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ART ART DANCE Dancing for Joy: 7pm, Hillcrest Chapel Dance Gallery: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center 15 MUSIC STAGE STAGE Brandi Carlile: 8pm, Mount Baker Theatre The Paperboys: 8pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon

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30 30 FIXING ‘THE FIX:’ “Last year Kathy Kershner received a campaign contribution of almost $20,000 when she ran for What- FOOD com County Council. Yet when Speaker of the House Frank Chopp campaigned in 2008, the maximum single donation he

24 24 was allowed during the general election was $800.” views So began a Seattle Times article last week, detailing chang- OPINIONS ›› THE GRISTLE es in campaign finance laws for local elections currently being considered in Olympia. As the Times details, candidates CLASSIFIEDS for the state Legislature and some county offices are subject to an individual contribution cap of $800 per primary and 22 22 $800 per general election. “Meanwhile,” the Times reports, “the sky has been the limit for gifts to campaigns for mayor BY KATIE SKIPPER FILM FILM and city council in many communities.” “The fix” in Whatcom County—where a single private do- 18 nor nearly doubled the campaign coffers of one candidate, strongly influencing her election—was considered infamous Whatcom Waterway MUSIC enough that Seattle media chose to lead with it to contrast its absurdity. ECOLOGY SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT CLEANUP FUNDING The state Senate voted in agreement with the lower House 16 last week to extend donation limits to elections for local DURING LEGISLATIVE ART ART positions. If Gov. Chris Gregoire signs their bill, individuals, sessions, predicting budgets and unions, political-action committees and other groups will be project funding is a little like pre- subject to the $800 cap. Bye-bye easily buying elections in dicting the weather—next year. So 15 Whatcom County. we understand why some people

STAGE STAGE Hoping to analyze other deﬁciencies in our elective pro- might be confused about what’s cess, County Council member Ken Mann this week introduced going on with funding for Belling- possible clariﬁcations and limitations to rules for how the ham Bay cleanup projects. 14 council appoints replacements to county boards, commis- Hopefully, we can clear things sions and councils... including their own. up, though we won’t know all of

GET OUT Antics that followed the departure of Bob Kelly from county the answers until legislators and ofﬁce last November were sufﬁciently off-color to invite the the Governor settle on the state’s

12 oversight of the state Attorney General. The A.G.’s ofﬁce, ﬁnal budget. though, declined to issue an opinion on whether retiring (but One thing we do know is that no still seated) Council member Ward Nelson should have voted state cleanup money has been taken WORDS on replacement candidates while he himself was among the away from Bellingham Bay sites.

8 nominees; and on whether there was a sufficient majority in Through grant agreements, state place to appoint Kelly’s replacement had Ward been prevented funding is committed to reimburse from voting due to a conflict of interest. Both issues were up to 50 percent of local govern- unclear. Ward’s votes served to deadlock the council, and a ment cleanup costs at many sites. CURRENTS CURRENTS deadlocked council was paralyzed in choosing a replacement Other sites don’t have a grant 6 6 among themselves... leaving the decision to the County Execu- agreement in place yet, so no mon- tive, who appointed Nelson. But whether the A.G. declined to ey is committed to them. VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS offer an opinion because of a lack of jurisdiction or interest in The state has committed $24 the matter, or because County Prosecutor Dave McEachran had million in a grant agreement with 4 openly telegraphed to the A.G.’s office that McEachran consid- the Port of Bellingham for What-

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2 made it abundantly clear the opinion was unwelcomed? Bellingham Bay cleanup sites. We STATE CLEANUP MONEY HAS BEEN TAKEN

DO IT IT DO While this dustup was awhirl, council also bobbled key ap- also have $3.5 million in remedial AWAY FROM BELLINGHAM BAY SITES.” pointments to the county’s powerful planning commission, action grant agreements for seven appointing members who had applied for the position weeks other sites: Cornwall Avenue Land- 10

.17. after the ﬁling deadline had passed and, indeed, in one case ﬁll, GP West, Central Waterfront, Yes, the Legislature transferred know how cleanup funds will be used

03 mere hours before that applicant (Michelle Luke, one of the Weldcraft Steel and Marine, Harris $179 million from state and local until the ﬁnal budget is completed. “Gang of Four” conservative candidates who challenged pro- Avenue Shipyard, I & J Waterway, toxics cleanup accounts into the For now, we have funds to do

.05 gressive council incumbents) was appointed. And we’ve not and South State Street MGP. general fund to manage a historic plenty of work, and we’re doing it. 11 # even detailed the flipside—how, in contrast to this ambus- When Ecology prepared its revenue shortfall in the last two For more information about cade, the appointment of other applicants to certain other 2009-11 budget request to the years. But legislators protected cleanup work in Bellingham Bay, influential county boards and commissions have been held governor, the R.G. Haley site projects like Bellingham Bay using go to www.ecy.wa.gov, click on up for weeks because existing applicants (each quite quali- wasn’t in public ownership yet, so state bond funds. “Programs,” “Toxics Cleanup Pro- fied) were not aggressively ideological enough for the new it wasn’t eligible for grant fund- We didn’t lose any money, but we gram,” “Sites,” scroll to “Whatcom council majority—here, the door was held open longer for ing. We understand this site is a didn’t get any more. County,” and click on “Bellingham

CASCADIA WEEKLYyahoos with pro-buildout pedigrees to rally and scramble for top priority for its new owner, This year, transfers of cleanup Bay Sites.” the seats. the city, and it’s a top priority account funds and restoration of Katie Skipper is communications 6 Many of these deﬁciencies Ken Mann proposed council for Ecology, so we’re working to cleanup funding for new projects are manager for the Washington Dept. tackle by, he said, tightening ambiguous rules “and making obtain future funding there. both under consideration. We won’t of Ecology in Bellingham things clear, consistent and easy to follow.” In days leading up to a committee discussion of these VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY DEFINE THE GRISTLE

potential changes this week, Coun- 30 cil President Sam Crawford instead with individualclothes that are as FOOD offered a number of revisions, each seemingly intended to paper over 24 24 these gaffes by codifying them—in Territorial Seeds as you are… effect, changing county code to ret- unique roactively grant his council asylum Forbidden Black Rice one-of-a-kind from their ethical misadventures. Not Local Raspberry Honey CLASSIFIEDS to put too broad of a point on it, but VINTAGE that’s like Nixon drafting an execu- Coriander Goat Cheese 22 tive order in 1973 to expand the deﬁ- handmade nition of “hotel plumbing” to include Organic Turkish Apricot FILM burglary and wiretapping. Free Range Chicken 2010 N. State 11-7 Mon - Sat

“If a sitting council member is nomi- 756-9440 18 nated, that member should then be re- Nutritional Supplements quired to abstain from voting on the We Know MUSIC process,” Whatcom County Democrats What You Like offered this week in response to Sam’s attempts to sanitize council’s conﬂict Hiway 9 – Van Zandt 16 www.everybodys.com and paralysis last December. ART “A sitting political body, such as the BEST COFFEE IN THE COUNTY council, cannot impartially appoint one BEST EGGS BENNY 15 of its own,” they wrote. BEST Adding to the insult, Crawford—who SCONES STAGE STAGE cheerily appointed to inﬂuential county U U positions Mary Beth Teigrob and Mi- chelle Luke, candidates who each lost 14 their election bids last fall—with cos- mic chutzpah suggested banning candi- DRINK LOCAL GET OUT dates who lost a recent council election Honey from being appointed to a vacant seat

Berries 12 on the council—a spiteful knife directed at the ribs of former Council member Dan Apples

McShane, who had also applied to ﬁn- WORDS ish Kelly’s term. Crawford’s noxious ban would place former electeds at the sta- 8 tus of convicted felons, unable to offer themselves for further public service. “The ban placed on candidates that WINE & BEER CURRENTS have recently lost elections is petty 6 questions? 360-592-2888 6 and beneath the wisdom of this coun- www.ilcafferifugio.com cil,” party Democrats scoffed. “Citizens VIEWS VIEWS 5415 MT. BAKER HWY DEMING, WA 98244 VIEWS run for public ofﬁce because they are A must stop on the way to Mount Baker interested in serving the public good. 4 This should not make them ineligible for MAIL MAIL future opportunities.”

In their committee discussion this 2 week, Crawford admitted a private con- DO IT IT DO versation with Nelson had convinced him that his proposal to restrict who might

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tive rule set on who might apply for, and # hold, public office. Majorities seemed to favor no firm deadline for applications to county boards and commissions, rea- soning that a more open policy might invite more applicants, even though— Dos Padres in Fairhaven as a minority pointed out—lax rules Mexican Cuisine on applications denies the public their Happy Hour 3-6 Daily CASCADIA WEEKLY right to learn in advance who is apply- 7 ing for positions that profoundly influ- +DOI3ULFH$SSHWL]HUV'ULQN6SHFLDOV ence public policy. They’ll take up the discussion again in (360) 733-9900 a few weeks. 1111 Harris Avenue QuelFromage.com | 671.0203 | 1200 OLD FAIRHAVEN PARKWAY, SUITE 101 | Tuesday–Sunday and Vancouver B.C.,” he added. “We are a pro-

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30 30 nity with much to offer Google, in addition to the many beneﬁts we would gain from being FOOD the home of ahead-of-the-curve technology infrastructure.” 24 24 currents Bellingham City Council signed a resolution this week in support of the effort. NEWS ›› COMMENTARY ›› BRIEFS Whatcom County Council joined them, considering a similar resolution in support of CLASSIFIEDS Bellingham’s bid. “I believe this is an awesome opportunity for 22 22 Bellingham and Whatcom County,” said Council

FILM FILM member Ken Mann, who introduced the resolution. “This could be the foundation for jobs and economic development for a generation.” 18 “This is an unprecedented opportunity,” one survey respondent commented in support of MUSIC the initiative. “Today, the infrastructure in Bellingham is inadequate to attract signiﬁcant

16 business development. However, if you com- BY TIM JOHNSON bine the quality of life that is available in this ART ART area, with high-end innovative infrastructure, there are few other places in the country that

15 can hold a candle to what the Bellingham area Gaga for Google has to offer. The availability of such infrastruc-

STAGE STAGE ture immediately tells prospective businesses BELLINGHAM JOINS EFFORT TO HOST LIGHTNING FAST BROADBAND ACCESS that Bellingham has a culture that is forward

14 thinking, and open technology innovation.” “No argument that the addition of Google’s Seizing the opportunity, local technology and business de- GET OUT velopment experts contacted the City of Bellingham, encour- aging local leaders to bring the area to Google’s attention. “OF COURSE BELLINGHAM

12 “Obviously, if Google brings ﬁber here it would beneﬁt everyone,” David Wiggs said. President of Hitch, a Bell- SHOULD PURSUE THIS

WORDS ingham marketing firm, Wiggs helped launch a high-profile INITIATIVE. WHEN RAIN campaign to lure Google’s fiber initiative. 8 8 “We’ve launched a site making it simple for anyone in IS BEER YOU SHOULD the community to nominate Bellingham and submit their CERTAINLY HOLD OUT YOUR response to Google. This is open to the greater community CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS to respond in any way they see fit. We did this because we HANDS TO CATCH SOME.” didn’t want to give the impression that this initiative was

6 — BOB WARSHAWER, just for techies,” he said. “We’re in the process of raising the prize money for this. PRESIDENT OF BLACK ROCK CABLE VIEWS VIEWS Each category winner will receive $500, recognition from

4 the mayor, a plaque, a photo op, etc.” If selected, Bellingham’s Internet service to homes and

MAIL MAIL businesses would be improved, allowing for new education- services would appear to increase attractive-

al, recreational and professional uses of technology. The ness to the creative working class,” com- 2 infrastructure would spur innovation in education, health mented another respondent, skeptical of the DO IT IT DO

care, engineering, video and many other areas, supporters offer. “This may be a good short-term play for say, fostering ideas that are not feasible with the technol- Bellingham. But behind the scenes, the impact

10 ogy now available. would be overall negative for the community if

.17. More cautiously, but with no less enthusiasm, Belling- the Google solution was accepted as a suitable 03 ham Mayor Dan Pike asked for community support before municipal Internet service.” The problem, this diving in. critic observed, would be overwhelming depen- .05 After considering the results of an online survey of resi- dence on a single broadband service provider. 11 # WRITE A poem. Draw a picture. Make a movie. Add a dents—in which 95 percent of nearly 800 respondents heart- Black Rock Cable owns the lion’s share few extra O’s to your child’s middle name. But most of all, ily encouraged the city administration to move forward on of the region’s privately leased fiber-optic make sure to nominate Bellingham as host city, say support- the proposal—Pike last month announced a citywide cam- cable, or “dark fiber.” The company has de- ers of Google’s latest Fiber for Communities push. paign to lure Google’s Fiber For Communities initiative here. ployed more than 700 miles of optical fiber The Internet mega-company recently announced plans to “There is great interest in us pursuing this opportunity, throughout Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish test ultra-high-speed broadband networks in one or more and there are tremendous benefits if we are successful,” and Island counties, servicing 219 private

CASCADIA WEEKLY trial locations across the country. From Berkeley to Boca Pike said. “We’re a small city with big ideas, an ideal test- fiber optic cable networks. Bob Warshawer, Raton to Bellingham, hundreds of cities have joined the ing ground for Google’s fiber installation. We’ll work on president of Black Rock Cable, expressed 8 high-tech stampede to be chosen as a host for Google’s an application jointly with other local organizations and guarded support for the effort. grand fiber-optic offer—free installation of a network de- people who share our excitement about this project. “Of course Bellingham should pursue this livering Internet speeds 100 times faster than what most “We have a significant technology, education and health initiative,” Warshawer said. “When rain is Americans have ever seen. care presence, and are uniquely positioned between Seattle GOOGLE, CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 2010 Skagit Human Rights Festival Presents

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30 30 plan or tax package. Their special session begins Mon- +.." . day. FOOD ek th a Among their actions this session, Washington lawmak- 24 24 e ers authorize medical professionals to prescribe medical t marijuana for qualiﬁed patients. The Senate votes 34- W 13 to approve the measure after concurring with some changes in the House version. CLASSIFIEDS

W BY TIM JOHNSON e Lawmakers also approve a provision that allows cash-

22 22 LAST WEEK’S strapped school districts to ask voters for additional

FILM FILM money. The Senate votes 29-19 to approve the measure NEWS a

lifting the school levy lid from 2011 to 2017. The House 42ND DISTRICT MUSICAL

T MAR10-MAR16 CHAIRS passed the measure last month. State Senator Dale Brandland an- 18 s nounced he would not seek another Lawmakers also approve an education reform package term on the ﬂoor of the Senate last MUSIC that, among other provisions, creates a teacher and prin- week, triggering an atomic reaction cipal evaluation system to make low-performing schools of announcements from other legislators and candidates scrambling

16 eligible for federal Race to the Top money. to claim the open seat. Rep. Doug Ericksen (R-42) announced he ART ART 03.xy.09 would give up his seat in the House and run for the Brandland’s seat. FRIDAY Democrat Pat Jerns of Birch Bay 15 will square off against Ericksen for 03.x.10 The City of Bellingham reaches a potential set- that seat. STAGE STAGE WEDNESDAY tlement of a $1.3 million claim by Ebenal General Democrat Richard May, who had for disputed work on the new Lightcatcher museum. long promised to run against Brandland for the Senate, changed

14 Two men are arrested by Bellingham Police and the Northwest Regional The city agrees to imburse Ebenal $286,000 and pay Drug Task Force for multiple counts of dealing cocaine. A three-month in- $174,000 for remaining contract work for a total set- his plans and will run for Ericksen’s open seat. Democrat Al Jensen of vestigation ends in the arrest of Larry E. Hayes, 37, and Salvador Dones- tlement amount of $460,000. The city also agrees to Ferndale has also announced plans GET OUT Hernandes, 32, who had repeatedly sold cocaine to Task Force agents from close out Ebenal’s contract for work the company per- to run for Ericksen’s seat, promising Hayes’ home on Smith Road. formed replacing a water main on Forest Street. an August primary. Repblicans will not be left out—Blaine City Council 12 Bellingham Police search for a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash. The member Jason Overstreet says he’ll 03.x|.10 also run for the House.

WORDS vehicle struck a 66-year-old man as he was crossing the Guide Meridian. Parts MONDAY Republican Vincent Buys has filed left behind at the scene yield clues about the make and model of the suspect to run against Rep. Kelli Linville, 8 8 vehicle. The victim is transported to St. Joseph Hospital, where he is listed Trials continue on two separate rape cases in Whatcom who holds the other House seat in critical condition. County. A jury finds Charles Boome, 45, guilty of breaking from the 42nd Legislative District. into the apartment of a Western Washington University Next week: Mad dash in the 40th District. CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS The No Bus Tax campaign puts a tricky spin on the judge’s dismissal of student in 2007 and raping her. Hector Serano Salinas, their complaint about the wording of a proposed transit tax on an upcom- 36, faces a third strike if convicted of raping a woman 6 ing ballot. Campaign manger Brett Bonner says, “Judge Mura dismissed the who was camping in Bellingham’s Maritime Heritage Park case because the WTA Board decided to spend taxpayer dollars fighting the in 2008. VIEWS VIEWS issue on a technicality.” But the real reason is Bonner missed the deadline to

4 ﬁle his complaint that the ballot language does not accurately describe how Bellingham City Council approves expansion of the the .02 percent sales tax levy will be used for transit operations. The lan- Post Point Wastewater Treatment Facility in Fairhaven.

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not be able to crash her car into 30 theirs, she broke off and sped away FUZZ again onto the southbound lane of beer you should certainly hold out your FOOD BUZZ I-5. She was arrested and booked hands to catch some.” shortly afterward, picking up reck- }{z Warshawer was among a dozen indus- 24 less driving and second-degree as- NUMBER of households that responded try experts the city consulted before THE ‘R’ ON THE sault charges to her long list of of- to the City of Bellingham’s online survey moving forward with the effort to host GEAR LEVER IS FOR fenses. expressing interest in Google’s Fiber for Google’s project. Like Warshawer, most Communities Project. More than 95 percent CLASSIFIEDS REVENGE! of respondents said they supported the city encouraged the mayor to submit a re- On Jan. 3, at 9:30am, a Bellingham TRAITOROUS TABBY joining the effort. sponse to Google’s request. patrol officer knocked on the driv- On March 9, Bellingham Police re- “But,” Warshawer cautioned, “very of- 22 er’s window of a red Dodge Stratus sponded to a complaint from a wom- ten rain is not beer.” The likelihood Bell- FILM FILM parked near the car wash on Sunset an who was having difficulty get- ingham will succeed in its bid among all Drive. An employee had observed ting her cat back from a neighbor. the other other cities around the coun- someone sleeping in the car since Upon police urging, the neighbor {z try who have also responded to Google’s 18 MORE than 100 cities in 43 states are vying early that morning with the engine reluctantly returned the feline to for Google’s fiber optic initiative, including offer must be factored against other MUSIC running. The officer’s pounding fi- its owner, but not before complain- seven in Washington. efforts, he said. “Bellingham is a great nally woke the driver. The officer ing the woman was not fit to own a town, but there are a lot of great towns. recognized the woman as someone cat. The cat apparently agreed, and The city should pursue this, but city 16 she’d cited the previous week for jumped out of the owner’s arms and government probably shouldn’t spend a driving with a suspended license. ran back to the neighbor’s home and y lot of time on it.” ART The 25-year-old woman had a string hid under the porch. “The cat,” po- PERCENT of home broadband users in “It’s worth a few man hours of COB

of citations and convictions in mul- lice noted, “is still at large.” the U.S. who currently have a fiber optic staff time to at least apply, even though 15 tiple jurisdictions stretching back connection to the Internet. it’s a long shot,” Michael Deman agreed. to at least 2004. The officer asked JUST SAYIN’ HI, CTD. Deman owns Fairhaven Light and Ether, STAGE the woman to step out of the car. On Feb. 2, a Bellingham school another dark fiber provider. Ultimately, The woman allegedly screamed, bus driver reported that a teenager he said, other cities may prove more 14 “No!” and then screamed she was about 16 years old had exposed his | strategic geographically to host Google NUMBER of minutes it takes to download a going to park her car properly. The bare backside to the driver outside data centers. high-definition full-length motion picture at GET OUT woman sped off, and the officer was Blaine’s high school gym. “The inci- 1 gigabit-per-second transfer speeds. The mayor understood their caution, unable to follow. The officer noted dent may have been captured on sur- and he pledged the city would spend

the woman seemed to be under the veillance cameras,” police reported. an appropriate amount of time and 12 inﬂuence of drugs. “It should be “The recording was reviewed, and money on the offer.

noted,” the officer reported, “that there was enough light from the full “The company is not asking munici- WORDS there is the word ’bitch’ taped over mooning to identify the suspect. LENGTH in feet za bookshelf would have to palities to build networks or to fund be, filled with books, to hold the equivalent 8 the driver’s side door handle” of the Campus officials eclipsed his fame construction,” Pike said. “If Bellingham 8 woman’s vehicle. with a school suspension,” police of 1 gigabyte of data. is selected and agreement reached with concluded. Google, the city’s role will primarily be CURRENTS CURRENTS On Jan. 3, at 11:30am, the same red regulatory and permitting matters.” CURRENTS Dodge Stratus was driving on Inter- On Feb. 8, Bellingham Police in- Bellingham, he said, has many fea-

x 6 state-5 near the Slater Road exit vestigated a report of a man at the MILLIONS of gigabits transferred in one tures that should be very attractive when the driver allegedly slammed Southside’s Dog Park who had ex- second over a 7,000 kilometer fiber optic to Google, such as a strong higher on her brakes in the passing lane, posed his genitals to a woman on two cable, the highest data transfer ever achieved, education network and progressive VIEWS coming to a full stop in the lane of occasions. “The first time the male by Bell Labs technicians in Sept. 2009. K-12 schools, the presence of specific 4 travel. She reportedly leaped out to walked by her with what appeared to business types such as technology and scream and curse at motorists who be a two-foot dildo hanging out of health care, commitment to green ini- MAIL

were swerving to avoid striking her his sweat pants,” police reported. “A tiatives and industries, community size,

{ 2 car. She jumped back in and sped short while later the male presented NUMBER of DVDs it would take to hold 100 active, engaged citizens, and beautiful million gigabytes of data. off. A couple thought this behav- himself again, dropped his pants and natural environment. IT DO ior was odd and attempted to get began to masturbate.” Police were “Look, if Google’s primary interest

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The woman reportedly observed ¹{ market, they could just buy up any num- .17. them following her and slammed On Feb. 26, a Blaine woman checked MILLIONS in broadband stimulus money ber of networks owned by companies 03 on her brakes a few times to warn the messages on her cellphone and Washington State will receive from the that failed after the dot-com boom,” them off. Eventually she exited at was shocked to find among them an federal governmnt. The grant will provide an Warshawer explained. “Instead, what .05 11 Northwest Avenue and again alleg- explicit photo of a man’s genitalia. additional 830 miles of fiber backbone and they’ve done is get thousands of people # new microwave sites. edly screeched to a halt in the road- Blaine Police investigated and lo- in a hundreds towns all across the coun- way, leapt out, and advanced on the cated a man in southwest Washing- try talking about Google and fiber. couple forced to a stop behind her. ton who had produced and sent the “It is brilliant marketing from a bril- Thinking a confrontation was un- image. He told police he’d intended ¹}}~ liant company.” BILLIONS in revenue reported by Google wise, the motorists put their car to send the picture to a friend in in the fourth quarter of 2009, a 17 percent Google officials have asked interested into reverse and backed away. The Oregon, but had misdialed the area increase over the previous year. municipalities to provide information CASCADIA WEEKLY woman leapt back into her Stratus code. He’d been praying no one had by March 26 to help them decide where 11 and threw it into reverse at high- received the errant message. He said SOURCES: City of Bellingham; Google; to build their networks. For information speed, seemingly in an attempt to he was very sorry, and was very re- National Telecommunication and on how to join the effort, go to www. crash her car into theirs. When the lieved when the victim declined to Information Administration; Associated googlefibertobellingham.com or www. woman evidently learned she would assist in a criminal prosecution. Press; Washington Post cob.org/issues/google.aspx doit

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FOOD STORY NIGHT: Members of the Belling- ham Storytellers Guild will share tales words from the “fairy realms” at 7pm at the 24 COMMUNITY ›› LECTURES BOOKS Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. Entry is free. 714-9631 ENDLESS FOREST: Sara Donati (a.k.a.

CLASSIFIEDS Rosina Lippi) reads from her book The Endless Forest at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. 22 22 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

FILM FILM MON., MARCH 22 POETRYNIGHT: Sign up to read your verse at the weekly Poetrynight at 8pm 18 cated more than 600 acres of land at Enumclaw’s at the Anker Café, 1424 Cornwall Ave. Federation State Park, and was instrumental in Readings begin at 8:30pm. MUSIC the implementation of the Paciﬁc Crest Trail, a WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG 2,650-mile-long hiking path that begins in Cana- TUES., MARCH 23 da and ends in Mexico. DEVIL’S STAR: Norwegian crime writer 16 As the recipient of the “Legacy Award” the Jo Nesbø reads from his latest novel, The ART ART YWCA bestows during its Northwest Women’s Hall Devil’s Star, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 of Fame anniversary dinner each year, Montgom- 11th St. 671-2626 ery’s courage and dedication will be commemo- 15 rated alongside three extraordinary women who

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14 TRIVIA NIGHT: Help raise funds for ﬁed clinical musician Linda Allen’s latest album, the Bellingham Cooperative Preschool Here’s to the Women, celebrates the century of by taking part in Trivia Night starting at GET OUT suffrage Montgomery and her ilk made possible. 6pm at the Chuckanut Brewery, 601 W. In addition to helping disempowered women Holly St. WWW.BELLINGHAMCOOPERATIVESCHOOL.

12 discover their voices, Allen, a natural ﬁt for the 12 COM CATHERINE MONTGOMERY Hall of Fame, also founded Bellingham’s Thresh-

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WORDS WORDS old Choir, which brings music to the bedsides of CASINO NIGHT: The 3rd annual “Fan- BY AMY KEPFERLE the terminally ill. Patricia McKeown is an- tasy Casino Night” fundraiser for Blue 8 Skies for Children starts at 6pm at the other multitasking maven BIA Building, 1650 Bakercreek Place. who seems to do accomplish Tickets are $50. 756-6710 OR WWW. CURRENTS CURRENTS Wonder Women more in each 24-hour period than most do in a week. Her BLUESKIESFORCHILDREN.ORG

6 WELCOME TO THE HALL OF FAME position as the Vice President SAT., MARCH 20 of Instruction at Bellingham FLY DAY: As part of the monthly “Fly VIEWS VIEWS Technical College aside, she Day,” watch vintage military aircraft take WASHINGTON WOMEN kick ass. If you require proof, also serves on the boards of to the skies from 12-4pm at the Heritage 4 ATTEND Flight Museum, 4165 Mitchell Way. Sug- start by checking a history book to ﬁnd out when members of the fairer WHAT: Northwest Homeport Learning Center gested donation is $5.

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DO IT DO up to them, it must’ve seemed like an eternity. the Northwest Work Force Equinox Labyrinth from 1-5pm at the WHEN: 4:30pm Without barrier-busters like Catherine Montgomery, progress may not Sun., March 21 Development Council. As Fairhaven Village Green. All are welcome have come to our corner of the world as (relatively) quickly as it did. As WHERE: North- most of her endeavors focus WWW.PROJECTLABYRINTH.NET 10 wood Hall, 3240 EARTH CONTROL: “Who’s In Charge

.17. a founding member of Bellingham’s Progressive, Literary and Fraternal on providing both women Northwest Ave. Here? The Battle for Control of Planet 03 Club, she campaigned tirelessly for a woman’s right to vote, and didn’t COST: $30 and men with the education Earth” will be the topic of the day when stop until it was granted. INFO: 734-4820, to move forward in life, she’s the Center for Ontological Action meets

.05 But Montgomery’s commitment to changing the status quo didn’t stop or ywca earned a spot on the roster. from 3-6pm at Mount Vernon’s Audio 11 # there. It’s just one of the many reasons she’ll be lauded March 21 when bellingham.org Last but not least is Kath- Video Resource, 504 W. Montgomery St. the YWCA hosts its annual Northwest Women’s Hall of Fame Anniversary ie Wilson, founder, director and educator of the Admission is by donation. 305-6939 OR [email protected] Dinner (I’ll get to that in a second). 30-year-old Childlife Montessori School, whose Prepping the playing field for those who would follow in her footsteps, mission is to help kids between the ages of 3 WED., MARCH 24 Montgomery—who died in 1957 at the age of 90—worked not just to ad- and 6 become “citizens of the world.” Teaching MAYOR’S ARTS AWARDS: Helen Scholtz, vance the role of women in the world, but to actually protect the ground by example, she’s traveled as far as Kenya to Alice Clark, James Hardesty, Jinx Art Space, the Bellingham Festival of Music, CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA they tread upon. help fight the scourge of AIDS and serves on the Linda Hughes, and others will be lauded Among her myriad contributions to humanity, Montgomery supervised board for the Bellingham Friends of the Library. at the 31st annual Mayor’s Arts Awards 12 the primary education program at New Whatcom Normal School (Western If any of these stories have inspired you, ceremony starting at 6:30pm at the MBT’s Washington University), single-handedly homesteaded 160 acres in what think about the women in your own life who Walton Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. En- is now the Mt. Baker National Forest, was among the 47 ladies in bloom- stand out. If there are too many to count, don’t try is free and the public is invited. 778-8357 ers who attempted the first climb of Mt. Baker’s northeast face, dedi- be surprised. Bellingham Family Health Clinic

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LADIES NIGHT: Learn how to fix a flat, meet 30 30 new riding buddies and check out the prod- ucts that are specific to women at the annual FOOD Ladies Night from 7-9pm at Kulshan Cycles, 100 E. Chestnut St. Entry is free.

24 24 getout WWW.KULSHANCYCLES.COM HIKING ›› RUNNING ›› CYCLING UNDERWATER NEIGHBORHOODS: Film- maker John F. Williams will show his ﬁlm Our Underwater Neighborhood: A Video Tour, at

CLASSIFIEDS 7pm at the Whatcom County Courthouse, 311 Grand Ave. The event—which explores how art, science, education, recreation and volun- 22 22 teering are important to the health of Puget Sound—is free.

FILM FILM BY TRAIL RAT 676-6736 CONTINUUM PROJECT: Watch some amazing climbs from around the world when indie ﬁlm- 18 maker Chris Alstrin brings his new ﬁlm, The Continuum Project, to town at 7pm at Back-

MUSIC Going Native country Essentials, 214 W. Holly St. Entry is A LITTLE MORE HOME IN YOUR GARDEN $5 at the door. 543-5678 OR WWW.ALSTRINFILMS.COM 16 MARCH 18-21 ART ART we helped close down and/or painstakingly restore to its ANACORTES BOAT SHOW: Make your way to original condition. Cap Sante Marina through the weekend for the For every 20 metric tons of bear grass or false hellebore annual Anacortes Boat Show. 15 WWW.ANACORTESBOATSHOW.COM we have hacked apart with our grub hoes and pick mat-

STAGE STAGE tocks, there is an entire riparian zone, sub-alpine meadow SAT., MARCH 20 or critical swath of some sort of endangered plant or ani- CHUCKANUT RIDGE 50K: The Chuckanut mal habitat that has become at least a little safer or even Ridge 50K starts at 8am at Fairhaven Park. 14 14 WWW.GBRC.NET richer for it. WORK PARTY #2: Join Bellingham Parks Any way you plant it, prune it or fertilize them, the more Volunteer Program for a work party from 9am- GET OUT GET OUT individual native tree, shrub and plant species I’ve learned 12pm at Squalicum Creek Park. to identify and properly deal with in 778-7105 WORK PARTY #2: NSEA and Bellingham Cold

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8 Flowering red currant makes me N-SEA.ORG happy. Red Huckleberry keeps jump- COUNTY RUN: Join staff from Fairhaven ing out at me. Indian plumb surprises Runners for a “County Run/Walk” starting at me every time. Devil’s Club makes me 9:30am at Lynden’s Berthusen Park. Meet by CURRENTS CURRENTS ATTEND WHAT: Whatcom wonder and crawl. Goat’s beard sets my the playground. WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM 6 Conservation District’s spirits soaring. Blue elderberry adds to 17th Annual Native the tropical feel. MARCH 20-21 Plant Sale and Expo VIEWS VIEWS PERMACULTURE CLASS: Sign up for “Per- WHEN: 9am-4pm Sat., Sitka willow and slough sedges revel maculture 101” and “Permaculture 102” class- March 20 in a marked propensity to dance. Red 4 es this weekend in the Birchwood Neighbor- WHERE: Whatcom osier dogwood occupies the empty hood. Each course is $25-$50 (sliding scale).

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2 cd.org ly through the gloom. Nootka rose SUN., MARCH 21 WALK FOR WATER: Observe World Water Day

DO IT IT DO WHAT: Gardening makes a prickly fence that keeps the by taking part in the 2nd annual “Walk for With Northwest Native birds singing. Mock orange sweetens Water” starting at 10am at the Fairhaven Vil- Plants Workshop the world with fragrance. lage Green. In addition to the 2.3-mile walk 10 WHEN: 10:30am-12pm along the South Bay trail, from 11am-1pm at

.17. Bleeding heart evokes epic flights Sat., March 20 the Depot Market Square there’ll be snacks, 03 of romantic whimsy. Salal and Or- WHERE: Cloud water activities for kids and adults and info AMONG THE most confounding, yet spiritually re- Mountain Farm, Everson egon grape fill the forest with waxy from related organizations. .05 deeming, privileges that doing so much trail work in and COST: Free resplendence. Vine maple reaches 778-7700 11 # around the Pacific Northwest has afforded me over the years, INFO: www.cloud out its arms in praise, a sun-glinted getting to experience and more intimately familiarize myself mountainfarm.com glory to behold. Salmonberries and TUES., MARCH 23 AUDUBON PROGRAM: Sharon Negri of the with the astounding array of endemic tree and plant commu- black caps might get my dander up, Grizzly Bear Outreach Project will discuss the nities on a hands-on basis ranks right around the top. but that doesn’t stop them from replenishing my good for- biology, behavior and conservation of the While I won’t deny that one of the biggest reasons I en- tune now and again. hirsute animals at tonight’s North Cascades joy trail work is all the legally sanctioned tree chopping, Kinnikinnick is one tenacious little shrub. Pacific rhodo- Audubon program at 7pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave.

CASCADIA WEEKLY rock blowing up and digging my way across hillsides like a dendron is equal parts sanguine and botanically baroque. WWW.NORTHCASCADESAUDUBON.ORG human rototiller I get to do, it would be impossible to jus- Whether you’re a full-ﬂedged native plant freak like me 14 tify such tactics if I didn’t have the health of the greater or just interested in learning how to spice up your garden WED., MARCH 24 ecosystem at heart. with a little more locally made ﬂavor, then I highly recom- FIRST GEAR: Everybody BIKE presents a For every new mile of trail my crews have helped open up mend attending either or both of the listed events. See “First Gear” class at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. WWW.EVERYBODYBIKE.COM through the wilderness, there is another mile of old trail that you there? doit STAGE

THURS., MARCH 18 30 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the

Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at FOOD the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, g stick around for “The Project.” Entry is $5 sta e 24 for the early show, $3 for the late one. THEATER ›› DANCE ›› PROFILES 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM MARCH 19-20

HAROLD: Watch longer forms of improvi- CLASSIFIEDS sational comedy at Harold shows at 8pm and 10pm at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay 22 22 St. Tickets are $8-$10. 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM FILM FILM THE ODD COUPLE: See Neil Simons’ The Odd Couple at 7pm every Fri.-Sat. through April 3

at Mount Vernon’s RiverBelle Dinner Theatre, 18 BY AMY KEPFERLE 100 E. Montgomery St. Tickets are $20-$35. WWW.RIVERBELLEDINNERTHEATRE.COM MUSIC MARCH 19-21 THE MOUSETRAP: Students from the Aunt Dan and Lemon Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth will 16 have you testing your wits when they ART ART THE KISSINGER CONNECTION perform Agatha Christie’s whodunit, The Mousetrap, at 7pm Fri.-Sat. and 2pm Sun. at BAAY’s headquarters at 1059 N. State St. 15 15 her secrets (including her Kissinger connec- Tickets are $10 and additional shows hap- pen March 26-28. STAGE STAGE tion, torrid love affairs and admiration for WWW.BAAY.ORG STAGE the “workers” of the world). A playwright friend who was at the iDiOM SAT., MARCH 20 14 Theater on opening night cautioned me that LATE-NIGHT POSTCARDS: Kimberly Ross brings a new late-night variety show, there were massive monologues inserted within “Postcards from Scrap Canyon,” to town at the wordy text of Shawn’s play, and I was glad 11pm at iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. GET OUT for that heads-up, because they were a force Tickets are $5 at the door. 201-5464 OR WWW.IDIOMTHEATRE.COM

to be reckoned with. Lemon’s soliloquies are 12 delivered with a dreamy, enticing detachment SUN., MARCH 21 from reality, but Aunt Dan’s (Sarah Papineau) COMEDY NIGHT: A weekly Comedy Night hap- WORDS are wild-eyed, passionate proclamations that pens at 8pm every Sunday at the Fairhaven Pub & Martini Bar, 1114 Harris Ave.

force viewers into making connections they 8 never would’ve otherwise seen. FAIRHAVENPUB.COM While a host of other characters—parents and lovers and shady types among them— DANCE CURRENTS pop into the dream world of memories that

comprise Lemon’s current existence, it’s FRI., MARCH 19 6 Aunt Dan whose force HOPE AND FEAR: Dancing for Joy’s dance company, Jubilee, will present “Hope and VIEWS VIEWS is the strongest. But Fear” at 7pm at the Hillcrest Chapel, 1400 as Lemon lies in bed Larabee Ave. The show, which will show- 4 IMAGE BY ERIN CLANCY BY IMAGE watching the action of case original choreography, will beneﬁt

the past unfold before the Bellingham/Whatcom County Pregnan- MAIL a very sick girl. Even if she didn’t inform the audience of that her, one gets the feel- cy Center. Suggested donation is $10. LEMON IS

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general air of exhaustion would soon make it clear something’s not quite right. all in the present, nor MARCH 19-21 IT DO

As Lemon (Karen Kunkel) shares her life’s story via scenes that careen back does she want to. DANCE GALLERY: Works by both local and and forth from the past to the present and invite a cast of characters into It might be theo- nationally recognized choreographers will ATTEND be on the bill when the 19-year-old Dance 10

her apartment to do so, the audience discovers the reasons why the young rized, as well, that .17. WHAT: Aunt Dan Gallery presents its “Spring Concert” at woman lives alone with only her memories to sustain her. Lemon’s not really 03 and Lemon 7:30pm Fri.-Sat. and 5pm Sun. at the Fire- Along the way, those in attendance are privy to Lemon’s unorthodox views WHEN: 8pm every sick, and that the ill- house Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris on everything from Nazism (not such a bad idea, really) to Henry Kissinger Thurs.-Sat. through ness she relies on Ave. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased .05 11 (he served humanity, she’s willing to serve him). When the eponymous Aunt April 3 to keep her separate in advance at Village Books and the Com- # munity Food Co-op. Dan makes her first appearance via a flashback from Lemon’s childhood, they WHERE: iDiOM from reality—to keep Theater, 1418 676-4113 OR WWW.DANCEGALLERY.ORG find out just where those incendiary ideas originated. her staring at walls, Cornwall Ave. SUN., MARCH 21 Shawn—you may recognize him as the hapless trickster who lisps the word COST: $7 for stu- drinking juice and BALLET FUNDRAISER: “Undersea Inter- “inconceivable” countless times in The Princess Bride—wrote Aunt Dan and dents, $10 general pondering what the ludes,” a piece choreographed by John INFO: 201-5464 or Lemon in 1985, and has said it’s a cautionary tale against fascism. And, while Nazis did right—is in Bishop, can be seen at a fundraising per- www.idiom the play is indeed overtly political in nature, it also aptly probes the role of fact nonexistent. Add formance starting at 2pm at Northwest Bal- CASCADIA WEEKLY theatre.com compassion in the human experience. in Shawn’s politicizing let, 1417 Cornwall Ave. Show up at 1pm for While Lemon has a reclusive nature, that’s not the case with Aunt Dan. of the storyline, and a reception and silent auction. Tickets are 15 The relationship between Lemon and Dan begins early in her life. Although you may come to see that the entire world is $5-$15 and will support the ballet’s upcom- ing performances of The Little Mermaid. Dan is her parent’s eccentric, charismatic friend—in fact, she introduced her suffering from some unspecified illness, and WWW.NORTHWESTBALLET.ORG mother to her father—it’s to the young girl that she spills the deepest of we’re all just waiting for a diagnosis. doit EVENTS

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FOOD annual “Employee Arts and Crafts Show” from 11am-4pm Wed.-Thurs. and 11am-1:30pm Fri. at Western Washington University’s Viking

24 visual GALLERIES ›› OPENINGS ›› PROFILES Union 565. 650-3407 MARCH 17-28

CLASSIFIEDS UNCLAD 2010: Works by artists from near and far can be viewed as part of the annual “Unclad: The Fine Art of the Figure” exhibit 22 22 showing through March 28 at Stanwood’s Gal- lery by the Bay, 8700 271st NW. FILM FILM WWW.UNCLADART.COM MARCH 17-19 18 CUT AND PASTE: Paintings, sculptures, pho- tography and a variety of mixed-media instal- MUSIC visual stimulus alongside fundraising. “Healing lations from WWU’s Art 494 class can be seen Through Arts,” the St. Joseph Hospital Founda- this week at a “Cut and Paste: A Cacophony of Colorful Conception” exhibit at Jinx Art Space, tion’s inaugural art show, opens March 22 and 306 Flora St. See the works from 4-6pm Wed.- 16 16 will remain on display until the end of June. Thurs., then attend a free closing reception ART ART ART ART Working with Lucia Douglas Gallery’s Linda from 5-8pm Fri. Gardner, the pieces that will be displayed in WWW.JINXARTSPACE.COM both entrances to the hospital—in addition 15 THURS., MARCH 18 to three or four other speciﬁed areas through- MONA TALK: Curator of exhibitions Kathleen

STAGE STAGE out the healthcare center—were culled from Moles will lead an informal walkthrough of ﬁve established and emerging artists working the “Resonances: Contemporary Echoes Mod- in both traditional and abstract forms. ern” and “Resonances in Glass” exhibitions at

14 1:30pm at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest “The hospital posed some challenges as far Art, 121 S. First St. as exhibition spaces/walls,” Gardner says. WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG GET OUT “We did the best we could for this inaugural MARCH 18-20 show and will learn from our experience in CRAFT AND ANTIQUE SHOW: More than 100 presenting future exhibits.” 12 artisans will take part in the 24th annual Lyn- “We wanted to bring a human touch to the den Craft and Antique Show from 10am-8pm Thurs.-Fri. and 10am-5pm Sat. at the Northwest

WORDS WORDS hospital walls,” adds board member Mo West, who notes the idea for the exhibit has been Washington Fairgrounds. Admission is $5. in the hopper for a long time, but only started WWW.LYNDENCRAFTANTIQUESHOW.COM 8 to come together last December. MON., MARCH 22 It’s ﬁtting that the fea- WAG MEETING: All are welcome at the monthly meeting of the Whatcom Art Guild at 7pm

CURRENTS CURRENTS tured artist for “Healing Through Arts” is iconic at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. 6 Northwest painter Guy WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG Anderson. Although much VIEWS VIEWS of his work is abstract in nature, Anderson—who ONGOING EXHIBITS 4 SEE IT died in 1998—treasured ALLIED ARTS: Peruse the annual “Member’s

MAIL MAIL PIECE FROM GUY ANDERSON’S “BLOOD LINE” WHAT: Healing the mysterious of the hu- Show” through March 26 at Allied Arts, 1418 Through Arts man body and considered Cornwall Ave. WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG 2 WHEN: Private re- it to be symbolic of the BY AMY KEPFERLE ception Sun.,. March ARTWOOD: The turned woodwork of Steve

DO IT DO journey of life. 21. The art will be Pulver can be viewed through March at the Art- on display March 22- Other artists on the wood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. June 26 roster include Seattleites BLUE HORSE: “Four Seasons,” featuring land- 10 WHERE: St. Joseph scape paintings by Lisa McShane, Ruthie V.,

.17. Dan Amell, Fred Birch- Hospital Mary Froderberg, and Valerie Collymore can be 03 Healing man, and Carolyn Krieg, INFO: 734-5400 or seen through March 26 at the Blue Horse Gal- http://thehospital Portland’s Hibiki Miyazaki lery, 301 W. Holly St. .05 foundation.org and Bellingham landscape LOOMIS HALL: “Made in the Paciﬁc NW”, fea- 11 # Through Arts painter Robert Todd, all of turing multimedia works, large sculptures and whom donated their talents to the show. more, is currently on display at Blaine’s Loomis OF GALLERIES AND GURNEYS Since “Healing Through Arts” is the ﬁrst of a Hall Gallery, 288 Martin St. WWW.LOOMISHALLGALLERY.COM series of shows coming to the hospital, don’t LUCIA DOUGLAS: New paintings and etchings by NANCY GALBRAITH is much more than a patient service repre- be put off by the location of the exhibit. Af- Tom Wood can be viewed until March 27 at the sentative at St. Joseph Hospital’s Cancer Center. She’s also a cancer survivor ter all, beauty can be found anywhere, and Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St.

CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA who donates to the hospital’s “Circle of Care” program. if it makes people struggling to get well feel 733-5361 OR WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM “I just want to be here for the patients and give in any way I can,” Gal- even just a little better, isn’t it worth it? WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Out of Bounds” and 16 braith says in a short video on the hospital foundation’s website. “If that “Bringing ﬁne art to institutions such as John Grade’s “Bloom: The Elephant Bed” can means money, that is part of my giving.” hospitals has been show to be a positive currently be seen at the Whatcom Museum’s new Lightcatcher Building. Starting this weekend, those who are interested in making sure the Circle experience for staff, patients and visitors,” WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG of Care is around for a long time to come can help out in a way that merges Gardner says.

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17 Rumor Has It 30 30 FIRST OF ALL, although it’s not really music re- FOOD lated, I’d like to send a big bravo out to Janet Lightner, the Boundary Bay crew and all the other

24 planners, participants and sidewalk voyeurs who music made Bellingham’s inaugural St. Patrick’s Day SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT parade a resounding success. A bunch of folks conspired to create ﬂoats, most of which were CLASSIFIEDS at least wacky and some of which were down- right hilarious (even the mayor got into the act 22 22 as the Grand Marshal). Janet even somehow got

FILM FILM the weather to cooperate, as rain had been in the forecast, but the day dawned sunny and bright (because no one rains on Janet’s parade). The 18 18 BY CAREY ROSS post-parade party at the beer garden was packed as well, so it seems the future of this particular MUSIC MUSIC event is looking pretty rosy indeed. Another event that’s looking pretty rosy is the Hackensaw Boys annual Record Store Day, which takes place April 16 17 at all your favorite independent record stores

ART ART DOING IT THEIR WAY (in Bellingham’s case, this would be Avalon and Everyday Music). No word what Everyday has planned 15 for the event, but Avalon is

STAGE STAGE hosting its second-annuall “out-store” show (in case you don’t get the refer- 14 ence, it’s an in-store thatt will actually take place on GET OUT the sidewalk just outside the shop). On the all-day bill—bands start play- 12 BYBY CCAREYAREYY RROSSOSS ing at 1:30pm—are Black

WORDS WORDS Breath, Sugar Sugar Sugar (fresh off their tour), Baltic Cousins, Cherry Blossom Family Delivery, and Chris Con Carne. I attended last year’s Record 8 Store Day and watched Chris Con Carne play a set, nabbed a goodie bag and endured some good-

CURRENTS CURRENTS natured verbal abuse from all my favorite music- store employees. Can’t wait for this year.

6 Speaking of Cherry Blossom Family Delivery, while the band name might be unfamiliar to you, VIEWS VIEWS the band itself shouldn’t be. While the lineup isn’t exactly the same, I think you’ll recognize 4 its broad outlines as the previously defunct,

MAIL MAIL but much-loved Quaalude County Country Band. IN THIS era of muddled genres and artists who Cherry Blossom has nabbed itself a weekly slot IF TRADITIONAL BLUEGRASS 2 refuse to conﬁne themselves to a single musical style, (at least for the time being) Tuesdays at Plan B.

DO IT DO it’s not unusual for musicians to redeﬁne themselves IS TOE-TAPPING MUSIC, The shows are free and, along with the aforemen-

as many times as they see ﬁt over the course of a ca- THE HACKENSAW BOYS ARE tioned Quaalude alum, the band features some reer. For some, this can be gimmicky and unsuccessful. of Bellingham’s most skilled musical talent. Deﬁ- 10

.17. For others, transitioning in this manner is a progres- A FOOT-STOMPIN’, KNEE- nitely worth checking out. I mean, it’s Tuesday

03 sive and intelligent way to scratch a creative itch. night. What else could you possibly have going It’s this willingness to dip their toes into different SLAPPIN’, HOOTIN’-AND- on that would be better than this?

.05 musical pools that see artists such as Wilco go from Also in the realm of weekly giggery is Pole-

11 HOLLERIN’ GOOD TIME. # being alt-country poster boys to indie rock darlings cat, who have garnered themselves the much- in the time it takes a person to utter three letters leaves even the most casual listener with a few clues coveted Monday-night slot at Boundary Bay (if from the NATO alphabet (those being, of course, “Yan- about the origins from whence they sprang. Perhaps you remember correctly, this is the same night kee,” “Hotel” and “Foxtrot”), or moves someone like this is why one reviewer dubbed them “the Ramones the Gallus Brothers thoroughly claimed as their the White Stripes’ Jack White to record an album with of bluegrass,” a description that has stuck with the own for many, many months). While I know next Loretta Lynn (or moves Lynn to record with White, for band through a decade of playing and recording and to nothing about this band, word on the street

CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA that matter). more than a few lineup changes. is they’re good—real, real good. And any band Such deviations in course can be either temporary The Hackensaw Boys got their start sometime in that can get a crowd on its feet and dancing on a 18 aural insanity or a permanent change in musical out- 1999, when a couple of punk rockers decided to try Monday night clearly knows what it’s doing. And look. The latter is the case for Virginia’s Hackensaw their hand at bluegrass. However, given their more it seems Polecat is that band. But you don’t have Boys, who started out rooted ﬁrmly in punk rock, but fast-paced and anarchic origins, their brand of blue- to take my word for it. Don your dancing shoes now embrace an energetic form of bluegrass that grass was not exactly traditional, in the true sense and head to Boundary to see for yourself. musicPreview musicEvents Quality Yarns, Books, Equipment, Supplies

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Paperboys return to Mount Vernon for an 8pm 18 are a foot-stompin’, knee-slappin’, hoo- 18 tin’-and-hollerin’ show at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. Tickets are $17-$26. MUSIC good time. MUSIC WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG Their reputation

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live shows and ART and biting humor can be heard side by side their hard-touring when the Seattle trio Uncle Bonsai performs at HEAR lifestyle that sees 7:30pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. WHO: Hackensaw Boys, them earning fans Tickets are $12-$15. 15 Spoonshine the old-fashioned WWW.UNCLEBONSAI.COM WHEN: 9:30pm Thurs., way—show by STAGE March 18 SUN., MARCH 21 WHERE: Wild Buffalo, show, winning WHATCOM CHORALE: The 90 voices of the 208 W. Holly St. them over one at a Whatcom Chorale will join in song to present 14 COST: $5 time—has paid off “The Romantic Nomad” at 3pm at the First Con- MORE INFO: www.wild for these reformed gregational Church of Christ, 2401 Cornwall buffalo.net Ave. The songs will focus on choral depictions GET OUT punks in the form of the nomadic life, and tickets are $5-$15. of slots opening WWW.WHATCOMCHORALE.ORG for bands as diverse as the Flaming Lips, 12 Modest Mouse, Cake, and De La Soul. TUES., MARCH 23 HAAN AND GOLDEN: Celtic harps and vocal WORDS They also did a stint as backing band for harmonies will be highlighted when Patrice Country Music Hall of Famer Charlie Lou- Haan and Laura Golden make music at 7:30pm vin during one of his nationwide tours. at the Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Dr. Suggested 8 It remains to be seen whether the donation is $8-$12. Hackensaw Boys will make another wild WWW.FRIENDSOFTHEROEDERHOME.ORG musical divergence in the future. Will WED., MARCH 24 CURRENTS they don matching outfits, learn some DANA LYONS: Bellingham’s Dana Lyons—yep, 6 tricked-out choreography and become he of Cows With Guns fame—will hold a concert a Top 40-chasing boy band? Or are the focusing on his new album, Three Legged Coyote, at 7:30pm at the Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Dr. VIEWS rhymes and beats of hip-hop their musical Suggested donation is $8-$12. destiny? Methinks not. Maybe they don’t WWW.COWSWITHGUNS.COM 4 exactly fit with traditional bluegrass, but MAIL MAIL bluegrass sure seems to fit them. Cascadia Family Health

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Kat's singer/songwriter 15 Honeymoon Open Mic The Naked Hearts The Swing Gang Barnum Jack circle STAGE STAGE Battle, Hercules, Malice, Jinx Art Space Baltic Cousins, Step2This Stuck 14

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18 ing palette: black and white for the past, REVIEWED BY LINDA BARNARD muted shades for the present and flashes MUSIC of intense color to mark moments when life bubbles up. The lipstick on a woman who basks in the pleasure of a compliment from 16 A Single Man George flashes from pale pink to vermillion; ART ART THE WHOLE PACKAGE a rose flushes from pale peach to bright orange when he sniffs it. Ford sets scenes with wordless ease and 15 to good effect, like the blue-washed poster

STAGE STAGE for Psycho with a screaming Janet Leigh that ﬁlls an entire building wall where George parks his car. 14 But A Single Man is more than a pretty movie. It’s also a careful examination of GET OUT love, loss and mourning. Its power comes from Firth, who plays a man who confesses he ﬁnds the simple act of waking up in a 12 Jim-free world painful.

WORDS WORDS He spends what may be his last day me- ticulously dealing with his affairs—a visit to the bank, bullets for his gun, dinner 8 with Charley. And there is humor, too. Af- ter all, George doesn’t want to be a messy

CURRENTS CURRENTS suicide. That would be inconvenient for his cleaning lady.

6 Ford uses dialogue sparingly in the ﬁrst reel and Firth’s most heart-stopping scene VIEWS VIEWS occurs with him saying little as Jim’s cous- in (an uncredited Jon Hamm) calls to tell 4 him Jim has died while on a visit home. The MAIL MAIL ness and asks difﬁcult questions about life

A SINGLE MAN IS MORE 2 IN TOM Ford’s captivating and stylish A Single Man, the only sui- as the United States crouches fearfully in THAN A PRETTY MOVIE. DO IT DO cide note we see from professor George Falconer is a scrawled note the shadow of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

placed atop the tie chosen to match the immaculate funeral clothes Only Charley (Julianne Moore), his boozy, IT’S ALSO A CAREFUL he has laid out: “Tie in a Windsor knot.” party-girl pal, conﬁdant and onetime lover 10

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.05 a tattered mess, his soul torn to ribbons by grief by the death of his lationship, she wonders aloud? Pour me 11 # longtime partner, Jim (Matthew Goode). another and let’s drink to the past. wordless pain Firth expresses, made worse Fashion designer Tom Ford makes a stunning debut as a director Moore is mesmerizing as George’s train with the knife twist of the ﬁrst realization with A Single Man, based on Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 novel about wreck of a friend; lonely and self-absorbed, his mourning will have to remain private, is a closeted, gay professor at a small California college, who is forced to afraid to leave her house and desperately heartbreaking. privately mourn the loss of his lover. needy. Stylish and still attractive despite Shigeru Umebayashi’s score is absolutely Metaphorically, George lives in a glass house, a 1960s architectural years of gin and cigarettes (pink-colored perfect here, minimal, with urgent violins

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CURRENTS CURRENTS pick up the glasses of crimson goodness, one after March 29 the other, and throw their contents down his gul- WHERE: Temple Bar, 6 let. But, like those ﬁlling the two long tables at the 306 W. Champion St. back room of the Champion Street space, we were COST: $40 VIEWS VIEWS there for a Temple Tasting Series led by gastronomic INFO: goddess Dana Zemel, and the imbibing would have templetastings@ Thanks to a pre-printed (and artistic) us to recount memories we had of our own 4 gmail.com to wait a few minutes. placemat designed by Sixpence Papers, it Italian experiences—whether via travel

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2 ries we’d signed up for on this chilly Monday night, Ze- Tasting addition to a half-moon designating which “god, that’s so good” for most of the night WHEN: 6:30pm Mon., DO IT DO mel had brought in a large framed map of Italy, closed wine we were sipping, the contents of each opened up. I recalled a sandwich I’d eaten April 26 the velvet curtains to the main room and more than plate were set up so as to coincide with on a train headed to Venice that redeﬁned COST: $40 piqued our curiosity. a clock-like corresponding label (for ex- the word for me, while others brought their 10

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03 means to drink and eat with intent. Unlike some and Chocolate about 11:00 while the prosciutto could be “Good food, wine and beer not only wine tastings, where you spit out the contents so WHEN: 6:30pm Mon., found at 2:00, and so on). provide delicious hedonistic experiences, May 31 .05 as to remain alert for the next sample, this was all A handy brochure with room for notes— they usually have interesting stories be- 11 COST: $40 # about experiencing the best of each and every sip that, not so surprisingly, grew more illegible hind them,” Zemel says. “I really enjoy ex- we placed in our eager mouths. And, thanks to Zemel’s commitment to the as the night progressed—kept us up-to-date posing people to these ingestible bits of cuisine it was paired with—not to mention her own visceral enjoyment of on whether or not we were sipping a wine history, culture and geography.” the subject matter—we learned a lot along the way. from the cool mountain region of Sicily, As for my date, he stuck to the rules of “There is nothing I love more than sharing food experiences with other noshing on artisan-cured meats procured the gathering and only emptied his glass people,” says Zemel, who, in addition to being married to an Italian, gradu- from Bellingham’s Old World Deli or sampling and plate when the time came to do so.

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