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March 2015
Lifelong’s Consumer Advisory Panel
There have been any changes in Ryan White and Department of Health funding over the last year and there are more on the horizon. Hear from Lifelong about the current landscape of state and county funding for services that benefit HIV positive clients. We will be asking for input from consumers on what additional services are needed. Get involved in the decision making process. Your voice counts!
Find out more »November 2015
PFLAG Seattle Annual Meeting
Come to PFLAG Seattle’s Annual Meeting on Nov. 2 to hear Seattle Police Officer Jim Ritter talk about the nationally recognized Safe Place Program he started and how it is making a difference in restoring the security of Seattle’s LGBT community. Officer Ritter is gay and has been on the Seattle Police force for more than 30 years. At the meeting you’ll also be able to: • Join PFLAG or renew your membership • Become a PFLAG volunteer • Meet…
Find out more »June 2016
Making Stonewall a National Park
Please come to our June support meeting to hear guest speaker Julia Tesch of the National Parks Conservation Association talk about the NPCA's efforts to make Stonewall the nation's first LGBTQ park. There will be a Q&A after her presentation. Support meeting: 7-8:15 Guest speaker: 8:15-9
Find out more »September 2016
September Meeting: Guest Lisa Love
Are you a parent of an LGBTQ student enrolled in Seattle Public Schools? Did you know that there is an LGBTQ Advisory Committee? Lisa Love of Seattle Public Schools will talk about the committee and how it works with the Superintendent of the School Board on educational issues relating to safe and welcoming school environments for all students, staff and families regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. The support part of the meeting will begin at 8 p.m.
Find out more »October 2016
October Seattle Support Meeting
Susan Cottrell, the author of “Mom, I’m Gay” and the founder of FreedHearts (freedhearts.org), will be in Seattle to talk about how to effectively reach parents of faith to help them fully love, accept and affirm their LGBTQ children. Susan is a PFLAG mom from Austin, TX, and we’re so glad she’ll be stopping by to share her story.
Find out more »May 2017
Brad Gooch: Rumi’s Secret
Brad Gooch, acclaimed author of Smash Cut, Flannery, and City Poet speaks about his book, Rumi’s Secret: The Life of the Sufi Poet of Love (HarperCollins) the first popular biography of the beloved thirteenth-century poet Rumi. Rumi has been compared to Shakespeare and to Saint Francis of Assisi, yet little is known in the West of the historical Rumi, who lived in times as filled with conflict as our own. Co-presented with Seattle First Baptist Church. “An excellent and accessible…
Find out more »June 2017
June speaker: Rebecca Lane, Aging with Pride
Rebecca Lane will discuss the Aging with Pride: National Health, Aging, and Sexuality/Gender Study, which is the first federally funded longitudinal national project designed to better understand the aging, health, and well-being of LGBTQ midlife and older adults and their families. Rebecca's presentation will be during the first hour, with the support part of the meeting occurring from 8-9 p.m.
Find out more »November 2017
John Hodgman with John Roderick
Please join us for an evening with John Hodgman, including an onstage interview (conducted by John Roderick) and booksigning! About Vacationland: Although John Hodgman's career as a bestselling author and on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart was founded on fake news and invented facts, in 2016 that routine didn’t seem as funny to John Hodgman anymore. Everyone is doing it now. Disarmed of falsehood, he was left only with the awful truth: John Hodgman is an older white male…
Find out more »Jeffrey Eugenides and Mary Ann Gwinn discuss “Fresh Complaint”
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Eugenides will talk with Mary Ann Gwinn about his first collection of short stories, "Fresh Complaint." This event is supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation, author series sponsor Gary Kunis, and media sponsor The Seattle Times and presented in partnership with Elliott Bay Book Company. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Please note that this event is taking place at an offsite location. Library events and programs are free and everyone is welcome.…
Find out more »December 2017
Together We Rise – Seattle Human Rights Day Celebration
Seattle’s Human Rights Day is a celebration of local organizations and individuals who are working to bring positive change to our community and to the world. This year’s program marks the city’s 18th annual event. This year’s theme, Together We Rise, is a nod to the triumphs and challenges of building community in these divisive times. We’ll hear from prominent keynote speakers such as Jorge Baron, Executive Director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project; Ethel Branch, Attorney General of the…
Find out more »March 2018
Diva on the Verge
Join star Maren Comendant with special guest Brian Pucheu and pianist Jeremy Dupea in this hilarious night at the cabaret as they explore the psyche of an artist on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Songs from Rossini to Gershwin to the Indigo Girls
Find out more »April 2018
Broadway Bingo – A Night at the Movies
This is our last Broadway Bingo night until the summer. Come join us for all of the fun as we salute Broadway shows that have also been movies. Rent, Phantom of the Opera, Grease, Evita, Into the Woods, Chicago, Sound of Music, Mamma Mia, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Sister Act and many more shows will be celebrated. You get to join in the singing of songs from the musicals while playing Bingo. Movie-themed prizes await and we'll have drinks…
Find out more »SAL Presents: A Conversation with Lidia Bastianich
Beloved chef, writer, and restauranteur Lidia Bastianich is the author of thirteen cookbooks and the Emmy award-winning host of public television’s "Lidia’s Kitchen." Her first memoir, "My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food" is an inspiring account of a remarkable woman. This in-conversation event will be moderated by food writer and blogger Molly Wizenberg. All ticket orders (except, Student, Create-Your-Own Subscriptions, and complimentary tickets) include a copy of My American Dream. Book and ticket packages are available…
Find out more »September 2018
David Loves Cole
David Duvall has had a life-long love affair with the music of Cole Porter. Combined with some anecdotes from Cole's life, for "David Loves Cole" he has assembled many of his favorite Porter tunes into an evening of romantic, naughty and touching music that only Cole Porter could have written. Featuring both popular and rare pieces, the program will include "All Of You", "I Love Paris", "Just One Of Those Things", "Begin The Beguine", "Night And Day", "At Long Last…
Find out more »Bombshell with Tipsy Rose Lee
Marilyn Monroe invented her public persona while she concealed a private side known only to her closest circle. 50 years after her death, her creation still blazes brightly in American culture, while the woman behind the mask continues to remain a mystery. Drawing from recently discovered personal papers, diaries and letters, BOMBSHELL explores the multiple aspects of the real Marilyn – ambition, passion, soul-searching, power and fear – in a captivating and surprising portrait that gives us a new and…
Find out more »November 2018
It’s Britney B*$#@!, Oops We Did it Again
They're baaaaaaack! After a sold-out Britney Spears tribute last Spring, the gang is back to do it again! Join Matt Dela Cruz, Erin Bednarz, Stephanie Bull, Elise Campello, Alyson Jacobs-Lake, Mikey Dela Cruz, Matthew Flores, Jesse Smith and Denise Duque for this tribute to all things Britney. Don't wait to get your tickets because they're gonna go like Crazy!
Find out more »December 2018
The Skid Rogues – Benefit for Dorothy’s Piano Bar and Cabaret
Carissa Smit (vocals) and Jay Vilhauer ( keyboards & vocals) team up to offer a pleasing musical concoction sure to ease the ear and sooth the day-to-day stress of modern life. Drawing from a deep well of traditional jazz, 80’s and 90’s smooth rock, and recent show tunes, The Skid Rogues always deliver a musical main dish that compliments a perfectly chilled dry martini, stirred. This is a benefit for Dorothy's to help us get closer to opening our permanent…
Find out more »January 2019
Who I Am!
Join Dorothy's for our second cabaret featuring transgender and non-binary performers. Starring Skylar Bastedo, Alexei Cifrese, Miss Violet DeVille, Dani Hobbs, Sam I'Am, Jasmine Joshua, incent Milay, Mandy Rose & Apollo Vidra #transgender #nonbinary #seattlecabaret #cabaret #seattlespianobar #dorothyspianobarandcabaret
Find out more »I Don’t Need Anything but You
If May's Silly Little Songs was the show that every musical-theatre lover had been waiting for, I Don't Need Anything But You is the follow-up album. Come and hear the songs that made Broadway great, that made your heart soar, that you used to sing (maybe still do) in the shower! Chloé Cavender, Sarah Fairchild, Jonathan Fowles, and Patrick Ostrander team up to offer a vivid cross-section of Broadway. Expect to hear songs from Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne, Jason Robert…
Find out more »February 2019
First Town Hall of 2019 w/Pramila Jayapal
Make your voice heard and join me for the first Town Hall of 2019! Hear how I'm fighting for the people of Washington's 7th District at home and in Washington, D.C.! This event is FREE, but let us know you're coming! RSVP at: https://jayapal.house.gov/EVENTS/
Find out more »Nothing but the Blues & You
Come on out to hear some down home soulful Jazzy Originals with Blues that will warm up any winter night. Join Mercedes Nicole with her award winning duo: Craig Hoyer on the Steinway, Ciipper Anderson on bass and Mercedes Nicole on Vocals. Mercedes ended the year with 3 Standing Room Only Shows, and will be sure to warm up your heart this Winter! Mercedes is a 2018 Women in Music Composer Winner from the Arts Collective, and has performed in…
Find out more »January 2020
Revolution 2020
SWC rocks the vote with a timely and rousing concert that marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and decries the continued struggle for free and fair voting rights for all people. Featuring “R.O.C.K. in the USA,” and The Beatles’ “Revolution,” plus a new commission, “Lifting as We Climb,” inspired by the words of suffragist Mary Church Terrell, charter member of the NAACP.
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