In "Straight," Seattle writer and performer David Schmader explores the world of conversion therapy, the psychological and spiritual procedure by which homosexuals are reputedly made “straight.” With characteristic wit and intelligence, Schmader plunges into the heart of this highly charged territory—attending sessions with a German psychoanalyst, going undercover at “ex-gay” support groups and engaging in

The music-poetry collective returns featuring Jed Myers, guitar; John Burgess, noise; Ted McMahon, drums; Melet Whinston, cello; and guest poet Venessa Pepoy. The evening's theme is "lyrical poetry and a song or two"—Emily Dickinson, Baudelaire, Patti Smith and the band's own writings, all loosely strung on the thread of what beauty only we mortals can

The music-poetry collective returns featuring Jed Myers, guitar; John Burgess, noise; Ted McMahon, drums; Melet Whinston, cello; and guest poet Venessa Pepoy. The evening's theme is "lyrical poetry and a song or two"—Emily Dickinson, Baudelaire, Patti Smith and the band's own writings, all loosely strung on the thread of what beauty only we mortals can