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27 fundraising concert with the Calico Hearts and B-BOARD A glance at what’s happening this week many others Sept. 23 at Mt. Baker High School 24 FILM FILM Meet “the worst Bellingham Children’s Theatre Glorious: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild

20 Deathtrap: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre singer in the The Bike Trip: 8pm, iDiOM Theater

MUSIC Harold: 9pm, Upfront Theatre world”—and laugh MUSIC 18 uproariously— Pagliacci: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon ART ART Joan Osborne: 8pm, Skagit Valley Casino Resort

when the based- WORDS 16 Book Sale: 10am-6pm, Deming Library Family Story Night: 7pm, Fairhaven Library

STAGE STAGE on-a-true-story COMMUNITY comedy " International Day of Peace Celebration: 5:30pm, 14 Maritime Heritage Park opens this Bingo in the Barn: 6-9pm, Sudden Valley Dance Barn Nooksack Days Powwow: 5pm, Nooksack Tribe GET OUT weekend with Community Building, Everson

12 GET OUT Sept. 21-23 shows Nature Babies: 9:30-11am, Whatcom Falls Park

WORDS at the Bellingham FOOD Bellingham Beer Week: Through Sept. 30, 8 Theatre Guild throughout Bellingham VISUAL ARTS Phoebe Carpenter Eells Exhibit: 6pm, Karibou CURRENTS Share the love at the Salon

6 Art in the Alleys: 6-9pm, First Gallery, Mount 9th annual Day of Peace Vernon VIEWS VIEWS Celebration starting with 4 ./0- 4[09.yy.12]

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2 Fri., Sept. 21 at Maritime Bellingham Children’s Theatre After Midnight Cabaret: 7pm, RiverBelle Dinner

DO IT IT DO Theatre, Mount Vernon DO IT 2 Heritage Park Glorious: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild Deathtrap: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre

.12 The Bike Trip: 8pm, iDiOM Theater 19 Harold: 9pm, Upfront Theatre

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# Tango Milonga: 8-11:30pm, Presence Dance Studio 2 ) . 4[09.x.12] /#0-. 4[09.y.12] Heart & Hammer: 7:30pm, Roeder Home MUSIC WORDS ONSTAGE GET OUT Joan Osborne: 8pm, Skagit Valley Casino Resort Michael Impero: 6:30pm, Sumas Library Bard on the Beach: Continues through Sept. 22, Glaciers and Climate Talk: 12:30pm, Whatcom Ken Klonsky: 7pm, Village Books Vanier Park, Vancouver, B.C. Museum WORDS Deathtrap: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre Travelogue Series: 7pm, Whatcom Museum Book Sale: 10am-6pm, Deming Library COMMUNITY Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Fitness Forum: 7:15pm, Fairhaven Runners Nick James: 7pm, Village Books CASCADIA WEEKLY Whatcom Water Weeks: Through Sept. 22, The Bike Trip: 8pm, iDiOM Theater throughout Whatcom County The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre COMMUNITY 2 !-$ 4[09.yx.12] Nooksack Days Powwow: 9am, Nooksack Tribe FOOD MUSIC Community Building, Everson Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Beau Borrero: 6-8pm, Community Food Co-op’s ONSTAGE Whatcom Skill Share Faire: 10am-6pm, Deming Green Swan Café How the Slug Stole Solstice Auditions: 6-8pm, Log Show fairgrounds Sidewalk Sale and Salmon BBQ: 11am-5pm, historic Fairhaven

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Creek Cleanup: 10am-12pm, Whatcom Creek FOOD Discover the Mountains and Sea: 10am-4pm, Larrabee State Park

FOOD 27 Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Community & Arts Center B-BOARD Community Meal: 10am-12pm, United Church of Ferndale Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square 24 Ferndale Public Market: 10am-3pm, Centen- nial Riverwalk Park FILM

VISUAL ARTS 20 Squalicum Valley Artisans Faire: 10am-4pm, Rome Grange Art in the Park: 10am-5pm, Pioneer Park, MUSIC Ferndale

Tag Sale: 10am-5pm, Whatcom Museum’s Syre 18 Education Center ART ART Seconds Sidewalk Sale: 10am-6pm, Whatcom Art Guild’s Art Market

Art in the Alleys: 12-5pm, First Gallery, Mount 16 Vernon STAGE STAGE

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DO IT IT DO tinue as a landmark for the future. The site itself growth. But I have broken his rule about being 32: This Modern World, Tom the Dancing Bug cannot be built upon again because of the State’s negative about where I live.

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home for families is critical for children 34 to succeed in school. Join me in voting WIN yes for Proposition 1 this fall. $ FOOD —Kelly Bashaw, Bellingham UP TO ELECT MATT KROGH 27 I would like to express my support of 1000 Matt Krogh for the position of 42nd Dis- B-BOARD trict Leglislative Representative. EVERY WEEKEND IN SEPTEMBER! Mr. Krogh has distinguished himself as a candidate in his vigorous backing of Starting September 24 public education. He is clear about his 6th & qualify to win a FILM support of educators and students. He believes in sufﬁciently funding schools Brand New Harley on 20 and has an understanding of what it September 29th! takes to retain the best teachers. As MUSIC such, he has received an endorsement from the Washington Education Associa- 18 tion as well as many education-focused parents. ART The incumbent has cast votes in favor of downgrading public employees’ insur- 16 ance programs, as well as supporting a STAGE STAGE “merit-pay” system that has been shown to be largely inaccurate and unfair. He has simply not delivered in the area of 14 education.

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34 34 short, and so too does the time remaining for the Port of Bellingham and City of Bellingham to complete FOOD their master planning and partnership agreements for waterfront redevelopment before the end of the year. views Port and city staff report they’re close; and Mayor OPINIONS 27 THE GRISTLE Kelli Linville and Port Commissioners are dedicated to a timetable that might place these documents for re-

B-BOARD view in front of the Bellingham Planning Commission by the ﬁrst of the year, initiating a public planning process that might carry through much of 2013. 24 BY ROBERT REICH In parallel, the port has initiated a market engage-

FILM FILM ment plan for the waterfront district. The plan would gauge market interest in the site, with a formal re- quest for development proposals going out to that 20 The 47% and the 99% market as early as February of next year.

MUSIC Last June, the commission engaged Heartland, a WHY ROMNEY AND RYAN ARE GOING DOWN Seattle-based consulting group, to help develop a

18 strategy and an approach to help attract developer UNEMPLOYMENT IS still Or consider students—a signifi- attention to the 137-acre site of the former Georgia- above 8 percent, job gains aren’t cant and growing electoral force, ART ART Pacific mill and adjacent properties. The consultants even keeping up with population who voted overwhelmingly for this week sketched a timetable to explore and en- growth, the economy is barely mov- Obama in 2008. What are Republi- 16 gage market interest that would flow in parallel with ing forward. And yet, according to cans doing to woo them back? the crafting of the master planning and development polls, the Romney-Ryan ticket is Paul Ryan’s budget plan—approved STAGE STAGE agreements being drawn up by the port and city falling further and further behind. by almost every House Republican staff. How can this be? and enthusiastically endorsed by 14 “The objective is to attract high quality develop- Because Republicans are failing difficult for undocumented immi- Mitt Romney—would have allowed ers, investors and businesses to the Bellingham wa- the central test of electability. In- grants and their families that they rates on student loans to double,

GET OUT terfront in a way that meets project economic goals stead of putting together the larg- choose to leave. adding an average of $1,000 a year to and aligns with the draft Waterfront plan,” explained est possible coalition of voters, As if all this weren’t enough, the student debt loads. (Under mounting Lydia Bennett, director of the port’s business de- they’re relying largely on one slice GOP has been pushing voter ID laws political pressure, House Republicans 12 velopment efforts. Meeting that objective, the port of America—middle-aged white all over America, whose obvious aim came up with just enough money to and city will also be able to more ﬁnely tune their men—and alienating just about ev- is to intimidate Hispanic voters so keep the loan program going safely WORDS feasibility study on the economics of waterfront re- eryone else. A president is supposed they won’t come to the polls. But past Election Day by raiding a fund development. to represent all of America, not just they may be having the opposite ef- established for preventive care in the 8 “From our perspective, it’s ideal that these efforts the 51 percent who elect him, and fect—emboldening the vast majority new health-care act.) should happen together,” agreed Tara Sundin, the have a modicum of sympathy for the of ethnic Hispanics, who are Ameri- Now Romney wants to hand the fed- city’s special projects manager. “One of the compo- less fortunate among us. Instead, can citizens, to vote in even greater eral student loan program over to the CURRENTS nents missing, frankly, has been the interest of the the candidate recently said it isn’t numbers and lend even more support banks, which will charge even more. 6

6 development community” to help the city and port his “job” to worry about Americans to Obama and other Democrats. Earlier this year he argued subsidized shape their master planning. That input becomes cru- who he describes as “irresponsible,” Or consider women—whose po- student loans were bad because they VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS cial as the city and port begin to plan and assign who fail to take care of themselves, litical and economic impact in encouraged colleges to raise their roads and public spaces. and whose neediness is presumably America continues to grow (women tuition, and suggested students ask 4 Commissioners relented last month, approving a re- their own fault. are fast becoming better educated their families for money.

MAIL MAIL quest for proposals from developers and architects to The poor messaging starts with than men and the major breadwin- Republicans have even managed to

perhaps adaptively reuse the old Granary Building and Hispanics, whose electoral heft ners in American homes). According antagonize seniors by seeking to turn 2 adjacent properties on Central Avenue as an initial keeps growing as they become an to polls, the political gender gap is Medicare into vouchers whose value

DO IT IT DO phase of the overall waterfront redevelopment. The ever-larger portion of the electorate. widening. won’t keep up with rising healthcare

port had earlier proposed demolishing the historic Hispanics now favor President Obama Why? It’s not just GOP senatorial costs, and cutting $800 billion out of structure out of concerns they could not achieve pre- over Romney-Ryan by a larger margin candidate Todd Akin’s call to ban all Medicaid (which many seniors rely on .12

19 ferred road alignments into the district, but agreed than they did six months ago. abortions even in the case of “le- for nursing home care). to public pressure that the effort to adapt the build- Why? In last February’s Republi- gitimate rape” (because he believes And, of course, they’ve come out ing should at least be offered. can primary debate, Romney dubbed women’s bodies somehow reject vio- against equal marriage rights for .07 09. As Heartland consultants begin to stir the cauldron Arizona’s controversial immigration lent sperm). The GOP platform itself gay couples. 38 # of regional interests, the Granary site could be the policy—that authorized police to seeks to bar all abortions, with no Romney, Ryan, and the GOP don’t launch point for other development deeper into the demand proof of citizenship from exception for rape or incest. And on seem to know how to satisfy their site. anyone looking Hispanic—a “model several occasions Paul Ryan has voted middle-aged white male base without At the same August meeting, commissioners ap- law” for the rest of the nation. in favor of exactly such legislation. at the same time turning off every- proved a number of near-term environmental actions Romney then attacked GOP ri- Republicans have repeatedly vot- one who’s not white, male, straight, for the site, taking advantage of existing grants avail- val Texas Governor Rick Perry for ed against legislation giving wom- or middle-aged. Unfortunately for

CASCADIA WEEKLYable through the Model Toxic Controls Act (MTCA), supporting in-state tuition at the en equal pay for the same work as Romney and Ryan, the people they’re the state’s version of the federal Superfund program, University of Texas for children of men. Republicans in Wisconsin have turning off are the majority. 6 approved by voters as an initiative in 1988. MTCA is undocumented immigrants. And even repealed a law designed to pre- funded by a small tax on the wholesale value of haz- Romney advocates what he calls vent employers from discriminating Robert Reich was secretary of Labor in ardous materials entering the state. About 90 percent “self-deportation”—making life so against women. the Clinton administration. of the tax revenues are by Washington’s petroleum reﬁneries. VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE &RPPXQLW\_(GXFDWLRQ_6XVWDLQDELOLW\

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34 34 to some point in the 1960s. The future of logging is a central is- FOOD currents sue in the park debate. If DNR continues to manage the land, it will sell trees NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX from an undetermined number of acres, 27 with the revenue going to several public agencies. If the county takes control,

B-BOARD the logging won’t happen and neither will some 20 miles of logging roads across sensitive hillsides that drain into 24 BY BOB SIMMONS reject the transfer of 8,700 acres of state the lake. Supporters of the park see the

FILM FILM timberland from the state Department of end of logging in the hills surrounding Natural Resources to the county parks de- the lake as a logical and important ben- partment. eﬁt, helping to protect the lake. Not so 20 “Let’s be clear,” DOE spokesperson Katie you’d notice, Hood says.

MUSIC Saving Skipper said a couple of days later. “We are In trying to predict the effect of log- not against or in favor of the reconveyance ging/not logging in the watershed,

18 of the land. We just don’t want the public Ecology’s researchers had to establish a or the council to think this is going to solve baseline against which they can measure ART ART the problem of nutrient phosphorous load- changes in phosphorous movement from the hillsides into the lake. They use the 16 the Lake state-managed forest, assuming tightly ECOLOGY WORRIES LESS ABOUT LOGGING, controlled logging because, Hood says, STAGE STAGE ”We just don’t want the it’s as close to a natural forest as you can MORE ABOUT HOME BUILDING public or the council to ﬁnd without going to a virgin area out- 14 side the watershed. They could measure think this is going to solve phosphorous movement on the never-

GET OUT the problem of nutrient logged areas of North Cascades National park, for example, and set that as a stan- Watershed phosphorous loading of dard; but the results would have noth- 12 Lake Whatcom.” ing to do with natural conditions around Bellingham’s water supply—different el- WORDS —KATIE SKIPPER, DOE SPOKESPERSON evations, different amounts of rainfall, different types of tree cover. 8

8 Lake Whatcom The best they could do, Hood says, is ing of Lake Whatcom.” to start with what they have—a forest

NEWS NEWS Proposed In 2008, Ecology told Whatcom County that has been logged and will be again, CURRENTS County Park and the City of Bellingham to get going but under extremely tight restrictions

6 on a drastic reduction of phosphorous pol- already spelled out in a state/county/ lution of the community’s drinking water. city agreement. VIEWS VIEWS But if the park land transfer goes through, And here’s why opponents of the pro- will the County try to get off the hook for posed new park are citing Hood’s re- 4 Proposed the harsh land changes Ecology wants to search: his computer model indicates

MAIL MAIL County Park impose on housing development? Ecology there’d be very little difference in phos- ABOVE: Within

clearly thinks so. phorous pollution from county-owned

2 the Lake Whatcom watershed are But it wouldn’t work, Hood says. forest, never to be logged, or state

DO IT IT DO With or without the park, “They still have owned land that would be logged un-

steep, forested acres proposed for a county to control the effects of residential devel- der the most stringent of regulations. park. Darkest areas opment in the watershed, in order to reduce “It doesn’t mean that land left totally .12 are potentially log- 19 the phosphorous going into the water.” alone, with no logging ever, would not gable lands proposed Watershed to be removed in an Phosphorous is the critical element be better,” Hood acknowledged. “Very alternate, smaller threatening the quality of the water that small percentages of the forest cover are .07 09. park plan. more than 90,000 Whatcom County resi- removed each year (from the managed 38 # dents drink. forest) and there are slightly lower rates Phosphorous feeds algae. Algae growth of runoff if there’s no harvest.” messes up the city’s ﬁltration systems and “We just don’t want that slight differ- when the algae dies, it reduces oxygen ence to divert attention from the main DEPARTMENT OF Ecology engineer Steve Hood wants it known that levels, freeing up still more phosphorous. problem with the lake. Residential devel- he’s neutral on the new Lake Whatcom county park. That’s the proposed pas- (In the very long haul, it also moves Lake opment has to be regulated and the func-

CASCADIA WEEKLY sive-use park that would straddle the lake and put an end to logging in most Whatcom in the direction of becoming a tion of the developed landscape needs to of the reservoir’s watershed. bog, the destiny of lakes all over the world be the same as if returning 87 percent of 8 Opponents of the new park are quoting a study Hood directed and signed, where nutrients, especially phosphorous, it to a natural forest. that shows little in the way of added protection of water quality if the park are fertilizing vegetation.) “Our best estimate is that there might happens. Ecology directed Bellingham and What- be a slight increase [in phosphorous] if At a Sept. 11 Whatcom County Council hearing on the proposed park, oppo- com County to control development in the the land was carefully logged,” Hood nents stood in line to cite Hood’s study as a sound reason the council should watershed so the movement of phospho- said. “We don’t know how much but we think it’s negligible.” “For example, in the past 30 years we’ve However, Ecology’s model assumes log- had eight Nooksack River storms that are ging will be done more carefully than it’s supposed to be ten-year events—the

ever been done; that practices at the log- kind that come along on an average of

ging sites will be as good as the state/ every ten years. They’re happening at 34 county/city regulations say they must about three times the frequency that a be; that no one cuts corners; that DNR statistical model says they should, based FOOD has enough staff in the ﬁeld to enforce on past data. the rules; that the logging roads never “When they build an unpaved logging 27 wash out in a storm greater than they road and drainage system, they want it were built to withstand. to meet a certain storm standard, per-

DNR’s timber management history does haps to withstand a two-year storm or a B-BOARD not meet that shining standard. Still, Hood says, “the model assumes compli- 24 ance (with super-strict regulations) on “There’s no way you

those forest lands, just as it assumes FILM compliance in developed areas.” can say it’s not better to Not all the talking points at the Sept. 20 11 hearing were as well grounded as have the forest intact as Hood’s study. At least two of the most a passive-use park, with MUSIC steamed-up opponents of the park thought the land in question was fed- no roads, no drainage 18 eral land, controlled by the United States

and culvert issues, and ART government. “If the federal government can’t man- no clearcuts, when that age this land, how can the county?” one 16 of the speakers asked. 100 year storm hits.” STAGE STAGE In fact, the timberland in question — BARRY WENGER, RETIRED DOE was Whatcom County’s land some 80 SENIOR PLANNER years ago. The county took it over for 14 non-payment of taxes, then handed it

over to DNR for timber management with GET OUT the provision the county could take it ten-year storm. They’re not going to de- back, on demand, for parkland. That’s the sign a logging road against the 100-year program being nudged forward, a splinter storm. No one could afford that. But no 12 at a time, by a slim majority of County one knows and no computer model will Council members. show in what year that 100-year storm WORDS Transferring the wooded hillsides back will arrive.” Nor, by implication, when 8 to the county for a low-intensity park the logging road will give way in a storm 8 much greater than it was designed to

withstand. NEWS CURRENTS “Our best estimate is “There’s no way you can say it’s

not better to have the forest intact 6 that there might be as a passive-use park, with no roads, A slight increase (in no drainage and culvert issues, and VIEWS no clearcuts, when that storm hits,” 4 phosphorous) if the land Wenger cautions. was carefully logged. (The chances of it happening may be MAIL small, but the outcome is disastrous. The

We don’t know how Smith Creek slide of 1983 carried 80 acres Bellingham Theatre Guild PRESENTS 2

of trees and logging debris into Whatcom IT DO much but we think it’s Lake, along with lakeshore homes.) negligible.” The future is on hold, where Lake .12

Whatcom Park is concerned. County 19 —STEVE HOOD, DOE ENGINEER Council member Sam Crawford, the swing vote on the question of taking would mean some 20 miles of proposed back the timberland, came with a com- she wanted to be a singer in the worst way... and shee was. .07 09. 38 logging roads would not be built. promise proposal on Sept. 11 that would the hilarious true-life story of Florence Foster Jenkins.nkins. # That’s critically important, Barry Wenger have reduced the park acreage by some says. He recently retired as Senior Envi- 1,700 acres, freeing up for logging some ronmental Planner in Ecology’s Bellingham of the best and most accessible trees in ofﬁce. He knows the arguments; he’s been the original proposal. If his intent was Presented through special arrangement with Samuel French a non-commercial logger, and worked for a to diminish opposition from the timber written by “...any tears were not those of Peter Quilter [sadness} but because we were time for the DNR. Wenger says the comput- industry, his effort failed. Loggers and CASCADIA WEEKLY helpless with laughter... a charm-rm- er models of phosphorous loading can not sawmill owners continue to denounce directed by ing night out that reminds us allall predict the reality of events “beyond the the proposed park as a land grab by the what it is to dream.” 9 Les Campbell Curtain Up narrow water quality focus—unexpected county parks department. storms, landslides, debris torrents, ac- Never mind that the land they’d be grab- tickets 733-1811 cidents, malfeasance, drainage patterns, bing was county property when today’s more info bellinghamtheatreguild.com runoff and roads.” maturing woods were tiny seedlings. currents ›› last week’s news

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Governor Christine Gregoire declares a state of emergen-

GET OUT cy, mobilizing the Washington National Guard and other state resources to help firefighters contain wildfires across eastern Days of sea trials damaged a containment dome aboard the Arctic Challenger, ending the hopes of Shell Oil that the company could begin exploring for petro- Washington. leum reserves in the Chukchi Sea, north of the Bering Straits, this year. After months of delay, crews completed work on the containment barge in Bellingham,

12 but the vessel failed to meet the company’s operation standards at sea. The damaged barge was towed back to Bellingham Bay Sunday.

A Mount Baker School Board member facing a recall for his WORDS involvement in the Lake Whatcom Reconveyance tells KGMI the recall "has no merit." The school board accepted a half- 8

8 million-dollar payment from the Whatcom Land Trust last De- cember under the condition that the district would not oppose NEWS NEWS the reconveyance. School board chair Russ Pfeiffer-Hoyt says CURRENTS claims that he was a board member of the Whatcom Land Trust

6 and had a conﬂict of interest are not true.

VIEWS VIEWS A Bellingham man wakes to ﬁnd two robbers in his bedroom. The men reportedly bound the hands and legs of the 69-year- 4 old with wire, then ransacked his home near Whatom Falls Park, Former President Bill

MAIL MAIL stealing valuables. The victim was not seriously injured. Clinton was in Seattle over the weekend,

2 helping fellow Demo- A 60-year-old man dies after being stunned with a Taser crat Jay Inslee raise

DO IT IT DO at the Snohomish County Jail. Everett Police say the man, who

more than $700,000 was from Concrete, resisted jail ofﬁcers after being arrested for in his campaign for investigation of shoplifting at a gas station. They used a Taser governor. Clinton .12 praised the congress- 19 on him and placed him in isolation. He was later found dead. man's record on clean An investigation may determine if the Taser use contributed to energy and biotech- the man's death. nology jobs. .07 09. 38 #

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for drinking from an open can of beer 34 BUZZ just north of Maritime Heritage Park in Bellingham. FOOD FETUSES AND FIREARMS On Sept. 12, a Sudden Valley man rolled On Sept. 16, a man was cited for drinking 27 up alongside a woman smoking a cigarette in public after Bellingham Police spotted near downtown Bellingham. The woman him guzzling from an open can of Rolling was eight months pregnant. Police say Rock at Maritime Heritage Park. B-BOARD the man yelled, “Who the heck smokes when they're pregnant?” The woman re- On Sept. 17, at 9:40pm, a man and woman plied, "I do." After a brief verbal exchange were cited for drinking from an open beer 24

about endangering her unborn child, the outside a bar on West Holly Street. FILM man reportedly pulled out a handgun and pointed it at her. Police caught up with On Sept. 17, at 9:48pm, a man and woman 20 him. The 24-year-old admitted to the ex- were cited for drinking from an open beer change but denied pulling a gun on her. A outside a bar on West Holly Street. MUSIC search of his pickup uncovered two Glock semiautomatic .45-caliber handguns in JUMBO JACKKNIVES 18 the center console. On Sept. 14, a middle-aged couple or- dered $50 worth of Mexican food at Jala- ART THE latest Elway Poll indicatesx~ Democratic President Obama is way out in front of MENDACIOUS WITH peños restaurant on Bellingham’s water- Republican Mitt Romney in Washington state, with a 16-point lead. Support for Obama 16 THE MEDS front. They walked out without paying. in Washington is 53 percent; support for Romney is just 36 percent. The poll reinforces On Sept. 13, adult sisters called Belling- An employee caught up with the couple a SurveyUSA poll earlier in the week that found the president held a 16-point lead in STAGE STAGE ham Police to report they believe their fa- and told them they had failed to pay. The Washington. ther’s psychiatric nurse practitioner may woman said she wasn’t going to pay. The be purposefully overmedicating the man. man pulled out a knife with a foot-long 14 In addition, the suspected nurse may be blade. The employee reconsidered making

accessing their father’s marijuana stash a point of it, and instead filed a report GET OUT through his medical marijuana prescrip- with Bellingham Police. |x~ tion for her own use. DEMOCRATIC Congressman Jay Inslee THE gender gap is pronounced 12 On Sept. 6, a patrolling Blaine Police of- holds a small lead over Republican between candidates McKenna and PEOPLE IN OUR ficer observed a pedestrian whom he knew Attorney General Rob McKenna in Inslee, with women favoring Inslee NEIGHBORHOOD to be wanted on a warrant. The man was Washington’s race for governor. Inslee by more than 17 points. Eastern WORDS holds 49 percent support, McKenna holds Washington goes Republican by 6 On Sept. 15, a strange man was reported stopped, positively identified and arrested.

44 percent in one of the most competitive points, but the Greater Puget Sound 8 approaching random women downtown During the apprehension ofﬁcers discovered races for governor in the country. Area goes Democrat by 9 points. 8 and asking them inappropriate personal the suspect had a large machete strapped questions. Bellingham Police spoke to to his body under his clothes. “The man NEWS CURRENTS the man. explained he might use the hacking blade to chop wood,” police reported, “but was {y~ 6 On Sept. 15, Bellingham Police spoke less creative in offering a reason for the DOWNBALLOT races are polling strongly for Democrats in Washington state races. to a 39-year-old woman who was in the methamphetamine and drug pipe he was Democrat Bob Ferguson leads Republican Reagan Dunn 40-27 percent for Attorney VIEWS parking lot of her Southside apartment also carrying. The 23-year-old Blaine resi- general. 4 blowing a whistle and yelling ”marijua- dent was booked in to jail on the warrant, na.” She was reported dressed in a bra weapons and drug violations.” MAIL and skirt, playing Nirvana on her stereo at a high volume. SPICY COOK-OFF |z |y{ 2

On Sept. 15, a Bellingham Police ofﬁcer re- STATE Initiative 502, which would ALSO strengthening is Referendum IT DO

On Sept. 17, Bellingham Police spoke to ported, “I attended a community oriented legalize, regulate and tax sale of marijuana 74, approving same-sex marriage, a man reported to be yelling profanities event at a church on East Bakerview Road. to adults, is up by a 50-38 percent margin ahead 52-40 percent with 8 percent with 12 percent undecided. The measure undecided. The measure’s lead .12 at Bloedel-Donovan Park. The man, who It was a spicy food cook-off and commu- was scored at a slimmer 46-44 percent has edged up from 49-39 percent 19 was drunk, explained that he was not nity meeting. The food was excellent. I margin when Elway polled in July. in July. The measure would ratify yelling or cursing at anyone. Rather, he discussed crime trends and prevention.” legislation, passed last February and was singing. He told police that when he signed by Gov. Chris Gregoire, making .07 09. 38 gets drunk he gets a bit loud and likes YABLO Washington the seventh state to # legalize marriage equality, the ﬁrst to to sing. On Sept. 17, the Bellingham Police Depart- do so by popular vote. ment’s Hazardous Devices Unit assisted UNCLEAR ON THE with the removal of yet another bomb-like INSTRUCTION object, this time a WWII-era grenade. On Sept. 15, at 2:30pm, a man was cited

for drinking in public after Bellingham Po- SEHOME SMOKER {| CASCADIA WEEKLY lice noted he held an open can of beer at On Sept. 17, Bellingham Police checked on A huge partisan divide ﬁnds 45 points between Democrats and Republicans on their Maritime Heritage Park. a ﬁght reported at the end of a deadend views on the economy. Just 15 percent of Democrats say recent economic news is 11 mostly bad, down from 31 percent a month ago. Six in ten Republicans (60%) say street near Sehome Village. “It was deter- news about the economy is mostly bad, as do 36 percent of independents. On Sept. 15, at 3pm, a man was cited for mined to be an agreed-upon mutual com- drinking in public after Bellingham Police bat scenerio in which both shook hands SOURCES: Elway Poll, SurveyUSA poll; Pew Research Center noted he held an open can of beer at Mari- after it was over,” police reported. doit WORDS

WED., SEPT. 19

34 34 DREAMS OF GOLD: Lifelong Whatcom County resident Michael Impero shares FOOD words tales from his book Dreams of Gold: The History of the Mt. Baker Mining District at COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS 6:30pm at the Sumas Library, 451 2nd St.

27 Entry is free. 933-2501 LIFE WITHOUT: A dramatized reading of Ken B-BOARD Klonsky’s Life Without novella happens at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Chris Leven- tools, make a braided rug, raise chickens, make soap, son and Oonagh Berry will also take part. 24 build a fence, make simple toys and much more. The WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM WHATCOM LITERACY: If you’re inter-

FILM FILM goal of Skillshare is to help revive some of those skills, and showcase some new ones. ested in becoming a reading tutor for the Whatcom Literary Council, show up for an “Our goal is to create a greater opportunity for people orientation from 5-6pm at the Bellingham 20 to come together, to share what they know,” said Tom Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Anderson, one of the event organizers and a member WWW.WHATCOMLITERACY.ORG MUSIC of Transition Whatcom. “If people are really passionate READER SECRETS: Cory Skerr will lead about solar dehydrators or want to build a greenhouse a “Slush-Pile Reader Secrets Revealed” 18 or learn about methane digesters or whatever they’re presentation at the Whatcom Writers and

ART ART Publishers monthly dinner meeting at 6pm passionate about, we’re creating a venue where we can at Window on the Bay Events, 2625 S. Har- put those items on display and talk about them, teach bor Loop Dr. Cost is $18. 16 people, and have a big party and share.” WWW.WHATCOMWRITERSANDPUBLISHERS.ORG Anderson—an engineer, solar energy entrepre- STAGE STAGE THURS., SEPT. 20 neur, and former manager of the county’s Public SKAGIT HISTORY STORIES: Attend a book Utility District—will demonstrate a methane di- release party for Bridgeside: Selected Stories 14 gester that can be built from plans to produce bio- of Dick Fallis, Skagit County Historian at 6pm gas to heat a homestead. Others will demonstrate at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1410 Cleveland St.

GET OUT the ﬁne arts of beekeeping, grain threshing, mill- ing and ﬁremaking. More than 50 exhibitors and a (360) 466-3365 score of musicians will round

12 FRI., SEPT. 21 12 out the day at the Deming Log FAMILY STORY NIGHT: Pros from the Belling- Show Fairgrounds. ham Storytellers Guild will share their tales WORDS WORDS “Don’t just talk about it,” An- at Family Story Night at 7pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. Entry is free. BY TIM JOHNSON derson said, “do it. 778-7188 8 “But don’t take that as an in- sistence that you have to do it, SEPT. 21-22 take it as fun,” he said. “It’s fun BOOK SALE: Attend a Book & Plant Sale

CURRENTS DIY Faire ATTEND from 10am-6pm Friday and Saturday at the WHAT: Whatcom to learn, it is fun to try things, Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. 6 Skillshare Faire it is fun to share. That is the en- SKILLS AND WARES SHOWCASED AT FAIR 592-2422 WHEN: 10am-11pm, ergy we are trying to create.” Sat., Sept. 22 VIEWS VIEWS I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front The Faire serves in one sense SAT., SEPT. 22 WHERE: Deming only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had as a distillation of the skills one CRIMSON RISING: Young adult fantasy novel- 4 Logging Log Show ist Nick James reads from his prequel to The to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. Fairgrounds can learn through the Whatcom Pearl Wars, Skyship Academy: Crimson Rising,

MAIL MAIL —Henry David Thoreau COST: $10 per car or Folk School, a revival of the at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. $2 per person old Northwest Freedom Unives- WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

2 THOREAU’S ENCOURAGEMENT is high-minded, INFO: ity, Anderson explained. Folk www.whatcomskill SUN., SEPT. 23 but how does one set off on a journey to learn the skills one needs to schools are meant to inspire DO IT IT DO

sharefaire.org AMERICAN DREAMING: Pulitzer Prize- create and sustain a more satisfying world? Who can teach us? people and encourage new ways winning author a and journalist Hedrick Growing numbers of people realize the next 20 years will be very dif- of responding to the changing needs of people in a Smith shares stories and ideas from his book .12 Who Stole the American Dream? Can We Get 19 ferent from the last, as energy sources become more scarce and more changing world. costly, as climate change transforms the landscape, as corporate and The Faire meshes with the goals of Transition What- It Back? at 2:30pm at Village Books, 1200 community cultures continue to clash. And these people have begun to com in that Transition is committed to doing some- 11th St. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM .07 09. reach out, to form invigorating networks, to share their skills, to build thing on the level of the individual about energy and 38 # a gentle descent from from oil dependence in a warming world. climate issues in our community. MON., SEPT. 24 “These groups will allow people to share their excitement, their “In this culture, we need to get out of the mindset OPEN MIC: Local writer and teacher Laurel skills and resources and their energy for making practical change,” Rob that somebody else is going to change the world,” Leigh will emcee the monthly Open Mic at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Local Hopkins write in The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Anderson said.”We need to get into the mindset that, writers—both published and unpublished— Resilience. Hoskins coined the term “Transition Towns” to describe this ‘If I want this result, I can do this to achieve it.’ are welcome to share their stories, poems movement. “Beyond individual effort,” he said, “the other ques- and essays. Autumn-inspired work is encour- tion is, how do we create a sustainable community? aged, but not mandatory. CASCADIA WEEKLY Bellingham is one such town, with a wider community building a shared vision of resilient and more self-reliant life, with access to a local food “We know through experience we can’t expect the 671-2626 12 supply, sustainable energy sources, a healthy local economy and a grow- government to adequately address energy or climate POETRYNIGHT: Read your original verse at poetrynight at 8:30pm at the Amadeus ing sense of vitality and community well-being. issues, or expect corporate American to do it. If we’re Project, 1209 Cornwall Ave. Sign-ups start These interlocking goals are showcased in the Whatcom Skillshare Faire, going to do something, we need to do it. Let’s ﬁgure at 8pm. a fun festival about teaching and learning all kinds of useful, handy and out what needs to be done and support one another WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG practical skills. Years ago, lots of people knew how to repair and sharpen to do it. And have fun.” doit

TUES., SEPT. 25 CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR: California-

based author T.C. Boyle reads from his 14th novel, San Miguel, as the guest author for 34 the Chuckanut Radio Hour starting at 7pm FOOD at Whatcom Community College’s Heiner Theater. Grammy-nominated pianist David Lanz will provide music, and there’ll be Mt. Baker’s Sangiovese contributions from Weekly columnist Alan Bella Balsamica Cheese 27 Rhodes, a serial radio comedy episode and more. Tickets are $5. “Baxyl” Joint Relief Fluid WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM B-BOARD Stainless Steel Food Mill

COMMUNITY India Block Print Skirts 24 Indonesian Xylophones FRI., SEPT. 21 FILM DAY OF PEACE: The Whatcom Peace & Organic Bartlett Pears Justice Center presents the 9th annual Day of Peace Celebration starting with a 5:30pm 20 peace march from Maritime Heritage Park to Splendid Selections

the First Congregational Church, 2401 Corn- MUSIC wall Ave. Michael McPhearson, the national 360-592-2297 director of United for Peace & Justice, will be www.everybodys.com 18 the keynote speaker. There’ll also be music by Hiway 9 – Van Zandt

the Kulshan Chorus, a ceremony and emcee- ART ing by Dana Lyons.

734-0217 OR WWW.WHATCOMPJC.ORG 16 BARN BINGO: Help raise money for the

South Whatcom Public Library at a “Bingo in STAGE the Barn” fundraiser happening from 6:15- 9pm at the Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Gate Monday Nights

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SIDEWALK SALE: Check out deals and MAIL partake in a salmon barbecue at the annual Bham Beer Week Events

Sidewalk Sale happening from 11am-5pm 2 throughout historic Fairhaven. Salmon will be Sept 22 Oktoberfest BeerBQ 4pm DO IT IT DO

available starting at 12:30pm until it’s gone. Sept 23 Brewery Tour at Noon WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM BLAINE BINGO: Win cash and prizes at a Sept 26 Beer Book Author w/Village Books .12

“Bingo!” get-together from 2-4pm at the 19 Blaine Senior Center, 763 G St. The event is open to those 18 and older. 332-8040 .07 09.

BELLINGHAM BINGO: Cash prizes, rafﬂes, 38 # drawings and more will be part of a “Bingo Blitz” gathering from 6-9pm at the Belling- ham Senior Activity Center, 315 Halleck St. 756-0999 SEPT. 24-25 RED SQUARE INFO FAIR: More than 200 clubs, departments, local businesses and CASCADIA WEEKLY organizations will be on hand to share details about what they do at the annual Info Fair 13 happening from 11am-3pm Monday and Tuesday at Western Washington University’s Red Square. 650-3281 OR WWW.WWU.EDU doit THURS., SEPT. 20

GLACIERS AND CLIMATE: Geologist Jon Riedel

34 34 leads a “Blue Legacy: Glaciers and Climate in the North Cascades” brown bag presentation at 12:30pm

FOOD G at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. etout WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG HIKING RUNNING CYCLING SKIING SKI CLUB MEETING: The Nooksack Nordic Ski Club

27 will host its annual New Member Potluck starting at 6:30pm at the community meeting room at Bloedel Donovan Park, 2214 Electric Ave.

B-BOARD WWW.NOOKSACKNORDICSKICLUB.ORG TRAVEL SERIES: Take an armchair journey when We reached the ridge top with its sweeping local traveler Analeise Volpe presents “Vietnam and

24 Laos: Making a Difference as a Volunteer While Trav- meadows and awe-inspiring views of Shuksan, eling” at 7pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect

FILM FILM Baker, and scores of other marquee peaks. The St. Suggested donation is $3. wildﬂowers were still blooming: carpets of WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG purple, yellow and white. No bugs at all. Lots FITNESS FORUM: Personal trainer Carol Frazey will 20 and lots of blissed-out hikers though. I’d nev- lead a free Fitness Forum focused on “Your Nutrition er seen half this many people on the Divide. Tune-Up” at 7:15pm at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th MUSIC St. However, the crowds were left behind as WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM we continued along the undulating ridge. 18 Soon enough, we found ourselves more or FRI., SEPT. 21 ART ART less alone in the great, omnipresent silence. FAMILY NATURE CLUB: As part of Whatcom Water Weeks, join Wild Whatcom Walks for a Family Nature Dramatic clouds swirled around the peaks, Club “Watershed Walk” starting at 6pm on the Ken 16 cloaking the summits. An Hertz Trail on Lake Whatcom. Cost is $7 per person occasional beam of sun- and registration is required. STAGE STAGE light found us among the WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG ﬂowers, and we reveled in SAT., SEPT. 22 14 14 the warmth. Baker’s sum- CROSS COUNTRY RUN: Sign up for the 22nd annual mit appeared from the Silver Lake Cross Country Run starting at 9am at Silver Lake Park (near Maple Falls). The 3.1-mile race GET OUT GET OUT curtain of clouds, its glaciers a deep, breathtak- precedes the Mt. Baker Invite. Cost is $5-$8. WWW.GBRC.NET ing blue. Susan got out

12 RIVER WALK: Join folks from the Nooksack Salmon VIEW the binoculars to scan Enhancement Association for a “Noisy Waters” From Bellingham, Chowder Basin for bears, Nooksack River walk starting at 10am at Deming’s WORDS follow the Mt. Baker commonly seen foraging Horseshoe Bend Trail. The event is free and all ages Highway (State are welcome. Route 542) east down in that green val- 8 715-0283 OR WWW.N-SEA.ORG for 34 miles to ley, and I sat back beside CREEK CLEANUP: As part of Whatcom Water Weeks, the Glacier Public the lupines and watched gather from 10am-12pm to help clean up Whatcom Service Center. Con- the clouds. A breeze blew Creek. Meet in the parking lot next to Grace Com- CURRENTS tinue east another cold, a reminder of win- munity Church, 1815 Cornwall Ave. Wear close-toed 0.8 miles, turning 6 shoes and long pants. Please sign up in advance. right onto Forest ter on the way. WWW.WHATCOMWIN.ORG Road 39 (Glacier I’m always ﬁlled with

VIEWS VIEWS Creek Road). Then a sense of gratitude and LARRABEE FESTIVAL: Peruse booths and partake immediately turn bittersweet joy at times in hands-on activities, guided trail walks, games, 4 crafts, demos, and educational materials from local left onto FR 37 like these in the moun- (signed “Skyline organizations that work to help restore our environ- MAIL MAIL tains, always aware of ment at the inaugural “Discover the Mountains and STORY AND PHOTO BY JOHN D’ONOFRIO Trail 12”), follow- the ﬂeeting nature of Sea at Larrabee” gathering from 10am-4pm at Lar-

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Skyline Divide terminus and the passing of years and SUN., SEPT. 23 trailhead. preciousness of life. It’s MUDS TO SUDS: Tackle as many as 15 “dirty” ob- .12 stacles that combine athletic stamina and childhood

19 SAVORING THE EPHEMERAL good to be reminded of these things, helpful in the eternal quest to live in the moment. fantasies at the “Muds to Suds” Mud Race happening from 11am-6pm at Ferndale’s Hovander Homestead WELL, SUDDENLY it’s September, summer already anx- The trees on the divide are stunted, twisted Park. Entry is $10-$30. .07 09. ious to excuse itself and the kids back in school. and beautiful. Krummholz, they’re called. In WWW.MUDSTOSUDS.COM 38 # Like last year, this summer has been ﬂeeting up in the mountains. German, krumm means crooked and holz means With most trails covered in snow until August and winter breathing wood. Those Germans have a way with words. TUES., SEPT. 25 CAMPUS TOUR: As part of the Info Fair at Western down our necks, it’s prime time in the North Cascades. Time to get These trees also speak to the passing of Washington University, Everybody Bike will host while the getting’s good. time and the fury of the elements. Their guided bicycle tours from campus to downtown start- With this in mind, we joined the throngs on the trail to Skyline Di- short stature is the result of only being able ing at 12pm, 1pm, and 4pm leaving from Red Square. vide—a favorite beauty spot—one ﬁne afternoon. The trailhead park- to survive where they are sheltered by snow Entry is free. WWW.EVERYBODYBIKE.COM

CASCADIA WEEKLY ing lot was packed and cars were parked along the road for half a mile. or rocks, which protect them from winter’s Lots of folks looking for a little alpine glory before the snows return. onslaught in the high country. For me, they WED., SEPT. 26 14 The trail through the woods was busy. In addition to the hikers in embody the duality of beauty and struggle. DEADLIEST DAY: Award-winning journalist Peter twos and threes and eights, a Washington Trail Association (WTA) As evening gathered its forces, we retraced Zuckerman shares stories from Buried in the Sky: The crew was spread along the route, shovels and pulaskis in hand. You our steps along the ridge, turning for one last Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2’s Deadliest Day at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. have to love the WTA. With Forest Service budgets cut to the bone, lingering look out at the snow-covered peaks WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM they are invaluable for maintaining popular trails such as Skyline. before re-entering the darkening forest.

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24 at 8pm Thurs.-Sat. at the iDiOM Theater, and actor Karee Wardrop is directing the show, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The theatrical journey

FILM FILM and actresses Sheila Goodwin, Marie Eaton, Kari focuses on Dockery’s attempt to recreate Severns, Sarah Eden Wallace, and Pam Kuntz will an LSD-inspired bike trip tied to a true bring the women’s words to vibrant life. story about a Swiss pharmacologist who 20 Additionally, there’ll be live music courtesy of accidentally created, and ingested, the drug. Tickets are $10. cellist Janet Peterson and pianist Alexa Peters, MUSIC 201-5464 OR WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM who’ll play original compositions in the transi- BARD ON THE BEACH: The Taming of the tions between monologues and, during Friday Shrew shows in repertory with Macbeth, 18 night’s performance, ASL interpreters who’ll share The Merry Wives of Windsor, and King John ART ART their language skills during the show. through Sept. 22 at Bard on the Beach at After viewing a recent rehearsal that blew her Vancouver, B.C.’s Vanier Park. Tickets are $21-$40 (Canadian). 16 16 away, McLeod says she’s conﬁdent those involved WWW.BARDONTHEBEACH.ORG are making her vision a reality. She does want to STAGE STAGE STAGE STAGE warn audience members, however, that although SEPT. 20-23 DEATHTRAP: The Lynden Performing Arts Guild presents performances of Ira Levin’s 14 Deathtrap starting this week at 7:30pm “It’s not Sex in the City or ‘my Thurs.-Sat. and 2pm Sun. at Lynden’s Claire

PHOTO BY PETER BY JAMESPHOTO vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St. Tickets GET OUT butt looks big in these jeans. are $8-$12 and additional showings of the comedic thriller happen through Oct. 7. BY AMY KEPFERLE It’s not about surgery or breast WWW.CLAIREVGTHEATRE.COM 12 augmentation. It’s not about any SEPT. 21-22

WORDS SOLSTICE AUDITIONS: Kids and adults Body Talk of that. I really want people to can audition for upcoming performances of How the Slug Stole Solstice from 6-8pm 8 INSIDE THE FEMALE EXPERIENCE know that these are real women, Friday and 4-6pm Saturday at the Belling- ham Children’s Theatre, 1412 Cornwall Ave. Parts are available for seven adults and

CURRENTS and these are their real stories.“ MARIA MCLEOD likes surprises. nine kids (ages 7 to 15). WWW.BELLINGHAMCHILDRENSTHEATRE.COM 6 For example, when she was interviewing a Buddhist —MARIA MCLEOD feminist who she’d heard was into Tantric sex, the HAROLD: View an entire show created by a single audience suggestion at the VIEWS VIEWS subject of the interview instead wanted to talk about the show isn’t meant to be seen by kids, the title long-form improvised show known as a menopause—the good, the bad and the very scary. of the performance may be a little misleading. “Harold” at 9pm performances Friday and 4 “I follow those surprises,” McLeod, a freelance “It’s not Sex in the City or ‘my butt looks big in Saturday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets are $8-$10. MAIL MAIL journalist, documentarian and assistant professor these jeans,’” McLeod says. “It’s not about sur- at Western Washington University, says of the vari- gery or breast augmentation. It’s not about any 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM

2 ety of unexpected topics that arose during a series SEE IT of that. I really want people to know that these SEPT. 21-23 of interviews she conducted with women across the WHAT: “Body Talk: are real women, and these are their real stories. I SCROOGE AUDITIONS: Auditions for DO IT IT DO

United States that have since been transformed into Sexual Triumphs, think there will be someone in the audience who upcoming performances of Scrooge: The Trials, and monologues that will be performed Sept. 28-29 at the feels a relationship or connection to each wom- Musical happen from 4:30-6:30pm Fri. and

.12 Revelations” 10am-12pm Sat.-Sun. at the Bellingham

19 Firehouse Performing Arts Center. WHEN: 7:30pm an’s experience.” Arts Academy for Youth, 1059 N. State St. Originally inspired by a startling sexual history Fri.-Sat., Sept. McLeod point s out, too, that each woman’s stor y Tuition fees are required for those in the questionnaire McLeod was handed at a doctor’s ofﬁce, 28-29 is different, and if all her interview subjects were show (scholarships are available).

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38 Performing Arts # is, she notes, a way for people to get a glimpse of what Center, 1314 Harris lots of ways they’d talk about the female experi- SEPT. 21-23 it really means to be a woman. Ave. ence that would differ from each other. And that, GLORIOUS: Learn more about Florence “The stories presented are intimate and real, and COST: $15 (a she says, was precisely the point of the interviews Foster Jenkins—known as “the worst there’s a no-holds-barred component to these tellings,” portion of the and the resulting performances—presenting dif- singer in the world”—when Peter Quilter’s she says. “The stories are funny, touching and, in mo- proceeds beneﬁt ferent views of what it means to be a woman in comedy Glorious! opens this weekend at Womencare 7:30pm Friday and Saturday and 2pm Sun- ments, sad and tragic, but overall it’s a pretty textured Shelter) this big world of ours. day at the Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600

CASCADIA WEEKLY representation of the scope of female experience.” INFO: www. “It’s a way of entertaining people, but also edu- H St. Tickets are $8-$12 and additional To tell the tales—which include true stories fo- facebook.com/ cating them and giving them things to think about showings happen through Oct. 7. 16 cusing on everyone from a mammogram technician BodyTalk and talk about,” McLeod says. “I’m really hoping it WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD.COM who underwent a mastectomy to a marathon-running Performance or leads to informing people a little bit about wom- www.brownpaper SAT., SEPT. 22 nun, a new mother, a transgendered woman, an es- tickets.com en’s lives in a way the mainstream media does not. BURLESQUE FUN: The ladies of the After thetician, the aforementioned menopausal Buddhist They are not objects. They are the subjects and the Midnight Cabaret will bring their burlesque feminist, and others—McLeod tapped into local talent. Writer, musician narrators of their own lives.” EO P G P L E N ’ S I H C S doit I L

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SEPT. 26-30 ART MY FAIR LADY: “I Could’ve Danced All 16 Night,” “The Rain in Spain,” and “Get Me 16 to the Church on Time” will be among the STAGE STAGE classic songs to be heard when the MBT STAGE Rep presents showings of the ﬁsh-out- YOGA since 1979 of-water tale, My Fair Lady, at 7:30pm NORTHWEST THE B.K.S. IYENGAR YOGA CENTER OF BELLINGHAM Wed.-Thurs., 8pm Fri., 3pm and 8pm New Student 14 Sat., and 3pm Sun. at the Mount Baker Discount Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets

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No partner or experience is necessary, and all dances will be taught. Suggested donation is $8-$10. .12 WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE.ORG 19 MILONGA: Tango Popolare will host its monthly Argentine Tango Milonga from 8-11:30pm at the Presence Dance .07 09.

Studio, 1412 Cornwall Ave. Entry is 38 $5-$8, and a lesson will kick off the You Here # fun at 8pm. No partner or experience is necessary. 708-8076 TUES., SEPT. 25 SQUARE DANCE: Rainbow Squares will

host square dance lessons from 7-9pm CASCADIA WEEKLY Tuesdays starting tonight at Lynden’s Ten Mile Grange, 6958 Hannegan Rd. 17 The ﬁrst two lessons are free. Addi- tional lessons are $5. 13171311 7C7 CCommercialommercial StSSt.. 733-4487 Bellingham,Bellinnghag m, WAWA 9822598225 360.734.1071360.7373414.14 071 [email protected] school what I wanted to be, I would’ve said an artist, without hesitation. I also would’ve said to follow your dreams. I’m taking my own

advice for once.”

34 34 Eels also points to the fact that working on her art in her home studio also allows her FOOD to be there for her kids, who are now four visual and one-and-a-half. She also says they’re the GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES inspiration for much of what she creates and 27 prints on paper, wood and apparel. “Everything typically has a story behind

B-BOARD it,” Eels says. “My oldest son was pretty ob-

24 I’m inspired by life, and I ﬁnd

FILM FILM that the designs that are the most authentic and connected 20 to my work are the ones that MUSIC work out aesthetically.” 18 18 18 —PHOEBE CARPENTER EELS ART ART ART ART

sessed with tractors, and now he’s enamored 16 of firefighters. So you might see tractors and bicycles and sailboats in STAGE STAGE my work. I’m inspired by life, and I find that the

14 designs that are the most authentic and connected

GET OUT to my work are the ones that work out aesthetically.” 12 . $/ When she shows the WHAT: Art fruits of her labor in WORDS Opening & Trunk Bellingham at an art Show with Phoebe Carpenter Eells opening and trunk show 8 WHEN: 6pm Fri., Sept. 21 at Karibou Sa- Sept. 21 lon, attendees can see WHERE: Karibou for themselves what hap- CURRENTS Salon, 1201 11th pens when creativity, St., suite #101 6 INFO: www. parenting and passion karibousalon. coincide.

VIEWS VIEWS com or www. Viewers at the show elsagedesigns. should also remember Eels 4 com is dedicated to making her

MAIL MAIL art as sustainable as possible. She purchases her apparel from organic or environmentally

2 friendly businesses, uses reclaimed wood and veneer for some of her printing, and sources DO IT IT DO BY AMY KEPFERLE inks that provide a permanent ﬁnish, but are still water-soluble. .12

19 Although the eco-savvy framed art will be A Printmaker’s Path up for several months, many items Eels will be showing Sept. 21—such as hand-printed ap-

.07 09. TALES OF AN ART SCHOOL DROPOUT parel, postcards, prints and more—will only 38 # be available on the night of the event. That ALTHOUGH SHE’S an art school dropout, Phoebe Car- Vernon—where she lives with her husband and two might also be a good time to ask Eels if she penter Eels hasn’t let that fact stop her from transitioning into a sons—and beyond. feels like she made the right choice when she full-time artist. For the past three years, Eels juggled teaching, gave up her classroom in order to school her- If anything, the path to becoming someone who makes a living mothering and elSage, her printmaking business, self in the world of art. through visual creativity was long overdue. In the years since she but eventually realized if she wanted to make a liv- “Absolutely I made the right decision,” she says. “I feel really lucky to have had two CASCADIA WEEKLY was an art major in college, Eels studied cultural anthropology, ing making art, something would have to give. So, taught math in middle school, got married and had a couple kids. last June, she resigned from her teaching position careers that I love. Teaching will always be 18 Eels says the spark to start dipping her toes back into the artis- (which, incidentally, she loved). there—nobody can take my degrees away. tic aquifer came when she attempted to carve an invitation to her “This was my first September not setting up a But for now my kids are a priority, and calling older son’s first birthday party. Printmaking was soon a passion, classroom in six years,” Eels says. “I’m getting myself an artist is new and cool. It’s tough to and the next few years saw her perfecting her craft and selling her back in touch with the artistic side of me. If you juggle being a mom and working. You’ve got wares online and at farmers markets and art gatherings in Mount would’ve asked me when I was in junior high or high to figure out what works for you.” doit UPCOMING EVENTS FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contemporary folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm every Mon.-

SEPT. 21-22 Fri. at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St.

ART IN THE ALLEYS: “Engaging Imagination 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM 34 in Downtown Mount Vernon” was the theme of GALLERY CYGNUS: “Living on Beauty,” an ex-

this year’s juried “Art in the Alleys” exhibit, hibit featuring paintings by Maggie Wilder and FOOD which will show from 6-9pm Friday and 12-5pm assemblage temples by Jules Remedios Faye, Saturday at Mount Vernon’s Front Gallery, 420 shows through Oct. 21 at La Conner’s Gallery Myrtle St.

Cygnus, 109 Commercial Ave. 27 WWW.MOUNTVERNONDOWNTOWN.ORG WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM SAT., SEPT. 22 GOOD EARTH: Chris Moench’s award-winning B-BOARD TAG SALE: Attend the Whatcom Museum’s 8th prayer wheels will be featured through Septem- annual Tag Sale from 10am-5pm at the Syre ber at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. Education Center, 201 Prospect St. Attendance WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM is free, but if you want a sneak peek, pay $10 at JANSEN ART CENTER: Sign up for classes and 24 9am for early entry. workshops at Lynden’s new Jansen Art Center, FILM FILM WWW.WHATCOMMUSUEM.ORG 321 Front St. ARTISANS FAIRE: Check out handmade, juried WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG

arts and crafts created by local artisans at the MAKE.SHIFT: View Joey Bates’ “Recent 20 Squalicum Valley Artisans Faire from 10am-4pm Portraits and Nudes: Works from the Past Five at the Rome Grange, 2821 Mt. Baker Hwy. Ev- Years” from 12-4pm every Tues.-Sat. through MUSIC erything from jewelry to cards, fused glass and Sept. 29 at Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. metals, calligraphy, photography, crocheted WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM 18 18 items and more will be available. MINDPORT: “PAPO 2012,” an exhibit featuring 18 WWW.SVARTISANFAIRE.BLOGSPOT.COM ART ART works painted outdoors on the Holly Street ART SECONDS SALE: Specially priced items from corridor during the Plein Air Paint Out in late more than 50 artists can be perused and August, can be seen through Oct. 2 at Mindport 16 purchased during the 2nd annual Seconds Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. Entry is $2. Sidewalk Sale from 10am-5pm at the Whatcom WWW.MINDPORT.ORG STAGE STAGE Art Guild’s Art Market in McKenzie Alley off MONA: “Moments of Quiet from the Permanent 11th Street in Fairhaven. Demos will happen Collection” and “Pilchuck: Ideas” can be throughout the day.

viewed through Sept. 23 at La Conner’s Museum 14 WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. SEPT. 22-23 WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG ART IN THE PARK: Eleven local artists will be QUILT MUSEUM: “At Play: Asobi” and “Ainu GET OUT featured at “Art in the Park” from 10am-5pm Embroidery” will be on display through Oct. 7 Saturday and Sunday at Ferndale’s Pioneer at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 12 Park, 2004 Cherry St. Additionally, there’ll Second St. Entry is $5-$7. A “Quilt Walk” hap- be poster contest winners, artist demos, art pens here, and throughout La Conner, through

activities for kids, food, music and more. The Oct. 15. WORDS artwork will be showing inside the Tillicum WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM House and the Ferndale Library conference SCOTT MILO GALLERY: View Whidbey Island 8 room. Entry is free. artist Anne Belov’s new oil paintings, “Close to WWW.CITYOFFERNDALE.ORG Home,” through Oct. 2 at Anacortes’ Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave. Works by Barbara Dollahite, Matt Dollahite, Dick Garvey, and CURRENTS Larry Heald will also be on display. ONGOING EXHIBITS 6 ALLIED ARTS: “Careful/Balance,” which WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM features pieces by Adele Eustis, Emma Jane SKAGIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: “The Murrow VIEWS VIEWS Levitt, Eileen Reardanz, and Faye Hayes, shows Brothers: Peak of Their Professions” shows through Dec. 21 at La Conner’s Skagit County through Sept. 29 Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall 4 Ave. Historical Museum, 501 4th St. The exhibit cel-

WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG ebrates the lives of the sons of Skagit County MAIL AMADEUS PROJECT: Gary Bennett’s original who made an impact on their world.

oil paintings will be on display through the WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET 2 month at the Amadeus Project, 1209 Cornwall SMITH & VALLEE: “Across the Mountains and DO IT IT DO Ave. Back,” an exhibit featuring landscape paintings WWW.THEAMADEUSPROJECT.ORG by Lisa Gilley, can be seen through Sept. 30 at ANCHOR ART SPACE: The multi-artist exhibit Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. .12

“Shelter” shows through Sept. 16 in Anacortes WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM 19 at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave. The VILLAGE BOOKS: Collaborative works by exhibit brings together visual artists, archi- painter and author Nancy Lou Canyone, poet tects, designers, videographers and photogra-

Lana Hechtman Ayers, and glass artists Lin .07 09.

phers to address the concept of shelter. McJunkin can be viewed through September 38 # WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.COM at the Readings Gallery at Village Books, 1200 ARTISANS NORTHWEST: View works from 11th St. as many as 100 Whatcom County artists on a WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM regular basis at Artisans Northwest Art, Crafts WHATCOM ART GUILD: From 10am-6pm every & Eats, 1215 Cornwall Ave. Friday through Sunday, stop by the Whatcom 733-1805 OR WWW.ARTISANSBELLINGHAM.COM Art Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Waldron ARTWOOD: “Things for the Kitchen” will be Building, 1314 12th St. featured through September at Artwood Gal- WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG CASCADIA WEEKLY lery, 1000 Harris Ave. WHATCOM MUSEUM: “American Quilts: The 19 WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM Democratic Art 1780-2007,” “Window Shop- CHUCKANUT BREWERY: Tin art by Brett ping,” and “Expanded Horizons” currently be Carlson is currently on display at the Chuckanut viewed at the Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall Brewery & Kitchen, 601 W. Holly St. and the Lightcatcher Building. WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Rumor Has It

34 34 OH, VOYAGER. I’D heard so much about you, but it didn’t quite prepare me for our encoun- FOOD ter in real life. Despite the fact that you made music me time-travel back to my Everett youth in a way I was not wholly comfortable with, I gotta 27 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT say, I have nothing but respect for a group of grown-ass men who wear spandex without

B-BOARD irony, totally shred and aren’t afraid to belt out “Welcome to the Jungle” to a crowd of all-too- willing fans at the Wild Buffalo on a Friday night. 24 Plus, it’s pretty tough to beat the dude with the BY CAREY ROSS

FILM FILM impressive custom bedazzled Voyager vest who is obviously your biggest fan. I know you probably think I’m being sarcastic here, Voyager. But 20 20 20 Music Here, There, Everywhere I’m saying this with nothing but sincerity: that

MUSIC is an enviable vest. MUSIC A WEEK AT THE WILD BUFFALO Keep on keepin’ on, Voyager. 18 tough act to follow, but Father John Misty will do Also adhering to ART ART just that a few days later when he takes his own their own rock ’n’ turn Mon., Sept. 24 at the Wild Buffalo. Although roll fantasy is Jucifer. 16 the artist known as Father John Misty might seem This is a band who like he’s been barnstorming music for just the past moved into their van STAGE STAGE year or so (thanks, in no small part, to an assist more than a decade from a video for his song “Hol- ago—and hasn’t 14 lywood Forever Cemetery Sings” moved out since. that stars Parks and Rec’s Aubrey They’ve also been BY CAREY ROSS

GET OUT Plaza), as J. Tillman—his actual on tour roughly that name—he’s been around awhile. long, hauling their massive stacks of speak- As Tillman, he befriended and ers with them wherever this two-piece goes. 12 ATTEND toured with Damien Jurado, as Where they go come Fri., Sept. 21 is to the WHO: Ben Taylor, well as David Bazan, Richard Shakedown, where they will share the stage WORDS Milow Buckner, and more. He then with Ryan Greer (in the form of both Rookery WHEN: Thurs., signed on for a multi-year stint and Totalizer), who, if history is any indication, 8 Sept. 20 as drummer for the Fleet Foxes, is a man who really likes to get all of his shows COST: $10-$12 a role he downplays, but one for the month out of the way at one time. Two ------that clearly contributed to his strong, loud local openers teaming up with a

CURRENTS WHO: Father John FATHER JOHN MISTY Misty, Jenny O. current status as a Sub Pop art- band that likes to build a small city from cab-

6 WHEN: Mon., ist and his evolution into Father inets—if that doesn’t sound like a show built BEN TAYLOR Sept. 24 John Misty. His ﬁrst album un- just for Bellingham, I don’t know what does.

VIEWS VIEWS COST: $12 der the new moniker, 2012’s Fear Speaking of things built just for Bellingham (or, ------IT IS an occupational hazard that writing about music in Fun, was released to great criti- rather, for me—that’s what I really mean to say 4 WHO: Laura this town means not writing about so much of the music that Marling cal acclaim, and his live shows here) comes word of a Sept. 29 Rooftops show

MAIL MAIL happens in this town. Which is a convoluted way of saying a WHEN: Tues., are becoming the stuff of legend with Poor Moon and Specters at the Shakedown. simple thing, merely that there’s generally more going on dur- Sept. 25 wherever he goes. This is exciting on a number of levels, as Poor

2 ing any given week than one person—or newspaper—can give COST: $20 Closing out this roundup of Moon is a band that contains a former member WHERE: Wild adequate attention to. what will undoubtedly be an

DO IT IT DO of Fleet Foxes (ﬁrst Father John Misty and now

Buffalo, 208 W. Obviously, this is not the worst problem to have. Holly St. unforgettable week of music Poor Moon? Those former Foxes are showing Such is the case at the Wild Buffalo during the coming days. MORE INFO: www. at the Wild Buffalo is Laura up all over in Bellingham these days) and it gives .12 wildbuffalo.net 19 So, instead of choosing whether to give attention to Ben Taylor Marling, set to take the stage me a chance to spell “Specters” correctly, as I’m or Father John Misty or Laura Marling, common sense would Tues., Sept. 25—and it makes a told I screwed it up when I wrote about them dictate time be devoted to all three. certain amount of sense to come full circle from when they played Make.Shift’s Block Party.

.07 09. First up in this musical triumvirate is Ben Taylor, who will someone who is the son of James Taylor back Sorry, dudes. It wasn’t my fault. I swear. Proper 38 # warm up the Wild Buffalo on Thurs., Sept. 20 and provide ample around to someone who counts him among her spelling is my life. Most of the time, anyway. But, foundation for what is to come. The son of Carly Simon and inﬂuences. But Marling hasn’t exactly spent her of course, most of my excitement is reserved for James Taylor, Ben’s feet have been on a musical path since musical life sitting around, strumming “Fire and Rooftops, a band I love and thought I may never before they emerged from the womb. After making a foray into Rain” and hoping for her big break. Indeed, she’s see again (much like so many other local bands what he called “neo-psychedelic folk funk” in an effort to dis- had the kind of career—complete with awards, I’ve loved whose lifespans just barely exceed- tance himself from the dual legacy of his mighty musical par- accolades and musical compatriots who have ed the blink of an eye). I’m told that although

CASCADIA WEEKLY entage, the younger Taylor has accepted his musical destiny as sought her out—that signals this UK folk chan- Rooftops has just this one show on the roster the spawn of two of the greatest folk rock musicians in history teuse is either very good or very lucky. I suspect so far, all members are present and accounted 20 and come to embrace it in his own music. Which is probably she’s the former, and I further suspect that hav- for (after spending significant time in far-flung for the best, because when listening to his music, there is no ing the chance to see her at the Wild Buffalo—a locales), and new songs are in the works. This doubt of the musical well from whence he sprang—and that show at which tickets are limited to the first 150 is news so good it might just silence me on the well is deep and plentiful indeed. sold—is not an opportunity that will come our subject of that Lands Farther East reunion I’ve The talented offspring of a couple of folk legends might be a way again anytime soon. sought for so long. musicpreview musicevents celebrate your own demise. Which brings me back to Blake and that back- WED., SEPT. 19 alley convo. During the course of our mostly in- UKULELE GROUP: The Bellingham Ukulele Group 34 (BUG) will host a Song Circle from 7-9pm at the

consequential banter, Blake happened to mention FOOD Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Dr. Suggested dona- he was in the process of acquiring a purple suit so tion is $5. as to more properly embody his chosen role of Van 733-6867 OR WWW.BELLINGHAMUKULELEGROUP.COM

Morrison during the show. 27 THURS., SEPT. 20 A purple suit? Take a load off, Annie. THIRD THURSDAY SERIES: Friday Harbor’s Beau Bor- Needless to say, this is shaping up to be some-

rero will be joined by his mom, Gretchen Gubelman, B-BOARD thing other than your standard-issue tribute to perform a variety of original acoustic tunes at night. And, as a nod to historical and geographi- the Third Thursday local music series from 6-8pm in the Swan Café at the Community Food Co-op, 1220 cal accuracy, those charged with organizing this 24 N. Forest St. Entry is free. particular Last Waltz have made sure to include 734-8158 OR WWW.BEAUBORRERO.COM a number of Canadian musi- FILM HEART & HAMMER: The duo of Barry Crannell cians lest that country think and Julianna Waters bring their band, Heart & 20 we’ve tried to co-opt the Hammer, to Bellingham for a 7:30pm show at the 20 Band as being our own (we’ve Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Ave. Suggested dona- MUSIC totally tried to do that, by tion is $10-$15. MUSIC the way). WWW.HEARTANDHAMMER.COM

ATTEND But before the spirit of SEPT. 21-23 18 WHAT: Last Waltz PAGLIACCI: Watch the “ultimate backstage drama” Levon and Co. don their ART Tribute various-colored suits and when Skagit Opera presents showings of Pagli- WHEN: Sat., acci at 7:30pm Friday and 2pm Sunday at Mount

relive history at the Green 16 Sept. 22 Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way. The WHERE: Green Frog, a tribute of a more show—which focuses on the loves and jealousies

Frog, 1015 N. low-key kind will take place of a traveling troupe of clowns—can also be seen STAGE State St. next door at the Redlight. Sept. 28 and 30. Tickets are $15-$59. COST: $12 On Fri., Sept. 21, another WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG OR MORE INFO: www. WWW.SKAGITOPERA.ORG 14 acoustictavern. group of musicians will com gather together to honor a SAT., SEPT. 22 ------musical great, this one be- AVENUE MUSIC: As part of the “Music on the Ave.” GET OUT WHAT: Leonard ing Leonard Cohen. series, Eagle’s Whistle will perform from 11am-2pm Cohen Tribute in front of the Bagelry, 1319 Railroad Ave.

As a songwriter, Cohen is 12 WHEN: Fri., Sept. 676-5288 21 as proliﬁc as he is profound, SUN., SEPT. 23 WHERE: Redlight, giving all who’ve chosen to WORDS BY CAREY ROSS 1017 N. State St. sign up and partake an im- FUNDRAISING CONCERT: Help raise funds COST: Free to build a house for VanZandt resident Jerry

pressive breadth and depth 8 Bajema—who recently had his arm reattached af- MORE INFO: www. of songs from which to se- redlight ter a chainsaw accident—at a fundraising concert From Leonard to Levon lect for their performance with the Calico Hearts and others starting at 3pm bellingham.com

pleasure. So that means if at Deming’s Mt. Baker High School, 5100 Mitchell CURRENTS PAYING TRIBUTE you’d like to see Scot Casey Rd. Tickets will be $10 at the door. 6 and Sarah Goodin team up for “Who By Fire” or WWW.AHOMEFORJERRY.WEEBLY.COM ICANNOT tell a lie (which, in itself, is actually a lie): despite the Andrew Schutte sing “Chelsea Hotel” and “If It MON., SEPT. 24 VIEWS VIEWS fact that various and sundry folks tried their level best to put the Last Be Your Will” or Chelsea Farmer do her version ANNE FEENEY: Hear the woman Utah Phillips called “the best labor singer in North America” Waltz tribute show, set to take place Sat., Sept. 22 at the Green Frog, of “Famous Blue Raincoat,” this is the night 4 when Anne Feeney performs songs of social on my radar in a way that would stick via press releases, reminders and the Redlight is the place. Also on tap to

change at 7:30pm at the Roeder Home, 2600 MAIL and text badgering, it wasn’t until I had an offhand conversation with give their renditions of to-be-determined Cohen Sunset Dr. Suggested donation is $10-$15.

Robert Blake that I realized something truly special was brewing. classics are Johnny McIntyre, Wes Davis, Dan WWW.ANNEFEENEY.COM 2 I already knew that Blake, along with Stephen Ray Leslie, Louis Vee, and more.

THURS., SEPT. 27 IT DO Ledford, Misty Flowers, and more were teaming up to re-create the Best part? This Cohen tribute is free—which COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR: All are welcome Band’s ﬁnal concert, a show so legendary it would be ﬁlmed by Mar- is far less than the cost of what a ticket to see at tonight’s Bellingham Community Gospel Choir

tin Scorsese, dubbed The Last Waltz and go on to become the most Leonard Cohen would actually cost you these rehearsal at 6:30pm at the Hamilton Place Apart- .12 critically acclaimed concert ﬁlm of all time. Of course, that’s the days. As for me, if someone signs up for “To- ments, 4625 Cordata St. There are no auditions. 19 kind of thing that tends to happen when you throw a party and the night Will Be Fine,” I’ll show up with a tear al- [email protected] likes of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Van Morrison show up to help you ready in my eye. .07 09. 38 #

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.07 09. MEET THE Smiths, the most odious family this side of the Manson Killer Joe takes horror and criminality and for grace before supper, then commit an act 38 # clan. There’s young Chris, whose dealer is ﬁxing to kill him because Chris’ translates them into subversive comedy. Pulitzer of sexual aggression with a chicken leg. This momma ﬂushed $6,000 worth of drugs down the drain. His spaced-out Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts provided deep-fried sociopath inspires the most con- sister Dottie is a naive, nubile pixie who hasn’t been quite right since the sardonic screenplay about a knot of char- trolled, and most outrageous, performance momma tried to suffocate her. Ansel is the paterfamilias, a man of invin- acters trapped in a vise of need and folly. The of McConaughey’s career. If he doesn’t make cible stupidity, and evil stepmother Sharla is the raunchiest biped ever ever-more-interesting Matthew McConaughey your skin crawl, it’s on too tight. to inhabit their Texas trailer park. There’s a consensus that all their prob- signed on for the title role, a courtly, cocksure, The pressure cooker boils until the cli-

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ART ART A CELEBRATION OF CRAFT BEER the Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher building) will be the place to be from 11am-5pm Sat., 16 Sept. 29. Bellingham Beer Lab (BBL) cooperative brewery will be doing a homebrew dem- STAGE STAGE " onstration in the courtyard starting at 11am. In August, the Brewers Association, the And Menace Brewing Co.—Ferndale’s newest trade association that represents the majority 14 of U.S. brewing companies, released strong nano-brewery—has been mid-year numbers for America’s small and contracted to brew some independent craft brewers. In the ﬁrst half GET OUT of BBL’s beer, which will of 2012, dollar sales were up 14 percent and be available on tap, along volume of craft-brewed beer jumped 12 per- with food pairings crafted

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19 “I think Bellingham brews the best beer in is to have a lot of fun and for people to ex- the world, and it’s great that we get a whole perience some great craft beer,” Patrick McE- week to come together and celebrate this in- voy, owner of Elizabeth Station, says. “Many

.07 09. credible craft beer community,” Casey Diggs, top-class breweries will be bringing their best 38 # ON ONE day each year, we celebrate the miracle of life with a Boundary Bay’s operations manager, says. stuff to BBW, so it’s a great opportunity for birthday party. The miracle of fermentation, however, warrants a much Chuckanut Brewery (601 West Holly St.) people to try new things.” longer celebration. Hence, Sept. 21-30 will mark the inaugural Belling- will host an Oktoberfest celebration Sat., Keep in mind, Bellingham Beer Week is more ham Beer Week (BBW), and it is sure to become an annual salute to this Sept. 22, featuring local beers, a BeerBQ and than just a celebration of locally brewed beer; beer-booming city. more. Then, at noon Sun., Sept. 23, you will it’s a celebration of craft beer, in general, and Kulshan Brewing Co. (2238 James St.), Bellingham’s newest brew- be able to take a tour of the brewery. And the restaurants and pubs that serve it. So be on the lookout for specials and events featur- CASCADIA WEEKLY ery, was immediately on board with the beer week idea, and Kulshan at 7pm Wed., Sept. 26 Lisa Morrison, author brewmaster/owner Dave Vitt even reached out to the other breweries of Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest: A Beer ing local and regional craft beers at local res- 34 in town. Chuckanut Brewery and Boundary Bay Brewery both embraced Lover’s Guide to Oregon, Washington, and Brit- taurants and pubs throughout the week. the idea as well. ish Columbia, will make a special appearance “I think it’s great to see all the different “Having a beer week is a great way to promote craft beer and the at Chuckanut. organizations and businesses working togeth- places that sell it,” Vitt says. Beyond the local breweries, you will also er,” McEvoy says. “It really will be a fun time Among Kulshan’s planned events, such as a Cask Night at 6pm Fri., find many restaurants and bars participating and I am definitely looking forward to it.” doit

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WED., SEPT. 19 STAGE WEDNESDAY MARKET: The seasonal Wednesday beverage. The event happens in conjunction Market continues from 12-5pm every Wednesday with the Sidewalk Sale, which happens from 11am-5pm throughout historic Fairhaven. through Sept. 26 at the Fairhaven Village Green. 14 WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG CHEESE CLASS: Seattle cheese-maker Mark

THURS., SEPT. 20 Solomon leads a hands-on class focused on how GET OUT BOW MARKET: The Bow Little Market takes to “Make Your Own Soft Cheese” from 1-4pm place from 1-6pm every Thursday at the Belfast at the Cordata Community Food Co-op, 315

Feed Store, 6200 N. Green Rd., Burlington. To- Westerly Rd. Cost is $55 and includes samples of 12 day’s events include a bake sale and community- all varieties. wide yard sale during regular market hours. 383-3200 WORDS WWW.BOWLITTLEMARKET.WORDPRESS.COM U-PICKLE CLASS: Jill of Jill’s Dills will lead a &WFSTPO)PQFXFMM$PSO U-Pickle Class from 2-4pm at BelleWood Acres

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produce—and much more—at the Bellingham HARVEST DINNER: Celebrate the abundance of BGJTIJOHUSJQ"GVOBOE 2 Farmers Market from 10am-3pm every Saturday our regional foodshed and bounty of Whatcom IFBMUIZGPPEGPSLJET UPP DO IT IT DO through December at the Depot Market Square on County farms and ﬁsheries at the 10th annual the corner of Chestnut Street and Railroad Avenue. Whatcom Harvest Dinner starting at 4pm at 647-2060 OR WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG BelleWood Acres Farm, Store, & Distillery, 6140 .12

FERNDALE MARKET: The Ferndale Public Guide Meridian. Entry is $7-$15 for kids and $25- 19 Market takes place from 10am-3pm every Sat- $50 for adults. Proceeds raised will beneﬁt local urday through Oct. 13 at the town’s Centennial food education programs for area youth. Riverwalk Park, 5667 First Ave. WWW.WHATCOMHARVESTDINNER.COM .07 09.

WWW.FERNDALEPUBLICMARKET.ORG 38 MON., SEPT. 24 # GRAPE HARVESTING: “Wine & Table Grape DEHYDRATING 101: Food for Life chef Carol Harvesting” will be the focus of a workshop Roberge leads a “Dehydrating 101” primer from from 10:30am-12pm at Everson’s Cloud Mountain FOOD CO OP 6-8:30pm at the Cordata Community Food Co-op, Farm, 6906 Goodwin Rd. At 1:30pm, there’ll be a 315 Westerly Rd. You’ll also learn tips for making “Wine Grape Trials Evaluation” that will include Bellingham’s Natural Grocer thin crisps crackers and chips. All recipes are fruit and wine samplings. Entry is free for the gluten and dairy-free. Cost is $40. ﬁrst event, $10 for the second (please register (206) 714-0544 OR [email protected] ZZZFRPPXQLW\IRRGFRRS

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