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Two 'gAy' list celebrities get in sync with Seattle
Book signing, fundraiser highlight visit by Amazing Race winner, 'N Sync star

by David Luc Nguyen (Teriyaki Temple) - SGN A&E Writer

Two of Hollywood's "gAy" list celebrities were in Seattle last week. The winner of CBS's Amazing Race, Reichen Lemkuhl, was accompanied by his 'N Sync boy band boyfriend, Lance Bass, on his twenty-six city book tour. He is pr
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Lawrence Renes should move in with the SSO
Lawrence Renes should move in with the SSO by Rod Parke - SGN A&E Writer

Last week I wrote, "Lawrence Renes is simply one of the most exciting conductors performing anywhere today." His second program in this two-week stay did everything to reinforce this opinion.

Certainly, the first half could hardly have been more i
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Dixie Chicks ready to have fun at Tacoma Dome
by Lorelei Quenzer - SGN A&E Writer

The Dixie Chicks
Saturday, November 11, 8:00 pm
Tacoma Dome


The crowd at the Tacoma Dome last Friday might not have been ready to make nice, but they were ready to have fun with Dixie Chicks. You know you're in for a wild ride when you hear the strains of "Hail to
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New York Dolls re-glam El Corazon with showy appearance
by Jessica Browning - SGN A&E Writer

New York Dolls w/ Supersuckers, Chesterfield Kings, The Charms
November 11 @ El Corazon


It's a beautiful thing to see a couple of old-fashioned rock n' roll queens strut their stuff as if it was 1975 all over again. When New York Dolls hit the stage at El Corazon last S
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Fanfan La Tulipe: A 1952 French comic anit-war gem that still shines
by Derich Mantonela - SGN A&E Writer

Opening Friday at the Varsity (one week only)

Bravo to Rialto Pictures for bringing us another fresh-print revival of a French masterpiece, "Fanfan La Tulipe." Christian-Jaque's 1952 cheerfully upbeat, ironical anti-war swashbuckling mock-epic starring two of filmdom's leg
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Book Marks
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Little Children: American Beauty meets 'Desperate Housewives' sums up this well-made movie soap opera
Opening Friday at the Seven Gables

Todd Fields' Little Children is a sort of American Beauty meets "Desperate Housewives," with an added dash of child molestation paranoia, as told from a "Gen-X with Yuppie leanings" perspective. "Beautiful Desperate American Housewives?"

If that summary seems in itself a put-on, th
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Legendary satirist Alan Abel is the subject of new documentary
by E. Joyce Glasgow - SGN A&E Writer

Abel Raises Cain
A film by Jenny Abel & Jeff Hockett, USA, 2005, 82 minutes
Winner Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary,
2005 Slamdance Film Festival
Seattle Premiere, Northwest Film Forum,
1515 12th Ave., (206)267-5380
November 20-22, at 7 & 9 pm


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Former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter visits Seattle
by E. Joyce Glasgow - SGN A&E Writer

Former U.N. Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter, who disputed President Bush's claim of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, appeared at a Seattle City Club luncheon on November 9th. He was in town to discuss his new book: "Target Iran: The Truth about the White House's Plans for Regime Change".
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Seattle provides the backdrop for the campy Creatures from the Pink Lagoon
by Nevin Jefferson - SGN A&E Writer

Creatures from the Pink Lagoon
Starring: Nick Garrison, Lowell Deo, Evan Mosher, Philip D. Clark, Vincent Kovar Billy,
John Kaufmann, Bill Morrison, and Bobby Jerry Lloyd
Directed by Chis Diani
Written by Chris Diani & Basil Harris


Hurray for HOLLYQUEER
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The Dead Vampires among the un-dead at Studio 7
by Nevin Jefferson - SGN A&E Writer

The ghosts didn't boo, they cheered as they boogied down to the horror and 'rot 'n roll' tunes performed by The Dead Vampires at Studio 7 on Halloween Night. The raised from the dead audience featured many notable costumes, which added to the frightfully fun evening.

The stage was se
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Pacific Gender Institute Announces Plans for Holiday Party December 2 at Polish Home
SEATTLE Pacific Gender Institute announces they will sponsor a holiday party set for Saturday evening, December 2. The organizing committee has named this festivity "The 2006 PGS Yule Renewal Party."

Fran Stewart, chair of the PGI/PGS organizing committee, explains, "(The event) will provide an opportunity for folks of all ages,
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Where It's At: Head Automatica and 30 Seconds to Mars, with Jared Leto, headline MTV bash at The Fenix
Where It's At: Head Automatica and 30 Seconds to Mars, with Jared Leto, headline MTV bash at The Fenix by Albert Rodriguez - SGN A & E Writer

30 Seconds to Mars, Head Automatica, Cobra Starship (MTV2 $2 Bill Series)
Sunday, November 19 - 8pm
The Fenix - $22 / www.fenixunderground.com


In a candid in
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Q-Scopes by Jack Fertig
"Speak your mind, Taurus!"

In his 12-year orbit, Jupiter spends about a year in each sign. Now he's heading into his own home sign of Sagittarius. Ideally, this releases a year of more open-mindedness, philosophy, and good humor. God knows, we could use all of that these days! Opportunities come to those who speak up. Sing out, Louis
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Two films that should be contenders come Oscar time
by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid - SGN A&E Writer

Babel
Directed by:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Starring:; Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Akzham
Peter Wight, Ali Hamadi, Gael Garcia Bernal, Monica del Carmen
Rinko Kikuchi, Koji Yakusho
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Fur, An Imaginary Portrait of Diane A
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SGN X-Word

"One Knight Stand"

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 1 Lower, to Lorca
 5 A little behind
 9 Short probe
14 Place for a Malgieri pastry
15 Loads
16 Colette's _The ___ One_
17 Like porn
18 Madonna taught this in _The Next Best Thing_
19 _Gone With the more

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Sports Complex

Sports Complex
by Jim Provenzano

Blood Ties: Changing Perceptions of HIV-Positive Athletes

In the years since the first professional athletes with HIV came out, most of the panic and hysteria associated with transmission via sports has subsided. In LGBT athletics, people with HIV have become accepted more

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