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FOOD  environment and brings Washington closer to join- ing with other West Coast states to create a clean BY ALAN RHODES fuels market to drive down pollution. 15 Senate Democrats brought two proposals that ad- dress Gov. Jay Inslee’s climate-change agenda. Sen-

B-BOARD  ate Bill 5126 would establish a cap-and-trade pro- Celebrating Spring gram under which businesses would pay the state for carbon-emissions beyond a set limit. House Bill MR. CRANKY GETS DOWNRIGHT UPBEAT 1091 is more direct, and would simply establish low-

FILM 14 carbon fuel standards. I PROBABLY spent too many / again be so green, so purely and Debate on the cap-and-trade bill, named the “Cli- years teaching English and as a result lushly /new.” mate Commitment Act” by its sponsors, went on for my brain is stuffed with poetry— In the afternoon I walk down to 12 hours, as senators worked through 44 amendments, lines, stanzas, entire poems. At times Fairhaven, where people are out and

MUSIC  proposed mostly by Republicans. The bill passed by these swim up to the conscious level about again. The Colophon Cafe is a narrow 25-24 vote, with four Democrats joining all and bounce around like higher qual- doing a lively business at the out- Republicans to vote against it. ity earworms. But it certainly seems door tables. People are visiting in 11 The House bill is a stronger version of carbon re- preferable to have a Shakespearian the Village Green, enjoying the sun. ART  duction policy, designed to reduce greenhouse gas sonnet on a cerebral continuous loop Most of them, I’m happy to note, emissions by directly lowering the carbon intensity than, say, “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie are wearing masks and keeping a 10 of transportation fuel. This bill would direct the Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.” little distance. state Dep. of Ecology to adopt rules establishing a I’m mentioning this because at his poem “Today” best captures my I pass through Marine Park, WORDS  Clean Fuels Program to limit the aggregate, overall the beginning of the month when I springtime mood. Collins marvels which is also attracting sun wor-

 6 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per unit of trans- flipped the page in my desk calendar, at a spring day so glorious that shipers today, making my way over portation fuel to 10 percent below 2017 levels by there was the word “April,” and im- “you felt like taking / a hammer to Post Point, where the herons 2028 and 20 percent below 2017 levels by 2035. mediately the first line of T.S. Eliot’s to the glass paperweight / on the have returned for another season.

CURRENTS Where cap-and-trade makes a commodity of car- “The Waste Land” popped into my living room end table, / releasing They are spectacular creatures, and bon pollution, HB 1091 seeks to more aggressively head: “April is the cruellest month.” the inhabitants / from their snow- seeing so many of them congregat- 4 4 drive down the net amount of carbon in transporta- While for most of us the spring sea- covered cottage / so they could ing here is breathtaking. The sight tion fuels. The transportation sector is the largest son brings feelings of hope and new walk out, / holding hands and is also inspirational. Back in 2004 VIEWS  VIEWS  source of carbon pollution in the state. possibilities, it appears that for Eliot squinting / into this larger dome the Bellingham City Council, moti-

2  A clean fuel standard reduces air and climate these will be dashed hopes and un- of blue and white.” vated by local activists, stopped a pollution by requiring transportation fuel produc- fulfilled possibilities. I can identify with the little fig- developer whose plans for luxury MAIL  ers to reduce the carbon intensity in their products Well, yeah, I guess that’s one way ures being set free. For a year I, condos would most likely have or invest in the production of cleaner fuels, such to look at it, Mr. Gloomyboots, but I along with millions of others, have doomed this local treasure. It was as sustainable biofuels and electricity. Oergon and think I’ll keep company instead with been living in a world as confining a golden moment. California have already enacted such policies. e.e. cummings, who saw the begin- as a tabletop snow globe, moving The herons build their nests 04.14.21 The Senate’s lengthy debate on more than a dozen ning of spring as “puddle-wonderful” about sluggishly beneath a smaller high, and the skyline is dominated

.16 proposed amendments to HB 1091 marks the first and “mud-lucious.” He cheerfully sky. But now word comes that if we by them. They sit, these majestic

15 time that body has grappled with a low-carbon fuel welcomed back the balloon man and can just continue to be careful, just birds with their sleek heads and # standard for Washington. The measure passed by a delighted in the exuberance of chil- be patient, the invisible globe will long graceful necks, surveying their 27-20 vote, with two Democrats voting against it. dren romping about outdoors. shatter and we can once again move kingdom. Watching them now, feel- “Climate change is profoundly affecting our lives Spring is looking pretty good to me freely into a larger, brighter world. ing the sun on my face, inhaling the and our quality of life,” Sen. Reuven Carlyle said. The this year, certainly a lot better than I’m looking out the window now fragrance of the bay, I understand Seattle Democrat was a primary sponsor of SB 5126, last year when the world was shut- at a ninebark shrub that I planted how James Wright must have felt the governor’s preferred approach to reduce carbon ting down, there was a lot of con- years ago, purchased in a half- in his poem “A Blessing.” Standing CASCADIA WEEKLY pollution. “It is real, and it is happening on every fusion about COVID, and we had an gallon pot at a native plant sale. in a pasture on a late spring after- 4 level. At the same time, it can feel like we can’t af- idiot for a president. Now sanity has It’s now 10 feet high and almost as noon, Wright watches two beautiful fect change, but we can.” returned to the White House, people wide and sprinkled with the first ponies grazing. One of them walks “To say we cannot enact our own climate policies are getting vaccinated, and kids are green leaves of spring. It looks il- over to him and nuzzles his hand. here at home until another country does their part returning to classrooms. If we can luminated from within, bringing to Everything about the moment is is unconscionable,” Sen. Liz Lovelett said during the just behave responsibly (admittedly mind D.H. Lawrence’s lines “I am so perfect that Wright says, “if I prolonged floor debate. “We have to do our part here this is a very big if), before long this amazed at this spring, this confla- stepped out of my body I would in Washington.” pandemic might be behind us, fading gration / Of green fires lit on the break / Into blossom.” Ironically, Lovelett was among the four Demo- into an unpleasant memory. soil of the earth, this blaze / Of crats who ultimately did not support and voted Yep, I’m feeling pretty upbeat growing.” And then Marge Piercy Alan Rhodes can be reached at against SB 5126, preferring the more direct ap- these days. I think Billy Collins in joins in with “The green will never [email protected] proach in HB 1091. In Lovelett’s view, cap-and-trade—pay to pol- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE lute—does not aggressively address the issue of carbon reduction. And as major emissions producers (such as the region’s four refineries) wran- gle for pollution credits, it risks concentrating carbon pollution in lower-income, at-risk communities

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those costs will be heaped on top of FOOD  proposed increases to Washington’s gas tax, which, at 67 cents a gallon in state and federal rates combined, 15 is already one of the highest in the

country. However, last year Oregon B-BOARD  estimated the average cost of their analogous program at just 2.57 cents per gallon of gasoline.

Vlad Gutman-Britten, state director FILM 14 for Climate Solutions, notes that an analysis of the gas and diesel prices 12 in California over the last several years shows little if any relationship MUSIC  between the price of the state’s fuel credits and the rise and fall of prices at the pump. 11 Two-thirds of state residents sup- ART  port a clean standard, according to public opinion polling by FM3 10 Research conducted during the No- vember 2020 election. They found WORDS  support for the proposal even in  6 competitive legislative districts that tend to swing in political party

preference (such as ours). Petitions CURRENTS calling on the Legislature to pass a 4 strong standard this session includ- 4 ed signatories from more than 250 VIEWS  cities and towns, all 49 legislative VIEWS  districts, and 38 out of 39 counties CIGARETTES AND 2  (including ours). SMOKELESS TOBACCO Because the House passed a stron- MAIL  ger version of carbon-reduction policy, that chamber needed to ei- $ ther concur on the bill in its current 00 04.14.21 amended form or enter a conference

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FOOD  is significant with respect to environmen- tal impacts of increased vessel traffic on resident killer whales.” 15 In early 2019, the Phillips 66 Refinery “The project does increase storage ca- applied to Whatcom County for permits to pacity,” Freeman admitted in his ruling.

B-BOARD  install a storage tank for crude oil and an “Whether this increase increases vessel additional storage tank for fuel oil. The capacity is not speculative, rather it is stated purpose of the proposed project dependent on how Phillips 66 chooses to is to provide additional operating flexi- use the new facility. Phillips 66 maintains

FILM 14 bility to manufacture low-sulfur marine the need for ‘flexibility,’ essentially ask- fuels in compliance with new regulatory ing the county to simply trust that it will requirements. However, when completing be used for a purpose that will increase 12 the required State Environmental Policy vessel traffic.

MUSIC  Act (“SEPA”) checklist, the refinery did “Indeed,” Freeman commented, “Phil- not quantify the amount or types of ves- lips 66 could theoretically reduce process- sel traffic associated with this project, ing production while increasing crude ex- 11 and thus Whatcom County was unable to port without having a net effect on vessel ART  assess the potential impacts of increased traffic. Or, use the facility temporarily for vessel traffic on the Salish Sea ecosys- the purpose of transferring crude oil with 10 tem—including potential impacts to the no net effect. Consequently, the Court region’s endangered southern resident kill- finds the modifications overly broad with WORDS  er whales. respect to the impact being addressed.”

 6 If completed, the project could po- Fewer than 80 resident orcas remain in tentially increase the shipping of an ad- existence in the Salish Sea. “Their small ditional 12.6 million gallons of crude oil population size and social structure puts CURRENTS

CURRENTS 6 through the Salish Sea, marine advocacy them at risk for a catastrophic event, such groups noted in a challenge of the pro- as an oil spill, that could impact the entire 4 posal. In 2019, Whatcom County Hearing population,” a National Marine Fisheries Examiner Rajeev Majumdar agreed to a Service report indicates. VIEWS  revised determination of those potential The state’s effort runs parallel to What-

2  impacts under SEPA. Phillips 66 chal- com County Council’s efforts to craft pol- lenged that revision. icies and procedures for permitting proj- MAIL  Whatcom County Superior Court Judge ects that might increase crude oil export David Freeman upheld the decision and projects at Cherry Point. ‘A Win for found the permit application had failed to “Project applications that would in- adequately address the potential impacts crease vessel traffic in critical orca hab- 04.14.21 related to an increase in vessel traffic on itat should always be required to thor-

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15 “More storage tanks usually mean more commented on the decision. “Whenever # Whales’ tankers, and Phillips 66 didn’t quantify the possible, we need to reduce and not in- COURT PAUSES CHERRY POINT REFINERY EXPANSION amount or types of vessel traffic associ- crease vessel noise and presence impacts, ated with this project,” Lovel Pratt, ma- the risk of ship strikes, and oil-spill risks BY TIM JOHNSON rine protection and policy director for the for this beloved and endangered popula- advocacy group Friends of the San Juans, tion. This decision is an historic victory noted in a press release. “That prevented for the southern resident killer whales CASCADIA WEEKLY Whatcom County from assessing the po- and the Salish Sea ecosystem.” 6 tential impacts of project-related vessel Freeman noted the state’s interest in HAILED AS a victory for orcas, Whatcom County Superior traffic on the Salish Sea ecosystem, includ- protecting resident killer whale habi- Court rejected a project application from the Phillips 66 Ferndale ing impacts to the region’s critically en- tat. With Judge Freeman’s final decision, Refinery to install a 300,000-barrel crude oil storage tank and dangered southern resident killer whales. the 2019 Hearing Examiner decision has an 80,000-barrel floating storage tank for fuel oil in a tank farm Friends submitted comments; however, largely been upheld, and strengthens an within the refinery at Cherry Point. the revised Mitigated Determination of interpretation of Whatcom County Code The decision could require the Phillip’s 66 refinery to provide Non-Significance (MDNS) didn’t adequately that grants broad authority to the Hear- additional details about the purpose and specifics of the pro- address the project’s potential impacts to ing Examiner in determining permitting posed storage facility. the orcas.” conditions under SEPA. Friends of the San Juans appealed “We’re very excited about this rul- Whatcom County’s initial determination ing,” Brent Lyles, executive director of of nonsignficance, and in November 2019 Friends, said. Bring Your Kids to the FIG!

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B-BOARD  BY TIM JOHNSON FILM 14 DAVE ELLIFRIT, CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ELLIFRIT, DAVE 12 Orcas were thick in the Salish Sea over Easter weekend. Southern Resident Killer Whales in the J Pod were seen moving up the east coast of San Juan Island. According to the Pacific Whale Watch Association, pods of transient MUSIC  orcas were also seen among the San Juan islands in both President’s Channel and Haro Strait heading north into Canada and along the south end of Lopez Island. More than 56 whales of various breeds and groups were spotted. 11

ART  04.07.21 heads to Gov. Jay Inslee for his signature. vaccine against the coronavirus, following

10 WEDNESDAY [Washington Legislature] the guidance of the federal government A man found dead on Semiahmoo Parkway in Blaine is a homicide. The 67-year- regarding the appearance of rare side ef- WORDS  old man from South Whidbey Island suffered multiple gunshot wounds. A Ford Econo- Incentives for affordable housing pass- fects in a handful of women across the

 6 line van that is believed to have belonged to the victim is found abandoned in Fair- es the state House on a bipartisan 81-16 country, the state Department of Health haven. Police arrest a 62-year-old Bellingham woman on suspicion of murder. [WCSO] vote. SB5287 would encourage the develop- announced. About 160,000 doses of J & J ment of multiple-unit housing and encour- vaccine have been administered in Wash- CURRENTS

CURRENTS 6 A man in Bellingham dies after ingesting fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills that age urban development and density through ington so far, out of more than four mil- a coworker allegedly sold him. Deputies take the 32-year-old coworker into custody 12 years of property tax exemptions on new lion doses total. [WSDOH] 4 on charges of homicide. [WCSO] construction of eligible units. The tool could assist the “missing middle” range housing Gov. Jay Inslee commutes the sentences VIEWS  04.08.21 group. The bill was supported by local law- for 13 individuals convicted of drug pos-

2  makers from both parties. [Washington Leg- session charges under a law that was re- THURSDAY islature, Washington Votes] cently struck down by the Washington State MAIL  Governor Jay Inslee signs a bill to restore voting rights to parolees. Democratic Supreme Court. In February, the court struck lawmakers say the measure will help encourage former prisoners to reintegrate into Washington makes history by passing two down a portion of state law that makes sim- society. More than 20,000 people stand to regain their voting rights when the law key pieces of Gov. Jay Inslee’s climate agen- ple drug possession a crime. A majority of takes effect next year. [Office of Governor] da, a plan to put a price on carbon pollution justices said the law was unconstitution- 04.14.21 and a measure that would require fuel pro- al because it did not require prosecutors

.16 State lawmakers also pass a bill that could resentence as many as 114 people ducers and importers to reduce greenhouse prove a suspect knowingly or intentionally

15 serving life without parole under the state’s three-strikes law. The bill affects gas emissions associated with gasoline and possessed contraband. The individuals have # those who “struck out” in part because of a second-degree robbery conviction, a other transportation fuels. The carbon pric- been released from Department of Correc- crime that frequently involves no weapon or physical injury. [Seattle Times] ing bill, which would establish a “cap and tions custody. More commutations are ex- invest” program that sets steadily lower lim- pected this week. [Office of Governor] The Office of Management and Budget agrees to withdraw approval of the sale its to pollution from carbon and other green- and closure of the Federal Archives and Records Center in Seattle. The decision house gases, passed on on a 25-24 vote and The amount of fraudulent payments of comes after months of opposition and action from congressional leaders, North- the low-carbon fuels standard on a 27-20 unemployment benefits distributed in CASCADIA WEEKLY west lawmakers, local tribes and stakeholders from across the Pacific Northwest. vote after several hours of debate. The car- Washington state during the height of 8 The Federal Archives houses records from Washington, Alaska, Oregon, and Idaho, bon pricing bill now heads to the House for the coronavirus pandemic was likely high- as well as from tribes throughout the Pacific Northwest, that are vital to agencies, consideration. The fuel standard bill—which er than the $647 million identified by the universities, researchers, scientists, tribal members and students. [U.S. Senate] cleared the House in February—heads back Washington state Employment Security to that chamber for a final vote on changes Department, according to reports released 04.09.21 made by the Senate. [Washington Legisla- by the state auditor’s office. Washington is ture, Washington Votes] among states across the nation that were hit FRIDAY with fraud during the pandemic. The audi- The Washington state Legislature passes a measure that makes Juneteenth a 04.13.21 tor’s office indicated that the total amount legal state holiday. Juneteenth—also known as Emancipation Day and Freedom in Washington state could exceed $1 billion, Day—commemorates when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were TUESDAY but said that number can’t be confirmed un- free in 1865 in Galveston, Texas. The measure passed the Senate on a bipartisan Washington is immediately halting the til the department finishes working through 47-1 vote. The House passed the measure in February on an 89-9 vote. The bill now use of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson the volume of claims. [OSA] behavior. When asked if she had been drinking, the woman admitted she con- index sumed drinks earlier in the evening.” She FUZZ was taken into custody for DUI and later transported to a local hotel to stay for BUZZ the night. UNCLEAR ON THE TRAIN VS. TRUCK INSTRUCTION On April 13, Bellingham Police learned On April 11, Sedro-Woolley Police of a collision involving a train and truck learned of a burgundy SUV swerving into 19 at a railway crossing downtown. Police oncoming traffic and then running up 

arrived at the scene just after 2am and onto the curb. An officer arrived on the FOOD  found an abandoned brown 4×4 pick- scene just in time to observe the driver up truck that had been struck. The oc- had exited the SUV and was now urinat- cupants of the truck appeared to have ing on the back driver's side. The driver 15 fled. Whatcom County Sheriff’s deputies showed multiple signs of intoxication,

assisted in an attempted K-9 tracking of but—as English was not the man’s first B-BOARD  the absent driver, but were unsuccessful. language—struggled to communicate with the officer. Eventually the man was ELUSIVE PURSUITS booked into jail for driving under the in-

On March 26, Bellingham Police attempt- fluence of alcohol. FILM 14 ed to stop a driver they recognized had a felony warrant from the Whatcom Coun- NIGHT MOVERS 12 ty Sheriff’s Office for reckless driving. A On April 7, a Bellingham resident saw car got between the arresting officer and two men with their car parked askew in MUSIC  the target vehicle, and the latter sped front of a neighbor’s house as they load- away at 60 in a 25 mile per hour zone. ed items with an orange hand truck. The The car soon ducked out of sight. How- resident saw the men drive away with 11 915 ART  ever, the following day Bellingham Police an orange box on top of the car. Arriv- Average number of COVID-19 cases per day in Washington, as of March 26. again spotted the driver and quickly took ing officers noted the hand truck left Across the state, the declines in case counts that started in early January him into custody. “Search during arrest sitting all alone in the cul-de-sac. An flattened in mid-February, and began increasing in late March. The seven- 10 reveals he had suspected heroin, pills open garage was soon located, and the day rolling average case count increased from 384 cases per day on Sept. 12

to a peak of 2,910 on Jan. 8, then declined to 727 cases per day as of Feb. WORDS  and a half ounce of methamphetamine owner confirmed property was stolen, 15. Case counts in Whatcom County have flattened after declining from a

on him, more than personal use. He also (including a generator in an orange/red spike in late February. 6  6 had a digital scale and packaging mate- box, among other things). Police soon rial for resale on him,” police reported. located a vehicle that matched the de- CURRENTS “Quite possibly why he eluded arrest the scription, minus the red box on the roof.  CURRENTS night before, just a hunch.” Police talked to the two occupants, who

59,600 4 were sweating profusely and smoking On April 9, Bellingham Police K9 Destro cigarettes nonstop. “They told a bit of Average number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered per day in assisted Western Washington University a story (going to the store to buy cig- Washington, as of April 3. The number of administered vaccinations has VIEWS  nearly doubled from an average of 31,203 doses per day in February. police in locating two people who fled a arettes) that did not add up, and they 2  collision and subsequent vehicle pursuit forgot the stolen property was left in near campus. plain sight in the backseat,” police re- MAIL  ported. “Oops!” The men confessed to 60 On April 10, Bellingham Police attempt- their crimes and told the officers where ed to stop a stolen vehicle that led offi- the generator was. It was collected and Percent of the state’s population over the age of 65 who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Roughly 20 percent of the state’s overall 04.14.21 cers on a short chase on Samish Way. Po- returned to the owner. The burglars population have been vaccinated.

lice broke off the pursuit due to a danger were booked. .16 to the public. 15 A MOVEABLE FEAST # On April 10, a helpful tip allowed Bell- On April 11, Bellingham Police spoke to 35.9 ingham Police to locate an abandoned a man who was pushing a dumpster down Percent of recent COVID-19 cases in Washington that are “variants of white Dodge Charger that had eluded of- the road that was more properly the concern.” About one-third of reported recent cases are “breakthrough” ficers earlier in the day. property of a nearby business. mutation variants that are either more contagious or less responsive to treatment or vaccines than other forms of the virus. Washington’s incidence On April 1, an Anacortes patrol officer GRIFT KEEPS GIVING of observed COVID-19 variants is among the highest in the nation. CASCADIA WEEKLY noticed a hatchback pulled to the side On March 27, an Anacortes woman called 9 of the road and turned back to see if police to report she had fallen victim to the driver needed assistance. “As the an email scam. The woman told police 29 2 officer turned around, the driver closed that she received an email from a friend Number of new confirmed cases Rank of Whatcom County the trunk and drove off,” police report- asking for a $200 Google Play card for her of COVID-19 cases reported in among the state’s 39 counties Whatcom County as of Thurs., April for instances of the COVID-19 ed. “The officer pulled the car over after nephew’s birthday. The woman complied 8. No additional deaths have been variant first observed in the a few blocks because it was not driving with the request and two subsequent re- reported. United Kingdom—or UK variant. straight on the road within the fog and quests for additional cards. “Later that center lines. On contact, the 54-year- day, the victim received an email from old driver told the officer that she had her friend stating that her account was pulled over due to a minor mechanical hacked and the hacker sent the email re- SOURCES:Washington State Department of Health Situation Report; issue, but did not explain her driving questing gift cards,” police reported. Whatcom County Health Department Solana-Mayer, Loretta Tobin, and Louise Vlasic. Advance registration is required. WHEELBARROW WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM WRITERS SUN., APRIL 18 WRITERS ON THE WALL: Red words Wheelbarrow Writers and Writers on COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS the Wall will join Village Books for a Commemorative Group Reading at

4pm on Zoom. The virtual event will 19  commemorate loss in the year of COVID. Those who attend are invited FOOD  On Sun., April 18, join the Red to email names of loved ones to Wheelbarrow Writers, Writers remember, and to light a candle in Noel Holston, who, like the main character on the Wall, and Village Books memory of those you honor. 15 in Sound of Metal, also experienced sud- for a group reading on Zoom to WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM den and full hearing loss and had cochlear commemorate loss in the year of COVID. TUES., APRIL 20 B-BOARD  implant surgery. Also try Sound: A Memoir FOOTHILLS BOOK CLUB: Discuss of Hearing Lost and Found by British novel- Stephen Hawking’s Brief Answers to ist Bella Bathurst, her account of losing Big Questions at a virtual Foothills and regaining her hearing over a period WORDS Book Club meeting taking place at 7pm on Zoom. Register online for

FILM 14 of 12 years. THURS., APRIL 15 the free event. Following a Korean-American family FINDING HUMANITY: At 7pm, WWW.WCLS.ORG who move from California to an Arkansas author and wildlife photographer 12 farm, seeking to fulfill their own Ameri- Rick Wood will join Whatcom APRIL 20-22 County Library System to discuss NATURE OF WRITING: As part

MUSIC  can Dream, Minari is a tender family drama with hope at its center. The novel Shelter, global poaching and wildlife traf- of the “Nature of Writing” series ficking and how it affects us all with Village Books and the North by Jung Yun, shares story elements with

11 during a “Finding Humanity During Cascades Institute, Nathan Barnes Minari—the son of Korean immigrants the Global Poaching Crisis” virtual will discuss Northwest Washington ART  who wants to provide a better life for presentation. Register in advance Wildflower Hikes: 50 Destinations his family, the impor- for the free event. at 7pm Tuesday on Zoom. At 6pm 10 10 tance of the church WWW.WCLS.ORG Wednesday, Dion O’Reilly and Danusha Lameris read from their in their family life, poetry collections, Ghost Dog and WORDS  WORDS  FRI., APRIL 16 anger and violence INDELIBLE: At 6pm on Zoom, Bonfire Opera. At 7pm Thursday, Boise-based author Laurie Bill Yake reads from Waymaking by

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CURRENTS the aspect of starting writer Ashley E. Sweeney. In WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM SEE over in rural America, Buchanan’s book, a psychopathic 4 REVIEWED BY LISA GRESHAM WHAT: “Academy try The Unsettlers: In serial killer takes on the persona WED., APRIL 21 Awards 2021” with Search of the Good Life of a writer-in-residence at Pines & FERNDALE BOOK GROUP: All are VIEWS  film historian in Today’s America by Quill, a secluded writing retreat in welcome at a Ferndale Book Group Lance Rhoades Fairhaven, Washington, where he meeting taking place from 2:30pm-

2  Mark Sundeen, which Academics WHEN: 7pm Thu., plans to murder his next victim. 4pm on Zoom. Today’s topic of Apr. 22 follows three families Advance registration through Vil- discussion will be The Dutch House MAIL  RED CARPET READ-ALIKES WHERE: Zoom seeking a better ex- lage Books is required. by Ann Patchett. Accommodations COST: Free istence through off- WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM can be made for joining by phone. THE RESULTS of a Google keyword search for “watch Acad- INFO: www.wcls. the-grid, back-to-the- Register in advance. SAT., APRIL 17 WWW.WCLS.ORG emy Award movies” are full of invitations to stream and watch org/happenings land lifestyles. 04.14.21 POETRY SHARE: For National Po- online using various paid-subscription platforms. In past years, Finally, Judas and the Black Messiah is a etry Month, readers of all ages can SAT., APRIL 24

.16 the Oscars were accessible to anyone who could afford the price biographical drama about FBI informant join the Whatcom County Library SQUARE UP: Celebrate Indepen-

15 of a movie ticket. Experiencing the Oscar-nominated films this William O’Neal’s infiltration of the Black System for a virtual “Poetry Share” dent Bookstore Day by attending # year requires paid subscriptions to several streaming platforms. Panther Party and his betrayal of Illinois taking place from 3pm-4:30pm a socially distanced book signing on Zoom. Read the poems that for Bellingham-based author Lisa If you are missing your usual Oscar immersion, here are some chapter chairman Fred Hampton. Although have mattered the most in your Dailey’s Square Up: 50,000 Miles in read-alike suggestions for stories that share the same themes as not specifically about Hampton’s life, the life—ones that stab the heart, Search of a Way Home at 12pm be- some of this year’s Best Picture nominees. recently published graphic novel The Black reveal the truth, sing the sadness, hind Village Books at the Fairhaven Let’s start with Nomadland, nominated for six Academy Awards, Panther Party by David Walker provides a express astonishment, or have Village Green, 1207 10th St. At including Best Picture. Based on a book with the same name by comprehensive, accessible history of both somehow helped you realize what 4pm, Dailey will be joined by Cami

CASCADIA WEEKLY is important. Register online. Ostman for a virtual conversation Jessica Bruder, Nomadland is a story of a new tribe of houseless this group’s revolutionary activity and its WWW.WCLS.ORG about Square Up. 10 temporary workers formed by economic hardship—“vanilies,” as dedication to community service. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM OR WWW. they like to call their family-of-circumstance groups—finding Prior to the 2021 Academy Awards air- OUR DEEPEST CALLING: At SIDEKICKPRESS.COM community in campgrounds and at the annual Rubber Tramp Ren- ing Sun., April 25, consider registering 4pm, join Village Books and the dezvous. Nomadland is the one Best Picture nominee based on a for the WCLS online program “Academy Chuckanut Sandstone Writers SUN., APRIL 25 on Zoom for a virtual reading of TRUTH, BEAUTY, TULIPS: A book, which is available in print, large print, audio CD, eBook and Awards 2021” with film historian Lance poetry selections from Our Deepest virtual “Truth, Beauty and Tulips” eAudiobook formats. Rhoades, who will share highlights and Calling. The collection was edited event will begin at 3pm on Zoom. Sound of Metal stars Riz Ahmad as a heavy-metal drummer controversies from previous ceremonies, by Bethany Reid, Paul Marshall, Tune in for a poetry reading and whose life threatens to self-destruct when he suddenly loses his discuss current nominees, and even offer and Carla Shafer—who contrib- conversation with Washington hearing. The most remarkable thing about the film is how effec- his own Oscars predictions. uted their poems, along with a State Poet Laureate Rena Priest, rich array of stories and poems by Gail Davern, Jessica Gigot, and tively it brings hearing people into the experience of those who Kathryn Duncan Johnson, Sheila Nikki Wallschlaeger. are deaf or hard of hearing. Suggested read-alikes for this film are Lisa Gresham is the Collection Services Man- Mary Dunn, Janet Hamilton, Judith WWW.SKAGITRIVERPOETRY.ORG Life After Deaf: My Misadventures in Hearing Loss and Recovery by ager at Whatcom County Library System. UPCOMING JANSEN ART CENTER: A “Spring EVENTS Juried Exhibit,” “Winter Textile Explorations,” Lisa McShane’s “A APRIL 14-25 Decade of Landscapes,” and Ron ARTISAN MARKETPLACE: Visit Pattern’s “The Seasonal Forest” can a PNW Artisan Marketplace from be viewed from 12pm-4:30pm Thurs- visual 10am-6pm daily through April 25 in days through Saturdays at Lynden’s GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES the Old Berry Barn, 14285 La Conner- Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. Whitney Rd. WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG WWW.PNWARTISAN

MARKETPLACE.COM MATZKE GALLERY: The works of 19 15 Sculpture Northwest artists can  SAT., APRIL 17 be viewed from 11am-5pm Fridays MARKET BY THE SEA: Peruse through Sundays through April 23 FOOD  stretched canvas wasn’t handy, he didn’t high-quality arts and crafts at the on Camano Island at Matzke Fine hesitate to paint on burlap. He drew and weekly “Market by the Sea” taking Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, 2345 painted flowers, vegetables, pumpkins. place from 10am-3pm at Blaine’s H Blanche Way. 15 But the heart of the exhibit is the tulip and G street plazas. WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM WWW.BLAINECHAMBER.COM

field works. MONA: “Max Benjamin: A Road B-BOARD  If, as Anita remembers, Jose Clemente REBEL ARTISTS: A variety of ar- Well Traveled” can be seen from Orozco and Diego Rivera were Jesus’ in- tisans will sell their creative wares 12pm-4pm Thursdays through spiration, in a sense he surpasses them. at the Rebel Artists of Whatcom Art Sundays until May 9 at La Conner’s Market from 3pm-6pm at downtown Museum of Northwest Art, 121

The bitterness, violence, the grotesque FILM 14 Bellingham’s Commercial Street First St. which frequently surface in the work of Plaza, 1315 Commercial St. WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG these two masters is WWW.FACEBOOK.COM. 12 absent in Guillén’s. REBELARTISTSOFWHATCOM PERRY AND CARLSON: “Beloved: His work is unfailing- A Courtship of Place,” a solo exhibit MUSIC  ly loving and sweet, by Skagit painter Maggie Wilder, can be seen from from 11am-6pm daily celebrating color, ONGOING through April 30 in Mount Vernon 11 11 gaiety and fulfill- EXHIBITS at Perry and Carlson Gallery, 504 S. ART  ART  ment. ALLIED ARTS: A “Recycled Art First St. In “Tulip Season,” & Resource Expo” exhibit can be WWW.PERRYANDCARLSON.COM four colorful har- visited from 11am-4pm Tuesdays 10 SEE through Saturdays through April 30 SCHUH FARMS: Skagit Art As- WHAT: “The Work vesters gather blos- at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. sociation presents its annual “Art of Jesus Guillen: An WORDS  soms in a field of WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG in a Pickle Barn” exhibit and sale Artistic Legacy of red, yellow, pink and 10am-5pm Wednesdays through Love and Courage”  6 CHRISTIANSON’S NURSERY: Fridays, and 9am-6pm Saturdays and Skagit green with snow- WHERE: View works by Camano/Stanwood Sundays through April 30 in Mount County Historical capped peaks in the

“TULIP SEASON,” BY JESUS GUILLÉN JESUS “TULIP SEASON,” BY Arts Guild members at the “Art in Vernon at Schuh Farms, 15564

Museum, La Conner CURRENTS background. A man the Schoolhouse” exhibit and sale Memorial Hwy. WHEN: 11am-4pm in a white shirt and from 10am-4pm daily through May WWW.SKAGITART.ORG

Fri.-Sun., through 4 BY STEPHEN HUNTER sombrero holds mas- 2 in Mount Vernon at the Meadow May 3 sive bunches of pink Schoolhouse at Christianson’s Nurs- SCOTT MILO GALLERY: “Tulip

$4-$5 per VIEWS  COST: ery, 15806 Best Rd. Poster Artists, Past and Pres- person, $10 per flowers in each hand. WWW.CHRISTIANSONSNURSERY.COM ent” can be seen from 11am-5pm family In profile is a woman Wednesday through Sunday through 2  Jesus Guillén INFO: www. in red, wearing el- GALLERY SYRE: “Origins and May 2 in Anacortes at the Scott Milo

skagitcounty.net/ MAIL  egant silver earrings. Evolutions: Five Generations” can Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave. AN ARTISTIC LEGACY IN LA CONNER museum Foreground, another be seen from 11am-4pm Tues.- WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM JESUS GUILLÉN was born in 1926 in Texas. As a child, woman embraces an impossible number Thurs., and by appointment, at least through May 22 at Gallery Syre, SMITH & VALLEE: Mixed-media his father moved the family to Mexico for several years, where of bunched red tulips. 465 Stuart Rd. The show gathers works by Aaron McKnight and sculp- 04.14.21 the festivals, culture and art of the Tarascan people made a Guillén’s crowning achievement is “Fi- together artworks by generations of tures by Marceil DeLacy can be seen artists in the Anderson/Syre family. from 10am-5pm Fridays through

lasting impression upon him—as evidenced by his painting esta Tarascan.” Nine barefoot maidens— .16

of a flamboyant warrior, “Guerrero Aguila,” currently showing are all modeled upon a single woman?— WWW.DAVIDSYREART.COM Sundays in Edison at Smith & Vallee 15 # as part of “The Work of Jesus Guillén: An Artistic Legacy of form an unbroken line at once highly Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. GOOD EARTH: Vases, planters and WWW.SMITHANDVALLEEGALLERY.COM Love and Courage” at the Skagit County Historical Museum in abstract and very realistic. drinking vessels by Briggs Shore will La Conner. A graceful energy surges through them. be on display from 11am-5pm Mon- WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by The oil painting is Guillén’s most extravagant work in the ex- Two quietly visit, another pair regards the days through Saturdays and 12pm- Whatcom Art Guild members can be hibit, vividly expressing his drive to connect with proud ances- viewer, a set of three (each with her own 5pm Sundays through April 30 at Good perused from 11am-5pm Tuesdays tors whom the Aztecs failed to conquer. attitude) confront something offstage Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. through Sundays at Whatcom Art

WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM Market, 1103 11th St. CASCADIA WEEKLY In 1960, Guillén came to the Skagit Valley as a migrant worker right, while in the background, two more WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG to pick strawberries. He returned the next season with his wife continue the business of decorating the HOTEL BELLWETHER: View painter 11 and children and they made their permanent home here, first hall with chains of marigolds. Black over- David Syre’s latest installation, “An WHATCOM MUSEUM: View “Seeds living in farmworkers’ housing and finally in their own home in skirts tied with red, blue or green sashes Artist’s Universe,” hanging through- of Culture: The Portraits and La Conner. We’re told that he never attended school and was en- and subtle, unique embroidery embolden out the corridors, lobby and dining Voices of Native American Women,” room of Hotel Bellwether and the “Fluid Formations: The Legacy of tirely self-taught as both an artist and writer: “He would simply the young women’s white dresses. Lighthouse Grill through the summer. Glass in the Pacific Northwest,” grab a pencil or a paintbrush and figures and forms would appear Guillén was in his late 60s when he WWW.DAVIDSYREART.COM “Jac Trautman: The Specter of the on his canvas like flowers from the earth.” died in 1994, without having been in- Indigenous,” and “1968: The Year Skagit artist Kris Ekstrand has done a magnificent job of cu- cluded in artists’ gatherings in the Skagit I.E. GALLERY: “Rock, Paper, That Rocked Washington” from rating the exhibition at the Skagit County Historical Museum, Valley. Posthumously, “Tulip Season” was Paint” shows from 11am-4pm Fridays 12pm-5pm Thursdays through Sun- through Sundays through April in Edi- days at Whatcom Museum. Entry including a touching memorial by Guillén’s widow, Anita. selected for the 1995 Skagit Valley Tulip son at i.e. gallery, 5800 Cains Court. fees are $5-$10. In the exhibition are a selection of Guillén’s drawings and Festival poster. It was a fitting tribute, WWW.IEEDISON.COM WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG paintings as well as stone carving and clay sculpture. When a as is this must-see exhibit. rumor has it WHEN IT COMES to the pandemic, I have little about which to complain. I remained healthy, am now vaccinated (go get poked, people!) and am still able to write about music such things and have you read them. In a SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT year marked by so much loss, simply tread- ing water feels like progress. 19  However, some things will stick with

FOOD  me for a long time. As a person who has spent most of my adult life writing about events of some kind or another, that pe- 15 try by leading epidemiologists through a col- riod of time last year when events were laborative effort called CinemaSafe—theater canceled, one after another, still lingers.

B-BOARD  occupancy will be limited to 17 percent total I understood the necessity of the can- capacity to ensure a safe distance between cellations and appreciated how grace- each set of seats (which will be sold in pairs fully those whose lives and livings depend or groups of four), and staggered seating will on such happenings absorbed the bitter

FILM 14 ensure attendees won’t have to cross by each blow of having the calendar wiped clean. other in a row. But I won’t pretend it was an easy time.

Distancing markers, the cycling of external What a difference a 12 12 air, contactless payment methods, plexiglass year makes. MUSIC 

MUSIC  sneeze guards at ticket windows and conces- I would not say sion stations, a plethora of available hand that our standard sanitizer, ongoing cleaning of high-touch ar- packed roster of an- 11 eas, self-service coat checks and the wearing nual events is roaring ART  of masks are just some of the ways MBT is go- back to life—that’s a BY CAREY ROSS ing above and beyond when it comes to keep- reality still far down 10 ing their patrons and staff members safe. a long road. But the hesitant heartbeat While these restrictions aren’t apt to lead of hope that has sustained us for a year WORDS  to a mini-bacchanal, there’s no denying that is growing stronger with each vaccination

 6 the Lowest Pair has a and every sign, no matter how small, of powerful draw that will normalcy. And the calendar that was once still bring up all the feel- a seemingly endless string of blank days is

CURRENTS ings associated with see- now marked by events here and there. ing masterful musicians I don’t know for sure what Marla Bronstein 4 in action. Since meet- has been up to for the entirety of the past ing on the banks of the year, but I do know she’s baked some cookies VIEWS  Mississippi River more and made some toffee (that I have eaten),

2  ATTEND than eight years ago, the and basically holed up and tried to keep her- THE LOWEST PAIR banjo-slinging, harmo- self and those around her safe. She’s dabbled

MAIL  WHAT: The Lowest nizing duo comprised of in virtual theater because even during a pan- PHOTO BY JOSEPH DANIEL ROBERT OLEARY JOSEPH DANIEL BY PHOTO Pair WHEN: 7pm Thu., Kendl Winter and Palmer demic she can’t quit the stage, and, best of Apr. 29 T. Lee have been making all, she’s planned the comeback of the Eliza- WHERE: Mount albums together, touring beth Park Summer Concert Series. 04.14.21 BY AMY KEPFERLE Baker Theatre, 104 N. from coast to coast and Yep, if all continues on an upward, Commercial St.

.16 COST: $12 for collecting fans along the healthy trend, Elizabeth Park will once 15 way. again be alive with the sound of music. In

# livestreamed tickets, The Lowest Pair $18.50 for the live Although they’ve spent typical, not-fooling-around fashion, Marla show almost a decade making already has the bands confirmed and the INFO: www.mount A NEW ERA OF MUSIC AT THE MBT a name for themselves whole thing booked. bakertheatre.com in the Americana scene, Of course, it won’t be the crowded free- WHEN THE Lowest Pair performs at the Mount Baker Theatre on Thurs., their collaborations have never grown stale. for-all that the series has been during sum- April 29, it probably won’t resemble the Violent Femmes concert I attended Winter was in folk and anarchic punk bands mers past. Our reality dictates new rules and CASCADIA WEEKLY at the historic venue years and years ago—but I’m OK with that. in Olympia before she met Lee—who fronted a modicum of decorum be embraced where 12 At the latter show, audience members packed the 1,500-seat theater to a number of string bands in Minneapolis be- there was once a surfeit of humanity and an the rafters, sang along loudly to the group’s well-known anthems of dissent, fore their serendipitous meeting—and they’ve occasional touch of chaos. A new reserva- and crowded into the aisles to dance even as well-meaning ushers attempt- drawn on their separate strengths to form a tion system will be implemented, capacity ed to get them back into their seats. The event was rowdy and lovely and sound that is wholly their own. will be tightly enforced and all will be as occasionally deafening, and the group’s folk-punk ethos was on full display. If you’re not yet prepared to enter into the safe and orderly as possible. Of course, the Violent Femmes weren’t performing during a global pan- live music realm of reality—or if you waited But there will be music in the park once demic, and didn’t have to play by the same set of rules. When the Lowest too long to snag one of the limited tickets— more. The series kicks off July 1 with the Pair bring live music back to the MBT for the first time since the country the show that will be ushering in a new era Cheryl Hodges Trio and ends Sept. 2 with superstars known as the Gatlin Brothers made their way onstage on Feb. 15, of live music at the Mount Baker Theatre will bandZandt. In between, you’ll see and 2020, it’ll be a different affair entirely. also be livestreamed. While there won’t be any hear the likes of the Sweet Goodbyes, High To ensure they’re following CDC guidelines related to COVID-19—as well dancing in the aisles, it will still be a beauti- Mountain String Band, Free Harmony, and as hewing to recommendations developed specifically for the theatre indus- ful sight. more. And it will sound so, so sweet. LOCATED JUST EAST OF BELLINGHAM IN BEAUTIFUL WHATCOM COUNTY Representing Local Artists Since 1969 Sun. 12-4, Mon. & Wed.-Sat. 11-5, Closed Tues. Taking the extra steps to keep April 2021 YOU and your VOLVO safe. Learn more about our COVID-19 Vases & precautions at RainbowAutoService.com • Diagnosis • Repairs • Service Planters Galore! • Parts in Stock • Pre-Purchase Inspections Featuring Briggs Shore! • Late Model and Vintage Pre-Owned Volvos Call: 360-734-6117 Text: 360-319-1294 Service with a smile, behind our masks! 1000 Harris Avenue, Bellingham WA (360) 671-3998 www.goodearthpots.com Email: [email protected] Locally owned and environmentally responsible. Service by appointment only. Taking care of you and your Volvo since 1986. 19  FOOD 

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.16 ANYONE WHO’S ever attended an Academy Awards screening at the Pickford since 1934 that films that debuted in two time to view them before the ceremony. 15 Film Center knows Bellingham audiences don’t mess around when it comes to cel- different calendar years were eligible for To get a peek at other Academy nomi- # ebrating cinema. consideration—and the date for the an- nees, both the Lincoln Theatre and the Pre-pandemic, patrons filled the seats of the independent movie theater on Bay nual telecast was switched from Sun., Pickford are offering virtual screenings Street even on nights when dressy attire wasn’t encouraged, content with perfectly Feb. 28 to Sun., April 25. of the Oscar-Nominated Short Films in popped popcorn, a beverage close at hand and a quality flick. But when the annual Many details about the broadcast are Animated, Live Action, and Documen- awards ceremony recognizing cinematic achievements rolled around and they had the still under wraps, but what is known is tary categories. The Lincoln has already opportunity to view the action on the big screen, they’d miraculously transform from that, for the first time, part of the show hosted limited-capacity live screenings CASCADIA WEEKLY mild-mannered Pacific Northwesterners into Hollywood elite—donning fancy gowns will be held at the Union Station in Los of some of the Best Picture nominees, 14 and tuxes, sipping champagne, and noshing on catered appetizers while they discussed Angeles, as well as at its usual venue at and the Pickford is gearing up for a May the Oscar nominees in the lobby before the event got underway. the Dolby Theater. opening. With luck, they’ll even be able This year, the red carpet is in storage and those who’d typically head to the downtown “In this unique year that has asked to host screenings of some of this year’s venue to watch the winners accept their awards—as well as to preview a number of the so much of so many, the Academy is de- Academy Award winners. creative contenders showing at the Pickford in advance of the big night—will likely be do- termined to present an Oscars like none The Pickford’s ventilation system has ing so from the comfort of their own homes. When they do tune in to the broadcast, they’ll other, while prioritizing the public health been upgraded and plans for keeping find that the 93rd annual Academy Awards itself is behaving a lot differently than usual. and safety of all those who will partici- the audience safe have been worked For starters, with theaters shut down for the better part of a year, the event honoring pate,” a spokesperson for the Academy out, so keep your ears open for a re- the best in big-screen entertainment saw many wannabe moviegoers watching the films said last month. “To create the in-person opening date. It’s probably too early with the biggest buzz on streaming services such as Netflix (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, show our global audience wants to see, to purchase a gown for the PFC’s 2022 Mank, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Da 5 Bloods), Hulu (Nomadland), Amazon Prime (Sound while adapting to the requirements of the Academy Awards celebration, but it’s of Metal, One Night in Miami), and Disney+ (Soul). It wasn’t an ideal situation, but it did pandemic, the ceremony will broadcast not too soon to dream. BY ROB BREZSNY LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Kublai Khan, ruler of BY AMY ALKON ably breakup o’clock. No, sex isn’t ev- the Mongol Empire and China in the second half of the 13th century, kept a retinue of 5,000 astrologers erything in a relationship. However, on retainer. Some were stationed on the roof of if you like to have sex twice a day FREE WILL his palace, tasked with using sorcery to banish ap- THE SCIENCE ADVICE and your partner’s up for twice every proaching storm clouds. If you asked me to perform never, it’s a little hard to meet in the a similar assignment, I would not do so. We need storms! They bring refreshing rain, and keep the middle—though the less libidinous ASTROLOGY GODDESS earth in electrical balance. Lightning from storms partner might come up with some, uh, ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Today I feel the creates ozone, a vital part of our atmosphere, and

BUDDY HEAT helpful ideas, such as, “Do we really whole world is a door,” wrote poet Dennis Silk. In a it converts nitrogen in the air into nitrogen in the 19 I’m dating an awesome woman I see a future have to have sex when I’m conscious?” similar spirit, 13th-century Zen master Wumen Huikai ground, making the soil more fertile. Metaphori-  observed, “The whole world is a door of liberation, cal storms often generate a host of necessary and with. However, there’s a hurdle: She doesn’t but people are unwilling to enter it.” Now I’m here to welcome transformations, as well—as I suspect they FOOD  want to have sex until we’re committed, but LAST MANCHILD STANDING tell you, Aries, that there will be times in the coming will for you during the coming weeks. I don’t feel right about committing without I’m dating a new guy. When we’re alone, weeks when the whole world will feel like a door to

you. And if you open it, you’ll be led to potential “Unexpressed emo- 15

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): 15 knowing we have sexual chemistry. A previous he’s sweet and a complete gentleman. How- opportunities for interesting changes that offer you tions will never die,” declared trailblazing psycholo- relationship ended because the sex was subpar, ever, whenever we’re around his guy friends, liberation. This is a rare blessing. Please be sufficiently gist Sigmund Freud. “They are buried alive and they and I don’t want to go through that again. he comments about how attractive he finds loose and alert and brave to take advantage. will come forth, later, in uglier ways.” I agree, which B-BOARD  B-BOARD  —Conflicted other women, rants about sports and farts in is why I advise you not to bury your emotions—es- TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus philosopher pecially now, when they urgently need to be aired. front of me. I’ve hinted that this makes me Ludwig Wittgenstein was called a genius by Nobel OK? Please don’t allow a scenario in which they will Sexual chemistry is pretty important. unhappy, but nothing changes. Prize-winning author Bertrand Russell. His Philosophi- emerge later in ugly ways. Instead, find the courage You don’t want to get all emotionally at- —Upset cal Investigations was once voted the 20th century’s to express them soon—in the most loving ways pos- FILM 14 tached and then find that sexually, you most important philosophy book. Yet one of Wittgen- sible, hopefully, and with respect for people who may stein’s famous quotes was “How hard it is to see what not be entirely receptive to them. Communicate with go together like peanut butter and a re- Love can be transformative—turn- is right in front of my eyes!” Luckily for all of us, I compassionate clarity. 12 peating saw. ing men into emotional marshmal- suspect that won’t be problem for you in the coming Men and women are alike in count- lows—which can lead a 20-something weeks, Taurus. In fact, I’m guessing you will see a SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian au- less ways. (Both have two legs, men lovestruck dudebro to want to make it whole range of things that were previously hidden, thor Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz wrote a poem entitled MUSIC  even though some of them had been right in front of “Not Doing Something Wrong Isn’t the Same as Do- don’t randomly have six like an insect.) known to his posse: “I will not be wak- your eyes. Congrats! Everyone whose life you touch ing Something Right.” I propose that we make that 11 However, we differ psychologically per ing up on Tuesday all Harry Styles in a will benefit because of this breakthrough. thought one of your guiding themes during the next the physical differences we do have; dress on the cover of Vogue.” two weeks. If you choose to accept the assignment, ART  namely, how sex can leave a woman Your boyfriend’s loutish behavior— GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Why don’t rivers you will make a list of three possible actions that flow straight? Well, sometimes they do, but only fit the description “not doing something wrong,” “with child” and a man “with a tea- talking about other girls and farting in for a relatively short stretch. According to the U.S. and three actions that consist of “doing something 10 spoon less sperm.” front of you—sounds like a “costly sig- Geological Survey, no river moves in a linear trajec- right.” Then you will avoid doing the three wrong

These differences drive men’s and nal,” a form of advertising used by both tory for a distance of more than 10 times its width. things named in the first list and give your generous WORDS  women’s conflicting “sexual strategies,” animals and humans. A costly signal is There are numerous reasons why this is so, including energy to carrying out the three right things in the

the friction caused by banks and the fact that river second list.  6 explains evolutionary psychologist Da- a trait or behavior that’s so wasteful, water streams faster at the center. The place where a vid Buss. For men, a casual sex-centric extravagant and threatening to one’s river changes direction is called a “meander.” I’d like CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the past few “short-term sexual strategy”—hit and evolutionary interests (mating and sur- to borrow this phenomenon to serve as a metaphor weeks, I hope you’ve been treating yourself like a CURRENTS run, sex and shun—has the most “re- vival) that it’s likely to be a truthful in- for your life in the coming weeks. I suspect your royal child. I hope you’ve been showering yourself regular flow is due for a course change—a meander. with extra-special nurturing and therapeutic treat- productive benefits,” increasing men’s dicator of an organism’s financial, social Any intuitive ideas about which way to go? In which ments. I hope you’ve been telling yourself out loud 4 chances of passing on their genes. or physical mojo. direction will the scenery be best? how soulful and intelligent and resilient you are, Women benefit most from a commit- The peacock’s tail is an example. and I hope you’ve delighted yourself by engaging VIEWS  CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian poet with a series of educational inspirations. If for some ment-centric “long-term sexual strate- As evolutionary psychologist Steve

Denis Johnson eventually became a celebrated writer inexplicable reason you have not been attending to 2  gy” and look for signs a man is emotion- Stewart-Williams points out, it’s like who won numerous prizes, including the prestigious these important matters with luxurious intensity, ally attached, making him more likely to “a giant billboard”—a huge electric National Book Award. But life was rough when he was please make up for lost time in the coming days. MAIL  stick around and provide for any, um, blue and green yoohoo! to peacock- in his 20s. Because of his addictions to drugs and Your success during the rest of 2021 depends on your alcohol, he neglected his writing. Later, in one of his devout devotion to self-care right now. sex biscuits they might create. eating predators. This big bunch of mature poems, he expressed appreciation to people Where there are deep-seated desires, buttfeathers also seriously slows the who supported him earlier on. “You saw me when I AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sometimes when there’s often deception. Buss calls this peacock’s escape. However, the larger was invisible,” he wrote, “you spoke to me when I was a disheartening kind of darkness encroaches, we’re 04.14.21 “strategic interference,” describing and more lush a Mr. Peacock’s tail, the deaf, you thanked me when I was a secret.” Are there right to be afraid. In fact, it’s often wise to be afraid, helpers like that in your own story? Now would be a because doing so may motivate us to ward off or .16 sneaky tactics used to get the opposite more the lady peacocks go for him. perfect time to honor them and repay the favors. transmute the darkness. But on other occasions, the 15 # sex to go against their evolutionary best Chances are your boyfriend is rude- disheartening darkness that seems to be encroaching interest. Men, for example, feign com- vertising to the guys: Sure, he has love LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What do you believe in, isn’t real, or else is actually less threatening than we mitment to get sex, while women feign in his life, but he hasn’t gone all bought, exactly, Leo? The coming weeks will be a fine time to imagine. Novelist John Steinbeck described the latter take an inventory of your beliefs—and then divest when he wrote, “I know beyond all doubt that the dark sexual interest to get commitment—ei- sold and girlfriend-controlled. The costly yourself of any that no longer serve you, no longer ex- things crowding in on me either did not exist or were ther long-term or enough to enjoy an signal in this? He’s so secure in his sexual cite you, and no longer fit your changing understand- not dangerous to me, and still I was afraid.” My sus- evening of free fine dining. However, magnetism (like, the hot chicks are lined ing of how life works. For extra credit, I invite you to picion is that this is the nature of the darkness you’re we have a defense against this: “nega- up and begging) that he can afford to act dream up some fun new beliefs that lighten your heart currently worried about. Can you therefore find a way CASCADIA WEEKLY and stimulate your playfulness. For example, you could to banish or at least diminish your fear? tive” emotions—like a woman’s fear of like a turd to his girlfriend. borrow poet Charles Wright’s approach: “I believe what 15 getting humptied and dumptied and a Um, no. Or at least, that’s what you the thunder and lightning have to say.” Or you could PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Some people, if man’s fear that all a woman really wants need to put out there. In words, not try my idea: “I believe in wonders and marvels that they didn’t make it hard for themselves, might fall inspire me to fulfill my most interesting dreams.” asleep,” wrote novelist Saul Bellow. In other words, to “ride like a pony” is his American Ex- hints. Tell him it’s humiliating when he some of us act as if it’s entertaining, even exciting, press black card. comments on other women when you’re VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo poet Charles to attract difficulties and cause problems for our- As for what you should do, Buss’ right there, plus the farting thing is Wright testifies, “I write poems to untie myself, to do selves. If that describes you even a tiny bit, Pisces, research might be helpful. Buss finds a sexual turnoff. In short, he’s trans- penance and disappear through the upper right-hand I urge you to tone down that bad habit in the corner of things, to say grace.” What about you, Virgo? coming weeks—maybe even see if you can at least that men will shift to a “long-term forming you into an unhappy girlfriend What do you do in order to untie yourself and do partially eliminate it. The cosmic rhythms will be on sexual strategy” when that’s what it who won’t want to have sex. Assuming penance and invoke grace? The coming weeks will be your side whenever you take measures to drown out takes to land a woman of especially he cares about you, you should see an an excellent time for you to use all the tricks at your the little voices in your head that try to undermine high “mate value.” If she doesn’t seem abrupt end to the show he’s been put- disposal to accomplish such useful transformations. and sabotage you. At least for now, say “NO!” to And if you currently have a low supply of the necessary making it hard for yourself. Say “YES!” to making it worth the risk of waiting for, it’s prob- ting on for his dudebros. tricks, make it your healthy obsession to get more. graceful for yourself. rearEnd crossword

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mentioned horror that is styrofoam, and FILM 14 containing at least one local SHARE SPOT: Birchwood Food other single-use items commonly includ- ingredient), a swag bag, two Desert Fighters hosts a Share Spot ed with to-go orders. commemorative glasses, and the from 12pm-2pm Saturdays offering 12 In addition to helping the restaurants opportunity to win prizes by visit- free food to take or share and in determine the correct materials they’d ing each venue during the course the parking lot of the Industrial MUSIC  need to do so, they shared the list of of the month. Ticket sales benefit Credit Union, 3233 Northwest Ave. Viva Farms, a Burlington-based Volunteers are often needed on more than 30 restaurants who’d signed

nonprofit farm business incubator Saturdays, and during the week. 11 on—including ANMLY Cafe, Antler Baking that empowers aspiring farmers. COVID safety protocols are in place. ART  Co., Aslan Brewing, Brandywine Kitchen, WWW.SKAGITFARMTOPINT.COM WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GROUPS/ Boundary Bay Brewery, Camber Coffee, BIRCHWOODFOODDESERTFIGHTERS Casa Que Pasa, Chuckanut Brewery, Cos- THURS., APRIL 15 10 FOOD DISTRIBUTION: Bell- SAT., APRIL 24 mos Bistro, Crave Catering, Elizabeth ingham Food Bank distributes DOCKSIDE MARKET: Bellingham WORDS  Station, Evolve Chocolate + Cafe, Fiam- pre-packed food boxes from 1pm- SeaFeast, the Port of Bellingham, ma Burger, Greene’s Corner, Guud Bowls, 4pm Thursdays at 1175 Jersey St. and the Working Waterfront  6 Homeskillet, JUXT Taphouse, Kebab Ca- People can join a car queue and, Coalition of Whatcom County have sual, Keenan’s at the Pier, Magdalena’s when it’s their turn, volunteers joined forces for a Bellingham will offer food boxes without re- Dockside Market taking place from

Bistro, Monolo Eats, New Mexico Tamale quiring person-to-person contact. 10am-2pm at Gate 5 or 7 at Squa- CURRENTS Company, Old World Deli, Pepper Sis- There are also bike and walk-up licum Harbor (follow the plethora ters, Pizza’zza, Pure Bliss Desserts, Sage options. Each household repre- of signs). Product availability 4 Against the Machine, Saltine, Simmering sented in a vehicle may pick up and sale dates throughout the for up to two families. Menstrual season will vary; the operation of VIEWS  CAMBER COFFEE Tava, Snowy River Cocktail Co., Storia products, baby formula and dia- the market reflects the dynamic Cucina, and the new Waffles in Paradise. pers will be added to distributed circumstances local fisher-folks 2  When you take their consciously pack- items as availability allows. Folks navigate. Check the market’s Face- aged meals home, there’s still a chance may visit twice per week and may book page prior to sale days to MAIL  the leftovers may end up being incorpo- choose among all locations which see what sort of fresh and frozen BY AMY KEPFERLE rated into the waste stream anyway. To they visit. Pick-up options are seafood will be on the lineup. 1pm-4pm Tuesdays and Thursdays WWW.BELLINGHAMSEAFEAST.ORG/ avoid this happening, store them in the at the Jersey Street locale, and DOCKSIDEMARKET 04.14.21 front of the fridge, where they’re sure from 3pm-6pm Wednesdays at the parking lot at Christ the King Earthy Eats to be seen before starting the decom- APRIL 25-29 .16 position process. Church, 4173 Meridian St. TOMATO SALE: Purchase What- 15 # WASTE NOT, WANT NOT Other tips for keeping food out of the WWW.BELLINGHAMFOODBANK.ORG com County Master Gardener- grown tomato, vegetable and herb landfill include cooking and eating what SAT., APRIL 17 starts online starting at 9am Sun- AMERICANS ARE a wasteful bunch. Even rabid recyclers you already have at home before buying COOPERATIVE GARDENING: day and continuing through 12pm come up short in certain areas. Some ignore their leftover Trader more; utilizing less-than-pristine pro- Join a small group of both new Thursday. In addition to dozens Joe’s pork dumplings hanging out in the back of the fridge until duce for meals such as soups, casseroles, and experienced gardeners of varieties of tomatoes and as- they’re too far gone to save—thus adding to the 42 million tons stir fries, sauces and baked goods; us- to grow vegetables for table, sorted veggies, there will also be

preservation and community shar- dahlia tubers, daylily plants, bon- CASCADIA WEEKLY of food that gets thrown away in the United States each year— ing the edible part of food you normally ing—plus a small private plot—at sai and sedum baskets for sale. and others occasionally order takeout that comes in styrofoam wouldn’t eat (such as stale bread for crou- a “Cooperative Gardening” class Proceeds benefit Whatcom County 19 containers despite being fully aware that the non-biodegradable tons or veggie scraps for stock); learning taking place from 9am-11m Master Gardener programs, includ- pollutant takes as many as 500 years to decompose. the difference between “sell by,” “use- Saturdays through Oct. 1 at the ing gardening education for all Both of these atrocities were committed by me in the past by,” “best-by,” and expiration dates; and Chuckanut Center, 103 Chuckanut ages, plant clinics, demonstration Drive N. Korean Natural Farming/ gardens, and vegetable and fruit week, and with Earth Day on the horizon it seems like a fine planning an “eat the leftovers” night living soils, compost, homemade donations to the Ferndale Food time to take a closer look at what I—and you—can do to mini- each week. By the time Earth Day rolls inoculates and fertilizer, plan- Bank. Socially distanced plant mize the impact on our ever-more-fragile planet. around, your prior transgressions will ning, seeds, transplants, seasonal pickups will take place May 7-9 in I’ll tackle the second problem first. Per usual, Sustainable have been forgiven. choices, plant care, weeds and Ferndale at Hovander Homestead Connections looked at a problem made worse by the pan- pests will be addressed. The group Park, 5299 Nielsen Ave. Pickup will commit to shared care, time times will be scheduled after your demic, and figured out a solution that would benefit both To find out more about the Where to Go trades, shared harvest and weekly plant purchase. eco-conscious community members hoping to support local With To-Go program, go to www.sustainable contributions to those needed WWW.WHATCOMMGF.ORG restaurants without adding to the waste stream, as well as connections.org/programs. SPEND $ YOU$ GET SPEND $10 AT EXPRESS EATS AND 10 RECEIVE A $20 SLOT TICKET! 20

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