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FILM FILM 01.28.09 MUSIC Shemekia Copeland: 8pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon 18 WEDNESDAY ON STAGE VISUAL ARTS MUSIC Annie: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre War Experience Project: 6-10pm, iGallery MUSIC 16 Community Chorus: 7pm, Moles Funeral

ART ART Home 01.31.09 Three Wise Guys: 7:30pm, Roeder Home Gravitas Quartet: 8pm, Performing Arts SATURDAY 15 Center, WWU ON STAGE

STAGE STAGE Greater Tuna: 6:30pm, RiverBelle Dinner Theatre, Mount Vernon 01.29.09 The Trip to Bountiful: 7pm, Alger Com- 14 munity Church THURSDAY Cheat: 7:30pm and 10:30pm, Underground Theater, WWU GET OUT STAGE Sherlock Holmes: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild The Trip to Bountiful: 7pm, Alger Com- Theatresports: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront munity Church Theatre 12 Cheat: 7:30pm, Underground Theater, WWU Annie: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre DANCE

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MORE ON GAZA ement that ignites on contact with FOOD It might have been deep sadness for air. It burns until it is consumed and one of the two letter writers last week it gives off toxic smoke. The Oxford ,IVE)N#ONCERT 25 to read pervious letters critical of Is- Dictionary says it is a “waxy sub- rael’s assault in Gaza; it’s with outrage stance.” Since it is molten, it cannot that I write a reply to their often re- be knocked loose if a burning frag- PETER AND peated ofﬁcial line. ment falls from the sky and hits a CLASSIFIEDS As Uri Avnery, one of the leaders in child or a baby in the arms of a par- GORDON the Israeli human rights community, a ent. It will burn down to the bone or 60’s Sensation 22 former Israeli soldier, writes, “In this until it burns itself out. FILM FILM war, as in any modern war, propaganda Imagine what it feels like to see a Saturday, plays a major role. The disparity be- child burning and not know what to do. tween the forces, between the Israeli Water will stop the burning temporar- &EBATPM 18 army—with its airplanes, gunships, ily, but it will re-ignite if it is exposed drones, warships, artillery and tanks— to oxygen. This is one of the most hid- 4ICKETS $29.50 MUSIC and the few thousand lightly armed eous and painful weapons yet invented

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Pledging to reduce redundancy in state gov- 30 30 ernment, Gov. Chris Gregoire in her Jan. 14

FOOD second inaugural address noted, “We have three agencies managing natural resources, views

25 25 each with its own scientist standing in the OPINIONS THE GRISTLE same Washington stream.” How many scientists are standing in the streams that feed Lake Whatcom; and do any CLASSIFIEDS of them have a clue what other learned colleagues have discovered there? BY SCOT BARG, ANNE-MARIE FAIOLA

22 22 Last spring, state Dept. of Ecology scientists issued an analysis (TMDL) that found FILM FILM Lake Whatcom had been substantially over- urbanized and recommended steep reductions Passing the Bucks 18 in the “roofs, driveways and lawns [that] inter- rupt the absorption and ﬁltration provided by CITIZENS’ GROUP ENCOURAGES CITY TO MOVE FORWARD MUSIC forests and soils, instead sending phosphorus- laden stormwater rushing into the lake.” Some THE BELLINGHAM Bay for public ownership of the water- the most important opportunities

16 existing surfaces might be improved to create Foundation (BBF) made its ﬁnal com- front. In July 2008, the city cre- in the history of Bellingham, it may

ART ART the same benefit as removing them; however, mitment to the thorough cleanup of ated a Public Development Author- simultaneously present the some of as Mayor Dan Pike remarked at a forum on lake Bellingham Bay this week by con- ity primarily focused on waterfront the greatest risks. There is reason- quality he shared alongside Whatcom County tributing the remainder of its funds development. While the Bellingham able doubt that future markets will 15 Executive Pete Kremen last August, when you (approximately $1,600) to the City of PDA does not have management au- support the development of a new find yourself in a deep hole the first step is Bellingham. The money is intended thority over the port’s properties, marina as it is envisioned. The port’s STAGE STAGE stop digging. This he pledged to do. to help the city in affirming its com- it is clearly a step in the right di- waterfront plans depend on fund- So it was with dismay elected leaders learned mitment to a clean waterfront by re- rection. The creation of a separate ing from the Model Toxics Account; 14 that county planners had recently issued a de- mediating contaminated properties PDA between Western Washington however, Gov. Gregoire has proposed termination of non-significance (DNS) for a near the old Georgia-Pacific mill. University and the port to develop the transfer of these funds into the

GET OUT two-mile stretch of road and the hundreds of Formed in early 2005 in the after- a site for Huxley College is further state’s general fund. In addition, additional homes that road will service in one math of the Port of Bellingham’s ac- demonstration of the importance recent instabilities and downturn in of the most urbanized sections of Lake What- quisition of the GP properties, the BBF and viability of public ownership the ﬁnancial markets may make all

12 com’s north shore below Squalicum Mountain. has worked in good faith as a public for the entire site. of the current economic assumptions “The construction of a road [will] serve advocate for these major goals: Many challenges remain. Among about waterfront development moot.

WORDS future residential home construction on up t Thorough cleanup. In 2006, ap- these are: More than ever, it is imperative that to 26 existing 20-acre residential proper- proximately 6,400 Bellingham resi- t Cleanup and other site issues. Un- the economic models for waterfront ties currently located in the Rural Forestry dents signed an initiative petition fortunately, a single-minded focus development are revisited, made 8 zone,” North Shore Estate developers noted in mandating a thorough cleanup of on creating a new marina has caused public, and debated openly. their application. “The proposed private road the waterway and former GP site— the port to take an expeditious, We, the retiring board members of will require clearing and grading for roughly a cleanup more rigorous than that rather than rigorous, approach to the Bellingham Bay Foundation, still CURRENTS CURRENTS 10,300 linear feet of roadway.” The project im- proposed by the port. While the cleanup. While the state Dept. of care a great deal about the waterfront, Ecology was compelled to approve but it is time to let others move the

6 pact area, off Academy Road, is more than 11 petition was eventually blocked 6 acres in size, the application claims. by a lawsuit, the effort generated the port’s plan to dump clean sedi- vision forward. The process has been VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS A puzzled County Council Natural Resourc- public interest and attention, and ment over contaminants in the bay, daunting and demoralizing at times, es committee chair, Carl Weimer, observed, demonstrated the level of commu- it is not clear that this approach is but our objectives, vision and hopes

4 “Seems like the county has provided the miti- nity support for cleaning the site optimal. The cleanup process will for the future—as individuals and col- gated DNS based on the belief that the new to residential standards. require continuous monitoring to lectively—remain positive. We thank MAIL MAIL road would meet all existing county develop- t Quality redevelopment. It is too ensure representation of the com- our supporters and volunteers for

3 ment rules, the most recent Ecology storm- early in the process to judge the munity’s interests. Concerns contin- standing with us, and we are commit- water manual, and would have to be granted effects of the BBF’s advocacy for a ue about the seismic stability of the ted to supporting those who will carry DO IT IT DO a discharge permit from Ecology. In other more comprehensive view of water- soils on the site, as well as vulner- on the vision. There is much to be words,” he guessed, “’if they can meet all the front development. However, the ability to sea level rise. We recom- hopeful about. Mayor Dan Pike and the 09 09 existing laws and rules how can we legally city now insists on reexamining the mend that the press and community new City Council have taken a much .28. deny their application?’ On the other hand, we timing and phasing of development; organizations place attention on the stronger line than their predecessors 01 have a TMDL [study] that says that existing and comments at the recent series importance of a thorough cleanup, in representing the community’s inter-

.04 rules and laws have not been adequate to pro- of public meetings on the waterfront and that the real costs and risks of est in the waterfront. We thank Mayor 04

# tect the lake, and that more needs to be done. indicate that economically sustain- the current plan for the removal and Pike for accepting our financial con- So the crux seems to come down to whether able development is still very much disposal of mercury and other toxic tribution toward cleanup of the city’s the existence of a TMDL gives local govern- on the minds of Bellingham and materials be incorporated into the properties, and we look forward to a ment the authority to deny permits that meet Whatcom County residents. It is be- economic analysis of waterfront de- healthy thriving waterfront that our current rules and law,” Weimer concluded. coming increasingly clear there is velopment. Only then will we have community can enjoy with pride. Yet—to the Gristle’s knowledge—neither real support for a planning process an idea of the full value of a clean, the city or county have officially adopted DOE’s that looks beyond the short term. downtown working waterfront. Scot Barg and Anne-Marie Faiola repre- CASCADIA WEEKLY new stormwater manual; and the department t Public Ownership. Since its in- t Economic viability. While water- sent the board of directors of Belling- 6 has been slow to issue specific TMDL guidance. ception, the BBF has advocated front redevelopment may be one of ham Bay Foundation Thus the DNS is likely to stand. “It doesn’t seem possible that two miles of VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE new road (mostly in the watershed) 30 30 can be completely mitigated,” remarked Virginia Watson, president of FOOD the Squalicum Valley Community Asso-

ciation. “The rains that fell during the 25 first week of January 2009 completely overwhelmed the stormwater sytem at the bottom of Academy where it meets North Shore Drive. The water CLASSIFIEDS was shooting five feet into the air where it was supposed to be entering 22 drains. Residents along Academy and FILM FILM North Shore experienced flooding. The inadequate sizing and maintenance of La Vie culverts on private and county roads 18 contributed to the problems that oc- En Rose curred in the area. The construction of MUSIC a new road and the development that it will facilitate can only increase the 111 W. Holly St. 360-715-1839 16

number and severity of future ﬂoods ART and exacerbate the deterioration of Milano’s the Lake Whatcom watershed.” Attorneys informed City Council 15 members last week that the mayor restaurant & deli STAGE STAGE intended to ﬁle an appeal against the county’s DNS. Following their executive session this week in which they 14 were briefed on litigation, council an-

nounced they would oppose both the GET OUT Squalicum Ridge road and the exten- sion of water and sewer service to the

North Shore Estates development. 12 “Clearly this ﬂies in the face of all of the city and county efforts to halt WORDS development and with it the ﬂow of Fresh Pasta Dinners, phosphorus into the lake,” council Deli Sandwiches & Grilled Panini 8 member San Snapp observed. “This road represents the equivalent of 11 “Après Ski Happy Hour” acres of scraping and clearing that

3pm – 5pm CURRENTS cannot be mitigated. ...The person who 360.599.2863 needs to justify why he’s allowed the Beer & Wine 6 6 County Planning Department under his On the Mt. Baker Hwy. in Glacier VIEWS VIEWS direction to issue a determination of VIEWS non-signiﬁcance is County Executive Pete Kremen.” 4 Last summer, City Council withdrew MAIL MAIL efforts to annex a water district that

controls the ﬂow of water and septic 3 service in the Lake Whatcom reser- DO IT IT DO voir. They backed off after they heard Ecology had issued new rules to better govern these districts; yet it seems 09 clear, as council must now sue to en- .28. 01 force control, their withdrawal reveals

a continuing pattern of passivity in .04 04

COB’s protection of the city’s drinking # water resource. Whether COB waits for the County Executive to pony up and police his portion of Lake Whatcom (he won’t) or for DOE to force him to do so (they won’t), the effect is the same: Without leadership, the road to hell is literally CASCADIA WEEKLY paved with good intentions. 7 How many learned colleagues does it take to stand in a stream? As many as it takes to dam it.

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FOOD currents news commentary briefs 25 25 CLASSIFIEDS 22 22 “This is a building that has withstood earth- FILM FILM BY TIM JOHNSON quakes as long as it has been in existence,” council member Stan Snapp commented, “some

18 of them pretty major. So I am concerned that WHEN we’re going to spend $1.3 million to do some- MUSIC thing that is—I don’t know—not going to have THE much effect on whether that building continues

16 to hold up as it has. We’ve had some pretty good

ART ART BRANCH shakers over those years. BREA KS “Meanwhile, at $1.3 million, we’re sending city employees out the door. That’s real tough to justify.” 15 Council member Terry Bornemann chafed at the idea that the $600,000 requested is still required STAGE STAGE for the central library. “So if we give this $600,000, then you’ll be 14 right back asking for another COUNCIL DELAYS ACTION AS LIBRARY $600,000,” he said. “If we’re

GET OUT continuing in these tight times, REPAIRS GET MORE EXPENSIVE as we may very well be, and we have to look at a choice between 12 RENOVATIONS TO the Fairhaven Library have gotten staff positions and services, and more expensive—with the price tag now estimated at about money going out of the general

WORDS $3.3 million—while city leaders have grown more cautious fund for things that have been about budgets. deferred.” Council delayed a request by the library’s board of trustees ATTEND Council members were re- 8 8 to move $600,000 slated for repairs to the city’s central li- WHAT: lieved to learn a more detailed brary to the aging Fairhaven branch, where repairs are more Public meeting on ﬁnancial analysis may arrive in Fairhaven Library urgently required, they were told. Repairs to the exterior February, which prompted them CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS repairs stucco of the historic structure, together with seismic work WHEN: 4-6pm, to postpone a decision. Thurs., Feb. 5

6 and other upgrades, were initially projected to cost about “My personal view is that we $1.8 million. City Council set aside $1 million for the re- WHERE: look at that additional informa- Fairhaven Public

VIEWS VIEWS pairs in 2008, together with another $2.3 million budgeted tion, which I think is going to Library Branch in 2009. But costs have jumped again, leaving a $1 million INFO: cob.org be valuable, before making a 4 shortfall to complete a full renovation. decision on how best to allocate The proposal would leave $40,000 at the central facility, this,” Finance Director John Carter advised. MAIL MAIL where security doors are badly needed. Yet, Mayor Dan Pike cautioned, “It’s becom-

3 “The library board met at their regular meeting last week and ing obvious that we’ll have to spend more money voted to ask the council to allow the $600,000 allocated for collectively on the central library and Fairhaven DO IT IT DO central library repairs and renovations to be used to supplement library than was originally proposed. But the the Fairhaven project in order to do it all and do it right,” Bell- Fairhaven library repairs are more critical at this 09 09 ingham Public Library Director Pam Kiesner reported. “Out of point. If we don’t spend that money now, appro- .28. the $600,000, we will still need to decide which of those repairs priately, on Fairhaven, it’s going to cost us more 01 and renovations are absolutely critical.” Part of the uncertainty is “until you pull the stuc- next year, and more money the year after that.

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# $3.3 million in order to do everything—that is all phases of the needed,” Myaron Carlson, library facilities manager, that are real, but are more easily deferrable—less project. That amount is approximately 82 percent repair and about advised council. downstream additional expense as a result of de- 18 percent renovation” to the interior of the library. Kiesner said “The seismic issue is strictly voluntary,” Carlson laying them,” he said. a public meeting Feb. 5 may help the library board reﬁne its eval- cautioned. “There are no codes that say we have to “We still need the work done in the central uation of critical improvements. do anything seismically to the building. The level library,” agreed David Edlestein, library board Initial consultants BOLA Planning + Architecture, who per- that FAA is advocating is pretty minimal, to just get president, “but we believe it is arguably a better formed a basic condition assessment in 2006, estimated seis- people out of the building should there be an earth- use of the money today to do the complete job in CASCADIA WEEKLY mic rehabilitation at about $290,000 in 2009 dollars. But that quake.” However, he noted, “there may be codes Fairhaven all at one time. It’s all coming out of the

8 work would actually cost about $1.1 million, according to a coming down the road at some time. We could cut same pocket. more detailed and recent analysis by Fletcher Farr Ayotte, Inc., the option for seismic altogether, or we could do a “The board was unanimous that we need to do a consulting ﬁrm in Portland, Ore. partial response.” this right.” Frittata Lustick Law Firm Tea Criminal Defense, Civil & Family Law

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15 01.21.09 WEDNESDAY STAGE STAGE Authorities seize more than 200 dogs in two separate incidents in Skagit County. More than 150 dogs, filthy and crowded into small spaces, were seized 14 from a home outside Mount Vernon after the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office linked the homeowner to a ring of Snohomish County puppy mills. Officials

GET OUT say it is the biggest dog seizure in Skagit County’s history. Owners of both kennels could face animal cruelty charges, authorities said.

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WORDS THURSDAY The Washington Department of Ecology proposes 33 projects across the state take a share of $71.5 million in available funding. The funding is intend- 8 8 ed to protect water quality across the state and create jobs. About a third of the projects beneﬁt Puget Sound, including two water quality improvement projects in Skagit County and three in Whatcom. Work is underway on a Bellingham Bay cleanup project. Bellingham City Council approves a noise variance for crews CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS removing old pilings and other structures south of the central waterway to Boulevard Park. The variance allows crews to work at night to better take advantage of tides. The work is scheduled to continue through next month.

6 01.24.09 SATURDAY VIEWS VIEWS 01.26.09 Tests conﬁrm the presence of the H-5 avian ﬂu virus on a commercial

4 turkey farm in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley. The Canadian Food Inspection MONDAY Agency reports the strain is “low pathogenic”—which means it’s not easily In a reeling economy, tens of thou- MAIL MAIL transmitted. But two dozen farms remain in quarantine and as many as 60,000 sands of fresh layoffs are announced

3 birds will have to be euthanized. All poultry owners in the area have been and more companies are expected to asked to monitor their flocks and immediately report any sick or dead birds; cut payrolls in the months ahead. A new DO IT IT DO the Washington State Department of Agriculture requests 13 Whatcom County survey by the National Association for farms that regularly send in eggs for testing to send an additional batch to be Business Economics depicts the worst 09 09 tested for avian flu antibodies. In 2004, 17 million birds in the Fraser Valley business conditions in the U.S. since the .28. died or were destroyed during an outbreak caused by an avian flu virus. report’s inception in 1982. NABE’s fore- 01 casters predict job reductions through

.04 01.25.09 attrition or “significant” layoffs over 04 # SUNDAY the next six months. Two teens are robbed at gunpoint at a residence near Maple Falls. A The only thing certain in government 17-year-old boy and 18-year-old woman tell authorities that three people is death and taxes. Bellingham City entered a detached shop where the pair was sleeping and forced them into Council agrees to increase cemetery a bedroom at gunpoint, tied them up and robbed them of $2,800 worth of PHOTO COURTESY WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION. fees at the city-owned Bayview Ceme- The area continues to dig out from January’s torrential property. Sheriff’s officials say it is likely the teenagers were specifically rains and resulting land- and mudslides, this one tery. The 3 percent increase will raise an CASCADIA WEEKLY targeted by the robbers and this was not a random crime. The case remains blocking SR 542 east of Deming. Crews finally reopened estimated $14,000 in additional revenue 10 under investigation. the Mount Baker Highway to a full two lanes last week. this year. currents POLICE BEAT :: INDEX

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On Jan. 18, officials responded to 25 fuzzbuzz a report of a person at Marine Drive INDEX Park screaming and beating on a ve- CRIME SNIFFERS hicle with a large stick. Police and On Jan. 19, Lynden Police officers Border Patrol agents learned the CLASSIFIEDS noted the strong odor of marijuana ruckus was caused by a woman en- while investigating an unrelated in- ergetically packing her vehicle. She 22 cident. Searching, they found more was vocalizing her feelings about FILM FILM than 100 marijuana plants in various inadequate cellphone reception. stages of maturity, from seedlings to She was asked to finish packing in fully mature and budding sinsemi- silence to avoid disturbing the nea- 18 lla plants. They booked the alleged by waterfowl. weed farmer into jail for manufac- MUSIC turing and distributing a controlled TURN-DOWN SERVICE substance with an estimated street TURNED DOWN 16

value of about $95,000. On Jan. 13, Blaine Police scolded ART a woman who was caught knock- Back in November, Blaine Police Of- ing on room doors at a local motel, ficer Yoschi and his partner as- pretending to be the maid. “The 15 sisted U.S. Border Patrol real staff wanted the imper- STAGE STAGE agents in their search sonator exorcised from the for two suspects who premises,” police noted. had fled from them on “The management uttered 14 foot. Officer Yoschi dis- the ritual Trespassing In-

covered the men hiding cantation, and the pretend- GET OUT in the bushes about two er was quietly banished from blocks away. the property.” 12 Also in November, on the same POOCH PERPS evening, Officer Yoschi was again On Jan. 11, Blaine Police responded WORDS called to assist USBP agents who be- to a report of a large, fluffy white dog lieved a subject had illegally entered wandering loose, not the first time 8 8 the U.S. and was hiding in shrubs the beast had strayed from home. Po- nearby. Yoschi nosed the man out of lice issued the owner a warning that the underbrush, where he was taken a citation and fine could follow if the CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS into custody without incident. animal was not properly corralled. 6 On Jan. 18, on the eve of retire- On Jan. 12, Blaine Police received

ment, Spokane Police Officer Var another report that the fluffy white VIEWS cornered a teenager sought for in- dog was loose again. When police NUMBER OF ITS 94,000 employees Microsoft plans to lay off in vestigation of murder. A tip led of- arrived, they discovered the owner 5,000 the next 18 months, including 1,400 last week. 4 ficers to surround a house Sunday was also engaged in a search for his MAIL MAIL night, and in the ensuing search pet. As he had already received a PERCENT FEWER JOB vacancies in Washington during the last

Ofﬁcer Var and his partner found stray dog warning, the critter was six months compared to the previous six months. 3 19-year-old hiding in the basement. found dragging a long length of 32 DO IT IT DO It was Var’s last night of duty after rope as he wandered. Police patient- eight years on patrol. ly issued the owner a ﬁnal warning CHANCE IN 100 a job in Washington pays less than $10 per

hour. 09 about the dog. 40 DAMSELS WITH DECIBELS .28. 01 On Jan. 9, Blaine Police responded On Jan. 12, Blaine Police responded LOCAL UNEMPLOYMENT IN December, up from 5.6 percent in November, compared to 4.1 percent during the same period last to a report of a woman screaming. to a report that a dog had nipped a .04

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Ofﬁcers located the woman at her visitor in the leg. “The suspect mutt # home and discovered she was unin- got the worse end of the deal,” police jured, and not being assaulted. “She noted, “because the victim happened PERCENT DROP IN pending home sales compared to the previ- and her boyfriend were watching a to be wearing a cast on the leg that ous year. Median home prices are down 4 percent, from $260,000 sports match on TV, and got a little the dog chomped down upon. The 22 to $250,000. overzealous in proclaiming their owner of the dog was warned that team spirit,” police reported. “The a criminal prosecution, animal im- INCREASE IN FOOD stamps applications in Washington in CASCADIA WEEKLY couple agreed to suppress their pound or both could result from an- 42 November. support in deference to the neigh- other incident. The victim was agree- 11 bors—hopefully the penalty action able,” police continued. “The dog was SOURCES: Associated Press; Washington State Job Vacancy Survey; Northwest Multiple did not cost them the game.” strangely subdued.” Listing Service doit WORDS

WED., JAN. 28 30 30 JANEY BENNETT: Bellingham author Janey Bennett reads from The Pale Surface FOOD words of Things at 7pm at the Barkley Branch Li- COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS brary on Newmarket St. 25 25 778-7206 THURS., JAN. 29 WRITING WORKSHOP: Bestselling author Garth Stein—he of The Art of Racing CLASSIFIEDS in the Rain—leads an animal-themed writing workshop from 6-8pm at Village Books,

22 22 BY TRAIL RAT 1200 11th St. The fee is $40. 671-2626 FILM FILM FRI., JAN. 30 PRUDENT MARINER: Leslie Walker Wil- 18 Bones to Pick liams reads from The Prudent Mariner at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. 671-2626 MUSIC GRAPHIC NOVEL COMBINES SCIENCE AND ADVENTURE SAT., JAN. 31

16 WRITERS LEAGUE: The Skagit Valley Writers League will host a book launch

ART ART that went very far be- party for the World Weavers anthology from yond questionable eth- 1-3pm at the Tattered Page, 514 First St., ics like personal attacks, Mount Vernon. 15 ‘salting’ of scientific (360) 419-7278 digs, bribery of work- STUDENT SAMPLER: Poetry and prose will STAGE STAGE ers, spying, trespassing be shared at WWU’s 10th annual “Graduate on Indian lands. That Student Sampler” at 7pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. The reading is 14 said, it’s an interest- free and open to the public. GET IT ing story about science, 778-7930

GET OUT and more importantly, WHAT: Bone Sharps, MON., FEB. 2 about greed and ambi- Cowboys and Thunder POETRY NIGHT: Sign up by 8pm to read Lizards tion. And the setting is your words at the weekly Poetry Night at 12 12 COST: $22.95 marvelous.” the future home of the Anker Café, 1426 INFO: gt-labs.com/ Born to a Quaker family Cornwall Ave. Readings start at 8:30pm, bonesharps.html WORDS WORDS in Philadelphia in 1840, and all are welcome. Edward Drinker Cope re- POETRYNIGHT.ORG covered his ﬁrst complete dinosaur skeleton

8 TUES., FEB. 3 in the tar pits of New Jersey and, hoping SIT DOWN: John Graham reads from his to ﬁnd more, signed on with a government autobiography, Sit Down Young Stranger at survey trip into west Kansas in 1871, where 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. CURRENTS CURRENTS 671-2626 he was amazed to ﬁnd complete dinosaur WED., FEB. 4

6 skeletons sitting in plain view amongst the ALTHOUGH IT was primarily the prospect of wresting precious metals region’s soft oceanic sands. GUILD MEETING: The Bellingham Story- tellers Guild will hold its monthly meet-

VIEWS VIEWS like silver, gold and copper from the ground that lured the bulk of eastern ex- Subsequently, after serving as a member ing at 7pm at Stuart’s at the Market, 1530 plorer-capitalists into the distant, uncharted expanses of the American West of the Hayden Survey through Wyoming and Cornwall Ave. 4 between the Civil War and the end of the 19th Century, for a pair of pioneer- Colorado and the Wheeler Survey through New 714-9631 ing scientists the rarefied terra firma of the frontier held a treasure far more Mexico, Cope undertook a series of self-fi- MAIL MAIL valuable: dinosaur bones. nanced fossil-hunting expeditions throughout

COMMUNITY 3 Sweeping wide-screen vistas, galloping action-adventure and robust larger- the region, discovering hundreds of species, than-life characters are part and parcel of the enduringly popular all-American publishing more than 1,200 papers and re- SAT., JAN. 31 DO IT IT DO genre known as “the Western” and, true to form, the 168-page graphic novel peatedly driving himself to the brink of physi- ROLFING CLINIC: A free “Rolfing Clinic Bone Sharps, Cowboys and Thunder Lizards deals them out in spades. cal and financial ruin. for Children” happens from 12-4pm at the 09 09 Page after page, panel after panel, you watch and read spellbound as one Although Othniel Charles Marsh (1831- Co-op’s Connection Building, 1220 N. For- .28. of the Wild West era’s most intriguing, but largely underplayed contests of 1899) lacked the verve and genius of Cope, est St. 01 734-8158 will—the so-called “bone war” between O.C. Marsh and E.D. Cope—plays out his considerable political and financial con- CHILI FOR CHILDREN: Attend a “Chili

.04 in exquisite, sepia-toned fashion. nections made him a formidable foe. Their for Children” fundraiser being put on by 04

# The story, written by Jim Ottaviani and illustrated by Big Time Attic, twines “bone war” started in 1870 when Marsh, Big Brothers Big Sisters from 12-4pm at together a rollicking mixture of historical fact and fiction that paints rich, observing one of Cope’s fossil findings of a the Chuckanut Brewery and Kitchen, 601 compelling portraits of the fiercely competitive “fathers” of American pale- large aquatic plesiosaur in his laboratory at W. Holly St. A cook-off, live music by Bent ontology while incorporating sundry scientific tidbits into a litany of stage- Yale, determined that Cope had placed its Grass and more will fill the afternoon. En- try is $10. coaches, tumbleweeds and six-shooters. head on the wrong end (the tail, not the 752-3377 Special guest appearances by President Ulysses S. Grant, P.T. Barnum, La- neck) and used the discrepancy to inflict FAMILY FUNDRAISER: Wheels of Life kota Chief Red Cloud, “Buffalo” Bill Cody, and a “petrified man” called the lasting damage upon Cope’s reputation. School will hold a Family Festival and CASCADIA WEEKLY Cardiff Giant help round out a veritable rogues gallery of enigmatic frontier The two men never reconciled, choosing in- Fundraiser (emphasis on fun) from 1-9pm at the Old Foundry Building, 101 E. Maple 12 characters, adding some extra-spicy flavor to the drama. stead to invest the reptile’s share of their re- “The whole ‘war’ aspect [was] over-hyped,” Ottaviani admits in the maining lives trying to discredit and disprove St. Live music, food a drinks, face paint- Comics Reporter. “These guys never came to blows or even did anything the others work and findings. doit Join the Mt. Baker Bicycle Club for bicycle travel Ohm^];^lm=êb slide-shows that bring you around the world ing, and skits by members of the Belling- MphR^ZklKnggbg` ham Circus Guild and Dirty Bird Cabaret CURED MEATS & ARTISAN CHEESES “Kiwi Cruise: Cycling New Zealand” will be part of the festivities. Tickets are * QUALITY FOODSTUFFS * Thursday, February 26, 7-9 pm, Bellingham Public Library. $2 30 30 $15 per person or $30 per family. MADE-TO-ORDER SANDWICHES www. MtBakerBikeClub.org 756-0008 MON 11–3, TUES–FRI 11–6 & SAT 10–5 coming up: FOOD SUN., FEB. 1 GGJFbDghUhYgh@XckbhckbV=\Ua March - Family biking the Pacific Coast April - Italy, the Dolomites

COMMUNITY BREAKFAST: A monthly 25 Extra feature: Costa Rica Mountain Biking Community Breakfast happens from 8am- tentative: REI, 12 March 1pm at the Rome Grange, 2821 Mt. Baker Presented by Bellingham Parks, everybodyBIKE and Mt. Baker Bicycle Club Hwy. Cost is $2 for kids, $5 for adults. 671-7862 CLASSIFIEDS LAUGHTER CLUB: Certiﬁed laughter leaders will helm the monthly meeting of the Bellingham Laughter Club at 4pm 22 at the Community Food Co-op’s Connec- PEP tion Building, 1220 N. Forest St. All are PER FILM welcome. 920-3617 OR WORLDLAUGHTERTOUR.COM 18 TUES., FEB. 3 SISTERS TROLLEY TALK: Photo historian Jeff ;>EEBG@A:F%P: COOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX SINCE 1988 MUSIC Jewell will lead an illustrated talk on d\ILFDMINDHFOFZlILFDMIIDIGLO “Bellingham’s Trolleys” at 12:30pm at Open Nightly Except Monday 1055 N State St B’ham 671-3414 the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. 16 The talk is free. ART ART WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG FEB. 3-4 15 WORLD ISSUES: Edna Bonacich, a Break scholar focusing on issues of race, labor fast STAGE and immigration, will talk about “Black/ Brown Conﬂict in Los Angeles: What are Monday–Friday* Unions Doing About It?” at 7pm Tues. at 14 WWU’s Communications Facility, room 110. She’ll also speak on “Immigrants and African Americans: The Dynamics of GET OUT Job Competition” at noon Wed. in the Fairhaven Auditorium. Both events are Serving breakfast all day. free. 12 12 650-2309 WORDS WED., FEB. 4 WORDS HALL OF FAME: Bellingham’s YWCA is currently seeking nominations for the North- west Women’s Hall of Fame. Featuring Tony’s coffee. 8 734-4820 OR YWCABELLINGHAM.ORG 7:00–4:00 Monday–Friday 8:00–3:00 Saturday & Sunday

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SKI TUNING: Find out how to do minor 30 30 base repairs and wax your gear at a free “Ski & Snowboard Tuning 101” clinic at FOOD 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. getout 647-8955

25 25 HIKING RUNNING CYCLING SAT., JAN. 31 CHUCKANUT RUN: Fairhaven Runners will host a “Chuckanut Run” starting at 9am at the North Chuckanut Mountain CLASSIFIEDS Trailhead on Chuckanut Drive at the base of California Street. The event is free, and

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MUSIC (360) 856-6700 OR NCASCADES.ORG WORK PARTY: Plant native vegetation in an effort to restore an ivy slope at a 16 work party from 9am-12pm at Whatcom

ART ART Falls Park. Taking advantage of the low tide we clam- 778-7105 ber over and around the next point on slippery, TEAM IN TRAINING: Come learn about 15 slime-covered rocks. A little pocket beach lies Team in Training, a program that will beneath an undercut stone cliff—it’s a sea arch train you to run or walk marathons and STAGE STAGE waiting to happen. High above, twisted trees triathlons, at 10am at the Mt. Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. The crowd the edge of the headland, many hanging event is free. 14 14 off the precipice by a few forlorn roots, seem- TEAMINTRAINING.ORG/WA ingly ready to answer the call of the void and GARDENING SEMINARS: Chuck McClung GET OUT GET OUT join the beach logs on the sand below. will lead a “Why Orchids Fail to Re- The tide is turning and the ocean is white Bloom” workshop at 11am at Bakerview and burly. The rain falls in sheets. We turn Nursery, 945 E. Bakerview Rd. At 3pm, show up for a “Pruning and Maintaining 12 back toward camp and the shelter of our tarp. Home Orchard Fruit Trees” clinic. Both As darkness descends, the tempestuous music events are free.

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6 in the last days, cutting routes across the sand GARDEN TRAINING: If you’re interested to the sea. When we reach Ellen Creek, we ﬁnd in becoming a Master Gardener, sign up for

VIEWS VIEWS it’s now raging, in full ﬂood. It’s cut an entirely basic training, which starts today from Hiking the Storms new channel, vanquishing the log crossing that 8:30am-4pm at the WSU Whatcom Exten- 4 afforded passage two days ago. sion Ofﬁce, 1000 N. Forest St. A TRIP TO THE BEACH We contemplate attempting a ford, but 676-6736 OR WHATCOM.WSU.EDU MAIL MAIL think better of it when we observe uprooted SUPER BOWL RUN: Get some exercise before settling in to watch the big game

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04 From Port Angeles, event. # We encounter Ellen Creek, the primary obstacle on this stretch of beach, and gear and head up the road cross it on a convenient log. Nothing but open beach now; the tide is low and drive 56 miles west away from the sea, happy 201-0468 it’s clear sailing to the Hole-in-the-Wall, a sea arch that straddles the point at on Highway 101 to and content, heater blast- La Push Road. Turn MON., FEB. 2 the end of the beach. right, and drive ing, music cranking…an- BOATING SKILLS: A 13-night “Boating We make camp here among a cluster of dramatic sea stacks, safely above the 7.6 miles to Mora other successful encounter Skills and Seamanship” course starts to- high-tide line. Road. Turn right with the awesome forces of night from 6:30-8:30pm at the Salvation In the morning, we gird ourselves in Gore-Tex and head north on the retreat- and continue to nature. Storm watching isn’t Army Center, 2912 Northwest Ave. Cost is

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JAN. 28-29 THURS., JAN. 29 30 ANNIE: The 30th anniver- FOLK DANCE: The Fourth

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THURS., JAN. 29 FRI., JAN. 30 CLASSIFIEDS GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Catch CANCER BASH: Dance les- “The Good, the Bad and the sons will be followed by a BY IAN CHANT 22 Ugly” at 8pm at the Upfront social dance from 9-12pm Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At at tonight’s fundraising 10pm, stick around for “The “Cancer Bash” at the Bell- FILM Project.” Cost is $5 for the ingham Elks Lodge, #194, early show, $3 for the late 710 Samish Way. Tickets Cheat 18 one. are $15. THEUPFRONT.COM 733-3333 FROM THE BOARDROOM TO THE BEDROOM MUSIC JAN. 29-31 JAN. 30-FEB. 1 TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL: The STAGE MATCH: A col- Collaborators then present- 16 Alger Lookout Thespian As- laborative dance with the

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er, getting a lot of different GET OUT WHEN: 7:30pm Jan. GREATER TUNA: Gain 29-31 and Feb. 4-7; takes on their work. insight into Texas’ third- SAT., JAN. 31 10:30pm Jan. 31 and Cheat consists of several sto- smallest town when Greater OPEN HOUSE: Dance, Feb. 7 rylines, some of which inter- Tuna shows at 6:30pm at music demonstrations 12 Mount Vernon’s RiverBelle and more will be part of WHERE: Under- twine, and others that stand ground Theater, Dinner Theatre at the Old an Open House happen- alone. “We wanted to make sure WORDS WWU Grainery Building, 100 E. ing from 3-6pm at La Vida COST: $9-$12 we weren’t just working with Montgomery. Tickets are Dance Studio, 929 N. State 650-6146 collage,” Brown says, “so there $16-$25. St. INFO: 8 are four clear storylines that (360) 336-3012 LAVIDADANCESTUDIO.COM run through the piece.” By looking at the concept of KARAMOZOV BROTHERS: CONTRA DANCE: Northern Juggling, dance, wordplay, Contraband will provide live cheating in disparate situations, from the bedroom to music, comedy and the- music at tonight’s Contra CURRENTS the boardroom, and tackling the subject from a num- ater can all be expected Dance from 8-11pm at the when the Flying Karamozov Fairhaven Library, 1117

ber of different perspectives via interwoven mono- 6 logues and thematically related scenes whose plots Brothers perform at 7:30pm 12th St. Suggested dona- PHOTO BY ERIC WAINWRIGHT ERIC BY PHOTO at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre tion is $8-$10.

are unconnected, the creators seek to provide “as VIEWS Hall, 2501 E. College Way. 676-1554 OR panoramic a view of cheating as possible.” Tickets are $32-$45. BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE. 4 ESCHEWING THE notion that too many cooks spoil the At its heart, Cheat is less interested in providing MCINTYREHALL.ORG ORG broth, Cheat, the latest production from the WWU theatre depart- answers than it is with questioning assumptions MAIL MAIL ment, represents months of close work between a team of people about the nature of cheating—what it entails, why JAN. 30-31 SUN., FEB. 1

MIXED BAG: Anything can SCANDINAVIAN DANCE: acting as what director Rich Brown calls “theatre generalists.” it’s so common, and even whether it’s always good or 3 happen at “Upfront Un- Takk for Dansen will per- Under Brown’s direction, the team of 18 actors, writers and pro- bad. Following this line of thought, the performance leashed!” shows at 8pm and form at a Scandinavian DO IT IT DO duction designers shepherded the piece from its initial butcher of the piece is designed to challenge assumptions 10pm Fri. at the Upfront Dance from 2-5pm at Nor- paper brainstorming sessions to the production that begins this about theater—how it’s put on, when it’s put on, and Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Satur- way Hall, 1419 N. Forest St. weekend at the Underground Theater. “All of the theater artists, how it’s experienced. To this end, Cheat is performed day night, show up for The- Entry is $8. 09

atresports matches. Tickets TAYOLSON@EARTHLINK. .28. as theater generalists, were working together—they weren’t de- in the round, with most of the audience standing on are $8-$10. NET 01 signers or actors or writers, they were theater artists working to elevated platforms for the duration of the perfor- THEUPFRONT.COM TUES., FEB. 3 create these moments and they were writing performance rather mance in an effort to recall the ﬁerce battles of the .04

JAN. 30-FEB. 1 PILOBOLUS: Get bowled 04

than writing text,” Brown explains. Roman Coliseum and remind viewers that cheating # SHERLOCK HOLMES: The over by inventive athleti- For their initial subject matter, the production team turned to is an integral element of competition that has been Penultimate Problem of cism when Pilobolus per- David Callahan’s book The Cheating Culture, not dramatizing the with us from ancient times. (It also means audience Sherlock Holmes shows at forms at 7:30pm at the piece so much as using it as a starting block for a theatrical members for the late-night viewings should be pre- 8pm Fri.-Sat. and 2pm Sun. Mount Baker Theatre, 104 exploration of the nature of cheating and what it means in our pared to be on their feet for a time.) at the Bellingham Theatre N. Commercial St. Tickets culture. What counts as cheating? Why do we do it? And perhaps By engaging the audience in new ways, Brown Guild, 1600 H St. Tickets are $20-$45. are $7-$11, and additional 734-6080 most importantly, what does cheating do to us? When work began, hopes to make viewers think not only about the work shows happen through Feb. CASCADIA WEEKLY each member of the team was responsible for providing research on stage, but what it means in their own lives. “With 15. into the facets of cheating, ﬁdelity and competition that most such a grey area as integrity,” Brown says, “we want 733-1811 OR 15 interested them, as well as bringing their personal experiences the audience to be put in the place of questioning BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD. and stories to the table. themselves, as well as the characters.” COM doit

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30 30 WED., JAN. 28 St. ARTISTS FOR KIDS: Author and 752-3377 FOOD educator MaryAnn Kohl will share DIGS: “Loophole,” an exhibit of visual ideas from her book, Great Ameri- dynamic compositions by Adriana can Artists for Kids, at 7pm at Vil- 25 25 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES Phillips, is on display through Feb. lage Books, 1200 11th St. 28 at DIGS, 200 W. Holly St. 671-2626 306-8301 THURS., JAN. 29 FERNDALE LIBRARY: Handmade works from Whatcom County arti- CLASSIFIEDS TRESPASSING TALK: “Contem- sans will be on display as part of porary Sovereignty: War, Spiritual- the “Potpourri of Quilts” through ity and Identity” will be the topic 22 22 Jan. 31 at the Ferndale Library, of a moderated panel discussion 2222 Main St. featuring artists involved in the FILM FILM 384-3647 “Trespassing” exhibit at the What- BY AMY KEPFERLE and forth in an attempt to save her com Museum at 5:30pm at WWU’s MONA: “Graceful Exuberance,” a retrospective of works by artist 18 home. Told with spare prose, stark Fairhaven Presentation Hall. WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Manfred Lindenberger, can be seen shapes and simple, vibrant colors, through March 8 at La Conner’s Mu- MUSIC the visual tome ends with the hum- FRI., JAN. 30 seum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First Activism mingbird saying she may not save WAR EXPERIENCE PROJECT: St. Glass artist Kait Rhoads’ “As Be- View individual expressions of war low, So Above” is also on display. 16 16 the forest in the end, but is “doing created on the back of soldiers’ uni- (360) 466-4446 OR ART ART ART ART what I can.” forms by local artists at tonight’s MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG Endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Before Art “War Experience Project” exhibit MINDPORT: “Escape Routes: Map- Lama and Nobel Peace Prize winner from 6-10pm at the iGallery, 1105 ping Many Worlds” is on display un- 15 FLIGHT OF THE HUMMINGBIRD Wangari Maathai, the work—and N. State St. til March 29 at Mindport Exhibits, the message of courage and hope it [email protected] 210 W. Holly St. Admission is $2. STAGE STAGE conveys—is at once an environmen- SAT., JAN. 31 MINDPORT.ORG MCCOOL GALLERY: Raku jars, ki- IN ORDER to tal shout-out and a call to the global LUCIA OPENING: Northwest mono tiles and more can be seen 14 landscape paintings by Jim Orvik help save his home- community to make positive changes at an exhibit featuring works by and ﬁgurative bronze sculptures by land, Michael Nicoll when and wherever they can. ceramic artist Marguerite Goff at Robert Gigliotti can be seen at an

GET OUT the McCool Gallery, 711 Commercial Yaghulanaas dedi- “Activism really gave me a nar- opening reception for the artists Ave., Anacortes. cated more than 20 rative,” Yaghulanaas says. “In the from 5-7pm at the Lucia Douglas MCCOOLART.COM years of his life to absence of that life experience, I Gallery, 1415 13th St. The works

12 help prevent it from wonder if the work I do would be will be on display through Feb. 28. PAPERDOLL: “Loose Ends,” a col- 733-5361 OR LUCIADOUGLAS.COM lection of original works by Erin being decimated. entirely self-referential. Now, I’m Clancy, will be on display through WORDS As a native of conscious about the qualities I want January at the downtown Paper- Haida Gwaii—a clus- to put in the work; is it relevant in ONGOING doll, 312 W. Champion St. ter of land masses the bigger sense of the world?” 738-3655 8 EXHIBITS on Canada’s British To further drive the messages QUILT MUSEUM: “Ralli Quilts: ALLIED ARTS: View “Trespassing” Columbia coast also behind his art home, Yaghulanaas Textiles from Pakistan and India” through Jan. 31 at Allied Arts, 1418 and the multi-artist exhibit, “All known as “Islands teamed up with Greystone Books to Cornwall Ave. The exhibit, showing CURRENTS CURRENTS Things Not Quilted,” can be seen of the People” and publish Hummingbird. Since 2002, simultaneously at the Whatcom through March 29 at the La Con- Museum, features contemporary ner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S.

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VIEWS VIEWS naas studied art in only 100 percent post-consumer ian artists. LACONNERQUILTS.COM Vancouver before recycled paper in the books they ALLIEDARTS.ORG ST. JOSEPH: Artwork by William 4 returning home to publish, making them a perfect ﬁt ARTWOOD: Small tables of all Burney can be perused through work with others for a story so focused on saving the sizes—and featuring a variety of Jan. 30 at the St. Joseph Hospital MAIL MAIL in the community place you call woods—can be perused through Center for Rehabilitation Medicine,

January at Artwood Gallery, 1000 809 E. Chestnut St. 3 on issues related to home. Harris Ave. land and social justice for his people. “The mes- 715-6420 647-1628 DO IT IT DO By the year 2000, with a preserved rainforest and a $17 million sage is really VIKING UNION: The traveling exhib- BAGELRY: Paintings by Kelcey Bates it “Race, Lies and Stereotypes: Post- fund controlled jointly by both indigenous and white citizens, about ﬁnding can be viewed through January at ers on Racism and Anti-Semitism,” 09 09 Yaghulanaas felt ready to devote himself full-time to creative the inner ac- the Bagelry, 1319 Railroad Ave. shows through Jan. 30 at WWU’s .28. endeavors. These days, he’s known around the globe for a form tivist, if you 734-8663 Viking Union Gallery, room 507. 01 of art he’s dubbed Haida Manga, which merges traditional images SEE IT will,” Yaghula- BELLINGHAM RAILWAY MU- 650-6534 SEUM: The museum is open to the WESTERN GALLERY: “Ken But-

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# graphic design. with graphics, Thurs.-Sat. at 1320 Commercial St. March 14 at WWU’s Western Gallery. “By marrying them together, I’m saying this work comes from a Yaghulanaas shares you can convey images and tales 393-7540 A reception for the exhibit, which different lineage, a different place,” Yaghulanaas says. And, since from Flight of the more complex BLUE HORSE: Vote on your favor- features hybrid musical instru- activism has taken up such a large part of his life, it’s only natural Hummingbird messages than ite pieces of art during the multi- ments and installations, happens his art also contains messages that are much bigger than the pages WHEN: 7pm Sat., you can with artist “Public Hanging” exhibit Feb. 11. they’re printed on. Jan. 31 text. You have a through Jan. 30 at the Blue Horse 650-6146 Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. With his latest venture, Flight of the Hummingbird: A Parable for WHERE: Village larger audience WHATCOM MUSEUM: “World of the 671-2305 CASCADIA WEEKLY Books, 1200 11th Shipwright” and “Trespassing” are the Environment, Yaghulanaas uses his talents to tell the story of a St. because graph- CHUCKANUT BREWERY: Acrylic currently on display at the Whatcom 16 tiny, headstrong winged creature who does everything she can to COST: Free ics speak to the and metal leaf works by Belling- Museum, 121 Prospect St. quell a raging forest ﬁre. While other animals wonder how in the INFO: 671-2626 vast spectrum ham artist Karma Stephens will be 778-8930 OR WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG heck they should react, she ferries minuscule droplets of water back of society.” SAS=JPUKQ

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FOOD isn’t plenty of other worthy music going on for you and your listening pleasure. First up

25 25 music is a big ol’ noisy all-ages show at Thurs., Jan. PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT 29 at WWU’s Viking Union featuring Akimbo, Black Eyes and Neckties, and Piano Mover. In their past Bellingham outings, fans have CLASSIFIEDS come out in solid numbers for Seattle’s Akim- bo, probably because they’re heavy, loud and

22 22 just plain good—although I have it on good authority that at least one member of the FILM FILM band is “pretty cute,” which may go a long MUSICpreview way toward explaining the band’s popular- 18 18 ity here. As for Black Eyes and Neckties, this BY CAREY ROSS was supposed to be guitarist Josh Holland’s MUSIC MUSIC (that’s Josh Homicide in the Black Eyes ver- nacular) last show, then it was his second-

16 to-last show, now, apparently, he’s back in

ART ART DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE, the band to stay. Next week he’ll likely be starting a yacht rock band with the old mem- DOUBLE YOUR FUN bers of the Trucks and USS Horsewhip, but for 15 now, this is where the matter stands. If you’re one off STAGE STAGE those folks unable to brave the chaos of the 14 What’s Up! awards and would rather hang out

GET OUT and have a quiet drink at your favorite bar, well, if that bar hap-

12 pens to be Cap Han- sen’s you’re just plain

WORDS out of luck. Helms Alee, a Seattle band that features mem- 8 bers of both Harkonen and Lozen, will play a BY CAREY ROSS set there, along with CURRENTS CURRENTS Police Teeth. The outing will serve as a CD re-

6 lease show for Police Teeth’s new album, Real Sized Monster Series, so although the show itself

VIEWS VIEWS is free, bring your pennies and ready yourself for album purchasing. Also, I’d like to send a

4 shout out to Bradley Lockhart, the creative genius behind the ﬂier for this show. Frankly, MAIL MAIL ROOFTOPS Brad, those sumo wrestlers terrify me a little.

3 PHOTO BY PAUL TURPIN And I’m not afraid to say I like it. If you plan to gather around a television and DO IT IT DO AFEWmonths ago, during a conversation with What’s Up! dertaking. And that doesn’t even count yell at the little men tackling each other all Magazine Editor Brent Cole, I happened to ask what he had planned the behind-the-scenes work that goes on over the place this Super Bowl Sunday, might I 09 09 for this year’s What’s Up! awards show. His answer was surprising, the night of, which usually consists of suggest you do it at the Copper Hog? The rea- .28. to say the least. cycling bands on and off the stage while son for this, aside from the tasty brews avail- 01 “I’m not sure I’m going to do the awards show this year,” he said. making certain both the presenters and able for quafﬁng and the delicious foodstuffs

.04 It was one of the few times in my life I’ve been stunned into ac- winners are where they’re supposed to be for eating (I recommend the sliders), is that, 04

# tual speechlessness. when they’re supposed to be there—not for every pint of beer sold during the game, the “Not do the awards show?” I ﬁnally managed to gasp out when I’d to mention keeping an eye on the show’s Copper Hog will donate $1 to Domestic Violence regained my ability to speak. unpredictable emcee, Poops. It can be a and Sexual Assault Services of Whatcom Coun- Cole then went on to explain the amount of time and effort in- lot to deal with. ty. While the long-held belief that more women volved in putting on the yearly event, as well as his concerns about However Cole, who, over the past decade are victims of domestic violence on Super Bowl ﬁnding an appropriate venue, given the still-closed state of the or so, has taken a small, grassroots music Sunday than any other day of the year can be Nightlight Lounge, the award show’s former home. magazine and built it into a thriving con- chalked up to urban myth, that doesn’t make CASCADIA WEEKLY As a former What’s Up! staffer, I’m well acquainted with the work cern, is not one to back down from a chal- the cause any less worthy. So, for those of you

18 involved in staging the show. From counting the ballots to book- lenge—at least not for long, that is. When who are keeping score, you can watch the Super ing the bands to lining up presenters to the crafting of the actual next I inquired about the fate of the What’s Bowl at the Copper Hog and the more beer you awards themselves, the What’s Up! awards are a labor-intensive un- Up! awards, Cole informed me that, far from drink, the more you donate to charity. MUSIC preview

past predictions have proven to be trag-

WHAT'S UP, ically, habitually wrong—smart money’s 30 30 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE on Yogoman and his Burning Band to be

the awards night cleanup crew. But, with FOOD calling the whole thing off, he had in- plenty of awards to go around, odds are,

stead increased his award-show invest- a broad cross section of the music com- 25 ment—doubled it, in fact. Suddenly, the munity will go home clutching a coveted man who wasn’t sure he even wanted to golden beer can. put together one show had signed on Of course, a big for two. You can chalk the internal cal- part of the show is CLASSIFIEDS culations that made this phenomenon the musical perfor- occur up to some kind of new math, but mances that take 22 as anyone familiar with the man and his place between the FILM FILM magazine knows, it’s best not question bestowing of various these things. The important thing is to awards. And with the 18 18 simply sit back and enjoy the spectacle. likes of Lucky Brown, 18 Or spectacles, as the case may be. Sugar Sugar Sugar, MUSIC Which brings us to the shows them- HEAR the Rooftops, Holy MUSIC WHAT: What’s Up! selves. The ﬁrst, which takes place Pre-awards Show Tailfeathers, Can-

Fri., Jan. 30 at the Old Foundry is ac- feat. Idiot Pilot, dysound, and Hot 16 the Russians, more tually the What’s Up! pre-awards show, Roddin’ Romeos tak- ART and the event’s ﬁrst foray into all-ages WHEN: Fri., Jan. ing the Wild Buffalo action. While no awards will be given 30 stage, there’s a little

WHERE: Old 15 out at the pre-show, it will allow the something to suit Foundry, 100 E. Don’t miss this the kids the chance to see Idiot Pilot, the Maple St. most musical tastes. STAGE STAGE Russians, the Tread Abraham, Con- COST: $5 However, it’s not master sleuth vs. his necticut Four, and DJ Postal play to MORE INFO: just the awards or most dangerous foe! what is certain to be an enthusiastic whaam.org the bands—or the 14 audience. Aside from its purpose as a WHAT: What’s Up! likelihood of unde- Awards feat. Lucky warm-up for the next night’s awards Brown, Sugar sired nudity—that 8:00 pm shows GET OUT show and to recognize a faction of Sugar Sugar, more makes the What’s Jan. 30, 31 music-loving, scene-supporting folks WHEN: Sat., Jan. Up! awards, in my Feb. 5, 6, 7 not yet old enough to get into the 31 opinion, one of the Feb. 12, 13, 14 12 real thing, the pre-awards show also WHERE: Wild best nights of the Buffalo, 208 W. 2:00 pm Sun shows serves as a beneﬁt for WhAAM, an or- Holly St. year. Frankly, in a Feb. 1, 8, 15 WORDS ganization for which Cole serves as a COST: $5 music community board member (in the interest of full MORE INFO: that can be as cyni- Tickets 8 disclosure, I am also a member of the wildbuffalo.net cal as it is close- Adults $11 WhAAM board). knit, it’s nothing Seniors/Students $9 Children $7 However, it is Sat., Jan. 31 at the Wild short of heartwarming to see musi- CURRENTS CURRENTS Buffalo that the real party gets started. cians come out on such a scale for the

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FRI., JAN. 30 671-6104 OR THEAMADEUSPROJECT.ORG CASCADIA WEEKLY SHEMEKIA COPELAND: Grammy-nominated blues REBEL VOICES: Radical folksinger Anne Feeney singer Shemekia Copeland will do her thing at will be joined by the Rebel Voices for a 7pm con- 19 8pm at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. cert at the Whatcom Peace & Justice Center, 100 First St. Tickets to see the soul-ﬁlled performer E. Maple St. Suggested donation is $15. WHATCOMPJC.ORG 647-1752 Venues ( 30 30 See next page for venue FOOD addresses and phone 01.28.09 01.29.09 01.30.09 01.31.09 02.01.09 02.02.09 02.03.09 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 25 25 Archer Ale House Eagles Whistle, Marinus T-Bone Taylor

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18 sharing talks in Zimbabwe, characters so two-dimensional they’d be drummed MUSIC The Wrestler out of a comic strip, and a hero who makes 24's Jack Bauer look like a dith-

16 WELCOME BACK, MICKEY ering idiot, Taken is hands down the un-

ART ART intentional comedy of the year. eyes, you don’t have to squint too hard to see the Neeson plays Bryan Mills, a former spy parallels between the two men. whose cloak-and-dagger activities cost 15 This is the ﬁctional story of a wrestling su- him his marriage to frosty cliche Lenore perstar who, long removed from his heyday in (Famke Janssen). But he still loves his STAGE STAGE the 1980s, is struggling to eke out a simple ex- little girl Kim (Maggie Grace)—shallow, istence, dealing with a body crumbling from the 17-year-old bubblehead that she is. 14 abuses of the past and consumed by loneliness, Like Kim cares. She just wants to go having alienated everyone who was once dear to Paris with her even more irritating

GET OUT to him, including his resentful daughter (Evan friend because French culture is, like, Rachel Wood). totally sick. The script, written by Robert D. Siegel, is re- 12 plete with potentially corny cliches, including a TAKEN IS HANDS stripper with a heart of gold (played by Marisa

WORDS Tomei with her usual strength and poise), the DOWN THE closest thing the Ram has to a romantic rela- UNINTENTIONAL tionship. The Ram also has been told by his 8 doctor that if he enters the ring again, he COMEDY OF THE YEAR risks a fatal heart attack. Beﬁtting a picture about grown men in tights smacking each other But just as Kim calls to say they’ve ar- CURRENTS CURRENTS around, subtlety plays a small role here. rived safely, along come the gullible-mo-

6 But Aronofsky, leaving behind the high cin- ron snatchers. Ever the spy, Bryan tapes ematic style of his previous ﬁlms in favor of a the call and tells the kidnapper to leave

VIEWS VIEWS straightforward, near-documentary approach, his daughter alone or there’ll be what- plays each of the story’s turns (including its more for. 4 YOU HAVE to wait a little while to get a good look at Mickey improbable ones) with complete earnestness, Foolishly, the villain speaks. Within Rourke’s face in The Wrestler. For the movie’s ﬁrst few minutes, di- counting on the sympathy Rourke earns from the minutes, the two words he utters are MAIL MAIL rector Darren Aronofsky keeps his camera mostly behind and to the audience to carry the ﬁlm. enough for Bryan’s old buddy Sam to de-

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# but his puffy, lumpy mug in The Wrestler still takes a little getting and the movie reminds you just how engaging this guy was not Bourne yesterday. used to. He doesn’t just look like 100 miles of hard road; he looks he can be, whether with a comical sequence in After the clunking, exposition-heavy like he’s been paving it, too. which the Ram tries to make a go at working be- opening, director Pierre Morel gradually That’s part of what makes Rourke the perfect choice to play the hind a deli counter serving obnoxious patrons, regains the momentum of his free-run- Ram. Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain) persevered to or a heartbreaking scene in which we watch him ning debut District 13 to conduct the en- cast the actor, against the advice of everyone in Hollywood, for a playing a wrestling video game on an ancient suing gunplay and ﬁsticuffs with breath- reason: The Wrestler is one of those pictures where the lines be- Nintendo with a kid who lives down the street, less aplomb. CASCADIA WEEKLY tween performer and character are intentionally blurred for dra- momentarily lost in the memories of his golden It would be interesting to see what

22 matic gain. past. It’s a wonderful, career-reviving perfor- he could do with a script that hasn’t Watching Rourke as the Ram, with his garishly bleached mane, mance, and you can’t imagine the movie without undergone a lobotomy. Mr. Morel? Meet artiﬁcial tan, steroid-pumped physique and ineffably sad, wounded him. Welcome back, Mickey. Mr. Bond. U U 30 FOOD MEET ME AT THE MEADERY! 25

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3 for processing and verbalizing emo- and say, “Pay attention to MEEEEE!” tion, like a smaller orbital frontal area, All of these times are when she’s his DO IT IT DO 360-920-1582 says neuropsychologist Ruben C. Gur, mommy and he’s 3 years old. Emotion- myspace.com/sarahjane “related to the ability to regulate and ally healthy adults have a natural sense 09 09 contextualize emotional experience.” of “Maybe we should take a break to- .28. WINTER CLASSES Research by Gur suggests that men’s day” or “I think I’ll just pick my nose 01 n Drumming for Wellness knee-jerk emotional response tends to by myself this evening.” This guy is so n Adult Voice Class I be physical—like socking somebody—

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# your life down so he’ll be the only one in all, as Gur said to tell you, “some of Private Vocal Coaching who ﬁts in it. Meanwhile, you’ve let him the blunting of emotional expression colonize your head to the point where in (your) boyfriend is part of being a you’re actually wondering whether it’s 10% DISCOUNT biological male.” okay to meet a friend for a beer. The real Until Feb. 3 By the way, what’s “the serious side harm? Babysitting this brat keeps you details at 9PM–Midnight of dating”? You sit around together in from meeting an adult man—one who CASCADIA WEEKLY lavidadancestudio.com Amish shoes looking grim? A guy keeps also likes sitting between two women, seeing you because the fun outweighs 26 but not because it doubles his chances the unfun. Any guy, even one who’s that somebody’ll catch his binky before MONDAY looking to get serious. Of course, you it hits the barroom ﬂoor. rear end COMIX CROSSWORD

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30 30 If you identify yourself as a heterosexual, meditate on I’M VERY, VERY WILD… BY ROB BREZSNY the qualities you express that are commonly thought AND OH SO POPULAR FOOD of as the specialty of the opposite sex. Consider the Catch Me possibility that you are actually 65 percent female, 25 25 25 25 percent male, and 10 percent neither, or maybe FREE WILL 15 percent female, 70 percent male, and 15 percent transgender. If you regard yourself as gay, explore the hypothesis that a part of you is secretly kind of

straight. Open your mind to the possibility that human CLASSIFIEDS ASTROLOGY CLASSIFIEDS beings come in hundreds of different genders. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t tell me you have LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Poet Jack Spicer was a

nothing to be thankful for, Aries. Your parents could 22 native Californian who wrote most of his poetry while have named you “Hooligan” or “Lightsaber” or “Flu,” living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He did, however, and they didn’t. There are no photos ﬂoating around spend a short time on the East Coast. “Like most primi- FILM the Internet that show you riding a pig in the nude. No tive cultures,” he reported after returning home, “New one has ever broken up with you via text message. Now York has no feeling for nonsense.” I don’t agree with Try a made-from-scratch sockeye salmon burger–

please keep going in the direction I’ve pointed you. 18 that assessment. Some of the best nonsense I ever Count your blessings up to at least 101. Create an ongo- you’ll be hooked! Our new menu also includes experienced transpired during a November night in 2005 ing list of all the things in your life that work pretty

on New York’s West 23rd Street. In any case, Libra, your bison and turkey burgers (if you’re game). MUSIC well and make you feel at home in the world. Why do assignment in the coming week is to avoid primitive en- this now? Because it’s Massive Explosions of Gratitude vironments that have no feeling for nonsense. You need a www.ﬁammaburger.com 1309 RAILROAD AVE. Week for you—a time when you can attract even more maximum dose of silly, goofy, loopy bursts of diversion. I 16 good fortune into your life by aggressively identifying promise it’ll make you both smarter and wiser. the good fortune you already enjoy. ART SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your world is going TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Sometimes a great to get very wet in the coming days. At least I hope it idea whose time has come springs up in two or more

will. There are wrong moves you could make that would 15 places at once. In the 1850s, for instance, Charles keep things pretty dry, or else move you away from Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace independently hap- the imminent deluge. But I hope you will go with the pened upon some of the key concepts of evolution. STAGE cosmic flow and allow yourself to get the full benefit of And in the 1840s, mathematicians Urbain Le Verrier the replenishing flood. In my astrological opinion, you and John Couch Adams virtually duplicated each other’s need to feel the deep moisture that’s beyond language. predictions of the previously unknown planet Neptune, 14 You need to be carried along in the fertile surge and although they knew nothing about each other’s work. returned to the source of your emotional life. I suspect a similar phenomenon is about to happen in “If your actions your own sphere, Taurus. Act fast if you’d like to get as SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): GET OUT much credit as you deserve, like Darwin and Le Verrier, speak louder than words,” rants TV pundit Stephen and not suffer the fate of Wallace and Adams, whose Colbert, “then you’re not yelling loudly enough.” That’s a efforts were more invisible. funnier variant of the advice I have for you, Sagittarius, which is as follows: The coming week is a time for crafty 12 GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Before she died at the talk, not impulsive deeds; a time for intense discussion, age of 101, photographer Ruth Bernhard attributed her not brash exploits. Engaging in almost any kind of nego- longevity to her restlessness. “Never get used to any- WORDS tiation, even if it’s heated and convoluted, is better than thing,” she advised. I recommend that approach to you leaping into an adventure prematurely. It’s my opinion right now, Gemini. You’re in a phase of your astrologi- that you and yours will have to express a lot of ideas cal cycle when thinking big and wild and free will be 8 and feelings in order to uncover the understandings that rewarded. To improve your physical health and boost your should be at the root of your next moves. mental hygiene, unfamiliarize yourself with the people and things you’ve grown accustomed to. Sneak away CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Studies suggest from your habits. Disrupt and tamper with your normal that one out of every 10 men and one out of every CURRENTS responses. Find good excuses to be unpredictable. 20 women carry around an excess of anger—so much so that they’re capable of damaging property in an CANCER (June 21-July 22): “We are all stupid,” 6 outburst. If you’re one of these rage-aholics, Capricorn, wrote Mark Twain, “just on different subjects.” Ain’t you now have a window of opportunity to calm way,

that the truth? Sometimes I get overwhelmed when VIEWS way down. The cosmos is conspiring to relieve you I think about all the blanks in my education and the of a signiﬁcant amount of your chronic aggravation.

ignorance that pockmarks my understanding. The good 4 And even if you’re not among the world’s most furious news for me—and for all of you, my fellow Canceri- people, I hope you will take advantage of this grace

ans—is that we’re now in an astrological phase that’s MAIL period. You have the power to purge at least 20 per- ideal for getting a crash course in any subject we’re cent of the ever-simmering agitation that you accept dumb about. If you’re brave and humble, you could ﬁx as normal. How to begin? Meditate on what it would 3 several holes in your intelligence. mean for you to love yourself better.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You should deﬁnitely not IT DO AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “The seed cannot attempt to re-route a mighty river anytime soon. I sprout upwards without simultaneously sending roots don’t recommend trying to change the location of a

into the ground,” says an ancient Egyptian proverb. Keep 09 mountain, either, or commanding the wind to obey that thought in mind as you head into the thick of your you, or shooting a ﬂaming arrow at the sun. On the .28. new phase of growth, Aquarius. What part of you needs other hand, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to turn one 01 to deepen as you rise up? What growth needs to unfold of your so-called liabilities into an asset or use a in the hidden places as you gravitate toward the light?

stumbling block as a shield. And you might have pretty .04 How can you go about balancing and stabilizing your good luck if you try to convert an adversary into an 04 ascension with a downward penetration? # ally or move sideways in order to advance your pet cause. In conclusion, Leo, seek modest gains that PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): According to Harper’s involve reversals and switcheroos. Index, an Iowa farmer can generate an annual revenue of $300 per quarter acre by growing corn to produce VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “If you removed all ethanol. If the farmer instead puts a wind turbine of the homosexuals and homosexual inﬂuence from on that same patch of land, however, he could earn what is generally regarded as American culture,” said $10,000 per year. I urge you to meditate on that author Fran Lebowitz, “you would pretty much be left scenario as a metaphor for your own life, Pisces. Are

with [the TV game show] Let’s Make A Deal.” That’s an CASCADIA WEEKLY you underutilizing one of your resources? Are you exaggeration, of course, but it contains a large grain failing to fully capitalize on your potentials? Have you of truth. I offer this as a prod for you to deepen your accepted a low-yield reward in a situation that could 29 understanding of the complexities of gender, Virgo. bring you much, much more? If so, what are you going Astrologically speaking, it’s an excellent time to do so. to do about it?

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15 MUNCHING AFTER MIDNIGHT made fresh. From the jumbo dog (all County back in 1950—is where you beef), to the Polish dog (beef and go whether you want a big platter of STAGE STAGE pork, slightly spicy), to the Veggie cheese fries ($4.99) to soak up the li- Boca, most offerings are just $3.75. quor, chicken-fried steak ($10.99), or 14 “They’re really, really good,” we a Hop-A-Long Special (2 eggs, 2 piec- were told recently by a slurring, well- es of bacon, 2 slices of toast or a hot

GET OUT dressed 20-something who hadn’t re- cake for $3.99-$5.99). If the hour is alized the Captain (owner Marc Rava- right, order a Blood Mary ($4), which, ris), wouldn’t open the sliding doors made Horseshoe style, is pretty much

12 for another hour or so, no matter how a meal in itself. many times he knocked. Having sam- Another late-

WORDS pled the wares before at Ravaris’ spot night eatery of on campus and at his summertime note is the Cop- harbor venture, Dogs on the Dock, we per Hog on State 8 were quick to agree. Street, a gastro- For those looking for more of a food pub that serves commitment, the Bowl N’ Roll—also delectable menu CURRENTS CURRENTS open till 2am on the weekends—is items such as curry chips ($6) 6 just around the corner. With a goal EAT IT to create gourmet edibles while still EL CAPITAN’S: 1314 and Colcannon Railroad Avenue. VIEWS VIEWS keeping menu items economical, the (Irish-style Holly Street eatery whips up every- ELCAPITANS.COM mashed pota-

4 thing from fresh falafal ($3) to hand- toes, $4) till BOWL N’ ROLL: 207 made egg rolls ($2), gyro sliders (2 around 1am ev- MAIL MAIL E. Holly St. WE FLAILED our limbs to the funk the band threw us for hours, quafﬁng shots of for $3 or 5 for $5.99), dumpling soup 733-9255 ery night of the

3 cheap whiskey between sets. We were in the metropolis for the night, and, even though ($4.99), and specials like chicken pot week. If sim- the hour was late, we would not soon sleep. Neither, it seemed, would we eat. pie, meat loaf with parsley potatoes HORSESHOE CAFÈ: plicity is what DO IT IT DO So far, the evening had gone according to plan: check into the hotel, sip a pre- and chicken risotto balls. A recent 113 E. Holly St. you’re seeking, 734-0380 concert cocktail at a nearby bar, nibble on peanuts, people-watch, then rush to the night found me noshing on the co- head farther 09 09 show. By the time we finished our revelry it was 1am, and we realized we’d never had conut curry with Yukon Gold taters, COPPER HOG: 1327 down on State .28. dinner. Simultaneously, our new passion in life became to track down something— carrots and chicken ($4.99). It was N. State St. to Pel’ Meni, 01 anything, really—to quell the hunger. flavorful, warming and filling, and, 927-7888 which cooks up

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30 of them will break the bank. bar—which has feeding hungry souls these places in mind. They may not save For those in a hurry, look for a pirate’s den to come to the rescue. El Capitan’s, in downtown Bellingham since its ﬁrst your life, but they’ll keep you going till a mobile gourmet sausage stand open for business between the hours of 10pm- incarnation in 1886—is pretty much morning comes. Visit Your Community Food Co-op 30 30 30 FOOD New Cordata Store FOOD 25 25 CLASSIFIEDS

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