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Monday, January 2nd, 2012!  6:30pm at the Knights of Pythias Temple in Tacoma, Washington!

Join us as we celebrate 2011 and usher in 2012, CLAW’s “Year of the Flying Monkey”!

Fun will be had!  Slides will be shown!  Fezzes will be worn!  Cake will be eaten!!!

Be there!  (Or the Flying Monkeys will get you!)

The Pythian Temple is located at:

911-913 Broadway, Tacoma, Washington 98402

Tickets for the Great Yearly Ceremony are $5 each and are available at these fine locations!
Comic Book Ink – 2510 S. 84th, Suites 15A-B, Lakewood, WA 98499
King’s Books – 218 St Helens Ave Tacoma, WA 98402
Mad Hat Tea – 1130 Commerce St Tacoma, WA 98402
Amocat Cafe – 625 Saint Helens Avenue Tacoma, WA 98402
Atomic Comics – 4020 South Steele Street Tacoma, WA 98409

Last year you laughed so hard you nearly peed. You remember the terror of 2009. And you’ve been waiting all year for this magical, yet horrifying event. Yes! Once again it’s time for The CLAW’s Annual White Elephant Gift Exchange. Anybody is welcome. What do you need to bring? You don’t need to bring a gift to watch the spectacle. But this might be just the place to get rid of that ‘thing’ you loving aunt gave you last year.

This year the Four Eye Council, with support of the Talons of the CLAW, declare the White Elephant rules as:

1. Gifts, if new, should be less than $10.
2. Once a gift is taken of the table it MUST be unwrapped.
3. A gift can be stolen twice, and then it is locked in.
4. A person cannot steal the same gift twice.
5. You can only get a present if you bring a present.
6. You can bring more than one present.
7. Spare presents number will be awarded though a rock-paper-scissors competition by all who want to participate.

Date: Wednesday, Dec 7th 2011
Location: The Amocat Cafe, 625 Saint Helens Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402
Time: 7:30 p.m.

CLAW Four-Eyes Council Member, Mark Brill, along with his writing partner and publisher of Northwest Press, Charles “Zan” Christensen, are being featured in this month’s special issue of OUT Magazine. They are part of the prestigious OUT100 list of individuals who are considered to have made a positive or valuable contribution to the LGBT community in 2011.

The honor was bestowed for creating the anti-bullying comic book “The Power Within”, which began life at the 24 Hour Comic Book event in October of last year.  Although the book wasn’t finished that day, it ultimately took on a life of its own, culminating in the international recognition of being recognized by OUT Magazine!

Read the full press release from Northwest Press by following the link below:

http://northwestpress.com/2011/11/17/christensen-and-brill-named-two-of-out-magazines-out-100-for-the-power-within/