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34 34 cascadia FOOD Expect world-class entertainment when the 27 Moscow Ballet brings the ever- dramatic -*( *½%0'$ / B-BOARD A glance at what’s happening this week to town Nov. 20 at the Mount Baker Theatre 24

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20 MUSIC Macklemore, Ryan Lewis: 8pm, Mount

MUSIC Baker Theatre Composers of Western: 8pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU 18

ART ART COMMUNITY HER Calendar Unveiling: 6-8pm, Old World Deli 16 VISUAL ARTS STAGE STAGE Kat Houseman Talk: 7pm, Chuckanut Brewery 14 /#0-. 4[11.x~.11] GET OUT ONSTAGE Noises Off: 7pm, Squalicum High School

12 Augustine’s Confessions: 7:30pm, Syre Center, WCC Pride and Prejudice: 7:30pm, Sehome Little WORDS Theatre Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre

8 The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre

MUSIC Wine, Women & Song: 7-9pm, Lairmont CURRENTS CURRENTS Manor 6 WORDS Art Wolfe: 6:30pm, Leopold Crystal Ballroom VIEWS VIEWS Gary McKinney: 7pm, Village Books

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2 100 Youth Voices: 5:30-9:30pm, the Majestic Women Veterans Forum: 7pm, YWCA

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!-$ 4[11.x.11] ONSTAGE Noises Off: 7pm, Squalicum High School Talent Revue: 7pm, Ferndale High School Pride and Prejudice: 7:30pm, Sehome Little MUSIC Notable Bellingham folk artist R.R. CASCADIA WEEKLY Theatre Tracy Spring, Larry Murante, Carolyn Cruso: Augustine’s Confessions: 7:30pm, Syre 7:30pm, Nancy’s Farm Clark—also known as “FishBoy”— 2 Center, WCC The Andrews Brothers: 7:30pm, RiverBelle WORDS opens his studio Nov. 19 for the Dinner Theatre, Mount Vernon Kurtis Lamkin: 7pm, La Conner School District Rooster: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Auditorium Triples: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Family Story Night: 7pm, Fairhaven Library annual !$.#*4#*'$ 4.#*2

Peter Laufer: 7pm, Village Books ington Fairgrounds, Lynden

COMMUNITY GET OUT FOOD CO OP 34 Home for the Holidays: 9:30am-9:30pm, Bell- Turkey Trot: 9am, Whatcom Falls Park ingham Cruise Terminal NSEA Work Party: 9am-12pm, Maritime Heri- FOOD tage Park GET OUT

Inside Passage Presentation: 7pm, Firehouse FOOD 7DVWHWKHGLIIHUHQFHWKLV 27 Performing Arts Center Swedish Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, Norway Final Gore and Lore Tour: 7pm, downtown Hall Bellingham Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, Blaine Senior 7KDQNVJLYLQJ B-BOARD Center FOOD

Literacy Breakfast: 7:15-9am, Bellingham Golf VISUAL ARTS 24 & Country Club Festival of the Arts: 10am-6pm, 3548 Meridian 6KHOWRQ·V$OO1DWXUDO)UHVK

St. FILM VISUAL ARTS Weavers Guild Show and Sale: 12-4pm, What- Employee Craft Fair: 8am-5pm, St. Luke’s com Museum’s Lightcatcher Building

)UHHUDQJHRU2UJDQLF7XUNH\V 20 Health Education Center Fish Boy Holiday Show: 2-9pm, Fish Boy Gal- Festival of the Arts: 10am-6pm, 3548 Meridian lery

St. Honey, I Shrunk the Art Opening: 4:30- ZLWK12DGGHG MUSIC Holiday Art Show: 11am-6pm, through Monday 8:30pm, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island at the Rexville Grange

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Skagit Valley Casino Resort University Choir, Women’s Chorale: 3pm, WORDS Final Serial Killers: 8pm and 10pm, iDiOM Performing Arts Center, WWU

Theater 8 Triples: 10pm, Upfront Theatre COMMUNITY Alternative Holiday Market: 1-4pm, Assump- DANCE tion Catholic Church CURRENTS CURRENTS Contra Dance: 7-10pm, Norway Hall

USA Dance: 7pm, Blue Moon Ballroom GET OUT 6 Tango Experience Milonga: 8-11:30pm, Pres- Cranksgiving: 12pm, Hub Community Bike Shop ence Studio 6DPHJUHDWWXUNH\VEXWSUHRUGHUVQRORQJHUQHFHVVDU\ FOOD VIEWS MUSIC Southside Community Meal: 5-6:30pm, Our 4 Blue Scholars: 7pm, Viking Union Multipurpose Saviour’s Lutheran Church Room, WWU Pre-Thanksgiving Potluck: 5:30-8pm, Belling- 'HOLDQG%DNHU\3UHRUGHUV MAIL MAIL Love in Action: 7pm, Blaine Performing Arts

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Laurence Kadow: 3-5pm, Ferndale Public Donovan # Library Joel Balkan: 7pm, Village Books /0 . 4[11.yy.11] COMMUNITY Home for the Holidays: 9:30am-5:30pm, Bell- MUSIC ingham Cruise Terminal Fall Music Concert: 7:30pm, Heiner Theater, WCC Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Chest-

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18 6: Gristle & Views Art Director: Jesse Kinsman ART ART 8: Water watch ô jesse@ kinsmancreative.com 10: Last week’s news 16 Graphic Artists: 11: Police blotter Stefan Hansen STAGE STAGE ô stefan@ ARTS & LIFE cascadiaweekly.com Send all advertising materials to 14 12: A doc that rocks [email protected] 14: Woman in the wilderness Advertising GET OUT 16: Cocks of the block Account Executive: 18: A proliﬁc prankster Scott Pelton

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6 Letters Anonymous, thank you for creating what I think ownership of the design by doing a simple water- 27: Bulletin Board Send letters to letters@ cascadiaweekly.com. is the most beautiful piece of public art in Bell- color of the beet and then placing it at a booth at VIEWS VIEWS 28: Wellness ingham. I realize not all ’hamsters will share my the farmers market. When I brought this up to the THE GRISTLE, P.6 * RUMOR HAS IT, P.20 * FREE WILL, P.29 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE 29: Free Will Astrology HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND LOWER B.C. opinion, but art is not about popularity among city, I got a little call from this person. Who said,

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4 11.x}.11 :: #46, v.06 :: !- 30: Advice Goddess the masses. In its best form, art evokes emotion and I quote, “If you so much as breathe I will pull MAIL MAIL MAIL and discussion. I applaud your courage to create this project so fast it will make your head spin.” I 31: Crossword

such an inspirational work of art from a time in stopped breathing; after all, I had already told all 2 32: This Modern World, your life when you feel less than inspired. of my friends and family that I had received this Tom the Dancing Bug

DO IT IT DO “Grace” reminds us to perservere with patience, “honor,” and I would be humiliated if somehow it

ROOSTER BOOSTER: A FINAL, FUNNY FAREWELL, P.16 }} KARP LIVES! A STORY OF A SONIC INSURGENCY, P.20 33: Sudoku, Slowpoke WATER WATCH: SAVING THE SALISH SEA, P.8 determination and concentration. We should all didn’t go through. COVER: photo by Susan Conrad, learn from “Grace.” I was to have full access to the welder so that we .11 34: Pie-eyed design by Jesse Kinsman

16 —Heather Baker, Bellingham could do the work “together.” He would, of course, be doing the welding part and I would direct, sort A big thanks to the artist who created “Grace,” of like Dale Chihuly and his glassblowers. Working ©2011 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by .06 11. Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly and a bravo for a wonderful work of art, as well together that way, we would get the design just 46 # PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 right. Needless to say, the welder never called [email protected] as a thank you for printing the “Amazing Grace” Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia article. As an artist I feel vindicated. me back ever. Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution You printed a great article for me several years Then it was time for the unveiling and I just SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you ago regarding the beet weathervane that I de- “happen” to go to the farmers market that day. include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- signed. At the time I didn’t tell you the whole The guy that funded the project was invited, the ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be story. I have experienced the red tape that the welder was invited and I... was not invited. To returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope.

CASCADIA WEEKLY LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and artist who wrote the “Amazing Grace” article say I was humiliated is an understatement. content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. I didn’t do this for money; there was no pay- In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does speaks of. Worse than that, I experienced the 4 not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your “good ol boy” network when my design for the ment to me involved in any way. I created the letters to fewer than 300 words. beet weathervane at the farmers market won the design out of gratitude for a city I dearly love. citywide competition. If you look on the side of the building, com- I couldn’t have been more excited—until it pletely out of sight where you will never see it NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre was time to start the work. without direction, you will see my name on a little metal plaque. That, and a whole lot of grief, is all that I got out of my

little gift of service.

By the way, the name of the sculpture 34 is “Beet Spirit.” named, of course, for the beet it represents but also for all FOOD things with strong heartbeats and love beats and all things beatiﬁc. 27 My name means “Grace” and I’m feeling braver today after reading the story of “Amazing Grace,” so thank you. B-BOARD —Nancy Leshinsky, Bellingham (edited for length) 24

Hurrah for the newest addition to pub- +RXUO\'UDZLQJV(YHU\)ULGD\ 6DWXUGD\SP±SP+RXUO\ FILM lic art in Bellingham. Long may “Grace” reign over Taylor Dock and bring smiles 20 to those of us who appreciate the view —even more now. 8S7R MUSIC —Jo Collinge, Bellingham 18 Thank you so much for the wonderful ,Q&DVK3UL]HV ART ART issues: Project Censored and this week’s :LQ\RXUVKDUH1RYHPEHU:LQ\R Guerilla Art. It was a pleasure to see a sculpture artist’s work. Will go over and WKURXJK'HFHPEHUZLWKRXUWKURXJKX 16 see it tomorrow. It is just a breath of

GDLOGDLO\VFDQ ZLQNLRVNDQGRXU\VF STAGE fresh air. Bellingham is better for it. ZHHNHQG3LFN$3UHVHQWJDPHZHHNHQ —Barbara Pifer Bach, sculptor, Bellingham 14

GRACELESS AND TASTELESS GET OUT What a lot of rot you’ve written. Who cares whether it’s art or not—what’s really at issue is one individual making a Thanksgiving Day Buffet 12 decision that affects everyone else. Some of us like that historic pile of 7KXUVGD\1RYHPEHU WORDS tin, and the little bay, the way it is. And 6HUYHGIURPDPWRSP 8 yes, if someone wants to put something on top of the pile, that should and must be up for public discussion, because it CURRENTS CURRENTS is public property; you’ve just subvert- ed that process. Apple Cup Party 6 When it’s your property, you can put 6DWXUGD\1RYHPEHU,Q&OXE up all the “art” you like, but this space VIEWS belongs to all of us, and you don’t get to 4 make that decision. 4 MAIL MAIL You’re no different from the driver who Sunday Brunch Buffet MAIL drives down the shoulder to avoid a traf-

ﬁc jam and then barges into the head of 6HUYHGIURPDPWRSP 2

the line—it’s all about you; your wants IT DO :LWK&KDPSDJQH:LWK&KDPSDJQH and your needs are more important than anyone else’s, so the rules don’t apply .11 to you. You’ve justiﬁed your actions be- CLUB 542 NOW AT 10AM 16 cause your “mentors” and “people with a lot of throw in this town” (who?) told SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS6OOD AND BEER SPECIALS! you to do it. .06 11. 46 And anyone who doesn’t agree with WWW.NOOKSACKCASINO.COM # your vision is having kittens? What a ridiculous and patronizing thing to say. !"6!6 Your apology is completely insincere, es- 6 ! 6 pecially since you tell us we’re stuck with what you’ve put there until such time as

you decide to take it down! Who do you CASCADIA WEEKLY think you are? Oh, that’s right, you don’t 2 for 1 Brunch Buffet have the courage to tell us. :LWK&KDPSDJQHZLWKRXW 5 I was going to call the Port of Belling- IRU 9DOLG6XQGD\1RYHPEHUDPSP 9DOLGRQO\DW1RRNVDFN5LYHU&DVLQR5HGHHPDW:LQQHU¶V&OXE%RRQO\DW1RRNVDNVD N RWK8VHRIFRXSRQLPSOLHVDQXQGHUVWDQGLQJDQGDFFHSWDQFHRI ham to ask about this when I ﬁrst saw it, DOOUXOHV/LPLWRQHRIIHUSHUSHUVRQ0XVWEH:LQQHUV&OXEPHPHV/L EHU1RWYDOLGZLWKDQ\RWKHURIIHU0HPEHUDQG\HDUVRIDJHWR but had forgotten about it until I read UHGHHP0DQDJHPHQWUHVHUYHVDOOULJKWV LETTERS, CONTINUED ON PAGE 30 THE GRISTLE

BEYOND LEFT AND RIGHT: Late campaign energy

34 34 yielded dividends as ballots continue to be counted in Whatcom County elections, with late ballots lean- FOOD ing progressive and (in most cases) away from in- views cumbents, suggesting seismic shifts in the political OPINIONS THE GRISTLE culture. 27 Christina Maginnis surged against County Council veteran Sam Crawford in late returns, while Pete Kre-

B-BOARD men’s lead continued over Tony Larson. Bellingham Mayor Dan Pike closed within a fraction of Kelli Lin- ville in a race both candidates characterized as “a 24 nail-biter.” Murmurs of recounts abound, with results BY MATTHEW HAWTHORNE

FILM FILM ofﬁcially certiﬁed Nov. 29. The robust performance of darkhorse Maginnis, in particular, suggests a dynamic shift in local govern- 20 ment. Incumbency conferred no particular advan- Move Your Money

MUSIC tage, an outcome not seen since 1993, when reac- tionary forces took control on County Council. Here, TRANSFERRING ACCOUNTS TO SMALLER BANKS IS A CHALLENGE

18 movement was progressive, as Bellingham voters participated in heavier numbers than in recent years, no IN THE spirit of the times, I recently transferred And Wells Fargo employed the famed robo-signer who ART ART doubt fired up by issues of controversy. The general my money from a “too big to fail/jail” bank to a com- signed 500 foreclosures in one day, without reading the drift in late returns suggests the phone banks, the munity credit union. I’d wanted to do it for years, but loans. 16 doorbelling, fundraisers and mailers of activists took only after moving to Bellingham this fall did it seem Oh, and they didn’t pay any taxes in 2009, and in a hold in the weeks leading up to the election. The like it was finally time. study by the Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institution STAGE STAGE voices of younger voters strengthened. Maybe it’s because Wells Fargo only has one branch in on Taxation and Economic Policy, Wells Fargo pays one of An initiative banning red light cameras in Belling- town, or maybe I was swept up in Bank Transfer Day, a by- the lowest tax rates of the 280 companies examined. 14 ham garnered nearly as much interest among vot- product of the Occupy Wall Street movement. It’s a move So yeah, why not move my money to a member-owned, ers as the mayoral race, passing overwhelmingly at inspired by consumer activism, the belief that where you not-for-profit credit union? Their lending practices have

GET OUT nearly 68 percent. With margins of interest that high, spend (or save) your money matters. got to be better than ransacking citizens and govern- not all votes can be considered arriving from only It’s also a move that’s been a tremendous pain in the ments in the name of profit. And they still offer online one end of the political spectrum. Indeed, as indi- ass. Bank Transfer Day was two weeks ago, but for me it’s banking and free ATMs. Even when I travel, most credit 12 cated in forums around the city, the ban was strongly turning into Bank Transfer Month. unions are in a non-fee network. supported by civil libertarians left and right. While I have spent hours in the process, beyond the standard Why not? Because it’s a pain! It took a week for my WORDS it perhaps eroded support for the mayor, the mea- meeting with my new bank to set up an account and pay checks to arrive, so I would have the routing and check- sure’s strong passage did not in itself topple Dan for new checks. They sent me a personalized card, which ing numbers to change my on-line payments for my two 8 Pike, widely viewed as the agent responsible for the is very nice. credit cards (Bank of America and Chase still have me city’s contract with American Traffic Solutions, the But I’ve had to keep my Wells Fargo account open while there—airline miles!). Changing that was easy. Chang- litigious Arizona-based company with whom COB transferring online payment of bills, direct deposit of my ing my health insurance payment was harder, with several CURRENTS CURRENTS has contracted for traffic surveillance. If we sup- paycheck and direct withdrawal of health insurance and phone calls and encrypted attachments, but that took 6

8 pose a vote against red light cameras equalled a vote student loan payments. less than a week. against Mayor Pike, then there must have been some So why do it, and how? Student loans… I’m still waiting. I guess it’s hard to ser- VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS powerful countermeasure that kept him at pace with Wells Fargo. It’s so easy. There are no-fee ATMs every- vice all those accounts that amount to more than $1 trillion challenger Kelli Linville. where I travel, I can deposit my money via an ATM or mail. in debt. Good luck getting through by phone, and emailed 4 That powerful countermeasure was undoubtedly I can check my account online. And all this for free! Well questions took a week before getting a response.

MAIL MAIL the proposed Gateway Paciﬁc Terminal and the im- maybe not, as they recently imposed a fee on my checking And you can’t change your payment on the old student

pacts of shipping more than 48 million tons of coal account, which I didn’t ﬁnd out about until I went to talk loan webpage, but instead have to create an account at a 2 per year could wreak on Bellingham. about closing my account. All that for almost free! new page, part of the recent changes in Federal Student

DO IT IT DO “An analysis of city of Bellingham voting patterns It’s free because banks use our deposits for lending, Loans. Welcome to www.myedaccount.com

reveals the importance of proximity to BNSF rail tracks making interest on those loans, which they use to pay Once you have your new account set up, you can change in building opposition to shipments of coal from the for the services they provide, give us nominal interest the “KwikPay” for your account. But it won’t happen in- .11

16 Powder River Basin to Cherry Point,” journalist Floyd and make money. But that banking system, which has stantly, and I haven’t found a way to monitor it on the Mckay wrote for Crosscut. “Residents near the tracks been in place since the Great Depression, wasn’t making website, even though their answer to my query read: “We have felt disruption from noise and congestion for these corporations enough money. So they got into other will send you notiﬁcation of when we will begin to debit .06 11. the year-plus since BNSF began running coal trains to things—sub-prime mortgages, then robo-signing fore- payments from your new bank account. Until then, we 46 # British Columbia.” closures, lying to the heirs of deceased homeowners. will continue to debit from your old bank account. You Ten Bellingham precincts touch on Bellingham Bay In the past year, Wells Fargo, without admitting guilt, may monitor your account information on our website to and the BNSF railroad tracks, and two additional pre- agreed to pay $85 million to settle civil charges that it determine when we have updated your information.” cincts are within a “sound zone” of half a mile from steered borrowers into high-cost, subprime loans. It’s being I’m still monitoring that page and both bank accounts, the tracks, McKay noted. Those precincts heavily fa- sued by the AARP for forcing the relatives of deceased hom- but nothing’s happened yet. Hopefully, I’ll ﬁnally break vored Pike, despite the fact that eight of those pre- eowners to pay the full mortgage amount on the deceased’s up with Wells Fargo before the New Year! In the mean-

CASCADIA WEEKLYcincts are within the 42nd Legislative District where loan, rather than the appraised value of the house (federal time, I’ll juggle money between these accounts to pay Linville performed strongly in the August primary. law is supposed to allow heirs to pay the appraised value). my bills and wait for the day that I can ﬁnally return to 6 Pike achieved a margin of more than 59 percent in And they have been hit with a $37 million ﬁne in a lawsuit one checking account. those precincts. alleging the bank rigged bidding competitions to win busi- Matthew Hawthorne is a journalist who recently moved to Support for Maginnis was also strong in Belling- ness from state and local governments. Bellingham from Southeast Alaska. ham, where she averaged 67.2 percent, winning all but two precincts around Lake Whatcom and two in VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE

north Bellingham.

Votes cast countywide in her race 34 were down slightly from those cast in the contest for District 1 between Pete FOOD Kremen and incumbent Tony Larson, suggesting conservatives might have been 27 conﬂicted. Support for Crawford among conservatives may have been depressed for a variety of minor reasons—among B-BOARD them the council chair’s recognition of the ﬁnancial merits of creating a 9,000- acre forest preserve through the Lake 24

Whatcom Reconveyance. Overarching FILM and overpowering all was the manner in which activists were able focus collec- 20 tive effort to make county elections a referendum on the coal pier: MUSIC As did Pike, Maginnis performed out- standingly in the 12 bayside precincts 18 described by McKay, there collecting three in every four votes. ART Based on outcomes, support for GPT can hardly be considered monolithic on 16 the right. Anecdotally, conservatives STAGE STAGE expressed misgivings about the terminal, annoyed by apparent alliances between the AFL-CIO labor union and 14 governments and business interests

proclaiming ofﬁcial support for the GET OUT project. And despite ofﬁcial support for GPT by the Whatcom County Asso- ciation Realtors, a faction within WCAR 12 recognizes the downward pressure on property values associated with the WORDS area being seen by regional and na- 8 tional media as home to North Ameri- ca’s largest coal export operation. Support for Jack Louws as County CURRENTS CURRENTS Executive may also be seen through 6 this lens, as conservatives yielded 8 their votes to the candidate who VIEWS VIEWS voiced a modulated and conditional VIEWS support of GPT. 4 Unmoored from the cues and compass readings of the traditional partisan di- MAIL vide, these issues perhaps partially ex- plain the inchoate rancor of the mayoral 2

race, which seemed ﬁercer than usual as IT DO old alliances fractured and older griev- ances resurfaced. Gone are the days .11

when South Hill and Southside neigh- 16 borhoods easily dominated and united MON - FRI, 5 - 11 P.M. and guided Bellingham’s progressive interests. Annexations and population SAT, NOON - 11 P.M. .06 11. 46 increases in the north and east of In- # terstate-5 no doubt account for some of that erosion, but alliances and power HAPPY HOUR 5-7 P.M. bases need to be tended and, at times, mended. The Gristle suspects issues like AND ALL DAY MONDAY Chuckanut Ridge—widely viewed as di- visive in the north, a division dismissed LIVE MUSIC CASCADIA WEEKLY by those in the south, a dismissal that reverberates and reinforces annoyance TUES - SAT 8PM 7 in the north—have ﬁssured the city’s progressive alliance as central neigh- 306 w. champion st. monday - saturday 11am-close borhoods peel away and form alliances sunday 3pm-close of their own. ment of Ecology and the Puget Sound Part- nership last week released the latest look at what's known about toxic chemical pollution

in the Puget Sound region.

34 34 The report contains a new toxic chemical assessment as part of a multi-year, multi- FOOD currents agency effort started in 2006 to understand NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX where toxic chemicals come from, how they get to Puget Sound and the potential harm 27 they cause to people, ﬁsh and other crea- tures. It’s a playbook for prioritizing and

B-BOARD focusing recovery and protection efforts for government entities and scientists, envi- ronmental groups, and business and agricul- 24 tural organizations across the 12-county re-

FILM FILM gion, the agencies noted in a press release. “While there are many chemicals in use today, the Puget Sound Toxics Assessment 20 focused on 17 chemicals or chemical groups

MUSIC because they are commonly detected in Puget Sound, harmful to ﬁsh and other life

18 and may represent how similar chemicals reach the Sound,” Michael Grayum said on ART ART behalf of Puget Sound Partnership. Their report evaluated a variety of ways 16 that toxic chemicals reach Puget Sound. These include surface water runoff—or STAGE STAGE stormwater—as well as groundwater releases, air deposition and wastewater 14 treatment plant discharges. Gerry O'Keefe, executive director of the

GET OUT Puget Sound Partnership, said, "Ecology's latest assessment highlights that if we want to protect vital elements of Puget 12 Work is underway on Bellingham’s central Sound such as our orcas and salmon, we waterfront, as the ﬁrst phase begins on an must prevent and remove toxic pollution.

WORDS early cleanup of the former Georgia-Paciﬁc mill site. Workers prepare to remove an Saving Puget Sound is larger than any one estimated 8,000 tons of petroleum-contam- entity can accomplish—but it is possible 8 8 inated soil and debris from what is called with the help of governments, corporations the Bunker C tank area at the northeast end and other organizations working together of the site. Fuel oil was used to make steam through the Puget Sound Partnership. Ev- CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS heat for the mill operations. Contamination in this area could enter groundwater and eryone needs to be part of the solution." 6 move toward Bellingham Bay. "There is no single guilty culprit or industrial source,” Ecology Director Ted Stur- VIEWS VIEWS devant agreed. “Most toxic chemicals are used in some way by all of us. They are in 4 THE SALISH Sea is under attack. Public agencies are responding, our homes and gardens. They're produced

MAIL MAIL but will their response be enough? when we develop land without adequate

A study released in October indicated the number of species in the Sal- runoff controls, when we burn wood, when 2 ish Sea listed as threatened and endangered—or that are candidates for we drive and park our cars. We all share

DO IT IT DO HELP such a listing—has nearly doubled in the last two years. When last tallied responsibility for ﬁnding solutions. If we

in 2008 there were 64 species. Today there are 113. want to protect Puget Sound, we need to Is On The Way According to Nick Brown, the SeaDoc Society scientist who presented the ﬁnd and use less toxic alternatives as we .11

16 ﬁndings at the Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference in Vancouver, British Colum- do our business and live our lives." NEW STATE AND FEDERAL bia last month, the dramatic increase is due to our increased understanding of the species that use the marine waters as well as a true increase in the New stormwater manual

.06 11. ENERGIES DIRECTED TO number of species listed in the last two years. The Salish Sea describes the Polluted runoff is the biggest threat to 46 # SAVING THE SALISH SEA drainage basin of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Strait of Georgia, and Puget urban-area lakes, rivers and Puget Sound, Sound and all their connecting channels and adjoining water. Ecology officials said, as they revise rules to BY TIM JOHNSON Brown said "about half, or 26 of the 49 newly added species, were al- address the problem in impaired water bodies ready listed and were added because we didn't consider them users of the around the state, including Lake Whatcom. Salish Sea until a recently published paper identified them. Runoff from hardened surfaces in populated "More importantly," he said, "23 species including five fishes and 15 areas picks up chemicals and bacteria and

CASCADIA WEEKLY birds were added to the list because they were listed by one or more juris- carries it downstream into our waters. dictions in the last two years." Ecology is revising the rules to reduce 8 These included listings of five fish species—salmon, smelt and the Pa- polluted runoff. The guidance—the West- cific sardine—as well as 18 species of birds ern Washington Stormwater Management Joe Gaydos, who co-authored the report with Brown, said, "This is the Manual—is a key resource used by local greatest jump seen since we began tracking this in 2002." governments, industrial facilities, con- Running parallel with the release of this report, the Washington Depart- struction sites, and consultants for man- aging and controlling polluted stormwater runoff. Changes will improve stormwater

management in impaired waterbodies

around the state, and will include Lake 34 Whatcom. The manual provides guidance about how to prevent stormwater FOOD pollution and, where necessary, how to treat and cleanup stormwater to mini- 27 mize pollution problems it can cause, Ecology spokesman Sandy Howard said.

Last updated in 2005, changes to the B-BOARD manual address low-impact development and best management practices. Low-impact development refers to sys- 24

tems that strive to mimic the natural FILM environment so water can be taken up by trees or vegetation, or soak into the 20 ground. Best management practices are state-approved, on-the-ground actions MUSIC that successfully manage runoff. “We need to chip away at the existing 18 problem, prevent it from getting worse and recognize that local governments are ART strapped for resources,” Sturdevant said. 16 SALISH, CONTINUED ON PAGE 30 STAGE STAGE

.)%0). 14 % 2 '! -' *!!$$'..4 GET OUT U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and Rep. Rick Larsen hailed the inclusion last week of the San Juan Islands on Secretary of the Interior Ken 12 Salazar’s list of "Crown Jewel" federal lands that deserve permanent protection. Salazar WORDS delivered his recommendations to Congress at C IGARETTES & SMOKELESS TOBACCO 8 a press conference this afternoon. Cantwell is 8 leading legislation in the Senate that would U.S.I.T. turn several dozen cherished spots spread across the San Juan Islands into a National CURRENTS CURRENTS Conservation Area (NCA) to ensure continued CURRENTS public access and protection of these pristine 6 parcels. Larsen is leading companion legislation in the House. Secretary Salazar visited the San Juan SHOP VIEWS Islands in April to view the parcels proposed

LOWEST 4 for protection and discuss the proposal with local stakeholders. Secretary Salazar has asked P at RICES MAIL the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to THE IN coordinate with a committee of local groups AREA 2 to prepare for a transition. on most brands ! “The San Juan Islands should be preserved Discounted Cigarettes DO IT IT DO for not only residents and visitors today, but for future generations,” Larsen said. “This All Major Brands & Generics

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lands, Larsen said. An NCA designation will CASCADIA WEEKLY help ensure long-term protection of these CW natural treasures, keep them accessible and t0O*BU&YJU 9 in the public domain, and better managed to accommodate heavier visitor use. The NCA +VTU.JOVUFT4PVUIPG#FMMJOHIBNt4LBHJU7BMMFZ$BTJOP3FTPSU land would anchor a system that includes a *Price at time of printing. U.S.I.T. Tobacco Shop owned and operated by Upper Skagit Indian Tribe. Limit ﬁve cartons/rolls per customer per day. Must have valid ID. Cigarettes are not legal for resale. Prices subject to change. No Returns. Skagit Valley Casino Resort is owned by Upper Skagit Indian Tribe. National Wildlife Refuge along with a National Historic Park. SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Quitting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health. currents ›› last week’s news

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T NOV09-14 )*-/#2 ./ MUSIC s +.." . Activist Sharon Crozier died on Sunday, after a 18 Barely a year underway, the state’s most expensive passenger ferry is in need of repair. Hairline cracks were persistent battle with

ART ART found on two propellers during a routine maintenance of the ferry Chetzemoka, at a cost estimated at $76,000. cancer. Crozier helped The state has ﬁled a claim against the contractor. spearhead the “Boats

16 Off” initiative to protect Lake Whatcom, followed 11..11 eral lands that deserve permanent 35-foot sailboat to the San Juans by a run for Bellingham STAGE STAGE WEDNESDAY protection. Designating the tracts as for a racing event on Saturday. He Mayor in 2003. She was a conservation area would ensure that moored the boat in the marina at editor and publisher

14 of The Northwest Sun, As the lead widens in late returns, Sen. Doug Ericksen con- about 1,000 acres of federal lands Blakely Island, and was last seen followed by a brief cedes to Jack Louws in the race for County Executive. Pete Kre- would remain in their natural state walking on the dock back toward stint as editor of The

GET OUT men’s lead against Tony Larson also widens. Challenger Chistina and open to the public. the boat at about 12:30am Saturday. Whatcom Independent. Maginnas closes on County Council chair Sam Crawford, in range Deputies searched the area. A dive “Sharon has always been for an automatic recount. 11. .11 team was called in, which found Mi- an effective culture 12 xx jammer,” her friend Ken FRIDAY erzeski's body on the bottom under Trough said, “working A local citizens group calls for an investigation into the several feet of water in the marina hard to make the world WORDS city’s traffic safety camera program. The Transportation Safe- A federal judge accepts the guilty near his sailboat. a better place by chang- ty Coalition drafts a letter asking the state Attorney General’s plea of a man who left a bomb along ing people's apathetic 8 8 office to look into the matter, citing numerous concerns about the route of the Martin Luther King perceptions of the world 11.x{.11 around them, showing flaws in process and the release of public information concern- Jr. day parade in downtown Spokane. them through example ing the project. An initiative sponsored by the group in oppo- Kevin W. Harpham, 37, faces a sen- MONDAY

CURRENTS CURRENTS how to be engaged, CURRENTS CURRENTS sition to the cameras passed strongly at the polls on Tuesday, tence of 27 to 32 years after he plead- The U.S. Supreme Court declares it passionate, effective and

6 but the group says the program should be suspended until the ed guilty in September to attempted would hear arguments soon on the caring.” She was 71. investigation is complete. use of a weapon of mass destruction Obama administration’s signature VIEWS VIEWS and attempting to injure people in a legislative achievement, the health A shellﬁsh shufﬂe is underway. The Whatcom County Health hate crime. The court will determine care law. The court will review a key 4 Dept. partially lifts a ban on the harvest of varnish clams, de- his sentence Nov. 30. provision of the law, known as the

MAIL MAIL terming that paralytic shellﬁsh toxins have dropped in that spe- Affordable Care Act, the individual

cies. Meanwhile, ﬁshery managers in Oregon, Washington, and 11. .11 mandate that requires individuals to

2 xz California have decided to delay the opening of the commercial SUNDAY buy health insurance by 2014 or pay

DO IT IT DO ocean Dungeness crab season to at least Dec. 15. The season a tax penalty. It will also hear argu-

typically opens Dec. 1 for the area from Point Arena, Calif., to the A missing Bellingham sailboat ments regarding whether the man- Canadian border. captain is found dead at the bottom date can be severed from the rest .11

16 of the harbor near Blakely Island in of the law. Arguments are expected Washington lawmakers hail a decision by Interior Secretary Ken the San Juans. The missing captain, sometime this spring with a decision Salazar to include areas of the San Juan Islands on a list of fed- Donald J. Mierzeski, had taken his coming in early summer. .06 11. 46 #

A New Intentional Community For active adults 55 and over CASCADIA WEEKLY just two blocks from Fairhaven 10 McKenzie Green Commons

Simple. Sensible. Sustainable. For more information contact [email protected] or 360-739-1968 index times. Bellingham Police went to his home in Birchwood neighborhood and “found him to

FUZZ be intoxicated and not making much sense.” 34 34 THEY WERE WARNED

BUZZ FOOD On Nov. 10, a man called Bellingham Police to object to a trafﬁc citation and his sub- OCCUPIED! sequent arrest for driving with a suspended 27 On Nov. 6, a man complained that mem- license. He informed police that he will as- bers of the Occupy Bellingham camp in sault any ofﬁcer who attempts to contact

Maritime Heritage Park stole his tent, and him in the future. B-BOARD then dumped his personal belongings on the sidewalk. Protestors told police the man COPPER CAPER was trying to provoke them. On Nov. 7, a homeowner in Cornwall Park 24

neighborhood reported copper gutters FILM 13 FEET were stolen from the home sometime over On Nov. 7, an autopsy confirmed another the weekend. Police reported that the 20 foot found washed up on a British Columbia theft of copper continues in Bellingham, beach was human, bringing the number dis- with four thefts reported since the begin- MUSIC covered since 2007 to 13. Unlike previous ning of October. finds, provincial police say this one was not 18 wearing a trainer but a hiking boot. Also, On Oct. 28 and Oct. 29, Whatcom County this is the first one to be found in fresh rath- Sheriff’s Office coordinated an enforcement ART er than salt water. The male right foot, size effort looking for offenders with outstand- 12, was found by a group of young campers ing warrants. Officers from numerous agen- 16 at Sasamat Lake. Police do not believe foul cies targeted 30 known offenders at numer- STAGE STAGE play involved in the discovery, but that it is ous locations throughout Whatcom County. the latest foot to be simply washed ashore The individuals targeted included habitual thanks to a combination of current patterns offenders, known gang members, registered 14 and a series of maritime accidents. Feet are sex offenders. Most have numerous previous Linville vs. Pike apparently among the first parts of a body bookings into the County Jail WCSO report- GET OUT to come loose after a period spent being ed. “Knock and talks” at several locations Strongly Favors Linville (>55%) battered by strong currents, coroners say. produced valuable information leading to Favors Linville 12 more than 20 arrests, including five felony Favors Pike BAD BOYFRIEND warrants. The operation also recovered a Strongly Favors Pike (>55%) On Nov. 9, a Maple Falls woman arrived significant amount of stolen property, in- WORDS at home to find a man there she had once cluding a dining room furniture, car parts 8 8 dated. She told deputies that the man, 40, and sporting equipment worth an estimated was waiting for her in her driveway and was $3,000. During one arrest, a shirt from a intoxicated. She said he forcibly took her Customs and Border Protection uniform was CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS purse after being denied entry to the resi- recovered. dence, dragging her across the ground until |zz {}~ 6 the strap broke on her purse. He then en- PHANTOM HISPANICS PERCENT of Bellingham vote for Kelli PERCENT of Bellingham vote for Dan tered her home and stole cash and medica- On Nov. 1, a citizen complained of being as- Linville, as of Tues., Nov. 15 Pike, as of Tues. Nov. 15 VIEWS tions, dumping out the contents of her purse saulted by two or three Hispanic men on East 4 and rifling through them before storming Holly Street in downtown Bellingham. “The off. Deputies found the 40-year-old a few street was busy at this time of day and no MAIL hours later, passed out on the ground. He one saw the assault or called 911,” police re- was transported to the hospital, treated and ported, noting the citizen “has made several x}{ 2

released, then booked into jail. similar 911 contacts the past two weeks.” NUMBER of votes separating Mayor Dan Pike from Kelli Linville on Tues., Nov. 15. IT DO

Ofﬁcers searched the area for suspects but SHORT OF A DINGHY saw no one matching anything close to those .11

On Nov. 8, Bellingham Police and the U.S. described in the reported assault. 16 Coast Guard spoke to a man who was strand- {x ed on his boat moored on the Southside be- On Oct. 26, a Blaine Police ofﬁcer nabbed NUMBER of Bellingham’s 47 precincts CHANCE in 100 one of those Ericksen cause his dinghy was stolen or had ﬂoated a Cuban national who was attempting to il- in which Doug Ericksen was the top vote precincts was in northeast Bellingham. .06 11. 46 away. “The citizen has known mental health legally sneak across the border into Canada getter in the county executive’s race. # issues,” police reported, “but nothing was through a residential neighborhood. Border making him a danger at this time. He was Patrol Agents took the man into custody. given a ride to shore and he went to buy some more water transportation.” SECURITY INSECURITY }x| On Oct. 22, Bellingham Police spoke to a AVERAGE percent of votes collected by Jack Louws in Bellingham Precincts. Countywide, Jack Louws collected 54 percent of the vote.

On Nov. 4, Bellingham Police checked on a man who believed others were surveilling CASCADIA WEEKLY man who had possibly been assaulted near him and had hidden cameras and other de- a convenience store on Samish Way. “It ap- vices concealed in his apartment. SOURCE: Whatcom County Auditor’s Office, results as of Tues., Nov. 15. 11 pears,” the officer reported, “that the male ELECTION ERRATA: Cascadia Weekly went to press just minutes after intial election was a victim of his own drunkeness.” On Oct. 25, Bellingham Police checked on returns were published. Errors crept in. We misspelled Mayor Gary Jensen’s name. We a man downtown pretending to be a Home- mispublished the numbers of votes cast in Barbara Brenner's race. That number was On Nov. 5, a drunk called 911 numerous land Security officer. 33,836 on election night. We regret the errors. doit WORDS

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34 34 DOGS, HUMANS: Premier wildlife photographer Art Wolfe shares images and stories from FOOD words the book he developed with New York Times COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS bestselling author Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Dogs Make Us Human, at 6:30pm at the Leopold

27 Crystal Ballroom, 1224 Cornwall Ave. Entry is free. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

B-BOARD DARKNESS, DEAD: Gary McKinney shares tales from his latest Sheriff Gavin Pruitt, Deadhead, mystery, Darkness Bids the Dead Goodbye, at 7pm

24 at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Music by Fritz & the Freeloaders will be part of the free fun.

FILM FILM WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM FRI., NOV. 18 20 That’s Ozzy Osbourne, who was approached a LAMKIN’S POETRY: Celebrated poet, musician and spoken-word artist Kurtis Lamkin will per- few years ago by a bloke who asked if Osbourne MUSIC form at 7pm at the La Conner School District would write an advice column. Osbourne was sur- Auditorium, 305 Sixth St. Donations at the door prised, but decided to give it a go. He is, after will beneﬁt the Skagit River Poetry Project. 18 all, an anomaly: until recently, doctors didn’t WWW.SKAGITRIVERPOETRY.ORG ART ART know how he withstood four solid decades under FAMILY STORY NIGHT: Pros from the Belling- the inﬂuence. The fact that he survived surely ham Storyteller’s Guild will share tales at Fam-

16 ily Story Night at 7pm at the Fairhaven Library, qualiﬁes him as advice-giver. Doesn’t it? 1117 12th St. Entry is free. Anyhow, once a week, someone rings him up 778-7188 STAGE STAGE and he dictates his column over the phone. He LIVES OF THE BORDERLANDS: Award-win- never even has to leave the house. But “to be ning investigative journalist Peter Laufer dis-

14 honest with you,” he says, “I can… hardly be- cusses and signs his two newest books, Calexio: lieve the stuff people write to me about.” The True Lives of the Borderlands and No Animals Were Harmed: The Controversial Line Between En-

GET OUT In this book, the doctor is in, offering com- tertainment and Abuse, at 7pm at Village Books, mon-sense advice on eat- 1200 11th St. ing and dieting, addictions, 671-2626 12 12 additives—and the avoidance SAT., NOV. 19 of cocaine in a diet plan. He BOOK SALE: A Book & Bake Sale takes place WORDS WORDS explains how children “aren’t from 10am-2pm at the Point Roberts Public Li- that much different from brary, 1487 Gulf Rd. Readers will ﬁnd a great 8 rock stars.” He tells how doc- selection of books in every category, and media tors discovered his secret for items such as movies and music. GET IT 945-6545 WHAT: Trust Me, survival and what he learned

CURRENTS CURRENTS LLAMAS, KIDS: Kids can meet a real live “ther- I’m Dr. Ozzy: about himself. apy llama,” get a holiday picture taken with him, Advice from Rock’s 6 But Osbourne doesn’t stop and then settle in for a reading of Llama, Llama Ultimate Survivor at the physical. He tackles the Holiday Drama at 11am at Barnes & Noble, 4099 BY: Ozzy Osbourne

VIEWS VIEWS Meridian St. From 11am-2pm children’s poetry WHERE: Grand subject of bullying and gives writer Erik Korhel will also sign copies of his Central Publishing, a young boy useful counsel. 4 tomes, The Kid With the Red Juice Moustache, and 2011 He questions why Americans My Tooth Fell in My Soup.

MAIL MAIL don’t have better health care. 647-7018 He advocates treatment for depression and offers MALL SIGNING: Area authors Clyde Ford, Bren- BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER 2 blunt truths about the side effects of medica- da Miller, and Janet Oakley will sign copies of tion. He strongly urges readers to avoid drugs, their books from 12-1:30pm at the Village Books DO IT IT DO

and then rock’s Prince of Darkness talks about Holiday Store at Bellis Fair mall. Copies of their tomes will be on hand to purchase. aging and the ﬁnal, ultimate trip. 671-2626 .11 Dr. Ozzy 16 O.K., I scoffed when I got this book. Ozzy? Ad- BUTTON BOY: Ferndale author Lawrence Kadow ADVICE FROM THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS vice? Can you blend the two? will read from his area-based, post-apocalyptic As it turns out, yes. I was delightfully surprised novel, Button Boy, and talk about his upcom-

.06 11. by the real advice in this book. Real, useful ad- ing sequel, from 3-5pm at the Ferndale Public 46 Library at Pioneer Pavilion. Entry is free. # YOU’VE GOT a pain in the neck, for one thing. No, not vice with thoughtful answers and the words “see WWW.WCLS.ORG that kind—a real pain in the neck, and it’s not going away. your GP” in a healthy amount of entries. And if Os- CHILDHOOD UNDER SIEGE: Author, attorney, Work has been a headache—literally—and your feelings are a bourne didn’t have a genuine answer to a question, and parent and child advocate Joel Bakan shares little bruised. Maybe it’s all because you fell head over heels in he danced around the subject and made me laugh. ideas from his book Childhood Under Siege: How love and broke your heart on a few sharp words. I so enjoyed this book, in fact, that I found Big Business Targets Children at 7pm at Village It happens, you know. myself reading bits of it to everybody nearby. It’s Books, 1200 11th St. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

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COMMUNITY Railway Museum, 1320 Commercial Ave. Entry PEPPER STAGE is by donation. WED., NOV. 16 393-7540 OR 14 HER UNVEILING: Meet more than 30 celebrat- WWW.BELLINGHAMRAILWAYMUSEUM.ORG ed Whatcom County women who took part in the PEACE BUILDERS: Community members will be SIST HER Calendar and are helping raise money for 12 ERS recognized for their work help to resolve conﬂict GET OUT local charities at an unveiling of the 2012 calen- at the Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center’s an- COOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX SINCE 1988 dar from 6-8pm at Old World Deli, 1228 N. State nual Peace Builder Awards Gala at 7pm at the St. Entry is free (calendars are $20). Open Nightly Except Monday 1055 N State St B’ham 671-3414 12 Majestic, 1027 N. Forest St. Tickets are $35-$40 12 WWW.FIFTHONSIXTH.COM and include music, food, entertainment, bever- ages and, of course, the ceremony. WORDS THURS., NOV. 17 WWW.WHATCOMDRC.ORG WORDS YOUTH VOICES: Kids ages 13-18 can take part Can you survive a divorce?

in a “100 Youth Voices” Community Forum from SAT., NOV. 19 Let me help you. 8 5:30-9:30pm at the Majestic, 1027 N. Forest St. HOLIDAY BAZAAR: Crafts, baked goods, theme The event, which is sponsored by Explorations baskets and more will be available at the Bell- Academy, will focus on the proposed coal termi- ingham Emblem Club #194’s Holiday Bazaar hap- Attorney Lauren E. Trent nal in Whatcom County. pening from 9am-3pm at the Bellingham Elks CURRENTS WWW.EXPLORATIONSACADEMY.ORG Lodge, 710 Samish Way. Divorce / Dissolution of Marriage • Child Custody • Parenting 6 COMMUNITY FORUM: Panelist Liz Witowski, a 733-6432 Plans • Support Orders – Protection Orders West Point grad who served two tours in Iraq, BELLINGHAM MARKET: The Bellingham Farm- VIEWS VIEWS will be part of a community forum dubbed “When ers Market continues from 10am-3pm every Sat- The Lustick Law Firm Bellingham – Mount Vernon Janey Comes Marching Home,” at 7pm at the urday through December at Railroad Avenue and

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NOV. 17-19 SUN., NOV. 20 s!NTIQUES #ORNWALL!VENUEs"ELLINGHAM 7! .06 11. HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: The 30th annual 46 ALTERNATIVE HOLIDAY MARKET: Support lo- s!RT-ORE AM PM -ONDAYTHROUGH3ATURDAY # “Home for the Holidays” gathering will fea- cal and international nonproﬁts—everyone from ture homemade gifts and decorations, gourmet the Sean Humphrey House to Fair Trade Coffees— foods, entertainment and much more from 5:30- at the 4th annual Multi-faith Alternative Holi- 9:30pm Thurs., 9:30am-9:30pm Fri., and 9:30am- day Market from 1-4pm at Assumption Catholic 5:30pm Sat. at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, Church, 2116 Cornwall Ave. Entry is free. 355 Harris Ave. 734-6820 OR WWW.BHAMFCC.COM 676-1891

MON., NOV. 21 CASCADIA WEEKLY FRI., NOV. 18 ROCKS AND GEMS: The public is invited to the RAILWAY STORY: Frank Culp and Ryan Handel monthly meeting of the Mt. Baker Rock & Gem 13 will trace the story of a very special railway in Club at 7pm at the Bloedel Donovan Community Whatcom County at a “Lake Whatcom Railway Building, 2214 Electric Ave. Story” presentation at 7pm at the Bellingham 739-0769 OR WWW.MTBAKERROCKCLUB.ORG doit WED., NOV. 16 BIKE TRAVELOGUE: As part of its Winter Trav-

elogue Series, EverybodyBike Presents stories 34 34 on a Northeast Oregon family vacation and solo woman’s bike trip around Asia and Europe at FOOD G 7pm at the RE Store’s Sustainable Living Center, etout 2309 Meridian St. Suggested donation is $3. HIKING RUNNING CYCLING SKIING WWW.EVERYBODYBIKE.COM 27 THURS., NOV. 17 WARREN MILLER: Get in the mountain spirit

B-BOARD when Warren Miller Entertainment’s 62nd winter sports ﬁlm, Like There’s No Tomorrow, shows at 7:30pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N.

24 Commercial St. Tickets are $21. WWW.WARENMILLER.COM OR WWW.

FILM FILM MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM TRAVEL TALK: Becky and Byron Elmendorf host a Travelogue talk and presentation, “To 20 Russia With Love,” a 7pm at the Whatcom Muse- um, 121 Prospect St. Suggested donation is $3.

MUSIC 778-7000 NOV. 18-19 18 GORE AND LORE TOUR: The Good Time Girls

ART ART present a downtown Bellingham “Gore & Lore” walking tour for the ﬁnal time this weekend at 7pm Friday and Saturday starting in front of 16 the Black Drop Coffeehouse, 300 W. Champion St. Tickets to the 18-and-over tour are $15 and STAGE STAGE include a complimentary beverage from the coffee joint at the end of the night. WWW.GOODTIMEGIRLSBHAM.COM 14 SAT., NOV. 19 TURKEY TROT: Join members of the Greater GET OUT Bellingham Running Club for the annual Turkey Trot starting at 9am at Whatcom Falls Park.

14 An $8 minimum donation fee will go to the 12 Bellingham Food Bank. WWW.GBRC.NET

WORDS BY AMY KEPFERLE GET OUT pleted her journey in mind. WORK PARTY: Join the Nooksack Salmon En- In addition to viewing the breathtaking photographs hancement Association for a Work Party from 8 Conrad culled from the more than 9am-12pm at Bellingham’s Maritime Heritage Park. You’ll be removing trash and non-native, 5,000 images she shot in the summer Going Solo invasive plant species—and planting native of 2010, attendees will also be privy shrubs—so dress accordingly. CURRENTS CURRENTS INSIDE THE INSIDE PASSAGE to stories about some of the magic WWW.N-SEA.ORG

6 moments of the adventure, as well as SUN., NOV. 20 a few concerning the logistics, hard- CRANKSGIVING: Beneﬁt the Bellingham VIEWS VIEWS SUSAN CONRAD if fond of making lists. ships and fears of being a woman Food Bank by taking part in the second annual That’s one of the reasons why, when it came time to plan for alone in nature. “Cranksgiving,” a bicycle-powered scavenger 4 her 1,100-plus-mile journey on the Inside Passage, she wrote Recounting her worst day—which hunt and supermarket sweep, starting at noon ATTEND at the Hub Community Bike Shop, 903 ½ N. MAIL MAIL out a directory of reasons she’d decided to celebrate her then- focused on her paddling 38 miles to WHAT: Oceans of State St. Bring your bike, a bag/trailer to carry imminent 50th birthday by kayaking, solo, from Anacortes, Uncertainty to a Sea avoid grizzly bears who’d taken up your goods, and $10-$15 for shopping expenses 2 Wash. to Skagway, Alaska. of Revelations: One residence in her planned camping (all booty will be taken to the Food Bank). The short answer, she recounted, was that she wanted to, Woman’s Solo spots—Conrad says she considered it 255-2072 OR WWW.CRANKSGIVING.NET DO IT IT DO

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.06 11. sions in North America. “Life is short and I don’t want to come Center, 1314 Harris on my mental status and did what I workshop.

46 Ave. 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM # to the end of my days feeling any sort of profound disappoint- COST: Suggested needed to do in terms of survival.” ment that life has passed me by.” donation is $10; She rallied, and says there were way TUES., NOV. 22 In the self-generated Q&A, Conrad acknowledged there’d proceeds beneﬁt more amazing moments than frustrat- NATURE BABIES: For the month of Novem- likely be unforeseen circumstances that might dampen her educational and ing ones during the rest of the adven- ber, Nature Babies will meet from 9:30-11am every Tuesday at Cornwall Park. Admission is enthusiasm but, thanks again to those lists, spent months youth scholarships ture. She spent part of the 4th of July at the Community by donation. planning what to bring to alleviate concern generated by Boating Center surrounded by three pods of orcas, al- WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG

CASCADIA WEEKLY family and friends (an emergency bail-out kit, a wetsuit, INFO: www.boating most bumped into a sleeping humpback GPS, a satellite tracker, a VHF radio and a cell phone, among center.org whale, paddled among icebergs and THURS., NOV. 24 TURKEY TROT: Get some pre-feast exercise 14 other things). used her time in the wilderness to do in—and help raise funds for the La Conner When Conrad presents “Oceans of Uncertainty to a Sea of some serious soul searching. Skate Park—at the 4th annual La Conner Tur- Revelations: One Woman’s Solo Odyssey on the Inside Passage” “The sea taught me patience, and I learned to live in key Trot starting at 8:30am at the La Conner at a fundraiser for the Community Boating Center this coming the moment,” Conrad says. “Mainly, I learned I can do Middle School. Friday, it’ll be with the hindsight of having successfully com- anything I set my mind to.” WWW.LACONNERCHAMBER.COM

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FOOD G GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the Bad sta e and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the THEATER DANCE PROFILES Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick

27 around for “The Project.” Entry is $7 for the early show, $4 for the late one. 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM B-BOARD NOV. 17-19 NOISES OFF: Experience a play within a play when the British comedy Noises Off shows at 24 7pm Thurs.-Sat. at Squalicum High School, 3773 E. McLeod Rd. FILM FILM be moving south, to Los Angeles, after the New 650-8252 Year and so we all got together and met about AUGUSTINE’S CONFESSIONS: View Augus-

20 tine’s Confessions: Scenes from American Life what it would look like to have one last hurrah at 7:30pm Thurs.-Sat. at Whatcom Community as Rooster. After a short time, we all recognized College’s Syre Center. Tickets to see the “ex- MUSIC it would be a lot of fun to put together one last ceptional and eclectic collection of 14 short plays about contemporary urban life” are $6. 16 awesome weekend of shows. 18 CW: If Rooster had a credo, what would it be? 383-3532 ART ART STAGE STAGE BT: We really don’t have one. I suppose “Don’t NOV. 17-20 stop ‘til you get enough” might sufﬁce. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: The Sehome High 16 CW: How do your memorable dance numbers come School Drama Department presents Jane Aus- about? ten’s Pride and Prejudice at 7:30pm Thurs.-Sat.

STAGE STAGE and 2pm Sunday at the Sehome Little Theatre, BT: There’s a much-too-long process for pick- 2700 Bill McDonald Pkwy. Tickets will be $8- ing the song we’ll dance to, usually, followed $10 at the door. 14 by increasingly difﬁcult choreography since WWW.SEHOMEDRAMA.EEBLY.COM we’re always trying to outdo ourselves. This is NOV. 18-19

GET OUT probably what led to us losing the “magic,” THE ANDREWS BROTHERS: Expect loads of actually, now that I think mistaken identities and madcap adventures about it. when the song and dance of The Andrews Broth- 12 CW: Can audiences expect a ers shows at 7:30pm every Friday and Saturday spectacular farewell dance? through Dec. 17 at Mount Vernon’s RiverBelle Dinner Theatre, 100 E. Montgomery. Tickets WORDS BT: Well, yeah, we’ve never are $20-$40. not had a dance… so it’d WWW.RIVERBELLEDINNERTHEATRE.COM 8 PHOTO BY MATT MCDANIEL MATT BY PHOTO be pretty disappointing if MIXED BAG: Bid adieu to the ensemble known we didn’t even make an ef- as Rooster at farewell shows at 8pm Fri.-Sat. at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, fort, right?

CURRENTS CURRENTS ATTEND BY AMY KEPFERLE stick around for “Triples.” Tickets are $8-$10. WHAT: Rooster CW: What have you liked/ 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM 6 Farewell Shows loved about being a part of TALENT REVUE: A family-friendly Talent Re- WHEN: 8pm Fri.-Sat., Rooster? Nov. 18-19 vue highlights 25 acts featuring magic, dance, VIEWS VIEWS BT: It’s been a great expe- Rooster WHERE: Upfront music and more at 7pm Friday and Saturday at Theatre, 1208 Bay St. rience to collaborate with the Ferndale High School Auditorium, 5830 4 COST: $8-$10 the group. I’ve very much Golden Eagle Dr. Entry is $6. THE LAST, HILARIOUS HURRAH 383-9261 OR WWW.FERNDALE.WEDNET.EDU MAIL MAIL INFO: 733-8855 or appreciated the willingness www.theupfront.com Rooster has to get into the

NOV. 18-20 2 ONCE YOU’VE seen the men of Rooster move and groove, moment with one another CHARLIE BROWN: Showings of the snappy you’ll never be able to look at contemporary dance the same way and try new approaches, games, ideas, stories. musical, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, kick DO IT IT DO

again. Whether they’re dressing up as construction workers and mov- CW: What do you have to say about your fellow off this weekend at 7pm Fri.-Sat. and 2pm Sat.-Sun. at the Bellingham Arts Academy for ing to the music or creating improvisational magic based on audience cast-mates? Youth, 1059 N. State St. Admission is $8-$10 .11

16 suggestions, the quirky quartet pretty much dares audiences not to BT: Good riddance! No, but seriously, two of the and additional showings take place Dec. 2-4 laugh. Read on to ﬁnd why they’re calling it quits—and how you can three others will still be around once Stephen and 9-11. get in on their ﬁnal weekend of shows. is gone. WWW.BAAY.ORG

.06 11. Cascadia Weekly: For those unaware of the fabulous four, who and what CW: What have been some of the comments Roost- MUCH ADO: The Skagit Valley College Theatre 46 Department presents William Shakespeare’s # is Rooster and how did it originate? er has received from audiences? Much Ado About Nothing at 7:30pm Fri.-Sat. Billy Tierney: Rooster is an improv comedy group comprised of four im- BT: “Are you sure that wasn’t scripted?,” “I and 2pm Sun. at the Phillip Tarro Theatre on provisers from the Upfront Theatre: Stephen Edwards, Kent Loomer, haven’t laughed that hard. Ever.,” “If you guys the Mount Vernon campus. Tickets are $7-$10. Galen Emanuele, and myself. Rooster uses live improv comedy, come- do four shows in a weekend, I don’t buy tickets (360) 416-7727 or www.mcintyrehall.org dic short ﬁlm and choreographed dance to deliver an awesome live for the last one because I know my face can’t SAT., NOV. 19 show. Rooster originated in 2007 with three-fourths of the current handle it.” SERIAL KILLERS: The ﬁnal round of the pe- rennially popular “Serial Killers” competition

CASCADIA WEEKLY cast. I was brought in to replace Matt Slater, who would leave Bell- CW: Why should people come to Rooster’s farewell ingham for the brighter lights of Chicago. ﬂing? can be seen at 8pm and 10pm at the iDiOM 16 CW: Why is it the last show ever? BT: 1. We put a lot of work into the non-improv Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. Audiences have voted which team returns each week, and the BT: We weren’t sure we’d ever do another show again! After headlining for portions of the show, and it shows! 2. The best winning team ends up with a full-length play our second year in the Chicago Improv Festival in 2010, we hadn’t pur- part of the show is the improv, and we’ve all and a $1,000 cash prize. Tickets are $10. sued any more shows. The “magic” was gone. Recently, one of the origi- worked together for four-plus years and pro- WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM nal founding members of Rooster, Stephen Edwards, informed us he’ll vide a truly unique comedy experience. HoPPY Hour Sun-Thur 4-6pm in Bar Take your fork doit Taking Reservations for Holiday Parties

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weekend with Nov. 18-20 performances at 24 the Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth *VMHE]b.ERYEV] FILM FILM COMEDY COMPETITION: The semiﬁnals ,ETT],SPMHE]W for the 32nd annual Seattle International

Comedy Competition begin at 8pm at Bow’s 20 Skagit Valley Casino Resort. Ten comedians from across the nation will be battling for MUSIC cash prizes and a recording contract. Tick- Rhododendron Cafe ets are $20. 17 WWW.THESKAGIT.COM 'LYGOERYX &S[,MPP6H[[[VLSH]GEJIGSQ 18

COMEDY NIGHT: Renowned standup co- ART STAGE STAGE median Andre Paradise headlines Comedy Night at 9pm at Poppe’s Bistro & Lounge, 16 714 Lakeway Dr. Alex Nelson, Travis Nelson and Justin Shepherd will also be part of the fun. Tickets are $10. STAGE 671-1011

SUN., NOV. 20 14 THE PANEL: Attend a special “Panel” show at 8pm at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay GET OUT St. The monthly comedic show featuring Sprint Presents Lifeline local luminaries is being rescheduled due to the Thanksgiving holiday. P.S. Content is 12 typically “blue,” so leave the kids at home. and Link Up Service Tickets are $4.

WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM WORDS 8 DANCE &#"(&*"*!&*',.",1 (& //&/0* ",.+$.)/ +##".&*$3&."("//0"(",%+*"!&/ +1*0/0+-1(&8"!(+3 SAT., NOV. 19 CONTRA DANCE: New England’s Perpetual &* +)" +*/1)"./*!".0%"&#"(&*",.+$.)"(&$& (" CURRENTS e-Emotion band will provide live music for /1 / .& "./)5." "&2"!&/ +1*0"!)+*0%(5 %.$" 6 tonight’s Contra Dance happening from 7-10pm at Norway Hall, 1419 N. Forest St. +# ,".)+*0%&*)+/0."/(&$& ("."/&!"*0/+# Entry is $15. #"!".((5." +$*&6"!.& ((*!/)5-1(2+." "&2" VIEWS WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE.ORG 4 USA DANCE: A Cha-Cha lesson kicks off !!&0&+*(!&/ +1*0/+##0%")+*0%(5 %.$"#+.&#"(&*"

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MILONGA: The monthly “Tango Experience” (&$& &(&05."-1&.")"*0/2.5 5/00"*)*5/00"/ Milonga takes place from 8-11:30pm at Pres- ence Studio, 1412 Cornwall Ave. No partner 5+1)5-1(#+.&#"(&*"//&/0* "+1 +),(5 .11 16 or experience is needed. Entry is $8. 3&0% ".0&*&* +)"("2"(."-1&.")"*0/+.5+1 1.."*0(5 708-8076 OR WWW.PRESENCE-STUDIO.COM ,.0& &,0"&* ".0&*,1 (& //&/0* ",.+$.)/

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MASTER CLASS: Acclaimed performer and # choreographer Ellie Sandstrom will teach a +.#1.0%".&*#+.)0&+* +10&#"(&*"*!&*', contemporary dance class from 11:30am- 1:30pm at the Firehouse Performing Arts //&/0* "+.0+." "&2"*,,(& 0&+*#+.),("/" Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Fees are $12-$14. ((,.&*00+((#.""0 WWW.BHAMREP.ORG ROMEO & JULIET: Dramatic sets, Shake- spearean costumes, world-class ballet and CASCADIA WEEKLY a classic, poignant score can be expected &#"(&*"&/+*(52&( ("0+,.&*0/1 / .& "./&*(&)&0"!$"+$.,%& ."/*! when the Moscow Ballet performs its new #+.+*"3&."(&*"+.3&."("//,%+*"(&*",".%+1/"%+(!+1)5+*(5." "&2"0%"&*', 17 ballet, Romeo & Juliet, for one show only at !&/ +1*0+* "00%"/)"!!."//!!&0&+*(."/0.& 0&+*/,,(57,.&*0"40"((( 7:30pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. .&$%0/."/".2"!0%"(+$+*!+0%".0.!").'/."0.!").'/+#,.&*0"40"( Commercial St. Tickets are $35-$75. WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM

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34 34 WED., NOV. 16 HOUSEMAN TALK: Local painter Kat

FOOD Houseman will show and talk about her work currently on display at the Chuckanut visual Brewery at 7pm at the downtown brewpub, 601 W. Holly St. Entry is free.

27 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES WWW.KANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM FRI., NOV. 18 B-BOARD EMPLOYEE CRAFT FAIR: Handmade items by PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center employees will be on display and up for

24 sale at a Craft Fair from 8am-5pm at the St. Luke’s Health Education Center, 3333

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20 NOV. 18-21 HOLIDAY ART SHOW: More than 20 re-

MUSIC gional artists will be featured at the “Pleasant Ridge Gallery at Rexville” Holi- day Art Show from 11am-6pm Fri.-Mon. at 18 18 18 the Rexville Grange, 1929 Rexville Rd., ART ART ART ART Mount Vernon. A reception happens from 5-8pm on opening night. WWW.TRIDGEGALLERYATREXVILLE.COM 16 NOV. 18-23 STAGE STAGE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: Allied Arts will host its 32nd annual Holiday Festival of the Arts from 10am-6pm every Wed.- 14 Sat. through Dec. 24 at 3548 Meridian St. (south of Bellis Fair Mall). The market will also be open from 6-9pm Fri., Dec. 2, for GET OUT the Art Walk. WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG

12 SAT., NOV. 19 FIBER ARTS FETE: Take part in a day of

WORDS “ﬁber fun” at the Whatcom Weavers Guild’s Show, Sale and Demonstration Day from 12-

8 4pm at the Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatch- er Building, 250 Flora St. A $3 fee includes admission. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG “WINTER BIRDS” CURRENTS CURRENTS FISHBOY SHOW: The annual “FishBoy Holiday Show” takes place from 2-9pm at 6 the aptly named FishBoy Gallery, 617 Vir- BY AMY KEPFERLE joke or two. His 2002 “Secrets of the Mount Ver- ginia St. (near Trader Joe’s). If you’ve never VIEWS VIEWS non Culture” exhibit at the Whatcom Museum— visited the home studio of the acclaimed an assemblage of “restored” ceramic vessels and Bellingham artist, now’s the time. 4 stone and bronze furniture “unearthed” on Cama- WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM

MAIL MAIL Finding the Light no Island—was a good example of this. MATZKE OPENING: A potluck and party will At the Nov. 4 opening for the Lucia show, take place during the opening reception for

2 the 21st annual small works show, “Honey, JACK GUNTER’S WILY IMAGINATION Gunter told me many patrons of the arts were I Shrunk the Art,” from 4:30-8:30pm at Ca- completely unaware that the exhibit was in fact DO IT IT DO mano Island’s Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture

A TYPICAL press release aptly ﬁlls in the blanks not many thousands of years old, but was in- Park, 2345 Blanche Way. The works will be of the whole “who, what, when and where” queries stead created in the here and now. on display through Jan. 28. .11 WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM

16 people might have. However, Camano Island artist Jack While many of Gunter’s egg tempura paintings Gunter isn’t your archetypal artist, and a shout-out he are fantastical in nature, the works on display at sent to fans and friends recently proved it. the Fairhaven gallery are more realistic. ONGOING EXHIBITS .06 11. In the communique, he told those who were in- A series of large, light-infused paintings of

46 ALLIED ARTS: View Rachel Potter and Tim # terested that he’d be displaying paintings alongside birds in snow-covered trees dominate much of Alexander’s “On the Inside” exhibit through those of iconic Northwest abstract painter Guy An- ATTEND Gunter’s allotted exhibit space, and they’re like Nov. 26 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. WHAT: Works by WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG derson at Bellingham’s Lucia Douglas Gallery through Jack Gunter and Guy something you’d see out of the corner of your eye November. Anderson while skiing on a trail in the middle of winter. ANCHOR: Seattle-based artist John Fe- Although Gunter denies having met Anderson WHEN: Through “I created the paintings during those big storms odorov’s exhibit, “The Way Things Are,” can be viewed through Nov. 19 at Anchor Art before his death in 1998, the document also pur- Nov. 26 here two years ago, and it was a completely differ- WHERE: Lucia Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes.

CASCADIA WEEKLY ports that “certain photographs on the internet Douglas Gallery, 1415 ent palette for me,” Gunter said. “I tried to make WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG have surfaced that suggest otherwise.” The release 13th St. it so you could feel the ﬂow of light in them.” ARTISANS NORTHWEST: “Fossor,” a photo- 18 then goes on to show (Photoshopped) images of the INFO: www.lucia Whether he’s being silly or serious, one thing graphic show by Christopher Keefe depicting two working in Anderson’s studio in the 1960s and douglas.com that emerges from perusing Gunter’s body of work Chris Kazimer’s modern-day grave digging ﬁshing together on the Kenai River. over the decades is that he’s a true artist—one experience, is on display through Nov. 30 at Artisans Northwest, 1215 Cornwall Ave. It’s clear that Gunter, who, in addition to being a master painter, is also who’s able to apply himself to just about any me- WWW.ARTISANSBELLINGHAM.COM an author, clay-thrower, actor and antiques dealer, isn’t above a practical dium and make it work. doit You Need GOOD EARTH: Linda Stones’ useful ceramic works will be on display through November at

Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave.

Someone Who 34 WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM

HONEY: View Katherine Schneider’s abstract FOOD works through November at Honey Salon, 310 W. Understands Holly St. WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM the Law… 27 LUCIA DOUGLAS: Newly discovered 1930s drawings by iconic Northwest artist Guy Anderson and egg tempera paintings by Camano Island artist Felony, Misdemeanor, Infraction, B-BOARD Jack Gunter can be viewed through Nov. 26 at the Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. DUI, Assault, Drug & Sex Cases. WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM 24 MATZKE FINE ART: “The Show Must Go On,” a multi-artist exhibit with a theatrical, burlesque Law Oﬃces FILM and circus theme, shows through Nov. 13 at Ca- mano Island’s Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculp- of

ture Park, 2345 Blanche Way. 20 Hiroshi Yamano’s blown and etched glass will be WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM Alexander Ransom

among the dozens of works displayed at a “Honey, I MONA: “The First 30 Years: MoNA Collects” MUSIC Shrunk the Art” exhibit opening Nov. 19 at Camano shows through Jan. 1 at La Conner’s Museum of (360) 392-8377

Island’s Matzke Fine Art Gallery Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. The comprehen- 19

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of the museum. ART STAGE STAGE ARTWOOD: View “Special Lathe-Turned Items” WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG through November at Artwood, 1000 Harris Ave.

PIONEER MUSEUM: “Flying Spokes: 100 Years 16 WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM of the Bicycle” is on display until Nov. 30 at the BELLINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM: The mu- Lynden Pioneer Museum, 217 Front St. Entry is STAGE STAGE seum is open to the public from noon-5pm Tues. $4-$7. and Thurs.-Sat. at 1320 Commercial St. WWW.LYNDENPIONEERMUSUEM.COM 393-7540 QUILT MUSEUM: “A Quilted Garden” and AWE: 14 BLUE HORSE: Valerie Collymore’s “French Rivi- Award Winning Entries” are currently on display era Collection” and photographer Donald Simp- at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 son’s “Bellingham and Beyond” exhibitions can GET OUT Second St. be attended through November at the Blue Horse WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. SEASIDE GALLERY: Works by Mark Bistranin,

WWW.BLUEHORSEGALLERY.COM 12 Steve Weldon, Melissa Ballenger, Mark Conley, Thursday, CEDARWORKS: Peruse and purchase a variety of and Dave Nichols are currently on display at La Native American art from 10am-6pm Wed.-Sat. at Conner’s Seaside Gallery, 101 N. 1st St. November 24 WORDS the CedarWorks Art Gallery, 217 Holly St. WWW.LACONNERSEASIDEGALLERY.COM 647-6933 SKAGIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: “Paint Me A 8 CHUCKANUT BREWERY: Paintings by Bell- River Too! Arts Meets History Again, which fea- ingham artist Kat Houseman will be on display tures more than 100 local artists reﬂecting their through Dec. 10 at the Chuckanut Brewery and personal view of Skagit history, shows through Start a New Holiday Tradition! Join us for Kitchen, 601 W. Holly St. Dec. 31 at La Conner’s Skagit County Historical Thanksgiving Dinner at Semiahmoo! CURRENTS WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM Museum, 501 S. 4th St. 6 DEMING LIBRARY: View works by artists Beth Anna (360) 466-3365 OR WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET Margolis and Vikki Jackson from Nov. 22-Dec. 30 at SMITH & VALLEE: Works by plein air painter Enjoy a savory array of traditional Thanksgiving VIEWS VIEWS the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. Gregg Laananen and veteran sculptor David dinner favorites and a variety of delectable desserts. 592-2422 Eisenhour can be perused through Nov. 27 at 4 DIGS: Tal Connor’s “Entropy Drawings and a De- Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey

cade of Others” can be viewed through the month Ave. PIERSIDE & STARS RESTAURANTS MAIL at DIGS, 200 W. Holly St. WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM

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an exhibit of photographs from the Korean War, Health St. Joseph Medical Center. shows through Nov. 11 at Exit Realty, 1419 Corn- 733-5361 OR 296-2951 "EVMUTt$IJMESFO wall Ave. WESTERN GALLERY: “The Art of Robert David- WWW.EXITREALTYBELLINGHAM.COM $IJMESFOBOEVOEFSEJOFGSFF .11

son” can be viewed through Nov. 22 at WWU’s 16 FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contempo- Western Gallery. Davidson is one of Canada’s 5BYBOEHSBUVJUZOPUJODMVEFEHSBUVJUZXJMMCFBEEFEUPQBSUJFTPGTJYPSNPSF rary folk art of RR Clark from 12-5pm every Mon.- most respected contemporary artists as well as Fri. at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. an important cultural leader in the renaissance

Reservations Reccommended please call .06 11. 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM of native art and culture. 46 # FOG: View a variety of works by noted artists at WWW.WESTERNGALLERY.WWU.EDU 360-318-2000 or 800-770-7992 the Fairhaven Originals Gallery, 960 Harris Ave. WHATCOM ART GUILD: From 10am-6pm every WWW.BELLINGHAMFOG.COM Friday through Sunday, stop by the Whatcom Art FOURTH CORNER FRAMES: “Earth, Sea, Sky,” Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Waldron Build- an exhibit featuring works by Laurie Potter, ing, 1314 12th St. Sharon Kingston, and Rob Vetter, can be viewed WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG through December at Fourth Corner Frames, 311 WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Lesley Dill’s Poetic Vi-

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34 34 EVEN IF YOU haven’t been paying attention, you probably are at least peripherally aware that FOOD Election Day around here was a wild and woolly affair. While we are pretty focused these days music on who our mayor will be, that narrow focus 27 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT has had the effect of deemphasizing the importance of other races and other outcomes.

B-BOARD Which is why I want to talk to you about Cathy Lehman. Lehman’s race, against Barry Buchanan for a 24 Bellingham City Council position, was not a nail-

FILM FILM biter. Indeed, even when the ﬁrst returns rolled in, Lehman’s lead was commanding enough to be BY CAREY ROSS insurmountable, and has only grown since. Her 20 20 victory owes more to the strength and energy

MUSIC of Lehman’s campaign (and her obvious passion MUSIC for the job) than it does to any criticism of Bu- chanan’s tenure on city council. He’s done a fine 18 KARP Lives! job, which included supporting a revised noise ART ART STRAIGHT OUTTA TUMWATER ordinance, and we wish him the best. 16 To me, Lehman’s success is significant in a STAGE STAGE couple of ways. The first is obvious:

14 Lehman is a vocal, im- passioned advocate for

GET OUT the downtown core and the arts community. And it has become clear that BY CAREY ROSS 12 she believes one cannot exist without the other. It is my belief Lehman WORDS will be a passionate champion of much that we, in the music scene, hold dear. 8 Adding to that is the fact that Lehman is not ﬂying solo on the city council when it comes to protecting the interests of the music com- CURRENTS CURRENTS munity. Maybe more than ever before, who we

6 are and what we do has actual, genuine rep- resentation among those charged with making

VIEWS VIEWS decisions that affect our collective future. Prior to the election, someone asked me what 4 it was I liked about Lehman as a candidate. My

MAIL MAIL answer was to outline what I’ve said above, while adding this footnote: “If she wins, it proves even

2 people like us can get elected.” And it’s true: If Lehman—someone we see at shows, someone DO IT IT DO

who has interests and attitudes that align with ours, someone who is, in short, one of us—can .11

16 ﬁnd success in this realm, it proves that avenues GRUNGE GETS all the glory, but the early ’90s would form their own band—a band whose hard-hitting exist for any of us who want to be a force for musical revolution wasn’t just limited to Seattle, “Smells style pays undeniable homage to its Tumwater progeni- positive change in the music scene and beyond.

.06 11. Like Teen Spirit,” and Sub Pop. Indeed, a little more than tors. That trio is Bill Badgley, Ben Wildenhaus, and Beau But it’s possble Lehman’s election victory— 46 # an hour to the south, Olympia was engineering a sonic Boyd, and the band is Bellingham’s Federation X. and our support of her campaign, which was insurgency all its own, and it was doing it by way of labels In that way, a direct line can be drawn from Olympia’s both widespread and heartfelt—is a sign of such as K Records and Kill Rock Stars and with a little storied musical tradition to the sound that is characteris- something else entirely. Perhaps it’s proof assistance from a trio from Tumwater who, together, com- tic of our fair city. Which is why, when the time came to we’ve eschewed our DIY, punk rock ethos to el- prised a band succinctly and memorably named KARP. tell KARP’s story, Badgley was the man who took on the evate one of our own into becoming The Man. Short for “Kill All Redneck Pricks,” KARP was the in- task (the fact that he’s spent the past several years in New Taken even further, what with the formation nonprofits like WhAAM and Make.Shift, maybe CASCADIA WEEKLY tersection of Chris Smith, Jared Warren (currently of the York earning his living behind the lens was likely a con- Melvins and Big Business), and Scott Jernigan, three tributing factor as well), and Bellingham is one of the first we are becoming the machine we’re supposed 20 high-school friends who had no idea when they formed places in the United States he will show his film. to rage against. Or maybe all that just signals their band in 1990 with castoff instruments, that their The documentary, Kill All Redneck Pricks: A Documentary we’re growing up. And if being an adult means musical experiment would last eight years and go on to Film About a Band Called KARP or KARP Lives! for short, will we support candidates, start organizations and inspire bands both near and far. show Sat., Nov. 19 at the Pickford Film Center, and Badgley otherwise protect and further our interests, I Indeed, KARP inspired another trio of friends, who will be on hand to talk all things KARP. But before that think I’m O.K. with that. musicevents musicevents

a band.” They had a very special relation- THURS., NOV. 17

KARP, FROM PREVIOUS PAGE BUG SONG CIRCLE: The Bellingham 34 ship with each other, and it showed in Ukulele Group (BUG) will host a Song

their music and was incredibly palatable Circle from 7-9pm at the Squalicum Yacht FOOD happens, he spoke to the Cascadia Weekly in their live performance. Club, 2633 S. Harbor Loop Dr. about his cinematic labor of love. CW: Why should people who are not KARP WWW.BELLINGHAMUKULELEGROUP.COM

Cascadia Weekly: For the uninitiated, who/ fans want to see this movie? WINE, WOMEN, SONG: Allegra Wom- 27 what is KARP? And what makes their story BB: It was an aim of mine from the very been’s Choir and the Whatcom Sound Jazz Singers will perform at a “Wine, Women merit its own documentary? ginning that this be a ﬁlm that would be & Song” fundraiser for Bellingham Sings B-BOARD Bill Badgley: KARP is a band from Tumwa- interesting to people who had no interest from 7-9pm at the Lairmont Manor, 405 ter, formed in the early ’90s that put out in the band. That was very important to Fieldston Rd. Tickets are $20. WWW.BELLINGHAMSINGS.COM the majority of their recorded material me. If only KARP fans enjoy this ﬁlm, then 24 on K Records. They were born out of and I have basically failed the subject mat- FRI., NOV. 18 FILM FILM participated heavily in the now-famous ter. I knew the spirit within the members SPRING, MURANTE, CRUSO: Multi- post-punk Olympia scene of the same and within the music was a vital one, as it instrumentalist Carolyn Cruso, guitarist

and vocalist Tracy Spring, and singer and 20 time period. represents the desire to do what you love, 20 As far as what I thought was impor- and to continue, and to keep your heart in songwriter Larry Murante hook up for a

performance in the round at 7:30pm at MUSIC tant enough about their band to warrant your work, so I focused on their relation- MUSIC Nancy’s Farm, 2030 E. Smith Rd. Sug- a ﬁlm was, ﬁrst and foremost, the music ship with each other and their art form. gested donation is $15.

they created, a heavy, joyous explosion The idea being that anyone can relate to WWW.NANCYSFARM.COM 18

of teen angst that was so cathartic, per- loving something and loving the people ART SAT., NOV. 19 sonal, uninhibited and unassuming that you do it with, and everyone can relate LOVE IN ACTION: Whatcom County’s

most who witnessed it couldn’t help but to the hardships that Habitat for Humanity presents a “Love 16 notice the special bond these three guys come along the way. in Action” beneﬁt concert at 7pm at the Don’tDon t mmiss the

had, both with each other and with their CW: What are your Blaine Performing Arts Center, 975 H St. STAGE music. takeaways from this Malcolm Oliver and the Assumption Wor- ship team will be among the performers. At the same time, the dichotomies experience? Tickets are $9-$10. 14 you can find at first glance in their mu- BB: The main thing 715-9170 OR WWW.HFHWHATCOM.ORG sic is found in their personal story. For a ATTEND I feel like I learned AUSTIN JENCKES: Seattle indie musicians GRAND fun-loving, Steve Martin-obsessed group WHAT: KARP Lives! while making the Austin Jenckes and the First call perform GET OUT of jokesters, they went through some re- w/filmmaker Bill movie was that I at 7pm at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, Badgley 712 S. First St. Tickets are $20; all pro-

ally tough times in order to pursue their could do it. I think 12 WHEN: 8:30pm ceeds beneﬁt Toys for Tots. OPENINGof the art and live their lives in the way they one of the hardest of the Sat., Nov. 19 WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG

wanted to. parts about your first WORDS WHERE: Pickford WHATCOM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Their story becomes a perfect exam- Film Center, 1318 project—or certainly Renowned organist Jonas Nordwall ple of what can be at stake when you Bay St. my first project—was tackles the power of the Mount Baker 9,//$*(%22.6 8 choose a life off the map, a life dedi- COST: $6.25-$9.50 that whenever you Theatre’s 1927 Mighty Wurlitzer at to- MORE INFO: www. cated to following your dreams. It’s defi- run into a discourag- night’s Whatcom Symphony Orchestra pickfordfilmcenter. concert at 7:30pm at the performance

nitely not a tale of instant stardom; it’s ing problem—which CURRENTS com space 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets are a realistic journey of commitment and is, of course, totally $12-$30. in BELLIS 6 love that I think anyone who has ever normal—you have the adversary of doubt, 734-6080 OR WWW. L FAIRɜɄɑȐ loved what they do and who they do it and wondering while you’re problem-solv- MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM Friday,ɄȵȨȇǸɴ VIEWS VIEWS with can relate to. ing, “Maybe I can’t do this.” And since SUN., NOV. 20 NOV. 11th CW: Why are you the man to make such you’ve never made a ﬁlm before, you just SONG SHARE: Tracy Spring, Derrick through 4 a movie? And what is your connection to honestly don’t know. I think that’s espe- Mears, Tim Wittman, and Dave Perkins FREE HOLIDAY

Saturday, MAIL will share songs celebrating Skagit this band? cially tough. But, in the end, you have to NOV. 19th ORNAMENT!

County and its history from 2-4pm at La

BB: I’ve never felt like art was about being call that shit out for what it is—it’s just 2 Conner’s Skagit County Historical Mu- qualiﬁed or getting permission from the fear. And fuck that; life’s too short. seum, 501 S. 4th St. DO IT IT DO world to do something—you do it be- CW: What’s it like to come back to Belling- 20% OFF WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET cause you love it, because you couldn’t ham to show the ﬁlm, in a town where you KEYBOARD FRIENDS: Classical pianist Kay

live in a reality where you didn’t do it. have deep roots (not to mention a town Zavislak performs Bach, Beethoven, and .11 My connection to the band is, ﬁrst that loves KARP)? Chopin selections at a Keyboard Friends 16 and foremost, as a fan. Seeing them as BB: It’s great. I obviously have a big con- “Miniatures and Masterpieces” concert at 3pm at the Amadeus Project, 1209 Corn- kid was really a “have your cake and eat nection to the people here, and so I’m wall Ave. Tickets are $10-$15. .06 11.

it too” type of scenario, where you got really excited to see their reaction and 46

WWW.BELLINGHAMHOUSECONCERTS.COM # to really go nuts and release all your gauge that reaction against people who STORM AND SEA: The WWU University angst and frustration, but, at the same don’t know me quite as well. It’s interest- Choir and Advanced Women’s Chorale time, their particular brand of metal or ing to see the connections people draw present “The Storm and the Sea” at 3pm punk or whatever you want to call it was when they know you and they see your at the Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. Entry is free. so friendly it didn’t mean hurting any- work. [Federation X’s] Ben [Wildenhaus] 650-3130 body or putting anybody down. It was and Beau [Boyd] have seen it and I’ve exactly what I was looking for. heard their point of view on the ﬁlm, TUES. NOV. 22 CASCADIA WEEKLY Then, later on through my own band, I which was super-important to me, as FALL CONCERT: Whatcom Community College’s Collegiate Choir and Jazz 21 got to know Jared by playing shows with they’re people I’ve spent a long time col- VILLAGE BOOKS Band join forces for an annul Fall Music Holiday Store in Bellis Fair: 360.671.0265 Tight Bros., the Whip, and Big Business. laborating with and making art with. So I Concert from 7:30-9pm at the Heiner and in Fairhaven at But, even as an average showgoer back in guess I’m curious and excited to see the Theater. 1200 11th St., Bellingham the mid ’90s, it seemed obvious to just ﬁlm in Bellingham with my friends there WWW.WHATCOMCTC.EDU 360.671.2626 about everyone these guys weren’t “just along those same lines. VILLAGEBOOKS.com musicvenues 34 34 See below for venue FOOD addresses and phone 11.16.11 11.17.11 11.18.11 11.19.11 11.20.11 11.21.11 11.22.11 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

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has been building to all along. Where one legiti-

34 34 mately hopes to register what Bella feels upon ﬁnally giving herself over to what she has so FOOD long desired but resisted, all we get are languid ﬁlm and lax interludes of what still seems like puppy love. Very lame, and very disappointing.

27 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› MOVIE SHOWTIMES At about the ﬁlm’s halfway point, Bella ﬁnds she’s unexpectedly pregnant, prompting a quick

B-BOARD return home. When Jacob comes by and observes her already-obvious condition, he gets to bel- low an immortal accusation to Edward: “You did 24 24 this!” As Edward searches for a proper rejoinder, FILM FILM FILM FILM REVIEWED BY TODD MCCARTHY Jacob again scampers off, whereupon the local werewolf tribe reacts with a lot of teeth-baring and internal bickering over what to do. Mean- 20 while, Bella turns pale and gaunt and seems in The Twilight Saga: danger of wasting away; it appears the fetus is MUSIC taking all of the nutrients for itself and leaving nothing for Mom, who can no longer eat normal 18 Breaking Dawn—Part 1 food. There’s only one solution to this state of ART ART affairs, the administering of which brings Bella JUST DO IT, ALREADY back to life as Part 1 pushes toward its end. 16

this one as soon as possible. Part 2 won’t follow STAGE STAGE until Nov. 16, 2012. IN THE END, GIVEN When the decision was made to split Harry

14 HOW LITTLE GOES ON IN Potter and the Deathly Hallows into two ﬁlms to bring that blockbuster series to a close, there BREAKING DAWN—PART 1

GET OUT was cynical talk regarding mercenary motives to milk as many dollars as possible out of the fran- DESPITE THE MAJOR PLOT chise. Once the films came out, however, that POINTS, WHAT YOU’RE 12 talk stopped, so emphatically did the massive narrative incident justify the extended length. LEFT WITH IS TO GAZE WORDS On the basis of Breaking Dawn—Part 1, though, AT THE THREE LEADS, the same cannot be said of this series ender, 8 which feels as bloated and anemic as Bella be- ALL OF WHOM HAVE comes during her pregnancy. The film is like a crab cake with three or four bits of crab sur- THEIR CONSTITUENCIES CURRENTS CURRENTS rounded by loads of bland stuffing, but many AND REASONS FOR BEING

6 can’t tell the difference or don’t care, which will largely be true for its captive audience. EMINENTLY WATCHABLE.

VIEWS VIEWS Taking place in a lovely woodsy setting that could easily be the next estate over from the 4 wedding-reception site in Lars von Trier’s Melan- During the very slow scenes depicting Bella’s

MAIL MAIL cholia, the nuptials of Bella Swan (Kristen Stew- deterioration, as Stewart appears progressively art) and Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) can skeletal, so little else is going on that one is

2 plausibly be termed the “wedding of the cen- obliged to muse over whether the pounds came tury” only in the sense Edward means it when he off digitally or the old-fashioned way. After the DO IT IT DO

tells his 18-year-old bride, “I’ve been waiting a energy and alertness evident in his previous century to marry you.” Drawn out to last nearly work as helmer of Gods and Monsters, Kinsey and .11

16 a half-hour onscreen, the gaiety of the prelimi- Dreamgirls, it looks as though director Bill Con- naries and ensuing event is encumbered by a don fell into a trance while making this ﬁlm— strong sense of foreboding, not only because so dirgelike is the pacing, so banal is Melissa

.06 11. the world is coming to an end, as in Melancholia, Rosenberg’s dutiful script on a scene-by-scene, 46 # but also because it means Bella will soon pass moment-to-moment basis. It truly feels that 40 BIG THINGS happen in this penultimate Twilight entry: Bella and over from human life to the vampire side. minutes or so, not two hours, would have been Edward get married, she gets pregnant on their Brazilian honeymoon and Upon receiving the wedding invitation, the plenty to convey all that’s necessary in the ma- almost perishes before giving birth, and finally, after four films and about first reaction of Bella’s friend Jacob Black (Tay- terial covered. 490 minutes of screen time depicting simmering desire and superhuman lor Lautner) is to go wolf and race into the for- The actors have long since been set in their restraint, she wakes up with the red eyes of a vampire. (Spoiler? Hardly.) est in a snit, but he finally turns up to wish her performances, and there are no surprises here. In the end, given how little goes on in CASCADIA WEEKLY But so little else occurs between these momentous events in Twilight: well before the happy couple jets off to Rio, Breaking Dawn—Part 1 that you can practically hear every second ticking which is so little seen it scarcely seems worth Breaking Dawn—Part 1 despite the major plot 24 by while awaiting the payoff. Not that this will matter to the faithful the trip. At their lush honeymoon villa, Edward points, what you’re left with is to gaze at the who have devoured all 754 pages of Stephenie Meyer’s series-climaxing is every inch the gentleman—too much so, per- three leads, all of whom have their constitu- tome and want to see as many as possible re-created on the screen, nor haps, for Bella. They skinny dip at night to some encies and reasons for being eminently watch- to those who have paid more than $1.8 billion worldwide to see the pre- incredibly insipid songs, they’re very tender and able. The only hope is they’ll have more to do vious three installments in theaters, nearly all of whom will rush to see understanding with each other, and then in the next time around. filmreview NOW SHOWING NOV 18-24

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into the present, step by step, press your feet onto MUSIC TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Judge a moth the resinous wood of this moment, going up, going by the beauty of its candle,” said the 13th-century up, not very high... Don’t go all the way to heaven. poet Rumi. More prosaically put: Evaluate people ac- 18 Reach for apples, not the clouds.” Such good advice cording to the nobility and integrity of the desires

for you, Scorpio! It’s a perfect time to learn more ART they’re obsessed with. Do you want to hang around about the magic of the present moment as you free with someone whose primary focus is to make too yourself from “the unrepairable past.” (Read the Gobble! Gobble! much money or please her parents or build a shrine 16 poem at bit.ly/NerudaOde.) to his own ego? Or would you prefer to be in a sphere of inﬂuence created by a person who longs to make SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Seminal psy- STAGE STAGE a useful product or help alleviate suffering or make chologist Carl Jung wasn’t afraid of applying his schol- interesting works of art? It’s an excellent time to arly analytical skills to the phenomena of pop culture. ponder these issues, Taurus—and then take action Late in life, he even wrote a thoughtful book on UFOs 14 to ensure you’re surrounded by moths that favor called *Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen beautiful candles. in the Skies.* To be as thorough and careful as he could possibly be about such an elusive subject, he Visit us for your Thanksgiving Favorites!

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certain resemblances to the one you’re in now, Gemi- CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A great deal of 8 ni. Some natural response mechanism in you is being land in the Netherlands has been reclaimed from the unduly inhibited; some organic inclination is being sea by human effort. But the system of dikes that unreasonably restrained or dampened. Why should holds back the primal flow is not a foolproof or per- you continue to accept this? manent guarantee against flooding. That’s why more CURRENTS and more people are building homes that can float if CANCER (June 21-July 22): During the time they have to. “We are actually trying to move away 6 a blue crab is growing to maturity, it is very skilled from fighting against the water,” says architect Koen at transforming itself. It sheds its exoskeleton an Olthuis. “We are beginning to make friends with average of once every 18 days for an entire year. VIEWS the water.” I recommend you adopt this as a useful You’re in a phase with some similarities to that pe- metaphor, Capricorn. During the coming months, you riod of rapid ripening, Cancerian. Your commitment 4 should be doing a lot of foundation work. What can to change doesn’t have to be quite as heroic, but it you do to add buoyancy? should be pretty vigorous. Could you manage, say, MAIL two moltings over the course of the next 30 days? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): According to

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20 an apartment, where we’ve been for six vention is less expensive than cleanup. empty stores around the state, knocked a human—respecting and admiring months. He has remained drug-free, helps Ecology is at work with local govern- out hundreds more wholesaling jobs and who he is, as opposed to pitying him

MUSIC with cooking and cleaning and pays half ments and interested parties to deﬁne the accompanying revenues from those for what he’s done to himself. A man the rent and bills. His job just got cut back where LID is feasible in the Western businesses, and handed Costco execs mil- who really loves you wants the best

18 to 16 hours a week. He has applied for a Washington permits, including Whatcom lions in profits. Now low-paid retail clerks for you; he doesn’t guilt-trip you (“I handful of positions but isn’t consistently ART ART County government. The proposed permits will add liquor to the items they scan did this all for you!”) into ignoring looking, and he spends lots of time fishing. provide specifics that will help determine with no pay increase or significant staff your own needs so you can better Meanwhile, I’m paying for groceries, din- 16 feasibility of a LID technique at a proj- hours to show for it. meet his. Should you decide to stay ners out and any puny vacations, and I’ve ect site. For example, if the soils drain Privatization of public assets hurts with your help object, inform him

STAGE STAGE bought him new clothes so he’ll look his very slowly, a LID measure that tries to us all. Corporate pirates win again. We that you’ll bail if he doesn’t start confident best. When I say I’m exhausted get runoff to soak into the ground is not gotta stop helping the scalawags do putting out more than a clean urine pulling this much weight, he uses his 14 advisable, and does not have to be used. this to us. sample. If he doesn’t come through, sobriety as a tool, saying, “Look how much —Michael Chiavario, Bellingham either accept your fate as Mommy II Agencies form Puget better I am; I did this all for you.” My last or finally act on what you’ve spent GET OUT SoundCorps BENEFITS OF AFFORDABLE relationship was much more equal, and I three years pretending not to know— ended it because I felt like I didn’t matter. Commissioner of Public Lands Peter HEALTH CARE that a woman without an addict is I do like feeling important to this person, 12 Goldmark, Department of Ecology Direc- If you are a senior citizen on Medi- like a fish without a Smart car. and I do like the love, affection and kind- tor Ted Sturdevant, Department of Veter- care, and think you want the Afford- ness he shows me. WORDS ans Affairs Director John Lee, and other able Health Care Act (commonly known YOU’VE GOT STALE —Weary officials also this week announced the as “Obamacare”) repealed, think again. I’m a woman who’s been online dating 8 creation of the Puget SoundCorps at the It is already helping seniors with their It must have been hell for you in for two years. I’ve noticed that people Gog-le-hi-te Wetlands Park at the Port of Medicare prescription drug costs and your previous relationship when stop- who’ve been on the dating site as Tacoma. The work may serve as a model for now offers free yearly wellness exams. ping your boyfriend’s self-destructive long as I have often put up different CURRENTS CURRENTS other tideland cleanups in Puget Sound. If the law is repealed all the items list- behavior only involved putting out pictures. By never changing my picture ed below will go away and the donut in two years, am I broadcasting that I’m 6 The Dept. of Natural Resources man- messages like “Just say no to chicken- ages 2.6 million acres of aquatic lands in hole will come back. fried steak and the occasional cigar.” a loser? I feel changing it seems more loserish, as in, “Hey, anyone want me VIEWS VIEWS Washington, including most near-shore This year, 2011, the government is Some women do volunteer work; tidelands in Bellingham Bay and other sending $250 reimbursement checks to some women date it. You and your from a different angle?” 4 Whatcom marine habitats. The Sound- anyone that spent at least $250 while in boyfriend are a classic combination, —Still Here the prescription drug donut hole. With the drug addict and the enabler. Ad- MAIL MAIL Corps will create jobs while cleaning up Do you also suspect Banana Re- state lands across the 12-county area that each coming year, the government will dict behavior is immature brat be- public is going out of business every

2 makes up the Puget Sound basin, DNR of- send bigger and bigger reimbursement havior—throwing over tomorrow to time they update their store windows? ficials said. checks. get your rocks off (or smoke some Changing your picture is a way to say DO IT IT DO “The Puget SoundCorps will make a The donut hole will completely disap- rock) today. These days, your boy- “New and Improved!”—a classic ad- critical difference for our veterans and pear by 2020. friend’s nose might not be powdered vertising gambit that seems to perk .11 young adults, our communities and en- Also, starting this year, once a senior (“Crack: The other white meth!”), up sales despite everybody knowing it 16 vironment,” Sturdevant said. “Their work is in the donut hole, the cost of brand but he’s leaving you “gone fishing” probably means “Toothpaste’s largely will be instrumental in helping recover, name prescription drugs will be reduced notes instead of going looking for the same, but check out the butterfly

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# proud of our new members and pleased we Medicare now covers a yearly “well- should he man up when he can always age!” Keep in mind that research has can put people to work, build their skills ness exam.” count on you to mommy up? shown that men are drawn to flirty, and benefit our environment.” ‘Obamacare’ has already helped Senior Welcome to “the well-intentioned smiley shots of women, and common Sturdevant said the Puget SoundCorps Citizens and will help them more when path to hell,” as Dr. Barbara Oakley sense says to avoid cropping all your is part of the broader Washington Con- it is fully implemented. puts it. Oakley, author of the fasci- photos at the shoulders, as this leaves servation Corps administered by Ecology. It is very important, to vote for dem- nating book Cold-Blooded Kindness, a little too much mystery about what SoundCorps crews work on projects locat- ocrats in the next election. Re-elect studies “pathological altruism,” help shape the rest of you is in. Have fun CASCADIA WEEKLY ed on public lands that are designed to Obama and elect democrats to represent that actually ends up hurting—some- while posing and you should seem like 30 help carry out the Puget Sound Partner- us in congress. Please get involved with times both the helper and the person you’re having fun putting yourself out ship Action Agenda. their re-election campaigns and with the she’s supposed to be helping. Oakley there—as opposed to having fears Democratic party. explains that your boyfriend may not that the next man at your side will be This article was compiled through agency Thank you. You won’t regret it. be the only one in the relationship the utility worker who discovers you press releases. —Daydre Phillips, Bellingham who’s been getting a buzz on: “Part of sitting mummified on your couch. rearEnd ›› ”There Goes the Bride” — it was never meant to last ›› by Matt Jones

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16 IMADE my ﬁrst pie 23 years ago, when my husband and I had been syrup and spices, poured it into the tem- dough. Prick dough all over with a fork and married for exactly one month. peramental crust and put it into the oven, transfer pie shells to the refrigerator to let It was a pumpkin pie for the ﬁrst Thanksgiving dinner we would con- next to the turkey. chill for 30 minutes.

.06 11. struct completely on our own, as we were living in Vermont without That morning I also made an oyster stuff- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Mix sugar, 46 # family or friends nearby. ing, again using a recipe I had never used cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt together Winters in Vermont are so harsh that no amount of clothing could pro- before. It was difficult finding fresh oysters, in a small bowl. Whisk eggs together in a tect me from the knifelike wind, which would slice through layers of long so I used canned instead. large bowl, then add pumpkin and the sug- underwear and puffy jackets, woolen hats and gloves. The kitchen was warm and full of Thanks- ar–spice mixture, stirring until mixed well. We lived on a lake, in a small, rented summer cottage. I remember the icy giving smells, and for the first time since Gradually stir in the evaporated milk. wind would sweep across the lake and straight into our front door. I was moving to Vermont, I felt alive. When the Divide filling evenly between the pie shells. Put pies into the oven and bake

CASCADIA WEEKLY very lonely—and always cold—but we were also young, ambitious and in pie came out of the oven, it was resplen- love, and we wanted to start our own family traditions. dent as a Dutch still life painting. It was for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature 34 So I decided to bake a pie. more glorious because it had been difficult to 350∞ and bake until filling is just set I found a recipe for pumpkin pie in a Vermont magazine, and I liked it to make, but I had done it myself. in center of each pie when pies are jiggled because it had maple syrup in the filling. I had never made a homemade That pie was an offering, a symbol of slightly, 45–60 minutes. Let pies cool for at crust before, so I didn’t know that making and rolling out the dough could love and hope for the start of our marriage. least two hours before serving. be quite scientific. I combined the pumpkin puree, whipping cream, maple I didn’t know this at the time, but I have doit Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center’s Ninth Annual 7:15-9am at the Bellingham Golf & Country Club. Suggested donation is $50, and reserva-

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ments have a beginning and an end, turkey and the oyster stuffing, which 46 # and life is still only in museums. turned out gooey and tasting of met- As we were serving dinner, my elbow al. When it was time for dessert we caught the crust of the pie. I knocked it ate the crumpled pie with spoons, the Enter online off the counter and it fell to the floor, broken pieces covered with sweet- face down. I could feel time stop, in ened whipped cream. for that tiny kitchen in Vermont. I’ve lost the original recipe, but FREE CASCADIA WEEKLY We were newlyweds, so we weren’t found a good replacement from Saveur or in person at the certain how to behave at such an awk- magazine. The filling for this pie is 35 ward moment; should we laugh or cry? adapted from the “Libby’s Famous Bellingham Cruise Terminal Alistair bent over and scraped up the Pumpkin Pie” recipe printed on the Deadline to enter splattered pie and its shattered crust, back label of Libby’s pumpkin cans. It November 29 and time started to move again. doesn’t contain maple syrup, but I portofbellingham.com/gingerbreadcontest We were so much in love and life suppose you can add it.

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