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MY CIRCUS VALENTINE +MAKE Feel the love P.14 A DATE Break out the make-out P.16 Henry V: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU Cupid’s Arrow: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre
A brief overview of this Murder on the Orient Express: 7:30pm, Anacortes
23 Community Theatre week’s happenings The Curious Savage: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas
FOOD Theatre THISWEEK 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Sylvia Center Serial Killers: Fifty Shades of Velvet: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre 20 The award-winning Aizuri String Quartet DANCE performs at a Bellingham Festival of Music Salsa Night: 9:30pm, Cafe Rumba B-BOARD fundraiser Sun., Feb. 16 at the Lairmont Manor. MUSIC The Gatlin Brothers: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre
19 Vox and Friends: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center Night Beat: 7:30pm, First Congregational Church FILM WORDS The Barn Shows Signing: 2pm-4pm, Museum of 16 Northwest Art, La Conner No Place Like Home: 7pm, Lincoln Theatre,
MUSIC Mount Vernon Holly J. Hughes: 7pm, Village Books 15 GET OUT ART Woolley Trail Runs: 9am, Cascade Trail, Sedro- Woolley
14 Deep Forest Experience: 11am-2pm, Rockport State Park
STAGE FOOD Pancake Breakfast: 8am-11am, Ferndale Senior
13 Center Winter Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square
GET OUT Wine Tasting: 2pm-4pm, Seifert & Jones Wine Merchants
12 VISUAL Natalie Niblack Talk: 4pm, i.e. gallery, Edison WORDS WEDNESDAY [02.12.20] SUNDAY [02.16.20]
8 ONSTAGE ONSTAGE The Slacks: 7pm, Thousand Acre Cider House Impress your The Curious Savage: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Sugar Cabaret: 7:30pm, Underground Nightclub Theatre
CURRENTS Henry V: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU valentine by Murder on the Orient Express: 2pm, Anacortes Community Theatre
6 VISUAL securing seats to My Circus Valentine: 3pm and 7pm, Cirque Lab Valentine’s Art Market: 5pm-9pm, Lairmont Manor Sugar: A Cabaret
VIEWS MUSIC THURSDAY [02.13.20] performances Jim and Susie Malcolm: 2pm, Nancy’s Farm
4 Aizuri String Quartet: 4pm, Lairmont Manor ONSTAGE taking place Vox and Friends: 4pm, Sylvia Center MAIL My Circus Valentine: 7pm, Cirque Lab Feb. 12-14 at Sugar Cabaret: 7:30pm, Underground Nightclub GET OUT
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2 Henry V: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre State Park Nightclub. PHOTO OF SATTVA COURTESY PHOTO DO IT DO IT The Curious Savage: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden FOOD Murder on the Orient Express: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Breakfast: 8am-11am, American Community Theatre Legion Post #43, Sedro-Woolley The Reinemer Brothers: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Langar: 11am-2pm, Guru Nanak Gursikh Gurdwara, 02.12.20 FRIDAY [02.14.20] MUSIC Valentine’s Day Concert: 6pm, Jansen Art Lynden DANCE ONSTAGE Center, Lynden .15 Folk Dance: 7pm-9:30pm, Fairhaven Library Sugar Cabaret: 6pm, Underground Nightclub Just One Look: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre 07 MONDAY [02.17.20] # Swing Dance: 8pm, VFW Post 1585 My Circus Valentine: 6pm and 9pm, Cirque Lab WinterStock: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mt Vernon Comedy for Lovers: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre ONSTAGE MUSIC Henry V: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU GET OUT Guffawingham: 9pm, Firefly Lounge Love Notes: 7pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Cupid’s Arrow: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre Wild Things: 9:30am-11am, Interurban Trail Jazz in the Haven: 7:15pm, Firehouse Arts and The Curious Savage: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Deep Forest Experience: 11am-2pm, Rockport FOOD Events Center Theatre State Park Bite of Blaine: 6pm-9pm, Semiahmoo Resort Sketches of Spain: 8pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Murder on the Orient Express: 7:30pm, Ana- cortes Community Theatre FOOD CASCADIA WEEKLY TUESDAY [02.18.20] FOOD Serial Killers: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Sylvia Center Valentine’s Day Incognito: 6pm, Ciao Thyme Galentine’s Day: 6pm, Boundary Bay Brewery Fifty Shades of Velvet:9:30pm, Upfront WORDS 2 Taylor Shellfish Winter Pop-Up: 6pm-9pm, Aslan Depot Theatre SATURDAY [02.15.20] Chuckanut Radio Hour: 7pm, Firehouse Arts and Events Center VISUAL DANCE ONSTAGE Valentine Pop-Up Market: 12pm-6pm, Antler Baking Levity, Lovity Dance Party: 7pm-10pm, Pres- Vaudevillingham: 3pm, Cirque Lab SEND YOUR EVENTS LISTINGS TO Company ence Studio My Circus Valentine: 6pm and 9pm, Cirque Lab [email protected]
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DO IT Rear End my vote for Elizabeth Warren. tors to vote against the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Res- Letters Of all the many choices this year, she is by olution, a resolution that allowed for the escala- 20: Free Will, Sudoku SEND LETTERS TO LETTERS@ CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM far the most qualified, the most compelling and tion of the Vietnam War and plunged the country 21: Crossword the most effective. She knows that our economy into an unnecessary war. THE GRISTLE P.06 + FLOWER POWER P.13 + TABLE FOR TWO P.23
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The problem is that the Democrats AMERICAN PARASITE 23 I was pleased to see the Oscar go to would never agree that these threats of
Parasite, and look forward to watching it war are “high crimes.” FOOD soon. But it reminded me how history is In the corrupt, legalistic jiujitsu world a strange canvas, and some Best Picture of lawyers and politicians, the problem 20 titles are timely. of human survival due to runaway global There’s a parasite threatening history warming and endless war militarism are right now. If you’re young, don’t expect not codified crimes. B-BOARD your future to offer the freedom you As Republicans like to whine ad nause-
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again. America’s no longer there. winnable wars. STAGE Too many unqualified people are This debt will eventually destroy the being elevated above us to kill So- United States as we know it. 13 cial Security, Medicare, and food as- The nation’s economic, environmental sistance programs. Too many laws are and health needs are obvious—a mas- being rewritten, too many regulations sive job program in the area of alter- GET OUT destroyed, while we’re working hard to native energy and infrastructure. An take care of loved ones, dreaming of a improved and much more fair education 12 better tomorrow. system that trains Americans so that AUTHOR EOWYN IVEY VISITS WHATCOM COUNTY MARCH 5—7 America has never been so under- we can compete in tomorrow’s world. A EXPLORE THE BOOK’S THEMES AT GATHERINGS LEADING UP TO HER VISIT INCLUDING: WORDS mined because it was never online health-care system that makes working before and vulnerable to a criminally families feel they have affordable health The Mountains of Alaska with Alpine Institute guide Jim Mediatore 8 insane oath-breaker who deals only in care and child care. Whatcom County Library System Ferndale Branch, Thursday, February 13, 7-8:30 p.m. threats and bribes. In the past, things In November vote for the candidate Bellingham Public Library, Central Library, Thursday, February 20, 6:30-8 p.m.
took time; today, we are out of time. that really will protect your job, family, CURRENTS Collapse of government into total dic- and community. Vote for the candidate Telling Stories Through Textile Maps tatorship has swiftly seized the law and who will end the wars and bring the Whatcom County Library System Blaine Branch, Saturday, February 22, 2-3:30 p.m. 6 will kill liberty if not stopped within a troops home now! Information and a full event list at whatcomreads.org. VIEWS year. The only solution is to mass-march —Thomas Gilmore, Bellingham Read the book. Join the conversation. 4
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ten years remaining if we don’t unite ery Wednesday afternoon. The first thing 2 against crime. Stand strong with our I turn to is the crossword puzzle. But I
fellow citizens in Puerto Rico because eventually read it cover to cover. Every DO IT we are all shithole people in Trump’s editorial word, and every ad. deadly mind, like islands he will never Page 23 of this week’s edition is a nice, see. With help from corrupt Depart- colorful, good-lookin’ page. But I don’t ments of Trump and the death of true think it merits being repeated verbatim 02.12.20 justice for all, the first fake president as page 25. .15
of the United States will cheat at every- Layout oops. This stuff happens. Keep 07 thing to wear his crown forever. up the good work. February 23, 2020 @ 1:00pm / Mount Baker Theater # If you love freedom, use it now. —Dave Wolf, Bellingham —Brian D. Bogart, Bellingham We put a lot of effort into producing a MISSING THE TARGET quality product each week. We changed The Democratic impeachment effort printers six months ago, and continue to was a miserable failure because it did not have very vexing and avoidable printing CASCADIA WEEKLY address Trump’s real crimes in the areas errors. We apologize to our readers, who of finance, environmental catastrophe deserve better. 5 and militarism. —Editor The worst crimes by far are those that literally threaten human survival. Trump’s SEND YOUR LETTERS TO: policies are escalating global warming, [email protected] THE GRISTLE
ANOTHER JAIL FAIL?: Good news: In a welcome action
23 this week, Whatcom County Council authorized an as- sessment of the county’s public health, safety,and FOOD justice facility needs—long the missing piece of a more comprehensive understanding of how these var- views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE ious programs serve the county’s behavioral health 20 and criminal justice policy response. Bad news: The needs assessment is likely a precursor to the county B-BOARD propping another patchwork jail tax proposal on the November ballot, the third attempt. BY ROBERT REICH 19 Third time’s the charm? Or three strikes, you’re out? As Deputy Administrator Tyler Schroeder detailed,
FILM “Whatcom County recognizes the need for a new jail facility to provide a safer, more secure and healthier SOTU: SNAFU 16 environment for those who work, visit or are incarcer- ated…. Additionally,” he added, “the county seeks to HERE’S THE REAL STATE OF THE UNION
MUSIC better understand the behavioral health needs within the jail and throughout the broader community. Un- THE MOST powerful force in was the largest on record. Even the
15 derstanding the near- and long-term physical and pro- American politics today continues deficit in trade with China was up
ART grammatic needs of the county’s justice facility will as- to be anti-establishment fury at almost a quarter from 2016. sist policymakers in decisions regarding future funding a rigged system. Vicious partisan- 5 Growth: Last quarter’s growth
14 for programs and facilities. The needs assessment will ship, record-breaking economic in- was just 2.1 percent, far less than analyze existing behavioral heath programs and iden- equality and the resurgence of white the 4 percent, 5 percent or even 6
STAGE tify gaps in funding and programs offered.” supremacy are all byproducts of a percent Trump promised to deliver The needs assessment will be performed by the ar- rigged system. The biggest politi- and even less than the 2.4 percent chitectural design and engineering design firm Hell- cal battle today isn’t between left, imum-wage increases. The typical average of Obama’s second term. 13 muth, Obata and Kassabaum (HOK), which tips the right or center: it’s between Trump’s American household remains poorer That is a remarkably poor perfor- hand that a new brick-and-mortar jail is indeed the authoritarian populism and demo- today than it was before the finan- mance considering the stimulus
GET OUT intended destination of this half-million-dollar study. cratic (small “d”) populism. cial crisis began in 2007. The median provided by the $1 trillion deficit “Phase one and phase two of this contract really is A direct line connects the four- wage of a full-time male worker (and and ultra-low interest rates.
12 for a deliverable by June for a needs assessment to decade stagnation of wages with those with full-time jobs are the 6. Workers’ Rights: The Trump answer the question about a possible public safety the bailout of Wall Street, the rise lucky ones) is still more than 3 per- administration has systematically facility, as well as what’s needed in our behavioral of the Tea Party (and, briefly, Oc- cent below what it was 40 years ago. weakened workers’ rights. More than WORDS health facilities to be additive to what is needed cupy), and the successes of Sand- 3. Taxes: The Trump-Republican 8 million workers will be left behind
8 and where that goes,” Schroeder admitted to Council ers and Trump in 2016. By 2016, tax cut has been a huge failure. by the Trump overtime rule. Workers when the contract was introduced in January. Americans understood that wealth We were promised an increase in would receive $1.4 billion less than The target date of June would feed directly into and power had moved to the top. business investment, but business under the 2016 rule. New Trump ad-
CURRENTS discussions that have to happen before a jail facili- Big money had rigged our politics. investment has contracted for the ministration joint-employer rule has ties tax can be placed on the November ballot. It is Democrats cannot defeat author- third straight quarter—the first $1 billion price tag for workers. 6 6 once again a hasty and “conclusions first, evidence itarian populism without an agenda time this has happened since the 7. Health: Millions of Americans later” approach to the jail issue. The timetable pre- of radical democratic reform, an Great Recession in 2009. Instead, have lost their health coverage, VIEWS VIEWS supposes County Council will have already made up anti-establishment movement that the tax cut triggered an all-time and the uninsured rate has risen, in
4 their minds about needs before the final assessment tackles runaway inequality and record binge of share buybacks— just two years, from 10.9 percent to report is published in October (phase three). heals the racial wounds Trump has some $800 billion in 2018. 13.7 percent. U.S. life expectancy, MAIL While the scope of work is outlined, $600K seems inflicted. Even though he’s a Trojan If fully implemented, the 2017 already relatively low, fell in each
2 high and a June target date for completion suggests Horse for big corporations and the tax cut will result in tax increases of the first two years of Trump’s the study data will not be extensive or exhaustive. rich—giving them all the tax cuts for most households in the bottom presidency, and in 2017, midlife
DO IT County policymakers admit that a critical element and regulatory rollbacks they’ve 80 percent. mortality reached its highest rate of the needs assessment is reaching out to a broader ever wanted—he still has large And it has resulted in record since World War II. coalition of community stakeholders in order to build swaths of the working class con- peacetime deficits (almost $1 tril- 8. Climate: Losses related to cli- awareness about the study, and to develop champions vinced he’s on their side. lion in fiscal 2019) in a country sup- mate change have already reached 02.12.20 in the community to support the final recommenda- Here, for the record, is the real posedly near full employment. Even new highs in the United States, tions. Council authorized a stakeholder advisory com- state of the union: with weak investment, the U.S. had which has suffered more property .15
07 mittee of 24 voting members from local law enforce- 1. Jobs: Average monthly job to borrow massively abroad: the damage than any other country— # ment, city and tribal governments, behavioral health creation dropped from 223,000 most recent data show foreign bor- reaching some 1.5 percent of GDP service providers and at least one person with lived in 2018 to 176,000 in 2019. The rowing at nearly $500 billion a year, in 2017. experience with the criminal justice system. employment rate for working-age with an increase of more than 10 Trump is not the cause of our di- It’s a pity, then, that Council has shown such reluc- adults has increased less than dur- percent in America’s net indebted- vided nation; he is the symptom of tance to assign Joy Gilfilen to the new jail stakehold- ing the Obama recovery and is still ness position in one year alone. a rigged system that was already di- ers advisory committee subset of the Public Health, significantly below that of other Nothing has trickled down to av- viding us. It’s not enough to defeat
CASCADIA WEEKLY Safety and Justice Facility Needs Assessment. Gil- developed countries. The pace of erage workers. To the contrary: if him. We must reform the system filen applied for the position—after she campaigned job creation is also markedly slower fully implemented, the 2017 tax cut that got us here in the first place 6 for the office of Whatcom County Sheriff last fall, al- than it was under Obama. will result in tax increases for most to ensure that no future politician most entirely as a bully pulpit on issues of restorative 2. Wages: Wage growth has households in the bottom 80 percent. will ever again imitate Trump’s au- justice and alternatives to jail. slowed, except in states with min- 4. Trade: The 2018 goods deficit thoritarian demagoguery. She is certainly a skeptic on the issue of a new jail, but she received 24,000 votes—or about 30 percent of VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE the total cast. Which suggests she is not alone in her skepticism. 23 One of the excellent ideas Gilfilen proposed in her campaign last fall was FOOD to move the bulk of Sheriff’s operations to the underutilized Whatcom Unified 20 Emergency Coordination Center near the airport. The center was built in the frenzied heyday of the Department of B-BOARD Homeland Security for use as a federal,
state and local coordination center for 19 the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Pepper Sisters Homeland Security lost interest in the Flavors of New Mexico FILM facility shortly afterward, but the hard
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Frankly, the operations needs of the Come and Sheriff are largely what drove the deci- QUALITY USED APPLIANCES GET OUT sion to site the jail at a remote location on a large parcel off LaBounty Road 12 near Ferndale. The expanse of property in turn feeds public anxiety about the WORDS size and function the jail. The county has retained the property; however, it Free Meditation Instruction 8 has become fruit of the poisonous tree, Monday evenings, 7:00 pm and all that descends from it is tainted Open House Meditation & Talk with mistrust around past tax propos- CURRENTS als—no voter can fully trust the jail Meditation @ 7pm/ Talk @ 8pm Our refurbished appliances are cleaned, tested, and 6 tax so long as that benighted industrial 2825 Meridian, Suite 201 • 360-483-4526 have a 90 day guarantee. Used appliances cost less than 6 scrapyard remains the only location in VIEWS 1/2 the price and last longer than new. VIEWS the portfolio of county options. meditation center
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“For the last four to five decades, DO IT pretty much all we’ve done in this country is warehouse people,” Jeff COCKTAILS Bradley admitted to Council last GIFTS FOR month. Bradley is director of HOK’s DINNER 02.12.20 Justice division. “You end up getting PAPER NERDS & PENCIL ENTHUSIASTS .15 the results that we have around the 07 country. About ten years ago, we be- # gan a push in the United States for a CARDS · JOURNALS more progressive, restorative justice design,” he said. SUPPLIES · PAPER The push resulted in a more open HOURS Monday-Friday 10am-6pm pursuit for new methods and opportu- EST. 2014 nities to dispense better and lasting saturday 10am-3pm CASCADIA WEEKLY social justice. It suggests a more open- 112 Grand Avenue, #101 Ω Bellingham, Wa minded, open-ended approach to the 7 360.734.0481 Ω bisonbookbinding.com county’s needs assessment, one that ROCK AND RYE goes beyond shelf paper that circularly WRITE MORE LETTERS CLUB OYSTER HOUSE reasons the preordained size and loca- 3RD WEDNESDAY EVERY MONTH 7PM–9PM 1145 NORTH STATE STREET tion of another jail proposal. IN THE HISTORIC HERALD BUILDING The issue is an important one for the City of Bellingham. A community survey released in February of last year found a
powerful majority of residents—81 per-
23 cent—think it is extremely or very import- ant for the city to prevent further develop- FOOD ment in the Lake Whatcom watershed and currents to restore the quality of this resource. NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX Most cities realized this lesson long ago 20 and have fully protected their sources of drinking water. Everett and Seattle have B-BOARD their water sources completely forested in their foothills. In Portland, the watershed
19 serving the city’s drinking water reservoir is off limits even to hikers.
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16 is an expensive les- son, with the cost of
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15 the TMDL estimated at
ART $100 million. The state ATTEND Department of Ecolo-
14 WHAT: Lake gy set a timetable for Whatcom Work the completion of this
STAGE Plan Review work at 50 years, which WHEN: 6:30pm means the county and city must invest ap-
13 Weds. Feb. 12 WHERE: Lake proximately $2 mil- Whatcom lion each year to meet GET OUT Water and those TMDL targets. Sewer District According to the
12 Board of draft work plan, res- Commissioners, idential stormwater investments alone WORDS 1220 Lakeway Drive are estimated at $16.9 PHOTO BY T. WARD, COURTESY OF CITY BELLINGHAM COURTESY WARD, T. BY PHOTO
8 WHEN: million over the five- 10:30am year planning horizon. BY TIM JOHNSON for the five-year work plans over the past Tuesday, Feb. These investments. CURRENTS 8 CURRENTS decade,” project managers admit in their 18 coupled with land ac- work plan report. WHERE: quisition strategies, 6 Never a rigorously managed resource, Whatcom represent the lion’s lake problems really began in earnest in share of costs for the VIEWS Lake Whatcom County Council the 1970s with increased urbanization and Water Work plan. Land preserva-
4 DRAFT WORK PLAN FOR WATERSHED UNDER REVIEW year-round residence around this drinking Session, tion and acquisition water resource. By the 1980s and 1990s, Garden Level costs (essentially claw- MAIL A PROBLEM 50 years in the making may well take 50 years to solve. the decay of the reservoir was being doc- Conference ing back resources giv-
2 Lake Whatcom management partners last week released their draft near-term umented and brought to the attention of Room, 322 N. en to private landown- work plan for this drinking water reservoir for 100,000 county residents. This five- local governments and the public. Commercial St. ers) are estimated at
DO IT year plan is the fifth update produced by the Lake Whatcom Management Program A joint resolution was passed by the WHEN: 7pm $19.5 million over the (LWMP) partners—a joint coalition of Whatcom County, City of Bellingham, the City of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Mon., Feb. 24 plan’s five years. Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer District, and community stakeholders and advistory and the Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer WHERE: The work plan up- groups. The plan proposes a comprehensive set of actions to reduce the amount District in 1992 to organize efforts to Bellingham City date is an opportunity 02.12.20 of phosphorus and other pollutants reaching the lake, and to address additional address the most serious threats to the Council, City to learn more about watershed issues over the next five years. watershed. This comprehensive approach Hall, City Hall the history of lake .15
07 The plan is divided into multiple program areas such as land use and stormwater to managing the lake became the basis of 210 Lottie St. preservation efforts # management, each with specific objectives for the planning horizon. Most crit- the LWMP, which was established by Inter- INFO: www. and to help shape fu- ical of these is the reduction of phosphorous, an agent carried into the lake by local Agreement in 1998. lakewhatcom. ture efforts. stormwater that creates unhealthy conditions that depletes oxygen in the lake’s As the City of Bellingham notes in its ma- whatcom The final work plan aquatic ecosystem. terials, “In recent decades, the water qual- county.org will be presented for “Nutrients in polluted runoff lead to algae growth that can clog intake structures ity in Lake Whatcom has been deteriorating approval at the annual and interfere with water treatment processes,” the management team explain in their due to increased phosphorus inputs that Lake Whatcom Management Program Joint
CASCADIA WEEKLY materials. “When such impacts occur, providing an adequate supply of drinking water are resulting in algal blooms and deplet- Councils and Commission meeting on requires the use of additional treatment strategies for both public and private sys- ed oxygen levels. In 1998, Lake Whatcom Weds., March 25. Public comments on the 8 tems. This increases costs and decreases efficiency of water supply systems.” was placed on Washington’s list of polluted draft work plan are welcome and can be The plan represents the program managers’ response to federal Clean Water Act waters because it no longer met the state’s submitted in writing by Mon., March 2 to requirements and the state’s Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) targets. The TMDL dissolved oxygen level requirements.… In the three decision-making bodies. For more sets a schedule for phosphorus reduction and a timeline for achieving the target. the meantime, Lake Whatcom is also vulner- information, www.lakewhatcom.whatcom “In response to this process, phosphorus has become a major guiding issue able to many additional threats.” county.org SPONSORED CONTENT
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SkidSLAVES TO THE Row GRIND 14 STAGE FOR A TIME DURING the late ’80s and On the strength of “18 and Life”—which early ’90s, just before grunge took over the reached the Billboard Top 10 and is their charts and airwaves, it was impossible to highest-charting song to date—as well as 13 turn on a radio or MTV without hearing a such singles as “Youth Gone Wild,” “I Re-
song by Skid Row. member You,” and “Piece of Me,” Skid Row GET OUT In an era of glammed-out bad boys went platinum many times over and en- sporting big hair and larger-than-life per- tered the band into the pantheon of heavy 12 sonas, Skid Row stood out more for what metal heavyweights. Skid Row’s second al- they weren’t than what they were. Sure, bum, Slave to the Grind, capitalized on that they boasted the bounty of hair that was success, debuting in the top spot of the WORDS compulsory for metal musicians, but their Billboard 200. 8 flowing locks had a more wash-and-wear While that marked the high point chart- 8 vibe than teased-and-dyed. And like their wise for Skid Row, the band has remained hair metal brethren, they never saw a pair active in the years since the heady days of CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS of leather pants they didn’t want to paint hair metal. Like most bands that have been themselves into, but they paired theirs at it for three decades, they’ve endured some 6 with flannel and denim rather than leop- lineup changes—although the brain trust ard print and lip gloss. responsible for their biggest hits, Dave “The VIEWS They differed in their music as well. In Snake” Sabo and Rachel Bolan (aka the guy 4 the same year that Motley Crue's Vince with the epic nose ring), remains firmly in-
Neil was singing about Dr. Feelgood and tact. These days, former DragonForce front- MAIL Aerosmith's Stephen Tyler was detailing man ZP Theart holds down vocal duties, and the delights of love in an elevator, Skid if you’re wondering whether he can capture The Cascadia Weekly 2 Row—grittier and more raw from the the snarl of “Youth Gone Wild” or the epic IS PROUD TO PRESENT DO IT jump—was telling the story of Ricky, “a wail of “18 and Life” properly, the answer is young boy” with "a heart of stone" who a hard, fist-pumping yes. “fought like a switchblade so no one could Of course, if you’ve already purchased take him down.” tickets for Skid Row’s concert Sat., March Fiction 101 02.12.20 That song was “18 and Life,” and by the 7 at the Silver Reef Casino Resort, you’ll get A writing contest open to all members of the community. time the final verse ends with a plaintively to witness the hits firsthand. As the Silver .15
There are two categories: 07 wailed “That child blew a child away,” it’s Reef is a complete entertainment destina- o n t n n er O en # obvious Ricky’s “courtship with a gun” was tion unto itself, augment your ticket with a tragic one, and he’s the 18-year-old doing dinner at one of the resort's eateries, a life for impulsively shooting someone. An hand of poker or two and a room to rest evocative video detailing Ricky’s working- your weary head after it has finished bang- class life on the fringe, his drinking habit ing to the band. Seats are going fast, so
and the shooting of his best friend landed make your way to www.silverreefcasino. CASCADIA WEEKLY in heavy rotation on MTV and cemented com and claim your rightful place among Skid Row as a force to be reckoned with. the youth gone wild. 9
Who: Skid Row Cost: $25-$30 (which is where ticket and prize When: 7pm Sat., March 7 Info: www.silverreefcasino.com giveaways happen, hint hint) Winners will be featured in the r h th ss e. Submit 101 words of Where: Silver Reef Casino Resort or the Silver Reef’s Facebook page short fiction by 5pm on r h st to: t on s ee o CHUCKANUT LANDSLIDE
23 FOOD 20 B-BOARD 19 FILM 16 MUSIC 15 ART PHOTO COURTESY WSDOT COURTESY PHOTO landslide closes Chuckanut Drive (SR 11) between Blanchard Road and Samish Bay Viewpoint in Skagit 14 A small County. Governor Jay Inslee issues an emergency proclamation for 25 counties including Whatcom, Skagit, and San Juan counties, citing significant winter storm impacts. STAGE 13 nothing they do is good enough.” [Seat- tle Times, KGMI] GET OUT eek tha t 02.09.20
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8 in support of hereditary chiefs of the anticipated crime BY TIM JOHNSON The Chuckanut books of 2020! Wet'suwet'en Nation in their bid to halt construction of a natural gas pipeline in CURRENTS 8 CURRENTS Radio HOUR their traditional territories. The protests featuring author follow the arrests of more than 20 people 6 With live that began last week after police began Melissa Anne music by 02.05.20 enforcing a provincial injunction against VIEWS Louis WEDNESDAY Wet’suwet’en Nation members who are PETERSON Ledford 4 & Kristin A House bill seeks to reinstate Gov. Jay blocking access to the Coastal GasLink $5 Tickets availble at Village Books & Inslee’s plan to cap carbon pollution in pipeline project. Lummi Nation stands
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2 ty to the state Department of Ecology tionally recognized rights be respected Tuesday, Feb. 18, 7pm - at the Firehouse Arts and Events Center on who they can regulate. The proposal with regard to all Canadian projects tra-
DO IT is a response to a recent state Supreme ditional territories in the Salish Sea biore- Join us in welcoming the author of Court ruling that said the state’s Clean gion. [CBC, Lummi Nation] Why the Christian Right is Wrong Holly J. Air Rule cannot apply to companies that sell or distribute petroleum or natural gas 02.10.20
02.12.20 Hughes Robin R. because they don’t make their own emis- Hold sions. [Seattle Times] MONDAY .15 MEYERS 07 The U.S. Justice Department increas-
# Fast Saving God 02.06.20 es legal pressure on local governments Moving and over their “sanctuary” policies that hin- Compassionate From Religion THURSDSAY der federal immigration officers, bringing POETRY A Minister’s Search for Faith in a Skeptical Age A workplace conduct investigation new lawsuits and launching a coordinat- finds a former Representative Jeff Mor- ed messaging campaign to highlight an A Free Event Sunday, ris likely violated state policy against election-year priority of President Donald
CASCADIA WEEKLY Saturday, Feb. 15, 7pm Feb. 16, 4pm harassment and intimidation. The 40th Trump. Declaring that law enforcement at Village Books in Fairhaven at VB in Fairhaven District Democrat doesn’t face sexual officers are being “put in harm’s way by 10 harassment allegations, but the report these ideologically driven policies,” the AND MORE - see VILLAGEBOOKS.COM details several concerns, including that Trump administration sues Seattle and 1200 11th St, Bellingham, WA Morris “often does not communicate other municipalties over sanctuary poli- 360.671.2626 • Open Daily clearly, insults and disrespects others, cies in municipalities that offer protec- & 430 Front St, Lynden, WA - Stop by! and gives staff the impression that tions to immigrants. [Seattle Times] ident who claimed a young person with OF a small child and dog followed him home WHATCOM from a party he was at on Route 101. The FUZZ COUNTY man assured police the two people and 52 WOMEN 23 dog were hiding inside his residence. Of- BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF BELLINGHAM AND WHATCOM COUNTY
BUZZ FOOD ficers checked the entire residence and Harriet Spanel (1939-2016) served the determined there was no sign of any Washington State 40th District from 1987 ‘COATES WITHOUT PANTS‘ people or animals inside. Officers deter- to 2009, serving three terms in the House 20 BRINGS KNIFE TO GUNFIGHT mined the man is likely suffering from a and four terms in the Senate. With a degree On Feb. 4, a man reportedly threatened reaction to prescribed medication. in mathematics from Iowa State University, another man in Cornwall Park with a Spanel worked as a computer programmer for B-BOARD knife before the victim drew a gun to On Jan. 27, a woman called the Blaine Po- the Atomic Energy Commission before moving to Bellingham in 1968. She became an active
prevent the attack. The victim told Bell- lice to complain her neighbor had pointed 19 ingham Police he backed away from the a camera at her backyard, possibly into member of the League of Women Voters, while also serving on the Bellingham Planning knife and warned he had a handgun. The her daughters’ windows. She also told po- FILM victim then drew the gun and showed it lice he is hanging items on her fence. An Commission and the Bellingham Parks and Recreation Board. Throughout her political
to his attacker, who stopped advancing officer assisted her by explaining options 16 career in Olympia, Spanel was a majority but continued to make threats before he and how to obtain a court order. caucus chair for ten years in the Senate and MUSIC walked away. Police later arrested Daryl fought for the preservation of environmental MASLAND LYNN YWCA 100 YEARS OF CHALLENGE AND CHANGE BY Coates. Coates, 40, has a number of ar- KNOCK, AND IT and natural resources, women’s and children’s “Known for her dedication, rests in Bellingham for a variety of of- SHALL BE GIVEN issues, education, transportation and respon- 15 fenses, including indecent exposure. On Jan. 29, a woman was reported knock- sible government. Spanel was inducted into responsiveness and ethics, she ART ing on the door of an Anacortes home, the Northwest Women’s Hall of Fame in 2018. never forgot her community” On Feb. 8, Bellingham Police checked on asking for money and drugs. Police caught At the request of the neighborhoods, Franklin 14 a report of a naked man walking around up with the enterprising young woman a Park was renamed Harriet Spanel Park in 2017. —Kelli Linville
the outside of an apartment building few blocks away and she was arrested by STAGE near Western Washington University an officer who discovered she had an ar- 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage and the formation of the League of Women campus. The man appeared confused, po- rest warrant for assault. Voters. Every week in 2020, the LWV is proud to feature a woman who made a difference in What- 13 lice reported. com County through their accomplishments, active community involvement or inspiring representa- TEENAGE TIPPLERS tion in different fields. Visit the LWV website to learn more www.lwvbellinghamwhatcom.org.
On Feb. 5, Blaine Police officers tried to On Jan. 28, a $23 bottle of rum was GET OUT reason with a boy who was throwing a recovered from a 19-year-old known to tantrum while holding two kitchen knives Anacortes Police. Store staff called 911 12 and threatening to use them on himself after observing the theft and an officer index or others. When officers approached, the found the man at a nearby retailer with WORDS teen attempted to punch one of the offi- the bottle in his hand. He was arrested
cers in the head. Police learned the teen and charged with theft and minor in pos- 8 8 had assaulted multiple family members session, then released at the scene. and destroyed property in the residence. CURRENTS He was eventually taken into protective On Jan. 17, a teen stole a bottle of te- CURRENTS custody without further incident. quila from the Haggen store in Barkley Village, Bellingham Police reported. 250 6 HAMMER AND TONGS Billions of gallons of water in Lake Whatcom. Lake Whatcom is about 10 miles long VIEWS On Feb. 7, Bellingham Police arrested a HIGHER EDUCATION and just over one mile wide at its widest point, with more than 30 miles of shoreline.
Ferndale man after he and another man On Feb. 9, a Western Washington Uni- 4 allegedly pushed their way into a Cordata versity student complained to police of Park apartment and assaulted the resi- feeling strange and throwing up after MAIL
dents inside with a bat and a hammer. she attended a college party. 2 The intruders ransacked a room, then fled, police reported. YELLINGHAM 36 56 DO IT On Jan. 23, Bellingham Police checked Number of streams—some seasonal, Square miles contained within the Lake On Feb. 6, a man reportedly used a phone on a resident alone in her home who had some year-round—that flow into Lake Whatcom watershed (36,000 acres). book and matches to light a fire outside been yelling off and on for several hours. Whatcom. a business on Meridian Street in Belling- 02.12.20 ham. Police arrested the 48-year-old for On Jan. 25, Bellingham Police respond- .15
criminal trespass and reckless burning. ed to a report two men huffing cans at 07 another person in the Fountain district. 25 # HEADSHOT HUMOR The men were escorted off the property. Approximate percentage of the Lake Whatcom watershed population that lives within On Jan. 28, a man approached a Blaine the City of Bellingham; 75 percent of the Lake Whatcom watershed population lives patrol officer and reported that anoth- On Jan. 18, a homeless man high on outside the city limits in the unincorporated county. Lake Whatcom is the drinking er person had sent him a text message methamphetamine was causing a ruckus water source for over 100,000 residents, or about half the county’s population. that the person was going to shoot him at a business on Samish Way. The busi- in the head. The man laughed about ness asked for the man to be trespassed CASCADIA WEEKLY the message and said he did not want by Bellingham Police. to pursue charges. “Information only at $15,000,000 11 this time,” police noted. On Feb. 1, Bellingham Police checked on Estimated cost of the City of Bellingham’s Water Treatment Plant Dissolved Air Flotation Project, designed to improve the flavor and purity of drinking water drawn a report of an altercation between sever- from Lake Whatcom. ROUTE 101 al people in the parking lot of a motel on On Feb. 3, police spoke to a Blaine res- Samish Way. SOURCES: Lake Whatcom Management Program 2020-2024 Work Plan; City of Bellingham doit
WORDS new book, Vera Violet, as the fea- tured author at tonight’s Chuckanut
WED., FEB. 12 Radio Hour starting at 7pm at the LIBRARIAN COFFEE HOUR: Come Firehouse Arts and Events Center, 23 chat with Library Director Ruth 1314 Harris Ave. Entry is $5.
FOOD Barefoot about current library WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM words services, as well as plans for the COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS future, at a Librarian Coffee Hour WED., FEB. 19
20 starting at 3pm at the Anacortes FERNDALE BOOK GROUP: Join Library, 1220 10th St. the Ferndale Book Group to discuss WWW.ANACORTESWA.GOV Eowyn Ivey’s The the Bright Edge of
B-BOARD the World from 2:30pm-4pm at the WRITERS THEATER: The Chuckanut Ferndale Library, 2125 Main St. women and hundreds more converged in Sandstone Writers Theater Open Mic WWW.WHATCOMREADS.ORG
19 Tennessee in 1920, determined to resolve begins at 6:45pm at the Happy Place, the issue once and for all. 1215 Cornwall Ave. Each participant OPEN MIC: Sign up to read your
FILM Weiss marshals the many facts and de- is welcome to read their original poetry and prose or play music―at tails into a rich and compelling narrative. poems, plays, short stories, memoirs a Creekside Open Mic taking place and more for up to seven minutes. from 6pm-8pm at Sudden Valley’s 16 Though we know the eventual outcome, (360) 961-2320 South Whatcom Library, 10 Barn each twist and turn along the way is fas- View Court, Gate 2.
MUSIC cinating and illustrative. From suffrag- FEB. 12-MARCH 1 WWW.WCLS.ORG ette Sue White’s hard-earned “prison pin” FICTION 101: The Cascadia Weekly is currently accepting submis- THURS., FEB. 20 15 to President-elect Harding’s blackmail sions from community members for ALL OUR TRIALS: Emily Thuma
ART case, we get a real sense of the sights, our annual “Fiction 101” contest. shares ideas from her book All Our sounds and scandals of the time period. Creative submissions in two age Trials: Prisons, Policing, and the ranges―youth (18 and younger) and Feminist Right to End Violence at 7pm
14 Weiss’ description of Catt shaking down local pols, asking “Are there any known adults (19 and older)―can be sent to at Village Books, 1200 11th St. the following email through March WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM
STAGE bribable legislators from your district?” 1. Submissions must be 101 words is particularly instructive. Catt used this or less; please include your name, intel to help determine which votes she the title of your story, contact 13 COMMUNITY could count on for ratifi- information, and indicate if you’re cation, and which could 18 or younger. FRI., FEB. 14
GET OUT not be trusted. Anyone [email protected] SUMMER SESSION: Sip free hot cocoa and find out more about who questions whether SAT., FEB. 15 Western Washington University’s 12 12 American women are WRITER’S GROUP: Write about Summer Session from 12pm-1pm tough enough to cam- what you know when poet and author at Red Square. The programs offer ELAINE WEISS paign for president need Barbara Bloom leads a “Your Life is a accelerated on-campus courses, WORDS WORDS PHOTO BY NINA SUBIN BY PHOTO only read this book to Story” Writers Group from 10:30am- online courses, field study opportu- 12pm in Sudden Valley at the South nities and travel programs without
8 ATTEND be assured they are, and Whatcom Library, 10 Barn View Court. needing to be formally admitted to WHAT: Elaine have been for more than WWW.WCLS.ORG the university. REVIEWED BY CHRISTINE PERKINS Weiss talk and a century. WWW.WWU.EDU/SUMMER book signing THE BARN SHOWS: Hear about how CURRENTS with the League Weiss combed libraries two women preserved a piece of the FEB. 14-15 of Women and archives from Bos-
6 Skagit Valley art history through a UNDISCOVERED FEMINISTS: Voters ton to Memphis, sorting Woman’s Hour book called The Barn Shows at a talk Humanities Washington presents WHEN: 6pm through handwritten and signing from 2pm-4pm at La Con- “Washington’s Undiscovered Femi- VIEWS Thu., Feb. 27 letters and news clip- ner’s Museum of Northwest Art, 121 nists” with Mayumi Tsutakawa at A DATE WITH DEMOCRACY WHERE:
4 First St. The collection of writings by 6pm Friday at the Bellingham Public Performing Arts pings to give an inside Lavone Newell-Reim and others also Library (210 Central Ave.), and 2pm THIS YEAR is a big one for democracy: Not only is it a presi- Center, WWU glimpse into the com-
MAIL features photographs by Cathy Ste- Saturday at the Ferndale Library COST: Free dential election year, it’s the year of the decennial census, which plex struggle to ratify vens remembering and documenting (2125 Main St.).
INFO: www.
2 helps apportion congressional voting districts. the 19th Amendment. 17 years of art shows at Lavone barn WWW.WHATCOMREADS.ORG lwvbellingham It’s also a milestone anniversary for two voting-related Con- It’s interesting to con- on Fir Island. Please RSVP. whatcom.org WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG DO IT stitutional amendments. The 15th Amendment granting African- sider that the personal SAT., FEB. 15 American men the right to vote is cel- correspondence of the major players in ASSISTANCE ANNIVERSARY: At- NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Attend a tend a 38th anniversary sale today ebrating its 150th anniversary, and the the women’s suffrage movement is what night of staged readings and sto- from 10am-5pm at the Assistance 19th Amendment, women’s suffrage, is gives us such insight into their personali- ries of the homelessness crisis in League of Bellingham, 2817 Merid- 02.12.20 celebrating 100. ties and their perspectives. the community at “There’s No Place ian St. Everything in the thrift and Mired as we are in impeachment drama Two points: What have we lost, now Like a Home” at 7pm in Mount Ver- gift shop will be 50 percent off. .15 non at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. (360) 738-2803
07 and the political machinations thereof, that people no longer write letters? The
# First St. Admission is by donation. deluge of emails, texts and tweets is Elaine Weiss’ extensively researched book WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG BELLS HISTORY: Kent Holsather The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win burying us in ones and zeroes, with no and Wes Ganneway share “History the Vote reminds us that democracy is cogent, consistent way to save and orga- HOLD FAST: Holly J. Hughes reads of Whatcom County and Bellingham messy and tedious and also essential. nize them for posterity. Second: The de- from her second full-length poetry Bells” at 1pm at the Lynden Pioneer She focuses on the battle to secure the passage of the 19th cision to shutter the National Archives collection, Hold Fast, at 7pm at Vil- Museum, 217 Front St. lage Books, 1200 11th St. In poems WWW.LYNDENPIONEERMUSEUM.ORG amendment in a 36th state, a requirement necessary for the and Records Administration building in both moving and compassionate, CASCADIA WEEKLY amendment to be adopted into law. This effort was no cake walk; Seattle is a great impediment to histo- she excavates past memories while WED., FEB. 19 it called upon suffragists of every stripe, from Carrie Catt of the rians and other researchers. Not having witnessing the present moment. CAN WE JUST TALK?: Attend a 12 National American Woman Suffrage Association to the more radi- the tools to study democracy is a threat WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM “Can We Just Talk?” LGBTQ+ discus- cal Alice Paul and Lucy Burns of the National Women’s Party. to democracy itself. sion group from 7pm-8:30pm at the TUES., FEB. 18 Whatcom Peace and Justice Center, It also drew opponents—not only men, but also women like Jo- CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR: Me- 1220 Bay St. sephine Pearson, leader of the “Antis,” fearful that allowing women Christine Perkins is the executive director lissa Anne Peterson will discuss her WWW.WHATCOMPJC.ORG to vote and partake in politics would lead to moral collapse. These of the Whatcom County Library System. doit
WED., FEB. 12 tions are required. GROUP RUN: All levels of expe- (360) 474-7479
rience are welcome at a weekly
Group Run beginning at 6pm SUN., FEB. 16 23 in Mount Vernon at the Skagit SNOWSHOE WALK: Learn
Running Company, 702 First St. snowshoe and winter safety basics FOOD outside The 3- to 6-mile run is great for while gaining knowledge about HIKING RUNNING GARDENING beginners or for others wanting winter ecology, recreation oppor-
an easy recovery. Entry is free. tunities, and the cultural history 20 WWW.SKAGITRUNNERS.ORG of the North Fork Nooksack drain- age at a ranger-guided Snowshoe
THURS., FEB. 13 Walk starting at 10am at Glacier B-BOARD PRUNING PARTICULARS: The Public Service Center, 10091 Master Gardener Foundations hosts Mt. Baker Hwy. Entry is $10 for
a free “Pruning Small Trees and youth 16 and under, $20 general. 19 Shrubs” workshop with Master Gar- Snowshoes and poles are provided.
dener and certified Plant Amnesty Reservations are required. FILM Pruner Erin Moore at 12pm at WWW.DISCOVERNW.ORG the Co-op’s Healthy Connections 16 classroom, 405 E. Holly St. TUES., FEB. 18 WWW.EXTENSION.WSU.EDU SKI BUS TO STEVENS PASS:
If you’re interested in joining a MUSIC ALASKAN MOUNTAINS: “The group of adult skiers and snow-
Mountains of Alaska” will be the boarders, join Merry Mountain 15 focus of a presentation by Alpine Ski Club for a Ski Bus to Stevens Institute guide Jim Mediatore Pass today with pickup starting at ART at 7pm at the Ferndale Library, 6am in Bellingham before heading
2125 Main St. The Whatcom to Burlington, Stanwood, and 14 READS event will focus on alpine Monroe. Fees vary. climbing and mountaineering in WWW.MERRYMOUNTAIN.COM STAGE Alaska. Entry is free. WWW.WHATCOMREADS.ORG ALL-PACES RUN: Staff and vol- 13 unteers are always on hand to guide 13 FRI., FEB. 14 the way at the weekly All-Paces Run WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and starting at 6pm every Tuesday at GET OUT adventurers can join Holly Roger Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. GET OUT of Wild Whatcom for a “Wild Entry is free. Things” Community Program from WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM
9:30am-11am every Friday in 12 February on the Interurban Trail. WED., FEB. 19 Please bring a simple, healthy RAIN GARDENS: Blaine C.O.R.E. WORDS snack to share, and dress for the (Community Organization for weather. Suggested donation is Resources and Education) leads $5 per person. a free “Rain Gardens” workshop 8 WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG from 4pm-6pm at the Blaine BY AMY KEPFERLE Roses. She’ll discuss the history behind Library, 610 3rd St. Attendees will
the company created by David Austin, FEB. 14-16 learn how to manage runoff and/ CURRENTS who in the early 1950s set out to cre- DEEP FOREST EXPERIENCE: or standing water by planting a ate a more beautiful rose—taking him Attend “Deep Forest Experience” mini-forest floor that will absorb 6 events from 11am-2pm Fridays and manage that extra water in Flower Power from a teenaged hobbyist to a world-
through Sundays through Febru- your yard. VIEWS renowned rose breeder. Reed will share GROW YOUR OWN ary at Rockport State Park, State WWW.WCLS.ORG
Austin’s story, as well as discuss pruning Route 20, milepost 96. Guided 4 ACCORDING TO the Society of American Florists, more than techniques, rose care, and some of her hikes will depart hourly from the BIOGEOGRAPHY: Join the local 250 million roses are produced for Valentine’s Day every year, favorite varieties and companion plants. Discovery Center hourly. Park chapter of the Washington Native MAIL staff and volunteers will lead 30- Plant Society for an “Adventures with a price tag of approximately $2 billion on the total amount Register in advance for the free class, to 60-minute walks under a dense in Biogeography” seminar at 7pm 2 of flowers sold. That’s a lot of lucre to spend on gifts that will and get growing. When: 9am Sat., Feb. canopy of old growth fir, cedar, at the RE Store’s Sustainable
likely wither within a week. But learning how to grow and tend 15 Where: 900 Alabama St. Info: www. hemlock and maple trees. Many of Living Center, 2309 Meridian St. DO IT your own blooms can extend the shelf life of your petal-powered garden-spot.com the Rockport trees are more than Entry is free. gifts—and of your relationships. That same day, Christianson’s Nurs- 400 years old and top out at 250 WWW.WNPSKOMA.ORG feet. During the walks, interpre- On Valentine’s Day proper, bring your sweetie along for a free ery will welcome the Seattle Rose So- tive staff and guest speakers will
THURS., FEB. 20 02.12.20 talk with Thomas Mirenda, who on behalf of the Mount Baker Or- ciety for not one, but four workshops discuss the unseen ecosystems MOUNTAINS IN ALASKA: Join chid Society will present “True Botanical Biodiversity Hot-Spot: focusing on the prickly bush that bears that keep forests healthy, includ- Alpine Institute guide Jim Me- ing salmon-bearing streams, ani- diator to discuss alpine climbing .15 The Fabulous Orchids of Southwestern Australia” at 7pm at the fragrant flowers and sets hearts aflut- 07 Padilla Bay Interpretive Center. Mirenda has been growing or- ter. The primers from members of the mal scat and mycorrhizal fungi. and mountaineering in Alaska # at a Whatcom READS event from chids for more than three decades and is an accredited judge of society that was first established in Entry is free; a Discovery Pass is required to park. 6:30pm-8pm at the Bellingham the American Orchid Society, the former Orchid Collection Spe- 1913 commence at 10am, starting with WWW.PARKS.STATE.WA.US/574/ Public Library, 210 Central Ave. cialist of the Smithsonian, as well as being a regular columnist “Rose Pruning” and continuing with ROCKPORT WWW.WHATCOMREADS.ORG for Orchids magazine. If what he says piques your interest about “Rose Selection,” “Rose Planting and the fancy flowering plants, join the Orchid Society March 7 and Feeding,” and “Insect and Disease Con- FEB. 15-16 TRAVELOGUE: Robbie Munger BIRDING FOR KIDS: Skagit shares stories and slides at a 8 for their annual show and sale at Skagit Valley Gardens, where trol.” Choose one or all, and come away CASCADIA WEEKLY Guided Adventures hosts “Bird- “Circumnavigating Vancouver repotting services, seminars and an “orchid doctor” will be part knowing how to bring a couple of sea- ing for Kids” excursions from Island at 65” Travelogue at 7pm 13 of the fun. When: 7pm Fri., Feb. 14 Where: 10441 Bayview Edison son’s worth of beauty to your home and 2:30pm-4:30pm Saturdays and at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Rd. Info: www.orchid-society.net/mt-baker garden. When: 9am-2pm Sat., Feb. 15 Sundays through March. Prices Hall, 121 Prospect St. Suggested If roses are more your thing, make your way to Bellingham’s Where: 15806 Best Rd. Cost: $8 per work- vary; transportation and binocu- donation is $5. lars will be provided. Reserva- WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Garden Spot Nursery Saturday morning for a “Loving Austin Ros- shop, $30 for all. Info: www.christiansons es” presentation with Rebecca Reed, a horticulturist for Austin nursery.com doit
STAGE Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 9:30pm, watch “Fifty Shades of
WED., FEB. 12 Velvet,” an improvised romance
23 THE SLACKS: Local improv trio novel. Tickets are $12. the Slacks will be joined by special WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM
FOOD guests Deep Flight Simulator for a free performance at 7pm at SERIAL KILLERS: iDiOM Theater’s stage Thousand Acre Cider House, 109 annual “Serial Killers” contin- 20 THEATER DANCE PROFILES Grand Ave. ues this weekend at 7:30pm and WWW.THOUSANDACRE 9:30pm Friday and Saturday at CIDERHOUSE.COM the Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205
B-BOARD Prospect St. The tournament of se- “I had no idea I’d still be doing this FEB. 12-14 rial plays features teams competing SUGAR: Brie Turoff will lead for the audience’s mercy—and a
19 show 10 years down the line when I first dancers, actors and singers when cash prize. Tickets are $7-$12. started it,” Deacon says. “I’m an experi- “Sugar: A Cabaret” returns to WWW.SYLVIACENTERFOR FILM ential learner, so I needed to wear a lot the stage with shows at 7:30pm THEARTS.ORG of hats and make a lot of mistakes along Wednesday and Thursday, and 6pm Friday at the Underground Night- SAT., FEB. 15 16 the way. Fortunately, Bellingham is one club, 211 E. Chestnut St. Tickets Attend the of the best places to grow yourself up VAUDEVILLINGHAM: are $20 to see the “fun-filled, sexy Bellingham Circus Guild’s monthly MUSIC as an artist.” and sassy evening of music, dance uncensored variety show, “Vaudevil- Along with new works by longtime and stories of love and loss.” lingham,” at 3pm at the Cirque Lab,
15 collaborators and aerialists Dream Frohe WWW.SUGARTHESHOW.COM 1401 6th St., suite #102. Suggested donation is $5-$10.
ART and PJ Perry, the anniversary shows FEB. 12-15 WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUS will also feature Daniel Sloan as mag- HENRY V: Behold timeless GUILD.COM 14 14 ic-maker Happenstance, the return of scenes of love, war and politics starry-eyed jugglers when William Shakespeare’s WED., FEB. 19 STAGE STAGE Wren and Della, dance Henry V concludes this week with INTRO TO IMPROV: Attend a free trapeze artist Shannon showings at 7:30pm Wednesday workshop focusing on play, creativ- through Saturday at Western ity, storytelling and fun at a “Learn Gray, Seattle duo Diz- 13 Washington University’s Perform- to Think on Your Feet” introduc- zy Daze, longtime cir- ing Arts Center’s DUG Theater. tory improv class from 7pm-9pm at cus ally Sara Sparrow, Tickets are $7-$12. Improv Playworks, 1011 Girard St.
GET OUT roaming circus artists WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU Please register in advance. and a group finale WWW.IMPROVPLAYWORKS.COM THURS., FEB. 13
12 that promises to make GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The THURS., FEB. 20 ATTEND jaws drop throughout Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at CHEESEBURGER PICNIC: Randy of WHAT: My Circus the Cirque Lab. 7:30pm every Thursday at the Trailer Park Boys presents “Randy’s WORDS Valentine Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Cheeseburger Picnic” at 8pm at the WHERE: Cirque “Nine artists from At 9:30pm, stick around for “The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St. The
8 Lab, 1401 6th St. the show are co-creat- Reinemer Brothers Improv Show.” show will feature a bit of standup, WHEN: Feb. ing a new act in a very Entry is $5-$8. silly contests and some classic 13-16 short time on a crazy, WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM punchlines. Tickets are $25. COST: $10-$25 CURRENTS dynamic aerial appa- WWW.SHAKEDOWNBELLINGHAM.COM INFO: www. ratus that none of us FEB. 13-16
6 bellingham THE CURIOUS SAVAGE: John circusguild.com have ever worked on Patrick’s sentimental comedy, A Cu-
PHOTO BY THADDEUS HINK THADDEUS BY PHOTO before,” Deacon says. DANCE
VIEWS rious Savage, opens this week with “The apparatus, created by Terry Crane, performances at 7:30pm Thursday THURS., FEB. 13
4 is an infinity rope loop—an aerial rope through Saturday, and 2pm Sunday SWING DANCE: Cut a rug to the BY AMY KEPFERLE that runs continuously through two pul- in Lynden at the Claire vg Thomas swinging tunes of the jazz era MAIL leys at the top. Theatre, 655 Front St. Tickets are when Vintage Rhythm hosts a $10-$14. monthly Swing Dance from 8pm-
2 “This aerial ensemble piece will be some- WWW.THECLAIRE.ORG 10:30pm at VFW Post 1585, 625 Feel the Love thing completely new for Bellingham audi- N. State St. There will also be a DO IT ences, as the infinity rope loop has never EXPRESS MURDER: An adaptation special Valentine’s Day performance MY CIRCUS VALENTINE graced a Bellingham stage until now.” of Agatha Christie’s Murder on by the Rhythm Belles chorus girl If the upcoming shows are anything like the Orient Express continues with troupe. Entry is $5. performances at 7:30pm Thursday WWW.VINTAGERHYTHMDANCE.COM LAST FEBRUARY, after attending “My Circus Valentine” last year’s, I expect to gasp, laugh, possi-
02.12.20 through Saturday, and 2pm Sunday with my fella at the Bellingham Circus Guild’s Fairhaven-based bly cry and thoroughly enjoy the love that at the Anacortes Community The- FRI., FEB. 14 Cirque Lab, I found myself deeply regretting the years I had radiates throughout every moment of “My atre, 918 M Ave. Tickets are $20. MOVEMENT & MIRTH: Get relief .15
07 missed the high-flying compendium of acts designed to cele- Circus Valentine.” I’ll sample various po- WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM from your Valentine’s daze at an # brate love in all of its many forms. tions and artisanal chocolate, get silly at all-ages conscious dance party, FRI., FEB. 14 “Levity: Lovity—Music, Movement As we sat in the darkened warehouse watching the mesmerizing the photo booth, and join my fellow com- COMEDY FOR LOVERS: Funny and Mirth” from 7pm-10pm at Pres- magic unfold, I vowed I wouldn’t make the same mistake again. munity members at an event that isn’t just fella Phillip Kopczynski presents ence Studio, 1412 Cornwall Ave. After all, where else can audiences expect to see amazing aerial- for sweethearts, but for all hearts. “Comedy for Lovers” at 7:30pm at Entry is $10. ists put their bodies on the line, juggling sailors in love, bearded “Romantic love gets enough attention, the Mount Baker Theatre’s intimate WWW.PRESENCE-STUDIO.COM lady lumberjacks with sweet dance moves, hula-hoopers perform- and the truth is, not everyone gets to Walton Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets are $17.
CASCADIA WEEKLY SUN., FEB. 16 ing through their tears, and a rough-around-the-edges Cupid? have that kind of love,” Deacon says. “We WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM PEACE DANCE: “Into the Heart of Although my guy will be out of town this weekend, I don’t need each other and we need to feel that 14 Love” will be the focus of a Dances plan on missing the 10th annual iteration of “My Circus Val- we belong. Life is difficult and confusing, FEB. 14-15 of Universal Peace gathering from entine,” an event founder and producer Anneka Deacon has and a lot of the time it just doesn’t make CUPID’S ARROW: The improvised 6pm-8pm at the Center for Mindful poured her heart and soul into since the inaugural sold-out sense. I am far more interested in explor- dating game “Cupid’s Arrow” Use, 100 E. Maple St., Suite B. Sug- returns to the stage at 7:30pm and gested donation is $5-$10. show at the guild’s first “ramshackle” space behind a Cornwall ing how to foster the feeling of connec- 9:30pm Friday and Saturday at the [email protected] Avenue antique store. tion and belonging.” doit UPCOMING ONGOING EVENTS EXHIBITS
WED., FEB. 12 ALLIED ARTS: An annual “Members 23 ART MARKET: Bellingham Show” can be seen through Feb. 29
Handmade will host a Valentine’s at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. FOOD visual WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG Art Market from 5pm-9pm at the GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES Lairmont Manor, 405 Fieldston
Rd. The Prohibition-themed event ARTWOOD: Lathe-turned objects 20 will also feature a food truck, will be featured through February at DJ Tricky Timbers spinning vinyl Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave.
records, beer and wine, dancing WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM B-BOARD holds a flower 20 times his size; a chair and more. Tickets are $18. WWW.BELLINGHAMHANDMADE.COM FOURTH CORNER: View “Off the
and a skull float in space. 19 Wall,” a collection of sculptures In the exhibit, Kinnebrew’s painting ARTIST TALK: Artist Kate Clark and paintings by Francis X, through
“Memory” features a luxurious blossom, will discuss two multi-year com- Feb. 25 at Fourth Corner Frames and FILM upon which rest a skull, a strawberry and missions she is working on for the Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. City of Seattle and the City of San WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM
a pair of pharaonic statues. A tangle of 16 Diego at 7pm at the Anacortes branches intrudes on the left, a deso- Library, 1220 10th St. Clark creates GALLERY SYRE: Peruse a “New
late canyon on the right. A checkerboard public art projects about the hid- Works” exhibit of works by David MUSIC globe (Kinnebrew’s signature) floats den histories of civic space. Syre from 12pm-5pm Tues.-Thurs. 15 above a rectangular pool, which reflects WWW.ANACORTESWA.GOV at Gallery Syre, 465 W. Stuart Rd. 15 the indigo sky. WWW.DAVIDSYREART.COM ART THURS., FEB. 13 ART A croquet mallet swings suggestively BEHIND THE SCENES: Join the GOOD EARTH POTTERY: New between a pair of impossibly slender legs Museum Advocates for “Behind works by ceramicist and weaver 14 in “Croquet Anyone.” The red high heels— the Scenes with the Museum Larry Richmond will be featured Registrar” at 12pm at Whatcom through February at Good Earth another Kinnebrew obsession—tread STAGE upon a twisted checkerboard tablecloth. Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. Prospect St. Maria Coltharp, WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM Several of Kinnebrew’s paintings have
Museum Curator of Collections 13 historical antecedents. Compare his “Au- and Registrar, will discuss what is JANSEN ART CENTER: A “Winter dience” to Italian surre- involved in organizing an exhibi- Juried Exhibit” is on display at
alist Giorgio de Chirico’s tion. Entry is free. through February at Lynden’s Jan- GET OUT “FORGIVENESS” 1914 “Mystery and Mel- WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG sen Art Center, 321 Front St. ancholy of a Street.” WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG POP-UP MARKET: Find the 12 The receding perspec- perfect something for your MONA: “Especially Special: A tive, the doorways, are partner, your friend or yourself at Celebration of Betty Black” and WORDS very similar. In place a Valentine Pop-Up Market from an “Exhibition from the Perma- of Chirico’s running girl 12pm-6pm at Antler Baking Com- nent Collection” can be viewed 8 with a hoop, Kinnebrew pany, 10 Prospect St. In addition through March 15 in La Conner at SEE to sourcing delicious treats at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 WHAT: provides a distant, the shop, peruse jewelry by Heidi S. First St.
Paintings and empty chair. In both Hull Designs, stems by bouquets WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG CURRENTS “UNTITLED” “MEMORY” sculptures paintings, there is an by Noctuaflorals, cards and prints by Joseph expression of profound by Blake Design Studio, Wild Opal RAGFINERY: A variety of textile- 6 Kinnebrew emptiness. natural products and more. related workshops happen on a BY STEPHEN HUNTER WHERE: WWW.ANTLERBAKINGCOMPANY.COM regular basis at Ragfinery, 1421 N. VIEWS Cassera Gallery It’s a tribute to his Forest St.
South, 26915 eclecticism that he FEB. 14-23 WWW.RAGFINERY.COM 4 102nd Dr. NW, would also paint the NW GLASS QUEST: Join the 11th Stanwood fleshy riot that is “Un- annual Great Northwest Glass SCOTT MILO GALLERY: A “Birds MAIL Eye Candy Quest from Feb. 14-23 throughout of Winter” exhibit shows through WHEN: Through titled.” At first glance Feb. 21 Camano Island and Stanwood. March 3 in Anacortes at the Scott 2 SEDUCED BY SURREALISM INFO: www. the painting suggests Called the “greatest treasure hunt Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave.
designsnw.com/ the German expres- in the Pacific Northwest,” the WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM DO IT “SURREALISM HAS been neglected,” David Cassera says. cassera-gallery sionist Emil Nolde. But free event sees people searching That’s why he chose to exhibit the works of Joseph Kinnebrew at there’s none of Nolde’s in local parks and businesses for SMITH & VALLEE: The invita- clues that can be exchanged for tional “Bird’s Eye View” exhibit his eponymous gallery in Stanwood. despair. Kinnebrew is playing a trick on handblown glass floats by artists shows through February in Edison 02.12.20 The distinguished Kinnebrew has painted and sculpted in real- us! Can you find the two moons? Mark and Marcus Ellinger. Down- at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 ist and expressionist modes, yet always has been seduced by the In “Place,” a lady in an elegant gown load a guide, and get searching! Gilkey Ave. .15 WWW.THEGREATNWGLASSQUEST.COM WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE sinister magic of 20th century surrealists. soars from a pier, her back turned, leav- 07 Kinnebrew recently relocated back to his native state, set- ing a puzzled goldfish behind. What is GALLERY.COM # SAT., FEB. 15 tling into a Whatcom County home with a spacious workshop. the message? Some secret or confession? NIBLACK TALK: Natalie Niblack WHATCOM MUSEUM: The Global A prolific artist, he’s known to have completed a sizable acrylic Red fish with slender legs and high will discuss her most recent body Language of Headwear: Cultural painting in only a few hours. heels dance across the canvas in “I. Ev- of work, “Folly,” at an Artist Talk Identity, Rites of Passage, and The artist has been honored by inclusion in many interna- erything.” They’re a background for the starting at 4pm in Edison at i.e. Spirituality,” “Conversations tional shows and his works are in the collection of 19 major U.S. main event—a suspender holding up a gallery, 5800 Cains Court. Fear- Between Collections: The Smith- lessly dealing with the hardest sonian American Art Museum and museums plus numerous institutions. slippery Earth. Does it imply that men CASCADIA WEEKLY topics in today’s political world, the Whatcom Museum,” “Who Are The Cassera Gallery displays several of his bewildering sculp- provide support while ladies prance se- Niblack does so with boundless We? Washington’s Kaleidoscope,” 15 tures—in particular, a splendid bronze pear, sporting green leaves ductively along? imagination and skill in painting, “People of the Sea and Cedar,” and two lovely legs, complete with red high heels. Is Kinnebrew’s every gesture serious, drawing, ceramics, silk screening and “John M. Edson Hall of Birds” Kinnebrew’s paintings are unfailingly decorative, in rich, un- or is he a master puzzle-maker, secretly and more. Her exhibit shows can currently be viewed on the through February. Whatcom Museum campus. modulated colors. But the images can be incongruous and appear chuckling as we try to discover meaning WWW.IEEDISON.COM WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG at unexpected angles. In “The Decline of Innovation,” a monkey in his work? rumor has it
23 PERHAPS A DAY will arrive when Big Busi- ness can come to town and I will not men- FOOD tion it, but as long as the band is comprised of a KARP (Jared Warren) and a Murder City Devil (Coady Willis)—or two Melvins, 20 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT which also works—that day remains in the future. They’re touring through our neck B-BOARD of the woods and, as is their custom, will land at the Shake-
19 down—and not just for the pinball
FILM and falafel. They’ll play a show Thurs.,
16 16 Feb. 13 with Dry- land featuring spe- MUSIC MUSIC cial guest drummer and the only per-
15 son I will willingly
ART high-five unless it’s my birthday, BY CAREY ROSS
14 Noah Burns. Tick- ets, unlike my birthday high-fives, are
STAGE still available. I probably should not follow up talking about a respectable and respected band 13 like Big Business by informing you about an event that involves a dog kissing booth, es-
GET OUT pecially when said kissing-booth event has nothing to do with live music, but I gotta
12 be me (do I though? Highly debatable). Paws for a Beer, a place that will one day kick me out when they finally realize WORDS I don’t have a dog, is hosting a Valentine’s
8 Day event that, as far as I know, is the only one of its kind in Bellingham. It’s called Kiss Your Pup (or, in my case, KUINKA CURRENTS Kiss Other People’s Pups and No That’s Not
PHOTO BY ADAM BROWN ADAM BY PHOTO Weird), it happens on Valentine’s Day prop- 6 er and the scant info about it includes the following: “Grab a dog and pucker up! Any VIEWS BY CAREY ROSS dog will do. Take a selfie or have a friend
4 being in the art business, is throwing a fancy take a photo. We will provide the kissing dress party—and we’re all invited. Their Val- booth, you provide the lips.” I can’t tell if MAIL entine’s Soiree takes place two days before V- it’s the “any dog will do” or the “you pro-
2 Valentine’s Day Day proper, on Feb. 12, but do not be deterred vide the lips” that is funnier, but it’s all by that tiny detail. The Handmade folks will solid gold. Apparently the kissing booth
DO IT LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT trick out Lairmont Manor in their best speak- will be there all day, which prompts me easy style, leaving you to trick out yourselves to state the obvious: What a time to be VALENTINE’S DAY is a polarizing holiday. in your finest 1920s garb and complete the alive. It’s possible that Cascadia Weekly First of all, it’s not really a holiday at all. No one gets Valentine’s Day Jazz Age picture. Once you arrive at the his- office dog and snack tester June will be in 02.12.20 off of work unless they already had it off. No one gets time and a half on toric Edgemoor mansion, you’ll find music by attendance, and while I can attest to the Feb. 14 save for those folks who are working overtime. It’s really more of DJ Tricky Timbers, beer and wine to sip (owing fact that she is a gentle kisser, her breath .15
07 an occasion than anything else. However, unlike other similar non-holiday to the constraints of modern-day liquor laws often smells like hot kibble, so your mile- # occasions that come with pomp, circumstance and sweet treats—Halloween there won’t be bathtub gin to swill) and an art age may vary there. being the obvious example—there are a lot more ways to do Valentine’s Day market where you can buy your sweetheart (or I just want to apologize again to Big wrong than right. yourself) a Valentine’s Day gift. In the words Business, but this time because I expended It’s a lot of pressure. But it doesn’t have to be. of Bellingham Handmade, “Live life. Kick your twice as many words on a canine-focused I’m fairly agnostic on the subject of Valentine’s Day. I like to hand out con- feet up. Smooch by the fountain.” Cost: $18 V-Day event as I did on their upcoming versation hearts (RIP) and force people to eat them in front of me. I’ll take Info: www.bellinghamhandmade.com Shakedown show. I could’ve mentioned
CASCADIA WEEKLY advantage of a cut-rate fancy dining special of one comes my way. I’m also As always, the event invite for Make.Shift’s that the always-excellent band is fresh off happy to partake of whatever entertainment options the “holiday” affords me. Valentine’s Day Cover Show—supposedly in a tour with Sleep or that Willis recently did 16 Whether Valentine’s Day fills you with romance or rancor—or nothing at its final year unless someone else takes it on a stint as the house drummer on Late Night all—I’ve got some suggestions for how you can mark the occasion. Take a (hint hint)—specifies that there is to be “NO with Seth Meyers, but regrettably I chose to date. Or don’t. It’s all fine by me. PDA” at the two-night affair. And as always, highlight a dog kissing booth instead. Just Bellingham Handmade, the newish nonprofit that operates a retail space that acts as a prompt for me to recall the remember, when it comes to Valentine’s where a collective of artists sell their wares and learn the business end of inaugural V-Day cover show at which I saw a Day, any dog will do. you think of a more romantic band than Erika Rado, LMT (lic#5222) VALENTINE'S DAY, Tool? Info: www.makeshiftproject.com Spirit Bird Intuitive Arts Officially speaking, WinterStock isn’t * Animal Holistic Communication Sessions FROM PAGE 16 a Valentine’s Day event, but, officially * Licensed Medical Massage 23 young couple make out for the duration, speaking, Valentine’s Day isn’t a holiday, * Holistic, Intuitive Readings oblivious to the hundred-plus people in so obviously we’ve entered some kind Spring Special: Whole Family Pre-Paid Cards FOOD - 3 one-hour sessions ($70 ea) pre-paid card: $210 the room, possibly oblivious to the fact of lawless dimension where rules don’t - 5 one-hour sessions ($65 ea) pre-paid card: $325 that loud music was happening mere apply. In this realm or any other, Win- - 10 one-hour sessions ($60 ea) pre-paid card: $600 20 feet in front of them. As with Valen- terStock, which is the Lincoln Theatre’s Call (360) 393-7229 Bellingham tine’s Day, I’m indifferent when it comes annual excuse to throw a party to coun- to other people making out in public. It teract the mood-dampening effects of B-BOARD doesn’t really titillate me, and I’ve done winter in the Pacific Northwest, makes
far too much of it myself to judge (sorry for an excellent date night—and never 19 mom). However, I am nowhere near in- more so than when it falls on Valentine’s different about the cover show. I love it Day as it does this year. Doing the musi- FILM when temporary bands form to play the cal honors will be WinterStock favorites
songs of other bands. By and large, the Kuinka, as well as Sway Wild, which fea- 16 16 outcome is surprisingly good and even tures Mandy Fer and Dave McGraw. Both MUSIC when it’s not, it’s still fun. This (hope- acts, when combined with the lovely set- MUSIC fully not) last go-round will see people ting of the Lincoln and the local beer and
take the stage on Fri., Feb. 14 as Heart, cider that will be available, are capable 15 Jimmy Eat World, the White Stripes, Yel- of casting a spell you might just find to ART lowcard, Bremerton’s own MxPx, and oth- be irresistible. Be warned: WinterStock ers. With Sat., Feb. 15 comes Green Day, is perennially popular, and nothing puts Visit Homes For Sale in Whatcom County 14 Queen, the Cranberries, and more. The a damper on date night quite like a big
Valentine’s Day Cover Show never fails to sold-out sign, so it is probably wise to We're here to help STAGE have at least one offering that’s either buy tickets in advance or risk one of JUST SOLD inspired or completely mad, and this year those regrettable Valentine’s Day out- you reach your real 13 the people taking on Tool have managed comes I mentioned earlier. Cost: $25-$30 estate goals! to encompass both of those things. Can Info: www.lincolntheatre.org
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THURS., FEB. 13 GONG BATH: Attend “Gong Bath Breath and WORDS LOVE NOTES: Soprano Sherrie Kahn, pianist Sound: Bath Meditation Celebration of the Heart” Wade Dingman, and guitarist Yaniv Attar will at 7pm at the Firehouse Arts and Events Center, 8 present “Love Notes” at 7pm at St. Paul’s Episco- 1314 Harris Ave. Tickets are $10-$25. pal Church, 2117 Walnut St. Tickets are $10-$30. WWW.MYSTICHEARTSBEATS.COM WWW.WHATCOMCHORALE.ORG
SAT., FEB. 15 CURRENTS JAZZ IN THE HAVEN: Jazz drummer Julian THE GATLIN BROTHERS: The Grammy Award- MacDonough presents a new monthly event, “Jazz winning trio the Gatlin Brothers come to Bell- 6 in the Haven,” at 7:15pm at the Firehouse Arts and ingham for a 7:30pm concert at the Mount Baker
Events Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Tickets will be $15. Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets are $25.50- VIEWS WWW.FIREHOUSEPERFORMINGARTS.COM $59.50 to see the masters at work.
WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM 4 SKETCHES OF SPAIN: Join the Western Wash- ington Symphony Orchestra and soloists David NIGHT BEAT: Cellist Colin Carr and pianist MAIL Feingold, Melissa Plagemann, and Kevin Woods for Thomas Sauer will play a “Beethoven 250” concert
a performance of the Miles Davis/Gil Evans album as part of Bellingham Music Club’s “Night Beat” 2 Sketches of Spain at 8pm at WWU’s Performing Arts series at 7:30pm at the First Congregational
Center Concert Hall. Tickets are $8-$30. Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave. Tickets are $25. DO IT WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU WWW.BELLINGHAMMUSICCLUB.ORG FRI., FEB. 14 FEB. 15-16
V-DAY IMPERSONATIONS: See and hear Dino VOX AND FRIENDS: Vox Pacifica presents “Vox 02.12.20 Markus as Elvis, Bill De Groot as Roy Orbison, and & Friends: Uncorked—A Musical Cabaret” at Janelle Rodriguez as Patsy Cline at a Valentine’s Day 7:30pm Saturday, and 4pm Sunday at the Sylvia .15
night of impersonations from 6pm-8pm in Lynden Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St. Guest singers 07 at the Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. include Cassidy Bloom, Naomi Pomerantz, and # WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG more. Tickets are $30. WWW.VOXPACIFICA.ORG JUST ONE LOOK: Holly Aprecio presents “Just One Look: Tribute to Linda Ronstadt” at 7pm at SUN., FEB. 16 the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. JIM AND SUSIE: Listen to folksingers Jim and Tickets are $20-$23. Susie Malcolm at 2pm at Nancy’s Farm, 2030 E. WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM Smith Rd. Suggested donation is $20. CASCADIA WEEKLY WWW.NANCYSFARM.COM EARLY MUSIC: As part of an Anacortes Early Mu- 17 sic Series, recorder virtuoso Vicki Boeckman and AIZURI STRING QUARTET: Bellingham Festival historical keyboardist Tamara Friedman explore of Music presents a performance by the multi- solo and chamber music at 7pm at the Croatian award-winning Aizuri String Quartet at 4pm at the Cultural Center, 801 5th Ave. Admission is $25. Lairmont Manor, 405 Fieldston Rd. Tickets are $75. WWW.ANACORTESARTSFOUNDATION.ORG WWW.BELLINGHAMFESTIVAL.ORG musicvenues 23
See below for venue FOOD addresses and phone 02.12.20 02.13.20 02.14.20 02.15.20 02.16.20 02.17.20 02.18.20 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 20 122 West Brewing Co. Karma Taxi (7pm)
B-BOARD Anelia's Kitchen & Don Virgovic (5:30pm) Don Virgovic (6pm) EMT (7:30pm) Stage
19 Angela Van De Mark and Friends Beach Store Cafe (6:30pm) FILM Piano Night w/Aaron Guest Piano Night w/Paul Klein Boundary Bay Brewery Galentine's Day (6pm) Valentine's Day Dinner (5pm) (6pm) (5:30pm)
16 16 Wolf Parade, Land of Talk Boots and Babes Ball w/Jojo Commodore Ballroom SJS Family Reunion (8pm) Metronomy (8pm) (8pm) Mason, more (7pm) MUSIC MUSIC
DJ JUSTIN MURTA/Feb. 14/ Culture Cafe Karaoke (9:30pm) Open Mic (6pm) 15 Silver Reef Casino Resort
ART Fanny Alger, The Lettered Streets Ron Bailey & The Tangents Edison Inn (8:30pm) (5:30pm)
14 Guffawingham Comedy Anna Tival and Jeffrey Beautiful Freaks, The Rhetori- Songs and Stories Open Mic Firefly Lounge Tango Cowboys (8pm) Hypho, Xakra (9pm) Open Mic w/Jaci Terjeson Martin (7pm) cian, Slap Serif (8pm) (6pm), Karaoke (9pm)
STAGE (9:30pm)
Honey Moon Open Mic (7:30pm) Dovetails Duo (8pm) 13
Hotel Bellwether Mark Ashworth and Mark Kelly Adrian Clarke Sonja Lee Quintet (4:30pm) GET OUT Trace Rezideux and the Kulshan Brewing Co. Rainbow Ranchhands Alger Rhythms (7pm)
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Movie Monday: Dr. Strange- Open Mic (6pm) Alger Rhythms (6pm) 8 Menace Brewing love (6pm)
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6 After Party Drag Show Queer AF Drag Show (8:30pm), Rumors Cabaret New Music Thursday (10pm) Party Saturday (10pm) Panty Hoes Drag Show (9pm) Karaoke (9pm) (10:30pm) Flashback Friday (10pm) VIEWS The Shakedown Big Business, Dryland (8:30pm) 4
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Crooked Constellation Stones Throw Brewery Brittany Collins (7pm) The Excitations (7pm)
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Brother Ali, Open Mike Eagle, ’90s Till Now (9pm) Eoto, Red Giant (8pm) Minnesota, Thelem, more (8pm) Wild Buffalo DJ Last Word (8pm)
CASCADIA WEEKLY Anelias Kitchen & Stage 513 S. 1st St., La Conner • (360) 466-4778 | Beach Store Cafe 2200 N. Nugent Road, Lummi Island • www.beachstorecafe.com | Bellewood Acres 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden • (360) 318-7720 | Big Lake Bar & Grill 18247 WA-9, Mount Vernon • (360) 422-6411 | Boundary Bay Brewery 1107 Railroad Ave • 647-5593 | Brown Lantern Ale House 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-2544 | Chuckanut Brewery 601 W. Holly St. • 752-3377 | Commodore Ballroom 18 868 Granville St., Vancouver • (604) 739-4550 | Edison Inn 5829 Cains Ct., Edison • (360) 766-6266 | Firefly Lounge 1015 N. State St. | Honey Moon 1053 N. State St. • 734-0728 | Kulshan Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • www.makeshiftproject.com | Rockfish Grill 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 588-1720 | The Royal 208 E. Holly St. • 738-3701 | Rumors Cabaret 1119 Railroad Ave. • 671-1849 | The Shakedown 1212 N. State St. • www. shakedownbellingham.com | Silver Reef Casino Resort 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale • (360) 383-0777 | Skagit Valley Casino Resort 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow • (360) 724-7777 | Skylark’s Hidden Cafe 1300 11th St. • 715-3642 | Stones Throw Brewery 1009 Larrabee Ave. | Studio B 202 E. Holly St. Ste. 301 • www.studiobellingham.com | Swinomish Casino 12885 Casino Dr., Anacortes • (888) 288-8883 | The Underground 211 E. Chestnut St. • 738-3701 | Underground Coffeehouse Viking Union 3rd Floor, WWU | Village Inn Pub 3020 Northwest Ave. • 734-2490 | The Waterfront 521 W. Holly St. • www.waterfrontseafoodandbar.com | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www.wildbuffalo.net | Send your music info to [email protected]. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday. Leonard Frank; Japanese Internees Leaving Slocan Valley, BC. NNM film ›› showing this week 1994.69.4.29 Eastwood Collection.
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Ansel Adams; Relocation center from guard FILM SHORTS FOOD tower. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
1917: I really thought Sam Mendes’ gripping, superla- tive WWI drama was going to take home a Best Picture 20 Oscar, but it did win the one Academy Award it most deserved: Best Cinematography for Roger Deakins’ astonishing work to make the two-hour-long movie Two Views: Photographs by B-BOARD seem like a single continuous take. HHHHH (R • 1 hr. 50 min.) Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank 19 19 Bad Boys For Life: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence February 15 - May 17, 2020 FILM team up one last time (until the next time) as Miami FILM Ansel Adams; Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Shimizu. Manzanar cops looking to take down some big baddie in this Relocation Center, 1943. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. 60 black and white photographs documenting entertaining, high-energy buddy comedy. HHH (R • 2
the conditions and experiences of people of 16 hrs. 4 min.) THE PHOTOGRAPH Japanese descent incarcerated at internment
Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipa- camps in the 1940s in Canada and the US. MUSIC tion of One Harley Quinn): Somehow this movie is
actually decent and I will take that as proof Margot Rob- Knives Out: This Agatha Christie-inspired comedic 15 Old City Hall | 121 Prospect Street | whatcommuseum.org bie can do no wrong. HHHH (R • 1 hr. 49 min.) murder-mystery boasts an incredible cast—Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, Toni Collette, ART Come As You Are: Three young men with disabilities Christopher Plummer, and more—and Rian Johnson - flee their overbearing parents on a road trip to a doing the writing and directing honors. HHHHH (PG- NOW PLAYING 14 brothel in Montreal catering to people with special 13 • 2 hrs. 10 min.) Fri, February 14 - needs. Join them on their surprising and heartwarm- STAGE ing journey to lose their virginity and embrace their Little Women: Louisa May Alcott’s tale of the March Thu, February 20 independence. HHHHH (Unrated • 1 hr. 46 min.) daughters gets a retelling by writer/director Greta
Gerwig, who somehow didn't get an Oscar nomination, 13 PARASITE (R) 122m, In Korean w/ English subs BEST PICTURE WINNER! Come To Daddy: Elijah Wood plays a son reunit- possibly because she's not a man. HHHHH (PG • 2 Fri: 5:45; Sat-Wed: 5:15; Thu: 9:15 - It's amazing. See it. See it again. ing with his estranged father in a remote cabin that hrs. 15 min.) rapidly results in a descent into horror. Frodo, I don't PARASITE - IN BLACK & WHITE (R) 122m, In Korean w/ English subs GET OUT think we're in the Shire anymore. HHHHH (R • 1 hr. Parasite: After pulling off a stunning upset to Fri: 8:45; Sat - Wed: 8:15; Thu: (3:30) - Now see it in black and white! 33 min.) become the first non-English-speaking Best Picture
CUNNINGHAM (PG) 93m, In English - Merce Cunningham 12 winner in Oscar history, director Bong Joon-ho Fri: 5:30; Sat - Tue: (3:00); Wed: (3:00) - OCAP; Thu: (4:15) Cunningham: This immersive documentary traces rereleased his movie in black and white because as Merce Cunningham's artistic evolution over three a richly rewarded groundbreaker, he gets to do that 1917 (R) 119m, In English, French & German w/ English subtitles WORDS decades of risk and discovery, from his early years as kind of thing now. Lord love him. HHHHH (R • 2 Fri: (2:45), 7:45; Sat & Sun: 7:45; Mon: 5:30; Tue: 8:15 a struggling dancer in postwar New York to his emer- hrs. 12 min.)
Wed: (2:45), 8:30; Wed: (Noon) - OCAP; Thu: 9:15 8 gence as one of the world's most visionary choreogra- phers. HHHHH (PG • 1 hr. 33 min.) The Photograph: The estranged daughter of a LITTLE WOMEN (PG) 134m, In English famous photographer dies, a handsome journalist is Fri: (2:45); Sat: (2:00); Sun: (2:30); Mon: (2:30), 8:15; Tue: (2:30)
Dolittle: Robert Downey Jr. plays the man who can assigned to write a piece about her life, the two fall Wed: 5:30; Wed: (Noon) - OCAP; Thu: (1:15) CURRENTS talk to animals and reunites with fellow Avenger for each other in what appears to be a fairly done-to- Tom Holland (now a dog instead of a spider) to fight death love story, but since it stars LaKeith Stanfield RIGOLETTO ON THE LAKE Sat (11:00AM) 6 Thanos one last time (or save a princess, same same). and Issa Rae, it’s probably better than it should be. CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) Sat (Noon) H (PG • 1 hr. 46 min.) HHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 46 min.) VIEWS AMERICAN HERETICS Sat (5:00) - Q+A with Robin Meyer
Downhill: If you’ve never seen the Swedish version The Song of Names: Tim Roth and Clive Owen star 4 of this film, Force Majeure, you’ll probably think this in this saga of a disappeared violin prodigy and the GUERILLA FILM PROJECT FINALS Sun (12:30) tale of family dysfunction (as rendered by Julia Louis- man who searches for him, in a story directed by The MAIL PATHS OF GLORY (1957) Sun 5:30 - Remembering Kirk Douglas Dreyfus and Will Ferrell, doing their best) is just fine. Red Violin's Francois Girard. HHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 53
If you have seen Force Majeure, you might want to give min.) BELLINGHAM HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FEST Thu 6:30 2 this one a pass. HH (R • 1 hr. 25 min.)
Sonic the Hedgehog: Raise your hand if you’re only DO IT Fantasy Island: This is an adaptation of the 1980s going to see this because you’re curious about the COME AS YOU ARE (NR) 106m, In English television show of the same name—except it takes $5 million Paramount dumped into post-production "More than just a film... a lesson to us all about friendship, love, and remem- place in the alternate horror universe of Blumhouse special effects to make Sonic look more like himself bering how to live life to its fullest no matter how high the hurdles." Film Inquiry
Productions. As if the original wasn’t scary enough. and less like a creepy blue humanoid with surprisingly Fri & Sat: 6:30; Sun: 6:50; Mon - Thu: 6:30 02.12.20 HH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 50 min.) lively fur. HHH (PG • 1 hr. 39 min.) COME TO DADDY (R) 93m, In English .15
The Gentlemen: Guy Ritchie, whose movies are like Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Give it up Bloody horror with barbed wit, Come to Daddy anchors its brutal violence in a 07 the cinematic equivalent of Axe Body Spray but also for my main man Oscar Isaac (aka Poe Damron) for surprisingly mature approach to provocative themes. # somehow likeable, remains true to form with another his savage “Oscar’s not so white now” joke at the Fri & Sat: 9:00; Sun: 9:15; Mon - Thu: 9:00 gangster thriller. HHH (R • 1 hr. 43 min.) Academy Awards. Just when I thought my movie-star boyfriend could get no dreamier. HHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. THE SONG OF NAMES (PG-13) 113m, In English Gretel & Hansel: In trying to discern what this 35 min.) Fri: (3:45); Sat: 3:45; Sun: 4:15; Mon & Tue: (3:45) movie was all about, I stumbled upon a 2013 film Wed: (3:45) - OCAP; Thu: (3:45) titled Hansel & Gretel Get Baked, which is about a 2020 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS (NR) 112m, In English brother and sister who battle a witch that uses magic ANIMATION: 84m Sun: (2:10) | LIVE ACTION: 105m Sat: (11:15AM) CASCADIA WEEKLY marijuana to lure teens into her home. Going out on a Showtimes limb to say that’s the best Hansel & Gretel of all time. FANTASTIC FUNGI (NR) 74m, In English Sat: (1:45) 19 HH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 27 min.) Regal and AMC theaters, please see www.fandango.com. IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN GREAT COMPOSERS Sun: 11:00AM Jumanji: The Next Level: This franchise is proof that the Rock’s considerable charms are enough to over- Pickford Film Center and PICKFORD FILM CENTER 1318 Bay St. THE LIMELIGHT CINEMA 1416 Cornwall Ave. whelm and overcome even the most mediocre premise PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see Admission: $8.00 Members, $11.25 General, $9.00 Mondays & matinees, $8.50 Students/Children/Military and razor-thin plot. HHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 40 min.) www.pickfordfilmcenter.com Movie Line: 360.738.0735 www.pickfordfilmcenter.org Parentheses ( ) denote bargain pricing rearEnd sudoku comics BY ROB BREZSNY LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the course of your
life, how many people and animals have truly loved you?
23 Three? Seven? More? I invite you to try this Valentine experiment: Write down their names on a piece of paper.
FOOD FREE WILL Spend a few minutes visualizing the specific qualities in you that they cherished, and how they expressed their love, and how you felt as you received their caring attention. Then send out a beam of gratitude to each 20 20 ASTROLOGY of them. Honor them with sublime appreciation for hav- Sudoku ARIES (March 21-April 19): Now that she’s in her ing treasured your unique beauty. Amazingly enough, late 40s, Aries comedian and actress Tig Notaro is wiser Libra, doing this exercise will magnetize you to further B-BOARD B-BOARD about love. Her increased capacity for romantic happi- outpourings of love in the coming weeks. INSTRUCTIONS: Arrange the digits 1-9 so that each digit occurs once in ness has developed in part because she’s been willing each row, once in each column, and once in each box. to change her attitudes. She says, “Instead of being SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): [Warning: Poetry 19 someone who expects people to have all the strengths I alert! If you prefer your horoscopes to be exclusively think I need them to have, I resolved to try to become composed of practical, hyper-rational advice, stop sudoku for March 31, 2007 difficult FILM someone who focuses on the strengths they do have.” reading now!] Happy Valentine Daze, Scorpio! I invite In accordance with this Valentine’s season’s astrological you to copy the following passage and offer it to a omens, Aries, I invite you to meditate on how you person who is receptive to deepening their connection 16 9 7 2 might cultivate more of that aptitude yourself. with you. “Your healing eyes bless the winter jasmine flowers that the breeze blew into the misty creek.
MUSIC TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus artist Joan Your welcoming prayers celebrate the rhythmic light Miró loved to daub colored paint on canvases. He said of the mud-loving cypress trees. Your fresh dreams 6 8 he approached his work in the same way he made replenish the eternal salt that nourishes our beloved 15 love: “a total embrace, without caution, prudence song of songs. With your melodic breath, you pour all
ART thrown to the winds, nothing held back.” In ac- these not-yet-remembered joys into my body.” (This 9 1 2 7 cordance with astrological omens, I invite you to lyrical message is a blend of my words with those of invoke a similar attitude with all the important things Scorpio poet Odysseus Elytis.) 14 you do in the coming weeks. Summon the ardor and artistry of a creative lover for all-purpose use. Happy SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The poet Virgil, 6 3
STAGE Valentine Daze, Taurus! a renowned author in ancient Rome, wrote three epic poems that are still in print today. His second was a GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1910, Gemini masterpiece called the Georgics. It took him seven 4 5 9 1 2 6 13 businessman Irving Seery was 20 years old. One years to write, even though it was only 2,740 lines evening he traveled to the Metropolitan Opera in New long. So on average he wrote a little over one line per York City to see an opera starring the gorgeous and day. I hope you’ll use him as inspiration as you toil 4 5 GET OUT electrifying soprano singer Maria Jeritza. He fell in over your own labors of love in the coming weeks and love instantly. For the next 38 years he remained a months. There’ll be no need to rush. In fact, the final bachelor as he nursed his desire to marry her. His de- outcomes will be better if you do them slowly. Be
12 votion finally paid off. Jeritza married Seery in 1948. especially diligent and deliberate in all matters involv- 4 7 5 8 Dear Gemini, in 2020, I think you will be capable of ing intimacy and collaboration and togetherness. a heroic feat of love that resembles Seery’s. Which of WORDS your yearnings might evoke such intensely passionate CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): [Warning: Poetry 1 4 dedication? Happy Valentine Daze! alert! If you prefer your horoscopes to be exclusively
8 composed of practical, hyper-rational advice, stop CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’ve been married reading now!] Happy Valentine Daze, Capricorn! I twice, both times to the same woman. Our first time invite you to copy the following passage and offer it 4 8 6 around, we were less than perfectly wise in the arts to a person who is ready to explore a more deeply lyri-
CURRENTS http://sudokuplace.com of relationship. After our divorce and during the few cal connection with you. “I yearn to earn the right to years we weren’t together, we each ripened into more your whispered laugh, your confident caress, your in- 6 graceful versions of ourselves; we developed greater scrutable dance. Amused and curious, I wander where intimacy skills. Our second marriage has been far more moon meets dawn, inhaling the sweet mist in quest of
VIEWS successful. Is there a comparable possibility in your your questions. I study the joy that my imagination of life, Cancerian? A chance to enhance your ability to you has awakened. All the maps are useless, and I like
4 build satisfying togetherness? An opening to learn them that way. I’m guided by my nervous excitement practical lessons from past romantic mistakes? Now is to know you deeper. Onward toward the ever-fresh
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2 LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1911, the famous AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian author Russian poet Anna Akhmatova and the famous Italian Derek Walcott had a perspective on love that I suspect
DO IT painter Amedeo Modigliani were in love with each might come in handy for you during this Valentine other. Both were quite poor, though. They didn’t have season. “Break a vase,” he wrote, “and the love that much to spend on luxuries. In her memoir, Akhmatova reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love recalled the time they went on a date in the rain at the which took its symmetry for granted when it was Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. Barely protected under whole.” I urge you to meditate on how you could ap- 02.12.20 a rickety umbrella, they amused each other by reciting ply his counsel to your own love story, Aquarius. How the verse of Paul Verlaine, a poet they both loved. Isn’t might you remake your closest alliances into even
.15 that romantic? In the coming weeks, I recommend you better and brighter versions of themselves? 07 experiment with comparable approaches to cultivating # love. Get back to raw basics. Happy Valentine Daze! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean poet Saul Williams wrote a meditation I hope you’ll consider VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): [Warning: Poetry experimenting with this Valentine season. It involves alert! If you prefer your horoscopes to be exclusively transforming mere kisses into SUBLIME KISSES. If you composed of practical, hyper-rational advice, stop choose to be inspired by his thoughts, you’ll explore reading now!] Happy Valentine Daze, Virgo! I hope new sensations and meanings available through there’s someone in your life to whom you can give a the act of joining your mouth to another’s. Ready? note like the one I’ll offer at the end of this oracle. If Here’s Saul: “Have you ever lost yourself in a kiss? I CASCADIA WEEKLY there’s not, I trust you will locate that person in the mean pure psychedelic inebriation. Not just lustful next six months. Feel free to alter the note as you see petting but transcendental metamorphosis, when you 20 fit. Here it is. “When you and I are together, it’s as if became aware that the greatness of this other being we have been reborn into luckier lives; as if we can is breathing into you. Licking your mouth, like sealing breathe deeper breaths that fill our bodies with richer a thousand fleshy envelopes filled with the essence sunlight; as if we see all of the world’s beauty that of your passionate being, and then opened by the alone we were blind to; as if the secrets of our souls’ same mouth and delivered back to you, over and over codes are no longer secret.” again—the first kiss of the rest of your life.” rearEnd crossword
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23 A VERY HAPPY HOUR Folks in downtown Mount Vernon FOOD have a new spot to sip cocktails and nibble snacks. Revival Cocktail Lounge 20 20 opened Feb. 7 on Pine Street, and it appears to be an old-school, classy-not- BUSINESS fancy bar serving classic cocktails like B-BOARD B-BOARD Sazeracs and old-fashioneds. I feel a BRIEFS field trip coming on. 19 02.12.20 BY CAREY ROSS FILM imagination station, is closing, according Sun. 11am-4pm. Should your crops bear to a Facebook post. The same post leads fruit, keep in mind that I’m here to take 16 CUPS FOR A CAUSE me to believe deals are to be had on the any surplus off your hands. A WINTER HEART-WARMER SHOW ME YOUR unique store’s equally unique inventory, MUSIC A record-setting 175 cups KITTIES so stop in, say hi to Renee and leave with OF PLANTS AND POP-UPS were sold during Good Earth MORE NEWS OF NEKO a textile treasure. I’m told that some of you own plants 15 Pottery’s annual Winter If your self-care plans for 2020 and actually manage to keep them alive.
ART Warmers benefit, enabling revolve around petting a lot of GO PLANT A TREE Live and learn. If the longtime Fairhaven shop cats, 1. we are the same and 2. NURSERY NOW OPEN you’re one of those
14 to make a $770 donation to you’ll be happy to know that the Sure, it seems like the snow is barely plant-whisperers, the Opportunity Council’s Whatcom Humane Society has melted, but it’s you may be inter- STAGE Maple Alley Inn. That money translates transported some of its adoptable time to think ested in a Plants directly into hot meals for people in need. cats to their temporary new digs thoughts of for All People at Cafe Neko, Bellingham’s cat 13 spring. Cloud pop-up market hap- THESE CHANGING TIMES cafe. Still no word on an opening Mountain would pening Feb. 21-22 SOCIAL FABRIC date for Neko, but now that their like to help, at the Red Barn GET OUT Social Fabric, which self-describes as feline friends are settled in, I and they’ve opened the nursery at their Market at the Lynden Fairgrounds. Maybe “boutique, textile gallery and learning imagine it will be very soon. Everson farm center for the season. Hours they’ve got some type of invincible
12 facility,” but is really owner Renee Sherrer’s of operation are 10am-5pm Tues.-Sat and houseplant for me. WORDS
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2 YOU’RE IN FOR AN INCREDIBLE NIGHT in the company of these DO IT music-makers, who continue to thrill audiences on the world’s most famous stages. Seven #1 singles, 32 “Top 40” records, 22 studio albums, a massive catalog of “Top 40” hits written for other stars, and major awards too numerous to list all
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THURS., FEB. 13 WINTER MARKET: A plethora GALENTINES DAY: Wine tastings of vendors will have edible and
led by Renee of Prime Wine and creative offerings for sale at the 23 Spirits, locally made chocolate second Winter Market of the season 23 and light appetizers will kick off a from 10am-3pm at the Bellingham FOOD “Galentines Day” event at 6pm at Farmers Market’s Depot Market FOOD the Mountain Room at Boundary Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. An chow Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. additional event takes place March RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES The event will continue with a 21 before the market opens on a 20 screening of Bridesmaids. Tickets weekly basis in April. are $25. WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG
WWW.BBAYBREWERY.COM B-BOARD FEB. 15-16 WINTER POP-UP: Taylor Shellfish WINE & CHOCOLATE: Sample will host a Winter Pop-Up from 6pm- locally made wine, spirits and 19 9pm at Aslan Depot, 1322 N. State chocolates during a Red Wine & St. Enjoy Dungeness crab, oysters, Chocolate Tour taking place from FILM deals on beer pairings, 20 percent off 11am-5pm Saturday and Sunday the bottle list, and more. at six tasting rooms on Whidbey 16 WWW.ASLANBREWING.COM Island. Tickets are $25-$30. WWW.BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM FRI., FEB. 14 MUSIC OYSTERS AND CIDER: Paellaworks SUN., FEB. 16
and Antler Bakery will be on hand SEDRO BREAKFAST: Eggs to order, 15 for a “Valentine’s Day Oysters, Ci- omelets, hash browns, biscuits der, and Dessert” event happening and gravy, pancakes, French toast ART from 5pm-9pm at Thousand Acre and more can be had at a monthly
Cider House, 109 Grand Ave. Community Breakfast happening 14 WWW.THOUSANDACRE from 8am-11am in Sedro-Woolley
CIDERHOUSE.COM at American Legion Post #43, 701 STAGE Murdock St. Entry is $5-$7. NIGHT OUT: Annalee Dunn of the WWW.SEDRO-WOOLLEY.COM
Tiny Onion Cooking School will lead 13 your kids through cooking a meal MON., FEB. 17 while you enjoy an evening to your- BITE OF BLAINE: Sample
self at a “Night Out: Valentine’s Day” delicious fare prepared by local GET OUT event taking place from 5:30pm- restaurants and then vote on your 8:30pm at Bloedel Donovan, 2114 favorite at the 20th annual “Bite
Electric Ave. Fees are $40 per child. of Blaine” and silent auction fund- 12 (360) 778-7000 raiser from 6pm-9pm at Semiahmoo Resort, 9565 Semiahmoo Pkwy. WORDS BY AMY KEPFERLE highly recommended. We also know that VALENTINE’S INCOGNITO: Entry is $30. oysters are a well-known aphrodisiac, but Celebrate love and food at an WWW.BLAINECHAMBER.COM 8 not if you can’t make it through the door. “Incognito: Valentine’s Day” dinner starting at 6pm at Ciao Thyme, 207 BACON AND CHOCOLATE: Sign up Info: www.rockrye.com Unity. Entry is $150 per person and for a “Bacon and Chocolate” class
Table for Two CURRENTS Romance will also be in the air from includes a seasonally inspired nine- with Bruno Feldeisen from 6:30pm- 5pm-11pm in Fairhaven at Skylark’s Hid- course meal. 9pm at the Community Food Co-op,
PRELUDE TO A KISS 6 den Cafe, where a dinner special for WWW.CIAOTHYME.COM 1220 N. Forest St. Entry is $45. SLACKERS WILL want to pay close attention to the follow- $29.95 will include a six-ounce filet mi- WWW.WHATCOMCOMMUNITYED.COM FEB. 14-15 VIEWS ing compendium of Bellingham-based eateries offering master- gnon or pan-seared diver scallops, along WINE, CHEESE, CHOCOLATE: TUES., FEB. 18
ful menus for Valentine’s Day. Your date doesn’t have to know with tiramisu for dessert. Feel free to Sample Basil Cellars’ award-winning ART OF TEA: Traditional Teas own- 4 you waited until the last possible second to make a reservation, order from the regular menu as well, or wines, sweet things from Skagit’s ers Laurie and Charles Dawson lead and you’re more likely to secure a smooch by night’s end. show up during happy hour for $4 stuffed own Forte Chocolates, and artisan “The Art of Tea” from 6:30pm-8pm MAIL cheeses from Golden Glen Creamery at the Lynden Library, 216 4th St. At B-Town Kitchen & Raw Bar on Lakeway Drive, a Sparkling mushrooms, $7 scampi prawns, or $6 at a “Valentine’s Wine, Cheese and WWW.WCLS.ORG 2 Wine Dinner being offered from 6pm-9pm Fri.-Sat., Feb. 14-15 is a fancy flatbreads. It’s all good. Info: www. Chocolate Tasting” event taking steal at $99 per couple. Choose from “Leche de Tigre” Colombian- skylarkshiddencafe.com place from 4pm-7pm Friday, and WED., FEB. 19 DO IT style ceviche or beet salad for the starter, mixed greens or pro- For Bellinghamsters who don’t feel the 2pm-7pm Saturday at La Conner Sips, WINES OF TUSCANY: Wine sciutto di parma for the first course, gulf prawns or champagne- need to get dressed up to go out (OK, 608 First St. Entry is $30 per couple. educator Laurent Martel focuses on brined pork tenderloin for your main course, and chocolate trifle that’s a large part of the population), keep WWW.LACONNERSIPS.COM “Wines of Tuscany” from 6:30pm-
8:30pm at the Cordata Community 02.12.20 or fruit sabayon for dessert. Oh, and did we mention each course it casual at La Fiamma Wood Fired Pizza, SAT., FEB. 15 Food Co-op, 315 Westerly Rd. Entry comes with a different glass of sparkling wine? Rent a room at the where sweetheart specials will be offered PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Choose is $45. .15
Four Points by Sheraton, and make an adult sleepover part of your through Feb. 16 at the Chestnut Street lo- from pancakes, French toast or WWW.WHATCOMCOMMUNITYED.COM 07 weekend plans. Info: www.btownkitchen.com cale. Score a bottle of wine and two-spoon biscuits and gravy at a Pancake # Throughout February, the Lighthouse Bar & Grill at Hotel Bell- chocolate mousse for $10, make your me- Breakfast taking place from 8am- THURS., FEB. 20 11am at the Ferndale Senior Center, WINE SOCIAL: Sample Northwest- wether will be featuring “Lobster Lover” specials daily, so even if dium or large pizza heart-shaped for free, 1999 Cherry St. Entry is $2.50-$6. produced, limited-production you miss out on a Valentine’s Day seating, don’t freak out. It’ll be sip on blackberry spritz for $7, or add lob- (360) 384-6244 wines and the finest bites from worth the wait for menu items like Maine lobster bisque, lobster ster or shaved truffles to your pizza and the restaurant at a Bellwether salad, Chateaubriand for two, butter-poached live Maine lobster pasta for $4-$10. Your date will thank you. YOGA AND LUNCH: Join Bharti Premiere Wine Social taking place Nagal for a guided pranayama from 5:30pm-7:30pm at Hotel Bell- served with grilled asparagus and pesto-mashed Yukon potatoes, Info: www.lafiamma.com CASCADIA WEEKLY practice followed by a light wether’s Compass Wine Room at the and lobster and beef tenderloin. Pair the fare with that special Since Valentine’s Day is on a Friday, Ayurveda-inspired lunch at a Lighthouse Grill, One Bellwether 23 someone, and you can’t go wrong. Info: www.hotelbellwether.com there’s a good chance your other favorite “Pranayama Practice” class taking Way. Fees are $30. While we’re not yet privy to all of the dinner and drink specials restaurants will also be serving up spe- place from 10am-11:30pm at the WWW.BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM that can be found on V-Day proper at State Street’s Rock and cials throughout the weekend. But don’t Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Rye Oyster House, we do know that a decadent chocolate tart delay when it comes to securing a table Forest St. Fees are $15. CALENDAR@ WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM has been created with lovers in mind, and that reservations are for two, as time is running out. THE VOICE OF FREDDIE MERCURY IN BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY MARC MARTEL APR 17 & 18 • 8PM
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