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FILM 2 ) . 4[10.|.11] MUSIC ON STAGE Tosca: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon

20 Into the Woods: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre Autumn Abundance: 8-11pm, Majestic Underground

MUSIC COMMUNITY Green Drinks: 5-7pm, Up & Up GET OUT Gore and Lore Tour: 7pm, downtown Bell- 18 ingham ART /#0-. 4[10.}.11] Northwest Windjammers Gam: Through Sunday, San Juan Islands ON STAGE 16 Into the Woods: 7:30pm, Mount Baker FOOD Theatre Prep Your Palate: 11:30am-2:30pm, Fairhaven STAGE Much Ado About Nothing: 7:30pm, Claire vg Originals Gallery Thomas Theatre, Lynden Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre VISUAL ARTS 14 Seven Deadly Sins: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Autumn Art Series: 4pm, Village Books Putnam County Spelling Bee: 8pm, Belling- Lynne Oulman Reception: 6-8pm, Lucia ham Theatre Guild Douglas Gallery GET OUT Chicago: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Gallery Walk: 6-9pm, downtown Anacortes Theatre Art Walk: 6-10pm, downtown Bellingham

13 The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre

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WORDS ./0- 4[10..11] Ham Country Revival: Through Saturday at HoneyMoon, the Blue Horse Gallery, Cap ON STAGE 8 Hansen’s, and McKay’s Tap House Much Ado About Nothing: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden COMMUNITY Adamms Family Mystery: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Domestic Violence Awareness Vigil: 6-9pm, Dinner Theatre, Mount Vernon CURRENTS CURRENTS Bellingham Public Library Rent: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon

6 Candidate Forum: 7-9pm, Firehouse Per- Into the Woods: 8pm, Mount Baker Theatre forming Arts Center Seven Deadly Sins: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Putnam County Spelling Bee: 8pm, Belling- VIEWS FOOD ham Theatre Guild Oktoberfest: 4-7pm, Boundary Bay Brewery Chicago: 8pm, Anacortes Community Theatre 4 Oktoberfest: Today and tomorrow, Deming Hellingham: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre

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2 VISUAL ARTS Contra Dance: 7-10pm, Fairhaven Library Honoring Our History : 11am-5pm, in front Tango by the Bay: 8-11pm, Squalicum Yacht

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4 30: Advice Goddess cascadiaweekly.com. which we—through our elected ofﬁ cials—agreed selling out to the highest bidder. 31: Crossword MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL to pay. This purchase represents decades’ worth Do we really want the city in the business of RUMOR HAS IT, P.20 * FREE WILL, P.29 * NOODLE ALERT, P.34 cascadia 32: This Modern World, REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND LOWER B.C.

of multipurpose public priorities, including: converting our most-valued public parkland and * * * 2 Tom the Dancing Bug Future expansion of Fairhaven Park; planned natural open space into housing and commercial

DO IT 33: Sudoku, Slowpoke extension of the Interurban Trail system; com- developments? I think not.

pletion of a keystone wildlife habitat and rec- —Cathy McKenzie, Bellingham 34: Oodles of noodles reation corridor, connecting Sehome Arboretum .11 05 with LakePadden and Arroyo Parks; hands-on SUPPORT PETE KREMEN FAIRY TALE FUSION: MOUNT BAKER THEATRE GOES INTO THE WOODS, P.16 }} BUILT BY ASSOCIATION: A MASTERFUL MASH-UP, P.18 YOUNG THE GIANT: CALIFORNIA QUINTET GETS IT RIGHT, P.20 education, research and ﬁ eld-study opportuni- I had the pleasure of working for Whatcom COVER: photo of Devon Peña by ties for local students of all ages that are within County Executive Pete Kremen for nine years ©2011 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by .06 10. Anne Hamersky, design by Jesse Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly walking distance to schools, coordinated with as director of Parks and Recreation. Pete al- 40

# PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 Kinsman [email protected] science curriculum and focused on urban forest- ways demonstrated an exemplary work ethic and Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia ed wetlands ecology; habitat restoration options earned the respect and trust of his directors and Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution to protect and enhance the natural function of department heads. He was especially instrumen- SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you public forested wetlands within three salmon- tal in acquiring a number of some of our more include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- stream watersheds; and elimination of the public visited parks and special natural places, of which ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be infrastructure tax burden created by high-den- I am especially appreciative. returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope.

CASCADIA WEEKLY LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and sity residential and mixed-use development on Although Whatcom County will be losing a content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. this particular site. In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does great leader at the helm of county government, 4 not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your The recreational and ecological values of this I’m glad Pete has decided to continue to serve letters to fewer than 300 words. property and other public greenways on the edg- the people of Whatcom County on the council. es of our city will only increase exponentially as Pete Kremen would be such an asset to the we inﬁ ll and densify our urban centers, where council, bring his vast experience, his relation- NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre adequate infrastructure already exists. Unfortu- ship and connections with our congressional del- egation and leader in Olympia. I’ve seen his ability to deliver for our community so many times.

I strongly encourage voters to support

Mr. Kremen in his race for County Coun- 34 cil, where he would be able to continue his dedication and passion to represent FOOD the people of our community well. —Roger DeSpain, Bellingham 27 CATHY FOR COUNCIL

I ﬁrst met Cathy Lehman when she B-BOARD came to work at Sustainable Connections, where I was a founding board member. I was impressed then with what a quick 24

study she is, how well she listens, and FILM how often she weaves disparate ideas into creative solutions. My admiration 20 for Cathy has only increased over the years as she has applied her strong lead- MUSIC ership skills in running a nonproﬁt that is working to contain sprawl, protect 18 farmland and help plan better transpor- tation solutions for our community. ART As a business owner, I understand how important the downtown core is to the 16 health of the community. Cathy is com- STAGE STAGE mitted to the economic development of our city’s original “urban village” as a vibrant place to live and work. 14 I’m voting for Cathy Lehman for 3rd

Ward Council Member. I hope you’ll join GET OUT me in electing a proven leader to the position. 13 —Chuck Robinson, Bellingham

CIVIL WAR WITHOUT END WORDS Yesterday I saw a bumper sticker that 8 distressed me greatly. Printed above twin images of an American and a Con- federate ﬂag was the slogan “Let’s Not CURRENTS CURRENTS Renege in 2012.”

Whatever could it mean? Are we in dan- 6 ger of breaking some promise or going back on a deal struck after the Civil War? VIEWS Unfortunately, I fear the driver didn’t 4 intend the literal meaning of “renege,” 4 MAIL MAIL but instead to promote a gross racist MAIL pun as a slur against our president and against his reelection. 2

I imagine this man believes himself IT DO very clever. But such low-minded prom- ulgation of bigotry brings shame on us .11

all, both as Americans and as human be- 05 ings. We can be better than this. In order to create a more perfect union, we the people must not “renege” on the .06 10. 40 self-evident truth that all are created # equal. I call on all Americans who truly love liberty and justice to reject such mean-spirited and divisive political rheto- ric. Unchecked, this stuff undermines the very foundations of democratic equality

and threatens to destroy us from within. CASCADIA WEEKLY History has already taught us that a house divided against itself cannot 5 stand. Whatever our politics, we’re in this together. Let’s not renege on our national ideals. —Anna Evans, Bellingham THE GRISTLE

SERVICE IS A MANY SALARIED THING: We hate to point

34 out the obvious, but Whatcom County long had a perfectly adequate, transparent, predictable, non-arbi- FOOD FOOD trary means to determine the salaries of its elected views ofﬁ cials. The county executive received one thousand OPINIONS THE GRISTLE dollars a year (101 percent) more than the next high- 27 est paid elected ofﬁ cial, making the director of county administration the highest paid county employee. The

B-BOARD B-BOARD council’s seven part-time members each received one- seventh of the executive’s pay, reﬂ ecting the balance their role plays in county administration. 24 The second highest paid elected ofﬁ cial was the

FILM county prosecutor and, in more generous days before the state economy collapsed, the governor and leg- BY VAN JONES islature reasoned, based on national salary trends, 20 they should increase compensation to their county

MUSIC prosecutors for the work those lawyers perform on behalf of the state. The state raised its portion of Wall Street Protests

18 the compensation due Whatcom County Prosecutor David McEachran, which was coupled by County Char- CHOOSE A SIDE, AND FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY ART ter to that of County Executive Pete Kremen as we’ve described. Dave’s raise triggered a raise for Pete. WALL STREET has long been of the public square. The occupation 16 Alarmed that Pete would get a pay raise just be- the home of the biggest threat to grows larger and more diverse every cause Dave did, Whatcom County Council in Novem- American democracy. Now it has be- day. Young people, the majority of STAGE ber of 2008 decoupled the salary requirement shared come home to what may be our best whom are under 25 and have never by the prosecutor and executive. They could have, in- hope for rescuing it. before engaged in activism, are man- 14 stead, found some lesser, less volatile elected ofﬁ ce For everyone who loves this coun- aging the arduous task of a consensus less engaged in work for the state on which to peg try, for everyone whose heart is rules meeting with no sound system.

GET OUT the executive’s (and hence their own) compensation. breaking for the growing ranks of the The nightly general assemblies are Or they could have simply based the executive’s salary poor, for everyone who is seething at attracting crowds in the thousands against only the county’s portion of the prosecutor’s the unopposed demolition of Amer- to stand amongst a group of their 13 compensation, independent of what the prosecutor ica’s working and middle class: the more wealth and privilege. At this peers and debate our path forward as might also receive in beneﬁ t from the state. time has come to get off the fence. point, 400 families control more a people. WORDS See how easy? A new generation has gone to wealth than 180 million Americans. The occupation is a revival of a What County Council did instead is place a measure the scene of the crimes commit- This great wealth divergence has proud tradition of authentic, people- 8 on the ballot in November that asks voters to ested against our future. The time has resulted in an unjust and dangerous powered movements that have been tablish an independent commission to study salaries come for all people of good will to concentration of economic and polit- dormant—and that we need now more and make recommendations as to the compensation give our full-throated backing to ical power in the hands of the few. It than ever. It is building into the kind CURRENTS CURRENTS elected ofﬁ cials should receive. the young people of the Occupy Wall has pushed millions—especially the of massive public demonstrations— 6

6 Some comments: Street movement. rising generation and communities like those in Egypt, Madison, and First, as explained by Deputy Prosecutor Dan The young heroes on Wall Street of color—into the shadows of our Santiago—that can shake the foun- VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS Gibson when council originally discussed Pete’s au- today bafﬂ e the world because they society. The middle class continues dation of a system of power that has tomatic salary increase, state law does not permit have issued no demands. The villains to shrink, and the ranks of the poor lost sight of the public good. 4 the salaries of current ofﬁ cials to be reduced dur- of Wall Street had their demands— have swelled. The political elite has Now is our time to choose. Will we

MAIL MAIL ing their term of ofﬁ ce by legislative action. So the insisting upon a massive bailout failed to take the necessary steps to keep rewarding those whose ﬁ nan-

recommendations of a committee can only increase or for themselves in 2008, while they provide opportunity to the majority cial manipulations have brought us 2 maintain the compensation of sitting ofﬁ cials, and pocketed million-dollar bonuses. The of Americans. to ruin? Or will we stand with those

DO IT decrease compensation only in the unknown and un- Wall Street protesters are not seek- The Occupation of Wall Street— whose democratic innovations are

knowable future. ing a bailout for themselves; they are and the occupations throughout breathing life into our ﬁ nest ideals? Second, we can be certain a transparent commis- working to bail out democracy. the country—are expressions of the Both groups are within blocks of each .11

05 sion of bright, concerned citizens will come up with The American experiment in self- same spirit and dynamic. And these other in downtown Manhattan. some rational, reasonable, predictable, logical and governance is at a moment of crisis. particular demonstrations, perhaps For the past 30 years, the country non-arbitrary metric by which the salaries of the ex- The political system thus far has prov- uniquely, contain the spark to grow has stood behind the titans on Wall .06ecutive 10. and council members may be devised. Which en itself incapable of responding to a into a movement that can be trans- Street and their values. We listened 40 # is what we already had. once-in-a-lifetime economic calamity. formative. They are the fi rst, small when they said that their banks were For most elected county positions there is a mini- With income inequality and unem- step in the creation of a movement too big too fail. Today, there is only mum professional qualifi cation or requirement— ployment at the highest rates since that can restore American Democra- one thing that’s too big to fail: the whether certifi cation or degree—and a private sec- the Great Depression, it’s no wonder cy, and renew the American Dream. dreams of this new generation, fi nding tor equivalent that should guide salaries. The county that almost 80 percent of the country The hundreds of young people from its voice in Liberty Park. All of America chief accountant should receive something in the thinks we’re on the wrong track. all fi ve boroughs that camp out every should now stand with them.

CASCADIA WEEKLYrange of what CPAs are paid, and something refl ec- But the crisis of American democ- night, in the heart of the fi nancial tive of payment offered by Washington counties of racy did not start with the fi nan- district, in the rain and the cold, at In 2009, Van Jones served as the green 6 similar size. The question then is whether the execu- cial collapse. For at least 30 years, risk of arrest, are providing the inspi- jobs advisor in the Obama White House. tive in charge of this municipal corporation should the system has been rigged by the ration to draw more and more out of He is currently a senior fellow at the earn substantially less than the department heads he wealthy and privileged to acquire the shadows and into the bright light Center For American Progress. manages—for if the public benefi ts are not substan- tial, why are we talking about this? Let us assume VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY Representing Local Artists THE GRISTLE Since 1969

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paid more than those they boss. 34 None of this should suggest there is not important work an independent FOOD salary commission might do. As if to illustrate this, Whatcom 27 County Council member Tony Larson last week proposed eliminating an ex- October 2011 pense program for county employees, FEATURING: B-BOARD called “supplemental compensation,” that paid out about $176,000 last year. The money is intended to reimburse Isaac 24 employees for their routine out-of- Howard FILM pocket expenses. The system was intended to reduce Creatures of Habit 20 county expenses, including the main- (ARRIS!VENUEs"ELLINGHAM 7! tenance of a larger ofﬁ cial vehicle -7 3AT 3UN MUSIC ﬂ eet for use by county employees, the administration explained in a memo WWWGOODEARTHPOTSCOM 18 to council last week. Yet the program lacked traditional expense account ART safeguards, such as a requirement to

Bellingham Theatre Guild presents 16 produce receipts for reimbursement, WAIKIKI and instead just paid designated em- Roundtrip Airfare! STAGE ployees a ﬂ at rate each month. Ex- ecutive Kremen, the program’s largest From Bellingham The 25th 14 beneﬁ ciary, for example received an allowance of an additional $800 per & 7 Nights Hotel! Annual month in supplemental compensation, GET OUT boosting his annual compensation to a Putnam staggering $156,000 per year. IURP 13 Kremen obligingly canceled the County program by executive order last week before council could approve their WORDS ordinance to eliminate supplemental Spelling

Sept. 23 - 8 compensation, but the action reeked of an attempt by the executive to paper Bee Oct. 9, 2011 over a political talking point. Kremen Package Includes: “How do you spell ‘adorable’?… CURRENTS CURRENTS is running against Larson for the Dis- a musical that is simultaneously 5RXQGWULS1RQ6WRSDLUIDUH goofy and sweet.” 6 trict 1 seat on County Council. RQ$ODVND$LUOLQHV Miami Herald 733-1811 6 If the program was of beneﬁ t, as de- VIEWS

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for months before council discovered Valid 9/30/11 - 12/15/11 for Monday - 05 he was receiving it. Council had com- Tursday departures in L Class of service. mented in 2007 budget discussions Blackout dates and restrictions apply. that Kremen should not receive a pay Subject to change without notice. .06 10. 40 increase merely because the prosecutor # was scheduled for a pay increase, an intent the executive understood. Pete took the increase anyway, then offered it back after council spotted his hand in the cookie jar.

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20 “WHEN the history of the early 21st

MUSIC century is debated a hundred years hence, perhaps a central point 18

ART of contention will be the variant forms used by capitalists to wage 16 class war against other human be-

STAGE ings,” notes Devon Peña. “The con- ﬂ ict between the few rich and the 14 rest of us is ultimately about the

GET OUT politics of death, a sovereign ban on the life-sustaining activity of 13 the unwanted.”

WORDS The response, he believes, is a focus on life—in particular the enduring elixir of earth and water 8 8 mingling to produce food. Peña is a lifelong activist in the environmental justice and resilient agriculture movements, and is a professor of American CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, and Environmental

6 Studies at the University of Washington. He is the founder of the Acequia Institute, a private non- VIEWS proﬁ t organization dedicated to protect and promote acequia farming communities of the Upper Rio 4 Grande bioregion.

MAIL MAIL At its most basic, an acequia is a ditch or canal

through which water is drawn from distant moun- 2 tains to nourish arid lands. The name also describes

DO IT the broad community of water users who beneﬁ t

ANNE HAMERSKY ANNE from the irrigation system, the Acequia, the community associations that govern members' water us- .11

05 age, based on local precedents and traditions. The community draws its name from the conveyance. The community draws its identity from the .06 10. BY TIM JOHNSON resilient agriculture produced by the conveyance. 40 # Last Ditch “‘Food sovereignty’ is a concept distinct from the idea of ‘food security,’” Peña explains. “Food security might be described as the absence of hunger, and in a reﬁ ned sense the absence of malnutrition. “But how are you addressing that hunger? How are you eating?

CASCADIA WEEKLY “The food sovereignty model argues that you have to look at other things,” he says. “One is 8 that we are evolving. There is research being done EFFORT with nutrition science and genomics that suggest BUILDING A PRODUCTIVE COMMONS OF that human bodies do co-evolve with their food source. People from different parts of the world LAND, WATER AND FOOD have different ways of metabolizing food energy, different ways of integrating minerals and other appear—and preserving these very important Andrew L. Subin components of their diet. traditions.” CRIMINAL DEFENSE “There’s an old saying about that—awareness The Three Sisters—corn, beans and squash— // ) WHAT: Land for Food, of this has endured much longer than genomics— are no longer being grown in Chiapas or Oaxaca, Food for People you are what you eat.” displaced by sprawling corporate farms. They are WHEN: 2 to 6 p.m. Sun., 34 Yet humans, he argues, hunger for more than instead, Peña notes, being grown by indigenous Oct. 9 food. They are nourished by community and cul- farmers in the United States and Canada, as far WHERE: Pickford Film FOOD ture. north as Bristol, Alaska. Center, Museum of Radio and Electricity “In addressing hunger, we cannot forget the “All of this indicates of a sort of inadvertent, MORE: Screening of “The 27 basic idea of respecting a person’s heritage cui- unplanned but inevitable process of globaliza- Garden” at 2pm, followed sine,” Peña observes. “If a diet is really to be tion from below,” he notes. by music and dancing led considered, a heritage cuisine must also corre- What ties them together is the Acequia, the by Seattle Fandango Proj- B-BOARD spond to a heritage ecosystem.” water commons, the water democracy, not only ect. Devon Peña will lead a community discussion For the peoples of Mesoamerica, watered by a physical place where food is produced, and

COST: $20, includes Drug, Alcohol & 24 the acequia, the heritage cuisine is the Three consumed, but it is also a social space where movie. Tickets available Driving Related Sisters—corn, beans and squash. decisions are made in the interest of the com- at Community Food Co-op Offenses FILM “You don’t just grown corn, beans and squash mon good. It is a space in which people—not and the Pickford Film in a monoculture or plantation society,” Peña corporations—decide. Center. INFO: www.pickfordcin- FREE 20 observes. “There has to be something more el- “What I see in common from the Acequias of ema.org, www.kclt.org CONSULTATION emental involved, including how we manage the south-central farm and in Colorado, and ------MUSIC biodiversity to maintain the soil ecology—what even in agricultural communities in Bellingham WHAT: World at 7 Billion advocates today call ‘biodynamics.’” through the land trust model, are institutions of Project (360) 734-6677 18 Biodynamic agriculture is an approach to collective action,” Peña says. “Collective action WHEN: 12pm, Weds., www.andrewsubin.com Oct. 5 ART organic farming that treats farms as uniﬁ ed promotes local participatory democracy, it seeks WHERE: Fairhaven Col- and individual organisms, emphasizing balance to address people’s basic biopolitical needs—and lege Auditorium 16 among native soil, plants and animals to create by that I mean food, shelter, and community. MORE: Roberta Riley, a self-nourishing system. “They all approach this through the same basic project director of United STAGE This is nothing new, Peña notes. It is, in fact, paradigm—which no one has tried to declare in Nations Fund for Popula- tion Action, describes something very old. a manifesto of some kind—this fundamental idea sustainability challenges 14 “I have spent the last three years trying to un- of mutual reliance, cooperative labor and mutual as world population ap- derstand what is really very ancient ethno-eco- aid as an economy that underlies our basic com- proaches 7 billion. Free logical, or ethno-agroecological knowledge. And munities and food systems.” COST: GET OUT I’ve come to understand what I believe are the “Little by little, the different experiences of INFO: www.tinyurl. com/3pf2s7n most important aspects of this paradigm, one of community gardens, fair trade, community ser-

------13 which is diversity is a key to resilience. Second, vice agriculture, food policy councils, land trusts, WHAT: Truck Farm an effort to build a solidarity economy instead of farmer’s movements and consumer movements are WHEN: 6pm, Thurs, a predatory economy.” slowly converging in their efforts to build a better Oct. 6 WORDS A solidarity economy, he explains, arises spon- food system,” writes Eric Holt-Giménez, executive WHERE: Pickford Film 8 Center 8 taneously from resilient, reliant communities. Its director of FoodFirst/Institute for Food and Devel- MORE: Ian Cheney plants emphasis is to sustain and nourish, not to extract opment Policy. He is the author of Food Rebellions! a garden in the back of proﬁ t. Its cycle is seasonal, not quarterly. Crisis and the Hunger for Justice. his pickup truck. CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS Peña’s charitable foundation both studies and “In some cases,” he continues, “these ef- COST: $9.50 supports Acequias around the Southwest. Most forts try to transform existing places, like INFO: www.pickford 6 cinema.org famous of these is a 14-acre community garden schools, neighborhoods and farms, use politi------VIEWS at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Ange- cal spaces—like parent-teacher associations, WHAT: Back to the les, the largest of its kind in the United States. food policy councils, community land trusts Garden 4 Started as a form of healing after the devastat- and production cooperatives—to make good, WHEN: 6:30pm, Sat., ing L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farm- democratic decisions about our food systems. Oct 8 MAIL WHERE: Pickford Film ers have since created a miracle in one of the “These experiences do not necessarily use

Center 2 country’s most blighted neighborhoods. But now, ‘food commons’ as their organizing concept, MORE: A back-to-the-

bulldozers are poised to level their 14-acre oasis, but to the extent that they bring parts of the land movement in Eastern DO IT as development pressures begin to overwhelm food system into the public, rather than the Washington the Acequia. corporate sphere, they are indeed constructing COST: $9.50 INFO: www.pickford .11

“Our work has focused on problems we’ve come a dimension of a food commons.” 05 cinema.org to understand,” Peña explains, “one of which is “We all face the same issues, wherever we are ------that as a result of NAFTA and other Neoliberal coming from,” Peña stresses,“ whether an acequia WHAT: Sustainable globalization policies, there are 2 to 3 million farmer in east Los Angeles or a farmer east of Bell- agriculture and .06 10. 40 indigenous Mesoamerican farmers that have been ingham—issues of self-governance, access to land environmental restoration # WHEN: 12pm, Weds., displaced from Mexico. A lot of them—rather than and water, questions of how you rebuild not just a Nov. 2 just lying down by the roadside and dying, starv- local heathy food system but heritage cuisines. WHERE: Fairhaven Col- ing—came here, in a wonderful meeting of people “What all of this amounts to really is green lege Auditorium that is part of the Mesoamerican diaspora. jobs,” he says, and they require no permission or MORE: Eleazar Garcia, “What I’ve done,” he explains “is put lim- policy to create. indigenous campesino from the Mixteca region

ited philanthropic resources at their disposal “Get your shovels out and start digging a gar- CASCADIA WEEKLY of Oaxaca, will discuss to help rebuild the South Central farm outside den with your neighbors,” Peña says. “Get out restoration efforts to of Bakersﬁ eld and to continue to work with the on the streets and join the protests. Occupy attain food sovereignty 9 agroecological and ethnobotanical knowledge the citadels of constituted power, the capitol to some of Oaxaca's most these diaspora farmers brought with them. buildings, legislator hallways, town halls and, marginalized people. COST: Free Making sure that knowledge doesn’t disap- yes, the banks and corporate headquarters. INFO: www.tinyurl. pear—making sure the seed saving doesn’t dis- “This is not rocket science; it is class war.” com/3pf2s7n Can you survive a divorce? currents ›› last week’s news Let me help you.

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16 TUESDAY Drug task force agents seize heroin ties fi les a notice to sue Pacifi c Inter- STAGE and cash during a drug investigation national Terminals, Inc., SSA Marine’s near Ferndale. Two men are taken into subsidiary corporation created to de- 14 custody following a four-month probe velop the proposed Gateway Pacifi c that uncovered one pound of heroin and Terminal at Cherry Point. The action

GET OUT $1,100 in cash. George Villaluz, Jr., 44, is based on alleged violations of the lives in Ferndale. The Bellingham Herald federal Clean Water Act committed reports Villaluz has 11 previous felony as part of SSA Marine’s unpermitted 13 convictions. He was arrested and booked clearing of land where SSA plans to into the Whatcom County Ismael Esparza- build North America’s largest coal WORDS Too Sweet! Nunez, 24, of Mount Vernon, is suspected terminal. “We waited patiently for of being in the country illegally. the responsible agencies to take the 8 8 proper steps when SSA Marine broke Superintendent of Public Instruction the law and violated water quality Randy Dorn tells Chris Gregoire his ofﬁ ce protections,” said Bob Ferris, execu- CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS won't submit a budget proposal, saying tive director for RE Sources. “They

6 that the governor’s orders to cut another did not, so we are.” Come Celebrate Fall on the Farm! 10 percent to education are in viola- VIEWS Apples, bakery, farm store, tours & u-pick pumpkin patch. tion of the state constitution. Seeing An Alaskan community development a sinking revenue forecast, Gregoire has director is hired as the new director 4 Honeycrisp, Jonagold, Tsugaru and many more… ordered all agencies to cut their budgets for the City of Bellingham Parks and

MAIL MAIL 10 percent. Lawmakers are returning to Recreation department. James King

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for a borough north of Anchorage. He begins his new job Nov. 1 with a begin- .11 10.y.11 05 THURSDAY ning salary of $106,000. A Sedro-Woolley couple is charged with A man is arrested after two other .06 10. homicide by abuse in the death of their men—both 80 years old—are found 40 # 13-year-old daughter who was adopted dead in separate locations on Whidbey from Ethiopia. The couple were arrested Island near Oak Harbor. Sheriff Mark and jailed in Mount Vernon with bail set at Brown says 30-year-old Joshua D. Lam- Replace that SCARY old car! $500,000. Prosecutors say the child lived bert is a suspect in one death and “a in a closet and was denied meals for days person of high interest” in the other. at a time. An autopsy found she died of hy- The bodies were discovered about two

CASCADIA WEEKLY Get into something more reliable pothermia, but malnutrition and a stomach miles apart. infection were contributing factors. 10 this fall with an auto loan from Mount Baker School District Super- WECU® at a great rate! 10.z.11 intendent Dr. Richard Gantman re- MONDAY signs. Gantman plans to leave in June This credit union is federally insured by the to co-author a book, after leading the National Credit Union Administration. www.wecu.com RE Sources for Sustainable Communi- district for 14 years. index NIGHT OF THE KNIVES On Sept. 30, several men were robbed at

FUZZ knifepoint by a couple of women in Mount Vernon. Skagit police say the women took the 34 men's cell phones and cash.

BUZZ FOOD KNUCKLES AND KNIVES On Sept. 26, a victim complained to Belling- On Sept. 23, U.S. Border Patrol agents con- ham Police that a man had put a large knife to 27 ducted a trafﬁc stop near the international the victim’s throat and threatened to kill him. border in Blaine. Aided by police, they discovered a passenger in the vehicle was car- On Sept. 26, Bellingham Police arrested a B-BOARD rying 21 sets of “blast knuckles,” or brass man who had threatened his mother with a knuckles with built-in taser effects, and 27 large knife. switchblade knives. The 34-year-old Birch 24

Bay resident was arrested and booked into On Sept. 27, Bellingham Police spoke to a FILM jail for possession of the devices. man who threatened to kill himself with a large knife and suggested he not do that. 20 BUSY DAY ON They took him instead to the hospital for a BURKE ROAD, CTD. mental health evaluation. MUSIC On Sept. 13, following a successful interrup- tion of a residential burglary near Blaine, the SPITTIN’ MAD 18 Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office began an in- On Sept. 26, Bellingham Police were called vestigation, recovering thousands of dollars to a homeless camp underneath a bridge on ART in stolen property and helping to dismantle a Roeder Street. Construction crews were clean- criminal organization that was trafficking in ing garbage from the camp, enraging one of 16 that property. Deputies obtained a warrant the transients. By the time police became in- STAGE STAGE to search property near Lincoln Park and the volved the man was so mad he spit in an of- ~ international border, where they discovered ficer’s face. The 49-year-old was arrested and

APPROXIMATE number of protestors arrested on New York’s Brooklyn Bridge as 14 trailers loaded with stolen jewelry, electron- booked into jail for disorderly conduct, tres- the Occupy Wall Street movement continued into its third weekend. Police used a ics and other burglarized items. Deputies passing and felony assault of a police ofﬁcer. technique called “kettling” to drive protestors onto the bridge, where they could be

arrested four men and one woman, who had corralled and cited. GET OUT been acting as an accomplice in the thefts. On Sept. 27, a man was reported outside the One of the men had been shot in the back by entrance to a business in downtown Belling- a homeowner after he had invaded her resi- ham, yelling profanities and acting aggres- 13 dence Sept. 13, allegedly attempting to elude sive. Customers inside were afraid to leave the capture by law enforcement officers. As they store. The store manager reportedly attempt- ¹{} WORDS interviewed him, deputies reportedly learned ed to speak with the man. The man responded AMOUNT donated by JPMorgan Chase to the New York City Police Foundation, 8 thanking police for work performed on behalf of the nation’s banking and financial 8 the man had attempted to discard heroin he’d aggressively. When she tried to call 911 using giants. The money will help purchase additional security monitoring software in the been carrying. A search found marijuana and the payphone, he hung it up on her. “At this NYPD's main data center. a syringe concealed in his underwear under time a downtown patrol unit happened upon CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS his testicles. Sheriff Bill Elfo said, “These the altercation,” Bellingham Police reported. arrests have dismantled an organization and “Upon seeing police he fled on his bicycle but 6 individuals that have long been suspected of was detained several blocks away and booked

{z yy VIEWS burglary and trafﬁcking in stolen property. into jail for disorderly conduct.” PERCENT of Americans who cite a lack of jobs as the most worrisome economic Our investigation will continue and be fo-

issue versus percent who believe the federal budget deﬁcit is the economy’s most 4 cused on solving additional crimes and re- On Sept. 26, Bellingham Police returned to worrisome aspect. covering more stolen property.” An investi- the waterfront after the ex-employee of a MAIL gation into the shooting also continues. business there threatened to throw his ex-

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On Sept. 26, a man told Bellingham Police On Sept. 13, Blaine Police met people who |} {} he’d lost his textbooks and laptop after he’d explained they’d been walking down the PERCENT of Washington voters who say PERCENT of Washington voters who .11 left them at a bus stop following a night of street, looking for an address, when a man they support Tim Eyman's Initiative 1125. lean toward support of Initiative 1183, 05 heavy drinking. approached them with threatening state- The initiative would require the limit which would privatize liquor sales ments about having a gun. Ofﬁcers contacted tolls to apply only toward work on the in Washington. The same survey one

YABLOS the man, who admitted to yelling at people road being tolled, and that they expire month ago had support at 50 percent .06 10. when the work is paid for. The measure for the measure, which is being pushed 40 On Sept. 23, the Bellingham Police bomb lurking in the neighborhood. He thought they # would eliminate a funding mechanism by retail giant Costco. The Elway poll squad investigated yet another bomb-like were casing his home. “The possible misun- for light rail on Seattle’s east side. Only mirrors results of a recent Strategies object, this time an improvised explosive de- derstanding was explained to both sides,” 39 percent of polled Seattle residents 360 survey. vice inside a mailbox in Cornwall neighbor- police reported. support it. hood. The mailbox was damaged, but no other injuries or property damage was found. THIS DAD’S HAD IT

On Sept. 26, someone set fire to the baby CASCADIA WEEKLY On Sept. 23, Bellingham Police responded to a changing table located in the men’s bath- xy report of a possible gunshot fired at an apart- room at Cordata Place. PERCENT of Americans who approve of the job Congress is doing, matching an all- 11 ment complex near Northwest Avenue. and time low, recorded in October 2008 at the height of the economic crisis. 72 percent blame the Republicans, while 63 percent hold the Democrats responsible. West Bakerview Road. Officers found yet an- On Aug. 9, a drunk was kicked out of the pub- other bomb-like object, a homemade "bottle lic restroom in Elizabeth Park after causing a SOURCE: New York Times; Pew Research Center; Elway poll; Strategies 360 poll; New bomb" that had exploded in the parking lot. ruckus there. He was cited by police. York Times/CBS News poll.

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BOXING BOOK: Ian Weir reads from his new lecture with urban planner Jackie Lynch focusing FILM book, Daniel O’Thunder, at 7pm at Village on “Trees: From Dangerous Resources to Pleasant `V\Y Books, 1200 11th St. The tome focuses on a Companions” at 12:30pm at the Whatcom Muse- :PUJL PU)LSSPUNOHT 20 former prizeﬁghter and the challenge he issues um, 121 Prospect St. Suggested donation is $3. Diagnosis U Repair U Service U We Buy and Sell Volvos to the Devil. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG =63=6 New & used parts in stock U Visa, MasterCard and Discover WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM VIGIL AND LABYRINTH: As part of Domestic 360.734.6117 MUSIC SAT., OCT. 8 Violence Awareness Month, attend a Vigil and rainbowautoservice.com Healing Labyrinth Walk from 6-9pm at the Bell- `L[& Open Monday to Thursday, 8-6 18 NATURAL HAWAII: Dana Rozier shares stories ingham Public Library lawn, 210 Central Ave. En- and images from her book, Natural Hawai’i: An ART try is free and all are welcome. Inquisitive Kid’s Guide, at 4pm at Village Books, WWW.DVCOMMISSION.ORG 1200 11th St. CANDIDATE FORUM #1: Mayoral, city council, 16 671-2626 county council and other local candidates will be

SUN., OCT. 9 on hand at a Candidate Forum happening from STAGE POLAR EXPLORATIONS: Lynne Cox tells 7-9pm at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, tales from her book South with the Sun: Roald 1314 Harris Ave. 14 Amundsen, His Polar Explorations, and the Quest [email protected] for Discovery at 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. SAT., OCT. 8 PUMPKIN FESTIVAL: Registration for those GET OUT WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM who want to enter their orange orbs in the Lyn- MON., OCT. 10 den Pumpkin Festival takes place from 8:30- 13 13 13 POETRYNIGHT: Read your original verse at 10:30am at the Fairway Center, 1750 Front St. poetrynight at 8:30pm at the Amadeus Proj- The weigh-in competition begins at 11am, and WORDS ect, 1209 Cornwall Avenue Sign-ups start at there’ll also be a hay maze. WORDS WWW.LYNDEN.ORG 8pm. Sponsored

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Berry will share writing tips and discuss his CURRENTS BLAINE MARKET: Attend the Blaine Gardeners new novel, The Foulks Rebellion, at 7pm at the Market from 10am-2pm every Saturday on the H Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. Entry is 6 Street Plaza. free. 332-8082

592-2422 VIEWS BELLINGHAM MARKET: The Bellingham Farm- A CITY AND ITS MUSIC: Kurt Armbruster ers Market continues from 10am-3pm every Sat- shares stories and songs relating to his book, Be- 4 urday through December at Railroad Avenue and fore Seattle Rocked: A City and Its Music, at 7pm

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FERNDALE MARKET: The Ferndale Public Market 2 WED., OCT. 12 is open for business from 10am-4pm every Satur- DO IT IT DO SCI-FI VOICES: John Patrick Lowrie, the voice day through Oct. 15 at the city’s Riverwalk Park. of the Sniper in Team Fortress 2, reads from his WWW.FERNDALEPUBLICMARKET.ORG sci-ﬁ tome, Dancing With Eternity, at 7pm at Vil- WONDERS OF WHATCOM: As part of the Won- .11

lage Books, 1200 11th St. ders of Whatcom Series, ﬁnd out more about 05 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM “When in Whatcom: The 1840s” at 1:30pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. THURS., OCT. 13 778-7323 Sondheim and Grimm .06 10. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: Nationally recognized 40 writer and political scientist Carol Swain gives THURS., OCT. 13 A Tony-winning Tale # a free public lecture focusing on “The Undermin- CANDIDATE FORUM #2: Whatcom County, City ing of Religious Freedom” at 7pm at WWU’s Arn- of Bellingham, and Port of Bellingham candi- Mount Baker Theatre’s 1st ever locally produced Main Stage show. tzen Hall 100. dates will take part in a Candidate Forum from This production features distinguished local and national actors, a 16-piece WWW.WWU.EDU 12:30-3pm at the Bellingham Senior Activity orchestra, cutteng edge set design and elaborate costumes. Discover what MEMORY MANAGEMENT: The local Alzheimer’s Center, 315 Halleck St. really happens after “happily ever after.” Society hosts a multi-author event at 6:30pm 733-4030 OR WWW.WCCOA.ORG

at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Bill Beckwith TRANSFORMATIONAL SERIES: Vancouver B.C.’s 3(/730/.3/234HE!LPHA'ROUPs-OSS!DAMS,,0 CASCADIA WEEKLY (Managing Your Memory), Laurie Marshall (Sto- Director of Sustainability, David Ramslie, helms ries from the Dust in the Corner), and Karen a Transformational Lecture Series talk focusing /CTOBER s3HOWSs 13 Stobbe (Sometimes Ya Gotta Laugh) will be the on “Connecting Cities to People” at 5:30pm at *plus applicable fees. featured authors. Backcountry Essentials, 214 W. Holly St. Entry is 671-2626 free, but you need to register in advance. 360-734-6080 WWW.SCONNECT.ORG www.mountbakertheatre.com For video previews of each show doit WED., OCT. 5 TREE SOLDIER: Local historian and writer Ja-

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34 34 cusing on Heather Meadows and “Tree Soldier G and the CCC Boys” at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St.

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FILM FILM OCT. 7-8 GORE AND LORE TOUR: The ladies responsible for last summer’s “Sin & Gin” tour present 20 a downtown Bellingham “Gore & Lore” walking tour at 7pm every Friday and Saturday through MUSIC Nov. 19 starting in front of the Black Drop Cof- feehouse, 300 W. Champion St. Tickets to the

18 18-and-over tour are $15 and include a complimentary beverage from the coffee joint at the ART ART end of the night. WWW.GOODTIMEGIRLSBHAM.COM 16 OCT. 7-9 WINDJAMMERS GAM: The Paciﬁc Northwest STAGE STAGE Windjammers Association hosts its ﬁrst-ever “Northwest Windjammers Gam” Friday through 14 14 Sunday through the San Juan Islands. Passen- gers can choose bookings on a variety of historical boats. Costs vary. GET OUT GET OUT WWW.NWWINDJAMMERS.COM SAT., OCT. 8

13 RACE FOR EDUCATION: The third annual “Race for Education” begins at 9am at Bellingham’s Civic Field, 1225 Civic Field Way. Entry to the WORDS BY AMY KEPFERLE the world’s most progressive action-sports 5K is $15-$25; funds raised help kids throughout athletes in locales as varied as Jackson Hole the community. 8 (where you’ll witness a record-breaking sea- WWW.WHATCOMRACEFOREDUCATION.ORG son), Japan, Iceland (which, apparently, has REFLECT YOUR RIDE: EverybodyBike offers a “Reﬂectorize Your Ride” event from 10am-3pm Winter Warmup an urban side), Pemberton, B.C. (ﬁrst de- during the Bellingham Farmers Market at the CURRENTS CURRENTS scents can be expected), and Alaska (where Depot Market Square. Bring bikes, helmets,

6 DREAMING OF POWDER the founders first met while commercial backpacks or jackets to decorate with reflec- fishing). In addition to seeing the action tive ribbon, tapes and stickers at the free event. VIEWS VIEWS DARK MORNINGS. Bracingly cold nights. Fresh snow in the on the white stuff, the film also follows life WWW.EVERYBODYBIKE.COM mountains. For many, these harbingers of winter are grudgingly accept- on the road—and who doesn’t want to see 4 AWARENESS RIDE: Kulshan Cycles hosts its third ed as inevitable changes in the seasons. For others, they signal a time what’s behind the scenes of some of these annual “Breast Cancer Awareness Ride” starting at

MAIL MAIL when awakening to thick frost on the windshield means one thing: it’s rollicking road trips? When: 8pm Fri., Oct. 10am at its downtown locale at 100 E. Chestnut St. time to hit the slopes. If you’re aching to strap on your gear and do just 14. Where: Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Com- Cost to register for the 10-mile ride is $25.

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SUN., OCT. 9 more and more fresh tracks. Finally it got to the point where I can’t “We welcome winter with everything MT. BIKE DUATHLON: Runners and mountain really enjoy it unless I’m cutting a totally fresh line,” says a wist- we’ve got,” says Max Bervy, the director bikers can sign up for today’s Klicks Mt. Bike .11 Duathlon starting at 11am at Lake Padden Park.

05 ful voice in the trailer for Powderwhore’s latest backcountry ﬂick, and producer of Warren Miller Entertain- Breaking Trail. Following is a montage of images featuring skiers and ment’s latest offering, Like There’s No To- Entry is $15-$20. There’ll also be a free Youth Dualthon after the race. snowboarders exploring unsullied territory on jaw-droppingly steep morrow. “Because, while there’s always a WWW.TRITHECOOKIE.COM

.06 10. peaks as well as long, hilly swaths of virgin snow. For those unfamiliar tomorrow, there are only so many dawns 40 # with the Utah-based company, you should go in knowing the annual with fresh snow.” Considering this is the MON., OCT. 10 movie the collective puts out is entirely human-powered—meaning powder production’s 62nd annual excur- MAP & COMPASS: Learn how to stay found at a “Map & Compass Basics” clinic at 6pm at REI, 400 those who are bravely thrusting their bodies off the top of mountains sion, it’s likely that what you’ll see when 36th St. Register in advance for the free class. got up there without the help of helicopters. Pay attention, because the tour comes to Bellingham will further 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM some of the athletes you’ll see onscreen are from around these parts, inspire you to layer up and head into your and our own Mt. Baker plays a starring role as well. When: 8pm Sat., own adventure. Narrated by Olympic gold WED., OCT. 12 PLEASURE GARDENS: Landscape designer and

CASCADIA WEEKLY Oct. 8. Where: Backcountry Essentials, 214 W. Holly St. Cost: $10. Info: medalist Jonny Moseley, the seasonal of- artist Jeffrey Bale lectures on the features of the www.powderwhore.com fering spans ﬁve continents and showcases “Pleasure Garden” at the Whatcom Horticultural 14 Since 1996, the brains and brawn behind Wyoming’s Teton Gravity a mixed bag chock full of world-class ath- Society’s meeting at 7:30pm at the Whatcom Mu- Research have been studiously testing the laws of physics. Whether letes. When: 7:30pm Thurs., Nov. 17. Where: seum, 121 Prospect St. Entry is $7 for members, they’re focusing on surﬁng, kayaking, snowboarding or skiing, those at Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. $12 for the public. WWW.WHATCOMHORTSOCIETY.ORG the helm travel the globe to feature athletes at their best. This year’s Cost: $21. Info: www.mountbakertheatre. cold-weather offering is no different: One for the Road follows some of com or www.warrenmiller.com

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34 34 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thurs-

FOOD G day at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. sta e At 10pm, stick around for “The Project.” THEATER DANCE PROFILES Entry is $7 for the early show, $4 for the late one. 27 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM OCT. 6-7 B-BOARD ROCKY HORROR AUDITIONS: Be ready to do cold readings and improvisation at auditions for upcoming performances 24 BY AMY KEPFERLE of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at 5pm Thurs.-Fri. at the Mount Baker Theatre,

FILM FILM Mount Baker Theatre, all stops have been 104 N. Commercial St. pulled out. In addition to including the [email protected] talented music-makers, director Mark Kuntz 20 Happily Never After also sourced professional actors from both OCT. 6-8 Seattle and Bellingham. Additionally, local DEADLY SINS: Seven new plays by folks MUSIC like Glenn Hergenhahn, Morgan Grobe, An- GOING INTO THE WOODS up-and-comers can be seen making their drew Herndon, Ben Eisner, and Sol Olmstead own marks in the production.

18 can be seen when “Seven Deadly Sins” shows “I have ﬁve former students in Into the at 8pm at the iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall ART ART Woods,” says Bellingham Arts Academy for Ave. Tickets to see the shows—which were Youth founder David Post, who portrays a inspired by the aforementioned sins—are 16 16 $10. loyal guard helping a haughty prince track 201-5464 OR WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM down a recalcitrant Cinderella. “I think it STAGE STAGE STAGE STAGE is kind of a cool thing that these students OCT. 6-9 who got trained locally auditioned and were COUNTY SPELLING BEE: Watch kids in the throes of puberty learn that winning 14 accepted when competing with actors from isn’t everything when the comedic mu- Seattle, etc.” sical known as The 25th Annual Putnam

GET OUT During the course of the next couple hours, County Spelling Bee shows at 8pm Thurs.- the kids held their own—both theatrically Sat. and 2pm Sun. at the Bellingham and musically—with their older counter- Theatre Guild, 1600 H St. Tickets are

13 $8-$12. parts. While there seemed to be a technical WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD.COM issue with some of the MUCH ADO: William Shakespeare’s come- WORDS microphones all the dic tale, Much Ado About Nothing, shows actors wore, everyone at 7:30pm Thurs.-Sat. and 2pm Sunday at 8 involved stayed on Lynden’s Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 task and put their all Front St. Tickets are $8-$12 and showings happen through Oct. 16. into making every mo-

CURRENTS CURRENTS WWW.CLAIREVGTHEATRE.ORG ment on stage count CHICAGO: Go back in time to the roar- 6 (even if they couldn’t ing ’20s and watch Roxie Hart murder be heard at the time). her famous lover when the song-and-

VIEWS VIEWS ATTEND While you’ll have to dance spectacular known as Chicago WHAT: Into the Woods purchase a ticket to shows at 7:30pm Thurs., 8pm Fri.-Sat., 4 WHEN: 7:30pm Oct. and 2pm Sun. at the Anacortes Com- see how the divergent 5-6, 8pm Oct. 7, 3pm munity Theatre, 918 M Ave. Tickets are

MAIL MAIL and 8pm Oct. 8, and tales of Little Red Rid- $18 and additional showings happen 3pm Oct. 9 ing Hood, Jack and the through Oct. 22.

PHOTO BY JUSTIN BY PHOTO SHULTS 2 WHERE: Mount Baker Beanstalk, Rapunzel, WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM Theatre, 104 N. Com- and Cinderella merge DO IT IT DO

mercial St. OCT. 7-8 COST: $20-45 into one coherent ADDAMS FAMILY MYSTERY: Wear a cos- ENTERING THE back door of the Mount Baker Theatre last Sunday INFO: 734-6080 or production—trust me, tume and help solve the crime when The .11 www.mountbaker Addams Family Mystery shows at 7:30pm

05 to catch a dress rehearsal of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, I instantly it’s too convoluted to Friday and Saturday night at Mount Ver- found myself in an alternate universe—one not unlike the fusion of fairy theatre.com explain on a single non’s RiverBelle Dinner Theatre, 100 E. tales, magic and music that would soon take place under the spotlights. page—know that the Montgomery St. Tickets are $25-$45 and

.06 10. As I wound through the labyrinth of dressing rooms and storage areas, Mount Baker Theatre has done Sondheim additional showings happen through 40 # characters that populate several of the Brothers Grimm’s most well known proud. In addition to the savvy casting, the Nov. 5. stories hustled about, preparing themselves for the run-through. costumes, special effects and accompanying WWW.RIVERBELLEDINNERTHEATRE.COM The grandmother that would soon be swallowed whole by a nefarious wolf bells and whistles work together to make the HELLINGHAM: There’s a killer afoot in the small town of Hellingham. Who the took no notice of me as she circled the ﬂoor reciting her lines, while her show one worth remembering. heck is it? Find out during showings of the would-be predator sat still while his snout was adjusted. Cinderella’s bitchy Much like the original Brothers Grimm sto- homegrown, completely improvised mur- stepsisters tightened their corsets, and a wide-eyed Red Riding Hood made ries, living happily ever after isn’t always the der mystery, which can be seen at 8pm and 10pm every Fri.-Sat.—and at 8pm on Mon.,

CASCADIA WEEKLY sure her scarlet cape was afﬁxed just so. Props—including a hen that laid goal. In the case of Into the Woods, not all golden eggs and a stuffed white cow—were at the ready. the characters make it out alive, and marrying Oct. 31—at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets are $8-$10. 16 In the moments before the run-through started, various voices and cack- a prince doesn’t necessarily ensure a lifetime 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM les, birdsong and the sounds of the well-hidden 16-piece orchestra tuning of eternal bliss. There’s humor to be found, RENT: The Theater Arts Guild present their many instruments made it clear this was no small cast—and no small and more than a little sadness, but ultimately the Pulitzer Prize winning musical, Rent, production. the moral of the story is that moving through starting this week with shows at 7:30pm As the ﬁrst mainstage show self-produced by the powers that be at the your fears is the best bet. doit

Friday and Saturday at Mount Vernon’s Lin- coln Theatre, 712 S. First St. Tickets are

$10-$24 and additional showings take place

through Oct. 22. 34 WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG FOOD WED., OCT. 12 MON - FRI, 5 - 11 P.M. INTRO TO IMPROV: Sheila Goldsmith helms an introductory improv class from

SAT, NOON - 11 P.M. 27 7-9pm at Improv Playworks, 302 W. Illinois. Entry is free. 756-0756 B-BOARD DINNER THEATRE: Enjoy a three-course HAPPY HOUR 5-7 P.M. meal while watching “Murder Fuggeta- boutit!” at 7pm at the Silver Reef Casino. AND ALL DAY MONDAY 24 Tickets to the mystery comedy dinner theatre are $40. FILM FILM WWW.SILVERREEFCASINO.COM LIVE MUSIC

THURS., OCT. 13 TUES - SAT 8PM 20 LOOKOUT’S CURSE: Uncover the mystery of “Lookout’s Curse” when the circus freaks who have been “possessed by a mysterious MUSIC plague” bring their haunted attractions

to the area starting tonight at 7pm at the 18 Lookout Arts Center (246 Old Hwy 9 ). Audi- ART ART ences will be subjected to twisted carnival games, aerials, acrobatics, freakish feats

and a choose-your-own-adventure horror Take your fork 16 scenario unlike any other. Tours leave every

half-hour through 11pm. The fun continues in a new direction STAGE every Thurs.-Sun. through Oct. 31. Entry is $10-$13.

'SSOMRK;MPH *SSHWSJ*EPP 14 WWW.LOOKOUTARTS.COM 0YRGL7TIGMEPW *EPP4EWXE)PO&YVKIV DANCE +VMPPIH'LMGOIR7ERH[MGL[MXL4IWXS GET OUT FRI., OCT. 7 &VEMWIH6IH'EFFEKI[MXL'LIZVI OPEN HOUSE: During the monthly down- (MRRIV7TIGMEPW 13 town Bellingham Art Walk, get a look at the 4EIPPE(MRRIVJSVbJSV8[S La Vida Dance Studio during an open house *EPP4EWXE+VMPPIH)PO8ST7MVPSMR WORDS from 7-9pm at the group’s new digs at 1417 Cornwall Ave. Mini lessons and demos will be 'VIEQ]4SPIRXE[MXL'EWGEHMEQYWLVSSQW 8 part of the fun. 7EXYVHE] 7YRHE]&VYRGL WWW.LAVIDADANCESTUDIO.COM (YRKIRIWW'VEF&IRIHMGX'SYRXV]7GVEQFPI ZOMBIE DANCING: Learn Michael Jack- 7XYJJIH*VIRGL8SEWX son’s “Thriller” zombie dance starting to- CURRENTS night from 7-9pm at the Bellingham Tennis 6 Club, 800 McKenzie Ave. Classes continue every Friday in October and culminate in

Rhododendron Cafe VIEWS performances in downtown Bellingham and Fairhaven on Halloween night. Cost is $40- 'LYGOERYX &S[,MPP6H[[[VLSH]GEJIGSQ $99; 50 percent of the proﬁts will go to 4 local nonproﬁts. MAIL MAIL WWW.BELLINGHAMTENNIS.COM Oct 8 End of the Road String Band 7:30pm

SAT., OCT. 8 Oct 15 Sibling Revivalry, bluegrass 7:30pm 2 CONTRA DANCE: The Brad and Steve Band >L>VU DO IT IT DO will provide live music at the bimonthly Con- $3 Pints Mon 6-close in Bar/Kolsch Tues 5-close tra Dance from 7-10pm at the Fairhaven Li- brary, 2117 12th St. Entry is $8-$10. Sun-Thurs HoPPY Hour in Bar 4-6pm .11

676-1554 OR 05 WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE.ORG TANGO BY THE BAY: USA Dance presents

the monthly “Tango by the Bay” with live .06 10.

music by Tocato Tango from 8-11pm at the 40 # Squalicum Yacht Club, 2633 S. Harbor Loop Dr. Entry is $7-$10. 734-5676 WED., OCT. 12 Awarded MIDSUMMER DREAMING: Seattle’s Paciﬁc Northwest Ballet presents a showing of its

celluloid version of A Midsummer Night’s GREAT AMERICAN CASCADIA WEEKLY Dream at 7pm at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln The- BEER FESTIVAL atre, 712 S. First St. Tickets are $7-$15; an 17 additional showing takes place at 2pm Sun., Oct. 30. Small Brewing WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG Company of the Year doit EVENTS

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34 34 HONORING HISTORY: Explore the sights, sounds and personal experiences of World

FOOD War I when “Honoring Our History,” a mo- bile exhibit housed in an 18-wheel “big rig” visual truck stops by Bellingham from 11am-5pm in front of the Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher

27 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES Building, 250 Flora St. Entry is free. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG

B-BOARD FRI., OCT. 7 ART SERIES: As part of an Autumn Art Series, kids and adults can take part in “Smooshy Clay 24 selections with care and creativity. Painting” with Mary Ann Kohl from 4-5pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Entry is free.

FILM FILM Take, for example, Steeb’s collaboration with WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Christian Smith. When she gave him a half-ﬁnished GALLERY WALK: The monthly First Friday work with a Red Riding Hood-type character holding

20 Gallery Walk takes place from 6-9pm at a va- a crow and an armful of eggs, he eventually decided riety of venues in downtown Anacortes. to stick with the fantastical nature of the painting. WWW.ANACORTESART.COM MUSIC In the forest he created behind her, he also added a LUCIA OPENING: An opening recep- starry-eyed “Octo-Corn” (half unicorn, half octopus) tion for wood sculpture artist Lynne Oul- 18 18 18 and changed the eggs to plums by adding purple. man’s “Excerpts” takes place from 6-8pm ART ART ART ART at Fairhaven’s Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 Another piece, “Jaguar Space Commando,” was a 13th St. The carved, painted and assembled shared vision created by Toby Stanger and Jessyca pieces—which are culled from two decades 16 Murphy. When Murphy handed off the painting to of work—will be on display through Oct. 29. Stanger, the jaguar she’d created was on a stark white WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM STAGE STAGE background. When the ﬁnished work was turned in, ART WALK: Explore a diverse selection of the fanged creature had been joined by a rocket art at the monthly Art Walk taking place from 6-10pm throughout downtown Belling- 14 pack and a variety of interplanetary add-ons. ham. Peruse the listings below or pick up a “He strapped on the rocket and went galactic,” map at participating locales.

GET OUT Steeb says, pointing out that each artist on their WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM six-person team started two paintings and ﬁnished ALLIED ARTS: Works by John D’Onofrio, two paintings (they also decided to stick with set Doug Banner, Irene Lawson, and Dough 13 prices for the two sizes of paintings and have the Waugh can be seen at an opening reception for “Faces and Places” from 6-10pm at Allied person who completed the work name it). Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The works will be up WORDS “The other team’s doing their own thing,” Steeb through Oct. 29. adds, noting that the most WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG 8 difﬁcult part of the process, DOOR ART THROWDOWN: Allied Arts will for him, was knowing when also host a “Door Art Throwdown” from STORY AND PHOTO BY AMY KEPFERLE to let go of control. 6-9pm in the Federal Building parking lot in

CURRENTS CURRENTS the 1400 block of Cornwall Ave. Ten teams of “It was a lot like art artists will have one hour to create master- 6 therapy,” Steeb says. “It’s pieces on repurposed doors. The doors will deﬁnitely an interesting be sold that evening through silent auction.

VIEWS VIEWS Swap/Meet VIEW process. You don’t want to WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG WHAT: “Built by As- go over someone’s work, and JINX REOPENING: “The Black Forest: Fear 4 BUILT BY ASSOCIATION’S MASTERFUL MASH-UP sociation” you need to blend to make and Nature,” a group show featuring 20 local WHEN: 5-10pm Fri- artists, will be on display at a grand reopen-

MAIL MAIL it work together. It’s fasci- day, Oct. 7 ing from 6-10pm at Jinx Art Space, 306 Flora STEEB RUSSELL’S paintings are instantly recognizable: An- WHO: Collabora- nating to see how people

St. The space has been closed since July, 2 thropomorphic animals and characters—snowmen, crescent moons, ro- tive works created respond to each other.” when local nonproﬁt Make.Shift took over bots, etc.—merge with thought-provoking truisms and questions about by Miles Robinson, When asked if it was more the space. There’ll also be live music by Bar DO IT IT DO Jessyca Murphy, life to make his art singularly his own. difﬁcult beginning or ending Tabac and performances by the Bellingham Brittany Beug, Rachel Circus Guild. What would happen, then, if he were to pass off one of his incomplete Price, Jessica Lynn a painting, Steeb emphati-

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05 Bonin, Karie Jane, cally stated the ﬁnishing leg pieces to another artist, who’d then be given the task of ﬁnishing what DIGS: An opening reception for “Miniature Jen Drantell-Canepa, he started? Would it still be easy to locate Steeb’s vision in the layers was his preference. Memories,” a group show featuring artists Toby Stanger, Tim Lj, of creativity? Would the other artist’s additions overshadow the original “The starting of two recreating a personal memory in miniature Kelly Hoekema, Steeb .06 10. work? Would they seamlessly blend together to produce an entirely new pieces was kind of hard,” he scale, takes place from 6-10pm at DIGS, 200

40 Russell, Christian

# W. Holly St. way of seeing things? Smith, Aaron Brick, says. “When do you stop? WWW.DIGSSHOWROOM.COM Thanks to “Built by Association,” a group show opening Oct. 7 at the and others I had to let go of control. SKIN AT STUDIO UFO: Body art paintings, WHERE: Overgrowth Pushing the paintings away Overgrowth Gallery during the Art Walk in downtown Bellingham, viewers a runway show with models from local inkers will soon get to weigh in on the answer. Gallery, 1206 Corn- was really difﬁcult.” wall Ave and much more will be part of the reception “What does it look like when talented artists of different ages, medi- In the end, though, Steeb for “Skin” from 6-10pm at Studio UFO, 301 ums and inﬂuences join together and swap work to create shared pieces?” says he’s pleased with the W. Holly St. WWW.STUDIOUFO.NET

CASCADIA WEEKLY posits a query on the exhibit’s Facebook invite. “Don’t miss your chance end products and can’t wait to view what the other to find out.” team has come up with in the months since they LUCKY MONKEY: Attend the third annual “Day of the Dead” art show reception from 18 Featuring 16 artists and 32 pieces, the collaborative show is set to both first started discussing “Built by Association.” 6:30-9:30pm at the Lucky Monkey, 114 W. blow minds and entertain viewers. A recent perusal of a few of the works Will viewers still be able to pick their favorite art- Magnolia St. that will be in the show demonstrated that the fellow artists, while taking ist’s works out from all the others? There’s only one 392-2819 care to not obliterate what came before them, are infusing each other’s way to find out. HONEY SALON: “Bulls,” featuring a new doit

series of sumi ink drawings by ﬁne artist and colorist Ruthie V., can be seen at an opening re-

ception from 7:30-9pm at Honey Salon, 310 W.

Holly St. The works will be up through Nov. 1. 34 WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM

FOOD FISHBOY: Head out of downtown proper to view the art of R.R. Clark from 6-10pm at Fish- Boy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. brandywine

WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM 27 BLUE HORSE: Pieces and visits by artists taking part in the Whatcom Artists Studio Tour can

kitchen B-BOARD be seen from 6-10pm at the Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. Works by Dianna Syne and Wil- “From Seed to Plate”

low Bader will also be on display.

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PHOTO SHOW AT BUF: Nationally known documentary photographer and writer David Bacon will FILM have his work available for viewing from 6-9pm at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ells- worth. The works will be up through Nov. 4. 20

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1317 commercial st MUSIC OCT. 7-9 360.734.1071 FINE ART SHOW: Works by 20 local and re- 18 18 18 gional artists can be viewed at the J & L Har- ART ART vest Fine Art Show from 11am-5pm Fri.-Sun. at ART Mount Vernon’s Tulip Valley Vineyard and Or- Join us in Welcoming chard, 16163 Memorial Hwy. Entry is free. 16 (360) 428-6894

SAT., OCT. 8 .$7( STAGE MONA OPENING: An opening reception for “The First 30 Years: MoNA Collects” happens

:+28/(< 14 from 2-5pm at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. The comprehensive exhibit will ﬁll every gallery on both ﬂoors of the mu- 5HPHPEHULQJ GET OUT seum. Show up at 1pm for a panel discussion focused on what it means to collect art. WKH086,& WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG 13 BOERSMA RECEPTION: A reception for paint- )RUJHWWLQJ er Wiebe Boersma happens from 3-5pm at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. The works WKH SKI SEASON KICKOFF WORDS will be on display through Nov. 5. :25'6

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THURS., OCT. 13 40 # KINSEY PRESENTATION: The Whatcom County Sunday, October 9th, 4pm Powderwhore Movie premier Historical Society presents “Darius Kinsey: From don’t miss these free events at the Viewpoint of Photographer Gary Meader” at Oct 20 7:30pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect Tele Mag ski Flick St. Entry is free. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG VILLAGE BOOKS LOCALLY OWNED 1200 11th St., Bellingham OCT. 13-15 LOCAL KNOWLEDGE 360.671.2626 CASCADIA WEEKLY CRAFT & ANTIQUE SHOW: The 21st annual VILLAGEBOOKS.com LOCAL EXPERTISE Lynden Craft and Antique Show occurs from 19 10am-8pm Thurs.-Fri. and 10am-5pm Sat. at Check out the Village Books BEGINNERS WELCOME Lynden’s Northwest Washington Fairground, 1775 Front St. Entry is $5. WWW.LYNDENCRAFTANTIQUESHOW.COM ;,SPP]&IPPMRKLEQ;% OctoberɜɄɑȐ – January at BELLIS ɄȵȨȇǸɴFAIR L 1SRHE]¦7EXYVHE]7YRHE]2SSRTQ Rumor Has It

34 34 ANYONE WHO HAS ventured to the block of Flora Street where Jinx is located has surely seen the FOOD endless ﬂurry of activity that has been taking place there for the past couple of months, since music Make.Shift took the space over from its former 27 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT owners, Michelle Schutte and Django Bohren. Indeed, if you happened by at the right time,

B-BOARD you may have found yourself splattered with paint or sprinkled with drywall dust. And while the work at Jinx goes on, the space 24 is ready for its public unveiling, which will take BY CAREY ROSS

FILM FILM place this Fri., Oct. 7 for Art Walk. The art part of the show is called “The Black Forest: Fear and Na- ture,” and details the ways in which nature can be 20 20 scary (in my personal parlance, this will forever

MUSIC be known as the “outside bad, inside good” art

MUSIC Young the Giant show). Along with freaky, freaky nature-art, the MAKING THE BAND show will also feature juggling and music by Bar 18 Tabac. But the show is more than just a coming- ART ART out party for Make.Shift’s new digs, as it also marks the signing of a long-awaited lease agree- 16 ment between Make.Shift and WhAAM. STAGE STAGE As a WhAAM board member, and a member

14 of the music scene who has worried about the

GET OUT lack of resources for the all-ages community since WhAAM vacated the Old 13 Foundry, the signing of the lease is cause for cel-

WORDS BY CAREY ROSS ebration indeed. And WhAAM intends to hit the ground running. The 8 ﬁrst WhAAM show (this Art Walk, and all other Art Walks into the future are Make.Shift events) will take place Oct. 13, and will feature Big Kids, CURRENTS CURRENTS Jason Clackley and the Exquisites, So Adult, and

6 Livingston Seagull. That show will act as a sort of “soft opening” for the space, with a grand-

VIEWS VIEWS opening show slated for Oct. 22 featuring the talents of No-Fi Soul Rebellion, Candysound, and 4 DESPITE WHAT reality television will have you and such stations as Seattle’s 107.7 more. And, since Halloween is a pretty big deal

MAIL MAIL believe, a failsafe formula has yet to be devised for the The End. around these parts, WhAAM will throw a show to engineering of the perfect band. 2. You have to look the part. celebrate that occasion as well. Getting in on the

2 But if one were to consider the topography of such With Persian, French Canadian, In- cover-band mania that has gripped Bellingham’s a thing, to try and map out a route to sureﬁre musi- dian, and British members, Young Halloween-minded musicians, WhAAM will play DO IT IT DO

cal success, one could do worse than to follow in the the Giant has diversity of lineup on host to Horror Business (Bellingham’s never-say- footsteps of indie rockers Young the Giant. Are they lockdown. And with their rumpled- die Misﬁts cover band), Cower (doubling as Black .11

05 revolutionizing music with a fresh and innovative ap- ATTEND yet-preppy, hairy-yet-clean-cut, Sabbath), and Ramones cover band Thorny Croft proach to their craft? No. But that’s beside the point, WHO: Young the effortlessly stylish appearance, (for the love of Pete, bands, what are you trying Giant, Kithkin as I don’t think anyone’s trying to make that argument. WHEN: 7pm Tues., they look like they’re trying, but to do to me with these names? I get the refer- .06 10. They are, however, doing a lot of things right. Oct. 11 not trying too hard. Plus, they have ence. But I can’t get behind “Thorny Croft” for 40 # So, if the California quintet was to offer up a ﬁve- WHERE: Viking just the right balance of charisma fear that it may encourage you to come up with step guide for achievement the Young the Giant way, it Union Multipur- (mostly provided by lead singer something even more “creative” in the future) might break down a little like the following: pose Room, WWU Sameer Gadhia) and navel-gazing come Sat., Oct. 29. COST: $10-$16 1. You have to have the right sound. While it’s prob- MORE INFO: www. earnestness (provided in varying WhAAM is also seeking volunteers to staff ably safe to say that Young the Giant is never going to popmusic.as.wwu. degrees by the rest of the band) to shows and attend to any number of other duties wow the world with their visionary sound and inno- edu keep them approachable without that are vital to the organization. Like many other

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05 IT’S SPRING-BREAK time, and once again a away to their falling-down mountain cabin and get in a Orgy—is genuinely sweet as the loyal, not- gang of hearty-partying college students pile into a car couple of days of ﬁshing and Pabst Blue Ribbon. so-dim Dale while Alan Tudyk gets plenty of and go. This time, though, they’re going off the beaten It’s the trespassing college kids who are the problem— laughs as the harder-edged Tucker. Longtime

.06 10. track—way off, to a desolate destination where they especially once they become convinced that harmless friends locked in a close but quarrelsome rela- 40 # can have a wild weekend of sex, skinny dipping and Tucker and Dale are actually a couple of inbred cannibal tionship, they’re like the Abbott and Costello smoking weed. killers. And so the frat boys and sorority sisters decide of Appalachia. Too bad they don’t know that there’s something in the to attack first—and the bodies begin to pile up. Director Eli Craig—Sally Field’s son, by the woods with them. And it’s not friendly… The deaths are almost all accidental—but that doesn’t way, directing his first feature—isn’t quite as Yes, we’ve seen that film before. Too many times be- make them any less gruesome. People are axed, impaled, comfortable as he could be. Some scenes seem fore, frankly, and it always ends up with a big guy in a flambeed and fatally wood-chipped. One man is a cut a little dark and he hasn’t quite gotten a handle

CASCADIA WEEKLY mask, a screaming gal in ripped jeans and a large chain- in half. Another loses a few fingers. (“Not his bowling on what’s gross/funny and what’s simply gross. saw being put to unintended uses. But Tucker & Dale Vs. fingers!” Dale wails.) And, even for a movie that’s not quite an hour- 24 Evil takes that formula and flips it on its head. It’s all incredibly violent, but Tucker & Dale plays it for and-a-half, the pacing could be tightened. And plays it for laughs. black comedy, like a kind of chicken-fried Zombieland, or But if you’re in the mood for a bloody horror In Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil, you see, the heroes are the redneck Shaun of the Dead. And there’s even a message movie that’s actually supposed to be funny, for self-proclaimed hillbillies of the title—and they’re truly under all the body parts: People are individuals, not just once—well, hell, Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil delivers good good ol’ boys. They want nothing more than to get easy regional stereotypes. the goods.

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hr. 46 min.) 24 24 Sunset Square 11:45am | 2:10 | 7:25 Real Steel: This is some kind of emo special-effects spectacular in which robots ﬁ ght each other and Contagion: It’s directed by Steven Soderbergh and FILM FILM that Wolverine guy pretends to have deep feelings. features Gwyneth Paltrow getting her head sawed Somewhere, Michael Bay is taking a break from roll- open. The former makes it intriguing; the latter makes ing around in a pile of money while objectifying it a must-see. ★★★★

20 1(tISNJO women to laugh at this robot movie and proclaim Bellis Fair 4:00 | 6:50 | 9:10 himself a genius. Thanks a million, Disney. ★★ (PG-

MUSIC Courageous: A Christian cop buddy drama from tISTNJO the ﬁ ne folks who brought you Fireproof. I know. I’m Bellis 1:00 | 1:30 | 3:50 | 4:20 | 6:40 | 7:10 | 9:25 | breathless with anticipation too. ★★ (PG-13) 10:00 18 Sunset Square 1:30 | 4:20 | 7:10 | 10:00 Restless: Gus Van Sant, a director capable of craft- ART Cowboys & Aliens: It’s a creature feature set inside ing ﬁ lms of extraordinary vision and emotional poi- a traditional Western. It stars Daniel Craig and Har- THE IDES OF MARCH gnancy, helmed this effort, which boasts neither 16 rison Ford, or, if you prefer, James Bond and Indiana extraordinary vision or emotional poignancy. Better Jones. What about that does not sound totally ap- kind of recession-era story about the housing bubble it has any right to be. It stars Viola Davis, the woman luck next time, Gus. ★ 1(tISNJO

STAGE pealing? ★★★ 1(tISNJO and the bursting thereof, but instead it’s some kind who once nabbed an Oscar nod for appearing in just one Sehome 1:50 | 4:35 | 7:45 | 10:00 Sunset Square 3:50 | 9:30 of tepid murder mystery starring Daniel Craig, Rachel scene of Doubt . If that’s what she can do with a single Trailer Wars: Awards Edition: While a winner is Weisz, and Naomi Watts. ★★ 1(tISNJO scene, imagine what happens when she’s got a whole Doctober: This week, on the Doctober docket you’ll crowned at every installment of Trailer Wars, that 14 Sunset Square 12:15 | 2:30 | 5:00 | 7:30 | 10:20 movie to work with. ★★★★ 1(tISTNJO fi nd: a fi lm about a man who moves to the big city and doesn’t allow for the variety and specifi city of ac- Bellis Fair 12:30 | 3:30 | 6:30 | 9:30 plants a garden in the bed of his pickup truck ( Truck Drive: While the previews suggest this fi lm follows colades the genius fi lmmaking collective would like a similar premise as those Transporter fl icks, critics The Ides of March: This movie is directed by George to bestow. Hence, we have this awards ceremony. As GET OUT Farm), a poetic treatise on what progress looks like in a corner of the United Kingdom (Sleep Furiously ), have been quick to praise it (not that there’s anything Clooney. And it stars George Clooney. And Ryan Gos- always, get there early, as Trailer Wars events tend the story of a once-discredited muckraking reporter wrong with you, Jason Statham. I would never say ling. And Philip Seymour Hoffman. And Paul Giamat- to draw crowds. ★★★★★ 6OSBUFEtNJO

13 (Zielinski ), an update about a back-to-the-land move- that). As it stars the always-engaging Ryan Gosling, I ti. And it’s about politics and the seedy underbelly Pickford Film Center Oct. 5 @ 9:00 ment in Tonasket ( Back to the Garden ), an encore pre- don’t blame them. ★★★★ 3tISNJO thereof. If you’re trying to get me in the sack, Hol- Tucker & Dale vs. Evil: See review previous page. sentation of Buck , the Oscar-nominated story of the Sunset Square 1:15 | 7:00 lywood, it’s working. ★★★★ 3tISNJO

WORDS ★★★★ 3tISNJO fi ght to save the South Central Farm (The Garden ), the Sehome 1:20 | 3:55 | 6:45 | 9:30 50/50: Seth Rogan’s friend got cancer. So they both PFC’s Limelight See www.pickfordfi lmcenter.org for saga of the residents of Prospect Heights in Brooklyn wrote a movie about it. Rogan plays himself, and the Killer Elite: I have a thing for Jason Statham. I showtimes. 8 and their struggle to save their neighborhood from ever-amazing Joseph Gordon-Levitt brings his ever- have a real thing for Clive Owen (if not the ridiculous mega-development (Battle for Brooklyn ), and a boots- The Whale: This multiple-award-winning fi lm tells amazing skills to bear on the role of Rogan’s friend. moustache he’s sporting in this fl ick). That said, ap- on-the-ground portrait of the war in Afghanistan the story of Luna, the lone orca who made a home ★★★ 3tISNJO parently this movie blows. But viewed through the (Armadillo ). in B.C.’s Nootka Sound and attempted to befriend CURRENTS CURRENTS Sehome 1:35 | 4:15 | 7:15 | 9:45 lenses of my Jason-and-Clive-colored glasses, it looks Pickford Film Center See www.pickfordfi lmcenter.org humans. Despite the incredibly sad narrative at its all right to me. ★★ 3tISNJO

6 for showtimes. The Guard: Warning: this movie features many core, the fi lmmakers turn the details of the story Sunset Square 4:45 | 10:10 swears. Warning: this movie also feature Brendan into a valuable metaphor about the dynamic be- Dolphin Tale: This is the true story of Winter, the tail- Gleason, Don Cheadle and a whole bunch of unbridled Lion King 3D: Giving this movie the 3D treatment tween human beings and the natural world. ★★★★ VIEWS less dolphin, starring Winter, the tailless dolphin. She’s hilarity. ★★★★ 3tISNJO has translated into big bucks at the box offi ce, but (tISNJO doomed until Morgan Freeman comes along and builds Pickford Film Center See www.pickfordfi lmcenter.org keep your hands off The Little Mermaid, Disney, or we PFC’s Limelight See www.pickfordfi lmcenter.org for 4 her a prosthetic tail, which I’m not certain is what hap- for showtimes. are going to have words. ★★★★ (tISNJO showtimes. pened in real life, but as it is Morgan Freeman, you can Bellis Fair 12:50 | 3:00 | 5:15 | 7:30 | 9:50 MAIL MAIL never be sure. ★★★★ 1(tISNJO The Hedgehog: Based on the bestseller The Elegance What’s Your Number?: Take note, people: appar- Bellis Fair 1:10 | 9:40 of the Hedgehog, this fi lm is about a girl’s coming-of- Love Crime: Kristin Scott Thomas—the defi nition of a ently the number of people you’ve slept with can

2 age (and is also an end-of-life story, after a fashion), Great Actress—stars in this thriller that pits her char- doom your chances of ﬁ nding everlasting love. File Dolphin Tale 3D: I’m not sure why this movie needs and the ways in which seemingly prickly adults can acter—a shrewd, cutthroat businesswoman—against this under “things you didn’t know you had to worry

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38 steamed buns, and the calm and friendly 34 34 staff happily informed me of their favor- FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD ites, which made ordering a breeze. The noodle menu has three categories: types of noodles, meats and dashi (broth), of 31 31 chow which you choose one from each. RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES I settled on a housemade ramen noodle

B-BOARD B-BOARD bowl with pulled pork shoulder and ramen dashi ($8). For an extra $1.50, I added a marinated egg and, for good measure, pur- 28 28 chased a BBQ beef steam bun ($7). Britt chose a bowl with round noodles, which FILM were fairly similar to a yakisoba noodle, BBQ braised beef and the ramen broth. 24 Their bar of condiments included everything I wanted: cilantro, basil, bamboo MUSIC shoots, chopped peanuts, various types of kimchee, Sambal, Sriracha, and more. By the 22 time I had loaded up my bowl and settled ART into a comfortable-enough sunny spot on the parking lot ground, I was ravenous.

21 First and foremost, I must say the broth was spectacular. It was complex, rich and STAGE perfectly salty—but there was so little of it! In no way did I leave hungry, but I’m

20 pretty sure broth doesn’t take up much room in your stomach and we both pined for more. Britt’s noodles were pleasantly chewy, GET OUT though they could have stood to be a bit toothier. My ramen,

19 however, was pretty soft—even border-

WORDS ing on mushy toward STORY AND PHOTO BY SALLY WOLFF But then someone like Silverman says he’s the end. The fl avors going to open a noodle bar and people freak of the divinely soft 12 out. He used to own Nimbus! We don’t have egg, lime, broth and BOB anything like a noodle bar already! And then all my toppings were we fall all over ourselves and wait in a line lovely, but I had no 8 Dashi Noodle Bar / with 23 other people for a taste of what we WHAT: Dashi interest in fi nishing LUNCH WORTH WAITING FOR hope is our food salvation. It feels a bit Noodle Bar my noodles. cultish and snooty, and no one bats an eye WHEN: Open from I’m willing to give CURRENTS CURRENTS 12-3pm Tues.-Fri. up bleary eyed from a sleep riddled with whiskey- when I crouch curbside and wield an over- Dashi the benefi t of HAVING WOKEN (or until sold out) 6 induced nightmares, I was far hungrier than most mornings. But remember- sized camera to take glamour shots of my WHERE: 207 the doubt though, ing my plan for the day, I looked up Dashi Noodle Bar’s address and vowed bowl of broth. Unity St. since they’ve only VIEWS not to eat for the next several hours. I am not kidding when I say nearly two INFO: 305-1500 or been open for a few I was due to meet a friend to test out Bellingham’s hotly anticipated new dozen people were in line with me. I count- www.dashinoodle days and, for the 4 bar.com ramen shop, Dashi Noodle Bar. Josh Silverman’s latest venture has had prospec- ed. I’d brought along my friend Britt for her most part, this noo-

MAIL MAIL tive fans and local food lovers hyped up for weeks. opinion as she’s a food freak as well and had dle bar is in beta mode. According to their

Facebook was plastered with evidence of people’s excitement—there were just returned from a yearlong stint in Japan. website, Silverman is feeling out if Bell- 2 countdowns to the grand opening and agitation when that date was moved. Ap- As we neared the front of the line I started inghamsters are interested in a more per-

DO IT parently, no one could wait for this place to open! Why a ramen shop should gar- to feel a bit nervous, since I was on the manent noodle bar solution (you know,

ner so much attention is questionable, but I’d say it has to do with this town’s verge of a hunger meltdown and was strug- with chairs and whatnot). insatiable foodiness. People here are real food appreciators, but sometimes it gling to understand their chalkboard menu, Abandoning my ramen bowl, I opened up .11

28 feels like our little corner of the Northwest is Podunk nowhere when it comes to which is unfortunately located in such a way the foil package that contained my steamed quality eating, especially if you crave variety. that you can’t really read it until it’s your bun. Unlike the steamed buns I’ve bought .06 09. 39 # CASCADIA WEEKLY

34 chow doit LISTINGS OCT. 7-8 MON., OCT. 10 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE DASHI, ANACORTES OKTOBERFEST: Thirty regional brew- FOOD SAFETY FARM WALK: Join Tilth produc- WED., OCT. 5 34 34

eries will have their wares on tap at the second an- ers, WSU, and the Washington State Dept. of Ag 35 SPANISH TABLE: Mataio Gillis will helm a hands- nual Anacortes Oktoberfest happening from 5-9pm for a “Food Safety Farm Walk” and informational

on “Spanish Table” course from 5:30-8:30pm at Ciao FOOD before, this wasn’t a little dumpling— Friday and 12-6pm Saturday at the Port of Anacortes session from 12:30-4pm at Mike and Kim Finger’s FOOD it looked more like a taco. I’m not Thyme, 207 Unity St. Cost is $60 and includes dinner. Transit Shed Event Center. Tickets are $20-$25 per Cedarville Farm, 3081 Goshen Rd. Reps will be even particularly fond of steam buns, WWW.CIAOTHYME.COM day or $35-$45 for two days. on hand to answer questions and discuss further VEGGIE EATING: Discover why you should go meat- WWW.ANACORTES.ORG strategies for Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). but lord knows I can’t resist a brisket, 27 free and get recipes and tips to help you do so at WWW.TILTHPRODUCERS.ORG so this bun was heavenly. The beef is DEMING OKTOBERFEST: Authentic Bavarian food, a “Vegetarian Eating” presentation from 6-8pm at drink and music will be available at the 29th annual GLUTEN-FREE COOKING: Elizabeth Cardarelli barbecued, but get the word “barbe- St. Luke’s Community Health Education Center, 3333 Oktoberfest Friday and Saturday at the Deming Log- leads a “Make Your Own Gluten-free Raw Crackers” B-BOARD cue” out of your head, because it in no Squalicum Pkwy. Cost is $25. ging Show Grounds. Entry is $10-$11 and includes a course from 6:30-8:30pm at the Community Food Co- way has the American barbeque ﬂavor WWW.PEACEHEALTH.ORG free beer stein. op, 1220 N. Forest St. Cost is $10-$12. WASHINGTON WINES: Wine educator Laurent WWW.DEMINGLOGGINSHOW.COM 734-8158 to it. It pulled apart perfectly with 24 a bite of citrus and translated bet- Martel helms a “Washington Wines” course from 7-8:30pm at the Cordata Community Food Co-op. SAT., OCT. 8 TUES., OCT. 11 FILM FILM ter in the bun than in Britt’s noodle Cost to attend the 21-and-over event is $35. COMMUNITY BREAKFAST: Pancakes, French toast, WHATCOM BOUNTY: Kulshan Community Land bowl. Accompanied with the cabbage 383-3200 biscuits and gravy, eggs, sausage, fruit and more Trust teams up with Ciao Thyme for a “Whatcom

and onion and whatever other magic will be available at the monthly Community Break- Bounty: The Flavors of Home” dinner from 6-9pm at 20 they throw in, served within the re- THURS., OCT. 6 fast from 8-11am at the Bellingham Senior Activity In the Kitchen, 207 Unity St. Cost is $60 and in- BOUNDARY OKTOBERFEST: A special menu fea- Center, 315 Halleck St. Entry is $3.50 for kids, $5 cludes a multi-themed dinner, cooking demos and markably light and un-encroaching MUSIC turing many varieties of sausages, brats, Ralf’s for adults. wine tasting. steamed dough, it deﬁnitely exceeded pretzels, Harvest Rye and more will be available at 733-4030 WWW.KULSHANCLT.ORG

my expectations. Oktoberfest from 4-7pm at Boundary Bay Brewery, COMMUNITY MEAL: All are welcome at the bi- AUTUMN SOUPS: Karina Davidson helms an “Au- 18 1107 Railroad Ave. There’ll also be live music by the Though I could’ve done with a monthly Ferndale Community Meal from 10am-12pm tumn Soups for the Body and Soul” class from 6:30- ART proper table, a more readable menu Pickled Herring Band. at the United Church of Ferndale, 2034 Washington 9pm at the Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest WWW.BBAYBREWERY.COM St. Entry is free. St. Entry is $35.

and a couple of ﬁxes on my ramen 16 SUSHI 101: Chef Robert Fong helms a “Sushi 101” 384-1422 383-3200 bowl, I left full and happy, praising course at 6:30pm at the Community Food Co-op,

the restorative powers of Dashi. Give 1220 N. Forest St. Entry is $45. SUN., OCT. 9 WED., OCT. 12 STAGE them a couple more weeks of 20-plus 383-3200 FOOD AND PEOPLE: “Land for Food, Food for Peo- WINE TIMES: “Wines of Chile and Argentina” will people waiting in line and I’m bet- ple,” an event focusing on food sovereignty and land be the focus of a wine tasting with Laurent Mar- FRI., OCT. 7 access, takes place from 2-6pm at the Pickford Film tel from 7-8:30pm at the Cordata Community Food 14 ting they’re going to be in the mar- PREP YOUR PALATE: Enjoy a light meal alongside a Center and the American Museum of Radio and Elec- Co-op. Cost is $35, and you must be 21 or older to ket for a more permanent storefront variety of artwork at the monthly “Prep Your Palate” tricity. Tickets are $20 and include admission to The attend. GET OUT in no time. gathering from 11:30am-2:30pm at Fairhaven Origi- Garden, a discussion by environmental activist Devo 383-3200 Check out Sally’s food blog at www. nals Gallery, 960 Harris Ave. Entry is free. Pena, and music by the Seattle Fandango Project. WWW.FAIRHAVENORIGINALSGALLERY.COM WWW.KULSHANCLT.ORG

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