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31 31 BUG Song Circle: 7-9pm, Roeder Home Spring Play Festival: 7pm, Bellingham High School WORDS Corktown: 7:30pm and 10:30pm, Performing

B-BOARD B-BOARD Ski to Sea Book Sale: 10am-6pm, Bellingham Arts Center, WWU Public Library Improv Evolution: 8pm, Upfront Theatre A glance at what’s happening this week Jenny Milchman: 7pm, Village Books The Acheron: 8pm and 10pm, iDiOM Theater 26 Inflammable Circus Show: 8:30pm, Cirque Lab The Hybrid Show: 10pm, Upfront Theatre FILM THURSDAY [05.22.14] MUSIC ONSTAGE Coincidence of Desires Cabaret: 7:30pm, 22 Spring Play Festival: 7pm, Bellingham High Jansen Art Center, Lynden School MUSIC Corktown: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WORDS WWU Books to Prisoners Book Sale: 9am-3pm,

20 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: 8pm, Up- Bellingham Music front Theatre Ski to Sea Book Sale: 10am-1pm, Bellingham ART The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Public Library

18 MUSIC COMMUNITY Crude Awakening Tour: 7pm, Bellingham Ski to Sea Blossom Time Parade: 12pm, down- Unitarian Fellowship town Bellingham STAGE Wind Symphony: 8pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU FOOD

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14 Jennifer Yanco: 7pm, Village Books Ferndale Public Market: 10am-3pm, Centennial Riverwalk Park COMMUNITY Spring Teas Presentation: 11am, Ferndale WORDS Future of Business Speaker Series: 4-7pm, Library Broadway Hall 8 VISUAL ARTS FILM Artists’ Studio Tour: 10am-6pm, throughout DamNation: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre Lummi Island CURRENTS CURRENTS Fame and forbidden love take center stage when the Tony Award- FOOD 6 winning play Memphis the Musical shows May 21 at the Mount Spaghetti Taste-Off: 4:30-7:30pm, Maple Hall, SUNDAY [05.25.14] La Conner

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and I couldn’t be more pleased to pro- 22 mote Seth Fleetwood as our next state

Senator from the 42nd District. MUSIC —Annie Welch, Bellingham

WHATCOM COUNTY’S NEWEST CASINO 20 Finally, a candidate to get excited ART about has entered the Senate race for the 42nd District against Doug Erick- 18 sen! I am delighted that Seth Fleetwood

has agreed to continue his already ex- STAGE emplary career in public service. What a refreshing change to have someone seeking office who believes in and sup- 16 ports good government. Will this help make Olympia more effective and over- GET OUT come its abysmal performance record this last year? You betcha! 14 Seth actually wants government to work and to work well, addressing the WORDS things we all care about: environmental quality, social justice, education and 8 jobs. He works for things that are in the best interest of the general public rather

than big business. He focuses on build- CURRENTS ing coalitions to reach solutions. Doug Ericksen has made himself an 6 obstruction to functioning government. Seth Fleetwood is the solution. Let’s VIEWS

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38 office ended last week, and two themes seem emer- gent. First, a subtle yet important fault line appears

FOOD FOOD to have cracked within movement conservatives. Second, the very documents that undergird local views government draw more spirited attention than gov- 31 31 OPINIONS THE GRISTLE ernment offices themselves. The first point feeds into the second in important ways.

B-BOARD B-BOARD Perhaps more symptom than cause, the fissures within movement conservatives oozed a small

26 amount of blood last month with the decision of perennial idiot Rep. Jason Overstreet (R-Blaine) to

FILM attack the inartful comments of Western Washing- ton University President Bruce Shepard and demand BY ALAN RHODES

22 Shepard’s resignation over his (frequent and repeated) commitment to diversify the college. While

MUSIC Overstreet’s stunt perhaps opened right-wing checkbooks nationwide and exposed local political races Return of the Existential Hamster

20 to slavering scrutiny, the scrutiny was uniformly

ART negative and harmful to the university. ANGST AND ANGUISH IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS Our guess is Overstreet closed as many checkbooks locally as he may have opened nationally. sometimes have trouble sleep- the highest percentage of drug reha- 18 You see, there still is a variety of influential Re- ing. Mr. Sandman can’t break bilitation counsellors in the country.

STAGE publican who puts on a nice suit, attends business I through all the thoughts What if someday I become addicted to luncheons, donates time to clubs and charities, and bouncing around in my head. It’s a drugs and my bicycle is broken? Which generally considers himself or herself a business and problem that so many of us sensitive would be the best place to live? Great, 16 community leader. Frequently, they fondly call WWU yet inwardly tormented creative ge- something else to worry about. their alma mater and are bursting proud their chil- niuses share. On these nights I usu- 2:18am Oh no, it’s starting again.

GET OUT dren attend there. They understand the university’s ally sit up in bed writing down my Whenever I go too long without function as a powerful engine for the local economy profound and perceptive thoughts as many guns as they can get their sleep, I start seeing names in the

14 and community. And these are the sorts of people in my journal. Back in 2009 I pub- hands on. It’s so we can protect our- moonlight on the wall, and then the who might ordinarily be counted on to write a gen- lished some of these late-night selves from an out-of-control, tyran- names anagram themselves. There’s a erous check for a local candidate. existential musings, and I’m go- nical government. That seems really name forming now: State Represen- WORDS Political parties still matter; and they help or- ing to do that again today because crazy… but…wait a minute…afford- tative Vincent Buys…and now Vin-

8 ganize and direct the desires and passions of their I’ve had so many requests to do so. able health care, energy efficiency cent Buys is anagramming itself as… members. So it is perhaps no surprise that the con- Well, actually, I’ve had no requests standards for light bulbs, nutritious evicts bunny. Here comes another summate party organizer and enabler, Luanne Van whatsoever, but I didn’t have any- school lunches, a belief in science! name…State Senator Doug Erick-

CURRENTS CURRENTS Werven—chair of Whatcom Republicans—stepped in thing else for this issue’s deadline. My god, I had no idea it had gotten sen…and his name is anagramming to replace Overstreet as he melted down into goo. So here are some journal reflections this bad! Hand me a musket, some- as…injured geckoes. Evicting bun- 6 6 She is especially gifted to smooth irritations and get from the night before last when I body, and let the revolution begin. nies! Injuring geckoes! What kind of campaign funds flowing. never did get to sleep. 1:23am A progress update from people are we electing? VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS Yet there are also flavors within the local con- 12:33am Today I walked past the Huxley College on the condition of 2:42am I wonder if the reason I

4 servative movement, tea party conservatives, who Fairhaven store called Three French Lake Whatcom says that we’re not can’t sleep tonight is because of the cheered Overstreet’s idiocy. And there are flavors Hens. I’ve never been in there. I killing the lake as quickly as we second dessert I had after dinner MAIL MAIL for whom markets are the primary motivator, who wonder what they sell. Do they actu- once did, but we’re still killing it. and the double espresso. Am I going

have little interest in the controls of “value” con- ally sell French hens? Do they only Oh well, life is full of compromises. to have to start limiting my caffeine 2 servatives and express a libertarian view. Thus we keep three in stock, or do they sell Some people want clean drinking and sugar intake? No, that’s asking DO IT IT DO have, in this election, no fewer than three conser- them in groups of three? Are French water; other people want lake view too much. There must be a better vatives running to replace Overstreet, expressing hens special? Are they better than trophy homes. I guess that’s pretty way. Maybe we have some sleeping this spectrum. Icelandic hens or Azerbaijani hens? much a toss-up. pills. Could that turn out to be the It’s a conundrum seen nationally made manifest at Do French hens think they are supe- 1:50am A recent national study first step on a slippery slope to drug 05.21.14 the local level: The sorts of furor and ferment, the rior to hens from all other countries? revealed that Bellingham has the addiction? Would I have to move to vying to demonstrate who is most wrathfully pure Do roosters think French hens are es- fourth-lowest obesity rate of all U.S. Spokane? What a horrible thought. .09

21 and toweringly inflexible, that energize movement pecially sexy? This has me thinking cities, and Yakima is the fourth most Now I’ll never get to sleep. # conservatives in primaries do not often thrill mod- about other stores I’ve never been obese. That sounds like a good thing (I’m out of column space so I’ll erate centrists when general elections roll around. in. Like the Lucky Monkey. Do they for Bellingham. But what if Yakima have to skip to the last journal en- It’s a conundrum also seen in the most active race sell lucky monkeys? Is there a store ever challenges us to a sumo wres- try, just before I got out of bed.) this season, for a seat on the Whatcom County Char- selling unlucky monkeys? Does the tling tournament? We’re toast. Thin- 5:47am I’m actually starting to ter Review Commission. Lucky Monkey…no, I have to stop sliced, low-calorie toast, but toast get sleepy. But if I fall asleep now The county’s home rule charter mandates period- this or it will go on all night. nonetheless. I’ll sleep all day and then won’t be

CASCADIA WEEKLY ic review every ten years. Candidates are elected, 1:02am My mind is racing. Now 2:07am Another recent study able to sleep tonight. I might as well then review and recommend updates, which are I’m thinking about Whatcom Coun- shows that one of Bellingham’s dis- get up and type this stuff and send it 6 passed along to County Council for possible action. ty’s state Representative Jason tinctions is that it has 10 times the to the newspaper. It’s not easy being Sometimes, the council’s action is to put proposed Overstreet. He explained recently national average of bicycle mechan- a sensitive yet inwardly tormented changes to voters in the form of a resolution that why he favors as many people having ics. Spokane’s mark of distinction is creative genius. can potentially change the very structure of county government. VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE Broadly, changes proposed to the county charter are of two types: TAKE THE TUNNEL TO 1,000 38 Changes to a procedure or construc- CONVENIENT PARKING SPACES tion intended to address some thorny FOOD particular or perceived deficiency in AT THE SOUTH ENTRANCE! this organic public document. Or, 31 31 changes to its construction that fun- damentally favors or advantages a particular ideology. The first is like B-BOARD housekeeping fidgeting with the place settings at a banquet. The sec- THE YARDBIRDS 26 ond is more like yanking the whole Performing Their Hits: tablecloth out from under the ban- “For Your Love,” “Heart Full of Soul,” FILM quet, with varying degrees of inter- “Shapes of Things” and More! est in whether the china remains in SAT JUNE 21ST 22 place or goes flying. Tickets Starting At $24.50 Passion to serve on the Charter Re- MUSIC view Commission is keen, historically

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positions for each of the county’s STAGE Mark Farner (formerly of Grand Funk Railroad), three voting districts. Many candidates are hard to place Gary Lewis & The Playboys, along the standard left-right po- and Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels. 16 litical divide, and it might be more WED JULY 9TH useful to scatter them into varying Tickets Starting At $39.50 GET OUT quadrants of interest. One axis might be to assign whether 14 a particular candidate would agree that there are interests—social, eco- WORDS nomic, community—that compete in THE BEACH BOYS a meaningful way with private prop- Performing Their Hits: 8 erty rights. For nearly half the candi- “I Get Around,” “Good Vibrations,” dates, the answer is clearly, honestly “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,”

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22 HEAR tation issues that affect WHO: Dana their communities and Lyons and Matt MUSIC region. This information Krogh helps the commission to WHAT: Crude 20 Awakening Oil develop and implement

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STAGE Unitarian governments. Fellowship, 1207 “We’re not here to Ellsworth St. say yay or nay on coal 16 COST: Suggest- trains,” Commission ed donation $10 Chair Dan O’Neal ex- MORE: Learn GET OUT how our region plained. “That’s the is responding to responsibility of other the threat of oil

14 agencies. including the trains and enjoy Department of Ecolo- a few tunes gy. We will hear about WORDS while you’re at it. coal trains, of course,

8 INFO: www. but our interest is for a cowswithguns. broader purpose.” com The commission is a CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 seven-member body ap- pointed by the governor for six-year terms.

6 BY TIM JOHNSON The commission holds hearings across the state and develops a comprehensive 20- VIEWS year transportation plan that reflects the

4 priorities of government and addresses, local, regional and statewide needs. Three MAIL MAIL commissioners attended this week’s meet-

ing, including vice chair Tom Cowan of San 2 TRAFFIC JAM Juan County. Cowan was a county commis- DO IT IT DO sioner for 12 years and served as president TOO MANY PROJECTS, TOO LITTLE CASH, STATE TRANSPO PLANNERS CONFIRM of the Washington State Association of Counties. hey weren’t here to learn about coal and oil trains specifically, but the and business leaders about the transpor- Highway needs always exceed resourc- 05.21.14 Washington State Transportation Commission heard a lot about them tation issues they face, and the effects of es, noted Paul Parker, senior staff at nevertheless. international border traffic on the regional WSDT, in his opening remarks. Nine dol- .09 T

21 The commission held a meeting in Bellingham this week to learn more about economy and transportation. lars in ten that fund the state’s highway # transportation issues from regional planners and agencies as the commission Of particular interest to most who com- system arrive through fuel taxes, reve- prepares an update to the state’s strategic plan. The plan is intended to guide mented at the meeting, the transportation nues in decline as—ironically—engines policymaking in Olympia through 2035. commission held a panel discussion on become more fuel-efficient and the pub- In preparation for their meetings, commissioners toured the international transportation issues related to unit train lic pursues alternative transportation op- border at Blaine, endured the freeway interchange at Bellingham International shipments. Senators Patty Murray and Ma- tions. Congress and the Legislature have Airport and Bakerview, followed by a whirlwind journey of Port of Bellingham ria Cantwell also sent representatives to been slow to respond. The state’s Highway

CASCADIA WEEKLY properties along the city’s central waterfront. Each are areas of keen interest the forum as the state’s congressional del- Trust Fund is projected to be insolvent by to local planners seeking partnership with state resources. egation considers a federal response to the this summer, Parker reported. 8 The meeting featured a series of short presentations by community leaders on dramatic increase in trains hauling volatile While the state’s larger metro areas are future plans and needs for transportation in Bellingham and Whatcom County. fuels along aging tracks on frequently in- considering alternatives to generate rev- Topics included street and road conditions in Bellingham and the larger county, adequate rolling stock. enues, such as tolls and road usage fees, port activities, public transportation services and needs, and tribal transporta- “Unit trains, which may carry coal, con- these options are limited for smaller cit- tion concerns. The commission also heard from Western Washington University tainers, crude oil or grain, have become a ies and counties in the Puget Sound cor-

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The state’s creaking infrastructure: Rusted beams beneath the Stillaguamish River Bridge (left) across Interstate 5 need MUSIC repair, along with thousands of miles of state highways. Portions of the bridge are more than 80 years old. To keep I-5

moving in both directions, crossover lanes will be built, and the northbound I-5 bridge, built in 1971, will be recon- 20 figured to carry two lanes in each direction for the four months necessary to replace the southbound bridge deck. The Highway Trust Fund, designed to maintain state roads, is projected to be exhausted this summer. ART 18 ridor. Commissioners, however, appeared spill prevention program, David Byers.

surprised by the tremendous surge in The panel discussion drew numerous pub- STAGE cross-border traffic arriving from Van- lic comments. couver, B.C., the largest and densest Patty Murray, who sent a representative metro area north of San Francisco. Nearly to hear the panel, joined other senators in 16 5.3 million vehicle trips were logged at a recent letter to federal Transportation the northerN border in 2013, up from less Secretary Anthony Foxx requesting the GET OUT than half that volume a decade earlier, creation of the Short Line Safety Institute according to border traffic studies. to help improve safety on the nation’s 14 “We don’t have the funds to meet the smaller railroads, which are carrying an requirements and needs that the people increasing amount of hazardous materials. WORDS of Washington think we should meet,” “These short lines play an important

O’Neal commented. “We’re looking for new role as a feeder system,” the senators 8 8 revenue. The hard fact is, we will have wrote, “helping connect local communi- to find the money somewhere, or there ties to the national railroad system. CURRENTS CURRENTS will not be improvements” to the state’s “Unfortunately, many of these short CURRENTS transportation infrastructure, he said. line railroads lack the resources that larg- Despite the caution of grim forecast, er railroads are able to dedicate to safety 6 local governments sketched proposals training.” that could use state funding. Larger railroads, including BNSF, Nor- VIEWS

Bellingham Mayor Kelli Linville and folk Southern and CSX, have begun to 4 her Planning Director, Ted Carlson, drew offer training for firefighters and other particular attention to the interchange emergency personnel in locations along MAIL

at Bakerview Road that connects the the routes of crude oil shipments. 2 airport and the city’s densest shopping Railroads carried more than 400,000 DO IT IT DO area to Interstate 5. Recently completed carloads of crude oil last year, accord- improvements on the overpass should be ing to industry figures. While the exact followed by a more functional access to amount of crude oil hauled by smaller northbound lanes, Carlson explained. The railroads isn’t available, they’re increas- city’s early cost estimate for the improve- ingly players in the business. 05.21.14 ment is $7 million. The American Short Line and Region- .09

Whatcom County Executive Jack Louws al Railroad Association estimates that 21 # followed with a more general portrait of around 80 of the 550 companies it rep- rural roads in need of attention. In partic- resents are hauling crude. The average ular, the county seeks assistance for im- size of a short line railroad is 100 miles, provements at Slater Road, the exchange with around 25 employees. The nation’s immediately north of Bakerview certain to largest railroads, like BNSF, have tens of see greater traffic in response to econom- thousands of miles of track and thou- ic development to the immediate south. sands of employees. CASCADIA WEEKLY Presentations ended with a panel dis- The state must consider taking a cussion of the impact of unit trains. The leading role in matching efforts at the 9 panel included Johan Hellman, executive federal level with local concerns amid a director of state government affairs for constellation of competing, often unco- Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) ordinated interests, transportation com- Railroad, and the manager of Ecology’s missioners observed. THE FAMILY THAT index FUZZ BOOZES TOGETHER... On May 8, a heated argument between an

38 BUZZ adult daughter and mother prompted a call to Blaine Police. “The dispute centered on the

FOOD FOOD older woman’s over-use of alcohol, and the B&E THREE younger woman wanted her out of the house,” On May 15, Bellingham Police arrested a police explained. “An officer remained at the 32 man who had tried to force his way into a home until a friend of the mother arrived to home in Edgemoor. Police said the barking give her a ride and she agreed to stay away

B-BOARD B-BOARD of the family dog alerted residents to the for the rest of the evening. The daughter was intruder and they found a man with a pry advised of her future options,” polcie noted,

26 bar actively trying to force open the rear “and her parent was advised to stop drinking entrance to their home. The man fled when at least for the rest of today.”

FILM the homeowner yelled at him. “Officer Cliff Jennings has been assigned to this south- On May 9, Blaine Police checked on a 911 call

22 side patrol area for many years and used his where the line had been left open and the dis- knowledge of the area to predict where this patcher could hear a woman screaming. “Offi-

MUSIC burglary suspect would emerge from hiding,” cers arrived and contacted an adult couple and police commented. Officer Jennings spotted a child,” police reported. “They interviewed $3,250-$4,400

20 a man that matched the description of the everyone and determined that no crime had

ART burglar, walking along the road where the been committed during the alcohol-fueled AVERAGE amount a Washington household spends annually on vehicle fuel, officer suspected he’d be. The 35-year-old morning shouting match between the man and compared to $607 for home heating. transient had a pry bar in his backpack and woman living in the home. Both halves admit- 18 said it was the tool that he had used to force ted their behavior was inappropriate,” police

STAGE the back door of the residence. He admitted summarized, “especially in front of children.” 1.156 3.313 that he had stolen the pry bar from the back yard of the Edgemoor home. He said he had On May 13, a passerby reported a strang- GROSS fuel consumption in GROSS fuel consumption in 16 planned to steal food and valuables from the er to the area was standing in the street in Washington in 1965, in billions of Washington in 2013, in billions of gallons. gallons. State fuel consumption has residence in an attempt to get to Alaska. front of a Blaine home. He was pacing back been on a slight decline since a peak GET OUT and forth while talking to himself. “An of- in 2007. On May 15, Bellingham Police checked on a ficer contacted the man, who explained he

14 alarm at a business on Broadway. They found was looking for a friend who lived in the two men inside the business without per- area, but was not sure where,” police report- 5.5 7,000 mission. They were taken to jail. ed. “He disclosed that he suffered mental WORDS MILLIONS of licensed passenger APPROXIMATE miles of state health issues and had also been drinking, vehicles, trucks and motorcycles highways in Washington.

8 On May 11, a burglar shattered a window which further harmed his stability. He apol- operating on state roads. to Man Pies and pried into the cash regis- ogized for the disruption he was causing and ter. Bellingham Police believe it may be the agreed to go back to his nearby motel room.” CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 same burglar who broke into the Green Frog 18,046 39,748 Acoustic Tavern in April. In both cases, only On May 13, a drunk forced her way into the

6 MILES of city streets in Washington. MILES of county roads in Washington. cash was stolen. Police have some dark secu- apartment of her ex-boyfriend and punched rity footage but little else to go on. a woman in the face who was inside. She VIEWS then fled, Bellingham Police said, and 70 62 4 GUNSLINGER crashed into a utility pole. She was taken to On May 15, Bellingham Police heard there the hospital with minor injuries. PERCENT of the average city’s PERCENT of the average county’s MAIL MAIL was an hombre in the streets of Birchwood transportation funding generated from transportation funding generated from local revenue sources, primarily sales tax. local revenue sources, primarily the neighborhood sashaying with what appeared On May 14, Bellingham Police spoke to a 2 county road fund (property tax). to be two holstered handguns. Lawmen drew person who was yelling mean things at cars DO IT IT DO up a Wanted poster. as they passed him on Holly Street. THREE AMIGOS NATURE NEEDS NO MANUAL 22 On May 13, Bellingham Police checked on On May 13, Bellingham Police took custody of 05.21.14 three surly reported drunks panhandling and a number of computer and appliance manuals NUMBER of ferries operating in Washington. bothering customers near the downtown a citizen had found discarded at a trailhead. .09

21 Community Food Co-op. Police found them # lapping thirstily at 24-ounce cans of 2/11 CHRIST ON A STICK 8.95 11 Steel Reserve malt liquor. They were cited On May 12, campus cops checked on a wom- BILLIONS of dollars in the state’s enacted PERCENT of the average county’s and removed from the property. an who was praying to a cross fastened to 2013-2014 transportation budget. transportation funding generated from local the end of a long stick in Red Square on the revenue sources, primarily the county road MID-TERM university campus. fund (property tax). On May 12, a man pulled a large knife out

CASCADIA WEEKLY of a sheath in his backpack and threatened PISSING MATCH suicide on Western Washington University On May 19, a man walking his dog in York 10 campus. Bystanders were able to calm him neighborhood stopped to relieve himself $175 and convince him to put the knife away. in a neighbor’s yard. The homeowner came University Police helped transport him to St. out and yelled at the urinator. The urinator ESTIMATED billions of dollars required to repair the state’s aging highway systems Joseph’s hospital for treatment for a medical screamed back and threatened to pee on the over the next 20 years. mental condition. neighbor’s house. SOURCES: Washington State Transportation Commission

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GET OUT Students, alumni and community leaders rallied behind Lummi Nation elders at Western Washington University in a demonstration to encourage the school to divest approximately $2 million in investments in fossil fuel companies and apply those funds to more sustainable endeavors. The demonstration followed a presentation by Bill McKibben at the WWU Performing Arts Center on a weekend filled with campus activity. 14 skied to a spot where he could call emergency dis- nonprofit healthcare providers. Council punts the patch. Rescue crews were unable to save John Coo- matter to a special session June 9. WORDS per IV, 46, an experienced Seattle climber.

8 k t City Council also struggles with creating a reg- e h 05.14.14 istration program to license the owners of rental e a THURSDAY properties in Bellingham. Council appears to favor CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 t a barebones approach that would do little more than The 7-year-old boy who slipped into raging cold collect contact information for a complaint-driven 6 W water at Whatcom Falls Park dies after two days on response program. They’ll take up the matter again W LAST WEEK’S life support. The boy was pulled from the water by later this summer. VIEWS

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site. Council authorizes the mayor to enter into an 2 BY TIM JOHNSON 05.16.14 agreement with Ecology for the design and permit- DO IT IT DO ting of a cleanup project. A few people comment FRIDAY that a plan to cover contaminated dirt with contam- Another Whatcom County man is charged with inated dirt seems misguided. the possession of child porn. Police say a Ferndale 05.21.14 man had nearly 2,000 images and 200 videos on his Oregon becomes the 18th state to permit same- computers and drives. He faces three counts of pos- sex marriage. A federal judge threw out Oregon’s ban .09

21 05.13.14 sessing depictions of minors engaged in sexually ex- on those unions. State officials earlier refused to # TUESDAY plicit conduct. defend Oregon’s voter-approved ban and said they wouldn’t appeal. Many county clerks in the state be- The state issues the first recreational marijuana licenses in 05.19.14 gan carrying out same-sex marriages almost imme- Whatcom County to two growers. One goes to Deepwater Botan- diately after the ruling, as jubilant couples rushed icals north of Bellingham. The other goes to a smaller operation, MONDAY to tie the knot. Oasis Organics, in Sunnyland neighborhood. Bellingham City Council continues to struggle

CASCADIA WEEKLY with the possible repeal of a religious tax exemp- 05.20.14 05.13.14 tion for the regional hospital, PeaceHealth St. 12 Joseph Medical Center. If PeaceHealth is taxed at TUESDAY WEDNESDAY the state level, the hospital would generate $1.2 Pennsylvania’s ban on gay marriage is overturned A skier is dead in a snow slide on Mt. Shuksan. National Park million in annual revenues for the city. The may- by a federal judge in a decision that legalized same- Service officials say a warming trend may have loosened the snow or’s office proposes a compromise that would apply sex unions throughout the Northeast and sends cou- pack above two climbers. One of men got out of the debris and the same special tax rate to all of Bellingham’s ples racing to pick up licenses.

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WED., MAY 21 38 KUMQUAT CHALLENGE: The Whatcom Com- munity College Library will host a reading FOOD FOOD of “Kumquat Challenge 2014” winners from words 11:30am-1:30pm at the WCC’s Syre Theater, COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS 237 W. Kellogg Rd. The winning entries had to 32 contain the following words: carry, fall, hold, key, quick, reflect, shade, tear, yield and zone. Entry is free. B-BOARD B-BOARD 383-3300

his father. His lame attempts at a social RUIN FALLS: Jenny Milchman reads from 26 life leave him frustrated and lonely. If her latest thriller, Ruin Falls, at 7pm at Vil- lage Books, 1200 11th St. The book follows a FILM he has to take one more drunken evening woman whose children are missing—and who with his moronic friends, talking about will stop at nothing to get them back.

22 soccer at the local nightclub, he’s going 671-2626 to snap. MAY 21-24 MUSIC It’s not looking hopeful for Etto, who’s wallowing in his misery, suffocating in SKI TO SEA BOOK SALE: The annual “Ski to Sea” Book Sale happens from 10am-6pm

20 the small close-knit town where everyone Wednesday through Friday, and 10am-1pm knows him but nobody understands him. Saturday, at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 ART Then one day disgraced Central Ave. Saturday’s event will feature a $4 Ukrainian soccer star per bag sale. 18 Yuri Fil descends upon 778-7250

STAGE San Benedetto, entou- THURS., MAY 22 rage in tow, fleeing the WWU BOOK SALE: Books, sheet music, paparazzi. scores CDs, records and more will be part of 16 While moping around a one-day-only Book Sale from 10am-3pm in his brother’s grave, the Performing Arts Center lobby at Western Washington University. GET OUT Etto gets drawn into a WWW.WWU.EDU GET IT pickup game of calcio WHAT: If you with Yuri and his deeply MLK’S LEGACY: Jennifer Yanco shares ideas 14 14 enjoyed Jess protective sister, Zhuki. from her new book, Misremembering Dr. King: Walter’s Beautiful Despite Etto’s nega- Revisiting the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., WORDS WORDS Ruins, love at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. tivity and deep social anything Italian, WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM or appreciate awkwardness, love blos- 8 reading about soms between him and SAT., MAY 24 “the beautiful Zhuki. Etto’s interest in BOOK SALE: Bellingham Books to Prisoners game,” put a hold will host a Giant Book Sale from 9am-3pm

CURRENTS CURRENTS calcio is rekindled—and on this book by outside Bellingham Music, 232 E. Champion St. visiting www. the rest of San Bene- Cookbooks, hardback current fiction, specialty 6 wcls.org and detto gets even more items, children’s books, and many paperbacks searching the keyed up, as the pickup will be found. Proceeds will go to postage to VIEWS catalog. game grows into a chal- send free books to prisoners. MORE INFO: WWW.BELLINGHAMBTP.ORG 4 You can also lenge match between download the some of the old-timers BOOK CLUB: Malala Yousafi’s I Am Malala will MAIL MAIL free Library and the pros. the the focus of discussion at today’s Deming Now app to your What emerges is a Book Club meeting from 10am-12pm at the 2 smartphone or gentle, simple love Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. All adults BY CHRISTINE PERKINS mobile device— are welcome. DO IT IT DO

story in a beautiful set- get it from any 305-3600 app store or by ting. Even the profuse visiting www. profanity sounds cute MON., MAY 26 Sun and Stars wa.boopsie. and inoffensive, since OPEN MIC: Published and unpublished writers 05.21.14 com Then grab it’s in Italian. are encouraged to attend and enjoy a welcom- an espresso or ing audience at the monthly Open Mic at 7pm ETTO MEETS HIS MATCH gelato and treat Reading this winsome .09 at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Local writer novel is the perfect way 21 yourself to a and teacher Laurel Leigh emcees the event. #

s legions of local parents know, Whatcom County has only two seasons: delightful read. to pass the time between Sign up in advance at the main counter, or by winter and soccer. carpools, to dream of ro- calling the number listed here. A Yes, soccer is played here practically year-round, and for the soccer- mance and sunnier climes, and to get in the 671-2626 obsessed there are lots of opportunities to practice, play, ref, watch and cheer right frame of mind for the 2014 FIFA World POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their on your favorite soccer teams. But for the uninitiated, it’s just a game. With a Cup set to kick off in Brazil in June. verse as part of Poetrynight can sign up at ball. You don’t even use your hands. 7:30pm at the Bellingham Alternative Library,

CASCADIA WEEKLY In Brigid Pasulka’s The Sun and Other Stars, 22-year old Etto shares this skepti- Christine Perkins is the Executive Director of 1417 Railroad Ave. Readings start at 8pm. cism. Everyone in his small town on the Italian Riviera is 100 percent focused on the Whatcom County Library System Both of Entry is by donation. 14 one thing: calcio, Italian soccer. But Etto, slogging it out in his father’s butcher her children play soccer and futsal. Her of- WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG shop, can’t see the point. fice is across from the Northwest Soccer Park, TUES., MAY 27 Etto’o twin brother was a rising calcio star, a hit with the ladies, and the where she spends an inordinate amount of SNAKES AND SHAKESPEARE: Biologist, zo- pride of San Benedetto. Then he died in a car crash. Shortly after that, Etto’s time cheering them on, and only sometimes ologist and author Gordon H. Orians reads and mom committed suicide, and Etto still hasn’t been able to talk about it with wishing she were reading instead. doit

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shares ideas from his new book, Snakes, Sunrises View Ct. Proceeds support programming at the MUSIC and Shakespeare: How Evolution Shapes Our Loves new library. and Fears, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. 305-3600 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 20

SAT., MAY 24 ART WED., MAY 28 BLOSSOM TIME PARADE: “Rolling Forward MEMOIR READING: Hear the writers of Laura Together: The Wheel of Whatcom” will be the Kalpakian’s “Memory Into Memoir” class read theme of this year’s Ski to Sea Blossom Time 18 from their works at 6pm at Village Books, 1200 Parade starting at noon in downtown Belling-

11th St. Over the course of a year, these writers ham. Expect to see floats, marching bands, fire STAGE have created a swath of experience rendered into trucks, horses and much, much more. moving memoirs. Entry is free. 734-1330 OR WWW.BELLINGHAM.COM 16 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM SUN., MAY 25 WHATCOM WRITERS: Powell River Books author FAIRHAVEN FESTIVAL: View the final leg of GET OUT and publisher Wayne Lutz will talk about “Writ- the Ski to Sea race and take part in a variety of ing (and Self-Publishing) Travelogue Memoirs” activities throughout the day as part of the multi- at a Whatcom Writers and Publishers meeting at street party known as the Fairhaven Festival 14 14 6:30pm at Nicki’s Bella Marina, 2615 S. Harbor taking place from 10am-7pm through historic Loop Dr. Show up at 5:30pm for happy hour. All Fairhaven. In addition to music from the likes of WORDS writers are welcome. the Walrus, SpaceBand, and Sunset Superman, WORDS WWW.WHATCOMWRITERSANDPUBLISHERS.ORG there’ll be a beer and wine garden, performances on two stages, arts and crafts vendors, exhibits 8 from nonprofits, food booths galore, activities for kids and more. Entry is free. COMMUNITY WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM CURRENTS CURRENTS THURS., MAY 22 MON., MAY 26 6 SPEAKER SERIES: Sustainable Connections will FESTIVAL OF FLAGS: A Pearl Harbor survivors launch their new “Future of Business: People, autograph session, music by Brass Menagerie, Planet, Profit Speaker Series” today, with a talk Thanks-A-Soldier kids’ activities, refreshments VIEWS featuring keynote speaker Toby Barazzuol—own- and more will be part of the 49th annual Memo- er of Vancouver B.C.’s Eclipse Awards, which was rial Day Festival of Flags reception starting at 4 voted B.C.’s Best Green Business this year—from 1pm at Ferndale’s Greenacre Memorial Park, 5700 MAIL MAIL 4-7pm at Broadway Hall, 1300 Broadway. There Northwest Rd. At 2pm, there’ll be a “Remem-

will also be a Q&A with local business profes- bering the Battered and Brave” remembrance 2 sionals, and more. Entry is $35-$55. ceremony, including a helicopter flag arrival, WWW.SUSTAINABLECONNECTIONS.ORG bagpipe processional, veteran family presenta- DO IT IT DO tions, veteran and active troop guests, a dove HEALTH CARE MEETING: Join United for release, and more. Entry is free. National Healthcare to hear about the “Benefits WWW.FAREWELLTRIBUTES.COM of Single-Payer Healthcare for Business Owners”

with Patrick Noonan of Health Care for All Wash- WED., MAY 28 05.21.14 ington at 7pm at St. Luke’s Community Education PITCHFEST: Innovative startups from North-

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the Bellingham Pitch Fest starting at 6pm at the FRI., MAY 23 Underground, 211 E. Chestnut St. The networking BLOCK PARTY: As part of Ski to Sea weekend, event happens every other month. attend an all-ages Community Block Party from WWW.BELLINGHAMINNOVATIONGROUP.ORG 5-9pm at Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. Live music by Jasmine Green, a salsa DOWNTOWN MEETING: A showcase for nonprofit challenge, a beer garden, food, raffle prizes, a service organizations will be part of the Downtown

meet-and-greet with racers and more will be part Bellingham Partnership’s monthly Downtown CASCADIA WEEKLY of the free event. Meeting at 6pm at the Leopold, 1224 Cornwall Ave. WWW.SKITOSEA.COM This month’s topic and format is the result of the 15 Partnership’s goals of increasing awareness for BARN BINGO: Join Friends of the South What- local organizations and helping the community get com Library for a “BINGO in the Barn!” fundraiser involved. Entry is free and open to the public. at 7pm at the Sudden Valley Dance Barn, 8 Barn WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM SP: Well, the whole DC punk ethos of the early ’90s was about deconstructing social norms and fighting for what you believe in. We are all either self-employed or work in

medicine, which means we are used to mak- 38 ing daily and radical differences in our lives FOOD FOOD outside and in the greater world around us. We are HIKING RUNNING CYCLING also, with the exception of Alex (our biker), 40 years old to late 50s. Old guys rock. 32 CW: Is there a Bad Brains song that encapsu- lates your team’s ethos?

B-BOARD B-BOARD SP: [The aforementioned] “Rock For Light.” It’s all about making positive change and doing it with style, passion and vigor. 26 CW: You started listening to the band in your

FILM teens. Would your younger selves have been brave enough to write Bad Brains a letter asking them to sponsor an athletic event? 22 SP: Definitely. In DC back in the ’90s, we all

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4 BY AMY KEPFERLE to respond. CW: Is this your first Ski to Sea? What’s your MAIL MAIL team’s history with the race?

SP: We raced as a team last year. Part of 2 Ski to Sea Spotlight what we like to do is be on the cutting DO IT IT DO BAD BRAINS OR BUST edge of our culture. We were the first team sponsored by my acupuncture clinic, mong the throngs of racers making their way them, while I was in DC years later in the Acupuncture Health Center, and I believe from the slopes of the Mt. Baker Ski Area to same scene. we are the first team sponsored by, if not 05.21.14 A the shores of Bellingham Bay as part of the CW: What did the missive you sent to Bad a band, then a punk icon. Last year, our seven-sport relay race known as Ski to Sea this com- Brains asking them to sponsor your team say? team scored 222, canoe 116. We are aiming .09 ing Sun., May 25, will be a team of 40- and 50-some- SP: Here’s a quote from our letter: “A group of us for top 200, and canoe top 100. 21 # things going by the moniker of Rock for Light. Canoe- are forming a team for one of America’s oldest CW: What would you do if the members of Bad ist Scott Paglia—who’ll be joined by teammates Jim multi-sport races, Ski to Sea, and decided we Brains were at the Ski to Sea finish line? Bochler (canoe), Roger Grummel (uphill racing), Jim wanted to be called team Bad Brains. We are SP: I would take them to Boundary Bay, buy Harle (cross-country skiing) Alex Grummel (mountain ATTEND looking for a sponsor for our team, so we can a couple rounds of beers, then have them biking), Dave Schneider (road bikng), William Don- WHAT: Ski to Sea wear the colors of our younger years and edu- take over the stage. There would be mosh- nelly (running), and Rob Campbell (kayaking)—says 2014 cate people out here about what is hardcore ing, punk, reggae and general mayhem. WHEN: 7:45am CASCADIA WEEKLY their team name was inspired by their sponsor, hard- and what it is to be lost in DC space. Please CW: Do Bad Brains expect anything in return Sun., May 25 core punk pioneers Bad Brains. WHERE: Mt. Baker let me know if Bad Brains would like to spon- for their sponsorship? 16 CW: How did you and your teammates realize you had Ski Area sor a race team so we can spread the word out SP: No. They did this to support their fans. a shared affinity for Bad Brains? INFO: www. west the right way.” CW: Are you in it to win it? SP: Jim Bochsler and I have been friends since 2001. skitosea.com CW: You say you “wanted to bring the punk SP: Yes. Each time we train or race we com- Our common connections were many. Among the ethic to our Ski to Sea team.” In what ways is pete against the most cunning and vile strangest, we were both Bad Brains fans. He was in New York listening to this admirable feat being accomplished? adversary out there: ourselves. doit

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ATTENTION RACE FANS 22 NOT EVERYONE DRINKS BEER Apulia MUSIC 20 ART 18 Raise the sails, sing sea chanteys and learn more about the ecology of Puget Sound at public sails—and free tours—aboard the tall ship Adventuress May 25, 26 and 31 leaving from the Squalicum Harbor Marina OYSTERS. STAGE WED., MAY 21 SAT., MAY 24 16 MOUNT BAKER IMAGES: John D’Onofrio and WELCOME WALK: Join staff from Fairhaven 16 Todd Warger will share stories and images from Runners for a “Welcome Walk” from 8-10am COCKTAILS. their book Images of America: Mount Baker at starting at Lake Padden Park. Meet at the west GET OUT 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Register in advance entrance (next to the restroom/shower build- GET OUT for the free presentation. ing) for two loops around the lake. 647-8955 319-3350 OR WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM 14 THURS., MAY 22 MAY 25-26

WATERSHED MEETING: The Chums of Ter- PUBLIC SAIL: Raise the sails, sing a chantey WORDS rell Creek will team up with the Whatcom and learn more about Puget Sound at a public Conservation District and NSEA for a Watershed sail aboard the historic tall ship Adventuress . 8 Community Meeting at 6:30pm at the Birch Bay from 1-4pm Sunday and Monday (and again Bible Community Church, 4460 Bay Rd. Learn Sat., May 31) starting at the Squalicum Harbor about watershed, water quality and steward- Marina, 722 Coho Way. Entry is $25-$55. The ship opportunities on your own property or ship will also be open for free public dockside COMING SOON CURRENTS elsewhere, and about upcoming workshops tours from 10am-12pm Sunday and Monday. 6 focusing on habitats and restoration, wildlife WWW.SOUNDEXP.ORG monitoring, and more. WWW.CHUMSOFTERRELLCREEK.ORG TUES., MAY 27 VIEWS TUESDAY RIDE: Join the Mount Baker Bicycle BELLINGHAM WA DAMNATION: Majestic cinematography and a Club for Summer Rides every Tuesday through 4 focus on the return of wild waters to the West September starting at 6pm at Whatcom MAIL MAIL will be part of a DamNation movie premiere at Community College’s northeast parking lot

7pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Com- (just of Eliza and Kellogg roads, north of the 2 mercial St. The film carries viewers along rivers soccer fields). As the summer progresses, the and through landscapes altered by dams and rides will get longer, using the same 20-mile DO IT IT DO discovers a metamorphosis in values along the loop route each week (with shortcuts for way. Show up at 6pm for a pre-show reception. those who want to ride a little less). Group Tickets are $10 for the film only, $20 for both rides also happen Wednesdays, Thursdays and the reception and the viewing. Sunday mornings.

WWW.DAMNATIONFILM.COM OR WWW. WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG 05.21.14 MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM

SHOREBIRD ECOLOGY: Gary Slater, founder .09

FITNESS FORUM: Chris from Align Chiroprac- and Executive Director of the Ecostudies Insti- 21 #

tic will focus on “Stretching for Function” at tute, leads a “Shorebird Ecology and Conserva- a free Fitness Forum at 7:15pm at Fairhaven tion in the North Puget Sound” presentation Runners, 1209 11th St. Attendees will learn at 7pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 simple exercises and stretches to help prime Prospect St. Suggested donation is $3. their bodies or more efficient movement and WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG decrease the likelihood of injury. WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM THURS., MAY 29

PLANT WALK: Anthropologist and author Al- CASCADIA WEEKLY FRI., MAY 23 lan Richardson joins the Koma Kulshan Chapter WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and adventurers of the Washington Native Plant Society to 17 can join Wild Whatcom Walks for “Wild Things” lead a Plant Walk starting at 6pm at Maritime excursions from 9:30-11am every Friday Heritage Park’s Environmental Learning Center. through May at Cornwall Park. Entry is $5. Entry is free and no registration is required. WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG 319-6988 OR WNPS.ORG to date on opening night, or do we have a talk-back after each show to discuss what’s going on in Ukraine? We’re throw- ing around several different ideas.”

One thing is clear: Audience members 38 who attend 50 Heartbreaks can expect to

FOOD FOOD G learn more about the citizens of the coun- sta e try—whether it’s about the six million peo- THEATER DANCE PROFILES ple who died in Ukraine during World War 32 II, or about one family’s—Tarnawsky’s— “gruesome history lesson” as they were

B-BOARD B-BOARD split apart in the war-torn country. Mournful Ukrainian ballads, old family photographs, kitschy dances set to 26 1960s breakup songs, stop-action anima-

FILM tion and paintings by Susannah Ander- son will be part of the

22 effort used to tell the story, which focuses

MUSIC not just on the loss of a country, but also on

20 heartbreak of a more traditional kind. ART “It’s basically a show about heartbreak and 18 18 18 SEE IT Ukrainian history,” Ve- WHAT: 50

STAGE atch says. “Heartbreak STAGE Heartbreaks makes it relatable to WHEN: 7:30pm the audience. Not ev-

16 May 29, 30, and June 1; 1:30pm erybody has this dra- Sat., May 31 matic family history.

GET OUT WHERE: Most can relate to a Firehouse more personal, direct Performing Arts kind of loss—love loss. 14 Center, 1314 Harris Ave. It gives us a way into COST: $10-$20 loss on a larger scale WORDS INFO: 734- and makes it relatable. 2776 or www. “The show is broken 8 brownpaper tickets.com up into 50 different little sections. Some are

CURRENTS CURRENTS songs, some are character monologues, some are short history lessons. Some are 6 dance pieces. It takes these elements that at first seem disparate and weaves VIEWS them together.”

4 When Veatch first staged 50 Heart- breaks in Seattle last fall—before the MAIL MAIL current unrest—she said the positive PHOTOS BY TRUMAN BUFFET TRUMAN BY PHOTOS

reception it garnered made her real- 2 ize she’d produced something she was DO IT IT DO BY AMY KEPFERLE intensely proud of. However, when she moved to Bellingham recently, she wasn’t sure if it was the right piece to make her introduction to the stages of Whatcom 05.21.14 50 Heartbreaks County. But the grim subject matter, she soon realized the work spoke for itself, .09 and should be seen. 21 SONG, DANCE AND PAIN IN UKRAINE # Plus, she adds, it’s not all doom and hen Jenna Bean Veatch decided to stage a dance and theater perfor- gloom. mance focused partly on Ukrainian history, she had no idea the Eastern “Because we’re dealing with such W European country at the center of the production would soon be mak- heavy subject matter, it was really im- ing headlines around the globe. portant to have moments of levity in In fact, by the time 50 Heartbreaks (And I’m Still In Love With YOUkraine) opens the show to give the audience, and our-

CASCADIA WEEKLY at Bellingham’s Firehouse Performing Arts Center, the embattled country—which selves, a break,” Veatch says. “Humor is is on the verge of a civil war after months of protests regarding joining part of the be handling the news. such an important tool for connection 18 country with Russia—will have just held their presidential elections. “To a certain extent, we are waiting,” with the audience. As an audience mem- Although much of the Ukrainian subject matter in the production has to do Veatch says. “Things are changing every ber, if it starts out funny, then they’ve with the atrocities that took place there in the 1930s and ’40s, Veatch says day. Elections are on May 25 and we open got me on their side, and can take me current affairs are indeed relevant to the conversation. When we spoke last in Bellingham on May 29. We’re talking to these darker places. I really try to do week, she still wasn’t sure how she and her castmate, Nadia Tarnawsky, would about how to handle that. Do we get it up that in my work, too.” doit 7:30PM MAY STAGE 22-24 ham Circus Guild presents an “Inflammable 28-31

Circus Show” at 8:30pm Saturday and 1, 3 and 5pm Sunday at the Cirque Lab, 1401 Sixth

WED., MAY 21 38 MEMPHIS THE MUSICAL: The Tony Award- St. The evening performance includes a fire 10:30PM MAY

winning play, Memphis the Musical, comes to show and live music by Hot Damn Scandal, and FOOD Bellingham for a show at 7:30pm Wednesday at Sunday’s variety shows will include live music 24 & 31 the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial throughout the day. Tickets are $15 for the

St. Inspired by true events, the plot follows a first show, $10 for the second (children and Follow the 32 radio DJ who wants to change the world and family rates available). a club singer who is ready for her big break. WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM gentrification of

Tickets are $30-$69. a fallen Detroit B-BOARD 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM MON., MAY 26 GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open mic for come- city from

MAY 21-24 dians, “Guffawingham!,” takes place at 9:30pm 2007 - 2034 26 BHS SPRING FESTIVAL: Advanced drama Mondays at the Green Frog, 1015 N. State St.

students will perform student-directed plays Entry is free. FILM at the BHS Spring Festival at 7pm Wednesday WWW.ACOUSTICTAVERN.COM Free parking through Saturday at Bellingham High School, in C lots 2020 Cornwall Ave. The Importance of Being WED., MAY 28 22 Ernest, Finding Nemo, The Cover of Life, and TALENT SHOW: Students in grades one through WWU.EDU/THEATRE

Short Comedies, Volume 2 will be onstage. six will share drama, dane, music and other skills MUSIC Tickets are $5. at the Lincoln Elementary Talent Show at 7pm at 676-6575 Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. 20 Entry is free and open to the public. MATURE LANGUAGE. AA/EO DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION: 360-650-6146, [email protected]

THURS., MAY 22 WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG ART GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the

MAY 29-31 18 18 Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick PINOCCHIO: Join the Blue Fairy, Stromboli and around for the “Project.” Entry is $4-$7. a lively cast of characters as Geppetto journeys STAGE STAGE 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM beyond the Toy Shop to discover what makes the “perfect child” when the Northwest Wash- ington Theatre Group presents performances of

MAY 22-24 16 CORKTOWN: The city of Detroit will act as the Disney’s My Son Pinocchio at 7:30pm Thursday protagonist at performances of Corktown start- through Saturday at Lincoln Christian High

ing this week with shows at 7:30pm Thursday School, 515 Drayton St. Tickets to the musical GET OUT and Friday, and 7:30pm and 10:30pm Saturday, are $12-$15; additional performances happen at Western Washington University’s Perform- June 6-7.

ing Arts Center. The “environmental theatre” WWW.NWTG.ORG 14 piece—which was written by playwright-in- residence Jeff Augustin and directed by Rich Brown—will see audiences moving with the WORDS performers from space to space on WWU’s DANCE

campus. Tickets are $8-$12, and additional 8 showings take place through May 31. FRI., MAY 23 650-6146 OR WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU PUBLIC DANCE PARTY: Swing, Latin and ballroom styles are taught at public dance parties CURRENTS CURRENTS FRI., MAY 23 happening from 7:30-10pm at the Bellingham

RYAN STILES & FRIENDS: Whose Line is it Dance Company, 1705 State St. An introductory 6 Anyway? star and Whatcom County resident Ryan lesson kicks things off every week. Admission Stiles will be joined by Mainstage performers is $5-$7. VIEWS from Bellingham’s Upfront Theatre for “A Night WWW.BELLINGHAMDANCECOMPANY.COM of Improv for Oso” fundraiser at 8pm at the Silver 4 Reef Casino, 4876 Haxton Way. Tickets are $20; LINE DANCING: Western Line Dancing classes

all proceeds go to Cascade Valley Hospital and will be held Friday’s in May at Lynden’s Ten MAIL

Clinic Foundation. Mile Grange, 6958 Hannegan Rd. Newbies can E N

WWW.SILVERREEFCASINO.COM show up at 5:45pm for lessons, beginners from 2 6:30-7:30pm, and intermediate dancers from Kulshan uest W S

7:30-8:30pm. No partner is necessary. There’ll be IT DO MAY 23-24 EVOLUTION AND HYBRID: View never-before- a special open house from 6:30-9:30pm Friday, Saturday, June 21 - Fairhaven seen “Improv Evolution” shows at 8pm every May 30. Entry to classes is $5. Take your experience to the next level and get your team together for an epic race. Friday and Saturday in May at the Upfront 354-4325 Finding the best route through the course is up to you. Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, “The Hybrid 6 and 12 hour races that include Sea Kayaking, Trail Running and Mountain Biking. 05.21.14 Show” will combine various short and long SAT., MAY 24 improv forms. Tickets are $10 in advance and BALLROOM DANCE: Ballroom, swing, fox

$12 at the door. trot, nightclub two-step, rumba, cha-cha, .09 21 #

WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM samba and tango are among the dances that can be learned at the bimonthly Ballroom THE ACHERON, EPISODE 3: Glenn Hergen- Dance happening tonight from 6:30-9pm at the hahn’s five-week serial play, The Acheron, Bellingham Senior Activity Center, 315 Halleck continues this week with 8pm and 10pm shows St.. Entry is $5. Friday and Saturday at the iDiOM Theater, 1418 733-4030 OR WWW.WCCOA.ORG Cornwall Ave. The “Orwellian romp through the halls of Hades” will feature a new episode each TUES., MAY 27 Friday and Saturday through June 7. Recaps FOLK DANCE: The Skagit Folk Dancers hold CASCADIA WEEKLY will be provided for those who missed the prior public dances from 7-9:30pm every Tuesday at 19 episode. Tickets are $10. Mount Vernon’s Bayview Community Hall, 12615 WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM C St. Teaching and review happen in the first hour, and the second hour features requests and MAY 24-25 dancing. Entry is $3. INFLAMMABLE CIRCUS SHOW: The Belling- WWW.SKAGITFOLKDANCERS.ORG Kulshan Quest.com of the photographic print. After traveling and working in many countries, in 1982 Fisher settled on Or- cas Island. It was a homecoming, as his

grandparents had owned property on the 38 island since 1964. He soon found him-

FOOD FOOD self spearheading a movement to save visual Madrona Point from real estate development. One of his tactics was to raise pub- 32 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES lic awareness of its unique beauty with a handmade photo book. The movement

B-BOARD B-BOARD achieved an appropriation from the U.S. Congress to purchase the land and restore it to the Lummi Indian tribe. 26 Peter next used his skills to promote

FILM the creation of the San Juan County Land Bank. It became the only publicly funded

22 land bank in Washington state. He moved on from this success to cofound the OPAL

MUSIC Community Land Trust, which provides permanently affordable housing for Orcas 20 20 20 ART ART

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STAGE For him, black and white is like classical 16 music, and color is jazz.

GET OUT The slide or file the

14 photographer captures is the “score.” WORDS “OLYPMIC MTS FROM TURTLEHEAD” 8 residents (San Juan County has some of BY STEPHEN HUNTER the lowest wages and the highest housing

CURRENTS CURRENTS costs in the state). At Fisher’s small gallery in Eastsound, 6 a half-dozen enlargements of scenes and portraits from last September’s visit to

VIEWS Art and Activism Norway command the space. Each large

4 SAVING THE WORLD WITH BEAUTY image is vivid to the finest detail: a stunning clump of tundra grass like a liv- MAIL MAIL he work of photographer Peter Fisher amazes for its virtuos- ing flame; glowing red leaves with ripe

ity and breadth of subject matter. His eye captures beauty blueberries, the background in soft fo- 2 T in everything: wildflowers and trees, the cus; an otherworldly photo of mountain DO IT IT DO

farms and people of Orcas Island, the iridescence and fjord, glow of sunrise from behind; in spiderwebs, icicles and surf bubbles, even in a candlelit portrait of a tough outdoors- coffee grounds. man (Peter’s cousin) in his hand-hewn Fisher’s portfolios include portraits, historic cabin. You might take one home, beau- 05.21.14 maps, visual jokes, skateboard photography— tifully framed, for $2,600. You can also the list goes on. On top of that, he is an hon- purchase smaller prints, wall plaques or .09 ored leader of environmental preservation in note cards. 21 SEE IT # San Juan County. WHAT: Peter C. Something in the wide range of his sub- At age 18, Fisher attended Ansel Adams’ two- Fisher Gallery ject matter will appeal to nearly everyone. WHERE: 138 week seminar in Yosemite. He fell in love with N. Beach St., Fisher has conserved and reissued historic “the mystery” of photographing in black and Eastsound, Orcas photographs and maps of Orcas Island. He white. Using the unforgiving large-format cam- Island uses his iPhone to create panoramas of era, he created stunning black-and-white images WHEN: Phone for the coastline. open hours CASCADIA WEEKLY that were juried into a Tacoma Art Museum ex- One image stands out in the gallery: a INFO: (360) 376- hibit in 1975. 5955 herd of Charolais cattle in a field, a mist- 20 Like his mentor, Adams—who was an accom- shrouded forest behind them. Cattle, a plished pianist—Fisher sees analogies between photography and mu- universal symbol of purity and nonvio- sic. For him, black and white is like classical music, and color is jazz. lence, return our gaze calmly. A moment is

The slide or file the photographer captures is the “score.” Then he “MADRONE WITH SNOW” captured that reveals our essential unity labors in the darkroom (or computer) to complete the “performance” with Nature. doit

UPCOMING EVENTS ANCHOR ART SPACE: View “Landscape/Mind- MINDPORT: Photos by Kevin Jones and model trains scape” through June 1 in Anacortes at Anchor Art owned and collected by exhibit manager Bill Lee are THURS., MAY 22 Space, 216 Commercial Ave. The pieces by regional currently on display at a “Riding the Rails” show at

NATIVE LENS: “The Pop Art of Indian Culture: artists Mike Adams, Susanna Bluhm, Jennifer Camp- Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. 38 Through a Native Lens” will be the focus of an After bell, and Jennifer Swick creates landscapes that WWW.MINDPORT.ORG Hours Art (AHA!) gathering with John Feodorov of become personal visions. FOOD Fairhaven College at 6:30pm at Whatcom Museum’s WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG MONA: “Shapes of Abstraction from the Permanent Lightcatcher Building, 205 Flora St. Thursday Collection,” Lucy Mae Martin’s “Hands On” exhibit,

admission is $5. ARTWOOD: View new designs by members through and “John Cole: A Historical Perspective” can be 32 WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG May at Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. Included viewed through June 15 at La Conner’s Museum of are several mixed-media pieces, furniture, instru- Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. Entry is free. B-BOARD B-BOARD MAY 24-25 ments and more. WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG LUMMI STUDIO TOUR: More than 35 artists and WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM craftspeople will share their works at 20-plus loca- QUILT MUSEUM: “Suzanis and Crazy Quilts,” tions as part of the seasonal Lummi Island Artists’ BOOKFARE CAFE: Longtime Whatcom County “Made By Hand,” “Color in the Great Depression” 26 Studio Tour happening from 10am-6pm Saturday and artist Ken Speer will show 108 small works reflect- and the “La Conner in Bloom Challenge” can cur- Sunday throughout the small San Juan island. Paint- ing a lifetime of experiences through May at the rently be viewed at the La Conner Quilt & Textile FILM ings, jewelry, prints, notecards, pottery, metalwork, Bookfare Cafe, which is located inside Village Museum, 703 S. Second St. quilts, woodwork, photography, sculpture and more Books, 1200 11th St. WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM

22 can be viewed at the free, self-guided tour. Watch WWW.BOOKFARECAFE.COM for balloons marking each locale, or pick up a map in SEASIDE GALLERY: See painter Anne Schreivogl’s advance at Islander Store (directly to the left of the DEMING LIBRARY: A “Children’s Spring Art Show” “Memoirs of a Bird” through May at La Conner’s MUSIC ferry landing). Ferry prices vary. can be seen from May 27-June 13 at the Deming Seaside Gallery, 101 S. First St. 20 758-2190 OR WWW.LUMMI-ISLAND.COM Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. WWW.LACONNERSEASIDEGALLERY.COM 20 592-2286 ART ART SUN., MAY 25 SKAGIT MUSUEM: “Relocation: The Impact of SECONDS SALE: Stock up on not-quite-perfect FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contemporary World War II on the Skagit Valley” can be seen

and experimental pottery at the annual “Ski to Sea folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm every Mon.-Fri. at through June 29 at La Conner’s Skagit County His- 18 Seconds Sale” from 10am-5pm at Good Earth Pot- the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. torical Museum, 501 S. 4th St. Entry is $4-$5.

tery, 1000 Harris Ave. 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM STAGE WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM GOOD EARTH: Pieces by Jeremy Noet can be SMITH & VALLEE: View Sedro-Woolley painter

POP-UP PRINTMAKING: Hand-printed goods from perused through May at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Becky Fletcher’s “Reiterations” and new ceramics 16 three area printmaking artists—Phoebe Carpenter Harris Ave. by Lopez Island sculptor Jeffrey Hanks through Eels, Wiebe Boersma, and Eldad Enfendi—can be pe- WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM Joel Brock’s “Flower” is among the pieces on consign- June 1 at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 rused and purchased at a Ski to Sea Pop Up happen- ment through May 30 at the Lucia Douglas Gallery Gilkey Ave. GET OUT ing during the Fairhaven Festival from 10am-7pm at HONEY SALON: “Major Arcana,” featuring new WWW.SMITHANDVALLEEGALLERY.COM Fairhaven’s Karibou Salon, 1201 11th St. In addition works by Jennifer Drantell, can be see through May to the art and apparel on display, there’ll be a free 31 Honey Salon, 310 WW. Holly St. The new collec- LUCIA DOUGLAS: Selections by Joel Brock, WHATCOM ART MARKET: From 10am-6pm every 14 DIY photo booth, refreshments, demos and more. tion of double-size silkscreened prints by Jennifer Clayton James, Jack Gunter, Guy Anderson, and Thursday through Monday through Christmas,

WWW.KARIBOUSALON.COM Drantell explores and re-interprets the first 22 more can be seen by appointment through May 30 stop by the Whatcom Art Guild’s Art Market at WORDS cards of the Tarot. at a “New Works on Consignment” exhibit at Lucia Fairhaven’s Waldron Building, 1314 12th St. WWW.HONEYSALON.COM Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG 8 WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM ONGOING EXHIBITS JANSEN ART CENTER: Paintings by Laurie Potter, WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Paint: The Painted Works ALLIED ARTS: View professional work by teaching works by ceramics students, photography by John MATZKE ART: Check out the multi-artist “Spring of Lyle Wilson,” “Pulp,” and “Treasures from the

artists in Whatcom County through May 31 at Allied D’Onofrio, and ceramic vessels by Brian O’’Neill are Cavort” exhibit through June 8 at Camano Island’s Trunk: The Story of J.J. Donovan” and “Radical Rep- CURRENTS Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The event celebrates the currently on display at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, 2345 etition” can currently be viewed at the Whatcom statewide Arts Education Month. 321 Front St. Blanche Way. Museum campus. 6 WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG VIEWS 4 MAIL MAIL

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AS YOU CAN imagine, a fair number of emails 38 related to the release of music, both local and

FOOD FOOD non, land in my inbox on the daily. Sometimes, they are from people I don’t know, such as “iam- music reggae,” and they shriek things like “GREET- 32 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT INGS!!! HERE ARE SOME EAR CANDY!!!!” at me. Yes, that is a direct quote. iamreggae might

B-BOARD B-BOARD struggle with grammar and syntax, but no one can ever question his (her?) overall enthusiasm and love of punctuation. 26 I received a (slightly) more subdued missive

FILM recently from Candysound’s Teo Crider, who, I am happy to say, showed a great deal of judicious-

22 ness and restraint in his use of both the caps

lock button and repetitive exclamation points. MUSIC MUSIC

MUSIC Which is to say, I didn’t delete his email. The subject of his message was to tell me

20 about the release of Candysound’s full-length, Now + Then, an album ART that has been a long time in coming. I’ve been 18 listening to Crider’s mu-

STAGE sic since he was a teen- age bedroom shredder with a MySpace page, 16 and have always thought he’s one of a group of BY CAREY ROSS GET OUT musicians in this town who consistently crank out quality music, make it look a whole lot easier than it probably is, 14 and generally don’t make enough of a fuss about themselves. This opinion is borne out on Now WORDS + Then, which is nine songs of Crider’s succinct and engaging indie pop music fleshed out by a 8 full band. Candysound has existed in a few dif- BY CAREY ROSS The most well-known facet of Fripp’s ferent forms since those MySpace days, but they

CURRENTS CURRENTS considerable musical legacy is obviously now sound more fully realized than ever before. King Crimson, the prog rock band he found- They’ve migrated from MySpace to Bandcamp, so 6 ed during the late ’60s that would prove to seek them out there. Buy the album, if you’re so have a lasting impact on all of music itself. inclined. It comes with fancy Brad Lockhart al-

VIEWS Robert Fripp If you’ve ever seen a band with command- bum art, it’s got good looks going for it as well.

4 THE ORCHESTRA OF CRAFTY GUITARISTS ing technical proficiency coupled with a Another person who showed up in my inbox tendency to write songs that eschew stan- recently is erstwhile local and current Seattleite MAIL MAIL pay a lot of lip service to the depth and diversity of Bellingham’s mu- dard structures and time signatures in fa- Chris Meyer, he formerly of Virgin Islands and

sic scene, praising this area for being a place where good music can vor of layered complexity and multi-part Enders of Ozone. He’s got a new project, called 2 I be heard in any number of locales every night of the week. compositions, and who melds elements of Our Dead Fathers, and an album of his own, Pic- DO IT IT DO

This is undoubtedly true, but if there’s one thing about life and music in psychedelic music with jazz, classical and ture the Moon, that he’s just released. It’s safe these parts that delights me even more than the variety and excellence of other, more structured forms, odds are at to say we all know Meyer best (and probably aural entertainment to be found here, it would have to be that quality of some point they’ve been tagged with a only) as a dude whose bands are not afraid to sheer randomness that also serves to keep things interesting. “progressive” label and, if so, they likely dole out a little punishment to the eardrums, 05.21.14 That gift of randomness has paid real—and often weird—dividends in owe a debt to Fripp. volume-wise. But Our Dead Fathers is not that the form of such occurrences as Ted Nugent performing at the Lynden Fair, And Fripp’s pioneering spirit doesn’t be- band, and Picture the Moon is not that album. .09 Nirvana showing up at WWU’s Carver Gym all those years ago—even Steve gin and end with (the many iterations of) It’s Meyer, an acoustic guitar and an exploration 21 # Martin appearing, banjo in hand, at the Mount Baker Theatre a couple of King Crimson. He’s also famous for his work of his gentler, more contemplative side. Don’t weeks ago falls into the category of memorable never-saw-it-coming con- with David Bowie and Brian Eno, and has worry, Meyer hasn’t joined the neo-folk brigade certs that happen with some regularity here. played on albums by the likes of Peter Ga- that’s taken Seattle by storm. This is a moodier, Which is why I shouldn’t be surprised that King Crimson founder Robert briel, Blondie, Talking Heads, David Byrne, more atmospheric brand of music, and while it’s Fripp will not only appear in Bellingham, but will also be here performing and more. Indeed, between his own proj- a surprising sound by someone we’d probably in a church, of all places, and yet somehow I still find myself wondering if ects and the session work for which he is all pigeonholed as a rocker, it’s one that suits

CASCADIA WEEKLY someone is pulling an elaborate prank on all of us. in constant demand, Fripp has appeared on him well. He’ll bring himself back to Bellingham, From what I have been able to discern, this is no practical joke. Fripp will some 700 releases. music in tow, for a Thurs., May 22 show at the 22 indeed make his way to town for a Fri., May 23 show at the First Congrega- All of which is to say Fripp is not only Green Frog. You should attend. You will not need tional Church. The appearance is part of a short Northwest tour Fripp has an innovator, musically speaking, but he’s earplugs. But, by the end of the night, you will undertaken with his Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists, and when I say you’ve also a major shredder—one of the best in need to convince Meyer to move back to Belling- never seen anything quite like this before, it’s a statement that is utterly history, as a matter of fact. He’s so good ham and bring all the rest of my favorite people devoid of hyperbole. he has his own well-known teaching meth- who have moved away with him. odology, Guitar Craft, the means by which musicevents some 3,000 students have learned to play C IGARETTES & SMOKELESS TOBACCO the Fripp way. WED., MAY 21

Besides helping to burnish his consider- BUG SONG CIRCLE: Join the Belling- U.S.I.T. able legacy, Guitar Craft has also helped ham Ukulele Group for a monthly BUG 38 bring to life Fripp’s current musical en- Song Circle from 7-9pm at the Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Dr. See the group’s FOOD deavor, Robert Fripp and the Orchestra of website for the particulars. Crafty Guitarists. The name is straightfor- WWW.ELLINGHAMUKULELEGROUP.COM ward enough—this is, in fact, Fripp, and SHOP 32 he is playing with an orchestra of guitar- THURS., MAY 22 L ists educated according to the principles WIND SYMPHONY: Western Washing- OWEST ton University’s Wind Symphony and B-BOARD of Guitar Craft. But that overly simplistic at PRICES Symphonic Band will present a concert IN description manages to leave out a whole of traditional and contemporary works THE

A 26 lot of explanatory details. at 8pm at the school’s Performing Arts REA! First, the orchestra in Center Concert Hall. Entry is free and on most brands

Discounted Cigarettes FILM question is comprised open to the public. not partly of guitars, 650-3130 All Major Brands & Generics 22 22 or mainly of guitars. OIL TRAIN TOUR: Singer and song- * It’s comprised entirely writer Dana Lyons will be joined by MUSIC

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talk at 7pm at the Bellingham Unitarian 20 ATTEND ies.” Second, aside from WHO: Robert Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St. Sug- EXPRESS DRIVE-THRU sounding like nothing ART Fripp and the Or- gested donation is $10. 7 am – 9 pm, chestra of Crafty you’ve ever heard, this WWW.COWSWITHGUNS.COM

Guitarists orchestra isn’t like any 7 days a week 18 WHEN: 8pm Fri., you’ve ever seen—and FRI., MAY 23 MARGOT SCHWARTZ: Violinist Margot May 23 the singularity of musi- STAGE WHERE: First Schwartz performs in a benefit for the Congregational cal instrument isn’t the upcoming Bellingham Festival of Music

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May 24 & 25 — 10am to 6pm CURRENTS As well, most everything involved with WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG More than 35 artists and craftspeople offering making Fripp’s imaginative orchestra hap- SAT., MAY 24 6 pen, from publicity to performing, is a their work at 20 plus locations around the island. COINCIDENCE OF DESIRES: Sopranos Enjoy paintings, drawings, prints, notecards, volunteer effort, with people taking part Tracy Satterfield and Julia Bonnett, jewelry, photography, sculpture, glass, VIEWS simply for the opportunity to gain prox- pianist Wade Dingman, and accordionist woodwork, pottery, metalwork, stonework, imity to Fripp’s singular musical sensibili- Terhi Miikki-Broersma will perform at quilts, clothing, knitwear, and more! 4 “A Coincidence of Desires Cabaret” at Find special treasures for gifting

ties. And the communal effort extends to MAIL 7:30pm at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, or that special something more than just the donation of time and 321 Front St. Tickets are $20 and for your home! effort. You see, a concert by Robert Fripp include a glass of wine. 2 and the Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists isn’t WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG DO IT a choreographed affair with set lists and SUN., MAY 25 See us on Facebook structure. Instead, elements of every per- at Lummi Island ART OF JAZZ: Pianist Darrell Grant Studio Tour formance are improvised, as in made up and flugelhorn master Dmitri Matheny To get to Lummi Island: Take I-5 exit 260, Go west on Slater Road to Haxton Way,

on the spot. This improvisation involves perform at the Jazz Project monthly 05.21.14 Turn left on Haxton to the ferry dock. 8 minute ferry ride a fair amount of rehearsal and happens Art of Jazz series from 4-6:30pm at leaves at ten past every hour (plus extra trips as needed). the Encore Room at the Mount Baker Round trip is $13 per car & driver, $7 per person, $7 per bicycle & rider. within prearranged parameters, but never- Kids 13 to 19 and accompanied children under 12 ride free! .09 Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets 21 theless, the idea of 60 guitarists winging # are $10-$16. Tour maps available at the Islander Store and at all tour locations it right before your very eyes is at least WWW.JAZZPROJECT.ORG interesting if not downright exhilarating. At worst, it’s worth checking out. At best, THURS., MAY 29 you might just find yourself with a burn- JULIAN VELARD: Theatrical, piano- based pop will be on the musical menu ing desire to become a Crafty yourself. when New York City-based musician When placed into the context of his Julian Velard’s performs songs from his CASCADIA WEEKLY revolutionary mind and penchant for do- first two full-length albums, and his ing things his own unique way, the no- latest album, at a 7pm concert at the 23 tion that Fripp will play a concert at a Encore Room at the Mount Baker The- atre, 104 N. Commercial St. Ticket prices church in Bellingham starts to make a bit are on a sliding scale. more sense. WWW.JULIANVELARD.COM But that certainly doesn’t make it any less random, or any less delightful. musicvenues 38 See below for venue

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by the mutant-mutilating Dr. Trask (Pe- 38 ter Dinklage), the latest in a long line of

FOOD FOOD X-Men villains creepily modeled on Josef Film Mengele, the uneasily aligned Charles, Erik, and Logan must first head to France, where

32 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› SHOWTIMES the Paris Peace Accords are about to take place. Their goal is to track down renegade

B-BOARD B-BOARD shape-shifter Raven/Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), who doesn’t realize that her plot

to assassinate Trask will only accelerate the 26 26 government’s mutant-extinction program. FILM FILM “We can show them a better path,” Charles intones more than once, cutting to the moral and thematic core of a series that 22 has always expressed its solidarity with the

MUSIC oppressed and misunderstood. While not as brassy in its period styl-

20 ization as Vaughn’s ’60s-set X-Men: First Class, Days of Future Past embraces its ART specific historical moment with similar revisionist gusto, from an early subplot 18 that sends Mystique off to Saigon to

STAGE rescue a squad of mutants from Trask’s clutches, to a borderline-tacky plot point concerning Magneto’s suspected role in 16 the JFK assassination. Given the popular Hollywood practice of depicting real-life

GET OUT U.S. presidents as obliquely as possible, it’s refreshing to see an actor actually dare to inhabit the voice and visage of 14 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Nixon, and inhabit them well, in a movie that uses the former POTUS’ post-Vietnam WORDS flop sweat to smart narrative advantage. As they did in First Class, McAvoy and 8 REVIEWED BY JUSTIN CHANG Fassbender make an electrifying duo here, doing full justice to the emotion-

CURRENTS CURRENTS ally complicated swirl of love, anger, kin- ship and betrayal that binds Charles and

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VIEWS A RETURN TO FORM len all the more poignant by comparison.

4 o skyscrapers blow up, no cities are leveled, and while the White House and house. Their last hope is Kitty Pryde (Ellen While Lawrence looks fetching enough in a football stadium suffer some serious structural damage, the wholesale Page), whose powers include the curious Mystique’s blue birthday suit, the actress MAIL MAIL N destruction of human civilization is kept to a refreshing minimum in X-Men: ability to transport a person’s consciousness registers with less impact than one might

Days of Future Past—just one of several respects in which this strikingly ambitious through time: Professor X and Magneto pro- have hoped; coming off her explosively 2 yet intimately scaled entertainment distinguishes itself from so much of its comic- pose that she send Logan/Wolverine (Hugh entertaining turn in the much more elab- DO IT IT DO

book-movie kind. Back at the helm of the Fox/Marvel franchise he successfully Jackman) back to the year 1973 in order to orate Me Decade re-creation of American launched 14 years ago, director Bryan Singer stages a stealth reboot by introducing undo certain key events and thereby erase Hustle, she has relatively little to do here a playful time-travel element to the ongoing saga, bringing two generations of mu- the Sentinel program from history. other than glower, snarl and let the f/x tantkind together in a story that toggles cleverly (if not always 100 percent coher- Hurled back to the heyday of lava lamps artists do their thing. 05.21.14 ently) between the political tumult of 1973 and a not-so-distant dystopian future. and waterbeds, Richard Nixon and Alice With Wolverine playing the unusual role Its $459 million worldwide gross notwithstanding, 2006’s smash X-Men: The Last Stand Cooper, Logan must convince the younger, of mediator this time around, Jackman .09 marked the beginning of a severe lapse in quality for the franchise, as Singer, having hipper version of Charles (James McAvoy) is in unusually restrained, cool-headed 21 # directed the excellent first two pictures, left the third one in the singularly ill-suited that a dark future awaits if they don’t act form; the actor’s slightly disoriented ap- hands of Brett Ratner. Fortunately, the overall series has been on the creative upswing immediately. This turns out to be easier pearance throughout is entirely appropri- in recent years, buoyed by Matthew Vaughn’s terrific prequel X-Men: First Class (2011) said than done. The ’60s were an especial- ate to the character’s journey, and may and James Mangold’s unexpectedly fine The Wolverine (2013). And not since 2003’s X2: X- ly rough decade for Charles, leaving him a well be shared by a few fans in the later Men United has Singer tapped so effortlessly into his talent for comic-book gravitas, his mental and emotional wreck: His school for reels, when the story’s time-travel logic ability to mine emotional resonance, pop poetry and (crucially) sly humor from material young mutants has been abandoned (only gets especially raggedy. By the end, how-

CASCADIA WEEKLY that could otherwise have veered into strained seriousness or high camp. Hank McCoy/Beast, played once again by ever, it’s clear that the X-Men series has Just as the first X-Men opened with a flashback to the Holocaust, so the new film Nicholas Hoult, has stuck around), and he’s effectively opened a temporal loophole 26 commences with a grim evocation of death and warfare, this time set in a fictitious addicted to a serum that restores his ability that should lead to fresh adventures future. A government army of killer robots known as Sentinels has almost succeed- to walk yet stifles his telepathic powers— down the road—namely, X-Men: Apoca- ed in wiping out all mutants and their human supporters, leaving Professor Charles which is to say, his gift for empathy. Still, lypse, which is set to be released in 2016, Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and his longtime friend/nemesis, Erik Lensher/Magneto (Ian Logan proves sufficiently persuasive, and although it’s unclear whether Singer will McKellen), to seek refuge with their few remaining allies in a remote Chinese safe Charles reluctantly agrees to help him infil- return to the director’s chair.

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32 The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Five movies in and we’re still on Spidey’s origin story. Maybe the sixth installment is where things will really pick up. Until B-BOARD B-BOARD then, I’m going to stick with Marvel’s Avengers series. +++ (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 21 min.)

26 26 Bears: Despite the fact that a woman in Florida was recently dragged from her garage by her head by an FILM FILM angry (and presumably hungry) bear, one could make the case that these creatures are misunderstood. This

22 documentary details a year in the life of one bear family, and since it was made by Disney, it is beauti- fully shot and expertly executed—with no footage to MUSIC be found of any of these featured creatures dragging anyone around by their noggin. +++ (G • 40 min.) 20 Belle: See review previous page. ++++ (PG • 1 hr. 44 ART min.) BLENDED

18 Blended: I’m confused as to why anyone who still has a viable career in Hollywood would agree to appear

STAGE in an Adam Sandler movie. Does the paycheck really outweigh the humiliation that’s sure to result from such a decision? Drew Barrymore, your famous acting

16 family is rolling over in their famously dysfunctional but undeniably theatrically skilled graves. + (PG-13 • 1 hr. 57 min.) GET OUT

Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Before we get to lay our eager eyes on the mega-blockbuster 14 that is 2015’s Avengers 2, we first have to get through the franchise films for all the individual players. I

WORDS know Iron Man gets all the press—and rightly so—but Chris Evans could give Robert Downey Jr. a run for his superhero money with his second critic-pleasing turn 8 as Captain America. Stay sharp, Tony Stark. Captain America is coming for you. ++++ (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 15 min.) CURRENTS CURRENTS

Divergent: Ever since she so capably held her own 6 with George Clooney in The Descendents, I’ve had a keen interest in Shailene Woodley. Her self-possession

VIEWS and willingness to speak her mind and seek her own path make her the perfect choice to helm an

4 MILLION DOLLAR ARM expected-to-be-massive Young Adult film franchise about a heroine with just those qualities. Alas, this MAIL MAIL first installment doesn’t meet expectations, but here’s suck. This movie could be good because it’s always fun theft and possible murder thrown in for good measure. the story to film, as God no doubt intended. + (PG • 1 hoping future sequels will be up to Woodley’s talent to see a giant, angry lizard beast lay waste to vast Chock full of celebrities such as Ralph Fiennes, Bill hr. 40 min.)

2 and skill. ++ (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 19 min.) metropolitan areas, or its quality could be explained Murray, Tilda Swinton, Jeff Goldblum, Edward Norton, by the presence of Bryan Cranston. You say potatoes, and many more, this is Anderson at his most madcap, Le Week-End: Far from the frothy romp the preview DO IT IT DO God’s Not Dead: Sure, you could watch this faith- I say Mr. White. Same same. ++++ (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 3 but, like all his work, is deeply human at its core. ++ depicts, this is instead an insightful look at a long- based drama about a college student who must prove min.) +++ (R • 1 hr. 40 min.) term relationship during a long weekend in Paris. the existence of God to his philosophy professor, Funny and touching—and the Parisian backdrop can- or you could save the money, stay home and watch The Grand Budapest Hotel: Wes Anderson has un- Heaven is for Real: Some kid had a near-death, not be beat. ++++ (R • 1 hr. 33 min.)

05.21.14 Neil deGrasse Tyson’s continuation of Cosmos instead leashed another riot of color, style and character upon out-of-body experience, so his dad did what any good because, well, science. + (PG • 1 hr. 53 min.) us, and it looks to be his most realized effort yet. Set Christian would do and capitalized on it by writing a Legends of Oz: Dorothy (now inexplicably animated) in a great old European hotel, this tells the story of a book about it. Hollywood, of course, completed the returns to Oz to save her friends the Scarecrow, the .09

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6 will be a kludge master in the coming days. You will CANCER (June 21-July 22): The moon shows be skilled at making the best of mediocre situations. us a different phase every 24 hours, which makes You may have surprising success at doing things VIEWS it seem changeable. But in fact, not much actually that don’t come naturally, and I bet you will find happens on the moon. It has no atmosphere, no unexpected ways to correct glitches that no one else 4 weather, no wind, no plant life, no seasons. There is has any idea about how to fix. some water, but it’s all frozen. Is there anything like MAIL MAIL this in your own life, Cancerian? Something that on AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I hesitate to compare you to your fellow Aquarian Kim Jong-il. the surface of things seems to be in constant mo- 2 tion, but whose underlying state never actually shifts When he was alive and ruling North Korea, he was an or develops? According to my analysis, now would egomaniacal tyrant. You’re definitely not that. But DO IT IT DO be an excellent time for you to revise the way you there are certain descriptions of him in his official understand this part of your world, and then update biography that remind me of the kinds of powers you your relationship with it. may soon exhibit. He was called The Great Sun of Life and Highest Incarnation of Revolutionary Comradely LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Have you thought of or- Love, for instance. Titles like that might suit you. It is 05.21.14 ganizing a crowdfunding campaign to boost your pet said that he invented the hamburger. He could com- project or labor of love? I suggest you get serious mand rain to fall from the sky. He once shot eleven

.09 about it in the next four weeks. This coming phase holes-in-one in a single round of golf, was a master 21

# of your cycle will be a favorable time to expand of gliding down waterslides, and never had to use a

your audience, attract new allies, and build a buzz. toilet because he produced no waste. You may be able You will have a sixth sense about how to wield your to express comparable feats in the coming weeks. (Do personal charm to serve your long-term goals. More it without falling prey to excessive pride, OK?) than usual, your selfish interests will dovetail with the greater good—perhaps in unexpected ways. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Even if you had a sensitive, nurturing mommy when you were growing VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Years ago I had up, and even if she continues to play an important a Virgo friend who was a talented singer. She had role in your life, now would be a good time to learn CASCADIA WEEKLY technical skill, stylistic flair, and animal magnetism, how to mother yourself better. You are finally ready making her worthy of being a lead vocalist in almost to appreciate how important it is to be your own 36 any great band. And yet when she was asleep and primary caregiver. And I’m hoping you are no longer had dreams of performing, she often found herself resistant to or embarrassed about the idea that part standing in the shadows, barely visible and singing of you is still like a child who needs unconditional tentatively, while her back-up singers hogged the love 24/7. So get started! Treat yourself with the spotlight at center stage. Moral of the story: Some of expert tenderness that a crafty maternal goddess you Virgos are shy about claiming your full authority. would provide. BY AMY ALKON need to work toward. But even if you can’t immediately stop seeing every re-

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cute guy at the coffeehouse and wonder later ART —Grim whether I could have sent some signals his

Facebook is complicated. Sure, there way. All my boyfriends have started as friends, 18 are privacy settings and other con- so I never really learned this stuff. STAGE trols, but these tend to be more po- —Clueless rous than the U.S.-Mexican border. In

fact, there’s only one surefire way to Flirting isn’t the only way to get a 16 avoid seeing somebody in your News stranger to stop for you—but it tends Feed, and that’s covering your com- to be more socially acceptable than puter screen with duct tape. shooting a tranquilizer dart into their GET OUT Unfortunately, this won’t help you at neck. Flirting from across a coffee parties or the supermarket, since you shop is an expert-level maneuver and 14 can only unfriend somebody; you can’t requires time you may not have if a

unexist them. Well, not without the guy is just running in for a latte. Be- WORDS possibility of life in prison. But take havioral science researchers find that a step back. You’re feeling “jilted and it generally takes repeated instances 8 bitter?” A woman you asked out left (say, three) of a woman making eye you in limbo; she didn’t make a run for contact with a man and then looking it while you were standing together at away for him to go, “Wait—who, me?” CURRENTS

the altar. She also didn’t wrong you by A better bet is moseying over while 6 saying she wasn’t “ready to date yet.” the guy is at the coffee fixings bar or

Maybe that was the truth at the time; sitting down at the table next to his VIEWS maybe she won’t be ready to date you and casually saying something. You ever. A person you ask out doesn’t owe don’t need to be good at small talk— 4 you complete honesty—well, except just small questions. Ask about some- MAIL MAIL on whether they’ll open the door and thing. Anything. His antique watch. come out when you swing by on Friday His haircut. Where the whole milk ran Happy Hour Tuesday 2 night or stockpile weapons and barri- off to. And then, instead of trying to DO IT IT DO cade themselves in their house. sell him on you, keep asking him about Chances are, you wouldn’t be so Mr. himself. (When you keep a conversa- Resentypants if you hadn’t pined after tion focused on another person, they’re and Wednesday 4-Close this girl for eons and “finally” asked more likely to warm to you.) Don’t wor- 05.21.14 her out. Turning her into a months- ry if you come off a little nervous or

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You probably did this because you’re be pleasantly surprised by your inter- rejection-avoidant. This isn’t to say est, as men who are not movie stars the rest of us are all, “Yay, rejection. are rarely approached by women who More, please.” But that sort of atti- aren’t begging for drug money or out tude—constantly flipping the bird at on the street after gnawing through your fears and taking social risks—is their bed restraints. how you get O.K. enough with rejection CASCADIA WEEKLY to live your life like you’ll be dead soon ©2014, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. 37 instead of like you’re dead now. Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Getting comfortable in Rejectionville Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA is easier if your self-worth comes from 90405, or e-mail [email protected] the inside. This is something you may (advicegoddess.com) doit WED., MAY 21 HISTORY OF TEA: Laurie and Charles

Dawson, founders of the Whatcom Tea

38 Enthusiasts Association, will focus on the 38 “History of Tea” at 6:30pm at Sudden Val- FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD ley’s South Whatcom Library, 8 Barn View chow Ct. The free event will include samples of RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES high-end teas.

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B-BOARD B-BOARD SPAGHETTI TASTE-OFF: Vote for your chock-full of local goodies. favorite sauce and then enjoy a full-plate Because purchasing CSA programs ensure spaghetti dinner and silent auction at a 26 “Spaghetti Taste-Off” from 4:30-7:30pm at that farmers will have more working capi- La Conner’s Maple Hall. Entry is $6 for kids

FILM tal to get them through the growing sea- and $8 for adults. Wine and desserts will be son, time is of the essence when it comes available for an additional charge. to letting them know you want in on what (360) 466-4778 22 they’ve got. There’s a handy guide to be SENSATIONAL SAUCES: Ana Jackson

MUSIC found on Sustainable Connections’ website, focuses on “Sensational Sauces from South and Growing Washington also has a full list of the Border” at a class from 6-9pm at the Cordata Community Food Co-op, 315 Westerly 20 of CSAs to be found throughout the state (www.growingwashington.org). Rd. Entry is $39. ART A sampling of the offerings shows that 383-3200 those who choose to go the CSA route don’t

18 FRENCH TOUR: Guest instructor Roberto have to stick to just one meal plan. At Ever- Cortez will share recipes for spring asparagus with tarragon cream, salade Lyonnaise, and

STAGE son’s Cedarville Farm, for example, customers can choose from summer shares (June through more at a “Spring Tour Through France” October), fall shares (November until mid-De- course at 6:30pm at Ciao Thyme, 207 Unity

16 St. Entry is $58. cember), or half-shares. The longtime farm— WWW.CIAOTHYME.COM which has been offering CSAs since 1992 and

GET OUT cultivates more than 40 types of veggies, SAT., MAY 24 fruit, herbs, eggs, chicken BLOSSOM TIME BREAKFAST: Feed your and turkeys—also offers a family before the Ski to Sea Blossom Time 14 Parade at a “Blossom Time Breakfast” hap- “Your Choice” share, which pening from 8am-12pm at the Bellingham allows CSA members to Senior Activity Center, 315 Halleck St. Pan- WORDS choose the product they cakes, biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, receive. sausage and more will be on the menu. Entry 8 Farms in Bellingham, is $3.50 for kids, $6 for adults, or $13.50 for two adults and three kids. Ferndale, Lynden, Acme, 733-4030

CURRENTS CURRENTS EAT IT Sumas, and beyond are WHAT: CSA also on the list, and many ANACORTES MARKET: Attend the Anacortes 6 Farmers Market from 9am-2pm at the town’s WORKPLACE CSA FROM CARROT AND STICK Challenge have choices concern- WHEN: Through ing how many people the Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave. The market

VIEWS continues every Saturday through October. May 31 CSA will be serving, how WHERE: WWW.ANACORTESFARMERSMARKET.ORG

4 Whatcom County long the programs will be BY AMY KEPFERLE INFO: going on and where the COMMUNITY MEAL: Shepherds pie will be MAIL MAIL http://sustainable weekly delivery can be the main course at the bimonthly Ferndale connections.org Community Meal from 10am-12pm at the picked up, or dropped off. 2 United Church of Ferndale, 2034 Washington If my coworker can convince three or four of St. Entry is free and open to all. DO IT IT DO A CSA Challenge us at the office to join her, we can even start 714-9029 our own Workplace CSA. That way, her weekly FROM FARM TO DOORSTEP share of seasonal food—whether it’s garlic BELLINGHAM MARKET: Attend the weekly scapes, eggs, kale, lettuce, zucchini, rasp- Bellingham Farmers Market from 10am-3pm every Saturday through Dec. 20 at the 05.21.14 y coworker has been known to rush home from the office to berries or one of the other many crops that Depot Market Square, 1000 Railroad Ave. make sure the plentiful produce she receives from her weekly grows within our foodshed—can be delivered New and returning vendors will be selling .09 Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share doesn’t wilt on directly to the office, and she won’t have to fresh produce and ready-to-eat goods, local 21 #

M her doorstep. She’s also eager to see what’s in the box, and, following that worry about whether her chard is wilting in crafts, and more. discovery, figuring out what her weekly menu plan will consist of. the summer heat on the front porch. WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG

Although toiling in the garden to help put meals on the table isn’t my of- “Participating in a Community Supported FERNDALE MARKET: Drop by the Ferndale ficemate’s thing, eating locally sourced, just-pulled-from-the-ground food Agriculture share is one of the best ways we Public Market from 10am-3pm at the city’s is. Lucky for her—and also for residents of Whatcom and Skagit counties— as individuals and local businesses can sup- Centennial River Walk, 5667 First Ave. The there are many choices when it comes to supporting area farms by signing port local farms,” Sustainable Connections’ market continues Saturdays through the summer. CASCADIA WEEKLY up for their seasonal CSA programs. Food & Farming Manager Sara Southerland WWW.FERNDALEPUBLICMARKET.ORG In fact, the Bellingham-based business alliance, Sustainable Connec- says. “The buzz and excitement in our of- 38 tions, is issuing a special challenge through the end of the month of May fice after our weekly CSAs are delivered is SPRING TEAS: Laurie and Charles Dawson in an effort to get more people to sign up for CSAs. Every individual or likened to Christmas morning as a kid. It’s a will focus on “Spring Teas From Around the family who signs up through May 31 will have the opportunity to win gift fabulous way to stay connected with the World” at a free gathering from 11am- cards from the Community Food Co-op, and the business with the most seasons through what you’re eating each 12:30pm at the Ferndale Library, 2007 Cherry St. The event will include history employee signups (Workplace CSAs) will receive a sizable gift basket week, and it’s fun!”? doit CASCADIA

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