Brews Cruise, P.14 * Advice Goddess, P.28 Cascadia REPORTING from the HEART of CASCADIA WHATCOMSKAGITISLAND*LOWER B.C

**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** *******************************************************************************************************************************Initiative Ire: *******************************************************************************Fair Play: ** **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** *******************************************************************************************************************************Historical Hilarity:******************************************************************************* ** *******************************************************************************************************************************Coal-Free Bellingham *******************************************************************************Music and Moo-wiches ** **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** *******************************************************************************************************************************Mark Twain in Fairhaven, p.16********************************************************************************* **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** *******************************************************************************************************************************isn’t giving up, p.8 *******************************************************************************in Lynden, p.20 ** **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** The Flying Karamazov 34 34 cascadia Brothers will be among the FOOD New Old Time Chautauqua

27 performers taking part in the Stillaguamish Festival of the B-BOARD A glance at what’s happening this week River happening Aug. 10-12 in Arlington 24

FILM FILM 2 ) . 4[08..12] MUSIC Subdued Stringband Jamboree: 9am-12am, Deming

20 MUSIC Logging Show Grounds Downtown Sounds with Pimps of Joytime: 6-9:30pm, Summer Meltdown: Whitehorse Mountain Amphithe- Bay Street atre, Darrington MUSIC Saxquatch Quartet: 7-11pm, Fountain Bistro Skagit Opera Stars Concert: 6-9pm, Lairmont Manor Blueberry Hill: 6-9pm, Bellewood Acres

18 COMMUNITY Knothead CD Release: 7pm, Eagle’s Hall Skagit County Fair: Skagit County Fairgrounds, Mount Haynie Opry: 7pm, Haynie Grange, Blaine ART ART Vernon COMMUNITY

16 FOOD Skagit County Fair: Skagit County Fairgrounds, Mount Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green Vernon

STAGE STAGE Wine Cruise: 6:30-8pm, Bellingham Cruise Terminal Festival of the River: Through Sunday, River Meadows Country park, Arlington

14 /#0-. 4[08..12] GET OUT Nature Babies: 9:30-11am, Boulevard Park ONSTAGE Bike for Chocolate: 4pm, Chocolate Necessities GET OUT Bard on the Beach: Continues through Sept. 22, Sin and Gin Tour: 6:45pm, downtown Bellingham Vanier Park, Vancouver, B.C. Sin and Gin Tour: 6:45pm, Fairhaven Mark Twain in Fairhaven: 7:30pm, Firehouse Per- 12 forming Arts Center FOOD A Midsummer Night’s Dream: 7:30pm, Carrot and Cracked Crab Cruise: 6:30-9:30pm, Bellingham Bay Stick Community Workshop and Farm Murder on the Nile: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre ./0- 4[08.xx.12] Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Earth-bound Heaven-bound: 8pm, iDiOM Theater ONSTAGE The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Cinderella: 3pm and 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre

CURRENTS 8CURRENTS WORDS Make ‘Em Laugh: 7pm, RiverBelle Dinner Theatre, The storm the grandstand MUSIC Mount Vernon

6 * - Subdued Stringband Jamboree: 3pm-12am, Deming Mark Twain in Fairhaven: 7:30pm, Firehouse Per- Logging Show Grounds forming Arts Center

VIEWS VIEWS stage Aug. 14 as part of the Northwest Summer Meltdown: Whitehorse Mountain Amphithe- A Midsummer Night’s Dream: 7:30pm, Carrot and atre, Darrington Stick Community Workshop and Farm 4 Washington Fair taking place Aug. 13-18 Big Bad Monkeys, Kuungana: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park Earth-bound Heaven-bound: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Northwest (Alt) Blues Recess: Through Sunday, Look- Murder on the Nile: 8pm, Anacortes Community MAIL MAIL in Lynden out Arts Quarry, Alger Theatre

Tarnation: 9pm, Upfront Theatre

2 COMMUNITY Skagit County Fair: Skagit County Fairgrounds, Mount MUSIC DO IT IT DO DO IT 2 Vernon Subdued Stringband Jamboree: 9am-12am, Deming Logging Show Grounds

.12 GET OUT Summer Meltdown: Whitehorse Mountain Amphithe-

08 History Cruise: 6-8:30pm, Bellingham Bay and beyond atre, Darrington Jazz Festival: 12-9:30pm, Island Library, Lummi Island FOOD Haynie Opry: 3pm and 7pm, Haynie Grange, Blaine Brews Cruise: 6:30pm, Bellingham Cruise Terminal Cody Beebe and the Crooks: 7-9pm, Boulevard Park .07 08. 32 # COMMUNITY !-$ 4[08.x.12] Skagit County Fair: Skagit County Fairgrounds, Mount Vernon ONSTAGE Battle at Hovander: 9am-5pm, Hovander Homestead Make ‘Em Laugh: 7pm, RiverBelle Dinner Theatre, Park, Ferndale Mount Vernon Estate Sale: 10am-6pm, La Conner Civic Garden Club Mark Twain in Fairhaven: 7:30pm, Firehouse Per-

CASCADIA WEEKLY forming Arts Center FILM A Midsummer Night’s Dream: 7:30pm, Carrot and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory: Dusk, 2 Take in the beauty of the season at the Skagit Valley Stick Community Workshop and Farm Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema Earth-bound Heaven-bound: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Dahlia Society’s annual ! . Aug. 11-12 at Murder on the Nile: 8pm, Anacortes Community GET OUT the Skagit Valley Gardens Theatre Hamster Endurance Runs: 8am, Lake Padden Tarnation: 9pm, Upfront Theatre Miles for Memories: 9am, Fairhaven Village Green Bellingham Youth Triathlon: 9am, Arne Hanna

Aquatic Center Dahlia Society Flower Show: 9am-6pm, Skagit 34 34 Valley Gardens, Mount Vernon

Classic Boat and Car Show: 10am-4pm, La Con- FOOD ner Marina

FOOD Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot 27 Community & Arts Center Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot B-BOARD Market Square Ferndale Public Market: 10am-3pm, Centennial Riverwalk Park Porterhouse Brewfest: 2-7pm, downtown Mount 24 Vernon FILM FILM VISUAL ARTS Coupeville Arts & Crafts Festival: 10am-6pm, 20 Penn Cove MUSIC .0) 4[08.xy.12] 18 ONSTAGE Mark Twain in Fairhaven: 2pm, Firehouse ART Performing Arts Center

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International Concert Series: 2pm, Peace Arch GET OUT State Park, Blaine Summer Meltdown: Whitehorse Mountain

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COMMUNITY 32 Northwest Washington Fair: 11am-11pm, NW # Washington Fairgrounds, Lynden

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E 360.647.8200 34 34 Editorial FOOD Editor & Publisher: Tim Johnson E ext 260 27 ô editor@ mail cascadiaweekly.com TOC LETTERS STAFF Arts & Entertainment B-BOARD Editor: Amy Kepferle After the world got so excited about the space rover Curios- Eext 204 ity landing safely on the surface of Mars Sunday night, ô calendar@ 24 attention turned to other things—such as Bobak Ferdowsi, cascadiaweekly.com the NASA ﬂight engineer sitting front and center at the FILM FILM Music & Film Editor: Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Apparently, Ferdowsi changes Carey Ross his hairdo for each mission, and the theme of “stars and Eext 203

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6 REAR END Burge Bellingham has always been a pleasant break. to judicial review; resulting essentially in the ô distro@ 27: Bulletin Board cascadiaweekly.com However, now I understand that due to the “at blockage of the proposition from being added VIEWS VIEWS par dollar” you are being “invaded” by Canadians. to November’s ballot. They recognize that by 28: Advice Goddess Letters Judging by two experiences I recently had on the entertaining an illegal proposition, they expose 4 4 29: Wellness Send letters to letters@ cascadiaweekly.com. same day, the animosity is close to the surface. our city to a dangerous and costly lawsuit. I see MAIL MAIL MAIL 30: Free Will Astrology To the two drivers who told me to go home while this as a strong stance against the irrational,

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08 34: Hoppy trails omy was severely affected by the lack of Cana- the same time, I urge them to stop spending our

Initiative Ire: Fair Play: Coal-Free Bellingham Historical Hilarity: Music and Moo-wiches isn’t giving up, p.8 Mark Twain in Fairhaven, p.16 in Lynden, p.20 dians. Bellingham sales were being advertised in city tax dollars and using staff resources involv-

COVER: Photo of Lucas Hicks Vancouver. Bellis Fair and other malls were piti- ing our city in this issue outside of the highly .07 08. ©2012 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by performing at last year’s ful sights. Your roads were not repaired and even regulated and thorough Environmental Impact 32

# Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 Subdued Stringband Jamboree the local sheriffs couldn’t score a ticket or two. Study already in process. They can start by vot- [email protected] by Joel Litwin Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia As far as I can tell, Washington state governing against putting an “advisory vote” on the Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing ment and businesses advertise to Canadians all ballot regarding GPT. papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material the time and seem to want Canadians to come. If the Army Corps of Engineers, the Washing- to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- It wouldn’t hurt to be a little more hospitable. ton State Department of Ecology, and Whatcom ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday —Jenny Wright, Vancouver, B.C. County Council do not have the required informa- the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be

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34 34 litical energy and public opinion quite like an election; and so it is bitterly ironic that after hundreds of FOOD hours and thousands of signatures to place a referendum on arguably the region’s most signiﬁcant po- views litical and public policy question on the Bellingham 27 OPINIONS THE GRISTLE ballot in November, no such referendum on coal will appear. Bellingham City Council this week declined

B-BOARD to take action on a resolution to query public support for the Gateway Paciﬁc Terminal at Cherry Point after city attorneys were successful in court last 24 week, getting a citizen’s initiative struck from the

FILM FILM November ballot. The deadline to place such a question on the ballot has now passed. Whatcom County Superior Court Judge Charles Sny- 20 BY ALAN RHODES der last week agreed with city attorneys and found

MUSIC Initiative 2012-02, the Coal-Free Bellingham Com- munity Bill of Rights, which would have gone on the

18 ballot as Proposition 2, sufﬁciently troubling that he Bellingham 2112 struck it from the ballot entirely, declining even to ART ART allow it on the ballot as an advisory measure. MR. CRANKY’S TIME CAPSULE Citizens have the right under the city charter to 16 propose laws that are lawful and are within the city’s EARLIER THIS year, folks they always have been around here. authority to enact, Snyder found, but severing the at Western Washington Univer- If future Whatcomites think their lo- STAGE STAGE lawful from the unlawful—or just plain awful—parts sity opened a time capsule that cal politics are dysfunctional, I’ll in- of Prop. 2 would render the ballot title, the descrip- had been buried by students 100 clude something in the time capsule 14 tion of what the law proposes, misleading and decep- years ago, back when the place that will hopefully allow them to say, tive. So severed, the law would not do what voters was called Whatcom State Normal “Well, at least it’s not as bad now as

GET OUT believed it would do if they approved it. School. Unfortunately, the packing it was back in 2012.” I’ll throw in the The proposed ban on coal trains differs from last process was less than satisfactory in timid half-measures, it’s possible recorded transcripts of a few meet- year’s red-light camera ban in two important re- and there wasn’t much inside the that 100 years from now people will ings of the Port of Bellingham. 12 spects: First, what it proposes is clearly not within capsule other than decayed clumps not know what the fetid, algae- Well, it’s fun to joke around about the city’s recognized power to decide. Second, city of unidentifiable matter. But the choked swamp at the east end of this stuff but, really, what will Bell- officials took no action and did not ask for injunctive project was a good idea, and it has town used to look like. ingham look like 100 years from now? relief to strike the earlier initiative from the ballot. inspired me to start assembling I think I’ll put in a picture of the Back in 1996, Jane Kramer, a writ- The Bill of Rights’ nullification strategy—to in ef- items to put in a time capsule of my downtown Interfaith Community er for the New Yorker magazine, was fect dismiss federal and state authority and create own to be opened 100 years from Health Center. Even though it of- in Whatcom County doing research an entirely new municipal regulatory and enforce- now, in 2112, so Whatcomites of ten takes the United States a long for her book Lone Patriot, and she CURRENTS 8CURRENTS WORDS ment framework—is as constitutionally bankrupt as the 22nd century will have an idea time to catch up with the rest of the made some observations about what 6

6 a Confederate C-note. Even if a small town of citizens of what the Bellingham of our era world, I ﬁgure that in 100 years we draws people to live in Bellingham. could unilaterally unwind the federalist model, would was all about. will probably have joined civiliza- She said people were drawn here… VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS they really want to? The nation’s environmental laws Since about three-quarters of our tion and have universal health care. …for the pleasure of having and protections are predicated on constitutional downtown businesses are espresso People of 2112 will probably be quite the Paciﬁc at their front door and 4 provisions, enforced through the power of Congress bars, which apparently are the main- surprised to learn that back in the North Cascades at their back door,

MAIL MAIL to regulate commercial activity. Meanwhile, the stay of our local economy, I should dark ages of 2012 low-income folks for the clean air and the mild cli-

state’s shoreline and critical areas protections, de- put in some typical espresso drinks. who were sick and couldn’t afford mate and the Chinook salmon… 2 spite shortcomings, are among the most robust in It is possible, you know, that 100 health insurance had to ﬁnd special They came for the climbing and

DO IT IT DO the country. years from now the espresso craze clinics that would treat them. hiking and sailing and kayaking

Perhaps most troubling to Snyder was the proposed may have long since run its course. I was going to put in a picture and mountain biking, all of it so ordinance’s provision under Section IV to deny proj- There might be some entirely new of the downtown library, but then close to the center of town that .12

08 ect applicants access to the courts, a basic right for beverage fashion, say, clam juice. I started thinking: we’re making the take-out latte they stopped as many centuries as there have been courts. Its at- Sleepy-eyed people with newspa- such slow progress on picking a site to buy on Sunday mornings at tempts to subordinate corporate rights and person- pers tucked under their arms will be for a new building, maybe we won’t the Colophon Cafe…would still .07 08. hood, and limit the corrosive effects of that on de- walking into clam juice bars in the have ﬁnished the process by 2112 be hot when they locked the car 32 # mocracy, while laudable, were frankly handled more morning, greeting their clamista, and the library will look exactly the and started walking up a moun- adroitly earlier this summer by a council resolution and ordering things like a triple tall same. But then I thought further tain or racing across the bay. and petition to Congress. organic raspberry coconut clam juice and decided I did need pictures of Yep, that’s Bellingham all right. Having stalled this initiative from becoming bad with whipped cream and sprinkles. the library, especially the shelves of But what will it be like in 100 years? law, Bellingham City Council was now faced with the Another thing I’m putting in my books, in case a child in 2112 ever Or 50? Or 25? Will it still be the sweet thorny problem of whether they should quid pro quo time capsule is a jar of water from looks up at her father and asks, spot Kramer described and we all

CASCADIA WEEKLYplace a question of their own to voters in November. Lake Whatcom. Since realtors, de- “Daddy, what was a book?” know? I guess much of that depends It’s worth admitting that we, as a community, re- velopers and self-entitled boaters It’s difficult to know what local on how vigilant we are and how much 6 ally do not scientifically know the depth or extent of are in denial about the ongoing politics will look like in 2112, but effort we put into protecting and citywide support for or opposition to the proposed degradation of our reservoir, and pi- it’s equally difficult to imagine that preserving what we love. And then, coal pier at Cherry Point. There’s a sense, a hunch, geonhearted politicians take refuge they could be any less weird than only time will tell. a vibe. An advisory ballot title could measure that, granular to precinct-by-precinct markers. VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE & KAYAKING But what might such a question pro- YOGA ON LUMMI ISLAND! pose, given City Council has—alas!— 34 no more legal authority to flat-out

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Some on council also recognized Citizen Vince. 6 that the coming weeks, with the en- VIEWS VIEWS vironmental scoping process appear- Saturday, Aug. 11th, 2pm VIEWS ing ready to begin this fall and city 4 ofﬁcials preparing their recitals, may not be the optimal time to plunge the &+(/6($ MAIL city into a divisive and furious, likely

&$,1 2 extensively polarizing debate on the author of

merits of coal transport. The culture IT DO ferment of a presidential election, drawing in scads of low-information, .,//<28 .12 single-issue voters, might also un- 08 hinge results. 7:,&( Council’s best role, Weiss admitted, Archie Sheridan, the “may be may be to encourage citizens damaged hero of Chelsea .07 08. 32 to educate themselves on the issues, Cain’s four New York Times # best-selling novels, discovers and to participate in the scoping pro- that beautiful serial killer cess while it is occurring. After the Gretchen Lowell is as dangerous as ever. scoping process is over and we better understand what that scope is, we Thursday, should revisit this vote, think about August 16th,

it again.” 7pm CASCADIA WEEKLY “Right now is the time for the community to come together on the Read More at VillageBooks.com 7 scoping process,” Council President Terry Bornemann agreed. “This is the VILLAGE BOOKS process that we can work on and we 1200 11th St., Bellingham can do.” 360.671.2626 to nullify ‘state and federal laws, constitutional provisions, permits, and other authorizations,’ even if those laws contribute to the progress of climate change,” Erb

quoted from the text of the proposed law.

34 34 Attorneys argued that attempts to sever portions of the law from other portions that are inoperable or im- FOOD currents permissible would so change the purpose and intent of the ballot title—the description of the proposed law as NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX it would appear on the November ballot—that the mea- 27 sure could potentially deceive voters. Snyder agreed, and granted the injunction, removing the measure.

B-BOARD “Once many of the provisions that are clearly invalid are taken out, we’re left with a ballot title that is ex- traordinarily misleading,” Snyder observed. “If you sever 24 out the pieces that are outside the scope of the initia-

FILM FILM tive, and leave those that are not, what’s left cannot stand alone, they are so intertwined with other parts of this initiative.” 20 “The initiative might be rewritten in such a way that

MUSIC it could be brought before the people,” Snyder admitted, “but in this case it includes things that are so closely

18 tied to the inoperable portions that it can’t be placed on the ballot without creating a misleading opinion, ART ART giving the people in the community an opinion that they are doing something that they are not.” 16 Coal-Free Bellingham appealed Snyder's ruling to the State Court of Appeals, asking that a decision be made STAGE STAGE prior to August 28, the last day on which the County Auditor can take action about what to put on the No- 14 vember ballot. “The people’s state constitutional right to direct leg-

GET OUT islation lost out,” said Terry Garrett, a volunteer or-

PHOTO BY PAUL K. ANDERSON ganizer for Coal-Free Bellingham. Garrett stressed the group’s desire to make sure “the people of Bellingham 12 get the chance to vote on reprogramming government BY TIM JOHNSON to be about people and the environment, instead of supporting corporate exploitation.” Breann Beggs, attorney for Coal-Free Bellingham,

8 noted the policy of Washington courts is to test the validity of initiatives only after the people have had NEWS NEWS a chance to vote on it. To do otherwise denies people CURRENTS 8CURRENTS WORDS their rights of direct legislation, he argued.

6 “Without this right, we lose an important means for letting the legal system know how it needs to adjust,” VIEWS VIEWS Coal-Free agreed Morgan McCartor another volunteer for Coal- Free Bellingham. 4 In legal arguments, City Attorney Erb drew distinc-

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in Bellingham, noting in that instance city ofﬁcials had 2 BELLINGHAM not sought injunctive relief by asking that the measure

DO IT IT DO be struck from the ballot. INITIATIVE STRUCK FROM BALLOT; SUPPORTERS APPEAL DECISION Snyder said he believed it was appropriate for the city BACKERS OF the initiative to ban coal shipments the transportation of coal within City of Bellingham. to seek legal guidance from the courts on the validity of .12

08 through Bellingham say they’ll ﬁght to get their ques- Supporters argued the city’s attempts to interfere what it is the ordinance proposes to do. tion restored to the November ballot. Whatcom County with their initiative amount to a threat against public “The city has no right to act illegally," Snyder said. Superior Court Judge Charles Snyder agreed with city participation. Nearly 10,000 people signed the petition "The city has the legal right to come to court and say, .07 08. attorneys and railroad counsel last week and issued an to get the initiative on the ballot. 'Don't make us do something that is against the law.’” 32 # injunction to strike their proposition from the ballot. The right to direct legislation is granted by state law “Community-rights ordinances like this one are the Before making his ruling, Snyder listened to legal ar- and the city’s governing charter. But city attorneys ar- only way a town or county can ﬁght back against the cor- guments from attorneys representing initiative backers, gued Coal-Free Bellingham’s proposed Community Bill of porate license to ‘develop’ nature without acknowledg- the city and BNSF Railway Co. The county courtroom was Rights exceeded citizens’ right to direct legislation in ing the costs of doing that,” said Phil Damon, a member packed with supporters and observers. key respects. The legislation must be within the scope of the Living Democracy group that helped underwrite The Coal-Free Bellingham Community Bill of Rights as- of the powers, function and duties of the city, they ar- the effort to gather the 10,000 signatures. The think

CASCADIA WEEKLY serts arguments of natural law that grant citizens the gued. It must relate to matters under the control of the tank and educational non-profit sponsors programs that power of local control over decisions like the proposed legislative branch. identify and overturn barriers to self-governance. 8 Gateway Pacific Terminal project, which could ship hun- “Bellingham’s initiative process establishes a method “Our city (with their partner in the injunction, BNSF) dreds of tons of climate-changing coal through Belling- independent from the City Council for enacting local has chosen to prevent its citizens from exercising their ham. The measure recognizes the fundamental right to laws,” Assistant City Attorney James Erb argued in Su- right to just such an initiative,” Damon continued. ”No clean air and water, to local self-government, the rights perior Court. “While the goals of the proposed initiative surprise from the railroad, but from the City Council? of ecosystems to exist and flourish, and it would prohibit may be laudable, it is simply not within the city’s power That’s a big ouch.” Family Owned & Operated Since 1940

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STAGE STAGE SATURDAY At the Olympic Games in London, Marti Malloy of Oak Harbor won a A fire destroys much of a Mount Vernon church. Passers-by bronze medal in the 57-kilogram division of the women’s judo competi- 14 called firefighters after seeing flames coming from Trinity Luther- tion. Kaori Matsumoto won Japan’s first gold in the martial art that an Church. The fire burns the church's kitchen and sanctuary. nation developed. GET OUT 08.|.12 lowered to half-staff to honor victims of a shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. A gunman killed six 12 SUNDAY people Sunday in suburban Milwaukee before being One of two suspects still sought in a deadly shooting in shot to death by police. Police identified the gunman Lynden last November is arrested at the border with Mexico. as Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran Agents at a border crossing in Nogales, Ariz. identified and and former leader of a white supremacist heavy metal

8 arrested Oscar Rodriguez, 41, wanted in the fatal shooting of band. The Guru Nanak Sikh Temple near Lynden opens 22-year-old Jesse Winchester. Winchester was killed when he its doors for a community gathering and commemora- NEWS NEWS

and his father, 41-year-old Jeremiah Winchester, attempted to tive service. PHOTO BY CATE REED CURRENTS 8CURRENTS WORDS rob Rodriguez, his brother and another man during a drug deal Supporters of an effort to save the Granary Building on the Bellingham 6 at a Lynden home. The elder Winchester and another man have Bellingham City Council approves the Fairhaven waterfront project images on the side of the historic structure, slated for been tried and sentenced in the case. neighborhood master plan, opening the way for destruction by the Port of Bellingham. The images are intended to bring VIEWS VIEWS taller buildings in that urban core. Council denies a attention to the building, which local architects and builders say could be renovated and reused. A man is faces rape charges after allegedly attacking a fe- proposal to rezone approximately 130 acres in the 4 male co-worker at a berry farm near Lynden. The 28-year-old King Mountain neighborhood, saying there are in-

MAIL MAIL victim reported that the suspect groped her while they worked suffﬁcient controls on the project to ensure an urban short time later without incident.

together in the ﬁeld. He pinned her against a piece of farm village is constructed there. 2 equipment and assaulted her, but she was able to ﬁght back The U.S. Department of Transportation awards

DO IT IT DO and escape. The victim also tells deputies the suspect threat- Two are wounded in a knife assault at the Sham- Skagit County $1.2 million to replace worn guide

ened her, saying she would be ﬁred if she reported the attack. rock Motel north of Bellingham. Deputies say a ten- structures at the Anacortes dock of the Guemes ant became involved in a heated dispute with a motel Island Ferry system. These guide structures, called .12

08 08.}.12 employee. The employee was cut on her arm. Another “dolphins,” stand at the mouth of the Anacortes ferry tenant, trying to intervene, was cut on his hand. dock and help guide the ferry into position. The dol- MONDAY Both were treated at the hospital. The attacker, a phin replacement project will not interrupt ferry ser- .07 08. Gov. Chris Gregoire orders the ﬂags at state buildings be 46-year-old woman, was was taken into custody a vice and is expected to be completed in 2013. 32 #

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icked a trafﬁc stop. Then the teens sped off. 34 BUZZ Two drivers called police after being tricked by the boys. Real police caught up with them FOOD CHOPPERS, COPPERS, north of the city. Two were charged with im- CRAPPERS personating police. 27 On July 11, a Canadian helicopter pilot pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Se- THE ‘MASKERBATOR’ attle just hours before he was scheduled to On Aug. 1, around 6pm, two young girls saw B-BOARD go to trial on charges he had conspired to a man exposing himself and masturbating at transport marijuana into the United States Lake Padden Park. from British Columbia. In his plea agree- 24

ment, the pilot admitted that between On Aug. 1, around 10pm, Bellingham Po- FILM 2000 and 2005 he flew dozens of loads of lice learned a man had exposed himself near marijuana into forested areas in Western and Western Washington University campus. 20 Eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana. The 61-year-old also flew Canadians across On Aug. 1, about 90 minutes later, a man MUSIC the border into the United States to work reportedly masturbated while standing on as offloaders and transporters for the drug a back porch of an apartment near Western 18 loads. In an investigation codenamed Opera- Washington University campus. He was de- tion Frozen Timber, Royal Canadian Mounted scribed as wearing a bandanna that covered ART Police searched the pilot’s helicopter in 2005 his face, except for his eyes. The man had and found a loaded handgun, night vision fled by the time police arrived. yyy16 goggles, two satellite telephones and a GPS GOLD medals earned by Gabby Douglas, NUMBER of medals earned by STAGE STAGE device with known landing sites used by the On July 11, Bellingham Police checked on the first African-American in Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, making history to become the individual all- him the most decorated Olympian in marijuana traffickers. More than 40 people a man reported making noises in the bushes around champion in gymnastics, and the history. Of those, 18 have been gold 14 have been indicted in connection with Op- near Sehome Village. first American gymnast to win gold in medals. eration Frozen Timber. both the individual all-around and team competitions at the same Olympics. GRANNIES’ LI’L GRIFTERS GET OUT On Aug. 3, a Canadian was sentenced in U.S. On Aug. 1, a 79-year-old woman received a District Court in Seattle to 10 years in prison call from what sounded like her granddaugh- for his role in an elaborate cocaine traffick- ter. The granddaughter explained she’d been 12 ing and transportation scheme involving a arrested in Port Angeles and asked her grand- distribution ring in British Columbia. The mother to wire her money to make bail. The xx 21-year-old was arrested in April 2011 with grandmother did as instructed, and wired RANK of China in total medals earned RANK of New Zealand in medals

30 kilos of cocaine in his car, following a $1,800 to an account in Quito, Ecuador. later, in the 2012 Summer Olympics games in earned as a proportion of that nation’s 8 year-long investigation into a drug ring that she thought to call her granddaughter on her London. China has collected 34 golds. The population, with three gold medals was reportedly transporting and distributing direct line. Her granddaughter was ﬁne and United States is running a close second in rowing. On that scale, the United NEWS with 30 (as of press time). States is 23rd, winning one gold medal 8CURRENTS WORDS 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of marijuana and 100 had not been arrested. The $1,800 was gone. for every 11 million residents. China, to 200 kilos of cocaine across the interna- the world's most populous nation, 6 tional border every month. Marijuana was On July 11, a South Bellingham woman wired drops to 36th, with one gold for every smuggled into the U.S. from Canada; cocaine her granddaughter money after the girl said 43 million people (as of press time). VIEWS was transported to British Columbia for dis- called to say she needed it to get out of jail. 4 tribution. Prosecutors say the smuggling or- The caller was not really the woman’s grand- ganization had ties to members of the Hells daughter. The grandmother was out $4,000. MAIL Angels outlaw motorcycle gang in British

~ 2 Columbia, Canada. Over the course of the in- GOING POSTAL NEARLY eight-in-10 (78 percent) Americans say they have watched or followed Olympic coverage either on television, online or on social networks. Television remains vestigation, investigators seized more than On July 30, a suspicious package was re- IT DO

$2 million and 136 kilograms of cocaine. ported in a mailbox in a home near Whatcom far and away the leading platform for Olympic coverage—73 percent say they have watched coverage on television. Falls. Police checked and determined the .12

On July 31, a woman led Sheriff's deputies on package was harmless. 08 a chase through a ﬁeld north of Bellingham. Deputies performed a trafﬁc stop on suspicion On July 30, a suspicious package was left on ~} xy the woman was driving a stolen vehicle. She the front steps of a home in Be;llingham’s .07 08. 32

PERCENT of viewers who rate network PERCENT of viewers who say they # pulled into a long driveway on Guide Merid- Columbia neighborhood. coverage of the Summer Olympic games as would have handled the broadcast ian and fled into a field of tall grass. Unable good to excellent. of the games differently, with live to find her, deputies called for helicopter as- GENERIC THREATS broadcasts during the day instead of sistance from the U.S. Customs and Border On July 2, a man was angry with a busi- on tape delay at night. Protection Air and Marine Division. She was ness on Prospect Street in Bellingham. Po- eventually located, hiding inside a portable lice reported the man had issued “a generic

toilet south of the field. The 31-year-old was threat.” CASCADIA WEEKLY booked into jail on multiple charges. y On June 30, a Bellingham Police officer ob- PERCENT who say they try to avoid learning event results before seeing taped 11 BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL served a shouting match erupt on Railroad coverage. Most viewers, 52 percent, don't make an effort either way. On July 31, Bellingham Police arrested teen- Avenue. The officer “separated the two fe- SOURCES: Associated Press; Statistics New Zealand; Pew Research Center for the aged boys who were flashing blue and white males before the situation escalated. Both People & the Press lights behind motorists, causing them to pull females went their separate ways.” doit WORDS

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34 34 WRITERS THEATER: Join the members of the Chuckanut Sandstone Writers Theater FOOD words for the group’s monthly literary-minded Open Mic starting at 7pm at the café at COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314

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B-BOARD FRI., AUG. 10 MIDSUMMER POETRY: Original and favorite poems from local poets can be heard at “A Midsummer Night’s Poetry” reading at 24 blend of sagebrush and sulphur. But I also appreci- 7pm at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. Entry is free and refreshments will

FILM FILM ate increasing my knowledge of any place through data sets, charts, maps and scientiﬁc queries. My be served. inner geek rejoices, for not only is this dynamic 592-2422 20 book overﬂowing with analytical information, but MINDFUL COMMUNICATION: Marriage and family therapist and longtime Buddhist it is also well-designed

MUSIC practitioner Susan Chapman shares ideas and pleasingly arranged from her new book, The Five Keys to Mindful on the page. Communication: Using Deep Listening and 18 “Understanding the Mindful Speech to Strengthen Relationships, ART ART world of Yellowstone re- Heal Conflicts, and Accomplish Your Goals, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. quires examining spatial WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 16 scales ranging from micro- bial mats in a hot spring SAT., AUG. 11 STAGE STAGE to content-wide dispersal MIXED BAG: National Book Award finalist Jess Walter reads from his new book of of coyote,” explain the fiction, Beautiful Ruins, at 2pm at Village 14 editors, “and looking at Books, 1200 11th St. At 4pm, area senior time scales ranging from the hours needed for a Dorothy Regal reads from her book of poetry, A Measure of Strength. Both events

GET OUT wildfire to blow up to the millions of years neces- sary for geologic processes.” are free. 671-2626 It took 10 years, dozens of cartographers and 12 12 REVIEWED BY CHRISTIAN MARTIN more than 100 expert contributors to produce SUN., AUG. 12 this atlas, a remarkable accomplishment that SPEAKEASY: Contributors to Cirque, a lit- WORDS marries modern GIS technology with the ancient erary journal of the Pacific North Rim, will read their works as part of Speakeasy 8 at art of mapmaking. I hope they turn their atten- 7pm at the Amadeus Project, 1209 Cornwall Green Bookshelf tion to the Pacific Northwest next! Ave. Entry is by donation. WWW.CIRQUEJOURNAL.COM BOOKSTHATEXPLORETHENATURAL / , 2 . CURRENTS 8CURRENTS WORDS MON., AUG. 13 2 & x~x}, by POETRYNIGHT: Read your original verse

6 WONDERSOFTHEPLANET Douglas Brinkley (Harper) at poetrynight at 8:30pm at the Amadeus As Shell Oil sails northwards toward the Arctic Project, 1209 Cornwall Ave. Sign-ups start

VIEWS VIEWS Ocean to drill the ﬁrst-ever oil wells in the remote at 8pm. // by Florian Schulz (Braided River) and unpredictable Chukchi and Beaufort Seas this WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG 4 This hefty book featuring the large-format nature photography of summer, passions are once more inﬂamed regard- TUES., AUG. 14

MAIL MAIL Florian Schulz serves as a companion piece to the IMAX ﬁlm of the ing Alaska and how to best ADULT STORY TIME: Listen in and join same name. Consider it an IMAX movie you can hold in your lap, lin- manage its bountiful natu- the discussion about the surprising turn

2 gering over the stunning views of these Far North landscapes most of ral resources. Best-selling of events in a short story by Women’s Hall of Fame’s Charlotte Perkins Gilman at an us will never see with our own eyes. Shot over the course of six years historian Douglas Brin- DO IT IT DO

“Adult Story Time: An Illuminating Tale” in all seasons and quality of light, Schulz’s obsession was abetted by kley’s timely tome lays out gathering at 1pm at the Bellingham Public 2,500 miles of rough travel on snow machines, rafting down icy rivers, the history of conservation Library, 210 Central Ave. .12 778-7220

08 mushing hundreds of miles by sled dog with Inuit guides, snorkeling in the 49th state, lingering in the Arctic Ocean, photographing from bush planes and voyaging on over particularly dramatic PRO EDITING PRIMER: Join instructor ice-going vessels in the far reaches of the planet. While the landscape episodes and fascinating Carolyn Dale for an info session for Western Washington University’s “Professional Edit- .07 08. photos amaze and inspire, it is Schulz’s wildlife portraits that form the characters like John Muir’s ing: Print and Online Certiﬁcate Program” 32 # heart of this volume. He has assembled a revealing Arctic bestiary: exploration of glaciers, at 5:30pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. snowy owls on their ground nests, ringed seals resting near breathing Teddy Roosevelt’s creation 650-6854 OR WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM holes, vast herds of caribou in migration, wolves on patrol, muskoxen of the Tongass, and Bob Marshall’s epic Arctic treks. THURS., AUG. 16 facing blizzards, plus walrus, grizzly bear, falcons, belugas, Arctic fox Other legends of conservation history ﬁgure in the RESCUE BOATS: Chuck Fowler presents a and most strikingly, ursus maritimus, the sea bear. narrative as well—the Muries, Rachel Carson, Aldo pictorial history featuring rare images from Leopold, Gifford Pinchot, Ansel Adams, William his book Patrol and Rescue Boats on Puget Sound at 12:30pm at the Whatcom Museum’s

CASCADIA WEEKLY 4 by W. Andrew Marcus, et al O. Douglas—to the point the reader realizes that (University of California Press) every great American thinker on the proper rela- Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Suggested donation is $3. 12 I’m a regular explorer of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem, a lover of tionship between humans and nature has had to WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG natural history and ﬁeld science and a map junkie, so the new 250-page confront the issues inherent in Alaska. Brinkley, a KILL YOU TWICE: New York Times bestsell- Atlas of Yellowstone is manna from heaven to my eyes. Of course, I prefer natural storyteller, shows us where we’ve been with ing author Chelsea Cain reads from her lat- to experience this magical corner of Montana and Wyoming in person, hopes of charting a wise course to where we want est Archie Sheridan thriller, Kill You Twice, palpating the landscape, watching the wildlife, inhaling the peculiar to go next. doit at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Lester & Hyldahl WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM DUI/'VMQMREP&EROVYTXG]4IVWSREP-RNYV] 34 34 COMMUNITY Helping Good People in Hard Times FOOD AUG. 8-11 SKAGIT COUNTY FAIR: “Hometown Fun Tom Lester - Doug Hyldahl - Lee Grochmal with a Homegrown Feel” is the focus of 27 the Skagit County Fair, which takes place Attorneys at Law Wednesday through Saturday at Mount

Vernon’s Skagit County Fairgrounds. Live B-BOARD music by the likes of Ali Marcus, Fanny Alger, and Knut Bell will be part of the fun,

as will magician Sterling Dietz. Addition- 24 ally, there’ll be a carnival, farm animals,

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tours, a logging show and more will ﬁll the in a new direction STAGE weekend. Entry is free. WWW.FESTIVALOFTHERIVER.COM August 14 AUG. 11-12 ESTATE SALE: An Estate Sale to beneﬁt the Northwest Cooking La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum and the GET OUT Skagit County Historical Museum happens from 10am-6pm Saturday and 10am-4pm Featured on our Menu 14 Sunday at the La Conner Civic Garden Club, through August 12 622 Second St. Entry is free.

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Grandstand shows are $23-$48. # WWW.NWWAFAIR.COM HAVE YOUR TRIED OUR AUG. 16-19 WHIDBEY ISLAND FAIR: The Whidbey Island Fair takes place from 9:30am-10pm RHUBARB MEAD? Thurs.-Sat. and 9:30am-7pm Sunday in Langley at 819 Camano Ave. In addition to

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34 34 erybody Bikes for a “Roll- Along” guided social ride 10am-4pm at the La Con- ner Marina, 613 N. 2nd St. FOOD G starting at 6pm at RE Store’s Sustainable Living Entry is $3 (free for kids etout under 12). HIKING RUNNING CYCLING SKIING Center, 2309 Meridian St. 647-8955 WWW. 27 HISTORY CRUISE: LACONNERCHAMBER.COM Learn about local lore NATURE WALK: Find

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34 34 THURS., AUG. 9 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the FOOD G Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, sta e stick around for “The Project.” Entry is $7 for the early show, $4 for the late one. 27 THEATER DANCE PROFILES 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM AUG. 9-10 B-BOARD SHAKESPEARE NORTHWEST: The ﬁnal weekend of Shakespeare Northwest’s summer season features a showing of Julius Caesar 24 “That always puts me in the right frame of at 7pm Thursday and, at 7pm Fri., a ﬁnal performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream

FILM FILM mind,” he says. “I also think of all I’ve read at the Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, from the complete set of Twain’s works, signed 19299 Rexville Grange Rd., Mount Vernon. by the author, that my grandfather passed down Tickets are $12. 20 to me.” WWW.SHAKESNW.ORG Key notes, however, that although he’s taking MUSIC AUG. 9-11 the role seriously, audiences should be aware MIDSUMMER DREAMING: Stone Town that the phrase “tall tale” is included in the Theatre Works presents a modernized ver- 18 title of Lenz’s play. What that means is that al- sion of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at 7:30pm ART ART though some of what those coming to watch the Thursday through Sunday at the Carrot show will see is based on true-life events—such and Stick Community Workshop and Farm, 4104 Y Rd. (about seven miles outside of 16 16 as the fact that Twain really did visit Fairhaven Bellingham). Tickets are $10 and additional in 1895, at a time when he was struggling to showings happen Aug. 16-18. STAGE STAGE STAGE STAGE revive himself ﬁnancially—most of the play is a WWW.STONETOWNTHEATREWORKS.COM product of the author’s imagination. AUG. 9-12 14 “The whole play is a tall tale,” Key says. He EARTH AND HEAVEN: Is theater relevant? also points out that Fairhaven was “in a severe What is connectedness? Find out more about these concepts when Zoey Moyle’s new play GET OUT economic slump due to the collapse of coal min- ing, timber and the decision of the railroad to go Earth-Bound Heaven-Bound shows at 8pm elsewhere. That, in fact, is Thursday through Sunday at the iDiOM The-

12 ater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. Tickets are $10. what drives the plot.” WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM Lest you think this means MURDER ON THE NILE: A stage version of you’re in for a morose take Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile shows at on an ailing city and a dis- 7:30pm Thursday, 8pm Friday and Saturday, illusioned author, think and 2pm Sunday at the Anacortes Com- again. Key promises both munity Theatre, 918 M Ave. Tickets are $18 and additional showings happen through “serious belly laughs” and Aug. 25. CURRENTS 8CURRENTS WORDS SEE IT “a head full of some of the WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM

6 WHAT: Mark Twain in best songs ever written.” AUG. 9-15 Fairhaven: A Musical The fact that Mark Twain Tall Tale BARD ON THE BEACH: The Taming of the

VIEWS VIEWS BY AMY KEPFERLE WHEN: 7:30pm Aug. in Fairhaven is actually Shrew shows in repertory with Macbeth, 9-11, 16-18 and 23- going to be performed in The Merry Wives of Windsor, and King John 4 25; 2pm Aug. 12, 19 Fairhaven for the ﬁrst time through Sept. 22. at Bard on the Beach at Vancouver, B.C.’s Vanier Park. Tickets are MAIL MAIL and 26 is simply icing on the the- Twain’s in Town $21-$40 (Canadian). WHERE: Firehouse atrical cake. WWW.BARDONTHEBEACH.ORG

2 Performing Arts TALL TALES AND MUSICAL INTERLUDES Center, 1314 Harris “It was obviously meant to be performed in Fairhaven, AUG 10-11 DO IT IT DO Ave. MAKE ‘EM LAUGH: An original musical WHEN HE got involved in broadcasting, Florida-born Christopher COST: $8-$12 but it wasn’t until Chuck comedy by Michael Wallace, Make ‘Em Laugh, INFO: www.ﬁre Key worked hard to get rid of Southern accent. Robinson of Village Books shows at 7pm at Mount Vernon’s RiverBelle .12 houseperforming

08 But when he was ﬁnally cast as his ﬁrst literary hero, Mark Twain, he saw the production I direct- Dinner Theatre, 100 E. Montgomery St. artscenter.com was more than happy to revive the verbal twangs and lazy cadences that ed at the Pioneer Museum Expect time travel, vaudevillian entertain- mark one as a Southerner. in Lynden that momentum ment and much more. Tickets are $30-$40 and additional showings happen Fridays and .07 08. Starting this weekend, Bellingham audiences will be able to see Key began to build,” Key says. “The presence of the

32 Saturdays through Aug. 25. # channel his icon at viewings of Mark Twain in Fairhaven: A Musical Tall Tale Firehouse Performing Arts Center helped make it WWW.RIVERBELLEDINNERTHEATRE.COM at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center. ﬁnally come together.” TARNATION: Expect gunslingers, outlaws, The play, which was written by local psychologist and historian Joseph Key says he’d love to see the Mark Twain in horses, sheriffs and more when a new impro- Lenz, was ﬁrst produced at the Bellingham Theatre guild in 2002. Key au- Fairhaven become a regular summer tourist attrac- vised show, “Tarnation,” opens this weekend ditioned for the title role at that point, but his singing voice was needed tion in the historic district, but hopes, at the very with 9pm performances Friday and Saturday in another role and so he had to play the waiting game. least, those who show up to watch the musical at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets to experience the Old West are $8-$10 and

CASCADIA WEEKLY Ten years later, Key—who’s also co-directing the play this time learn more about the man behind the play. additional gigs happen through the end of around—is more than ready to tackle bringing the mustachioed author “I do my best to honor him with my portray- the month. 16 and humorist responsible for such masterpieces as Adventures of Huckle- al,” Key says. “But the best thing is helping raise 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM berry Finn to life. awareness of this American icon. I have heard SAT., AUG. 11 When asked what he does to get into character to play the complex from many people who have either been intro- CINDERELLA: Local youth who’ve been man, Key says he conjures images of the wide river he grew up on in duced to Twain through this show, or reminded of rehearsing with members of the Missoula southern Florida. his stature, and that’s immensely gratifying.” doit NOW SHOWING AUGUST 10-16

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AUG. 11-12 27 CUCKOO AUDITIONS: Roles for 13 men Moonrise Kingdom (PG-13) 35mm/94m and four women can be had at auditions “Moonrise Kingdom is Anderson’s most completely for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest from satisfying film since the one-two of “Rushmore” and B-BOARD 2-5pm Sunday and 5-8pm Monday at the “The Royal Tenenbaums,” in part because it’s the perfect Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave. distillation of both.” The A.V. Club Performances begins Sept. 28. Fri - Mon: (2:45), 7:15; Tue: (2:00), (4:15) 24 WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM Wed & Thu: (2:45), 7:15 FILM FILM MON., AUG. 13 Safety Not Guaranteed (R) 35mm/86m UPFRONT ANNIVERSARY SHOW: Help

“Anchored by superb performances and deft writing (it 20 the Upfront Theatre celebrate eight years of operations at a special Anniversary won the screenwriting award at the Sundance film fest), Safety Not Guaranteed Show at 8pm at the improv palace’s head- casts an enchanting spell from MUSIC quarters at 1208 Bay St. Tickets are $15. its opening scene.” USA TODAY (4 STARS) 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM Fri-Mon: 5:00, 9:30; Tue: 9:30; Wed & Thu: 5:00, 9:30 18

AUG. 13-17 Norma (Antico Taormina) HD/180m - $16/$20 ART CIRCUS ARTS CAMP: Kids ages 8 to 14 Sun: 11:00 AM - Vincenzo Bellini’s magnum opus can learn circus skills such as juggling, 16 18 18 unicycling, tumbling, stilt-walking and more when Jason Quick helms a Circus STAGE STAGE Arts Camp Monday through Friday in Beasts of the Southern Wild (PG-13) 35mm/93m STAGE Bellingham. Cost is $125. “Sometimes miraculous films come into being, made by 393-2272 OR [email protected] people you’ve never heard of, starring unknown faces, 14 DRAMA CAMP: Teens 12 and older can sign blindsiding you with creative genius.” Roger Ebert up for a Drama Camp happening Monday “...a blast of sheer, improbable joy, a boisterous, thrilling

through Friday at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln action movie with a protagonist who can hold her own GET OUT Theatre, 712 S. First St. The student’s alongside Katniss Everdeen, Princess Merida and the efforts will culminate in a performance other brave young heroines of 2012.” A.O. Scott, NYT

at the historic venue. Cost is $275 for the 12 Fri - Mon: (2:00), (4:15), 6:30, 8:45 full week. Tue: 5:00, 7:00, 9:20 (360) 419-7129 OR WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE. Wed: (2:00), (4:15), 6:30 ORG Thu: (2:00), (4:15), 6:30, 8:45 AUG. 13-24 SHAKESPEARE FOR YOUTH: Amanda Chinatown (1974) (R) Blu-Ray/130m Keogh will helm an “All the World’s a Tue: (2:15), 6:30 - Polanski’s masterpiece in Hi-Def Stage!” Shakespeare intensive for students CURRENTS 8CURRENTS WORDS ages 11-15 starting Aug. 13 and continu- Trailer Wars: 90s Internet Thrillers - Wed: 9:00 PM

ing through Aug. 24 at the Bellingham 6 Children’s Theatre, 1412 Cornwall Ave. NEW PICKFORD FILM CENTER: 1318 Bay St. | 360.738.0735 | PickfordFilmCenter.org Classes happen Mondays through Fridays. Cost is $245. Open 1pm-Close Mon-Fri & 30 Min Before First Showtime on Sat-Sun VIEWS WWW.BELLINGHAMCHILDRENSTHEATRE.COM Join us for a drink before your movie! Mary’s Happy Hour: 4-6pm, M-F $2 Beer/$3 Wine 4 TUES., AUG. 14 MAIL MAIL COMEDY SHOW: Michael Harris, Greg

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INTRO TO IMPROV: Learn more about Hempler’s Pepper Stick 32 # the art of improvisation at an “Awaken Your Creative Side!” free drop-in class for BJ’s Smoked Salmon Neil Young Journeys (PG) 87m adults and teens from 7-9pm at Improv Sicilian Jack Cheese Fri & Sat: 7:15; Sun: (12:00), 7:15 Playworks, 302 W. Illinois St. Mon - Thu: 7:45 WWW.IMPROVPLAYWORKS.COM Garlic Cheese Heroes VAUDEVILLINGHAM: The monthly Bernie (PG-13) 104m - Returns! All ages. anything-goes variety show hosted by the Hard Ice Cream Cones Fri: (4:45); Sat & Sun: (2:15), 4:45 Bellingham Circus Guild, Vaudevillingham, Mon - Thu: 5:15 CASCADIA WEEKLY offers shows at 8pm and 10pm at the ͙͝άơ͛ Depot Market Square on Chestnut Street Shut Up and Play the Hits (NR) 108m 17 and Railroad Avenue. Suggested donation Enjoy the Taste of Baker Fri & Sat: 9:30 PM - LCD Soundsystem is $5-$10.

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34 34 ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL: Head to Whidbey Island for the 49th annual

FOOD Coupeville Arts & Crafts Festival from visual 10am-6pm Saturday and 10am-5pm Sunday on Coupeville’s historic waterfront on GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES Penn Cove. In addition to tons of ﬁne and 27 folk art, there’ll be handmade crafts, free children’s activities, live entertainment and food for every palate. B-BOARD WWW.COUPEVILLEFESTIVAL.COM VINEYARD ART: Patricia Clark-Finley’s “Swan Hotel” series of mixed media, 24 encaustic and large-format prints can be seen from 12-5pm weekends through Labor FILM FILM Day at the Mount Baker Vineyards, 4298 Mount Baker Hwy.

20 WWW.MOUNTBAKERVINEYARDS.COM MON., AUG. 13 MUSIC DR. SKETCHY’S: Improvisers and actors DK Reinemer and Morgan Grobe will be 18 18 18 the models at this month’s iteration of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School ﬁgure draw- ART ART ART ART ing spectacular from 6:30-9:30pm at the Temple Bar, 306 W. Champion St. Entry is

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14 AUG. 14-17 SCHOOL’S OUT: Sign kids ages 5 to 9 up for “School’s Out!” workshops from 1-4pm

GET OUT Aug. 14-17 at the Whatcom Museum’s Family Interactive Gallery in the Light- catcher Building, 250 Flora St. Cost is

12 $100-$125 for the whole session or $40- “ALASKA FERRY,” BY LINDA SCOBORIA $50 per day. Quilt art will be the focus of the workshops. rest assured that even if it’s a cloudy day, there’ll WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG BY AMY KEPFERLE be plenty to look at. Painters, sculptors, photographers, glass artists, fabric purveyors and others will be on hand to share their art and an- ONGOING EXHIBITS Bellwether Arts Market swer questions, and there’s a ALLIED ARTS: “Touchy Feely,” featuring CURRENTS 8CURRENTS WORDS chance you’ll even see some works by Candy Meacham, Jo Baner, and Elaine Wheless, can be seen through Aug. 6 A NEW FESTIVAL FOR ALLIED ARTS of them in action. 31 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. Beﬁtting a community- WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG VIEWS VIEWS FOR THE 13-plus years I’ve lived in Bellingham, Allied Arts’ Chalk Art oriented art fair, there’ll AMADEUS PROJECT: Jeff Aspnes’ “Night Festival was a visual harbinger that let me know summer was in full swing. also be plenty to keep both Walk” images can be viewed through 4 Even after the amateur and professional street artists had put away little ones and big ones August at the Amadeus Project, 1209 Cornwall Ave. MAIL MAIL their chalk and washed their hands, the remains of their creative endeav- busy. Youth art activities WWW.THEAMADEUSPROJECT.ORG ors stuck around on the sidewalks for as long as it took for the temporary will happen throughout the . $/ ANCHOR ART SPACE: The multi-artist 2 WHAT: Bellwether masterpieces to be worn away by time, footsteps or, eventually, rain. For day—rattle felting and art- exhibit “Shelter” shows through Sept. a while, at least, the streets of downtown Bellingham were that much Arts Market ists trading cards are on the DO IT IT DO 16 in Anacortes at Anchor Art Space, WHEN: 11am- 216 Commercial Ave. The exhibit brings more colorful. 5pm, Aug. 12, 19, roster for Aug. 12, while together visual artists, architects, design- Sadly, the longtime nonproﬁt was unable to secure sponsors for this Au- and 26 mask making, puppet creat- .12 ers, videographers and photographers to

08 gust’s event, thus canceling what would’ve been its 20th year and leaving WHERE: Tom ing and the making of mon- address the concept of shelter. a gaping hole in the roster of activities—like Ski to Sea, the Deming Log Glenn Common, drian squares are upcom- WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.COM Show, the Subdued Stringband Jamboree, and the Northwest Washington Bellwether Way ing activities. Meanwhile, COST: Entry is free ARTISANS NORTHWEST: View works .07 08. Fair—that remind people of just why they love to live in Whatcom County. adults can peruse the art from as many as 100 Whatcom County art-

32 INFO: www.allied # But do not despair, readers. In a collaboration with the Port of Belling- arts.org while listening to the likes ists on a regular basis at Artisans North- ham, Allied Arts is now hosting what’s dubbed the Bellwether Arts Market of bandZandt, Swil Kanim, west Art Crafts & Eats, 1215 Cornwall Ave. every Sunday afternoon in August. Badd Dog, Dana Lyons, and others. WWW.ARTISANSBELLINGHAM.COM While it remains to be seen whether this new festival will seep into the “The goals of this festival are to both high- ARTISANS NW MARKET: From 12-7pm every Tuesday and Thursday through Sep- collective consciousness in the many ways the Chalk Art Festival did, a light our talented local artists and to bring tember, drop by Artisans NW Market at the glance at the roster of events happening during the remaining three week- locals and visitors down to our beautiful wa- Depot Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. WWW.ARTISANSNWMARKET.COM

CASCADIA WEEKLY ends of the gathering shows it could be a real contender. terfront,” reads a press release on Allied Arts’ To start with, the setting for the art party couldn’t be more scenic if it website. Sounds good to me. BRANDYWINE: “The Day the Music Died,” 18 tried. Located at the Tom Glenn Common on Bellwether Way, those in atten- While it remains to be seen if this will be featuring portraits by Karie Jane and Jes- dance will be able to soak up the sea breeze while looking out on the beauty an annual event, on the surface the Bellwether sica Lynn Bonin, shows through August at Brandywine Kitchen, 1317 Commercial St. that is Bellingham Bay. If it’s a clear day, they’ll also be able to take in the Arts Market seems to have the right ingredients WWW.BRANDYWINEKITCHEN.COM San Juan Islands, the Cascade Mountains, and the tippy top of Mt. Baker. for a successful summer arts festival. The only CEDARWORKS: Peruse and purchase a va- But, with 30-plus local and regional artists showing and selling their wares, thing it’s missing, it seems, is chalk. doit

riety of Native American art from 10am-6pm Wed.- WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM and Northwest Paintings” shows through Sept. 9 on WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET Sat. at the CedarWorks Art Gallery, 217 Holly St. GOOD EARTH: Linda Stone’s “Artful Sustainable Camano Island at Matzke Fine Art Gallery & Sculp- SMITH & VALLEE: “Mashcans,” an exhibit featur-

647-6933 Living” pieces will be highlighted through August at ture Park, 2345 Blanche Way. ing paintings on smashed objects by the late Skagit WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM CONCRETE HERITAGE: In conjunction with the Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. Valley artist Paul Havas, can be seen through Aug. 34 Skagit County Historical Museum, view “The Stump WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM MINDPORT: Fiona Starr’s “Vertical Garden” 26 at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ranch” through the summer at the Concrete Heri- HONEY: Tim Alexander, the former drummer of paintings and Richard Krull’s “The Snowy Owl” pho- Ave. FOOD tage Museum, 7380 Thompson Ave. Primus, shows his abstract works through Sept. 4 at tographs can be seen through Sept. 5 at Mindport WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM (360) 853-7041 Honey Salon, 310 W. Holly St. Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. Entry is $2. WATERWORKS: Oil paintings by Jaime Ellsworth WWW.MINDPORT.ORG

27 DEMING LIBRARY: View Kevin Fairshon’s land- WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM and ceramic sculptures by Robin and John Gumael- scape, wildlife, still life photographs and more J’S GALLERY: Works by Jay Bowen, Ed Kamuda, Tom MONA: “Moments of Quiet from the Permanent ius can be seen through Aug. 25 in Friday Harbor at through Sept. 8 at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Pickett, Roger Small, and others are currently on Collection” and “Pilchuck: Ideas” can be viewed WaterWorks Gallery, 315 Argyle St. Baker Hwy. display in La Conner at J’s Gallery, 105 S. Whatcom St. through Sept. 23 at La Conner’s Museum of North- WWW.WATERWORKSGALLERY.COM B-BOARD 592-2422 west Art, 121 S. First St. WWW.JAWBOWENGALLERY.COM WHATCOM ART GUILD: From 10am-6pm every WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contemporary JANSEN ART CENTER: Sign up for classes and Friday through Sunday, stop by the Whatcom Art folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm every Mon.-Fri. at workshops at Lynden’s new Jansen Art Center, 321 SCOTT MILO GALLERY: View Port Townsend artist Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Waldron Building, 24 the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. Front St. Diane Ainsworth’s impressionistic oil paintings 1314 12th St.

714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM Aug. 3-Sept. 4 at Anacortes’ Scott Milo Gallery, 420 WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG FILM WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG Commercial Ave. GALLERY CYGNUS: “Deep Listening, ” featuring QUILT MUSEUM: “At Play: Asobi” and “Ainu WHATCOM MUSEUM: “American Quilts: The contemplative works by Heidi Epstein, Jules Faye, WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM Democratic Art 1780-2007,” “Window Shopping,”

Embroidery” will be on display through Oct. 7 at the 20 Marilyn Frasca, Theodora Jonsson, Natalie Niblack, La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 Second St. SKAGIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: “The Murrow “Expanded Horizons” and “Ray Turner: Population” Elizabeth Tapper, and Maggie Wilder, shows through Entry is $5-$7. Brothers: Peak of Their Professions” shows through can currently be viewed at the Whatcom Museum’s Aug. 26 at La Conner’s Gallery Cygnus, 109 Com- Dec. 21 at La Conner’s Skagit County Historical MUSIC WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM Old City Hall and the Lightcatcher Building. mercial Ave. Museum, 501 4th St. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG MATZKE: “Summer Moments: Glass, Metal, Stone 20 20 18 ART ART ART ART 16 STAGE STAGE 14 GET OUT 12 CURRENTS 8CURRENTS WORDS 6 VIEWS VIEWS 4 MAIL MAIL

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34 34 I’D LIKE TO say that, when I caught wind of the show, I thought it was too good to be FOOD true. But that would be a lie. Mostly, I was too music busy being excited to feel anything else. Which is why when word came that one of the 27 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT bands on the Sept. 8 Red Fang/Federation X/ Helms Alee show at the Shakedown had dropped

B-BOARD off the bill, I was nothing short of ﬂabbergast- ed. The dropout in question is, sadly, Red Fang, which does indeed make what was going to be 24 one of the more epic shows of the year slightly

FILM FILM less epic, but, on the upside, that means the BY CAREY ROSS Portland band owes us another visit—and I have a feeling this is a promise they’ll make 20 20 20 good on sooner rather than later. Of course, the

MUSIC other considerable upside is that a Fed X/Helms MUSIC The Stringband Jamboree Alee show is still a rager by anyone’s definition, and the folks at the Shakedown are currently 18 BREAKIN’ ALL THE RULES looking for a third band to round out the roster. ART ART When I first went to Stringband—the first year I’ll keep you posted the Jamboree took place at its current home at with regard to what 16 the Deming Log Show Fairgrounds—I did so they come up with. more out of curiosity than anything else. But Also in the realm STAGE STAGE what I found there would keep me coming back, of shows that are too year after year. And I wasn’t the only one. good to be true—so 14 A big part of the secret to Stringband’s success much so that I al- is, of course, the music that happens there. While most thought some- BY CAREY ROSS

GET OUT the festival may have grown in both size and dura- one was playing a tion over the years, the music has stayed a down- trick on me when I ﬁrst caught wind of it— to-earth mix of primarily local talent, mixed with comes word that Torche will make its way 12 some regional acts enlisted to, to Bellingham for a—wait for it—basement in Stringband’s words, “kick us show. Torche? Here? In a basement? I sup- in the pants.” The Jamboree’s pose I will one day get used to the fact that ability to draw a full roster of Bellingham is the kind of weird and wonder- such talent every year lies in the ful place where amazing unforeseen things fact that, once musicians get a such as this one happen with some regu-

PHOTO LITWIN JOEL BY taste of playing on the String- larity, but if hearing about this show has CURRENTS 8CURRENTS WORDS ATTEND band stage, they tend to want taught me anything, it’s that I’m not there WHAT: Subdued 6 to come back. And come back. Stringband yet. Torche will be joined in their basement Jamboree And come back again. outing by Cower, and probably another band VIEWS VIEWS WHEN: Aug. 9-11 This means that, while no that has yet to be announced. (As some of WHERE: Deming two Jamborees are the same, you have undoubtedly already heard, Helms 4 Log Show Fair- each incarnation manages to Alee was supposed to play this show as well, grounds, Deming MAIL MAIL feel both familiar and brand COST: $30-$60 but was forced to cancel. First Red Fang new all at the same time. This drops off a Helms Alee show, now Helms

MORE INFO: www. 2 stringband year’s festivities, which kick is dropping off a Torche show—in the end- jamboree.com off Thurs., Aug. 9, will feature

DO IT IT DO less game of musical chairs that is Belling-

PHOTO LITWIN JOEL BY PHOTO BY BEN SHAEVITS the talents of such Stringband ham’s music scene, there’s never any telling newbies as Christopher Nunn & the Movie, Skitnik, who will be where when the music stops, I .12

08 DESPITE THE fact that I am a deep and avowed music Chivalry Timbers, the Devilly Brothers, Hot Damn guess.) At any rate, if you’d like to know the fan, and have been since my ﬂannel-clad youth, I engage in Scandal, and others. Those performances will be when and where of this particular show, you music strictly as a spectator. In fact, the phrase, “I don’t par- interspersed on both the Slanted and Flat stages won’t ﬁnd that information here. As always

.07 08. ticipate” has come out of my mouth countless times over the by such Stringband alum as the Crow Quill Night with shows of this ilk, if you want it badly 32 # years, as a response to people asking why I’ve never joined a Owls, Petunia and the Vipers, the Librarians, Louis enough, you’ll ﬁgure it out on your own. band, why I don’t want to ever join a band, why I don’t sing Ledford, Polecat, and much more. And, of course, Lest we forget, on the very-near horizon, along to the radio and why I don’t dance at shows. as it is the festival he founded and continues to act Cursive will make their way to the Wild Buf- I’m not too good for any of these things, mind you. It’s just as brain trust of, Robert Sarazin Blake will take the falo on Mon., Aug. 13 (this is after the Buff not in my makeup to partake. It’s a limitation, to be sure, but Stringband stage as well. When he does, give him closes down Aug. 10-11 in order to properly it’s one I’ve duly accepted. the ovation he so richly deserves for bringing this partake of Summer Meltdown) with Black

CASCADIA WEEKLY But exceptions exist to every rule, and while you probably yearly event into being. Hills and Keaton Collective. As Cursive is a won’t see me wearing out my dancing shoes at Bellingham’s mu- Of course, some of the magic of Stringband— band that likes to break up before getting 20 sic venues, take me to a dusty field in Deming, park me in front of and it is indeed magical—happens away from the back together and going on hiatus again the Stringband stage and I’m occasionally moved to, well, move. stages, and where and when you least expect it to before releasing an album only to take a Once, I think I might’ve even square-danced for a minute. occur. Square dances—led by the inimitable Lu- break, I’m guessing it could be a minute be- Such is the power of the yearly festival known as the Sub- cas Hicks, a man responsible for creating a sort fore they appear on a stage here again soon. dued Stringband Jamboree. of square dance renaissance around these parts— Hope to see you there. musicevents STRINGBAND, FROM PREVIOUS PAGE years ago. But if you’re really looking to partake of the true Stringband experience, you’ll have to come ready to WED., AUG. 8 AUG. 10-11 happen on the daily at Stringband, and if you don’t hap- camp, because when the sun goes down and the night’s DOWNTOWN SOUNDS: HAYNIE OPRY: The final pen to have a partner in tow, don’t worry: it has been my official activities wane, that’s when the pickin’ parties My Dad Bruce and Pimps of Haynie Opry of the summer 34 Joytime perform at tonight’s takes place this weekend

experience that Stringband provides. As well, the Band that have become part of Jamboree legend begin. FOOD ﬁnal Downtown Sounds with performances at 7pm Scramble—in which musicians throw their names into So, even if you are, like me, someone who prefers to concert of the season from Friday and 3pm and 7pm a hat, only to have them drawn out to form impromptu stand on the sidelines and watch, a visit to the Sub- 6-9:30pm in the Arts District Saturday at Blaine’s Haynie bands that then have one hour to write and learn an dued Stringband Jamboree might see you singing—and on Bay Street between Grange, 3344 Haynie Rd. 27 original song they then perform for the crowd—has dancing to—a different tune by the time all is played, Prospect and West Champion Friday shows features Matt proven to be hugely popular since its inception a few picked, sung and done. streets. The all-ages perfor- Audette and the Circle of mance is free. Friends Band and guests. B-BOARD WWW. A Southern Gospel matinee DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM takes place Saturday after-

noon, followed by an evening 24 THURS., AUG. 9 show featuring a re-creation PARK CONCERT SERIES: of Johnny’s Cash’s famous FILM As part of a summer concert San Quentin concert. Tickets BY CAREY ROSS series, listen to the local are $5-$10. 20 youth marimba band, Big WWW.THEHAYNIEOPRY.COM 20 Bad Monkeys, and African

dance music by Kuungana MUSIC SAT., AUG. 11 MUSIC from 6-8pm at the Columbia JAZZ FESTIVAL: Groove- Northwest Washington Fair Neighborhood’s Elizabeth yard, the Julian MacDonough Park. Entry is free. Quartet, Chico’s Paradise, 18

BETTER THAN CHRISTMAS WWW.COB.ORG Gail Pettis, Jordan Piper, ART and Barney McClure will be AUG. 9-12 among the performers taking

IT IS a fact that I love the Northwest Washington Fair. 16 SUMMER MELTDOWN: part today’s Lummi Island How much do I love the it? Beats Antique, Karl Denson’s Jazz Festival from 12-9:30pm

If I had to choose between the Northwest Washington Tiny Universe, Pickwick, at the Island Library, 2144 S. STAGE Fair and Christmas, I’d choose the Fair. If I had to choose Blitzen Trapper, the Moon- Nugent Rd. (across the street between the Fair and world peace—well, I’d probably doggies, Lukas Nelson & from the ferry landing). the Promise of The Real, 14 choose world peace only because I’d be a real jackass if I Tickets are $15-$25. Vicci Martinez, and many 758-7145 didn’t, but secretly I’d be wishing I’d chosen the Fair. others will perform at the

BOULEVARD PARK CONCERT: GET OUT Summer Meltdown happening From the time I coerce an unsuspecting friend into Roots, rock and Americana Thurs.-Sun. at Darrington’s taking a ride on the Zipper with courtesy of Cody Beebe and Whitehorse Mountain me until the unseemly inhalation the Crooks can be heard 12 Amphitheatre. Camping is from 7-9pm at Bellingham’s of the funnel cake I buy and then available. Tickets are $50- Boulevard Park. The free, refuse to share on my way out of $65 per day or $140-$160 for family friendly concert a weekend pass. the exit gate, every minute I spend will be the last one of the WWW.SUMMERMELTDOWN. at the Fair only makes it clearer and season at this locale. COM clearer that my paradise is the fair- HEART 778-7000 OR WWW.COB.ORG way, my spirit animal can be found HEAR JOYCE WOODSON: Western WHAT: Northwest AUG. 9-12

Music Association award- 8CURRENTS WORDS in the livestock barn and the Moo- Washington Fair his songs each week in their respective houses of wor- BLUES RECESS: A unique winner Joyce Woodson Wiches nourish my very soul. WHEN: Aug. 13-18 ship that ﬁll this humble singer with awe. national touring event performs at 7pm in Blaine at 6 Of course, a big part of the North- WHERE: Northwest After Tomlin departs, it’ll be time for a little homegrown focused on “blues fusion exchanges,” among other the Christ Episcopal Church, west Washington Fair’s entertain- Washington talent—that is, if we expand our deﬁnition of “home”

382 Boblett St. Suggested VIEWS Fairgrounds, things, will be part of the ment value is of the musical vari- to include the Seattle suburbs. Because that’s where donation is $7. Lynden Northwest (Alt) Blues Recess

332-1371 4 ety, and, in addition to bands and COST: $29-$48 Ann and Nancy Wilson—the duo better known as rock from Thursday through Sun- musicians that can be found playing for Grandstand powerhouse Heart—got their start. With chops to spare day in Alger at the Lookout Arts Quarry. Camping is SUN., AUG. 12 MAIL and singing all the livelong day on shows, includes Fair and style for miles, the Wilsons have been showing the BIG BAND: The Swing Con- available. Entry is $55-$165 admission

nection Big Band will perform 2 smaller stages that dot the fair- world just how hard they can rock since they made their and includes food. grounds, big-name acts will do their MORE INFO: first assault on the charts in the ’70s. They’ll bring their an assortment of concert- http://nwwafair. WWW.BLUESRECESS.COM oriented swing arrangement IT DO thing nearly every night as part of impressive skills—not to mention an equally impressive com from 2-4pm at the Fairhaven the Grandstand lineup. discography that includes songs like “Barracuda,” “Crazy FRI., AUG. 10 SKAGIT STARS: The Skagit Village Green. The family- The first band to grace the Grandstand this year will On You,” “What About Love,” “Alone,” and more—to the Opera’s Megan Chenovick friendly concert is free (but .12 08 be the Oak Ridge Boys, who will pay a return visit to the fairgrounds Thurs., Aug. 16. (soprano), Christina Kowalski tips are welcome). stage Tues., Aug. 14. Known for their four-part harmonies, If you like your country music a little less bearded (soprano), Yu Seok Oh (bari- WWW.SWINGCONNECTION. gospel-tinged country sound and the impressive beard (no offense, Oak Ridge Boys) and a little more like that tone), and Marcus Shelton ORG (tenor) perform from 6-9pm INTERNATIONAL CONCERT .07 08. sported by baritone William Lee Golden, this group has proverbial tall drink of water, you’ll want to sidle up 32 at Lairmont Manor, 405 Field- SERIES: The Peace Arch # charted more than a dozen number-one singles (among to the stage Fri., Aug. 17 for Billy Currington. In just ston Rd. Admission is $75 and International Concert Series them “Elvira,” “Bobbie Sue,” and “American Made”) and a little more than eight years, Currington has released includes wine and a sit-down continues with Polynesian won a Grammy during their seven decades of existence. four albums, charted six number-one hits (among them supper with the singers. music and dance by the Christian music is always part of the Grandstand “People Are Crazy” and “That’s How Country Boys WWW.SKAGITOPERA.ORG Kalevaria Somoan United lineup, and this year is no different. This time, Chris Roll”) and been nominated for a Grammy. Currington’s BELLEWOOD TUNES: Methodist Church of Tacoma youth group at 2pm at Tomlin, who will play Wed., Aug. 15, has been tapped first number-one single was “Must Be Doin’ Something Blueberry Hill will share their bluegrass tunes at a Blaine’s Peace Arch State CASCADIA WEEKLY to fill this niche—and he’s certainly no slouch when it Right,” which sounds like a bit of an understatement, free concert from 6-9pm Park. Entry is free, but a comes to albums sold and accolades earned. While he’s if you ask me. Discover Pass is required at Bellewood Acres, 6140 21 racked up three Grammy nods, 18 Dove awards and at While you might not find the Northwest Washing- Guide Meridian. All ages are for vehicle access to the least one platinum album, those aren’t the most stag- ton Fair to be the slice of heaven that I do, there’s welcome, and beer, wine and concerts, which continue Sundays through Sept. 2. gering statistics involving the man who gave voice to no doubt it boasts some of the finest entertainment cider will be available for purchase. (360) 332-7165 such songs as “Forever” and “How Great is Our God.” around. Trust me on this one. I might be the world’s WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM Rather, it’s the estimated 40 million people who sing foremost Fair expert. musicvenues 34 34 See below for venue FOOD addresses and phone 08.08.12 08.09.12 08.10.12 08.11.12 08.12.12 08.13.12 08.14.12 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

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just Young and his guitar (with an occa-

34 34 sional switch to organ), and man, does he make noise—a massive, sometimes discor- FOOD dant, always glorious noise. Whether he is wailing away on the one-note guitar solo in ﬁlm the older song “Down by the River,” strum- 27 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› MOVIE SHOWTIMES ming the life out of an acoustic for “Peace- ful Valley Boulevard” or using an electric

B-BOARD as a kind of wand for feedback at the end of “Walk With Me,” which closes the show, he comes off like a mad scientist, so intent 24 24 on expressing whatever he is trying to get FILM FILM

FILM FILM across that pleasing an audience seems like an afterthought—which is precisely why the audience is so pleased. 20 Like Young, Demme often takes an icono- clastic route. This is in part a concert ﬁlm, MUSIC yes, but not a traditional one. Demme often ﬁlms Young in extreme close-up—as in his 18 ART ART The concert takes up 16 the greater part, and STAGE STAGE it doesn’t disappoint.

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6 lips touch and fog the lens. It’s not ﬂatter- ing. Nor are the shots from below the mi-

VIEWS VIEWS REVIEWED BY BILL GOODYKOONTZ crophone, looking up at Young’s whiskered chin. And yet it’s so ﬁtting. Like Young’s use 4 of feedback, it somehow just works.

MAIL MAIL Neil Young Journeys Sometimes, however, a straightforward approach works. This is most evident in

2 YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN “Ohio,” Young’s raging lament about the Kent State University shooting, in which DO IT IT DO

NEIL YOUNG fans will recognize these lyrics: “There is a town in menting on this family who lived in that house Ohio National Guardsmen killed four stu- north Ontario/With dream, comfort, memory to spare/And in my mind/I or how they built an addition onto the church or dents in 1970. The song still has power; .12

08 still need a place to go/All my changes were there.” remembering how he used to ﬁsh when he was 5, Demme increases it by including news foot- They’re from the song “Helpless,” one of Young’s prettier, more per- using a wagon to bring home his catch. There’s age from the tragedy, as well as the names sonal songs. Now, in Neil Young Journeys, we actually see the town in a weirdness to it, but also a wistfulness—the and pictures of the victims.

.07 08. north Ontario—Omemee, Young’s hometown. same wistfulness, perhaps, that informs his It’s important that this isn’t an old-time 32 # It’s an odd movie, as befits its subject: In addition to a driving and singing voice. It may be an acquired taste, but greatest-hits show. Much of the set list walking tour of Young’s childhood, hosted by the man himself, it’s also it’s one well worth acquiring. comes from Le Noise. Young is one of only a a concert film, capturing parts of his two solo performances at Toronto’s At one point, the wistfulness becomes more handful of artists from his generation still Massey Hall in May 2011. explicit. making vital contributions, or even trying What’s more, it’s also director Jonathan Demme’s third collaboration “Aw, man…” Young says, after surveying to. Some of his efforts are hit-and-miss, but with Young, along with Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) and Neil Young a field where buildings once stood. “It’s all he’s still in there swinging. He never stops

CASCADIA WEEKLY Trunk Show (2009). A lot of us would like to see Demme get back to gone.” moving, changing, evolving, and it makes such films as The Silence of the Lambs or Something Wild, but in Young Then, a pause. him fascinating. 24 he’s found a natural partner, a fitting subject for his offbeat ideas. “But it’s in my head. That’s why you don’t The lyrics of “Helpless” say one thing, but But if this is how he chooses to spend his time between features, that have to mourn when you lose friends. They’re Neil Young Journeys suggests another: A lot works out just fine. still in your head, still in your heart.” happened for Young in that town in north Young is a notoriously idiosyncratic man and performer; this is evident And, if you’re Young, still in your songs. Ontario, but not all of his changes were here throughout. He follows his brother in a car for part of the trip, com- Don’t be misled. This isn’t half travelogue, there. They’re still underway. t-0/&45"3t4"8:&3#308/t%3)00,t CelebrateCelebrate withwith us!us! t+6*$&/&850/t""30/13*5$)&55t 34 34 The Community Energy Challenge is turning 2. & SEPTEMBER 14 15, 2012 FOOD Thanks to YOU we’re already one of the most successful DEMING LOGGING SHOW GROUNDS community energy efficiency campaigns in the country. 27

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