could live together because the law was For two partners to dissolve their changed her sex so she could have an to allow her to compete, and other tours silent on the issue. “Nobody can sepa- legal relationship under the Swiss law, unfair advantage playing women’s also have changed bylaws or are look- rate us. Not even death,” Raju told re- a letter to the chancellery is all that is ing into policies that would now bar porters. “We have vowed to live needed. Bagger from competing. together for the rest of our lives as hus- Two claim Pride Parade band and wife.” would spark violence Gay bias prompts bishop Courts asked to rule out to refuse AIDS donation JERUSALEM Ð A WorldPride pa- religion from gay issues American earns high rade being planned here in August is gay rating by Stonewall SOUTH RWENZORI, Uganda Ð Af- drawing criticism and thinly-veiled TAUBATE, Brazil Ð A prosecutor rican Bishop Jackson Nzerebende threats from ultra-Orthodox Israeli here has asked the country’s federal LONDON Ð American Airlines is Tembo of South Rwenzori in Uganda Knesset member Nissim Zeev as well judiciary to expand marriage rights to one of the top 100 employers of gay refused a $352,941 donation from the as an evangelical pastor in California gays and lesbians Ð without the spec- men and women in the United King- Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsyl- named Leo Giovinetti. tre of religious bias. dom, according to a newly-released vania in March because the diocese rating by Stonewall, a leading gay Giovinetti is circulating a petition in “Gays deserve equal rights, not rights organization in the UK. supported the election of Gene protest of the parade, and all 11 more rights or less rights. 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MORE NATIONAL NEWS Lesbian gains finals; Phelps’ kin drubbed Dear Late Date, TOPEKA, Kan. Ð Lesbian City Waiting for someone once is Tell awful, but waiting time and time Council candidate Tiffany Muller won her primary bid in March and now again can make you loony. How- moves on to a two-way nonpartisan ever, there are alternatives with: general election on April 5. Trinity’s Tough Tips For Muller, 26, received 1,329 votes in Trinity a four-way primary that included the Dealing With Someone 20-year-old granddaughter of anti-gay Who’s Always Late crusader Rev. Fred Phelps. Jael Phelps 1. COMMUNICATION: Ask garnered 202 votes. Top vote-getter for a 30-minute warning before was attorney she’s actually due, and another Richard Clubs, lies and 10-minute warning before she Harmon with actually arrives! 1,935 ballots. 2. LIE: If dinner is at 6 p.m., An effort to deep ‘see’ fishing tell him 5:30. And never be ready repeal a city before 5:45. ordinance that Hey Girl, protects gays 3. NO EXCUSES: Tell her no There is a guy at excuse is necessary. It’s about from discrimi- the club who I think nation Ð communicating her lateness likes me. But some- before she’s late, not having good dubbed by the times he says he’s Tiffany Muller excuses after she’s arrived. local media as “bi,” sometimes “just the Phelps Amendment Ð also failed, curious” and other 4. WARNING: Let him know 14,285 to 12,795. The City Council times he’s “straight.” that if he wants to be late, he just had approved the antidiscrimination He kissed me twice in needs to call and tell you. He does ordinance in November. Fred “God the last year when he not need an excuse! Hates Fags” Phelps and his Westboro was sober. What 5. ACCEPTANCE: Just accept Baptist Church launched a petition should I do? that she will often be late, and this drive against it. The Daily Report is how it will often be. Don’t act The senior Phelps caused the coun- Milwaukee all upset and surprised every time! try to regurgitate when he conducted a 6. STAY BUSY: Always keep demonstration at funeral services for Hey Daily Report, busy with things to do while gay Wyoming college student Matthew First the bad news. waiting for a typically-late person. Shepard in 1998. Shepard was brutally Even though he sounds tortured then lashed to a rail fence in a 7. THE TRUTH: Being late is like a fun, straight/bi- not a crime, punishment or remote country area outside Laramie, curious, undecided, so Wyo., and left to die by two men who Dating Dilemma No. 130 international offense, it’s just how on and so forth guy some people are. Accept it! later were sentenced to life in prison who enjoys your gay without the possibility of parole. company, this really fits more into applaud you for that. However, have 8. THE OTHER FOOT: Re- The Victory Fund, which backed the Wasting Your Time category you heard of inner wealth? Well, member, if he’s always late, then Muller, congratulated the people of for The Gay Film Festival’s baby, maybe it’s time! you can always be late, too, and Topeka for sending “an important mes- Tragedy Contest than being a true- never feel bad. sage that fairness and equality are val- life boyfriend situation. By con- Dear Trinity, 9. ENDING THE STRESS: It’s ues embraced by Topeka.” stantly changing sexualities, he My friend of three years and I better for you to call and “check probably just wants to be liked, not recently became boyfriends, but in” 10 minutes before she’s due, Quit smoking help break your heart. Now the good we’ve only had weird sex, twice. than to wait angrily, hoping she available toll-free news! Enjoy him as a friend. Oh yeah, he moved, so I never see calls you. Honey, even though catching a him and when I do he doesn’t seem 10. Lastly, ATTITUDE: Yes WASHINGTON, D.C. Ð While many straight fish is exciting, a gay fish interested. Does he still want me? you can make someone feel bad gay smokers believe that smoking in- will stay longer and … let you Dead Desires for being late, but after a few creases their health risks, fewer (75 taste its meat. Harrisburg, Pa. times, you’d better accept it with percent) have made attempts to quit Kisses, Trinity open arms or … find someone Dear Dead Desires, compared to other adults (80 percent), else to put your arms around! according to the American Legacy Dear Trinity, Let me get this right: he moved Foundation. My very “spiritual” boyfriend away, you hardly see him and, when Reverend Trinity has a masters of divinity “Research suggests that a higher keeps pushing me to work less you do, he never wants to have sex? and hosts the weekly radio drama Spiritu- percentage of the (gay) community and appreciate life more. What Pumpkin, not only is he not your ally Speaking. She also performs globally. may smoke, compared with the total am I suppose to do when I’m not boyfriend, he’s not anything except To “Tell Trinity,” send e-mail to adult population, and we are commit- working, shop, chat on the an old friend you had bad sex with. [email protected] or a letter to Tell ted to raising awareness of the toll of Internet or watch TV? I like So, point blank, it’s over, if it even Trinity, P.O. Box 1362, Provincetown, MA tobacco on gay people and providing working. How else am I going to started. Now, go find a new boy- 02657-5362. help to quit smoking,” said Dr. Cheryl make money? friend who wants to please you, not Sponsored by PBG: Healton, president and CEO of the Work vs. Life tease you! the Provincetown Business Guild foundation. Elizabeth, N.J. Good Luck, Trinity! (800) 637-8696 or www.ptown.org Free counseling and information on smoking and health to help gay, les- Dear Work vs. Life, Dear Trinity, WWW. 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GAY MARKER APPROVED Continued from front page and encompasses more than 100 pro- grams and 40 special events. Highlights include a tribute to “Gay Pioneers and 40 Heroes,” a concert fea- turing Cyndi Lauper, an interfaith ser- vice at historic Christ Church with Bishop Gene Robinson, screenings of the movie Gay Pioneers, a Gay Icons pavilion at the Independence Visitors Center, a street festival and some 14 parties. Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia will hold state receptions on April 30. All substantive events, in- cluding the national celebration, are free.

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Michael Weaver directs Actor’s Repertory The Senior Art Exhibit opens for a 3-week show THURSDAYS Theatre presentation of Noel Coward’s comedic at the Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University. 23 Blithe Spirit at the Spartan Theatre on the Free ▼ 5:30-8 pm: RAINBOW REGIONAL COMMU- Saturday NITY CENTER. campus of Spokane Falls Community College Othello, Shakespeare’s classic tale of love, honor, tonight at 8 and continuing through April 24. Call A Spring Auction to benefit Odyssey Youth FRIDAYS jealousy and betrayal, opens a 3-week run at 838-4013 for reservations, mention “Stonewall” Interplayers. $16-$20, S/s. Center will be held at Corbin Arts Center, at 7th 2-8 pm: RAINBOW REGIONAL COMMU- and receive 20% off ticket purchase. and Stevens, from 7-10 pm. $35, $60 per couple NITY CENTER. Dinner and a Movie night at 6 pm at the Rainbow 15 The ISCS Prince and Princess present a Center will feature Saved. Free ▼ fundraiser at Dempseys to bolster the court’s (When known, the price of admission for one adult is Friday Disaster Fund. Show starts at 9 pm; entertainer shown. S/s indicates discounted ticket prices are lineup is at 8. available for Seniors and for students with ID.) 9 Advance ticket requests for Odyssey Youth ▼ Center’s Spring Auction on April 23 are needed The indomitable Eunice Kennady Smith Saturday today: 325-3637 headlines Simply Drag at The Merq tonight from 1 10:30 to 12:30. Free This morning at 9:30, Older and Wiser Lesbian Just Like a Woman will be the feature for Dinner ▼ Sensations (OWLS) will flock to the Old Country Western camp without John Wayne? Yup, and Friday and a Movie night at the Rainbow Center Buffet for breakfast. beginning at 6 pm. Free CenterStage’s got it in The Terror of Tiny Town A reception for gay artist Rich Baker will be held To support the battle against cancer, ISCS for The Worst Midnight Movie Series Ever tonight. at the Rainbow Center from 5-8 pm as part of the Tonight only, Gonzaga University students will $3 performers will entertain at a Ken Mealer Cancer perform a series of dramatic scenes in Take a city’s First Friday art event. Free Awareness fundraiser at Dempseys at 9 pm. The musical comedy Forever Plaid continues its Lineup for performers is announced for 8 pm. 26 run at CenterStage Thurs, Fri and Sat through ▼ April 24. $35. Show-only $17, s Tuesday Pride and Joy Movie Night at CenterStage 2 begins with a social time at 6, followed by the ▼ feature presentation, Big Eden, at 7:30. $5 (Ticket Saturday qualifies for 25% dinner menu discount at Ella’s) The Gonzaga University First Nations Student Association hosts its 4th Unity in Spirit Powwow 28 at Martin Centre from noon to 7 pm. Free ▼ K.K. “Robby” Robbins announces an Open Thursday House at Advanced Wellness Clinic, 5735 N Designated restaurants will donate 20% of your Division, from 2-4 pm, followed by a drum circle meal tab to Spokane AIDS Network when you until 5. dine with them today. For Dining Out for Life Eileen Ivers and 9-time Irish fiddle champions participating restaurants, call SAN: 455-8993, ext. Immigrant Soul will entertain at the Met at 8 pm. 320 $16-$30 By coincidence, The Spitfire Grill opens a With no apologies to Faye Rae, CenterStage month’s run at CenterStage Thurs, Fri and Sat. screens Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla $39-$45, S/s for The Worst Midnight Movie Series Ever tonight at 12M. $3 ▼29 3 Friday ▼ Pecker will light the screen for Dinner and a Sunday Movie night at the Rainbow Center. Start time is ISCS (the Imperial Sovereign Court of Spokane) Meet the artist of Last Drop, above, E.L. Stewart, during a free public reception 6 pm. Free will hold a board meeting at Dempseys at 6 pm. A at The Huneke Gallery at Spokane Art School during First Friday on April 1 from general court meeting follows at 7:30. 5 to 7 pm. Spokane Art School is across from the Arena at 920 N Howard. ▼30 Karaoke fans can join Yasmine at The Merq tonight and every Sunday at 9:30 pm. Saturday The original was so good, they made C.H.U.D. 2? At midnight, CenterStage continues its celluloid Stand Against Sexual Violence at the Met 5 No matter, CenterStage has glommed onto it for abuse in The Worst Midnight Movie Series Ever beginning at 7:30. $5, s us as the month’s finale in The Worst Midnight ▼ with the showing of The Horrors of Spider Movie Series Ever. $3 Tuesday Island. $3 16 The Spokane Arts Commission will convene an ▼ May 1 arts summit, Bold Strokes: Building Spokane’s 12 Saturday ▼ Arts Assets, at the Jewitt House (behind St. ▼ Special events and displays today through April 23 Sunday John’s Cathedral at 12th and Grand) from 9 am to Tuesday mark Japan Week at the Japanese Cultural 4 pm. $12 includes box lunch. Mother likes who best? The Smothers Brothers Center museum and resource center at Spokane-Kootenai Pride invites you to play join the Spokane Symphony for an evening of Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute, weekdays from Bunko at a fundraiser this afternoon at The Merq. 6 humor, nostalgia and bluegrass at the Opera 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Free Social hour and practice at 2; games scheduled 3- ▼ House at 8 pm. $20-$42 5:30. $10 donation suggested. Teenage Caveman (without Gidget) plays at Wednesday CenterStage in The Worst Midnight Movie Series Across the river at Dempseys at 6 pm, The The GLBT Book Group will meet at Auntie’s 13 Ever when both hands on the clock point up. $3 Alliance gay student organization at Spokane Bookstore at 7 pm to review Alison Smith’s Name ▼ Falls Community College will hold a Gay May All the Animals. Wednesday Bingo Day fundraising event featuring bingo and a 17 raffle. If karaoke is more your style, join Yasmine at The Participating students and schools will observe a ▼ Merq tonight and every Wednesday at 9:30. Day of Silence today, promoted by GLSEN, the Sunday May 2 Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, to The public is invited to join the Spokane Lesbian protest anti-gay discrimination and harassment. ▼ 7 Association for game day at the Rainbow Center ▼ The Inland Northwest Business Alliance’s between 11 am and 3 pm. Monday Thursday monthly luncheon meeting at Europa restaurant Music from around the Mediterranean will Today is the deadline to submit nominations for On Thursdays this month at 9:30 pm, Yasmine begins with networking at 11:30 am. $15-$18 reverberate at CenterStage in tonight’s dinner- Spokane’s Rainbow Awards. Info: 327-8377 hosts karaoke at The Merq. Flip a couple of pages on your calendar and reserve June 3 - 11 for Pride Week