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30 A brief overview of this Swing Connection: 2-5pm, Leopold Crystal Ballroom Lucas Hicks Celebration: 7pm, Wild Buffalo

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24 Greg Ruby, Nuages: 7:30pm, Unity Spiritual Center Pearl Django: 7:30pm, Jansen Art Center, Lynden African Strings Project: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall,

B-BOARD Mount Vernon Curtis Salgado: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre Laura Love: 8pm, Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship 22 COMMUNITY FILM Cupid’s Folly: 3-5pm, Bloedel Donovan Think and Drink: 7-pm, Van Zandt Community Hall

18 GET OUT Legendary Banked Slalom: Through Sunday, Mt. MUSIC Baker Ski Area Swan Watch: 7-10am, Tennant Lake, Ferndale

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14 Enjoy a sexy and sassy evening of Feast for the Senses: 5:30-8:30pm, Lairmont Manor VISUAL

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12 Winter Show: 2-9pm, FishBoy Gallery takes the stage Feb. 14-15 at the

WORDS SUNDAY [02.11.18] Underground Nightclub ONSTAGE 8 My Three Angels: 2pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild Enchanted April: 2pm, Anacortes Community Theatre

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30 deep paralysis in decision-making, journalists search for policy matters on which there appears to be con- FOOD sensus, and even agreement, as a flickering indicator that parties and politics can actually come together views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE to achieve public goals. One of these issues appears 24 to be “net neutrality.” Net neutrality as a concept discourages internet B-BOARD service providers from throttling the kinds of content you’re able to access online by placing a premium or

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15 In December, the FCC under new imperatives to roll back the work of the previous administration voted to AS MEMBERS of the County’s resources must be included for

STAGE repeal the Obama-era rules and essentially brought an Incarceration Prevention and Re- courts beyond Bellingham Munici- end to net neutrality in the United States, prompt- duction Task Force, we are excited pal Court to ensure public safety. ing criticism from public officials, content-streaming to see results and new jail diver- For that local court, a third-party 14 “edge service” providers like Netflix and the FCC com- sion efforts underway in Belling- nonprofit—Friendship Diversion missioners who voted against the repeal. ham’s Electronic Home Monitoring Services—provides monitoring ser-

GET OUT Democrats in Olympia have teamed with a few will- program and Whatcom County’s vices for electronic home monitoring Republicans to push back against the FCC through upcoming GRACE program. We also ing. For pretrial in other courts,

12 a number of bills designed to protect net neutrality find that continued detailed ex- the broader community. similar resources will be needed to in Washington. amination of our criminal justice The recent report from the be effective. Senate Bill 6423 would reinstate net neutrality re- system is revealing other sensible, Vera Institute confirms that cash These risk-assessment tools WORDS strictions on internet service providers in an effort cost-saving opportunities to create bail doesn’t make the community aren’t new.

8 to prevent censorship and charge different rates, or more equitable outcomes for the safer—people with higher bail The state of New Jersey passed “throttling.” The bill recently received a hearing in people it affects most directly— amounts get out at about the same laws in 2014 that eliminated cash the Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Tech- particularly through bail justice rate as those with lower bail. And bail outright. Hawaii, Nevada, Ver-

CURRENTS nology, a committee Sen. Doug Ericksen (R-Ferndale) reform. People who are poor and/ those with lower bails are incarcer- mont, and West Virginia have all chaired until a reshuffling of leadership this year. or disabled continue to be incarcerated disproportionately for failing passed laws transforming the bail 6 6 One of the more outspoken proponents of net neu- ated in part due to their poverty. to appear for court dates for non- system into a risk-assessment sys- trality is Sen. Kevin Ranker (D-Orcas Island), who A recent situation was retold by violent crimes. tem. In New Mexico, voters approved VIEWS VIEWS serves on the committee with Ericksen. Ranker helped the county’s public defender that We can change this. similar reforms by 87 percent.

4 sponsor SB 6423, which would prohibit internet ser- illustrates the opportunity we have A clear path forward to a pretrial Using a validated, evidence- vice providers from exercising “deceptive” tactics and to make progress toward greater risk-assessment tool is being weighed based risk-assessment tool can help MAIL impairing or blocking legal web content. equity and lower rates of incar- by the Legal and Justice Committee keep our Whatcom County commu-

2 The lower House of Representatives, meanwhile, is ceration. She had two defendants of the Incarceration Prevention and nities safer. blessed with a few Republicans who also believe net in court one morning. One was a Reduction Task Force. This tool— We are encouraged that the Task

DO IT neutrality is not a partisan issue. Class-B felon drug dealer facing a much like Bellingham’s Electronic Force process is generating posi- Whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat, “this is year in prison and another was one Home Monitoring program—would tive recommendations to make our an issue that needs to matter to everyone,” said Rep. of his addicted customers facing a rely on a score to determine whether criminal justice system more equi- Norma Smith, a Whidbey Island Republican. possession charge. a person is safe enough to release, table and effective. Bellingham’s 02.07.18 She teamed with Bainbridge Island Democrat Drew She asked, “Guess which one not their ability to post bail. jail diversion reforms are a step in Hansen to sponsor a bill that would ensure net neu- could afford to post bail and who The tool could be designed to the right direction. And we have .13

06 trality in Washington state. couldn’t?” evaluate multiple factors including more opportunities at both the city # When each lawmaker discovered the other was at We think there is a better way to the type (if any) of a person’s crimi- and county levels to prevent incar- work on a similar, separate bill to strengthen the make decisions about who we incar- nal history, previous failures to ap- ceration, increase safety and save state’s regulatory control of net-neutrality regula- cerate and why we incarcerate them. pear in court, and housing and em- taxpayer dollars. tions, they joined forces. Their two bills now mirror More than 60 percent of Whatcom ployment stability. Certain factors each other. The Appropriations Committee planned a County’s jail population is being are nonstarters: violent criminal Dan Hammill is the Ward 3 represen- hearing on the bills and one of the two identical bills held on pretrial status. Our cash history, sexual assault and other tative of Bellingham City Council;

CASCADIA WEEKLY will likely move into the House for a vote. bail system clearly doesn’t work dangerous behaviors keep people Greg Winter is Executive Director of “The existing net-neutrality laws have served us for many people in poverty, and in incarcerated up to their trial. Opportunity Council; both are mem- 6 well and kept [the internet] from being controlled by cases like the felony drug dealer, it But the right tool has to be ad- bers of the Whatcom County Incar- monopolists,” Hansen told the Seattle Times. “Net- has the potential to both increase opted or created for higher courts. ceration Prevention and Reduction neutrality protections help everyone: entrepreneurs, crime and reduce public safety for And monitoring and enforcement Taskforce. consumers, teachers, everyone.” “We’re in a situation now with net neutrality where VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE businesses would be able to throttle A BETTER WAY TO

up or throttle down the internet in 30 ways that would affect everybody,” Ranker said. “A vast, vast superma- PLAY FOOD jority of Washingtonians do not want EVERY these things unregulated.” ! 24 A less aggressive bill was sponsored DAY ATNORTHWOOD by Republican Sen. Reuven Carlyle (D- Seattle), who now chairs the committee B-BOARD formerly suffocated by Ericksen. More

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DO IT WASHINGTON STATE steps up resistance to a plan that would permit its unique coastlines and its heavy reliance protecting a fishing, tourism and recre- offshore drilling in coastal waters. on tourism as an economic driver — all ation economy worth billions of dollars Governor Jay Inslee this week formally requested the Trump administration standards that also apply to Washington, from oil spills and pollution. remove Washington from plans to open the state’s coastal waters to oil and gas the governor noted. The Northwest region hasn’t supported 02.07.18 drilling. The plan, championed by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, Inslee joined governors from Oregon and offshore oil drilling activity and is not would open 90 percent of the country’s outer continental shelf to oil and gas California in condemning the plan, saying considered to be a rich source of offshore .13

06 leasing, including areas off the coasts of Washington and Oregon. it would endanger their coastal waters fossil fuel. One lease sale was held in 1964 # Over the next five years, the administration is proposing 47 offshore lease and coastal economies. The governor also for the Northwest area. Twelve explorato- sales for oil and gas drilling, which would be the largest number of lease sales noted every member of Washington’s con- ry wells were drilled, with no commercial ever proposed for the outer continental shelf. gressional delegation representing coastal discoveries. There are no existing leases “This plan threatens the health, safety and economic prosperity of our beau- communities urged the removal of Wash- and there haven’t been any federal lease tiful coastal communities,” Inslee said. “We are committed to doing everything ington’s coasts from the proposal. sales off the California, Oregon, or Wash- in our power to make sure that Washington’s waters remain protected from “I have stated unequivocally that open- ington coasts since 1984.

CASCADIA WEEKLY offshore drilling.” ing the Pacific Coast to new oil and gas The Interior Department was scheduled A letter from the governor to Zinke reinforced his strong opposition to drill- drilling for the first time in decades poses to hold a public meeting this week about 8 ing off the state’s coast and urged the Trump administration to treat all states, grave danger to our state’s unique recre- the drilling proposal, but that meeting including Washington, equitably. Inslee invited the interior secretary to a per- ation, tourism, shipping, military and fish- was abruptly canceled amid plans for a sonal meeting to discuss the request. ing industries, threatening thousands of protest rally by those opposed to such Last month, Zinke announced the Trump administration would exempt Florida jobs and billions of dollars in revenue each lease sales. Interior Department officials from new offshore drilling based on opposition from its state and local leaders, year,” the governor wrote. said the meeting will be rescheduled. show your love with a

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STAGE of the Aug. 19 net pen collapse. Cooke Aquaculture raises Atlantic salmon at the site and leases the aquatic lands from the 14 PHOTO COURTESY OF WSDOT COURTESY PHOTO 02.01.18 Department of Natural Resources. [DNR] A section of Chuckanut Drive was closed temporarily after THURSDAY heavy stormwater runoff and debris made the highway GET OUT unsafe for travel. The closure included the Chuckanut Drive 02.04.18 The state Department of Labor and Industries has fined Sarbanand Farms in trailhead to Oyster Dome. SUNDAY

12 Sumas nearly $150,000 for late or missed mealtimes and breaks, but found the farm is not at fault for a farmworker’s death in August. L&I began several by lawmakers. It passed out of committee Heavy rains halt passenger rail service investigations after Honesto Silva Ibarra died in a Seattle hospital. The medical on a 6-to-4 vote. [Seattle Times] between Seattle and Everett after a mud- WORDS examiner determined Silva Ibarra died of natural causes, unrelated to occupa- slide blocks the tracks. Earlier in the week,

8 tional issues. L&I looked into workplace safety at Sarbanand, access to water, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau passenger rail service was temporarily sus- shade, training and restrooms, as well as pesticide use and worker exposure. faces a rowdy crowd of anti-Kinder Mor- pended to Canada after a slide blocked the The agency also talked with workers and Silva Ibarra’s family and found no gan pipeline hecklers at a town hall in tracks south of White Rock, British Colum- CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 health, safety or wage violations. [L&I, KGMI] Nanaimo, B.C. As relations break down bia. [KGMI] between British Columbia and Alberta 6 The state Senate passes a measure that would require Washington state provincial governments over the pro- 02.06.18 insurers offering maternity care to also cover elective abortions and con- posed expansion of the Trans Mountain VIEWS traception. Senate Bill 6219 passed the chamber 26-22, with one Republican, Pipeline, First Nations peoples say in- TUESDAY

4 Sen. Joe Fain, voting with majority Democrats. In addition to linking abortion creased civil disobedience may become Ranking member of the Senate Energy coverage with maternity care, the bill would require health plans issued or re- their last, best option. [CBC] and Natural Resources Committee, Maria MAIL newed after Jan. 1, 2019, to provide copayment- and deductible-free coverage Cantwell (D-Wash.) leads a group of law-

2 for all contraceptive drugs and devices, as well as voluntary sterilization and 02.03.18 makers on the Senate floor calling for the any consultations or other necessary procedures. The measure now heads to the SATURDAY protection of coastal jobs threatened DO IT House, where it passed in previous years before stalling when the Senate was by the expansion of offshore drilling. controlled by Republicans. [Associated Press] Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Joining state officials who have asked Franz terminates Cooke Aquaculture’s for state coastal waters to be removed A version of Gov. Jay Inslee’s carbon-tax proposal takes a step forward in lease for its collapsed Cypress Island At- from the plan, Cantwell calls the propos- 02.07.18 the Washington Legislature. Lawmakers approve the legislation in a vote of lantic salmon net pens, following a report al an unprecedented risk to the state’s the state Senate Energy, Environment and Telecommunications Committee. The the company’s failure to properly clean and multi-billion-dollar coastal industries. .13

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Interstate 5 just south of Samish Way B-BOARD in Bellingham. Troopers responded and PEOPLE WITH QUESTIONS

located the man lying on the right side On Jan. 27, a Bellingham man com- 22 of the roadway. “The pedestrian had plained to police that his neighbor suffered injuries consistent with be- keeps coming to his house and knocking FILM ing struck by a vehicle,” WSP report- on the door in the middle of the night.

ed. The pedestrian, later identified as 18 a 23-year-old Western Washington Uni- On Jan. 26, a woman called the Bell-

versity student, was transported by aid ingham Police Department three times MUSIC to St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham in one morning to discuss her concerns

and later to Harborview Medical Center that a tracker had been installed in her 16 in Seattle with serious injuries. “Troop- body, and that a certain police officer ART ers and detectives collected evidence was responsible for the device. $21.6 Estimated revenue, in billions, from Washington state’s outdoor recreational industry. at the scene that the fleeing vehicle 15 left behind. The vehicle should have On Jan. 23, a man came to the Belling-

damage to the front passenger side ham Police Department “to report on STAGE headlight area and the passenger side numerous rambling things he had been windshield,” WSP speculated. A Se- experiencing.” 14 dro-Woolley man was later arrested as 56 446 the driver in the hit-and-run. The stu- “a man who is new to Bell- On Jan. 25, Days Washingtonians reported spending on Millions of hours Washingtonians spent on dent is recovering from trauma to his ingham and suffers from mental health outdoor recreation. outdoor recreation last year. GET OUT head and injury to his legs. issues came to the police department for the fourth day in a row,” police reported. 12 SUPERBOWL...SATURDAY “He had no new information but wanted On Feb. 3, Bellingham Police cleared a help finding an author of a book.” WORDS loud party neighbors had complained 4.1 Millions of visits to Washington’s coasts each year. about on Verona Street. On Jan. 10, an irate man contacted of- 8 8 ficers at the Bellingham Police Depart- On Feb. 3, Bellingham Police checked on ment for no known reason. CURRENTS CURRENTS a loud party in York neighborhood. CURRENTS TO SERVE AND PROTECT On Feb. 3, Bellingham Police spoke to On Jan. 10, a man went into a Belling- $481 6 the hosts of a loud party near Lakeway ham business and told an employee he Millions spent on recreational trips to Washington’s coasts each year. Drive. wanted police to kill him today. VIEWS 4 On Feb, 3, Bellingham Police explained On Jan. 19, a woman called Bellingham the city municipal code to a loud party Police to report someone was being 11,422 MAIL near WWU campus. pushed out of her window. “The report Estimated number of jobs related to recreation in Washington’s coastal counties. 2 was unfounded,” police reported.

On Feb. 3, Bellingham Police spoke to a DO IT man downtown who was reported to be On Feb. 4, Bellingham Police gave a man drunk and disorderly, drinking alcohol in a courtesy ride to the emergency room $4.6 a public place. He refused to give police “after getting into it with Medics,” po-

Amount spent by out-of-state visitors to Washington, in billions. 02.07.18 his proper identity and left the area. lice reported. .13

On Feb. 3, Bellingham Police tried to DOG GONE 06 locate a man yelling and screaming and On Feb. 3, an intoxicated ”ex-” kid- $39,738,222 $168.4 # pounding on cars in Birchwood neigh- napped the family dog away from its Annual average value for non-tribal Estimated total value of tourism, in millions, borhood. home. “Dog was recovered,” Belling- commercial fishing in Gray’s Harbor County. in Gray’s Harbor County. ham Police reported. WHATCOM WANKERS On Feb. 2, a man told Western Washing- DINE AND DASH DASHED ton University Police he was sitting in On Jan. 25, Bellingham Police escorted $50 191,000 CASCADIA WEEKLY his car in a parking lot on the south end a man from a diner on Telegraph Road Estimated worth of Washington state’s Number of jobs in the fishing, seafood 11 of campus, talking to a friend, when he after they learned he had skipped out on maritime economic activity, in billions. processing, shipbuilding, trade and other saw another man in a silver BMW drive up a tab at that location the previous week. maritime sectors. and park next to him. The other man was wearing no pants and was masturbating. On Feb. 6, the same restaurant reported SOURCES: Office of Governor; Earth Economics; United States Senate; Economic Impacts on The man, described as middle-aged with another dine and dash. Gray’s Harbor County pack. Combining scientific research, thousands of pages of notes from dedicated wolf-watchers and novelistic writing techniques, Blakeslee recreates her life with

30 specificity and drama. His book reads at times like a hold-your-breath thriller as O- FOOD Six struggles for survival. words In addition to a great wealth of natural COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS history on canis lupus, human characters 24 play a big part in Blakeslee’s saga—from environmentalists to ranchers, citizen B-BOARD scientists, hunters and guides, park rangers and others. One can’t write about

22 Yellowstone’s wolves without addressing the deep cultural and political divides

FILM that accompanied their reintroduction, and American Wolf sides with the wild.

18 “For many people, wolves are iconic,” he explains, “symbols of what was lost

MUSIC when the West was tamed, and harbin- gers of a hoped-for restoration of one of

16 the world’s last great wildernesses.”

ART Joe Riis’ Yellowstone Migrations (Braid- ed River) pulls back to take in a larger

15 perspective: the seasonal movements across the ecosystem of six wild, na-

STAGE tive ungulate species—pronghorn an- telope, mule deer, elk, bison, moose and bighorn sheep. His groundbreaking 14 work utilizes motion-activated cameras placed along game trails and migration

GET OUT “pinch points,” GPS tracking technology and lots of time spent in the back- 12 12 JEFF GOODELL country. The results are intimate photos placing the viewer close to the drama at river crossings and mountain passes as WORDS WORDS they follow primordial paths.

8 “I want to let people see what it’s like to be an animal,” the photographer explains, “to spend four months of one’s

CURRENTS life on the move.” Riis’ work asks us to re-envision how 6 humans can make room in our settle- ments, roadways and industry for these VIEWS ancient journeys to continue—“a dy-

4 REVIEWED BY CHRISTIAN MARTIN namic co-residency where boundaries are erased,” as Gretel Ehrlich describes it in MAIL the introduction.

2 Finally, in A Week In Yellowstone’s Yellowstone Thorofare: A Journey Through the Remot-

DO IT est Place (Oregon State University Press), Michael J. Yochim takes the reader on a Bookshelf journey through the most far-flung corner of the ecosystem, the Thorofare in the 02.07.18 THE WILD HEART OF THE ROCKIES southeast corner of the park, surrounded by Yellowstone Lake, the Absaroka moun- .13

06 I HAVE been making semiannual pilgrimages to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem tains, and unpeopled wilderness. # (GYE) for two decades, drawn 1,000 miles east in all seasons to explore one of the Yochim’s love and knowledge for this wildest landscapes left in North America. Yellowstone National Park protects the heart wild country was fostered by two decades of the ecosystem, serving as an imperfect refugia for the many different species of working for Yellowstone National Park, wildlife that roam the Rockies. and his book recounts a 10-day canoe ex- Deep in the park’s embrace, far away from the crowds, I have canoed lakes and rivers, pedition with three friends, planned and scrambled up peaks, soaked in hot springs, hiked through meadows and across fire- undertaken soon after the author was di-

CASCADIA WEEKLY kissed ridges and, more often than not, found places that called out for simply sitting agnosed with ALS. still and watching. Grizzly bear tracks, beaver lodges, wolf howls, flocks of pelicans, A blend of firsthand experience with 12 herds of bison, the call of sandhill cranes—wild company is always near. historical accounts and scientific studies Three recent titles illuminate what’s going on behind-the-scenes in America’s first brings this terra incognito to life, and is a national park. prayer to place from a GYE pilgrim who, American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West (Crown), by Nate Blakeslee, in the book’s final pages, sees “no realis- is the biography of one wolf: O-Six, a charismatic alpha female wolf of the Lamer Canyon tic hope of ever getting there again.”

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WORDS FLUCKE Coast to Coast THURS., FEB. 8 on a 30 MEMOIR WORKSHOP: Marlene Anderson leads a Kids in grades 3 and younger can make cards, get their “Memoir: Your Untold Stories Can Change a Life” SLIDE SHOW TANDEM FOOD faces painted, play carnival games presentation at a Skagit Valley Writers League meet- Thursday, Feb. 8, 7pm ing from 1-3pm at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, and more at the annual “Cupid’s FREE EVENTS at Village Books in Fairhaven! Folly” Family Valentine Party Sat.,

1401 Cleveland Ave. All are welcome. Please register 24 in advance for the free workshop. Feb. 10 at Bloedel Donovan Photographer WWW.SKAGITWRITERS.ORG

Jim Herrington B-BOARD FRI., FEB. 9 THE CLIMBERS: Jim Herrington shares slides and SLIDE SHOW stories from The Climbers at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 The Middle Grade Fiction 22 11th St. The photography book is the culmination of a two-decade project to track down and document the CLIMBERS FILM surviving legendary climbers of the early-to-mid 20th Legends from century “Golden Age’”of climbing. the “Golden Age” 18 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM of Climbing (1920s-1970s) Join us!

SAT., FEB. 10 MUSIC LYNDEN BOOK CLUB: Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown anda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah. CUPID’S FOLLY: Carnival booth activities, crafts, Friday, February 9, 7pm Girl Dreaming will be the subject of an Award Win- WWW.WCLS.ORG card-making supplies, treats and more will be part of “...the biggest 16 ning Book Club meeting from 10:30am-12pm at the a “Cupid’s Folly” Family Valentine Party from 3-5pm Denise what if no longer Lynden Library, 216 4th St. TUES., FEB. 13 at the Bloedel Donovan Community Building, 2214 plagues me or ART breaks my stride.” (360) 354-4883 FERNDALE BOOK GROUP: Discuss the 2018 What- Electric Ave. The event is geared toward youth in Chantrelle com READS title, Sunil Yapa’s Your Heart is a Muscle grades 3 and younger. Entry is free for kids; sug- DuBois 15 WRITING WITH EMILY: Award-winning poet the Size of a Fist, at a Ferndale Book Group meeting gested donation for adults is $3. Bethany Reid leads a “Writing with Emily Dickinson” from 2:30-4pm at the Ferndale Library, 2125 Main St. WWW.COB.ORG

SELF-MADE STAGE workshop from 2-3:30pm at Sudden Valley’s South (360) 384-3647 Whatcom Library, 10 Barn View Court. Reid will set THINK AND DRINK: As part of Whatcom READS, WOMAN her own poetry in the larger context of Dickinson’s. attend “Think and Drink: I Was There” from 7-9pm

WED., FEB. 14 14 Entry is free. ADULT LITERACY: Meet the Whatcom Literacy at Deming’s Van Zandt Community Hall, 5465 Potter Saturday, WWW.WCLS.ORG Council staff, learn about their adult literacy Rd. The night is focused on remembering the 1999 February 10, 7pm

programs and find out about ways you can volunteer Seattle WTO protests. Share your story, or come GET OUT CUT-OUT POETRY: Young adults and adults will from 11am-1:30pm at their office in Building A at listen in. Entry is free. The Thursday, have the opportunity to explore what is on their Bellingham Technical College, 3028 Lindbergh Ave. (360) 592-2422 OR WWW.WHATCOMREADS.ORG Chuckanut March 8, 12 mind and learn how to achieve catharsis through the WWW.WHATCOMLITERACY.ORG Radio Hour 6:30pm 12 cutting out of words and pictures to create a collage SUN., FEB. 11 with live music, skits, and bestselling author at a “Magazine Cut-Out Poetry” event at 3:30pm at BOOK CHAT: The 2018 Whatcom READS title, Sunil LET’S TALK: Attend “Let’s Talk: Stretching Our Edges WORDS Concrete’s Upper Skagit Library, 45770 Main St. Entry Yapa’s Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, will be on Race and Privilege” from 2-4:30pm at Belling- WORDS and supplies are free. the focus of an Afternoon Book Chat at 1pm at the ham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St. The Kate Moore WWW.UPPERSKAGIT.LIB.WA.US Readings Gallery at Village Books, 1200 11th St. non-political event aims to provide participants the The RADIUM 8 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM opportunity to obtain the foundational skills needed True YOU LOVE ME: Enjoy romantic poetry, have your to foster transformative dialogue about race, sexism, Story! GIRLS love tarot read, and support a local venue when WHATCOM WRITERS MEETING: “A Crash Course sexuality, intersectionality and privilege. Space is Tickets $5 - at Village Books & brownpapertickets.com CURRENTS Shannon P. Laws hosts “You Love Me, You Love Me in Character Arc, Through Film” will be the focus limited, so please register in advance.

Not” from 5-6:30pm at the Alternative Library, 519 of a talk by journalist and novelist A.C. Fuller at WWW.RIVETERSCOLLECTIVE.ORG 6 E. Maple St. Suggested donation is $5. (Tarot read- a Whatcom Writers and Publishers meeting taking VILLAGE BOOKS ings take place from 4-6:30pm.) place from 6-8:30pm at Nicki’s Bella Marina, 2615 S. SWEETHEART BINGO: Help raise funds for the 1200 11th St, Bellingham VIEWS WWW.ALTLIB.ORG Harbor Loop Dr. Entry is free; please RSVP. Bellingham St. Patrick’s Day Parade by attending a & 430 Front St, Lynden WWW.WHATCOMWRITERSANDPUBLISHERS.ORG “Sweetheart Bingo and Karaoke” event from 4-8pm at Open Daily • villagebooks.com 4 SELF-MADE WOMAN: Denise Chanterelle DuBois the Mountain Room at Boundary Bay Brewery, 1103

reads from Self-Made Woman: A Memoir at 7pm at Railroad Ave. Entry is $25 per person and $40 per MAIL Village Books, 1200 11th St. Born as a boy into a couple and gets you eight games of Bingo, complimen-

COMMUNITY working-class Polish American Milwaukee family, Du- tary karaoke, access to a costume contest and more. 2 Bois faced daunting hurdles—a domineering father, WWW.SWEETHEARTBINGO.BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM a gritty 1960s neighborhood with no understanding THURS., FEB. 8 DO IT of gender nonconformity and a childhood haunted LIKELY TO SUCCEED: Attend a Whatcom County In- FEB. 12-15 by deprivation. dependent Schools Fair at 6:30pm and a free screen- BTC INFO SESSIONS: Learn more about Bellingham WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM ing of Most Likely to Succeed at 7pm at St. Paul’s Technical College’s programs at information sessions Academy, 1509 E. Victor St. The film highlights how taking place from 5:30-7:30pm Monday (Transporta- 02.07.18 SUN., FEB. 11 to meet the needs of 21st century learners. tion & Industrial Technology), Tuesday (Advanced WHATCOM WRITES: Authors of the top Whatcom WWW.SP-ACADEMY.ORG Manufacturing & Engineering), and Thursday (Busi-

WRITES contest entries will read from their works ness & IT) at the school’s campus at 3028 Lindbergh .13 06

at 2pm at Lynden’s Village Books, 430 Front St. The ARTS ON TRIAL: Whatcom County Historical Soci- Ave. Entry is free. # subject this year is “Resistance.” ety member Ron Judd helms a presentation of “The WWW.BTC.EDU/INFOSESSION WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Liberal Arts on Trial: Charles H. Fisher and Red Scare Politics at Western Washington College” at 7:30pm WED., FEB. 14 CLOVER READING: Some of the more than 50 at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. BELLINGHAM AT HOME: Come hear about new ser- regional writers who contributed to Clover, A Literary Suggested donation is $5. vices Bellingham At Home is creating to enrich its Rag Volume XIV will read from their selections at WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG members and strengthen the community at a Town 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Hall meeting from 1-3pm at the Bellingham Senior WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM SAT., FEB. 10 Activity Center, 315 Halleck St. CASCADIA WEEKLY TAX HELP: The AARP Tax-Aide program will provide WWW.BELLINGHAMATHOME.CLUBEXPRESS.COM MON., FEB. 12 free tax preparation services today from 12:30- 13 BOOKS ON TAP: South Whatcom Library manager 4:30pm at Bellingham’s First Congregational Church, V-DAY CRIBBAGE: Attend a Valentine’s Day Brian Hulsey leads a Books on Tap discussion from 2401 Cornwall Ave. On weekdays through mid-April, Doubles Cribbage Tournament from 6-8pm at Stones 6:30-8pm at El Agave 2, 4 Clubhouse Circle, Sudden the service will take place from 3:30-6:30pm. Throw Brewery, 1009 Larrabee Ave. Entry is free. Valley. The book to read for this month is Chimam- WWW.BELLINGHAMPUBLICLIBRARY.ORG WWW.STONESTHROWBREWCO.COM doit

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Run starting at 6pm at BBay Run- headquarters at 1210 Bay St. Entry to 30 ning, 1431 N. State St. Tonight’s take part in the “race for inclusion” is run will follow along the Bay to $15-$35 and includes entrance to an FOOD Baker west trail, ending at Hops ‘n after-party at Boundary Bay Brewery. outside Heads. Entry is free. WWW.MAXHIGBEE.ORG HIKING RUNNING GARDENING WWW.BBAYRUNNING.COM 24 TRAVEL TO RIO: Lawrence Pang TANDEM NATION: Tracy and Peter will take you on a virtual tour Flucke will lead a slideshow based using video clips and photos of his B-BOARD on their book Coast to Coast on a visits to locations around the world Tandem at 7pm at Village Books, at a “Travel to Rio de Janeiro and 1200 11th St. Iguazu Falls” presentation from 22 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM G 1-3pm at the Blaine Library, 610 3rd St. Entry is free. FILM FEB. 9-11 (360) 305-3637 BANKED SLALOM: The annual

18 snowboarding extravaganza known ROLLER BETTIES: The Bellingham as the Legendary Banked Slalom Roller Betties will gear up for their

MUSIC takes place Friday through Sunday 11th season with an annual pre- on the slopes of the Mt. Baker season bout at 5:30pm at Lynden Ski Area. If you’re watching from Skateway, 421 Judson St. The eve- 16 the sidelines, stick around for the ning features a doubleheader: Red

ART awards ceremony and the salmon Riot vs Black Death and Blunt Force barbecue Sunday afternoon. Trauma vs Wine Country Crushers. WWW.MTBAKER.US Entry is $6-$10. 15 WWW.BELLINGHAM SAT., FEB. 10 ROLLERBETTIES.COM STAGE WORK PARTY: Join Bellingham Parks and Rec for a drop-in Work ROUGH STOCK RODEO: Bareback Party from 10am-12pm along Fairhav- riding, saddle bronc riding, barrel 14 14 en’s 19th Street Trail. racing and more will be part of 778-7105 OR WWW.COB.ORG tonight’s “Hell on Hooves” Rough

PHOTO BY TROY TULLEY TROY BY PHOTO Stock Rodeo starting at 7pm at Lyn- GET OUT GET OUT SWAN WATCH: The Friends of den’s NW Washington Fairgrounds, Tennant Lake and Hovander Park 1775 Front St. Tickets are $18-$23. BY LAUREN KRAMER will host the annual “Swan Watch” WWW.NWWAFAIR.COM

12 simultaneously, so when she’s done skiing she can become involved in the busi- from 7-10am at Ferndale’s Tennant ness side of sport. Lake, 5236 Nielsen Ave. Participants SUN., FEB. 11 WORDS can view as many as 300 trumpeter BIRCH BAY MARATHON: The 50th For now, though, she’s bracing herself Breezy’s and tundra swans form into small annual Birch Bay International

8 for speeds of as much as 85 miles per hour groups, bob their heads simultane- Marathon and Half-Marathon starts and preparing to ignore the little voice in ously, then lift off the water for the at 9am at the south end of Birch her head instructing her to slow down. day’s forage. A guest speaker will be Bay State Park, 510 Helwig Rd. on site in the Interpretive Center Entry is $50-$100; there will be no

CURRENTS Journey “It’s so thrilling to see how far you can after the swans leave. Entry is free, onsite registration. push the limits,” she says. “Every time and all ages are welcome. WWW.BIRCHBAYMARATHON.COM 6 RACING TOWARD THE OLYMPICS you decide not to listen to your instincts WWW.FOTLHP.ORG WESTERN WASHINGTON University student Breezy and go faster, you feel like you’re defying MON., FEB. 12 VIEWS Johnson, 22, won’t be reading Shakespeare this month. death itself.” NATIVE PLANT WALK: Join the SNOWSHOEING BASICS: Find out Komo Kulshan chapter of the Wash- more about a fun winter sport at a 4 The alpine downhill skier, an honors program student at WWU, Injury is par for the course in ski rac- ington Native Plant Society for a “Snowshoeing Basics” clinic at 6pm was recently selected to the United States Alpine Ski Team to ing and Johnson considers herself lucky “Winter Twigs and Buds” native plant at REI, 400 36th St. MAIL compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics taking place Feb. 9-25 in to have walked away with just a fractured walk leaving at 9am from the upper 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM

Lake Whatcom Park trailhead (just

2 PyeongChang, South Korea. Johnson heard the news a day be- tibial plateau after a crash last spring in fore U.S. Ski and Snowboard announced her selection last week, Aspen. It was her first major injury. before the end of Northshore Rd.). TUES., FEB. 13 Ethnobotanist and naturalist Abe CUPID RUN: A weekly All-Paces DO IT and said it was a dream come true. “I had to do a lot of physical thera- Lloyd will lead the way. Entry is free, Run starts at 6pm every Tuesday at “I was always super-serious about ski racing, and for as long py and alter my program to come back, and no RSVP is needed. Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. as I can remember I wanted to be an Olympian ski racer,” John- but it could have been much worse,” she WWW.WNPSKOMA.ORG Tonight’s “You Make My Heart Race” son says. “I remember competing at one race when I was super- says. “Every ski racer that sticks with the outing will feature Brooks demos, 02.07.18 young where they gave ribbons to everyone who competed. I sport long enough gets injured.” ROSE TALK: Becky Reed, horti- games, sweet treats, a Valentine’s threw mine out because I wasn’t interested in something given Still, Johnson remains passionate culturist and rose expert for David Day photo booth with the Brooks .13 Austin Roses will lead “The Charm Yeti, giveaways and more.

06 just for competing. I wanted something I had to earn.” about racing, and she’s grateful to her and Elegance of David Austin Eng- WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM # Johnson’s father was her first instructor when she strapped on U.S. Ski Team members for helping her lish Roses” at 9am at Garden Spot skis at the age of 3, and she took a shine to the sport quickly. reach the Olympic standard. “I honestly Nursery, 900 Alabama St. WINTER SPEAKER SERIES: “My brother and I were pains in the butt at any resort we were can’t say if I would be where I am in the WWW.GARDEN-SPOT.COM Outdoors writer Craig Romano at,” she says. “We were better skiers than our instructors even world ranks without them,” she says. will helm a slideshow tour of TWO FOR THE ROAD: Run solo or trails, parks and preserves around as kids, so we’d ditch them and rip around the mountain on our “They know so much and have shared with a partner at the Greater Bell- Anacortes, Bellingham, and Mount own. But what influenced me to stick with the sport is the im- their knowledge and experience with me, ingham Running Club’s annual “Two Vernon highlighted in his new

CASCADIA WEEKLY provement I witnessed in myself as I skied. I could see myself even though at times like the Olympics for the Road” 5K Run starting at book, Urban Trails Bellingham, at a progress in time and I became addicted to winning. I’m always we have to compete against each other.” 10am at Whatcom Falls Park, 1401 Bellingham Mountaineers Winter 14 looking for a challenge, and skiing was the most challenging “They’re like family,” she adds. “We all Electric Ave. Entry is $5-$15. Speaker Series event at 7:30pm WWW.GBRC.NET at Backcountry Essentials, 214 W. thing I ever did—which made it the most rewarding.” know we’re good, and the only thing we Holly St. Entry is free. The Victor, Idaho resident studies at Western one quarter can do is ski our best. At the end of the HEARTY PARTY 5K: Take part WWW.BELLINGHAM each academic year, in the spring, and plans on majoring in day, if we can’t win then having our team- in the Max Higbee Center’s annual MOUNTAINEERS.COM English. Someday she hopes to attend business and law school mates win is the next best thing.” doit

STAGE alive—and win $1,000—at weekly shows through March 3. Entry is THURS., FEB. 8 $10-$12.50. GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM 30 Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at stage 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront SUN., FEB. 11 FOOD Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES: THEATER DANCE PROFILES stick around for “The Project.” All ages are welcome to attend a Entry is $5-$8. paper puppet adaptation of Hans 24 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM Christian Andersen’s The Emperor’s New Clothes at 3pm at the Bird- FEB. 8-10 house Studio, 2829 Lynn St. Entry B-BOARD INVINCIBLE ONES: Samantha is by donation. Cooper’s Invincible Ones opens this [email protected] 22 week with showings at 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday at TUES., FEB. 13 FILM Western Washington University’s INTRO TO IMPROV: Attend a DUG Theater. The play delves into “Learn to Think on Your Feet”

roller derby culture, focusing its introductory improv class from 7-9pm 18 lens on a group of friends reeling at Improv Playworks, 1011 Girard St. from their best friend’s death. Please register in advance. MUSIC Tickets are $7-$12. Additional WWW.IMPROVPLAYWORKS.COM showings happen Feb. 14-17.

650-6146 OR WED., FEB. 14 16 WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU CUPID’S ARROW: Spend Valen- ART tine’s Day watching the popular FEB. 8-11 improvised dating game dubbed 15 MY THREE ANGELS: Find out “Cupid’s Arrow” at 8pm at the Up- 15 what happens when three convicts front Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets STAGE stumble upon a family in dire need are $14. STAGE of angelic assistance against a bevy WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM of unscrupulous relatives when My Three Angels concludes this weekend 14 with showings at 7:30pm Thursday DANCE through Saturday, and 2pm Sunday

EVE DIAMOND GET OUT at the Bellingham Theatre Guild,

PHOTO BY DAVE TREADWELL DAVE BY PHOTO 1600 H St. Tickets are $8-$14. FRI., FEB. 9 WWW.BELLINGHAM SALSA NIGHT: Cubasere presents 12 Osterloh and Heidi Blos- THEATREGUILD.COM a “Salsasere” Salsa Night from 7:30pm-12am in the Bard Loft at BY AMY KEPFERLE som will highlight some ANNOUNCING MURDER: Agatha the Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce St. WORDS of the sometimes-hilar- Christie’s classic English murder Entry is $10 and includes a half- ious aspects of human mystery, A Murder is Announced, hour Introduction to Cuban Salsa. 8 Love Story connections. Audiences opens this week with performances WWW.CUBASERE.COM can also expect to wit- at 7:30pm Thursday and Friday, and 2pm Saturday and Sunday at Lyn- LOVE IS LOVE DANCE: Join PFLAG

MY CIRCUS VALENTINE ness a Spanish web act den’s Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Whatcom for a “Love is Love” CURRENTS featuring PJ Perry and Front St. Tickets are $10-$14. Valentine’s Dance taking place

ATTEND 6 ANNEKA DEACON lost her heart in the winter of 2010, WHAT: My Circus Dream Frohe, a sassy WWW.THECLAIRE.ORG from 8-11pm at the Depot Market during the Bellingham Circus Guild’s first public offerings of “My Valentine hammock number with Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. The Circus Valentine.” WHERE: Cirque Terril Terran Mire and ENCHANTED APRIL: Matthew 21-and-over event will feature VIEWS Lab, 1401 6th St. Barber’s Enchanted April continues tunes by DJ Provoker and Com-

It wasn’t a singular human she was swooning over, but rather Heidi Blossom, a spunky 4 WHEN: Feb. this week with showings at 7:30pm pany, and will be open to LGBTQs the alchemy between those in the audience and those onstage. 14-18 cougar named Gloria, Thursday through Saturday, and and their allies. Entry is $10. MAIL “It was like every one of us—performers, guests and everyone COST: $10-$20 the Hot Dogs, and, in 2pm Sunday at Anacortes Commu- WWW.WHATCOMPFLAG.ORG

in between—fell in love, together,” Deacon says. “The shared INFO: the 21-and-older caba- nity Theatre, 918 M Ave. Tickets 2 experience was so much greater than the sum of its parts and www.bellingham ret shows, the explo- are $20. SAT., FEB. 10 circusguild.com WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM CONTRA DANCE: Brian Lindsay had very little to do with romantic love.” ration of really good and Anita Anderson will provide live DO IT Since then, the Circus Guild cofounder and a rotating roster of “love” by special guest Eve Diamond. FEB. 9-10 tunes at the Bellingham Country creative collaborators have banded together on and near Valen- “This year’s shows will offer a good CUPID AND BRAWLING: An Dance Society’s Contra Dance tak- tine’s Day not only to share their formidable talents, but also to amount of levity, which I think we all need improvised dating game dubbed ing place from 7-10:30pm at the focus on facilitating community connections rather than cater- these days,” Deacon says. “There will be “Cupid’s Arrow” continues this week Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. 02.07.18 with performances at 8pm and Suggested donation is $8-$10. ing to a Hallmark holiday. sing-alongs. There will be surprises.”

10pm Friday and Saturday at the WWW.BELLINGHAM .13

“I’ve always chosen to feature acts in this show that explore There will also be a free photo booth Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At COUNTRYDANCE.ORG 06 all facets of being a human with a heart and a basic need for complete with a costume rack, tasty 10pm, stick around for “Backyard # connection—to reflect a well-rounded range of emotions that treats and love potions. Deacon won’t Brawl.” Tickets are $10-$12. FEB. 14-15 our audience could relate to,” Deacon says. need that last element, however, as she’s 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM A VALENTINE’S CABARET: “Sug- ar: A Valentine’s Cabaret” returns A look at the lineup of talent being corralled for “My Circus already fallen, hard. SAT., FEB. 10 to the stage at 7pm Wednesday and Valentine” shows Feb. 14-18 at Fairhaven’s Cirque Lab proves that “I love taking something from the to- SERIAL KILLERS: Four remaining Thursday at the Underground Night- the performers hand-selected by Deacon were chosen according tal mystery of the unknown to a sense of teams will present short episodic club, 211 E. Chestnut St. Tickets

to this ethos. massive collective accomplishment,” she plays as part of IDiOM Theater’s are $15-$20 to see the “fun-filled, CASCADIA WEEKLY Heart rates will rise when the juggling duo of Della Moustach- says. “I love that I get to remember how annual “Serial Killers” competition sexy and sassy evening of music, at 7:30pm and 9:30pm at the Sylvia dance and stories of love and loss.” 15 ella and Wren Schultz share the history of how love is made, and everyone belongs when I make this show. Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect Audiences are invited to stay, enjoy again when Seattle-based trapeze artists Two of Wands explore I love seeing the bliss in people’s faces, St. Per usual, the audience will vote the bar and mingle with performers some of the darker sides of human relationships. Introspective hearing the laughter and applause, and to kill off one of the plays, with the after the show. reflections on love can be expected with solo aerialists Laura seeing so many people I love share their remaining teams fighting to stay WWW.SUGARTHESHOW.COM Burch and Jody Poth, and another trapeze duo comprised of Sadye amazing gifts with the world.” doit UPCOMING EVENTS

THURS., FEB. 8

30 EXHIBITION PREVIEW: Attend a Museum Advocates presentation by Hathfor Yngvason,

FOOD Director of the Western Gallery, at 12pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. “Western Washington University Gallery Exhi-

24 visual bition Preview” will feature details about a series GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES of summer exhibitions on campus. Entry is free. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG B-BOARD FEB. 9-10 ART AS PEDAGOGY: A Black History Month

22 Wood reports that art sales are go- cultural reception with welcoming performers, ing well, and she and her curator, Jody an “Africa to America” participatory workshop,

FILM Thompson, are ensuring that the exhib- an African Diaspora Fashion Show, visual and its are full of works by both established performing arts featuring local and non-local black artists, panel discussions on the works

18 and up-and-coming artists—including of black artists and more will be part of “Art as Western Washington University students Radical Pedagogy Black History Month” events

MUSIC looking to gain real-world art experience. Friday and Saturday on the Western Washington In “Unfold,” Thompson has chosen University Campus. The events are part of the “Back to the Sandbox” exhibit currently on 16 16 well. Abstract works display at Western Gallery. ART

ART share space with bold, WWW.WESTERNGALLERY.WWU.EDU in-your-face interpre-

15 tations of the human SAT., FEB. 10 body, and lovely sculp- UPCYCLED VALENTINES: Make a quick valentine for a special someone at an “Upcycled Val-

STAGE tures of half-formed entines” event taking place from 10am-12pm at women by Maria Wick- Ragfinery, 1421 N. Forest St. Entry is by donation. wire are placed on WWW.RAGFINERY.COM 14 pedestals throughout ATTEND the gallery. Works are GREAT A-FAIR: More than 30 artisans and WHAT: “Unfold: GET OUT large, small and ev- crafters will offer a wide variety of their finest Nude Form and products for a pre Valentine’s Day, one-stop- erything in between, Concept” shopping event dubbed the “Great A-Fair” from WHEN: Through 12 and viewers are sure 10am-7pm at the Birch Bay Activity Center, 7511 Feb. 26 to find some of them Gemini St. Entry is $3. WHERE: perverse, and some of (360) 656-6416 WORDS Pegasus Gallery, them playful. Above 301 W. Holly St. ARTFUL PAIRING: Instructor Jeni Cottrell

8 all, it’s a fascinating INFO: will helm an “Artful Pairing: Bejeweled Bead- www.gallery exhibit that is sure to ing” event from 2-4pm at Whatcom Museum’s pegasus.com get people talking. Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora St. Entry is ------$35-$45; please register by Feb. 7. “SEW,” BY CECILIA LISTER BY “SEW,” CURRENTS All of the works are WHAT: Opening WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG reception for for sale, and Wood adds 6 “Raw: The Nude” that a group of 12 art- BY AMY KEPFERLE BIRDS OF WINTER: Check out as many as 15 group exhibition ists will meet at the gal- downtown venues featuring artists with bird- VIEWS WHEN: 4-7pm, lery on Thurs., Feb. 8 for themed art at a “Birds of Winter” Art Walk from Sun., Feb. 11 4 a painting session with 2-5pm in Mount Vernon. Works by both local WHERE: Cooper and regional artists will be featured. Lanza Gallery, a nude model. The art- MAIL True to Form WWW.BIRDSOFWINTER.ORG 1415 13th St. ists who choose to will

INFO: 2 A CLOSER LOOK AT THE HUMAN BODY then put the works up ARTIST CHAT: Join artist Ken Speer for an www.cooper for perusal, and those informal discussion about his work at an Artist lanzagallery.com DO IT ON A recent Monday afternoon, Heidi Wood pointed to “Mass #4,” a painting of a tor- visiting the gallery can Chat from 2-4pm at the Deming Library, 5044 rid tangle of naked humans involved in what appeared to be an orgy. bid on them as part of a silent auction Mt. Baker Hwy. His exhibit, “Trees Dreaming in Dharma,” is on exhibit through March 3 at “I think this artist—Eleanor Ortland—is really going to go places,” Wood proclaimed taking place through the end of February. the venue. with an accent reminiscent of a character on Downton Abbey. Across town, Cooper Lanza Gallery will (360) 592-2422 02.07.18 She wasn’t at all disturbed by the somewhat salacious subject matter. To her, it was also be exploring the intricacies of the just one of a variety of works exploring the human body as part of the group exhibit body at an opening reception for “RAW: FISHBOY WINTER SHOW: View new and old .13 works by folk artist RR Clark at a Winter Show

06 “Unfold: Nude Form and Concept” currently on display at Gallery Pegasus, Wood’s venue The Nude” Sun., Feb. 11 at their Fairhaven

# taking place from 2-9pm at FishBoy Gallery, 617 and studio in downtown Bellingham. locale. There, a group of regional artists Virginia St. Entry is free. Located inside Bay Street Village, the nine-month-old gallery features new shows will share works depicting their inter- WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM every two months, and also provides four creative spaces for area artists, including pretations of erotica through drawings, Wood, a painter and the facilitator of Finger Painting for Grownups. Additionally, the paintings and sculpture. high-ceilinged, well-lit space is available to rent for events such as meetings, parties, Bring your Valentine along to one or ONGOING EXHIBITS concerts and the occasional dance performance. Tuesday nights, she hosts various jazz both of these shows, and be prepared ALLIED ARTS: Attend a “Member’s Show” through CASCADIA WEEKLY musicians and invites everyone to listen in. to talk about what turns you on about Feb. 24 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. Wood wasn’t looking to open a public venue when she first rented the space, but soon them, what makes you think, and what, WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG 16 saw the potential. if anything, makes you uncomfortable— “The walls had recently been painted white. I was sitting on the stairs drinking whether it’s a depiction of an orgy, a ARTWOOD: Jewelry boxes and jewelry will be featured through February at Artwood Gallery, coffee, and looking around I thought ‘This would make a fantastic gallery!’” she transgender woman’s genitalia, or a nude 1000 Harris Ave. shared. “I didn’t have any dreams to do so before then, but soon thought ‘Why not?’ woman sewing her skin together. What WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM That’s how I live my life.” your date says might just surprise you. doit

CHUCKANUT BREWERY: Paintings and prints by Jill Feestra are on display through Feb. 9 at

Chuckanut Brewery and Kitchen, 601 W. Holly St. WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM 30

FOURTH CORNER: Peruse and get a great FOOD deal on framed and autographed posters, orig- EBT inal watercolors, oils and signed graphics at a “Same Song..Second Verse” exhibit at Fourth

Chilean Chardonnay & Cod 24 Corner Frames & Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM French Vouvray & Salmon

Italian Chianti & Spaghetti B-BOARD GOOD EARTH: The Washington Clay Arts Association’s juried “Teapot Show” will be Croatian Liricia & Pizza

highlighted through February at Good Earth 22 Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. Turkish Turasan & Steaks WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM Baker Pinot Gris & Shrimp FILM I.E. GALLERY: “Northwest Revisited” shows Stone Ginger Wine & Nuts through Feb. 25 at Edison’s i.e. gallery, 5800 18 Cains Court.

WWW.IEEDISON.COM Sweet Art of Pairing MUSIC 360-592-2297 JANSEN ART CENTER: View Winter Exhibits 16 www.everybodys.com 16 through Feb. 28 at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, Highway 9 – Van Zandt ART 321 Front St. Exhibits Honghong Wang’s “Life ART Studies,” “Unseen: The Art of Nanci Price Scoular,” and “Johannes Kunst: Imaginary ND

THE FASHION INDUSTRY IS THE 2 LARGEST INDUSTRIAL POLLUTER IN THE WORLD 15 Friendship in Retrospect.” WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE STAGE MAKE.SHIFT: “Shelf-Conscious: A Peek Inside the Artists’ Journal” shows through February 14 at Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. WEAR WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM GET OUT MONA: “Holly Andres: The Homecom- ing,” “Katie Creyts: Wilderland,” “For the 30

Masses: Prints and Printmaking from the 12 Permanent Collection,” and “Through Their Buy Thrift Be Selective Upcycle Eyes: A Northwest Youth Services Photogra-

Extend the life of existing Apply the Wear 30 Rule: Learn to sew, mend, and WORDS phy Project” are on display through March only buy garments you know creatively reinvent your 25 at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, garments & reduce demand you’ll wear at least 30 times wardrobe 121 First St. for new consumer goods 8 WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG This ad was funded through a grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology. While these materials were reviewed for grant consistency, this does not necessarily constitute endorsement by Ecology. SCOTT MILO: Stephen R. Hill’s “The Expres- CURRENTS sive Language of Light and Color” can be viewed in Anacortes through Feb. 27 at the (360) 738-6977 6 Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave. WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM

1421 N Forest St. VIEWS

SOCIAL FABRIC: Sign up for a variety of ragfinery.com 4 sewing and art workshops through February

at Social Fabric, 1302 Commercial St. “Love MAIL for Sale,” an exhibit of artworks that are also

LOOKING FOR A PLACE PresenTs valentines, will be on display and for sale. Bellingham Theatre Guild 2 WWW.SOCIALFABRICART.COM TO CALL HOME? DO IT SMITH & VALLEE: “Flights of Fancy” can be viewed at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM Jan. 26- 02.07.18 WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by more Whatcom Art Guild members can be Feb. 11, .13 06

perused Wed.-Sun. at the Whatcom Art # Market, 1103 11th St. 2018 WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG WE CAN HELP REACH WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Jeweled Objects of YOUR REAL ESTATE GOALS! Desire: From Ordinary to Extraordinary,” “Impish, playful and “Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in artfully conniving.” America,” “People of the Sea and Cedar: Free Home Inspection Santa Cruz Sentinel A Journey Through the Tribal Cultures and with Consultation CASCADIA WEEKLY History of the Northwest Coast,” “Back at 17 the Park: Vintage Views from the Photo Call Jerry Swann For Details! By samuel spewack & Bella spewack Directed By Alan Peet Archives,” and “John M. Edson Hall of Birds” based on Le Cuisine des Anges by Albert Husson can currently be viewed on the Whatcom Museum campus. Best 360.319.7776 WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Choice R EAL T Y Broker# 100688 rumor has it

30 SURPRISING NO ONE, I’m not really one to celebrate Valentine’s Day. I enjoy inflicting FOOD Conversation Hearts on people, but mostly because the idea of candy that says something sweet but tastes like chalky sadness is 24 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT amusing to me. However, some V-Day traditions I can get B-BOARD behind. One of those is Make.Shift’s annual Valentine’s Day Cover Show, which takes place

22 this year on Fri. and Sat., Feb. 9-10 at the all- ages arts hub.

FILM When the event began nearly a decade ago, it was envisioned as a one-off show and was

18 18 specifically devoted to covering pop-punk bands. At the time, I MUSIC MUSIC was skeptical of pop- punk in general, Bell-

16 ingham’s love for pop-

ART punk in particular, as well as the willingness

15 of already-busy local musicians to devote

STAGE themselves to learning and playing pop-punk BY CAREY ROSS songs for what I was fairly certain would be 14 an audience of their parents and people from the other bands taking part.

GET OUT Man, was I ever wrong about that. The show was wildly popular and the Valentine’s

12 Day Cover Show became yet another of Bell- ingham’s strange and specific traditions. Not long after it began, and when it became WORDS abundantly clear that this city would run out

8 LAURA LOVE of pop-punk bands long before it did musicians who wanted to play covers, the show dropped the pop-punk designation in favor of a more

CURRENTS BY CAREY ROSS of recording and touring and giving herself general “whatever you loved to listen to in fully to the intense grind that is a career in high school” guideline and the more set-in- 6 music, Love decided to opt out. With little fan- stone rule that no band could play that which fare, she went on a hiatus was covered the year before. Which means you VIEWS Laura Love of undetermined length will not hear songs by Ween, Kesha, Death

4 and headed to Twisp, to Cab for Cutie, the Thermals, the Ramones, or ALL WE NEED raise her child, grow her the Sex Pistols, but given what’s in store, I’m MAIL own food, live off the land guessing you won’t miss any of that one bit.

2 SOMETIMES, WHEN life becomes overwhelming or I just need a and create for herself a Per usual, the roster is so packed the show change of scenery, I take to the road and explore Washington’s many nooks smaller, more manageable, extends over two nights, and if you’re try-

DO IT and crannies. Occasionally, I go to the coast to eat chowder and gaze upon healthier existence. ing to determine which one to attend—good the expanse of the Pacific Ocean, but more often then not I head east. It worked for a time, luck. You probably shouldn’t even try to make When I do, I’m always drawn to Okanogan County and its out-of-the-way, ATTEND but life had other plans what amounts to a musical Sophie’s choice WHO: Laura Love salt-of-the-earth charms. and Terry Hunt for Love. and should just go ahead and clear your 02.07.18 Over the years, I’ve endured much ridicule for my love of the Twisp/ WHEN: 7pm Sat., In 2015, Love survived schedule for both nights. Tonasket/Omak area, but just recently I discovered that I’m in very good Feb. 10 a brutal physical assault For example, on Friday night, musicians .13 WHERE: 06 company. Turns out, that none other than musician Laura Love has made her that left her reeling. As will play covers by Amy Winehouse, Thursday,

# Bellingham home in Twisp for the past decade or more. part of her recovery, she the Dixie Chicks (I love you, whoever is do- Unitarian Before we go east, we must first travel back in time. When Love last ap- Fellowship, 1207 began to play music again, ing this), Danzig, Faith No More, the Cramps, peared on my personal musical radar, she was an electrifying and eclectic Ellsworth St. even going on a short Social Distortion, and the Mountain Goats. part of Seattle’s music scene, a bass-playing singer whose Afro-Celtic sound COST: $12-$25 West Coast tour where she Come Saturday, the bands represented will be and socially conscious messaging was earning her accolades, audiences and INFO: www.buf.org debuted two new songs. My Chemical Romance, Now That’s What I Call the kind of devoted fan base about which an indie artist can only dream. Just as she got her feet Music (I love you even more, whoever is do-

CASCADIA WEEKLY From a brutally difficult childhood with a schizophrenic mother and absent back underneath her, the ground crumbled ing this), Pink, Good Charlotte, NSYNC (there father, Love, exhibiting the enormous will that has becoming one of her de- again when Love’s sister Lisa committed sui- had better be choreographed dance routines 18 fining characteristics, grew into an artist who played Carnegie Hall, landed cide. Love has referred to the two years that or GTFO), Coldplay, the Velvet Underground, on Billboard magazine’s list of the country’s 10 best unsigned acts, and then encompassed the events as the “hardest of my Tegan and Sara, the Cure, and the Killers. got signed to Mercury Records. adult life.” Some Conversation Hearts set to a At the time, it seemed like everyone was falling in love with Love. But along with the pain came the desire to soundtrack of Danzig covers—what could be Not every romance is destined for a storybook ending, however. After years honor her sister the best way Love knew how: more romantic than that? LOVE, FROM PAGE 18 ing from the wilds of Okanogan County to bring it to us. When Love last performed in Bellingham, she was at the height of with music. Shortly after Lisa’s suicide, her popularity and her contingent of lo- LET’S DO LUNCH! Love began to write songs about her and cal fans was large and loyal. I’m guess- 30 about their relationship. Once she began ing many of those same followers will be FRESH

REGIONAL FOOD writing what she termed her “sad songs,” in the audience when she plays a Sat., INGREDIENTS she didn’t stop until she had a whole al- Feb. 10 concert at the Bellingham Unitar- bum’s worth, which she titled She Loved ian Fellowship. Because no matter how LUNCH SPECIALS DAILY 24 Red in tribute to her sister. The highly much time has passed and how much has personal effort is the musician’s first re- changed, one thing remains the same: All lease in nearly a decade and she’s emerg- we need is Love. B-BOARD

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WED., FEB. 7 old-time and traditional fiddle music at 7pm at FILM CLEMENT AND TAYLOR: Pianist and vocalist the YWCA Ballroom, 1026 N. Forest St. Tickets will Dawn Clement and alto sax player Mark Taylor will be $18 at the door. 18 18 be joined by bassist Michael Glynn and drummer [email protected] Julian MacDonough for a Whatcom Jazz Music Arts MUSIC MUSIC Center concert at 7pm at the Sylvia Center for the NW CONCERT SERIES: As part of the Manouche BTOWNKITCHEN.COM PHONE: (360) 392-6520 Arts, 205 Prospect St. Entry is $5-$10. NW Concert Series, Greg Ruby and the Rhythm 714 LAKEWAY DRIVE I BELLINGHAM, WA, 98229 WWW.WJMAC.ORG Runners will play in concert, hosted by Nuages, at 16 7:30pm at the Unity Spiritual Center, 1095 Telegraph ART THURS., FEB. 8 Rd. Admission is $15. JAZZ JAM: The Jazz Project’s Jud Sherwood hosts WWW.MANOUCHENW.COM

a rotating house trio at a Jazz Jam happening from 15 5:30-8:30pm Thursdays at Illuminati Brewing, 3950 WE BANJO 3: Experience “Celtgrass” when Irish

Hammer Dr., Suite 101. Entry is free. music meets Americana at a concert by We Banjo STAGE WWW.JAZZPROJECT.ORG 3 at 7:30pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets are $17.50-$39.50. 360.393.3459 Medical + Recreational

INTERSECTION TRIO: The Bellingham Festival of 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM 14 Music hosts a concert by the Intersection Trio at 7:30pm at WWU’s Performing Arts Center, 516 High PEARL DJANGO: The Firefly Concert Series con-

NOW ACCEPTING GET OUT St. Tickets are $10-$25. tinues with a concert by Gypsy jazz purveyors Pearl * WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU OR Django at 7:30pm at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, Credit & Debit Cards *Convenience fee applies WWW.BELLINGHAMFESTIVAL.ORG 321 Front St. Tickets are $25. WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG 12 MONTREAL GUITAR TRIO: Sébastien Dufour,

Glenn Lévesque, and Marc Morin—also known as AFRICAN STRINGS PROJECT: Be impressed and WORDS the Montreal Guitar Trio—share their talents at enlightened by Derek Gripper from South Africa, 7:30pm at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. Jaja Bashengezi from the Congo, and Kinobe from 8 First St. Tickets are $20-$35. Uganda when the African Strings Project performs OPEN 8AM -11:45PM WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG at 7:30pm at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 3-4-5 EVERY DAY DEALS edibles $3 | pre-rolls $4 | flower $5 –1g E. College Way. Tickets are $25-$35. EVERY DAY!

FIRE DEALS…get ‘em while they’re hot CURRENTS FEB. 9-10 WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG 218 N. Samish Way, Bellingham LUCAS HICKS CELEBRATIONS: Attend a flower $5–1g | $17–3.5g | $59–14g | $89–28g Remembrance Ceremony for local musical legend CURTIS SALGADO: Award-winning soul, blues and BHO concentrates $15–1g | CO2 vape cartridges $15 This product has intoxicating effects and may be 6 CO2 concentrates $26–1g habit forming. Marijuana can impair concentration, Lucas Hicks starting at 6pm at Bellingham Unitarian R&B musician Curtis Salgado brings his trademark coordination, and judgment. Do not operate a vehicle

Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St. The ceremony will sound to Mount Vernon for a 7:30pm show at the or machinery under the influence of this drug. There VIEWS View our full menu may be health risks associated with consumption of be followed by music and dancing. Starting at 7pm Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. Tickets are $20-$30. TROVECANNABIS.COM this product. For use only by adults twenty-one and

on our website 4 Saturday, a continued celebration will take place at WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG older. Keep out of the reach of children. the Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St. Music by the Crow Quill Night Owls, the Sons of Rainier, Reeb Willms SUN., FEB. 11 MAIL and Caleb Klauder, and more will fill the night. En- WHATCOM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Arnaud

try is $10. On Saturday, the Old Town Cafe will also Sussmann solos on Mozart’s “Violin Concerto No. BEER • WINE • MIMOSAS • COFFEE 2 be operating as an all-ages memorial space. 5 (Turkish)” at a Whatcom Symphony Orchestra

[email protected] OR concert at 3pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 TEA • PASTRIES • SAVORY TREATS DO IT WWW.WILDBUFFALO.NET N. Commercial St. Tickets are $15-$39. 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM FEB. 9-11 OPEN 7AM-8PM EVERYDAY! BON APPETIT: The Skagit Community Band pres- TUES., FEB. 13 02.07.18 ents a multi-course concert titled “Bon Appetit” at THE ATLANTICS: Enjoy the food and music of 7:30pm Friday and La Conner’s Maple Hall (104 Com- New Orleans from 7-10pm when the Atlantics .13

mercial), and 3pm Sunday in Anacortes at Brodniak perform at a Fat Tuesday concert at Lovitt Res- 06 Hall (1600 20th St). Entry is by donation. taurant, 1114 Harris Ave. This all-ages event will # WWW.SKAGITCOMMUNITYBAND.ORG pair one of Bellingham’s longest-running rhythm & blues bands with one of Fairhaven’s newest eating SAT., FEB. 10 establishments. Entry is $10 at the door. SWING CONNECTION: Jazz vocalist Cheryl WWW.LOVITTRESTAURANT.COM Hodge and the Whatcom Sound Jazz Singers will join the Swing Connection big band for a THURS., FEB. 15

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Alternative Library 519 E. Maple St | Anelias Kitchen & Stage 513 S. 1st St., La Conner • (360) 466-4778 | Bellewood Acres 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden • (360) 318-7720 | Big Lake Bar & Grill 18247 WA-9, Mt Vernon • (360) 422-6411 | Boundary Bay Brewery 1107 Railroad Ave • 647-5593 | Brown Lantern Ale House 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-2544 | The Business 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-9788 | Chuckanut Brewery 601 W. Holly St. • 752-3377 | Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville St., Vancouver • (604) 739-4550 | Conway Muse 18444 Spruce/Main St., Conway (360) 445-3000 | Corner Pub 14565 Allen West Road, Burlington | Culture Cafe at Kombucha Town 2010 E. Chestnut CASCADIA WEEKLY St. • www.kombuchatown.com | Eat Restaurant & Bar 1200 Cornwall Ave • www.4u2eat.com | The Green Frog 1015 N. State St. • www.acoustictavern.com | Edison Inn 5829 Cains Ct., Edison • (360) 766-6266 | H20, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 755-3956 | Honey Moon 1053 N. State St. • 734-0728 | Kulshan Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood • www.locobillys.com | Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon 1114 Harris Ave, • (360) 671-7143 | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • www.makeshiftproject.com | Main Street Bar & Grill 2004 Main St., Ferndale • (360) 384-2982 | McKay’s Taphouse 1118 E. Maple St. • (360) 647-3600 | The Redlight 1017 N. 21 State St. • www.redlightwineandcoffee.com | Rockfish Grill 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 588-1720 | The Royal 208 E. Holly St. • 738-3701 | Rumors Cabaret 1119 Railroad Ave. • 671-1849 | The Shakedown 1212 N. State St. • www. shakedownbellingham.com | Silver Reef Casino 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale • (360) 383-0777 | Skagit Valley Casino Resort 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow • (360) 724-7777 | Skylark’s Hidden Cafe 1300 11th St. • 715-3642 | Swillery Whiskey Bar 118 W. Holly St. | Stones Throw Brewery 1009 Larrabee Ave. | Swinomish Casino 12885 Casino Dr., Anacortes • (888) 288-8883 | Temple Bar 306 W. Champion St. • 676-8660 | The Underground 211 E. Chestnut St. • 738-3701 | Underground Coffeehouse Viking Union 3rd Floor, WWU | Village Inn Pub 3020 Northwest Ave. • 734-2490 | Vinostrology 120 W. Holly St. • 656-6817 | The Waterfront 521 W. Holly St. • www.waterfrontseafoodandbar.com | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www.wildbuffalo.net | To get your live music listings included, send info to [email protected]. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday. morning crow is, amusingly, a reflection of marveling at another new day) while transforming Peter and company into a willful, clumsy, obnoxious pack of mis-

30 chief-makers. Whatever argument the film hopes to FOOD make about the coexistence of man and film animal feels repeatedly undermined when the bunnies not only pillage McGregor’s 24 MOVIE REVIEWS FILM SHORTS land of its vegetables but also make a mess of Thomas’ house and, eventually, B-BOARD attack him in his own bedroom.

Unfortunately, Gluck and Lieber “up- 22 22 date” Potter’s timeless, unassuming tale by acknowledging many—too many—of FILM FILM the conventions and storytelling devices they’re otherwise shamelessly exploiting

18 in their adaptation, pausing repeatedly to point out character flaws one by one,

MUSIC or articulating the emotional stakes of a moment in ways that even children will

16 find on the nose.

ART But in trying to think through, and ver- balize, every objection an audience mem-

15 ber might have (from not giving Peter pants to making fun of a blackberry al-

STAGE lergy), they undercut anything that could actually make the movie interesting, kow- towing to the broadest possible appeal by 14 being conspicuously bland and safe. As an actor, Corden has all of the ap-

GET OUT peal of late night’s least interesting talk show host—all enthusiasm, no nuance—

12 and he delivers every one of Peter’s lines with the same energy and inflection: “Aren’t I as adorable as I think I am?” WORDS (He isn’t.) Much like with his “Carpool

8 Karaoke” segments, where he makes the mistake of thinking he’s as interesting as the person in the passenger seat, he

CURRENTS somehow steamrolls through each scene until his costars’ performances all run to- 6 gether, wasting the considerable charm and personality of three of Hollywood’s VIEWS most gifted young actresses.

4 Only Byrne and (especially) Gleeson emerge with some sense of personal- MAIL of the McGregor garden, and then by Bea ity and dignity intact, owning Bea and REVIEWED BY TODD GILCHRIST

2 (Rose Byrne), a cheerful, slightly daft Thomas’ one-dimensional quirks and turn- artist who lives next door, and encourag- ing their fledgling romance into a genuine

DO IT es him to take a more bohemian approach emotional journey that becomes the film’s Peter Rabbit with the local fauna. Soon, Thomas and brightest spot. Peter find themselves in a showdown for Gluck isn’t a bad filmmaker, but by ac- HOP ON BY both the farm and for Bea—who the rab- cident or design he seems to have cata- 02.07.18 bit sees as a surrogate mother—turning pulted himself into Hollywood’s family- PARENTS CROSSING their fingers for another sly all-ages delight after Padding- the bucolic landscape of these two coun- filmmaker rotation with 2014’s Annie and .13

06 ton 2 will likely have their hopes dashed with Peter Rabbit, Will Gluck’s noisy, woefully try homes into a battleground where the cannot get himself unstuck. Beatrix Pot- # self-aware adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s leporine protagonist. winner takes all, at all costs. ter would likely have melted down at a Suffering under a tirelessly “hip” script by Gluck (2014’s Annie) and Rob Lieber, not A big part of the appeal of Potter’s version of her stories (and her hero) this to mention James Corden’s typical desperation to please in the title role, poor Peter is source material was that she anthropo- crass and rambunctious, but the problem only slightly less appealing than The Simpsons’ focus-grouped pup Poochie. morphized Peter and his kin with clothes with Gluck’s adaptation is, ironically, that Narrated by Margot Robbie, who also plays the voice of Flopsy, Peter Rabbit follows and a humanlike home but still made it’s too safe, splitting the difference be- the misadventures of Peter, his three siblings Flopsy, Mopsy (Elizabeth Debicki), and them subject to their animal instincts; tween a loving tribute to a classic work

CASCADIA WEEKLY Cottontail (Daisy Ridley) and their cousin Benjamin (Matt Lucas) as they try to steal drawn from a ground-up perspective, of children’s literature and an irreverent vegetables from cranky old Mr. McGregor (Sam Neill) without finding themselves cooked there was an irresistible vulnerability piece of family-friendly entertainment. 22 in a pie. After McGregor suffers a heart attack, he bequeaths his farm to his fussy that made them sympathetic even when Peter Rabbit feels obligated to point out nephew Thomas (Gleeson), who knows little about gardening but harbors aspirations to getting into trouble. Gluck’s film wants all of the clichés that it’s rehashing, in sell the land in order to raise money for his own toy store. to have its (carrot) cake and eat it too, the mistaken belief that doing so absolves Before Thomas can fully appraise the farm’s value, however, he finds himself way- classifying certain behaviors as naively itself from coming up with anything bet- laid—first by Peter and his animal friends, who feel entitled to share in the spoils animalistic (such as a rooster whose ter to replace them. film ›› showing this week

30 BY CAREY ROSS at 1950s high fashion, and a relationship between a visionary designer and his muse. Day-Lewis is FOOD retiring after this movie, so don’t miss seeing the legendary actor on the big screen one last time. HHHHH (R • 2 hrs. 10 min.) FILM SHORTS 24

12 Strong: Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon The Post: When I watched Steven Spielberg’s star in this based-on-actual-events recounting of a star-studded (Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Alison Brie, B-BOARD group of Green Berets sent into Afghanistan to Bob Odenkirk) recounting of the race to publish the

complete a near-impossible mission in the wake of Pentagon Papers by The Washington Post and the legal

HH 22 9/11. Oh, and they did it on horseback. (R • 2 hrs. battle that ensued, the audience in the theater clapped 22 10 min.) and cheered. See it, applaud if you are so inclined, be FILM reminded of the power of the press in protecting FILM The 15:17 to Paris: In 2015, lifelong friends Antho- America from itself, and pony up for a newspaper ny Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, and Spencer Stone subscription. The fate of our country could well depend successfully thwarted a terrorist attack on a on it. HHHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 55 min.) 18 Paris-bound train, searched the train for weapons and

attackers, and then treated the injured. They’re The Shape of Water: Guillermo del Toro’s gloriously MUSIC real-life heroes—and now they are playing themselves beautiful, deeply visionary 1960s-era Cold War fairy in a movie directed by Clint Eastwood. What will they tale/love story (starring the always award-worthy 16 do next? (PG-13 • 1 hr. 34 min.) Sally Hawkins) nabbed a near-record 13 Oscar

nominations. See it on the big screen, as God and ART Call Me By Your Name: In a year of truly excellent Guillermo intended. HHHHH (R • 1 hr. 59 min.) indie movies, this coming-of-age love story between 15 17-year-old Elio (Timothee Chalamet) and Oliver Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Don’t worry everyone: (Armie Hammer) set during the summer of 1983 in the FIFTY SHADES FREED Writer/director Rian Johnson totally didn’t blow it! north of Italy is easily one of the standouts. HHHHH Star Wars still rules, everyone else continues to drool. STAGE (R • 2 hrs. 10 min.) HHHHH (PG-13) The Greatest Showman: I can think of few people Greta Gerwig, who just became the fifth woman in Oscar 14 Coco: As a creative filmmaking force, Pixar is more equipped to portray P.T. Barnum, i.e. the history to earn a Best Director nomination. And if you Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: I unmatched. The unstoppable animation juggernaut “showman” in question, than Hugh Jackman, who is a think that’s not a big deal, try being a woman who didn’t realize that all I really want in life is to watch rolls out another instant classic, this time centering bit like a charismatic human circus himself. HH (PG • watches the Oscars every year. Representation matters. Frances McDormand barnstorm award ceremonies, pick GET OUT its story on budding musician Miguel, who takes a 1 hr. 45 min.) HHHHH (R • 1 hr. 33 min.) up trophies right and left and make righteous stunning journey of sight and sound in the Land of acceptance speeches. Never change, Marge Gunderson. HHHHH HHHHH the Dead. (PG • 1 hr. 45 min.) Hostiles: I love a good Western, though they can be The Light of the Moon: A sensitive, nuanced story (R • 1 hr. 55 min.) 12 hard to come by. This one—starring Christian Bale, about a woman who is sexually assaulted and the The Commuter: After punching wolves, battling Wes Studi, and Rosamund Pike, and directed by Crazy myriad ways its effects ripple into all parts of her life, Winchester: I want to watch a movie about the nefarious Turks and then equally nefarious Heart’s Scott Cooper—is, by all accounts, a pretty even when all she wants is for everything to go back to Winchester Mystery House. I want that movie to star WORDS Albanians, taking on whoever the enemies were in good Western. HHHH (R • 2 hrs. 15 min.) normal. HHHHH (Unrated • 1 hr. 34 min.) Helen Mirren. I do not, however, wish to watch a horror

The A-Team, and then going to war with Milton movie about the Winchester Mystery House. Even if it 8 Bradley (I guess?) in that ill-advised Battleship adap- I, Tonya: It never occurred to me that the world Maze Runner: The Death Cure: This was the film stars Helen Mirren. H (PG-13 • 1 hr. 39 min.) tation, Liam Neeson takes on the NYC train system needed a dramatic recounting of the weirder-than-life that almost didn’t happen when its star, Dylan during rush hour in this by-the-numbers thriller. saga of disgraced former Olympic figure skater Tonya O’Brien, was seriously injured in an on-set accident. CURRENTS HHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 35 min.) Harding starring Margot Robbie, but now that it After a long, arduous recovery, he returned to finish

exists, I realize what we’ve been missing. HHHHH (R out the action-packed YA film franchise that gave him 6 Darkest Hour: Gary Oldman continues his sweep of • 1 hr. 59 min.) his film career—and then almost took it away. An awards season with his incredible transformation into inspiring story. Shame the movie itself isn’t as good. VIEWS Winston Churchill. Am I the only one who can’t wait to Insidious: The Last Key: On the one hand, the HH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 22 min.) watch him win his first Oscar on March 4? (Sorry, subtitle “The Last Key” implies this might be the final 4 Daniel Day-Lewis. I will always love you.) HHHHH chapter of this paranormal film franchise. On the Paddington 2: This lovable bear and his penchant for marmalade and good-natured mischief are back (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 5 min.) other hand, the series is called “Insidious,” so you MAIL just never know. H (PG-13 • 1 hr. 43 min.) with a mystery caper that suffers from nary a misstep,

Den of Thieves: This bank-heist movie starring thanks to its endlessly endearing ursine star and a 2 Gerard Butler and 50 Cent is two hours and 20 minutes Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle: How can freewheeling supporting turn by Hugh Grant. long, which begs so many questions. How much anyone ever replace the inimitable Robin Williams in HHHHH (PG • 1 hr. 45 min.) Showtimes DO IT exposition can this plot possibly need? Can Butler even this now-franchise? The answer: One person cannot. handle that many lines? Was this movie made to be However, four people—Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Peter Rabbit: See review previous page. HH (PG • 1 Regal and AMC theaters, please see watched on airplanes where people have a surplus of Jack Black, and Karen Gillan—can make a decent go hr. 33 min.) www.fandango.com. time and are really bored? HH (R • 2 hrs. 20 min.) of it. HHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 52 min.) Phantom Thread: Daniel Day-Lewis, world’s Pickford Film Center and 02.07.18 Fifty Shades Freed: Only true masochists need Lady Bird: This funny, touching, incredibly insightful greatest living actor, re-teams with filmmaker Paul PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see

apply. HH (R • 1 hr. 41 min.) mother-daughter story was written and directed by Thomas Anderson for a sumptuous, intoxicating look www.pickfordfilmcenter.com .13 06 #

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14 WWW.SKAGITFOODCOOP.COM ESSENTIAL REMEDIES: Michelle Mahler helms “Essen-

GET OUT tial Remedies: Stress Release and Self-Love with Aro- INSURANCE ASSISTANCE: An in-person trained matherapy” from 6:30-8:30pm Thurs., Feb. 8 in Mount health insurance assister from Sea Mar Community @ Vernon at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op, 202 S. First St. Health Center will be available to help visitors apply for

12 Mahler will discuss the simple blending of essential oils health insurance coverage and assist with any health-in- to create therapy massage roll-ons for a multitude of surance related needs from 2-4:30pm Tues., Feb. 13 and health and wellness needs. The class is free, with an Tues., Feb. 27 at the SkillShare Space at the Bellingham WORDS optional fee of $10-$15 to make a roll-on. Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Entry is free. WWW.SKAGITFOODCOOP.COM (360) 778-7217 8

CRONE MAGIC: Women over the age of 50 are invited TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION: Learn how to to explore and focus on the gifts that age brings to reduce stress, calm your mind and enjoy better our lives and our communities when Dvoroah Carrasco health and focus at an introductory talk focusing on CURRENTS MA, LMHC, leads “The Magic of the Crone” Therapeutic Transcendental Meditation® at 4:30pm Thurs., Feb. 15

6 Workshop from 3:30-4:30pm Sun., Feb. 11 at the Lummi at Bellingham’s Crown Plaza, 114 W. Magnolia St. This Island Library, 2144 S. Nugent Rd. Attendees will use scientifically validated technique is different from

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2 Bellingham’s Power Yoga Academy from 1:30-3pm Sun., Seasons” workshop from 6:30-8:30pm Thurs., Feb. 15 in Face Painting Card Making Carnival Booth Activities Feb. 11 at Flux Power Yoga, 1140 10th St. Entry is by Mount Vernon at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op, 202 S.

DO IT donation; all money raised will be donated to the Bell- First St. In this free class you will gain an understand- ingham Food Bank. “As yogis, we believe that we are all ing of medicinal properties, uses and contraindica- And More! connected and that it is our responsibility to support tions, preparation techniques for internal and external our community,” organizers say. applications as well as correct identification and WWW.POWERYOGAACADEMY.COM sustainable harvesting. Register in advance. 02.07.18 WWW.SKAGITFOODCOOP.COM NEUROLINK THERAPY: Jean Christensen, LMT, leads .13 a “Neurolink Therapy” primer from 6:30-8:30pm Mon., HEALING HOUR: Attend a Healing Hour from 5:30- 06

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