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BLUSH PUNCHBellingham Rep's fall colors P.13 GET OUT 26 A brief overview of this Gore and Lore Tour: 6pm, historic Fairhaven
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14 DANCE THURSDAY [10.31.19] Folk Dance Party: 7:30pm-10:30pm, Squalicum ART Yacht Club ONSTAGE BAAY Haunted House: 6pm-11pm, Boundary Bay 13 MUSIC Brewery Traditional Jazz: 2pm-5pm, VFW Hall Circus of Doom: 7pm and 10pm, Cirque Lab Scott Cossu: 7pm, Lummi Island Congregational STAGE Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre Church #HereToo: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU Hellingham: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre 12 WORDS Scream Fair: 7pm-9pm, NW Washington Fairgrounds, Leif Whittaker: 1pm, Lynden Library Lynden Debu Majumdar: 1pm, Blaine United Church of
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4 jumping into a fray they created. their opponents, and to tear down a transporta- 18: Clubs cascadiaweekly.com Whatcom: Erik Burge, First, we have in Whatcom County a smear cam- tion system that tends to benefit the poor. So MAIL MAIL 20: Film Shorts Stephanie Simms paign against a candidate for County Executive. they have minions to do their dirty work.
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©2019 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by Way back when he attacked our property tax our general election—could not have been more Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 system he cited Ohio’s property taxes as not only truthful and helpful for any prospective voter who BLUSH PUNCHBellingham Rep's fall colors P.13 [email protected] the fairest, but also one of the lowest tax pro- is not aware of the candidates up for election. Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing grams. At the time, I owned a house in Ohio. Not I hope all voters will follow Alan’s great advice COVER: Photo by papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution only was the rate twice that of Washington’s, the and vote for Satpal Sidhu, Seth Fleetwood, and SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material Preston Hoffman
CASCADIA WEEKLY 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- property evaluations were nearly double what we Brian Estes (and don’t forget Natalie McClendon). ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday in this state were seeing. —Suzanne Kite, Bellingham 4 the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. It is not surprising the Republicans in this state cannot be honest in the election season— FLEETWOOD FOR MAYOR their golden-haired leader in DC has been even I’m supporting Seth Fleetwood for mayor of much less honest. Bellingham. I got to know Seth very well while What is their reason? While they claim to have we both served together on the County Council NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre for many years. We often disagreed, as our posed amendments and there would be political values are very different. additional opportunities for input from 2019 General Election Endorsements Seth is well-placed on the left side of industry and the public before reforms Bellingham/Whatcom Co. the political spectrum while my nature is are finalized. County Council honored that to take the conservative view. But it didn’t pledge and the Planning Commission is Professional Firefighters 26 take long for me to realize how Seth can currently reviewing draft amendments. IAFF Local 106 reach out to anyone, and listen to all sides Briscoe also mistakenly claimed in FOOD BELLINGHAM MAYOR 40TH DISTRICT SENATE of an issue with an open mind. His integ- March that industries at Cherry Point rity and compassion combine to make him would not be allowed to repair their Fleetwood Lovelett 22 a thoughtful leader. infrastructure under proposed amend- WHATCOM CO. EXECUTIVE WHATCOM CO. SHERIFF Seth’s more than 30 years of commu- ments. He needs to be better informed Sidhu Elfo nity service to Bellingham and Whatcom before speaking on the record. BELLINGHAM COUNCIL, AT LARGE WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL, AT LARGE B-BOARD County provide him with the experience Fortunately, port candidate Anthony Dis- Huthman Frazey
to understand the needs and the vision for tefano is well informed, a strong advocate 20 BELLINGHAM COUNCIL, WARD 1 BELLINGHAM COUNCIL, WARD 5 the future of Bellingham. for environmental protection, and well- Stone I strongly encourage all my friends to qualified to serve on the Port Commission. Anderson FILM vote for Seth Fleetwood for mayor. This time around I will be voting for Dis- PORT OF BELLINGHAM COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 3
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common ground.” it. The reason given is that it wasn’t a STAGE These diverse opinions come to the sur- nonpartisan forum. He also did not show face in the highly politicized issues fac- up to a forum presented by the Mt. Baker Marie BjornsonTeam 12 ing Bellingham, and we need someone like Chamber of Commerce. April who will put in the work to find com- Each port commissioner seat is a non A more educated, mon ground between people and groups partisan position and represents all of more motivated, and GET OUT who disagree strongly on the best way to Whatcom County regardless of their poli- move Bellingham forward. Time and again, tics. To shun voters in our community and more confident home 11 she has been willing to go out in front on deprive them of learning about who is on buying experience. issues like increasing housing options that the ballot is disrespectful and does not fur- WORDS the middle class can afford and opposing ther the efforts toward civil discourse in our industrial expansion at Cherry Point. (unfortunately) divided political society. Marie Bjornson - Certified Mortgage Planner 8 She always does her homework and Bobby Briscoe values transparency and Reverse Mortgage Planner, CPA, CMPS , NMLS #111765 makes sure she’s hearing from as many accessibility in his work as Port Commis- 360-676-9600 | [email protected] affected groups as possible when finding sioner. His effort to reach out to all voters Louise and Marie www.wa-mortgage.com | 112 Prospect Street CURRENTS solutions, which has earned her the sole is part of his effective leadership style and 6 endorsements from the Lummi Nation, why his support transcends party politics. *Fairway is not affiliated with any government agencies. These materials are not from HUD or FHA and were not approved by HUD or a government Washington Conservation Voters, and the I support Bobby because his openness agency. Copyright©2018 Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. NMLS#2289.4750 S. Biltmore Lane, Madison, WI 53718, 1-866-912-4800. All
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ROMAKER FOR ASSESSOR DO IT Editor’s Note: We received many letters in I’m voting for John Romaker for What- support of Seth Fletwood; and many, many com County Assessor because he’s been letters in support of April Barker. We regret we Chief Deputy Assessor here for nearly 29 could not publish them all. years, working closely with retiring Coun- 10.30.19 ty Assessor Keith Willnauer. .14
DISTEFANO FOR DISTRICT 3 John Romaker’s leadership and experi- 44 As someone who voted for Bobby Briscoe ence are important in managing the of- # for Port Commission four years ago, I was fice’s 30 employees and $3.4 million bud- BellinghamFinancialPlanners.com very disappointed to learn of his comments get. The Assessor’s Office is responsible for COLSON FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISOR made at the commissioners’ March 19 meet- providing timely and accurate information Fee-Only Financial Planning | Fee-Based Investment Management ing. In that meeting, Briscoe alleged a lack to property owners, county administrators of “transparency” or open process on the and many local government entities. part of the County Council in their Com- Don’t just believe me. Whatcom Coun- CASCADIA WEEKLY prehensive Plan amendment proposals for ty’s most respected officials have en- future development at Cherry Point. dorsed John Romaker in this election. Ronald Scott Colson 5 That is simply not a fair criticism. They include outgoing County Assessor CFP®, MBA, President (Office) 303.986.9977 Back in January, the Council made clear Keith Willnauer, County Executive Jack 4740 Austin Court that the Planning Commission would have Louws, County Treasurer Steve Oliver, Bellingham WA 98229-2659 an opportunity to weigh in on any pro- LETTERS, CONTINUED ON PAGE 23 THE GRISTLE
HIDE THE MONEY: As we predicted early on in this
26 election (because it happens every election) the cor- porate cash dump arrived late and in probable viola- FOOD tion of the state’s campaign finance laws, and was put to immediate mischief in a negative (and unbear- views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE ably stupid) smear campaign against Satpal Sidhu. 22 The Whatcom County Council member is running for the position of County Executive against oil and coal B-BOARD industry lobbyist Tony Larson. As detailed in a complaint to the state’s cam- BY ROBERT REICH
20 paign finance watchdog, the Public Disclosure Com- mission, the cash dump came in a $70,000 contribu- FILM tion to a newly formed political action committee, Speak for the People the Coalition for a Better Northwest Washington,
16 from the parent company of the Phillips 66 refin- WARREN AND SANDERS VERSUS WALL STREET ery. Another arrived from Marathon Petroleum Com-
MUSIC pany. Both lobbying groups are headquartered out IN THE conventional view of Amer- This is why the oligarchy is so of state. ican politics, Joe Biden is a moderate worried about Warren’s rise to
14 Depositing contributions in excess of $138,000 while Elizabeth Warren and Bernie frontrunner status in some polls.
ART from a handful of deep-pocket donors, the Coali- Sanders are on the left and Donald Politico reportsthat Democratic- tion has spent less than $5,000 on behalf of Lar- Trump is on the right. leaning executives on Wall Street,
13 son’s campaign, according to the latest PDC filings. This conventional view is rubbish. in Silicon Valley and across the cor- They’ve spent more than $66,000 in independent Today’s great divide is not between porate world are watching her with
STAGE expenditures against Sidhu. This imbalance alone left and right. It’s between democ- an increasing panic. indicates what sort of campaign they’re running—it racy and oligarchy. “Ninety-seven per cent of the is highly negative, and it is in pursuit of no coher- There are no longer “moderates.” people I know in my world are real- 12 ent policy position. There’s no longer a “center.” The nia versus the other, or the left ver- ly, really fearful of her,” billionaire The cash has been spent primarily on television most powerful force in American sus the right. Today’s squabbles are Michael Novogratz told Bloomberg.
GET OUT advertising, digital social media buys and highly politics today is anti-establishment internal between the establishment These Democratic oligarchs hope misleading telephone push-polls. The catalyst of the fury at a rigged system. versus the people that are storming Biden, or perhaps Pete Buttigieg or
11 noise is the county’s ongoing process for land code Four decades ago, when America the barricades.” Amy Klobuchar, can still take War- amendments for the Cherry Point industrial zone; had a large and growing middle The frustrations today are larger ren out. however, it is very telling that these cash spends class, the left wanted stronger so- than they were in 2016. Corporate In just the third quarter, But- WORDS say nothing at all about those amendments. Instead, cial safety nets and more public profits are higher, as is CEO pay. tigieg raised about $25,000 from
8 they slyly pull out of context remarks made on Coun- investment in schools, roads and Markets are more monopolized. executives at Wall Street firms cil by Sidhu—by training a petroleum product engi- research. The right sought greater Wealth is more concentrated at the including Goldman Sachs, Morgan neer—about the comparative value of petroleum. reliance on the free market. top. Although the official unemploy- Stanley, JPMorgan, and hedge fund
CURRENTS “This is the best they could find against me?” Sidhu In those days, a general election ment rate is lower, most peoples’ in- giants like Bridgewater, Renais- laughed. “I can raise the prices of oil? Where does was like a competition between two comes have gone nowhere and they sance Technologies and Elliott Man- 6 6 Satpal draw that authority as County Executive? It hotdog vendors on a long boardwalk have even less job security. agement. And another $150,000 is ludicrous. extending from left to right. To Meanwhile, Washington has be- from donors who described their VIEWS VIEWS “I am stunned to have to respond to the level of maximize sales, each had to move come even swampier. Big corpora- occupation as “investor.”
4 stupidity being presented by these major companies.” to the middle. If one strayed too far tions, Wall Street and billionaires If Biden implodes and neither It is hard not to laugh at the silliness of these at- left or right, the other would move have flooded it with money and Buttigieg nor Klobuchar takes the MAIL tacks—many thousands of dollars terribly spent—but beside him and take all sales from lobbyists. Trump has given out all lead from Warren, Wall Street and
2 the target audience is not a sophisticated voter. More the rest of the boardwalk. the tax cuts, regulatory rollbacks corporate Democrats hope former than anything, the campaign serves as acid commen- This older American politics is and subsidies they have ever want- New York mayor Michael Bloom-
DO IT tary by the oil industry of their estimation of the now obsolete. As wealth and power ed. The oligarchy is in charge. berg will ride into the primary at intelligence of Whatcom County residents. have moved to the top and the mid- Why hasn’t America risen up in the last minute. It additionally illustrates that, far from suffering, dle class has shrunk, more Ameri- protest? Because American democ- It won’t work. The stark reality the petroleum industry has money to cavalierly piss cans have joined the ranks of the racy was dysfunctional even before is that Democrats cannot defeat 10.30.19 away in the shabbiest ways. working class and poor. Trump ran for president. The mon- Trump’s authoritarian populism “The most surprising thing,” Sidhu said, “is there Most Americans—regardless of eyed interests had already taken with an establishment candidate .14
44 is no ad about Cherry Point. There’s no argument whether they were once on the left over much of it. who fronts for the oligarchy. # with Cherry Point because they could not find any or right—have become politically It’s hard for people to get very The only way Democrats win is argument.” disempowered and economically in- excited about returning to the with an agenda of fundamental The late cash dump served to generate a counter- secure. Nowadays it’s the boardwalk widening inequalities and grow- democratic and economic reform, response in grassroots activism. versus private jets on their way to ing corruption of the decades be- such as provided by Warren and also Sidhu has aggressively closed the gap on Larson’s the Hamptons. fore Trump. Which partly explains by Sanders. early lead in fundraising—much of it in the last As Rahm Emmanuel, Barack why Biden is foundering. Unless Democrats stand squarely
CASCADIA WEEKLY few weeks and accelerating in the last few days Obama’s chief of staff and former A large majority of Americans— on the side of democracy against as voters have responded to the smear campaign. mayor of Chicago, told the New York right and left, Republican as well as oligarchy, the risk on election day 6 Sidhu has raised nearly $170,000 in hundreds of Times: “This is really the crack-up. Democrat—could get excited about is that too many Americans will small campaign contributions in amounts under Usually fights are Democrats versus moving toward a real democracy and either stand with Trump or stay $1,000—a strong indicator of grassroots support. Republicans, one end of Pennsylva- economy that worked for the many. home. This compares against Larson, who has received a comparable total, but in half the number of indi- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE HUMAN Pepper Sisters vidual donations—three-quarters of Flavors of New Mexico which are in large amounts in excess 26 of $1,000.
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MUSIC BY TIM JOHNSON 14 ART 13 Change the name of the bridge, but preserve the historical markers and place them in a context that explains their origin. After a series of public meetings, that’s the recommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission to Bellingham City Council STAGE on the fate the Pickett Bridge—a 1920s-era concrete bridge over Whatcom Creek above Maritime Heritage Park. The span was named in honor of the first U.S. Army officer in command of Fort Bellingham, George E. Pickett, who later served in the Confed- eracy during the Civil War. Council will consider the recommendations at a meeting later this year. 12
GET OUT 10.23.19 A man who pleaded guilty to murdering WEDNESDAY four people in Skagit County in 2008 asks
11 NORTHWEST PASSAGES to have his pleas withdrawn. In 2009, Isaac The U.S. Coast Guard ends a marine search for a boater missing near Lee Zamora pleaded guilty by reason of in- Lummi Island but the Whatcom Sheriff’s department is continuing to look sanity to two counts of murder, and guilty WORDS for him on land. The 53-year-old was reported missing after he set off for to 18 other charges stemming from a 2008
8 Cypress Island on Sunday. His 25-foot yellow sailboat was located northeast shooting spree that began in Alger and end- of Lummi Island. [USCG] ed in Mount Vernon. The pleas were part of an agreement made the day before the pros- CURRENTS 8 CURRENTS 10.24.19 ecuting attorney was to determine whether he would seek the death penalty. Zamora’s 6 THURSDAY request will be heard Nov. 6 in Skagit County British Columbia’s promised bill on Indigenous rights is introduced in the Superior Court. [Associated Press] VIEWS legislature. If passed, the province will be the first in Canada to legally
4 implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous 10.28.19 Peoples (UNDRIP). Since the province committed to the legislation more MAIL MONDAY than a year ago, a team from the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Rec- CLIMATE ACTIVIST Greta Thunberg addressed a
2 onciliation has been working with the First Nations Leadership Council to crowd of thousands at a rally in Vancouver, B.C., last A man accused of firing a crossbow at draft the historic bill. [CBC] week. “Together, we will make a change,” she said Bellingham Police is found incompetent to to cheers and applause. DO IT stand trial. Micah James Godfrey, 47, is ac- Washington wins an additional $2.5 million in federal grants to fund the cused of threatening people at Arroyo Park state’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) program, part of a statewide in December 2018 and firing a crossbow at initiative to end Washington’s rape kit backlog. Of the new funds, $1 million Anacortes is considering a ban on sin- police when they responded. He is consid- 10.30.19 will fund a new effort to add DNA profiles of thousands of convicted offenders gle-use plastic bags at grocery and retail ered incompetent due to paranoid and delu- across Washington—court-ordered DNA tests that still haven’t been collect- stores, something at least 25 other juris- sional thoughts. [KGMI] .14
44 ed—to the national DNA evidence database. This new DNA information will dictions throughout the state have done— # make it more likely for a newly tested sexual assault kit to result in a “hit,” including Bellingham. An ordinance to the 10.29.19 connecting the DNA evidence from the kit to a known offender. These hits are Anacortes City Council proposes a ban on crucial to solving cold cases and identifying serial rapists. [AGO] single-use plastic bags used for transport TUESDAY or carry-away purchases at grocery or re- Erosion damage to the footing of the foot- Opioid manufacturer and distributor Reckitt Benckiser Group will pay tail stores larger than 10,000 square feet. bridge crossing the South Fork of the Still- nearly $2.2 million to Washington as the result of a Medicaid fraud in- [Skagit Valley Herald] aguamish River has prompted the Forest Ser-
CASCADIA WEEKLY vestigation that alleged the pharmaceutical company improperly kept the vice to remove a section of the bridge near price of opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone high by delaying generic A man convicted of a brutal killing in Darrington. The access trail to the Big Four 8 versions, resulting in false or fraudulent claims to Washington’s Medicaid Mount Vernon is sentenced to 20 years and Ice Caves in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie Na- program. The agreement resolves six whistleblower lawsuits in federal courts four months in prison. Timothy Hernandez, tional Forest is closed, although a tempo- in Virginia and New Jersey, and involves $700 million in payouts to the feder- 33, stabbed his girlfriend and beheaded her. rary structure may be used pending a struc- al government and state Medicaid programs. Washington was a party to five He told the court God told him to do it. tural inspection of the remaining section of of the six lawsuits. [AGO] [Skagit Valley Herald] the bridge. [USDA Forest Service] alcoholic beverage. The officer contacted Cascadia Weekly’s Short Guide to the man, dumped the remaining alcoholic beverage and gave the man a warning. SELECTED ENDORSEMENTS FUZZ
WHATCOM COUNTY 26 Oct. 21, Blaine Police learned a man was
BUZZ FOOD drinking in public and a business wanted him trespassed. Officers arrived and ad- BUSY DAY AT BURLINGTON vised the individual of the trespass and EXECUTIVE 22 PRECINCT determined he had seven warrants for his Satpal Sidhu On Oct. 25, Burlington Police received arrest out of Bellingham. Officers arrest- A creative problem-solver who will allow Whatcom reports of shots being fired at a large ed and booked the man. County Council to complete their policy work. B-BOARD party and numerous people were report-
ed fleeing the scene of the party. As they On Oct. 24, an intoxicated transient was 20 arrived on the scene, officers learned making students feel uncomfortable near County Council that an 18-year-old Burlington man had Whatcom Community College, Belling- A progressive majority needs time to complete their work on criminal justice reform FILM checked into United General Hospital in ham Police reported. and land use code for the Cherry Point industrial zone.
Sedro-Woolley with a gunshot wound. 16 A short time later, officers received an On Oct. 27, Bellingham Police checked
additional report that a 16-year-old on a man who was reported walking MUSIC had checked into Skagit Valley Hospital down the street and kicking parked cars
in Mount Vernon, also with a gunshot near Broadway Park. 14 wound. Both gunshot victims had attend- ART ed the party. A third victim was reported, CHANDLERY MISHANDLERY AT-LARGE POSITION B DISTRICT 4 DISTRICT 5 also with non-life-threatening injuries. On Oct 8, Bellingham Police logged 13 the theft of a chart plotter from a boat Carol Brian Natalie
On Oct. 25, a Skagit County woman called moored in Squalicum Harbor. Frazey Estes McClendon STAGE emergency dispatch after two men had threatened her with a knife at her trail- MISTAKEN IDENTITIES 12 er near Burlington. Deputies arrived, but Oct 22, Blaine patrol officers on a traf- CITY OF BELLINGHAM were blinded by headlights and the fleeing fic stop suspected the passenger of the vehicle crashed into the front of their pa- vehicle could have a felony warrant for GET OUT trol car. The vehicle sped off and crashed her arrest. The woman was able to show MAYOR after a short pursuit and the suspects fled police identification that proved she was 11 on foot. Both were arrested and booked not the suspect; however, in the process Seth Fleetwood On breadth and depth of experience, Seth Fleetwood into Skagit County jail. No one was injured. of running the identification she provid- should be elected mayor of Bellingham. WORDS ed, officers learned that she had a felo-
ny arrest warrant and five misdemeanor 8 CAMPUS CREEP CONTINUES 8 On Oct. 20, an unknown man was ob- warrants for other incidents. Police took City Council served masturbating while watching res- the woman into custody. A dynamic quartet who will add tremendous strength to Bellingham City Council. CURRENTS idents outside their basement window in CURRENTS Bellingham’s Sehome neighborhood. Oct 22, Blaine Police responded to a re- port of a stolen vehicle at the marina. 6 POOCH PATROL Officers contacted the man who told On Oct. 18, Blaine Police were dis- them he went for a walk and discovered VIEWS
patched to a home with its front door his vehicle was gone upon return. After 4 left open. Two dogs had escaped. Offi- investigating, officers determined the
WARD 1 WARD 5 AT-LARGE WARD 3 MAIL cers checked the home to ensure no one man was driving a different car than he
was injured inside. Police did not locate is used to driving. Officers located his Hannah Lisa Hollie Daniel 2 anyone. One of the dogs was able to be car in another area of the marina. Offi- Stone Anderson Huthman Hammill
returned to the home. The front door cers gave the man a courtesy ride to his DO IT was locked as officers left. Police were misplaced vehicle. unable to capture the other dog. The STATE OF WASHINGTON Humane Society was notified. On Oct. 17, an Anacortes resident called police to report the possible theft of a 10.30.19 On Oct. 16, an Anacortes animal control package that was supposed to be deliv- .14
officer trapped a large dog that would ered to his home. He later called again to STATE SENATE, 40TH DISTRICT 44 not go to several strangers who attempt- report that the package was delivered to Liz Lovelett # ed to catch her. In speaking with the the wrong address. An effective representative of the 40th District. dog’s owner, the officer learned the dog was with a friend the day prior when she On Oct. 18, an Anacortes man called po- jumped out of the open window of his lice to report that a random caller told STATE MEASURES parked car and he could not find her. him that he was under a grand jury in- REFERENDUM MEASURE NO. 88 INITIATIVE MEASURE NO 976 The dog was hungry and distraught, but dictment. “The man told the caller that CASCADIA WEEKLY did not appear to be injured. She was re- he was going to call the police and the Approve Reject turned to her owner. caller became very upset,” police report- R-88 reverses a 20-year-old ban on Tim Eyman's I-976 would leave in ruins 9 ed. “The man then hung up the phone affirmative action policies, guaranteeing plans to deliver light rail expansion to WHISKEY WALKS and did not hear back or provide any per- equal opportunity and access to public Puget Sound area, as well as cripple Oct 19, A Blaine patrol officer observed a sonal identifying or financial informa- institutions and business without bus rapid transit on Interstate 405 and man walking down the sidewalk swilling an tion to the caller.” discrimination. expand Sounder commuter rail. doit WORDS
WED., OCT. 30 ALLIES: Bestselling author Alan Gratz 26 shares his new book Allies at 7pm at Con-
FOOD gregation Beth Israel, 751 San Juan Blvd. The Middle Grade Historical Fiction tells the words wartime story of Dee Carpenter, a young U.S. COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS
22 soldier who feels the weight of World War II on his shoulders as D-Day approaches. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM B-BOARD THURS., OCT. 31 reau, Rosseau, and Kierkegaard, as well SPINE TINGLERS: Discuss Shirley Jackson’s
20 as indigenous traditions. The Haunting of Hill House at a Spine Tinglers “The more I have looked,” he writes, Book Group meeting from 5:30pm-6:30pm at
FILM “the more paths and tracks seem to the Lynden Library, 216 4th St. The program thread their ways through the prose, po- will being with a spooky reading, the discus- sion of classic and modern horror stories,
16 etry and art of Europe (and) America.” and the sharing of your favorite books about Timothy Egan’s new book, A Pilgrimage things that go bump in the night.
MUSIC to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in (360) 354-4883 Search of a Faith, fits in to this saunter- SCARY STORIES: Members of the 14 ing literary tradition. It’s an account of Bellingham Storyteller’s Guild will share
ART the Seattle-based author’s pilgrimage “Extremely Scary Stories” from 7:30pm- from England to Italy on the Via Fran- 9pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. These stories are so truly scary, the event
13 cigena, a medieval path that weaves through France, Switzerland, and Italy is recommended for adults only, or children 13 and over!
STAGE to its terminus at St. Peter’s Square in (360) 714-9631 the Vatican. Europe is well-known for its efficient 10
12 SAT., NOV. 2 railways and high-speed autobahns, MAN AND MOUNTAIN: Leif Whittaker, au- so why did Egan chose to walk the thor of My Old Man and the Mountain, gives a GET OUT GET OUT 1,000-mile-long pathway? book talk and multimedia presentation from 1pm-2:30pm at the Lynden Library, 216 4th “Curiosity. Wanderlust. Adventure,” he St. He combines stories from his own adven-
11 explains. “A desire to step outside myself tures in the Himalaya and his father’s legend- and my routine, to see ary climb in 1963 to illustrate an inspiring and touch history that and humorous talk about family, teamwork, WORDS has shaped so many risk, and perseverance. The free presentation will be followed by a short Q&A.
8 centuries. A desire to WWW.WCLS.ORG/READANDSHARE explore my own lapsed
TIMOTHY EGAN faith. A desire to force SACRED RIVER: Meet Debu Majumdar, author of Sacred River: A Himalayan Journey, CURRENTS the issue—to decide PHOTO BY BERRY WONG BY PHOTO what I believe or admit from 1pm-3pm at the Blaine United Church
6 of Christ, 885 4th St. Enjoy a slideshow ATTEND what I don’t.” presented by Majumdar, followed by re- WHAT: An Egan is a masterful freshments. The book will also be available VIEWS REVIEWED BY CHRISTIAN MARTIN Evening with storyteller known for for purchase. Timothy Egan WWW.BLAINECHAMBER.COM 4 WHEN: 7pm literary deep dives in Fri., Nov. 1 which he excavates hid-
MAIL PICTURING IDEAS: Children’s book illustra- WHERE: den corners of history Pilgrimages tor James Michael “Jamichael” Henterly leads
Bellingham
2 to remind us that where “Picturing Ideas: We are Story Animals” from High School, we are now is a result of 2pm-3:30pm at the Ferndale Library, 2125 HOOFING THROUGH HISTORY 2020 Cornwall Main St. As a teacher of drawing and illustra- DO IT Ave. what we did back then. In tion, he’ll discuss where his ideas for stories I’VE BEEN reading a lot of books about walking lately, rambling through pages COST: $35 for his latest, he explores come from and how the illustrator creates one person that recount long saunters across lands familiar and foreign. The curriculum is remind- the twisting, tortured and shapes characters and the worlds they (includes a copy ing me that the simple act of placing one foot in front of another history of Catholicism live in.
10.30.19 of A Pilgrimage is the best way to authentically experience a place, and often leads in Europe, visiting in- (360) 384-3647 to Eternity) or one to insight and epiphany. timate shrines, austere
.14 $45 for two A HOUSE ON STILTS: Paula Becker reads
44 It started with my discovery of Patrick Leigh Fermor’s epic memoir INFO: monasteries and vast
# from A House on Stilts: Mothering in the Age www.village trilogy that recounts his wandering journey from the Hook of Holland cathedrals, all the way of Opioid Addiction at 7pm at Village Books, books.com to Constantinople in 1933. Traversing much of continental Europe on to the home of Pope 1200 11th St. Her intensely personal account foot—curious, unbiased and open to adventure—Fermor experienced Francis. His mode of “deep walking—a of trauma and survival offers a timely ex- the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of a wide variety of cultures way to meditate while moving”—opens ploration of a family forced to grapple with before World War II irrevocably changed everything. From traveling up a space for him to ponder his place in America’s opioid crisis. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM with gypsies to sleeping in barns and castles, crossing the Alps to drifting down the the faith after his family was betrayed CASCADIA WEEKLY Danube, Fermor’s detail-rich prose captures a lost world of Hapsburg royalty, Bratislav- by a priest in his hometown of Spokane. SUN., NOV. 3 ian shepherds, Carpathian Jews, and Saxon lumberjacks. “Walking on walking,” wrote poet Gary SCARY STORIES: Students in grades 4-7 10 Fermor’s slow mode of travel allows him to absorb local details, and along the way he Snyder, “under foot earth turns.” How are invited to “Stories for a Dark Night” from gains an intimate understanding of the varied landscapes through the soles of his feet. interesting that the bipedal rhythms of 4pm-6pm at the Lummi Island Library, 2144 S. Nugent Rd. Attendees at the free event will That taste of Europe led me to a gem of a book by Robert McFarlane, The Old Ways: roaming the planet coincide with the gather around the fire for some scary stories. A Journey on Foot. In its opening pages, he recounts the human history of walking as opening of the heart and blossoming of (360) 758-7145 it relates to culture-creation, surveying the ambulatory methods of Wordsworth, Tho- the mind. doit
from 2:30pm-5:30pm in Bellingham’s Fountain SAT., NOV. 2 District. The event is free. SCANDINAVIAN FAIR: Daughters of Norway WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/EVENTS will host its 20th annual Scandinavian Fair from
TREAT RUSH 10am-4pm at the Holiday Inn at the Bellingham 26 B’HAM TRICK OR TREAT: Look for balloons when Airport, 4260 Mitchell Way. Admission is $2. you bring your costumed kids to a Trick-or-Treat WWW.DAUGHTERSOFNORWAY.ORG FOOD event happening from 3pm-5pm throughout down- town Bellingham. DENIM TO DIAMONDS: Join Northwest Thera- WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM peutic Riding Center for its “Denim to Diamonds” 22 Dinner and Auction from 5:30pm-9pm at Bellingham TRUNK OR TREAT: Office Moms & Dads will host a Technical College’s Settlemyer Hall, 3058 Lindbergh “Trunk or Treat” Halloween Festival from 5pm-8pm Ave. Tickets are $65. B-BOARD at Northwest Chevrolet of Bellingham, 3891 North- WWW.EVENTBRITE.COM west Ave. Entry is free.
WWW.OFFICEMOMSANDDADS.COM HALL OF FAME: Attend a Skagit History Hall of 20 Fame Party from 6pm-10pm at La Conner’s Maple
BOO BOOGIE: Throw on your costume and your Hall, 100 Commercial St. Tickets are $50. FILM dancing shoes and join Bellingham Parks and Rec- WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM reation for a “Boo Boogie” event from 4pm-6pm at
the Depot Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. ROARING ’20S GALA: Step back in time and 16 WWW.COB.ORG experience the glamour of the Roaring ’20s at a
On Thurs., Oct. 31, kids in costume can trick or treat from downtown Bellingham to the Fountain district, gala starting at 6pm at the Lairmont Manor, 405 MUSIC historic Fairhaven, Mount Vernon, La Conner, Lynden, Anacortes and beyond. ANACORTES TRICK OR TREAT: Treats will be Fieldston Rd. This event is a fundraising effort for handed out to costumed kids at participating the Seattle Children’s Hospital Uncompensated Care 14 businesses from 3pm-5pm in downtown Anacortes. Fund, which last year provided $5 million worth of
GROUP READING: Dianne Aprile, Christianne Balk, is today the Whatcom County Library System. To Entry is free. uncompensated care for patients specifically from ART Leanne Dunic, Sylvia Byrne Pollack, Rena Priest, celebrate, attend WCLS 75th anniversary celebra- WWW.ANACORTES.ORG Whatcom County. Tickets are $50. and Suzanne Warren will be among the authors tions throughout the day at most Whatcom County WWW.BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM 13 sharing their work from the 2019 Jack Straw Writers Libraries—including the Blaine, Deming, Everson, LYNDEN TRICK OR TREAT: More than 70 busi- Anthology at 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Ferndale, Lynden, Lummi Island, North Fork, Point nesses will be handing out treats (or tricks) from FABAGANZA FUNDRAISER: Join Skagit County WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Roberts, and Sudden Valley libraries. Library history 3pm-5:30pm in downtown Lynden. PFLAG for its inaugural “Fabaganza” Fundraiser from STAGE displays, potlucks, live entertainment, 1940s- WWW.LYNDEN.ORG 7pm-10pm at the Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce St. Si- MON., NOV. 4 themed activities, storytelling, scavenger hunts, lent and live auctions, music by Gin Gypsy, dancing 12 POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their interactive art, town discussions and more will be FAIRHAVEN TRICK OR TREAT: Join all sorts of and more will be part of the evening’s festivities. creative verse as part of the weekly Poetrynight part of the free fun. goblins, princesses, wizards, heroes, animals and Entry is by donation. can sign up starting at 6:30pm at the Alternative WWW.WCLS.ORG more at the all-ages Trick or Treat from 3pm-6pm WWW.PFLAGSKAGIT.ORG GET OUT Library, 519 E. Maple St. Readings begin at 7pm. throughout historic Fairhaven. WWW.BLOG.POETRYNIGHT.ORG FEMINIST SOLIDARITY: As part of the Western WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM WED., NOV. 6 11
Library Reading Series, Dr. Joy Wiggins, co-author GREEN DRINKS: Network with likeminded environ- 11 TUES, NOV. 5 of From Sabotage to Support: A New Vision for Femi- MV TRICK OR TREAT: A Halloween Trick-or-Treat mentally aware citizens at the monthly Green Drinks OFF THE SHELF: Lizz Roberts leads an Off the Shelf nist Solidarity, will share ideas from the book at event takes place from 3:30pm-5:30pm on First taking place from 5pm-7pm at Aslan Depot, 1322 N. WORDS Book Club discussion focused on Leif Whittaker’s My 4pm in the Reading Room at Wilson Library. Entry Street in downtown Mount Vernon, followed by a State St. Please RSVP. WORDS Old Man and the Mountain from 1pm-2pm in Sudden is free and open to all. Costume Contest at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG
Valley at the South Whatcom Library, 10 Barn View WWW.LIBRARY.WWU.EDU First St. 8 Court, Gate 2. WWW.MOUNTVERNONDOWNTOWN.ORG THURS., NOV. 7 WWW.WCLS.ORG/READANDSHARE VETERANS STORIES: A panel of veterans from HARVEST PARTY: Bring your kids for a fun and World War II, Korean War, Vietnam, Gulf War, and COMMUNITY CURRENTS THURS., NOV. 7 safe evening with candy, games and activities at the Iraq War will share their stories and experiences
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS: On Nov. 7, THURS., OCT. 31 a Harvest Party happening from 6pm-7:30pm at at an event taking place from 2pm-4pm at the 6 1944, the citizens of Whatcom County said yes FOUNTAIN TRICK OR TREAT: Families are invited Hillcrest Church, 1400 Larrabee Ave. Lynden Library, 216 4th St. to the power of stories by voting to form what to participate in the second annual Trick or Treat WWW.HCBELLINGHAM.COM (360) 354-4883 VIEWS 4 MAIL
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WED., OCT. 30 for a field trip and work party at GROUP RUN: All levels of experi- Whatcom Land Trust’s Kelsey Con-
ence are welcome at a weekly servation Site near Ferndale—part
26 Group Run beginning at 6pm in of the Terrell Creek watershed. Mount Vernon at the Skagit Run- After touring the current conser-
FOOD ning Company, 702 First St. The vation work done to diversify the 3- to 6-mile run is great for begin- species makeup at the site with outside ners or for others wanting an easy plantings funded through a WNPS HIKING RUNNING GARDENING 22 recovery. Entry is free. grant and grants from American WWW.SKAGITRUNNERS.ORG Forests, take part in a work party to remove invasive species.
B-BOARD FRI., NOV. 1 WWW.WNPSKOMA.ORG “Hand over your van keys,” boomed WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and adventurers can join Holly Roger of MILES FOR MEMORIES: Walk
20 a disembodied voice from the shad- Wild Whatcom for a “Wild Things” or run at the Alzheimer Society’s ows, “or we’ll turn this campsite into a Community Program from 9:30am- “Miles for Memories Glow 5K” FILM slaughter house!” 11am every Friday in November starting at 6pm in Lynden at the “Drop the attitude right now,” growled at Cornwall Park. Please bring a Northwest Washington Fair- simple, healthy snack to share, and grounds, 1775 Front St. Show 16 Hippie Darrel, advancing alone toward dress for the weather. Suggested up early to enjoy face painting, the perimeter, “or we’ll haul you all back donation is $5 per person. jazzercise, a beer garden and MUSIC to the hoosegow.” WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG more. Entry is $10-$30 (free for “Try,” snickered the disembodied youth 5 and under).
14 voice. And that’s when the first sharp MT. BAKER FILM FEST: Procure WWW.ALZSOCIETY.ORG tickets for the 20th annual Mt.
ART lava rock came whizzing past his head. Baker Film Fest taking place at SUN., NOV. 3 Followed quickly by another. And anoth- 3:30pm and 7:30pm at the Mount RABBIT RIDE: Join members
13 er. And another. Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial of the Mount Baker Bicycle Club In a hailstorm of volcanic projectiles, St. The early, family-friendly event for a “Rabbit Ride” starting at
STAGE I dove beneath a collapsible table and will focus on the fun-loving side 8:30am every Sunday at Fairhaven fashioned a defensive barricade while of winter recreation, and the later, Bicycle, 1108 11th St. The 32-mile classic show will screen the best route takes riders down Chucka- Hippie Darryl and his co-leader armed 12 12 films to come out of the Mt. Baker nut and back via Lake Samish. themselves with cast-iron skillets and community, as well as the greater The group also holds weekly rides made a beeline back to their van. independent ski and snowboard Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays GET OUT GET OUT Retreating to our vehicles seemed like film industry. A Vendor Expo, raffle and Saturdays. a good move, but as my fearless co-lead- prizes—including the grand prize WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG of a 2019/2020 Mt. Baker Ski Area
11 er pointed out, abandoning the kitchen season pass—and more will be part TUES., NOV. 5 area would only give the mutineers carte of the flurry of festivities. Entry is ALL-PACES RUN: Staff and blanche to plunder provisions. $8 (season pass holder can pick up volunteers are always on hand to WORDS So, during a lull in the rock throwing, a free ticket on the day of the show guide the way at the weekly All- only while supplies last). Paces Run starting at 6pm every
8 other staff members and I began to trun- dle our food back to the vans utilizing WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM Tuesday at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. The runs are 20 the boulder-jumbled contours of a col- NOV. 1-2 minutes out and back on two key
CURRENTS lapsed lava tube for cover. GORE AND LORE: The Good Time routes-by the water or through the Night had fallen when I scrambled Girls combine history with a bit of woods. Entry is free.
6 STORY AND IMAGE BY TRAIL RAT down into the ravine with our final food horror—think unsettling haunts, WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM box. Gazing awestruck at the starry dome strange historical happenings and VIEWS true crimes—at “Gore and Lore” WED., NOV. 6 above, my mind grew boggled by extra- tours for the final time Friday and GARDEN CLUB MEETING: Learn
4 Night terrestrial light. Saturday in historic Fairhaven and more about Brian Minter’s “Rooted A series of grunts followed by a shrill downtown Bellingham. Entry to Together” initiative at a Birch- MAIL beeping sound vexed me. Then, streak- the PG-13 events is $20. wood Garden Club meeting taking WWW.GOODTIMEGIRLSTOURS.COM place from 7pm-9pm at Whatcom
2 ing through my peripheral vision came an of the Modoc Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Pros- amorphous bipedal figure that promptly SAT., NOV. 2 pect St. The initiative promotes
DO IT TERROR IN THE LAVA BEDS dropped to all fours and took a yowling BELLINGHAM TRAIL MARA- a stronger connection and better leap straight into my mouth. THON: The Bellingham Trail understanding of nature. It is SOMETHING FELT off about orange crew the moment their Waking up sprawled in the dirt soon Marathon and Half Marathon kicks also meant to encourage people off at 7:30am at Lake Padden Park, to seek the peace and tranquility van pulled into our weekend group camp that evening. after, I found the food box had vanished.
10.30.19 3882 Samish Way. Entry fees vary. of nature and gardens in order to Usually after grinding through a week of labor-intensive proj- My body was unscathed, but the terrain WWW.DESTINATIONTRAILRUN.COM balance the stresses of work and ects in rugged terrain around Lava Beds National Monument our looked eerily empty. technology. .14 WORK PARTY: Join NSEA and WWW.BIRCHWOODGARDENCLUB.ORG 44 squirrelly groups of adjudicated youth ejected themselves from Suddenly, familiar shouting rang # the cramped conveyances with gusto. through the night and beckoned me back Whatcom Land Trust for a Work Party to plant native shrubs and THURS., NOV. 7 This time, however, nobody on orange crew so much as twitched. to the melee. trees to improve salmon habitat REEL ROCK: The 14th annual From the kitchen area where the other leaders and I were plot- “Sweet Lord,” I cringed when I saw the from 9am-12pm along the South Reel Rock Film Tour makes a stop ting a weekend excursion to various landmarks of the 1871-72 glow of fire and heard multiple chainsaws Fork of the Nooksack River. Park- in Bellingham to screen the best Modoc War we noticed Hippie Darryl—the leader of orange crew— being revved. Up to that point, I still ing is located at Acme Elementary, climbing and adventure films turn around in his driver’s seat and sternly admonish them. could have escaped. 5200 Turkington Rd. From there, of the year at 7pm at Western you can sign in and catch a Washington University’s Arntzen CASCADIA WEEKLY Complete sentences were rendered inaudible, but the timbre of But once Hippie Darryl came hobbling shuttle to the site. Hall. Entry is $6. Come watch the his voice sounded uncharacteristically grave. Finally, after about down the road holding three prisoners at 12 WWW.N-SEA.ORG films, meet other members of the 20 minutes, Hippie Darryl and his co-leader hopped out of their bay with a brush whip I was duty-bound to local climbing community and get vehicle to give us the lowdown. assist him in fettering zip-tie manacles. WNPS FIELD TRIP: Meet up with excited about your next outdoor Meanwhile, an insurrectional force comprised of orange crew, The rebellion was quelled just before the local chapter of the Washing- adventure. ton Native Plant Society today WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU plus a sizable contingent from the other crews, proceeded to oc- sunup. But to this day, the missing bear- cupy tactical positions in the darkening terrain around us. proof box has never been accounted for. doit
STAGE kicks off iDiOM Theater’s mainstage season at 7:30pm Friday and
OCT. 30-NOV. 2 Saturday at the Sylvia Center for #HERETOO: Witness first-person the Arts, 205 Prospect. Made up of 26 experiences of gun violence survivors three interlocking full-length plays FOOD and the work of young activists following six characters from Sat- stage from across the United States when urday night through Monday morn- “#HereToo―WWU” shows at 7:30pm ing—Table Manners, Living Together,
THEATER DANCE PROFILES 22 Wednesday through Saturday at and Round the Garden—they are Western Washington University’s DUG written to be enjoyed individually Theater in the Performing Arts Center. or as a trilogy. The plays will be B-BOARD Tickets are $8-$13. performed on a rotating schedule, WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU and can also be seen all together on two marathon performance days
theater rentals at the Firehouse Arts and 20 Events Center, and pay for choreogra- THURS., OCT. 31 (Nov. 23 and 30). Tickets are $10- BAAY HAUNTED HOUSE: Live $25 for individual shows, $24-$60 phers’ fees and housing. FILM performances by BAAY zombie danc- for the trilogy. That last line item is an important one. ers, ghouls and ghosts, spooky scenes WWW.SYLVIACENTERFORTHEARTS.ORG
In “Blush Punch,” BRD’s fall performance, and much more will be part of the 16 six recognized movement-makers from “BAAY Haunted House: The Nightmare MATILDA THE MUSICAL: META Per- on Railroad” from 6pm-9pm (all ages) forming Arts presents Roald Dahl’s around the country—from Seattle to MUSIC Minneapolis, San Diego, Brooklyn, Santa and 9pm-11pm (21 and over) at the Matilda the Musical concludes this warehouse and Fear Garden at Bound- week with performances at 7:30pm
Barbara, and Asheville—spent time in ary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. Friday, and 2pm and 7:30pm Saturday 14 Bellingham to help hone their varying vi-
Entry is $5-$10. in Mount Vernon at the Lincoln ART sions. When the curtain opens, dancers WWW.BAAY.ORG Theatre, 712 S> First St. Tickets are will confront audience assumptions and $18-$28. 13 13 taboo subject matter, investigate what SCREAM FAIR: “Camp Fear” will be WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG the theme of this year’s “Scream Fair” STAGE “home” really means, Haunted House from 7pm-9pm at NOV. 1-3 STAGE use satire to express Lynden’s NW Washington Fairgrounds, THE WITCHES: Blaine Community themselves, explore 1775 Front St. Tickets at the door will Theater presents showings of Roald 12 unison without unifor- be $10 for kids (parental discretion is Dahl’s classic tale The Witches at 7pm mity, restructure a tra- advised) and $12 for adults. Friday and Saturday, and 2pm Sunday WWW.SCREAMFAIRHAUNT.COM at the Black Box Theater at Blaine GET OUT ditional aspect of bal- High School, 1055 H St. Tickets are let, and get playful. CIRCUS OF DOOM: Bellingham Circus $13-$15. For further enumera- Guild hosts its third annual “Beastly, WWW.BLAINECOMMUNITY 11 tion, a recent press re- Frightful, Unbelievably Spooky Circus THEATER.COM ATTEND lease describes “Blush of Doom” at 21-and-older shows at WHAT: Blush 7pm and 10pm at the Cirque Lab, 1401 SAT., NOV. 2 WORDS Punch Punch” as “A pop of 6th St. Tickets are $10-$20. TAPROOM COMEDY: A Taproom WHERE: color. A twist on tradi- WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM Comedy Night event takes place in 8 Firehouse Arts tion. It’s the conver- Sedro-Woolley from 8pm-10pm at and Events gence of vulnerability ROCKY HORROR #01: A loving Local 20 Taproom, 102 Woodsworth Center, 1314 couple, a few lost monsters and a St. Nikki Kilpatrick, Sean Flikke, Dan
and strength. The feel- CURRENTS Harris Ave. sweet transvestite from Transylvania Mills and Joel O’Connor will be filling WHEN: 8pm ing of yes. will sing and dance through a sloppy the taproom with laughter. 6 Nov. 8, 9 and “Collectively, these salute to horror movies and sexual WWW.LOCAL20TAPROOM.COM 15; 5pm Sun., PHOTOS BY PRESTON HOFFMAN PRESTON BY PHOTOS pieces reconfigure con- liberation when The Rocky Horror Nov. 16 ventional notions of Picture Show screens at 8pm at Mount NOV. 7-10 VIEWS COST: $15-$28 Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First GREEN GABLES: Lynden High
gender and how they 4 INFO: www. St. Tickets are $10-$12. School’s performing arts program bhamrep.org are often represented WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG presents showings of Anne of Green BY AMY KEPFERLE MAIL onstage.” Gables at 7pm Thursday, 3pm and
If you weren’t able to contribute to ROCKY HORROR #02: Follow 7pm Saturday, and 3pm Sunday at 2 BRD’s fall campaign, purchasing tickets squeaky clean sweethearts Brad the school’s Judson Auditorium, 516 and Janet on an adventure they’ll Main St. Tickets are $5-$10.
to the show is another way to support DO IT Creative Color never forget as they encounter the (360) 354-4401 the organization working tirelessly—and scandalous Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Rocky, BELLINGHAM REP’S BLUSH PUNCH with minimal pay—to expand the cultur- and Columbia at showings of The al offerings available to the community. Rocky Horror Picture Show at 8pm and DANCE DURING A recent online fundraiser for Bellingham Reper- If you’re already a contemporary dance 12am at the Mount Baker Theatre’s 10.30.19 tory Dance, one thing became abundantly clear: The women who enthusiast, it’s probably already on your Walton Theatre, 104 N. Commercial SAT., NOV. 2
St. Tickets are $15.50. FOLK DANCE PARTY: Fourth Corner .14
share their talents with audiences throughout the year aren’t must-see list. If you’re curious about the WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM Folkdancers will host a dance party 44 # hoping for a giant cash payout. art form, this is your chance to get better featuring Orkestar RTW playing “BRD is run entirely on a volunteer basis, which means we acquainted with it. OCT. 31-NOV. 2 lively music from the Balkans from collectively donate thousands of hours per season to keep Although “Blush Punch” doesn’t official- HELLINGHAM: Help figure out who- 7:30pm-10:30pm at the Squalicum the company alive,” organizers explained. “When we reach ly open until Fri., Nov. 8, young people who dunnit when the perennially popular Yacht Club, 2633 S. Harbor Loop Dr. improvised murder mystery known as Entry is $15. our goal for this campaign, we hope to offer partial stipends are interested in finding out more about “Hellingham” concludes at 7:30pm (360) 384-0456 to each dancer for performance time. Though small, these the intricacies of modern dance are invited and 9:30pm shows Thursday through
checks will be symbolic of our belief that artists should be to the final dress rehearsal on Thurs., Nov. Saturday at the Upfront Theatre, SALSA NIGHT: Join DJ Antonio CASCADIA WEEKLY paid for their art.” 7 at the Firehouse. The run-through starts 1208 Bay St. Tickets are $10-$12. Diaz as he mixes a combination of Although the professional-level modern dance collective at 8pm, and all that is needed is to show WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM Latin rhythms at Rumba Northwest’s 13 bimonthly “Saturday Salsa Night” didn’t end up with the entire $10,000 they’d been asking for up at the door with $5, a valid student ID, NOV. 1-2 taking place from 9pm-12am at Cafe to help usher in their ambitious 14th season, they got close, and an open mind. It’s just another way THE NORMAN CONQUESTS: Alan Rumba, 1140 N. State St. Entry is $5. raising more than $8,000 to help send panelists to a Women in Bellingham Repertory Dance is giving back Ayckbourn’s The Norman Conquests WWW.RUMBANORTHWEST.COM Dance Conference in Philadelphia, secure rehearsal space and and enriching lives in the process. doit UPCOMING EVENTS
FRI., NOV. 1
26 ANACORTES ART WALK: The Good Stuff Arts, Trinity Skate Gallery, Kelli Lang Real
FOOD Estate, Scott Milo Gallery, Red Salon Aveda, visual Pelican Bay Bookstore and Coffee Shop, the GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES Majestic Inn and Spa, the Majestic Ballroom, 22 and the Depot Arts Center will be among the venues participating in the monthly First Friday Art Walk from 6pm-9pm throughout
B-BOARD downtown Anacortes. WWW.ANACORTESART.COM
20 conflict you are on, who holds the weap- BELLINGHAM ART WALK: Rock and Rye, Our ons, and where the battles are fought,” Treehouse, Imagine It Now, Western City Cen- FILM she says. “It is about never-ending war.” ter, Allied Arts, Make.Shift Art Space, Phoebe One of the things Harding hopes peo- Bird, Wink Win, the Flatiron Building, Sharon Kingston Studio, Makeworth Market, Cafe 16 ple will come away with after viewing Velo, Social Fabric, the Happy Place, Atomic the exhibit as a whole is the ability to Kitten featuring Gallery Pegasus, Water Artist MUSIC question their own suppositions about Studios, and Ideal will be among the venues the need for war, and whose interests opening their doors from 6pm-10pm as part 14 14 the men and women who fight for this of the monthly Art Walk in downtown Belling- ham. Pick up a map at participating locales ART ART country are serving. for a full schedule. “More recently, at no fault nor control WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM
13 of their own, our service people are asked not to NOV. 1-2 DIVAS AT THE DEPOT: “Over the Rainbow” STAGE fight for our freedoms and security so much will be the theme of a “Divas at the Depot” exhibit from 6pm-9pm Friday, and 9am-2pm as fight for corporate 12 Saturday in Anacortes at the Depot Arts interests around the Market, 611 R Ave. The Divas will explore color world,” Harding says in creating a garment of their choice. The
GET OUT when talking about Divas are the wearable art branch of Fidalgo what she deems “mili- Island Quilters. ATTEND WWW.FIDALGOISLANDQUILTERS.COM
11 WHAT: tary justice.” “Veteran” Questions Harding SAT., NOV. 2 Opening imagines might arise YULE BOUTIQUE: Assistance League of WORDS Reception Bellingham hosts its annual Yule Boutique WHEN: 3pm- from viewing “Veteran” from 9am-3pm at the Grace Center at Trinity
8 5pm Sat., Nov. 9 are far-ranging and cov- Lutheran Church, 2408 Cornwall Ave. WHERE: Studio er topics such as veter- WWW.ASSISTANCELEAGUE.ORG UFO, 301 W. ans who advocate for Holly St. CURRENTS peace, gender equality ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: Attend a Holiday INFO: www. in the military, what Arts & Crafts Fair from 9am-4pm at Hillcrest
6 studio-ufo.net happens when young Church, 1400 Larrabee Ave. Funds raised will benefit foster and adoptive families. people are made into warriors, how to VIEWS
PAINTING BY HELEN DORN BY PAINTING WWW.HCBELLINGHAM.COM help repair mental and physical damage
4 from combat, and if war is truly working. TRINKETS & TREASURES: Craft and food BY AMY KEPFERLE Basically, she says, it boils down to “are vendors, a bake sale, live music and more will MAIL we being told the truth?” be part of the Ferndale Band Boosters’ annual “Trinkets & Treasure” Holiday Craft Market
2 At an opening reception taking place from 9am-4pm at Ferndale High School, 5830 Sat, Nov. 9—the weekend before Veter- Golden Eagle Dr.
DO IT Veteran ans Day—a number of vets will be in at- (360) 384-2792 SCENES OF SERVICE tendance as special guests, and Harding hopes people will engage them in dia- FAMILY ACTIVITY DAY: Bring the whole family to make craft projects, enjoy music, works in a new Studio UFO painting group exhibit all focus on dif- logue about their service. WHILE THE contribute to a community altar and more 10.30.19 ferent aspects of what it means to serve in the United States military, those who Those interested in hearing from sea- at a Family Activity Day celebrating Día de peruse the pieces in “Veteran” will find more than a few similarities. soned servicemen and women will also los Muertos (Day of the Dead) from 10am- .14 3pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 44 That’s not a mistake. The challenge Studio UFO owner Trish Harding presented want to attend a Thurs., Nov. 7 event at # to her fellow artists was multifaceted. She gave them the prompt of “veteran” and the Lynden Library. There, a panel of vet- 121 Prospect St. The event focuses on the traditional Mexican holiday that honors told them that not only did the painting need to be inspired by that word, but erans from World War II, the Korean War, deceased family members while celebrating it also needed to contain the color red somewhere, and have both personal and Vietnam, the Gulf War, and the Iraq War their lives. Entry is $3. universal aspects to it. will share their stories and experiences. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG The results were thought-provoking, focusing on everything from a haunting The panel will take audience questions. image of family members gathered around a gravestone while an American flag “It would be a shame to not take the FALL ART SALE: The Camano Arts Associa- tion will host its inaugural group art show at CASCADIA WEEKLY flutters above them; to a number of World War II-inspired pieces; renderings of opportunity to hear what they have to a Fall Art Sale taking place from 10am-3pm servicemen connecting with animals; and symbolic works utilizing the familiar say in person,” Harding says. “It would on Camano Island at the Camano Center, 606 14 red, white and blue. also be enlightening to hear how each Arrowhead Rd. Forty-plus local artists will Harding’s own painting, “The Unextinguishable Flame,” presents as a story. Its story changes through the years and be showcasing their art in a professionally focal point is an infant with a rifle—a future veteran—who she says has been different conflicts to understand that curated gallery, and storefront booths will be located throughout the center. indoctrinated since childhood that war and violence is the answer. evolution. I think you will hear quite WWW.CAMANOARTS.ORG “It was inspired by the invasion of Baghdad and, depending on which side of a diverse stories.” doit
FOURTH CORNER FRAMES: “And Now for Some- thing Completely Different” exhibit shows through
Nov. 30 at Fourth Corner Frames and Gallery, 311
W. Holly St. 26 WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM FOOD GALLERY SYRE: Peruse a selection of paintings, drawings and sculptures that span David Syre’s
artistic career thus far at a permanent exhibit open 22 to the public from 12pm-5pm Tues.-Thurs. at Gal- lery Syre, 465 W. Stuart Rd.
WWW.DAVIDSYREART.COM B-BOARD
GOOD EARTH POTTERY: Anne Marie Cooper’s
PERFECT PASTELS “Balancing Act” will be featured through November 20 Check out Teresa Saia’s pastels during an open- at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave.
ing reception Fri., Nov. 1 at Scott Milo Gallery. WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM FILM
JANSEN ART CENTER: View a “Fall Juried Exhibit” IMPRINT OPENING: View new paintings by Skagit through Nov. 29 in Lynden at the Jansen Art 16 Valley artist Meg Holgate at an opening reception Center, 321 Front St. Additional exhibits open for for “Imprint” from 2pm-5pm in Mount Vernon at perusal include a “Fall Fiber Showcase, “Intertwin- MUSIC Perry and Carlson Gallery, 508 S. First St. The works ings,” and “Falling Out of the Box.”
WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG 14 will be on display through November. 14 WWW.PERRYANDCARLSON.COM ART MATZKE FINE ART: “Layers,” a group show featur- ART STACKLE OPENING: Tricia Stackle will discuss her ing works by regional artists that are a combina-
work and her process at an Artist Talk at 3:30pm at tion of several different mediums but all require a 13 Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. A multitude of layers to create, shows through Nov. reception for her one-woman exhibit takes place 10 on Camano Island at Matzke Fine Art Galley and STAGE from 5pm-7pm. Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way. WWW.SMITHANDVALLEEGALLERY.COM WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM 12 POINTS OF LIGHT: Attend an opening reception MINDPORT: “Golden Hour at the Tripping Hazard” for Marc Wenet’s “Points of Light” from 4pm-6pm in is currently on display at Mindport Exhibits, 210
Edison at i.e. gallery, 5800 Cains Court. W. Holly St. GET OUT WWW.IEEDISON.COM WWW.MINDPORT.ORG
SUN., NOV. 3 MONA: View the retrospective exhibit “Eve 11 STUDENT SHOWCASE: Honor the hard work and Deisher: Indicator” and “Portland Artists from the dedication of burgeoning artists at an opening Permanent Collection” through Jan. 11 in La Con- WORDS reception for a “Showcase of Student Works” from ner at the Museum of Northwest Art, 121 First St. 5pm-7pm at Cooper Lanza Gallery and School of WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG Fine Art, 1415 13th St. All are welcome. 8 WWW.COOPERLANZAGALLERY.COM RAGFINERY: A variety of textile-related work- shops happen on a regular basis at Ragfinery, 1421
TUES., NOV. 5 N. Forest St. CURRENTS MEET THE ARTIST: Take part in casual discus- WWW.RAGFINERY.COM sions with the artist Robert Yerachmiel Sniderman 6 about his installation, “Lost in Jüdischer Friedhof SCOTT MILO GALLERY: Whidbey Island artist
Weißensee,” from 4pm-5:30pm at the Western Gal- Teresa Saia’s pastels will be featured through Dec. VIEWS lery on the Western Washington University campus. 2 in Anacortes at the Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Com-
WWW.WESTERNGALLERY.WWU.EDU mercial Ave. 4 WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM
THURS., NOV. 7 MAIL NEW WORKS RECEPTION: View a selection of Da- SVC ART GALLERY: Works by artists and spouses
vid Syre’s latest paintings and drawings at a “New Chris Theiss and Kristin Loffer Theiss can be seen 2 Works” reception from 5pm-7pm at Gallery Syre, at an “art-ri-mo-ny” exhibit showing through Dec.
465 W. Stuart Rd. Exploring primarily personal 13 in Mount Vernon in the Skagit Valley College DO IT experiences and the emotional responses to them, Art Gallery. Syre centers his abstract representations around WWW.SKAGIT.EDU landscapes, dreams, people and creative visions. WWW.DAVIDSYREART.COM SKAGIT MUSEUM: View the Smithsonian’s 10.30.19 traveling exhibit, “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America,” in La Conner at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. 4th St. .14 ONGOING EXHIBITS 44 WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM # CHUCKANUT BREWERY: See paintings by Francia Orozco through Dec. 7 at Chuckanut Brewery and WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by Whatcom Art Kitchen, 601 W. Holly St. Guild members can be perused daily at the What- WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM com Art Market, 1103 11th St. WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG DEMING LIBRARY: “Nooksack Faces and Places” shows through Nov. 30 at the Deming Library, 5044 WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Wanted: Ed Bereal for Dis- CASCADIA WEEKLY Mt. Baker Hwy. turbing the Peace,” “What Lies Beneath: Minerals WWW.WCLS.ORG of the Pacific Northwest,” “City of Hope: Resurrec- 15 tion City and the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign,” FISHBOY GALLERY: Discover the contemporary “People of the Sea and Cedar,” and “John M. Edson folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm Fridays or by ap- Hall of Birds” can currently be viewed on the What- pointment at the Fishboy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. com Museum campus. 319-2913 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG rumor has it
26 NEWS OF THE Muse: Tucked away in the tiny town of Conway (pop. 91) lies a magi- FOOD cal place that is part bar, part restaurant, part music venue and all heart, the Con- way Muse. For the last 15 years, its owners, 22 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT Elfa Gisla and Tom Richardson have lovingly stewarded the former dairy barn they reno- B-BOARD vated and named for the Greek goddesses who inspired great works of art.
20 They booked all manner of musicians, offered hearty meals made from local in-
FILM gredients, hired bar- tenders that serve
16 16 drinks with a smile (a departure from MUSIC MUSIC the surly style many of us have grown
14 used to) and gener- BY CAREY ROSS
ART ally treated the Muse like it was their home and we were their
13 guests and they wanted to show us the very best of the things they most love.
STAGE And they were good at it, if the number of Best of Skagit awards they routinely rake in and the accolades from performers and 12 guests alike are any measure. It was obvi- ous Gisla and Richardson didn’t stake their
GET OUT claim on the Muse thinking it would make them rich—this was a labor of love since
11 the day they opened the doors to their Conway jewel. Love may make the world go ’round and WORDS it might not cost a thing, but it doesn’t pay
8 the bills. At the end of the day, if the Muse wasn’t going to turn a huge profit, it at least needed to pencil out.
CURRENTS But times are tough for arts organiza- tions of all kinds and particularly rough 6 MIKEY MIKE on music venues. So it has been for the Muse, which has found itself squeezed on VIEWS one side by the deadly duo of increased
4 taxes and regulations and on the other by BY CAREY ROSS mas every time. As such a second installment of increased expenses, until there is nothing MAIL Halloween happenings is clearly called for. left to squeeze out of the space that has
2 freely given so much to so many. Alternative Library: It’s possible that I in- In typically straightforward fashion, Elfa
DO IT Spooktacular: cluded the Alternative Library in this roundup and Tom announced that they’re shutter- purely because they’ve dubbed their Oct. 31 ing the Muse after Nov. 10 and canceling show a “spooktacular,” which is a term I favor. the remainder of the shows they’ve booked It’s further possible that I’m encouraging you after that date. As is also their way, they
10.30.19 The Sequel to attend all the shows you’re able to at the were quick to turn their message outward, HALLOWEEN IS FOREVER grassroots organization’s current venue be- toward the greater Muse community rather .14
44 cause they’ll be on the move again in a couple than keeping the focus on themselves, say- # IF YOU’RE not from here, odds are you remember when you noticed how of months. However, the likeliest scenario is ing, “We have sincerely loved the journey little chill Bellingham has on the subject of Halloween. It’s like Halloween that seeing Analog Brass, Bobby Petite, and and express our eternal gratitude to the is Laurie Strode and all of us are Michael Myers, obsessed and possessed, Guest at a place where no one will bust your musicians, performers and staff that are but more fun and way less murdery. For many years, I’ve believed that Bell- chops about not wearing a costume sounds the very reason we are Skagit’s favorite ingham’s most perfect expression of its Halloween obsession was when Oct. like a delightful way to spend Halloween. place to hear live music and dance. And 31 falls on a weekend. INFO: www.altlib.org thank you to our loyal customers that have
CASCADIA WEEKLY But I was wrong. supported the thousands of performances Because this was the year I realized we reach Peak Halloween when Oct. Depot Market Square: What do you do after over the years.” 16 31 is a Thursday. It allows us to begin celebrating the weekend prior (which you take your kids trick or treating downtown Although Nov. 10 is just a short leap into many of you did), continue the revelry throughout the week before going all and they’re too wound up on sugar and big the future away, there’s a lot of music to be out again when Halloween hits. The true devotees will go one step further costume energy to haul home without calam- heard at the Conway Muse before then. I’m and take it into the following weekend. ity? You head to the Depot Market Square for sure Elfa and Tom would like nothing more In this town, we’ll take the 10 days of Halloween over the 12 days of Christ- Bellingham Parks and Recreation’s family- than if we joined them for all of it. doit HALLOWEEN, FROM PAGE 16 WED., OCT. 30 by guitarist Giles Arendt. Entry is by donation. friendly Boo Boogie. There, the tricking CHARLIE PORTER QUINTET: Whatcom Jazz Music WWW.LUMMICHURCH.COM Art Center hosts the Charlie Porter Quintet for a and treating will continue, goodie bags 7pm concert at the Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 SUN., NOV. 3 26 will be doled out and, according to event Prospect St. Tickets will be $5-$15 to hear the RUTHIE AND MORTEN: Hear roots music by info, boogie oogie oogie will commence. award-winning jazz trumpeter and composer. Copenhagen guitarist Morten Alfred Høirup and FOOD The soundtrack for the aforementioned WWW.WJMAC.ORG Seattle fiddler Ruthie Dornfeld at a 2pm concert boogie (singular) oogie (plural) will be at Nancy’s Farm, 2030 E. Smith Rt. The perfor- JAZZ AND MARIACHI: Students from the nation- mance will feature original music and traditional 22 provided by Mikey Mike the Rad Scientist, ally recognized jazz band program at Mount Vernon tunes, drawing inspiration from folk traditions who will sing to you of a water molecule High School will present a “Jazz and Mariachi Night” of America, Scandinavia, and beyond. Suggested named Carlos, among other things. Tucker concert at 7pm at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First donation is $18. B-BOARD the kids out, take them home, steal their PAWS FOR A BEER St. Admission will be by donation at the door. WWW.NANCYSFARM.COM WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG
candy while they sleep, win Halloween. 20 EASTWEST QUINTET: New York City-based saxo- INFO: www.cob.org FRI., NOV. 1 phonist Nick Biello and trumpeter Charlie Porter on Oct. 31 if I attend the Mystic Hallow- SPENCER AND RAINS: Fiddlers and singers perform as the EastWest Winds Quintet from 4pm- FILM Firefly Lounge: On the one hand, the een Party at Skylark’s Hidden Cafe. In Tricia Spencer and Howard Rains perform at 7pm 6pm at the Blaine Performing Arts Center, 975 H at the YWCA Ballroom, 1026 N. Forest St. Both St. They’ll be playing jazz with Julian MacDonough,
Bellingham music scene, with its parallel between the tarot readings and the drink 16 16 affection for loud rock and alt-country, specials, East Coast Dave and the Midwest multi-instrumentalists, they are steeped in family Tony Foster, and John Lee. Tickets are $20 (free for musical tradition and are dedicated to the pres- students up to grade 12). MUSIC is my particular paradise. On the other, I Swingers will perform, so even if the read- ervation, performance, and sharing of old-time WWW.BLAINEHARBORMUSICFESTIVAL.ORG MUSIC am less enamored of Belingham’s enduring ing deems your future to be iffy, you will music. Entry is $20.
love of Ween. It seems that into every oc- be thoroughly entertained in the present. WWW.SPENCERANDRAINS.COM HOUSE CONCERT: Attend a House Concert with 14 casion a little Ween must fall, and never INFO: www.skylarkshiddencafe.com Joe Jencks and Wes Weddell from 7:30pm-9pm ART is that more true than when the occasion SOUNDBLOCK: Manatee Commune and Samuel E-M at the Chuckanut Center, 103 Chuckanut Drive N. & the Joyful Noise perform at a SoundBlock concert Suggested donation is $5-$10 at the door to hear has Ween in its very name. The only ques- Thousand Acre Cider House: Not only at 7:30pm at Western Washington University’s Vi- the two accomplished singer/songwriters with deep 13 tion is where the Ween tribute band will did Thousand Acre Cider House bust out king Union Multipurpose Room. Tickets are $8-$10. Northwest roots. (360) 383-7502 appear. This year, the lucky locale is the a “spooktacular” in the description for An afterparty starts at 10:30pm at Viking Union STAGE Firefly Lounge, for its aptly named Hallo- their Halloween event, they followed it 565; entry is free if you are one of the first 200 Ween celebration, starring Weener and by throwing down a “trick or treat yo’self” people to the early concert, $10 if you are not. WED., NOV. 6 WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU MUSIC CLUB CONCERT: Hear tunes and rhythms 12 Deerman. Even for an Oct. 31 with a lot and that’s all it takes for me to pledge al- from Cuba to Germany when the Bellingham Music going on, this show is sure to be packed, legiance to the recently opened taproom REID JAMIESON BAND: Vancouver’s Reid Ja- Club presents a free concert with Trinsic Brass at so get there early and stake out your spot. and bottle shop devoted to craft cider. mieson Band performs at 7:30pm at the Firehouse 10:30am at Trinity Lutheran, 119 Texas St. GET OUT INFO: www.fireflylounge.com Their Halloween will consist of a costume Arts and Events Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Known for WWW.BELLINGHAMMUSICCLUB.ORG contest and candy—and an array of ciders appearances on CBC’s Vinyl Café, they shine with compelling originals, plus killer covers of every- CATHARSIS TRIO: Whatcom Jazz Music Arts 11 Paws For a Beer: Spending Halloween at from 2 Towns Ciderhouse as well as Hal- thing from ’50s-era gold to their latest tribute to Center presents a concert with Ryan Keberle’s the Fairhaven dog bar sounds like an idea low Jack’d hot mulled cider, which is just Leonard Cohen. Tickets are $20. Catharsis Trio at 7pm at the Sylvia Center for the WORDS bordering on genius. Reasons: 1. Dog cos- the thing to ward off the end-of-October WWW.FIREHOUSEPERFORMINGARTS.COM Arts, 205 Prospect St. Elements of chamber music, tume contest. 2. Human/dog team costume chill when you realize that your brilliant South American folk, indie rock, and jazz will form 8 contest. 3. Music from Calaskan and Origi- costume idea is not weather-appropriate. NOV. 1-3 a unique and intimate sound of “indie jazz.” Entry PNW OPERA: The Pacific Northwest Opera pres- is $5-$15 at the door. nal Jim. 4. Hot dogs from Big Hot Wieners, INFO: www.thousandacreciderhouse.com ents performances of Mefistofele at 7:30pm Friday WWW.WJMAC.ORG
which are sort of like tiny dogs in fancy ed- and 3pm Sunday in Mount Vernon at McIntyre Hall, CURRENTS ible costumes (don’t think about that one Twin Sisters Brewing: Twin Sisters didn’t 2501 E. College Way. The opera will be sung in THURS., NOV. 7 too hard). 5. It’s Paws For a Beer’s third opt for “spooktacular” when naming their Italian with English subtitles. Tickets are $25-$75. SWING CONNECTION: Enjoy an evening of big 6 anniversary. 6. Decent chance of meet- Oct. 31 event, but they did go for a vari- Additional performances take place Nov. 8 and 10. band music while exploring local history when
WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG the Swing Connection performs at a 75th an- VIEWS ing June (pictured above), the Cascadia ant, dubbing it the Sunnyland Spookfest. niversary celebration from 7pm-9pm at the Sumas
Weekly’s part-time office dog and full-time Their all-ages Halloween party consists of SAT., NOV. 2 Library, 451 W. Second St. Entry is free; donations 4 best good girl. I could come up with other a costume contest and trick or treatery, TRADITIONAL JAZZ: The Bellingham Traditional will be accepted. reasons, but if you’re anything like me, you and amps the proceedings up a bit with Jazz Society hosts a concert with Bonnie North- WWW.SWINGCONNECTION.ORG MAIL graves and Friends from 2pm-5pm at the VFW Hall, were sold after “dog costume contest.” a pasta buffet, laser tag—allow me to 625 N. State St. Entry is $6-$12. NIGHT BEAT: Bellingham Music Club’s monthly 2 INFO: www.pawsforabeer.com say that again with the proper emphasis: WWW.BELLINGHAMJAZZ.COM “Night Beat” concert will feature a “totally tubu-
LASER TAG—and music by Ebb, Slack and lar” performance by Trinsic Brass at 7:30pm at the DO IT Skylark’s Hidden Cafe: Even though I’ve Flood. The Spookfest serves as a benefit COSSU IN CONCERT: Pianist Scott Cossu performs First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave. had my aura photographed, my tea leaves for Sunnyland Elementary School, so if you at 7pm at the Lummi Island Congregational Church, Gustavo Camacho (horn), Greg Cox (trombone), and interpreted and my fortune told (I was blow all your scratch on laser tag, you’ll 3913 Legoe Bay Rd. Cossu is releasing an album Carla Rutschman (tuba), will get your toes tapping
of all-new music, Memories of Water and Light, in with tunes and rhythms from Cuba to Germany. 10.30.19 supposed to have been married and di- be secure in the knowledge you helped out January and will be playing selections from that al- Tickets are $15-$20 (WWU students free with ID). vorced—twice—by now), I have never had some kids and did Halloween just right. bum as well as his previous releases. He’ll be joined WWW.BELLINGHAMMUSICCLUB.ORG .14
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See below for venue FOOD addresses and phone 10.30.19 10.31.19 11.01.19 11.02.19 11.03.19 11.04.19 11.05.19 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 22 Analog Brass, Bobby Petite GrossFest w/Cop Talk, Spoon Benders, Alternative Library Poetrynight (7pm) (7:30pm) more (8pm) B-BOARD
Anelia's Kitchen & Don Virgovic (5:30pm) Emma Burns (7:30pm)
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Aslan Depot Gallowglass (8pm)
16 16 MUSIC MUSIC Piano Night w/Aaron Guest Nightmare on Railroad Fear The Rhetorician, Klefto, Slap Serif Piano Night w/Paul Klein Boundary Bay Brewery (6pm) Garden (3pm) (8:30pm) (3pm) 14 ART Commodore Ballroom Madeon, Flamingosis (8pm) Big Wreck (9:15pm) Big Wreck (9:15pm) Hollerado (8pm), Chris Lake (10:30pm) Bishop Briggs (8pm) Kaitlyn Bristowe (8pm) 13
Racket Man (7:30pm), Mama MuseBird Cafe (7:30pm), The Gin Gypsy Swing Band (7pm), The T Town STAGE Conway Muse Dirty Skirt (8pm) Atlantics (8pm) Aces (7:30pm) 12 Randy Weeks & The Silent Edison Inn Darci Carlson Band (8:30pm) Treatment (5:30pm) GET OUT
Festival of Darkness (5pm), Songs and Stories Open Mic Metanoia Collective w/Klippee, Barney, Jackson Ghost, Guffawingham w/Timmy Firefly Lounge Hallo-Ween w/Weener, Deerman Danny Newcomb, The Sky Colony (9pm) Karaoke (9pm) 11 (6:30pm) Kora the Kid, more (9pm) Jordyn Bise (7pm) Booth (9:30pm) (8pm) WORDS Greene's Corner Hambone Wilson & Jan Peters (7pm) Swing Jam (1pm) Irish Night (6pm) 8
Hotel Bellwether Blake Angelos Blake Angelos Janette West Quartet CURRENTS 6
East Coast Dave and the KUINKA/Nov. 2/ Kulshan Brewing Co. The Devillies (7pm)
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Art Walk: Radiant Reflections The Gathering (5pm) The Censors, Mogons, Triggerwords
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Halloween w/Horror Business, Fucked and Bound, Tacos, more Idell Drive, 48 Degrees Pile, Slow Code, Medicine The Shakedown Dbuk, Boris Budd (7:30pm) Alkaline Quartet, Asema Peelander-Z (9pm) (8:30pm) North, more (7:30pm) Bows (7:30pm) (8:30pm)
CASCADIA WEEKLY Alternative Library 519 E. Maple St | Anelias Kitchen & Stage 513 S. 1st St., La Conner • (360) 466-4778 | Beach Store Cafe 2200 N. Nurgent Road, Lummi Island • www.beachstorecafe.com | Bellewood Acres 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden • (360) 318- 7720 | Big Lake Bar & Grill 18247 WA-9, Mount Vernon • (360) 422-6411 | Boundary Bay Brewery 1107 Railroad Ave • 647-5593 | Brown Lantern Ale House 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-2544 | Chuckanut Brewery 601 W. Holly St. • 18 752-3377 | Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville St., Vancouver • (604) 739-4550 | Conway Muse 18444 Spruce/Main St., Conway • (360) 445-3000 | Edison Inn 5829 Cains Ct., Edison • (360) 766-6266 | Firefly Lounge 1015 N. State St. | Honey Moon 1053 N. State St. • 734-0728 | Kulshan Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • www.makeshiftproject.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 | Stones Throw Brewery 1009 Larrabee Ave. | Studio B 202 E. Holly St. Ste. 301 • www.studiobellingham.com | Swinomish Casino 12885 Casino Dr., Anacortes • (888) 288-8883 | The Underground 211 E. Chestnut St. • 738-3701 | Underground Coffeehouse Viking Union 3rd Floor, WWU | Village Inn Pub 3020 Northwest Ave. • 734-2490 | The Waterfront 521 W. Holly St. • www.waterfrontseafoodandbar.com | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www. wildbuffalo.net | Send your music info to [email protected]. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday.
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Skagit Casino Harmonious Funk
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East Coast Dave and the Stirred Not Shaken (8pm) Skylark's Hidden Cafe Midwest Swingers (8pm) 16 16 MUSIC Stones Throw Brewery Katie and Kevin (7pm) MUSIC 14
BIG WRECK/Oct. ART Swinomish Casino Dana Osborn Band Dana Osborn Band (9pm) Karaoke (6pm) 31-Nov. 1/Commodore (9pm) and Lodge Ballroom 13 STAGE The Underground 18 and Older Night Karaoke DJ Little DJ Night DJ Night 12
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’90s Till Now w/Boombox Halloween Party w/Baby Cakes, Justin Townes Earle, Jonny Free Funk Friday (8pm) Kuinka, Lemelo (8pm) Ekali, Juelz, Pacifix (8pm) Wild Buffalo Kid (9pm) Fame Riot (8pm) Two Bags (7pm 11 WORDS
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Abominable: An animated adventure about a kid
22 who wakes up to find a yeti on his roof, befriends it and tries to help it return to its home on Mt. Everest. I’m pretty sure that if I found a yeti on my roof, that’s B-BOARD not at all how things would go, so kudos to that kid. HHHH (PG • 1 hr. 37 min.)
20 20 The Addams Family: Critics hate this movie, which means critics hate my movie-star boyfriend, Oscar FILM FILM Isaac, which just seems real rude if you ask me. HH (PG • 1 hr. 45 min.) 16 Arctic Dogs: In real life, arctic foxes build complex tunnel systems, use the Earth’s magnetic field as a MUSIC targeting system and are generally both cute and ba- dass. On the big screen, they’re named Swifty and are
14 stuck in the mailroom looking for a promotion. What’s the sequel going to be? Swifty’s quest for middle ART management? Him fully vesting his 401k? HHH (PG • 1 hr. 33 min) HARRIET 13 Black and Blue: Naomie Harris earned an Oscar
STAGE nomination for her incredible performance in Moon- Chorus Deep South (Nov. 5), and Jay Myself (Nov. 7). Colorado during a showing of The Dark Knight Rises, kill- Terminator: Dark Fate: The last couple of install- light. That she’s now appearing in this cheesy police HHHHH ing 12 people and injuring 70 others, I might think this ments in this franchise that is harder to kill than drama with Tyrese speaks volumes about the kind of movie, which has been referred to as a blueprint for its title character were just plain bad. But I’m going
12 roles available to women of color in Hollywood. HH Downton Abbey: I'm always skeptical when a be- incels, was harmless entertainment. Holy hell, Holly- to watch the shit out of this one because it had the (R • 1 hr. 48 min.) loved television show gets the feature-film treatment, wood, what are you thinking? H (R • 2 hrs. 2 min.) good sense to bring back and center the story on but I think this is going to be a good one. Welcome Sarah Connor. Welcome back to the big screen, Linda GET OUT The Bowmakers: I was having a hard time figuring back, Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham. Judy: Renee Zellweger transforming herself to play a Hamilton. HHH (R • 2 hrs. 8 min.) out the reason for the high level of local interest in We've missed you. HHHH (PG • 1 hr. 30 min.) late-in-life Judy Garland? Sometimes the dreams that this documentary about bows and the craftspeople I dare to dream really do come true. HHHHH (PG-13 Zombieland: Double Tap: Because 2009’s Zom- 11 who make the "silent servants" of the musical world— Gemini Man: We all knew this day would come— • 1 hr. 58 min.) bieland was an unexpected hit, both critically and that is, until I learned that Port Townsend is consid- when Will Smith would fight Will Smith in a movie commercially, of course it gets a sequel. I have a
WORDS ered the "Mecca of bow-making" and is featured in the starring Will Smith as two Will Smiths. H (PG-13 • 1 The Lighthouse: Mostly, we get a lot of schlocky feeling the cast—Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, film and now I want to see it too. HHHH (Unrated • hr. 57 min.) horror flicks this time of year, but every so often a Emma Stone—stands a better chance with zombies 1 hr. 44 min.) real good one comes along, and this creepy tale star- than they do the dreaded sophomore slump. HHH (R 8 The Great Alaskan Race: I’d never heard of this ring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as lighthouse • 1 hr. 39 min.) Countdown: A horror film about a malevolent smart- film, but judging by the fact that the poster for it keepers on a mysterious island in 1890 is directed by phone app that counts down to a person’s death and is literally just a close-up of a sled dog’s face, I’m The Witch's Robert Eggers and is definitely one of the
CURRENTS has a preview that caused me to literally LOL and a guessing it’s about crabbing in the Bering Sea. Just good ones. HHHHH (R • 1 hr. 50 min.) tagline of “Death? There’s an app for that” isn’t really kidding. It’s a historically inaccurate movie about the 6 asking me to take it seriously, right? H (PG-13 • 1 hr. origins of the Iditarod, starring dogs and diphtheria. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil: Critics hate this 30 min.) HH (PG • 1 hr. 27 min.) movie more than Maleficent hates anything. H (PG •
VIEWS 1 hr. 58 min.) The Current War: Director's Cut: This story about Harriet: In school, we’re taught that Harriet Tubman
4 the feud between Thomas Edison and George West- was an escaped slave who became the kindly steward Motherless Brooklyn: Edward Norton wrote, inghouse premiered and was promptly panned at the of the Underground Railroad. In actuality, she was an produced, directed and starred in this two-and-a-half- MAIL Toronto International Film Festival a couple of years incredibly tough, smart, brave woman who returned hour-long adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s bestsell- ago before becoming collateral damage of the Harvey again and again to slave states to free those she’d left ing detective story, so I think it’s safe to say he really
2 Weinstein scandal that broke two weeks later. Now behind. Move over, Marvel. Harriet’s what a real super- liked the book. HHH (R • 2 hrs. 24 min.) it's been recut and rereleased and is by all accounts a hero looks like. HHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 5 min.) DO IT better movie for it. HHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 41 min.) Official Secrets: Keira Knightley plays Katharine Showtimes Jesus Is King: You think it's going to be about Jesus Gun, the British intelligence specialist who stumbled Doctober: It might not be October, but Doctober and then it's really about Kanye West, who thinks he's upon an NSA plot to collect compromising info about Regal and AMC theaters, please see rolls on like the zombie it is with a look at the truly Jesus, and if he is, Lord help us all. HH (Unrated • UN Security Council members for the purpose of www.fandango.com.
10.30.19 astonishing world of the mushroom family (Fantastic 38 min.) blackmailing them into voting for the Iraq War. She Fungi—buy your tickets in advance), as well as encore blew the whistle, was charged with treason—and still Pickford Film Center and showings of The Story of Plastic (Nov. 2), Human Nature Joker: If a gunman who reportedly identified with the managed to expose a global conspiracy. HHHHH (R • PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see .14
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ate holiness that’s worthy of your reverence and awe. Halloween costume suggestion: mage, priestess, poet, colleagues call “social valuation”: how 26 enchantrix, witch, alchemist, sacramentalist. much another person values our well-
FREE WILL THE SCIENCE ADVICE being. Their showing high valuation FOOD LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “One language is never of our interests is ultimately a form of enough,” says a Pashto proverb. How could it be, right?
Each language has a specific structure and a finite vo- social insurance—a sign that when the 22 ASTROLOGY GODDESS 22 cabulary that limit its power to describe and understand chips are down, they’re more likely to be ARIES (March 21-April 19): Do you have any the world. I think the same is true for religion: one is INGRATE EXPECTATIONS there for us. skill in fulfilling the wishes and answering the prayers never enough. Why confine yourself to a single set of B-BOARD
My husband and I attended his niece’s REAR END of your allies? Have you developed a capacity to tune theories about spiritual matters when more will enable When people don’t seem to value our in to what people want even when they themselves you to enlarge and deepen your perspective? With this wedding two years ago. Our gift was money well-being highly enough, we get an- aren’t sure of what they want? Do you sometimes have in mind, Libra, I invite you to regard November as “One earmarked to pay for their honeymoon. We gry—as you two did. I wrote in a recent 20 a knack for offering just the right gesture at the right Is Never Enough Month” for you. Assume you need were miffed that we never got either a thank- column, referencing the work of evolu- time to help people do what they haven’t been able to more of everything. Halloween costume suggestion: a you note or any word that they’d actually
tionary psychologist Aaron Sell, that FILM do under their own power? If you possess any of those bilingual Jewish Santa Claus; a pagan Sufi Buddha who used the money for a honeymoon. We recently anger is a “recalibrational emotion”: an aptitudes, now is an excellent time to put them in play. intones prayers in three different languages. got a note that they’re expecting their first More than usual, you are needed as a catalyst, a trans- emotion that evolved to influence our child. We sent a nice card but no gift, as we 16 former, an inspirational influence. Halloween costume SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In his novel Zone own behavior as well as someone else’s. suggestion: angel, fairy godmother, genie, benefactor. One, Scorpio author Colson Whitehead writes, “A never got any response for our wedding gift.
monster is a person who has stopped pretending.” He Yesterday, a custom card came in the mail, be- Anger does its work through imposing MUSIC TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author Amy Tan means it in the worst sense possible: the emergence latedly thanking us for our generous gift and costs—like scaring people at the pros- describes the magic moment when her muse appears of the ugly beast who had been hiding behind social
telling us about their honeymoon. We suspect pect of you going all crazypants on 14 and takes command: “I sense a subtle shift, a nudge niceties. But I’m going to twist his meme for my own that they’re realizing that wedding guests who them—and/or withdrawing benefits (in to move over, and everything cracks open, the writing purposes. I propose that when you stop pretending ART didn’t get thank-you notes are holding back is freed, the language is full, resources are plentiful, and shed fake politeness, you may indeed resemble this case, future giftiepoos.) ideas pour forth, and to be frank, some of these ideas an ugly monster—but only temporarily. After the on gift-giving for the baby. Should we buy Complicating matters, parents of surprise me. It seems as though the universe is my suppressed stuff gets free rein to yammer, it will them a baby gift, or should this be a time for some or many millennials haven’t ham- 13 friend and is helping me write, its hand over mine.” relax and recede—and you will feel so cleansed and tough love? —Resentful mered them on the importance of thank- Even if you’re not a creative artist, Taurus, I suspect relieved that you’ll naturally be able to express more STAGE you’ll be offered intense visitations from a muse in of your monumental beauty. Halloween costume sug- Sounds like you’ve discovered the you notes the way parents (and grand- the coming days. If you make yourself alert for and gestion: your beautiful, fully exorcised monster. gift-seeking couple version of the dude parents) did with previous generations. receptive to these potential blessings, you’ll feel like who abruptly stops returning a woman’s Also, many millennials view writing 12 you’re being guided and fueled by a higher power. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “I am glad Halloween costume suggestion: your muse. that I paid so little attention to good advice,” testified texts, only to resurface weeks later at messages in ink on paper and putting
poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. “Had I abided by it, I booty o’clock—texting the 12:31am. them in the mail as an exotic ancient GET OUT GEMINI (May 21-June 20): More than a century might have been saved from some of my most valuable “Hey, whatchu doin’?” practice, like paying cash or having a ago, author Anton Chekhov wrote, “If many remedies mistakes.” This is excellent advice for you. I suspect Understandably, you and your hus- CD collection. are prescribed for an illness, you may be certain that you’re in the midst of either committing or learning 11 the illness has no cure.” Decades later, I wrote, “If from a valuable mistake. It’s best if you don’t interrupt band weren’t hot to seize the opportu- Granted, in this instance, you don’t you’re frantically trying to heal yourself with a random yourself! Halloween costume suggestion: the personifi- nity to go unthanked for another ex- say you required a thank you on mono- flurry of half-assed remedies, you’ll never cure what cation or embodiment of your valuable mistake. travagant gift. Your reticence to fork grammed card stock. You were just WORDS ails you. But if you sit still in a safe place and ask over again to the unappreciative duo looking for a little acknowledgment, a your inner genius to identify the one or two things you CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Cleopatra was an 8 need to do to heal, you will find the cure.” Halloween ancient Egyptian queen who ruled for 21 years. She has a centuries and centuries-long his- little connection with the newlyweds, costume suggestion: physician, nurse, shaman, healer. was probably a Capricorn. All you need to know about tory, coming out of the evolutionary like a texted picture or two from their her modern reputation is that Kim Kardashian por- need to distinguish cooperators from honeymoon, maybe with a “Thanks for CURRENTS CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian artist trayed her as a sultry seductress in a photo spread in cheaters and freeloaders. Ancestral hu- this awesome love-cation.” That’s not Marc Chagall (1887–1985) was a playful visionary and a fashion magazine. But the facts are that Cleopatra 6 a pioneer of modernism. He appealed to sophisti- was a well-educated, multilingual political leader with mans who let themselves get ripped off exactly unreasonable. cates despite being described as a dreamy, eccentric strategic cunning. Among her many skills were poetry, constantly would’ve had less access to But to view these two more chari- outsider who invented his own visual language. In philosophy, and mathematics. I propose we make the vital resources like food and shelter, tably, you might want to consider the VIEWS the 1950s, Picasso observed that Chagall was one of REAL Cleopatra your role model. Now is an excellent making them more likely to starve to effects of millennial culture. Culture the only painters who “understood what color really time to correct people’s misunderstandings about 4 is.” In 2017, one of Chagall’s paintings sold for $28.5 you—and show people who you truly are. Halloween death or become brunch for some wild is, simply put, what lots of people in a million. What was the secret to his success? “If I costume suggestion: your actual authentic self. animal and wind up genetic dead ends. group do. Cultural attitudes are conta- MAIL create from the heart, nearly everything works,” he
We humans evolved to have a built- gious, meaning they spread from person testified. “If from the head, almost nothing.” Your AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Around the 2 current assignment, Cancerian, is to authorize your eleventh hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the in accounting team—our drive for reci- to person. In other words, the millenni- procity, for fairness in what we give and al cultural environment may contribute heart to rule everything you do. Halloween costume 11th sign of the zodiac, Aquarius, will be capable of DO IT suggestion: a heart. strenuous feats; will have the power to achieve a suc- get in return. Our emotions are reci- to good and kind nieces and their new cess that surpasses past successes; will be authorized procity’s worker bees, putting out feel- husbands shrugging off rituals impor- LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Dead Sea, on the to attempt a brave act of transcendence that renders a border of Jordan and Israel, is far saltier than the long-standing limitation irrelevant. As for the 11 days bad (in the form of anger, resentment, tant to human psychology and coming ocean. No fish or frogs live in it. But here and there and 11 hours before that magic hour, the 11th sign of humiliation, or sadness) when we get off as rotten little ingrates. 10.30.19 on the lake’s bottom are springs that exude fresh the zodiac will be smart to engage in fierce meditation scammed. We’re motivated to rid our- Consider that they did ultimately end water. They support large, diverse communities of and thorough preparation for the magic hour. And as selves of those rotten feelings, which up thanking you—albeit belatedly. Tak- .14 microbes. It’s hard for divers to get down there and for the 11 days and 11 hours afterward, the eleventh 44 # study the life forms, though. The water’s so saline, sign should expend all possible effort to capitalize on we do by trying to right the balance or ing the cynical view, maybe they just they tend to float. So they carry 90 pounds of ballast the semi-miraculous breakthrough. Halloween costume at least avoid getting scammed again. wanted baby loot. But if you believe that enables them to sink to the sea floor. I urge you suggestion: 11. That said, in close relationships, we they may have learned their lesson, you to get inspired by all this, Leo. What would be the aren’t looking for 50/50 reciprocity like might be inspired to take a chance— metaphorical equivalent for you of descending into PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Author Robert Musil the lower depths so as to research unexplored sources made a surprising declaration: “A number of flawed in business. In this case, for example, a splurge on that crib with the attached of vitality and excitement? Halloween costume sug- individuals can often add up to a brilliant social unit.” 55-cent first-class stamp on a thank you day spa, the Tesla of baby strollers, or gestions: diver, spelunker, archaeologist. I propose we make that one of your mottoes for the card would’ve done the job. robo-siblings to tide the kid over until CASCADIA WEEKLY coming months. I think you have the potential to In other words, you’re ultimately Mommy and Daddy make human ones for VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “We have stripped be a flawed but inspiring individual who’ll serve as a 21 all things of their mystery and luminosity,” lamented dynamic force in assembling and nurturing a brilliant reacting to a lack of gratitude—an him to blame and terrorize. psychologist Carl Jung. “Nothing is holy any longer.” social unit. So let me ask you: what would be your emotion more vital to human connec- In accordance with current astrological omens, Virgo, dream-come-true of a brilliant social unit that is a tion than it gets credit for. Gratitude ©2019, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Got your assignment is to rebel against that mournful state fertile influence on you and everyone else in the unit? of affairs. I hope you will devote some of your fine Halloween costume suggestion: ringleader, master- (in response to somebody’s generosity) a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, intelligence to restoring mystery and luminosity to the mind, orchestrator, or general. is an important display of what evolu- #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 rearEnd crossword
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22 (360) 738-6977 textile transformation 1421 N Forest St. ragfinery.com FROM PAGE 5 tiple times this last year on things that LETTERS, I may have never done otherwise, simply because of her enthusiasm for the projects County Prosecuting Attorney Eric she commits herself to and her ability to 26 Richey, and recently retired Prosecut- listen to the people most impacted by the ing Attorney Dave McEachran, plus the decisions she makes. FOOD mayors of Lynden, Ferndale, Blaine, Throughout her entire campaign, I
Everson, Nooksack, and Sumas. have watched Beth take the time to lis- 22 22 Remember to cast your ballot and ten to what issues matter most to voters vote for John Romaker for Whatcom and then use this feedback to improve B-BOARD County Assessor. her policy proposals. REAR END —Dave Brumbaugh, Lynden As a parent of two elementary school
students, I have had a lot to say to her 20 CHANAN FOR about the lack of safe transportation in-
GREEN NEW DEAL frastructure around some of our schools, FILM Bellingham needs bold, honest lead- and I am thrilled that she is prioritiz-
ership with real local solutions to our ing this issue in her platform. Having an 16 city’s housing crisis and the global cli- elected official who actually takes the
mate emergency. That’s why I am voting time to listen to their constituents would MUSIC for Chanan Suarez for Bellingham City be refreshing, and I am confident that
Council, Ward 5. Chanan is campaigning Beth will continue to be that person. 14 for housing for all, workers’ rights, and a Please join me in voting for Beth Hart- ART Bellingham Green New Deal. soch on Nov. 5. As a member of Whatcom Democratic —Stephanie Allen, Bellingham 13 Socialists of America, Chanan will fight skyrocketing housing costs by working STAGE to build 3,500 units of city-owned, ten- SATPAL FOR EXECUTIVE ant-operated social housing for people I’ll be voting for Satpal Sidhu because he 12 of varying income levels. He will also has the relevant experience and the depth work towards a citywide transition to of understanding we need in this position.
100 percent clean energy. Satpal understands what business GET OUT Please join us in making a Bellingham startups require, having done two of his that is beautiful, just and livable for own. He connects with the ideas and 11 everyone. needs of young people, first as dean of —Daniel Chard, Bellingham engineering at Whatcom Technical Col- WORDS lege and now as a board member of the Whatcom Community College. ESTES FOR DISTRICT 4 8 Vote Brian Estes for Whatcom County I have watched him on the County Council District 4. Brian’s opponent is Council where he is clear-spoken, even- Satpal is endorsed by running on the promise of “traditional handed and a practical problem-solver. CURRENTS values” but nobody embodies traditional He is a bridge builder and will make the more than 50 local values as much as Brian. county government work for all citizens, elected officials, 6 Brian believes in taking care of our not just one group. environment and land so generations We especially need these traits in our community organizations VIEWS can continue enjoying the beautiful na- next County Executive, who will have and labor unions. 4 ture and farmland that makes Whatcom to deliver visible progress on affordable County so spectacular. He believes in housing, water quality and the opioid MAIL Firefighters IAFF Local 106 treating people with respect no matter crisis. He will also need to face the real- 2 where they come from, what they do or ity of climate change, bringing with it NW WA Central Labor Council
who they are. He believes in keeping and melting glaciers, more violent storms Teamsters Local 231 DO IT creating jobs that don’t only have a fair and sea-level rise. SEIU 1199NW, Sierra Club and livable wage but jobs that keep our Satpal’s proposals for reducing the Whatcom Democrats community great. He believes in making county’s carbon footprint and planting sure all individuals and families have ac- one million trees to capture the emis- WA Conservation Voters 10.30.19 cess to affordable health services and he sions of 30,000 cars are practical things US Reps Rick Larsen & .14
is a huge advocate for more accessibil- the county can do and they have merit. Suzan DelBene 44 ity when it comes to mental health care When you vote, consider the future Lummi Indian Business Council # services. health and safety of ourselves, our fami- Retired Public Employees Council If you believe in traditional values, lies and the next generations and vote Brian is your guy. Vote Brian Estes for for Satpal Sidhu as our next Whatcom Current & Past Mayors & Whatcom County Council District 4. County Executive. “I have a passion to serve my City Councilmembers —Bennett Massey-Helber, Bellingham —Charles Bailey, Lummi Island community. My campaign is of Bellingham, Ferndale, Everson & Blaine CASCADIA WEEKLY BETH FOR BELLINGHAM about leadership based on Bellingham is fortunate to have so many strong community values, 23 SEND YOUR LETTERS progressive candidates to choose from on thoughtful dialogue and a Paid for by Vote Satpal Sidhu our ballots, but I encourage my neighbors Make them 300 words or fewer. for County Executive to vote for Beth Hartsoch for Bellingham Send to [email protected] steady hand on the wheel of 154 East Bartlett Road City Council. I’ve worked with Beth mul- County Government.” Lynden, WA 98264 rearEnd comix + sudoku ¡Conozca La Cooperativa!
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ART dig some, pull back the mulch. BELLINGHAM MARKET: The 27th season Some crops can actually be sown in fall, of the Bellingham Farmers Market continues from 10am-3pm Saturdays through Dec. 21 13 such as garlic, a clove of which planted in autumn will return a full head of gar- at the Depot Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. In addition to perusing and purchasing STAGE lic next summer. Among the garlic, I also locally grown produce, regular events for plant seeds of other hearty plants that can the market include Demo Days, Kids Vending germinate and grow as soon as the soil
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11 the image of tucking it in. And by lay- Pairings” event from 12pm-6pm Saturday ing a blanket of mulch—or even a literal and Sunday at Carpenter Creek, Dusty cloth blanket—atop the garden, that’s Cellars, Eagle Haven Winery, Edward Lynne WORDS what you’re doing. Along with straw Cellars, Skagit Cellars, and Skagit Crest Vineyard and Winery. The event will chal-
8 (not hay, which contains seeds), leaves lenge the boundaries of traditional pair- can make good mulch too, except they ings using light bites, other wines, recipe blow away. Hitting the leaf pile with suggestions and even your senses. Pick up your passport at any of the participating CURRENTS the lawnmower can cut them down to a size where they will stay put better. wineries; get them stamped and be entered
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DO IT WHEREVER IT freezes in winter, gardeners have practiced the annual autumn rite more quickly. French toast, eggs, sausages and beverages of putting their gardens to bed. The basic idea is to winterize the garden, and set up a Putting the garden to bed could just will be on the menu. Entry is $3 for kids, $7 for adults. smooth resurgence at the other end of winter. For many, the central task is to tidy up as easily be called fall gardening, and (360) 961-3491 and turn over the soil, but there is usually much more to do. While every garden has can be a pleasant way to spend relatively 10.30.19 its own bedtime needs, the various chores involved in putting the garden to bed fall stress-free time in the garden without the LANGAR: All are welcome at a Langar event into five basic categories—cleaning, harvesting, soil work, planting and protection. relentless urgency of spring staring you from 11am-2pm in Lynden at Guru Nanak .14 Gursikh Gurdwara, 176 E. Pole Rd. Langar
44 As with children, if you send a garden to bed clean, chances are better it will wake down. There’s plenty of time in the fall.
# is the sacred community free kitchen of up clean. Pull the remaining weeds, which will reduce the number of weed seeds in the Until there isn’t. These same chores, the Sikh people and every temple serves garden. Clean up rotting plants, which will eliminate places where bugs can overwinter. so pleasant in the autumn sunshine, can delicious vegetarian food-which they invite Like putting away toys before bed, putting away your tomato stakes, pea trellises, be brutal when you’re scurrying around the general public to come eat. The largest bean teepees, and whatever other light infrastructure you have in the garden will by headlamp ahead of a wet, cold storm. free kitchen in the world is Langar at Darbar make everything easier to deal with in the morning, three to six months away. Some But assuming you’ve taken care of Sahib, Amritsar India, where they serve 100,000 people a day every weekend, and herb plants should be potted and put inside; perhaps rosemary, which can’t handle business, when the first blast of sun 50,000 a day on weekdays. CASCADIA WEEKLY a heavy winter—at the very least consider covering it. Parsley and other plants that sets the talk at the café toward garden- (360) 398-1184 can survive a mild winter should be covered as well. ing, your garlic will be six inches tall. 26 As you clean up, you might find goodies, like dried beans in their pods, or seed- You’ll be watching it, contentedly, as you MON., NOV. 4 heads from salad greens, with seeds you can plant for next year. You might even find enjoy the spring sunshine on the patio, JOY OF SALT: Stephanie Ellis and Djuna Harper lead an entertaining and far-reaching hearty greens like radicchio and kale that are still alive, sweetened by the recent frost. while your neighbors thrash about in the exploration of an essential and far-reaching Brussels sprouts will be in their prime, but this time of year, by and large, most of tangle of last year’s prickly squash patch, ingredient at “The Joy of Salt” class from what’s left to harvest will be underground, like carrots, potatoes, parsnips and beets. trying to find their dirt. doit
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