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/# "-$./' +}ROBIN WRIGHT, P.14 +# ( -+x~ cascadia REPORTINGREPORTING FFROMROM THE HEARTHEART OFOF CASCADIACASCADIA WHATCOMWHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLANDISLAND*LOWERLOWER B.C. 10.10.15.08 :::: #42#42, v.03 :: !- *-+*-'.$-4 THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JONATHAN SANTOS,P.24 FUNGAL FORAGING: SHROOMS WITH A VIEW, P.16* FLEET FOXES: MUCH MORE THAN A HAIRY PARODY, P.20 2 CASCADIA WEEKLY #42.03 10.15.08 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 16 STAGE 17 ART 18 MUSIC 20 FILM 24 CLASSIFIEDS 28 FOOD 34 “Best ofBellingham” Thanks forVotingUs formen Austin New Keens forFall New Keens forwomen Napa 600+ Localbusinessestaking actionforahealthycommunity Learn frompeersandlocalexperts. Workshop! ZeroWaste Sign upforthenextToward Interested indevelopingyourownwastereductionstrategy? 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Lynden Dream Science Circus: 2pm and 7pm, 142 Ohio St. 18 18 WORDS A Funny Thing Happened: 2pm, Anacortes Com- Dave Boling: 7pm, Village Books munity Theatre ART Spoken Word Wednesday: 8-10pm, Bellingham La Traviata: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Public Market Suds: 7:30pm, Walton Theatre Amateur Standup Night: 8pm, Upfront Theatre 17 COMMUNITY Labyrinth Walk: 5-8pm, Bellingham Ferry Terminal DANCE STAGE Ephemera: 5pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center Swing Connection Dance: 2-4pm, the Leopold 16 10.16.08 # /*/# #$('4. MUSIC Tom Rawson, The Wanderers: 2pm, Nancy’s WITHOUT LEAVING TOWN WHEN LOCAL TRAVELER GET OUT THURSDAY Farm ALAN FRITZBERG SHARES SLIDES AND TALES ABOUT Organ Spectacular: 3pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal ON STAGE /- &&$)"$)) +'/*/$ /*/x} AT THE Church Suds: 7:30pm, Walton Theatre 14 Steel Magnolias: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas The- BELLINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY GET OUT atre, Lynden Wild Mushroom Show: 12-5pm, Bloedel Donovan WORDS Oklahoma: 7:30pm, Sudden Valley Dance Barn Pavilion A Funny Thing Happened: 7:30pm, Anacortes The Passion of Dracula: 7:30pm, Coast Capitol Suds: 6pm and 9pm, Walton Theatre Community Theatre Playhouse, White Rock, B.C. Oklahoma: 7:30pm, Sudden Valley Dance Barn 8 The Passion of Dracula: 7:30pm, Coast Capitol Unleashed: 8pm, Upfront Theatre The Passion of Dracula: 7:30pm, Coast Capitol Playhouse, White Rock, B.C. A Funny Thing Happened: 8pm, Anacortes Com- Playhouse, White Rock, B.C. 10.20.08 Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre munity Theatre Theatresports: 8pm, Upfront Theatre The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Hellingham: 10pm, Upfront Theatre A Funny Thing Happened: 8pm, Anacortes Com- MONDAY CURRENTS munity Theatre Hellingham: 10pm, Upfront Theatre MUSIC DANCE WORDS 6 The Prawns: 6-8pm, Swan Café Ephemera: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: 7pm, Village Latin Dance Party: 8-11pm, U & Me Dance DANCE Books WORDS Ephemera: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center Poetry Night: 8:30pm, Anker Café VIEWS Laura Kalpakian: 7pm, Barkley Village Library MUSIC Contra Dance: 8-11pm, Fairhaven Library 4 Sibyl Sanford: 7pm, Village Books Fritz & the Freeloaders: 7-9pm, Stuart’s at the Ballroom Dance: 8-10:45pm, Melody Hall COMMUNITY Market Dispatches from Iraq: 12pm and 7pm, Fairhaven MAIL MAIL GET OUT MUSIC College Auditorium Reel Rock Film Tour: 7:30pm, Arntzen Hall, WWU Louisiana Joymakers: 2-5pm, VFW Hall WORDS 3 3 Fall Stories: 7pm, Fairhaven Library Ensembles Live: 7pm, American Museum of Radio Chelsea Cain: 7pm, Village Books VISUAL ARTS IT DO DO IT Craft and Antique Show: 10am-8pm, Northwest COMMUNITY 10.21.08 Washington Fairgrounds, Lynden VISUAL ARTS Ballot Issues Forum: 9:45am, Bellingham Public Modern Dog Reception: 7pm, Viking Union Gal- Craft and Antique Show: 10am-8pm, Northwest Library TUESDAY 08 lery, WWU Washington Fairgrounds, Lynden Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot .15. Fibers & Beyond: 6-8pm, Fox Hall Market Square COMMUNITY 10 Reaching for the Light: 6-9pm, Blue Horse Gallery Ferndale Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Riverwalk Fall Speaker Series: 12pm, YWCA Ballroom Open House: 6-9pm, Lynden Pioneer Museum Park .03 10. .08 42 17 # GET OUT FRIDAY Barkley Trail Run: 10:30am, Barkley Village !*-(*- $)!*SEE 10.18.08 Work Party: 1-3pm, South Bay Trail ON STAGE COMPLETE LISTINGS Suds: 6pm and 9pm, Walton Theatre SATURDAY VISUAL ARTS STARTING ON PAGE 14 Dream Science Circus: 7pm, 142 Ohio St. Fibers & Beyond: 9am-4pm, Fox Hall Steel Magnolias: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas The- ON STAGE Craft and Antique Show: 10am-5pm, Northwest atre, Lynden Steel Magnolias: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Washington Fairgrounds, Lynden TO GET YOUR EVENTS LISTED, SEND INFO CASCADIA WEEKLY Oklahoma: 7:30pm, Sudden Valley Dance Barn Lynden Modern Menagerie Opening: 2-5pm, Museum of TO [email protected] La Traviata: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Dream Science Circus: 2pm and 7pm, 142 Ohio St. Northwest Art, La Conner 3 MAIL Contact THIS ISSUE Cascadia Weekly: E 360.647.8200 34 34 Editorial Editor & Publisher: FOOD Tim Johnson E ext 260 mail ô editor@ 28 28 cascadiaweekly.com CONTENTS CREDITS LETTERS Arts & Entertainment Editor: Amy Kepferle CLASSIFIEDS Breaking the spirit of right-wing number-crunchers Eext 203 everywhere, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wins ô calendar@ the Nobel Peace Prize in economics for his work on trade cascadiaweekly.com 24 theory. 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