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The reconstruction of “The Most Dangerous Room in the House” was made possible by American Masterpieces: Dance, a program 2 of the National Endowment for the Arts, which is administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts with Dance/USA. cascadia TEXT-BASED PAINTINGS BY LOCAL ARTIST AND PROFESSIONAL AIR GUITARIST ANDREA HEIMER CAN BE SEEN WHEN 34 “ENCOURAGING WORDS” OPENS MAY 8 DURING FOOD FOOD A glance at what’s happening this week GIRLS NIGHT OUT IN HISTORIC FAIRHAVEN
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05.07.08 VISUAL ARTS CLASSIFIEDS Textile Festival: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square WEDNESDAY Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, Blaine 24 Studio Tour: 10am-6pm, Camano Island
ON STAGE Jennifer Eaton, Jason Williamson Reception: FILM Zapatista: 7pm, Syre Student Center, WCC STRAIGHT-FROM- 5-8pm, Smith/Vallee Gallery, Edison DANCE THE-SADDLE POETRY, 20 Ballroom Dance: 6-8pm, the Leopold COUNTRY SINGING AND 05.11.08 MUSIC WORDS STORYTELLING CAN Book Sale: 9am-4pm, Western Library, WWU SUNDAY BE EXPECTED WHEN 18 Spoken Word Wednesday: 8-10pm, Bellingham
Public Market — ON STAGE ART CHUCK PYLE Grease Jr.: 2pm, Sehome High School
COMMUNITY OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE I Hate Hamlet: 2pm, Bellingham High School Green Drinks: 5-7pm, Copper Hog “ZEN COWBOY”—DROPS BY Polyanna: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden 17
NANCY’S FARM MAY 11 DANCE STAGE Faculty Dance Concert: 2pm, Performing Arts 05.08.08 Center, WWU 15 THURSDAY Aladdin: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon MUSIC GET OUT ON STAGE Chuck Pyle: 2pm, Nancy’s Farm Grease Jr.: 7pm, Sehome High School Washington Brass Ensemble: 7pm, Performing
Puppet Show: 7pm, Bellingham Public Library Arts Center, WWU 14 Wedding Rituals Across the Ages: 7pm, Lynden Pioneer Museum VISUAL ARTS WORDS Polyanna: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Brigadoon: 7:30pm, Blaine Performing Arts Center Director’s Cut: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, Blaine Lynden The Man Who Fell Off His Bicycle: 8pm, iDiOM I Hate Hamlet: 7:30pm, Bellingham High School Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, Camano Island
I Hate Hamlet: 7:30pm, Bellingham High School Theater Brigadoon: 7:30pm, Blaine Performing Arts Center Sculpture Garden Party: 1-4pm, Big Rock Garden 8 Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Found Peace: 8pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center The Man Who Fell Off His Bicycle: 8pm, iDiOM Park Found Peace: 8pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center Upfront Unscripted: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Theater The Man Who Fell Off His Bicycle: 8pm, iDiOM Found Peace: 8pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Theater Center CURRENTS The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre DANCE Upfront Unscripted: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre 05.12.08
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Faculty Dance Concert: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Aladdin: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Faculty Dance Concert: 7:30pm, Performing Arts VIEWS Center, WWU Center, WWU WORDS Aladdin: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Mike Barenti: 7pm, Village Books MUSIC 4 WORDS Four Bitchin’ Babes: 8pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Tango by the Bay: 9-11pm, Squalicum Yacht Club Poetry Night: 8:30pm, Fantasia Espresso
Book Sale: 9am-4pm, Western Library, WWU Vernon MAIL Lisa Kleypas: 7pm, Village Books Early Music Ensemble: 8pm, Performing Arts MUSIC GET OUT
3 Climbing PoeTree: 7pm, Viking Union, WWU Center, WWU Swing Connection Big Band: 2pm, First Baptist Ross Lake Presentation: 6pm, REI 3 Church DO IT DO IT COMMUNITY COMMUNITY North Sound Community Orchestra: 3:30pm, Girls Night Out: 5-10pm, historic Fairhaven Intercultural Festival: 6-10pm, Syre Student Kulshan Middle School Center, WCC NOW! Concert: 4pm, Christ the Servant Lutheran 05. .08 13 08 VISUAL ARTS Church .07. Encouraging Words Reception: 5-10pm, the VISUAL ARTS TUESDAY 5 Paperdoll Studio Tour: 10am-6pm, Camano Island WORDS
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Building # COMMUNITY The Male Intellect: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Studio 05.09.08 Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Theatre Market Square FRIDAY 05.10.08 WORDS GET OUT Mark Winne: 7pm, Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship ON STAGE SATURDAY Haggen to Haggen 5K: 8am, Sehome Village Haggen Grease Jr.: 7pm, Sehome High School Bike Rodeo: 10am-2pm, Kendall Elementary School
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4 ter the site and turn Belling- downtown. Finally, with Mayor land, Bellingham and Everett ham’s waterfront into a vacant Pike we have a leader who un- and relied on local service. NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre brownfield. Public officials derstands that the downtown Thousands of other riders rely on the buses to get to school, est values. Future generations will Bike to W & School Day work and healthcare facilities. thank you. But besides the obvious reasons —Paul Tarris, Bellingham Friday, May 16 as to why public transit is needed, there are less obvious ones such as ECO-TOURISM WOLVES IN keeping traffic off the highways, SHEEP’S CLOTHING Bike to Work and 34 preserving a high quality of life that I’ve lived in Skagit County for 30 School Day 2008 is FOOD includes clean air and not paving years, married to a Bellingham na- presented by SSC
over precious farmland. (And even tive. We enjoy the natural beauty 28 though it is Skagitonians voting on of the area and contribute to local this proposition, if it does not get groups seeking to preserve that. passed, effects will ripple outward.) I recently retired and, while look- But what if we had to face a re- ing for worthy causes to champion, CLASSIFIEDS duction in bus services because observed an alarming, insidious citizens would not provide the nec- thread appearing to run through 24
essary funding? Without the con- many local groups touting “envi- FILM nectors to Everett and Bellingham, ronmental” causes. 6 2008
we would see an increase in traffic This thread is a network of people, 20 congestion creating a nightmare omnipresent on the green scene, Bike or Walk to Work or School and visit Celebration Stations all around for thousands of commuters. There that belong to many environmen- Bellingham and Whatcom County. MUSIC would be less public transportation tally related groups in Whatcom Plan to celebrate. Everyone‛s cheering for you. To get involved, call:671-BIKE for those who need it the most and, and Skagit Counties. These people [email protected] www.mtbakerbikeclub.org www.everybodyBIKE.com with the price of gas skyrocketing, earn their livings in the “eco-tour- 18 more people would be walking to ism” industry. ART work in harsh weather conditions. Eco-tourism, a rapidly growing HE ATT FOR T RAC The other option is to vote yes industry, reaps financial benefit ME TIO 17 on Skagit County Public Transpor- from planning, development and CO N
tation Proposition No. 1 this fall. marketing of trails and associated STAGE This proposition asks Skagitonians facilities. Development is ideally to pay an extra two-tenths on one funded through you, the taxpayer. 15 percent sale tax (2 cents on $10) to Then you need subsequent eco- Two coolcool bikes. keep people moving. classes, tours and books about the GET OUT —Patricia L. Herlevi, Mount Vernon “environment” surrounding those now busy trails. lucky Two lucky winners. 14 Feel sick about Bellingham’s ex- But consider garbage, sewage, emptions to the critical areas ordi- medical and police. Who pays for WORDS nance and plans to destroy environ- services to sustain this industry? Onespringi nghot into giveaway. summer mentally sensitive areas with road You will.
harley-davidsondavidsonavidson giveawgiveaway ay projects like the San Juan Connec- This industry is quieter than log- 8 tor (The Gristle, April 23)? Curb ging or construction but is the end earn entries your car to stop casting your vote product of increased human traffic, starting may 12 for continuous road projects. for private profit, really in our envi- drawings june CURRENTS Most of us don’t want to see beau- ronment’s “best interests?” 7 & june 14 tiful green space smothered over for Many citizens, service and commu- at 6 pm 6 new roads, yet our constant driving nity groups opposing the proposed $IAMOND $IVIDENDS MEMBERS EARN ONE FREE ENTRY DAILY VIEWS VIEWS speaks to the contrary, demanding Chuckanut Mountains Park District EARN MORE WHEN YOU PLAY STAY more roads and parking. don’t think so. If it was, wouldn’t DINE OR RELAX AT 3ILVER 2EEF 4
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Studies show that 40 percent of I know what a bear won’t do in L I V E E N T E R T A I N M E N T .03 19 our trips are less then two miles! We the woods, if there are too many # have a choice and if enough of us dogs there. TheTThhe BBuckinghamsBuckinuckikinnggaghhamsam s say no to driving as our only means —Ellen Cooley, Bow 3AT -AY s PM s 4ICKETS of transport and start walking, bik- “Kind Of A Drag”, “Don’t You Care” ing and bussing more we’ll get more trails and save millions of valuable tax dollars. We can make a differ- TELL US WHAT
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EASY OIL: Bellingham City Council member Jack Weiss last week joined the council majority in rejecting a rezone for a major grocery outlet in North Bellingham that cleverly
squeaked in—at 89,000 square feet—just under the city’s 34 34 90,000 square foot cap designed to forestall big-box retail views sprawl. If you put a pin in a map where the proposed WinCo FOOD OPINIONS THE GRISTLE Foods mart would sit on 10 acres currently zoned to favor in-
28 dustrial uses, you’d find the giant Fred Meyer grocery directly across the street; attaching a string to the pin and drawing a circle three miles in radius, you’d snare perhaps a half- dozen other grocery outlets (some major bargain retailers BY AMY GOODMAN CLASSIFIEDS like CostCo and Wal-Mart), with plans for at least one more grocery store in North Bellingham. So the issue is not market 24 demand within Bellingham, but a capital demand within the
FILM FILM WinCo business plan that insists that they break into new, of- Making a Killing From Hunger ten saturated, markets with their schemes of domination—in other words, WinCo corporate needs a Bellingham a lot more TICKER TAPE AIN’T SPAGHETTI 20 20 than Bellingham needs a WinCo: It’s a point we’ll return to. For the record, Weiss voted against the rezone for the same are erupting in a structural meltdown, the di-
MUSIC FOOD RIOTS reasons as others on the council: First, the Idaho developer around the world. Protests have rect result of three decades of ne- had not completed the appropriate process for receiving con- occurred in Egypt, Cameroon, the oliberal globalization.... We have 18 18 sideration for a rezone before attempting to place their of- Philippines, Burkina Faso, Ivory allowed food to be transformed
ART fal under the nose of Bellingham City Council. Second, the Coast, Mauritania, and Senegal. from something that nourishes city’s industrial land supply—known to be in jeopardy—is Sarata Guisse, a Senegalese dem- people and provides them with se-
17 currently undergoing a study and audit before more of it gets onstrator, told Reuters: “We are cure livelihoods into a commodity rezoned away for uses that do not return the economic multi- holding this demonstration be- ally attributed to a perfect storm for speculation and bargaining.”
STAGE STAGE pliers (read: jobs) that industrial applications provide. cause we are hungry. We need to caused by increased food demand The report states: “The amount of Jack made additional side remarks about the tendency eat, we need to work, we are hun- from India and China, diminished speculative money in commodities
15 for these capital-driven—as opposed to market-driven— gry. That’s all. We are hungry.” food supplies caused by drought futures... was less than $5 billion projects to fly-by-night, abandoning their vacant shells like United Nations Secretary-General and other climate-change-re- in 2000. Last year, it ballooned to islands in a sea of impervious asphalt. And oh, by the way— Ban Ki-moon has convened a task lated problems, increased fuel roughly $175 billion.” GET OUT he opined—Peak Oil and rising freight costs may likewise force to confront the problem, costs to grow and transport the There was a global food crisis imperil these dinosaurs. which threatens, he said, “the food, and the increased demand in 1946. Then, as now, the U.N. 14 Unfortunately for Jack, his side comments were the only specter of widespread hunger, for biofuels, which has diverted convened a working group to deal ones noted by The Bellingham Herald; and he soon discovered malnutrition and social unrest food supplies like corn into etha- with it. At its meeting, the head
WORDS what an unpleasant, humorless collection of wishful think- on an unprecedented scale.” The nol production. of the U.N. Relief and Rehabilita- ers, armchair halfbacks, libertarian wannabes, Flat-Earth- World Food Program has called Last week, the United Nations’ tion Administration, former New
8 ers, conspiracy kooks, eyeless sock puppets, snarling trolls the food crisis the worst in 45 special rapporteur on the right to York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuar- and imaginary empire builders currently infest Bellingham’s years, dubbing it a “silent tsuna- food, Jean Ziegler, called for the dia, said, “Ticker tape ain’t spa- blogo sphere—the kind of folks who perceive a commonsense mi” that will plunge 100 million suspension of biofuels produc- ghetti.” In other words, the stock
CURRENTS CURRENTS observation as prelude to a knife fight. more people into hunger. tion: “Burning food today so as market doesn’t feed the hungry. Peak Oil—Does it exist? Is it a local issue? Behind the hunger, behind the to serve the mobility of the rich His words are true today. We in 6 6 Its existence admitted in the affirmative by keen observers riots, are so-called free-trade countries is a crime against hu- the U.S. aren’t immune to the like Chevron’s David O’Reilly and his fellow oil industry CEOs, agreements, and the brutal emer- manity.” He’s asked the U.N. to crisis. Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club and VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its 2007 World En- gency-loan agreements imposed impose a five-year ban on food- Costco have placed limits on bulk ergy Outlook, and by more characteristically optimistic ana- on poor countries by financial in- based biofuels production. The rice purchases. Record numbers 4 lysts in the U.S. Dept. of Energy, perhaps the situation is stitutions like the International Consultative Group on Interna- of people are on food stamps,
MAIL MAIL more usefully described as the “End of Easy Oil”—a condition Monetary Fund. Food riots in Haiti tional Agricultural Research, a and food pantries are seeing an where explorers and prospectors seek ever more fossil fuel have killed six, injured hundreds group of 8,000 scientists globally, increase in needy people.
3 reserves and find ever fewer, and find them in more hazardous and led to the ousting of Prime is also speaking out against bio- Current technology exists to
DO IT IT DO areas of the world—whether hazardous due to climate, deep- Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis. fuels. The scientists are pushing feed the planet in an organic, lo-
ness or remoteness on Earth, or geo-political harshness. The Rev. Jesse Jackson just re- for a plant called switchgrass to cally based, sustainable manner.
08 Viewing strictly the last item, no reasonable person can fail turned from Haiti and writes that be used as the source for biofu- The large corporate food and en-
.07. to recognize—as author and researcher Michael Klare does “hunger is on the march here. Gar- els, reserving corn and other food ergy interests, and the U.S. gov- 5 in his new book, Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet—that the bage is carefully sifted for what- plants to be used solely as food. ernment, need to recognize this
.03 world’s ranking oil-and-gas producing regimes in the Middle ever food might be left. Young International nonprofit group and change direction, or the food 19
# East, north and central Africa, and Venezuela have become babies wail in frustration, seeking GRAIN has just published a report riots in distant lands will soon be increasingly unstable in recent decades. No less alarming is milk from a mother too anemic to called “Making a killing from hun- coming to their doors. the lineup of next regions slated to offset existing gas-and- produce it.” Jackson is calling for ger.” In it, GRAIN points out that oil fields in decline—the “stans” of central Asia (Kazakhstan, debt relief so that Haiti can direct major multinational corporations Amy Goodman is the host of “De- Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan), the Sudan, Libya, and the $70 million per year it spends are realizing vast, increasing mocracy Now!,” a daily interna- Angola—a veritable Who’s Who of world trouble spots. on interest to the World Bank and profits amidst the rising misery tional TV/radio news hour airing Through hard lessons learned in the Persian Gulf, we un- other loans into schools, infra- of world hunger. GRAIN writes: on 650 stations in North America. CASCADIA WEEKLY derstand that enriching these nations through the purchase structure and agriculture. “Is this a price blip? No. A food Dennis Moynihan contributed re-
6 of their energy supplies neither tames or democratizes them. The rise in food prices is gener- shortage? Not that either. We are search for this column. Iran illustrates the very opposite—enriching these nations empowers them for a more sophisticated mischief-making. VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY 130 E. Champion Street THE GRISTLE Downtown Bellingham On the demand side of the economic 360 . 527 . 1600 equation are rising powers like China and www.whatcomwinemakers.com India, whose exploding economies (fu- eled by world trade opportunities) add 34 their thirsts for petroleum to others al- Create a Wine for any occasion FOOD ready clamoring in the world market. Ac-
cording to Dept. of Energy calculations, Naf]ÛKYklaf_ÛÛÝÛÛ>a^lkÛÛÝÛÛ>Ydd]jqÛJhY[] 28 the energy consumption of China alone is expected to increase 144 percent by 2030, apporaching the entire energy consump- A=CB6A723B@3<2A tion of Europe in 2007, or 20.7 percent of CLASSIFIEDS global energy consumption. consignment + new clothing + more! 24 Whether or not this pace of consump-
tion can be sustained is perhaps less FILM immediate than the instability that may OPEN DAILY
arise as these powers try to sustain it— 20 including, at the very least, their willing- 9th & Harris Fairhaven 734-1109 ness to purchase oil from troublesome re- ˙ ˙ MUSIC gimes our national interests would prefer www.southsidetrends.com not to see so enriched. Klare concludes, “Addressing the inter- 18 locking challenges of resource depletion, ART energy shortages, and climate change will
be among the most difficult problems fac- 17 ing the human community…. And if the
leaders of today’s Great Powers behave like STAGE those of previous epochs—relying on mil-
itary instruments to achieve their primary 15 objectives—we will witness unending cri- sis and conflict over what remains.” Threading this needle will prove one of GET OUT the greatest challenges facing the nation; and the effects will be felt in every cor- 14 ner, at every level of American society.
Does that make Peak Oil a local issue? WORDS Of course!—as we tailor our transpor- tation and community planning to an- 8 ticipate coming constrictions of supply or increased cost; as we modify our in- frastructure to accommodate energy and CURRENTS consumption alternatives; as we manage 6 risks from myriad economic challenges; as 6 we do our part. Indeed, we may soon find VIEWS VIEWS that capital-driven, global-market eco- VIEWS nomic models—like big-boxes—are unfit 4 for that future, even as dinosaurs discov- ered themselves unfit to endure theirs. At MAIL
the very least, we may find federal funds once ours directed elsewhere as the na- 3
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Award-Winning Team 19 es that will inevitably disrupt our econo- # my and society. A resolution was intro- from New York & India duced but failed to pass this week, under concerns there hadn’t yet been enough Best Indian Dining public process to form the task force. in the Northwest! We can expect the resolution to be chided by the chowderheads of the blo- 5BLF0VUt'SFF%FMJWFSZ gosphere—stable boys of the Horsemen 0QFOEBZTGPSMVODIEJOOFS CASCADIA WEEKLY of the Apocalypse—but all reasonable 1215 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham 7 people should praise each effort of gov- ernment to fairly address the future with (360) 714-0314 forethought and perception. JOEJBHSJMMC!IPUNBJMDPNtXXXJOEJBHSJMMVT currents news commentary briefs
LET THERE BE LIGHT SCHOLAR DISCUSSES THE PROMISE AND PERILS OF ECOLOGICAL CITIZENSHIP BY TIM JOHNSON
AS BELLINGHAM wrestles with issues relat- Light argues that practical steps are needed and hard to conceive that our own individual or collec- ed to the preservation of its urban forests—whether to transform environmental ethics into an actual tive choices on such a large problem have any ethical in the Chuckanuts, roadmap to resolve environ- consequences,” he says. or along the slopes mental problems. “Taking on such hurdles is a huge task and many of Lake Whatcom— “Many people don’t appreci- will respond that what is needed is more ‘education,’ perhaps they should ate or understand some of the without being specific at all about what form it pause to hear the bigger global environmental should take or how providing education is supposed tale of the Chicago problems, in part because the to get us anywhere.” Wilderness as told by consequences of these prob- The story of Chicago’s efforts to preserve wilder- Andrew Light. lems are distant in either time ness comes at an opportune moment, as local activ- The Chicago Wilder- LISTEN or space,” Light noted in an in- ists consider a variety of tools—whether bond mea- ness coalition is an unlikely alliance of more than 200 WHO: Andrew terview with the environmen- sures, or new taxing districts or loopholes in state public and private organizations working together to Light tal journal Grist. “They chal- law—to pull forests from a cycle that has histori- protect, restore, study and manage the natural eco- WHAT: Western lenge our ability to reasonably cally converted these lands to urban uses. systems of the Chicago region in a familiar-sounding Washington imagine their consequences as “My claim is that public participation in restora- effort to enrich local residents’ quality of life. University’s something that we should re- tion ecology, community gardening, and the like, in Huxley College of Light—associate professor of Philosophy and Pub- the Environment spond to either out of moral addition to their intrinsic benefits, also can serve as lic Affairs at the University of Washington—focuses Speaker Series obligation or even more simply a gateway to get people interested in these larger is- on the ethical dimensions of environmental policy, WHEN: 3pm, Fri., out of prudential necessity. sues. If participating in these activities helps people restoration ecology and climate change. His presen- May 9 “Take global warming for ex- to take an active interest in the welfare of their local tation will tell the story of the Chicago Wilderness, WHERE: Commu- ample. The worst consequences environment—and it is very clear from the studies nications Facility an umbrella effort to restore an extensive forest 110, WWU campus of global warming will likely that have been done on volunteers that this is ex- preserve to its pre-settlement conditions. Light’s COST: Free emerge several generations into actly what happens—then this interest can be used presentation is a cautionary tale of how essential INFO: wwu.edu the future. It’s difficult for many as an opportunity to not only get them interested in community building is to successful urban environ- of us to imagine this as anything larger environmental problems but also to see that mentalism. other than an amorphous uncertainty at the moment the welfare of their local ecosystem is materially
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come of these larger issues.” FILM The road is not simply one-way,
Light maintains. The steps required to 20 organize a community in turn shape community and enrich public life. 1421 Cornwall Ave. MUSIC “The reason that citizens should be concerned with such issues,” Light 360-650-1001 says, “is not only because of the en- 18 vironmental damage that our choices ART can engender, but also because of the
ways that our sprawled cities—made 17 possible in part because of our at-
tachment to the automobile—threat- STAGE en community cohesion.”
Tackling the issue of roadbuilding, 15 Light says, “Encountering our neigh- bors only through a thick layer of alu- minum and steel has consequences on GET OUT the maintenance and degradation of what Robert Putman and other sociolo- 14 gists and political theorists call ‘social Diane Arvin, M.D.
Gynecology and Women's Healthcare WORDS capital,’ essentially the building blocks of a robust public sphere through even Our Office has Moved!
8 the simplest forms of public and pri- 8 We welcome new and returning patients to: vate association—everything from PTAs to bowling leagues. 1202 Washington Street CURRENTS CURRENTS “I believe that stronger, more ro- Bellingham, WA 98225 CURRENTS bust democracies require active citi- Please call 360-676-8212 anytime to schedule zen engagement in public life in order a timely, convenient appointment 6 to produce more social capital. I also
Gentle competent care throughout a woman's lifetime VIEWS believe that there is a strong correla- tion between sprawled cities and the 4 decline of these more active forms of civic responsibility. So, unsustainable MAIL
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and more democratically engaged IT DO human communities and therefore CARING PEOPLE require a response by ecological citi- NEEDED! 08 zens on both counts. Again, though,” .07. Are you compassionate? 5 he cautions, “we can’t expect every- Are you a good listener? Are you looking for a one to take up such issues, so better .03
meaningful way to 19 transportation choices need to be en- # help the community? couraged through better planning.” Light’s presentation is part of a Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services of Whatcom County needs series designed by Huxley College dedicated volunteers to work with male of the Environment to join the en- and female survivors of domestic vironmental studies community with violence & sexual assault. the larger university and Bellingham
Call (360) 671-5714 or check CASCADIA WEEKLY communities by addressing topics of www.dvsas.org today for more contemporary concern. Light’s tale of information. Volunteer training 9 Chicago’s struggle to preserve its ur- starts May 31, 2008. ban forests handily fits that bill. Be part of the solution! currents POLICE BEAT
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28 Fuzz Buzz On May 2, Bellingham Police stopped two men racing on Old Samish Road. WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? Both were to be cited for negligent On April 24, Blaine Police received a driving, but one driver decided to CLASSIFIEDS report of two pit bulls running loose. race off before the officer could get “Officers responded,” the report says, his ID. He could not outrace radio 24 “and could not find the dogs and did waves, however, and was nabbed by a
FILM FILM not see anyone looking for them, or second officer a few blocks away. running from them.”
20 20 BOURBON BLUES On April 20, Anacortes On April 24, Blaine Police Police and animal control received a report that loud MUSIC officers responded to a re- late night music was keep- port of a loose pit bull dog ing folks awake. Police 18 18 running in and out of traf- noted, “One intoxicated
ART fic and acting aggressively guitarist was contacted at toward people. Officers a residence. He listened to
17 recognized the dog, who was the police rendition of the previously deemed potentially noise ordinance and decided si-
STAGE STAGE dangerous. The owner opted to put lence sounded better than having the dog down rather than personally to accompany the officers. When of-
15 face charges of allowing a dangerous ficers departed, the resident was qui- dog to run loose. etly engaged in a solo performance with his whiskey bottle.” GET OUT On April 5, Skagit Sheriff’s depu- ties responded to a report of a black On April 16, a 14-year-old Anacortes 14 lab and a pit bull were threatening girl was charged with furnishing al- people and animals near Burlington. cohol to a minor and possession of
WORDS One woman was unable to get out of alcohol after she allegedly brought a her car with her children because of mixture of several different liquors to
RATIO OF NEWS stories in April on polygamists in Texas versus fol- 8 8 the dogs. The dogs then attacked the school in a soda pop bottle and gave lowup news stories on military analysts paid by the Pentagon to sell victim’s chickens. The woman even- it to a 14-year-old boy as a birthday 55:2 American media and viewers on the war in Iraq. tually fired a shotgun to scare the present. The boy apparently con- CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS dogs; the black lab was reportedly sumed the liquor and became ill. Po- killed and the pit bull ran away. The lice say the boy will be charged with 6 pit bull later returned to finish off consumption of alcohol by a minor. PERCENT OF AMERICAN adults who said in 2000 that protection the chickens. of the environment should receive greater priority over economic VIEWS VIEWS PATCHOULI PATROL 67:49 growth versus the percent who said the same in 2008. On April 12, a black collie was re- On April 28, for, like, the 3,000th 4 ported running loose near Alger. The time, campus cops thought they
MAIL MAIL dog nipped a child and had earlier smelled the redolent reek of mari- killed a domestic rabbit.
juana and incense wafting from a
3 PERCENT OF AMERICANS who agree the effects of global warming Fairhaven College dormitory. are already happening or will happen within their lifetime. Only 11
DO IT IT DO On April 13, a 12-year-old Anacortes percent said those effects would never happen. 75 boy was bitten by a dog but did not On April 29, a Bellingham Police of-
08 require medical attention. ficer struggled with a driver with a
.07. suspended license and all he got for 5 On April 24, an Anacortes man re- his troubles was a baggie of dope. PERCENT OF AMERICANS who believe corporations pay too little of
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# by a neighbor for allowing his dog to WET DREAMS 73 bark incessantly. On April 26, Blaine Police were dis- patched to a local motel after receiv- ‘GOD LOVES YOU’ ing a late night report that water was On May 1, a woman told Belling- flooding from a room. Officers found PERCENT OF AMERICANS who think the federal economic stimulus ham Police she’d been confronted in that an intoxicated renter had fallen package, in the form of a tax rebate, will do nothing to help stimu- Whatcom Falls Park by someone who asleep in the bathtub. Police noted, 79 late the economy. CASCADIA WEEKLY insisted on bringing religion into her “the sodden Birch Bay couple who oc-
10 life who’d grabbing her clothing and cupied the room were asked to leave restrained her from leaving while her by the business owner, and they did SOURCES: Project for Excellence in Journalism; New York Times; Gallup Poll; ABC News/ eternal soul remained in danger. so voluntarily.” Washington Post poll
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McArdle Center” Building Naming & Dedication Friday, May 16 - 3:15pm CLASSIFIEDS Join us as we celebrate the naming of the “Desmond P. McArdle Center”. 24 Campus Activities Saturday, May 17 - Noon to 4:00pm FILM FILM Tours of programs | Interactive demos | History & memory display BTC Alumni booth | Campus art showcase | Ethnic bake sale 20 20 Music by Rizivo Marimba | Prizes and more Bring the family! MUSIC 18 18 www.futondreams.com ART NURSERY, LANDSCAPING & ORCHARDS Natura Sleep Sale 17 All Natura Sleep Products UNIQUE PLANTS STAGE STAGE FOR NW GARDENS 15 20% Off ornamentals, natives, fruit May 3–23 ANDSCAPE GET OUT L & DESIGN SERVICES 14 WORDS 20% Off Cotton, wool and latex help you sleep naturally 8 8 Bareroot Raspberries CURRENTS Spring: Mon-Sat 10-5, Sun 11-4 CURRENTS CURRENTS . Goodwin Road, Everson 6 119 W. CHESTNUT S S SUSUNN www.cloudmountainfarm.com VIEWS VIEWS rate Countr Garden · Bakery · Cafe 4 Celeb y at Gift & Wine Shop MAIL MAIL 3 Fabulous Lunches & Pastries DO IT IT DO 5-lb Apple Pie The Best Choice for Immediate Medical Care 08 Apple Cider Donuts .07. 5 7 Days a Week ➲ No Appointment Necessary Hard Cider/Wine tastings Board Certified M.D.’s on Staff .03 during the Tulip Festival 19 ➲ Flu & Other Immunizations # ➲ Injury & Illness Treatment ➲ Lab & X-Ray Available Open Mon. – Sat. ➲ Mammography & Ultrasound Available 8 – 6 ➲ Occupational Health Care ➲ School, Sports & DOT Physicals ➲ Travel Consultations [email protected] ➲ Work-Related Injuries CASCADIA WEEKLY 360.766.6360 Northwest Ave. Clinic Squalicum Parkway Patients: 12 4029 Northwest Ave. Please See Us at Our New Location 3 miles south of Edison One block north of Jerry Chambers Chevrolet 8933 Farm to Market Rd. s Bow, WA (360) 734-2330 Urgent Care for Medicare & DSHS Patients Welcome currents WEEK IN REVIEW 34 34 05.02.08 05.05.08 FOOD BY TIM JOHNSON FRIDAY MONDAY 28 With a delay difficult to fathom, police finally Federal agents admit their global manhunt get around to searching the home of Ferndale for two men who looked Middle Eastern and High School substitute teacher Jeremy Scully were demonstrating “suspicious behavior” on for evidence, nearly a week after his car was a Washington ferry last summer were only in- CLASSIFIEDS found abandoned near Lake Samish and a body nocent sightseers. FBI officials in Seattle say suspected to be the missing 38-year-old coach the men appeared at a U.S. embassy two weeks 24 was found with a bullet through his head. Police ago and identified themselves as European FILM took nearly that long to confirm the body was, business consultants who’d been on a trip when in fact, Scully’s after it was discovered by hikers they were racially profiled by field agents. Pho- 20 ee on Blanchard Mountain last week. Lethargic cops tos the pair were seen to have taken turned out say they’re investigating “persons of interest,” to be snapshots to relatives back home. MUSIC THE THAT WAS but haven’t made any arrests in the slaying. Bellingham City Council approves a $1.3 A Birch Bay couple are charged with three million facelift for the Fairhaven Library. Of- 18 counts of 2nd degree animal cruelty after they ficials say additional funds may be needed to ART 04.29.08 allegedly left behind dozens of chickens and restore the deteriorating 104-year-old build- ducks when they sold their Jackson Road prop- ing that cannot wait for a more comprehen- 17 TUESDAY erty to BP last November. Police say neighbors sive library bond measure. Grousing about hard bargaining tactics, Lake Whatcom Water STAGE & Sewer District commissioners agree under threat of COB law- suits to delay construction of a new $6.4 million headquarters 15 facility for at least a year. The constructiion had been a stick- ing point in negotiations for a merger with COB Public Works that could benefit district ratepayers. GET OUT Blaine rolls up its sleeves to begin construction on a new, 14 $25 million dollar wastewater treatment facility after gaining approval by City Council Monday evening. The city halted expan- WORDS sion of the current treatment facility in 1999, when workers 8 discovered an ancient Indian burial ground at that site. 8 04.30.08 CURRENTS CURRENTS WEDNESDAY CURRENTS Is Obama’s appeal fading? The Senator from Illinois still leads in Hard weather halts the search for climber Kevin Lafleur, delegates and continues to gather critical superdelegate support, 05. 08 6 but Hillary Clinton has made strong showings in recent weeks 06. 31, who hiked alone into Mt. Baker’s Heliotrope Ridge area last and again on Tuesday, the largest single primary day remaining TUESDAY VIEWS week. Lafleur’s car was located at the start of the standard route before the Democratic convention later this summer. used by climbers. Military troops cordon off a road near Birch 4 Bay, part of a national training exercise to co- A 50-year-old bicyclist is killed in a collision with a Chevy called an animal rescue service after discover- ordinate local, state and federal agencies in MAIL Blazer on Bellingham’s Barkley Boulevard. Terry R. Mathews, a ing more than 80 birds had starved to death. the event of terrorism or a natural disaster. U.S. postal worker, did not survive his injuries. The young driver Twenty birds were saved. 3 of the truck was unharmed. Whatcom County Council considers a measure IT DO Park service workers doing trail maintenance that would create a task force to study the 05.01.08 find a man’s body near Ross Lake in eastern local impacts of the rising costs of peaking 08 Whatcom County. The Sheriff’s Office reports global petroleum production. Bellingham City .07. THURSDAY 5 that the man’s death does not appear suspi- Council looked at a similar resolution Monday The state Dept. of Health issues a warning against consuming cious. An autopsy may determine the man’s evening but decided to allow more public input .03 19 shellfish from Drayton Harbor and 16 of the state’s other com- identity and cause of death. before adopting it. # mercial growing areas. This year’s list names many of the areas threatened by pollution in previous years. 05.04.08 Two teens, who plead guilty to street rac- SUNDAY ing that resulted in a deadly crash on Me- Signaling a long-awaited spring, the state Department of ridian Street last February, are sentenced Transportation opens the North Casades Highway. The route Western Washington University tests its to prison in Superior Court. Ryan Franks, 18, through the Cascades has been closed since early December. historic emergency steam whistle. The 5-foot, receives 26 months, while Vitaliy Sushch, 17, 1-ton aluminum bronze whistle—known as Big injured in the crash, receives 24 months. Ex- CASCADIA WEEKLY Whatcom County berry farmers say they’re predicting 20 to Ole—used to signal when cargo ships docked perts estimate Sushch’s vehicle was traveling at 13 30 percent fewer crops this year thanks to the unusually cold in Bellingham Bay. Now it’s been digitized for 90 mph when he collided with a pickup carrying weather. emergency response. Fred Boettner, 62, who died at the scene. doit WORDS For more info: 733-0693. WRITING THE SACRED: Ray McGinnis will give a workshop on WED., MAY 7 BOOK SALE: Attend a Book “Writing the Sacred” at 7pm at 34 34 words Sale from 9am-4pm today and Village Books, 1200 11th St. For tomorrow at WWU’s Western Li- more info: 671-2626. FOOD COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS brary. For more info: 650-7710. MYSTERY WRITER: Sumas author 28 Jo Dereske reads from her latest COMMUNITY mystery, Index to Murder, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. WED., MAY 7 For more info: 671-2626. GREEN DRINKS: Socialize and CLASSIFIEDS SPOKEN WORD: Spoken Word network with like-minded com- Wednesdays happen every week munity members at tonight’s 24 at 8pm at the Bellingham Pub- Green Drinks event happening from 5-7pm at the Copper Hog, BY TRAIL RAT lic Market, 1530 Cornwall Ave. FILM FILM The event is free. For more info: 1327 N. State St. For more info: 714-0800. 733-8307 or greendrinks.org. 20 20 THURS., MAY 8 THURS., MAY 8 POETREE: Climbing PoeTree—a GIRLS NIGHT OUT: Fashion Between the Covers “queer-feminist soul-sister co- shows, beauty treatments, dem- MUSIC conspiracy of acrobatic poets”— onstrations, refreshments, res- A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SAFARI will give a free reading/perfor- taurant specials and more will 18 18 mance at 7pm at WWU’s Viking be part of Girls Night Out from Union Multipurpose Room. For 5-10pm throughout historic ART IN MY life, I make it a point to spend as much more info: 650-6804. Fairhaven. Proceeds will go to time outside as is humanly possible. The deeper and BLUE-EYED DEVIL: Bellingham breast cancer research. For more author Lisa Kleypas reads from info: 734-1109 or Fairhaven. 17 longer I dwell/toil/chillax upon the raw, unfettered com. earth, the better. her latest romance, Blue-Eyed Devil, at 7pm at Village Books, ART OF BEING: An “Art of Be- STAGE STAGE Other than the occasional bowling alley or burger 1200 11th St. For more info: ing” study group meets at 1pm shack, there are pretty much only three types of es- 671-2626. and 7pm at the Woodside Spiri- tual Center, 2224 Yew Street 14 15 tablishments that inspire me to enclose myself in- FRI., MAY 9 side four walls and a roof for any sustained length of Rd. For more info: 734-4160 or POET TRIO: Poets Sean Hill, woodsidespiritualcenter.org. time: pubs, bookstores and libraries. WORDS Jasmine Wagner, and Elizabeth GET OUT SUSTAINABILITY, LIFE: A free Like a good friend, Bellingham Public Library is Bradfield will read from their “Introduction to Sustainabil- always there for me. Whether I’m researching, utiliz- collections at 7pm at Village ity and Life Practice” workshop 14 ing multimedia, or simply indulging my word-crazed, Books, 1200 11th St. For more happens at 7pm tonight. For info: 671-2626. knowledge-hungry cranial expanse it accepts me for more info and location details: 671-5605 or angela@cascadia- WORDS SAT., MAY 10 who I am and embraces me with worldly wisdom. training.com. But how does it work? Who Then we squeezed our way through THE ROOM FOR INFORMED GARDENER: Hor- ticulturalist Linda Chalker-Scott FRI., MAY 9 8 makes it happen? What, pray BOOKS THAT DON’T FIT ON THE SHELVES ANYMORE, talks about her book, The In- INTERCULTURAL FEST: “Mov- tell, does it take to actually ducked into the closet-sized “employee room” and formed Gardener, at 7pm at Vil- ing Toward Unity,” the 12th an- keep this boat afloat? popped out somewhere amongst the dangerously sag- lage Books, 1200 11th St. For nual Intercultural Festival, hap- CURRENTS CURRENTS Working back-to-back sea- ging, over-stacked shelves. more info: 671-2626. pens from 6-10pm at WCC’s Syre sons in a factory trawler on the As we headed downstairs into the closed stacks, MON., MAY 12 Student Center. Music, singing 6 and dance by various cultures Bering Sea might not have been I was starting to get a little seasick. Through the POETRY NIGHT: Sign up to read will be part of the free event. For cloistered shadows, 60 years worth of books and your creations at Poetry Night at the brightest career choice I’ve more info: 676-2170, ext. 3425. VIEWS VIEWS ever made, but it did open my magazines loomed over me. Huge carts, laden with 8:30pm every Monday at Fanta- ATTEND sia Espresso, 1332 Cornwall Ave. SAT., MAY 10 eyes to the importance of be- WHAT: “Peek Be- wares, came wheeling down the aisles. I groped. I 4 For more info: 715-1634 or poet- FARMERS MARKET: The Bell- tween the Covers” ing able to maintain a safe, ef- stumbled. rynight.org. ingham Farmers Market is open library tours MAIL MAIL ficient operating system in the By the time we reached the Dodson Room, I had no from 10am-3pm every Saturday WHEN: 12pm TUES., MAY 13 face of dynamic, ever-changing idea where the hell I was anymore. through December at the Depot 3 May 8; 2pm and RESETTING THE TABLE: Author Market Square. For more info: conditions and constant peril. 3:30pm May 10; We blitzed through the loading dock and outreach Mark Winne will sign copies of 647-2060 or bellinghamfarmers. DO IT IT DO Although I didn’t have to con- 5:30pm and 7pm services, swung through the cramped subterranean *Closing the Food Gap: Resetting org. tend with 40-foot rogue waves May 12; 2pm May headquarters of the Friends of the Bellingham Li- the Table in the Land of Plenty* 14; 9:45am May 15 from 7-9pm at the Bellingham 08 or 2,500 pound sea lions on brary, and hopped aboard an antiquated, Cold War- TUES., MAY 13 WHERE: Bell- Unitarian Fellowship, 1708 I St. BIG BREAKFAST: Big Broth- .07. my recent personalized tour of era cargo elevator that moved so excruciatingly slow 5 ingham Public For more info: 966-2533. ers Big Sisters will hold a “Big that we were lucky to make it back to the main floor Bellingham Public, I did experi- Library, 210 GETTING CREATIVE: Silvana Breakfast” from 7:30-9pm at .03 ence firsthand the ever-growing Central Ave. before closing time. and Sondra Clark talk about their the Best Western Lakeway Inn, 19 COST: Free book, 77 Creative Ways Kids Can # gauntlet of spatially-induced ob- Heading toward the exit, my guides pointed out a 714 Lakeway Dr. Admission is stacles our able-bodied librarians INFO: 778-7206 hearing impaired man signing into a video screen and Serve, at 7pm at Village Books, by donation. For more info: 1200 11th St. For more info: must overcome on a daily basis. a power-strip attached, MacGyver-style, to the side 671-6400. 671-2626. We started at the prow of the ship in a tiny, win- of a desk with a pair of plastic zip ties. WED., MAY 14 dowless chamber known as the “book drop.” Here, “Technology moves so fast these days,” the librar- WED., MAY 14 WORLD ISSUES: “Exploring WORD WINNERS: Winners of on any given day, thousands of the 1.2 million ians said. “We have all we can do just keeping up.” South American and Central Asia the third annual Sue C. Boynton Through Personal Interviews” And with that, I thanked them for their time and books, CDs and videotapes that circulate through Poetry Contest and Walk will be will be the topic of a World Is- CASCADIA WEEKLY the library each year magically reappear. departed—leaving them there to continue patching announced at a free celebration sues Forum at noon at WWU’s at 7pm at the Whatcom Museum’s 14 Next, it was on to the navigation room, where each holes and jerry-rigging things together, doing what- Fairhaven College Auditorium. individual incoming item is painstakingly accounted ever it takes (and then some) just to keep this leaky Rotunda Room, 121 Prospect St. For more info: 650-2309. for and thoroughly examined. old steamship afloat. doit SAT., MAY 10 SPRING CLASSIC: The 18th annual Skagit Spring Classic Bicycle Ride kicks off at 7am at Burling- ton’s Bayview Elementary School, 15241 Josh Wil- son Rd. Choose from various rides ranging from 34 34 get out 25-100 miles. Cost is $35. For more info: skagit- HIKING RUNNING CYCLING bicycleclub.org. FOOD HAGGEN TO HAGGEN: The 17th annual Haggen to Haggen 5K Run/Walk kicks off at 8am at Bell- 28 ingham’s Sehome Village Haggen and ends at the Meridian Haggen store. Cost is $5-$8. For more info: haggen.com. DUPI SALE: The DUPI Garden Club will hold its annual Plant and Bake Sale from 8am-2pm at the CLASSIFIEDS United Church of Ferndale, 2034 Washington Ave. For more info: 592-2520. 24 HABITAT FAIR: The annual Backyard Habitat and Native Flora Fair takes place from 10am-4pm at FILM the Fairhaven Village Green. Guided walks, pre- sentations on native plants and backyard habitat 20 20 gardening, backyard habitat garden tours and BY AMY KEPFERLE information booths will be part of the fun. Info: 778-7100 or 714-0781. MUSIC SKAGIT PLANT SALE: The Skagit County Mas- ter Gardener Foundation will hold its annual 18 18 Astronomy Day Plant Sale from 10am-2pm at Mount Vernon’s WSU NWREC, 16650 Highway 536. For more info: (360) ART STAR LIGHT, SUN BRIGHT 428-4270 or mtvernon.wsu.edu. PLANT WALK: Take a Spring Plant Walk with members of the Washington Native Plant Society 17 as part of the Habitat and Flora Fair starting at 1pm at the Fairhaven Village Green. The event is I ONCE made a bed of rocks on a beach on Lummi Island, lay STAGE down with a sweatshirt balled up under my head and watched free. For more info: 319-6988. SAILING INTRO: Sign up for an “Introduction meteors race each other wildly across the night sky. Each falling 15 to Sailing” at 1:30pm at the Bellingham Bay Com- star seemed brighter and longer lasting than the one preceding munity Boating Center, 501 Harris Ave. Additional it, and my friends and I gasped at the beauty of it all for what classes happen May 17 and 24. Cost is $35. For GET OUT seemed like hours. more info: 714-8891. I don’t need asteroids or interplanetary dust to remind me that SUMAS HIKE: Hook up with members of the 15 the universe holds mystery and intrigue, but that night, gazing at Mount Baker Club for a nine-mile, round-trip hike 14 to Sumas Mountain today. For more info and meet- the remaining quilt of stars after the long ing details: 332-3195. WORDS meteor shower finally ended, I felt both. PUMP UP: Drop by a Pump-You-Up booth from 10am- GET OUT The folks at the Whatcom Association 3pm every Saturday through May and June at the of Celestial Observers (W.A.C.O.) know Bellingham Farmers Market at the Depot Market 8 the feeling, and want to share their Square. Today there will also be a “Pedal with your Politician” ride at noon. For more info: 671-BIKE. knowledge—and their binoculars and BIKE RODEO: All are welcome at today’s Bike Ro- telescopes—with the public. The group, deo happening from 10am-2pm at the Kendall El- CURRENTS which has been around since 1988, will ementary School, 7547 Kendall Rd. For more info: be celebrating National Astronomy Day ATTEND 671-BIKE. 6 on May 10 at Boulevard Park, and invite WHAT: Astronomy MON., MAY 12 kids and adults along to learn more about Day ROSS TALK: Learn more about “Paddling Ross VIEWS astronomy, get a chance to view the sun WHEN: 2-10pm Lake” at a free presentation at 6pm at REI, 400 4 safely, observe the moon and enjoy the Sat., May 10 36th St. For more info: 647-8955. WHERE: Bou- KAYAKING ALONE: Educator and journalist Mike night sky after sunset. levard Park, Barenti talks about his book Kayaking Alone at MAIL “We won’t see too many stars until the Bellingham 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. The tome ex- 3 last hour or two,” W.A.C.O. secretary Cris- COST: Free plores his two-month, 900-mile solo journey on INFO: 733-1239 the waters of the Columbia Basin. For more info: ty Sears explains. “We’ll be sharing views ulae that can only be seen clearly in the darkest IT DO of the sun using telescopes equipped with or whatcomas- skies, or look at variable stars and notice how 671-2626. tronomy.org special filters that allow for safe viewing. they increase and decrease in brightness over TUES., MAY 13 08 ALPINE 101: Attend a free “Alpine Climbing 101” You can also look at the moon in daytime months or years,” Sears says. “Some take beauti- .07. 5 during the right lunar phases. May 10 will be just before the ful photographs of deep-space objects, or even clinic at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. You’ll find out what you need, how to prepare, where to go and moon’s first quarter phase, and that afternoon will be a great sketch what they see, and others are happy to who to go with. For more info: 647-8955. .03 19 time to look at the moon with telescopes.” just look.” BEAR AWARENESS: As part of Bear Awareness # Members of W.A.C.O., which is comprised of amateur astrono- Whether you have an interest in space, science or week, attend a free presentation and slideshow mers with a thirst for knowledge of what’s outside the sphere of simply the sky in general, Sears predicts the event focusing on the North Cascades Grizzly Bear at this globe we call Earth, will bring a variety of telescopes and will allow for added appreciation of the outdoors 7pm at Backcountry Essentials, 214 W. Holly St. For more info: 671-9950 or conservationnw.org. other equipment to Boulevard Park. Sears says good equipment and our environment. But, because this is West- exists for budgets of all types, and predicts there’ll be a home- ern Washington and sunny days and clear nights WED., MAY 14 made telescope or two among the offerings. aren’t always the norm, the event will be cancelled MEMORIAL RIDE: Take part in a Ride of Silence and Celebration of Trail Bridges from 6-8pm start- CASCADIA WEEKLY Stargazers of all stripes will be in attendance, including if there’s rain or significant cloud cover. ing at the Fairhaven Village Green. You’ll be riding those who are dedicated lunar observers and others who spend “Astronomy can be a frustrating hobby here in the to honor the memory of people injured while walk- 15 a lot of time—safely—looking at the orb known as the sun. Northwest because of our weather,” Sears says, “but ing or biking. For more info: 671-BIKE. “Other observers like to hunt for faint, fuzzy galaxies and neb- we try to enjoy ourselves as much as possible.” BP & Bellingham Technical College Present th The 7 Annual Welding Rodeo Welded Sculpture Competition 34 34 ® May 16th and 17th FOOD TEVA Mush Sandals $ 99 BTC Campus 28 ONLY 17 Friday 8:00am - 5:30pm Saturday 8:00am - 6:30pm CLASSIFIEDS This Year’s Theme: 24 Motion FILM FILM 20 20 MUSIC TEVA® Ventura Sandals www.btc.ctc.edu $ 00 18 18 ONLY 52 ART 17 Hours:Hours: SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A FISHING STORE STAGE STAGE Weekdays 8 - 6 K:BG@>:K ?HHMP>:K SaturdaysSaturdays 99 -- 55 D:R:DL A:ML 15 C: 8 CURRENTS CURRENTS 6 VIEWS VIEWS 4 MAIL MAIL 3 DO IT IT DO 08 .07. 5 .03 19 # CASCADIA WEEKLY 16 doit STAGE MAY 9-10 MIXED BAG: Watch “Director’s WED., MAY 7 Cut” shows at 7:30pm at the TEATRO MILAGRO: Zapatista, Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. a spoken-word performance by At 9:30pm, watch “Upfront Un- Teatro Milagro, shows at 7pm scripted.” Tickets are $8-$10. For stage at the Whatcom Community Col- 34 more info: 733-8855 or theup- lege’s Syre Student Center. For THEATER DANCE PROFILES front.com. FOOD more info: 676-2170. BRIGADOON: Witness a town come alive for the first time in THURS., MAY 8 28 PUPPET SHOW: Tina Bixby 100 years when Brigadoon shows presents a Compadres pup- at 7:30pm at the Blaine Perform- pet show for those ages 4 and ing Arts Center, 975 H St. Tickets older at 7pm at the Bellingham are $9-$13 and additional show- CLASSIFIEDS Public Library, 210 Central Ave. ings happen though May 17. For The event is free. For more info: more info: (360) 733-7063 or 24 778-7200. nwtg.org. GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Catch “The SUN., MAY 11 FILM Good, the Bad and the Ugly” MOM’S DAY SHOWS: Treat BY IAN CHANT at 8pm at the Upfront Theatre, your mama to a night at the 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick theater at special Mother’s Day 20 around for “The Project: Mad performances at 6pm and 8pm Comedy in the Making.” Cost at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 MUSIC is $5 for the early show, $3 for Bay St. Tickets are $5 for moms, Short Forms the late one. For more info: $8-$10 otherwise. For more info: 733-8855 or theupfront.com. 733-8855 or theupfront.com. 18 A FEW OF THEIR FAVORITE THINGS HISTORY & THEATER: Actress and historian Tames Alan pres- MAY 13-14 ART ents a one-woman show, Wed- MALE INTELLECT: Robert Dubac ding Rituals Across the Ages, at brings The Male Intellect: An 17 MEET THE iDiOM Theater, home to the hardest 17 Oxymoron?, to town at 7:30pm at working—and probably most consistently sleep de- 7pm at the Lynden Pioneer Mu- seum, 217 W. Front St. Entry is the Mount Baker Studio Theatre, STAGE prived—set of theatrical minds the Pacific Northwest $3. For more info: 354-3675. 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets are STAGE has to offer. After five years of producing high-speed $45. For more info: 734-6080 or MAY 8-10 mountbakertheatre.com. theatrical experiments like their 48 Hour Theater 15 FOUND PEACE: See five short Festivals and randomly themed Blank Festivals, the theater pieces exploring war, WED., MAY 14 iDiOM is bringing back some of its best and brightest peace and motherhood when INTRO TO IMPROV: Sheila Gold- GET OUT works for two weeks of performances in The Man Who Found Peace: A Mother’s Day smith offers a free “Learning to Fell Off His Bicycle. Collection shows at 8pm at the Think On Your Feet” workshop at 7pm at Mindport Exhibits, 14 According to writer, director and actor Glenn Her- Firehouse Performing Arts Cen- ter, 1314 Harris Ave. Tickets are 210 W. Holly St. For more info: genhahn, The Man Who Fell Off His Bicycle collects some $10 in advance or $15 at the 756-0756. of the theater’s favorite door. For more info: 647-0741 or WORDS pieces from the last five carolynmcc.com. DANCE years. “It’s not necessarily RUMPELSTILTSKIN REDO: Lit- 8 tle, or Not So Happily Ever After, a a ‘best of,’” Hergenhahn Frederick Neitzche (Jeff Braswell), Constance (Amanda Garberich), and Land- two-act musical by high school MAY 8-11 ford (Glenn Hergenhahn) bring The Man Who Fell Off His Bicycle to life says, but an anthology of senior Gabe Mullen that’s loosely FACULTY DANCE CONCERT: work, including one brand based on Rumpelstiltskin, shows Susan Marshall’s “The Most Dan- CURRENTS new piece that’s meant as Another play, Rendezvous Such as These, has mor- at 7:30pm Thurs.-Sat. at Lyn- gerous Room in the House” will be reconstructed at the annual a companion to one of the phed from a cast of one woman and one man to two den Christian High School, 515 6 Faculty Dance Concert happen- existing works. men, with one in drag, which goes a long way toward Drayton St. Tickets are $6-$8. For more info: 354-1660. ing at 7:30pm Thurs.-Sat. and Audiences for The Man ATTEND changing the basic character of the play. Hergenhahn 2pm Sun. at WWU’s Performing VIEWS Who Fell will be treated to says since all but one of the plays is being presented MAY 8-11 Arts Center. The performance ex- WHAT: The Man Who 4 GREASE JR.: Bellingham Arts amines the inner life of a woman seven short works in the Fell Off His Bicycle with casts different from their original productions, Academy for Youth presents the through her layered memories course of one evening of WHEN: 8pm May 8-10, “for the most part, the reworking process is reinter- MAIL musical Grease Jr. at 7pm Thurs.- and fears. Tickets are $10-$15. theater. And even though 15-17 preting the work with new actors.” Sat. and 2pm Sun. at Sehome For more info: 650-6146. WHERE: iDiOM Theater, 3 these plays have been The cast also includes a group of six iDiOM veter- High School, 2700 Bill McDonald 1418 Cornwall Ave. Parkway. Tickets are $10-$12 MAY 9-11 seen on the iDiOM stage ans who are no strangers to the short form plays the IT DO COST: $5 opening and additional showings hap- ALADDIN: Northwest Ballet before, most of them have night, $10 otherwise theater thrives on. The cast’s familiarity and experi- pen May 15-18. For more info: Theatre brings its rendition INFO: 201-5464 or 08 been slightly reworked for ence is important, as each member will be taking on 306-1543 or baay.org. of Aladdin to Mount Vernon at idiomtheater.com 7:30pm Fri.-Sat. and 2pm Sun at their new performances the daunting task of performing three or four roles in POLYANNA: See an optimistic .07. 5 (while pieces created for the course of one evening. It also lets the entire cast orphan come to life when Poly- McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College anna shows at 7:30pm Thurs.- Way. Additional showings hap- the 48 Hour Theater Festival tend to harness what do double time, putting in a hand directing their col- .03 Sat. and 2pm Sun. at Lynden’s pen June 6-8 at Western Wash- 19 Hergenhahn describes as a “crazy, fly by the seat of leagues and lending the overall piece a more collabora- # Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 ington University. Tickets are your pants energy”). tive tone. Having someone who’s not on stage assist in Front St. Tickets are $11-$13. $15-$25. For more info: (866) But with new casts and longer preparation time for direction is important, Hergenhahn says. “When you’re For more info: 354-4425 or 624-6897 or mcintyrehall.org. this new set of performances, Hergenhahn stresses onstage, it’s hard to keep the big picture in mind, es- clairevgtheatre.org. SAT., MAY 10 the importance of forgetting the way things were pecially physically.” HATING HAMLET: Paul Rud- TANGO BY BAY: All abilities are done in the past and letting the work breathe. That’s In addition to being produced at the iDiOM in the nick’s comedic play, I Hate Ham- welcome to attend the monthly let, shows at 7:30m Sat.-Sun. “Tango by the Bay” from 9-11pm not to say some rewriting hasn’t been done. One coming weeks, the plays featured in The Man Who Fell and 2pm Sun. at Bellingham at the Squalicum Yacht Club, 722 CASCADIA WEEKLY piece, Allen, We Need to Talk, has had nearly a third of Off His Bicycle are also being collected into an upcom- High School, 2020 Cornwall Ave. Coho Way. Admission is $5. For its dialogue revamped. “People who have seen it be- ing book of scripts from the iDiOM. But if you want to Tickets are $7 at the door. For more info: 734-5676. 17 fore will recognize it as the same play,” Hergenhahn see the tales brought to life before your eyes, grab a more info: 676-6575. says, “but there’s a lot that’s new there as well.” date and spend a night at the theater. doit EVENTS THURS., MAY 8 QUILT TALK: Award-winning quilt artist Marianne Burr will give a talk 34 34 visual about her work at 10am at the Lynden GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES Community Center, 401 Grover St. For FOOD more info: 920-2982. HEIMER RECEPTION: An opening re- 28 ception for Andrea Heimer’s “Encour- aging Words” exhibit happens from 5-10pm at the Paperdoll, 1200 10th St. The text-based paintings will be on display through May 30. For more info: CLASSIFIEDS 738-DOLL. 24 FRI., MAY 9 BEAD FOR UGANDA: Find unique FILM FILM gifts and help out refugee crafts- women and children at the “Bead for Uganda” benefit from 6:30-8:30pm at 20 20 the Co-op Connection Building, 1220 “Precarious” N. Forest St. For more info: 714-1628 BY AMY KEPFERLE by Alisa MUSIC or beadforlife.org. Formway-Roe MAY 9-11 18 18 18 18 CAMANO TOUR: The 10th annual Ca- mano Island Studio Tour features 32 ART ART Big Rock Garden studios and galleries showcasing more than 65 artists. Brochures for the self- THE NATURE OF ART guided tour—which happens from 17 10am-6pm Fri.-Sat. and 10am-5pm Sun.—can be obtained at any of the STAGE STAGE WE ALL know that gardens are for plants and galleries show- sites. For more info: (425) 231-7236 or case art, but what happens when the two exist side by side? For camanoarts.org. 15 one thing, the competition over what to look at becomes fierce. SAT., MAY 10 Should your eyes rest on the bright pink rhododendron blooms TEXTILE FEST: A Mother’s Day Textile or the new sculpture by Thor Myrhe? Can you extract more mean- Festival happens from 10am-3pm at GET OUT ing from a delicate sword fern or from Ivan Morrison’s “Sacred the Bellingham Farmers Market at the Fire #3”? Depot Market Square. Spinning, felt- 14 Those attending the Big Rock Garden Park’s annual “Mother’s ing, stamping and sewing demonstra- tions will fill the day. For more info: Day Sculpture Exhibition” on May 11 won’t have to decide be- 647-2060. WORDS tween choosing art over nature (or vice versa). Attendees will EDISON OPENING: Attend an open- have plenty of time to look at the 35 permanent works on dis- ing reception for “Jennifer Eaton and 8 play in the 2.5-acre botanical wonderland, as well as 12 new Jason Williamson: New Paintings and sculptures from artists like Mary Ann Drawings” from 5-8pm at Edison’s Smith/Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. Baker, Shirley Erickson, Aaron Huba, The show will hang through June 1. For CURRENTS CURRENTS Julia Haack, Michael J. Hibbard, Chuck more info: (360) 305-4892. Fitzgerald, and others. 6 MAY 10-11 The annual juried event, which is STUDIO TOUR: The Sweet Road Arti- meant to draw attention to the new sans Alliance will hold a “Sweet Road VIEWS VIEWS sculptors—whose work will be on dis- Art Studio Tour” from 10am-5pm at play at the site through September— various locales. Maps will be available 4 will also feature live tunes from Juba at the Blaine Visitors Center and the “Unraveling Collagen” by Julian Voss-Andreae nine studios. For more info: 332-4544 MAIL MAIL Marimba, refreshments and, according SEE IT or blainechamber.com. to a recent press release, “the beauty WHAT: Big Rock permanent collection. The eventual goal is to have up to 100 3 and serenity of the garden as it bursts Garden Party year-round pieces of art nestled among the trees and flowers. SUN., MAY 11 WHEN: 1-4pm Sun., MOM’S DAY: In celebration of Moth- DO IT IT DO into full color.” But the numbers and timelines aren’t really what are impor- May 11 er’s Day, moms of all ages will be Although the new sculptures are WHERE: Big Rock tant at this unique outdoor space. As visitors meander through admitted free of charge to the “Lost 08 meant to be shown temporarily, Garden Park, 2900 the sloped gardens, it becomes clear that art and nature can be Cities of Skagit” exhibit currently on Sylvan St. Parking is display at La Conner’s Skagit County .07. there’s a lot more that’s permanent one and the same. 5 about the Big Rock Garden. More limited, so take the Nature itself is a form of art, and art placed within the strata Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St. free shuttle from For more info: (360) 466-3365. .03 than 100 varieties of maple trees, Bloedel Donovan of nature can turn itself into something new. A nude sculpture 19 WED., MAY 14 # numerous azaleas, hardy conifers and parking lot or park at of a copper-coated woman stretching her arms toward the sky is countless other perennials continue Silver Beach School a good example of this. Without the background—trees as high BYPRODUCTS: An exhibit titled “By- and walk products” opens today at Mindport Ex- to shape the landscape of the unique as houses, mossy rocks, dappled leaves—she’d still be beau- hibits, 210 W. Holly St. The show will gallery, which has been open to the COST: Free tiful. But with nature as her canvas, she’s transformed into INFO: 778-7000 feature works by John Sloan, Chelsea public since the City of Bellingham something wondrous. The sun shines off her uplifted arms and Von Stubbe, and Hsiu-Ching Lee and purchased the land in 1993. breasts, and it seems as if she’s part of the garden itself, not can be seen through May 31. Admis- Since 1998, the City has been running the Big Rock Garden as just an anchored work of art. sion is $2. For more info: 647-5614 or CASCADIA WEEKLY mindport.org. a nonprofit sculpture park. In 1999, the first Mother’s Day fete If you want to know why plants aren’t just for gardens and art TEXTILE OPENING: An opening re- 18 saw more than 2,000 visitors stream through its many nooks doesn’t exist simply to make galleries look good, head to Big Rock ception for “Creative Clothing: One and crannies. Over the years, sculptures have been added to the Garden Park. It doesn’t have to be on Mother’s Day, but go. doit Woman’s Journey” happens from 11am- 3pm at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Mu- seum, 703 S. 2nd St. Textile artist Anita Luvera Mayer will be onsite throughout the day. For more info: (360) 466-4288 or laconnerquilts.com. 34 34 ONGOING FOOD EXHIBITS ALLIED ARTS: Children’s art that 28 has been translated into quilted fab- ric hangings by Patty Mitchell—and other works by local kids—can be seen through May 16 at Allied Arts, 1418 CLASSIFIEDS Cornwall Ave. For more info: 676-8548 or alliedarts.org. 24 BLUE HORSE: Gallery artists will be on display through June 7 at the Blue FILM FILM Horse Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. For more info: 671-2305. EDISON EYE: “Home Cookin’,” an ex- 20 hibit featuring painter John Robbins and 11 other area artists, is on dis- MUSIC play through May 11 at the Edison Eye, 5800 Cains Court. For more info: (360) 19 766-6276. 18 GOOD EARTH: Pieces by potter Linda ART Stone will be featured through May at ART Good Earth Pottery, 100 Harris St. For more info: 671-3998 or goodearthpots. 17 com. 7DNHWKH*(7029,1¶&KDOOHQJH*HWPLQXWHVRISK\VLFDODFWLYLW\GD\VDZHHNIRUZHHNV INSIGHTS: Works by Dianna Shyne, *(7029,1¶LVD)5((ZHHNVXPPHUSURJUDPGHVLJQHGWRVXSSRUWIDPLOLHVWR*(7029,1¶DQGHDWKHDOWK\ STAGE Anne Schreivogl, Gordon Edberg, and Yvonne Buijs-Mancuso can be viewed through May 31 at Insights Gallery, 514 15 *(7029,1· .LFN2II(YHQW Commercial Ave., Anacortes. For more &LYLF)LHOG info: (360) 588-8044 or insightsgallery. +(5(·6:+$7<28*(7 com. x 3DVVSRUW/RJ -XQH1RRQSP GET OUT LUCIA DOUGLAS: A “Group Show” fea- x (YHQW&DOHQGDU x (QWHUWDLQPHQW turing more than 30 local and regional x )UHH:HHNO\$FWLYLWLHV x 'HPRQVWUDWLRQV 14 artists can be seen through May 10 at x +HDOWK)DLU the Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. x )UHH$'0,66,216 For more info: 733-5361 or luciadoug- x )UHH&RPPHPRUDWLYHEUDFHOHW x 3UL]HV'UDZLQJV WORDS las.com. x )UHHKHDOWKDQGILWQHVVHGXFDWLRQ x 0XVLF MONA: View “East and West,” a major x 2SSRUWXQLW\IRUIDPLO\LQWHUDFWLRQ x %LF\FOH5RGHR 8 retrospective of the late artist Paul Ho- x )5(((QWU\EUDFHOHW riuchi, through June 15 at La Conner’s 5HJLVWUDWLRQ5HTXLUHG x ,QWHUDFWLYH%RRWKV Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First %HOOLQJKDP3DUNVDQG5HFUHDWLRQ St. For more info: (360) 466-4446 or RU77< CURRENTS museumofnwart.org. ZZZFRERUJH]UHJ PEACE ARCH PARK: The annual Peach ZZZJHWPRYLQZKDWFRPRUJ 6 Arch Park International Sculpture Ex- hibit is open through Oct. 1 at Blaine’s Peace Arch Park. Sculptors from Canada VIEWS and the United States contributed to the show. For more info: 332-7165 or 4 peacearchpark.org. ROEDER HOME: Ron Pattern’s “Local MAIL Landscapes” watercolor exhibit will be 3 on display through May 22 at the Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Dr. For more info: DO IT IT DO 733-6897. SEASIDE GALLERY: “Tulip Mania” runs through May 15 at La Conner’s Seaside 08 Gallery, 112 Morris St. For more info: la- .07. 5 connerseasidegallery.com. WESTERN GALLERY: View “Field .03 Notes: Photographs by Dianne Korn- 19 berg” through May 31 at the Western # Gallery on the WWU campus. For more info: 650-3963. WHATCOM MUSEUM: “John Franklin Koenig: Northwest Master, Home and Away,” “Logging Days: Recent Donations of Darius Kinsey,”and “The Melville Ja- cobs Legacy” are currently on display at CASCADIA WEEKLY the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. For more info: 676-6981. 19 Rumor Has It I’M JUST GOING to come right out and say it: I never thought I’d live to see the day when Seattle’s Boss Martians would play a show in 34 34 music Sedro-Woolley. I’m not knocking Sedro; it’s a perfectly charming town. However, it has his- FOOD PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT torically not exactly been a tour stop for most 28 bands—or any bands, really. But these are changing times we live in, and ever since Boon- docks opened a little more than a year ago— with a live-music component apparently built CLASSIFIEDS into their business plan—they’ve been packing in the crowds, proving that Sedro-Woollians are 24 just as music-hungry as the rest of us. BY CAREY ROSS FILM FILM If you live in Bellingham, and you’d like to get your kicks a little closer to home, Clam- bake, whose rare 20 20 20 Chuckanut Drive shows take place a bit more frequently MUSIC MUSIC HANGING OUT AT THE FIDELITY GRANGE these days, will take over Cap Hansen’s 18 18 on Sat., May 10. I ART say “take over” be- cause that’s a tiny 17 bar and an ener- getic band. Always STAGE STAGE a good combina- tion for the crowd. 15 Will they drink lots of cheap beerr and bust out some GET OUT sweet surf rock? Absolutely. Willl 14 they take off theirr pants and dance WORDS on the bar? I sup- BY CAREY ROSS pose that depends 8 on how much of the aforementioned cheap beer they consume. But it is Clambake. Which means anything could happen. CURRENTS CURRENTS In case your weekend party plans don’t stop WHEN I first came across local alt-country band Chucka- Smokey Point,” says Steve Leslie, Chuckanut at Saturday, it should be known that with Sun- 6 nut Drive several years ago, they did not blow me away. Sure, Drive singer and songwriter. “I’ve always liked day night comes the opportunity to witness their songs were pretty enough and the double meaning in the word ‘fidelity.’ It one of the better Band Fight Nite lineups I’ve VIEWS VIEWS the band was certainly skilled, but could be ‘fidelity’ as in high audio quality, or seen in awhile. It should be noted that these the biggest impression they left on ‘fidelity’ as in loyalty to a lover, country or monthly shows at Rumors typically feature 4 me was that, in a town full of twang- higher power. great bands you would rarely ever see on the MAIL MAIL infused musical projects, I feared It’s a concept that covers a lot of ground, same bill, but the grouping of Tapeworm, the Narrows (the Narrows!), Holy Tailfeathers, and they could be lost in the shuffle. Not but Leslie admits the album is not one that 3 exactly a ringing endorsement. was written around a particular theme or Guinness and the Reparations is an especially DO IT IT DO However, as time went by, the band story. good one. As I believe Guinness to be a Band that really wasn’t doing anything LISTEN “Unlike The Crooked Mile Home, I didn’t Fight Nite veteran, it leads me to believe he 08 wrong began to do just about every- WHAT: Chuckanut have a concept in mind while writing the is spoiling for a fight. I think Juice of the .07. thing right. Sometime after they re- Drive CD release show songs for this new album,” he says. “Now Narrows is just the man to take him on. 5 leased their first, self-titled EP, the WHEN: 9pm Fri., that the record is done, I can hear a bit of a Just a couple nights after the Cicadas May 9 .03 songwriting—always promising—so- WHERE: Green Frog working-man-blues theme happening when I packed the house for their farewell show, I’m 19 # lidified, the band smoothed out and Café Acoustic Tavern, listen to it, but none of this was intentional. happy to report that last week’s Devotchka defined their sound, and their live 902 N. State St. I just wanted to be able to write a batch of show at the Wild Buffalo was a big, fat, sold- show became a helluva good time. By COST: $10 for songs and call it an album.” out success. Here’s hoping the ease with the time they released their first full- admission, $15 for As for what, exactly Fidelity Grange—and which the show went off—not to mention admission and CD length effort, 2005’s The Crooked Mile MORE INFO: Chuckanut Drive itself—sounds like, this the rapidity with which it sold out—will per- Home, the boys of Chuckanut Drive chuckanutdrive.net has become an oft-asked question that of- suade Buff owner John Goodman to continue had come into their own. ten provokes a chuckle from band members. to book these kinds of national acts as they CASCADIA WEEKLY Now Chuckanut Drive has a new set of songs to offer, called While they can be broadly classified as alt- make their way up the I-5 corridor. Although 20 Fidelity Grange, and named for a place most of us have seen country, a whole lot of other things—from after witnessing the hordes of smiling, danc- many times, whether we realize it or not. soul to power pop—are going on when they ing people, Goodman may very well be con- “Fidelity Grange is a grange hall on the East side of I-5 around CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 vinced already. musicPREVIEW Ready to Ride? CHUCKANUT, FROM pick one. I think we make American comes, how long can the band keep music. That’s the best I can come up this up? PREVIOUS PAGE with. Yeah, Chuckanut Drive sounds “If you’re asking me when the mojo like American music.” will run out, I’m as curious as you take the stage. And if you’re wondering whether are,” Leslie says. “All I can say is the 34 “This is the hardest question in the Fidelity Grange shows the same kind songs are still coming and I’m still FOOD world. I could write you an essay and of musical progression that took surrounded by people who are willing you still wouldn’t have a good an- place between Chuckanut Drive’s last to put their energy behind the music. WE HAVE WHAT YOU NEED! 28 swer,” Leslie says. “I think Americana two albums, the answer is, most em- As long as this keeps happening, I’ll is a good blanket genre if I have to phatically, yes. Now the question be- keep making records.” CLASSIFIEDS musicPREVIEW 24 FILM FILM BY CAREY ROSS 20 20 20 20 MUSIC The Buckinghams MUSIC PARTY LIKE IT’S 1967 18 ART IF YOU ask most people what they 1967 were nowhere to be found just a know about 1967, they’ll talk about the year later. 17 Summer of Love, hippies, and Haight- Very little was Ashbury. As years go, it had some heard from this STAGE things going for it, but it will forever once-powerhouse be overshadowed by its flashier, more band for almost 15 rebellious brother, 1968, also known as 20 years, until the the year all hell broke lose in America. 1980s when they If you’re the Buckinghams, howev- LISTEN decided to get GET OUT er, the events of 1967 carry far more WHO: The back together and Buckinghams 14 weight than everything that would remind everyone WHEN: 8pm come after. It was during that year Sat., May 10 just what a band that the Chicago rock band netted WHERE: Silver that once boasted WORDS their first chart-topping hit, “Kind of Reef Hotel, five Top 10 hits a Drag,” a feat they would accomplish Casino and Spa during a single 8 COST: $25 again and again, garnering a whopping have continued in the same vein for year sounds like. MORE INFO: five Top 10 hits—including “Don’t You many years to come. 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And if you played MUSIC DRIVE A CAR, SAVE THE WORLD a game in which contestants tried to right that sinking ship, you 18 18 could do no better than to bring ART on Michael Caine. SPEED RACER It is Caine’s quiet, reliable bril- 17 liance that keeps Flawless afloat. It’s 1960, and we are in London at STAGE STAGE a diamond distribution company where Moore is an oft-overlooked 15 executive who’s sick of bumping up against the diamond ceiling. Caine is a mild-mannered janitor GET OUT who seems vaguely stupid right until the moment he proposes to 14 Moore a brilliant plan to rob her company’s safe. WORDS That makes Flawless sound like a heist movie, but it’s not. 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DO IT IT DO cheesy, CGI-against-green-screen look, Speed Racer reminds of slalom course and skateboard facility; they’re contorted It’s an intriguing puzzle, and nothing so much as Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids movies. with impossible twists and turns, quadruple-black-diamond Flawless also benefits from a dyna- 08 The script includes a procession of mild twists, withheld grades, open-air gaps in the roadway and deliberate obsta- mite location: The company where .07. identities and mysterious motivations, but its through-line cles. Some cars are equipped with weapons, such as the il- Moore and Caine work is a mid-cen- 5 unwaveringly stresses the goodness and purity of the inde- legal spearhook, designed to take out competitors. Vehicles tury marvel dominated by an enor- .03 pendent maverick over the venality of profit-obsessed corpo- glide through curves, turn on a dime, vault high into the air, mous sky-blue lobby with diamond- 19 # rations. The former qualities are embodied by every member ride on their noses and otherwise comport themselves in shaped cutouts in the walls. of the quaintly named Racer family: rock-solid car designer physically impossible ways. Caine works the same territory Pops (John Goodman), steadfast Mom (Susan Sarandon), and The cast is very good for this sort of thing, not that much with his soft-spoken, reticent perfor- racing-mad sons Rex (Scott Porter), Speed (Emile Hirsch), is asked of the actors other than to look alert and driven. mance. He’s so skilled that I briefly and Spritle (Paulie Litt). 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Remove from the water, cool BY ARI LEVAUX quickly in cold water, drain, and freeze. 24 When I gave up on pickled asparagus, I switched FILM FILM to pressure-canning my asparagus, as follows: Pack trimmed spears, along with a few garlic cloves, in sterile jars, pour boiling water over them, screw on 20 20 Mom’s Meal lids, and process in a pressure canner at 10 pounds pressure for 30 minutes. MUSIC ASPARAGUS, TODAY AND TOMORROW Pressure-canned spears are so tender they practi- cally collapse in your fingers. If you froze your as- 18 18 THE FORCES of Mother’s Day, asparagus, and economic paragus, it won’t be this mushy. You will have to ART recession have conspired, via me, to create an exciting new steam it for a while to make asparacrème. When ten- condiment called asparacrème. der, let it cool. 17 Thanks to Mother’s Day’s placement within asparagus season, Add your asparagus to a blender with a little ol- the lovely green shoots have become standard issue on many ive oil and salt. With the blender going, slowly add STAGE STAGE restaurants’ Mother’s Day menus. Pickled asparagus, for example, sacrifices flavor more oil until it reaches a thick, spread-able con- This year, thanks to a stalled economy, more Mother’s Day for texture and major style points. Asparacrème, on sistency. Adjust your seasonings, blend again, etc., 15 meals are likely to be homemade, as maternal celebrations stay the other hand, is made from asparagus that’s been until tasty and spread-able. Customize the flavor closer to home. Loving revelers will whip up batches of home- preserved in a form that, while devoid of looks and with the spices of your choice, like fresh garlic, a made croissants filled with asparagus and lobster, perhaps, or body, holds deep asparagus flavor. dash of mustard, a splash of white balsamic vinegar, GET OUT poached eggs over asparagus, Florentine-style. Either would Also known as asparagus mayonnaise, asparacrème and crème, of course, for flavor and body. benefit significantly from a fresh hollandaise or béarnaise is a food enhancer that’s used like mayonnaise—i.e., Spread asparacrème on bread. Dip chips, veggies, 14 sauce, either incorporated or on the side. applied to most anything that goes into your mouth. or pickles. Fold it into your omelet, drizzle it onto More breakfasts in bed for American moms arguably consti- Such enhancers, which I call crèmes, are smooth your sizzled meat. Use your finger or use a straw. It’s WORDS tute a silver lining to the current economic reality check. An- in texture and creamy in flavor. Cheese is an obvi- the fastest, greenest crème you ever saw. other way to surf this wave is to buy (or otherwise acquire) local ous crème, along with other milk products like sour So go ahead and make mom that asparagus salad 8 foods—fruit, meat, asparagus, whatever—when they’re in sea- crème and crème cheese. 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