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ART ART Martin Burwash: 7pm, Village Books AND SCREEN PRINTS BY TIM LEJEUNESSE FRI., APRIL 2 AT THE 15 /#0-. 4[04.x.10] PAPERDOLL DURING THE MONTHLY ON STAGE

STAGE STAGE ART WALK IN DOWNTOWN Getting Away With Murder: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre BELLINGHAM Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre 13 Aunt Dan and Lemon: 8pm, iDiOM Theater The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre GET OUT MUSIC BHS Jazz Ensemble: 7pm, Bellingham High School

12 Mike Allen Quartet: 8pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center

WORDS COMMUNITY Spring Business Showcase: 4-9pm, Bellingham

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WORDS Gallery Walk: 6-9pm, downtown Anacortes Cabaret: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre Kathleen Dean Moore: 7pm, Village Books Art Walk: 6-10pm, downtown Bellingham The Odd Couple: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Dinner Theatre MUSIC Aunt Dan and Lemon: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Clamdigger Jazz Band: 2-5pm, VFW Hall COMMUNITY Getting Away With Murder: 8pm, Anacortes Linda Allen: 7pm, Deming Library Whatcom Literacy Trivia Bee: 6pm, Bellingham [04. .10] Community Theatre Linda Waterfall, Mockingbird: 7pm, CASCADIA WEEKLY High School ./0- 4 z Unity Church DANCE Grupo Amoroso: 7:30pm, La Conner Garden Club 2 VISUAL ARTS ON STAGE Chippendales: 8pm, Silver Reef Casino Jim Page: 8pm, Conway Muse Mary Randlett, Phil McCracken Reception: Improvathon: Continues all day, ends at 11:30pm, Fourth Corner Folk Dance: 8-11pm, Fairhaven Clinton Fearon: 9pm, Wild Buffalo 6-8pm, Gallery Cygnus, La Conner Upfront Theatre Library

30 30 FOOD 24 24 CLASSIFIEDS 22 22 FILM FILM 18 MUSIC 16 ART ART Lettuce give thanks! If you’ve been hankering for fresh-from-the-garden goods, be aware the Bell- ingham Farmers Market opens April 3 at the Depot 15 Market Square STAGE STAGE COMMUNITY Bellingham Farmers Market Opening: 10am- 13 3pm, Depot Market Square Historic Home Tour: 11am-4pm, throughout La Conner GET OUT

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arguments, but are you conﬁdent enough cially mental health care. The eventual FOOD to take on their strongest arguments? You and deplorable shift from supporting have the skills. the Military-Industrial Complex to sup- Sometimes when debate spirals into porting the Healthcare-Industrial Com- 24 ridicule and broad-brush name-calling, plex is absolutely frightening. After all, I wonder if what is really at play is the how can we continue funding search- name-callers’ inability to use logic to and-destroy missions when those funds CLASSIFIEDS form a persuasive argument. are being wasted on common citizens?

In short, I am conﬁdent you have the —Don Starr, Blaine 22 skill not only to form persuasive argument, but also arguments that change THE EVILS OF FILM minds. The critical ingredient to chang- MARIJUANA REFORM

ing minds is to speak to those who are Regulation/taxation of alcohol in- 18 uncertain or disagree, and win them volves daily alcohol related auto crashes

over with the brilliance of your logic. with horriﬁc burn victims, full-body pa- MUSIC Ridicule only alienates readers that you ralysis, loss of limbs, decapitations and may be able to persuade, and leaves you death...children included! People have with a following of the loyal converted. become desensitized to this as if it were 16

—Doug Karlberg, a necessary evil. ART Lynden (edited for length) Government should clean up the wreckage of alcohol regulation (or lack Editor’s Reply: Points taken. The Gristle thereof) and enact much more severe 15 ﬁnds it surprising to be cast simultane- punitive measures to deter drunk driv- ously in the role of being unsympathetic ing before even considering legalizing/ STAGE to lower incomes (thought that was the regulating/taxing another known evil “The“The UltimateUltimmaate GirlsGirls NightNNiight Out”Out”TM whole point of being an extreme Leftist!) substance like marijuana. 13 and not critical enough of government. Two bills passed unanimously through Friday, April 2 at 8pm the state House of Representatives make GET OUT it substantially easier to involuntarily Saturday, April 3 at 8pm MORE ON HEALTH CARE commit mentally ill people. $ REFORM Legalize drug induced psychosis, tax TICKETS 30 12 The World Health Association ranks that, then involuntarily commit people? us last among industrialized nations for To paraphrase the late Jerry Garcia AND THE WORDS medical coverage at twice the average of the Grateful Dead—”If you’re choos-

BEAVERBE 8 cost. Our health care system has been ing the lesser of two evils, you’re still (IBHBROWNBR statistically and undeniably broken. choosing evil.” The for-proﬁt health insurance indus- —Bruce Deile, Bellingham BAND try has been one of the few employment !;@@?LNS CURRENTS growth industries the last 10 years. RELIEF FOR A Mystery Comedy The singer and songwriter for the hit movies: 6 Analysis shows that growth to largely be CLINICAL DEPRESSION Dinner Theatre Eddie and the Cruisers I and II claims examiners, whose primary job is While the world was celebrating the Wednesday, April 28 at 7pm Saturday, May 22 at 8pm VIEWS to deny claims to individuals or doctors. Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, TICKETS: $34.50 TICKETS: $29.50 4 Add on the huge salaries of CEOs, and British Columbia, a 41-year-old man 4 the smoke and mirrors used as an expla- walked into Stanley Park and committed MAIL MAIL MAIL nation of soaring rates is clear. suicide by overdose.

President Obama tried to make a bipar- It was reported this fellow had a his- 2 tisan bill. He made hundreds of changes tory of depression, but I would like to DO IT IT DO in response to Republican concerns. Yet point out—as a fellow one-time sufferer 0ERFORMING(ITS,IKE not one Republican voted for this bill. of severe depression—that it was not so “Tender Years” Many of us see its faults as not going far much the depression that took his life, “On the Dark Side” 10 enough or going too far. However, there but untreated depression, which can be “Tough All Over” .31. 03 is no chance that not one Republican as fatal as any untreated disease. “Hearts on Fire” saw it as better than what we have. Depression is treatable, through pre- “C-I-T-Y” .05

President Obama is a smart guy. I scribed medications, one-on-one ther- 13 # hope he sees that the opposition has no apy and/or support groups. For some, desire to cooperate. these options can be supplanted by so- ALL TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE AT DIAMOND DIVIDENDS. It is time for him to step forward and cial outings and opportunities for vol- -AKEITAWEEKENDTOREMEMBER#ALLTHE(OTELTO act out of conviction and step beyond unteer or paid employment, which are RESERVEYOUR%VENT0ACKAGE3HOW4ICKETS $ELUXE2OOM 'AMING#OUPONSANDA2ED2IVER3ILVER3IGNATURE"UFFET politics into statesmanship. If he had vital for sustaining a sense of purpose FORTWO %XT done so a year ago, we might have the in recovery from this insidious disease. popular Medicaire program for all today. If someone you know is suffering from CASCADIA WEEKLY —Harvey Schwartz, Bellingham mental illness, take the ﬁrst step and /PENs4OLL&REE 5 call a professional mental health agency 3ILVER2EEF#ASINOCOM To all of those who have gotten their or crisis line. You may well save a life, ) %XITs-INUTES7ESTs(AXTON7AYAT3LATER2OAD tea-bags in a bunch, I offer my sympa- your own or someone else’s. 3EE$IAMOND$IVIDENDSFORMOREDETAILS HOTEL CASINO SPA thy. It is deﬁnitely a national disaster —Russell S. Sapienza, Bellingham -ANAGEMENTRESERVESALLRIGHTS©3ILVER2EEF#ASINO THE GRISTLE

30 30 THE GENERAL’S WATERLOO: Holding aloft the Constitution as his sword, his shield a recent gift of the Legislature, FOOD Rob McKenna peered through his ofﬁce portcullis at the advancing horde. They marched by the hundreds, armed

24 24 with a petition signed by the thousands, the locust-like views socialist armies of Hitler, Stalin, Mickey Maos, and Mr. OPINIONS ›› THE GRISTLE Natural, amassed to come batter down the ramparts of the state Attorney General’s office. McKenna pushed back CLASSIFIEDS his horned helm. “They’re beating the crap out of me!” he quavered to scribes. 22 22 Hurriedly, the Attorney General hung a sign from his office door, “a modified lockdown” to hold back the FILM FILM horde, and breathed the sigh of a survivor. His rein- forcements—drunk on vinegar and tea—would arrive BY GENE MULLIGAN 18 the following morning. No sooner than had the ink dried last week on President MUSIC Barack Obama’s approval of the nation’s new health care bill than McKenna had joined the A.G.s of a dozen other Raise My Taxes, Please! states, charging that the new law was unconstitutional 16 on the grounds that it compels residents to participate in AS TAX DAY NEARS WE SHOULD RECONSIDER OUR REVENUES ART ART an insurance program, a violation—they claim—of state sovereignty and the commerce clause of that document. AS CONGRESS begins de- We’ve cut top income tax rates and economy, job creation, and that it Most constitutional law scholars shrug at the complaint. bate over what to do about the taxes on capital gains and inheri- will punish success. They will argue 15 “It’s always a bit hard to know exactly what conser- Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy, tances, tilting the system in favor instead for deeper spending cuts in

STAGE STAGE vatives are trying to claim when they say that the ‘in- I hope it has the courage to let my of taxpayers like me and further ex- Medicare, Social Security, educa- dividual mandate’ is unconstitutional,” one commented. tax cuts expire. It would be the acerbating the great inequalities in tion and social spending. “Do they mean they think it’s unconstitutional in light of right thing to do. wealth and income in our society. But our country needs the esti- 13 the actually existing state of American law? Or do they Back in 2001, Congress voted for Preserving the cuts for middle- mated $45 billion in annual revenue mean it’s unconstitutional in the sense that ‘were we to President Bush’s tax program, in- income families and eliminating tax that these taxes would generate.

GET OUT interpret the Constitution in a totally different way, one cluding substantial tax reductions breaks for incomes over $250,000 Those of us who have beneﬁted of the many upshots of that would be to deem the indi- for those of us with incomes over is a solid ﬁrst step toward rebal- the most during abundant times

12 vidual mandate unconstitutional?’” $250,000. According to the Center ancing our nation’s tax code. have a duty to our country during Certainly, though, the constitutionality of national on Budget and Policy Priorities, No one likes to talk about taxes lean times. health care would be vastly less in question had Congress our nation had to borrow more than in a positive light, but the truth Yes, I can voluntarily pay more WORDS simply leveraged the tax system that already exists in $700 billion over the last decade to is that our nation has built a re- taxes, just as I choose to give more

8 order to raise revenues to expand and improve the deliv- pay for those cuts. markable marketplace for enter- money to charity. But that won’t ery system we already have, Medicare (evidently still the When these tax cuts were enacted, prise and wealth creation. Taxes address the magnitude of the prob- cheapest, most efﬁcient way to deliver health care in the congressional forecasters projected United States), but the single-payer option was spiked budget surpluses totaling more than CURRENTS CURRENTS OUR NATION HAS BUILT A REMARKABLE before discussion even began. We have in its place, yes, $5 trillion over the ensuing decade. 6 6 a bloated managed insurance market—with universal In the meantime, as we all know, MARKETPLACE FOR ENTERPRISE AND coverage patched up by, essentially, vouchers—of the the ﬁscal situation of the nation has WEALTH CREATION. TAXES PAID FOR VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS sort Republicans have grudgingly advanced for decades dramatically deteriorated. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ORDERLY in preference to the horrors of socialized medicine, but But the cuts were never meant to 4 that for the sake of political opportunism no foaming be permanent. They are now due to MARKETPLACES. THESE PUBLIC

MAIL MAIL Republican may now publicly support. expire at the end of this year, but INVESTMENTS BUOYED MY PERSONAL What an odd conscript in this war is General McKenna, some lawmakers want to preserve

2 OPPORTUNITIES AND WEALTH. long considered a mild centrist in the most left-leaning them. I would pay less in taxes if

DO IT IT DO state on the most left-leaning coast. Congress extended my tax cuts,

With the Constitution as his sword, McKenna holds aloft but as a citizen I think it would be paid for the public investments in lem we are leaving to future tax- a shield gifted to him only weeks ago by the Legislature. irresponsible. research, education, infrastruc- payers. The issues before Congress 10

.31. In order to aid the A.G.’s power to litigate state con- Retaining the tax cuts for anoth- ture and technology that made are the structure of the tax code

03 tracts, lawmakers last session granted McKenna’s ofﬁce er 10 years would cost our nation this possible. They paid for law and the question of how we, as a the authority to pay private attorneys, expert witnesses, $826 billion. No one is suggesting I enforcement and orderly market- nation, take responsibility for the

.05 mediators and others to help on cases without getting pay back the tax breaks I’ve already places. These public investments reckless debts of the past. 13 # separate approval from the governor’s budget office. That received, but we cannot afford to buoyed my personal opportuni- Congress can take a responsible freedom was quickly shaved down by state Dems last continue them. ties and wealth. I am certain they step in the right direction: Let my week in an effort to prevent the Republican from using The good news is that there have done the same for millions of tax cut go. state funds to litigate against acts of Congress. were benefits built into the Bush other Americans. State leaders considered even firmer action, including a tax program that affected middle- We should remember this on Tax Gene Mulligan is a retired investment specific sanction in the budget that would block McKenna income families, too. Congress Day, as Congress debates what to manager from Alexandria, Virginia.

CASCADIA WEEKLYfrom spending any state money on the lawsuit. Belling- should take steps to preserve these do about tax cuts. Some of our He is a member of Wealth for Com- ham Democrat Kelli Linville, chair of the powerful House tax cuts, because for half a century leaders will argue that allowing the mon Good, a network of business 6 budget committee, acknowledged McKenna has a right to we’ve been shifting taxes off the tax cuts for the wealthy to expire leaders advocating for shared pros- speak his mind, but not to spend state money counter to wealthy and onto the middle class. will have an adverse effect on the perity and fair taxation. the wishes of her elected colleagues and the governor. Washington’s congressional delegation joined in the VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE

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scolding the little lawman to “inno- FOOD vate, not litigate” the state’s already Now Open on robust public health plan. Seattle’s Rep. Jay Inslee called his action un- Sundays, 8:30-4:00 24 acceptable. By the end of last week, more than

18,000 progressives had signed an CLASSIFIEDS online petition condemning the A.G.

for thwarting the will of Washington 22 voters, who overwhelmingly support- ed Obama in ofﬁce. The petition was FILM delivered by a stampede of support-

ers marching on Olympia. The General 18 closed shop early. every step, every day, over and over

Indeed, the verdict on affordable MUSIC health care has long been in in Wash- 300 W. Champion Street ington, with the state’s Basic Health Downtown Bellingham Plan providing health insurance to res- 738-DROP 16

idents under the threshold of 200 per- ART cent of the federal poverty level (just over $44,000 for a family of four). A 7ZR)5(($XWKRU(YHQWV huge number wait for enrollment. The 15 popular plan has taken a tremendous

BILL STAGE funding hit in the past two years and has been groaning for an infusion THORNESS of federal cash to lend stability to a 13 program that has been entirely state- funded for more than 20 years—an in- EDIBLE GET OUT fusion the A.G. lawsuit places at risk. McKenna’s martyrdom, though, was HERILOOMS sufficient to draw the sympathies of HERITAGE VEGETABLES FOR 12 THE MARITIME GARDEN ragtag teabaggers. They descended on the capital the following day, in Edible Heirlooms offers WORDS more than 100 varieties roughly equal numbers, to defend their suited to a Maritime unlikely champion. climate, seed resources 8 and techniques to At last we get ’round to the why of enhance your results. McKenna’s quixotic windmill tiltin’ and Grow heirlooms for their unique flavors, and help CURRENTS CURRENTS self-immolation: preserve our dwindling The tremulous attorney from Belle- seed heritage. 6 vue has long made it clear that—like 6 A.G. Gregoire before him—he’d like to st, 7pm VIEWS VIEWS Thursday, April 1 VIEWS use his office to launch him into the *HW*DUGHQLQJ.LFN2II(YHQW governor’s mansion. Reelected in 2008 4 with the broad, bipartisan support of MAIL MAIL 59 percent of voters, he might have VALERIE made it, too: McKenna was a model for EASTON 2 the even-handed, reflective modera- will introduce DO IT IT DO tion Washington craves. the new But the state’s clunky Top-Two Pri- mary, which guarantees no placement Low-Maintenance 10

the holy trinity: .31. by party afﬁliation, essentially ensures 03 no moderate Republican can raise GARDENA one-stop guide to funds and win among a ﬁeld of GOP creating a stylish, cheese + wine + chocolate .05

ﬁrebreathers. Only ﬁrebreathers can sustainable, and simple 13 # energize the party’s base of mouth- garden that requires less breathers, while Ds lavish support only maintenance and fewer resources. on Ds. Someone running to the right of McKenna would simply bump him off. Now you can have your dream garden and the time to sit back, relax, and enjoy it! His survival in a run-off for governor depends on a hard shift to the right, Tuesday, April 6th, 7pm right off a public relations’ cliff. In a CASCADIA WEEKLY move inbred of lemmings—and sure to 7 be ditto’d ’til the rump of the Republi- VILLAGE BOOKS can “Age of Rage” can run no further— 1200 11th St., Bellingham McKenna plunged into the GOP’s shal- 360.671.2626 low sea of tea. VILLAGEBOOKS.com QuelFromage.com | 671.0203 | 1200 OLD FAIRHAVEN PARKWAY, SUITE 101 | Tuesday–Sunday 15 countries, not to mention the thou-

30 30 sands of “mullers” (as in thinking about it). The United States now has 62 active FOOD Transition initiatives. At number 17 on the list, Whatcom 24 24 currents County was an early adopter, arising from diverse efforts to create a blueprint of NEWS ›› COMMENTARY ›› BRIEFS how to signiﬁcantly reduce energy use and yet provide for basic needs in times of CLASSIFIEDS energy scarcity. Transition Whatcom has grown to include nearly active 500 mem- 22 22 bers, all involved in an array of community

FILM FILM initiatives. Transition Whidbey followed in 2007 with an initial group of about 25 people wanting to explore a rural farming 18 qeb initiative. Through a special video presentation, MUSIC Hopkins will greet Whatcom’s Transition movement. Then choose your topic of inter-

16 est—food production, energy, health, the local economy—and plunge in to help draft ART ART a blueprint of our area’s future.

15 A LEXICON OF TERMS What follows is a lexicon of Transition

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13 Transition: In Hopkins’ words, “Transition” represents “the process of moving from a state of high fossil-fuel dependency and

GET OUT LIVING WELL IN AN AGE OF high vulnerability to a state of low fossil- DIMINISHED RESOURCES fuel dependency and resilience.” Transition

12 “is not the goal itself—it’s the journey,” he YOU MAY or may not have heard of the says. Speciﬁcally, it’s seeing this journey as

WORDS Transition movement—described by its found- an opportunity to embrace rather than a ca- er, Rob Hopkins, as “an exercise in engaged lamity to approach with dread. 8 8 optimism”—yet Transition’s ideas are informing “Transition” is predicated on the as- and even guiding the conversation of how com- sumption that society cannot keep con- munities confront the twin crises of peak oil suming energy and other resources at our CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS and climate change. current pace and that we’re better off ac- The movement is driven by one simple idea: cepting this reality and choosing how to 6 Rather than hand-wringing and lamenting adapt rather than letting ourselves get dwindling energy reserves and climate change, backed into a crisis. The idea is that the VIEWS VIEWS Transition wants people to envision and create adaptation process can harness creative

4 models for that future—and ﬁnd much to be and even joyful possibilities that until now cheerful about. have laid dormant in our towns and cities.

MAIL MAIL A variety of activities take place under the As Hopkins has been known to say, “It’s

Transition banner. You’ll ﬁnd numerous farm and more like a party than a protest march.” 2 food events, tree-planting get-togethers, the Resilience: A community’s ability to DO IT IT DO

launch of a local currency, and energy efforts to adapt and respond to changes, as well as address the end of the era of cheap oil. to withstand shocks to the system, such

10 “Transition is often seen as an environmen- as disruptions in food or energy supply

.31. tal movement, but ultimately it’s about cultural chains. Resilience differs from “sustain- 03 change: enabling the shift from what’s appropri- ability” in that the emphasis is on com- ate for the upward net energy curve to what’s munity survival as opposed to maintain- .05 appropriate for the downward curve,” says Hop- ing the structures and behavioral patterns 13 # kins, who had been a teacher of permaculture—a that currently exist. holistic design system rooted in ecology—the “Resilience is the new sustainability,” principles of which underlie Transition. says Michael Brownlee, a member of the “[The Transition movement] has become part Transition U.S. board and co-founder of of the part of the cultural scene,” says author Transition Boulder County, the ﬁrst Transi- and environmentalist Bill McKibben. “When he tion Initiative in North America. “It’s been

CASCADIA WEEKLY started this, Rob really understood that people co-opted by almost everybody. Everybody needed to take their worries about the climate is sustainable these days.” 8 and do something practical.” Marketing aside, Hopkins says the two are What began several years ago as a student intertwined: “Sustainability only works if it project on lowering energy use in Kinsale, Ire- has resilience embedded in it.” land, has grown to 273 “official” initiatives in Energy Descent: The directional change $ 00 Pair from being on the energy upslope—design- THE GREAT 2Single Vision Eyeglasses107 ing our lives according to the wide avail- UNLEASHING: includes eye exam 30 ability of cheap energy—to making the TRANSITION most with less. When an individual shifts to WHATCOM $ 00 FOOD lower energy use, this is known as “power- 9am to 4pm, Sat. April 10 1303 Cornwall Ave. 1 Pair 149 Bellingham High School Auditorium ing down.” Central to Transition is uniting Progressive Eyeglasses 24 Downtown Bellingham includes eye exam a community around developing and imple- SPEAKERS: (360) 647-0421 Lowest Price Contact Lenses menting an “energy descent action plan,” VICKI ROBIN, coauthor of Your Sunglasses - Additional $17. Standard Bifocals ad $15/pair. Eye Exam by independent Doctor of We Bill Most Insurance Plans Optometry. Lenses are CR 39 Material. Frames are from the 30’s Collection. or EDAP, sometimes described as a 20-year Money or Your Life: Transforming Your CLASSIFIEDS “Plan B” for keeping a place functioning and Relationship With Money and Achieving Financial Independence. She is co- even thriving on a low-fuel diet. founder of Transition Whidbey, which 22 22 As with all Transition efforts, each is seeking to catalyze the community EDAP—to date only been a few have on Whidbey Island to greater food, FILM FILM been fully developed—reflects the cir- fuel, energy and economic self-reliance cumstances and flavor of the community in response to oil depletion, climate change and economic instability. it is to serve. Hopkins notes that Transi- 18 FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ, author of tion Town Totnes, the South Devon market Diet for a Small Planet. MUSIC town where he lives, will shortly be pub- TRATHEN HECKMAN, founding lishing its EDAP, which he hopes will serve executive director of Daily Acts as a template for others. Organization, publisher of Ripples, an 16 Unleashing: A community breaking free award-winning journal and a backyard from its dependence on fossil fuel s. A “Great farmer. ART Unleashing,” which takes place when an ROB HOPKINS, co-founder for the global Transition movement and Quality Yarns, Books, Equipment, Supplies

initiative has the momentum and organiza- 15 author of The Transition Handbook, for the Knitter, Spinner and Weaver, tion to implement the EDAP, is a big “com- delivers a video welcome. Classes and Gifts. ing out” party that announces the group’s BREAKOUT SESSIONS: STAGE strategy, commitment and enthusiasm to FOOD KNIT NIGHT every Tuesday 5:30-8:00pm the broader world. % Gardening 101 13 Reskilling: Reclaiming skills that previous % Permaculture KNIT DAY every Wednesday 1:00-3:00pm generations took for granted but most of % Feeding Whatcom County

www.NWHandspunYarns.com t (360) 738-0167 GET OUT ENERGY us have let fall by the wayside. “The Great 1401 Commercial Street, Bellingham, WA 98225 Reskilling” refers to the community-wide % Peak Oil % Why is Oil Irreplaceable? Hours: 10-6 Mon.-Sat., 11-3 Sun.

mastering of skills that will facilitate the 12 % Practical Steps to Reduce Your process of “powering down.” Energy Consumption

For many, this is the entry point. Someone WORDS HEALTH may attend a workshop in, say, mushroom % Healthcare after Peak Oil 8 identiﬁcation, and begin to question aspects % Herbs for Health & Healing 8 of a throwaway, shrink-wrapped culture. % Emotional/Mental Health “People have an intuitive understanding Through the Changes CURRENTS CURRENTS that we’re much more vulnerable than our HEART & SOUL/COMMUNITY CURRENTS forebears,” says McKibben. “Today we’re so % Interfaith panel specialized, in that people tend to do one % Navigating Change 6 thing well enough to earn money and de- % Fertile Ground pend on the larger system to do the rest. TRANSPORTATION VIEWS People enjoy the feeling of becoming more % Changing Transport Plans in Bell- ingham/Whatcom County 4 competent in things.” % Attitude Change Will Transition culture continue its rise? Can you survive a divorce? MAIL LOCAL ECONOMICS

Will the movement play a role in how people % 4th Corner Let me help you. 2 and communities greet the conﬂuence of % Sustainable Connections

challenges looming before us? IT DO % Voluntary Simplicity McKibben thinks it’s likely. “Many people % Economic Instability to Come Attorney Lauren E. Trent

[involved in Transition] are willing to be- 10 SHELTER/DESIGN/ Divorce / Dissolution of Marriage • Child Custody • Parenting come politically involved,” he says. “In the INFRASTRUCTURE Plans • Support Orders – Protection Orders .31. 350 event—the largest day of mass politi- % Reskilling/Work after Peak Oil 03 cal action the world has seen—Transition % The Tool Library & Coop Shop The Lustick Law Firm Bellingham – Mount Vernon

Building for Sustainability .05 Town people played a large role.” % (360) 685-4221 www.Lustick.com 13 He notes that while Transition initiatives LEARN MORE: # focus on the local–creating food, energy and www.transitionwhatcom.org economic resilience on a community basis— Cascadia Family Health the connection between global and local is Quality Affordable Healthcare for the Entire Family not lost: “No matter how great your organic garden is, it still has to rain sometimes.” t/PXBDDFQUJOHOFXQBUJFOUT t4BNFPSOFYUEBZBQQPJOUNFOUT CASCADIA WEEKLY Judith D. Schwartz is a Vermont author and t8FBDDFQUNPTUJOTVSBODFT 9 journalist with wide-ranging interests and t3FBTPOBCMFSBUFTGPSVOJOTVSFEQBUJFOUT credits. Her latest book is The Therapist’s New Clothes. Tim Johnson provided local Call and establish your primary care home… content to support her article. 4RVBMJDVN1LXZt#FMMJOHIBNt 4BSB8FMMT .4/ '/1

30 30 The state of Washington will appeal the re- 03.y}.10 cent decision in a basic education funding law- FOOD suit to the state Supreme Court. A King County FRIDAY judge ruled in February that the state is not Rick Larsen counts his congressional ofﬁce as

24 24 t ek h fulﬁlling its constitutional obligation to fully among those that have received threats of retali- e a pay for basic public ation and violence over his support of health care education. reform. The Congressman received two threaten- +.." . ing phone calls this week that raised the con-

CLASSIFIEDS t W The Alcoa alumi- cerns of his staff. num smelter near 22 22 W BY TIM JOHNSON Ferndale will beneﬁt Washington Mutual Inc. ﬁles a Chapter 11

FILM FILM e from a pair of bills reorganization plan, two weeks after resolving

LAST WEEK’S signed into law by a $4 billion dispute with JPMorgan Chase & Co.

h Gov. Christine Gre- and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The FDIC 18 NEWS a

Lawyers for Chicago goire. The bills pro- seized Washington Mutual’s ﬂagship bank in 2008

T MAR24-MAR29 police ofﬁcers have sub- vide tax breaks to and sold its assets to JPMorgan for $1.9 billion. MUSIC poenaed the notes of s a Western Washington aluminum smelters University journalism and computer server The governors of Colorado, Michigan, Pennsylva-

16 professor for stories farms, reducing oper- nia, and Washington send a letter to the Obama she wrote 16 years ating costs for those administration saying they oppose the lawsuit ART ART ago. Professor Carolyn industries. The bill their attorneys general ﬁled against the federal Nielsen was a graduate student at Northwestern had strong bipartisan health care law. The governors say they’ll “stand

15 University’s Medill School support from local by efforts to protect” the new health care law. of Journalism in 1994 legislators.

STAGE STAGE when she wrote stories Hundreds gather to deliver a petition scolding that questioned the trial The Whatcom Coun- Washington A.G. McKenna’s decision to join the and subsequent murder

13 03.y{.10 conviction of then-14- ty Planning Commis- lawsuit against health care. The A.G., apparently WEDNESDAY year-old Thaddeus Jimi- sion meets to discuss taken aback by the response, shutters his ofﬁce nez. Jiminez, exonerated regulations to help for the day. GET OUT Bellingham notches a record-high temperature. A high temperature of 64 and now free, has ﬁled make pipelines safer, broke the city’s previous record of 62, set on this day in 1960. suit against the Chicago including an advi- Police Department for 03.y~.10

12 sory to keep new con- false arrest, claiming he SATURDAY Legal experts say there isn’t much chance that a lawsuit ﬁled by 13 was framed. Lawyers for struction more than

WORDS states will succeed in scuttling the health care overhaul. Just minutes after the officers subpoenaed 500 feet away from Hundreds gather in reciprocal support for President Barack Obama signed it into law, 13 states sued the federal gov- the reporter’s notes in a pipeline. Property Washington A.G. McKenna, and his decision to hopes of finding details 8 8 ernment, claiming the law is unconstitutional. Utah, Idaho and Washington rightistas storm the join other states trying to overturn sweeping fed- that will show their are among western states that have joined the suit. suspicion of Jiminez was meeting, crying “Land eral health care legislation. The State Patrol esti- reasonable. Nielsen was Grab!,” enraged at ef- mated that 850 people joined a rally at the State CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS Thousands join a spontaneous online protest against Washington’s At- formerly an editor for The forts that might make Capitol in Olympia. torney General Rob McKenna for joining the lawsuit. Bellingham Herald. Her pipelines safer. 6 attorney says she’ll fight A small plane is reported down near the refin- the subpoena. 03.y|.10 Campaign regulators ery at Anacortes. Skagit authorities say the lone VIEWS VIEWS THURSDAY say the state should pilot survives with substantial injuries.

4 not take legal action against Dino Rossi in a An irked Legislature moves to limit the power of the A.G. to use state case alleging the former gubernatorial candi- 03.y.10 MAIL MAIL funds to litigate against federal law. Rep. Kelli Linville, D-Bellingham, date improperly lined up campaign donations. MONDAY

chair of the powerful House Ways & Means Committee, joins the efforts of The Public Disclosure Commission recommends 2 Democrats to yank McKenna’s new power to pay private attorneys, expert no enforcement action against Rossi, whom Bellingham City Council approves a $26,000 DO IT IT DO

witnesses, mediators and others to help on cases without getting separate critics claimed illegally coordinated donations grant from the federal government to place approval from the governor’s budgt ofﬁce. McKenna was granted the power with the Building Industry Association of Wash- pharmaceutical disposal bins in area pharma-

10 just last week. Calming, Olympia next week will relax and restore some of his ington. Rossi is now cleared for a possible run cies as a means to keep drugs out of the wa-

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down by a store employee who pulled 30 him off a fence. Another person helped FUZZ the employee hold down the holler- FOOD BUZZ ing robber until police arrived. He was booked with minor injuries. 24

‘HOW TO BE A SNIPER’ WATCHDOG STOLEN On March 26, Bellingham Police and On March 21, a Barkley resident called CLASSIFIEDS drug task force agents entered an apart- Bellingham Police to report someone ment in the Roosevelt neighborhood. was walking off with the pet dog un- Inside, they found numerous shotguns, der one arm, taken from the resident’s 22 riﬂes and pistols, including a .50-caliber front porch. The canine sentinel was FILM FILM handgun, along with more than 1,000 eventually returned unharmed. rounds of ammunition. Included in their ﬁnd, police noted, was a book on how On Feb. 20, a woman who was attempt- 18 to be a sniper. Police also found a stack ing to sell a truck for her boyfriend ar- of posters with a photo and name of an rived with a potential buyer and was sur- MUSIC individual the 36-year-old resident be- prised to learn all the tires and wheels lieved was a drug informant. Police ar- had already been taken off the truck. 16 rested the man on numerous charges. On March 17, a man returned to his ART CRUISIN’ ABUSIN’ ENDS car to discover the lug nuts had been

IN A BRUISIN’ stolen off it. 15 On March 26, a couple of robbers

crawled through the drive-thru window SPANISH INQUISITION STAGE of the Cruisin Coffee near Cordata Park- On March 19, a woman delievered a way in Bellingham, brandishing knives. letter to Bellingham Police, detail- }x 13 Before they began the robbery, the men ing a number of conspiritorial actions CHANCE in 100 a Tea Party member is CHANCE in 100 a Tea Party member is white. male. carefully put bandanas over their faces against her she said originated from so they would not be recognized. Crusin Argentina and Mexico. The woman ex- GET OUT Coffee employees watched them put plained that the conspiracies are com-

the bandanas over their faces. One of municated to her via “sonic waves.” {{ { 12 the men dropped his wallet as he ﬂed CHANCE in 100 a Tea Party member CHANCE in ten a Tea Party member is describes himself as a “born-again” over the age of 55.

the robbery. The identiﬁcation inside AGAINST ALL REASON WORDS matched the description of the 24-year- On March 17, a woman came to the Christian fundamentalist. 8 old man employees had observed put- Blaine Police station, “agitated and 8 ting on the bandana in order to disguise angry over a variety of concerns his identity. Once he learned police that were disconnected in time and ~~{ CURRENTS CURRENTS were eagerly searching for him by name, space.” Police speculated, “The com- CHANCE in ten a Tea Party member, CHANCE in 100 a Tea Party movement is CURRENTS he glumly turned himself in. mon thread between all the problems while favoring a less expansive role for a Republicans or disaffected Republican

seemed to be that everyone the com- government, wishes the government would (77 percent voted for John McCain). 6 On March 26, Bellingham Police cap- plainant knew was telling her that create more jobs programs. tured the second of two men who robbed she had a mental health problem.” VIEWS Cruisin Coffee north of the city. Police Ofﬁcers sat with the woman while she 4 already considered the man a suspect in calmed herself in the knowledge that x{ ~{ x{ the robbery once they had his partner could not possibly be the case. PERCENT of independent voters who hold PERCENT of Tea Party members who MAIL would support Sarah Palin for president think Obama is the Anti-Christ (38

in custody. Following the robbery, the man entered Bayside Coin in Barkley COMFORT AND JOY versus her support by Tea Party members. percent believe he’s channeling Hitler). 2

Village with the intent of stealing two On March 5, a Samish Way conve- IT DO engagement rings worth approximately nience store reported someone had SOURCES: Center for Neighborhood Technology Housing + Transportation (H+TSM) Affordability Index; Washington Center for Real Estate Research; Quinnipiac University

$3,500. The man allegedly tried to run shoplifted a stuffed animal toy and a 10 survey; USA Today/Gallup; Harris poll

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22 22 our ofﬁce. With this approach there is 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. SAT., APRIL 3 no knife, no incision and no stitches. TEA FOR HAITI: Tea n’ Roses will host a fund- We do everything possible to make this WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM FILM FILM raising event dubbed “Tea for Haiti” from 9am- procedure simple and quick for you. CALL FOR POETRY #1: If you’re interested in 6:30pm at the Lairmont Manor, 405 Fieldston submitting a poem for the 5th annual Sue C. Rd. Entry is $75. When you’re ready, give us a call at Boynton Poetry Contest, submissions will be ac- 18 Bellingham Urology Associates. Or to WWW.TEANROSES.BLOGSPOT.COM cepted until April 7. learn more, visit our website at 758-2019 OR WWW.WHATCOMPOETRYSERIES.ORG BELLINGHAM FARMERS MARKET: Purchase MUSIC www.bellinghamurologyassociates.com. and peruse local fruit and veggies and artistic of- CALL FOR POETRY #2: If you want to par t ic ipate ferings when the Bellingham Farmers Market kicks in Whatcom Community College’s Fourth Annual off from 10am-3pm at the Depot Market Square Kumquat Poetry Challenge, you have until April

16 “Thanks for making this such a stress- at the corner of Railroad Avenue and Chest- 19 to do so. The event challenges wordsmiths to free experience, I was made to feel nut Street. The event continues every Saturday

ART ART write poems including all of the following words: through the Christmas season comfortable from start to ﬁnish.” bind, change, resolve, kindle, shore, run, gather- 647-2060 OR WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG ing, suspend, word and note. [email protected] HISTORIC HOME TOUR: An inaugural Historic 15 Home Tour happens from 11am-4pm through- FRI., APRIL 2 out lovely La Conner. The Gaches Mansion, the STAGE STAGE WILD COMFORT: Essayist, activist and professor Baptist Parsonage, and the Armstrong House are Kathleen Dean Moore reads from her new collec- just a few of the iconic buildings on the tour. tion, Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature, at 7pm at Tickets are $15. 13 We are Currently Accepting new Patients. Village Books, 1200 11th St. (360) 466-3365 OR 671-2626 WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM 340 Birchwood Ave WE ACCEPT MOST MAJOR INSURANCE PLANS INCLUDING: GET OUT Bellingham, WA 98225-1782 Regence, Premera, Group Health, First Choice, and Medicare MON., APRIL 5 (360) 671-9197 www.bellinghamurologyspecialists.com. SUN., APRIL 4 POETRYNIGHT: Sign up to read your verse at LAUGHTER CLUB: Certiﬁed leaders will host a the weekly Poetrynight at 8pm at the Anker Café,

12 meeting of the Bellingham Laughter Club at the 12 1424 Cornwall Ave. Readings begin at 8:30pm. Community Food Co-op’s Connections Building, WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG 1220 N. Forest St. Entry is $2. WORDS WORDS WED., APRIL 7 WWW.WORLDLAUGHTERTOUR.COM SEEING STARS: Diane Hammond reads from her

8 TUES., APRIL 6 latest book, Seeing Stars, at 7pm at Village Books, HOUSING FAIR: Students and local residents can 1200 11th St. address abode needs for the upcoming school year WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM at a Housing Fair from 10am-4pm at WWU’s Viking

CURRENTS CURRENTS Union Multipurpose Room. Admission is free. WWW.WWU.EDU

6 COMMUNITY WED., APRIL 7 THURS., APRIL 1 GREEN DRINKS: To ﬁnd out where Green VIEWS VIEWS BUSINESS SHOWCASE: Product demos, prize Drinks—the monthly mixer that brings together drawings, beer and wine tastings and more will likeminded environmental folks—is happening 4 be part of a Spring Business Showcase happening tonight, check out the link below.

MAIL MAIL from 4-9pm at the Bellingham Sportsplex, 1225 WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG Civic Field Way. Entry is free.

2 734-1330 OR WWW.BELLINGHAM.COM PEACE CORE PRIMER: “Make a Difference Over- DO IT IT DO

seas” will be the subject of a Peace Corps info session from 5:30-6:30pm at the RE Store, 2309 Meridian St. 10 650-3017 .31.

03 FUNDRAISER FOR JUSTICE: “Honoring Cesar Chavez” will be the theme of tonight’s Com- munity to Community Development potluck and .05

13 fundraiser from 6-8pm at St. Luke’s Community # Health Education Center, 3333 Squalicum Pkwy. Admission to the event—which will feature a talk by Chavez’s grandson, Anthony—is by donation. Please RSVP. 738-0893 OR WWW.FOODJUSTICE.ORG FRI., APRIL 2 TRIVIA BEE: The Whatcom Literacy Council CASCADIA WEEKLY will host its 14th annual “Trivia Bee & Silent Auction” starting at 6pm at Bellingham High 12 School, 2020 Cornwall Ave. Entry is $8 per per- The Gaches Mansion is just one of many venerable son or $20 per family. buildings up for private perusal at the inaugural 647-3264 Historic Home Tour April 3 in lovely La Conner doit

WED., MARCH 31 EPIC RUN: Join accomplished runners for 30 30 an Epic Run at 6pm every Wednesday leaving from Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. The FOOD strenuous outing involves runs of up to two hours on hilly terrain, so be prepared.

getout 24 HIKING ›› RUNNING ›› CYCLING 676-4955 APRIL 1-30 SKAGIT VALLEY TULIP FESTIVAL: Fun runs, tulip tiptoeing, arts and crafts, live CLASSIFIEDS music and a whole lot more will be part of the expansive Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

happening through April. Chances are the 22 tulips are coming up early this year, so plan

your life accordingly. FILM STORY AND PHOTO BY JOHN D’ONOFRIO WWW.TULIPFESTIVAL.ORG

FRI., APRIL 2 18 GET GARDENING: Valerie Easton will kick off the “Get Gardening” series when she MUSIC Into the Green shares tips from her book, The New Low- Maintenance Garden: How to Have a Beauti- ful, Productive Garden and the Time to Enjoy A SOJOURN TO THE HOH RAINFOREST It, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. 16

671-2626 OR WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM ART CONTRASTED SAT., APRIL 3 GOLDEN EGG HUNT: Search for treasure at 15 the 10th annual Golden Egg Hunt starting at WITH THE HOH, 10am at the Mt. Baker Ski Area. Among the myriad prizes, attendees can search for the STAGE BELLINGHAM IS THE grand prize egg, which contains a pass for next season. Prices vary. 13 13 13 MOJAVE DESERT WWW.MTBAKER.US BELLINGHAM FIT: Show up for a free ori- GET OUT entation for Bellingham Fit at 8am at Lake GET OUT Padden. Be prepared to walk or run after you preternaturally still. Scientists have declared spend some time learning about the pro-

the Hoh to be the quietest place in the Na- gram, which will prepare you to run a half 12 tional Park system. If you sit for a while, you or full marathon. can hear the beating of your heart. WWW.BELLINGHAMFIT.COM WORDS In the Hall of Mosses time seems to stand EMERGENCE OF SPRING: Join folks from the Whatcom Land Trust from 9am-12pm for

still. This is a landscape formed inch by inch, 8 an “Emergence of Spring at Edfro Creek” on thanks to the proliﬁc rain. Tendrils reach the south fork of the Nooksack River. Please for the elusive shafts of sunlight and water register in advance. drips from virtually everywhere. To explore 650-9470 OR WWW.WHATCOMLANDTRUST.ORG CURRENTS the Hall of Mosses is like snorkeling through SNOW HIKE: Hook up with members of the

OCCASIONALLY, HERE in the Paciﬁc Northwest, it rains. the air, which itself Mount Baker Club for a snow hike on Slide 6 Rain can put a damper on your outdoor plans but, let’s be reasonable, rain seems green. And and Racehorse Mountains today. Meet at 9am at Sunnnyland Elementary to carpool. is in many ways our greatest asset. It greens the hills, feeds the rivers and here’s the thing: the VIEWS WWW.MOUNTBAKERCLUB.ORG helps slow the migration of wannabe Bellinghamsters to our awesome little Hoh rain forest is TUBER SALE: The Whatcom County Dahlia 4 corner of the country. beautiful on a sunny Society will host its annual Tuber Sale from

If it didn’t rain so much, a million people would live in Bellingham (and day, when ﬂickering 10am-3pm at Bloedel Donovan Park, 2214 MAIL the whole place would look like the Guide). Rain gives us tulips in spring, sunshine illuminates Electric Ave. More than 500 varieties of the keeps the slug population robust and makes that grande latte taste extra the greenery but on bloomers will be available. 2 354-4346

luscious. Rain cleans the air and makes the ﬁreside all that more inviting. GETTING THERE: a rainy day, well, the IT DO

Perhaps best of all, rain begets rainforests. From Bellingham, effect is positively TUES., APRIL 6 We are surrounded by examples of the deep green that rainforests provide, drive to Whidbey aquatic. PHOTO SHOW: Steph Abegg will present a 10 Island, catch the photo show focusing on “a 3,000-foot verti-

but there is one rainforest in particular that has no equal, a rainforest so dense On a recent visit .31. Keystone Ferry to Port cal climb, a broken leg, a cell phone and four and so green that it could be a backlot on the CGI-created world of Pandora from we were treated to 03 Townsend. Take Hwy nights in a cave on Mt. Terror” at 6pm at that greenest of films, Avatar. This rainforest is justifiably famous and attracts 20 west to Hwy 101 the cartoonish an- REI, 400 36th St. Entry is free. pilgrims from around the world. This rainforest is called the Hoh. west through Port tics of a pair of river 657-8955 .05 13 Part of Olympic National Park, the Hoh Rain Forest is a wonderland of Angeles, past Lake otters cavorting in # Crescent, through WED., APRIL 7 green, even in winter. And no wonder: 150 inches of the wet stuff falls here one of the myriad Forks (watch out MAP & COMPASS: Learn how to stay found each year—as compared to 35 in Bellingham. Contrasted with the Hoh, Bell- for vampires) to the little watercourses at a “Map & Compass Basics” clinic at 6pm at ingham is the Mojave Desert. Just getting there is a delight; the Keystone Upper Hoh Road. Turn like extras in a Dis- REI, 400 36th St. Entry is free, but registra- Ferry to Port Townsend, the long and scenic drive across the Olympic Penin- left and arrive at the ney movie. Salmon tion is required. sula, tracing the shoreline of beautiful Crescent Lake and the final journey visitor center/trail- carcasses littered 647-8955 head in 17.5 miles. GARDEN CLUB: Join the Birchwood Garden

up along the Hoh River to the heart of the green. the stream, the CASCADIA WEEKLY Club’s meeting to ﬁnd out about “Fruit Tree The beauty of the rainforest can be experienced on a short, easily accessible turning wheel of de- Pruning and Hazardous Tree Pruning” at 7pm 13 trail that winds through an area bearing the poetic name of the Hall of Mosses. cay and rebirth on full display. But otters at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. The trail loops through some of the greenest terrain on Earth, winding among or not, the Hoh is the perfect setting for a WWW.BIRCHWOODGARDENCLUB.ORG ancient trees, draped in luxurious moss. Crystal-clear creeks bubble among the repast from the fast lane, a place to stop ferns, and salal and birdsong is everywhere. Except for the birds, the forest is and smell… the mosses.

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Thursday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 FILM Bay St. At 10pm, stick around for “The BY AMY KEPFERLE Project.” Entry is $5 for the early show, $3 for the late one. 18 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM APRIL 1-3 MUSIC Class Act AUNT DAN AND LEMON: Wallace Shawn’s 1985 masterpiece, Aunt Dan and FROM STUDY HALL TO STAGE Lemon, shows for the ﬁnal weekend at 16

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tions and personal perspectives to the table. 15 15 “I collaborate with students in a way that APRIL 1-4 GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER: Ste- STAGE STAGE asks them to be more than just students,” Den- STAGE phen Sondheim’s comedy/thriller, Getting nett says. “I ask them to contribute as artists. Away With Murder, opens this weekend Rarely do I tell them exactly what to do. Instead with showings at 7:30pm Thurs., 8pm 13 I suggest a possibility and they come up with Fri.-Sat., and 2pm Sun. at the Anacortes movement material that I then manipulate in a Community Theatre, 918 M. Ave. Tickets are $16. fashion that brings the most out in them and GET OUT WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM serves the idea being explored.” APRIL 2-3

Because creating new work is a vital part of 12 becoming a professional in the realm of dance, IMPROVATHON: Starting at 8pm Fri. and continuing until 11:30pm Sat., the 4th Dennett and his peers emphasize that aspect of annual Improvathon will feature 27 hours WORDS the performance during the rehearsal process, of nonstop entertainment at the Upfront

which starts in January and continues until the Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets are $5-$10 8 curtain comes up opening night. for individual shows, $20 for a general When audiences see the result of all the hard pass and $25 for “hardcore” attendees. 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM work starting April 8, it’ll become abundantly THE ODD COUPLE: See Neil Simons’ The CURRENTS clear that the wait was worth it. In addition Odd Couple at 7pm Fri.-Sat. at Mount Ver- to Dennett’s piece, “Gabriel Hounds”—which non’s RiverBelle Dinner Theatre, 100 E. 6 integrates the experiences of the student per- Montgomery St. Tickets are $20-$35.

formers while examining WWW.RIVERBELLEDINNERTHEATRE.COM VIEWS the forces of darkness— SAT., APRIL 3 4 attendees will also view CABARET: The sometimes-controversial- PHOTO BY MI-RANG LIM MI-RANG BY PHOTO

a piece for 14 dancers by but-always entertaining musical known MAIL Susan Haines, two works as Cabaret shows at 7:30pm at the Mount

by Penny Hutchinson, a Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. 2 Tickets are $20-$59.

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SEE IT a “dark fairy tale” courte- .31. EVEN MIKHAIL Baryshnikov wasn’t birthed on center stage. WHAT: Faculty sy of Richard Merrill. DANCE 03 Like most dancers who end up performing for the masses, he had to work Dance Concert “People can expect to APRIL 2-3

WHEN: 7:30pm .05 his barre-bred derriere off behind the scenes before he was ready to see everything from pow- CHIPPENDALES: Sinful schoolboy charm 13

April 8-10 and 2pm # make his public debut. erful physicality to emo- collides with naughty fantasies when Sun., April 11 the Chippendales head to the area for Because the dance faculty at Western Washington University—many of WHERE: Performing tionally moving dance the- 8pm shows at the Silver Reef Casino. whom have spent quality time dancing, choreographing or collaborating in Arts Center, WWU ater,” says faculty member Tickets are $30. professional ensembles across the country—also understand it requires a COST: $10-$15 Haines, adding that stu- WWW.SILVERREEFCASINO.COM lot of effort to transition from studying dance to regularly performing it, INFO: 650-6146 or dent costume and light- www.tickets. they spend a lot of time honing the talents of their charges. ing designers shouldn’t be SAT., APRIL 3 wwu.edu FOLK DANCE: Orkestar RTW will perform

The result is the annual “Faculty Dance Concert,” a weekend of shows that forgotten when it comes CASCADIA WEEKLY at tonight’s Fourth Corner Folk Dancers features the undergrads performing works created by the very same people time to dispense kudos. event from 8-11pm at the Fairhaven Li- 15 who are educating them. “My favorite part about these performances brary, 1117 12th St. Entry is $8-$12. And, while it’s true the staff is in charge of what ultimately makes it to is that so many people work together to create 380-0456 opening night, longtime professor Nolan Dennett—the “architect” of the something larger than the sum of us,” Haines entire dance program at Western—says part of the learning process involves says. “It is truly inspiring.” doit EVENTS

30 30 APRIL 1-30 SKAGIT VALLEY TULIP FESTIVAL: Sculp-

FOOD tures in La Conner, “Art in the Pickle Barn,” Rexville’s Pleasant Ridge Gallery—not to mention the awe-inspiring swaths of color

24 24 visual provided courtesy of Mother Nature—will be GALLERIES ›› OPENINGS ›› PROFILES part and parcel of the annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. WWW.TULIPFESTIVAL.ORG CLASSIFIEDS FRI., APRIL 2 FORM AND FUNCTION: Melonie Ancheta 22 22 of Copper Woman Studio will helm a “Form & Function: Beauty in NW Coast Native Art” FILM FILM interactive viewing and discussion from 7-9pm at the Urban Longhouse, 115 Unity St. Suggested donation is $8-$12. 18

RANDLETT AND MCCRACKEN: A reception MUSIC for acclaimed photographer and Seattle native Mary Randlett and Guemes Island sculp- tor Phillip McCracken’s “Northwest Luminar- 16 16 ies” show happens from 6-8pm at La Conner’s Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial St. ART ART ART ART the Iraq War as a way to deal with his own dis- (360) 420-9568 gust over the course of events that led George FIRST FRIDAY: Various galleries and busi- W. Bush to commit the United States to the 15 nesses in Anacortes will open their doors bloody battles that would soon ensue. from 6-9pm for the monthly First Friday Gal- lery Walk.

STAGE STAGE “I wanted to do something to protest,” Marlow says, “and I knew others felt the WWW.ANACORTESART.COM same way.” ART WALK: The monthly Art Walk happens 13 from 6-10pm in downtown Bellingham. Pe- Over the years, Marlow says, he’s hoped ruse the list of contributors below, or pick for contributions by artists who aren’t as up a map at participating locations.

GET OUT left-leaning as he is. That hasn’t happened WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM yet, but, as pieces always come in for “Ship ALLIED ARTS: As part of the annual “ReArt” show, more than 20 local artists

12 of Fools” until the last possible moment, he’s still holding out for a conservative will show their art through April 30 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. A reception hap- point of view. WORDS pens from 6-10pm tonight. Ultimately, the exhibit will open every WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG “DAMN NATION” BY TRACE SWANN

8 April Fool’s Day as long as the creative STUDIO UFO: “Big Small Works,” a show types who participate imbue it with life. featuring new paintings that are 12” x 12” or And, while it’s true things aren’t looking smaller can be seen from 6-10pm at Studio quite as bleak as they did when the second UFO, 301 W. Holly St. CURRENTS CURRENTS BY AMY KEPFERLE WWW.STUDIOUFO.NET Bush was in ofﬁce, that ENLIGHTENED ART: A silent auction fea- 6 doesn’t mean we’re liv- turing “Enlightened Art”—75 donated lamp- ing in a Utopia. shades made into masterpieces by a variety

VIEWS VIEWS “It’s really going to of Allied Arts artists—happens during the Ship of Fools Art Walk from 6-10pm at the Leopold Crystal be driven by the needs 4 of the artists,” Marlow Ballroom, 1224 Cornwall Ave. LIFE PRESERVERS NOT INCLUDED WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG MAIL MAIL says. “If the work’s not DIGS: Photographer Mitch Moquin’s mini- being done, I probably malist Polaroids can be checked out from 2 Esteemed ladies and gentlemen of the viewing pub- ATTEND won’t do it anymore. It’s ALL ABOARD! WHAT: Ship of Fools 6-10pm at Digs, 200 W. Holly St. WWW.DIGSSHOWROOM.COM DO IT IT DO lic, we are now beginning boarding for the annual “Ship of Fools” exhibit not about whether soci- WHEN: Opening at the Blue Horse Gallery. Please watch your step and be prepared to avert reception from 6:30- ety’s going so smoothly PAPERDOLL: Drawings and screen prints your eyes if, perchance, you see something that upsets your paper-thin 9:30pm Thurs., April that nobody’s angry by Tim Lejeunesse titled “This Can Only End 10 1. A second recep- Badly, But Who Cares?” will debut at a recep-

.31. sensibilities. about it—that’s not tion happens from tion from 6-10pm at the Paperdoll, 312 W. 03 What’s that you say? You’re not easily offended? You can handle view- going to happen. It’s a 6-10pm Fri., April 2, Champion St. ing art that isn’t necessarily intended to be hung above the dining room during the downtown matter of where their WWW.THEPAPERDOLL.NET .05 table for everyday consumption? You’re actually excited there’s a gallery Art Walk priorities are. Now, the 13

# SAT., APRIL 3 in Bellingham that provides an unjuried outlet for artists to express their WHERE: Blue Horse anger might be deﬂect- HUMOR AND ART: A reception for a group disappointment or dissent with our political system via a yearly event that Gallery, 301 W. Holly ed in other ways; maybe St. exhibit featuring humor, art and a contem- manages to merge anger management with creativity? it’s not so intense.” COST: Entry is free porary point of view happens from 6-8pm at Well, sirs and madams, this show promises to break all sorts of boundar- INFO: 671-2305 or Regardless of wheth- the Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. ies of taste and aesthetics. You, dear viewer, will get to decide if “Obama,” www.bluehorse er you’re disturbed or WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM a glass partially ﬁlled with water spotlighted at the center of the show, is gallery.com entranced by what you REID, BROWER, BERRY: Pieces by collaborative artists Paul Brower and Carol Berry,

CASCADIA WEEKLY half-full or half-empty. You’ll be allowed to talk amongst yourselves about see at “Ship of Fools,” along with Samish Island artist Ann Reid, the meaning behind the cartoon depicting a white guy spray painting a wall keep in mind that a big part of the seaworthy can be viewed at an opening reception from 16 with the words “kill all niggers, Jews and faggots” while those selfsame event is the discourse that occurs when peo- 5-8pm at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, “types” mock him behind his back. And that’s just the beginning. ple get ﬁred up about something. Oh, and life 5742 Gilkey Ave. . “The whole show is about free speech, and I’ve never limited it,” says preservers won’t be included, so you might WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM captain Wade Marlow, who started offering the exhibit at the inception of want to bring your own. Bellingham Family Health Clinic

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CW Rumor Has It 30 30 I HAVE ONLY one word to describe last week’s Black FOOD Breath show, and that is: holyshitblackbreath. Now, I’ve seen this band a few times before, and while

24 24 I’ve always found them to be on the entertaining music side of the musical spectrum—you know, certainly SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT good enough, but not jaw-droppingly so—these days, they’re, well, holyshitblackbreath. Of course, logic CLASSIFIEDS would dictate that I should’ve known this would be the case, considering 1. they did sign with Southern 22 22 Lord, 2. they also nabbed a slot on a Converge tour and 3. I’ve been hearing for months how good their no- FILM FILM longer-upcoming (it dropped March 30, in case you’d like to suss it out for yourself) album Heavy Breathing 18 18 is (side note: How great is that album title?). And, sure enough, they hit the not-stage in the Jinx base- MUSIC MUSIC ment last week and totally killed it. Nice work, boys. Predictably, the band’s success has brought with it BY CAREY ROSS a fair amount of haters ’round these parts, and all I 16 have to say to you is: Jealous much? ART ART For those of you who were reading along and pay- ing attention, you may have noticed the part where I David Bazan said Black Breath played at Jinx, rather than at their 15 TORTURED ARTIST, PRETTY MUSIC previously scheduled top-secret

STAGE STAGE downtown locale. No, that was not a typo. After the ﬁrst band, Dog Shredder, opened the show 13 at the aforementioned downtown locale, someone, clearly fright-

GET OUT ened by the volume of the shredding by the Shredder (I have to

12 assume it was the shredding, BY CAREYCAREY ROSSROSS since there are no actual dogs involved in the band, scary or otherwise), made a phone WORDS call to the Bellingham Police Department, who paid a

8 visit to the show and promptly shut it down, causing it to be moved to Jinx (big thanks to Michelle Schutte for graciously offering up her venue). Methinks a quick lesson in Good Neighbor Policy CURRENTS CURRENTS is necessary for said police-caller (yes, I know who

6 you are. No, I am not going to out you here): Any house venue, if given the opportunity, would love the

VIEWS VIEWS chance to work out any/all noisemaking issues with any/all parties offended by any/all noise issuing forth 4 from within. This is due to the fact that house venues

MAIL MAIL live and die by the grace of their neighbors, so working out such problems is in the best interest of every-

2 one involved. House venues don’t really want to have

DO IT IT DO to deal with the police—not to mention the potential

ﬁnes and other legal hassles that can ensue—and the police don’t really want to have to monitor house ven- 10

.31. ues. All this is to say that it’s almost just as easy for

03 you to walk next door, or down the street, or across the alley or whatever and actually talk to whoever is

.05 WHEN YOU grow up in Everett—as I did—you ﬁnd your- liest of places. Chris Cornell went there, putting on the show as it is to get the police involved. 13 # self wanting to escape as often as possible as soon as you attain and was probably hairy and misunder- As I’ve said before, house shows are a vital necessity an age that allows you to be somewhat mobile. Typically, that stood in Shorewood’s hallowed halls long to any music scene in any town that claims to have a escape consists of frequent trips to Seattle, as it is a mere 20 or before he put both of those qualities to music scene, and even a single police visit can have a so minutes away, and affords all those things in abundance that good use in Soundgarden. Johnny Baco- chilling effect on further shows at whatever house is Everett lacks, also in abundance. When traveling to Seattle from las and James Bergstrom formed a band brave enough to stick its neck out and do us the enor- Everett, one must, of course, pass through the loose grouping called Diamond Lie while they were still mous favor of hosting shows. In the case of the Black

CASCADIA WEEKLY of cities and unincorporated areas that comprise North Seattle. students at Shorewood, before recruiting Breath show, when you called the cops, you did more One does not stop there, as North Seattle, with its strip malls a Meadowdale student named Layne Sta- than just shut down the show there that night, you 18 and plentiful used-car lots, seems to have too much in common ley to sing and changing their name to potentially put an end to shows there for good. Maybe with the cultural wasteland one is ﬂeeing. Alice N’ Chainz. More recently, the school that’s exactly what you intended to do. If so, mission But North Seattle is deceptive. Because it is also home to has claimed songwriter Damien Jurado accomplished. Someone, somewhere might very well Shorewood High School, a musical bastion of sorts in the unlike- as its own esteemed alum, as well as his be proud of you. Just not anyone I know. musicPreview musicEvents DEFINE high-school buddy and sometime collabora- WED., MARCH 31 tor David Bazan. SCRAP ARTS MUSIC: A mix of “music, 30 movement and spectacle” can be expe-

While this is certainly an impressive list of FOOD rienced when Scrap Arts Music combines with individualclothes that are as esteemed alumni, Bazan is, at the present one-of-a-kind instruments with athletic moment, the erstwhile Shorewood Thunder- choreography at a 7:30pm show at the bird currently capturing my interest. Mount Baker Theater, 104 N. Commercial as you are… 24 Chances are, if you’ve spent any time mak- St. Tickets are $20-$39. unique 734-6080 OR ing yourself familiar with Seattle musicians, WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM one-of-a-kind you’ve come across Bazan a time or two. Af- CLASSIFIEDS ter all, it would be almost impossible not to. THURS., APRIL 1 VINTAGE BHS BAND: The BHS Jazz Ensemble and

Perhaps you know him best from his time in 22 band contest winners—including solo- the now-defunct Pedro the Lion. Or as lead handmade ists, small ensembles and large concert singer of the Head- groups—will perform at 7pm at the FILM phones. Maybe, sev- school’s digs at 2020 Cornwall Ave. 2010 N. State 11-7 Mon - Sat 676-6575 18 eral years ago, you 756-9440 18 saw him play drums MIKE ALLEN QUARTET: New York tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart will be fea- MUSIC and sing backing MUSIC tured when the Mike Allen Quartet per- vocals with Seldom, forms at 8pm at Fairhaven’s Firehouse or during his stint PAC, 1314 Harris Ave. Tickets are $10-$20 HEAR with Starﬂyer 59. at the door. 16 [email protected] WHO: David Bazan It’s also possible ART WHEN: 7pm Sat., April you saw him dur- FRI., APRIL 2 10 ing his tour with SWIL KANIM: World-class violinist Swil

WHERE: Viking Union 15 Centro-matic’s Will Kanim performs from 7-9pm at a free (WWU) show at Stuart’s at the Market, 1530 COST: $7-$10 Johnson and Scott Cornwall Ave. STAGE MORE INFO: myspace. Danbom, American 714-0800 com/davidbazan Music Club’s Mark

Eitzel, and the late SAT., APRIL 3 13 Vic Chesnutt as part of the Undertow Or- CLAMDIGGER JAZZ: The Bellingham Tra- chestra (which is unlikely unless you hap- ditional Jazz Society will host a concert and dance featuring the Clamdigger Jazz GET OUT pened to be living in the South, on the East Band from 2-5pm at the VFW Hall, 625 N. Coast, or in Europe at the time). State St. Entry is $6-$8. In case you haven’t noticed, since gradu- 734-2973 12 ating from Shorewood and leaving North Se- LINDA ALLEN: Songwriter and educa- attle, Bazan has been a busy, busy man. tor Linda Allen shares her multi-media WORDS Of course, these days, Bazan has an presentation and new album, Here’s to the Women, at 7pm at the Deming Library, 8 equally hectic career as a solo artist, part 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. Entry is free. of a well-documented journey that has seen 592-2422 OR WWW.LINDASONGS.COM him go from being indie rock’s ﬁrst big WATERFALL, MOCKINGBIRD: Guitar- Christian crossover success with Pedro the ist, pianist and songwriter Linda Waterfall CURRENTS Lion, to the depths of his own private hell, and a cappella trio Mockingbird will per- 6 during which he questioned his faith and form at 7pm at the Unity Church auditorium, 1095 Telegraph Rd. Tickets are $10 drank way too much before working out the per person or $20 per family. VIEWS details of his conﬂicted existence on his WWW.LINDAWATERFALL.COM critically acclaimed solo full-length, last GRUPO AMOROSO: Classic bossa nova 4 year’s Curse Your Branches. As breakups go, and Brazilian folk, pop and jazz can be MAIL MAIL they don’t get any bigger than when a man heard when Grupo Amoroso performs at a

benefit concert for the Skagit River Poetry decides to part ways with his Maker. And as 2 Festival at 7:30pm at the La Conner Gar- breakup albums go, they don’t get any more den Club, 622 S. Second St. Tickets will be DO IT IT DO searingly personal than Curse Your Branches. $12 at the door. Excellent songwriting and musicianship it WWW.GRUPOAMOROSO.COM has in abundance; easy listening, it ain’t. JIM PAGE: Songwriter and folksinger Jim 10 While the spotlight Bazan now finds Page will be joined by violinist Mike Gray .31. 03 trained on him largely illuminates the musi- and harmonica man Grant Dermody at 8pm at the Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce St. cian’s struggles with his fallen faith (if one WWW.THECONWAYMUSE.COM .05 were to take his current religious tempera- 13 # ture, it would probably read something like WED., APRIL 7 “questioning agnostic”), it can be easy to MUSIC CLUB: The Bellingham Music Club will offer up a free concert featuring WWU forget there’s a fine musician amid all that Award recipients at 10:30am at Faith Lu- introspection—in fact, one that has been theran Church, 2750 McLeod Rd. made even better for all that self-examina- 671-0252 tion. Even Bazan himself probably couldn’t CONCERT BAND: “Sousa and His Band” say where his travels—both musical and will be the theme of a performance by the CASCADIA WEEKLY spiritual—will take him in the future. North Cascades Concert Band at 7:30pm at Bellingham High School, 2020 Cornwall 19 And while such piercing internal focus can Ave. Tickets are $5-$12. hardly result in a painless existence for this WWW.NCCBAND.ORG tortured artist, it sure does make for some pretty music.

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GET OUT DISNEY HAS decided it’s time Miley Cyrus, the darling of its IT’S NOT tween TV audience, swam in the mainstream. So we have The Last Song, ONE OF

12 in which she abandons her alter ego, Hannah Montana, and pouts as a rebellious teen. SPARKS’ Her hapless father is Greg Kinnear, an actor whose smooth-skinned WORDS boyishness, blue eyes and quizzical smile make him a natural casting MORE

8 for characters put upon by difﬁcult people. His eternal affability tends INVENTIVE to be an irritant they just can’t take and Cyrus’s Ronnie Miller is in just such a state when she and her young brother, Jonah (Bobby Coleman), EFFORTS come to spend the summer with him. CURRENTS CURRENTS AND CYRUS’ Years earlier, Kinnear’s Steve Miller walked out for reasons yet to be

6 revealed. His ex-wife (Kelly Preston) has long since forgiven him, as EXTENDED has Jonah. But Ronnie still nurses a grudge so large that Cyrus’s pout

VIEWS VIEWS SULK morphs into a sneer whenever she shares a scene with him. It’s a sour start but we know things are bound to sweeten up soon.

4 DOESN’T The screenplay is by Nicholas Sparks who regularly churns out senti-

MAIL MAIL mental bestsellers. Dear John, The Notebook and Nights in Rodanthe are EXACTLY examples of his familiarity with the workings of the tear duct.

2 ENHANCE On Tybee Island, just off the coast near Savannah, Georgia, Steve HER ACTING DO IT IT DO lives in a cottage that the ﬁlm’s designers have fondly weathered in

shabby chic style. It even incorporates a studio where Steve is making PROSPECTS a stained-glass window for the local church, but the house’s center- 10

.31. piece is a piano. He is a classically trained composer and before the

03 family split, Ronnie was his protege. qualiﬁes as meeting cute. His name is Will, he’s played by Australian actor Now, however, she’s saying no to music along with everything Liam Hemsworth and he has it all. As well as the good looks and perfect

.05 else. She’s about to decline a scholarship to Juilliard and—even physique, he has enough discernment to decide outsider Ronnie is more 13 # more radical—she gets halfway through the ﬁlm before singing her interesting than the blonde princesses pursuing him. latest single. Once that discovery is out of the way, we’re quickly into those mood I suppose it’s a stretch to ask for an original twist or two in a montages rom-com makers prefer these days because they do away with machine-made movie like this, but the director, Julie Anne Robinson, the need for snappy dialogue. and her crew have taken such pains in pinpointing Tybee Island as Otherwise, the romance follows the usual pattern with a hiccup in their setting that a whiff of authenticity would have been nice. But the middle before the upbeat ending. Since this is a Sparks movie,

CASCADIA WEEKLY no, their approach is strictly generic. there’s a weepy section where father and daughter realize they’re kin- We’re revisiting that teen movie shrine, A Summer Place, where the dred spirits after all. 22 sea glitters and ﬁrst kisses are exchanged on balmy evenings amid It’s not one of Sparks’ more inventive efforts and Cyrus’ extended sulk lengthening shadows. Ronnie comes across her summer love as soon doesn’t exactly enhance her acting prospects—not that this means much. as she steps on to the sand. The only question that matters to Cyrus and Disney is whether her fans He’s playing volleyball and he knocks her over, which I suppose can say goodbye to Hannah Montana. ﬁlm ›› showtimes

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mind’s eye. I saw a scene of a perky possum in a su- CLASSIFIEDS your ability to sneak and fake and dissemble. These perhero costume giving you a tray of red jello covered :HDUHD/RFDO$UW6WXGLR 9LVXDO-RXUQDOLQJ skills seem to have atrophied in you. To quote Homer with marshmallows, gumdrops, and chocolate kisses. RIIHULQJDGLYHUVHVHOHFWLRQ &ROODJH Simpson, “You couldn’t fool your own mother on the

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One seems to bring you, it actually undermines your ART expose yourself to such unpleasant experiences, even ability to get what you want. The ironic fact of the if they are pretend. APRIL FOOL! I told you a half- matter is that pure unrepentant selﬁshness —the kind truth. While it is likely that you will dream of diving that Satan celebrates—is the worst possible way to

off a mountaintop or tumbling out of a hot-air balloon 15 achieve your selfish goals. APRIL FOOL! I know you or flying through the big sky without a parachute, don’t really worship Satan. I was just hoping to jolt your unconscious mind has arranged it so that you will you into considering my real desire for you, which is U U STAGE land softly and safely in a giant pile of foam padding to achieve your selfish goals by cultivating more un- and feathers next to a waterfall whose roaring flow selfishness. is singing your name. Despite the apparent inconve- 13 nience in the first part of the dream, you will be taken SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to care of by the end. Uncyclopedia.com, Riding the Snake is a book co- authored by Oscar Wilde and Jesus Christ in 1429 B.C. DRINK LOCAL GEMINI (May 21-June 20): On the Ghost Hunters GET OUT If you can find a copy, I strongly suggest you read it. TV program, paranormal researchers investigate places Honey You could really use some help in taming the unruly that are thought to be haunted by supernatural enti- kundalini that has been whipping you around. APRIL Berries

ties. One commercial for the show urges us, the view- 12 FOOL! I lied. There is no such ancient book. But that ers, to “Get ﬂuent in fear!” That exhortation happens Apples doesn’t change the fact that you’d really beneﬁt from to be perfect advice for you, Gemini. APRIL FOOL! I

getting more control over your instinctual energy. I’d WORDS lied. This is not at all a good time for you to get fluent love to see your libidinous power be more thoroughly in fear. But more than that. It’s actually a momentous harnessed in behalf of your creative expression. time to get un-fluent in fear. You have an unprec- 8 edented opportunity to stop casually exposing your- CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Supermodel self to anxiety-inducing influences. You have amazing Selita Ebanks is your role model. In accordance with power to shut down that place in your imagination the astrological omens, I recommend that you ar- where you generate your scary fantasies. The conquest range for the kind of special treatment she enjoys as CURRENTS of your fears could be at hand! she’s preparing for a runway show. That means getting five stylists to work for hours every day perfect- CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your gambling 6 ing every aspect of your physical appearance. Please chakra is conspiring with your inner roughneck to make sure they apply no less than 20 layers of pull a fast one on your dignity chakra and your inner VIEWS makeup to your butt. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The omens wuss. If they get away with their scheme you may find say this is not a good time to obsess on your outer

yourself having ridiculous yet holy fun in high places. 4 beauty. They do suggest, however, that attending to And I wouldn’t be surprised if in the course of these your inner beauty would be smart. So please do the hijinks, your spirit guides channeled some holistic MAIL equivalent of getting 20 layers of makeup applied to karma into the part of your psychic anatomy that we your soul’s butt. in the consciousness business call your “spiritual orgy 2 button.” APRIL FOOL! Sorry if that sounded a bit eso- AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Would it be a Rhododendron Cafe wise idea for you to stage your own kidnapping and teric. I was invoking some faux shamanic jargon in the IT DO hope of bypassing your rational mind and tricking you demand ransom money for your release? Should you into experiencing a ﬁzzy, buoyant altered state, which appear on a reality TV show that will expose your in- would be an excellent tonic for both your mental and timate secrets to millions of viewers? Could you get :RUOG)DUHa/RFDO)ODLU 10 your spiritual evolution back on track by joining a physical health. .31.

religious cult? APRIL FOOL! The questions I just posed 03 LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “I eat pressure for break- Serving Handmade Local Ingredients for 26 Years! were terrible! They were irrelevant to the destiny you fast,” says Leo-born James Cameron, director of Avatar should be shaping for yourself. But they were pro-

and Titanic, the two highest grossing ﬁlms ever made. .05 vocative, and may therefore be the nudge you need Like many in your tribe, he has a very high opinion 13 to get smarter about formulating your choices. It has ~ ~ ~ ~ April ~ ~ ~ ~ # of himself. “Anybody can be a father or a husband,” never been more important than it is right now for you he told his fourth wife Linda Hamilton. “There are to ask yourself good questions. Featuring American Regional Cooking only ﬁve people in the world who can do what I do, and I’m going for that.” He’s your role model. APRIL PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s an excellent Memphis BBQ Ribs w/ Mashers & Corn Bread FOOL! I lied. While I do urge you to focus intensely time to demonstrate how strong and brave and in- on the quality or talent that’s most special about you, domitable you are. I suggest you carry out some he- Southwest Prawns w/ Chili Corncakes I strongly discourage you from neglecting your more roic feat, like lying on a bed of nails while someone Duck & Andouille Jambalaya puts heavy concrete blocks all over your body, then

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13 Pinch of cayenne hungry hordes. (www.bbaybrewery.com). Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg Country ham, red snapper with minted Salt and pepper GET OUT grapefruit, baked chicken, Eggs Benedict, ½ cup pine nuts, lightly toasted quiche, assorted desserts and much, much 1 pound farfalle pasta more can be had at the Best Western Lake- 12 1 cup homemade bread crumbs way Inn’s Easter Brunch, which happens Heat the oven to 400 degrees.

WORDS WORDS from 11am-3pm at the Lakeway Avenue lo- Lightly coat a large shallow baking cale ($18-$22, free for kids 6 and under). dish with olive oil. Heat the remain- If you’re too full to move afterward, simply 8 ing oil in a large skillet and saute book a room and stay for a spell. (www.bell- the asparagus for about 2-3 min- ingham-hotel.com) utes until bright green. Add green

CURRENTS CURRENTS Seasonally inspired fare will be the name onions and remove from heat. Add of the game at Nimbus, where a three- zest, lemon juice, thyme, salt and 6 PHOTO BY MATT ABREW MATT BY PHOTO course meal ($25) will include items to pepper and mix well. choose from such as Dungeness crab frit- In a medium saucepan, heat the VIEWS VIEWS tatas, sirloin steak with eggs and grits, butter and ﬂour over medium heat LIKE CHRISTMAS, Easter is a holiday with vastly religious under- Nimbus benedict, roasted garlic-rosemary 4 whisking until smooth, about two tones that has, over the years, been co-opted by various entities intent scones and cardamom wafﬂes. A heart- minutes. Add milk and whisk until MAIL MAIL on selling something to the public. stopping view is also par for the course, so the mixture is thickened (the con- Whether the commercialization occurs in the form of chocolate bun- bring your binoculars. (676-1307 or www. sistency of heavy cream). Remove 2 nies the size of three-year-olds, “Aren’t You Glad Your Lent Fast is Over?” nimbusrestaurant.com) from the heat and add the mascar-

DO IT DO greeting cards or a sale on cartons of eggs, it can be easy to forget the At Nona Rosa’s, “Christmas at home and pone and half-cup of the Parmesan alleged resurrection of a bearded fella named Jesus is the reason the Easter with whomever you wish” will be the Reggiano. Season with cayenne and holiday exists in the ﬁrst place. order of the day. While acknowledging that 10 allspice. Salt and pepper to taste.

.31. For me, Easter has always focused more on the celebration of spring— the holiday is best spent with families re- In a small bowl combine the 03 which, in the larger scale of life and death, is also an annual rebirth— uniting around a table, Bellingham’s down- breadcrumbs and the rest of the rather than a conscious effort to pay homage to the dawning of Christian- town Italian ristorante is offering a reason Parmesan Reggiano. Add a drizzle .05 ity. It’s also, to be honest, a day to take advantage of local feasts that for you to bring the relatives to them for

13 of olive oil and mix. # come but once a year. a special Easter repast. Starting at 4pm, Cook the pasta according to di- Last April, while I did indeed attend a song-ﬁlled service at a local the Sicilian-based Easter dinner will feature rections, keeping it slightly under- church, the high point of the holiday was the partaking of the succulent braised lamb shanks with sun-dried tomato done. Drain. Return to the cooking Easter hams, unending buckets of shrimp and sweet pastries to be found at polenta cakes. Again, you should probably pot and add asparagus, green on- the brunch we attended at Blaine’s Resort Semiahmoo ($25 without cham- get in contact with them before you show up ion. Gently fold in the mascarpone pagne, $27 with). Dressed-up families, visits from the Easter Bunny and a (733-8100 or www.nonarosas.com). sauce and pine nuts. Pour into the CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA create-your-own omelet bar were part of the festivities, and the room was If you spend Easter Sunday at home, food baking dish. Sprinkle the bread- packed. If you go, be sure and make reservations (www.semiahmoo.com). writer Mary Ellen Carter’s Baked Spring Pasta crumb mixture evenly over the top. 30 Boundary Bay Brewery, never one to miss out on feeding the masses, can be served, she says, as an accompani- Bake uncovered until golden, 20-25 will again be offering up its all-you-can-eat brunch from 9am-12pm at ment to an Easter ham or lamb dinner, or on minutes. Serves six. its Railroad Avenue hotspot ($8 for kids, $20 for adults). In addition to its own. Whatever you choose to do, eat well —Recipe courtesy of Mary Ellen a diverse menu, the kids who take part will also be treated to a 10:30am and prosper. Carter Bellingham Theatre Guild presents

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