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FOOD Fairhaven mutters a conﬂicted inner monologue.

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FILM FILM Growth generally occurs in one of three ways: Inward, in increased densities; outward, in greenﬁeld development; upward, in increased building heights. 18 Yet many in Fairhaven want no part of any of those ‘Lump of Coal’ options; and that brews up a storm on multiple fronts MUSIC difﬁcult to calm. Here are two: The FCC’s Christmas gift to big media 1. Just before city government settled in for its win-

17 ter nap, Planning & Community Development Director a government, I should not hesitate Tim Stewart approved a modiﬁed design permit for 18, the ﬁve commis- a moment to prefer the latter.” ART ON DEC. Fairhaven Harbor, a mixed use development proposed sioners of the Federal Communica- By eliminating the newspaper-

between 8th & 9th Streets on Harris Avenue. The mod- tions Commission met in Washing- broadcast cross-ownership ban,

16 iﬁed design includes a building 85 feet in height. ton, D.C., and passed, by a 3-to-2 Martin claims to be saving news- The applicant, Ted Mischaikov, has been stalled might- vote, new regulations that would papers. In a New York Times Op-Ed ily on this project considered too tall by opponents. allow more media consolidation. piece, he writes: “In many towns ON STAGE The irony is—leaving the height issue for a moment— This, despite the U.S. public’s in- and cities, the newspaper is an en-

Fairhaven Harbor’s steel-frame concept and design is creasing concern over the nation’s dangered species. ...If we don’t act 15 probably the highest quality of any new construction media being controlled by a few gi- to improve the health of the news- yet proposed for the Southside’s urban center, light ant corporations. is the core concept of the public paper industry, we will see news- years beyond the stick-frame, faux 19th Century kitsch Dissident FCC Commissioner Mi- interest. Copps couldn’t have been papers wither and die.” As Copps GET OUT thrown up during the last building cycle. Returning to chael Copps said of the decision: clearer: “Today’s decision would pointed out in his scathing dissent

the height issue, developers like Mischaikov understand “We generously ask big media to make George Orwell proud. We claim to the rule change, “We shed croco- 14 that economies of scale kick in that make taller build- sit on Santa’s knee, tell us what it to be giving the news industry a dile tears for the financial plight of ings more attractive for quality construction—fireproof wants for Christmas, and then push shot in the arm—but the real effect newspapers—yet the truth is that WORDS steel replaces wood; high-tech, high-speed elevators through whatever of these wishes is to reduce total newsgathering.” newspaper profits are about double

become more affordable; more variety of housing may are politically and practically feasi- Mergers will result in newsroom lay- the S&P 500 average.” 8 be offered in the design concept. ble. No test to see if anyone’s been offs and less, not more, coverage of The problem facing Martin and his In defense of “Too Tall Ted,” it’s not simply wanting naughty or nice. Just another big, local issues. big media friends isn’t that newspa- to swing the biggest pipe in Fairhaven; it is a consider- shiny present for the favored few Martin’s new rule is also going to pers are unprofitable; it’s that they CURRENTS CURRENTS ation of what level of quality begins to pencil at what who already hold an FCC license— hurt the diversity of the U.S. media. are simply not as profitable as they story of construction: Going to ten floors makes it more and a lump of coal for the rest of us. Juan Gonzalez, former president of used to be. 6 6 economical to provide seven. Bigger, in buildings, fre- Happy holidays!” the National Association of Hispan- The media system in the United quently does mean better. It was Bush-appointed FCC Chair- ic Journalists, recently testified at States is too highly concentrated VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS This is a critical point, because if Bellingham wants to man Kevin Martin, 41, who rammed a congressional hearing on media and serves not the public interest attract quality urban design, some bucolic values about through the rule changes. He has ownership. He said, “Direct experi- but rather the interests of moguls

4 building heights and view vistas may need to give way. served President Bush well. As dep- ence has shown us that ownership like Rupert Murdoch and Sumner Planners intrinsically understand this; and the people uty general counsel for the Bush- matters when it comes to... a diver- Redstone, who controls CBS/Via-

MAIL MAIL who originally platted Fairhaven (and downtown) im- Cheney campaign in 2000, he was sity of voices and meeting the news com. Media corporations that will plicitly understood and desired that these places would active during the Florida recount. and information needs of minority beneﬁt from Martin’s handout are

3 be tall cities one day. Before that he worked for Kenneth communities.” the same ones that acted as a con- In their defense, Fairhaven neighbors point out that Starr at the Ofﬁce of Independent Gonzalez pointed out that the veyor belt for the lies of the Bush DO IT IT DO as long ago as January 1989, city ofﬁcials agreed to an Counsel during the Monica Lewin- new rule will allow the 19 minority- administration about weapons of ordinance limiting building heights to 35 feet in the area sky scandal. His wife, Cathie Mar- owned TV stations in the country’s mass destruction in Iraq. We need a

07 planned for Fairhaven Harbor in order to preserve the tin, was a spokeswoman for Vice top 20 cities to be targeted for media that challenges the govern-

.02. historical dustrict’s character. Alas, that ordinance— President Dick Cheney in the midst takeovers by newspapers, further ment, that acts as a fourth estate, 01 though promised—never seems to’ve been adopted. of the scandal around the outing of reducing minority ownership. not for the state. We need a diverse

.3 Yet Stewart ultimately favored Mischaikov’s plan in CIA operative Valerie Plame. She There is a reason that journalism media. The U.S. Congress has a 01

# part because Fairhaven neighbors themselves did not now works on Bush’s communica- is the sole profession explicitly pro- chance to overrule Martin and the complete an equitable process in bringing their con- tions staff. tected in the U.S. Constitution. As a FCC, and to keep the newspaper- cerns to the city. In some cases, according to planning The federal regulation in ques- check and balance on government, broadcast cross-ownership ban in commission complaints, developers and business owners tion is the newspaper-broadcast it is essential to the functioning of place. It should do so immediately, were not properly notiﬁed of neighborhood meetings to cross-ownership ban. It has for de- a democratic society. As Thomas before the consolidated press leads debate building heights. Resulting consensus centered cades prevented the same company Jefferson famously stated, “Were us into another war. extraordinarily on the interests of homeowners. from owning both a television or it left to me to decide whether we CASCADIA WEEKLY. 2. At the city’s southern edge is Chuckanut Ridge, radio station in a town as well as should have a government without Amy Goodman is the host of “De- 6 or—more prosaically—Hundred Acre Wood, where a a newspaper. Underlying this ban newspapers, or newspapers without mocracy Now!,” planned, dense development is proposed in a signiﬁcant green corridor: Fairhaven Highlands. VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY

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the city limits and it has been zoned for this type of development for many 25 years. Compare it to green rural lands north of the city (areas where neither condition is currently true), shoehorn CLASSIFIEDS in the heated debate on restricted building heights, and perhaps you can 22 22 begin to glimpse that this becomes an ethical discussion of the least hurtful FILM directions in which a city might grow. While not directly addressing the issue 18 of growth, supporters of “The Ridge” did tease apart the market rubric, offering MUSIC money to the owners that they might forebear developing the property.

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a ballot initiative that would create ART a new Chuckanut Mountains Park Dis-

trict spanning two counties. The district would cover an area of almost 66 16 square miles and offer protection for the unique mountains south of Bell- ingham, paid for by revenues collected ON STAGE

from this special taxing district. Alas, Southsiders seemingly did 15 not work closely enough with Skagit counterparts, resulting in a legal chal- GET OUT lenge of the initiative that may work its way through Skagit courts in 2008. 14 Initiative challengers allege county election ofﬁcials approved numerous duplicate signatures, and counted sig- WORDS

natures of individuals not living within 8 the proposed district or that were sub- mitted after the petitioning deadline. The tragedy of CMPD is that Skagit- onians do also love the Chuckanuts and CURRENTS might be eager to save them, if only 6 their invitation to do so had been bet- 6 ter. Rankling opponents is their under- VIEWS VIEWS standing that 14,000 voters in Whatcom 5,728 Smart Trips participants in Whatcom County VIEWS may decide the ballot measure versus

1,100 voters in Skagit. have made more than 445,635 Smart Trips 4 Both stories are complex and merit deep coverage in their own right. since July 2006. MAIL What ties them together is the insular nature of the Fairhaven growth debate, That’s 7 MILLION miles not driven. 3 which can be understood ethically only DO IT IT DO by the inclusion of many parties— residents in the north who suffer when That’s making a difference, anywhere you go. south Bellingham rejects growth inward, Learn more at whatcomsmarttrips.org. 07 outward or upward; rural landowners .02. 01 in the south pained when Southsiders

gerrymander a parks district; business .3 01 owners and developers tacitly excluded # from a robust neighborhood debate that affects business and development. There’s a quality about living on the Southside that delivers a natural sense of entitlement. When you live in a unique place, it’s hard not to feel ex- clusive about it. And protective of it. CASCADIA WEEKLY. Yet there remains this waiting ethical WhatcomSmartTrips.org 7 discussion; and no debate can be ethical unless it gives voice to other par- CITY OF BELLINGHAM | WHATCOM COUNTY | WTA | WHATCOM COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS | 756-TRIP ties also affected by the debate.

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effects above ground—also saw play as scientists measured 18 18 accelerated temperature extremes over the last decade that left them shaken and afraid. The cause, they say? Carbon, MUSIC released from the accelerated burning of hydrocarbons. Climatologists predict global warming in the Paciﬁ c North-

17 west may increase rainy skies (with consequences seen this month in southwest Washington) but decrease snowpack in a ART way that threatens abundant freshwater supplies and cheap

hydroelectric resources. Both place inexorable pressure on

16 the local economy. Bellingham and Whatcom County showed leadership in BY TIM JOHNSON both in 2007, moving to green energy sources, embracing ON STAGE green design standards, and chasing carbon-neutral develop-

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8 The year’s top stories, footnoted for the next decade 6

VIEWS TEN YEARS ago, cracks ruptured in the #1 industry that defi ned this milltown, the mill. Its CURRENTS sweetheart energy deal cratered the previous year, the Georgia-Pacifi c mill shut down temporar- 4 1ily in 19980 to help stabilize a glut of paper pulp on a world market the world hardly knew existed before then. It was the fi rst hint of infi rm age when Bellingham’s most handsome star—an indus-

MAIL try that employed more than a 1,000 workers at gleaming wages—faltered and failed. Last month, grumbling and wheezing, that mill ﬁ nally died.

3 Yes, the mill closure must rank as the story of the century—but on an annual list of Bellingham “Top Tens,” GP barely registers. DO IT Media lists are easily compiled. An editor counts the topics that receive the most ink and grants them high status. In reaction, we’d thought we’d at least list important meta-stories that frame

07 and surround others, that limit and deﬁ ne the year’s most reported stories. .02. 01 1. PEAK OIL & GLOBAL WARMING

.3 As above, so below. 2. HOUSING BUBBLE DEFLATES 01

# They drill in similar but opposite directions, these stories. The past year saw both gain ground Earlier this decade, Pacifi c Northwest homeowners saw and credibility as issues of signifi cance both locally and globally. their investments zoom in value, one of the sweetest spots The fi rst—this crazy idea that fossil fuels may be a fi nite resource of growing scarcity—saw play on an enormous housing bubble rising nationally. Homebuy- as crude oil prices pushed into the eyebrow-raising territory of $100 per barrel in 2007. ers saw the downside of the equation, as housing prices and In economic terms, petroleum has no “perfect substitute.” That is, no other energy source is as scarcity also swelled. Economists estimate that to restore transportable that also yields as much energy per ounce or gallon. Consider natural gas or uranium a historically normal ratio of housing prices to rents or in- as potential substitutes for the gasoline you pump into your car, and you may begin to glimpse comes, average home prices will have to fall about 30 percent CASCADIA WEEKLY. the yawning chasm of what petroleum scarcity might spell for the cost of goods—particularly in from their current levels.

8 deadhead Bellingham, where supply vehicles (including gas trucks) arrive from metropolitan supply Sure enough, they are nationally. Locally, prices have centers loaded and return empty. remained steady in Whatcom and Skagit counties, while The second—this crazy idea that the burning of hydrocarbons we pump from below ground have sales have slowed and the market has inched back toward currents TOP STORIES 31 31

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buyers’ favor. currency reached and exceeded par with as the draft EIS report pegs the Port of

Equally important, there was a tremen- the sinking U.S. dollar for the fi rst time Bellingham’s total cleanup cost for the 25 dous amount of borrowing into the bub- in nearly three decades. While stagfl ation site at $44 million. Imaging ble, as new homebuyers purchased houses loomed for the rest of the nation, Whatcom In June, the port and city began negoti- with little or no money down, and as peo- retail fairly sung in 2007 as trans-border ations to reroute the Burlington Northern CLASSIFIEDS ple who already owned houses refi nanced commerce surged. Santa Fe train tracks around the site. is their mortgages as a way of converting ris- In August, WWU moved into waterfront ing home prices into cash. offi ces, and the port began a campaign 22

As home prices plummet to earth, many to woo NOAA to relocate from its Seattle Closer Than FILM of these borrowers will ﬁ nd themselves headquarters to the waterfront’s deepwater with negative equity—owing more than shipping terminal. By November, U.S. Rep. 18 18 their houses are worth. Negative equity, Rick Larsen had joined that latter effort. You Think in turn, often leads to foreclosures and big In September, GP announced that its tis- losses for lenders. If prices fall 30 percent, sue mill would close at the end of the year, MUSIC more than 20 million homeowners nation- and the port began preliminary efforts to ally will suffer negative equity. transofrm the multi-acre tissue warehouse 17 The drag on the local economy triggered emptied by the company’s departure into a ART by such national disruption is already marine trade center and innovation zone. gingerly being felt by retailers; and most In coming months, the port and city will

analysts believe the displacements caused sit down in earnest and begin the master 16 by millions losing their homes and home- plan that will continue to deﬁ ne the fu- steading elsewhere may have dramatic im- ture of this district. pacts on growth issues in the increasingly ON STAGE favored and attractive Fourth Corner. 4. UGA PAINS

3. WATERFRONT TAKES SHAPE Last spring, Bellingham City Council 15 2A. LOONIE LOTTERY Along with a new name, the Water- voted 4-3 in support of adding 2,200 acres No discussion of the local economy is front District began to take on a new of rural lands into the city to accommo- GET OUT complete without noting that Canadian look as well, despite steepening hurdles TOP STORIES, ON PAGE 11

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25 25 opment, proposed by landowner Caitac The departure of Bob Ryan and John TOP STORIES, USA in the Cordata North ﬁ ve-year-re- Watts also admitted new blood on Bell- view area. ingham City Council, as Jack Weiss and

FROM PAGE 9 CLASSIFIEDS The year saw passionate lobbying from Barry Buchanan take their seats in 2008. pro-expansion landowners as well as the Joan Beardley’s position was ﬁ lled tem- date projected population growth, in- rise of new, organized advocates for con- porarily by former council member Don 22

creasing the physical size of Bellingham trolled growth, such as Futurewise. Gischer, ﬁ lling in for Beardsley, who lost FILM by roughly 13 percent. While city and county were expected her battle to cancer last spring. Voters

County government, ultimately respon- to meet in 2007 to resolve their differ- offi cially replaced her with Stan Snapp, 18 18 sible for setting the expansion rates for ences, the debate will continue to live who took his seat on the council after Whatcom’s cities, frowned on the city’s on in 2008. November’s vote was certifi ed by elec- methodology and by August had recom- tion offi cials. MUSIC mend bringing just 250 acres of land into 5. NEW FACES IN CITY The new council and mayor creates

Bellingham’s urban growth area. GOVERNMENT new majorities and emphasis, particu- 17 The county’s recommendation included Related perhaps to pressures itemized larly on Story #4 above. Mayor Pike has ART land around King and Queen mountains, in other top stories in 2007, Bellingham pledged no expansion of Bellingham north of the E. Bakerview/James Street voters elected a new, relatively unknown UGAs, with evident support from a new

UGA area, but did not include the contro- face as mayor, Dan Pike. Pike took ofﬁ ce council majority. 16 versial 580-acre Larrabee Springs devel- from interim Mayor Tim Douglas. 6. HIGHER ED BRAIN DRAIN 7. AIRLINES CRASH AND

Scarcely had Bellingham School District BURN ON STAGE Superintendent Dale Kinsley announced Alas too brieﬂ y, Bellingham had airline

he’d retire, the superintendent of Merid- choices elsewhere. 15 ian Schools and presidents of Bellingham Western Air offered a brief, exciting Technical College and Whatcom Com- month of charter service ﬂ ights to Los GET OUT munity College evidently thought that Angeles, San Diego, and Phoenix before

sounded like a good idea. collapsing in a morass of ﬁ nancial chal- Kenneth Vedra replaced Kinsley at BSD. lenges, covert fuel stopovers in Seattle 14 Tim Yeomans replaced Burton Dickerson and an inability to run credit cards. at Meridian. Thomas Eckert replaced Ger- Skybus lofted higher, operating for WORDS ald Pumphrey at BTC. Kathi Hiyane-Brown several months until jet fuel prices

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9. TRADER JOE’S OPENS 8 TOP STORIES, Nothing short of a parade celebrated FROM PAGE 11 Trader Joe’s opening in the newly remod- eled Sunnyland Square on Sept. 28. Urban CURRENTS legends around the store’s swamped park-

8 8. LIQUOR DICKS ON THE ing lot and boasts of three-buck Chuck 6 LOOSE purchases dominated conversations for (Over)reacting to an unwieldy mu- weeks afterward. VIEWS nicipal noise ordinance, Bellingham Some might think the story deserves CURRENTS Police attempted a 12-Step Program on to be higher on the list, but—hey—it’s a

4 downtown’s music venues. Police ar- grocery store! rested Green Frog Cafe Acoustic Tav- Closer to home, Bellingham’s own

MAIL ern owner James Hardesty in May after Brown & Cole Stores began a reorgani- renters across the street complained of zational bankruptcy earlier in the spring

3 noise, touching off a summer of interdic- under pressures from Big Boxes like Wal- tions on numerous bars and restaurants. Mart and Costco, emerging stronger but DO IT Some—like State Street Depot—caved smaller by December. under threats their liquor licenses would

07 be pulled; others—like new music ven- 10. BIG BOX BANS

.02. ues planned by the owners of D’Anna’s Bellingham and Ferndale city govern- 01 and Cap Hansen’s—never took ﬂ ight as ments each placed temporary bans on

.3 a result of police tasering. Meanwhile, large-footprint superstores until the im- 01

# Hardesty continued to be harassed by a pacts of those mega-centers on the local cozy partnership of cops and Washington economy might be better understood. State Liquor Control Board agents. Council action was perhaps only the Elsewhere, a contrastingly lenient WS- most dramatic response to a growing LCB issued a liquor permit for the Nook- awareness of the importance of local sack’s controversial Northwood Casino near economy. Other responses include the Lynden under objections from the What- strengthening and lengthening of Bell- CASCADIA WEEKLY. com County Sheriff and Prosecutor, who ingham Farmers Market selling season,

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BY TIM JOHNSON 12.28.07 LIBRARY ‘LOAN’ CLASSIFIEDS On Dec. 24, Bellingham Police learned

FRIDAY 22 from an employee of the Bellingham Public

The Ferndale High School girls’ basketball team Library that someone had broken into the FILM dedicates tonight’s game to their teammate Chelsey library. More accurately, police believe an

Ebert, who died of cancer Wednesday. They rally to unknown person hid in the building until 18 beat the Arlington Eagles, 61-42. the library closed for Christmas and then broke into a cash drawer stealing an un- THE MUSIC The Bellingham Herald reports a $6 million plan disclosed amount of money. Library staff by the Port of Bellingham to expand facilities at were uncertain anything else was missing.

Bellingham International Airport. Airline represen- The case remains under investigation. 17 tatives say there’s little chance their services will

ee ART expand in Bellingham. YABLO THAT WAS On Dec. 27, a

12.29.07 Roosevelt Neigh- 16 SATURDAY borhood resident 12.25.07 heard a loud bang A house party goes out of control on Birch about 10:45 in the ON STAGE TUESDAY Bay-Lynden Road and ofﬁcers arrive to ﬁnd the walls evening and saw

In a grisly and seemingly purposeless Christmas massacre, a scored with bullet holes. One man drives himself to ﬁve mailboxes in a 15 Carnation woman and her boyfriend are arrested in the shoot- St. Joseph Hospital with a bullet wound in his leg. row obliterated by yet ing deaths of her parents, her brother, his wife and their two another bomb-like ob- GET OUT young children. Later in the week, Michele K. Anderson and Joseph 12.31.07 ject, this time a “dry ice bomb,” a com-

Thomas McEnroe, both 29, will be charged with aggravated ﬁrst- bination of frozen CO2 and water inside a MONDAY 14 degree murder in their methodical slaughter of family members. A capped plastic bottle that police say can King County prosecutor says the actual motive for the slayings may Washington’s daily newspaper editors rank a series burst powerfully as the ice thaws into gas never be known. of massive December storms that killed at least six, and expands. Police say they have no sus- WORDS left thousands ﬂooded out of their homes and cov- pects in the explosion.

8 12.26.07 ered the state’s largest highway with 10 feet of water 8 WEDNESDAY as the top story of the year. FOR SALE = FREE On Dec. 20, a Yew Street resident told CURRENTS CURRENTS Discount carrier Skybus Airlines cancels ten ﬂights because of 2007 ends with more U.S. troops were killed in Bellingham Police he’d parked his 1970 El CURRENTS maintenance problems with two of its aircraft, leaving dozens of Iraq than any year since the original 2003 invasion. Camino at the end of his driveway with a

local travelers stranded. Skybus, which launched service in May, “For Sale” sign on it. Within days, thieves 6 plans to end Bellingham service January 5. 01.01.08 had helped themselves to the carburetor TUESDAY and spark plug wires. VIEWS 12.27.07

THURSDAY The New Year dawns as hundreds of people plunge HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE 4 into the frigid waters of Bich Bay for the 25th annu- On Dec. 20, Bellingham Police scolded a

The Lynden School Board meets to discuss placing a bond mea- al Polar Bear Plunge. In Bellingham, the foolish and highly intoxicated man who was jumping MAIL sure on the March ballot. Ferndale’s School Board had earlier ap- brave alike hit the icy waters of Lake Padden. into the lane of travel of passing cars on

Alabama Street and picking ﬁghts with the 3 drivers. If cars went around him, he would DO IT IT DO kick at them and ﬂip off the drivers. He explained to police he was just trying get

a ride home. He was booked into jail. 07 .02. WORTH FIGHTIN’ OVER 01

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to an altercation downtown. A woman com- # plained that another woman had attacked her because that woman was jealous of her relationship with a man. The man was at the scene. When police learned that both women had enforceable “no contact” orders lodged against the man, he ran off.

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22 22 Creole Restaurant info: 671-2626. SPOKEN WORD: Poets of all ages and abilities are wel- FILM Hours come to drop by Spoken Word Wednesdays every week at 8pm at the Bellingham Public Market, 1530 Cornwall

Tues-Sat 11-9:00 Ave. The event is free. For more info: 714-0800. 18 18 Sat & Sun Brunch 10-2 SAT., JAN. 5 STORY TIME: Bring your kids to the weekly Satur- MUSIC Senior Discount day Morning Story Time at 11am at Barnes & Noble, Wednesday nights 4099 Meridian St. For more info: 647-7018.

17 Full Bar SUN., JAN. 6 LIBRARY CELEBRATION: Attend Grand Opening 1300 Bay Street Downtown Bellingham 75-BAYOU ART ° ° 752-2968 festivities celebrating the new hours at the Ever- son McBeath Library from 2-6pm at its digs at 104

Kirsch Dr. Live music, refreshments and a visit from 16 Rory, the Library Lion, will be part of the free fun. For more info: 966-5100. MON., JAN. 7 ON STAGE POETRY NIGHT: Sign up to read your creations at Poetry Night at 8:30pm every Monday at Fan-

15 tasia Espresso, 1322 Cornwall Ave. For more info: 715-1634 or poetrynight.org. TUES., JAN. 8 GET OUT WORD A DAY: Anu Garg, originator of the A.Word.A.Day newsletter, will talk about his latest

14 anthology, The Dord, the Diglot, and an Avocado or 14 Two, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. For more info: 671-2626 or wordsmith.org. WORDS WORDS NJURED Auto Accident •Fall •Defective Product WED., JAN. 9 I ? DAN BOYLE: Former Bellinghamster Dan Boyle 8 Free consultation reads from his new tome, Housecleaning, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. The event is free. For (360) 312-5156 Michael Heatherly more info: 671-2626. CURRENTS northwestdrg@ Attorney COMMUNITY mhpro57.com

6 FRI., JAN. 4 “I’ll help ease the stress of your injury by PEACE VIGIL: All are welcome at the long-running Peace Vigil, which happens from 4-5pm every Friday VIEWS protecting your legal rights while you recover.” in Bellingham at the corner of Magnolia Street and Cornwall Avenue. For more info: 676-2573.

4 BINGO!: Play Bingo and other games of chance every Friday and Saturday beginning at 5:30pm at the American Legion Peace Arch Post 9, 4580 Legion Dr., MAIL Birch Bay. The event is free. For more info: 371-7311.

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spot is redrawn as a quiet kicks off today at the Bellingham 17 mountain pass on the edge of YMCA for girls in grades 3-5. For more ART vast wilderness. info: 733-8630 or whatcomymca.org. ;>EEBG@A:F%P:

Everything beyond the SAT., JAN. 5 d\PILFDMINDHFOFZlPILFDMIIDIGLO ski area is now backcountry. SAMISH RUN: The Greater Belling- 16 Boundaries become deﬁ ned ham Running Club will hold its 31st annual Lake Samish Runs at 10am with ropes and avalanche dan- starting at the Samish Park Day ON STAGE ger signs. Access to certain Lodge. Races consist of 6.1 miles or

places becomes more difﬁ cult, 13.1 miles. Cost is $3-$10. For more 15 and getting almost anywhere info: 647-7182 or gbrc.net. 15 can seem like an adventure. CYCLE OF LIFE: Naturalist Libby Mills will lead “The Cycle of Life: Bald Ptarmigan Ridge and Lake Ann, GET OUT Eagles and Salmon of the Skagit” GET OUT both teeming with hikers when during a six-hour excursion today free of snow, become destina- along the Skagit watershed. Cost is 14 tions for only the strongest of $75 and includes van transportation. backcountry travelers. For more info: (360) 856-5700 or

ncascades.org. WORDS Snow sliders communicate JAN. 5 - 6 with hieroglyphics. The slope 8 reader can interpret if the pow- EAGLE WATCHERS: Learn more about the largest wintering bald eagle der poet wielded two planks or population in the Lower 48 when the one, locked or free heels. Some North Cascades Institute offers up

BY ABBY SUSSMAN CURRENTS rider-writers express their its annual Eagle Watchers program, movement over the topography which happens from 10am-4pm week-

in cursive, consistently linked ends through Feb. 3 at Howard Miller 6 Steelhead Park, Milepost 100, and the turns, graceful arcs, ending in Marblemount Hatchery. For more info: Powder Poets VIEWS controlled punctuation. Oth- (360) 856-5700 or ncascades.org. The language of landscape ers, like myself, are reduced MON., JAN. 7 to third-grade print, a false 4 FIRST GEAR: Mary Anderson will start here, a scribbled mistake give tips and secrets to making bik- EACH LANDSCAPE has its own language, there, symbols both large and ing around town fun at a “First Gear” MAIL each mountain its own dialect. Seasons dictate the reckless. presentation at 7pm at the Food Co-

op Connection Building, 1220 N. For- font. Springtime is written in italics, summer is capi- We can all practice our snow 3 est St. The event is the ﬁ rst of four talized, and fall is printed out in script. script or our powder print, driv- Full Cycle courses. The courses are DO IT

Winter is bold. Many details we have grown used to ing the tools that express our free, but registration is requested. during the rest of the year—the shape of leaves, the movement truthfully. But like For more info: 734-8158. color of berries—are obscured, while others—the sil- sarcastic banter among friends, ALPINE AWARENESS #1: Terrain 07 houette of a silver ﬁ r, the rise and fall of a ridge—are winter communication harbors recognition, transceiver skills and .02. rescue techniques will be among 01 revealed through simplicity. hidden risks. Even in the con- the items covered when the Al-

I worked in these mountains for several summers trolled boundaries of the ski pine Safety Awareness Program .3 01 before I stayed for a winter. When the fi rst stick- area, deep tree wells and hol- (ASAP) kicks off today. The course # ing snow fell and the Department of Transportation low moats can swallow the most includes three classroom ses- closed the Mount Baker Highway (542) at the lower articulate skier. sions and two weekend fi eld sessions. Cost is $250. For more info: end of Bagley Lakes, my stuff was in storage and I Whether you write out your alpinesafety.org. was headed south or east to search out more work, dreams with fi xed bindings, travel or visit with family. free-heels or snowboards, there TUES., JAN. 8 ALPINE AWARENESS #2: A fi ve-day I did not realize that leaving, even for just one sea- is enough blank space for each “Intro to Avalanche Hazard Man- CASCADIA WEEKLY. son, made me a stranger in a terrain I thought of as of us to make our mark. Then agement” begins today at Fairhaven home. I hadn’t understood that as soon as 542 loses hopefully, overnight, the snow Bike & Mountain Sports. Cost is 15 two miles to snow, the language of summer must be will fall, erasing our stories so $235. For more info: 733-4433 or translated into a winter dialect for which there is no that each day is a fresh page, Fairhavenbike.com. dictionary. each season a new book.

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25 25 stage DO IT THEATER DANCE PROFILES STAGE CLASSIFIEDS THURS., JAN. 3 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch seasoned improvis- 22 22 ers try new things and newer performers spread their wings when you visit “The Good, the Bad FILM and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the Up- raise awareness for V-Day. Though it soon became front Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets are $5. For apparent that comedy on violence wasn’t the best more info: 733-8855 or theupfront.com. 18 18 means to that particular end, the idea for a woman- JAN. 4 - 5 only show took hold.

MUSIC MIXED BAG: View a mixture of pro-wrestling Originally 12 Good Women, the group is now down and improvisational comedy when teams go to eight. Two teach classes at the Upfront, and head-to-head in Theatresports matches at

17 there’s a journalist, animator and stonemason among 7:30pm at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 9:30pm, see “Upfront Unscripted” shows, the bunch. They are wives, girlfriends and moth- ART and be prepared for just about anything. Tick- ers whose day-to-day lives cover a wide spectrum of ets are $8-$10. For more info: 733-8855 or

enterprises. In their rehearsals they meet not only theupfront.com.

16 to practice, but just as importantly to catch up with 16 SAT., JAN. 6 each other. “One of the basic tenets of improv is CASTING CALL: If you’re interested in being

STAGE that it is very supportive,” explains cast member part of a pilot for a possible television sitcom ON STAGE Robin Corsberg. “Especially with this group. We com- based on the Cody Rivers Show, extras are need between 1-6pm at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln The-

municate. We are incredibly,

15 atre, 712 S. First St. Extras will not receive and sometimes brutally, hon- monetary compensation, and are expected est.” to stay for the full ﬁ ve hours. For more info: The overwhelming response codyrivers.com. GET OUT from the Good Women when MON., JAN. 7 asked what was different

14 DESIRE AUDITIONS: Community members about the testosterone-free can audition for upcoming performances of A shows (as opposed to per- Streetcar Named Desire at 7pm at Lynden’s Claire WORDS forming with the full Upfront vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St. (If you can ATTEND bellow the word Stellaaaa convincingly, you

WHAT: A Few cast) is a widening of the

8 LAURA KEENAN AND ROBIN CORSBERG, just might get the part of Stanley Kowalski.) For TWO OF A FEW GOOD WOMEN Good Women spotlight. Because women are more info: 354-4425 or clairevgtheatre.org. WHEN: 7:30pm generally more apt to give up and 9:30pm, Jan. the center of attention when 11-12 CURRENTS DANCE WHERE: Upfront there are men onstage, the Theatre, 1208 competitive edge is sharper FRI., JAN. 4 6 Bay St. and the need to assert onself DANCE PARTY: Attend a Dance Party BY MELANIE MERZ COST: $8-$10 is more prominent. from 9-11pm at U & Me Dance, 1027 N. For- VIEWS INFO: 733-8855 “Women, in improv and in est St. Show up at 8pm for a Salsa lesson. or theupfront.com Cost is $7-$12. For more info: 676-0292 or life, take a more nurturing uandmedance.com.

4 stance. When two people go for a scene at the same time, we yield,” Sherman SAT., JAN. 5 BALLET AUDITIONS: Experienced dancers can MAIL says. In the case of all-woman shows, this acqui- audition for the Northwest Ballet’s upcoming escence becomes empowering for the group as a showings of Alladin today at 1pm at the com-

GOOD 3 A whole. Cast members who are sometimes content pany’s headquarters at 1417 Cornwall Ave. For FEW more info: 714-1246 or northwestballet.org. to play supporting roles seize the opportunity to DO IT

Comedic step up and shine. New cast member Laura Keenan MON., JAN. 7 combustion notices that changed dynamic reﬂ ected in the au- HOOP DREAMS: Join Ms. B Hooping Allure for 07 WOMEN dience. “Bellingham is unique because there are so an “Intro to Hoop Dance” every Monday from .02. many strong women in the community,” she says. 7:45-9pm at the Firehouse Performing Arts 01 Center, 1314 Harris Ave. At the class, you’ll mention of all-female improv, some assuming minds might “You can feel their energy; they want you to do AT THE learn the basics and “swirl with your inner

.3 immediately imagine emotional, estrogen-fueled tirades or the often- well.” child.” FYI: You must bring your own hoop. For 01

# revered girl-on-girl action sequence. If you haven’t already had the There’s bound to be something that tickles every- more info: 820-5100 or Hoopingallure.com. pleasure, Jan. 11-12 is your chance for a foray into improvisational one’s fancy. “We can be crude, rough and tough,” WED., JAN. 9 theater à la femme when the ladies of A Few Good Women will be tak- Warwick says, while pointing out the early show is CREATIVE DANCE: Sign up now for “Creative ing to the stage at the Upfront Theatre for two nights of spontaneous tailored for an all-ages audience. “We are loud, hon- Dance Improvisation for Adults,” which starts comedic combustion. est, real and having a good time.” tomorrow at 9:30am at the Firehouse Perform- “If people are worried that A Few Good Women will be some sort of The long and the short of it is that a stage of eight ing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. In the class— which happens every Thursday through Feb. femi-Nazi experience or ‘Let’s talk about bodily functions’ or crap on strong and hilarious women is not an everyday oc- 28—you’ll play with movement themes and dis- CASCADIA WEEKLY. men…It’s not,” clariﬁ es Oona Sherman, a member of the group since currence. Don’t miss out. cover the source of movement expressions. Cost 16 its conception in early 2006. is $8 per class. For more info: (360) 724-6691. The ﬁ rst glimmers of a show with an all-female cast sparkled when EDITOR’S NOTE: A & E Editor Amy Kepferle is a card- Upfront Mainstager Jennifer Warwick was trying to think of a way to carrying member of A Few Good Women.

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EVENTS FILM and, in 2009, hopes to integrate both “Fire” and WED., JAN. 2 WHATCOM CREEK SCROLLS: MEMORY BOXES “Water” memories into a four-mile-long draw- POLLING STATION, MIXED MEDIA, 2007 CALL FOR ART: If you’re interested in show- 18 ing divided into 21 scrolls. She says the ﬁ rst ing your works in the small gallery of the two miles will represent the section of the creek historic Roeder Home, there are still open- MUSIC that burned, and the other two the gradual re- ings for 2008. The Roeder Home displays new exhibits on a monthly basis. For more info: covery of the stream. 676-9255. 17 “Whatcom Creek Scrolls addresses the re- THURS., JAN. 3 17 ART cent history of Whatcom Creek,” Bastai says. ART FIGURE STUDY: An open studio and nude ﬁ gure “It’s a history that study happens from 7-9:30pm every Thursday

is characterized by at BellinghamART, 1701 Ellis St. Cost is $10 per two crucial facts of session. For more info: 738-8379 or Belling- 16 importance to this hamART.com. project: pollution of FRI., JAN. 4 the stream to a scale FIRST FRIDAY: The monthly First Friday Gal- ON STAGE lery Walk happens from 6-9pm in downtown that the residents of Bellingham had never Anacortes. Participating galleries include 15 the Scott Milo Gallery, Insights, Anne Martin experienced before McCool Studios, the Bowman Gallery, Adrift, and the extraordi-

and Gallery at the Depot. For more info: ana- GET OUT CONTRIBUTE nary recovery of the cortesart.com. WHAT: Whatcom Creek stream due to a mas- TUES., JAN. 8 14 Scrolls sive collective effort ALLIED ARTISTS: The works of Helen Dorn, WHEN: Through 2008 on the part of the James Eisenhart, Nicolette Harrington, Ron

WHERE: Polling stations WORDS city’s citizens.” Pattern, Laurie Potter, and Brian Simpson can are currently at the Bell- be seen when the juried “Modern Landscapes”

ingham Public Library, With the ﬁ rst two exhibit opens today at Allied Arts, 1418 8 210 Central Ave., and stations currently Cornwall Ave. A reception with the artists the Bellingham Public installed at the happens Jan. 11, and the exhibit will hang Market, 1530 Cornwall Bellingham Public through Jan. 29. For more info: 676-8548.

Ave. CURRENTS Library and the Pub- INFO: 675-7746 or bet- tybastai.com lic Market, and an ONGOING EXHIBITS BY AMY KEPFERLE anticipation of add- 6 BELLINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM: The ing more in various locales throughout 2008, museum is open to the public from noon-5pm VIEWS Bastai says she’s had a chance to see how Bell- Tues. and Thurs.-Sat. at 1320 Commercial St. ingham is responding to her project. For more info: 393-7540. COLOPHON CAFÉ: Paintings by watercolor Whatcom 4 “The comments I have read so far have ranged from very positive ‘thank you for cre- artist Michael Heath, and pencil and oil painter Paul Temperio can be seen through MAIL ating an opportunity for healing,’ to some so January at the Colophon Café, 1208 11th St. Creek Scrolls negative that they deeply shocked and chal- For more info: 647-0092. .

lenged me,” Bastai says. “As a result, I am now LINCOLN THEATRE: Photographs By Ed- 3 Of memory and art re-evaluating this project and how best to pro- die McHugh focusing on “extraordinary” in DO IT ceed in a positive, balanced way. the “ordinary” can be seen through Febru- ary at the gallery at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln “I want to emphasize that the overall theme of Theatre, 712 S. First St. For more info: lin- MEMORIES CAN be tricky things, but the image I have of the work is the relationship between the human colntheatre.org. 07

1999’s pipeline explosion at Whatcom Creek is indelibly imprinted in community and nature, the creek’s destruction MONA: See “Joseph Goldberg: A Retrospec- .02. 01 the depths my cerebral cortex. I believe it will be there forever. and the recovery of its natural habitat. However tive” through Jan. 6 at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. For more info: I was on Lummi Island, doing some yard work at my family’s it is inevitable that this project brings focus to .3 (360) 466-4446 or museumofnwart.org. 01 cabin, when I happened to look toward Bellingham that warm June the damage at the creek to the Bellingham com- SKAGIT MUSEUM: “Toys in the Attic” shows # afternoon. What I saw took my breath away: what looked like a munity. I want to stress that an equally impor- through Jan. 6 at La Conner’s Skagit County nuclear mushroom cloud was steadily growing toward the sky. It tant part of this project is the positive impacts Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St. Entry would be hours before I learned what had happened: a pipeline of regeneration that sprung from Nature and the is free until the end of the exhibit. For more had broken and leaked oil into Whatcom Creek. Two young boys restoration efforts of the community.” info: (360) 466-3365. WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Love, Murder, Magic,” playing nearby had accidentally ignited a fi restorm. If you’ve been to Whatcom Creek recent- “Let Children Be Children,” “The Bellingham My memory is one of more than 10,000 multimedia artist Betty ly, you know it’s hard to distinguish exactly YWCA: 100 Years of Challenge and Change,” Bastai hopes to collect as part of her interactive “Whatcom Creek where the fi res burned that day. Ferns have and “Photography Biennial: Nine to Watch CASCADIA WEEKLY. from the Pacifi c Northwest” are currently on Scrolls” project (which is partially funded by Artist Trust). reestablished themselves and fi sh have re- 17 In anticipation of the 10th anniversary of the event that took turned to the waters. Life teems anew, and display at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Pros- pect St. For more info: 676-6981 or whatcom three young lives and forever changed the emotional and literal with it, fresh memories are made. Share museum.org. landscape of this community, Bastai has set up polling stations them, but never forget the past. Rumor Has It 31 31 IT’S THAT TIME of year, now that we’re safely

FOOD FOOD on the other side of 2007 and into 2008,

when we look back, take stock and do a gen- 25 25 eral summing up of the year just past. It music cannot be denied that 2007 was, well, a so- PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT bering year for many of the downtown core’s bars and music venues. CLASSIFIEDS Probably the most impactful event in the music community was the closure of Chirib- 22 22 in’s, not only because it signaled the loss

FILM of an especially precious venue that wel- comed the louder, harder, more rockin’ seg-

ments of the music scene, but also because 18 18 18 18 showPREVIEW it brought to harsh, glaring light the fact that, to certain powers that be, the future MUSIC MUSIC of the downtown musical landscape bears lessly, often within the same song. little or no resemblance to its past.

17 “My inﬂ uences have always been the Indeed, bars and venues that had little same,” Lackie says, referring to his love in common with each ART of country, the Delta blues and Reed, other beyond being

among others. “It feels to me that those places where music is

16 things have just blended ﬁ nally. Now, I played, reported with feel more comfortable just ‘doing’ rather increasing frequency than thinking of what I should sound interactions with vari- ON STAGE like.” ous enforcement agen-

The Crying Shame began in 2001 when cies that ranged from 15 Lackie’s and celloist Dylan Rieck’s previ- strained politeness to ous band, Colville Melody, disintegrated, borderline harassment and the pair managed to score an open- on the part of those GET OUT ing gig with Gerald Collier at the 3B Tav- entrusted to protect

BY CAREY ROSS and serve. As it stands 14 now, the future of Bellingham’s unabashedly “NOW, I FEEL MORE loud musical legacy stands in doubt. How- WORDS Photo by Chris Fuller COMFORTABLE JUST ever, with a heightened awareness in the

overall community of the issues, combined 8 ‘DOING’ RATHER with a mobilized effort in the music scene BY LANE KOIVU THAN THINKING OF and a (hopefully) open-minded new mayor in ofﬁ ce, 2008 may just be a better year. CURRENTS WHAT I SHOULD SOUND After all, owning a music venue should be a job, not an act of courage.

6 The Crying Shame LIKE.” Despite the obstacles, 2007 was still —Arlen Lackie a pretty damn good year for music in

VIEWS This band sounds nothing like Lou Reed Bellingham. I’ve lived here long enough to watch the ebb and ﬂ ow of bands and

4 “THIS GUY was making music that ern. Being a huge fan of Collier’s, Lackie musicians, and I have to say some great sounded like it was from another planet. It was was surprised to learn the feeling was local bands are churning out music of

MAIL poetry, it was rock ‘n’ roll...that album really mutual. “I think that was one of those unprecedented quality right now. While shook me up.” Arlen Lackie is talking about Lou things that gave us the conﬁ dence to go a whole slew of new bands—many with

3 Reed and his album New York , and there is noth- out on our own and take things more se- lighter, poppier sensibilities—cropped ing surprising about what he’s saying. What’s riously.” up this year, many of the familiar bands DO IT surprising is that the Crying Shame frontman Getting serious meant getting a kick- stuck around, making for a robust com- is saying it, because the Crying Shame sound ass band together, and before long the munity of musicians and bands, old and 07 absolutely nothing like Lou Reed. LISTEN duo had built itself into a six-piece coun- new. And, probably owing at least a little .02. I’m confused, but I think that’s the point: Ar- WHO: The Crying try machine. Rieck eventually left the to advances in and accessibility to tech- 01 len Lackie likes Lou Reed because no one can Shame band to pursue a master’s degree in mu- nology, solid album after solid album was WHEN: 9:30pm, .3 ever sound like Lou Reed. He also likes being sic at the University of Texas (although churned out by band after band, a trend I

01 Sat. Jan. 5 # in the Crying Shame, because the Crying Shame he will be back in town for this show), hope continues in 2008. WHERE: Green don’t sound like anyone else. Frog Café Acoustic but the band soldiered on. As I don’t have a crystal ball, I have no idea “When you get with a group of people you Tavern, 902 N. “We’re our own motivators,” Lackie says. what 2008 holds, but in my perfect world, trust and have the same sort of idea of what State St. #104 “There’s always another song, there’s al- the mayor and city council will deﬁ ne a a song should sound like, it’s just—BAM,” he MORE INFO: ways another piece of music that keeps downtown noise corridor that protects mu- says. “The songs I like the best, they’re all over myspace.com/ us going.” They’ve just ﬁ nished recording sic venues from subjective and unnecessary acoutstictavern the place.” their new album, which Lackie describes noise complaints, local law enforcement will

CASCADIA WEEKLY. WHEN: Brunch, Anyone who’s heard the Crying Shame knows, as “less bummed-out” and “more lively” concentrate their efforts on the bars that Sun. Jan. 6 18 stylistically, they’re all over the place. Self-de- WHERE: Cap than their previous recordings, which make trouble rather than make music, and scribed as “gothic/orchestral/folk/Americana,” Hansen’s, 209 E. makes sense, because this band sounds someone will open another venue where they fall in and out of these categories seam- Chestnut St. nothing like Lou Reed. people aren’t afraid of a little volume. See below for venue

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15 The good, the bad and the ugly GET OUT

WITH EACH passing year, multiplexes across the 14 nation seem to be increasingly saturated with mindless, gutless, heartless drivel. If it’s not a remake, it’s a rehash WORDS of the same tired stories Hollywood has been recycling GRINDHOUSE

for decades. At this point, it’s not about independent or 8 major studios (as differences between the two continue to recede), it’s about wading through the vast ocean of 02 BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD: The 04 EASTERN PROMISES: When David Cronenberg and muck to fi nd those few fi lms that challenge us, keep us Achievement in Directing Oscar that has eluded Viggo Mortensen last teamed up, Mortensen was por- CURRENTS coming back for more, and remind us what an inspiring 83-year-old Sidney Lumet ought to be in the bag for traying the confl icted “recovering” assassin at the medium fi lmmaking can be. Here is a salute to 10 fi lms his work helming this excruciating portrait of family heart of Cronenberg’s critically acclaimed A History

6 that raised the bar this year, and fi ve fi lms so heinous, dysfunction. Lumet follows down-on-their-luck broth- of Violence. Here, Mortensen is Nikolai Luzhin, a man they transcended taste or quality. ers Andy (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Hank (Ethan stuck on the ground fl oor of the Russian Mafi a. While VIEWS Hawke) through the fallout from their botched robbery still confl icted, Luzhin is no hero, though he’s as The Good of a mom-and-pop jewelry store. The catch: the mom close as it comes in Cronenberg’s increasingly dark- 4 and pop in question actually are Andy’s and Hank’s ening view of humanity. It is this perception—that 01 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN: Talk about raising the mom and pop. For Lumet, that dysfunction is just the good may simply be a lesser evil—that drives East-

MAIL bar. The Coen brothers turned in a fi lm so stunning, so tip of the iceberg, as Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead ern Promises, and that drove Cronenberg to deliver well-paced, so brilliantly acted and directed, they may winds its way through a psychological minefi eld— his second consecutive powerhouse fi lm. At some

3 spend the rest of their fi lmmaking careers trying to Freud would’ve had a fi eld day with these characters. point, one has to assume Cronenberg will return to measure up to it. And really, who could blame them if Lumet’s direction is crisp, clean and sharp. Nothing the borderline absurdist social commentary that was DO IT they fell short? Working from their own script (based fancy, just spot-on camera work and an attention to the hallmark of his early work, but until then, he’s a on Cormac McCarthy’s novel) the Coens coax a perfor- detail that is unsurpassed. It’s the same, nearly fl aw- must-see fi lmmaker.

07 mance for the ages from Javier Bardem, as Anton Chig- less, craftsmanship Lumet has delivered for 50 years.

.02. urh, the ﬁ lm’s heart and soul—inasmuch as a seemingly 05 3:10 to Yuma: One of two brilliant Westerns churned 01 heartless, soulless murderer can be any ﬁ lm’s “heart and 03 ZODIAC: The words “sprawling” and “challenging” out this year (the other being the slightly less-brilliant

.3 soul.” Chigurh belongs in the conversation with Han- have been used by numerous critics to describe Da- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert 01

# nibal Lecter and Jack Torrance as the most memorable vid Fincher’s obsessive-compulsive rumination on the Ford), James Mangold’s fi lm is a stark, moving exami- screen villain in recent memory. Bardem’s performance is fear, panic and morbid fascination that gripped the nation of the nature of bravery and cowardice—with so chilling, so riveting, one almost forgets he donned a country—especially the Bay Area—in the wake of the much gunplay. Russell Crowe and Christian Bale are on hairstyle so ridiculous Moe Howard would have balked at Zodiac murders. These words are used primarily be- hand, delivering their typical stalwart performances, it. Bardem and his mane aren’t alone, though. The Coens cause, at nearly three hours in length, Fincher’s fi lm but the real revelation here is Ben Foster as Crowe’s benefi t from several fi ne performances, including stellar will try the patience of those in search of a brisk, tidy wild-eyed, psychotic sidekick. If Foster isn’t careful, work from Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin. The perfor- thriller. However, for those who can appreciate Finch- he’s going to wind up spending the next fi ve years of CASCADIA WEEKLY. mances, however, take a backseat to the Coens’ mastery er’s attention to detail, or Robert Downey Jr.’s manic his career typecast as a homicidal lunatic. Then again,

20 of cinematography, pacing and bloodthirsty wit. Put portrayal of journalist Paul Avery, the ﬁ lm isn’t nearly considering how well he plays one, that may not be simply, No Country for Old Men is the closest thing to a long enough. Here’s hoping Fincher’s got a director’s such a bad thing. perfect ﬁ lm that I’ve seen in a long, long time. cut stowed away, awaiting DVD release. YEAR IN FILM, ON PAGE 22

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15 I’M NOT THERE: Todd Haynes’ peek into NO COUNTRY 09 FOR OLD MEN the many lives and personalities of Bob Dylan has been hailed as “experimental” GET OUT and “innovative” ﬁ lmmaking. I suppose, 06 GRINDHOUSE: Yes, it’s incredibly long given the current dearth of creativity in 14 (that is, if you count Quentin Tarantino Hollywood, that’s probably a fair enough and Robert Rodriguez’s separate offer- description. However, anyone who’s ever WORDS ings as one ﬁ lm). Yes, the violence and seen D.A. Pennebaker’s Don’t Look Back ,

gore are gratuitous. No, it’s not a clinic in Martin Scorsese’s No Direction Home or 8 subtlety or restraint. Then again, if you Larry Charles’ Masked and Anonymous were looking for subtlety and restraint won’t ﬁ nd much new insight in I’m Not in Tarantino’s and Rodriguez’s homage to There . That doesn’t stop the ﬁ lm from be- CURRENTS the gore-and-girls B-movies they gorged ing an engrossing, invigorating glimpse themselves on as teens, you missed the into the life of one of the most important

6 point—which is that sometimes, cinema cultural ﬁ gures of the last century. Chris- is just good, old-fashioned, gory fun. tian Bale, Ben Whishaw, Heath Ledger, VIEWS And in that department, Grindhouse de- and assorted others play Dylan at differ- livers in spades. ent stages of his life, and they all hold

4 their own with the material, but they’re 07 GONE BABY GONE: If nothing else, blown clean out of the water the moment

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3 Afﬂ eck’s behind the camera. Who could al Dylan of the mid-’60s. Blanchett’s per- have guessed Afﬂ eck would have such a formance has been hailed by Peter Travers DO IT deft directorial touch, or that he would as “one for the time capsule”—and that’s coax one of the year’s best performanc- not hyperbole. Blanchett’s performance

07 es out of Amy Ryan as Helen McCready, is the pistol-shot snare drum that kicks

.02. the drug-addicted mother whose search off “Like a Rolling Stone:” everything 01 for her abducted daughter drives Af- else that came before seems dull and list-

.3 ﬂ eck’s adaptation of a novel by Dennis less in comparison, and everything that 01

# Lehane. A native Bostonian, Affl eck, comes after falls short of reaching that who penned the script along with Aaron pinnacle. Luckily, Haynes fi lm—like Dy- Stockard and Lehane, captures the vol- lan’s career—is fi lled with enough peaks atile essence of the Dorchester neigh- that even the valleys manage to satisfy. borhoods his fi lm’s characters inhabit, without forcing clumsy stereotypes or 10 JOE STRUMMER: THE FUTURE IS UN- caricatures upon them. Affl eck has yet WRITTEN: Michael Moore did his soapbox CASCADIA WEEKLY. to fully deliver on the promise he and thing again this year, with slightly less

22 partner Matt Damon showed with Good fanfare but the requisite amount of criti- Will Hunting, but Gone Baby Gone is a cal adulation. While Moore’s SiCKO was substantial step in the right direction. YEAR IN FILM, ON PAGE 24 Sustainable Connections’ 6th annual 31 31

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15 YEAR IN FILM, same message simultaneously. FROM PAGE 22 REIGN OVER ME: Hey, it’s Sandler again! GET OUT certainly worthy of praise, the year’s This time, he portrays a man who has

best documentary comes from Julien retreated into himself in the wake of 14 Temple, who previously helmed the ac- 9/11. Director Mike Binder wants us to claimed Sex Pistols documentary, The understand the isolation, fear and con- WORDS Filth and the Fury. Reverence for Strum- fusion experienced by his characters,

mer—whether it be for his contribu- which would all be ﬁ ne if his chief vi- 8 tions as frontman of the Clash, or the sual metaphor wasn’t Sandler riding a solo career he carved out for himself scooter through empty New York City after his departure from the band—is streets. You read that correctly: com- CURRENTS widespread, with musical luminaries pletely empty streets . Several of them. from Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, In New York City. At all hours of the

6 and Bono to the likes of Steve Buscemi day. When the driving symbol of your and Jim Jarmusch singing his praises, fi lm is a situation that is completely VIEWS and rightfully so. Strummer’s career fl ew INTO THE and utterly implausible, and that fi lm in the face of music industry “rules,” WILD doesn’t somehow involve talking ani-

4 and with the Clash, he laid the sonic mals or witchcraft, you probably don’t groundwork for countless young bands, need to worry about getting that ac-

MAIL all of which fell well short of making cial commentary to folks who can take ceptance speech ready. the kind of impact Strummer and his things a bit further than “gays love

3 mates did. Temple’s ﬁ lm is a beautiful Streisand and interior decoration, real NORBIT: Remember when Dreamgirls and inspiring tribute to Strummer’s life, men love sports and meat.” had everyone buzzing about Eddie DO IT death and lasting impact. Murphy’s big comeback? It’s prob- INTO THE WILD: Critics hailed Sean ably safe to table that discussion for

07 Penn and Emile Hirsch for their work a while. Murphy’s laid some eggs in

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4 be averse to using canned foods, thinking, “only fresh for men Thomas Kensett and Ezra After a blustery walk along crushed tomatoes and tomato paste to my family.” The reality is canned foods are fast and easy, Daggett set up a small plant the spit, this chili is perfect to the pot. Stir gently, until the tomato

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07 colas François Appert responded to a call by Napoleon spit at Semiahmoo in 1881, and day—especially if you don’t thick. Serves 4 to 6.

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