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A TAXING ISSUE Subsidizing earth's demise, P.08 BEER METAL EVIL DEAD A date with demons, P.15 YOGA AROUND TOWN A new kind of serenity, P.14 Bellingham Irish Festival, P.18 c a s c a d i a 30  Young Frankenstein: 7:30pm, Anacortes Com- munity Theatre FOOD  ThisWeek Evil Dead, the Musical: 8pm, Mount Baker Theatre A glance at this week’s Hellingham: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre

24 MUSIC happenings Bellingham Irish Festival: Through Sunday, throughout downtown

B-BOARD  Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band: 2-5pm, VFW Hall Jazz Series Concert: 3-5pm, Sudden Valley Dance Barn 22 THURSDAY [10.05.17] Trio Da Kali: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon

FILM  ONSTAGE COMMUNITY Breaking Bread: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts Model Train Show: 9am-5pm, NW Washington Bellingham Burlesque of 1927: 7:30pm, Firehouse Fairgrounds, Lynden 18 Performing Arts Center The Mousetrap: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild GET OUT MUSIC  Stand and Deliver: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Run Like a Girl: 9am, Fairhaven Park Vernon Stigma Stomp: 10am, Bloedel Donovan Park

16 The Addams Family: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Gore & Lore Tour: 6pm, downtown Bellingham Theatre, Lynden ART  Young Frankenstein: 7:30pm, Anacortes Com- FOOD munity Theatre Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts

15 Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Center The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Mount Vernon Market: 9am-2pm, Riverfront Plaza Blaine Gardeners Market: 10am-2pm, H Street STAGE  MUSIC Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot The Piano Guys: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre Market Square

14 Festival of Family Farms: 10am-4pm, throughout WORDS Skagit County Chuckanut Radio Hour: 6:30pm, Heiner Theater, Fall Fruit Festival: 10am-5pm, Cloud Mountain Farm

GET OUT  Whatcom Community College Center, Everson Cressida Cowell: 6:30pm, Bellingham Public Library Bier on the Pier: 12-6pm, Port of Anacortes Transit Event Center 12 FRIDAY [10.06.17] VISUAL Whatcom Artists Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, through-

WORDS  ONSTAGE Bellingham Burlesque of 1927: 7:30pm, Firehouse out Whatcom County Performing Arts Center Boneyard and Bloom Reception: 4-6pm, i.e. gal-  8 The Mousetrap: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild lery, Edison The Addams Family: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Art Walk: 4-7pm, throughout La Conner Theatre, Lynden New Exhibit Reception: 5-8pm, Smith & Vallee

CURRENTS Stand and Deliver: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Gallery, Edison Vernon Cascadia Dreams: 7:30pm, Jansen Art Center,

6 Young Frankenstein: 7:30pm, Anacortes Com- Lynden munity Theatre

VIEWS  Hellingham: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre SUNDAY [10.08.17] Brass Monkey Theater Club: 9pm, Sylvia Center

4  Sample as many as 200 varieties of apples, pears and ONSTAGE MUSIC The Mousetrap: 2pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild

MAIL  Bellingham Irish Festival: Through Sunday, much more at the annual Fall Fruit Festival taking The Addams Family: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas The- throughout downtown atre, Lynden

2  place Oct. 7-8 at Everson’s Cloud Mountain Farm Center

2  Stand and Deliver: 2pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount GET OUT Vernon DO IT  DO IT  Gore & Lore Tour: 6pm, historic Fairhaven Young Frankenstein: 2pm, Anacortes Community Theatre FOOD Ferndale Farmers Market: 3-7pm, Centennial MUSIC Riverwalk Park Bellingham Irish Festival: Through today, 10.04.17 Bier on the Pier: 5-9pm, Port of Anacortes Transit throughout downtown Event Center El Fin Del Mundo: 2pm, Nancy’s Farm .12 Whatcom Symphony Orchestra: 3pm, Mount Baker 40

# VISUAL Theatre Art Walk: 6-9pm, downtown Anacortes Art Walk: 6-10pm, downtown Bellingham GET OUT Buddy Walk: 12pm, Depot Market Square SATURDAY [10.07.17] FOOD ONSTAGE Flute master Gary Stroutsos will play along Festival of Family Farms: 10am-4pm, Skagit The Addams Family: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas The- County CASCADIA WEEKLY during —a multimedia atre, Lynden ”Cascadia Dreams” Fall Fruit Festival: 11am-4pm, Cloud Mountain Farm Bellingham Burlesque of 1927: 3pm and 7:30pm, Center, Everson 2 presentation celebrating the landscapes of the Firehouse PAC 24-Hour Theater Festival: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Pacific Northwest—Sat., Oct. 7 at Lynden’s VISUAL Sylvia Center Jansen Art Center Whatcom Artists Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, through- The Mousetrap: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild out Whatcom County Stand and Deliver: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre

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 8 16: Studio stats Sales Manager: NO LEAVING LAS VEGAS Homes and land on Alabama Hill are pricier 18: Sounds like Ireland Stephanie Young  360-647-8200 Another mass shooting. This time in Las Vegas. than in Roosevelt neighborhood. 20: Clubs CURRENTS  advertising@ Enough! So, how would increasing density in single- 22: Blade Runner, take two cascadiaweekly.com Australia banned assault weapons in 1996 and family-residence-zoned neighborhoods make 6 23: Film Shorts Distribution it sharply reduced gun homicides, including sui- more affordable housing if the housing costs are cides, and all but eliminated mass shootings. already higher in these neighborhoods? VIEWS  Distribution Manager: There is no excuse for the U.S. Congress not to Seems to me that a granny unit in Silver Beach Rear End Erik Burge 4 

4   360-647-8200 ban all assault weapons. Sen. Chris Murphy (D- or Sudden Valley will rent for what the market 24: Bulletin Board, Free Will  distribution@ CT) said it best: “This must stop. It is positively allows and that will be a lot more than an apart- MAIL  MAIL  cascadiaweekly.com 25: Wellness infuriating that my colleagues in Congress are ment or townhome in Roosevelt or on Northwest. Whatcom: Erik Burge,

2  so afraid of the gun industry that they pretend A detached accessory dwelling unit in Alabama 26: Crossword Stephanie Simms there aren’t public policy responses to this epi- Hill or South Hill is going to rent for as much as 27: Advice Goddess Skagit: Linda Brown, DO IT  Barb Murdoch demic. There are, and the thoughts and prayers the landlord can get and neither will qualify as 28: Comix of politicians are cruelly hollow if they are paired “affordable.” 29: Slowpoke, Sudoku Letters with continued legislative indifference. It’s time If Bashaw and Hammill want children to have SEND LETTERS TO LETTERS@ for Congress to get off its ass and do something.” better housing, why don’t they do something to CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM 10.04.17 30: Birch Door Cafe —Brian Estes, Bellingham improve the quality of the affordable housing

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40 ©2017 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by SCHOOL PLANNING AND GROWTH more access to Section 8 housing? Why don’t EVIL DEAD A TAXING # Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly A date with ISSUE demons, Subsidizing P.15 earth's Regarding the editorial written by Kelly they work with developers to increase good-qual- PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 demise, AROUND P.08 TOWN [email protected] Bellingham Irish Festival, Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia P.18 Bashaw and Dan Hammill, “Schools and Planning ity, affordable housing stock in already existing Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing for Growth,” I would like to ask them how in- multi-family residential neighborhoods? Why papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution

SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material A new kind of serenity, P.14 creasing density in currently single-family-resi- don’t they work with Kulshan Land Trust to build to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- dence-zoned neighborhoods is going to increase more affordable housing stock in neighborhoods ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday affordability? For example, my children attend that are already zoned multifamily residential? the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be CASCADIA WEEKLY returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. Roosevelt Elementary School. A two-bedroom I fail to see how increasing density and hav- LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. apartment in the Roosevelt neighborhood rents ing no neighborhoods zoned single-family will 4 In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your for under $1,000 a month. The two-bedroom increase stock of affordable housing or make the letters to fewer than 300 words. mother-in-law apartment around the corner from current stock have improved quality. It will just be me, on Alabama Hill, rents for $1,600 a month. a boon for developers and landlords, who will rent The vacation rental it is attached to rents for out their units for as much as the market allows. $400 a night. That has to do with the market. —Kathleen Hennessy, Bellingham NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre DON’T BALLARDIZE Ten years ago, the city tried to force tions in France and the United Kingdom BELLINGHAM “Tool Kit” multi-family housing into sin- between 70 and 80 percent of the elector- I find it disingenuous that City Coun- gle-family-zoned areas. Neighborhoods ate voted. cil member Dan Hammill and Bellingham all over the city rose up in opposition. We have a chance to do better this No-

School Board member Kelly Bashaw are The city was forced to drop the proposal. vember. No, it’s not a general election, or 30  advocating for the upzoning of single- Linville is trying something new this even the midterms, but there are a host of family neighborhoods to allow “town- time. The local school district has iden- local and state races and issues that ma- FOOD  houses, duplexes, backyard cottages and tified a socio-economic imbalance in terially effect our future. The deadline to mother-in-law units over garages” under some city schools. April Barker claims register to vote or to update your address 24 the false assertion that children within that single-family neighborhoods are in Whatcom County is Oct. 9. Oct. 30 is our community won’t have access to qual- causing socio-economic imbalance in the deadline for in-person registration for ity schools without such changes. Their Bellingham schools. new Washington voters only. Go to elec- B-BOARD  claims directly contradict Bellingham’s When an elementary school is surround- [email protected] or in person to

recently released ’17-’21 Assessment of ed by single-family neighborhoods, it is the Elections Office at 311 Grand Avenue 22 Fair Housing study: likely that most of the students have mid- in Bellingham.

“Bellingham has no HUD-identified ra- high-income parents, and only few low “In a democracy, voting is the least we FILM  cially or ethnically concentrated areas of income parents. Linville would correct can do,” Gloria Steinem said. Please vote.

poverty and our levels of segregation re- this imbalance by permitting multifamily —Marian Exall, Bellingham 18 main low…. All races including those liv- housing in single-family neighborhoods ing below the federal poverty line have around the school. SUPPORT A WORKING BLUE- MUSIC  access to [and] live in close proximity to The Bellingham School District is one GREEN WATERFRONT proficient schools…. Bellingham (juris- of the best in the state. Any child en- I am writing to express my support 16

diction) has no identifiable overarching rolled in the district will get a top-notch for Port of Bellingham candidate Barry ART  patterns of access to opportunity and education. If socio-economic balance in Wenger.

exposure to adverse community factors schools is important, school boundaries I first met Barry while working in Blaine 15 based on race/ethnicity, national origin, can be adjusted. as a reporter. Barry worked for the De-

or familial status. The jurisdiction has no Linville is using the school district to partment of Ecology and I talked with STAGE  HUD-identified R/ECAPs and no protect- manufacture a reason to eliminate single- him frequently about issues surrounding ed classes that are either moderately or family zoning. Blaine Harbor. I can tell you that Barry 14 highly segregated.” If you enjoy living in one of Belling- was knowledgeable about environmental What’s more, the housing chapter of Bell- ham’s single-famly neighborhoods, and issues but also had a real-world under- EBT ingham’s 2016 Comp Plan clearly states: you want to preserve the character and standing for business, particularly mari- GET OUT  “No upzones or urban growth area (UGA) quality of life around you, then you had time industry, being a former longshore- Corduroy & Flannel Shirts

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Trust home, a beneficiary of the voter posal and voted by 94 percent to autho- front ours and from being gobbled up by Collector Tiles and Trivets CURRENTS approved 2012 Home Fund, while simulta- rize a strike. private development forever. 6 neously owning an additional market rate These are hardworking members of Our current working waterfront not only Simple & Stylish home they rent for a profit. our community who just want fair wages supports the men and women who make a VIEWS  I’ve no problem supporting property so they can continue to live and work in living in industries there, but it also has 360-592-2297 www.everybodys.com 4  tax levies to subsidize affordable hous- Skagit County, have a little more sick leave a multiplier effect for the entire county. Highway 9 – Van Zandt 4  ing for low-income and first-time buyers; to take care of themselves and their fami- This means for every marine trade job, MAIL  however, I’m dismayed to know elected lies and save a little more for retirement. two other jobs are created in other sup- MAIL  Representing Local Artists Since 1969

officials are leveraging these opportuni- It seems like Draper Valley and their porting industries. 2  ties to their personal financial benefit. parent company, Perdue, could spare a We shouldn’t have to choose between

Further commoditizing housing via the little of their multi-millions they have having family-wage jobs and maintaining DO IT  allowance of speculators and developers made off the backs of these workers and the beautiful environment we currently to compete against working people look- many others and be not so greedy. have. We can have both and I believe Barry ing for a single-family home will never It’s time for Draper Valley to step up is the best person to help us build on that. yield affordable housing. and do the right thing for their workers I know he believes fundamentally the Port 10.04.17 Don’t Ballardize Bellingham! and our community. must listen to the citizens it represents .12

—Sean Wheeler, Bellingham —Michele Stelovich, Bellingham and act on behalf of the entire community, 40 not just special monied interests. October 2017 # AN EDUCATION IN ZONING DEMOCRACY REQUIRES I hope you will join me in voting to Featuring Bellingham Mayor Kelli Linville did not elect Barry Wenger and, while I’m at it, PARTICIPATION Patterns campaign on eliminating single-family We hear a lot these days about how di- Michael Shepard, for Port of Bellingham. zoning. Linville is now setting the stage vided America is. I believe there is perhaps —Tara Nelson, Bellingham Above & to make changes to the city’s single-fam- an even greater threat to our democracy Below ily zoning code, which would permit mul- than the divisions fostered by the current by Irene Lawson CASCADIA WEEKLY tifamily housing like duplexes, triplexes, White House incumbent: voter apathy. Opening Reception Friday the 13TH, 4-7 PM 5 or courtyard apartments in single-family In last November’s elections only 60 SEND YOUR LETTERS neighborhoods. Linville is supported by percent of eligible voters cast a ballot. 1000 Harris Avenue • Bellingham, WA Make them 300 words or fewer. Send to Council member April Barker, who is on Over 92 million citizens just couldn’t be Mon.-Sat. 11-6, Sun. 12-5 a crusade to eliminate all “exclusionary” bothered. This voter turnout is far lower [email protected] or mail to (360) 671-3998 www.goodearthpots.com single-family neighborhoods. than in other countries. In recent elec- P.O. Box 2833, Bellingham, WA 98229 THE GRISTLE A CONTINUUM: Lydia Place, a former home that has

30  provided housing for hundreds of homeless families, cut the ribbon on a reopening last week. A successful FOOD  two-year capital campaign raised more than $300,000 to build a second story and remodel the existing space. views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE The second-story addition and ground-floor remodel 24 will allow Lydia Place to continue expansion of pro- grams in pursuit of the agency’s vision of a community B-BOARD  where every family has a home and the opportunity to thrive. Lydia Place relies on community support for

22 over 60 percent of its operating budget. condemns the island to a second “Our community is struggling with a housing and BY MARK WEISBROT lost decade and more. FILM  homeless crisis,” Lydia Place Executive Director Emily The coming decade will be shaped O’Connor noted. “On any given day there are roughly 80 by cuts to health care and pensions,

18 homeless families with children in Bellingham.” as well as the kind of deficient in- The success of Lydia Place taps into the generosity of Wipe Out frastructure spending that left

MUSIC  private donations from foundations and organizations Puerto Rico extraordinarily vulnera- like the Bellingham Bay Rotary Club and Rotary Club of CANCEL PUERTO ble to this hurricane. And all of this 16 Bellingham, who contributed $150,000 to the project, RICO’S DEBT punishment—even if it “worked” as

ART  and to private businesses like RAM Construction and planned—would only win creditors RMC Architects, who provided technical expertise for MORE THAN 40 percent of Puer- ed by the permanent repeal of the about $7.9 billion of the $74 billion

15 the expansion project. to Rico is without clean water, and Jones Act, a shipping law that raises they are owed. Hence the island’s Lydia Place provides shelter for mothers and chil- the vast majority has no electricity. the price of food and other necessi- government is now in court with

STAGE  dren, often homeless as a consequence of domestic Many hospitals and operating rooms ties. And Puerto Rico should get the the creditors. instability or violence. Their circumstances engender are not functioning, and the threat same federal Medicaid and Medicare In other words, even before the compassion of the community; and while the cir- of a public health crisis looms. On funding as the states, which would the hurricanes hit, the Puerto Ri- 14 cumstances and response to homelessness are never Wednesday, 145 members of Con- save the island hundreds of millions can economy was already facing a simple or easy, they are a cohort among the constella- gress took the unusual step of writ- of dollars annually. quarter century or more without

GET OUT  tion of people unsheltered or in insecure housing that ing to President Trump and asking In the longer run, the question economic growth, and with increas- are perhaps most generously and readily assisted by for more Department of Defense re- of Puerto Rico’s political status ing unemployment and emigration.

12 the private sector. sources to be immediately deployed. will need to be resolved. As a U.S/ Now revenues will decline even The City of Bellingham continues to struggle with Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, state, it would at least have two faster thanks to falling sales tax placing the last, hardest cohort in that constellation, and Puerto Rico is legally entitled senators and five voting represen- receipts, fewer tourists and even WORDS  the chronically unsheltered—typically single adult to the same federal relief and recon- tatives in the House—and perhaps more out-migration, thus worsen-

 8 men, often ravaged by substance abuse, frequently struction aid as Texas or Florida. But our political class would pay more ing the fiscal crisis. hostile to the network of social services—who do not Puerto Rico is also an “unincorporat- attention to the island’s problems. Economic shocks, and Puerto readily engender compassion or generous donation. ed territory” of the United States— The hurricanes have hit at a time Rico’s limited ability to respond to

CURRENTS The city continues its search for a homeless shelter or, as many would say, a colony. Al- when Puerto Rico is facing an un- them—due partly to its dysfunc- that does not turn away men suffering addictions, though Puerto Ricans can be drafted precedented economic crisis, having tional political status—led to the 6 6 and provides temporary placement for others who find to serve in the U.S. military and are already suffered a lost decade with- debt crisis. The government ended themselves unsheltered. subject to other obligations of U.S. out economic growth. Unemploy- up borrowing more to keep the VIEWS  VIEWS  “Our response is a continuum,” Mayor Kelli Linville citizenship, they do not have voting ment is at 11.7 percent, more than economy and public services from

4  explained. “We need to make sure we have seniors on representation in Congress. two and a half times the level of further decline. our list of response options for homelessness, that Therein lies the problem: Puerto the United States. The poverty rate But it is the U.S. federal govern- MAIL  women and children are covered. Eighty percent of Rico’s political status not only pre- is at 46 percent, and 58 percent for ment’s current mandate of perpet-

2  our remaining list are single males with no children. vents these U.S. citizens from se- children—nearly three times the US ual austerity and economic shrink- “You want to be able to catch and assist the people curing their legal rights, but even rate. In the past decade, about 10 age that is really preventing any

DO IT  who do want to move on, who do want to improve their worse, it also allows them to be percent of the population has left economic recovery for the island in lives. But for those who you can’t assist, at least you treated very badly, over and over the island, and the pace of out-mi- the foreseeable future. are housing 100 people in a facility that has services.” again, and not have the sovereignty gration has doubled in recent years. Of course the most urgent need After more than a year of searching for a site for to chart a different course. Unfortunately, over the last year is the immediate deployment of full 10.04.17 such a shelter, city efforts disintegrated when the That different course is desper- or so, the U.S. federal government federal resources for disaster relief. Port of Bellingham foreclosed on a proposed location ately needed, because if Puerto has made this economic crisis much But the island was on a downward .12

40 near the agency’s Marine Trades Center—perhaps the Rico is to have a future, it will need worse. The Obama administra- spiral of increasing poverty, un- # last easiest place the city might house the hardest a whole new economic plan that tion—with input from Republican employment, and deteriorating of hard-luck cases. allows it to recover. This would in- Congressional leaders—appointed public health and education long City staff immediately embarked on a doomed quest clude at a minimum the cancellation a fiscal oversight board that im- before the hurricanes hit, and we to find an alternative site within walking distance of of most of its debt, which is not go- posed a draconian austerity plan cannot solve one crisis without ad- the current Lighthouse Mission Ministries, which has ing to be paid in any case. The aus- on Puerto Rico in response to the dressing the other. agreed to partner with the city to provide services terity that has been imposed as a island’s default on its $74 billion

CASCADIA WEEKLY and support for the completed shelter. The very cri- response to this debt burden needs dollar debt. The plan proposed by Mark Weisbrot is Co-Director of the teria of the search—lower value (ideally city-owned) to be replaced by a fiscal stimulus this board was rejected by credi- Center for Economic and Policy 6 property nowhere near other properties with a high program, much of which could go tors who—amazingly—wanted to Research(CEPR), in Washington, DC. value or potential for value in the downtown com- toward reconstruction. squeeze even more out of Puerto He is co-author of Social Security: mercial center—eliminated the likelihood the search That reconstruction could be aid- Rico. But regardless, the austerity The Phony Crisis. would be successful. Planning and Community Development Director Rick VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE Sepler reported to City Council last A BETTER WAY TO

week that, sure enough, the search 30  came up empty. “We’ve reached a point where we’ve PLAY FOOD  looked fairly broadly,” Sepler noted, EVERY “but we have not looked at other pub- 24 lic lands that are within the study area DAY ATNORTHWOOD! that could potentially meet the crite- ria. And we felt somewhat uncomfort- B-BOARD  able about proceeding on that, because

we’re talking about another jurisdic- 22 tion’s property without the other juris- diction being involved.” FILM  The City of Bellingham is looking at

you, Whatcom County. 18 As it happens, Whatcom County Welcome Back To Northwood! controls several properties within the Northwood Casino is thrilled to be open once more and looking forward to serving our guests! MUSIC  study area. One in particular is ideally suited by its proximity to police and 16

paramedic fire services, as well as mere ART  steps away from city and county servic-

es that might assist the homeless. The 15 problem is, the site is not up for discus- sion, administration-to-administration. $ STAGE  “I know that the County Executive does not want to talk about that space 14 now, does not want our staffs to get 10,000 Grand Finale together to talk about that space now.

Perhaps things will change after the GET OUT  election, and I am committed not to Drawings Are

press him on the matter until then,” 12 Linville said. “I’m spending the time doing research WORDS  on what our role is, and what the coun- Coming Soon!

ty role is in addressing homelessness—  8 and particularly where mental health is an issue, because it is my understand- ing that the county is the responsible Keep swiping your Winners CURRENTS government because they control the Club Card at our Rewards 6 state tax revenues generated to address Kiosk every time you visit 6 mental health. The county has taken Northwood to get more entries VIEWS  VIEWS  the lead in that role,” she said. to win!

Meanwhile, City Council resolved 4  last week to send an exploratory mis- Grand Finale drawings on Sunday, sion to the County Council to initi- October 15 starting at 1:30pm: MAIL 

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4pm win $500 10.04.17 bilities,” Linville commented, “and none 4:30pm win $500 of us have the resources to cover this all At 5pm one Grand Prize Winner of $5000! .12 by ourselves. It is not solely the city’s 40 responsibility to address a countywide # issue of homelessness, nor are all the people we’re trying to help all from the city of Bellingham. We do know most of MODERN COMFORTS AND JUST TWO TURNS OFF THE the people we’re trying to help are from Whatcom County, people who last held OLD FASHIONED HOSPITALITY GUIDE MERIDIAN an address somewhere in this county. ALDERGROVE CASCADIA WEEKLY 99 15 “We can’t wait for the perfect for ten 8 AVE BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA 7 years,” she said. “You do the things you 877.777.9847 can along the way; and in this particu- 9750 Northwood Road • LyndenBLAINE WA N lar case, even if we had a place to put DRAYTON E BADGER RD NORTHWOOD RD HARBOR a low-barrier shelter, that doesn’t help www.northwoodcasino.com the person on the street tonight.” GUIDE MERIDIAN RD LYNDEN

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BELLINGHAM Eliminating industry subsidies, howev- er, faces strong political resistance in the United States. Subsidies, the OCI report notes, “have been defended by a Congress

30  influenced by $350 million in campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures FOOD  by the fossil fuel industry,” which reseach- currents ers estimate “equates to a 8,200 percent NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX return on investment.” 24 “For members of Congress who consider themselves climate champions, eliminating B-BOARD  the subsidies that drive fossil fuel expansion and climate pollution is a critical starting

22 A recent analysis found that damage from point,” said Janet Redman, OCI' s U.S. policy extreme weather intensified by climate director and principal author of the report.

FILM  change and the health impacts from using Congress, though, is not the only po- gas, oil and coal have cost the U.S. econ- litical barrier to curbing U.S. emissions.

18 omy an annual average of $240 billion in President Donald Trump, in June, vowed past decade. Between now and 2028, that to withdraw from the Paris climate agree-

MUSIC  figure is expected to rise to $360 billion ment, and since then the U.S. has sidelined SUBSIDIZING annually—more than half of the economy’s itself in discussions about reducing emis-

16 growth—and that doesn’t even account for sions globally.

ART  the cost of industry subsidies. “While the rest of the world moves to- On top of the financial burden from ward a renewable energy future, dirty en-

15 burning fossil fuels, a report published this week by Oil Change International (OCI)

STAGE  found that industry subsidies cost U.S. EARTH'S taxpayers more than $20 billion each year, 14.7 billion at the federal level and $5.8 14 billion at the state level. These subsidies Until we separate take several forms—including financial oil and state, the GET OUT  handouts, flexible liability policies, and tax breaks—and, researchers argue, “waste dirty energy money

12 billions of dollars propping up an industry cycle of fossil fuel incompatible with safe climate limits.” A separate study by Stockholm Envi- contributions going WORDS  ronment Institute (SEI), published in the into Congress and oil,

 8 journal Nature, examined the impact of subsidies on U.S. crude oil production, gas, and coal subsidies and concluded that subsidies to oil compa- coming out will CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 nies encourage them to drill oil fields that would otherwise be unprofitable. stymie our chances at 6 Over the next few decades, SEI research- revolutionizing the ers estimate, “tax preferences and other VIEWS  subsidies push nearly half of new, yet-to-be- energy sector."

4  developed oil investments into profitability, —JANET REDMAN, OIL CHANGE potentially increasing U.S. oil production by

MAIL  INTERNATIONAL 17 billion barrels” that, once burned, will

2  release about six billion tons of carbon di- oxide into the atmosphere. ergy defenders in the Trump administration

DO IT  “This is oil we don’t need and it takes the are using our taxpayer dollars to promote U.S. further away from its climate goals of dangerous new fossil fuel development,” reducing CO emissions,” report co-author Redman added. “Until we separate oil and DEMISE 2 Peter Erickson, a senior scientist at SEI's state, the dirty energy money cycle of fos- 10.04.17 U.S. center, said. The United States cur- sil fuel contributions going into Congress TAXPAYERS PROP UP ENERGY INDUSTRY rently ranks second, behind only China, in and oil, gas, and coal subsidies coming out .12

40 global CO emissions. will stymie our chances at revolutionizing BY JESSICA CORBETT 2 # Similarly, the OCI report concludes that the energy sector and staving off worsen- “every dollar spent subsidizing this indus- ing climate disasters.” IN THE MIDST OF A HURRICANE SEASON THAT try takes us further away from achieving To achieve that, Tim McDonnell argued in internationally agreed emissions goals, a Washington Post analysis published Mon- shows just how expensive inaction on climate change and maintaining a stable climate.” It also day, “forget the Paris agreement. The real can be, two new reports highlight how massive taxpay- notes that without a rapid reduction in U.S. solution to climate change is in the U.S. CASCADIA WEEKLY fossil fuel reliance, the world will likely to tax code.” Noting that fossil fuel industry er-funded subsidies for fossil fuel companies are prop- fail the meet goals outlined in the 2015 lobbyists are celebrating the new Repub- 8 ping up an industry that refuses to take responsibility Paris climate accord, in which nearly every lican tax plan, released last week, as “a nation on Earth agreed to reduce green- win,” McDonnell concludes “tax reform can for the destructive and costly chaos it has played an house gas emissions in hopes of limiting help fight climate change—just not the enormous role in creating. global average temperature rise to below kind of tax reform Trump and Republicans 2°C, while aiming for below 1.5°C. are proposing.” BTC Manufacturing Day | | Manufacturing Fair Panels Program Tours & Demos 30 

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Whatcom County Council extends their moratorium on new projects to export 14 unrefined fossil fuels pending the completion of a comprehensive policy study on the permitting of such facilities. After hearing heated statements supporting and

GET OUT  opposing the ban, the council votes to extend it another six months.

12 09.29.17 FRIDAY WORDS  Hurricane Harvey flooded more than a dozen Superfund toxic waste sites when

 8 it devastated the Texas coast in late August. An EPA report predicted the possi- bility of climate-related problems at toxic waste sites like those in Texas, but the page detailing the report on the agency’s website was made inactive months CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 before the storm. The report was removed from the EPA website when President Trump took office in January—it last appeared on the site the day before his The fist big cargo shipment in 17 years arrives at the Port of Bellingham terminal. The 590-foot MV Diana Bolten 6 inauguration. [NPR] carried a cargo of organic corn and soybeans. The Port has spent about $500,000 dollars on terminal improvements to attract more shipments. VIEWS  A major earthquake in Mexico provided another reminder about the risks of

4  poorly reinforced buildings. Seismic retrofits would likely save lives. But until mass shooting in modern American his- was flawed and First Nations weren’t ade- now city and state governments in the Northwest have been reluctant to require tory. [Bellingham Herald, KGMI] quately consulted. [Canadian Press] MAIL  that of property owners. [NPR]

2  Several First Nations, municipalities and Kinder Morgan Canada asks the National 10.02.17 environmental groups that are opposed to Energy Board to waive an approval condi-

DO IT  the approval process of the Trans Mountain tion of the Trans Mountain pipeline ex- MONDAY pipeline expansion in British Columbia pansion because it might delay completion A gunman releases a rapid-fire barrage of bullets from an upper floor of a Las will argue their position in the Canadian of the project. Trans Mountain, in a letter Vegas hotel late Sunday, killing at least 58 people and injuring more than 500 oth- Federal Court of Appeal over the next two to the NEB, said it needs to be allowed to 10.04.17 ers attending a country music festival below. A Lummi tribal member is wounded weeks. The hearing in Vancouver consoli- install mats to deter fish spawning as soon in a shooting. Other Whatcom County members were present for the festival but dates numerous lawsuits that claim the as possible to have them in place before .12

40 were not injured in the attack. The shooter killed himself at the end of the worst National Energy Board’s approval process spawning season. [Canadian Press] #

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but his description and manners match- BUZZ 30  es those of a gentleman known to them.

The search continues. FOOD  PEOPLE WITH ISSUES On Sept. 27, Bellingham Police arrest- On Sept. 3, a visitor to the area called 24 ed a man who used a taser to kidnap a Blaine Police to report a man yelling woman and demand money from her. Po- at passing vehicles and people. “The lice said he held the woman in the room man had a dog that looked as if it had B-BOARD  of an apartment in Roosevelt neighbor- been tied to the mailbox cluster at the

hood in an attempt to coerce the $40 corner street,” police reported. Patrol 22 she allegedly owed him. The woman was officers looked for the man but did not unharmed except for welts on her body find him. FILM  from the taser.

On Sept. 22, Blaine Police observed a 18 On Sept. 27, Bellingham Police arrested man riding his bicycle while wearing a

a 27-year-old man after he threatened wig that stood out drastically against MUSIC  to put a bullet in the head of a person his complexion. Polce knew the man

concerned about the treatment of his and it appeared the man was making a 16 dog. Police reported someone contacted poor attempt to avoid their detection, ART  the Humane Society about how the man which piqued their interest. The man was treating his Rottweiler. He made the was checked for warrants, determined 15 threat. He went to jail. The Whatcom Hu- to have two, and taken into custo-

mane Society has his dog. dy. “During inventory of his property, STAGE  an officer discovered a glass vial with 59 On Sept. 23, police arrested a transient a crystalline substance around the 14 in connection with a stabbing at the base of the vial,” police reported. The Number killed when a gunman opened fire from a room at the Mandalay Bay Resort Casino in Las Vegas last weekend, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. downtown Bellingham Food Co-op. Bell- sunbstance tested positive for metham- ingham Police reported the man started phetamine. Additional charges were for- GET OUT  a fight in a co-op restroom and ended warded to the prosecutor's office. up stabbing another man in the shoul- 527 12 der. The transient was booked for first On Sept. 21, an employee at the Blaine Number injured in the Las Vegas mass shooting. Of 180 people who were treated for Level Two degree assault. Port of Entry was walking through Lin- trauma, 124 had multiple gunshot wounds. The gunman fired an estimated nine rounds per second for more than 10 minutes. WORDS  coln Park when he encountered a man

On Sept. 21, a woman was caught steal- who was only clothed from the waist up. 8  8 ing from Macy’s by store security and got Officers checked the area but did not violent with them. Bellingham Police find the man. CURRENTS  CURRENTS said the 29-year-old bit, punched and 1,518 CURRENTS kicked security guards. Police arrested SEEING THE LIGHT Estimated number of mass shootings in the United States since December 2012, when a her in the parking lot. She had already On Sept. 28, a man ran out of the Sun- gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 20 6 stolen from and been trespassed from set Safeway with a flashlight and batter- children, six adults and himself. Lowe’s and trespassed at Kohl’s. ies. He was chased by store security. He VIEWS 

eventually gave up and stopped running. 4  CIVIL WAR CONTINUES He walked back to the store with secu- 1,715 MAIL  On Oct. 2, while investigating another rity. He was trespassed from Safeway by Estimated number of people killed in mass shootings in the United States since Sandy Hook. call, Bellingham patrol officers noticed Bellingham Police. He was additionally More than 6,089 have been wounded. 2  a wayfinder sign for the Pickett House cited on an outstanding warrant for uri-

had been covered in grafitti. The dam- nating in public. DO IT  age was photographed and reported to 355 the Parks Department. On Sept. 27, an employee at Safeway Number of mass shootings in the United States logged over a 365-day period beginning in watched a man push a shopping cart full of 2015. When trying to find an organizing cause of mass shootings, researchers found the PROBLEMATIC PEDESTRIANS unpaid groceries out of the store. The em- strongest correlative was states with with more stringent gun laws logged fewer gun deaths 10.04.17 than states looser gun controls. On Sept. 16, Blaine Police received mul- ployee questioned the man, who ignored .12

tiple reports of a man yelling at passing him and continued to walk away with the 40 cars and people. “An officer located the stolen merchandise. When Bellingham Po- # problematic pedestrian, who exhibited lice arrived, he abandoned his cart and 29.7 unusual emotional behavior but was not attempted to run away. He was arrested. Homicides by firearms in the United States per one million residents. The number is three to ten times the rate of Europeans. a clear danger to himself or others,” po- lice reported. “The man claimed that he PEE PATROL had only been singing as he walked, but On Sept. 1, Blaine Police discovered agreed to use his Inside Voice for the several people urinating in public. “Ap- 3 4.4 CASCADIA WEEKLY remainder of his sojourn.” parently the people couldn't hold it long Police are three times more likely to be killed Percent of the total world’s firearms owned enough to walk across the street to use in states with high levels of gun ownership by Americans. The number is nearly half 11 On Sept. 16, two morning joggers in the restrooms in any one of several near- per capita than in states with lower levels of of the guns owned by civilians around the gun ownership. world. Blaine increased their pace when they by establishments and decided to uri- encountered a man standing in the nate in a parking lot of a business, with SOURCES: Associated Press; Washington Post; Richard Florida, "Firearm Prevalence and Homicides of roadway yelling obscenities at no one their full monty in full view to several Law Enforcement Officers in the United States”; “The Geography of Gun Deaths” doit WORDS

30  WED., OCT. 4 MEMOIR READINGS: Brenda Miller reads

FOOD  from An Earlier Life and Kate Carroll de Gutes reads from The Authenticity Experiment: Les- words sons from the Best & Worst Year of My Life at COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS 24 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

B-BOARD  THURS., OCT. 5 CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR: Nathalia Holt reads from Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women

22 Who Propelled Us, From Missiles to the Moon to Mars as the featured author at the live tap-

FILM  ing of the Chuckanut Radio Hour at 6:30pm at Whatcom Community College’s Heiner The- ater, 237 W. Kellogg Rd. Performance poet 18 Kevin Murphy, Weekly columnist Alan Rhodes, serial radio comedy and more will be part of

MUSIC  the evening’s events. Entry is $5. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 16 WIZARDS OF ONCE: Award-winning author

ART  Cressida Cowell (of How to Train Your Dragon fame) reads from The Wizards of Once at 6:30pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 15 Central Ave. Expect magic, warriors, deadly witches, ogres, snowcats and more—includ- STAGE  ing humor, heart and incredible artwork. Entry is free.

14 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM OR WWW.BELLINGHAMPUBLICLIBRARY.ORG

GET OUT  FRI., OCT. 6 CLOUD COVER: As part of NCI’s “Nature of Writing” series, Maria Mudd Ruth shares A 12 12 Sideways Look at Clouds at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM WORDS  WORDS  Conversely, readers hoping for a smidgen REVIEWED BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER SAT., OCT. 7

 8 of lightheartedness will find it here: On her SACRED RIVER: Meet Debu Majumdar, the post-election days, Clinton says that she author of Sacred River: A Himalayan Journey, practiced yoga and deep breathing but “I at a presentation taking place from 7:30- 9pm at the Lummi Island Library, 2144 S. CURRENTS What Happened also drank my share of chardonnay.” We are likewise treated to great behind-the- Nugent Rd.

6 (360) 758-7145 BEHIND THE SCENES WITH HILLARY CLINTON scenes peeks; for example, Clinton prac- ticed for debates in such mocked-up detail BODY POETRY: Poet Carol Davis reads from VIEWS  YOUR VOTE counts. that “Trump hardly said a thing in any of her new poetry collection, Because I Cannot

4  That’s what you head to the polls hoping: That your single vote matters out of the three debates that I was hearing for Leave This Body, at 7pm at Village Books, millions, and that you’ll have a hand in history. the first time.” 1200 11th St. In the works, the Western

MAIL  Washington University alum crosses cul- On that note, about last fall, Hillary Rodham Clinton has a few things to say, and Here, there’s a constant sense of awe and tural and geographic boundaries to explore

2  in her new book, What Happened, you’ll notice first that that title is not a question. gratitude at her role in history, as well as her family’s history as Jews, as outsiders, You’ll also notice that Clinton is quick to say in her au- backhanded relief at not winning, perceiv- as immigrants.

DO IT  thor’s note, that this book is based entirely on her point of ing it as opportunity to spend time with WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM view and her memories. her grandchildren. MON., OCT. 9 To start, Clinton refuses to point fingers at anyone on And yet—there’s a no-surprise tone LIBRARY TOUR: View a hidden fourth her staff, and there’s no under-the-bus throwing. Later, she of anger in this book, and lingering be- floor, a “book hospital” and much more at a 10.04.17 carefully, thoughtfully cites specifics on why she ran and fuddlement over much of 2016’s political “Behind the Scenes” tour taking place from lost, and she steadfastly claims responsibility for what hap- scene. Clinton says, “I’m doing OK,” but 6-7:30pm at the Bellingham Public Library, .12 210 Central Ave. Meet at the upper mez-

40 pened and for decisions made—though she does lay blame eagle-eyed readers may spot passages

# zanine at the library; entry is free. on James Comey; the media, for skewing what was reported; here that seem to belie that sentiment. (360) 778-7217 and, of course, Donald Trump. Still, she has plenty of sass left. Clinton Clinton is, in fact, deeply concerned for the viciousness persistently pokes at the soft spots of her BOOKS ON TAP: South Whatcom Library of this last campaign and its use of “lies” and misquoted half-thoughts, but she’s election opponent in many subtle (and manager Brian Hulsey will lead a “Books on sorry-not-sorry for using the word “deplorables.” She admits regret over now-minor not-so-subtle) ways. Tap” gathering from 6:30-8pm at El Agave 2, 4 Clubhouse Circle, Sudden Valley. The scandals and, as for emails, Clinton believes that, generations from now, people will Toward the end of What Happened Clinton book to read for this month is Mary Shelley’s CASCADIA WEEKLY be shocked that they were the number one subject of campaign controversy. asks that we all be “kind,” but she also of- Frankenstein. There is, in this book, a lot that’s unnecessary. Readers will find pages of biogra- fers advice for Democrats who want to win (360) 305-3632 12 phy and personal stories that appeared in past books, either in hers or Bill’s. There in 2018 and 2020. And though this “doesn’t are history lessons that really only boost her anecdotes, and could have been omit- mean I’ll ever run for office again,” it POETRY POSTCARDS: Paul Nelson will mod- erate a “Poetry Postcards” panel and con- ted; ditto for some things that seem overly rehashed. doesn’t mean the opposite, either. versation with artists and writers Eugenie Of course, as happens in many memoirs, names are dropped like moths beneath a In other words, do read this book and Hepworth Petty, Tallie Jones, Nancy Pagh, bug zapper, which is more or less unimportant except to the people being named. don’t count Hillary Clinton out just yet. doit

Ina Roy-Faderman, and Joanna Thomas at 7pm at

the Encore Room at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Entry is free. 30  WWW.THEPOETRYDEPARTMENT.WORDPRESS.COM

JOIN US FOR FOOD  POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their creative verse as part of Poetrynight can sign up at 7:45pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 LUNCH! 24 Central Ave. Readings start at 8pm. DAILY FROM 11AM - 3PM WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG B-BOARD  WED., OCT. 11 Award-winning author Cressida Cowell WITH THE PURCHASE (of How to Train Your Dragon fame) shares WHATCOM WRITERS MEETING: Tonight’s What- her new tome, The Wizards of Once, at 6:30pm OF ANY ENTREÉ, ENJOY com Writers and Publishers meeting will feature * 22 an interactive round table discussion on topics Thurs., Oct. 5 at the Bellingham Public Library ANY FOOD ITEM ranging from copyright issues to promotions, FILM  marketing, social media, websites and more from ning model train layouts, exhibit, and vendors. 6-8:30pm at Nicki’s Bella Marina, 2615 S. Harbor Entry is $22 per family (up to six).

FREE!OFFER VALID 18 Loop Dr. Entry is free; please RSVP. WWW.LYNDENTRAINSHOW.COM WWW.WHATCOMWRITERSANDPUBLISHERS.ORG 714 LAKEWAY DRIVE MONDAY THRU FRIDAY SUN., OCT. 8 BELLINGHAM, WA, 98229 FROM 11AM - 3PM MUSIC  THURS., OCT. 12 MOON FESTIVAL: Chinese and Korean dance PHONE: (360) 392-6520 *of equal or lesser value THE SILENCE: Poet, activist, house painter and performances, arts and crafts for kids, a silent WWW.BTOWNKITCHEN.COM must present coupon to redeem 16 musician Rob Lewis shares ideas from The Silence auction, a raffle, bake sale and more will be part of Vanishing Things at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 of a Chinese Moon Festival taking place from ART  11th St. 2-4pm at the Bloedel Donovan Community Build- WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM ing, 2214 Electric Ave. Funds raised support Mei 15 Hua Chinese School. Admission is free. WWW.MEIHUASCHOOL.ORG COMMUNITY STAGE  NOOKCHAT: Resident Terry Bronkema will speak about the Hank Ehlers’ homestead, the bottom-

THURS., OCT. 5 14 PROJECT NEIGHBORLY: Celebrate the culmina- less Pangborn Lake, Hinton Spur, and more at a tion of the Deming Community Quilt and Indra’s “NookChat: Community Storytelling” event from

Net projects at a “Project Neighborly” Open 3-4:30pm at the Everson Library, 104 Kirsch Dr. GET OUT  House from 6:30-8pm at the Deming Library, 5044 (360) 966-5100 Mt. Baker Hwy. Entry is free. October 13th & 14th 12 (360) 592-2422 TUES., OCT. 10 $12 per person in advance 12 DEALING WITH DISASTER: All are welcome $13 at the door FRI., OCT. 6 at a “Dealing with Disaster by Being Prepared” Advance tickets call 360-592-3051 or 592-0976 WORDS  BTC MANUFACTURING DAY: Learn more about presentation by Barb Hudson at 6:30pm at the or pick up at Bellingham Visitors Center WORDS  the wide variety of manufacturing careers, local Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. industry, and how you can train for high-wage Hudson says anyone can learn the simple steps it FREE BEER STEIN  8 careers at a BTC Manufacturing Day event happen- takes to have emergency supplies on hand, have included with admission fee ing from 4-7pm at Bellingham Technical College, a plan to evacuate or stay in place, and to keep The Polkatones Must be 21 to enter. 3028 Lindbergh Ave. A manufacturing fair and in communication with your loved ones and the

Live Music • Dancing • Entertainment CURRENTS panels in BTC’s G Building and program tours in outside world. Entry is free. Tirolean Dancers the college’s Advanced Manufacturing labs will be WWW.MOUNTVERNONWA.GOV The Polkatones Band 7pm–close 6 part of the free event. Please sign up in advance. Sylvia’s German/Variety Band 1pm–6pm WWW.BTC.EDU/MFGDAY WED., OCT. 11 Beer Garden 12pm–1am VIEWS  CYBERSECURITY DEDICATION: In recognition Bavarian Food All day and night FRIDAY NIGHT FLICKS: The South Fork Valley of its national and regional leadership in the field Free RV and Tent Camping -- Hookups available 4  Community Association will host a “Friday Night of cybersecurity education, attend a dedica-

Flicks” gathering to view Atlantic City at 7:30pm tion for a new Cybersecurity Center at 4:30pm at MAIL  at Deming’s Van Zandt Community Hall, 4106 Val- Whatcom Community College, 237 W. Kellogg Rd.

ley Hwy. Suggested donation is $5. WWW.WHATCOM.EDU 2  [email protected] CANDIDATE FORUM: Attend a Port Commission DO IT  OCT. 6-8 Candidate Forum from 6:30-8:30pm at the Belling- FUNDRAISING SALE: The Whatcom Education, ham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. The event will Spay & Neuter Impact Program (WeSNIP) will take place in the downstairs conference room. Law Offices of host its annual Not Your Average Garage Sale WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG 10.04.17 from 9am-4pm Friday and Saturday, and 9am-3pm Sunday at Ferndale’s Carnation Oxford Building, FILM FESTIVAL MEETING: Everyone is invited to Alexander F. Ransom 1920 Main St. participate in developing the 18th annual Belling- .12 40

WWW.WESNIP.ORG ham Human Rights Film Festival at a meeting taking # place from 7-9pm at the Bellingham Public Market, OCT. 7-8 1530 Cornwall Ave. The festival occurs Feb. 15-24. Experienced. HISTORY GARAGE SALE: Whatcom County WWW.BHRFF.WEBS.COM Historical Society will host its Big Annual Garage Sale from 9am-4pm Saturday, and 10am-3pm THURS., OCT. 12 Effective. Sunday at the historic T.G. Richards Building, UFO 101: Matthew Thuney leads a “UFO 101: 1308 E St. From Sumeria to Lummi Island” course from Exceptional. CASCADIA WEEKLY (360) 734-6964 6-9pm at Whatcom Community College, 237 W. Compassionate Criminal Defense Attorney Kellogg St. The class—which will also include a MODEL TRAIN SHOW: The Lynden Lions Club dose of humor—is based on historical and mythi- Fighting for Your Rights 13 will host its annual Model Train Show from 9am- cal examples of UFO phenomenas, and will also 5pm Saturday, and 10am-4pm Sunday at Lynden’s touch on modern-day activity. Entry is $45. 119 NORTH COMMERCIAL ST. SUITE #1420 • OFFICE: (360) 746-2642 NW Washington Fairgrounds, 1775 Front St. The WWW.WHATCOMCOMMUNITYED.COM all-ages event will feature a large array of run- www.ransom-lawfirm.com doit

WED., OCT. 4 WINTER BIRDS: Join the North GARDEN CLUB MEETING: Gardener Cascades Audubon Society to find

and Roses in the Pacific Northwest out about the many birds that 30  author Nita-Jo Roundtree will give migrate to our area for the winter, a presentation about the sweet- as well as those who reside here FOOD  smelling flowers at the Birchwood year-round, at a “Winter Birds of outside Garden Club’s monthly meeting from Whatcom County” presentation from HIKING RUNNING GARDENING 6:30-8:30pm at Whatcom Museum’s 3-4:30pm at the Deming Library, 24 Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. WWW.BIRCHWOODGARDENCLUB.ORG (360) 592-2422 B-BOARD  WATERFRONT TOUR: Join RE OCT. 7-8 Sources for a free public tour of PEONY ROOT SALE: Choose from Bellingham central waterfront more than 60 varieties and hundreds 22 cleanup site from 1:30-3pm starting of divisions of peonies raised with- at the Technology Development out pesticides at a Peony Root Sale FILM  Center, 1000 F St. Please RSPV. taking place from 10am-4pm Satur- WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG/EVENTS day and Sunday at Lummi Island’s

18 Full Bloom Farm, 2330 Tuttle Lane. THURS., OCT. 5 (360) 758-7173

MUSIC  ARMCHAIR TRAVEL: Take an arm- chair journey through slides and BOATING CENTER FINALE: The stories with Lisa Woo and Howard Community Boating Center will be 16 Valentine at “A Journey Through open for the final weekend this

ART  Burma” travelogue from 7-9pm at season from 10am until sunset on Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, Saturday and Sunday at their head- 121 Prospect St. Suggested dona- quarters at 555 Harris Ave. Rentals 15 tion is $5. include kayaks, sailboats, rowboats WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG G and paddle boards.

STAGE  WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG OCT. 6-7 GORE & LORE TOURS: The Good SUN., OCT. 8 14 14 Time Girls combine history with a BUDDY WALK: Raise awareness bit of local horror at “Gore and Lore” and funds for programs that benefit tours at 6pm Fridays in Fairhaven people with Down syndrome and GET OUT  GET OUT  (starting at the Village Green, 1207 their families at the 14th annual 10th St.) and 6pm Saturdays in Whatcom County Buddy Walk start- downtown Bellingham (in front of ing at 12pm at the Depot Market 12 yoga class in a rock venue that played the SPARK Museum, 1312 Bay St.) Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. Out BY MEGAN STEPHENSON metal music. It attracted regulars, but through Oct. 28. Entry is $13 for of the Ashes will perform, and WORDS  the Fairhaven tour ($18 with a drink there will also be a catered lunch, Huthman said the times they could host ticket) and $15 for the downtown face painting, games for all ages

 8 it were tough to schedule. Now that they tour (includes an “electrifying” and additional entertainment by Beer, have the Racket, space has opened up for presentation at the museum). guest performers. Entry is free for metal yoga to return. WWW.GOODTIMEGIRLSTOURS.COM individuals with Down syndrome; otherwise, sign up for $10-$15.

CURRENTS “The location makes it really accessible SAT., OCT. 7 WWW.ARCWHATCOM.ORG for people who are comfortable in this RUN LIKE A GIRL: Sign up for 6 Metal, Yoga space, but might feel strange or intimi- the annual “Run Like a Girl” half- TUES., OCT. 10 dated by walking into a traditional yoga marathon and 10K starting at 9am RAIN RUN: Staff and volunteers VIEWS  A DIFFERENT KIND OF SERENITY studio,” Huthman says. The Shakedown’s at Fairhaven Park, 107 Chuckanut are always on hand to guide the Dr. The noncompetitive event is for way at the weekly All-Paces Run 4  be intimidating, but a couple of venues in down- dark walls and floors will offer a different a YOGA CAN those (male or female) who want to starting at 6pm every Tuesday at town Bellingham want to provide an out-of-the-ordinary experi- kind of serenity. get out and have some fun; go as Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. MAIL  ence for beginners and seasoned practitioners. “There’s such an idea about yoga being far as you feel comfortable and go Tonight’s free “Ready for Rain” run

as slow as fast as you’d like. Entry will include Gore-Tex demo shoes,

2  First up: Beer + Yoga at 9am Sat., Oct 7 at Aslan Brewing (1330 soft, and New Age-y, and there’s associa- N. Forest St). Jess Fleming started Just Add Yoga in Seattle tions a lot of people have with it that is $55-$75. raffles, giveaways, a raining game WWW.WHATCOMYMCA.ORG and post-run treats. DO IT  nearly two years ago, and has since been to Bellingham a hand- make it not as attractive to a segment of WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM ful of times. The classes are about bringing yoga to community the population,” Huthman says. “I know STIGMA STOMP: Join NAMI What- spaces and providing a different atmosphere. “It’s not about a whole lot of people who love metal, and com for its annual “Stigma Stomp” WED., OCT. 11 being perfect or achieving any special yoga pose,” Fleming says. are either interested in yoga or would be 5K starting at 10am at Bloedel TRAVEL TO INDIA: Lawrence Pang 10.04.17 Aslan’s bright space will be cleared of tables and chairs, leav- interested in yoga if there was a different Donovan Park, 2114 Electric Ave. will take you on a virtual tour using ing the brewery’s wood floors ready for mats. Working in a non- pathway to finding it.” The run/walk encourages physical video clips of his visits to locations .12 activity to support mental well- including Delhi, Varanasi, and Agra

40 traditional space not only draws in people who may have shied The $7 class will take place monthly ness. Info from health and wellness at a “Travel to India” presentation # away from the traditional yoga studio, but Fleming says it also (for now), beginning at 6pm Sun., Oct. organizations, a photo booth, from 6:30-8pm at the Blaine Library, reminds students to get out of their comfort zone. 29. The atmosphere is distinctly darker, raffles, refreshments and more will 610 3rd St. Entry is free. Instructor Megan Percy will lead the hour-long class, open to but instructor Laura Orso says she finds be part of the activities. Entry to (360) 305-3637 all experience levels. Fleming says having fun and feeling com- metal music meditative, similar to what the run is $20-$35. WWW.NAMIWHATCOM.ORG THURS., OCT. 12 fortable in your ability is important to instructors. Laughter and you achieve while practicing yoga. LADIES NIGHT: Appetizers, exclamations are allowed. “I’m really excited to bring metal yoga FALL FUN: Lawn games, hay rides, drinks, free massages, demos and

CASCADIA WEEKLY Beer + Yoga, of course, also features a delicious beverage at back into the mix,” Orso says. “Whatever animal petting, leaf-jumping and discounts on fall and winter items the end. The $25 entry fee includes a liquid option, or there is people want to get out of yoga, I’d like to more will be part of “Fall Fun” will be part of a “Ladies Night” 14 also a yoga-only ticket for those who don’t want to imbibe. help them with that.” gatherings from 10am-5pm every gathering from 6-9pm at Backcoun- Saturday through October at Glen try Essentials, 214 W. Holly St. Like Fleming, Hollie Huthman—co-owner of the Shakedown Echo Garden, 4390 Y Rd. Entry is $10 Raffle items will be given out every and the Racket on State Street—saw that not everyone was at- For more info, go to www.JustAddYoga per family. half-hour. Entry is free. tracted to the traditional yoga studio, and had a little inspira- Events.com/schedule or www.facebook. WWW.GLENECHOGARDEN.COM WWW.BACKCOUNTRYESSENTIALS.NET tion. A few years ago, the Shakedown offered metal yoga—a com/ShakedownBellingham doit

STAGE Community Theatre, 918 M Ave. Tickets are $20.

THURS., OCT. 5 WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The 30  Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at OCT. 6-7 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront HELLINGHAM: The improvised FOOD  stage Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, murder mystery known as “Helling- THEATER DANCE PROFILES stick around for “The Project.” ham” returns to the stage for 8pm Entry is $5-$8. and 10pm shows every Friday and 24 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM Saturday through October at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets OCT. 5-7 are $10-$12. B-BOARD  FIRST WEEKEND SERIES: The WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM beginning installment of iDiOM The- 22 ater’s “First Weekend” series kicks off THURS., OCT. 12 with a storytelling showcase dubbed DAZZLING DECEPTIONS: Expect FILM  “Breaking Bread” at 7:30pm Thursday spectacular illusions, audience par- at the Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 ticipation and sidesplitting comedy

Prospect St. At 9pm Friday, the Brass when illusionist and Skagit County 18 Monkey Theater Club will present native Brian Ledbetter helms a cold readings of new short plays. At “Dazzling Deceptions” performance MUSIC  7:30pm and 9:30pm Saturday, audi- at 6:30pm at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln ences can view short plays written Theatre, 712 S. First St. Tickets are

and rehearsed in one day at the $12-$20. 16 24-Hour Theater Festival. (All three WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG ART  shows will be based on the theme of “Alien.”) Tickets are $4-$10. OCT. 12-14 15 WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM 3MB: Three actors will take on 15 many roles at performances of STAGE  BELLINGHAM BURLESQUE: The iDiOM Theater’s 3MB at 7:30pm STAGE  Bellingham Music Club presents per- Thursday through Saturday at the formances of Bellingham Burlesque Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 of 1927 at 7:30pm Thursday and Prospect St. The adaptation of 14 Friday, and 3pm and 7:30pm Sat- Shakespeare’s Macbeth sees the urday at the Firehouse Performing trio of thespians bringing the Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. The Bard’s tale of war, murder and GET OUT  bawdy, cabaret-style musical takes betrayal to life. Tickets are $15; the wraps off a traveling burlesque Friday’s show is $25 and includes troupe stopping in Prohibition-era an opening reception. 12 Bellingham. Tickets are $20. WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM

WWW.BELLINGHAMMUSICCLUB.ORG WORDS 

classic horror tril- OCT. 5-8 BY AMY KEPFERLE DANCE  8 ogy into one bloody THE MOUSETRAP: Find out who- helluva good time.” dunnit when Agatha Christie’s The FRI., OCT. 6 Mousetrap concludes this weekend THRILLER DANCE CLASS: If you’d

Much like the 1981 with showings at 7:30pm Friday and like to take part in the Bellingham CURRENTS Evil Dead cinematic version Saturday, and 2pm Sunday at the tradition known as “Thrilling- 6 helmed by Sam Raimi, Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 H ham,” show up for the second of A DATE WITH DEMONS the play focuses on St. Tickets are $12-$14. five dance classes tonight from five college students WWW.BELLINGHAM 7-9pm at Bloedel Donovan, 2114 VIEWS  ATTEND THEATREGUILD.COM Electric Ave. Attendees will learn A CERTAIN coworker of mine can be counted on to join me for WHAT: Evil Dead who go to an aban- the moves to Michael Jackson’s 4  theatrical displays that are more than a little out of the ordinary. WHEN: 8pm Sat., doned cabin in the THE ADDAMS FAMILY: The Lynden “Thriller” and perform at Maritime For example, she’s been my plus-one to shows sporting ev- Oct. 7 woods for a weekend Performing Arts Guild will present a Heritage Park on Halloween night. MAIL  WHERE: Mount erything from performing cats to vampire bunnies, as well as of fun. However, in- musical take on The Addams Family Classes are by donation. Baker Theatre, 104 2  dramatic productions featuring full (male) nudity and, most stead of the typical for the final weekend with perfor- WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ N. Commercial St. mances at 7:30pm Thursday and THRILLINGHAM recently, a spirited dance revue touting partial (male) nudity. COST: $40-$75 spring break shenani- Friday, and 2pm Saturday and Sunday DO IT  In past Octobers, we’ve also teamed up to explore many INFO: 734-6080 or gans, they soon find at the Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 SAT., OCT. 7 variations of local haunted houses and scream fairs in the www.mountbaker themselves fighting Front St. Tickets are $10-$14. FOLK DANCE PARTY: Osem i Devet name of journalistic research and, a few years back, know- theatre.com for their lives after WWW.THECLAIRE.ORG will perform at the Balkan Folk ingly entered the “splatter zone” of a Lynden-based perfor- accidentally unleashing a demonic entity Dancers’ First Saturday Dance Party 10.04.17 STAND AND DELIVER: META Per- from 7:30-10:30pm at the Fairhaven mance of Evil Dead: The Musical. that can only be killed by dismembering

forming Arts presents performances Library, 1117 12th St. No partner .12

When I recently mentioned to her that the Mount Baker The- it when it possesses a host. (Spoiler alert: of Stand and Deliver continuing this or experience is necessary, and all 40 atre had sent a press release drawing attention to a Sat., Oct. 7, the demon will possess many hosts.) week at 7:30pm Thursday through ages are welcome. Suggested dona- # one-night-only performance featuring Starvox Entertainment’s If you’re triggered by strobe lighting, the Saturday, and 2pm Sunday in Mount tion is $15. rendition of the aforementioned horror show, she reacted in sound of chainsaws, severed body parts, Vernon at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 (360) 380-0456 S. First St. Tickets are $10-$18. typical fashion. “galvanic” rock music, smoke and blood, Additional performances happen SUN., OCT. 8 “We’re gonna go, right?” she queried, looking over my shoulder you’ll probably want to stay home—or at Oct. 13-14. SINFUL SUNDAY: If you’re inter- to read the missive. “We’re gonna sit in the splatter zone, right?” least sit far enough away from the action WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG ested in burlesque, cabaret and

I haven’t committed yet, but if gets her way we’ll be seated that the corn syrup won’t come into play. other forms of dance, attend “Sinful CASCADIA WEEKLY somewhere in the front two rows of the storied downtown Bell- If I attend with my coworker, our date YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN: The Sunday” at 8:30pm at the Wild Buf- musical comedy adaptation of Mel falo, 208 W. Holly St. The Provoca- 15 ingham venue when the fake blood begins to fly. with the demons will most likely take Brooks’ Young Frankenstein con- teurs, the Dirty Bird Cabaret, Dame For the uninitiated, the red stuff that will be flowing in Evil place near the stage, where we’ll be add- tinues this weekend with 7:30pm SinCyr, Honeysuckle Rose and others Dead: The Musical will most likely be made of corn syrup, and the ing another iteration of Evil Dead: The shows Thursday through Saturday, will perform. Tickets are $12-$15. production is described not as a dramatic night at the theater, but Musical to our growing repertoire of odd and 2pm Sunday at the Anacortes WWW.WILDBUFFALO.NET as a “macabre musical comedy sensation that combines the cult- nights out. I can’t wait. doit UPCOMING EVENTS

FRI., OCT. 6

30  ANACORTES ART WALK: The Good Stuff ARts, ACME Creative, Burton Jewelers, Pelican

FOOD  Bay Books, Scott Milo Gallery, the Majestic Inn and Spa, and the Depot Art Center will be among the venues opening their doors for the

24 visual First Friday Art Walk happening from 6-9pm in GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES downtown Anacortes. WWW.ANACORTESART.COM B-BOARD  BELLINGAM ART WALK: The Allery, Allied Arts, Bayou on Bay, Bay Street Studios,

22 Although there’s not space to detail all Camber, the Community Food Co-op, Culture of the 43 artists working in nearly a dozen Cafe, Dori’s Coffee Shop, Fourth Corner Frames

FILM  different medias who will be showing and & Gallery, Gathering Glass, Gruff Brewing, the selling their work while sharing their cre- Lucky Monkey, Pegasus Gallery, Pickford Art Studios, the Racket, Social Fabric, Sylvia Cen-

18 ative processes with attendees, those who ter for the Arts, Wandering Oaks, and Western choose to seek out their visions should City Center will be among the venues opening

MUSIC  know that the 23rd annual Whatcom Artist their doors from 6-10pm for the monthly Art Studio Tour encompasses four days—Oct. Walk in downtown Bellingham. Pick up maps at participating venues, or check online for a full 16 16 7-8 and 14-15—meaning that if you can’t roster of participants. ART 

ART  make it to all of the studios that draw your WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM eye the first weekend, ALLIED ARTS: Attend an opening reception 15 you can make up for it the following Saturday for “From Where I Sit” from 6-9pm at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The exhibit featuring

STAGE  and Sunday. work by painters Helen Dorn, Joanne Plucy, If you’re farther and Ann Chaikin shows through Oct. 28. south, be aware that

14 WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG the Anacortes Arts Commision will pres- COMMUNITY CO-OP: In honor of Coast Sal-

GET OUT  ent a “98221 Studio ish Day, attend a special “Feed Your Head” ATTEND event during the downtown Art Walk from Whatcom Tour Preview Show” WHAT: 6-8pm at the Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Artist Studio Tour 12 from 6-9pm Fri., Oct. Forest St. Children of the Setting Produc- WHEN: 10am-5pm 6—during the city’s tions will share prints from the Jesintel: To Oct. 7-8 and Oct. monthly Art Walk— Learn and Grow Together book that enlivens WORDS  14-15 the legacies stories and traditions of the and 10am-2pm Sat., WHERE: Salish people. Lummi Youth Canoe Family will

 8 Throughout Oct. 7 at the Depot share canoe family songs and stories. Whatcom County Arts Center at 611 WWW.SETTINGSUNPRODUCTIONS.ORG COST: Entry is free PAINTER LYNN ZIMMERMAN R. Ave. An “Art from www.studio INFO: HONEY SALON: Join opening night festivi- CURRENTS tour.net 98221” exhibit will ties for Sara Holodnick’s “Sweet/Nothing” ------also be on display at 6 at opening night festivities from 6-10pm at 98221 the Scott Milo Gal- WHAT: Honey Salon & Gallery, 310 W. Holly St. Studio Tour lery beginning Oct. WWW.SWEETNOTHINGORACLE.COM VIEWS  BY AMY KEPFERLE WHEN: 10am-5pm 6, welcoming Ana- Sat.-Sun., Oct.

4  MAKE.SHIFT: An opening reception for “Aer- 21-22 cortes-based artists ial Divisions: Artworks by Ashley Olason and WHERE: In or near Keith Sorenson (oils), MAIL  Hannah L. Rivers” takes place from 6-10pm at Anacortes Mustafa Bilal (photo Studio Stats Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. COST: Free

2  illustrations), and WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM AN ABUNDANCE OF ART INFO: Lewis Jones (photo- www.anacortesarts

DO IT  OCT. 6-8 commission.com graphs on canvas). AS THE Whatcom Artist Studio Tour has grown near, organizers of the event that The exhibits serve QUILT ANNIVESARY: Help La Conner’s Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum celebrate sees dozens of area artists opening their creative spaces for public perusal for two as a way to get visitors excited about the its 20th Anniversary Festival Weekend from weekends every October have been highlighting on their Facebook page the various Oct. 21-22 event, which will feature the 10am-5pm Friday through Sunday by viewing 10.04.17 painters, sculptors, journal-makers, jewelers, glassworkers and photographers who work of more than 40 artists at 30-plus three unique curated exhibits, taking guided will be participating in the next iteration of the popular fall fete. venues within the 98221 zip code—mak- exhibit tours, signing up for workshops and .12 classes, placing bids on online auction items,

40 In late July, they wrote of the tranquility to be found in painter Lynn Zimmerman’s ing it twice as big as its inaugural venture

# procuring tickets for a gala dinner and auction work, and pointed to the “personal connection to natural landscapes” conveyed in 2016. Maps to the free, self-guided tour and more. Prices vary. through every brushstroke. A couple of days later, they invited visitors to drop by around Fidalgo Island will be avaiable at WWW.QFAMUSEUM.ORG Randy Van Beek’s space to “get lost in his lines of light and depth.” the preview, and at participating studios August brought shout-outs to the mixed-media works of Nana Thebus; the func- and local galleries. SAT., OCT. 7 tional stoneware of the aptly named Linda Stone; the “intricate and multifaceted” If you’re the type to keep track of studio PERRY AND CARLSON: Attend an opening reception for Marilyn Jonassen’s “THIS IS images by photographer Alan Sanders; Liane Redpath’s sculptural jewelry; and paint- stats, you’ve probably already figured out WHAT I WANT TO BE” from 2-5pm at Mount CASCADIA WEEKLY ers Ron Pattern, Shawn Pagel, Joy Olney, and Dave Nichols. that tours being tracked in the month of Vernon’s Perry and Carlson Gallery, 508 S. And in addition to a preview show that was on display at Whatcom Museum’s Old October will feature an abundance of cre- First St. 16 City Hall from early August through early September, attention has also been given to ative contributions from more than 80 art- WWW.PERRYANDCARLSON.COM Cooper Lanza and her Fairhaven-based gallery, Gossamer Glass Studio’s Brian Kerkvliet, ists in both Whatcom and Skagit counties. I.E. RECEPTION: Attend an opening recep- larger-than-life painter Lorna Libert, stone engraver Richard Bulman, ceramicist Brain And although you might not be able to find tion for painter Cynthia Camlin’s “Boneyard O’Neill, and Anita Boyle, who “dabbles” in everything from assembleages to painting, time in your schedule to visit them all, you and Bloom” from 4-6pm at Edison’s i.e. gal- photogrpehy and stained glass (oh, and she’s also a poet). can have a good time trying. doit McIntyre Hall Presents Is the Runaway Expansion "STEEPED IN TRADITION, THESE THREE BRILLIANT MUSICIANS GIVE A NEW VOICE lery, 5800 Cains Court. of Whatcom County Jails TO TIMELESS SOUNDS" WWW.IEEDISON.COM just a “Tax Addiction?” TRIO DA KALI ~ SONGLINES

LA CONNER ART WALK: Thirteen mer- 30  chants will open their doors from 4-7pm for Since 1998 the County’s crime Saturday, the monthly La Conner Art Walk. rate is down 60%. The cost of FOOD  WWW.LOVELACONNER.COM October 7 incarceration is up 300%. So they 7:30pm Attend a Live Finale MATKZKE AUCTION: built a 2nd jail and raised sales 24 Auction starting at 5pm at Camano Island’s taxes .3% - yielding an extra Matkze Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park,

2345 Blanche Way. Entry will be $25. $15.7M in 2016 alone. Now they B-BOARD  RIO A ALI WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM want .2% more sales taxes to T D K UNITES THREE borrow $100M + to build a huge

SMITH & VALLEE OPENING: View works by OUTSTANDING MUSICIANS 22 sculptors Allen Moe and Peregrine O’Gormley 3rd plantation style jail on a 40 FROM THE MANDE at an opening reception from 5-8pm at Edi- acre mega-compound. CULTURE OF FILM  son’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. It’s outlandish… SOUTHERN MALI WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM WHO COME FROM VOTE NO on Prop 2017-6 A LONG LINE OF 18 CASCADIA DREAMS: Celebrate the land- DISTINGUISHED GRIOTS. scapes of the Pacific Northwest at “Cascadia Info: Whatcom-County-Jail.com MUSIC  Dreams”—a multimedia presentation featur- ing stunning images and mesmerizing video Ad Paid by Local Justice Reform Now PAC 16 16 of our local mountains, rivers, beaches 2600 Vining Street, Bellingham. MCINTYREHALL.ORG 360.416.7727 2501 E COLLEGE W AY, MOUNT V ERNON ART  and the Salish Sea—at 7:30pm at Lynden’s ART  Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. In addition TICKETS AVAILABLE! to photography by John D’Onofrio and Lance

Join us for the LIVE TAPING of the Radio Show 15 Ekhart, the event will also feature accompa- The niment by Native American flute master Gary

Chuckanut Radio Hour STAGE  Stroutsos. Entry is $10-$15. featuring bestselling author Four-Course WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG

NATHALIA 14 OCT. 10-14 Early Dinner FIBERS AND BEYOND: The Whatcom HOLT

Weavers Guild presents the 2017 “Fibers & at Whatcom GET OUT  Beyond” Conference and Sale from Wednes- Community College day through Saturday at Lynden’s Jansen Art Enjoy humor, skits, poetry, and an $23.95 interview with the bestselling author Center, 321 Front St. In addition to viewing Monday to Friday until 6pm. 12 the eponymous exhibit already on display, Rise of the Rocket Girls: there will be a keynote address, classes The Women Who Propelled Us,

from Missiles to the Moon to Mars WORDS  and workshops, a show and sale, and more. Tickets $5 - at Village Books Fees vary. & brownpapertickets.com

WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG One FREE with each purchase of Thursday,  8 Rise of the Rocket Girls Oct. 5, 6:30pm

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GOOD EARTH POTTERY: Irene Lawson’s CRESSIDA 6 A FREE works will be featured through October at COWELL EVENT! Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. VIEWS  WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM The bestselling author of HOW TO TRAIN at the Bellingham 4  JANSEN ART CENTER: A “Fall Juried YOUR DRAGON Public Library Enjoy the waterfront view from

Exhibit,” Whatcom Weavers Guild’s “Fibers & She will introduce her thrilling MAIL  Beyond,” and “Illusions and Other Still Life: and enchanting new series... Anthony’s Hearthfire Grill.

Paintings by Rob Gischer” can be viewed The Wizards Select your four-course dinner 2  through Dec. 2 at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, including your choice of appetizer, 321 Front St. of Once DO IT  WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG Purchase of The Wizards of soup or salad, an entree and dessert. Once is necessary to join the Monday through Friday, until 6pm. WESTERN GALLERY: “Coded Threads: Tex- signing line. tile and Technology” shows through Dec. 8 Just $23.95. Thursday, Oct. 5, 6:30pm 10.04.17 at Western Washington University’s Western Gallery. North Cascade Institute’s Nature of Writing Series!

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MARIA # WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by Whatcom MUDD RUTH Art Guild members can be perused at the FREE A Sideways Look at Clouds Whatcom Art Market, 1103 11th St. EVENTS Friday, Oct. 6, 7pm WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG at VB in Fairhaven WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Art of the American CAROL DAVIS West: Highlights of the Haub Family Collec- Because I Cannot Leave tion from the Tacoma Art Museum,” “People This Body Saturday, Oct. 7, 7pm - POETRY! CASCADIA WEEKLY of the Sea and Cedar: The Story of the Coast #7 Bellwether Way • Bellingham Salish Tribes,” “Nostalgic Saturation,” “Back 360-527-3473 17 at the Park,” and “John M. Edson Hall of VILLAGE BOOKS Birds” can currently be viewed on the What- com Museum campus. & PAPER DREAMS www.anthonys.com WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 1200 11th St, Bellingham & 430 Front St, Lynden

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30  I DON’T REALLY have what it takes to make sense of a world that seems to be going mad- FOOD  der by the minute, and I’m not going to at- tempt to try. I have no wisdom or words big enough or smart enough. In truth, I’m a little 24 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT lost these days too. But when the world becomes more than I B-BOARD  can bear, I find it helpful to narrow my field of vision and focus on my own community. After

22 Bellingham Irish Festival, which takes place all, it’s far easier to try and make one small- Fri.-Sun., Oct. 6-8 at—as requested—various ish town a better place than to right all of hu-

FILM  downtown locales. manity’s complicated wrongs. Happily, I just The Irish Festival is but one part of Schmid’s happen to be acquainted

18 18 local entertainment empire, which also in- with some people who are cludes founding the Bellingham Folk School, devoting their time and MUSIC  MUSIC  Bellingham Folk Festival, and Bellingham Ceili talents to achieving some Club, as well as being the front-and-center decidedly noble aims, and

16 fiddler for perennially popular band Polecat while the events I’m about

ART  and playing in Giant’s Causeway when she’s to describe aren’t musical in not busy with all of those other things. nature, at least one of them BY CAREY ROSS

15 I’m sure if you were to ask her, Schmid would affords you the opportunity claim to love all of her exceedingly entertain- to dress like a superhero and scamper through

STAGE  ing children equally, but with a self-professed a park, and I can’t see how that could do any- lifelong affinity for Celtic music, there’s little thing other than make a person feel like at least doubt the Irish Festival occupies a special some is right with the world. 14 place in her heart. And The superhero event in question is Stigma that’s really the point of Stomp 2017, which happens at 9am Sat., Oct.

GET OUT  the whole thing: for Schmid 7 at Bloedel Donovan Park. The dress code is to be able to show us why indeed superhero, and the goal is to bring at-

12 this music speaks to her in tention to mental-health issues in a way that is the hope it will say similar free from judgment. In other words, to stomp things to all of us. out stigma, as the name suggests. The day con- WORDS  For me, things are like- sists of a mental health fair, followed by a fun

 8 wise pretty simple: I like run, and you can also score a glitter tattoo, get ATTEND Irish music and the idea of your face painted and meet therapy dogs who MORE: What: Bellingham Irish being able spend a week- want nothing better than to soothe what ails BY CAREY ROSS CURRENTS Festival end wandering around you. The whole shebang is to benefit the What- WHEN: Fri.-Sun., downtown seeking it out com County chapter of the National Alliance on 6 Oct. 6-8 sounds like a pretty good Mental Illness, a grassroots organization that WHERE: way to pass the time. exists to serve the needs of the mentally ill as VIEWS  Bellingham Downtown Bellingham As with most music fes- well as their family and friends. Possibly perti-

4  COST: Free-$10 tivals, the Bellingham Irish nent to this discussion: I do not know whether INFO: www. Festival features more bands the therapy dogs will also be dressed as super- MAIL  Irish Festival bellingham and musicians than I can heroes, but if they are not, I feel that to be a irishfestival.com

2  NO CAMPING REQUIRED highlight here. And because missed opportunity. Schmid likes to make certain A few days later and across town, the Honey

DO IT  WHEN I think of going to music festivals, first I consider the fun parts— her events have educational elements to go Moon will play host to a very special night seeing a bunch of bands I like, discovering new ones, people-watching with my with all that freewheeling fun, workshops will of poetry on Weds., Oct. 11. Called “We Are friends and that whole anything-goes vibe that festivals tend to encourage. be available as well. Add other random and as- the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For,” local writ- And then I remember the parts I don’t love quite so much. The expense sorted shenanigans and a well-rounded week- ers Dee Dee Chapman, Elaina Ellis, and Jessica 10.04.17 of the ticket. The hassle of figuring out transportation, navigating traffic, end can be had with very little effort. Lohafer will present their poetry in order to finding parking—logistics are not my strong suit. Drumming up a place to As far as performances go, if one is to do raise money for Domestic Violence and Sexual .12

40 stay, and, depending on the festival, scaring up assorted camping gear— this thing right, it is probably only proper to Assault Services (DVSAS), a necessary and # camping is also not my strong suit. attend the kickoff session and reception that wholly worthy nonprofit comprised of fierce In recent years, I have become older and have begun to care about things takes place Fri., Oct. 6 at the Mount Baker advocates who double as guardian angels. like not waking up still wearing my clothes from the night before in a sleep- Theatre’s Encore Room. It’s free, all-ages and My words of wisdom may be few and far be- ing bag that smells like stale beer and someone’s dog before attempting to signals the beginning of the 2017 festival. tween these days, but luckily, I’m not afraid to brush my teeth with the last tablespoon of warm water in the one bottle I’d From there, if I were planning your weekend, borrow from those more eloquent than myself, brought. Turns out, creature comforts are my strong suit. I’d certainly go see MAC at the Green Frog, and and the poem by Leah Laksmi Piepzna-Samar-

CASCADIA WEEKLY What I really need is for someone to throw a music festival that happens then could probably be induced to make my asinha from which the DVSAS fundraiser draws all over downtown Bellingham. I can hit up my favorite haunts, see music way to the Honey Moon for Giant’s Causeway. its name is a good place to start: “Take these 18 everywhere I go and then sleep in my own bed, under my own blankets that After that, the schedule gets a bit crowded tools into your own lives and see where they smell like my cats, who don’t smell like much of anything at all, although I and you’ll need to plan wisely. fit. Make and share your own. We are the ones do detect the occasional whiff of disdain emanating from them. Your Saturday choices include Gallowglass we’ve been waiting for, and out of our genius Although Cayley Schmid cannot solve the problems presented by my re- at Opera French Pastries and Coffee in the knowledge we will figure out how to make a calcitrant felines, she has given me the music festival my heart desires, the morning and Honey Moon at night, Kathy revolution that leaves out none of us.” FROM PAGE 18 bread social (complete with Irish dancers) IRISH MUSIC, at the Pickford Film Center, the traditional Irish storytelling Harper Stone will be do- Hardy at the Leopold’s upper lobby, the ing at the Bellingham Folk School, or the

Porchlights at Kombucha Town’s Culture workshops at which experts will teach you 30  Cafe, Peadar MacMahon at Avalon Re- Scottish fiddle, tin whistle, the basics of cords, Derek Duffy at the Honey Moon, the Irish language, Irish dancing, bagpip- FOOD  and Na Rosai at Vinostrology. ing, bodhran basics, uilleann pipe tunes, With Sunday comes another chance to Irish bouzouki, and more. 24 see Na Rosai, this time at Culture Cafe, One of the best parts about the Belling- along with Sam Vogt and Zach Bauman at ham Irish Festival—and something that

Mindport, Aaron Malcomb at Third Planet sets it apart from nearly every other fes-  B-BOARD  (I wasn’t lying when I said this festival was tival on the planet—is that many of the 

happening everywhere), and an Irish and shows and sessions are free and family 22 Folk Singers Showcase at the Cabin Tavern. friendly, part of Schmid’s commitment to 

This list does not include any of the making her endeavors accessible to every-  FILM  various open sessions that can be dropped one. All that, and you won’t even have to 

in on, nor does it cover the tea-and-soda- leave downtown Bellingham to attend. 18   18 MUSIC doit  MUSIC  WED., OCT. 4  16 UKE TIMES TWO: The Bellingham Ukulele Group

(BUG) will present two workshops (beginning and  ART  intermediate) and a concert to follow with Daniel  Ward and Heidi Swedberg starting at 6:30pm at  15 221 Prospect St. The concert begins at 8pm and  will feature the duo’s blend of humor and eclectic  styles including Americana, Latin rhythms, Afri- STAGE  can pop, jazz, as well as virtuosic flamenco solos.  Entry is $15 for each event, or $25 for both. 14 (360) 733-6867 OR WWW. BELLINGHAMUKULELEGROUP.COM  GET OUT  THURS., OCT. 5  THE PIANO GUYS: The multimedia team of Jon 

Schmidt (piano), Steven Sharp Nelson (cello), Paul 12 Anderson (production, videography), and Al Van Der Beek (production, songwriting) do their thing at “An Evening with the Piano Guys” at 7:30pm at Trio Da Kali will bring the music of Mali and WORDS  the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. the Mande culture to our neck of the woods for

Through innovative musical composition, cutting- a Sat., Oct. 7 concert at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall.  8 edge technology, and a dash of humor, the Piano Guys produce entertaining videos of themselves known as El Fin del Mundo plays original tunes performing their own rendition of popular songs, and songs at 2pm at Nancy’s Farm, 2030 E. Smith CURRENTS classical compositions, movie soundtracks and Rd. Suggested donation is $15.

more. tickets are $40-$150. WWW.NANCYSFARM.COM 6 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM WHATCOM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Noted VIEWS  SAT., OCT. 7 violinist Benjamin Beilman will perform Sibelius’ Think Local. Get Rewarded. TRADITIONAL JAZZ: The popular Uptown Low- evocative “Violin Concerto” as the featured per- 4  down Jazz Band will perform New Orleans/Dixieland former for the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra’s

music at the Bellingham Traditional Jazz Society’s first concert of its 42nd season at 3pm at the MAIL  monthly concert and dance on from 2-5pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. A

VFW Hall, 625 N State St. Entry is $6 for students, lecture by Dr. Ryan Dudenbostel will take place 2  $10 for members, and $12 for non-members. before the show. Tickets are $15-$54. (360) 371-7030 OR WWW.BTJS.WEBS.COM (360) 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM DO IT 

SUDDEN VALLEY JAZZ: Explore the connection WED., OCT. 11 between blues and jazz when the Atlantics and Jo- JAZZ FOREST: Emmy-nominated composer Ryan sephine Howell and her band take turns onstage at Jones bring Jazz Forest to town for a 7pm What- 10.04.17 a Sudden Valley Jazz Series concert from 3-5pm at com Jazz Music Arts Center concert a the Sylvia the Sudden Valley Dance Barn. Both ensembles will Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St. The ensemble

combine for a final jam session. Tickets are $20. of Seattle performers includes veteran big band .12 40

WWW.FSWL.ORG tenor sax Pete Christlieb. Entry is $5-$20. # WWW.WJMAC.ORG TRIO DA KALI: Three outstanding musicians from the Mande culture of southern Mali who come THURS., OCT. 12 from a long line of distinguished griots (hereditary CASPAR BABYPANTS: Attend a Family Concert musicians) will perform as Trio Da Kali at 7:30pm with Caspar Babypants—also known as Chris at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Ballew of the Presidents of the United States of One FREE gourmet dessert wedge, cookie, Way. Formed of voice, balafon and bass ngoni, the America—at 5pm at St. Paul’s Academy, 1509 E. trio bring a contemporary twist to ancient and Victor St. Tickets to the sing-along concert for or cupcake when you purchase one. CASCADIA WEEKLY neglected repertoires. Tickets are $25-$35. children ages 0-6 and their keepers is $5-$10 per 19 WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG family. Please register in advance. WWW.EVENTBRITE.COM Download your Chinook Book coupon app and start saving with local businesses today! SUN., OCT. 8 EL FIN DEL MUNDO: Blues, Balkan music, SEND YOUR EVENT INFORMATION TO: waltzes and more can be heard when the trio [email protected] SustainableConnections.org/chinookbook musicvenues 30 

See below for venue FOOD  addresses and phone 10.04.17 10.05.17 10.06.17 10.07.17 10.08.17 10.09.17 10.10.17 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

24 Tatsuya Nakatani, Reasor/Sher- Sugar Candy Mountain, Shim- Alternative Library Cult Animation Night Paul Metzger man Duo mertraps

B-BOARD  Anelia's Kitchen & Stage Richard Turner Overdrive Heron & Crow

22 Rockin’ With Boundary Bay Aaron Guest Piano Night Paul Klein Brewery Robots FILM 

Brown Lantern Ale House Acoustic Night w/Ronnie Nix Open Mic Moondog Revival 18 18

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MUSIC  The Librarian, Michael Red, MUSIC  Commodore Ballroom 54-40, Lowest of the Low 54-40, Lowest of the Low Lizard Wizard, Tropical Barisone F*** Storm 16 Conway Muse March to May Joan Penney Jazz Quartet Toney Rocks ART 

Corner Pub Knut Bell and the 360s BELLOW WING/Oct. 5/Honey Moon 15

STAGE  Culture Cafe at Kombucha Aireeoke Open Mic Town

14 Eat Restaurant and Bar Kevin Woods Duo Tyler Morgan Clarke Trio

GET OUT  Edison Inn Hot Damned Scandal Ron Bailey & The Tangents

The Sweet Goodbyes, The Slow Jam (early), Sista Open Mic (early), Guf- Star Anna (early), Soul 12 Green Frog Joe Stanton, more Mac Elopements Otis (late) fawingham (late) Night (late) WORDS   8 CURRENTS 6 VIEWS  4  MAIL 

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Acoustic Wednesday w/JP 24 Greene's Corner Open Mic Falcon B-BOARD  H2O DJ Z Chris Eger Band Karaoke 22 Honey Moon Open Mic w/Pace Rubadeau Bellow Wing Bellingham Irish Festival Bellingham Irish Festival Irish & Folk Monday Paul Russell FILM 

Hotel Bellwether Mark Ashworth Sara Vega Lisa Baney Trio Milo Petersen Trio 18  18

Kulshan Brewing Co. Broken Bow Stringband The Devilly Brothers STAR ANNA/Oct. 10/Green Frog MUSIC MUSIC 

Loco Billy's Wild Moon Jam Night/Open Mic Competition Cowgirls Gone Wild The Lowdown Drifters Saloon 16 ART  Make.Shift Asterhouse, Palatine Trio, more 15

Main St. Bar and Grill JP Falcon Acoustic Showcase D'vas & Dudes The Takers, Purple Mage STAGE 

Old World Deli Steve Itterly 14

Rockfish Grill Time3Jazz Hoyer Brothers Duo GET OUT 

Royal Dance Party Karaoke DJ Jester DJ Jester Karaoke 12

Trivia & Talent Show w/DJ Take Me to Church w/Betty Rumors Cabaret DJ Intermix Flashback Friday Partylicious Saturday Aireeoke Trashy Tuesday ShortStak Desire WORDS 

Skookum Sound: A Benefit Oh My Goth! '80s Dance Lifeless Form, Hissing, L.A. Witch, The The Shakedown Vervex, Lavoy, Caargo  8 Concert Party more Wednesdays

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Noisywaters, Major Powers and 2  Swillery Whiskey Bar Karaoke Free Live Music the Lo-fi Symphony, Crooked Neighbours DO IT 

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Bob Fossil, Acovado, Rubber The Provacateurs, The Dirty Wild Buffalo ’90s Night w/Boombox Kid Dirty Revival, Snug Harbor K.Flay, Claire George, WMD Lip Sync Battle Bandit Boogie Brigade Bird Cabaret, more

Alternative Library 519 E. Maple St | Anelias Kitchen & Stage 511 Morris St., La Conner • (360) 466-4778 | Bellewood Acres 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden • (360) 318-7720 | Boundary Bay Brewery 1107 Railroad Ave • 647-5593 | Brown

Lantern Ale House 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-2544 | The Business 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-9788 | Chuckanut Brewery 601 W. Holly St. • 752-3377 | Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville St., Vancouver • (604) CASCADIA WEEKLY 739-4550 | Conway Muse 18444 Spruce/Main St., Conway (360) 445-3000 | Corner Pub 14565 Allen West Road, Burlington | Culture Cafe at Kombucha Town 2010 E. Chestnut St. • www.kombuchatown.com | Eat Restaurant & Bar 1200 Cornwall Ave • www.4u2eat.com | The Green Frog 1015 N. State St. • www.acoustictavern.com | Edison Inn 5829 Cains Ct., Edison • (360) 766-6266 | H 0, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 755-3956 | Honey Moon 1053 N. State St. • 734-0728 2 21 | Kulshan Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood • www.locobillys.com | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • www.makeshiftproject.com | Main Street Bar & Grill 2004 Main St., Ferndale • (360) 384-2982 | McKay’s Taphouse 1118 E. Maple St. • (360) 647-3600 | The Redlight 1017 N. State St. • www.redlightwineandcoffee.com | Rockfish Grill 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 588-1720 | The Royal 208 E. Holly St. • 738-3701 | Rumors Cabaret 1119 Railroad Ave. • 671-1849 | The Shakedown 1212 N. State St. • www.shakedownbellingham.com | Silver Reef Casino 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale • (360) 383-0777 | Skagit Valley Casino Resort 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow • (360) 724-7777 | Skylark’s Hidden Cafe 1300 11th St. • 715-3642 | Swillery Whiskey Bar 118 W. Holly St. | Stones Throw Brewery 1009 Larrabee Ave. | Swinomish Casino 12885 Casino Dr., Anacortes • (888) 288-8883 | Temple Bar 306 W. Champion St. • 676-8660 | The Underground 211 E. Chestnut St. • 738-3701 | Underground Coffeehouse Viking Union 3rd Floor, WWU | Village Inn Pub 3020 Northwest Ave. • 734-2490 | Vinostrology 120 W. Holly St. • 656-6817 | The Waterfront 521 W. Holly St. • www.waterfrontseafoodandbar.com | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www.wildbuffalo.net | To get your live music listings included, send info to [email protected]. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday. the site of the movie’s first replicant murder. His investigation takes him deep into the annals of the Wallace lair, and inhumanly sleek annals they are.

30  Vast numbers of replicant memories are stored by Wallace and his minions, FOOD  the most fearsome of whom, or which, is film played with a whiff of pathos and a glint of psycho by Sylvia Hoeks. (Villeneuve’s 24 MOVIE REVIEWS FILM SHORTS staging of a key scene between Hoeks and Wright is eerily perfect.) Outside B-BOARD  a fancy holographic female companion (Ana de Armas), K has little in his life be-

22 yond a nagging sensation that his memo- ries hold the key to something larger.

FILM  All this leads to Deckard. Harrison Ford brings weary gravity and surprising sub-

18 18 tlety to the old blade runner, now hiding in an undisclosed location, waiting for MUSIC  MUSIC  the younger, more bankable star to show up and hit him with questions prom-

16 ised by the movie’s trailers. The odyssey

ART  charted by Blade Runner 2049 allows Vil- leneuve and his inspired design and ef-

15 fects army to create a world indebted to the 1982 film, but not chained to it.

STAGE  Chief among equals in that army: cin- ematographer Roger Deakins, already nominated for 13 Academy Awards, and 14 overdue for a win. He saturates the screen with great, unsettling splash-

GET OUT  es of color suggesting trouble, or rot, or weirdly glamorous trouble and rot.

12 (That’s noir for you.) There’s a chill in the air in Villeneuve’s film, as there was in Scott’s original, and there should be—all WORDS  the technological advancements provide

 8 dazzling but hollow comfort. When a kiss between K and his “woman” “friend” is interrupted by a voice message, for ex-

CURRENTS ample, the digital effects actually mean something; the impact is troubling. 6 Straight off, the script by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green poses the VIEWS  question: Is the Gosling character human

4  or replicant? Deckard has had to put up 45 minutes more generous (or forbidding) with that parlor game (the game never

MAIL  REVIEWED BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS than the first one. ended, really) for 35 years now. Other

2  Every effect, each little detail in the puzzles enter the story, some more in- Blade Runner sequel adds to a wondrously triguing than others. Perversely, Ville-

DO IT  Blade Runner 2049 hideous near future, full of holographic neuve bungles the staging of a couple of accessories, slave-labor replicants and, as key action sequences, one involving Gos- MAN OR REPLICANT? one sinister character (I believe) puts it, ling and Ford, the other a waterlogged the “fabulous new.” Ryan Gosling fits well climax that’s intentionally messy but un- 10.04.17 IN 1982, when replicants hadn’t yet become a Hollywood business model, Blade in this material. That opaque, half-zonked intentionally muted. Runner failed to do what Warner Brothers hoped it would: make a pile of money. affect he favors as a screen actor is per- Like the first one, Blade Runner 2049 .12

40 It succeeded, however, in acquiring the reputation of a modern science-fiction fect for the role of LAPD “blade runner” doesn’t conform to usual action beats or # classic. Director Ridley Scott’s 2019-set story (based on Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids (replicant hunter) Officer K, tasked by his audience expectations of science-fiction Dream of Electric Sheep?) entered our popular culture sideways, influencing two gen- superior (Robin Wright) to run down the thrillers. It’s a workmanlike screenplay erations of filmmakers with its menacing dystopian perspective. latest renegade replicants who want more at best. Most of the female characters Now comes the sequel. The studio is banking on the original’s cache, if not its cash, out of life. could be described as mere apps, and to justify a $150 million production budget. Maybe it will, maybe it won’t. But there’s The sinister Tyrell Corporation has been there are times when Villeneuve could’ve a real movie to talk about—flawed, yes, flabby, yes, a little wobbly and synthetic on taken over by the even more sinister Wal- taken care of some basic storytelling and

CASCADIA WEEKLY story. And often spellbinding. lace Corporation, run by a sight-impaired rhythmic needs while establishing the Under stone-ground-mustard-colored skies (the air quality’s 30 years worse for hippie played by Jared Leto. He’s all peculiar, suffocating, brilliantly imag- 22 wear, according to the narrative timeline), presenting an array of meticulously real- creepy, measured tones and mythological ined visual universe onscreen. ized visions of Los Angeles, Blade Runner 2049 is poised to divide audiences just as pretension; maybe he and Michael Fass- But that phrase is worth repeating: the original did. Director Denis Villeneuve’s brooding, methodical sequel takes its bender from Alien: Covenant can shack “brilliantly imagined visual universe.” A cue from the tone, as well as the look, of the 1982 film, and while it’s a different up together sometime. Gosling’s K finds moviegoer can forgive a lot in a movie, movie, it offers a similarly ruminative pace. The sequel is 164 minutes long, roughly a mysterious set of…spoilers buried near when the movie offers so much to see. film ›› showing this week

BY CAREY ROSS Spider-Man: Homecoming: Finally, after too many 30  missteps, this superhero franchise gets the right star (Tom Holland), the right villain (played by Michael FOOD  Keaton), and the right mentor (Tony Stark/Robert FILM SHORTS Downey Jr.). HHHHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 14 min.) 24

American Assassin: It is true that I will watch just The Stray: A family saves a stray dog and then the about any movie starring Michael Keaton. I’m not stray dog saves the family because it is a guardian lying—I recently watched the edited-for-TV version of angel in a fur suit or something. I was right there with B-BOARD  Multiplicity, complete with commercial breaks. That is this movie until the dog-as-celestial-being-in-disguise not a good movie. And neither is this one. HH (R • 1 angle arose. HHH (PG • 1 hr. 32 min.) 22 hr. 51 min.) 22  The Viceroy’s House: Dramatization starring FILM  American Made: Tom Cruise, once an excellent dra- Hugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson as Lord and FILM  matic actor, now seems to only make action movies. Lady Mountbatten during the crucial time in India’s Here’s another one of those, which makes far better history in which they tried to oversee that country’s 18 use of Cruise’s charisma and cinematic gifts than much transition from colonial rule to independence. HHHH of his recent work. HHHH (R • 1 hr. 55 min.) (Unrated • 1 hr. 46 min.) MUSIC 

Baby Driver: The title here is appropriate, as it Victoria and Abdul: Dame Judy Dench is here in full seems a bit like the stylish upstart kid brother of period regalia, playing the queen we all know her to 16 Drive, starring YA heartthrob Ansel Elgort, directed be. HHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 52 min.) ART  by Shaun of the Dead’s Edgar Wright and featuring a VICTORIA AND ABDUL killer soundtrack. Summer’s most unlikely blockbuster Wind River: Writer/director Taylor Sheridan stunned returns to theaters. HHHHH (R • 1 hr. 30 min.) everyone with Hell or High Water, and he’s back with 15 ager space program (The Farthest), and so much more. novels, activity books and now this movie. Those a similarly stunning murder mystery set on Native

Battle of the Sexes: This movie details the 1973 HHHHH (Varies) minifigs sure are industrious little creatures. They’ve American land and starring Elizabeth Olsen and Jer- STAGE  tennis match in which Bobby Riggs made a bunch of built an entertainment empire and I can barely dress emy Renner. HHHHH (R • 1 hr. 41 min.) misogynist words about what female athletes are—or Flatliners: Do not resuscitate. H (PG-13 • 1 hr. 48 myself. HH (PG • 1 hr. 30 min.) in his case, are not—capable of, and Billie Jean King min.) 14 was like, “Hell no, bro” and kicked his ass all over the Mother!: Darren Aronofsky’s (Black Swan, Requiem court in a moment of the sweetest justice known to It: See this movie, never not be afraid of clowns For a Dream) highly anticipated psychological thriller ladykind. Stars Steve Carell as Riggs and Emma Stone again. I know this because I watched the 1990 mini- starring Jennifer Lawrence is, as expected, hugely po- GET OUT  (in full-on Oscar-bait mode) as King. HHHH (PG-13 • series and haven’t gone near a circus since. Just add larizing even though no one who has seen it can figure 2 hrs. 1 min.) clowns to dogs, cars, high-school proms, small-town out what they just watched. Genius and madness, thy children with scythes, reincarnated toddlers and name is Aronofsky. HHH (R • 2 hrs.) 12 Blade Runner 2049: See review previous page. HH young girls with daddy issues on the list of things

HHH (R • 2 hrs. 44 min.) Stephen King has taught me to fear. HHHH (R • 2 The Mountain Between Us: On the one hand, this WORDS  hrs. 15 min.) high-altitude survival story is full of things I hate: Doctober: In Doctober offerings this week, we have plane crashes, cold weather, broken bones, situations  8 a look at the line of succession for the Dalai Lama (The Kingsman: The Golden Circle: In the first install- that require bravery and physical stamina, etc. On the Last Dalai Lama?), the bizarre intersection between ment of this franchise, Colin Firth proved he was other hand, it is full of things I love, like Idris Elba Showtimes the Hollywood and a Gold Rush town (Dawson City: somehow the best British secret agent since Bond. and Kate Winslet, but mostly Idris Elba. I’m torn. HH

Frozen Time), the meeting of the band Pearl Jam with He’s donned the pinstripes to save the world in style (PG-13 • 1 hr. 40 min.) Regal and AMC theaters, please see CURRENTS America’s pastime (Pearl Jam: Let’s Play Two), the once again. HH (R • 2 hrs. 21 min.) www.fandango.com. venerable New York Public Library through the eyes of My Little Pony: The Movie: Saddle up, bronies. 6 Frederick Wiseman (Ex Libris: New York Public Library), The Lego Ninjago Movie: Because I am child- Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle, and their Pickford Film Center and a running group comprised of the homeless and those avoidant, I had no idea that Ninjago was a line of Lego friends need your help saving Ponyville. HHH (PG • 1 PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see VIEWS  suffering from addiction (Skid Row Marathon), the Voy- that involves a television show, video games, graphic hr. 39 min.) www.pickfordfilmcenter.com 4  Cascadia Weekly MAIL 

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fruit tree sale 23 festival hours: sat oct 7 10am-5pm & sun oct 8 11am-4pm fresh produce admission: $5/person or $10/carload pizza & ice cream! proceeds bene it education programs – please leave dogs at home 6906 goodwin road, everson | (360) 966-5859 rain (inside) or shine (outside) www.cloudmountainfarmcenter.org BY ROB BREZSNY LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You're a good candi- bulletinboard date for the following roles: 1. a skeptical optimist

who is both discerning and open-minded; 2. a robust 200 200 200 200 30  FREE WILL truth-teller who specializes in interesting truths; 3. a MIND & BODY MIND & BODY MIND & BODY MIND & BODY charming extremist who's capable of solving stubborn

FOOD  riddles; 4. a smooth operator who keeps everyone "Finding Lasting Happi- Ave. Drop in anytime during the Attend Gam-Anon meet- licum Pkwy. The free, drop-in ASTROLOGY calm even as you initiate big changes; 5. an enlight- ness Through Meditation" hour to receive an aura/chakra ings (for family and friends of support group is for those will be the focus of a seminar healing. Entry is $5. More info: individuals with a gambling experiencing the recent death ened game-player who reforms or avoids games that

24 with Ajili Hodari, Esq., from www.simplyspiritcenter.com disorder) from 7-8:30pm Fri- of a friend or loved one. More You wouldn't expect abuse beauty's power.

24 ARIES (March 21-April 19): 1-2pm Sat., Oct. 7 at the fire- days in Mount Vernon at the info: 733-5877 a five-year-old child to paint a facsimile of Picasso's place room at the Fairhaven "Chair Tai Chi" takes place First Lutheran Church, 2015 Library, 1117 12th St. At 5pm, at 3pm Thursdays through Blackburn Rd. Entry is free. Attend Zumba classes "Guernica" or sing Puccini's opera, La Boheme. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Actress and author attend "Lead a More Positive October at the SkillShare More info: www.gam-anon.org from 5:30-6:30pm Tuesdays at Similarly, you shouldn't fault your companions and you Carrie Fisher wrote three autobiographies. Speed B-BOARD  B-BOARD  and Fulfilling Life with Medi- Space at the Bellingham Pub- the Lynden Library, 216 4th St. for not being perfect masters of the art of intimate skating Olympics star Apolo Anton Ohno published his tation." Both events are free lic Library, 210 Central Ave. Co-Dependents Anony- No experience is necessary; relationships. In fact, most of us are amateurs. We autobiography at age 20. The rascal occultist Aleister and open to the public. More Chair Tai Chi uses all of the mous meets from 7-8:30pm join instructor David Renteria may have taken countless classes in math, science, Crowley produced an "autohagiography." To understand

22 info: (360) 778-7189 or dgras- concepts and flowing cho- most Mondays at PeaceHealth for the free class and bring [email protected] reographed movements of St. Joseph's Community a water bottle, comfortable literature, and history, but have never had a single that odd term, keep in mind that "hagiography" is standing Tai Chi except it is Health Education Center, 3333 clothing and shoes. More info: lesson from teachers whose area of expertise is the an account of the life of a saint, so adding "auto" FILM  Nutritionist Jim Ehmke performed in a seated posi- Squalicum Pkwy, conference (360) 354-4883 hard work required to create a healthy partnership. I means it's the biography of a saint penned by the helms a "Take Control of Your tion. Entry is free. More info: room B. Entry is by donation. Own Hormonal Health" from (360) 778-7217 More info: (360) 676-8588 Join Lynne to prevent 25 mention this, Aries, because the next seven weeks will saint himself. I'm bringing up these fun facts in hope 6:30-8:30pm Tues., Oct. 10 at pounds of greenhouse gas be an excellent time for you to remedy this deficiency. of encouraging you to ruminate at length on your life 18 the Cordata Community Food Attend "Yoga for Limited Abby Staten leads "Yoga at lunch. More info: (360) Homework assignments: What can you do to build your story. If you don't have time to write a whole book, Co-op, 315 Westerly Rd. At- Mobility" from 10-11:30am for Multiple Sclerosis" classes 733-3305 emotional intelligence? How can you learn more about please take a few hours to remember in detail the glo- tendees will learn about the Thursdays at the Lummi Is- from 10-11am Tuesdays and MUSIC  body's endocrine system, and land Library, 2144 S. Nugent 11am-12pm Fridays at Christ Come relax and meet other the art of creating vigorous togetherness? riously twisty path you have trod from birth until now. more. Entry is $5. More info: Rd. Kathleen Gallagher leads the Servant Lutheran Church, breastfeeding mothers in a According to my reading of the astrological omens, the www.communityfood.coop the free gatherings. More 2600 Lakeway Dr. The weekly warm, inviting and respectful In accordance with best way to heal what needs to be healed is to steep

16 TAURUS (April 20-May 20): info: (360) 758-7145 events are free for people environment at a Breastfeed- The NW Lions KidSight Pro- with MS, and no registration ing Cafe from 9am-12pm every the astrological omens, I invite you to slow down and yourself in a detailed meditation on the history of ART  gram will provide free vision is required. Please bring a Tuesday at the Bellingham Cen- create a wealth of spacious serenity. Use an unhurried, your mysterious destiny. screening for children six blanket or yoga mat. More ter for Healthy Motherhood, step-by-step approach to soothe yourself. With a glint months to six years of age info: [email protected] or 1012 Dupont Street. Entry is in your eye and a lilt in your voice, say sweet things SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you go to 15 from 10:45am-12pm Wed., www.yogabellingham.com free. More info: www.center- Oct. 11 at the Deming Library forhealthymotherhood.com to yourself. In a spirit of play and amusement, pet and the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Germany, (5044 Mt. Baker Hwy.) and Sex Addicts Anonymous pamper yourself as you would a beloved animal. Can you will see a jug of wine that was bottled in 1687. STAGE  10am-12:30pm Thurs., Oct. (SAA) meets at 7pm Tuesdays Bellingham Evening you handle that much self-love, Taurus? I think you In accordance with astrological omens, Sagittarius, I 12 at the Lynden Library, (216 and Thursdays and 9am Satur- Toastmasters meet from can. It's high time for you to be a genius of relaxation, suggest that you find a metaphorical version of this 4th St.). The first few years of days at the Bellingham Unitar- 7-8:30pm Tuesdays at Spring a child's life are critical in the ian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth Creek Retirement Center, 223 attending tenderly to all the little details that make vintage beverage—and then metaphorically drink it! 14 development of good vision. St. More info: (360) 420-8311 East Bakerview Rd. The group you feel at ease and in love with the world. In my opinion, it's time for you to partake of a plea- For more info: www.wcls.org or www.pugetsoundsaa.org invites you to test your extem- sure that has been patiently waiting for you to enjoy A Grief Support Group meets poraneous speaking skills, or "If an angel were it. The moment is ripe for you to try an experience Michelle Mahler leads an at 7pm every Tuesday at the sit back and enjoy the speech- GEMINI (May 21-June 20): GET OUT  Wondering "Essential Remedies: Pain St. Luke's Community Health es. More info: www.447.toast to tell us something of his philosophies, I do believe you've postponed, to call in favors that have been Relief & Injury Repair" work- about the nuts Education Center, 3333 Squa- mastersclubs.org some of his propositions would sound like 2 x 2 = 13." owed to you, to finally do fun things you've been shop at 6:30pm Wed., Oct. 11 and bolts of So said the German scientist Georg Christoph Lichten- saving for the right occasion.

12 in Mount Vernon at the Skagit the homebuying Valley Food Co-op, 202 S. First berg (1742-1799). Now maybe you don't believe in St. Participants will learn how process? the existence of angels, and so you imagine his idea CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If a late-night TV to apply therapeutic massage Check out our doesn't apply to you. But I'm here to tell you that an talk show called and asked me to be a guest, I'd say WORDS  oils to your body for healing influence equivalent to an angel will soon appear in no. If People magazine wanted to do a story on me, I'd injuries, pain relief and pre- FREE Homebuyer vention of disease. Class and Education your vicinity. Maybe it'll be a numinous figure in your decline. What good is fame like that? It might briefly  8 notes are free; each student classes. Held dreams, or a charismatic person you admire, or a vivid puff up my ego, but it wouldn't enhance my ability can make and take home a monthly & open memory resurrected in an unexpected form, or a bright to create useful oracles for you. The notoriety that roll-on for $10. More info: fantasy springing to life. And that "angel" will present would come my way might even distract me from doing www.skagitfoodcoop.com to the public. a proposition that sounds like 2 x 2 = 13. what I love to do. So I prefer to remain an anonymous CURRENTS Kristi and Blake Allen, certi- Register at celebrity, as I am now, addressing your deep self with

6 fied facilitators and trainers http://www.kulshan- CANCER (June 21-July 22): Unless you have an my deep self. My messages are more valuable to you if with the Transformational clt.org/homebuyer-ed- off-road vehicle, you can't drive directly from North I remain an enigmatic ally instead of just another car- Breath Foundation, will lead an "Introduction to Transfor- ucation/ America to South America. The Pan-American Highway toony media personality. By the way, I suspect you'll VIEWS  mational Breath" primer from stretches from Prudhoe Bay in northern Alaska to Ush- soon face a comparable question. Your choice will be 6:30-8:30pm Thurs., Oct. 12 at uaia, Argentina—a distance of about 19,000 miles— between what's flashy and what's authentic; between 4  the Community Food Co-op, 360-671-5600, x2 except for a 100-mile patch of swampy rainforest in feeding your ego and feeding your soul. 1220 N. Forest St. Entry is $5. [email protected] More info: www.community- Panama. I'd like to call your attention to a comparable MAIL  www.KulshanCLT.org food.coop break in continuity that affects your own inner terrain, AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A Canadian guy

Cancerian—a grey area where two important areas of named Harold Hackett likes to put messages in bot-

2  Attend a Healing Hour from 5:30-6:30pm every Wednes- your life remain unlinked. The coming weeks will be a tles that he throws out into the Atlantic Ocean from day at Simply Spirit Reading & favorable time to close the gap. his home on Prince Edward island. Since he started DO IT  Healing Center, 1304 Meador in 1996, he has dispatched over 5,000 missives into LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Based in Korea, Samsung the unknown, asking the strangers who might find is a world leader in selling smartphones and other in- them to write back to him. To his delight, he has formation technology. But it didn't start out that way. received more than 3,000 responses from as far away

10.04.17 In its original form, back in 1938, it primarily sold as Russia, Scotland, and West Africa. I suspect that noodles and dried fish. By 1954, it had expanded into if you launch a comparable mission sometime soon, wool manufacturing. More than three decades after Aquarius, your success rate wouldn't be quite that .12 its launch as a company, it further diversified, adding high, but still good. What long-range inquiries or 40

# electronics to its repertoire. According to my reading invitations might you send out in the direction of of the astrological omens, the next 10 months should the frontier? be an excellent time for you to do the equivalent of branching out from noodles and dried fish to electron- PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "Intensify" is one ics. And the coming six weeks will be quite favorable of your words of power these days. So are "fortify," for formulating your plans and planting your seeds. "reinforce," and "buttress." Anything you do to inten- sify your devotion and focus will be rewarded by an VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In my opinion, you're intensification of life's gifts to you. As you take steps

CASCADIA WEEKLY not quite ready to launch full-tilt into the rebuilding to fortify your sense of security and stability, you phase. You still have a bit more work to do on tearing will activate dormant reserves of resilience. If you 24 down the old stuff that's in the way of where the new reinforce your connections with reliable allies, you stuff will go. So I recommend that you put an "Under will set in motion forces that will ultimately bring Construction" sign outside your door, preferably with you help you didn't even know you needed. If you flashing yellow lights. This should provide you with buttress the bridge that links your past and future, protection from those who don't understand the com- you will ensure that your old way of making magic plexity of the process you're engaged in. will energize your new way.

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CURRENTS Brunch Alert The Naglers don’t believe in culinary shortcuts. All batters FERMENTATION FUN: Blaine MON., OCT. 9 6 NO SHORTCUTS AT THE BIRCH DOOR CAFE are made from scratch, pancake C.O.R.E. presents a "Sauerkraut COOKING 101: Basic skills, tools BUTTERY, SILKY-SOFT pancakes that melt in your mouth. Sweet syrups and toppings don’t come and Fermented Vegetables" class and a focus on easy and whole- VIEWS  from 10am-12pm at the Blaine some dishes will be the focus of blintzes filled with creamy ricotta and topped with berries. Apple cin- bottled and juices are freshly Library, 610 3rd St. Entry is free. "Cooking for Those Who Don't"

4  namon pancakes that emerge from the kitchen three inches high and squeezed. Breakfast offering in- (360) 305-3637 class from 6:30-9pm at the Com- dripping with sweetness. Next time you’re up for an indulgent weekend clude platters with eggs, a choice munity Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest MAIL  brunch, make sure you head to the Birch Door Cafe. of meats and pancakes ($13.75). BLAINE MARKET: Visit the St. Entry is $15. Blaine Gardeners Market from WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP

2  Taria and Casey Nagler, both 30, opened the restaurant in June, but Pancake varieties include includ- 10am-2pm at H Street Plaza. already their Meridian Street parking lot is busy even on weekdays ing strawberry granola, blueber- (360) 332-6484 TUES., OCT. 10 DO IT  The two have tons of pedigree. Casey’s grandparents ran a restaurant ry, bacon, chocolate chips and INTRO TO FERMENTING: Join in Chicago more than 50 years ago, and his parents followed suit in 1981 apple cinnamon ($11.75-$12.95). TWIN SISTERS MARKET: Produce Andy Walton at an "Introduction with the Oak Table Café in Sequim. Casey and his siblings each went on There’s also omelets, Eggs Bene- can be procured at the Twin Sisters to Fermented Foods" from 6:30- to open their own eatery. Taria and Casey helped his siblings open a dict, scrambles and quiches. Farmers Market from 9am-3pm at 7:30pm in Maple Falls at the North

10.04.17 the parking lot at Nugents Corner, Fork Library, 7506 Kendall Rd. restaurant each in Silverdale and Walla Walla. Then they started scout- I tried the High Tide Scramble and 10am-2pm in Maple Falls at the (360) 599-2020 ing a site for their own place. ($14.45),featuring wild Pacific North Fork Library, 7506 Kendall Rd. .12

40 Casey, a Western Washington University grad, remembered loving smoked salmon scrambled with WWW.TWINSISTERSMARKET.COM ON SUSHI: Robert Fong and # Bellingham. When he brought his bride to take a look, she agreed. cream cheese and green onions. guest Seiji McCoy of Blue Fin Within six months they settled on the location of the old Bellingham It was a nice savory dish, but BELLINGHAM MARKET: The 25th Sushi will helm "On Sushi" course season of the Bellingham Farmers from 6:30-9pm at the Community Beauty School at 4192 Meridian St. what truly stole the limelight Market continues from 10am-3pm Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. The two bought the building and recruited Casey’s dad, a general con- was those buttermilk pancakes every Saturday through December Entry is $55. tractor, to help with the renovation. It was no small project, because and the Fresh Fruit Blintzes at the Depot Market Square, 1100 WWW.WHATCOMCOMMUNITYED.COM it meant tearing down the entire top floor of the building and starting ($13.75), made from Casey’s Railroad Ave.

CASCADIA WEEKLY fresh. Eighteen months later, the Birch Door made its debut. grandmother’s recipe. WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG THURS., OCT. 12 ICE CREAM PARTY: Attend an “The menu is almost identical to my parents’ restaurant,” Casey says. Open until 3pm, lunch choices 30 LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS: Ciera Ice Cream Fundraiser taking place “We describe it as an old, country -style, gourmet breakfast where we include sandwiches, quiches, Mead leads "Local Food Systems: from 4-7pm at Lynden's Jansen Art use real ingredients—heavy whipping cream and real butter. For our burgers, salads and soups. Week- From Field to Table" starting Center, 321 Front St. Entry is $5 buttermilk pancakes we use a sourdough starter in a complex recipe ends, it’s breakfast all day. today from 12-3:30pm at the (in a paper bowl) or $10 (includes that delivers fluffy, easy-to-digest pancakes.” Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. a bowl make by local artists). Forest St. The class continues WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG That sourdough starter is sprinkled with Nagler family history. When More info: www.birchdoorcafe.com

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