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GET OUT Space Trek: 8pm, Upfront Theatre SchmoozeFest: 4:30-6:30pm, Blue Horse Gallery Becoming Eleanor: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild VISUAL ARTS Comedy Night: 9pm, Poppe’s 12 The Cascadian Collection Reception: 6-10pm, INNATE Evil Space Trek: 10pm, Upfront Theatre DANCE WORDS !-$ 4[02.x.12] Beneﬁt Dance: 7pm, Melody Hall

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08 their sweet burlesque moves to the stage at DANCE COMMUNITY Valentine’s Dance: 7pm, Dakota Creek Center, Blaine “Cupid’s Cabaret” performances Feb. 10-11 at My Furry Valentine: 10am-6pm, Ferndale Events Cupid’s Cabaret: 8pm, Spark Museum of Electrical Center .07 02. Invention 06 the Spark Museum of Electrical Invention Paciﬁc Northwest Rain Festival: 12pm, Fairhaven # Dance Cabaret: 8pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Village Green MUSIC Bellingham Roller Betties Bout: 5pm, Whatcom Salish Early Music Festival: 7:30pm, Christ the Community College Servant Lutheran Church Fall in love with a feline—or GET OUT Alpha Yaya Diallo: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Two for the Road Run: 10am, Whatcom Falls Park Vernon two—when the Evergreen Cat Edison Bird Festival: 10:30am-8pm, throughout CASCADIA WEEKLY Skagit Community Band: 7:30pm, Maple Hall, La Fanciers present a cat show Edison Conner 2 The Smithereens: 8pm, Skagit Valley Casino Resort dubbed “My Furry Valentine” FOOD Feb. 11-12 at the Ferndale Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, Bellingham Senior GET OUT Activity Center Legendary Banked Slalom: Through Sunday, Mt. Events Center Community Meal: 10am-12pm, United Church of McIntyre Hall Presents Ferndale Wine and Chocolate Tasting: 1-5pm, Vartan- yan Estates Winery 30 30 VISUAL ARTS

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LINES, BRIGHT AND DIM: Sen. Doug Ericksen intro-

30 30 duced some remarkable legislation in Olympia last week. Remarkable, in that the Ferndale lawmaker was FOOD the one introducing it. views Ericksen’s three bills attempt to better deﬁne one of OPINIONS THE GRISTLE the central tenets of growth planning in Washington: 25 Realistic growth expectations, placed where popula- tions already exist. Presenting the bills in committee

B-BOARD last week, Ericksen noted that most of the growth that has occurred in Whatcom County over the past decade has happened outside urban growth areas. In 22 22 previous decades, Bellingham—the county’s popu- BY KATHA POLLITT

FILM FILM lation center—received up to 65 percent of county growth. Numbers have ﬂipped in recent years, with Bellingham receiving only 20 percent of the growth 18 and the majority of home construction happening on Pinkwashing

MUSIC county greenﬁelds. Ericksen said his bills were intended to preserve THE KOMEN FOUNDATION PUNKS PLANNED PARENTHOOD

16 farmland and open space by concentrating home construction where it belongs: In planned urban growth REMEMBER WHEN anti- The statement continued: ART ART areas (UGAs). choicers got LifeWay Christian Re- These facilities serve rural wom- Some general commentary: If Doug Ericksen is fac- sources to pull its pink-covered Here’s en, poor women, Native American 15 tually in support of preserving and enhancing farm- Hope Breast Cancer Bibles from Wal- women, women of color, and the land and open space, this column salutes and praises mart and other stores because one un- and under-insured. STAGE STAGE him. We hope he does more. dollar of every sale went to the Susan Komen claims that the defund- More specifically, the bills are curious. G. Komen for the Cure foundation? ing is due to a new rule it has 14 The first asserts what seems obvious under current The antis were upset that the wealthy adopted that no funds be given law, that growth in urban growth areas should be ur- and influential breast-cancer charity to an organization under inves-

GET OUT ban in nature and built at urban densities. Perhaps made grants to Planned Parenthood arguments defenders of Komen’s PP tigation by state, local or fed- a more useful bill would state the conceptual oppo- for breast exams and mammograms grants are making now: PP is the only eral authorities. And why make site—that rural development needs to remain rural in for low-income women. And remember organization capable of doing the such a rule just now? As it just 12 character and compatible with rural uses. That gets at when Bishop Leonard Blair of Toledo, work—reaching low-income women, so happens, Planned Parent- the essence of Whatcom’s ag land crisis. Ohio, told his ﬂock to stop raising for whom the PP clinic is often the hood is currently the subject of WORDS A second bill would require counties to plan around money for Komen because someday in only medical care the get—and the a trumped-up investigation by a midline projection of population growth, the aver- the future it might endorse stem cell grant money does not fund abor- Representative Cliff Stearns (R- 8 age of high and low forecasts, or explain their rea- research? Crazy, right? tions. Handel’s turnaround shows you Fla) at the behest of Americans sons for planning around a different forecast. Most The anti-choice movement can be how quickly the anti-choicers have United for Life: Stearns has de- counties, including Whatcom, already do accept the so clumsy, and so weird, we forget claimed formerly neutral turf: in only manded over a decade’s worth CURRENTS CURRENTS midline forecast. Those that don’t already explain that it is also smart and strategic a few years a relationship deemed of documents in an attempt to 6

6 their reasons—Clark County, recognizing its role as a and busy busy busy. Because while normal and good—in Georgia!—and determine whether federal dol- bedroom community for Portland, plans for projected you were shaking your head over pink the only existing way of providing lars were used for abortion ser- VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS high levels of growth. Bibles and stem-cell futurology, Ko- needed services was branded with vices. The very thing that Komen, The third bill (SB 6192) is most curious, attempting men was hiring Karen Handel as se- the mark of the beast. only two years ago, denied was 4 to deﬁne “low-density sprawl” as development tak- nior vice president for public policy. Planned Parenthood says Komen the case—and that Karen Handel

MAIL MAIL ing place outside of UGAs that does not conform to Handel is not your typical philan- grants totaled around $680,000 in herself said was not an issue in

the county’s adopted rural element. Again, this is al- thropy administrator. She is a Repub- 2011 and $580,000 the year before, the Georgia funds she approved. 2 ready the case, making the reasoning gratuitous and lican pol, a former Georgia secretary accounting for around 170,000 of the Komen may not have bargained for

DO IT IT DO circular. Whatcom County is out of compliance with of state, who ran in the 2010 guber- 4 million breast exams it has given the extraordinary storm of protest its

state law because the county’s proposed rural element natorial primary, with endorsements in the last ﬁve years. It’s pretty decision has evoked. There is much permits too much of a kind of development widely from Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, and shocking that Komen would deprive misery among its afﬁliates: at least .12

08 perceived as sprawl. anti-immigrant ﬁnger-pointing Arizo- of services women it has itself ad- one, Komen Connecticut, has posted “’Sprawl,’” Ericksen’s bill contends, “means growth na Governor Jan Brewer. At that time mitted have no other way of getting its unhappiness on its Facebook page. taking place outside of established urban growth ar- she described herself as “staunchly them. As Jodi Jacobson reports on On Twitter and Facebook, longtime .07 02. eas because city or county comprehensive plan ap- and unequivocally pro-life,” opposed RH Reality Check, in 2011 Komen it- supporters are vowing never to donate 06 # proaches, development regulations, or other factors to stem cell research and a fan of cri- self acknowledged PP’s essential role or volunteer. A Credo Action petition hinder the ability of the county’s urban growth areas sis pregnancy centers—places that in breast care: garnered more than 100,000 signa- to adequately capture growth that would otherwise be have repeatedly been shown to use While Komen Afﬁliates provide tures within hours. And in a classic attracted to the urban growth areas of the county.” scare tactics and misinformation to funds to pay for screening, edu- example of unintended consequences, Most cities do want and accept urban densities. dissuade women from seeking abor- cation and treatment programs in Sarah Kliff reports in the Washington When they don’t, the reason is usually related to ter- tions. She vowed to eliminate from dozens of communities, in some Post that Planned Parenthood has al-

CASCADIA WEEKLYrain, wetlands, critical areas, or existing plans for the state budget pass-through grants areas, the only place that poor, ready received $400,000 in donations open space and transportation corridors. to Planned Parenthood for breast uninsured or under-insured wom- in just twenty-four hours. 6 The provision is a recipe to strip local control from and cervical cancer screenings. In- en can receive these services are cities and allow counties to force developments into terestingly, she had previously sup- through programs run by Planned Katha Pollitt writes for The Nation. these communities despite planning controls. Small ported these grants, using the exact Parenthood.” Amy Goodman was off this week. wonder Ericksen’s bill received slavering support from representatives of North Bellingham (Caitac) and Yew VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE Take your fork

Street Road developments. These proj- in a new direction

ects were denied by City of Bellingham 30 planners and administrators. Develop- We are taking Reservations ers lobbied Whatcom County Council, for Valentines Dinner! FOOD who forced these projects back on to the city. But the county can’t push its Mediterranean Cooking 25 stinky plan past the nose of the Wash- Parma Prosciutto Panini ington Growth Management Hearings Fontina Burger Board, which continues to gag at its B-BOARD Chicken Parmesan deﬁciencies. The next move, then, is to change state law to force these proj- Grilled Tenderloin with Gorgonzola ects on Bellingham. Turkish Lamb with Eggplant Cream 22

Yet the Adults In The Room in Olym- Fresh Fish with Chermoula FILM pia—including the association that Brunch Every Saturday & Sunday includes the state’s other 38 counties— 18 aren’t readily buying the argument that state law needs to change markedly to MUSIC accommodate Whatcom’s wacky weird- Rhododendron Cafe ness and land-ﬂipping criminal enter- Chuckanut & Bow Hill Rd. 360-766-6667 www.rhodycafe.com 16 prise. The county’s mad pissing ﬁt with GMA is uniquely its own, with most ART neighboring counties in basic compliance with the law and at work address- POETRY! 15 ing more sophisticated concerns. STAGE STAGE Let’s take a step back and look at those growth numbers. Home construc-

TESS 14 tion went off a cliff in 2007 with the cratering of the housing bubble. Num-

bers are collapsed everywhere, with GALLAGHER GET OUT new housing starts in Bellingham and ZLWKCaleb Barber Ferndale running 30 percent or more 12 below projections. To use this collapse 3RHWHVVD\LVWQRYHOLVWDQG as a metric to craft statewide policy SOD\ZULJKW7HVV*DOODJKHU changes is statistical quackery, like ZLOOSUHVHQW0LGQLJKW/DQ WORDS taking the temperature of a cadaver to WHUQ²DFROOHFWLRQRIQHZDQG 8 infer the medical diagnosis of healthy VHOFWHGSRHPVDQGVKDUHWKH SRGLXPZLWKORFDOSRHWDQG patients. WDOHQW&DOHE%DUEHU While it’s certainly true that a lot of CURRENTS CURRENTS growth this decade has been happening -RLQXVIRUWKLV

)5(((9(17 6 outside Whatcom’s cities, such growth 6 LQWKH9LOODJH%RRNV is actively permitted and encouraged 5HDGLQJV*DOOHU\ VIEWS VIEWS by the county’s growth plan. As we’ve VIEWS noted, that plan projects 49,440 addi- 6$785'$<)HEWK 4 tional people living outside Whatcom’s SP cities at the end of the planning hori- MAIL zon, more people than the county actually expects will move here by 2029. 2

The county has planned and zoned for )HE IT DO enough rural capacity to accommodate all of that growth in rural areas. Small Host Families for International Students at WWU .12 wonder developers are leaping past ur- The Intensive English Program is looking for families and 08 ban areas and building in the country- households to provide homestays for international students side! They are given license and incen- A county-wide tives to do so. book group! who are learning English. China, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan .07 02. 06 It is a stretch to argue, as Ericksen Read the book and Japan are just a few of the places you could learn about # and enjoy does, that structural weaknesses in the hearing au- through hosting a WWU international student. Provide a rich state’s Growth Management Act have thor Elizabeth experience for these students to caused sprawl in the county when the George at one or more of county has never accepted or adopted or the free events! Go to: participate as a member of your been found fully compliant with GMA in WhatcomReads.org family, while having the opportunity for more information! its planning policies. to gain insight into another culture. CASCADIA WEEKLY It’s hard to say a law isn’t working when the law has never since its incep- http://iep.wwu.edu/Homestay.aspx 7 tion been observed or obeyed. Hard to VILLAGE BOOKS Email: [email protected] complain about the performance of an 1200 11th St., Bellingham engine when the key to the ignition has 360.671.2626 *Length of contract varies; monthly room and board never been turned. VILLAGEBOOKS.com will be compensated by the student. ed enthusiastically in favor of the bill. “As the son of a gay man, my personal story is

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30 30 my family,” the freshman Democrat said. “When my father came out, many in our community, and FOOD some in my own family, refused to accept it. currents “For decades our country has struggled with discrimination in many forms. And while it takes 25 NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX time, education and sacriﬁce to conquer injus- tices, those on the side of promoting tolerance

B-BOARD and equality have always prevailed,” Ranker said. “I am proud to be on the right side of history. I am proud to strongly support marriage equality. 22 22 Most of all, I am proud of my father.”

FILM FILM Few spoke with similar passion on the other side of the aisle. “The GOP did not gum up the debate with mon- 18 key wrench amendments,” political reporter Josh

MUSIC Feit observed. “There were only 11 amendments, seven of which were friendly and adopted. And

16 the four that were rejected—including one that called for a referendum— ART ART were dispensed without much heat.” 15 The Seattle reporter add- ed, “A few minutes before STAGE STAGE a supposedly contentious and historic vote, both 14 sides of the chambers were $0RUH3HUIHFW // ) laughing together. And it

GET OUT WHAT: Washington wasn’t nervous chortling United for Marriage to relieve a tense situa- forum tion. It was a hearty out-

12 WHEN: 10am, Sat. Feb. 11 burst in what seemed like WHERE: Belling- everyday business on the WORDS ham Unitarian ﬂoor. That would not have WASHINGTON SET TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE AS Fellowship, 1207 been possible during the 8 8 CALIFORNIA’S BAN FLAMES OUT Ellsworth Street gay civil rights bill debate XQLRQ COST: Free INFO: 738-7161 in 2006, nor during the original domestic partner- CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS ship debate in 2007, which went for hours as

6 opposed to Tuesday’s brief proceedings, which didn’t even go 90 minutes. VIEWS VIEWS BY TIM JOHNSON “The vote itself seemed more like mom and dad’s decision to wait until you’re 12 to tell you 4 Santa Claus doesn’t exist,” he reported. “This

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with their pro-forma handful of amendments, 2 WASHINGTON STATE may soon allow lot measure limiting marriage to one man and one seemed as if they were simply role playing, go-

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seventh state to take such a step in a growing tection clause. fact that the bill would pass.” nationwide debate. “Proposition 8 served no purpose, and had no The Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship (BUF) .12

08 In an emotional session in Olympia last week, effect, other than to lessen the status and human and Mt. Baker Planned Parenthood will co-host a the state Senate passed the bill, 28-21, with sev- dignity of gays and lesbians,” the court said, with panel discussion on the status of lesbian, gay, bi- eral Republicans crossing party lines to support the the majority agreeing with retired Chief U.S. Dis- sexual, transgender and queer rights with regard .07 02. measure. This week, the bill goes to the House, trict Judge Vaughn R. Walker that the state had to marriage-equality legislation in Washington 06 # where it is likely to pass, said Sen. Ed Murray, a no interest in forbidding such unions. The ruling State. The panel will also focus on anticipated Democrat and the bill's sponsor. Gov. Chris Gregoire was narrow and likely to be limited to California, challenges to its passage. has pledged she will readily sign the bill if it makes but sets the stage for the issue to be heard by the The forum features a brief look at the history it to her desk. U.S. Supreme Court as early as next year. of LGBTQ rights nationwide and in Washington Opponents of same-gender unions have vowed Supporters of same-gender marriage in Wash- State. Discussions will highlight progress of the to ﬁght the Washington United for Marriage bill, ington hailed the decision as they await the vote current legislation and the personal, economic

CASCADIA WEEKLY promising to ﬁle an initiative that could appear on of the state House to allow such unions here. and legal implications of this bill’s passage. the November ballot. But the roadmap of opposi- Northwest Washington’s 40th and 42nd District The panel includes Kate Miller, who has been 8 tion became cloudier as the U.S. 9th Circuit Court representatives remain sharply divided along par- with her partner 26 years and was married in of Appeals this week handed down its decision on ty lines. Sen. Doug Ericksen of Ferndale joined his Portland until court ruling annulled it; Stephanie California’s Proposition 8, a citizen’s initiative in Republican colleagues in a vote against the bill. Kountouros, Public Policy Coordinator at Planned that state banning such partnerships. Orcas Island lawmaker Sen. Kevin Ranker delivered Parenthood; Erika Shepard, Transgender activist The panel of federal judges found the 2008 bal- an emotional vote and a personal story as he vot- and LGBTQ spokesperson for BUF. the story of a girl who became a woman and queen of Bellingham Voted #1 Italian Restaurant by

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STAGE STAGE Bellingham City Hall and the Broadway Park Historic District are now on the National Register of Historic Places. The 01.z.12 City of Bellingham received notice last month from the Washington State Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the United States Department of the Interior that the applications had been approved. Bellingham resident 14 MONDAY Lynette Felbert applied for the City Hall designation, with unanimous support from the Bellingham City Council. A Whatcom County Superior Court jury finds a 37-year-old GET OUT Bellingham man guilty of first-degree child molestation and 02.x.12 first-degree child rape, for sexually abusing a young girl and the 41-year-old is a registered sex The state Senate passed threatening her with physical harm for more than two years. offender, convicted in 1993 of two a resolution this week 12 WEDNESDAY The jury returned the verdict against Mark Stiller after a week- counts of child molestation. Investi- honoring Margaret Ander- long trial in Whatcom County Superior Court. A federal judge hears final arguments gators found hundreds of sexual pho- son, the Mount Rainier WORDS whether Washington State can require tos of underage girls on his computer National Park ranger who was fatally shot on New The state Dept. of Ecology secures seven federal grants pharmacies to stock and sell Plan B when they came to his home in March 8 8 Year's Day. Anderson, a worth $5.7 million dollars for wetland projects around Puget or other emergency contraceptives. A of last year. 34-year-old mother of two Sound. The proposal calls for a return of 960 acres of marine lawsuit claims state rules violate the young girls, was shot and wetlands and connected freshwater and upland habitat areas constitutional rights of pharmacists by killed after setting up a CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 02.~.12 back to natural conditions. Projects engage the tribes, includ- requiring them to dispense such medi- roadblock to stop a ve- hicle that blew through a 6 TUESDAY ing 101-acres of historic wetland and connected forested up- cine despite their religious or ethical checkpoint on the road to lands at Smuggler's Slough in the Nooksack River watershed beliefs. The state requires pharmacies Bellingham Police say they’ve arrest- the park's visitor center. VIEWS VIEWS managed by Lummi Nation. to dispense any medication for which ed a man on suspicion he may have The resolution reads, in there is a community need and to stock been promoting prostitution. On Feb part, "Our state and our 4 a representative assortment of drugs 3, detectives arrested a 17-year-old Ta- nation mourn the loss of 01.zx.12 a good, brave ranger, and MAIL MAIL needed by their patients. coma woman for prostitution. The fol- TUESDAY a compassionate and kind

lowing day, police arrested her 22-year- individual." 2 A Bellingham man dies from head injuries sustained from 02.z.12 old companion, also from Tacoma, and

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BUZZ FOOD On Feb. 2, graffiti was reported in the 2700 block of Squalicum Parkway. SPECIAL REPORT: 25 THE TANG OF GANGS On Feb. 2, graffiti was reported in the On Jan. 28, graffiti was reported in the 2600 block of Squalicum Parkway.

100 Block of East Chestnut Street in Bell- B-BOARD ingham. The incident was the ﬁrst in a HEARING TROUBLES series of apparently gang-related tag- On Jan. 28, a York resident called Bell- gings reported around the city. ingham Police to report a loud stereo 22

in his building. Officers contacted a FILM On Jan. 30, a caller reported graffiti 53-year-old man in the building and told in a felt marker covered the parking him the volume was too loud and needed 18 area in the 1200 block of 10th Street in to be reduced, according to the city’s Fairhaven. noise ordnance. The man refused and MUSIC asked to be cited for the infraction. Po- On Jan. 30, graffiti was reported in the lice obliged. Officers again tried to rea- 16 1300 block of Commercial Street in down- son with him to voluntarily turn down his town Bellingham. stereo. He again refused. Police cuffed ART him and frogmarched the man to jail. On Jan. 30, graffiti was reported in the 15 700 block of Garden Street. TOOL TIME STAGE STAGE On Jan. 15, a marine repair yard called On Jan. 30, graffiti was reported in the Bellingham Police to report the theft of 1100 block of Garden Street. equipment and materials. 14

On Jan. 30, two instances of grafﬁti On Jan. 28, the same marine repair yard GET OUT were reported in the 1600 block of Va- reported the business had been entered { lencia Street. in the early morning hours and a wood PERCENT of extra points that were successful league-wide by NFL kickers in the

2011-12 season. 12 planer had been stolen. “This is the sec- On Jan. 30, two instances of graffiti ond burglary to this business in the last were reported in the 1300 block of Puget two weeks,” Bellingham Police noted. WORDS Street. 8 8 On Jan. 28, a fishing trawler under repair On Jan. 30, two instances of graffiti at the same marine repair yard was en- y|x xx were reported in the 4000 block of Silver tered and power tools were stolen. “This ESTIMATED chance the New England ESTIMATED chance New England had of CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS Beach Avenue. business has had a series of thefts and Patriots had of running the ball back for running the ball back for a goal had the a touchdown against the New York Giants Patriots’ coach not allowed the Giants to burglaries over the past week and a half,” with 1:04 minutes remaining in Sunday’s score a touchdown, ending New York’s drive 6 On Jan. 30, two instances of graffiti Bellingham Police shrugged. Superbowl XLVI, based on season passing with 1:04 minutes remaining. The gamble were reported in the 1000 block of Harris statistics. failed; the Giants won, 21-17. VIEWS Avenue. ROHYPNOTIZED 4 On Feb. 2, a woman told Bellingham Po-

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On Jan. 31, grafﬁti was reported in the and reported she was missing her phone over the previous year. 1100 block of North State Street. and some money. The woman told police .12

she did not believe she had been sexually 08 On Jan. 31, graffiti was reported in the assaulted. 100 block of North Commercial Street. z} x ROOM 23 RANK of Washington among 50 states and CHANGE in Washington’s economic .07 02. 06 On Jan. 31, three instances of graffiti On Jan 31, Bellingham Police knocked on District of Columbia expressing confidence confidence, 2010-2011. # were reported in the 200 block of Maple the door of Room 23 at the Aloha Motel. in the economy Street. JUST SAYING HELLO On Jan. 31, six instances of graffiti On Jan. 22, a Bellingham woman report- were reported in the 1600 block of Ellis ed someone had smeared dog feces all { ¹y RANK of Washington among the nation’s DIFFERENCE in gross domestic product

Street. over her front door and door mat. CASCADIA WEEKLY most liberal states, with 26.4 percent of of the 10 most liberal states, all coastal residents self-identifying as liberal. Only (average $53,203 per capita), versus GDP On Feb. 2, grafﬁti was reported in the SECRET RECIPE STOLEN the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and of the 10 most conservative states, mostly 11 900 block of High Street. On Jan. 27, a woman told Bellingham Po- Oregon register higher percentages. Southern (average $33,550 per capita). lice someone had entered her residence On Feb. 2, grafﬁti was reported in the and taken her casserole, scratch paper SOURCE: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP); Pew Research Center; 1200 block of North Garden Street. and notebooks. Economist Alan Kreuger on the Rise and Consequences of Income Inequality doit WORDS

30 30 WED., FEB. 8 OUTSIDE THE LINES: Amy Hatvany reads FOOD words from her new book of ﬁction, Outside the Lines, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS 671-2626

25 THURS., FEB. 9 POETRY READING: Award-winning poet Judith Roche reads from her collection Myrrh: My Life B-BOARD as a Screamer at 5pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Entry is free. ity on the part of the readers. I hope the 778-7323 22 22 audience will be curious and receptive to FRI., FEB. 10

FILM FILM the evening’s surprises.” The only stipula- LOCAL AUTHOR SHOWCASE: As part of a tion Allen gave the participants, he says, monthly “Local Author Showcase” Bellingham is that both members of the couple must author Patricia Herlevi reads from her new 18 read during the ﬁve-minute slot each two- book, Agnes Et Yves, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. some is given to share their love with the MUSIC WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM masses. When: 7pm Sun., Feb. 12. Where: Amadeus Project, 1209 Cornwall Ave. Cost: SAT., FEB. 11 16 Entry is by donation. Info: www.othermind- MIXED BAG: Author and illustrator Paola

ART ART Opal reads from her Simply Small board books press.wordpress.com at 11am at Village Books, 1200 11th St. At When it comes to matters of passion, the 4pm, show up for a “Writing Children’s Lit- 15 French do just about everything better than, erature” informational gathering, and at 7pm well, everyone else. Whether it’s the implicit show up to listen to Tess Gallagher and Caleb STAGE STAGE romance suggested in the sultry dips and Barber read from their new works of poetry. All events are free. turns of their language or their hearty em- 671-2626 OR WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 14 12 brace of sensual pleasures (see French kiss and French toast), they’re the ones to look SUN., FEB. 12 WHATCOM WRITES WINNERS: Winners of WORDS

GET OUT to concerning expressions of love. Those the recent Whatcom Writes! contest will who come to the Valentine’s Day Adult read from their entries at 4pm at Village Story Time at the Bellingham Public Library Books, 1200 11th St. The theme of the 12 will be treated to words by one of the French contest was “enemies.” masters, George Sand—also known as Lucile 671-2626 WORDS Aurore Dupin or the “romantic Baroness.” MON., FEB. 13 Although the 1800s-era author started her POETRYNIGHT: Read your original verse at 8 adulthood with marriage and kids, she de- poetrynight at 8:30pm at the Amadeus Project, parted from the norm by separating from 1209 Cornwall Ave. Sign-ups start at 8pm. her husband, entering into a string of af- WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG CURRENTS CURRENTS fairs with both men and women and, under TUES., FEB. 14

6 a pseudonym, writing a series of novels ADULT STORY TIME: Readings from works (among other things). With memorable gems by George Sand—also known as the romantic

VIEWS VIEWS such as, “There is only one happiness in this baroness—can be heard at “Adult Story Time: A Romantic Tale” at 1pm at the Bellingham BY AMY KEPFERLE life, to love and be loved,” and “Life in com-

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2 WORKING DEMOCRACY: Mary Ellen McCaf- ever form, and for whatever duration—were Passionate Prose free and Anne McNamee Corbett share ideas lucky indeed. When: 1pm Tues., Feb. 14. DO IT IT DO from their book Politics of the Possible: The

USING WORDS TO FIND LOVE Where: Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Decade Our American Democracy Worked at Ave. Cost: Free. Info: 778-7323 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. .12 671-2626

08 REMEMBER WHEN Steve Martin went all Cyrano de Bergerac In our modern age, it’s possible to have to win the heart of Daryl Hannah in the movie Roxanne? Although he didn’t multiple conversations with potential dates WHATCOM WRITERS MEETING: Gary McKin- ney, author and founder of Kearney Street have the typical good looks required to woo a hot chick of her caliber, his without ever having to speak in person. Books, will be the featured speaker at the .07 02. strength lay in the love letters he wrote (but allowed a foxy ﬁreman to read Sometimes, though, exchanging real words Whatcom Writers and Publishers monthly din- 06 # to his crush in his stead). Following are a few Valentine’s Day-related events is the only way to see if there’s a spark. ner meeting at 5:30pm at Windows on the Bay happening locally that will help both the coupled and the uncoupled learn That’s where Speed Dating comes in. With Events, 2625 S. Harbor Loop Dr. Tickets are how to use words to both ﬁnd, and keep, love. (Don’t forget, Cyrano and a Valentine’s Day iteration coming to Honey $15 and includes salad, entrée and dessert. Please reserve by Feb. 10. Steve both got their girls in the end.) Moon, participants can spend short dates WWW.WHATCOMWRITERSANDPUBLISHERS.ORG While it’s true that those reading poetry at the “Love Uncensored” with a variety of potential candidates with- SpeakEasy happening Feb. 12 at the Amadeus Project probably won’t be out having to commit to just one. “Find love

CASCADIA WEEKLY handing out their numbers to adoring fans after the show, the nearly fast” is the motto of the gathering, and, COMMUNITY 20 couples who’ve signed up to read poems—both their own and their who knows, you just might. (This might also WED., FEB. 8 12 personal favorites—are sure to inspire twitterpation among those in the be the perfect opportunity to brush up on HALL OF FAME: Nominations of women who audience. “We’re not screening poems, so I have no idea what to expect,” quotes by Cyrano and George Sands.) When: have made outstanding contributions to the organizer Luther Allen says. “We will probably hear about romance, at- 5:30pm Tues., Feb. 14. Where: Honey Moon, community are due to the YWCA Northwest traction, passion, desire, gratitude, compromise, etc., from a variety 1053 N. State St. Cost: $20 (includes one Women’s Hall of Fame steering committee by of perspectives. Doing this requires some pizzazz and some vulnerabil- drink). Info: [email protected] doit Andrew L. Subin CRIMINAL DEFENSE Fri., Feb. 10. Nominees must be Whatcom County residents, living or deceased, and

their achievements should have had last- 30 30 ing impact. Honorees will be celebrated March 18. FOOD WWW.YWCABELLINGHAM.ORG THURS., FEB. 9

CAREER FAIR: Job seekers can connect 25 directly with employers at a Winter Career Fair taking place from 11am-3pm at

WWU’s Viking Union Multipurpose Room. B-BOARD Entry is free. WWW.CAREERS.WWU.EDU Drug, Alcohol & SCHMOOZEFEST: The Whatcom Council of Driving Related 22 Nonproﬁts hosts a SchmoozeFest from

4:30-6:30pm at the Blue Horse Gallery, Offenses FILM 301 W. Holly St. Nonproﬁt profession- als and volunteers are invited to the FREE 18 networking gig. CONSULTATION WWW.WCNWEBSITE.ORG HISTORICAL IDENTITY: Marissa McGrath MUSIC and Sara Holodnick—also known as the (360) 734-6677

Good Time Girls—will talk about “Belling- www.andrewsubin.com 16 ham’s Historical Identity” at a Whatcom ART ART County Historical Society program at 7:30pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121

Prospect St. 15 WWW.WHATCOMHISTORY.NET FRI., FEB. 10 STAGE AN EVENING TO REMEMER: A silent auction 14

and dinner beneﬁting the Alzhheimer’s 12 Society of Washington, “An evening to Remember,” takes place from 7-10pm at WORDS the Leopold Crystal Ballrom, 1224 Cornwall GET OUT HOTEL & DINNER PACKAGES Ave. Tickets are $30 in advance and $40 at the door.

671-3316 12 SAT., FEB. 11 RAIN FESTIVAL: The annual—and 7JFXPVS4QFDJBM WORDS “official”—Pacific Northwest Rain Festival 7BMFOUJOFT.FOVT starts at noon at the Fairhaven Village *ODMVEFTt%JOOFSGPSUXPJO4UBSTPO'FCUI 8 t0WFSOJHIU"DDPNNPEBUJPOT Green. A rain poetry contest, rain gear 0OMJOF contests, the arrival and the reigning Queen XJUI7*1UVSOEPXOTFSWJDF and her court and more will be part of the CURRENTS CURRENTS fun. Entry is free. 4BUVSEBZ * WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM 'FCSVBSZ $ 6 ROLLER BETTIES: The Bellingham Roller $269 Betties start their fifth season with bouts 239 VIEWS ONLY Water View Room at 5pm at Whatcom Community College. Classic Room

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30 30 a “Flat Fixing Made Fun: Basic Club’s “Two for the Road” Run Bike Repair” conﬁdence class starting at 10am at Whatcom

FOOD G from 6-8:30pm at RE Sources’ Falls Park. Entry is $3-$5. etout Sustainable Living Center, WWW.GBRC.NET HIKING RUNNING CYCLING SKIING 2309 Meridian St. Entry is WORK PARTY: Join Bellingham

25 free. Parks Volunteer Program for a WWW.EVERYBODYBIKE.COM work party from 10am-12pm at AVALANCHE AWARENESS: the Connelly Creek Nature Area.

B-BOARD Reps from the Northwest Ava- Participants will be planting lanche Center will lead a free trees and shrubs and removing invasive plants. of the organizers of the event, says those “Avalanche Awareness” presen- 778-7105 OR WWW.COB.ORG 22 22 lining the short-but-sweet streets of the tation at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Register in advance. VALENTINE’S TRAINS: The

FILM FILM small town should expect to see owners 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM Lake Whatcom Railway offers herding chickens to the finish line. As for ICELAND TRAVELOGUE: Ca- special Valentine Train outings who’ll be leading the feathered fowl— nadian wildlife filmmaker John at 10:30am and 1:30pm through 18 well, let’s just say the creature has four Wilson and naturalist Denice the woods of Wickerhsam. Tickets are $10 for kids and legs, hooves, floppy ears and a large hump Wilkins will lead a travelogue MUSIC $20 for adults. Tickets must be on its back. focusing on “Iceland: Europe’s Wild Gem” at 6pm at the Blaine purchased in advance. But back to the birds. Ness says the (360) 595-2218 OR WWW.

16 Public Library, 610 3rd St. LAKEWHATCOMRAILWAY.COM idea for the festival came about when WWW.BLAINEICELANDERS.ORG ART ART business owners Jim and Lisa Kowal- FLOWER AND GARDEN SUN., FEB. 12 ski (Farm to Market Bakery) and Wesley SHOW: Join staff from the CYCLING CELEBRATION: 15 Smith and Andrew Vallee (Smith & Vallee, Garden Spot for an outing to EverybodyBike hosts “Love obviously) decided Seattle’s Northwest Flower Winter Cycling: Celebrate

STAGE STAGE and Garden Show leaving at to honor the winter Your Winter Ride” from 4-8pm 6am from the nursery’s digs at starting at the Old Foundry, birding culture of the 900 Alabama St. Cost is $85 100 E. Maple St. A pre-event 14 Skagit Valley with a and includes ﬁrst-class travel, ride kicks things off, and then smorgasbord of free, a ticket to the show, drinks, participants can stick around snacks and a bag of goodies. for a winter cycling fashion

GET OUT feather-related fun. 676-5480 OR WWW.GARDEN- “The birding com- show, rafﬂes and much more. SPOT.COM Entry is free. munity is one that is

14 WWW.EVERYBODYBIKE.COM 12 ATTEND very devoted to their FRI., FEB. 10 WHAT: Edison Bird cause, and we also NATURE BABIES: Kids, adults MON., FEB. 13 and adventurers can join Wild WORDS GET OUT Festival feel like it will also TUNING BASICS: A “Ski and WHEN: Feb. 11-12 Whatcom Walks for Nature Ba- Snowboard Tuning Basics” clinic be an opportunity for bies excursions from 9:30-11am

8 WHERE: Edison begins at 6pm at REI, 400 36th COST: All events everyday bird enthu- every Friday in February on the St. Register in advance for the are free except siasts to learn more Interurban Trail. Suggested free course. donation is $5. the closing dinner. about the wonders of 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM

CURRENTS CURRENTS WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG Tickets to the din- this area,” Ness says ner are $75 TUES., FEB. 14 6 FEB. 10-12 INFO: www.edison of the two-day event, SOCIAL RIDE: Join the Mt. Baker LEGENDARY BANKED SLA- birdfestival.com which will not-so-co- Bike Club for a Social Ride every LOM: Amateur and professional VIEWS VIEWS incidentally coincide Tuesday starting at 10am at snowboarders from near and far Ferndale’s Pioneer Park. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WOODLAND PARK ZOO with the Skagit Flats Hawk Census. 4 will compete throughout the 671-6910 OR WWW. With a tagline of “art, conservation and weekend as part of the annual MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG

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.12 Bird Bash Holly St. WWW.MTBAKER.US 08 Zoo, open studio time and demos with WWW. TAKE FLIGHT TO EDISON artists Todd Horton, Andrew Vallee, and SAT., FEB. 11 BACKCOUNTRYESSENTIALS.NET Theo Jonsson, a reception for “Of Birds BIRD OUTING: Join members WED., FEB. 15 .07 02. IT’S NO secret I’ve got a serious crush on Edison. And why and Flight,” a talk with renowned snowy of the Mount Baker Club for

06 WINTER CAMPING: Learn

# a walk through B.C.’s Riefel not—its people and places keep luring me back with promises of owl researcher Denver Holt and Falcon Re- what you need, where to go Bird Sanctuary today. Meet at stunning scenery, delicious eats and world-class art. search Group’s Bud Anderson, and, come and how to prepare at a “Winter 9am at Sunnyland Elementary Camping Basics” clinic at 6pm And now I have a reason to love the Skagit locale even more than closing night, a fancy dinner. to carpool. Shared carpooling at REI, 400 36th St. I did before. Sure, I was excited when I heard about the inaugural Ness points out that winter in Edison has costs will be $7. 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM Edison Bird Festival, but that was nothing compared to the stirring as much to offer as in the warmer months, 733-1183 OR WWW. BIKE TRAVEL SLIDESHOW: I felt in my heart when I found out they were kicking the whole and says the bird bash is for one and all. MOUNTBAKERCLUB.ORG “Cycling Across the USA” WORK PARTY: Join the

CASCADIA WEEKLY thing off with a “Keep Your Chicken in Line” poultry parade. “We hope it’ll entice regular birders who will be the focus of a bicycle Whatcom Land Trust for a work I figure if I leave Bellingham by 9:30am Saturday morning, are already entrenched in the community travelogue slide show at 7pm at party from 9am-12pm at the 14 RE Sources’ Sustainable Living that’ll give me plenty of time to take a leisurely meander down as well as people who have an everyday nonprofit’s Rutsatz Salmon Center, 2309 Meridian St. Sug- Chuckanut Drive, find parking, pick up a pastry and hot bever- interest in the birds around us,” Ness Property (see website for gested donation is $3. age at Breadfarm and secure a spot to watch the action (this says. “I think this is a very inclusive fes- directions). WWW.EVERYBODYBIKE.COM time around, I’ll leave my own hens at home). tival for everyone, really—starting with WWW.WHATCOMLANDTRUST.ORG Berit Ness, the manager at Smith & Vallee Gallery and one the chicken parade.” doit

STAGE performs at 7pm at Brodniak Hall, 1600 20th St. Tickets are

FEB. 9-11 $9.50-$29. 30 30 BECOMING ELEANOR: Becom- (425) 444-5052 OR WWW. ing Eleanor shows for the ﬁnal ARTBEATSHOWS.ORG G FOOD weekend at 8pm Thurs.-Sat. sta e FEB. 14-16 and 2pm Sun. at the Belling- THEATER DANCE PROFILES ham Theatre Guild, 1600 H St. THE FANTASTICKS: The third Tickets are $8-$12. annual Winter Repertory The- 25 WWW. atre presents showings of The BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD.COM 'BOUBTUJDLT, starting this week with 7:30pm shows Tues.-Sat. B-BOARD FRI., FEB. 10 and a 2pm matinee Sunday at DRAG SHOW: The WWU the Mount Baker Theatre’s Wal-

Associated Students Queer ton Theatre, 104 N. Commercial 22 Resource Center hosts its annual St. Tickets are $10-$20.

“Western Drag Show” at 7pm WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE. FILM at the Performing Arts Center COM Concert Hall. WWW.WWU.EDU WED., FEB. 15 18 VAUDEVILLINGHAM: The US: Show up to see an

Bellingham Circus Guild pres- MUSIC investigation of the young ents its monthly uncensored American experience inspired variety show known as Vaude-

by Jack Kerouac’s On the Road 16 villingham at 8pm and 10pm at when US remounts for a show-

the Depot Market Square on the ART ing at 7:30pm at the school’s corner of Railroad Avenue and Performing Arts Center. Tickets Chestnut St. Suggested dona- 15 are $8-$12. 15 tion is $5-$10. 650-6146 WWW. STAGE STAGE FEB. 10-11 BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM STAGE A SHAYNA MAIDEL: The

Alger Lookout Thespian As- 14 sociation presents its ﬁnal DANCE showings of A Shayna Maidel at FEB. 10-11 7pm Fri.-Sat. at the Alger Com- GET OUT munity Church, 1475 Silver Run CUPID’S CABARET: The Lane. Tickets are $10-$14. old-school burlesque and vaudeville troupe known as the WWW.ALTATHEATRE.COM M 12 Provocateurs present “Cupid’s SPACE TREK: The improvised Cabaret” at 8pm Fri.-Sat. at space adventure show known the Spark Museum of Electrical WORDS as “Space Trek” plays at 8pm Invention, 1312 Bay St. Tickets And, although Hayhoe has only been a mem- at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 BY AMY KEPFERLE are $10-$12. 8 ber of the New York City-based troupe since Bay St. At 10pm, attendees can 738-3886 OR WWW. check out “Evil Space Trek.” 2008, the ballet—which is known to gently SPARKMUSEUM.ORG Tickets are $8-$10. parody the dances it also reveres—has been DANCE CABARET: View 733-8855 OR WWW. CURRENTS around since 1974, when founders produced THEUPFRONT.COM cutting-edge performances The Trocks the shows in off-off Broadway lofts instead of created by WWU dance stu- 6 fancy theaters in far-off lands. SAT., FEB. 11 dents and faculty at the fourth COMEDY NIGHT: Manny annual “Dance Cabaret” at 8pm MEN IN TIGHTS (AND TUTUS) But don’t let the word “parody” throw you. VIEWS Martin and Cris Rodriquez Fri.-Sat. at the school’s Per- While it’s true the dozen-plus dancers some-

perform at Comedy Night at forming Arts Center. Tickets 4 ACCORDING TO her short times poke fun at romantic and classical bal- 9pm at Poppe’s, 714 Lakeway are $5. online biography, Vanya Verikosa, the lets, they do it with a hefty dose of profes- Dr. Tickets are $10. 650-6146 MAIL “hardest working living ballerina,” has sionalism. All of the dancers have experience 671-1011

SAT., FEB. 11 2 survived three revolutions and two with past ballet companies, and all must—like TUES., FEB. 14 CONTRA DANCE: The North- counter-insurgencies—not to mention a the women they emulate—learn to dance nat- POKE, CHAT, FRIEND: View- ern Contraband performs at IT DO harrowing transit strike. urally in pointe shoes and tutus. points Theatre Ensemble pres- tonight’s Contra Dance from Look a little closer, and you’ll no- Hayhoe notes wearing a tutu was a little ents 1PLFt$IBUt'SJFOE at 7pm 7-10:30pm at the Fairhaven Li- at 1412 Cornwall Ave. Tickets brary, 1117 12th St. Suggested .12

tice there’s something else that’s a scary at ﬁrst because he couldn’t see his feet. 08 to tonight’s show are $20 and donation is $8-$10. little different about the globetrot- Once he got over the sensation of having a include wine and chocolate. WWW. ting dancer. In addition to her plus-size ATTEND “big disc” surrounding him that prevented Additional $12 performances BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE.ORG pointe shoes and mile-long eyelashes, WHAT: Les Ballet him from seeing past his waist, he says he take place Feb. 17-19. SCANDINAVIAN DANCE: A .07 02. 06 the blond beauty also counts an Adam’s Trockadero de learned to adjust. 734-9999 Scandinavian Dance happens # Monte Carlo MURDER MOST ROMANTIC: from 7:30-10:30pm at Norway apple among her many attributes. WHEN: 7:30pm When it came to wearing pointe shoes— “Behind the lashes, I’m Brock Hay- those innocuous looking ballet slippers that Enjoy a three-course meal Hall, 1419 N. Forest St. Easy Sun., Feb. 12 and live entertainment at a dances will be included. Entry hoe,” the dancer says on a video focus- WHERE: Mount enable dancers to appear as if they’re ﬂitting Mystery Dinner Theatre dubbed is $5-$10. ing on the movers and shakers behind Baker Theatre, 104 about on the tips of their toes (which, ulti- Murder Most Romantic at 7pm at WWW.NORDICDANCERSNW.ORG N. Commercial St. the all-male dance company known as mately, they are)—Hayhoe says it was a mat- Ferndale’s Silver Reef Casino. COST: $25-$45 Tickets are $49.50. SUN., FEB. 12

Les Ballet Trocakdero de Monte Carlo. ter of enduring the discomfort until his body CASCADIA WEEKLY INFO: 734-6080 or WWW.SILVERREEFCASINO.COM DEEP BLUE: South Africa’s “When I put on my eyelashes, I’m Van- www.mountbaker became used it. “Deep Blue: A Waking Dream” NEW SHANGHAI CIRCUS: Ac- ya Verikosa.” theatre.com “When you ﬁrst start, it’s very painful,” he takes the stage at 2pm at 15 robats, jugglers, contortionists Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, Like his fellow dancers, Hayhoe trav- says. “You do get blisters, because your feet and more will bring 2,000 years 2501 E. College Way. Tickets els the world with “the Trocks” dancing a variety of both are so soft and they’re not used to it. Now my of circus traditions to Anacortes are $15-$25. female and male roles in a dizzying array of dances made feet are as hard as nails, so it doesn’t really when the New Shanghai Circus WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG famous by those pursuing a more traditional route to fame. hurt me anymore.” doit UPCOMING EVENTS 30 30 THURS., FEB. 9 FOOD JEWELRY EVALUATION: Local jeweler visual and appraiser Mary Harding leads an “Evaluating Jewelry Dear to Our

25 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES Hearts” presentation at 9:30am at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. Entry is free.

B-BOARD WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG FEB. 10-13 Corey: The show idea came to be through brainstorm- SWEETHEART SALE: The Whatcom Art 22 22 ing months ago with friend and featured artist Colin Guild will offer up a “Sweetheart Sale” from 10am-6pm Fri.-Sun. at its McKenzie

FILM FILM Wiseman. Seeing the Legendary Banked Slalom as a great opportunity to get a big family of mountain Alley Art Market, 1314 12th St. Artists will be on hand to showcase unique folks together in the name of art, we decided on

18 gifts for that special someone. the date and started to spread the word. WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG We wanted to collaborate with a selection of our MUSIC favorite artists that represent a small, but strong, SAT., FEB. 11 OVER ‘N UNDER: Baskets, rugs, table segment of Cascadian creatives. Paying homage to 16 16 covers, clothing and more will be on dis- the natural deﬁnition of the bioregion, we selected play at the opening of “Over ‘N Under: ART ART ART ART artists from Canada all the way to Oregon to repre- Selections from the Skagit Valley Weav- sent the “Cascadian Collection.” ers Guild” from 11am-5pm at La Conner’s 15 CW: What does the phrase “mountain art” mean to Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. 4th St. Admission is $3-$4. The exhibit you?

STAGE STAGE runs through April 29. Corey: “Mountain art” is just a term to describe the WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM result of the artists who, inspired by the experience CEDAR WEAVER: Lummi cedar weaver Ja- 14 of being in the mountains, interpret their vision net Solomon will share and demonstrate and response through the medium of their choice. her knowledge of the art from 1-3pm at CedarWorks Gallery, 217 Holly St.

GET OUT CW: What do you think is awesome 647-6933 about the exhibit? Corey: I think it’s awesome to 12 exhibit the idea of creativity ONGOING and collaboration for a cause, EXHIBITS WORDS to share our interpretations ALLIED ARTS: As part of the Belling- of the same passion—being in ham Chinese Cultural Festival, 17 local 8 . $/ the mountains, living in Casca- Chinese artists will display their works WHAT: “The through Feb. 28 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cascadian Collec- dia, and re-creating our spirit Cornwall Ave. tion: Mountain Art through recreating in our bod- CURRENTS CURRENTS WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG

“TREES” BY JESSIE CARLSON JESSIE BY “TREES” Showcase” plus ies and minds. (Not to mention AMADEUS PROJECT: Collage artist 6 Northwest Weather donating proceeds to a crucial Norma Sorby will show her mixed media and Avalanche nonprofit organization that so Center Benefit paintings through February at the Ama- VIEWS VIEWS BY AMY KEPFERLE WHEN: 6-10pm many of us utilize in the winter deus Project, 1209 Cornwall Ave. Thurs., Feb. 9 months.) WWW.AMADEUSPROJECT.ORG 4 WHERE: Innate, CW: What else can people find at ANCHOR ACCESS: Schott Schuldt’s multi-disciplinary exhibition, “The Wild- MAIL MAIL 1420 N. State St. Innate? ness Within,” will be on display until COST: Free Corey: Alongside printing equip- Mountain Art March 24 Anchor Access, 216 Commercial

2 INFO: 392-8675 or www.innations. ment and boxes of shirts, you’ll Ave., Anacortes. also ﬁnd a carefully selected WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG DO IT IT DO CASCADIAN COLLABORATION com

sampling of blank garments ARTWOOD: “Boxes, Boxes, Boxes” THE NUMBER eight ﬁgures big in the evolution of the screen- ready for a freshly inked design of your choice. You can be perused through February at .12 Artwood, 1000 Harris Ave.

08 printing studio, gallery and storefront known as Innate. If you’re look- can also count on a high-five, a smile and a healthy 647-1628 ing for all the intricate details—which involve the 2008 Olympic games, dose of positive vibrations. BELLINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM: Chinese culture, the infinity symbol and a whole lot more—ask friends CW: What do you appreciate about being part of the The museum is open to the public from .07 02. and owners Corey Warren and Dylan Warnberg when you see them at the Innate crew? noon-5pm Tues. and Thurs.-Sat. at 1320 06 # one-night-only mountain art showcase known as “The Cascadian Collec- Corey: I appreciate getting to see an idea through; to Commercial St. tion” Feb. 9 at their State Street space. If you can’t get them alone, the envision it and build it, shape it, test it and refine it— 393-7540 following primer should fill you in. all alongside friends and creative people of all ages. CEDARWORKS: Peruse and purchase Cascadia Weekly: How did your “individuality, imagination and collabo- CW: Why is Bellingham a good place to be to do what a variety of Native American art from 10am-6pm Wed.-Sat. at the CedarWorks ration” credo come about? you do? Art Gallery, 217 Holly St. Corey Warren: Our credo comes from a pure translation of our own per- Corey: Bellingham is at the heart of Cascadia. It has 647-6933

CASCADIA WEEKLY sonal value systems and passions into something tangible for people fresh air, mountains, water—all the essential ingre- CHUCKANUT BREWERY: Works by to support. “Innate” literally means elemental, essential, intuitive dients for a healthy and active lifestyle. Combine Laurie Potter are currently on display at 16 and natural. In our context, it means ﬁnd what you’re naturally good the local business-oriented downtown community the Chuckanut Brewery and Kitchen, 601 at and do it. We subscribe to the idea that creativity and collabora- with its geography and the constantly regenerating W. Holly St. WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN. tion are at the core of a free and happy society of human beings, so batch of receptive college students, and you have a COM this is what we’ve built our business model around. great recipe to build a brand that stays true to its DEMING LIBRARY: Donald Danenger’s CW: How did the “Cascadian Collection” exhibit come about? roots and launch to all corners of the globe. doit Check out our Updated All Day Menu New HoPPY Hour Menu Sun-Thu 4-6pm acrylic works can be viewed through U.S.I.T. Feb. 11 at the Deming Library, 5044 Reserve xSweetheart Dinner for 2 xFeb 14 Mt. Baker Hwy. 30 30 592-2422 1 shared appetizer / 2 Entrees / 1 shared dessert

FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the FOOD contemporary folk art of RR Clark from 12-5pm every Mon.-Fri. at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St.

SHOP 25 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY. COM

FOG: View a variety of works by noted at B-BOARD artists at the Fairhaven Originals Gal- lery, 960 Harris Ave. WWW.BELLINGHAMFOG.COM 22 22 GALLERY CYGNUS: “Natural &

Supernatural: Contemporary Art of FILM the Northwest Coast” can be viewed through March 25 at La Conner’s Gal-

lery Cygnus, 109 Commercial St. 18 WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM

GOOD EARTH: A multi-artist “Teapot MUSIC Show” can be seen through February at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. 16 WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM LUCIA DOUGLAS: Works featuring ART artists Cass Nevada, Donna Watson,

and Brian O’Neill can be viewed until 15 16 Feb. 25 at the Lucia Douglas Gallery, ART ART

1415 13th St. STAGE WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM MONA: View “Yesterday’s Tomor- row,” a multi-artist exhibit of CW 14 “old-fashioned futuristic work” and “Study in Blue” through March 14 at La Conner’s Museum GET OUT of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG 12 PRESENCE STUDIO: Karen Frances’ “The Still Movement of Truth” can be viewed through February at Presence Divorce is an ending, but not The End WORDS Studio, 1412 Cornwall Ave. WWW.PRESENCE-STUDIO.COM Let us help you close one chapter of your life 8 QUILT MUSEUM: “Ten Years of Beaded And build the next. Quilts,” “Variations on a Theme: Wear- ables and Quilts,” and “Embroidered Collaborative Divorce CURRENTS CURRENTS Beauties: Old and New” are on display *Paternity * Child Support * Domestic Partnerships * Modifications

through March 25 at the La Conner Quilt 6

& Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St. WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM

LAW OFFICE OF PAMELA E ENGLETT PLLC VIEWS SCOTT MILO: “Wetland Abstractions,” 119 N. Commercial St., Ste. 1225 360-738-4659

featuring oils by Dederick Ward and Adella Thompson 4 poetry by Jane Alynn, can be viewed

through Feb. 28 at Anacortes’ Scott MAIL Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave.

WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM 2 WESTERN GALLERY: Australian DO IT IT DO artist Gosia Wlodarczak will work on her “performance drawings,” titled “Between Wander & Settlement,” .12

while in residence at WWU’s Western 08 Gallery. The works will be on display through March 3. WWW.WESTERNGALLERY.WWU.EDU .07 02.

WHATCOM ART GUILD: From 10am- 06 # 6pm every Friday through Sunday, stop by the Whatcom Art Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Waldron Build- ing, 1314 12th St. WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Lesley Dill’s Poetic Visions: From Shimmer to Sis-

ter Gertrude Morgan,” “Jack Carver: CASCADIA WEEKLY At the Blossom Time Parade” and “A Paper Trail: Prints from the Col- 17 lection” are currently on display at the Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora St. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.COM Rumor Has It

30 30 ALTHOUGH I LIKE to preach a message of peace and solidarity with regard to our music com- FOOD munity, I understand that occasionally we all have the need to gather together and ﬁght it music out. And if we can do so for cash prizes, so 25 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT much the better. Which brings me to Battle of the Bay, which

B-BOARD I'm imagining is sort of like Street Fighter, but for musicians (until someone shows up and throws down a sweet hadouken, that is. Then 22 22 all bets are off). The premise/procedure goes

FILM FILM BY CAREY ROSS a little something like this: battle-ready bands submit themselves and their music to submis- [email protected] by Thurs., 18 18 Feb. 9 (organizers say they're concerned with

MUSIC content rather than recording quality, so feel MUSIC Cherry Poppin’ Daddies free to send in those home demos). A dedicated group of discerning listeners (read: the event

16 PARTY LIKE IT’S 1999 organizers) will then listen to said submissions ART ART (there’s a whole section of the band’s Wiki- and select six of the most worthy ones to face pedia entry titled, in part, “Censorship and off at the big event. Come Sat., Feb. 25 (and in 15 Controversy”—not your standard swing tenets, conjunction with at least not in this day and age. But, then again, ASP Pop's yearly STAGE STAGE their name is Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, and, yes, Music Industry it does mean what you think it does). Conference) the

14 It is worth noting that, when it comes to this bands will come band and its sound, there’s a deﬁnite delinea- together at the

GET OUT tion between before and after. However, unlike Old Foundry to with most bands known for throw down in the a single song, that “before” interest of earn- 12 does not mean prior to said ing a "glorious BY CAREY ROSS song. Instead, the “before” trophy" and Cash! WORDS refers to the band’s 2001 Prizes! In case you're wondering, the money up hiatus, and the “after” to for grabs is no measly amount, rather a first- 8 ATTEND when they started making place showing nets the winner $300 (as well as WHAT: Cherry music again five years later. endless bragging rights, but I think that goes Poppin’ Daddies, This time around, the without saying). The second-place winners will CURRENTS CURRENTS The Whiskey eclectic outfit with the earn themselves $100, while third place nets Wailers 6 WHEN: 9pm Sat., ever-shifting lineup (the $50. Whoever is in attendance at the show has Feb. 11 Cherry Poppin’ Daddies the right to vote, so wowing the crowd can

VIEWS VIEWS WHERE: Wild of today bears little re- translate into bucks deluxe for the most enter- Buffalo, 208 W. semblance to the band taining band. 4 Holly St. of yesteryear) focused on James Hardesty has been hard at work COST: $12-$15 MAIL MAIL MORE INFO: www. the sounds of the tropics, renovating the Green Frog (construction hav- REMEMBER THAT brief period of time during the late wildbuffalo.net recording and releasing an ing stalled off and on during the past few

2 ’90s when music fans everywhere shucked off their ﬂannel and album chock full of island months), and the project appears to be near their angst to become a crew of shiny-faced, stylized swing kids? rhythms—blended with their trademark rock/ completion. However, he has asked for a bit of DO IT IT DO

When moshing gave way to Lindy Hopping and owning a zoot suit ska/swing hybrid sound. Around that time, ﬁnancial help from the Frog-loving communi- was a lifestyle and a fashion choice? they also released a compilation of their ska ty. He's not asking anyone to give giant wads .12

08 The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies sure do. music, with the hope that it would help lis- of cash (although he certainly would not turn After all, it was their platinum-selling megahit “Zoot Suit Riot” teners to move past the lingering notes of down such a gift), rather he would like every- that ushered in the swing revival, and they remained a staple of “Zoot Suit Riot.” one who values the Green Frog and would like

.07 02. that scene until its eventual and inevitable demise. These days, the band has made peace with to see it reopen sooner rather than later to 06 # It can be hard for any band to survive being a one-hit wonder. its swing-styled past and come full circle, and click on over to the bar's website and donate It can be especially hard for those bands so closely identiﬁed with are reportedly in the process of recording a $10. As $10 is less than many of us spend on such a distinctive sound and style, i.e swing music. swing/rockabilly album dubbed White Teeth, adult beverages during any given night out on It probably really sucks if that happens to you and you’re not Black Thoughts, although a release date is still the town, it seems like an amount that should actually a swing band. forthcoming. not be too difﬁcult for Frog fans to scare up. Despite the fact that swing songs are part of every set list, the There’s little doubt that when the Cherry Of course, in the interest of holding up his end of the deal, Hardesty promises to book all our CASCADIA WEEKLY band released a swing album and is known best for a song with “zoot Poppin’ Daddies play Sat., Feb. 11 at the Wild suit” in the title, no, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies isn’t a swing band. Buffalo they will come packing those swing favorite bands immediately upon reopening 18 I know—I was shocked too. sounds we all associate them with. But don’t the Green Frog, as well as stocking everyone's So, if they’re not the kings of swing, what are they? be surprised if that’s just the tip of this musi- favorite beers (that's a gross generalization, Mostly, the music style they most closely identify themselves cal iceberg. However, if you’re looking for an but I believe it to be at least mostly true). As with is ska, which certainly shares some common ground with excuse to bust out that zoot suit and dust off far as good deals go, that one is pretty cheap swing. They also have some punk roots, in both sound and ethos your Lindy Hop, I can think of none better. at the price. musicevents CHECKMATE NOW SHOWING February 10-16 FRI., FEB. 10 MUSIC RENAISSANCE MUSIC: As part of the Salish 30 30 Early Music Festival seasonal lineup, show up Bellingham’s newest for “A Broken Consort: Renaissance Chamber music gear outlet!! FOOD Music” at 7:30pm at Christ the Servant Lu- theran Church, 2600 Lakeway Dr. Suggested donation is $15-$20. Used GearGe 733-1277 OR WWW.CONCERTSPIRITUEL.ORG PFC begins serving Beer & Wine in Theatre 1 on 2.17 25 ALPHA YAYA DIALLO: Hear amazing & AccessoriesAccesso music from West Africa when award-winning

The Artist (PG-13) 35mm/100m. “the movie’s real B-BOARD musicians Alpha Yaya Diallo & the Baﬁng Expert RepairsRep romance is the one between us, the jaded 21st-century Riders perform at 7:30pm at Mount Vernon’s by Guitar Doctor USA audience, and the mechanical innocence of old movies, McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way. Tickets

which here becomes new again. “ EW 22 are $15-$25. Open 7 days a week!! Fri: (1:40), (4:00), 6:20, 8:40 WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG

Sat: (1:40), 4:00, 6:20, 8:40; Sun: (2:20), 4:40 FILM Mon - Thu: (1:40), (4:00), 6:20, 8:40 FEB. 10-12 3201 Northwest Ave #4 SKAGIT COMMUNITY BAND: The Skagit 18 Bellingham Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) 35mm/127m. 18 Community Band present performances (next to Yeager’s & Checkmate Pawn) featuring romance and passion when “In a “This superb remake has the inevitable look of a period MUSIC Sentimental Mood” shows at 7:30pm Friday piece, a smoke-filled rendering of things past. However, MUSIC at La Conner’s Maple Hall and 3pm Sunday 360-778-2796 thanks to Tomas Alfredson’s direction, a taut screenplay,

at Brodniak Hall in Anacortes. Tickets are and a uniformly brilliant cast, the film also retains its 16 $10-$15. facebook.com/checkmatemusic contemporary relevance.” Globe & Mail WWW.SKAGITCOMMUNITYBAND.ORG Fri & Sat: (1:15), 6:30; Sun: (3:00), 8:15 ART Mon - Wed: (1:15), 6:30; Thu: (1:15)

SAT., FEB. 11 15 COALITION CHOIRS: Eleven choirs consisting A Dangerous Method (R) 35mm/99m. of more than 175 voices will combine for to- STAGE STAGE day’s Interfaith Coalition Choir Festival start- “Precise, lucid and thrillingly disciplined.” HR ing at 1pm at the Church of the Assumption, Fri: (4:05), 9:15; Sat: 4:05, 9:15; Sun: 5:50 2116 Cornwall Ave. Donations will support Mon - Wed: (4:05), 9:15; Thu: (4:05) 14 homeless housing and health care for all. WWW.INTERFAITH-COALITION.ORG Everything is Terrible Presents...DoggieWoggiez!

SINGING AND SWINGING: A joint concert PoochieWoochiez! (NR) 90m. Those krazed VHS- GET OUT of the Whatcom Sound Jazz Singers and the Rosie Ledet hunting pupz from Everything Is Terrible! (everyone’s Swing Connection Jazz Band happens at a favorite found footage chop shoppe) are back with their

“Singing and Swinging” soiree at 5pm at the & the Zydeco third inner-eye-opening feature! Epic. $8/$10 12 Leopold Crystal Ballroom, 1224 Cornwall Ave. Sun: 7:00 PM Tickets are $10. Playboys WORDS WWW.BELLINGHAMSINGS.ORG (Zydeco Dance How to Start a Revolution (NR) DVD/90m. FREE RANDOM ORBIT SANDERS: Show tunes, Opening Night + Reception BHRFF 2012 Party 8 folk songs, lullabies and even yodeling can w/ Louisana’s Thu: 6:30, 9:00 be expected when the Random Orbit Sanders perform from 6-8pm at the Old World Deli, Sweetheart of Royal Opera House’s: Il Trittico (NR) HD/188m. 1228 N. State St. the Groove) Opera in HD with Puccini’s triptych - melodrama 3x! CURRENTS 738-2090 Friday, January 27 Sun: 11:00 AM $16/$20 6 VALENTINE’S OPEN MIC: Musical guests and other artists will perform at a Valentine’s NEW PICKFORD FILM CENTER: 1318 Bay St. | 360.738.0735 | PickfordFilmCenter.org Coffeehouse Open Mic from 7-10pm at the Danny VIEWS Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth, 1059 N. Barns Open 1pm-Close Mon-Fri & 30 Min Before First Showtime on Sat-Sun 4 State St. Entry is by donation. (Banjo Join us for a drink before your movie! Mary’s Happy Hour: 4-6pm, M-F $2 Beer/$3 Wine WWW.BAAY.ORG MAIL MAIL CHAMBER MUSIC: “Musique de Chambre Extraordinarie)

for Viola and Bassoon” will be performed by Saturday, February 4 2 Leslie Johnson, Pat Nelson, Lisa McCarthy, NOW SHOWING Feb 10-16 and Jennifer Weeks at 7pm at the Amadeus Saturday, DO IT IT DO Tubaluba at PFC’s Limelight Cinema Project, 1209 Cornwall Ave. Tickets are February 11 $5-$10. at 1416 Cornwall

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2 with Carnage set entirely with the conﬁnes of a New York ﬂat. keeps breaking off for corporate crisis-talks neurotic wife, a bout of spectacular projec- This time, however, the director’s playing the horrors for laughs. Adapted on his Blackberry. tile vomiting notwithstanding. DO IT IT DO

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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: will go down as the year Hollywood used Ryan

FILMSHORTS B-BOARD Gosling to try and come between me and my movie The Artist: Ten Oscar nominations for a black-and- star boyfriend, Robert Downey Jr. It almost worked, white silent ﬁlm? If you think Oscar is trying to hit but RDJ redeemed himself, thus proving himself to 22 22 you over the head with how good this movie is, you'd be more than worthy of my enduring love. Also, this 22 be right. ★★★★★ 1(tISNJO movie features a plot, Jude Law and Noomi Rapace, FILM FILM Pickford Film Center See www.pickfordﬁlmcenter. some stuff that blows up and probably some kind of FILM com for showtimes. evil arch-villain, but I don't think that's what's really important here. ★★★ 1(tISTNJO Beauty and the Beast 3D: I'd like to quote Celine 18 Bellis Fair Call 676-9990 for showtimes. Dion with regard to this Disney Classic: "Certain

as the sun/Rising in the east/Tale as old as time/ Sing Your Song: We all know Harry Belafonte as a MUSIC Song as old as rhyme/Beauty and the Beast [in 3D]." golden-throated singer and a dude who sometimes ★★★★ (tISNJO hung out with Martin Luther King Jr. This doc high- 16 Bellis Fair Call 676-9990 for showtimes. lights a lifetime of ceaseless activism and powerful

advocacy and proves he's ever so much more than ART Big Miracle: Inspired by the true story of three just a man with a megawatt smile and pretty voice. whales trapped by ice in northern Alaska—the ★★★★ 6OSBUFEtISNJO rescue of which led to a brief thaw in the Cold 15 PFC's Limelight See www.pickfordﬁlmcenter.com War—this movie will make you not only want to save for showtimes. the whales but also save all the actors involved from STAGE themselves. ★★ 1(tISNJO Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace: Bellis Fair 12:50 | 4:20 | 7:10 | 9:40 Dear George Lucas, We are all trying to forget this

DOGGIEWOGGIEZ! POOCHIEWOOCHIEZ! movie exists. Instead of tinkering with it and foist- 14 Carnage: See review previous page. ★★★★ 3t ing it upon us again, how about you release the ISNJO DoggieWoggiez! PoochieWoochiez!: The found- voices to let emotion rip...I can't recommend this original theatrical versions of Star Wars, Empire, and

PFC's Limelight See www.pickfordfilmcenter.com GET OUT footage evil geniuses known as Everything is Terrible new Royal Opera production too highly." You heard it Jedi? And, yes, I am indeed one of those geeks. Deal for showtimes. present their latest offering featuring, you guessed here first. ★★★★★ 6OSBUFEtISTNJO with it. ★★ 1(tISTNJO Chronicle: They're attractive teenagers with rapidly it, dogs. As most of us spend at least a few hours a Pickford Film Center Feb. 12 @ 11:00am Sunset Square 11:45am | 2:00 | 2:45 | 4:55 | 6:30 | developing superpowers and no guidance as to how day YouTubing hilarious dog vids, I figure this is up 7:45 | 9:55 12 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D: The Rock to use them. What could possibly go wrong? ★★ (PG- everyone's alley. ★★★★★ 6OSBUFEtIST in 3D. Oh, goody. ★ 1(tISNJO The Vow: For the love of all that is holy, Rachel

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Man on a Ledge: How to make a crappy movie, 8 Contraband: Mark Wahlberg turned away from a life harbored resentment toward this film for taking a crime against cinema too? You are a fine actress. step one: cast Sam Worthington. The rest will take of crime to become a family man. Unfortunately, he beautiful book and screwing it up. But now that Make better choices. ★ 1(tISNJO care of itself. ★ 1(tISNJO still has a lowlife brother-in-law. I wonder if Marky it has been nominated for a Best Picture Oscar Bellis Fair Call 676-9990 for showtimes. Bellis Fair Call 676-9990 for showtimes. Mark will somehow be drawn back into a criminal (presumably taking the slot that should've been Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Spymaster John le CURRENTS enterprise, to pull one last job, perhaps because his allotted to Drive JUJTEFBEUPNF★★ 1(t One for the Money: I'd like to believe that one Carre gets the cinematic treatment with this render- family has been threatened in some way? Oh Hol- ISTNJO day Katherine Heigl will star in a movie that is at 6 ing of one of his most popular novels. Gary Oldman lywood, you keep being utterly predictable and we'll Sehome 5:00 least halfway decent. When that day comes, Santa, HJWFTBO0TDBSOPNJOBUFE mOBMMZ BTTJTUJOCSJOHJOH keep acting surprised by it. ★★ the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny will no doubt 3tISNJO VIEWS The Grey: This movie pits Liam Neeson against a the story to life. ★★★★ 3tISTNJO Sunset Square 11:30am | 10:35 be her costars. ★ 1(tISNJO pack of bloodthirsty, man-eating wolves. I don't Pickford Film Center See www.pickfordfilmcenter.

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fascinating film directed by the ever-interesting The former makes it interesting and the latter makes Hugo: I didn't see it coming, but with its 11 Oscar that Kate Beckinsale still exists. In 3D, no less. ★★ 2 David Cronenberg. ★★★★ 3tISNJO me wish it were a whole lot better. ★★ 1(t nods, this is the film to beat at this year's Academy 3tISNJO Pickford Film Center See www.pickfordfilmcenter. ISTNJO DO IT IT DO

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that Harry Potter goes to work drunk and has a thing .12 up with George Clooney and a whole lot of dark 1(tISTNJO the premise that I'm convinced a quality film and GPS3ZBO(PTMJOH HFUJOMJOF CVEEZ +VTUJOUJNF 08 humor in what has to be an effort to win every Oscar Sunset Square 1:15 | 7:00 Ryan Reynolds cannot exist in the same place at the for the release of his first movie not intended for on Earth this year. They've got my vote. ★★★★★ (R same time, but I'm a little afraid his costar, Denzel Il Trittico: I think this critic says it best: ""Bodice- tweens. I guess he wants us to know he's all grown tISNJO Washington, would find me and kick my ass. He does

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30 30 ͻ&ĞůŽŶǇ͕DŝƐĚĞŵĞĂŶŽƌ͕/ŶĨƌĂĐƟŽŶ͕h/͕ 19th-century author and hermetic magician whose ƐƐĂƵůƚ͕ƌƵŐΘ^ĞǆĂƐĞƐ͘ work has had a major inﬂuence on Western mystery FOOD FREE WILL schools. The great secret of magic, he said, is four- ͻ͞ZŝƐŝŶŐ^ƚĂƌ͕͟tĂƐŚŝŶŐƚŽŶ>ĂǁΘWŽůŝƟĐƐ͘ fold: “to KNOW what has to be done, to WILL what is required, to DARE what must be attempted, and

24 ƩŽƌŶĞǇůĞǆZĂŶƐŽŵ to KEEP SILENT with discernment.” Your assignment, 25 ASTROLOGY ;ϯϲϬͿϲϳϭͲϴϱϬϬ ĂƌĂŶƐŽŵΛƚĂƌŝŽůĂǁ͘ĐŽŵ Libra, is to apply this approach to your love life. How ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Marriage must be a can you create a relationship with love that will be a relation either of sympathy or conquest,” said author gift to the world and also make you smarter, kinder, B-BOARD B-BOARD B-BOARD George Eliot. I believe the same is true even about in- and wilder? KNOW what magic you have to do. WILL timate bonds that have not been legally consecrated. yourself to do it. DARE to be ingenious and inspired. Each tends to either be a collaboration of equals who And don’t tell anyone what you’re doing until you 22 22 are striving for common goals or else a power struggle achieve your goal. in which one party seeks to dominate the other. Which SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): After analyzing the

FILM FILM PEP PER of those two models has characterized your romantic astro data for this Valentine season, I realized that history, Aries? Now is an excellent time to begin work- you could really beneﬁt from being less sober, sol- ing to ensure that the partnership model will predomi- emn, and serious about your intimate relationships. 18 SIST nate for the rest of your long life. That’s why I decided to collect some one-liners for ERS TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Love loves to love you to use as you loosen up your approach to to- MUSIC COOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX SINCE 1988 love,” wrote James Joyce in his 1922 novel Ulysses. getherness. Please consider delivering them to any- “Nurse loves the new chemist. Constable 14A loves one you’d like to be closer to. 1. “Let’s go maniacally Mary Kelly. Jumbo, the elephant, loves Alice, the el- obsess about our lives in a soothing environment.” 16 Open Nightly Except Monday 1055 N State St B’ham 671-3414 ephant. Old Mr Verschole with the ear trumpet loves 2. “We’ll be best friends forever because you already

ART ART old Mrs Verschoyle with the turnedin eye. The man in know too much about me.” 3. “It would be great if the brown macintosh loves a lady who is dead. His you would schedule your social events around my Majesty the King loves Her Majesty the Queen.” What mood swings.” 4. “I’m sorry I drunk-dialed you be- 15 Joyce said 90 years ago is still true: The world is a fore realizing you were already in bed with me.” 5. churning, burning uproar of yearning. The droning “I wanna do boring things with you.” (All the one-

STAGE STAGE moan of “I want you, I need you” never dies down. liners come from Someecards.com.) Give yourself to that cosmic current without apology SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “The world this Valentine season, Taurus. Celebrate your vora- is an oyster, but you don’t crack it open on a mat- 14 cious ache for love. Honor your urge to merge with tress,” said a character in Arthur Miller play. He was reverence and awe for its raw splendor. referring to the idea that if you’re obsessed with sex GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I’ve ghostwritten and romance, your level of worldly accomplishment GET OUT a personal ad for you to give to your Valentine or may be rather low. It jibes with what a friend in potential Valentine: “I’m looking for a free yet dis- my youth told me when he noticed how much of my ciplined spirit I can roll down hills with on sunny energy was engaged in pursuing desirable females: 12 days and solve thorny puzzles with when the skies “They don’t build statues in parks for guys who chase are cloudy. Can you see the absurd in the serious women.” I realize you may not be wildly receptive

WORDS and the serious in the absurd? Are you a curious to ruminating on these matters during the Valentine chameleon always working to sharpen your commu- season, Sagittarius. However, the omens suggest I nication skills? Might you be attracted to a sweet- advise you to do just that. It’s a good time to ﬁne- 8 talking wise-ass who’s evolving into a holy goofball? tune the balance between your life-long career goals Emotional baggage is expected, of course, but please and your quest for love. make sure yours is organized and well-packed. Let’s CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Ancient Egyp-

CURRENTS CURRENTS create the most unpredictably intriguing versions of tians thought that drinking bear grease could stim- beauty and truth that anyone ever imagined.” ulate ardor, while the Greeks believed that eating

6 CANCER (June 21-July 22): On average, an sparrow brains would do the trick. When potatoes adult on planet Earth has sex 103 times a year. But ﬁrst appeared in Spain in 1534, imported from the

VIEWS VIEWS I’m guessing that in the immediate future, Cance- New World, they were used in love potions and worth rians everywhere may be motivated to exceed that more than $1,000 a pound. The Asian rhinoceros was

4 rate by a large margin. The astrological omens sug- hunted nearly to extinction because its horn was gest that your tribe’s levels of sensual desire may thought to have aphrodisiac properties. Just in time

MAIL MAIL reach astronomical heights. Do you know anyone for Valentine season, I’d like to suggest that you call you’re attracted to who might be willing help you on a very different kind of romantic stimulant that

out as you follow your bliss? If not, be your own costs nothing and doesn’t endanger any species: be- 2 Valentine. One way or another, it’s prime time to cel- ing a good listener. ebrate your relationship with eros. DO IT IT DO

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Maybe there is a LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I’d love for you to be soulmate for you in this world. Maybe there isn’t. But )DPLOLHVRIDOODJHVDUHLQYLWHGWRHQMR\RRGOHVRI able to always give the best gifts you have to give you can count on this: If that person is out there,

.12 without worrying about whether they will be received you will never bond with him or her by clinging to a 08 JDPHVFUDIWVWUHDWVFDUQLYDOERRWK in the spirit with which you offer them. But that’s set of speciﬁc expectations about how it should hap- just not realistic. I would also be ecstatic if you nev- pen. He or she will not possess all the qualities you DFWLYLWLHVDQGPRUHIXQWKDQIROO\ er had to tone down your big, beautiful self out of wish for and will not always treat you exactly as you

.07 02. fear that others would be jealous or intimidated. And want to be. I’m sure you already know this deep down,

06 yet that’s not a rational possibility, either. Having Aquarius, but hearing it from an objective observer like # said that, though, I do want to note that now and me might help liberate you further from the oppressive then both of those pleasurable scenarios can prevail fantasy of romantic perfection. That way you can bet- for extended lengths of time. And I believe you’re ter recognize and celebrate the real thing. now in one of those grace periods. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “We are all a little VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In accordance with weird and life’s a little weird, and when we ﬁnd the astrological omens, here’s what I wish and pre- someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, dict for you in the near future: You will be a connois- we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness

CASCADIA WEEKLY seur of temptations. By that I mean you will have and call it love.” So proclaimed Dr. Seuss. I think a knack for attracting and playing with allurements this is an excellent meditation for you during this 26 and enticements. More importantly, you’ll have a season of love. You need more permission to share sixth sense about the distinction between good bait your idiosyncrasies and eccentricities, and you need and bad bait—between provocative temptations more freedom to ally yourself with people whose that will serve your most fervent dreams and debili- idiosyncrasies and eccentricities you’re compatible tating traps that will dissipate your integrity. And with -- and on behalf of the cosmos, I’m hereby giv- when you get a lock on the invigorating, ennobling ing you that permission. rearEnd ›› ”I Oh You One” — or four, actually — by Matt Jones

30 30 43 Use a shiv 7 Sportages and 41 Pie charts show 64 Election Day day: FOOD 45 Menu phrase Spectras them: abbr. abbr. meaning “you can 8 Smurf sufﬁx 44 Flower that helps 65 “Love, Reign ___ 24

add pineapple to 9 Splinter group heal cracked skin Me” (The Who) 25 any item”? 10 Psychological pat- 46 Musician’s org. ©2012 Jonesin’ terns 50 Smoking alterna- Crosswords B-BOARD 47 Put on the payroll B-BOARD 11 Dove bar? tive, once 48 Atones 12 Super Bowl high- 52 Strong loathing 49 Country on the lights? 53 Talk show host 22 Red Sea 13 Got together with Lake 51 Accompany FILM 18 Getting older 54 Occupied 55 Genie’s home 19 Home of the Bea- 56 Undecided, in an 60 Song from Sarah 18 vers, for short angsty way McLachlan’s “Sur-

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69 Side 30 Like some gases Last Week’s Puzzle 14 70 Lower, like regions 31 “Girl with ___” talk show star to body of water, with Across 71 1/525,600th of (Renoir paint- GET OUT 1 Multi-purpose shot, ﬁlm? 63-down a yr. ing) 20 Maritime patrol 35 Spanish NBA play- 32 Night, to for short 12 4 “___ on a Plane” org. er who explodes in Down Noriega 21 Malaria-carrying a volatile fuel mix? 1 Introduction 10 E-mail from Nige- 33 Everett of “Citi- WORDS 2 Bridge part ria, maybe ﬂy 38 Tell the cops zen Kane”

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15 flowers, especially lilies,” and tried flat-out that the only way he can really go wrong asking him why he never brings me flowers. is by doing nothing. Even the smallest STAGE STAGE He said, “I was thinking about doing it remembrances count—like scrawling yesterday, but then I forgot! But now that a heart on a Post-it and anchoring it

14 you’ve asked me, I don’t want to because it with a chocolate or drawing “You ’N’ Me will seem like I bought them just because Forever” on your dirty car window. You, you asked.” When I encourage him to take in turn, need to be sure you show ap- GET OUT initiative in planning a night out, he’ll say preciation for whatever effort he does that he’s worried he’ll choose wrong and make—even as he’s seductively drink-

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29 Like coffee, chocolate trees can be grown beneath the forest canopy instead of re- placing it. In the Atlantic Rainforest of

Brazil this cultivation strategy is called 30 30

30 cabruca. Also sometimes called “chocolate rainforests,” cabrucas are composed of FOOD FOOD shade-tolerant cacao trees grown under a chow forest canopy. Leaf litter is allowed to build up on the forest ﬂoor, and a diverse ecosys-

25 RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES tem of plants and insects develops. Cabru- cas can include other cash crops such as

B-BOARD rubber trees, cassava and banana, papaya and other fruit trees. The cabrucas I visited are a far cry from 22 22 BY ARI LEVAUX the monoculture-style chocolate planta-

FILM FILM tions that dominate the chocolate industry. In addition to the environmental beneﬁts, the cabruca system of- 18 Bitter and Sweet fers a solution to the labor problems often MUSIC FINDING CHOCOLATE’S GOOD SIDE associated with chocolate. The cacao plant is 16 extremely responsive to ART ART recipe tender loving care like pruning, mulching and 15 amendments with com- // ) post. On a small scale,

STAGE STAGE WHAT: Hands-on Dark Chocolate given lots of love, co- Trufﬂe Class coa yields can more

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GET OUT Thyme, 207 small landholders. Unity St. While the term COST: $60 (in- cabruca is used only 12 cludes a box of in Brazil, the concept trufﬂes to take of rainforest-friendly home to your WORDS sweetie) chocolate has taken INFO: www.ciao root to some degree 8 %2 thyme.com wherever chocolate is grown, even in West ! Africa. As part of Hershey’s new commit- CURRENTS CURRENTS INGREDIENTS ment to fair-trade and sustainably grown

6 1 ¼ cup heavy cream chocolate, the company’s Bliss and Dagoba 6 oz chopped chocolate (he prefers South Ameri- lines will soon be sourced exclusively from

VIEWS VIEWS can origin chocolates in the 65 percent range) Rainforest-Alliance-certiﬁed operations. 1 oz cognac or brandy The change is due in part to pressure from 4 groups like the International Labor Rights

MAIL MAIL Sponge cake squares or strawberries for dipping Forum, and in part to chase proﬁt; artisa- In a heavy-bottomed pot, slowly bring cream nal chocolate is one of the fastest-growing

2 to simmer. Slowly incorporate the chopped choco- segments of the food business. late by whisking in a little at a time until it melts Chocolate is an industry rife with stories, DO IT IT DO

completely. Whisk in the cognac and keep it warm. and stories—like being rainforest-friendly— Serve immediately with sponge cake squares or sell product, even if they’re plain wrong, says .12

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.07 02. bor Rights Forum purchased an advertising slot on a jumbotron outside the director, “so we decided to pull the ad as a “This time of year, everyone wants to make 06 # Super Bowl’s Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis upon which to broadcast a gesture of good faith.” chocolate fondue. And, for some reason, video called Hershey’s Chocolate, Kissed by Child Labor. The scufﬂe highlights the dark side of a many of the recipes call for Belgian choco- Africa produces 70 percent of the world’s cocoa—much of it with the food that, like love, can be bitter or sweet. late,” Willenbrock says. He says when Valen- region’s infamously cheap labor. “In West Africa, where Hershey’s sources In addition to labor issues, chocolate plan- tine’s Day rolls around, he has to brace for much of its cocoa, over 200,000 children are forced to harvest cocoa beans tations can be responsible for deforestation, the annual onslaught of fondue makers look- every year,” said Judy Gearhart, executive director of the International when growers raze rainforest to plant more ing for Belgian chocolate. It’s frustrating, he says, because Belgian chocolate makers CASCADIA WEEKLY Labor Rights Forum (ILRF), via a press release. cocoa trees. On the day the Super Bowl ad was announced, Hershey’s released a state- But chocolate production can also be em- tend to be “among the worst” of the Afri- 30 ment detailing steps it would take toward improving labor and sustainability powering to farmers and relatively healthy ca-sourcing chocolate makers, in terms of practices, including a $10 million investment in its West African suppliers. for the environment. A few years ago, I had environmental and labor practices, and That was enough to buy the company a temporary reprieve from the ILRF. the opportunity to visit some cocoa produc- also in terms of quality. “There’s absolutely “Hershey’s pledged to take the ﬁrst step to address rampant forced ers in Brazil who demonstrate the potential of no reason to choose Belgian chocolate, for and child labor in its supply chain,” said Sean Rudolph, ILRF’s campaigns chocolate to create positive change. fondue or anything else,” he said. doit

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