Rail Fail: the Economics of Transporting Coal, P.8

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Summer Repertory: The play’s the thing, p.16

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27 music by Indian maestro Pandit Divyang B-BOARD A glance at what’s happening this week July 19 at the Pickford Film Center 24 FILM FILM 2 ) . 4[07.x.12] Summer Spectacular!: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden

20 ONSTAGE On Golden Pond: 8pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre My Fair Lady: 7pm, Bellingham Arts Academy All My Children: 8pm, iDiOM Theater

MUSIC for Youth Jim Breuer: 8pm, Skagit Valley Casino Resort Chapter Two: 8pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre Theatresports: 9pm, Upfront Theatre

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ART ART Cumulus: 12pm, Performing Arts Center Plaza, Mission Folk Music Festival: Fraser River Heri- WWU tage Park, Mission, B.C. Downtown Sounds with Polecat: 6-9:30pm, Bay Cheryl Bear: 6pm, Nooksack Community Build- 16 Street ing, Everson Bellingham Festival of Music Concert: 7:30pm, Cole Anderson: 7:30pm, Whatcom Museum STAGE STAGE Performing Arts Center, WWU WORDS FOOD Summer Book Sale: 10am-5pm, Lynden Library 14 Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Family Story Night: 7pm, Fairhaven Library Green Sam Kean: 7pm, Village Books Wine Cruise: 6:30pm, Bellingham Cruise Ter- Speakeasy Seven: 7:30pm, Amadeus Project GET OUT minal COMMUNITY

12 Northwest Raspberry Festival: Through Satur- /#0-. 4[07.x.12] day, throughout Lynden

WORDS ONSTAGE GET OUT Bard on the Beach: Continues through Sept. 22, Tall Ship Tours and Sails: Through Tuesday,

8 Vanier Park, Vancouver, B.C. Squalicum Harbor My Fair Lady: 7pm, Bellingham Arts Academy Sin and Gin Tour: 6:45pm, downtown Belling- for Youth ham Julius Caesar: 7pm, Rexville-Blackrock Amphi- Sin and Gin Tour: 6:45pm, Fairhaven CURRENTS CURRENTS theater, Mount Vernon

6 Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre FOOD Proof: 8pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre Cracked Crab Cruise: 6:30-9:30pm, Bellingham The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Bay VIEWS VIEWS DANCE 4 Contra Dance Workshop: 7:30pm, Depot Arts ./0- 4[07.yx.12]

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2 known as “Goat Boy”—brings on the funny MUSIC My Fair Lady: 2pm and 7pm, Bellingham Arts Mission Folk Music Festival: Fraser River Heri- Academy for Youth

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at performances July 20-21 at the Skagit Lindsay Street: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park Theatre Hot Damn Scandal: 6-8pm, Community Food Julius Caesar: 7pm, Rexville-Blackrock Amphi-

.12 Co-op theater, Mount Vernon

18 Valley Casino Resort Bellingham Festival of Music Concert: 7:30pm, Candidate Jeopardy: 7:30pm, iDiOM Theater Bellingham Cruise Terminal Summer Spectacular!: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Talavya: 8pm, Pickford Film Center Theatre, Lynden

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# COMMUNITY Jim Breuer: 8pm, Skagit Valley Casino Resort Norwegian Cultural Fair: 1-4pm, Lakeway Inn Theatresports: 9pm, Upfront Theatre A “Berry Fair” Street GET OUT DANCE Market will be one of History Cruise: 6-8:30pm, Bellingham Bay and USA Dance Bellingham: 8-10pm, Blue Moon beyond Ballroom the many community Experience Tango: 8-11:30pm, Presence Dance Studio CASCADIA WEEKLY events happening July !-$ 4[07.y.12] MUSIC 2 20-21 in Lynden as part ONSTAGE Mission Folk Music Festival: Fraser River Heri- My Fair Lady: 7pm, Bellingham Arts Academy tage Park, Mission, B.C. of the annual Northwest for Youth Cheryl Bear: 1pm, Light of the World Prayer Raspberry Festival A Midsummer Night’s Dream: 7pm, Rexville- Center Blackrock Amphitheater, Mount Vernon Cabin Fever NW: 6-8pm, Vartanyan Winery Festival of Music Finale: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU

Wil Campa: 9pm, Eagle’s Hall

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COMMUNITY Northwest Raspberry Festival: Throughout Lynden 27 Discovery Days: 10am-7pm, Birch Bay SummerFest: 10am-dusk, Van Zandt Community B-BOARD Hall and Josh Vander Yacht Memorial Park Zombie Crawl: 8pm, throughout downtown Mount Vernon 24 GET OUT Wind Horse Half Marathon: 8:30am, Fairhaven FILM Park Padden Duathlon: 9am, Lake Padden 20 Sail-A-Bration: 10am-4pm, Semiahmoo Marina, Blaine MUSIC FOOD

Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot 18 Community & Arts Center ART ART Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square

Ferndale Public Market: 10am-3pm, Centennial 16 Riverwalk Park STAGE STAGE VISUAL ARTS Skagit Artists Together Studio Tour: 10am-

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COAL DUSTUPS: With environmental scoping now set

34 34 to begin in late August, the big set pieces align for the dispute over the proposed Gateway Paciﬁc Termi- FOOD nal at Cherry Point. The state Dept. of Ecology updated their estimate views that the environmental scoping could begin by late 27 OPINIONS THE GRISTLE August for a proposed pier that might ship as much as 54 million tons of coal per year to Asian markets.

B-BOARD Whatcom County Council negotiated a 120-day period for public hearings and comments in preparation for a more comprehensive review of the proposal. 24 What is scoping? In a nutshell, scoping sets the

FILM FILM size and scale of environmental review, what elements should be included in that review and—importantly— BY ALAN RHODES what should be excluded. For practical cost contain- 20 ment, the project applicant, SSA Marine subsidiary Pa-

MUSIC ciﬁc International Terminals, Inc., has suggested the scope be conﬁned to the Cherry Point environs and Channeling the

18 a switchyard at Custer. A growing coalition demands the scope be broader and more inclusive of potential ART ART impacts along the rail corridor through Puget Sound. American Literary Canon In a now familiar pattern, San Juan County Council 16 last week voted to request the scoping include the SIX DEAD WHITE GUYS AND EMILY DICKINSON TALK ABOUT COAL TRAINS islands and surrounding waterways be included in STAGE STAGE the environmental study. Skagit County commission- I DON’T usually bring this up because it weirds people out, but I have ers had earlier similarly voted to request the scope the psychic power to channel the voices of the great American writers. I was 14 consider their sensitive lands and economy. They join interested in what they might have to say about the proposed Gateway Paciﬁc Spokane, Seattle, and Vancouver, Wash., city gov- Terminal and the coal trains that might someday rumble through Bellingham. I

GET OUT ernments in calling for detailed impact studies that got in touch with a few of the old masters and asked them to dictate, through look at environmental, health and local transporta- me, some coal train prose or poetry. I channeled John Steinbeck ﬁrst, and here’s tion issues. The City of Edmonds took matters further a snippet of his contribution: 12 last November, opposing the movement of coal trains through their city. “It’s not nice here anymore, George.” “Was it good for you?” she asked. from spending the day observing the WORDS Bellingham City Council stuggles to ﬁnd their “I know, Lenny. It used to be nice “Yes,” I said, “It was good and right changing sunlight on a spider web. voice.

8 but the coal trains have ruined it.” to blow up the tracks.” He signed off in a bit of a huff, but Council failed in their June 2 meeting to adopt the “You told me it would be nice here “I meant the sex,” she said. he’ll get over it. city’s call for comprehensive review, desiring to stuff and I could have rabbits, but my I did not tell her that blowing up the I tried to get something intel- their resolution with sufﬁcient citations to make their ligible out of William Faulkner, but CURRENTS CURRENTS rabbits died.” tracks was better. request as comprehensive, inclusive and formidable “They breathed too much coal dust, Emily Dickinson reminded me that you know how can be. He went on 6

6 as possible. They will take up the matter again next Lenny.” she had already written a poem for 20 pages or so before he got week. Council also agreed, after listening to lengthy “George, here comes one of those to the end of a sentence. After

VIEWS VIEWS called “The Train,” but she was kind VIEWS public testimony, that they will not impede a citizen’s coal company big shots. He killed enough to modify it for my current Faulkner, William Carlos Williams initiative seeking to ban coal trains from going on the 4 my rabbits.” request. was a relief: November ballot, deferring the issue to voters... “Lenny! Don’t squeeze his head like I loathe to see it stretch for miles, so much deteriorates MAIL MAIL ...after the city first finishes suing the initiative, that, Lenny—” And hold the traffic up, around

of course.

2 I should have known better than And pause right at a crossing a black coal The Gristle has noted some of the perplexing aspects to channel T.S. Eliot. He started off And then completely stop terminal

DO IT IT DO of Proposition 2, the Coal-Free Bellingham initiative, O.K.: glazed with acid rain which extends legal rights to Nature and authorizes And sit for twenty minutes, water any Bellingham resident to sue the city on behalf of April is the cruelest month, bringing Seeming not to care, .12 beside the dead

18 those rights. coal trains out of the heartland, While trafﬁc backs up on the road, herring “Courts could take this to mean that if you live in mixing And drivers tear their hair. Bellingham a local environmental group could sue you diesel fumes and dust… Henry David Thoreau was in one of None of these creative giants .07 07. because washing your car in the driveway put soap in thought the coal terminal was a

29 But then he began writing in Greek his taciturn moods when I reached # the storm drain, or a neighbor could sue you because and Chinese, and throwing in a bunch him and he only gave me one line: good idea, and I’m definitely going your use of weed killer denied a plant’s right to flour- with their collective opinion. I also of esoteric allusions. You know what We do not ride on the railroad; it ish,” warned Paul Guppy, Washington Policy Center’s channeled three other writers, but a pedantic pain in the ass he can be. rides upon us. vice president for research. The proposed law provides the results weren’t very successful. Thankfully Ernest Hemingway was I told him that it was a ter- for the recovery of legal costs, providing financial in- Herman Melville said he couldn’t do much more cooperative: rific sentence, and quite apropos, centives for lawyers to sue the city, he cautioned. anything in fewer that 800 pages; In spring the coal trains came and but that he had already used it in Norman Mailer was drunk and want- CASCADIA WEEKLY To pound the nail of coal transport, Prop 2 takes a they were not good so Pablo and I Walden and I’d like something new. sledgehammer to the federalist model. ed to punch me in the face; and Tru- blew up the tracks. He got grumpy because I was put- 6 Doing so exposes the city to potential financial man Capote kept getting distracted Then I went home and she was there ting demands on him and, moreover, harm, City Council member Michael Lilliquist argued by a shirtless young guy mowing the and we made love. it seemed that I had called him away in an impassioned letter to Coal-Free Bellingham sup- lawn next door. porters. “Prop 2 is practically designed to create a con- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE stitutional showdown between local MOTORCYCLE and federal government—but that’s 34 not what most people are concerned SHOW about,” Lilliquist argued. Instead, “we SAT SEP 1 FOOD need a healthy showdown between the 10AM-3:30PM rights of citizens to protect themselves 27 and the rights of businesses to conduct harmful operations under legal shield of permits. B-BOARD “Prop 2 creates the wrong conflict The Man of a between the wrong parties,” he empha- sized. “It puts the city government in Thousand Voices 24

harm’s way, and will do little of prac- FILM tical effect to stop the coal train and & Legendary shipping terminal.” 20 Lilliquist and other Council mem- Impressionist bers believe they have a duty and an MUSIC obligation to avoid exposing the city to costly lititgation—particularly, he FRIDAY, 18 noted, when such litigation challenges federal aurthority as described in the ART U.S. Constitution. The merits of Prop SUN SEP 2 2 will be heard by a Whatcom County AUG 3 10AM-3:30PM 16 Superior Court judge later this month. STAGE STAGE “It is clear that City Council is sty- 8PM mied by their position which requires them to both uphold the current law 14 and change unjust laws,” Coal-Free

Bellingham supporters admitted in an $ .50 GET OUT unusually candid press release. “They 39 listened attentively and respectfully,

TICKETS 12 but did not back down from their decision to challenge the initiative in court rather than allow it to be placed WORDS on the ballot.” 8 Coal-Free Bellingham this week ﬁled a countersuit, a motion to strike the City of Bellingham’s lawsuit against the CURRENTS CURRENTS group, arguing the city’s action is a ha- 6 rassing lawsuit intended to injure their 6 right to direct democracy. VIEWS VIEWS “Because the city’s action is an at- VIEWS tempt to block the people’s right to 4 vote, we are bringing a claim under the state’s anti-SLAPP law so that the THE REFLECTION OF MAIL people of the city will get to have the vote that they are entitled to under MICHAEL JACKSON 2

the city’s own initiative procedure and IT DO & state law,” said attorney Brean Beggs, FRI, SEPT 7 SAT, SEPT 8 representing Coal-Free Bellingham. 8PM .12

“Right now, local governments, in- 18 $ .50 cluding ours, have been assigned the 29 TICKETS role of enforcing corporate control,” said Coal-Free Bellingham steering TICKETS AVAILABLE AT .07 07. 29 committee member David Maas, a re- # tired professor of political science. “In bringing the lawsuit, the city is ﬁght- ing to maintain that system of anti- democratic corporate rule—against the interests and desires of the people EXPERIENCEEVERYTHING

of this city.” CASCADIA WEEKLY “The restoration of democracy in 24/7 ACTION America needs to come about not 4JMWFS3FFG$BTJOPDPNt 7 through a weakening of our Constitu- *&YJUt.JO8FTUt)BYUPO8BZBU4MBUFS3PBE tion,” Lilliquist argued, “but through a re-assertion of citizen control over Events subject to change without notice. Management reserves all rights. ©2012 Silver Reef Casino federal government.” cities and in Cheney, which is bisected by rail lines, are among those calling for broad reviews of the export terminals.

The report assumes that BNSF will carry all of the

34 34 coal coming into Washington ports and some of the Oregon-bound coal. In Washington, the line from Spo- FOOD currents kane through Tri-Cities, the Columbia Gorge, and north toward Bellingham is expected to carry most or all of NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX the loaded coal trains and most of the empty returns. 27 Some of the latter could be routed through Stampede Pass, which cannot handle loaded cars. The report sees

B-BOARD some loaded cars using Stevens Pass. WORC believes the most serious choke points are near 24 Spokane and Billings. In the

FILM FILM case of Spokane, four major rail lines converge between Spokane and Sandpoint and av- 20 ? erage 46 freight trains a day,

MUSIC in addition to Amtrak. A major ? upgrade was designed to han- # -

18 dle 70 trains a day; WORC notes WHAT: Candidate ? that the coal trafﬁc at buildout

ART ART Jeopardy WHEN: 7:30pm, Sat. would far exceed that capacity July 21 if all terminals are approved. 16 ? WHERE: iDiOM Theater Spokane is already heavily COST: Donation impacted by rail trafﬁc, and STAGE STAGE requested MORE: Meet the the city has asked for a study candidates who can of the coal terminals that in- 14 answer questions cludes its rail impacts. Even BY FLOYD MCKAY about energy policy more impacted is the nearby and the environment. GET OUT small city of Cheney, where Whatcom Conservation Voters presents their the same trains bisect the city. endorsed candidates Cheney ofﬁcials are also de- 12 in the third annual manding that their impacts be Candidate Jeopardy. studied. “What's happening to WORDS Rep. Kristine Lyt- us is we are bearing unaccept- ton and Sen. Kevin able external costs,” Cheney 8 Ranker represent the 8 RAILFA 40th District. Former Mayor Tom Trulove told report- NEW STUDY SUGGESTS COAL TRAINS COULD CHOKE NW'S ECONOMIC ENGINES chair of the Whatcom ers in a May telephone confer- NEWS NEWS Democrats Natalie ence; he said the city hoped CURRENTS CURRENTS McClendon is running to pursue a “quiet zone” by in the 42nd District, 6 new study of rail transportation problems associated with the transport of millions of along with North enhancing crossings but BNSF Sound Baykeeper Matt plans for a double track will

VIEWS VIEWS tons of coal from the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana to proposed export Krogh. Jay Inslee, for- make that impossible. terminals in the Paciﬁc Northwest was released today in Montana, citing “a huge, mer Democratic U.S. “As a result of these capac- 4 A representative and a ity and congestion problems, huge increase in volume that we've never seen in this part of the world.“ candidate for gover- MAIL MAIL nor, will be calling in there are many areas which

That assessment came from Terry C. Whiteside, a Bill- gation resulting from increased railroad trafﬁc levels,” with a few answers, will require major upgrading 2 ings-based transportation consultant who co-authored the consultants said, including cases related to Powder Jeopardy style. and expansion of existing ------DO IT IT DO the regional study. In a telephone news conference he River Basin coal. tracks,” the WORC report says,

cited potential impacts on time-sensitive shipments Export terminals now under consideration in Washing- WHAT: Whatcom Tea “It is likely that hundreds of Party candidate forum of other commodities, including grain and Northwest ton and Oregon would attract an estimated 63 million miles of railroad lines will re- .12 WHEN: 6:30pm,

18 manufactured goods headed for markets in the Midwest. tons of coal in 2017 if all are opened, expanding to as Weds., July 18 quire expansion from single Whiteside and Gerald W. Fauth III, a transit consultant much as 145 million tons in 2022. By comparison, just WHERE: Syre Audito- to double or even triple track. based in Alexandria, Va., said Northwest communities over 5 million tons were burned in 2011 by the North- rium, Whatcom Com- Other railroad infrastructure, .07 07. need to unite to assure a full review of the impact on west's two coal plants, both of which will close by 2025. munity College such as bridges, tunnels, high- 29

# COST: Free local communities. Most observers do not expect all proposals will be ap- way crossings, will also need MORE: Round robin Numerous Northwest governments and organizations proved, and the timetable could be delayed. Most of discussion on con- to be replaced or upgraded have called for a broad environmental impact review the coal will be moved on Burlington Northern Santa Fe servative topics by in order to adequately, effi- of the six U.S. export terminals that are proposed; (BNSF) rails; a small amount to Oregon ports would be candidates for state ciently and safely handle the most have directed their concerns to the U.S. Army on Union Pacific lines. and federal positions. expected traffic levels. Corps of Engineers, which is the lead federal agency The WORC report focuses on heavy-impact areas or “The required upgrading and

CASCADIA WEEKLY on the applications for terminals where permits have “choke points” on the thousand-mile route from the expansion of railroad tracks and related infrastruc- already been filed. mines to West Coast ports. Among those spots are Bill- ture could well cost billions of dollars,” the consul- 8 The Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC), ings, Mont., and a segment known as “The Funnel” be- tants continue, “State and local governments will sponsor of the new study, supports that idea, but also tween Sandpoint, Idaho, and Spokane. Coal traffic at likely be called upon to bear the brunt and burden of suggests an appeal to the Surface Transportation Board, Spokane could be up to 63 trains a day in addition to these related costs and will likely be required to spend the federal agency that regulates railroads. “The STB the heavy traffic the city already bears; in Billings it hundreds of millions of dollars in related mitigation, has often been involved in cases which involved miti- would be 58 trains per day. City governments in both litigation, debt and other costs associated with the necessary improvements to accommo- Edmonds' concerns about conflicting date export coal traffic levels.“ rail and ferry traffic. BNSF has consistently maintained Among the local governments express-

that it will be able to handle increased ing opposition to coal shipments or call-

trafﬁc from coal exports, but it has ing for regional studies such as an ex- 34 not revealed details of how that will panded EIS, are city councils in Seattle, be done and how that will impact local Spokane, Cheney, Edmonds, Olympia, FOOD communities. The railroad's Fort Worth Marysville, Mukilteo, Washougal, and spokesperson, Suann Lundsberg, told Stevenson in Washington. Elsewhere, 27 the Associated Press, “I can assure you similar statements have come from gov- BNSF will not under-invest to accom- ernments in Missoula, Mont., Sandpoint, modate our customers' businesses, and Idaho, and Portland, Hood River, and B-BOARD our past investments are proof of that.” Mosier in Oregon. With the exception of She noted that Union Paciﬁc would also Olympia, all are on rail lines that would carry coal to the region. carry coal from the Powder River Basin to 24

Under federal regulations, railroads are West Coast ports. PEPPER FILM rarely required to bear a share of the cost The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish of building new crossings, overpasses or Commission has expressed to the U.S. 20 underpasses or other items to alleviate Army Corps of Engineers concerns SISTERS the impact of trains on local traffic or about coal export terminal proposals MUSIC noise. If a railroad is ordered by the state in the Columbia River Basin. Similar COOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX SINCE 1988 to build an overpass to replace an at-grade concerns have been voiced by the Nez Open Nightly Except Monday 1055 N State St B’ham 671-3414 18 signalized crossing, it may be required to Perce Tribe, Yakama Nation, and Con- pay 5 percent of the cost, which typically federated Tribes of the Umatilla Reser- ART runs several million dollars. Other mitiga- vation in Oregon. tions are typically borne by local govern- Concerns about rail traffic have domi- 16 ments, which in turn attempt to get state nated much of the discussion of the ex- STAGE STAGE or federal help. port terminals in recent weeks, but other Federal legislation could change that concerns dealing with marine traffic, air regulation, but railroads have a history and water pollution, fisheries issues, and 14 of being treated well by Congress and local economies will come to the fore in

federal regulatory agencies. the next several weeks as environmen- GET OUT The WORC study also warned that tal review begins on the largest of the Northwest ports, particularly Seattle, Ta- six Northwest terminals, Gateway Paciﬁc coma, and Portland, would be harmed by Terminal at Cherry Point north of Bell- 12 the increased trafﬁc, which would lead ingham. The process of scoping—deter- to longer times to ship intermodal goods mining the boundaries of environmental WORDS to Midwest markets. Grain shipments to studies—is expected to begin about 8

Asia could also be impacted, the con- Sept. 1 and last 60 to 120 days. 8 sultants warned, as the timing of grain It is during these scoping hearings that trains to meet ships could be hindered by the extent of examination of rail impacts NEWS CURRENTS CURRENTS rail congestion. will be determined. Despite a widespread

WORC's report is the first rail-traffic call for inclusion of rail impacts, termi- 6 study to examine the entire export nal operator SSA Marine has insisted that route from the Powder River Basin to environmental review be contained to VIEWS terminals in the Pacific Northwest. Oth- the terminal site itself. Lead agencies— 4 er studies have examined the impact on Whatcom County and the Washington De- cities in Washington and all have con- partment of Ecology for the state study MAIL cluded that there is a significant impact and the Corps of Engineers for the federal Take your fork on local communities, both in the costs government—will determine the scope. 2

associated with handling the increased Environmental review, contracted to the IT DO

in a new direction train traffic and in dealing with poten- engineering firm CH2M Hill, is expected tial pollution, including noise and air to take up to two years. The Cherry Point Island Cooking .12 and water quality. application is the furthest-along of the 18 Studies by Gibson Traffic Consul- Washington proposals. Lunch Specials tants, done for CommunityWise Bell- In Oregon, the most-advanced proposal 'YFER4MGEHMPPS7EPEH.IVOIH'LMGOIR4M^Ê ingham, project the impact of double- is the Port of Morrow's application to re- 'YFER7ERH[MGL'LYGOERYX'LIIWI4PEXI .07 07. 29 tracking the rails running through a key ceive coal by train, unload it on site, and Dinner Specials # part of a downtown development proj- transfer it to barges for shipment through 'EQEVSRIW)WQIVEPHE>ER^MFEV(YGO ect there and the tourist-attractive vil- Columbia River locks to St. Helens, west 4VMQI8ST7MVPSMR[MXL'EWGEHME1YWLVSSQW lage of Fairhaven. The Bellingham City of Portland on the Columbia River. Council is pressing for inclusion of rail Saturday & Sunday Brunch impacts in the permit applications filed Floyd J. McKay, professor of journalism ,EMXMER)KKWSR'SVR*VMXXIVW 7GVEQFPIH[MXL'YFER4MGEHMPPS for a proposed Cherry Point terminal, emeritus at Western Washington Universi- CASCADIA WEEKLY and is expected to join the list of cities ty, is a longtime Northwest journalist who 4MRE'SPEHE;EJJPI appealing for a wide-ranging environ- covered Oregon politics for two decades. 9 mental impact study study. This article originally appeared on Cross- Gibson Traffic Consultants conducted cut.com, where you can find daily coverage Rhododendron Cafe studies for several other cities along of the Pacific Northwest. ©2012, Crosscut. the rail line, including a May study of com, all rights reserved Chuckanut & Bow Hill Rd. 360-766-6667 www.rhodycafe.com currents ›› last week’s news

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16 07.xy.12 STAGE STAGE THURSDAY A jogger is assaulted by a motorist in Ferndale. The driver 14 reportedly swerved his car at the jogger, forcing him into bushes. He then got out of his car and struck the jogger, seriously

GET OUT injuring his face. 07. .12 12 xz FRIDAY WORDS The Snohomish County medical examiner says a 26-year-old man found dead in a Marysville mobile home is a homicide 8

8 victim and his 70-year-old grandmother committed suicide. The man died of multiple gunshot wounds to the head. His State Senator Kevin Ranker joined thousands celebrating diversity and equality during a week of Pride events in Bellingham. Ranker, who is up for NEWS NEWS grandmother was found by her husband, dead from a single re-election this year, served as grand marshal in the Bellingham Pride Parade. The 40th District Democrat delivered an impassioned vote for marriage CURRENTS CURRENTS close-range gunshot wound to the head. The man had recently equality in February and says he supports Referendum 74, which rallies public support for the new law.

6 moved from Florida to live with his grandparents. Police say he had a history of mental health problems. the man is missing and presumed drowned in the icy, and a woman. The blow critically injured the woman. VIEWS VIEWS rough river. The man suffered minor injuries. A 9-year-old boy is in the hospital after he was pulled from 4 the Pilchuk River east of Everett. Snohomish County deputies 07.x}.12 An early evening fire causes significant heat and MAIL MAIL say the boy's mother called 911 after the boy was caught on a MONDAY smoke damage to a Bellingham home. Fire officials

small log and pulled under the water. A bystander pulled the say a passerby spotted smoke and ﬂames in the win- 2 boy to the river bank, and family began resuscitation efforts. Four people are injured in two separate accidents dow of the home on Old Samish Road. The ﬁre was

DO IT IT DO The Daily Herald reports the boy is listed in critical condition. in the North Cascades National Park over the week- quickly located and knocked down. No one is injured

end. On Friday, a man and woman were injured by in the blaze. falling snow in a basin below Luna Creek. The two .12 07.x{.12

18 were rescued by helicopter. On Saturday, two hikers Vandals ransack Cascade Middle School in Sedro- SATURDAY were injured after a member of a seven-member hik- Woolley, causing thousands of dollars in damage. Po- Crews search the Skagit River east of Sedro Woolley for a ing party inadvertently pulled down a boulder on the lice say they demolished computers, shattered trophy .07 07. man who reportedly fell off his boat. They ﬁnd the boat, but south side of Sahale Peak. The boulder struck him cases and spray painted the building. 29 #

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HIDE AND SIKHS 34 BUZZ On June 25, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents apprehended two people FOOD BURNING LOVE illegally crossing the border at Sumas. On July 11, a Ferndale woman was argu- “Both subjects were citizens of India who 27 ing with her boyfriend about a past ﬂame claimed to be lawful permanent residents while camped at Swift Creek near Baker in the United States,” agents reported

Lake. She became enraged and demanded “At the Sumas station, agents conﬁrmed B-BOARD the car keys to leave. Her boyfriend re- that both of the subjects had legal status fused because she had been drinking. He enabling them to remain in the United went inside their tent to sleep it off. Ac- States. Both subjects were cited for their 24

cording to Sheriff’s deputies, she doused lack of documents and released. FILM the tent with lighter fluid and set it on fire with the man inside. He ran out and On June 25, while patrolling the northern 20 she pelted him with camp chairs, cooking border, Sumas Border Patrol agents wit- utensils, kindling and other items. She nessed three subjects illegally cross the MUSIC smashed the windshield of his car and United States/Canada border west of Su- stormed off. Deputies eventually found mas. The agents determined that all of the 18 and arrested her. The tent was destroyed. subjects were citizens of India, who admit- ART ART The man suffered welts, bruises and cuts ted to being illegally present in the United MILLIONS of militaryyx service veterans in the United States. About 7.2 percent are but was not seriously injured. States. The three subjects were placed un- women. der arrest and processed for removal. 16 On July 10, a Bellingham woman was ar- STAGE STAGE rested for stabbing her boyfriend in the On July 2, operators of a remote video face with a Tiki torch. surveillance system observed a subject z~ |{ 14 cross the U.S./Canada border near Blaine. On July 9, roommates in Bellingham U.S. Border Patrol agents met with a citi- SERVED during both Gulf wars. SERVED during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam conflict. pitched a fit about dirty dishes in their zen of India, who admitted to being il- GET OUT downtown apartment. One roommate legally present in the United States. The confronted the other and his friend out- subject was arrested for deportation. side the apartment as they returned. He 12 threw a (dirty) fork at his roommate, On July 3, a vehicle search at the of Lyn-

x{ WORDS striking the man in the eye, impaling it. den border crossing revealed three people, CHANCE in 100 a veteran holds a job in PERCENT of veterans who own a The 18-year-old was arrested. His room- all, determined to be citizens of India. the public sector, three times the rate of business. They employ 5.8 million 8

mate needed extensive surgery to repair They admitted to having just crossed the non-veterans. people. 8 his punctured left eye. border and to being present in the United

States illegally. The three were arrested NEWS CURRENTS CURRENTS A PATTERN and processed for deportation. Homeland SUGGESTS ITSELF Security ofﬁcials report the numbers of ¹x ¹xy 6 On July 12, Bellingham Police reported Sikh nationals crossing the border has THE average veteran earns $10,000 more AMOUNT, in trillions of dollars, in that someone stole a catalytic converter risen sharply in recent years as a result of per year than the average American, cash receipts generated by business VIEWS off of a man's truck on Humboldt Street in civil unrest in their homeland and relaxed or about $35,300 per year in income. owned by veterans. 4 York neighborhood. entry requirements in the Americas. Border Approximately 14.6 percent live in poverty.

ofﬁcials estimate approximately one in ev- MAIL On July 12, Bellingham Police reported ery three non-Mexican illegal immigrants that someone stole the catalytic convert- comes from the Indian subcontinent. 2

er off of another man's truck on Humboldt IT DO xz| Street in York neighborhood. STUBBED TOES ON A ESTIMATED number of U.S. service personnel forced out of military service as a result SNUBBED NOSE of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” .12

On July 12, Bellingham Police reported On July 10, a teen swimming in Lake 18 that someone stole the catalytic converter Samish Park stubbed his toe on a hand- for a man's pickup on Franklin Street in York gun tossed into the lake in a gang-related neighborhood. incident July 8. A suspect in the incident .07 07.

{29 had pitched the gun into the lake. Depu- NUMBER of months that passed between APPROXIMATE number of LGBT # On July 12, Bellingham Police reported ties were unable to locate it. Two 16-year- the end of DADT and an ofﬁcial pride uniformed and civilian Defense that that the catalytic converter was sto- olds who had been swimming at the park reception at the Pentagon, honoring LGBT Department employees who packed the len from another man‘s truck on Franklin in deeper water stumbled across the U.S. service personnel. Pentagon auditorium in celebration of the June 15 event. Street in York neighborhood. handgun, which had been obscured in the shallow portion of the designated swim-

On July 12, Bellingham Police reported ming area. One boy, while wading ashore, CASCADIA WEEKLY that someone stole the catalytic converter stepped on the pistol and stopped to see ¹x|} ¹|y MILLIONS spent on replacement costs ESTIMATED total cost of DADT per off of a man's truck on Potter Street in York what it was. His friend reported it. Depu- 11 for gay and lesbian service personnel ﬁred U.S. taxpayer. neighborhood. ties recovered and examined the pistol, between 2004 and 2009 under DADT. $7.7 which was found to have one live round in million was spent in administrative costs. On July 12, Bellingham Police reported the chamber. The gun was booked into ev- SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau; Government Accountability Service internal report. that someone stole the catalytic convert- idence in the ongoing investigation. doit WORDS

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34 34 RADICAL REINVENTION: Kaya Oakes reads from her memoir, Radical Reinvention: FOOD words An Unlikely Return to the Catholic Church, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS 671-2626 27 FRI., JULY 20 FAMILY STORY NIGHT: Professional

B-BOARD tale-tellers will weave their wordy magic at Family Story Night at 7pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. Entry is free. as a way to get closer to her, his current love. 778-7188 24 “This is called intimacy,” Sugar wrote. “This THE VIOLINIST’S THUMB: Washington,

FILM FILM is called fuck yes. When people do this with us, D.C. writer Sam Kean shares stories and it’s an honor. And when the people who do this ideas from The Violinist’s Thumb: And Other with us also happen to be people with whom Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius at 7pm at 20 we are falling in love, it lets us into an orbit in Village Books, 1200 11th St. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM which there is only admission for two.” MUSIC SPEAKEASY 7: “Poets on Assignment” will In February, just before her memoir Wild: be the focus of a SpeakEasy 7 reading from From Lost to Found on the Paciﬁc Crest Trail was 7:30-9pm at the Amadeus Project, 1209 18 published, Strayed let her loyal readers in on Cornwall Ave. The event will feature the best ART ART her identity. She concurrently published a book work from a group of accomplished writers of Sugar’s most popular columns, dubbed Tiny who have been meeting once a month for more than three years. Admission is by 16 Beautiful Things. donation. Not too many months WWW.OTHERMINDPRESS.WORDPRESS.COM STAGE STAGE later, Strayed was sitting JULY 20-21 down with Oprah Winfrey SUMMER BOOK SALE: Attend a Lynden 14 to discuss Wild, which fo- Friends Summer Book Sale from 10am-5pm cuses on the difﬁcult years Friday and Saturday at the Lynden Library, 216 4th St.

GET OUT after her mother died and the decisions that led to 354-4883 her walk more than 1,100 12 ATTEND SAT., JULY 21 12 WHAT: Cheryl miles alone on the Paciﬁc HOLOCAUST COURAGE: Marty Brounstein Strayed will be the Crest Trail—from the Mo- reads from Two Among the Righteous Few: A WORDS

WORDS guest author at the jave Desert to the borders Story of Courage in the Holocaust at 4pm at Chuckanut Radio Village Books, 1200 11th St. Hour of Washington State. 8 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM WHEN: 6:30pm Even without Oprah’s Tues., July 24 glowing endorsement—Wild MON., JULY 23 BY AMY KEPFERLE WHERE: Leopold is the book she chose to kick JOY BRIGADE: Martin Limon reads from

CURRENTS CURRENTS Crystal Ballroom, off her new book group— his latest Sergeant George Sueno mystery, 1224 Cornwall Ave. The Joy Brigade, at 7pm at Village Books, 6 COST: $5 this is a book nobody had to 1200 11th St. Wild Words INFO: www.village force me to read. 671-2626 VIEWS VIEWS books.com From the beginning para- POETRYNIGHT: Read your original verse ON A JOURNEY WITH CHERYL STRAYED ------graphs that recount a mo- at poetrynight at 8:30pm at the Amadeus 4 WHAT: Sourdough ment during the achingly Project, 1209 Cornwall Ave. Sign-ups start Speakers Series at 8pm. MAIL MAIL EVEN BEFORE I knew who she was, Cheryl Strayed’s wild with Cheryl Strayed difﬁcult walkabout when WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG words made me cry. WHEN: Oct. 6-7 Strayed lost one of her hik-

2 I’d been directed to an anonymous online advice column called “Dear WHERE: North ing boots to the last chap- TUES., JULY 24 Sugar” on www.therumpus.net, and what I read made me catch my Cascades Learning ter’s ﬁtting ending at the BELLINGHAM READS: The monthly DO IT IT DO Center on Diablo breath. Sugar’s advice hummed with energy, and thus demanded readers Bridge of the Gods, the “Bellingham Reads” meeting will focus on Lake the cross-cultural experiences of Iranian paid attention. COST: $95-$200 author doesn’t mince words author Firoozeh Dumas and her book, Funny .12

18 While she carefully dispensed advice to those who’d come to points in (includes meals and when it comes to sharing in Farsi, at 6:30pm at the Bellingham Public their lives where things couldn’t go on the way they were—whether their accommodations) with readers why this was Library, 210 Central Ave. problems involved a cheating spouse, an addiction, the loss of a child, INFO: www.ncas the most important journey 778-7323 cades.org .07 07. general depression or lesbian bed death—Sugar answered their queries of her life. WED., JULY 25 29 # with as much humanity and moxie as she could muster. A few chapters in, Strayed allows that she J.A.’S JUDGMENT: Bestselling author J.A. And even though she hadn’t yet come out of the columnist closet, was woefully unprepared for the rigors of the Jance reads from her latest Sheriff Joanna those who tuned in to read her advice on the regular learned more about great outdoors (she referenced rattlesnakes, Brady suspense novel, Judgment Call, at the writer of the replies than they did those about asking the questions. mountain lions and “wilderness-savvy serial 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Entry is free. We found that Sugar had learned to “write like a motherfucker” to stay killers”). Soon, though, she decided to quell WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM sane, and that she hadn’t had an easy life. She’d been molested by her her negative inner voice. THURS., JULY 26

CASCADIA WEEKLY grandfather, lost her mother to lung cancer in her early 20s and been “I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, brieﬂy addicted to heroin and bad boyfriends. But the good news is my journey was doomed,” she wrote. “Fear, to JOURNEY IN CHINA: Aminta Arrington reads from her true-life tome, Home is 12 that, somewhere along the line, she’d reinvented herself. a great extent, is born of a story we tell our- a Roof Over a Pig: An American Family’s With a no-holds-barred brazenness—and a bit of a potty mouth—Sugar selves, and so I chose to tell myself a different Journey in China, at 7pm at Village Books, ordered readers to wake up and smell the reality. To a woman who was story from the one women are told. I decided 1200 11th St. haunted by her boyfriend’s sexual past, for instance, Sugar suggested she I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing 671-2626 take the fact that her boyfriend wanted to talk about his former partners could vanquish me.” doit COMMUNITY

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NORTH KOREA TALK: Local traveler Brad 34 Howard will speak on the inﬂuence of religion in present-day North Korea at 7pm FOOD at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2117 Walnut St. Entry is free. Fruit & Vegetables 733-2890 Meats & Cheeses 27 THURS., JULY 19 Marinades & Sauces

PIONEERS ON THE BAY: Historian and B-BOARD educator Janet Oakley leads a “Pioneers Charcoal, Ice, Beer on the Bay” tour and workshop from 1-3pm at the Whatcom Museums Syre Books, CDs, Vitamins 24 Education Center, 201 Prospect St. Sug- gested donation is $3, and registration Jewelry & Sandwiches FILM FILM is required. 778-8960 ǡơǡ

NORWEGIAN FAIR: The Daughters of Nor- 20 way will host a Cultural Fair from 1-4pm at An All Around Market

the Lakeway Inn & Conference Center, 714 MUSIC Lakeway Dr. Scandinavian crafts, demos, 360-592-2297 vendors, Vikings and a boat builder will be www.everybodys.com part of the free fun. Hiway 9 – Van Zandt 18

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SAT., JULY 21 *Offer valid 7 days a week (holidays excluded) For additional offers visit www.granaio.com

COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE: Sell or buy CURRENTS items at a Summer Community Garage Sale CALL FOR RESERVATIONS 6 from 8am-1pm at the Deming Library, 5044 Lunch hours 360.419.0674 Mt. Baker Hwy. A $20 fee will reserve a 11am–3pm WWW.GRANAIO.COM

spot to sell your stuff. VIEWS Dinner hours [email protected] 592-2422 3pm–10pm

£ääÊ Ê Ì}iÀÞ]Ê-ÕÌiÊ££ä]Ê ÕÌÊ6iÀ 4 SUMMERFEST: The South Fork Valley Community Association presents its annual “SummerFest” from 10am to dusk at the MAIL Van Zandt Community Hall and Josh Vander

TREAT YOUR SUMMER GUESTS TO THE 2 Yacht Memorial Park, 4106 Hwy 9. 592-2297 DO IT IT DO ZOMBIE CRAWL: The Lincoln Theatre BEST CRUISE DEAL IN TOWN! presents the inaugural “Zombie Crawl”

starting at 8pm at a variety of venues in .12 downtown Mount Vernon. Entry is $8-$10. Enjoy learning about the past, 18 WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG present and future of the JULY 21-22 Bellingham shoreline with local .07 07.

DISCOVERY DAYS: Clamming, wakeboard- 29 # ing, a grand parade, an arts and crafts expert Brian Griffin as your narrator. fair and much more will ﬁll your weekend as part of the 32nd annual Birch Bay Sailings Thursdays in July and Discovery Days from 10am-7pm Sat. and August starting July 19. Last year, 10am-5pm Sun. throughout Birch Bay. every cruise in August sold out. WWW.BIRCHBAYCHAMBER.COM Don’t delay! WED., JULY 25 CASCADIA WEEKLY VETERANS HEALTH FAIR: A Veterans Health Fair takes place from 2-5pm at the 13 Bellingham Senior Activity Center, 315 Hal- leck St. Refreshments will be provided. TICKET LINE: www.whatcommuseum.org 360-778-8963 733-4030 Lightcatcher building, Grand & Flora. Open noon-5, Tuesday — Sunday www.whatcommuseum.org doit THURS., JULY 19 and there’ll also be a family- friendly afternoon tour at

FITNESS FORUM: Chris 2pm Saturdays in Fairhaven.

34 34 Lockwood, D.C., helms a free Fitness Forum focused on Tickets are $10-$20. WWW.GOODTIMEGIRLSBHAM. FOOD G “Biomechanics for Efﬁcient Movement” at 7:15pm at COM etout RAGNAR RELAY: Teams Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th HIKING RUNNING CYCLING SKIING St. of injury. will pass through Whatcom, 27 WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS. Skagit, and Island counties COM as part of the Ragnar Relay Northwest Passage. Cost is

B-BOARD HISTORY CRUISE: Learn about local lore and get some $115 per person. great views of Bellingham WWW.RAGNARRELAY.COM when the Whatcom Museum 24 JULY 20-24 of verse, a small—but voraciously vocal—minor- begins its 29th summertime TALL SHIP TOURS: Walk-on “History Sunset Cruise” tours FILM FILM ity refused to rescind their sanguine conviction tours, family adventure sails tonight from 6-8:30pm leav- that punctuation was, at best, superﬂuous. and romantic evening sails ing from Squalicum Harbor Compelling as their discourse was, I might as will be available when the

20 aboard the Island Caper. tall ship, Hawaiian Chieftain, well have been herding cats for all the effort it Tickets are $30-$35. from Friday to Tuesday, docks took just to cajole them up the trail. 778-8963 OR WWW. MUSIC at Squalicum Harbor. Walk-on WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG “Ezra Pound was truly an incomparable ground- tours are $3, and sails are breaker,” I ﬁnally told them. “But if you don’t $29-$39. 18 JULY 19-22 get the GORP divvied up between you inside of TOUR DE FRANCE: If you’re (800) 200-5239 OR WWW. ART ART the next ﬁve minutes, I’m going to keep aspirat- interested in seeing live por- HISTORICALSEAPORT.ORG ing your occupational obligations until all that’s tions of the Tour de France, SAT., JULY 21 16 show up from 5:30-9am every left is onomatopoeia.” WIND HORSE RUN: Help race day through July 22 to Although this inspired (if only marginally raise funds for the Blue Sky

STAGE STAGE watch the action on the big Education Project at the Wind comprehensible) little outburst succeeded to re- screen at the Mount Bakery, Horse Half Marathon and establish just enough order among the divisive 308 W. Champion St. Half Marathon Relay starting 14 14 WWW.MOUNTBAKERY.COM ranks of the literati to make the subsequent ﬁve- at 8:30am at Bellingham’s mile hike into base camp go smoothly, it only FRI., JULY 20 Fairhaven Park. Suggested

GET OUT donation is $35. GET OUT took the sudden and completely ill-timed arrival DUCK TOUR: Children and of the Great Intestinal Disturbance that followed their keepers can register for WWW.WINDHORSERUN.COM to plunge the whole endeavor into chaos. a “Know Your Ducks (And Oth- PADDEN DUATHLON: Day-of 12 Unbeknownst to me, the iodine tincture we had er Birds)!” tour with former registration is available for the annual Padden Duathlon been using to treat our water over the previous Audubon Society president Joe Meche from 1-3pm at the starting at 9am at Lake WORDS few weeks was a 7 percent mixture rather than Whatcom Museum’s Syre Edu- Padden. The event features a the recommended 2 percent dosage. And a dis- cation Center, 201 Prospect 2.6-mile run, 14.5-mile bike 8 crepancy in iodine intake like that—as the gas- St. Entry is $3. ride and 2.6-mile run. Cost is troenterologist we consulted in Bend later told 778-8960 $20-$25, plus $10 for relay teams. us—tends to cause a marked microbial imbalance GOLF CLASSIC: Help break

CURRENTS CURRENTS WWW.TRITHECOOKIE.COM in even the most iron-clad digestive tract. the cycle of child abuse by BY TRAIL RAT participating in the Brigid RASPBERRY RUN: The Rasp- 6 Even before lunch during our ﬁrst day of work, Collins Golf Classic fundraiser berry Festival 5K Run/Walk I noticed that pretty much half the crew had starting at 2pm at the North starts at 9am at the Lynden

VIEWS VIEWS started to spend so much time scurrying off into Bellingham Golf Course, Christian High School parking the bushes, they’d rendered themselves effec- 205 W. Smith Rd. Cost is lot, 515 Drayton St. Cost is

4 Into the Bushes $10-$15. tively AWOL. $50-$100. WWW.BRIGIDCOLLINS.COM WWW.LYNDEN.ORG

MAIL MAIL A PACIFIC CREST TRAIL TALE By the second day, I’d become a human Pepto- BIKE TO BOCCE: As part of the SAIL-A-BRATION: Rides Bismol dispenser. By the third day, my Pepto- aboard the Plover Ferry, a Summer Rides series, join up 2 ALTHOUGH I managed to survive my ﬁrst two trail Bismol bottle was empty. for a free “Bike to Bocce Ball” live band, food, vendors, a crew-leading encounters with the Paciﬁc Crest Trail (PCT) re- And the fourth day got even gnarlier. excursion starting at 4pm swap meet, kids activities DO IT IT DO

spectfully enough, my third one was nearly my last. “For cripes sake!” groaned my recently strick- at the Bocce Ball Court on and more will be part of the Carolina Street. 4th annual “Sail-A-Bration” To this day, I can still hardly hear the words “Diamond Peak en co-leader as she re-emerged from the bushes happening from 10am-4pm at .12 WWW.EVERYBODYBIKE.COM

18 Wilderness Area” without suffering through a lurid miasma of for the third time inside an hour. “Maybe we’ve BIOLUMINESCENCE PAD- Blaine’s Semiahmoo Marina, ﬂashbacks—which have henceforth been associated with the got giardia!” DLE: See Bellingham Bay in 9540 Semiahmoo Parkway. backpacking-induced mixture of strain, pain and outright humil- “Giardia?” asked one the last able-bodied a new way by signing up for WWW.SEMIAHMOOMARINA. COM .07 07. iation I experienced while trying to maintain the PCT in there. poets on the crew. “Isn’t that the name of the tonight’s “Bioluminescence 29 # It was summer of 1994, smack dab in the middle of thru- small village just outside Florence where Dante Paddle Tour” starting at 9pm SUN., JULY 22 at the Community Boating hiking season, and there I was: A bright-eyed, bushy-faced, went to school?” BEACH PEDAL: As part of Center, 555 Harris Ave. Cost the Summer Rides series, recent college graduate attempting to wrangle an inordinately “Maybe metaphorically speaking,” I quipped, is $50 per person. meet up at 1pm at the C Shop rambunctious, excruciatingly diverse crew of 11 young adults “but technically speaking, it’s an intestinal 714-8891 OR WWW. at Birch Bay for a “Beach BOATINGCENTER.ORG on a ﬁve-day backcountry hitch. parasite.” Pedal.” The sun was blazing. The heat was ferocious. And Willamette And suddenly, just as my face started feeling JULY 20-21 WWW.EVERYBODYBIKE.COM

CASCADIA WEEKLY National Forest was crawling with a freshly hatched infusion feverish, my supervisor decided to show up. GOOD TIME GIRLS: Join the TUES., JULY 24 of blood-hungry insects. “What kind of chicken-scratch outﬁt are you Good Time Girls for lively his- BIKE BASICS: A “Bike 14 torical walking tours through Yet, as we assembled our backpacks at trailhead, the pri- running here?” she barked. Maintenance Basics” course Aug. 25. “Sin & Gin” tours mary divisive issue that rippled through our crew stemmed But before I could muster a word in edgewise, begins at 7pm at REI, 400 happen at 6:45 every Fri.-Sat. from poetry. my stomach let out such a powerful, hard-press- 36th St. in downtown Bellingham and 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM While the overwhelming majority espoused that proper ing growl that I had to go trotting off into the at 6:45 Fridays in Fairhaven, punctuation was absolutely necessary for the ideal expression bushes with a far more urgent agenda.

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3-4pm Roberto the Magnificent .12

4-7pm Petting Zoo by the Ferndale FFA 18 6pm Junior Parade (Line-up 4:45 Main & 4th) THEME: “Musical Memories” 8-9pm Problem Child–$5 Admission

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9am-3pm Car Show Central School Grounds 29 9am Old Settlers 5K & 2 Mile Fun Run/Walk (registration starts at 8) # 11am Grand Parade—Downtown Ferndale, THEME: “Musical Memories” BLIND FATE 12-6pm Petting Zoo – Ferndale FFA 12-1:30pm Bellingham Alumni Band 1-8:30pm DUPI Garden Club Flower Show–Pioneer Pavilion Arts & Crafts 1:30pm Opening Ceremonies Food Vendors 2-3:30pm South Bound–Country Rock Band Log Cabin Museums 4-5:30pm Brian Hanson Band Jump Around Fun Zone 7-8:30pm Brian Hanson Band Children’s Activities 9pm Grand Adult Dance in the Barn. Music by Blind Fate

Beer Garden CASCADIA WEEKLY SUNDAY JULY 29 in the Barn 10:30am Church Services & Hym Sing, Blaine United Church of Christ 15 10-3pm Motorcycle Show & Shine–Central School Grounds 1-4pm Summer Night Pops in the Park 2pm Hymn Sing in the Old Church

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34 34 JULY 18-22 MY FAIR LADY: The Lerner and Loewe FOOD G classic musical, My Fair Lady, will be per- formed at 7pm Wed.-Sat. and 2pm Sat.-Sun. sta e at the Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth, 1059 N. State St. Tickets are $10 and can 27 THEATER DANCE PROFILES be purchased at the door or in advance. WWW.BAAY.ORG

B-BOARD THURS., JULY 19 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at 24 still come to terms with the after-effects of her the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick around for “The Project.” Entry is $7

FILM FILM father’s death. Throw in having to deal with a for the early show, $4 for the late one. growing attraction with one of her father’s for- 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM mer graduate students (Adam St. John) and the 20 demands of her older, more put-together sister JULY 19-22 (Jessica Young)—both of whom want different SHAKESPEARE NORTHWEST: As part of MUSIC Shakespeare Northwest’s 11th season, view things from her—and it’s not long before things Julius Caesar at 7pm Thurs. and Sat. and A must come to a head. Midsummer Night’s Dream at 7pm Fri. and 18 And, just before intermission, they do. You 2pm Sun. at the Rexville-Blackrock Amphi- ART ART see, as it turns out, Catherine didn’t just in- theater, 19299 Rexville Grange Rd. Tickets herit a possible propensity for mental instabil- are $12 and the plays show in repertory through Aug. 5. 16 16 ity. When Hal ﬁnds a mathematical proof in her WWW.SHAKESNW.ORG late father’s desk that may change the world of STAGE STAGE STAGE STAGE prime numbers, Catherine shocks him by assert- JULY 19-25 ing that she, not her father, was the one who BARD ON THE BEACH: The Taming of the Shrew shows in repertory with Macbeth, 14 came up with the solution. The Merry Wives of Windsor, and King John In lesser hands, the back-and-forth between through Sept. 22. at Bard on the Beach at Vancouver, B.C.’s Vanier Park. Tickets are GET OUT Catherine, Hal, Claire, and Robert (whom the audience comes to know in a more personal way $21-$40 (Canadian). through brief ﬂashbacks) WWW.BARDONTHEBEACH.ORG 12 might not ring true. But, FRI., JULY 20 thanks to the perfect ALL MY CHILDREN: Seattle actor and WORDS casting and able direction improviser Matt Smith presents a solo by New York-based direc- performance dubbed All My Children at

8 8pm at the iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall tor and choreographer Ave. Tickets are $10 and are available at Stefanie Sertich, the rela- the door the night of the performance tionships have a startling or in advance at both Bellingham Food CURRENTS CURRENTS SEE IT intimacy that allows layers Co-ops. 756-0756 OR WW.IMPROVPLAYWORKS.COM 6 WHAT: Proof shows of real-life authenticity to in repertory with shine through. JULY 20-21 BY AMY KEPFERLE On Golden Pond and VIEWS VIEWS SUMMER SPECTACULAR: Comedy, dance, Chapter Two Consider, for example, a music and much more will be part of the WHEN: Through scene between Catherine 4 Lynden Performing Arts Guild’s second Aug. 5. Shows hap- and her father that takes annual “Summer Spectacular! A Showcase

MAIL MAIL Proof pen at 8pm week- place soon after he’d had of Whatcom County Talent” at 7:30pm Fri.- days and Saturdays nearly a year of clarity Sat. at the Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655

2 and 3pm Sundays SUMMER REP OFFERING ADDS UP Front St. Tickets will be $5 for kids and $10 WHERE: Mount before returning to the maelstrom of his muddled general at the door. DO IT IT DO Baker Theatre’s Wal- WWW.CLAIREVGTHEATRE.COM ON THE surface, David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Proof ton Theatre, 104 N. mind. She ﬁnds him out- is about math and the complications that arise when numbers no longer Commercial St. side on the patio—where JIM BREUER: Comedian Jim Breuer—a .12 COST: Tickets are Saturday Night Live alum and the man re-

18 make sense. most of the play takes $10-$25 sponsible for the character known as “Goat But those who show up to see the Mount Baker Theatre’s Summer Rep- INFO: 734-6080 or place—in the middle of Boy”—performs at 8pm at Bow’s Skagit Val- ertory offering—which is playing alongside Neil Simon’s Chapter Two and www.mountbaker winter. He’s wearing a T- ley Casino Resort. Tickets are $35-$40 and

.07 07. Ernest Thompson’s On Golden Pond on various dates through Aug. 5—will theatre.com shirt and feverishly writ- hotel packages are available. 29 WWW.THESKAGIT.COM # soon discover math is merely the catalyst for exploring a multitude of ing in a journal. When she other things, such as family dynamics, love and even mental health. gently puts a coat around his shoulders and THEATRESPORTS: Show up for classic Theatresports tournaments at 9pm Sat- In other words, as long as you understand that one plus one equals two, reminds him that it’s actually freezing out- urday and Sunday at the Upfront Theatre, and that human relationships can’t be conﬁned to a simple equation, you’ll side, he begins to babble incoherently about 1208 Bay St. The performances feature be able to follow along. the mathematics of the weather. two teams battling for supremacy, and For those who didn’t see the movie of the same name, the plot goes “The future of cold is inﬁnite,” he says to her promise a mix of classic games and new improv forms. Tickets are $8-$10. P.S.

CASCADIA WEEKLY something like this: After her famous mathematician father, Robert (Ran- before allowing himself to be ushered inside. Summer hours are in effect, so expect one dy Hoffmeyer) dies, his youngest daughter, Catherine (Noel Wamsley) The look she exchanges with him is full of both show only on weekend nights for the next 16 must decide what she’s going to do for the rest of her life. She put her own sorrow and love. couple months. education and future on hold to take care of him when his mind started to In summary, while math itself is a clever con- 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM slip, and fears she might be following in his footsteps. cept at the forefront of Proof, it’s the adding SAT., JULY 21 As she comes to the realization that she might be heading for a des- up of the human emotions that make the real HANSEL & GRETEL: See local youth on tination that involves a window seat on the crazy train, Catherine must difference. doit Enjoy Dartboards in Covered Patio July Locavore w/Terra Verde Veggies Lester & Hyldahl the big stage when they team up with

actors and savvy stagehands from the Mis- Brewers Night at Elizabeth Station 7/25 soula Children’s Theatre for performances DUI/'VMQMREP&EROVYTXG]4IVWSREP-RNYV] 34 34 of Hansel & Gretel at 3pm and 7pm at the Happy Hour Su-Th 4-6pm Patios & Bar Helping Good People in Hard Times

Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. FOOD Tickets are $6-$10. 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE. COM

Tom Lester - Doug Hyldahl - Lee Grochmal 27 CANDIDATE JEOPARDY: Mike Mathieu of Attorneys at Law the Cody Rivers Show will take on the role

of “Alec” Trebek at tonight’s “Candidate B-BOARD Jeopardy” from 7:30-10pm at the iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The event will feature Whatcom Conservation Voters’ 24 endorsed candidates getting grilled on local issues in the form of a Jeopardy game. FILM FILM Entry is $15-$25. 305-5079 TUES., JULY 24 20 MURDER MYSTERY SAIL: Climb aboard the Schooner Zodiac for a Murder Mystery MUSIC Dinner Sail, Cruising for Murder, from 5:30- 360.733.5774 9:30pm leaving from Squalicum Harbor. tara@lesterh]PHELPGSQ 18 Tickets are $100 and include dinner. The ART ART event happens again Aug. 29. WWW.SCHOONERZODIAC.COM 16 6$0 16 WED., JULY 25 INTRO TO IMPROV: Teens and adults can STAGE STAGE .($1 STAGE sign up for a free introductory class taught by Sheila Goldsmith at 7pm at Improv Playworks, 302 W. Illinois St. Register in 14 advance for the free workshop. $ 756-0756

Sunday, July 22 GET OUT DANCE " 12 THURS., JULY 19 ! One year anniversary CONTRA WORKSHOP: Skagit Contra # ! celebration! WORDS Dancers will host a workshop dance for beginners from 7:30-9:30pm in Anacortes at From New York Times 8 the Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave. Flowing bestselling author of THE DISAPPEARING A FREE EVENT at Tide will provide live music. Entry will be SPOON, comes more Village Books Happy hour all day $8 at the door. incredible stories of

WWW.SKAGITCONTRA.ORG science, history, Friday, CURRENTS language, and music, as & told by our own DNA. SAT., JULY 21 July 20th, 7pm 6 $2 champagne cocktails 1317 Commercial St PUBLIC DANCE: USA Dance Bellingham Bellingham, WA will host a public dance from 8-10pm at the The Chuckanut Radio Hour 98225 VIEWS Blue Moon Ballroom, 1213 Cornwall Ave. IHDWXULQJ 360.734.1071 Show up at 7pm for a lesson. Partners are 4 not necessary. Cost is $7-$10. &+(5

675$<(' Tango” dance put on by Tango Popolare 2 DXWKRURIERWK happens from 8-11:30pm at Presence DO IT IT DO

Dance Studio, 1412 Cornwall Ave. Entry 7,1<%($87,)8/7+,1*6* is $7-$10. 708-8076 :,/' .12

18 Enjoy live music, fun MON., JULY 23 skits, poetry, comedy, MON - FRI, 5 - 11 P.M. WHATCOM SWING: Learn new dances and hear our special every week by joining Whatcom Swing for guest discuss her

gatherings from 7-10:15pm every Monday at popular and thought- SAT, 2 - 11 P.M. .07 07. provoking books! 29 Lynden’s Ten Mile Grange, 6958 Hannegan # Rd. Entry is $5. *Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 selection! HAVE YOUR TRIED OUR (360) 441-3652 Tickets $5 available at JULY 26-29 Village Books & at the door. CONVENTICLE OF CURIOSITIES: Western th, 6:30pm RHUBARB MEAD? Washington University’s Department of Tuesday, July 24 Theatre and Dance presents “Conventicle in the Crystal Ballroom of the Leopold 1224 Cornwall Ave., Downtown Bellingham of Curiosities” at 7:30pm Thurs.-Sat. and LIVE MUSIC CASCADIA WEEKLY 2pm Sunday at the Western Gallery. In Read More at VillageBooks.com addition to dance premieres by Nolan TUES - SAT 8PM 17 Dennett and Penny Hutchinson, there’ll be a piece by faculty member Susan Haines. VILLAGE BOOKS Tickets are $8-$12. 1200 11th St., Bellingham 650-6146 OR WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU 360.671.2626 doit UPCOMING EVENTS

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34 34 ARTIST TALK: Skagit Valley artist Brian Cypher will talk about his work at 1pm

FOOD at the Amadeus Project, 1209 Cornwall visual Ave. The exhibit of his work at the space focuses on digital drawings created with GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES the iPad. 27 WWW.BRIANCYPHER.COM BIRDS OF A FEATHER: “Birds of a Feather”

B-BOARD will be the focus of a drawing workshop with artist Donna Washington from 1-3pm at the Whatcom Museum’s Syre Education tour in Sedro-Woolley to peruse Patsy Thola Center, 201 Prospect St. Suggested dona- 24 Chamberlain’s ceramic works and Louise- Har- tion is $3, and registration is required. 778-8960 OR WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG

FILM FILM ris’ art quilts, or instead begin your journey in Anacortes, where Pat Sayre’s acrylics, Donna Nevitt-Radtke’s oil paintings, and Terry Mac- 20 ONGOING EXHIBITS Donald’s acrylic and watercolor paintings await. In between, you can visit Larry Heald’s painting ALLIED ARTS: “Our World in Four MUSIC Cameras”—featuring unique images from studio in La Conner, John Webster’s glass gal- Kate Henze, Craig Dunstan-McGrail, David lery in Bow, and a variety of venues in Mount Inscho and Tommy Gibson—shows through 18 18 18 Vernon. And because the event is juried, you July at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. ART ART ART ART can rest assured you’re viewing the best the WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG area has to offer—and, yes, I’m including the AMADEUS PROJECT: Skagit Valley artist 16 majestic views. Whether you choose to stretch Brian Cypher’s digital drawings will show through July at the Amadeus Project, 1209 your art adventures out for two days or keep it

STAGE STAGE Cornwall Ave. to one, you can be fairly certain the date will WWW.THEAMADEUSPROJECT.ORG not disappoint. When: 10am-6pm Sat.-Sun., July ANCHOR ART SPACE: “Extended Outlook: 14 21-22. Where: Throughout Skagit County. Cost: Artists take on the Weather” can be The self-guided tour is free. More info: www.sk- viewed through July 15 at Anacortes’ Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave.

GET OUT agitartiststogether.com WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG Among the current highlights on the Samish ARTISANS NORTHWEST: View works Island website is a report of a Friday the 13th from as many as 100 Whatcom County art- 12 electrical storm that caused lightening to strike ists on a regular basis at Artisans North- an evergreen tree on Scott Road. A picture shows west Art Crafts & Eats, 1215 Cornwall Ave. WORDS a frightening slash on the poor tree, which looks 733-1805 OR WWW.ARTISANSBELLINGHAM. to have survived the assault. Scroll further, and COM 8 you’ll ﬁnd news of a road closure, a post about a ARTISANS NW MARKET: From 12-7pm every Tuesday and Thursday through Sep- possible name change for a nearby thoroughfare, tember, drop by Artisans NW Market at the and the heads-up on the 16th annual Samish Is- Depot Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. PATSY THOLA CHAMBERLAIN CURRENTS CURRENTS land Arts Festival. The yearly event, which takes WWW.ARTISANSNWMARKET.COM

6 place Sat., July 28 at the Samish Island Com- ARTWOOD: View the showcased works munity Center, may not be as far-ﬂung as the of longtime members through July at Artwood, 1000 Harris Ave. VIEWS VIEWS preceding week’s tour, but it will still manage WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM to highlight more than 40 area artists showing 4 BRANDYWINE: “The Day the Music Died,” and selling everything from paintings to glass featuring portraits by Karie Jane and Jes-

MAIL MAIL art, ﬁbers, woodwork, jewelry, photography and sica Lynn Bonin, shows through August at garden art. Additionally, there’ll be live music, Brandywine Kitchen, 1317 Commercial St.

ROSE MARYROSE TATE LARRY HEALD LARRY 2 door prizes and food and drink. Think of it as an WWW.BRANDYWINEKITCHEN.COM art party, and enjoy the festivities. When: 10am- CHUCKANUT BREWERY: Works by DO IT IT DO

BY AMY KEPFERLE 5pm Sat., July 28. Where: Samish Island Commu- painter Rebecca Meloy will be on display through Aug. 4 at the Chuckanut Brewery nity Center, 11292 Blue Heron Rd. Cost: Entry is & Kitchen, 601 W. Holly St. .12

18 free. More info: www.samishisland.net WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM Field Tripping Finally, it’s not too early to pencil the Ana- CONCRETE HERITAGE: In conjunction cortes Arts Festival into your day planner. with the Skagit County Historical Museum,

.07 07. Happening Aug. 3-5 throughout the waterfront view “The Stump Ranch” through the 29 SEASONAL SIGHTS IN SKAGIT COUNTY summer at the Concrete Heritage Museum, # town, the 51st annual three-day event redeﬁnes 7380 Thompson Ave. the Paciﬁc Northwest can be sort of like going on a the concept of “art” to include everyone from vi- SUMMER IN (360) 853-7041 blind date: You’re not sure what the season’s going to look like, and you can’t sual artists to musicians and chefs. Once you’ve FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the be assured it’ll stick around long. That’s why it’s important to make a lot of made the drive to Anacortes from wherever contemporary folk art of RR Clark from plans during its apex—because if one date doesn’t pan out, another will. you’re traveling from, you can set out of foot to 1:30-5pm every Mon.-Fri. at the FishBoy Following are a few ways to spend your upcoming three weekends. They all explore the historic downtown, which will ba- Gallery, 617 Virginia St. 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM

CASCADIA WEEKLY combine amazing art, short drives and the implied promise of sunshine. sically transform itself into one big gallery for First up is the annual summertime soiree known as the Skagit Artists the duration. And, since August is pretty much FOURTH CORNER FRAMES: Sharon Kingston’s “At Large” exhibit is on display 18 Together Studio Tour happening July 21-22. For the ninth year, the various a sure thing where good weather is concerned, through July 31 at Fourth Corner Frames, members of the creative collective will open their studios to the public to the date should also involve sunscreen and lots 311 W. Holly St. showcase their artistic visions. And, since the 16 galleries are scattered of water. When: 10am-6pm Aug. 3-4 and 10am- WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMESANDGALLERY. throughout the lush environs of Skagit County, the event also acts as a 5pm Sun., Aug. 5. Where: Anacortes. Entry: Free. COM road trip of sorts. For example, you could choose to start your self-guided More info: www.anacortesartsfestival.com doit

GALLERY CYGNUS: “Deep Listening” Elect Coppinger CarterCar for Superior Court! shows through Aug. 26 at La Conner’s Gal-

lery Cygnus, 109 Commercial Ave. WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM 34 GOOD EARTH: Works by Larry Richmond 5HOHYDQW6XSHULRU&RXUW

and Peggy Kondo will be featured through FOOD July at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris DQGMXGLFLDOH[SHULHQFH Ave. WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM 27 J’S GALLERY: Works by Jay Bowen, Ed Ka- /$:$GYRFDWHV9ROXQWHHU muda, Tom Pickett, Roger Small, and others

are currently on display in La Conner at J’s $WWRUQH\$ZDUG$ B-BOARD Gallery, 105 S. Whatcom St. WWW.JAWBOWENGALLERY.COM %URDGELSDUWLVDQVXSSRUW JANSEN ART CENTER: Sign up for classes 24 and workshops at Lynden’s new Jansen Art

Center, 321 Front St. Join Blaine Mayor Harry Robinson, FILM WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG Everson Mayor John Perry, Nooksack Mayor QUILT MUSEUM: “At Play: Asobi” and

JimJ Ackerman and Sumas Mayor Bob Bromley, 20 “Ainu Embroidery” will be on display through Oct. 7 at the La Conner Quilt & plus community leaders Chuck Eggert, Textile Museum, 703 Second St. Entry is Heidi Fish, Debbie Gann, Mike Hughes, MUSIC $5-$7. Leonard Kelley, Stephanie Sadler and 18 18 WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM 18 LUCIA DOUGLAS: “In the Spirit of the Edward Wurtz in voting Aug. 7 for ART ART ART ART Northwest: A Group Exhibit of Plein Air Carrie Coppinger Carter for Whatcom Paintings” shows through July 28 at the County Superior Court judge. She will judge Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. 16 WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM with integrity and respect for all.

MAKE.SHIFT: Peruse “Printers, Inc.: A STAGE Showcase of Locally Screen Printed Works” ,QIRUPDWLRQZZZFFFMXGJHFRP from 12-4pm every Tues.-Sat. through July 14 28 at Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. Paid for by Campaign to Elect WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM MATZKE: “Summer Moments: Glass, Metal, Coppinger Carter for Superior Court, GET OUT Stone and Northwest Paintings” shows P.O. Box 5262, Bellingham, WA 98227 through Sept. 9 on Camano Island at

Matzke Fine Art Gallery & Sculpture Park, 12 2345 Blanche Way. WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM WORDS MINDPORT: View Kevin Jones’ “The Zen of Repetitive Form” photos and intricate WE mechanical drawings from 1928 at Mindport 8 Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. Entry is $2. SUPPORT WWW.MINDPORT.ORG

MONA: “Moments of Quiet from the Perma- CURRENTS nent Collection” and “Pilchuck: Ideas” can THE

be viewed through Sept. 23 at La Conner’s 6 Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. ARTS

WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG VIEWS SCOTT MILO GALLERY: Amanda Houston’s

oils and pastels will be highlighted through 4 July 31 at Anacortes’ Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave. MAIL WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM

2 SKAGIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: “The Murrow Brothers: Peak of Their Professions” DO IT IT DO shows through Dec. 21 at La Conner’s Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 4th St. The

exhibit celebrates the lives of the sons of .12

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SMITH & VALLEE: Todd Horton’s “Between .07 07. 29 Seeing & Knowing (Vision, Desire, Move- Pick up a # ment)” is on display through July 29 at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey copy each Ave. Wednesday WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM for our WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Window Shopping,” “Expanded Horizons” and “Ray Turner: Art & Event Population” can currently be viewed at the

Listings CASCADIA WEEKLY Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall and the Lightcatcher Building. Through July 29, you 19 can also visit the “Edson-Booth collection” at the Syre Education Center. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Rumor Has It

34 34 BREAKING UP IS hard to do. This is true, it seems, regardless of the parties in question or the na- FOOD ture of the breakup. music And it is true in the case of Make.Shift and WhAAM. 27 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT It seems the grand experiment that was WhAAM’s operating of an all-ages venue in the Make.Shift Art

B-BOARD Space (the site formerly known as Jinx) will come to a close at the end of July, at which point WhAAM will depart the space and Make.Shift will take over 24 the booking and throwing of shows there.

FILM FILM Before I get into the whys, wherefores and future plans that have arisen out of the dissolution of the working relationship between the two non- 20 20 20 proﬁts, it’s important for me to note that, for the

MUSIC past several years, when MUSIC I have written about WhAAM, I have done so 18 as a member of its board ART ART of directors. That is no longer the case, as I have 16 elected to step down from the WhAAM board. STAGE STAGE It’s equally important to note that my leaving 14 the board is in no way related to the situation BY CAREY ROSS

GET OUT between WhAAM and Make.Shift. For me, the reasons to resign simply boiled down to this: It was time. 12 Despite the fact that I am no longer an of- ﬁcial stakeholder in either organization, my WORDS BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE proximity to both nonproﬁts has allowed me to grasp some things about the current situation 8 as it stands now. Even at its optimistic outset, the partnership BY CAREY ROSS In short, he plays other between WhAAM and Make.Shift was never in- CURRENTS CURRENTS people’s songs, Lovett is tended to be a set-in-stone, ‘til-death-do-us-part

6 doing more than just folk- contract. It was always designed to be an experi- ing around. Which brings ment that would continue as long as it paid off

VIEWS VIEWS Mission Folk us to the Mission Folk Mu- for everyone involved—Make.Shift, WhAAM, the sic Festival. bands who played shows in the venue, tenants 4 ATTEND For the past 25 years, the who rented space and audiences who came to

MAIL MAIL Music Festival WHAT: Mission Folk Mission Folk Music Festival shows. As a party to lease negotiations between Music Festival has been the embodiment landlord Make.Shift and tenant WhAAM, I can

2 NOT JUST FOLKIN’ AROUND WHEN: July 19-22 of folk in all its forms— speak to the fact that the agreement between WHERE: Fraser whether it be as a verb,

DO IT IT DO the two was struck with an eye toward ﬂexibil-

River Heritage Park, LAST WEEKEND’S Lyle Lovett concert really got me Mission, B.C. noun, adjective or some ity and the possibility of just this potential out- thinking about the tradition of folk music. COST: $25-$125 other part of speech. And come—although it goes without saying this was .12 MORE INFO: www.

18 During the course of his concert at the Mount Baker Theatre, folk takes many forms in- not the outcome anyone desired. On paper and in Lovett introduced and played songs by songwriters other than missionfolkmusic- deed, as this year’s festival theory, this was an experiment that should have festival.ca himself. Over the course of his career, Lovett has often paid will see performers from ------flourished and yielded positive, long-lasting and .07 07. homage to such lesser-known musicians in this way. WHAT: Talavya six continents converge far-reaching results. 29 # As I watched Lovett do this, it struck me that what I was WHEN: 8pm Thurs., upon the tiny town of Mis- In real life, it wasn’t quite like that. watching was not merely a performance of carefully chosen July 19 sion, B.C. from July 19-22. As breakups go, this one seems to be straight- cover songs, but I was also witnessing folk in action. Or, rather, WHERE: Pickford Musicians from far forward enough. For their part, Make.Shift was Film Center, 1318 folk as a verb, rather than as noun or adjective. and farther can be found Bay St. succinct, saying only that, “Make.Shift’s board I realize “to folk” is not a term you’ll find defined in any dic- COST: $15-$20 grouped under the head- wanted to go a different direction with use of tionary. My point is more that as I sat in that audience, I real- MORE INFO: www. ing of “World Encounters.” the space in order to meet our mission. Sadly, pickfordfilmcenter.

CASCADIA WEEKLY ized the basic tenets of folk music—that of it being a traditional Among them you’ll find an that will no longer include WhAAM. We’re big be- storytelling form that is passed down from generation to gen- com “accordion virtuoso with lievers in WhAAM’s mission, and we wish them 20 eration and across cultures and geographic barriers—make it the attitude of a flamenco dancer” (Brazil’s the very best.” a living, active thing. And when Lovett plays the music of other Renato Borghetti and Artur Bonilla), the stun- Make.Shift has tapped Nick Duncan and Toby songwriters, he’s participating in a tradition as old as music it- ning harmonies of an ensemble from Chad Reif to take over booking the space, and two self. And by sitting in the audience, I was participating in that (H’Sao), the “King of Greenland” (Rasmus Ly- shows are currently scheduled for the first week tradition as well. berth), and more. of August. Further, they say they intend to keep musicevents MISSION, FROM PREVIOUS PAGE WED., JULY 18 NOON CONCERT SERIES: The Summer Noon Concert As part of the “Words & Song” pro- Series continues with a concert by Cumulus at 34 12pm at Western Washington University’s Perform-

gram), you can watch performances FOOD ing Arts Center Plaza. Entry is free. Additional con- by the first man to ever release a song certs happen July 25 (Ruvara Marimba Ensemble), commercially that features the didgeri- and Aug. 1 (Hot Bodies in Motion). Entry is free. doo (Australia’s Shane Howard), a wom- 650-2489 27 an who crafts music in the activist folk DOWNTOWN SOUNDS: World’s Finest and Pole- tradition (Eliza Gilkyson), one of Cana- cat perform at second Downtown Sounds concert B-BOARD da’s most well-known troubadours (the of the summer from 6-9:30pm in the Arts District on Bay Street between Prospect and West Cham- award-winning David Francey), as well pion streets. The free, all-ages concerts continue as Oscar winner, tireless advocate and Wednesdays through Aug. 8. 24 force of nature, Buffy Sainte-Marie. WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM “A Congress of Celts” features the FILM VAN DJANGO JULY 18-21 Teetotalers, a trio comprised of influ- BELLINGHAM FESTIVAL OF MUSIC: The 20 ential Irish musician John Doyle, as well final week of the 19th season of the Bellingham 20 as Martin Hayes and Kevin Crawford; Thunder Andy Leftwich will bring his Festival of Music includes concerts at 7:30pm MUSIC the highly entertaining Shooglenifty, bluegrass roots to the stage, as will Wednesday and Saturday at WWU’s Performing MUSIC whose breakneck style of play has been renowned Canadian fiddler and step- Arts Center and 7:30pm Thursday at the Belling- ham Cruise Terminal. Tickets are $12-$43. dancer April Verch. Practitioners of what 18 described as “hypno-folkedelic ambi- WWW.BELLINGHAMFESTIVAL.ORG

ent trance;” and others. they’ve dubbed “rad trad,” the Fretless, ART Another program, “Across the Kate- will also take the stage, along with the THURS., JULY 19 PARK CONCERT SERIES: As part of a summer gatt,” will visit the folk of Scandinavia via gypsy jazz of Van Django. 16 concert series, listen to Celtic tunes by Lindsay the genre-bending music of Denmark’s However, all folk doesn’t begin and Street from 6-8pm at the Columbia Neighbor- nine-member ensemble Habadekuk, end in Mission, B.C. In fact, some of hood’s Elizabeth Park. Entry is free. Concerts STAGE world travelers whose band shares a it is going to stop in Bellingham prior happen every Thursday through Aug. 23. name—Himmerland—with the region to making an appearance in Mission. WWW.COB.ORG 14 in Denmark that birthed them, and the Talavya, formerly known as Tabla Ec- HOT DAMN SCANDAL: As part of the “Third traditional sounds and unforgettable stasy, is a world-renowned ensemble Thursday” local music series, Hot Damn Scandal

will perform “Americana the real way” at a free GET OUT vocals of Lyy, as well as others. of hand drummers that lends classical concert from 6-8pm at the Swan Café in the Com- Only two people are involved in the tabla music a contemporary feel. The munity Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St.

“Aboriginal Voices” program—but Pickford Film Center will play host to 734-8157 12 those two are powerhouse performers a pre-festival show of the globetrot- TALAVYA: The globetrotting percussion quartet known as Talavya will perform music by Indian

indeed. Sainte-Marie will take the stage ting group at 8pm Thurs., July 19 at WORDS again, this time to sing the songs of the the theater’s Bay Street locale. maestro Pandit Divyang at a live performance from 8-10pm at the Pickford Film Center, 1318 Native people she’s spent four decades Whether you ﬁnd your folk onstage Bay St. Tickets are $20. 8 ﬁghting to protect. Joining her in the at the Mission Folk Music Festival or by WWW.PICKFORDFILMCENTER.ORG program will be Lyberth, who will intro- some other means, there’s no doubt FRI., JULY 20 duce people to the folk of Greenland. it is nearly everywhere. And, merely CURRENTS COLE ANDERSON: Award-winning pianist Cole The last of Mission’s programs, “Hot by undertaking the act of listening,

Anderson performs music by Bach, Chopin, and 6 Licks & Fast Feats,” is where you’ll ﬁnd you become part of a tradition as old Medtner at 7:30pm at the Whatcom Museum’s Old homegrown folk. Former teen prodigy as music itself. And that’s no folkin’ City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Entry is by donation. VIEWS VIEWS and member of Ricky Skaags’ Kentucky around. 733-4676 OR WWW.COLE-ANDERSON.COM

JULY 20-21 4 CHERYL BEAR: First Nations musician Cheryl MAIL MAIL Bear offers up free performances at 6pm Friday

at Everson’s Nooksack Community Building (2515 2 have no dog in this ﬁght. My outlook Sulwhanon Dr.) and 1pm Saturday at Bellingham’s Light of the World Prayer Center (710 Sunset Dr.). RUMOR HAS IT, IT DO

today remains the same as it did the WWW.CHERYLBEAR.COM FROM PREVIOUS PAGE day I joined the WhAAM board: as long

as the all-ages community in this area SAT., JULY 21 .12 the shows all-ages and drug and alcohol is served by a venue that can provide WINERY CONCERT: As part of a “Concert at the 18 Winery” series, Cabin Fever NW will perform from free, which is a relief to everyone who a safe, inclusive and positive place for 6-8pm at Vartanyan Winery, 1628 Huntley Rd. has come to count on that space as a kids to have access to Bellingham’s Entry is $7. .07 07. safe, part-time all-ages music venue. diverse music scene, frankly, I don’t WWW.VEWINERY.COM 29 # As for WhAAM, an official statement really care who or what entity is re- WIL CAMPA: Rumba Northwest presents a per- from the organization is still forthcom- sponsible for making that happen. In formance by Cuba’s Wil Campa and his orchestra ing, but after a few weeks of soul-search- a perfect world, if WhAAM and Make. starting with a salsa lesson at 9pm at the Eagle’s Hall, 1125 N. Forest St. Tickets are $15-$20 and ing, the nonprofit remains dedicated to Shift discover they can’t do that to- can be purchased in advance at Café Rumba. its mission of being a conduit for all- gether, their finding a means by which 595-7369 OR WWW.WILCAMPA.COM ages music in Bellingham, be that in a they can each perform that vital func- dedicated space or as a nomadic organi- tion in their own way only increases SUN., JULY 22 CASCADIA WEEKLY FIDDLIN’ FOX: Alma Villegas will share their zation. WhAAM intends to take a month the stability and sustainability of Latin beats as part of the “Fiddlin’ Fox” July 21 or so off from booking shows in order Bellingham’s typically precarious all- concert series from 2-5pm at the Fairhaven Vil- to assess options, regroup and devise at ages scene. My hope is for that to take lage Green. The final concert happens July 29 and least a near-future game plan. place. As such, I wish both WhAAM features Gypsy Balkan tunes by Balkanarama. Despite my longtime allegiance to and Make.Shift nothing but the very WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM WhAAM, I am truthful when I say I best of luck. musicvenues 34 34 See below for venue FOOD addresses and phone 07.18.12 07.19.12 07.20.12 07.21.12 07.22.12 07.23.12 07.24.12 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

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34 34 thologizing by Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman)—Wayne feels he can stay hidden in FOOD his mansion, a truculent Beast resisting being transformed by Marion Cotillard’s Beauty. He ﬁlm walks with a stick as symbolic of his psycho- 27 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› MOVIE SHOWTIMES logical frailty as his physical degeneration. Then, when Batman ﬁnally returns, you

B-BOARD relish the gleeful comment of a cop to a younger colleague: “Boy, you are in for a show tonight, son.” 24 24 As ever, Nolan’s Batman is at its best in the FILM FILM

FILM FILM more intimate moments—whether it’s a man ﬁnally realizing a hero’s identity, or the scene- (and jewelry-) stealing introduction 20 of a new character. As slinky burglar Selina Kyle, Anne Hathaway is superb: physically MUSIC dangerous, emotionally intriguing and sexy without milking it. As ambiguous as Kyle is, 18 her journey shares with Wayne’s a sense of ART ART struggling for a fresh start, for a clean slate, ultimately for redemption. 16 What’s impressive is how Nolan, his fel- low story wrangler David S. Goyer and co- STAGE STAGE screenwriter Jonathan Nolan have found a way to bring their Bat-cycle full circle

14 without coasting—instead touching on our world within a comic-book context. Where

GET OUT Avengers demolished New York with a glee unrivalled outside of a terrorist training camp, Rises takes turning Gotham into Go- 12 morrah very seriously indeed. Nolan’s has been the Batman of the War On Terror and WORDS the credit crunch, made in an age where be- 8 Rises may lack the

CURRENTS CURRENTS surprise of Begins or the 6 anarchy of Knight, but it

VIEWS VIEWS REVIEWED BY NEV PIERCE makes up for that in pure

4 emotion. MAIL MAIL lief-driven crazies threatened world securi- The Dark Knight Rises 2 ty (Osama bin Laden, George Bush) and men with nothing more than computers and a DO IT IT DO THE HERO GOTHAM DESERVES

sense of entitlement destroyed arguably as AS THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, so has anticipation. In 2005, verbal clarity of the masked, muscled monster is many lives as thugs with guns. Rises plants .12

18 when Christopher Nolan rebooted and resuited Batman, the cinematic repu- never as important as his brute bulk (though he seeds of sedition, questions the position of tation of the Caped Crusader was at a pitiful low. Now, a short seven years does have some memorable vocal barbs). Hardy the ﬁnancial elite and presents the plight of later, Nolan could deliver the print of his trilogy topper in a chariot drawn looks like he could have played the Hulk, and the 99 percent. Even as the jeopardy ratch-

.07 07. by flame-breathing unicorns with diamond eyes and some people would still is more than convincing as the man who could ets and our position—as surrogate citizens, 29 # shrug and say, “Meh. It’s not as impressive as The Dark Knight.” break the Bat. For the first time, perhaps ever, the people Batman has sworn to protect— Still, whether you believe this betters Begins or eclipses Knight, it is you really worry for Batman, with his armored is dire, Rises doesn’t forget to have some certainly a satisfying conclusion to what is now—we’re calling it—the suit unable to disguise a relative physical frailty, fun, with a pyrotechnical act that brings to best superhero series of all time. his body worn down by years of putting it in the mind Fight Club’s Project Mayhem. It’s this Not that Nolan ever wanted his Batman to be “super”—instead, he literal line of fire for the citizens of Gotham. balance between sobriety and sensation posed a compelling question: What if this was real? Sure, the notion may Bane is not fuelled simply by whatever pumps that is Nolan’s most significant achievement throughout these films. CASCADIA WEEKLY seem farfetched, but Nolan bends more rules of physics than he breaks, through his mask, either, as Alfred (Michael with his heart focused on the heart of Bruce Wayne: a child traumatized Caine) observes: “I see the power of belief.” The With spectacle in abundance and sexiness 24 by the murder of his parents and raised with a rage he cannot quench. Wayne family butler has acted as his master’s in parts, this is superhero filmmaking on an Rises asks other probing questions: Can you redeem without sacrifice? conscience throughout the films and he’s at it unprecedented scale. Rises may lack the sur- Can revenge bring peace? What the hell is Tom Hardy saying? again here, challenging the bruised billionaire prise of Begins or the anarchy of Knight, but Actually, the preview palaver about Bane’s babble is largely irrelevant— about what he could achieve if he sought social it makes up for that in pure emotion. A fitting he may sound like Sir Ian McKellen gargling mints in a wind tunnel, but the justice instead of the rougher kind. epitaph for the hero Gotham deserves. film ›› opening this week

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A Cat in Paris B-BOARD A LOVELY SURPRISE 24 24 A CAT IN PARIS, recently nominated really matter. It also doesn’t matter if you FILM FILM for the Best Animated Feature Oscar, is a don’t recognize the vast array of allusions FILM lovely surprise. Best of all, it’s a lovely sur- to classic Hollywood ﬁlm noir movies, or prise in 2D. You remember 2D, don’t you? neo-noirs like Reservoir Dogs or Goodfellas. 20 Although a French ﬁlm, A Cat in Paris Either way, this cornucopia works for all is getting an American release, complete ages, all levels of learning. MUSIC with voice work by, among lesser lights, Dino is a cat with a double life. A

Marcia Gay Harden, Anjelica Huston, housebound kitty by day, he lives with 18

and Matthew Modine. Whether voiced in Zoe in the Paris apartment she shares being pursued by Jeanne for her husband’s There’s a particularly inventive sequence ART French or English, the star attraction here with her mother, Jeanne (Harden), a po- murder. It takes the combined efforts of in a cellar when the lights suddenly go

is the quietly elegant, occasionally near- lice superintendent whose husband, also Jeanne, Nico, and Dino to wrest the girl out during a gangland search and all the 16 abstract visual design, with its links to on the police force, was murdered by big- free and save the day (and night). characters turn into white stick figures artists as diverse as Picasso, Edward Hop- shot gangster Victor Costa (J.B. Blanc). If all this sounds unnaturally dark for a against a pitch-black background. STAGE per, Ben Shahn, Modigliani, and Matisse. Traumatized by the loss of her father, PG animated film, I should point out that, Very little in A Cat in Paris compares These visual references are for the de- Zoe has been mute ever since. By night, except for very young children, there’s with, say, The Triplets of Belleville—one of 14 lectation of the cognoscenti, but directors Dino slips outside through Zoe’s window nothing here I expect would scare kids. a small number of truly inventive 2D ani- Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol aren’t and makes the rounds with fleet-footed The film’s big climax is a battle begin- mation movies of recent years that weren’t conducting a tutorial here. The references cat burglar Nico (Steve Blum), who adopts ning atop Notre Dame cathedral, and the directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited GET OUT function as art history in-jokes and touch- the cat as a kind of mascot. When Zoe filmmakers make very clever use of the Away). But it’s a sweet excursion made by

stones; but even if you don’t pick up on decides to follow Dino, she falls into the jutting gargoyles as the combatants are ﬁlmmakers whose eyes and ears and imagi- 12 them (as most children won’t), it doesn’t clutches of Victor as he is simultaneously bumped and poked on the way down. nations are in marvelous sync. WORDS WEDNESDAY NIGHTS 8 BUY RAFFLE TICKETS TH TH TO WIN A SWEET JULY 11 - AUGUST 8 CURRENTS

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20 4FIPNF$BMMGPSTIPXUJNFT Savages: After trafﬁcking in relatively safe ﬁlmmak- ing fare during the past several years, Oliver Stone Brave: Although Disney probably thought they had has thankfully returned to his element, that being MUSIC the market cornered when it comes to princesses, the nasty, balls-to-the-wall style of Natural Born Kill- Pixar is no doubt going to give them a run for their ers and Midnight Express in this drug-fueled actioner

18 money with this tale of a most untraditional heroine. starring Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, and Blake You go, girl. ★★★★ 1(tISNJO Lively. ★★★ 3tISTNJO ART ART #FMMJT'BJS]] 4VOTFU4RVBSF]]]

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CURRENTS CURRENTS thousands of people and shoot sparklers from her Although nothing in this two-plus-hour movie was Fixing the Future: In this documentary, host tits. In 3D. Way to make a sister proud, Katy. ★ (PG nearly as sexy as what I saw in the two-minute-long Talavya: Live musical performance. See story page 20. 6 David Brancaccio, of public radio’s Marketplace and tISNJO trailer for Dark Knight Rises that showed before the ★★★★★ (tIST NOW on PBS, visits people and organizations across #FMMJT'BJS] ﬁlm. ★★★★ 1(tISTNJO 1JDLGPSE'JMN$FOUFS+VMZ!

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-FUNFHVFTTUIJTJT 2 about an adorable group of animated animals and the way back to the Big Apple? Your guess is as good as infernal cleverness. ★★★★★ 1(tISNJO ★★★ 3tISNJO madcap capers they get up to when one or more of mine. ★★★★ 1(tISNJO Pickford Film Center See www.pickfordﬁlmcenter.com 4VOTFU4RVBSF]]]] DO IT IT DO them accidentally does something wrong. ★★ 1(t #FMMJT'BJSBN for showtimes. ISNJO To Rome with Love: After his utterly enchanting Magic Mike: A movie based on the life of stripper- The Muppets: “It’s time to play the music. It’s time .12 4VOTFU4RVBSFBN]]]]] Midnight in Paris, anticipation was high for Woody

18 ]] turned-movie-star Channing Tatum that is directed to light the lights.” I think you all know what’s com- Allen’s next cinematic endeavor. Per usual, he as- by Steven Soderbergh? MUST SEE. Also, I wonder if ing next here. ★★★★ 1(tISNJO sembles a stellar cast (Alec Baldwin, Penelope Cruz, Ice Age: Continental Drift: Madcap animal capers Matthew McConaughey takes his shirt off in this one? 'BJSIBWFO7JMMBHF(SFFO+VMZ! +FTTF&JTFOCFSH BOE&MMFO1BHF BNPOHPUIFST UP in 3D. ★★ ★★★★ execute his singular vision. ★★★ .07 07. 1(tISNJO 3tISNJO 3tISNJO

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STAGE STAGE think the task you have ahead of you in the coming plish this task overnight. But I do hope you will weeks is metaphorically similar, Taurus. You should ﬁnish by May of 2013. see what you can to do restore lost ﬂavor, color, and SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Interrup- 14 soulfulness. Opt for earthy idiosyncrasies over fake tion” will be a word of power for you in the coming and boring perfection. days. No, really: I’m not being ironic, sarcastic, or GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’ll be a humming, satirical. It is possible that the interruptions will GET OUT murmuring, whispering kind of week—a time when initially seem inconvenient or undesirable, but I bet the clues you need will most likely arrive via rip- you will eventually feel grateful for their interven- plings and rustlings and whirrings. Here’s the com- tion. They will knock you out of grooves you need to 12 plication: Some of the people around you may be be knocked out of. They will compel you to pay at- more attracted to clangs and bangs and jangles. tention to clues you’ve been neglecting. Don’t think They may imagine that the only information worth of them as random acts of cosmic whimsy, but rather WORDS paying attention to is the stuff that’s loudest and as divine strokes of luck that are meant to redirect strongest. But I hope you won’t be seduced by their your energy to where it should be. 8 attitudes. I trust you’ll resist the appeals of the CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You don’t have showy noise. Be a subtlety specialist who loves nu- to stand in a provocative pose to be sexy. You don’t ance and undertones. Listen mysteriously. have to lick your lips or radiate a smoldering gaze

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6 ally that they are barely noticeable while you’re liv- stuff, of course; in light of this week’s assignment, ing in the midst of them from day to day. Then there I just wanted to remind you. And what is that as- are those rare times when the way everything fits signment? To be profoundly attractive and alluring VIEWS VIEWS together mutates pretty quickly. Relationships that without being obvious about it. With that as your have been evolving in slow motion begin to speed strategy, you’ll draw to you the exact blessings and 4 up. Long-standing fixations melt away. Mystifying benefits you need. So do you have any brilliant no- questions get clear answers. I think you’re at one of tions about how to proceed? Here’s one idea: Be ut- MAIL MAIL these junctures now, Cancerian. It’s not likely you’ll terly at peace with who you really are.

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34 Wimbledon, but the Tour de France takes place over a span of three weeks and 2,000 miles. The race is a FOOD FOOD world-beater, which might explain the sport’s extreme chow devotees. And what complements bike shorts better than a piping hot croissant?

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B-BOARD come within the Bellingham community. “There are three guys I call the ‘Board of Directors,’” Lalonde says. “They get here the earliest and help set up the 24 chairs and TVs.”

FILM FILM BY HAYLEY WAKEFIELD According to Lalonde, it is not just his loyal customers who patronize the festivities. He says new faces show up each race day curious to understand 20 the goings-on inside his establishment this time of year. (I’m sure the smell of baked goods has some- MUSIC Viva la France! thing to do with it, as well.) In addition, inquiring minds are now able to make 18 ON TOUR WITH THE MOUNT BAKERY their way to the Pickford Film Center and catch the ART ART Tour when the store is ﬁlled to capacity. “It’s great, because more people are coming every 16 day,” Lalonde says. “The most people we’ve had was 50. The televisions are better, the picture quality is STAGE STAGE better, and almost every hour that the Tour is on, we would al-

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GET OUT most common attendees, another draw for interested folks are the variety of drawings and 12 prizes Lalonde hands out each . $/ day. Everything from T-shirts WORDS WHAT: Viewings to complimentary breakfasts of Tour de France are doled out to customers who 8 2012 can predict the winning rider for WHEN: 5am Thurs.- Sun., July 19-22 certain stages of the race. Dona- WHERE: Mount tions have also come in handy, CURRENTS CURRENTS Bakery, 308 W. as customers offer change and

6 Champion St. paper to assist with better cable INFO: www.mount and television rentals. bakery.com VIEWS VIEWS The exciting atmosphere of the event also seems to work up many appetites 4 among viewers. Breakfast begins around 7am, and I

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.07 07. But I digress. This year, again, the Mount Bakery has de- Full capacity reaches its max around 7:30am, and de- 29 # cided to air live viewings of the Tour de France from their voted customers have already picked out their seats downtown location. The coffee’s on by race time, which by then. Locally roasted coffees and treats make their starts at 5am on this side of the Atlantic, and devoted fans way from kitchen to table as early as 5am, followed by can expect to get their fill of Joe, as well as the opportunity Mount Bakery’s full breakfast lineup. Spandex is op- to watch their beloved Tour each morning, with the excep- tional, and no prior knowledge of the Tour is required. tion of “rest days,” until the final airing July 22. “It’s great for everyone,” Lalonde says, “especially for those who are only familiar with the Tour because CASCADIA WEEKLY I decided it was time to get my Nancy Drew on and in- vestigate the kind of sports enthusiasts willing to dedi- First, I would like to speak the obvious, in of Lance Armstrong.” 34 cate themselves to this early-morning feat. Of course, that most people liken watching sizable sporting Finally, don’t miss out on the opportunity to in- what this meant is that I, too, had to brave dawn for events to a few cases of beer, Frito Lays, overly dulge your sweet tooth, discuss the different rider’s this extraordinary show of Tour de Frenzy. I was eager to spray-tanned cheerleaders and touchdowns, goals, fashion statements, calculate body fat percentages study these devotees—and perhaps indulge in a CrÍpes a baskets, etc. and experience everything else that comes with the la Confiture (or two). More often than not, these presentations are con- Mount Bakery’s Tour de France presentation. doit

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in America in Food & Wine magazine—stops $30 at the door and include a tasting glass, MUSIC by Bellingham to lead a Wednesday cooking your ﬁrst ﬁve tastes and live music. Thirty area class and cook a multi-course dinner at 6pm brewers will be serving 60 different micro- 18 Thursday at Ciao Thyme, 207 Unity St. Cost brews, so there’ll be plenty to choose from.

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