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14 THEATER PIECE TO MUSIC North Sound Community Orchestra: 7:30pm, FEATURE THE WORDS Kulshan Middle School Wind Symphony: 8pm, PAC Concert Hall, WWU STORIES OF LOCAL 8 WORDS COMMUNITY Skagit River Poetry Festival: Through Sunday, MEMBERS, CAN BE La Conner CURRENTS CURRENTS Chuckanut Radio Hour: 7pm, Leopold Crystal SEEN MAY 22-23 Ballroom 6 AT VING! COMMUNITY

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2 GET OUT Theatre, Mount Vernon WORDS Bike to Work and School Day: All day, everywhere Oklahoma!: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Suruchi Mohan: 4pm, Village Books

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20 Center, WWU Contra Dance: 7-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot # Sin-n-Tonic: 7:30pm, Black Box Theater, WCC ON STAGE Into the Garden: 7pm, Blaine Performing Arts Center Market Square Noises Off!: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Once Upon a Mattress: 2pm and 7pm, Bellingham Stories from Jim and Jo: 8pm, Ving! Lynden Arts Academy for Youth Pro Show: 8pm, U & Me Dance GET OUT Taffeta Memories: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Dinner Rhinoceros: 6pm, “Stadium Piece” sculpture, WWU Ski to Sea Jr.: 8am-3pm, Lake Padden Theatre, Mount Vernon The Wizard of Oz: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre MUSIC Have a Heart Run: 9:30am, Edgewater Park, Oklahoma!: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon The Miracle Worker: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Pop Music Industry Conference: Through Mount Vernon Director’s Cut: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Center, WWU Sunday, WWU Penn Cove Water Festival: 11am-6pm, Coupeville

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38 38 heads of the Republican Senate must be the cal- culation that a timely confirmation to the U.S. FOOD Supreme Court of Elena Kagan—a mild centrist views jurist and fellow traveler in their D.C. circles, who OPINIONS ›› THE GRISTLE 31 31 should ignite in them no fiercely held reasons to deny her confirmation (and even if she should, they have little power in their minority to “Bork”

CLASSIFIEDS her)—may pick up an additional Republican governor in the West. The White House conﬁrmed last week that 26 Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire was on a short BY AMY GOODMAN

FILM FILM list of candidates to replace Kagan as solicitor general to the Obama Administration. Gregoire, who came out early and boldly in her 2008 en- 22 dorsement of candidate Barack Obama’s campaign Lena Horne

MUSIC for the federal executive, seems unlikely to seek a third term as governor and equally unlikely to SINGING HER PRAISES

20 turn down that invitation from the president should he call. LENA HORNE died last week at tive biography of Lena Horne, Stormy ART ART Should these events unfold before the end of the age of 92. More than just a bril- Weather, told me: “Lena Horne was a June, it positions Republican Dino Rossi sweetly liant singer and actress, she was a very brave woman and is not given 18 for a run on the governor’s mansion in a special pioneering civil rights activist, break- credit for the activism that she did in election in November. ing racial barriers for generations of the 1940s, at a time when a lot of the STAGE STAGE Though he’s received many invitations, includ- African-Americans who have followed black performers that she knew were ing one from the National Republican Senatorial her. She fought segregation and McCa- simply accepting the conditions of the 16 Committee, Rossi has been coyly reticent about rthyism, was blacklisted, yet persisted day as the way things were and were a possible run against U.S. Sen. Patty Murray. In to gain worldwide fame and success. afraid of rocking the boat and losing

GET OUT the opinion of this columnist, he’s been wise to Her grandmother signed her up as the their jobs. And Lena never hesitated be reluctant to spar against the diminutive but youngest member of the NAACP as a to speak her mind.” Gavin described surprisingly fiery (and well funded) Democrat: a 14-month-old. Horne’s appearance at the 1963 March 14 third loss for this two-time loser would dry up Hers is the story of the 20th cen- on Washington, where she took the Dino’s backers and fundraisers. And while she tury, of the slow march to racial equal- microphone and unleashed one word, WORDS never polls particularly well, Murray is a formi- ity, and of remarkable perseverance. “Freedom!” She appeared with the dable political survivor. Horne’s career began in Harlem’s great civil rights leader Medgar Evers 8 Rossi continues to be embroiled in a number of renowned Cotton Club, where African- at an NAACP rally, just days before he personal and financial scandals—an unreported Americans performed for an exclusive- was assassinated. She worked with $50,000 received from a real estate partner who ly white audience. She joined several Eleanor Roosevelt on anti-lynching CURRENTS CURRENTS went on to bilk hundreds of local investors of more orchestras, including one of the first legislation, and supported SNCC, the

6 than $100 million; $20,000 in back taxes owed Student Nonviolent Coordinating Com- 6 integrated bands, and then landed the on a property owned by Rossi’s investment firm; first meaningful, long-term contract mittee, and the National Council of VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS the foundering of a commercial bank he helped for an African-American actor with Negro Women (led by Dorothy Height, form; campaign finance scandals that arose from a major Hollywood film studio, MGM. another civil rights leader, who died 4 the millions of dollars Rossi received laundered Her contract included provisions that last month at the age of 98).

MAIL MAIL through the Building Industry Association and she would not be cast in the stereo- crowd into the mess hall. She insisted Horne’s biographer Gavin says she Realtors PAC—but, honestly, we don’t see those typical role of a maid. She was never they be thrown out. was ﬁlled with anguish for not do-

2 as insurmountable barriers to Rossi gaining the given full acting roles, though, only Horne, in a 1966 Paciﬁca Radio in- ing enough. But Halle Berry thinks governor’s mansion: Republicans seem to actually stand-alone singing scenes. “I looked terview, recalled a watershed moment otherwise. When Berry became the DO IT IT DO prefer their candidates smudged with evildoings, good and I stood up against a wall and in Cincinnati. She was touring with ﬁrst African-American woman to win particularly when those crimes involve ripping off sang and sang. But I had no relation- a band, and on the night of the box- the Academy Award for best actress 10 the government and bashing the political process ship with anybody else,” she told the ing match between Joe Louis and Max in 2001, she sobbed as she held up .19.

05 while making millions. Rs eat up that stuff! New York Times in 1957. “Mississippi Schmeling of Nazi Germany, Horne, her Oscar in her acceptance speech: With his name recognition and sizable war wanted its movies without me. It was who didn’t care for boxing, found her- “This moment is so much bigger than

.05 chest, aided by the narrow window of a special an accepted fact that any scene I did self backstage with the band mem- me. This moment is for Dorothy Dan- 20

# election and his most formidable potential chal- was going to be cut when the movie bers, around the radio, rooting for dridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll. lenger—Seattle’s Rep. Jay Inslee—tied up in a re- played the South.” During the World Louis: “I said, ‘He’s mine.’ And I didn’t ... And it’s for every nameless, face- election bid for Congress, Rossi’s run on Olympia War II years, she toured with the USO, want him to be beaten. ‘He’s ours.’ I less woman of color that now has a to replace Gregoire might well be unstoppable. entertaining troops. At Camp Joseph T. think that’s the first I remember ever chance because this door tonight has For all that, we wouldn’t envy him: Robinson in Arkansas, she learned she identifying with another Negro in that been opened.” While firming polls indicate Democrats may yet would be performing for a segregated way before. I was identifying with the avoid a complete rout in national races, the con- whites-only audience. Afterward, she symbol that we had, of a powerful Amy Goodman is the host of “Democra- CASCADIA WEEKLY ventional wisdom is power always changes hands gave an impromptu performance for man, an impregnable fortress. And I cy Now!,” a daily international TV/radio 6 in midterm elections. But unlike 2006, when the African-American troops and was didn’t realize that we drew strength news hour airing on more than 800 sta- powerful voter dissatisfaction in the middle of again angered when German POWs im- from these symbols.” tions in North America. Denis Moynihan the second term of the Bush Administration pro- prisoned at the base were allowed to James Gavin, who wrote the defini- contributed research to this column. duced massive down-ballot gains for Democrats in state races, we’re unlikely to see state Demo- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE Great Gardens & Landscapes crats losing their current strong ma- "EGIN(ERE jorities in the Legislature in November, 38 even if Republicans do gain control of

s6EGETABLE&LOWER3TARTS3EEDS (ERBS FOOD Congress. America’s newfound “anti- incumbency” fever does not appear to s/RGANIC!MENDMENTS0LANT.UTRIENTS transfer to state races. For Rossi, or any s'ARDEN4OOLSs'ARDEN0HARMACY 31 Republican governor, this would essen- s4REES 3HRUBS "EDDING#OLOR tially spell an outmatched, politically

isolated and paralyzed administration, Our Next Seminars CLASSIFIEDS one unlikely for renewal by voters for Basic Veg. Gardening an additional term in 2012. Sat, May 22nd, 10am 26 Certainly “anti-incumbency” will not Rain Barrels & Composters be much of a factor in the 42nd Leg- Sat, May 22nd, 2pm FILM islative District, despite its reputation as a volatile swing district. 22 Democrat Rep. Kelli Linville has Mon-Sat 9-6 / Sun 10-5 945 East Bakerview Road

(deservedly) drawn only one brave MUSIC Bellingham, WA 98226 challenger, youthful Everson Republi- 360-676-0400 can Vincent Buys; and the announced www.bakerviewnursery.com 20 retirement of Republican state Sen. Dale Brandland likewise did not draw ART a ﬁrestorm of applicants for the open

Brunch 18 seat. Surprisingly, though, the an- nouncement by Rep. Doug Ericksen that STAGE STAGE he would seek the senate seat vacated Saturday & Sunday by his fellow Republican has drawn a cascade of applicants to replace him. 10-3 Served in 16 Running for Ericksen’s seat in the

42nd are Democrats Richard May and Restaurant & Bar GET OUT Al Jensen, locked in a fierce struggle for endorsements. Earlier this month 14 May received the endorsement of $5.00 Cajun Bloody Marys & More Whatcom Democrat precinct committee officers, an important first step Great Cajun Breakfast Cocktails WORDS in securing the party endorsement; 8 Jensen this week gained the endorsement of the Washington State Labor Hours: Council. Linville and Rep. Jeff Morris Tues.- Thurs. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. also received this powerful labor sup- Fri. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. CURRENTS Sat. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. port. On the Republican side, Blaine 6 6 City Council member Jason Overstreet Sun. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. VIEWS VIEWS gained a challenge last week from VIEWS Ferndale high school teacher Michael Smith. Into this crowded field Craig 4

Mayberry announced he will run as an MAIL independent. Mayberry was unsuccess- ful in his challenge of Kelli Linville 2 in 2006 after Whatcom Republicans DO IT IT DO abruptly withdrew their endorsement U U of the Lynden resident. A similar struggle is shaping up in 10 .19.

the 40th Legislative District, with the 05 announced retirement of veteran Rep.

Dave Quall drawing a cascade of chal- .05 20 lengers. Rancher Tom Pasma snagged HAPPY HOUR # the endorsement of 40th LD Democrats; Kris Lytton last week received the early On the Patio 5-7 pm endorsement of the progressive Nation- al Women’s Political Caucus of Washing- ton. The Anacortes businesswoman also LIVE MUSIC EVERY leads the ﬁeld in campaign contribu- CASCADIA WEEKLY tions. Compared to Pasma and Lytton, TUES - SAT 8PM Mount Vernon Democrat Tom Boucher is 7 running a much quieter race. Similarly 1300 Bay St. quiet are challengers on the Republican side, Bellingham businessman Dusty 360.752.2968 (75.BAYOU) GRISTLE CONTINUED ON PAGE 31 www.bayouonbay.com

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hile a well rupture pours black oil into the Gulf of Mexico at 10 times the vol- ume previously predicted—as much as 70,000 barrels a day, according to some BY JESS WORTH estimates—many times that amount ﬂows through Whatcom County and

CASCADIA WEEKLY Bellingham each day from one of the dirtiest petroleum sources on earth. 8 Trans Mountain pipeline, which carries that oil, stretches 760 miles from Edmonton, Alberta, to Sumas. From there one branch splits to Burnaby, B.C. The remainder ﬂows to reﬁneries in Whatcom W County and onward, through Bellingham, to the pipeline terminus in Anacortes. An expansion project completed in 2008 increased nually for this use. the capacity of this line from 260,000 Council members—aware of residents’ to 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day. concerns both about the source of this

The pipeline transports mostly crude black oil and the safety of this product oil, but refined and semi-refined prod- as it flows through populated areas, still 38 ucts also can flow in the same line. stinging from the memory of a different FOOD The 16-inch diameter pipeline itself, pipeline that carried a much more vola- though more than six decades old, is tile refined product through Bellingham fairly benign... as pipelines go. Its a decade ago that ruptured and dev- 31 product, cleaned up for flow, is little astated the community—debated the worse than any other black oil. What franchise agreement. In the end, there

pours into it at the far northern end of wasn’t much they might do. Local gov- CLASSIFIEDS the Trans Mountain chain, though, is of ernments have very little say over what vastly greater concern. ﬂows through the pipelines that transect 26 The source of much of this petroleum a community. Those rules are governed

is the Athabasca Oil Sands in north- by federal commerce regulations. FILM eastern Alberta, B.C., a remote area of “We at least wanted some compen- 54,000 square miles of sparsely populat- sation for this oil moving through the 22 ed boreal forest and peat bogs thick with city, but our options are limited,” Mayor

bitumen, a gummy, sticky, tarry sub- Dan Pike said. “Seattle once tried and MUSIC stance that ﬂows failed to get a court to block the trans-

like molasses. port of oil through pipelines through 20 // ) Bitumen is a their city. What they got for their trou- ART ART WHAT: Public great deal more ble was a reduced franchise fee.” meeting on Trans trouble than con- “I don’t want to give the public a Mountain Pipe Line Our 18 franchise ventional petro- false hope that there’s much we can WHEN: 7pm, Thu., leum to reﬁne into do,” Council member Michael Lilliquist STAGE STAGE May 20 a product that can cautioned, agreeing with his colleagues WHERE: Squalicum ﬂow through pipe- to hold a public hearing on the matter merchants

Boathouse, Squali- 16 lines and into the this month. cum Marina Terra OrganicaEveryday - health food & grocery store MORE: Bellingham tanks of automo- False hope and limited options appear

City Council will hear biles, but easy to be the deﬁning elements of human- Bargainica - discount natural foods GET OUT more on May 24, energy sources— ity’s doomed love affair with oil. Living Earth Herbs - medicinal herbs & organic bodycare starting at 7pm. sources that are INFO: cob.org Seven Loaves Pizzeria - pizza, salads, grinders 14 not at the bot- TOXIC SACRIFICE tom of oceans or I ﬁrst became aware of the Alberta tar Stuart's at the Market - espresso, teas, desserts WORDS in remote areas controlled by hostile sands a few years ago, when I attended Juice It - fresh juice, smoothies, lunch items regimes—decline. This awful material an indigenous climate summit in Alaska 8 8 represents a considerable portion of and met a group of activists from the In- Panini Grill & Deli - paninis, soups, salads what’s left of North America’s dwin- digenous Environmental Network (IEN), Makizushi - sushi, teriyaki, party trays dling domestic reserves that fuel our a trailblazing organization that links and CURRENTS CURRENTS (New! Flea Market - Saturdays & Sundays only) CURRENTS awful need for oil. supports struggles by indigenous com-

Tar sands are basically oily soil, which munities against environmental destruc- 6 requires enormous quantities of energy tion and the fossil fuel industry. and water, and several stages of heavy One of them—Clayton Thomas- VIEWS industrial processing, to extract and Muller—showed me photos on his lap- 1530 Cornwall avenue, Bellingham turn into useable crude oil. top of what he called the “toxic sacri- 4

“Extracting oil from these sludgy de- fice zone” in northern Alberta. It blew MAIL posits produces three to five times as my mind. The vast black scars that had much greenhouse gas as conventional replaced swathes of pristine boreal for- 2 oil,” says Alberta activist Mike Hudema, est—the world’s second-most impor- DO IT IT DO who has worked for advocacy organiza- tant carbon sink after the Amazon. tions including Greenpeace and the Rain- The tens of thousands of workers, 10 forest Action Network. “The tar sands are flown in from around the world, live .19.

the biggest industrial development in in work camps and in the boomtown of 05 the world, and the second fastest source Fort McMurray, which is experiencing of deforestation. They are leaving a hole intense social problems as a result. .05 20 the size of England in the Canadian wil- The tailings ponds of waste so poison- # derness. The lakes of toxic waste sludge ous that when 1,600 ducks accidentally are visible from space.” landed on one they all died instantly. Bellingham City Council last week ap- The cancers, respiratory disease and oth- proved a 10-year franchise agreement er illnesses being experienced by the lo- with Trans Mountain Pipe Line Com- cal First Nations communities on whose pany, a British Columbia-based pipe- ancestral land all this is taking place. CASCADIA WEEKLY line ﬁrm, to move the product of this The effort to shut down the tar sands extraction through the city. About four is shaping up to be one of the iconic 9 miles of the pipe runs through city lim- struggles of our age. And in Canada, of its. Though only about two miles of its all places? I’d always thought of Canada length crosses public land, the pipeline as the United States’ far more sensible, company will pay the city $15,000 an- SANDS, CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 POLITICAL DOMINOES 38 38

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W CLASSIFIEDS BY TIM JOHNSON e Speculation that Gov. Chris Gregoire might be named to replace U.S. Solicitor General Elena

26 LAST WEEK’S Kagan raises the prospect of falling political

h a dominoes in Washington State. If the governor’s

FILM FILM NEWS mansion was suddenly up for grabs this year,

T MAY11-MAY14 candidates could be jumping in or out of races s for the U.S. Senate and House. An ofﬁcial within 22 the Obama administration conﬁrmed Gregoire was among those being considered to replace Kagan, MUSIC nominated in May to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. 20 ART ART 18 STAGE STAGE

16 05.xx.10 Candidate endorsements continue to firm. Richard May edges out fellow Democrat Al TUESDAY Jensen for the party leadership’s nomination GET OUT for the 42nd District seat being vacated by In perhaps the definition of gratuitous legislation, What- Rep. Doug Ericksen. Ericksen is seeking retiring com County Council pledges not to collect the property fellow-Repubican Dale Brandland’s open posi- 14 tax revenues they’ve already decided not to collect unless tion in the state senate. the decision is first approved by a (non-binding) vote of the WORDS public. The county was already restricted by law to property tax increases below the rate of inflation; meanwhile, the 8 8 county hasn’t raised property taxes in nearly 20 years. Feel better now? CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 05.xy.10 6 WEDNESDAY Craig Mayberry enters the increasingly

VIEWS VIEWS A fragile 17-day-old baby taken from Skagit Valley Hos- crowded race for Rep. Ericksen’s open seat as an independent. In 2006, Mayberry was pital by his mother is at last brought to medical profes-

4 defeated in his bid for the 42nd LD’s second sionals in Nampa, Idaho, to receive care. Skagit Valley Hos- house seat, held by Rep. Kelli Linville, after

MAIL MAIL pital employees say the boy suffers from withdrawal, the Republicans abruptly withdrew their endorse- result of suspected drug abuse by his mother. His mother, ment of the Lynden resident.

2 who ﬂed with the boy, is in custody in Idaho pending a custody hearing. DO IT IT DO

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.19. FRIDAY 05 The Building Industry Association of Whatcom County los-

.05 es. Again. Whatcom County’s plan to protect shorelines is 20 # upheld by the state Court of Appeals. The plan is praised In a ﬁve-way race to replace retiring state Rep. by state agencies as a model for how counties should protect Dave Quall in the 40th District, Anacortes Demo- crat Kris Lytton receives an endorsement by the their marine waterways. The BIAWC can still seek to destroy National Women’s Political Caucus of Washington. these protections in an appeal to the state Supreme Court.

Signs of a recovering economy, the Bellingham School Dis-

CASCADIA WEEKLY trict reports it won’t have to cut staff as severely as original- ly projected. Budget negotiations in Olympia and cost-saving 10 measures by the district mean fewer teachers are on a list that included more than 100 positions. Still, in 2010 the district will receive $1.6 million dollars less in state funding than the previous year. Mount Saint Helens erupted 30 years ago this week. Skagit rancher Tom Pasma, though, grabs the party endorsement of 40th District Democrats for Quall’s seat. hamsterindex he reportedly got back into the

vehicle, backed out of the parking 38 FUZZ stall and drove between the rows FOOD of parked cars. After striking three BUZZ parked cars, the suspect allegedly

drove over a planted area onto the 31 GLAMOURBOMBER basketball court toward the dodging On May 13, a man entered the Sol players. He drove off erratically, his

Tanning Salon in Bellingham and car leaking ﬂuid. Police arrested the CLASSIFIEDS showed an employee a device and man a short time later. threatened to blow up the business 26 unless he was given money. Rather On May 14, a Blaine woman re-

than wait to see how that threat portedly sideswiped a half dozen FILM might play out, the employee ran vehicles as she attempted to elude from the salon. After the suspect state police north of Bellingham. 22 failed to get access to the register, No one was injured. The 26-year-

he also ran away. He was described old was booked into the Whatcom MUSIC as a white male about 5’ 7” with County Jail.

a medium build. He was last seen 20 wearing a black hat, sunglasses, YOUR WEEK ON DRUGS ART ART black coat and black pants. He is On May 8, thousands of Canadians ¹x believed to be the same person who marched in cities across the country, COST to American taxpayers for 40 year “War on Drugs” ($1 trillion). 18 robbed Trade Secret beauty sup- calling for marijuana to be legalized ply store located at Bellis Fair Mall. and in a show of support of that ef- STAGE STAGE In that May 5 robbery, the suspect fort’s most visible advocate, the so- displayed a knife and told the em- called Prince of Pot. Earlier in the ployee he had an explosive device, week, the lawyer for the Prince of ¹x ¹x|x 16 but none was seen. Pot announced his client had been MILLIONS budgeted by President Nixon for “War BILLIONS budgeted by President Obama for on Drugs” campaign in 1970. anti-drug campaign in 2010, 31 times the size ordered extradited to the United of the Nixon budget. GET OUT On May 14, a man entered the Lov- States, an act critics say violates Ca- ers Package on Meridian Street and nadian law. Marc Emery has sold mil- 14 threatened to “blow the place up.” lions of marijuana seeds around the The suspect then displayed a knife world by mail over the past decade, y| WORDS and threatened the employees. One drawing the wrath of U.S. drug ofﬁ- NUMBER of Americans who will consume illegal drugs in 2010, or about 10 million more than of the employees told the suspect cials. Emery and two employees were 8 were estimated using illegal drugs in 1970. 330 tons of cocaine, 20 tons of heroin and 110 tons of 8 that police were on their way. He arrested in Vancouver in 2005 by Ca- methamphetamine are sold in the United States every year. ﬂed without gaining access to nadian police acting at the behest the register. He was described as of U.S. authorities, who had indicted CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS about 5’ 8” with a medium build. He the trio in Seattle for selling a con- has brown hair that appeared to be trolled substance over the Internet. ¹zy ¹y| 6 spiked and was last seen wearing Emery’s employees were offered plea BILLIONS earned annually by global drug ESTIMATED billions of dollars in drugs industry, approximately 1 percent of all commerce smuggled into the United States every year. a black shirt and black pants. The bargains that allowed them to stay VIEWS on the planet. Only about 25¢ of each $100 smuggled is suspect’s face was partially covered in Canada; Emery himself pleaded

seized at the border. 4 by a bandanna. guilty to one count of marijuana dis-

tribution in exchange for a ﬁve-year MAIL On May 14, Bellingham Police sentence. He had faced up to life in speculated the three robberies prison for his pot seed sales. ¹{ ¹yx| 2 may also be related to a fourth. BILLIONS spent for law enforcement along BILLIONS spent annually on “an overburdened DO IT IT DO On May 8, a man of a similar de- On May 12, United States Border America’s borders to cut off the ﬂow of illegal justice system, a strained health care scription robbed the Sally Beauty Patrol agents nabbed a couple of drugs. system, lost productivity, and environmental destruction” due to drug use, according to a 10 Supply store on Meridian Street. drug mules ferrying 81 pounds of Dept. of Justice report. .19.

There, the man displayed a knife ecstasy across the international 05 but did not report a bomb. border at Sumas. Investigating a

remote sensor disturbance, agents .05 20 PUTTING THE DODGE found a minivan carrying two ¹xyx ¹{| # IN HONDA men, who admitted to entering BILLIONS spent to arrest more than 37 million BILLIONS spent to imprison drug offenders On May 15, basketball players at the country illegally. Investiga- nonviolent drug offenders, about 10 million of in the federal prison system. In 2009, half of Bloedel Donovan Park were fouled tors uncovered a backpack ﬁlled them for possession of marijuana. all federal prisoners in the United States were by a driver on the court. Bellingham with multicolored MDMA pills with serving sentences for drug offenses. Police learned they’d observed the an estimated street value of $2 26-year-old driver apparently en- million. One of the men told fed- CASCADIA WEEKLY joying a beer behind the wheel of eral prosecutors he’d been paid his parked Honda. When the play- $5,000 by a man who’d asked that }| z| 11 CENTS out of each dollar spent in Obama drug CENTS out of each dollar spent in Obama ers approached the man, he alleg- he be prepared to pick up someone budget spent on law enforcement. budget on prevention and treatment. edly jumped out of the car, became near the border. The other man aggressive and yelled obscenities. said he’d been paid $2,000 for the SOURCES: Associated Press; Miami Herald; U.S. Dept. of Justice As the players gave him distance, same work. news ›› Tar Sands

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STAGE STAGE more expensive to exploit than con- progressive, environmentally respon- ventional crude, the price of oil will sible neighbor. It came as a real shock continue to rise as production else- 16 to discover the Canadian Government where peaks, meaning bumper proﬁts was positioning the country as the new on the enormous upfront investment

GET OUT Saudi Arabia. in the medium- to long-term. But “How could you not have known?” there is growing evidence that global "" ! "!" # # # ! " asked Eriel Tchekwie Deranger, an- oil demand may peak in the next de- 14 other member of the IEN crew, equally cade, as consumers and industry refuse incredulous—she has been ﬁghting the to pay over a certain price per barrel WORDS FEATURED tar sands and its tragic impact on her and turn instead to efﬁciency savings community all her adult life. and alternative energy sources. The 8 8 PROMOTIONS: I was embarrassed at my ignorance. foregone conclusion that humanity will I did a bit of digging and discovered always be addicted to oil may, in fact, BAYOU ON BAY that, while the tar sands are being be wrong. CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 1300 Bay St. - 752-2968 extracted in Alberta, they are being BP, however, seems to have belatedly

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38 38 THURS., MAY 20 RADIO HOUR: The Circumference of Home FOOD author Kurt Hoelting will be the featured words author at the monthly Chuckanut Radio COMMUNITY ›› LECTURES BOOKS Hour gathering at 7pm at the Leopold 31 31 Crystal Ballroom, 1224 Cornwall Ave. Entry is $5. i WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

CLASSIFIEDS FRI., MAY 21 STORIES OF CELEBRATION: Members of the Bellingham Storytellers Guild will 26 share “Stories of Celebration” at 7pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. FILM FILM i 714-9631 SUNNYLAND EXPRESS: Ana Maria

22 BY AMY KEPFERLE Spagna reads from her book, Test Ride on the Sunnyland Express: A Daughter’s Civil

MUSIC Rights Journey, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. i 671-2626 20 A Way With Words

ART ART SAT., MAY 22 DIVINE MUSIC: Learn more about political SKAGIT RIVER POETRY FESTIVAL and social changes in India during the 1970s

18 when Suruchi Mohan shares her book Divine Music at 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. ble writers taking part in the event includes: STAGE STAGE i 671-2626 “THIS EVENING, I SAT Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Ted Kooser, for- A DAUGHTER’S LEGACY: Storyteller BY AN OPEN WINDOW mer Washington State poet laureate Samuel Nancy Wang—one half of Eth-Noh-Tec— 16 Green, Dublin-born lyricist Tony Curtis, author presents “Bittersweet: A Chinese American AND READ TILL THE Sherman Alexie, former nun Lorraine Ferra, Daughter’s Legacy” at 8pm at the Urban Long House, 115 Unity St. Entry is $15 at GET OUT Northwest favorite Tim McNulty, Bellingham’s the door. LIGHT WAS GONE AND Nancy Pagh, and many others. i WWW.BELLINGHAMSTORYTELLERSGUILD. Alexie jumpstarts ORG 14 14 THE BOOK WAS NO the festivities Fri., May 20 with an “Un- MON., MAY 24 WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS MORE THAN A PART POETRYNIGHT: Sign up to read your verse plugged” performance at the weekly poetrynight at 8pm at the OF THE DARKNESS. I at the La Conner Mid- Anker Café, 1424 Cornwall Ave. Readings 8 dle School. And, while begin at 8:30pm. COULD EASILY HAVE he’s sure to throw i WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG poetry into the mix, CURRENTS CURRENTS SWITCHED ON A TUES., MAY 25 ATTEND attendees can expect MEMORY INTO MEMOIR: Students of

6 LAMP, BUT I WANTED TO RIDE THIS DAY WHAT: Skagit River humor and wit to Laura Kalpakian’s “Memory into Memoir” Poetry Festival make appearances in class will share selections of their works WHEN: May 20-22 at a public reading from 6-8pm at Village VIEWS VIEWS DOWN INTO NIGHT, TO SIT ALONE AND spades. WHERE: La Conner Books, 1200 11th St. Come Saturday and COST: $12-$95 i WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 4 SMOOTH THE UNREADABLE PAGE WITH THE INFO: www.skagitriver- Sunday, visitors can

MAIL MAIL poetry.org pick and choose how to WED., MAY 26 PALE GRAY GHOST OF MY HAND.” spend their time. Want BOOK SALE: The annual Ski to Sea Book Sale

kicks off today with a preview sale (where 2 to watch a short documentary focusing on the —“A HAPPY BIRTHDAY,” BY TED KOOSER everything’s double the price) at 10am at work and life of Skagit Valley’s Robert Sund?

DO IT DO the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central

Attend a poetry sampler or a presentation of Ave. The sale continues through May 29, LAST WEDNESDAY, as the sun rested its lovely laurels in books from small publishers? Find out the line and gets cheaper by the day. 10 i the big picture window behind them, readers of all ages stepped up to a between poets and activists? Make a connec- 778-7250 .19.

05 podium at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal to share words they’d carefully tion between ﬁne art and poetic inspiration? strung together for the 5th annual Sue C. Boynton poetry contest. Discern what makes “good” and “bad” poetry? COMMUNITY

.05 Emcee Jim Bertolino—an accomplished wordsmith himself—was quick Discover how writing poetry helps women live 20

# to point out that the judges had a difﬁcult time picking the 25 winners their lives? Take intensive, three-hour work- THURS., MAY 20 from among the more than 420 entries that had been submitted. He also shops with Terrence Hayes, Kooser, Ferra, and RACIAL INEQUALITY: As part of Stand Against Racism day, attend a “Global In- noted that, for whatever reason—whether it’s the stunning sunsets or Terrance Hayes? Once there, you can. equalities of Communities of Color” con- something special in the water—the place we live seems to inspire both Because it’s happening in a small town, versation with Women’s Studies professor writers and readers of verse in a variety of ways. expect to step foot in nontraditional ven- Shurla Thibou at 7pm at the YWCA, 1026 N. As an example, Bertolino referenced this weekend’s Skagit River Poetry ues when you visit and don’t be surprised Forest St. Entry is free. i 734-4820

CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA Festival, a biennial bash in La Conner that celebrates the written word in if you spot a world-famous poet or two on singular, spectacular style. With a mission to bring together teachers, stu- your lunch break. FRI., MAY 21 14 dents, poets and community members to celebrate diverse poetic voices, Whether you’re coming for one event or plan DR. VASANT LAD: One of the leading the three-day affair includes readings, workshops, music, ﬁlms, salons and to make a weekend of it, keep in mind the experts on Ayurvedic medicine, Dr. Vasant interviews all focusing on those who have a way with words. reason everybody’s there is to celebrate what Lad, will discuss mental health and stress release from the Ayurvedic perspective at Bertolino and Boynton judge Mary Cornish will both be in attendance at happens when words are merged together to 4:30pm at the Firehouse PAC, 1314 Harris the Skagit soiree, and they’ll be in excellent company. The roster of nota- make poetry. It’s not a small thing, that. doit

Ave. Entry is $27. i WWW.AYURVEDICHEALTHCENTER.COM

LADIES NIGHT OUT: Primp, shop and sip 38 as part of Ladies Night Out, which kicks off from 5-8pm at more than 20 local busi- FRIDAY MAY 21st FOOD nesses throughout downtown Bellingham. At 8pm, the fun continues with an after- 31 31 party at the Wild Buffalo, which aims to raise funds for the Womencare Shelter (entry is $15). i WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM SSC presents CLASSIFIEDS SAT., MAY 22 UNCONDITIONED AWARENESS: “Radiant 26 Mind: Prescencing Unconditioned Aware-

ness” will be the topic of a workshop from FILM 9:30am-1:30pm at the Red Cedar Dharma Hall, 1021 N. Forest St.

i 333-9533 22 FERNDALE MARKET: Attend the Ferndale

Farmers Market from 10am-1pm at Centen- MUSIC nial Riverwalk Park. The market continues every Saturday through Oct. 9. 20 i 384-3042

BELLINGHAM MARKET: Purchase and ART peruse local fruit and veggies and artistic offerings at the Bellingham Farmers Mar- 18 ket from 10am-3pm at the Depot Market Square at the corner of Railroad Avenue STAGE STAGE and Chestnut Street. i WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG

LUMMI MARKET: The Lummi Island Farm- 16 ers Market begins today and continues from 10am-1pm every Saturday through the summer next to the Islander grocery store, which GET OUT is half a block south of the ferry dock. i [email protected] 14 PAST AND PRESENT: As part of the “Ex- 14 plore the Past; Enrich the Present” series, WORDS WORDS World War II ﬁghter pilot Lieutenant Joe WORDS Moser will share stories at 3pm at the Everson McBeath Community Library, 104 8 Kirsch Dr. Entry is free. i 966-5100 YOGA TALK: Juliet Jivanti, director of Bellingham’s Ayurvedic Health Center, will CURRENTS talk about “Yoga for Your Body Type” at

7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. 6 i WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

ROLFING CLINIC: Local practitioners will VIEWS offer a no-charge Rolﬁng clinic for kids 14 or younger from 12-4pm at the downtown 4 Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. MAIL MAIL i 734-8158

MON., MAY 2 2 CONTROLLING HEALTH: “Take Control DO IT DO of Your Health: Cancer” will be the focus of a talk with Jim Ehmke, CN, at 7pm at the Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. 10 Entry is $5-$6. i .19. 734-8158 05 WED., MAY 26 HUMAN RIGHTS CEREMONY: The What- .05

Bike or walk to work or school on May 21st. 20 com Human Rights Task Force will host its # 14th annual Human Rights Awards ceremony at 5:30pm at St. Luke’s Education Stop by a Celebration Station for treats and prizes. Center, 3333 Squalicum Parkway. Tickets are $25 and include dinner. i 733-2233 More info at: everybodybike.com or call 671-BIKE. TAPPING INTO SCIENCE: The monthly

forum dubbed “Tapping Into Science” WEEKLYCASCADIA will happen at 7:30pm at the Chuckanut Brewery, 601 W. Holly St. Aquatic ecolo- 15 gist Ashley Rawhouser and WWU prof Leo Bodensteiner will talk about “Fish of the Sponsored by SSC, Community Food Co-op, Fairhaven Fitness, Bellis Fair, & City of Bellingham North Cascades” at the free event. i 752-3377 doit WED., MAY 19

INTRO TO NAVIGATION: Ken Gross of Green Trails will lead an “Introduction 38 38 to Navigation” at 6pm at REI, 400 36th

FOOD St. Entry is free, but registration is requested. getout i HIKING ›› RUNNING ›› CYCLING 647-8955 31 31 MIDWEEK RAMBLE: Jim Orr will lead a “Know Your Islands” hike starting at 5:45pm on South Chuckanut Mountain as part of the weekly Chuckanut Conser-

CLASSIFIEDS vancy hikes. Suggested donation is $5; please sign up in advance. i WWW.CHUCKANUTCONSERVANCY.ORG 26 THURS., MAY 20

FILM FILM Fortunately, before I could start taking the FITNESS FORUM: Cherrelyn Seegers will Chuckanuts for granted completely, I landed lead a free Fitness Forum dubbed “After a series of jobs that not only required me to the Run/Walk: Self-Massage and Stretch- 22 take a step back, but also made me see them ing” at 7:15pm at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. P.S. Bring two tennis balls

MUSIC for what they really are: the only location in and an old sock. California, Oregon, or Washington where the i WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM

20 Cascade Range spurs out far enough to physi- cally touch saltwater. FRI., MAY 21 ART ART The ﬁrst and probably most important per- BIKE TO WORK DAY: More than 30 celebration stations will be open from spective I gained building, maintaining and

18 6:30-9am for the annual Bike to Work patrolling the Chuckanutonian trails is the and School Day festivities happening Chuckanuts are a lot bigger than you think. throughout Whatcom County. Refresh- STAGE STAGE Whereas the one holy trinity of Chuckanut ments, gifts, prize drawings and more Ridge, Chuckanut Mountain, and Blanchard will be part of the action. i 16 16 Mountain probably rate as the most popu- 671-2453 OR WWW.EVERYBODYBIKE.COM lar peaks in the Chuckanuts, they actually SAT., MAY 22 GET OUT GET OUT comprise only a representative fraction of a SKI TO SEA JR.: Whatcom County’s an- dozen or so large wooded massifs masquer- nual multi-sport youth event, Jr. Ski to Sea, happens from 8am-2:30pm at Lake ading most commonly in the local vernacular

14 Padden. The event includes legs for run- as “the foothills.” ning, biking, soccer and an obstacle The following list is hardly exhaustive, but course. WORDS whenever you ﬁnd yourself living/working/ i WWW.JRSKITOSEA.COM playing on or around South Hill, Sehome Hill, PUBLIC SAIL: Kids and adults can learn 8 Yew Street Hill, Van Zandt about marine life and ecology while using methods of traditional sailing starting at Dyke, Alabama Hill, King, 9am aboard the Adventuress, leaving from Toad, Squalicum, Lookout, Squalicum Harbor Marina. Tickets to set CURRENTS CURRENTS Galbraith, Anderson, Slide, sail on the historic boat are $20-$40. BY TRAIL RAT i 379-0438 6 Blue Alger Alp, Anderson, Stewart, Bowman, Blue, VESSEL CHECKS: The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will offer free vessel safety VIEWS VIEWS Red, or Black mountains, checks from 9am-12pm at Squalicum Har- and the southwestern por- bor’s Gate 9. Please make an appointment 4 Wild at Heart tion of Sumas Mountain, in advance. ATTEND i MAIL MAIL you are doing so in the 733-8187 PASSION IN THE CHUCKANUTS WHO: Chuckanut Conservancy Chuckanut Mountains. COUNTY RUN: Hook up with staff mem-

2 WHAT: “Birds of the Same goes for Lake bers from Fairhaven Runners for a Coun- A LONG time ago, back when I ﬁrst moved to Bellingham, a close Chuckanut Moun- Whatcom (the drinking ty Run/Walk starting at 9am at Fern- DO IT IT DO

dale’s Tennant Lake Interpretive Center friend of mine bestowed upon me the following nugget of wisdom: “When tains” with Paul source for 90,000 people), Woodcock parking The free run will take you on you understand the Chuckanuts, you understand the world.” Whatcom Creek, Squalicum the Nooksack River Dike Trail, so dress

10 WHEN: Sat., Being woefully unaware of local topography and nomenclature at that point May 22 Lake, Squalicum Creek, appropriately. .19. i WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM 05 I could not, for the life of me, understand what he was talking about. WHERE: Fragrance Toad Lake, Cain Lake, Lake For as much as I knew, the Chuckanuts might just as easily have been Lake trail Padden, Padden Creek, GOAT VIEWING: Doug Huddle will lead COST: $10 a “Mountain Goat Viewing” walk at 9am .05 some sort of incurable medical condition, a rare microscopic plant species Lake Samish, Friday Creek,

20 suggested donation at a Whatcom Land Trust property. Space

# or even the name of the family next door. and Samish River, as well as (signup is advised) is limited, and you must register in ad- Fortunately, as I was soon to discover, the Chuckanuts are a mountain INFO: www.chucka significant portions of both vance. Suggested donation is $5-$10. range. Not the tallest mountain range in the world perhaps, but an impor- nutconservancy.org the South and Middle forks i 650-9470 tant one nonetheless. of the Nooksack River. HAVE A HEART RUN: Sign up for the As with many Chuckanut lovers, my personal relationship with the Chuck- For any individuals, families, business or “Have a Heart Run,” which begins at anuts began as a simple stroll through the forest and quickly escalated into educators interested in gaining a better un- 9:30am at Mount Vernon’s Edgewater Park. Day-of registration for the 10K a deeply passionate—but generally one-sided—affair. derstanding of the Chuckanuts on a firsthand CASCADIA WEEKLY run is $35. I went hiking. I went biking. I went climbing. I went fishing, swimming, basis, the Chuckanut Conservancy (a private i WWW.SKAGITCAP.ORG 16 paddling, bird watching and beachcombing as much as I possibly could— nonprofit dedicated to the preservation and BIKE BELLINGHAM: Meet up with mem- and then I went some more. stewardship of the Chuckanuts) is hosting a bers of the Mount Baker Club for a bike Yes, the scenery was outstanding. As for the camaraderie, it couldn’t be bevy of interpretive hikes, work parties and ride around Bellingham trails, where beat. And the exercise? Well, let’s just say I shed 20 pounds in the first few Chuckanut-related events throughout the you’ll visit seven local parks. Meet at months… the old-fashioned way! summer. doit

10am at Sunnyland Elementary, 2800 James St. i 647-8606 38 38 WORK PARTIES: Meet up with Parks and Rec for work parties today. From 10am- FOOD 12pm, clean bricks at Memorial Park and, from 1-3pm, head to Racine Trail to re- African Beaded Dolls

move invasive plants. 31 i 778-7105 Tasty Vindaloo Marinade %HOOLQJKDP¶V1DWXUDO*URFHU WATER FESTIVAL: Canoe races, music, art, historical exhibits and more will be New Electronic Cigarettes part of the free Penn Cove Water Festival CLASSIFIEDS from 11am-6pm in historic Coupeville on Best of the West Books Whidbey Island. i WWW.PENNCOVEWATERFESTIVAL.COM Sunseed Organic Starts 26

SUN., MAY 23 Pickled Salmon & Herring FILM NCI DAY TRIP: The first free Day Trip )UHVK)UHVK of the year happens from 9am-4:30pm at Harmonica, Flute & Drum the North Cascades Institute’s Learning 22 Center on Diablo Lake. Events are first- come, first-served and include paddling Exceptional Provisions MUSIC excursions, hikes and more. Hiway 9 – Van Zandt i WWW.NCASCADES.ORG/DAYTRIPS

quired. STAGE i 676-6736 16 MON., MAY 24 16 BACKPACKING BASICS: Learn how to choose the right pack, clothing and foot- GET OUT wear at a “Backpacking Basics” clinic at GET OUT 7pm at REI, 400 36th St. Entry is free, but registration is requested. i 647-8955 14 TUES., MAY 25 WORDS WORDS AUDUBON PROGRAM: The North Cas- cades Audubon Society will host a program focusing on “Logging, Moths, and 8 Biodiversity in Conifer Forests” at 7pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Cen- tral Ave. The public is invited. CURRENTS CURRENTS i WWW.NORTHCASCADESAUDUBON.ORG

WED., MAY 26 6 MAP & COMPASS: Learn how to stay found at a “Map & Compass Basics” clinic VIEWS at 7pm at REI, 400 36th St. Entry is free, but registration is requested. 4 i 647-8955 MAIL MAIL HIKES WITH DOGS: Learn more about

canine-compatible routes in Washington when outdoor writer Dan Nelson shares 2 his book, Best Hikes With Dogs, at 7pm at DO IT DO

Village Books, 1200 11th St. i 671-2626 10

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starting at 11am at, you guessed it, the 20 # Outdoor Center. A gear grab, equipment )LQGWKHIUHVKHVWSURGXFH demos, food, an outdoor movie showing and more will be part of the free fun. i 650-3112 IRU\RXDQG\RXUIDPLO\ DWWKH&RRS CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA

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38 38 THE MIRACLE WORKER: The story of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie FOOD Sullivan—The Miracle Worker—can be stage seen at 7:30pm Wed.-Sat. and 2pm Sun. at WWU’s Performing Arts Center. Tickets 31 31 THEATER ›› DANCE ›› PROFILES are $9-$12. i 650-6146 OR WWW.TICKETS/WWU.EDU THURS., MAY 20 CLASSIFIEDS GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 26 Bay St. At 10pm, stick around for “The Project.” Entry is $5 for the early show, FILM FILM BY AMY KEPFERLE $3 for the late one. i 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM

22 MAY 20-22 SIN-N-TONIC: See what happens when MUSIC Henry Rollins college students searching for connections in the wrong places meet up during

20 THE REBEL AS RENAISSANCE MAN performances of local playwright Sean Walbeck’s Sin-n-Tonic at 7:30pm at What- ART ART com Community College’s Syre Black Box I went, here’s what I saw and here’s how I Theater. Tickets are $5-$10. 18 18 18 i feel about it.” WWW.WHATCOM.CTC.EDU When Rollins’ tour bus pulls into Belling- STAGE STAGE STAGE STAGE MAY 20-23 ham Fri., May 28, for a show at the Mount RHINOCEROS: The Fairhaven Theatre Baker Theatre, you can ﬁnd out for your- Company presents Ionesco’s Rhinoceros 16 self what the 49-year-old has been up to. at 6pm in front of WWU’s staircase sculpture, “Stadium Piece.” Entry to the absur- As part and parcel of the “Frequent Flyer” dist exploration is by donation.

GET OUT tour, look for the performer to impart what i WWW.WWU.EDU he’s learned by traveling to countries such POISON THE WELL: Local playwright An- as Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Sen- drew Connor’s dramatic play about the 14 egal, India, Siberia, and China. vagaries of war, Poison the Well, shows at “Since I was last on tour, I have been work- 8pm Thurs.-Sat. at the iDiOM Theater, 1418

WORDS WORDS Cornwall Ave. Tickets are $10; Thursdays ing in television and radio, traveling all over are two-for-one. An additional showing the world,” Rollins says. “And like everyone happens at 7pm Sun. at the Conway Muse. 8 else, dealing with the changes America— i WWW.IDIOMTHEATRE.COM and the world—is go- NOISES OFF: Watch a comedy-within-a- ing through. I thought comedy when Noises Off! shows at 7:30pm CURRENTS CURRENTS America would become Thurs.-Sat. and 2pm Sun. at Lynden’s Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St.

6 a more peaceful place Tickets are $8-$12. in 2009. I had no idea i WWW.CLAIREVGTHEATRE.ORG

VIEWS VIEWS the country had so many MAY 21-22 lunatics. There’s a lot to DIRECTORS & GLADIATORS: Show up 4 remark upon, of course. for “Director’s Cut” gigs at 8pm at the Up-

MAIL MAIL There always is.” front Theatre, 1208 I St. Stick around for ATTEND With a theme of 10pm “improv to the death” showings of

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2 a new format dubbed “Gladiators.” Tick- WHAT: Henry Rol- “knowledge without ets are $8-$10. lins: Frequent Flyer mileage equals bullshit,” DO IT DO i WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM BEFORE FRONTING the punk band Black Flag in the early ’80s, Tour expect the “Frequent WHEN: 8pm Fri., THE WIZARD OF OZ: See the Northwest Henry Rollins was scooping ice cream at a Haagen Dazs in Washington, D.C. for Flyer” stop to touch on Washington Theatre Group’s rendition of a 10 May 28 a few bucks an hour. These days, he’s a world traveler who shares his unique subjects both humorous classic at showings of The Wizard of Oz at

.19. WHERE: Mount

05 points of view on stages from South Africa to Sarajevo to, well, Bellingham. Baker Theatre, 104 and horriﬁc. Never one 7:30pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 “I am from the middle-class working world,” Rollins said in a recent in- N. Commercial St. for keeping his trap shut N. Commercial St. Tickets are $15-$24. COST: $24 i 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE. .05 terview. “I am basically equipped to park your car, sweep up after your pet where touchy subjects COM 20 INFO: 734-6080 # and put fries in a bag as you drive by a box on the side of Wendy’s.” are concerned, Rollins or www.mountbak- TAFFETA MEMORIES: See the song and For a guy without a college degree, Rollins is doing pretty well for him- ertheatre.com is just as likely to tackle dance of Taffeta Memories for the ﬁnal self. Since Black Flag closed shop in 1986, he’s become more of a renais- apartheid, racism and weekend at 7:30pm at Mount Vernon’s sance man than a rebel. In addition to gaining acclaim in the music world, homophobia as he is to ponder the current RiverBelle Dinner Theatre, 100 E. Mont- he’s written books and poetry, taken on numerous acting roles and helmed topography of Carrot Top’s surgically en- gomery. Tickets are $20-$40. i a number of spoken word tours. hanced face. WWW.RIVERBELLEDINNERTHEATRE.COM OKLAHOMA!: Handsome cowboys and

CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA And, although there’s a lot of pictures out there highlighting a shirtless, “I love it that Americans are getting more winsome farm girls take center stage tattooed Rollins snarling like a rabid dog on steroids, the fact of the mat- opinionated,” Rollins says. “I open my mouth; when performers from Skagit Valley Col- 18 ter is he’s not as badass as you might be led to believe. If anything, he’s I’m quintessentially American. I’m so red, lege present Oklahoma! at 7:30pm at kind of humble. white and blue. If you can’t stand it, there’s Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall. Tickets are “I’m not an actor,” he points out. “After 30-some movies, you’d think the exit sign. That’s what this country’s all $10-$20. i Hollywood would’ve ﬁgured that out…I can’t hold a note. I just go out with about. When we start shutting up, that’s when WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG a microphone and a modicum of intellect and go: Look folks, here’s where we start losing our civil liberties.” doit MAY 21-23 ONCE UPON A MATTRESS: Entertainers ages 10 to 13 will perform the musical Once Upon a Mattress at 7pm Fri., 2pm and 38 7pm Sat., and 2pm Sun. at the Bellingham FOOD Arts Academy for Youth, 1059 N. State St. Guilt-Free Tickets are $10. i WWW.BAAY.ORG 31 31 SAT., MAY 22 SHNUZIK AUDITIONS: The second round of auditions for Bellingham Chil- CLASSIFIEDS dren’s Theatre’s musical, Schnuzik, happen from 11am-4pm at the theatre’s

home at 1412 Cornwall Ave. 26 i 734-9999 SUN., MAY 23 FILM COMEDY NIGHT: A weekly Comedy Night

happens at 8pm every Sunday at the 22 Fairhaven Pub & Martini Bar, 1114 Har-

ris Ave. MUSIC i WWW.FAIRHAVENPUB.COM

MAY 26-29 BELLINGHAM: 1209 N. State St. SEATTLE: 4530 University Way NE 206-545-0175 20 (Downtown, at E. Chestnut St.) 360-676-1375 2232 NW Market St. 206-297-5920 BUFFALOEXCHANGE.COM SPRING PLAY FESTIVAL: A variety of ART ART student-directed plays will be shown during Bellingham Drama’s “Spring Play Fes- 18 tival” at 7:30pm Tues.-Sat. at Bellingham A FREE 18 High School, 2020 Cornwall Ave. Entry is EVENT! STAGE STAGE $5 at the door. Literature STAGE i 676-6575 Choose from LIVE! our three selections: $20 | three menus 16 DANCE EVENTS The Chuckanut MAY 21-22 Grab it & go-go! GET OUT The San Juan BALLROOM SPECTACULAR: Students and Each road-ready box includes: Hand-cut staff will perform at a “Ballroom Dance

and wrapped cheese, a coordinating cheese 14 Showcase” at 8pm Fri. at U & Me Dance, The Mt. Baker 1027 N. Forest St. At 8pm Sat., attend a DAN condiment, a spreader, “Pro Show” featuring, among others, pro- a Breadfarm demi-baguette, fresh fruit, WORDS fessional ballroom champions Nathan Sim- napkins, and a sweet taste of chocolate. ler and Lecie McNees. Tickets are $12-$25. NELSON 8 i WWW.UANDMEDANCE.COM will present SAT., MAY 22 Best 0U[OPZ REPERTORY FUNDRAISER: Meet new CURRENTS JVTWSL[LS` and returning members when the Belling- \WKH[LK ham Repertory Dance Co. hosts a fund- HIKES N\PKL+HU 6 raiser for its ﬁfth performance season 5LSZVUHKKZ from 6-8pm at the Firehouse Performing with [^LU[`Ä]L VIEWS Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Refresh- UL^OPRLZ ( " &%#! %#* * *( ' )+($ ) ments, excerpts from the shows and a [VZP_[`VM 4 silent auction will be part of the festivi- [OLYLNPVU»Z TVZ[JHUPUL

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INTO THE GARDEN: Day to Day Dance 05 presents its spring beneﬁt show “Into the Garden,” at 7pm at the Blaine Per- .05

forming Arts Center, 975 H St. Tickets are 20 $2-$7 at the door. Wednesday, # i 332-6613 MAY MAY 22-23 JIM AND JO: View “Stories from Jim and 26th, Jo” at 8pm at Ving!, 311 E. Holly St. The 7pm at movement-based theater piece is directed by Pam Kuntz and features the sto- CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA ries of Jim Lortz (a WWU theater professor recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s VILLAGE BOOKS 19 disease) and Jo Pullen (a retired social worker who’s been living with MS for 30 1200 11th St., Bellingham years). Admission is free. i 510-4711 360.671.2626 VILLAGEBOOKS.com

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31 31 GALLERIES ›› OPENINGS ›› PROFILES CLASSIFIEDS 26 FILM FILM 22 BY AMY KEPFERLE MUSIC 20 20 20 ART ART ART ART Missed Connections A LIFE IN DOCUMENTS 18 STAGE STAGE

16 “I THINK EVERYONE CRAVES A CONNECTION TO THEIR PAST. WHEN YOU’RE ADOPTED, IT’S MORE COMPLICATED. GET OUT THIS SERIES WAS A WAY FOR ME TO CONSTRUCT A

14 CONNECTION WITH HER.”

WORDS —SHEANA SISSELMAN 8 “I could’ve gotten this information when letter says, “not a day goes by that I don’t I was 18,” Sisselman, who is now 25, says, think about you. I love you and pray that “but I was told there was nothing to ﬁnd.” you are happy with your new family…I just CURRENTS CURRENTS “Life in Docu- hope I made the right decision.”

6 ments,” an exhibit The missives gleaned from the adoption currently on display agency were telling as well. Although they

VIEWS VIEWS at downtown Bell- gave her both good news and bad news, ingham coffee shop, they also made it a point to tell Sisselman 4 Avellino, is Sissel- that her mother had wanted only the best

MAIL MAIL man’s attempt to for her young daughter. She wanted her to SEE IT ﬁnally make that learn piano, go to the circus when it came

2 WHAT: “Life in Docu- connection. Using a to town and be adopted into a home that ments” technique she’d re- didn’t believe in corporal punishment. She DO IT IT DO WHEN: Through early

June cently picked up—a wanted her to be raised in a drug- and alco- WHERE: Avellino, transfer process that hol-free environment. In short, she wanted 10 1329 Railroad Ave. she used to incor- her to be happy. .19. INFO: 715-1005

05 porate photocopied While she hasn’t yet found the words to images of the “ofﬁ- tell her adoptive parents about her ﬁndings,

.05 cial” documents and an array of letters her Sisselman knows it’s something she needs 20

# mother sent to her in care of the adoption to deal with soon. “Life in Documents,” agency onto canvas—she was able to, in a though, was created to give justice to the sense, create a moment in time for her and woman who never forgot her daughter. her birth mother. “I’m growing as an artist, and I think SHEANA SISSELMAN wasn’t surprised to ﬁnd out her birth “I think everyone craves a connection to doing this has helped me,” Sisselman mother was dead. What shocked her, she says, was discovering that the wom- their past,” Sisselman says. “When you’re says. “Growing up, I didn’t know my back- an who’d brought her into the world a quarter-century earlier hadn’t passed adopted, it’s more complicated. This se- ground, and I always felt like an ‘other.’ CASCADIA WEEKLY away until 2006—which was much later than she’d been led to believe. ries was a way for me to construct a con- Now I know I’m Irish and Spanish, that my 20 While processing this information—which was gleaned after she peti- nection with her.” grandfather was an ad executive in the tioned the state of California to release her adoption records—Sisselman Although the letters her mother sent were ’50s, that my grandma was a homemaker soon realized she was grieving for more than the troubled woman who’d lost simple in nature—it was as if she were al- and that my mom graduated from nursing the chance to be her parent; she’d also missed out on any connection they ways writing to a very young girl—they school. It gave me a better understanding could’ve had if only she’d started her search earlier. were rich with emotion. “Dear Sheana,” one of who I am.” doit

EVENTS Art” through May at the Chuckanut Brewery, 601 W. Holly St. An “Appliance Art Revival”

THURS., MAY 20 happens June 4. 38 38 SALMON ART TRAIL: Wendy Scherrer, i WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM

former director of the Nooksack Salmon En- DEPOT ARTS CENTER: Skagit Artists To- FOOD hancement Association, leads a brown bag gether presents “New Directions,” a jur- presentation focusing on the Whatcom Creek ied show featuring work from its members,

Salmon Art Trail at 12:30pm at the Whatcom through May 29 at Anacortes’ Depot Arts 31 Museum, 121 Prospect St. Entry is $3. Center, 611 R Ave. i 778-8930 i 293-3663 FIREHOUSE: View the “Through Our Eyes”

FRI., MAY 21 CLASSIFIEDS photo project—which features photos taken DAVIDSON AND SOLOMON: Renowned by kids at an orphanage in Botswana— First Nations artist Robert Davidson and through May at the Firehouse PAC, 1314 Har-

Lummi Nation carver Felix Solomon will dis- 26 ris Ave. All proceeds will go to the Botswana cuss their work today on the WWU campus. Orphan Program. Solomon will talk at 10am in the Fine Arts FILM i WWW.BOTSWANAORPHANPROGRAM.COM Building (room 238) and Davidson will talk about his totem carvings at 3pm in SMATE GALLERY CYGNUS: “On the Edge of Seeing:

120. Both presentations are free and open Stirrings of the Mind’s Eye,” featuring new 22 to the public. paintings by Kathleen McCarty, can be pe- i 650-3615 rused through May 30 at La Conner’s Gallery MUSIC Cygnus, 109 Commercial St. TRUNK SHOW: Check out original jewelry i (360) 420-9568

made by Celeste and Lisa Montalvo at a trunk 20 20 20 show happening from 6-10pm at Mi Shoes, GOOD EARTH: Jayme Curley’s hand-built ART ART 1315 Railroad Ave. and low-ﬁred white clay pieces will be shown ART i 296-3915 through May at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. 18 MAY 21-22 i WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM WELDING RODEO: The annual art smack-

LOOMIS HALL: “Abundance: Celebrating STAGE down known as the “Welding Rodeo” happens Spring,” featuring works by a variety of from 8am-5:30pm Fri.-Sat. at the Bellingham Northwest artists, is currently on display at Technical College. The event features ama-

Blaine’s Loomis Hall Gallery, 288 Martin St. 16 teur and professional welders creating on- i WWW.LOOMISHALLGALLERY.COM the-spot art, a silent and live auction, food LUCIA DOUGLAS: A group exhibit featuring and drink and much, much more. This year’s GET OUT humor, art and a contemporary point of view theme is “The Human Form,” so it’s sure to be shows until May 29 at the Lucia Douglas Gal- interesting. Entry is free. lery, 1415 13th St. i 752-8325 OR WWW.BTC.CTC.EDU 14 i WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM SAT., MAY 22 MONA: View “Resonances: Contemporary DIG THE FIG: Food, wine, live music and Echoes Modern,” “Resonances in Glass,” and WORDS dancing will be part of the “Dig the FIG” “Poses from the Permanent Collection” until June 13 La Conner’s Museum of Northwest soiree starting at 5:30pm at the Bellingham 8 Golf & Country Club. Tickets are $135-$225; Art, 121 S. First St. i funds raised go to the Whatcom Museum’s WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG Family Interactive Gallery. QUILT MUSEUM: The 13-artist exhibit CURRENTS CURRENTS i 778-8939 “Hardware” and Sharon Baker and Elaine Bowles’ “Collaborative Journey” can be seen TUES., MAY 25 through June 27 at the La Conner Quilt & Tex- 6 TEEN ART NIGHT: Young adults can learn tile Museum, 703 S. 2nd St. new art forms at the weekly “Teen Art Nights” i WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM VIEWS happening from 6-8pm every Tuesday at the SKAGIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: “The Way

Center for Expressive Arts and Experiential 4 We Played: Early Skagit Recreation” can be Education, 1317 Commercial St., suite 201. seen through July, 2011, at La Conner’s Sk- i MAIL 671-5355 agit County Historical Museum, 501 4th St. i (360) 466-3365

2 ONGOING EXHIBITS SMITH & VALLEE: “Don’t Call it Student

Art” shows every Wed.-Sun. through May IT DO

ALLIED ARTS: “Lighting Up Education with 30 at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Art” will be on display through May at Allied Gilkey Ave. Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. i WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM 10

i .19. WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG WESTERN GALLERY: The 26-artist exhibit, 05 ANCHOR ART: Works by a diverse group of “Critical Messages: Northwest Artists on the Northwest artists can be seen at “A Long Environment,” can be perused through May ÓUibol!zpv

Drawn Out Process” through June 26 at An- 29 at WWU’s Western Gallery. .05 20 chor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Ana- i 650-3900 gps!Wpujoh!Gps!Vt # cortes. WHATCOM ART GUILD: From 10am-6pm i jo!uif WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG every Friday through Sunday, stop by the BLUE HORSE: The Northwest Pastel So- Whatcom Art Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Cftu!pg!Tlbhju!QpmmÔ ciety’s annual “Members Show” will be up Waldron Building, 1314 12th St. through May 28 at the Blue Horse Gallery, i WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG 301 W. Holly St. WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Expanded Horizons: Dpnf!jo!'!tff i WWW.BLUEHORSEGALLERY.COM Panoramic Photographs by J.W. Sandison,” xiz!pvs!xbjutubgg!jt!$2 WEEKLYCASCADIA CEDAR WORKS: View and purchase a variety of “Show of Hands: Northwest Women Artists Native American art from 10am-6pm Wed.-Sat. 1880-2010” and “Outside the Home: Photo- 21 at the Cedar Works Art Gallery, 217 Holly St. graphs of Women in the Workplace” can cur- i 647-6933 rently be viewed at the Whatcom Museum. CHUCKANUT BREWERY: View “Appliance i WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Rumor Has It

38 38 IT’S TIME TO make a little noise. And this time I’m not talking about the musical variety. FOOD Remember awhile back when we were all riled up about Bellingham’s nebulous and outdated noise ordi-

31 31 music nance? Remember that? SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT To refresh: It wasn’t so long ago that those who op- erate music venues seemed to be under siege due to

CLASSIFIEDS noise complaints—some of which might actually have been warranted, but many of which seemed frivolous at best and punitive at worst. This is due to the city’s 26 aforementioned noise ordinance, which is unreasonably

FILM FILM BY CAREY ROSS vague, at least when it comes to realistically regulating noise in the downtown core that also serves as Bell-

22 ingham’s entertainment district. Case in point: “pub- 22 lic disturbance noise” as it is deﬁned with regard to MUSIC MUSIC AS Pop Music music consists of “frequent, repetitive or continuous sounds”—all right, that part is clear enough—“which

20 emanate from any building, structure, apartment or condo- ART ART Industry Conference minium, which unreasonably in- terfere with the peace, comfort 18 HELP US HELP YOU and repose of a person or per- sons on public or private prop- STAGE STAGE But some things many musicians could erty.” Um, what? As in, WTF? use some brushing up on. And, as someone The problem lies within that 16 who interacts with musicians in a differ- “unreasonable interference with ent way than, say, your average fan, I can the peace, comfort, etc.” portion

GET OUT attest to the fact that the business end of the ordinance, as it creates a of the music business is something that law—a law with some very reall seems to stymie most music-makers. penalties (I’ll get to that in a 14 Case in point: Not long ago I had the fol- minute)—that is wholly subjec- BY CAREYCAREY ROSSROSSS lowing interaction with a certain talented tive both on its face and in its WORDS and wonderful, but slightly clueless, local enforcement. This means one single person who feels musician (who I will not name here). as though their “peace, comfort and repose” have been 8 Anonymous Local Musician: “So, we have disturbed by, say, an alt-country band at the Green a bunch of shows coming up.” Frog or reggae night in the Boundary Bay beer garden Me: “Really? I’d love to hear about them.” (both of which have received noise complaints), can CURRENTS CURRENTS ALM: “What’s the best way to let you potentially have a chilling effect on a giant portion

6 know?” of the music scene. And, speaking of enforcement, a Me: “Email is the easiest. And the most ﬁrst violation of the ordinance can cost a venue owner

VIEWS VIEWS preferable. MySpace and Facebook updates $250. Further violations can cost them as much as $500 work as well. Barring that, you can text and 90 days in jail, for each subsequent offence. Those 4 me, which isn’t quite as reliable, but still are some hefty penalties for such an arbitrary law.

MAIL MAIL generally works.” So, to counteract the rash of noise complaints and try ALM: “I don’t really ‘do’ the Internet. And to formulate a new, improved noise ordinance—one more

2 I don’t text. How about you call me every in step with the actual needs of the city, in line with once in awhile and noise laws in other municipalities and with a more ob- DO IT IT DO I’ll let you know what jective bent that everyone can live with—groups were I’ve got going on?” formed, studies were undertaken, recommendations were 10 I’m not going to made (which included a downtown noise corridor and a .19.

05 go into why the violation structure that was based on decibel level rather above request is than the perceived discomfort of the reporting party).

.05 not the most effec- The whole package was delivered to the Bellingham City

20 ATTEND # tive public relations Council, who promised to revisit the noise ordinance… WHAT: AS Pop Music AS WE all well know, Bellingham is a town rife with mu- Industry Conference strategy, but I will and that was pretty much the end of that story. sicians. They are many, they walk among us and this town WHEN: 10am Sat.- say that if I had a Since then, while the Bellingham Police have gone a is a better place for it. Sun., May 22-23 nickel (or a quarter, little easier on venues with regard to noise, the com- Most musicians around these parts have the music-mak- WHERE: Viking Union maybe) for every plaints haven’t exactly ceased. Nor has the noise or- Old Main Theater, WWU time I’ve uttered the dinance been revised. However, that may soon change ing part of the music business licked (or, at least, are on COST: Free their way there). And along the way, they’ve learned many phrase, “I just wish as I’m told the matter is on the agenda for the 7pm

CASCADIA WEEKLY MORE INFO: www. skills: how to score a good deal on used—and still use- surveymonkey.com/s/ someone would Mon., May 24 City Council meeting. If this issue is one 22 able—equipment, how to ﬁnd and soundproof a practice Popmic2010 teach bands how to that you care about—and if you support live music space, how to load in and set up in no time ﬂat (a lesson write press releases” in Bellingham, the noise ordinance is something you that could also be called “why sound checks are either op- or have had to explain why any photo should take very seriously—please show up and show tional or downright unnecessary”), what to do when equip- found on MySpace does not qualify as ei- your support for a better, fairer way to regulate noise. ment fails onstage—the list goes on and on. ther “high res” or “print quality,” well, I may Because making your voices heard isn’t just noise. musicEvents duct yourself in a studio and put together a tech rider), ASP POP, FROM PAGE 22 WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM Talent Representation (this is the portion you’ll want to WED., MAY 19

YOUNG SOLOIST CONCERT: attend if you have dreams of working for an agency, la- PETRONEL ON PIANO: Re- nowned South African pianist The Skagit Symphony presents 38 not be able to do this job for free, but I might be able to bel or talent ﬁrm or if you want to manage bands—after Petronel Malan will perform at its annual “Young Soloist Con-

ﬁnance a halfway decent vacation. all, not all of us were cut out to be onstage), Venue and 8pm at WWU’s Performing Arts cert” featuring violinists (and FOOD However, I do not blame musicians for this. After all, Promoter (designed to detail what goes into operating Center Concert Hall. Tickets are sisters) Christina and Ruth how will they learn if there is no one to teach them? a venue, all ages and otherwise, as well as everything $9-$16. Buckingham at 2pm at Mount 31 31 i 650-6146 Vernon’s McIntyre Hall. Tickets Fortunately, ASP Pop Music recognized the need for from setting up to being a roadie) and, last, but certainly are $22-$35. such instruction and they aim to do something about it. not least, Music and Entertainment Media (this is where THURS., MAY 20 i WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG What they aim to do is throw a quick-and-dirty primer you’ll learn to navigate your way through mainstream COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA: about all the things not necessarily having to do with and nontraditional media of the print, radio and cyber The North Sound Community MON., MAY 24 CLASSIFIEDS CONCERT CHOIR: The WWU music that musicians really do need to know, even if they varieties, as well as learning to write an effective press Orchestra will perform a mix of classical music, opera and Concert Choir will join forces 26 may not realize it. Said instruction is grouped under the release—in my opinion, a not-to-be-missed portion of movie themes at 7:30pm at with the WWU Orchestra to pres- heading of the Pop Music Industry Conference, and it the proceedings). Best of all: every single bit of this in- Kulshan Middle School, 1250 ent Leonard Bernstein’s “Chich- FILM FILM takes place Saturday and Sunday, May 22-23 in WWU’s valuable instruction comes to you free of charge. Kenoyer St. Admission is by ester Psalms” at 8pm at the Viking Union Old Main Theater. Attend a lot or a little of the Pop Music Industry Con- donation. Performing Arts Center Concert i Hall. Entry is free and open to 22

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poser Steven Bryant will be MUSIC areas: Artist (which encompasses everything from how all, you don’t want to end up like Anonymous Local Mu- MUSIC highlighted at a concert featur- TUES., MAY 25 to book a tour and getting a record deal to how to con- sician, do you? ing the WWU Wind Symphony at BELLINGHAM SINGS: The 8pm at the Performing Arts Cen- 20 three women’s choirs of Bell-

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i WWW.BELLINGHAMSINGS.ORG 16 Fairhaven Village Green. The event—which features music UNIVERSITY CHOIR: WWU’s Charlie Hunter Trio University Choir, Advanced Green Frog owner James Hardesty is pulling out the from the Dagwoods, Umami, FHS Women’s Chorale, and Western GET OUT benches and setting up rows of chairs. He warns that tick- Drum Line, and many others— Voices will each perform at a ets are only available at the door (starting at 5pm) and will will raise funds for six-year-old Olivia “Liv” Cook of Ferndale for free concert at 8pm at the PAC

go fast. Someone tipped him $5 just for booking the show. 14 Concert Hall. So what’s all the unusual fuss about? kidney-transplant expenses. i i 650-3130 The Charlie Hunter Trio, that’s what. Well on his way 393-9133 to becoming a guitar legend, Hunter plays custom-made SUN., MAY 23 WED., MAY 26 WORDS seven- and eight-string guitars, playing basslines, rhythm ORGAN SOCIETY: Professor Ho- DAN DANIELS: Traditional

and soloing—simultaneously. And yes, you’d be correct in 8 kum W. Jeebs will be the featured mountain dulcimer player Dan thinking such a phenomenon has to be seen to be believed. performer at the Mount Baker Daniels will perform at 7:30pm And, thanks to the Green Frog, you’ll get your chance— Theatre Organ Society’s monthly at the Roeder Home, 2600 Sun- provided you arrive early enough. set Dr. Suggested donation is

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20 C. Reilly, was cutting a deal with Fiona’s parents right around the time she and SHREK HAS OUTLIVED ART ART Shrek were falling in love and breaking her curse (the ﬁrst Shrek). The plan: They HIS USEFULNESS AS A 18 would give Rumpelstiltskin their kingdom; he would free their daughter. PROFIT CENTER, IT’S STAGE STAGE The deal fell through, but with Shrek getting all grumpy, Mr. R sees an opening: Give CLEAR THAT TIME 16 me a day, he says, any day out of your life, AND TECHNOLOGY and I’ll give you some peace. Shrek accepts,

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05 song for the series and its first entry in 3D, the film contains a respectable number Lemke) continues the series’ tradition Whether or not Shrek has outlived his of laughs, but also borrows its storyline from the oft-recycled It’s a Wonderful Life, of embellishing its central story with a usefulness as a profit center, it’s clear

.05 and if that’s all its creators can do, it’s best to put Far Far Away far far away. plethora of sight gags, snarky little asides that time and technology have passed 20

# Burps, farts and bellows have become the soundtrack to the Shrek household— rooted in fairytale revisionism and terrific him by. The original movie was released which, after the swamp recovery, curse removal, in-law battling and nation build- vocal performances by Murphy and Ban- in 2001, a lifetime ago in tech years, but ing of the first three installments, now consists of Fiona (voiced by Cameron Diaz), deras. They’re both hilarious, even in their success has meant locking the series in three gnarly children and the ever-present Donkey (Eddie Murphy), Puss in Boots slightly altered states in the parallel non- visually (as well as musically and come- (Antonio Banderas), and their respective disorderly broods. Shrek universe. dically). Advances in animation—notably As he changes endless diapers and sees his life succumb to monotonous routine, Fiona has become the leader of the Re- in DreamWorks’ other recent toon, How Shrek (Mike Myers) begins pining for the days when he was a feared and loathsome sistance, an ogre-led movement dedicated to Train Your Dragon—only emphasize CASCADIA WEEKLY presence in the forest around Far Far Away. Is there such a thing as male ogre meno- to overthrowing Rumpelstiltskin, who, in the dead-eyed nature of the Shrek char- 26 pause? The movie spends an inordinate amount of time amid the domestic chaos, Shrek’s absence, made that fateful deal acters, and, in particular, the creepiness culminating in a scene in which Shrek smashes the cake at his kids’ party, scares the with Fiona’s parents. Now a flame-haired of Fiona’s royal parents and their off- obnoxious little troll child who looks like Newt Gingrich (one of the film’s sly bits) Valkyrie—an R. Crumb take on Xena the putting faux humanity. If Shrek were to and storms off into the woods. Warrior Princess—Fiona has as much in- continue, he’d have to change, and that At this point, Shrek Forever After becomes both sequel and prequel: It seems terest in Shrek as Donna Reed’s spinster just doesn’t seem possible.

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as he was waiting for the missing words to pop 14 the will of the divine, my astrological research sug- 4RVBMJDVN1LXZt#FMMJOHIBNt 4BSB8FMMT .4/ '/1 into his brain, he used nonsense stand-in phrases. gests that you will soon get a deﬁnitive answer to a The dummy version of the ﬁrst line was “Scrambled question you’ve been asking for a long time. It may eggs, oh my dear, you have such lovely legs.” This WORDS come softly and quietly, though, and from a direction approach could be useful for you in the coming you don’t expect, and with a nuance or two that’ll

weeks, Gemini. As you create a fresh approach or 8 test your reﬂexes. novel departure in your own life, you might want to show the patience McCartney did. Be willing to keep CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Is Fast Food moving ahead even though you don’t have the full Too Tempting?” read a headline in The Week magazine. The accompanying article discussed whether revelation quite yet. CURRENTS people have the right to blame and even sue Mc- CANCER (June 21-July 22): I suspect you’re go- Donald’s and Burger King for their health problems. ing to feel a bit constrained in the coming weeks, Can- 6 In my opinion, we might as well add other alleg- cerian—maybe even imprisoned. I suggest you make edly appealing poisons to the discussion. “Is heroin

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this: Imagine that you’re a resourceful hermit who’s 4 tempting?” I hope you’re seeing where I’m going with temporarily under house arrest in an elegant chalet this, Capricorn. The coming weeks will be a good time

with all the amenities. Regard this “incarceration” as MAIL to take personal responsibility for any supposedly a chance to start work on a masterpiece, or upgrade fun activity you’re doing that warps your character your meditation practice, or read a book you’ve needed or saps your energy. It’s prime time to end your rela- 2 an excuse to lose yourself in. Believe it or not, your tionship with stuff that’s bad for you. “deprivation” could be one of the best things that has DO IT IT DO happened to you in a while. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “The mind loves order, the heart loves chaos, and the gut loves ac- LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I won’t be surprised if

tion,” says my astrological colleague Antero Alli. 10 people begin to compete for your attention. There The ideal situation is to honor each of these needs, may even be some pushing and shoving as they jostle .19.

keeping them in a dynamic balance. But now and 05 to get closer to you. At the very least, you can ex- then, it’s healthy to emphasize one over the other pect a ﬂurry of requests for your time and energy. two. According to my astrological analysis, you’re

What’s this all about? Well, your worth seems to be .05 entering one of those times when the heart’s long- rising. Either your usefulness is ﬂat-out increasing 20 ing for chaos should get top priority. But if you # or else those who’ve underestimated you in the past do choose to go this way, please promise me one are ﬁnally tuning in to what they’ve been missing. thing: Do your best to tilt toward the fascinating, So here’s my question and concern: Will you get so rejuvenating kind of chaos and tilt away from the seduced by what everyone asks you to give them that disorienting, demoralizing kind. you lose sight of what you really want to give them? I suspect there will be a difference. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When people are truly dehydrated, the impulse that tells them VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I’m not saying they’re thirsty shuts down. That’s why they may not

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