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Haynie Opry: 7pm, Haynie Grange, Blaine FOOD Nuages and Friends: 7:30pm, Unity Spiritual Center A brief overview of this Black Umfolosi: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon 32 week’s happenings THISWEEK FILM Classic Chaplin: 3pm, Mount Baker Theatre B-BOARD WORDS Claire Swedberg: 4pm, Village Books 31 COMMUNITY FILM Spring Garage Sale: 9am-4pm, Skagit County Fairgrounds
26 Antiques and Collectibles: 11am-3pm, Bellingham Senior Activity Center MUSIC GET OUT Native Plant Sale: 9am-1pm, WACD Materials Center,
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ART Do the Bloom Color Run: 10am, Depot Arts Center, juggling and much more Anacortes Garden Day: 11am-1pm, Community Food Co-op 22 can be experienced Tulip Festival: Through April, throughout the Skagit Valley STAGE at Bellingham FOOD Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot 20 Circus Guild 10 Year Market Square
Anniversary shows VISUAL GET OUT Woodfest: 9am-4pm, Sedro-Woolley High School April 13-14 at the Curator’s Talk: 1pm, Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall 18 Cirque Lab Flora and Fauna: 7pm, Village Books
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PHOTO OF DREAM FROHE BY GOLDIE JONES OF DREAM FROHE BY PHOTO Scapino: 2pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild 9 to 5: 2pm, Anacortes Community Theatre Vaudevillingham: 7pm and 9pm, Cirque Lab WEDNESDAY [04.11.18] Take Me to Church: 8pm, Rumors Cabaret
BEST OF SKAGIT MUSIC DANCE Dixieland All Stars: 7pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts Runners will become 8 Projections: 2pm, Western Gallery, WWU living canvases at the WORDS MUSIC Chuckanut Radio Hour: 7pm, Heiner Theater, WCC Anacortes Arts Festival’s ”Do Young Artist Concert Series: 3pm, Jansen Art CURRENTS Center, Lynden GET OUT the Bloom” Color Run Sat.,
6 Turnandot: 3pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Tulip Festival: Through April, throughout the Skagit April 14 at the city’s Depot Valley FOOD VIEWS Arts Center Community Breakfast: 8-11am, American Legion [04. .18] Post #43, Sedro-Woolley 4 THURSDAY 12 ONSTAGE
MAIL GET OUT Hir: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU Tulip Festival: Through April, throughout the Skagit
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DO IT Backyard Brawl: 10pm, Upfront Theatre ONSTAGE VISUAL DO IT The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Circus Guild Anniversary Celebration: 6pm and Woodfest: 10am-3pm, Sedro-Woolley High School DANCE 9pm, Cirque Lab MUSIC Projections: 7:30pm, Western Gallery, WWU Always...Patsy Cline: 7pm, Conway Muse MONDAY [04.16.18] Jazz Jam: 5:30-8:30pm, Illuminati Brewing Hir: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU 04.11.18 Ukulele Orchestra: 6:30pm, Leopold Crystal Ballroom MUSIC Scapino: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild ONSTAGE Six Gun Sal: 8pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon Turandot: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Jet City Improv: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Comedy at the Buff: 8pm, Wild Buffalo
.13 Vernon A System of Strings: 8pm, Lookout Arts Quarry 15 WORDS 9 to 5: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre # WORDS Patrick Dixon: 7pm, Village Books Mary Lou Sanelli: 7pm, Village Books Genre Legends: 8pm, Upfront Theatre TUESDAY [04.17.18] Comedy Night: 8pm, Cosmic Games FRIDAY [04.13.18] COMMUNITY Backyard Brawl: 10pm, Upfront Theatre ONSTAGE Spring Garage Sale: 9am-4pm, Skagit County Comedy Open Mic: 7:30pm, the Shakedown ONSTAGE Fairgrounds DANCE Circus Guild Anniversary Celebration: 6pm and Contra Dance: 7-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library DANCE 9pm, Cirque Lab GET OUT Projections: 7:30pm, Western Gallery, WWU Skagit Folk Dancers: 7-9:30pm, Bayview Civic Hall CASCADIA WEEKLY Always...Patsy Cline: 7pm, Conway Muse Wild Things: 9:30-11am, Stimpson Family Nature Hir: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU Reserve MUSIC MUSIC 2 Scapino: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild Tulip Festival: Through April, throughout the The Brothers Arntzen: 3-5pm, Sudden Valley Sanford-Hill Piano Series: 7:30pm, Performing Us and Them: 7:30pm, Firehouse PAC Skagit Valley Dance Barn Arts Center, WWU
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8 28: Clubs advertising@ preceded by the destruction of 17 large, mature in the Skagit Watershed’s salmon recovery plan. cascadiaweekly.com 30: Satisfying suspense trees within a two-block radius of my home. Seven Meanwhile, in the Skagit Delta a few miles west more are on the chopping block, including those of the I-5 Fisher Creek project, high priority op- 31: Film Shorts Distribution CURRENTS last remaining Douglas Fir trees where the five- portunities for restoring juvenile Chinook rearing Distribution Manager: story apartment building will go in. habitat languish for lack of funding. The hundreds 6 Erik Burge Rear End 360-647-8200 Why can’t those two trees remain as part of the of millions in public funds that WSDOT is required 32: Wellness distribution@ greenery that’s supposed to be part of that proj- to spend improving fish passage through road cul- VIEWS cascadiaweekly.com 33: Crossword ect? At this rate, Fairhaven will have a “Silent verts could clearly be put to more strategic use.
4 Whatcom: Erik Burge, 4 Spring” as the mature trees that provide nesting This is not to say that the Culvert Case ruling 34: Free Will Astrology Stephanie Simms habitat for urban birds are no more. was not effective in other ways. MAIL MAIL 35: Advice Goddess Skagit: Linda Brown, Barb Murdoch —Jamie K. Donaldson, Fairhaven The case was a natural successor to the Boldt
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REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA to make public policy. Attorney General Ferguson’s push their own agendas. But because the ruling is WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND COUNTIES 04-11-2018* • ISSUE:15* • V.13 ©2018 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by arguments over the federal government’s share of not coordinated with state and federal salmon re- 04.11.18 Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 responsibilities aside, the 2013 Culvert Case ruling covery priorities, it has resulted in non-strategic [email protected] diverted a lot of public resources towards replac- diversion of resources. .13 Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia
15 Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing Best OFSKAGIT2018 ing hundreds of road culverts that will contribute The legislature and government agencies are # papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material only marginal benefit for meeting state and fed- better suited for making policy than the courts. to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you P.10 DAY-TRIPPING MUSICAL MEMORIES FAN FAVORITES include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- Guemes Island General Store, P.26 Patsy Cline visits the Conway Muse, P.22 A Skagit tasting tour, P.38 eral salmon recovery goals. —Tom Slocum, Bellingham ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday Last fall the Washington State Dept. of Trans- the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be COVER: Photo by Andy returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. Porter, www.andyporter portation completed a several million-dollar re- GAZA AND SYRIA LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. images.com placement of the I-5 culvert on Fisher Creek in Within hours of the April 8 chemical weapons at- In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your Skagit County, a project that was identified tack in a suburb of Damascus, cries in Washington, CASCADIA WEEKLY letters to fewer than 300 words. through the process mandated by the Culvert Case DC, were for quick military response as well as ac-
4 ruling. The project improved fish access to a few tion by the U.N. security council. What a contrast miles of fair quality coho and steelhead spawning to the deafening silence that followed the premedi- habitat, which is all well and good. tated and intentional shooting of hundreds of civil- NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre ians in Gaza by Israeli snipers a week earlier, and U.S. veto of a U.N. resolution calling for 38 investigation of that attack.
Both assaults require condemnation. But WHY BUY NEW? FOOD in Syria, where few political players have moral authority, multinational inquiry and 32 removal of arms is essential; for Palestine, Our refurbished appliances the unquestioning underwriting by the U.S. government and a massive lobby supporting 1 Keep resources out of the landfill B-BOARD anything the Israeli military does are unac- ceptable and hypocritical. Cost less than 1/2 the price of new 31 Two million people in Gaza are encaged 2 within the largest prison in the world. Entry FILM and exit by land, sea, and airspace is com- Last longer than new, and come 3 with a 90 day guarantee pletely controlled by Israel. Destruction of the 26 water-purification system and healthy liveli- Appliance Depot is a nonprofit project of ReUse Works. Your hoods is slowly strangling human life, even as MUSIC purchases & donations support waste reduction & job training. Israeli absorbs the West Bank through expro-
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a slow and intentional genocide. STAGE All who value world peace must demand bellingham theatre guild presents that our elected officials condemn atrocities
What Matters? 20 wherever they occur, and publicly support Palestinians in their quest for human rights and statehood. In Bellingham, where West- GET OUT ern Washington University is committed in- stitutionally to educating about violence and 18 crimes against humanity, please also urge con- Life is Short. temporary and comparative focus on genocide “A fun-filled frolic… WORDS as terrible—yet also preventable. The crimes performed in a zany of war can stop once the U.S. ceases cover-up commedia dell’arte style.” New York Times 10 and joins other countries in saying no. —James Loucky, Bellingham Public Talk ~ Special Guest ~ directed by teri grimes TAXATION WITHOUT Acharya Richard John REPRESENTATION Thurs, Apr 12th @ 7:00 pm written by frank dunlop & jim dale BEST OF SKAGIT
Since the start of the refugee program Open Sitting Meditation: 6-7pm 8 called Temporary Protective Status (TPS) ap- 2825 Meridian, Suite 201 • 360-483-4526 proximately 20 years ago, each TPS refuge has been required to report and pay $800 every 360-733-1811 CURRENTS 18 months for the duration of their stay in meditation center bellinghamtheatreguild.com 6 the United States. bellingham.shambhala.org If the estimate of 500,000 TPS refugees is VIEWS correct, and that figure is multiplied by 20 4 years, that would mean the government has 4 collected billions of dollars from those refu- MAIL OYSTERS MAIL gees since TPS was established in the 1990s.
Given this, why are American taxpayers COCKTAILS 2 continually told there is no money for border security? DO IT Earlier this year, I sent written inquires to a DINNER number of legislators in Washington, D.C., ask- ing this question: What happened to this mon- 04.11.18 ey—ie, which agency received these funds and how were they allocate? To date, none of my .13 letters has been answered. 15 # Given the potentially huge sums involved, I am surprised no member of Congress seems interested in investigating just what hap- EST. 2014 pened to this money. If the TPS program ends in 2019, as sched- uled, every TPS refugee who is forced to leave the United States should be given a check in ROCK AND RYE CASCADIA WEEKLY the amount of money he or she had to pay for OYSTER HOUSE 5 the duration of their stay in our country. 1145 NORTH STATE STREET —Jim Sutherland, Bellingham IN THE HISTORIC HERALD BUILDING
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FOOD MUCH ADUS ABOUT NOTHING: Imagine two aircraft traveling in opposite directions at different speeds and altitudes, in different hemispheres of the globe. At no 32 point are their paths likely to intersect. That is the geography of the city’s policy discussions views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE B-BOARD of zoning changes that might allow homeowners to construct an additional separate small, self-contained living space on their property, discussions that culmi- 31 nated in a long, well-attended and remarkably civil and
FILM intelligent public meeting this week on detached acces- BY ROSALINDA GUILLEN AND ANDER RUSSELL sory dwelling units (DADUs). Many spoke passionately
26 about the integrity of neighborhoods and the assurance that comes from enforcement of covenants and zoning
MUSIC codes; others spoke of the urgent need for affordable Yes on I-1631 housing and greater diversity in housing stock and rent-
24 al options. Only at the margins do these topics inter- SUPPORT CLEAN AIR, CLEAN ENERGY AND HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES sect—for clearly DADUs are not a solution to the city’s ART (and larger West Coast’s) affordable housing crisis, but THE WORK of protecting people ducing flood risk, improving infra- they may be part of a toolbox of options that might be. and the planet is a roller coaster of structure for treating stormwater, 22 City property owners can already build accessory out- wins and losses. Lately, we are play- preparing for sea-level rise and ad-
STAGE buildings where their yards permit it, with a great deal ing a lot of defense against local, dressing ocean acidification. We’ll of liberty on matters of scale, mass and design of the state and national groups seeking to improve forest health and enhance structures. They can be big; they can be ugly. The issue undo decades of social and environ- preparedness for wildfires. Dedicated 20 is whether outbuildings might be constructed to allow mental progress. Washington voters funds will assist low-income residents people to live in them, with greater controls on the will soon have an opportunity to I-1631 is backed by diverse constit- to ensure affordable energy, and sup-
GET OUT scale, mass and design of the construction. The city’s stand up for the health of our com- uencies across the state representing port workers that may be displaced Planning Commission recommends these dwelling units munities, economy and climate. Will working families, communities of by the transition from fossil fuels to be more compact and tightly designed, although per- you join us in our endeavor to cre- color, environmental and clean en- energy independence. All this means 18 mitting up to four occupants on a smaller lot size. ate a cleaner future for Washington, ergy advocates, health professionals, thousands of family-wage jobs across From the standpoint of level outcomes and equal pro- building healthier communities for businesses, and faith organizations our state. Our policy also ensures WORDS tection, and with a reluctance to predict the future and everyone in our state? all committed to building our state’s public oversight and accountability pick “winners and losers,” city planners propose that Northwest Washington has seen economy, improving the health of for making good investments. 10 DADUs where they qualify be permitted citywide, in- the consequences of a changing cli- our residents and leading the fight Sovereign indigenous nations cluding all neighborhoods zoned for single families. Only mate: Last summer, wildfire smoke against climate change. We came have also expressed meaningful attached ADUs are currently permitted in single-family choked the region, while salmon together to find solutions that work support for this initiative. Funds zones. And yet, while the city’s “hands off” approach is died in shallowing rivers. Even so, for all of us—especially those from will aid climate adaptation and BEST OF SKAGIT understandable, the proposed policy is an abdication of our state’s legislature failed to pass the most impacted communities, who clean energy for native communi-
8 the very purpose and goal of planning, which is to try meaningful climate legislation this have historically been excluded from ties, and tribal governments must to predict the future and place infill in areas best suited year. As the federal government decisions about the environment and be consulted on projects directly for that development. City Council took no action on the turns its back on the reality of cli- economy, Farmworkers, labor organiz- impacting their land and resources.
CURRENTS proposal at the close of the evening’s public meeting. mate change, the real-life conse- ers, environmental advocates, health Washingtonians have never been The community largely talked past one another. quences jeopardize the health of professionals, and more came togeth- afraid to lead or create something 6 6 Scores of homeowners in those single-family zones people and the economy. er around the same table to create a new. Through people’s ballot initia-
VIEWS have criticized the proposal, claiming (among many That’s why the people of Wash- policy that reflects our shared values. tives, Washington voters have forged VIEWS concerns) it represents a breach of the social contract ington are moving forward with Every single person wants a healthy the way for other states on numer-
4 between the city and the neighborhoods and reneges Initiative 1631, the Protect Wash- environment and a vibrant economy ous policies. Now, we’re setting the on the city’s commitment to allow DADUs in neighbor- ington Act. This initiative will cre- that works for everyone. course for equitable climate policy MAIL hoods that support the concept, not citywide. ate living-wage jobs by investing in Climate change is happening now. in the United States. That’s why we
2 For those seeking social justice and a solution to an clean energy, healthy forests and We can’t wait for action any longer. need your help to qualify for the bal- existential housing crisis affecting many thousands clean water. With funds from a fee Yet we must ensure that solutions lot and to win in November.
DO IT of city residents, the DADU controversy appears to paid by the state’s largest pollut- to climate change are fair and eq- You can join our movement today! be a mismatch of goals versus outcomes. Across the ers, we can increase the resiliency uitable. In crafting this initiative, To learn more about our policy, the entire city, the DADU proposal might produce perhaps of our communities to the impacts our coalition put justice and equity coalition, or to join our campaign, 200 additional housing units over 50 years, fatally of climate change. at the forefront. That means listen- visit: yeson1631.org 04.11.18 inadequate to the need. For decades, corporate polluters ing to the voices of those who are Attend Bellingham’s campaign Early indications suggest grudging public support for have put profits over people while impacted and ensuring indigenous kickoff at 6:30pm April 19 at Bell- .13
15 the proposal, with 60 percent of comments received by dirtying our land, air and water. rights and tribal sovereignty are re- ingham Unitarian Fellowship (1207 # the city favoring citywide DADUs. Many of us already contribute to spected and upheld, all while ensur- Ellsworth St.) to get involved in sig- “There are a range of people asking for a citywide cleaning up and preventing pollu- ing protections for workers in all in- nature gathering. ordinance: retirees, people concerned about aging tion. I-1631 gives us the tools to dustries—from refineries to farms. parents, working families,” Jenn Mason commented to do the job right, getting the larg- What will I-1631 invest in? Ex- Rosalinda Guillen is executive director Council. Mason serves on the Bellingham School Board est polluters to fund investments panding renewable power generation of Community to Community Develop- and champions inclusionary neighborhoods. “This is in clean energy infrastructure like from wind and solar. Restoring and ment; Ander Russell is the Clean Water CASCADIA WEEKLY not top-down. This is the majority of people who have wind and solar, and creating last- protecting water sources, estuaries, program manager for RE Sources for
6 been asking for gentle infill in inclusive neighborhoods ing, well-paying, local jobs. fisheries, and marine shorelines, re- Sustainable Communities across our city.” At its core, the DADU proposal begins to break down VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY
THE GRISTLE 38 the zoning covenants that discourage A BETTER WAY TO FOOD a variety of housing forms and liv- ing choices throughout the city (and 32 that’s at the crux of the tension with PLAY existing historic neighborhoods). It EVERY also, by increasing the number and ! B-BOARD variety of potential landlords across DAY ATNORTHWOOD the city, abrades the foundation of 31 Bellingham’s rental housing crisis: Too many units—many in poor repair—are FILM currently held in the hands of a very,
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Now Win ART it unsettles the neighborhoods while doing very little at the margins of the 22 country’s affordable housing crisis. It’s
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“We have allowed a decaying hous- GET OUT ing stock to become a profit center for negligent rental practices,” Abe Jacob- Sunday! 18 son commented at the meeting. “Hel- ter-skelter emplacement of DADUs only Swipe your Winners Club WORDS worsens this problem. “We’re squeezed between vibrant Card at the Rewards Station 10 cities like Seattle and Vancouver, with ample money to come in and speculate kiosk every time you visit in Bellingham,” Jacobson observed of the larger problem. “They can come here Northwood to earn more and pay cash, and they are bidding up BEST OF SKAGIT the cost of housing. We have to face entries for $500 drawings 8 that the market is failing and the mar- ket is not going to work,” he noted. “We every Sunday in April. Win need to take the speculation out of a CURRENTS large portion of our housing stock.” $500 Real Cash every 30 6 6 “The DADU ordinance will do only a minutes from 1:30pm to 5pm. little to increase density and reduce VIEWS VIEWS environmentally destructive urban sprawl,” Michael Chiavario comment- See Winners Club for details. 4 ed. “It will not stop the inflationary MAIL influence of capital from both local
and nonlocal sources on mortgage and 2 rental costs. Only a systemic change of major proportions will do that. DO IT “The changes we need in Bellingham are to make housing affordable for all and stop urban sprawl. That means in- 04.11.18 creasing density within our current borders while working on many ways .13 to make housing affordable—and by 15 # affordable I mean monthly payments MODERN COMFORTS AND JUST TWO TURNS OFF THE capped at 30 pecent of one’s income. “Let us not destroy the dream of af- OLD FASHIONED HOSPITALITY GUIDE MERIDIAN fordable housing by engaging in naive ALDERGROVE 99 15 and simplistic thinking that will only 8 AVE BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA lead to disappointment,” Warren Sheay 877.777.9847 cautioned. “An in-depth understanding CASCADIA WEEKLY 9750 Northwood Road • LyndenBLAINE WA N of the complexities of the real estate DRAYTON E BADGER RD NORTHWOOD RD HARBOR 7 market is essential if we are to devise www.northwoodcasino.com genuine housing solutions.” GUIDE MERIDIAN RD LYNDEN
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STAGE sion by May 31 to kill or proceed with the controversial project. The Houston-based energy firm has proposed a more-than-700-mile- 04.04.18 long pipeline from Alberta to Burnaby, B.C., intended to nearly triple the transport of bitumen oil from Canada’s interior to the coast to 890,000 barrels a day. But the company in a statement Sunday said opposition to the project, particularly by the government of
20 WEDNESDAY British Columbia, has put completion of the project in doubt. [Seattle Times] A Bellingham police officer is facing a total of 16 charges related to the al- GET OUT leged repeated abuse of a woman known to him. Bellingham Police Cpl. Brooks NORTHWEST PASSAGES recent challenge to the ACA in February. Laughlin, 33, of Everson was arrested March 27 on multiple counts of assault, It’s official. After nearly Those states argue that, because Con- tampering with a witness, harassment, violating a no-contact order, stalking half a century in office, gress eliminated the tax penalty used as 18 and criminal trespass. [Bellingham Herald, KGMI] Whatcom County Prose- enforcement of the individual mandate cutor Dave McEachran in December 2017, the entire ACA is no WORDS The consumer watchdog group Allied Progress announces they will be pur- announces he will retire longer constitutional. The coalition seeks and not seek reelection in chasing ads on several Sinclair stations around the United States to call standing to challenge that effort. More
10 what would be his 12th out the media giant for forcing local stations, including KOMO in Seattle, consecutive four-year term. than 800,000 Washingtonians depend on to air pro-Trump talking points. The ad also asks viewers concerned about First elected in 1975, he is the ACA for their health care. Since the Sinclair’s increasing stranglehold on local media to call the FCC and de- the longest-serving chief ACA went into effect, Washington’s unin- mand they not approve Sinclair’s nearly $4 billion bid to buy the Tribune prosecuting attorney in the sured rate dropped by 60 percent, and now United States. BEST OF SKAGIT Media Company. If approved, this would give Sinclair, an arch-conservative, fewer than 6 percent of Washingtonians
8 multi-billion dollar corporation with a partisan agenda, access to more than are without health insurance. [AGO] 70 percent of American households via the public airwaves—airwaves Sin- clair does not pay to rent. [Allied Progress] the coalition’s second attempt to get the 04.10.18 CURRENTS 8 CURRENTS permit withdrawn and require the county Hundreds of protesters opposed to the expansion of the Trans Mountain to take a deeper look at potential environ- TUESDAY 6 oil pipeline demonstrate outside a Vancouver hotel where Prime Minister mental impacts of what is called the Clean A lawsuit against OxyContin maker Justin Trudeau addressed a Liberal party fundraising dinner. They chanted Products Upgrade Project. [Skagit Valley VIEWS Purdue Pharma over the state’s devastat- “Kinder Morgan has got to go” as they marched several blocks through down- Herald] ing opioid epidemic will continue, a King
4 town. [Vancouver Sun] County judge rules, rejecting Purdue’s re- 04.09.18 quest to dismiss the case. The state’s law- MAIL Kinder Morgan begins to investigate legal options in its proposed Trans suit accuses Purdue, one of the nation’s
MONDAY 2 Mountain expansion pipeline. If the project stalls, the Houston-based com- largest opioid manufacturers, of fueling pany could go on the offensive to try to recoup billions of dollars. Investors Bellingham City Council chambers swell the opioid epidemic in Washington state,
DO IT are already asking whether the company will take such action, and some legal to capacity to discuss a proposal to allow embarking on a massive deceptive market- experts say it has a legitimate case against Canada because of how the B.C. the possibility of small separate self-con- ing campaign and convincing doctors and government and some municipalities have tried to oppose the project. [CBC] tained residential dwelling units (DADUs) the public that their drugs are effective on qualified lots throughout the city, even for treating chronic pain and have a low 04.11.18 A group of more than 50 chefs tells the British Columbia provincial gov- in neighborhoods that are not currently risk of addiction, contrary to overwhelm- ernment to stop salmon-farming leases in a bid to protect wild salmon. zoned to allow such housing forms. While ing evidence. This deceptive marketing .13
15 The chefs, along with environmental crusader David Suzuki, held a news the meeting was predicted to be quarrel- resulted in the deaths of Washingtonians # conference in Vancouver on Thursday to urge B.C. to terminate 20, open net- some, it is instead a remarkably restrained and devastation to Washington families, pen, salmon-farm tenures coming up for renewal in June in the Broughton and intelligent sharing of concerns. City according to the Attorney General. [AGO] Archipelago, a wild-salmon migratory route. [Vancouver Sun] Council takes no action, but votes to con- tinue their discussion of the proposal. Whatcom County Council considers 04.05.18 joining other communities around the Washington joins a multistate coalition state in action against Purdue and other CASCADIA WEEKLY THURSDAY that asks a federal court to allow them to pharmaceutical companies that allegedly
8 A coalition of environmental groups will appeal the permit issued by Skagit intervene in a lawsuit in order to defend overprescribed and oversupplied opioids, County for a project proposed at the Andeavor Anacortes Refinery—former - the Affordable Care Act (ACA). States led resulting in a national public health crisis. ly Tesoro. The appeal filed with the state Shorelines Hearings Board marks by Texas and Wisconsin filed the most [Whatcom County Council] Washington State Patrol Trooper was able 38 FUZZ to use spike strips to cause the passen- index ger-side tires of the car to deflate. The ve- FOOD BUZZ hicle continued at high speeds but even- tually swerved and crashed into a ditch. The driver fled on foot and was cornered 32 IMPROVISED GUNS in a fenced yard. The 31-year-old turned
AND EXPLOSIVES toward arresting officers in a fight- B-BOARD On March 23, two Bellingham men arrested ing stance, whereupon he was promptly in connection with a drive-by shooting in tasered and taken into custody. 31 Birchwood neighborhood pleaded not guilty
in Whatcom County Superior Court. No one On April 8, a Bellingham patrol officer ran FILM was injured in the March 12 shooting, but a a routine check on the license plate of car 17-year-old boy was nearly struck by wood parked near 7-Eleven in Birchwood neigh- 26 splinters as bullets riddled a home. The two borhood. The check determined the license
men face charges of attempted murder. plate had been stolen. The officer contact- MUSIC ed the car’s owner when he came out of the
On April 3, the Whatcom County Sheriff’s store to ask him about the stolen plate. The 24 Office and Lummi law enforcement officers driver fled on foot. The driver was caught ART executed a search warrant on the residence and detained so officers could investigate of one of the men accused in the March 12 further. “Turns out the stolen plate was on drive-by shooting in Birchwood neighbor- a vehicle that was reported stolen with our 124,100 22 hood. The search turned up two homemade agency on April 3,” police reported. The Population of Skagit County in 2017, up about 20 percent from 1980. Skagit County STAGE grenades and an improvised explosive de- 36-year-old driver was arrested and booked is one of the most ethnically diverse rural counties in Washington. Approximately 17.8 percent of the population is Hispanic or Latino, compared to the statewide vice (IED) in the home of Robert Chase. for possessing stolen property, possession
average of 12.2 percent. 20 “Chase was suspected of assembling fully of a stolen vehicle and obstructing a law automatic firearms and homemade explo- enforcement officer, among other charges.
sive devices,” deputies reported. “During GET OUT the search by multiple law enforcement UNWELCOME CALLS $273.9 agencies, three ‘destructive Devices’ were On April 6, a Happy Valley resident com- Market value, in millions, to producers of Skagit County agricultural product in 2016. 18 recovered from the property and compo- plained to Bellingham Police of having nents for making additional devices were received 21 voicemail messages from an located,” deputies continued. “Two of unwanted caller. 90 95 WORDS the devices are described as makeshift Estimated number of crops grown in Skagit Percent of the red potatoes grown in 10 grenades and one was a dual-triggered On April 3, a Bellingham man told police he County, including blueberries, raspberries, Washington that are from Skagit County. improvised explosive device (IED). Explo- had received a suspicious phone call from a strawberries, pickling cucumbers, apples, Skagit County is a major producer of sive technicians dismantled the makeshift person he does not know. “The caller ram- grain—and, of course, tulips and daffodils. cabbage, table beet and spinach seed for More tulip, iris and daffodil bulbs are the world. grenades and the improvised explosive bled and made statements the man wanted produced here than in any other county in device was rendered safe by a controlled police to be aware of,” police reported. the United States. BEST OF SKAGIT 8 detonation on scene.” Also located during 8 the search were three additional firearms, PADDEN PUDKNOCKER along with parts and tools used in the as- On April 5, a man flashed his genitals at a 9 CURRENTS CURRENTS sembly of fully automatic firearms. Chase, woman while she walked along a trail near Rank of Skagit County among the state’s healthiest counties, up from 13th CURRENTS who is a convicted felon, is prohibited from Lake Padden in Bellingham. healthiest in 2016. 6 possessing firearms. Chase remains in cus- tody at the Whatcom County Jail. DRINKING WATER DUMP VIEWS On April 3, Bellingham Police arrested a $310 $6,000
SWANKY SWEATSHIRT 30-year-old man for unlawfully dumping or Millions of tourism dollars generated in Estimated spending per capita related to 4 COMPLETES depositing solid waste without a permit in Skagit County in 2016. tourism and recreation in Skagit County THE ENSEMBLE the Lake Whatcom reservoir watershed. in 2016. MAIL
On April 7, Bellingham Police searched 2 for a man who brandished a knife and de- GOING TO THE DOGS manded a victim’s swanky fashion sweat- On April 11, Whatcom County law enforce- 2,327 DO IT shirt near Lakeway Drive. After blocking ment agencies welcomed the members of Overnight stays in Skagit parks per 100 residents in 2016. off numerous streets, police and a K9 unit the Washington State Police Canine Asso- were unable to locate the suspected rob- ciation and its members for their annual ber, described as a young male in a gray seminar. “Patrol, narcotics and explosive 1,900 04.11.18 hoodie with a black backpack. detection K9 teams from around the state Largest estimated size of elk herds in Skagit County in 2017, nearing population targets for restoration. Herd sizes increased from 5 to 7 percent a year between 2006 .13 were greeted K9 teams from Bellingham 15 and 2016. The North Cascades elk herd is estimated to have declined from nearly # PD, Whatcom County SO, Skagit County SO, FOUR-ON-THE-FLOOR, TWO 2,000 animals in the 1980s to as low as 300 in the 1990s. ON THEIR FEET Mount Vernon PD and Anacortes PD. The On April 6, multiple Skagit police agen- WSPCA created and manages a Retired Po- cies coordinated in an attempt to locate lice Dog Medical Fund to assist members 10,000 a man suspected in a robbery armed with with non-routine veterinary bills such as Number of Trumpeter and Tundra swans in Skagit County. One hundred thousand Snow a large knife. Officers eventually located surgeries, prolonged medical treatments geese, and thousands more of mallard and other dabbling ducks, utilize Skagit farmland for the man’s vehicle southbound on Highway and end of life care. The organization host- food and habitat. Skagit County is host to one of the highest concentrations of raptors, CASCADIA WEEKLY 9 bear Sedro-Woolley. Officers attempted ed a number of team-building exercises for which also utilize farmland, in North America. 9 to stop the vehicle but it eluded them, officers and their deputy dogs in order to SOURCES: Skagit County Trends; Population Health Trust; Washington State Department of reaching speeds of 85 miles per hour. A benefit the fund. Fish & Wildlife; Skagit Valley Herald; Washington State University Extension
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B-BOARD Best Tulip Farm: RoozenGaarde t’s tulip time, and the fields are alive 31 with the light and color of spring. The
FILM Best word’s out, and this spectacular time in SKAGIT201 Ithe Skagit Valley is no longer a secret. 26 OF 8 But Skagit still holds a lot of secrets— mist-shrouded valleys, swollen and mighty
MUSIC rivers, and frosty high country thick with dark pines and devil’s club. And there are the
24 hidey holes—the hamlets sprinkled along old forgotten highways, the winding sloughs and ART channels of the fertile delta, and the coast beyond—dotted with islands pungent from 22 salt and rain. There are the bars and din-
STAGE ers and coffeehouses, the playgrounds and trails. And there are the people who fill them, hearty and happy. And though our readers re- 20 vealed some of these secrets, Skagit remains a treasure undiscovered.
GET OUT Where: 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon Info: www.tulips.com
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10 BestPEOPLE Artist: Lloyd Houston At La Conner’s Sibling Studio, it’s a family affair. Since 2002, when mixed-media artist Lloyd Houston and his sister Christie moved BEST OF SKAGIT
BEST OF SKAGIT back to the town where they were raised,
8 the duo have been following their muses in a variety of ways. In Lloyd’s case, photography shares creative space with prints, writing,
CURRENTS imagery, painting, sculpture, ginormous jigsaw puzzles and something he calls “BEM Boxes.” 6 To create the art that defies categorization, Houston—who’s celebrating his second win in VIEWS this coveted category—says he looks to the
4 past to lead him. See his work at the multiple- award-winning Conway Muse, or schedule a MAIL time to check out the printmaking machina-
2 tions at Sibling Studio. Where: La Conner
DO IT Info: www.siblingstudio.com Best News Story: Protesting Kids 04.11.18 As they did across the country, hundreds of students throughout Skagit County walked .13
15 out of their classrooms last month as part of # a national demonstration to honor the victims BY of shootings, to call attention to gun violence Tim Johnson, Amy Kepferle, Carey Ross, Stephanie Young, and demand change. They’ve taken up signs and Trail Rat and have marched for indigenous rights, for Photos by Jessamyn Tuttle farm labor rights, for environmental justice, for the rights of immigrants and displaced and CASCADIA WEEKLY oppressed people. They’re only just getting started, and now they’re registering to vote. 10 Children are our future; and these kids make us proud. PHOTO BY ANDY PORTER, ANDYPORTERIMAGES.COM ANDY BY PHOTO
38 FOOD 32 B-BOARD 31 FILM 26 MUSIC 24 ART 22 STAGE 20 GET OUT 18 WORDS PHOTO COURTESY OF SKY COLONY COURTESY PHOTO
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who’d never encountered the small-but-mighty Skagit hamlet was agog at the astounding array With a love for the likes of Fleet Foxes, Dawes, and Neil Young, the Sky of restaurants, bakeries, bars, shops and galler- BEST OF SKAGIT Colony’s self-described “dream folk” manages to pay homage to its late- ies populating the tiny town. “What’s that?” BEST OF SKAGIT
’60s Laurel Canyon influences while still sounding like a band rooted firmly she queried, pointing to Smith & Vallee Gallery 8 in the Pacific Northwest’s neofolk movement. This likely has something to as it receded in the rearview mirror. “It used to Best COLO do with the band’s collective experience level—each member was already be a schoolhouse,” I answered, “but a couple SKY NY of sustainable woodworkers converted it into a CURRENTS a musical veteran before coming together to form the Sky Colony in 2011. kick-ass gallery a while back, and now it houses With their refreshingly real vocal harmonies and ever-widening appeal, 6 Band some of the best art in the region.” We didn’t they remind us that there’s a whole world of Skagit County music to be have time to stop, but I promised her we’d VIEWS found outside of Anacortes. return soon to check out “Bloom”—a group
Info: www.theskycolonymusic.com show running through April that celebrates the 4 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival with intriguing in- MAIL terpretations of the many blossoming beauties
to be found in the Pacific Northwest. 2 Where: 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison
done, we could almost see spring on the plinary artistic hub is your Skagit go-to when Info: www.smithandvallee.com DO IT horizon. Judging by your votes, it seems you you seek live music, are picking a perfect spot can use all the WinterStock you can get. for a first date or meet-up or you just need to Best Theater: Where: Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount dance the night away. The only thing that can Lincoln Theatre
PLACES 04.11.18 Best Music Festival: Vernon Info: www.lincolntheatre.org possibly make a visit to the Muse even better is In April alone, Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre WinterStock a cocktail (or three—we don’t judge) expertly will host performances by Six Gun Sal, Jet City .13
Even though the seasons around here are Best Place to Dance/ mixed by your favorite bartender Kelly Hayton, Improv, high school jazz bands from around 15 # pretty mild, winter can be decidedly dreary Place for a First Date/ who is always ready with a surplus of drink Skagit County, the SVA Rainbow Alliance Drag in these parts. As an antidote, the fine folks Place to See Live Music/ knowledge and her trademark warm smile. No Show, and a return engagement by perennially at the Lincoln Theatre organized WinterStock Meet-Up: Conway Muse wonder the Muse is your end-all, be-all destina- popular comedian Paula Poundstone. Addition- to get us all out of the house and away from tion for fun, year in and year out. ally, a big-screen viewing of The Kid will help the dark pull of the seasonal downswing in Best Bartender: Kelly Where: 18444 Spruce St., Conway celebrate the venue’s 92nd anniversary. To find our moods. They filled the night with foot- Hayton at the Conway Muse Info: www.conwaymuse.com out how to get involved with the storied space— stompin’ Americana bands and pints from Oh, Conway Muse, how do we love thee? Well, which has won this coveted award umpteen CASCADIA WEEKLY Skagit’s so-called “Beermuda Triangle,” Farm- we don’t need to count the ways, we can simply times—the month will also include open houses Best Gallery: 11 strong, Northsound, and Skagit River brewer- count the awards this tiny-town entertainment Smith & Vallee Gallery April 20-22 during the Tulip Festival Street Fair. ies, and when it was all said and danced and powerhouse has racked up. This multidisci- On a recent slow roll through Edison, a friend Take a tour, browse the selection of film posters for sale, listen to tunes being played on the
Mighty Wurlitzer, and learn about how you can 38 help make the magic happen.
FOOD Where: 712 S. First St. Info: www.lincolntheatre.org
32 Best Beach: Washington Park
B-BOARD Life’s a beach once you pass through the gate at Anacortes’ Washington Park. From Sunset Beach on the north end to West 31 Beach on the south—and all the coves,
FILM bluffs and tide pools in between—you can dilly-dally your day away in contented
26 quietude among a panoramic multitude of seaside vantage points. Regardless of
MUSIC whether you happen to spot a pod of orcas charging through Rosario Strait, the wave-
24 lapped, kelp-hugged, pebble-bedded shores of Fidalgo Island’s preeminent peninsula are ART worth your precious time. Where: 6300 Sunset Ave., Anacortes 22 Info: www.anacorteswa.gov STAGE Best Trail: Oyster Dome Snagging a sunset on the rocky bald above 20 the bat caves is a vertical payoff that makes the hard march up the trail doubly worth
GET OUT the effort. But when it comes to attaining a medicinal dose of Skagitonian solitude, I prefer a predawn tromp through the dog hair 18 every time. Reclined regally in the silent embrace of my root-gnarled breakfast nook, WORDS I watch familiar vistas emerge into expres-
sive horizons—and that’s when part of me Family owned and operated Schuh Farm has been in business for more 10 emerges, too. than 50 years, providing Cascadia with fresh fruits, vegetables, plants, Where: Pacific Northwest Trail, Bow flowers, eggs, baked goods (their pies are to die for) and old-fashioned Info: www.wta.org Best family fun. There’s a bit of magic to the farm regardless of the season, and
BEST OF SKAGIT SCHUH FARM BEST OF SKAGIT Best Stop on the North there’s something for everyone, big or small. Make Schuh Farm a must-stop
8 Cascades Highway: destination today—and through December, as there’s always something Birdsview Brewery Farm new on the acreage. It’s cold and wet. My mates and I have been Where: 15535 State Route 536, Mount Vernon Info: (360) 424-6982
CURRENTS high up on the highway, milepost 134, where the snows have closed the road until late 6 spring. Coming down, we pull into the Birds- view. The place is jammed, duffers old and VIEWS young in their Carhartts are hiding out from
4 the rain, the high hewn-hardwood rafters also peruse an on-site art show, settle in for a and provides a kids’ corner complete with booth with an expertly mixed martini. Times buzzing with their tall tales and laughter. picnic, visit with local vendors and even take games—leashed dogs (and even cats) can have never been better. MAIL Our crew orders the whole spectrum of craft a helicopter ride to check out the stellar view visit both the taproom and the outdoor beer Where: 2030 Riverside Dr., Mount Vernon
2 brews, from a pale Pils to a hearty malty from above. garden. So while you’re slaking your thirst Info: www.maxdales.com Scotch ale. Brats are sizzling on the grill. If you’re meandering along State Route with a handcrafted Skagit Valley Blonde or
DO IT Looks like the skies are lifting, or maybe Info: www.bastionbrewery.com Cascadian Twilight Dark Lager and noshing on Best Italian food/Pizza: that’s just our spirits. fish and chips or a giant burger, rest assured Pacioni’s Italian Where: 38302 State Route 20, Concrete there will be be plenty of two- and four- Restaurant Info: www.birdsviewbrewingcompany.com legged action to be observed. A word of warning: Do not peruse Pacioni’s 04.11.18 Where: 12529 Christianson Rd., Anacortes menu of mouthwatering Italian favorites and Info: www.bastionbrewery.com Neapolitan-style pizzas unless you are actu- .13 Best Winery: FOOD & 15 Tulip Valley Winery ally in the restaurant and able to order their # 536, be on the lookout for a large 1920s-era Best Steak: Max Dale’s delectable fare. Because if you’re reading dairy barn surrounded by three acres of grape- Steak & Chop House online from a distance, the list of ingredients vines and apple orchards. It’s there you’ll find DRINK Max and Pauline Dale met Paul Pickering, for their Chef’s Choice pizza (Pacioni’s Italian the Tulip Valley Winery, a scenic family-run Best Brewery: and a legend was born along Old Highway sausage, pepperoni, Black Forest ham and venue originally inspired by the lush Skagit Bastion Brewing Company 99. This place is like stepping back to a time mushrooms), South First calzone (portobello Valley and the iconic flowers that usher in When the folks at Bastion Brewing Company when a good meal wasn’t complete unless it mushrooms, basil pesto, fresh chopped garlic, CASCADIA WEEKLY spring. In addition to enjoying tastings of the urge visitors to “bring the whole crew” to included a juicy steak or chop alongside a roasted red peppers, ricotta and mozzarella) award-winning hard cider and wine sourced their popular Anacortes beer hall, it’s not hearty vegetable, potato and green salad. or any of their traditional Italian fare (penne 12 with locally and regionally grown grapes, visi- hyperbole. In addition to its family-friendly Surf and turf? You got it! I take my meal in gorgonzola, traditional lasagna, spaghetti with tors during the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival can ethos—the brewery hosts all-ages events the lounge seated in a comfy high-backed meatballs, etc.) will make your mouth water
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even mentioned their heavenly desserts. 38 Where: 606 S. 1st St., Mount Vernon
FOOD Info: www.pacionis.com Best BBQ: Kelley’s 32 BBQ & Catering Heavens and holy smokes, I about fainted when
B-BOARD I drove up to Kelley’s little red wood pit, the barbecue smelled so sweet and savory. They do it up Ole Miss style, slow cooked and delicately 31 crisped, moist and falling from the bone. I
FILM ordered the No. 5 Family Combo—a wonderful sampler, with a rack of spare ribs, pulled pork,
26 half a chicken and cowboy-style baked beans. There was plenty to take home.
MUSIC Where: 805 W. Division St., Mount Vernon Info: www.kelleysbbq.com 24 Best Asian Food/Takeout: ART Rachawadee Cafe It makes perfect sense that Rachawadee Thai 22 Cafe would win in both of these categories. This
STAGE tiny, off-the-beaten-path Mount Vernon stalwart cranks out not just the best Thai food in the Skagit Valley, but the best Thai food its many 20 devotees have ever had—by a very long shot. Whether you show up for lunch or dinner, be
GET OUT prepared to wait in line, and with a very limited amount of counter seating, ordering your soups, curry and noodle dishes for takeout is often the 18 only option. But don’t let any of that deter you— the only thing as good as the food is watching WORDS the floor show as Rachawadee’s experienced
cooks work their exotic magic with seemingly pe- 10 destrian ingredients. The restaurant wins every year because it is, simply, the best. Where: 410 W. Gates St., Mount Vernon It’s a bold claim, but I’m certain the act of imbibing a specialty cocktail Info: www.rachawadeethaicafe.com at Mount Vernon’s Third Street Cafe can help save the world. In addition BEST OF SKAGIT
BEST OF SKAGIT to the fresh fare found in both its seasonal cuisine and craft cocktails,
8 Best Coffee Shop: Ristretto Best the restaurant offshoot of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op’s C-Square is also Coffee. It’s a love affair in the Pacific North- RE HIRD ST ET CAFE solar-powered and is passionately committed to the local food move- west. There’s something about sipping a T ment—including what makes it onto your plate or into your glass. Try CURRENTS delicious cup of joe on a rainy April morning Cocktail that makes the weather a little more bear- the cafe’s Limoncello Drop—a concoction with Valley Shine Ascension 6 able. Ristretto Coffee Lounge and Wine Bar Vodka making a star turn—and find the strength to be an eco-warrior. has dominated this category for the last four VIEWS Where: 309 S. Third St., Mount Vernon Info: www.csquare.coop/third-street-cafe years, and understandably so. Perfectly roasted
4 Seattle-based Victrola coffee will delight even the most finicky of coffee palates, especially MAIL when expertly executed by Ristretto’s team. Do
2 something kind for yourself today and head to only did we have a primo view from our hideout Three cheers all around. had on Fridays. Take your Mexican cravings to Ristretto’s. You deserve it. near the tracks, but we also scored $1 tequila Where: 720 1st St., La Conner; 901 Commercial La Conner and COA.
DO IT Where: 416 First St., Mount Vernon shots thanks to a longstanding special the Ave., Anacortes; 121-B Freeway Dr., Mount Where: 214 Maple Ave., La Conner Info: www.ristrettocoffeelounge.com establishment offers when its namesake makes Vernon Info: www.calicocupboardcafe.com Info: www.coaeatery.com an appearance. It was a happy hour, indeed. Best Happy Hour: Where: 427 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington Best Mexican Food: COA 04.11.18 Train Wreck Info: www.trainwreckbar.com Mexican Eatery La Conner The official times are 3-6pm Mondays through La Conner, place of many delights, is not the .13
15 Fridays, but I’m guessing any span of time Best Bakery/Breakfast/ first destination that comes to mind when we # COMMERCE spent at the Train Wreck Bar & Grill qualifies as Dessert: Calico Cupboard crave Mexican food. But COA Mexican Eatery Best Casino: “happy hour.” At a recent brunch-turned-into- Despite April showers dampening the world aims to change that with every taco, enchilada The Skagit Casino Resort lunch outing with close friends at the Burling- outside, it’s all smiles and friendly faces when and appropriately named Burrito Loco they Not long ago, I spent a weekend sampling the ton hotspot, we made our way past a grinning you walk through the door of Calico Cupboard. sell. This is not your standard Mexican fare. delights of the Skagit Valley Casino. From their 21-and-over crowd to a “secret” room in the There’s a warm buzz in the air, servers expertly Everything, from its 30-plus-ingredient mole expansive buffet that truly tested my ability back, where we spent the next couple of hours weaving in between full tables of happy cus- sauce to its slow-roasted meats and right on to consume shameful quantities of delicious CASCADIA WEEKLY enjoying each other’s company while eating tomers and the smell of heavenly baked goods down to its addictive guacamole, is made from food to their robust amount of gaming tables locally sourced burgers and seafood and drink- summoned from every corner. A trio of amaz- scratch. Tuesdays get you one-dollar tacos, and rotating slot machines to the top-notch 14 ing perfectly concocted Bloody Marys and area ing locations to visit in Skagit Valley mean while five-dollar margaritas (their tequila entertainment that can be regularly found in ciders and ales. And when a train rolled by, not you can try all of their winning categories. selection is enviable, to say the least) can be its Pacific Showroom and Winners Lounge, one
38 FOOD 32 B-BOARD 31 FILM 26 MUSIC 24 ART Best Burger 22 STAGE SKAGIT VALLEY MCINTYRE HALL PRESENTS BURGER 20 EXPRESS GET OUT 18 WORDS
This little red caboose chugs out a delicious burger—the Atomic Mushroom is 10 hefty, juicy and grill-seared, with the eponymous explosion of sauteed mush- rooms and bacon on a perfectly toasted bun. Since the last time I visited they’ve
added thick, creamy milkshakes done right, and a small hut for outdoor dining BEST OF SKAGIT BEST OF SKAGIT during April showers. The latter obscures the caboose and its signage just a little from the road, however, so look hard or you might miss this “don’t miss” burger BLACK UMFOLOSI 8 ATURDAY PRIL PM spot on the North Cascades Highway. S , A 14 7:30 WORLD MUSIC FROM ZIMBABWE: BEAUTIFUL HARMONIES & DANCE
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need not take a gamble on Vegas to have a a customer-service ethos that encourages 4 high-rolling good time. Round out your visit patrons to try before they buy. That’s how MAIL with a stay in one of their rooms that range you stay in business for 80-plus years.
Real Estate with from highly affordable to all-out luxury and Where: 1025 S. Goldenrod Rd., Burlington 2 you might just be tempted to let it ride and Info: www.hugohelmermusic.com never leave. I know I was. You in Mind - Always! DO IT Where: 5984 Darrk Lane, Bow Best Bed & Breakfast: Info: www.theskagit.com Katy’s Inn In 1882, Captain John Peck built a lovely 04.11.18 Best Music Store: Victorian residence on a hill in the Skagit Are you ready to make the Hugo Helmer Music Valley. It’s the oldest house in La Conner, .13
In recent years, music stores—especially and anyone can spend the night there— 15
Skagit Valley your new home? # large ones that offer a wide selection of provided you clear it first with Kimberly instruments and accoutrements—have Good Rubenstein, the new owner of Katy’s gotten a bit of a bad reputation. But Skagit Inn. Like the former proprietors, the fifth- mainstay Hugo Helmer is different. Their generation Skagitonian has already done staff is knowledgeable, but not forceful or plenty to preserve the integrity of the intrusive. Their service department takes 133-year-old landmark. Lucky guests will Call Joel and Andrea Semanko CASCADIA WEEKLY great pride in standing behind their work. also discover Rubenstein is convinced the 360-339-4996 But the big draw is the incredible array farm-to-table breakfast spread she offers www.SearchMountVernon.com 15 of music instruments and equipment the her visitors every morning is a perfect way expansive one-stop shop offers, as well as to introduce them to Skagit County. Where: 503 S. 3rd Ave., La Conner
Info: www.bedandbreakfastlaconner.com 38
FOOD Best Clothing Store: Oliver Hammer Skagit takes their rugged outdoorsin’ serious, 32 right down to their long johns and underpants. Heavy-duty Bogs mud boots, Filson shirts stiff
B-BOARD as sailcloth, Carhartt jackets, and Dickies rain gear. There’s nothing the river country can throw at you you can’t weather. You’re good 31 to go.
FILM Where: 821 Metcalf St., Sedro-Woolley Info: www.oliverhammer.com 26 Best Farm Store/Nursery:
MUSIC Country Store In 1934, the Skagit Grange Supply opened with
24 a mission to provide high-quality products for the ever-growing community of Skagit Valley ART farmers. The original name has changed, but the directive has stayed the same. So whether 22 you’re enhancing your lawn or garden, sourcing
STAGE food for your chickens, cows or indoor pets, picking out hardware, or fueling up at one of the three stores located throughout the 20 county, rest assured they’ve got you covered. Where: 1276 S. Burlington Blvd., Burlington;
GET OUT 915 Moore St., Sedro-Woolley; 900 Riverside Dr., Mount Vernon Info: www.countrystore.net 18 Best Hunting and Fishing WORDS Gear: Cabela’s
Well, it ain’t strictly in Skagit, but who’s 10 Mount Vernon’s Per Dona makes the cut in the fierce competition for fussing? Cabela’s is like REI for people who Best Salon. Their beautiful downtown Mount Vernon location offers hunt things. And who eat the things they hunt around a camp stove. I love wandering this Best more than just expert hair help—they also provide skin care, mani- outfitter’s jungle, the thickets of rods and BEST OF SKAGIT DO BEST OF SKAGIT PER NA cures and pedicures, waxing services, makeup applications and les- reels, the racks of boats and canoes, critter
8 sons, peels, and bridal services—pretty much everything required to dioramas at every turn, and the gun library salon make you look (and feel) your best. where every stock and caliber has a story and Where: 601 S. First St., Mount Vernon Info: www.perdonasalon.com a staffer who can tell it. When you’re ready to
CURRENTS hit the rivers and woods of the high country, make Cabela’s your first stop. 6 Where: 9810 Quil Ceda Blvd., Marysville Info: www.cabelas.com VIEWS
4 Best Hardware Store: Ace Anacortes MAIL Whether a dabbler, a fitness enthu- Was it just me, or did this winter seem like a
2 siast or a daily devotee, finding a hard one? A few hours of sunshine after days studio that feels like home is often of hard rain, and the grass has come back DO IT thick and lush. Old lawnmower’s cranky. Needs the key to success when it comes to some degreasing and sharpening, probably new building a personal yoga practice. plugs. Paint bubbled up along a low section on Since 2014, you’ve been taking your side of the house, needs scraping and patch- 04.11.18 tense muscles and weary bones to ing. I’ve got some spring bulbs planted if I can figure out a way to keep the deer away. Ace is .13 the soothing atmosphere and skilled
15 indeed the place; I can get it all there, and a
# instructors of Riverwalk Yoga Studio. new ice chest besides. They cater to yogis at all stages and Best Where: 1720 Q Ave., Anacortes abilities with classes that range from RIVERWALK Info: www.aceanacortes.com “Easy Like Sunday Morning” to more Yoga Studio intermediate-level offerings. All that, Best Pot Store: and they’ll teach you to belly dance Loving Farms CASCADIA WEEKLY too. Namaste all the way. Rest assured you won’t get blown off at Loving Farms, where the budtenders at the Mount 16 Where: 117 N. 1st St. #5, Mount Vernon Vernon-based pot shop are known for being as Info: www.riverwalkstudio.net welcoming as they are knowledgeable about MCINTYRE HALL PRESENTS
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deep to win this category. And it’s certainly not without competition—Traci 10 Fralic is just that good. She offers traditional Swedish massage as well as deep tissue, hot stone, pregnancy and the ever-popular Raindrop technique. There’s healing magic in those hands, and you deserve a little magic in your life. BEST OF SKAGIT
Where: 312 Pine St., Mount Vernon Info: www.calmwatermassage.com BEST OF SKAGIT 8 DOWNTOWN MT VERNON 309 S. THIRD ST · 360.542.5022 WWW.THIRDSTREETCAFE.COOP CURRENTS the product they’re selling—whether it’s a Best Bike Shop: 6 gram of Washington Glue, a cannabis cookie, Skagit Cycle SKAGIT VALLEY FOOD CO-OP’S RESTAURANT & BAR a pre-roll of Middle Fork, Northern Lights From trail rides to tulip trots, casual rides VIEWS concentrate, or Orange Blossom wax. And as to extreme competitions, anyone from the MCINTYRE HALL PRESENTS the only locally owned marijuana store in the novice to expert rider can rest assured Skagit 4 city, it’s a cinch to support. Cycle will be there there every pedal of the MAIL Where: 2615 Old Hwy 99 S., Mount Vernon way. The full-service pros have bikes for SUNDAY, APRIL 22
Info: www.lovingfarmsmarijuanastore.com every type of rider, and will take care of you 1:OOPM & 4:00PM 2 at every crossroad. Just in the area for a few
Best Tattoo: days? Then check out their rental options. DO IT Good Vibes Body Art Where: 1704 S. Burlington Blvd. Burlington; It’s been a long while since I got a tattoo, 1620 Commercial Ave., Anacortes; ISNEY S HOO HOO OUL but if I were to venture back into the realm Info: www.skagitcyclecenter.com D ’ C -C S 04.11.18 of enhancing my epidermis, I’d make an WITH GENEVIEVE! appointment at Good Vibes Body Art. The Best Auto Repair: .13 reasons are simple. The talented artists at JP Automotive 15
JOIN GENEVIEVE, THE SOULFUL AND HIP # the longtime Mount Vernon-based busi- The Ford Ranger had a worrisome shudder, SINGING TRAIN CONDUCTOR, AND ness encourage discussing the design in and the guys at JP Automotive took me DC, THE BEATBOXING, BREAKDANCING advance to ensure an accurate estimate of right in. Gave me a loaner so I could tool ENGINEER FOR AN HOUR OF SING-ALONGS, the time and money it will take, and also around town while they worked. The repair DANCE ROUTINES, AND CROWD PARTICIPATION stress the importance of after-care. Plus, a didn’t hit my wallet too hard, but the guys AS THEY PERFORM THE HITS AS SEEN ON look through the portfolios of the artists told me it could have been avoided with DISNEY JUNIOR. have me convinced my “canvas” would be in some regular maintenance. Well, I’ve been CASCADIA WEEKLY great hands. back ever since. 17 Where: 503 S. First St., Mount Vernon Where: 1304 Memorial Hwy., Mount Vernon MCINTYREHALL.ORG 360.416.7727 Info: www.goodvibesbodyart.com Info: (360) 336-3496 2501 E COLLEGE W AY, MOUNT V ERNON doit 38 WORDS SAT., APRIL 14 FOOD VETERAN BENEFITS: United WED., APRIL 11 States veterans can get free assis- CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR: tance at a “Veteran Benefits” event 32 Willy Vlautin and Jonathan Evison from 10am-1pm at Blaine’s American share their respective books, Don’t Legion Post 86, 4580 Legion Dr. Skip Out on Me and Lawn Boy, as WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/
B-BOARD words COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS the featured authors at tonight’s WHATCOMCOUNTYVETERANNAVIGATORS Chuckanut Radio Hour taping at 7pm at Whatcom Community College, 237 GREAT PUZZLE HUNT: Sign up by 31 W. Kellogg Rd. Governor Jay Inslee April 12 to take part in the annual will greet the audience and say a brain-stretching outdoor adventure FILM few words. Entry is $5. race known as the WWU Great Puzzle a laughing matter, period, and obtuse First WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Hunt from 10am-5pm throughout Bellingham. Entry is $8-$15. 26 Amendment supporters who claim their rights are violated THURS., APRIL 12 WWW.GREATPUZZLEHUNT.COM FISHERPOETRY: Olympia-based
MUSIC (get it?) if they poet and retired commercial fisher- ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES: aren’t “allowed” to man Patrick Dixon will read from Evaluators will be on hand to esti-
24 share their nasty, his Swimming With Fish & Other mate the value of your treasure at vitriolic humor. Animals at 7pm at Village Books, an “Antiques and Collectibles” event ART According to West, 1200 11th St. happening from 11am-3pm at the jokes that poke fun WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Bellingham Senior Activity Center, 22 315 Halleck St. Fees will be $8 per at the rapist, not SAT., APRIL 14 item or $20 for three items.
STAGE the victim, are fair IMMIGRANT’S TABLE: Mary Lou WWW.WCCOA.ORG ATTEND game, as are ones Sanelli reads from her collection, WHAT: “The that point out how The Immigrant’s Table: Poems & MUG UP: Alumni are invited to
20 Witches Are Coming” frightening it can be Heirloom Recipes, at 7pm at Village attend “Mug Up: Salmon Cannery with Lindy West Books, 1200 11th St. Workers Present and Past” from to be a woman, or WHEN: 7:30pm Sun., WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 1-6pm at Alaska Packers Cannery GET OUT April 15 how oblivious some Lodge in Blaine’s Semiahmoo Park, WHERE: Benaroya men can be about SUN., APRIL 15 9261 Semiahmoo Pkwy. Please RSVP. Hall, Seattle this. She listed sev- POETRY TRIO: Show up for an (360) 371-3558 18 18 COST: $19-$45 eral examples, cush- “Alchemous Resistance” group read- INFO: www.lindy ing with poets Maya Zeller, Jennifer SEDRO SALE: Attend a one-day, west.net ioned it all with WORDS
WORDS Bullis, and Kathryn Smith at 4pm at multi-family Garage Sale from 10am------plenty of disclaimers Village Books, 1200 11th St. 5pm in Sedro-Woolley at Trinity LINDY WEST WHAT: “#MeToo: A and generally came WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM United Presbyterian, 10217 Collins Rd. 10 Moment in Time or A across as reasonable. Cookies, paintings, household goods, Cultural Shift?” with Yet a corner of the TUES., APRIL 17 furniture and more will be for sale. Bellingham City Club BOOKS ON TAP: Deming Library (360) 856-6831 WHEN: 11:50am- internet exploded, REVIEWED BY CHRISTINE PERKINS staff Erin Suda and Katrina Carabba 1:30pm Wed., April 25 and crude threats lead a “Books on Tap” gathering MON., APRIL 16 BEST OF SKAGIT WHERE: Northwood and insults rained from 7-8:30pm at the North Fork CITIZENSHIP CLASS: If you’re Hall, 3240 Brewery, 6186 Mt. Baker Hwy. interested in becoming a U.S. citi- 8 down on West Northwest Ave. by the hundreds. (360) 592-2422 zen, attend the first of five United Shrill COST: $5-$20 States Citizenship Class sessions They attacked her INFO: WED., APRIL 18 starting tonight from 6:30-7:30pm CURRENTS LINDY WEST IS LIVING OUT LOUD www.bellingham weight, her intel- OPEN MIC: Sign up to read your at the Blaine Library, 610 3rd St. cityclub.org lect and her gender, poetry and prose or play music at Registration is required. 6 ------“shrill,” evocative and onomatopoetic, conjures even saying she was a Creekside Open Mic starting at (360) 305-3637 THE WORD MORE: Your public high-pitched, grating voices. It’s used derogatorily, and it’s of- “too disgusting to 6:30pm at Sudden Valley’s South VIEWS libraries offer Whatcom Library, 10 Barn View TUES., APRIL 17 ten aimed at women. get raped.” One vile Shrill in multiple Court, Gate 2. CAREER FAIR: Students and 4 Author Lindy West re-appropriates it in her book Shrill: Notes formats: book, troll went so far (360) 305-3632 community members hunting for from a Loud Woman, a memoir that’s as funny as it is poignant. eBook, audiobook CD, as to create a fake jobs can attend a free Engineering, MAIL West is a former movie reviewer for Seattle’s The Stranger and downloadable Twitter account pos- WRITING PATHWAYS: Albert Flynn Industrial and Manufacturing Career audiobook. Visit
DeSilver shares ideas from Writing Fair from 11am-1:30pm at Belling-
2 whose social commentary regularly appears in The Guardian, ing as West’s dead www.wcls.org to As a Path to Awakening: A Year to ham Technical College’s Settlemeyer the New York Times, This American Life, Cosmopolitan, and Jeze- father. This level of place holds Becoming an Excellent Writer & Living Hall, 3028 Lindbergh Ave. DO IT bel, among others. (or www.bellingham harassment went an Awakened Life at 7pm at Village (360) WWW.BTC.EDU She lets loose in longer form, with raucous, delightfully pro- publiclibrary.org if way over the line, Books, 1200 11th St. you live in the city fane chapters recounting her childhood and adolescence and and how West ad- WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM CITIZENSHIP SESSION: Come to a limits of Bellingham). showing how she grew more adept at raising her voice to speak dressed it (and ul- free “U.S. Citizenship 101” session 04.11.18 You may also like Too from 6-7pm at the Deming Library, up on issues that mattered to her. timately received Fat, Too Slutty, Too 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. A core part of West’s identity is her weight. She writes heart- Loud, by Anne Helen an apology from her COMMUNITY .13 WWW.WCLS.ORG
15 breakingly about a time when even the seatbelt extender on the Petersen. attacker) makes for # airplane was not sufficient, and her panic and pain at having to powerful reading. APRIL 13-14 WED., APRIL 18 squeeze into a seat. She eventually learns to embrace the term Equally fascinating are West’s dia- SPRING GARAGE SALE: More EXPLORING EQUITY: Instructors than 150 vendors will show and Julie Mauermann and Monica Koller “fat,” and to find strength in her size. logues with comics and other powerful sell their wares at the 26th annual will lead an “Exploring Equity and She writes, “The breadth of my shoulders makes me safe. I am men she once admired (yes you, Dan Sav- Spring Garage Sale taking place Cultural Humility” workshop from unassailable. I intimidate. I am a polar icebreaker. I walk and age) and her honest and loving explora- from 9am-4pm Friday and Saturday 5-8pm at the Everson Library, 104 climb and lift things, I can open your jar, I can absorb blows— tions of her relationships with her father at Mount Vernon’s Skagit County Kirsch Dr. Entry is free. CASCADIA WEEKLY literal and metaphorical—meant for other women.” and her husband. Fairgrounds, 479 W. Taylor St. (360) 966-5100 Entry is $3. West took some big hits when she penned an article for Jeze- 18 WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/ SEND YOUR EVENT INFO TO: bel entitled “How to Make a Rape Joke.” She attempted to find a Christine Perkins is the executive director FAIRGROUNDS [email protected] middle ground between strident feminists who do not think rape is of the Whatcom County Library System.
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FOOD TULIP FESTIVAL: The flower-focused Skagit Valley Tulip Festival takes place throughout April at a variety of venues from Mount Vernon
32 to Edison to La Conner, Anacortes, and beyond. In addition to exploring blooms, there’ll be a street fair, arts events, a kids garage sale,
B-BOARD outside a boat show, a tulip run and tulip pedal, live HIKING RUNNING GARDENING music, a quilt walk, a wine festival, a parade and much more. Head to the website to check
31 out the full roster of events, WWW.TULIPFESTIVAL.ORG FILM rocket boost compared to threading the THURS., APRIL 12 GROWING A GARDEN: Attend a panel dis-
26 rubberneck gauntlet on Chuckanut Drive. “Fair enough,” the Lady of the House cussion with knowledgable folks from around the South Fork Valley region focused on
MUSIC eventually capitulated as she ogled the “Growing a Garden” from 6:30-8pm at the Van shaggy enthrallment of vaporous slopes Zandt Community Hall, 4106 Valley Hwy. Entry is free; dinner will be provided. 24 and sun-glinted ridgetops just beyond city limits. [email protected] ART “This type of landscape succeeds in ASTRONOMY MEETING: The Whatcom Asso- emanating its own seductive charms,”
22 ciation of Celestial Observers will meet from she allowed. 7-9pm at Ferndale’s Whatcom Educational Credit Union, 5659 Barrett Rd. The presenta-
STAGE My next strategic maneuver was to avoid the perilous Highway 20 inter- tion topic is “The Structure of the Sun.” Entry change, so we exited onto Bow Hill Road is free. 20 20 WWW.WHATCOMASTRONOMY.COM and escaped into the glistening, Nubian- goat-dotted countryside. FRI., APRIL 13 GET OUT GET OUT After dawdling through the estuarial SALAMANDER MEANDER: Join Wild Whatcom sweep of Samish Flats we took a sharp for a “Salamander Meander” from 7-8:30pm turn westward and launched ourselves at Fairhaven’s Hundred Acre Wood. Wetlands 18 ecologist Vikki Jackson, the “Queen of Am- into ever-more-convoluted and elevated phibia,” will lead the way. Suggested donation stretches of inter-island pavement. is $8-$12 for adults. WORDS Fidalgo throbbed with heavy traffic, WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG but its pastoral timberlands gleamed as 10 sublimely and lake-bejeweled as ever. APRIL 13-15 FLOWER SHOW: Head over the border for the Then, as we rolled out of the forest 90th annual Bradner Flower Show taking place onto the vaulted deck of Deception Pass from 10am-5pm Friday through Sunday at Ab- bridge, something strange happened. botsford’s Bradner Community Hall and Elemen- BEST OF SKAGIT A hazy beam of concentrated sunlight tary School, 5305 Bradner Rd. Entry is $2. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BRADNERHALL
8 came radiating through our windows. It was so delusory the entire wrought-iron SAT., APRIL 14 structure seemed to atomize into the MAKE & TAKE: Designer Nancy Elebak will
CURRENTS yawning chasm below. guide students in a “Make It and Take It: Hang- We were floating on air. ing Basket” workshop starting at 9am at Garden 6 “Sweet Jehovah,” I screeched as we Spot Nursery, 900 Alabama St. Entry is $79. WWW.GARDEN-SPOT.COM finally touched down on the Whidbey VIEWS Island side. “Have I gone stark raving NSEA WORK PARTY: Help restore salmon
4 batty, or did you feel that too?” habitat when you join the Nooksack Salmon STORY AND IMAGE BY TRAIL RAT “You bet,” my passenger shuddered. Enhancement Association for a Spring Work MAIL “All 1,487 feet of it.” Party from 9am-12pm along Terrell Creek in Birch Bay.
2 A decommissioned pair of war planes WWW.N-SEA.ORG Travel Time mounted on pylons greeted us at Oak DO IT Harbor. Neither of us had ever explored SKAGIT PLANT SALE: The Skagit Conserva- SAMISH FLATS AND BEYOND the waterfront before, so we hooked a tion District will host a Native Plant Sale quick loop through downtown and were from 9am-1pm Sat., April 14 at Bow’s WACD Lynn Brown Plant Materials Center, 16564 CONDITIONAL TO my offer of chauffeuring the Lady of the House to Coupeville pleased to encounter the peaceful con- 04.11.18 Bradley Rd. to fetch her friend at Keystone Ferry Landing on short notice, I insisted we secure an fines of Windjammer Park. WWW.SKAGITCD.ORG extra-early start from Bellingham so we could also spend a little quality time chilling In Coupeville, we were hankering for .13
15 out and kicking around down there. sustenance. We tootled down to Front DO THE BLOOM: Runners will become living # Anticipating an easy sell, I was chagrined to find myself embroiled in a bargain- Street and took a refreshing stroll down canvases when they take part in Anacortes Arts Festival’s fourth annual “Do the Bloom” ing process. the old grain wharf in Penn Cove, where Color Run starting at 10am at the Depot Arts The Lady had married herself to the concept of prepping our front flower beds that we savored mussel chowder and fish and Center, 611 R Ave. Entry is $30 ($10 for a kids’ morning, and she wasn’t the least bit keen to divorce herself from the chore. chips at the Cove Café. run) and proceeds benefit public art programs Only after agreeing to help her amend the soil and do a round of weeding was I able A truncated hike along the Bluff Trail on Fidalgo Island. to finagle anywhere near the allotted chunk of time commensurate to facilitating the in Fort Ebey State Park provided a rous- WWW.ANACORTESARTSFESTIVAL.COM CASCADIA WEEKLY desired road-trip vibe. ing finale. I could have patrolled those CO-OP GARDEN DAY: Attend “Garden Day” 20 Tending her color crop was dirty, tedious work but with our combined labor we de- prairies forever. But my chauffeur du- from 11am-1pm at both Community Food parted before noon. ties called, and we rushed to meet the Co-op locations—1220 N. Forest Street and My decision to hit southbound I-5 right off the bat wasn’t popular, but it provided a ferry instead. doit LOTS OF NEW STUDIOS!
315 Westerly Rd. WSU Master Gardeners and san Juan island Artists’ 38 Common Threads AmeriCorps Food Educa- FOOD tors will be on-site at both stores to share advice, answer questions and host a planting studio tour seeds with kids activity. At the Cordata
June 2 – 3, 2018 32 store, there will be 15-minute presentations Saturday & Sunday • 10am to 5pm on everything from the future of edible landscaping to seed-saving basics, Bokashi Come Join the Fun! B-BOARD composting, no-till mulched gardening, and Great art! Free island wide, self-guided tour garden planting strategies for self-reliance and food storage. Entry is free. 31 WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP FILM PLANTS AND BIRDS: Reps from the North Cascades Audubon Society lead a “Native
Plants and Birds” presentation from 3-4pm 26 at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. Entry is free. MUSIC (360) 592-2422
MON., APRIL 16 24 PLANT CLINICS: Local Master Gardeners 62 Artists, 22 Studios ART will be on hand for Plant Diagnostic Clinics Brochures & Maps Available from 5-7:30pm Mondays through April at the For more information, SkillShare Space at the Bellingham Public visit www.sanjuanislandartists.com 22 Library, 210 Central Ave.
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DIG INTO SPRING: As part of a “Dig Into 20 Spring” series, Skagit County Master Gardener 20 Deborah Smeltzer will lead a presentation on “Mosses, Fungi and Lichens” and talk about GET OUT whether they are friend or foe to gardeners GET OUT at 6pm at Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. Entry is free. 18 WWW.MOUNTVERNONWA.GOV
TUES., APRIL 17 WORDS WAKE MEETING: Christ Mitchell will talk about kayak paddle, design, sizing and 10 usage at the Whatcom Association of Kayak Enthusiasts (WAKE) monthly meeting at 7pm at Chuckanut Brewery, 601 Holly St. BYOP. WWW.WAKEKAYAK.ORG BEST OF SKAGIT ALL-PACES RUN: Staff are always on hand
to guide the way at the weekly All-Paces Run 8 starting at 6pm every Tuesday at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM CURRENTS
WED., APRIL 18 6 DIRT FEST: All families from all schools are welcome to celebrate school gardens at Common Threads’ fourth annual “Dirt Fest” VIEWS from 2:30-4pm at Parkview Elementary, 4 3033 Coolidge Dr. Attendees can explore Whatcom Humane Society Wine the garden, enjoy healthy snacks, plant and e th MAIL nts ese take home garden seedlings, purchase seeds, Ragf nery pr Social & Win an Instant Wine Cellar listen to live music and more. Entry is free. 2 WWW.COMMONTHREADSFARM.ORG April 20, 2018 • 6:00-9:00 p.m.
flora Bellingham Cruise Terminal DO IT CONTAINER GARDENING: attend a “Con- 355 Harris Ave. Bellingham tainer Gardening” presentation with Blaine C.O.R.E. from 4-6pm at the Blaine Library, 610 3rd St. Entry is free. (360) 305-3637 $75 per person ~ 04.11.18 plus a bottle of fine wine -
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Native Plant Society meeting, Robin Kodner $25 value 15 fauna (all wine will be contributed to the # will give a presentation focused on “Snow Instant Wine Cellar Raffle Prizes) Algae: Small Organisms, Big Impact” from UPCYCLE RUNWAY CHALLENGE 7-9pm at the RE Store’s Sustainable Living Center, 2309 Meridian St. Entry is free. Tickets are available online at WWW.WNPSKOMA.ORG Tickets on sale now www.whatcomhmane.org/events For more info contact Dana Browne at: MTN. BIKING BELLINGHAM: Sign up for [email protected] or 733-2080 x3014 a “Ride Chuckanut and Galbraith: Mountain CASCADIA WEEKLY Biking Bellingham” presentation at 6pm at SATURDAY, APRIL 14TH @ 7PM REI, 400 36th St. LEOPOLD CRYSTAL BALLROOM 21 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM details at ragfinery.com doit 38 STAGE FOOD THURS., APRIL 12 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the Bad
32 and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick around for “The Project.” Entry is $5-$8.
B-BOARD stage 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM THEATER DANCE PROFILES APRIL 12-14
31 HIR: Attend performances of Taylor Mac’s subver- sive comedy Hir starting this weekend at 7:30pm
FILM Thursday through Saturday at Western Washington University’s DUG Theater (in the Performing Arts Center). Tickets are $10-$12; additional perfor- 26 mances happen through April 21. 650-6146 OR WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU MUSIC APRIL 12-15 SCAPINO: The fast-paced and physical hijinks of 24 the timeless comedy Scapino conclude this week
ART with performances at 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday, and 2pm Sunday at the Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 St. Directed by Teri Grimes, 22 22 Dunlop and Dale’s adaptation of Moliere’s comedy is performed in a “zany” commedia dell’arte STAGE STAGE style. Tickets are $8-$14. WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD.COM 20 9 TO 5: Friendship and revenge take center stage when 9 to 5, the Musical continues this
GET OUT week with performances at 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday, and 2pm Sunday at the Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave. The
18 play is based on the seminal 1980 hit movie, and features music and lyrics by Dolly Parton. Tickets are $20. Additional performances happen WORDS weekends through April 28. WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM 10 FRI., APRIL 13 US AND THEM: Bellingham Arts Academy for
PHOTO BY GARY BROWN GARY BY PHOTO Youth students and director Ian Bivins remount a showing of Us and Them at 7:30pm at the
BEST OF SKAGIT Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Bivins and the students are encouraging 8 BY AMY KEPFERLE tion, and harmonies have been added to community dialogue as they remount this drama some of the songs to showcase her lovely about “what brings us together and what keeps voice. Additionally, there will also be a us apart.” Entry is free.
CURRENTS photo tribute to Cline. WWW.FIREHOUSEPERFORMINGARTSCENTER.COM Friends Forever While you’re settling in with a beer in 6 APRIL 13-14 the loft of an old barn and pretending WHEN PATSY MET LOUISE CIRCUS CELEBRATION: Attend the Bellingham you’re in a Texas honky- VIEWS Circus Guild’s 10th Anniversary Celebration with WHEN IT comes to Always…Patsy Cline, the numbers are eye-opening. tonk, be on the lookout performances at 6pm (all-ages) and 9pm (21-plus)
4 For example, the play is celebrating its 30th year in production, and when performer for messages that relate at the Cirque Lab, 1401 6th St. Audiences will see and producer Ria Peth Vanderpool and actress Kelly Visten reprise their respective to but also transcend some of the best performers from the last decade, MAIL as well as current stars. Juggling, aerials, acrobat- roles as iconic country musician Patsy Cline and her friend and fan Louise Seger, it’ll Patsy Cline’s timeless ics and much more will be part of the fun. Tickets
2 be their fourth time doing so—and their third round of what will likely be sold-out tunes—whether it’s ties are $10-$18. performances at the Conway Muse. that bind, living for the WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM
DO IT Additionally, a whopping 27 of Cline’s hit-making songs will be part of the shows moment, or being there taking place Fridays and Saturdays through April at the Bard Loft. Vanderpool has ATTEND for your loved ones. LEGENDS AND BRAWLS: Any genre will be up for grabs when “Genre Legends” returns to the some favorites—“I Fall to Pieces” and “You Belong to Me” are among them—but WHAT: Always... For her part, Vander- Patsy Cline stage at 8pm Fridays and Saturdays through April notes all are a pleasure to sing, especially with assistance of the talented country pool sees an overriding at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, 04.11.18 WHERE: band that plays along. Conway, Muse, theme of how one wom- stick around for “Backyard Brawl.” Tickets are While Always…Patsy Cline does focus a lot on the music, it’s also a love story of an changed many lives. $10-$12. .13 1844 Spruce St. WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM 15 sorts. The plot zeroes in on the true-life tale of Cline and Seger’s friendship, which WHEN: 7pm “Her music brought # April 13-14, 20- was forged in a Texas honky-tonk in 1961 and continued via long letters and phone joy to so many people, SAT., APRIL 14 calls until Cline’s untimely death at the age of 30 a couple of years later in a horrific 21, 27-28 to Louise, and the COST: $28 TWISTED FLICKS: Some of Seattle’s funniest plane crash. INFO: friendship and bond improvisers, Jet City Improv, will watch a bad Much like Cline and Seger, Vanderpool and Visten are tight in real life, making their www.conway that they formed,” she movie on the big screen, mute the sound and popular performances all the more realistic. muse.com says. “So many people then use your suggestions to make up brand new dialogue, music and sound effects on the spot “It’s such a blessing to be able to work on a professional level with such a close come to the show and at a “Twisted Flicks King Kong” performance at CASCADIA WEEKLY friend,” Vanderpool says of the long and continuing collaboration. “Our friendship in afterward share stories with us about 7:30pm at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. Tickets are $23. 22 real life crosses over to our characters on stage, and I think people can feel that.” their memories of her music, when they If you’ve seen the show before at the award-winning Conway Muse, Vanderpool were little, and how their parents loved WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG says to expect a couple of differences. As Seger, Visten is singing more in this rendi- her music. It’s very touching.” doit UNCAN EWLAND D N 38 SUN., APRIL 15 Specializing in Residential
VAUDEVILLINGHAM: Attend the Bellingham FOOD Circus Guild’s monthly uncensored variety show, & Equestrian Properties “Vaudevillingham,” at 7pm and 9pm perfor- Put 35 years of real estate sales mances at the Cirque Lab, 1401 6th St., suite experience to work for you… 32 #102. Suggested donation is $5-$10. Over 150 million in real estate sales! WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM When it’s time to find the right home
or sell yours we know what you’re B-BOARD MON., APRIL 16 looking for COMEDY AT THE BUFF: Attend an all-star
lineup featuring some of the best standup come- 31 dians from Whatcom County at “Comedy at the
Buff” at 8pm at the Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly FILM St. Performers will be selected from local open mics—including the Upfront Theatre, the former
Guffawingham, SUCK, the Way North Comedy 26 Show, Cosmic Comedy, the Punch Up Comedy
Open Mic, and more. Entry is $3. MUSIC WWW.WILDBUFFALO.NET 24 SYSTEM OF STRINGS: View the work created by Ariel Schmidtke and Esther de Monteflores LIC #26963 ART during their recent artist residency in Alaska (360) 303-4771 at a preview performance of “A System of 22 [email protected] 22 Strings” at 8pm at the Lookout Arts Quarry, 246 Old Hwy 99. Entry to the contemporary STAGE circus show that fuses shadow puppetry and STAGE The Wed., physical theater with traditional circus arts is Chuckanut April 11, a suggested $10 donation. 6:30pm 20 WWW.ALENGTHOFROPE.COM Radio Hour The taping of a radio show with live music, April 12 – 21, 7:30p.m. TUES., APRIL 17 entertainment, and TWO amazing authors GET OUT COMEDY OPEN MIC: The weekly Shakedown Punch Up Comedy Open Mic begins at 7:30pm Performing Arts Center Jonathan DUG Theater at the www.shakedownbellingham.com, 1212 N. 18 State St. Entry is free. Show up at 7pm to sign Evison General $12 - 15 | Students $7 - 10 up for a five-minute set.
WORDS
WWW.SHAKEDOWNBELLINGHAM.COM 10 - $7 Students | 15 - $12 General
DUG Theater DUG WED., APRIL 18 Willy Center Arts Performing 10 INTRO TO IMPROV: Attend a free workshop
LIVE MUSIC by Vlautin focusing on play, creativity, storytelling and 7:30p.m. 21, – 12 April Willy Vlautin! Don’t miss out! fun at a “Learn to Think on Your Feet” intro- ductory improv class from 7-9pm at Improv Tickets $5 at Village Books & brownpapertickets.com
Playworks, 1011 Girard St. Please register in In the Heiner Theater at Whatcom Community College BEST OF SKAGIT advance. WWW.IMPROVPLAYWORKS.COM April is National 8 Poetry Month PERFORMING ARTS CENTER DUG THEATER DANCE CURRENTS 20% OFF POETRY 360-650-6146, [email protected] See villagebooks.com for a CFPA.WWU.EDU/THEATRE 6 THURS., APRIL 12 schedule of awesome
FOLK DANCE: The Balkan Folk Dancers meet events including the VIEWS from 7-9:30pm Thursdays at the Fairhaven WRITE RIOT Library, 1117 12th St. Dances are taught, and 4 mentoring is available. Suggested donation POETRY SLAM is $5. Wed., April 25, 7pm MAIL (360) 380-0456
at the Colophon Cafe! 2 APRIL 13-15 Books, Gifts, Events, and SO MUCH MORE!
PROJECTIONS: Bellingham Repertory Dance DO IT presents performances of “Projections: Dance, Poetry, and Visual Art” at 7:30pm Friday and INDEPENDENT Saturday, and 2pm Sunday at Western Wash- ington University’s Western Gallery. The shows BDualOOKSTORE to the Death DAY! 04.11.18 will merge dance with an art exhibit by Ibram Sunday, April 8, 4pm Lassaw and poetry by writers in the Chucka- SATURDAY, nut Sandstone Writers Theater. Tickets to the APRIL 28th .13
, 15 artistic partnership are $15-$25. Enjoy limited-edition # WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU Bookstore Day merchandise, treats, SAT., APRIL 14 a book walk, a FREE CONTRA DANCE: Mercury Rising will provide audiobook download, TURANDOT live music at the Bellingham Old-Time Country and more! by Giacomo Puccini Dance Society’s Contra Dance taking place from 7-10:30pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th april 6, 8, 13, 15
at MCINTYRE HALL, Mount Vernon WA CASCADIA WEEKLY St. All are welcome. Suggested donation is $6 VILLAGE BOOKS for students, $8-$10 general. 1200 11th St, Bellingham TICKETS $25-59: MCINTYREHALL.ORG 1-866-624-6897 23 WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE.ORG & 430 Front St, Lynden Open Daily • villagebooks.com PNOPERA.ORG doit
38 UPCOMING EVENTS
FOOD APRIL 11-15 REXVILLE ART SHOW: The Rexville Grange Art Show can be viewed from 10am-6pm daily
32 through April 15 at Mount Vernon’s Rexville Grange, 19299 Rexville Grange Rd. Entry to the Tulip Festival Show is free. B-BOARD visual WWW.REXVILLEGRANGEARTSHOW.COM GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES THURS., APRIL 12 31 WORKS AND WORDS: Join the Museum Advocates for a “Whatcom Women Words and FILM Works” presentation at 12pm at Whatcom eyes.” In “Meanwhile, In Another Part of Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Local artists and poets Anita Boyle, Judy
26 the Forest,” bears and other animals form a squirming pyramid: swan, squirrel, rab- Kleinberg, Sheila Sondik, and Nancy Canyon will share their work, processes and inspira-
MUSIC bit, moose, bison, tion at the free event. snail, two fauns and a WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 24
24 Clark’s nutcracker. What are we to SAT., APRIL 14 ART ART make of all this? Mc- MYSTIC LIGHT: La Conner-based author and Cauley doesn’t leave journalist Claire Swedberg shares stories from 22 In the Valley of Mystic Light at 4pm at Village us guessing. He ex- Books, 1200 11th St. The book she conceived
STAGE plains each image of with the late Rita Hupy tells how a small with its trenchant farming town became an established, artistic SEE community over the course of a few decades. WHAT: “Robert comment on the de- 20 The tale of art, community and mysticism McCauley: struction of native cover the “Big Four” artists, dropout artists of American Fiction” cultures and the nat- Fishtown, and beyond.
GET OUT WHERE: Museum ural environment. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM of Northwest Art, “When Worlds Col- 121 First St., La lide” depicts an an- CURATOR’S TALK, TOUR: Enjoy a lively
18 Conner discussion as co-curators Kristin Schwain WHEN: Through cient Native American and Jo Stealey lead two presentations about June 10 village, perhaps aban-
WORDS the exhibit “Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: COST: Entry is free doned because of (Eu- Basketry in America” today at Whatcom INFO: www.mona ropean-introduced) Museum. At 1pm, Schwain will present a 10 museum.org smallpox. Fronting slideshow, “Canastromania: Or How Basket the painting are four world globes, which Fever Transformed American Basketry from 1890 to 1940,” at the Old City Hall, 121 symbolize European dominance. One from Prospect St. Following her talk, walk over the 1930s depicts the high tide of white to the Lightcatcher Building at 2:30pm for BEST OF SKAGIT power: Ethiopia, then only recently con- a fun and informative gallery tour with Stealey. Both the talk and tour are included 8 quered, is labeled “Italian Northeast Afri- ca.” And north is at the top, because that’s with regular museum admission. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG where Europeans come from.
CURRENTS “Contact” also shows a ruined village. FLORA AND FAUNA: Attend “Flora and The painting is scratched by the broken Fauna,” Ragfinery’s fourth annual upcycled 6 arm of a plaster angel. McCauley explains, runway “challenge,” at 7pm at the Leopold “Missionaries brought their god in the Crystal Ballroom, 1224 Cornwall Ave. In con- VIEWS junction with April’s Earth Day festivities, form of plaster angels. The arm swings, the theme celebrates our natural world in 4 leaving a permanent scar on the people.” its elegance and wonder, challenging par- This is shorthand for theft of land, cultur- ticipants to design and construct costumes, MAIL BY STEPHEN HUNTER al goods and removing children to govern- garments, and accessories that embody the
beauty and grace displayed in nature. Tick-
2 ment schools where Native language and ets are $12 (standing) to $50 (VIP). Seated culture was laundered out of them. tickets are sold out. DO IT The next act in the tragedy has been WWW.RAGFINERY.COM American Fiction the destruction of forests and wildlife. A bear and a fox have nowhere to go but APRIL 14-15 A PLEA FOR CONSERVATION AT MONA a stump. Holes in the stump are “eyes of WOODFEST: “Timber to Tech” will be the 04.11.18 focus of the 20th annual “Woodfest” from TO VISIT “American Fiction,” the new installation at La Conner’s Museum of North- a vacant witness.” A very narrow frame 9am-4pm Saturday, and 10am-3pm Sunday west Art, is to enter Robert McCauley’s vivid imagination. This harvest of 27 years confines a bear—“The Only West Left is .13 in the gymnasium at Sedro-Woolley High
15 worth of work reveals first-rate wildlife portraiture and a moving plea for conservation. the One in Your Head.” School, 1235 Third St. This year, in addition # McCauley grew up on the Swinomish Reservation. The son of a logger, he watched In some images, a microphone hangs be- to highlighting woodworking and shop the Skagit forests fall. He studied art at Western Washington and Washington State fore the animals. Will the witness for them programs in Pacific Northwest schools, the event has been expanded to include both universities before a long career as professor and chairman of the art department at kindly speak up? wood shop and technology program exhibits Rockford University in Illinois. His work has been widely collected by private individu- In “Leap Too,” a salmon flings itself from local high schools. There will also be als, institutions and government agencies. out of polluted water. And my favor- vendors with handcrafted wood and other Many pictures are in a self-consciously 19th century style. The massive wooden ite, “Abandoning the Sublime,” shows a products, tours, raffles and demos by the CASCADIA WEEKLY frames and layers of luminous glazing give “The Explorer” and “George Catlin and squirrel, rabbit, bee, two birds and a frog Northwest Corner Woodworkers Association and the Northwest Washington Woodturners. 24 Friends” a foreboding darkness. Curiously, live animals crawl over the naturalists, as if leaping out of the frame. Shades of Ste- Entry is free. they had given up collecting dead specimens. phen Hawking; can we please escape our WWW.SEDRO-WOOLLEY.COM Others are puzzling. McCauley paints lots of bears. It’s said he gives them “human dimension? doit
ONGOING EXHIBITS ley Narens’ “Trash” show through April at Make. 38 ARTWOOD: Gary Giovane’s art will be featured Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. through April at Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. WWW.MAKE.SHIFTPROJECT.COM FOOD WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM MINDPORT: Kevin G. Jones’ photography exhibit,
AZUSA FARM: Skagit Art Association’s 29th an- “A Couple Nice Horses and a Cow,” will be fea- 32 nual “Art in a Pickle Barn” exhibit shows through tured through April at Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. April 30 in Mount Vernon at Azusa Farm & Garden, Holly St.
14904 WA-20. Peruse the paintings, photography, WWW.MINDPORT.ORG B-BOARD glasswork, textiles, pottery, wood and more during the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. PEACEHEALTH: View Trish Harding’s “Separated WWW.SKAGITART.ORG from Normal” exhibit through May 12 at Peace- 31 Health St. Joseph Medical Center, 2901 Squalicum BELLEWOOD ACRES: Works by Cody Vanderwerff Parkway. FILM can be viewed through April at BelleWood Acres, (360) 383-7166 6140 Guide Meridian. 26 WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM PERRY AND CARLSON: View painter Debra Gold- man’s “OHANA: Dreaming in Red” exhibit through CHRISTIANSON’S NURSERY: View Stanwood-Ca- April at Mount Vernon’s Perry and Carlson Gallery, MUSIC mano Arts Guild’s 11th annual “Arts at the School- 508 S. First St. 24 house” exhibit through April 29 at Christianson’s WWW.PERRYANDCARLSON.COM 24 Anacortes Construction Services • Arrow Marine Services • Inchcape Shipping Services Seattle Nursery, 15806 Best Rd. ART In Stitches Quilt Shoppe • Jean Groesbeck & Associates LLC • Les Schwab Tire Centers Anacortes ART WWW.STANWOODCAMANOARTS.COM QUILT MUSEUM: “Material Men 2: Contemporary Masters,” “A Little Garden Music: 2018 La Conner Loyal & Lin Salon and Spa • Mr. Sew Dandy Vintage Sewing Machines • Quality Sewing & Vacuum Centers Quilting Foxes • Rosario Skin Clinic • Sebo’s Henery Hardware & Rentals • Skagit Bank • TRI DEE Arts DEMING LIBRARY: “Ordinary Men,” a photogra- in Bloom Challenge,” and “Raising the Surface: 22 phy exhibit by Alan Friedlob, shows through April Whidbey Island Surface Design Association.” are
21 at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. currently on display at La Conner’s Northwest STAGE 360) 592-2422 Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, 703 S. Second St. WWW.QFAMUSEUM.ORG
FARMHOUSE INN: Skagit Artists Together’s 20 annual “Art Bash” exhibit shows through April 22 RIVER GALLERY: View the annual “Spring Show” on the second floor of the Farmhouse Inn (on the Wednesdays through Sundays through April 29 at corner of Hwy 20 and the La Conner/Whitney Rd.). Mount Vernon’s River Gallery, 19313 Landing Rd. Law Offices of GET OUT WWW.SKAGITARTISTS.COM (off Dodge Valley Rd.). WWW.RIVERGALLERYWA.COM
FISHBOY GALLERY: Peruse the contemporary folk 18 art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm Fridays or by ap- RUCKUS: As part of the RARE Festival, view Alexander F. Ransom pointment at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. artwork created with recycled and repurposed WORDS 319-2913 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM materials through April at Ruckus Art Gallery, 228 E. Maple St. FOURTH CORNER: Shawna Morris’ “Self-Portrait of WWW.RUCKUSARTGALLERY.COM Experienced, 10 the Soul” paintings can be viewed through April 30 Offices in at Fourth Corner Frames & Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. SCOTT MILO: The third annual “Tulip Poster Art- WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM ists Past and Present” exhibit will be on display Effective & Skagit & through May 1 at the Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Com-
Whatcom BEST OF SKAGIT GALLERY PEGASUS: The group exhibition mercial Ave. Compassionate “Elemental: Metal, Glass and Wood” can be viewed WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM 8 through April inside Bay Street Village at Gallery Pegasus, 301 W. Holly St. SKAGIT MUSEUM: “Old-Time Tools and New- Criminal Defense WWW.GALLERYPEGASUS.COM Fangled Furniture” shows through May 13 at La
Conner’s Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 CURRENTS GOOD EARTH: Jesse Rasmussen’s “Fired Earth” S. 4th St. www.ransom-lawfirm.com · (360) 746-2642 6 will be featured through April at Good Earth Pot- WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM tery, 1000 Harris Ave.
WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM SMITH & VALLEE: “Bloom” shows through April 29 VIEWS at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. I.E. GALLERY: Peruse Ed Kamuda’s “Passage” WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM 4 exhibit through April 29 at Edison’s i.e. gallery, 5800 Cains Court.. WESTERN GALLERY: Ibram Lassaw’s “Projection MAIL WWW.IEEDISON.COM Paintings” will be on display until May 12 at WWU’s
Western Gallery. 2 INN AT LYNDEN: View paintings by Evan White- WWW.WESTERNGALLERY.WWU.EDU head through April 30 at the Inn at Lynden, DO IT 100 5th St. WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by Whatcom Art WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG Guild members can be perused Wed.-Sun. at the Whatcom Art Market, 1103 11th St.
JANSEN ART CENTER: A “Spring Juried Exhibit,” WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG 04.11.18 “American Folk Heroes; Leotie Richards,” and Nick Payne’s “Nature’s Tender Majesty—Color and Form” WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Jeweled Objects of .13
will be on display through June 1 at Lynden’s Desire,” “Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry 15 Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. “Bonsai and Their in America,” “Gathered Together: A Show of Work # Pots” will be on display through April. Celebrating Members of the Northwest Basket WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG Weavers Guild,” “Hidden in the Bundle: A Look In- side the Whatcom Museum’s Basketry Collection,” LUMMI GALLERY: Peruse seasonal exhibits at the “People of the Sea and Cedar: A Journey Through Lummi Island Gallery at the Village Point Marina, the Tribal Cultures and History of the Northwest 4232 Legoe Bay Rd. Coast,” “Back at the Park: Vintage Views from
WWW.LUMMIISLANDGALLERY.COM the Photo Archives,” and “John M. Edson Hall of CASCADIA WEEKLY Birds” can currently be viewed on the Whatcom MAKE.SHIFT: Photographer Kat Varela’s “I Can’t Museum campus. 25 Kill Myself Because...,” and multimedia artist Shan- WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG
38 rumor has it FOOD LIKE MANY OF you, I have a healthy respect for/unhealthy fear of my own inbox. I approach 32 that thing with a mixture of curiosity and trepidation, whichever emotion dominates has B-BOARD music to do with a complicated calculus of how long SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT its been since last I checked, what I might’ve found there, what I inevitably missed and how 31 many messages I left unanswered.
FILM I know you know how I feel. You feel it too. Inbox fear might be the thing that binds us
26 26 all, a universal sign of the human condition. Inbox fear reaches its highest peak on MUSIC
MUSIC Monday mornings. But sometimes, even on a Monday morning, a piece of news arrives via
24 inbox that is so good it makes whatever other horrors might lurk there seem insignificant. ART Such a message arrived from KMRE, local community radio sta- 22 tion, which can be
STAGE found at 102.3 on your FM dial (is it still called a dial?), and has been 20 broadcasting from the Spark Museum until it
GET OUT outgrew its space there late last year. Growing pains are a nice prob- 18 lem to have—unless BY CAREY ROSS you’re operating on a shoestring budget and WORDS staffed largely by volunteers, that is. That’s when the situation complicates itself a little. 10 But belief in KMRE burns bright and strong in those involved with the station, and years of hyperlocal programming have earned it an audience of loyal listeners. The committed BEST OF SKAGIT folks of KMRE leveraged all of their consider-
8 able brainpower, audience love and community connections to meet a daunting two-pronged BY CAREY ROSS goal: Find a new home and raise the necessary
CURRENTS funds to get themselves there. Since I’ve already spoiled the happy ending, 6 Guemes Island you’ve probably figured out that they’ve ac- complished their aims. Their new space comes VIEWS courtesy of Daylight Properties (who are hous- 4 General Store ing an impressive and ever-growing collection of arts organizations and venues within their MAIL JUST A DAYTRIP AWAY many downtown Bellingham buildings these
2 days) and will be located in the Bellingham PEOPLE OFTEN make fun of me for this, but I’m a devoted day-tripper. National Bank Building on Holly Street.
DO IT I am never happier than when behind the wheel of my hand-me-down mid- As for their fundraising success, credit for ’90s sedan indulging my desire to explore the nooks and crannies of my that goes to the community at large, which immediate environs via back roads and less-beaten paths. likely means a lot of you helped ensure the JOSH AND GENEVIEVE CLAUSON As such, I’ve traveled most miles of viable roads in Whatcom County and 35-plus local shows produced by more than 60 04.11.18 a good portion of those in Skagit County as well. For someone with a yen volunteers will have a place to land. to explore her own backyard, Skagit offers a wealth of destinations and Lucky for me, we happen to share similar in- “KMRE’s success would not have happened .13
15 communities, each with its very particular charms and all worthy of getting terests: being on the water, menu items with without a strong outpouring of support from # up close and personal with. Over the years, I’ve spent time in nearly all of punny names (including a salad called the volunteers, donors and the local community,” them, from Anacortes to Marblemount and points between. “Beet Down” and a sandwich dubbed “Hoa- KMRE General Manager Suzanne Blais says. “We However, the one place I have yet to visit is Guemes Island. Which is a gie Juan Kenobi”), fried cheese curds and, of are thrilled with the response and encourage- shame because that’s where the Guemes Island General Store is located—but course, live music. ment from so many people who believe it’s I’m fairly certain it’s about to be my new favorite day-tripping destination. I suffer from the delusion that very many crucial for a station like KMRE to provide local Before it was the Guemes Island General Store, it was Anderson’s Gen- things on this Earth were put there just for media and perspectives.” CASCADIA WEEKLY eral Store, a mainstay on the tiny island that’s just a five-minute ferry ride me, and the fact that there’s a place where I Between this and the Sylvia Center hitting
26 from Anacortes. It was bought by a married couple with big ideas in 2016, can see bands, be next to the water and stuff its funding target, you’re really putting your and they not only breathed new life into the old store, they also trans- my face with fried cheese all at the same time money where your hearts are, Bellingham. It formed it into the heartbeat of the entire tight-knit island community. is doing nothing to dispel that belief. Heaven, looks good on you. GUEMES ISLAND, doit 38 FROM PAGE 26 THURS., APRIL 12
UKULELE CONCERT: The 18-member Bell- FOOD thy name is Guemes Island General Store. ingham Ukulele Orchestra will play a 6:30pm Part of the draw of seeing music at concert at the Leopold Crystal Ballroom, 1224
Cornwall Ave. Entry is by donation. 32 the General Store is certainly its stun- (360) 733-6867 ning locale (and the aforementioned fried
cheese), but the other part is the venue SIX GUN SAL: KSVR radio presents Six Gun B-BOARD tends to draw talent that belies the is- Sal and Klover Jane at 8pm at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. Southern rock land’s relative inaccessibility, not to men- Celebrate band Six Gun Sal will move you with grungy 31 tion its limited population and services. National Volunteer Service Week powerhouse songs. Tickets are $16.50-$40. with Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association They’ve played host to everyone from Karl WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG FILM Blau to Kuinka, and half the fun of check- ing out their schedule is to see who they’ve APRIL 13-15 26 26 managed to lure to their pocket paradise. TURANDOT: Pacific Northwest Opera OPEN HOUSE GARDEN PARTY presents performances of Turandot at 7:30pm APRIL Tools, gloves, and snacks provided MUSIC On the near-future horizon, they’ll wel- Friday, and 3pm Sunday at Mount Vernon’s MUSIC All ages and experience welcome come Josh Clauson, founder of Flowmo- McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way. Tickets 17-20 are $25-$65. Parking @ NSEA: 3057 E. Bakerview Rd., Bellingham
tion as well as Summer Meltdown, for a 24 Sat., April 14 show. Clauson is playing in WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG Drop-in anytime during our Open House Garden
12-4pm Party to help NSEA restock our native plant ART support of his recently released album SAT., APRIL 14 nursery. Pick a time that works best for you! Driftless, which
CLASSIC CHAPLIN: The biggest star from 22 he wrote with his the silent film era meets a mighty Wurlitzer wife Genevieve pipe organ played by film historian and organ- EARTH DAY POTTING PARTY STAGE and recorded with ist Dennis James at a “Classic Chaplin” event APRIL some help from his at 3pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Food • Games • Raffle Prizes • Live Music
Commercial St. Entry is $5.50-$15.50. 20 friends in Polecat. Parking @ Heritage Bank: 2504 E. Bakerview Rd., Bellingham 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM 21 For his Guemes gig, Any volunteers under 18 years old must bring a completed Youth Liability 9am- 12pm he’s enlisted Jacob THE BROTHERS ARNTZEN: The Sudden Val- GET OUT ley Jazz Series season kicks off with a concert Navarro and Robert Call (360) 715-0283 or email [email protected] ATTEND by the Brothers Arntzen from 3-5pm at the Peeler to help cre-
WHAT: The Josh Sudden Valley Dance Barn, 8 Barn View Court, 18 Clauson Trio ate Clauson’s self- Gate 2. Tickets are $20. WHEN: 7pm Sat., described “dream WWW.FSWL.ORG WORDS April 14 folk” that should Community Food Coop WDFW Tony’s Coffee American Forests Alcoa World Trout Patagonia Andeavor The Bagelry Starbucks National Fish and Wildlife Foundation British Petroleum ------prove an ideal HAYNIE OPRY: Matt Audette and the Circle WHAT: Earth Day 10 soundtrack for the of Friends Band will play traditional country Celebration music at a Haynie Opry concert at 7pm at WHEN: 6:30pm Sat., idyllic setting. Blaine’s Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Rd. April 21 The following Tickets are $10. ------Saturday—Apr il (360) 366-3321
WHAT: Steve Meyer 21—is Earth Day, BEST OF SKAGIT WHEN: 6pm Sat., NUAGES AND FRIENDS: The final install-
and with it comes 8 May 11 ment in the 2017-2018 Manouche NW concert WHERE: Guemes an event intended series will feature a concert by local jazz Island General Store, to celebrate the quintet Nuages at 7:30pm at Unity Spiritual
7885 Guemes Island planet while also Center, 1095 Telegraph Rd. Admission is $15. CURRENTS Road, Anacortes bringing together WWW.MANOUCHENW.COM COST: Free 6 the Guemes com- INFO: BLACK UMFOLOSI: Longtime South African munity as a whole. www.guemesisland ensemble Black Umfolosi performs at 7:30pm VIEWS generalstore.com Attendees are en- at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. Col-
couraged to bring lege Way. Tickets are $25-$35. 4 their own luminaries to illuminate the WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG MAIL night sky and symbolize the light that SUN., APRIL 15 radiates from within all of us. While ev- YOUNG ARTIST SERIES: Attend an all-ages 2 eryone gets sufficiently lit, they’ll be “Sunday @ 3: Young Artist Concert Series” at entertained by the Peter Jackson Trio, 3pm at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, 321 Front DO IT who will come all the way from Ana- St. Admission is by donation. cortes for the night. WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG The final happening of the Guemes Is-
TUES., APRIL 17 04.11.18 land General Store’s spring calendar (as SANFORD SERIES: Award-winning musician it currently stands) is Steve Meyer, who Kenny Broberg will be the featured performer .13 at a Sanford-Hill Piano Series concert at will bring himself and his nimble fingers 15 for a night of piano music at the venue. 7:30pm at WWU’s Performing Arts Center # Concert Hall. Tickets are $17-$34. But it won’t be Bach sonatas or Mozart 650-6146 OR WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU concertos or Bach on his musical menu. Instead, he’s got lively New Orleans- WED., APRIL 18 style blues up his skilled sleeve, and if JOSH BRUNEAU QUINTET: New York City- you’re not too weighed down by grass- based trumpeter John Bruneau and his quintet will perform at a Whatcom Jazz Music Arts CASCADIA WEEKLY fed burgers and plates of “daily dirty” Center concert at 7pm at the Sylvia Center, fries, you might even be moved to dance 205 Prospect St. Tickets are $5-$20. 27 a little—or a lot. What happens on the WWW.WJMAC.ORG island, stays on the island.
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32 See below for venue addresses and phone 04.11.18 04.12.18 04.13.18 04.14.18 04.15.18 04.16.18 04.17.18 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY B-BOARD Rose's Thorn, Denny Fran- Hands Off Maru: A Benefit for Alternative Library Bellingham Noise NoFest zmann, more Maru Villalpando 31 Anelia's Kitchen & Stage Matthew Kingsley Rich Hinrichsen FILM B-Town Kitchen Shannanagins & Raw Bar
26 26 Beach Store Cafe Chuck Dingee and Katie Weed DENNIS DEYOUNG AND THE MUSIC OF STYX/ MUSIC MUSIC April 13-14/Skagit Casino Big Lake Bar and Grill Chris Eger Bleeding Tree Resort 24 Open Mic w/Jesse Karaoke Freaky Friday Gallowmaker, Apostate Cancer, Skooch ART Boscoe's Schooler 22 Boundary Bay Aaron Guest Piano Night Paul Klein Brewery STAGE
Acoustic Night w/ Brown Lantern Ale House Open Mic Alki Jones Tom Solo 20 Sam Roberts Band, The Commodore Ballroom The Breeders Elwins, Crown Lands, Delhi 2 Dublin, Horsepowar, DJ Swift Horsepowar GET OUT Always Patsy Cline/Luther Always Patsy Cline/Andy "Badd Dog" Conway Muse Kevin Kieneker Schutz, Elisha Gullixson, Koch, Roots Blues Duo more 18 Culture Cafe at Aireeoke Ronnie Nix DJ Boombox Kid Kombucha Town WORDS Eat Restaurant and Bar Open Mic Thomas Harris Duo Jamie Findlay Duo 10 Take A Trip Back In Time To The Movies BEST OF SKAGIT 8 Expect hilarity, history, and Tramp in 1914 and within also harmony with four Chaplin two years he become the CURRENTS shorts on the Main Stage screen most famous entertainer in
6 and world-renowned film the world. Experience Mount historian and organist Dennis Baker Theatre as it was meant
VIEWS James at MBT’s beautifully- to be enjoyed and introduce the preserved organ. whole family to the brilliance 4 Classic Chaplin Charlie Chaplin introduced of a bygone era of vaudeville. his beloved, baggy-panted MAIL With Live Score!
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See below for venue 32 addresses and phone 04.11.18 04.12.18 04.13.18 04.14.18 04.15.18 04.16.18 04.17.18 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY B-BOARD Edison Inn Megs McLean and Band File Gumbo 31 Open Mic and Poetry w/ Greene's Corner Jazz Jam w/Marvin J Kirk and Sage Duo JP Falcon FILM
H2O ZJ Strongarm Brian Lee & the Orbiters Karaoke 26 26
Hot House Jazz Band, Bonnie North- Irish & Folk Monday w/The Film is Truth Fundraiser: Open Mic w/Pace Rubadeau WJMAC Jazz Jam Scrub MUSIC Honey Moon MUSIC graves Tango Cowboys Poetry about Movies
Hotel Bellwether Blake Angelos Blake Angelos 24 ART
Kulshan Brewing Co. Brittany Collins Carly Calbero 22
Lovitt Restaurant Company B Blue Root Jazz Quartet STAGE
JP Falcon Acoustic Main St. Bar and Grill GrooveBot Jack Benson Band 20 Showcase
Make.Shift Art Space Yards, Bust, more GET OUT
Old World Deli Bilongo Quintet w/Sabrina Gomez 18 WORDS Rockfish Grill Kurt Lindsay 10 Royal Dance Party Karaoke DJ Jester DJ Jester WOODEN SHJIPS/April 14/Shakedown Karaoke
Talent Show w/Vivienne Take Me to Church w/Betty Karaoke w/Seamus Rumors Cabaret Duchanne and DJ Total Request Live Flashback Friday Partylicious Saturday Trashy Tuesday Desire O'Carey Shortstack BEST OF SKAGIT
Scary Monster and the Super The Shakedown Yuri's Night, SpaceBand Wooden Shjips, Vive La Void, more 8 Creeps, DJ Tru-ah, more
Silver Reef Hotel The Replayzments
Casino Spa CURRENTS
Dennis DeYoung 6 Dennis DeYoung and the and the Music of Skagit Casino Resort Music of Styx (Show-
Styx (Showroom), VIEWS room), Sin City (Lounge) Sin City (Lounge) 4 Skylark's Roger Quiggle The Spencetet Anissa MAIL
Stones Throw Brewery Badd Dog Blues Society The Devilly Brothers Tom Sandblom 2 DO IT The Underground DJ B-Mello DJ B-Mello
The Village Inn Jam Night Karaoke CAR SEAT HEADREST/April 13/Wild Buffalo 04.11.18
Comedy in the Buff ‘90s Night Romaro Franceswa, Chase Car Seat Headrest, Naked
Wild Buffalo Kuinka, Kris Orlowski (early), Lip Sync Battle .13 w/Boombox Kid Henny, more Giants (late) 15 #
Alternative Library 519 E. Maple St | Anelias Kitchen & Stage 513 S. 1st St., La Conner • (360) 466-4778 | Bellewood Acres 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden • (360) 318-7720 | Big Lake Bar & Grill 18247 WA-9, Mt Vernon • (360) 422-6411 | Boundary Bay Brewery 1107 Railroad Ave • 647-5593 | Boscoe’s 118 W. Holly St. | 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 | Culture Cafe at Kombucha Town 2010 E. Chestnut St. • www.kombuchatown.com | Eat Restaurant & Bar 1200 Cornwall Ave • www.4u2eat.com | The Green Frog 1015 N. State St. • www.acoustictavern.com | Edison Inn 5829 Cains Ct., Edison • (360) 766-6266 |
H20, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 755-3956 | Honey Moon 1053 N. State St. • 734-0728 | Kulshan Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood • www.locobillys.com | Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon 1114 Harris Ave, • (360) 671-7143 | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • www.makeshiftproject.com | Main Street Bar & Grill 2004 Main St., Ferndale • (360) 384-2982 | McKay’s Taphouse 1118 E. Maple St. • (360) 647-3600 | 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 CASCADIA WEEKLY N. State St. • www.shakedownbellingham.com | Silver Reef Casino 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale • (360) 383-0777 | Skagit Valley Casino Resort 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow • (360) 724-7777 | Skylark’s Hidden Cafe 1300 11th St. • 715-3642 | Swillery Whiskey Bar 118 W. Holly St. | Stones Throw Brewery 1009 Larrabee Ave. | 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 | 29 Underground Coffeehouse Viking Union 3rd Floor, WWU | 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 [email protected]. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday. ing with a hostage situation: CIA agent
Cal Riley (Mark Pellegrino), the onetime 38 best friend Mason hasn’t spoken to in a
FOOD decade, has been kidnapped. Why the perps specifically requested Skiles as negotiator soon becomes clear. 32 Their leader is a now-grown Karim (Idir film Chender), who trusts his former benefac-
B-BOARD MOVIE REVIEWS FILM SHORTS tor can broker an exchange for the re- lease of the brother he believes is in se-
cret Israeli custody, for what’s by now a 31 31 very long list of pro-Palestinian terroris- FILM FILM tic acts. But the Israelis (repped by Alan Aboutboul’s military bulldog) claim they
26 don’t have him, and probably wouldn’t give him up if they did. On the other side,
MUSIC the local PLO minister (Ahmed Said Arie) has his own personal and political hidden
24 agendas—as do even the Yanks present, with their competing departmental pri- ART orities and careerist schemes. Realizing he’s perhaps the only person 22 here who really cares about saving Cal,
STAGE Mason keeps giving Sandy et al. the slip to operate freely in his friend’s best in- terest. Eventually, however, he discovers 20 Sandy is an ally, and they’re both willing to “go rogue” if necessary.
GET OUT Gilroy and Anderson have managed to make a plausible suspense story (the script was loosely inspired by CIA Station 18 Chief William Buckley’s 1984 kidnapping, which had a very different outcome) rid- WORDS dled with political intrigue in the world’s geographic center of perpetual conflict— 10 while keeping it relatively apolitical, in the sense of taking no particular “side.” That’s largely because, apart from our flawed but genuinely well-intentioned BEST OF SKAGIT heroes, nearly everyone here operates
8 out of duplicitous self-interest. Hamm’s bleary but still debonair pres- ence, Gilroy’s cynically witty dialogue,
CURRENTS and the not-quite-confusingly-large ar- ray of colorful characters underline how 6 Beirut aims to be less a statement about Middle Eastern strife than a good yarn VIEWS REVIEWED BY DENNIS HARVEY his sibling before the Israelis do. An ensu- propelled by the unpredictable currents
4 ing skirmish has tragic consequences for of international politics. There’s an at- Mason, whom we next see 10 years later mosphere of constant threatened vio- MAIL working as a labor-dispute mediator in lence, and a few jarring moments of the
2 Beirut Boston, completely cut off from his high- actual kind. But mostly the film trades DON DRAPER IN THE MIDDLE EAST flying past. But that past surfaces un- in an agreeably old-school form of cin- DO IT expectedly when a distant acquaintance ematic espionage intrigue. He may be A QUARTER-CENTURY-OLD script dusted off after the success of Argo bright- finds him drinking (as usual) in a bar. He’s no James Bond (a man who’d never ad- ened the box-office outlook for negotiation-based espionage tales, Beirut emerges a offered thousands to immediately get on a mit that his alcohol habit is a problem), cracking intrigue closer in spirit to something like The Year of Living Dangerously than flight to Beirut—the place he never want- but Mason remains singularly unflappable 04.11.18 to that 2012 Oscar winner—or to scenarist Tony Gilroy’s more action-focused Bourne ed to see again—ostensibly in order to even as he’s crashing through heavily movies. Expertly directed by Brad Anderson, and starring Jon Hamm in top form, this lecture at a university. He only consents armed checkpoints or stepping over the .13
15 complex but cogent tale of an anxious fictional hostage situation in 1982 Lebanon is a because it’s clear the real reason is some rubble of his old home. # satisfying suspense movie. matter of pressing importance, and “the It may turn out that Hamm needed a In 1972, Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm) is a U.S. diplomat living the good life in Beirut Agency” won’t take no for an answer. post-hit-series warm-up stretch to hit his with his wife Nadia (Leila Bekhti). They have no children of their own, as yet, but treat He arrives well-lubricated to find the stride as a movie star. The fact that Ma- 13-year-old orphan refugee Karim (Yoav Sadian Rosenberg) as “part of the family.” Dur- city he loved now in ruins after years of son bears considerable general-makeup ing a posh cocktail party, however, uninvited guests bring unwelcome news: Not quite civil war. His designated minder, cultural overlap with Don Draper (in his boozing, so alone in the world as he’d pretended, little Karim has an older brother, and he’s no attaché Sandy Crowder (Pike), imme- jaded humor, resistance to team-playing, CASCADIA WEEKLY less than Abu Rajal (Hicham Ouraqa), a notorious Palestinian terrorist linked to the diately turns him over to a trio of CIA, self-destructive streak, fundamental de-
30 recent Summer Olympics massacre in Munich as well as other attacks. embassy and State Department officials cency, etc.) doesn’t render less valuable Mason is trying to prevent the boy being dragged off for interrogation by Mossad (played by Dean Norris, Shea Whigham, the snug fit between actor and role. It’s agents when the party is scattered by gunfire. The elusive brother has turned up to nab and Larry Pine) who reveal they’re deal- a fine showcase. film ›› showing this week 38 FOOD BY CAREY ROSS 32 FILM SHORTS B-BOARD
A Quiet Place: John Krasinski directs himself and wife Emily Blunt (who elevates every project she takes 31 31 on) in this smart, truly terrifying creature feature in which silence isn’t just golden, it’s a matter of life FILM FILM and death. With a tagline of “If they hear you, they hunt you,” this one will haunt you. HHHHH (PG-13 •
1 hr. 30 min.) 26
A Wrinkle in Time: Even Oprah can’t save this MUSIC movie. I know, I’m surprised too. Take your kids anyway. HH (PG • 1 hr. 49 min.) 24
Beirut: See review previous page. HHHH (R • 1 hr. ART 50 min.) ISLE OF DOGS
Black Panther: This movie blew by $1 billion 22 in worldwide box office. Between this and Wonder documentary about the extraordinary and fascinat- Leaning Into The Wind: Andy Goldsworthy: zone he created: fantastical stories that are rife with
Woman (the other top-grossing superhero origin story ing life of climbing pioneer Fred Beckey returns to This followup to Rivers and Tides updates us on the nostalgia in which young people are the heroes and STAGE of all time), looks like that age-old Hollywood belief the Limelight for the robust roster of showings it whatdoings of incredible artist and harnesser of the save the day with old-fashioned teamwork. This time, that it takes a white male to anchor a successful deserves. HHHHH (Unrated • 1 hr. 36 min.) natural world, Andy Goldsworthy. Spoiler alert: He’s he’s got Ernest Cline’s bestseller and a $175 million big-budget blockbuster franchise is like so many other only become more fascinating with time. HHHHH budget to work with and the results are predictably 20 age-old beliefs: untrue and outdated. Get with the Finding Your Feet: This decidedly nonstandard (Unrated • 1 hr. 33 min.) popcorn-worthy. HHHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 20 min.) times, Tinseltown. Representation = $$$. HHHHH rom-com that’s focused on a group of fleet-footed (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 14 min.) seniors proves that coming-of-age experiences can The Leisure Seeker: Helen Mirren (wonderful Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero: This is the GET OUT be had by the young—and the young at heart. Dance always and forever) and Donald Sutherland (not so animated-but-true story of the U.S. military’s most Blockers: A teen sex comedy that puts horny girls numbers, strong comedy and crackerjack performances bad himself, but no Helen Mirren) take to the road decorated dog soldier, Sgt. Stubby. Currently, there 18 looking to lose their virginity at the center of the by Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, and more give this in their RV to try and rekindle their romance in this are two animated movies about very good dogs in the- story, taps the considerable comedic gifts of Leslie dramedy its legs. HHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 51 min.) movie that offers surprises at every turn. HH (R • 1 aters, and I can’t help but feel like this is an incred-
Mann, and begs the question of who is the better hr. 52 min.) ible time to be alive. HH (PG • 1 hr. 25 min.) WORDS pro-wrestler-turned-comedic-actor: John Cena or the Game Night: A weekly couples game night goes awry Rock. HHHH (R • 1 hr. 42 min.) when a murder mystery gets a little too real, and Love, Simon: People are having real big, real tender Sherlock Gnomes: The initial chapter of this ani- 10 Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, and others must feelings about this coming-of-age coming-out story mated series featuring garden gnomes gone wild was Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare: I guess when your play sleuth to rescue a kidnapped Kyle Chandler. A and I am here for every bit of it. I’ve said it before Gnomeo and Juliet. What’s next? A Christmas movie company produces Paranormal Activity (budget: comedy that should be terrible, but because of the and I’ll say it a million times: Representation matters. called Gnome for the Holidays? Sweet Gnome Alabama? $15,000; box office revenue: $200 million-plus) and gifts of Bateman and McAdams, it works. HHHH (R • So very much. HHHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 49 min.) A Prairie Gnome Companion? Gnomeward Bound? Gnome then you follow that up with a couple of Oscar nods 1 hr. 33 min.) is Where the Heart Is? The possibilities are endless. H BEST OF SKAGIT (for Whiplash and Get Out), you get to tack your name The Miracle Season: After 17-year-old high school (PG • 1 hr. 26 min.)
onto your movie’s titles, like this one starring Lucy God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness: I feel like volleyball star Caroline “Line” Found died in an acci- 8 Hale about a game of Truth or Dare that has some hor- the title is really giving it all away up front here. HH dent, her teammates used her example and memory to rific consequences. HHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 40 min.) (PG • 1 hr. 45 min.) cobble together an improbably championship season under the tutelage of their inspiring coach. HH (PG • Chappaquiddick: Remember when a little thing like I Can Only Imagine: I can only imagine how this 1 hr. 30 min.) CURRENTS driving a car off a bridge with a woman inside and true-life story behind the Christian megahit “I Can 6 saving yourself and leaving her there to drown was Only Imagine” was green-lit. I can only imagine how Pacific Rim Uprising: The first installment of this now- enough to derail presidential aspirations? Time travel Trace Adkins, of all people, came to be cast in this franchise had two things going for it: 1. It was written back to a more innocent era with this dramatization thing. Actually, I can’t imagine any of that. But your by Guillermo del Toro. 2. It was directed by Guillermo VIEWS of the 1969 political scandal heard round the world. imagination might be better than mine. HHH (PG-13 del Toro. The second chapter has neither of those. Use 4 HHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 41 min.) • 1 hr. 50 min.) at your own risk. HH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 51 min.) MAIL The Death of Stalin: Armando Iannucci (In the Loop, Isle of Dogs: Unlike everyone else of my general Rampage: Just a few months ago, we were having
Veep is the best, most razor-sharp political satirist work- age range, I do not enjoy Wes Anderson movies. With a serious national debate about Dwayne “The Rock” Showtimes 2 ing in modern cinema, and he only gets more hilarious one exception, that is: Fantastic Mr. Fox. For some Johnson as a possible presidential candidate and with this historical farce that has Steve Buscemi playing reason, when animated, all of the precious contriv- now here he is starring in this movie with a giant Regal and AMC theaters, please see DO IT Nikita Khruschchev, among other miracles of weirdly ances that irritate me so much about Anderson’s ape. America, get your shit together. HHH (PG-13 • www.fandango.com. perfect casting. HHHHH (R • 1 hr. 47 min.) filmmaking become charming. Here he brings his 1 hr. 47 min.) stop-motion technique to a story about dogs, and Pickford Film Center and Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey: After a I’m here for every last good boy and girl. HHHHH Ready Player One: After a long run of Serious Films, PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see trio of sold-out shows during 2017’s Doctober, this (PG-13 • 1 hr. 41 min.) Steven Spielberg is back in the cinematic comfort www.pickfordfilmcenter.com 04.11.18 .13 15 # Pepper Sisters / / Flavors of New Mexico New! Happy Hour @ Drink deals & special food menu CASCADIA WEEKLY 4:30-6 Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 31 1055 N. State peppersisters.com
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ADVANCE CARE PLANNING: Join certified facilitators First St. For a small fee, you can purchase a kit to make from the Whatcom Alliance for Health Advancement in re- a snack bag at home.
GET OUT Live Life Wholly $39 flecting on your wishes for medical care when you cannot WWW.SKAGITFOODCOOP.COM PER WEEK Transform Trauma communicate for yourself at an “Advance Care Planning 101” event from 6:30-8pm Wed., April 11 at the Cordata HEALING HOUR: Attend a Healing Hour from 5:30- 18 Community Food Co-op, 315 Westerly Rd. Entry is free. 6:30pm Wednesdays at Simply Spirit Reading & Healing Clairvoyant Alchemy WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP Center, 1304 Meador Ave. Drop in anytime during the
WORDS hour to receive an aura/chakra healing. Entry is $5. Karma Ancestors Past Lives HERBAL MEDICINE: As part of a “Wildcrafting with WWW.SIMPLYSPIRITCENTER.COM the Seasons” series, attend “Herbal Medicine That Re- 10 RiverflameSomaticIntegration.com wilds Our Hearts and Lands: Nettle & Willow” at 6:30pm CHAIR TAI CHI: “Chair Tai Chi” takes place at 3pm [email protected] 360.224.1363 Thurs., April 12 at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op, 202 S. Thursdays in April at the SkillShare Space at the First St. Entry is free; please register in advance. Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Chair Tai WWW.SKAGITFOODCOOP.COM Chi uses all of the concepts and flowing choreographed movements of standing Tai Chi. BEST OF SKAGIT STRETCHING MINI-SERIES: Learn effective and safe (360) 778-7217
8 stretching techniques for the major muscles of the body in a four-week “Stretching Mini-Series” starting MEDITATION EVENTS: Attend a variety of events this at 5:30pm Mon., April 16 at 9am Wed., April 18 in the week and on a regular basis at the Bellingham Insight Fountain District. Entry is $35-$37. Call Susan for Meditation Society, 1021 N. Forest St. CURRENTS more details. WWW.BELLINGHAMINSIGHT.ORG
6 (360) 738-9800 GAM-ANON: Attend Gam-Anon meetings (for family ERADICATE ROUNDUP: Regina Zwilling will focus and friends of individuals with a gambling disorder) VIEWS on how to “Eradicate Roundup from Your Body and from 7-8:30pm Fridays in Mount Vernon at the First Life” at a presentation at 4pm Tues., April 17 in Mount Lutheran Church, 2015 Blackburn Rd. 4 Vernon at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op, 202 S. First WWW.GAM-ANON.ORG St. Regina will share easy tips to make sure you keep MAIL this dangerous chemical out of your body. She will also CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS: Most Mondays,
share a Roundup detox strategy to help heal your body Co-Dependents Anonymous meets from 7-8:30pm at 2 from the damaging effects of this pervasive and toxic PeaceHealth St. Joseph’s Community Health Education substance. Entry is free; register in advance. Center, 3333 Squalicum Pkwy, conference room B. DO IT WWW.SKAGITFOODCOOP.COM (360) 676-8588
HOLDING THE SPACE: Attend a NAMI community YOGA FOR MS: Abby Staten leads “Yoga for Multiple education forum focused on “Holding the Space” Sclerosis” classes from 10-11am Tuesdays and 11am- 04.11.18 at 6:30pm Thurs., April 19 at the Lecture Room at 12pm Fridays at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. The 2600 Lakeway Dr. The weekly events are free for people
.13 workshop directly addresses individuals, family and with MS, and no registration is required. 15 friends who find themselves supporting a griever. [email protected] OR WWW.YOGABELLINGHAM.COM # Presenter Lynda Cheldelin Fell will explain the “grief dance,” and offer tools to help everyone survive the SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS: Sex Addicts Anonymous turbulence. Entry is free and open to all adults. No meets at 7pm Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9am Saturdays registration is required. at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St. WWW.BELLINGHAMPUBLICLIBRARY.ORG (360) 420-8311 OR WWW.PUGETSOUNDSAA.ORG
PLASTIC PURGE: Local fabric crafters, Jenna Cassells BREASTFEEDING CAFE: Meet other breastfeeding CASCADIA WEEKLY and Ruth Taylor, will introduce and demonstrate easy mothers in a warm, inviting and respectful environ- ways to make reusable alternatives to single-use gro- ment at a Breastfeeding Cafe from 9am-12pm Tuesdays 32 @ cery bags, snack and sandwich baggies at a free “Think at the Bellingham Center for Healthy Motherhood, 1012 Outside the Plastic Bag, Part 1” workshop at 6:30pm Dupont Street. Entry is free. Thurs., April 19 at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op, 202 S. WWW.CENTERFORHEALTHYMOTHERHOOD.COM crossword
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45 “The Fountainhead” down from “All 48 “Zero stars" 31 author Rand Things Considered” in 49 Troubled FILM 46 ___ “King” Cole January 2018 51 “Le Freak” disco 47 Honolulu’s island 10 Dr. who focuses on group 26 50 Nervous twitch the head 53 Summary
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38 BY ROB BREZSNY soon arise in your sphere, Virgo. Qualities that might customarily be regarded as liabilities could at least FOOD FREE WILL temporarily become assets. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your allies are always 32 32 important, but in the coming weeks they will be even ASTROLOGY more so. I suspect they will be your salvation, your de- liverance, and your treasure. So why not treat them like B-BOARD B-BOARD ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries statesman angels or celebrities or celebrity angels? Buy them ice Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the cream and concert tickets and fun surprises. Tell them United States. He wrote one of history’s most famous secrets about their beauty that no one has ever ex-
31 documents, the Declaration of Independence. He was pressed before. Listen to them in ways that will awaken an architect, violinist, inventor and linguist who their dormant potentials. I bet that what you receive in
FILM spoke numerous languages, as well as a philosopher return will inspire you to be a better ally to yourself. who was knowledgeable about mathematics, survey- ing and horticulture. But his most laudable success SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the coming weeks, 26 came in 1789, when he procured the French recipe I suspect you will be able to find what you need in for macaroni and cheese while living in France, and places that are seemingly devoid of what you need. You
MUSIC thereafter introduced the dish into American cuisine. can locate the possible in the midst of what’s apparently JUST KIDDING! I'm making this little joke in the hope impossible. I further surmise that you will summon a that it will encourage you to keep people focused on rebellious resourcefulness akin to that of Scorpio writer 24 your most important qualities, and not get distracted Albert Camus, who said, “In the midst of hate, I found
ART by less essential parts of you. there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the early 1990s, In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an 22 Australian electrical engineer John O'Sullivan toiled on invincible calm. No matter how hard the world pushes a research project with a team of radio astronomers. against me, within me, there’s something stronger—
STAGE Their goal was to find exploding mini-black holes in the something better, pushing right back." distant voids of outer space. The quest failed. But in the process of doing their experiments, they developed SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1936,
20 technology that became a key component now used in Herbert C. Brown graduated from the University of Wi-Fi. Your digital devices work so well in part because Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in science. His his frustrating misadventure led to a happy accident. girlfriend Sarah Baylen rewarded him with the gift of a
GET OUT According to my reading of your astrological omens, two-dollar book about the elements boron and silicon. Taurus, we may soon be able to make a comparable Both he and she were quite poor; she couldn’t afford a conclusion about events in your life. more expensive gift. Brown didn’t read the book for a
18 while, but once he did, he decided to make its subject GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the fictional world the core of his own research project. Many years later, created by DC Comics, the superhero Superman has he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discover- WORDS a secret identity as a modest journalist named Clark ies about the role of boron in organic chemistry. And Kent. Or is it the other way around? Does the modest it all began with that two-dollar book. I bring this
10 journalist Clark Kent have a secret identity as the su- story to your attention, Sagittarius, because I foresee perhero Superman? Only a few people realize the two you, too, stumbling upon a modest beginning that of them are the same. I suspect there is an equally eventually yields breakthrough results. small number of allies who know who you really are beneath your “disguises,” Gemini. But upcoming CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 20 B.C., astrological omens suggest that could change. Are you Rome’s most famous poet was Quintus Horatius Flac- BEST OF SKAGIT ready to reveal more about your true selves? Would cus, known to us today as Horace. He prided himself you consider expanding the circle that is allowed to on his meticulous craftsmanship, and advised other 8 see and appreciate your full range and depth? writers to be equally scrupulous. Once you compose a poem, he declared, you should put it aside for nine CANCER (June 21-July 22): Playwright Tennes- years before deciding whether to publish it. That’s
CURRENTS see Williams once spent an evening trying to coax a the best way to get proper perspective on its worth. depressed friend out of his depression. It inspired him Personally, I think that’s too demanding, although I
6 BASKETRY IN AMERICA to write a poem that began like this: “I want to infect appreciate the power that can come from marshal- you with the tremendous excitement of living, be- ling so much conscientiousness. And that brings me
VIEWS cause I believe that you have the strength to bear it.” to a meditation on your current state, Capricorn. Learn about the history of American Now I address you with the same message, Cancerian. From what I can tell, you may be at risk of being too
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ing at what men and women want in a eraser that comes around once a week CURRENTS partner, and kindness topped the list like the trash guys the city sends to for each. (Yes, kindness—which was your neighborhood. What happens is 6 pretty much your job description.) In- that you transform your default be- LIVE ENTERTAINMENT telligence was another list-topper. havior—how you behave when you ON OUR HEATED PATIO VIEWS
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10 THE DEATH OF STALIN (R) 107m - - From the creator of Veep! "A deep farce, but rooted in enough political reality that it hardly feels sensationalized. It's as on-point as a breaking news alert." Detroit News Fri: 5:30, 8:45; Sat: (3:15), 9:30; Sun: (11:00AM), 7:00; Mon: (4:00), 8:55 Tue: (2:15), 8:55; Wed & Thu: (4:00), 8:55 BEST OF SKAGIT LIVES WELL LIVED (R) 72m - - Celebrates the incredible wit and
8 wisdom of adults 75 to 100 years old who are living their best lives. Mon: 6:45; Tue: (1:30); Wed: (1:00), 6:45 THE BOY AND THE WORLD (PG) 80m - Pickford Family Matinees CURRENTS With stunning visuals and a soundscape of pan-flute and samba. Sat: (1:00) - Admission is only $1, sponsored by Bank of the Pacific 6 LOOK & SEE: WENDELL BERRY'S KENTUCKY (NR) 82m - Indie Lens
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but perfect. 38 38 Speaking of crab, we often regret it if FOOD FOOD one of us doesn’t order the crab pasta when we go to Nell Thorn (although it can be a difficult choice between that, 32 the hanger steak with frites, or whatever amazing seasonal specials happen to be
B-BOARD chow on the menu that day). While it changes RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES slightly from season to season, it’s always a delightful tangle of spaghetti tossed 31 with dark leafy greens, crab, garlic and
FILM hot chile flakes, and a lot of olive oil and parmesan. Leftovers are fantastic with a
26 fried egg the next day (but there are not usually leftovers).
MUSIC When out and about in the valley on a nice day, one’s thoughts naturally turn
24 to the small but food-intensive town of Edison. If it’s breakfast time on a week- ART end, it’s always worth trying to snag a seat in Tweets for a truly excellent cup 22 of coffee and a plate of shrimp and grits
STAGE the size of your own head. After that, you are legally required to stop at the Breadfarm for some cookies (my per- 20 sonal favorites are the coconut maca- roons, crispy on the outside and soft-
GET OUT ly sweet on the inside). You will also want to visit Slough Food next door to sit out in the garden courtyard with a 18 salumi and cheese plate and a glass of wine, or perhaps a perfectly toasted WORDS cheese sandwich with a salad of sea- sonal greens. If you time it right, they 10 might be having an Oyster Feast or Pa- ella Party (best to get on their mailing list for these). And if it’s dinner time, wind back up to BowEdison on Chucka- BEST OF SKAGIT nut Drive for a fancy cocktail (I like the
8 Marty’s Martini) with a plate of their smoked salmon blini. For those days when only a burger will
CURRENTS do, I like the pub burger at Skagit River Brewery as well as the boar burger on a 6 pretzel bun at A’Town Bistro, but the ul- timate burger experience is to be had at VIEWS SLOUGH FOOD Skagit Valley Burger Express, located in
4 a caboose in a parking lot just outside Sedro-Woolley on Hwy 20. These are slop- MAIL py burgers, so you may need to get out
2 STORY AND PHOTO BY JESSAMYN TUTTLE eat them is straight from the shell with of your car and eat at one of the picnic nothing on them. If you buy them at tables, or be prepared to hose down the
DO IT Taylor Shellfish Farm on Chuckanut inside of your car. I haven’t been able to Drive you can shuck them right there on decide if I prefer the blue cheese burger Savoring Skagit the beach and slurp them up—plus you or the Atomic Mushroom with bacon. Or can pick up a loaf of garlic bread to heat maybe the Jalapeno Ranch? Hmm, need 04.11.18 A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS up on the on-site barbecues for a truly to try them all again… thing about writing about food is having an excuse to try every new decadent supper. And finally, for less decadent crav- .13 THE FUN
15 restaurant, including as many dishes on the menu as possible. But at a certain point Skagit’s Own Fish Market is a regu- ings, the Pad Ba Mee from Rachawadee # you tend to settle on your favorites and it becomes difficult to order anything else. lar stop whenever we need a good piece Café, a dish of smoky, wok-charred egg After living in Skagit Valley for 20 years, I find I have a favorite thing to order pretty of fish for dinner, and I frequently plan noodles tossed with vegetables, is my much everywhere we go. my shopping visits to coordinate with go-to takeout dinner. Also the Italian Example: the macaroni and cheese at Seeds in La Conner. I know, I know, you can lunchtime so I have an excuse to or- chop salad from Pacioni’s, a meal in a get mac and cheese everywhere these days. But this one is made with sharp, delicious der a Dungeness crab sandwich. I was bowl that has gotten us through many Cougar Gold cheese melted into a thick rich sauce so soupy it’s served with a spoon, recently trying to describe Dungeness difficult work nights. Its mix of greens, CASCADIA WEEKLY with a scattering of toasted breadcrumbs on top for contrast and crunch. While my crab to someone who had never tried it, salami, artichokes and chickpeas is sus-
38 favorite time eating this was out of a takeout cup in a pouring rainstorm, it’s also and wished I could just give them one taining and delicious—proof that stick- highly satisfying eaten at the restaurant with a martini or a good chardonnay. of these—a soft hoagie roll buttered ing to favorites doesn’t need to be a Oysters are, of course, a quintessential food of Skagit, and my favorite way to and toasted and piled high with fresh bad thing. doit
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THURS., APRIL 12 bacon, ham, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, 38 BOOKWORMS: If you like learning about growing pancakes, French toast and more can be had at a FOOD food and enjoy digging in the dirt with good Community Breakfast taking place from 8-11am in FOOD company, attend a monthly Bookworms Garden Sedro-Woolley at American Legion Post #43, 701 Club to plant and harvest from 3-4:30pm at the Murdock St. Entry is $5 for kids, $7 for adults.
Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. Each meet- WWW.SEDRO-WOOLLEY.COM 32 ing starts with time to share and learn about garden-related topics. MON., APRIL 16
(360) 592-2422 SPRING GREENS: Organic farmworker, forager B-BOARD and food educator Terri Wilde leads a “Wild COOK AND BOOK: Students in grades 4-7 can Spring Greens and Tonics” workshop from 6:30- meet up for cooking and book-related fun at a 8pm at the Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. 31 monthly “Cook It and Book It” gathering from 3:30- Forest St. Attendees will learn how to identify 5pm at the Lynden Library, 216 4th St. If whipping popular edible wild greens including nettles, FILM up something tasty to eat and talking about books winter cress, dandelion, and chickweed, and interests your kids, have them check it out. Wilde will demonstrate how to prepare tea, 26 (360) 354-4883 greens and salads to make use of these readily available nutritional treasures. Samples will PAELLA NIGHT: Reservations are recommended provided. Entry is $15. MUSIC for a “Paella Family Dinner Night” taking place WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP
from 5:30-7pm at Old World Deli, 1228 N. State St. 24 Entry is $5 for kids under 12, $15 general. Attend- COOKBOOK CLUB: Join the Ferndale Cookbook ees are welcome to purchase a bottle of wine off Club to read, cook and share your dish at a meeting ART the shelf at retail price, with no corkage fee. from 6:30-8pm at the Ferndale Library, 2125 Main
WWW.OLDWORLDDELI1.COM St. April’s theme is “Paleo;” suggested titles include 22 The Homegrown Paleo Cookbook by Diana Rodgers,
CREPES CLASS: Cindy McKinney focuses on Mediterranean Paleo Cookbook by Caitlin Weeks, and STAGE “Crepes Savory and Sweet” at a class happening The Primal Blueprint Cookbook by Mark Sisson. from 6:30-9pm at the Community Food Co-op, WWW.WCLS.ORG
1220 N. Forest St. Entry is $45. 20 WWW.WHATCOMCOMMUNITYED.COM WINE CLASS: “Wines of the Veneto” will be the focus of a class from 6:30-8:30pm at the Com-
SKAGIT FARMING: Taylor Barker and Arielle munity Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. Laurent GET OUT Luckmann of Waxwing Farm will focus on “Organic Martel will take participants on a tasting tour of Farming in Skagit Valley” at a free presentation the Veneto, home of many of Italy’s most iconic at 6:30pm at the Mount Vernon City Library, wines. Sample the proseccos of Venice, the reds 18 315 Snoqualmie St. Attendees can learn more of Verona, the wines of Soave and Valpolicella, about eating more vegetables in season, ways and more. Entry is $39. WORDS to connect with small-scale agriculture, and the WWW.WHATCOMCOMMUNITYED.COM benefits for your health and family. WWW.WAXWINGFARMLLC.COM TUES., APRIL 17 10 TRADITIONAL PERU: Antonio Diaz of Cafe FRI., APRIL 13 Rumba helms a “Traditional Peru” class from 6:30- COFFEE TASTING: Attend a weekly coffee tast- 9pm at the Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest ing from 3-3:30pm at Camber Cafe, 221 W. Holly St. In addition to sharing dishes from his native INDEPENDENT VISION St. Entry is free, and no RSVP is needed to come country, Diaz will also serve samples of chicha BEST OF SKAGIT in and enjoy a small tasting flight of the venue’s morada, a traditional Peruvian beverage made 8 single-origin coffees. from purple corn. Entry is $45. WWW.CAMBERCOFFEE.COM WWW.WHATCOMCOMMUNITYED.COM
FOOD NOT BOMBS: All are welcome to partake WED., APRIL 18 CURRENTS of nutritious and delicious vegan meals when Food FERMENTATION FUN: “Fermentation and Since opening in Skagit Valley Not Bombs offers a free community meal from Sprouting for Health” will be the topic of a work- in 1985, Cascadia Eye has grown 6 4-6pm every Friday on the corner of Magnolia Street shop with Andy Walton from 6:30-8:30pm at the enough to provide for everything and Cornwall Avenue (alongside the peace vigil). Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. He’ll VIEWS WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BELLINGHAMFNB discuss how sprouting and fermenting grains, eyes for the communities we live
nuts and seeds can maximize their nutritional in, without becoming a faceless 4 SAT., APRIL 14 benefits and digestibility, demonstrate tech- corporation. We’ll always remain BELLINGHAM MARKET: The 26th season of niques and serve samples. Attendees will leave independent, from our eyecare MAIL the Bellingham Farmers Market continues from with recipes and a guide. Entry is $20. Alyssa models
providers to our optical philosophy. 2 10am-3pm Saturdays through Dec. 22 at the WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP Cascadia Eyewear Depot Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. In ad- “Andrea” dition to perusing and purchasing locally grown THURS., APRIL 19 DO IT produce, crafts and ready-to-eat foods, upcoming INCOGNITO: Reserve a seat in advance for the www.CascadiaEye.com events include Demo Days, Chef in the Market, unconventional “Incognito” dinner series start- and a Wednesday Market starting in June at the ing at 6pm at Ciao Thyme, 207 Unity St. Entry is
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