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In November, voters kinda-sorta, more-or-less— 31 y’know—halfway-semi-voted for “change.” Or at least, 40 percent of that one-half of adults actually registered views who weren’t certiﬁ ably insane or in jail without alibi, OPINIONS THE GRISTLE on probation, in Iraq, nursing or birthing children, CLASSIFIEDS burying relatives or inexculpatory evidence, drunk in a bar, watching HDTV or hollering joy to Wii voted. Or 26 said they did. BY BILL MCKIBBEN

FILM As a result of such conviction, no elected offi cial leaves offi ce who was not already packed and eager to get gleefully, ecstatically, hand-springingly the heck 20 20 out of offi ce, perhaps the most thankless drudgery they You’re Getting Warmer were ever originally conned into accepting. Their thrill MUSIC to scramble away from the crankiness of the general Ten years after Kyoto, why so little progress? public should restore all faith in the power of democ-

19 racy: Well done, voters; and God bless America! I REMEMBER so well the chael Crichton. Whatcom County Council wrapped up its legislative ﬁ nal morning hours of the Kyoto And as a result, our emissions ART year last week, in a refreshingly rancorous session that conference. The negotiations had have continued to increase. Worse,

set familiar fangs to the throats of liberals and conser- gone on long past their scheduled we’ve made not the slightest at-

18 18 vatives alike on the issue of district-only voting. Coun- evening close, and the convention- tempt to shift China and India cil agreed to place the debate on the ballot next No- center management was frantic—a away from using their coal. In- vember, which means the Gristle will have time aplenty trade show for children’s clothing stead of an all-out effort to pro- ON STAGE to comment fully. For now we’ll observe this: was about to begin, and every cor- vide the resources so they could go

In the original system, prior to a Charter amendment ner of the vast hall still was littered renewable, we’ve stood quietly by 16 adopted in 2005, voters had it both ways: Voters in with the carcasses of the sleeping after Kyoto is that they included and watched from the sidelines as the primary could smack at the cockroaches skitter- diplomats who had gathered in Ja- the warmest years on record. All of their energy trajectories shot out ing in the spotlight of their own district. Roaches not pan to draw up a fi rst-ever global the warmest years on record. of control: The Chinese now are GET OUT fl attened by that slipper could then be smacked by all treaty to curb greenhouse-gas In that span of time, we’ve come opening a new coal-fi red plant ev-

voters countywide in a general election. The system emissions. But when word ﬁ nally to understand that not only is ery week. History will regard even 15 allowed all voters everywhere at least one chance to came that an agreement had been the globe warming, but also that the horror in Iraq as one more pre- climb onto furniture and shriek at the chitinous vermin reached, people roused themselves we’d dramatically underestimated dictable folly next to this novel WORDS seeking to represent them. with real enthusiasm—lots of the speed and the extent of that burst of irresponsibility.

Now only voters in a single district get to slipper backslapping and hugs. warming. By now, the data from 8 those roaches, not once but twice, which seems self- A long decade after the fi rst the planet outstrips the scientifi c A HINT OF A MOVEMENT indulgent overkill to this columnist. powerful warnings had sounded, it prediction on an almost daily ba- If you’re looking for good news, But... we digress. seemed humans were fi nally rising sis. Earlier this fall, for instance, there is some. CURRENTS County Council also said farewell and delivered hon- to the greatest challenge we’d ever the melt of Arctic sea ice beat the A real movement has begun to ors to a member who defi ned and gave mission to that faced. old record. Beat it in mid-August, emerge in this country. It began 6 6 body for 10 tough years—Dan McShane. The only long face in the hall and then the ice kept melting for with Katrina, which opened eyes. It’s diffi cult—perhaps even surreal—to recall the belonged to William O’Keefe, six more weeks, losing an area Al Gore gave those eyes something VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS horror of Whatcom County Council at the time Mc- chairman of the Global Climate the size of California every week. to look at: His movie made millions Shane took offi ce: An intensely cantankerous lot who Coalition, otherwise known as the “Scientists shaken by rapid melt of people realize just what a pickle

4 shouted down citizens, council snarled at one another American coal, oil and car lobby. of Arctic ice,” the headline in The we were in. Many of those, in turn, and fawned oily upon opposition attorneys and self-ap- He’d spent the week coordinating New York Times reported. And they became political activists. Earlier

MAIL pointed “land use experts” who, gearing up their com- the resistance—working with Arab were shaken by rapid changes in this year, six college students and ing lawsuits, would urinate loftily on the opinions of a delegates and Russian industri- tundra-permafrost systems, not to I launched stepitup07.org, which

3 demoralized county staff. Council clapped and giggled alists to sabotage the emerging mention rain-forest systems, tem- has organized almost 2,000 dem- as they drew paychecks in aid of clearcuts and strip plan. And he’d failed. “It’s in free perate-soil carbon-sequestration onstrations in all 50 states. Last DO IT mines, anti-Indian rants and armed resistance to their fall now,” he said, stricken. But systems, oceanic-acidity systems. month, the student climate move- own authority. then he straightened his shoulders The important political-world ment drew 7,000 hardworking kids

07 McShane and, yes, Sam Crawford entered ofﬁ ce with and said, “I can’t wait to get back reality to know about the 10 years from campuses all over the coun-

.12. a pact that they would do better for Whatcom County. to Washington, where we can get after Kyoto is that we haven’t try for a huge conference. We’ve 12 They worked together to restore decorum to a dysfunc- things under control.” done anything. launched a new grassroots coali-

.2 tional legislative body. Together, they made it safe and I thought he was whistling past Oh, we’ve passed all kinds of tion, 1sky.org, that will push both 50

# sane for citizens to attend County Council meetings. the graveyard. In fact, he knew interesting state and local laws, Congress and the big Washington From there, McShane speared in two directions. far better than the rest of us what wonderful experiments that have environmental groups. He made it safe for other good people of candor and the future would hold. He knew it begun to show just how much All this work has tilted public conviction to run for—and win—county ofﬁ ce. We’ll would be at least another decade progress is possible. But in Wash- opinion—new polls actually show name those talented individuals who rode Dan’s coat- before anything changed. ington, D.C., nothing. No laws at energy and climate change showing tails into ofﬁ ce: Seth Fleetwood, Sharon Roy, Laurie all. Until last year, when the GOP up high on the list of issues voters Caskey-Schreiber, Carl Weimer. TEN YEARS WARMER surrendered control of Congress, care about, which in turn has made CASCADIA WEEKLY. Equally important, Dan—with their help—champ- The important physical-world re- even the hearings were a joke, the candidates take notice.

6 ioned legislation that removed thousands, thousands ality to know about the 10 years with “witnesses” like novelist Mi- of acres of rural lands from urban development, both inside and outside the Lake Whatcom water shed. That VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY

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that political energy into change fast be seized and thrashed by operatives enough to matter? who wanted the other guy in offi ce is 31 On the domestic front, the numbers one casualty of our winner-take-all, look like this: We’ve got to commit to re- no-holds-barred election process. Dan ductions in carbon emissions of 80 per- received the ingratitude the system CLASSIFIEDS cent by 2050, and we’ve got to get those abundantly delivers, but he deserved cuts underway fast—10 percent in just better. 26 the next few years. Markets will help—if Gone now, he will be missed. we send them the information that car- Bellingham City Council likewise FILM bon carries a cost. Only government can wrapped up its legislative year this do that. week in a snappy, breezy meeting. 20 20 Two more numbers we’re pushing for: Honored were outgoing council zero, which is how many new coal-fi red members Bob Ryan, John Watts, and MUSIC power plants we can afford to open in City Finance Director Therese Holm. America, and fi ve million, which is how The public grumbles about the qual- many green jobs Congress needs to provide ity of their elected offi cials, but was 19

for the country’s low-skilled workers. All there ever one more competent and ART that insulation isn’t going to stuff itself suited than Therese Holm?

inside our walls, and those solar panels Holm had a simple agenda—to de- won’t crawl up on the roofs by themselves. liver, without prejudice, ﬁ nancial in- 18 You can’t send the work to China, and you formation that might allow city policy- can’t do it with a mouse: This is the last makers to make informed decisions. big chance to build an economy that works She was crisp, incisive, professional. ON STAGE

for most of us. And before she left ofﬁ ce, to safeguard Internationally, the task is even steep- of the public trust, Therese lobbied to 16 er. The Kyoto Accord, which we ignored, ensure her position would continue expires in a couple of years. Negotiations to serve unbiased. She champ ioned a GET OUT begin this month in Bali to strike a new change in the City Charter to appoint deal, and it’s likely to be the last bite at the position, to remove it from the in- 15 the apple we’ll get—miss this chance and ﬂ uence of political expedience. Voters the climate likely spirals out of control. agreed. We have a number here too: 450, as in Bob Ryan, COB’s stalwart anchor of WORDS

parts-per-million carbon dioxide. It’s the fi scal responsibility, also completed 8 absolute upper limit on what we can pour his long service to the city’s fi rst ward into the atmosphere, and it will take a this week. heroic effort to keep from exceeding it. Bob warmly embodied that great This is a big change—even 10 years ago, conviction of Abraham Lincoln, “I walk CURRENTS we thought the safe level might be 550. slowly, but I never walk backward.” 6 But the data is so clear: The Earth is far He embodied another value of Lin- 6 more fi nely balanced than we thought, coln: “Better to remain silent and be VIEWS and our peril much greater. Our foremost thought a fool than to speak out and VIEWS climate scientist, NASA’s James Hansen, remove all doubt.”

testiﬁ ed under oath in a courtroom last Quiet, steady, immovable deﬁ nes a 4 year that if we didn’t stop short of that giant: Bob Ryan.

450 red line, we could see the sea level If Ryan represents the steady heart MAIL rise 20 feet before the century is out. of Bellingham City Council, John Watts

That’s civilization-challenging. That’s surely represents its head—mindful 3 a carbon summer to match any nuclear and mind-proud, erudite and fearless— DO IT winter that anyone ever dreamed about. the member most likely to unpack in It’s a test, a kind of ﬁ nal exam for our detail council’s legislative intent, least political, economic and spiritual systems. likely to shy from the consequences 07

And it’s a fair test, nothing vague or fuzzy of that intent. With Watts, there was .12. 12 about it. Chemistry and physics don’t bar- never doubt Bellingham City Council

gain. They don’t compromise. They don’t was a deliberative body. .2 50 meet us halfway. We’ll do it or we won’t. The Gristle chides ‘em. We kid. We # And 10 years from now, we’ll know which criticize. Perhaps at times we kvetch. path we chose. Hopefully, we also thank. But we sel- dom doubt that those who seek local Bill McKibben, a scholar in residence at ofﬁ ce do so for honest objectives, and Vermont’s Middlebury College, is an author that through the ﬁ res of public service and environmentalist whose books include they’re often made pure. Fight Global Warming Now: The Hand- In November, voters ‘ve thought CASCADIA WEEKLY. book for Taking Action in Your Commu- they wanted a new era. But we’ll note 7 nity (Holt Paperbacks). McKibben’s essay the last era was generally pretty ad- was commissioned by the Association of mirable; and we’ll wonder if that era Alternative Newsweeklies. might too soon be missed.

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WORDS What is needed is a new Kyoto Protocol that reﬂ ects

INTRODUCTION BY PATRICK MAZZA IN THE late 1990s after Pineapple Express storms caused severe the urgency and magnitude of the challenge: a rapid 8 ﬂ ooding and deadly mudslides across the Northwest, National Climatic global transition to non-carbon energy sources in the Data Center Chief Scientist Thomas Karl said they were “an example of next 30 years. One approach might involve three ele- FAILURES OF the type of weather patterns that would be expected to become more ments: In industrial countries, withdraw the roughly CURRENTS frequent and yield an increase in precipitation extremes as the climate $250 billion a year in subsidies for coal and oil and

KYOTO; AND 8 continues to warm.” put those same subsidies behind clean-energy sourc-

6 Welcome to the future. es. Create a fund, estimated at about $300 billion THE NEED TO The Northwest was fi re-hosed again in recent days, fl ooding commu- a year, to transfer clean energy to developing coun- VIEWS nities and leaving them in the dark throughout western Washington, tries. All developing countries would love to go solar, CURRENTS SUCCEED while cutting I-5 from Portland to Seattle, and rail service to boot. but most can’t afford it. The fund could be fi nanced

4 Economic costs are placed at $4 million per day, and that is before by a tax on international expensive repairs to the I-5 roadbed are taken into account. air travel, carbon taxes in WITHDRAW MAIL Here, as elsewhere, an alarm bell is gonging; and climate scientists the north or a tiny tax of THE ROUGHLY have sounded a call to general quarters. a quarter-penny per dollar

3 This week—10 years after nations met in Kyoto, Japan, to discuss cli- on international currency $250 BILLION mate protocols—the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the transactions. Develop a DO IT world’s leading scientifi c body on global warming and climate change, regulatory mechanism that A YEAR IN released its latest scientifi c synthesis, the fi rmest statement yet that would require every coun- SUBSIDIES 07 a climate crisis is now upon us and immediate action to dramatically try, starting at its current

.12. reduce the fossil fuel pollution causing global warming is crucial. baseline, to increase its FOR COAL AND 12 As a climate activist now going into my 10th year working on this fossil-fuel efﬁ ciency by OIL AND PUT

.2 issue, I have often pondered why it is so hard for people to wrap their 5 percent per year. That 50

# heads around it. My conclusion is that it is so large and encompassing means every country would THOSE SAME it is out of scale with virtually anything else we can comprehend. It’s produce the same amount hard for us to see what’s happening because we are so enmeshed in it. next year with 5 percent SUBSIDIES It’s easy to be overwhelmed by it; but we can’t be overwhelmed. less carbon fuel or pro- BEHIND duce 5 percent more with Patrick Mazza has written on ecological sustainability issues for nearly the same amount of carbon CLEAN-ENERGY three decades as an environmental journalist and technology policy ana- fuel. Since few economies

CASCADIA WEEKLY. SOURCES lyst. Mazza is a founding member of Climate Solutions, a leading North- grow at 5 percent for very

8 west organization working on climate challenges. long, emissions reductions would outpace long-term economic growth.

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REDUCED WOULD BE ONE-SEVENTH THE AMOUNT OF THE EMISSIONS CHINA ALONE WILL PRODUCE OVER THE NEXT THREE DECADES 31 —TED NORDHAUS AND MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER CLASSIFIEDS

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ALEX STEFFEN SHELLENBERGER the European Union after World War II through shared FILM EXECUTIVE EDITOR, CO-AUTHORS, BREAK THROUGH: FROM THE DEATH investments in coal and steel. A post-Kyoto effort should WORLDCHANGING.COM OF ENVIRONMENTALISM TO THE POLITICS OF bring down the price of clean energy as quickly as pos- 20 20 POSSIBILITY sible through massive public-private investments into In recent years, we Kyoto failed for reasons having nothing to do with the technology innovation and infrastructure. Together the have ﬁ nally come to absence of U.S. involvement. The developed nations that United States, Europe and Japan should invest $100-$200 MUSIC understand what a per- ratiﬁ ed the agreement saw their emissions go up, not billion per year, which could stimulate $60-$120 billion in il the climate crisis ac- down, by 4 percent between 2000 and 2004. Even if Kyoto private capital. This commitment would bring down the 19 tually represents. Now was perfectly implemented, the emissions reduced would price of clean energy while strengthening economic ties ART we need to understand be one-seventh the amount of the emissions China alone between these countries. two more realities. The will produce over the next three decades.

ﬁ rst is that climate change is only one Kyoto was based on the wrong models of past efforts KYOTO, CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 18 aspect of a wider sustainability crisis. All good thinking is now holistic thinking. We cannot afford to suffer ON STAGE from “carbon blindness” and ignore

the many ways in which our current HIGH WATER MARK: BELLINGHAM’S NEW 16 economic model destroys our planet’s WATERFRONT, ASSUMING A FIVE-TO-20 FOOT RISE IN SEA LEVEL. natural systems, perpetuates poverty GET OUT and stiﬂ es democracy. The second is that we have the capacity to build a different model of sustainable pros- 15 perity, one that can allow many more people to live wealthier, healthier and WORDS happier lives, while dramatically re-

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war often seemed impossible to win, Dept relative to medium high tide 3 when the political will was mobilized +8ft to +10ft DO IT strange and implausible things began to happen. The U.S. economy was +6ft to +8ft spun round on a dime in 1942 as ci- +4ft to +6ft 07 vilian manufacturing was switched to .12.

+2ft to +4ft 12 military production. The state took on Mean hight tide to +2ft greater powers than it had exercised .2 50 before. Impossible policies suddenly Mean high tide to -10ft # became achievable. The real issues are -10ft to -20ft not technical or economic. The crisis we face demands a profound philosoph- -20ft to -30ft ical discussion, a reappraisal of who we -30ft to -40ft are and what progress means. Debating these matters makes us neither saints nor communists; it shows only that we CASCADIA WEEKLY. have understood the science. 9

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THURSDAY dent Bush, Gov. Chris Gregoire expresses concern over the pace CLASSIFIEDS 12.06.07 of federal response to Washing- Western Washington University’s ton’s ﬂ ood disaster, predicting 26 Jewish community honors soon-to- recovery will take months, not

FILM THE be retired president Karen Morse at days or weeks. the ﬁ rst menorah lighting on campus in the university’s history. Washington Mutual, the na- 20 20 ee tion’s largest savings and loan, 12.07.07 discontinues subprime mortgag- MUSIC PASSAGES THAT WAS FRIDAY es and begins closing ofﬁ ces and laying off workers in response to

19 Washington Dept. of Transporta- continuing problems in mortgage tion crews reopen a 20-mile section and credit markets. The Seattle ART of Interstate-5 between Seattle and company says it will close 190 of

Portland after the previous week- 336 home loan centers and sales

18 18 end’s storms drowned the highway ofﬁ ces and cutt 2,600 home loan TUESDAY in as much as 10 feet of ﬂ oodwaters. positions—about 22 percent of 12.04.07 Six people were killed and thousands that workforce—plus 550 corpo- ON STAGE remain without power in southwest rate and other support positions.

While rains savage western Washington to the south, What- Washington. 16 com and Skagit counties emerge relatively unscathed. The Nook- Settling an old lawsuit with sack River crests in Ferndale with no major fl ooding reported. Ur- A man accused of causing a head- two insurance companies, the ban fl ood warnings remain in effect as offi cials warn of blocked on collision on the Mount Baker City of Bellingham will spend GET OUT culverts and water over roadways. Highway last month is charged $9.7 million on environmental

with felony hit and run. Prosecu- cleanup of old landﬁ lls on the 15 Whatcom County Council decides to include a ballot measure tors say Alfred James, 66, of Bell- waterfront. In their ﬁ nal met- on “district only” voting in the 2008 general election. County ingham left the Nooksack Casino ing this year, City Council unani- WORDS voters approved district-only voting in 2005, allowing only resi- parking lot Nov. 8 and pulled out mously authorizes the creation of

dents inside a given district to vote for council representatives in front of trafﬁ c. Two other drivers the fund. 8 from that district. suffered injuries after colliding to avoid James. The State Patrol says City of Bellingham planners Ferndale’s Mountain View Elementary School is locked down James left the scene. give the green light to Fairhaven CURRENTS for 15 minutes after gunshots were heard in the area. Investiga- Harbor’s design permit, allowing

8 tors say the shots were from duck hunters in a nearby ﬁ eld. The Mount Baker Foothills the stalled project to move for- 6 Chamber of Commerce receives an ward. Fairhaven neighbors contin- Losing a big chunk A Maple Falls woman is arrested after allegedly stabbing $800,000 grant from the WSDOT to ue to complain the project, with of its brain and a VIEWS her boyfriend with a kitchen knife. Deputies say the victim was purchase property for a new east an 85-foot-tall tower, is out of good portion of its CURRENTS stabbed in the back. He is taken to St. Joseph Hospital while county visitor center. scale and character with the his- heart, Bellingham city government delivered 4 Alexis Stewart, 42, is booked into jail on investigation of second- toric district. 12.08.07 a fond farewell to degree assault and domestic violence. outgoing City Council MAIL SATURDAY Ferndale residents protest a Pi- members Bob Ryan and For the second time in a month, a drunk driver loses control oneer Plaza mall project planned John Watts. City Fi-

3 on Eldridge Avenue and crashes into a building. The driver An estimated 3,000 local runners for the area south of Main Street nance Director Therese collides with a parked car and spins into a nearby porch. He is and walkers ﬂ ood the 20th annual and east of I-5. More than 2,700 Holm was also honored

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.12. WEDNESDAY tion, second only to Seattle. ment later this week. 12 12.05.07 Puget Sound Energy announces

.2 SUNDAY they may purchase the 125-mega- 50 # Three Bellingham youths are in custody following a drive-by 12.09.07 watt power plant in Sumas. The shooting on West Maplewood. Police say the incident involved state Utilities and Transportation two vehicles. The drivers rammed each other; one of them ﬁ red Rolling over the Arizona Cardi- Commission may consider a PSE at the other, then they both took off at high speed. No one was nals 42-21, the Seattle Seahawks rate hike to help purchase the as- injured in the battle. clinch the NFC West division title. set. The purchase must be reviewed by the Federal Energy Regulatory After receiving praise from council members, the retiring What- MONDAY Commission. CASCADIA WEEKLY. com County Treasurer steps down two weeks early to ease the 12.10.07 10 transition as her former deputy takes over. Barbara Cory served as A broken water main closes Me- Treasurer since 1987. Steve Oliver was elected in November. Despite the promises of Presi- ridian High School for a day.

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old Bellingham man was driving erratically and a line of approximately 15 lights lights in a 16 appeared to be under the infl uence of illegal single line between LaConner and Burlington. drugs. He was taken to a Canadian hospital “This looks like a hovering, fl ying saucer of PERCENT OF VETERAN war correspondents in Iraq who believe the situation is accurately depicted or worse than has been reported GET OUT for treatment. Authorities confi scated some very large proportion,” the witness said. 85 envelopes containing printed documents and snowy powder, but would not say what kind of On Nov. 15, a red object was sighted over 15 literature was in the envelopes and who they Mount Vernon. “I was on my way to Mount PERCENT OF SAME group who report most-to-all of Baghdad is too dangerous to travel in were addressed to. The letters have been sent Vernon from Sedro Woolley when looking to 69 WORDS to a lab for analysis. the south I saw a very bright red circular ob-

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COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS CLASSIFIEDS tivity scene, Frosty’s house, Santa’s THURS., DEC. 13 workshop and much more. Cost is STORIES, STARBUCKS: Barbara $5.50-$7.50. For more info: 371-7700 26 Craige will share holiday stories and or miniatureworld.org. Starbucks will offer java at a free FILM “Stories and Coffee” event presented SAT., DEC. 15 BY CHRISTIAN MARTIN PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Attend the by the museum docents at 10:30am at monthly Swedish Pancake Breakfast— the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect 20 featuring “Swedish pancakes made by St. For more info: 527-8710. Norwegians”—from 8-11am at Norway

SAT., DEC. 15 Hall, 1419 N. Forest St. Rumor has it MUSIC SHAW READING: Poet and author Santa will also be making a visit. Cost Green Bookshelf Luci Shaw will share her new book is $3 for kids and $6 for adults. For Part II about life, faith and art—titled more info: 733-6618. 19 Breath for the Bones —at 7pm at Vil- SANTA TRAIN #2: Journey through the lage Books, 1200 11th St. For more woods of Wickersham on the Lake What- ART info: 671-2626. com Railway’s Santa Train at 9:30am,

BIRTHDAY PARTY: All are welcome noon, and 2:30pm today and Dec. 22. to celebrate the 103rd birthday of Cost is $7-$14. For more info: (360) 595- 18 the Fairhaven Library from 1-3pm at 2218 or lakewhatcomrailway.com. 1117 12th St. Dirty Dan Harris and the FARMERS MARKET: Attend the

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For more info: 676-6877. Railroad Avenue and Chestnut Street. 16 For more info: 647-2060 or belling- MON., DEC. 17 hamfarmers.org. PAJAMA TALES: Dress kids in their RAILROADED: The Bellingham Soci-

nightwear and show up for the holi- GET OUT ety of Model Engineers will open its day-themed “Jammies and Stories” tracks to the public from 11am-4pm at 7pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117

at the Alger Grange, 1475 Silver Run 15 12th St. For more info: 676-6877. 15 Lane. Donations are appreciated. For POETRY NIGHT: Sign up to read your more info: (888) 511-3293. WORDS

creations at Poetry Night at 8:30pm WORDS OPEN HOUSE: Get a close look at ﬂ y- every Monday at Fantasia Espresso, ing World War II and Korean War air-

THE FUTURE OF NATURE: WRITING EARTH UNDER FIRE: HOW GLOBAL 1322 Cornwall Ave. For more info: 715- craft at an Open House from 12-4pm 8 1634 or poetrynight.org. ON A HUMAN ECOLOGY FROM ORION WARMING IS CHANGING THE at the Heritage Flight Museum, 2000 MAGAZINE WORLD W. Bakerview Rd. Suggested donation Selected and introduced by Barry Lopez By Gary Braasch; Afterword by Bill McKibben is $5. For more info: 733-4422 or heri-

COMMUNITY CURRENTS MILKWEED EDITIONS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS tageﬂ ight.org. Orion has a long record of publishing thought- Al Gore, in his seminal movie and book An WED., DEC. 12 FAMILY FUN: Kids can visit with a Victorian Santa, create seasonal HUNGER BANQUET: Sehome High 6 ful and intelligent essays that plumb the dynamic Inconvenient Truth , showed the world what crafts, and see the original version of School students will host a Ugandan interconnections between the natural/wild and global warming is and why we should care. The Snowman as part of the Holiday Hunger Banquet at 6:30pm at the What- Happenings family activity day from VIEWS human/cultural worlds, and so it is a ﬁ ne idea Gary Braasch’s new book aims to further focus com Museum, 121 Prospect St. Tickets 12-4pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121 to collect and publish some of the best essays our comprehension of the threat by showing us are $20. For more info: 201-4493. Prospect St. For more info: 676-6981.

that have graced the award-winning magazine’s what global warming is actually doing to our 4 THURS., DEC. 13 GRIN WITH GRINCH: Bring family pages. Author Barry Lopez, fresh from his work planet. HISTORY HOLIDAY: The Whatcom members along to get your picture editing the much-heralded literary compendium A versatile photojournalist, Braasch has Historical Society presents a “His- taken with the Grinch from 12-4pm at MAIL of landscape terms Home Ground, dives into spent the past eight years traveling around tory Holiday” at 7:30pm at the What- Village Books, 1200 11th St. Photos

com Museum, 121 Prospect St. Old are $10 and will be put on a CD. For the last 15 years of Orion and emerges with 30 the world to observe and document the “on- 3 thought-provoking pieces that “point toward a the-ground” impacts of climate change. “As a and new members are welcome. For more info: 671-2626.

more info: 676-6981. DO IT fuller understanding of the world and the pos- witness…I have stood in the empty rookeries SUN., DEC. 16 sibility of a saner future.” of displaced Adelie penguins and felt the chill DEC. 13 - 16 DESSERT POTLUCK: Bring a favorite poem, story or song to the annual Echoing some of the publication’s recurring as huge icebergs separated from an ice shelf LIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS: “The Lights of 07 Christmas” is open Thurs.-Sun. through Holiday Dessert Potluck and Sharing themes, the book is divided into sections includ- in Antarctica,” he writes in his introduction. .12.

Dec. 30 at Warm Beach Camp in Stan- a Gift of Yourself at 3pm at the Glen 12 ing Action, Boundaries, Reverence, and Native. “I have heard anguish in the voices of native wood. Entry is $7-$12. For more info: Echo Community Club, on the corner

Highlights for me include Peter Sauer’s “Rein- Alaskans as they describe their village being (360) 652-7575 or warmbeach.com. of Goodwin and South Pass roads. For .2

more info: 966-4144. 50 habiting Environmentalism,” Alison Hawthorne washed away, of Chinese farmers facing fam- FRI., DEC. 14 # Deming’s “The Edges of the Civilized World,” Rob- ine caused by drought, and of Paciﬁ c Island- HORRORS OF WAR: Army Lt. Doug MON., DEC. 17 ert Michael Pyle’s “The Rise and Fall of Natural ers driven from their homes by increasingly Connor will talk about and share his GIVING TREE: The second Giving History,” David James Duncan’s “Assailed,” Re- high tides.” documentary, The Medical Horrors of Tree Wrapping Party of the season becca Solnit’s “Winged Mercury and the Golden After several devastating chapters on animal War , at 7pm at the Whatcom Peace and happens at 7pm at Village Books, Justice Center, 100 E. Maple St. Entry 1200 11th St. For more info: 671-2626 Calf,” and Wendell Berry’s “The Idea of a Local extinctions, ﬂ ooded towns, bleached-out coral is free. For more info: 734-0217. or villagebooks.com. Economy.” These are serious essays for a world reefs and other such modern events, Braasch facing serious challenges, though the fact that ends with a detailed section entitled “Choos- DEC. 14 - 16 TUES., DEC. 18 CASCADIA WEEKLY. SANTA TRAIN #1: From 5-9pm, head PEACEFUL PRAYERS: A Prayer Vigil they are written with so much evident heart and ing a Safer, Cleaner and Cooler World” that to Birch Bay’s Miniature World to for Peace in the Middle East happens 15 conviction leavens the prose and makes them a explains many ways to reduce, and eventually ride the Santa Train. The covered at 5:30pm at Lynden’s Hope Lutheran pleasure to ponder. reverse, the effect of greenhouse gases. train winds through 10 acres of Church, 900 E. Grover St. For more info: 354-4211.

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26 do IT FILM THURS., roundtrip hike to Clayton with snow; a tree that would fi ll our house Beach, a sing-along and 20 20 DEC. 13 tree trimming. Meet at with a winter scent that brought nostalgic BIKE 101: Learn how to 1pm at 751 Chuckanut Dr. memories of wood chips, fl annel shirts, hot MUSIC keep your wheels spinning All are welcome. For more cocoa and, of course, snow. at a free “Bike Mainte- info: 734-4461. One year I fi nally said it: “Why can’t we just nance 101” clinic at 6pm at FLAT AND FAST: The fi -

19 get a real tree, Dad?” With that I was educated REI, 400 36th St. No equip- nal Ferndale Flat and Fast ment is required, but you on the native trees of Texas and the amount of 10K of the year starts at ART can bring along your bike 10am at Ferndale’s Conoco and helmet for a check. Philips Sports Complex.

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try: Bugaboos to Rogers area by participating in 16 16 CRACK OR THE SPLASH Pass and Other Ski Travers- today’s Christmas Bird es” at 7pm at Backcountry Count. If you’re interested OF SNOW, RATHER I Essentials, 214 W. Holly St. in counting birds in your GET OUT GET OUT The event is free. For more yard, you can help. For REMEMBER PUSHING info: 543-5678. more info: birdcount@hot- mail.com. 15 BOXES DOWN THE ATTIC SAT., DEC. 15 HOLIDAY CHEER: All are RAVEN WALKING: Natu- welcome at a free “Holiday STEPS ralist David Bean will lead WORDS Cheer” run or walk starting a snowshoe trip titled at 1pm at Fairhaven Run- “Walk With the Ravens”

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8 ners & Walkers, 1209 11th at 9am leaving from the were used to drop off the trees at the lot on St. Prizes will be awarded BY BRIE HYSLOP Whatcom County Parks the corner. for most festive holiday and Rec Department, attire. For more info: Our fake ﬁ r tree still lives in the attic in Tex- 3373 Mount Baker Hwy.

CURRENTS 676-4955 or fairhavenrun- as. And I live in Northwest Washington, where The destination will be ners.com. evergreen trees can be seen in front yards and selected based on snow

6 Tree Dreams conditions and accessibil- MON., holding the wet soil in ity. Cost is $28. For more place on the foothills DEC. 17 info: 733-2900. VIEWS Out of the attic, into the forest ALPINE AWARENESS: of the Cascades. PINK CHEEKS: The 29th Members of the Alpine Trees are locally annual Pink Cheeks Holi- Safety Awareness Program

4 day Fun Run & Walk starts IN SOUTHERN Texas, the only evergreens around are juniper farmed here—they (ASAP) will give a free at 9am in Burlington. For and pine. The soil and climate cannot accommodate the sweet-smelling absorb carbon emis- overview of the challeng- more info: (360) 336-9414 MAIL Douglas, elegant Noble, or the heavyset green of a Fraser ﬁ r. So our sions, provide oxy- es, dangers and realities or skagitcounty.net. family excursion for a Christmas tree was a short adventure—to the gen and refuge for of alpine activities at a

DEC. 15 - 16 free clinic at 6pm at REI, 3 attic. There were no tiring treks of following footprints in snow, numb wildlife. A visit to GETTING IT EAGLE WATCHERS: Learn 400 36th St. For more info: ﬁ ngers or the fresh smell of bleeding pitch. one of these farms For information more about the largest 647-8955. DO IT

My father and I would open the hole, unfold the ladder and climb on how to obtain a will cost, on average, wintering bald eagle popu- TUES., into a landscape of pink mounds of insulation, lamps, mothballs and permit to cut your $30-$50. Small trees lation in the Lower 48 when

07 settled dust. own tree, visit Mt. can be purchased in North Cascades Institute DEC. 18 Baker-Snoqualmie Na- .12. Our Christmas tree was rooted in three separate boxes. The memories a pot and later re- begins its annual Eagle TELEMARK TUESDAY: 12 tional Forest Website Watchers program, which Learn how to tour the I have are not the gnarl of a hand saw, the ﬁ nal crack or the splash of planted outside as at fs.fed.us or call happens weekends through backcountry in style at a

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31 stage STAGE MON., DEC. 17 THEATER DANCE PROFILES JESUS, SUPERSTAR: Ted THURS., Neeley, the star of the movie CLASSIFIEDS DEC. 13 version of Jesus Christ Super- GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch star , takes on the eponymous “The Good, the Bad and the

26 role in the traveling version of Ugly” at 8pm at the Upfront the famous musical at 7:30pm Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tick-

FILM at the Mount Baker Theatre, from the alley to tell the tale of Scrooge ets are $5. For more info: 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets 733-8855 or theupfront.com. are $20-$55. FYI: The show is and his ultimate transformation from cur- 20 20 sold out, but it never hurts to mudgeon to humanitarian, Smith, Cook, and DEC. 13 - 16 show up and see what hap- HOLES: Louis Sachar’s Holes Hergenhahn are a wonder to behold. pens. For more info: 734-6080 MUSIC shows at 7:30pm Thurs., 8pm or mountbakertheatre.com. Dickens’ raw material is all there—the pa- Fri.-Sat., and 2pm Sun. at rade of ghosts, Tiny Tim, moral lessons, the the Anacortes Community 19 loss of love and so on—but the way it comes Theatre, 918 M Ave. Tickets DANCE together is, in itself, a Christmas miracle. are $14. For more info: (360) ART The actors take turns with many of the roles 293-6829 or acttheatre.com. DEC. 14 - 15 SEASON OF DANCE: A Gift

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18 18 various other characters are symbolized by MIXED BAG: View “A Very 18 18 ebrating the Season With Upfront Holiday” at 7:30pm inanimate objects (Tiny Tim, for example, Dance” at 7pm at Nooksack and stick around for “Up-

STAGE Valley High School, 3326 is portrayed by a small chair with duct tape front Unscripted” at 9:30pm ON STAGE East Badger Rd., Everson. For on one of its legs). The actors do not pause at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 more info: 354-6066.

for an intermission, Bay St. Tickets are $8-$10. 16 and all of them are For more info: 733-8855 or DEC. 14 - 16 onstage the entire theupfront.com. NUTCRACKER #1: The GREASE AUDITIONS: Actors time. Northwest Ballet will present GET OUT ages 8 to 14 can audition for its version of The Nutcracker Although the an upcoming production of at 7:30pm Fri.-Sat., and 2pm language sounds Grease Jr. from 5-8pm Fri., and

15 Sun. at Mount Vernon’s McIn- fresh in the mouths 10am-3pm Sat. at the BAAY tyre Hall, 2501 E. College of the iDiOM actors, Campus, 1059 N. State St. For Way. Tickets are $15-$25. For

WORDS more info: 306-1543. ATTEND Hergenhahn says more info: (866) 624-6897 or DEC. 14 - 16 northwestballet.org. WHAT: A Christmas every word in the 8 Carol production is from DICKENS’ CAROL: Nearly Stel- SAT., DEC. 15 lar Entertainment brings A WHEN: 8pm Dec. Dickens’ original NUTCRACKER #2: The Mount Dickens’ Christmas Carol: A Baker Ballet will perform its 13 - 16 serial production. WHERE: iDiOM The- Traveling Travesty in Two Tu- 22nd annual version of The CURRENTS ater, 1418 Cornwall He also notes that multuous Acts to the stage at Nutcracker for one show only Ave. one of his inspira- 7:30pm Fri.-Sat., and 2pm Sun. at 7pm at the Mount Baker 6 COST: Suggested tions was A Muppet at the BAAY Studio, 1059 N. Theatre, 104 N. Commer- donation of $10 State St. Dessert will be served cial St. Tickets are $15-$20. Christmas Carol. at all showings of the comedic

VIEWS For more info: 734-6080 or INFO: 201-5464 or “The great lesson BY AMY KEPFERLE idiomtheater.com take on the holiday classic. mountbakertheatre.com. of the Muppets is Tickets are $8-$10 at the door. CONTRA DANCE: The Rhythm For more info: 303-4036. 4 that you can make Rollers will provide live tunes fun of something and pay homage to it at CYRANO: An “enduring hero at tonight’s Contra Dance of imperfection” can be seen MAIL the same time,” Hergenhahn says. “You need from 8-11pm at the Fairhaven Captive Audience when Cyrano shows at 7:30pm Library, 1117 12th St. Sug- to do both of these things with Dickens’ Fri.-Sat., and 2pm Sun. at the gested donation is $8-$10.

3 A classic intervention story. It is a great story, beautifully written Sehome High School Little For more info: 676-1554. and cheesy as hell, but most of the moving Theatre, 2700 Bill McDonald BALLROOM MOVES: USA DO IT moments are so cliché that you have to send Parkway. Expect swashbuck- Dance will hold a formal Holi- ling galore. Tickets are $5-$8. AT FIRST glance, an alleyway strewn with debris may not ap- them up or mow them over, and when you day Dance featuring live mu- For more info: 305-8568. sic from the Saltwater Octet 07 pear to be the ideal location to stage a version of Charles Dickens’ do it allows sincerity to appear in other mo- from 8:45-10:45pm at Norway

.12. SAT., DEC. 15 holiday tale, A Christmas Carol . But once you’ve settled into your ments that are normally ignored.” Hall, 1419 N. Forest St. At 12 DROP-IN: Learn more about seat at the iDiOM Theater to watch the show, you’ll ﬁ nd it makes By forcing the actor playing Scrooge to improv at a free drop-in class 8pm, show up for a foxtrot lesson. Entry is $10. For more .2 perfect sense. watch a production that doesn’t rely on at 1pm at the Upfront Theatre,

50 info: 734-5676. # Back for a second year with its original cast—Glenn Hergen- anything other than the story to get its 1208 Bay St. For more info: hahn, David Neevel, Nathan Smith, and Sean Cook—the adapta- point across, Hergenhahn and crew have 733-8855 or theupfront.com. DEC. 15 - 16 tion manages to keep the feel-good sensations of the original managed to craft a play that’s fun to watch, ROLLER BETTIES: The Bell- CELEBRATION ON ICE: A ingham Roller Betties—an alive, while at the same time offering up strong doses of humor. but also brings the spirit of the holidays to bevy of local and regional all-women roller derby league skaters will perform a “Tra- The play within a play begins with a grizzled actor (Neevel) the forefront. team—will kick up their heels ditional Christmas Celebra- practicing his lines before a production of A Christmas Carol in an If you’re craving a lavish production at tonight’s Holiday Burlesque tion on Ice” at 7pm Sat., and alleyway outside a theater. Before the Scrooge-wannabe can get chock-full of fancy props, fog lights and a Show at 9pm at the Nightlight 2pm Sun., at the Bellingham CASCADIA WEEKLY. out his ﬁ nal “bah, humbug,” he’s been gagged and strapped to a gigantic cast, skip this canny adaptation. Lounge, 211 E. Chestnut St. Sportsplex, 1225 Civic Field Entry is $10. For more info: chair by three renegade actors hiding nearby. If, on the other hand, you’re looking for a Way. Tickets are $10-$12. For 18 527-1531 or Bellinghamroller- more info: 676-1919 or bfsc. As their captive audience watches, the thespians proceed to classic tale told anew, make reservations betties.com. info. bring A Christmas Carol to life. Utilizing the dumpster and debris now.

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visual 31 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES CLASSIFIEDS 26 FILM as he calmly sits on a chair reading a newspaper. The chair, by the way, sits DO IT 20 20 atop an ice cube. I’m not sure if this is a For more info: 676-8548. treatise on global warming, but it sure EVENTS BLUE HORSE: View a “Newest MUSIC made me think. DEC. 12 - 14 Works” exhibit by gallery artists Tim Roda also created his own envi- CRAFT FAIR: A Holiday Craft Fair through Dec. 24 at the Blue Horse

ronments, using black and white imag- happens from 2-7pm at the former Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. For more 19 Handprint Arts space, 1611 N. info: 671-2305.

ery—and his own family—to enact hu- ART State St. For more info: 647-9087. FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: Allied man dramas within DEC. 14 - 16 Arts’ Holiday Festival of the Arts sets he built him- happens daily from 10am-7pm

PACIFIC ARTS: The 10th an- 18 self. “Every scene through Christmas Eve (except nual Paciﬁ c Arts Holiday Market Mondays) at the old JC Penney created was ﬁ rst happens from 10am-6pm at 1552 building, 1310 Cornwall Ave. For envisioned in by Cornwall Ave. More than 60 local more info: 676-8548. artists and crafters will have their ON STAGE mind and then GOOD EARTH: Carrie Anne Kennan wares available. The Market con- played out by my is the featured artist for December

tinues Dec. 21-24. For more info: 16 SEE IT family,” he notes. at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris 738-6442 or Paciﬁ cArtsHoliday WHAT: Photogra- Ave. For more info: 671-3998. phy Biennial: Nine Rose Bouthillier Market.com. used her lens to LA VIE EN ROSE: See Arlene to Watch from the Feld’s photo exhibit, “Splendor at GET OUT Paciﬁ c Northwest document the SAT., DEC. 15 GLASS CLASS: Christopher Morri- the Farmers Market,” through De- WHEN: Through politics of photog- cember at La Vie En Rose, 111 W. April 27, 2008 son will be joined by other artists 15 raphy. Her series to teach a glassblowing class from Holly St. For more info: 715-1839. WHERE: ARCO LUCIA DOUGLAS: “Nocturne,” a Exhibits Building, includes portraits 9am-4pm at Morrison Glass Art, winter group exhibit, shows through WORDS 206 Prospect St. of small-town 122 Ohio St. Cost is $175. For more info: 714-8732. Dec. 23 at the Lucia Douglas Gal-

COST: Free mayors—including FUN WITH FORNEY: Seattle car- lery, 1415 13th St. For more info: 8 INFO: 676-6981 or Mark Asmundson— 733-5361 or luciadouglas.com. whatcommuseum. toonist Ellen Forney will present that, although MINDPORT: View “Wood, Stone, org her multimedia show, “I Love Led Grace Weston’s “Couples Therapy,” 2006 contemporary, Zeppelin,” at 8pm at the Nightlight Bone,” featuring carvings and look like they were taken in the 1970s. Lounge, 211 E. Chestnut St. For collections by Lara Gaasland- CURRENTS Tatro, through Jan. 6 at Mindport “I am interested in the pseudo-anthro- more info: 527-1531 or nightlight lounge.com. Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. Entry BY AMY KEPFERLE 6 pological potential of these images,” STUDIO SHOW: Local acrylic is $2. For more info: 647-5614 or she writes in her artist’s statement. painter Christian Mey will hold a mindport.org. Preston Hadley utilized photography “Studio Art Showing” from 4-8pm MONA: See “Joseph Goldberg: VIEWS as a starting point for his multime- at the Firehouse Performing Arts A Retrospective” through Jan. 6 Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Entry is at La Conner’s Museum of North-

Viewﬁ nders 4 dia submissions by blending historic free. For more info: 734-2776. west Art, 121 S. First St. For photos with sculptures that look like more info: (360) 466-4446 or

Nine to watch MAIL books. The works manage to tackle SUN., DEC. 16 museumofnwart.org. themes of history, memory and race (no HOLIDAY HOUSE: Attend a Holi- SKAGIT MUSEUM: “Toys in the day Open House from 11am-7pm Attic” shows through Jan. 6 at La SOME PHOTOGRAPHERS document the world as they small feat). 3 at the Center for Expressive Arts, Conner’s Skagit County Histori- see it, while others fabricate their own universes before commit- Robert Tomlinson alters his images in a 1317 Commercial St. Jean Mann’s cal Museum, 501 S. Fourth St. For DO IT ting to an image they want to share with others. darkroom and adds collages to ﬁ nish his new exhibit, “Transitions,” will be more info: (360) 466-3365. At the Whatcom Museum’s new exhibit at the ARCO Exhibits pieces. Nature in various forms is tack- featured. For more info: 671-5355. SMITH & VALLEE: Works by Building, both types of viewﬁ nders are on the walls—plus a whole led by both Roberta Holden (who photo- MON., DEC. 17 Paul Havas, David Hall, and Kris 07

Ekstrand can be viewed Friday .12. lot more. “Photography Biennial: Nine to Watch from the Paciﬁ c graphed a seal-hunting expedition) and PLEIN AIR DAY: Join instructor through Sunday until Dec. 23 at 12 Trish Harding for “Plein Air Day” Northwest” is a fascinating display of what captures the imagina- Michelle Bates (who shot her part of the Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, from 10am-3pm at Elizabeth Park. tions of the diverse creative types who wield cameras to pursue exhibit using a plastic camera). 5472 Gilkey Ave. For more info: .2 All skill levels are welcome. Cost 50

(360) 305-4892. # their own artistic intent. If you walk through the ARCO gal- is $40. For more info: 671-8692 or TODD GALLERY: “Peaceful Plac- What the nine photographers featured in the exhibit have in com- lery, my guess is that you’ll leave the studioufo.net. mon is the ability to tell stories. But what this show brings home is space with a different deﬁ nition of what es” will be displayed through Dec. 31 at the Todd Gallery, 690 Chuck- the fact that photography isn’t just pressing a button on a camera to photography really is. It’s not simply a ONGOING anut Dr. For more info: 676-5606 or take a picture—it’s about committing to an image. point-and-shoot endeavor, but a differ- toddgallery.com. Portland’s Grace Weston, for example, uses sometimes-unset- ent way—or nine—of seeing the world. EXHIBITS WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Love, tling humor in the dioramas she sets up using classic toys and “This year we’re featuring a smaller ALLIED ARTS: Plein Air painters Murder, Magic,” “Let Children Be other constructed objects. In “Couples Therapy,” pictured above, number of artists than in previous Trish Harding and Pearl Yewell will Children,” and “The Bellingham CASCADIA WEEKLY. be featured at the “Puget Sound YWCA” are currently on display at a lone eyeball sits in a chair while a heart and brain reside on an years,” says exhibit curator Scott Wal- Scapes” exhibit through Dec. 31 at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Pros- 19 opposing couch. A box of tissues sits between them (and it looks lin. “This allows us to show the depth Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The pect St. For more info: 676-6981 or like the aorta has already found need for the hanky). Another and breadth of an individual artist’s art will be on display until Dec. 31. whatcommuseum.org. photo, “Current Affairs,” features a man hanging from a noose body of work.” Rumor Has It 38 TIS THE SEASON, I’m told, for so many things.

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little bit of Bailey’s in my morning cup of cof- 31 fee, Santa, Christmas trees, a little bit more music Bailey’s—I think you get the picture. It’s also PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT the season for entertainment options both naughty and nice. CLASSIFIEDS As for the naughty end of the equation, ﬁ rst and foremost has got to be the Bellingham Roller 26 Betties and their Dec. 15 burlesque show at the

FILM Nightlight. First of all, we all know roller derby is a sexy sport. For whatever reason, scantily clad,

toned ladies knocking the crap out of each other 20 20 20 20 showPREVIEW in a competitive setting always seem to get the juices ﬂ owing. But roller derby ladies + burlesque MUSIC MUSIC show = well, all I have to say is get your tickets early, because the

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18 18 one who has noticed this, but the Betties seem to participate ON STAGE in far more social

events than they do 16 actual roller derby bouts, but I, for one, am not complaining. GET OUT Especially when said

social outings in- BY CAREY ROSS 15 volve both kissing and spanking booths, as does the burlesque show. WORDS The second item on our list of naughty en-

ticements doesn’t involve quite the amount of 8 skin—or any skin, really—of Betties burlesque, but the Betties probably never penned a song called “Fuck Fred Phelps and the Westboro Bap- CURRENTS tist Church” either. The man who did is Michael Dean Damron, also known as Mike D. and the

6 former singer for the now-defunct Portland band, I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House. VIEWS If you’re unfamiliar with Phelps, well, the fact his church’s website sports the URL godhatesf-

4 ags.com and the exceedingly venerable South- BY CAREY ROSS act. This is a band that writes and performs its own ern Poverty Law Center has dubbed the church

MAIL original music—an energetic hybrid of American surf, a hate group should tell you all you need to rock and whatever other genre catches their eclectic know. Aside from his healthy musical hatred of

3 fancy, often blended with traditional Russian melodies Phelps, Damron has also embarked upon a solo Red Elvises and sung in their native language—complete with Rus- career, which brings him to the Green Frog on DO IT sian accents and the aforementioned giant balalaika. Dec. 13. Damron is well known for writing politi- From Russia with love Although most of them do hail from the former Soviet cally charged, topical songs, so any outing that

07 Union, their songs often have to do with such culture- involves him is sure to be thought provoking, at

.12. crossing concepts as drinking, girls, food and general the very least. 12 WHEN DEALING with Russian rockers the Red good times and showcase the sense of humor and camp Now for the nice side of the equation, which

.2 Elvises, it’s tough to separate myth from fact. Did they that has endeared them to legions of fans since they involves a nine year old, her surprising singing 50

# really learn to speak English by listening to the Beatles fi rst came together more than a decade ago. voice and her love of animals. It seems local and Queen? Were they really equally infl uenced by both This most Russian of bands got its start in the fourth grader Callie Lewis has recorded an album Chuck Berry and Fidel Castro? And, while you need look most American of locales—California, a place they of Christmas standards, appropriately titled Win- no further than their moniker to believe their love for still call home. When crowds listening to them on ter Wonderland , with some of the proceeds from Elvis is real, does that love really extend to Priscilla, as Santa Monica’s famed 3rd Street Promenade grew sales of the album to go toward PAWS. Callie, they say? All these unknowns may have a person won- large enough to interfere with the lively commerce who is the daughter of folk musicians, has been dering if the Red Elvises are even Russian at all, or if of surrounding shops, the Elvises realized they were making music most of her life, but this is her CASCADIA WEEKLY. the funny accents are all part and parcel of this band’s on to something—and not a moment too soon, as fi rst offi cial release, which is not bad for some-

20 clearly unique shtick. area business owners gave the band the boot and one not yet out of elementary school. Check out Although I used the word “shtick” to describe the reclaimed the crowds for themselves. undertherainbowcreations.com for details on Red Elvises, it should be noted this is no mere novelty CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 how to get your hands on it.

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more info: 676-6981 or FOOD FOOD THURS., whatcommuseum.org. DEC. 13 WHATCOM CHORALE: 31 ELVISES, SEASONAL TUNES: At- “The Many Moods of the FROM PAGE 20 tend BAAY’s Holiday Con- Season” will be presented cert at 7pm in the First by the Whatcom Chorale Congregational Church, and Sinfonia at 3pm and CLASSIFIEDS 2401 Cornwall Ave. Entry 7:30pm at Bellingham’s What has followed has been more is $5. For more info: 306- First Congregational than a decade of frantic musical output, 1543.

26 Church, 2401 Cornwall as the Elvises, who have got to be the FRI., DEC. 14 Ave. Tickets are $5-$15.

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GO SLOWPOKE The Boulding Family— a whopping 11 albums (three in 1999 Chorale performs “Mass 20 20 20 20 otherwise known as the Appeal: Vienna Meets Ar- alone), featuring such titles as Surﬁ ng Photo by Gunther Frank Magical Strings—will be gentina and Estonia” at in Siberia, I Wanna See You Bellydance, the featured act at the MUSIC MUSIC 8pm at WWU’s Performing BY CAREY ROSS annual “Celtic Yuletide” Shake Your Pel- Arts Center Concert Hall. concert at 3pm at Mount vis, and Rockn- Tickets are $12-$15. For Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, 19 rol. Their latest more info: 650-6146 or 712 S. First St. Tickets are effort, Lunatics It’s Actually Christmas 2 bellinghamchambercho- ART $15-$19. For more info: rale.org. and Poets, came or (877) 754-6284 or lin- More of a good thing colntheatre.org.

out a full three SAT., 18 18 years ago, which DEC. 15 NOEL: Harp tunes by Jill and Emilie Whitman will means either the it: when it comes to Christmas music, there’s nothing new SWING CONNECTION: A LET’S FACE be featured at a “Noel” variety of holiday tunes Elvises are slow- LISTEN under the sun. We’ve all been Silent Nighting and Jingle Belling since we were concert at 3:30pm at the ON STAGE will be performed by the ing their pace old enough to lisp out the words to these seasonal carols as near-infants. Blaine Performing Arts WHO: Red Elvises, 20-piece Swing Connec- Center, 975 H St. Tickets a bit, or they’ll The All-Nighters Usually, our choices concerning Christmas music only tion Big Band at 2pm at

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VIEWS Sat., Dec. 15 at 7pm at the Lairmont working band out. year’s effort features even more bands creating their 14th St. Tickets are $5-$7. WHERE: The Old Manor, 405 Fieldston Rd. For more info: 676-2396. The name of the game at a Red Elvis- spin on the Christmas carol, and many of them will Foundry, 100 E. Admission is by donation.

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18 18 at the awful surprise. Sufﬁ ce to say that the crazy-quilt events that play out in this crackling noir melodrama all spring from ON STAGE a botched jewelry heist—a little mom and pop mall

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.2 Dead also offers a wicked deconstruction of a dys- If his opening scene—with Philip Seymour Hoff- ﬁ scal woes. Hank enlists a guy he knows from a bar, 50

# functional clan: brothers at each other’s throats; a man and Marisa Tomei in a vigorous bout of conjuga- Bobby (Brian F. O’Byrne), to help out with the heist. father whose legacy is anger and betrayal; an un- tion—doesn’t pop your eyes wide open, then noth- First mistake. faithful wife; a history of deceit. It’s a horror show ing will. More importantly, said scene hovers over Or second. The ﬁ rst was agreeing to his brother’s of hatred and festering psychic wounds. the rest of the movie like a cackling ghost. scheme. So why is this movie so much fun? The title of Lumet’s gleefully nasty melodrama With Albert Finney—puffy, agitated, mean—as Shot on the same New York City streets that pro- comes from an old Irish toast—“May you be in the brothers’ father, and Rosemary Harris as their vided the gritty backdrop for many of the 83-year- heaven half an hour before the devil knows you’re beloved mom, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead ca- CASCADIA WEEKLY. old director’s best ﬁ lms (Prince of the City, Serpico, dead”—and Lumet begins his movie the way drinkers reens around New York, heading from bad to worse.

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000 000 000 000 Comics Comics Comics Comics CLASSIFIEDS CLASSIFIEDS BY AMY ALKON words, you’re a wee bit more likely than the single, 25-year-old stud boy 26 to have your date interrupted by a

FILM The Advice frantic call from the neighbors: “Lit- tle Sprogly’s shot the babysitter with

the staple gun!” 20 20 Goddess Now, unless your ex died or ran off with the UPS man, or you worked a MUSIC deal for some neighbor lady to be the oven for your bun, chances are you’re

19 not just a single dad, but a divorced dad. There is this notion of “the good ART divorce,” but is there really such a thing? There are better divorces and

18 18 worse divorces, and there are couples who aren’t doing their kids any favors by staying together and continuing to ON STAGE DOODIE CALLS chase each other around with an ax. But, let’s be real, even if you aren’t

16 alimony-bled, with a psycho ex-wife Your advice for the 25-year-old woman and a 15-year-old who’s suddenly wet- who didn’t want to get involved with a ting the bed, divorce doesn’t exactly GET OUT guy with a daughter was disgustingly simplify a guy’s life or leave a trail of

shallow. In supporting her not wanting rose petals and cupcakes in its wake. 15 to date single dads you’re saying, yes, The girl in question, who admitted segregate single parents, remove them she wasn’t ready to handle a guy with WORDS from the dating pool! Yes, how dare a kid, could have a boyfriend whose they try to pass themselves off as peo- only real distraction is getting his mo-

8 ple ﬁ rst, not as potentially inadequate torcycle rechromed. Or she could have mates due to being broke, having the you. So...if you were her, which would psycho ex, and the bedwetting child?! you choose? Assuming you’re looking

CURRENTS Here’s advice for you: Compassion. It’s for a boyfriend, not looking to become developed by seeing and sharing life. a one-woman chapter of the Salvation

6 Try getting out of the shallow end of Army. the humanity pool and seeing the wider Oops...I forgot to ask if I could

VIEWS world of relationships! —Single Dad take your coat and your crown of thorns. And, please see that your Tragically, it seems you’ve lost your

4 stigmata don’t drip on my white car- all-access pass to the dating pool. pet. Next order of business: putting

MAIL Unlike when you were in nursery a tracker on my compassion. Actual- school, and teachers aides saw that ly, no need. I believe I left it in the

every kid got the exact same allot-

3 kiddie pool with all the children of ment of Jelly Bellys, advice colum- divorce. The last thing they need is DO IT nists are not standing outside bars for me to goad a girl who isn’t ready making sure everybody leaves with a to take on kids into taking them on

07 smiley sticker and a hot 25-year-old. anyway. Sorry if I’m just too shallow

.12. “This créme brulé tastes burnt!” Grownup life is harsh. Actions have to see it your way: Why urge some 12 consequences. Sorry to bring down child-averse woman to bail now when the giant ﬂ y swatter on your free-

.2 she can bail a year from now, after

50 ﬂ oating sense of entitlement, but

# your kid’s really attached to her? On you gave up your Romeo status the the bright side, what kids can’t get day you let Tommy Trouser Snake out in stability, they tend to take out in to play without his raincoat. guilt, which may mean, before long, Parents aren’t people ﬁ rst. They’re your kid’ll not only be the proud parents ﬁ rst. Here in “the shallow end owner of a miniature Shetland pony, of the humanity pool,” this means it’ll be living in her bedroom:

CASCADIA WEEKLY. the parental agenda precedes all “Daddddeeeeeey, Rambler missed the other agendas, as it should. In other potty again!” 36

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700 700 700 700 600 600 700 700 Bulletin Board Bulletin Board Bulletin Board Bulletin Board Real Estate Real Estate Bulletin Board Bulletin Board CLASSIFIEDS CLASSIFIEDS BY RICK DUBROW ing Debt? FREE report by For January 2008 Ballet Arts visit http://members.cruzio. kit (includes needles, yarn,

mortgage insider reveals op- Northwest And Beyond The com/~twave. pattern, basic instructions, 26 tions you must know. Toll free Tracks Performing Arts Stu- resource list) I love knitting recorded message. Don’t risk dio (360) 380-1642 Knitting Lessons by Jen in waiting rooms, during lec- losing your home, call now! Interested in learning to knit tures, on airplanes, roadtrips, FILM (800)773-0816 ext.2007 24/7 DREAM WORKSHOP IN but don’t know where to start? and while watching a movie. On the

BELLINGHAM Liberate the Wish you could learn at home As busy as I am, with such a

healing power of your dreams where you’re comfortable and portable hobby, I’ve found a 20 CLASSES & in this enjoyable 4 hour work- you can find the time? Then lot of time to knit. My family WORKSHOPS shop. Learn practical steps I’m your girl! My name is Jen loves their handknitted gifts to understand the helpful and I’ll do everything for you and I love making things for Level MUSIC Marimba Classes Learn message in every dream. End that I wish someone had done myself. Let’s make a scarf, to play the joyous music of nightmares, increase creativ- for me when I started knit- dishcloth or hat for your first Zimbabwe on wooden-key ity, solve problems. Trans- ting. Services offered: - Les- project! Call Jen at 303-7300 The perfect ark xylophones. Adults and kids late insights into new inner sons in your home (so when I 19 welcome, ages 7 and up. Info: balance, both dreaming and leave you can keep on knitting Play Bluegrass Banjo,

360-671-0361; nancysteele@ awake. SATURDAY, JANUARY without interruption) - Flex- Mandolin, Guitar louder, THIS GREEN builder doesn’t build ART comcast.net 12, 10am-2pm, $50 in Belling- ible hours - Supplies provided faster, better! Bluegrass, ham. Presented by Jenny Da- - so you don’t have to figure it Old Country, Old Timey. All houseboats. No, the typical home in Beginning Dance And vidow, M.A., author of “Em- out - Recommended reading Levels. Banjo: Learn Scruggs- these parts simply doesn’t ﬂ oat. Not a Music Classes beginning bracing Your Subconscious.” and online resources to get style on your 5-string banjo us- 18 dance and music classes For registration and info, you going Pricing: $20/hour ing finger & thumb picks. Man- big deal, unless predictions abound, then for ages 6-9 Enrolling Now please call: (360) 676-1009 or private lessons $25 beginner dolin: Learn how Bill Munroe come to pass, that the waters may rise. & other greats flat pick leads

or chop chords. Guitar: Learn Oops! Predictions do abound with just ON STAGE how to flat pick or strum & sing such a forecast. All this talk about the at the same time in any key. es created by our bloated footprints. perfect storm, brought to you by global Music theory is optional- learn The pieces of such an ark should 16 to play by ear. 20+ years teach- warming and peak oil. Water is expected ing experience. Contact Jordan decrease one’s ecological footprint. to rise by such-and-such an amount by Francisco (360)920-7597 at Housing needs to be energy efﬁ cient, Coda Music 1200 Harris Ave so-and-so a date. GET OUT #104 in Fairhaven. relying more and more upon less and Yes, we can argue ‘til we’re blue in less petroleum. It needs to be small. It FREE EMOTIONAL FREE- the face to deﬁ ne the amount of “such- 15 DOM TECHNIQUES (EFT) needs to be close to an urban center. It and-such” and the date of “so-and-so.” SESSIONS Are you or a needs to support mass transit. dear one going through rough

These are critically important pieces WORDS emotional times? Free (yes, Almost the same can be said about of information, but this green builder FREE!) Emotional Freedom our food. Our food needs to be energy Techniques (EFT) sessions can doesn’t have expertise in deﬁ ning 8 help. A re-learning, non-medi- efﬁ cient, relying more and more upon ”such” and “so.” I’ll leave this to the cal strategy, tapping gently on less and less petroleum. It needs to specific acupuncture points scientists. works whether you’re on meds be as vegetable-based as possible. It

So what can we do right here, right CURRENTS or not. Painless, no equipment. needs to be sourced close by. Often works and lasts where now, to design and build our way to- nothing else will in only a few The same can be said about transpor- sessions. We’ll work together ward addressing this perfect storm? If tation and other aspects of our lives 6 until you feel significantly bet- these predictions do come true, are you ter and learn to take over the that make up our personal and com-

working on your ark? I’m referring to a VIEWS remaining tapping work your- bined footprint: every little bit erases self. More EFT info: emofree. vehicle—a strategy or path—that will com/newcomer.htm More pic- some of our footprint, gives us more tures and instructional details help take you to the other side of what

time, stretches our resources. And it 4 at tapintoheaven.com/2eft/ will be. eftproce.shtml. If you’re new also builds the ark—the vehicle—we to EFT, do go visit these sites, Well, then, let’s imagine a perfect may need for the Category 6 and above MAIL then call David at The New ark. Being Project. 707-228-5658 perfect storm if and when things really (Bellingham) I say “perfect” because I seek an ark

go to hell: a lifestyle that provides the 3 that addresses many a concern, syn- BE THIRD PIONEER basics of shelter and food.

FOUNDING WEB BRDCST ergistically: global warming, peak oil, DO IT “The good news,” says ﬁ lmmaker Sal- STATION focused on advanc- over-consumption, over-population es in front of culture’s leading ly Erickson (What A Way To Go: Life At edge - free energy, bioelectri- and dwindling resources. Much like the The End Of Empire), “is that, probably, a 07 cal medicine, energy psych, expression “perfect storm,” which de- the UFO, many more. Vlntr 15 very different kind of life will be a life .12.

scribes the powerful synergy of many 12 flex hrs/wk til Feb when ad which has meaning and purpose and income starts. WINXP-literate a negative weather system, I want an

full-time B’ham resident only. is grounded in the reality of soil and .2 ark that achieves the synergy of many a Info: [email protected] 50

water and other living, breathing, feel- # positive solution. Music Theory and Left- ing creatures. In some ways it will be a So let’s imagine an ark—a path—you handed Guitar Instruc- harder life that you’ll have to choose. tion Take your songwriting to and I might create that is both posi- the next level. I also specialize But it will be better. tive and hopeful; a path that works in in left handed guitar instruc- “The waters are rising”, she says. tion. Email Adam at bluebiz@ the short term and the long term; that mac.com for more info. “It’s time to build an ark. It’s time. can be built in stages, one section at a Don’t wait. Build it now.” CHILDREN’S DANCE

time; that works on numerous challeng- CASCADIA WEEKLY. CLASSES Creative Dance and Beginning Ballet for children. Ferndale - 6 miles North 37 of downtown Bellingham. Rick Dubrow owns A-1 Builders and Adaptations, their design division. Tune in to his radio show ‘On The Level’ Ballet Arts Northwest, (360) 333-0293 on KMRE FM 102.3. His past shows can also be found on A-1’s website: www.a1builders.ws.

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MIDORI 15 MISTLETOE PUNCH WORDS 1 part SKYY Vodka

MARTIN 1 part champagne 8 MILLER’S 1 part Midori MISTLETOE MARTINI 2 parts pineapple juice 2 oz. Martin Miller’s Gin 1 part soda water CURRENTS 1/2 oz. Campari Prepare in a punch bowl over 1 oz. ruby grapefruit juice ice. Garnish with candy canes. 6 1/2 oz. Maple syrup 3 basil leaves VIEWS Dash egg white (optional)

Add all ingredients to shaker. Fill 4 COMPILED BY AMY KEPFERLE BAILEYS with ice and shake. Double strain into a chilled martini glass.

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# with scribblings marking holiday happenings both large and Ice block 2 parts Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey Add ice to martini glass to small. From the Seinfeld-inspired Festivus to Solstice par- chill and place aside. In shaker, 1 part coffee liqueur In a saucepan, combine white wine, ties to the big ones—Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year’s pour ice, liqueur, vodka and ½ part Mint Schnapps cloves, and cinnamon. Squeeze in syrup and shake. Empty ice out Serve over ice in a rocks glass and Eve—people are looking for a reason to gather together lemon juice, and then add the rest of chilled martini glass and garnish with a candy cane. and celebrate the season. of the lemon. Bring the mixture to rim in cinnamon, brown sugar Inevitably, holiday parties are ﬁ lled with libations you a boil, then lower heat and simmer Cocktail recipes courtesy of Family Features and graham cracker mixture. won’t ﬁ nd during other times of the year. Sure, it’s still O.K. for 10 minutes. Strain and cool com- Editorial Syndicate (Baileys Butterscotch Drizzle butterscotch syrup into Dream), Truth be Told (Mistletoe Martini, CASCADIA WEEKLY. pletely. Place ice in a punch bowl, if you want to stick to red wine or tote along a six-pack of martini glass to decorate. Pour then pour in spice/wine mixture, Midori Mistletoe Punch, and Merry Irish- contents of shaker into glass man), and Fine Living Food and Drink 38 Pabst. But if you’re looking to impress, try one or more of sparkling wine and juices. Stir gently. the following recipes to put a zing in your merrymaking. and garnish with mint sprig. (Champagne Punch).

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