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30 Whatcom Chorale: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre A brief overview of this Christmas with the King: 7pm, Firehouse Arts

FOOD and Events Center week’s happenings A Winter Gift: 7pm, Littlefield Celtic Center, THISWEEK Mount Vernon 25 Swing Connection Holiday concert: 7pm, First Baptist Church Walter Trout Band: 8pm, Lincoln Theatre B-BOARD COMMUNITY Harbor Lights Festival: 10am-7pm, throughout

24 Blaine Holiday Port Festival: 11am-5pm, Bellingham

FILM Cruise Terminal Winterfest: 12pm-6pm, historic Fairhaven Olde Fashioned Christmas: 1pm-9pm, Pioneer 20 Park, Ferndale Magic of Christmas: 1pm-9pm, Sedro-Woolley

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16 Lighted Boat Parade: 5:30pm-7:30pm, Bellingham Bay

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14 Market Square Bow Holiday Festival: 10am-4pm, Edison Elemen- As part of a Holiday Art Walk taking place Dec. tary School GET OUT 6-7 in Old Town Anacortes, artists including VISUAL Jennifer Bowman and Leo Osborne will help the Holiday Open House: 10am-4pm, Morrison Glass 12 Art Scott Milo Gallery celebrate its 25th anniversary Holiday Art Walk: 10am-5pm, Old Town Anacortes Pacific Arts Market: 10am-6pm, Sunset Square WORDS at an opening reception. Holiday Make.Sale: 12pm-5pm, Make.Shift Art Space 8 “HIGH SEAS,” BY JENNIFER BOWMAN SEAS,” BY “HIGH Deck the Old City Hall: 12pm-5pm, Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall THURSDAY [12.05.19] Holiday Show: 1pm-7pm, FishBoy Gallery

CURRENTS Santa will be on ONSTAGE SUNDAY [12.08.19] 6 Crazy for You: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild hand at a variety Working, a Musical: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, of events this weekend— ONSTAGE

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2 Harbor Holiday Light Festival, 2 VISUAL a Family Holiday Festival in DANCE DO IT DO IT Winter Exhibits Reception: 6pm-8pm, Jansen Art Finding Christmas Spirit: 1pm, Bellingham Center, Lynden Anacortes, and beyond. Sportsplex The Nutcracker: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon FRIDAY [12.06.19] MUSIC 12.04.19 ONSTAGE Tingstad and Rumbel: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre Working, a Musical: 2pm and 7:30pm, Perform- Candlelight Concert: 2pm, First Presbyterian Crazy for You: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild ing Arts Center, WWU Church .14 Working, a Musical: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, Space Trek: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre Holiday Harmony: 2pm, Mount Vernon Community 49 COMMUNITY

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.14 29: Comix, Sudoku INSIDE Cascadia Gift Guide 49 THE purchase low-mileage cars and trucks. nor Inslee and encourage them to reject this tax. # 30: Terramar Brewing NAUGHTY A HOLIDAY Being an engineer, I put some numbers to —Mike Lytton, Anacortes CABARET LIST P.16 ©2019 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by the issue. MERRY MUSIC Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly SOUNDS OF THE SEASON P.20 A truck/car getting 16 miles per gallon and NO SAFETY IN OPEN CARRY PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 TERRAMAR BREWING Making a splash [email protected] in Edison P.30 driving 15,000 miles per year would currently Today, while on the corner of Railroad Avenue Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing pay $464 in state road tax each year. An econo- and Magnolia Street, I exited a cafe to see a papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution COVER: Photo Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material my car getting 40 mpg would pay $185 per year. row of five men crossing the street, all of them SUBMISSIONS: by Jon Smith CASCADIA WEEKLY to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you Under the proposed mileage-based system both wearing semi-automatic pistols on their hips. include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- Photography, www.jon ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday would pay $325 per year. This means the owner Nervously, I followed them a bit watching where 4 the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be smithphotography.com returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. of the low mileage truck/car would save $139 they headed. per year and the economy car driver would pay One wore a red hat with a large American flag $139 per year more. Just what we need, more on it. Otherwise, their clothes were pretty drab. low mpg vehicles. Was this some new “open carry” club, I In addition to providing the wrong incentives, thought? NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre People passing by them gave them build an economy the right way, from the plenty of space and a few looked authen- bottom up. tically fearful and upset. I mean, five —Chris Johnson, Ferndale burly white guys walking in a line on a crowded street taking up the whole side- WORDPLAY 30 walk and carrying guns does not come Nonsense reworded is still nonsense. across as friendly. The intellectual word for this phenom- FOOD Eventually, I mustered the nerve to enon is “sophistry;” the profane word is ask them who they were—parole officers “bullshit.” They are equal. 25 walking to the nearby Department of Cor- We all justify our actions with our HOLIDAY rections office. words, but our actions do not always jus-

Is legal for them to open carry while tify our words. This phenomenon amounts BREADS & SWEETS B-BOARD they go to lunch? I assume so. Does it to telling us where we came from, where ARE HERE!

promote a spirit of community safety for we stand, and where we are going, fre- 24 the entire community? Does it show any quently contrary to historical facts. If common sense, considering headlines in facts seem distasteful, inconvenient or GO LOCAL! FILM recent years? both, we conceal them behind increas- 305 E Magnolia St Is it possible the officers did not real- ingly clever language in order to carry 20 ize how this behavior might affect oth- forward our fantasies. As our language Bellingham, WA ers, especially community members who grows more clever, our future as a species 360.671.0873 MUSIC might already feel targeted? grows more dim.

I’m thinking: No. No. No. Look around, listen and observe the es- bellinghambread.com 18 —Justin Woodum, Bellingham calating destructive tally enabled by hu- ART man wordplay. This irrational phenomenon operates from the HEALTHY POLICY DEC 5 – 7, 7:30pm 16 I have been advocating for single-payer on almost every level, but it is most de- book by

health care for a very long time. Efforts structive at the highest levels of society. DEC 7 & 8, 2:00pm STUDS TERKEL STAGE by others in the United States stretch Consider the following: “smart bomb,” performing arts center mainstage Adapted by back over a century. “collateral damage,” necessary evil,”

STEVEN 14 Most developed countries over that “free market,” “will of god,” etc. SCHWARTZ time have seen the light and chosen to The list is potentially infinite. and NINA FASO take care of their citizens, and none of At the highest levels of business, gov- GET OUT with additional them are clamoring to return to a for- ernment and religion this unfortunate contributions by profit system. Most of these countries flaw allows us to justify the decimation Gordon Greenberg 12 spend much less and have better out- of our own populations and the ruin of Songs by comes than we do in the United States. our natural environment. With all the WORDS Financially and morally it is an obvious increasingly intelligent reports and pro- CRAIG CARNELIA choice. Which is why it is so disconcerting grams supplied by our media we will never MICKI GRANT 8 that some of the Democratic candidates hear this fundamental truth because it LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA for the presidency are putting forth half- frightens us; we can’t control it, we can’t MARY RODGERS and truths and misconceptions about single- address it, so we take refuge behind our SUSAN BIRKENHEAD CURRENTS payer health care, using scare tactics to great gift of language.

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to make up the difference and then some. more of it this planet will stand. 4 Medicare is administered for about 2.5 —Everett James, Bellingham MAIL percent of health care costs, while pri- MAIL

vate heath care is capped at about 12 per- 2 cent. Health care costs for critical illness will decline as people are able to receive DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS DO IT preventive care. GIVING GUIDE: We scrambled One point that seems to be completely some information for Lighthouse left out of the debate is the savings to Mission and HomesNOW in last individuals who have employer-spon- week’s nonprofit giving guide. 12.04.19 sored health care apart from mobility Lighthouse Mission is not mov-

ing and does not have a con- .14 from job to job. tract with the city that expires 49 # When I was still working my employer in April. Both organizations are paid around $6.90 an hour for my health praiseworthy, and each provides vital insurance. That’s nearly $14,000 per services that deserve your support. year. It was part of my compensation, Please give. Lighthouse Mission Ministeries: part of the cost my employer paid for www.thelighthousemission.org my services. HomesNOW!: www.homesnow.org

If single-payer were enacted that mon- Our thanks to these excellent service CASCADIA WEEKLY ey could go on my check. Think what you organizations. could do with an extra $14,000 a year. We also omitted credits on photos of 5 Wild Powwers and Lori Goldston in the Think of the stimulus that would be to the music section. Both photos were by economy, far greater than any tax brea for Kelly O. the wealthy. We regret the errors. We can take care of each other and THE GRISTLE

WORK HORSE, NOT SHOW HORSE: Instability contin-

30 ues in local elections with the announced departure of Jeff Morris, the senior representative of the 40th FOOD Legislative District. Murmurs had suggested Morris—with a long and views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE distinguished 23 years of service in Olympia—would 25 not seek reelection in 2020. The Democratic lawmak- er upended that expectation last week in a letter to B-BOARD Gov. Jay Inslee, announcing he had accepted a position with one of the largest companies in the world

24 developing smart grid, decarbonization and artificial BY KATHERINE TOLLES AND CLINTON WATSON intelligence technologies.

FILM “The greatest professional honor I have had is serving the community I grew up in the State Legisla-

20 ture,” Morris commented. “I will not be able to take Cold and Alone time away from this position to serve in our part- YOUTH HOMELESSNESS IN BELLINGHAM MUSIC time citizen legislature this coming January. After 23 years of service, I have made the decision to step

18 down from my House of Representatives seat effec- A FEW weeks ago, I reluctantly ive environments, being kicked out small business setting were most

ART tive January 6, 2020.” turned my furnace on for the first of their homes due to their gender effective, not only because of the The timetable presents a challenge to appoint a time since March. I was reluctant identity or sexual orientation (40 valuable hands-on learning of job

16 replacement for Morris for the upcoming session of mostly because I didn’t want to percent of homeless youth identify skills; but it was also the sense the Legislature. It likewise suggests a frenetic race admit that those lovely summer as LGTBQ+), phasing out of sup- of belonging, the connections

STAGE to more permanently fill his vacated seat in the 40th months were coming to a close and port systems like foster care, and to other people and the feeling District in state elections next year—with a slight we were about to face months of simply a lack of affordable hous- of being valued as a person that incumbent’s edge to whomever is selected to replace time spent indoors while it poured ing for youth’s families or youth on seemed to have the most impact 14 Morris in the interim. buckets outside. Then I was struck their own. One commonality in all on these young people. The blue 40th District includes San Juan County as by the realization that there are of these factors is isolation. It is imperative that we as a so-

GET OUT well as portions of Skagit and Whatcom counties. those that have no furnace, have Homeless youth are more prone to ciety are keeping our kids engaged Candidates to replace Morris will be narrowed and no warm bed, have no roof or walls, be affected by the negative effects and introduce them to strong con-

12 recommended by 40th District Democrats in con- and that some of those doing with- associated with isolation due to the nections with their peer group and sultation with their state party leaders, then that out these basics are kids like mine. already trying times of growing up adults. This can help our kids pre- list will be decided upon by a vote at a special joint On any given day Bellingham has and just experiencing exactly whom vent isolation and build a network WORDS meeting of the three county legislative bodies. San an estimated 600 unaccompanied they are as individuals. There are a of their own to draw upon, espe-

8 Juan and Skagit have three-member commissions; young adults (age 14 to 24) that multitude of programs at the local, cially if those things aren’t acces- Whatcom County has a seven-member council, each are homeless based on numbers put state and federal levels already in sible at home. Social service pro- member with a fractional vote in this decision. out by the Whatcom Coalition to place to assist families and youth grams such as 4-H, Future Farmers

CURRENTS A similar procedure in 2019 appointed Anacortes End Homelessness. experiencing homelessness. of America, and Boy or Girl Scouts City Council member Liz Lovelett to replace Kevin According to the Department of In response to the McKinney- give youth a sense of value within 6 6 Ranker in the state Senate following his resigna- Justice, there are more than 1.7 Vento Homeless Assistance Act, the group through community ser- tion. And with that incumbent’s edge, Lovelett beat million homeless youth annually in a federal law that guarantees all vice. Still other programs occupy VIEWS VIEWS out several challengers in an August primary and the United States. The Urban Insti- children and youth the right to kids’ time after school like the

4 was easily elected into a full four-year term by vot- tute estimates that nearly 1 in 5 an equal education regardless of Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCA, and vari- ers in November. youth under the age of 18 will run their living situation, the Belling- ous other after-school programs. MAIL With Bellingham as its nucleus, the southern por- away at least once. Public schools ham School District has systems All of these programs require fund-

2 tion of Whatcom County comprises about 40 percent in Washington State reported to the in place to connect families and ing, scholarships and volunteers to of the 40th District; and Bellingham would dearly love US Department of Education that students experiencing homeless- make them effective.

DO IT to have enlarged representation in Olympia. However, 40,934 students enrolled in the ness with local agencies such as It truly does take a village to the same forces of chaos that fractured the coordina- 2016-17 school year were homeless. Northwest Youth Services and Op- raise a child, and we must all take tion and coherence of the earlier Whatcom County How do teens and young adults be- portunity Council. But many teens some level of responsibility for the Council vote may resurface in this appointment. come homeless? and young adults are still falling betterment of our next generation. 12.04.19 Morris’ declared departure date of Jan. 6 is pre- There is no straightforward an- through the cracks. What part can you play to ensure scient—it allows the current Council to vote on the swer to this question, which makes The answer could be more inclu- that young people feel engaged and .14

49 selection, before a new and more conservative align- addressing it so difficult. sivity, in whatever form it may need confident in growing up in our com- # ment of incoming members take their oaths of office According to Tanya Francis, Vo- to take. munity? One thing Bellinghamsters early next year. cational Coordinator at Northwest Jason Dallmann, who worked constantly hear from visitors is that Quiet, self-effacing and extraordinarily effective, Youth Services, there are many with homeless youth in both Bell- Bellingham is such a welcoming and Morris leaves large shoes to fill. His style was re- factors that contribute to home- ingham and on the Lummi Res- inclusive place. It’s time to make markably indifferent to the politics swirling around lessness: youth impacted by child- ervation for 14 years, cites that sure our local youth feel that warm Olympia—he kept his head down, he made friends hood or family trauma and mak- the most successful programs he hospitality as well.

CASCADIA WEEKLY not enemies, and he focused on issues that mattered. ing poor choices as a byproduct witnessed were those that made Over the years he brought considerable atten- of that trauma, a lack of life skills youth feel valued for their role in Katherine Tolles and Clinton Watson 6 tion to infrastructure, including transportation and helpful coping mechanisms, the program. Dallmann noted that are graduate students in the Univer- and high-speed telecommunications. Morris showed reduced opportunities as compa- programs which brought together sity of Southern California Suzanne outstanding leadership in technology and innova- rable to other youth with support- staff, teens and volunteers in a Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. tion, focusing on modernization of Washington’s energy infrastructure, advocating for stronger con- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE OnTheDot sumer protections, and data protections and privacy. 30 Being Morris made his mark out of the gate in 1997, when he went from being CIGARETTES AND FOOD sworn into office to being thrown into a fight against the state ferry system, SMOKELESS TOBACCO 25 joining with Anacortes to save the Anacortes to Sidney, BC ferry run. In the last several years Morris was the $ 00 B-BOARD sole sponsor of a bill that found a permanent funding source for Washington 2 Week-Ends Mini-Meditation 24 State Ferries. While modest, it provid- 55TO Retreat with Susan Chapman ed the revenue to build the remainder FILM Dec 14&15, and Jan 11&12 of the Olympic-class vessels. ~REGISTER ONLINE~ While co-majority floor leader during $ 00 EXPRESS 20 the deeply paralyzed 49-49 split in the 2825 Meridian, Suite 201 • 360-483-4526 state House of Rrepresentatives, Mor- DRIVE-THRU MUSIC ris worked with Republicans and Dem- meditation center Per Carton • Includes Tax!

87 18 ocrats in minute detail to pass what bellingham.shambhala.org was then called the best net-metering ALL MAJOR BRANDS ART law in the country. A few years later he led the creation of the first laws in the & GENERICS 16 nation that required fossil-fuel-based electric generation to mitigate part of OPEN STAGE their lifetime emissions, and requiring utilities to consider carbon risk in in- 14 tegrated resource planning. 7AM-9PM “These are two laws that have had CASINO• RESORT the most significant impacts on carbon On I-5 Exit 236• theskagit.com 7 DAYS A WEEK GET OUT reduction but are not easily understood *Price at time of printing. Limit five cartons/rolls per customer per day. Must have in political terms,” Morris said. valid ID. Cigarettes are not legal for resale. Prices subject to change. No Returns. The Skagit Casino • Resort and U.S.I.T. Tobacco Shop owned by Upper Skagit Indian Tribe. SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Quitting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health. 12 For a man disinclined to politics, Wed. Dec 18th | 7pm–9pm | Free! Morris held a time-honored pedigree Join Write More Letters Club! WORDS for office: He was a protege of an- Our mission is to keep the art of letter Conversations Ron Cyber Monday(s) other gifted leader, and he learned a writing alive and relevant. Stop by and with 8 lot from him. He also worked with the write a letter with other snail mail Miller best—state Sen. Harriet Spanel, Rep. enthusiasts from your community. Basic supplies for letter writing Thurs., 20% OFF

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“I learned about working across 4 A Couple’s DECEMBER 9 party lines to find solutions from my Last Chance! Empty Nest Adventure MAIL years working for Congressman Al Swift SAILING! Thanks for Shopping Local in Washington’s congressional delega- 2 tion,” Morris said. “That experience Fri., Dec. 6, 7pm has served the 40th District well.” Sally Baird DO IT A work horse, not a show horse was Jamie how Morris described his work. Donaldson SHRINKING THE “I have only been allowed to work

WORRY MONSTER 12.04.19 on these issues because of the people TROUBLE IN MIND A Kid’s Guide to Saying of the 40th District,” he reflected. A Novel

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“They raised, educated, supported, 49 Sat, Dec. 7, 4pm am Sat., Dec. 7, 10:30 # and elected me to represent them in Olympia. My new position—while cov- Kira Jane Buxton ering all of North America—allows me Steven to still live in the place I have always A VB Staff Favorite Greenbaum called home. I will continue to work to and a Really Fun ONE FAMILY Novel - serve the community that has given so INDIVISIBLE Don’t miss out! much to a local boy of mixed race and A Spiritual Memoir CASCADIA WEEKLY very modest means.” Sat., Dec. 7, 7pm Sun., Dec. 8, 4pm He will be missed. He will be diffi- 7 cult to replace. But if any group can AND MORE - see VILLAGEBOOKS.COM make the difficult impossible, What- 1200 11th St, Bellingham, WA com County Council may again show 360.671.2626 • Open Daily themselves able to the task. & 430 Front St, Lynden, WA - Stop by! The state Office of Financial Manage- ment projects that Puget Sound population will reach over 5.7 million by 2030, an increase of 18.2 percent from 2014

30 population estimates. The ecosystem will also be challenged by a warming and FOOD more variable climate, scientists who currents contributed to the report noted in their NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX assessment. With this, the capacity of 25 the ecosystem to absorb increasing pressures and disturbances will be further B-BOARD compromised, potentially overwhelming collective attempts to restore Puget

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12 also seen reductions in permitted shoreline armoring and in the conversion of ecologically important lands. These are WORDS meaningful, positive changes that give

8 us hope and help chart the course ahead. PHOTO BY DES RUNYAN BY PHOTO “These positive changes are the result of the work of the dedicated coalition CURRENTS 8 CURRENTS of tribes, cities, counties, businesses, BY TIM JOHNSON state and federal agencies, and other 6 residents of Puget Sound who run the programs, raise the funding, and imple- VIEWS ment the projects,” leadership council 4 STATE of the SOUND members said. “The collective gains include more production and jobs in MAIL NEW REPORT INDICATES ADDITIONAL STRESS Washington’s shellfish industry, im-

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DO IT ON THE surface, the Salish Sea looks nership. “While this situation at times tion growth stand to increase pressures food, and more resilient shorelines and beautiful, but it is in grave trouble. seems impossibly bleak, the thousands on an ecosystem already in peril. floodplains that protect biodiversity Southern Resident orcas, Chinook salm- of passionate people who are devoted to An indicator species of precipitous de- and property. When engaged with our on, steelhead, and many other species seeing the return of a healthy and resil- cline, critically endangered orcas have partners in recovery, we remain opti- 12.04.19 are listed under the Endangered Species ient Puget Sound give us hope.” fallen to a 30-year low. Just 73 animals mistic that this vast network of people Act. Toxic chemicals and pharmaceuti- The Puget Sound Partnership, the state remained in August 2019, following the and programs is capable of a successful .14

49 cals continue to pollute our waterways. agency leading the region’s collective ef- death of several individuals in 2017, 2018 restoration effort, when we’re all pull- # Shellfish beds are routinely closed to fort to restore and protect the Salish Sea, and 2019, according to the Center for ing in the same direction. commercial and recreational harvest due released their biennial State of the Sound Whale Research. “In the same breath, we must acknowl- to fecal contamination. More indicators Report this week. The report stresses “This alarming decline signals that the edge that the status quo will not lead point in the direction of continued decay that “we can still recover Puget Sound, Southern Resident population is in severe to a resilient and healthy Puget Sound,” than in the direction of recovery, but the but only if we act boldly now.” jeopardy and at risk of extinction if no the leadership council warned. “Look- picture is not entirely without hope. The report is clear that Puget Sound action is taken,” the report authors note. ing ahead, we see that the threats and

CASCADIA WEEKLY “Despite a significant investment of remains in grave trouble. The damag- Using data collected from a variety challenges to the ecosystem are grow- energy and resources from federal, trib- ing effects of pollution, habitat degra- of sources, the Partnership tracks more ing, asking even more of the coalition 8 al, state, and local governments and dation and disturbance persist. Human than 50 indicators of ecosystem condi- committed to regional recovery and re- non-governmental partners, habitat well-being is also affected, the report tion, including human well-being. The silience.” degradation continues to outpace res- notes, by reducing fishing opportunities report also details a number of recovery toration,” warns Laura Blackmore, exec- and threatening human health. Climate efforts underway to reduce the effects of To access the complete report, utive director of the Puget Sound Part- change impacts and continued popula- increased urbanization in Puget Sound. www.stateofthesound.wa.gov 1319 Railroad • 360-676-5288

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14 WEDNESDAY PHOTO BY SHANE LIN BY PHOTO Days before having to defend themselves in court, fish-farming company Owls are being struck by vehicles with increasing frequency. Wolf Hollow Education Coordinator Shona Aitken tells

GET OUT Cooke Aquaculture agrees to pay $2.75 million to settle a Clean Water Act the Skagit Valley Herald that 14 of 17 owls treated at the center this fall were hit along Highway 20 and Memorial lawsuit following the collapse of one of its net pens in 2017. Cooke also Highway, and in the Big Lake, Bow, Mount Vernon and Sedro-Woolley areas. While there’s always an uptick in injured owls this time of year, she said seeing 17 since September is an unusually high number.

12 agrees to change their practices and address additional dangers identified in the course of the lawsuit. Wild Fish Conservancy sued the company after a net-pen near Cypress Island collapsed, allowing more than 260,000 nonnative WORDS Atlantic salmon to escape. More than $1 million of the settlement will fund to review best practices for managing all as-

8 projects to improve Puget Sound water quality and aquatic habitat. [Wild Fish pects of sexual assault investigations. [AGO] Conservancy] NORTHWEST PASSAGES The state’s commissioner of Public Lands CURRENTS 8 CURRENTS 11.28.19 wants to raise $63 million each year to fight the wildfires. Commissioner Hilary 6 THURSDAY Franz says proposal would be the largest William J. Elfo, a son of Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo, died on Thanks- investment Washington has ever made to VIEWS giving night, almost a year after he suffered a traumatic brain injury in a expand its wildfire team and restore the

4 rollover car crash. health of forests. The legislation, which will be introduced in both the state Senate MAIL 12.02.19 and state House of Representatives, creates

2 MONDAY a first-of-its-kind Wildfire Prevention and After 23 years of service, Jeff Morris steps down as Preparedness Account. The account, funded

DO IT Hollie Huthman begins her term on Bellingham City Council a little early, representative to the 40th Legislative District, ac- with $126 million each biennium, will make taking her oath of office today. The Council’s At-Large position was being cepting a position with Schneider Electric, a global critical investments in strategies proven to temporarily filled by Hannah Stone. Huthman could take over that position as company developing the best smart grid, decarbon- reduce wildfires—ensuring fire crews have soon as her election was officially certified by the County Auditor. Stone will ization and artificial intelligence technologies. His the resources they need to keep fires small

12.04.19 term will be completed by an interim appointment, return in January to her more permanent position as a representative of the followed by an election next year. and restoring forest health. [DNR] city’s First Ward. [CW] .14

49 12.03.19 # Washington’s Attorney General asks the state Supreme Court to allow vot- er-approved car-tab tax cuts to take effect this week, despite a lower-court TUESDAY ruling putting the cuts on hold. The state files an emergency motion saying The state Board of Natural Resources agrees Washington voters’ wishes are being “stymied” by a King County Superior Court to adopt a long-term conservation strategy judge’s decision to stop Initiative 976 from taking effect while a legal fight for the marbled murrelet and set the sus- over the initiative’s constitutionality plays out. [Seattle Times] tainable harvest level for state trust lands

CASCADIA WEEKLY in western Washington. The adopted murrelet An advisory group convened by the state Attorney General’s Office releases its conservation strategy is the product of more 10 report to the Legislature and Governor. The report calls on the state to provide than two decades of research and collabora- After 25 years of state service, and nearly seven resources for the investigation and prosecution of cold cases, and to estab- years as Washington Department of Ecology direction with scientists and community members lish a statewide practice of collecting court-ordered DNA samples. In 2019, tor, Maia Bellon says she will step down at the end throughout western Washington to develop the Legislature unanimously passed legislation establishing the advisory group. of this year. a conservation plan for the federally threat- The group’s mission is to reduce the number of untested sexual assault kits, and ened species. [DNR] “Officers attempted to contact the wom- index an at her residence but were unsuccess- ful,” police reported. “It also appeared FUZZ she was not home at the time. Officers 30 will check back again at a later time.”

BUZZ FOOD On Nov. 14, Adult Protective Services SECOND HELPINGS requested a welfare check on a senior 25 On Nov. 18, a 22-year-old Anacortes citizen who was possibly being taken man was arrested for theft of alco- advantage of by her grandson. A Blaine hol and fruit and banned from a local officer checked on the woman and found B-BOARD grocery store. The man returned to the her to be in good mental and physical

same store less than three hours later health. The woman said her grandson no 24 “carrying a partially filled (or empty, longer lives with her, and she did not be- depending how you look at it) bottle lieve she was being taken advantage of FILM of whiskey,” police reported. An officer by anyone and was not in fear of anyone.

was made aware of his second visit and The officer advised Adult Protective Ser- 20 he was taken into custody without in- vices of his findings.

cident and booked in jail on charges of MUSIC criminal trespassing. On Nov. 10, a Blaine officer investigat-

ed threats made during a phone call. 18 “The citizen just wanted to report the EGG NOG PROLOGUE ART On Dec. 1, a man complained to Belling- incident just in case there is a future ham Police that an egg had been thrown problem. The threat was vague and not 16 at his car. enough for a crime,” police reported. STAGE On Nov. 30, a man complained to Bell- On Nov. 19, someone left a suspicious ingham Police that several eggs had been message written in dirt on a car parked 14 thrown by someone at his car. at the Lincoln Street transit lot, Belling- ham Police reported. 75 Percent of Seattle residents who think their city government should raise taxes on big GET OUT ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE businesses and the wealthy. Only 15 percent disagreed with the idea. On Nov. 24, an unknown person was re- On Nov. 21, a Lettered Streets resident ported peering into the windows of an complained someone was pounding on 12 occupied residence in Sehome neighbor- the door in the middle of the night, Bell- hood, Bellingham Police reported. ingham Police reported. WORDS

On Nov. 17, Bellingham Police helped On Nov. 18, a Birchwood woman called 8 8 a 41-year-old man in Birchwood neigh- Bellingham Police to complain about the 39 52 borhood gather his britches after he ex- ongoing and annoying behavior of her Percent of Seattle residents who Percent of Seattle residents who developed an unfavorable opinion think big businesses like Amazon CURRENTS posed his genitalia. neighbor. of Amazon after they learned that have too much influence in Seattle CURRENTS company had spent $4 million dollars politics. About 31 percent thought big MAIL FAIL On Nov. 18, Bellingham Police spoke to to help boost a slate of more business- businesses like Amazon have the right 6 On Nov. 23, a man was escorted from the a Birchwood resident about some com- friendly candidates for the Seattle City amount of influence in Seattle politics. Bellingham Post Office after being dis- ments that made other residents in the Council. About 34 percent expressed a Only 3 percent thought big businesses VIEWS favorable opinion of Amazon. have too little influence. orderly at the General Delivery pick-up apartment complex uneasy. 4 window. TEEN TROUBLES MAIL

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On Nov. 27, a woman arrived at the Bell- young men over a theft earlier in the day. 56 DO IT ingham Police Department to file a com- “One of the men was shirtless when of- Percent of Seattle voters who support at least the idea of a tax on large businesses to fund affordable housing. plaint against a man whom she believed ficers arrived and both were disheveled to be a serious manipulator of women. and seemed uninterested in speaking She believed someone needs to intervene with police at first,” police reported, 12.04.19 on the man’s behavior. “especially the man who began run- .14

ning away when the officer arrived but $1.26 49 A MIXTURE OF MESSAGES stopped when the officer called him by Estimated economic influence of digital media retail sales on traditional brick-and-mortar # On Nov. 12, Blaine Police investigated name. The two men admitted that the retail sales, in trillions. The same report estimates that number would be $1.4 trillion in three more years. The “Amazon effect” is cited as the primary reason street-based stores' a series of odd voice messages left on fight stemmed from the disagreement declining sales, which have often foreshadowed the stores' eventual closure. the city’s answering machine over the they had earlier in the day.” A baseball weekend. “Officers were able to deter- bat was collected as evidence and offi- mine the callers’ identity and are aware cers determined that the primary aggres- of substantial mental health issues at sor, an 18-year-old, used the bat in the 50 CASCADIA WEEKLY play,” police reported. fight. The primary aggressor was booked Amazon’s percent share of the nation’s ecommerce sales in mid-2018. The company was 11 in jail on second-degree assault. responsible for 5 percent of all combined offline and online sales. On Nov. 12, Blaine Police were asked to check on a resident. A woman report- On Nov. 25, Bellingham Police investi- SOURCES: Civic Alliance for a Progressive Economy; Crosscut/Elway Poll; ed she is worried about her mother, to gated a minor sexual assault reported at Forrester Report; Forbes whom she had not spoken in five years. Squalicum High School. doit WORDS

WED., DEC. 4 RED WHEELBARROW: Join the Red Wheel- 30 barrow Writers as they read from their eighth

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B-BOARD ELF STORYTIME: An Elf Storytime event starts at 6pm at the Fireside Lounge at the being dragged through the night, Ostman Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St.

24 found himself in a clearing surrounded by WWW.ANACORTESWA.GOV a nuclear family of Sasquatch who kept

FILM him prisoner for a week. MILLER’S LEGENDS: Ron Miller shares tales In the same year, a cabin of five min- from Conversations with Legendary Television Stars: Interviews from the First 50 Years at

20 ers prospecting on the slopes of Mount St. 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Helens was attacked in a fearful, all-night WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

MUSIC barrage by “ape-like” creatures. The at- tack stopped and the miners fled at day- CHAOS, CLIMATE, CREATION: Join Michael Meade when he shares ideas from his 18 light; the forest ranger who met the flee- book Chaos, Climate and Creation: Transforma-

ART ing men said in an interview that “he’d tion and Renewal on Earth at 7pm at Belling- never seen grown men more frightened.” ham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St. Entry is $10-$15.

16 In addition to recounting these Big- foot classics, Zada interviews British Co- WWW.MOSAICVOICES.ORG

STAGE lumbia locals such as John Bindernagel, a FRI., DEC. 6 wildlife biologist who spent 50 years try- UNCHARTED: Travel writer Kim Brown Seely ing to get the Sasquatch included in the reads from Uncharted: A Couple’s Epic Empty- 14 lexicon of North American mammals, as Nest Adventure Sailing from One Life to Another well as Heiltsuk, Kitasoo, and other First at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St.

GET OUT Nations people who have lived on Great WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Bear Rainforest land for centuries. DEC. 6-7 12 12 Skeptics question how it is that there BLAINE BOOK SALE: A Holiday Book Sale haven’t been more sightings of the Sas- takes place from 10am-6pm Friday, and quatch. Where are their bones? Their 10am-5pm Saturday at the Blaine Library, WORDS WORDS homes? As Zada experiences the vastness 610 3rd St. (360) 305-3637

8 of Great Bear, he wonders if our urban- JOHN ZADA centric biases may be underestimating EVERSON BOOK SALE: A Holiday Used the remote habitats that still exist in Book Sale happens from 10am-5pm Friday and Saturday behind Peoples Bank across CURRENTS parts of the world where an intelligent, adaptive, nocturnal and elusive creature from the Everson Library, 104 Kirsch Dr.

6 WWW.WCLS.ORG could live outside human experience. REVIEWED BY LISA GRESHAM He also considers that the Sasquatch SAT., DEC. 7 VIEWS may reside “in the place most difficult POETRY WORKSHOPS: Claudia Castro Luna will lead a “When in Doubt Make a List” 4 for us to find and navigate;” the gray middle ground between “it exists” and workshop from 10am-12pm at Mindport

MAIL The Noble Beyond Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. From 1-3pm, Lena “it doesn’t exist.” Believing they are a Khalaf Tuffaha will focus on “Self-Portrait,

2 SEARCHING FOR SASQUATCH combination of physical being, spirit, Selfie, and Snap Poems.” Fees are $30 per symbol and teacher, the relationship of workshop, or $50 for both. WWW.THEPOETRYDEPARTMENT.WORDPRESS.COM DO IT STANDING BETWEEN six and 10 feet tall, long-armed, stooped posture, giv- some First Nations people to the Sas- ing off a strong bad odor, primarily nocturnal and shy, possibly displaying aggres- quatch resides in this territory. HOLIDAY SALE: A Holiday Book Sale hap- sive, territorial behavior. These are descriptions that Sasquatch experts and enthu- Is it possible that our interest in the pens from 10am-5pm at the Ferndale Library, siasts mostly agree on. Sasquatch really has more to say about us 2125 Main St. 12.04.19 But are they animal? Supernatural? Extraterrestrial? All three theories have their and what we yearn for? Zada feels he has WWW.WCLS.ORG adherents; differences of opinion abound and bona fide data is sorely absent. been fruitlessly circling around an ac- .14 MONSTERS, TROUBLE, KINGDOMS:

49 With these questions in mind, journalist John Zada left his home in Toronto for Brit- tual Sasquatch, and begins to find more

# Sally Baird reads from Shrinking the Worry ish Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest, the largest intact temperate relevance in what his fascination with Monster: A Kid’s Guide for Saying Goodbye to rainforest in the world, and a place where centuries of Sasquatch the creature says about him. Ultimately, Worries at 10:30am at Village Books, 1200 stories thrive. Initially intended to be a magazine article, as Zada perhaps the greatest significance of the 11th St. At 4pm, Jamie K. Donaldson reads followed lead after lead, he realized there was a book worth of sto- Sasquatch is the lure of the blank spot on from Trouble in Mind< and, at 7pm, Kira Jane ries waiting to be uncovered. In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In the map, the possibility of the supernat- Buxton reads from her new book of fiction, Hollow Kingdom. Search of the Sasquatch is the result of that journey. ural, the existence of nature untouched WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM CASCADIA WEEKLY Although tracks, unusual sounds and glimpses of shadowy forms by humans. that resist conventional assignations are at the core of most Big- SUN., DEC. 8 12 foot reports, Zada recognizes that it is the Bigfoot “classics” that Lisa Gresham is the Collection Services A SPIRITUAL MEMOIR: Steven Greenebaum really capture our imaginations. The creatures in these stories are self-aware, preter- Manager at Whatcom County Library Sys- shares ideas from One Family Indivisible: A Spiritual Memoir at 4pm at Village Books, naturally intelligent and fearsomely strong. tem. To find out more about Sasquatch in 1200 11th St. Zada recounts the story of Albert Ostman, a logger who claimed he was kidnapped in our region, go to Bigfoot Adventures at WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM his sleeping bag while prospecting just south of the Great Bear Rainforest in 1924. After www.thebigfootadventures.com doit

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COMMUNITY the annual Holiday Harbor Lights Festival taking MUSIC place from 10am-7pm throughout downtown THURS., DEC. 5 Blaine. 18 LA CONNER TREE LIGHTING: A Community Tree WWW.BLAINECHAMBER.COM

Lighting event kicks off at 5pm in La Conner at ART Gilkey Square with Santa Claus arriving at 5:30pm FAIRHAVEN WINTERFEST: Enjoy window to kick off the festivities. displays, music, horse-drawn carriage rides, visis 16 WWW.LOVELACONNER.COM with Santa and more when Fairhaven Winterfest continues today from 12pm-5pm throughout the FRI., DEC. 6 historic district. STAGE FERNDALE TREE LIGHTING: Attend a Commu- WWW.FAIRHAVENWINTERFEST.COM nity Tree Lighting at 5pm at Ferndale’s Centennial 14 Riverwalk Park. MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS: The City of Sedro- WWW.FERNDALE-CHAMBER.COM Whoolleyville presents the “Magic of Christmas, a Holiday Whobilation” from 1pm-9pm throughout GET OUT DEC. 6-7 Sedro-Woolley. TOYS FOR TOTS: Drop-off centers for Toys for WWW.SEDRO-WOOLLEY.COM 12

Tots will be open from 10am-6pm Friday and 12 Saturday at all Bellingham and Ferndale Haggen LIGHTED CHRISTMAS PARADE: View festive stores, Starbucks, Yeager’s, Hardware Sales, Lil’ trucks, floats, wagons, farm equipment and more Winter Exhibits: December 5 - February 28 WORDS WORDS Caesars, and Woods Coffee locales. at the 29th annual Lighted Parade starting at - Nests and Landscapes: New Work by Kris Erkstand WWW.BELLINGHAM-WA.TOYSFORTOTS.ORG 6pm in downtown Lynden. - Kaleidoscopic by Christen Mattix

WWW.LYNDEN.ORG - Seperated from Normal by Trish Harding 8 DEC. 6-8 - Winter Juried Exhibit WINTER WONDERLAND: The Children’s Museum DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY: A Downtown Holiday of Skagit County will host its annual “Winter Festival happens from 6pm-9pm at the Depot Pictured on top: Trish Harding, Portage Island, CURRENTS Wonderland” event from 12-6pm Friday, 10am- Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. In addition to oil on canvas, 24 x 60 inches

6pm Saturday, and 11am-6pm Sunday at the the lighting of a holiday tree, there will be an Pictured on left: Christen Mattix, Kaleidoscopic, 6 Outlet Shoppes at Burlington, 448 Fashion Way. artisan market, food trucks, craft tables, dance acrylic, 51 x 50 inches WWW.SKAGITCHILDRENSMUSEUM.NET performances, caroling and more. VIEWS WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM JANSEN ART CENTER HOLIDAY PORT FESTIVAL: Music, visits and 321 Front Street, Lynden, WA 98264 • 360-354-3600 • jansenartcenter.org 4 photos with Santa, horse-and-wagon rides, DEC. 7-8 gingerbread house viewings and more will be part FAMILY HOLIDAY FAIR: “Celebrate the Season” MAIL of the Port of Bellingham’s annual “Holiday Port will be the theme of a Family Holiday Fair taking

Festival” from 12pm-8pm Friday, and 11am-5pm place from 11am-3pm Saturday and Sunday at the 2 Saturday and Sunday at the Bellingham Cruise Port of Anacortes Warehouse, 100 Commercial Terminal, 355 Harris Ave. Entry is free. Ave. DO IT WWW.PORTOFBELLINGHAM.COM/HOLIDAYPORT WWW.ANACORTESSCHOOLSFOUNDATION.ORG WHY BUY USED?

OLDE FASHIONED CHRISTMAS: Step back in SUN., DEC. 8 time at the 27th annual “Olde Fashioned Christ- HOLIDAY PARADE: A Holiday Parade and Tree mas” from 5pm-9pm Friday, 1pm-9pm Saturday, Lighting begins at 5pm in downtown Mount Our refurbished appliances 12.04.19 and 1pm-5pm Sunday at Ferndale’s Pioneer Park, Vernon. 2007 Cherry St. Entry is $3-$5. WWW.MOUNTVERNONDOWNTOWN.ORG Keep resources out of the landfill .14 WWW.FERNDALEHERITAGESOCIETY.COM 49 1 # MON., DEC. 9 SAT., DEC. 7 SCEPTER AWARDS: Downtown Bellingham Cost less than 1/2 the price of new FESTIVAL OF TREES: A Tour of Trees will feature Partnership hosts its third annual Scepter Awards 2 decorated Christmas trees from 9am-1pm at the from 6pm-9pm at Makeworth Market, 1201 N. Bellingham Senior Activity Center, 315 Halleck State St. Tickets are $20. Last longer than new, and come St. Entry is free. From 5:30pm-9pm, a Festival of WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM with a 90 day guarantee Trees Cocktail Party and Christmas Tree Auction 3 will commence. Tickets are $50. TUES., DEC. 10 CASCADIA WEEKLY WWW.WHATCOMCOA.ORG HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: Join Whatcom Human Appliance Depot is a nonprofit project of ReUse Works. Your Rights Task Force for its 25th annual Interna- purchases & donations support waste reduction & job training. 13 HARBOR LIGHTS: A Holiday Art and Gift Market, tional Human Rights Day celebration from 6pm- an “Obstacle Dash,” a tree lighting ceremony, 8:30pm at the Sehome High School Commons, visits with Santa, horse-drawn trolley rides, a 2700 Bill McDonald Pkwy. Entry is by donation. 802 Marine Drive | 360.527.2646 | ApplianceDepotBham.com lighted boat display and more will be part of WWW.WHRTF.ORG/EVENTS doit WED., DEC. 4 GROUP RUN: All levels of experience are

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30 6pm in Mount Vernon at the Skagit Running Company, 702 First St. The 3- to 6-mile run is

FOOD great for beginners or for others wanting an outside easy recovery. Entry is free. HIKING RUNNING GARDENING WWW.SKAGITRUNNERS.ORG 25 GARDEN CLUB MEETING: Karen Chapman, author of Deer-Resistant Design, will be the

B-BOARD guest speaker at a Birchwood Garden Club the clouds had cleared off and the sun meeting at 7pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Chapman will discuss

24 sparkled on the Salish Sea. Jeffrey and eight key design principles for a deer-resistant Christine lowered the skiff and we all garden. She also has a list of recommended FILM climbed in for a shore excursion at Ewing deer-repellent sprays and 10 favorite deer- Cove on Sucia Island, wandering among resistant plants for the Pacific Northwest. WWW.BIRCHWOODGARDENCLUB.ORG 20 the madrone forest and watching herons dance in the shadows. THURS., DEC. 5 MUSIC Back in the skiff, we glided along the CBC HOLIDAY PARTY: Join the Community shoreline of Ewing Island photographing Boating Center for a fundraising Holiday Party

18 the surreal sculpted sandstone formations, from 5:30pm-9:30pm at the Squalicum Boat- house, 2600 N. Harbor Loop Rd. The festive cel-

ART a masterwork of erosion. We threaded our ebration will include live jazz, drinks, a raffle way through the convoluted Cluster Is- and hors d’oeuvres while attendees celebrate

16 lands, returning to the David B as the eve- another successful summer season of equitable ning sun bathed Mt. Baker in golden light. and affordable access for all Whatcom County

STAGE In the morning, we took the skiff to residents to Bellingham Bay. Tickets are $50. the head of Echo Bay for some more ter- WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG restrial exploration. Overhead, the sky 14 14 INTRO TO RAPTORS: Sue Cottrell leads an was full of jostling clouds, by all accounts “Intro to Raptors of NW Washington” presen- an incoming storm. Right on schedule, a tation at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Cottrell has GET OUT GET OUT driving rain began to fall, quickly turn- studied birds of prey and guided outdoor trips ing to clattering hail. I found shelter un- for more than 30 years, including trapping and banding raptors as a volunteer of the Bow-

12 der a flying buttress of fancifully carved based Falcon Research Group. She will give an sandstone at the water’s edge, where, introduction to the 15 regional raptor species protected from the elements, I enjoyed and share her current research and photos of WORDS a perfectly dry front-row seat from which her latest projects. Entry is $5-$10; please register in advance.

8 to enjoy the drama of storm and sea. In an hour, the storm had blown past (360) 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM and we reconvened on the beach for a FRI., DEC. 6

CURRENTS somewhat chilly skiff ride back to the WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and adventur- boat, where the fragrance of Christine’s ers can join Holly Roger of Wild Whatcom for 6 fresh-baked bread warmed our souls. a “Wild Things” Community Program from We woke the next morning to sunshine 9:30am-11am every Friday through December

VIEWS at the Connelly Creek Nature Area (Joe’s Gar- and predictions of a big blow on the way den entrance). Please bring a simple, healthy

4 so Jeffrey headed for Garrison Bay on San snack to share, and dress for the weather. Juan Island, where we would be protect- Suggested donation is $5 per person. MAIL ed from the worst of the winds. Out off WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG STORY AND PHOTO BY JOHN D’ONOFRIO

2 Spieden Island we encountered a whale, SAT., DEC. 7 a lone humpback that circled the boat, EAGLE WATCHING: An “Eagle Watching on

DO IT flashing its tail. In recent years, hump- the Nooksack” event led by North Cascades All Aboard backs have become more common in the Audubon Society board member Chris Brewer Salish Sea, seasonal visitors that spend takes place from 8:30am-12:30pm at key sites AN EXCURSION IN THE SAN JUANS winters in Mexico or Hawaii. along the Nooksack River. Entry is limited to

12.04.19 15 people, so register in advance. Another At Garrison Bay, Jeffrey ferried us to event takes place Sat., Dec. 28. THE SUN broke through the clouds as we pulled away from the slip in Squalicum English Camp in the skiff and we climbed (336) 207-7505 .14

49 Harbor, Jeffrey snaking the M/V David B between weather-worn fishing boats into the to the top of Young Hill, a local high spot # open waters of Bellingham Bay. at 665 feet. There may be better ways to NSEA WORK PARTY: Join the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association and Belling- We were headed out for a four-day photography trip in the magical San Juan Islands spend an afternoon than basking in the ham Parks and Rec to restore salmon habitat and anticipation was running high. I’d been co-leading photography workshops with sun atop a grassy hill in the San Juans, at a work party taking place from 9am-12pm Alan Sanders aboard the David B in Alaska for years—nice work if you can get it—but but right now I can’t think of any. at the Connelly Creek Nature Area, 3000 Taylor this was our first workshop on the boat in the San Juans. All too soon it was time to return to Ave. All are invited to plant native trees and The David B is an amazing vessel. Built in 1929, this wooden boat worked the Alaska Bellingham. We made one last stop on shrubs and remove invasive vegetation in the heart of the Happy Valley neighborhood. CASCADIA WEEKLY fishing grounds back in the heyday before falling on hard times. Beached and battered, Jones Island to meander among the ma- Catch a free shuttle at 1801 32nd St. or park she was spared from Davy Jones Locker by Jeffrey and Christine Smith, who spent six drones and salal and to savor the elegant 14 along McKenzie Avenue, west of the park. years lovingly restoring the venerable boat to its former glory—and then some. silence before Jeffrey turned the David B WWW.N-SEA.ORG The Smiths own Bellingham-based Northwest Navigation and have created a life of east toward home. adventure for themselves, leading lucky passengers on epic tours in Southeast Alaska SEMIAHMOO FIELD TRIP: Paul Woodcock of the North Cascades Audubon Society leads a every summer. Learn more about Northwest Navigation at By the time we reached our first anchorage nestled between the Finger Islands, www.northwestnavigation.com doit

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KULSHAN CHORUS FILM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / CONDUCTOR Dustin Willetts 20 JANUARY 4th, 2020, 7:30 pm MOUNT BAKER THEATRE RESERVED SEATING $20 TO $25 MUSIC mountbakertheatre.com 360.734.6080 kulshanchorus.org 18 ART

BACKCOUNTRY CLASSROOM 16 Weston Backcountry leads a Splitboard 101 class Wed., Dec. 11 at REI. STAGE 14 Semiahmoo Spit Field Trip from 9am-12pm leaving TUES., DEC. 10 14 from the Semiahmoo County Park parking lot in BACKCOUNTRY SKIING: If you’re looking Blaine.Whether you are a beginner or a longtime to move away from the busy slopes, attend GET OUT birder, you will enjoy joining the group of regular “Backcountry Skiing: Beyond the Groomed” at GET OUT participants and newcomers on this monthly out- 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. The inspirational and ing cosponsored by Whatcom County Parks. educational presentation is designed to make the

[email protected] transition smoother. Please register in advance 12 for the free event. FAIRHAVEN FROSTY: The Greater Bellingham WWW.REI.COM/STORES/BELLINGHAM WORDS Running Club hosts its annual “Fairhaven Frosty” 5K and 10K at 10am at Fairhaven Park, 107 Chuck- ALL-PACES RUN: Staff and volunteers are anut Dr. Entry to the seasonal sojourn is $5-$15 always on hand to guide the way at the weekly 8 (free for GBRC members). Register in advance All-Paces Run starting at 6pm every Tuesday at online, as there will be no day-of registration. Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. The runs are 20

WWW.GBRC.NET minutes out and back on two key routes—by the CURRENTS water or through the woods. Entry is free.

CHRISTMAS BOAT PARADE: “The Magic of WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM 6 Christmas” will be the theme of the Bellingham

Yacht Club and Bellingham Cruise Terminal’s SKI CLUB MEETING: New or prospective VIEWS annual Lighted Boat Parade taking place from Nooksack Nordic Ski Club members can show up

5:30pm-7:30pm along the Bellingham waterfront. for an orientation at 6:30pm at Garden Street 4 To include your boat in the event, please register Methodist Church, 1326 N. Garden St. At 7pm, the in advance. If you’re watching from the shore, monthly meeting and a presentation on what to MAIL make sure to dress for the weather. pack when you cross country ski and snowshoe

WWW.BYC.ORG will commence. 2 WWW.NOOKSACKNORDICSKICLUB.ORG

NOW OPEN DO IT LIGHTED BOAT PARADE: Line up along the Swinomish Channel to watch an annual Lighted WED., DEC. 11 Boat Parade beginning at 6pm in La Conner. SPLITBOARD 101: Weston Backcountry leads a SUNDAYS! WWW.LOVELACONNER.COM “Splitboard 101” clinic at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Attendees at the free event can learn about 12.04.19 DEC. 7-8 the exciting and rewarding world of backcoun- SUNDAY, DEC. 8 BIRDING FOR KIDS: Skagit Guided Adventures try splitboarding as well as get gear recommen-

La Quercia Heritage Tamworth Bone in .14 hosts “Birding for Kids” excursions from 2:30pm- dations and more. Please register in advance. Prosciutto & Cheese Tasting! 1-3PM 49 4:30pm Saturdays and Sundays through March. WWW.REI.COM/STORES/BELLINGHAM # Prices vary; transportation and binoculars will be SUNDAY, DEC. 15 provided. Reservations are required. THURS., DEC. 12 OWD House Products & Port Tasting 1-3PM (360) 474-7479 AVALANCHE AWARENESS: Learn more about where and why avalanches occur at an “Avalanche SUNDAY, DEC. 22 SUN., DEC. 8 Awareness” clinic taking place from 7pm-8:30pm RABBIT RIDE: Join members of the Mount at Backcountry Essentials, 214 W. Holly St. House Porchetta, Peterson Cheese Co. Baker Bicycle Club for a “Rabbit Ride” starting at Among other things, you can find out who gets cheese tasting with Siri & Bianco-Rosso CASCADIA WEEKLY 8:30am every Sunday at Fairhaven Bicycle, 1108 caught and why, learn the basics about staying Imports Wine tasting 1-3PM 11th St. The 32-mile route takes riders down safe in the backcountry, and discover how to rec- 15 Chuckanut and back via Lake Samish. The group ognize avalanche dancer and reduce risk. Entry is Need to find a Great Gift? also holds weekly rides Tuesdays, Wednesdays, free. Please RSVP. Sunday-Monday 11-4 We have Fine Wines for every price & palate, Thursdays and Saturdays. WWW.BACKCOUNTRYESSENTIALS.NET Tuesday-Wednesday 11-6 House-Made Meats, Quality Market items, WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG Thursday-Saturday 11-8 and a great Cocktail & Vermouth section. doit STAGE

WED., DEC. 4

30 MENACE ON THE MIC: Attend a free “Menace on the Mic” Standup Comedy Night night

FOOD starting at 8pm at Menace Brewing, 2529 Meridian St. The 21-and-older event will feature stage comedians Brett Emerson, Richie Aflleje, Timmy 25 THEATER DANCE PROFILES Riney, and featured act Rachel Laurendeau. Joel O’Connor will be hosting the show. WWW.MENACE-INDUSTRIES.COM/BREWERY B-BOARD THURS., DEC. 5 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the Bad

24 sex and mayhem” has been regularly sell- and the Ugly” at 7:30pm every Thursday at the ing out their monthly shows at the Fire- Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 9:30pm, stick FILM fly Lounge, and last winter’s inaugural around for “The Project”—which tonight will “Naughty List” gigs were no different. feature a Standup Comedy set. Entry is $5-$8. WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM 20 This year, however, not everybody who wants to be a part of the festivi- DEC. 5-7 MUSIC ties needs to reserve a ticket. Before the TREASURE ISLAND: Drama students will curtain rises, the venue will double as an present showings of Treasure Island at 7pm

18 all-ages Holiday Market. From 2pm-8pm Thursday through Saturday at the Sehome High School Theater, 2700 Bill McDonald Pkwy. Ticket

ART on both days of the run, local artists prices vary to see the adaptation of the classic will be showing and tale of “murder, money and mutiny.” Additional 16 16 selling their wares at performances happen Dec. 12-14. the venue located at WWW.SEHOMEDRAMA.COM STAGE STAGE the tail end of Holly Street, and there will SHREK THE MUSICAL: The Burlington-Edi- son High School drama department presents also be tasty treats 14 its fall show, Shrek the Musical at 7pm Thurs- and a chance to win day and Friday, and 2pm and 7pm Saturday the “ultimate holi- at the school’s Cafetorium. Tickets are $6-$9.

GET OUT day prize package.” Additional showings happen Dec. 12-14. ATTEND From 3pm-4pm, at- (360) 757-4074 WHAT: The

12 tendees can wait in Naughty List: A A CHRISTMAS CAROL: iDiOM Theater revives Holiday Market line for the chance to one of its most popular shows ever with perfor- and Cabaret take photos with Bur- mances of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at WORDS WHERE: lesque Santa, where 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday at the Sylvia Broadway Hall, Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St. The four-

8 Charlie will be doing 1300 Broadway double duty as both actor interpretation of the holiday classic will St. attempt to make peace with Christmas, Dickens, WHEN: 2pm-8pm a harbinger of the the British empire, ham and the world at large.

CURRENTS (market) and season and an ambas- Tickets are $10-$20. Additional performances 6pm and 9pm sador for the marvels happen Dec. 12-14 and 19-21. 6 (shows) Thurs.- WWW.SYLVIACENTERFORTHEARTS.ORG PHOTO BY JON SMITH PHOTOGRAPHY, WWW.JONSMITHPHOTOGRAPHY.COM JON SMITH PHOTOGRAPHY, BY PHOTO and mysteries of bur- Fri., Dec. 12-13 lesque. VIEWS COST: $20 (entry DEC. 5-8 to the market is Shows will take WORKING, A MUSICAL: Hear songs by Lin-

4 free) place at 6pm and Manuel Miranda, Stephen Schwartz, James Tay- BY AMY KEPFERLE INFO: www.event 9pm, with the afore- lor, Susan Birkenhead and more when Working: MAIL brite.com mentioned spin on A Musical shows this week at 7:30pm Thursday and Friday, and 2pm and 7:30pm Saturday and

2 Christmas classics— Sunday at Western Washington University’s Per- The Naughty List whether it’s through your favorite Yule- forming Arts Center Mainstage. Tickets are $13- DO IT tide characters behaving badly, carols $18 to see the adaptation of the book by Studs A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR HOLIDAY CHEER that are saucily transformed from nice to Terkel based on interviews with American work- naughty, or sprites who have something ers who are often taken for granted—including schoolteachers, phone operators, waitresses, CHARLIE FUN-FACTS doesn’t resemble a typical Santa Claus. more than a little sinful on their minds.

12.04.19 millworkers, mason, housewives and more. For one thing, the founder of Frisky Fandoms Burlesque isn’t a rotund fella with a Kids won’t be allowed to sit in on the WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU long white beard. Additionally, she’s never traveled to the North Pole, doesn’t keep a sultrier side of the seasonal soiree, but .14

49 flock of reindeer at the ready in her backyard, and shows a bit more skin than most Kris Charlie says the show differs from their CRAZY FOR YOU: Judith Owens-Lancaster # Kringles do during this frosty time of year. typical Frisky Fandoms fare in that at- directs showings of the musical Crazy for You continuing this week with performances at Nevertheless, during performances of “The Naughty List: A Holiday Cabaret” Dec. tendees only have to be 18 or older to 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday, and 2pm 12-13 at Bellingham’s Broadway Hall, Charlie will be taking on the revered role of Bur- attend. Refreshments from Honey Moon Sunday at the Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 H lesque Santa, and she couldn’t be more thrilled. Mead and Cider will be featured for pur- St. In the zany rich-boy-meets-hometown-girl “I’m stoked,” Charlie says of the part she’ll play. “And we’ve written the entire chase during the evening’s entertain- romantic comedy, hear memorable Gershwin script in the rhyming verse of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,’ so that’s going to ment, but at least for this run you don’t tunes such as “I Got Rhythm,” “They Can’t Take That Away from Me,” “Embraceable You,” and CASCADIA WEEKLY be incredible. need to be 21 to view the action. more. Tickets are $8-$14; additional showings “Audiences can expect an evening of scandalous holiday fun and some truly great “We’re pretty excited to welcome a 16 take place through Dec. 15. burlesque,” she adds. “Our troupe has been working nonstop to make this the best show new section of our audience,” Charlie/ WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD.COM we’ve ever done.” Burlesque Santa adds. “There are four Charlie and her canny crew already know their naughty-or-nice guest list is likely to shows to choose from, and the Holiday NARNIA THE MUSICAL: Experience a musical presentation of the first and most fill up fast, and are confident they can cram the already festive Broadway Hall with Market runs both days so basically we’re rapt revelers. Since the summer of 2018, the burlesque troupe with a tagline of “nerds, your one-stop shop for holiday cheer.” doit

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DK Reinemer returns

to town with his 25 one-man show, “Be- coming Magic Mike:

An Action-Adventure B-BOARD Comedy,” Sat., Dec. 7 at the Sylvia Center

for the Arts. Expect 24 singing, dancing,

improv, jokes, action FILM and a bit of stripping, 20 PHOTO BY BRIAN HARRIS BY PHOTO

famous story of C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia Bay St. The night’s entertainment will feature MUSIC when Narnia the Musical continues this week with five comics who will do a sober set, get high at

performances at 7:30pm Thursday and Friday, and an undisclosed location, and then return for a 18 2pm Saturday and Sunday in Lynden at the Claire second (stoned) set. Tickets are $15 (general) vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St. Tickets are $10- to $25 (VIP). ART $14. Additional showings happen Dec. 12-15. WWW.EVENTBRITE.COM 16 WWW.THECLAIRE.ORG 16 WED., DEC. 11 NUMBER THE STARS: Drama, adventure and hu- O CHRISTMAS TEA: Award-winning comedians STAGE STAGE mor can be expected when showings of the stage James & Jamesy return to Bellingham with their adaptation of the World War II-era bestseller outrageously funny and brilliantly inventive Christ-

Number the Stars continue this week with perfor- mas comedy, “O Christmas Tea,” at 7:30pm at the 14 mances at 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday, and Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. When 2pm Sunday at the Anacortes Community Theatre, catastrophe strikes at James and Jamesy’s Christmas

918 M Ave. Tickets are $20. tea party, flooding the world with tea, the friends GET OUT WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM leap into action, finding innovative and hilarious solutions to keep them afloat. Tickets are $30-$35.

DEC. 6-7 WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM 12 SPACE AND GAMES: As part of a monthlong “Improv Show Favorites,” show up for showings of WORDS “Space Trek” at 7:30pm performances Friday and DANCE Saturday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 9:30pm throughout December, showings of “Holiday 8 Improv Games” can be seen. Tickets are $10-$12. DEC. 6-8 WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM THE NUTCRACKER: Skagit Valley Academy of

Dance brings its 30th annual rendition of The Nut- CURRENTS DEC. 6-8 cracker alive with performances at 7:30pm Friday

HONK! THE MUSICAL: Students ages 9-12 will and Saturday, and 2pm Sunday in Mount Vernon 6 present showings of Honk! The Musical at 7pm at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way. This Skagit

Friday, 2pm and 7pm Saturday, and 2pm Sunday at County tradition has become a holiday favorite VIEWS the Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth, 1059 N. and among the most festive ways to celebrate the

State St. Tickets are $10 to see the heartwarming season. Expect premier talent, beautiful costum- 4 adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Ugly ing, brilliant choreography, and lively entertain-

Duckling. Additional showings happen Dec. 13-15. ment for all. Tickets are $20-$37. MAIL WWW.BAAY.ORG WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG

2 SAT., DEC. 7 SAT., DEC. 7

CONSTELLATIONS: As part of a Lend Us Your Ears FOLK DANCE PARTY: Dance your winter blues DO IT series, Les Campbell directs a staged reading of away at a Fourth Corner Folk Dance Party with Nick Payne’s Constellations at 2pm at the Bellingham live music by Balkanarama at 7:30pm at the Theatre Guild, 1600 H St. The play explores the mul- Squalicum Yacht Club, 2633 S. Harbor Loop Dr. tiple possible outcomes of one couple’s long-term Admission is $15. 12.04.19 relationship. Entry is pay what you will. (360) 920-5962 WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD.COM CIRCUS BOOST: Dance, have a beer and watch .14 49

BECOMING MAGIC MIKE: DK Reinemer returns your favorite local circus performers do their # to town with his one-man show, “Becoming thing at a Circus BOOST Dance Party fundraiser for Magic Mike: An Action-Adventure Comedy,” Bellingham Circus Productions—an extension of at 10pm at the Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 the Bellingham Circus Guild—starting at 8pm at the Prospect St. Expect singing, dancing, improv, Cirque Lab, 1401 6th St. Tickets are $5-$50. jokes, action and a bit of stripping as Reinemer WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM tells the tale of a straitlaced detective thrust deep undercover into the unfamiliar world of DEC. 7-8 CASCADIA WEEKLY male stripping. Tickets are $10-$15. ICE SHOW: “Finding Christmas Spirit” will be WWW.SYLVIACENTERFORTHEARTS.ORG the theme of a Bellingham Figure Skating Club Happy Holidays 17 holiday show at 5pm Saturday, and 2pm Sunday at SUN., DEC. 8 the Bellingham Sportsplex, 1225 Civic Field Way. THE GATEWAY SHOW: Attend a monthly “Gate- Admission is $10-$12 (free for kids 5 and under). way Show” at 8pm at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 WWW.BELLINGHAMFSC.COM doit UPCOMING EVENTS

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30 FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: More than 100 local artists and craftspeople will show and

FOOD sell their creative wares as part of Allied Arts’ visual 40th annual “Holiday Festival of the Arts” GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES from 10am-7pm daily through Christmas Eve 25 at the former Bellingham Public Market, 1530 Cornwall Ave. Live music, artist demos and workshops and family art projects will also be

B-BOARD part of the festive fun. Entry is free. WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG

24 THURS., DEC. 5 MEET THE ARTIST: Enter into casual

FILM discussions with the artist Robert Yerachmiel Sniderman about his installation, “Lost in Jüdischer Friedhof Weißensee,” from 5pm- 20 6:30pm at Western Washington University’s Western Gallery, 516 High St. Entry is free and MUSIC open to the public. WWW.WESTERNGALLERY.WWU.EDU 18 18 WINTER EXHIBITS RECEPTION: Attend ART ART an opening reception for a “Winter Juried Exhibit” from 6pm-8pm at Lynden’s Jansen Art

16 Center, 321 Front St. New shows up for perusal will also include painter and printmaker Kris Ekstrand’s “Nests and Landscapes,” Christen STAGE Mattix’s “Kaleidoscopic,” and painter Trish Harding’s “Separated from Normal” exhibit.

14 WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG DEC. 5-8

GET OUT WINTER ART MARKET: Attend a Gilded Winter Art Market from 12pm-5pm Thurs- day, 10am-8pm Friday and Saturday, and

12 12pm-5pm Sunday in La Conner at the Lux Art Center, 603 Morris St. Paintings, mixed media, “THE LAST SEA FAN,” BY CHRISTOPHER MORRISON MORRISON CHRISTOPHER BY “THE LAST SEA FAN,” MARKET BELLINGHAM FARMERS SOWN EARRINGS AT glassware, jewelry, home decor and more will WORDS be available for perusal and purchase. WWW.LUXLACONNER.COM

8 BY AMY KEPFERLE find the annual event is still going FRI., DEC. 6 strong. In addition to offerings from HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE: More than 20 creative

CURRENTS the tenants at the all-ages art and mu- vendors will have their wares for sale when Saturday Sights sic venue, attendees will also find art Semiahmoo Women’s Club hosts a Holiday 6 and crafts from guest vendors setting Boutique from 10am-3pm in Blaine at Semiah- moo Resort, 9565 Semiahmoo Pkwy. Entry is GET CREATIVE FOR CHRISTMAS up shop for the weekend throughout the

VIEWS free. A buffet lunch will be available for $35, A COUPLE of issues back, I offered up a “Local Love” guide pointing to art-related roomy space. As someone who’s found and there will also be a performance by the

4 events designed with holiday shoppers in mind. Turns out I could’ve published a an astounding array of affordable and Blaine High School Choir. much longer screed on the topic, as creative Christmas collaborations show no sign authentic presents at this sale over the WWW.SEMIAHMOOWOMENSCLUB.ORG MAIL of slowing down in coming days. This time around, I’m sticking to highlighting hap- years, I know it’s one you shouldn’t miss. ART WALK: Allied Arts Holiday Festival of

2 penings taking place Sat., Dec. 7 in or near downtown Bellingham. Take notes, find Plus, just like last year, nearby neigh- the Arts, Aslan Brewing Co., the Atomic Kitten unique gifts, and support the artists in your community. bors Icing on the Cake, Runaway Press, featuring Gallery Pegasus, Bayou on Bay,

DO IT To start your search, I suggest heading to the Bellingham Farmers Market for its and Cafe Velo will host the overflow of Black Sheep Bellingham, Cafe Velo, Center Artisan Demo Day. From 10am-3pm, the heated space at the Depot Market Square artisans, meaning you’ll find even more for Mindful Use and Satori, Chuckanut Bay will be full of artisans showcasing crafts such as wool-spinning, knitting, block to love. Where: 306 Flora St. and beyond Distillery, Fourth Corner Frames and Gallery, Icing on the Cake, Imagine it Now, Make. carving, knife sharpening, and more. When I stopped by the market last weekend to Info: www.makeshiftproject.com Shift Art Space, Max Higbee Center, Mindport 12.04.19 peruse the end-of-season farm fare, it became clear the plethora of artisans—which When I last wandered into the heart of Exhibits, Old99 Barbershop, Phoebe Bird, also include jewelers, potters, woodworkers, printmakers, etc.—are in full-on merry Sunnyland to see what Randy Clark was Quicksilver Photo Lab, Redlight, Runaway .14 Press, Saltadena Baker, Third Planet, SPARK 49 mode. Good thing, because the produce supply is quickly dwindling. Where: 1100 up to, the prolific painter known as Fish- # Railroad Ave. Info: www.bellinghamfarmers.org Boy was busy entertaining the masses Museum of Electrical Invention, Uisce Irish Pub, Wandering Oaks, Waterfront Artist Studio Warmth won’t be an issue during the 23rd annual Holiday Open House happening during the Whatcom Artist Studio Tour. Collective, Western City Center, Whatcom Land from 10am-4pm at Morrison Glass Art. In addition to live demos by glassblower ex- At the Fishboy Holiday Show happening Trust, and Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher traordinaire Ed Schmid—who literally wrote a book on the flame-induced art form— from 1pm-7pm at his home studio—actu- Building will be among those opening their there will be snacks, hot apple cider, plenty of cool gift ideas and a sale table that ally, his entire abode, garden and assort- doors from 6pm-10pm for the monthly down- would make the Grinch grin. Plus, glass guru and owner Christopher Morrison will be ed outbuildings act as an art gallery—I town Bellingham Art Walk. Maps can be picked up at participating locales. CASCADIA WEEKLY on hand to talk about his work and his ongoing commitment to lessening his carbon suspect you’ll find what I found; eclectic WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM footprint within the context of his art. Kids are welcome, and they can bring their and colorful works in a variety of price 18 parents along. Where: 2111 Lincoln St. Info: www.morrisonglassart.com ranges, a friendly host who will be more FOURTH CORNER: From 6pm-9pm, view the Technically, the Holiday Make.Sale taking place from 12pm-5pm at Make.Shift than happy to fill you in on the prov- work of painter Laurie Potter at an opening Art Space begins the night before during the monthly Downtown Bellingham Art enance of his pieces, and festive cheer reception for “Timeline” at Fourth Corner Frames and Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. The Walk—which, it should be said, is another swell way to suss out one of a kind in every nook and cranny. Where: 617 Vir- glimpse of her journey and vision through her items to stick under the tree—but those who can’t make it until Saturday will ginia St. Info: www.fishboygallery.com doit

VISIONS FROM YOUNG 30 ARTISTS FOOD

Attend an opening

reception for the 25 first Whatcom County Youth Artist Exhibition

Sat., Dec. 7 at Gallery B-BOARD Syre. The exhibit features works by art-

ists in grades 6-13; a 24 jury of five chose the

three winners and nine FILM

special nominees. NYGREN KAYLA BY PAINTING 20 artistic expression can be viewed through Jan. 31. and exhibits on display—”Deck the Halls” and “In-

WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM side Outward: The Art of Sara Joyce”—at a Holiday MUSIC Open House taking place from 11am-5pm at La 18

MINDPORT: Industrial design students from Conner’s Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, 703 18 Western Washington University will host an annual S. Second St. Hot cider and cookies, a “Make and ART fundraiser from 6pm-9pm at Mindport Exhibits, Take” activity table and more will be part of the ART 210 W. Holly St. The show will include a silent auc- fun. Entry is free.

tion, one of a kind products designed by WWU ID WWW.QFAMUSEUM.ORG 16 students, and will also display how design is driven by a community. ART DAY: Be inspired by the art on the walls and STAGE WWW.MINDPORT.ORG make creations of your own at a “Let’s Make Art Day” from 12pm-4pm in La Conner at the Museum

WATERFRONT ARTISTS: Check out the work of 13 of Northwest Art, 121 First St. Visitors can explore 14 artists creating work in many genres from 6pm-9pm the galleries and engage with multiple fun art at a Winter Gala at the Waterfront Artists Studio projects in the space. Great for all ages from the

Collective, 1220 Central Ave. (across the street from littlest to the eldest. Entry is free. GET OUT Jalapenos). An “Under $100 Wall, live music by Jazz WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG Axiom, and more will be part of the festivities.

WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/WATERFRONT-ARTIST- STUDIO OPEN HOUSE: Woodworker Richard 12 STUDIO-COLLECTIVE Nevels—formerly of False Bay Boxes—will host a Studio Open House from 12pm-5pm at his creative WORDS WHATCOM MUSEUM: Check out the intriguing space at 2911 Patton St. Newly created live-edge exhibit “Wanted: Ed Bereal for Disturbing the Peace” sculptural boxes will be for sale. Refreshments will from 6pm-10pm during the downtown Art Walk at be served throughout the day. 8 Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora (360) 920-3944 St. Entry is free. The museum store will also be open

for one-of-a-kind, artistic holiday shopping. YOUTH ARTIST OPENING: An opening reception CURRENTS WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG for the inaugural Whatcom County Youth Artist Ex-

hibition takes place from 3pm-5pm at Gallery Syre, 6 DEC. 6-7 465 W. Stuart Rd. The exhibit features artists in

HOLIDAY ART WALK: More than 20 merchants grades 6-13; a jury of five chose the three winners, VIEWS and galleries will show the work of local artists at six other chosen nominees will also show their

a Holiday Art Walk taking place from 6pm-9pm Fri- work. See it through Feb. 27. 4 day, and 10am-5pm Saturday throughout Old Town WWW.DAVIDSYREART.COM

Anacortes. On display will be paintings, jewelry, MAIL photography, music, treats and other creations. I.E. RECEPTION: Attend an opening reception for

WWW.ANACORTES.ORG an exhibit featuring drawings by Fir Island artist 2 Margaret Davidson from 4pm-6pm in Edison at i.e.

DEC. 6-8 gallery, 5800 Cains Court. Davidson draws with DO IT PACIFIC ARTS MARKET: Several dozen local a zen attention, observing everyday objects and artists and crafters will show and sell a variety bringing a new life for us to see what she sees. of work―including jewelry, fine art, photography, WWW.IEEDISON.COM textiles, clothing, bath and body, specialty foods, 12.04.19 home decor, paper crafts and much more―at the YEAR IN REVIEW: Check out a cross-section of 23rd annual Pacific Arts Market taking place from artwork from the archives a a festival holiday recep- 10am-6pm Friday through Sunday at Sunset Square, tion for “Year(s) in Review” from 5pm-7pm in Edison .14 49

1125 E. Sunset Dr., suite 115 (between Joanne at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. All are # Fabrics and El Gitano). The seasonal market takes will be sold at a 20 percent discount to thank patrons place again Dec. 13-15 and and 20-22, and includes for supporting the gallery over the years. live music and artist demos. WWW.SMITHANDVALLEEGALLERY.COM WWW.PACIFICARTSMARKET.COM DEC. 7-8 SAT., DEC. 7 HARBOR LIGHTS ART SHOW: Browse the works ART JINGLE: Attend an “Art Jingle” from 11am- of Blaine fine artists and hand crafters in a festive CASCADIA WEEKLY 4pm in Lynden at Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. setting at the Holiday Harbor Lights Art Show hap- A Holiday Art Market, sales in some of the creative pening from 12pm-6pm Saturday and Sunday at the 19 studios, live Christmas music and more will be part Blaine Pavilion, 635 8th St. Paintings, glass, cards of the all-ages event. Entry is free. and prints, jewelry, ornaments, on site demonstra- WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG tions and a special attraction at the Blaine History Museum will be part of the event. DECK THE HALLS: Enjoy the festive decorations WWW.BLAINECHAMBER.COM rumor has it

30 OF ART AND ARTISTS: Often when we talk about the time during a musician’s life that FOOD is not devoted to music, we are speaking about their day job, the thing they must do in order to suffer for their art. 25 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT Turns out, many local musicians are using their time away from their instruments B-BOARD and practice spaces to suffer for art that is not of the musical variety, and this time of

24 year, with its holiday markets, craft fairs and buy-local messaging, serves as a re-

FILM minder of that fact. Nowhere is that

20 20 more front and center than at the annu- MUSIC MUSIC al Make.Shift Make. Sale, which happens

18 Dec. 6-7 at their Flora BY CAREY ROSS

ART Street space, with additional Make.Salers posting up at Cafe

16 Velo, Icing on the Cake, and Runaway Press. Many of the nonprofit’s tenants will be sell-

STAGE ing their creative wares, and you’ll recognize some of them from your favorite local bands. I still regret the handmade bag I didn’t buy 14 the year former Make.Shift Executive Direc- tor Cat Sieh had a booth at the sale.

GET OUT Speaking of artists with booths at the Make.Sale, Kelly Hoekema, who a lot of folks

12 know from the Vaticunts, will have a very busy weekend. She’ll sling her paintings at Make.Shift on Friday and Saturday, before WORDS trekking to the Shakedown on Sunday, where

8 she’ll teach another in her series of adult art classes along the theme of “Bad Movie Post- ers for Bad Artists.” When Hoekema began

CURRENTS this educational odyssey, I wasn’t quite sure she’d be able to marshal an entire classroom 6 of squirrely adults into creating coherent

WALTER TROUT works of art in one sitting, but the proof VIEWS was in the paintings—when she was through PHOTO BY AUSTIN HARGRAVE AUSTIN BY PHOTO

4 with them, each of her students took home a canvas worth putting on display. The class MAIL BY CAREY ROSS appeal. Newton is pure Old Vegas, and he’s costs $25 (probably not much more than the

2 wisely decided to lean into that hard instead cost of materials) and last I checked, tickets of trying to change with the whims of time. were still available, and choices of subject

DO IT His performances at the Skagit Casino is in- matter (you’ll understand when you sign up) Holiday tended to capitalize on that, and he’s expect- ranged from Satan to Pennywise, only one of ed to perform a smattering of hits, tell stories which is nightmare fuel for me, and—spoiler of his time as Vegas royalty, and take ques- alert—it isn’t the Prince of Darkness. 12.04.19 Happenings tions from the audience—all of which should Also on the Make.Sale roster is Gold Status make for an interesting and memorable event. Botanicals, aka Amy Gibson aka the singer/ .14

49 CELEBRATE IN SONG But as so often happens when it comes to songwriter of a band I still long for, Bright # concerts at the Skagit Casino, tickets to New- Weapons. She makes all kinds of exotic and EVEN THOUGH I live a life dictated by deadlines, I am not as proficient ton’s shows went at a rapid pace, and now delightfully witchy-sounding things like as I should be when it comes to planning ahead. both are sold out. tooth powder, cordials, dry shampoo, tinc- That said, I’ve known for months what story I’d be writing for this issue After mourning for approximately one min- tures, teas and elixirs in small batches and of the Cascadia Weekly. Since the day it was announced that Wayne Newton ute, I surveyed the musical landscape and with great love. She gifted me a jar of beau- would be coming to the area Dec. 6-7 to play a pair of shows at the Skagit found plenty of holiday—and one non-holi- tiful and delicious nettle sesame salt for my

CASCADIA WEEKLY Casino Resort, I penciled him into my editorial schedule. day—happenings at a pair of historic theaters last birthday that I use sparingly and hoard I’m not sure what drew me so instantly to the legendary Las Vegas per- to take Wayne’s place (no offense, Mr. Newton, all to myself despite its generous size. Her 20 former when I’ve never spent much time listening to his music, but perhaps but that’s showbiz). unusual and thoughtfully packaged prod- it’s the same thing that draws me to Vegas itself: Like Sin City, Newton is As it so often is, the Lincoln Theatre is a ucts can be found at Bellingham Handmade, larger-than-life, a symbol of a city that embraces change on the surface, rich repository of entertainment action in the and I don’t think I’m out of line when I say but scratch that dynamic surface just a little and you’ll find the smoke- coming days, with a trio of concerts on the they’d make lovely, impressive gifts. Tis the filled rooms, discount steak dinners and colorful history that speak to its calendar that will appease all types of music season to gift local. doit CELEBRATE, FROM PAGE 20 SWING CONNECTION: Attend the Swing Connec- fans. First up are the Lynden Choral Soci- tion Big Band’s 14th annual Holiday Concert from 7pm-9pm at the First Baptist Church, 110 Flora ety and the Starry Night Orchestra, who St. Hear swing arrangements of all your holiday 30 will team up at 7:30pm Thurs., Dec. 5 to favorites, featuring vocalists Cheryl Hodge and perform the mother of all holiday clas- Tim Kraft. Entry is by donation. FOOD sics, Handel’s “Messiah.” Like Nutcrack- WWW.SWINGCONNECTION.ORG ers, “Messiah” performances are plenti- DEC. 7-8 25 ful around these parts, so you can mix, VOX PACIFICA: The all-women choir known as match, compare and contrast all of them, Vox Pacifica presents its “Wintersong” concert if you so choose. Tickets are $23-$25 at 7:30pm Saturday, and 4pm Sunday at the First B-BOARD and children younger than 13 can attend Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave. Audi- ence will hear choral themes of home, peace, and

for free as long as they have an adult in 24 connection through the music of Ola Gjeilo, Joan tow. Next on the docket is a Fri., Dec. 6 Szymko, Gwyneth Walker, and Stephen Paulus holiday concert by the multidisciplinary (among others). Tickets are $15. FILM and musically nimble Eric Tingstad and WWW.VOXPACIFICA.ORG

Nancy Rumbel, who you might better rec- 20 20 ognize as the beloved Grammy-winning SUN., DEC 8 LIBRARY MUSIC: Acoustic guitar duo Jamie & MUSIC duo Tingstad and Rumbel (their names Tim perform at a “Second Sunday Jazz” concert MUSIC might’ve given that one away up front). from 2pm-3:30pm at the community meeting room

They are favorites of Lincoln Theatre au- at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St. Tim 18 diences, and their holiday concerts have Lerch is one of the Pacific Northwest’s most re- A CAPPELLA CHEER ART proven to be popular year after year. spected guitarists and Jamie Findlay is a master of It’ll be the most wonderful time of the year—a cappella style—when the Coats bring their annual dose of contemporary acoustic guitar. Together, they are Tickets are $17-$29 and are still avail- holiday cheer to Bellingham for a Sat., Dec. 7 concert at Bellingham High School. “two incredible guitarists in an exciting musical 16 able. Also still available are tickets to conversation.” Entry is free. WWW.ANACORTESWA.GOV see blues legend Walter Trout on Sat., STAGE Dec. 7 at the Lincoln—although I would WED., DEC. 4 CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT: The Cantabile not sleep on purchasing them, if I were JOHN AND THE JAYBIRDS: Mandolin master Chamber Choir presents “Carols by Candlelight” CANDLELIGHT CONCERT: Harpsichordist Jona- John Reischman will be joined by his band the at 7:30pm Friday at the Depot Arts Center in than Oddie and flutist Jeffrey Cohan will perform 14 you. Having accrued just about every Jaybirds for a 7pm concert at the YWCA Ballroom, Anacortes, and 4pm Sunday in Mount Vernon at sonatas by Johann Sebastian Bach at a Candlelight blues award and accolade in existence— 1026 N. Forest St. The ensemble blends original St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The choir will perform Concert at 2pm at Bellingham’s First Presbyterian many of them more than once—Trout songs and instrumentals with Appalachian old- traditional and contemporary choral works of the Church, 1031 N. Garden St. Suggested donation is GET OUT is a giant, even for a genre that has no time music for a truly unique band sound. season. Tickets will be $18-$20 at the door. $15-$25 to attend the Gala Bach Bash. small supply of them. He’s bringing his WWW.THEJAYBIRDS.COM WWW.CANTABILECHAMBERCHOIR.ORG WWW.CANDLELIGHTNW.ORG 12 band, his deep catalog and his formida- THURS., DEC. 5 SAT., DEC. 7 HOLIDAY HARMONY: Attend a fun-filled after- ble chops for this not-to-be-missed non- BLUES TO JAZZ: Jazz historian Brent Jensen will BELLINGHAM JAZZ: Swing dance, listen or tap noon of laughter, traditional and upbeat holiday WORDS holiday outing. Tickets to see the lauded discuss the origin of the blues and its influence your feet to the music when the Bellingham Tradi- tunes, group sing-along, sweet and savory refresh- bluesman are $24-$39. at a “From the Blues to Jazz” presentation at 2pm tional Jazz Society hosts a concert and dance with ments and more when the Harmony Northwest 8 Info: www.lincolntheatre.org at the Anacortes Public Library, 1220 10th St. The the Crescent City Shakers from 2pm-5pm at the Chorus presents “Holiday Harmony” from 2pm-4pm free event will also feature Jensen playing sax and VFW Hall, 625 N. State St. All ages are welcome. at the Mount Vernon Community Center, 1401 Not to be outdone, the Mount Baker James Findlay on guitar. Tickets are $6-$12. Cleveland Ave. Suggested donation is $5-$7.

Theatre will host its own version of WWW.CITYOFANACORTES.ORG WWW.BELLINGHAMJAZZ.COM WWW.HARMONYNORTHWEST.ORG CURRENTS Handel’s “Messiah” at 7pm Sat., Dec. 7, with the Whatcom Chorale and Sinfo- MESSAGE RECEIVED: Drummer Julian Mac- BIG BAND BASH: The Bellingham Youth Jazz CHAMBER CONCERT: Join faculty artists Eric 6 nia doing the honors. With 90 people Donough will lead “Message Received: A Tribute to Band opens the Bellingham Big Band Bash taking Kean, Jen Weeks, Judy Widrig, Pat Nelson, and

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers” at 7:15pm at place from 5pm-8:30pm at the Majestic, 1027 N. Erika Block for a potpourri of viola, piano and VIEWS involved, this is no small undertaking, the Firehouse Arts and Events Center, 1314 Harris Forest St. The concert will also include sets by wind music at a “For the Love of Chamber Music” and along with the collective making of Ave. Helping bring Blakey's music alive will be select regional high school band, and WWU big concert at 7:30pm at Western Washington Univer- 4 a joyful noise, four soloists—soprano trumpeter Jared Hall, sax man Steve Kaldestad, bands. Tickets are $10. Funds raised benefit BYJB sity’s Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. Tickets Serena Eduljee, mezzo-soprano Sarah trombonist Brad Shegta, pianist Tony Foster, and tuition assistance and WWU scholarships. are free and open to all. MAIL bassist Michael Glynn. Tickets are $10-$20. WWW.JAZZPROJECT.ORG WWW.CFPA.WWU.EDU Mattox, tenor Stephen Rumph, and WWW.FIREHOUSEPERFORMINGARTS.COM 2 bass Michael Drumheller—will lift their THE COATS: Hear the Coats at their annual WED., DEC. 11 voices in song as well. Tickets for the FRI., DEC. 6 Holiday Concert at 7pm at Bellingham High School, MARINA ALBERO TRIO: Whatcom Jazz Music DO IT annual performance are $10-$20. Just DARK OF DECEMBER: Join the Bellingham High 2020 Cornwall Ave. Known for tightly arranged in- Arts Center presents a concert with the Marina a day later, at 3pm Sun., Dec. 8, the School Jazz Band, the Bellingham High School teractive performances, the Coats’ blend of music Albero Trio at 7pm at the Sylvia Center for the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra will fill Show Stoppers, and the Bellingham Youth Jazz and comedy is an audience favorite. Kulshan and Arts, 205 Prospect St. Tickets will be $5-$10 at the

Band for the 15th annual “Dark of December” Whatcom middle school choirs will join BHS choirs door—first come, first seated. 12.04.19 the historic space with the sounds of Jazz Concert at 7pm at Garden Street Method- to open the concert. Tickets are $20. WWW.WJMAC.ORG its hugely popular Holiday Magic con- ist Church, 1326 N. Garden St. Tickets are $5 for (360) 676-5006 .14

cert, which will feature a screening of students and $10 general. Proceeds benefit the THURS., DEC. 12 49 the 1982 film The Snowman, a seasonal BHS band and choir programs and the Bellingham CHRISTMAS WITH THE KING: Jeffrey Elvis HOLIDAY FAVORITES: The Museum Advocates # sing-along, the sweet voices of choirs Youth Jazz Band. presents “Christmas with the King” at 7pm at the present a “Holiday Favorites” concert with the WWW.JAZZPROJECT.ORG Firehouse Arts and Events Center, 1314 Harris Ave. award-winning small mixed vocal ensemble, the from Geneva, Lowell, and Northern The Elvis tribute artist will deliver renditions of Bellingham High School Showstoppers, at 12pm at Heights elementary schools, and, of DEC. 6-8 hits such “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Jailhouse Rock,” as Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. course, the Bellingham Symphony Or- WORLD TOUR: The North Cascades Concert Band well as Christmas songs. Tickets are $29. Entry is free and open to all. chestra. Oh, and there will be hot choc- presents “World Tour” performances at 7:30pm Fri- WWW.FIREHOUSEPERFORMINGARTS.COM WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG day at Whatcom Community College’s Syre Students olate. As is nearly always the case with CASCADIA WEEKLY Center, 3pm Saturday at Anacortes High School’s A WINTER GIFT: Patrick Ball, Lisa Lynne, and PEACE, LOVE, AND UKES: The Bellingham BSO performances (even those that hap- PAC, and 3pm Sunday at Arlington High School’s Aryeh Frankfurter will present both classic favor- Ukulele Orchestra will present “Peace, Love, and 21 pen sans hot chocolate), tickets—which Byrens PAC. In addition to featuring plenty of ites and new music at “A Winter Gift: Music and Ukuleles” at a 7pm concert at Bellingham Unitar- range from $15-$39—are almost gone. world music, each concert ill also feature commu- Stories for the Season” Celtic harp concert at 7pm ian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St. The program will So get your holiday hustle on nab yours nity bands from Whatcom, Skagit, and Snohomish in Mount Vernon at the Littlefield Celtic Center, include a special guest appearance by the local before it’s too late. counties. Entry is by donation. 1124 Cleveland Ave. Tickets are $20-$25. band Evergreen. Entry is by donation. WWW.NCCBAND.ORG WWW.CELTICARTS.ORG WWW.BELLINGHAMUKULELEORCHESTRA.COM Info: www.mountbakertheatre.com Mount Baker Theatre’s Staff Insider Gift Guide

30 Jamie T. Jane V. NOW, Amy G. MBT Board MBT Board The Classic Film FOOD with Subtitles So MBT Staff Everyone Can Sing Along! “★★★★ Irresistible fun! A new favorite thing!” New York Daily News 25 B-BOARD

DEC JAN JAN 24 22 17 25 “Costumes and drama and stardom “The ghost of Christmas Past bids you to “Powerful — songs with messages that

FILM and choir all rolled into one! remember the joy of childhood again.” need to be heard!” Everyone will love this experience.”

20 20 Michael G. Renee G. Amy B.

MUSIC MBT Staff MBT Staff MBT Staff MUSIC CATAPULT 18 ART Georgia on My Mind: Celebrating 16 the Music FEB of Ray Charles MAR MAR STAGE 7 14 18 “The whole family will will be mesmerized “An old, sweet song keeps . . . this show “What’s not to love? Rescue dogs,

14 by the way the performers morph into . . . on my mind!” amazing acrobatics, tail wags & hugs!” creatures and characters!” GET OUT

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Suicide Prevention and Aware- 25 Alternative Library ness Benefit Dance Party Book Sale (2pm) Book Sale (2pm) Poetrynight (7pm) (7:30pm)

Anelia's Kitchen & B-BOARD Don Virgovic (5:30pm) Benny Sidelinger (7pm) Summit of Two (7pm) Stage WAYNE NEWTON/Dec.

6-7/Skagit Casino Resort 24 Aslan Depot Blackwater (9pm) FILM

The Groove Doctors w/Deborah Beach Store Cafe Hawley (6:30pm) 20 20

Piano Night w/Paul Klein

Piano Night w/Aaron Guest MUSIC Boundary Bay Brewery Late Night w/Kirby Ai (8pm) (3pm), A Year of Murray: MUSIC (6pm) Scrooged (3pm)

The Dandy Warhols, Mother Allah-Las, Mapache, Tim 18 Commodore Ballroom Mariposa (7pm) Hill (8pm) ART

Culture Cafe Karaoke w/Aireekah (9:30pm) Open Mic (6pm) Soul Night (9:30pm) 16 STAGE Edison Inn The Walrus (8:30pm) The Atlantics (5:30pm) 14 Frisky Fandoms Myths and Songs & Stories Open Mic Firefly Lounge Swindler, Oso (9pm) The Unknowns, Triple Mood (6pm) Howlin' Rain, Jackie (8pm) Legends Burlesque (8pm) (6pm), Karaoke (9pm) GET OUT Guemes Island Knut Bell and the 360s (6:30pm) General Store 12

Broken Bow Stringband Kulshan Brewing Co. One Lane Bridge (7pm) Carly Calbero (7pm) (7pm) WORDS

Make.Shift Holiday Make.Sale (6pm) Holiday Make.Sale (6pm) 8

Old World Deli Live Music (6pm) CURRENTS ACTIONESSE/

Dec. 6/Shakedown 6 After Party Drag Show Panty Hoes Drag Show Rumors Cabaret Flashback Friday (10pm) Party Saturday (10pm) Karaoke (9pm) (10:30pm) (9:30pm) VIEWS

French Vanilla, Sleepover Actionesse, LipStitch, Them Adult Art Classes: Bad Movie Hell’s Belles (7:30pm and 10pm) The Shakedown 4 Club, more (7:30pm) Folkes (8:30pm) Posters for Bad Artists MAIL Silver Reef Casino DJ TonyBoi (9pm) Expertease (9pm)

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Wayne Newton (8pm, Show- Wayne Newton (8pm, Showroom), Dana

Skagit Casino Resort room), Dana Osborn (9pm, DO IT Osborn (9pm, Lounge) Lounge)

Irish Night w/Gallowglass High Mountain String Band Stones Throw Brewery Karma Taxi (7pm) (7pm) (7pm) 12.04.19

Swinomish Casino and Midlife Crisis and the Alimony Midlife Crisis and the Alimony Horns Karaoke (6pm) Lodge Horns (9pm) (9pm) .14 49 #

Uisce Irish Pub Irish Night (7:30pm) PHOTO BY JAKE HANSON JAKE BY PHOTO

’90s Till Now w/Boombox John Craigie, Nicki Bluhm Truth Hurts Dance Party w/Boombox Wild Buffalo Nite Wave (8pm) Kid (9pm) (7pm) Kid (8pm)

Alternative Library 519 E. Maple St | Anelias Kitchen & Stage 513 S. 1st St., La Conner • (360) 466-4778 | Beach Store Cafe 2200 N. Nurgent Road, Lummi Island • www.beachstorecafe.com | Bellewood Acres 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden • (360) 318- CASCADIA WEEKLY 7720 | Big Lake Bar & Grill 18247 WA-9, Mount Vernon • (360) 422-6411 | Boundary Bay Brewery 1107 Railroad Ave • 647-5593 | Brown Lantern Ale House 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-2544 | Chuckanut Brewery 601 W. Holly St. • 752-3377 | Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville St., Vancouver • (604) 739-4550 | Conway Muse 18444 Spruce/Main St., Conway • (360) 445-3000 | Edison Inn 5829 Cains Ct., Edison • (360) 766-6266 | Firefly Lounge 1015 N. State St. | Honey Moon 23 1053 N. State St. • 734-0728 | Kulshan Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • www.makeshiftproject.com | Rockfish Grill 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 588-1720 | The Royal 208 E. Holly St. • 738-3701 | Rumors Cabaret 1119 Railroad Ave. • 671-1849 | The Shakedown 1212 N. State St. • www.shakedownbellingham.com | Silver Reef Casino 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale • (360) 383-0777 | Skagit Valley Casino Resort 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow • (360) 724- 7777 | Skylark’s Hidden Cafe 1300 11th St. • 715-3642 | Stones Throw Brewery 1009 Larrabee Ave. | Studio B 202 E. Holly St. Ste. 301 • www.studiobellingham.com | Swinomish Casino 12885 Casino Dr., Anacortes • (888) 288-8883 | The Underground 211 E. Chestnut St. • 738-3701 | Underground Coffeehouse Viking Union 3rd Floor, WWU | Village Inn Pub 3020 Northwest Ave. • 734-2490 | The Waterfront 521 W. Holly St. • www.waterfrontseafoodandbar.com | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www. wildbuffalo.net | Send your music info to [email protected]. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday. film ›› showing this week

FOOD FILM SHORTS

21 Bridges: I will watch Chadwick Boseman in just

25 about anything, including this incredibly cheesy- looking action flick that seems to have been made solely so Boseman can stay in shape for his next Black B-BOARD Panther movie. HH (R • 1 hr. 43 min.)

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Forest 24 24 Gump was just the warm-up. Obviously Mister Rogers was the role Tom Hanks was born to play. Feel free FILM FILM to ugly cry from the opening scene to the closing credits. You’ll be in excellent and plentiful company. HHHHH (PG • 1 hr. 48 min.) 20

The Aeronauts: This account of a meteorologist MUSIC and a thrill-seeking balloon pilot in 1862 who want to fly higher than anyone in history is saved (some-

18 what) by its leads—Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones—and its high-altitude action. HHH (PG-13 • ART 1 hr. 42 min.)

16 American Dharma: Errol Morris continues his unof- QUEEN & SLIM ficial documentary series that examines Very Bad

STAGE Men (first two subjects: Robert McNamara and Donald Rumsfeld) with this look at Steve Bannon, architect Harriet: In school, we’re taught that Harriet Tubman Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, and more—and Playmobil: The Movie: I suppose given the high of the alt-right and sentient glob of saturated urine was an escaped slave who became the kindly steward Rian Johnson doing the writing and directing honors. quality and runaway success of the Lego movies, it

14 cake. HHH (R • 1 hr. 35 min.) of the Underground Railroad. In actuality, she was an HHHHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 10 min.) was inevitable that Lego knockoff Playmobil would incredibly tough, smart, brave woman who returned take a stab a moviemaking. Imitation may be the Dark Waters: Mark Ruffalo plays a lawyer who again and again to slave states to free those she’d left Last Christmas: Not exactly a Christmas movie, sincerest form of flattery, but it doesn’t necessarily GET OUT takes on chemical giant DuPont in this compelling behind. Move over, Marvel. Harriet’s what a real super- more a Christmas-adjacent movie about a year-round make for a good film. H (1 hr. 39 min.) courtroom drama that gets a huge assist in the form hero looks like. HHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 5 min.) elf who meets a boy and presumably they fall far of direction by Todd Haynes. HHHHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. for each other. As far as I can tell, the only point of Waves: Complicated family dynamics are on full 12 6 min.) Honey Boy: Shia LeBeouf, delivering on some of interest about this movie is that it stars Emilia Clarke display in this astonishing and authentic piece of the promise he showed as a younger actor, writes in her first post-Mother of Dragons role. HH (PG-13 • filmmaking directed by Trey Edward Shults and star-

WORDS Fantastic Fungi: Doctober may be officially over, and stars in this touching drama loosely based on 1 hr. 42 min.) ring Sterling K. Brown as an overbearing patriarch and but the marvelous mushroom documentary that has his own life experience. The film also stars Lucas Kelvin Harrison Jr. as a son in crisis. HHHHH (R • 2 so captivated local audiences remains. If you’re one Hedges, who has been delivering on his promise Midway: The Battle of Midway was a truly decisive hrs. 15 min.) 8 of the few who has not checked it out, I urge you to with every onscreen appearance. HHHHH (R • 1 hr. World War II naval victory with an interesting see what all of the considerable fuss has been about. 33 min.) backstory that no movie directed by Roland Emmerich HHHHH (Unrated • 1 hr. 21 min.) could adequately capture. The battle scenes will be

CURRENTS Jojo Rabbit: From the singular mind of Taika Watiti real cool though. HH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 18 min.) Ford v Ferrari: Ostensibly, this is about legend- comes this story of a boy, his idiot imaginary friend 6 ary car designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon), who, Adolf Hitler (yes, that Hitler, but not really) played by Parasite: Visionary filmmaker Bong Joon Ho is back under the auspices of Ford and with the help of Watiti and all the satirical WWII hijinks they get up with another genre-defying film, this one an explora-

VIEWS driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale), took on the Ferrari to. HHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 48 min.) tion of haves, have-nots as seen through the eyes racing monopoly. Mostly it just looks like a couple of two very different families, and the all-out battle

4 of Oscar-winning actors driving fast cars and having Joker: If a gunman who reportedly identified with for dominance when a “parasitic force” is introduced the time of their lives doing it. HHHHH (PG-13 • 2 the Joker had not opened fire in a movie theater in into the delicately balanced mix. See the thoroughly MAIL hrs. 32 min.) Aurora, Colorado during a showing of The Dark Knight thought-provoking film critics are calling the year’s Rises, killing 12 people and injuring 70 others, I might best. HHHHH (R • 2 hrs. 12 min.)

2 Frozen II: It’s Disney’s world and we’re all just living think this movie, which has been referred to as a in it. There’s nothing we can do about that. We need blueprint for incels, was harmless entertainment. Holy Queen & Slim: Written by the amazing Lena Waithe DO IT to learn to let it go. HHHH (PG • 1 hr. 44 min.) hell, Hollywood, what are you thinking? H (R • 2 hrs. (first African American woman to win an Emmy for Showtimes 2 min.) comedy writing for her work on Master of None) and The Good Liar: Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Helen starring the equally amazing Daniel Kaluuya (compul- Regal and AMC theaters, please see Mirren appear onscreen for the first time opposite Knives Out: With the possible exception of the next sively watchable), this story of a couple on a date who www.fandango.com.

12.04.19 one another. He’s a conman and she’s the mark that’s installment of the Star Wars saga, no movie is more kills a police officer in self-defense and goes on the not as easy as she seems in this very proper British eagerly anticipated (by me) than this Agatha Christie- run, only to see themselves become folk heroes, will Pickford Film Center and thriller with more than a few twists. HHH (R • 1 hr. inspired comedic murder-mystery with an incredible no doubt be a contender come awards season. HHHH PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see .14

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detox our cluttered minds. He says that one of the best methods for accomplishing this cleansing is to like seasoned particle board but just the 30 daydream. You give yourself permission to indulge in thing while you’re waiting for rescue in uncensored, unabashed fantasies. You feel no inhibi- FREE WILL THE SCIENCE ADVICE the remains of your office building with FOOD tion about envisioning scenes that you may or may nothing to eat but your arm. not ever carry out in real life. You understand that

this free-form play of images is a healing joy, a gift 25 ASTROLOGY GODDESS 25 you give yourself. It’s a crafty strategy to make sure THE TRUTH FAIRY ARIES (March 21-April 19): In composing this you’re not hiding any secrets from yourself. Now is a BABY GOT BACKUP My boyfriend recently proposed to me. I’ve oracle, I have called on the unruly wisdom of Vivienne favorable time to practice this art, Virgo. B-BOARD Westwood. She’s the fashion designer who incorpo- I’ve been dating this really great woman gotten to thinking that if I’d never worn REAR END rated the punk esthetic into mainstream styles. Here LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In accordance with for three months. She’s just decided that braces, he wouldn’t have been interested are four quotes by her that will be especially suitable current astrological omens, here’s your meditation, she needs to be single right now, despite in me. I had a terrible underbite. I always 24 for your use in the coming weeks. 1. “I disagree with as articulated by the blogger named Riverselkie: “Let our forming a pretty strong connection. She felt very unattractive in regard to my teeth, everything I used to say.” 2. “The only possible effect your life be guided by the things that produce the one can have on the world is through unpopular purest secret happiness, with no thought to what that explained that she really, really likes me, lip and jaw region until I eventually had FILM ideas.” 3. “Intelligence is composed mostly of may look like from the outside. Feed the absurd whims but she’s never been single for very long this corrected years ago through braces. I imagination, insight, and things that have nothing to of your soul and create with no audience in mind and thinks it’s best for her at the moment. I constantly have the nagging thought that 20 do with reason.” 4. “I’m attracted to people who are but yourself. What is poignant to you is what others can respect that. She also says we can keep my boyfriend could do better—that is, find a really true to themselves and who are always trying to will be moved by, too. Embrace what you love about do something that makes their life more interesting.” yourself and the right people will come.” sleeping together if I want. I want to do woman who is more naturally beautiful, more MUSIC that, but I’m wondering: Could that ruin our on a par with his level of attractiveness. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “I’m drowning in the SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I swear I became

chances of having a real relationship again in Basically, I feel that my braces led to a form 18 things I never told you.” Famous makeup artist Alex- a saint from waiting,” wrote Scorpio poet Odysseus the future? —Wanna Play It Smart of unnatural beauty, a kind of cheating, and andra Joseph wrote that message to a companion with Elytis in his poem “Three Times the Truth.” According ART whom she had a complicated relationship. Are you expe- to my reading of the astrological omens, you may be I don’t deserve him. —Distressed riencing a similar sensation, Taurus? If so, I invite you in a similar situation. And you’ll be wise to welcome People give you a reason for their be-

Though some men are put off by fake 16 to do something about it! The coming weeks will be a the break in the action and abide calmly in the havior. It may not be the real reason. breasts, it’s unlikely that anybody will good time to stop drowning. One option is to blurt out motionless lull. You’ll experiment with the hypothesis Like, I’d tell somebody, “So sorry, got a to your ally all the feelings and thoughts you’ve been that temporary postponement is best not just for you, find corrective dental work a vile form of STAGE withholding and hiding. A second option is to divulge but for all concerned. work thing!” and not, “I’d shave off my deception, like you’re the Bernie Madoff just some of the feelings and thoughts you’ve been eyebrows to get out of your 8-year-old’s

of the perfect smile. 14 withholding and hiding—and then monitor the results SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “My greatest oboe recital.” of your partial revelation. A third option is to analyze asset is that I am constantly changing,” says Sagittar- Research in “dental anthropology” There’s a good chance you’ve been why you’ve been withholding and hiding. Is it because ian actress and activist Jane Fonda. This description (who knew?!) by Peter Ungar, Rachel your ally hasn’t been receptive, or because you’re afraid may not always be applicable to you, but I think it demoted from boyfriend to emergency Sarig, and others suggests the cause GET OUT of being honest? Here’s what I suggest: Start with the should be during the coming weeks. You’re primed to penis. Research by evolutionary psy- of your underbite could be genetic— third option, then move on to the second. thrive on a robust commitment to self-transformation. chologist Joshua Duntley suggests that As you proceed in your holy task, keep in mind this or it could be environmental (perhaps 12 GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I’ve got some border- other advice from Fonda. 1. “One part of wisdom is we evolved to cultivate backup mates— deficiencies in maternal nutrition dur- line sentimental poetry to offer you in this horoscope. knowing what you don’t need anymore and letting it plan B partners we can quickly pivot to

ing pregnancy). Sorry. I was hoping for WORDS It may be too mushy for a mentally crisp person like go.” 2. “It is never too late to master your weak- in case a partner ditches us or dies in something a little more definitive, too. you. You may worry that I’ve fallen under the sway of nesses.” 3. “If you allow yourself, you can become a freak accident. Many or most of us sappy versions of love rather than the snappy versions stronger in the very places that you’ve been broken.” 4. Might you and your fiance have a kid 8 I usually favor. But there is a method in my madness: “The challenge is not to be perfect. It’s to be whole.” seem to have a backup mate or two— with a funky bite? Sure. But unlike in I suspect you need an emotionally suggestive nudge P.S. And what does it mean to be whole? Be respectful somebody we flirt with regularly or oth- ancestral human societies, we live in a to fully activate your urge to merge; you require a jolt toward all your multiple facets, and welcome them into erwise set up as our romantic fallback, world teeming with orthodontists. Just CURRENTS of sweetness to inspire you to go in quest of the love the conversation you have about how to live. though we aren’t always consciously mojo that’s potentially available to you in abundance. look for the “STR8TEETH” and “SMILED- 6 So please allow your heart to be moved by the fol- CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You can’t escape aware of it. OC” plates on cars that cost as much as a lowing passage from poet Rabindranath Tagore: “My your past completely. You can’t loosen its hold on Maybe you’re all, “Hey, fine by me if small, slightly used private jet. soul is alight with your infinitude of stars. Your world you so thoroughly that it will forever allow you to VIEWS she wants to keep me as her sexual ser- Allay your fears by being honest: has broken upon me like a flood. The flowers of your move with limitless freedom into the future. But you vice department while she’s shopping garden blossom in my body.” definitely have the power to release yourself from Tell your fiance that you got braces to 4 at least a part of your past’s grip. And the coming around.” Maybe you’re hoping she’ll correct a really bad underbite. A dude CANCER (June 21-July 22): Try saying this, and weeks will be an excellent time to do just that: to pay find other dudes lame in comparison. who’s attracted to the way you look now MAIL notice how it feels: “For the next 17 days, I will make off a portion of your karmic debt and shed worn-out

Totally possible. But if what really mat- ingenious efforts to interpret my problems as interest- emotional baggage. is unlikely to dump you upon learning 2 ters to you is having a relationship ing opportunities that offer me the chance to liberate about your supposedly sordid orthodon- with her, all that availability on your myself from my suffering and transform myself into the AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian play- tic history. Looks are vital for attrac- DO IT person I aspire to become.” Now speak the following wright August Strindberg didn’t have much interest in part is not a good look. The problem tion, but they’re just part of what mat- words and see what thoughts and sensations get trig- people who “regurgitate what they have learned from is “the scarcity principle.” Psychologist gered: “For the next 17 days, I will have fun imagining books.” He was bored by stories that have been told ters. A massive cross-cultural survey by that my so-called flaws are signs of potential strengths over and over again; was impatient with propaganda Robert Cialdini explains that we value evolutionary psychologist David Buss 12.04.19 and talents that I have not yet developed.” disguised as information and by sentimental platitudes what’s scarce or out of reach, fearing finds that men, like women, prioritize masquerading as sage insights. He craved to hear about that we’ll lose access to it. In fact, the kindness and intelligence in a partner. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): An interviewer asked the unprecedented secrets of each person’s life: the desirability of the very same person or .14 singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen if he needed to feel things they know and feel that no one else knows and In fact, these are men’s and women’s 49 # bothered and agitated in order to stimulate his creativ- feels. He was a student of “the natural history of the thing often increases or decreases ac- top asks. And these are things that ity. Cohen said no. “When I get up in the morning,” human heart.” I bring Strindberg’s perspective to your cording to shifts in its perceived acces- can’t be engineered with $7K in oral he testified, “my real concern is to discover whether attention, my dear one-of-a-kind Aquarius, because sibility. (Picture Denny’s with a velvet railroad tracks and years spent covering I’m in a state of grace.” Surprised, the interviewer now is a perfect time for you to fully embody it. rope and a scary bouncer instead of asked, “What do you mean by a state of grace?” Cohen your mouth when you laugh lest those described it as a knack for balance that he called on PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “It’s no fun being “Open 24 hours! Seat yourself!”) tiny rubber bands shoot across the room to ride the chaos around him. He knew he couldn’t fix in love with a shadow,” wrote Piscean poet Edna St. Once your value is perceived to be and put out somebody’s eye. or banish the chaos—and it would be arrogant to try. Vincent Millay. And yet she indulged profusely in that low, there might not be much chance CASCADIA WEEKLY His state of grace was more like skiing skillfully down a no-fun activity, and even capitalized on it to create a of rehabbing it. So it might pay to find ©2019, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. hill, gliding along the contours of unpredictable terrain. number of decent, if morose, poems. But in alignment 25 I’m telling you about Cohen’s definition, Leo, because with your astrological omens, Pisces, I’m going to other sex partners and give this wom- Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier I think that’s the state of grace you should cultivate encourage you to fall out of love with shadows. The an a chance to miss you. It ultimately Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or right now. I bet it will stimulate your creativity in ways coming weeks will be an excellent time to channel your serves your purpose better than turning email [email protected]. @amyalkon that surprise and delight you. passions into solid realities: to focus your ardor and adoration on earthly pleasures and practical concerns yourself into the man version of those on Twitter. Weekly podcast: blogtalkradio. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Poet Juan Felipe and imperfect but interesting people. freeze-dried food packs sold for earth- com/amyalkon rearEnd crossword

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most unique and individual films." Houston Chronicle GET OUT 5 3 4 6 2 Fri: (2:45), 5:45, 8:45; Sat: (11:45AM), (2:45), 5:45, 8:45 Sun: (11:45AM), (2:45), 5:45; Mon & Tue: (2:45), 5:45, 8:45 8 1 Wed: (2:45), 5:45 OCAP, 8:45; Thu: (2:45), 5:45, 8:45 12 PARASITE (GISAENGCHUNG) (R) 132m, Korean w/ English subs http://sudokuplace.com Bong Joon-Ho brings his work home to Korea in this pitch-black modern fairytale. WORDS Fri: (2:30), 5:30, 8:30; Sat: (3:15), 6:15, 9:15; Sun: (Noon), (3:00), 8:45

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The extraordinary tale of iconic American freedom fighter Harriet Tubman's # escape from slavery and transformation into one of history's greatest heroes. Fri: 8:10; Sat: (Noon), 7:10; Sun: (1:20), 8:30; Mon & Tue: 8:10 Wed: (1:00) OCAP; Thu: 8:10 FANTASTIC FUNGI (NR) 74m, English Behold their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life. Fri: (3:45); Sat: (2:45); Sun: 4:10; Mon - Thu: (3:45) CASCADIA WEEKLY RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE Third Eye Cinema (R) 89m, In Finnish & English - This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus. 29 Sat: (10:00PM) - Admission is $5. Sponsored by ModSock. This title chosen by Jen! TINTORETTO: A REBEL IN VENICE Great Art on Screen (NR) 95m, English - The life of the last great artist of the Italian Renaissance. Sun: (11:00AM); Wed: 5:45 fired shishito peppers ($6) and pickled chanterelles on Breadfarm crostini with local goat cheese ($6 for three toasts). I

especially adore the chicory salad ($12) a

30 generous pile of tender lettuce and bitter 30 radicchio with a lemony dressing, cheese FOOD FOOD and toasted pine nuts. It’s basically my platonic ideal of a side salad. chow There are plenty of beverage options. 25 RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES When Terramar held their soft opening in August they just had a couple of beers B-BOARD available, but have been gradually adding brews ever since. While they do now have

24 an IPA on tap, Chris is particularly drawn to lighter, less bitter beers like saison—his

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ART riety being grown in the EAT Skagit Valley. They are WHAT: Terramar

16 also making their own Brewing & cider, and have wine on Distilling

STAGE tap as well. WHERE: 5712 Gilkey Ave., Currently waiting on Edison final permits is the dis- 14 WHEN: tillery and tasting room 11:30am-9pm planned for the space

GET OUT Wed.-Mon. next to the taproom. INFO: www.terra The Barkers are plan-

12 marcraft.com ning to make a range of spirits, using botanicals that will be grown on the property. In the WORDS meantime, they do offer one or two cock-

8 tails on tap, made with local ingredients (like everything else). For their opening it was a blueberry martini, during my next

CURRENTS two visits the options were an apple sorrel martini and a fig hazelnut old fashioned 6 (“on a big fat rock in a big fat glass”). As founding members of the Genuine VIEWS STORY AND PHOTO BY JESSAMYN TUTTLE Skagit Valley partnership, Terramar de-

4 the kitchen texts you when your food pends on locally grown and produced is ready. Then someone from your table ingredients for their food and drinks. In MAIL can run next door to the kitchen and addition to using Cairnspring flour, they

2 Terramar Brewing bring back your order from the takeout use Skagit Valley malt for their beer, and MAKING A SPLASH IN EDISON window. They have also just added on- as much of their cheese, meats and veg- DO IT line ordering for takeout. etables as they can manage. They are THE SMALL town of Edison in Skagit County is a miniature food mecca, with mul- The menu is built around pizza, made enjoying tremendous support from local tiple restaurants, pubs, a great deli and a world-class bakery. Until recently, however, with 100 percent local Cairnspring Mills farmers, some of which are already plan- it has not had a brewery or a pizzeria. That has now been corrected, since Terramar flour, plus various vegetable side dishes. ning crops specifically for them. Foragers 12.04.19 Brewing opened its doors a few months ago. The sourdough pizza crust is thin, rang- are also stopping in with the day’s haul, Tucked down Gilkey Avenue behind the Smith & Vallee art gallery, the new brewpub ing from chewy to crispy, and has great allowing the kitchen staff to improvise .14

49 has already made a big splash with locals and tourists alike. flavor from its three-day fermentation. freely with whatever ingredients are # Owners Jen and Chris Barker bring combined experience in brewing, distilling and My favorite pizza so far is simply named coming through the doors. hospitality, including working at Farmstrong Brewery, Golden Distillery, and Chucka- “Combo” ($17)—a red-sauced sausage Between making beer and pizza and nut Brewing, and attending the Skagit Valley College craft brewing program. and pepperoni pizza with eggplant capo- planning the distillery, plus hosting Originally a slaughterhouse, the property had become the site of Duluth Timber, nata strewn on top. live music, craft shows—including a a reclaimed lumber business, when the Barkers bought it in 2017. They have been I also love the kale pizza with mush- Sat., Dec. 14 Holiday Maker’s Market— working hard to bring their vision to life ever since, remodeling the buildings with rooms and prosciutto ($19). For those art demonstrations and workshops, the

CASCADIA WEEKLY upcycled materials from the previous business. The result is a space with a comfort- who prefer traditional pizza flavors, Barkers are not going to run out of new able Northwest vibe that feels like it’s always been there. there are cheese ($10), margherita ($16) projects anytime soon. They love being 30 The family-friendly taproom and dining room look out into town and across Edi- and plain pepperoni ($14). More adven- part of the Skagit Valley food and arts son Slough, with brilliant winter sunsets and great birdwatching. A small deck turous toppings, depending on the day, communities and hope to continue keep- offers a cheerful space for groups. Dogs are welcome, an important detail to the might include lamb sausage, local spot ing the business fun for themselves and canine-loving owners. This means, of course, that there isn’t table service, but prawns, clams, potatoes or squash. their employees. I look forward to seeing food orders are placed at the bar, the staff takes your cell phone number and Vegetable side dishes include wood- where they go from here. doit

TEA AND ELVES: Find elves hiding throughout the COMMUNITY MEAL: All are welcome to share in a library, enjoy excellent conversation, and snack warm meal served directly at your table in a warm,

on delicious treats with your neighbors and library friendly atmosphere at a monthly Community Meal 30 staff at a Holiday Tea happening from 10am-2pm from 2pm-3:30pm at the First Christian Church, 495 30 in Sudden Valley at the South Whatcom Library, 10 E. Bakerview Rd. Entry is free. FOOD Barn View Court, Gate 2. Entry is free. WWW.BELLINGHAMDISCIPLE.ORG FOOD WWW.WCLS.ORG SILVER TEA: Enjoy refreshments and musical

BELLINGHAM MARKET: The 27th season of the entertainment at an annual Silver Tea taking place 25 Bellingham Farmers Market continues from 10am- from 2pm-5pm at the Everson Library, 104 Kirsch Dr. 3pm Saturdays through Dec. 21 at the Depot Market Specialty teas will be served by Laurie and Charles

Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. In addition to perusing Dawson, founders of the Whatcom Tea Enthusiasts B-BOARD and purchasing locally grown produce, regular Association, and there will be craft events for kids. events for the market include Demo Days, Kids Entry is free. Vending Day, and more. WWW.WCLS.ORG 24 WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG MON., DEC. 9 FILM BOW HOLIDAY FESTIVAL: Enjoy complementary COMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN: Volunteers and hot apple cider and live music while you peruse donations are welcome at a weekly Community 20 edible and creative wares from more than 60 Pacific Soup Kitchen, which happens from 6pm-7pm every Northwest vendors at the Bow Holiday Festival Monday until March 30 at the Little Cheerful Cafe, happening from 10am-4pm at Edison Elementary 133 E. Holly St. The event provides meals to the MUSIC School, 5801 Main Ave. homeless community in Whatcom County, and all

WWW.BOWLITTLEMARKET.COM are welcome. 18 (360) 738-8824 ART WHATCOM CREAMERY CRAWL: Drawings for WARM UP prizes, samples, giveaways, complimentary food and TUES., DEC. 10

Holiday Tea events take place Dec. 6-7 at Willowbrook Manor in Sedro-Woolley, Dec. 7 at beverages, great discounts and shopping made easy GINGERBREAD HOUSES: Teens in grades 6-12 can 16 the South Whatcom Library and the Deming Library, and Dec. 8 at the Everson Library. will be part of a “Whatcom Creamery Crawl” taking bring your friends and your sweet tooth as you com-

place from 11am-5pm in Ferndale at Appel Farms pete with fellow teens to make the tastiest, most STAGE (6605 Northwest Dr.), Ferndale Farmstead (2780 Al- extravagant gingerbread house in all the land at a dergrove Rd), Pleasant Valley Dairy (6804 Kickerville Gingerbread House Making event from 4pm-5:30pm

WED., DEC. 4 5:30pm-8pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, Rd.), and Twin Sisters Creamery (6202 Portal Way). at the Lynden Library, 216 4th St. Candy eating, joy 14 COOKING LIT: Help choose titles for 2020 at a 121 Prospect St. Tickets to the 21-and-over event Entry is free. spreading and general merriment can be expected Cookbooks and Cooking Lit Book Group meeting are $35 and include hors d’oeuvres, live music by WWW.THECHEESEFARM.NET at the free event. at 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. The group the Thomas Harris Sextet, and the chance to tour (360) 354-4883 GET OUT meets on the first Wednesday of most months to the decorated trees. A no-host bar will be available. HOLIDAY TEA: Enjoy delicious home-baked treats discuss a featured cookbook or cooking literature WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG and tea while being entertained by local performers WED., DEC. 11 selection. Members are welcome to purchase food at an annual Holiday Tea taking place from 1pm- COFFEE BREWING CLASS: Learn more about three 12 and beverages from Evolve Chocolate + Cafe. DEC. 6-7 4:30pm at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. manual coffee brewing methods—Kalita, Aeropress, WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM HOLIDAY TEA: Tea sandwiches, soup, sweet cream Performers include the McLaughlin Irish Dancers, and French Press—at a Brewing Class starting at WORDS scones and home-baked sweets will accompany a Rainbow Medicine Walker and Lois Holub, Misty 2pm at Camber Coffee, 221 W. Holly St. Fees are DEC. 4-31 pot of your favorite tea at “Holiday Tea” events Flowers, Mount Baker Blendz Choir, and Meinhardt $45 and include a 12 ounce bag of coffee. Please 8 MIRACLE POP-UP BAR: From 4pm-1am daily taking place from 11am-5pm Friday and Saturday in and Merry. Entry is free. register in advance, as space is limited. through New Year’s Eve, a Miracle Pop-Up Holiday Sedro-Woolley at Willowbrook Manor, 27420 Minkler WWW.WCLS.ORG WWW.CAMBERCOFFEE.COM Cocktail Bar can be visited at Swim Club, 1147 11th Rd. Additionally, attendees can celebrate the lights

St. At the international event that started and con- of Christmas with a stroll through the gardens. CHAMPAGNE TASTING: Local Seattle importer Wil- SPARKLING WINES: Laurent Martel leads an CURRENTS tinues in New York City, patrons can enjoy festive Entry is $45. Additional events happen Dec. 13-14. liam Woodruff from Chloe Imports will be on hand exploration of the world’s sparkling wines at a “Sippin' Santa” concoctions such as the Snowball WWW.TEAANDTOUR.COM for a Marie Copinet Champagne Tasting event from primer dubbed “Sparkling Wines: An International 6 Old Fashioned, Christmas Carol Barrel, Kris Kringle 2pm-4pm at Seifert & Jones Wine Merchants, 19 Tour” from 6:30pm-8:30pm at the Cordata Com-

Colada, and much more. BAKE SALE & BREAKFAST: Peruse baked goods Prospect St. Entry to the 21-and-over event is free. munity Food Co-op, 315 Westerly Rd. Learn the right VIEWS WWW.SWIMCLUBBAR.COM for sale at a Holiday Bake and Gift Sale taking place WWW.SJWINEMERCHANTS.COM wine to serve at the right occasion while enjoying

from 10am-2pm Friday at the Lynden Community expertly paired appetizers. You must be at least 21 4 THURS., DEC. 5 Center, 401 Grover St. The event continues with a SUN., DEC. 8 years old to take this course. Fees are $45. WINTER POP-UP: Taylor Shellfish will host a Win- Holiday Pancake Breakfast starting at 8am Saturday, LANGAR: All are welcome at a Langar event WWW.WHATCOMCOMMUNITYED.COM MAIL ter Pop-Up starting tonight from 6pm-9pm at Aslan followed by the continuation of the sale. Entry is from 11am-2pm in Lynden at Guru Nanak Gursikh

Depot, 1322 N. State St. Every Thursday through the $3-$6 for the all-ages breakfast. Gurdwara, 176 E. Pole Rd. Langar is the sacred THURS., DEC. 12 2 winter, enjoy Dungeness crab, oysters, deals on beer WWW.LYNDENCOMMUNITYCENTER.ORG community free kitchen of the Sikh people and HOLIDAY PARTY: A latte art throw-down, an ugly pairings, 20 percent off the bottle list, and more. every temple serves delicious vegetarian food— Christmas sweater contest, a holiday popup shop, DO IT WWW.ASLANBREWING.COM SAT., DEC. 7 which they invite the general public to come eat. music by the Pickle Company, drink specials and SANTA BREAKFAST: Visit with the big guy in red The largest free kitchen in the world is Langar at more will be part of a Holiday Party starting at 6pm FRI., DEC. 6 when La Conner Rotary hosts a “Santa Breakfast” from Darbar Sahib, Amritsar India, where they serve at Camber Coffee, 221 W. Holly St. If you want to

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