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14 Birthday Bash Revue: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Women of Lockerbie Auditions: 7pm, Bellingham Guild Theatre Guild Harold: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Dynamo: 8pm, Upfront Theatre GET OUT The Illusion: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Gramercy Ghost: 8pm, Anacortes Community MUSIC Theatre Melany Armstrong: 2pm, St. James Presbyterian 12 Games Galore: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Church Skagit Symphony Family Concert: 2pm, McIntyre

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4 was botched. With five new hotels and an enor- ist attraction. It’ll be just like home. 27: Comix, Sudoku Stephanie Simms, Robin Corsberg mous new Costco, it will get markedly worse. Ah, —John D’Onofrio, Bellingham MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL 28: Free Will Astrology but a short-term infusion of tax revenue! Now, Skagit: Linda Brown,

that’s the ticket! Who cares if the whole premise 2 29: Advice Goddess Barb Murdoch FAREWELL, LAKEWAY MARKET is predicated on variables (Canadian dollar, etc.) Being a frugal college student I do most of my 30: Town & Country Canada: Kristi Alvaran DO IT IT DO that are certain to change. It’s all about immedi- grocery shopping at discount stores and shop Letters ate, short-term benefit at the expense of future at big-box stores that frequently have items on Send letters to letters@ well-being. Obviously, a familiar song. We pay sale. I do, however, believe in supporting lo- cascadiaweekly.com. lip service to the concept of sustainability and cally owned and small businesses. I can’t afford 01.22.14 ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** The Gristle, P.6 * Fuzz Buzz, P.10 * Free Will, P.28 cascadia then go about our merry way, ka-ching. Have we to do all my shopping at places like this, but REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. {01.22.14}{#04}{V.09}{FREE} learned nothing from our dreary history of boom from time to time I love shopping at food stores .09 ©2013 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by 04 UN- and bust? that are unique to Bellingham like the Commu- # Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly PLUGGED PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 BAD NEWS FOR PUBLIC I am not anti-Costco. If Costco needs/wants to nity Food Co-op and, until recently, The Market TELEVISION BID, P.8

12 MINUTES [email protected] MAX: Talent with build a bigger store, so be it. It’s just that this on Lakeway. Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia a Time Limit, P.14 GIRLS ROCK CAMP: Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing Fun with Fundraising, P.18 location is already, as Pete Kremen noted, a traf- Not only do small stores offer unique and hard- COUNTRY papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution LIVING EXPO: Of food SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material and farms, P.34 fic “nightmare.” to-find items, they generally have better produce to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you And as the Gristle points out, there are alter- and staff that have a lot of pride in their job, include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- Cover: Angel Boligan ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday natives. By not sacrificing our quality of life on which is evident through their extensive knowl- the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be CASCADIA WEEKLYreturned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. the altar of short-term gain, we can benefit in a edge of the store and friendly customer service. LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. lasting way, because people will want to come I was saddened when I found out The Market 4 In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your visit our area and they will spend money to do was closing, mostly because I thought of a valu- letters to fewer than 300 words. so. The current issue of AAA’s Western Journey able service that will be gone from Bellingham: magazine suggests that Bellingham should be the service of the local grocery store. visited because of its “charm.” The article con- One thing I love so much about the culture of cludes that “the walkable neighborhoods nes- Bellingham is that we embrace with open arms NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre anything that reflects us. I love that brother, hit hard by his mother’s diag- when we create something it has that nosis, turned back to drugs to deal with personal flair and creativity that large his trauma. We tried various agencies in chains and big-box stores just don’t of- Boise to get help—but he was not ready fer. My experience when shopping at The for a sober house. Now, we have a home- 30 Market on Lakeway was always a posi- less grandson, one we pray for every day. tive one, and for that I offer a thank you The document fee legislation is due FOOD to The Market and a sincere goodbye. to be phased out in the next two years. —Kendall Thiele, Bellingham People like you and me can benefit 24 should the unspeakable ever hit your END HOMELESSNESS family, as it did ours. Reducing home-

I recently learned a staggering figure: lessness in general is in our middle-class B-BOARD the short-term savings, to our county, benefit—safer, prettier streets. for providing housing for each chroni- Olympia, stop the sunset of document 22 22 cally homeless person is $5,000 per year. fees, because they work: They reduce

Providing good care to homeless homelessness. FILM costs about $11,000 in case manage- —Kathleen Langdon, Bellingham

ment, employment services, rent sub- 18 sidies, etc. But homeless folks not DRIVE LIKE YOU LIVE HERE

provided assistance cost the county I can really relate to Jenny Martin’s MUSIC $16,000 in health care, emergency letter about the dangers of biking in

room visits, jail terms, etc. this car-centric city. Due to multiple 16 Since 2008, homelessness has de- disabilities, I am unable to bike and ART creased by 30 percent. We can, and therefore as equally vulnerable as a pe- should, do even better. But the primary destrian. Each day I am not roadkill is 15 funding source that makes this possible a victory.

is scheduled to sunset soon. Most drivers are courteous and consci- STAGE Our state legislators need to protect entious, but it never fails to amaze me this funding now, during this short that several times a day a driver is too session in Olympia. With this funding impatient to let me get across the street 14 preserved, we can help more homeless ( with the walk light!). They race by me, a individuals. This is cost-effective for barely 5-foot-tall human being, to make GET OUT our county. that turn, missing me by mere inches. Establishing a centrally coordinated Yes, many pedestrians are not as cau- 12 system where results are tracked and tious as they should be, but I will not plans adjusted based on outcome has even use my phone, etc., in order to be WORDS optimized our efforts in ending home- super-aware of my surroundings. lessness. Ending homelessness is about This level of vulnerability is very 8 more than savings. In the long term, the streeful, knowing that while you are increased well being of our community otherwise protected—warm, dry, etc.—

can only be attained from caring for one wrong move could end or destroy my CURRENTS each other. existence. —Nancy Orlowski, Bellingham Drivers, please: Leave a few minutes 6 earlier. Look both ways. Honor the walk DOCUMENT FEES WORK! signals (this form of law breaking is VIEWS

Every once in a while, government not “heroic” or “rebellious”). While you 4 4 makes a brilliant decision. Funding may not value my personal safety, just MAIL MAIL programs to reduce homelessness with think—other drivers may be behaving MAIL

document fees (like during real estate just as cavalierly to your loved ones. 2 transactions) is one example. The state —Diana Swan, Bellingham DO IT IT DO passed a bill that increased the sur- charge to file a range of documents, in- ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH cluding liens, deeds and deeds of trust, I see by the newspapers that on open- with the money going for homeless ing day of Colorado’s legal marijuana housing and assistance. In Bellingham, sales the price reached $500 per ounce. 01.22.14 document fees have effectively reduced To a casual observer of agricultural prac- .09

homelessness by 34 percent; and among tices it appears to be a classic example 04 veterans, 60 percent. Something good is of, “We’re from the government, and # happening here! we’re here to help.” Why should our fully employed, James L. Whetstine, via email graduate-degreed family care about homelessness? We became a statistic when our daughter was diagnosed with a Stage CASCADIA WEEKLY IV cancer. Her two young adult sons DEPT. OF living with her could not provide the CORRECTIONS 5 intense personal care she needed. We A photo of Bellingham Bay last week moved in with her, and they moved out. should have been credited to Mariah We helped one son get his credit rating Vasel, who was recently married. Con- gratulations, Mariah. clean, so he moved to an apartment. His THE GRISTLE

CRUDE DEVELOPMENTS: Advances in shale oil and

30 natural gas production techniques—including hori- zontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”)

FOOD FOOD to extract oil and natural gas from once inaccessible rock, together with accelerated bitumen mining (tar views sands or oil sands)—have managed to considerably 24 OPINIONS THE GRISTLE push back the peak of Peak Oil, that theoretical divi- sion where new energy reserves can no longer keep

B-BOARD B-BOARD pace with increasing demand. Unfortunately, a lot of this newly extracted energy is carried on very old BY AMY GOODMAN

22 22 infrastructure. More crude oil was spilled in U.S. rail incidents

FILM last year than was spilled in the nearly four de- cades since the federal government began collect-

18 Fukushima ing data on such spills, an analysis of data shows. Including major derailments in Alabama and North AN ONGOING WARNING TO THE WORLD

MUSIC Dakota, more than 1.15 million gallons of crude oil was spilled from rail cars in 2013, according to data write these facts as dispas- come under surveillance without their

16 released from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials sionately as I can in the knowledge, and arrests can be made.”

ART Safety Administration (PHMSA). “Ihope that they will act as a Since the nuclear disaster, a force- The analysis does not include incidents in Canada warning to the world,” wrote the jour- ful grassroots movement has grown to where oil spilled from trains. Canadian authorities nalist Wilfred Burchett from Hiroshi- permanently decommission all of Ja- 15 estimate that more than 1.5 million gallons of crude ma. His story, headlined, “The Atomic pan’s nuclear power plants. The prime

STAGE oil spilled in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, on July 6, when Plague” appeared in the London Daily minister at the time of the earthquake, a runaway train derailed and exploded, killing 47 Express on Sept. 5, 1945. Burchett only thing the government is saying Naoto Kan, explained how his position people. The cargo originated in North Dakota. violated the U.S. military blockade is that [for] at least six years from the on nuclear power shifted: 14 Nearly 750,000 gallons of crude oil spilled from a of Hiroshima, and was the first West- accident, you cannot go back to your “My position before March 11, train on Nov. 8 near Aliceville, Ala. The train origi- ern journalist to visit that devastated own town,” he told me. 2011, was that as long as we make

GET OUT nated in North Dakota and caught fire after it de- city. He wrote: “Hiroshima does not The refugees were given permits sure that it’s safely operated, nuclear railed in a swampy area. look like a bombed city. It looks as if to return home to collect personal power plants can be operated and

12 The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Ad- a monster steamroller had passed over items, but only for two hours. Like should be operated. However, after ministration doesn’t yet have spill data from a Dec. it and squashed it out of existence.” Wilfred Burchett, Funahashi had to experiencing the disaster of March 30 derailment near Casselton, N.D. But the National Jump ahead 66 years, to March 11, violate the government’s ban on 11, I changed my thinking 180 de- WORDS Transportation Safety Board, which is the lead inves- 2011, and 600 miles north, to Fuku- travel to a nuclear-devastated area grees, completely... there is no other

8 tigator in that incident, estimates that more than shima and the Great East Japan Earth- in order to catch the poignant mo- accident or disaster that would af- 400,000 gallons of crude oil were spilled there. The quake, which caused the tsunami. As ments of one family’s return on film. fect 50 million people—maybe a intense fire forced most of Casselton’s 2,400 resi- we now know, the initial onslaught He explained how the family gave war, but there is no other accident

CURRENTS CURRENTS dents to evacuate in subzero temperatures. that left 19,000 people dead or miss- him one of their four permits to take can cause such a tragedy,” he said. Until just a few years ago, railroads weren’t car- ing was just the beginning. What be- the trip: “I tried to negotiate with Prime Minister Abe, leading the most 6 6 rying crude oil in 80- to 100-car trains. In 2010, gan as a natural disaster quickly cas- the government, and they didn’t conservative Japanese administration railroads reported spilling about 5,000 gallons of caded into a manmade one, as system give me any permission to go inside since World War II, wants to restart VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS crude oil, according to federal data. They spilled after system failed at the Fukushima there. And no other independent his country’s nuclear power plants, de-

4 fewer than 4,000 gallons each year in 2011 and 2012. Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three of journalist or documentary filmmak- spite overwhelming public opposition. But excluding the Alabama and North Dakota derail- the six reactors suffered meltdowns, ers got permission to go inside. But Public protests outside Abe’s official MAIL MAIL ments, more than 11,000 gallons of crude oil spilled releasing deadly radiation into the I got along very well with this fam- residence in Tokyo continue.

from trains last year. atmosphere and the ocean. ily from Futaba,” he explained, and “It gives you an empty feeling 2 Last week, the principal regulators of crude oil Three years later, Japan is still reel- sneaked back on their short trip. in the stomach to see such man- DO IT IT DO shipments by rail met with railroad and oil indus- ing from the impact of the disaster. The government’s refusal to grant made devastation,” Wilfred Bur- try representatives to discuss making changes to More than 340,000 people became Funahashi access is indicative of chett wrote, sitting in the rubble how crude is shipped by rail, from tank car de- nuclear refugees, forced to abandon another significant problem that of Hiroshima in 1945. The two U.S. sign to operating speed to appropriate routing. An their homes and their livelihoods. has emerged since the earthquake: atomic-bomb attacks on the civilian 01.22.14 overarching problem, however, is the aging infra- Filmmaker Atsushi Funahashi directed secrecy. Japan’s conservative prime populations of Hiroshima and Naga- structure of the nation’s transportation network, the documentary Nuclear Nation: The minister, Shinzo Abe, enacted a con- saki have deeply impacted Japan to .09

04 unimproved for decades and unlikely to receive Fukushima Refugees Story. In it, he troversial state secrecy law early this day. Likewise, the triple-edged # improvement funds from a paralyzed Congress for follows refugees from the town of last December. Here in Tokyo, Sophia disaster of the earthquake, tsunami many election cycles. Futaba, where the Fukushima Daiichi University Professor Koichi Nakano and ongoing nuclear disaster will Meanwhile, the trains keep coming, with nearly a plant is based, in the first year after says of the new law, “Of course, it last for generations. The danger- dozen plans that have emerged since 2012 to ship the disaster. The government relocat- concerns primarily security issues ous trajectory from nuclear weap- crude oil by train to Northwest refineries and port ed them to an abandoned school near and anti-terrorist measures. But ... ons to nuclear power is now being terminals. Tokyo, where they live in cramped, it became increasingly clear that the challenged by a popular demand for

CASCADIA WEEKLY “Most media accounts to date have presented shared common areas, many families interpretation of what actually con- peace and sustainability. It is a les- only a fragmented view of the developments, and to a room, and are provided three box stitutes state secrets could be very son for rest of the world as well. 6 government regulators are evaluating the projects lunches per day. I asked Funahashi arbitrary and rather freely defined Amy Goodman is the host of “De- largely in isolation from one another,” public policy what prospects these 1,400 people by government leaders. For example, mocracy Now!” Denis Moynihan con- researcher Eric de Place warned last year. had. “There’s none, pretty much. The anti-nuclear citizen movements can tributed research to this column. In Oregon and Washington, 10 refineries and port terminals are planning, building, or already operat- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE ing oil-by-rail shipments, including GO NORTH FOR CASINO FUN! four on the Salish Sea in Whatcom and 30 Skagit counties. If all of the projects MODERN COMFORTS WITH OLD-FASHIONED HOSPITALITY are built and operated at full capacity, FOOD they will put an estimated 22 mile- long trains per day on the Northwest’s 24 railway system, greatly burdening it and increasing the chances of derail- ment and potential disaster for North- B-BOARD west waters. BP Cherry Point refinery has con- 22 22 structed a huge rail loop south of

Grandview Road to handle crude oil FILM shipments from North Dakota, and

the Phillips 66 expects to complete 18 a crude oil rail offloading facility at

its refinery in Ferndale and begin op- MUSIC erations by late 2014. The facility is

designed to handle to 35,000 barrels WHATCOM COUNTY’S NEWEST CASINO 16 per day. The BP refinery can handle ART twice that capacity, or 70,000 barrels per day. Joining them soon is the Shell 15 refinery in Anacortes. The Tesoro re-

finery has already held this capacity STAGE for a number of years. According to a second report re- leased earlier this month by PHMSA, 14 crude oil produced in North America’s booming Bakken region may be more GET OUT flammable and therefore more dan- gerous to ship by rail than crude from 12 other areas. But there is an added en- vironmental dimension, as Northwest WORDS oil train projects designed to trans- port Bakken fuel from North Dakota 8 may also be used to export Canadian tar sands oil, some of the dirtiest

stuff that burns. In fact, if all of the CURRENTS oil-by-rail projects were built, they 6 would be capable of moving nearly 6 800,000 barrels per day—that’s more VIEWS oil capacity than either of the con- VIEWS

troversial pipelines planned in Brit- 4 ish Columbia. Counter-intuitive, per- haps, but a relative glut of crude from MAIL

sources in the United States stands 2 to actually provoke more intensive tar DO IT IT DO sands extractions, as Canada opens new markets to finance the develop- THIS WEEK AT NORTHWOOD ment of tar sand reserves. “Growing conventional oil, includ- 22WEDNESDAY 23 THURSDAY 24 FRIDAY 25 SATURDAY ing tight oil, and oil sands production 01.22.14 has created an urgent need for addi- 2 for 1 Asian Buffet .09 tional transportation infrastructure. 04 Fortune # New pipelines, expansions to existing BBQ Buffet Cash Drawings 6-10pm Cookie Prizes Brunch Buffet infrastructure and increased transpor- 2 for 1 Prime Rib Buffet tation by rail are all required to meet Fish & this need for capacity,” the Canadian Chips Association of Petroleum Producers announced in June. FOR DETAILS VISIT NORTHWOOD-CASINO.COM

At a time when the world needs to CASCADIA WEEKLY transition to cleaner energy, dirty, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA dangerous oil extraction is the post- WHERE THE FOOD AND FUN NEVER ENDS! 7 er child for what we should not be N doing. It will get worse before it gets 877.777.9847 TWO TURNS OFF E BADGER RD NORTHWOOD RD better. 9750 NORTHWOOD ROAD • LYNDEN WA 98264 THE NEW GUIDE NORTHWOOD-CASINO.COM MERIDIAN GUIDE MERIDIAN RD Compiled through wire reports. LYNDEN has been an issue that the council has considered for a long time.” The public channel proposal original- ly developed by city staff provided an

30 option for an education-only channel, in hopes of attracting a proposal from FOOD FOOD currents Western Washington University. But council voted 5-2 to require that any op- NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX erator of the new channel be required to 24 provide public access, and university of- ficials withdrew out of liability concerns

B-BOARD B-BOARD for the content of programming. “Center for New Media’s goal is to provide Public access provides freedom to orga-

22 22 an educational program that is intellectu- nizations, groups, or individual members ally stimulating, emotionally compelling, of the general public, on a non-discrim-

FILM aesthetically enriching and personally rel- inatory basis, to act as the primary or evant with a strong emphasis on commu- designated programmers or users, having

18 nity building and responsible citizenship,” editorial control over their programming. Blaise explained in her proposal. “Our fun- “Public access has a particular meaning

MUSIC damental commitment is to provide stu- that we’ve struggled with for some time,” dents with the opportunity to understand Linville admitted. “It really does mean

16 what it means to engage actively within a access, it means we don’t get to decide

ART communication form designed to be artis- or control who goes on the air with what tic as well as informational. Examples of sorts of programs, and that invites con- this commitment are an ongoing emphasis cern about potentially offensive or inap- 15 on live events important to the communi- propriate content.” That’s one reason the

STAGE ty, the development of programs to help university declined interest, she said. nonprofits and individuals understand the Review panelists expressed concerns medium and the tools necessary to be suc- that CNM did not provide strong enough 14 cessful in it.” policies to address that issue. Oth- The Center has trained 300 students ers concentrated on the business plan,

GET OUT and produced about 200 programs. Cen- and found financial controls needed ter for New Media produces Western Win- strengthening.

12 dow, a program on BTV10, and Whatcom “Do not award,” WTA Finance Manager Sports Report, an online video report. Patricia Dunn wrote on her evaluation. “No “These channels will provide valuable evidence of ability to successfully start, WORDS information and educational services to implement and manage this business.”

8 over 80,000 potential viewers in North- “Their vision of a community PEG west Washington,” Dan Etulain agreed. channel is based on an old model and Not Ready For Etulain is president of the Northwest Com- does not take advantage of new tech- CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 munications Center, based in Bellingham. nologies, which could provide increased “Bellingham is to be blessed,” he pre- access by community users,” Dal Neit- 6 PRIME TIME dicted. “Community residents will have zel, program coordinator at BTV 10, opportunity to produce programming of commented. “Although their vision of VIEWS their interest and the interest of viewers. what a PEG channel can bring to this

4 BY TIM JOHNSON The access channel may provide political community is plausible, their ability to forums, parades, festivals, local news, make that vision a reality is not. MAIL MAIL cutting-edge music and much more. Per- “Since programming is a major objec-

sons to be served will include groups and tive of a new PEG channel, there should 2 CITY REJECTS PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION BID individuals, youth, seniors, the disabled, be a strong oversight for programming DO IT IT DO ellingham must wait a little longer to put the “P” in public access television. labor, faith, culture, ethnic diversity, and the mix of programming types the Mayor Kelli Linville and her administration recommended Bellingham City politics, social justice, the environment, channel prepares and presents,” Neitzel B Council reject the sole proposal the city received to establish and operate the arts and many other points of view suggested. a PEG access cable channel. The channel would employ franchise fees paid by and interests of people who could never While praising the passion of the Cen- 01.22.14 Comcast cable subscribers to provide local content. The public channel would op- gain access to the television media in ter’s proposal, city staff suggested that erate in parallel with the Education and Government programming the city already any other way.” City Council members should identify .09

04 offers through BTV-10. The mayor convened an independent next steps, given their interest in this # Long dreamed of by media enthusiasts in Bellingham, a public component would panel to review the CNM proposal accord- initiative. Those steps could include is- invite creative programming and broaden community dialogue, supporters say. As ing to weighted criteria. The panel in- suing a new request for proposals or currently constructed, the EG programming on BTV-10 extends to little beyond cluded media managers from Seattle and working with CNM to better shape their the halls of government. Cable subscribers are paying for more—and they deserve Kent along with city media staff and the proposal. But council should also be cau- more, critics say. finance director for the Whatcom Trans- tious and “create a wall of separation The city requested a round of proposals to establish and operate the channel portation Authority. The panel’s com- from any content decisions,” Tony Perez,

CASCADIA WEEKLY in September of last year. City officials received one bid from the Center For New ments focused primarily on the business director of the Seattle Office of Cable Media, a partnership based in Bellingham chartered to research and promote me- aspects of the CNM proposal. Communications, suggested. 8 dia literacy education through vibrant public programming. The Center requested “I wanted the review to be rigorous, as “They seemed to want us to be a full- $1.1 million of city funding over 2-½ years, and estimated they would add some this amounts to a million dollar contract sized media company that had been do- in-kind funding in future years of their plan, according to city records. Suzanne over several years, paid by taxpayers and ing this on a large scale for years,” Blais Blais, executive director for the Center for New Media, presented the CNM proposal cable subscribers,” Linville said. “I also commented. “That’s not who we are. We to City Council in December. wanted an outside perspective, as this are a small grassroots, community-based group who want to initiate a dialogue about how public access television can best serve Bellingham.” The quest for a public channel has been a long one in Bellingham, and has only 30 increased since KVOS-TV disposed of their local programming in 2006. Through the FOOD KVOS studios, the city had a robust his- tory of public access and programming Splitboard & Ski 24 dating back to the 1970s. “There were a number of entertain- $PVSTFT
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ART CANDY CRIMES 30.5 On Jan. 15, apparently while they were On Jan. 17, a Haggen employee was hit still in the area, Bellingham Police de- with bear spray after he tried to stop two PERCENT of Canadian traffic crossing the international border to shop. About 20 15 tectives executed search warrants on two teens from stealing candy and pastries percent of Canadians say they’re coming for recreation. Another 14 percent say gas purchase is their primary reason for coming.

STAGE Samish Way motels as part of their ongo- from the Barkley store. The younger teen ing investigation of drug activity in Se- attempted to flee with cinnamon rolls and home neighborhood. Search warrants were candy bars while the older teen sprayed the 14 served at the Aloha Motel and the Villa Inn employee with highly concentrated pepper 46 25 on Samish Way. Narcotics, including hero- spray. The employee was not seriously in- IN 2000, 46 percent of Canadian PERCENT increase since 2007 in

GET OUT in, were located in both locations along jured. Police caught the candy thieves in visitors said recreation was their shopping as the primary reason with digital scales and packaging material the woods a short distance away. primary purpose for traveling to cited by Canadians crossing the Whatcom County. Only 15 percent said international border. That number has

12 indicative of drug sales. Four Bellingham their interest was shopping. doubled since 2000. residents were arrested on charges that On Jan. 19, a man evidently under the included possession of a controlled sub- influence of some unknown drug attempt- WORDS stance with intent to deliver. ed to steal some candy from a store on

8 Samish Way but was stopped by the store FAN SHENANIGANS clerk, Bellingham Police reported. The 25 On Jan 19, Bellingham Police arrested an employee did not wish to pursue crimi- PERCENT of Canadians crossing the border who spent less than four hours in CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 ebullient Seahawks fan after he was re- nal charges but did want the man banned Whatcom County. Another quarter say they spent less than an hour here. ported firing a rifle in the air following from the business. Police conveyed the 6 the championship victory of his team. information to the man, which he said he “Upon arrival, officers observed five dis- understood. 47 29 VIEWS charged shotgun shells in the yard” of PERCENT of Canadians who say they PERCENT of U.S. citizens who say

4 the 60-year-old, police reported. The man MACHETE MAN are crossing the border more frequently. they are traveling more frequently into “admitted to shooting his shotgun into On Jan. 18, a man wearing a machete Only 13 percent say they are crossing Canada. About 23 percent say they are MAIL MAIL the air in celebration of the Seahawks threatened to kill an elderly woman and less frequently. traveling less frequently into Canada.

victory. He was slightly intoxicated and her niece at the Samish Way Wendy’s. He 2 mad that the police were at his house re- fled on foot when Bellingham Police were DO IT IT DO garding his actions.” He was cited for dis- called. The Bellingham Herald reported the charging a firearm inside city limits. His 78-year-old woman interrupted the tran- rifle was impounded as evidence. sient while he was in the restroom, pro- $80 voking his threats to kill her. The woman’s 01.22.14 On Jan. 19, a transient caused a ruckus niece attempted to blunt his anger, which BILLIONS of dollars in oil and natural gas imports from Canada into the United for the second time at a McDonald’s near only served to enrage him further. Police States in 2013. This number one import from Canada comprised about one quarter .09

04 Iowa Street in Bellingham. “On this oc- caught up with him and booked him into (26%) of total import volume. # curence he sat down and was drinking a jail on suspicion of felony harassment. 2/11 Steel Reserve Beer, while watching the Seahawks game and cursing,” police On Jan. 8, a man and two women entered reported. Officers marched the man out of a business near Bellis Fair Mall. One woman the restuarant and cited him for drinking implied she had a gun while the other two 1 in public. looted the store. Bellingham Police eventu- RANK of Canada as the number one trading partner of the United States, about CASCADIA WEEKLY ally arrested the three. They found no gun. 16.5 percent of the total U.S. trade volume. China represents 14.5 percent of the On Jan. 19, a woman stumbled into Pizza total U.S. trade volume. 10 Pipeline in Sehome neighborhood during On Jan. 12, a woman stole several bottles the Seahawks game and was denied ser- of liquor from the Meridian Haggen and vice for her drunkenness. “She was unable threatened employees as she fled the SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau; Whatcom Council of Governments & Western to stand and fell down,” Bellingham Police store. The 27-year-old was caught and ar- Washington University Border Policy Research Institute 2013 IMTC reported. “Officers attempted to assist rested. Passenger Vehicle Survey; currents ›› last week’s news

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A man wanted for murder in Texas is arrested in downtown Belling- GET OUT PHOTO BY TED S. WARREN, ASSOCIATED PRESS ham. Michael Dupree, 59, had relocated to the Bellingham area from Bound for Super Bowl XLVIII: Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll celebrates with Seattle Seahawks’ Russell Wilson their 23-17 win Texas sometime in 2012, according to the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Of- over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. 12 fice. Dupree had been in and out of Whatcom County jail several times, and was most recently released Jan. 13, before WCSO received notice of they last had contact with Fred Lahrman, 93, at in his State of the State address that too many WORDS an arrest warrant from Texas. He was arrested again without incident at his home on Tuesday. He has not been seen or parents with full-time jobs are struggling to

a transit stop in downtown Bellingham. Police believe Dupree used fake heard from since. put food on the table for their families. Inslee 8 8 names and birth dates to avoid detection. His attorney will attempt to didn’t propose a specific minimum wage, but fight efforts to extradite Dupree to Texas to face murder charges. 01.19.14 he suggested it should be somewhere between CURRENTS CURRENTS $10.82 and $11.82 an hour. CURRENTS A Western Washington University student is struck near campus by SUNDAY a vehicle that flees the scene. The 21-year-old is transported to Peace- A fire at an unoccupied warehouse in Mount Nooksack may be ahead of a national trend 6 health St. Joseph Medical Center with a shoulder injury and abrasions. Vernon disrupts rail traffic. Nearly 50 fire- to disenroll tribal members, leaving those Police describe the car as a white mid-1980s Honda with possible dam- fighters battled the fire at the former Alf Chris- members “culturally homeless.” Associated VIEWS

age to the passenger side. tianson Seed Company warehouse. Firefighters Press reports that new enrollment battles are 4 had to lay their water hoses across the tracks arriving at a moment when many tribes—long A city or county may ban marijuana businesses, the state Attorney stopping freight and passenger rail traffic. In- poverty-stricken and oppressed by government MAIL

General says. The state’s marijuana law leaves local governments the vestigators believe the fire was set, possibly by policies—are finally coming into their own, 2 option of adopting moratoriums or bans on pot shops, growers and pro- transients camped inside the derelict building. gaining wealth and building infrastructure with DO IT IT DO cessors, the AG reports in an opinion. Lynden currently has a marijuana revenues from casinos and other businesses. moratorium in place. 01.21.14 The Nooksack Tribal Council was among the TUESDAY first, voting to disenroll 306 members, citing 01.17.13 uncertainty about their tribal heritage. The Washington already has the highest state Nooksack Court of Appeals has declined to stop 01.22.14 FRIDAY minimum wage in the country, and Gov. Jay In- the disenrollment, which has stirred controver- .09

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THURS., JAN. 23 30 TAKING THE PLUNGE: “Bellingham Authors Take the Plunge” will be the focus FOOD FOOD of a talk with two local scribes who chose words to self-publish their work in 2013 at 7pm COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Marla 24 Bronstein (A Whole New Normal and Marian Exall (A Slippery Slope) will talk about their individual writer’s journeys and how their B-BOARD B-BOARD books are faring in the rapidly changing world of publishing. Lama, Barbara Kingsolver, and Wendell Berry WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 22 22 will be explored, and attendees are encour- FRI., JAN. 24 FILM aged to read other selections, and discuss THE CRANE WIFE: London-based writer them. The focus will be on the condition we Patrick Ness reads from his folk tale-

18 leave the planet in for future generations, so inspired work of fiction, The Crane Wife, at keep that in mind. What: After Hours Art dis- 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. 671-2626 MUSIC cussion. When: 6:30pm Thurs., Jan. 30. Where: Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Building, 250 SAT., JAN. 25

16 Flora St. Cost: Thursday entry is $5. More info: BOOK CLUB: Cheryl Strayed’s Wild will www.whatcommuseum.org

ART be the focus of the Deming Book Club’s For the last six years, journalist McKenzie bimonthly meeting from 10am-12pm at the Funk has made it is his business to better un- Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. 15 derstand the catastrophe of global warming. 306-3600 OR WWW.WHATCOMREADS.ORG

STAGE To do this, he’s had to travel the world—from WILD AS MEMOIR: As part of Whatcom Africa to the Arctic, and back again. The re- Reads, Sara Geballe of Memoir Crafters sult of his hard work is Windfall: The Boom- leads a “Preserving Life Stories; Wild 14 ing Business of Global Warming, which he’ll as Memoir” workshop from 2-3:30pm at discuss Feb. 4 when he visits Village Books. Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. Entry is free. GET OUT Whether he’s visiting the front lines of the WWW.WHATCOMREADS.ORG glacial melt or investigating droughts in Su- dan, the focus is on seeing it through the BROKEN LINES, SCAR BOYS: Judith 12 12 eyes of those who view the earth’s deteriora- Skillman will share ideas and tips from her tion as a business opportunity. “In alarm- book Broken Lines: The Art & Craft of Poetry WORDS WORDS at 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. At ing terms, he lists three major categories of 7pm, Len Vlahos will read from his debut global warming—the melt, the drought, and

8 book of fiction, The Scar Boys. Entry to the deluge—all of which have nations and both events is free. citizens jockey for position to cash in on the WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

CURRENTS CURRENTS world’s dwindling resources,” reads a Publish- JAN. 25-26 ers Weekly review. “Funk’s original, forthright USED BOOK SALE: Help raise funds for 6 take on this little-discussed profit-taking the Red Raider PTSA at a Used Book Sale trend in the climate change sweepstakes is from 9am-2pm Saturday and Sunday at Bell- VIEWS very unsettling.” When: 7pm Tues., Feb. 4. ingham High School, 2020 Cornwall Ave. 778-7000

4 Where: Village Books, 1200 11th St. More info: www.villagebooks.com SUN., JAN. 26 MAIL MAIL When incoming Western Washington Uni- LAB LIT: Retired research psychologist

BY AMY KEPFERLE versity freshmen showed up for school last Kirk Smith will lead a “Lab Lit: Putting 2 fall, one of the items they received was Alas- Real Science into Fiction” discussion at 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Smith DO IT IT DO

ka author Nancy Lord’s Early Warming: Crisis will describe several lab lit novels and read and Response in the Climate-Changed North. from his own, Vanessa’s Curve of Mind. The book, which was chosen as this year’s Global Bookshelf 671-2626 “Western Reads” selection, intertwines sto- 01.22.14 READING FOR THE PLANET ries of Lord’s own experiences in communi- MON., JAN. 27 ties in Alaska and Northwest Canada—where SAILORS BOOK CLUB: Melville’s Moby

.09 Dick will be the subject of the first f you spend more than a week in Bellingham, you’ll soon realize the effects of climate change are evident— 04 Armchair Sailors Book Club series from #

people who live here are concerned not only with what happens with bigger problems, such as village reloca- 6-7:30pm at the Lummi Island Library, I within city limits, but also to the Earth at large. Following are a tion plans, “polar bear tourism” and warm- 2144 S. Nugent Rd. few upcoming events that focus on intriguing reading material as well ing salmon streams. When she visits Village 305-3600 as global matters. Books and WWU in February, Lord will share FERNDALE BOOK GROUP: Discuss Robin Oregon State University’s Kathleen Dean Moore has visited Belling- examples of Alaska’s strategies for coping Sloan’s Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Book Store ham before, but for an event happening Jan. 30, a book she edited and with environmental change, and also suggest at the Ferndale Friends Book Group meet-

CASCADIA WEEKLY contributed to will be the star of the show. As part of Whatcom Muse- ways in which we all might learn and change ing at 7pm at the Ferndale Library, 2007 um’s “Vanishing Ice” exhibit, attendees are encouraged to read selec- as good global citizens. When and Where: Cherry St. 12 tions from Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril and discuss Lord will speak at talks at 4pm Sat, Feb. 8 at 305-3600 the ideas within. The tome, which was published in 2010, features es- Village Books and at 12pm Wed., Feb. 12 at OPEN MIC: Published and unpublished says from 80 of the world’s visionaries, leaders and writers from across WWU’s weekly World Issues Forum at Fairhaven writers can share stories, poems and es- the political spectrum—including an intro focusing on climate change College. Cost: Both events are free. More info: says at the monthly Open Mic helmed by by Nobel Peace Prize-winner Desmond Tutu. Pieces from the Dalai www.villagebooks.com or wwu.edu doit RESTAURANT X RETAIL X CATERING Call today

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POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share Valentine’s their verse as part of Poetrynight can sign 24 up at 7:30pm at the Alternative Library, Day 1417 Railroad Ave. Readings start at 8pm. 100 N. Commercial St. next to Mount Baker Theatre X 360-594-6000 X bellinghampasta.com Entry is by donation. B-BOARD B-BOARD 778-7230 OR WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG BELLINGHAM THEATRE TUES., JAN. 28 GUILD PRESENTS 22 BELLINGAM READS: As part of Whatcom Reads, Cheryl Strayed’s Wild: Lost and FILM Found on the Pacific Crest Trail will be the subject of discussion at the Bellingham

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SAT., JAN. 25 CURRENTS MENTORING SYMPOSIUM: Educator 9,&., 6 Curtis Acosta will be the keynote speaker at a “From ME 2 WE: Creating a Mentoring

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PITCH FEST: Pitch your business ideas Tickets $5 available at Village Books and network them with other entrepre- & BrownPaperTickets.com neurs at BIG Idea Lab’s monthly Pitch Fest starting at 6pm at the Underground, 211 Thursday, Jan. 30th, 6:30pm E. Chestnut St. This is your team’s chance in the Heiner Theater at WCC CASCADIA WEEKLY to network, find investors and additional teammates and compete against other Read More at VillageBooks.com 13 entrepreneurs to win. Entry is $10-$20 for spectators, $100 for “pitchers” and free for investors (in advance). VILLAGE BOOKS WWW.BELLINGHAMINNOVATIONGROUP.COM 1200 11th St., Bellingham 360.671.2626 doit

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30 and entertainment when longtime climber Nick Aiello leads an “Alaska Range Climbing On A

FOOD FOOD Budget” presentation at 7:30pm at Backcountry outside Essentials, 214 W. Holly St. Entry is $8. HIKING RUNNING CYCLING WWW.BACKCOUNTRYESSENTIALS.NET 24 FRI., JAN. 24 PCT RECORD-SETTER: As part of Whatcom

B-BOARD B-BOARD Reads, local adventurer Heather Anderson will recount her record-setting Pacific Crest Trail hike at an all-ages presentation from 7-8:30pm at

22 22 the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. Entry is free.

FILM WWW.WHATCOMREADS.ORG SAT., JAN. 25 18 DIVING CELEBRATION: Washington Divers invites the public to a “Diving Into a New Year”

MUSIC celebration from 12-6pm at their headquarters at 903 N. State St. Free info sessions, a door prize drawing and more will be part of the fun. 16 WWW.WASHINGTONDIVERS.NET ART

LAKE WHATCOM PARK PARTY: Learn about

15 world-class recreational opportunities and trails that will be available at the new Lake Whatcom Park at a Community Celebration from 1-3pm at STAGE the Bloedel Donovan Community Building, 1220 Electric Ave. Kids can bring bikes (and helmets) 14 14 for fun on an outdoor bike course staffed by the Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition, and there’ll be a celebratory presentation recognizing those GET OUT GET OUT who helped make the park happen. Entry is free. 746-3164 OR WWW.WHATCOMLANDTRUST.ORG

12 WALKING WILD: Local filmmaker Karen Bean will share stories and pictures from her many “Walking Wild” trips into the backcountry mak- WORDS ing wilderness adventure DVDS at a Whatcom Reads event at 3pm at the Everson Library, 104

8 Kirsch Dr. Entry is free. WWW.WHATCOMREADS.ORG BY TRAIL RAT CURRENTS CURRENTS ever-deeper and away into the night. JAN. 25-26 I ran and I ran and I ran. And when I fi- SKAGIT EAGLE FESTIVAL: Guided walks and 6 nally stopped, I found the forest had suf- talks, hatchery tours, raptor presentations, ficiently enveloped me. Immersed in the river float trips, Native American storytelling,

VIEWS photography workshops, hayrides, bonfires and darkness, I couldn’t immediately discern Shedding It much more will be part of the final weekend of

4 where I’d escaped to. But wherever it was, the Skagit Eagle Festival Saturday and Sunday ADVENTURES IN PEACE AND QUIET it felt better and exceedingly more mel- in eastern Skagit County (Rockport, Concrete, MAIL MAIL low than the obnoxious orgy of synaptic Marblemount, etc.). Many events are free. WWW.SKAGITEAGLEFESTIVAL.COM

here were six of us trying to live in a two-bedroom rental cabin in obliteration I’d just escaped. 2 Glacier that winter. Money was tight. Floor space was at a serious Gradually, as my night vision intensi- SUN., JAN. 26 DO IT IT DO T premium. fied, I was able to see that I was stand- SEED SWAP: Join Sustainable Bellingham for Compounding these issues were the increasingly detrimental effects of an in- ing in front of our woodshed—a cozy little its 7th annual Community Seed Swap happening sidiously popular and (then) brand-new video game called “Grand Theft Auto.” weatherproof outbuilding full of kiln-dried from 2:30-5:30pm at the Majestic, 1027 N. Forest With my own eyes, I watched all five of my cabin mates became addicted to it. mill ends that we used to heat our cabin. St. Everyone who has seed to share or needs seeds to start a garden is welcome. Entry is $3 01.22.14 Suddenly—almost literally overnight—they went from spending every pos- “Jackpot!” I thought as dragged my per person or $5 per family. sible moment hitting mad kickers and carving deep turns through the heavies -40 F sleeping bag in through the door WWW.SUSTAINABLEBELLINGHAM.ORG .09 to investing the majority of their time and energy huddled around a 60-inch big and spread it out on a bed of smooth, 04 # screen with the surround-sound cranked up so loud that a freight train full of solid wood. TUES., JAN. 28 screaming hyenas could have come roaring through our walls and nobody would Finally, at long last, I managed to lay WINTER CAMPING BASICS: Learn how to plan, how to stay warm, how to select appropriate have been able to hear it over all the gratuitous street crime and violence. down comfortably and quietly enough clothing and what to expect when setting up Inevitably, it became exceedingly difficult for me to catch a proper night’s to listen to owls hoot and hear my own camp at a “Winter Camping Basics” clinic at 6pm sleep. And the less sleep I managed to get, the more nerve-strained and pri- breath again. The ensuing slumber proved at REI, 400 36th St. Register in advance for the mordial I grew. as deep as it was bottomless. Ten years free workshop. 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM CASCADIA WEEKLY Driven near to the breaking point on a daily basis, I soon decided to might just as easily have passed in the

set up camp on our back deck so I could lay down and count my blessings precious few hours I nodded off. RIVER SEARCH: Tim Wahl presents “Searching 14 peaceably amongst the frosty, hibernating-friendly quietude of the Upper I wound up spending quite a bit of for the Lummi River” at 7pm at Whatcom Mu- North Fork Valley. time reading, meditating and counting seum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Suggested Unfortunately, our back deck wasn’t even close to being far enough away to sheep in that woodshed over the next donation is $3. muffle the resonating catastrophe of simulated gang warfare emanating un- few months. And the season kept get- WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG abated from our living room. So I promptly gathered my bed things and plunged ting better. doit

STAGE you’re interested in taking part in the “poetic drama” THURS., JAN. 30 known as Women of Lockerbie,

GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch get your name on the roster 30 “The Good, the Bad and the for auditions happening at

G FOOD Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday 7pm Sunday and Monday at sta e at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 the Bellingham Theatre Guild, THEATER DANCE PROFILES Bay St. At 10pm, stick around 1600 H St. for the “Project.” Entry is 647-6242 OR WWW. 24 $4-$7. BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD.COM 733-8855 OR WWW. THEUPFRONT.COM JAN 27-FEB. 1 B-BOARD WINTER DRAMA FESTIVAL: JAN. 23-25 Shakespeare’s The Taming of 22 22 BY AMY KEPFERLE THE ILLUSION: See Tony the Shrew and Jane Austen’s Kushner’s The Illusion for the Pride and Prejudice will show final weekend at 8pm Thurs- in repertory as part of the FILM day through Saturday at the Drama Winter Festival happen- iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall ing Monday through Saturday 12 Minutes Max 18 Ave. Kushner’s adaptation is at 7pm at Bellingham High based on Pierre Corneille’s School, 2020 Cornwall Ave. TALENT WITH A TIME LIMIT 1636 work about a father who Tickets to the see the BHS MUSIC seeks the help of a sorcerer drama students do their thing

demands the use of your whole being—your while searching for his son. will be $5 at the door. 16 body, mind and spirit.” Tickets are $10. 778-7000 M ART This weekend, Jan. 24-25, Lukeris will WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM join a lineup of other local performers for TUES., JAN. 28 15 JAN 24-25 OUTSIDERS AUDITIONS: 15 the second annual “12 Minutes Max” show- UPFRONT MIXED BAG: Meta Performing Arts will host STAGE case at the Firehouse Performing Arts Cen- Long-form improv will be auditions for upcoming per- STAGE ter. The performances, which are curated highlighted at “Harold” shows formances of The Outsiders at by members of the arts community, can at 8pm Friday and Saturday at 6pm at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln feature everything from dance to theater, the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay Theatre, 712 S. First St. 14 St. At 10pm, “Games Galore” WWW.METAPERFORMINGARTS. music and film. The only caveat for those shows will take the stage. ORG

who are accepted is Tickets are $10-$12. GET OUT that their creative WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM offering must be 12 DANCE 12 minutes, or less, in JAN. 24-26 BIRTHDAY BASH REVUE: duration.

Help celebrate 50 glorious THURS., JAN. 23 WORDS “I am so excited by years of musical produc- FOLK DANCE: Join the this series,” Lukeris tions featuring numbers from Fourth Corner Folk Dancers 8 says. “This is a great selected shows from the Bell- for a weekly Folk Dance at ATTEND showcase opportu- ingham Theatre Guild’s vast 7:15pm most Thursdays at roster of theatrical offerings the Fairhaven Library, 1117 WHAT: 12 Minutes nity for the diverse at a “Musical Birthday Bash 12th St. First-timers are free; CURRENTS Max performing arts cul- Revue” at 7:30pm Friday and suggested donation after

WHEN: 7:30pm Fri.- 6 Saturday, and 2pm Sunday, at that is $5. Sat., Jan. 24-25 ture that we have in the BTG, 1600 H St. Tickets 380-0456 WHERE: Firehouse Bellingham. I was so are $8-$14 and additional VIEWS Performing Arts excited by the expe- shows happen through Jan. SAT., JAN. 25

PHOTO BY NOLAN BY PHOTO MCNALLY Center, 1314 Harris rience last year that 31-Feb. 2. WINTER DANCE SHOWCASE: 4 Ave. I put together a new WWW.BELLINGHAM Swing, Latin, ballroom, COST: $12-$15 THEATREGUILD.COM belly dance, salsa and other MAIL t a dinner party a handful of years ago, guests congre- INFO: 734-2776 or work just for submis- movement styles will be gated on our upstairs porch for post-repast cigarettes. sion. I already have

www.firehouse 2 GRAMERCY GHOST: Find out showcased at “Winter Dance When I went to join them, it was pointed out to me performingarts an idea for next year.” A what happens when a woman Showcase” performances

center.com IT DO that our new across-the-street neighbor was in the middle of Lukeris adds that “inherits” a spirit and thinks at 2pm and 7:30pm at the his own dance party. part of the fun of it’s a joke when Gramercy Bellingham Dance Company, As we watched (how could we not?) the tall, lithe figure leapt “12 Minutes Max” is not knowing who else Ghost opens this weekend with 1705 N. State St. The shows with seeming ease across a still-empty room. He shimmied. He is involved in the show until the lights showings at 8pm Friday and highlight pieces by both pirouetted. He moved without abandon to music we couldn’t come up and the stage is revealed. He’s Saturday, and 2pm Sunday, students and teachers from 01.22.14 at the Anacortes Community a variety of dance companies hear, but that was obviously inspiring him. It was a beautiful willing to give hints about his own sub- Theater, 918 M Ave. Tickets to in Bellingham. Admission thing to behold—even if we felt a little weird watching him mission, however. .09 the comedic drama are $18; is $10 in advance or $15 at 04 # from our dark perch. “I created a film called Modern Dance additional showings happen the door. Not long afterward, we met the dancer. His name, we Hobbyist Revealed, which is a sequel to the weekends through Feb. 15. WWW. learned, was Gabriel Lukeris, and he’d moved to the neighbor- film I entered last year,” he says. “It is a WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM BELLINGHAMDANCECOMPANY.ORG comedy following the trials and tribula- hood with his wife Melissa and their two sons. It was awhile, SUN., JAN. 26 CONTRA DANCE: Beauty however, before we admitted we’d been privy to his midnight tions of an earnest hobbyist dancer, which DYNAMO: Liven up your and the Beasts will provide moves. And guess what? He didn’t care. In fact, he was glad is pretty much autobiographical.” Sunday nights at “Dynamo” live music at the Bellingham

he’d had an audience. Lukeris won’t be at the show in person on shows at 8pm at the Upfront Country Dance Society’s CASCADIA WEEKLY Although he’s a busy wine distributor, Lukeris is also de- opening night because he’ll be busy celebrat- Theatre, 1208 Bay St. ntry bimonthly Contra Dance from is $5. 7-10:30pm at the Fairhaven voted to modern dance, and continues to make it part of his ing his birthday at a party across the street. 15 WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM Library, 1117 12th St. Entry life. He’s been dancing for more than 15 years, and graduated Luckily, attendees have been promised a is $6-$10. from Fairhaven College in 2008 with a focus on dance arts— viewing of an extended version of the film— JAN. 26-27 WWW.BELLINGHAM including production, performance and choreography. and I happen to know where the best seat in LOCKERBIE AUDITONS: If COUNTRYDANCE.ORG “I love so much about it,” Lukeris says. “It is an art that the neighborhood is. doit

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folk art of RR Clark from WED., JAN. 22 1:30-5pm every Mon.-Fri. 30 ART TALK: Watercolor artist at the FishBoy Gallery, 617

FOOD FOOD Michael Heath will share Virginia St. thoughts on his work on 714-0815 OR WWW. visual display at a talk at 7pm at FISHBOYGALLERY.COM Chuckanut Brewery, 601 W. 24 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES Holly St. Entry is free (beer GOOD EARTH: A “Bowls is not). and Lamps Benefit” shows

B-BOARD B-BOARD WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERY through January at Good ANDKITCHEN.COM Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. At video one, viewers meet the pilot be- 22 22 JAN. 22-28 WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM ing grilled by airline functionaries who urge PACIFIC CREST DIS-

FILM him to plead a lapse of sanity and return PLAY: Whatcom Museum’s HONEY SALON: “Creatures to work. Next, in a hotel room, a ringing Jeff Jewell and staff from of Comfort,” featuring works telephone distracts the apologetic steward Bellingham Public Library by Karie Jane Von Allmen 18 will present a “History of the and Liliana France, can be detailed to mind him and our pilot escapes Pacific Crest Trail” tabletop perused through Feb. 5 at

MUSIC into a tiny park. In the hands of the film- display through Jan. 28 at Honey Salon, 310 W. Holly St. makers, this clump of trees transforms into the North Fork Library, 7506 WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM. Kendall Rd. COM 16 16 a vast space, encompassing forests, play- grounds and lakes. 305-3600 OR ART ART WWW.WCLS.ORG JANSEN ART CENTER: Sign The ringing telephone of the first video up for classes and workshops and the sounds of frogs, voices and jet en- SAT., JAN. 25 on an ongoing basis at Lyn- 15 gines in the remaining episodes assail ob- PURDUE ART TALK: Learn den’s Jansen Art Center, 321 more about the inspiration Front St. A variety of works

STAGE servers with the past, present and future of behind the works of fiber of art are also on display in artist Seiko A. Purdue’s the space’s library, chamber the pilot’s two-day “Casting: Labor of Love” hall and Fine Arts Gallery. 14 odyssey. He sleeps at an Art Talk from 3-5pm WWW.JANSENART in the rain, watches in Anacortes at Anchor Art CENTER.ORG

GET OUT an archeological dig, Space, 216 Commercial Ave. hitches a ride with a Seiko’s multimedia exhibit MAKE.SHIFT: Explore the features large-scale hanging world of a curmudgeonly hot SEE IT man who talks about 12 installations, delicate paper air balloon via Mat Hudson’s SEE IT WHAT: the virtues of riding casts and more. “Pop, The Balloon” exhibit “North American” trains, sees a warn- WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG through Jan. 26 at Make. WORDS and “Shoreline” Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. WHEN: Through ing that a woman had been killed in the ARTS & JAZZ AUCTION: WWW.MAKESHIFT 8 March 12 The 16th annual Arts & Jazz PROJECT.COM BY STEPHEN HUNTER WHERE: Museum park. He hides from Auction takes place starting of Northwest Art, police and “gangstas” at 7pm at the Blaine High OLD TOWN CAFE: Steeb 121 S. First St., La School cafeteria, 975 H St. Russell and Erin Clancy are

CURRENTS CURRENTS and witnesses a fur- Conner Entry is $5; all funds raised exhibiting their group show, COST: Admission is tive burial. 6 What is his state of during the course of the eve- “Comrades,” through January North American $3-$8 ning benefit art scholarships at the Old Town Cafe, 316 W. INFO: www. mind? He scratches in and experiences beyond the Holly St. VIEWS monamuseum.org A MULTIMEDIA FLIGHT OF PASSAGE a notebook, “Prepare arts curriculum in the Blaine 671-4431 School District. 4 for war.” rumpeter swans were soaring into blue sky above La Con- In the climactic ending, a flotilla of (360) 380-1634 QUILT MUSEUM: View Sue MAIL MAIL ner as I arrived for the opening of the new exhibit at the yachts powers across Lake Washington; Spargo’s “Creating Texture,” THURS., JAN. 30 Surface Design Associa-

Museum of Northwest Art (MONA). Fittingly, the exhibit fighter jets roar overhead. Our pilot 2 T LUCIA LANDSCAPE tion’s “Out of the Blue,” and focuses on the flight-inspired film, North American. strides out through the park gates. He OPENING: View new works “Timeless Treasures: Crazy

DO IT IT DO by landscape painters Lisa Quilts” through March 23 at In 2008, an enigmatic news event about a Canadian airline has made a journey, and it is up to each pilot caught the attention of Seattle filmmakers Robinson De- of us to guess what he has decided. McShane, Margy Lavelle, and the La Conner Quilt & Textile vor and Charles Mudede. The pilot had to be removed from the At the exhibit opening, some of the Nancy Canyon at an opening Museum, 703 S. Second St. reception for the artists from WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM cockpit and restrained when he was found to be arguing loudly sound quality at the video stations was 5-7pm at Fairhaven’s Lucia 01.22.14 with God. indistinct. Hopefully, this technical glitch Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. WESTERN GALLERY: The Zimbabwe-born Mudede heard in the pilot’s tale an echo of will be remedied to improve the experience WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM “David Maisel/Black Maps: .09 the story of Jonah, who was punished for refusing to listen to the of the viewer. American Landscape and the 04 # voice of God. For Devor, the catalyst was the Iraq war—which Presi- Refresh your mind and rest your ears after Apocalyptic Sublime” shows ONGOING until Feb. 14 at WWU’s West- dent George Bush called a “crusade undertaken for God’s purposes.” the “North American” experience with a qui- EXHIBITS ern Gallery, 516 High St. The pair have written and directed several films that have et gathering of paintings from the gallery’s WWW.WESTERNGALLERY. been praised for the sensitivity and candor with which they have permanent collection on the second floor. ALLIED ARTS: View “The WWU.EDU explored offbeat, even forbidden, subjects. Their controversial MoNA Exhibitions Director Lisa Young has Art of Light and Technology” documentary, Zoo, a Sundance winner, was selected for presen- curated this thoughtful exhibit to celebrate through Jan. 31 at Allied WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Van- Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. ishing Ice,” “Treasures from

CASCADIA WEEKLY tation at Cannes. Now they have partnered with the Museum of the influence of shoreline on artists in the WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG the Trunk: The Story of J.J. Northwest Art to create a multimedia experience in the four gal- Northwest. Especially restful are Richard Donovan” and “Romantically 16 leries of the ground floor—plus the restroom hallway. Gilkey’s “Three Crabs,” Paul Havas’ beauti- ARTWOOD: “Wood Art for Modern: Pacific Northwest As you enter, a cacophony of human and animal voices and ful “Washington Coast,” and an astonishing the Wall” will be featured Landscapes” can currently mechanical sounds greets you. For the next hour, through the watercolor by Charles Miller, entitled “The through January at Artwood, be viewed at the Whatcom 1000 Harris Ave. Museum campus. use of seven video screens, you will inhabit the imagined ordeal Edge of the Spit with Signal to Distant Is- WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG of the nameless pilot. land.”

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30 build those fire exits and give us back our all-ages venue, but it was even nicer of so many of you to FOOD FOOD show up and check them out. I never knew fire music safety was such a big draw in this town. 24 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT I suspect, however, that I have it wrong, and instead you showed up by the hundreds at Make. Shift’s grand reopening Friday night to not only see B-BOARD B-BOARD a lineup that included a rare appearance by the Pal- isades (why must you tease us so, Palisades? Do we

22 22 not love you enough?), but also because you’re just so darn excited about the resumption of all-ages FILM music in the Flora Street space. I can’t blame you. I’m pretty excited too. It’s pretty exciting stuff. 18 18 18 Also in the realm of things that are generally pretty exciting comes word that Wild Throne (the MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC band formerly known as Dog Shredder) was invited to play at South by Southwest this year. To be clear,

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15 surrounds SXSW these days. In case you’re wondering

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WORDS have released an EP, Blood Maker, mere days before they make their appearance in Austin.

8 Although it’s still a few weeks out, Valentine’s Bellingham Girls Rock Camp Day is starting to appear at the edges of the ho- rizon. And what do you people want to do on Val-

CURRENTS CURRENTS LIKE SPACE CAMP, BUT WAY BETTER entine’s Day? I’ll give you a hint: it has nothing to do with romance or flowers or candy or romance or 6 he subject of women in music is not an opportunity to secure a willing venue for her elaborate dates or romance. No, what you want to without its controversies, and life at weekend of music, it has also allowed her ac- do is get on a stage and play songs. Not love songs. VIEWS T the nexus of art and feminism can cess to a sizeable share of Bellingham’s bands, No way. Instead, you have shown an inexplicable, 4 be tricky to navigate. But the complexities who have displayed their customary generosity insatiable appetite for playing pop-punk songs. and nuanced issues and analysis and debate when asked to donate their time and talents. The The desire to eschew all things traditionally MAIL MAIL aside, one point upon which we can all agree result is a Friday lineup of the Ultimatum, Hash Valentine’s Day—that, I understand. Turning any

is that women are vastly underrepresented in Adams and Orbe Orbe. Saturday’s roster includes

2 holiday, even a faux holiday, into an excuse for a almost every category of the music scene in ATTEND Bright Weapons, Noise Toys, Gypsters, and Gyrat- WHAT: Bellingham themed show—this also speaks to me. It’s you kids DO IT IT DO almost every place with a music scene. Girls Rock Camp ing Hips. Sarah in the Wild, Fictions, Porch Cat, and your pop-punk that I will never understand. Certainly, that is changing somewhat, and fundraiser and Katie Gray will close things out Sunday. Nevertheless, this year’s installment of the Val- aiming to help that evolution along in our WHEN: Fri.-Sun., The fact that Kern has never spearheaded an entine’s Day Covers Show takes place Fri., Feb. 14 Jan. 24-26 music community is Bellingham Girls Rock event such as this before speaks to her dedica- (natch) at Make.Shift. But the twist this year is

01.22.14 WHERE: The Camp, which exists for the purpose of giving tion to Bellingham Girls Rock Camp as well as Shakedown, 1212 N. that your lust for pop-punk covers is so strong it girls not just the technical skills, but also State St. the passion she brings to this particular cause. actually cannot be contained by a single night .09 the confidence to get onstage and make their But no one speaks better to that than Kern her- 04 COST: $5 suggested of music. So a second night—Sat., Feb. 15—has # music heard. It’s an excellent cause built on a donation each night self, as I found out when I asked her about the been added to this affair to remember. If I’m being firm foundation of fun, but administering the MORE INFO: benefit shows and how they came to be. www.shakedown accurate about the endeavor—which I suppose is program comes with costs not entirely cov- Cascadia Weekly: First, what is Bellingham Girls bellingham.com something I should probably strive for—continu- ered by the camp’s intentionally low tuition. Rock Camp? ing to call it a pop-punk covers show is more than In Bellingham, the usual solution to a financial problem of this Tasha Kern: Bellingham Girls Rock Camp is a a bit of a misnomer, as those waters have been ilk is to throw a benefit show. And this is where Bellingham Girls weeklong summer camp for 8- to 15-year-old permanently muddied by the inclusion of other CASCADIA WEEKLY Rock volunteer Tasha Kern comes in. You may know Kern as the girls. The girls come to camp to focus on vo- genres of music. Band announcements have not always-cheery face behind the bar or in front of the stage at the cals, drums, guitar or bass and are put into been made yet, but some of the bands that have 18 Shakedown. But she’s also the driving force behind the upcoming bands divided by age. Throughout the week, been mentioned as being in consideration for the trio of shows taking place Fri-Sun., Jan. 24-26 at the State Street we have individual music lessons, lessons covers treatment are the Posies, Saves the Day, music venue, the proceeds from which will benefit the Bellingham grouped by instrument and full band prac- Lifetime, Bratmobile, Smash Mouth, Pavement, Girls Rock Camp. tice, along with workshops that cover things the Replacements, and so very many more. Valen- Bartending at the Shakedown has afforded Kern more than just like lyric writing, zine creation, women in tine’s Day has never sounded so weird. GIRLS ROCK CAMP, FROM PREVIOUS PAGE musicevents

the history of music, body image and partici- FRI., JAN. 24 7DL]p pation in the music industry as something EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL: Flutist

other than a musician. Jeffrey Cohan and lutenist John Š”‹•–‡—š—†‹ 30 CW: How’d you get involved with the program? Lenti will present “Louis XV” as ƒ†Ž‡Ž‹‰Š–‡†‹–ƒ–‹‘ǡ—•‹ ǡ”ƒ›‡”Ƭ‹Ž‡ ‡ FOOD TK: I got involved with Girls Rock two years ago, part of the Salish Sea Early Music 7DL]p Festival at a concert at 7:30pm at in its debut, just by seeing a poster down- St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2117

town and emailing the woman who was run- Walnut St. Suggested donation is /DE\ULQWK 24 ning it. I was a counselor that year and the $15-$20. –Š‡–”ƒ†‹–‹‘‘ˆ–Š‡Šƒ”–”‡•ƒ–Š‡†”ƒŽ‹ ”ƒ ‡ year following, and this year I am part of a WWW.SALISHSEAFESTIVAL.ORG B-BOARD B-BOARD three-person “board” (that consists of myself, SAT., JAN. 25 Morgan Lanza, and Liberty Miller) that meets RUVARA MARIMBA: Zimbabwean ͷ’ǡ—†ƒ›ǡ ƒʹ͸ biweekly to take care of the planning and run- dance music played on wooden-key 22 ning of the camp. xylophones can be heard when ƒ„›”‹–ŠƒŽǡͶǦͷƬ͸Ǧ͹ǣ͵Ͳ’ CW: Whose idea was the fundraiser weekend at Ruvara Marimba perform from FILM the Shakedown and what will the money raised 6:30-8:30pm at the Chamber Hall at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, 321 

–Ǥƒ—Žǯ•’‹• ‘’ƒŽŠ—” Š 18 be used for? 18 Front St. Tickets are $10.  ʹͳͳ͹ƒŽ—––Ǥ̷Ž†”‹†‰‡ TK: We wanted to throw a fundraising show as WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG MUSIC MUSIC a collective group, but this specific weekend  ™™™Ǥ–ƒ—Ž•‡ŽŽ‹‰ŠƒǤ‘”‰ MUSIC was my project. All of the money goes directly CHERYL HODGE: Jazz purveyor toward things like paying for the space we use Cheryl Hodge performs at 7pm at  16 Vinostrology Wine Lounge, 120 W. š’Ž‘”‡’‹”‹–—ƒŽ‹–› ‚ ‘—–‡”–Š‡ƒ ”‡† for the camp, materials for the girls (note- ART Holly St. Entry is free (wine is not). books, screen-printing their band’s custom- 656-6817

made T-shirts, zine materials, etc.) and sup- 15 plies for creating the CDs we record of each SUN., JAN. 26 band’s original music. PIANO CONCERT: Organist and STAGE pianist Melany Armstrong presents CW: How did you choose the bands? a program featuring Lennon,

TK: I wanted to do a different style of mu- McCartney, Brubeck, Desmond, 14 sic each night to represent the diversity of Guaraldi, and more at 2pm at Bell- things we teach at camp. So Friday I focused ingham’s St. James Presbyterian GET OUT on hip-hop, Saturday is more of a rock show Church, 910 14th St. Entry is free. 733-1325 and Sunday is almost entirely past coun-

selors’ bands with the addition of Sarah in SYMPHONY FAMILY CONCERT: 12 the Wild, just because they’re great. I could Skagit Symphony presents its

absolutely not have done Friday without lo- Family Concert at 2pm at Mount WORDS cal musician Mo Stafa—he went out of his Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. LADIES College E. College Way. Highlights way to refer musicians and help me in an 8 include works by Tchaikovsky, area I am not super-familiar with. Saturday Handel, Mozart, and more, and is primarily bands I have discovered through there will be pre-concert activities the Thursday-night Showdown at the Shake- for children. Tickets are $10 for CURRENTS adults and free for youth under 16.

down—although the headliner has some of 6 WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG my [Shakedown] coworkers in it, which is a

definite perk of my job. CHAMBER MUSIC: Trio Affet- VIEWS CW: Had you ever organized anything like this be- tuoso presents music of Vivaldi, fore? What was it like for you? Hasse, and Bach at a chamber 4 music concert at 3pm at Burlington

TK: I have never done anything like this before MAIL Lutheran Church, 134 E. Victoria but absolutely would again! It was much hard- Ave. Entry is free.

NIGHT 2 er than I had anticipated, between thinking (360) 724-7300 up three days worth of music that is primar- DO IT ily positive in its focus, having the bands be ART OF JAZZ: A CD release available, getting them all on the same page featuring John Stowell, Brian 1/2 off appetizers. drink specials. Cunningham, Tom Anastasio, and as to where and when to be at what time and Jud Sherwood will be part of the

set times and start times and merch creation Jazz Project’s monthly Art of Jazz 01.22.14 and poster making (Brad Lockhart, Zach Wise, concert at 4pm at the Encore Room at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 and Mike E. Wilson each donated their time .09

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head into a hotel bathroom bidet and 30 later, rather shakily, drowns the guy in a

FOOD FOOD few inches of bathtub water. It takes some Film elbow grease to be a shadow recruit. MOVIE REVIEWS ›› SHOWTIMES Branagh orchestrates all this action 24 with Zeus-like aplomb. That early bath- room brawl is a real bone-rattler: Bodies

B-BOARD B-BOARD fly, taking chunks out of any porcelain or plaster they happen to hit, and even

though Jack survives the ordeal, he’s vis- 22 22 22 ibly shaken by his first kill. Pine initially FILM FILM seems a little too indistinct, perhaps too irredeemably sweet, to play such an Amer- ica-first go-getter (portrayed in previous 18 movies by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford,

MUSIC and Ben Affleck). But as his Ryan surveys his horrible handiwork, his face looks so

16 ruddy and youthful—the weight of what he’s done hits us just when it hits him. ART Even amid all this potboiler espionage madness, Pine is steadfastly human, a 15 Jack Ryan whose patriotism isn’t likely to

STAGE override his conscience. In fact, before Ryan even takes the CIA job, he asks Harper outright about 14 waterboarding—the clear subtext be- ing he wants no part of it. The world has

GET OUT changed since Clancy wrote his first Jack Ryan novel, The Hunt for Red October, in 1984, and neither Branagh nor screenwrit- 12 ers Adam Cozad and David Koepp have any interest in living in the past. Except, WORDS maybe, when it comes to resuscitating Russia as a source of colorful villains. 8 Branagh’s character, Viktor Cherevin, is a cirrhosis-afflicted satyr who prefers his

CURRENTS CURRENTS women beautiful and married—stealing REVIEWED BY STEPHANIE ZACHAREK them away is half the fun. And so, when 6 he gets a gander at Cathy—she and Jack are a couple, though as yet unmarried, VIEWS and she’s clueless about the true nature of

4 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit his job—he practically devours her with his gnomish male gaze. MAIL MAIL ESPIONAGE AIN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE It’s a little strange to see an actress of

Knightley’s fierceness cast as the imperiled 2 ussians still make the best movie villains. Since 9/11, Hollywood has been He joins the Marines and barely survives babe (Cathy has followed Jack to Russia as DO IT IT DO

queasy about giving us fictional baddies from Arab countries—the line a chopper crash in Afghanistan, coming a “surprise,” the sort of thing unsuspect- Rbetween cheap stereotypes and real-life religious extremism is too blurry, close to losing the use of his legs. Luck- ing significant others are always doing in too delicate. South American drug lords have had their day, and Albanians in bad ily, a young doctor-in-training at his rehab espionage fiction), but Knightley holds her sweaters just don’t cut it. But ah! the Russian villains, with their tragic, poetic orders him to “Walk, damn it!” or words to own. When Viktor cozies up to her in a tony 01.22.14 souls and political ruthlessness. No wonder Kenneth Branagh, the director of that effect. And because that almost-doc- Moscow restaurant, she purrs back at him Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, also cast himself as one. It’s the next best thing to tor, Cathy, is played by Keira Knightley—a like a kitten, but you can almost see the .09 ruling the world. woman with the eyes of a seductress and tiger’s blood throbbing in her temples. 04 # In his heart of hearts, Branagh might like to do that too, but he’s had to settle for the jawline of an adorable baby shark—he Still, Viktor isn’t easily swatted away. directing blockbusters, and they at least suit his seemingly larger-than-life ambi- dares not disobey. His accent is thick, like borscht; his eyes tions. Though nothing can match the majestic sweep of his 1996 Hamlet, Branagh’s Meanwhile, CIA elder William Harper are cold, like vodka. He’s a collection of 2011 Thor managed to hurl a few inspired thunderbolts—he approached Marvel’s (Kevin Costner, now in full-on silver-fox walking clichés, writ large enough to show phony Norse mythology as if he were interpreting Wagner. With Jack Ryan: Shadow mode and looking good) notices that up on the big screen. Branagh, as both an Recruit, the latest entry in the somewhat patchy canon of Tom Clancy adaptations, young Jack has pluck. Would he like to actor and director, is old-fashioned that

CASCADIA WEEKLY Branagh enters more realistic territory—provided your idea of realism is elastic work for the organization as a plant at a way. Even though plenty of people will end enough to embrace the adventures of a dutiful young CIA agent who races the clock Wall Street firm, keeping an eye out for up watching Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit on 22 to stop a megalomaniacal Russian financier from blowing up Wall Street. Jack Ryan: hinky funds transfers that could signal their iPads, or on a tiny square installed Shadow Recruit is half silliness, half swagger, but Branagh’s arms-akimbo impudence terrorist activity? “Covertly?” Ryan asks, in the back of an airline seat, Branagh is as a director makes it work. He takes it all seriously, but with a wink. his eyes widening. He accepts, and though steadfast in his love of grandeur. It’s as Chris Pine plays Jack Ryan, or rather a new kind of Jack Ryan: He’s a promising his job mostly involves looking at a com- if his goal is to be visible from the moon. young student at the London School of Economics until 9/11 changes everything. puter screen day in and day out—barring And who knows? Maybe he is.. film ›› showing this week

BY CAREY ROSS About Schmidt) and a decidedly irascible Bruce Dern 30 team up to make a road-trip movie unlike any you’ve FOOD FOOD ever seen. Their ultimate destination being well- FILM SHORTS deserved Oscar nods for the both of them. +++++ (R • 1 hr. 55 min.) 24 About Time: If the tagline “From the creators of PFC’s Limelight: See www.pickfordfilmcenter.com for Love Actually” fills you with anticipatory delight, showtimes. your wait is over. Oh goody. ++ (R • 2 hrs. 4 min.) B-BOARD B-BOARD Bellis Fair: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. The Nut Job: Despite the title, this is not one of

those “adult” films. You know, in case you thought American Hustle: After a rocky start in Hollywood this would be about something other than the 22 22 22 marked by public feuding with his actors, director animated hijinks of a nut-crazed squirrel. ++ (PG • David O. Russell has hit his stride with films like The 1 hr. 26 min.) FILM FILM Fighter and Silver Linings Playbook. This freewheeling, Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. highly comic story of political scandal, which sees the

director team up again with Jennifer Lawrence, nabbed Out of the Furnace: Although this film is capably 18 THE KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM a whopping10 Oscar nods. +++++ (R • 2 hrs. 9 min.) helmed by Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper and stars Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, and more, MUSIC Devil’s Due: If Rosemary’s Baby and Paranormal Inside Llewyn Davis: The ever-versatile Coen it was dead on arrival the first time it arrived at the Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues: I’m pretty Activity had a child, it would hopefully be not at brothers hit another one out of the park with this box office. If at first you don’t succeed... +++ (R • sure it doesn’t matter one whit whether this movie is all like this movie lest it be promptly disowned and spot-on rendition of the Greenwich Village folk scene 1 hr. 46 min.) 16

worth watching or not because we’re all going to see disavowed. + (R • 1 hr. 29 min.) in the early 1960s. I’m of the opinion that Oscar Isaac Bellis Fair: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. ART it anyway. +++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 59 min.) Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. as the titular Llewyn Davis more than earned himself Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. an Oscar nomination, but the Academy and I will Philomena: This year’s Little Movie that Could, Ender’s Game: This is a movie in which the fate of have to agree to disagree on that point. +++++ (R this poignant story of adoption, Irish-Catholic op- 15 August: Osage County: Although this movie is civilization is put into the hands of a teenage boy. • 1 hr. 44 min.) pression and the search for family earned four Oscar getting mixed reviews, I will see it for no other reason And that’s just the first thing about the premise of Pickford Film Center: See www.pickfordfilmcenter. nominations, including a Best Actress nod for the STAGE than watching Meryl Streep earn her record 18th Acad- this beloved book-turned-movie that I find to be a com for showtimes. ever-impeccable and eminently watchable Dame Judy emy Award nomination by being in full-on Mommie little suspect. +++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 54 min.) Dench. +++++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 38 min.) Dearest mode sounds like down-and-dirty cinematic Bellis Fair: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit: See review previous Pickford Film Center: See www.pickfordfilmcenter. 14 fun at its very best/worst. +++ (R • 1 hr. 59 min.) page. +++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 45 min.) com for showtimes. Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. Frozen: Disney unleashes a brand-new princess Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. GET OUT on the world. However, this is no passive princess, Ride Along: Until I saw the preview for this movie, Captain Phillips: In what is surely one of the major but a git-’er-done, girl-power heroine who is not Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa: Jackass does and saw Ice Cube standing next to Kevin Hart, I had snubs of this Oscar season, somehow Tom Hanks was to be messed with. Has the House of Mouse finally what Jackass does best in the only way Jackass knows never realized what a truly tiny man Hart is. That’s 12 not awarded a Best Actor nomination for his portrayal gotten the memo that women don’t want to be how. +++ (R • 1 hr. 32 min.) probably not the only insight that can be gleaned of the titular character in this dramatic, based-on- damsels in distress? One can only hope. ++++ Bellis Fair: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. from this film, but I don’t aim to find out either way. actual-events recounting of a man caught between (PG • 1 hr. 45 min.) ++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 40 min.) WORDS guns and more guns when he’s kidnapped at sea by Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. Knights of Badassdom: This is a movie about Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes.

Somali pirates. ++++ (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 13 min.) LARPing (look it up if you don’t know. And then let 8 Bellis Fair: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. Her: I can take or leave Spike Jonze, but his love yourself fall into the most amazing of internet worm- Saving Mr. Banks: 2013 saw Tom Hanks proving story between a man (Joaquin Phoenix) and his holes) starring Peter Dinklage. It is also irrefutable his status as one of Hollywood’s most adept, beloved Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2: I was operating system (voiced by Scarlett Johansson) proof that Hollywood needs to keep its prying eyes and bankable actors with his role in Captain Phillips pretty surprised when this children’s book was adapt- is winning rave reviews from critics and audiences out of my diary. +++ (R • 1 hr. 25 min.) and here, as Walt Disney trying to charm, cajole and CURRENTS ed for the big screen. I am no less surprised that it alike. ++++ (R • 1 hr. 59 min.) PFC’s Limelight: See www.pickfordfilmcenter.com for woo Mary Poppins into cinematic life. ++++ (PG-13 6 somehow merits a sequel. ++ (PG • 1 hr. 35 min.) Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. showtimes. • 2 hrs.) Bellis Fair: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Not as The Legend of Hercules: Kellan Lutz and Renny VIEWS Dallas Buyers Club: As predicted, Matthew Mc- boring as the first installment, still not as good as Harlin—two people I thought only existed in celeb- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: I had high 4 Conaughey scored a richly deserved Oscar nomination The Lord of the Rings franchise. ++++ (PG-13 • 2 rity gossip columns—team up to make a movie about hopes for this big-screen adaptation of James for his (razor-sharp, amazing, insert other hyperbolic hrs. 40 min.) a dude who only exists in myth. Sounds about right. Thurber’s short story. Ben Stiller’s interpretation (he MAIL MAIL superlative here) performance in this film. +++++ Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. + (PG-13 • 1 hr. 39 min.) directs and stars) is visually whimsical but otherwise

(R • 1 hr. 57 min.) Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. blah. Methinks Walter Mitty’s secret life should’ve 2 Pickford Film Center: See www.pickfordfilmcenter. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: I would like stayed that way. ++ (PG • 1 hr. 54 min.) com for showtimes. to thank this box-office-smashing cinematic saga for Lone Survivor: Peter Berg is never stronger as a Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. DO IT gifting the world with the crazy magic that is Jen- director than when he is telling gritty, true-to-life Despicable Me 2: The inaugural installment of this nifer Lawrence. I hear the movie she stars in is pretty stories (see also: Friday Night Lights). This time he’s The Wolf of Wall Street: I’m pretty sure Martin animated franchise benefited from telling its tale decent too. ++++ (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 26 min.) tapped the versatile Mark Wahlberg to play a Navy Scorsese is going to continue to direct Leonardo from the point of view of the villain (voiced by Steve Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. SEAL on a mission to neutralize a Taliban operative— DiCaprio until one of two things happens: Either

Carell). Now that villain has become anti-villain— a mission that goes terribly wrong, with dire conse- he dies (an event I sincerely hope never occurs) or 01.22.14 and a father—will this sequel be able to conjure the I, Frankenstein: A movie with reviews so deeply quences. +++ (R • 2 hrs. 1 min.) DiCaprio finally nabs that Oscar he’s been chasing for

same sort of magic? Signs point to yes. +++ (PG • embargoed you know it can’t be any good. Consider Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. so long. Sorry, Leo. I’m not certain this will be your .09

1 hr. 38 min.) yourself duly warned. + (PG-13 • 1 hr. 32 min.) year. ++++ (R • 2 hrs. 59 min.) 04 # Bellis Fair: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes. Nebraska: Director Alexandar Payne (Sideways, Barkley Village: See www.fandango.com for showtimes.

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27 big stink if you allowed it to keep developing. There BY ROB BREZSNY is a second unripe situation, on the other hand, that would eventually yield fragrant blooms. I advise you

to either quash or escape from the first, even as you 30 FREE WILL cultivate and treasure the second.

FOOD FOOD LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Whatever adven- tures may flow your way in the coming weeks, Libra, ASTROLOGY I hope you will appreciate them for what they are:

24 unruly but basically benevolent; disruptive in ways 24 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Actor Casey Affleck that catalyze welcome transformations; a bit more appreciates the nurturing power of his loved ones. exciting than you might like, but ultimately pretty “My family would be supportive,” he says, “if I said I fun. Can you thrive on the paradoxes? Can you de- B-BOARD B-BOARD B-BOARD wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make light in the unpredictability? I think so. When you love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.” I’d like to see look back at these plot twists two months from now, you cultivate allies like that in the coming months, I bet you’ll see them as entertaining storylines that 22 22 Aries. Even if you have never had them before, there’s enhance the myth of your hero’s journey. You’ll un- a good chance they will be available. For best results, derstand them as tricky gifts that have taught you FILM tinker with your understanding of who your family valuable secrets about your soul’s code. might be. Redefine what “community” means to you. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Manufacturing a 18 TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author John Koe- jelly bean is not a quick, slam-bam process. It’s a nig says we often regard emotions as positive or five-step procedure that takes a week. Each seem-

MUSIC negative. Feeling respect is good, for example, while ingly uncomplicated piece of candy has to be built being wracked with jealousy is bad. But he favors up layer by layer, with every layer needing time a different standard for evaluating emotions: how to fully mature. I’m wondering if maybe there’s a 16 intense they are. At one end of the spectrum, ev- metaphorically similar kind of work ahead for you,

ART erything feels blank and blah, even the big things. Scorpio. May I speculate? You will have to take your “At the other end is wonder,” he says, “in which time, proceed carefully, and maintain a close atten- everything feels alive, even the little things.” Your tion to detail as you prepare a simple pleasure. 15 right and proper goal right now, Taurus, is to strive for the latter kind: full-on intensity and maximum SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I understand

STAGE vitality. Luckily, the universe will be conspiring to the appeal of the f-word. It’s guttural and expul- help you achieve that goal. sive. It’s a perverse form of celebration that frees speakers from their inhibitions. But I’m here today 14 GEMINI (May 21-June 20): At her blog other- to announce that its rebel cachet and vulgar power wordly.tumblr.com, Yee-Lum Mak defines the Swed- are extinct. It has decayed into a barren cliche. Its ish word resfeber this way: “the restless race of the official death-from-oversaturation occurred with the

GET OUT traveler’s heart before the journey begins, when release of the mainstream Hollywood blockbuster anxiety and anticipation are tangled together.” You The Wolf of Wall Street. Actors in the film spat out might be experiencing resfeber right now, Gemini. the rhymes-with-cluck word more than 500 times.

12 Even if you’re not about to depart on a literal trip, I hereby nominate you Sagittarians to begin the I’m guessing you will soon start wandering out on quest for new ways to invoke rebellious irreverence. a quest or adventure that will bring your heart and What interesting mischief and naughty wordplay WORDS mind closer together. Paradoxically, your explora- might you perpetrate to escape your inhibitions, tions will teach you a lot about being better ground- break taboos that need to be broken, and call other

8 ed. Bon voyage! people on their BS and hypocrisy?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): How does a mon- CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): German philos- arch butterfly escape its chrysalis when it has fin- opher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) has had a major CURRENTS CURRENTS ished gestating? Through tiny holes in the skin of impact on the development of ideas in the Western the chrysalis, it takes big gulps of air and sends world. We can reasonably divide the history of phi- 6 them directly into its digestive system, which ex- losophy into two eras: pre-Kantian and post-Kantian. pands forcefully. Voila! Its body gets so big it breaks And yet for his whole life, which lasted 79 years, this

VIEWS free. When a chick is ready to emerge from inside its big thinker never traveled more than 10 miles away egg, it has to work harder than the butterfly. With from Konigsberg, the city where he was born. He fol-

4 its beak, it must peck thousands of times at the lowed a precise and methodical routine, attending shell, stopping to rest along the way because the to his work with meticulous detail. According to my

MAIL MAIL process is so demanding. According to my analysis, analysis, you Capricorns could have a similar experi- Cancerian, you’re nearing the final stage before your ence in the coming weeks. By sticking close to the

2 FREE DELIVERY metaphorical emergence from gestation. Are you tried-and-true rhythms that keep you grounded and more like the butterfly or chick? healthy, you can generate influential wonders. DO IT IT DO 650-0555 LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “I’m not sure where to AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Aquarian go from here. I need help.” I encourage you to say author Georges Simenon (1903-1989) wrote more 1 large those words out loud, Leo. Even if you’re not sure you than 200 novels under his own name and 300 more believe they’re true, act as if they are. Why? Because under pseudonyms. On average, he finished a new 01.22.14 2 topping I think it would be healthy for you to express uncer- book every 11 days. Half a billion copies of his tainty and ask for assistance. It would relieve you of books are in print. I’m sorry to report I don’t think

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# $9.99 solver. It could free you from the unrealistic notion he was in his. However, your productivity could soar that you’ve got to figure everything out by yourself. to a hefty fraction of Simenon-like levels in 2014— second pizza$7 And this would bring you, as if by magic, interesting if you’re willing to work your ass off. Your luxuriant offers and inquiries. In other words, if you confess fruitfulness won’t come as easily as his seemed to. Extra large your neediness, you will attract help. Some of it will But you should be overjoyed that you at least have 2 topping be useless, but most of it will be useful. the potential to be luxuriantly fruitful. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Dogs have a superb PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When I’m older and sense of smell, much better than we humans. But ours wiser, maybe I’ll understand the meaning of my life. CASCADIA WEEKLY $12.99 isn’t bad. We can detect certain odors that have been When I’m older and wiser, maybe I’ll gain some insight 28 with FREE diluted to one part in five billion. For example, if you about why I’m so excited to be alive despite the fact were standing next to two Olympic-sized swimming that my destiny is so utterly mysterious. What will be Breadsticks pools, and only one contained a few drops of the different for you when you’re older and wiser? Now is chemical ethyl mercaptan, you would know which one an excellent time to ponder this riddle, because it’s $7.50Lg or it was. I’m now calling on you to exercise that level likely you’ll get a glimpse of the person you will have $9.99XL of sensitivity, Virgo. There’s a situation in the early become when you are older and wiser—which will in- carry out stages of unfolding that would ultimately emanate a tensify your motivation to become that person. BY AMY ALKON for you—one who gets that glimmer in his eye, realizing there’s no better s(OUSEHOLD

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STAGE EAT sessions reveals food FERNDALE PANCAKE extra, or you can bring your WHAT: Country -production-related BREAKFAST: Attend a Pan- own for a $20 corking fee. Living Expo and classes on: beekeep- cake Breakfast from 8-11am WWW.CIAOTHYME.COM 14 Cattleman’s Winter ing, poultry process- at Ferndale’s American School Legion Post 154, 5537 2nd FOOD AND COMMUNITY: WHEN: 9am-5pm ing, cob oven-build- Ave. Entry is $3 for kids and Vicki Robin shares ideas

GET OUT Sat., Jan. 25 ing, fruit tree pruning, $6 for adults. from Blessing the Hand That WHERE: Stanwood raising sheep, cheese 384-7474 Feeds Us: What Eating Closer High School, 7400 and yogurt-making, to Home Can Teach Us about 12 272nd St. NW swine breeding, con- BRUNCH CLUB: Monte Food, Community, and Our COST: $40-$70 Cristo sandwiches with Place on Earth at 7pm at tainer gardening, cider

WORDS INFO: www. jam and sweet potato Village Books, 1200 11th skagit.wsu.edu production, pie crust hash browns will be on the St. The book focuses on creation, growing gi- menu at a “Brunch Club” Robin’s one-month pledge 8 ant pumpkins and veggies, fish smoking, class starting at 9:30am in to eat only food sourced backyard chickens, raising beef for prime Mount Vernon at Gretchen’s within a 10-mile radius of BY AMY KEPFERLE Kitchen, 501 S. First St. her Whidbey Island home.

CURRENTS CURRENTS grade, pressure canning, raising heritage Entry is $20. Entry is free. turkeys, finding and cooking wild edibles, WWW.GRETCHENSKITCHEN. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 6 mushroom cultivation and many more. COM For the more dedicated farmers, work- WED., JAN. 29 VIEWS Fun on the Farm shops also abound on everything from COMMUNITY MEAL: SMALL DISHES: Jesse Lasagna, green salad, bread Otero leads a “Small Dishes

4 propagation techniques to equine first aid, AN INTRODUCTION TO COUNTRY LIVING and yellow cake will be on of the World: Japanese agroforestry, on-farm composting, how to the menu at the bimonthly Izakaya” course from 6:30- MAIL MAIL choose the right tractor and implements Community Meal from 10am- 9pm at the Community 12pm at the United Church Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest nce in a while, my main man gives me a sidelong glance, bats for your property and projects, greenhouse 2 his eyelashes and tells me he thinks it’s time to add a new growing, ewe flock nutrition, organic cer- of Ferndale, 2034 Washing- St. Entry is $39 with a $5 ton St. Entry is free. beer option. DO IT IT DO

addition to our urban farm. tification for livestock producers, sheep O 384-1422 383-3200 While the subject of his obsession du jour changes—sometimes shearing, maximizing litter production and he thinks goats are something we can’t live without, other times he (yuck) livestock fecal exams. SOFT CHEESE CLASS: THREE-WAY CHOWDER: makes the case for a family milk cow or wool-producing sheep, minia- A trade show featuring local agribusi- Seattle cheese-maker Mark Learn how to make a variety 01.22.14 ture horses, ducks and the like—my response typically centers on the nesses and networking opportunities will Solomon leads a “Make Your of soups at a “Chowder Own Soft Cheese” course Three Ways” class from phrase, “I don’t think so, dude.” also be happening throughout the day, and from 1-4pm at the Cordata 6:30-8:30pm in Mount Ver- .09 My answer is firmly based on the fact that I’m the early riser in a prime rib lunch is included in the regis- 04 Community Food Co-op, 315 non at Gretchen’s Kitchen, # our domestic partnership, and thus am often the one responsible for tration fee. Workshops fill up fast, so you’ll Westerly Rd. Yogurt cheese, 501 S. First St. Entry is $30. letting the chickens out in the morning and making sure they—and want to get online as soon as possible and ricotta, mozzarella, and WWW.GRETCHENSKITCHEN. our Flemish meat rabbits—have enough food and water to get them peruse the lengthy list to ensure you can burrata will be on the to-do COM list. Cost is $55. through the day. still get in on the action. 383-3200 THURS., JAN. 30 I’m not up for a new retinue of extra tasks—tasks such as milking By afternoon’s end, it’s entirely possible FUN WITH FRITTERS: a surly goat at the break of dawn. As a small-scale farmer, I’m aware you’ll realize that you want to begin a new MON., JAN. 27 Paul Manthe shares recipes

CASCADIA WEEKLY that keeping animals around to augment our food supply is well worth career as a chicken farmer or bee whis- KNIFE SKILLS: Mataio and techniques from around it, but also requires a commitment. perer. Conversely, you might understand Gillis will cover safety, knife the world at a “Fritter the 30 mechanics and maintenance Night Away” class from The powers that be who are putting on the annual Country Living just how much work “country living” re- and classic cutting skills at 6-8:30pm at the Cordata Expo and Winter Cattleman’s School Sat., Jan. 25 at Stanwood High quires, and instead continue to rely on a beginning “Knife Skills” Community Food Co-op, 315 School are also savvy to the fact that as eating locally—whether it’s visits to local farmers markets and other class at 5:30pm at Ciao Westerly Rd. Entry is $35. raising your own animals and vegetables in your backyard or farming purveyors to augment your food supply. Thyme, 207 Unity St. Entry 383-3200 for profit on sizable acreage in the county—is hard work. And that’s O.K., too. Kind Green Botanicals Collective Access Point Premium Organic Medical Marijuana

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