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34 cally bitter grousing in The Bellingham Herald’s Aug. 13 op-ed piece by pro-growth advocate Gentleman Jack FOOD Petree need look no further for his inspiration than views Kitsap County, where a similar screed was issued the OPINIONS ›› THE GRISTLE 28 28 previous week in the Port Orchard Independent by the vice president of the Building Industry Association of Washington. “No-growthers have argued, litigated, legislated, and CLASSIFIEDS lobbied for every law, regulation, tax and impact fee BY ALAN RHODES designed to stop homebuilders from building homes,” 24 BIAW blowhard Tom McCabe snarled. “Enviro groups

FILM with righteous-sounding names like Futurewise and Earth First! ﬁght against virtually every single devel- The Girl With The

20 opment and every single homebuilder. State and local government agencies such as the Dept. of Ecology and

MUSIC the Puget Sound Partnership join the fray as well. Hamster Tattoo “All these self-anointed priests of nature want to stop

18 growth,” McCabe sniveled. “Well, they succeeded.” MY ENCOUNTERWITHLISBETH SALANDER Bringing the tropes home, Gentleman Jack echoed ART one week later, “You and I will pay the price”—a coor- dinated dogwhistle of misdirection to property rightis- SHE WAS sitting across the “You’re sure you’re o.k., Lisbeth?” 16 tas around Puget Sound in a coming election season. room from me at the Black Drop “I’m ﬁne. I’m better off than How simple it would be if the “dirty fucking hippies”® Coffeehouse. It couldn’t be. But it McBrute. I left him tied up listen- STAGE were actually to blame (as they have been for everything was. Lisbeth Salander. ing to a continuous CD of Madonna, since the rise and fall of the Weimar Republic), but the Summoning my courage, I ap- Britney Spears, and Miley Cyrus.” 14 cause is a little less breathlessly Marxist eco-terrorist proached her. “Ms. Salander,” I said “Whew! That’s harsh.” than all that! softly, “I am one of your admirers.” side Passage Ale he’d ordered. He “He had to pay. He hurt a woman.

GET OUT Evidently these boys haven’t heard of the collapse “Fuck off, creep,” she hissed, not threw it in her face.” Now women will hurt him. Let’s go.” of the speculative housing bubble, where corrupt looking up from her Palm Tungsten “The swine,” I said. “And you She started up the motorbike. land-use practices smashed open rural areas to the T3 hand-held computer. came all the way from Stockholm Over the sound of the engine, 12 patchwork development of overpriced homes on out- “Maybe I can help you. I’m a for this?” over the blaring music, I could sized lots that were then sold under sleazy subprime prominent local investigative jour- She looked me straight in the eye. hear McBrute’s agonized screams. WORDS mortgages to successively underqualiﬁed buyers, these nalist,” I explained, slightly exag- “If a man hurts a woman, he must “Please, make them stop. I can’t highly speculative “assets” then cut into tranches, gerating my position. “I know this be punished. Let’s go.” stand it. I’ll never do bad things 8 mixed into a toxic diaper, and sold back as triple-A town like the back of my hand. And We went outside and got on her again.” We roared away. stock to unsuspecting investors. It took only a spike I know all its dark secrets. Possibly motorbike. I’m not sure how she got I gave Lisbeth a little tour of the in fuel prices to trip up the “drive ’til you qualify” I can be of service.” it here from Sweden, but I didn’t county as we headed back to Bell- CURRENTS equation and a slight rise in mortgage defaults to blow “Hmm, maybe so.” She looked up want to ask. ingham. At one point we passed a

6 up this particular “push ’til it buckles” Ponzi scheme. We rode off into the county, and man alongside the road who tugged 6 for the ﬁrst time. “As you might If you listen closely, you can still hear over-leveraged know, I have a stratospheric IQ, before long we were pulling up in very roughly at the arm of a little VIEWS VIEWS community banks, with too much trash on their books, computer superpowers and a photo- front of Thug McBrute’s cabin near girl who wanted to stop and look at popping and oozing toxins like bad acne all over the graphic memory.” Maple Falls. Lisbeth reached into some squirrels. 4 Paciﬁc Northwest. “Yes, I know that.” her pack and pulled out a length of “Ow, that hurts, Daddy,” the little

MAIL The much-needed market correction on home prices “But, even so, I can’t ﬁgure out the rope, a Taser and a CD. girl cried. in Whatcom County is far from over; and—with high street system in this damn town.” “Wait here,” she told me, “and no Lisbeth turned around, circled

2 unemployment, a decade of ﬂat wages, and a mossy “There is no system,” I explained. matter what happens, don’t move.” back, got off the motorbike and inventory of overpriced houses—the homebuilding She slid a photo across the table. She pulled the door open and tasered the guy in the crotch. We DO IT DO racket still has a bit further to fall. “Do you know this man, and where I slipped inside. I waited for what then continued on toward town. Both the magnitude of collapse and the sluggish- can ﬁnd him?” seemed an eternity. Suddenly the Back in Bellingham Lisbeth 10 ness of recovery underscore just how much our na- I looked at the menacing visage silence was broken by shouts, scuf- dropped me off on the sidewalk in .01.

09 tional and local economies were suspended from the in the picture. “Yes, I know him. ﬂing, furniture crashing against front of the Black Drop. bubble, and how crashingly unsustainable it all really That’s Thug McBrute, a bad hom- walls and gunshots. A long silence “Won’t you come in and have a

.05 was when it burst. And author James Howard Kun- bre. Lately he’s been manufacturing followed, and then I heard music: cup of coffee with me?” I asked. 35

# stler—warning of the collapse of suburbia in the The counterfeit Birkenstocks, and he’s horrible music. Lisbeth stumbled “I have to go,” she said. “Before I Geography of Nowhere and, more recently, The Long been repackaging store-brand cof- from the cabin. She was bleeding. leave I’m going to get a new tattoo Emergency—argues how deeply unethical it is to at- fee and selling it as shade-grown “You’ve been shot,” I cried. for a souvenir of Bellingham. What tempt to reinﬂate that bubble: organic. And now he’s started work- “It’s nothing,” she said, getting would you recommend?” “Reality is telling us to downscale and get different ing behind the scenes to advance on the motorbike, “just a bullet to I thought for a moment. “Maybe a fast,” he writes. “Quit doing everything possible to the evil schemes of Brett Bonner. the spine, one to the liver and an- little hamster.” prop up the drive-in false utopia and all its acces- Why do you want him?” other to the spleen.” “Done,” she said. “Goodbye. For- CASCADIA WEEKLY sories. Get local. Tighten up. [But] we have no inten- “My sources tell me that a wait- I remembered that she had once get you ever saw me.” 6 tion of doing that. The idiocy that passes as informed ress in a place called the Boundary been shot in the brain and buried “I’ll never forget you, Lisbeth.” opinion wants the U.S. money managers to kick out Bay Brewery mistakenly served him alive, and survived, digging herself “Fuck off,” she said. the jambs, handing out more money created out of a Dry Irish Stout instead of the In- out with a cigarette case. And then she was gone. thin air to promote a fantasy called ‘recovery.’ To what purpose? To keep the tailgate parties going down at VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE the NASCAR ovals?

“I admit that contraction is a hard re- 34 ality,” he writes, “but so is the recogni- tion that we don’t get to live forever.” FOOD As usually happens when starvation sets in, deprived parties wandering lost Please Join Us for a 28 in the wilderness have drawn knives to decide who gets cannibalized. Celebration of Renewed Ministry In July, the Master Builders Associa- and welcome CLASSIFIEDS tion of King and Snohomish Counties ﬁled a lawsuit against the BIAW, alleg- Jonathan Weldon 24 ing the powerful statewide builders’ as our new priest lobby had misappropriated premium FILM payments to the state workers’ insur- St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

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Stories to Empower 4 ness dealings and efforts to bypass and Inspire campaign laws, frequently in league MAIL with the BIAW. 2 “We have been extremely concerned Blending adept about the shrinking refunds, high up- storytelling and DO IT DO front enrollment costs and fee deduc- courageous honesty tions associated with the BIAW ROII for those who

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BIAW members are unwittingly pay- this compilation of 09 ing for corrupt politics while getting inspiring stories of female creativity shortchanged in their refunds, their and compassion .05 35 suit alleges. celebrates # By a thin margin, the state’s Pub- courageous women lic Disclosure Commission last March living spiritual lives while facing agreed to end their investigation challenging Wednesday, against Rossi and the BIAW in allega- circumstances. SEPT. tions of fraud that involved more than 7pm $600,000 in contributions from 11 lo- 8th CASCADIA WEEKLY cal builder groups to BIAW political committees in 2007. Charges included 7 illegal coordination of fundraising ef- VILLAGE BOOKS 1300 Bay St. 1200 11th St., Bellingham forts, exceeding contribution limits 360.752.2968 (75.BAYOU) and failing to disclose contributions. 360.671.2626 VILLAGEBOOKS.com www.bayouonbay.com GRISTLE, CONTINUED ON PAGE 24 34

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STAGE “Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?” —G.W. Bush, Jan. 11, 2000

14 RANDY DORN is getting ready to throw a couple of GET OUT schools under the bus. But he

12 hopes it will help them. Dorn, the state’s superintendent of public education, WORDS this week named schools around the state that had failed to make the grade. The Adequate Yearly Prog- 8 8 ress list for schools and districts is required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The test, ﬁrst taken by Washington students last spring, identiﬁes schools that CURRENTS CURRENTS are not making adequate yearly progress in scores and

6 graduation rates. Results are compared against other exams—among them the Measurements of Student

VIEWS Progress (MSP) test and science High School Proﬁcien- cy Exam (HSPE)—to help grade schools. Most passed. 4 Some need may remedial lessons, Dorn said.

MAIL Preliminary results show 968 schools did not make adequate yearly progress in 2010, but 332 fewer schools 2 received poor marks than were on the list in 2009. “I’m pleased with the ﬁrst year of online testing,” DO IT DO Dorn said. “It was a quick adjustment for schools and students to a different testing system. I feel comfort- 10 able,” he said, “calling it a success.” .01.

09 Education reform is itself undergoing an overhaul. Dorn was in Bellingham last week, detailing the

.05 highs and lows of the revised state education pro- 35 # gram, and that offered by the Obama Administration. He was joined by Jim Taylor, an education consultant and lecturer from the University of San Francisco, and Greg Baker and Linda Quinn, superintendents of Bell- ingham and Ferndale school districts. “Washington needs to recommit to education, and it’s not just me saying that, it’s the courts,” Dorn CASCADIA WEEKLY said. “We are facing a serious budget crisis in this 8 state, but if we continue to cut education, the progress we’ve previously made will disappear. The state’s paramount constitutional duty is to fund education, and as long as I’m in this job, I’ll remind the governor and the Legislature of that every day.” currents ›› student testing 34 FOOD

We’re now making our very own 28 Old World Deli in-store The No Child Left Behind Act, the deeply ca’s public school system is great,” Jim Taylor RESPONSE FROM sausages and bratwurst, criticized stab at education reform offered by agreed in his presentation last week to Bell- just for you. Made fresh every CLASSIFIEDS the Bush Administration, was largely graded ingham listeners, “yet the institutional obsta- SCHOOLS AND Thursday–Saturday. a failure by educators around the country cles preventing reform seem even greater.” 24 and was replaced by a substitute in another Race to the Top—an improvement but not STUDENTS FOR round of education reform. Obama calls it perfection, according to Taylor—is the latest ONLINE TESTING FILM Race to the Top, and his reform comes with iteration of the Elementary and Secondary Ed-

a huge carrot ($4.35 billion overall) and a ucation Act of 1965, which funds primary and WAS POSITIVE. 20 possibly larger stick (guidelines improve a secondary education but prohibits the estab- IN A SURVEY OF

state’s chances of receiving money but don’t lishment of a national educational curriculum. MUSIC guarantee a dime). The legislation has had various pithy monikers 89,433 STUDENTS, Monday 8–4 Tuesday–Friday 8–6

Senate Bill 6696, signed by Gov. Chris Gre- through the years, dreamt up by whichever 18 Saturday 9–5 goire in March, also calls for an array of re- president was in ofﬁce—Bill Clinton called it NEARLY 73,000, ART forms intended to accelerate student learn- Improving America’s Schools, and George W. OR 82 PERCENT, ing. Among the provisions were broad teacher Bush dubbed it No Child Left Behind. Typically 16 and principal evaluation guidelines that take Congress reauthorizes the act every ﬁve years. SAID THEY WOULD student achievement into account. When Congress considers another renewal next CHOOSE ONLINE STAGE Dorn said he understands the need for year, it will be talking about Race to the Top. testing as a means to discover where schools “Let’s call these programs what they are,” TESTING OVER 14 need improvement, but chafes against educa- Taylor advised, “which is education reform for TRADITIONAL tion focused too heavily on passing exams. poor students. Let’s be honest about the goal

“We become so focused on this test score so we don’t invest resources in ﬁxing schools PAPER AND Trail & Road Goodies GET OUT that we forget about all the education,” that aren’t part of the problem.” Dorn said. Race to the Top is the brainchild of U.S. PENCIL. Cheese Tasting Daily 12 Dorn was elected in 2008 after campaigning Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who Handcraft Tibetan Rings against the WASL, the much-criticized student modeled it on work he did as CEO of Chicago assessment tests. Since then, he has replaced Public Schools. The program seems like No Lamb Chops & Salmon WORDS the WASL with shorter assessments, the MSP Child Left Behind on steroids—the zealous 8 New Central Asian Batiks 8 for grades three through eight and the HPE and narrow focus on reading and math scores taken by high schoolers. Shortening the exams remains, but it’s now backed by provisions to PERCENTAGE OF Vitamins & Supplements has increased instructional time, Dorn said. force school districts to close or semi-priva- WASHINGTON CURRENTS Garden Grown Veggies CURRENTS In all grades, the reading, math and sci- tize a failing school or summarily replace its STUDENTS WHO ence tests were shortened to one session. principal and 50 percent of its teachers. MET SPRING EXAM 6 About 25 percent of students in grades 6-8 Race to the Top and the related School STANDARDS: The Capitol of Cool took the MSP on a computer in reading and Improvement Grants are funded by the fed- Hiway 9 – Van Zandt VIEWS math. Several analyses showed no difference eral stimulus package. The grants are a long- —Third grade

reading, 72 percent; www.everybodys.com 4 in the results between the online and paper- standing part of the Elementary and Sec- mathematics, 61.7 percent.

and-pencil tests. ondary Education Act, in which money ﬂows MAIL —Fourth grade );NOL;FOCF>CHA Response from schools and students for on- through state education departments to the reading, 67.1 percent; line testing was positive. In a survey of 89,433 local level, but with the stimulus dramati- mathematics, 53.6 percent; 2 students, nearly 73,000, or 82 percent, said cally increasing available funds, the program writing, 61 percent. 2*-&.#*+. DO IT DO they would choose online testing over tradi- has taken on more prominence. —Fifth grade Join Natural Builder Rob Van Arsdale tional paper and pencil. Speciﬁcally, the application guidelines reading, 69.5 percent;

& Sustainable Engineer Travis Linds for a 10 Dorn said the state’s move to online test- force states to identify their most academi- mathematics: 53.6 percent;

multi-part series on Natural Building .01. science: 34 percent. ing in spring 2010 is just the start of a move cally challenged schools, then commit to ﬁx- 09 toward more real-time classroom testing, ing them largely on the fed’s terms. The idea —Sixth grade Workshop 1: TBA reading, 64.5 percent; where teachers can test students and imme- is to ﬂood the worst schools with money, Foundation Walls for Cob Structures .05

mathematics, 51.8 percent. 35 diately receive results on specific skills and flush out the problems, including personnel, Workshop 2: TBA # knowledge. The state will begin a formative, and start fixing things fast. —Seventh grade Natural Plastering Process or classroom-based, testing pilot in the fall, Still, Taylor was cautious about the pro- reading, 63.3 percent; mathematics, 55.2 percent; meaning teachers will be able to assess stu- gram’s chance for success. writing, 70.2 percent. Workshop 3: TBA dents on specific skills and knowledge imme- “‘Race,’ as in ‘Race to the Top,’ implies —Eighth grade Building a Living Roof diately after the students have learned them. winners and losers,” he observed. “It fo- reading, 69.2 percent; Dorn praised the values of positive think- cuses too heavily on outcome and results, Cost : $15-30 per day

mathematics, 51.5 percent; CASCADIA WEEKLY ing and energetic motivation. He also and not enough on the process of how chil- science, 54.4 percent. Sliding scale with work trades available stressed the importance of relationships, dren learn.” —10th grade No one left behind! 9 noting that graduating students often at- reading, 78.8 percent; tribute their success to certain teachers, Portions of this report were compiled from mathematics, 41.6 percent; Call or email for more information counselors or administrators. Associated Press and the Alternative News writing, 85.9 percent; [email protected] / earthenaccents.com science, 44.7 percent. “The need for signiﬁcant reform of Ameri- Network. 671-5355 or 393-7818 34 ek th FOOD e a 28 28 W t

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FILM T AUG24-SEPT01 20 s PHOTO COURTESY USGS MUSIC A “benchmark” glacier monitored in Glacier Peak Wilderness in the north Cascades continues to vanish as a result of climate change. “South Cascade Glacier has been responding to climate conditions that will not support the glacier in its recent size and position on the 18 landscape,” scientists observed in a U.S. Geological Survey report released this week. ART 08.y{.10 ton. The Skagit Valley Herald reports the body was found more than two 16 TUESDAY miles downstream from where Joshua Soren disappeared. +.." .

STAGE A spate of unrelated house fires keeps Whatcom County firefighters busy. A single-wide mobile home in the Birch Bay area was completely A staff member at the Center for Spiritual Living in Bellingham dis- destroyed this morning. Fire crews put out two fires on Monday—one covers someone had vandalized the church with swastikas, pentagrams 14 near Laurel, and another on Lummi Island. and the numbers 666. A four-foot wooden angel, carved and donated to the church as a gift to a former minister, had been doused in gasoline

GET OUT Financial woes continue for the Bellingham Public Library. The li- and lit on ﬁre. Police log the incident as a hate crime. brary board submits a budget that calls for an additional $280,000 worth of reductions, including the elimination of outreach services to Longtime broadcast journalist 12 08.y~.10 and county communications healthcare centers. If the mayor and City Council adopt this budget, director Joe Bates died in a cuts in the library system over the last couple of years would equal FRIDAY

WORDS fall Saturday afternoon while nearly $800,000. Yet another human foot washes up on a beach in the Pacific North- working on the roof of his west, this one on Whidbey Island. Island County detectives say a beach home in Bellingham’s Silver 8 8 walker found the severed right foot of a woman or child. DNA tests are Beach neighborhood. A health 08.y|.10 issue may have caused the pending, but officials do not believe the foot is linked to the series of 60-year-old to lose conscious- WEDNESDAY human feet found in shoes in recent years in nearby British Columbia CURRENTS CURRENTS ness before he fell. Joe worked Isaac Zamora, sentenced to spend the rest of his life in confinement waters. They believe it was in the water for less than two months. for KGMI’s sister station KPUG

6 for a killing spree in Alger that left six people dead, gets a new law- and the former KNWR, starting yer. A Skagit County Superior Court judge orders a new lawyer to take a The jealous husband who pleaded guilty earlier in August to kill- in the 1970s. He then spent 17 years with KVOS TV as a VIEWS look at Zamora’s case and report back in 45 days. Zamora, who suffers ing his wife’s lover is sentenced to 23 years in prison. Skagit County news reporter, anchor and from mental health issues, says he didn’t realize the consequences of prosecutors say Kenneth McBride, 36, and his wife were in a swinging

4 producer, before Pete Kremen his plea. The victims in his Sept. 2, 2008, killing spree included a Skagit lifestyle with multiple sex partners, but he became enraged when his hired him to work for the

MAIL County sheriff’s deputy. wife fell in love with Ferndale track coach Jeremy Scully. He shot and county in 2007. “He made killed Scully in April 2008. Whatcom County a better

2 place,” Kremen said. Bates is A fake death scene almost turns tragically real in rural Whatcom survived by his wife and two County. Sheriff’s ofﬁcials say kids were ﬁlming a video skit for YouTube. DO IT DO 09.x.10 adult children. com when one of the boys pretending to hang himself slipped and became asphyixiated. The father of one of the boys was able to revive the WEDNESDAY 10 11-year-old. Bellingham International Airport closes for three weeks for resurfacing .01.

09 work and other upgrades. The Port of Bellingham says the shuttle service A body recovered by a ﬁsherman in the Skagit River could be a will provide additional rides between Bellingham and Sea-Tac Airport while

.05 13-year-old who was swept away Aug. 14 while wading near Burling- the runway is closed. The airport is scheduled to reopen Sept. 22. 35 # CASCADIA WEEKLY

10 ofﬁcer pulled his service weapon. When hamsterindex Ericson was searched, ofﬁcers found a

FUZZ .380 caliber semi-automatic handgun, 34 and a 5.7 x 28 semi-automatic handgun. FOOD BUZZ Both weapons were loaded. Police say one of the weapons contained armor piercing bullets that would penetrate 28 SWEETHEART OF A GUY an ofﬁcer’s bulletproof vest. Ericson, On Aug. 23, a resident at a special treat- who was himself also wearing a bullet-

ment center for violent sexual preda- proof vest, is currently awaiting trial for CLASSIFIEDS tors at McNeil Island was sentenced trying to shooting at a U.S. Border Pa- to nine years in prison for distributing trol Agent last year. 24 crack cocaine at the secure facility and

afterward tampering with witnesses. In May 2009, a Border Patrol agent said FILM Federal prosecutors say the scheme of he heard bullets whizzing by his head as

Lawrence Williams, 52, was uncovered he passed Ericson’s home near Sumas. 20 in July 2008, when the FBI intercepted The agent claims he was shot at three

the delivery of crack cocaine that Wil- times. Prosecutors say Ericson was ﬁring MUSIC liams had planned to pick up at the the bullets from the patio of his home.

mail room and distribute in the correc- Ericson claimed he was shooting at 18 tions facility. According to testimony crows. Ericson made bail on that charge, ART at trial, Williams manipulated women but now he sits in the Whatcom County living outside the facility to help with Jail with bail lifted to $1 million. 16 his schemes. He called telephone chat lines, without revealing that he was a PRISON REHABILITATES STAGE resident of a treatment facility for vio- LOWER LIFE FORMS lent sex offenders, and in one instance On Aug. 25, the Washington Dept. of told the woman he was a firefighter in Corrections announced they would ex- 14 Oregon. Through various means he con- pand the scope of their rehabilitation ef- vinced the woman and others to assist forts. The DOC received a grant from the GET OUT him with acquiring drugs to distribute Oregon Zoo to rehabilitate an endangered to the predators. Williams convinced one species of frog that lives in the Pacific 12 woman, a former nurse at the facility, to Northwest. The staff and offenders at become involved with him romantically. Cedar Creek Corrections Center in Pierce WORDS The nurse provided Williams with more County report a higher success rate at PERCENT| of Washington voters who say PERCENT |{ of Washington voters who say than $250,000, which he used to woo rearing the Oregon spotted frog than they’re “certain” they’ll support Initiative they’re “certain” they’ll support Initiative 8 8 other women and to pay for drugs and zoos and nature centers in Washington, 1100, a 2:1 margin. The initiative would 1105, another 2:1 margin on the second pornography to be smuggled into the Oregon, and British Columbia. The frog close state liquor stores; authorize sale, liquor initiative that would revise laws distribution and importation of spirits concerning regulation, taxation and facility. Additional testimony revealed rehabilitation is part of the Sustainable CURRENTS by private parties; and repeal certain government revenues from distribution and CURRENTS Williams conned various women to ap- Prisons Project, a partnership between requirements that govern the business sale of spirits. I-1105 would carry certain pear in pornographic videos. He then DOC and Evergreen State College. Part operations of beer and wine distributors protections for smaller spirits vendors. 6 reportedly blackmailed one of the wom- of the $5,000 grant will be used to raise and producers. en by threatening to send the videos crickets for the frogs to eat. VIEWS to her employer if she did not continue to assist with his smuggling schemes. RESCUE PLAN FOR NON- 4

After the smuggling conspiracy was un- ENDANGERED SPECIES ¹|y MAIL covered, Williams reportedly called one On Aug. 8, an Oregon couple vacation- ESTIMATED ﬁnancial impact to the state, in millions of dollars over 10 years, should both of the women he had manipulated and ing in Blaine spotted a pigeon in the measures pass. 2 told her to lie to the FBI and get rid of water beside the public pier. Police res- DO IT DO a car that he had purchased for her, a cued the bird and placed it in a dry spot car he’d used in a drug delivery. His con- away from predators. “Animal Rescue {| } 10 duct resulted in the second conviction was called,” police reported, “but no

PERCENT of Washington voters who say PERCENT of Washington voters polled in .01. for witness tampering. one was available to pick up the nearly they’re “certain” to support Initiative 1082, May who support Initiative 1053, which 09 dead bird until later.” a measure to privatize the state’s industrial would require a 2/3 majority by the state insurance program. The initiative is heavily legislature to approve tax increases. The HE HUNTS BIRDS WITH .05

backed by the Building Industry Association measure is heavily backed by realtors and 35 # BLACK PLUMAGE FIRE PLUG THUG JUGGED of Washington as a means to redirect tens of the petroleum industry. On Aug. 22, a Sumas man with a history On Aug. 26, Bellingham Police investi- millions of dollars from insurance premiums of gun violations allegedly attempted gated a series of five fire hydrants that into the lobbyists’ political campaigns. to ambush two Sumas police officers had been opened south of the city, caus- with high-powered weapons. Prosecu- ing thousands of dollars in water dam- tors say Kenneth Ray Ericson, Jr. was age to homes and properties. Police spotted hiding under a van near two po- approached the suspected vandals in a ¹y| CASCADIA WEEKLY lice officers parked downtown. When he Fairhaven parking lot. One fled. Police AMOUNT initiative profiteer Tim Eyman needs to retire debts he incurred trying to drum was spotted, officers called for Ericson caught the other as he attempted to up signatures for his Initiative 1053. Eyman’s bankroll for mischief-making in Washington 11 to stand up. He did, but officers say Er- leave in his pickup. The 19-year-old sus- usually comes from Oregon millionaire Michael Dunmire. Lacking that support, Eyman took icson reached for his waistline to grab a pect was drunk. In the back of his truck out a second mortgage on his Mukilteo home. weapon. One of the officers was able to police found several loose fire hydrant SOURCES: SurveyUSA/KING-5 poll; Washington State Office of Financial Management; tackle Ericson to the ground. The second caps. He was taken to jail. Washington Poll; Permanent Offense newsletter; Northwest Progressive Institute 34

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18 Salmon in the Trees

ART ANEWLOOK ATAN OLDFOREST 16 “THE TONGASS BOASTS NEARLY A THIRD OF ALL THAT STAGE REMAINS OF THE PLANET’S RARE OLD-GROWTH

14 TEMPERATE RAIN FORESTS.” — AMY GULICK GET OUT est, takes an before grabbing another. Sometimes they in-depth look at carry the ﬁsh into the forest, there to eat 12 12 one of the rar- at their leisure. Inevitably, some of the ﬁsh est ecosystems falls to the ground, to be eaten by insects WORDS WORDS on the planet, and smaller mammals, through photog- or to be absorbed into 8 raphy, art and the soil, becoming—you essays from re- guessed it—nutrition for nowned conser- the trees. CURRENTS vationists, scientists and journalists. It’s a The more bears there

6 look from many different perspectives, in- are, the more salmon cluding those of the people who live in and there is. This is one of the

VIEWS around these 17 million acres of old-growth GET IT few sustainable fisheries temperate rain forest. WHO: Amy Gulick in the world, and salmon 4 Gulick, a resident of Washington, has WHEN: 6pm are the key to everything. Thurs., Sept. 23 MAIL been photographing and documenting Trees encourage salmon, the flora and fauna of Alaska for years. WHERE: MBT’s salmon nourish trees. Walton Theatre, 2 Her skills as a photojournalist are evident 104 N. Commercial The essays contribute in the profiles of area residents and her St. science, conservationism, DO IT DO essays on what attracts her to this mag- INFO: 734-6080 wildlife awareness and nificent place, a rare ecosystem known or www. cultural respect, but not 10 throughout the world for its importance, ncascades.org as stuffy, pompous lec- .01.

09 and one to be nurtured and protected. WHAT: Salmon in tures. Each contributor “The Tongass boasts nearly a third of all the Trees: Life in has an interest, a passion

.05 that remains of the planet’s rare old-growth Alaska’s Tongass about the area. They un- 35 # WHEN YOU hear the words “rain forest,” what image pops into your temperate rain forests,” she writes, “making Rain Forest derstand people and wild- mind? Lazy, slow rivers? Anacondas and other deadly reptiles? Jaguars with big it a world as well as a natural treasure. Rarer BY: Photos by life, trees and commerce, Amy Gulick; Il- teeth and voracious appetites? Vicious natives with poisoned dart guns? Sky- still is that all of the pieces are here—ancient lustrations by Ray must coexist. They aren’t high trees that block out all light and forest ﬂoors covered with vines, dead forests, wild salmon, grizzly bears, wolves, Troll anti-development, for the leaves and tripping roots? Stellar sea lions, humpback whales and more. WHO: Braided most part, just pro smart Do you ever think the words “rain forest” and “Alaska” in the same sentence? The circle is whole.” River, 2010 development. Funny you should ask, because Alaska does have a rain forest. The Tongass, on The Tongass is a place, she continues, INFO: www.braide Gulick’s photos CASCADIA WEEKLY driver.org Alaska’s coastal panhandle, is a rain forest. Really. But rather than being that where people live “with salmon in the trees throughout the book 12 torpid and deadly image most of us have when we think rain forest, Alaska’s and bears in their backyards.” are breathtaking—vital, colorful portraits temperate rainforest is one of tall Sitka spruce and yellowwood cedar, cold rain, When the salmon spawn, the bears, eagles, of bears, people, ﬁsh and landscape—and swift rushing streams and waterfalls, and bears and otters. Most importantly, otters and other wildlife are waiting to scoop she ties them all together to make a three- the Tongass is salmon. up the banquet before them. Some they eat dimensional picture of a living, growing, Amy Gulick’s new book, Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska’s Tongass Rain For- right at the stove, barely waiting to swallow being—the Tongass. Milano’s doit restaurant & deli COMMUNITY WED., SEPT. 1 34 GREEN DRINKS ANNIVERSARY: Celebrate Celebrating our FOOD three successful years of environmentally minded networking and socializing at Green 20th anniversary Drinks, which this month happens from 5-8pm 28 at the Re Sources’ Sustainable Living Center, 2309 Meridian St. The event is for those ages 21 and over, so leave the kids at home. FEATURING

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VOLUNTEER MEETING: The Larendeau 24 Foundation is seeking volunteers who are in- & Deli Sandwiches,

terested in setting up fundraisers to assist 9990 Mt. Baker Highway FILM middle-income women with cancer bills. Meet Espresso & Dessert Head to the border—but please don’t cross at 6:30pm at St. Luke’s Education Center, 3333 Glacier, WA 20 it!—during the annual Peace Arch Dedication Squalicum Pkwy. Days Sun., Sept. 5 at Peace Arch Park i 650-1304 At the Base of MUSIC FRI., SEPT. 3 Open daily from 11:00 a.m. Mt. Baker in Glacier WORDS ROLLER RACING: Traitor Cycles will host “Em-

ENJOY FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS 18 erald Sprints,” an indoor roller racing event,

WED., SEPT. 1 at 9:30pm at the Cabin Tavern, 307 W. Holly ART BELLINGHAM BOOK SALE: The Friends of St. (signup starts at 8:30pm). You’ll be racing the Bellingham Public Library will kick off their side-by-side against competitors while you 16 September Book Sale at a preview sale—where listen to heavy metal, so sign up and spend everything is double the listed price—at 10am 20 seconds on a bicycle. Cash prizes and other at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central goods will be up for grabs. The event is free to STAGE Ave. The sale continues through Sept. 4 and watch, $7 if you want to race. gets cheaper by the day. i (360) 820-8157 i 788-7250 14 NW VEGETARIAN: The ﬁnal “Get Gardening” SAT., SEPT. 4 series of the season will feature Debra Daniels- FERNDALE MARKET: Attend the Ferndale GET OUT Zeller sharing tips from her book, The Northwest Farmers Market from 10am-1pm at Centennial Vegetarian Cookbook: 200 Recipes that Celebrate Riverwalk Park. The market continues every the Flavors of Oregon and Washington, at 7pm at Saturday through Oct. 9. 12 12 Village Books, 1200 11th St. i 384-3042 i WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM BELLINGHAM MARKET: Purchase and peruse WORDS local fruit and veggies and artistic offerings at WORDS FRI., SEPT. 3 the Bellingham Farmers Market from 10am-3pm SINGER AND SONGS: Architect-turned-au- at the Depot Market Square at the corner of 8 thor Deke Rivers reads from his debut novel, Railroad Avenue and Chestnut Street. The Singer and His Songs, at 7pm at Village i 647-2060 OR WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG Books, 1200 11th St. LUMMI MARKET: The Lummi Island Farmers i 671-2626 CURRENTS Market occurs from 10am-1pm every Saturday through the summer next to the Islander gro- SEPT. 4-5 6 BOOKS AND BAKING: A giant Book and Bake cery store. i Sale happens from 10am-6pm in the parking lot [email protected] VIEWS of the Maple Falls Library, 7509 Mt. Baker Hwy. BLAINE MARKET: Local vendors will sell their wares at the Blaine Gardeners Market from

Contributions to the sale are welcome. 4 i 599-2020 10am-2pm at H Street Plaza. The weekly event

continues Saturdays through Oct. 9. MAIL MON., SEPT. 6 i WWW.BLAINECHAMBER.COM POETRYNIGHT: Read your original verse at 2 poetrynight at 8:30pm at the Amadeus Project, SUN., SEPT. 5 LAUGHTER CLUB: The monthly meeting of Cornwall Ave. Sign-ups start at 8pm. Rhododendron Cafe IT DO i WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG the Bellingham Laughter Club happens from 4-5pm at Elizabeth Park. Entry is $2. TUES., SEPT. 7 i 734-4989 OR WWW.LAUGHTERYOGA.ORG :RUOG)DUHa/RFDO)ODLU 10 SHORT STORIES: Deborah Willis reads from DEDICATION DAYS: The annual Peace Arch .01. her collection, Vanishing and Other Stories, at Dedication/Sam Hill Days happens from 1-4pm 09 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. at the Peace Arch Park. Reenactors will be com- Serving Handmade Local Ingredients for 26 Years! i WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM memorating the arch’s history, and you’re wel- .05 35 WED., SEPT. 8 come to join the living history exhibit, which # will include live 1920s music, kid’s games, an- We are Sailing the WRITER’S THEATRE: The monthly Chuckanut tique cars, refreshments and more. Sandstone Writer’s Theater Open Mic com- i WWW.PEACEARCHPARK.ORG Mediterranean in September! mences at 7pm at the Firehouse PAC Café, 1314 Harris Ave. Scribes of all shapes and stripes THURS., SEPT. 9 Tenderloin with Gorgonzola are invited. TECH STOMP: “Wild West” will be the theme i 734-2776 of Tech Stomp 2010, which begins at 5:30pm at Chicken Saltimbocca DOUBLE HEADER: Christina Baldwin and Col- the Squalicum Boat House. Entry to the Tech- CASCADIA WEEKLY leen Haggerty, contributors to The Spirit of a nology Alliance Group for Northwest Washing- Couscous with Lamb Woman: Stories to Empower and Inspire, will ton’s fundraiser—which includes live music, a 13 read from their selections at 7pm at Village horseshoe throwing contest, costume contests Books, 1200 11th St. and barbecue, beer and wine—is $15-$20. For Info & Weekly Specials, go to www.rhodycafe.com i 671-2626 i WWW.TAGNW.ORG 360-766-6667 5521 Chuckanut Drive at the Edison Junction COMING SOON… 34 FOOD 28 28 CLASSIFIEDS 24 FILM 20 MUSIC 18 ART 16 Your ballot for STAGE voting your favorites 14 14 in Bellingham… GET OUT GET OUT " " " "!

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try is free, but registration is requested. FOOD getout i 647-8955 HIKING ›› RUNNING ›› CYCLING FRI., SEPT. 3 28 CORN MAZE: Lynden’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) will open its annual Corn Maze today just south of Lynden on

Hannegan Rd. The event continues from CLASSIFIEDS 6-10pm Fridays, 2-10pm Saturdays and 2-6pm Sundays through September. Entry is $4-$6, or $18 per family (two adults 24 and three kids.) i 354-4401 OR WWW.LYNDENFFA.COM FILM STORY AND PHOTOS BY JOHN D’ONOFRIO SEPT. 3-5 20 WILD FILM FEST: Watch environmentally themed documentaries alongside

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Mountain Mojo happening through the weekend at the 18 North Cascades Institute’s Learning Cen- METEOR SHOWERS AND MARMOTS ter on Diablo Lake. Cost for the entire ART weekend (meals and lodging included) is

$215-$455, but a special $20 commuter 16 alpine plateau, where we dropped our packs rate includes one dinner and one eve- on a little rock outcropping surrounded by ning of ﬁlm. STAGE snow—camp for tonight. A bit hardscrabble, i WWW.NCASCADES.COM sure, but what a view! 14 SAT., SEPT. 4 14 As the evening light softened the sky, we NEW MOON MORNING: Join Wild What- set off, sans packs, across the snow to the com Walks for a “New Moon Morning” GET OUT rim itself. At the brink, a small tarn shim- outing from 9-11am at Blaine’s Semiah- GET OUT mered, half melted out beside a patch of moo Spit. Paul Woodcock, past president green heather. Weather-beaten krumholtz of the North Cascades Audubon Society,

will school participants on basic birding 12 trees gathered in small, tenuous groups. Far techniques. Admission is by donation, below, the Chain Lakes gleamed in the golden but registration is necessary. WORDS light, reﬂecting the sky. i WWW.WILDWHATCOMWALKS.WORDPRESS. We pumped water from the tarn and COM 8 watched the alpenglow on Mt. Shuksan. A PADDEN RELAY: The Greater Belling- crescent moon rose over the great snow ham Running Club will host the Lake Padden Relay starting at 10am at East cone of Mt. Baker and stars assembled Lake Padden Park. The event is free for CURRENTS themselves overhead. GBRC members, $3-$5 otherwise. i We returned to camp in the deepening twi- WWW.GBRC.NET 6 light, our way illuminated by the spectral SEPT. 4-6 glow of our headlamps on the snow. As we PITCH REGATTA: Multi-hull and self- VIEWS ﬁred up the stove for dinner, the celestial righting keelboats can take part in the show began as meteors streaked overhead three-day PITCH Regatta happening in 4 Bellingham Bay.

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OUR GETAWAY window was small and closing fast. bright enough to cast shadows. We rolled out SUN., SEPT. 5 2 We couldn’t leave town until 3pm and we had to be back by 6pm the next day. our sleeping bags on the rocks and drifted off SAVING SEEDS: The Whatcom County Mas- DO IT DO But the weather was great, the forecast was promising and the Perseid meteor beneath the kinetic heavens. ter Gardeners will host a “Saving Seeds shower was peaking—perfect conditions for a fast and light bivouac on the be- First light turned the snowﬁelds around and Propagating Perennials by Cuttings”

public workshop at 2pm at Ferndale’s Ho- 10 guiling summit plateau of Table Mountain. us pink and blue, and the summit of Baker a vander Homestead Park. Entry is free and .01.

We pulled into Artist Point in the late afternoon. The parking lot was full of dusky rose. I watched the sun spread its lav- no registration is required. 09 whooping pilgrims up for a sunny afternoon in the mountains. Children, delighted ish light across the plateau and enjoyed the i 676-6736 with the unlikely combination of hot sunshine and voluptuous snow banks, shrieked quiet music of the morning—unseen birds, MON., SEPT. 6 .05 35 from every corner—joyful to watch, but not what we came for. the whistling of marmots, the buzzing of in- WOMEN’S RIDE: If you’re interested # We slipped into our packs and headed up a boot-worn gully in the snow to- sects, the gurgling water sounds that grew in meeting and riding with likeminded ward the precipitous face of Table Mountain, quickly leaving the Artist Point gradually louder as the rising orb converted ladies, take part in the weekly Women’s hullabaloo behind. snow to water in every direction. We whiled Social rides at 6pm every Monday. See The snow gave way to bare rock and tiny patches of sparkling heather as we away the morning on our rock outcropping, the link below for location details. i WWW.MTBKERBIKECLUB.ORG reached the face and started climbing. Steep, but short, the ingenious trail de- relaxing in the sweet sunshine and enjoying posited us on the rim in what seems like the blink of the eye. After a brief stop to the solitude. WED., SEPT. 8 CASCADIA WEEKLY admire the operatic scenery, we headed west across the top of “the table,” which Life gets busy sometimes, but it’s good to RIDE 542 PRESENTATION: A multimedia presentation focusing on “Ride 542: Mt. was almost totally buried in snow. know that last-minute escapes are there when 15 Baker Hill Climb” will be shown at 6pm Abandoning the trail, we proceeded cross-country across the rolling white slopes, needed. If you ever ﬁnd yourself in need of a and again at 7pm at REI, 400 36th St. En- making our way from high point to high point. Only a few hikers remained and they quick ﬁx of mountain mojo, you could do far try is free, but registration is required. were all heading down for dinner. Bon appetit, my friends. worse that spending a night on Table Moun- i 647-8955 Our meandering took us close to the western rim, the highest point on the tain—even without the meteors. 34 FOOD stage 28 28 THEATER ›› DANCE ›› PROFILES CLASSIFIEDS 24 FILM 20 MUSIC 18 ART 16 16 STAGE STAGE 14 I JOINED THE DRAMA CLUB, GET OUT TOOK EVERY ACTING CLASS 12 AVAILABLE, REPRESENTED

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8 STATEWIDE COMPETITIONS AND AUDITIONED FOR ALL CURRENTS THE SCHOOL PLAYS THAT 6 WERE ON THE ROSTER. VIEWS

4 BY AMY KEPFERLE Instead, I went the other direction and be- down to the costumers and stagehands, was

MAIL came a drama geek. I’d already been involved vitally important to the ﬁnished product. in theatrical endeavors in grade school and If you look at the listings on the following

2 junior high, but decided to fully immerse my- page, you’ll see that the coming couple of Audition 101 self in “the scene.” I joined the drama club, weeks offer up a bevy of auditioning options DO IT DO took every acting class available, represent- in the community theater realm. Whether ROLLING WITH THE ROLES ed the school at various statewide competi- you’re a newbie to the drama-geek scene or a 10 tions and auditioned for all the school plays seasoned performer, it’s good to keep a few .01.

09 EVERYBODY WAS watching me. Knowing that, I made my way that were on the roster. things in mind when your name is called. carefully down the bleacher steps and stepped onto the gleaming wood While I didn’t get every part I tried out for, First, if a monologue is required, get it

.05 ﬂoor in the high school gymnasium, ready to wow my peers with my pep I did learn that auditioning for a play was way down cold. Memorization is key, and if you’re 35

# and athleticism and thereby cause the judges to realize I was clearly the different than trying out for the cheerlead- not entirely familiar with your lines, it won’t best gal for the job. ing squad. For starters, I didn’t have to do it translate as well under the glare of stage Then, as I was preparing to execute my second right herkie, the unthink- in front of hundreds of my fellow students. lights. Second, practice a number of ways to able happened: I forgot the words to the next part of the cheer. Flustered Another plus was that, even if I didn’t get the portray your character—being able to change and red-faced, I stopped what I was doing and looked to the panel, who starring role, there was usually a smaller part the character’s demeanor at the drop of a motioned that I could start over. I did, but knew I was already doomed. It available that still allowed me to take part in hat is essential. Third, ﬁnd out in advance didn’t help matters that, as I was returning to my seat, I tripped—hard— the theatrical camaraderie that exists when if singing is required; there’s not much that’s CASCADIA WEEKLY going up the stairs. a cast is working toward the common good. worse than discovering you’re auditioning for 16 Needless to say, I didn’t end up representing Boise High School in a short And, if I wasn’t right for the play, there was a musical you weren’t prepared for. skirt and ankle socks. I heard a rumor that I was an alternate to an alter- still much more to learn behind the scenes. Finally, have fun. Take yourself seriously, nate, but never did get to be part of the inner circle of cheerleaders and Looking back, I can see high school drama but don’t approach the audition like a menial jocks who, back then, seemed to epitomize what it meant to be a cool kid. was a lot like community theater; everybody, chore. Oh, and try not to trip. doit Valid All Day, Every day! STAGE THURS., SEPT. 2 U U 34 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the $ Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at FOOD the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, 5.00 stick around for “The Project.” Entry is $5 Large Cold Cut Sandwich for the early show, $3 for the late one. 28 i 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM HAPPY HOUR SEPT. 2-4 HOTBOX V: Anything might happen during On the Patio 5-7 pm CLASSIFIEDS viewings of “Hotbox #5” at 8pm at the iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. That’s because

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and Cleopatra, Falstaff, and Henry V. Tickets ART are $19-$38 (Canadian). i WWW.BARDONTHEBEACH.ORG 16 16 FRI., SEPT. 3 YOGA NORTHWEST STAGE STREET CIRQUE: As part of the “Street THE B.K.S. IYENGAR YOGA CENTER OF BELLINGHAM STAGE Cirque” art opening, members of the Belling- Join our 12-Week Fall Session Sept 20 - Dec 12 ham Circus Guild will perform from 8-9pm in

Come experience the power of Iyengar Yoga with our expert instructors. 14 front of Casa Que Pasa, 1415 Railroad Ave. i 756-8226

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yoganorthwest.com VIEWS SEPT. 7-8 360.647.0712 1440 10th Street Historic Fairhaven Bellingham PAJAMA AUDITIONS: Northwest Washing- ton Theatre Group will hold auditions for Excellent 4 upcoming performances of The Pajama Game MAIL at 7pm Tues.-Wed. (both nights are manda- tory) at Cascade Business Park, 5373 Guide (ALF 0OUND"URGERS Lummi Island Artists’ Studio Tour 2 Meridian. i WWW.NWTG.ORG September 4 & 5 - 10am to 6pm The Willows Inn IT DO THURS., SEPT. 9 4HE"EST Come visitmore than 20 island artists & The Taproot

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i (877) 668-6382 35 herbal products, notecards, # SEPT. 11-12 &more! SCHOONER AUDITIONS: The Lynden Per- Exit 221 For information call: forming Arts Guild will hold auditions for 360-758-7121 upcoming performances of John Reger’s The or 360-758-2489 Christmas Schooner at 7pm at Lynden’s Claire /NLY3ECONDS vg Thomas Theater, 655 Front St. Maps at the To get to Lummi Island: i (360) 354-4425 Islander Store Take I-5 exit 260

7ESTOFTHE&REEWAY CASCADIA WEEKLY MIRACLE AUDITIONS: Audition for Miracle (just left from Go west on Slater Road to Haxton Way the ferry) on 34th Street at the Anacortes Community Go left on Haxton to the ferry dock -AINs#ONWAY 7! 8 minute ferry ride leaves at ten past every hour 17 Theatre. (as well as many “in-between” runs) i WWW.ACTTTHEATRE.COM Round trip is $10 per car & driver, $4 per person, Watch for the (360) 445-4733 balloons marking $4 per bicycle & rider each location! Look for the flyer at lummi-island.com 34 FOOD visual 28 28 GALLERIES ›› OPENINGS ›› PROFILES CLASSIFIEDS 24 FILM

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MUSIC A Lot for a Little 18 18 18 ART ART BIGART,SMALLSPACE 16 STAGE 14 GET OUT 12 WORDS 8 CURRENTS 6 VIEWS

4 LANNY LITTLE doesn’t have a reputation for doing things in a small way. footage as a deterrent, Little notes it makes it that THE ART

MAIL A quick stroll through the streets of Bellingham will conﬁrm this fact; one only has much easier to take care of. Plus, he says, the gallery to glimpse the larger-than-life murals of people and places dominating the outer gets great light and what is shown is shown to its full OF TANGO Willow Bader’s “The Art 2 facades of buildings in Old Town, Fairhaven, and beyond to get advantage. Another factor in its location, of course, is of Tango” exhibit—which an idea of the scope of the artist’s imagination. the location itself. opens Sept. 3 during the DO IT DO And, although the painter’s given up his harnesses and “Bay Street is so cool,” Little says. “There’s a comedy downtown Bellingham Art hardhat—at the age of 70, he’s not willing to spend long club, Bayou on Bay, the Blue Horse Gallery and the soon- Walk—combines both her 10 hours working in the eclectic elements of the Paciﬁc North- to-be Pickford Cinema; it’s just a neat, short street in the love of painting with her

.01. passion for the sensual

09 west anymore—that doesn’t mean his visions have become heart of Bellingham.” dance style she’s worked any less expansive. Little isn’t entirely new to the charms of the water- hard to perfect. Bader, who

.05 Not just a play on their last name, Lanny’s and his wife front locale. Soon after he and Kay moved here 12 years currently has studios in

35 SEE IT

# Seattle, Moab, and Crete, Kay’s newest venture, the Little Gallery, was opened a few WHAT: “The Art of ago, he rented a studio space across the street next to grew up in Bellingham and months ago to highlight both their work as well as that of Tango” by Willow the Blue Horse Gallery in Bay Street Village. He let it studied at the Philadelphia Bader artists who they admire and would like to see gain more go in 2001 after a move to Sudden Valley netted him a Academy of Fine Arts. As an WHEN: Opening exposure. But, like their moniker, the diminutive conﬁnes home studio. added bonus, there’ll be a reception during of the Bay Street gallery dictates that, at least where the Now that he’s transitioned from mural to easel painting, tango performance at the art the monthly Art opening. number of pieces being shown is concerned, they keep the Walk from 6-9 Fri., Little says he’s glad to have a place to create that func- artwork to a minimum. Sept. 3 tions both as a place to work as well as a showroom for his CASCADIA WEEKLY With only 400 square feet of public space to work with— WHERE: The realistic oil paintings—many of which focus on the places 18 the other 200 feet of real estate are dedicated to Lanny’s Little Gallery, and people in the community he now calls home. studio and the storage of paintings—Little and company 1220 Bay St. “Other than having to be here at a certain time every INFO: www.little must choose carefully when it comes time to decide what gallery.com or day, I’m enjoying having the gallery here,” Little says. to put on the walls. www.willow “We’ll have it open as long as we’re having fun with Although some may see the lack of abundant square bader.com it—and as long as it pays for itself.” doit OMING UPCOMING EVENTS Sale” happening from Fri.-Mon. at Mount Ver- C

non’s Dakota Art Store, 17873 SR 536. Dona- 34 THURS., SEPT. 2 tions are welcome. BAKER FROM THE AIR: Photographer Tore i (360) 466-4288 SOON! FOOD Ofteness will lead a “Komo Kulshan: Mount Baker from the Air” slideshow at 12:30pm at SAT., SEPT. 4 28 28 the Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall building, DWELLING OPENING: Buildings, structures, The 121 Prospect St. Suggested donation is $3. houses and homes will be depicted at the i 778-8930 opening exhibit for “Dwelling” from 5-8pm at Ultimate Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey

FRI., SEPT. 3 Ave. Lisa Gilley, Terry Leness, David Ridg- CLASSIFIEDS CYGNUS OPENING: “Riverscapes and Wa- way, and David Wall contributed to the show, Go-To Guide ter Shapes,” an exhibit featuring paintings which will be on display through Sept. 26. 24 by Maggie Wilder and glass sculpture by i WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM Don’t miss the opportunity Theodora Johnson, opens with a reception VISION OPENING: An opening reception to be in our popular, full-color FILM from 6-8pm at La Conner’s Gallery Cygnus, for “Inner Vision Outbox” takes place from glossy guide… 109 Commercial St. The show can be viewed 5-8pm at Insights Gallery, 604 Commercial and what to do through Nov. 7. Ave., Anacortes. Find where to go 20 i WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM i WWW.INSIGHTSGALLERY.COM this Fall & Winter.

ART WALK: The monthly Art Walk occurs from MUSIC 6-10pm throughout downtown Bellingham. SEPT. 4-5 contact [email protected] Peruse the listings below for more details, or LUMMI TOUR: Catch the Whatcom Chief for or call (360) 647-8200 ext. 202 18 pick up a map at participating locations. the Lummi Island Artists’ Studio Tour hap- for more details 18 pening from 10am-6pm throughout the lovely ART i WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM ART isle. Dozens of artists will be showing their STREET CIRQUE: A collaborative show DOWNTOWN BELLINGHAM PARTNERSHIP’S work at free event, so come take a peek be- dubbed “Street Cirque” can be viewed from hind the scenes. 16 6-10pm at Casa Que Pasa, 1415 Railroad Ave. i 758-7121 presented by: The exhibit features works by Maryann Mi- STAGE yashiro, Kelly Bjork, Orion Misciagna, Megan WED., SEPT. 8 Harmon, Amber Radcliffe, and Mo Miano. A WEAVERS GUILD: Master weaver and author performance by Bellingham Circus Guild mem- Laura Fry will be the featured speaker at the 14 bers takes place at 8pm. monthly Whatcom Weavers Guild meeting at i 756-8226 7pm at St. James Presbyterian Church, 910

WATERFRONT COLLECTIVE: The Waterfront GET OUT 14th St. Artist Studio Collective will host its Fall Gala i WWW.WHATCOMWEAVERSGUILD.ORG Opening in conjunction with the Art Walk

from 6-10pm at its home base at 1220 Central 12 Ave. New works by the 16 artists housed at ONGOING EXHIBITS the collective will be on display. WORDS i 220-2836 ANCHOR ART SPACE: Contributions by Todd And the winners are.... Horton, Ana Reid, and Michael Johnson can PAPERDOLL: An opening for an exhibit fea-

be viewed through Sept. 25 at Anchor Art Best Bite 8 turing works by Kelly Hoekema can be viewed Space, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. from 6-10pm at the Paperdoll, 312 W. Cham- Bayou on Bay's Smoked Tasso Po'Boy i WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG pion St. i WWW.THEPAPERDOLL.NET ARTWOOD: The weavings of Laura Goldberg can be perused through September at Art- CURRENTS HONEY SHOW: Student and artist Amanda Sweetest Sweet wood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave.

VanderMeer will exhibit her prints at an open- 6 i 647-1628 Mount Bakery's Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee ing reception from 6-9pm at Honey Salon, 310 W. Holly St. View them through Sept. 30. DEPOT ARTS CENTER: North Coast painters VIEWS i WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM will show their works through Sept. 25 at the Dreamiest Drink Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes.

DIGS: “Where Do We Go From Here?,” quilted 4 i WWW.DEPOTARTSCENTER.ORG Tied between Poppe's Bistro and Lounge Raspberry compositions by Jess Flegel, can be viewed from 6-10pm at DIGS, 200 W. Holly St. FOG: View a variety of works by noted artists Ginger Ale and Copper Hog's Purple Drink MAIL i WWW.DIGSSHOWROOM.COM at the new Fairhaven Originals Gallery, 960

Harris Ave. 2 JINX: View “Ruins,” a GP-inspired art show, i WWW.BELLINGHAMFOG.COM from 6pm-12am at Jinx Art Space, 306 Flora

In the Beer and Wine Garden IT DO St. Zorbatron, Sugar Sugar Sugar, and PRND GOOD EARTH: Prayer wheels by potter Chris will perform during the festivities. Moench can be perused through September at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. Best of the Brews

i WWW.JINXARTSPACE.COM 10 i WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM Chuckanut Brewery's Kolsh NEW AT BLUE: Works by new artists such .01. as Sandra Taylor, Brian Major, Neal Philpott, MONA: “Artists, Poets, Scholars: Fishtown 09 Jessica Kasparian, and others can be perused and the Skagit River” will be up through Oct. 4 at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, Winning Wine from 6-10pm at the Blue Horse Gallery, 301 .05

W. Holly St. 121 S. First St. 35 Chuckanut Ridge Wine Company's Madrona # i WWW.BLUEHORSEGALLERY.COM i WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG ALLIED ACTION: “Remembrances,” part of QUILT MUSEUM: “All That Blooms” and the 2010 Juried Artist Series, opens with a “Japanese Textiles” can be perused through Best Brewery: reception with photographer and painter Ann Sept. 26 at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Mu- Chuckanut Brewery Chaikin and oil painter Jeanne Levasseur from seum, 703 S. 2nd St. 6-10pm at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The i WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM pieces will be up through Sept. 25. WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Shifting Views of Winning Winery i WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG Space and Place: Collection Selections/One” CASCADIA WEEKLY and “Outside the Home: Photographs of Wom- Tie: Mount Baker Vineyards & Winery and Chuckanut SEPT. 3-6 en in the Workplace” can currently be viewed Ridge Wine Company 19 ESTATE SALE: Help raise funds for the La at the Whatcom Museum. Conner Quilt & Textile Museum and the Mu- i WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG seum of Northwest Art at a “Museum Estate For a list of second and third place, please visit downtownbellingham.com under Bite of Bellingham Rumor Has It

34 I REALIZE WE’RE all, “Monotonix, this” and “Fed X, that” around the music scene these days, but other FOOD shows on the near horizon are actually happening as well. Aside from the big birthday party happen- 28 28 music ing at Jinx (for more about that, look to your left), SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT several other shows have me twitching with undig- niﬁed excitement. The Wild Buffalo will play host to Helmet (Sept. 14), the Thermals (Sept. 25), and the CLASSIFIEDS Melvins (Sept. 29). And, lest we forget, Tech N9ne is making his way back to town with E-40 on Sept. 30. 24 Also hitting up the Buff will be Built to Spill, who’ll

FILM be here Nov. 15. BY CAREY ROSS But not all the action takes place inside the Wild Buf- 20

20 falo (obviously). Green Frog owner James Hardesty has Mark Olson of the Jayhawks coming his way Sept. 11, MUSIC

MUSIC as well as a band the exceedingly ﬁne folks at Seattle’s Zorbatron Sound On the Sound can’t get enough of, the Head and

18 the Heart on Sept. 25, Fred Eaglesmith returns Oct. 20, A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING and Gerald Collier’s retooled Best Kissers in the World ART will hit the Green Frog stage come Dec. 6. As for the Top 40 sense, but more a rock/pop hybrid that was Cabin Tavern, for me, it’s all 16 entirely Boyd’s own. about the one-two punch of “I like the rock thing,” he says, “but I also like Police Teeth, Cold Lake, and STAGE good pop music.” Generalissimo (Sept. 24), fol- During the intervening years, as Fed X went on lowed by the Sugars, Holy 14 hiatus, came out of hiatus, and then went on hiatus Tailfeathers, and Mysterious again, and the other members of the band went Chocolate (Sept. 25).

GET OUT on to other projects, other locales, indeed whole But not all things worth other lives, Boyd seemed to be just…waiting. doing take place in dark bars. “I really got burnt out with Fed X—we all got Some of them—or one of

12 BY CAREY ROSS road weary,” he says of his own personal musical them, at least—take place break. “I didn’t really want to have anything to do inside dark movie theaters. The event in question is WORDS with music.” a movie called Something Happened to Him, Something But the Zorbatron album was always in the back Happened to Me, and you may have seen posters featur- 8 of his mind. And, indeed, from time to time, if ing the handsome visage of the movie’s main character you could pigeonhole him in a bar and get him to (played by Glyndon Jewell) plastered up all over town. talk about it, Boyd would put Along with Jewell, the feature-length ﬁlm—which was CURRENTS a real-world start date on the made locally by Sid VillaSana and Jeff Emtman from a

6 project of “someday.” script by Kyle Roe—also features characters played by However, all that changed many people we know and love—and I’m told some of

VIEWS about six months ago, when them even get naked. Oh, the things people will do in Boyd decided “someday” had the name of celluloid (or digital, as the case may be) 4 ﬁnally arrived. It was time success. So, to recap, your reasons to see this ﬁlm are: PHOTO BY HOLLIE HUTHMAN

MAIL HEAR to assemble Zorbatron: The 1. it is lovingly, locally crafted, from script to stars WHAT: Jinx 2nd An- Band. He began by teach- to ﬁnished product, by people you know who you may

2 THAT BEAU Boyd had made an album was not niversary Party feat. ing the songs to Josh Hol- actually like and respect, and 2. some of those people what was astonishing. He is, after all, a musician. Of Sugar Sugar Sugar, land, who plays guitar and you respect will be nude. Sure, the film is about more DO IT DO Zorbatron, PRND course, when word came that he’d written and record- WHEN: Fri., Sept. 3 organ and who Boyd calls than that, and my reducing it down to its naughty bits ed the whole thing himself, playing every instrument, WHERE: Jinx Art Zorbatron’s “original mem- and the repeated mention of its unmentionables is, at 10 singing every song, that was a little surprising. Howev- Space, 306 Flora St. ber” (aside from himself, of best, a vast oversimplification. But you will only know .01. COST: Free 09 er, the fact that he’d holed up by himself for months in course) and then went on the extent to which I’ve probably insulted the fine work a tiny cabin in Olympia to do it was hardly a shocker. MORE INFO: www. to add Sean McKee of the of many people who I consider to be my friends if you jinxartspace.com

.05 To back up a bit, the year was 2003, and we all knew Narrows on bass, former 3B attend one (or all) of the showings. Something Hap- 35

# Boyd as one-third of the hard-touring and even harder owner and Mono Men mem- pened to Him, Something Happened to Me shows at 9pm rocking Federation X, arguably the best band to ever ber Aaron Roeder on drums, and classically trained Sept. 7-9 at the Pickford and tickets are available at call Bellingham home. We were accustomed to seeing pianist Melanie Pence on keyboards. As for him- www.brownpapertickets.com. Boyd behind his battered kit, hitting the drums impos- self, the guy who we’re all used to seeing sitting Also in the realm of locally produced ﬁlms—although sibly hard, providing the driving beat behind Fed X’s down, at the back of the stage, mostly obscured certainly not quite in the same league—is the “Pink loud, heavy rock. by his drum kit, will be front and center, playing Gloves On” vid made by the staff at St. Joseph Medi- So, when his own album, dubbed Zorbatron after a guitar and singing. cal Center to help raise breast cancer awareness. It in- CASCADIA WEEKLY high-school nickname that stuck, dropped, I think we “If people know me as a drummer, they might not volves employees in some 30 departments and from 20 all expected it to be in the same vein as the band he’d know I can play the guitar,” he says, laughing. what I can gather is inspired by a “Pink Glove Dance” so long been associated with. But Zorbatron, both the Boyd also says that he “knew from the get-go that video made by a hospital in Portland. Either way, the project and the album, was wholly different. It was an live, Zorbatron would be a different animal,” but St. Joe’s staffers sing. They dance. They all wear pink album that can only be described as “poppy.” Not a says the process of turning his one-man band into latex gloves. It can be found on YouTube and is exactly collection of synthetic, saccharine, pre-fab pop in the ZORBATRON, CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE as weird and as wonderful as you’d want it to be. musicEvents

ZORBATRON, well-written music is well-written mu- 34 sic. There’s a math to it. There’s a math FROM PREVIOUS PAGE to good art.” FOOD And because life is a funny thing,

a living, breathing multi-member reality not only is Boyd breathing new life into 28 has been “very rewarding overall.” Zorbatron, but Fed X is also ending its As for whether the songs, some of extended hiatus—at least long enough which Boyd wrote while he was in high to play a November show at the Wild school, and all of which were recorded Buffalo. Boyd says the two bands com- CLASSIFIEDS more than half a decade ago, will hold ing back into being is more than just up now, Boyd is both philosophical and coincidence. “It’s like a personal renais- 24 optimistic. “I guess whether they hold sance,” he says. “It gives my life a new up at all is subjective,” he says. “But I sense of vigor. Music is in my blood and FILM think a well-written song is timeless. I have to keep doing it. It’s the only 20 Aesthetically, it might seem dated. But thing I really believe in.” 20 MUSIC MUSIC

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Justin Townes Earle and STAGE Bobby Bare Jr. 14 WHO’S YOUR DADDY? GET OUT

ONE IS the son of a hardcore trouba- 12 dour and the other was sired by country

music’s original outlaw. One is a child WORDS of wealth and privilege; the other, a re- covering drug addict. They were both 8 raised on a diet of Townes Van Zandt, Waylon Jennings, Bob Dylan, and pretty much every other hard-living country CURRENTS artist. They are Justin Townes Earle and Bobby Bare Jr.—sons of Steve Earle and 6 Bobby Bare, respectively—and between songs from his almost-released album them could possibly exist a whole world Harlem River Blues—due out Sept. 14— VIEWS

of Daddy Issues. and Bobby’s just-released A Storm—A 4 But what they’ve also got is a yen to Tree—My Mother’s Head. make music and the skill set to match— Justin Townes Earle, Bobby Bare MAIL whether they came by such things Jr., and Henry Wagons play at 8pm 2 honestly or as the result of lives lived Tues., Sept. 7 at the Wild Buffalo, Welcome Back Students! mired in music. And they just happen 208 W. Holly St. Cost: $10. More info: IT DO to be on tour together, Justin playing www.wildbuffalo.net Save 20% Off Your Indoor Plant Selections offer good thru 9/19/10 10 .01. musicEvents Make your house a home with indoor plants. 09 Consult our experts for the right selections for your spaces! THURS., SEPT. 2 Market, 1530 Cornwall Ave. less others are among the musi- .05 i 35 MONICA TAYLOR: Country and 714-0800 cians, artists and assorted per- # formers who’ll take the stage(s) SEMINARS bluegrass with Oklahoma-born SAT., SEPT. 4 guitarist Monica Taylor will be during the expansive festival CLAMDIGGER JAZZ: The Bell- on the lineup at a 7:30pm con- known at Bumbershoot Saturday ingham Traditional Jazz Society t'BMM8JOUFS7FHFUBCMF(BSEFOJOHJO cert at the Roeder Home, 2600 through Monday at the Seattle will host a concert and dance Sunset Dr. Suggested donation Center. Ticket prices vary. 8IBUDPN$PVOUZ4BU 4FQ!BN featuring tunes by the Clamdig- i is $10-$15. WWW.BUMBERSHOOT.ORG ger Jazz Band from 2-5pm at the i WWW.FRIENDSOFTHEROEDER t)FMQGVM)PVTFQMBOU5JQT4BU 4FQ!QN

VFW Hall, 625 N. State St. Admis- TUES., SEPT. 7 CASCADIA WEEKLY HOME.ORG sion is $6-$10. CHILDREN’S CHOIR AUDI- CALL TO REGISTER TODAY! FRI., SEPT. 3 i 734-2983 OR TIONS: Kids can audition for 21 SWIL KANIM: Virtuoso violin- WWW.BTJS.WEBS.COM the Bellingham Children’s Choir M-S 9-6 / Sun 10-5 at 5pm Tues. and 4pm Wed. at 945 E. Bakerview Rd ist Swil Kanim plays his monthly SEPT. 4-6 Bellingham gig at a free show the Bellingham Arts Academy for Bellingham, WA 98226 BUMBERSHOOT: Bob Dylan, from 7-9pm at Stuart’s at the Youth, 1059 N. State St. 360-676-0400 Weezer, Billy Bragg, and count- i 306-1543 OR WWW.BAAY.ORG bakerviewnursery.com musicvenues 34

FOOD See below for venue addresses and phone 09.01.10 09.02.10 09.03.10 09.04.10 09.05.10 09.06.10 09.07.10 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 28 28

Archer Ale House Live Music T-Bone Taylor CLASSIFIEDS Beach Store Café Sugar Sugar Sugar 24 Henry Wesson (early), Boundary Bay Aaron Guest (taproom), No-Fi Soul Rebellion, So

FILM Happy Hour Music Live Music (early) Wells Creek Band Jazz Jam feat. Jennifer Brewery Yogoman's Wild Rumpus Adult, more Scott Trio 20 20 Brown Lantern Ale Panther Attack, Eighteen Open Mic House Individual Eyes MUSIC MUSIC

The Business Emma Cooper 18 ART Cabin Tavern Roller-racing Semi Finals

16 LACHE CERCEL/Sept. 3/Wild Buffalo

STAGE Chuckanut Brewery Barefoot Brothers

14 Chuckanut Ridge Wine Blake Angelos Jazz Trio Stirred Not Shaken The Evolution Trio Company feat. Julian MacDonough GET OUT Conway Muse Open Mic Marvin J Bill Jordon and Friends Andre Feriante, Swil Kanim 12

Edison Inn File Gumbo WORDS

Open Mic w/Chuck D feat. 8 Fairhaven Pub Karaoke Live Music Live Music College Night Women's Showcase

Green Frog Café

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Honeymoon Open Mic The Naked Hearts Brother Dalton The Penny Stinkers The Prozac Mtn Boys VIEWS

4 Sugar Sugar Sugar, Zorba- Jinx Art Space tron, PRND MAIL

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Nooksack River Casino Kenny Hess Open Mic DJ Roy Boy The Walrus 10 .01.

09 Son Jack Jr. and Delta Rockﬁsh Grill Savage Jazz Bill Mattocks Band Hothouse .05 35 # Royal One Hit Wonder Night DJ Jester DJ Jester DJ Jester ’80s-’90s Dance Hits

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protective elder sister, Corinne, a woman 16 GRISTLE, FROM PAGE 7 with a hygiene fetish and a deep distrust of her sister’s new boyfriend, while Jim STAGE Gafﬁgan, another comic, is her deadpan The charges against Rossi and the husband, Phil, an unrepentant boor who’s BIAW were considered sufﬁciently 14 envious of Garrett’s status as a part-time egregious that two former Supreme lover. As he sees it, he has the relation- Court justices also joined the PDC

GET OUT ship game mastered, flying in to dispense civil lawsuit and encouraged the a little romance then wisely retreating state Attorney General to pursue before the going gets tough. criminal charges. 12 Then there’s the New York team. Com- “The evidence upon which we base pleting Garrett’s merry little band of man- our legal action can be construed to WORDS child buddies is Jason Sudeikis, yet another show that Dino Rossi was not just a comic. Pervading all of this group’s scenes beneficiary of these illegal activi- 8 together is the sense that they’ve been in- ties, but was a knowing and active structed to build every conversation into a participant,” the justices wrote. routine fit for Saturday Night Live. Attorney General Rob McKenna, CURRENTS Long and Barrymore should make a fine himself a frequent beneficiary of

6 match. They’re both game for anything BIAW campaign money, declined to while being endowed with a healthy sense prosecute the matter.

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MAIL to wear nothing but a shower cap. But the are spent, bundled with increased ROMANTIC COMEDIES aren’t written any more. They’re compiled—cut and dialogue—by newcomer Geoff LaTulippe— ﬁnance scrutiny from a variety of

2 pasted together from bits and pieces of old Judd Apatow and Nora Ephron bromances limps along. When wit fails, as it does all directions, have caused the BIAW to and chick ﬂicks. Then they’re tailored to ﬁt whichever star happens to be available. the time, he go for the raucous, pepper- cast about for more abundant means DO IT DO This time it’s Drew Barrymore. ing his lines with four-letter words and to jigger Washington’s elections. She plays Erin, a 31-year-old journalism student at California’s Stanford Univer- serving up a full menu of bodily functions Most recently, the organization 10 sity, who falls for Garrett (Justin Long), a New Yorker, while spending the summer gags. Everything’s covered—from the eti- shelled out $500,000 to put Initia- .01.

09 in Manhattan. She’s working as an intern on a New York daily, he’s a scout for a quette of masturbation to defecation. tive 1082 on the November ballot. The record company and they meet at a bar, bonding over their addiction to the same Their dilemma rings true enough. initiative would privatize the state’s

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back to the oral tradition? a string of bad consequences and yet WORDS Probably not, which is why they make more stupid impulses that propel the a fine excuse for a bit of dramedic cud- film along. 8 chewing in Solitary Man, yet more proof Solitary Man was penned by Brian Kop- that Michael Douglas can do anything pelman and directed by Koppelman and he pleases so long as he’s playing a jerk. David Levien, his writing partner on The CURRENTS What joy it is to watch the man slime Girlfriend Experience and Rounders, not himself on camera, whether he’s doing to mention Ocean’s Thirteen. It’s worth 6 the Gekko for Oliver Stone, going bal- noting that their last (and first) feature listic in Falling Down or playing a pot- directorial effort, 2001’s Knockaround NOW SHOWING AT THE PICKFORD CINEMA: SEP 3-9 VIEWS

smoking literary basket case in Wonder Guys, was a total stinker. But it was a 4 Boys. For his latest turn, he’s an unc- total stinker with creative ambition, The Extra Man - by the directors of American Splendor tuous aging sex addict who messes up the sort of failed effort that looks good Starring Kevin Kline, Paul Dano & Katie Holmes MAIL “A love letter to the marvelous weirdos of New York.” Movieline every part of his life he could possibly on paper until it implodes on screen. t64"tNJOt3 2 mess up. And then some. This time, they nail the execution, 'SJ4VO 1. t.PO5IV 1.

coaxing relaxed performances from Su- IT DO Douglas plays Ben, a former New York I Am Love - Featuring Tilda Swinton car salesman whose weakness for young san Sarandon as Ben’s rather sophic ex- “An amazing film. It is deep, rich, human. It is not about women and easy money got him in wife and Jesse Eisenberg as the decent rich and poor, but about old and new. It is about the ancient 10 war between tradition and feeling.” Roger Ebert trouble with the wife and the law. The kid who gives Ben a campus tour. Danny .01.

t*UBMZtNJOt3 09 movie opens “about six and a half years DeVito’s role as Ben’s moral and marital 'SJ4VO 1. t.PO5IV1. ago” on a doctor’s visit in which Ben, antithesis—a humble deli owner who Solitary Man - Starring Michael Douglas & Susan Sarandon .05 in the midst of some schmoozy blather approaches the world with a level, lov- “ 35 A sharp, small-scale comedy of male misbehavior # about dealerships and TV spots, learns ing maturity—couldn’t be more obvi- that turns out to be one of this dreary spring’s pleasant he has a heart irregularity. As the phy- ous, yet the two actors hit a sweet spot cinematic surprises.” A.O. Scott, New York Times t64"tNJOt3 sician informs him he’ll need more test- of laid-back candor in their scenes to- 'SJ4BU1.t4VO ". t.PO1. ing, Douglas’ face freezes—it comes gether. Tricia Cook’s editing and Alwin Leonard Cohen: Songs from the Road to a screeching halt, like it’s crashed H. Kuchler’s (Sunshine) cinematography The master performing all over the world - in HD and 5.1 Sound up against an unmovable object—and lend a seamless cohesion that reveals t5IF8PSMEtNJOt6OSBUFE we’re sold. major turning points in minor details. 'SJ4VO1. CASCADIA WEEKLY Flash forward to “today,” where Ben And while the movie’s end zone is vis- Something Happened to Him, 25 is now an out-of-work businessman with ible from a long way off, Douglas brings Something Happened to Me a plan to get back in it. He also has us there with nettled desperation—and Director Sidra Villasana and Cast will be on hand - Advance Tix Avail t64"t"QQSPYNJOt6OSBUFE a girlfriend (Mary-Louise Parker) with an unflagging charm that takes a turn 5VF5IV1. an 18-year-old daughter, Allyson (Imo- toward creepy. Ben is a walking cliche. gen Poots), who becomes the modified Douglas’ performance is not. $8.75 regular | $6.75 matinees & under 12 | $5.25 members | 1416 Cornwall | showtimes: pickfordcinema.org | 360.738.0735 film ›› showtimes 34 BY CAREY ROSS Cera can essentially play himself in every movie FOOD and still remain adorable is pretty much the sum total of his considerable charm. Combine that with

28 28 more comic-book style than you can shake a hipster FILMSHORTS at, and you’ll have this movie. +++ 1( t ISNJO The American: I know this movie is reputed to be #FMMJT'BJS]]] beautifully shot but mediocre in content. But it stars

CLASSIFIEDS my other movie-star boyfriend, George Clooney, who Solitary Man: See review previous page. ++++ (R imbues even the most understated role with leading- tISNJO man charisma. Plus, he’s sexy as all hell. How bad 1JDLGPSE$BMMGPSTIPXUJNFT 24 24 could this movie really be? +++ 3tISNJO Something Happened to Him, Something Hap-

FILM 4FIPNF]]] FILM pened to Me: An all-local product and production, Avatar: Special Edition 3D: Because a movie that this is the story of a man in existential crisis. Star- clocked in at more than two hours and grossed rough- ring Glyndon Jewell, Neill McLaughlin, Terra Sharp, 20 ly a jillion dollars in worldwide box ofﬁce was neither and Hunter Jackman and directed by Sidra VillaSana long enough nor rich enough already, we have this and Jeff Emtman from a script by Kyle Roe, this is a

MUSIC re-release with Extended! Never-Before-Seen! Foot- film that looks like home—even if it doesn’t quite BHF*WFHPUOFXTGPSZPV .S$BNFSPO"MMUIFVO- feel that way. ++++ 6OSBUFEtIS released footage in the world still won’t get you that 1JDLGPSE4FQU! 18 Best Picture Oscar. ++++ 1(tISTNJO Suck: The Movie: Yep, this is yet another vampire ART #FMMJT'BJS]] movie (thanks a bunch, Edward and Bella. No, re- THE AMERICAN Despicable Me: I love the idea of an animated flick BMMZ CVU UIJT JT POF UIBU QBJST CMPPETVDLFSZ XJUI 16 that tells its story from the point of view of the vil- rock ‘n’ roll, and boasts a cast that includes Henry Get Low: This movie stars Robert Duvall as a her- CMPPEZ JUDPNFTXJUIB1(SBUJOH/PUIJOHMJLF lain, rather than the hero. I love it even more when Rollins, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, and Malcolm McDow- mit who wants to throw his own funeral. That alone an exercise in tween-friendly exorcism. ++ 1( STAGE that villain is voiced by the deadpan and dead funny ell. Finally, a vampire flick I can sink my teeth into. would be reason enough to see it, but throw in a cast tISNJO Steve Carell. Sure, this movie totally rips off Pixar, +++ 3 that also includes Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek, and 4VOTFU4RVBSF]]]] but, in my opinion, that can only be a point in its 1JDLGPSE4FQU!

14 this ﬁlm suddenly becomes irresistible. ++++ (PG- favor. ++++ 1(tISNJO Leonard Cohen: Songs from the Road: Use tISNJO Takers: A crack group of top-notch bank robbers con- 4VOTFU4RVBSF]] whatever superlative you like—”legend” or “greatest 4FIPNF]]] sisting of Idris Elba, Paul Walker, T.I., Chris Brown, living songwriter” or “genius”—but they all say the

GET OUT Dinner For Schmucks: This movie, based on a Hayden Christensen, and Michael Ealy assemble to Going the Distance: See review previous page. ++ TBNFUIJOH8IFOJUDPNFTUPNBLJOHNVTJD -FPOBSE much-loved French farce, stars funnyman Steve Carell pull of one last big job (you know, because if I were 3tISNJO Cohen is an animal. Truly. See for yourself if you don’t XJUITUSBJHIUNBO1BVM3VEE5IFQSFNJTFJTTJNQMF going to pull of a high-stakes bank heist, Chris Brown #FMMJT'BJS]]] believe me. +++++ 6OSBUFEtISNJO 12 Rudd’s boss hosts a monthly dinner, and the person and Hayden Christensen are exactly who I’d want on 1JDLGPSE4FQU! who brings the biggest schmuck wins a promotion. I Am Love: Sure, this movie is a beautifully ren- NZ UFBN #VU XJMM IBSEFOFE EFUFDUJWF .BUU %JMMPO In case the comedic dream team of Rudd/Carell isn’t dered story of one woman’s sexual awakening and the Machete: What started out as a faux preview at- put a stop to it? ++ 1(tISNJO WORDS enough for you, the film also features a little thing consequences thereof, and is a feast for both the eye tached to the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez #FMMJT'BJS]]] called Zach Galifianakis. ++ 1(tISNJO and the intellect, but the thing that amazes me most double-feature Grindhouse has now become a feature- Toy Story 3: Pixar has amassed a string of hits un- 8 4VOTFU4RVBSF] about it is Tilda Swinton learned to speak Italian with length film helmed by Rodriguez. And if the movie is precedented in Hollywood history—and don’t expect a Russian accent for the role. Is there nothing she even half as good as the preview was, I might start Eat, Pray, Love: I will admit that, after reading that streak to end here, as this film hews to what has can’t do? ++++ 3tIST to forgive him for The Faculty. Maybe. +++ 3t this mega-bestseller about one woman’s globe-trot- become that studio’s trademark blend of stunning, 1JDLGPSE4FQU!]4FQU! ISNJO CURRENTS ting quest to find herself, I opined that the book innovative visuals and emotionally resonant story- 4VOTFU4RVBSF]]] should instead have been titled Me, Me, Me. However, Inception: With every single cinematic outing, telling. +++++ (tISNJO

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16 and dry about the river that runs through them. (A to be delivered to your unconscious—a perfect action good way to do that is to reveal the river that runs plan for you to pursue in order to be in maximum through you.) STAGE alignment with the astrological omens. I encourage you to come up with your own interpretation of what SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Gwyneth “sexual healing” means for you, maybe even write Paltrow is the most perfect person alive, said Gawk-

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