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31 31 of “Postmarked” July 5 at Make.Shift Art Space B-BOARD during the downtown

A glance at what’s happening this week GRANDY MICHELLE BY 26 2 FILM FILM /#0-. 4[07.{.13] 22 MUSIC Brian Forsloff: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park MUSIC WORDS

20 Holiday Book Sale: 10am-4pm, Blaine Public Library

ART ART COMMUNITY Old-Fashioned Fourth of July: 8am-10pm, through-

18 out Blaine Haggen Family 4th of July: 11am-10:30pm, Zuanich

STAGE STAGE Point Park 4th of July Parade: 11:30am, downtown La Conner Loggerodeo: Through the day, throughout Sedro-

16 Woolley Rock the Dock: 5-10:30pm, Seafarers’ Memorial Park, Anacortes GET OUT GET OUT Five on the Fourth: 9am, Lake Padden 14 FOOD

WORDS Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, Blaine Senior Center Lynden Farmers Market: 1-6pm, downtown Lynden 8 !-$ 4[07.|.13]

CURRENTS ONSTAGE Fantastic Voyages: 12pm and 7pm, Old Main Theater, 6 WWU Spring Awakening: 7:30pm, Bellingham High School

VIEWS VIEWS Hellingham: 9pm, Upfront Theatre

4 DANCE Back Alley Cats: 8pm, 1st Street Cabaret, Mount MAIL MAIL Vernon

Whether you’re having fun with sparklers or watching ﬁreworks explode over the water 2 MUSIC Jeffrey Fullner: 6:30-8pm, Jansen Art Center,

DO IT IT DO in Bellingham, Blaine, La Conner and beyond,

DO IT 2 { % Lynden Bellingham Festival of Music Kickoff: 7:30pm,

13 Performing Arts Center, WWU 03.

07. WORDS The Victorian-clad 2 ) . 4[07.z.13] Holiday Book Sale: 10am-6pm, Blaine Public Library .08

27 historians known ONSTAGE COMMUNITY # Bard on the Beach: Through July 11 and beyond, Annual Rummage Sale: 4-8pm, Lummi Island Con- as the Good Time Vanier Park, Vancouver, B.C. gregational Church

Girls start their MUSIC GET OUT summertime . Heavy Metal Racket: 7-9pm, G Street Plaza, Blaine Wild Things: 9:30-11am, North Lake Whatcom Trail Sin & Gin Tours: 7pm, downtown Bellingham and COMMUNITY July historic Fairhaven ½" Loggerodeo: Through the day, throughout CASCADIA WEEKLY 5-6 in downtown Sedro-Woolley VISUAL ARTS Green Drinks: 5-7pm, Boundary Bay Brewery 2 Skagit Valley Art Escape: Various venues in Ana- Bellingham and cortes, Edison, and La Conner FOOD Gallery Walk: 6-9pm, downtown Anacortes historic Fairhaven Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Art Walk: 6-10pm, downtown Bellingham Green ./0- 4[07.}.13] ONSTAGE Spring Awakening: 7:30pm, Bellingham High School 38 Hellingham: 9pm, Upfront Theatre FOOD MUSIC BUG Jam: 3-5pm, St. James Presbyterian Church Stacy Jones Band: 6-8pm, Heart of Anacortes 31

FILM B-BOARD Moonrise Kingdom: Dusk, Fairhaven Village Green

WORDS 26 Holiday Book Sale: 10am-6pm, Blaine Public FILM FILM Library Johannes Lisiecki: 4pm, Village Books 22 COMMUNITY Annual Rummage Sale: 8am-5pm, Lummi Island MUSIC Congregational Church

GET OUT 20 Isabel Suppe Presentation: 2pm, Bellingham ART ART Public Library Sin & Gin Tours: 7pm, downtown Bellingham and historic Fairhaven 18

FOOD STAGE Mount Vernon Farmers Market: 9am-1pm, Skagit State Bank Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot 16 Arts Center Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square GET OUT Ferndale Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Centen- nial Riverwalk Park 14 VISUAL ARTS

Skagit Valley Art Escape: Various venues in WORDS Anacortes, Edison, and La Conner Terry Leness, David Wall Reception: 5-8pm, 8 Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison

.0) 4[07.~.13] CURRENTS ONSTAGE 6 Dynamo: 8pm, Upfront Theatre VIEWS VIEWS MUSIC Saltwater Octet: 2-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green 4 Pearl Django: 7pm, Blaine Performing Arts MAIL MAIL Center

2 VISUAL ARTS 2 Circus Art Sketch: 2-5pm, Cirque Lab DO IT IT DO DO IT

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MUSIC # Blaine Jazz Festival Faculty Combo: Noon, G St., Blaine

WORDS Poetrynight: 8pm, Black Drop Coffeehouse

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E 360.647.8200 38 38 Editorial

FOOD Editor & Publisher: Tim Johnson E ext 260 31 31 ô editor@ mail cascadiaweekly.com TOC LETTERS STAFF Arts & Entertainment B-BOARD Editor: Amy Kepferle Eext 204 This particular porker may look happy, but the sweatpants- ô 26 calendar@ wearing pot-bellied pig discovered in a car in Seattle last cascadiaweekly.com weekend—along with a dog and piles of poop—was likely

FILM FILM pretty uncomfortable. The Seattle PI reports that although Music & Film Editor: it was nighttime, “the outside temperature still lingered at Carey Ross 86 degrees.” Cops supplied the animals with fresh water and Eext 203 22 chided the owner upon his return. ô music@ cascadiaweekly.com MUSIC VIEWS & NEWS Production 20 4: Mailbag Art Director:

ART ART Jesse Kinsman 6: Gristle & Goodman ô jesse@ 8: Pipeline on the rails kinsmancreative.com 18 Graphic Artists: 11: Last week’s news Stefan Hansen STAGE STAGE 13: Police blotter, Index ô stefan@ cascadiaweekly.com Send all advertising materials to 16 ARTS & LIFE [email protected] 14: A greener economy Advertising GET OUT 16: An alpine accident Account Executive: 18: Bard blowout Scott Pelton 360-647-8200 x 202 14 E 20: Soul sketcher ô spelton@ cascadiaweekly.com 22: Sounds like summer A PROBLEM OF “jump the queue.” Even if farmers own “senior” WORDS Stephanie Young 24: Clubs E360-647-8200 x 205 QUANTITY AND QUALITY water rights, sometimes dating back as much as ô stephanie@ 8 Thank you for your continuing coverage of wa- hundred years, homeowners or businesses can 26: Hollywood hijinx cascadiaweekly.com ter issues in Whatcom County. come in and dig wells that tap the water that 28: Film Shorts Distribution I was the attorney for four Whatcom County farmers need for their crops. Exempt wells can

CURRENTS 30: Seasonal runaways citizens—Eric Hirst, Laura Leigh Brakke, Wendy also affect “instream ﬂows,” set by the Depart- Distribution Manager: Harris and David Stalheim—who successfully chal- ment of Ecology. Instream ﬂows are supposed to

6 Scott Pelton REAR END E360-647-8200 x 202 lenged Whatcom County’s failure to protect water ensure enough water stays in streams to keep ﬁsh ô spelton@ quality and water quantity in the county’s “rural” alive and healthy—but Whatcom County rivers VIEWS VIEWS 31: Bulletin Board cascadiaweekly.com planning. Consequently, I am particularly appre- and streams often don’t meet established instream 32: Free Will Astrology Whatcom: Erik Burge, 4

4 ciative of your coverage of the Growth Manage- flows. Exempt wells use some of the groundwater Dan Brooks, Faye 33: Crossword Duncan ment Hearings Board’s water resource decision. that would otherwise flow into streams, taking MAIL MAIL MAIL Last week’s paper included a letter from Henry away some of the water that fish need. 34: Advice Goddess Skagit: Linda Brown,

Bierlink of Farm Friends. Henry called for efforts Some people believe exempt wells don’t re- 2 35: Wellness Barb Murdoch Canada: Kristi Alvaran relating to Whatcom County water issues to be ally “use” water because the water is recharged DO IT IT DO 36: This Modern World, Tom the based on “accurate facts.” We’re completely in through septic tanks. The Washington Ground- Dancing Bug Letters agreement on that. However, I am concerned that water Association (well drillers in Washington Send letters to letters@ 13 Henry’s letter could leave readers with the im- state), for example, promotes this view. Even 37: Slowpoke, Sudoku cascadiaweekly.com. 03. pression that water use by “exempt wells” is not aside from water quality issues, however, this

07. 38: Time for wine signiﬁcant, either with respect to competition view does not withstand scrutiny. In our climate, with agriculture or in relation to instream ﬂows. water use peaks dramatically in the summer .08

27 ©2013 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by Exempt wells are exempt from the requirement months, when residential water use is largely de- # Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 to obtain a state water permit. The category ap- voted to landscaping. As a result of evaporation [email protected] and evapotranspiration, I’ve read that anywhere Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia plies to wells drawing up to 5,000 gallons per Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing day. Outside of urban areas, exempt wells are a from 70-100 percent of water used for landscape papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material primary water source for new development. watering will be lost (not returned to groundwa- to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- The county does not know how much water is ter). That water doesn’t get into the septic tank COVER: Polecat photo by ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday used by the exempt wells that already exist in to be recharged to groundwater. the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be Michael Verity CASCADIA WEEKLYreturned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. the county. In 2010, Whatcom County had more In Montana, it was calculated that 300 ex- LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. than 18,000 vacant lots outside of rural areas. empt wells on half-acre lots use about the same 4 In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does amount of water as would be needed to irrigate a not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your The county does not know how many of these letters to fewer than 300 words. lots, when developed, will rely on exempt wells. 138-acre alfalfa field. The calculation would not The county does not know whether and where be the same in Whatcom County, but we don’t sufficient water is available for exempt wells. have any measurements or calculations specific to The problem with exempt wells is that they our area. Therefore, we have no basis for making NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre a tradeoff. How many acres of farmland numbers only. It is what I would only call are we willing to give up in order to make metaphysical nonsense—a leap of fancy sure more new houses can be built out- obscurantist to satisfy the public. side of cities? The reason we need all this security 38 38 Let’s say only 5,000 of the county’s cur- is because we have a bunch of foreign- rently existing vacant lots are developed ers who are angry with us. How can we FOOD and use exempt wells. How many thou- imagine any other reason for risking sands of acres of farmland are we willing life and limb to “terrorize” the Ameri- 31 31 to trade for those houses? can population? Someone is sending us The county doesn’t know, and unfortu- a message. We ought to see what that nately, it apparently doesn’t want to find message is. Why would so-called ter- B-BOARD out. It has already decided to appeal the rorists risk so much to hurt Americans? decision to court rather than working to There has to be more than the response 26 figure out the who, what and where of our we get from our government—Republi- water future. can or Democrat. FILM The bottom line is there are few “accu- What is going on is that the “terror-

rate facts” surrounding water use in the ists” do not want any more American in- 22 county. The facts we know, for sure, are terference in their lives. We are a bunch

that most of Whatcom County surface wa- of busybodies covering our exploitation MUSIC ters are closed for further withdrawals, (called Imperialism) of their countries

and that Ecology presumes groundwater is by all this concern for “them” foreign- 20 in hydraulic continuity with closed surface ers’ well being. The trouble is that “help” ART ART waters in the absence of contrary informa- comes with bombs, soldiers with guns tion. Those are facts the Hearings Board and the drones no one sees that kill many 18 found to be persuasive. Those are some of innocents while targeting “our enemies.”

the facts that led the Hearings Board to It seems to me safer for all of us if the STAGE say the county has an obligation to ﬁg- U.S. government sponsored rain dances, ure out whether water is available before prayer circles and other safer incanta- it issues building permits for development tions calling upon the “grand maker” of 16 that will rely on exempt wells. policy to protect us rather than giving

—Jean Melious, Bellingham our government any more power for si- GET OUT lencing the terrorists—their importunate REAL REALPOLITIK claims notwithstanding. 14 A recent letter headed “Sword Mightier —J. Kaye Faulkner, Bellingham Than Pen” gives a misleadingly pessimistic WORDS view of social change. The writer seems Maybe what the shocking revelation eager to lie down in front of 18 coal trains that data is constantly collected about 8 a day to conﬁrm “the essential self-inter- people really illuminates, is how they ested nature of the human species.” This have become addicted to being online all

is either suspicious or simplistic. There is the time. Rather than log on once a week CURRENTS more to individual and social life than sub- or so to catch up with correspondence in mission to some mechanical inevitability. the healthy tradition of letter writing, 6 Yes, we do face enormous economic heavy- this allure of being permanently connect- handedness if we wish to preserve the na- ed to—something—seems a weakening VIEWS

ture of our county and our waters, but we dependency for fantasy notions of abso- 4 4 have our own methods of “Realpolitik:” lute electronic security. MAIL MAIL Whatever concerns us most—coal dust, While the idea that a central govern- MAIL

health issues, noise, trafﬁc, cost of over- ment thinks it needs to keep such close 2 passes, global pollution, disastrous spills tabs over everyone’s communications is DO IT IT DO at Cherry Point—tell it often, passion- disturbing, under-valuing self-reliance ately, but simply. starts with the individual. Much creative

Refute, verbally and in writing, every energy is being wasted in playing out- 13 false claim about the alleged beneﬁts of dated spy games and devising strategic 03. the proposed coal terminal. tactics of military and commercial con- 07. Inform people beyond the county about quest, even as more severe real-world is- .08

the situation. Many of them share our sues beckon, requiring international co- 27 concerns and will assist us. operation at the personal level. # Most important, elect a county coun- Power down artiﬁcial appliances more cil that will vote for the county’s welfare often and exercise the imagination by Taste summer. and not those of “self-interested” corpo- engaging in some actual physical con- rations. This means keeping alert to the tact with the outside world, living up to real views of those running. better innate potential. Get over all the Downtown Store

Do not get discouraged. We have a good gadget fascination and go to work help- 1220 N Forest Street CASCADIA WEEKLY chance of succeeding. ing solve pressing human problems that Open Daily 7 am – 10 pm 5 —Seth Zimmerman, Bellingham demand immediate attention, like the ig- FOOD CO OP Cordata Store norant destruction of our common natu- Bellingham’s Natural Grocer READING THE METADATA ral environment and this ﬂagrant global 315 Westerly Road The illusion of the government collect- sellout of original organic community. www.communityfood.coop Open Daily 7 am – 9 pm ing metadata would be, I take it, telephone —Eric Lovald, Blaine THE GRISTLE

BRIDGES TO NOWHERE: U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and U.S.

38 38 Rep. Suzan DelBene joined other state and local ofﬁ- cials and business leaders in Mount Vernon on Tuesday

FOOD to tour the Skagit River Bridge and learn more about how the collapse of a section of that structure im- views ploded the surrounding economy. 31 31 OPINIONS THE GRISTLE The Skagit River bridge handles roughly 71,000 vehicles a day, of which about 12 percent are commercial.

B-BOARD An estimated $13.9 billion in commercial trafﬁc cross- es the bridge each year, along with millions of consum-

26 ers spending in the state economy. While more precise numbers may be available later this summer, early es- BY AMY GOODMAN

FILM FILM timates place the revenue loss to the local economy at $50 million. Miraculously, no one was killed when the

22 span dropped into the river on May 23. A visibly annoyed Gov. Jay Inslee blamed state Sen- Two Steps Forward, One Back

MUSIC ate Republicans for not taking up a measure passed THE SUPREME COURT MAKES HISTORY in the House that would have increased Washington’s

20 gasoline tax by 10.5 cents a gallon for transporta- he U.S. Supreme Court an- Which brings us to the second

ART ART tion improvements. The Legislature adjourned Satur- nounced three historic 5-4 key decision this week from the Su- day after the Senate declined to vote on a package T decisions this week. In the preme Court. The court ruled uncon- that might have produced billions of dollars worth of ﬁrst, a core component of the Vot- stitutional the Defense of Marriage 18 funding for aging roads, ferries, sidewalks and similar ing Rights Act was gutted, enabling Act, which federally deﬁned mar-

STAGE STAGE infrastructure. More, the bill might’ve coaxed federal Southern states to enact regressive riage as between a man and a wom- matching dollars. voting laws that will likely disenfran- an. Backing that up was another 5-4 Leaders of the GOP Senate caucus said they would chise the ever-growing number of vot- decision that essentially overturns 16 come up with a plan for raising money for projects ers of color. The second pair of cases to the nation that people wanted to California’s notorious Prop 8, which while also making changes to the way the Washington threw out the federal Defense of Mar- register to vote.... In Selma, Alabama, banned same-sex marriage. On di-

GET OUT State Dept. of Transportation spends money. Doug Er- riage Act (DOMA), the legal travesty in 1965, only 2.1 percent of blacks of rectives from the court, marriages icksen serves on the Senate Transportation committee. that deﬁned marriage in federal law voting age were registered to vote. began last week in the most popu-

14 That plan did not emerge. as only between a man and a woman, The only place you could attempt to lous state in the country. Representative of the 42nd District, Vincent Buys and effectively overturned Califor- register was to go down to the court- Back when DOMA was being de- voted against the revenue package in the House; nia’s Prop 8, which bans same-sex house. You had to pass a so-called lit- bated in 1996, with President Bill WORDS however, Buys notably did support the state’s $33.6 marriage. For those who struggle for eracy test. And they would tell people Clinton championing it and with bi-

8 billion capital budget in a rare display of honoring equality and civil rights, these three over and over again that they didn’t partisan support in Congress, Lewis the negotiation. decisions mark one brutal defeat and or couldn’t pass the literacy test.” spoke out against it with the same “As a member of the House Appropriations Commit- two stunning victories. What happened to those marchers passion he showed in the struggle

CURRENTS tee, voting ‘yes’ on this compromise budget ensures “What the court did... is stab the as they tried to cross the Edmund for voting rights. Lewis said then, on that conservatives continue to have a seat at the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in its very Pettus Bridge into Selma has entered the ﬂoor of the House: “This bill is a 6 6 negotiating table,” the Lynden lawmaker said. “This heart,” Georgia Congressman John the canon of American protest his- slap in the face of the Declaration budget is a start down the correct path of compromise Lewis said of Tuesday’s decision. “It tory. Lewis continued: “We got to the of Independence. It denies gay men VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS and with continued negotiations we will have an even is a major setback. We may not have top of the bridge. We saw a sea of and women the right of liberty and

4 better end product in future years.” people being beaten today. Maybe blue—Alabama state troopers—and the pursuit of happiness. Marriage True to form, Rep. Jason Overstreet voted against they’re not being denied the right we continued to walk. We came within is a basic human right. You cannot MAIL MAIL both the transportation package and the overall capi- to participate or to register to vote. hearing distance of the state troop- tell people they cannot fall in love.

tal budget, spouting declarations of liberty. Overstreet They’re not being chased by police ers... you saw these guys putting on I will not turn my back on another 2 is the assistant ranking Republican on the House Trans- dogs or trampled by horses. But in their gas masks. They came toward American. I will not oppress my fel- DO IT IT DO portation committee. the 11 states of the old Confederacy, us, beating us with nightsticks and low human being. I fought too hard “We’re not going to throw more money at a broken and even in some of the states out- bullwhips, trampling us with horses. I and too long against discrimination

13 system,” he shouted. side of the South, there’s been a sys- was hit in the head by a state trooper based on race and color not to stand

03. Which is, of course, broken because the state tematic, deliberate attempt to take with a nightstick. I had a concussion up against discrimination based on 07. (shrinking in size for decades when measured against us back to another period.” at the bridge. My legs went out from sexual orientation.” After this week’s the overall state economy) horribly fails to fund the Lewis is the 73-year-old dean of under me. I felt like I was going to DOMA decision, he reiterated, “It’s .08

27 repairs. the Georgia congressional delega- die. I thought I saw Death.” better to love than to hate.” # The state ranks 29th in the country (and the worst tion. As a young man, he led the Lewis had his head bashed in, and For Lewis, human rights cannot be state in the West) for the condition of its roads, plum- Student Nonviolent Coordinating was one of 17 seriously injured that compromised, they are indivisible. meting from about the high-middle of the pack in the Committee (SNCC), and was the day. He recovered and continued the Following his lead, people should 1990s, according to the U.S. Dept. of Transportation. youngest speaker to address the struggle. Months later, President channel the joy they feel for the Without new investments, more than half the pave- March on Washington 50 years ago. Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting marriage equality victories today to ment on state roads and highways will be in poor con- He recently recalled a signal moment Rights Act into law. a renewed struggle for voting rights,

CASCADIA WEEKLYdition by 2023, according to federal estimates. The in that struggle, appearing on the Throughout his career, Lewis has for equality for all. state’s bridges are crumbling, with more than one in “Democracy Now!” news hour: forged a solid record of fighting for 6 five functionally obsolete. The state ranks 41st of 50 “On March 7, 1965, a group of us civil rights—not just for African- Amy Goodman is the host of “Democ- states in the safety of its bridges. attempted to march from Selma to Americans, but for all who suffer racy Now!” Denis Moynihan contrib- The normally tax-averse Association of Washington Montgomery, Alabama, to dramatize discrimination. uted research to this column. Business joined the conservative Washington Round- table in urging the Legislature to consider a transpor- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE tation revenue package that would put NOW OPEN people to work and fix failing roads and 300+ additional 38 bridges, congested highway corridors, and bottlenecked interchanges that PARKING SPACES FOOD undermine the mobility of vehicles, transit and freight carriers to transport 31 31 people and goods—the very heartbeat of the state economy. Nearly 100 people from cities and businesses across Puget EXPERIENCE B-BOARD Sound spoke in favor of the measure in Ericksen’s committee; fewer than ten 26 spoke against the measure. ENTERTAINMENT Not only did Ericksen—who has FILM served on legislative transportation

committees for more than a decade— 22 fail to persuade his Republican col-

leagues in the 42nd District to sup- MUSIC port a transportation funding package, TAKE IT OR TRADE IT he didn’t support it himself... or offer Every Wednesday in July & August 20 meaningful alternatives. 3PM-10PM ART Instead Ericksen offered inane praise of government “getting out of Win up to $1000 every 30 minutes! 18 the way:”

“While many transportation projects STAGE linger for years,” Ericksen said, “a bridge over the Skagit River was built and the road reopened in under a month. This 16 is a great example of what can happen when we get Olympia politicians and STEPPENWOLF GET OUT bureaucrats out of the way and let the THURS JULY 25th professionals get it done.” Playing Their Hits “Born To Be Wild,” 14 As if the authorization and appro- “Magic Carpet Ride,” “Rock Me,” priation (and urgency) did not come “The Pusher” and “Hey Lawdy Mama”. WORDS directly from Olympia. And as if the Tickets Starting At $ work itself was not performed by WS- 65 8 DOT professionals and state contrac- tors. How shall we prioritize lingering

state projects? After the fact, based CURRENTS upon their collapse? 6 The pernicious nature of the state’s 6 regressive revenue structure, based al- VIEWS VIEWS most exclusively around consumption THE ZOMBIES VIEWS st taxes, means the state’s economic re- SAT AUG 31 4 covery continues to trail other states Playing Their Hits “Time of the Season” with a more balanced approach to “She’s Not There,” and “Tell Her No” MAIL

revenue. Revenue collections have $ .50 Tickets Starting At 29 2 fallen 30 percent between 1995 and ALL TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DO IT IT DO

2012. This trend will continue; and the state remains more volatile than

most to changes in the economy and 13 how that destabilizes the collection of 03. consumption taxes. 07. The Legislature’s response to falling THE .08 revenues has been to stall payments, 27 deny cost-of-living increases to state ZOMBIES # workers, cram down worker compen- featuring Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent sation and insurance, crater public schools, and generally grandstand while eliminating any chance to cre- ate an equitable, sustainable ﬁnancial EXPERIENCE proﬁle. It all has the seeming of rob- EVERYTHING CASCADIA WEEKLY bing Peter to pay Paul, or—more ac- 24/7 ACTION ALL TICKETS AVAILABLE AT 7 curately—robbing the future to stiff present realities. "$+ ( )"&''%. Maybe a gas tax isn’t the way for- ,"* . "& )*.,*'&-*$* (' ward. What is the way forward, Re- Events subject to change without notice. Must be 21 or over to play. Management reserves all rights. ©2013 Silver Reef Casino publicans? oil-by-rail projects would have a larger capacity than either of the controversial pipeline expansions in British Columbia—the En- bridge Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal

38 38 and Kinder Morgan’s planned expansion of its Trans Mountain Pipeline. FOOD currents On Puget Sound, two of the region’s ﬁve reﬁneries already receive oil-by-rail ship- NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX ments, and the other three are planning new 31 31 facilities. Three proposals for Grays Harbor would move oil along the Washington coast.

B-BOARD And on the Columbia River, one port terminal is already receiving oil-by-rail shipments,

26 while ofﬁcials at Vancouver are planning by far the region’s largest facility.

FILM FILM Ironically, two of the facilities that would handle oil by rail were originally built to sup-

22 ply renewable fuels. Imperium Renewables at the Port of Grays Harbor was promoted

MUSIC to handle biodiesel, but the ﬁrm is now planning to expand its facilities to become

20 the region’s second largest player in ship-

ART ART ping crude oil by rail. And at Port Westward, near the town of Clatskanie, Ore., a troubled ethanol facility that was supported by state 18 STAGE STAGE If built and operated at 16 full capacity, the oil- GET OUT by-rail projects could

14 add more than 20

WORDS mile-long petroleum-

8 hauling trains per day. CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 renewable energy subsidies is already trans- 6 ferring crude oil from trains to vessels on the Columbia River. PHOTO BY FRANK JOLIN PIPELINE VIEWS VIEWS The scale of these projects raises con-

4 NORTHWEST cerns about increased freight train traf- ﬁc on the region’s railways. If built and MAIL MAIL REFINERIES AND operated at full capacity, the oil-by-rail

projects could add more than 20 mile- 2 ONRAILS PORTS EXPANDING long petroleum-hauling trains per day. The DO IT IT DO Northwest railway system is already over- BY ERIC DE PLACE OIL-BY-RAIL burdened in many locations and is at risk

13 SHIPMENTS of considerably more congestion if coal

03. export terminals planned for Puget Sound 07. and the Columbia River are developed. t was clear and sunny on Sept. 4, 2012 when locomotives pulling a hun- the opportunity to play a role traditionally Widespread oil-by-rail shipments also .08

27 dred uniformly black tanker cars rolled to the shores of Puget Sound. reserved for pipelines: moving large volumes raise concerns about the increased risk of # I It was the first train bearing crude oil from North Dakota to reach the of crude oil. The rail industry embarked on a oil spills. In Washington, the state’s oil spill Northwest coast, and its arrival heralded a new era for the region’s place breakneck campaign of building tanker cars response program is funded through a tax on in the global energy economy—one in which the Northwest could become as refineries and ports began hatching plans crude oil coming into the state by vessel but a major oil supplier to Asian markets. to receive the product from trains. not rail. If the state transitions from vessel The oil had come from beneath the range land of western North Dakota, Today, oil companies are planning, build- shipments of Alaskan oil to rail shipments of long a quiet and empty place sitting atop a huge oil field known as the ing, or already operating 11 crude oil-by-rail oil from North Dakota or Canada, it is possi-

CASCADIA WEEKLY Bakken formation. Until recently, the extensive shale oil deposits there projects in Oregon and Washington. The des- ble the program may find itself underfunded. were largely untapped because the oil was simply too difficult to extract. tinations include all five Northwest refineries Industry officials debate the relative safety 8 But new fracking and drilling techniques allowed oil companies in the Bak- as well as six port terminals. If all of them of shipping oil by rail rather than pipeline, ken to unleash a gusher of petroleum that is widely considered the most are built, they would be capable of deliver- noting that railcar spills tend to be smaller consequential American oil play in decades. ing more than 720,000 barrels of oil per day, but more frequent. So sudden was the region’s oil boom that companies found themselves a figure that exceeds the region’s total oil Crude oil-by-rail infrastructure is by no with scant infrastructure to move the crude to market. Railways seized refining capacity. Taken together, Northwest means restricted to serving the Bakken oil ) onto barges or vessels. The company - # hopes the site will be operational by ½ - January 2014, but legal appeals of the permits will likely delay operations. BP Refinery (Ferndale) 20,000 4 BP REFINERY (FERNDALE) By far the largest refinery in the US OIL REFINERY (TACOMA)

Northwest, BP’s Cherry Point Refinery can Located at the Port of Tacoma, U.S. 38 Phillips 66 Refinery (Ferndale) 30,000 6 refine 230,000 barrels of oil per day. Plant Oil and Refining Company operates the managers are undertaking a $60 million smallest of the Northwest refineries, FOOD dollar project to build railcar receiving and with a rated capacity of 39,000 barrels Tesoro Refinery (Anacortes) 50,000 10 unloading facilities that will enable the per day. In 2012, the plant spent $8 refinery to accept 20,00 barrels of oil per million building a new rail yard. Based 31 day by the end of 2014. on statements from a refinery official, Shell Refinery (Anacortes) 50,000 10 Sightline estimates that the facility

PHILLIPS 66 REFINERY B-BOARD (FERNDALE) currently accepts 6,900 barrels of crude Capable of processing 100,000 barrels oil per day brought in on trains. Phillips 66/Targa Terminal (Tacoma ) 30,000 6 of oil per day, the Phillips 66 Ferndale US DEVELOPMENT GROUP 26 reﬁnery at Cherry Point is set to build a (HOQUIAM)

rail car receiving facility that will allow FILM US Oil & Refining (Tacoma) 6,900 1.4 The U.S. Development Group is plan- the plant to take 30,000 barrels of oil per ning to spend $80 million constructing day. Refinery officials hope to complete a facility at the Port of Grays Harbor’s work by December 2014. 22 US Development (Hoquiam) 50,000 10 Terminal 3. Plans call for receiving TESORO REFINERY 50,000 barrels of crude oil per day by (ANACORTES) rail, storing it on site in tanks, and MUSIC Westway Terminals (Hoquiam) 26,300 5.3 Tesoro’s Anacortes Refinery is capable transferring it to barge or vessel.

of reﬁning 120,000 barrels per day. 20 IMPERIUM TERMINALS The company completed a $60 million (HOQUIAM) ART Imperium Terminals (Hoquiam) 75,000 15 rail improvement project in 2012 that Imperium, a renewable fuels producer, allows it to receive 50,000 barrels of oil

per day by railcar. is exploring a crude oil handling facil- 18 Global Partners (Clatskanie, Ore.) 28,600 5.7 ity at the Port of Grays Harbor at the SHELL REFINERY (ANACORTES) firm’s existing site at Terminal 1. The STAGE STAGE The second-largest refinery in the North- company is proposing to spend $45 Tesoro/Savage (Vancouver, Wash.) 360,000 72 west, with a capacity of 145,000 barrels million constructing nine 80,000 gallon per day, Shell’s Puget Sound Refinery is storage tanks and other facilities by 16 located just south of the Tesoro Refinery 2014. Based on rail and vessel traffic / ~y} x{| at Anacortes. Officials there are planning estimates reported in news accounts,

a new rail loop and ofﬂoading facility Sightline estimates the site is likely to GET OUT that will enable it to handle 50,000 have a capacity of at least 75,000 bar- barrels per day of crude oil delivered by ﬁelds; it could also act as a vehicle for trans- to lift the ban, enabling oil producers to sell rels per day if it is completed. train. 14 porting bitumen from the Canadian oil sands. American crude oil to China and other coun- GLOBAL PARTNERS PHILLIPS 66/TARGA SOUND Wider use of tar sands oil is currently impeded tries. Oil from Canada, however, is not subject (CLATSKANIE, ORE.) TERMINAL (TACOMA) WORDS Global Partners purchased a former by serious transport bottlenecks. In Canada, to the ban, so it is conceivable that Oregon and Located on the Hylebos Waterway ethanol plant at Port Westward on the

pipelines planned to the Paciﬁc Ocean are Washington could become a transshipment hub at the Port of Tacoma, Targa Sound 8 Columbia River. Operators are currently 8 Terminal is building a new storage and facing delay and staunch opposition, while for tar sands oil headed to Asia. receiving trainloads of crude oil, stor- unloading facility estimated to cost U.S. activists have questioned the wisdom of Although oil-by-rail plans represent a po- ing it on site in two 3.8 million gallon between $80 and $150 million. Targa

tanks, and loading it onto vessels or CURRENTS constructing the Keystone XL Pipeline, which tential transformation of the Northwest’s has partnered with Phillips 66 to pro- CURRENTS would deliver Canadian oil to the Gulf Coast. energy economy, most media accounts have vide rail-unloading and barge-loading barges. Based on information provided Large-scale build-out of oil-by-rail projects in presented only a fragmented view of the de- services to move 30,000 barrels per day by the Oregon state agency charged with 6 emergency oil spill response, Sightline the Northwest could, in effect, serve as a pipe- velopments. Moreover, government regulators to the Phillips 66 reﬁneries in Ferndale or San Francisco. estimates that the facility receives more VIEWS line on wheels for Canadian tar sands. are evaluating the projects largely in isola- than 28,000 barrels per day.

Regardless of the origin of the crude oil to be tion from one another. Until now, no one has WESTWAY TERMINALS 4 (HOQUIAM) TESORO/SAVAGE (VANCOUVER, shipped by rail, it is not clear where the prod- conducted a comprehensive project-by-proj- WASH.) uct is destined. In some cases, oil delivered ect assessment of oil-by-rail facilities in the Westway’s Grays Harbor Terminal is MAIL located at the Port of Grays Harbor The most ambitious crude oil trans- to West Coast reﬁneries may displace existing Paciﬁc Northwest. shipment scheme in the Northwest is where it currently operates a methanol 2 supplies of crude such as those from Alaska’s handling facility. Westway is planning Tesoro’s plan to partner with Savage

Companies to develop a $75 to $100 IT DO North Slope oil ﬁelds that currently arrive in Eric de Place is Policy Director at Sightline Insti- to spend $50 million building four ad- tanker vessels. In other cases, the oil may be tute, where he leads work on energy and climate ditional storage tanks, each big enough million rail complex at the Port of Van- to store 200,000 barrels of oil, which couver. The facility would be capable destined for export to Asia. Under current law, policy. His report and original research was origi- 13 will enable the company to handle of handling as much as 360,000 barrels US crude oil cannot be exported overseas, but nally published by Sightline, www.sightline.org. 26,300 barrels of oil per day received per day. Company ofﬁcials expect the 03. 07. many in the oil industry are calling for Congress Reprinted by permission of the author. by trains, store it on site, and load it site to be operational by 2014. .08 27 # CASCADIA WEEKLY

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06.y}.13 PHOTO COURTESY WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION A highway crewman walks the final leg of the Mount Baker Highway as crews plow and blow snow on the last 2.7 miles of road to the top. Testa- STAGE STAGE TUESDAY ment to warmner, drier conditions, Artist Point opened July 1—its earliest opening since 2005. The U.S. Supreme Court overturns the federal Defense of Marriage Act, affirming marriage equality in Washington. Their decision lim- is for about 50,000 acres in upper Kittitas County, 16 its federal prohibitions and clarifies federal tax issues, but lets stand valued at about $100 million. individual state policies regarding same-sex partnerships. Washington GET OUT voters affirmed marriage equality by ballot in November. 07.x.13 06.y.13 MONDAY 14 Bellingham City Council enacts two emergency WORDS SATURDAY ordinances, imposing a temporary moratorium on

Washington lawmakers adjourn for the year after completing a facilities to grow and sell marijuana for personal 8 8 new operating budget that had been the product of tense negotia- or medical use and establishing interim zoning for tions for weeks. Lawmakers grappled throughout the year with how the future cultivation of marijuana. The state is CURRENTS to bridge the wide philosophical differences between a Republican- preparing rules to govern marijuana cultivation. CURRENTS dominated majority in the Senate and a House chamber controlled The city’s response is designed to limit the prolif- by Democrats. The ﬁnal hours included more combative talks about a eration of those businesses in the absence of state 6 transportation funding package that failed to get a vote in the state rules. Each passes 7-0. Senate. This year's gridlock in the Capitol led lawmakers to blow past VIEWS PHOTO COURTESY WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES

their initial April 28 deadline, and they needed two additional sessions Tempers ﬂare when Bellingham City Council 4 A summer burn ban goes into effect this week on all forest lands to complete the work. State workers had been notiﬁed of a potential authorizes $300,000 from restricted Greenways controlled by the Washington State Department of Natural Resourc- MAIL MAIL government shutdown. Despite the drama, substantively the budget is funds to resurface Civic Field with astroturf. Citi- es, and will remain in effect through September 30. Already this

not much different from its original form submitted in April. An an- zens complained; but the expenditure was identified year, DNR reports 57 wildfires have started from escaped outdoor 2 noyed Gov. Jay Inslee signs the budget on Sunday. in the city’s 2013 capital budget and has been gen- burn piles, including this fire on Dog Mountain in Lewis County in May. A an out-of-control inferno in Arizona this week claimed the DO IT IT DO

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facebook.com/ Show Sponsor: GALBRAITH & KIMBERLEY Season Sponsor: PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY summerrides UNCLEAR ON THE index FUZZ PROHIBITION On June 15, a resident of Bothell was re-

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ficers found that the man's driver's license FOOD PROCLAIM LIBERTY was suspended. A Blaine Police officer ar- On June 27, someone reported a small rived and confirmed the suspension was 31 31 American flag had been burned in front of a for an unpaid ticket. The officer issued the Bellingham appliance store overnight. driver another criminal citation for the cur-

rent violation. ”Fortunately the former mo- B-BOARD On June 29, “officers provided fireworks edu- torist had traveling companions in another cation after confiscating a large number of car nearby, and a licensed driver was able 26 fireworks” in Bellingham's York neighborhood. to give the arrestee a ride home in the ar-

restee's car,” police reported. FILM ALIEN SKIES

On May 18, a Bellingham resident reported GAZEBOS AND PLACEBOS 22 seeing a slow-moving amber light, possibly On June 29, Bellingham Police spoke to a

ﬂickering but mostly steady, cruising north young woman in the gazebo in Elizabeth MUSIC to south at approximately 2,000 feet. “I be- Park after she claimed she was going to

gan to see another craft of a similar charac- hurt herself. The woman was “found to be 20 ter emerge from the heavy cloud layers, just under the legal drinking age and highly ART ART behind the other one, maybe like a two-to- intoxicated,” police reported. She was three second count behind the ﬁrst one,” the transported to the ER by medics and her 18 watcher reported. “Then another one, and mother was located.

another one. All told, I counted ﬁve or six STAGE craft, in an F-shaped formation, all traveling On June 28, citizens found a drunk lying in at the same speed and with no noise whatso- the middle of the road in downtown Bell- ever” at or near the height of the Chuckanut ingham, complaining of pain. Paramedics 16 Mountains. “These craft were entirely unique arrived, but declined the man’s request to and stealthy,” the witness reported. take him to the hospital as he was heav- GET OUT ily intoxicated and refused to answer their questions. Police instead transported him PASSENGERS y| 14 On June 14, passersby saw and heard a tod- to the hospital on an APC hold. ESTIMATED number of people living in the newly independent colonies on July 4, dler screaming inside a car parked outside a 1776. The population of the United States this July 4, 2013, is 316.2 million. WORDS business in downtown Blaine. The little girl THE CONTINUING CRISIS

was alone in the vehicle, which was locked up On June 19, Bellingham Police responded 8 8 tight with no around. An announcement was to a quarrel in Sehome neighborhood “in- zyyx{ ~|~y made to the customers inside the business to volving a misunderstanding of what one POPULATION of the continental NUMBER of African-Americans CURRENTS no avail, and police were called. “Mom was thought the other said about them,” police CURRENTS United States at the time of the first noted in the 1790 Census, or about coming back to the car just as an officer ar- reported. “Both neighbors were advised to Census, 1790. The median age of an one person in five. Of this number, 6 rived,” police reported. “She reasoned that not contact each other in the future.” American was 15.9 years. 697,681—or about 92 percent—were her four-year-old had been asleep when she slaves. parked, so Mom chose to leave her napping On June 20, “a citizen was rude and said VIEWS

while she ran inside to pick something up. things that were not nice,” a Bellingham Po- 4 This was a bad decision in the eyes of the lice ofﬁcer reported. assembled passersby,” police observed, “not MAIL

¹yxy to mention the little girl herself, who awoke SWEET TOOTH 2 alone from her nap in a strange place. At the On June 27, a 54-year-old man reportedly VALUE, in millions, of fireworks imported from China in 2012, representing the bulk of all U.S. fireworks. U.S. exports of fireworks, by comparison, came to just DO IT IT DO end of the contact Mom had a clear under- concealed candy and Oreos in his hoodie $11.7 million in 2012. standing of the dangers of the poor decision. and exited a store in Sunnyland. He was

It appeared that the daughter was siding with stopped by store employees and cited by 13 the cops and intended to explain that to Mom Bellingham Police. 03.

¹z ¹}x{xx| 07. in more detail on the long drive home.” BUSHWACKERS VALUE, in millions, of U.S. imports of VALUE of U.S. ﬂags exported in 2012. American ﬂags. The vast majority of this Mexico was the leading buyer of U.S. .08

On June 30, Bellingham Police were called On May 8, remote surveillance cameras 27 to a home near Barkley Village by residents spotted a man cross the U.S./Canada amount was for U.S. flags made in China. flags made in America. # concerned about a strange car parked out- border and get into a waiting vehicle in side their home. A drunk was inside the car. Blaine. Agents stopped the vehicle and the The drunk claimed someone else drove him passenger ran from the car and attempted x|| {~} to that spot then left on foot. to conceal himself in some nearby bushes. MILLIONS of hot dogs consumed in NUMBER of fireworks-related injuries The driver and passenger were taken into America during the week of July 4. and/or fires reported to the State Fire

SHORT OF AN OAR custody. The driver of the vehicle, who en- Americans consume an average of 60 Marshal in 2011 by ﬁre departments CASCADIA WEEKLY hot dogs per year. and hospital emergency rooms. Of On June 25, a fully dressed woman was re- tered the United States as a visitor from this number, 264 were ﬁres and 212 13 ported jumping in and out of the water with Canada, violated his status. The passenger were reported as injuries. This is a 17 her dog at Taylor Street dock in Bellingham. was also a citizen of Canada who was in- percent reduction from the previous She reportedly put the dog in a small row- admissible for entry and illegally present year’s total of 575 reported incidents. boat and sailed off, babbling nonsense to in the United States. Both were processed SOURCES: U.S. Census; U.S. Census Foreign Trade Statistics; National Hot Dog and the bewildered pup. for removal. Sausage Council; Washington State Patrol fying immoral federal law to come above- board and support their community. The Zip- tie program, in 2011, raised $600,000 and saved seven deputy jobs.

CW: When you’re in Bellingham, you’ll be in a 38 38 state that has actually legalized marijuana.

FOOD What advice do you have for lawmakers who words are struggling to put all the rules in place for COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS regulating it? 31 31 DF: Make sure that sustainability—particularly outdoor cultivation—is written in

B-BOARD from the start. This is timely in Washington because state policy makers just last week announced they are now open to outdoor 26 Doug Fine: Well, the economics have actually cannabis cultivation. This is vital. When

FILM FILM been known for years—Harvard economic Jef- America’s number-one crop becomes part of frey Miron puts the post-Drug War cannabis the taxpaying economy, it must be sustain- economy at $40 billion per year. It’s America’s able. Indoor cultivation generally is not. 22 number-one crop, though Next issue: eliminate arbitrary THC blood

MUSIC largely untaxed today. After limits for driving. We need a new mode of a neighbor was loudly raided sobriety testing that incorporates not just

20 for something like a dozen cannabis and alcohol, but America’s real plants, I knew I had to write epidemic: prescription pill abuse. Instead ART ART about drug policy. Instead of blood tests and breathalyzers, we need of complaining, I was look- case-by-case discernment. 18 ing for a working, sustain- CW: What are some of the possible pitfalls of legalizing cannabis? STAGE STAGE able model that was already // ) in place. And boy did I ﬁnd DF: Not too many. Youth use rates will go down, WHAT: Doug that in Mendocino County, 16 Fine reads from California. That’s where I and presents a followed one locally devel- slideshow focused When America’s number- GET OUT on Too High to Fail: oped, Sheriff-permitted can- Cannabis and the nabis strain over a 10-month one crop becomes part of New Green Economic growing season. The program 14 14 Revolution was an unmitigated success, the taxpaying economy, it WHEN: 7pm Thurs., and that’s what Too High to WORDS WORDS July 11 WHERE: Village Fail is about. must be sustainable. Indoor Books, 1200 11th CW: Why do you think dope is 8 cultivation generally is not. St. still illegal in most states in COST: Free this country? INFO: www.

CURRENTS villagebooks.com or DF: Inertia. It’s hard to turn dougﬁne.com off a vast bureaucratic en- overall use rates will stay about the same, 6 forcement industry that em- and substituting cannabis for alcohol might ploys more than 6,000 people just on the federal have positive social effects, like safer roads. VIEWS VIEWS level. Sometimes, as taxpayers, we accept big Of course, anything at all can be abused, but

4 BY AMY KEPFERLE bureaucratic machinery. The problem is, the Drug with about one percent of current Drug War War doesn’t work. Prohibition breeds organized spending, we can implement a viable educa- MAIL MAIL crime. That’s who proﬁts from the status quo, on tion and treatment system.

the business side. CW: What will attendees at Village Books see 2 Too High to Fail CW: What can people do to help convince lawmak- during the slideshow you’ll present during your DO IT IT DO

ers that laws concerning marijuana cultivation visit here July 11? MARIJUANA, THE ECONOMY AND YOU and distribution need to change? DF: I’m a comedic investigative journalist, so

13 DF: Call your congressperson and senators and the live event will show, via slides and story-

03. oug Fine doesn’t toke up tell them you are voting based on their sup- telling, a rigorously hard-hitting tale from the 07. very often—he prefers his port for getting cannabis out of the Controlled front lines of the ﬁnal days of the Drug War marijuana in the form of non- Substances Act (CSA) and letting states regu- while hopefully keeping people laughing.

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27 psychoactive hemp oil added to his late the plant like alcohol. On the local level, Of course, 800,000 people arrested an- # health shakes every morning—but the attend your county and city government meet- nually for using humanity’s longest utilized investigative journalist fully believes ings to hammer home these points. In your plant is no laughing matter, so the event will the plant should be legal. In his new personal life, speak openly about how serious also discuss the vital importance of bring- book, Too High to Fail: Cannabis and and important an issue ending the Drug War is. ing about the Drug Peace Era. Also, the book the New Green Economic Revolution, It’s not some college stoner issue—it’s crucial and the live event look at the worldwide drug the New Mexico-based “solar-powered for America. policy situation, including hemp as well as

CASCADIA WEEKLY goat rancher” delves into the many CW: Tell me a little more about the part of the book my experience living in a border state ranch. reasons why he thinks legalizing where you follow a plant “from seed to patient.” I further hope that by describing sustainable, 14 the drug could help boost America’s DF: Speciﬁcally, in the “Zip-tie Program” I was locavore organic farmers who are organizing economy. Recently, he shared a few following in Mendocino County (whereby farm- and branding and want to be the next Napa of them with us. ers paid permitting fees that bestowed a yel- (or microbrew, in beer-industry terms), the Cascadia Weekly: How did you come to the realization that marijuana low bracelet—a zip-tie—on every one of their event can help provide a model for Washing- could help turn the nation’s economy around? plants), farmers are courageous activists, de- ton farmers. doit

WORDS ronmentally aware citizens at the monthly Green Drinks gathering from 5-7pm in the beer garden WED., JULY 3 at 10, 1107 Railroad Ave.

WHERE’S WALDO?: Kids, parents and Waldo- WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG 38 lovers of all ages can take part in the annual “Where’s Waldo?” scavenger hunt happening JULY 3-4 FOOD through July throughout historic Fairhaven. Pick LOGGERODEO: Helicopter rides, woodcarving up a “Find Waldo in Fairhaven” passport at any of competitions, arts and crafts, a carnival, pa-

25 participating business in the district. A grand rades, bluegrass jamborees, logging exhibitions, 31 celebration happens July 31. Waldo books and two days of rodeos, a footrace, and a ﬁreworks products will be among the prizes awarded. display will be part of the annual “Loggerodeo” WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM happening through July 4 throughout Sedro- B-BOARD Woolley. Innovative Food THURS., JULY 4 WWW.LOGGERODEO.COM

Craft Cocktails 26 POETRY WRITING GROUP: Newcomers and using House Made Liquors drop-ins are welcome to join the Poetry Writing THURS., JULY 4 Group meeting from 5:30-7pm on the ﬁrst and OLD-FASHIONED FOURTH: The annual “Old- 24 Draft Handles FILM third Thursday of each month at Village Books, Fashioned 4th of July” celebration happening 1200 11th St. Come meet other writers who can throughout Blaine today kicks off with a Pancake Live Music, 22 help you get organized, give feedback, and assist Breakfast from 8-11am at the Blaine Senior Comedy and DJ's you with your writing goals. Center. The fun continues with a parade at noon, MUSIC 671-2626 a classic car show, an arts and crafts street fair, Dance Floor live music and ﬁreworks at dusk. Entry is free. 314 Commercial Ave, Anacortes 360-755-3956 JULY 4-6 WWW.BLAINECHAMBER.COM 20 HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: As part of the “Old Fash- Complete Menu & Event Calendar at anacortesH2O.com ART ART ioned 4th of July” events attend a Holiday Book HAGGEN FAMILY FOURTH: The annual “Haggen Sale from 10am-4pm Thursday and 10am-6pm Family 4th of July” festivities kick off at 11am

Friday and Saturday at the Blaine Public Library, with free, old-fashioned picnic games at Zuanich 18 610 3rd St. Point Park. Music starts at 2pm and continues

WWW.WCLS.ORG until dusk with performances by the Bellingham STAGE Youth Jazz Band, Prozac Mountain Boys, Keaton SAT., JULY 6 Collective, and the Yogoman Burning Band. An

UNUSUAL IMMIGRANTS: Lynden-based writer art show, food carts and more will be part of the 16 Johannes Lisiecki shares stories from his true-life fun. Fireworks start around 10:30pm. tale The Johmalites: An Autobiography of Unusual WWW.PORTOFBELLINGHAM.COM Immigrants at 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th GET OUT St. The German-born Lisiecki’s book details how PARADE & FIREWORKS: A 4th of July Parade he became a proud American. begins at 11:30am on La Conner’s State Street 14 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM (behind the La Conner Retirement Inn). A picnic 14 will follow at Pioneer Park, and costume judging

begins at 1pm for the theme “Salute to Farmers.” WORDS MON., JULY 8 WORDS POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their verse Fireworks will start at 10pm and be shot from the as part of Poetrynight can sign up at 7:30pm at west side of the Swinomish Channel. 8 the Black Drop Coffeehouse, 300 W. Champion St. WWW.LOVELACONNER.COM Readings start at 8pm. Entry is free. WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG ROCK THE DOCK: Great music, family fun and

a spectacular ﬁreworks show will be part of a CURRENTS TUES., JULY 9 “Rock the Dock” 4th of July community celebra- WHISKEY COVE: Local author Denise Frisino will tion from 5-10:30pm in Anacortes at Seafarers 6 be signing copies of her book Whiskey Cove from Memorial Park, 601 Seafarer Way. Cherry Cherry,

11am-4pm at Bellingham’s Costco, 4299 Guide Bobby Holland and Breadline, and Smoke Wagon VIEWS Meridian St. Copies of the book will be available will perform, and there’ll be activities for kids,

for purchase. food, beverages and a beer garden. Admission is 4 WWW.WHISKEYCOVEBOOK.COM free with a suggested donation of a nonperish- able food item. MAIL WED., JULY 10 (360) 708-7770

BOOK GROUP: T.C. Boyle’s Tortilla Curtain will 2 be the focus of the 2nd Chapter book group BOATING CELEBRATION: Attend a July 4th DO IT IT DO discussion from 2-4pm at the Bellingham Public Celebration starting at 6pm at the Community Library, 210 Central Ave. All are welcome. Boating Center, 555 Harris Ave. Entry is $12 and

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WRITERS THEATER: Read your original writings at WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG 07. the monthly Chuckanut Sandstone Writers Theater Open Mic starting at 7pm at the café and the Fire- FIREWORKS FOR FUTUREWISE: Join former .08

house Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Bellingham mayor Dan Pike for a “Fireworks for 27 # WWW.CHUCKANUTSANDSTONE.BLOGSPOT.COM Futurewise Whatcom” fundraiser and celebration starting at 8pm on the roof of the Herald building, IMPOSSIBLE LESSONS: Whatcom Community 1155 N. State St. Tickets are $35 and include live College English professor Jennifer Bullis reads music, beer from Boundary Bay, food and an amaz- selections from her new book of poetry, Impos- ing view. sible Lessons, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th WWW.FUTUREWISE.ORG/WHATCOM St. Entry is free.

WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM JULY 5-6 CASCADIA WEEKLY LUMMI ISLAND RUMMAGE SALE: The “ump- teenth” annual Lummi Island Church Rummage 15 COMMUNITY Sale takes place from 4-8pm Friday and 8am-5pm Saturday at the Lummi Island Congregational WED., JULY 3 Church, 3913 Legoe Bay Rd. GREEN DRINKS: Network with likeminded envi- 758-2060 doit THURS., JULY 4 FIVE ON THE FOURTH: Start your holiday

weekend off with a bang at the “5 on the 4th” 38 38 5K starting with a free kids half-mile run at 9am at Lake Padden. The 5K begins at 9:30am, FOOD getout and there’ll be a post-race picnic, rafﬂe and HIKING RUNNING CYCLING awards ceremony. Entry is $25. Day-of registration begins at 8am. 31 31 WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM JULY 4-8 B-BOARD SKAGIT TOURS: Seattle City Light, the North Cascades Institute, and the National ice formations wasn’t an option, Suppe came up Park Service offer Diablo Lake boat tours and 26 with a process of moving forward by sitting on the North Cascades explorer tours every weekend through early September in and around the FILM FILM ground, lifting her body weight with her arms behind her, moving her torso over the ice toward her three dams near Highway 20. Newhalem walking tours and occasional powerhouse tours feet, then lifting her injured foot with a trekking 22 are also offered. Walking tours are free; boat pole that was looped through her crampon strap tours and explorer tours are $18-$35. WWW.SKAGITTOURS.COM MUSIC and moving it forward a few painstaking inches at a time. FRI., JULY 5

20 “I didn’t know at all whether I had a realistic WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and adventurers chance to make it off the mountain alive,” Suppe

ART ART can join Wild Whatcom Walks for “Wild Things” says of the ordeal. “At some point I was wonder- excursions from 9:30-11am every Friday in ing whether I was simply putting myself through a July on the North Lake Whatcom Trail. Entry is 18 senseless torture, but then I thought that if I were by donation. WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG

STAGE STAGE to die, I wanted those who were to ﬁnd my body to

see that at least I had fought to the last.” FERRY FAREWELLS: Attend “Free Friday By the time she was rescued the next day, it was Ferry Farewells” at 5:30pm at the Community 16 16 too late to save Wiesenek- Boating Center, 555 Harris Ave. Attendees can ker, who’d succumbed to his snag a ride aboard The Coot and head out on the water to say “bon voyage” to the Alaska GET OUT GET OUT injuries after Suppe went for ferry, which departs from Bellingham Bay help. And even after doctors every Friday. Attendance is by donation, but initially told her they might passengers must sign up in advance. 14 have to amputate her foot, 714-8891 OR WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG she never, ever contemplated WORDS JULY 5-6 quitting climbing. SIN AND GIN TOURS: The summertime In the three years since

8 history excursions led by the Good Time Girls // ) the accident and the many return this weekend at “Sin & Gin” tours start- WHAT: Isabel Suppe surgeries she’s endured, she’s ing at 7pm in downtown Bellingham (in front reads from and talks of Bayou on Bay’s Oyster Bar) and historic

CURRENTS kept her promise to herself to about her book, not give up on the sport she Fairhaven (outside Skylark’s hidden café). Starry Night The Victorian era-clad guides will focus on 6 WHEN: 2-4:30pm loves. In fact, one year after new tour routes and scads of juicy historical Sat., July 6 the accident, she summited, tidbits from our city’s past. Tickets are $18 VIEWS VIEWS WHERE: Bellingham on crutches, a new climbing and include a complimentary drink ticket for Public Library those 21 and over. Tours continue every Friday

4 route, again in the Bolivian Lecture Room, 210 Andes. She recently hand-cy- and Saturday through August. Reservations Central Ave. are recommended. MAIL MAIL BY AMY KEPFERLE COST: Free cled over the Alps and next WWW.GOODTIMEGIRLSBHAM.COM

INFO: www. week—after she speaks July 2 bellingham 6 at the Bellingham Public Li- SAT., JULY 6 publiclibrary.org WALKING CLUB: Whether you’re looking to DO IT IT DO

brary about Starry Night, the book she wrote recounting her ordeal and recov- improve or compete, all are welcome at the Starry Night weekly Fairhaven Walking Club led by Cindy

13 ery—she’ll be starting a bike trip from Washington Paffumi starting at 8am at various locations

03. A STARTLING STORY OF SURVIVAL to Colorado in order to rebuild the muscles in her in Fairhaven. Walk routes and meeting places 07. legs and promote the English version of her book. change from week to week. All paces are early three years ago, longtime alpinist Isabel Suppe was ly- The title of the tome, Suppe notes, depicts much welcome.

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27 ing at the bottom of a mountain in the Bolivian Andes won- more than the view she contemplated while wonder- # N dering if she was going to die. ing if she’d make it through the night. SUN., JULY 7 She and her climbing partner, Peter Wiesenekker, had fallen more “When I was sitting on the glacier, not knowing RABBIT RIDE: Join members of the Mt. Baker than 1,100 feet, and both of their injuries were potentially life-threat- whether I was going to live to see the next dawn, I Bike Club for the weekly “Rabbit Ride” start- ening. Suppe’s right ankle was broken and her tibia and ﬁbula bones looked up at the starry sky above the Condoriri mas- ing at 8:30am at Fairhaven Bike & Ski, 1108 were sticking out through her skin. Wiesenekker had similar injuries, sif and despite everything—despite the fact that 11th St. The 32-mile route sees riders heading down Chuckanut and back via Lake Samish. as well as trauma to his head, and was unable to move. I didn’t know whether I was going to live or die, 733-4433 OR WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG

CASCADIA WEEKLY What happened next can only be described as miraculous. After whether Peter was going to live, and even though spending a night hoping for help to come and trying to stay awake my bones were sticking out of my leg—I felt moved MON., JULY 8 16 to stave off hypothermia, Suppe realized the next morning that im- by the beauty of the starry sky,” she says. “It sim- ALPINE CLIMBING: Mt. Baker climbing mediate action was required if she wanted to survive. At that point, ply was too beautiful to die. In hindsight I ﬁnd it ranger Brandon Helmstetter leads an “Alpine Climbing” clinic at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. If Wiesenekker was no longer coherent, and Suppe set out not knowing extremely comforting to know that we are able to you’re interested in climbing Baker, Shuksan, if she’d see him again. be moved by beauty, even in the face of death. This Rainier, or other regional mountains, you’ll Because she only had one good foot and crawling across the sharp capacity is what makes us human.” doit Representing Local Artists Since 1969

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A R R O of the Bellingham shoreline while enjoying G 17 stellar views from onboard the boat. Tickets 306 w. champion st. are $30-$35. Cruises continue every Thursday monday - saturday 11am-close through August. sunday 3pm-close 214 W Holly • Bellingham, WA 98225 • 360-543-5678 778-8963 OR WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Monday –Saturday 10-7 • Sunday Noon-5pm July 3. Elizabeth Rex opens July 5, and although it’s not a technically a play written by William Shakespeare, it is set in Elizabe- than England. Its subject matter is ﬁtting,

as well, as the plot sees the great Queen 38 38 joining up with Shakespeare’s acting com-

FOOD G pany the night before her traitorous lover is sta e to be executed. “Vancouver audiences have told us they 31 31 THEATER DANCE PROFILES want to see us produce some non-Shake- spearean works that complement his world

B-BOARD and his themes; Elizabeth Rex ﬁts that de- scription perfectly,” longtime artistic di- 26 rector and Bard on the

FILM FILM Beach founder Chris- topher Gaze says. “Outdoors and under 22 the stars, the way it

MUSIC was meant to be” has . $/ always been the motto WHAT: Bard on the 20 of Shakespeare North- Beach presents west, the Skagit River ART ART Measure for Measure, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Shakespeare festival that has been bring- 18 18 and Elizabeth Rex 18 WHEN: Through ing audiences the best Sept. 14

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16 COST: $25-$43 INFO: www. Park in 2001. And, bardonthebeach.org other than the summer

GET OUT ------of 2008—when they WHAT: Shakespeare moved operations in- Northwest presents side for a season— 14 Hamlet and The Merry Wives of Windsor they’ve remained com- WHEN: July 11-Aug. mitted to showing WORDS 17 their productions al WHERE: Rexville- fresco. 8 Blackrock Amphitheatre, 19299 For the third year, Rexville Grange Rd., those who want to Mount Vernon

CURRENTS venture to the Skagit COST: $10-$12 Valley to seek out the MEASURE FOR MEASURE PHOTO BY DAVID COOPER 6 INFO: www. Bard can do so at the shakesnw.org ------Rexville-Blackrock Am- VIEWS VIEWS BY AMY KEPFERLE WHAT: Shakespeare phitheatre—a former

4 Northwest offers quarry Shakespeare up “Ironman,” Northwest has cleaned MAIL MAIL featuring both of the up and reclaimed from aforementioned plays

the forces of nature. 2 Betting on the Bard and the ensemble’s touring show, “To Be When you’re sitting DO IT IT DO

A SEASONAL DOSE OF SHAKESPEARE or Not TV” inside its craggy con- WHEN: 1pm-7pm ﬁnes as night falls— Sat., July 27

13 uring the course of my four-plus decades of life, I’ve seen a whole summer, it’s pleasing to note there are a wide as I was a few years COST: $30 03. lot of Shakespeare. variety of productions to choose from. ago when a friend got 07. D Whether I was watching comedic masterpieces (Much Ado About To the north, Vancouver B.C.’s long-running married on the same Nothing, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, etc.) or shuddering at the Bard on the Beach spent last month getting spot—it’s possible to believe you’re far re- .08

27 tragedies unfolding in front of me via iambic pentameter (Romeo and Juliet, revved up for a full summer of Shakespeare moved from the modern world. # King Lear), the intoxicating language the Bard of Avalon left behind has at their permanent seaside space at Vanier Starting July 11 and continuing at vari- remained one of the reasons I’ve watched more than eight iterations of Mac- Park. They’ve spent June showing off their ous times through August 19, both comedy beth and nearly as many productions of The Taming of the Shrew. (In college, version of the comedic Twelfth Night—which (The Merry Wives of Windsor) and tragedy I even let my body be plastered with felt ﬁg leaves and braved the role of they’ve updated by setting in a European (Hamlet) will help transport viewers even the impish Puck in the perennially popular A Midsummer Night’s Dream.) spa—and the tragic Hamlet, which a recent further away from contemporary society Through it all, watching Shakespeare in the great outdoors has remained press release described as being about “a and back to a time when live theater was

CASCADIA WEEKLY my favorite way to soak up a seasonal dose of what many—including me— troubled young man trying to make sense of one of the only ways to be entertained dur- consider to be the best playwright of all time. I don’t know if I enjoy it a modern-day world where power still cor- ing long summer nights. 18 so much because watching theater performed outside brings audiences rupts absolutely.” And even if you’ve seen each and every closer to the elements, or because it hearkens back to a simpler time, but Starting this month, Bard on the Beach will one of the plays mentioned in this story watching dusk settle on actors who are re-creating plays that were written add two more plays to the repertory. Measure before, as a lifelong viewer of all things hundreds of years ago moves me in ways that are hard to name. for Measure, which they’ve sent in early 1900s Shakespeare, I feel safe in saying that with In perusing the Shakespearean offerings that can be seen nearby this New Orleans and added live jazz to, begins the Bard, it’s always like the ﬁrst time. doit STAGE

FRI., JULY 5 38 38 FANTASTIC VOYAGES: Elementary school students who’ve been taking part in Western FOOD Washington University’s Summer Youth Theatre Institute will highlight scenes, monologues and games exploring what Open this weekend 31 they’ve learned at “Fantastic Voyages” per- Fri - Sun • Closed 4th of July BE YOURSELF formance at 12pm and 7pm at the school’s Old Main Theater. New Take out discount menu B-BOARD WWW.WWU.EDU/SYTI at micasamexicanfood.com BE A LEADER

JULY 5-6 26 SPRING AWAKENING: The State Street We’re open! We’re serving!

Studio Theatre presents showings of the And we would love to serve you FILM controversial German play Spring Awakening BOLD/GOLD Teen Expeditions at 7:30pm Friday and Saturday at Bellingham some fresh healthy & High School, 2020 Cornwall. The musical is delicious Mexican food!! For teens entering grades 6-12 in Fall 2013 22 not meant for kids under 16, as topics include

abortion, homosexuality, rape, child abuse Mon - Sat 12-9 Sun 4-8 Explore, learn and make memories. Register today. MUSIC and suicide. Tickets are $10. nd WWW.THESTATESTREETSTUDIOTHEATRE.WEBS. 505 32 St. 656-5554 20 COM ART ART HELLINGHAM: As part of a month of “greatest hits” shows, attend performances of 18 18 18 the perennially popular improvised murder mystery known as “Hellingham” at 9pm Friday STAGE STAGE and Saturday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 STAGE Bay St. Additional showings happen next week. Please note that summer hours are in 16 effect, meaning there will only be one show on weekend nights through Sept. 21. Tickets are $8-$10. GET OUT WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM WHATCOM FAMILY YMCA

SUN., JULY 7 360 733 8630 www.whatcomymca.org 14 DYNAMO: Discover a fun way to spend your Sunday nights when “Dynamo” shows at 8pm

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the “Dynamo” title through a series of games 8 and elimination rounds. Entry is $2. 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM

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GUFFAWINGHAM: A new weekly open mic 6 for comedians, dubbed “Guffawingham!,” takes place at 8pm Mondays at the Green VIEWS VIEWS Frog, 1015 N. State St. Entry is free. WWW.ACOUSTICTAVERN.COM 4

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Set-Ups” will be the focus of an outdoors- 2 based children’s theater summer camp offered

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Robinson Monday through Friday. According to the press release, this is a camp “ﬁlled with the fun of ﬂash mobs, city bus sings, 13 fortune cookies, spontaneous musicals, mak- 03. ing Bellinghamsters into ‘celebrities’ on the 07. street, and European clowning techniques.”

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FRI., JULY 5 BACK ALLEY CATS: Watch song and dance CASCADIA WEEKLY routines, vaudevillian sketches, comedy and more when the new in-house cabaret troupe, 19 the Back Alley Cats, perform at 8pm at Mount Vernon’s 1st Street Cabaret, 612 S. 1st St. Entry is $5 at the door. WWW.RIVERBELLEDINNERTHEATRE.COM doit UPCOMING EVENTS

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38 38 GALLERY WALK: Visit a variety of galleries and businesses as part of the monthly Gal-

FOOD lery Walk happening from 6-9pm throughout downtown Anacortes. Entry is free. visual WWW.ANACORTESART.COM 31 31 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES ANCHOR OPENING: An opening reception for “Other/Self” takes place from 6-9pm in

B-BOARD Anacortes at Anchor Art Space, 216 Com- mercial Ave. The work in this show is done by soon. A couple days later, Fix—an elﬁsh 28-year-old, not four artists—Nancy Johnson, Ben Moreau, 26 Scott Kolbo, and Tip Toland—who all use the stereotypical wise old crone I had pictured in my themselves as subject (but not in the tradi-

FILM FILM head before I knew anything about her—showed up in my tional sense). An interactive art piece by the ofﬁce, and the soul searching began. “Stinktown 2” will also be happening during I’d seen a few of her sketches, so I knew the end prod- the opening. 22 uct would be more of an abstract work than a realistic WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG

MUSIC version of my countenance. Fix had also told me that she ART WALK: Explore downtown’s diversity at incorporates various visual elements into each soul she the monthly Art Walk happening from 6-10pm 20 20 20 draws. For example, a moon might represent someone re- throughout Bellingham’s urban core. Maps volving around the person she’s drawing, and a “cracked” are available at participating venues, at the ART ART ART ART head could equal spiritual awakening. She also mentioned Downtown Visitors Center (114 W. Magnolia St., suite #105), or online. chakras, “key maps,” grounding and other ways she’d try 18 WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM to show what sort of vibes she was getting from me. WHATCOM MUSEUM: An opening reception

STAGE STAGE “I’ve been doing this for about a year,” Fix explained when I asked how she discovered drawing people’s souls for “Nature in the Balance: Artists Interpret- was something she had an aptitude for. “Sometimes when ing Climate Change” takes place during the

16 Downtown Art Walk from 6-10pm at Whatcom I would draw pictures of myself or other people, I would Museum’s Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora St. notice I was adding symbolism for certain personality Entry is free.

GET OUT traits I thought I picked up on. Then I started coming up WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG with symbols for lots of different things.” After admitting that she’d never been interviewed and ALLIED ARTS: “Mixed Media, Mixed Mes- 14 sages” can be viewed at an opening reception was a little nervous, I reassured Fix I’d never had my soul from 6-9pm at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. sketched, and was in a similar state of mind. With that, The exhibit highlights ﬁve artists using vari- WORDS we got underway. ous, non-traditional techniques in their own About an hour later, after querying me on various as- way. See it through July 27. 8 pects of my life—questions related to what I do for a WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG

living, how long I’ve been in Bellingham, where I was PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER: Canadian docu-

CURRENTS born, what I’m most connected to in my writing, how I mentary photographer Greg Laychak will be view art, etc.—Fix had an image in front of her that kind on hand for an opening reception for his solo 6 of blew my mind. exhibit from 6-10pm at the Whatcom Peace Where my right eye would be, cascading squares moved and Justice Center, 1220 Bay St. The photos

VIEWS VIEWS highlight three of his documentary projects, outwards. A long arm reached out from my spinal column including his work with the former Korean

4 THIS IS NOT MY SOUL into the ground below. Trees and ﬂowers surrounded the “comfort women” living their last years in “form,” and a sliver of moon was hidden among them. Un- South Korea. MAIL MAIL like some of Fix’s soul renderings, it was hard to discern a WWW.WHATCOMPJC.ORG

face among the abstract swirls and lines emanating from 2 BY AMY KEPFERLE MAKE.SHIFT: An opening reception for the main image. “Postmarked: A Postcard Exchange” takes DO IT IT DO

And, surprisingly, a lot of what Fix had picked up on place from 6-10pm at Make.Shift Art Space, relating to my soul jived with aspects of my personality. 306 Flora St. The group show is comprised entirely of original artwork in the classic 13 Soul Searcher I’m not going to get too deep into it, but sufﬁce it to say form of the postcard. The show will be up 03. she nailed where I carry my emotions, and incorporated through July 27. 07. a lot of different aspects of my history into the mix. My AN ARTIST WITH AN INTERIOR WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM soul wasn’t necessarily the sexiest thing in the world, but .08 FOURTH CORNER FRAMES: Self-portraits by 27 MISSION what Fix committed to paper was interesting on a few # different levels. eight Bellingham artists can be seen start- y day, Jamie Fix artfully cuts other people’s hair at Bell- Although Fix doesn’t set a ﬁrm price for what she ing tonight at a “Behind the Brush: Artists of Bellingham” reception from 6-10pm at ingham’s Looking Glass Salon. But in her off time, she’s does—drawings are done on a case-by-case basis—it’s Fourth Corner Frames, 311 W. Holly St. Artists B been known to put down her scissors, pick up a pen or not really cash she’s after when she asks people to sit include Lanny Little, Lorna Liebert, Shirley paintbrush and draw their souls. and bare their souls to her. She’s says she’s fascinated Erickson, Amy Armitage, Laurie Potter, Ron When Fix recently sent me an email asking if I’d like to join by how different people are, and is grateful for the time Pattern, Pam Heward, and Irene Lawson. 734-1340 CASCADIA WEEKLY the roster of those whose souls she’s taken stock of and com- they give to her.

mitted to paper, I was hesitant at ﬁrst. What if my soul was “Plus,” she says, “I always learn something more about COMMERCIAL STREET: “Maybelle,” a 20 found to be blackened and rusty due to past transgressions? myself when I do it.” memorial art installation curated by a father Or worse—what if Fix took one look at me and decided I was a and daughter representing four generations soulless husk of a human? Are you interested in having your soul sketched? If so, con- of artists, can be seen from 6-10pm at the Eventually, I weighed the pros and cons and decided this tact Jamie Fix at jamielﬁ[email protected] and work out the Commercial Street Theatre Project space, 1302 Commercial St. Photographs by Treeya wasn’t an offer that was likely to come my way again anytime particulars. doit

Brooks, paintings by Daniel Brooks, art/crafts porary folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm by Maybelle Pue (who recently passed away every Mon.-Fri. at the FishBoy Gallery, 617

at the age of 96), children’s furniture by her Virginia St.

father and wood art by her brother will be part 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM 38 of the exhibit.

WWW.CSTPROJECT.ORG . GALLERY CYGNUS: View the works of Paciﬁc FOOD Northwest icons Mary Randlett (photogra- JULY 5-6 phy), Clayton James (sculpture), and the late

SKAGIT ART ESCAPE: Spend the weekend Barbara James (drawings) through July 14 at La 31 experiencing creativity in action as part of Conner’s Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial Ave. the “Skagit Valley Art Escape” happening WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM

at various venues Friday and Saturday in B-BOARD Anacortes, Edison and La Conner. Art walks, GOOD EARTH: Works by Larry Richmond and artist demonstrations, live music and more Peggy Kondo will be highlighted through July

will be part of the free fun. at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. 26 WWW.LOVELACONNER.COM WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM FILM FILM SAT., JULY 6 HONEY SALON: View “Steebfest” through SCULPTURE WOODS: View the works of noted July 31 at Honey Salon, 310 W. Holly St. The 22 sculptor Anne Morris in their natural habitat exhibit features the works of local self-taught + from 10am-5pm on the ﬁrst Saturday of each “paintoonist” Steeb Russell. '( ) ! month on Lummi Island at Morris’ Sculpture WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM MUSIC Woods, 3851 Legoe Bay Rd. Entry to the self- !* * $&'%% 18 18 guided tour is free; please don’t take photos. J’S GALLERY: Works by Jay Bowen, Ed $'%%% ! 20 WWW.ANNMORRISBRONZE.COM Kamuda, Dan Soler, Katie Small, Tom Pickett, ART ART ! ART Roger Small, Chuck Bankuti, and others are LENESS & WALL RECEPTION: View pieces by currently on display in La Conner at J’s Gal- ! "

Seattle-based photographer Terry Leness and lery, 101 N. 1st St. 18 ! Tacoma-based multi-media mapmaker David WWW.JAYBOWENGALLERY.COM Wall at an opening reception from 5-8pm at STAGE STAGE Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey JANSEN ART CENTER: Sign up for classes and ! Ave. The exhibit will show through July 28. workshops at Lynden’s new Jansen Art Center, # ! WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM 321 Front St. 16 WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG SUN., JULY 7 360-733-3164 CIRCUS ART SKETCH: Chairs and costumed LUCIA DOUGLAS: The “Summer Resale [email protected] GET OUT models will be provided at the monthly “Cir- Exhibition” will be on display through July 27 cus Art Sketch” from 2-5pm at the Bellingham at the Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. www.whws.org

Circus Guild’s Cirque Lab, 1401 6th St. Please Quality consigned works can be viewed—and 941 Austin Street, Bellingham, WA 14 photos ©2013 solesnaps photography bring your own easels and art materials. purchased—by appointment. Entry is $15. WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM WORDS WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM MINDPORT: Recent photos by Kevin Jones and Richard Krull are currently on display at 8 Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. ONGOING EXHIBITS WWW.MINDPORT.ORG

ARTISANS NORTHWEST: View works from CURRENTS as many as 100 Whatcom County artists on a QUILT MUSEUM: “From Nature’s Studio: Work

regular basis at Artisans Northwest Art, Crafts by Regina V. Benson” and “Kaleidoscope: Fiber 6 & Eats, 1215 Cornwall Ave. Embroidery by Liz Whitney Quisgard” can be

733-1805 OR WWW.ARTISANSBELLINGHAM.COM seen through Oct. 6 at the La Conner Quilt & VIEWS Textile Museum, 702 S. Second St.

ARTWOOD: “Music in the Air,” featuring musi- WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM 4 cal instruments made of wood, shows through

July at Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. SKAGIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: “Shall We MAIL WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM Gather: The Centennial Churches of Skagit

County” will be on display through Aug. 4 at La 2 BELLEWOOD: Watercolors and mixed media Conner’s Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 DO IT IT DO

collages by Candace Buethorn and scroll saw S. 4th St. Works by master carver Kevin Paul art by Don Hurd can be viewed through July 31 can also be seen. Entry is $4-$5. at BelleWood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian. WWW.SKAGITOCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM 13 WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM 03. WATERWORKS: Sculptor Barbara Duzan’s 07. CEDARWORKS: Peruse and purchase a variety and painter Jaime Ellsworth’s “The Dog Show: of Native American art from 10am-6pm Loving Our 4-Legged Friends” can see perused Wed.-Sat. at the CedarWorks Art Gallery, 217 through July 13 in Friday Harbor at WaterWorks .08 27 Holly St. Gallery, 315 Argyle St. # 647-6933 WWW.WATERWORKSGALLERY.COM

CHUCKANUT BREWERY: Skagit photographer WHATCOM ART MARKET: From 10am-6pm Jessamyn Tuttle’s “fun photos of fresh fruits every Friday through Sunday, stop by the and vegetables” can be seen through July 13 at Whatcom Art Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen, 601 W. Holly St. Waldron Building, 1314 12th St. WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG CASCADIA WEEKLY

DEMING LIBRARY: Debbie Velacich’s photo- WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Clearly Art: The 21 graphs will be on display through July 27 at Beauty of Glass” and “Romantically Modern: the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. Paciﬁc Northwest Landscapes” can currently be 592-2286 viewed at the Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Building. FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contem- WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Rumor Has It WELL, HEAT IS happening. And while I haven’t 38 38 heard of anyone spontaneously combusting

FOOD (yet), I believe all this hot weather has taught us a very valuable lesson: We are not cut out for this. music You know what can act as a nice antidote to 31 31 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT this infernal inferno? A dark bar. If music happens to be taking place there, so much the better.

B-BOARD Which brings us to the Shakedown and a Sat., July 6 show featuring My Goodness, Baltic Cous- ins, and the Gallow Swings. This show was initially 26 of interest because of the

FILM FILM bands involved, but then at- tained a strange and note- worthy status due to a post 22 22 22 on the event’s Facebook

MUSIC invite that garnered many MUSIC hundreds (500? 600? I lost count and interest before it 20 petered out) of comments. ART ART If you didn’t happen to read the thread before it was— 18 thankfully—taken down, you missed important les- STAGE STAGE sons such as: 1. Shawn Stal- berger is no longer a mem- 16 ber of Baltic Cousins but he remains a delightful man

GET OUT (he was replaced some time BY CAREY ROSS ago by the equally delightful Kyle Alumbaugh). 2. Two camels can indeed fit 14 in a tiny car, but despite their reputation to the contrary, they cannot bring an internet argument WORDS of increasing stupidity to a sudden and merci- ful halt. 3. Dick jokes do, in fact, get old—but it 8 JUNO WHAT?! takes longer than you might think. I’m not sure what the overall net effect of the thread was, but one of its unintended consequences could easily CURRENTS BY CAREY ROSS A good time is exactly what Downtown have been to make both My Goodness and the 6 Sounds aims to offer. Gallow Swings wonder just what kind of music For those who haven’t partaken of the popu- scene we’re running up here. VIEWS VIEWS Downtown Sounds lar concert series during the first eight years A person who is more than familiar with the character and quality of the music scene here is 4 of its existence, the drill is SAY HELLO TO SUMMER simple: Hardworking folks Bob Log III. He’ll be at the Shakedown on Mon., MAIL MAIL from Downtown Belling- July 8, with Party Favorites and Audios Amigos. Given what a powerhouse performer Bog Log veryone has their own personal unofficial start of summer. ham Partnership assemble 2 For some, it comes when the garden they’ve spent the spring a veritable army of similarly is and what a spectacle his shows inevitably

DO IT IT DO become, to say I’m almost more excited for the E months toiling away in starts to bear delicious fruit (and hardworking volunteers to vegetables). For others, it happens the ﬁrst time they dive into the shut down Bay Street, erect openers than I am for the headliner is a real state- ment. But it’s one I stand behind. This show will no 13 cool waters of their favorite swimming hole. Still others mark the // ) a stage and set up a sound 03. season by the way they seek to escape it—by searching out air- WHAT: Downtown system—in essence, over doubt sell out, so get your tickets on lockdown. 07. conditioned movie theaters, dark bars and other cool locales. Sounds the course of a few hours, A date has also been set for a show to ben- For me, summer doesn’t really get going until Downtown Sounds WHEN: they build an impromptu eﬁt local musician Josh Kiener. As we all know, .08 Wednesdays, July Kiener was the victim of a shooting in early

27 kicks off. open-air music venue. Af- # 10-Aug. 7 May. Although he suffered multiple gunshot Sure, by the time Downtown Sounds rolls around—usually in mid WHERE: Bay Street ter that happens, food ven- July—summer proper has been upon us for a few weeks. But, as the COST: Free dors show up, ready to ply wounds, Kiener’s healing well and is expected weather around these parts seldom syncs up with the calendar—at MORE INFO: www. their tasty wares and feed to make a full recovery. However, full recover- least as far as consistently warm temperatures are concerned— downtownbham. the masses. Finally, bands ies come with hefty expenses, so that’s where relying on the Summer Solstice as a signal to break out the T-shirts wordpress.com take to the stage and pro- we—and a whole bunch of Kiener’s favorite and the sunscreen can leave a person feeling a little chilly for vide musical entertainment local musicians—come in. The show will take

CASCADIA WEEKLY weeks on end. to what is typically a sizey and eager audience. place Aug. 3 at the Shakedown, and will feature However, by the time Downtown Sounds commandeers the Your contribution to this musical merrymak- Dog Shredder, Falling Up Stairs, Pan Pan, Total- 22 stretch of Bay Street it calls home, the thermometer can be count- ing is simple: All you have to do is show up. The izer, and Navigator/Communicator. The goal is ed on to consistently read something that feels a whole lot like weekly, Wednesday-night concerts are free, to raise a grip of cash for Kiener (and to let him summer. And when the sun shines down, even the most outdoor- family friendly and a whole lot of fun, from the know how happy we are that he’s still with us), phobic among us (including myself) tend to take to the streets in musical acts themselves to the between-band but there’s no law against having a good time search of a good time. entertainment to the dance party that inevita- while doing so. musicevents Taking Reservations for July 4 Parties WED., JULY 3 5th Anniversary Party Fri July 19 HEAVY METAL RACKET: As part of the “Old-Fash- Pints $4 All Day Inside and Out

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performance featuring the swing and jazz stylings the New Green Economic CURRENTS prise this year’s roster were chosen Not to be outdone, the True Spokes of the Saltwater Octet from 2-5pm at the Fairhaven Revolution with one goal in mind: getting audi- (the artists formerly known as Flow- Village Green. The free series—which is sponsored 6 ### ' $ '# (!" ence members on their feet and mov- motion) will usher out July with a by longtime Bellingham ﬁddler Linda Fox—continues $$ " # '"" "$ &"

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achieve that goal, it won’t be for lack down, the festival they helped found, MAIL BLAINE JAZZ FESTIVAL: A “blockbuster double Join us for the live taping of the of trying. Generally speaking, the and they’re sure to be in tip-top show bill” featuring Pearl Django and a roster of visiting bands featured at this year’s run of shape. Closing out this summer’s musicians/faculty will kick off the Blaine Jazz Chuckanut Radio Hour 2 Festival with a 7pm performance Sunday, July 7 concerts are no stranger to the Bay Downtown Sounds series (but not You’ll enjoy live music, fun skits, poetry, DO IT IT DO Street stage, most having proved summer itself—my personal summer at the Blaine Performing Arts Center, 975 H St. an interview with author... Public concerts during the festival—which features their mettle at Downtown Sounds of doesn’t end until the lights go down internationally recognized faculty teaching teens CHRIS BOHJALIAN 13 the past. But don’t let their status as on the Lynden Fair) is Juno What?!, a and highlighting the visiting jazz artists—con- 03. tinue through Sat., July 13. Costs vary, and some known quantities deter you, as the al- band fearless enough to employ the 07. The New York Times concerts are free. lure of seeing these bands in an ap- interrobang as part of its name. Bay bestselling author of The WWW.BLAINEJAZZ.ORG Sandcastle Girls and Mid- pealing outdoor setting should not be Street is also a stop on the way to .08

wives will discuss his latest, 27 underestimated. Meltdown for them (indeed, the only # WED., JULY 10 THE LIGHT IN THE RUINS. Best of Bellingham winners—for Downtown Sounds band not play- NOONTIME MUSIC: Rock, folk and reggae can be Tickets $5 available at good reason—Polecat is the first ing Meltdown is the Polyrhythmics), heard when Bellingham-based trio the Ames per- Village Books headliner of the series, and will set so expect their high-energy dance forms at noon at Western Washington University’s & BrownPaperTickets.com. things off in fine style come Weds., grooves to be firing on all cylinders Performing Arts Center Plaza. The outdoor concert is free. 6WGUFC[,WN[VJRO July 10. This is a band whose exuber- when they play Aug. 7. WWW.WWU.EDU at Whatcom Community College ant brand of bluegrass can pack out Maybe Downtown Sounds isn’t your Heiner Theater, 231 W. Kellogg Rd, Bellingham Bellingham’s biggest bars—also for signal that summer has begun. That’s THURS., JULY 11 CASCADIA WEEKLY FESTIVAL CONCERT: Margot Schwartz, first violin- Read more about these EVENTS at good reason—and any chance to see O.K., these things are personal and 23 ist for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, will be VillageBooks.com them for free is the best deal in live we’re all different. However, I think we joined by a few Bellingham Festival of Music friends entertainment you’re going to find by can agree that even if it’s not the start for a free community concert at 2pm at Whatcom a long shot. Of course, I could say the of your season, free downtown week- Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. VILLAGE BOOKS same about the following Wednesday’s night concerts are certainly an excel- WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 1200 11th St., Bellingham (July 17) band, Acorn Project, who, lent way to celebrate the season. 360.671.2626 musicvenues 38 38 See below for venue

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B-BOARD an unaccountable interest in him. She likes stealing for fun and proﬁt and takes him along on her adventures. First they steal 26 26 from upper-middle-class people that they FILM FILM FILM FILM know are on vacation, but they soon up their game by stealing from rich celebrities, whose whereabouts they can track 22 online. Later, the circle expands to others,

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to know what’s worse, their dishonesty 2 The Bling Ring or their colossal lack of sense in choos- DO IT IT DO STEALING CELEBRITY ing heroes. Yet somehow the two failings seem related.

13 s there anything more sickening than Paris Hilton’s closet? Bursting with culture. That second element is present Coppola’s disapproval of these people is

03. wealth, excess and stupidity—and sunglasses, shoes and jewels—it’s like some in the movie, but subtly: If you feel out- profound, but she has no interest in regis- 07. I laughable monument to bad taste doubling as a meeting house for the seven raged and a little sick watching the peo- tering it, which is something anyone in the deadly sins. To contemplate the vacuity of such a person is daunting and depress- ple in The Bling Ring, it’s because Coppola audience could do. Rather, she wants to .08

27 ing. But imagine something even worse, the spiritual desolation of the people who wants you to feel that way. You’re not immerse you in a peculiar other world, not # might actually envy Paris Hilton. reacting against the movie, but with it. only because of its perversity, but because Such people are the subject of The Bling Ring, director Sofia Coppola’s latest, But to make her points, Coppola con- she knows that, albeit in milder form, its about teenagers in Hollywood who envy young celebrities so much that they break centrates instead on style, on the shiny narcissism, fear and emptiness have gone into their houses and steal from them. The film loosely fictionalizes events that surfaces, on the nature of the young viral. The Bling Ring might sag a bit near took place in 2008 and 2009, involving a real band of teenage thieves. Their names people’s interactions and the rituals of the finish, because even the liveliest an- have been changed, but their real-life victims are the same—Hilton, Audrina Pa- their behavior. A stealing spree is fol- thropologist can only jazz up this material

CASCADIA WEEKLY tridge, Rachel Bilson, Lindsay Lohan. Amazingly, Hilton allowed Coppola to film lowed by a visit to an expensive night- so far. But the film creates an unease that inside her house and appears in an onscreen cameo. club and lots of photos immediately can’t be denied. 26 In terms of morals and character, the people in The Bling Ring are practically single- posted to Facebook and Twitter. This is These kids are suffering from a modern celled organisms, and this is a challenge for Coppola. How does one convey the vapid- a way of thinking and living that mid- disease, a distinctly American disease, a ity of these individuals while maintaining an audience’s interest? dle-aged and older people don’t quite distortion of the American dream. Pretend Coppola is too much of an artist to do it the easy way, by giving the story exces- understand, in which every experience all we want that they’re some foreign sub- sive importance, or by getting on a high horse and decrying the corruption of our is immediately commodified as a vehicle stance, but we know who they are. FindFind adventureadventure closeclose toto

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FOOD Galletta gives his personal life rather short also ﬁne in the slightly secondary role of shrift. That’s somewhat understandable Patrick. because the story centers on the long- Moises Arias’s Biaggio is an imp of a 31 31 standing bosom buddyhood of Joe and young man who speaks in non-sequiturs. Patrick, which is tested not surprisingly by It’s a character clearly intended to be

B-BOARD a girl, Kelly, that they both long for. the comic relief and though he’s a little Joe hatches a plan to build a home ill-deﬁned—other than being downright away from home in the woods on the out- batty—Arias manages to make him dis- 26 26 skirts of small-town Tottenville. There’s a concerting but likeable (and hilarious). FILM FILM FILM FILM bit of Gilligan’s Island syndrome here—as in “where did they get all this stuff?”— though we know the ramshackle but ca- 22 pacious ediﬁce’s front door comes from a

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20 how to live off the land and there are a few lame efforts to have nature provide mostly played for laughs, ART ART sustenance, the three boys mostly live on there are a couple of fast-food chicken funded by a bankroll 18 ﬁlched from Joe’s dad. moments at the end that Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts gives us STAGE STAGE plenty of idyllic, carefree summertime mo- are subtle yet rich in ments, conjuring up comparisons to teen emotional resonance. 16 REVIEWED BY BRUCE DEMARA buddy ﬁlms of the past such as Breaking Away or Stand by Me.

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CURRENTS his emotionally repressed father. Will and Grace, minus the booze, pills and tional resonance. “Masturbation is fun. I get it. But it’s not ‘green’ to do it with the shower running,” self-involvement, as Patrick’s mom. Both Minor misgivings aside, The Kings of 6 Frank grouches through a locked bathroom door. actors energize the story in every frame Summer is likely to endure as a charming Patrick’s parents are so kooky, they’re giving him hives. they’re in. summer frolic that can be shared and en- VIEWS VIEWS “My mom won’t let me walk through the house without my socks on,” bemoans Nick Robinson carries the lion’s share joyed by those on both sides of the gen-

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MUSIC make this a habit, Aries. large beasts, they ultimately became extinct. Possible $7.50Lg or explanations for their demise include climate change TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the course of and over-hunting by humans. In recent years a group of

20 $9.99XL carry out your long life, I estimate you will come up with ap- biologists has proposed a plan to repopulate the west- ART ART proximately 60,000 really good ideas. Some of these ern part of the continent with similar species. They call are small, like those that help you decide how to their idea “re-wilding.” In the coming months, Scorpio, spend your weekend. Some are big ones, like those I suggest you consider a re-wilding program of your 18 that reveal the best place for you to live. As your own. Cosmic forces will be on your side if you reinvigo- destiny unfolds, you go through phases when you rate your connection to the raw, primal aspects of both

STAGE STAGE have fewer good ideas than average, and other phases your own nature and the great outdoors. when you’re overﬂowing with them. The period you’re in right now is one of the latter. You are a fountain of SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Who was

16 bright notions, intuitive insights, and fresh perspec- Russia’s greatest poet? Many critics say it was Al- tives. Take advantage of the abundance, Taurus. Solve exander Pushkin, who lived in the 19th century. His the Heart of Fairhaven since 1985 as many riddles and dilemmas as you can. abundant creativity was undoubtedly related to his

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14 PATIO OPEN times get a “second wind.” Nonetheless, such a whom he remained faithful. “Without you,” he wrote thing exists. It allows athletes to resume their peak to her, “I would have been unhappy all my life.” efforts after seemingly having reached a point of I half-expect something comparable to happen for WORDS exhaustion. According to my reading of the astro- you in the next 10 months, Sagittarius. You may logical omens, a metaphorical version of this happy either ﬁnd an unparalleled ally or else ﬁnally ripen

8 appy event will occur for you sometime soon, Gemini. You your relationship with an unparalleled ally you’ve made a good beginning but have been ﬂagging a bit known for a while. One way or another, I bet you of late. Any minute now, though, I expect you will will commit yourself deeper and stronger. get your second wind. CURRENTS Hour 3PM It’s Grease CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): CANCER (June 21-July 22): Thomas Gray was Week—a time when you need to make sure everything 6 a renowned 18th-century English poet best remem- is as well-oiled as possible. Does your car need a quart bered for his “Elegy Written in a Country Church- of Castrol? Is it time to bring more extra virgin olive

VIEWS VIEWS Monday–Friday yard.” It was a short poem—only 986 words, which oil into your kitchen? Do you have any K-Y Jelly in is less than the length of this horoscope column. your nightstand, just in case? Are there creaky doors

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