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IRISH IMMERSION Music from the Emerald Isle P.16 VISUAL A brief overview of this First Friday Art Walk: 6-9pm, downtown Anacortes 26 Art Walk: 6-10pm, downtown Bellingham

FOOD week’s happenings THISWEEK SATURDAY [03.02.19] ONSTAGE

24 The Little Mermaid: 2pm and 7pm, Bellingham High School Fiddler on the Roof: 2pm and 7pm, Burlington-

B-BOARD Edison High School Ben Franklin LIVE: 6:30pm, SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention

20 The Addams Family: 7pm, Ferndale High School Tarnation: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre

FILM In advance of Antigone ’19: 7:30pm, Heiner Theater, WCC Richard III: 7:30pm, Phillip Taro Theater, Mount International Vernon 16 Women’s Day, LOL-apalooza: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre MUSIC Shifting Gears MUSIC Gail Pettis: 7pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts

15 will team up with The McHughs Album Release: 8pm, Firehouse Arts and Events Center ART local partners for International Guitar Night: 8pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon

14 indoor and outdoor COMMUNITY The Triple Nickel: 2pm, Ferndale Library STAGE climbs, hikes, bike rides, walks, GET OUT

13 Bike Swap: 7am-8pm, Boundary Bay Brewery runs and more Winter Festival: 9am-6pm, Christianson’s Nursery, Mount Vernon

GET OUT March 3-8 as part Home and Garden Show: 10am-8pm, NW Washing- of Wild Womxn ton Fairgrounds, Lynden

12 FOOD Week. Seed Swap: 10am-2pm, Van Zandt Community Hall

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WEDNESDAY [02.27.19] VISUAL Washington State Clay Extravaganza: 10am-4pm, Depot Market Square CURRENTS COMMUNITY New Exhibit Opening: 5-7pm, Smith & Vallee Gal-

6 Poet Laureate Fighting a Wildfire: 6:45pm, Sumas Library lery, Edison Claudia Castro Luna FILM VIEWS SUNDAY [03.03.19] Human Rights Film Festival: Through March 2, joins a Speakeasy throughout Bellingham and Whatcom County 4 reading ONSTAGE 23 Depot Comedy Club: 7pm, Aslan Depot MAIL THURSDAY [02.28.19] focusing on “Poetry MUSIC

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2 & Democracy” Whatcom Symphony: 3pm, Mount Baker Theatre Kinky Boots: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre Daymark: 7pm, Littlefield Celtic Center, Mount Vernon

DO IT The Addams Family: 7pm, Ferndale High School Sat., March 2 at DO IT Fiddler on the Roof: 7pm, Burlington-Edison High the Mount Baker COMMUNITY School History Tour: 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum’s Old Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre Theatre. City Hall Antigone ’19: 7:30pm, Heiner Theater, WCC 02.27.19 The Project: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre GET OUT Wild Womxn Week: Through March 8, throughout .14 DANCE Bellingham 09

# Folk Dance: 7-9:30pm, Fairhaven Library Fiddler on the Roof: 7pm, Burlington-Edison High Socks in the Frying Pan: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Winter Festival: 9am-6pm, Christianson’s Nursery, School Mount Vernon Mount Vernon MUSIC Antigone ’19: 7:30pm, Heiner Theater, WCC Padden Mudfest: 10am, Lake Padden MVHS Jazz Night: 7pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon Tarnation: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre WORDS Home and Garden Show: 11am-5pm, NW Washing- Vadinska and Wilder: 7pm, Firehouse PAC Richard III: 7:30pm, Phillip Taro Theater, Mount John Hoyte: 10:30am, Blaine Library ton Fairgrounds, Lynden Mike Marker: 7:30pm, Chuckanut Center Vernon Phoebe Wahl: 2pm, Lynden Library Serial Killers Finale: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Sylvia Speakeasy 23: 6:03pm, Mount Baker Theatre MONDAY [03.04.19] COMMUNITY Center for the Arts CASCADIA WEEKLY Skookum Creek Celebration: 5pm, Boundary Bay LOL-apalooza: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront COMMUNITY ONSTAGE Theatre Imagine: 5-7:30pm, SPARK Museum Guffawingham: 9pm, Firefly Lounge 2 FRIDAY [03.01.19] MUSIC GET OUT TUESDAY [03.05.19} ONSTAGE Shantala: 7pm, Center for Spiritual Living Wild Things: 9:30-11am, Whatcom Falls Park The Little Mermaid: 7pm, Bellingham High School Lunasa: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre Home and Garden Show: 11am-8pm, NW Washing- GET OUT The Addams Family: 7pm, Ferndale High School Reid Jamieson: 7:30pm, Firehouse PAC ton Fairgrounds, Lynden Gear Swap: 6-9pm, YMCA IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK!

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6 16: Irish immersion Distribution 18: Clubs Distribution Manager: THE FITNESS OF THE DECISION regular basis—or walk through whatever weather VIEWS Erik Burge I am a member of the Whatcom Family YMCA. from downtown for about 20 to 30 minutes to get 20: Film Shorts  distribution@ 4 4 cascadiaweekly.com I am disabled and low income and live in the there (and another 20 to 30 minutes back). Bi- Whatcom: Erik Burge, downtown Bellingham area. cyclists are out of luck. And even if you do have MAIL MAIL Rear End Stephanie Simms In the early part of this decade I weighed nearly a car, Lakeway Drive is already choked with traf-

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DO IT 23: Advice Goddess a scholarship and a trainer) over the last seven And is the parking at Arne Hanna any better than Letters years, I’ve been able to lose 170 pounds and have downtown? 24: Comix, Spotlight SEND LETTERS TO LETTERS@ CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM been able to maintain that loss over these last I’ve found a community here at the YMCA. So 25: Slowpoke, Sudoku three years. My diabetes is now in remission and have many others. 02.27.19 26: After the fire my professionally proven health is excellent. Let’s not have this branch of the YMCA fall THE GRISTLE, P.06 + CLAY EXTRAVAGANZA, P.15 + FREE WILL ASTROLOGY, P.22

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# THE FIRE Hohl Feed and Seed P.26 Bellingham to Arne Hanna, my heart sank and I Bellingham make any rash decisions until after DEPOT ©2019 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by COMEDY felt deeply depressed and despairing. the 2020 election when we get a new mayor.) Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly CLUB Barrels of fun P.14 PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 Many people in downtown Bellingham depend There are no bad guys in this. Just differing TRANS MOUNTAIN Pipeline expansion [email protected] back in play P.08 on easy access to this facility whether for exer- opinions on what can serve the community best. Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia IRISH IMMERSION Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing Music from the Emerald Isle cise, community connections, childcare, or the I want to speak for those who may not ordinarily P.16 papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material homeless who are simply in need of a shower. get heard in this situation. COVER: Photo of Caitlin CASCADIA WEEKLY to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you So many of us here have no car and our re- If you care about this issue, give the YMCA include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- Weierhauser by Gabriel ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday Michael Photography sources are limited. and the City of Bellingham a call. Make your 4 the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. This would be a hardship for those for poor, voice heard. senior, and disabled people in downtown who —Patrick Dodds, Bellingham don’t have vehicles. They’re either going to have to pony up for a monthly bus pass (on a fixed THE STATE OF CHURCH-AND-STATE income, most likely) just to use the facility on a Let me see if I understand this. President NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre Trump is hellbent on overturning Roe The VA is a type of government-run v. Wade and once again relegating poor health care. The doctors, nurses and women to dangerous, back-alley abor- staff are government employees and tions. (Wealthy women have always had get their paychecks from the U.S. gov-

access, traveling abroad if necessary, to ernment. Under single-payer, you get a 26 safe medical procedures.) And the Catho- health-care card and you go to any doc- lic Church steadfastly maintains its ob- tor in the United States. Hospitals re- FOOD sessive opposition to abortion and con- main privately held. traception. 2) Single-payer will lead to rationing: 24 At the same time, President Trump con- Private insurance companies, ever in tinues his heartless border policies that search of larger profit margins, ration have torn untold thousands of infants, care now. If you don’t have insurance, B-BOARD toddlers and other young children from you don’t get care, except in emergency

the arms of their mothers and fathers. rooms, where the cost is the highest. 20 His federal government fails even to That’s nearly 30 million of us. Single- maintain adequate records necessary to payer avoids that by insuring everyone. FILM reunite those children with their parents. 3) Costs will skyrocket under single-

And the Catholic Church is racked with payer: 16 sexual scandals and cover-ups, which we Single-payer is the only form of health are only now learning extend to having care that will save the government enough MUSIC aborted the fetuses of nuns who were im- to cover the costs of insuring everyone. pregnated by priests. $500 billion is what the private companies 15

The hypocrisy and utter absence of take down per year in profit and admin- ART shame—not to mention irony—is abso- istrative costs. Medicare has traditionally

lutely mind-boggling. run at 3-4 percent administrative costs, 14 —Tom Goetzl, Bellingham not the 15-20 percent of private insurers;

that says nothing of the profit they take. STAGE SERVE OUR KIDS BETTER 4) Drugs will be more difficult to get First the bad news: Heart disease is the and more expensive: 13 leading cause of death of men and women Many drug discoveries and trials are in the United States. Every year, one in performed at public university medical four deaths is caused by heart disease. centers, and the National Institutes of GET OUT Now, the good news: Heart disease Health, at your expense already. Under

can often be prevented when we make single-payer, we would have the buying 12 healthier choices and manage our health leverage of scale to bargain for these conditions, starting earlier in life. drugs, making them cheaper to buy. WORDS On any given day, about 42 percent of 5) Single-payer will cover less than the kids ages 2 to 9 eat fast food. More than insurance I have now: 10 95 percent of kids’ meals at chain restau- All medically necessary care will be rants in the United States do not meet funded through single-payer—doctor vis-

the basic nutrition standards of the U.S. its, hospital care, prescriptions, nursing CURRENTS Department of Agriculture. care, rehab, home care, eye and dental February is American Heart Month. care. Elective surgeries may still require 6 Now is a good time to use our col- insurance or out-of-pocket payment. VIEWS lective voices to urge fast-food-chain 6) Single-payer will cost me more: 4 CEOs to offer kids’ meals that include a If you now pay around $7,000-$8,000 4 healthy beverage, a fruit or veggie, lean per year to insure your family, with a MAIL protein, whole grains, have less than $4,000 deductible, the taxes you pay MAIL

600 calories, are low in salt, sugar and to support single-payer will be nowhere 2 saturated fat. Already, these options are near that. You will save money. No more

popping up on kids’ menus at many res- bills. No more deductibles. No more co- DO IT taurants, but the fast-food chains need pays. No more bankruptcies. Destination Motherhood. a push from parents and healthcare pro- Check out www.citizen.org for more in- YOU LEAD THE WAY. fessionals to lead by example. formation. 02.27.19 Toolkits to take action and learn more —Gary Meader, Everson Motherhood doesn’t follow a set route, and neither should your are available at healthfinder.gov—it’s prenatal care. At PeaceHealth, you will find the most comprehensive .14 easy for you to take a small step to make a OBSERVATION AND ADVICE 09 difference. The toolkits provide resources I must say that you are a product of the prenatal expertise and support in the region to make the most of # for schools, health care providers, health leftists—not democrats—that are infil- your journey. So, show us the way to your ultimate destination – departments and more to raise awareness trating our society. Your need to study a healthy, happy mom and baby. about critical public health issues, like the writings of our founding fathers. heart health. —Kenneth Frank, Mount Vernon Let’s serve our kids better. OB/GYNs (board-certified) n Certified Nurse Midwives —Micki Jackson, Bellingham Lactation Consultants n CASCADIA WEEKLY SEND YOUR LETTERS 5 MYTHBUSTING Make them 300 Clearing up some myths and lies about words or fewer. peacehealth.org/lead-the-way single-payer health care: Send to letters@ 1) Single-payer is government-run cascadiaweekly.com health care: THE GRISTLE THE BIG SHORT: In a quiet meeting last week, ground-

26 work was laid for the biggest swindle and public asset heist in state history. FOOD The Bellingham Planning Commission considered a series of amendments to the Waterfront District Sub- views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE area Plan that will realign the street grid and remove 24 building height and setback requirements for a wall of condos. Clandestinely, the changes also switch out B-BOARD planned view corridors in exchange for a rather fan- ciful view imagined from the roof of a massive (but BY ROBERT REICH

20 nonexistent) parking garage that will almost certainly have to be constructed with public subsidy.

FILM The amendments are sought by Harcourt Develop- ments LLC, the under-performing master developer, as Bernie is Back 16 tee-up to a land sale that could flip our consolidated public waterfront into the hands of a private developer. A STRENGTHENING GENERATION FOLLOWS HIS LEAD

MUSIC Scarcely 35 citizens attended the meeting and only a handful spoke, as public enthusiasm for the IT’S EASY to forget the con- economic power. In a recent re-

15 waterfront fades from memory. Fortunately, the Plan- descension and amusement that search paper, one of my colleagues

ART ning Commission asked cogent questions about the greeted him when Bernie Sanders at Berkeley, Gabriel Zucman, found plan amendments and understood how substantially announced his first campaign for that the richest 1 percent of Ameri-

14 they veer from what was approved following years of president, on May 26, 2015. cans now owns 40 percent of the lengthy public process. How, it was asked, could a rum- nation’s wealth. That’s up from 25

STAGE The city’s meeting notice reads, “Amendments in- pled, 73-year-old, self-described to 30 percent in the 1980s. clude new alignment of roads, parks and view corridors Democratic Socialist—a junior sen- The only advanced country Zuc- and other text revisions to reflect changes that have ator from tiny Vermont, who was man found with similarly high lev- 13 occurred since the plan was adopted in 2013.” This is born in Brooklyn, Jewish, hadn’t cess at mobilizing and energizing els of wealth concentration is Rus- the city admitting deviations from that plan have al- even been a Democrat for most of Democrats in the 2016 primaries, a sia, whose oligarchy is notorious.

GET OUT ready occurred, which calls into question the very pur- his political career, and eschewed slew of other presidential hopefuls America has had an oligarchy once pose of the plan and its covenants and assurances. money from super PACs—possibly are approaching the 2020 primary before—in the first Gilded Age,

12 Let’s review: triumph against Hillary Clinton? campaign the same way—forego- which ran from the 1880s until the In 2006, the Port of Bellingham purchased the for- In the end, he didn’t. But he tri- ing big money, talking up the im- first decades of the 20th century. mer pulp mill site from Georgia-Pacific for $10 and umphed in other ways. portance of reviving democracy, Teddy Roosevelt called those oli- WORDS agreed to remediate the contaminated property and Bernie won a surprising 46 per- using social media, and advancing garchs the “malefactors of great adjacent waterway at public cost. Georgia-Pacific Cor- cent of the pledged delegates to the ideas that would once have been wealth,” and fought them by break- 10 poration essentially skipped free of cleanup costs. Democratic National Convention. considered too radical. ing up their monopolies and institut- Together, the Port and City of Bellingham have spent His primary campaign whipped up a The conventional view is Bernie ing a progressive federal income tax.

CURRENTS well over $60 million to clean the site, cut in roads and storm of enthusiasm among young helped move the Democratic Party His fifth cousin, Franklin D. Roo- parks, and plan the area for future redevelopment. people and grassroots activists. He to the “left.” sevelt, reduced their power further 6 6 In 2015, the port executed a master development garnered over a million individual Wrong. Even before his primary by strictly regulating Wall Street agreement with Harcourt that included a completion donations, including $20 million in campaign, American politics was and encouraging the growth of la- VIEWS VIEWS schedule for a series of projects, including the Grana- January 2016 alone, with an aver- moving away from the old right-left bor unions.

4 ry and an additional building—the latter underway by age individual donation of $27. spectrum that had distinguished “Government by organized money 2019. That schedule imagines that up to a half a mil- Most importantly, he showed Dem- “small-government” conservatives is just as dangerous as Government MAIL lion square feet of new construction will be erected ocrats they could run successfully from “big-government” liberals. by organized mob,” F.D.R. thun-

2 a mere ten years hence. Unlikely! The master devel- on policies like Medicare for all, free Bernie helped reveal a new and dered in 1936. “Never before in all opment agreement also provides terms under which public higher education, and higher deeper political divide in America— our history have these forces been

DO IT Harcourt may purchase the property. taxes on the wealthy—instead of between oligarchy and democracy. so united against one candidate as As the Bellingham Herald reported in 2015, “roughly the cautious “New Democrat” cen- Rather than the size of govern- they stand today. They are unani- 19 acres would be sold in parcels as projects proposed trism of Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John ment, he raised the more central mous in their hate for me—and I by Harcourt, at a price of $20 per square foot, an Kerry, and Barack Obama. question of who government is for. welcome their hatred.” 02.27.19 amount port staff say was fair based on appraisals Bernie Sanders put “progressive” The American oligarchy is real. By the end of World War II, the of the contaminated brownfield site. The value per back into the Democratic Party of According to a study published in American oligarchy had dissipat- .14

09 square foot would go up 3 percent per year.” Franklin D. Roosevelt. 2014 by Princeton Professor Martin ed—its wealth lost during the Great # The property was appraised at the time of the Now, ironically, his success four Gilens and Northwestern Professor Depression, its power countervailed agreement at $40 per square foot, or $9.7 million. years ago may impede his second Benjamin Page, although Americans by government and unions. Harcourt could obtain the property for little more candidacy. Not only is he four years enjoy many features of democratic But in recent years, the American than half of that amount. Commercial, non-water- older, Bernie is no longer the only governance, American policymak- oligarchy has returned. front property recently sold downtown for upward of progressive in town. ing has become dominated by pow- Bernie Sanders has done more $70 per square foot. Senators Elizabeth Warren and erful business organizations and than any other politician in modern

CASCADIA WEEKLY The proposed parking structure is not part of the Sharrod Brown are pushing many a small number of affluent Ameri- America to sound the alarm, and original master development agreement timetable and, of the same themes and drawing cans. The typical American has no mobilize the public to reclaim our 6 as such facilities are not famous sources of cash flow for enthusiasm from many of the same influence at all. democracy and economy. For that private business, will likely need to be “encouraged” at quarters. This is largely due to the increas- alone, we owe him our enduring public cost. No one has agreed to build it, so the public And partly because of his suc- ing concentration of wealth and gratitude. must. Else suffer the loss of another view corridor in a realigned street plan with crimped setbacks. VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY LOOKING FOR A PLACE THE GRISTLE TO CALL HOME? It is worth returning again to the

fundamental assumptions underlying 26 the master development agreement— that an outside master developer FOOD would bring considerable capital and world-class professional development 24 standards to the project. The Irish developer has produced neither the pot of gold nor the rainbow; and even their B-BOARD WE CAN HELP REACH Belfast projects have stalled. See full calendar of free community

It does not take a financial wizard to YOUR REAL ESTATE GOALS! 20 recognize that this shell company could events at whatcomreads.org acquire Bellingham waterfront property Free Home Inspection FILM at well below market value and imme- with Consultation Author visits Whatcom County diately flip it to another distant buyer March 7 & 8 16 for a considerable profit. The public, Call Jerry Swann For Details! meanwhile, which has invested millions Best 360.319.7776 MUSIC in a consolidated marine property, will

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Bellingham City Council in 2016 reject- STAGE ed Harcourt’s low bid to construct the new Whatcom Waterway park as non- Boundary Bay Brewery 13 responsive to the city’s bid procedures GIFTS FOR and state labor requirements.

Harcourt principal Pat Power put on PAPER NERDS rewards Smart Trippers GET OUT a good show at City Council this week, & PENCIL ENTHUSIASTS Walk, bike, share rides and ride the bus to earn rewards

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under considerable pressure to move 2 the property off of the port’s ledger in SIT WITH US. a land sale to a private developer. DO IT Commissioners have established a series of near-term performance standards to more closely monitor the Come and progress of their master developer— 02.27.19 project by project, acre by acre. “Supporting community .14 We stand at a moment of opportuni- 09 ty. Gone are the cries to put this land and the environment is # productively back on to the tax rolls part of our business and (no one even talks of this anymore). Gone even are the underlying assump- Smart Trips fits the bill!” tions of dense, high-end levels of de- Free Meditation Instruction —Ed Bennett and velopment and trades in service to a Monday evenings, 7:00 pm Janet Lightner, Owners, marina (it is not going to be built). CASCADIA WEEKLY Open House Meditation & Talk Boundary Bay Brewery Time for a new plan. But until then Meditation @ 7pm/ Talk @ 8pm 7 diligence is required to understand 2825 Meridian, Suite 201 • 360-483-4526 the snares and deadfalls represented Learn more. Log your trips. in these amendments. They are in meditation center WhatcomSmartTrips.org service to a master development with no master. bellingham.shambhala.org Lummi Nation is calling for a mora- torium on any and all new or increased shipping activity on the Salish Sea until a transboundary, interjurisdictional cu-

26 mulative impact assessment of shipping traffic and associated development has FOOD been conducted. currents Canada’s federal government decided NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX to purchase and nationalize the pipeline, 24 essentially guaranteeing the National En- ergy Board would approve the plan. B-BOARD Testament to that perceived national interest, Canada’s government may have

20 overpaid for the Trans Mountain pipeline The announcement is part of a reconsid- project by as much as $1 billion, Ottawa’s

FILM eration process ordered by Canada’s Feder- parliamentary budget officer estimates— al Court of Appeal, which in August 2018 and there’s a risk its value could decline

16 quashed the original permits for the proj- further if there are any other delays in the ect for failing to adequately assess the oil construction timeline.

MUSIC tanker traffic impacts on the endangered “Today’s recommendation is the direct southern resident killer whales and re- result of the Prime Minister’s Office tell-

15 quired the federal government to redo its ing the NEB and federal bureaucrats to

ART consultations with First Nations. ‘get to yes’ on this project,” aid Tzeporah Washington Gov. Jay Inslee expressed Berman, international program director at

14 disappointment with the decision and di- Stand.earth, said. ”Federal officials have rected the state’s Department of Ecology to stated on multiple occasions ‘this pipe-

STAGE submit concerns about the pipeline’s impact line will be built’—despite ongoing con- to shared international waters. sultations with First Nations. Scientific “The Canadian Energy Board’s own anal- evidence filed with the NEB clearly shows 13 ysis found that this pipeline would be that there is not enough data to ensure detrimental to the survival of the south- the safety of the marine environment—

GET OUT ern resident orcas, increase greenhouse especially the salmon and the endangered gas emissions, and worsen global climate Southern Resident Killer Whales—and

12 change,” Inslee said in a statement. “Yet that the NEB failed to address the climate they still recommended that the expansion impacts of this project. The Trans Moun- move forward. This is deeply irresponsible. tain Pipeline is not in the public interest WORDS While they may think this is in Canada’s best and will never be built.” interests, this is not in the best interests of The NEB refused Stand.earth’s mo- 10 the people of Washington or of the world. tion to consider the upstream and down- “We have a good working relationship stream climate emissions of the Trans

CURRENTS with Canada and the province of British Mountain Pipeline. In December 2018, CURRENTS 10 BY TIM JOHNSON Columbia, where we recently reiterated our the environmental interest group filed a 6 support for shifting our region to a clean motion stating that the NEB should con- energy economy,” Inslee said. “Now is the duct an assessment of the project’s full VIEWS time to protect our orcas and combat cli- climate impacts similar to the NEB’s as-

4 mate change, not invest in long-term fos- sessment on the Energy East Pipeline, In the Pipeline sil fuel infrastructure that would increase and that there is a lack of scientific un- MAIL CANADA’S ENERGY BOARD APPROVES our emissions.” derstanding about what happens during

2 Lummi Nation joined tribal leaders in a spill of diluted bitumen in a saltwater TRANS MOUNTAIN EXPANSION British Columbia to condemn the deci- marine environment—and whether a spill

DO IT sion. Tribal leaders testified to the NEB of this heavy, sinking oil could be ade- in November that increased tanker traffic quately cleaned up. STATE AND tribal leaders expressed anger and disappoint- resulting from the pipeline would have The decision whether to approve or ment about a recommendation that Canada’s Trans Mountain devastating impacts on the southern res- deny the pipeline now goes to the Cab- 02.27.19 pipeline expansion should move forward as proposed. ident killer whale population—as well as inet of Canada, which is overseen by Canada’s National Energy Board delivered its reconsideration on salmon runs, treaty rights, sacred sites, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The cab- .14

09 report to the federal government last week with an overall rec- and traditional lifeways. inet has 90 days to decide to approve or # ommendation that the Trans Mountain Expansion Project is in “The killer whales of the Salish Sea and deny the pipeline, but officials signaled the Canadian public interest and should be approved. the Indigenous Coast Salish cultures have over the weekend that the 90-day dead- The $9.3-billion pipeline expansion would twin the existing a common bond,” Lummi Chairman Jay line will likely be extended. The federal 1,150-kilometer pipeline from Edmonton to Burnaby, built in Julius said. “Our connection to the killer government’s consultation with First Na- 1953, and nearly triple capacity. Tanker traffic from the Burn- whale is personal, is relational, and goes tions is ongoing, and could last for sev- aby terminal on the Burrard Inlet is estimated to increase back countless generations. Our name for eral months.

CASCADIA WEEKLY from 60 tankers a year to more than 400. them, qwe ‘lhol mechen, means our rela- “This review process has been a disaster The NEB recommended the project be approved subject to tions below the waves.” the whole way through. If Trudeau and his 8 16 new conditions, in addition to the 156 conditions it had “Our people and the killer whales, we all federal cabinet rush their decision, they proposed in its previous recommendation. The report starts depend on salmon. We need to protect the will undoubtedly end up back at square the clock on a 90-day period for the federal government to salmon’s homeland as our own homeland,” one—fighting with First Nations in the decide whether the project should proceed. said Raynell Morris of Lummi Nation’s Sov- courts and squaring off against protesters ereignty and Treaty Protection Office. in the streets,” Berman said. MCINTYRE HALL PRESENTS SHARE YOUR LOVE OF ART & HISTORY

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MUSIC tries to impose weaker federal standards on 02.25.19 California and the dozen states—including MONDAY 15 Washington—that follow its lead. [New

ART York Times] A proposal to allow for urban communities in rural Skagit County is in front of county

14 If Gov. Jay Inslee announces a bid for pres- commissioners for a fourth time. Called fully ident, as he’s widely expected to do soon, contained communities, such developments

STAGE 02.20.19 he’ll have support from a newly formed super allow for urban-density growth in rural areas. PAC. The group, called Act Now on Climate, The request to allow for such communities WEDNESDAY was formed “to ensure that the conversa- near Burlington would allow as many as 8,500 13 An investigation team from the Bellingham Police and Fire Departments tions surrounding who should be our next people—or about 3,500 homes—to exist on believe last week’s fire at Hohl Feed and Seed was started under suspicious President also include a robust discussion 1,244 acres surrounding Avalon Golf Links. In-

GET OUT circumstances, with arson as a possible cause. After examining the scene and of how we can ensure the very survival of terest groups focused on farmland protection reviewing nearby security video, an investigative team determined the fire our planet.” That echoes repeated state- oppose the idea. [Skagit Valley Herald]

12 started on the outside of the building in the alley. Without anything to indi- ments by Inslee, who has said he’s seriously cate an accidental start to the fire, it is apparent that the fire was caused by a considering a bid for the 2020 Democratic Washington’s Attorney General will sue person, fire officials say. A security video provided by a neighboring business presidential nomination as a candidate who to challenge President Donald Trump’s pol- WORDS confirms there was a person in the area where the fire started minutes before would make fighting climate change the top icy setting up new obstacles for women 911 was notified. [COB] priority. [Seattle Times] seeking abortions, calling it a “transpar- 10 ent attack on Planned Parenthood” that With the help of about 500 donors including area families, businesses and A panel to examine how climate change would severely impair access to many types

CURRENTS organizations, Skagit Land Trust is the new owner of property known as the affects national security includes a White of medical care, especially for low-income CURRENTS 10 Samish Flower Farm. Without conservation ownership, the property could have House adviser whose views are sharply at women in rural areas. Trump’s “gag rule” per- 6 been cleared and subdivided into numerous smaller lots. The purchase of odds with the established scientific con- mits Title X providers to withhold informa- these 34.25 acres ensures the land will remain undeveloped. Skagit Land sensus that human-caused global warming tion from patients about their health care VIEWS Trust will manage the property as one of its conservation areas. [Skagit Land poses a threat to the nation’s economy. An options, bars them from referring patients

4 Trust, Skagit Valley Herald] executive order creates a 12-member Presi- for abortion care, and requires Title X clin- dential Committee on Climate Security that ics to physically separate abortion care and MAIL 02.21.19 will advise the Trump administration about referrals from their services funded by Title

2 “how a changing climate could affect the X. In Washington, 91,284 patients received THURSDAY security of the United States.” The panel care through Title X in 2017. More than half

DO IT Setting the stage to move forward with one of its most consequential cli- would include William Happer, a Princeton of these patients were at or below the feder- mate-policy rollbacks, the Trump administration scraps negotiations with physicist who has gained notoriety in the al poverty line. The Washington Department California over the president’s plan to undo fuel-efficiency standards for scientific community for his statements of Health estimates that services provid- cars and light trucks. The move makes a protracted legal battle almost cer- that carbon dioxide—the greenhouse gas ed to these patients prevented more than 02.27.19 tain. At the heart of the talks was California’s longstanding right to opt out that scientists say is trapping heat and 18,000 unintended pregnancies, resulting in of national auto emissions rules and set its own tailpipe standards. State warming the planet—is beneficial to hu- savings for the state of more than $113 mil- .14

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10 Serving Dinner Tuesday - Sunday Happy hour Tuesday - Thursday Comfort food from scratch 1055 N. State peppersisters.com On Jan. 26, Dean allegedly robbed the Baymont Inn again. Dean, dressed the index same, wielding a knife, entered the FUZZ lobby and demanded money. Staff re- 26 fused to give the money and Dean left

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SPECIAL REPORT: On Jan. 20, Dean allegedy attempted to 24 THE DIRTY DOZEN rob the Quality Inn Baron Suites. Dean, On Feb. 22, the Bellingham Police dressed in similar clothing, wielding a

Department released the results of knife, entered the lobby. The clerk re- B-BOARD an investigation that found during a fused to give any money and Dean left

23-day span in January and February with nothing. 20 2019, a dozen robberies and attempted robberies were committed within On Jan. 30, Dean allegedly robbed FILM the city limits and Bellingham Police Dancing Gypsies. Dean, dressed in sim-

by the same man. James M. Dean, 26, ilar clothing and wielding a knife, en- 16 was arrested with two accomplices on tered the store and demanded money.

Feb. 7 for robbing 2020 Solutions at Dean fled on foot with $211 in cash. MUSIC knifepoint. Dean made off with more

than $5,550 in cash from the business. On Jan. 31, Dean allegedly robbed the 15 Night-shift officers located his accom- NorthPoint CBD cannabis supplier. Dean ART plices in the getaway car later in the entered the store, wielding a knife, de- night and developed further informa- manding money. Dean fled on foot with 14 tion to assist in finding Dean and tak- $872 in cash.

ing him into custody. Detectives were STAGE able to determine many similarities On Feb. 3, Dean allegedly robbed 2020 across several robberies committed, Solutions. Dean, wearing similar cloth- 13 leading them to the conclusion Dean ing and wielding a similar knife entered 8 Rank of Bellingham among America’s most unaffordable cities For housing. To compute was the suspect in all 12 cases. the store demanding money. Dean fled the findings, realtor.com examined median monthly housing costs in 500 metros

on foot with $2,918 in cash. to pinpoint the markets where residents are spending way too much on their homes. GET OUT On Jan. 16, Dean allegedly entered the lobby of Baymont Inn wearing a On Feb. 7, Dean allegedly attempted to 12 dark-colored jacket and gray sweat- rob the Days Inn. Dean, wearing simi- $1,203 25.6 shirt underneath. He had his face lar clothing, entered the lobby, jumped WORDS covered wielded a knife. He demand- on the counter and demanded money. Median monthly housing cost in Average share of income going toward Bellingham. housing (percent). ed money and fled on foot with $349 The clerk indicated 911 had been called 10 10 in cash. and Dean fled on foot with no money.

On Jan. 18, another robbery was On Feb. 7, 2019 Dean allegedly robbed CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS attempted at the Baymont Inn, al- 2020 Solutions again. Dean, wearing legedly by the suspect in the earlier similar clothing and wielding a knife, 1,2 6 robbery, but the doors were locked. entered the store demanding money. Rank of housing affordability and homelessness in list of top community concerns, VIEWS Police said Dean was wearing the Dean fled on foot and by car with more according to a 2018 City of Bellingham Residential Survey conducted by Western Washington University. They were also the top issues when this survey was performed same clothing as during the first rob- than $5,550. Dean and his accomplices 4 bery. He fled without any money. were arrested after this robbery by pa- in 2016. trol officers. Detectives have provided MAIL

On Jan. 19, in a robbery at the Rode- probable cause to the Whatcom Coun- 26.8 3.1 2 way Inn, Dean was reportedly wear- ty Prosecutor’s Office for the other 11 Percent increase in median home prices Percent increase in median family ing similar clothing as in the previous robberies, so charges can be filed. In DO IT in Bellingham since 2012. income in Bellingham since 2012. robberies and wielding a knife. Dean addition to the robbery charges, Dean entered the lobby demanding money. was arrested on Feb. 17, 2019 for fail- The clerk refused to give money. Dean ing to register as a sex offender. He left with nothing. was served with probable cause for 146.7 02.27.19 that charge while in the Whatcom

National average of the National Association of Realtors’ Housing Affordability Index, .14

County Jail, where he is currently in- 09 On Jan. 20, the Baymont Inn was which measures whether a median-income family earns enough to qualify for a # robbed again. Dean reportedly en- carcerated pending trial. mortgage loan on a median-priced house. This number collapsed from 162.7 last year tered the lobby wielding a knife, (the lower the number, the worse the affordability), and is on track to fall again due to wearing the same clothing as during DANCING rising home prices and increasing interest rates. The median household income is now the Rodeway Inn robbery. He fled on WITHOUT A PERMIT $77,000, according to NAR. foot with $300 in cash. On Feb. 23, Bellingham Police cited three 18-year-olds for violating the city’s On Jan. 25, Dean allegedly robbed municipal code governing teen dance. 10.6 CASCADIA WEEKLY the Best Western Heritage Inn. Dean Forecasted increase (percent) in property values in the Bellingham Metropolitan 11 reportedly entered the lobby wearing On Feb. 22, campus cops responded to Statistical Area, based on housing supply and population trends—one of the most similar clothing as had been report- a report of caterwauling in the audito- overheated markets on the West Coast, according to mortgage experts. Appreciation ed before. While the clerk called 911 rium at Old Main on Western Washing- rose 9.9 percent in 2018. from a back office, Dean stole the cash ton University campus. “Rehearsals in SOURCES: Western Washington University Center for Economic and Business Research; City of drawer and made off with $320 in cash. progress, no crime,” police reported. Bellingham Consolidated Plan; National Association of Realtors® doit WORDS FRI., MARCH 1 PEACE VIGIL: All people of good-

SAT., MARCH 2 will are invited to join the weekly PERSISTENCE OF LIGHT: John Peace Vigil from 4-5pm every 26 Hoyte reads from his memoir Per- Friday on the corner of Magnolia

FOOD sistence of Light at 10:30am at the Street and Cornwall Avenue (in Blaine Library, 610 3rd St. Th front of the Federal Building). words (360) 305-3637 WWW.WHATCOMPJC.ORG COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS 24 BACKYARD FAIRIES: Kids in HORSEMEN FUNDRAISER: Join grades K-5 can step into the en- Whatcom Backcountry Horse-

B-BOARD Though Bennett had a successful col- chanted world of fairies when local men of Washington for its annual author-illustrator Phoebe Wahl fundraiser and auction starting lege football career at Texas A & M, he reads from her new book, Backyard at 5:30pm at the Everson Auction

20 calls B.S. on the NCAA and the media’s Fairies, at 2pm at the Lynden Barn, 7291 Everson Goshen Rd. whitewashed portrayal of the college Library, 216 4th St. Funds raised will help buy equip-

FILM game as somehow “post-racial” because (360) 354-4883 ment and supplies to help maintain white fans cheer for majority-black trails for all users. SPEAKEASY 23: “What Is it, WWW.WHATCOM-BCH.COM

16 teams. The players make no money, he Then, Between Us?: Poetry & points out, and are just there to provide Democracy” will be the theme IMAGINE: Invest is STEM learning

MUSIC entertainment. “Brainwashing athletes of “SpeakEasy 23” readings at opportunities for local families to play in the NCAA is an essential part 6:30pm at the Encore Room at at an “Imagine” fundraiser taking the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. place from 5-7:30pm at the SPARK 15 of the NFL pipeline.” Commercial St. The free event will Museum of Electrical Invention,

ART Bennett asks some tough questions feature original poetry by regional 1312 Bay St. Tickets are $85. and presents hard data about profession- poets—including an appearance WWW.SPARKMUSEUM.ORG by Washington State Poet Laureate

14 al football, where white businessmen are “owners” and the players are…property? Claudia Castro Luna. SAT., MARCH 2 WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM TRIPLE NICKLES: As part of

STAGE He reviews recent studies of CTE (chronic Whatcom READS, attend presenta- traumatic encephalopathy) and the phys- TUES., MARCH 5 tions focused on “The Triple ical toll football takes on its players. THE HIDDEN TRUTH: Enjoy Nickles: Black Paratroopers in 13 He’s not ungrateful, however, for the performances and reflections as Washington State During World paycheck, and the opportunities his NFL migrant youth take to the stage War II” from 11am-12:30pm at

GET OUT position have brought him. Like many of to educate and inspire when the the Bellingham Public Library Mount Vernon Migrant Leaders (210 Central Ave.) and 2-3:30pm his teammates and opponents, Bennett Club hosts “The Hidden Truth: at the Ferndale Library (2125

12 has a charitable foundation. His focus Breaking the Wall” at 7pm at the Main St.). In a surprising and 12 is on underserved children, STEM pro- Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. insightful presentation, Robert gramming, and hunger issues. Bennett Entry is by donation. L. “Bob” Bartlett tells the tale WORDS WORDS REVIEWED BY CHRISTINE PERKINS has three daughters and takes the role WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG of the “555,” paratroopers who, despite being prevented from of feminist seriously. He’s also a pro- 10 MARCH 7-8 serving in Europe or realizing ponent of intersectionality as the best WHATCOM READS WITH TIM some of the same privileges and Taking a Seat hope for change. EGAN: As the culmination of the rights granted white soldiers at annual countywide book group, home, served with distinction

CURRENTS Bennett addresses the Black Lives OF FOOTBALL AND RACISM Matter movement and the importance Whatcom READS, attend “An when cross-trained to become 6 Evening with Timothy Egan” at “Smokejumpers.” of standing up for what you believe. He 7pm Thursday at the Mount Baker WWW.WHATCOMREADS.ORG THE SUPER Bowl may be over and the New England Patriots’ honors all the athletes who have used Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. VIEWS sixth championship win noted in the record books, but there’s their platform on the international Egan will also be discussing The Big BORDER CROSSING: “From Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire Mexican to Mexican American” will 4 plenty about professional football and racism in the United stage to bring attention to important States to make white people ill at ease, and who better than issues and ends with a pledge to advo- That Saved America and associated be the topic of discussion at an

MAIL themes at 8:30am Friday at Mount 11am presentation at La Conner’s Michael Bennett to spell it out? cate at a grassroots level for progressive Baker High School, 4936 Deming Museum of Northwest Art, 121 First

2 He does just that in Things That change in America. Rd. Both events are free and open St. Author Carlos Gil will focus on Make White People Uncomfortable. With Bennett shares writing credits with to the public. the human story of immigration to WWW.WHATCOMREADS.ORG America, with all its complexity, DO IT his typical direct, take-no-prisoners Dave Zirin, sports editor for the Nation, delivery, the former Seahawk lets you who is likely responsible for organizing heartache and hope. Entry is free; please RSVP. know what’s on his mind—and it’s not Bennett’s thoughts into a cohesive nar- WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG just football. rative. He has mixed results. Just when COMMUNITY 02.27.19 Bennett begins with the Seahawks’ the prose starts to meander, however, FEB. 27-MARCH 2 TUES., MARCH 5 first preseason game of 2017, when, Bennett delivers a zinger that is clearly HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FEST: See BELLINGHAM AT HOME: Find out .14 films held at 12 venues through about membership, services, and

09 mindful of the recent violent neo-Nazi his own, and his insights are spot-on and

# March 2 throughout Bellingham volunteer opportunities offered by protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, he worth pondering. and Whatcom County as part of the Bellingham at Home at an infor- decided to sit during the playing of the He also shares his sense of humor and annual Bellingham Human Rights mational meeting from 11am-12pm national anthem. “The fact that it made people angry, uncom- some inside intel on the inspiration for his Film Festival festival. The event at the Bellingham Senior Activity fortable, and even hateful was proof that I was right to make a infamous “sack dance.” supports independent filmmakers, Center, 315 Halleck St. stand and take a seat,” he says. Whether you’re a diehard 12 or some- fosters dialogue and promotes WWW.BELLINGHAMATHOME.ORG action. Films are followed by facili- Bennett has high praise for Colin Kaepernick, “one of the one who prefers a good hike instead of tated discussion, some led by the WED., MARCH 6 CASCADIA WEEKLY best fighters for justice and equality in sports history,” as watching grown men plow into each other filmmakers themselves. See a full PLACE FOR PEACE: Attend an well has his Seahawk teammates, who chose to sit out the for sport, Bennett’s book is an accessible listing online. All screenings are open house and ribbon cutting 12 anthem on Sept. 24, 2017 as a unified symbol of their commit- and thought-provoking look at racism, free; donations to the festival and/ ceremony for Whatcom Dispute ment to work toward freedom and equality. He credits their injustice and the power of protest. or a new clean pair of socks for lo- Resolution Center’s new home, A cal homeless citizens can be made Permanent Place for Peace, start- ability to share their differing viewpoints respectfully and to at each showing. ing at 4:30pm at 206 Prospect St. be vulnerable with one another as a reason they are so suc- Christine Perkins is the Executive Director WWW.BHRFF.WEBS.COM WWW.WHATCOMDRC.ORG cessful as a team (and admirable as people). of the Whatcom County Library System. doit

WED., FEB. 27 Plant Society for a “Cryptogram FIGHTING WILDFIRES: In con- Ramble” leaving at 8:30am from

junction with Whatcom READS, Will the Fairhaven Parkway Park & Ride Morgan presents “Fighting a Wildfire: (off 32nd Street). Participants will 26 A Personal Experience,” at 6:45pm at hike Goose Rock leaving from the FOOD the Sumas Library, 451 2nd St. parking area of the south side of WWW.WHATCOMREADS.ORG the Deception Pass Bridge. Entry outside is free.

HIKING RUNNING GARDENING 24 THURS., FEB. 28 WWW.WNPSKOMA.ORG SKOOKUM CREEK CELEBRA- TION: Join Whatcom Land Trust to MARCH 2-3 B-BOARD celebrate successful completion and WINTER FESTIVAL: Beautiful correct. Sunshine on the Olympic Coast acquisition of the Skookum Creek displays, sales and a workshop Conservation Corridor from 5-7pm at and live floral arrangement with

in February? It’s like winning the lottery. 20 After a few miles slogging through the Mountain Room at Boundary Bay keynote speaker and noted hor- Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. The free ticulturist Riz Reyes will be part the mud (rain or no rain, the mud here FILM event will focus on the amazing new of “A Fascination for Hellebores,” is a constant) we climbed down the property, its conservation value, the 13th annual Winter Festival

cliff on newly constructed trail to the and how it will contribute to an happening from 9am-6pm Saturday 16 edge of the forest and emerged onto environmentally resilient future for and Sunday in Mount Vernon at Whatcom County. Entry is free and Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best the beach. The sky was a dazzling blue MUSIC and the sunshine gleamed on the roiling open to the public. Rd. Enjoy a lovely weekend discov- WWW.WHATCOMLANDTRUST.ORG ering varieties to keep your garden

sea—hallelujah! blooming through winter. 15 Heading south down the empty beach WWW.CHRISTIANSONSNURSERY.COM

PUB RUN: Join BBay Running for ART on an incoming tide, we encountered Pe- a Pub Run starting at 6pm at the troleum Creek after a mile and a half and store’s headquarters at 1431 N. State SUN., MARCH 3 14 high-stepped across it on rocks (nicely St. Tonight’s excursion follows the PADDEN MUDFEST: Join the Great- Bellingham waterfront, ending at er Bellingham Running Club (GBRC)

washing the mud from my boots). At tiny Structures Brewing Entry is free. for the 17th annual Padden Mudfest STAGE Willoughby Creek we dropped our packs WWW.BBAYRUNNING.COM starting at 10am at Lake Padden and established camp among moss-cov- Park, 4882 Samish Way. Entry is $15- 13 13 ered trees and salal gardens at the edge FRI., MARCH 1 $20; free for members. of the sand. The creek flowed across the WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and WWW.GBRC.NET adventurers can join Holly Roger of GET OUT GET OUT beach in a complicated series of furrows Wild Whatcom for a “Wild Things” MARCH 3-8 and sinuous channels, like a scale model Community Program from 9:30-11am WILD WOMXN WEEK: In the of a great river. The sun was warm and every Friday in March at Whatcom week leading up to International 12 there was not a breath of wind. Falls Park. Suggested donation is $5. Women’s Day, Shifting Gears— As twilight gathered itself over the WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG a women-led, women-directed nonprofit—will team up with local WORDS beach the sand was bronzed by the set- PINE RIDGE HIKE: Adults and partners such as REI, Recreation ting sun. The Point of Arches, a mile-long seniors can join Friends of the Forest Northwest, YMCA, and the Joyriders 10 procession of sea stacks, extended out for a Pine Ridge Loop Hike starting to offer activities to those who into the sea like a flotilla of dark ships. I at 10am at the base of the Mt. Erie identify as women as part of “Wild sat silently on a driftwood log, bathed in parking lot on Ray Auld Dr. Womxn Week.” After a week of WWW.FRIENDSOFTHEACFL.ORG getting dirty, muddy and sweaty, CURRENTS rich, golden light, savoring the stillness transform into your inner diva for 6 until darkness claimed the scene. MARCH 1-3 the inaugural “Wild Women: From Back at camp, we coaxed a reluctant HOME AND GARDEN SHOW: Attend Dirt to Indulgence” event Fri., campfire to life as the sky filled with the 40th annual Whatcom County March 8 at Boundary Bay. Tickets VIEWS Home and Garden Show from 11am- are $30.

stars, the Milky Way pouring itself into 4 8pm Friday, 10am-8pm Saturday, and WWW.LETSSHIFTGEARS.COM the dark sea. Late in the evening, a near- 11am-5pm Sunday at Lynden’s NW MAIL ly full moon rose above the waves, illumi- Washington Fairgrounds, 1775 Front TUES., MARCH 5

nating the sea in a spectral glow. St. Entry is $7-$8. AVALANCHE AWARENESS: North- 2 In the morning we explored the beach WWW.BIAWC.COM west Avalanche Center will focus on “Avalanche Awareness” at a free pre-

in the sweet, benevolent sunshine. Oys- DO IT STORY AND PHOTO BY JOHN D’ONOFRIO MARCH 1-31 sentation from 6-7:30pm at REI, 400 ter catchers gathered at the mouth of DAFFODIL FESTIVAL: The fifth an- 36th St. Please register in advance. the creek, fishing for breakfast. Eagles nual La Conner Daffodil Festival takes 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM circled patiently overhead. place March 1-31 at more than 450 I wandered out the Point of Arches on acres in and around La Conner and the GEAR SWAP: Bellingham Moun- 02.27.19 Shi-Shi or Bust Skagit Valley. Check online, or drop taineers will host a Gear Swap from the retreating tide, picking my way along

by the La Conner Visitor Information 6-9pm in the mezzanine at the .14

A MIDWINTER JOURNEY the colonnade of sea stacks until stopped Center for a daffodil bloom map. YMCA, 1256 N. State St. The event 09 # by the surf. The afternoon passed in a suc- WWW.LOVELACONNER.ORG is free and is open to anybody THE JOURNEY started, as all good journeys do, with a stack cession of small discoveries: scrimshaw of wanting to buy or sell affordable of pancakes at a backwoods cafe. sand worms; elegant reflections in small, SAT., MARCH 2 outdoor gear. The Breakwater Restaurant, on the outskirts of Clallam Bay, to still pools; glossy tangles of bull kelp; BIKE SWAP: Donate, sell, purchase, WWW.BELLINGHAM volunteer and enjoy yourself when MOUNTAINEERS.COM be precise. Friendly waitress, plentiful coffee, old-timers at the emerald green moss and tiny anemones; Shifting Gears hosts its annual Bell- counter—just what the doctor ordered. We were on our way to the hieroglyphics of weather-worn beach ingham Bike Swap from 7am-8pm at WED., MARCH 6 the Olympic Wilderness Coast for three days of backpacking and logs. Water rippled across the beach like a the Mountain Room, alley and beer GARDEN CLUB MEETING: Marty CASCADIA WEEKLY would need full bellies for energy. hundred Tibetan sand paintings as the sun garden at Boundary Bay Brewery, Wingate joins the Birchwood Garden Satiated, content and full of anticipation (and pancakes), we once again sank into the Pacific and the 1107 Railroad Ave. Entry is free. Club’s monthly meeting to present 13 WWW.LETSSHIFTGEARS.COM “The Education of a Garden Trav- drove out the last lonely road toward Hobuck Beach on the Makah sky burned orange and magenta. eler” at 7pm at Whatcom Museum’s Reservation. At the trailhead for Shi-Shi Beach, we slipped into I’ve spent many evenings here on this WNPS FIELD TRIP: Join mem- Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. our packs and headed off through the depths of the rainforest. beautiful beach and the experience never bers of the Washington Native WWW.BIRCHWOODGARDENCLUB.ORG No rain—the forecast, which promised clear skies, seemed to be fails to fill me with gratitude. doit STAGE MARCH 1-2 THE LITTLE MERMAID: Songs and

THURS., FEB. 27 swimming can be expected at show- 26 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The ings of Disney’s The Little Mermaid Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at at 7pm Friday, and 2pm and 7pm FOOD 7:30pm every Thursday at the Upfront Saturday at Bellingham High School, stage Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 9:30pm, stick 2020 Cornwall Ave. Tickets will be around for “The Project.” Entry is $8 $8-$10 at the door. 24 THEATER DANCE PROFILES for the early show, $5 for the late one. (360) 676-6575 WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM RICHARD III: Journey to 14th B-BOARD THURS., FEB. 28 century England when Skagit Valley “I work with a lot of comedians that KINKY BOOTS: Songs by Grammy College’s drama department presents and Tony-winning pop icon Cyndi showings of Shakespeare’s Richard III 20 are amazing but haven’t yet made the leap to fame, and I’m hoping I’ll be able Lauper will be part of a one-night- at 7:30pm Friday and Saturday at the only showing of the Broadway hit school’s Phillip Tarro Theater, 2501 E. FILM to bring a lot of them up to Bellingham Kinky Boots at 7pm at the Mount College Way. Tickets are $12. to showcase,” Nelson says. Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG

16 The full-time comedian will be part of St. The joyous musical celebration the inaugural lineup, which will also in- is about the friendships we discover TARNATION, LOL: The improvised

MUSIC clude sets from Los Angeles-based Port- and the belief that you can change Western known as “Tarnation” re- land native Caitlin Weierhauser, Seattle the world when you change your turns to the stage at 7:30pm Fridays mind. Tickets are $45.50-$99.50. and Saturdays through March at the 15 favorite Erin Ingle, and Chase Mayers, WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At

ART also known as the “Louisiana Slow Burn.” 9:30pm, stick around for showings “I’m excited for the opportunity to FEB. 28-MARCH 2 of the short-form games show, “LOL- THE ADDAMS FAMILY: Students apalooza.” Tickets are $10-$12. 14 14 create a unique show that I’m hoping will bring people together and connect from Ferndale High School will pres- 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM ent showings of The Addams Family STAGE STAGE them with comedians and acts that they (School Edition) at 7pm Thursday SAT., MARCH 2 otherwise may have never seen or heard through Saturday at the school’s BEN FRANKLIN LIVE: Experience of,” Nelson says. “I know Bellingham is a theater at 5830 Golden Eagle Dr. an intimate visit with the Father 13 wonderfully supportive place, and I hope Tickets to the family-friendly perfor- of Electricity when internationally we can build the show mance are $7-$10. acclaimed actor and scholar Chris- (360) 383-9240 topher Lowell presents “Ben Frank- GET OUT that I wished was there lin LIVE” at 6:30pm at the SPARK when I was in school.” FIDDLER ON THE ROOF: The Museum of Electrical Invention, students of Burlington-Edison High 1312 Bay St. Tickets are $9-$12.

12 Although he gradu- ated in 2013, Nelson’s School present showings of Fiddler WWW.SPARKMUSEUM.ORG local legacy goes back on the Roof at 7pm Thursday and WORDS Friday, and 2pm and 7pm Saturday at SUN., MARCH 3 a couple of years earlier, the school’s headquarters at 301 N. THEATREWORKS AUDITIONS: when he co-founded Burlington Blvd. Tickets are $6-$10. Bellingham TheatreWorks will host 10 WWU’s Stand-Up Com- Saturday’s matinee will be pay-what- auditions for its Fairhaven Summer ATTEND edy Klub (SUCK), which you-can. Additional showings hap- Repertory Theatre from 1-4pm in WHAT: Depot pen March 7-9. A canned food drive north Bellingham. Auditions will

CURRENTS eight years later is still Comedy Club for Skagit County Food Bank takes be held for 10 parts in Sarah Ruhl’s going strong. In Seat- place throughout the run. The Clean House, Margaret Edson’s 6 WHEN: 7pm Sun., Mar. 3 tle, he now runs a show WWW.BE.WEDNET.EDU Wit, and Tennessee Williams’ Cat WHERE: Aslan at Lowercase Brewing— on a Hot Tin Roof. Please set up an VIEWS Depot, 1322 N. which is where he first ANTIGONE ’19: View a contempo- audition time in advance. State St. rary adaptation of Sophocles’ Greek WWW.BELLINGHAM 4 realized that a local COST: $10 tragedy at performances of Antigone THEATREWORKS.ORG brewery can sometimes TRAVIS NELSON INFO: www. ’19 at 7:30pm Thursday through Satur- MAIL facebook.com/ be more laid back and day at Whatcom Community College’s

events Heiner Theatre. In the adaptation by 2 intimate than a comedy DANCE club. (That said, he still director Sean Walbeck, the play takes BY AMY KEPFERLE place at a press event coronation the DO IT recommends Comedy Underground, Laughs day after a brutal civil war devolves WED., MARCH 6 Comedy Spot, Club Comedy, and Jai Thai rapidly in costly and horrifying ways. CONTRA DANCE: Live music from as places in Seattle to see regional and Tickets will be $3 at the door. Faux Paws and calling by North visiting acts on the regular.) (360) 647-9242 Carolina’s Lauren Kreil will b part of 02.27.19 Barrels of Fun Nelson says it was easy to convince his a Bellingham Country Dance Society FRI., MARCH 1 Contra Dance happening from DEPOT COMEDY CLUB fellow comedians to head to Bellingham .14 SERIAL KILLERS FINALE: iDiOM 7-10pm at the Majestic, 1027 N. For-

09 for the Depot Comedy Club debut, since Theater’s annual “Serial Killers” con- est St. Suggested donation is $7 for # STOP ME if you’ve heard this one before: A student gradu- doing a fun show at a beautiful venue in cludes this weekend at 7:30pm and students, $10-$15 general. ates from Western Washington University, leaves for Seattle to the town where he used to live wasn’t a 9:30pm showings Friday at the Lucas WWW.BELLINGHAM pursue big-city dreams, then eventually returns to Bellingham tough sell. Hicks Theater at the Sylvia Center COUNTRYDANCE.ORG to fulfill their destiny. That’s said, he likely won’t be moving for the Arts, 205 Prospect St. The tournament of serial plays features THURS., MARCH 7 Travis Nelson is the person of interest in this familiar para- back here anytime soon—no matter how multiple teams competing for the SIDEKICKS BURLESQUE: Frisky digm, but he’s inverting the status quo by returning to the City much he might want to. audience’s mercy—and a sizable cash Fandoms presents a “Sidekicks

CASCADIA WEEKLY of Subdued Excitement only once a month, where he’ll be over- “If I wasn’t doing standup, I would prize. Teams perform a new episode Burlesque” performance at 9pm at seeing a new event at Aslan Depot—the Depot Comedy Club. probably still live in Bellingham,” Nelson each weekend, and the audience the Firefly Lounge, 1015 N. State St. 14 Kicking off on Sun., March 3, the comedic collaboration at says. “I miss it more every time I visit, “votes off” a team until the winners Redshirts, Minions, and Batman’s are crowned. Tickets are $10-$12.50. Robin will be part of the nerdy fun. the barrel room has been brewing since last fall, when Nelson but progressing professionally as a co- (Recap teams will catch you up if you Tickets are $10-$15. contacted Aslan’s owners to see if they’d be interested in having median requires a lot of networking and missed previous episodes.) WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ him bring professional-level standup comedians to town on a quality stage time that you really only WWW.SYLVIACENTERFORTHEARTS.ORG FRISKYFANDOMS regular basis. They were, and now he is. find in a bigger city. ” doit

UPCOMING WATERFRONT ARTISTS: Listen EVENTS to live music by jazzy duo Jimmy

Lindquist and Matt Pary as you

FRI., MARCH 1 peruse works in various studios at 26 ANACORTES ART WALK: The Good a Spring Exhibit happening from

Stuff Arts, Red Salon Aveda, Burton 6-9pm at the Waterfront Artists FOOD Jewelers, Pelican Bay Bookstore, Studios, 1220 Central Ave. Scott Milo Gallery, and the Majestic (360) 201-0710

visual 24 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES Inn and Spa will be among the venues taking part in the First Frida WHATCOM MUSEUM: As part of Art Walk from 6-9pm in downtown the downtown Bellingham Art Walk,

Anacortes. Per usual, entry is free check out multiple interpretations B-BOARD and open to all. on landscape art featured in “Bell- WWW.ANACORTESART.COM ingham National 2019 Juried Art

Exhibition and Awards” from 6-10pm 20 BHAM ART WALK: Aslan Brewing at Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher

Co., 3 OMS Yoga, Cafe Velo, Dakota Building, 250 Flora St. “People of FILM Art Store, Allied Arts, Fourth Corner the Sea and Cedar” will also be Frames & Gallery, Honey Salon, open. Entry is free. Waterfront Artist Studios, Make.Shift WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 16 Art Space, Honey Moon, Imagine Stu-

dio/Gallery, Max Higbee Center, Red- SAT., MARCH 2 MUSIC light, the Reverie, the Racket, Social BACK TO SCHOOL: Attend an Fabric, Third Planet, Wandering Oaks opening reception for the history 15 15 Gallery, Western City Center, Uisce exhibit “Burlington Goes Back to ART Irish Pub, and Whatcom Museum’s School” from 10am-12pm at the Bur- ART Lightcatcher Building will be among lington Visitors Information Center,

those taking part in the monthly 420 E. Fairhaven Ave. The exhibit 14 Art Walk from 6-10pm throughout can be viewed through October. downtown Bellingham. Pick up a map WWW.BURLINGTON-CHAMBER.COM STAGE at participating locales, or check the website for a full listing. MATZKE OPENING: In collabora-

WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM tion with Sculpture Northwest, 13 view new works by 15 sculptors as ALLIED ARTS: As part of Whatcom well as six Northwest painters at an

READS, view works inspired by opening reception from 4:30-9pm GET OUT Timothy Egan’s novel The Big Burn at on Camano Island at Matzke Fine an “Art Challenge” exhibit opening Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, 2345 matter at public areas for both kids and BY AMY KEPFERLE tonight from 6-9pm at Allied Arts, Blanche Way. The exhibit can be 12 adults to play with clay and try out the 1418 Cornwall Ave. The exhibit was seen—along with more than 100 pottery wheel. And, in two separate open to artists of all genres, medi- sculptures in the 10-acre park— WORDS sessions of “Clay Games,” members of ums and skill levels, and will show from 11am-5pm Fridays through Clay Play WACK will face off to see who can throw through March 30. Sundays through April 14. WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM 10 A PASSION FOR POTTERY the widest bowl, roll the longest coil, and FOURTH CORNER: As part of a MORRIS & FAULKNER OPENING: what makes her passionate about working throw the wheel while “Women Artists of the Northwest” View sculptor Ann Morris’ continuing WHEN ASKED CURRENTS with clay, potter Ann Marie Cooper has a difficult time contain- blindfolded. series, view works by the late “Crossings” series, and oil pastels ing her enthusiasm for the craft. “Clay is awesome, Katherine Eva Houlahan at an by Kathleen Faulkner at an opening 6 opening reception from 6-9pm at reception from 5-7pm at Edison’s “‘Passionate for clay’ pretty much sums me up,” Cooper says. “I it’s fun, and it’s work,” Fourth Corner Frames & Gallery, Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey VIEWS love the medium itself, its endless possibilities. I can spend an Cooper says, “and 311 W. Holly St. Known as “Happy” Ave. An Artists Talk happens from

entire day in my studio and feel like I’ve only been there for min- we hope that people by her mentor Robert Henri and 3:30-4:30pm. The works will show 4 utes, I get so engrossed in what I’m doing and don’t want to stop. ATTEND coming to the Clay Ex- his wife, her dominant themes through March. 31. were northwest landscapes, floral WWW.SMITHANDVALLEEGALLERY.COM MAIL “However, my passion for clay stems, oddly enough, from WHAT: Clay travaganza will help watercolors, and portraiture. See the people around me,” she emphasizes. “The community I’ve Extravaganza those who appreciate the exhibit through March 30. WED., MARCH 6 2 WHEN: 10am- built since becoming a potter—fellow clay folk, collectors, stu- our objects learn how WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM ART OF WAR: In honor of the 4pm Sat., Mar. 2 dents—are the real driving forces in my clay life.” much effort goes into exhibit “Washington Remembers DO IT WHERE: Depot HONEY SALON: Attend an opening WWII: Their Sacrifice. Our Free- Some of the community she’s referring to includes her peers Market Square, making them.” reception for Jess Olson’s “Chapter 1: dom,” Troy Luginbill will discuss at Whatcom Artists of Clay and Kiln (WACK), and the dozens of 1100 Railroad Ave At Good Earth Pot- Struggling with Voice, the Collective the “Art of War” at 12:30pm at COST: Entry is area artisans who show and sell their work at Good Earth Pot- tery’s WACK recep- Beginning” from 6-9pm at Honey Sa- Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, free 02.27.19 tery, the longtime studio in Fairhaven she recently became the tion Fri., March 22, lon and Gallery, 310 W. Holly St. The 121 Prospect St. INFO: sole owner of. attendees can talk new collection is made up of a combi- WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG

www.whatcom .14 nation o oil and acrylic paint, hard This month, locals will have a chance to catch up with artistsofclay to the various artists 09 and soft pastel, graphite and ink. THURS., MARCH 7 # Cooper and the rest of the WACK crew at a couple of differ- andkiln.org about their work, and WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM SPRING OPENINGS: An opening ent events. The first is an annual “Clay Extravaganza” taking quiz Cooper on what it reception for new exhibits will take place Sat., March 2 at Bellingham’s Depot Market Square, and means to her to be part of a place that MAKE.SHIFT: Works by local met- place from 5-7pm at Lynden’s Jansen the second is a featured exhibit through March at Good Earth, has such a rich history of showcasing alworkers, welders and artists can Art Center, 321 Front St. The works which will include a reception during the Fourth Friday Art ceramic artists. be seen at an opening recepton for will be on display through April 26. Walk in the historic district. “It made me who I am today,” Coo- “That’s So Metal!” from 6-10pm at WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. CASCADIA WEEKLY The first offering, Cooper says, acts as both a sales and per says. “I wasn’t a potter 10 years ago For opening night only, the space CLAY PLAY: Sign up for a a an educational event. It’s a way for people to learn about when I started working there, and now will also be hosting the Angler- “Clay Play With Fire! Raku Pottery 15 Whatcom County’s clay community via checking out the works my life revolves around ceramics, and I fish Sauna, a wood-fired sauna on Experience” with artist Jesse Ras- of more than 30 ceramic artists who will be vending, drop- am so thankful for that. This year is Good wheels (in the shape of an angler- mussen from 6-8:30pm at the new ping by informational booths hosted by local clay studios Earth Pottery’s 50th anniversary, and I fish). Music (metal, naturally) will Burnish Clay Studio, 2006 N. State also be part of the festivities. St. Entry is $50. and regional clay organizations, watching various demonstra- see it as a huge honor and responsibility WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM WWW.BURNISHCLAYSTUDIO.COM tions, and even getting their hands on some of the subject to celebrate and grow its legacy.” rumor has it

26 NOT FOR THE first time in my life, I’m sitting on the Biggest Show Announcement Ever. FOOD Usually I’m gleeful about these things as there’s nothing I like better than to lord information over people. But this time I am 24 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT dying to spill and tell everyone everything. However, it is entirely possible that by the B-BOARD time you read this, the show will have been officially announced, and my struggle will be

20 over. And in case you’re wondering whether you’ll know this show announcement when

FILM you hear it, trust me. You’ll know. Since I can’t blather about that, I’ll move

16 16 on to the next big thing, which is What’s Up! Magazine’s birthday party. MUSIC MUSIC It’s hard to believe it was just a year ago that

15 What’s Up! Editor Brent

ART Cole commandeered all of downtown for his maga-

14 zine’s 20th birthday celebration, and before the

STAGE extravaganza was over, BY CAREY ROSS more than 125 bands had played free shows at some 45 venues, and 13 we were all slightly more deaf and definitely happier for having experienced it.

GET OUT For the magazine’s 21 run, Cole has decided to tone things down just slightly. Instead

12 of cramming every band in town into a single weekend, he’s tapped a smaller number of them to play a weeklong bar crawl that runs WORDS from Mon., March 4 through Sun., March 10. LUNASA This time, it’s simple: one show a day, each 10 at a different venue, all of them free. It all kicks off Mon., March 4 at Red Rum,

CURRENTS with Stereo Donkey and Maneken Hand. The first stop on our Irish show-going odys- On Tuesday, wander into Honey Moon for 6 BY CAREY ROSS sey is Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, where creative cocktails, delicious snacks and Lunasa will make an appearance on the his- music courtesy of Wonderhouse. With VIEWS toric stage for a Fri., March 1 concert. The Wednesday comes Flais, never not living

4 band takes its name from the Celtic harvest his best life, who will perform with Apol- Irish Music festival Lughnasadh, which takes its name ogy Wars, the Collectors, and more at the MAIL from Lugh, which is not a fancy Irish way of Firefly Lounge. Cap Hansen’s will once

2 spelling “Lou,” but an Irish god. Evidently, again play host to live music on Thurs., Everywhere when he wasn’t wielding his unstoppable fiery March 7, and Earth Years and the Sheen

DO IT spear and swinging around his sword dubbed will bring more than enough volume to fill ST. PATRICK NEED NOT APPLY the “answerer” or inventing horse-racing that space and several surrounding blocks. IN A lot of places, Irish music is a sound heard only on St. Patrick’s Day. In (Irish mythology is so badass), Lugh was a Closing in on the finish line of this mara- such locales, finding Irish music played live—even on St. Patrick’s Day—is patron of the arts, as every refined Irish god thon of free entertainment, on Fri., March 02.27.19 difficult to impossible. should be. I cannot speak to Lunasa’s abili- 8, Hello I’m Sorry, Glitchlette, LipStitch, In this region, every day is St. Patrick’s Day. ties with spears and swords, but they’ve got Beautiful Freaks will bring their talents to .14

09 That’s a bit of an exaggeration, but it is true that if one wants to find enviable talents when it comes to the fiddle the Shakedown, and the party gets an ap- # oneself awash in the sweet sounds of the Emerald Isle, one need not search (i.e. champion fiddler Sean Smyth), flute (as propriate finale Sat., March 9 at the Wild too hard or travel very far. Bellingham hosts a weekly Irish night (at a place played by Kevin Crawford), pipes (Cillian Val- Buffalo with Baby Cakes, Mr. Feelgood and called Greene’s, natch) and the downtown core is overtaken once a year for lely, who, among other things, recently re- the Firm Believers, and others. the Bellingham Irish Festival—an event that has nothing whatsoever to do corded with Bruce Springsteen), bass (cour- But wait. There’s more. with a certain saint and his much-ballyhooed day. For those living slightly tesy of original Waterboy Trevor Hutchinson), Bellingham is a brunch town, so brunch farther south, Mount Vernon boasts the Celtic Arts Foundation, which is and more. That’s a whole bunch of impressive we shall on Sun., March 10 at the Cabin

CASCADIA WEEKLY both a multimillion-dollar venue as well as a nonprofit organization that musical resumes on one stage together, which Tavern. I Love You Avalanche, Sarah Good- awards thousands of dollars in scholarships and grants every year to help is likely how Lunasa came to be dubbed the in, Devin Champlin, and more will provide 16 encourage and preserve Celtic culture through the arts. “hottest Irish acoustic group on the planet.” the soundtrack for your hair-of-the-dog Even for a place on a constant quest to explore all forms of Irish music, They’re currently on a west coast tour before hangover remedies as you raise a glass to one night, show or festival at a time, the upcoming concert calendar is an journeying to parts farther east, so catch the What’s Up! birthday party as the bless- embarrassment of riches. Call it coincidence, maybe it’s the luck of the them while you can. I feel confident it’s what ing to your soul and curse to your liver and Irish—these are gifts better enjoyed than analyzed. Lugh would want. Where: 712 S. First St. Cost: eardrums that it is. IRISH, FROM PAGE 16

$20-$35 Info: www.lincolntheatre.org

When I said we’re on a constant quest 26 to explore all forms of Irish music, I meant the traditional forms and struc- FOOD tures we’re familiar with as well as the kind of music made by Vancouver’s Reid 24 Jamieson. He recently traveled to County Cork in Ireland to record his latest album, and emerged with something called Me B-BOARD Daza, which either means “most excel-

lent” or “I’m dying,” depending on who 20 you ask. Jamieson collaborated on the album with his wife and longtime musical FILM co-conspirator Carolyn Victoria Mill, and SOCKS IN THE FRYING PAN

together they crafted songs about Ire- 16 16 land’s abortion referendum, coping with MUSIC mental illness and other weighty topics. Shane and Fiachra Hayes (on accordion, of Will Woodson (flute, uilleann pipes), MUSIC The dynamic duo will play Fri., March 1 at and fiddle and banjo, respectively), they Dan Foster (fiddle), and Eric McDonald

the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, and are highly skilled, award-winning Irish (guitar, vocals). Daymark’s members hail 15 if you buy your tickets in advance, you’ll music-makers who have become note- from England, Scotland, and the United ART get a free download of Me Daza. Where: worthy as much for their nimble and States, but thanks to extensive study, 1314 Harris Ave. Cost: $20 Info: www.fire- fast-moving fingers as they have for their travel and immersion, their sound is Irish 14 houseperformingartscenter.com charismatic stage presence. They’ll bring to the core. They play the songs of Irish

I don’t know what possessed the tal- the entire lively and engaging package to dance halls of the 1920s and 1930s, of STAGE ented trio who hails from Ennis in County Mount Vernon for a Fri., March 1 show at the Northern England immigrant pubs, of Clare to name their musical project Socks McIntyre Hall. Where: 2501 E. College Way the Donegal country fiddlers, but filter 13 in the Frying Pan, but they did and now Cost: $25-$35 Info: www.mcintyrehall.org it through their own more modern mu- they’re stuck with their stranger-than- The last stop on our Irish musical tour sical sensibilities. And, of course, they most moniker. They don’t seem to mind, is the aforementioned Celtic Arts Foun- would not be Irish musicians worth their GET OUT however, as it suits their quirky offbeat dation’s Littlefield Celtic Center in weight in four-leaf clovers if they didn’t style and ever-present sense of humor. But Mount Vernon. Should you find yourself play fast, furious and with great heart. 12 don’t be fooled by guitarist Aodan Coyne’s there on Sun., March 3, you will bear Where: 1124 Cleveland Ave. Cost: $20-$25 jokes or the sibling rivalry of brothers witness to Daymark, a trio comprised Info: www.celticarts.org WORDS

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WED., FEB. 27 donation at the door is $5-$10. 8pm at the Firehouse Arts and Events Center, 1314 SCOTT AND WORST: The Jennifer Scott and Rene WWW.CHUCKANUTCENTER.ORG Harris Ave. The McHughs features Casey McHugh on CURRENTS Worst Quartet performs at a Whatcom Jazz Music violin, vocals and guitar; Morgan McHugh on piano, 6 Arts Center concert from 7-9pm at the Sylvia Center FRI., MARCH 1 vocals, guitar and saxophone; Avery McHugh on for the Arts, 205 Prospect St. The Vancouver-based SHANTALA: Call-and-response chanting, dance violin and vocals; and Tim McHugh on guitar and musicians and educators will be joined by fellow and meditation will be part of a concert with the vocals. Tickets are $9. VIEWS musicians. Entry at the door is $5-$10. husband-and-wife duo Shantala at 7pm at the Cen- WWW.FIREHOUSEPERFORMINGARTSCENTER.COM 4 WWW.WJMAC.ORG ter for Spiritual Living, 2224 Yew Street Rd. Benjy and Heather Wertheimer have been leading kirtan GUITAR NIGHT: Italian showman Luca Stricagnoli MAIL THURS., FEB. 28 (sacred chanting) worldwide since 2001. Tickets will be joined by swing guitarist Antoine Boyer

JAZZ NIGHT: Students from Mount Vernon High are $20-$22. (France), flamenco guitarist Samuelito (France), 2 School’s acclaimed jazz program will perform works WWW.AYURVEDICHEALTHCENTER.COM and fretless guitarist Cenk Erdogan (Turkey) for an by Nestico, Ellington, Miles Davis, Marvin Fisher, annual International Guitar Night performance at DO IT Count Basie, and more at a 7pm concert at the REID AND CAROLYN: Vocal powerhouse Reid 8pm in Mount Vernon at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. MVHS Mariachi will Jamieson will be joined by his longtime songwrit- First St. Tickets are $24-$39. also perform. Entry is by donation. ing partner (and wife) Carolyn Victoria Mill to share WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG songs from their new album, Me Daza, at 7:30pm at the Firehouse Arts and Events Center, 1314 Harris SUN., MARCH 3 02.27.19 VADINSKA AND WILDER: Folk and pop-Americana Ave. The original songs were recorded in Ireland WHATCOM SYMPHONY: Experience an afternoon

meets funky blues and soulful pop-R&B when Sher with producer Kieran Kenney. Tickets are $20. of humor and harmony when world-renowned .14

Vadinska and Margaret Wilder team up for a 7pm con- WWW.FIREHOUSEPERFORMINGARTSCENTER.COM cellist Colin Carr joins the Whatcom Symphony 09 # cert at the Firehouse Arts and Events Center, 1314 Orchestra for a 3pm concert at the Mount Baker Harris Ave. With acoustic rhythms, blazing keys, SAT., MARCH 2 Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Carr will begin the vocal harmonies and lyrical ingenuity, these artists FAME!: Jazz vocalist Gail Pettis will be joined by concert with one of Bach’s “Cello Suites.” Tickets will bring their years of compositional talent and the Whatcom Sound Jazz Singers for a “FAME!” are $15-$49. original music to the stage. Tickets are $10. (Female Artists Music Extravaganza) concert from WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM WWW.FIREHOUSEPERFORMINGARTSCENTER.COM 7-9:30pm at the Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St. Tickets will be available at the door or WED., MARCH 6

HOUSE CONCERT: Attend a House Concert with purchased in advance. DMITRI MATHENY GROUP: Flugelhornist Dmitri CASCADIA WEEKLY Mike Marker from 7:30-9pm at the Chuckanut WWW.SYLVIACENTERFORTHEARTS.ORG Matheny will be joined by Bill Anschell (piano), Center, 103 Chuckanut Drive N. Marker plays old Phil Sparks (bass), and Mark Ivester (drums) for a 17 time banjo, six- and 12-string guitars, arranges THE MCHUGHS: Hear personal folk-rock classics Whatcom Jazz Music Arts Center concert at 7pm songs from country blues, southern mountain and originals with a flourish of harmony and at the Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St. traditions, and has written songs on contempo- strings when the McHughs family band performs Tickets will be $5-$10 at the door. rary social and environmental themes. Suggested at an album release concert for A Day Will Come at WWW.WJMAC.ORG musicvenues 26

See below for venue FOOD addresses and phone 02.27.19 02.28.19 03.01.19 03.02.19 03.03.19 03.04.19 03.05.19 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 24 Alternative Library Cheap Sweat, Shimmertraps Poetrynight B-BOARD Anelia's Kitchen & Daddy Treetops Impressions Jazz Band Stage 20

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Karaoke Neon Mustang 16 16 Big Lake Bar and Grill MUSIC MUSIC Boundary Bay Brewery Piano Night w/Aaron Guest The Bellingham Bike Swap Piano Night w/Paul Klein 15 Brown Lantern Ale Acoustic Night w/Jim ART Open Mic Matney and the Tall Boys SUGAR RAY/ House Castenada March 1/ Silver Reef 14 Commodore Ballroom Coeur de Pirate, Hanorah Hotel Casino STAGE

Marc Samson and Friends/Mama Conway Muse Eamon Fogerty Cascadia Groove/MuseBird Cafe Dirty Skirt 13

Edison Inn The Atlantics Ron Bailey & The Tangents GET OUT

High Pulp, Gatalyak Quartet, Firefly Lounge The Dawn Bombs, Snaccs, more Sam Valdez, Hooves and Beak, more Guffawingham Karaoke 12 Kaeli Earle Trio

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MountBakerTheatre.com • (360) 734-6080 *Plus applicable fees. Mount Baker Theatre is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the performing arts. musicvenues 26 See below for venue addresses and phone 02.27.19 02.28.19 03.01.19 03.02.19 03.03.19 03.04.19 03.05.19 FOOD numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 24 Greene's Corner Yankee Drivers Kid's Sax Ensemble Red Wheelbarrow Writers Irish Night Mardi Gras B-BOARD

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Kulshan Brewing Co. Danny Vogel One Lane Bridge David Rodgers FILM 16 The Vaticxnts, Apostate Cancer, Proud 16 Make.Shift That's So Metal! Art Walk Failures MUSIC MUSIC

Old World Deli Fritz & the Freeloaders

BRASSTRACKS/ 15 Feb. 27/ Wild Buffalo ART Rockfish Grill Fidalgo Swing Sheri Roberts Greimes 14

Royal Dance Party Karaoke DJ Jester DJ Jester Karaoke STAGE

After Party Drag Show w/ Panty Hoes Community

Rumors Cabaret Dance Off Thursdays Flashback Friday Party Saturday Karaoke w/Seamus O'Carey Jukebox Hangout 13 Vivienne Duchanne Drag Show

Showdown at the Shake- The Coathangers, Sadgirl, Cousin Marvin, The Heroine, The Shakedown Welles, Dirty Rugs GET OUT down Lipstitch Deerman

Sugar Ray (Event 12 Silver Reef Hotel Center), DJ Tonyboi Casino Spa (Lounge) WORDS 10 Skagit Casino Raucous Raucous Resort CURRENTS Skylark's Chad Petersen and Friends Telefonic Stirred Not Shaken 6 VIEWS Stones Throw Brewery Open Mic Night High Mountain String Band Havilah 4

Bass Invasion w/Lotus Drops, Dubjavu,

Studio B Low Tide: The Deep End MAIL more

2 Swinomish Casino and Pachangon Baile (Event Center) Lodge DO IT

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is so groundbreaking Hollywood had to make it no less 20 20 than four times. I can't wait for the version in which she curbs him in the first 10 minutes and goes on to FILM FILM earn fame on the power of her own talent and drive. HHHH (R • 2 hrs. 15 min.)

16 Alita: Battle Angel: James Cameron, legendary filmmaker, tries his hand at writing a manga-based

MUSIC script about a human/cyborg hybrid who looks like a Snapchat filter. Worth noting, writing has never been the strong suit of James Cameron, legendary film- 15 maker. HH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 5 min.) ART Aquaman: If you happen to see a lot more ladies than is the norm for a comic-book movie lining up to buy tickets, GRETA 14 it’s because we are thirsty and Jason Momoa as Aquaman is a tall drink of water. HHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 23 min.) STAGE extraordinary unroped climb up Yosemite's El Capitan starring Rebel Wilson and Workaholics’ Adam DeVine? Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Reunion: I’m so ir- Arctic: A man (the always-compelling Mads Mikkelsen) is so riveting and fascinating that even I can't find Or a new season of Workaholics with special guest star ritated with Hollywood’s refusal to honor stories about stranded in the Arctic after an airplane crash must anything snarky to say about it. If you didn't see it Rebel Wilson? Trick question. The first thing really people of color told by people of color that Madea is 13 decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his the first time it was in theaters, don't miss it now. exists, the second only lives in my hopes and dreams. almost starting to look good to me. HH (PG-13 • 1 hr. makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through HHHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 37 min.) HHH (PG-13) 42 min.) HHHH GET OUT the unknown in hopes of making it out alive. (PG-13 • 1 hr. 38 min.) Green Book: Remember when Moonlight won a Best The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part: The The Upside: Serious question: How badly do you Picture Oscar and many of us finally thought the world first Lego movie was wacky and warmhearted and think writer Paul Feig and costars Bryan Cranston and

12 Bohemian Rhapsody: See the amazing performance was ready to support and reward stories about black downright inspired. The Minifigs are back for another Nicole Kidman wish that someone other than Kevin that earned Rami Malek his much-deserved Oscar. He lives as told by black people? Yeah, I guess we got breakneck adventure, and they've lost none of their Hart had been cast in their inspirational true story is the champion my friends. HHHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. more than a little ahead of ourselves there. HHHH wit and very little of their charm. Everything is still right about now? HH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 6 min.) WORDS 15 min.) (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 10 min.) awesome!!! HHHHH (PG • 1 hr. 30 min.) What Men Want: Hollywood, bankrupt for ideas as

10 Capernaum: Gutsy streetwise kid Zain (a nonprofes- Greta: Chloe Grace Moretz is a naive ingenue just Oscar Shorts: The Oscar short films are basically a usual, went to a very shallow well and came back sional actor also named Zain who will utterly break trying to make it in New York City and Isabelle Hup- workshop for the discovery of future Oscar winners. Get with the idea to remake a particularly forgettable your heart wide open) sues his parents for the crime pert appears to be a lonely but refined piano teacher. in on the ground floor and see them all, in each of the Mel Gibson movie, but with Taraji P. Henson in the of giving him life, and through his unorthodox court The former needs a mother figure, the latter seems three categories: Animation, Documentary and Live starring role. Hollywood, leave Taraji alone. HH (R • CURRENTS case, we catch a glimpse of the harsh cruelty of Leba- to need a friend—and the only surprise when Greta Action. Plus, you already know who the winners are and 1 hr. 57 min.)

6 nese street life in this Cannes Grand Jury Prize winner. goes completely off the rails is how gleefully the can watch accordingly. HHHHH (Unrated) HHHHH (R • 2 hrs. 3 min.) ever-glorious Huppert leans into every bit of it. HHH (R • 1 hr. 38 min.) Run the Race: Sometimes these faith-based VIEWS Cold Pursuit: This darkly comedic action movie had tragedy-into-triumph-of-the-Holy Spirit movies all a lot going for it: An excellent turn by Liam Neeson in Happy Death Day 2 U: A question: When the prem- blur together to me because I am an admitted heathen 4 full-on revenge mode, a sharply funny script, critical ise of a horror movie is essentially Groundhog Day but who only went to Young Life camp that one summer

MAIL acclaim—and then Neeson gave an interview in which with a lot more blood and killing, how do you know to avoid being grounded. However, this film bears the he spoke of once fantasizing about killing a black man. where the first installment leaves off and the sequel distinction of being produced by Tim Tebow, whose

2 You were good while you almost lasted, Cold Pursuit. begins? HHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs.) biggest accomplishment as a football player was that HHHH (R • 1 hr. 58 min.) he knelt on the field and got away with it. HH (PG • 1 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World: hr. 41 min.) DO IT Fighting With My Family: No, this is not the story This beloved and beautifully rendered animated trilogy Showtimes of my life on the big screen, but a heartwarming com- comes to a close with yet another installment that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Upon reflec- edy that traces the origin story of WWE wrestler Paige manages to hit almost all of its marks. Why do I get tion, this might've been the coolest movie of 2018. Regal and AMC theaters, please see in which Dwayne Johnson plays the Rock, which should the feeling this might not be the last we see of these Certainly the most entertaining. Killer soundtrack www.fandango.com. 02.27.19 be a real stretch for him. Will he be able to pull it off dragons? HHHHH (PG • 1 hr. 50 min.) too. I'm not saying the many Spider-Folks should use convincingly? HHHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 47 min.) their powers to steal Green Book's Best Picture Oscar, Pickford Film Center and

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24 pivotal changes, including the abolition of slavery, 1 ARIES (March 21-April 19): South Koreans work reform of child labor laws, and more democracy in too hard. Many are on the job for 14 hours a day, six the nation’s electoral process. But most people today days a week. That’s why a new concept in vacations know nothing of those triumphs. Rather he is immor- B-BOARD B-BOARD Cost less than 1/2 the price of new 2 has emerged there. People take sabbaticals by check- talized for the Earl Grey tea that he made popular. I ing into Prison Inside Me, a facility designed like a suspect that in the coming weeks, one of your fine ef- jail. For a while, they do without cell phones and forts may also get less attention than a more modest

20 Last longer than new, and come 3 with a 90 day guarantee Internet and important appointments. Freed of normal success. But don’t worry about it. Instead, be content stresses and stripped of obsessive concerns, they turn with congratulating yourself for your excellent work. FILM inward and recharge their spiritual batteries. I’d love I think that’s the key to you ultimately getting proper Appliance Depot is a nonprofit project of ReUse Works. Your to see you treat yourself to a getaway like this—mi- appreciation for your bigger accomplishment. purchases & donations support waste reduction & job training. nus the incarceration theme, of course. You’d benefit 16 from a quiet, spacious, low-pressure escape. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): At a young age, budding Scorpio poet Sylvia Plath came to a tough re-

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ART acquiring political power. Neither the U.S. nor Italy I want to live and feel all the shades, tones, and has ever had a female head of government. France has variations of mental and physical experience possible had one, Édith Cresson, who served less than a year in life.” Judging by current astrological omens, I can 14 as Prime Minister. Canada has had one, Kim Campbell, imagine you saying something like that right now. I who was in office for 132 days. That’s the bad news. bet your longing for total immersion in life’s pleasures STAGE The good news is that the coming months will be a is especially intense and a bit frustrated. But I’m more favorable time than usual to boost feminine pleased to predict that in the next four weeks, you’ll authority and enhance women’s ability to shape our be able to live and feel more shades, tones, and varia- 13 shared reality. And you Tauruses of all genders will be tions of experience than you have in a long time. in prime position to foster that outcome. Homework: Meditate on specific ways you could contribute, even SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When Europe- GET OUT if just through your personal interactions. ans invaded and occupied North America, they displaced many indigenous people from their ancestral lands. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A 19-year-old guy There were a few notable exceptions, including five 12 named Anson Lemmer started a job as a pizza delivery tribes in what’s now Maine and Eastern Canada. They are man in Glenwood, Colorado. On his second night, he known as the Wabanaki confederacy: the Passamaquod- arrived with a hot pizza at a house where an emer- dy, Penobscot, Micmac, Maliseet, and Abenaki. Although WORDS gency was in progress. A man was lying on the ground they had to adjust to and compromise with colonialism, in distress. Having been trained in CPR, Lemmer they were never defeated by it. I propose we make them

10 leaped to his rescue and saved his life. I expect that your heroic symbols for the coming weeks. May their you, too, will perform a heroic act sometime soon, resilient determination to remain connected to their Gemini—maybe not as monumental as Lemmer’s, roots and origins motivate you to draw ever-fresh power but nonetheless impressive. And I bet it will have from your own roots and origins. CURRENTS an enduring impact, sending out reverberations that

6 redound to your benefit for quite some time. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn javelin thrower Julius Yego won a silver medial at the 2016 CANCER (June 21-July 22): Scientist Michael Summer Olympics. How did he get so skilled? Not in VIEWS Dillon was shocked when he learned that some bees the typical way. He gained preliminary proficiency can buzz around at lofty altitudes where the oxygen while competing for his high school team, but after 4 is sparse. He and a colleague even found two of graduation, he was too poor to keep developing his them at 29,525 feet—higher than Mt. Everest. How mastery. So he turned to Youtube, where he studied MAIL could the bees fly in such thin air? They “didn’t beat videos by great javelin throwers to benefit from their their wings faster,” according to a report in National training strategies and techniques. Now that you’re

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DO IT flying marvels as your soul animals for the coming that may be unexpected or unusual or alternative. weeks. Metaphorically speaking, you will have the COCKTAILS power and ingenuity and adaptability to go higher AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The first edition than you’ve been in a long time. of Action Comics, which launched the story of the fictional character Superman, cost 10 cents in 1938. 02.27.19 DINNER LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do you find it a chal- Nowadays it’s worth three million dollars. I’ll make a lenge to commit to an entirely plant-based diet? If bold prediction that you, too, will be worth consider- .14 so, you might appreciate flexitarianism, which is a ably more on December 31, 2019 than you are right 09

# less-perfectionist approach that focuses on eating now. The increase won’t be as dramatic as that of vegetables but doesn’t make you feel guilty if you eat the Superman comic, but still: I expect a significant a bit of meat now and then. In general, I recommend boost. And what you do in the next four weeks could you experiment with a similar attitude toward pretty have a lot to do with making my prediction come true. much everything in the coming weeks. Be strong- minded, idealistic, willful, and intent on serving your PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Until the 16th well-being—but without being a maniacal purist. century in much of Europe and the 18th century in Britain, the new year was celebrated in March. That EST. 2014

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Another thing to consider: In a re- by being a little more generous than CURRENTS lationship, it’s common to ask for and you’d really like to be. This isn’t to 6 expect sexual fidelity. But how much say you have to shut up entirely about social fidelity is it reasonable to ex- this woman. You can be honest with VIEWS pect? The notion that a relationship your husband that you find her un- involves becoming somebody’s “one dermining. 4 and only” socially, too, sounds roman- Ironically, the best way to control tic but is actually in sharp conflict your romantic partner is not by trying MAIL

with the complexity of many people’s to control them but by being so loving, 2 lives. Your husband, for example, has supportive, kind and fun that it would had a friendship with this woman be idiotic for them to leave you. Also, DO IT for 40 years—five years longer than let’s quash any fear you might have you’ve even been on the planet. His that this woman could steal your hus- cutting her out of his life would mean band. There’s little novelty (and thus 02.27.19 cutting out somebody who under- little excitement) in getting together stands who he is and where he’s been with somebody one’s known and been .14 in a way few people probably do. in touch with for 40 years. Also, re- 09 That said, it’s natural that you’d call how men, throughout their life FAIL BETTER: # wish he’d give this woman the heave- span, tend to be most attracted to ho. The jealousy that gives rise to the younger ladies. Chances are, if he feelings like this is wrongly maligned were to suddenly develop a thing for Beckett Moves UMO as a “bad” emotion. However, like all anything “midcentury,” it would be Friday, March 8 7:30pm emotions, it’s actually “adaptive”— something like Eames chairs—not a which is to say functional. Evolution- woman who’s aged out of every dating CASCADIA WEEKLY ary psychologist David Buss explains program on TV, unless, of course, you 23 that jealousy seems to have evolved count Antiques Roadshow. to protect us against threats to our relationship—alerting us to possibili- ©2019, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. 360.416.7727 mcintyrehall.org On the Mount Vernon Campus of Skagit Valley College 2501 E College Way, Mount Vernon ties that our partner will cheat on us E-mail [email protected] or tweet or leave us for another. But jealousy @amyalkon on Twitter rearEnd comix + sudoku

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THURS., FEB. 28 additions). Tours, rare barrel BETWEEN THE PAGES: The tastings, seasonal beer samples,

monthly “Life Between the discussions with brewers, live

26 Pages” Dinner & Cocktail Book music and more will take place 26 Club will focus on Like Water throughout the day. FOOD FOOD for Chocolate from 6-8:30pm at WWW.WASHINGTONBEER.COM Evolve Chocolate + Cafe, 1200 chow 11th St. (above Village Books). SAMPLE AND SIP: A “Sample, 24 RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES Tickets are $60. Sip & Pair” event takes place WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/EVENTS from 1-5pm in Bow at Samish Bay Cheese, 15115 Bow Hill Rd.

B-BOARD MARCH 1-2 Entry is free. MOBILE FOOD PACKS: Join a WWW.SAMISHBAY.COM Feed My Starving Children Mobile

20 for more than 100 years, and is an iconic Food Pack event from 6-8pm GROWING SMALL FRUITS: A landmark on a block rich with history. Friday, and 9am-4pm Saturday at “Growing Small Fruits” workshop

FILM To me—and to the many loyal custom- Birchwood Presbyterian Church, begins at 1:30pm at Everson’s ers who have been reaching out to the 400 Meadowbrook Court. Sup- Cloud Mountain Farm Center, port the endeavor by making a 6906 Goodwin Rd. Entry is $15.

16 family-run company to show their sup- donation to cover meal costs or WWW.CLOUDMOUNTAIN port and share their memories in the by volunteering to fight world FARMCENTER.ORG

MUSIC days since the fire—Hohl’s has always hunger by packaging food. been much more than a convenient place WWW.BPCHURCH.ORG/FMSC WINE TASTING: Donatas Pocus of La Chanterelle Wines will pour 15 to pick up the necessities that have kept SEED SOIREES: A “Friday Night samples from 2-4pm at Seifert

ART our urban farm keep ticking. Flicks” viewing of Open Sesame: & Jones Wine Merchants, 19 It has also been a hub for commu- The Story of Seeds begins at 7pm Prospect St. Entry is free. Friday at the Van Zandt Commu- WWW.SJWINEMERCHANTS.COM 14 nity interaction—whether that meant asking one of the knowledgable em- nity Hall, 4106 Valley Hwy. Entry is $5 per person, $10 per family. KITCHEN GARDEN COMPAN- STAGE ployees advice about what to feed a From 10am-2pm Saturday, head ION: Mary von Krusenstiern shares molting chicken (and how long it will back to the hall for a free Seed tips from Loganita Farms Kitchen be before they start providing us with

13 Swap and Giveaway, where seeds Garden Companion at 7:30pm at delicious eggs again), watching grin- can be shared, questions an- the Lummi Island Library 2144 S. ning kids petting hamsters and rabbits swered and insights exchanged. Nugent Rd. Entry is free.

GET OUT (and then begging to take the critters [email protected] (360) 758-7145 home), or conversing with other cus- SAT., MARCH 2 MON., MARCH 4

12 tomers whose eyes light up when they WINTER FIELD DAY: Learn MARDI GRAS!: Chef Jesse Otero see that spring chicks have arrived and about growing fruit in Western leads “Mardi Gras!” class from are doing “chicken math” in their heads Washington at a Winter Field Day 6:30-9pm at the Community WORDS to see if they can justify bringing home event happening from 8:30am- Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. 3:30pm at the WSU Mount Vernon Entry is $45. a few more. 10 Research and Extension Unit, WWW.WHATCOM Luckily, many of those chicks and most 16650 Washington 536. Pruning COMMUNITYED.COM of the rest of the animals that were be- demos, tours, seminars and scion- wood and root stocks sales will be TUES., MARCH 5

CURRENTS ing housed on the bottom floor of Hohl's part of the day’s events. Entry is FOOD AND WINE: Chef Robert STORY AND PHOTO BY AMY KEPFERLE were saved thanks to quick action by the 6 $15 per person, $30 per family. Fong joins forces with Christos Bellingham Fire Department. WWW.NWFRUIT.ORG/ Adams of Old World Deli for a “It is an absolute blessing that the WINTER-FIELD-DAY “Food and Wine Pairing” course VIEWS majority of them are alive thanks to from 6:30-9pm at the Cordata

4 After the Fire their rescue efforts,” Hohl’s wrote on VEGGIE GROWING: A free Community Food Co-op, 315 their Facebook page on the day of the “Grow Your Own Vegetables” Westerly Rd. Entry is $79.

MAIL presentation begins at 9am at WWW.WHATCOM REMEMBERING HOHL FEED AND SEED fire—which has since been deemed the Garden Spot Nursery, 900 COMMUNITYED.COM

2 APPROXIMATELY THREE years ago, my fellow urban “suspicious” and may be the work of an Alabama St. Please register in farmer left for Hohl Feed and Seed to pick up rabbit food and arsonist. advance. WED., MARCH 6

DO IT returned home 30 minutes later with a trio of three-week-old “Please be gracious with us as we fig- WWW.GARDEN-SPOT.COM COOKING LIT: Attend a “Region- chicks to add to our backyard flock. ure out how to handle the next steps,” al Cookbook & Cooking Lit” Book ORIGINS OF COFFEE: Sample Group meeting at 4pm at Village “They were the last ones left, and were only a few bucks they added. “The fire is still under in- coffees from Ethiopia, Mexico, Books, 1200 11th St. Today’s each,” he said with a sorry-not-sorry shrug as I sighed, rolled vestigation, so we do not have many an- Colombia, and Sumatra, comple- topic will be Vietnamese Food Any 02.27.19 my eyes and helped set up a temporary indoor shelter for the swers at this time.” mented by treats from the Co- Day: Simple Recipes for True, Fresh pullets—Rhode Island Reds who grew up to be known simply as Although the red-and-white awning op Bakery, when Hayley Forney Flavors by Andrea Nguyen. .14 focuses on “The Origins of WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

09 the “three amigas” since they were pretty much indistinguish- remains intact, for now the only animals

# Coffee” from 10-11:30am at the able from one another. at Hohl Feed and Seed are the colorfully Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. THURS., MARCH 7 When I let the remaining amiga and her two younger feath- creative birds painted by street artist Forest St. Entry is $20. MEDITERRANEAN VEGETAR- ered friends out of the coop last Monday morning, it was Shawn Cass on the back of the build- WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP IAN: Samantha Ferraro will share with the knowledge that Hohl’s had been gutted by a fire in ing. They’re a painful reminder of what vegetarian recipes from her new the night, and that the place my co-farming fella and I have our city has lost, but are also a balm to BEER OPEN HOUSE: Attend cookbook, The Weeknight Mediter- Washington Beer Open House ranean Kitchen, from 6:30-9pm at spent more than a decade frequenting for everything from cat, those of us holding on to our memories events from 12-5pm throughout the Community Food Co-op, 1220 CASCADIA WEEKLY chicken and rabbit food to vegetable seeds and starts, flea of a place we always assumed would be the state. In Whatcom and Skagit N. Forest St. Fees are $45. medicine, oyster shells, tulip bulbs, soil amendments, garden- there for us—just like it has benn for counties, events will take place WWW.WHATCOM 26 ing gloves and far beyond could be gone forever. more than a century. at Anacortes Brewery, Bastion COMMUNITYED.COM Early television coverage from Seattle noted the fire happened Brewing Company, Chuckanut Brewery, Farmstrong Brewing, SEND YOUR EVENT INFO TO: on a “strip mall” in downtown Bellingham, but that description For updates about Hohl Feed and Seed, Kulshan Brewing Co., and Wander CALENDAR@ couldn’t be further from the truth. Under a red-and-white aw- including any fundraising efforts, go to Brewing (check the website for CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM ning, Hohl Feed and Seed has been serving Whatcom County www.facebook.com/hohlfeed MCINTYRE HALL PRESENTS SPONSORED CONTENT

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Seamus Egan Project 15 ART Saturday, March 9 7:30pm 14 “[Seamus Egan] has helped de ne the sound of Irish music today and has inspired countless young musicians…. Deeply rooted in the past, Abbott’s Alley STAGE Seamus can blaze through traditional Irish reels and original SUSTAINABLE LIVING IN SKAGIT

compositions alike, all with his signature approach.” –The Lowell Sun 13

IN DOWNTOWN SEDRO-WOOLLEY, A able, energy-e�fi cient homes with built-in 360.416.7727 mcintyrehall.org green arch greets residents and visitors to business space, those who purchase the GET OUT On the Mount Vernon Campus of Skagit Valley College 2501 E College Way, Mount Vernon Abbott’s Alley—a portal to the future with remaining three-story, lo�t-style homes a window to the past. will also fi nd themselves within walking 12 Just across the street from City Hall, the distance of Sedro-Woolley’s stores, res- six mixed-use buildings beyond the sign taurants and natural habitats. Hopefully, MCINTYRE HALL PRESENTS comprise an ambitious net-zero project by they’ll also connect with their alley-mates, WORDS Martha Rose Construction. Merging the and share time around the fi re pit, or longtime company’s “standards of the fu- watching a movie on the outdoor screen. 10 ture” with elements of a time gone by—an One of their neighbors will be Martha era when people o�ten lived above or ad- Rose herself. She and her partner—a Work jacent to the places they worked—Rose’s Force trainer who’s presently using the low- CURRENTS

trademarked “City Cabins” go above and er �loor as his o�ﬁ ce, with plans to include a 6 beyond what people typically think of conference room Rose will share—have al- when it comes to sustainable living. ready taken up residence in Abbott’s Alley, VIEWS All six of the “work downstairs/live up- and are settling in for the long haul. 4 stairs” buildings that are ﬁ nished or in the Since she’s living on-site and knows

ﬁ nal stages of completion are certiﬁ ed in the the spaces inside and out, Rose says she’s MAIL

Built Green Washington program at a ﬁ ve- happy to show prospective buyers around. star level. As well as having full solar arrays Interested parties can contact her directly, 2 and next-level insulation, water is managed or bring along a realtor. Either way, a con- DO IT on-site, wiring is in place to charge electric versation with Rose is sure to spark inter- cars, and fresh air is constantly circulated est in living a net-zero lifestyle. through the structures thanks to a heat re- “It’s part of my action plan,” Rose says.

covery ventilation system. “This is how I—and whoever else moves 02.27.19 “It’s a matter of using very e�ﬁ cient here—become part of the solution to the equipment, and a very simple system,” problems of the day. That’s at the root of .14 09 I Draw Slow Rose explains. “Insulation keeps the cold why I do what I do. # out in the winter, and the heat out in the “Some people think when you add these Friday, March 15 7:30pm summer. People don’t want to believe features to the home, you’re paying a pre- that’s true, but it is.” mium,” the Skagit and Island County Since she ﬁ rst walked onto a construc- Builder member adds. “You’re not. It’s in tion site in 1972, Rose has been passionate the same ballpark. It’s changing how we

about making a di�ference when it comes live, and accepting the fact that homes can CASCADIA WEEKLY to people’s standards of living, and Ab- be healthier and super-e�ﬁ cient.” bott’s Alley is a prime example of how her To ﬁ nd out more about Abbott’s Alley and 27 life’s work extends beyond the structures Martha Rose Construction, email 360.416.7727 mcintyrehall.org she oversees. [email protected], or On the Mount Vernon Campus of Skagit Valley College 2501 E College Way, Mount Vernon In addition to moving into a�ford- go to www.martharoseconstruction.com

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