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18 COMMUNITY Handbags for Housing: 5:30-8:30pm, Depot Lynden ART Market Square Bellingham Roller Betties: 5pm, Orca Pavilion

16 VISUAL ARTS GET OUT First Thursday Art Walk: 5-8pm, downtown Girls on the Run 5K: 9am, Barkley Village

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12 Space, Anacortes Ferndale Public Market: 10am-3pm, Centennial Pinocchio: 7:30pm, Lynden Christian High Riverwalk Park School WORDS You Can’t Take It With You: 7:30pm, Anacortes VISUAL ARTS Community Theatre Sky Reception: 5-8pm, Smith & Vallee Gallery, 8 Genre Legends: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Edison The Acheron, Final Episode: 8pm and 10pm, iDiOM Theater

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on those who profit from our labor and 20 no rebuilding of the infrastructure with

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a lot at stake in the 2014 election and ART groups like the Freedom Foundation are exceedingly well-funded and will be ev- 16 erywhere, trying to get people to vote

against their best interests! STAGE —Nancy Wiebe, Ferndale

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FIX’S FOXY FIX: In 2011, the Port of Bellingham

34 dredged the I&J Waterway and adjacent areas at the mouth of Squalicum Creek. The agency dumped

FOOD FOOD the dioxin-tinged dredge spoils across the bay on city property at the foot of Cornwall Avenue—it- views self an old landfill for wood waste and industrial 28 OPINIONS THE GRISTLE byproduct, significantly tainted with dioxins, fu- rans and other toxins associated with pulp mills

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24 out a hell of a lot of public process, and in doing BY AMY GOODMAN so foreclosed on any number of potential cleanup

FILM strategies and locked in a dismal policy of covering contaminants with other contaminants that will be- 20 come the model for the cleanup of Bellingham Bay. Maya Angelou Now, after other options have been unilaterally MUSIC foreclosed upon, the state Dept. of Ecology seeks STILL SHE RISES the public’s permission in a review of DOE’s draft

18 cleanup plan for the Cornwall property. You may write me down in history said: “In the most private part of

ART Maneuvering behind the scenes to lock in a dis- With your bitter, twisted lies, the heart of every American lives a mal fait accompli has become the port’s standard You may tread me in the very dirt burning desire to belong to a great procedure for the central waterfront. But still, like dust, I’ll rise country. To represent a noble-mind- 16 Contra the Gristle’s report of potential delays in ed country where the mighty do not

STAGE permits for Whatcom Waterway, POB Executive Di- rote Maya Angelou, in her always crush the weak and the dream rector Rob Fix boasted to listeners at the members’ poem “Still I Rise.” She of democracy is not in the sole pos- breakfast of the Building Industry Association of died last week at 86 at session of the strong.” 14 W Whatcom County (BIAWC) last week that the per- her home in North Carolina. In re- Malcolm X was developing, the Or- Maya Angelou’s tribute two years mits had all been taken care of through sly ma- membering Maya Angelou, it is im- ganization of Afro-American Unity. later, on the passing of her friend

GET OUT neuvering with the district commander of the U.S. portant to recall her commitment to She returned to the United States Coretta Scott King, could be said of Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Colonel Bruce the struggle for equality, not just for to support the effort, but Malcolm Angelou herself: “She was a quint-

12 Estok is due to retire his command at the end of herself, or for women, or for African- X was assassinated shortly after her essential African-American woman. July, Fix told listeners, and is committed to move Americans. She was committed to return. That tragedy, and the 1968 Born in the small-town, repressive those permits off his desk. Lummi Nation is divided peace and justice for all. assassination of her friend Martin South. Born of flesh and destined to WORDS on the merits of its petition for a more thorough “If growing up is painful for the Luther King Jr., devastated Angelou. become iron. Born a cornflower and

8 cleanup of Whatcom Waterway, he assured builders. Southern Black girl, being aware of It was in 1969 that she was encour- destined to become a steel magnolia.” “The commissioners were told by staff on Thurs- her displacement is the rust on the aged by the author James Baldwin, In eulogizing actor and activist day the outgoing colonel had intimated he wanted razor that threatens the throat,” she among others, to focus on her writ- Ossie Davis at his 2005 memorial

CURRENTS CURRENTS the cleanup docs off his desk by June,” Port Com- wrote in the opening pages of her ing. Thus was born her first of seven service in Harlem’s historic Riverside missioner Michael McAuley confirmed. first breathtaking autobiography, I autobiographies and the phenom- Church, Maya Angelou’s delivery was 6 6 All of this is, of course, surprising news to Lummi Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which enal career for which Maya Angelou poetic as always. Her words of reflec- Nation. chronicles her childhood to the age is known around the world. Reciting tion on his death can serve as well as VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS “We met with the Colonel for several hours this of 17. Born Marguerite Ann Johnson her poem “On the Pulse of Morning” we note her passing:

4 week, and he said nothing about a decision being in St. Louis, she became a single at President Bill Clinton’s first inau- “When great trees fall, rocks on imminent,” LIBC Chairman Tim Ballew said. Ballew mother at 17, and struggled to sup- gural in 1993 catapulted her into the distant hills shudder. Lions hunker MAIL MAIL said that the port cutting a deal with USACE with- port her son as she worked a variety mainstream consciousness. down in tall grasses, and even el-

out working with the tribe would be be judged as of jobs, eventually gaining success While some schools and libraries ephants lumber after safety. When 2 a serious breach of partnership with the Lummi In- as a calypso singer. still censor her work for unflinching- great trees fall in forests small DO IT IT DO dian Business Council. She heard Martin Luther King Jr. ly depicting the life she led, it was things recoil into silence, their sens- Whether there might be a sliver of difference address the Harlem Writers Guild, of through my hometown library, while es are eroded beyond fear. ... Great among individual tribal members about their com- which she was a member, and joined in my early teens, that I first saw souls die, and our reality bound to mitment to the integrity of the marine environ- with a fellow performer to produce Maya Angelou. The library invited them takes leave of us.” 06.04.14 ment, the salient information is there is no differ- and sing in “Cabaret for Freedom” her to speak, and speak she did—and Maya Angelou’s eloquence, in her ence of opinion at all about that on LIBC, the seat in Greenwich Village, to raise funds danced, and sang, in a display of tal- poetry, lives on: .09

23 of tribal government. To claim otherwise is foolish. for King’s Southern Christian Lead- ent that made us laugh, cry and gasp # “The only real difference of opinion on the coun- ership Conference. as she moved her black and white au- Out of the huts of history’s shame cil,” an elder tells the Gristle, “is some of us want Maya Angelou became a supporter dience of hundreds... together. I rise to work together with the local community to come of Fidel Castro and the Cuban revolu- In commemorating Maya Ange- Up from a past that’s rooted in pain up with a plan that works for everybody and others tion. She met and fell in love with lou, none can speak as eloquently I rise don’t give a rip, we’ll work it out through our treaty a South African civil-rights activist, as she did herself about people who ...Bringing the gifts that my ancestors with the federal government.” and they moved to Cairo with her inspired her. At the Democratic Na- gave,

CASCADIA WEEKLY That’s not a split the port should want to hew son. They stayed together for three tional Convention in Boston in 2004, I am the dream and the hope of the at with a pickaxe, as disputes can take decades to years, but she stayed on in Africa, she spoke of Fannie Lou Hamer, slave. 6 wind through federal courts. Lummi, meanwhile, moving to Ghana, where she met who attempted, 40 years earlier, to I rise has nearly 160 years of experience with disputes Malcolm X. The two collaborated gain recognition for the Mississippi I rise lasting for generations. Memories are long in In- on the pivotal political project that Freedom Democratic Party. Angelou I rise.” dian Country, and all that’s changed in a century is tribes have grown prosperous as courts honor the VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE contracts of treaty. TAKE THE TUNNEL TO 1,000 Fix’s foxy fix is a ghastly misread of 34 Indian organization and intent on par CONVENIENT PARKING SPACES with General Custer’s confident ride AT THE SOUTH ENTRANCE! FOOD into a blind defile at Little Big Horn. Make no mistake: Downstream of the port’s cocky arrogance, a betrayed 28 and angered Lummi Nation can block

THE YARDBIRDS B-BOARD things off for the City of Bellingham Performing Their Hits: in ways too numerous to detail. The city will suffer the consequences, “For Your Love,” “Heart Full of Soul,” 24 even as port staff high-five and twerk “Shapes of Things” and More! their little victory. SAT JUNE 21ST FILM “An adversarial approach to Lummi % &!.-
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WORDS —NICK LICATA, SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL 8

ed by business. CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 We’ll come back to the questions of tip BY KSHAMA SAWANT election of the first socialist to the city penalty, the long-phase in, the training 6 council in 100 years. We built on the work wage. of labor in Seatac, on the growing move- What was lost through corporate loop- VIEWS ment of the fast-food workers which began holes is a reminder to us that outcomes

4 People Power in New York one year before. We worked are determined by the balance of forces. alongside organized labor in Seattle, which It is a reminder that we need to contin- MAIL MAIL SEATTLE’S BOLD STEP FOR INCOME JUSTICE campaigned continuously for 15. ue to build an even more powerful move-

We forced the city establishment to lift ment. A movement strong enough to over- 2 eattle City Council made history this week, as members unanimously the wages of 100,000 low-wage workers in come the counterattacks from business. A DO IT IT DO passed a historic $15 an hour minimum wage bill, which makes Seattle Seattle—to transfer $3 billion from busi- movement that goes on from 15 to win S the first city in the nation to approve such a dramatic and sweeping ness to workers at the bottom of the wage further gains to address the stunning in- wage increase. scale over the next 10 years. come inequality workers face—that will After weeks of hurried, intense and sometimes hotly criticized work on the We did this. Workers did this. fight for rent control, taxes on million- 06.04.14 issue, council members declared themselves happy with the final result. Today’s first major victory for 15 will in- aires and big developers, and full funding “To those who have said the sky will fall if we pass this legislation, let me spire people all over the nation. for all public services. .09

23 assure you: The sun will rise tomorrow,” said Council member Nick Licata, re- We need to recognize what happened I appeal to all workers to join the move- # ferring to warnings that the measure would hurt business in Seattle. “A city is here in Seattle that led us to this point. ment. The attempts of business to under- world class when all classes live in the same world.” 15 was not won at the bargaining table mine 15 will continue, well after this vote Council member Kshama Sawant, a socialist who campaigned on raising the as the so-called “sensible compromise” be- today. They may submit legal challenges, city’s living wage and kept her council at the task, made the following state- tween workers and business. It was not the they may challenge at the ballot, they may ment into the municipal record: result of the generosity of corporations or wait for their moment to make the “tempo- A half-century ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fought for a living wage at the their Democratic Party representatives in rary” tip penalty permanent.

CASCADIA WEEKLY March on Washington, where a quarter of a million people, mostly black work- government. But today’s message is clear: If we or- ers, demanded their rights. They called for $2/hr. In today’s dollars it is the What was voted on in the city council ganize as workers, with a socialist strat- 8 same number—Dr. King and his movement had launched the first fight for 15, was a reflection of what workers won on egy, we can tackle the chasm of income at the same time they fought against the brutal racism of Jim Crow. the street over this last year. inequality and social injustice. With this vote, Seattle will become the first major city in the U.S. to win a In 15 Now, groups of workers and activists 15 in Seattle is just a beginning. We $15/hr. minimum wage. met weekly, held mass conferences and de- have a world to win. Our victory comes less than six months after the launch of 15 Now, after the bates, organized rallies, and engaged thou- Solidarity!

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FOOD FOOD RED ALERT GOES GREEN VEHICULAR ASSAULT On May 19, the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Of- On May 28, emergency dispatch received fice requested assistance from Blaine Police 28 a call from a home near Laurel, north of after a panic alarm activation was sent from a Bellingham. An enraged man was causing man’s home. The man was fine, police report-

B-BOARD B-BOARD a ruckus, overturning tables and making a ed, and working in his garden. He reentered nuisance of himself. As State Patrol troop- appropriate codes into his garden alarm sys-

24 ers were responding, he fled onto the Guide tem and the Blaine officer notified WCSO that Meridian and began throwing punches at the homeowner was safe. “They were not able

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MUSIC phetamine. Troopers shot him with a taser On May 14, Blaine Police were called when and took him to the hospital. a store clerk encountered a customer with a

18 counterfeit U.S. bill. ”An officer identified

ART TWICE MIGHT SUFFICE the passer and impounded the note from the On May 31, a patrol offer cited a man who patron, who said he had received it from his 72 was drinking in public near Bellingham High wife, who handles money in her work in Brit- 16 School. The man ripped up the citiation and ish Columbia,” police reported. “The counter- PERCENT by which Washington State must reduce carbon emissions from its power

STAGE threw it in a storm drain. The patrol officer feit note was sent to the U.S. Secret Service.” plants under the Obama Administration’s proposal to tackle global warming. The issued a second citation for littering. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a plan that sets customized targets for On May 15, a Blaine Police officer was dis- states to cut emissions by 2030, compared with 2005 levels. The state’s sole coal- 14 On May 31, a Bellingham Police officer cited patched to a business when a customer pre- fired power plant was already scheduled to be shut down. the same man for driving with a suspended sented a suspected counterfeit $50 dollar GET OUT license twice in an hour. “Second time result- bill. “The officer arrived and confirmed the 30 25 ed in driver being booked into jail and the currency was fake and interviewed the B.C.

12 passenger, who was the owner of the vehicle, resident who passed the note,” police report- PERCENT reduction of carbon PERCENT reduction to pollutants that also being cited for allowing an unlicensed ed. “The counterfeit was impounded and a emissions from the U.S. power sector contribute to the soot and smog. driver to operate their car,” police reported. report forwarded to the U.S. Secret Service.” proposed by 2030, under Obama’s WORDS executive order to the EPA.

8 On March 22, a Blaine patrol officer observed On May 17, a Blaine patrol officer contact- a vehicle driving erratically. The driver was ed the driver of a vehicle playing his car’s 1 arrested for DUI, processed and booked into stereo downtown at a high enough volume /3 6,600 CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 jail. “An intoxicated male passenger in the for the officer to feel the music in his patrol POWER plants are the singe largest PREMATURE deaths by asthma that car also had to be arrested for obstructing car. “The driver of the vehicle was stopped U.S. source of greenhouse gases, could be reduced by the EPA regulations. 6 police when he refused to stop interfering and issued an infraction after he fibbed accounting for about a third of the Nearly 150,000 children will suffer with a procedure,” police reported. about not having recently received a warn- annual emissions. asthma attacks in 2014. VIEWS ing for the same violation from another of-

4 THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM ficer,” police reported. ”The teen’s parents On May 22, Bellingham Police checked on were notified about the incident.” $50.2 0.02 MAIL MAIL the Park Manor shopping center in Birch- BILLIONS of dollars per year the PERCENT of annual real GDP

wood neighborhood where a man had been 2 THE CONTINUING CRISIS regulations will drain from the U.S. represented by $50 billion. The suspected of stealing beer on three separate On May 14, a concerned passerby called economy through 2030, according Congressional Budget Office estimates

DO IT IT DO to the conservative U.S. Chamber of economic yield of the United States occasions on the same day. “Law enforce- Blaine Police to report hearing someone ment was not called until after the third screaming at a nearby residence. “Officers Commerce. The EPA estimates a far from 2014 to 2030 at $21.5 trillion. lower cost of $8.8 billion annually. theft,” police reported. deployed around the home, approached and entered,” police reported. ”The police found 06.04.14 PROTECT THE DONUTS that the victims inside were the quiet ones; On May 28, Bellingham Police raced to the it was their tired toddler who was holding 1,000 42 .09

23 Grocery Outlet when they learned someone his parents hostage with his exhausted cries ESTIMATED number of fossil fuel- AVERAGE age of coal-fired power # there had attempted to shoplift donuts. “He about having to go to sleep.” fired power plants in the United plants in the United States. was issued a citation for the offense,” police States covered by this rule. reported. On May 23, Blaine residents spotted a tod- dler riding his tricycle on busy Peace Portal NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER Drive and realized that the only adults near On June 1, Bellingham Police learned an old the boy were driving cars and trying to avoid

CASCADIA WEEKLY $93,000,000,000 man had been spotted taking pictures of running over the lad. “The Good Samaritans girls sunbathing at Boulevard Park. He ran rescued the child and called police. Shortly 10 THE EPA estimates Obama’s proposal will lead to climate and health benefits worth away before police arrived. after officers arrived a frantic couple called an estimated $55 billion to $93 billion per year in 2030. Power plants have already 911 to report their son had disappeared from reduced carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 13 percent since 2005, meaning they are BITTER LITTER the birthday party he was attending near- about halfway to meeting the administration’s goal. On June 1, Bellingham Police responded to by,” police explained. “Mom and Dad were SOURCES: Associated Press; Obama Administration; Environmental Protection Agency; a report of a woman driving through Roos- reunited with their escapee.” Congressional Budget Office currents ›› last week’s news

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oil. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is completing a study of a second dock proposed by BP to bring more oil tankers to its Cherry Point refinery, 18 potentially increasing the risk of accidents and spills. A comment period on the study opens this week. ART

05.29.14 Washington’s authority to tax marijuana sales. The 16 05.27.14 THURSDAY case arises from the state’s attempt to collect sales

taxes from a medical marijuana dispensary in Bell- STAGE TUESDAY A motorcyclist dies in a crash on Hannegan Road. ingham. The state says the dispensary owner failed Another license is issued to a grower that intends to cultivate When one car slowed to make a left turn, the next to appeal the tax assessments in a timely manner marijuana in Whatcom County. Whatcom County Cannabis Gardens car behind it slowed down too, but the 32-year-old and that the issue should be resolved in state court. 14 plans to grow pot in the 5300 block of Guide Meridian. The busi- cyclist from Everson did not slow and struck the sec- A lawsuit challenges Washington state’s authority to ness joins three others in Whatcom County that have received ond car. Troopers say the motorcyclist was driving tax marijuana as long as marijuana remains illegal GET OUT licenses from the state. too fast for conditions. under federal law. 12 Some experts predict the window may soon close on the unique- A Coast Guard crew from Bellingham rescues three 06.02.14 ness of marijuana retail in Washington and Colorado. Analysts pre- kayakers in the Rosario Strait, near Cypress Island, WORDS dict legal pot sales nationwide may not be far off. The U.S. House after one kayak capsized. The rescue cutter pulls one MONDAY

of Representatives votes this week to halt federal prosecutions of man from the water and recovers the other two. The Washington would be expected to cut carbon 8 8 medical marijuana users in states that have legalized the drug’s use man who had been in the water was treated for signs emissions from its power plants by about 72 per- with a doctor’s prescription, marking the first time a chamber of of hypothermia. cent under the Obama Administration’s proposal to CURRENTS CURRENTS Congress has approved such a broad decriminalization. tackle global warming. The Environmental Protec- CURRENTS A cleanup action plan for the Cornwall Avenue tion Agency unveils a plan that sets customized tar- 05.28.14 Landfill site is open for public review. The Washing- gets for states to cut emissions by 2030, compared 6 ton Department of Ecology prepared the plan as part with 2005 levels. Some states will be allowed to WEDNESDAY of a legal agreement between Ecology, the city of Bell- emit more pollutants and others less, with an overall VIEWS

Two children are safe after police say their father hit their moth- ingham, the Port of Bellingham, and the Washington nationwide reduction of 30 percent. 4 er with a car in Sedro-Woolley and then drove the kids to Belling- Department of Natural Resources. The agency says the ham. Police located the car at a Franklin Street home and call in $9.1 million cleanup will prevent people, plants and 06.03.14 MAIL

the SWAT team because they heard the man might have had several animals from being exposed to contamination through 2 knives on him and that he intended to put up a fight. Negotiators the installation of a liner and clean soil, and the stabi- TUESDAY DO IT IT DO were finally able to convince him to surrender just after midnight. lization of the beach to prevent erosion. The public is Under fire for their migrant labor practices, one A three-year-old and a three-month-old are recovered unharmed. invited to comment on the plan through July 2. of the largest berry growers in Washington, Sakuma Brothers Farms in the Skagit Valley, is dropping its Six climbers are dead in one of the worst tragedies ever on 05.30.14 application with the federal government to bring in Mt. Rainier. Two guides and four clients were trying to reach the more than 400 guest workers from Mexico. The farm 06.04.14 summit on one of the most difficult approaches on the mountain. FRIDAY says it will hire only domestic workers this season. .09

The climbers began their ascent on Monday. An avalanche claimed The state attorney general’s office asks a feder- The minimum wage will be $11.87 an hour, which is 23 # their lives. al judge in Seattle to dismiss a lawsuit challenging set by the federal government.

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JUNE 4-6 sign up at 7:30pm at the Bellingham 34 SUMMER READING: Learn more about Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Readings the new online reading program for start at 8pm. Entry is by donation. FOOD FOOD adults at “Summer Reading for Adults” WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG words demos at noon Wednesday through Friday COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS at the SkillShare Space at the Bellingham 28 Public Library, 210 Central Ave. 778-7230 COMMUNITY

B-BOARD B-BOARD FRI., JUNE 6 WED., JUNE 4 VALHALLA REVEALED: Local author GREEN DRINKS: Network with likemind- Bob Wright will sign copies of his new ed environmentally aware community 24 novel Valhalla Revealed at “An Evening in members at the monthly Green Drinks Spain” book release party from 5-8pm at gathering from 5-7pm at the Community FILM Vinostrology Wine Lounge, 120 W. Holly Boating Center, 555 Harris Ave. St. In addition to learning more about WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG

20 BY TIM JOHNSON the tome, here will be Spanish wine tast- ing and music. THURS., JUNE 5 WWW.VINOSTROLOGY.COM SOLAR SOCIAL: Mingle with fellow MUSIC solar enthusiasts, speak to local energy Whales for Sale JOURNALISM TALK: As part of the experts, check out electric vehicles and 18 Humanities Washington Speaker Series, and enter to win prizes at a “Solar So- veteran reporter Claudia Rowe will talk cial” from 4:30-6:30pm at Western Solar, ART THE SHAME OF SHAMU about “The New Front Page: 21st Century 315 E. Champion St. Entry is free. and was born around 1951. Journalism and What It Means for You” WWW.WESTERNSOLARINC.COM 16 We believe that he was Gran- at 7pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Entry is free. HANDBAGS FOR HOUSING: Fashion

STAGE ny’s last offspring. These 778-7323 OR WWW.HUMANITIES.ORG shows featuring wares from more than 10 whales, like people, they local boutiques, wine and beer tastings, have a reproductive senes- HOME FIRES: Judith Kirscht reads from appetizers, a handbag and accessory 14 cence of about age 40 and her new novel, Home Fires, at 7pm at Vil- bazaar and much more will be part of the she was probably about 40 lage Books, 1200 11th St. “Handbags for Housing” Lydia Place fun- WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM draiser from 5:30-8:30pm at Bellingham’s GET OUT in 1951, so we put her birth Depot Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. year right around 1911.” SAT., JUNE 7 Entry is $25-$40. Orcas in captivity live only SUMMER READING PARTIES: Dan WWW.LYDIAPLACE.ORG 12 READ 12 WHO: Biologist a fraction of her age, and the Magic Man will perform magic and Sandra Pollard these intelligent mammals comedy for kids of all ages at Children’s SOCIAL SECURITY FORUM: Terry WORDS WORDS WHAT: Puget Summer Reading Kickoff Parties at O’Neill, President of the National increasingly show disturb- Sound Whales for 10:30am at the Everson Library, 1pm at Organization for Women, will be one ing—even deadly—behavior the Deming LIbrary, and 3:30pm at the of the featured speakers at a Social

8 Sale: The Fight To End Orca Hunting as a result of the stress of Blaine Library. There’ll also be a “Summer Security Forum starting at 7:30pm at WHERE: History their captivity. Reading Kickoff with SPARK Museum” the Syre Center at Whatcom Community Press; 192 pages; at 10:30am at the Lynden Library, 216 College, 237 W. Kellogg Rd. Congressman

CURRENTS CURRENTS The infamous orca cap- $19.99 4th St. Rick Larsen and Economic Opportunity tures of the 1960s and ’70s INFO: www. WWW.WCLS.ORG Institute’s Marilyn Watkins will also take 6 historypress.net in Washington and British part in the free event. Columbia ripped dozen of VICTORIAN HIGHLIGHTS: Gabriel WWW.WHATCOM.CTC.EDU VIEWS whales away from their natural lives in the sea, and Sarah Chrisman will travel from Port Townsend to Bellingham on historic bikes FRI., JUNE 6

4 Whidbey Island author and marine biologist to share ideas from An Ordinary Bicycle: PROJECT PROTECTION: Attend Mt. Sandra Pollard details in her new book, Puget The Fascinating Way In Which the Wheel- Baker Planned Parenthood’s “Project MAIL MAIL he was swimming the sea even before the Sound Whales for Sale. Her well-researched man Changed Our World at 2pm at Village Protection: Condom Fashion Show” at

Titanic sank in the icy waters of the At- tome yields a full picture of the events, ac- Books, 1200 11th St. At 4pm, Sarah will 7pm at Western Washington Univer- 2 S lantic. At 103, Granny—the oldest known tions and key individuals from that era. talk about her book Victorian Secrets: What sity’s Old Main Theater. Teams of A Corset Taught Me About the Past, the designers and models will showcase DO IT IT DO

member of her species—churns the waters of the “The unique personalities of the orcas them- Present, and Myself. Both events are free. their creations of outfits made out of North Pacific between Northern California and selves are revealed as they respond to brutal WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM condoms, and there’ll be sex trivia, a British Columbia. She is a member of the South- capture and monotonous circus acts in sterile guest speaker, prizes and giveaways, ern Resident orca population, formally known as tanks,” writes Howard Garrett in the forward. SUN., JUNE 8 and more. 06.04.14 J-2, and her very longevity casts a long shadow Grarrett works with Pollard at the nonprofit SCI-FI AND FANTASY: Aubry K. Ander- WWW.PROJECTPROTECTION. over the ethical practice of confining captive Orca Network on Whidbey. The network stud- son (Isaac the Fortunate) and Elizabeth WORDPRESS.COM

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Granny’s pod is the most studied population dangered species list in 2005, their inclusion a fantasy versus science fiction, collab- HIGHLAND GAMES: The Bellingham of orca whales in the world, with estimates of small victory for a fragile population of fewer orative efforts, creative blocks, aliens, Highland Games Association hosts her age based on studies of the family group than 100 whales. technologies, and anything else you’d the 55th annual “Bellingham Scottish that began in the 1970s. Pollard says she wrote the book “to serve like to know from 2-4m at the Ferndale Highland games” starting at 5pm Friday Library, 2007 Cherry St. at Ferndale’s Hovander Homestead “In her case, when we began the study, there not only as a reminder about the precious gift 305-3600 Park and continuing from 8am-10pm were many whales that already had matured and we almost lost, but also as a tribute and me- Saturday and 8am-4pm Sunday. Activi-

CASCADIA WEEKLY already had mature babies, so we did not know morial to those whales whose lives were stolen MON., JUNE 9 ties at the “county fair with a Scottish the exact date of anybody’s birth at that time,” from them.” BOOK GROUP: Gay Hendricks’ The First flair” include Celtic music showcases, 12 said biologist Ken Balcombe, executive director “Let us not forget,” she writes, “those whales Rule of Ten will be the focus at a Monday heavy athletics, piping and drumming, Book Discussion Group meeting from Scottish country dancing, kids’ games, in captivity today that have never known the of the Center for Whale Research based in Friday 6-8pm at the Blaine Library, 610 3rd S. food, ceremonies and more. Entry is Harbor. He has been tracking her since 1977. open ocean or the strong bonds holding their All adults are welcome. $10-$15. “We base that age upon her being the prob- cohesive family units together, or, most of all, 305-3600 WWW.BELLINGHAMHIGHLAND.ORG able mother of J-1, who lived to his 60th year the joy of freedom.” doit CHUCKANUT BREWERY BLAST FROM THE PAST: Live music, & KITCHEN contests for kids, arts and crafts vendors, an art show, a quilt exhibit, a car show and much more will be part of the annual 34 “Blast from the Past” happening Friday FOOD FOOD through Sunday throughout Sedro-Wool- ley. Many events are free. WWW.SEDRO-WOOLLEY.COM 28

SAT., JUNE 7 Brewery Tour SEEDS OF CHANGE: The Associated Dad’s Pint

Noon June 7 B-BOARD Students of Whatcom Community College $3.50 on Dad’s (ASWCC) welcome participants to the Day June 15 first-ever Seeds of Change Conference

Wi Fi 24 from 9am-3pm at the school’s Syre Student Center, 237 W. Kellogg Rd. The conference Award Winning Beers FILM provides opportunities to learn, grow and & Great Food engage in conversations around social Family Friendly HoPPY Hour

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and continues on to 3rd Street. 16 WWW.LYNDEN.ORG *DEULHO 6DUDK STAGE SAFETY FAIR: All are welcome at the 5th &+5,60$1 annual Safe Kids Safety Fair happening from 11am-3pm at Regal Barkley Village Saturday, June 7th, 14 Stadium, 3005 Cinema Dr. Entry is free. 2pm ³$Q2UGLQDU\%LF\FOH WWW.SAFEKIDS.ORG The Fascinating Way In Which The Wheelmen Changed Our World GET OUT LOST COMMUNITIES: Lynden Pioneer 4pm ³9LFWRULDQ6HFUHWV Museum director Troy Luginbill focuses on What a Corset Taught Me about the Past,the Present, and Myself 12 12 “Lost Communities of Whatcom County” at Co-sponsored by The Bureau of Historical Investigation a free presentation at 3pm at the Everson who will provide punch and pie after the event! WORDS Library, 104 Kirsch Dr. Photos, slides and WORDS artifacts will be part of the event. North Cascades Institute Nature of Writing Series 305-3600 3DXOD 8 ROLLER BETTIES: The Bellingham Roller Betties present the sixth bout of their :,/' CURRENTS CURRENTS seventh season at 5pm at the Orca Pavil- Saturday, June 7th ion at Whatcom Community College, 237 7pm 6 W. Kellogg Rd. Entry is $6-$14. ³7KH&RXJDU Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous WWW.BELLINGHAMROLLERBETTIES.COM

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PIPELINE REMEMBRANCE: All are wel- ATLANTICS come at a brief “Remembrance: 15th An- niversary of Pipeline Explosion” gathering at 12:15pm at the totem pole near Racine In the Boundary Bridge at Whatcom Creek. The event Bay Beer Garden will acknowledge the losses incurred as Tickets available now at , a result of the explosion, and encour- brownpapertickets.com Wednesday

age hope for and action toward a future & at Village Books! June 18th, 6pm WEEKLY CASCADIA that is safer and healthier for all life in Whatcom County. At 7pm, there’ll be a Read more at Villagebooks.com 13 “Service of Remembrance and Healing” at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, 2600 Lakeway Dr. VILLAGE BOOKS WWW.CLSLUTHERAN.ORG 1200 11th St., Bellingham 360.671.2626 doit

WED., JUNE 4 Run of NW Washington, a character OVERNIGHT BIKING: “Planning development program that uses Your Overnight Bicycle Tour” will the power of running to build girls’ 34 be the focus of a presentation self-esteem. with Roger Ames at 6pm at REI, WWW.WHATCOMYMCA.ORG FOOD FOOD outside 400 36th St. Entry is free. Please HIKING RUNNING CYCLING register in advance. NSEA WORK PARTY: Join staff 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM from the Nooksack Salmon En- 28 hancement Association for a work HORT SOCIETY MEETING: party from 9am-12pm at Happy Garden designer Nita-Jo Valley Park (parking is available B-BOARD B-BOARD Rountree will join the Whatcom in the parking lot of the Whatcom It was then—at the very crux of this Horticultural Society to present Farmers Co-op). desperate moment—that we happened “Amazing Annuals: Big Bang for WWW.N-SEA.ORG 24 to stumble around the airplane-sized the Bucks” at 7pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Pros- DOXIE WALK: Bring your dachs- FILM FILM hood of a lordly Cadillac Escalade and pect St. Entry is $7 for members, hund along when you take part discovered where our missing jalopy was $10 general. in the 10th annual “Doxie Walk” hiding. 20 WWW.WHATCOMHORTSOCIETY.ORG starting at 10am at Fairhaven’s Feeling baffled and increasingly anx- Amtrak Station, 401 Harris Ave. Participants will gather, visit for MUSIC ious about the whole affair, I immedi- THURS., JUNE 5 ately started loading our plants into BIRDING 101: Learn the basics a while, then walk to Marine Park. of identifying birds, where to The event is free.

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ART using binoculars and field guides I got as far as opening the driver- when birder and photographer NATURE OF WRITING: Join Vil- side door before I happened to catch Ken Salzman leads a “Birding lage Books and the North Cascades 16 sight of a fairly new-looking section of 101” Brown Bag presentation at Institute for a Nature of Writing 12:30pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old series with Paula Wild at 7pm at

STAGE multi-use trail that skirted the grassy City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Attend Village Books, 1200 11th St. Her cottonwood fringes right in front of ‘Birding 102” on Thurs., June 19. book, The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild the Nooksack River in a manner I found Suggested donation is $3. and Dangerous, uses a skillful 14 14 most intriguing. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG blend of natural history, scientific Of course, once that happened, I research and first-hand accounts FRI., JUNE 6 to explore our evolving relation- GET OUT GET OUT couldn’t leave. Curiosity overtook me and WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and ship with this enigmatic predator. I had to walk over there and check out adventurers can join Wild Whatcom Entry is free. that handsome river dike right of way for Walks for “Wild Things” excursions WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 12 myself. from 9:30-11am every Friday It turns out the official name of this through June at Marine Park. Entry JUNE 7-8 WORDS is $5. ANACORTES WATERFRONT FES- trail is Hovander River Walk, and it’s a WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG TIVAL: Boat rides, Samish canoe fairly easy packed-gravel trail that me- rides, tours and sailing aboard 8 anders upriver to Ferndale bridge con- WORLD NAKED BIKE RIDE: the Adventuress, a high tide ride, necting Hovander Park, Centennial River Those who are interested in paddle board demos, boat building redefining their relationship with demos, an art show, a car show, a

CURRENTS CURRENTS Walk, and Pioneer Park—some of the STORY AND PHOTO BY TRAIL RAT entrenched social norms and model boat show, storytelling, a most beloved crown jewels of Ferndale— demonstrating the fragility of sailboat regatta and more will be 6 all in a single three-mile swoop. bicyclists among motor vehicles part of the Anacortes Waterfront It also happens to be the first com- can take part in Bellingham’s Festival happening from 10am- VIEWS Nooksack pleted section of a much more ambi- sixth annual World Naked Bike 6pm Saturday and 10am-5pm Ride staring with body painting, Sunday throughout Anacortes.

4 tious outdoor recreation endeavor that orientation, a raffle and refresh- Many events are free. is going to take a little more time to ments at 4pm at the Hub Commu- WWW.ANACORTES.ORG MAIL MAIL Loop Trail complete—a 45-mile circuit of dedicated nity Bike Shop, 903 ½ N. State St. The ride itself starts at 6pm and non-motorized paths and lanes that will SUN., JUNE 8 2 GOING WITH THE FLOW allow pedestrians, cyclists and all sorts continues throughout downtown ALASKA ON THE GO: Erin Bellingham. Kirkland shares stories and ideas DO IT

of adventure-loving creatures to travel WWW.BELLINGHAMNAKED from Alaska on the Go: Exploring ocal livestock were out in full force and the cordoned- overland from Bellingham to the three BIKERIDE.COM the 49th State with Children at 4pm off area beneath the big red barn at Hovander Home- largest cities on the main stem of the at Village Books, 1200 11th St. stead Park was crawling with certifiable green thumbs Nooksac—Ferndale, Lynden, and Ever- SAT., JUNE 7 The four-season representation

06.04.14 L as I wheeled our hand cart full of tomato starts out the gate son, respectively—and back again en- NATIONAL TRAILS DAY: Visit of Alaska provides readers with of the annual Master Gardener’s Plant Sale to commence the tirely under their own body power. a variety of national parks for a practical guide to indoor and

.09 free today as part of National outdoor experiences that teach, next formidable task of the morning: trying to remember They call it the Nooksack Loop. And if 23 Trails Day. A Discover Pass is still engage, and delight kids. #

where we parked. you want to get in on the action, I highly required to access lands managed WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Although locating something so conspicuous as a vehicle recommend you do so. by the Washington State Depart- in the middle of a wide-open, 40-acre field seemed like a Whether you already know them like ment of Natural Resources and the TUES., JUNE 10 straightforward enough undertaking at the outset, I soon the back of your hand or barely know Washington Department of Fish CREVASSE CLINIC: Brush up and Wildlife. Check the website on your hill skills for the summer discovered that the substantial droves of eager customers them at all, the towns, parks and farm- listed here for a list of parks. season at a “Crevasse Rescue” who flock to one of Whatcom County’s marquee plant sales land situated along the mightiest, most WWW.DISCOVERPASS.WA.GOV clinic with Mt. Baker Mountain

CASCADIA WEEKLY CASCADIA en masse hardly made the ordeal any less complicated. historically significant salmon-bearing guides at 6pm at REI, 400 36th To the braying of donkeys and the cluck of chickens we streams in Whatcom County are a world- GIRLS ON THE RUN: Participate St. Concepts will include relevant 14 searched diligently among the densely packed rows of auto- class adventure waiting to happen. in and support the “Girls on the knots and hitches, transferring Run 5K” starting today at 9am loads, mechanical advantage and mobiles until my arms finally went numb from lugging our at Bellingham’s Barkley Village, hauling systems, and more. Please cart around. During that half-hour of confusion, my lady For more information about the Nooksack 2930 Newmarket St. Entry is $15 sign up in advance. friend rolled her ankle into a gopher hole while attempting Loop Trail and the Hovander River Walk, go proceeds will benefit Girls on the 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM to swat away a bothersome bee. to www.wprfoundation.org I-BEST at Bellingham Technical College

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FOOD FOOD G Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, sta e stick around for the “Project.” Entry is $4-$7. THEATER DANCE PROFILES 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM 28 JUNE 5-8

B-BOARD B-BOARD CAN’T TAKE IT: The comedic You Can’t Take It With You continues this week with performanc- es at 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday, and

24 2pm Sunday, at the Anacortes Community The- ibly talented with magic, but she’s also hi- atre, 918 M Ave. Tickets are $18 and additional

FILM larious and has opened for the likes of Steve showings happen weekends through June 21. Allen, Jay Leno, and Ellen DeGeneres.” WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM Although there’s a good chance Sinclair 20 FRI., JUNE 6 will command the stage at some point dur- VOICES OF THE CHILDREN: Help raise funds

MUSIC ing the fundraising festivities, she’ll as- for area youth to participate in the arts at suredly be on hand to watch the group of a showing of Voices of the Children at 7pm at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, 712 S.

18 talented performers who are coming from near and far to support First St. The original production—which was ART written by local sixth-grade students—tells her. the story of a “summer with Grandpa,” and Magicians Bruce and focuses on how photography can cause social 16 16 Jennifer Meyers will change. Music by the Mount Baker Middle School concert choir will be part of the show.

STAGE make their way from Se- STAGE attle to ply their creative Suggested donation is $7 for kids, $10 for adults, or $35 per family. trade, and Olympia-based WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG

14 singer and songwriter Valerie Markell Gallagh- CLIMATE MONOLOGUES: Orcas Island singer

GET OUT ATTEND er—a friend of Sinclair’s and educator Sharon Abreau will present WHAT: for nearly 40 years—will excerpts from her one-woman musical show about climate change and energy, The Climate “Escaping also travel to Bellingham 12 Death: A Circus Monologues, at 7pm in Anacortes at Anchor Variety Show for for the gig. Additionally, Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave. The free All Ages” folk musician Misty Flow- performance is part of the opening-night WORDS WHEN: 6:30pm ers will share her talents, reception for the “COAL” exhibit. Sat., June 7 and Fyodor Karamazov WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG 8 WHERE: of the Flying Karamozov Bellingham JUNE 6-7 Circus Guild’s Brothers will perform his PINOCCHIO: The Northwest Washington The- atre Group presents performances of Disney’s CURRENTS CURRENTS Cirque Lab, 1401 classic cigar box juggling BY AMY KEPFERLE 6th St. routine. But that’s not My Son Pinocchio at 7:30pm Friday and 2pm 6 COST: Tickets all—a host of other Bell- and 7:30pm Saturday at Lincoln Christian are $5 (kids) High School, 515 Drayton St. Tickets to the ingham-based performers musical are $12-$15 VIEWS and $12 (adults) in advance at will also volunteer their WWW.NWTG.ORG

4 Escaping Death the Community various skills. Food Co-op. Touting a “something JUNE 6-7 MAIL MAIL FANTASTIC FEATS FOR THE JEWEL OF MAGIC Tickets are $7 for everyone” ethos, at- LEGENDS AND COPS: Anything goes at (kids) and $15 “Genre Legends” shows at 8pm every Friday

tendees can also make 2 (adults) at the and Saturday in June at the Upfront Theatre, adies and gentleman, boys and girls: Step right up to see an amazing feat door. like human gyroscopes 1208 Bay St.. At 10pm, show up for “COPS

DO IT IT DO 911.” Tickets are $10-$12. of magical proportions. Before your very eyes, behold what happens when a INFO: www. during rides on an or- L community gathers together to support one of its own as she fights for her bellingham bitron, get their faces WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM life against one of humankind’s most evil entities. circusguild.com painted, ride a hand- THE ACHERON, FINAL EPISODE: Glenn “Escaping Death: A Circus Variety Show for All Ages” will benefit longtime ma- or magicrystal. made teeter-totter, feast com Hergenhahn’s five-week serial play, The 06.04.14 gician and comedian Crystal “the Jewel of Magic” Sinclair at a one-night-only on pies and fries, pet Acheron, concludes this week with 8pm and performance Sat., June 7 at the Bellingham Circus Guild’s Fairhaven-based Cirque snakes, behold stilt walkers and more. 10pm shows Friday and Saturday at the iDiOM .09 Lab, and you’re invited. If you can’t make it to the show, but still Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. Recaps will be 23 # While the tongue-in-cheek title of the show is designed to draw attention to the want to help, Luna says donations in many provided for those who missed prior episodes. Tickets are $10. fact that Sinclair is currently engaged in a life-or-death struggle against cancer, forms—housework, firewood, garden du- WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM event organizer Anna Luna reports that her friend’s disease is in partial remission ties, etc.—are also appreciated. Through (approximately 65 percent) and 100 percent of the funds raised during the benefit June 23, you can also go to www.you SUN., JUNE 8 will go directly to helping “the Jewel of Magic” pay her medical bills. caring.com and contribute. GREG PROOPS: Improvising genius and Luna says she’s glad to do her part to help put the event together. She first met And, while cash infusions will help re- Whose Line is it Anyway? alum Greg Proops returns to Bellingham to perform the “Smart- CASCADIA WEEKLY Sinclair around an outdoor fire a few minutes before a show at Alger’s Lookout Arts lieve some of the burdens of Sinclair’s est Man in the World” podcast at 8pm at the Quarry, and, since then, she’s gleaned a variety of life lessons from the globetrot- recent struggles, it’s likely that the true Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets are $20. 16 ting performer, whom she considers to be a mentor. magic to be found at “Escaping Death” will WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM “Crystal is absolutely inspirational, to me and many others,” Luna says. “She is one happen when Sinclair sees the performers of a handful of female magicians—there were even less when she started perform- and audience members who have gathered THURS., JUNE 12 A CHORUS LINE: Attend a benefit perfor- ing—and she set the stage for others to follow. Despite many obstacles, she kept at together to show her they’re on her side— mance of The Chorus Line at 6:30pm at the what she wanted to do and she traveled the world doing it. Not only is Crystal incred- no tricks or sleight of hand required. doit

Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 H St. Tickets

are $25 and include the performance, appetiz- ers, dessert, beverages and a silent auction; 34 funds raised go to the Bellingham Senior

Activity Center. FOOD 733-4030 OR WWW.WCCOA.ORG Wine & Cheese Pairings

INTRO TO IMPROV: A free “Learn to Think 28 on Your Feet” introductory improv class hap- Harmonicas, Flutes, Drums pens from 7-9pm at 1308 E St. Please register Humorous Greeting Cards

in advance. B-BOARD 756-0756 OR WWW.IMPROVPLAYWORKS.COM Sweet Grass & Sage Sticks Pickled & Smoked Salmon 24 Organic Fruit, Seeds & Nuts

DANCE FILM Summer Fun Clothing JUNE 6-7 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• MIDSUMMER DREAMING: The Northwest 20 Ballet Theatre presents performances of Go East!

Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at MUSIC 7:30pm Friday and Saturday at the Mount Bak- 360-592-2297 er Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. In addition www.everybodys.com 18 to the dancing, director John Bishop is also Hiway 9 – Van Zandt

incorporating actors into select scenes, along ART with some of the Bard’s original dialogue. Tickets are $15-$30. Additional showings hap- 16 16 pen June 14-15 at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way. STAGE STAGE WWW.NORTHWESTBALLET.ORG OR WWW. MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM 14 CAPSTONE CONCERT: Share in the vision of up-and-coming graduating dance majors as

they present their final projects before tran- GET OUT sitioning into the world of professional dance at the annual “BFA Dance Capstone Concert”

at 7:30pm Friday and 2pm Saturday at Western 12 Washington University’s Performing Arts Center Mainstage. Tickets are $8. WORDS 650-6146 OR WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU

SAT., JUNE 7 8 MOVIE DANCING: USA Dance will host a “Dancing to the Movies” public dance from 7-10pm at Presence Studio, 1412 Cornwall CURRENTS CURRENTS Ave. Entry is $7-$10. Singles and beginners SUBARU are welcome. 6 734-5676 independent service & repair VIEWS FOLK DANCE PARTY: Balkanarama plays 360.671.2420 for Fourth Corner Folk Dancers First Saturday 4 Folk Dance Party from 7:30-10:30pm at the

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performance at 7pm at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln 3LHYU[V Theatre, 712 S. First St. “Bailadores de Bronce” portrays the positive aspects of the 06.04.14 Mexican culture in the broader community,

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bridges within the community. Tickets are $10-$14. WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG SUN., JUNE 8 BACH TO ROCK: Ballet Bellingham presents -YLL4LKP[H[PVU0UZ[Y\J[PVU a performance of “From Bach...to Rock” at  4VUKH`ZWT 6:30pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Dancers—including everyone 6WLU/V\ZL4LKP[H[PVU;HSR CASCADIA WEEKLY from toddlers to adults—will perform original   !WT 17 choreography pieces featuring everything  4LYPKPHU:\P[L‹  from classical ballet variations to modern rock contemporary pieces, and more. Admis- sion is $10. TLKP[H[PVUJLU[LY WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM ILSSPUNOHTZOHTIOHSHVYN doit UPCOMING EVENTS

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34 SUPERPOSITION OPENING: Opening performances for “Superposition: Merging FOOD FOOD Narratives Past and Present” take place from 12-1pm Thursday and 9-10am the fol- visual lowing Monday at the Wilson Library on the 28 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES WWU campus. The performances revolve around selected images from the show. WWW.WWU.EDU B-BOARD B-BOARD

MV ART WALK: A “Plein Air Paint Out” with select portraits, in the front part of the will be part of the monthly Art Walk 24 restaurant. In the bar at the rear of the eatery, happening from 5-8pm throughout Mount Vernon. Additionally, more than than 17 FILM the “Party in the Back” will feature the tasteful venues will feature work by some of the nudes, which were all shot in tandem by Lincoln area’s most prestigious artists. Entry is and Woodward. free. 20 Along with the 90-plus images on display, the WWW.MOUNTVERNONDOWNTOWN.ORG

MUSIC opening event will feature meet-and-greets with FRI., JUNE 6 members of the Bellingham Roller Betties, who COAL OPENING: Attend an open- 18 18 18 will be on hand to answer questions about the or- ing reception for “COAL” from 6-9pm ganization, sign up new recruits and share infor- in Anacortes at Anchor Art Space, 216 ART ART mation about the upcoming training camp. Reps Commercial Ave. The multi-artist exhibit from Sea Mar Visions—the group who will be the focuses on artists’ responses to the con- 16 troversial Cherry Point coal facility and recipients of the funds generated from the sale of the coal trains

STAGE the photos—will also be there to talk about their WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG program, which provides counseling and rehabili- tation to girls ages 14-17. GALLERY WALK: Anne Martin McCool 14 Woodward and Lincoln will Gallery, Industrious Industries, Gallery KP, Burton Jewelers, Scott Milo Gallery, be mingling with the crowd, the Majestic Inn and Spa, Gallery at the

GET OUT as well, so attendees should Depot, and more, will be open for the feel free to ask them ques- First Friday Gallery Walk from 6-9pm tions about the photographs throughout downtown Anacortes. Entry 12 on display, including what it is free. WWW.ANACORTESART.COM SEE IT takes to get the right shot WORDS WHAT: Opening when a horde of women in ART WALK: Allied Arts, Bayou on Bay, reception for roller skates are barreling to- Make.Shift Art Space, the Greenhouse, 8 “Bellingham the Leopold, Casa Que Pasa, Seifert & Roller Betties: ward you. Jones, Pickford Dreamspace Studios, Bay Business in the “It can be dangerous to Street Village, Old School Tattoo, and the Front, Party in CURRENTS CURRENTS photograph roller derby,” Waterfront Artists Studio Collective will the Back” Woodward says. “Our equip- be among the venues opening their doors

6 WHEN: 6-10pm ment is fully insured, and we for the monthly Art Walk from 6-10pm Fri., June 6 throughout downtown Bellingham. (during the know it’s a risk every time we VIEWS WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM downtown Art step out on to that track. We

4 Walk). The works are required to stay in taped- ALLIED ARTS: Works by Mary Morton, will be on display off areas when we are in the Ann Chaikin, Joy Olney, and Honore Kirk PHOTO BY KIM LINCOLN

MAIL MAIL through July middle of the track, but it is can be seen at an opening reception for WHERE: Casa “Love of Land” from 6-9pm at Allied Arts, still a bit overwhelming being

2 Que Pasa, 1415 1418 Cornwall Ave. BY AMY KEPFERLE Railroad Ave. circled by refs and skaters who WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG DO IT IT DO

COST: Proceeds are shouting, blowing whistles from art sales will and often times flying past MAKE.SHIFT: An opening reception for be donated to Sea you after a hard hit.” “Remembering Gunther: Bellingham Music Mar Visions Risky Business Photography” takes place from 6-10pm at INFO: Despite the challenges, both

06.04.14 Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. The www.bellingham photographers have been vol- PRESENTING THE ROLLER BETTIES exhibit features the work of Gunther Jose rollerbetties.com unteering their creative ser- Frank, who was lost at sea five years ago. .09 n select black-and-white shots highlighting the members of the Bell- vices for a number of years, 23 WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM # ingham Roller Betties, photographers Kim Lincoln and Amy Woodward with the aim of bringing the women of the Bell- I made sure to place the nearly naked roller derby players in postures that ingham Roller Betties to the public eye and shar- WATERFRONT STUDIOS: Attend a “Sum- reflected each woman’s innate power. ing one of the fastest-growing sports in the world. mer Celebration of the Arts” from 6-10pm at Waterfront Studios, 1220 Central Ave. “All the nudes were posed to reflect each woman’s strength and beauty,” “Part of the Roller Betties’ mission statement (across the street from Jalapenos). Lind- Lincoln says of the images, which can be seen during an opening reception is to ‘honor diversity and self-expression, and say Street will also perform. for “Bellingham Roller Betties: Business in the Front, Party in the Back” welcome women of all shapes, sizes and skill (360) 201-0710

CASCADIA WEEKLY during the downtown Art Walk Fri., June 6 at Casa Que Pasa. “They are not levels,’” Woodward says. “We sincerely hope our retouched, as we wanted to convey what true beauty looks like (without photos can reflect this.” KELCEY BATES STUDIO: Paintings by 18 Kelcey Bates and Giselle Nizar can be seen Photoshop). We purposely left the scars, bruises and marks that make each from 6-9pm at their new studio at Studio woman unique and beautiful.” Attendees at the opening reception can also pur- #205 at the Dreamspace Studios, 1318 Per the exhibit’s mullet-based title, the images shot by Lincoln and Wood- chase tickets for the Sat., June 7 Bellingham Roller Bay St. ward will be split into two distinct sections. In the “Business in the Front” Betties championship happening at Whatcom Com- WWW.KELCEYBATES.COM category, pictures from derby bouts and practices will be highlighted, along munity College’s Orca Pavilion. Tickets are $6-$14. doit

BUREAU AND BIRTHDAY SUITS: View a series of nude portraiture created through col- laboration between model and photographer with a focus on pride in one’s self at an open- 34 ing reception for William Canepa’s “Birthday Suits” from 6-10pm at the Bureau of Historical FOOD Investigation, 217 W. Holly St. WWW.THEBUREAUBELLINGHAM.COM 28

FISHBOY: Head out of downtown proper to view the works of folk artists R.R. Clark from 6-10pm at FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. B-BOARD (near Trader Joe’s). WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM 24 JUNE 6-8 FILM ART OF SUMI-E: View the “Art of Sumi-e” from 10am-5:30pm Friday through Sunday at

the Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. In 20 addition to viewing the ancient Japanese art of black ink painting, seven artists from Japan MUSIC will be demonstrating the art form at 11am and 2pm each day. Entry is free. 18 WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM 18 ART JUNE 6-7 ART ART OF FISHING: Local artists will introduce viewers into the world of fishing and fish at 16 the “Art of Fishing” exhibit celebrating the

25th anniversary of the Anacortes Waterfront STAGE Festival from 6-9pm Friday and 9am-2pm Sat- urday at the Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave. After Three Decades We Are Closing For Good 14 WWW.THEDEPOTCENTER.COM SAT., JUNE 7 SCULPTURE WOODS: View sculptor Anne TREK VIDEO CLOSES ITS DOORS GET OUT Morris’ Sculpture Woods on the first Saturday of every month from 10am-5pm at 3851 Legoe 12 Bay Rd., Lummi Island. The self-guided tour FOREVER is free. WWW.ANNMORRISBRONZE.COM ON SATURDAY, JUNE 7 WORDS SKY RECEPTION: An opening reception for 8 the multi-artist exhibit “Sky” occurs from 1000s off Titles to Choose From! 5-8pm at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. The invitational focuses on the DVDs & Blue Rays ever-changing sky of the Pacific Northwest. OUR LOWEST PRICES EVER! CURRENTS WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM 6 EVERYTHING 2-7 PM MON-SAT MON., JUNE 9 WELL ROUNDED: An opening reception for 1213 HARRIS VIEWS Daniel Brooks’ “Well Rounded” happens from

In the same building as WECU-Fairhaven Branch 4 6-9pm at the Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th MUST GO! St. Most of the paintings are on drum heads, so MAIL MAIL drummers are invited to bring drums and join in Representing Local Artists Since 1969

the festivities. See the works through June 10. Father’s Day : PAPA’s PIG OUT 2 WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM Sun, June 15th 11am–5pm DO IT IT DO A DESTINATION DAD’S DAY ON THE FARM ONGOING EXHIBITS MATZKE ART: Check out the multi-artist Pulled Country Blues, Pig Skin Toss, Lawn Mower Pull

“Spring Cavort” exhibit through June 8 at 06.04.14 Camano Island’s Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Trilby’s BBQ Pulled Pork & Tree Pulled Apple Pie

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WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM 23 # June 2014 A Family Celebration that will make Papa happier than a pig in mud. Featuring MONA: “Shapes of Abstraction from the Per- manent Collection,” Lucy Mae Martin’s “Hands On” exhibit, and “John Cole: A Historical MICHAEL Saturdays & Sundays Distillery Tours at 12n & 2pm Perspective” can be viewed through June 15 at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, 121 LABOON S. First St. MAGNIFICENT WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG MOSAICS CASCADIA WEEKLY

WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Paint,” “Pulp,” “Trea- Artist’s Reception June 20th, 5-8pm 19 sures from the Trunk,” and “Radical Repeti- Open daily 1000 Harris Avenue • Bellingham, WA tion” can currently be viewed at the Whatcom from 10 am – 5 pm Mon.-Sat. 11-6, Sun. 12-5 Museum campus. (360) 671-3998 Free Spirit Tastings WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG www.goodearthpots.com 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden | (360) 318-7720 | www.bellewoodfarms.com Rumor Has It

EVEN ME, WITH my steadfast life motto of “Out- 34 side bad; inside good,” find myself inexplicably

FOOD FOOD drawn to the outdoors during this time of year. This is when I find myself yearning for Bell- music ingham’s al fresco musical endeavors, specifi- 28 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT cally Downtown Sounds and Bellingham Parks & Recreation’s Concerts in the Parks series.

B-BOARD B-BOARD Downtown Sounds announced its 2014 lineup last week, and it looks like all of book- ing maven Lindsey Payne’s (she of Downtown 24 Bellingham Partnership) begging, wheedling,

FILM charming, arm-twisting and otherwise cajol- ing of bands and musicians has paid off once

20 again. Now in its 10th year, the widely beloved 20

music series will, as always, shut down an en- MUSIC MUSIC

MUSIC tire city block (the 1300 block of Bay Street, if you happen to be unfamiliar) for five Wednes-

18 days beginning July 9 in order to provide all of us with free, family- ART friendly musical enter- tainment. It’s pretty 16 much the best thing,

STAGE and this year’s roster of talent kicks off with MarchFourth March- 14 ing Band and Galactic Cirque Troupe (July 9), BY CAREY ROSS GET OUT then segues into the Prime Time Band and the Austerman File (July 16), and Polecat and Hillstomp (July 23). The 12 last two weeks of this year’s series will feature Publish the Quest and 3 on the Tree (July 30), WORDS and Voyager and Trees (Aug. 6). But Downtown Sounds isn’t the only entity 8 getting in on the open-air music action. Bell- ingham Parks and Recreation has a longstanding

CURRENTS CURRENTS history of utilizing our local parks as outdoor music venues, and this year is no exception. 6 Music gets started at the end of June in Elizabeth Park, and will run from 6-8pm ev- VIEWS ery Thursday night through the end of August.

4 BY CAREY ROSS While “Fantastic Voyage” might’ve During that time, if you happen to wander by seemed like an inescapable monster jam, (don’t even try and drive—parking is a night- MAIL MAIL in truth, Coolio was just getting started. mare) you will see everyone from the Legend-

After milking a couple of other, more minor ary Chucklenuts and Dana Lyons to the Yogo- 2 Coolio hits out of It Takes a Thief (“County Line” man Burning Band and the Penny Stinkers, DO IT IT DO

and “I Remember”) the rapper followed with much in between. A RENAISSANCE MAN that up with the song that would define Concerts will also resume at Boulevard Park, his career. which is a ridiculously scenic place to see a elieve it or not, I’ve had something slightly greater than a mild Recorded for the soundtrack to 1995’s show and I think we should all pause for a mo- 06.04.14 fascination with Coolio for a while now. Dangerous Minds, “Gangsta’s Paradise” was ment to consider how lovely it is to live in a I don’t lay awake at night and wonder what the rapper had for a bit of a departure for Coolio, whose pre- place that prioritizes such things.

.09 B lunch that day or anything, but I will admit that when Coolio appears on vious efforts had been hailed for bringing Now that we’re done giving thanks, let’s talk 23 # my pop-culture radar, I tend to pay attention. a more lighthearted viewpoint to the of- turkey about the bands that will play the four You see, Coolio is more than just a musician with a string of ’90s hip-hop ten-grim genre of gangsta rap. Beginning Saturday shows at Boulevard. Up first are the hits and a WTF hairstyle. He’s actually something of a renaissance man. with the lyrics “As I walk through the val- Polyrhythmics (July 19), followed by Skamania Yes, I’m totally serious, and if you’ll bear with me a minute, I’ll explain ley of the shadow of death/I take a look at (July 26). After them comes the always crowd- why after I dispense with some preliminaries that might be necessary for my life and realize there’s nothin’ left,” the pleasing Br’er Rabbit (Aug. 2), and Combalache anyone who doesn’t share my interest in the rapper. song is a gritty slice of unflinching reality (Aug. 9) will shut the whole thing down for the

CASCADIA WEEKLY Hailing from the city that ’90s hip-hop made famous—Compton, Ca- that details the cycle of life on the streets season with lively rumba and salsa music. lif.—Coolio, born Artis Leon Ivey Jr., was a rapper of some regional re- where Coolio is from. I’d like to conclude this by pledging that this 20 nown when he signed with Tommy Boy records in 1994. He wasted no And it was a hit of massive proportions. year’s season of outdoor music will convert me time before making the most of the opportunity, releasing his debut Buoyed by the success of the movie once and for all into a person who wants noth- album It Takes a Thief and unleashing what would become one of the big- that inspired it, as well as a music video ing more than fresh air and wide-open spaces, gest hits of that year, “Fantastic Voyage,” which, in turn, propelled the (back when such things made a difference) but I think we all know that’s not going to hap- album to platinum status. featuring Dangerous Minds star Michelle pen. There’s always next year, I guess. Pfeiffer, “Gangsta’s Paradise” was far musicevents and away the biggest song of 1995, go- ing platinum five times, hitting the top WED., JUNE 4 spot on the charts not just in the United MIKE ALLEN QUARTET: The Jazz Project

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MTV Video Music Awards and more than 28 cement its place in music history. THURS., JUNE 5 If that was all Coolio had to offer the IN MY LIFE: The musical biography of the Beatles as seen through the eyes of manager B-BOARD world, it would be enough. But he had Brian Epstein can be seen when In My Life: A more than just music up his sleeve. Musical Theatre Tribute to the Beatles shows Shortly after his ascension to the mu- at 7:30pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 114 W. Magnolia St., 24 sic industry’s most diz- N. Commercial St. Tickets are $20-$40. Suite 400, # 152 zying heights, Coolio WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM Bellingham, WA 98225 FILM determined that act- (360) 392-3911 SAT., JUNE 7 paulrichmondlaw.com 20 20 ing would be his next TRADITIONAL JAZZ: Ain’t No Heaven Seven artistic challenge. He will perform at the Bellingham Traditional MUSIC began his career as Jazz Society’s monthly concert and dance MUSIC a part-time thespian from 2-5pm at the VFW Hall, 625 N. State St.

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COST: $20 bit parts rather than DAN BRUBECK QUARTET: As part of the 14 INFO: www. breakout star turns, Sudden Valley Jazz Series, drummer Dan wildbuffalo.net but despite that (or Brubeck and his quartet will perform the music of Brubeck’s famous father, Dave, from GET OUT maybe because of it) 3-5:30pm at the Sudden Valley Dance Barn, 8 he’s managed to find his way onto the Barnview Court. Tickets are $20. sets of such productions as Charmed, Mup- WWW.SUDDENVALLEYLIBRARY.ORG 12 pets Tonight, Batman & Robin, The Nanny, CHAMBER CHORALE CONCERT: “Northwest and many more. WORDS Passages” will be the theme of the Belling- As well, he’s shown an affinity for real- ham Chamber Chorale’s spring concert at 4pm ity television, appearing on Celebrity Big at the First Congregational Church, 2401 8 Brother, Ultimate Big Brother, Celebrity Cornwall Ave. Entry is $5-$20. Wife Swap, and more. He also has a life- WWW.BCCSINGS.ORG long love of cooking, and merged his dual CURRENTS CATAPULT MUSIC SERIES: The Lonely For-

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Happy Hour Tuesday skills to the test on the Food Network 1207 Ellsworth St. Tickets are $10-$15. series Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off, WWW.BELLINGHAMSINGS.ORG a competitive reality cooking show that JUNE 7-8

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Fatone. Coolio didn’t win—that honor .09 purveyor Jovino Santos Neto at 7pm Saturday 23 went to Lou Diamond Phillips—but he # in Maple Falls at the East Whatcom Regional came in second place, won $10,000 for Resource Center, 8151 Kendall Rd. At 6pm charity and proved himself to be a serious Sunday, Irish music by Crumac can be heard. kitchen contender every step of the way. Tickets are $15. These days, Coolio is balancing his WWW.MOUNTBAKERWORLDMUSICFESTIVAL.COM rapper persona with his desire to fur- SUN., JUNE 8 ther his chef career (he made headlines OBOE AND HORN: Works by Bach, Mozart, CASCADIA WEEKLY late in 2013 for wanting to sell his back Gounoud, Herbert, and others can be heard catalogue to fund his culinary pursuits). at a “Plays Well With Others II: An Evening of 21 He’s still touring, still cooking and still Music Featuring Oboe and English Horn” con- cert at 7pm at VFW Post 1585, 625 N. State making television appearances as the St. The event also celebrates Ken Bronstein’s opportunity arises. In other words, he’s 60th birhday. Suggested donation is $10. very busy being a very renaissance kind 306-0536 of dude. musicvenues 34 See below for venue

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and a bowl of processed cereal maxes 34 out our ideal sugar intake for the rest of

FOOD FOOD the day. Sugar increases insulin, insulin Film increases fat storage. And it’s addictive. In a study Soechtig quotes, 93 percent of

28 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› SHOWTIMES lab rats chose sugar water over cocaine. Judging by the audience reaction as

B-BOARD B-BOARD Soechtig detailed the many lost battles that have attempted to regulate the sugar

industry, Fed Up is poised to be the In- 24 24 convenient Truth of the health movement. FILM FILM (Which makes sense—producer Laurie David worked on both.) Why have we al- lowed the USDA, whose job it is to sell 20 food, to pretend to be the voice of nutri-

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clinically obese. Behold, our new national hearing about banning advertising for WE ARE WHAT WE EAT paranoia: TOFI, or Thin Outside, Fat Inside. children, deadpanned, “We don’t market Quickly, Soechtig dismisses the com- to children. Ronald McDonald informs and ixty years ago, Fred Flintstone hawked Winston cigarettes. Today, he pitches mon wisdom that fat people are fat be- inspires by magic and fun.” Where’s their 06.04.14 cereal. And both can kill. cause they’re gluttonous and lazy. We meet Thank You for Smoking, and can we please Stephanie Soechtig’s rabble-rousing documentary Fed Up argues that it’s 200-pound-plus kids like 13-year-old Wes- call it Thank You for Snacking?

.09 S time to attack Big Sugar just like we successfully demonized Big Tobacco. Narrated ley, whose mom monitors his servings of After the film, I went to my condo and 23 # by Katie Couric, Fed Up is a doc that agitates for nutritional reform: put new labels Special K chips, and 12-year-old Maggie, grabbed the cookie dough I’d been plan- on processed foods, resurrect home economics classes, rally our leaders to combat who swims, rows and walks. They’re trying, ning to bake. There were the lies and the corporate Sugaristas, and screen Fed Up in schools across America. but the scale isn’t moving. In my genera- dodges that we’ve passively permitted for The flick starts with a simple question. In 1977, George McGovern introduced the tion, as a child of the ’80s, there used to be decades: a nutritional label that lists the McGovern Report, which outlined healthy dietary goals for the country. Why, then, one or two Maggies in a grade. Now there’s daily percent of Vitamin A in one cookie have Americans gotten fatter—exponentially so, especially the young? In 1980, a dozen. And the problem started when we (2 percent) but obfuscates the sugar by

CASCADIA WEEKLY there were zero cases of childhood type 2 diabetes. In 2010, there were 57,636. tried to get healthy. merely mentioning the number of grams, “That used to be called adult-onset diabetes,” sighs Bill Clinton. No longer. Now we Fed Up traces back the last 35 years and 11 (that’s 55 percent). Not only did the 24 have 9- and 10-year-old kids dying of heart attacks and strokes. makes a convincing case that big business package boast it had no trans fat, it even At this rate, in 20 years, 95 percent of the population will be obese, a crisis that is to blame. (When isn’t it?) The food indus- brazenly touted that a cookie and a glass affects every aspect of our country’s stability from health care spending to national try responded to the McGovern Report by of milk made a “wholesome snack.” Imag- defense. A group of retired military leaders is so alarmed by our out-of-shape society flooding the grocery aisles with “healthy” ine a warning label there instead. Now that they’ve issued a warning study called “Too Fat to Fight.” At that point in the chips, cookies, drinks, and cereals that cut imagine what that could do. Ready to hit

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31 C IGARETTES & SMOKELESS TOBACCO telligence to the joys and dilemmas that will animate BY ROB BREZSNY your life well into the future. Express reverence and U.S.I.T. care for the mysteries that will teach you and teach you and teach you for years to come. 34 FREEWILL LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): My favorite bridge in

FOOD FOOD the world is the Golden Gate Bridge. In the hundreds of ASTROLOGY times I have driven on it over San Francisco Bay, it has never let me down. I’ve always gotten from one side

28 to the other without any problem. In addition to its

28 SHOP ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We are born with LOWEST whirlwinds, forest fires, and comets inside us,” writes reliability, it uplifts me with its grandeur and beauty. novelist Robert R. McCammon. “We are born able What’s your most beloved bridge, Libra? I suggest that to sing to birds and read the clouds and see our in the coming weeks you make it your lucky charm, B-BOARD B-BOARD B-BOARD at PRICES IN destiny in grains of sand. But then we get the magic your magical symbol. Why? Because the next chapter THE A educated right out of our souls. We get it churched of your life story requires you to make a major cross- REA out, spanked out, washed out, and combed out. We ing. You will traverse a great divide. Having your favor- 24 on most brands ! Discounted Cigarettes get put on the straight and narrow path and told to ite bridge as a shining beacon in your imagination will be responsible.” That’s the bad news, Aries. But now inspire your strength and courage as you travel. FILM All Major Brands & Generics here’s the good news: The next 12 months will offer you a series of excellent opportunities to re-magic SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): U2’s Bono has called yourself. If you have not yet caught wind of the first Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah” “the most perfect 20 * invitation, I bet you will soon. song in the world.” It is mournful and triumphant, $ 00 $ 00 INCLUDES TAX! despairing and uplifting. It’s a riddle that improbably MUSIC 49 - 78 PER CARTON TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “When given a offers cathartic release. Over 300 recording artists have choice between owning an object and having an done cover versions of it, and it has even been the experience,” says art critic Holland Cotter, “I always subject of books. And yet it was a challenge for Cohen 18 EXPRESS DRIVE-THRU choose the experience.” He prefers to spend his to compose. He wrote more than 80 verses before

ART 7 am – 9 pm, money on adventures that transform his sense of self choosing the few he would actually include in the and his understanding of the world. I recommend final version, and in one famous session he resorted to 7 days a week that approach to you in the coming weeks, Taurus. banging his head on the floor to stimulate his creative 16 The most valuable “possessions” you can acquire will flow. “To find that urgent song,” he said, took “a lot of be the lessons you learn, the skills you hone, and the work and a lot of sweat.” I nominate “Hallelujah” to

STAGE relationships you ripen. be one of your sacred symbols for the next 12 months, Scorpio. From your strenuous effort, I predict, will GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In Marcel Proust’s come masterful creations.

14 CW novel Swann’s Way, the narrator speaks of how 360-724-0262 • On I-5 at Exit 236 profoundly he is inspired by an older writer named SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Let me Just 15 Minutes South of Bellingham • Skagit Valley Casino Resort Bergotte: “Each time he talked about something outline the breakthroughs I hope to see for you in

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WORDS think it’s because you’re more receptive than usual complishments. And third, the brave ideas that have to being delighted and enchanted. The triggers motivated you so well won’t devolve into staid old could be anything: exciting people, eavesdropped dogmas; you will either renew and reinvigorate them 8 conversations, good books, surprising music, and or else move on to a new set of brave ideas. who knows what else? CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you are in

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6 Now, in accordance with the astrological omens, I’m and master of recycling. I’m speaking metaphorically urging you to meditate on its meaning for your life. here. What I hope is that you will reanimate worn- Here are four possible interpretations: 1. Are you a out inspirations and convert faded dreams into shiny VIEWS “little horse” trying to carry a “great rider” who’s too new fantasies. You will find ways to revive alliances much for you? 2. Are you a little horse that could that went off track. A once-vibrant shtick or trick 4 grow into a bigger, stronger horse worthy of a great that lost its cool could be retrieved from the ash rider? 3. Are you a “great rider” who is in need of a heap of history and turned into a fresh, hot asset. MAIL MAIL horse that is big and strong enough to serve your Gear yourself up for some entertaining resurrections.

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this even if you’re not 100-percent confident, even should be charmed and appreciative. It signifies that if there is still some scraping or clawing ahead of you will be fertile, fast, a bit tricky, and very cute. you. Celebrate your growing mastery. Congratulate (To read an essay on the mythology of the rabbit as yourself for how far you’ve come. In this way, you trickster, go here: www.tinyurl.com/rabbittrickster.) will summon what’s needed to complete your mission and achieve final, total victory. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Buddhist medi- tation teacher Chogyam Trungpa said that one of the VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Give special at- best ways to become fearless is to cultivate tender- CASCADIA WEEKLY tention to what will last the longest. That’s my ness. As you expand your heart’s capacity to feel main recommendation for you in the coming weeks. compassionate affection for the world, you have less 32 Devote less of your energy to transitory pleasures and less to be afraid of. That’s the opposite of the and short-term hopes. Turn away from the small conventional wisdom, which says you become brave obsessions that demand far too much of your energy. by toughening up, by reinforcing your psychic armor. Withdraw from the seemingly pressing concerns that Of all the signs of the zodiac, you Pisceans are best will soon start to fade because they really aren’t that set up to benefit from Trungpa’s method—now even important. Instead, Virgo, devote your love and in- more than usual. BY AMY ALKON Consider taking steps to become independent, like living a more “Eu-

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28 weekly through Sept. 24, and includes music from 2:30-4:30pm. WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG B-BOARD B-BOARD green, they will become sweeter and softer. JUNE 4-7 Garlic growers and scape eaters alike share a BEAR AWARENESS WEEK: Avellino, Annie’s 24 Pizza, Boundary Bay Brewery, Everybody’s common interest in the scape being harvested Store, Rudy’s Pizzeria, Birdsview Brewery,

FILM FILM before or during its curled phase. Once it be- Concrete Theater, Marblemount Diner, and gins to stand up and straight-end, the scape 5b’s Bakery will be among the businesses becomes woody, much as asparagus will. celebrating Bear Awareness Week with food 20 Waiting this long to harvest the scapes and drink specials (honey bear latte, bearyli- cious shake, mama and papa bear pizzas,

MUSIC means they end up spending a lot of time on etc.) through June 7. See the website listed the plant, siphoning resources away from here for a full listing of participants, and other activities.

18 the bulbs. So I harvest my scapes as soon as they appear, pulling straight up on the WWW.WESTERNWILDLIFE.ORG ART flowering stalk with a gentle tug, like pull- THURS., JUNE 5 ing a blade of grass. UNDER PRESSURE: Potato-cauliflower curry 16 To prepare them, cut off the tip, as they with mango yogurt, nutty grain salad with currants and dill, and rum raisin rice pudding STAGE tend to dry out, and check the other ends for any sign of woodiness, and break off any will be on the menu when Mary Ellen Carter woody ends. leads an “Under Pressure” course (featuring the wonder of pressure cookers) at 6pm at the 14 Cordata Community Food Co-op, 315 Westerly Rd. Entry is $35.

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rocket ship. It charts a circular path, with two consecutive 360-degree rota- One dozen scapes

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and stand up straight, three feet off the ground, and the tip will open in Three (or so) ounces of grated Parmesan or a very flower-like way, and produce seed-like structures called bulbules. Pecorino Romano (a lot of leeway here) HERB PLANTING: “Companion Planting with Thanks to botanical nuance you can’t accurately call them flowers, but you A stalk or two’s worth of basil leaves Herbs” will be the focus of a free workshop at 9am at Garden Spot Nursery, 900 Alabama St. can, at least, call them garlic. More importantly, you can eat them like garlic. 1/3 cup pine nuts, cashew nuts, or the pesto Please register in advance. 06.04.14 Most large commercial growers prefer to grow the non-scape-producing nut of your choice 676-5480 garlic varieties, collectively called soft-neck garlic. Soft-neck garlic is less Squirt of lemon juice and some zesto .09 work for the grower, precisely because there are no scapes to deal with. Olive oil, as needed (roughly ¾ cup) ANACORTES MARKET: Attend the Ana- 23 # If the scapes aren’t picked, then the growth of the bulbs—the plant DIRECTIONS: In a food processor, whizz the cortes Farmers Market from 9am-2pm at the town’s Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave. The part that we typically refer to as garlic—will be stunted. Assuming one is scapes into a green and white confetti. Add market continues every Saturday through growing a scape-producing hard-neck garlic variety, yanking the scapes salt, cheese, basil, nuts, and lemon to the October . will allow the bulbs to grow larger. food processor, and resume spinning. Begin WWW.ANACORTESFARMERSMARKET.ORG Hard-neck garlic varieties are popular with the kind of small-scale farm- adding olive oil slowly. Add just enough oil ers that sell at farmers markets, local co-ops and high-end grocery stores, so that the pesto just starts to freely vortex BELLINGHAM MARKET: Attend the weekly Bellingham Farmers Market from 10am-3pm CASCADIA WEEKLY CASCADIA and these are the places where scapes can be found, sold by the bunch, like a liquid. Taste, adjust any ingredients every Saturday through Dec. 20 at the Depot through June. you wish, and continue processing until Market Square, 1000 Railroad Ave. New 34 Garlic flowers are versatile in the kitchen and fun to work with. They can smooth. Adding more basil will tilt the fla- and returning vendors will be selling fresh be cooked like a vegetable, such as in recipes that might call for string vor away from garlic pesto and more toward produce and ready-to-eat goods, local crafts, beans or asparagus. Or the scapes can be minced and used as a flavoring, a garlicky basil pesto. Serve with pasta, or and more. WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG as garlic is. The less you cook the scapes, the brighter green they remain, whatever else you make with pesto. and more spicy, raw garlic flavor is retained. If you cook them until navy doit CASCADIA

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