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Made in the Northwest: 10am-6pm, Cordata FILM FILM Place Holiday Walk About: 5-9pm, historic Fairhaven 20

MUSIC ./0- 4[11.y~.10] ON STAGE 18 Variety Show: 2pm, Mount Vernon Christian

ART ART High School Always Patsy Cline: 6:30pm, RiverBelle Dinner Theatre, Mount Vernon 16 Grease: 7:30pm, Bellingham High School The Christmas Schooner: 7:30pm, Claire vg

STAGE STAGE Thomas Theatre, Lynden Big: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Prelude to a Kiss: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre 14 Guild Director’s Cut: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Cody Rivers Show: 8pm, iDiOM Theater GET OUT Miracle on 34th Street: 8pm, Anacortes Com- munity Theatre Games Galore: 10pm, Upfront Theatre 12 Circus is Bananas: 11pm, iDiOM Theater

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8 Brother Dalton’s Euphonic Elixir: 3:30pm, Stuart’s at the Market

COMMUNITY CURRENTS CURRENTS Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square 6

VISUAL ARTS VIEWS VIEWS Ben Mann Open House: 10am-4pm, 100 Harris Ave. 4 It’s not over, folks. Art Show and Sale: 10am-4pm, Kale House, Everson MAIL MAIL Take part in Allied Arts Festival: 10am-6pm, 3548 Meridian

St. 2 2*-' $ . 4 Made in the Northwest: 10am-6pm, Cordata Place DO IT IT DO DO IT 2 events Dec. 1 in Downtown Gallery Fair: 2-10pm, 121 Freeway Bellingham, Anacortes, Dr., Mount Vernon 10 Red Boots Design Trunk Show: 5-8pm, the

.24. and beyond Paperdoll 11 Holiday Walk About: 5-9pm, historic Fairhaven .05 47 # 2 ) . 4[11.y{.10] !-$ 4[11.y}.10] Community Theatre .0) 4[11.y.10] Games Galore: 10pm, Upfront Theatre ON STAGE ON STAGE ON STAGE Big: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Always Patsy Cline: 6:30pm, RiverBelle Dinner MUSIC Grease: 2pm, Bellingham High School Theatre, Mount Vernon The Magic of Christmas: 7pm, Lynden Christian Prelude to a Kiss: 2pm, Bellingham Theatre GET OUT Variety Show: 7pm, Mount Vernon Christian High High School Guild Gear Grab: 6-8pm, Viking Union Multipurpose School Big: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Room, WWU Grease: 7:30pm, Bellingham High School FOOD Miracle on 34th Street: 2pm, Anacortes Com-

CASCADIA WEEKLY The Christmas Schooner: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thanksgiving Dinner: 11:45am-1:45pm, Assump- munity Theatre Thomas Theatre, Lynden tion Church Gym 2 /#0-. 4[11.y|.10] Big: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon MUSIC Prelude to a Kiss: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild VISUAL ARTS Messiah Sing-Along: 2:30pm, Garden Street FOOD Director’s Cut: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Art Show and Sale: 10am-4pm, Kale House, United Methodist Church 38th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner: 10am-3pm, Cody Rivers Show: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Everson Sambatuque: 4-6:30pm, the Amadeus Project Old Town Café Miracle on 34th Street: 8pm, Anacortes Allied Arts Festival: 10am-6pm, 3548 Meridian St. The Three Wisemen: 6:30pm, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Mount Vernon Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience:

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(*) 4[11.y.10] CLASSIFIEDS WORDS Chuckanut Radio Hour: 7pm, Leopold Crystal 24 Ballroom Open Mic: 7pm, Village Books FILM FILM Poetrynight: 8pm, the Amadeus Project

COMMUNITY 20 Buy Local Week: Through Dec. 5, Whatcom County MUSIC MUSIC Andy Statman Trio: 7pm, YWCA Ballroom 18

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CASCADIA WEEKLY and we were looking forward to our children and content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. Cover: Illustration by Ed Bereal In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does grandchildren having better lifestyles than we 4 not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your letters to fewer than 300 words. have had. I have yet to meet the people that SWEETENING THE POT believe their children and grandchilren will have When I puzzled through Initiative 1107 (to re- it better than they have. peal tax on candy and soda), I thought I should Mr. Krieger has a right to his opinion, and I vote for it because I have a sweet tooth that NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre honorably and proudly ﬂew 227 combat missions requires a daily ﬁx of high-fructose corn syrup; why pay more than I have to? But I read about a “cash for cookies” experiment in school cafeterias, to coax kids into eating better by forbidding use 34 of lunch tickets for desserts. Students Grill & Deli FOOD started buying 71 percent more fruit and Grill & Deli 55 percent fewer sweets. Maybe paying additional tax would help me choose a 27 healthier diet. And I found out that cor- 360 312 5775 porations like Coca-Cola and Pepsi, and the Republican Party paid $14 million to Panini with Pizazz! CLASSIFIEDS get me to vote “yes” on I-1107.

When Cascadia Weekly recommended Deli Sandwiches 24 voting “no” on I-1107, because we need those millions of dollars for the beneﬁt of Soups & Salads FILM our own state rather than for the private Desserts & Beverages proﬁts for the producers of crap food, I 20 agreed and voted “no.” Full Deli & Catering Corporations, because of their mis- 10% OFF Meats/Cheeses on Sundays MUSIC sion to make more and more money, un- regulated, regardless of what it does to 1530 Cornwall (in the Public Market) 18 us or the environment, now control our ART government.

During the Reagan years (1981-1989), 16 corporate criminals ripped off the U.S.

Treasury in the Savings and Loan scandal, STAGE sending hundreds of bankers to jail. This time the corporatists changed the laws 14 “before” the housing foreclosure debacle. Now no banker goes to jail—they just pay a ﬁne with tax money stolen from us. I GET OUT believe that’s like what Editor Tim John-

son described in one of his infamous Gris- 12 tles as a “self-licking ice cream cone.”

—Judith A. Laws, Bellingham WORDS

FONDLING AND GROPING 8 BY THE NANNY STATE Pat-downs, or put-downs? Amid the surge of securitization we see everywhere, CURRENTS what are we sacriﬁcing besides privacy? 6 Boarding a ﬂight in Bellingham last week, I watched a Canadian woman burst VIEWS VIEWS into tears as her tiny bottle of perfume was 4 tossed into the trash. Her crime? Not put- TTreatreat yyourselfourself rright!ight! 4 ting it in checked luggage. (Or was it for- MAIL MAIL getting a 1-qt. clear plastic zip-lock bag?) MAIL

Chalk up one more person to despise 2 our government. DO IT IT DO But just as disturbing was my own com- plicity. I made only a feeble comment, holding back stronger protest lest I be 10 scrutinized as a flight risk. Is this what .24. we have come to? Acceptance of idiocy? 11 Silence in the face of bullying? Is this .05 what Germany was like in 1938, Chile or 47 # Argentina in the late ’70s? Besides full-body scans and demeaning fondling, we already can have a laptop, memory chip, even a personal diary con- fiscated while boarding, no explanation required. Big brother is indeed watching. There CASCADIA WEEKLY is a fine line between watching us vs. 5 watching out for us. So in the interest of safety—rather than security—it is vital that we retain common sense and err on the side of humane procedures. —James Loucky, Bellingham THE GRISTLE

GOLDMARK V. MCKENNA: Public Lands Commission-

34 34 er Peter Goldmark was at Birch Bay State Park last week, rededicating the Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve FOOD and adopting the land management plan for that views area. The dedication validates ten years of effort by OPINIONS ›› THE GRISTLE

27 27 the Cherry Point Work Group—state, county, tribal, environmental and economic stakeholders focused on establishing uneasy harmony with heavy industry operating near sensitive wildlife habitat. Almost CLASSIFIEDS counterintuitively, the balance has proven successful, with heavy industry and its need for buffers and 24 its vital economic muscle pressuring away forces BY ROBERT REICH

FILM FILM that might seek to convert Cherry Point to other uses. It persists as a natural reserve precisely because potent industries fight to keep it remote. 20 “The plan recognizes the economic importance of Lame Ducks the area and allows existing industries to apply best MUSIC management to minimize any negative impacts, and WHY CONGRESS HELPING THE UNEMPLOYED HELPS THE ECONOMY requires new uses to avoid negative impacts to the 18 aquatic resources at Cherry Point,” Mike Sato said AMERICA’S LONG-TERM states, unemployment benefits are a ART ART on behalf of the advocacy group, People For Puget unemployed—an estimated 4 mil- fraction of former wages. And as long Sound. The designation opens a path for state and lion or more—constitute the single as unemployment remains sky-high, 16 federal funding in support of these goals. newest and biggest social problem there are no jobs to be had anyway. A similar sort of uneasiness between economic facing America. Besides, the economic downturn STAGE STAGE and environmental interests looms in the Methow Now their unemployment benefits was hardly their fault. If anyone is Valley east of Whatcom, where Okanogan County are about to run out, and the lame- to blame it’s the high-flyers on Wall

14 Public Utility District commissioners seek to con- duck Congress may not have the Street who gambled away other peo- struct a transmission corridor through state trust votes to extend them. (You can for- won’t stimulate the economy. ple’s money, and the rich denizens of

GET OUT lands managed by the Department of Natural Re- get about the next Congress.) Yet people without jobs, and their corporate executive suites who have sources, the agency directed by Goldmark. Earlier The long-term unemployed can’t families, are likely to spend every sliced payrolls in order to show high- this year, the PUD won a ruling in Superior Court get work because there are still five penny of unemployment benefits they er profits (and get more money from 12 that would allow the district to acquire the corri- people needing work for every job receive. That will go back into the their stock options). dor through the doctrine of eminent domain. And opening. And the long-term jobless economy and save or create jobs. So why reward the people at the WORDS while the court found a utility corridor is likely not are often at the end of the job line: A Labor Department report shows top with an extension of the Bush incompatible with the grazing and travel patterns Either they don’t have the right skills 8 of antelope through Methow’s sensitive scrub forest, or enough education, or have been out THE BUSH TAX CUTS FOR THE TOP 1 PERCENT the decision does set a troubling precedent where of work so long prospective employers subordinate agencies can seize public lands owned are nervous about hiring them. WOULD COST AN ESTIMATED $120 BILLION... CURRENTS CURRENTS and operated as trusts by the state. They’re also a big problem for the

6 THAT’S MORE THAN ANOTHER UNEMPLOYMENT

6 State Attorney General Rob McKenna found him- economy. Without enough money in self in court this week, this time the subject of liti- their pockets, they and their families BENEFIT EXTENSION WOULD COST. VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS gation charging the AG exceeded his authority when can’t pay their mortgages, which keeps he refused to appeal the court’s ruling, triggering fueling the mortgage crisis. Nor can that for every $1 spent on unemploy- tax cut that will blow a hole in the 4 a constitutional crisis. McKenna refused to provide they replace worn-out cars and cloth- ment insurance, $2 are spent in the budget deﬁcit? And why fail to ex-

MAIL MAIL Goldmark with special counsel for an appeal, an ap- ing, or buy much of anything else, economy. If you don’t believe the La- tend jobless beneﬁts to hardworking peal Goldmark believes he is compelled to seek on which is a drag on the economy. bor Department, maybe you’ll believe Americans who got the boot?

2 behalf of trust beneﬁciaries. Washington State Su- Republicans and many blue-dog Goldman Sachs analyst Alec Phillips, Quick action is needed. Jobless ben- preme Court heard arguments from both sides last Dems say we can’t afford another who estimates that if unemployment eﬁts begin to lapse in just two weeks. DO IT IT DO

week. extension. beneﬁts are allowed to expire, the Two million unemployed workers will McKenna explained to listeners in Bellingham in But these are many of the same American economy would slow by a be affected. If Congress fails to act, 10 July that he considered the state in a weak position people who say we should extend the half a percent. another 1.2 million will stop receiving .24.

11 and did not want to provide an appeals court with Bush tax cuts for the wealthy for at Republicans are still spouting nutty beneﬁts by the end of December. Most an opportunity to establish broader, more sweep- least another two years. Social Darwinism. Cutting taxes on the of the rest of those who now receive

.05 ing precedent with regards to subordinate agencies Extending the Bush tax cuts for the rich is better than helping the unem- federal emergency extended benefits 47 # striking land claims against DNR. His position, he top 1 percent would cost an estimated ployed, they say, because the rich will will gradually lose them. said, requires him to make sound legal analysis and $120 billion over the next two years. create jobs with their extra money Don’t extend the Bush tax cuts to to represent the broadest public interest. The state, That’s more than another unemploy- while giving money to the unemployed the wealthy. Give unemployment ben- he believes, is best served by letting this decision ment benefit extension would cost. reduces their desire to look for work. efits to people who need them. stand. The unemployed need the money. Rubbish. The Bush tax cuts on the “The Attorney General has a nondiscretionary duty The rich don’t. top never trickled down. Between Robert Reich is Professor of Public to represent the Commissioner of Public Lands and 2002 and 2007 the median wage CASCADIA WEEKLY Moreover, the top 1 percent spends Policy at the University of California to file and vigorously prosecute the appeal,” Seattle a small fraction of their income. That’s dropped, adjusted for inflation. And at Berkeley. He has served in three na- 6 land-use attorney David Bricklin asserted on behalf what it means to be rich — you al- job growth was pathetic. tional administrations, most recently of Goldmark. The client, he said, gets to determine ready have most of what you want. So Jobless benefits don’t deter the un- as secretary of labor under President how a case is handled, not the attorney handling extending the Bush tax cut to them employed from finding work. In most Bill Clinton. the case. McKenna—arguably the state’s most potent Re- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY D®Äã«EÊÙã«óÝã franks with all the fixin’s drive thru / dine in heated outdoor hot dog bar catering THE GRISTLE &ÊÙã«ãhÄ®Øç'®¥ã publican and a solid contender for the &Ğ&ĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŝ ŐŐ governor’s office in 2012—was also chal- ĮŶĮŶĞĂƌƚƐΘĐƌĂŌƐĞĂƌƚƐƚ ΘΘĐĐƌĂĂŌƐ 34 lenged in court last week by Seattle City ďǇďǇůŽĐĂůĂƌƟƐƚƐ͘ǇůŽĐŽ ĂůĂ ĂƌƟƐƚƚƐ͘͘ Attorney Pete Holmes that the AG again FOOD exceeded his authority, this time by in- dependently initiating a lawsuit against 27 the Affordable Care Act passed by Con- gress earlier this year. Seattle city government officially supports ACA. CLASSIFIEDS The cases are mirror images of one another, based on the same claim: The 24 state’s attorney has limited authority to 4151 Meridian Street, Cordata Place, act unless called upon to do so by an- ĞůůŝŶŐŚĂŵ;ĂĚũĂĐĞŶƚƚŽŽƐƚƵƩĞƌͿ FILM other state official. McKenna argues his representation of the greater state’s in- EŽǀ͘ϮϲƚŚͲϮϴƚŚͻĞĐ͘ϯƌĚͲϱƚŚ 360.733.5254 20 terest gives him authority to do so. ĞĐ͘ϭϬƚŚͲϭϮƚŚͻĞĐ͘ϭϳƚŚͲϭϵƚŚ COUPON In March, McKenna joined more than ,ŽƵƌƐ͗&ƌŝͲ^ƵŶ͕͘ϭϬĂŵͲϲƉŵ $1 OFF orders of $6 or more MUSIC a dozen other attorneys general in filing expires 1/30/11, not to be used with any other discounts the lawsuit challenging federal health Find us on Facebook at MADE IN THE NORTHWEST 18 care provisions against the will and wish- 1259 Barkley Blvd, Bellingham (across from Lowe’s, Sunset Exit) es of the governor and legislative major- ART ity in Olympia. The group of state AGs have argued that requiring individuals to 16 purchase health insurance exceeds the STAGE STAGE authority of Congress and is unconsti- U U tutional. A Florida court judge will hear these arguments in December. 14 Holmes maintains McKenna over- MON - SAT, 5-11 PM

stepped his authority in joining the ac- GET OUT tion when he was not called upon to do so by other state ofﬁcials, including— notably—the state insurance commis- LJQJ9KH=JJQE =9< 12 sioner who oversees such matters. The AG reasserted in a statement this oo'L`Yfck_anaf_Lmjc]q'L`Yfck_anaf_Lmjc]q WORDS week that he “has the authority and re- 8 sponsibility to challenge the constitu- LIVE MUSIC tionality of a federal law that threatens the constitutional rights of the state and its citizens.” TUES - SAT 8PM CURRENTS 6

By the tenor of their questions last 6 week, Supreme Court justices did not ap- VIEWS VIEWS pear moved by the AGO’s creative inter- VIEWS pretation of McKenna’s powers, appearing 4 to favor instead a more strict reading of

his duties as described in the state con- MAIL stitution and the statutes that govern his powers. In particular, they seemed AZiirRhnk 2 critical of McKenna’s assertion that he DO IT IT DO alone, and without aid of the courts or appointment of special counsel, can de- AZiirAhnk 10 cide disputes among elected state agen- .24. cy heads. And they appeared unmoved by Evenings just got more delicious with 11 arguments that state’s interests were in Old World Deli, join us for happy hour immediate jeopardy on the health care Thursdays–Saturdays from 5:30 –7pm. .05 47 issue when a dozen other states with We’ve got imported wine & beer and # Republican leadership have blessed their a special evening menu offering salads, legal counsels to ﬁle similar claims. antipasti, small bites, bruschetta, But ultimately Republican McKenna— espresso and more. long considered a mild centrist—argues nnn%Fc[Nfic[;\c`(%Zfd to a larger court, conservatives increasing radicalized by tea party agitation. GHHNbDghUhYgh CASCADIA WEEKLY His actions ensure no one can reasonably XckbhckbV=\Ua run to the right of him in Washington’s 7 polarizing top-two primary. Win or lose ILFMINCHFOF against the Supremes, this is the jury Monday 9–4 Tuesday–Wednesday 9–6 able to boost him into the governor’s Thursday–Saturday 9–Close mansion in 2012. ;>EEBG@A:F%P: with jail support facilities, lit by a dedicated power plant. The design is intended

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34 34 ing county for the next four decades. The single-level facility is proposed FOOD currents for construction on a preferred 71-acre site near the interchange between Inter-

27 27 NEWS ›› COMMENTARY ›› BRIEFS state-5 and Slater Road near Ferndale. An alternate site is suggested adjacent to Port of Bellingham property west of Bellingham International Airport near CLASSIFIEDS Marietta. For size comparison, Bellis Fair Mall covers about 17 acres. The cost of 24 the facility, including land and the power

FILM FILM plant, could approach $160 million. “There is a rule of thumb regarding the ongoing operational cost of a facility, 20 which is roughly a quarter to a third of the

MUSIC construction cost,” the county’s Deputy Administrator Dewey Desler estimated in

18 a recent interview. The county’s total operating budget for ART ART 2011-12 is $167 million, with roughly half of that—$71 million—in the general fund 16 that pays for most general government services, including law enforcement. STAGE STAGE Desler estimated that the city has already spent nearly $1 million studying potential 14 jail sites and designs. “I am very concerned about the size of

GET OUT the proposed jail,” Kremen said. “My pref- erence is for nothing more than we absolutely need. The last figures I saw when 12 we approved the measure, the anticipated need at that time was just under 600 WORDS beds. It was my understanding that the initial construction phase was going to be 8 8 600 to 800 beds, and even that estimate arrived in much less difficult times for the county financially.” CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS The two parcels favored by consultants

6 for the jail site are in unincorporated areas outside Bellingham or Ferndale city VIEWS VIEWS limits, with property acquisition costs there estimated at $2.7 to $4.1 million. 4 In addition, the sites will require exten-

MAIL MAIL STORY BY TIM JOHNSON, ILLUSTRATIONS BY ED BEREAL sive road improvements, as well as drain-

age and wetlands mitigation costs and 2 the service of utilities, noted Omni-Group

DO IT IT DO and HDR Engineering, the consultants

who prepared the county’s plan.

10 “Neither site is located in an area with

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11 ment,” Mayor Dan Pike commented in a CITIZENSCI VOICE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL letter to Executive Kremen on behalf of .05 the City of Bellingham. “As a result, the 47 # CCONCERNSO ABOUT 2,400-BED JAIL area falls under current city utility policy and ordinances that require annexation SCORES OF citizens, concerned about plans for a new “The more people know about what is proposed, the more un- prior to extension of utility services to multimillion dollar jail facility, have called upon the Whatcom derstanding there is going to be,” he said. “We’ve learned from areas outside the city limits. County Executive to call for a public meeting on the proposed experience that the more public dialogue there is early on, the “Even if the city were to annex or waive 2,400-bed facility. The purchase of land for the jail is already better the outcome.” its referenced policy on extension of util-

CASCADIA WEEKLY included in the county’s biennial budget, to be approved before Kremen said he had just returned from Mexico and he was un- ities beyond city limits,” Pike continued, the end of the year. aware of the number of recent requests for that meeting. County “the extensions could encounter numer- 8 County Executive Pete Kremen said that a public meeting was staff reported nearly 70 requests had arrived at county offices. ous environmentally critical areas that not required at this stage of the proposal, but said he would Kremen imagined such a meeting might be scheduled before the might preclude connections at the opti- consider a meeting between community members and county of- end of the year. mal points and/or significantly increase ficials. Kremen acknowledged critics of the proposal have voiced The planned facility, outlined in a consultants’ report, couples costs.” legitimate concerns. a new corrections facility and new county sheriff’s headquarters Kremen said he would insist that the jail be no larger than what the county re- lations and prison designs were chal- story high. That probably works in Yakima, alistically needs. One of the concerns for lenged in a national report, released last the state’s jail capital. But it doesn’t make

large acreage, he said, was so the county week, which found that not only are crime sense in Bellingham, our County seat, where

might be able to expand the jail to meet rates falling, but economic models for the jail should be located.” 34 those future needs. large-scale urban prisons are not sustain- “In hard economic times, many cities “With a single level, the county can add able. The brief, prepared by Pew Center and counties no longer view jail growth as FOOD beds in the future as necessary and as researchers, found the average daily local sustainable or inevitable,” Pew research- needed,” he said. “A multi-story jail has jail population in large jurisdictions de- ers commented. “Taxpayers are confront- 27 to be designed and, even if left unfinished clined in 2009—down 2.3 percent from ing the reality that more money for jails on some floors, constructed with that ul- the previous year, according to the U.S. can mean less money for other govern- timate size in mind,” Kremen said. Bureau of Justice Statistics—after climb- ment services.” CLASSIFIEDS Citizens, commenting on everything ing 30 percent from 1999 to 2008. “We are concerned that we’re moving from environmental and social concerns Meanwhile, “over the past decade, coun- down one path,” citizens commented to '/ -)/$1 . to taxpayer costs, found similar grounds ty jails—facilities for defendants await- county officials, “looking at one preferred /*%$' 24 Rising jail populations and increasing for concern. ing trial and sentenced offenders serving [jail] site and just one plan that the com- FILM “Absent” from the report, a focus group short-term sentences or awaiting transfer munity may not be able to afford. If we costs have also had a major impact in smaller jurisdictions. commented in a joint letter to the county, to state prisons—have consumed a great- reach that point after years of work and t"MUFSOBUJWFTUPJODBSDFSBUJPOIBWF 20 “was any discussion of the environmental er and greater share of local tax dollars,” more than a million dollars in studies, saved small Tompkins County, New benefits of building on an existing site in researchers reported in Local Jails: Work- then a practical solution to our deterio- York, an estimated $1.89 million in MUSIC an urban area or any reasonable analysis ing to Reduce Populations and Costs. “Har- rating jail is delayed. jail costs over the last five years. of the difference in operational costs.” ris County, Texas, spends 14 percent of its “Other communities are dealing with These programs include a day reporting center—a place where defendants 18 When the project was first discussed, entire budget on jails. Philadelphia, which aging jails also requiring replacement,”

and offenders check-in daily and are ART nine candidate sites were discussed and is a combined city/county, spends more on their comments continued, “but they are supervised while remaining in the systematically eliminated. In 2008, seven jail than it spends on any other function aggressively exploring new public safety community—and a treatment court potential sites were removed because besides police and human services—and strategies, which include lower cost, but where offenders participate in drug and 16 they were within one mile of a school and as much as it spends on streets, sanita- equally or more effective alternatives to alcohol treatment in lieu of incarceration. The county calculates that these STAGE prohibited by current zoning. The current tion and public health combined.” incarceration.” programs generated an additional $1 jail, built before those restrictions were in “Most communities are finding more Kremen agreed he shares an interest in million per year in economic benefits place, is within one mile of three schools. effective, cheaper alternatives to incar- finding alternatives to incarceration. due to increased employment, educa- 14 The precedent, critics argue, is ample to ceration,” former Bellingham City Council “I can’t think of a worse and probably tion and a reduced reliance on public assistance. site the jail within city limits. member Barbara Ryan commented. Ryan least effective way to solve our criminal jus- GET OUT t*O4QPLBOF$PVOUZ 8BTI Bellingham city administrators have was part of a citizen’s group that studied tice challenges than by simply warehousing expedited plea agreements and new found much to criticize in the plan. the consultant’s report for the new jail. people,” Kremen admitted. “One thing we alternative sentences have contributed 12 Pike also voiced his opposition to siting “We also need to look carefully know about jails is once they’re built they to a reduction in the average length the jail in a remote part of the county, at whether jail is the best tend to get filledfilled.. As a community we need of a jail stay from 18 days to 12. As away from essential services and trans- placeace forfor a llargearge percent-percent- ttoo look for sentencinsentencingg alteratives.” a result, the average daily population WORDS shrunk 36 percent from 2008 to 2010, portation alternatives for families who agege of inmates who are 8 according to Lt. Mike Sparber of the 8 seek to visit inmates. mentallyentally ill.” Spokane County Sheriff’s Department. “It’s a violation of the principles of the RyanRyan continued, “A With a smaller number of inmates, the state’s growth management laws,” he said, secondcond questionablequestionable county has cut its jail staff by approxi- CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS “which say to site new construction where assumptionsumption mamadede byby mately 80 positions. t*O4BOUB$SV[$PVOUZ $BMJG UIF 6 essential services already exist. thee consultantsconsultants who,who, probation department noticed that a Washington law “requires the Sheriff’s byy the way, do both lot of people were in jail for missing headquarters to be in the county seat,” thee pplanninglanning and the probation meetings. That was because VIEWS Pike commented. “Leaving a symbolic, engineeringngineering on pprojectsrojects the department had been issuing ar- 4 non-functional remnant space in the likeke tthese,hese, is tthathat thethe rest warrants for anyone who missed a meeting. In 2005, the department County Courthouse with the legitimate bestest way to buildbuild a jailjail contracted with a community-based MAIL Sheriff’s headquarters located outside the is to sprawsprawll over 60 organization to track down lapsed pro- city limits violates the spirit and intent acres,res, with build-build- bationers before warrants were issued. 2 Once located, these probationers often of the law.” ingsgs onlyonly one IT DO

“No matter where a new jail is sited, resume attending probation meetings and thus avoid further court-ordered there will be opposition to it,” Kremen sanction. According to Probation Divi- 10 admitted. “There is not a site we can sion Director Barbara Lee, the program .24. build a jail on that will make everyone was initiated because putting many 11 happy. Our goal is to ﬁnd the best com- violators in jail seemed inappropriate. promise.” “They aren’t dangerous, they’ve just .05 been irresponsible,” she said. Since the 47 # program’s inception, Santa Cruz has SIZE MATTERS cut the number of warrants ﬁled by 51 Overarching and governing all, however, percent. is the sheer size of the facility, which an- Source: Local Jails: Working to Reduce ticipates robust population growth and a Populations and Cost, Pew Charitabe Trusts, November 2010 tripling of violent crime rates as the coun-

ty becomes increasing urban in character. CASCADIA WEEKLY The volume of expected inmates, plus a concern to restrict the design to a single 9 level to lower security costs, determine the footprint of the jail facility, the consultants noted. Assumptions about future prison popu- currents ›› week in review

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T NOV17-NOV22 s The co-founder and ma-

MUSIC triarch of Hardware Sales, Alta McClellan, passed

18 away last week at the age of 94. She and her hus- ART ART band Max purchased what later became Bellingham’s

16 landmark hardware sup- plier in 1962. In 2007, 11.x~.10 Alta was named Profes- STAGE STAGE WEDNESDAY sional Woman of the Year. A harsh winter storm wreaks a typical havoc on the temperate Puget Sound region. Three people were killed The previous year, former Monday in weather-related crashes, with hundreds of collisions and vehicle strandings reported to police. A 14 Bellingham Mayor Mark In an oddly gratuitous act, Gov. Chris Gregoire signs an execu- cargo plane, landing in snowy conditions at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, overshot the runway by Asmundson proclaimed tive order suspending the state’s rulemaking powers. Gregoire a nose, tying up holiday travel for several hours. The crew was uninjured. Areas north fared a little better, Alta’s 90th birthday, “Alta with less snowfall but heavy winds that knocked out power to thousands of homes. GET OUT says the year-long moratorium will allow local governments and McClellan Day.” small businesses to focus their limited resources on continuing the state’s economic recovery, but the order sets provisions for Speaking of cold disasters, the lat- City Council also approves another 12 exemptions that basically encompass anything and everything est forecast of state tax collections reservoir land purchase, authoriz- the state may wish to exempt from the ban. In other words, not has chopped another $385 million ing $803,000 from their dedicated WORDS much different than before the ban. from the current budget. The budget acquisition fund for 17.2 acres of must stretch state costs through June, lakefront along southwest Lake 8 8 11.x.10 leaving only a few months to ﬁnd more Whatcom. The seller makes a chari- savings. Voters clearly don’t want table donation for the remainder of THURSDAY higher taxes to make up the differ- the $1.12 million property. CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS A proven voice for move- The state Supreme Court hears arguments that Attorney Gen- ence, so some public programs likely ment conservatives, Sen. 6 eral Rob McKenna exceeded his authority when he joined a law- must shut down early in January, ac- 11.yz.10 Doug Ericksen is selected suit challenging federal health care reform against the wishes of cording to forecasters. Similar overrun by state Republican lead-

VIEWS VIEWS ership to serve as senate the governor and legislative majority in Olympia. In a separate issues are projected to shut down the TUESDAY caucus whip. He will lead case, the state Supreme Court hears arguments that AG McKenna federal government by April. The roof of the Birchwood Albert- 4 opposition efforts on exceeded his authority when he did not ﬁle an appeal or assign sons partially collapses, whether the ﬂoor of the senate

MAIL MAIL special counsel on behalf of the Dept. of Natural Resources. A modest crowd braves the night from snowmelt or general construc- throughout the next legislative session.

to criticize Bellingham City Coun- tion fatigue is unclear. Bellingham 2 11.yy.10 cil’s decision to support surveillance ﬁre crews determine that an approx-

DO IT IT DO cameras at selected intersections and imate 20’ x 10’ section of the roof

MONDAY school zones. Council weathers profes- near the back of the main grocery

10 As if freezing high winds gusting to 60 miles per hour aren’t sional agitator Tim Eyman’s scowls and sales area had sunk approximately

.24. enough, Oak Harbor shivers under a light 3.1-magnitude sneers and approves the ordinance, one foot. The building is cleared

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BEST DEFENSE IS On Sept. 7, a motorist called police after 27 STRONG OFFENSE striking and injuring a seagull in Blaine. On Nov. 9, a driver who’d collected a “Ofﬁcers located the bird and contacted speeding ticket presented a municipal an animal rescue agency to help,” police CLASSIFIEDS court judge with a photo that showed reported. “The seagull was removed from the numbers on the governing speed lim- the roadway by an ofﬁcer, and a rescue it sign had been painted over. A Blaine volunteer took it under her wing.” 24

Police officer followed up and found the FILM sign had indeed been tampered with, ZOMBIES AMONG US and recently. “The fresh white paint was On Oct. 3, a man walked into a hotel 20 still wet,” police reported. ”The driver lobby in the Burlington area and told the paid his fine. Police have a good lead on clerk working there that he had just died || MUSIC who may have defaced the sign.” in a motor vehicle accident. The woman FUNDING for National Public Radio ($164 million) expressed as a percent of the federal budget. Federal and state support makes up about 5.8 percent of NPR’s locked herself in her office and called revenues. 18 ROASTED PEANUTS 911. Deputies tried to get the man to On Nov. 16, Whatcom County fire crews leave, but he refused. He was directed to ART responded to a fire at a Blaine pea- mental-health services. nut butter factory. Officials say flames 16 erupted from the peanut roaster at THE METHOD x STAGE Golden Nut Company, but was mostly On Nov. 16, witnesses reported a man on PORTION of federal support that RANK of killing federal funding contained by fire supression equipment. the corner of Cornwall Avenue and Cham- goes to NPR operations. Local stations for NPR among Republican’s top No injuries and only minor water damage pion Street downtown yelling about drugs carrying NPR do receive some funding legislative goals in early 2011. 14 from the Corporation for Public was reported. and killing people. Bellingham Police of- Broadcasting.

ficers located the man, who explained GET OUT GOING POSTAL he was rehearsing for the title role in an On Nov. 14, Bellingham Police logged upcoming movie he is starring in, titled a number of incidents of mailboxes and ASSHOLE. A check found an outstanding y 12 mail being destroyed along Lakeshore warrant for indecent exposure. The man RANK of Washington in state competitiveness in entrepreneurial, innovation- Drive near Lake Whatcom. More than a told police the script did not call for him and knowledge-based economy. The report uses 26 indicators to assess the states’ WORDS dozen homes had mailboxes and paper to show his private parts. efforts to succeed in innovation. Massachusetts led the group. 8 8 boxes smashed or dented, ripped from their posts, flags torn off, and mail scat- NATURE LOVER tered in the street. On Nov. 12, Bellingham Police searched CURRENTS CURRENTS ~y | CURRENTS Whatcom Falls park for a man who had WHATCOM County’s unemployment PERCENT decline in home prices in FOWL PLAY been seen masturbating near one of the rate, half a percent lower than the Bellingham. Prices have declined 6 In October, Tulalip Tribal Police issued an trails. Police looked but couldn’t find the previous month and last year and about 3 percent nationally as the advisory after several wild turkeys had wanker. significantly below the statewide housing bubble eases. VIEWS average of 9.1 percent. Largest gains wandered into the roadway near Marine came in the public sector, mostly in 4 Drive in Snohomish County, endangering WHEN SIX BECOMES NINE, education. their own lives and those of motorists. At I DON’T MIND MAIL least one bird was reported killed in traf- On Nov. 5, Bellingham Police cited a cou-

ﬁc. In August, tribal members released ple observed guzzling liquor on a street 2

about 170 turkeys into a meadow on downtown. Police observed that the wom- IT DO |z x tribal land. But turkeys aren’t native to an has been cited for the same offense six PERCENT of Republicans who say RANK of the first 10 months of 2010 northwest Washington, and have instead times. Her partner has been cited for the they see no evidence of global climate as the longest consecutive period of 10 turned into wild gangs of feathered fugi- offense nine times. change. Fully 70 percent of tea party the warmest combined land and ocean activists declare there is no evidence. surface temperatures on record. Last .24. tives, tribal police reported. month marked the 14th consecutive 11 AMERICA’S FUTURE October with below-average Arctic Sea On Oct. 31, shortly after dark on Hallow- SENATORS, CTD. ice while Brazil suffers the longest .05 47 een, passing motorists reported seeing On Nov. 5, Blaine Police spoke to a stu- sustained drought in 40 years. # a bird sitting in the middle of a Blaine dent at the high school who was found street. Police responded to clear the road- in possession of a kitchen knife, ciga- way, “but the obstinate owl parked in the rette rolling papers and a tobacco tin ¹xx{ westbound lane refused to leave,” police that smelled of marijuana. The student AMOUNT spent by the state Dept. of Corrections to execute convicted murderer reported. “Officers set up traffic control denied he had had possession of mari- Cal Coburn Brown in September after 17 years on death row, mostly in the form of staffing and wages. Less than two months after he was released from an Oregon around the foul-tempered fowl for a few juana. ”He indicated that his memory CASCADIA WEEKLY minutes, until Hootsie tired of the flashes was foggy about how the knife got into prison, Brown kidnapped a 21-year-old Burien woman at knifepoint, then raped and killed her. from all the cameras and flew off.” his school bag,” police reported. ”No 11 drugs were found to accompany the SOURCES: National Public Radio; Media Matters; 2010 State New Economy Index; On Sept. 5, two youngsters called Blaine odor, and the young man was turned Washington State Dept. of Commerce; Washington State Employment Security Police when they found a young duck tan- back over to the school for administra- Dept.; CoreLogic; Pew Research Center; National Oceanic and Atmospheric gled up in fishing line and feared the bird tive action.” Administration; Dept. of Corrections; Associated Press doit WORDS

34 34 SUN., NOV. 28 MOON CHILD: Local author Nadia Kri-

FOOD lanovich reads from her ﬁrst children’s words book, Moon Child, at 4pm at Village COMMUNITY ›› LECTURES BOOKS Books, 1200 11th St. Entry is free. 27 27 i WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM MON., NOV. 29 OPEN MIC: Story writing instructor Lau-

CLASSIFIEDS rel Leigh will host tonight’s monthly literary minded Open Mic at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. All are welcome to 24 share their written words. i 671-2626 FILM FILM POETRYNIGHT: Read your original verse at poetrynight at 8:30pm at the Amadeus

20 Project, Cornwall Ave. Sign-ups start at 8pm. i WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG MUSIC BY AMY KEPFERLE TUES., NOV. 30

18 MILLENIUM DISCUSSION: If you’re an enthusiast of Steig Larsoon’s Millenium ART ART Holiday Bookshelf trilogy, meet with other fans and learn more about the author’s life at 6:30pm

16 at the Burlington Public Library, 820 E. SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE Washington Ave. A documentary about

STAGE STAGE the deceased Swedish wordsmith will start the evening’s lineup. GIFT GUIDES are a dime a dozen, but if you’re looking for in an attempt to explain i (360) 755-0760 14 something a little different for someone a little different this holiday the human condition—a WED., DEC. 1 season, we’ve got a few suggestions for you. A tip: If you don’t want series of quizzes and es- BOOK SALE #1: A huge selection of books

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VIEWS VIEWS 11-year-old murder involving a TATTOOS & TEQUILA, BY VINCE NEIL magazine—an undergraduate-run literary and arts publication—will share former state trooper who died in WITH MIKE SAGER

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2 tempts to bring justice to light. Sweet Jesus, yes. You’lll And, as Rule has proven countless ﬁnd all that—and a whole COMMUNITY DO IT IT DO

times before, she’s got the moxie lot more—in Vince Neil’s WED., NOV. 24 to find out what really happened naughty autobiography, TOYS FOR TOTS: Drop by all Haggen 10 to the pioneering Washington Tattoos & Tequila: To Helll stores through Dec. 4 as part of the .24. annual “Toys for Tots” campaign. Bring 11 State trooper. Was it a suicide, as and Back with One of Rock’s new, unwrapped toys, which will be dis- Reynolds’ soon-to-be-ex-husband Most Notorious Frontman. tributed to needy children by local non- .05 posited, or a ghastly murder? If “Forgive me if it’s a bit profits. 47 # you know the answer, the reward is currently more than $30,000. You hard for me to slice open i WWW.HAGGEN.COM can buy a lot of books with that. Ann Rule will be the featured guest a vein and let my blood SAT., NOV. 27 Mon., Nov. 29, at Village Books’ Chuckanut Radio Hour. run red all over this page BELLINGHAM MARKET: Purchase and for you,” the Motley Crue musician writes in the peruse local fruit and veggies and ar- BEATLEOLOGY, BY ADAM AND ROGER JAQUETTE intro. “I’ll fight you or fuck you, but chances are tistic offerings at the Bellingham Farm- Adams Media, 2009 I’ll be hard pressed to sit there and talk to you.” ers Market from 10am-3pm at the Depot Market Square at the corner of Railroad

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20 “Freshies,” “Gnar Gnar,” “Pow-Pow”—call rearview they were still there, gleaming it what you will, but snow is the answer. high and bright through the setting sun— MUSIC Snow is The Way. my own personal hoar frost for all to see. When I think of those billions upon bil- Anxiety gripped me. Wind chills of repul- 18 lions of conglomerated ice crystals it takes sion shuddered through me. Bowing closer ART ART to fill up all the gullies and lay the boulder into the rearview, I began sifting methodi- fields safely asunder, I thank the good lord cally with my fingers, counting each of- 16 above for each and every one. fending sprig as I went. This year, however, I find myself grappling The tally reached 34 before the sudden, STAGE STAGE with the untimely arrival of a far more dif- violent shaking of my car alerted me to ficult type of winter—a season of snowfall the fact that my passenger-side tires had 14 14 that, while certainly no less prolific, has veered over the rumble strip within kissing proven to be resoundingly less fun. distance of the guardrail. GET OUT GET OUT Without looking, I veered hard left. Headlights flashed. A mighty horn blared. I watched in horror as an enormous trac- 12 I HAPPENED TO tor trailer full of flattened cardboard came roaring past me so hard that the cushion of WORDS GLANCE UP INTO THE displaced air it generated nearly blew me straight into the Clark Fork. 8 REARVIEW MIRROR AND Nerves frazzled, I managed to limp all NOTICED A FAINT, YET the way into Butte, where I just barely managed to rejuvenate myself with a ther- CURRENTS CURRENTS CLEARLY DISCERNIBLE, apeutic dose of chicken fried steak and

6 happy hour cocktails at a favorite local SPRINKLING OF GRAY truck stop.

VIEWS VIEWS Although many wise and woolly people HAIR GLINTING AMONG there tried their best to convince me even 4 MY SHAGGY BROWN the avalanche on my scalp was hardly any-

MAIL MAIL thing worth worrying about, the ﬁrst thing I did once I ﬁnally reached my assigned

MANE. 2 quarters at the Forest Service compound in Wyoming was spend half an hour straining DO IT IT DO

in front of my bathroom mirror de-winter- izing with tweezers and giving myself a 10 number three. .24.

11 The ﬁrst wave of frosty follicles hit me The subterfuge proved effective, but not back in late May. completely failsafe.

.05 BY TRAIL RAT I was driving eastbound on I-90 en Two days later, while bucking windfall 47 # route to my summer trail crew job in the off the Little Bighorn River trail beneath Big Horn National Forest when I happened the hot, blistering sun, the youngest, most to glance up into the rearview mirror and brazen member of our crew poked his fin- Early Winter noticed a faint, yet clearly discernible, gers right into my beard. sprinkling of gray hair glinting among my “Better get yourself a shovel,” he COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE HARDEST SEASON shaggy brown mane. smirked. “Looks like winter’s coming early for you this year.” CASCADIA WEEKLY “No!” I screamed. “It can’t be! Not al- SPRING IS certainly necessary. And summer is a blessing indeed. Pretty ready!” I brushed him off, pretended it didn’t 14 hard to diss on meandering through fall’s luminous color cornucopia as well. I struggled with denial. I told myself it matter. But the first thing I did when I got But I’ve always looked forward to winter the most. was just another road-induced hallucina- back to the compound was run straight to Once the days shorten and dreary darkness closes in, nothing sets my spirit tion. I shook my head vigorously and tried the mirror for a look. soaring quite like being able to submerge myself into obscene quantities of to rub my eyes clear. The whippersnapper was right. Jack Frost deep, fluffy white stuff up in the mountains. But when I looked back up into the had come nipping on my chin. doit :QOP\[ OOQVO *ZI 34 I\M QVM ;\ M4 FOOD V

The BANFF Mountain Film Festival makes a in Lynden, WA 24 stop in Bellingham Nov. 30 at the Mount Watch the Cougs vs the Dawgs Baker Theatre Saturday December 4th at 4pm in Club 542 FILM SAT., NOV. 27 20 DONUT RIDE: Join the Mt. Baker Bike Club for its weekly “Donut Ride” starting at 7:30am at Kulshan Cycles, 100 E. Chestnut St. Free Live Music MUSIC The ride ranges from 25 to 50 miles, and you

must be prepared for a race pace. The outing 18 happens rain, shine or snow, so be prepared Every Saturday for the elements. This Week See TONY AND THE TIGERS Starting At 9pm ART i WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG Plus Every Thursday The Colonel and DoubleshotDoubleshot

WALKING CLUB: Cindy Paffumi, a former na- AndAnAndEvd Everye y FridayFridridayy DJ RoyBoy RoyBy oyy 16 tional-class race walker, leads Fairhaven Walk-

ing Club excursions most Saturdays starting at STAGE 8am at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. i 319-3350 OR WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM 14 WREATH CLASS: Leave with one of your 14 own at a Holiday Wreath Making class starting at 9am at the Garden Spot, 900 Alabama GET OUT GET OUT St. Cost is $35 and includes all materials. WWW.NOOKSACKCASINOS.COM i 676-5480 5 5 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! WWW.TWITTER.COM/NOOKSACKRCASINO

SALMON TOUR: Fish surveyor and wildlife writer 12 Doug Huddle will lead a “Nooksack Fall Salmon Tour” starting at 10am at Whatcom Land Trust properties in Deming. Suggested donation is WORDS $5-$10, and registration is necessary.

i 605-9470 OR WWW.WHATCOMLANDTRUST.ORG 8 SUN., NOV. 28 FAIRHAVEN RIDE: Meet up with folks from Fairhaven Bike & Ski for a weekly race-pace CURRENTS ride at 8am at the Fairhaven Village Green. 6 i 733-4433 OR WWW.FAIRHAVENBIKE.COM

TUES., NOV. 30 La Conner VIEWS TUNING BASICS: “Ski and Snowboard Tun- November 19th, 7:30 pm ing Basics” will be the focus at a clinic start- Maple Hall, 108 Commercial St. 4 ing at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Entry is free, Lynden but you’ll need to register in advance. November 26th, 7:00 pm MAIL i 647-8955 Lynden Christian School

Blaine 2 ALL-PACES RUN: A weekly All Paces Run December 3rd, 7:30 pm begins at 6pm every Tuesday at Fairhaven

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Runners, 1209 11th St. The event, which is Mt. Vernon led by store staff and volunteers, takes key December 4th, 7:00 pm routes by the water or through the woods. Bethany Covenant Church 10

Entry is free. Langley .24.

i WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM December 13th, 7:30 pm 11 Whidbey Island Center for the Performing Arts BANFF FEST: Films about river rafting, Oak Harbor mountain climbing, skiing, snowboarding and December 14th, 7:30 pm .05 47 more can be seen at the BANFF Mountain Film First United Methodist Church # Festival screening at 7pm at the Mount Baker Bellingham Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. The event will December 17th, 7:30 pm also feature a prize giveaway. Tickets are $6 First Congregational Church for WWU students, $9 general. Leavenworth i 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM December 19th, 2 pm | Enzian Inn December 19th, 7:30 pm WED., DEC. 1 Canyon Wren Recital Hall, Icicle Creek Music Center

GROUP RIDE: The Mt. Baker Bike Club hosts CASCADIA WEEKLY a Group Ride starting every Wednesday at For ticket information and directions 6pm at Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Rail- please visit us at www. noelharp.com 15 road Ave. Be prepared to ride for 30 miles or call 360-305-7136. at a race/training pace, and regroup at the brewery following the excursion. i WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG doit STAGE

NOV. 24-28 34 34 BIG: See what happens when a frustrated adolescent turns into a FOOD g 30-year-old man when the Theatre sta e Arts Guild offers up Big: The Musi-

27 27 THEATER ›› DANCE ›› PROFILES cal at 7:30pm Wed., Fri., and Sat. and 2pm Sun. at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way. Tickets are $10-$35. i WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG CLASSIFIEDS NOV. 26-27

24 VARIETY SHOW: One-act plays, live music, comedy sketches and

FILM FILM more will be part of a Fall Variety BY AMY KEPFERLE Show at 7pm Fri. and 2pm Sun. at Mount Vernon Christian High

20 School, 820 W. Blackburn Rd. Sug- gested minimum donation is $5. MUSIC General Tso i (360) 424-9157 ALWAYS PATSY CLINE: The musical play, Always…Patsy Cline, 18 MORE THAN JUST A CHICKEN DISH opens this weekend with 6:30pm

ART ART performances at Mount Vernon’s the ﬁrst place was to provide a place for disparate RiverBelle Dinner Theatre, 100 E. 16

16 Montgomery St. Tickets are $20- performers to gather in one place. With a host (or $40 and additional showings take hosts, as was the case last Thursday) leading the place through Dec. 18. STAGE STAGE STAGE STAGE way to provide anecdotal banter between acts, i WWW.RIVERBELLEDINNERTHEATRE. just about anything can, and does, happen. COM

14 “Think Letterman meets vaudeville meets MIXED BAG: Show up for “Direc- Bellingham,” Grobe says. “I have been per- tor’s Cut” at 8pm at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm,

GET OUT forming around town and seeing a lot of oth- anything goes during “Games Ga- er very talented people who are doing shows lore” performances. Entry is $8- all over, and I wanted a place for a circus $10. 12 performer to share a stage with a stand- i 733-8855 OR up comedian and a made-up character and WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM WORDS a dancer. Also, I feel General Tso deserves CODY RIVERS SHOW: The brand- spanking-new Cody Rivers Show to have more named after him than just a

8 offering, “Just Regular Hungry,” chicken dish.” opens this weekend with 8pm “Heavenly hedonistic holiday action” is on the showings Fri.-Sat. at the iDiOM bill for the next show in December, but a sam- Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. Tick- CURRENTS CURRENTS pling of this month’s lineup included everything ets are $10, and additional performances happen every Thurs.-Sat. 6 from a game dubbed “Name That Twitter,” to an through Dec. 18. interview with an odd couple selling “Precious i WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM

VIEWS VIEWS Moments” ﬁgurines, to standup, to a “Masters of Yo’ Mama Jokes” smackdown, a song-and-snark NOV. 26-28 4 KRISSA WOIWOD AS DOTTIE PARTRIDGE GREASE: Advanced drama stu- performance by Dottie dents present their fall play,

MAIL MAIL Partridge and the Right Grease, starting this weekend with “BE THERE or else an elf gets castrated,” read last week’s Face- Meow Trio, and a com- 7:30pm shows Fri.-Sat. and a 2pm

2 book invitation. This was the ﬁrst clue that General Tso’s Comedy Hour, an edy panel who posited Sunday matinee at Bellingham amalgamation of local performers that congregates at the late-night show on questions like this: High School, 2020 Cornwall Ave. DO IT IT DO Tickets to see the song-and-dance at Bellingham’s Upfront Theatre once a month, wasn’t going to be, um, “Would you rather smell spectacular are $8, and additional family friendly. like crap 24/7 or have no showings happen through Dec. 5. 10 “As far as a rating goes, I think we shoot for R and slip into NC-17 from time hands?” (For the record, i 676-6575 .24.

11 to time,” organizer and player Morgan Grobe says. “But any age can come in. most of them opted to PRELUDE TO A KISS: View a su- I’m not encouraging super-young kids to come, but if they can convince their ATTEND live without their digits.) pernatural test of love in action when Prelude to a Kiss shows at .05 parents to let them come, then by all means we will perform for you and you WHAT: General Tso’s Basically, Grobe says,

47 8pm Fri.-Sat. and 2pm Sun. at the # may learn something that is totally inappropriate.” Comedy Show people should come to WHEN: 10pm Thurs., Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 If you’ve been to the Upfront for any of its Thursday, Friday, or Saturday Dec. 16 the show because they are H St. Tickets are $8-$12 and ad- shows, you’re likely aware that improvisational comedy is typically the name of WHERE: Upfront The- feeling adventurous. ditional performances take place the game and the rotating roster of mainstage performers make up the bulk of atre, 1208 Bay St. “Bellingham has a ton through Dec. 12. i those jousting for stage time. At General Tso’s, however, four bucks will allow COST: $4 of different scenes,” he WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD. COM you access to everything from sketch to burlesque, live music, circus acts and, INFO: 733-8855 or adds, “and it’s my hope www.theupfront.com CHRISTMAS SCHOONER: View

CASCADIA WEEKLY as Grobe notes, “that which cannot be deﬁned.” that this show will give the story of a turn-of-the-century Additionally, those under the spotlights aren’t just relegated to the per- people a place to come shipping captain who peddles 16 formers whose pictures line the wall in the hallway leading into the theater. and see a smattering of all these scenes. Also Christmas trees when The Christmas The night my posse showed up, Rashawn Scott (she of “Bellingham State of they should come because it’s cheap, and Schooner shows at 7:30pm Fri.-Sat. Mind” fame), all-things-theater goddess Krissa Woiwod, Alice Despopoulos, funny and daring. I have no way of knowing and 2pm Sun. at Lynden’s Claire Vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St. and string slinger Anna Arvan were also among those on the lineup. this, but I’m going to say it’s the best $4 dol- Tickets are $10-$12 and additional That’s par for the course, as Grobe says the reason he started General Tso’s in lar show in the world.” doit Get your Growlers & Have your Party at Chuckanut!! showings happen through Dec. 5. Closed Thanksgiving Open Regular Hours Fri Nov 26 i WWW.CLAIREVGTTHEATRE.ORG Mon $3 Pints/ Tues Kolsch Nite $1.50 MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: Will 34 34 the real Santa please stand up? HoPPy HOUR Sun-Thurs 4-6pm in Bar Find out who’s who when Miracle FOOD on 34th Street: A Comedy with Mu- sic opens this weekend with shows

at 8pm Fri.-Sat. and 2pm Sun. at 27 the Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave. Tickets are $16 and additional showings occur through

Dec. 18. CLASSIFIEDS i WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM

SAT., NOV. 27 24 CIRCUS IS BANANAS: Members

of the Bellingham Circus Guild and FILM the Banunky Fun Force present “Circus is Bananas!” at 11pm at the iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. 20 Entry at the door will be $5.

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COMEDY NIGHT: The weekly Com- ART edy Night begins at 8pm at the Fairhaven Pub & Martini Bar, 1114 16 16 Harris Ave. Tickets are $15. i WWW.FAIRHAVENPUB.COM STAGE STAGE STAGE STAGE TUES., NOV. 30 LAST COMIC STANDING: A “WWU’s Last Comic Standing” com- 14 petition happens at 7pm at West- ern’s Viking Union Multipurpose GET OUT Room. The winner of tonight’s silly smackdown will perform with the Upright Citizens Brigade Dec. 2. 12 Tickets are $2-$3. i 650-6146 WORDS WED., DEC. 1 INTRO TO IMPROV: Sheila Gold- 8 smith leads a free introductory improv class from 7-9pm at Improv Playworks, 302 W. Illinois St.

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THURS., DEC. 2 6 UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE:

Chicago’s sketch-improv comedy VIEWS group, the Upright Citizens Bri-

gade, performs at 7pm at WWU’s 4 Viking Union Multipurpose Room. Tickets are $5-$7. Catch Órla Fallon LIVE in studio! MAIL i 650-6146

2 KBTC welcomes Órla Fallon back to the

northwest! Órla Fallon’s Celtic Christmas IT DO DANCE premieres Saturday, November 27, and features guest appearances by Órla’s

SAT., NOV. 27 10 former Celtic Woman band mate, CONTRA DANCE: Show up for

Méav, 2008 American Idol runner- .24. Open Band Night at the bimonthly up, David Archuleta, and country 11 Contra Dance happening from 7:30- singer Mark Wills. Méav’s 10:30pm at the Fairhaven Library, appearance marks the first time 1117 12th St. Entry is $8-$10. .05 she and Órla have performed 47 i WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE. together since their days in Celtic # ORG Woman. Órla also reunites with Anúna, the original choir from DEC. 3-4 Riverdance who Órla sang with FALL INTO DANCE: The creativ- prior to Celtic Woman. ity and talents of Western Wash- ington University’s dance majors Órla Fallon’s Celtic Christmas and minors will be highlighted at beginning November 27 at 7 pm “Fall Into Dance” performances at CASCADIA WEEKLY 7:30pm at the Performing Arts Cen- 17 ter Mainstage. Tickets are $8-$11. i 650-6146 OR WWW.WWU.EDU

KBTC is a service of Bates Technical College doit UPCOMING EVENTS

FRI., NOV. 26 34 34 COUNTRY CHRISTMAS: The 12th annual “Christmas in the Country” craft show takes FOOD place from 10am-5pm at Blaine’s Wood-n- visual Stitches, 7459 Blaine Rd. Entry is free. i 27 27 GALLERIES ›› OPENINGS ›› PROFILES 371-2841 NOV. 26-27 KALE HOUSE ART: Quilts, mixed-media works and a whole lot more will be on perusal CLASSIFIEDS and up for sale from 10am-4pm Sat.-Sun. as part of the Kale House Art Show and Sale at

24 the bed and breakfast at 201 Kale St., Ever- son.

FILM FILM i 966-7027 BY AMY KEPFERLE NOV. 26-28

20 FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: From 10am-6pm every Wed.-Sun. through Christmas Eve, attend the 31st annual Allied Arts Holiday Fes- MUSIC Wintry Walkabout tival of the Arts at 3548 Meridian St. (south of Bellis Fair). Live music, art demos and more 18 18 18 FEELING FESTIVE IN FAIRHAVEN will be part of the fun. Entry is free. ART ART ART ART i WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG MADE IN THE NW: A Holiday Festival dubbed a literary browse, stretch my legs “Made in the Northwest” will feature pottery, 16 with a quick trot to the Cruise Ter- ﬁne art, photos, wood carvings and much minal or peruse artistic offerings more from 10am-6pm every Fri.-Sun. through STAGE STAGE at places such as Good Earth Pot- Dec. 12 at Cordata Place, 4151 Meridian St. i tery and Artwood. [email protected] 14 These days, although I appreci- SAT., NOV. 27 ate having room to breathe, I still BEN MANN OPEN HOUSE: Bellingham art- ATTEND ist Ben Mann will host a Holiday Open Studio

GET OUT enjoy a visit to Dirty Dan’s stomp- WHAT: Historic ing grounds on occasion. And with from 10am-4pm at his space at 1000 Harris Fairhaven Holiday Ave, #18 (on the third ﬂoor). The studio will Walk About the holidays careening around the be open every Saturday through Dec. 18. 12 WHEN: 5-9pm Nov. corner, now might be the right i WW.MANN-AIVE.COM 26-27 time to schedule a few hours to HOLIDAY FETE: Artwork by a variety of

WORDS WHERE: Fairhaven’s reacquaint myself with the his- creative types—Jaime Ellsworth, Tom Small, historic district toric hangout. Robin and John Gumaelius, Lexi Bec, and

8 COST: Entry is free others—can be viewed at an opening recep- INFO: 303-2682 or This weekend will be a good place tion for the 25th annual “Holiday Fete” today www.fairhaven.com to start. As part of the district’s an- from 11am-6pm at Friday Harbor’s Water- nual Holiday Walk About, set to take works Gallery, 315 Argyle St. The works can CURRENTS CURRENTS place in the evening hours both Friday and Saturday, Nov. be viewed through Jan. 25.

6 26-27, there’ll be a cornucopia of happenings designed to i WWW.WATERWORKSGALLERY.COM show off the waterfront locale. RED BOOTS SHOW: Attend the Red Boots Design Trunk Show from 5-8pm at the Paper- VIEWS VIEWS While some things have stayed the same in the half- doll, 312 W. Champion St. The local screen- decade since I worked in Fairhaven, others have changed.

4 print company will feature newly designed Sure, I can still pop into my old haunts, but there’s now home décor, clothing and accessories.

MAIL MAIL even more to see. i WWW.THEPAPEDOLL.NET For example, the longtime creative collective known as

2 TUES., NOV. 30 the Whatcom Art Guild now, every weekend, opens up a CRAFTS & COCKTAILS: Materials will be in- space in the Waldron building to show off the wares of its DO IT IT DO cluded at tonight’s “Craft & Cocktails” gath-

many members. As part of the Holiday Walk About, 22 lo- ering from 5-8pm at the Temple Bar, 306 W. cal artists and crafters will take part in showing off recent Champion St. In addition to drink specials, 10 works for perusal and purchase. there’ll be a Paperdoll Pop-Up shop, mustache .24. ornament making, felt slippers, a DJ, decora-

11 Other new items of note: Yvette Neumann will display PAINTING MANN BEN BY tions by local crafters and more. Tickets are her geometric, abstract pieces at Flats Wine & Tapas res- $15.

.05 WHEN THE newspaper you’re holding in your hands was first taurant. On Friday night, painter Ben Mann—whose studio i 676-8660 47 # getting off the ground more than five years ago, our staff would space abutted ours back in the day—will be demonstrating WED., DEC. 1 meet every Tuesday at a bathroom-sized office in Fairhaven’s historic his talents at A Lot of Flowers. At Paws Awhile, pet paint- DECORATING TIPS: Join the Birchwood Morgan Block Building to put that week’s issue to bed. ings created by Fiona Starr will be on display. Honestly, Garden Club for a talk about Christmas tree Though our crew was relatively small at the time—three editors, a with dozens of galleries, restaurants and businesses par- decorating by Mary Etta Foster and Mark graphic designer and a couple salespeople who’d stick their heads in ticipating, the list goes on (and on). Turner at 7pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121 the door every so often to check on our progress—we filled every Art, of course, won’t be the only reason to make your Prospect St. i WWW.BIRCHWOODGARDENCLUB.ORG.

CASCADIA WEEKLY available nook and cranny of the diminutive space. way south this weekend. The season’s the reason for the Although our close quarters didn’t last long—we soon moved to shindig, and you can expect to get in the spirit after THURS., DEC. 2 18 roomier downtown digs—I loved the time we spent on the southside an evening spent waking in the chill among illuminated NEW DEAL TOUR: Western Gallery curator (and it wasn’t just because of the free parking). Christmas lights and community-minded camaraderie. Sarah Clark-Langager will lead a slideshow and tour of Whatcom Museum’s “1934: A New In between editing sessions, I’d grab lunch from any number of After all, there’s nothing better than coming in from Deal for Artists” exhibit at 12:30pm at the nearby restaurants (Jacci’s Fish & Chips was my favorite, but a burger the cold to places ready to welcome you with you open Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora St. A $3 fee at Win’s was a close second), poke my head into Village Books for arms—and, if you’re lucky, a hot toddy. doit includes admission. at Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. i WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG i WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM

MINDPORT: “Material World,” a collection of 34 34 recent works by the Island Quilters, can be ONGOING EXHIBITS seen through December at Mindport Exhibits, FOOD 210 W. Holly St. ALLIED ARTS: “Lay of the Land,” a show The Best Choice for Immediate Medical Care featuring works by John D’Onofrio, Jeff Linde- i WWW.MINDPORT.ORG man, Lisa McShane, and Vikki Jackson, can be MONA: “Thomas T. Wilson: a Survey,” Karen ➲ 27 viewed through Nov. 27 at Allied Arts, 1418 Willenbrink-Johnsen’s “A Journey in Glass,” 7 Days a Week No Appointment Necessary Cornwall Ave. and “Guy Anderson and Other Friends: The Paul Board Certified M.D.’s on Staff i WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG I. Gingrich, Jr. Collection” will show through

➲ CLASSIFIEDS ANCHOR ART SPACE: “Four Friends: New Jan. 2 at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, Flu & Other Immunizations Work” shows through Nov. 27 at Anacortes’ An- 121 S. First St. ➲ Injury & Illness Treatment chor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave. i WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG ➲ Lab & X-Ray Available 24 i WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG OLD WORLD: Sheana Sisselman’s “Motor Oil” ➲ Mammography & Ultrasound Available series—created mostly with recycled mate- ➲ Occupational Health Care

BELLINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM: The mu- FILM seum is open to the public from noon-5pm rials—can be seen through November at Old ➲ School, Sports & DOT Physicals Tues. and Thurs.-Sat. at 1320 Commercial St. World Deli, 1228 N. State St. ➲ Travel Consultations i 393-7540 i [email protected] ➲ Work-Related Injuries 20 BLUE HORSE: View “The B.E.S.T. of First PAPERDOLL: “Culinary Kinship,” a new collec- Northwest Ave. Clinic Squalicum Parkway Patients:

Nations: Expressions of Beauty, Eloquence, tion by Jill Bliss, can be perused through Dec. 4029 Northwest Ave. Please See Us at Our New Location MUSIC Strength, Tenacity” and “PAPO: Plein Air Paint 2 at the Paperdoll, 312 W. Champion St. One block north of Jerry Chambers Chevrolet Out” through Nov. 26 at the Blue Horse Gallery, i WWW.THEPAPERDOLL.COM 18 18 (360) 734-2330 Urgent Care for Medicare & DSHS Patients Welcome 18 301 W. Holly St. QUILT MUSEUM: Peruse the exhibits “Double ART ART i WWW.BLUEHORSEGALLERY.COM Take” and “Constructed Inquiries: Tapestries” ART CEDAR WORKS: View and purchase a variety through Dec. 31 at the La Conner Quilt & Tex- tile Museum, 703 S. 2nd St. of Native American art from 10am-6pm Wed.- 16 Sat. at the Cedar Works Art Gallery, 217 Holly i WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM St. SKAGIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: “The Way STAGE STAGE i 647-6933 We Played: Early Skagit Recreation” can be COLOPHON: Pieces by painters Ann Wallace seen through July, 2011, at La Conner’s Skagit and Janet Bergstrom can be viewed through County Historical Museum, 501 4th St. 14 November at the Colophon Café, 1208 11th St. i (360) 466-3365 i WWW.COLOPHONCAFE.COM SMITH & VALLEE: Works by Cynthia Camlin GET OUT DIGS: “Objects I Have Known and Loved,” a and Lummi Island sculptor Michael Oppen- collection of fabric creations by Mackenzie heimer can be viewed through Nov. 28 at Edi- Boetes, can be viewed through November at son’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. 12 DIGS, 113 W. Holly St. i WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM i WWW.DIGSSHOWROOM.COM VIKING GALLERY: “Warhorse: Wise to Ways”

FOURTH CORNER: Rob Vetter’s plein-air can be seen through Dec. 3 at WWU’s Viking WORDS oil paintings, “The Parks, Revisited,” will be Union Gallery. on display through Dec. 31 at Fourth Corner i 650-6503 8 Frames and Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. WESTERN GALLERY: “Spellbound: Selections i 734-1340 from the Lehmann African Art Collection” shows HONEY: “Split Endings; Art by Karen Frances” through Nov. 24 at WWU’s Western Gallery. CURRENTS CURRENTS can be viewed until Dec. 1 at Honey Salon, 310 i 650-3963

W. Holly St. WHATCOM ART GUILD: From 10am-6pm every 6 i WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM Friday through Sunday, stop by the Whatcom Art Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Waldron FOG: View a variety of works by noted artists VIEWS at the new Fairhaven Originals Gallery, 960 Building, 1314 12th St. i WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG Harris Ave. 4 i WWW.BELLINGHAMFOG.COM WHATCOM MUSEUM: “1934: A New Deal for Art-

GALLERY CYGNUS: “Adornment”—a wearable ists,” “Shifting Views of Space and Place: Col- MAIL art show—can be viewed through Dec. 24 at La lection Selections/One” and “Outside the Home:

Conner’s Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial St. Photographs of Women in the Workplace” can 2 i (360) 333-0724 currently be viewed at the Whatcom Museum. DO IT IT DO

i WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG GOOD EARTH POTTERY: Lonnie Schang’s “Comedy in Clay” will be highlighted through WORKS ON CANVAS: Bellingham photogra-

November at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris pher Jeanne McGee’s “The Art of Movement” 10 shows through Nov. 27 at Works on Canvas Gal- Ave. .24. i WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM lery, 301 W. Holly St. S 11 i WWW.ARTOFPHOTOGRAPHY.COM LITTLE GALLERY: New works by Lanny Little can be viewed until Nov. 27 at the Little Gal- .05 47 lery, 1220 Bay St. # i 647-5675 LOOMIS HALL: Brian Major’s “Perceptions in Painting” shows through December at Blaine’s Loomis Hall Gallery, 288 Martin St. i WWW.LOOMISHALLGALLERY.COM LUCKY MONKEY: Kat Houseman’s “State of Parrots” oil paintings can be viewed through CASCADIA WEEKLY Dec. 1 in the lobby of the Lucky Monkey, 114 W. Magnolia St. 19 i 392-2819 LUCIA DOUGLAS: View works by iconic View Bellingham photographer Jeanne Mc- Northwest painter Clayton James, landscape Gee’s “The Art of Movement” exhibit through artist Paul Havas and Jim Orvik until Nov. 29 Nov. 27 at Works on Canvas Gallery Rumor Has It

34 34 HOLY COLD SNAP, Bellingham. I was hoping by the time I got around to writing this, the bitter FOOD cold that has pretty much all of western Wash- ington in its grip would’ve abated. But, no such

27 27 music luck. While I know the temptation to hunker SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT down with blankets, all manner of hot beverages and whatever else passes for homebound entertainment in your world is stronger than ever, CLASSIFIEDS resist. We are, after all, hardy people. And the show goes on, all over town, in spite of whatev- 24 er weather the capricious mood swings of that BY CAREY ROSS

FILM FILM cruel mistress, Mother Nature, might bring us. Speaking of the show going on, as you may have noticed—should’ve noticed, really—Nov. 18 20 20 came and went, and the Green Frog remains still Put Away the Leftovers open. If you’ll recall, owner James Hardesty set MUSIC MUSIC that as the date for possible closure due to finan- THERE’S MUSIC ON THE MENU cial difficulties before scheduling a benefit and 18 sending out one last call for support from friends ART ART concert in 2007 at London’s O2 Arena. and fans in the music community. While the bene- Indeed, it was that show that gave fit, which took place at 16 Jason the inspiration for his Experience, the Wild Buffalo, didn’t and it’s an idea he pursued after plans raise enough scratch STAGE STAGE for a full-fledged Led Zeppelin tour (with to keep him financially Jason drumming in place of his late fa- solvent into perpe-

14 ther) fell through. And lest you think the tuity, the additional Led Zeppelin Experience goes against the cash—not to mention

GET OUT wishes of the band itself, singer Robert the increased custom- Plant has gone on the record endorsing er load his plea helped the project, saying, “There’s nobody that generate—helped him

12 BY CAREY ROSS can play the songs like Jason.” get over the immedi- If you’re after some holiday sounds ate hump, which was enough to keep his doors WORDS that are more seasonally appropriate— open. However, lest you think you can take your as in, more “Jingle Bell Rock” than drinking business elsewhere, it should be known 8 “Rock and Roll”—perhaps a little sea- that it is continued and constant support that sonal swinging is in order. No, I’m not will ensure we always have a Green Frog as part of talking about doing anything naughty, our downtown musical destinations. For his part, CURRENTS CURRENTS instead I’m suggesting you hit up the Hardesty is making some changes, not the least

6 Baker again Wed., Dec. 1 for Big Bad of which is scheduling fewer shows, as hosting Voodoo Daddy’s Wild and Swingin’ music seven nights a week proved to be an un- BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY VIEWS VIEWS Holiday Party. These kings of swing, tenable business strategy. You will, however, still who hail from sunny southern Cali- get to see live music there at least three nights a 4 IT’S NOT hyperbole to say that the post- fornia, have put together a holiday week, which isn’t a bad arrangement in the least.

MAIL MAIL Thanksgiving musical landscape around these show crammed full of tunes both tra- And, because Hardesty decided to keep his doors parts often looks like a vast wasteland. ditional—“Jingle Bells” and “We Three open, Big Sur’s annual post-Thanksgiving show

2 Luckily, the folks at the Mount Baker Theatre Kings”—and original—“Zat You Santa (Fri., Nov. 27) at the Green Frog will once again have taken it upon themselves to solve the problem Claus” and “Rock-A-Billy Christmas”— take place, which I’m sure has everyone who has DO IT IT DO

of the post-T-Day entertainment equation, with a sure to please audiences of all ages and come to count on this tradition heaving a sigh of pair of shows that will give you more than enough persuasions. relief. If the post-Thanksgiving show is still a go, 10 reason (or excuse) to ﬂee the familial nest. Renowned for their swingin’ style can drunken caroling be far behind?

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11 The ﬁrst, which takes place Sun., Nov. 28 comes WHAT: Jason and memorable performances, this In other news of local venues, rumors have courtesy of the scion of a rock legend and the hom- Bonham’s Led Zeppelin seven-man group, complete with zoot reached a fever pitch as to possible whatdoings Experience .05 age he’s painstakingly put together to honor his fa- suits and Rat Pack lingo, helped usher at the former Plan B space on State Street. Word

47 WHEN: 7:30pm Sun., # mous father. The man is Jason Bonham—son of Led Nov. 28 in a swing-music revival during the on the street suggests lease negotiations may be Zeppelin drummer John Bonham—and the show is COST: $27-$145 early ’90s, and continue to be some in progress, and good things are in store. Here’s Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience. While ------of the most visible purveyors of this what I’m at liberty to divulge: Yes, the new busi- gloriﬁed cover bands anchored by a well-known WHAT: Big Bad Voodoo distinctive sound—and the era that ness will be a music venue. Yes, the music venue name are hardly a rarity in the music business, Daddy’s Wild and spawned it. will play host to music of the live, local and loud Swingin’ Holiday Party the Led Zeppelin Experience is something else al- WHEN: 7:30pm Wed., While it may be tempting to hunker variety. Yes, the sound issues that so plagued Plan B and contributed to its demise are being dealt CASCADIA WEEKLY together. Rather, it’s a full-ﬂedged tribute show, Dec. 1 down indoors with a turkey sandwich featuring not only a band that plays all the hits, COST: $20-$42 in one hand and a mug of spiked egg- with in a professional and (hopefully) permanent 20 but also a multimedia experience with lights, in- WHERE: Mount nog in the other, you’re going to have manner. No word yet on an opening date (as this terviews, archival footage and more. And, whether Baker Theatre, 104 N. to emerge and face the world some- is all currently stuff of gossip and conjecture), but Commercial St. it be through nature or nurture, Jason is an ac- MORE INFO: www. time. And when you do, letting your- if all goes as I would like it to, you’ll be able to bel- complished drummer in his own right, and has even mountbakertheatre. self be lured to the Baker is not a bad ly up to the bar and plant yourself in front of the taken the stage with the Zep, most recently for a com way to celebrate the season. stage while 2011 is still in its infancy. KICK-OFF THE HOLIDAYS IN musicEvents HISTORIC DOWNTOWN FRI., NOV. 26 MOUNT VERNON NOEL: Celtic and classical music will be on at the annual the lineup when the Noel ensemble presents 34 “The Magic of Christmas” at 7pm at Lynden

Christian High School, 515 Drayton St. Tickets FOOD are $9-$14. PRESENTED BY: i WWW.NOELHARP.COM +PMIX 27 27

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.05 unlikely world of pharmaceutical sales, Love & Other Drugs is until he lands a sales position at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. ed rendering of her character’s symptoms, 47 # snappy, saucy and, like any overzealous product-pusher, rather It’s 1996, and the screenplay amusingly sketches the mass which appear to manifest themselves only too eager to please. Notable for its barbed portrait of how doc- commercialization of the drug industry, as Jamie and hundreds when most convenient for the narrative. tors and drug companies do business, as well as an uncommon of other aspiring reps are trained to pitch products like Zoloft Crucially, the actress makes Maggie a vi- degree of sexual candor for a mainstream picture, this smartly to doctors, some of whom require more persuasion than others. vacious presence, the sheer force of her packaged item otherwise hews closely to genre prescriptions. With his eye on a coveted Pfizer post in Chicago, Jamie is not spirit serving as a rebuke to her physical Loosely adapted from Jamie Reidy’s humorous memoir, Hard above seducing a clinic receptionist (Judy Greer), sabotaging setbacks and countering the film’s gener- ally insulting view of women (who fall into CASCADIA WEEKLY Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman, Love & Other Drugs a Prozac-peddling rival (Gabriel Macht) or resorting to other qualifies as a change of pace for the usually more epic-minded unscrupulous means, often encouraged by his battle-hardened three basic categories here: bimbos, op- 24 Edward Zwick (Defiance, The Last Samurai). Still, the film has mentor (a fine Oliver Platt). portunists and Parkinson’s patients). As some interesting points of contact with the director’s Blood One of these tactics brings Jamie into unexpected contact Jamie, the ideally cast Gyllenhaal turns on Diamond, which similarly took aim at a corrupt global industry, with Maggie Murdock (Hathaway), who, at 26, has already been the charm full force, his energetic puppy- represented by an ambitious young stud with a wobbly moral diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. After an unusually punchy dog demeanor all but daring the viewer not compass. Here, that would be Jamie Randall (Jake Gyllenhaal), meet-cute—he peeks at her bare breast during a medical exam, to buy whatever he’s selling.

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ready to change and others are not.” That’s why you CURRENTS CANCER (June 21-July 22): I love astrology. It may soon appear to the casual observer, Capricorn, excites my imagination and helps ensures that my as someone who’s able to call on enormous reserves 6 relationship with the world is never too literal or of willpower. According to my reading of the astro- prosaic. It anchors me in the paradoxical insight that logical omens, you are now more amenable to change although many things are out of my control, I have VIEWS than you’ve been in a long time. In fact, I suspect huge amounts of free will. My study of the mysteri- !CROSSFROM"ELLIS&AIRDOWNFROM2OSSs-ERIDIAN3T"ELL!CROSSFROM"E INGHAM that in the coming weeks you’ll be willing and even ous meanings of planetary omens provides guidance, 1sWWwPLATOSCLOSETBELLINGHAMCOM 4 eager to initiate transformations that seem heroic to keeps me humble, and is a constant reminder that people who are addicted to the status quo. poetry provides an understanding of reality that’s MAIL as useful as science. On the other hand, astrology AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): All belief systems,

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While you can feel instantly blown 11 away by somebody, an immediate ob- is right up there with the problem of owning way too much beachfront session with a woman you’ve known .05

property. The sooner you end it, the 47 for maybe three hours stems more from # where you are in your life than any- sooner you’ll be reminded of that, thing real and substantial about her. and the sooner your boyfriend can But, say you knew her better. Pursu- get with a woman he’s really into— ing her in a healthy way would involve one who’s less classic hourglass than merely preferring that she want you classic Heineken bottle. back. Demanding it (or your life will CASCADIA WEEKLY be ruined, just ruined!) is irrational, ©2010, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. misery-producing baby behavior—the Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 31 equivalent of stamping your feet and Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA hufﬁng, “The universe should be nice 90405, or e-mail [email protected] to me! In fact, the universe should (www.advicegoddess.com) give me a cookie!” rearEnd ›› comix

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FILM FILM cited that someone thought highly of their food, but I suspect a fair share weren’t completely convinced that they were a contributor to the signature tastes 20 of Bellingham. CW: How many of the recipes have you made? (I am, MUSIC of course, referring to the deep-fried pickles from the Beaver)? 18 SS: I’m from the South! Deep-fried pickles were one ART ART of the first things I made! I have made virtually every recipe in the book, although the Lamb Mous- 16 saka and Coq Au Vin are better left to the experts. One can only pawn off poor imitations to firefight- STAGE STAGE ers for so long before they say, “No more!” CW: What do you miss about the Deep South? What do

14 you love about the Paciﬁc Northwest? SS: Deep South, two things: the weather and the

GET OUT sense of connection, by history and birth to virtually every other Southerner. The Northwest? The intelligence and lack of pretension. Jarringly beau- 12 tiful landscapes and people don’t hurt either. CW: So you’re a chef and a firefighter. Which do you find WORDS to be the most challenging? SS: Far and away, being a firefighter. It is not enough

8 / to have the “book” knowledge. If anything, that is the beginning of realizing how little you really ¼ cup whole garlic know. You then take your book knowledge, pair it

CURRENTS CURRENTS 1½ bunches of parsley with muscle memory, add dynamic decision-mak- ½ cup lemon juice 6 ing, and perform it under constantly changing and BY AMY KEPFERLE ½ cup capers stressful conditions. Oh, and there’s a good chance 1 cup olive oil VIEWS VIEWS that someone’s life (either a fellow firefighter or ½ tablespoon black pepper patient’s) might be in the balance. Preparing a per- 4 2 cups nicoise olives fectly risen souffle just doesn’t quite measure up! Recipes for Success 1 can black olives MAIL MAIL CW: Since this is our Thanksgiving issue, what are you Crostini thankful for? SIGNATURE TASTES OF BELLINGHAM 2 SS: I wake up in what is surely one of the most beauti- Mix garlic, parsley, lemon ful places on Earth. I have the honor and pleasure of juice, capers and olive oil DO IT IT DO

IF AN inferno breaks out in the kitchen, you can bet Steven Siler will know exactly serving in the greatest job on together in food processor how to keep the flames under control. As a firefighter and longtime food purveyor, that Earth. And at night I get and transfer to a large bowl. 10 Add black pepper and Siler can handle situations both epicurean and emergency-related. to sleep on a clean pillow of .24. olives; mix all ingredients

11 Siler, a recent transplant to Bellingham via South Carolina, has found a way to merge conscience, at peace that if it together. his love for his new community with his lust for cooking. Signature Tastes of Bellingham, the ends, it is a life well spent. Toast crostini, spread

.05 cookbook he released earlier this month, contains recipes from 86 local restaurants, CW: I was at the launch party tapenade on and top with a 47 # as well as 10 from the town’s movers and shakers. If you’ve ever wanted to know how for a bit, but didn’t get to talk dollop of sour cream. Gar- nish with fresh parsley. to make Boundary Bay’s Yam Alechiladas, the Cliffhouse’s Whiskey Crab Soup, frog legs " /$/ to you since you were surround- from Bayou on Bay, or deep-fried pickles from the Beaver Inn, well, you’re in luck. WHAT: Signature ed by fans. What were some of Tastes of Bellingham Cascadia Weekly: How did the cookbook come about? the comments you heard from WHERE: Village Steven Siler: I come from a long line of chefs, although we did not call them that, Books, Barnes & No- people that night? and certainly they never used a cookbook as we know it. But my Southern heritage, ble, and the Western SS: Number-one comment? “Is University Bookstore the recipe for the Chicken CASCADIA WEEKLY which emphasizes a love of a place as well as food, is deeply ingrained in me. And seeing that same pride of location that Bellingham has, I was drawn to the food. COST: $19.95 Wraps in the book?” (No, but it INFO: www. 34 Capturing that pride and that food was a natural extension. Whether the book is is on the Facebook page!) Num- signaturetastes.com successful or not is not the concern as much as me saying “thank you” for giving me ber two? Folks thanking me for a home here that I can identify with. doing this book—as if everyone knew all these great CW: What do the chefs get out of this? Were they, for the most part, excited to participate? things about Bellingham and were waiting for an out- SS: I think the chefs did not quite appreciate how special their food was. Most were ex- sider to bring it to light. Wow. eatit

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OLD TOWN THANKSGIVING: For year number 34 38, anyone and everyone will be welcome to attend a Thanksgiving dinner from 10am-3pm $ 00 FOOD at Bellingham’s Old Town Café, 317 W. Holly St. 5 No reservations are necessary. 27 27 i 671-4431 Foot Long FRI., NOV. 26 MISSION MEAL: Get a hot holiday meal

Cold Subs CLASSIFIEDS when the Lighthouse Mission hosts its annual Cold Subs Thanksgiving dinner from 11:45am-1:45pm at the Assumption Church gym, 2116 Cornwall 24 Ave. Gifts of clothing, toys and blankets will also be given away as available. All Day, FILM i WWW.THELIGHTHOUSEMISSION.ORG CHURCH ON THE STREET: The weekly “Church Every Day on the Street” will provide food for the needy 20 from 5-6:30pm at 901 Holly St. We accept all Competitor’s Coupons! i 671-5507 Valid at this location only - expires 1/31/11 MUSIC SAT., NOV. 27 :0DJQROLD6W%HOOLQJKDP SALT ON THE STREET: The weekly “Salt on 18 the Street” dinner occurs from 7-8:30pm every 3+)$; ART ART Saturday in the Louis Auto Glass parking lot, 1512 N. State St. i 733-2150 16

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Meal from 1:30-4:30pm at the Assumption 14 Church Gym, 2116 Cornwall Ave. i WWW.BELLINGHAMFOODBANK.ORG GET OUT MON., NOV. 29 SOUP KITCHEN: Volunteers and donations are welcome at the weekly Soup Kitchen, 12 which happens from 6-7pm every Monday through March at the Little Cheerful Café, WORDS 133 E. Holly St. i 224-6429 8 TUES., NOV. 30 COOKING DEMO: Thirty-minute cooking demos will be part of an open house from 12-5pm CURRENTS CURRENTS at Ciao Thyme’s In the Kitchen, 207 Unity St.

Resident instructors Mataio and Jessica Gillis, 6 Doug Doolittle, and Christine Ortega will offer up the “quick and easy” winter recipes, and PERFUME HUT PERFUME HUT VIEWS there’ll be samples, foodie-related gift ideas and more, as well. Entry is free. 4 i WWW.CIAOTHYME.COM

LOAVES & FISHES: At 5:30pm every Tuesday, MAIL get a hot meal at Loaves & Fishes at Belling-

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