The mystical connection between homosexuals and old-school country divas is real and deep, a fact that should be fully evident at Northwest Film Forum’s special gay-pride edition of their popular You’re Looking at Country series, which tonight features nothing but legendary queens of country music. Watch classic performances by Connie Smith, Loretta Lynn, Melba Montgomery, Tammy Wynette, Donna Fargo, and Miss Dolly Parton, who’ll flit across the screen in a parade of “shellacked wigs, beribboned gowns, and cheerful songs about alcoholism, family feuds, murder, man trouble, and Jesus.” Bonus: beer bar! (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, nwfilmforum.org, 8 pm, $11)

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...