Let It No Calm, P.20 Winter Adventures in the North SNOW Cascades, P.14 THURSDAY [12.11.14] COMMUNITY
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The Gristle, 3ɀɆ * Film Shorts, 3ɂɆ * Market Mission, 3ɃɄɄ cascadia Pickford Calendar Inside REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM *SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. {12.10.14}{#50}{V.09}{FREE} SILENT NIGHT Of train whistles and quiet zones, P.08 BEOWULF IN BELLINGHAM Ancient epic at the mead hall, P.16 SALLIE FORD All storm and Let It no calm, P.20 Winter adventures in the North SNOW Cascades, P.14 THURSDAY [12.11.14] COMMUNITY Shop, Dine, Celebrate: Through Sunday, 34 ONSTAGE throughout downtown Bellingham Mary and Joseph: 7:30pm, iDiOM Theater Deck the Hall: 12-5pm, Whatcom Museum’s Old FOOD FOOD cascadia Miracle on 34th Street: 7:30pm, Bellingham City Hall Theatre Guild Celebrate the Season: 12-5pm, Port of Anacortes Bob’s Your Elf: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Event Center 28 Theatre Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre GET OUT The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Jingle Bell Run: 9am, Bellingham High School B-BOARD B-BOARD Holiday Boat Parade: 6:30pm, La Conner MUSIC A glance at what’s happening this week Winter Concert: 7pm, Bellingham High School FOOD 24 Fidalgo Youth Symphony: 8pm, McIntyre Hall, Breakfast with Santa: 8-11am, Bellingham Mount Vernon Senior Activity Center FILM Breakfast with Santa: 9-11am, Bellingham Childcare & Learning Center Breakfast with Santa: 9-11am, Christ the King 20 FRIDAY [12.12.14] Church, Ferndale ONSTAGE Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot MUSIC The Nightmare Before Christmas: 7pm, BAAY Market Square Theatre Mary and Joseph: 7:30pm, iDiOM Theater 18 VISUAL ARTS Miracle on 34th Street: 7:30pm, Bellingham Coast Salish Winter Festival: 10am-5pm, Lummi ART Theatre Guild Gateway Center A Christmas Story: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Gift Sale: 10am-3pm, Ragfinery 16 Theatre, Lynden Holiday Craft Bazaar: 10:30am-12:30pm, Dem- White Christmas: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, ing Library Mount Vernon Pacific Arts Market: 10am-6pm, Sunset Square STAGE Bob’s Your Elf: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Allied Arts Holiday Festival: 10am-6pm, 4145 Theatre Meridian St. 14 Home for the Holidays:: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Holiday Make.Sale: 12-6pm, Make.Shift Art Space Theatre Anchor Closing Reception: 2-5pm, Anchor Art Space GET OUT MUSIC BUG Holiday Concert: 7pm, Bellingham Public Library SUNDAY [12.14.14] 12 Skagit Symphony: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall ONSTAGE COMMUNITY Miracle on 34th Street: 2pm, Bellingham WORDS Shop, Dine, Celebrate: Through Sunday, Theatre Guild Holiday costumes for both humans and canines are throughout downtown Bellingham A Nightmare Before Christmas: 2pm, BAAY 8 Deck the Hall: 12-5pm, Whatcom Museum’s Old Theatre encouraged at the annual Jingle Bell Run/Walk City Hall A Christmas Story: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden CURRENTS CURRENTS for Arthritis happening Sat., Dec. 13 in downtown VISUAL ARTS White Christmas: 2pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Pacific Arts Market: 10am-6pm, Sunset Square Vernon 6 Bellingham Allied Arts Holiday Festival: 10am-6pm, 4145 Bob’s Your Elf: 2pm, Anacortes Community Theatre Meridian St. VIEWS DANCE The Nutcracker: 2pm, Mount Baker Theatre 4 SATURDAY [12.13.14] MUSIC MAIL MAIL Kris Kringle takes on the cynics at the final weekend of ONSTAGE Skagit Valley Chorale: 2pm, McIntyre Hall The Nightmare Before Christmas: 2pm and Celtic Yuletide: 3pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount 2 Miracle on 34th Street: The Musical performances Dec. 7pm, BAAY Theatre Vernon 2 11-14 at the Bellingham Theatre Guild A Christmas Story: 2pm and 7:30pm, Claire vg Arto and Antii Jarvela: 7:30pm, Nancy’s Farm DO IT IT DO DO IT IT DO Thomas Theatre, Lynden Mary and Joseph: 7:30pm, iDiOM Theater COMMUNITY Miracle on 34th Street: 7:30pm, Bellingham Shop, Dine, Celebrate: Throughout downtown Theatre Guild Bellingham White Christmas: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Deck the Hall: 12-5pm, Whatcom Museum’s Old 12.10.14 Mount Vernon City Hall Bob’s Your Elf: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Celebrate the Season: 12-5pm, Port of Anacortes .09 Theatre Event Center 50 # Home for the Holidays: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre VISUAL ARTS Pacific Arts Market: 10am-6pm, Sunset Square DANCE Allied Arts Holiday Festival: 10am-6pm, 4145 Contra Dance: 7-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library Meridian St. The Nutcracker: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre MUSIC CASCADIA WEEKLY MONDAY [12.15.14] Candlelight Concert: 7pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Mount Vernon ONSTAGE 2 Kulshan Chorus: 7:30pm, Bellingham High School Vaudevillingham: 7pm and 9pm, Cirque Lab A Broadway Cabaret: 7:30pm, Jansen Art Center, Guffawingham: 8pm, Green Frog Lynden Skagit Valley Chorale: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall WORDS Poetrynight: 8pm, Bellingham Public Library EXPLORE AT SWINOMISH CASINO &LODGE CASINO SWINOMISH AT DRAWINGS ALL DAY FROM 10AM-1AM ALL DAY DRAWINGS NEW YEARSEVE NEW Win your share of over of share your Win december 31 december GAMING FLOOR NOW OPEN TO OPENTO NOW FLOOR GAMING $15,000 EXPLORE our EXPLORE Rewards! 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Interrogations that lasted cascadiaweekly.com for days on end. Detainees were forced to stand on broken MUSIC legs, or go 180 hours in a row without sleep. A prison was Production so cold, one suspect froze to death—an innocent man who was misidentified. The report is as brutal as the techniques. Art Director: 18 Jesse Kinsman ART {jesse@ kinsmancreative.com VIEWS & NEWS Graphic Artist: 16 4: Mailbag Roman Komarov {roman@ STAGE 6: Gristle & Goodman cascadiaweekly.com Send all advertising materials to 8: The price of silence [email protected] 14 10: Last week’s news Advertising 11: Police blotter, Index Account Executive: GET OUT Scott Pelton ARTS & LIFE 360-647-8200 x 202 { spelton@ 12 12: Slower, smaller, happier cascadiaweekly.com 14: Let it snow Stephanie Young WORDS 360-647-8200 x 205 16: Beowulf in B’ham { stephanie@ cascadiaweekly.com 8 18: Artful gifts 20: Singing with Sallie Distribution 22: Clubs Distribution Manager: CURRENTS CURRENTS JOY WORTH REPEATING County was sold on Oct. 13, according to the real Scott Pelton 24: Gods and kings I am pleased with the 2014 election results for estate transactions listed in the Bellingham Her- 6 360-647-8200 x 202 26: Film Shorts { spelton@ the 42nd Legislative District. ald. An online search of county records revealed cascadiaweekly.com Voters sent three fantastic candidates to Keizer Meats of Lynden was purchased by Cascade VIEWS Whatcom: Erik Burge, represent our values in Olympia. As a Whatcom Food Corporation of Tacoma. REAR END Stephanie Simms, 4 4 County resident, I share their values of setting Since the county approved a rezone that al- Robin Corsberg 28: Bulletin Board, Free Will priorities and sticking with them, working to- lows slaughterhouses on 88,000 acres of land in MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL Skagit: Linda Brown, 29: Advice Goddess Barb Murdoch gether to protect our way of life, and consistent the agricultural zone, it will be interesting to support in being local. see what this out-of-county corporation envi- 2 30: Wellness Canada: Kristi Alvaran I am disappointed with the amount of outside sions for its new acquisition. Wasn’t this rezone 31: Crossword DO IT IT DO Letters environmental money that was spent. Vast sums supposed to support local meat production and 32: Comix Send letters to letters@ of the dollars spent went to printhouses in Seattle supply? Why didn’t any of the proponents of the cascadiaweekly.com 33: Slowpoke, Sudoku and to Washington, DC consulting groups. This re- rezone step up individually or collectively to en- The Gristle, P.ɀɆ * Film Shorts, P.ɂɆ * Market Mission, P.ɃɄɄ sulted in nominal economic activities for Whatcom sure that their vision of locally sourced meat for cascadiac a s c Pickford Calendar Inside 12.10.14 34: Market mission REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM *SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. {12.10.14}{#50}{V.09}{FREE} County business, and a frightening day at Skyline local consumers would be a reality? Elementary School when these DC consultants Opponents of the rezone cited many possible .09 SILENT NIGHT ©2014 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by Of train whistles and 50 quiet zones, P.08 showed up to take pictures and negative outcomes, including corporate meth- # BEOWULF IN Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly BELLINGHAM Ancient epic at the PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 mead hall, P.16 then sped away. These outsiders are out of odologies that are driven by profit and lead to SALLIE [email protected] FORD All storm and touch with Whatcom County.