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6 Scott Pelton 28: Film Shorts 360-647-8200 x 202 action on gun control—and for good reason: our communities. { spelton@ Guns now kill more preschool children than Lost sales lead to job losses, translating into VIEWS cascadiaweekly.com all law enforcement officers killed in the line of lower incomes for the average American. Accord- REAR END Whatcom: Erik Burge, 4

4 duty. In fact, firearms now kill more kids in the ing to the American Society of Civil Engineers, 31: Bulletin Board Stephanie Simms, Robin Corsberg United States than cancer. not protecting our transportation investments MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL 32: Crossword More than one in five U.S. teenagers (ages 14 will cost our economy an average of $28,000 per Skagit: Linda Brown,

to 17) report having witnessed a shooting. Eight household by 2020. 2 34: Comix Barb Murdoch persons under the age of 20 die from firearms Smart investments in our state’s infrastruc- 35: Slowpoke, Sudoku Canada: Kristi Alvaran DO IT IT DO every day, and a third of all Americans now per- ture will create jobs, grow the economy and help 36: Free Will Astrology Letters sonally know someone who been shot. businesses and communities thrive. Our state 37: Advice Goddess Send letters to letters@ Every year, roughly 100,000 Americans are shot. representatives are responsible for advancing cascadiaweekly.com 38: Barbecue alert! Unfortunately, any attempt to address this our values. Seth Fleetwood values investing in 06.25.14 Fuzz Buzz, P.10 * Scott Milo Gallery, P.20 * Barbecue Alert!, P.38 cascadia problem is stymied by a well-funded gun lobby our communities. In his 12 years on the city and REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. {06.{06.25.14}{#26}{V.09}{FREE} that won’t even let the issue come up for debate. county councils, Seth has a record for being fis- .09

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might set up somewhere else if the big B-BOARD oil push is continued. 2. There’s a massive economic risk to 26 having Vancouver’s port becoming an

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proposal—to transport oil bitumen WHATCOM COUNTY’S NEWEST CASINO 20 past Stanley Park and out the Georgia ART Strait—threatens city coastlines, tour- ism and climate targets. 18 All of these arguments apply to Whatcom

County and the Gateway coal terminal. Your STAGE focus may be on sustainability or high-tech jobs. Your focus may be building a “green” brand or becoming a green “Mecca.” Your 16 focus may be tourism or fishing. Your focus may be reducing climate change so your GET OUT grandchildren have a clean, safe world. Whatever your focus, it is incumbent on ev- 14 eryone who cares about business in What- com County to reject the childish argu- WORDS ments that a coal terminal brings “jobs.” A coal terminal will reduce many more 8 jobs in multiple sectors than it creates for a few people in the construction industry.

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CRUDE AWAKENINGS: Public concern about the ship-

38 ment of volatile fuels by rail has been countered by industry concerns that reports of such shipments is FOOD FOOD proprietary and its release could represent a secu- views rity risk. The oil boom in North Dakota and Montana OPINIONS THE GRISTLE has created a sharp increase in rail shipments to 31 31 West Coast refineries and ports. To illustrate both the magnitude and pace of a public policy crisis,

B-BOARD B-BOARD there were no crude oil shipments by rail through the state in 2011, but that increased to 17 million

26 barrels in 2013 and is projected to reach 55 million barrels by the end of this year. BY LAUREN MCCAULEY

FILM Kevin Ranker this week joined fellow Democrat Sen. Christine Rolfes of Kitsap County to send a

22 letter to the heads of two major American railroad companies as well as U.S. Transportation Secretary Northern Gateway MUSIC Anthony Foxx, requesting comprehensive reports PIPELINE OPPONENTS DECLARE THIS MEANS ‘WAR’ of shipments of Bakken crude oil anticipated to be 20 transported through Washington, and to make that “ t’s official. The war is on,” Grand flooded social media with vows of planning to suspend a multicolored

ART information available to first responders and im- Chief Stewart Phillip told a crowd resistance and pictures of Tuesday’s crocheted “chain of hope” across pacted communities. I of hundreds who had flooded the demonstration. the more than 3.5 kilometer-wide The letter follows a recent decision by U.S. trans- streets of Vancouver late Tuesday fol- Canadian indigenous groups, which Douglas Channel, in what they are 18 portation officials that requires rail companies to lowing the announcement that Cana- have long-fought the pipeline, are describing as a symbolic blockade

STAGE disclose shipments of a million gallons or more dian Prime Minister Stephen Harper vowing to defend their land and their against oil tankers. of crude oil from the Bakken formation in North had approved the Enbridge Northern sovereignty “without surrender.” Echoing the sentiment of many Dakota. The letter urges the USDOT to lower the Gateway tar sands pipeline. In an unprecedented show of uni- who are specifically directing their 16 threshold from a million gallons, stating that, Phillip, who is president of the ty, 31 First Nations and tribal coun- anger over the pipeline at Prime “shipments on a train of any less than about 35 rail Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, told re- cils have signed a letter announc- Minister Stephen Harper, Chief Phil-

GET OUT tank cars need not be included, yet several recent porters that people are prepared to ing their intention to “vigorously lip said during the Vancouver rally: derailments and spills and/or explosions of crude go to jail over this fight, “because pursue all lawful means to stop the “Harper has declared war on British

14 oil involved fewer tank cars while causing consider- that’s what it’s going to take.” Enbridge project.” Columbians and First Nations, he will able damage. More oil has been spilled from trains Phillip’s statement exemplified the “We have governed our lands, in in 2013 than in the previous 37 years combined. widespread condemnation and vows accordance to our Indigenous laws, WORDS Meanwhile, tunneling from the other direction, of resistance that swiftly followed since time immemorial,” read the

8 Sen. Doug Ericksen held a meeting in Spokane last news that the Canadian government statement, which was distributed by , week where industry officials assured listeners that had greenlighted the controversial the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. “Our Bakken crude is not more inherently dangerous than project. inherent Title and Rights and our legal “This project, and the

CURRENTS CURRENTS other petroleum fuels. The 1,177-kilometer pipeline will authority over our respective territo- Ericksen, who chairs the state Senate Energy, carry 200 million barrels of tar sands ries have never been surrendered. federal process to 6 6 Environment and Telecommunications Commit- crude each year from Alberta to a “This project, and the federal tee, presented a bill last session he says seeks terminal in Kitimat, British Colum- process to approve it, violated our approve it, violated our VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS to improve the safety of oil shipments, regard- bia, where it will be loaded onto oil rights and our laws. We are unit- rights and our laws.”

4 less of their source. Senators Ericksen and Mike tankers. ing to defend our lands and waters Baumgartner (R-Spokane) proposed the bill that Blocking a major intersection, the of our respective territories,” the — UNION OF B.C. INDIAN CHIEFS MAIL MAIL calls for more studies of the safety of the trans- Vancouver protesters wielded signs statement continued. “We will de-

port of hazardous materials through the state. All and chanted: “No pipelines!,” “No fend our territories whatever the 2 but a few minutes of Ericksen’s meeting was taken tankers!” and “Defend our coast!” costs may be.” absolutely not be welcome into this DO IT IT DO up by officials from Burlington Northern Santa Fe “The only thing we can do now is Even with the project tied up in province in the future.” Railroad (BNSF) and an industry representative raise our voices together and have a courts, organizers are preparing Considering the mounting opposi- from North Dakota’s Bakken fields. Yet nearly all peaceful protest, to make a strong more immediate direct actions and tion, many believe this is a project who spoke attacked the bill as too friendly to oil statement that this is not O.K.,” Mona demonstrations on the ground. destined for failure. As noted Cana- 06.25.14 and railroad industries. Woodward, executive director of the The First Nations group Kootenays dian environmentalist David Suzuki Ericksen admitted that the meeting was devel- Aboriginal Front Door Society, told a for a Pipeline-Free B.C. responded wrote following news of the pipe- .09

26 oped while changes were rapidly unfolding in real reporter from the Vancouver Observer. quickly, holding a rally under the line’s approval, “This conversation is # time at the federal level and in Olympia. A diverse crowd gathered in front banner “Occupy the Pipeline Every- far from over.” “This meeting was scheduled prior to the federal of the CBC News headquarters in the where!” at the Chahko Mika Mall in Suzuki added: “In approving it, government announcing their requirements on Bur- B.C. city to voice their anger at a Ottawa, the nation’s capital. the government is aggressively push- lington Northern, to make available information government they say blatantly chose Women with the Yinka Dene Alli- ing an unwanted project on an un- on products they’re moving through the state and to neglect the people and the envi- ance, a coalition of six First Nations willing public. I don’t believe it will where they’re moving it,” Ericksen explained. “It ronment over big business. who live directly along the pipeline be built.”

CASCADIA WEEKLY was scheduled prior to the governor making his an- “It’s more than disrespectful... it’s route, are vowing to “do everything nouncements on some things he is going to try to the end of safe drinking water, it’s we can to protect our water,” as al- Lauren McCauley is an assistant edi- 6 get done on oil-by-rail studies between now and also the end of Mother Earth,” Wood- liance coordinator Geraldine Thomas tor at Common Dreams. This work is October. And what’s very interesting, many of the ward continued. Flurer told the Tyee. licensed under a Creative Commons things the federal government is proposing and Opponents of the pipeline also Gitga’at First Nation women are License. what the governor proposed comes right out of the piece of legislation that we heard in Spokane and VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE CASCADIA also the bill I introduced in Olympia last year. 38 “We couldn’t get that bill passed,

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B-BOARD B-BOARD “We’ve already shown that when we work together, we can protect our oceans for

26 future generations. So let’s redouble our efforts,” Obama said in a statement.

FILM The Administration’s proposal, which about the importance of voters in break- could go into effect later this year, would

22 ing the legislative gridlock in Olympia so create a vast marine sanctuary and is part lawmakers can enact even more common- of an effort to safeguard more ocean ter-

MUSIC sense protections. ritory, which is under threat from several His common sense was also sufficient to factors, including overfishing and climate

20 draw national attention and an appoint- change, Ranker explained.

ART ment to address global problems. “This president intends to spend his last Earlier this summer, Ranker was reap- years in office using the powers that he pointed as an adviser to President Barack has to move the country forward in bene- 18 Obama’s National Ocean Council. The coun- ficial ways,” Ranker said.

STAGE cil is charged with implementing national Theodore Roosevelt championed the Senator ocean policy. Ranker was first appointed Antiquities Act as a means to allow pres- to the council in 2011 and said he is excit- idents to acquire and protect unique and 16 ed to continue his work. important wilderness national heritage “It’s an exciting and important time sites like Yellowstone and Yosemite. Sim-

GET OUT to serve on this important panel,” Rank- ilarly, Obama is considering this massive er said. “From emerging threats from in- expansion to the Pacific Remote Islands

14 creased vessel traffic to massive changes Marine National Monument, to protect it Ocean locally and globally due to climate change, from drilling, fishing and other actions. our oceans and the thousands of jobs that The protected waters surround a group of WORDS By Tim Johnson depend on them are under threat. Our some of the most remote and uninhabited

8 state’s coastline and maritime industries islands, controlled by the United States, are the lifeblood of our economy. I’m hon- that sit between Hawaii and American ored to be a voice for our Washington in Samoa—what we might think of as the CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 the other Washington.” last wildness. Oceans have a capacity—a very good The Washington Post reports that Obama 6 capacity, it turns out—to soak up so- could increase the preserve by ten-fold, to called greenhouse gases from the atmo- nearly 782,000 square miles. The monu- VIEWS sphere. The rest is pretty simple chemis- ment, created by President George W. Bush 4 BRISK HEADWINDS AND CHOPPY try, as these molecules mix and react with just before he left office in 2009, includes water to form carbonic acid. From there seven islands. MAIL MAIL SEAS IN RANKER’S BATTLE it’s straight biology, as increased acidity Republicans in Congress have called the

breaks down the delicate shells and skel- proposal another attempt by the adminis- 2 AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE etons of the tiny marine creatures that tration to test the limits of executive pow- DO IT IT DO form the very foundation of the food web. er. Party leaders in 2013 moved quickly to ou’d hardly know it, but Orcas Island is at Moving rapidly on a number of initia- gut the Antiquities Act in order to forestall the center of the world’s oceans. tives, the president last week unveiled ef- the creation of additional monuments; the Kevin Ranker knows its waters well, forts to expand protection of vast areas of president in turn moved quickly to desig-

06.25.14 Y gathering a degree in coastal ecology and com- the Pacific Ocean controlled by the United nate as many as he could before changes munity development at Evergreen State College States from overfishing and environmen- in the law take hold, including a procla- .09

26 and serving on Island County’s board of commis- tal damage. mation in March of last year that protects # sioners. From there, he went on to the state Sen- The president’s plan would expand large tracts of lands in the San Juan Is- ate. In his stellar freshman year, a year filled with the Pacific Remote Islands Marine Na- lands that Ranker calls home. quarrelsome gridlock and seized bills, he managed tional Monument from its current area “The protection of these lands in the to steer an important piece of protective legisla- of 87,000 square miles and would affect San Juan Islands will maintain their his- tion into law—a bill that requires tankers enter- seven islands and atolls controlled by torical and cultural significance and en- ing Puget Sound to be double-hulled and support- the United States. hance their unique and varied natural and

CASCADIA WEEKLY ed by rescue tug. The coral reefs and marine ecosystems scientific resources, for the benefit of all It was a commonsense enough idea, as even a of this section of the south-central Pacif- Americans,” Obama said. 8 minor spill could devastate miles of coastal wa- ic Ocean are some of the most vulnerable The new San Juan Islands National ters and destroy a bustling marine economy. It areas to climate change and ocean acidifi- Monument encompasses approximately was commonsense enough to get Ranker easily cation, the White House said. 1,000 acres of land spread across many of re-elected for a second term; and while he is not The president will also direct federal these rocks and islands and managed by up for election again this year, he has much to say agencies to create a comprehensive pro- the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management. Drawing visitors from Ranker characterized the failures as pe- around the world, this is a landscape of culiar to Ericksen’s style as chair. unmatched contrasts, where forests seem “Original bills died in committee,” Rank- to spring from gray rock and distant, er said. “Doug introduced his own bills.” snow-capped peaks provide the backdrop These new bills did not have broad sup- 38 for sandy beaches. The San Juan Islands port among lawmakers and, frequently,

National Monument is both a trove of their content was unrecognizable to the FOOD scientific and historic treasures and a sponsors of the original bills. In the cha- classroom for generations of Americans, os, bills simply died. 31 31 Ranker notes. “In the end,” Ranker said, “nothing Ranker characterized as bold the presi- happened. And the chair is directly re- dent’s use of executive power to move the sponsible for that. B-BOARD country in the right direction as Congress “There are three people who decide remains paralyzed in procedural gridlock. whether a bill gets a vote on the senate 26 As above, so below; and the sorts of floor,” Ranker explained. “The majori- dysfunction seen at the national level ty leader, the majority floor leader, and FILM has also plagued the state. Perhaps with the chair of the committee the bill came

lovely intentions, two Senate Democrats from. The first two kept asking, ‘Where’s 22 agreed in 2013 to caucus with Repub- Doug?’ Because if the chair does not sup-

licans, strengthening a slim majority port a bill, it cannot come to the floor MUSIC enough to erode legislative efforts but for a vote.

with insufficient power to do much more “The buck stops with him.” 20 than gum up the upper house in Olympia. With their slimmest of a caucus majori- ART One of those Democrats—Majority Leader ty, Senate Republicans also invoked a rare Rodney Tom—will not seek re-election, tool to keep bills from the floor, refusing 18 potentially allowing the Senate to press to allow a procedure—known as a “Ninth

forward on stalled initiatives. Order”—to take place. STAGE “Your number one priority in office is “When we bring a bill to the floor we to govern, to make sure the country and have to do procedural motion called a its values move forward,” Ranker said. Ninth Order procedure,” Ranker explained. 16 “You can have personal values, but your “The Republican caucus would not allow job is to make sure the country is success- “This idea, that we would Inslee’s action was sharply criticized that order to be scheduled. Their argu- GET OUT ful and thrives, and its communities are by Sen. Doug Ericksen (R-Lynden), chair ment was, ‘I am not against the bill. I happy and prosperous. of the Senate’s energy and transportation am against the bill coming to the floor rather see our nation fail 14 “This idea that we will put party before committee. for a vote.’ country is unacceptable,” he said. “This than a political party lose “Gov. Inslee did an end-run around the “My sense is, screw that: You are either WORDS idea, that we would rather see our nation a debate, is completely state Legislature and moved closer to in favor of legislation or you are not,” he fail than a political party lose a debate, imposing massive regulations that will said. “Vote on it.” 8 8 is completely unacceptable.” unacceptable.” choke job creation and add huge energy Inslee’s executive order captures many Speaking to listeners at Village Books costs to the budgets of average families,” elements of what Inslee and Ranker and —KEVIN RANKER CURRENTS CURRENTS last week, Ranker predicted the president’s Ericksen said. “Through his executive or- other Democrats hoped to achieve through CURRENTS national ocean initiatives could put teeth der the governor is now taking policy de- the CLEW process, including calls for a cap- into vessel traffic regulations that could velopment behind closed doors.” and-trade market for carbon pollution. 6 ultimately strengthen protections for even as legislatures have stalled. “This was a defining moment for Wash- With Senate Democrats in the majority Puget Sound. Ranker seeks a similar lay- Gov. Inslee earlier this spring signed a ington’s environment and its economy,” next year, “We will, I promise you, I will,” VIEWS

er of assurance at the state level, and he major executive order that sets up a task Ranker countered. “The bold steps taken Ranker told listeners at Village Books, 4 will continue to hold town hall meetings force to design a carbon-trading market by the governor were absolutely neces- “bring forward legislation to develop a throughout the summer and fall to gen- and kicks off other efforts to reduce sary and will solidify our state’s place as cap and trade program or a carbon tax to MAIL

erate support and momentum in a rapidly carbon pollution, which he paints as a a leader both nationally and worldwide in reduce the state’s carbon footprint.” 2 changing energy economy. threat to the Northwest way of life and the fight against climate change.” Ranker explained that similar initia- DO IT IT DO

“We’re looking at a massive uptick in economy. Formerly a U.S. Congressman Ironically, Ranker points out, the gov- tives are underway in Oregon and Cali- energy transport that we are under-pre- focused on the nation’s energy portfolio ernor took unilateral action because the fornia, and in British Columbia and under pared for as a state,” Ranker said. “It’s (he wrote a book on the subject!), the Climate Legislative and Executive Work- discussion in other Western states. not just trains carrying coal and oil, but Democrat campaigned two years ago on group (CLEW) the governor authorized “Together, we represent the fourth-larg- an increase in vessel traffic through our supercharging what he called Washing- to address the problem bottomed out est economic region in the world,” said 06.25.14 waters, some of which we are already see- ton’s innovation economy to help solve in gridlock. Both Ericksen and Ranker Ranker, who—busy enough already—cur- .09

ing coming out of Canada. We’re looking the global carbon-pollution problem and served on the task force, which failed rently serves as president of the Pacific 26 # at pipelines bringing millions of gallons create new jobs for the state economy. to generate specific recommendations NorthWest Economic Region, a trade poli- of oil to coastal refineries, where it is ex- “One, this is the right time to act. Two, to greenhouse gas emissions. Both were cy association representing a mighty and ported by vessel. We’re looking at poten- this is the right place to act. And three, strong-minded in their aims. Ranker sprawling landscape that stretches from tially an increase in LNG [liquefied natu- we are the right people to take this ac- served for many years served as chair Alaska across western Canada to Montana ral gas]. We need to upgrade our rules and tion,” Inslee said. of the Senate’s environment committee; and Saskatchewan. regulations so we are prepared for when “The governor is bringing the right Ericksen chairs a critical committee fo- “If the fourth-largest economic region there is a spill—not if, but when there is people to the table,” Ranker agreed. “The cused on energy and transportation in- in the world decides to do something CASCADIA WEEKLY a spill, be it via rail or vessel.” monumental task ahead of us will require frastructure, some of the state’s most about climate change, who needs Con- President Obama and Washington’s everyone—labor, business, Democrats, potent lobbying interests. gress? Who needs Republicans who believe 9 Governor Jay Inslee are of a similar mind Republicans—to all pull in the same di- As with CLEW through the governor’s in climate change? We don’t need to con- in using executive power to address car- rection to achieve a common goal—the office, Ericksen’s committee similarly vince people who cannot be convinced. We bon-based fuels and the carbon pollution long-term sustainability of our economy failed to bring specific policies to the have the power to get this done and create that drives climate change, Ranker said, and our environment.” floor of the senate for a vote. a model for the world.” SHY, SHY CHOO-CHOO index FUZZ On June 13, railroad security called Blaine Police after a BNSF train conductor reported

38 BUZZ several people approaching a slow-moving train. “BNSF wanted the people removed

FOOD FOOD from railroad property,” police reported. THE VERY BAD BABYSITTER “Officers arrived and checked the area but On June 18, a babysitter called 911 to report the suspects were gone. It is believed they 31 31 that two black men had forced their way into were taking photographs of the train.” the home where she was watching two young B-BOARD B-BOARD children. She said she’d fled the home with HULK, AGE 4 the children when she was ordered to leave by On June 14, a Blaine resident complained

26 the men. Whatcom County Sheriff’s deputies of incessant noise from the apartment be- surrounded the area and believed the men had low his. Police investigated and learned the

FILM barricaded themselves in the home. Subse- noise was coming from a 4-year- old who quent investigation revealed that the babysit- continually stomps on the floors. “Officer

22 ter had lied and was instead involved in a plan contacted the suspected noisy neighbor to steal valuables from the home with her two who said he had allowed his child to stay up MUSIC accomplices, using the story she’d invented later now that school is out,” police report- 49.7 to cover the theft. One accomplice was her ed. “The father stated they were moving in a

20 boyfriend. Both were white. She had supplied week and he would make sure the 4-year-old PERCENT of the more than 22 million employed Latinos in 2013 who were immigrants. This share was down from the pre-recession peak of 56.1 percent in

ART them with a list of loot she wanted stolen kept the stomping to a minimum until then. 2007, and represents the first time in at least three decades that immigrants no from the home. Deputies arrested them all longer comprise the majority of Hispanic workers in the United States. and recovered about $1,500 in stolen prop- 18 MAMA’S LITTLE HELPER erty. The three were charged with robbery, On June 7, a woman stole booze, mixer and

STAGE conspiracy to commit robbery and supplying a toys from the Lakeway Fred Meyer. “During 43.4 44 false statement to law enforcement. the theft, she had her 8-year-old child assist her in carrying out the stolen items,” police PERCENT of job growth in the U.S. PERCENT of the foreign-born 16 economy from 2009 to 2013 represented population age 5 and older who arrived reported. The mother was cited for theft and A BURNING DESIRE by Hispanic employment, or about 4.6 in the United States who report high On June 21, Bellingham firefighters battled a copy of the report was forwarded to Child million jobs. English-language speaking ability. This GET OUT a fire in one of a four-apartment complex in Protective Services. means they either reported speaking Happy Valley. As they were assisting with only English at home or reported speaking it “very well,” whether or not

14 efforts, Bellingham Police noted a woman PEOPLE WITH ISSUES they did so at home. arrived at the police department and admit- On June 10, a woman reported someone had ted to torching the place. The 22-year-old forced their way into her home near Whatcom WORDS allegedly told police that she had a deal with Falls Park. “Officers arrived and determined 85 21

8 one of the residents that if she had sex with that no crime occurred, rather the woman him, he would provide her with drugs. When was suffering from mental illness,” Belling- PERCENT of the foreign-born PERCENT of married households in he reneged on his portion of the deal, she ham Police reported. She was transported to population who report speaking a the United States that has at least language other than English while at one spouse born in another country, CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 set fire to the place. Police said the woman the hospital for a mental health evaluation. home. This percentage has risen from 70 or about 11.4 million married-couple has a history of mental health issues. She percent in 1980 to 79 percent in 1990 households. More than half (7.3 million) 6 was charged with arson. On June 8, “a citizen who rode the bus up to 83 percent in 2000. have two foreign-born spouses. from Everett today reported that he’s a want- VIEWS FAST FOOD FRENZY ed felon out of Minnesota, riding the bus to

4 On June 9, a man tried on two different oc- Bellingham. Based on the description given casions to carjack people at fast food eater- of the man, officers located the suspected

MAIL MAIL 2060 ies on Meridian Street in Bellingham. In the felon in downtown and, while he looked sim-

first attempt, the man—dressed in a black ilar to the wanted felon, he was not and had THE Hispanic population in the United States is projected to more than double by 2 hoodie, black shoes and black pants—ap- valid Washington identification.” 2060, increasing from 53.3 million in 2012 to 128.8 million in 2060. Non-Hispanic populations are projected to peak by 2024, meaning by 2060 nearly one in three U.S. DO IT IT DO proached an employee of Wendy’s and de- residents would be Hispanic, up from about one in six today. manded the keys to her car. She refused and On June 21, Bellingham Police spoke to a locked herself in her car and called for help, man wandering naked around an apartment the Bellingham Herald reported. The man complex near Lakeway Drive. He had a gar-

06.25.14 74 67 fled into woods. Police dogs and a helicop- den slug on his tongue, which he informed ter searched for the man without success. police was dutifully cleaning his teeth. Po- PERCENT of liberal Democrats who PERCENT of tea party Republicans who .09 support immigration reform in some would support immigration reform only 26 He returned to Arby’s, where police say he lice concluded the man might be a few sand- # threatened a man with a knife. On this oc- wiches short of a picnic. form, including a path to citizenship for after U.S. borders are secure, compared undocumented immigrants. to roughly 47 percent of Republicans casion he was caught by police and charged who do not identify with the tea party with criminal assault. GOOD QUESTION but who also share this view. On June 9, University Police reported a man GOTTA HAVE THEM CIGARETTES had visited the regional archives center On June 12, a man pocketed some ciga- twice in one week, apparently suffering from 55 38

CASCADIA WEEKLY rettes from a Blaine store without paying mental illness. “Would like to know how to PRECENT of Americans who believe PERCENT of tea party Republicans who for them. An employee gave chase to the avoid it in the future,” police reported. 10 the number of immigrants entering the believe an aggressive stance against man, who attempted to run from the store. United States illegally is higher now immigration reform will help them The employee was able to catch him and JUST THE BIGGEST BRUISE than it was 10 years ago. in coming elections. Only 23 precent retrieved the cigarettes. The man was very On June 9, University Police assisted a bicy- predict it may harm them in coming apologetic. The employee turned his license clist who had fallen. “The only thing injured elections. plate number over to police. was his pride,” police reported. SOURCES: Pew Research Center; U.S. Census Bureau BELLINGHAM THEATRE GUILD PRESENTS

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GET OUT say Curtis Guerrero-Marquez, 21, was racing another car last Oc- tober when his car flipped and hit a utility pole on West Badger Tiny but ultimately ruinous to water quality, quagga mussels were discovered on a 17- foot ski boat at the Bloedel Donovan boat launch last week. It is the first boat found

14 Road. Desirae Diamond Garrison-Jones, 18, of Lynden died at the scene. The Bellingham Herald reports the driver is sentenced in a to be contaminated with the invasive mussels since mandatory watercraft inspections plea agreement to 21 months for vehicular homicide. began at Lake Whatcom and Lake Samish in April 2013. If transported to Whatcom WORDS ',1*(5 County lakes, these mussels pose the risk of serious and costly impacts by damaging public and private water intakes, docks, boats, and other shoreline infrastructure.

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ing one student and wounding two others at Seattle Pacific cil learns of two federal grants—$15,000 for improved bal- 2 University says his client will plead insanity. Aaron Rey Ybarra, listic armor for law enforcement personnel, the other in DO IT IT DO 26, pleads not guilty to premeditated first-degree murder and the amount of $25,000 to improve capacity for electronic other charges in King County Superior Court. If convicted on all surveillance of cybercrime. Citizens warn of an expanding counts, he faces 86 years in prison. The Seattle Times reports and increasingly invasive militarized police state. Council Ybarra has well documented mental-health issues and a fascina- postpones accepting the grants pending another public 06.25.14 tion with killing students by gunfire. hearing. .09

26 06.20.14 Bellingham City Council extends the zoning rules for # medical marijuana for another six months. Lawmakers in FRIDAY Olympia still have not issued their rules for medical mar- A Seattle man is dead after a fall on difficult terrain in the ijuana, and council’s action maintains the status quo for Twin Sisters range. His climbing partner calls for recovery assis- collective gardens. tance after the man had fallen about a hundred feet and struck his head. By the time aid arrived, he had succumbed to trauma An increasingly uneasy City Council also debates merits

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20 to the rain,” the author reminisces, “I was thrilled to the bone to have landed into ART this clam-chawed out- post…bathed in oyster 18 light beneath skies that

STAGE resembled bad banana baby food.” Along his winding 16 path, Robbins gets married then divorced

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a packed Boundary Bay Brewery beer Blowing Rock with early childhood memories Have you risked disapproval? Have you ever W garden for his 2008 novella B is for including first crushes, an unsuccessful bank risked economic security? Have you ever Beer, he hinted to the audience, in his usual robbery, an inordinate love of circuses, a spir- risked a belief?” cryptic fashion, that it might be his last book. itual awakening influenced by actress Natalie As Tibetan Peach Pie delightfully dem- 06.25.14 So it was a great and welcome surprise when a Wood and his first forays into fictional com- onstrates, Robbins’ penchant for risk- new Tom Robbins memoir appeared this spring. position using a “talking stick.” taking has manifested a colorful life and .09 Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imagina- Robbins’ education led him to Hargrave a literary career (he calls it a “careen”) 26 # tive Life—which Robbins will read from when he Military Academy in Virginia—where he re- that has spawned eight dazzling, rule- returns to Bellingham Sun., June 29—landed at ceived awards for “exceptional contributions” breaking novels. #7 on the New York Times Nonfiction Bestsell- to the school newspaper and the Senior Essay “From the beginning, imagination has ers List the week after it published, and is sell- Medal—then on to Washington and Lee Uni- been my wild card, my skeleton key, my ing faster than his recent offerings. Apparently versity. Dropping out after sophomore year, servant, my master, my bat cave, my home there is a great public thirst for knowing more Robbins enlisted in the United States Air Force entertainment center, my floatation de-

CASCADIA WEEKLY about the man, the myth and the literary legend behind so many cult-classic and served four years, including a posting in vice, my syrup of wahoo,” Robbins reflects novels, including Jitterbug Perfume, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, and Skinny Legs Korea and later in an underground bunker in in the final pages, “and I plan to stick with 14 and All. Nebraska, serving in Special Weather Intelli- it to the end, whenever and however that Though many of us take pride in Robbins’ long-term residence in the Fourth gence, aka “meteorological espionage.” end might come, and whether or not there Corner—he’s been a resident of “smelt-nibbled, duck-dotted, rain-swept, muse- A turning point in the author’s trajec- is another act to follow.” blessed” La Conner since 1970—his story begins on the other side of the conti- tory comes during a military leave, when Read Christian Martin’s 2003 interview nent, in the Appalachian hills of North Carolina. Robbins is introduced to the burgeoning, with Robbins at www.bit.ly/1ugNrg0 doit

WORDS TUES., JULY 1 Happy Hour Tuesday PURE GRIT: Mary Cronk Farrell discusses the

WED., JUNE 25 research and women featured in her children’s VALHALLA REVEALED: Bellingham-based history book, Pure Grit: How American World War 38 author Robert A. Wright reads from Valhalla II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the and Wednesday 4-Close FOOD FOOD Revealed: A Novel at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 Pacific, at 7pm at c, 1200 11th St. 11th St. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 671-2626 JULY 1-31 31 THURS., JUNE 26 FIND WALDO: Kids, parents and Waldo-lovers WRITERS LEAGUE MEETING: “Using Subplots of all ages can take part in the annual “Find B-BOARD B-BOARD to Energize Your Story” will be the focus of a Waldo” event happening through July in historic presentation by Wayne Ude at a Skagit Valley Fairhaven. Pick up a “Find Waldo” passport at Writers League meeting from 6:30-8:30pm any of the 25 participating businesses to start 26 at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. your search. Drawings for various Waldo books Washington St. Please reserve a spot for the and passports will happen through the month. FILM free event. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM OR WWW.SKAGITWRITERS.ORG WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM 22 CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR: Mink River and The Plover author Brian Doyle will be the featured MUSIC writer at the monthly Chuckanut Radio Hour COMMUNITY taping at 7pm at Whatcom Community College’s Heiner Theater, 237 W. Kellogg Rd. Tickets are WED., JUNE 25 20 $5. DOWNTOWN MEETING: The public is invited ART WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM to Downtown Bellingham Partnership’s monthly Downtown Meeting at 6pm at the Leopold, FRI., JUNE 27 1224 Cornwall Ave. This month’s meeting will 18 DREAMING BEARS: Learn more about the true be focused on getting feedback from residents

story of a friendship that develops between a and business owners about the state or our Lester & Hyldahl STAGE young medical student with deep roots in the downtown. Helping Good People in Difficult Times South and an elderly Indian couple in the wilds WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM of northeast Alaska when Mike Holloway shares 16 stories from Dreaming Bears at 7pm at Village FRI., JUNE 27 Books, 1200 11th St. GIRLS NIGHT OUT: Help raise funds for Peace DUI/Criminal GET OUT WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Health St. Joseph Cancer Center at the 9th annual “Girls Night Out” happening throughout Bankruptcy JUNE 27-28 the day and into the night in historic Fairhaven. 14 14 CHUCKANUT WRITERS CONFERENCE: Jim From 12-7pm, ladies can take part in “passport Lynch, Elizabeth Wales, Thor Hanson, Brian shopping” throughout the district. Passports Personal Injury WORDS Doyle, Claire Dederer, Karen Finnyfrock, David are available for $15 at participating businesses WORDS Laskin, and Joanna Kenyon will be among the and include discounts, demos, art and entry faculty taking part in the third annual Chuckanut into the the nighttime festivities. From 7-10pm, 8 Writers Conference happening Friday and Satur- an ’80s-themed “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” day at Bellingham’s Whatcom Community College, party will take place at the Bellingham Cruise Tom Lester & Doug Hyldahl 237 W. Kellogg Rd. Workshops, author panels, Terminal, and will include a fashion show, silent Attorneys at Law breakout sessions and more will happen through- and live auctions, a wine wall, drinks and food, CURRENTS out the course of the event. Entry is $259. a photo booth and more. 6 WWW.CHUCKANUTWRITERSCONFERENCE.COM WWW.GIRLSNIGHTOUTFAIRHAVEN.COM 360.733.5774 SAT., JUNE 28 JUNE 27-28 [email protected] VIEWS FROZEN FUN: Children’s picture book author SENIOR LIVING EXPO: Interactive demonstra-

119 N. Commercial Street, Suite 175 4 Barbara Jean Hicks will sign copies of Frozen: tions on popular activities for active seniors will be A Sister More Like Me and Frozen: An Amazing part of the 2014 Northwest Senior Living Expo from MAIL MAIL Snowman at 7pm at the Fairhaven Village Green 10am-5pm Friday and Saturday at the Silver Reef

as part of of the Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema’s Event Center, 4876 Haxton Way. The free event will 2 screening of Disney’s Frozen. also feature information sessions on popular topics WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM of interest to seniors, more than 60 vendors, live DO IT IT DO music and entertainment, and more. CONCURRENT OPEN MICS: As part of this WWW.THECROSSINGGUIDE.COM weekend’s Chuckanut Writers Conference, a vari- ety of authors will share their works at Concur- TUES., JULY 1

rent Open Mics at 7pm at Village Books and the TED TALK TUESDAY: “Motivating Creativity” 06.25.14 Book Fare Cafe, 1200 11th St. Entry is free. will be the focus of a monthly “TED Talk Tues-

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MON., JUNE 30 WWW.EXPLORATIONSACADEMY.ORG OPEN MIC: Local writer and teacher Laurel Leigh helms a literary Open Mic at 7pm at Vil- WED., JULY 2 lage Books, 1200 11th St. Sign up in advance GREEN DRINKS: Likeminded environmentally at the front desk, or by calling the number aware community members can meet and greet listed here. at the monthly Green Drinks gathering from 671-2626 5-7pm at BelleWood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian.

WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG CASCADIA WEEKLY POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their verse as part of Poetrynight can sign up at WEDDING WEDNESDAY: A mock cocktail 15 7:30pm at the Bellingham Alternative Library, reception featuring elite wedding vendors will 1417 Railroad Ave. Readings start at 8pm. Entry be part of “Wedding Wednesday” from 5-7pm at is by donation. Hotel Bellwether, One Bellwether Way. WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG WWW.HOTELBELLWETHER.COM It’s important to keep in mind that all large animals can be potentially dangerous at times, particularly when they feel threat- ened or startled, or when food is involved.

But even in Yellowstone National Park, where 38 people have lived and worked in grizzly bear FOOD FOOD outside country for years, park officials state that HIKING RUNNING CYCLING you are actually more likely to be struck by lightning than be killed by a grizzly bear. 31 31 Practicing proper food storage, carrying bear spray and having a general education

B-BOARD B-BOARD and awareness of bear behavior can greatly reduce the risk of conflict. Next year will mark 40 years since the griz- 26 zly bear was listed under the Endangered Spe-

FILM cies list and 20 years since the North Cascades Grizzly Bear Recovery Zone—a 10,000-acre contiguous block of National Park, Wilderness 22 and National Forest land—was identified as

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6 Past polling of communities near the Griz- zly Bear Recovery Zone resulted in strong sup- VIEWS port for grizzlies. In a 2005 poll, 86 percent

4 of respondents agreed that grizzly bears in the North Cascades should be preserved for MAIL MAIL BY ROSE OLIVER future generations, and 79 percent supported

grizzly bear recovery in the region. 2 The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee, DO IT IT DO An Endangered Ecosystem the team charged with planning for and main- taining healthy populations of grizzly bears SAVING THE NORTH CASCADES GRIZZLY in the Lower 48, just met in the North Cas- cades to consider the fate of this population. 06.25.14 he North Cascades are just a few hours from Seattle, and yet they for grubs and ants, aerating the soil (much Federal agencies are expected to be releasing are one of the most pristine and wild places left in the Lower 48. like a roto-tiller in a garden). They carry an Environmental Impact Statement consid- .09 Hidden in the most remote and isolated corners of this mountain salmon carcasses inland from streams, fertil- ering recovery alternatives soon. Citizens are 26 #

T range is a small—and struggling—population of grizzly bears. izing the forests with rich nutrients. Native encouraged to track this process and com- For thousands of years, grizzly bears were widespread and common, rang- plant seeds catch a ride on their fur or pass ment when the draft document is released, ing across North America and as far south as the Baja Peninsula; but now through their scat, dispersing new life across likely in 2015. the only population in the Lower 48 outside of the Rocky Mountains is in the Cascades. Show your support for the North Cascades the North Cascades. With an estimated population of less than 20 individu- All of these natural grizzly bear behaviors grizzly bears, because what’s good for bears— als, it is also the most imperiled. help further the ecological health and struc- clean water, fresh air and healthy forests—is

CASCADIA WEEKLY The solitary and elusive grizzly bears of the North Cascades are smaller ture of the North Cascades; where you find also good for people! than their brown bear cousins to the north due to a diet that is 90 percent grizzly bears you will also likely find healthy, 16 vegetarian—consisting mostly of roots, berries, ants, moths and the oc- intact ecosystems. And yet with their slow re- Rose Oliver is the North Cascades Field Coordi- casional salmon or winter-killed carrion. production rate and high cub mortality rate, nator for Western Wildlife Outreach, home of Grizzlies prefer the space and isolation of the high-elevation slopes, ava- without help this endangered population is the Grizzly Bear Outreach Project. For more in- lanche chutes and alpine meadows found on both the east and west crests unlikely to get the foothold it needs for sus- formation about the project, please visit www. of the North Cascades. These bears will routinely excavate meadows looking tained survival. westernwildlife.org doit COMING SOON! SHORTER NAME Bier Store JUNE 25-JULY 3 AMAZING RACE: Help raise funds for the Mount TERRA ORGANICA WILL BE JUST… BOATING CENTER OPEN: All are welcome to Vernon Boys & Girls Club at “Skagit’s Amazing Race We are tripling in size!

check out the Community Boating Center, which to Raise Great Kids” starting at 9am at the Mount has opened back up for the summer season at its Vernon Club, 1100 N. LaVenture. Racers can expect 38 headquarters at 555 Harris Ave. (near the Amtrak to encounter both physical skill elements (running, FOOD FOOD Station). Upcoming classes and excursions include climbing) with creative and/or mental skills (sing- One-stop bioluminescence paddles, introductions to sea ing, dancing, puzzle solving, etc.). Entry is $250 kayaking, sunset paddles, dinghy sailing 101, full per team. Shoing 31 31 moon paddles, paddleboarding 101, and more. Boat WWW.MINISTRYSYNC.COM for organic rentals and storage and moorage are also avail- able. Check the website for times and prices. ROSE FESTIVAL: “A Rosy Day Out” will be the & natural fds! B-BOARD B-BOARD WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG theme of the 11th annual Rose Festival starting at 8:30am in Mount Vernon at Christianson’s Nursery, FRI., JUNE 27 15806 Best Rd. Keynote speakers Ciscoe Morris 26 WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and adventurers can and John Christianson will take part, and at 11am Lower Prices join Wild Whatcom Walks for “Wild Things” excur- there’ll be a Sustainable Rose Growing workshop Because bier FILM sions from 9:30-11am every Friday through June at (sign up for that in advance). Entry is free. stores can Marine Park. Entry is $5. WWW.CHRISTIANSONSNURSERY.COM

WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG The space we are do that! 22 FAMILY TENNIS: A “USTA Family Friendly Tennis” expanding into. CEMETERY TOUR: Learn more about native and gathering happens from 9:30-11am every Saturday MUSIC exotic trees at a “Tree Tour North” excursion at through Aug. 16 at Cornwall Park, 3424 Merid- 1pm at Bayview Cemetery, 1420 Woburn St. Entry ian St. No tennis experience is necessary. Please is free, but those who plan to attend need to register in advance. 1530 CORNWALL TERRA-ORGANICA.COM 360.715.8020 20 register in advance. WWW.PNW.USTA.COM ART 778-7150 OR WWW.BAYVIEWCEMETERY.COM STREAM SIDE WALK: Join experts from the JUNE 27-28 Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association for a 18 MARATHON REVIVIAL: Eight runners will Stream Side Walk at 10am at Birch Bay State Park,

journey from Bellingham Bay to Mt. Baker and back 5105 Helwig Rd. The all-ages exploration will STAGE (108 miles total) starting at 9am Friday at Cornwall include an examination of the health of the creek. Beach Park. Their route—a revival of the Mt. WWW.N-SEA.ORG 16 Baker Marathon—will follow a proposed National Cigar Lounge 16 Recreation Trail that winds from downtown Bell- ORCAS GARDEN TOUR: “Garden Rooms” will be ingham to the New Lake Whatcom Park, into the the theme of today’s Orcas Island Garden Tour GET OUT town of Acme, eventually linking up with the trail happening from 11am-5pm at six lovely gardens in GET OUT system that was used by the original mountain Eastsound. Tickets to the self-guided tour are $20. runners more than a century ago. The event is a WWW.ORCASISLANDGARDENCLUB.ORG at silver reef 14 preliminary step in the planning and production of a new “Mount Baker Ultra Marathon.” Cheer the COASTAL WORKSHOP: Northwest Straits Founda-

runners on at the “Return of the Mountain Run- tion and the Whatcom County Marine Resources WORDS ners” festivities from 6-8pm Saturday at the Acme Committee will team up to host a “Living with Diner, 2045 Valley Hwy. the Coast” workshop from 1-4:30pm at the Blaine 8 WWW.CASCADEMOUNTAINRUNNERS.ORG Boating Center, 235 Marine Dr. Marine shoreline landowners in Whatcom County are invited to at- SIN & GIN TOURS: The Good Time Girls continue tend the free workshop to learn more about coastal their seasonal “Sin & Gin Tours” at 7pm Friday and process and shoreline erosion management. Please CURRENTS Saturday at the Bureau of Historical Investiga- register in advance. 6 tion, 217 W. Holly St. The walking tours—which WWW.NWSTRAITFOUNDATION.ORG continue through the summer—feature stories WASHINGTON’S NEWEST about Bellingham’s sometimes salacious past. SUN., JUNE 29 VIEWS Entry is $15-$19. BELLINGHAM KIDS TRAVERSE: Running, moun- PREMIUM CIGAR LOUNGE 4 WWW.THEBUREAUBELLINGHAM.COM tain biking and an obstacle course will be part of the Bellingham Kids Traverse happening from IS NOW OPEN MAIL MAIL SAT., JUNE 28 10am-12pm at Civic Field, 1355 Civic Field Way.

RED-BELL 100: The third annual “Red-Bell 100” Kids ages 6-12 can participate as solo, tandem or 2 will start at 7am Redmond’s Marymoor Park and relay competitors. Entry fees vary. Wide Selection of Cigars conclude with a post-race party at Bellingham’s WWW.BELLINGHAMKIDSTRAVERSE.COM DO IT IT DO Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. Partici- pants will ride on scenic, rural back roads and bike GARDEN WALK: Take part in today’s Sandy Point/ Custom Humidors • Big Screen TVs paths. Funds raised will support the global work Neptune Beach Garden Walk from 1-4pm near Fern- of World Bicycle Relief and Seattle-based youth dale. Drive west on Slater Road and look for signs Full Bar • 700+ Wines

cycling programs. and flyers, or walk and bike to each locale. Local 06.25.14 WWW.WORLDBICYCLERELIEF.ORG artists will also be displaying and selling their Great Beer Selection • Appetizers

artwork until 4pm at the Sandy Point Fire Hall, .09

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ners can take part in the annual Padden Triathlon WWW.MYSANDYPOINT.COM Fully Enclosed • Comfortable Seating starting at 8:30am at Lake Padden Park, 4882 Samish Way. Entry fees are $70. THURS., JULY 3 WWW.COB.ORG FESTIVAL CAMPING BASICS: Get ready for the summer season at a “Festival Camping Basics” MARCH POINT RUN: The 20th annual Tesoro show-and-tell session from 5-8pm at REI, 400 36th March Point Run starts at 9am at the Tesoro St. Experts will be on hand throughout the event Anacortes Refinery. The event includes a half-mile to help you learn how to put together a camp “that EXPERIENCEEVERYTHING CASCADIA WEEKLY run for kids, a certified 5K, and a certified 10K will be the place to be as you rock out, relax or walk/run. Entry is $15-$20; fees will be donated to just hang out with your friends.” Drop by anytime 24/7 ACTION SilverReefCasino.com 17 the United Way and American Cancer Society Relay during the three-hour time frame. Entry is free; (866) 383-0777 for Life. registration is optional. I-5 Exit 260 • 4 Min. West WWW.MARCHPOINTRUN.COM 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM Haxton Way at Slater Road Must be 21 or over to play. Management reserves all rights. ©2014 Silver Reef Casino unlikely choice for a new border patrol hire. He’s nearly seven feet tall, has dyslexia, gets flustered easily, has an unerring ear when it comes to identifying birds, and

doesn’t seem to have the stomach for haul- 38 ing in those caught transporting both buds

FOOD FOOD G and “bodies” (illegal immigrants) over the sta e United States/Canada border. THEATER DANCE PROFILES The thing is, it’s Brandon’s oddities 31 31 that make him a crackerjack border pa- trol agent. He’s so attuned to the natural

B-BOARD B-BOARD world that when he senses a disruption in it, it’s not long afterward that he’s hauling in a van full of illegals or gym bags stuffed 26 full of marijuana.

FILM I’ve read Lynch’s book, so I was already aware of the way Brandon’s new job affects the rest of the players in the story. This 22 includes his father, Norm (Tim Tully), who’s

MUSIC struggling to keep his cattle farm going with-

20 out the help of his son, and his mother Jeanette ART (Beth Wallace), who must learn to adapt to 18 18 18 a world that’s becoming

STAGE increasingly less clear STAGE to her. Meanwhile, Mad- ATTEND eline (Linnea Ingalls), a 16 WHAT: Border childhood crush who’s Songs now growing the green WHEN & WHERE: GET OUT 7:30pm June stuff, must try to de- 26 and 28; 2pm flect Brendan’s atten- Sun., June 29; tions before he realizes 14 7:30pm July she’s a link to an unsa- 10-12 at Lynden’s vory part of his job. WORDS Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Altogether, the cast of 10 ably portrayed

8 Front St. ALSO: 7:30pm more than 20 charac- Thurs., July 3 ters, with additional and Sat, July 5

CURRENTS CURRENTS roles as drug smugglers, at Bellingham’s Firehouse massage therapists, 6 Performing Arts border dwellers, EPA Center, 1314 agents, drug party di- VIEWS Harris St. vas, smuggling kingpins COST: Tickets at

4 and more. both venues are $15 When all was said and PHOTO BY DEAMIAN VINES MAIL MAIL INFO: www. done, what surprised me

bellingham the most about the stage 2 As we settled in to our front-row seats theatreworks.org adaptation of Border BY AMY KEPFERLE DO IT IT DO

at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center Songs was how funny it to view the first production by the newly was. While drawing attention to the seri- formed Bellingham TheatreWorks, direc- ous subject matter of life lived on a border Border Songs tor Mark Kuntz filled the audience in on that criminals like to cross—not to men- 06.25.14 the collective’s aim: to focus on, and tion issues of dementia, job loss and failing OF BIRDS, BUDS AND BODIES share, local works with subject matters farms—the play also included one of the .09 of local interest. funniest sex scenes I’ve ever seen, physical 26 # hen my significant other’s parents arrived in Bellingham last week af- Border Songs more than fits the bill. In comedy galore, and oddball characters who ter driving from Minnesota to Washington via the mountainous high- addition to being based on regional au- aren’t afraid to let their freak flags fly. W ways of Canada, they had to cross an international border to get here. thor Jim Lynch’s 2009 book of the same Our visitors from Minnesota agreed After a mild snafu at the Lynden crossing—it was discovered they’d both ne- name, and being adapted for the stage that the play was a delight, and when glected to sign their passports, and they were reprimanded, but not turned away by Olympia-based playwright Bryan Wil- I mentioned it would also be playing in from entering their country of origin—they arrived back in the United States lis, the setting for the story couldn’t be Lynden the following week, said they

CASCADIA WEEKLY without further incident. much closer to home—the border in our were considering returning to the scene The experience must’ve stuck with them, because after mentioning I’d be going own backyard. of their “harrowing” border crossing be- 18 to see a play called Border Songs the night after they arrived, both parental units At first, Brandon Vanderkool—played fore leaving town. agreed the subject matter was intriguing. After ironing out the details—the play with endearing earnestness and believ- And although they’ll be driving back to wasn’t a musical, I explained, but was a story about a quirky border patrolman ability by WWU grad Kyle Henick, who’s re- the Midwest without entering Canada, they named Brandon with a knack for finding both birds and buds—we secured tickets prising the role he first tackled at Seattle’s assured us they’ve signed their passports for the show. Book-It Repertory Theatre—seems like an and can cross the border at any time. doit Launch your career at

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Stock characters such as tricky servants, young lovers and foolish old men will make appearances at Western 20 Washington University’s free “Commedia in the Park” performances July 3-5 at Maritime Heritage Park. ART

STAGE St. Entry is free. 18 18 WWW.ACOUSTICTAVERN.COM JUNE 25-JULY 3 PROGRAM OPTIONS: STAGE BARD ON THE BEACH: William Shakespeare’s A JULY 3-5 STAGE Midsummer Night’s Dream will play in repertory COMMEDIA IN THE PARK: Western Wash- Allied Health Advanced Maufacturing with the Bard’s The Tempest and Cymbeline, and ington University Theatre students will bring Engineering IT / Business 16 Bill Cain’s Equivocation, during the 25th annual well-known stock characters—such as tricky Prerequisites (GURs) for Transfer www.btc.ctc.edu “Bard on the Beach” season through Sept. 20 at servants, young lovers and foolish old men—to 360-752-8345

Vancouver, B.C.’s Vanier Park. Tickets are $33- life at “Commedia in the Park” performances at and more GET OUT $47 (Canadian). 7pm Thursday through Saturday’s at Belling- WWW.BARDONTHEBEACH.ORG ham’s Maritime Heritage Park, 500 W. Holly $500 Scholarships for new students St. “Commedia” is a highly physical, masked 14 THURS., JUNE 26 comic performance originating from the Italian GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the Bad Renaissance. Entry is free. WORDS and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the WWW.WWU.EDU Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick

around for the “Project.” Entry is $4-$7. 8 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM DANCE JUNE 26-29 CURRENTS CURRENTS A CHORUS LINE: The magical musical known FRI., JUNE 27

as A Chorus Line concludes this week with per- WESTERN LINE DANCING: Newcomers can 6 formances at 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday, meet at 5:45pm for Western Line Dancing classes and 2pm Sunday, at the Bellingham Theatre Guild, at Lynden’s Ten Mile Grange, 6958 Hannegan Rd. VIEWS 1600 H St. For those not in the know, the story Beginners meet from 6:30-7:30pm, and interme- line focuses on talented musicians and dancers diate dancers from 7:30-8:30pm. No partner or 4 who are striving to achieve their dreams—or at experience is needed. Entry is $5.

least make a living. Tickets are $8-$14. For more inf: 354-4325 or www.facebook.com/ MAIL WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD.COM lyndenlinedancers

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LEGENDS AND COPS: Anything goes at the BALLROOM DANCE #1: Dance to taped music IT DO

final weekend of “Genre Legends” shows at 8pm featuring ballroom, swing, fox trot, rumba, Friday and Saturday at the Upfront Theatre, cha-cha, sambo, tango and more at a bimonthly 1208 Bay St.. At 10pm, show up for a perennial Saturday Ballroom Dance gathering from 7-9pm favorite, “COPS 911.” Tickets are $10 in advance at the Bellingham Senior Activity Center, 315 06.25.14 and $12 at the door. Halleck St. Admission is $5. WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM 733-4030 OR WWW.WCCOA.ORG .09 26 #

SAT., JUNE 28 TUES., JULY 1 ACTING FOR CAMERA: Los Angeles-based act- FOLK DANCING: Join the Skagit Folk Danc- ing instructor and former Bellingham resident ers for international folk dancing gatherings Sean Cook leads and “Acting for Camera” work- from 7-9pm every Tuesday in Mount Vernon at shop from 10am-1:30pm at the iDiOM Theater, Bayview Community Hall, 12615 C St. The events 1418 Cornwall Ave. Students will learn the basic include teaching, and most dances do not techniques of acting for the camera and how require a partner. Entry is $3 per person. they differ from stage acting. Entry is $40-$50. WWW.SKAGITFOLKDANCERS.ORG CASCADIA WEEKLY (360) 201-6492 OR WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ NWPTHEATER WED., JULY 2 19 BALLROOM DANCE #2: Sentimental Journey MON., JUNE 30 will provide live music at a monthly ballroom GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open mic for dance from 6-8pm at the Leopold Crystal Ball- comedians, “Guffawingham!,” takes place at room, 1224 Cornwall Ave. Entry is free. 8pm Mondays at the Green Frog, 1015 N. State 733-3500 Lewis Jones, a longtime Anacortes resident, specializes in photographs of old stuff. It’s an unapologetic exer- cise in nostalgia: weather-beaten signs,

beat-up trailers, wine corks and a high- 38 and-dry boat. Even his technique is old-

FOOD FOOD fashioned: the image starts as a 35mm visual slide that he copies onto Polaroid film. He then softens the emulsion in water 31 31 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES baths and transfers it onto watercolor paper, creating a unique artwork. These

B-BOARD B-BOARD are unquestionably collectible. Jacqui Beck’s acrylic and mixed-media pieces are modern, fun and whimsical. 26 Her expressionist style gives viewers a

FILM cat, laundry hung out to dry, a flower, a bird. Her compositions are strong and confident. She flings hard-edge, satu- 22 rated primary colors

MUSIC against soft-bordered pastels. Her “Within a 20 20 20 Breeze” is a delight— laundry and birdhous- ART ART es swing and myste- rious figures cascade 18 SEE IT from the sky. You WHAT: Works by

STAGE could happily muse at Jeanne Levasseur, this one for hours. Jennifer Bowman, Encaustic works

16 Lilli Mathews, Lewis Jones, and were chosen from Lil- Jacqui Beck li Mathews’ life’s work

GET OUT WHEN: See the for the Scott Milo exhibit through show. Ancient Egyp- July. Visit the tians and Greeks used 14 gallery from 10:30am-4:30pm this technique to ap- Mon.-Sat. (or by ply hot, pigmented WORDS appointment) beeswax to wall mu- WHERE: Scott rals and mummy por- 8 Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave., traits with beauti- Anacortes ful, lasting results. INFO: (360)

CURRENTS CURRENTS Mathews mastered 293-6938 or www. this technique to cre- 6 scottmilo.com ate luminous surfac- “UNTITLED,” BY LILLI MATHEWS BY “UNTITLED,” es, rich with sweep- VIEWS ing color and fine details. They shine

4 BY STEPHEN HUNTER with the warmth of the artist’s heart, measured, dignified and calm. MAIL MAIL Sadly, Mathews passed away in 2011,

but the works on display are some of her 2 Mixed and Matched best: Don’t miss “Zinnias and Begonias.” DO IT IT DO NEW WORK AND OLD AT SCOTT MILO See how the vivid reds stand out, creating depth. “Before the Bulldozers” is an evoc- ne large canvas was dripping wet when it came in the door, and other ative composition of field, trees, wind work revives a technique from the time of the pharaohs—that’s cur- -blown grass and boulders. You might 06.25.14 O rently what’s on view at Scott Milo Gallery in Anacortes. stand at a distance to study this and an- The wet canvas belongs to Jennifer Bowman, one of the best-known and other, called “Untitled,” to appreciate the .09 most prolific virtuosos of paint in the Pacific Northwest. Besides instructing modeling of cliffs, boulders, the play of 26 # and keeping a presence in nine galleries across the nation, she will have her light and shadow—and then move close usual booth at the Anacortes Arts Festival come August. to marvel at Mathews’ superb craftsman- Here are several stunning forest scenes in her familiar “extra-bright” style. ship, which creates convincing detail from But the “wet” canvas is a departure—drip painting on a leaping Orca? We shiny threads and squiggles of wax. will see how the market responds. Bowman also appears to be trying out a Mathews, a prodigy, won an arts schol- more subdued palette. arship at age 12. She was a great ob-

CASCADIA WEEKLY In the entry gallery are oils by Jeanne Levasseur, formerly of Bellingham, server of nature and its moods in light who now resides in Portland. Her favorite themes are sky, land and water. and shadow. She lived most of her life in 20 Beneath billowing thunderclouds lies a glowing meadow or marsh in minimal- Bellingham, teaching, judging shows and ist style—a wild, unspoiled vista to rest our eyes. In some, she carefully creating in a multitude of media. This draws eagles, a bison or a wind-swept tree. Her brushwork is delicate; the might be the last chance to appreciate a colors, finely shaded. “Duet” is beautiful, featuring a pair of eagles sweeping collection of her work. It will remain at

through mist. “BEFORE THE BULLDOZERS,” BY LILLI MATHEWS Scott Milo Gallery through July. doit UPCOMING EVENTS

THURS., JUNE 26 PRINT PARTY: Learn to carve a simple relief im- 38 age of a popular image or personal symbol, print a small edition on repurposed paper, and share FOOD your design with others in the workshop to create Seven Smoked Cheeses radical pattern at a “Radical Repetition Print Party” for adults from 5:30-7:30pm at Whatcom Four Goat & Bleu Cheeses 31 Museum’s Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora St. Entry is $10-$15. Gourmet Chocolate & Jam B-BOARD B-BOARD WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Filling Energy Bars ! FRI., JUNE 27

Organic Fruit Nectars 26 RED BARN JEWELRY OPENING: Jewelry de- signer Stacia Davis will host a Grand Opening Party Stainless Water Bottles FILM from 4-9pm at her new shop, Red Barn Jewelry, at #2 Prospect St. (near Bayou on Bay). Davis plans Superb Sandwiches ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• to donate 15 percent of her sales to her “Peace of 22 Love Project,” benefitting Thai villagers. Easy Does It! WWW.REDBARNJEWELRY.COM MUSIC 360-592-2297 SAT., JUNE 28 www.everybodys.com 20 20 20 SCHOOL’S OUT CELEBRATION: Bubbles and sun Hiway 9 – Van Zandt art, an optical-illusion art activity, summery proj- ARTART ects in the Family Interactive Gallery, magic shows and more will be part of a “School’s Out! Celebrate

Summer Magic” Family Activity Day from 10am- 18 4pm at Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Building,

250 Flora St. Entry is $3. STAGE WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG

THURS., JULY 3 16 FIRST THURSDAY RECEPTION: “Unexpected Weavings” by Dorothy McGuinness, photography by Lance Seadog, Ben Mann’s “Whatcom Bounty” paint- GET OUT ings, and a Textiles Exhibit can be seen at a First “TSUNAGU-HEARTS ARE LINKED,” BY SACHIKO YOSHIDA The Conway Muse Meet visitors from Japan at opening receptions for “Wishes Through Our Hands: Japanese Quilts,” “Works of Thursday Artist Reception from 6-8pm at Lynden’s Junko Maeda” and “Fifty Years of Quiltmaking” July 2-3 at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum 14 Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. Entry is free. www.conwaymuse.com WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG 360-445-3000 WORDS GOOD EARTH: View Michael Laboon’s “magnifi- QUILT MUSEUM: “Suzanis and Crazy Quilts,” 18444 Spruce/Main Street, Conway cent mosaics” through June at Good Earth Pottery, “Made By Hand,” “Color in the Great Depression” 8 ONGOING EXHIBITS 1000 Harris Ave. and the “La Conner in Bloom Challenge” can be ALLIED ARTS: Works by Mary Morton, Ann WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM viewed until June 29 at the La Conner Quilt & Chaikin, Joy Olney, and Honore Kirk through June Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St. 28 at a “Love of Land” exhibit at Allied Arts, JANSEN ART CENTER: Paintings by Laurie Potter, WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM CURRENTS 1418 Cornwall Ave. The show embodies the earth works by ceramics students, photography by John 6 through two-dimensional art. D’Onofrio, and ceramic vessels by Brian O’’Neill are SKAGIT MUSUEM: “Relocation: The Impact of WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG currently on display at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, World War II on the Skagit Valley” can be seen 321 Front St. through June 29 at La Conner’s Skagit County VIEWS ANCHOR: View “COAL” through July 6 in Anacortes WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG Historical Museum, 501 S. 4th St. Entry is $4-$5. 4 at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave. The WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM multi-artist exhibit focuses on artists’ responses LUCIA DOUGLAS: “Ya Gotta Love Fairhaven” to the controversial Cherry Point coal facility and shows through July 19 at the Lucia Douglas Gal- SMITH & VALLEE: Peruse the multi-artist MAIL

the coal trains. lery, 1415 13th St. The Fairhaven-focused exhibit exhibit “Sky” through June 29 at Edison’s Smith Duffy Biship Trio 2 WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG highlights paintings and photos by Lanny Little, as & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. The group Saturday, 6/28 • 8pm • $15 well as pieces by 20 other area artists. invitational focuses on the subject matter of the

Dance in the Bard Room IT DO

ARTWOOD: The works of Ray deVries will be WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM ever-changing sky of the Pacific Northwest. featured through June at Artwood Gallery, 1000 WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM Eric Bibb Harris Ave. MAKE.SHIFT: “Remembering Gunther: Bellingham • • WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM Music Photography” shows through June 28 at WILSON LIBRARY: “Superposition: Merging Sat 7/12 8pm $29

Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. The exhibit Narratives Past and Present” shows through July Bard Room 06.25.14 CASA QUE PASA: View both action shots and features the work of Gunther Jose Frank, who was 20 at the Wilson Library on the WWU campus. The

tasteful nudes of the women of the Bellingham lost at sea five years ago. exhibit features 40 images from the university’s Blues, Folk .09

Roller Betties at a photo exhibition by Kim Lincoln WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM art collection that tell stories and offer narratives 26 T& World Music # and Amy Woodward on display through July at Casa of historical and fictional events. Que Pasa, 1415 Railroad Ave. MCCOOL GALLERY: Peruse “The Gallery Artists WWW.WWU.EDU WWW.CASAQUEPASAROCKS.COM Show” through June in Anacortes at the Anne Mar- tin McCool Gallery, 711 Commercial Ave. The exhibit WHATCOM ART MARKET: From 10am-6pm every DEMING LIBRARY: View the mixed-media works features works by McCool, Peter Belknap, Carole Thursday through Monday, stop by the Whatcom of local artist Sam Moore through July 26 at the Cunningham, Tracy Powell, and many others. Art Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Waldron Build- Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. WWW.MCOOLART.COM ing, 1314 12th St.

Dervish CASCADIA WEEKLY 592-2286 WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG • • MINDPORT: Photos by Kevin Jones and model Thursday, 7/24 7:30pm $29 FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contemporary trains owned and collected by exhibit manager Bill WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Paint: The Painted Works Bard Room 21 folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm every Mon.-Fri. Lee are currently on display at a “Riding the Rails” of Lyle Wilson,” “Pulp,” and “Radical Repetition: at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. show at Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. Albers to Warhol” can currently be viewed on the Magical Music from Ireland 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM WWW.MINDPORT.ORG Whatcom Museum campus. Tickets at WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG brownpapertickets.com Rumor Has It

I HAVE TO ADMIT, what with all this sun- 38 shine and whatnot, I’m finding it to be a little

FOOD FOOD difficult to concentrate on music these days. However, I figure that soon enough the sun music will beat down with enough intensity that its 31 31 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT novelty will wear off and then I will head in- doors where I belong. Or it will start to rain—

B-BOARD B-BOARD and then I will head indoors where I belong. Lucky for me, I’ll have plenty to entertain me when I do. 26 Like, for instance, the Bellingham Girls Rock

FILM Camp Showcase taking place at the Sat., June 28 at the Green Frog. This is the first such

22 showcase of the summer, and is the culminating 22

event of this year’s initial BGRC session, which MUSIC MUSIC

MUSIC is currently taking place at Make.Shift. For the week leading up to the Saturday concert, the

20 girls and female-identified youth at the camp have been, simply put, ART learning how to be mu- sicians, from soup to 18 nuts. At camp, the girls

STAGE learn how to play in- struments, write songs, form bands, record and 16 perform. Even better, Bellingham Girls Rock BY CAREY ROSS GET OUT Camp also provides at- tendees with a variety of workshops aiming to empower them and help them develop a sense 14 of their place in the larger world. As for the showcase itself, having attended WORDS events of this ilk in the past, I can attest that if you’re looking to be amazed and inspired, 8 you’ll want to be at the Green Frog at 2pm on JOHM LEGEND Saturday to see these kids do their thing. Feel

CURRENTS CURRENTS free to donate a dollar or 20 to Bellingham Girls Rock Camp when you show up. It is do- 6 ing something vital for our community. After BY CAREY ROSS you do your part to help keep our music scene VIEWS diverse and dynamic, feel free to stay for some

4 barbecue. I think you’ve earned it. Much farther away on the musical horizon is

MAIL MAIL John Legend a recently announced Pink Mountaintops show

that will take place Aug. 15 at the Shakedown. 2 IT’S ALL IN THE NAME If I had to choose between Stephen McBean’s DO IT IT DO

hen I heard John Legend had been confirmed for a June 27 ode of love laid bare, with a spare arrange- musical endeavors, I’d probably pick Black concert at the Mount Baker Theatre, my initial reaction was ment that matches its straightforward senti- Mountain. But the truth is, I’m not all that W to be impressed. Granted, Bellingham draws more than its fair ment. With a chorus that says, “Cause all of picky about it. I’ll pretty much take McBean in share of star power on the regular so I guess I shouldn’t be so wowed, me/Loves all of you/Love your curves and all whatever form I get him. 06.25.14 but Legend generally plays much larger venues than the intimate-by- your edges/All your perfect imperfections,” Oddly enough, the other band on this bill is comparison Mount Baker Theatre. it’s a song that’s designed to make women the Icarus Line. Odd because it’s an unlikely .09 Not this time. swoon—while probably wishing they had a pairing of bands, and odd because, to be honest, 26 # Legend’s current outing, the “All of Me” tour is a much cozier affair little bit of Legend in their lives too. the Icarus Line is a band that’s largely fallen off than your standard arena jaunt. Calling it “unlike any tour” he’s ever As a person who spends a bit of time my radar despite its highly publicized ever-shift- done before, the concerts feature Legend and his customary piano in a listening to popular radio, I can say with ing lineup and tendency to court controversy. stripped-down setting. No huge backing ensembles, no fancy lighting only slight exaggeration that if you were to Apparently, while I wasn’t paying attention, Joe rigs, no dance troupes. Just Legend and some acoustic accompaniment. travel your way from one end of the radio Cardamone—who, for all intents and purposes, Oh, and the songs that have won the musician nine Grammys, recogni- dial to the next these days, you’d probably is Icarus Line these days—has been crafting

CASCADIA WEEKLY tion from the Songwriters Hall of Fame, endless other critical accolades alight upon “All of Me” playing on some sta- what critics would have me believe is some of and coveted multiplatinum status, all of which make a strong case for the tion somewhere. It seems to know no radio- the best music in the band’s history. 22 singer living up to his legendary name. format boundaries, and is in heavy rotation But we can judge all this for ourselves come Speaking of those songs, Legend is currently riding the wave of success on just about everything but country and Aug. 15. Tickets for the show are available now generated by his most recent—and most tender—megahit “All of Me,” the Christian stations. If you require further via the Shakedown’s website, and since McBean track for which his tour is named. Dedicated to wife Chrissy Teigen, the proof that everyone loves this love song, tends to be a hot property around these parts, song, dubbed a “mountainous piano crusher” by Rolling Stone, is a touching you need only consider that “All of Me” is you might want to consider investing. musicevents the song that knocked Pharrell’s seeming- CHUCKANUT BREWERY ly unstoppable juggernaut “Happy” from the top of the Billboard Top 100. & KITCHEN

But this skilled songwriter wasn’t al- 38 ways a legend—indeed, he wasn’t even FOOD FOOD always a Legend. Born John Roger Ste- phens and hailing from Ohio, the musi- cian worked his way up the old-fashioned 31 way—by working for everyone else. He lent his talent and his polished vocals to B-BOARD B-BOARD Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Britney Spears, Bottles of 4th of July Chuckanut and more before none other than Kanye Celebration Available West gave him a record deal and the op- 26 portunity to release a solo album. And OPEN

Wi Fi FILM when the time came for the newly minted DAILY John Legend to record that album, West Family Friendly 22 22 was on hand to do production duty, along HoPPY Hour with will.i.am, and Sunday-Thursday 4-6pm MUSIC MUSIC powerhouse producer ?M[\0WTTa;\Œ*MTTQVOPIU?) Dave Tozer. Anticipa-  *--:;   20 tion for the release, ChuckanutBreweryAndKitchen.com

titled Get Lifted was ART high, and when it came

out in 2004, it was to 18 ATTEND deafening critical and WHO: John commercial acclaim. STAGE Legend Buoyed by the success WHEN: 8pm Fri., Daphnes June 27 of the song “Ordinary 16 WHERE: Mount People,” Get Lifted Baker Theatre, confirmed Legend as GET OUT 104 N. Commer- a force to be reckoned cial St. with—and then the “It is officially COST: $59-$99 (show is cur- Grammy nods began summer in 14 rently sold out) rolling in. Eight nomi- INFO: www. nations and three wins Bellingham – WORDS mountbaker later and Legend was theatre.com laying the foundation looking for a 8 for living up to his lofty name. In the years since his auspicious debut, steamy vacation Legend has continued to have a fruitful HAROLD MABERN: Jazz legend Harold Mabern will perform with saxophonist Cory Weeds, bassist Adam CURRENTS Thomas, and drummer Julian MacDonough at a “Tribute Jazz Series: Art of the Piano Trio” concert at read? The new

solo career—and continued to rack up 6 4pm Sun., June 29 at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Tickets are $10-$15, and Grammys at an intimidating pace—re- reservations are recommended as the show is expected to sell out. Info: 734-2776 or julianmacdonough@ cocktail menu at leasing three more studio albums, in- hotmail.com VIEWS cluding his most recent, 2013’s Love in Daphne’s is a the Future, the record that spawned the September 14. Tickets are $8 at the door. 4 THURS., JUNE 26 WWW.THEHEARTOFANACORTES.COM thrilling one”

aforementioned “All of Me.” As well, he’s MAIL ELIZABETH PARK SERIES: The blues and rock never stopped collaborating with his sounds of the Legendary Chucklenuts can be CONCERT BAND: Bring chairs and blankets to friends and contemporaries, popping up heard from 6-8pm at the first Elizabeth Park a concert by the North Cascades Concert Band 2 on songs by Jay Z, Mary J. Blige, the Black Concert Series of the season. The free concerts at 6:30pm at Blaine’s Birch Bay State Park, 5105 DO IT Eyed Peas, and others. continue every Thursday through Aug. 28. Helwig Rd. The event is family-friendly. Entry is WWW.COB.ORG free; please have a Discover Pass clearly displayed Come enjoy a mojito on When he’s not busy recording, touring, if you park inside the park grounds. winning Grammys or marrying Chrissy MAGNIFICENT MCNEELYS: The Magnificent Mc- WWW.FOBBSP.ORG OR WWW.NCCBAND.ORG the patio and meet

Teigen, Legend is doing philanthropic Neelys will perform at a “Night of Entertainment” 06.25.14 work (of course he is). He’s served on the fundraiser from 7-9pm at the Ferndale Senior JUNE 28-29 Center, 1999 Cherry St. Tickets are $15. WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL: Electric violin our new bartenders, boards of Teach for America, the Educa- .09 384-6244 player and Mahavishinue Orchestra member Steve 26 tion Equality Project, the Harlem Village # Kindler will perform at the final weekend of the Seth and Nate! Academies, and Stand for Children. He SAT., JUNE 28 Mount Baker World Music Festival at 7pm Satur- advocates for sustainable development CLASSIC BAND, CLASSIC CARS: An inaugural day in Maple Falls at the East Whatcom Regional and AIDS awareness. He self-identifies as “Music Festival and Car Show” will raise funds for Resource Center, 8251 Kendall Rd. At 6pm Sunday, Happy Hour a feminist, once saying, “All men should the Burned Children Recovery Foundation starting listen to Latin and salsa tunes by Costa Rica’s at 10am at BelleWood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian. Carlos Cascante. Tickets to each concert are $15. be feminists. If men care about women’s From 4-6pm, Memphis Rain, Lost at Last, and WWW.MOUNTBAKERWORLDMUSIC.COM everyday from 3-6 rights, the world will be a better place.” Pickle Toss will perform. Entry is $10. CASCADIA WEEKLY He’s been known to gift sad children with WWW.BURNEDCHILDRENRECOVERY.ORG SUN., JUNE 29 unicorns, once saved the planet from a OPERA POPOLARE: “The Immortal Handel” will 1200 10th St. #102, Fairhaven 23 rogue asteroid and his tears contain a SUMMER SERIES: Listen to the Americana be the focus of an Opera Poplare concert at 3pm sounds of Lane Fernando at the second outdoor at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect magical healing elixir. Across from the village green summer music concert of the season from St. Accompaniment will be provided by music Alright, maybe that last line isn’t the gos- 6-8:30pm at the Heart of Anacortes, 1014 4th director Rob Viens. Suggested donation is $3. pel truth, but can you blame me for wanting St. Concerts happen on a weekly basis through WWW.OPERAPOPOLARE.COM to add to the lore of a living Legend? musicvenues 38 See below for venue

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Happy Hour BBQ w/Richard Out of the Ashes (early), 31 31 Boundary Bay Scholtz, Twilight Concert Fryday Fish Fry w/Anissa and Paul Klein (Taproom), Aaron Guest (Taproom) Brewery w/Hot Damn Scandal (Beer Brian Jazz in the Beer Garden Garden) (late) B-BOARD B-BOARD

Brown Lantern Ale Open Mic DJ Ontic House 26

FILM Show Pony Kick, Daisy Cabin Tavern Agonizer, Proud Failures Sam Chue, Thayne Yazzie Propane

22 22 Fitz & the Tantrums, Max Commodore Ballroom Devo W&W Nazareth, The Headpins Slow Jam Sundays Frost, Holychild MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC

Muse Bird Cafe w/Jean Mann, Steve Meyer (early), Duffy Ben & Mia Starner

20 Conway Muse more Bishop Trio (late) ART Jack Mattingly & Whiskey Edison Inn Piano Night Orville Johnson Band Fever 18

Reverend JD and the STAGE The Fairhaven DJ Night Karaoke Lost at Last Karaoke Blackouts

16 VAGABOND OPERA Glow Nightclub Retroid Video Game Night DJ Nuckolls Girl Meets Boy DJ Boombox In Night Out June 28/Shakedown GET OUT Bellewood Acres 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden • (360) 318-7720 | Bobby Lee’s Pub & Eatery 108 W Main St, Everson • 966-8838 | Boundary Bay Brewing Co. 1107 Railroad Ave • 647-5593 | Brown Lantern Ale House 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-2544 | The Business 402 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-9788 | Cabin Tavern 307 W. Holly St. • 733-9685 | Chuckanut Brewery 601 W Holly St. • 752-3377 |

14 Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville St., Vancouver • (604) 739-4550 | Conway Muse 18444 Spruce/Main St., Conway (360) 445-3000

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2 DO IT IT DO Jun 21: The Goonies Jul 26: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Music by Odd Ones Out @ 8:15 Amazing acts by One Fine Fool @ 8:00 Jun 28: Frozen Aug 2: The Sandlot 06.25.14 Music by Amber Darland @ 8:15 Music by Bham Youth Jazz Band @ 8:00

.09 Jul 5: Gravity Aug 9: The Lego Movie 26 # Music by Quickdraw Stringband @ 8:15 Marimbas by Kuungana @ 7:30 Jul 12: Finding Nemo Aug 16: Star Trek Into Darkness Bham Dance Co @ 8:15 Sci-fi Trivia @ 7:30 Jul 19: Footloose (1984) Aug 23: The Princess Bride Music by Lost at Last @ 8:15 Music by Jaspar Lepak @ 7:15 CASCADIA WEEKLY FairhavenOutdoorCinema.com Facebook/FairhavenOutdoorCinema 24

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See below for venue FOOD FOOD addresses and phone 06.25.14 06.26.14 06.27.14 06.28.14 06.29.14 06.30.14 07.01.14 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

Girls Rock Camp Showcase 31 Mayfly (early), World's Finest Slow Jam (early), Open Knut Bell (early), Guf- BentGrass (evening), DJ Green Frog Silent Movie Night David's Drinking Band (afternoon), Kidaoke (late) Mic (late) fawingham (late) Yogoman (late) (evening) B-BOARD B-BOARD H2O DJ Ryan I Kimball and the Fugitives 26 Honey Moon Open Mic Giant's Causeway Windsong, Stinging Nettles Bilongo Quartet Pretty Little Feet The Shadies FILM

KC's Bar and Grill Karaoke Karaoke 22 22

MUSIC Kulshan Brewery Mossman Heron & Crow The Devilly Brothers MUSIC FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS

June 25/Commodore 20 Main St. Bar and Grill Country Karaoke JP Falcon Grady JP Falcon Band Live Music Boogie Sundays ART

Needlecraft, Noise Toys, Make.Shift

STFU Robot 18

Old World Deli Live Music STAGE

Redlight Wild Throne, World Runner 16

Rockfish Grill Fidalgo Swing Cool Water GET OUT

Royal Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke, DJ Karaoke, DJ Partyrock 14 WORDS Rumors Leveled Throwback Thursdays DJ Postal, DJ Shortwave DJ Mike Tolleson Karaoke w/Zach 8 Scary Monster and the Super Rookery, Deadkill, He Whose Vagabond Opera, Jason Part Wolf, Incanus, The Shakedown Heavy Rotation Tom Waits Night Aireeoke Creeps Ox is Gored Webley, Lonebird Scumeating CURRENTS CURRENTS Skagit Valley Casino Sly Mister Y Voyager 6

The Julianne Thoma Skylark's Chad Petersen The Sonja Lee Band Quartet VIEWS

Chuck Dingee, Lefty and 4 Star Club Cheryl Hodge Crow Magnet Spencetet Sunday Sing-Along Marvin J Open Mic the Right Hand Band MAIL MAIL STFU Robot, Agonizer, Swillery Whiskey Bar Karaoke Video Night Comedy Open Mic Kvrse 2 DO IT The Underground EDM Night DJ Bmellow

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Vinostrology Bill MacDonough All That Jazz

Spin Jam (early), Wild Out Led Zeppelin Tribute, The Free Friday Funk Jam, Boom- Wild Buffalo Open Mic w/Chuck D. Wednesday (late) Vonvettas box Kid

The Green Frog 1015 N. State St. • www.acoustictavern.com | Edison Inn 5829 Cains Ct., Edison • (360) 766-6266 | The Fairhaven 1114 Harris Ave • 778-3400 | Glow 202 E. Holly St. • 734-3305 | Graham’s CASCADIA WEEKLY

Restaurant 9989 Mount Baker Hwy., Glacier • (360) 599-3663 | H20, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 755-3956 | Honey Moon 1053 N State St. • 734-0728 | Kulshan Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • 389-3569 | Main Street Bar & Grill 2004 Main St., Ferndale • (360) 384-2982 | McKay’s Taphouse 1118 E. Maple St. • (360) 647-3600 | Nooksack River Casino 5048 Mt. Baker 25 Hwy., Deming • (360) 354-7428 | Poppe’s 714 Lakeway Dr. • 671-1011 | Paso Del Norte 758 Peace Portal Dr. Blaine • (360) 332-4045 | The Redlight 1017 N State St. • www.redlightwineandcoffee.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 | Star Club 311 E Holly St. • www.starclubbellingham.com | Swillery Whiskey Bar 118 W. Holly St. | Swinomish Casino 12885 Casino Dr., Anacortes • (888) 288-8883 |Temple Bar 306 W. Champion St. • 676-8660 | The Underground 211 E. Chestnut St. • 738-3701 | Underground Coffeehouse Viking Union 3rd Floor, WWU | Via Cafe 7829 Birch Bay Dr., Blaine • (360) 778-2570 | Village Inn Pub 3020 Northwest Ave. • 734-2490 | Vinostrology 120 W. Holly St. • 656-6817 | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www.wildbuffalo.net | To get your live music listings included, send info to clubscascadiaweekly.com. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday. fectionate bickering among the nerdy but overprotective dad, his bossy bombshell daughter and her hotheaded boyfriend feels like a warm-up act before the rock

stars come onstage. That happens when, 38 in classic Western fashion, Optimus Prime

FOOD FOOD summons the surviving Autobots—Bum- Film blebee, Ratchet, Hound, Drift, Crosshairs, and later, Brains—to form his own Mag-

31 31 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› SHOWTIMES nificent Seven. Bay really lets rip when the Autobots,

B-BOARD B-BOARD with the help of their human allies, break into KSI Headquarters in Chicago, ground

zero in the previous installment. It’s an 26 26 exhilarating sequence in which two man- FILM FILM made Transformers, Stinger and Galvatron, slug it out with the good bots. When a spaceship enters the fray, the story goes 22 into quasi-biblical mode with talk of a

MUSIC “Creator” and an all-important “seed,” re- placing the Allspark as the MacGuffin here.

20 Though Pacific Rim beat Age of Ex- tinction to location shooting in much- ART buzzed-about Hong Kong, the lurid im- ages Guillermo del Toro served up made 18 the ultramodern city look like Chinatown.

STAGE Kudos to Bay, then (despite the surreally ubiquitous lanterns), for capturing the city’s gleaming high-rises and seedy alley- 16 ways with lively verisimilitude. In several scenes, the dull, rusty hues of the man-

GET OUT made Transformers blend especially well with the grimy tenements, which resemble stacks of matchboxes. There’s even one 14 stunt that may or may not be a reference to an incident that took place during pro- WORDS duction, when local gangsters demanding a “turf fee” reportedly threw an air condi- 8 tioner at Bay (an indefensible act none- theless in keeping with the spirit of the

CURRENTS CURRENTS franchise’s electrical-appliance fetish). TRANSFORMERS As the sine qua non of the franchise, 6 it’s the robots—endowed here with character-rich physicality and almost VIEWS REVIEWED BY MAGGIE LEE human-scaled facial features—who give

4 the film its emotional heft. Optimus Prime’s charismatic leadership of his

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sion for the humans, again makes him 2 Transformers the movie’s moral anchor. Drift, with his DO IT IT DO AGE OF EXTINCTION samurai getup and Ken Watanabe’s digni- fied line readings, strikes a neat balance t’s not just that the Autobots look more distinctive and easier to tell apart than cinema as we know it), A.I. hobbyist and with John Goodman’s cigar-chewing, ever in Transformers: Age of Extinction—as Optimus Prime never tires of remind- widower Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) dis- wisecracking Hound. Still, the character 06.25.14 I ing us, these robots have actual souls. So who cares if the human characters are covers a rusty old truck among a pile of most likely to be beloved by audiences, even more dispensable and the plot even more scattershot than usual? Resurrected film cans and brings it home, much to the especially tykes, remains Bumblebee, .09 to take on manmade knockoffs of themselves, these metallic superheroes cause so chagrin of his 17-year-old daughter, Tessa, whose mischievous personality brings 26 # much destruction, it’s as if they’re trying to find a literal new definition for the and his assistant, Lucas. When the vehicle much-needed comic relief. term “blockbuster”—and indeed, as in the 2007-11 trilogy, helmer Michael Bay reveals its identity as Optimus Prime, the Industrial Light & Magic again provides continues to evolve ways to make robotic shape-shifting look increasingly seamless strongest of the Autobots, Yeager fixes up an orgy of visual effects and anima- and realistic in 3D. his injuries while Lucas runs off to report tion, delivering lightning-fast, acrobatic The plot bears more than a passing resemblance to that of the recent X-Men: Days him for a reward. Attinger dispatches his movements from the colossal Dinobots, of Future Past. Just as the X-Men are hunted by Sentinels engineered by a paranoid henchmen, forcing Yeager, Tessa, and Opti- and conjuring the manmade Transform-

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35 arts, entertainment, news you have always taken too seriously. Maybe you will BY ROB BREZSNY suddenly have a deeper appreciation for life’s ongo- ing cosmic jokes. Or perhaps you will stumble upon reasons to laugh longer and harder and louder than 38 FREEWILL you ever have before.

FOOD FOOD LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Would you like to ASTROLOGY be free from the experience of getting criticized? Do you think it might be nice if no one ever accused

31 you of being wrong or off-track? If so, here’s how 31 31 ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to an astrologer named Astrolocherry (astrolocherry.tumblr. you should proceed, says American writer Elbert com), Aries is the sign of the freedom fighter, the Hubbard: “Do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” explorer, the daredevil, and the adventurer. That’s But I’m afraid I can’t recommend that behavior for B-BOARD B-BOARD B-BOARD all true; I agree with her. But here’s an important you, Libra. In the coming weeks, you have a sacred caveat. As you get older, it’s your duty to harness all duty to your Future Self to risk being controversial. I that hot energy on behalf of the softer, slower, more urge you to take strong stands, speak raw truths, and 26 tender parts of your life. The coming weeks will offer show your real feelings. Yes, you may attract flack. you a great opportunity to work on that challenge. You might disturb the peace. But that will be an FILM To get started, imagine how you can be a freedom acceptable price to pay for the rewards you receive. fighter, explorer, daredevil, and adventurer in service This is one time when being courageous is more to your home, family, and community. important than seeking harmony. 22

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): After a thorough, SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Be respectful

MUSIC detailed, painstaking analysis of the astrological to your superiors, if you have any,” said American omens, I’m inclined to advise you to be neither author Mark Twain. How do you respond to that thorough nor detailed nor painstaking in the impish nudge, Scorpio? Are there any geniuses and 20 coming days. Instead, I suspect you will thrive heroes out there whom you consider to be worthy of

ART by being spontaneous and improvisatory. Wing it, your respect? If not, I urge you to go out in search baby! Throw away the script. Trust your gut. Play of some. At this phase of your evolution, you are in it by ear. Make it up as you go along. If you find special need of people who inspire you with their 18 yourself frowning with indecision and beset by lazy greatness. It’s crucial for you to learn from teachers procrastination, you will know you’re off course. and role models who are further along than you are

STAGE If you are feeling blithe and agile as you get a lot in their mastery of the game of life. I also believe it done with creative efficiency, you will know you’re would be healing for you to feel waves of admiration right in the groove. and reverence. 16 GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The Japanese word SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Everyone has tsundoku describes what happens if you buy a lot of something to hide,” declared Russian author Anton

GET OUT books but never read them, leaving them piled up in a Chekhov. Is that true? Do even you blunt Sagittarians neglected heap. I recommend that you avoid indulg- have something to hide? I’m going to say that for 90 ing in tsundoku any time soon, Gemini. In fact, I urge percent of you, the answer is yes. There are secrets you don’t want anyone to find out about: past events 14 you not to acquire any resources that you then pro- th ceed to ignore. You are in a phase of your astrological you are reluctant to disclose or shady deeds you are Open Friday, July 4 cycle when it’s crucial to make conscientious use of getting away with now or taboo thoughts you want WORDS your tools and riches. To let them go to waste would to keep sealed away from public knowledge. I’m not be to dishonor them, and make it less likely that you here to scold you about them or to encourage you to will continue to receive their blessings in the future. spill them. On the contrary, I say it’s time to bring 8 Summer’s Here and Take full advantage of what’s yours. them fully into your conscious awareness, to honor their importance to your life story, and to acknowl- CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you could har- edge their power to captivate your imagination.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): When a Navajo PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): British poet Samuel baby laughs for the first time, everyone in the Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) had an unusual fetish. community celebrates. It’s regarded as the moment He enjoyed eating apples and pears and other fruits when the child completes his or her transition from while they were still hanging on the tree. Why? CASCADIA WEEKLY the spirit realm into the physical world. The person Maybe because the taste was as pure and brisk and who has provoked the baby’s laughter is charged naked as it could possibly be—an experience that I 36 with planning the First Laugh Ceremony, a party to imagine would be important to a romantic poet like commemorate the magical event. I foresee a compa- him. In accordance with your astrological omens, I rable development in your life, Virgo. You won’t be suggest you use Coleridge’s quest for ultimate fresh- laughing for the first time, of course, but I suspect ness as a driving metaphor in the coming week. Go your sense of humor will reach a new ripeness. How? to the source to get what you need. Dispense with Mon - Fri 7am - 4:00pm • Sat 7:30am - 4pm • Sun 8am - 3pm • 1319 Railroad • 676-5288 Maybe you will be able to find amusement in things intermediaries. Be as raw as the law allows. BY AMY ALKON radio show, a lumber company owner started stocking an expensive ceiling

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20 their meat—it’s slow-smoked over many hours using only apple wood. Just how ART strong is the Green Frog’s dedication to barbecue? 18 They have a person on

STAGE the payroll whose job it is to feed and stoke the smokers all night long. 16 As for the meat it- self, we sampled heap- GET OUT EAT ing helpings (as with WHAT: The the Green Frog’s grilled Green Frog cheese menu, bang for 14 WHEN: 4pm-2am your buck is the name of Mon.-Fri., 1pm- the game here) of Carne- WORDS 2pm Sat.-Sun. made sausage, pulled WHERE: 1015 N. pork, brisket, spare ribs 8 State St. INFO: and chicken. www.acoustic Although not an ex- tavern.com

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when it comes to sauce, confident enough BARBECUE: A LOVE STORY to let the flavors of the meat stand alone for the most part. The result is meat that ’m aware that in the culinary realm, barbecue is the subject of much is moist, falls off the bone and is rich with 06.25.14 controversy. Everything from the cut of meat to how it’s rubbed and smoky flavor. smoked (and for how long) to how (or whether) it’s sauced (and what After tasting it all (and some accompany-

.09 I that sauce is made of) is hotly debated depending on where you live and ing sides—the star being the bacon blue 26 # what you believe. Even the very definition of barbecue is up for discussion. cheese slaw), my dining companion and I I don’t much care about any of that. were compelled to agree with Hardesty’s as- My personal interest in barbecue is simple and two-pronged: 1. I have sessment that “brisket is king.” While all the neither the desire nor the patience to put forth the effort good barbecue various types of meat on the menu have a lot requires. 2. Done right, barbecue is incredibly delicious. of things going for them, the brisket—which So, when Green Frog owner James Hardesty invited me to sample the can be a tricky cut of meat to get right—has

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