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B'HAM BEER *BELLHAVEN WEEK JAZZ FESTIVAL Hoppy days are here Summer ain't again, P.30 over yet, P.18

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18 FOOD Eat Local Month: Through September, throughout Pirates and Vernon Whatcom County MUSIC mermaids will Sedro-Woolley Market: 3-7pm, Hammer Heritage WORDS Park join dozens of Fall Book Sale: 10am-4pm, Deming Library 16 Brewers Cruise: 6:30pm, Bellingham Cruise Terminal Keith Johnson: 2pm, Ferndale Library Kim Owen: 4pm, Village Books

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30 week, Bellingham City Council accepted an $11.4 mil- lion contract for a new pretreatment facility at the

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22 22 water. The project, which could begin in October, is scheduled for completion in early 2018. BY JAMIE K. DONALDSON FILM Council focused most of their attention on contro- versies surrounding a protest of the bid award by com-

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STAGE ture utility revenues as part of that 2012 initiative to gathering on the corners of Magno- better align water rates with the costs to deliver water. lia Street and Cornwall Avenue. It’s All together, the effort continues the city policy and the weekly Bellingham–Whatcom 14 pattern of distributing the burden for a deteriorated Peace Vigil, the oldest continuous water supply to all ratepayers and taxpayers, heedless vigil in the United States, celebrat-

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12 In July, the Lake Whatcom Policy Group—the joint taken aback when on two separate management oversight team comprised of elected rep- occasions recently young activists resentatives from the City of Bellingham, Whatcom pooh-pooh’ed the vigil. One asked, still be a form of devotion for some, We gather on the corner each WORDS County, and the Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer Dis- “What good does it do to stand on a principled practice like yoga or me- Friday for another reason. Newcom-

8 trict—received an update to the annual report detail- a corner with a sign?” and the other diation for others, but it is no lon- ers to town know that they can get ing the buildout of Lake Whatcom. The analysis notes wondered what we’ve accomplished ger silent. It’s often boisterous, and connected to a variety of activ- that there are still more than 1,700 developable acres in that half century, adding that always colorful with stenciled and ist opportunities by visiting the

CURRENTS CURRENTS in the Lake Whatcom watershed, for a total buildout young people are attracted to “win- handmade signs plus a sea of flags vigil. Most of us are involved with capacity of more than 8,600 acres. Most of the build- ning” activism. I guess it’s no won- waving in the breeze. Drumming and other organizations such as Veter- 6 6 able acres are in the hills above the north shore and der then that in this age of short other percussion can break out too. ans for Peace, Occupy Bellingham, around the south end of the lake, the latter considered attention spans, Instagram, and Because it’s not an organiza- the Whatcom Peace & Justice Cen- VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS the most pristine basin of a drinking water supply for Twitter, it’s primarily a bunch of us tion with elected leaders, a mission ter, the Bellingham Racial Justice

4 nearly 100,000 people. boomers and elders at the vigil. statement or programs, (¡viva la an- Coalition, as well as social justice Earlier this spring, the Group learned that the feder- But the millenials’ easy dismissal arquía!), there’s nothing to “win,” as committees of local church congre- MAIL MAIL al Environmental Protection Agency had accepted the of the vigil made me think more young activists might want, at the gations. There’s a literature board at

state Dept. of Ecology’s plan to scale back the amount deeply about why it is that I stand weekly vigil. It’s a perpetual mobili- the vigil stocked with information 2 of phosphorous pollutants entering Lake Whatcom. on the corner. I went back to the ori- zation, an ongoing tactic in the long about these and other organizations DO IT IT DO Phosphorous, the bulk of it arriving from land clear- gins of vigils and, according to Wiki- struggle to create a more peaceful, as well as news of upcoming events ing and other human activities in the reservoir, can pedia, “A vigil, from the Latin vigilia more just, more sustainable world. in the community. One day a passer- contribute to algae blooms and low dissolved oxygen meaning wakefulness, is a period of We’re there to hold a space, in this by does just that, passes by, and the levels that threaten the ecological health of the reser- purposeful sleeplessness, an occa- case a physical space, for a visual next week, emboldened, she joins 09.07.16 voir. Ecology finalized and submitted the plan to EPA sion for devotional watching, or an manifestation of peace and social us on the corner bringing her eight- in November 2014. observance.” It’s true the first vigil justice—for nonviolence, justice for year old daughter with a handmade .11

36 The plan requires that 87 percent of the developed held in downtown Bellingham back in Palestinians, Black Lives Matter, a peace sign. We invite you—young, # area around the lake needs to store and filter water December of 1966 was a silent one, fossil-free future, and an end to the or not-so-young—to do the same. like a natural forest. A work plan to reduce the total organized by local Quakers and other war economy. One can look to other maximum daily load (TMDL) of phosphorous entering peace activists of the time. It was examples of “holding space” or bear- Jaime K. Donaldson was the found- the lake is due to Ecology early next year. a powerful protest against the Viet- ing witness for peace and justice in ing executive director of the What- In other words, policymakers must figure out a way nam war, made solely with a quiet the Women in Black movement in com Peace & Justice Center. In 2015, to roll back 87 percent of the effects of urbanization presence on Railroad Avenue near a Serbia and elsewhere, candlelight Donaldson received the organizaton’s

CASCADIA WEEKLY of a public water supply—presumably while allowing Christmas tree display. The first par- vigils in front of the White House be- 2015 Howard Harris Lifetime Peace- that urbanization to continue. This has never been ticipants pledged to stand in vigil fore the bombs drop, and the Mothers maker Award for her dedication to 6 done, and water quality engineers are uncertain it ac- weekly until the war was over, and of Plaza de Mayo in Argentina whose peace and justice. WPJC celebrates tually can be done. Nevertheless, Ecology has mapped moved to the corner in front of the children were disappeared during this year’s International Day of Peace out a 50-year timeline for the project at an estimated Federal Building. Today, the vigil may that country’s military dictatorship. on Weds, Sept. 21. cost of $100 million. Fifty years is an interesting horizon—it guarantees VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE no one at work on the task today will

be around to be held accountable five GO 30 decades hence, just as the people who NORTHWOOD originally permitted the buildout of a FOOD municipal reservoir are no longer around to explain their actions today. Similarly, FOR CASINO ! 24 the $100 million price tag will likely be kicked down the road to be borne most

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18 BY TIM JOHNSON MUSIC 16 ART PHOTO COURTESY OF INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY COURTESY PHOTO 09.01.16 A U.S. District Judge orders a temporary stop on a section of pipeline construction the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe says

15 threatens their burial grounds, but will allow other work to proceed on the Dakota Access Pipeline. Flanked by supporting THURSDAY tribes throughout the West, including Salish peoples, the Sioux tribe requested the stoppage after a weekend confrontation

STAGE Three former Lynden employees have filed suit in Whatcom County Superi- between protesters and construction workers bulldozing sites that are “of great historic and cultural significance to the or Court accusing the city administration and mayor of creating a hostile work tribe.” The judge was uncertain federal regulators had jurisdiction over other construction sites. environment by discriminating based on age and gender. The Bellingham Herald 14 reports the former planning director, former finance director, and former human be coupled with unspecified steps to boost rently under construction in Squalicum resources manager filed the lawsuit after they received inadequate response from the role of the ports of Prince Rupert and, Harbor. [PR Newswire]

GET OUT a complaint against the city filed in June. especially, Vancouver as vital engines of the Canadian economy. [Vancouver Sun] The state of Washington is slated to

12 Beginning Oct. 1, railroads moving oil through Washington must demonstrate receive $14 million in grants for mental the ability to immediately respond to an oil spill if one occurs. The Washington The Port of Tacoma extends the period health facilities. The Washington State De- Dept. of Ecology adopts a rule establishing contingency planning requirements in which Puget Sound Energy can with- partment of Commerce says the grants will WORDS for railroads transporting oil in bulk through the state. Contingency plans must draw from its lease for a proposed 30- go to 11 health care providers. They’ll devel-

8 detail steps the railroad will take if oil spills or a substantial risk of a spill occurs acre liquid natural gas plant. Port CEO op facilities for short-term psychiatric de- during transport. Each plan will be reviewed, tested through drills and approved John Wolfe authorized the extension of tention services and for state hospital diver- by Ecology. [Ecology] the feasibility period of the lease. The sion services. The funds are for construction CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 change takes the feasibility period from and equipment to set up facilities needed to Dozens gather outside of the state Dept. of Fish and Wildlife office in Olympia an Aug. 31 expiration to an Oct. 31 expi- accommodate more psychiatric admissions 6 Thursday evening to protest the killing of a pack of wolves in northeastern ration. The release says the change is to after lawmakers changed Washington’s In- Washington. The group rallied in opposition of the agency's decision to eradicate “provide additional time for Puget Sound voluntary Treatment Act in 2012. The funds VIEWS the Profanity Peak pack in order to protect cattle. Fish and Wildlife officials have Energy to secure permits before construc- will also support facilities that provide for

4 confirmed wolves from the Profanity Peak pack have killed or injured six cattle, tion begins.” [Tacoma New Tribune] the diversion or transition of patients from and probably five others, since mid-July. And so far, about half of the members of the state hospitals. [Associated Press] MAIL MAIL the wolf pack have been killed. [Associated Press] A former Ferndale School board mem-

ber is in jail on suspicion of possessing Attorneys for Washington state prepare 2 Washington Fish and Wildlife receives $864,473 to minimize disturbance of South- child porn. The Whatcom County Sheriff’s their arguments before the state Supreme DO IT IT DO ern Resident killer whales in Puget Sound and $626,276 to evaluate increased hu- Office Bill reports Stuart McKay was arrest- Court this week to make the case lawmak- man interactions with humpback whales off the West Coast. The funding is from the ed after the BP Cherry Point Refinery dis- ers have complied with court orders to Species Recovery Grants to States program. Minimizing disturbance to the J, K and L covered images on a computer used by the boost public school funding. On the other orca pods will be done by expanding outreach and education efforts, analyzing vessel contractor. Investigators say they found side of the courtroom will be attorneys for 09.07.16 interactions, and improving whale-watching guidelines. [San Juan Islander] hundreds of child porn images, including a coalition of parents, school districts and some with children as young as infants. education groups that maintain lawmakers .11

36 09.02.16 McKay resigned from the school board in haven’t done enough. The hearing marks # June, saying he needed to deal with per- the latest development in the McCleary FRIDAY sonal issues. [WCSO, KGMI] case—a 2012 ruling that said the Legisla- The Trudeau government will formalize its long-promised moratorium on ture has failed to fully fund education and crude oil tankers off the northern British Columbia coast this fall as part of 09.06.16 must correct those problems by 2018. The a broader “Pacific strategy” to protect the environment while using West Coast state is now in contempt of court and ac- ports to fire up the national economy. The moratorium would cover the Dixon TUESDAY cruing fines of $100,000 a day over the

CASCADIA WEEKLY Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound, and would effectively kill All American Marine in Bellingham has Legislature’s failure to produce a plan Enbridge’s $7.9-billion Northern Gateway pipeline proposal to transport 525,000 signed a contract with Seattle-based Ar- to meet the 2018 funding deadline. The 8 barrels a day of diluted bitumen from Alberta’s oilsands through Kitimat. Ottawa gosy Cruises to build a 125 ft aluminum court will hear arguments to help them wants to package that announcement with other measures aimed at improving monohull for operation in Puget Sound's decide whether to lift the sanctions or im- shipping safety and marine spill response, dealing with the growing number of Elliott Bay. The contract with Argosy pose more serious penalties that could dra- derelict vessels that create pollution and safety problems, and designating new Cruises will also mark the first keel laid matically alter next year’s budget debates marine protected areas. The focus on environmental and marine management will at All American Marine’s new shipyard cur- at the state Capitol. [Associated Press] ·

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address and other known locations for him, FOOD DRIVE-BY FOLLOW-UP but were unable to locate him to check his On Aug. 30, Bellingham Police respond- welfare,” police reported. “The caller be- 24 ed to the report of a drive-by shooting lieved it may have been a hoax.” near downtown. Police reported the inci- dent apparently stemmed from an earlier On Sept. 4, Bellingham Police were dis- B-BOARD domestic dispute involving the alleged patched to a reported motor vehicle colli- teen shooter and his cousin. The cous- sion on East Chestnut Street. “After inves- 22 22 in’s car had been burglarized, and she— tigation, it appeared that no collision had through friends and family—accused the occurred,” police shrugged. FILM 17-year-old of the crime, the reported.

No one was injured in the incident. TATTOO LEAVES A BRUISE 18 On Sept. 2, a 40-year-old woman crashed

On Aug. 31, Whatcom County Sheriff’s her car into the brick wall of a tattoo MUSIC deputies followed up on information business in downtown Bellingham during

related to a drive-by shooting that had a quarrel with her partner at 2am. “No 16 occurred in the City of Bellingham the damage noted to the business,” police ART previous day. Information led deputies reported, “minor damage to the vehicle.” to a trailer park in the Nugent's Corner She was arrested for DUI. 56,592,793 15 area near Deming. Deputies determined The Hispanic population of the United States as of July 1, 2015, making that at least one of the suspects from JUST SAYING HELLO STAGE the shooting was in the residence. Con- On Aug. 21, an Anacortes resident told people of Hispanic origin the nation’s largest ethnic or racial minority. Hispanics constituted 17.6 percent of the nation’s total population. cerned with the suspected presence of police that a nearby neighbor came out

September is Hispanic Heritage Month. 14 weapons, deputies established a perime- of his apartment and punched him in the ter and called in the WCSO SWAT team to face because he thought he was talking assist deputies already on scene. “After about him. GET OUT initiating negotiations, three subjects 790,000 exited the residence and surrendered to NO PAY, NO PLAY Hispanic population in Washington at the 2010 Census. The state ranks 12th 12 deputies,” deputies reported. “A fourth On Sept. 1, Bellingham Police responded in the nation for Hispanics, about 12 percent of the state’s overall population. subject, a 17-year-old male, finally sur- to a report of a strongarm robbery. “The WORDS rendered after additional negotiations. man initially reported being robbed of

No shots were fired and no one was in- money after meeting up at this location 8 1.2 2.2 8 jured. A distraction device was deployed, with a woman he had met online.” Police Millions of Hispanics added to Percent increase in the U.S. which causes a loud explosive noise.” logged the incident as prostitution. the nation’s population between Hispanic population between

July 1, 2014, and July 1, 2015. 2014 and 2015. Hispanics are CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS A LENGTHENING RAP SHEET PUGNACIOUS SEA DOG This number is nearly half of the projected to make up about 29 On Sept. 1, Bellingham Police respond- On Aug. 24, a man came to the Blaine Po- approximately 2.5 million people percent of the U.S. population 6 added to the nation’s total by 2050. ed to the report of a shoplifting incident lice Department to report a vicious bark- population during this period. near Bellis Fair Mall and contacted a ing pug in the marina where he lives. “He VIEWS

23-year-old woman fleeing the scene. She was seeking advice about how he might 4 was arrested and detained. “Located in handle the threatening pup,” police re- her belongings was a substance suspect- ported. “The man was advised that if the 119 MAIL ed of being illegal drugs. The substance dog remains on its owner's vessel, then

The projected Hispanic population of the United States in 2060, in millions. 2 was taken into custody,” police reported. there was nothing to be done. The man According to this projection, the Hispanic population will constitute 28.6

percent of the nation’s population by that date. IT DO “She was also found to have a warrant for stated he still feels threatened by the her arrest. She was issued a new court animal, even when it is confined to its date for the warrant and released.” own property. An officer advised the man to speak with his homeowner's associa- REPORTS UNCORROBORATED tion to see if there were any regulations $42,491 09.07.16 On Sept. 2, Bellingham Police were dis- regarding the intimidating pug.” Median income of Hispanic households in 2014. .11

patched to a report of a couple arguing 36 and a possible gunshot being heard at ALIEN SKIES # the above location. “Upon investigation On Aug. 14, the Sedro-Woolley saucer 65.3 14.4 by police, it appeared that the noise was nest was active again, this time with a Percent of Hispanics age 25 and Percent of the Hispanic from a door being slammed at the conclu- “big black transparent blib in the sky.” older that had at least a high population age 25 and older sion of an argument rather than from a Visitors at the Northern State Recreation school education in 2014. with a bachelor’s degree or higher in 2014. gunshot,” police reported. Area ghost town on Highway 20 saw “a

dark transparent blob come over the CASCADIA WEEKLY On Sept. 1, a man complained to 911 dis- mountains to the southeast. There was 3.3 11 patchers that he had had water thrown on one small one racing ahead of a huge him, was punched in the face and threat- one,” the witness reported. “There were Estimated millions of Hispanic-owned firms nationally in 2012, up from 2.3 ened with a knife. “Witnesses located some white fluffy clouds slowing moving. million or 46.3 percent from 2007. in the area did not fully corroborate the This looked almost liquid. Our reaction claim,” Bellingham Police reported. was ‘What the hell was that?’” SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau; Pew Research Center doit WORDS FRI., SEPT. 9 30 IMMORTAL IRISHMAN: National Book Award

FOOD FOOD and Pulitzer prize-winning author Timothy Egan will be front and center for a lecture and book- signing at 7pm at Mount Vernon’s Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland Ave. Egan’s latest 24 words COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS book, The Immortal Irishman, tells the story of Thomas Francis Meagher—a revolutionary, war

B-BOARD B-BOARD general and community hero in the mid-19th century. Entry is $50. for food and other expenses. Renters live WWW.CELTICARTS.ORG

22 22 in squalid conditions—broken toilets and showers, no heat, doors that won’t close or SEPT. 9-10

FILM lock. They quickly learn that complaints fall FALL BOOK SALE: Browse a wide selection on deaf ears, and calls to the housing au- of reading material and sweet treats when the Friends of the Deming Library host a Fall

18 thorities end with eviction. Most choose to Book and Bake Sale from 10am-4pm Friday make the best of it. and Saturday at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt.

MUSIC The racial divide is stark. Black families, Baker Hwy. and black women in particular, are most WWW.WCLS.ORG

16 prone to losing their homes. “If incarcera- SAT., SEPT. 10

ART tion had come to define the lives of men from LYNDEN BOOK CLUB: Discuss Leo Tolstoy’s impoverished black neighborhoods, eviction Anna Karenina at today’s Award-Winning Book was shaping the lives of women,” Desmond Club at 10am at the Lynden Library, 216 4th St. 15 writes. “Poor black men were locked up. Poor (360) 354-4883

STAGE black women were locked out.” SUMAS BOOK CLUB: The Sumas Book Club will Once evicted, renters have few options. discuss Jon Krakuaer’s Missoula at 10am at the Each eviction makes it that much harder to Sumas Library, 451 2nd St. 14 find the next home. Those with relatives or (360) 988-2501 friends pack into tight quarters. Others wind CROSSING ZION: Keith Johnson reads from GET OUT up in shelters or squatting in empty build- Crossing Zion: Travels in Nepal at 2pm at the ings while they try to find another place. Ferndale Library, 2125 Main St. The book

12 Arleen, a single mother with two young

12 addresses the joys and perils of mountain children, calls on 90 homes before find- climbing, divorce, and love in a gripping tale of ing one; she is there only weeks before an heartbreak and triumph. Entry is free. WORDS WORDS incident with her son lands the family on WWW.WCLS.ORG MATTHEW DESMOND

8 the street again. (Children provide an ex- ART PARTS: Local author Kim Owen presents cuse not only for landlords to initially reject her new book, Art Parts: A Child’s Introduction renters, but also to evict them.) to the Elements of Art, at 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Kids are welcome to attend the CURRENTS CURRENTS Housing, Desmond argues, is a fundamental REVIEWED BY MARY KINSER human right, and when housing falls apart, free event.

6 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM other social problems creep in. Constantly liv- ing on the edge of eviction takes its toll on MON., SEPT. 12 VIEWS everyone. Depression is common, as are job- LIBRARY TOUR: View a hidden fourth floor, a “book hospital” and much more at a “Behind 4 Evicted lessness, domestic violence and drug abuse. Saving money is impossible. Children suffer the Scenes” tour taking place from 6-7:30pm

MAIL MAIL OF POVERTY AND PROFIT at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central the most, losing friends and missing school Ave. Meet at the SkillShare Space at the library;

Sherrena has a strategy. Rather than seek when everyday life is chaos. The lack of reli- 2 MILWAUKEE LANDLORD entry is free. out neighborhoods that will appreciate over time, she buys in areas with able, affordable homes keeps families mired (360) 778-7217 DO IT IT DO depressed property values, buildings where the condition is rough and rent- in poverty with no clear way out. ers are poor. It’s a familiar refrain that those living in BOOKS ON TAP: South Whatcom Library manager Brian Hulsey will lead a “Books on Her reasoning? Low-income housing pays. “The poverty lack the drive to make something of Tap” discussion from 6:30-8pm at Tino’s Pizza ’hood is good,” she crows. “There’s a lot of money their lives, but these depictions tell a dif- & Pasta Co., 2775 Lake Whatcom Blvd. This 09.07.16 there.” ferent story. It takes commitment to keep month’s focus of discussion will be Fredrik Back- Landlords like Sherrena are a constant for fami- calling after 89 landlords turn you down, man’s A Man Called Ove. .11 (360) 305-3632

36 lies at the heart of sociologist Matthew Desmond’s and hustle to stay one step ahead of home- # wrenching new book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the lessness. Evicted is harrowing but essential POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their American City. reading for anyone interested in under- creative verse as part of Poetrynight can sign Some property owners are compassionate, others standing more about the life of the Ameri- up at 7:45pm at the Bellingham Public Library, calculated, but all are savvy in ways to eject renters can poor. And with all its insights, the book 210 Central Ave. Readings start at 8pm. Entry who don’t pay up. Eviction crews are swift; “truck or leaves readers grappling with the crucial is by donation. WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG curb?” the movers ask, dispersing possessions faster question—where should we, as a society,

CASCADIA WEEKLY than dazed, soon-to-be-homeless renters can reconcile what’s happening. go from here? TUES., SEPT. 13 In some places, the dust has barely settled before the landlord ushers in FERNDALE BOOK GROUP: Discuss Karen Joy 12 the next family. Mary Kinser is Collection Development Librari- Fowler’s We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves at Desmond embarked on this project to better understand the reality of an for Whatcom County Library System, where a book group discussion from 2:30-4:30pm at the Ferndale Library, 2125 Main St. All are welcome. poverty in America, spending years embedded in Milwaukee’s inner-city she selects fiction, DVDs, music and audio- WWW.WCLS.ORG neighborhoods. What he found is startling: families spending 70-80 per- books for adults. She can almost always be cent of their monthly income on rent, some with as little as $20 remaining found with a book in her hand. doit Follow us on Beermenus.com

DAHL’S B-DAY BASH: Attend a 100th Birthday Soccer season Bash for Roald Dahl at 4pm at Village Books, 1200

11th St. Fun activities, games and a tasty treat or starts Sept 10 30 two can be expected at the free event. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM FOOD FOOD We are still open at our Smith Road location, WED., SEPT. 14 LITERACY PARTY: If you’re interested in becoming come over for food, bevs and beer! 24 a tutor for the Whatcom Literacy Council, attend a short presentation from 5-6pm at the Bellingham www.GreenesCorner.com • 360.306.8137 Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Current volunteers B-BOARD B-BOARD will be thanked with cake and punch, and they’ll Pulitzer Prize-winning author Timothy share their stories with prospective volunteers. Egan will be front and center for a lecture

Entry is free. 22 and book-signing related to his new book, The WWW.WHATCOMLITERACY.ORG Immortal Irishman, Fri., Sept. 9 at Mount Vernon’s FILM THURS., SEPT. 15 Littlefield Celtic Center SEAWOMEN OF IRELAND: Learn more about vi- brant Icelandic women who have braved the sea for CAR SHOW: In conjunction with a Vintage Trailer 18 centuries when author and anthropologist Margaret Show, attend a Studebaker Car Show from 10am-

Willson reads from Seawomen of Ireland: Survival on 4pm at Lynden’s Northwest Washington Fair and MUSIC the Edge at 7:30pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Event Center, 1775 Front St. Entry is $10 to show WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM your vehicle and free if you’r just there to admire the rides. 16

WWW.WCSTUDEBAKERCLUB.WIX/COM ART COMMUNITY SALMON FESTIVAL: Live music by the Paperboys, 15 THURS., SEPT. 8 Caspar Babypants, the Chris Eger Band, Silver BINGO NIGHT: Attend a new “Bayou Bingo Night” Torches and more will be part of the Skagit River from 7-9pm at Bayou on Bay, 1300 Bay St. The Salmon Festival happening from 10am-6pm in STAGE event—which will take place on the second Thurs- Anacortes at the waterfront park at Swinomish day of every month—will feature drink specials, Casino & Lodge. The free event celebrating the 14 prizes and a “ton of shenanigans.” Skagit River and the return of the salmon will also WWW.BAYOUONBAY.COM feature local artisans, a kids’ zone, food, raptor shows and more. GET OUT FRI., SEPT. 9 WWW.SKAGITRIVERFEST.ORG PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT: Individuals and

families that are experiencing homelessness or BEYOND ONLINE: The Skagit Valley Genealogical 12 12 at-risk of becoming homeless can attend Skagit Society’s monthly meeting programs start up again Project Homeless Connect from 9am-2pm at today with a “Beyond Online: Courthouse Records” WORDS Mount Vernon’s Skagit Valley College. At the free presentation by Janice C. Lovelace, PhD, at 1pm at WORDS event, social and health services such as hair- the Burlington Community Center, 1011 Greenleaf

cuts, photo IDs, dental care, housing services, Ave. Admission is free and the public is welcome. 8 clothing and a healthy lunch will be provided. WWW.SKAGITVALLEYGENEALOGY.ORG Last year, 71 community groups, nonprofits, healthcare and government organizations came SUN., SEPT. 11 CURRENTS CURRENTS together to connect 372 guests representing BLOCK PARTY: A bouncy house, a dunk tank, cot-

households that include 963 individuals to ser- ton candy, live music and an interactive art display 6 vices in Skagit County. will be part of the Fairhaven Block Party and Car WWW.SKAGITPROJECTHOMELESSCONNECT.ORG Show taking place from 10am-2pm on Larrabee Av- VIEWS enue between 14th and 16th streets. Entry is free. SEPT. 9-10 WWW.HILLCRESTCHAPEL.COM 4 LOCALS ONLY: Watch Jim Swift’s Alien Trespass at 7pm Friday and Scott Ballard’s Death on Rock ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHOW: As part of National MAIL MAIL at 7pm Saturday at a “Locals Only” Miniature Film Drive Electric Week, attend a Electric Vehicle Show

Fest at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 from 10am-3pm at Western Solar, 4041 Home Rd. 2 Harris Ave. Admission is by donation; funds raised At the free event, the North Sound chapter of the

will support Lydia Place, Housing Support Indepen- Electric Auto Association will feature a variety of IT DO dence, and Rebound. electric cars; attendees can chat with the owners, WWW.FIREHOUSEPERFORMINGARTSCENTER.COM take test drives or rides and more. WWW.NORTHSOUNDEVA.ORG SAT., SEPT. 10 VETERAN BENEFITS: If you served in the United NOOKCHAT: Fern Postlewait, a longtime Everson 09.07.16 States military and are interested in finding bank teller, shows pictures and artifacts and talks more about enrolling in VA health care, military about her grandparents, Nancy and Ezariah Brown, .11 36 discharge benefits or other related information, who homesteaded where Cedar Springs Camp is # attend a “Veteran Benefits” event from 10am-12pm now, at a “NookChat: Community Storytelling” at the Lynden Library, 216 4th St. Entry is free. event from 3-4:30pm at the Everson Library, 104 (360) 393-5514 Kirsch Dr. Entry is free. WWW.WCLS.ORG COMPETE FOR A CAUSE: Help raise funds for the Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center at the PET MEMORIAL: A Floating Lantern Pet Memo- 10th annual “Compete for a Cause” Cribbage rial takes place from 6-9pm at Bloedel Donovan,

Tournament from 10am-3pm at the beer garden 2214 Electric Ave. Participants who have reserved CASCADIA WEEKLY at Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. In lanterns are encouraged to arrive between 6-7pm addition to the games, there’ll be a food truck, to decorate their lantern. Lanterns will be released 13 music and a raffle for a full day of fun. Entry is into the water at sunset. Admission is free; cost is $20-$30; register in advance. $25 to reserve a lantern to honor your pet. WWW.WHATCOMDRC.ORG WWW.PET-LANTERN-BHAM.COM doit

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FOOD FOOD through the summer at their headquarters at 555 Harris Ave. SEPT. 10-11 outside Rentals include kayaks, sailboats, DAHLIA SHOW: See bunches of HIKING RUNNING GARDENING

24 rowboats and paddle boards. beautiful blooms at the Whatcom Registration for youth camps and County Dahlia Society’s annual adult classes are currently avail- Dahlia Flower Show from 12-5pm

B-BOARD B-BOARD able online. Saturday and 10am-4pm Sunday at WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG Bloedel Donovan Park, 2214 Electric Ave. The event provides a way for 22 22 THURS., SEPT. 8 dahlia enthusiasts to see what CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC: Register they’d like to have in their garden.

FILM in advance for the charity golf clas- Entry is free. sic, “Tournament of Hope,” taking WWW.WHATCOMCOUNTY place from 11am-5pm at the Bell- DAHLIASOCIETY.ORG 18 ingham Golf and Country Club, 3729 Meridian St. Entry is $125. Proceeds SUN., SEPT. 11 MUSIC benefit Domestic Violence and SKAGIT FLATS MARATHON: The Sexual Assault Services (DVSAS). 39th annual Skagit Flats Marathon

16 WWW.DVSAS.ORG or Half Marathon begins at 8am at Burlington-Edison High School, ART ASTRONOMY MEETING: The 301 N. Burlington Blvd. Entry is Whatcom Association of Celestial $65-$95.

15 Observers will meet from 7-9pm at WWW.SKAGITFLATS.SKAGIT Ferndale’s Whatcom Educational RUNNERS.ORG Credit Union, 5659 Barrett Rd. (I-5 STAGE exit 262). The event will include WANDER TO WANDER: The third a discussion of local astronomy annual “Wander to Wander 1K” 14 14 events and outreach projects and a starts at 11am at Johnny’s Donuts, presentation. Entry is free. 2201 Cornwall Ave. The whistle will WWW.WHATCOMASTRONOMY.ORG blow at 11:30am and participants GET OUT GET OUT will “wander” along the marked FRI., SEPT. 9 route .62 miles to Wander Brew WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and Hall. Costumes are encouraged.

12 While most of us know Mukilteo only adventurers can join Holly Roger of Entry is $20-$25; funds raised STORY AND PHOTO BY LAUREN KRAMER for its ferry service, this sleepy town is a Wild Whatcom for a “Wild Things” benefit the Whatcom Dispute great destination for a good seafood meal Community Program from 9:30- Resolution Center. WORDS and a quiet walkabout in Lighthouse Park 11am every Friday in September WWW.WHATCOMDRC.ORG at Whatcom Falls Park. Suggested

8 (www.mukilteowalkingtour.com). The mod- donation is $5. MON., SEPT. 12 Detour est lighthouse began its work in 1906 and WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG FIND YOUR PARK: Take a journey SNOHOMISH COUNTY’S SECRET SIDE still operates as a navigational aid, flash- along the Belly River Trail through CURRENTS CURRENTS ing its light round the clock. The lighthouse SAT., SEPT. 10 the Ptarmigan Ridge to Many Glacier IF CASINO gaming or shopping malls have been your only is open weekend afternoons in spring and HOMESTEAD RUN: Choose from at a free “Find Your Park: Glacier 6 reasons to exit the I-5 in Snohomish County, you’re missing summer, and the park’s trails offer a scenic, a 5K or a 15K at the second an- National Park” presentation at 6pm out. Everett, Marysville, and Mukilteo offer a unique array peaceful place to walk off a great seafood nual “Homestead Run” starting at REI, 400 36th St.

VIEWS at 8:30am at Lynden’s Homestead 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM of attractions, whether your interest is some R&R on a long meal at Arnie’s, a fine-dining restaurant Fitness, 115 E. Homestead Blvd. The

4 strip of white sand, art, kid-focused fun or history. Next time with fabulous views of Puget Sound, Hat chip-timed event will lead runners TUES., SEPT. 13 you’re zipping toward Seattle, take a detour and explore the Island, and Camano Island. through the streets of downtown, LAST GASP RUN: The weekly MAIL MAIL lesser-known charms of the big city’s bedroom communities. Stretching millions of acres of land down winding paths and views of All-Paces Run starts at 6pm at Mt. Baker. Entry is $20-$50. Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. A good example is Jetty Island. Everett’s manmade beach ac- from the Cascade Mountains to the Puget 2 WWW.HOMESTEAD15.RACEWIRE.COM Entry is free. Tonight’s “Last Gasp cessible by a three-minute, free ferry service is a serene place to Sound islands and up to Canada, the an- of Summer” run will feature shoe DO IT IT DO lay down your towel and kick back with a good book, build sand cestors of the Tulalip tribe once roamed COMPOSTING CLASS: Learn how to demos, a raffle, summer-themed castles with your kids or dip your feet in the sun-warmed water. and hunted across the Pacific Northwest. feed your soil through the fall and games and post-run snacks and sips. Owned and operated by the Port of Everett from June through That ended in 1855, when the Treaty of winter at a free “Composting and WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM September, Jetty Island’s only full-time occupants are its many Point Elliott confined them to a 22,000- the Soil Food Web” class at 9am

09.07.16 at the Garden Spot Nursery, 900 THURS., SEPT. 15 species of birds. Look out for seals in the water and nesting acre reservation on Tulalip Bay. The Hib- Alabama St. Register in advance. EXPLORING ZION: Mountaineer ospreys on your way over and walk further along the strip to ulb Cultural Center(www.hibulbcultural- WWW.GARDEN-SPOT.COM and author Courtney Purcell leads .11 an “Exploring Zion National Park” 36 witness the colorful sails of extreme kiteboarders, for whom the center.org) tells their story in tribal # island is a newly discovered delight. There are no amenities on members’ own words, covering their hunt- LEFT 5K: The L.E.F.T. 5K begins at presentation at 6pm at REI, 400 Jetty Island, so pack snacks or a picnic lunch and come for a day er-gatherer lifestyle, their religious be- 10am at Ferndale’s Pioneer Park on 36th St. The event will focus on Cherry Street. The event continues Purcell’s 15-year quest to break of sun and surf. liefs and their deep connection to the through 1pm and includes refresh- through the barriers of Utah’s most If you’re visiting Everett with kids in tow, book a “Make It land, as well as how the treaty changed ments, a raffle, first responder celebrated national park. Now” class at the Schack Art Center (www.schack.org). The gal- their way of life. The center takes visitors recognition/appreciation presenta- 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM lery has a glass-walled studio for professional glassblowers, and on their journey of suffering, courage and tion, photos-ops and more. Entry is $10-$30. BAY OF BEARS: “Five Alaska CASCADIA WEEKLY its weekend “Make It Now” sessions give visitors an opportunity persistence to the present day, describing WWW.ACTIVE.COM Villages and a Bay Full of Bears” to craft a seasonal ornament under the guidance of a skilled how the Tulalip Tribe’s 4,300 members 14 will be the focus of a Parks and craftsman. Numerous rotating exhibitions at the center high- have survived, adapted and flourished, HOLLY STREET HISTORY TOUR: Rec Travelogue with Denise Lassaw light the work of acclaimed and up-and-coming regional artists, even in the face of extreme adversity. A The Bureau of Historical Investi- from 7-9pm at Whatcom Museum’s but art in action is riveting—which is why one of the most visit to Hibulb offers a compelling lesson gation teams up with the City of Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Sug- popular activities at Schack is watching the glassblowers trans- in history, cultural anthropology and hu- Bellingham to offer “Holly Street gested donation is $5. History Tours” at 1pm starting in WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG form small knobs of glass into multi-hued pieces of art. man survival. doit

WED., SEPT. 7 OPERA LATTE: View two short THE GUN SHOW: Bellingham comic operas about coffee when

TheatreWorks presents The Gun Show Opera Popolare presents “Opera

for the final night at 8pm at the Latte” performances at 7:30pm 30 Mountain Room at Boundary Bay Friday, 3pm and 7:30pm Saturday,

Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. The and 3pm Sunday at Mount Baker FOOD stage one-man performance featuring Theatre’s Walton Theatre, 104 N. THEATER DANCE PROFILES actor Ian Bivins “jumps into the Commercial St. Tickets to view middle of the gun control debate Pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona and 24 with poignant stories that are Bach’s The Coffee Cantata are $15. sometimes humorous, sometimes The production will be in English

heartbreaking, but always brutally and will feature local singers and a B-BOARD Bangs intended to “do comedy on the ex- honest.” Tickets are $15. live orchestra. perience.” WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATREWORKS.ORG WWW.OPERAPOPOLARE.COM OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM 22 Four years later, Bangs is setting out on THURS., SEPT. 8 a tour for “Playing Monopoly With God & GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The MON., SEPT. 12 FILM Other True Stories.” And when she comes Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront mic for comedians, “Guffawing-

to Bellingham Sept. 14-15 for shows at the 18 Mount Baker Theatre’s intimate Walton The- Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick ham!,” takes place at 9:30pm every around for “The Project.” Entry is Monday at the Green Frog, 1015 N. atre, audiences can expect her live nonfic- $8 for the early show, $5 for the State St. Entry is free. MUSIC tion storytelling—which she also refers to late one. WWW.ACOUSTICTAVERN.COM

as a tragicomedy—to include elements of 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM 16 humor along with the startling reality of her TUES., SEPT. 13 ART true-life story. SEPT. 8-10 INTRO TO IMPROV: Sheila Gold- ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDEN- smith leads a “Learn to Think on “A story about postpartum psycho- 15 STERN: After leaving their home Your Feet” introductory improv class 15 sis, without humor, would be difficult for of 14 years and before moving per- from 7-9pm at Improv Playworks,

manently into the Sylvia Center for 1011 Girard St. Please register in STAGE most,” Bangs says. “The humor allows a di- STAGE verse audience to fully lean in to the story, the Arts, iDiOM Theater will present advance for the free primer. its journey.” Sir Tom Stoppard’s “sparkling and 756-0756 OR

absurdist” tragicomedy, Rosencrantz WWW.IMPROVPLAYWORKS.COM 14 Bangs had taken her mental health for & Guildenstern Are Dead, for the final granted, but after experiencing her break weekend at 8pm shows Thursday THURS., SEPT. 15

from reality—which included rebirthing through Saturday at the Bellingham VAUDEVILLINGHAM: Attend the GET OUT her daughter a few times—she realized a Circus Guild’s Cirque Lab, 1401 6th Bellingham Circus Guild’s monthly whole lot of other fami- St. Tickets are $15. uncensored variety show, “Vaudevil- WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM lingham,” at 7pm and 9pm perfor- 12 lies out in the world were mances at the Cirque Lab, 1401 going through similar ex- 6th St., suite #102. Expect to see

SEPT. 9-10 WORDS periences. RECENT TRAGIC EVENTS: A small everything from aerial performances “A reported 15-20 per- cast will use a variety of theatri- to dance, comedy, magic, juggling, 8 cent of moms experi- cal devices to explore post-9/11 burlesque and more. Both novice America, the human condition and and veteran performers are welcome ence a postpartum mood free will and fate when ACT Fringe to share their talents. Suggested

MELISSA BANGS or anxiety disorder,” she presents Recent Tragic Events at donation is $5-$10. CURRENTS says. “This is the reported 7:30pm Friday and Saturday at the WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUGUILD.COM PHOTO BY NICHOLE PETERSON NICHOLE BY PHOTO ATTEND Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 6 WHAT: Playing number. We know that far M Ave. Tickets are $10. Monopoly with too many moms, due to

WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM VIEWS God shame, stigma and fear, DANCE BY AMY KEPFERLE WHEN: 7pm tell no one. They do not IMPROV EVOLUTION: Two teams 4 Wed.-Thurs., make these reports. They will be formed and each will offer SAT., SEPT. 10

Sep. 14-15 MAIL a unique element, obstacle or layer CONTRA DANCE: Join the Bell- WHERE: do not get help and in the that will be used throughout the ingham Country Dance Society for

best case scenarios, sim-

MBT’s Walton 2 Back to Love show in never-before-seen improv its first Contra Dance of the season Theatre, 104 N. ply endure in isolation.” formats at “Improv Evolution” at starting with a potluck at 6pm at

Commercial St. IT DO PLAYING MONOPOLY WITH GOD Bangs was one of the 9pm Friday and Saturday at the the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. COST: $21-$24 lucky ones. Her husband Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Entry It’s open band night, so play along INFO: 734- is $10-$12. while attendees dance, or call if you UNTIL SHORTLY before Melissa Bangs was admitted to 6080 or www. was beyond supportive, WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM want to. Entry is a suggested dona- the Providence Psychiatric Facilities in a manic state, she’d mountbaker she got the help she

tion of $8-$10. If you’re attending 09.07.16 never experienced depression, mania or anxiety. She’d never theatre.com needed, she used her SEPT. 9-11 the potluck, please bring your own even had a panic attack. own experience to shed SH’BANG: Forty-five performances plate and utensils. .11 and more than 28 live bands will WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE.ORG But a month after the birth of her daughter, Adelaide, things light on a little-spoken-about subject, and 36 had gotten bad enough for the hormone-depleted, sleep-de- she’d come out on the other side whole and bid farewell to summer as part of # prived new mother that she needed to be hospitalized. “back to love.” the annual “Sh’Bang: A Festival of MAGIC MEN LIVE: Hot music, Ideas” from 12pm Friday to 12am original compositions, thrilling cho- What happened next would change the course of her life. The “My mantra is ‘If my story does nothing Sunday at the Lookout Arts Quarry, reographic displays and themed acts three weeks Bangs spent at the facility in the fall of 2012 be- else, may it unleash yours,’” Bangs says. 246 Old Hwy 99N. The event will will be part of a “Magic Men Live” ing treated for postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder were “If my story were about me, I would have also feature an off-road Daredevil performance at 9pm at the Mount beyond painful—the time she spent with her newborn was lim- been done telling it a long time ago. It Soapbox Derby race, a sunrise float- Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial ing dock dance party, marching band St. The re-imagined approach to ited, and her doctor determined whether she’d be able to hold is about thousands of women, their hus- CASCADIA WEEKLY parades, swimming, kid-focused ladies night entertainment aims to her during each visit—and she was so ashamed she didn’t know bands, their families. performances and activities, mer- provide audiences with an exciting 15 if she’d ever be able to share what had happened with others. “This is a story about the human jour- maids, pirates and more. Admission and innovative cabaret-style show. But after she’d stabilized and returned home, Bangs knew she ney and what happens when the bottom is $75-$120 for a weekend pass; Tickets are $22-$102. couldn’t keep quiet. This revelation was cemented when, while drops out. How do we find our way home? daily rates can also be had. 734-6080 OR reading her 100-plus-page hospital report, the storyteller and How do we return to ourselves and those WWW.SHBANGFEST.COM WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM improviser came across a notation a nurse had made that said that we love?” doit UPCOMING EVENTS THURS., SEPT. 8 30 STUDIO TOUR PANEL: Lorna Libert, Ben Mann, Tommy Gibson, Shelly Stark, Andra Millage, and FOOD FOOD Michael Jacobson will be on hand at a Whatcom Artists Studio Tour Panel hosted by the Mu- seum Advocates at 1pm at Whatcom Museum’s

24 visual GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. The free event will give an overview of the upcoming tour, which takes place Oct. 1-2 and 8-9 throughout B-BOARD B-BOARD Whatcom County. Biv,” where all the colors of the rainbow WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG

22 22 were represented in gloriously vibrant paintings by Robert Marki, Yvette New- SAT., SEPT. 10 KIDS DO ART: Six studios will be open with FILM mann, and Gregory Walsh, and sculptures hands-on demos for children at a “Kids Do Art” by Ken Wiener. Open House from 11am-3pm at Lynden’s Jansen

18 Just up the street, Dakota Gallery was Art Center, 321 Front St. The activities will be full of people checking out the group show free and attendees can sample classes from the

MUSIC “Would Have Been Anyways.” The new works J’s Kids Do Art program. by Kim Balla, Quinton Maldonado, Andrew WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG 16 16 Robinson, and Tyl Will were full of abstract COLLECTION ELECTIONS: John Kamb Jr. will share

ART wonder, and it it hadn’t been so crowded, we ART campaign buttons, ribbons and artifacts he’s been likely would’ve stayed a little while longer. collecting since he was a kid at a “Collection At Wandering Oakes Fine Arts Gallery Elections” presentation from 2-4pm at La Conner’s 15 and Glass Studio, Sharon C. Robinson’s fi- Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St. The event is part of the “Cast and Count: The STAGE ber art, Lori Christensen’s paintings, and History of Voting” on display through Nov. 15. Stefanie Fields’ books were being featured, WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM but the new space for both showing and 14 making work also had plenty of other art- ART AUCTION PREVIEW: Preview the works work on display—including glass dragon- that are part of a seventh annual Art Auction every Friday through Sunday through Oct. 1 on GET OUT flies, photography, pottery and more. Camano Island at Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Nearby, the Atomic Kitten beckoned. The Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way. A potluck party and preview of the 90 pieces of fine art

12 new venue for furniture and art featuring midcentury treasures isn’t a gallery, per se, takes place from 4-8pm tonight, and the live but after stepping back in time simply by auction happens Sat., Oct. 1. WORDS WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM walking through the doors of the former hair

8 salon on Commercial Street, I felt as if we were entering an art installation, circa 1950 ONGOING EXHIBITS (in other words, it was pretty cool). ACME: “Art Through the Generations” shows

CURRENTS CURRENTS By the time we got to Goat Mountain Piz- through September in Anacortes at A.C.M.E. za to take a look at abstract painter Kellie

6 Creative Spaces, 705 Commercial Ave. The exhibit Becker’s work—and see what the interior of includes works by WPA artist Ida Abelman and her “FIRE IN THE SKY,” BY KIM BALLA BY “FIRE IN THE SKY,” the place looks like now that Film is Truth son, Anacortes local, Fred Abelman. VIEWS has vacated and the restaurant has taken WWW.ACMECREATIVE.COM

4 BY AMY KEPFERLE over—the sun was setting and Bellingham’s ALLIED ARTS: Works by Robert Marki, Yvette waterfront was providing pretty spectacular Neumann, Gregory Walsh, and Ken Wiener can be MAIL MAIL artwork of its own. viewed at a “Roy G. Biv” exhibit through Sept.

After snapping a few photos, we ran 24 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. 2 Time Travel into old friends in front of Fourth Corner WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG DO IT IT DO Frames & Gallery who informed us that the OPERATION ART WALK ARTWOOD: Phil Skochilich’s fish carvings will renovated Cabin Tavern—next door—no be featured through September at Artwood Gal- WE’D SECURED tickets for an 8:30pm showing of Blazing Saddles, and my date longer smelled like “ass and sadness.” lery, 1000 Harris Ave. and I found ourselves with an hour-and-a-half to kill before the movie began. We found that out for ourselves after WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM 09.07.16 When I suggested cramming as many Art Walk stops as we could into the limited walking through Fourth Corner’s “Artists’ time frame—starting from our house in the York neighborhood and ending with the Choice” exhibit—which featured small BEACH STORE CAFE: Check out Meredith .11 Moench’s new watercolor paintings through Sept.

36 viewing of the satirical western at the Pickford Cinema—he quickly agreed to the works submitted by area artists and ex-

# 13 on Lummi Island at the Beach Store Cafe, challenge. And after tying our shoes and taking a shot of leftover bachelorette party pertly framed by Fourth Corner staff. 2200 N. Nugent Rd. tequila for the road, we were off. At the Cabin, we discovered large works WWW.BEACHSTORECAFE.COM Our first stop was just down the street from our house at the Foundry Maker- by Kat Houseman, who is also showing her space on Forest Street, where we perused silver and copper jewelry by Linda Abra- wildlife paintings through September at BOUNDARY BAY: Bellingham artist Tom Ensign’s new paintings from his “Dreams of Lascaux” hamsen, a giant foam-filled hamster and numerous pieces of equipment used for the Redlight and Novato (and has a piece in series can be viewed through September at digital manufacturing. the “Artists’ Choice” exhibit, as well). After Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave.

CASCADIA WEEKLY After collecting the upcoming class schedule for the community workshop and craft making sure we still had a little leeway be- WWW.BBAYBREWERY.COM studio, we strolled to Cornwall Avenue. I couldn’t resist popping into the Artists 12 Pop- fore the movie started, we ordered Moscow 16 Up Gallery at the former home of the iDiOM Theater, where artists Vikki Jackson, Laurel Mules and hotdogs from the newly respect- CHUCKANUT BREWERY: Peruse paintings of birds and wildlife by sisters Lyn and Vikki Jack- Baldwin, Linda Coons, Ruth Mueseler, Nyssa Prowell, Lyz Staman, and Julia Martin were able tavern, settled in under a painting of son through Oct. 8 at Chuckanut Brewery and sharing their painting talents for one night only (it turns out there’s a lot more room for a large bovine and rested for a few min- Kitchen, 601 W. Holly St. art when there’s not seating for an audience of more than 80 people). utes, confident we’d made the most of our WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM In the same building, Allied Arts was hosting an opening exhibit for “Roy G. Art Walk experience. doit

DAKOTA GALLERY: View new works by Kim Balla, Quinton Maldonado, Andrew Lui Robinson, and Tyl

Will at the “Would Have Been Anyways” exhibit through Sept. 30 at Dakota Art Gallery, 1324 30 Cornwall Ave. FOOD FOOD WWW.DAKOTAARTGALLERY.COM Daily • Country Café On Weekends • Corn Cannons FISHBOY GALLERY: Peruse the contemporary folk

• Apples • Breakfast& Lunch • ƉƉůĞŝŶdƌĂŝŶZŝĚĞƐ • &ĂĐĞƉĂŝŶƚŝŶŐ 24 art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm Fridays or by ap- • U-Pick/We Pick •ŝƐƟůůĞƌLJdĂƐƟŶŐƐ • Live Music pointment at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. Great Fall WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM • Honeycrisp & More • Corn Maze • ŝƐƚŝůůĞƌLJdŽƵƌƐ

Family Fun! B-BOARD • Fresh Cider •&ĂƌŵdŽƵƌƐ 12 & 2pm FOURTH CORNER FRAMES: “Artists’ Choice” shows through Oct. 7 at Fourth Corner Frames & 22 22 Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM FILM

GOOD EARTH: Peruse Levi Vincent’s “Imaginative

Illustrations” through September at Good Earth View Janie Olson’s “Honey Dripper” at a pot- FARM TUNES 6p-9p 18 Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. luck and preview of the pieces that are part WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM of an upcoming Art Auction Sat., Sept. 10 on Camano 9/9 Easy Tigers • 9/16 Marcel & Nakos MUSIC Island at Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park HONEY SALON: Paintings and fiber and collage 16 works by clients, stylists and friends can be viewed 6140 Guide Meridian - (360) 318-7720 - www.bellewoodfarms.com 16 ART at a group show dubbed “Honey’s Hunnys” at Honey Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave. ART Salon, 310 W. Holly St. WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM SCULPTURE NW: “Electric and Kinetic” shows 15 I.E. GALLERY: View “Into the Woods” through through Oct. 1 at Sculpture Northwest, 203 Pros-

Sept. 18 at Edison’s i.e. gallery, 5800 Cains Court. pect St. STAGE The exhibit features photography by David Hall, NORTHWESTERN monotypes by Juliet Shen, and Mike Scott’s wood bowls and vessels. SKAGIT MUSEUM: “Voces Del Valle” can be seen Law Offices of 14 WWW.IEEDISON.COM through Sept. 25 at La Conner’s Skagit County His- torical Museum, 501 S. 4th St. The exhibit features GET OUT JANSEN ART CENTER: Peruse exhibits featuring stories of the Latino community in Skagit County Alexander F. Ransomm work by Barbara Sternberger (“Successions”), Lynne from 1940 to present day. “Cast and Count: The Oulman (“State of Affairs”), and Colleen Hoffen- History of Voting” can be viewed through Nov. 15. 12 backer (“Coastal Impressions”) at Lynden’s Jansen WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM Art Center, 321 Front St. Attendees can also view Experienced. the “Late Summer Juried Exhibit.” SMITH & VALLEE: View “Pacific Inc.” until Sept. WORDS WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG 24 at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Effective.

Ave. The exhibit featuring works by Edison-based 8 MAKE.SHIFT: View original works inspired by the artists Pieter VanZanden and Many Jane Turner beloved childhood literary staple known as the features a series of VanZanden’s sculptures that are Exceptional. Little Golden Books series at the invitational group re-imagined in Turner’s paintings and prints.

Compassionate Criminal Defense Attorney CURRENTS art show “Stay Gold” through Sept. 24 at Make. WWW.SMITHANDVALLEEGALLERY.COM Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. Fighting for Your Rights 6 WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM SOCIAL FABRIC: Clarissa Callesen’s fiber-focused “Part of a Whole” exhibit can be seen through Sep- 119 NORTH COMMERCIAL ST. SUITE #1420 • OFFICE: (360) 746-2642 MINDPORT: View works from the 11th annual Plein tember at Social Fabric, 1302 Commercial St. Peruse VIEWS Air Paint Out (PAPO) through Sept. 25 at Mindport the venue’s website for a full list of sewing-related Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. A closing reception for classes and workshops. www.ransom-lawfirm.com 4 the exhibit—which features pieces painted on the WWW.SOCIALFABRICART.COM MAIL MAIL Holly Street corridor in August—takes place from

4-6pm Sun., Sept. 25. TILLIE LACE: Peruse works inspired by insects 2 WWW.STUDIO-UFO.NET and the natural world at a “Bugs N Things” exhibit showing until Sept. 29 at Tillie Lace Gallery, 1415 DO IT IT DO MONA: View “MoNA at 35,” ”Voyager: A Series by 13th St. Steve Jensen,” and “Northwest Impressions: Lilli WWW.TILLIELACEGALLERY.COM Mathews and Art from the Permanent Collection” through Sept. 11 at La Conner’s Museum of North- WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by more than 45 west Art, 121 S. First St. Whatcom Art Guild members can be perused and 09.07.16 WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG purchased from 10am-6pm Wed.-Sun. at the new

Whatcom Art Market, 1103 11th St. .11

WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG 36 PEACH ARCH PARK: View the Peace Arch # Sculpture Exhibit from 8am-dusk through Oct. 1 at Blaine’s Peace Arch State Park. Entry is free, WHATCOM LAND TRUST: View “The Nature of although you must have a Washington State Park Whatcom County Group Art Show” from 3-5pm every Discover Pass. Friday through Sept. 15 at the Whatcom Land Trust, WWW.PEACEARCHPARK.ORG 412 N. Commercial St. WWW.WHATCOMLANDTRUST.ORG RAGFINERY: A variety of textile-related work- shops happen on a regular basis at Ragfinery, 1421 WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Colorfast: Vivid Instal- CASCADIA WEEKLY N. Forest St. See more details and register online. lations Make Their Mark,” “Nostalgic Saturation: WWW.RAGFINERY.COM Mid-Century Bellingham in Historic Color,” and 17 “Back at the Park: Vintage Views from the Photo SCOTT MILO GALLERY: A new collection of oil Archives” can currently be viewed on the Whatcom paintings with clouds and mist by Dederick Ward will Museum campus. be featured through September in Anacortes at the WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG rumor has it

30 APPARENTLY, BUMBERSHOOT happened last weekend.

FOOD FOOD Bellingham is usually represented in some form at the sprawling Seattle music and art festival, and so it was this year. 24 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT Grant Eadie, the talented ginger also known as Manatee Commune, played Bumbershoot’s

B-BOARD B-BOARD third day, and did so on no less than the Key Arena stage, and then appeared to thoroughly

22 22 enjoy what the rest of the weekend had to of- fer. If ever a Bellingham act possessed massive

FILM breakout potential it is Manatee Commune, and I hope his life continues to be filled with

18 18 big stages and even bigger crowds.

Commanding his own Bumbershoot stage MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC was local poet and author Robert Lashley, who was one-third of a reading that also in-

16 cluded Sherman Alexie and EJ Koh—pretty

ART impressive company, by any measure. Lashley is also enjoying a breakout of sorts, and the past couple of years he has stacked accolades 15 and accomplishments one on top of the other.

STAGE As I mentioned awhile back, he’s nominated for a Stranger Genius Award, and although 14 we have to wait until Sept. 24 to find out

GET OUT what the Seattle alt- weekly makes of him,

12 I’ll go ahead and deem Lashley a genius right BY CAREY ROSS here and now. Sadly, my WORDS declaration doesn’t come with a cash prize,

8 so that whole Stranger deal probably carries JOVINO SANTOS NETO slightly more prestige. At any rate, thanks to Eadie and Lashley for

CURRENTS CURRENTS In this case, what the doing their best to bring fame and glory to our BY CAREY ROSS people want is a full day’s city because lord knows I cannot be counted 6 worth of jazz of all kinds in on to pull any weight in that capacity. a scenic locale where they While we’re talking about things that tickle VIEWS can pull up a patch of grass my fancy, let’s address poor parenting and the

4 Bellhaven and enjoy themselves. If legacy it leaves in its offspring. And let’s do it possible, they’d like a beer via classic country songs by the likes of Con- MAIL MAIL garden to further their en- way Twitty, Merle Haggard, George Jones, and

joyment. Being within walk- Whatcom County’s own coalminer’s daughter 2 Jazz Festival ATTEND WHAT: ing distance of restaurants, Loretta Lynn. About a year ago, the Pickford

DO IT IT DO SUMMER IS STILL IN THE AIR Bellhaven Jazz shops, the bay and other Film Center hosted “You’re Lookin’ at Country: Festival FOR THE past few months, I have written nearly nonstop about outdoor WHEN: 1pm amenities would be nice as An Invitation to Infidelity,” through which musical events. From Ski to Sea to Summer Meltdown, Downtown Sounds Sat., Sep. 10 well. Oh, and they’d like for adultery in all of its occasionally violent forms to the Oak Harbor Music Festival, making music in the great outdoors is WHERE: Vil- all of the music to be free. was examined via country music. 09.07.16 one of our sacred summer traditions. lage Green, Luckily, the Bellhaven Well, turns out we’re not done lookin’ at Despite the sheer number of words I have devoted to such undertakings, Fairhaven Jazz Festival aims to pro- country, and the second installment, “Tough .11 COST: Free

36 I am nowhere near weary of this particular subject. Judging by your en- vide all of these things. Love,” will take place Sun., Sept. 11 at the

# INFO: www. thusiastic participation in the plethora of all the outdoor aural entertain- jazzproject.org Musically speaking, Sher- Bay Street movie theater. Once again, Ste- ment the season has to offer, you’re not tired of it either. wood has put together a phen Ray Leslie, local songwriter and favorite Which is good because summer isn’t over and we’re not done yet. roster of musicians who are no strangers to ei- among Pickford staffers, will provide musical Thanks to Jud Sherwood and his longstanding advocacy of all things ther Bellingham or the Jazz Project. Although chops and witty commentary with host Liz jazz via his nonprofit Jazz Project, we still have the Bellhaven Jazz Fes- jazz very often happens late at night in dark Shephard. As the event info instructs, “join tival—taking place Sat., Sept. 10 at the Fairhaven Village Green—to look rooms, the Bellhaven Jazz Festival gets a bit us for an instructive evening of tales about

CASCADIA WEEKLY forward to on the road to kissing summer and all of its many musical of an earlier start when Jennifer Scott crosses philandering dads, depressive mamas, heart- delights goodbye. the border from Vancouver and makes her way broken kiddos, and above all, alcohol-fueled 18 Sherwood has lived in Bellingham all of his life, has been at the helm to Fairhaven to perform. After she entertains destruction of the family unit.” In other of the Jazz Project for nearly two decades and has five years of throwing the post-brunch crowd, the Christopher Woit- words, familial dysfunction never sounded a late-summer jazz festival under his belt going into this year’s event. I ach Quartet will take the stage at 2:30pm, and so good. And you thought you weren’t going think it’s safe to say he’s got some things dialed in when it comes to know- they’ll be bringing special guest Brian Kent to get a chance to have fun like that until it’s ing how to give the people what they want. with them. Perennial Bellhaven fest favorite time to go home for Christmas. an ideal place to stage such a party. With BELLHAVEN, FROM PAGE 18 a capacity of 750 people, it’s large enough to accommodate a sizeable audience, and Blues Union is up at 4pm, before Jovino its proximity to restaurants, bars, shops

Santos Neto brings his quintet to town to and public transportation—not to men- 30 close out the show at 5:30pm with his dis- tion Boulevard Park and its overwater tinctive Brazilian flair. By the time the sun walkway just a short stroll away—means FOOD goes down, the whole thing will be over— people can drop in, drop out and make a leaving you free to seek out a dark room day of it on the Southside. And to know 24 and more jazz, if you so desire. Sherwood is to know he appreciates a pint As for the scenic locale, Sherwood has of beer—he has conducted much Jazz you covered there too—even after under- Project business over the years from the B-BOARD going a change of venue last year. After taproom at Boundary Bay—and the patio four festivals on the expanse of lawn behind Village Books will act as a beer and 22 22 that hugs Bellingham Bay in front of the wine garden for the festival.

Bellwether Hotel, the event was forced to Best of all, like so much of the bounty FILM seek out fresh digs. But Sherwood is both of outdoor music that happens in this re- 18 resourceful and locally beloved and after gion during the summer, the Bellhaven 18 pitching his festival to folks in Fairhaven, Jazz Festival is free, family friendly and MUSIC he found himself a new home on the Vil- open to one and all. Fall may be in the air, MUSIC lage Green. The move proved inspired as but summer is still alive with the sound

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WED., SEPT. 7 STAGE MUSIC CLUB CONCERT: Percussionist Patrick Roulet and pianist Rachel Roulet—a husband-and- wife duo from the faculty of Western Washington 14 University—will hearken back to the Golden Age of the xylophone as the Bellingham Music Club GET OUT launches its 101st season with a 10:30am concert at Trinity Lutheran Church, 119 Texas St. Entry is by donation. 12 WWW.BELLINGHAMMUSICCLUB.ORG

THURS., SEPT. 8 WORDS BLUES & BREWS: The Naughty Blokes will perform

at tonight’s “Blues, Brews & BBQ” summer music 8 It’ll be midnight at the oasis all over again series taking place from 5-9pm on the waterfront when Maria Muldaur plays a Sat., Sept 10 show terrace at Hotel Bellwether, One Bellwether Way. The at the historic Lincoln Theatre in Mount Vernon. events conclude with a show by the Walrus Thurs., Sept. 15. Entry is free. CURRENTS WWW.HOTELBELLWETHER.COM Fairhaven Village Green, 1207 10th St. Entry to the 6 family-friendly event is free. RIVERWALK FINALE: The Chris Eger Band and the WWW.JAZZPROJECT.ORG SEPT 15 “Five Villages and a Bay Full of Powerhouse Horns perform at the final Riverwalk VIEWS Summer Concert Series of the summer from 6-8pm MARIA MULDAUR: “Midnight of the Oasis” singer Bears: An Itinerant Mask Maker in Bush at the Skagit Riverwalk Park plaza in historic Mount and Grammy nominee Maria Muldaur performs at Alaska, Images and Stories” 4 Vernon. Entry is free. 7:30pm at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, 712 MAIL MAIL WWW.RIVERWALKCONCERTS.COM S. First St. Despite her considerable pop music by Denise Lassow

success, Muldaur’s 52-year career could best be 2 NIGHT BEAT: Bellingham Music Club will launch its described as a “long and adventurous odyssey OCT 6 “One Family of Four’s Round the 2016-2017 “Night Beat” series with a performance through the various forms of American roots DO IT IT DO by percussionist Patrick Roulet and pianist Rachel music.” Tickets are $15-$30. World Trip of a Lifetime” Roulet at 7:30pm at the Firehouse Performing Arts WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG by The Dailey Family Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Recalling the Golden Age of the xylophone, the husband-and-wife duo will SEPT. 10-11 OCT 20 “Travels Thru Bhutan and India” play music by Gershwin, Joplin, Confrey, Green and ANACORTES CONCERTS: Folk, Americana, roots 09.07.16 others. Tickets are $15. music and a layer of punk and grunge can be heard by Pat O’Connor

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an outdoor summer music series from 6-8pm Satur- NOV 3 “Exploring Mongolia from Siberia # FRI., SEPT. 9 day at the Heart of Anacortes, 1014 4th St. Tickets FARM TUNES: Easy Tigers perform on the patio as are $8. A free performance featuring the 16-piece to China & Trekking the Western part of the summer’s “Farm Tunes” series from 6-9pm Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra concludes the series Mountains” by Jake Strauss at BelleWood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian. At the from 2-3:30pm Sunday. event, you can enjoy “food, spirits and fun.” Entry WWW.THEHEARTOFANACORTES.COM NOV 17 “Leaving a Piece of Your Soul is free. WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM SUN., SEPT. 11 Where You Go” by Katelyn Jennings

FARM CONCERT: Five genre-busting artists will CASCADIA WEEKLY SAT., SEPT. 10 come together to bring joyful music infused with Thursdays, 7-9 pm BELLHAVEN JAZZ FESTIVAL: The Jennifer Scott folk, bluegrass, americana, roots, swing, jazz and 19 Quartet, the Christopher Woitach Quartet, Blues the blues when Nell Robinson and the Jim Nunally Free/$3 donation suggested Union, and the Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto will Band perform at 2pm at Nancy’s Farm, 2030 E. Smith Whatcom Museum (Old City Hall) perform at the Jazz Project’s sixth annual Bell- Rd. Suggested donation is $15. haven Jazz Festival taking place from 1-7pm at the WWW.NANCYSFARM.COM 778-7000 www.cob.org musicvenues 30 See below for venue FOOD FOOD addresses and phone 09.07.16 09.08.16 09.09.16 09.10.16 09.11.16 09.12.16 09.13.16 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

24 Anelia's Kitchen & Animals of Grace Fred Haslam Mia Vermillion Stage

B-BOARD B-BOARD Bellewood Acres Easy Tigers

22 22 Happy Hour w/Si- Irish & Folk erra Ferrel, Twilight The Legendary Chuck- Compete for a Out of the Ashes Boundary Bay The Gun Show Kideoke Night w/Pres-

FILM Concert w/Crow and lenuts Cause (afternoon) Brewery ton Howard the Canyon

18 18 Brown Lantern Ale House Acoustic Night Open Mic Professor Gall MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC Action Bronson, Meyhem Commodore Ballroom Jake Bugg, Syd Arthur Magic!, Shawn Hook, more Lauren 16 Mojo Cannon and the 13th

ART Conway Muse The Anissa Quintet Baby Gramps, Hot Damn Scandal St. Horns

15 ACTION BRONSON/Sept. Corner Pub Knut Bell and the 360s 12/Commodore Ballroom STAGE Eat Kevin Woods Duo Kevin Woods Duo 14 Edison Inn Wayne Hayton The Naughty Blokes Ron Bailey & The Tangents VERSA PHOTOGRAPHY VERSA

GET OUT Anelias Kitchen & Stage 511 Morris St., La Conner • (360) 466-4778 | Bellewood Acres 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden • (360) 318-7720 | Bobby Lee’s Pub & Eatery 108 W. Main St., Everson • 966-8838 | Boundary Bay Brewery 1107 Railroad Ave • 647-5593 | Brown Lantern Ale House 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-2544 | The Business 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-9788 | Chuckanut Brewery 601 W. Holly St. • 752-3377 | Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville St., Vancouver • (604) 739-4550 | Conway Muse 18444 Spruce/Main St., Conway (360) 445-3000 | Corner Pub 14565 Allen West Road, Burlington | Eat

12 Restaurant & Bar 1200 Cornwall Ave • www.4u2eat.com WORDS

8 Playing Monopoly with God And Other True Stories CURRENTS CURRENTS Melissa Bangs makes her way 6 to the stage for two nights of

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4 nonfiction storytelling. MAIL MAIL

2 “If my story does DO IT IT DO nothing else, may it

09.07.16 unleash yours." .11 36 # Wed. September 14th & Thurs. September15th Mount Baker Theatre - Bellingham, WA

CASCADIA WEEKLY Doors 6:30PM Show 7PM

20 $21 Advance & $24 At Door TIX, TRAILER & REVIEWS www.playingmonopolywithgod.com/shows

musicvenues 30 See below for venue addresses and phone 09.07.16 09.08.16 09.09.16 09.10.16 09.11.16 09.12.16 09.13.16 FOOD numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

Glow Nightclub DJ J-Will Reggaeton & Hip-hop DJ Boombox Kid 24

Open Mic B-BOARD Vaudeville Etiquette, Soul Explosion Klozd Sirkut Hilary Scott Slow Jam (early) (early), Guffaw- Green Frog Bart Budwig (late) ingham (late) 22 22

H2O Too Slim and the Taildraggers Ol Town Tonic Karaoke FILM

Strangely Mondays w/ Honey Moon Open Mic w/Scot Casey Hot Damn Scandal, Jacose Bird The McHugh Boys Marcel and Nakos New Music Tuesday w/Mike Friends 18 18

Kulshan Brewing Co. Broken Bow Stringband The Devilly Brothers VAUDEVILLE ETIQUETTE/Sept. 8/Green Frog MUSIC MUSIC Loco Billy's Wild Moon Jam Night/Open Mic Cowgirls Gone Wild The Lowdown Drifters Saloon 16

Main St. Bar and Grill JP Falcon Acoustic Showcase Jack Benson Band Sunset Superman, 80HD ART

Matriarch, Casual Burn, Space Make.Shift Art Space 15 Mom

Old World Deli Latin Tinge Sextet STAGE

Poppe's 360 Ryan & Jeremy 14

Rockfish Grill Time3Jazz Trish Hatley Jesse Taylor GET OUT

Royal Karaoke Karaoke Country Night DJ Jester 12

Rumors Cabaret Panty Hoes Throwback Thursday DJ Postal, DJ Shortwave DJ Robby Clark DJ Enz, DJ Pklz Karaoke w/Zach WORDS Dog Mountain, Panda Panda Chastity Belt, So Pitted, Babe The Shakedown Flannel, Down North Aireeoke Panda, Fretts Waves 8 Silver Reef Hotel Casino DJ Big Rez Replayzmentz Spa CURRENTS CURRENTS Skagit Valley Casino Hall Pass Hall Pass Resort 6 VIEWS Skylark's Roger Quiggle 3 Parts Jazz Anissa 4

Swillery Whiskey Bar Karaoke Singer/Songwriter Night Black Giraffe, more TripMadam, Noctium, more Church at the Swillery CROW AND THE MAIL CANYON/Sept. 8/

Swinomish Casino The Hitmen The Hitmen Boundary Bay 2 and Lodge DO IT IT DO

The Underground DJ B-Mello DJ B-Mello

Via Cafe and Bistro Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke 09.07.16

The Village Inn Jam Night Karaoke .11 36 # The Waterfront The Dt's, Demo Kings

100 w/Zayjon, Boombox Kid, Dumpstaphunk, Delvon Lamarr Blues Jam w/Andy "Badd Wild Buffalo 90s Night w/DJ Boombox Kid Nappy Roots, Deadly D, more Lip Sync Battle Bugaboo Organ Trio Dog" Koch

The Green Frog 1015 N. State St. • www.acoustictavern.com | Edison Inn 5829 Cains Ct., Edison • (360) 766-6266 | Glow 202 E. Holly St. • 734-3305 | H20, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 755- 3956 | Honey Moon 1053 N. State St. • 734-0728 | KC’s Bar and Grill 108 W. Main St., Everson • (360) 966-8838 | Kulshan Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon 27021

102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood • www.locobillys.com | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • www.makeshiftproject.com | Main Street Bar & Grill 2004 Main St., Ferndale • (360) 384-2982 | McKay’s Taphouse CASCADIA WEEKLY 1118 E. Maple St. • (360) 647-3600 | 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. 21 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 | 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 | The Waterfront 521 W. Holly St. • www.waterfrontseafoodandbar.com | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www.wildbuffalo.net | To get your live music listings included, send info to clubs@ cascadiaweekly.com. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday. sisters in a lovely image of acceptance and light. More straightforward and less self- consciously artful than the 2013 Oscar

30 winner Ida, another drama of postwar Polish spiritual crisis, The Innocents is

FOOD FOOD remarkable to look at throughout. It’s film not coincidental that there are as many women behind the camera as in front of 24 MOVIE REVIEWS FILM SHORTS it. Director Anne Fontaine (Coco Before Chanel), working with cinematographer

B-BOARD B-BOARD Caroline Champetier and production designer Joanna Macha, creates a clois-

22 22 22 tered world eons away from and yet hard by the wracked mid-20th century. The FILM FILM lighting and visuals recall Vermeer at times, but the film’s sensibility and sym-

18 pathies are more in tune with the women in his paintings.

MUSIC The only major male character, Samuel (Vincent Macaigne), is Mathilde’s fel-

16 low doctor and occasional lover; a Jew

ART who lost his family in the camps, he’s a screenwriter’s conceit given low-key lik- ability by the actor playing him. The In- 15 STAGE

14 Half melodrama, half Holy Minimalism, GET OUT mostly engrossing,

12 the film is guided by the idea of two WORDS women moving slowly 8 toward each other in friendship and CURRENTS CURRENTS understanding 6 VIEWS nocents doesn’t have to push its vision

4 of an unseen world of women existing parallel to and at peril from the bloody MAIL MAIL arenas of men. A sequence in which the

sophisticated Mathilde is stopped at a 2 checkpoint and nearly raped herself puls- DO IT IT DO es with panic and is a reminder of how TREVIEWED BY TY BURR breech birth; the combination of trauma easily and quickly civilizations dissolve. and vows of chastity means that most of Which only makes the relationship the sisters won’t even allow themselves between the doctor and Sister Maria 09.07.16 to be examined. Many of them are strug- so pleasurable to witness; two women gling with their faith. “If it happened, it nothing alike yet finding commonal-

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36 means He wanted it,” says one of the nuns ity in experience. Fontaine and her # GOD BLESS THE CHILD (Katarzyna Dabrowska). “This life He has phalanx of screenwriters arrange for a forced into me, what does He want me to climactic plot twist and one final vil- POLAND, DECEMBER 1945. The war is over but the countryside remains pros- do with it?” lain, after which spring arrives and the trate with suffering. Mathilde Beaulieu (Lou de Laage), a doctor working in a French The Mother Abbess (Agata Kulesza), story is satisfyingly resolved. That and Red Cross hospital, is called to an isolated convent to examine one of the nuns. The glowering protectively, doesn’t even de Laage’s very cinematic glamour may sister is pregnant. So are six others, victims of a mass rape carried out by a passing want a woman doctor on the premises, remind you that we sometimes make

CASCADIA WEEKLY battalion of Russian soldiers. No one must know—not the Poles, nor the Allied forces. but Mathilde is supported by Sister Ma- movies to rearrange and neaten up un- Based on actual events, The Innocents has a glossy, sometimes overly tidy sur- ria (Agata Buzek), a stern-faced young forgivably harsh history. 22 face beneath which beats an agonized heart of sisterly solidarity. Half melodrama, nun who gradually melts into the mov- But The Innocents has enough rewards half Holy Minimalism, mostly engrossing, the film is guided by the idea of two ie’s moral conscience. After the doctor to compensate. It gives us war as seen women moving slowly toward each other in friendship and understanding, one an chases away a second invading troop of by the women it rolls over and it quietly atheist doctor and the other a worldly bride of Christ. Russians by claiming the convent is un- exults as they help each other back to The convent is almost entirely in denial when Mathilde is called in to deal with a der quarantine, she’s embraced by the their feet. film ›› showing this week

BY CAREY ROSS Kubo and the Two Strings: From Laika, the studio king J.J. Abrams. Now it will go down in history as 30 responsible for Coraline and ParaNorman, comes this Anton Yelchin’s final turn as Chekov before the actor

inventive samurai story about a one-eyed boy and a was killed in a freak accident, and for the big reveal FOOD legendary battle. Boasting breathtaking stop-motion of Sulu as being gay. I’m sure this film has a plot or FILM SHORTS animation and an affecting plot, some critics have whatever, but who the hell is going to remember that?

called this the best animated movie of 2016. +++++ ++++ (PG-13 • 2 hrs.) 24 Ben Hur: Hollywood, you are out of control. Go home. (PG • 1 hr. 41 min.) You are way, way too drunk. + (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 5 min.) Sully: Politically speaking, Clint Eastwood is a little

Mechanic: Resurrection: Jason Statham, normally nutty. As a director, however, it’s pretty tough to B-BOARD Captain Fantastic: Viggo Mortensen (definitely fan- very busy filming one or another installment of the find fault with him. His latest effort brings to life tastic, military rank unknown) is raising six kids in a de- many film franchises he lends his brand of rapid- the incredible story of Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger 22 22 cidedly eccentric off-grid existence in the deep woods fire martial-arts prowess to (Transporter, Crank, The (played by walking Oscar nomination, Tom Hanks), who 22 of the Pacific Northwest. Life forces them into civiliza- Expendables, etc.), must’ve had a break in his schedule landed a plane in the Hudson River, saving the lives FILM tion and things get even hairier than Mortensen’s and so thought it would be a good idea to add another of all aboard—and now you know what you have to do FILM bountiful beard. +++++ (R • 1 hr. 58 min.) franchise sequel to his resume. Turns out, it was not a to get Eastwood to make a movie about you. ++++ good idea. + (R • 1 hr. 39 min.) (PG-13 • 1 hr. 36 min.) 18 Don’t Breathe: A group of young people breaks into the house of an elderly man, believing him to be sit- SULLY Morgan: Produced by Ridley Scott, and directed by Suicide Squad: No summer blockbuster has been ting on a stash of cash. He’s blind, so they figure it’ll his son Luke, this appears to be the kind of sci-fi more highly anticipated than this one, which hoped MUSIC be easy pickings. They figured wrong. +++++ (R • 1 thriller—featuring a remote location, a girl with to do for DC Comics what smart-ass, foul-mouthed

hr. 28 min.) Pine, Ben Foster and the inimitable Jeff Bridges, who superhuman abilities, a team of probably ethically Deadpool did for Marvel—too bad it’s a big, dumb dud. 16 all do his cops-and-robbers story real proud. +++++ compromised scientists who have never seen a Ridley Give Harley Quinn an R rating and then we’ll really see ART Don’t Think Twice: Mike Birbiglia pulls another mov- (R • 1 hr. 42 min.) Scott movie, and a canny outsider (played by Kate what she can do. ++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 40 min.) ie straight from his real-life experiences—this time Mara)—that is the Scott family’s stock in trade. ++ (R dealing with the capricious nature of career success Indignation: Although Philip Roth certainly qualifies • 1 hr. 32 min.) War Dogs: Director Todd Phillips has made two 15 within an improv group—and once again capably bal- as a Great American Author, his books (The Human Stain, pretty decent comedies—The Hangover and Borat (but

ances humor, humanity and the richly varied talents of Dying Animal, adapted as Elegy) have proven tricky to Pete’s Dragon: Did the world really need a live- only if we pretend Sacha Baron Cohen wasn’t really STAGE his excellent. +++++ (R • 1 hr. 32 min.) translate to the big screen. This one, which features a action Pete’s Dragon remake? No, not really. Is this at responsible for Borat)—amid a filmography comprised young Jewish man finding his way through the social least a decent retooling of the 1977 Disney classic? I of unmitigated crap. Maybe this Jonah Hill/Miles Teller

Florence Foster Jenkins: Meryl Streep, 19-time and religious mores of the 1950s, is one of the more suc- suppose. ++++ (PG • 1 hr. 30 min.) buddy comedy will be the third fluke of his otherwise 14 Oscar nominee and finest actor alive, continues barn- cessful attempts. ++++ (R • 1 hr. 50 min.) undistinguished career. ++ (R • 1hr. 83 min.) storming through what should be (but most certainly Sausage Party: Of course Seth Rogan’s “passion isn’t) the twilight of her career. This time, she plays a The Innocents: See review previous page. +++++ project” is a dirty animated adventure starring wieners When the Bough Breaks: An upper-class couple GET OUT New York heiress who believes herself to be a great op- (Unrated • 1 hr. 40 min.) and buns. Of course it is. It’s also supposedly the first unable to have a baby enlist the help of a young, era diva, so much so that she books herself a concert R-rated CG-animated movie, serves as a religious al- attractive surrogate—who just happens to develop at Carnegie Hall. Only one problem: she can’t carry a Jason Bourne: When Matt Damon decided to end his legory (no kidding) and features the only food-on-food a psychotic fixation on the baby’s father. I’m hoping 12 tune. +++++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 50 min.) run as the unlikeliest action hero since Bruce Willis polysexual orgy in cinematic history. Five stars all the someone involved here has seen one of the many, many made everyone die hard, we were all a little sad. But way for the summer’s weirdest comedy. +++++ (R • Lifetime movies devoted to this very subject so they WORDS Ghostbusters: Remember when this all-female once you live the life of a supremely skilled superspy, 1 hr. 29 min.) will know what to do. ++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 33 min.) remake—which boasts a killer cast of lady comics— it’s hard to give up, and so Bourne (and director Paul was announced and bros lost their shit in a real bad Greengrass) is back. ++ (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 3 min.) The Secret Life of Pets: I spend way too much 8 way? I’m going to stop rolling my eyes at all those sad, time thinking about what my cat is doing when I’m not small men just long enough to line up at the box office The Light Between Oceans: This adaptation of the around, so this animated movie that shows what animals Showtimes and vote for this movie with my dollars—and I suggest bestselling novel about a couple who finds a baby and are up to when they don’t have a human audience— CURRENTS you do the same. ++++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 45 min.) raises it as their own stars Michael Fassbender and which then morphs into an urban adventure tale—is Regal and AMC theaters, please see Alicia Vikander and was presumed to be the opening right up my alley. ++++ (PG • 1 hr. 31 min.) www.fandango.com. 6 Hell or High Water: This is what happens when a salvo of the 2016 Oscar season. If that’s the case, it’s Pickford Film Center and director who has clearly taken a crash course in the going to be a long, hard road between here and Oscar. Star Trek Beyond: Until recently, this movie was VIEWS Coen Brothers School of Fine Filmmaking (and done his ++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 40 min.) going to be known as the first Star Trek feature in PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see homework) and perfectly casts his movie with Chris the rebooted franchise that wasn’t directed by nerd www.pickfordfilmcenter.com 4 MAIL MAIL

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200 200 200 200 ferent name for the birth of creation, like the “Primal 30 MIND & BODY MIND & BODY MIND & BODY MIND & BODY FREE WILL Billow” or the “Blooming Ha Ha” or the “Majestic Bouquet”? By the way, I recommend that you consider FOOD FOOD those last three terms as being suitable titles for your Certified homeopath style focuses on opening the ASTROLOGY own personal life story in the coming weeks. A great Cerise Noah Monique Arsenault focuses on spine to release and relax the awakening and activation are imminent.

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2 simple method of relaxation people who could ultimately provide you with clues AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): These days, my and wellness maintenance, you will need to thrive in 2017. #3: You will discover dear, your eccentric beauty is even more unkempt but is also effective in helping

DO IT IT DO secrets of how to articulate complicated feelings and than usual. I like it. It entertains and charms me. with serious diseases such as Wondering subtle ideas that have been locked inside you. Predic- And as for your idiosyncratic intelligence: That, too, cancer and Parkinson’s. Entry about the nuts is free. More info: www.com- tion #4: You’ll begin a vibrant conversation that will is messier and cuter and even more interesting than munityfood.coop and bolts of continue to evolve for a long time. ever before. I’m inclined to encourage you to milk the homebuying this unruly streak for all its potential. Maybe it will

09.07.16 Attend a Healing Hour from process? LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You know you have a provoke you to experiment in situations where you’ve 5:30-6:30pm every Wednes- Check out our second brain in your gut, right? (If not, read this: been too accepting of the stagnant status quo. And day at Simply Spirit Reading &

.11 Healing Center, 1304 Meador FREE Homebuyer www.bit.ly/secondbrain.) During the past three weeks, perhaps it will embolden you to look for love and

36 Ave. Drop in anytime during Education I have been beaming telepathic instructions toward money in more of the right places. # the hour to receive an aura/ classes. Held this smart part of you. Here’s an edited version of the chakra healing. Entry is $5. monthly & open message I’ve been sending: “Cultivate your tenacity, PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I’m giving you More info: www.simplyspir- darling. Build up your stamina, sweetheart. Feed your an ultimatum, Pisces: Within the next 144 hours, I itcenter.com to the public. Register at ability to follow through on what you’ve started, beau- demand that you become at least 33 percent happier. tiful. Be persistent and spunky and gritty, my dear.” Fifty percent would be even better. Somehow you’ve “Yoga for Limited Mobil- http://www.kulshan- ity” is the focus of a weekly Alas, I’m not sure my psychic broadcasts have been as got to figure out what you can do to enhance your yoga session happening from clt.org/homebuyer-ed- effective as I’d hoped. I think you need further encour- sense of well-being and increase your enjoyment 10-11:30am Thursdays at the ucation/ agement. So please summon more fortitude and staying of life. I’m sort of joking, but on the other hand

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22 22 beverages, and the customers who make it possible for the city’s plethora of breweries SEPT. 7-30 FILM to produce their quaffable wares. EAT LOCAL MONTH: Sustainable Connec- In other words, it’s a 10-day party, and tions’ annual Eat Local Month continues

18 you’re all invited. through September. The month will bring Once the Beer Olympics have come and gone Bellingham Beer Week (Sept. 9-18), the Whatcom Farm Tour (Sat., Sept. 10) menu MUSIC and you’ve watched the four-person teams specials at a plethora of participating (comprised of five brewery teams and five restaurants, open houses, a coffee home

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ART cle courses, man-sized Jenga, ping-pong and more, make sure and fill in your day-planner for and Seafeast—a new event at the tail end the remaining events. of September celebrating Bellingham’s 15 maritime heritage, working waterfront and These include—but are fishing and seafood industries. See the full

STAGE definitely not limited to—a schedule online. Silver City 20th Anniversary WWW.EATLOCALFIRST.ORG also taking place Sept. 9 at 14 Elizabeth Station; a Pop- THURS., SEPT. 8 BOW LITTLE MARKET: Attend the final Bow Up Bar that will focus on Little Market of the season from 1-6pm at the GET OUT specialty craft beers from Belfast Feed Store, 6200 N. Green (south of other breweries (locations Bow Hill Rd.). WWW.BOWLITTLEMARKET.COM 12 ATTEND will be revealed prior to the event); an all-day Oktober- WHAT: Belling- AFTER-HOURS MARKET: More than 20 local ham Beer Week fest happening Sat., Sept. WORDS farmers and food vendors will provide fresh WHEN: 7pm 10 at Chuckanut Brewery & produce, meat, dairy, baked goods and more Fri., Sep. 9-18 at a new After Hours Market taking place from

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CASCADIA WEEKLY at the perennially busy James Street brewpub, I came to the realization that While you’re sampling brews and having fun Bellingham’s many breweries aren’t just businesses serving cold drinks; they’re at places like the Local, Aslan Brewing Co., SEPT. 9-10 30 BEACH & BARBECUES: Live music and also community gathering places. the Archer Ale House, McKay’s Tap House, and “ridiculously good food” straight off the grill That’s why when the fifth annual Bellingham Beer Week kicks off Fri., Sept. beyond, keep in mind that Bellingham Beer can be had at the final “Barbecues and Beach 9 with the Bellingham Beer Olympics at K2—Kulshan’s second brewery—it’ll Week isn’t just about the beer—it’s also Parties” gatherings of the summer from celebrate more than the many craft beers that can be enjoyed during the event. about the memories you’ll make when you’re 5:30-9:30pm Friday and Saturday at Blaine’s It will also draw attention to the men and women who make the hop-centered drinking it. Semiahmoo Resort, 9565 Semiahmoo Pkwy. doit

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