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B-BOARD  Shipwreck Day: 8am-5pm, downtown Anacortes Ferndale Renaissance Fair: 9am-6pm, Pioneer Park

22 Mind, Body, Spirit Fair: 10am-4pm, Center for Spiritual Living

FILM  NW Raspberry Festival: 10am-8pm, throughout Lynden

18 GET OUT Tour de Whatcom: 7:30am, Boundary Bay

MUSIC  Brewery Seersucker Social Bike Ride: 10am, La Conner Sand Sculpture Competition, Rollback Week- 16 end: 10am-5pm, Birch Bay waterfront ART  FOOD Mount Vernon Market: 9am-2pm, Riverwalk Park 15 Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts Center STAGE  Saturday Market: 9am-3pm, Concrete Community Center Saturday Market: 10am-1pm, Lummi Island 14 Twin Sisters Market: 10am-2pm, North Fork Library Lynden Farmers Market: 10am-2pm, Centennial GET OUT  Get medieval at the inaugural Ferndale Renaissance Faire Park Blaine Farmers Market: 10am-2pm, H Street Plaza

12 taking place July 20-21 at Pioneer Park. Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square

WORDS  VISUAL WEDNESDAY [07.17.19] NW Art Beat: 10am-6pm, throughout Skagit County 10 ONSTAGE Artist Talk: 4pm, i.e. gallery, Edison Wit: 8pm, Firehouse Arts and Events Center VIEWS  SUNDAY [07.21.19] MUSIC Downtown Sounds: 5:30pm-9pm, Bay and Prospect

 8 ONSTAGE streets James and the Giant Peach: 2pm, BAAY Theater Mach One Jazz Orchestra: 6pm-8pm, Seafarers’ Memo- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: 4pm, Firehouse Arts and rial Park, Anacortes Events Center

CURRENTS A Midsummer Night’s Dream: 7pm, Rexville- WORDS Blackrock Amphitheater 4  Write More Letters Club: 7pm, Bison Bookbinding & Letterpress MUSIC MAIL  The Birch Bay Sand Sculpture Competition and Mary McPage Band: 1pm-4pm, Gilkey Square, La

FOOD Conner 2  2  Wednesday Market: 2pm-6pm, Barkley Village Green Rollback Weekend Car Show join forces July 20-21 Swamp Soul: 2pm-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green DO IT  DO IT  throughout the city’s waterfront. THURSDAY [07.18.19] COMMUNITY Vietnam Veterans Car Show: 9am-3pm, Barkley ONSTAGE Village Commedia in the Park: 6pm, Maritime Heritage Park James and the Giant Peach: 7pm, BAAY Theater FOOD Ferndale Renaissance Fair: 9am-4pm, Pioneer

07.17.19 Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre A Midsummer Night’s Dream: 7pm, Rexville- Ferndale Farmers Market: 2pm-6pm, LaBounty Park The Birds: 7:30pm, Maritime Heritage park Blackrock Amphitheater, Mount Vernon Drive

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# SATURDAY [07.20.19] Improv Mashup: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Center end: 10am-5pm, Birch Bay Upfront Goes to Camp: 9pm, Upfront Theatre ONSTAGE MUSIC James and the Giant Peach: 2pm and 7pm, BAAY VISUAL The Atlantics: 5pm-9pm, Hotel Bellwether MUSIC Theater NW Art Beat: 10am-6pm, throughout Skagit The Di Young Combo: 6pm-8pm, Elizabeth Park File Gumbo: 6pm-8pm, Burlington Visitor Center Commedia in the Park: 6pm, Maritime Heritage County and beyond Johnny Bulldog: 6pm-8pm, Skagit Riverwalk Plaza Amphitheater Park Miller Campbell: 6pm-8pm, Seafarers’ Memorial Andrew Rivers: 7pm, Upfront Theatre TUESDAY [07.23.19]

CASCADIA WEEKLY WORDS Park Twelfth Night: 7pm, Rexville-Blackrock Amphi- Chuckanut Radio Hour: 6:30pm, Heiner Theater, WCC Festival of Music Farewell: 7:30pm, Performing theater ONSTAGE 2 Arts Center, WWU Wit: 8pm, Firehouse Arts and Events Center Wit: 8pm, Firehouse Arts and Events Center FRIDAY [07.19.19] Upfront Goes to Camp: 9pm, Upfront Theatre COMMUNITY GET OUT ONSTAGE NW Raspberry Festival: 10am-8pm, throughout MUSIC History Sunset Cruise: 6:30pm, Bellingham Cruise Commedia in the Park: 6pm, Maritime Heritage Park Lynden Cascadia Groove: 6pm-8pm, Heart of Anacortes Terminal IS CLOSER THAN YOU

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IAFF Local 106 MUSIC  others. The cities have failed to make candidate April Barker and her one-size- the zoning changes for affordable hous- fits-all “build, baby, build” mentality.

BELLINGHAM MAYOR 40TH DISTRICT SENATOR 16 ing because of the “not in my backyard” Barker is a real estate speculator and neighborhood attitudes. pro-development candidate who asks us to Garret O'Brien Carrie Blackwood ART  Bellingham has the “infill toolkit” but believe that throwing Bellingham’s single- it has been used five times in eight years. family neighborhoods wide open to devel- WHATCOM CO. COUNCIL AT LARGE BELLINGHAM COUNCIL AT LARGE 15 Western Washington University has an opers will not only eliminate the housing

Carol Frazey Hollie Huthman STAGE  enrollment of almost 16,000 but provides crisis, but also bring about social justice, housing for 3,519 students in 16 halls, racial equity and solve climate change! FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT DISTRICT 21 leaving more than 12,000 students com- Barker’s ideas have already been tried 14 peting for housing. and failed in Seattle. They have resulted Kathy Berg All these and many more factors con- in destruction of neighborhoods, de- Paid for and authorized by IAFF Local #106 GET OUT  tribute to rising rents. crease in quality of life and no increase P.O. Box 1024 Bellingham, WA 98227 Your Local Fire Fighters From renting there is an unobtainable in affordability. Local #106 representing: City of Bellinham Races | Bellingham Fire ghters | Lynden Fire ghters leap to the dream of home ownership in Barker’s goal from the beginning of her North Whatcom Fire & Rescue Fire ghters | Fire District #8 Fire ghters 12 all Whatcom County. If a family wants to one term on the City Council has been South Whatcom Fire Authority Fire ghters | Port of Bellingham Fire ghters own their home, they are forced to the to eliminate single-family zoning. This WORDS  far reaches of the county or to leave al- would enable speculators to buy single- family homes in any neighborhood and together. The cities, especially Belling- 10 ham, need to change zoning to include bulldoze them in order to build more

more townhomes, condos, manufactured profitable multifamily units. VIEWS  homes and small houses. This should be In pursuit of this goal, Barker has cre-

done in multiple neighborhoods to pro- ated an us-versus-them mentality, try-  8 vide affordable home ownership. ing to convince people struggling with We are faced with an election of a new housing affordability that homeowners

mayor in Bellingham and a new county in single-family zones are the enemy. CURRENTS executive for the county. She has expressed her frustration with 4  Leadership in the issue of affordable Bellingham’s neighborhood associations 4  MAIL  house will require making unpopular getting in the way of her plans, claiming MAIL  tough decisions that reflect our values. they are “always thinking about protec-

How the candidates come with real an- tions and exclusions.” 2  swers and real follow-through should At a mayoral forum Barker complained drive how you cast your vote. bitterly about “being pulled in every single DO IT  —Les Seelye, Bellingham direction” as a Council member and about constituents “screaming at our door.”

‘BUILD, BABY, BUILD’ This is not the temperament or attitude 07.17.19 At a recent meeting of the City Coun- I would expect from someone who wants

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tee, Council member Michael Lilliquist Her ideas would only lead to the de- # discussed the affordable housing issue struction of this unique and charming facing Bellingham and the entire Puget city, and I urge you to reject them. SATPAL Sound area. —Amy Fleming, Bellingham He said that the issue is far more com- plicated than simple supply and demand, noting that some causes of rising hous- SIDHU CASCADIA WEEKLY ing prices include the availability of cheap SEND YOUR LETTERS F financing, the investor mentality in home Make them 300 O 5 R buying, and wages not keeping up with words or fewer. County Executive the costs of construction. In regard to the Send to letters@ idea of increasing density to address the cascadiaweekly.com housing crisis, he noted that, “Increasing Growing in numbers as they travel, tribes paddle to Port Townsend, and on to Port Gamble, greeting and merging with other tribes as they travel the Salish Sea to Lum- 30  mi. They’re expected to arrive July 24.

FOOD  The Paddle to Lummi is underway. “The Lummi people are honored to wel- currents come all our relations traveling the tradi- NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX 25 tional highways of our ancestors to partic- ipate in this year’s journey,” said Jeremiah

B-BOARD  Julius, Chairman of the Lummi Indian Busi- ness Council. “Together we will celebrate, honor and share the unique cultural heri- 22 tage of the Coast Salish people.” Julius said they expect approximately FILM  10,000 people and more than 100 canoe families on their ancestral shores–-some- 18 thing he says will help build strong bridges with neighboring communities. MUSIC  “Over the years we have witnessed the discipline the canoe journey has taught our 16 younger generations,” Julius said. “Honor- ART  ing our way of life in sharing who we are and where we come from.” 15 Sqweshenet Tse Schel- angen means “honoring STAGE  our way of life” and is the overarching theme

14 of this year’s canoe jour- ney along the waterways

GET OUT  of Western Washing- ton, hosted this year by ATTEND Lummi Nation. Lummi is 12 WHAT: Paddle also called by another, to Lummi more ancient name— WORDS  WHEN: July Lhoq’temish—meaning 24-28 People of the Sea. WHERE:

10 Stommish Each year since 1898, Grounds, Lummi canoe families traveling PHOTO BY NEIL UNGERLEIDER BY PHOTO VIEWS  Nation from up and down the TO COST: Free Washington coast, Ore-

 8 PADDLE gon, and lower British HONORING A Columbia meet and gather with guests from around the world and exchange songs, CURRENTS 8 CURRENTS WAY OF LIFE dance, food and cultural heritage. The event is hosted by different Native Nations 4  BY MARYROSE DENTON each year.

MAIL  The Canoe Journey is a revival of the tra- ditional method of transportation and is a

2  LUMMI THEY TOUCHED culturally significant experience for par- ticipants. On arrival, visiting canoe fam- DO IT  the shore of the ilies ask permission to land, often in their Olympic Peninsula native languages. Protocol—the sharing of on the weekend and songs, dances and gifts—lasts for days.

07.17.19 The ancestral tradition of the canoe were greeted in the journey was revived in full form in Wash-

.14 Klallam language. ington in 1989, as part of the state’s cen- 29 # Coastal tribes from tennial ceremony, and has continued to flourish almost a quarter of a century lat- Washington and er. The journey is symbolic of the potlatch, British Columbia JON CARROLL BY PHOTO the ancient communal gathering of tribal were welcomed to nations banned at the opening of the last century by both Canada and Washington. the revitalized estu- The journey involves traditional CASCADIA WEEKLY ary of the Elwah by ocean-going canoes, primarily of carved 6 youth of the Lower cedar, placed in the waters of this region in a blessing ceremony. The journey cele- Elwha Klallam Tribe brates the ancestral traditions and living for the first time culture through a potlatch of storytelling, singing and dancing. PHOTO BY JON CARROLL BY PHOTO since 2005. JON CARROLL BY PHOTO “This is who we are. This is how we of Lummi Nation—will greet each and tell our story,” said Freddie Lane, public every canoe. relations director. He serves as a member “Paddles up” signals the request of Pepper Sisters of the Lummi Indian Business Council. these families to come ashore, and signi- Flavors of New Mexico More than 100 canoes are expected to fies they come in peace to this potlatch. 30  land at the Stommish Grounds on Lummi Granted permission to land their canoes, FOOD  peninsula on July 24—an increase from Tsi’li’xw welcomes them ashore in the na- Serving Dinner Tuesday - Sunday the 72 canoe families who paddled into tive Lummi tongue, a language that at Happy hour Tuesday - Thursday Bellingham Bay in 2007. Tribal leaders one time was dying out. Now scores of 25 expect thousands of participants, Lane tribal members can speak at least some Comfort food agreed, as tribes strengthen and deepen portions of the language. 1055 N. State peppersisters.com from scratch B-BOARD  their connections to the Salish Sea. “They are invited to join in the dining, Lummi Nation invites all coastal na- singing, dancing and much storytelling,” tive tribes as well as the public to join Chief James said. “Then do it some more, 22 them in celebration, to honor and pre- night after night until each tribe has had First massage is FILM  serve the cultural heritage unique to the their turn on the floor,” he added. Coast Salish people. Potlatch activities, the telling of sto- “The canoe journey is highly regard- ries and history through drumming and 18 Lily Elkjaer Giesecke Specializing in Deep Tissue, Neuromuscular Massage, ed among the Coast Salish tribes,” Lane dance, continue throughout the follow- Trigger Point Therapy & Ashiatsu Deep Feet Therapy

LMP | License #60450100 MUSIC  explained, gesturing across the watery ing five days. 215 W. Holly St, Suite G-2 Half price specials all month long! shore. “For it honors and connects us to It has been the mission of Tsi’li’xw to Bellingham, WA 98225 evergreenbellingham.com | [email protected] 16 the land, water and earth as well as our revive his native tongue as well as the 360.389.2265 neighboring communities.” Lummi traditions. He views the canoe ART  “Hope, Honor, Healing, and Hospital- journey as a powerful way to “preserve, ity,” the guiding principles of the jour- promote, and protect the culture.” 15 ney, are qualities taught and passed His hope is to encourage the young down from generation to generation. people to be proud of who they are OYSTERS STAGE  Many canoe families begin training for as individuals, as well as where they this event in mid-April when they first have come from as a cultural people. COCKTAILS 14 put their canoes in the water. This event He reaches out by teaching his native is referred to as “awakening” the canoes. tongue to the younger generations, DINNER GET OUT  During their journey, families will pad- many who sit in his home. He is en- dle for a week or more, some traveling couraged to witness the language being very long distances and through often taught in schools, once again. 12 treacherous waterways. They make stops Despite decades of adversity, Tsi’li’xw along the route to other neighboring says, “Through our culture, we are still WORDS  tribes who greet them with a warm re- alive.” The canoe journey and the arrival at

ception and shared meal. 10 Lummi Nation reached out to coast- Lummi are times for intertribal cultural EST. 2014 al peoples from all cardinal points, from exchange and sharing in friendship as VIEWS  deep in British Columbia to the terminus well as traditions. 8

of Puget Sound and the Pacific coast. “It is the return of the potlatch, which  8 Tribes south of Seattle, including the Nis- once was banned,” Freddie Lane ex- qually and Muckelshoot, placed their pad- plained. “Now it has come full circle.” ROCK AND RYE OYSTER HOUSE CURRENTS  CURRENTS dles in the water July 13. Tribes from the Over the five days of July 24-28, there CURRENTS coast of Washington, such as the Quinault will be discussions on current events, 1145 NORTH STATE STREET and the Makah, join First Nation tribes nightly dinners, youth games, and many IN THE HISTORIC HERALD BUILDING 4 

coming from British Columbia to enter the giveaways. Respect and sharing are MAIL  Salish Sea from the north. Tribes along the the guiding principles. The festivities

Inside Passage as far north as Alaska join are open to the public and include arts 2  the journey and bring with them tribal and crafts, food vendors, music and, of guests from as far away as Hawaii, New course, canoes. DO IT  Zealand, and Papua, New Guinea. These The event will culminate with tradi- more distant tribes put their canoes in tional potlatch song, dance, gift-giving,

near Seattle and journey north. singing, dancing, and testimonies of the 07.17.19 Local tribes, such as the Tulalip, Swin- journey that organizers say have provid-

omish, and Samish, will host landings of ed their people with hope, healing and .14 29

their own, sharing in meals and gift-giv- happiness preserving their way of life. # ing before joining the Paddle. All plan Visitors to the area as well as those to arrive at the Stommish Grounds in a in the greater Bellingham and Whatcom swelling ceremony on July 24. County community are welcome. As they approach the Stommish land- As we parted, Freddie Lane said, “Lum- ing, each canoe will circle around with mi Nation is honored to open our doors what is known as a victory lap, Lane and welcome everyone.” CASCADIA WEEKLY explained. The calm waters of Hale Pas- sage, which separates Lummi Island from To find out more visit www.paddletolum 7 the mainland, come alive as the canoes mi.org maneuver into place. They line up and approach the landing beach. MaryRose Denton is a freelance writer and Bill James—Tsi’li’xw, hereditary chief traveler, living in the Skagit Valley.

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FILM  NEWS T JULY10-15 s 18 BY TIM JOHNSON MUSIC  16 ART  15 07.10.19 STAGE  An environmental nonprofit is gauging interest in the creation of an orca enclosure in Washington's San Juan Islands. The WEDNESDAY organization is hosting public outreach meetings over the coming week in six Western Washington locations. The leaders of the Whale Sanctuary Project say a cordoned-off bay or cove somewhere in the San Juan Islands could be the ideal home for orcas 14 As they prepare new rules for the heavy industry zone at Cherry Point, What- retired from theme parks. It also could serve as a rehabilitation site in the event government biologists temporarily corral an com County Council votes to extend their emergency moratorium on export- ailing wild orca for treatment.

GET OUT  ing unrefined fossil fuels. This is the seventh time the council has extended the moratorium aimed at regulating those exports. Council will continue to Lake Samish was found competent to stand President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” develop their land-use code through the end of this year. [KGMI] trial. Court documents show after compe- policy. The 69-year-old social justice war- 12 tency restoration and treatment in Eastern rior had a history of clashes and confronta- Washington’s Attorney General joins 19 other states in support of a lawsuit State Hospital, Matthew Gregory was found tions with police. [Associated Press] WORDS  seeking to force the Trump Administration to provide safe, sanitary conditions competent. Gregory is accused of killing for immigrant children it has detained. In their amicus—or friend of the court his mother, Francis, July 28 of last year.  07.15.19

10 — brief, filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the She was found with gashes on her neck and attorneys general assert that the Administration’s treatment is in violation of evidence of blunt force trauma on her head. MONDAY

VIEWS  a longstanding court-approved settlement that requires the federal government [Bellingham Herald] More than 14,000 kids who might not to meet minimum standards when detaining immigrant children, including safe otherwise have opportunities to explore

 8 and sanitary conditions and prompt release or placement. Under the Trump Ad- 07.13.19 parks, forests and other outdoor places in ministration, the attorneys general argue, immigrant children have been held Washington soon will be able to thanks for weeks in inhumane conditions without access to basic necessities like clean SATURDAY to about $1.3 million in funding. Awarded CURRENTS 8 CURRENTS water, toothbrushes, showers, soap or a place to sleep. [AGO] A man armed with a rifle threw incendi- by the Washington State Parks and Recre- ary devices at an immigration jail in Taco- ation Commission, the No Child Left Inside 4  A Mukilteo hiker who went missing at the Mt. Baker Ski Area is found dead  ma, then was found dead after four police grants focus on programs that provide

MAIL  two days later at the bottom of a steep cliff. Rescue crews reported Ronald officers arrived and opened fire, author- outdoor education and recreation to un- Slama, 36, appeared to have fallen about 100 feet to his death. The Whatcom ities said. The shooting took place about derserved youth. This year’s No Child Left

2  County Sheriff’s Office says Slama called his mother Monday, saying he’d gotten six hours after a peaceful rally in front of Inside grants will help kids spend a total lost while hiking the popular Lake Ann trail on an arm of Mt. Shuksan. [WCSO] the Tacoma Northwest Detention Center, a of more than one million hours outside, do- DO IT  U.S. Department of Homeland Security de- ing everything from hiking to kayaking and 07.12.19 tention facility that holds migrants pend- rock climbing. Whatcom County youth are FRIDAY ing deportation proceedings. The detention eligible for up to $124,200 in grants; while 07.17.19 center has also held immigration-seeking Skagit youth may receive park work grants A Bellingham man accused of murdering his mother and throwing her body in parents separated from their children under up to $25,000. [Office of Governor] .14 29 #

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HILLBILLY HIDEY-HOLE On July 1, police escorted a 27-year- 25 On July 2, a woman was arrested after old Othello man from a hotel in Ana- Whatcom County deputies learned she cortes after a fight with another man B-BOARD  had hidden her stepson, a wanted fel- from Othello. The 36-year-old picked up on, in the crawl space at her Maple Falls the younger man, his boss’ cousin, and home. During a warrant search of her allowed the man to stay in the room 22 home, K-9 deputies located one of her while they completed a job in town. He FILM  stepsons concealed in a crawl space in a alleged the younger man stole his wal- bedroom closet. “The opening to the con- let and keys while they were both in the cealed space had been cut into the floor room. An argument ensued. The 27-year- 18 of a bedroom closet and covered with a old claimed he did not know where the piece of plywood, WCSO reported. “Sever- wallet was, although officers eventually MUSIC  al boxes and heavy items had been placed found it underneath the man’s mattress. on top of the plywood cover. The woman The 36-year-old, who had paid for the 16 admitted that she had placed the items room, asked that the 27-year-old leave. ART  over the trap door to conceal her step- The 27-year-old was provided with a bus

7.58 15 son,” WCSO reported. While searching the pass and given a ride to a transit station. Estimated population of the Earth, in billions. The U.S. Census projection was residence, deputies also located a small announced on World Population Day. The United Nations declared July 11 as World amount of heroin and methamphetamine. On July 2, a 69-year-old Seattle man was Population Day in 1989, two years after world population crossed the 5 billion mark. STAGE  A large safe located in a back bedroom cited for improper backing after striking a was found to contain multiple firearms. parked car and a tree before plunging over 14 One of the firearms was a sawed-off shot- a ledge at a restaurant in Anacortes. “The 50 gun that had the serial number and iden- man apparently hit the accelerator instead GET OUT  tifiable markings destroyed. of the brake when his vehicle started rolling Percent increase in world population in the 32 years since the first World backward unexpectedly,” police reported. Population Day in 1987. PROCLAIM LIBERTY 12 On July 3, Anacortes Police knocked on OUTSIDE THE LINES the door of a man with multiple warrants On July 13, a couple at Bellis Fair Mall 9.8 11.2 WORDS  and advised him he was under arrest. Af- called 911 to report an argument with one Billions of people worldwide in 2050, Billions of people worldwide in 2100,

ter multiple attempts to get the man to another over a coloring book. according to current projections. according to current projections. 10 come out, officers started kicking down

the door, which was opened before it On June 30, two boys reportedly rode their VIEWS  broke. The 29-year-old said he didn’t come bicycles through an Anacortes car wash, >1.0 2.1 8 out because he didn’t want to spend the making several adult motorists upset. Both Annual world population growth is Births per woman worldwide in 2015. More  8 Fourth of July in jail. He spent the Fourth boys were escorted out of the business, projected to slip under 1.0 percent in and more countries now have fertility of July in jail, on his warrants and an addi- which made them upset. Officers confirmed 2020-2021 for the first time since 1950, rates below the level required for the CURRENTS  CURRENTS tional charge of resisting arrest. no crime was committed and the 14-year- bending the curve on world population replacement of successive generations. CURRENTS old and 11-year-old were cautioned about growth rates. Many countries in Europe have been below

this rate for several decades. 4  On July 4, Anacortes Police interviewed a riding their bikes in the car wash.

man who was walking in and out of the pa- MAIL  rade route, possibly intoxicated. The man On July 2, a woman reported that her claimed he was trying to help kids collect brother punched her while they were ar- 50 2  candy. He was instructed to stay out of guing over the TV remote control. Officers Percent of projected population growth that will be concentrated in just nine countries the parade and decided to leave. arrived and spoke with all parties involved. through 2050: India, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Ethiopia, DO IT  Officers determined that the adult brother the United Republic of Tanzania, the United States of America, Uganda, and Indonesia On July 2, Anacortes Police cited the city’s was the primary aggressor and that he had (ordered by their expected contribution to total growth). Upward trends in population size are expected to continue, even assuming fertility levels continue to decline.

fireworks laws after a man was reported assaulted his sister during the domestic 07.17.19 throwing lit fireworks out of a pickup at dispute. Officers arrested the brother for

passing cars. The man admitted to throw- assault and booked him into jail. .14

25 35 29 ing “pop-its” out of his vehicle but denied # everything else, police reported. On July 2, a 77-year-old Anacortes woman Percent of the population of Western Percent of the population of Europe was banned from a downtown restaurant Europe that is aged 60 years and older that is projected to be 60 years and THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS after reportedly throwing food at an em- in 2019. older in 2050, a considerable shift in demographics. On July 1, multiple callers complained a ployee when she was unhappy with the silver sports car had been speeding and food and service. The woman reportedly passing cars before losing control on a threw the food and pounded her fists on 1,000,000,000 CASCADIA WEEKLY roundabout on Highway 20, where the ve- the countertop. The woman said the em- World population was stable at around 1 billion globally from 10,000BC through hicle landed on its top on a nearby bike ployee had actually acted aggressively 9 the early 1800s, the world population stayed below 1 billion globally. By the path. The man walked away from the crash and denied throwing anything. She agreed 20th Century, population totals soared, more than doubling between 1920 and 1980 and Anacortes Police caught up with him in both parties likely acted inappropriate- from fewer than 2 billion people to almost 4.5 billion in 60 years. a parking lot. Officers noted the 38-year- ly and said she doesn’t plan to go to the old Idaho man appeared to be under the restaurant again. SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau; United Nations 2017 Revision of World Population Prospects THE GRISTLE

THE REAL SOCIAL NETWORK: This week’s meeting of

30  Bellingham City Council was a masters’ course in cur- rent social justice and social equity issues. FOOD  Council appears inclined to continue their ban on the conversion of the city’s dwindling supply of views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE

25 manufactured home parks, one of the last remaining options for affordable homeownership for lower and fixed incomes—and perhaps the capstone to the puz- B-BOARD  zle of where and how to place tiny homes throughout the city. In June, Council put a moratorium in place

22 that prohibits the acceptance or processing of any BY ALAN RHODES application to redevelop or change the use of any FILM  of the ten manufactured home parks in Bellingham. Their action drew this week’s public comments.

18 These parks—and many others scattered through- Rescued by Rachmaninoff out the county—are zoned for high-density residen-

MUSIC  tial occupancy and are outfitted for utility hookups. MR. CRANKY SHAKES OFF THE ELECTION BLUES Their small lots serve as a fusion of home ownership

16 and rental access advantages, particularly for those RECENTLY, I was looking over ed in November.

ART  on fixed incomes. At their perimeters and centers, the slate of candidates in next I considered shooting myself in these parks might accommodate a increasing demand month’s local primary election. the head, but I don’t own a gun so

15 for tiny homes, and perhaps in their maturity even There are some really excellent I’d have to stab myself in the head, replace larger, aging manufactured homes. They’re people running, but the appear- which sounds quite painful. At this

STAGE  also fairly ripe for plunder and conversion by land ance of three names on the list left point my wife reminded me that we speculators. The moratorium is intended to preserve an unpleasant feeling in the pit of needed to start getting ready to go the status quo as the city develops options to perma- my stomach. out. I was so engrossed in my exis- 14 nently preserve this form of affordable housing. While he was on Whatcom Coun- tential dread that I had forgotten it In a tangential action, City Council this week con- ty Council, Tony Larson—who was matter. The young woman went pub- was the opening night of the Bell- GET OUT  sidered actions and code amendments that might supposed to be representing the lic and Bonner suspended his cam- ingham Festival of Music. forestall the creation of additional food deserts in citizens—was secretly working for paign. But his name is still on the That evening I settled into my

12 Bellingham. A food desert is defined as an urban area a rightwing PAC called Clear Bal- ballot. On the basis of name recogni- seat at the Performing Arts Center where is difficult to purchase good-quality fresh food, lot Choices. CBC was up to all sorts tion alone, Bonner could win in the as the music began. A couple of

WORDS  including fruits and vegetables. One was created in of mischief. For one, they were as- primary. This would be a disgrace. bars into Glinka’s overture to “Russ- Birchwood neighborhood with the closure of Albert- sisting the company that wanted In fact, all three of the above lan and Ludmilla” and I was already

10 son’s and an existing covenant that forecloses on any to build a massive coal terminal at could end up on the general elec- smiling. During Prokofiev’s pyro- 10 other grocer opening and operating in the surrounding Cherry Point, a concept that was not tion ballot, and some might even technic Third Piano Concerto I was VIEWS  VIEWS  area. The city has declined to test the rigor of that universally loved by folks around win in the general election. This bouncing with new energy, and by “non-compete” in court, but their work this week is here. CBC was also working on a thought left me very depressed, the time we got to Rachmaninoff’s  8 intended to ensure no more are created. A proposed redistricting scheme to render Bell- which I didn’t need since I was Second Symphony I was ecstatic, ordinance will restrict the ability of a company that ingham voters irrelevant in all future already feeling morose about the recharged, cleansed. closes a grocery store to enforce a restrictive covenant county elections. Larson got caught possibility that Donald Trump could None of this made the fraudu- CURRENTS against other similar businesses from opening. at his stealthy deeds and was handed actually get reelected. This could lence and dishonesty and rancor of

4  Moving more specifically to the city’s most vulner- a maximum fine by the state’s Public never happen, of course, in a ratio- current affairs go away, but I felt able populations, City Council this week strengthened Disclosure Commission. And now he nal society, but rationality doesn’t chipper enough to discard my inky MAIL  their plan to more ably respond to federal initiatives wants to be county executive. The appear to be thriving these days. cloak, if I may borrow a phrase from

related to immigration enforcement in light of the arrogance is appalling. I tumbled into a blue funk that Shakespeare, and do something. 2  increasing aggression of the Trump administration. Kathy Kershner is running for even over-indulging in Trader Joe’s The following Monday I called

DO IT  City policy already established a passive resistance County Council in district four. Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Whatcom Democratic headquarters to federal immigration enforcement, “providing all of Back in 2015 she lost an election couldn’t cure. That’s how bad it was. to volunteer in any way I might its residents with fair and equal access to services, to Satpal Sidhu. She followed this Later in the day I opened the Seat- be helpful. Then I sat down to opportunities, and protection and to maximize pub- loss by publicly questioning Sidhu’s tle Times. This didn’t help my mood. write this column, remembering 07.17.19 lic safety for the entire Bellingham community,” with U.S. citizenship and demanding to The first item I read concerned Don- as I typed some good advice from the understanding that a terrorized population may see his papers. This kind of low- ald Trump and his bromance buddy my editor Tim Johnson: “Push on .14

29 seek the protections they are entitled to under state road race-baiting and xenophobia Vladimir Putin joking about Russian the things that can be moved, ap- # and municipal law. is contemptible and speaks volumes election interference. How amus- ply pressure to the things that will “There have been recent reports that Immigration about Kershner’s character. ing, a foreign attack on American yield, and laugh at the absurd.” and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning large- Brett Bonner, after sexually ha- democracy. On the weather page, I I don’t know what your remedy scale enforcement operations that could affect indi- rassing a 23-year-old woman, qui- saw that the previous day’s record for shedding gloom and getting viduals, families, and businesses in our community,” etly admitted to the Whatcom Re- temperature in Southern France energized might be, but for me mu- Council member Hannah Stone reported. Stone is an publican party what he had done was 115 degrees, hotter than Cairo sic—sometimes Mozart, other times

CASCADIA WEEKLY attorney who specializes in immigration law. “The and resigned his party office. The or Baghdad. This reminded me that Muddy Waters—can do the job. fear surrounding increased federal enforcement op- young woman intended to leave it Trump is a climate change denier, The primary election is August 10 erations is palpable and it is not only felt by un- at that, until Bonner then filed to possibly the stupidest opinion any 7. Local elections are really impor- documented members of our community—the ripple run for County Council At-Large, as if person could hold, except maybe a tant. These people will very directly effect reaches to all corners of our city. his transgression somehow shouldn’t belief that Trump should be reelect- affect our lives. Vote. “It permeates beyond the undocumented popula- tion,” Stone added, “and includes permanent resi- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE dents who are fearful that because of

the color of their skin or the way they 30  speak they may be swept erroneously through an enforcement effort.” FOOD  Council also took a shallow dive into the persistent gap in women’s wealth 25 and equity in comparison to men’s, a crushing issue for the city’s most vul- Wed. July 17th | 7pm–9pm | Free! nerable populations. B-BOARD  While women earn an average of 79 Join Write More Letters Club! Our mission is to keep the art of letter

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In addition, the city has champi- 2  oned programs like GRACE and com-

munity paramedics to move emergency DO IT  call loads away from police. The city has instituted changes to how mu- nicipal court handles charges related to domestic violence and behavioral 07.17.19 health that have begun to percolate in .14

its county district court counterpart. 29 And the city has played a key partner- # ship role in developing a mental health and substance abuse treatment center. The city and county may break ground on a new 32-bed facility by this fall. Much more work needs to be done, but all of it circles back and is rein- CASCADIA WEEKLY forced by a more humane treatment of the city’s transient, immigrant and 11 economically vulnerable populations. Making the rules better, more inclusive and equitable, can help people stay in- side the rules. doit WORDS

WED., JULY 17

30  FERNDALE BOOK GROUP: Barbara King- solver’s novel Unsheltered will be the topic

FOOD  of a Ferndale Book Group discussion from 2:30pm-4pm at the Ferndale Library, 2125 words Main St. All are welcome! COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS

25 (360) 384-3647

OPEN MIC: Sign up to read your poetry and

B-BOARD  prose or play music—or simply listen in—at a Creekside Open Mic starting at 6:30pm ue his livelihood as a writer in a world at Sudden Valley’s South Whatcom Library,

22 where publishers expect authors to com- 10 Barn View Court, Gate 2. Entry to the municate electronically and be available monthly event is free. FILM  for book tours. He wanted to write a (360) 305-3632 book about the expe- JULY 17-AUG. 31 18 rience, but the manu- SUMMER READING BINGO: As part of a script would be written Summer Reading challenge, children, teens

MUSIC  in longhand on paper and adults can pick up a BINGO card at the and any communication Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Prizes will be available for all age levels. Chil- 16 with editors would be dren in grades K-6 are encouraged to read a

ART  GET IT by snail mail. variety of things over the summer, inspired by HOW: The Some readers may be suggestions on the card. Once the goal is met, Way Home is come to the library to celebrate with a free 15 frustrated by the fact available in that Boyle is not com- book, mystery coupon, and “Summer Reading print, audio Superstar Lives Here” yard or poster sign. STAGE  pletely clear where he CD, eBook, WWW.BELLINGHAMPUBLICLIBRARY.ORG and digital draws the line on tech- audio format nology. He rejects own- 14 THURS., JULY 18 at Whatcom ing a car or motorbike, CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR: Bestselling County but does occasionally author Erica Bauermeister reads from her

GET OUT  libraries. If you hitchhike when need- new book of fiction, The Scent Keeper, as find the lure the featured author at the monthly taping of a simpler ing to travel longer of the Chuckanut Radio Hour at 6:30pm at 12

12 lifestyle distances. Matches are the Heiner Theater at Whatcom Community intriguing, verboten, but steel College, 237 W. Kellogg Rd. The radio variety other titles that show will also feature music, groaner jokes,

WORDS  implements are accept- WORDS  might be of able. He communicates an episode of “As the Ham Turns,” and per- interest are Ten formance poet Kevin Murphy. Tickets are $5.

10 MARK BOYLE Arguments for by letters, which are WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Deleting All your transported via fossil- Social Media VIEWS  fuel-powered vehicles. FRI., JULY 19 Accounts Right Nevertheless, Boyle’s BOOKS AND BITES: Bring your lunch

 8 Now by Jaron REVIEWED BY LISA GRESHAM ingenuity and dedica- along and join a “Books and Bites” discus- Lanier, and sion focusing on The Immortalists by Chloe The Unsettlers: tion are impressive. He Benjamin from 1pm-2:30pm at the Blaine In Search of constructs a DIY hot Library, 610 3rd St. CURRENTS The Way Home the Good Life tub from cob (a mix- (360) 305-3637 in Today’s

4  ture of clay, straw, sand America by Mark and water) and found FAMILY STORY NIGHT: Bellingham Sto- NO TECH, NO PROBLEM Sundeen. ryteller’s Guild members will lead an hour of MAIL  materials. His garden coaching and an introduction to the craft at

is no stranger to remaking himself. In the fall of 2008, he embarked includes soapwort, a perennial rich in sa- 6pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. At 2  MARK BOYLE on an experiment in living without money, documenting the experience with the publi- ponins, which is chopped up and heated 7pm, Family Story Night will commence. The free events are appropriate for ages 6 to adult. DO IT  cation of The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living (2010) and a follow-up guide, slowly in a pot of water to use for wash- The Moneyless Manifesto: Live Well, Live Rich, Live Free. ing clothes, body and hair. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BELLINGHAM- STORYTELLERS-GUILD He has been a vegan and a hunter; a business school graduate Undeniably, one result of unplugging is and an organic food company manager. In 2007, he set out to walk a deeper connection to the land, nature’s SAT., JULY 20 07.17.19 from southwest England to the birthplace of Gandhi in India. cycles, nearby neighbors and community. CORRESPONDENCE CLUB: Anyone over 8 The Way Home: Tales from a Life without Technology is the prod- Whether or not you believe, as is stated years old can show up for the monthly Cor- uct of Boyle’s newest experiment in simple living, which began on in the frontispiece, that the “boundaries respondence Club gathering from 10:30am- 12:30pm at Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly #29.14 the winter solstice in 2016 when he turned off his phone for the between man and machine are blurring,” St. Supplies, materials and instructional last time, vowing to live without “industrial-scale, complex tech- this elegy for a simpler life with deep guidance will be provided for collage Mail nology” for at least a full year. No hot showers, recorded music, connections to nature and fellow human Art, envelopes, postcards and more. Bring news, or social media. No internet, car, running water, matches beings is inspiring. your addresses and your postage, and make or light bulbs. it a good mail day. WWW.MINDPORT.ORG In preparation, Boyle and his partner built a rustic cabin on a three-acre smallhold- Lisa Gresham is the Collection Services

CASCADIA WEEKLY ing in County Galway, Ireland, complete with garden space to grow food, a composting Manager at the Whatcom County Library LIBRARY CAMPING: Kids in grades K-5 can toilet, and nearby neighbors for bartering and the support of community. Surrounding System. WCLS is celebrating its 75th year sit around the “campfire” and listen to scary 12 wild areas provided opportunities for foraging. of sharing stories with the rural parts of stories, sing camp songs and eat s’more in a Uncertain of how he would respond to the lack of technology, Boyle wondered if he Whatcom County. If you live outside the cup at a “Camping at the Library “ event at 11am at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker would get bored. Would he feel isolated or peaceful? Was it even possible to live a more city limits of Bellingham, you can apply Hwy. Entry is free. elemental lifestyle in the modern world? for a WCLS library card at www.wcls.org/ (360) 592-2422 Initially, most pressing was the question of whether he would be able to contin- get-a-card doit

SPEAKEASY 25: “Pig Tales: A Passel of and WTA buses will be free. If you’re interested Poetry” will be the theme of SpeakEasy 25 in volunteering, check out the website listed

at 4pm in Everson at Alluvial Farms, 6825 here to find out how. Goodwin Rd. Paul Hunter will open the special WWW.PHCWHATCOM.COM 30  reading, and nationally recognized poet and

Pulitzer Prize nominee David Lee will be the FOOD  featured guest. Entry is free; tips will be ac- JULY 19-20 cepted. Weather permitting, the event will be held outside—so bring a lawn chair, water and Celebrate the larg-

NW RASPBERRY FESIVAL: 25 sun protection. est harvest of raspberries in North America at WWW.OTHERMINDPRESS.WORDPRESS.COM the annual Northwest Raspberry Festival taking

place from 10am-8pm Friday, and 8am-5pm B-BOARD  JULY 20-21 Saturday throughout Lynden. In addition to of- SUMMER BOOK SALE: Purchase gently used fering raspberry ice cream sundaes and smooth-

books and DVDS when the Friends of the Birch ies, pies, flats and other local food products 22 Bay Library host a Summer Book Sale from 10am- featuring the celebrated fruit, the event will

5pm Saturday and Sunday at their booth at the include a basketball tournament, live music, FILM  annual Sand Sculpture Competition and Rollback craft vendors, a street market, a car show, a Weekend Car Show at Birch Bay Park. Sales and fun run, activities for kids, prize drawings and donations will support the Birch Bay Library much more. Entry is free. 18 building project. WWW.LYNDEN.ORG

WWW.WCLS.ORG MUSIC  SAT., JULY 20 MON., JULY 22 SHIPWRECK DAY: More than 200 vendors will 16 POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their show and sell their wares at the massive com- creative verse as part of the weekly Poetrynight munity garage sale known as Shipwreck Day from ART  can sign up starting at 6:30pm at the Alterna- 8am-5pm along Commercial Avenue in downtown tive Library, 519 E. Maple St. Readings begin at Anacortes from 10th to 4th streets. The family- 15 7pm. Entry to the all-ages event is by donation. friendly event will also feature flea market and WWW.BLOG.POETRYNIGHT.ORG antique vendors, food stands and more. STAGE  WWW.SHIPWRECKFEST.COM TUES., JULY 23 BELLINGHAM READS: Discuss The Woman’s

JULY 20-21 14 Hour by Elaine Weiss at a Bellingham Reads book REN FAIRE: Attend the inaugural Ferndale group meeting from 6:30pm-7:30pm at the Dod- Renaissance Faire from 9am-6pm Saturday, and

son Room at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 9am-4pm Sunday at the Pioneer Park Soccer GET OUT  Central Ave. New members are always welcome. Fields, 2241 2nd St. Attendees can enjoy the (360) 778-7236 royal Scottish court, pirates, fairies, Vikings, 12

gypsies, European re-enactors with historically 12 BOOKS & BREWS: Village Books hosts a month- accurate demos, sword fighting, weaving, and Is Proud to Present in JULY 2019: ly “Books & Brews” gathering at 7pm in Lynden other Old World skills. Saturday is historical WORDS  at Overflow Taps, 106 5th St. Tonight’s focus of day, and Sunday is fantasy day. Entry is free, WORDS  discussion will be David Baldacci’s Split Second but tickets are required.

(King & Maxwell Series #1). Overflow Taps will pick WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/FERNDALERENFAIRE 10 a featured beverage to pair with the tome. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM SUN., JULY 21 WIT VIEWS  CAR SHOW: A Vietnam Veterans Car Show BY MARGARET EDSON WED., JULY 24 happens from 9am-3pm at Barkley Village, 2211  8 STORIES IN THE PARK: Ferndale Library will Rimland Dr. There will be trophies for people’s host a “Stories in the Park” event featuring choice car, truck, motorcycle, and Vietnam era stories, rhymes and songs—with opportunities (1959-1975)—also for pre-1930 to present by CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF for movement—at 10:30am in the Story Garden decade. Entry to show your car is $15; specta- BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS CURRENTS at Hovander Park, 5299 Nielsen Ave. tors can attend for free. 4  (360) 384-3647 WWW.NORTHWESTCLASSICAUTOMALL.COM

THE CLEAN HOUSE MAIL  GRIZZLY BOY: Youth in grades K-5 can laugh HISTORY TOUR: Attend a History Tour from

out loud with local author Barbara Davis- 12:30-1:30pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, BY SARAH RUHL 2  Pyles as she reads from her new book, Grizzly 121 Prospect St. The museum’s trained guides Boy, at 1pm at the Blaine Library, 610 3rd St. will take participants to the basement to see DO IT  The story focuses on a boy named Theo who the historic jail rooms, including a padded cell decides he’s not Theo anymore, he’s Grizzly from the days of prohibition. They will also share THREE PLAYS Boy, and everyone knows that grizzly bears insights into the early use of the basement as the SIX NIGHTS A WEEK run wild and free. They don’t wear clothes, city jail, as well as tell unique stories. Entry is FOR THE ENTIRE 07.17.19 and they certainly don’t go to school! A bear included with museum admission. MONTH OF JULY craft will follow. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG

(360) 305-3637 WED., JULY 24 PERFORMING AT #29.14 CITY CLUB: “Measles: When an Infectious THE FIREHOUSE COMMUNITY Disease Emergency Brings Light to a Community ARTS AND EVENTS and its Unique Culture” will be the focus of a CENTER FRI., JULY 19 Bellingham City Club discussion from 11:30am- PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT: People who 1:30pm at Northwood Hall, 3240 Northwest are homeless in Whatcom County can receive Ave. At the monthly event, infectious disease 1314 HARRIS AVE free and confidential services—including dental specialist Patsy Stinchfield will update at- BELLINGHAM care, medical exams, vision screening, women’s tendees on the recent measles outbreaks CASCADIA WEEKLY health care, info on veteran benefits, housing across the nation and discuss the public health assistance and more—at the annual “Project response required in a measles emergency and 13 Homeless Connect” taking place from 9am-4pm the complexities involved when those impacted at Bellingham High School, 2020 Cornwall Ave. are relative newcomers to community. Entry is In addition to receiving free services, meals $5-$18 and includes lunch. TICKETS & INFORMATION ONLINE AT: and personal items will be offered to all guests, WWW.BELLINGHAMCITYCLUB.ORG WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATREWORKS.ORG doit

JULY 17-24 Fridays at Saturdays in downtown BOATING CENTER OPEN: Bellingham and historic Fairhaven.

Bellingham’s Community Boating Tickets are $17-$22.

30  Center will be open through the WWW.GOODTIMEGIRLSTOURS.COM summer from 10am until sunset FOOD  daily at their headquarters at SAT., JULY 20 555 Harris Ave. Rentals include SEERSUCKER SOCIAL: Dress in outside kayaks, sailboats, rowboats and vintage wear from the 1920s and HIKING RUNNING GARDENING 25 paddle boards. Registration for ’30s and take part in the Summer youth camps and adult classes is Seersucker Social Bicycle Ride currently available. starting at 10am at La Conner’s Or- B-BOARD  WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG ange Rainbow and Espresso. Entry is $10-$15. THURS., JULY 18 WWW.SPROCKETSCIENCE.COM/ 22 PUB RUN: Join BBay Running for SUMMER-SEERSUCKER a free Pub Run starting at 6pm in FILM  Ferndale at FrinGe Brewing, 5640 JULY 20-21 Third Ave. Tonight’s excursion goes SAND AND CARS: The annual through Hovander Park, ending back Birch Bay Sand Sculpture Competi- 18 at the brewery. tion will be combined with the WWW.BBAYRUNNING.COM Rollback Weekend Car Show from MUSIC  10am-5pm Saturday and Sunday JULY 18-21 throughout the Birch Bay water-

16 TALL SHIP TOURS: History will front. The two-day event features come alive when the tall ships live music, a beer garden, vendors ART  Lady Washington and Hawaiian and more. Chieftain make their return to WWW.BIRCHBAYCHAMBER.COM

15 the area from Friday and Saturday at Squalicum Harbor Marina, 722 SUN., JULY 21

STAGE  Coho Way. Educational programs, FOREST IMMERSION: Guide deck tours and sailing excursions Aaron Thanye will lead a Forest will be part of the events. Sug- Immersion Walk from 11:30am- 14 14 gested donation is $5 to tour the 3pm at Zylstra Lake on San Juan vessels. Battle sails and evening Island. Fees are $35. PHOTO BY DAVID WILLOUGHBY DAVID BY PHOTO sails range from $49-$79. WWW.SIPT.ORG/EVENTS GET OUT  GET OUT  WWW.HISTORICALSEAPORT.ORG JULY 22-26 BY AMY KEPFERLE ginning rider wearing a JULY 18-22 ADVENTURE CAMP: Kids ages

12 T-shirt and shorts or an SKAGIT TOURS: As part of the 12-14 can sign up for a Smart Trips avid cyclist who prefers annual Skagit Tours, Seattle Adventure Camp taking place from

WORDS  to suit up in spandex. City Light, the North Cascades 9am-1pm Monday through Friday in Tour de “No matter what the Institute, and the National Park Bellingham. Staff will use games, Service offer Diablo Lake boat field trips and classroom activi-

10 participant’s skill level, tours, Gorge powerhouse tours, ties to teach map-reading, walking the ride ensures beau- and Ladder Creek Falls by Night and bicycle safety, and bus route VIEWS  Whatcom tiful sights and lots of events Thursdays through Mondays planning. Fees are $60. ATTEND fun for everyone at each through the summer in and around WWW.WHATCOMSMARTTRIPS.ORG  8 FOUR ROUTES, ENDLESS VIEWS WHAT: Tour de of our five rest stops,” the three dams near Highway 20. Whatcom organizers say. “Each Prices for boat tours and other TUES., JULY 23 WHEN: 7:30am events range from $5-$45. ALL-PACES RUN: Staff and “IS THE Tour de Whatcom a race or a ride?” is the first FAQ themed rest stop will be

CURRENTS Sat., Jul. 20 WWW.SKAGITTOURS.COM volunteers are always on hand to query on the website promoting the outing happening Sat., Jul WHERE: equipped with snacks, guide the way at the weekly All-

4  20, and the distinction is an important one for those contem- Boundary Bay water and fruit. All rest SKAGIT ADVENTURES: This sum- Paces Run starting at 6pm every plating whether they want to don a helmet and hop on their Brewery, 1107 stops are run by vol- mer, join Skagit Guided Adventures Tuesday at Fairhaven Runners, MAIL  two-wheeled conveyance to take part. Railroad Ave. unteers with proceeds for “Explore n’ Cruise” outings to 1209 11th St. Entry is free. COST: $35-$75 Vendovi Island Thursdays through WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM “The Tour de Whatcom is a bicycle ride and although the course benefiting local organi- 2  INFO: Mondays. “Hike n’ Cruise to Cypress is marked, the START/FINISH line is the only street along the www.tourde zations and charities.” Island” outings happen July 17, HISTORY CRUISE: Whatcom

DO IT  route that is completely shut down,” Whatcom Events explains. whatcom.com This is probably an 27, 26 and 31. Both outings leave Museum Sunset History Cruises “Riders are expected to obey the rules of the road and observe apt time to point out from Skyline Marina in Anacortes. at 6:30pm Tuesdays trough stop signs and signals along the route.” the Tour de Whatcom is touted as a char- Reservations are required. Sept. 3 leaving from San Juan (360) 474-7479 Cruises’ slip at the Bellingham It makes sense that thoroughfares wouldn’t shut down for the ity bike ride, and the beneficiary of a

07.17.19 Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave. event, being that the four routes—which are comprised of 22-, portion of this year’s proceeds will be FRI., JULY 19 Historians Brian Griffin and 44-, 62-, and 100-mile tours—comprise much of the county for Incite! Cycles, a local nonprofit that um- WILD THINGS: Kids, adults Doug Starcher take turns leading which the event is named. (And as far as I know, it’s impossible brellas bicycle events such as Cascade and adventurers can join Holly the Bellingham Bay excursions #29.14 to shut down a slab of land that size unless its populace is under Cross (a fall and winter cyclocross series) Roger of Wild Whatcom for a “Wild aboard the Victoria Star. Tickets Things” Community Program from are $30-$35. some sort of quarantine.) and Bellingham Grind Corps (a gravel 9:30am-11am every Friday in July WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Other things to know about the 14th annual Tour de Whatcom grinding series taking place in the spring at Boulevard Park. Suggested is that the action starts and finishes at Boundary Bay Brewery, and summer). They also support partners donation is $5. WED., JULY 24 both youth and adults can register, the speed of the riders varies such as Bellingham Bike Polo and Queens WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG SEALS AND SEA LIONS: Wildlife from approximately 8mph to 21mph, ther will be tech support, of Dirt, and are committed to enriching biologist and naturalist David JULY 19-20 Drummond leads a “Seals and Sea CASCADIA WEEKLY and the courses are well-marked. the cycling scene by engaging with both SIN & GIN TOURS: Through Lions of the Northern Hemi- What the FAQ doesn’t mention is that by participating in the emerging and established events. September 21, costumed guides sphere” multimedia presentation 14 ride, you’ll encounter everything that makes Whatcom County so You’ll pay an extra $10 if you wait to will regale audiences with tales at 6:30pm at the Community Food beloved—from Mt. Baker to Lake Whatcom to the verdant val- register on the day of the big event, but of fascinating characters at the Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. Entry leys, rushing rivers, lush farmland and waterfront beaches that if you reckon that proceeds will ultimate- margins of history at Good Time is $10. Girls’ “Sin & Gin” tours at 7pm WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP comprise our northern corner of the United States. It’s a stun- ly benefit other bicycling enthusiasts, it ning way to engage with the environment, whether you’re a be- seems like you’re coming out ahead. doit STAGE SAT., JULY 20 ANDREW RIVERS: Standup come-

JULY 17-28 dian Andrew Rivers bring personal 30  FAIRHAVEN SUMMER REP: As part and hilarious storytelling to the of Bellingham TheatreWorks’ inau- stage for a 7pm show at the Upfront FOOD  gural Fairhaven Summer Repertory Theatre, 1208 Bay. Tickets are $18. stage Theatre, Tennessee Williams’ family WWW.EVENTBRITE.COM drama, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, plays in THEATER DANCE PROFILES 25 repertory with Sarah Ruhl’s comedic MON., JULY 22 The Clean House, and Margaret GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play mic for comedians, “Guffawingham!,” B-BOARD  Wit through July 28 at the Firehouse takes place at 9pm every Monday at Arts and Events Center, 1314 Harris the Firefly Lounge, 1015 N. State St. Ave. In association with the Pal- Entry is free. 22 liative Care Institute of Western WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GUFFAWINGHAM Washington University, most Sunday FILM  matinees will include a discussion TUES., JULY 23 about the plays following the per- COMEDY SHOWCASE: The Punch

formance. Tickets are $20 per show, Up Comedy Showcase and Open Mic 18 or $50 to attend all three. begins at 7:30pm at the Shakedown, WWW.BELLINGHAM

1212 N. State St. The bimonthly MUSIC  THEATREWORKS.ORG event features five to seven open mic comedians, followed by a feature THURS., JULY 18 and a headliner doing longer sets. 16

GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Entry is free. ART  Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ 7:30pm every Thursday at the Upfront SHAKEDOWNPUNCHUP 15 Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 9:30pm, 15 stick around for “The Project”―which WED., JULY 24 STAGE  tonight will feature the monthly INTRO TO IMPROV: Attend a free STAGE  “Improv Mashup.” Entry is $5-$8. workshop focusing on play, creativ- WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM ity, storytelling and fun at a “Learn 14 to Think on Your Feet” introduc- JULY 18-20 tory improv class from 7pm-9pm COMMEDIA IN THE PARK: The at Improv Playworks, 1011 Girard GET OUT  annual “Commedia in the Park” takes St. All levels are welcome, and no place at 6pm Thursday through Sat- experience is necessary. Please urday at Maritime Heritage Park, 500 register in advance. 12 W. Holly St. Presented by Western WWW.IMPROVPLAYWORKS.COM Washington University Theatre stu-

dents and directed by Rich Brown, WORDS  “Commedia” is a highly physicalized, DANCE

masked comedy performance origi- 10 found in between Buchanan Towers and nating from the Italian Renaissance. THURS., JULY 18 BY AMY KEPFERLE Entry is free. FOLK DANCE: The Balkan Folk

the Fairhaven College dorms. Bring along VIEWS  lawn chairs, blankets and whatever other WWW.CFPA.WWU.EDU Dancers meet from 7-9:30pm Thurs- days at the Fairhaven Library, 1117  8 weather-appropriate gear is needed, and THE BIRDS: iDiOM Theater’s Summer 12th St. There is teaching early in Bard Alert then find out more about the company’s Rep continues with a production the evening, and no experience or mission to bring a new form of educa- of The Birds at 7:30pm Thursday partner is necessary as most dances ALL THE WORLD’S HIS STAGE tional, accessible theater to the masses. through Saturday at Maritime are line or circle dances. Suggested CURRENTS Heritage Park, 500 W. Holly St. The donation is $5; first-time visitors

The gear will also come in handy when 4  comedy by Ancient Greek playwright can attend for free. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE never had a Twitter account, the “Shakespearience” continues with Aristophanes features a new adapta- (360) 380-0456 but there’s no doubt he’s trending—at least in Whatcom and the comedic Much Ado About Nothing at tion by Glenn Hergenhahn-Zhao, MAIL 

Skagit counties, where his words and his works are set to spar- 7:30pm Aug. 1-3 at the Boulevard Park performed by a cast including teen FRI., JULY 19 2  kle on stages throughout much of the summer. Amphitheater. Cost: By donation; proceeds actors from the Sylvia Center’s Youth USA DANCE: The Sea Breeze Jazz Acting Program. Entry is free. Addi- Band will perform at a USA Dance

For Shakespeare Northwest’s 18th annual Skagit River Shake- go to NAMI. More info: www.facebook.com/ DO IT  tional showings happen July 25-27. event taking place from 7:15pm- speare Festival, that stage will once again be the natural en- hausofhazard WWW.SYLVIACENTERFORTHEARTS.ORG 10pm at the Majestic, 1026 N. Forest virons of the Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheater. This will be the The following week, Blaine Commu- St. The fun kicks off with a Samba ninth year the company with the motto of performing “outdoors nity Theater ups the ante when it opens JULY 19-20 lesson, followed by a dance party and under the stars, the way it was meant to be” will dazzle au- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare CAMP IMPROV: Beat the summer and live music. All are welcome, 07.17.19 diences in the former quarry—a rock-walled space surrounded (abridged) at the Black Box Theater in the heat by attending “Upfront Goes including beginners, singles, to Camp” shows at 9pm Fridays and couples, students and seniors. Entry by trees that feels both ancient and alive. The mystical woods new Blaine High School building. From Saturdays through July at the Up- is $7-$10. #29.14 are the perfect place to see A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which Aug. 9-17, the comedy by Adam Long, Dan- front Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets WWW.BELLINGHAMUSADANCE.COM opens the season Fri., July 19 and plays in repertory with the iel Singer, and Jess Winfield will parody are $10-$12. 1980s-themed Twelfth Night through Aug. 17. If you have the the wily writer’s masterworks in spectacu- 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM SAT., JULY 20 stamina, see both the comedies—along with the ensemble’s larly shortened and merged form. If you’ve SALSA NIGHT: Join DJ Antonio JULY 19-21 Diaz as he mixes a fabulous com- touring parks show, Once Upon A Shakespearean Tale—Sat., July ever wanted to see the entirety of Hamlet JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH: bination of the best Latin rhythms 27 as part of “Ironman.” Bring along a picnic, and make a day in under a minute, for example, this is the Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth at Rumba Northwest’s bimonthly

(and night) of it. Cost: $12-$40. More info: www.facebook.com/ show for you. Along with plenty of audi- students ages 9-16 present show- “Saturday Salsa Night” taking place CASCADIA WEEKLY ShakesNW or www.brownpapertickets.com ence interaction and improvisation, the ings of Roald Dahl’s James and the from 9pm-12am at Cafe Rumba, 1140 For its second offering of the summer, Haus of Hazard The- production promises to explore all 37 of Giant Peach at 7pm Friday, 2pm and N. State St. The night will begin 15 7pm Saturday, and 2pm Sunday at with an intro lesson, followed by atre Productions will also present one of the Bard’s works in Shakespeare’s plays within a scant 90 min- BAAY Theatre, 1059 N. State St. an evening of dancing. Entry to the the great outdoors. The epic and bloody tale of Macbeth can be utes. With a guarantee like that, you’d be Tickets are $10. all-ages event is $5. seen at 7:30pm July 25-27 at the Fairhaven Outback Theater at a fool to miss it. Cost: $13-$15. More info: WWW.BAAY.ORG WWW.RUMBANORTHWEST.COM Western Washington University—a forested space that can be www.blainecommunitytheater.com doit UPCOMING EVENTS

SAT., JULY 20

30  ASK A QUILTER: As part of the “Modern Quilts” exhibit, attend “Ask a Quilter” events

FOOD  from 2:30pm-4:30pm Saturdays through Aug. visual 24 at Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Build- GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES ing, 250 Flora St. Members of the Bellingham 25 Modern Quilt Guild will make themselves available to share information about modern quilt design and methods, answer questions

B-BOARD  and demonstrate techniques. Entry is included with admission. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG

22 this novel “over-all” painting style. A large canvas nearby—“Wayless,” (1978) by Craig ARTIST TALK: Attend an Artist Talk with FILM  Langager—shows how a younger artist fol- Judy Talley and Elizabeth Sandvig at 4pm in lowed in Tobey’s footsteps. Edison at i.e. gallery, 5800 Cains Court. Be- fore or after, check out Talley’s prints of barns 18 A delightful spoof of the influence of To- that evoke the Skagit Valley with a beautifully bey’s work on two other major painters is graphic quality, and Sandvig’s ceramic sculp- MUSIC  Neil Meitzler’s “Birth of Northwest Art,” a tures of animals that recall the “Peaceable triple portrait of Tobey, Graves, and Jack- Kingdom” of her prior work. 16 16 son Pollock. Tobey dreamily blows his “white WWW.IEEDISON.COM ART  ART  writing” into the air; JULY 20-21 Graves gathers it, seem- NW ART BEAT: Twenty-two artists will show

15 ing to wonder how he and sell their work at 15 creative spaces can use it in his own during Skagit Artists’ 16th annual “NW Art

STAGE  work, while Pollock hides Beat” from 10am-6pm Saturday and Sunday behind the canvas like a throughout Skagit County. The free, self- guided studio tour features artists working in thief in the night. 14 painting, ceramics, clay, drawing, encaustics, A few of the painters glass, found and recycled objects, sculpture, who shared this inspira- oils, pastels, photography, watercolor, mixed

GET OUT  ATTEND media, jewelry, and fiber arts. These artists WHAT: “The Art tion are still with us. will be opening their studios and in many and Legacy of Max Benjamin settled on cases demonstrating their practices through-

12 Joan Kirkman” Guemes Island in 1959, out the weekend. and “continuum... where he remains. His WWW.NWARTBEAT.COM continued”

WORDS  “untitled (Kent State),” WHERE: Museum of Northwest Art, created in 1995, is one of SUN., JULY 21 HANDMADE MARKET: Attend a Bellingham

10 121 S. First St., La very few with a program. Handmade Market from 11am-4pm at Goods Conner In this powerful painting Nursery and Produce, 2620 Northwest Ave. COST: Entry is VIEWS  a carmine flame sweeps Through October, the weekly event will offer free up the center. Does it a selection of rotating artisans that make

 8 INFO: www. high-quality functional products locally―just monamuseum.org scoop up skulls and ribs? And, to the left, do an- like the venue’s brews and produce. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GOODSPRODUCE

“RETURN TO ODYSSEUS,” BY WILLIAM CUMMING BY ODYSSEUS,” “RETURN TO guished faces look on or it is only smoke? CURRENTS Dederick Ward lives in Anacortes. His TUES., JULY 23

4  beautiful “Dip Slope” bridges the gap be- ARTIST WORKSHOP: Watch artist Neal BY STEPHEN HUNTER tween landscape and abstraction. Viewers Cronic paint with acrylics and oil at a low-key MAIL  see a cliff or snowbank, tinted perhaps by Artist Workshop from 6pm-7:30pm at the SkillShare Space at the Bellingham Public

the setting sun, beautifully rising into an 2  Library, 210 Central Ave. If you’re interested To be Continued azure sky. in following along with Cronic, bring water-

DO IT  Upstairs, we are treated to rarely seen based painting materials of your own and join REALISM AND ABSTRACTION AT MONA work of a regional genius with “The Art and in. Entry is free. Legacy of Joan Kirkman.” Contrasting with WWW.BELLINGHAMPUBLICLIBRARY.ORG THE TWO exhibits currently on display at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Con- the innovative painters, Kirkman was viewed

07.17.19 WED., JULY 24 ner reveal different perspectives of Washington painting in the last century. as a traditionalist. She was a highly regarded KIDS’ CRAFT FAIR: Kids ages 5-13 will sell On the main floor, “continuum…continued” includes selections from the museum’s fashion illustrator for major Seattle depart- homemade crafts and treats at an annual Kids’ collection that illustrate the best of the Northwest “mystic” artists. ment stores and a figure drawing instructor Craft Fair taking place from 1pm-3pm at the #29.14 A 1953 Life magazine article introduced Americans to Seattle painters Mark Tobey, at several universities. Interesting samples Ferndale Library, 2125 Main St. Everything will be sold for $5 or less. Kids who want to Kenneth Callahan, Guy Anderson, and Morris Graves, proclaiming “They translate real- of her commercial work are in the Benaroya sell their wares need to register in advance. ity into symbolic and distinctive art [and] embody a mystical feeling toward life and Glass Gallery on the main floor. WWW.WCLS.ORG the universe.” Kirkman was also a prolific fine art While the four never admitted to being either a group or “mystical,” they all ac- painter. Several dozen of her colorful oils knowledged the influences on their work of East Asian art and the landscape of the and watercolors line the walls. Her female ONGOING EXHIBITS

CASCADIA WEEKLY Pacific Northwest. models recline in a reverie—nude, draped ALLIED ARTS: “Piece by Piece” shows By the 1960s, Tobey had become one of America’s most highly regarded artists. or costumed—amid tapestry, flowers, car- through July 27 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall 16 In his “white writing” style, he created a painting all at once, as in a performance, pets, furniture. My favorite (none of them Ave. The gallery series showcases artwork giving equal weight to every corner of the canvas. But to those who called him the are given titles) was a study of a young from Rae Ellen Lee, Ginny Baker, Lois Dahl, Father of American Abstract Expressionism, Tobey replied that “pure abstraction” was woman, looking away over lilacs and fruit and Carol Hansen. WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG an “impossibility” for him. on a table, a few wayward hairs giving her His “Meditative Series, #6” hangs near the gallery entrance. It’s an example of a decided personality. doit

ARTWOOD: Peruse an annual New Work Show 4232 Legoe Bay Rd. through July at Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. WWW.LUMMIISLANDGALLERY.COM

With dozens of artists involved, there’s a lot to

see—new tables, carvings, and turnings; paintings MAKE.SHIFT: See how five Bellingham-based 30  on the walls, jewelry and small ironwork, along artists explored the process of beginning at a “Re- with a vast selection of hand-crafted furniture, generation: Making Sense of it All” exhibit showing FOOD  small boxes, rugs, ukuleles, kitchenware and more. through July at Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM 25 BAYOU ON BAY: See collages by local artist Karen MINDPORT: View Stephen McMillan’s’ “Natural Hanrahan through July at the Annex Bar at Bayou Connections” exhibit of photo-realistic etchings on Bay, 1300 Bay St. and lithographs through July 30 at Mindport Exhib- B-BOARD  WWW.BAYOUONBAY.COM its, 210 W. Holly St. Admission is $3. LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO CALL HOME? WWW.MINDPORT.ORG

BELLINGHAM MAKERSPACE: Find sophisticated 22 tools, technology, workspace and a variety of PEACEHEALTH: As part of a “Healing Through Art” Free Home Inspection creative classes on an ongoing basis at Bellingham series, view an exhibition of new works by painter with Consultation FILM  Makerspace, 1000 F St. Fees vary. Jane Burns through July 20 on the first flower WWW.BELLINGHAMMAKERSPACE.ORG of the East Tower Hall at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Call Jerry Swann For Details! 18 Medical Center, 2901 Squalicum Pkwy. Best DAKOTA GALLERY: View new contemporary [email protected] 360.319.7776

Choice MUSIC  watercolors by Grayson Miller through July 28 at R EAL T Y Broker# 100688 Dakota Gallery, 1324 Cornwall Ave. These paintings PERRY AND CARLSON: Jane Alynn’s “Where 16 are meditations on control and lack of control, Water Meets Air” and Anne Traver’s “Unearthed” WE CAN HELP REACH 16 communication, unity, division, repetition, duality, show through July 29 in Mount Vernon at Perry and ART  YOUR REAL ESTATE GOALS! ART  mortality and celebration. Carlson Gallery, 504 S. First St. WWW.DAKOTAARTSTORE.COM WWW.PERRYANDCARLSON.COM 15 DEMING LIBRARY: Rae Ellen Lee presents con- QUILT MUSEUM: “Remembering Kitty,” “Shifting temporary artwork on the border between fun art Tides: Convergence in Cloth,” and “Works of Our STAGE  and fine art through July 20 in the meeting room Hands” are currently on display at La Conner’s at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, 703 S. Professional, knowledgeable, (360) 592-2422 Second St. 14 WWW.QFAMUSEUM.ORG FISHBOY GALLERY: Discover the contemporary fun & friendly to work with. folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm Fridays or by ap- RAGFINERY: A variety of textile-related work- GET OUT  pointment at the Fishboy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. shops happen on a regular basis at Ragfinery, 1421 319-2913 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM N. Forest St. See more details and register online. Cerise Noah (360) 393-5826 WWW.RAGFINERY.COM REALTOR® [email protected] 12 FOURTH CORNER: “You CAN Take it With You” will show through July 28 at Fourth Corner Frames & Gal- SCOTT MILO: View new works in pastel by dozens WORDS  lery, 311 W. Holly St. The small original works by 19 of members of the Northwest Pastel Society area artists will be ready to take home and hang. through July in Anacortes at the Scott Milo Gal- WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM lery, 420 Commercial Ave. The eighth annual show STONES THROW BREWERY 10 includes a variety of styles including landscapes,

GALLERY SYRE: Peruse a selection of paintings, seascapes, florals, still life, figures and animals. VIEWS  drawings and sculptures that span David Syre’s See it through July 30. artistic career thus far at a permanent exhibit WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM  8 open to the public from 12pm-5pm Tues.-Thurs. at Gallery Syre, 465 W. Stuart Rd. SKAGIT MUSEUM: “Who ARE We?” and “This WWW.DAVIDSYREART.COM Skagit Life” show through Sept. 15 in La Conner CURRENTS at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S.

GOOD EARTH POTTERY: Works by potter Deb 4th St. 4  McCunn will be highlighted through July at Good WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM

Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. MAIL  WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM SMITH & VALLEE: An exhibit showcasing

sea-based sculptures by Pieter VanZanden and 2  HADRIAN GALLERY: “Empact” is on display Northwest archetypes by painter Linda Okazaki can

through July 28 in Edison at Hadrian Art Gallery, be perused through July 28 in Edison at Smith & DO IT  5717 Gilkey Ave. Twenty percent of the proceeds Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. from the all-women art show――will go to Skagit WWW.SMITHANDVALLEEGALLERY.COM THE ENDLESS S UMMER Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/EDISONWA5717 SOCIAL FABRIC: Sign up for a variety of sewing 07.17.19 and art workshops through July at Social Fabric, I.E. GALLERY: View woodblock prints by Seattle 1302 Commercial St. artist Judy Talley and new ceramic work by Eliza- WWW.SOCIALFABRICART.COM beth Sandvig through July in Edison at i.e. gallery, BLOCK PARTY #29.14 5800 Cains Court. WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by Whatcom Art WWW.IEEDISON.COM Guild members can be perused daily at the What- rd com Art Market, 1103 11th St. SATURDAY | AUGUST 3 | 11-9 PM JANSEN ART CENTER: View a “Summer Juried Ex- WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG hibit” through Aug. 20 in Lynden at the Jansen Art FREE ADMISSION • FAMILY-FRIENDLY • RAIN-OR-SHINE Center, 321 Front St. Additional exhibits to check WHATCOM MUSEUM:”Modern Quilts: Designs of out include painter Kay D. Little’s “Innerspace,” the New Century,” “People of the Sea and Cedar,” GROOVEBOT • BRITTANY COLLINS BAND CASCADIA WEEKLY Cecilia Karoly-Lister’s “Itch” exhibit, and Marcia K. “1889: Blazes, Rails, and the Year of Statehood,” NEW PUBLIC CAFE • BACK EAST BBQ • STREET DOGZ Moore’s “Ancients Unfolding.” “All is Not Lost: Images Salvaged from Damaged 17 WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG Glass Negatives,” and “John M. Edson Hall of FUNDRAISER FOR RECREATION NORTHWEST! Birds” can currently be viewed on the Whatcom LUMMI GALLERY: Peruse seasonal exhibits at the Museum campus. Lummi Island Gallery at the Village Point Marina, WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG

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30  MY DAD IS the kind of guy who will stop and give five minutes of his time to just FOOD  about anyone. Because of this, I have learned that it is entirely possible to form

25 music lasting, meaningful bonds with people five SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT minutes at a time. If ever there was anyone made for friend- B-BOARD  ships formed in five-minute increments, it was Peter Gunn, who passed away a few days

22 ago. In his official capacity before his re- cent retirement, Peter was FILM  a longtime employee of the Downtown Bellingham

18 18 Partnership dedicated to keeping our streets beauti- MUSIC  MUSIC  ful, as well as a steadfast volunteer for and board

16 member of the local non-

ART  profits he so loved. BY CAREY ROSS In his unofficial capac-

15 BASIA BALAT ity, he was a sort of People’s Mayor of Bell- ingham, elected year in and year out by an

STAGE  overwhelming majority of the popular vote. But to the marrow of his being, he was a standup comedian, no matter what he 14 was doing. For me, spending five minutes with Pe- GET OUT  ter—a thing I did a few times a week for many years as I’d go about my downtown

12 business—looked a little like this: First, he’d spot me across a street or down a block and

WORDS  his face would light up with anticipatory CORB LUND SAM ROBERTS BAND glee. We’d go through the standard niceties

10 of greeting each other before he’d ask me if I had a minute—and I always did—and then,

VIEWS  BY CAREY ROSS the folk tradition. If it’s music that in some with a decided twinkle in his eye that belied way passes along a story, sound or way of life, his somewhat deadpan voice with the thick  8 it’s folk to them. East Coast accent he never lost, he’d tell me Letting their folk flag fly is one of the se- a joke. But it wouldn’t just be a joke. It would crets to the festival’s success, as is its stub- be a bit, complete with setup and punchline.

CURRENTS Vancouver Folk bornly independent nature. Without major In keeping with his off-kilter sense of hu-

4  corporate sponsorship, festival organizers are mor and comedic timing, his bits never went free to take us on a magical mystery tour sole- where I thought they were headed. Most of

MAIL  Music Festival ly of their making, one that invites inclusive- them made me laugh, some of them made me

ness, encourages creativity, rewards curiosity groan, but I never tired of being one of the

2  LET YOUR FOLK FLAG FLY and practices environmental stewardship. likely hundreds of people treated to a mini

DO IT  WITHOUT GOING too deep into the details, it is fair to say that life in But the point of the thing is the music, and standup act with every encounter. these United States occasionally has me casting longing glances toward Cana- the festival has three days—July 19-21—and But Peter packed so much more than da. Sure, our neighbors to the north are dealing with their fair share of issues, six stages—at Jericho Beach Park—of it from laughs into our five-minute visits. We talk- but on certain days, the grass really does look greener just across the border. all over the world. ed baseball—I enjoyed pretending to hate 07.17.19 While the socialized medicine, access to education, and protections for Among this year’s headliners are Canadian his beloved Yankees—politics and whatever civil rights are the big-ticket items that draw me in, it’s the smaller quality- alt-country stalwart Corb Lund, the Juno- local happenings that captured our fancy. .14

29 of-life issues that seal this hypothetical deal. In my near-north fantasy, I award-winning Sam Roberts Band, the hugely Over time, we talked about other things that # live in Vancouver, where I eat dim sum, enjoy the benefits of well-developed entertaining Hamiltones, Edgar Allen Poe’s were harder and more personal, and that’s mass transit systems and encounter politeness wherever I turn. musical descendents Larkin Poe, singer and how I discovered his generous nature, sensi- I also go to music festivals, which Vancouver does in its own unique way. lively multi-instrumentalist Basia Bulat, the tive soul, and the depth and breadth of his Take, for instance, this year’s Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Rebirth Brass Band (fresh off Bellingham’s love for the people he cared about. which recently concluded its annual run. Keep in mind this is no small Downtown Sounds stage), and many others. Peter’s death, from natural causes, was event—Miles Davis has played it, and so have the likes of Wynton Marsalis, From there, things get wild. both sudden and surprising, enough so

CASCADIA WEEKLY Bobby McFerrin, and just about every other jazz luminary you can imagine. Hear the sounds of soul from the future when that it left many of us feeling not just This year’s headliner: everyone’s favorite jazz band, the Wu-Tang Clan. South African-Canadian Zaki Ibrahim takes the bereft, but also robbed of opportunity. I 18 Pack my bags and be still my beating heart. stage. If zydeco is what whets your whistle, never got to tell him I don’t really hate Although slightly smaller in size, the Vancouver Folk Music Festival is not “America’s hottest accordion” winner Dwayne the Yankees. I never told him there’s a big to be outdone in the realm of diverse to downright eccentric programming. Dopsie and his Zydeco Hellraisers will be happy piece of my heart with his name stamped They’ve been at this for more than four decades, and their comfort zone is to oblige. La Mexcalina will convince skeptics all over it. But I think he knew. You can in the nooks and crannies and at the outer edges of what can be considered that mariachi music and rockabilly really do go tell a lot about a person in five minutes. workshops bearing such interest-piquing SPONSORED CONTENT FOLK, FROM PAGE 18 titles as “Muy Caliente,” “Tradical Folk,” “My Beat Your Beat,” “Time to Wake Up,” hand in hand. The 50 members of Tsatsu “Our Song is Strong,” “Klezdeco,” “Avant

Stalqayu, ranging from toddlers to 60 Bards,” “Dance Your Ass Off,” “Heartworn 30  years old, will captivate crowds with tradi- Highways,” and the alluring catchall of tional Salish song and dance. “Progressive “Nontraditional Encounters”—to name FOOD  francophone folk” is the order of the day but a few. You can watch, you can learn, for Quebec’s Le Vent du Nord, while Okto- you can “Shake Your Soul” and “Blow That 25 pus’ goal is to “extend its creative tenta- Horn,” should you so desire. There’s some- cles across the landscape of East European thing for everyone in this musical mix. music.” Namgar hails from Mongolia, and Even though pesky things like my jobs, B-BOARD  bring with them the music of that coun- my lack of citizenship and, ultimately, my

try’s borderlands. Meanwhile, national begrudging love for a country that needs 22 treasure Rambin’ Jack Elliott brings his to start acting right all conspire to keep extensive songbook and lifetime of experi- me where I am, a weekend run for the FILM  ence as the original hardcore troubadour border to the Vancouver Folk Music Festi- 18 to the festival. val might be just what the doctor would  18 Along with live performances, this order—if I had socialized medicine and MUSIC year’s folk bonanza also features aerialists could see a doctor without worrying about MUSIC  for the first time, and, as ever, a slate of my enormous deductible, that is. 16 ART  doit 15 WED., JULY 17 SEAFARERS’ SUMMER: The Port of Anacortes

NOON CONCERTS: Everyone is invited to a free continues its free Summer Concert Series with STAGE  Summer Noon Concert today with music by the music by Miller Campbell from 6pm-8pm at Seafar- NW Art Beat Paula Boggs Band at 12pm at WWU’s Performing ers’ Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers’ Way. OPENING DOORS TO CREATIVITY Arts Center Plaza. WWW.PORTOFANACORTES.COM 14 WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SUMMERNOON19 GUESTS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME at when it comes to crafting her wearable FESTIVAL FINALE: The Bellingham Festival of BFM COMMUNITY CONCERT: The Bellingham Music concludes with a Gala Evening of Favorite glass and mixed-media artist Melissa Bal- art jewelry. Torches, anvils and hammers GET OUT  Festival of Music Orchestra presents its final Com- Opera Arias and Choruses at 7:30pm at WWU’s lenger’s studio off of Highway 9 near Big help bring her one-of-a-kind pieces to life, munity Concert at 12:30pm at Whatcom Museum’s Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. Tickets are Lake, but if you need an invitation, look and she hopes people attending the event 12 Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Entry is free. $12-$55; tickets to a post-show reception are $25. for the OPEN flag fluttering at the end of have a better understanding about what’s WWW.BELLINGHAMFESTIVAL.ORG WWW.BELLINGHAMFESTIVAL.ORG her driveway—or attend the 16th annual involved in her craft after dropping by. NW Art Beat tour July 20-21 at 15 venues “All of my jewelry is fabricated from a WORDS  DOWNTOWN SOUNDS: Raincity will open for SAT., JULY 20 the Rebirth Brass Band as part of the 15th annual CASCADIA GROOVE: Hear funk, Latin, jazz and throughout the Skagit Valley and beyond. sheet of sterling silver, by me,” Worlund 10 Downtown Sounds concert series from 5:30pm- more when Cascadia Groove continues the City of Ballenger is one of 22 artists who’ll be says. “There are no elves in the back room. 9pm at the Depot Market Square in downtown Anacortes’ free Summer Concert Series from 6pm- opening a variety of studio doors in the When I am able to share the construction VIEWS  Bellingham. A beer and wine garden with ex- 8pm at the Heart of Anacortes, 1014 Fourth St. name of creativity during the Skagit Art- process and my collection of tools, they gain panded beverage items will return, as will family- WWW.HEARTOFANACORTES.COM friendly activities and much more. Entry is free. ists event, and she’s eager to share her a deeper appreciation for my work. They  8 WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM SUN., JULY 21 space with visitors. know it is not jewelry put together by pur- LA CONNER LIVE!: The Mary McPage Band will “Welcoming the public, friends and fam- chasing components and piecing. It is art.”

MACH ONE: The Port of Anacortes continues its perform as part of a free “La Conner Live!” concert ily to my workspace is always a pleasure,” Deeper understanding can also be CURRENTS free Summer Concert Series with tunes by the series from 1pm-4pm at the town’s Gilkey Square. Ballenger says, noting she’s participated in found on Snee Oosh Road in La Conner, Mach One Jazz Orchestra from 6pm-8pm at Seafar- WWW.LOVELACONNER.COM 4  ers’ Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers’ Way. the free, self-guided tour for most of the 10 where mixed-media maven Sarah Dalton

WWW.PORTOFANACORTES.COM FIDDLIN’ FOX: Live music and free dance years she’s been a member of the arts entity. will invite tour-goers to take a look not MAIL  instruction will be part of the annual “Fiddlin’ It gives her the motivation to organize her only at her layered collages, but also be-

THURS., JULY 18 Fox” summer music series with Swamp Soul from studio, and she also looks forward to dis- yond, to her studio’s views of Similk Bay 2  BLUES & BREWS: A “Blues, Brews & BBQ” series 2pm-5pm at the Fairhaven Village Green, 1207 cussing how she fuses glass, and the color and Samish Island. The sight is what in- continues with music by the Atlantics from 10th St. The all-ages events conclude July 28 with DO IT  5pm-9pm on the waterfront terrace at Hotel Bell- Alma Villegas. and texture inspirations she draws from spires many of her works blending photog- wether, One Bellwether Way. Admission is $7-$10. WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM living in the Pacific Northwest. raphy, painting and materials as varied as WWW.HOTELBELLWETHER.COM If you go, ask about the “crackle” tech- the inside of aluminum cans to wood and

DEOBRAT MISHRA: Sitar master Deobrat Mishra nique Ballenger uses on some of her pieces metal leaf. 07.17.19 SUMMER SERIES: The Di Young Combo will bring will be joined by Prashant Mishra on tabla for that involve powdered glass and relief Dalton notes the in-person conversa- sultry jazz and pop to Elizabeth Park as part of a a concert at 4:30pm in Deming at Turtle Haven paper. Examples can be seen in the small tions she has with those interacting with .14

free Summer Concert Series from 6pm-8pm. Sanctuary. Tickets are $20. An additional concert 29

WWW.THEELDRIDGESOCIETY.ORG happens at 7:30pm Sat., July 27 at Bellingham structures she dubs “adora-bowls,” and if her work during the course of the week- # Unitarian Fellowship. Tickets are $20-$25 you want a closer look she’ll demonstrate the end helps better inform her about how RIVERWALK CONCERTS: Johnny Bulldog will WWW.SOUNDINGS.COM/MISHRA-CONCERT process at 3pm on the first day of the tour. viewers receive her art in general. “Last perform as part of the free Riverwalk Concert Se- “I practice many techniques and ex- year I put out four small bird vignettes ries from 6pm-8pm in Mount Vernon at the Skagit JULY 21-AUG. 4 press many moods,” Ballenger says. made with sea glass,” she says. “They all Riverwalk Plaza. MARROWSTONE MUSIC: Orchestral and chamber WWW.MOUNTVERNONCHAMBER.COM music rehearsals, master classes and professional Silversmith Liane Redpath Worlund, sold. I have continued to sell them at the performances for the public will be part of the who’ll be sharing space at oil painter Jenni- Museum of Northwest Art. I would have CASCADIA WEEKLY FRI., JULY 19 76th annual Marrowstone Music Festival taking fer McGill at McGill’s Mount Vernon-based never tried that without the face-to-face BURLINGTON SUMMER NIGHTS: File Gumbo place July 21-Aug. 4 at Western Washington studio, also utilizes numerous methods interactions with the public.” 19 performs as part of the free Burlington Summer University. Public concerts take place July 25, 27 Nights concert series from 6pm-8pm at the city’s and 28, and Aug. 1, 3 and 4 at various venues on Visitor Center Amphitheater, 520 E. Fairhaven Ave. campus. Tickets are $15-$45. WHAT: 16th annual NW Art Beat WHERE: Skagit County and COST: Free WWW.BURLINGTONWA.GOV/SUMMERNIGHTS WWW.MARROWSTONE.ORG WHEN: 10am-6pm, July 20-21 beyond INFO: www.nwartbeat.com musicvenues 30 

See below for venue FOOD  addresses and phone 07.17.19 07.18.19 07.19.19 07.20.19 07.21.19 07.22.19 07.23.19 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

25 Ivan Sandomire, Marlo Mudd, Heddwen, Larsen Gardens, Meghan Alternative Library Poetrynight (7pm) more (8pm) Yates (8pm) B-BOARD  Anelia's Kitchen & Don Virgovic (5:30pm) Meghan Yates (7:30pm) aForest Beutel (7:30pm) Stage 22

Beach Store Cafe Lindsay Street (7pm) HAWKTAIL/July 19/Firefly Lounge FILM 

18 18 Big Lake Bar and Grill Karaoke

MUSIC  Stringband Thursday w/Robt MUSIC  Piano Night w/Aaron Guest Irish and Folk Night w/ Out of the Ashes (3:30pm), Sarazin Blake (5pm), Twilight Fish Fry Fryday (4pm) w/ Piano Night w/Paul Klein Boundary Bay Brewery (6pm), Aftersounds w/ Late Night w/Kirby Ai (9:30pm) Trad Québec duo Zigue Peter Horne & Nikki Lang Series w/The Sam Chase & The Jezebel’s Mother (6pm) (3pm) Metanoia Collective (8pm) (6pm) (6:30)

16 Untraditional (8pm)

ART  Brown Lantern Ale Shipwreck Weekend w/The Open Mic (8:30pm) Shipwreck Weekend w/Oso (9:30pm) House Enthusiasts (9:30pm) 15 High Note Group (7:30pm), The MuseBird Cafe w/Boris Kossakowski, Conway Muse Ace Martyr, Miago, more (7pm) Greg Pitsch Band (7:30pm) more (7:30pm), Stardrums (8pm) STAGE 

Rebirth Brass

14 Downtown Sounds Band, Raincity (5:30pm)

GET OUT  Ron Bailey & The Tangents Edison Inn Nick Vigarino (8:30pm) (5:30pm)

12 Firefly Lounge Trout Steak Revival (9pm) Ramblin' Jack Elliott (7pm) Hawktail (6pm), Weener (9pm) Guffawingham (9pm) Karaoke (9pm) WORDS  Old-English Songs w/David Greene's Corner Vergin (2pm) 10

Guemes Island General Karl Blau (6:30pm) VIEWS  Store  8 Honey Moon Open Mic (8pm)

CURRENTS Blues, Brews and BBQ w/The Hotel Bellwether Marvin Johnson Tim Valpicella Sonja Lee Quintet (4:30pm) Atlantics (6pm) 4 

MAIL  Kulshan Brewing Co. Daddy Treetops (12pm) Forest Beutel (7pm)

2  REBIRTH BRASS Old World Deli Bilongo Quintet (6pm) BAND/July 17/ DO IT  Downtown Sounds

Rockfish Grill Lykins-Adams Joe Blue and the Fabulous Roof Shakers 07.17.19

Royal Karaoke Karaoke DJ Jester DJ Jester Karaoke .14 29

# After Party Drag Show Rikki Sinsation's Drag Wars Rumors Cabaret w/Vivienne Duchanne Spin-off Thursday (10pm) Party Saturday (10pm) (8pm) (10:30pm)

Bob Log III, The Phone Books, Common Market, New Track City, Glitchlette, The Mountain Flowers, Fretts Punch Up Comedy Showcase The Shakedown Stereo Donkey (8:30pm) more (9pm) (9pm) (7pm)

CASCADIA WEEKLY Alternative Library 519 E. Maple St | Anelias Kitchen & Stage 513 S. 1st St., La Conner • (360) 466-4778 | Beach Store Cafe 2200 N. Nurgent Road, Lummi Island • www.beachstorecafe.com | Bellewood Acres 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden • (360) 318- 7720 | Big Lake Bar & Grill 18247 WA-9, Mount Vernon • (360) 422-6411 | Boundary Bay Brewery 1107 Railroad Ave • 647-5593 | Brown Lantern Ale House 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-2544 | Chuckanut Brewery 601 W. Holly St. • 20 752-3377 | Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville St., Vancouver • (604) 739-4550 | Conway Muse 18444 Spruce/Main St., Conway • (360) 445-3000 | Edison Inn 5829 Cains Ct., Edison • (360) 766-6266 | Firefly Lounge 1015 N. State St. | Honey Moon 1053 N. State St. • 734-0728 | Kulshan Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • www.makeshiftproject.com | Rockfish Grill 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 588-1720 | The Royal 208 E. Holly St. • 738-3701 | Rumors Cabaret 1119 Railroad Ave. • 671-1849 | The Shakedown 1212 N. State St. • www.shakedownbellingham.com | Silver Reef Casino 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale • (360) 383-0777 | Skagit Valley Casino Resort 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow • (360) 724- 7777 | Skylark’s Hidden Cafe 1300 11th St. • 715-3642 | Stones Throw Brewery 1009 Larrabee Ave. | Studio B 202 E. Holly St. Ste. 301 • www.studiobellingham.com | Swinomish Casino 12885 Casino Dr., Anacortes • (888) 288-8883 | The Underground 211 E. Chestnut St. • 738-3701 | Underground Coffeehouse Viking Union 3rd Floor, WWU | Village Inn Pub 3020 Northwest Ave. • 734-2490 | The Waterfront 521 W. Holly St. • www.waterfrontseafoodandbar.com | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www. wildbuffalo.net | Send your music info to [email protected]. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday.

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See previous page for venue addresses and phone 07.17.19 07.18.19 07.19.19 07.20.19 07.21.19 07.22.19 07.23.19 FOOD  numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 25 Silver Reef Hotel DJ TonyBoi (9pm) Expertease (9pm) Casino Spa B-BOARD 

Skagit Casino Resort Funaddicts (9pm) Funaddicts (9pm) 22

East Coast Dave and FILM  Skylark's The Spencetet (8pm) the Midwest Swingers (8pm) 18  18 Stones Throw The Song Brittany Collins

Rob Hutchings (7pm) MUSIC Brewery Wranglers (7pm) (7pm) MUSIC 

BRITTANY COLLINS/ 16 Swinomish Casino and Knut Bell and the Blue Collars Knut Bell and the Blue Collars (9pm) Karaoke (6pm) July 19/Stones Throw (9pm) Lodge ART  Brewery

The Underground 18 and Older Night Karaoke DJ Little DJ Night DJ Night 15 STAGE 

The Vault Wine Bar Open Mic Jill Newman and Margaret Wilder Lefty and the Right Hand Band 14

The Village Inn Jam Night (8pm) Karaoke (9pm) Open Mic (7pm) GET OUT 

’90s Till Now w/Boombox Nappy Roots, Butta, more Klefto, DJ Spel Chek, more Wild Buffalo Lip Sync Battle (9pm) Kid (9pm) (8pm) (8pm) 12 WORDS  10 VIEWS   8 CURRENTS 4  MAIL 

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EXPLORE SHOWS WITH VIDEO NOW AT MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM Lift Ticket SEASON 2019-20 Season SPONSOR (360) 734-6080 • 104 North Commercial Street, Bellingham WA. Mount Baker – T H e a t r e – Mount Baker Theatre is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the performing arts. attention in the new Lion King. Regarding Beyonce Knowles-Carter: She voices the adult Nala, and delivers the

new song “Spirit.” She’s fine. Of course

30  she’s good. Donald Glover as the adult Simba—also fine, also no surprise. They FOOD  keep their material honest, and you wish film you didn’t know the material quite so well. MOVIE REVIEWS FILM SHORTS

25 Some of the other vocal casting strokes work: Seth Rogen turned out to be exactly the right choice for Puumba the wart- B-BOARD  hog, and his improvised line about locally

sourced grubworms is one of the two le- 22  22 gitimate laughs in the movie. The other is a shameless shoutout to “Be Our Guest” FILM  FILM  from Disney’s own Beauty and the Beast. 18 MUSIC  Favreau’s picture 16

ART  tells an inadvertent cautionary tale: If 15 artistic recycling

STAGE  turns into over- hunting your own 14 food supply, pretty

GET OUT  soon the Pride Lands may start looking a 12 little thin WORDS 

10 The new music helps, a little. But the movie is a karaoke act, re-creating the

VIEWS  original movie’s story beats beat-by- beat-by-beat.  8 Do I just have it in for Disney’s recy- cling program? Well, yes, of course. My enjoyment of the individual animation- CURRENTS by James Earl Jones, as he did 25 years to-live-action Disney do-overs lies in REVIEWED BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS

4  ago) and Sarabi (voiced by Alfre Wood- near-direct opposition to how much mon- ard) bring a prince cub into the world and ey they made. In other words I liked di- MAIL  introduce him to a life of royal privilege rector David Lowery’s Pete’s Dragon best.

and responsibilities, to the tune of “Cir- So take this review of The Lion King with a 2  The Lion King cle of Life” by Elton John and Tim Rice. grain of salt, or an entire salt mine.

DO IT  WHEN RECYCLING GOES WRONG Cinematographer Caleb Deschanel pays That said, I challenge Disney to plow at close attention to the light, while the least some of the money it’s making on I DON’T know how they did it. But Disney’s pristine, photorealistic rendering of the animation armies take care of the wind in 2019’s four biggest hits so far—Avengers: animated smash The Lion King trades one style of animation for another, marking a the grass, and the grateful fealty in the Endgame, Captain Marvel, Aladdin, and Toy 07.17.19 simultaneous advance and retreat for modern filmmaking. eyes of each Pride Land species gathered Story 4—into projects that look to the It’s a step forward technologically and three steps back every other way. It represents for the occasion. future. Time marches on, and technology .14

29 a new high and a new low in Disney’s ongoing recycling program. The opening does the job. It looks real- has time on a leash. But photorealistic # It’s persuasive, meticulous work within its chosen visual landscape, as far as it goes. ish. And it’s crushingly unimaginative. animation bores me, no matter how per- And for me it goes nowhere. Watching a warthog pass gas in water, suasive it is. It’s replication, not inven- The new Lion King has every reason to exist in fiscal terms. It has no reason to exist realistically, does not improve on the tion, even the best of it. as a movie we might take with us into our futures. same bit in the 1994 version. Watching Favreau’s picture tells an inadvertent As Everett Sloane put it in Citizen Kane, “It’s no trick to make an awful lot of money, a realistic wildebeest stampede, or Uncle cautionary tale: If artistic recycling if all you want is to make a lot of money.” Scar (Chiwetel Ejiofor does the voice, less turns into over-hunting your own food

CASCADIA WEEKLY Director Jon Favreau, who knows a thing or two, managed a pretty good result when insidiously foppish than Jeremy Irons) supply, pretty soon the Pride Lands may he tried something similarly photorealistic with The Jungle Book three years ago. No crush the hopes and dreams of young start looking a little thin. 22 such luck here. The Jungle Book featured one human actor surrounded by a passel of Simba in lifelike scene after scene— Financially this cat’s in the bag. Cin- photorealistic digital critters. The new Lion King, like the old one, is all critters. Some- these aren’t upgrades. They’re a drag. ematically, though, The Lion King reminds how that changes everything, and the Lion King remake offers twice the trauma and Screenwriter Jeff Nathanson bears me of that Sweet Smell of Success line de- none of the zip of its 1994 source material. down, heavily, on Scar and the hyenas in livered by Tony Curtis: “The cat’s in the Quite naturally, the new film keeps both eyes on the 1994 movie. Mufasa (voiced his adaptation. The dark side gets all the bag, and the bag’s in the river.” film ›› showing this week

BY CAREY ROSS 30  FOOD  FILM SHORTS 25 Aladdin: I’m just going to go ahead and say there’s not a single animated Disney movie I would like to see

remade into a live-action film. Nor do I find the idea B-BOARD  of a giant blue Will Smith appealing, but your mileage may vary there. HH (PG • 2 hrs. 8 min.) 22  22 Annabelle Comes Home: Wake me up when Chucky FILM  and Anna face off in the ultimate demonic doll duel to FILM  the death, preferably for both of them. Until then, I'm not interested. HHH (R • 1 hr. 40 min.) 18

The Art of Self-Defense: Jesse Eisenberg, an actor

I love and other people hate, cranks out another MUSIC  excellent performance as a misanthrope, this time as a man training to transform his body into a lethal 16 weapon after an attack. But he soon finds himself en- snared in a web woven by the charismatic leader of his ART  dojo (Alessandro Nivola) in this dark action comedy. HHHHH (R • 1 hr. 44 min.) 15

Avengers: Endgame: The box office juggernaut that is the Avengers’ swan song blew past Titanic to STAGE  become the second-highest-grossing film of all time and it appears as though it might overtake the mighty 14 Avatar at any moment. Somewhere James Cameron is crying into his piles of money. HHHHH (PG-13 • 3

hrs. 1 min.) GET OUT 

Booksmart: Two nerdy girls on the eve of graduat-

ing high school decide to experience all the fun 12 they’ve been denying themselves—in one night. Hijinks obviously ensue in this whip-smart, razor- sharp comedy directed by Olivia Wilde. HHHHH (R • WORDS 

1 hr. 45 min.) THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE 10 Crawl: First this movie hits you with a hurricane. Then it traps you in a slowly flooding attic. Then it Stuber: This is the Lyft of Uber movies. Hollywood VIEWS  attacks you with giant alligators. If someone in this has seen a million sharks and it has jumped them all.

movie doesn’t make one of the alligators swallow an HH (R • 1 hr. 45 min.)  8 alarm clock, that will be an opportunity missed. Five stars all day for angry alligators. HHHHH (R • 1 hr. Toy Story 4: I don’t know how the fourth installment 27 min.) of a franchise can maintain this level of excellence, but such is the genius of Pixar. Credit should also go CURRENTS Echo in the Canyon: In the 1960s, Laurel Canyon to Tom Hanks as the ever-reliable Woody, but this time 4  was a musical hotbed the likes of which the world the show belongs to Forky, aka Tony Hale. One or both would not see again until the 1990s and Seattle of them will no doubt make you cry. It’s Pixar, after MAIL  became ground zero for grunge. Take a tour of those all. HHHHH (G • 1 hr. 30 min.) sweet sounds and bygone days with the Mamas and 2  the Papas, the Beach Boys, the Byrds, and even a Yesterday: Dude wakes up in a world in which the Beatle or two. HHHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 22 min.) Beatles have never existed but he somehow knows DO IT  about them and all their songs, which he then passes The Last Black Man in San Francisco: If a story off as his own, only to achieve his ultimate rock about gentrification in San Francisco can be considered star dream of opening for Ed Sheeran. Aim sky-high, poetic, haunting and downright beautiful, this is the Beatles guy. HHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 52 min.) movie that made it so. Come see the story of a house, 07.17.19 a friendship and the ties that bind us to the places we call home that many critics have dubbed the best film .14 of the year. HHHHH (Unrated • 2 hrs.) 29 #

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MARY POPPINS RETURNS Mary Poppins Returns: Emily Blunt capably embod- ies the nanny who is "practically perfect in every way" for a new generation in this rebooting of the Disney travel to a remote part of Sweden to experience a himself. Plus, it’s got a killer soundtrack. HHHHH classic. Music by Talia Keys will open the Sat., July 20 “festival” that happens once a century—and things (R • 2 hrs. 1 min.) Showtimes CASCADIA WEEKLY show on the Fairhaven Village Green. HHHHH (PG • go seriously, creepily, terribly sideways. HHHHH (R 2 hrs. 10 min.) • 2 hrs. 20 min.) Spider-Man: Far From Home: Spider-Man goes Regal and AMC theaters, please see 23 abroad to save the world and get the girl in this www.fandango.com. Midsommar: With Hereditary, director Ari Aster illus- Rocketman: This biopic charts Elton John’s rise first post-Avengers movie in our new post-original- trated the horror of not being able to pick your family. from small-town piano prodigy to groundbreaking Avengers reality. If Tom Holland is the future of the Pickford Film Center and This time, he shows us that life in a chosen family international superstar with all of the big-hearted franchise, I’m here for every web-slinging minute of PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see can be a horror all its own as a group of young people campiness and surprising profundity of the artist it. HHHHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 9 min.) www.pickfordfilmcenter.com WELLNESS EVENTS 30  FOOD  CIGARETTES AND SMOKELESS TOBACCO 25 25 Tarot readings will be one of the many healing services offered at a Mind, B-BOARD  B-BOARD  $ 00 Body, Spirit Fair taking place Sat., July 20 at Bellingham’s Center for

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30  terrified teenagers through the forest. innocence more than usual. THE SCIENCE ADVICE You can choose to take an emotionally FREE WILL FOOD  healthy approach to social media: be LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Although you’ll never find an advertisement for Toyota or Coca Cola or Apple GODDESS an active participant instead of a pas- ASTROLOGY within my horoscope column, you will find hype for 25 25 sive one by posting stuff or at least spiritual commodities like creativity, love and free- MEME GIRLS participating in conversations, even in ARIES (March 21-April 19): An Aries reader sent dom. Like everyone else, I’m a huckster. My flackery me a boisterous email. “I was afraid I was getting too may be more ethical and uplifting than others', but I keep reading about how detrimental social small ways. If somebody’s barrage of B-BOARD  B-BOARD  bogged down by my duties,” he said, “too hypnotized the fact is that I still try to persuade you to “buy” my media usage is, with people avoiding face- fabulosity gets you down, you might by routine, too serious about my problems. So I took ideas. The moral of the story: Everyone, even the Dalai to-face interaction and feeling inferior when remind yourself of all the reality that drastic action.” He then described the ways he broke out Lama and Desmond Tutu, is selling something. I hope of his slump. Here’s an excerpt: “I gave laughing lessons that what I’m saying here purges any reluctance you 22 they see everyone else looking gorgeous and gets cropped out—a la, “Here’s a pic of to a cat. I ate a spider. I conducted a sneezing contest. might have about presenting yourself and your ideas having fabulous lives. Would you recommend my boyfriend and me in Cabo for two I smashed an alarm clock with a hammer. Whenever in the most favorable light. It’s high time for you to FILM  taking regular breaks from social media? weeks—during the one minute and 37.6 an elderly woman walked by, I called out 'Hail to the hone your sales pitch; to explain why your approach —Instagrammer Girl seconds we weren’t fighting. #Cabocou- Queen!' and did a backflip. I gave names to my spoon to life is so wise; to be a forceful spokesperson and

18 ples #grateful #livingmybestlife” (Hortense), the table (Beatrice), a fly that was buzzing role model for the values you hold dear. around (Fallon), and a toothpick (Arturo).” According Put on 10 pounds recently? No prob- to my analysis of the astrological omens, Aries, you’d be SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are growing MUSIC  lem! There’s surely an app that’ll stick HINT JULEP wise to stage a comparable uprising. almost too fast, but that won’t necessarily be a prob- your head on the bod of some 22-year- My newly divorced business colleague keeps ask- lem—as long as you don’t expect everyone around you

16 TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Welcome home, to grow as fast as you. I suspect that you also know old actress who works out 13 hours a ing for my hot friends’ phone numbers. I think homegirls and homeboys. After observing all your home- almost too much—but I don’t anticipate that will ART  day and subsists on Nicorette gum and this is highly inappropriate. If things go badly, steading in homes away from home, I’m pleased to see spawn envy and resistance as long as you cultivate bottles of air blessed by monks. I’m stuck in the middle. I keep hinting that I you getting curious about the real home brew again. I a bit of humility. I have an additional duty to report

15 Social media is often seen as Satan don’t think it’s cool for him to put me in this wonder how many times I’ll say the word “home” before that you’re on the verge of being too attractive for you register the message that it’s high time for you to your own good—although you have not yet actually with cat memes. It gets blamed for ev- position, but he doesn’t seem to be getting the home in on some homemade, homegrown homework? reached the tipping point, so maybe your hyper- STAGE  erything from eating disorders to the de- message. Help. —Stuck Now here’s a special note to any of you who may be attractiveness will serve you rather than undermine cline in the bee population. But consider feeling psychologically homeless or exiled from your you. In conclusion, Scorpio, I invite you to celebrate spiritual home: the coming weeks will be a favorable your abundance, but don’t flaunt it.

14 that how a person uses social media can It’s so annoying when your col- time to address that ache and remedy that problem. shape how it affects them. leagues leave their mind-reading hel- SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The snow Psychologist Sarah M. Hanley and her mets at home. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The world is full of leopards of Central Asia crave a lot of room to wander. GET OUT  colleagues note that there are two dif- In such cases, there is a way to get eternally restless people who seethe with confused Zoologists say that each male prefers its territory to ferent kinds of social media users: active your message across, and it’s by directly desires they don’t understand. Fueled by such unfath- be about 84 square miles, and each female likes to omable urges, they are driven in unknown directions have 44 square miles. I don’t think you’ll require quite 12 and passive. Active social media users expressing it—in words. This is not ex- to accomplish fuzzy goals. They may be obsessed in that vast a turf in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. create content and communicate with actly a mystery of the universe I’m re- ways that make them appear to be highly focused, but But on the other hand, it will be important not to

WORDS  others. Passive users browse newsfeeds vealing here. But like many women, you the objects of their obsession are impossible to attain underestimate the spaciousness you’ll need in order to and posts without commenting. They’re probably have a tendency to default to or unite with. Those objects don’t truly exist! I have thrive. Give yourself permission to be expansive. described this phenomenon in detail, Gemini, because 10 basically read-only info consumers. hinting and hoping for compliance. the coming months will offer you all the help and sup- CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “I want to do For both active and passive users, tak- This looks like a flaw in female psy- port you could ever need to make sure you’re forever things so wild with you that I don’t know how to

VIEWS  ing a vacation from social networking chology—until you hold it up to an free of any inclination to be like that. say them.” Author Anaïs Nin wrote that in a letter to sites like Facebook and Instagram is a evolutionary lens, as the late psycholo- her Capricorn lover Henry Miller. Is there anyone you

 8 CANCER (June 21-July 22): What would you say could or should or want to say something like that? If thing lately—the digital version of cut- gist Anne Campbell did in looking at sex if I asked you to tell me who you truly are? I wouldn’t your answer is yes, now is a good time to be so candid ting out sugar (at least temporarily). But differences in assertiveness. Campbell want to hear so much about your titles and awards. and bold. If the answer is no, now would be a good is it actually a good thing? explained that being direct—unambigu- I’d be curious about your sacred mysteries, not your time to scout around for a person to whom you could CURRENTS Hanley and her colleagues blocked ously stating what you want—can make literal history. I’d want to know the treasured secrets or should or want to say such a thing. And if you’d you talk about with yourself before you fall asleep. I’d like to throw in a bit more enticement, here’s another 4  research participants’ access to social another person angry and lead them to ask you to sing the songs you love and describe the seductive lyric from Anaïs: “Only the united beat of media sites for a week. They figured this retaliate, possibly physically. A woman allies who make you feel real. I’d urge you to riff on sex and heart together can create ecstasy.” MAIL  would benefit passive users—the silent who is physically harmed might not be the future possibilities that both scare you and thrill you. What else? What are some other ways you might AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Did you hear the

2  observers—giving them a break from the able to get pregnant or fulfill her role show me core truths about your irrepressible soul? story about the California mom who started a series noxious barrage of how rich, beautiful as her children’s primary caretaker, mak- Now is a good time to meditate on these riddles. of forest fires so as to boost her son’s career as a

DO IT  and successful everyone else seems to be. ing her a genetic dead end. So, women firefighter? She is an apt role model for behavior In fact, passive users’ well-being especially have been driven to protect LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Isaac Asimov wrote a you should diligently avoid in the coming weeks. It’s science fiction story about a physicist who masters unwise and unprofitable for you and yours to stir up a wasn’t really affected positively or themselves and their reproductive parts. time travel and summons William Shakespeare into certain kind of trouble simply because it’s trouble that negatively during their social media Campbell believes this led to the evolu- the present time. The Bard enrolls in a night school you and yours have become skilled at solving. So how 07.17.19 exile. However, active users ended up tion of female indirectness—not as flaw, class about his own plays—and proceeds to flunk should you use your problem-solving energy, which I being kind of bummed (or, in research- but as a feature. the course. Modern ideas and modes of discourse are suspect will be at a peak? I suggest you go hunting .14 simply too disorienting to him. He is unable to grasp for some very interesting and potentially productive 29 er terms, they had diminished “posi- The thing is, the evolved emotions the theories that centuries' worth of critics have trouble that you haven’t wrangled with before—some # tive affect”—a decrease in positive, driving this behavior aren’t your mas- developed about his work. With this as a cautionary rousing challenge that will make you even smarter pleasant moods and feelings). ter, and you don’t have to obey them. tale, I invite you to time-travel not four centuries than you already are. This makes sense, because using these You simply have to be willing to pay the into the future, but just ten years. From that vantage point, look back at the life you’re living now. How PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The heroine of sites in an engaged way—when, say, a price of rebelling—feeling a little un- would you evaluate and understand it? Do you have Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass mob isn’t coming after you because you comfortable when you draw outside the any constructive criticism to offer? Any insights that is curious, adventurous and brave. First she follows like your coffee “wrong”—can be a posi- evolved emotional lines. This just takes could help you plan better for your long-term future? a well-dressed rabbit down a rabbit hole into an CASCADIA WEEKLY tive thing, increasing social connection. telling the guy no mas. He’s free to look alternate universe. Later she slips through a mirror VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The coming weeks into yet another parallel reality. Both times, with So when active users pull the plug on up friends of yours on social media and 26 will be a favorable time for you to buy yourself toys, great composure, she navigates her way through their social media, they separate them- contact them there if he wants, but he change your image for no rational reason, and indulge many odd, paranormal and unpredictable events. She selves not only from the negatives but needs to stop asking you for their num- in an interesting pleasure that you have been denying enjoys herself immensely as she deals with a series yourself for no good reason. In addition, I hope you of unusual characters and unfamiliar situations. I’m also from the social and emotional ben- bers. You’re down with bringing in more will engage in at least two heart-to-heart talks with going to speculate that Alice is a Pisces. Are you efits of engaging with others. clients, but you draw the line at acting as yourself, preferably using funny voices and comical ready for your very own Alice-in-Wonderland phase? In short, social media is a tool— the corporate recruiter for his penis. body language. You could also align yourself grace- Here it comes! 124th Annual

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30  Wednesday Market from 2pm-6pm 30 at the Barkley Village Green, LYNDEN MARKET: The Lynden FOOD  FOOD  2215 Rimland Dr. Farmers Market is open from WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG 10am-2pm at Centennial Park, 319 Grover St.

25 chow RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES SEDRO MARKET: The Sedro- WWW.LYNDENFARMERSMARKET.COM Woolley Farmers Market takes place from 3pm-7pm at Hammer BLAINE MARKET: Attend the

B-BOARD  Heritage Square, 200 Metcalf St. Blaine Gardeners Market from WWW.SEDROWOOLLEYFARMERS 10am-2pm at the city’s H Street MARKET.COM Plaza.

22 (360) 332-6484 BREWERS CRUISE: “Bellingham

FILM  Bay BREWers Cruise” features BELLINGHAM MARKET: The Bell- liquid fare from local breweries at ingham Farmers Market continues 6:30pm at San Juan Cruises' dock from 10am-3pm Saturdays through 18 at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, Dec. 21 at the Depot Market 355 Harris Ave. Entry is $39. Square, 1100 Railroad Ave.

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16 THURS., JULY 18 FALL GARDENING: Whatcom BOW FARMERS MARKET: The Master Gardeners helm a free ART  Bow Farmers Market is open from “Your Fall Gardening Starts Now” 1pm-6pm at Samish Bay Cheese, presentation from 11am-12:30pm

15 15115 Bow Hill Rd. at the North Fork Library, 7506 WWW.BOWLITTLEMARKET.COM Kendall Rd. WWW.WCLS.ORG STAGE  FRI., JULY 19 FERNDALE MARKET: Drop by FEAST & FROLIC: Join Viva

14 Ferndale Farmers Market from Farms to celebrate sustainable 2pm-6pm at a new locale next family farming at its third annual to the Grocery Outlet, 1750 “Long Live Farms: Feast & Frolic

GET OUT  LaBounty Dr. in the Field” starting at 5:30pm WWW.FERNDALEPUBLIC in Mount Vernon at 16470 State MARKET.ORG Route 20. Tickets are $110.

12 Among the drool-worthy offerings WWW.VIVAFARMS.ORG/EVENTS BY AMY KEPFERLE those visiting Lynden this weekend will SAT., JULY 20 PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Choose SUN., JULY 21

WORDS  discover are raspberry and ice cream sun- daes, parfaits and pies made from local from hotcakes, French toast or SEDRO BREAKFAST: Eggs to biscuits and gravy at a Pancake order, omelets, hash browns,

10 products, freshly picked flats of raspber- Breakfast happening from 8am- biscuits and gravy, pancakes, All That Razz ries visitors can take home and get cre- 11am at the Ferndale Senior Center, French toast and more can be had VIEWS  A FESTIVAL FOR FRUIT ative with, ice-cold raspberry beer that 1999 Cherry St. Entry is $2.50-$6. at a monthly Community Breakfast will be served at the “Timeout Razz Beer- (360) 384-6244 happening from 8am-11am in  8 PRACTICALLY OVERNIGHT, our backyard raspberry y” Garden, BelleWood Sedro-Woolley at American Legion AYURVEDIC COOKING: Bharti Post #43, 701 Murdock St. Entry canes went from “I think the fruit is getting close to being ripe” Acres’ raspberry in- Nagal helms “Ayurveda: Eat Right is $5-$7. to “oh my lord, what are we gonna do with all of these lovely fusion vodka, and for Your Type” from 9am-2pm at WWW.SEDRO-WOOLLEY.COM CURRENTS red raspberries?” Honey Moon Mead the Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. Fees are $75. BIRCHWOOD MARKET: Attend 4  Last weekend, my fella and I attempted to answer that ques- & Cider’s wine tion by throwing freshly picked handfuls in bowls of cereal, mud- and hard ciders. Ad- WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP the cooperative Birchwood Farm-

MAIL  ers Market from 10am-3pm at the dling them with a mortar and pestle to add to vodka spritzers, ditionally, you can MOUNT VERNON MARKET: Park Manor Shopping Center, 1538

baking some in a pie along with strawberries and rhubarb, freez- find additional pro- 2  Attend the Mount Vernon Farmers Birchwood Ave. ing them on top of parchment paper on a baking pan before ATTEND duce at a “Berry Fair” Market from 9am-2pm at the city’s WWW.CITYSPROUTSFARM.COM/ WHAT: Northwest Riverwalk Park, 509 S. Main St. MARKET DO IT  transferring them to a plastic bag, and boiling a pound of the Street Market, and fill fruit with lemon juice and a little bit of sugar to make a simple Raspberry Festival up beforehand Sat- WWW.MOUNTVERNONFARMERS WHERE: MARKET.ORG JULY 23-24 raspberry sauce to add to future servings of vanilla ice cream (or urday morning with Downtown Lynden KIDS CAN COOK: Annalee Dunn on top of a cheesecake). WHEN: July 19-20 all-you-can-eat pan- ANACORTES MARKET: The leads “Kids Can Cook: Science 07.17.19 Turns out the conundrum was a good one to have, but due COST: Entry is free cakes—topped with Anacortes Farmers Market happens in the Kitchen” workshops from to the fact that our perennial crop continues to produce giant INFO: www. raspberries, natch— from 9am-2pm at the Depot Arts 11am-1pm Tuesday and Wednesday .14 lynden.org Center, 611 R Ave. at the Community Food Co-op,

29 bowls of what has been called “nature’s candy,” I’m still search- at the Lynden Com-

# WWW.ANACORTES 1220 N. Forest St. Fees are $65. ing for suggestions about how best to utilize the vitamin-rich munity Center. FARMERSMARKET.ORG WWW.WHATCOMCOMMUNITYED.COM fruit while it’s still in all its sunshine-infused glory. When you’ve eaten your fill, step away Enter the Northwest Raspberry Festival. The annual celebra- from the food for a minute to listen and TWIN SISTERS MARKET: The THURS., JULY 25 tion of the largest harvest of raspberries in North America takes dance along to live music, get your face Twin Sisters Farmers Market hap- LIFE BETWEEN THE PAGES: The over Lynden from July 19-20, and looks to be the perfect place painted, watch basketball tournaments, pens from 9am-3pm at the IGA monthly “Life Between the Pages” parking lot on Nugent’s Corner, event begins at 6pm at Evolve to find edible inspiration. do crafts, find activities for the kids, and 10am-2pm in Maple Falls Chocolate + Cafe, 1200 11th St. CASCADIA WEEKLY According to the Washington Red Raspberry Commission— check out a “Razz & Shine” Cruise-In, at the North Fork Library, 7506 (above Village Books). The dinner which is partnering with WECU to throw the family-friendly and enjoy a summer day. Kendall Rd. book club includes food and cock- 30 shindig—71 farmers in Whatcom County produced more than 72 If you’re among those bringing home WWW.TWINSISTERSMARKET.COM tail pairings related to a book— million out of the nearly 75 million pounds of red raspberries flats of raspberries, give some thought as this month’s choice is Joseph LUMMI MARKET: The Lummi Cassara’s' The House of Impossible grown in Washington state last year. It’s an astounding number, to what you want to do with them once Island Saturday Market happens Beauties. Tickets are $60. especially when you consider how many pounds go into pulling they’re in your kitchen. Or you can be like from 10am-1pm in the field next WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM off the food-focused fete. me, and do a little bit of everything.

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