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FOOD FOOD cascadia The Mouse That Roared: 7:30pm, Claire vg COMMUNITY Thomas Theatre, Lynden Back2Bellingham: Through Sunday, WWU and The Outsiders: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount beyond

31 31 Vernon Dog Show: 8:30am-4pm, NW Washington Fair- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: 8pm, Up- grounds, Lynden front Theatre

B-BOARD B-BOARD The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre GET OUT Plant Sale: 9am-3pm, Cascade Cuts A glance at what’s happening this week MUSIC International Plowing Match: 10am, Berthu- 26 Karla Bonoff & Jimmy Webb: 7:30pm, Mount sen Park, Lynden Baker Theatre Bay View Women’s Walk: 10am, Bay View State

FILM Chamber Music Concert: 7:30pm, Firehouse Park, Mount Vernon Performing Arts Center Adaptive Cycle Expo: 11am-2pm, Civic Field Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: 12pm, Maritime 22 Heritage Park FRIDAY [05.16.14] MUSIC FOOD ONSTAGE Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot

20 Pippin: 7pm, BAAY Theatre Arts Center The Mouse That Roared: 7:30pm, Claire vg Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, ART Thomas Theatre, Lynden Depot Market Square The Outsiders: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Ferndale Public Market: 10am-3pm, Centennial

18 Vernon Riverwalk Park Shrek: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Improv Evolution: 8pm, Upfront Theatre VISUAL ARTS STAGE The Acheron: 8pm and 10pm, iDiOM Theater Welding Rodeo: 8am-5:30pm, Bellingham The Hybrid Show: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Technical College

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[email protected] DEAD ZONE like you and me. are organized as “WAmend,” a coalition of more What's wrong with Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia Bellingham Bay, P.8 Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing Climate Sixteen of the 50 states have already called than 25 non-profit organizations who have writ- papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution Conversations SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material Bill McKibben's global concerns, P.14 for this solution, most of them by a vote of the ten and gotten approval for a citizens’ initiative, to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- state legislature. Resolutions are pending in a I-1329, the “We the People” Initiative. ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday COVER: photo courtesy of 350.org dozen other legislatures. Two states did so by an After a number of misguided decisions by the the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be CASCADIA WEEKLY returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. overwhelming vote of the people. This fall, Wash- Supreme Court that have given increasing power LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. ington State can become the third state to do so and influence to the wealthiest people and cor- 4 In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your by popular vote. porations in the United States, it is time for all letters to fewer than 300 words. Signatures are being gathered right now to put citizens to demand redress for the grievances I-1329 on the ballot statewide in November. If that have resulted in 1 percent of the people in passed, I-1329 would call on Congress to begin the U. S. owning 80 percent of the wealth. We the amendment process. Go to WAmend.org web- have become a plutocracy or, as John Nichols and NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre

Robert McChesney call it, a “Dollarocra- cy.” Following the CU decision, the Court recently decided the McCutcheon case, GO NORTH FOR CASINO FUN! removing all limitations on aggregate 38 donations by individuals or corporations. MODERN COMFORTS WITH OLD-FASHIONED HOSPITALITY

Money has become the deciding factor in FOOD most political decisions and elections in 2014. It leads to corruption that buys in- 31 31 fluence through lobbying efforts and in elections at all levels.

The WAmend coalition is inviting all B-BOARD who can help gather signatures for Initia- tive 1329, the “We the People” initiative, 26 to contact WAmend via the website. We need 300,000 signatures by June 25 to FILM get our measure on the 2014 ballot. Until

we correct the wrong-headed decisions of 22 the past with a 28th Amendment clarify-

ing that corporations are not people and MUSIC that money is not speech, we will continue

the game of competing to see who can WHATCOM COUNTY’S NEWEST CASINO 20 raise the most money for his or her cam- ART paign or cause. The saying, “money talks,” is unfortu- 18 nately true because those with the most

money have by far the most speech and STAGE the loudest voices. “We the people” are shouted out by the millions and billions of dollars spent to benefit the few. If 16 enough people join this effort, we will reach a tipping point that can take us all GET OUT the way to an effective 28th Amendment. —Rebecca Wolfe, Secretary, WAmend 14 OIL AND FOOD DON’T MIX WORDS Lately we here around the Pacific Northwest have been hearing a lot about 8 the DOT-111 rail transport cars that will more than likely be used to haul oil to our

local refineries. However, one article I CURRENTS read recently concerned me for other reasons above and beyond just the obvious 6 hazardous reasons being reported. The article talks about what these rail VIEWS

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CAP-AND-TRADE BAIT-AND-SWITCH: With a tagline

38 that would be comical if the consequences of ob- fuscation and delay weren’t so grave, the northwest

FOOD FOOD Freedom Foundation issued an invitation to a debate later this month on a market-based approach to the views reduction of carbon pollution. Titled “Carbon Cap- 31 31 OPINIONS THE GRISTLE and-Trade: Solution or Costly Disaster?,” we strongly suspect the tenor of debate will be neither.

B-BOARD B-BOARD Why not title it, “Global Warming: Cruel Hoax or Pernicious Lie?”

26 The panel will include Sen. Doug Ericksen (R-Fern- BY EDDY URY dale), chair of the Senate’s Energy, Environment and

FILM Telecommunications Committee. Ericksen did his mightiest to gum up the governor’s Climate Legis-

22 lative and Executive Workgroup (CLEW), eventually Don’t Donate to Destruction melting that effort down into a procedural impasse

MUSIC that drew cries of outrage from fellow panelist, Sen. END UNIVERSITY’S FOSSIL ENERGY PORTFOLIO Kevin Ranker (D-Orcas).

20 An equally exasperated Gov. Jay Inslee shoved all ere in the northwest corner chance of slowing global warming.

ART the stalling and bickering and thimble-rigging of of Cascadia, our communities We’re calling on all would-be do- CLEW aside last month, bypassing legislative action Hthrive within an insulated nors to withhold their pledges until and issuing his own executive order that outlines a environment. We’re surrounded by the Foundation agrees to divest, and 18 series of next steps to reduce carbon pollution in relatively clean air and water, lush to be sure the Foundation Board of

STAGE Washington state and improve energy independence forests and snowcapped mountains. Directors knows why. It’s wrong to through the use of clean energy. But all around us, fossil fuels are be- use our money to invest in a busi- Thus given no opportunity to further outright ing transported, refined and burned ness plan that wrecks the climate for 16 deny the existence of global warming, the Freedom to support our energy demands. achieving net carbon neutrality by our generation. Climate change is Foundation instead turns to deconstructing the The benefits of this infrastructure 2050. Yet the school is supported by already causing crop failures, water

GET OUT centerpiece of the governor’s plan to “establish a also come at great costs, and recently an endowment fund which invests 4 shortages, extreme weather, forced cap on carbon pollution emissions, with binding re- the burden of those impacts has crept percent of its equity portfolio in cor- migration, and we can only expect

14 quirements to meet our statutory emission limits” into our community. The tragic explo- porations whose primary operation is worse. Every day, the extraction through market mechanisms. sion of the Olympic Pipeline in 1999 extracting fossil fuels. The Associ- alone is permanently devastating Joining Ericksen is Daniel Simmons, director of was a foreshadowing of the looming ated Students and 86 percent of the ecosystems as well as the meager re- WORDS regulatory and state affairs for the Institute for En- threats to our region, which not only voting student body have urged the mainders of ancestral lands and wa-

8 ergy Research (IER), a front for the Heartland In- has crude and gas pipelines running WWU Foundation to adopt a policy of ters of indigenous people on every stitute, funded by conservative billionaire carbon- next to schools, but is now also be- excluding fossil fuel extraction from continent. Enough is enough. Clear- polluting Koch Industries. Prior to his assignment ing bombarded with a new influx of their investment strategies, a simple ly, the transition will not be easy,

CURRENTS CURRENTS at IER, Simmons was a lobbyist for the Koch-funded crude oil tank trains that have been amendment to a charter that already nor immediate, but let’s be clear American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an condemned as unsafe due to their prohibits investments in alcohol and about our long-term intentions, and 6 6 organization that has injected scores of toxic “mod- demonstrated tendency to explode. tobacco companies. The A.S. Board invest in a more stable future. Join el bills” into legislatures nationwide. We’ve spent years resisting the at- of Directors, backed by thousands of us, sign the pledge, and send a letter VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS Ericksen, the darling of the lunchbucket lobby- tempt to build the largest coal port students, alumni and faculty have to the WWU Foundation to tell them

4 ists who in the opening months of 2014 dined on in North America at Cherry Point. If asked that the Foundation direct their why you won’t be donating this year. more than $2,000 in steaks and junkets courtesy of permitted, we will see nine full trains financial managers to freeze new in- This weekend, WWU will be host- MAIL MAIL the Koch-fed energy industry, is one of ALEC’s more daily en route to the Gateway Pacific vestments in oil, gas and coal, and to ing Back2Bellingham to encourage

prominent officials in Washington, serving on one of Terminal, each over a mile long and purge their portfolios responsibly over fundraising from alumni for its en- 2 ALEC’s private task forces. spilling up to one ton of toxic coal a five-year period of strategic redirec- dowment. Now is the perfect time to DO IT IT DO Providing an opposing view are a goofy young dust per car on each trip into the air, tion in order to minimize exposure to speak out. Democrat from the amazingly secure (i.e., debate soil and water along their Northwest market risks or losses. On Saturday at 4pm, students and poor) 34th Legislative District in South Seattle and rail route, finally dumping into an The refusal to grant this reason- community members will rally for a a comedian posing as a University of Washington en- 80-acre coal pile over wetlands adja- able request carries an intention to fossil-free future on campus at the 05.14.14 vironmental economist. Actually, Yoram Bauman is cent to the Lummi Reservation, and willingly use our donations to sup- PAC Plaza, to be joined by 350.org quite a bit of both, a standup economist, and should on top of ancestral burial grounds. port and profit from business plans founder Bill McKibben, as well as .09

20 provide some levity for the debate. These harms are only drops in an that ignore the urgency of climate speakers from the Lummi Nation, # Here’s a point that should be made, however: Cap- ocean of impacts that are mostly re- change. These companies actively Forest Ethics, and Community to and-trade—capping greenhouse gas emissions and moved from our immediate exposure. resist the transition to alternative Community Development. Now is the trading emission permits—was originally introduced One-third of the electricity sold to fuel infrastructures by spending mil- time to take a stand and to demand in the 1980s by Republicans as a means to deal with us by Puget Sound Energy is gener- lions annually on influencing policy- that the WWU Foundation will Divest acid rain. Much in the way the current federal health ated by the Colstrip coal-fire power makers, and billions on exploring for Western Now! care program was originally a Republican sleight-of- plant in Montana, out of sight, and more hydrocarbon reserves, despite Eddy Ury is an organizer for the

CASCADIA WEEKLY hand (Romneycare) designed to stall off and derail a yet its carbon emissions everyday the worldwide agreement by the WWU Students for Renewable Energy more progressive national health care response, cap- bring us closer to the brink of irre- UNIPCC that to use even a fraction (SRE), a campus group founded in 6 and-trade is another market-based solution devised versible climate disruption. of claimed reserves would exceed 2013 that has been leading the cam- by the GOP to stall and short-circuit actions to actu- Western Washington University the most conservative estimates paign to end WWU’s investments in ally reduce greenhouse gas emissions. And much as administration has a stated goal of of a carbon budget that allows any fossil fuel companies. health care ended as a sop to the medical insurance industry, so too is voluntary cap-and-trade a busi- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE ness-as-usual sop to the energy industry—solving little and delaying much. 38 So if two liberals find themselves a bit underwhelmed in their glowing sup- FOOD port for cap-and-trade, perhaps you might understand why. 31 31 “The governor has the power to sidestep the Legislature on this, but not the people,” Freedom Foundation B-BOARD blowhard Tom McCabe fumed. McCabe is the former head of the Building In- 26 dustry Association of Washington, an organization he eventually drove into FILM disgrace and ruin last decade only to

leap through the scoundrels’ revolving 22 door to the Freedom Foundation.

“The truth has nothing to fear from MUSIC rigorous debate,” McCabe declared.

“Our goal is to give both sides an equal 20 opportunity to make their case. No ART one’s opinion will be squelched here. We think the public deserves that.” 18 Debates in this country seldom rep-

resent “both sides” of an issue, and STAGE are generally more of a character of ideas Republicans have expediently advanced versus ideas Republicans 16 have expediently abandoned.

A real carbon tax, which actually GET OUT holds incentives to reduce GHG emissions, would draw more enthusiasm 14 from a progressive economist like Bauman, who literally wrote the book WORDS on Tax Shift, a means to transfer tax burden from income and property 8 (assets) to resource consumption (li- New Clone Connection ability). Alas, a robust discussion of a Largest selection carbon tax appears to have been given CURRENTS short shrift by the debate format and of clones in 6 likewise was unilaterally stricken from Bellingham 6 the menu of options by the governor’s VIEWS executive action. VIEWS

Ericksen was quick to criticize that 4 action, complaining that Inslee had performed an end run around the Leg- MAIL

islature, which had planned to impose 2 a new tax on gasoline, a more restric- DO IT IT DO tive form of a carbon tax. When the Ds agree to play by the GOP rules for football, the Rs decide to switch to baseball. The role Ericksen played in gumming up any legislative action 05.14.14 through CLEW, the very mechanism .09

that would bring proposals to the First Time Patients 20 # floor of those Houses for a vote, can- recieve free Edible not be overstated. Tellingly, Ericksen ridiculed In- and slee’s action to the Seattle Times, Refer a patient for characterizing the governor as hos- a free pre-roll. tile to fossil fuels and ready to “drive jobs out of Washington” and “for no CASCADIA WEEKLY reason.” Ericksen is on record as having profound doubts about global Open 10am-7pm Mon-Sun 7 warming, which lends a supercilious 360-733-3838 insincerity to his interest in finding 1326 E. Laurel St. solutions to a problem he does not Bellingham, WA 98225 believe exists. samishwayholistic.com icates and calcium carbonates to form. These materials form the hard skeletons of many of the benthic creatures studied. Even subtle changes in water tempera-

38 ture can effect energy transfer in the food web, and researchers aren’t yet certain de- FOOD FOOD currents clines they’re observing are linear or cycli- NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX cal. The Pacific Ocean has a gyre, too, and a slow, sloshing oscillation of warmer air 31 31 and water we call El Niño. The puzzle for Bellingham Bay, though,

B-BOARD B-BOARD is the intensity of the decline—as if the bay is dying from under us.

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GET OUT dyes in the water.” DEAD —STEVE HOOD, ECOLOGY 14 WORDS 8 conditions oxygen and pollutants,” noted Elizabeth Nesbitt, who presented a paper CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 at the Salish Sea Conference on the rap- id deterioration of Bellingham Bay. Nes- 6 bitt is a researcher at the Earth and Space Sciences Department at the University of VIEWS Washington and curator of invertebrate

4 paleontology and micropaleontology at COULD AN OLD LAGOON RENEW THE BAY? the UW’s Burke Museum. MAIL MAIL ZONE Paleontology studies the fossil record,

and these benthic critters leave a lot of 2 detritus lying around in their skeletons DO IT IT DO and shells. But we don’t really have a clear BY TIM JOHNSON idea of what actual fossil conditions were like in Bellingham Bay in even the recent all it the Great Dead Spot—a gyre in the center of Bellingham Bay held ly bad, with marked declines noted in ev- past. The Nooksack River deposits about a 05.14.14 in place and turned like a slow kettle by the action of the Nooksack Riv- ery one of more than two dozen locations half-inch of silt and sediment in the bay er, a pool reluctant to release its stale and turbid contents back to the where samples were drawn. each year, and Ecology’s research team .09 C

20 wider Salish Sea. Its contents are eutrophic, low in oxygen and laden with ni- Researchers presented their findings and only grabs samples to about that depth # trogen and nutrients slurried through agriculture and urban stormwater runoff. best guesses about these declines at the in each of their study years. You collect a The bay is not healthy, and it is not improving, Valerie Partridge reported in 2014 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference in year to compare to a previous year. a presentation last week. Seattle earlier this month. No one has ever done a deep bore of Partridge is a research analyst with the Department of Ecology’s Marine Sed- “The greatest influence to the health Bellingham Bay, noted Barry Wenger, a iment Monitoring Team. Her team monitors ten harbors and bays around Puget of Puget Sound is, of course, the Pacif- water quality expert recently retired from Sound and the Strait of Georgia, gathering samples from the uppermost layers ic Ocean and what is happening there,” the Department of Ecology. He and oth-

CASCADIA WEEKLY of deposited silt and soils where tiny marine critters live. The team also mea- Patridge said. And the great and growing ers—like Todd Eastman and Jude Apple, sures the health of the water itself, measuring the metals and chemicals and influences on the Pacific are atmospheric a marine scientist at Western Washington 8 organics in the water column. Over time, these samples yield a snapshot of the and hydrological chemical changes arising University’s Shannon Point Marine Cen- health of this benthic layer. from global warming. ter—have poked around the bay’s depths The health of other harbors around Puget Sound is not good, Patridge noted, Our seas are absorbing an enormous with meager grants from Ecology. with declines in the abundance and diversity of marine life observed in many amount of carbon, which is changing ma- We can take some guesses about the if not most of the sample sites. In Bellingham Bay, the situation is striking- rine chemistry, making it harder for sil- deep history of the bay. The Nooksack River didn’t always flow 2008, when industrial operations at into Bellingham Bay. Not terribly long Georgia-Pacific West shuttered for good. ago, and still in the oral memory of the Georgia Pacific transferred that NPDES Salish peoples, the river flowed north permit to the Port of Bellingham and into the Fraser. Its action didn’t stir a Ecology has routinely stamped its peri- Calling all artists: 38 gyre at the center of the bay. The first odic update. scars of white settlement were coal The agency is rethinking that, however, Turn discarded WTA uniforms into a unique FOOD mines, digging a loose, crumbly sort of and establishing new standards for the sub-bituminous lignite from quarries port’s new NPDES permit, said Mark Hen- work of art, and you could win over $400 31 that in some cases stretched out into derson, who will rewrite that permit as and under the bay. Later, and for most one portion of the state’s overhaul of its in cash and prizes! of a century, milling and pulping indus- industrial stormwater plan. The state al- B-BOARD tries laid down a heavy layer of wood lowed GP to flood a much more aromatic waste that, in the oxygen-starved bot- stew of industrial byproduct into the bay DetailsDetails at Ragﬁnery.comﬁ 26 tom of the bay, could take a millennium than is contemplated in the new permit, to decay. Early industries also dumped Henderson said. The new permit antici- FILM in a chemical stew of toxins and heavy pates all future discharges will be darn

metals—elemental and methylated mer- near as clean as the marine environment 22 cury compounds, chromium, dioxins and it enters.

furans—all glued to that wood waste. Ecology held a public meeting this MUSIC The City of Bellingham wasn’t inno- week as part of its process to issue the

cent, operating several garbage dumps port’s NPDES permit. Several people who 20 on the waterfront and, for many years, spoke expressed concern that, even if re- ART overflowing its sewers into the bay. In altively clean, the force of water action the realm of Unknowns, Bellingham Bay through the outfall pipe could stir depos- 18 is—sadly and horribly—also a desig- its at the bottom of the bay, worsening

nated dumping ground to this day for matters at the benthic layer. Fresh water, STAGE sediments dredged from other suffering lighter than saltwater, floods to the sur- harbors around Puget Sound, a sort of face when discharged at depth, a turbu- redheaded stepchild of the state’s ze- lent agitation. 16 ro-sum struggle for cleaner waterways. Yet it does seem counterinitutive that,

“It would be good to have those core at a moment when the bay is receiving GET OUT samples so we can understand the orig- fewer toxins than it has in a century, its inal condition of the bay and things in health is in precipitous decline. And that, 14 it that are affecting its health today,” in tandem, with the spigot being closed Wenger said. on the ASB. WORDS Old-timers recall a moment right be- That outfall pipe is more than a mile

fore the enactment of the federal Clean long and 60 inches in diameter. At its end 8 8 Water Act when Whatcom Waterway, the is a diffuser with 500 ports, a sieve of dug-out channel that connects Whatcom sorts that allows water to flow through CURRENTS CURRENTS Creek with the deeper waters of the bay, multiple piercings in the pipe. At the CURRENTS was a chamber of horrors, a bubbling La height of industrial operations, Ecology Brea tarpit of reeking industrial toxins estimates Georgia Pacific could have fed 6 dumped directly into the channel. as much as 30 million gallons of water “People knew what color of tissue was per day into Bellingham Bay, a veritable VIEWS

being made on a particular day by the river from the lake of the ASB, perhaps a 4 color of the dyes in the water,” recalls source of new flow into the Dead Spot. Steve Hood, a water quality engineer at “Well, it’s an interesting theory,” Hood MAIL

Ecology’s field office in Bellingham. laughed. “Discharge stopped at the ASB. 2 The Clean Water Act changed that. The health of the bay is in decline. We DO IT IT DO

The pulp and paper mill responded to don’t know that they’re at all related.” federal action with the construction of One thing is certain, though. The con- the ASB, the 37-acre GP Aerated Stabili- struction of the ASB vastly improved the zation Basin, a large lake filled with baf- quality of Whatcom Waterway at the height fles and channels that allows sediments of the mill’s industrial output, turning a 05.14.14 and contaminants to settle out before toxic river into something markedly less. .09

freshwater drains—through the force of Perhaps the wastewater treatment lagoon 20 # gravity—through a long pipe and out into can be put to use in some other creative the bay. Though aging, the ASB appears way, an idle tool for cleaning and bandag- watertight and in good repair, Ecology’s ing Bellingham’s bruised waterways. engineers said, lined with with a clay especially made to contain contaminants. You can study and comment on the Dept. of The mill’s authorization to discharge Ecology’s draft NPDES permit for the ASB. that water into Bellingham Bay is gov- A draft of the proposal may be found at CASCADIA WEEKLY erned by a permit issued through the the website of the North Sound Baykeep- National Pollution Discharge and Elimi- er, www.re-sources.org/programs/baykeep- 9 nation System (NPDES) through an appli- er Comments and letters will be accepted cation process updated every five years through May 21 and may be sent to Mark by Ecology. Henderson, Dept. of Ecology, mhen461@ That pipe hasn’t dribbled a drop since ecy.wa.gov SOMEONE ELSE, PLEASE index FUZZ On May 7, a woman was heard yelling for help in an alley near Cornwall Park. Belling-

38 BUZZ ham Police responded. “Upon arrival, she said she did not wish to speak with law en-

FOOD FOOD forcement,” police reported. SPECIAL REPORT: BLUE AND GOLD YEARN FOR THE BURN 31 31 On May 11, a Bellingham Police officer re- On May 10, University Police checked on the ceived the state’s highest honor for law en- status of a woman who had been reported

B-BOARD B-BOARD forcement officers. Police Sergeant Donald running for more than an hour, perhaps as Almer was awarded the Washington State long as an hour and 40 minutes. She was

26 Medal of Honor for dodging rounds fired from reported sweating profusely and would not a shotgun as he chased two robbery suspects respond to people who asked if she was O.K.

FILM north of the city in 2013. The car eventually Police found her alert, but she refused to crashed, but that didn’t stop the driver from tell them who she was. She insisted she had

22 continuing to shoot. Almer returned fire, hit no intention of hurting herself. the shooter and then administered first aid

MUSIC until medics arrived. He was honored for mer- BUTTED THEN BOUNCED itorious conduct. Elven other officers were On May 10, a man was denied entry to a bar

20 also honored, including five who died while in downtown Bellingham. He delivered a “head

ART on duty between the years 1919 and 1976. butt” to the chest of a bouncer. The victim did State Patrol Trooper Sean M. O’Connell Jr. was not wish to pursue charges, but wanted the particularly recognized, killed last year year rejected patron marched from the business. 18 when his motorcycle collided with a truck as 1

STAGE he was detouring traffic away from the Skagit VEHICULAR ASSAULT River bridge, which had collapsed into the On May 10, witnesses reported a man argu- 2012 was the hottest year on record on average in the United States. The year ranked second for extreme weather events. river. His wife and child accepted his award. ing with a woman in the parking lot at the 16 Lakeway shopping center. “During the argu- YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE ment, he became enraged and punched an

GET OUT On May 8, Bellingham Police searched for unoccupied car, causing damage to the rear 356 350 a man reported running around downtown quarter panel,” Bellingham Police reported. NUMBER of communities in the United NUMBER of parts per million of

14 yelling, “YOLO!” He was not located. “Officers arrived in the area and the man States that reported record-breaking CO2 in the atmosphere that might fled on foot. After a foot pursuit, he was heat in 2012. yield a normal, sustainable climate. On May 13, two girls were reported sitting found hiding in some bushes and taken into Concentrations below 350ppm haven’t WORDS in a cream-colored Thunderbird in the Boys custody and booked into juvenile detention been recorded in the Arctic since 1986.

8 and Girls Club parking lot in Bellingham. One for malicious mischief.” of two girls was spotted knocking back an ice-cold Corona. RED RIDING HOOD, 2014 223 67 CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 On May 3, Anacortes Police officers knocked NUMBER of tornadoes reported in the PORTION of California enduring On May 7, a Bellingham man led police on on the door of a home near downtown. They United States in March of 2012. The extreme drought of the worst category. 6 a merry chase around town in a utility truck had a warrant for the arrest of a 41-year-old typical number of tornadoes in March California has been parched for three towing a tractor. Bellingham Police say woman on DUI charges. Her grandmother an- is 80. years. VIEWS some employees of Sefnco Communications swered the door and told police her grand-

4 were warming the truck up at the company’s daughter was in Eastern Washington. Police yard on Iowa Street when someone sudden- explained they had the right to check the MAIL MAIL ly drove it away. They followed the truck as home to verify the grandmother’s story. The $110

it headed east. Police officers joined the grandmother admitted the woman was actu- 2 chase. The truck eventually hit a retaining ally hiding in a back bedroom. Police remind- BILLIONS of dollars lost to climate and weather disasters in 2012. DO IT IT DO wall at Roosevelt Elementary School and ed grandmother that lies carry consequences. officers arrested the 21-year-old driver. He The granddaugher was dragged off to jail. explained to police he was drunk and just $65 $30 wanted to get home. UNCLEAR ON THE INSTRUCTION 05.14.14 On May 7, a truck struck a city sign in Blaine, DAMAGE caused by Superstorm Sandy, COST of the continued heat wave in the On May 5, a man called Bellingham Police damaging it. The sign read, “No trucks.” in billions. Midwest, in billions. .09

20 for assistance locating his car. He was drunk # and couldn’t recall where he had parked it. SAFETY CHECK On May 8, an Anacortes man prepared to clean CITY OF SUBDUED EXCITEMENT his 9mm pistol. Prior to taking it apart, he put 5,290 On May 11, Bellingham Police spoke to a his hand in front of the muzzle and pulled the MILLIONS of metric tons of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by the U.S. man who’d been reported acting oddly. He trigger to make sure the gun was not loaded. energy sector in 2012. told them he was from Michigan, where he He put a 9mm round through his hand.

CASCADIA WEEKLY had learned marijuana was legal in Belling- ham. He’d arrived and was looking for a job. SHY GIRL 31 42 10 “He had grandiose visions for his life and On May 7, a woman was observed hiding PERCENT of the above figure released PERCENT of the above figure released seemed to be in the beginning stages of behind a bus shelter on Western Washing- through the burning of coal. through the burning of petroleum. having some mental health issues,” police ton University campus. When campus cops commented. He was asked not to return to pulled alongside to check on her, she ran off SOURCES: Office of the President of the United States; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric the business where he had acted strange. toward the Ridgeway dorm complex. Administration (NOAA); National Forest Service; U.S. Dept. of Energy

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STAGE 05.06.14 TUESDAY A unique yet modest butane/propane export terminal near Ferndale has been purchased for $242 million, an indication of significant changes taking place in global energy markets. Petrogas Energy Corp. closed a deal to purchase the storage and distribution facility at the end of Unick Road from 16 Ready to gavel in new rules to govern slaughterhouses, Whatcom Chevron. The sale of about 42 acres of property generates more than $4.1 million in local and state excise taxes. County Council is stopped short by a directive of the County Execu- GET OUT tive. The proposed changes would allow slaughterhouses in even the street pleads guilty in Whatcom County Superior NORTHWEST PASSAGES more areas around the county, but staff had not yet completed Court. The first kidnapping attempt occurred Feb. 22, Luanne Van Werven will run for

14 paperwork required by the state’s environmental protection laws. 2013 in Ferndale, where a 16-year-old girl reported the open seat in the state House of that a man grabbed her arm, shoved something sharp Representatives being vacated by Emergency crews respond to a gas leak in downtown Belling- into her ribcage and told her to keep walking. She ran Jason Overstreet, who announced WORDS he will not seek re-election. Van ham. Officials say a natural gas line was reported broken during from him. On March 1, 2013, he grabbed a 13-year- Werven has served as chair of the

8 construction on the corner of State and Magnolia streets. The line old girl who was similarly able to escape. Hours later, Whatcom County Republican Party is repaired without incident. he attempted to kidnap a 24-year-old woman, again and vice chair of the Washington without success. On March 4, 2013, store security State Republican Party, where she narrowly missed being appointed CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 05.07.14 observed Jake Unick, 28, lead a 2-year-old girl state chair. Her passion is encourag- from the Bakerview Fred Meyer, where he was em- 6 WEDNESDAY ing conservative women and young ployed. He faces 10 years in prison. people to get involved in their community and in government. Oil trains are receiving federal attention. The U.S. Dept. of After almost four decades in office, Whatcom County Prosecut- VIEWS Transportation issues an emergency order, requiring railroads to 05.09.14 ing Attorney Dave McEachran says he isn’t done yet and will seek re-election to a 10th term. McEachran was first elected in 4 identify routes being used to haul 1 million gallons or more of FRIDAY 1975, and is easily the longest-serving proescutor in Washing- Bakken crude in order to allow emergency responders and com- ton State. If reelected, he would serve 44 years in the position. MAIL MAIL munities to prepare for potential accidents. The emergency or- A lawsuit filed in federal court could cripple the

der comes after several high-profile oil-train spills. Sen. Maria state’s emerging marijuana industry. A Bellingham 2 Cantwell says the voluntary compliance negotiated with railroad medical marijuana dispensary filed the complaint, DO IT IT DO companies does not go far enough alleging that the state cannot charge sales tax for a 05.13.14 product that remains illegal under federal law. While TUESDAY 05.08.14 the authors of the state’s recreational marijuana law believe the suit won’t get far—the U.S. Supreme A young boy tumbles into Whatcom Falls and is 05.14.14 THURSDAY Court has held the unlawfulness of an activity does swept underwater in the main falls without resurfac- The man who took a 2-year-old girl from a Bellingham grocery not prevent its taxation—it may draw more federal ing. Divers recover the 7-year-old. He is taken to the .09

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FOOD FOOD porations, but we do have our bodies.” words McKibben is frequently an activist on the COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS brink of despair. He knows too much, you 31 31 see, about the pace of climate change versus the glacial movement of federal policy

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hen it comes to activism in the face of organized, well-funded cor- In fact, we’re well past it. Yet if greenhouse gases 2 porate denial of global climate change, well, perhaps we’re all just In April, levels of atmospheric carbon di- INFO: www. continue to accumulate wwu.edu/ DO IT

gnats. But only one of us buzzing, annoying insects has a taxonomic oxide pushed above 400 parts per million in at their current pace, W westernreads/ name: Bill McKibben. the dry air at the Mauna Loa Observatory in the warming could con- Peter Kerr, a scientist with the California Department of Food and Agricul- Hawaii. Levels have been monitored there ceivably exceed 10 degrees by the end of ture’s State Collection of Arthropods, recently discovered a species of gnat in by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric this century, they said. 05.14.14 California and named it after McKibben last month to honor the author’s lifelong Administration (NOAA) since 1959. Average “Climate change, once considered an is- commitment to protecting the environment. Megophthalmidia mckibbeni makes amounts have climbed steadily, year after sue for a distant future, has moved ﬁrmly .09 its home in California. year, as they have around the globe. into the present,” the consensus of scien- 20 # One of America’s best-known environmentalists, McKibben has written books “The annual growth rate measured at tists declared in their report. that, over the last quarter century, have shaped public perception—and public Mauna is not the same as the global growth “The debate is settled,” President Barack action—on climate change, alternative energy, and the need for more localized rate, but it is quite similar,” NOAA re- Obama agreed in a speech last week. “Cli- economies. McKibben is the founder of 350.org, the ﬁrst large global grassroots searcher Dr. Pieter Tans notes. mate change is a fact. “And when our chil- climate change initiative. Last time CO2 levels were this high was dren’s children look us in the eye and ask if That’s an important number, McKibben relates. “In the summer of 2007, Arc- around 3 million years ago, back in the we did all we could to leave them a safer,

CASCADIA WEEKLY CASCADIA tic ice began to melt far more rapidly than scientists had expected,” he notes. Pliocene era. more stable world, with new sources of en- “Before the season was out, they’d begun to conclude that the earth was already Here’s an experiment you can try at ergy, I want us to be able to say yes, we 14 moving past tipping points—that indicators, from the thawing of glaciers to home: Take two sealed jugs of air, one did,” he added. the spread of droughts, showed global warming was a present crisis, not a fu- with more CO2 in it than the other. Insert Bill Mckibben and his organization, 350. ture threat. Our leading climatologists even gave us a number for the red line: thermometers into each and apply the org, have a plan. But it will take the buzz- 350 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere. That’s a tough number, since we’re same heat source to both. Now who’re you ing of millions of us little gnats in the roar already past it.” gonna believe—corporate cash ﬂooding of well-funded resistance. doit

WORDS of Global Warming at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Entry is free.

WED., MAY 14 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM ETHAN CAGE RETURNS: William Dietrich reads 38 from his latest Ethan Cage Adventure, The Three WED., MAY 21 FOOD FOOD Emperors, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. RUIN FALLS: Jenny Milchman reads from her WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM latest thriller, Ruin Falls, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. 31 31 THURS., MAY 15 671-2626 BOYNTON POETRY AWARDS: The public is invited to a free public ceremony featuring MAY 21-24 B-BOARD B-BOARD readings by the winners of the 9th annual Sue C. SKI TO SEA BOOK SALE: The annual “Ski Boynton Poetry Contest starting at 7pm at the to Sea” Book Sale happens from 10am-6pm Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave. Wednesday through Friday, and 10am-1pm 26 WWW.BOYNTONPOETRYCONTEST.WORDPRESS.COM Saturday, at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Saturday’s event will feature a $4 FILM FILM FRI., MAY 16 per bag sale. FAMILY STORY NIGHT: Pros from the Belling- 778-7250

ham Storytellers Guild will offer a free hour 22 of coaching and an intro to storytelling at THURS., MAY 22 6pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. At WWU BOOK SALE: Books, sheet music, scores MUSIC 7pm, kids and adults can listen to a variety of CDs, records and more will be part of a one-day- stories. only Book Sale from 10am-3pm in the Performing

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University. ART MAY 16-17 WWW.WWU.EDU BOOK SALE: Attend a Spring Book & Plant Sale

from 10am-4pm Friday and Saturday at the Dem- 18 ing Public Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy.

WWW.WCLS.ORG COMMUNITY STAGE SAT., MAY 17 THURS., MAY 15 STORY WALK: Author and illustrator Erik Brooks WORKSPACE OPEN HOUSE: Attend a Com- 16 will lead a “StoryWalk Celebration” for kids ages munity Open House for Bellingham’s newest 3-5 (and their parents) from 10:30am-12pm at co-working space from 12-7pm at the Workspace, GET OUT Lynden City Park, 8460 Depot Rd. 303 Potter St. (on the corner of Potter and Ellis 305-3600 streets). WWW.THEWORKSPACE.ORG 14 LLAMA SERIES: Author and illustrator Anna 14 Dewayne will read from her latest Llama, Llama SAT., MAY 17 WORDS series book, Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too, at 11am at MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL: Celebrate cultural WORDS Village Books, 1200 11th St. diversity by exploring, creating, and engaging WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM with arts and education from around the globe 8 at a “Celebrate the World! Multicultural Family INDIES FIRST STORYTIME: Derek Munson, Festival” from 12-5pm at Mount Vernon’s Skagit Andrea Gabriel, and Danika Dinsmore will share Valley College, 2405 E. College Way. CURRENTS CURRENTS their respective works as part of a “Children’s WWW.SKAGIT.EDU Book Week: Indies First Storytime” event from 6 1-3pm in the kids’ section of Village Books, 1200 VETERANS’ ASSISTANCE: Celebrate Armed 11th St. Forces Day by receiving free help from the VIEWS 671-2626 Veteran Navigator Program from 3-4:30pm at the Everson Library, 104 Kirsch Dr. 4 WRITING FOR CHILDREN: Author and illustra- 393-5514 OR WWW.WCLS.ORG tor Erik Brooks leads a “Writing for Children: The MAIL MAIL Art of the Picture Book” presentation from 1:30- MAY 17-18

3:30pm at the Lynden Library, 216 4th St. DOG SHOW: More than 900 dogs of 128 dif- 2 WWW.WCLS.ORG ferent breeds will be competing for “Best in Show”—and other awards—at the Mt. Baker Ken- DO IT

ERIK BROOKS: Join Erik Brooks as he discusses nel Club Dog Show from 8:30am-4pm Saturday some of his children’s books at 4pm at Village and Sunday at Lynden’s Northwest Washington Books, 1200 11th St. Fairgrounds, 1775 Front St. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM WWW.MTBAKERKENNELCLUB.ORG 05.14.14 MAY 17-18 SUN., MAY 18

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Falls at the North Fork Library, 7506 Kendall Rd. prizes, giveaways, activities for kids and more 305-3600 will be part of the inaugural Whatcom Water Fest from 12-4pm at Maritime Heritage Park, 514 W. MON., MAY 19 Holly St. Entry is free and open to all. Show up POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their and learn about how you can do your part to verse as part of Poetrynight can sign up at protect our waterways 7:30pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 WWW.SUSTAINABLECONNECTIONS.ORG

Central Ave. Readings start at 8pm. WEEKLY CASCADIA WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG MON., MAY 19 ROCKS & GEMS: The public is invited to the Mt. 15 TUES., MAY 20 Baker Rock & Gem Club’s monthly meeting at 7pm NATURE OF WRITING: As part of a “Nature of at the Bloedel Donovan Community Building, Writing” series, Joshua Howe will share ideas 2214 Electric Ave. Entry is free. from Behind the Curve: Science and the Politics WWW.MTBAKERROCKCLUB.ORG doit

WED., MAY 14 MOON WALK: Join Wild Whatcom Walks for a “Ladies Night Out: Moon of the Flowers” excur- 38 sion from 8-9:30pm in Whatcom County (the location will be divulged when you register). FOOD FOOD outside Entry is $10. HIKING RUNNING CYCLING WWW.WILDWHATCOMWALKS.ORG

31 31 THURS., MAY 15 HORT SOCIETY MEETING: Award-winning garden designer Riz Rayes will join the B-BOARD B-BOARD Whatcom Horticultural Society to talk about “Small Space, Big Impact: Standout Plants for Small Spaces” at 7pm at Whatcom Museum’s 26 Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Entry is $10 for members, $15 general. FILM FILM WWW.WHATCOMHORTSOCIETY.ORG

22 FRI., MAY 16 WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and adventurers can join Wild Whatcom Walks for “Wild Things” MUSIC excursions from 9:30-11am every Friday through May at Cornwall Park. Entry is $5.

20 WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG ART MAY 16-18 DIG FOR DEMOCRATS: Raspberry plants,

18 natives and ﬂowering plants such as daisies and lilies can be purchased at the Whatcom

STAGE Democrats Plant Sale starting at 3pm Friday and continuing through Sunday at 2920 Eldridge Ave. 16 16 WWW.WHATCOMDEMOCRATS.COM SAT., MAY 17 GET OUT GET OUT NSEA WORK PARTY: Join the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association and Bell- ingham Cold Storage for a Stream Restoration 14 Work Party from 9am-12pm starting at Cornwall ﬂeet of adaptive cycles to the track for Park. Registration is not necessary. Tools, WORDS BY AMY KEPFERLE gloves and refreshments will be provided. participants to try out—including hand WWW.N-SEA.ORG cycles, tandem cycles and three- and 8 four-wheeled bikes—and those who CASCADE CUTS PLANT SALE: Attend the Got Wheels? attend will be able to test them. Both annual Cascade Cuts Plant Sale from 9am-3pm at the wholesale nursery’s headquarters at

CURRENTS CURRENTS kids and adults are welcome at the free 632 Montgomery Rd. In addition to the many RIDING INTO SPRING event, and Outdoors for All Foundation annuals, perennials and veggie starts up for 6 volunteers will help them select the sale, there’ll be plant experts on hand. Funds ’m not a hard-core bicyclist—you won’t find me pedaling through snow right rides. More info: (360) 788-6494 raised benefit Sustainable Connections’ Food & VIEWS or sleet, or barreling down wicked-steep trails on Galbraith—but in the or www.everybodybike.com Farming Program. WWW.SUSTAINABLECONNECTIONS.ORG 4 I spring and summer I don’t let a few raindrops stop me when it’s time to hop I don’t have too far to commute when on my trusty sky-blue Trek cruiser and make my way from my York neighborhood I travel from home to work—it takes TRAIL DEDICATION: Join Whatcom County MAIL MAIL residence to various points in downtown Bellingham or Fairhaven. In fact, even me less than 10 minutes to get to the Parks and Rec and the City of Ferndale for a Hovander River Walk Trail Dedication starting if it turns out to be a little wet this week, I plan on taking part in at least one office, and another 15 or so if I con- 2 of the following three bike-related events. tinue on to Fairhaven—but I’m consid- at 9:30am at Pioneer Park, 2004 Cherry St. Af- ter walking the trail, there will be a reception DO IT

Last year’s Bike to Work & School Day did not feature clear skies, but that ering expanding my routine routes to at Hovander Homestead Park with live music didn’t stop more than 9,000 cyclists of varying ages from stopping by the many take in more of the scenery (and give and refreshments. Whatcom County “celebration stations.” I, too, got in on the action, and was my thighs a more thorough workout). WWW.WPRFOUNDATION.ORG duly rewarded. In addition to scoring a free bagel and beverage at the temporary An upcoming Get Ready to Bike Your 05.14.14 station in front of the Public Market, the cowbell-ringing volunteers also handed Drive: Bicycle Commuting Basics clinic WALK BY FAITH: New Way Ministries will out reﬂective gear, information about the many bicycling resources in the area, happening at 6pm Tues., May 20 at REI host a “Walk By Faith 5K” starting at 9:45am

.09 in Lynden at 8575 Bender Rd. Entry fees are and an “I Biked to Work” sticker that I proudly wore to the ofﬁce. Although the may help me do so. “Commuting doesn’t 20 $20; proceeds beneﬁt the ministry, which is #

purpose of the 17th annual event—which this year happens from 6:30-9:30am only mean riding your bike to and from dedicated to providing hope and temporary Fri., May 16—is to draw attention to a highly energy-efficient form of trans- work,” a class description says, “com- housing for women and children in need. portation, there’s definitely a festive vibe that runs through the event. Drop by muting is getting out and riding your WWW.CHRISTIANHOPEASSOCIATION.ORG one of the more than two dozen hubs from Bellingham to Blaine and find out for bike.” In addition to helping people un- PLOWING MATCH: Watch magnificent horses yourself. Even if you don’t want free baked goods or other swag, make a stop so derstand why they ride, the workshop and their plowmen till the soil “as in days you, too, can be counted. More info: www.biketoworkandschoolday.org will also focus on the benefits of bike gone by” at today’s International Plowing

CASCADIA WEEKLY CASCADIA In 1979, 15 kids with disabilities learned to ski at the Summit at Snoqualm- commuting, essential gear, safety and Match starting at 10am at Lynden’s Berthusen ie, and, not long afterward, the Outdoors for All Foundation was founded. responsibility, dressing for success and Park, 8837 Berthusen Rd. Admission and park- 16 Decades later, the nonproﬁt continues to offer a plethora of recreation op- how to get started “biking your drive.” ing is free. WWW.NWWAFAIR.COM portunities for more than 2,000 participants a year. For example, the group The class is free, but those who are in- will partner with the City of Bellingham, Everybody Bike, and the St. Joseph terested in attending should sign up in BAY VIEW WOMEN’S WALK: Help raise Hospital Center for Rehabilitation for the annual Adaptive Cycle Expo from advance. More info: (360) 647-8955 or funds for Skagit Domestic Violence and 11am-2pm Sat., May 17 at Bellingham’s Civic Field. They’ll be bringing a small www.rei.com doit

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JUNE WORDS Help raise funds for Sustainable Connections’ Food & Farming Program—and augment your own seasonal 16-27 vegetable and ﬂower patches—at the annual one-day-only Cascade Cuts Plant Sale Sat., May 17 at the 8 wholesale nursery’s headquarters on Montgomery Road. MORE INFORMATION: CellphoneCellphone CinemaCinema Sexual Assault Services and women’s health SUN., MAY 18 ActingActing forfor thethe CameraCamera CURRENTS issues by taking part in the 32nd annual Bay HAULIN’ AXE: Raise funds for Bellingham

(360)(360) 650-3308650-3308 6 View Women’s Walk & Run starting at 10am Mountain Rescue and Royal Family Kids’ Camps IntroductionIntroduction ttoo DDirectingirecting at Mount Vernon’s Bay View State Park. Entry by taking part in today’s “Haulin’ Axe Run/ wwwu.edu/cfpawu.edu/cfpa prices vary. Walk” starting at 9:30am at Bellingham’s IntroductionIntroduction ttoo SSreenwritingreenwriting VIEWS AA/EO.AA/EA/EO. DISABILITYDDISASAABILIBILB LIL TY AACCOMMODATION,CCOCCOMMODADATION, (360) 757-4815 OR WWW.ACTIVE.COM Barkley Haggen. Entry is $15-$20. 360-650-6146360-360-650-6146146

On-campusOnOn-c-cama ppuus foffoodoodod & lodging,lododgiingg, coccommunitymmunu itty wewwelcomelcomme 4 WWW.HAULINAXE.COM WALK IN HER SHOES: Western Men Against MAIL MAIL Violence and the International Association MON., MAY 19 of Fireﬁghters will present the annual “Walk REFRESH YOUR RUN: Running specialist Lael

a Mile in Her Shoes” March starting at 12pm Bialek will lead a free “Refresh Your Run” clinic 2 at Bellingham’s Maritime Heritage Park. The at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Training tips, in- DO IT

event—which sees hundreds of men walking jury prevention, secondary training strategies ’ in high heels (or ﬂip-ﬂops) to help end vio- and running forms and exercises will be part of St. Paul s Academy lence against women—ends with an all-ages the free event. Please register in advance. party at Boundary Bay Brewery. Entry is by 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM

donation. 05.14.14 WWW.DVSAS.ORG WED., MAY 21 REGISTERING NOW

MOUNT BAKER IMAGES: John D’Onofrio and .09

BEACH CLEANUP: Join Surfrider and partners Todd Warger will share stories and images from 20 # FOR 2014-15 from 1-3pm to help clean up Bellingham’s their book Images of America: Mount Baker at Locust Beach. The event will also feature 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Register in advance Small Classes | Great Curriculum | Inspirational Teachers attendees joining hands across the sand in for the free presentation. Call to Schedule a Personal Tour (360) 733-1750 solidarity with other groups around the nation 647-8955 to make a stand against the impact fossil fuels www.sp-academy.org have on our oceans. THURS., MAY 22 WWW.NWS.SURFRIDER.ORG FITNESS FORUM: Chris from Align Chiroprac- Little Epistles’ Lower School Upper School tic will focus on “Stretching for Function” at Preschool K – 5 6 – 12 WEEKLY CASCADIA FAMILY FIELD TRIP: Join Wild Whatcom a free Fitness Forum at 7:15pm at Fairhaven 3230 Meridian Street 3000 Northwest Avenue 1509 E. Victor Street Walks for a “Family Field Trip: Low Tide Ex- Runners, 1209 11th St. Attendees will learn 17 ploration” from 1-3pm at Blaine’s Semiahmoo simple exercises and stretches to help prime financial aid available Park. Entry is $10 per person or $30 per family. their bodies or more efﬁcient movement and Please register in advance. decrease the likelihood of injury. WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM doit STAGE

THURS., MAY 15 38 VAUDEVILLINGHAM: Professional and

FOOD FOOD G hobby circus artists will be joined by other local performers for monthly “Vaudevilling- sta e ham” performances at 7pm and 9pm at the THEATER DANCE PROFILES Bellingham Circus Guild’s Cirque Lab, 1401 31 31 6th St. Suggested entry to the fundraiser is $5-$10.

B-BOARD B-BOARD WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM

GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the The Acheron (pronounced “Atch-eron”) did

26 Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at a spectacular job of capturing the imagi- the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm,

FILM FILM nation of its viewers. Props go to writer stick around for the “Project.” Entry is $4-$7. and director Glenn Hergenhahn, who’s 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM written and produced four serial plays be- 22 MAY 15-17 fore this, and who seems to be undaunted THE OUTSIDERS: Beloved characters such

MUSIC by living his life as iDiOM’s artistic direc- as Pony Boy, Soda Pop, Dallas, and Two Bit tor under a nonstop deadline. come to life when META Performing Arts presents the ﬁnal weekend of performances

20 Before the show started, in fact, Her- genhahn mentioned that discounted of The Outsiders at 7:30pm Thursday through ART Saturday at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, passes were available for the 2014/2015 712 S. First St. Tickets are $16. season through mid-June. Although those WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG 18 18 18 of us who’ve been fans of the Cornwall MAY 15-18 STAGE

STAGE Avenue space since its inception 12 years ago are used to its ambitious lineups, it THE MOUSE THAT ROARED: The Lynden Performing Arts Guild concludes its perfor- looks as if this coming year promises to be mances of The Mouse That Roared at 7:30pm 16 a real doozy. Thursday through Saturday, and 2pm In addition to the 41 different perfor- Sunday, at the Claire vg Thomas Theatre,

GET OUT mances that will make 655 Front. St. Tickets to the “hilarious, rib- their way onstage in the tickling comedy” are $8-$12. WWW.CLAIREVGTHEATRE.COM coming season, Hergen- 14 hahn informs me there’ll MAY 16-17 be fewer dark weekends, EVOLUTION AND HYBRID: View never- WORDS added show dates, a before-seen “Improv Evolution” shows at new ticketing system, 8pm every Friday and Saturday in May at 8 the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, opening-night recep- “The Hybrid Show” will combine various tions, and much more. short and long improv forms. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. CURRENTS CURRENTS SEE IT “Live music is a big PHOTO BY TAD BEAVERS WHAT: The part of next season,” Her- WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM 6 Acheron genhahn says. “48 Hour WHEN: 8pm and MAY 16-18 BY AMY KEPFERLE Theater Festivals will PIPPIN: Youth ages 12-15 will present VIEWS 10pm Fridays and Saturdays feature live bands, we showings of Pippin! The Musical at 7pm Fri- through June 7 day, 2pm and 7pm Saturday, and 2pm Sunday 4 have our ﬁrst full-length WHERE: iDiOM musical and several other at the Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth, MAIL MAIL The Acheron Theater, 1418 shows with live music. 1059 N. State St. Tickets to the family- Cornwall Ave. friendly show about the heir to the Frankish

Seven Sicknesses will be throne are $10 at the door, or online. 2 COST: $10 WELCOME TO HADES! INFO: 201- our biggest project we’ve WWW.BAAY.ORG DO IT

5464 or www. ever done, with music s we exited the iDiOM Theater last Saturday night after a viewing of the ﬁrst idiomtheater. and combat and blood— SHREK: Skagit Valley College’s Music episode of The Acheron, my BFF and I encountered Emily Lester, one of the com and a 24-person cast and Department presents showings of the fairytale-based musical known as Shrek for actresses who’d appeared onstage near the end of the show. a 4.5-hour running time. We will also be the ﬁnal weekend at 7:30pm Friday, 2pm

05.14.14 A “Is she dead, or isn’t she?” my BFF asked her, referring to the fact that Lester’s char- hosting Art Walk openings and cocktail par- and 7:30pm Saturday, and 2pm Sunday at acter, Iliana, had just been escorted into Hades after a ferryboat trip with a talkative ties and more late-night performances and Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. Col- .09 guide across the River Acheron—one of the five rivers of the Greek underworld. Wednesday and Sunday night performances. lege St. Tickets are $15-$20. 20 # “You’ll have to return next week to find out,” Lester said with a knowing smile. It is a big season.” WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG This wasn’t the only unanswered question we had about the subject matter of the Although the supersized season MON., MAY 19 inaugural episode of the five-part play, which offers up a new performance every doesn’t begin until September and the GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open mic for Friday and Saturday through June 7—complete with episode recaps for those who current season doesn’t officially end comedians, “Guffawingham!,” takes place at weren’t able make it to the theater the weekend before. until after the The Acheron comes to a 9:30pm Mondays at the Green Frog, 1015 N. We also wanted to know the reason most of the denizens of Hades couldn’t re- close and the 48 Hour Theater Festival is State St. Entry is free. WWW.ACOUSTICTAVERN.COM CASCADIA WEEKLY CASCADIA member their past lives on Earth (and why some of them were trying not to forget), presented in mid-June, it’s not likely the what caused the goddess Persephone to develop a drug habit, and why—after cen- theater will stay dark all summer. MAY 20-21 18 turies of remaining tight-lipped and delivering the newly deceased to the other- Much like with The Acheron, there’s MEMPHIS THE MUSICAL: The Tony Award- worldly lair of Lord Hades without saying a word—the ferryman of lore had decided more to the story, and those at the iDiOM winning play, Memphis the Musical, comes to to start peppering his passengers with questions (and songs). Also, what was up will keep their audiences in the loop. I, Bellingham for shows at 7:30pm Tuesday and Wednesday at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 with Don Juan and Voltaire? for one, can’t wait to see what they come N. Commercial St. Inspired by true events, Described as an “Orwellian romp through the halls of Hades,” the first episode of up with next. doit

the plot follows a radio DJ who wants to

change the world and a club singer who is ready for her big break. Tickets are $30-$69. 38 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.

COM FOOD MAY 20-22 myPSE BAAY AUDITIONS: Kids ages 9-15 can 31 31 audition for upcoming performances of The Music Man from 5-9pm Tuesday, 5-7:30pm

Wednesday, and 7:30-9pm Thursday at the B-BOARD Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth, 1059 N. is America’s State St. Youth ages 12-16 can also audition

for 13. Please check the website for tuition 26 costs and more information. WWW.BAAY.ORG second FILM MAY 21-24

BHS SPRING FESTIVAL: Advanced drama 22 students will perform student-directed

plays at the BHS Spring Festival at 7pm MUSIC Wednesday through Saturday at Belling- largest ham High School, 2020 Cornwall Ave. The 20 Importance of Being Ernest, Finding Nemo,

The Cover of Life, and Short Comedies, Volume ART 2 will be onstage. Tickets are $5. 676-6575 18 utility 18 MAY 22-24 STAGE STAGE CORKTOWN: The city of Detroit will act as the protagonist at performances of Corktown starting this week with shows at 7:30pm owner of 16 Thursday through Friday, and 7:30pm and 10:30pm Saturday, at Western Washington

University’s Performing Arts Center. The GET OUT “environmental theatre” piece—which was written by playwright-in-residence Jeff wind power

Augustin and directed by Rich Brown—will 14 see audiences moving with the performers from space to space on WWU’s campus. WORDS Tickets are $8-$12, and additional showings take place through May 31.

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DANCE CURRENTS 6 SAT., MAY 17 WILD JOURNEY: Day-to-Day Dance Produc- VIEWS tions and Whatcom Fitness present “Journey Into the Wild” at 6:30pm at the Blaine 4 Performing Arts Center, 975 H St. Admission

is $3 for kids and $8 for adults. MAIL WWW.DAYTODAYDANCE.COM

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Christian Ballet Company will perform with Whatcom County’s “Dynamite, Illuminate and Sparklers” dance team for “An Awakened Evening” performance at 7pm at the Syre Auditorium at Whatcom Community College, 05.14.14 237 W. Kellogg St. Tickets are $12; part of the proceeds will beneﬁt victims of the Oso

mudslide and Christian outreach programs. .09 20 # (360) 224-4942 See why we’re committed to BELLINGHAM REP BENEFIT: Dance performances, refreshments, a silent auction, a trivia game, a welcome to new members and renewable energy at pse.com/save farewell to departing ones and more will be part of a 9th season beneﬁt for Bellingham Repertory Dance from 7:30-10:30pm at the CASCADIA WEEKLY CASCADIA Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Suggested donation is $10 at 19 the door. Proceeds will go to choreography and production costs of the company’s 9th season, which will potentially include an original, evening-length work. WWW.BHAMREP.ORG doit UPCOMING EVENTS

MAY 16-17

38 WELDING RODEO: The real-time sculpture competition known as the Welding Rodeo FOOD FOOD can be attended from 8am-5:30pm Friday and Saturday on the campus of the Belling- visual ham Technical College, 3028 Lindbergh Ave. 31 31 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES “The Four Elements: Earth, Air, Fire Water” will be theme of this year’s event, which will also include a skills competition, works B-BOARD B-BOARD by both professional and college teams that will be auctioned off, a hands-on the eye is drawn to a pale, vanishing hu- welding booth, food, BTC program info 26 man figure floating into the distance above booths, raffles, and more. Entry is free and open to the public. FILM FILM a dawn horizon, leaving behind hills—or WWW.BTC.CTC.EDU temples—and a single, green leaf. McCool’s style is strong and her vision MAY 16-18 22 consistent. Her paintings are decorative, ART BY THE AIRPORT: Whatcom Art Guild will celebrate its 50th anniversary at the

MUSIC but not merely so. There’s much to delight annual “Art by the Airport” exhibit and the eye and to wonder about without taxing sale from 2-8pm Friday, and 10am-5pm 20 20 20 the mind—as if Kandinsky had returned just Saturday and Sunday, at Hampton Inn’s Fox to make everybody happy. Hall, 3985 Bennett Dr. The judged show will ART ART Louise Harris has feature the work of more than 45 artists, sewn since she was in demonstrations, a rafﬂe and other special 18 anniversary events. Admission and parking high school and quilted are free.

STAGE for 20 years. Traveling WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG to exotic locales where she saw colorful cos- SAT., MAY 17 16 tumes gave her a love FISHBOY SPRING SHOW: Peruse and purchase a variety of new works by folk SEE IT for “primitive” mate- artist R.R. Clark at the annual Spring Show

GET OUT WHAT: Anne rials. She soon aban- from 2-9pm at FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia Martin McCool doned patterns to cut St. (near Trader Joe’s). Entry is free. Gallery and sew freehand. She WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM

14 WHEN: 11am- 5pm Mon.-Sat. dyes much of the cotton MAY 17-18 WHERE: 711 fabric herself, works the WORDS CAMANO ISLAND STUDIO TOUR: Peruse Commercial Ave., surface by stamping, a variety of creative spaces and works from Anacortes tye-dyeing in shibori 10am-5pm Saturday and Sunday at the 16th 8 INFO: www. annual Camano Island Studio Tour. the free, “SPRING OPENING” BY ANNE MARTIN ANNE MCCOOL BY “SPRING OPENING” mccoolart.com technique, or incorpo- rating photo transfer. self-guided tour features the art of 41 jur- ied artists, three galleries and much more.

CURRENTS CURRENTS She sews smaller pieces WWW.CAMANOSTUDIOTOUR.COM BY STEPHEN HUNTER of contrasting colors together and quilts 6 them into fascinating mosaics. SUN., MAY 18 In Harris’ “Garden 2050,” brilliant red LYLE WILSON TALK: Haisla artist Lyle VIEWS and orange forms support twisting violet Wilson will talk about the paintings of indigenous Northwest peoples and lend

4 and green as if they are branches, reaching McCool and Friends perspectives to his exhibit, “Paint,” at 2pm upward toward the light. “Double Vision” at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 MAIL MAIL CREATING WORLDS WITH ART is a complex geometry of right angles and Prospect St. Wilson art, which is currently on display at the museum’s Lightcatcher

rectangles stitched and pieced together. 2 rom childhood, Anne Martin McCool found comfort and self-expression in The very striking “Forest Medley” features Building, includes paintings, drawings, prints, jewelry and carvings. Suggested DO IT art. Early influences, by creative masters such as Paul Klee, Kandinsky, fern leaves bleached in reversed color as donation is $3. and Georgia O’Keefe, still show strongly in her work. She admits to using the centerpiece of other, harmonious (com- F WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG “symbols” of her beloved Northwest landscape, but it’s the spirit of the paint mercially obtained) prints. that dominates in these abstractions. Cathy Schoenberg, a Guemes Island resi- FINDING TRUST: Seattle-based photogra- 05.14.14 On a recent visit, McCool’s attractive gallery on a choice block in downtown dent, is known for her impressionist por- pher Annie Marie Musselman shares images from her new book, Finding Trust, at 4pm Anacortes was shared between her paintings, some by Cathy Schoenberg, and traits of dreamy-looking women in tropical at Village Books, 1200 11th St. The images .09 the fabric wall art of Louise Harris. Each employs a congenial palette of warm settings. She places them within a flattened 20 show animals being cared for at the Sarvey # reds and orange, cool blues and greens. space, wrapped in foliage or resting upon Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. McCool’s painting “Color Wall,” inspired by a visit to Egypt, suggests a ghostly tiles. Many of her small pieces—“Monday, WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM minaret emerging from an Oriental carpet. It is flanked by two Harris panels: Tuesday,” “Lupe,” and “Step Back”—will be MON., MAY 19 “Double Vision” and “On the Roads Again.” Together, the three make a welcome found tucked away in the back of the gal- DR. SKETCHY’S: Bring your own art sup- centerpiece to the show. lery. The women portrayed—or the same plies to the monthly Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art Several other large McCool canvases command attention. Her recent “Spring young woman, sometimes with a cat—ap- School starting at 6:30pm at the Shake-

CASCADIA WEEKLY CASCADIA Opening” dominates the north wall. Dashes of pure red enliven dominant, pear to be deeply absorbed in their environ- down, 1212 N. State St. Tonight’s theme transparent greens and blues. A few wrinkles of texture don’t frame the col- ment. Is Schoenberg rifﬁng on Gauguin? will be “Heathers.” Entry is $8. WWW.SHAKEDOWNBELLINGHAM.COM 20 ors, but have a rationale of their own. Her smooth brushstrokes blend one In any case, once you have studied color imperceptibly into the next. This is a beautiful canvas, which provides those works at Anne Martin McCool gal- WED., MAY 21 continual interest. lery, you can seek out more, out of doors, NATIVE LENS: “The Pop Art of Indian Cul- In “Villa Windows,” ﬁve muted columns ascend into an azure sky set with displayed in the alley north of Pine Square ture: Through a Native Lens” will be the fo- moons the color of oranges; they are energizing but peaceful. In “Journey,” in Mount Vernon. doit

cus of an After Hours Art (AHA!) gathering with John Feodorov of Fairhaven College at 6:30pm at Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Building, +DQG3LFNHG 205 Flora St. Thursday admission is $5. 38 WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG

:LQH FOOD 6HOHFWLRQ ONGOING EXHIBITS 31 ALLIED ARTS: View professional work by teaching artists in Whatcom County through /RRNLQJIRUD May 31 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The B-BOARD event celebrates the statewide Arts Education VSHFLILFZLQH" Month. Sparks will ﬂy at the annual “Welding Rodeo” 26 WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG competition and auction happening May 16-17 on :HDUHJUHDW the Bellingham Technical College camps. FILM FILM ANCHOR ART SPACE: View “Landscape/Mind- DWKXQWLQJ scape” through June 1 in Anacortes at Anchor Camano Island’s Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave. The pieces by Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way. 1HZZLQHFOXEQRZDYDLODEOH# WKHPGRZQ 22 regional artists Mike Adams, Susanna Bluhm, WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM VMZLQHPHUFKDQWVFRP Jennifer Campbell, and Jennifer Swick creates MUSIC landscapes that become personal visions. MINDPORT: Photos by Kevin Jones and model WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG trains owned and collected by exhibit manager 20 Bill Lee are currently on display at a “Riding 20 ARTWOOD: View new designs by members the Rails” show at Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. ART ART through May at Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Holly St. Ave. Included are several mixed-media pieces, WWW.MINDPORT.ORG

furniture, instruments and more. 18 WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM MONA: “Shapes of Abstraction from the Per-

manent Collection,” Lucy Mae Martin’s “Hands STAGE BOOKFARE CAFE: Longtime Whatcom County On” exhibit, and “John Cole: A Historical artist Ken Speer will show 108 small works re- Perspective” can be viewed through June 15 at

ﬂecting a lifetime of experiences through May La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. 16 at the Bookfare Cafe, which is located inside First St. Entry is free. Village Books, 1200 11th St. WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG GET OUT WWW.BOOKFARECAFE.COM QUILT MUSEUM: “Suzanis and Crazy Quilts,” “Color in the Great Depression” FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contem- and the “La Conner in Bloom Challenge” porary folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm every can currently be viewed at the La Conner 14 Mon.-Fri. at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St.

714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM WORDS

GALLERY CYGNUS: Eve Deisher and Lanny SEASIDE GALLERY: See painter Anne Sch- 8 Bergner’s “Draw, Stitch and Burn” exhibit can reivogl’s “Memoirs of a Bird” through May at La be seen until May 18 at La Conner’s Gallery Conner’s Seaside Gallery, 101 S. First St. Cygnus, 109 Commercial St. Both Deisher and WWW.LACONNERSEASIDEGALLERY.COM

Bergner present highly inventive work made or CURRENTS even conjured out of intensive manipulation SKAGIT MUSUEM: “Relocation: The Impact and sensitivity to materials. of World War II on the Skagit Valley” can be 6 WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM seen through June 29 at La Conner’s Skagit

County Historical Museum, 501 S. 4th St. Entry VIEWS GOOD EARTH: Pieces by Jeremy Noet can be is $4-$5.

perused through May at Good Earth Pottery, WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM 4 1000 Harris Ave. MAIL MAIL WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM SMITH & VALLEE: View Becky Fletcher’s “Reiterations” and new ceramics by sculptor

HONEY SALON: “Major Arcana,” featuring Jeffrey Hanks through June 1 at Edison’s Smith 2 new works by Jennifer Drantell, can be see & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. DO IT

through May 31 Honey Salon, 310 WW. Holly St. WWW.SMITHANDVALLEEGALLERY.COM The new collection of double-size silkscreened prints by Jennifer Drantell explores and re- WESTERN GALLERY: Peruse “Australian interprets the ﬁrst 22 cards of the Tarot. Aboriginal Art: The Kapla & Levi Collection”

WWW.HONEYSALON.COM through May 17 at the Western Gallery on the 05.14.14 WWU campus. Entry is free and open to the JANSEN ART CENTER: Paintings by Laurie public. .09

Potter, works by ceramics students, photog- WWW.WESTERNGALLERY.WWU.EDU 20 # raphy by John D’Onofrio, and ceramic vessels by Brian O’’Neill are currently on display at WHATCOM ART MARKET: From 10am-6pm Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. every Thursday through Monday through WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG Christmas, stop by the Whatcom Art Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Waldron Building, 1314 LUCIA DOUGLAS: Selections by Joel Brock, 12th St. Clayton James, Jack Gunter, Guy Anderson, and WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG

more can be seen by appointment through May WEEKLY CASCADIA 30 at a “New Works on Consignment” exhibit at WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Paint: The Painted Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. Works of Lyle Wilson,” “Pulp,” and “Treasures 21 WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM from the Trunk: The Story of J.J. Donovan” and “Radical Repetition” can currently be viewed MATZKE ART: Check out the multi-artist at the Whatcom Museum campus. “Spring Cavort” exhibit through June 8 at WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Rumor Has It

PRAISE SCIENCE, THE Wild Buffalo booked a big 38 show and it’s not a throwback rap act.

FOOD FOOD Don’t get me wrong, I’m all about this weird wormhole the Buffalo has been sucked into (I music may have even encouraged such behavior on the 31 31 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT part of Craig Jewell by asking whether he could lure Tone Loc here, and the gleam in his eye was

B-BOARD B-BOARD a thing to behold), but our entertainment world is not built on ‘90s hip-hop acts alone. Or at least not yet, anyway. Give it six months. 26 Lo, there remains room in our hearts for other

FILM musicians, including a sizeable group comprised of men with beards. Into that category falls

22 Father John Misty, and the hirsute performer

known for his neo-folk songs and incredible live MUSIC MUSIC

MUSIC shows will play solo May 28 at the Wild Buffalo. Tickets are $17 and are currently for sale, and if

20 this show doesn’t sell out in a town in which the Ying Yang Twins packed ART two shows to capacity, I will know that all hope 18 for humanity ceases to

STAGE exist at the city limits. But the Buff isn’t the only venue that recently 16 dropped a sizey show announcement. The Shake- BY CAREY ROSS GET OUT down also got in on the action with an announcement of its own. Come June 10, Big Business will make their way back 14 to Bellingham, and they’ll have Helms Alee in tow. Tickets for this one are only $8, are also WORDS on sale, and I feel fairly confident in predicting they won’t be available for long. The last time 8 Big Biz came to town, I missed it and I was sad. You don’t want to be sad. You don’t want to be WWU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

CURRENTS CURRENTS like me. You know what to do. On the much nearer-term horizon is what I’m 6 going to say is maybe the best single night of BY CAREY ROSS visiting musicians that’s happened at the Green VIEWS Frog in some time. First, that’s a bold statement

4 given the number and quality of bands that regularly appear onstage there. But I’ll stand on

MAIL MAIL Back2Bellingham James Hardesty’s coffee table in my Chuck Tay-

lors and blah, blah, blah. You’ve heard it before. 2 AN EVENT WITH INTENT To the point at hand. DO IT IT DO

t’s a scenario that rings true for so many of us: During the long, cold, to invite anyone who has a connection to The day in question is Sat., May 17, and gray, long wet, long months of winter in this area, we tide ourselves WWU, past or present, to reunite and par- two shows are taking place at the Frog. The I over with memories of the wonders of summers past. When the damp- take of all the diverse delights the campus happens at 7pm and features Billy Strings, a ness and the darkness seem interminable, we recall those perfect days community can dream up. 21-something flat-picker so nimble and fleet 05.14.14 when the light is long, the sun is hot and Bellingham seduces us anew with This year’s Back2Bellingham celebra- of finger he defies reality. This guy is such a its many natural charms. tion takes place Fri.-Sun., May 16-18, and serious shredder that after watching YouTube .09 However, as the cold months drag on, doubt creeps in and we begin to per usual, an amazing array of activities videos late into the night prior to his last visit 20 # wonder whether the warmer months here are really that magical, and start awaits attendees. here, I became convinced he’s made of robot to suffer from the suspicion that perhaps we’ve glorified things a bit. Before I get to the music bits of Back- parts. And he very well might be. The only way Then it happens. 2Bellingham, I’d like to regale you with to find out is to attend his show give him a Along comes the first run of days warm enough to make us want to play just the slimmest of samplings of the test only a human can pass. Or you can just hooky, head outside and soak up every minute of sun, and we realize we weird and wonderful ways in which you watch him play. Closing the night will be the were wrong to underestimate how good we have it here—for that all-too- can spend your B2B weekend. First of all, unequivocally excellent Petunia and the Vi-

CASCADIA WEEKLY brief time when we have it so good. you can zip-line through campus, which pers. Petunia’s one of the many musicians that Capitalizing on our collective renewed love affair with this town for five is reason enough for Back2Bellingham to has an open invitation at the Frog, but one 22 years now has been Back2Bellingham, a herculean event spearheaded by exist, as far as I’m concerned. But that’s of the few that has a standing monthly date. Western Washington University’s Alumni Association (along with a good- just the tip of this mighty entertaining See why on Saturday. Eat some barbecue while ly number of other departments, groups, staff, volunteers and others at and educational iceberg. You can visit the you’re at it. Feel free to admire (or mock, what- Western) that offers more than 100 different happenings during a dizzying planetarium, handle exotic aquatic life in ever) Hardesty’s new haircut. Be sure and tell three-day period, nearly all of them free. The intent of the event is simple: the touch tank, spend some quality time him I sent you. with your artistic impulses in the musicevents Western Gallery, take a kayak tour of Bellingham Bay, learn about neurosci- THURS., MAY 15 by donation.

ence in a quiz-free atmosphere, listen BONOFF & WEBB: Karla WWW.CSL-BELLINGHAM.

to enviro heavyweight Bill McKibben Bonoff (“Somebody’s ORG 38 change your worldview (more about Eyes,” “Tell Me Why”) and Grammy winner Jimmy KULSHAN CHORUS: FOOD that can be found in the Words sec- Webb will perform at “Songs of Poetry and tion of this issue), witness some im- 7:30pm at the Mount Peace” will be the theme

provisation comedy, see Bellingham Baker Theatre, 104 N. of a Kulshan Chorus 31 by bike, watch a hockey game, take Commercial St. Tickets concert at 7:30pm at the part in the Relay for Life, meet You- are $20-$42. Performing Arts Center at WWW.MOUNTBAKER Bellingham High School, B-BOARD Tube sensation Matt Harding—the list THEATRE.COM 2020 Cornwall Ave. Tick- goes on. And on. And on some more. ets are $7-$13. Of course, it’s not possible to have CHAMBER MUSIC: The WWW.KULSHAN 26 any event that pur- Bellingham Music Club CHORUS.ORG ports to celebrate will present a Chamber FILM Music Concert featur- SUN., MAY 18 both WWU and Bell- ing the works of Jean WSO FAMILY CONCERT: 22 22 ingham without a Sibelius at 7:30pm at the Pianists Dan and Victoria robust musical com- Firehouse Performing Sabo and improviser MUSIC ponent, and Back- Arts Center, 1314 Harris Billy Tierney will join MUSIC 2Bellingham does Ave. Tickets are $10. the Whatcom Symphony

WWW.BELLINGHAM Orchestra for its annual 20 ATTEND not disappoint in WHAT: Back MUSICCLUB.ORG Family Concert at 3pm at ART 2Bellingham that respect either. the Performing Arts Cen- WHEN: Fri.-Sun., Friday, May 16 FRI., MAY 16 ter at Bellingham High

May 16-18 isn’t rife with mu- BUMP: Boogie Universal School, 2020 Cornwall 18 WHERE: Western sic, but the one and Destination Burning Ave. Show up at 2pm for Man present “BUMP”

pre-concert activities. STAGE Washington Uni- show that takes versity and many starting at 9pm at Eagles Tickets are $10 for adults; points beyond place happens at Hall, 1125 N. Forest St. youth 18 and younger COST: Varies, but the Performing Big sound from the likes are free. EXPLORE the region’s 16 mostly free Arts Center and of Karl Kamakai, Bryce WWW.WHATCOM INFO: www.wwu. marshals an army Tea, and R3DSNPR will SYMPHONY.COM premier dining experience be part of the inaugural GET OUT edu/back2 of guitar players— bellingham series. Entry is $10 in YOUTH CONCERT: in ensembles and advance and for students, Attend a “Sunday @ 3

a giant guitar orchestra—for a free and $15 at the door. Youth Concert” at 3pm 14 performance of many-stringed mag- WWW.BOOGIE at Lynden’s Jansen Art UNIVERSAL.COM Center, 321 Front St. nitude. With Saturday comes a slew WORDS Entry is $5 (free for those of music, and it can be found at the MAY 16-18 under 12). 8 all-day Red Square Carnival, at 11am CONCERT BAND: The WWW.JANSENART on the Old Main lawn courtesy of the North Cascades Concert CENTER.ORG Prime Time Band, in the courtyard at Band presents the music HAPPY HOUr the Fairhaven dorms as part of End- of John Phillip Sousa as TRIBUTE JAZZ SERIES: CURRENTS part of “Sousa Salutes” at The Julian MacDonough

Fair, and at the giant Party in the 6 7:30pm Friday at the Syre Trio performs the music Library (who doesn’t want to quaff Auditorium at Whatcom of Dave Brubeck at “Trib-

adult beverages and listen to bands Community College, 237 ute Jazz Series: Art of VIEWS in the WWU library?). Not ones to be W. Kellogg Rd. Another the Piano Trio” concert left out of a community-wide confab, show happens at 3pm at 4pm at the Firehouse 4 Sunday at Anacortes High Performing Arts Center,

Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham MAIL School, 1600 20th St. 1314 Harris Ave. Tickets institution that it is, will take an Entry is by donation. are $10-$15 and will be

avid role in B2B, providing its award- WWW.NCCBAND.ORG available at the door. 2 winning beer, offering brewery tours 734-2776 DO IT and throwing a Downtown Bellingham SAT., MAY 17 JAZZ EXCHANGE: TUES., MAY 20 Bash featuring SpaceBand. Whatcom Sound Jazz MOUNT BAKER TOP- The final day of this year’s Back- Singers will be joined by PERS: The Mount Baker

2Bellingham, Sunday, is when the an- members of the Seattle Toppers will present their 05.14.14 nual Ridin’ Low in the 3-6-0 lowrider Jazz Singers for a “Jazz harmonies in a variety of Exchange” concert at genres at 7pm at Lynden’s HAPPY HOUR NOW show will celebrate its 14th year— .09 3pm at Bellingham Uni- Jansen Art Center, 321 20 making it the longest-running low- # tarian Fellowship, 1207 Front St. Entry is $5. rider show in the state—with plenty 7 DAYS A WEEK 4-6PM Ellsworth St. Tickets are WWW.JANSENART of gleaming chrome and a thumping $10-$15. CENTER.ORG soundtrack. After that, current and WWW.BELLINGHAM Book Your Reservation today former members of the WWU Concert SINGS.ORG WED., MAY 21 BUG SONG CIRCLE: Join Choir will come together in the PAC swinomishcasinoandlodge.com JAZZ AND BLUES: the Bellingham Ukulele Concert Hall and close out the week- Cheryl Hodge, Tricia Group for a monthly BUG CASCADIA WEEKLY end in perfect harmony. Sikes, Chris Broberg, Song Circle from 7-9pm at Without Back2Bellingham we’d all and Robyn Arbogast will the Roeder Home, 2600 23 still have plenty of reasons to appreci- perform at a Jazz and Sunset Dr. See the group’s Blues Benefit Concert website for details. ate this area in which we live, but we at 7pm at the Center for WWW. might not have quite as much fun do- EXPLORE our Spiritual Living, 2224 Yew BELLINGHAMUKULELE Rewards! ing it. And I didn’t even mention the Street Rd. Admission is GROUP.COM SwinomishCasinoandLodge.com 1.888.288.8883 giant bouncy house. Management reserves all rights musicvenues 38 See below for venue

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turns and happenings are more narrated 38 and intoned (by Ken Watanabe) than they

FOOD FOOD are actually explained or proven; it often Film feels like the film is operating from a cheat sheet, finding all the right answers

31 31 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› SHOWTIMES while failing to show us the actual work it takes to arrive at those answers.

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen 26 26 are present to give a human sense of scale FILM FILM and progress to the proceedings. But when the camera has to switch from emotive close-ups to god’s-eye-view panoramas of 22 grappling leviathans, something’s going to

MUSIC get lost in transition, and the actors suffer for it. Screenwriter Max Borenstein (Sev- 20 ART

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16 and rock-’em, sock-’em monster-fighting action, GET OUT this is a must-see 14

enth Son) has given us a movie informed WORDS by the hypnotic rhythms and easy rules of modern big-budget screenwriting, not 8 the nightmare jolts and uneasy ideas one might hope for. As Godzilla faces down

CURRENTS CURRENTS two long-gestating monsters who feast on radiation and devastate all in their 6 wake, the sight feels more like a particularly high-gloss videogame than it does an VIEWS apocalyptic struggle with the world in the

4 balance, more like Monday Night RAW than with their stomp-able miniatures and man- the opening of the seven seals. MAIL MAIL REVIEWED BY JAMES ROCCHI in-suit effects; but by upping the effects If there’s a bright light here, it’s Ed-

without paying attention to the affect, wards, whose first film Monsters was made 2 Godzilla gains majesty and loses meaning. for less than $100,000 while still deliver- DO IT IT DO

The 1954 Godzilla, no matter its flaws, was ing strange sights, actual characters and Godzilla a terrifying allegory of nuclear fear gone a sense of something going on under all mad, unimaginable destruction unleashed the trappings. He has an infinitely bigger LEAPIN’ LIZARD! by scientific “progress” and the arrogance budget here, and while that comes with 05.14.14 hat rough beast, its hour come round yet again, slouches toward the that the primal forces of the universe were some liberties and more than a few ob- multiplex to be reborn? It’s everyone’s old pal Godzilla—welcome back, ours to control. You can laugh at the original ligations, it does not ensnare him as di- .09 buddy! First onscreen in 1954’s film of the same name, the title terror is all you want, but it was a powerful, exciting sastrously as it has other directors who’ve 20 #

W back in a $150-million production directed by Gareth Edwards that tries to rescue metaphor for a not-so-brave new world of made the same leap. There are a few un- everyone’s favorite giant lizard from decades of brand dilution, camp references and anxieties and terrors unleashed by the deci- inspired moments—a shot that multiplies 1998’s disastrous Hollywood revision. The best thing about this new Godzilla is that sion to use the A-bomb at Hiroshima; this the scale of a similar shot in Jaws with a it spares no expense or effort to deliver big, burly IMAX-ified action. Godzilla and new film feels like a powerful, exciting met- fraction of the same impact, a pulsating, diverse other radioactive giant creatures feud, flail at and fight each other and lay aphor for how much we like monster movies. literally and figuratively transparent egg- waste to huge cities as part of their combat here, and it’s all amazingly shot. The There’s destruction in it, but no darkness; sac that evokes both Cameron’s Aliens and

CASCADIA WEEKLY worst thing about this new Godzilla is how that’s the best thing about it. power, but no purpose; bulk, but no gravity. Emmerich’s disastrous 1998 take on the Don’t misunderstand me: for thrills and spills and rock-’em, sock-’em monster- The film has, as they say, no spurs to prick material—and that mars the movie, too. 26 fighting action, this is a must-see. Director Edwards (of Monsters) and his technical the sides of its intent, besides its ambition. The original Godzilla turned our great- crew combine motion-capture, 3D and megaformat filmmaking to convey the clash But what sides! The new-school Godzilla est fears into uneasy entertainment; the and struggle of fascinating beasts, and the net result is embarrassingly enjoyable is a majestic, massive beast with bulk and most uneasy thing about this new film urban destruction and action. This iteration has technical prowess and comput- power in every step; using motion-capture is how eager it is to simply entertain in ing power that the early franchise efforts by Toho Studios could only dream of and good judgment, Edwards and his ef- hope of a legacy of sequels.

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31 31 The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Five movies in and we’re still on Spidey’s origin story. Maybe the sixth installment is where things will really pick up. Until B-BOARD B-BOARD then, I’m going to stick with Marvel’s Avengers series. +++ (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 21 min.)

26 26 Bears: Despite the fact that a woman in Florida was recently dragged from her garage by her head by an FILM FILM angry (and presumably hungry) bear, one could make the case that these creatures are misunderstood. This

22 documentary details a year in the life of one bear family, and since it was made by Disney, it is beauti- fully shot and expertly executed—with no footage to MUSIC be found of any of these featured creatures dragging anyone around by their noggin. +++ (G • 40 min.) 20 Brick Mansions: This movie is set in a “dystopian ART Detroit” (which is different from actual Detroit how?) and stars recently deceased Paul Walker in one of his OUT OF NOTHING

18 final movie roles. It looks to be a fast-moving, high- flying action fest, which was Walker’s cinematic stock

STAGE in trade. ++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 30 min.) but, like all his work, is deeply human at its core. ++ +++ (R • 1 hr. 40 min.) Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Before we

16 get to lay our eager eyes on the mega-blockbuster Heaven is for Real: Some kid had a near-death, that is 2015’s Avengers 2, we first have to get through out-of-body experience, so his dad did what any good the franchise films for all the individual players. I Christian would do and capitalized on it by writing a GET OUT know Iron Man gets all the press—and rightly so—but book about it. Hollywood, of course, completed the Chris Evans could give Robert Downey Jr. a run for his circle of monetization of this miracle by committing superhero money with his second critic-pleasing turn the story to film, as God no doubt intended. + (PG • 1 14 as Captain America. Stay sharp, Tony Stark. Captain hr. 40 min.) America is coming for you. ++++ (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 15

WORDS min.) Le Week-End: Far from the frothy romp the preview depicts, this is instead an insightful look at a long- Divergent: Ever since she so capably held her own term relationship during a long weekend in Paris. 8 with George Clooney in The Descendents, I’ve had a Funny and touching—and the Parisian backdrop can- keen interest in Shailene Woodley. Her self-possession not be beat. ++++ (R • 1 hr. 33 min.) and willingness to speak her mind and seek her

CURRENTS CURRENTS own path make her the perfect choice to helm an Legends of Oz: Dorothy (now inexplicably animated) expected-to-be-massive Young Adult film franchise returns to Oz to save her friends the Scarecrow, the

6 GODS POCKET about a heroine with just those qualities. Alas, this Lion, and the Tin Man, while simultaneously adding first installment doesn’t meet expectations, but here’s nothing but insult and injury to the slice of cinematic

VIEWS hoping future sequels will be up to Woodley’s talent unassuming Vivian Maier was actually one of the 20th great), he still manages to carry this darkly comedic perfection that is the 1939 Warner Bros. original. and skill. ++ (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 19 min.) century’s most important street photographers. This drama directed by Mad Men’s John Slattery. +++ (R • Repeat after me, Hollywood: Not every movie needs 4 fascinating documentary details the life and mystery 1 hr. 28 min.) a sequel or remake. Now say it until you believe it. + Draft Day: Kevin Costner has starred in all manner of an incomparable artist. +++++ (Unrated • 1 hr. (PG • 1 hr. 30 min.) MAIL MAIL of movies, but ever since hitting it out of the park 23 min.) Godzilla: See review previous page. ++++ (PG-13 • 2 in Field of Dreams and Bull Durham, he’s shown he’s a hrs. 3 min.) The Lunchbox: Set in India, and revolving around

2 natural when it comes to films about sports. This time God’s Not Dead: Sure, you could watch this faith- that country’s incredible dabbawalla lunch-delivery around, he’s tackling football in general and the day based drama about a college student who must prove The Grand Budapest Hotel: Wes Anderson has un- system, this poignant story details what happens when DO IT IT DO of the NFL draft in particular, and with an entire city’s the existence of God to his philosophy professor, leashed another riot of color, style and character upon a woman’s carefully crafted lunch for her emotionally NFL dreams on the line, he’d better choose wisely. or you could save the money, stay home and watch us, and it looks to be his most realized effort yet. Set distant husband goes to the wrong person (literally a +++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 49 min.) Neil deGrasse Tyson’s continuation of Cosmos instead in a great old European hotel, this tells the story of a one-in-a-million occurrence), spurring a relationship because, well, science. + (PG • 1 hr. 53 min.) legendary concierge and his lobby boy, with a little art that nourishes them far beyond the hot dishes she pro-

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Family Law, Divorce & Child Support project’s organizer said about Warhol’s contribution. defines writer’s block as what happens “when your You know me, Leo. I usually love playful acts of imaginary friends stop talking to you.” I suspect that rebellion. But in the coming weeks, I advise against something like this has been happening for you New Team Name, Same Great Team taking Warhol’s approach. If you’re called on to add lately, Pisces—even if you’re not a writer. What I your self-expression to a big undertaking, tilt in the mean is that some of the most reliable and direction of sincerity and reverence and dignity. sympathetic voices in your head have grown quiet: ancestors, dear friends who are no longer in your VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The planet we live life, ex-lovers you still have feelings for, former CASCADIA WEEKLY on is in constant transformation. Nothing ever stays teachers who have remained a strong presence in the same. To succeed, let alone survive, we need to your imagination, animals you once cared for who 36 acclimate ourselves to the relentless forward motion. have departed, and maybe even some good, “He not busy being born is busy dying,” was Bob old-fashioned spirits and angels. Where did they go? Call Us Today at (360) 685-4221 Dylan’s way of framing our challenge. How are you What happened to them? I suspect they are merely doing with this aspect of life, Virgo? Do you hate it taking a break. They may have thought it wise to let or see us on Facebook but deal with it grudgingly? Tolerate it and aspire you fend for yourself for a while. But don’t worry. to be a master of it someday? Whatever your current They will be back soon. RESTAURANT X RETAIL X CATERING HAPPY BY AMY ALKON proof your marriage.” What it can end up being is a way to stick blame on the HOUR

person who got cheated on, as if their

THE ADVICE saying “I love you” more fervently or 3:00–5:30 38 keeping the living room better vacu- Tuesday FOOD GODDESS umed could have kept their spouse’s underwear from ending up on someone thru 31 BAD HAREM DAY else’s spouse’s hotel room floor. Friday 31 I’m 30, and I’ve been married to my sweet, Additionally, some people seem to 100 N. Commercial St. next to Mount Baker Theatre X 360-594-6000 X bellinghampasta.com beautiful wife for three years. I am a have a biological and psychological B-BOARD B-BOARD B-BOARD bartender at a club and have numerous op- profile that makes them more prone to portunities to cheat dangled in front of me. long for the sexual variety pack. One

After coming close on several occasions, I factor in this is being high in what psy- 26 finally told my wife I wasn’t happy, and we chologist Marvin Zuckerman calls “sen- separated three months ago as a prelude sation seeking”—craving novel, varied FILM to divorcing. I moved in with a friend and and intense sensations and experi- started taking advantage of my new single ences and being willing to take risks 22 life. However, it’s already getting old. I to get them. Sensation seeking has miss my wife and her intelligence and our repeatedly been associated with high MUSIC connection. How do I start the conversa- testosterone, and men with high tes- tion with her about getting back together? tosterone tend to divorce more often 20

—Screwed Up and have more sex partners. This isn’t ART to say these factors are an excuse for

After several years of marriage, for cheating. (“Biology made me do it!”) 18 a lot of couples, pretty much the only You ultimately have the ability to make way to have hot sex is to do it under choices—difficult as that may be in the STAGE an electric blanket. moment when you’re feeling very much

Ideally, you could have the security like a penis-controlled robot. 16 of marriage while continuing to pick Sure, you miss your wife now, but if up sex snacks at the mall food court of you get her back, will you start pining bachelorhood. (In a perfect world, Star- for the parade of bar floozies? Testos- GET OUT bucks would also serve free beer.) But terone does decline significantly with back here in the real world, a monoga- age, as does sensation seeking, so you 14 mous relationship demands trade-offs, may find monogamy more doable at 40

and the biggie is giving up hot sex for than you do at 30. Assuming your wife, WORDS love and constancy. Even couples who like most women, requires monogamy, keep having sex almost never have it as what you owe her is honesty about the 8 hot (or as regularly) as they did at the trouble you have with it so she can de- start. There are just certain elements cide whether she’s willing to put herself that can’t be replaced—sexual ten- in harm’s way. If you do get back to- Bellingham Senior Activity Center CURRENTS

sion and suspense, for example—once gether, talk about what you (each) need 6 you know for sure that you’ll not only to do to avoid temptation (like, for you, 315 Halleck Street

be going home with your date, but be maybe finding a job where you aren’t VIEWS waking up to them snoring and drooling surrounded by hot drunk girls flashing on your shoulder for the next 50 years. you their thong for free drinks). Friday, May 16 4 Part of the problem is the way we This level of honesty is likely to bring MAIL MAIL view monogamy—as the inevitable you both closer and build trust, making Featuring...

next step after falling in love. It’s just your relationship deeper and stronger. 2 assumed that a couple will be sexually You’re ultimately telling your wife that DO IT IT DO faithful for a lifetime; there’s typically you see there’s a world of women out no discussion of how, exactly, they’ll there but what matters most to you is accomplish that or whether they even having her—her beauty, sweetness and The Bellingham Youth can. Of course, for many people—wom- intelligence, and your connection. You 6:30pm-Pizza Dinner 05.14.14 en especially—there is no acceptable now understand that this requires con- 7pm-Performance Jazz Band

alternative to monogamy. “Open mar- sistent effort. (There’s a reason the .09 20

riage, honey?” Right. You may as well saying is “relationships take work” and # Admission $5 Directed by Mark Kelly suggest, “You know, I’m thinking we not “flings are like forced labor.”) should spend the rest of the afternoon You’re committing to doing your part to disemboweling squirrels.” keep some sparks flying in your mar- Also, many people mistakenly be- riage—and not by having her find you lieve that a happy and loving marriage in bed with another woman and then is a magical fidelity wand that wards chase you around with a Taser. off the temptation to wander. Infi- CASCADIA WEEKLY delity researcher Shirley Glass, in Not ©2014, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. 37 ‘Just Friends,’ calls this a “misconcep- Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 tion...not supported by any research,” Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA though it is commonly cited on TV and 90405, or e-mail [email protected] in self-help books as a way to “affair- (advicegoddess.com) doit MAY 14-15 FOR THE HALIBUT: Fun, new dishes star-

ring a big cold-water fish will be explored

38 with Robert Fong leads “For the Halibut” 38 courses from 6:30-9pm Wednesday and FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD Thursday at the Community Food Co-op, 1220 chow N. Forest St. Entry is $49. RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES 383-3200 31 31 THURS., MAY 15 INCOGNITO: The monthly unconventional

B-BOARD B-BOARD dinner series known as “Incognito” begins For example, one of the first featured busi- at 6pm at Ciao Thyme, 207 Unity St. The nesses, Cicchitti’s East Coast Pizza, likes to multi-course menu is sourced locally, and 26 the edible surprises are worth the wait. wander. In recent weeks they’ve offered slic- Entry is $68.

FILM es of their famous pies and sandwiches to pa- WWW.CIAOTHYME.COM trons in front of Northland Diesel, the Shell station in Deming, the Woodsmith’s lot near ART OF POACHING: Mary Ellen Carter 22 Bellingham High School, Mount Baker High focuses on the “Art of Poaching” from 6-8pm at the Cordata Community Food Co-op, 315

MUSIC School, Wilson Toyota, and more. Westerly Rd. Entry is $35. And, although StrEAT Food now has a se- 383-3200

20 cure locale inside the Bellingham Cruise Ter- minal, they’re still offering up their decidedly FRI., MAY 16 ART gourmet fare through the window of the big SPRING FARM TOUR: Join Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland for a “Spring Farm white truck that started it all. This means pa-

18 Tour” starting at 8:30am in Mount Vernon trons who’ve come to depend on being able to at Kike District #3 headquarters, 20800 Dike Rd. Participants will get a firsthand

STAGE source the best chicken artichoke sandwich this side of the Rio Grande can still do so look at the important role farming plays from under the truck’s sheltered awning. With in Skagit County. Entry is $20-$30 and in-

16 cludes breakfast, lunch, snacks and drinks rotating weekly specials and a tendency to throughout the day. park outside your favorite brewpubs, they’re WWW.SKAGITONIANS.ORG

GET OUT a good one to keep your eyes on. Mallard Ice Cream owner Ben Scholtz is GALLOPING GOURMET: Celebrity chef also getting in on the action. When the Rail- Graham Kerr—also known as the “Galloping 14 Gourmet”—will be featured at a Sourdough road Avenue headquarters had to close last Speakers Series event starting at 3pm today week for a few days for plumbing repairs, the at the North Cascades Institute’s Learning WORDS “Duckling”—a mobile unit that opened back Center on Diablo Lake. Entry is $115-$225 up for business this month in front of the and includes a locally sourced gourmet 8 Cordata Community Food Co-op—was able meal, a presentation by Kerr, overnight ac- commodations, breakfast and a naturalist- to continue to supply customers with cones led walk.

CURRENTS CURRENTS and ice cream sandwiches in the interim. WWW.NCASCADES.ORG Scholtz says since it reopened for the sea- 6 PHOTO BY SALLY WOLFF SALLY BY PHOTO son, the Duckling has been serving new cus- PIZZA AND JAZZ: Following the Ski to Sea tomers every day. In addition to serving What- Junior Parade, head to a “Pizza and All That

VIEWS Jazz” event at 6:30pm at the Bellingham BY AMY KEPFERLE com Community College students, Canadian Senior Activity Center, 315 Halleck St. Entry

4 shoppers and those who are doing business or is $5 and includes a pizza dinner and music shopping in the area, the truck is also operat- by the Bellingham Youth Jazz Band. MAIL MAIL ing as a way to collaborate and deepen Mal- 733-4030

lard’s relationship with the Co-op. 2 On the Streets SAT., MAY 17 “As neighbors downtown, I feel like they ANACORTES MARKET : Attend the Ana- DO IT IT DO

THE JOYS OF MOBILE MUNCHING have been a huge anchor and presence,” cortes Farmers Market from 9am-2pm at the Scholtz says. “And I feel like they are one town’s Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave. The mar- ou’re hungry, but it’s warm outside and you don’t want to cook. of the few businesses in town who have the ket continues every Saturday through October. You also don’t want to make reservations or commit to entering a combination of resources, mission and per- WWW.ANACORTESFARMERSMARKET.ORG 05.14.14 spective to really impact and accelerate the Y fine-dining establishment for the sake of getting fed. Furthermore, BELLINGHAM MARKET: Attend the weekly you’d prefer to rule out visits to soulless fast food chains such as McDon- progress of the local food system. Compared Bellingham Farmers Market from 10am-3pm .09 ald’s, Burger King, or KFC. to downtown, Cordata is much more ‘Any every Saturday through Dec. 20 at the 20 # In other words, you’re a prime candidate for visiting one of the area’s Town, USA’ in terms of its business presence Depot Market Square, 1000 Railroad Ave. many mobile eateries. and feel, so it is nice to be out there with the New and returning vendors will be selling fresh produce and ready-to-eat goods, local As the Weekly launches a new Food Truck section this week—for refer- Co-op doing something a little more repre- crafts, and more. Today also begins the ence, you’ll find the first one located on pg. 13—we’re paying close at- sentative of local Bellingham.” monthly “Chef in the Market” series, with tention to the growing nationwide trend of sourcing meals from eateries You’ll also find details about Just Philly, demos and samples by Ciao Thyme (11am) with wheels. Diego’s, Goat Mountain Pizza, and other and StrEAT Food (1pm). WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG CASCADIA WEEKLY While spring and summer are a great time for visiting the trucks—which food trucks in coming issues, and we’re hop-

can be found everywhere from outside breweries and clubs to community ing to hear from other purveyors who’d like FERNDALE MARKET: Drop by the Ferndale 38 festivals, music gatherings, street corners, grocery stores and beyond— to share what they have going on with our Public Market from 10am-3pm at the city’s Cen- many stay open throughout the year. readers—who, by the way, are also invited tennial River Walk, 5667 First Ave. The market In coming issues, those who are wondering where their meals are coming to share the love by letting us know who continues Saturdays through the summer. from that week can find out more in our special section—including hours, we’ve overlooked, and why you continue to WWW.FERNDALEPUBLICMARKET.ORG specials and where the trucks can be found on any given day. track them down, wherever they roam. doit

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Samples of high-end teas will be part of a “History of Tea” presentation with Laurie and Charles Dawson May WATER CURRENTS 21 at the South Whatcom Library 6

CANNING AND COCKTAILS: Certified Food salad, shepherd’s pie, and more. Entry is $58. VIEWS Preservers Katharine Isserlis and Ann Darlin WWW.CIAOTHYME.COM FEST Leason will lead a “Canning and Cocktails: Kim 4 Chi” course from 3:30-5:30pm in Mount Vernon MEDITERRANEAN GRILLING: Lebanese chef A CELEBRATION OF at Gretchen’s Kitchen, 501 S. First St. Entry Nahla Gholam will focus on “Mediterranean Sum- OUR PUGET SOUND MAIL is $30. mer Grilling” at a course from 6:30-8:30pm in

WWW.GRETCHENSKITCHEN.COM Mount Vernon at Gretchen’s Kitchen, 501 S. First 2 St. Cost is $40. FOODD TRUCKS WORKSHOPS LIVE MUSIC WWW.GRETCHENSKITCHEN.COM

MON., MAY 19 DO IT KIDS ACTIVITIES PRIZES AND GIVEAWAYS NATURAL FERMENTATION: Learn how to make enzyme-rich sauerkraut, kimchee, and tempeh WED., MAY 21 HANDS ON EVENTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY from dried beans when Registered Dietician HISTORY OF TEA: Laurie and Charles Dawson, Sonja Max leads a “Natural Fermentation” course founders of the Whatcom Tea Enthusiasts As-

from 6:30-9pm at the Community Food Co-op, sociation, will focus on the “History of Tea” at 05.14.14 1220 N. Forest St. Entry is $25. 6:30pm at Sudden Valley’s South Whatcom Li-

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