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SKAGIT STOP Art at the schoolhouse, P.16 MARK LANEGAN A post- Celebrate AGI grunge SK T powerhouse, P.18

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Paula Poundstone: 8pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount

30 A brief overview of this Vernon Backyard Brawl: 10pm, Upfront Theatre

FOOD week’s happenings THISWEEK DANCE Contra Dance: 7-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library 24 MUSIC Dylan Foley, Eamon O’Leary: 7pm, Littlefield

B-BOARD Celtic Center, Mount Vernon Skagit Symphony: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon 23 WORDS FILM Book and Bake Sale: 10am-5pm, Deming Library Naomi Shihab Nye: 7pm, Performing Arts Center, Politically powered standup WWU 18 comedian Hari Kondabolu COMMUNITY MUSIC Vaisaikhi Day Celebration: 10am-5pm, Guru Nanak stops by Bellingham for an April Gursikh Gurdwaram, Lynden 16 GET OUT

ART 29 gig at the Wild Buffalo Have a Heart Run: 9am, Edgewater Park, Mount Vernon

15 Everson Garden Club Sale: 9am-1pm, Everson- Goshen Rd. Native Flora Fair: 10am-3pm, Fairhaven Village STAGE Green

14 FOOD Pancake Breakfast: 8-10am, American Legion Hall, Ferndale

GET OUT Pancake Breakfast: 8-10:30am, Lynden Community Center Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot

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WORDS VISUAL Roger Small Reception: 5-7pm, Forum Arts, La WEDNESDAY [04.25.18] Conner 8 Spring has Sprung Party: 5-9pm, Matzke Fine Art MUSIC Gallery, Camano Island F.A.M.E. Benefit: 7pm, Lairmont Manor

CURRENTS Van Bebber Quartet: 7pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts SUNDAY [04.29.18]

6 WORDS ONSTAGE Write Riot Poetry Slam: 7pm, Colophon Cafe Head to Camano Island for an Diary of a Madman: 3pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild

VIEWS Hari Kondabolu: 8pm, Wild Buffalo GET OUT opening reception and party for

4 Tulip Festival: Through April, throughout the Skagit DANCE Valley the multi-artist exhibit ”Spring Bellingham Rep Auditions: 9:30-11:30am, Fire- MAIL Has Sprung” Sat., April 28 at house Performing Arts Center FOOD The Jungle Book: 2pm, Mount Baker Theatre

2 Beer Week: Through April 28, throughout Bellingham Matzke Fine Art Gallery MUSIC DO IT DO IT THURSDAY [04.26.18] Skagit Community Band: 3pm, Brodniak Hall, Anacortes ONSTAGE Community Chorus: 3pm, St. James Presbyterian 9 to 5: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre Church Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Cantabile Chamber Choir: 4pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal 04.25.18 The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Backyard Brawl: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Reserve Church, Mount Vernon Tulip Festival: Through April, throughout the Art of Jazz: 4-6:30pm, Church House .13 Skagit Valley 17 MUSIC MUSIC

# Jazz Jam: 5:30-8:30pm, Illuminati Brewing Skagit Community Band: 7:30pm, Maple Hall, La GET OUT Misty Flowers: 7pm, Chuckanut Center Conner FOOD Run for the Bees: 11am, BelleWood Acres Cantabile Chamber Choir: 7:30pm, Anacortes Beer Week: Through April 28, throughout Bell- COMMUNITY Lutheran Church ingham MONDAY [04.30.18] Trivia Thursday: 5:30-8pm, Trove Coffee Coffee Tasting: 3pm, Camber Cafe FILM WORDS GET OUT The Kid: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon VISUAL Open Mic Night: 7pm, Village Books Get Gritty: 7:15pm, Fairhaven Runners Fourth Friday Art Walk: 5-8pm, historic Slam Poetry Performance: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center CASCADIA WEEKLY WORDS Fairhaven for the Arts Book and Bake Sale: 10am-5pm, Deming Library 2 FRIDAY [04.27.18] SATURDAY [04.28.18] TUESDAY [05.01.18] ONSTAGE GET OUT Always...Patsy Cline: 7pm, Conway Muse Plant Sale: 9am-4pm, Bellingham Senior Activity ONSTAGE FOOD 9 to 5: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre Center Always...Patsy Cline: 7pm, Conway Muse Dine Out for Maple Alley Inn: All day, throughout Genre Legends: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Wild Things: 9:30-11am, Stimpson Family Nature 9 to 5: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre Bellingham and Whatcom County

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picked up by our media outlets and in turn studio tour 30 reported as truth. I would like to take the June 2 – 3, 2018 opportunity to dispel these inaccuracies. New FOOD Saturday & Sunday • 10am to 5pm The President has stated via Twitter that Come Join the Fun! the USPS loses money by delivering parcels Great art! Free island wide, self-guided tour 24 for Amazon. This is simply not true. On the Spring contrary, package delivery (including Ama- zon parcels) currently constitutes the larg- B-BOARD est growth sector of the USPS. Perhaps most notably, the United States Postal Service Menu 23 is legally mandated, under the Postal Ac- countability and Enhancement Act of 2006, FILM to price any package delivery at a rate that

covers its cost. The USPS, by law, could not 18 “lose money” on a parcel even if it wanted to. DOWNTOWN MT VERNON

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USPS accepted any sort of taxpayer subsidy. GET OUT By blaming the USPS’ revenue losses BEST BREWERY on its business partnership with Amazon, 2 years in a row! 12 President Trump fails to address the real reason the USPS is struggling financially, WORDS which is its onerous congressional mandate LAS CAFETERAS AFRO-MEXICAN FOLK I ROOTS MUSIC

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30 condition of America that we’re suffering a national epidemic of addiction to painkillers—overprescribed FOOD on narcotics as a means to gloss the cruelest aspects of our benighted health care options, overconsumed views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE as a means to numb our suffering receptors. 24 Today’s opioid crisis is already the deadliest drug epidemic in American history. Opioid overdoses killed more B-BOARD than 45,000 people in the 12 months that ended in Sep- tember, according to the Centers for Disease Control and

23 Prevention. The epidemic is now responsible for nearly BY SARAH BOND-YANCEY as many American deaths per year as AIDS was at the

FILM peak of that crisis. And similar to that earlier crisis, early federal policy response has been almost nonexistent.

18 Roughly 2.6 million people suffer from opioid use All or Nothing disorder. But some experts say that data, which is

MUSIC based on a government survey, underestimates the PATHWAYS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP OR A CITY OF DEAD ENDS number of pain patients who are addicted to their pre-

16 scription pills because of how doctors ask people about ANOTHER RENT hike. Another local businesses grow and thrive, if

ART drug use—the actual number might exceed 5 million, move. Another school system. they are unable to attract new tal- according to the Annual Review of Public Health. Another family—maybe yours— ent? Can they even retain their cur-

15 Senator Patty Murray, the top Democrat on that is pushed farther out of town, and rent talent? How can developers and body’s national health committee, this week released a farther from jobs, stores, healthcare contractors bring in construction

STAGE new report on the economic impact of the opioid crisis services, public transportation and crews? How do we spur economic in Washington and other states. The analysis, modeled higher education opportunities. growth if new build projects are after a national analysis conducted by the Council for This narrative has become a stan- dead-ended by worker housing costs? 14 Economic Advisers, found that in 2016 alone the opioid dard in Whatcom County. It started as For families, affordable home- crisis cost Washington state more than $9 billion in the norm for our low-income families ownership price points would mean

GET OUT fatalities, health care spending, addiction treatment, and is now becoming the norm for our bors who have enough income and stable, long-term living costs and an criminal justice, and lost productivity. middle-income families as well. resources to own a home, as well ability to build wealth through their

12 The analysis was released as the U.S. Senate prepares Perhaps a move improves cash as (generally) more stable jobs and home’s equity, as well as improved to vote on the bipartisan Opioid Crisis Response Act flow with lower rent. Or perhaps, stronger credit histories. outcomes in health and education. of 2018, which—if approved—may direct financial and once you factor in a new commute, The bloated Whatcom County If homeownership were available WORDS support resources to a mounting national epidemic. it’s a wash. Either way, every time renter population creates a com- to average wage earners in What-

8 “While we can show that opioid-related deaths Bellingham’s lack of affordable pletely unfair uphill battle for folks com County, they would be able to cost billions to Washington state, we also know that housing options forces out another attempting these critical transi- begin moving along a “Housing Con- no calculation can show the loss each one of those family, our community experiences tions and the organizations sup- tinuum.” Hardworking families able

CURRENTS tragedies meant to families and loved ones across our a cumulative, tangible loss. porting them. And it impacts rent- to buy a home would move out of state,” Murray said, pledging to champion solutions Housing instability bleeds dysfunc- ers, rental agencies and property the rental market, creating space for 6 6 that can help fight addiction and save lives. tion into every corner of our lives. owners too. It places tremendous those living in subsidized or transi- Opioids and opiates include prescription painkillers— Economically displacing workers pressure on the rental market, tional housing to move to long-term VIEWS VIEWS such as oxycodone, hydrocodone and methadone—as creates sprawl, increases traffic which is not positioned to both rentals, and freeing up more of our

4 well as heroin, morphine and derivatives like fentanyl. and pollution, and decreases job solve homelessness and house folks community’s supportive resources for The number of opioid-related overdose deaths has security. Children lose friends, edu- who should be able to own homes. those currently living on the streets. MAIL increased dramatically in recent years, with deaths cational momentum and access to Owning your own home within New developments would increase

2 doubling over the past decade and quadrupling over healthy, social after-school activi- reasonable commuting distance to economic activity for suppliers, sub- the past 16 years. Forty percent of these deaths in- ties. In many cases, these losses— work has become a pipe dream for contractors, real estate agents and

DO IT volved a prescription opioid. especially if repeated in patterns many residents of Whatcom County. title companies. Increased stability Research indicates that 80 percent of those addicted over time—not only set children “Even if you find a home under would mean more businesses would to opioids and opiates of any form began their addic- up for behavioral, emotional and $435,000 and have the whopping be able to retain employees, attract tion with prescription painkillers. One study by Johns health difficulties, but also in- $80,000 down payment ready to new talent and expand. More home- 04.25.18 Hopkins Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness esti- crease the probability that they go,” explains Habitat for Human- owners means more taxpayers and mated the volume of prescription opioids in circulation will rely on government assistance ity in Whatcom County Executive more community assets. .13

17 in 2017 amounted to 52 pills for every American. as they enter adulthood. Director John Moon, “your income Innovation, opportunity and secu- # In Whatcom County, 30 percent of residents sur- The inadequate supply of What- still needs to be over $73,000 per rity for all of our residents would in- veyed reported experiencing a situation where they com County homes in the $125,000 year to afford the mortgage. In a crease. Whatcom County, as a whole, or someone they know personally had medicines taken to $300,000 price range keeps av- single-earner household, that’s an could reach its full potential. from them for use or abuse by someone else. Admis- erage wage earners in the rental hourly wage of $35 per hour.” sions for opioid detox in Whatcom County increased market long past when they should The vast majority of employees, Sarah Bond-Yancey is the communi- more than 75 percent from 2000 to 2015, according to be able to purchase a home. This especially those working for fam- cations manager for Habitat for Hu-

CASCADIA WEEKLY county research, fatal overdoses increased 22.8 per- means people attempting to move ily-owned, locally run businesses, manity in Whatcom County. Part one cent—very much in line with national statistics. from homelessness, transitional have no chance of achieving such of a series. Learn more about home- 6 Earlier this month, Whatcom County joined the widen- housing or subsidized housing to a high wage. ownership pathways, local impacts ing legal fight against makers and wholesalers of pre- long-term, unsubsidized rental Expanding a business in this cli- and ways to get involved at www. scription opioids, claiming they have contributed to a housing, are competing with neigh- mate is even more difficult. How can hfhwhatcom.org/pathways. public health crisis. County Council voted unanimously to retain legal counsel to join Everett, Tacoma and other VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE communities around the state in law- A BETTER WAY TO

suits against the distributors of these 30 over-prescribed painkillers. “There is a fairly strong record that PLAY FOOD certain pharmaceutical companies en- EVERY gaged in deceptive practices with doc- ! 24 tors and patients about whether these DAY ATNORTHWOOD products would be addictive, and ag- gressively over-encouraged physicians B-BOARD to overprescribe them,” Council mem-

ber Todd Donovan explained. 23 In May 2007, Purdue Pharma, pro- ducer of the opioid oxycontin, pleaded FILM guilty to misleading the public about Guests the drug’s risk of addiction and agreed 18 to pay $600 million in one of the largest pharmaceutical settlements in U.S. Aged 40+ Get MUSIC history. The City of Everett initiated a lawsuit against Purdue based on in- 16

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Whatcom County Health Department has 8 finally begun distributing the opioid re- versal drug naloxone through a five-year

federal grant, replicating in reduced CURRENTS form the promising program initiated by 6 Lummi Nation for tribal members. 6 Last year, the health department dis- VIEWS VIEWS tributed 299 kits, containing 598 doses.

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county has distributed nearly 100 kits. 2 The program is part of a statewide effort

to widen access to naloxone, initiated by DO IT the governor’s executive order to address Get 3X Points On Tuesdays! the emergent public health crisis. “Blame for the opioid crisis is often All Winners Club Members can just play using their Card every placed on the supply side,” the National 04.25.18 Institute for Drug Abuse cautions. “But Tuesday to earn bonus points! .13 we cannot hope to abate the evolving 17 crisis without also addressing the lost # hope and opportunities that have in- tensified the demand for drugs among those who have faced loss of jobs and MODERN COMFORTS AND JUST TWO TURNS OFF THE homes due to economic downturns. Re- versing the opioid crisis and preventing OLD FASHIONED HOSPITALITY GUIDE MERIDIAN future drug crises of this scope will re- ALDERGROVE CASCADIA WEEKLY 99 15 quire addressing the economic dispari- 8 AVE BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA 7 ties, housing instability, poor education 877.777.9847 quality, and lack of access to quality 9750 Northwood Road • LyndenBLAINE WA N DRAYTON E BADGER RD NORTHWOOD RD health care that currently plague many HARBOR of America’s disadvantaged individuals, www.northwoodcasino.com families, and communities.” GUIDE MERIDIAN RD LYNDEN

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30 On April 27, grassroots indigenous lead- ers from Tsleil-Waututh and Sepwemec FOOD tribal nations will travel to Lummi Nation currents and Bellingham to share their work to stop NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX the Kinder-Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline 24 expansion project. “If built, the Trans Mountain expansion B-BOARD would mean that a pipeline bigger and The House of Tears Carvers of the Lummi Nation have transported riskier than Dakota Access is coming to our a series of totem poles across North America to communities

23 communities in the Salish Sea,” notes Chi- threatened or impacted by fossil fuel projects, building an un- precedented alliance of tribal and non-tribal communities. Check ara Rose, a familiar name in local activism FILM out the latest project at www.gofundme.com/58whntc and a representative of Students for the Salish Sea, an organization dedicated to

18 protect and restore this unique watershed and ecosystem. “This project is ‘game over’

MUSIC for the southern resident killer whales, and must be stopped to ensure the survival of

16 the Salish Sea’s ecosystems.”

ART Studies of the proposed pipeline’s impacts show that the project will increase

15 tanker traffic by 700 percent, increasing underwater noise dis-

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12 WHAT: Salmon in Burnaby, B.C., Kinder Dinner and Opening Morgan’s back-up plan Ceremony is likely to transit its WORDS WHEN: 4:30pm Fri., hundreds of thousands April 27

8 of barrels of corrosive WHERE: Cultural Arts Center, tar-sands south of the Building #7, border to ports at Cher- PHOTOS BY PAUL K. ANDERSON PAUL BY PHOTOS

CURRENTS Northwest Indian CURRENTS 8 protecting ry Point and refineries College (2522 Kwina at March Point. 6 Rd, Bellingham) PANEL DISCUSSES “Our organization be- MORE: Welcome and OIL SANDS PIPELINE blessing by Lummi lieves communities in VIEWS THE SALISH SEA Youth Canoe Family Northwest Washington

4 The expansion would mean a sev- followed by a panel must be ready to build a en-fold increase in oil tanker traffic from discussion movement as big as the

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2 tankers to more than 400 per year. College Panel Standing Rock to stop In November 2016 the federal govern- Discussion this alternative route,”

DO IT ment approved Kinder Morgan’s application, WHEN: 3pm Sat. Rose said. an approval the current NDP government in April 28 Speakers include Ida WHERE: Fairhaven British Columbia has vowed to fight in the College, WWU Manuel of Tiny House courts and through all available means. INFO: www. Warriors from Neskon- 04.25.18 The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion students lith in Secwepemc project would effectively triple the pipe- forthesalishsea.org territory, Canada. Ce- .13

17 line’s capacity. Most of the pipeline’s oil dar, Ocean, and Kayah # is destined for Westridge Marine Termi- George will share their story about the last nal in Burnaby, where it would be loaded few years of building a youth movement, onto oil tankers that would navigate past reclaiming their language and stopping Vancouver, the Gulf Islands, and through the Kinder Morgan Pipeline in its tracks for the Juan de Fuca Strait before reaching future generations. Lummi Chairman Jay BY TIM JOHNSON open ocean. Julius will detail reasons why Lummi Na-

CASCADIA WEEKLY The project has been fought with fe- tion and its supporters must stand up to IT’S UNFOLDING in another country, yet also just a few miles from here. rocity and tenacity by First Nations tribes protect the Salish Sea against this threat. 8 In 2013, Texas-based Kinder Morgan applied to expand the pipeline system from on the coast and interior, including the Speakers hope to inspire students and a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day to 890,000 barrels per day. The Kinder Morgan Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish, Sto:lo, Cold tribal members to begin to build a local Trans Mountain expansion would include building a new pipeline, constructing 12 water, Upper Nicola, and Stk’emlupsemc te grassroots movement to respond to the new pump stations, 19 new storage tanks and three new marine berths located at Secwepemc. All are challenging the pipe- risks of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain the Westridge Marine Terminal in the Burrard Inlet near Vancouver. line through Canada’s courts and in the di- pipeline route. TWO WEEKS LEFT TO SEE

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04.18.18 15 WEDNESDAY CITY OF BELLINGHAM STAGE The Supreme Court seems unlikely to allow Washington state to get out Decades ago, members of three immigrant communities were forcibly removed or driven out of Whatcom County. Now, they and from under a court order to restore salmon habitat by removing barriers that their descendants returned for an April 21 ceremony to mark the completion of the the Arch of Healing and Reconciliation, a 14 block fish migration. The justices heard arguments in a long-running dispute monument at the Bellingham Public Library. Whatcom County Council member Satpal Sidhu, the Sikh leader who spearheaded the project, stands alongside a Japanese couple who as children were forcibly removed from their homes during World War II. that pits the state against Indian tribes and the federal government. At issue is

GET OUT whether Washington state must fix or replace hundreds of culverts. Twenty-one tribes and the federal government sued Washington in 2001, arguing that the grade because of bacterial pollution in NORTHWEST PASSAGES The standard for what congres-

12 structures have caused a reduction in salmon. The tribes say they have been the Samish River. Pollution in the river ex- deprived of fishing rights guaranteed by treaty. [Associated Press] ceeded state standards following rain that sional representation means, Al Swift—a broadcaster turned brought a record-setting river flow that WORDS eight-term Democratic congress- U.S. Senators for Washington Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray cosponsor day, Skagit County water quality analysts man who played key roles in

8 a Senate resolution expressing no confidence in EPA Administrator Scott said. [Skagit Valley Herald] modernizing Pacific Northwest hydroelectric energy Pruitt and calling for his resignation. They join a group of 170 members of regulation to preserve salmon habitat and establishing Congress in signing such resolutions in the House and Senate. [U.S. Senate] 04.20.18 the so-called “motor-voter” law to increase voter registration—died Friday in Alexandria, Virginia, at 82. CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 FRIDAY He had an open door and he mentored many, including 04.19.18 some still in office. “People used to ask if I was in 6 While many British Columbia businesses the ‘Al Swift seat,’” Congressman Rick Larsen recalled. THURSDAY support Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain “Even today, my answer is still a proud, ‘Yes.’” VIEWS Maria Cantwell, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural pipeline expansion, others in the technol-

4 Resources, introduces the Clean Coast Act that codifies rules that were finalized ogy, green tech and tourism industries are by the Department of the Interior in 2016 to address key safety recommendations less enthusiastic. Representatives from 400 have been overshadowed by recent debate MAIL made after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. The legislation responds to Trump businesses sign an open letter to Premier on federal and provincial powers to reg-

2 administration efforts to roll back oil spill safety standards. [U.S. Senate] John Horgan asking him to continue his op- ulate oil transport. But legal experts say position to the project. They say the pipe- the First Nations cases have real impli-

DO IT Upper Skagit tribal fishermen catch an Atlantic salmon in the Skagit River, line, if built, will prove disastrous for B.C. cations that should not be overlooked or eight months after the net-pen break at Cypress Island, which freed 300,000 businesses that rely on a clean, protected forgotten. The Federal Court of Appeals Atlantics. The Atlantic caught Tuesday had bones in its stomach, indicating it environment. [CBC] in 2016 overturned approval of Enbridge’s had eaten, an an adaptation to new habitat some fish biologists deemed un- $7.9 billion Northern Gateway oil pipe- 04.25.18 likely. [Seattle Times] First Nations court challenges that seek line, finding Ottawa had failed to properly to overturn approval of the $7.4 billion consult First Nations. It all but killed the .13

17 Samish Bay again fails the state evaluation for a shellfish harvest up- Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project. [Vancouver Sun] #

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30 BUZZ SCREAM, OR DREAM? On April 16, Bellingham Police checked RANKING OF STATE ECONOMIES FOOD WALKING IT BACK on the report of a loud scream on Broad- On April 17, Western Washington Universi- way Street. A man was contacted, but he 24 ty officials announced they had decided to said he had heard no scream and had not reimburse the cost of $68 citations recently screamed himself. issued as part of an effort to deter jaywalk- B-BOARD ing on campus. On April 12, University Po- LOW, LOW PRICES

lice issued 23 citations for jaywalking at the NOT LOW ENOUGH 23 intersection of Bill McDonald Parkway and On April 21, a 53-year-old man was ar-

West College Way near the Wade King Student rested after he clubbed the clerk at a gas FILM Recreation Center. Although jaywalking was station convenience store with a plastic

identified as a problem on campus by West- pricing device in an attempt to steal beer. 18 ern’s Central Health and Safety Committee, He was charged with robbery and assault,

police chief Darin Rasmussen now believes Bellingham Police reported. MUSIC officers may have been a bit too heavy-hand-

ed with ticketing, the Western Front reported. On April 18, Bellingham Police arrested a 16 52-year-old man after he had removed a six- ART OHM MY! pack of Icehouse beer from its packaging On April 22, the occupant of a motel room on at WinCo and placed the individual cans in- 15 Samish Way learned that a microwave oven is side his coat. He then exited the store with

a poor receptacle to charge a phone. the stolen merchandise but was stopped by STAGE store security. He was cited for shoplifting. CAT NOT ALL THAT 1 14 On April 22, a caller told Bellingham Po- NOT SO MERRY OLD SOULS Rank of Washington among 50 state economies, the most productive in the country, lice that a cat burglar was attempting to On April 19, loss prevention employees at according to a comparison of population size and GDP. The ABCs are credited: enter a second-story apartment from the Kohl’s observed a woman stealing from the Amazon, Boeing, computer software industries. GET OUT enclosed balcony of a complex in Cordata store and when they went to contact her, neighborhood. “The incident appeared to she fled Bellis Fair Mall on foot. Bellingham 12 be unfounded,” police reported. Police located her several blocks away. The $506 2.5 39-year-old was cited for theft. Gross Domestic Product of Washington, Percent employment growth in TOGETHER AGAIN in billions. Washington. WORDS

On April 18, Bellingham Police learned On April 16, loss prevention employees at 8 8 during a traffic stop on Hannegan Road Kohl’s observed a woman leave the store that the driver had a no contact order in with stolen goods. The 36-year-old was ar- 11.68 Effective total state and local taxes in Washington as a percentage of U.S. median CURRENTS place with the passenger in the vehicle. He rested by Bellingham Police. CURRENTS household income. Washington ranks number 33 in the nation on this cost-of-living index. was arrested and booked into jail. PIRATE’S PLUNDER 6 On April 18, Bellingham Police learned On April 17, a man left a store on Meri 1 VIEWS during a traffic stop on Hannegan Road dian Street and ignored the request by Rank of Bellingham among the nation’s cleanest metropolitan areas for low duration that the passenger of the vehicle had a no employees to come back inside, Belling- particle and ozone pollution. The city ranks 166th for annual particle pollution out of 187 4 contact order in place with the driver. She ham Police reported. metropolitan areas. The American Lung Association ranks Whatcom and Skagit as among was arrested and booked into jail. the cleanest counties in terms of ozone and fine particulate pollution. MAIL

On April 17, merchandise was found hid- 2 CUTS BOTH WAYS den under a tree near Meridian Walmart and

On April 21, Bellingham Police checked on returned to the store, Bellingham Police 50 DO IT some juveniles playing with a knife in Hap- reported. Rank of Bellingham among the worst cities to live in the United States based on py Valley. “No one was injured and no one affordability. An average home is valued at more than $388,500, considerably higher than the national median home value of $213,000. A median home value was arrested,” police reported. THE BIG HAUL is 7.3 times greater than the median income, making Bellingham one of the least 04.25.18 On April 16, Bellingham Police responded affordable cities in the country. On April 21, Bellingham Police checked on to a report of a woman who had stolen a .13

two juveniles who were playing with a knife motorized shopping cart from a store at 17 in Fairhaven. “Minor cut to one person’s fin- Sunset Square. $1,258 # ger,” police reported. “No crime.” Average rent for an apartment in Bellingham, as of March 2018. A single bedroom ‘F-U’ IS FOR FLAGGER’S UNION apartment averages for $811 a month, an 11.22 percent increase from last year. NO AXE TO GRIND On April 21, a driver was observed honking On April 19, Bellingham Police respond- the car’s horn for more than five seconds in ed to a report that someone had been as- apparent frustration at road flaggers on F 26.8 3.1 saulted with an axe. “Officers attempted to Street. The driver was given a warning by Percent increase in housing costs in Percent increase in median family income CASCADIA WEEKLY make contact with one of the victims, but police to lay off the horn. Bellingham since 2012. (MFI) in Bellingham since 2012. the victim quickly walked away, refusing 11 assistance,” police reported. OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD On April 20, Bellingham Police spoke to a BAD BREAKUP man who believes he is the anti-Christ and SOURCES: Wallethub; 24/7 Wall Street; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; On April 22, Bellingham Police investigated that people want to hurt him. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; PriceWaterhouseCooper; American Lung Association's State of the Air 2018 report; Zillow; City of Bellingham doit WORDS

30 WED., APRIL 25 POETRY SLAM: In honor of National Poetry

FOOD Month, Jessica Lohafer will host a free Write Riot Poetry Slam at 7pm in the Colophon Cafe, words 1208 11th St. Ryler Dustin will be the featured COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS

24 poet; show up at 6:30pm to sign up to com- pete in the friendly competition. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM B-BOARD FRI., APRIL 27 WILDERNESS & WELLNESS: Editor Tom

23 gerous. He crosses through checkpoints Fleischner will be joined by North Cascades too numerous to count, often with a Institute executive director Saul Weisberg

FILM required military traveling companion, and environmental artist Edie Dillon to sometimes relying on his dark skin, dark read from Nature, Love, Medicine: Essays on Wildness & Wellness at 7pm at Village Books,

18 hair, and shalwar kameez (traditional 1200 11th St. outfit) to pass without scrutiny. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

MUSIC Along the way, he meets a zany cast of characters and their tentative friend- APRIL 27-28 BOOK AND BAKE SALE: Attend a Spring 16 ships across cultures are both humor- Book and Bake Sale from 10am-5pm Friday

ART ous and thought-provoking. Because and Saturday at the Deming Library, 5044 Levinson finds shared humanity in these Mt. Baker Hwy. (360) 592-2422

15 strange situations, his internalized SAT., APRIL 28 STAGE fears dissipate and INDIE BOOKSTORE DAY: Celebrate Inde- these Middle East- pendent Bookstore Day throughout the day ern countries ulti-

14 at both Village Books locales—1200 11th mately end up feel- Street in Bellingham, and 430 Front Street in ing less foreign. Lynden. Be first in line for exclusive, limited-

GET OUT The inclusion of edition items like the ever-popular Literary Tea Towels. “Writers in the window,” treats, the word “love” in GET IT giveaways and author readings will also be

12 HOW: The Abu the subtitle refers 12 part of the free fun. Dhabi Bar Mitzvah is to Adam’s girl- WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM available from your friend, Masha; met WORDS WORDS local library in print, in a whirlwind ro- CORRESPONDENCE CLUB: Anyone over eBook, downloadable 8 years old can show up for the monthly

8 mance just before audio, and Playaway Correspondence Club gathering from audio formats. To leaving for Abu 10:30am-12:30pm at Mindport Exhibits, 210 request, visit www. ADAM VALEN LEVINSON Dhabi, their con- W. Holly St. wcls.org if you live WWW.MINDPORT.ORG CURRENTS flicted relationship in Whatcom County, is communicated

6 or www.bellingham KLEE WYCK JOURNAL: Author and artist Lou through occasional REVIEWED BY LISA GRESHAM publiclibrary.org McKee shares stories and sketches from Klee if you live within shared email mes- Wyck Journal at 4pm at Lynden’s Village Books, VIEWS Bellingham city sages at the begin- 430 Front St. limits. 4 ning of chapters. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Masha respects

MAIL Fear and Love NAOMI SHIHAB NYE: Award-winning author that Adam wants to live a life that is and poet Naomi Shihab Nye will deliver the

2 NOT YOUR AVERAGE MEMOIR not average, safe and predictable, and 49th annual May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture wishes she were less fearful herself; and at 7pm at Western Washington University’s

DO IT WITH THE recent news that Saudi Arabia will soon be offer- also that he would choose her over Iraq Performing Arts Center. Entry is free, but ing tourist visas, the publication of Adam Valen Levinson’s new or the Sudan. registration is required. WWW.WCLS.LIBCAL.COM/EVENT/3504085 memoir/travelogue, The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah: Fear and Love in Levinson is currently studying humor the Modern Middle East, is perfectly timed. More than an account as a key to cultural understanding at SUN., APRIL 29 04.25.18 of his travels, the book describes both realities and the flavor of Yale University, and this information RESTING IN THE FAMILIAR: Christine life in countries ranging from Syria to Pakistan to Somalia. gives insight into how this book reads. Kendall returns to Bellingham to read from her .13 new poetry collection, Resting in the Familiar, 17 Levinson grew up in the shadow of 9/11, and as a young adult There is plenty of meaty political his-

# at 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Kendall recognized how many “fear” messages about the Middle East he tory here and the opportunity to learn was a familiar face at local open mics and a had internalized. Armed with a knowledge of Arabic learned in concrete facts about these areas of member of Independent Writers’ Studio until college, curiosity and a mercurial restlessness, his travels to 23 the world. His unorthodox approach to she moved to Twisp in 2012. Middle Eastern countries are definitely not the stuff of stan- travel and ability to communicate in the WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM dard tourist fare, nor the sort of information you would find in native language shares a boots-on-the- MON., APRIL 30 even a Lonely Planet guidebook. ground view of everyday life conditions OPEN MIC NIGHT: Writers are encouraged CASCADIA WEEKLY The countries he visits are often chosen because someone has told him it would be far and attitudes of local people. And, in to attend and enjoy a welcoming audience too dangerous, or even impossible, to cross a particular border or travel by a particular the memoir part of the narrative, Levin- at a monthly Open Mic Night at 7pm at Vil- 12 route. In fact, he stops informing his parents of his travel plans and lets them believe that son employs self-effacing humor to dis- lage Books, 1200 11th St. Sign up to read at he is in Abu Dhabi, where he actually does have an apartment and an undemanding job as sect his own biases and privilege. the main counter or by calling the number listed below. program coordinator for New York University’s Abu Dhabi campus. (360) 671-2626 Many of Levinson’s experiences completely debunk his expectations about these Lisa Gresham is the Collection Support Man- countries. And occasionally, he does find himself in situations that are truly dan- ager for Whatcom County Library System. doit

PERFORMANCE POETRY: Acclaimed perfor-

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WED., MAY 2 FILM BOOKS AND TEA: Local author Spencer Cope Art, Health & Beauty Aids Appliance Depot is a nonprofit project of ReUse Works. Your discusses his new book, Whispers of the Dead, Earrings, Shirts, Necklaces purchases & donations support waste reduction & job training. at an Afternoon Books and Tea gathering 18 happening from 2-3:30pm at the Lynden

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Saturday, Feb. 17, 4 STAGE Saul Weisberg, COMMUNITY & Edie Dillon APRIL 25-MAY 5 NATURE, 14 APPLIANCE PICK-UP: Appliance Depot is of- Love, Medicine

fering free pick-up of your appliances through Essays on Wildness GET OUT May 5 in Whatcom County (typical fees are & Wellness $10-$60). Fri., April 27, 7pm 12 (360) 527-2646 OR 12 WWW.APPLIANCEDEPOTBHAM.COM INDEPENDENT WORDS FRI., APRIL 27 WORDS INSPIRING DREAMS: Join the Boys & Girls BDualOOKSTORE to the Death DAY!

Clubs of Whatcom County for its “Inspire 8 Sunday,SATURDAY, April 8, 4pm Higher Dreams” Gala from 5:30-9:30pm at the Silver Reef Event Center, 4876 Haxton Way. APRIL 28th Entry is $160. Enjoy limited-edition CURRENTS WWW.WHATCOMCLUBS.ORG Bookstore Day merchandise, treats, book 6 SAT., APRIL 28 walks, FREE audiobook VAISAIKHI DAY CELEBRATION: Attend a downloads, and... VIEWS Vaisaikhi Day Celebration from 10am-5pm at LOCAL AUTHOR EVENTS Lynden’s Guru Nanak Gursikh Gurdwara, 176E. • Lynden, 4pm: Lou McKee, –The Klee Wyck Journal 4 Pole Rd. Processions, free food, and fun for • Fairhaven, 7pm: Janet Oakley & Mike Impero Celebrating the Work of the CCC Slide Show! the whole family will be part of the biggest MAIL Sikh holiday of the year. Free

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APRIL 28-29 CHILDREN’s BOOK DO IT LINUXFEST NW: Privacy, surveillance and security will be among the many topics & Screen-Free WEEK! We have lots of fun events planned including... covered at this year’s LinuxFest Northwest from 9am-5pm Saturday and Sunday at Bell- After School Pom-Pom Pets 04.25.18 ingham Technical College, 3058 Lindbergh Mini-Workshop in Fairhaven Ave. Entry is free. Thursday, May 3, 2pm

WWW.LINUXFESTNORTHWEST.ORG .13 at VB in Fairhaven Saturday, May 5 17 # MON., APRIL 30 at 10:30am LAW DAY: Get free legal advice and consulta- A story & craft with author tion at an annual “Law Day” event from 9am- TONI YULY 3pm at Mount Vernon’s Skagit Transit Center, –Thank You, Bees! 105 E. Kincaid St. and at 4pm (360) 416-7585 author & illustrator Join NINA LADEN Us! CASCADIA WEEKLY WED., MAY 2 –Yellow Kayak GREEN DRINKS: Network with likeminded environmentally aware citizens at the monthly 13 Green Drinks taking place from 5-7pm at the Aslan Depot, 1322 N. State St. Please RSVP. VILLAGE BOOKS WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG/GREENDRINKS 1200 11th St, Bellingham & 430 Front St, Lynden • Open Daily See villagebooks.com for more! doit

APRIL 25-30 “Have a Heart Run” starting at 9am TULIP FESTIVAL: The flower- at Mount Vernon’s Edgewater Park,

focused Skagit Valley Tulip Festival 600 Beherens Millet Rd. Entry is $15- 30 takes place throughout April 30 $25 (a kids run is free). Runners and at a variety of venues from Mount walkers of all skill levels are welcome. FOOD Vernon to Edison to La Conner, WWW.HAVEAHEARTRUN.ORG Anacortes, and beyond. Head to the outside website to check out the full roster HYDRANGEAS 101: Jill Porter of

24 HIKING RUNNING GARDENING of remaining events. Bailey’s Nursery will focus on “Hy- WWW.TULIPFESTIVAL.ORG drangeas 101” at a free workshop starting at 9am at Garden Spot B-BOARD THURS., APRIL 26 Nursery, 900 Alabama St. Porter PUB RUN: Join a weekly BBay will share her years of experience, Pub Run starting at 6pm every introducing new and old favorite 23 Thursday. Open to runners of all varieties, along with information on levels, excursions are 3-5 miles their care and pruning. FILM and BBay Ambassadors safely guide WWW.GARDEN-SPOT.COM each pace group. This evening’s run

18 starts at BBay Running, 1431 N. EVERSON GARDEN CLUB SALE: State St. Run along Whatcom Creek Colorful perennials, natives, shrubs,

MUSIC Trail, ending at Bellingham Cider small trees, veggie starts and Company. Entry is free. specialty plants and crafts can be WWW.BBAYRUNNING.COM found for spectacular prices when 16 the Everson Garden Club hosts its

ART CANADIAN EXPLORATION: annual Plant Sale from 9am-1pm at Photographer and adventurer Genny 216 Everson-Goshen Rd. Langworthy helms “Vive le Quebec: (360) 592-5456 15 Kayaking and Exploring French Canada” at 6:30pm at the Mount NATIVE FLORA FAIR: The Wash-

STAGE Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie ington Native Plant Society hosts St. Entry is free. its annual Backyard Habitat and WWW.MOUNTVERNONWA.GOV Native Flora Fair from 10am-3pm at 14 14 the Fairhaven Village Green, 1207 GET GRITTY: “Get Gritty: Endur- 10th St. In addition to provid- ance Psychology of the Barkley ing green things to purchase, the GET OUT GET OUT Marathons” will be the focus of a event is also a way for gardeners to talk by runner and staffer Nick- learn more about the importance ademus de la Rosa at 7:15pm at of native plants. Experts will be 12 Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. on hand to answer questions, and Nick—who won the marathon in additional activities include plant

WORDS 2013—will share his psychologi- walks, activities for kids, the mak- cal strategies for overcoming this ing of nesting boxes, and details

8 event. Entry is free. about how to certify your space as a BY AMY KEPFERLE tivities will continue WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM wildlife-friendly habitat. until mid-afternoon. (360) 778-7000 OR APRIL 26-28 WWW.WNPSKOMA.ORG

CURRENTS If you’re interest- MT. BAKER PLANT SALE: Come ed in learning more check out quality plants grown by SUDDEN VALLEY SALE: The Sud- 6 Orchard Outing about the winged students at a Mt. Baker Plant Sale den Valley Garden Club will host a wonders, representa- happening from 3-6pm Thursday and Plant Sale from 10am-3pm at the Sud- VIEWS RUN FOR THE BEES tives from WSU will Friday, and 10am-2pm Saturday at den Valley Dance Barn, 8 Barn View Mt. Baker High School, 4936 Deming Dr. Perennials, natives, succulents 4 run from bees, not in support of them. surely be eager to MOST PEOPLE Rd. Offerings will include annual and deer-resistant plants will be The latter scenario will be in full effect at BelleWood Acres’ third DO IT talk about their diag- flowering plants, perennials, large available, as will professional advice. MAIL annual “Run for the Bees 5K” happening Sun., April 29 near and WHAT: “Run for nostic lab, breeding fruiting tomato plants, herbs, hang- WWW.SUDDENVALLEY.COM the Bees” ing baskets and vegetable starts.

2 among the 32 acres of blooming fruit tree orchards near Lynden. program, research WHEN: 11am With apples at the front of a long list of plants pollinated lab and upcoming (360) 556-1505 MOON WALK: Join Wild Whatcom Sun., Apr. 29 for a “Ladies Night Out: Moon of DO IT by honeybees, it’s of particular importance to the powers that workshops. WHERE: FRI., APRIL 27 the Budding Trees” outing from be at BelleWood to keep the flying insect on the radar. In just BelleWood Acres, Locally, the Mt. WILD THINGS: Join Holly Roger 7-9pm in Whatcom County (locale the past 10 years, more than 40 percent of bee colonies in 6140 Guide Baker Beekeepers of Wild Whatcom for a “Wild Things” will be revealed upon registration). the United States have suffered Colony Collapse Disorder, and Meridian Association (www. Community Program from 9:30-11am Suggested donation is $12 to “ex-

04.25.18 COST: $12-$24 per one of the major culprits in the die-off is thought to be the mtbakerkeepers. at the Stimpson Family Nature Re- plore the wilderness, potency and person, $40 per serve. Suggested donation is $5. abundance of spring.” increased use of pesticides. family org), Marie’s Bees .13 WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG

17 At BelleWood Acres, maintaining a healthy ecosystem for the INFO: (www.mariesbees. # 21 varieties of apples and two strains of pear trees owners John www.bellewood com), and the Skagit SENIOR CENTER SALE: Peruse TUES., MAY 1 and Dorie Belisle grow is of utmost importance. To that end, they farms.com Valley Beekeepers beautiful selections from local nurs- ALL-PACES RUN: A weekly All-Pac- partner with groups such as Sustainable Connections, Whatcom Association (www.skagitvalleybeekeep- eries, house plants, garden tools es Run starts at 6pm at Fairhaven Farm Friends, and Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association to ers.org) can provide additional resources and decor, and homegrown plants Runners, 1209 11th St. from BSAC Gardeners at an annual WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM make sure they’re farming responsibly. to those wanting to find out more about Plant Sale happening from 9am-4pm Sunday’s family-friendly event is a way to share what they’ve raising—or even fostering—swarms of Fri., April 27 at the Bellingham Se- WED., MAY 2 CASCADIA WEEKLY found out about bees over the years with the public. In addition honeybees. nior Activity Center, 315 Halleck St. SKI TO SEA PRIMER: Steve Ro- to running through the verdant orchards, attendees can also If you’re tempted to run away from this (360) 733-4030 OR WWW.WCCOA.ORG guski and Josh Vander Wiele focus 14 learn more about bees and how certain fruits and vegetables outing, remember that honeybees aren’t on “Ski to Sea Run Leg: Thrive or SAT., APRIL 28 Survive” at a 7:15pm presentation can’t survive without them, experience a working farm, find out aggressive, and aren’t likely to sting HAVE A HEART: Help raise funds for at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. how to grow bee-friendly gardens, and help support Washington those taking part in the seasonal soiree. Community Action of Skagit County Entry is free. State University’s bee research with their registration fees. Live Run for them, and help make sure they’re by taking part in the ninth annual WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM music, snacks and drinks will be part of the fun, and the fes- still around for eons to come. doit

STAGE Shakedown Punch Up Comedy Open Mic begins at 7:30pm at the Shake- THURS., APRIL 26 down, 1212 N. State St. Entry is GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The free. If you’d like to take your turn 30 Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm onstage, show up at 7pm to sign up every Thursday at the Upfront Theatre, for a five-minute set. FOOD stage 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick around for WWW.SHAKEDOWNBELLINGHAM.COM “The Project.” Entry is $8 to the early

THEATER DANCE PROFILES 24 show, $5 for the late one. MAY 2-5 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM ANNIE: The Sehome High School drama department presents showings APRIL 26-28 of the perennially popular musical B-BOARD 9 TO 5: Friendship and revenge take Annie at 7pm Wednesday, Thursday center stage when 9 to 5, the Musical and Saturday at 7pm at the SHS 23 concludes this week with perfor- Little Theatre, 2700 Bill McDonald mances at 7:30pm Thursday through Pkwy. Tickets are $8-$10. Additional FILM Saturday at the Anacortes Community showings take place May 10-12. Theatre, 918 M Ave. The play is based WWW.SEHOMEDRAMA.COM

on the seminal 1980 hit movie, and 18 features music and lyrics by Dolly MAY 3-6 Parton. Tickets are $20 to see the play HELLO! MY BABY: The romantic MUSIC about three women who get even with farce known as Hello! My Baby can be their sexist, egotistical, lying boss. seen starting this week at Lynden’s

WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St. 16 The musical reboots the greatest hits ART APRIL 27-28 of Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Eubie ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE: Witness a Blake and more, weaving their updated 15 musical tribute to a beloved country classics and fresh new tunes into a 15 western star when Always...Patsy Cline comic valentine set on the gritty side- STAGE concludes this weekend with 7pm walks of New York at the turn of the STAGE performances Friday and Saturday at last century. Tickets are $10-$14. the Conway Muse, 1844 Spruce St. Ria WWW.THECLAIRE.ORG 14 ROBERT BOWMAN HENRY WALKER Peth Vanderpool plays the title role and co-star Kelly Visten plays Cline’s longtime fan and friend, Louis Seger. A country band will play along during DANCE GET OUT BY AMY KEPFERLE the musical, which weaves 27 songs into the storyline. Tickets are $28. THURS., APRIL 26 12 WWW.BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM FOLK DANCE: The Balkan Folk Danc- ers meet from 7-9:30pm Thursdays at

LEGENDS AND BRAWLS: Any genre the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. WORDS Return Engagements will be up for grabs when “Genre Dances are taught, and mentoring is Legends” returns to the stage at 8pm available. Suggested donation is $5. A MADMAN AND A MIME 8 Fridays and Saturdays through April (360) 380-0456 THIS IS the story of a madman and a mime. “As bike riders, we at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick around for “Backyard SAT., APRIL 28 It’s also the tale of how two actors who spent time living and have to either have our Brawl,” which pits two teams of CONTRA DANCE: Incognito will pro- CURRENTS studying in Whatcom County but left it behind are returning to fight-or-flight impulses improvisers against one another in a vide live tunes at the the Bellingham 6 share some of what they’ve learned since they left. engaged, or have a mo- “short form improv slugfest.” Tickets Old-Time Country Dance Society’s First up, Robert “Robbie” Bowman will be peforming his award- ment of Zen and let it are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Contra Dance happening from winning production of Diary of a Madman Sun., April 29 at the go,” he says. “I’m calm- WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM 7-10:30pm at the Fairhaven Library, VIEWS 1117 12th St. Suggested donation is

Bellingham Theatre Guild. est when I remind myself 4 SAT., APRIL 28 $6 for students, $8-10 general. The showing of the adaptation of Gogol’s comedy about the fan- ‘I could die at any time.’ PAULA POUNDSTONE: Expect WWW.BELLINGHAM MAIL tasy world of a low-ranking civil servant will raise funds for Coed ATTEND This show was built out smart, observational humor and im- COUNTRYDANCE.ORG

Dylan, a woodland Bowman owns with his wife in West Wales that WHAT: Diary of of the joy I feel in pass- provised audience interaction when 2 they’re adapting into a learning space that combines practical, a Madman ing long lines of cars, standup comedian Paula Poundstone SUN., APRIL 29 WHEN: 3pm returns to Mount Vernon for an 8pm REP AUDITIONS: Bellingham land-based projects with creative projects in a fun, stress-free Sun., April 29 knowing that I will get performance at the Lincoln Theatre, Repertory Dance will host auditions DO IT environment. If all goes according to plan, Western Washington WHERE: to my destination before 712 S. First St. Tickets to see the for its upcoming season from 9:30- University students could be heading to the United Kingdom by Bellingham most drivers have found performer, author and Wait, Wait, 11:30am at the Firehouse Performing the summer of 2019 to study abroad there. Theatre Guild their coveted $10/hour Don’t Tell Me radio quiz show panelist Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. BRD Even though he’s been performing Diary of a Madman for almost COST: $20 parking spot.” are $35-$65. has built a reputation for producing 04.25.18 INFO: WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG fresh, engaging and diverse work seven years in countries around the world, the man who left Fern- While his trusty two- with a mission to provide high-

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dale to study Shakespeare in London many years ago says it’s still theatreguild.com wheeler won’t be along SUN., APRIL 29 quality, contemporary dance perfor- 17 a work in progress, and that he’s not yet sick of it. ------for the ride—he says the HARI KONDABOLU: Lauded stand- mances to the local community and # “The real joy comes from performing to different audiences each WHAT: bike in the show “is, in up comedian Hari Kondabolu brings support established and emerging time,” the UK resident says. “I’m looking forward to seeing what Mimecycle fact, a mimed-cycle”— his talents to Bellingham for an 8pm choreographers. Entry to take part in WHEN: May 3-5 performance at the Wild Buffalo, W. the audition class is $12. the Guild audience is like after having last performed it in India.” Walker’s mastery of WHERE: Syvlia Holly St. Tickets are $20 to see the WWW.BHAMREP.ORG Like Bowman, Henry James Walker made connections in Belling- Center, 205 clowning and mime will politically astute, New York City- ham and WWU—where he graduated from in 2013—but is returning Prospect St. help bring the story to based comedian, who’s shared his THE JUNGLE BOOK: Performers

from his home base in Seattle to perform his one-man show, Mime- COST: $9-$12 life. But will the tale be canny observations everywhere from from Bellingham’s Harper & I Dance CASCADIA WEEKLY cycle, which is directed by another Western alum, Emily Harvey. INFO: a lighthearted one, or the Late Show with David Letterman Center present a showing of The www.idiom to Jimmy Kimmel Live and beyond. Jungle Book at 2pm at the Mount Originally named One Man, Two Wheels, the dialogue-free show end with its hero on the 15 theater.com WWW.WILDBUFFALO.NET Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. is about Walker’s experience biking the mean streets of the big pavement? Tickets are $18. city to the south, where he lives with the constant fear of being “It’s a comedy,” he says, “but with TUES., MAY 1 734-6080 OR doored by parked cars, hit by distracted drivers or encountering enough tragedy to breathe some empa- COMEDY OPEN MIC: The weekly WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM other sketchy scenarios on a regular basis. thy into the audience’s laughter.” doit UPCOMING EVENTS

FRI., APRIL 27 SHIP OF FOOLS: Attend a closing reception 30 for “Ship of Fools” from 5-8pm at Cooper Lanza

FOOD Gallery, 1415 13th St. The popular show welcomes regional contributions with the theme of political art, satire and social commentary.

24 visual WWW.COOPERLANZAGALLERY.COM GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES FAIRHAVEN ART WALK: More than 15

B-BOARD venues will open their doors for the monthly Fairhaven Fourth Friday Art Walk happening from 5-8pm throughout the historic district.

23 Local art, appetizers, drinks and live entertainment will be part of the fun.

FILM WWW.FAIRHAVENARTWALK.COM SAT., APRIL 28 18 SOUL OPENING: Attend an opening reception for painter and sculptor Roger Small’s “Vi-

MUSIC sions of the Soul” from 5-7pm at La Conner’s Forum Arts, 721 S. First St. WWW.ARTBYROGERSMALL.COM 16 16 ART ART SPRING RECEPTION: Attend an opening reception for the group exhibit “Spring Has Sprung” from 5-9pm at Camano Island’s Matzke 15 Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way. STAGE WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM

14 APRIL 28-29 SCULPTURE TOURS: Celebrate Interna- tional Sculpture Day by taking guided tours

GET OUT at 10:30am, 1pm and 3pm on Saturday and Sunday at Big Rock Garden Park, 2900 Sylvan St. The tours will be conducted by George F. “POPPY’S TULIPS,” BY CINDY FANKHAUSER CINDY TULIPS,” BY “POPPY’S MARY GREGG BYRNE BY

12 Drake. WWW.SCULPTURENORTHWEST.ORG plants of every shape WORDS BY AMY KEPFERLE and stripe are the main THURS., MAY 3 PROMISING FUTURES: An opening reception

8 attractions. for “Promising Futures: Whatcom County High By the time we’d wan- School Art” takes place from 5:30-7pm at Skagit Stop dered past long rows of Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG CURRENTS colorful geraniums, test- ART AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE ed a Venus flytrap, sa- 6 OUR SUNDAY plan of action centered around visiting relatives in Anacortes, but vored succulents, cooed my suggestion to take advantage of the proximity of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival to a couple of caged ONGOING EXHIBITS

VIEWS SEE by adding a couple of events to our itinerary was met with approval by my two fellow WHAT: pigeons, and perused ALLIED ARTS: “ReArt” shows through April

4 day-trippers. “Art at the antiques, it was finally 29 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. After exiting the freeway and securing directions from a friendly woman at the Mount Schoolhouse” time to leave. A bright- WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG

MAIL WHERE: Vernon Chamber of Commerce, we set off for Christianson’s Nursery, where we planned Christianson’s yellow potted gerbera ARTWOOD: Gary Giovane’s art will be fea-

2 to pick up a blooming beauty for our hostess and also peruse the Stanwood-Camano Nursery, 15806 daisy reminded us of our tured through April at Artwood Gallery, 1000 Arts Guild’s 11th annual “Art at the Schoolhouse” exhibit. Best Rd., Mount friends, and we paid for Harris Ave. WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM DO IT A tulip-trekker bottleneck on McLean Road caused some cursing from the driver, but Vernon it and brought it along. I viewed the slower pace as an opportunity to check out the blooming home gardens WHEN: 10am- The surly senior had 5pm through AZUSA FARM: Skagit Art Association’s 29th along the way, and took advantage of my backseat status to zone out and soak up the Sun., April 29 woken up by the time annual “Art in a Pickle Barn” exhibit shows spring scenery. COST: Entry is we arrived back to through April 30 in Mount Vernon at Azusa Farm 04.25.18 By the time we pulled into the parking lot and found a spot under a budding magnolia free the car, and he was & Garden, 14904 WA-20. tree, the most senior member of our posse was ready for a nap. My manfriend and I left INFO: anxious to see some WWW.SKAGITART.ORG .13 www.stanwood 17 him to snooze, and set off to explore. “damn tulip fields” be-

# camanoarts.com BELLEWOOD ACRES: Works by Cody Before securing our garden gift, we decided to suss out the scene in the 130-year-old fore we arrived at our Vanderwerff can be viewed through April at schoolhouse. I’ve admired it from afar during previous visits to the nursery, but had final destination. BelleWood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian. never stepped foot inside. By the time we entered the front door, I was already in awe We didn’t have time to stop at Tulip WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM of the obvious dedication—and artful creativity—that had gone into the garden plots Town or Roozengaarde, but were still af- surrounding the storied space. forded views of purple, pink, yellow and CASSERA GALLERY: Mixed-media works by Sibling Studio’s Lloyd and Christie Houston Inside, the view was similarly inspiring. Among the works for sale by 21 area artists white swaths of blooming acreage as can currently be viewed in La Conner at CASCADIA WEEKLY were stained-glass pieces, paintings in oil and acrylics, prints, ceramics, collage and so we drove past the iconic acreage on our Cassera Arts Premiers, 106 1st St. much more. Many images paid homage to the nascent nature in the Skagit Valley, and I roundabout way to Fidalgo Island. WWW.CASSERAARTSPREMIERS.COM 16 picked a “Beauty in a Glass Vase” card based on a painting by Norman Kearsley for our “That sight could be considered an hosts (a steal at $2). art exhibit all on its own,” my fella COPPER HOG: Paintings by Mira Kamada are on view through April at the Copper Hog, 1327 After making the purchase, we spent another 20 minutes wandering among the said as he slowed the car a notch so we N. State St. various greenhouses and plentiful nooks and crannies of Christianson’s—ostensi- could take a closer look. “Nature is such WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/COPPERHOGBHAM bly to find a gift, but also because it’s so pleasurable to get lost in a place where a showoff.” doit UNCAN EWLAND GOOD EARTH: Jesse Rasmussen’s “Fired D N Earth” will be featured through April at Good Specializing in Residential

Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. & Equestrian Properties WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM 30 Put 35 years of real estate sales

I.E. GALLERY: Peruse Ed Kamuda’s “Passage” experience to work for you… FOOD exhibit through April 29 at Edison’s i.e. gal- Over 150 million in real estate sales! lery, 5800 Cains Court. When it’s time to find the right home WWW.IEEDISON.COM or sell yours we know what you’re 24 looking for JANSEN ART CENTER: A “Spring Juried Ex-

hibit,” “American Folk Heroes; Leotie Richards,” B-BOARD and Nick Payne’s “Nature’s Tender Majesty— Color and Form” will be on display through June

1 at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. 23 WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG FILM MONA: “Robert McCauley: American Fiction” and “Invisible: Selections from the Permanent

Collection” will be on display through June 18 10 at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art,

121 First St. MUSIC WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG LIC #26963 (360) 303-4771 16 16 PEACEHEALTH: See Trish Harding’s “Sepa- [email protected] ART rated from Normal” exhibit through May 12 at ART PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center, 2901 Squalicum Pkwy. 15 (360) 383-7166

PERRY AND CARLSON: Debra Goldman’s STAGE “OHANA: Dreaming in Red” exhibit through April at Mount Vernon’s Perry and Carlson Gal- 14 lery, 508 S. First St. WWW.PERRYANDCARLSON.COM GET OUT QUILT MUSEUM: “Material Men 2: Contem- porary Masters,” “A Little Garden Music: 2018

La Conner in Bloom Challenge,” and “Raising 12 the Surface: Whidbey Island Surface Design Association.” are currently on display at La Conner’s Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, WORDS 703 S. Second St.

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RIVER GALLERY: View the annual “Spring Show” through April 29 at Mount Vernon’s CURRENTS River Gallery, 19313 Landing Rd. (off Dodge

Valley Rd.). 6 WWW.RIVERGALLERYWA.COM VIEWS SCOTT MILO: “Tulip Poster Artists Past and Present” exhibit will be on display until May 1 4 at the Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave.

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SMITH & VALLEE: “Bloom” shows through Join us in April! 2 April 29 at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. Mon-Thur 11-5 DO IT WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM Fri- Sun 11-6

WESTERN GALLERY: Ibram Lassaw’s “Projec- tion Paintings” will be on display until May 12 Wine & at Western Washington University’s Western Hard Cider 04.25.18 Gallery.

WWW.WESTERNGALLERY.WWU.EDU tasting daily. .13 17 Local Art show, # WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by Whatcom Tulip Valley Winery Art Guild members can be perused Wed.-Sun. BBQ, and 16163 State Route 536 at the Whatcom Art Market, 1103 11th St. helicopter rides Mount Vernon WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG 360-428-6894 Sat & Sun. Call for additional hours WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Jeweled Objects of Desire,” “Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Bas- ketry in America,” “Gathered Together: A Show Open CASCADIA WEEKLY of Work Celebrating Members of the Northwest Basket Weavers Guild,” and “Hidden in the year round 17 Bundle: A Look Inside the Whatcom Museum’s Advertising supports the on weekends, Basketry Collection” can currently be viewed on the Whatcom Museum campus. Cascadia Weekly newspaper & call for hours WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG creates valued content. rumor has it

30 SOMETIMES A BAND’S name so perfectly matches a real-life situation that I can’t help FOOD but derive enormous satisfaction from it. Case in point: Somehow, once again using his magical powers of persuasion, the Wild 24 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT Buffalo’s Craig Jewell induced a band that was like, “Bellingham? Where the hell is that?” B-BOARD to come here and play a show. According to And, like Seattle’s other grunge gods, they him, this feat was achieved using his soon-

23 were troubled. The Conners were well-known to-be-patented method of “making a bunch of for their infighting, and Lanegan’s substance phone calls.” The band’s singer is Billie Joe

FILM abuse was an open secret in that it was more Armstrong, who you might recall from his ten- open than secret. The breakup, when it came, ure as lead singer and frontman of Green Day.

18 18 surprised no one. And here’s the part where art syncs up This is the point at which Lanegan, by all with life so flawlessly. The band’s name: The MUSIC MUSIC rights, probably should’ve faded into obscu- Longshot. rity, perhaps emerging occasionally to play Just go ahead and shut it all down. I’m

16 a Screaming Trees reunion show with “Nearly done here.

ART Lost You” placed strategically at the end of Just kidding. I the set list. always have more

15 But that’s not quite how things went. to say. To look at Lanegan’s now decades-long mu- Tickets for the

STAGE sic career is to see a man who is compelled Longshot show— to work, to write songs, to flesh out ideas, to which happens collaborate with others and go wherever his Sat., May 12—go 14 curiosity and creativity take him. To put it on sale Fri., April BY CAREY ROSS succinctly, he’s always up to something, and 27. I’m guessing

GET OUT way more often than not, whatever he’s up to the show will sell out pretty darn fast, so do is well worth listening to. not sleep on it and then fill the show’s event

12 After the demise of Screaming Trees, page up with increasingly desperate requests Lanegan was a member of Queens of the for a ticket that no one can sell you because Stone Age for a few years, contributing vo- they’re will-call-only and nontransferable. WORDS cals and songwriting to their breakout record You might be thinking to yourself that the

8 Songs for the Deaf and four other releases. weekend of May 12 sounds familiar and that He lent vocals to Mad Season’s Above and you could swear something else is happening, nearly became Staley’s replacement as lead but you just can’t put your finger on it. I’m not

CURRENTS singer. He formed a band, inside your brain, but you might be referring the Gutter Twins, with to the sold-out Against Me! show that’s hap- 6 Greg Dulli of the Afghan pening the night before, on Fri. May 11. Whigs and made appear- Holy shit, Wild Buffalo. What will you do VIEWS ances on albums by Dulli’s next? (That is not a rhetorical question. I

4 other band, the Twilight really want to know what you’ll do next) Singers. He’s recorded a If anyone needs me from May 11-12, please MAIL trio of albums with former know that I’ll be very busy trying to run into

2 ATTEND Belle and Sebastian alum Laura Jane Grace and Billie Joe Armstrong on

COURTESY OF AVALON RECORDS OF AVALON COURTESY WHO: Mark Isobel Campbell. And the the sidewalks of downtown Bellingham. If it Lanegan, Mark DO IT list of artists and albums were just one of them, I might not make the Pickerel, Enduro he’s lent his skills as a effort. But the pull of potentially seeing both BY CAREY ROSS WHEN: 8pm Tues., May 1 songwriter and singer to of them wandering Holly Street in the same WHERE: Wild is long and ever-growing. 24-hour period is too enticing to resist. Yes, 04.25.18 Buffalo, 208 W. And when he wasn’t busy I am indeed a genuine mature adult grownup. Holly St. doing all of that, Lanegan Moving on. Remember when Todos Somos .13 Mark Lanegan COST: $18 17 was recording solo albums, Lee and Ship to Ship played at Gruff Brewery

# INFO: www.wild NEVER NOT BUSY buffalo.net now numbering in the for the What’s Up! 20th anniversary celebra- double digits. tion? I do. It was really fun, even if I did have WHEN WE think of music in Seattle during the 1990s, some names come But Lanegan, whose rough-around-the-edg- to stand nearly in the doorway of the men’s handily to mind. Kurt Cobain. Chris Cornell. Eddie Vedder. Layne Staley. So es baritone and dark songwriting sensibilities restroom in order to be able to see what was many of us are intimately familiar with their stories. For those of us who often get him compared to Nick Cave, Tom going on due to the size of the crowd. Pissing grew up then, their musical triumphs gave us the soundtrack to our lives and Waits, and Leonard Cohen, is pretty blasé— off every dude who had to piss was worth it

CASCADIA WEEKLY their tragedies are etched in our hearts. practical, even—about his impressive and because that show was never going to hap- Lesser known is Mark Lanegan. varied post-grunge career. He says he writes pen there again. Except it’s happening again 18 Make no mistake: Lanegan’s grunge bona fides are legit. He was a mem- songs because he can, that he sees things or on Fri., April 27 as part of the Bellingham ber of Screaming Trees, along with brothers Van and Gary Lee Conner and has experiences that suggest subjects and Beer Week festivities. If you go—and you Mark Pickerel. They got a major-label deal, scored a hit song—“Nearly Lost lyrics and so he forms them into songs. He should definitely go—don’t stand in the en- You”—courtesy of the Singles soundtrack, and another moderate hit “Dollar neither loves nor hates performing live, but trance to the restrooms. People really don’t Bill.” They had long hair, a penchant for flannel and played Lollapalooza. understands it to be part of the job and the like it. Take my word for it. a very, very good one. Those compari- hometown of Ellensburg, will open the LANEGAN, FROM PAGE 18 sons to Cave and Waits and Cohen are no show, which is as close to a Screaming joke. None other than Anthony Bourdain Trees reunion as any of us are likely to PEACEMAKING life he has chosen. He’s clear that his called Lanegan “criminally underappreci- get anytime soon. main driver is simply to make music he ated” and I’m inclined to agree with that I don’t know if Lanegan will ever get 30 enjoys playing. He’s not self-deprecating assessment. the level of recognition he deserves, if he or disaffected or downplaying his life as Lanegan will kick off a short run of will ever be catapulted to the status of FOOD a musician, but he’s not one to partici- Northwest tour dates on Tues., May 1 at the grunge gods that were his friends and pate in mythologizing it either. the Wild Buffalo, and he’s invited a fa- contemporaries or be inducted into the The POWER of POWER The 24 But his seemingly nonchalant nature miliar face from his past to come with pantheon of the legends to which he is so belies the fact that Lanegan is not just him. Pickerel, his former Screaming Trees frequently compared. But then again, I’m a decent singer and songwriter, he’s band mate who also hails from Lanegan’s not sure he cares. He’s way too busy. B-BOARD

Overcoming Aggression in a 23 doit Challenging World FILM May 12 & 13th ~ 10a to 6p WED., APRIL 25 2-Day Workshop ~ Register Online F.A.M.E. CONCERT: Allegra Women’s Ensemble 18 18 and Whatcom Sound Jazz Singers will collaborate 2825 Meridian, Suite 201 • 360-483-4526 at a benefit concert for F.A.M.E. (Female Artists MUSIC MUSIC for Music Enrichment) at 7pm at the Lairmont Manor, 405 Fieldston Way. Entry is $30 and meditation center includes light appetizers and wine. bellingham.shambhala.org 16 WWW.ALLEGRAWOMENSENSEMBLE.ORG ART

VAN BEBBER QUARTET: Trumpeter Michael Van

Bebber will be joined by pianist John Hansen, 15 bassist Michael Glynn, and drummer Julian

MacDonough for a Whatcom Jazz Music Arts Center STAGE concert from 7-9pm at the Sylvia Center, 205 Prospect St. Tickets are $5-$10.

WWW.WJMAC.ORG 14 THURS., APRIL 26 JAZZ JAM: The Jazz Project’s Jud Sherwood hosts GET OUT a rotating house trio featuring top-flight local and regional musicians at a Jazz Jam happening from 5:30-8:30pm Thursdays at Illuminati Brew- 12 ing, 3950 Hammer Dr., Suite 101. Entry is free. Celebrate the Lincoln Theatre’s 92nd birthday on Fri., April 27 with Charlie Chaplin and

WWW.JAZZPROJECT.ORG WORDS The Kid, live accompaniment on the Mighty Wurlitzer and 35-cent movie tickets.

MISTY FLOWERS: Elements of jazz, folk and 8 blues will combine when Misty Flowers performs Dylan Foley joins the stage with Eamon O’Leary WED., MAY 2 at a House Concert at 7:30pm at the Chuckanut for a night of great music at 7pm at Mount MUSIC CLUB CONCERT: Soloist, accompanist Center, 103 Chuckanut Drive N. Suggested dona- Vernon’s Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleveland and chamber musician Michael Refvem performs a

tion will be $5-$10 at the door; seating is limited. Ave. Dylan’s passionate and lyrical style will be piano recital at a Bellingham Music Club concert CURRENTS WWW.CHUCKANUTCENTER.ORG complimented by Eamon’s powerful songs and starting at 10:30am at Trinity Lutheran Church, beautiful playing. Tickets are $20-$25. 119 Texas St. Entry is free and open to the public. 6 FRI., APRIL 27 WWW.CELTICARTS.ORG WWW.BELLINGHAMMUSICCLUB.ORG

THE KID: Listen to live accompaniment on the VIEWS 1926 Mighty Wurlitzer Organ during a showing SKAGIT SYMPHONY: An annual “Classics Con- JAZZ FOREST: Composer and arranger Ron

of Charlie Chaplin’s 1921 silent film, The Kid, at cert” will close out Skagit Symphony’s season at Jones will conduct the 16-piece Jazz Forest, and 4 7:30pm in Mount Vernon at the Lincoln Theatre, 7:30pm at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 featured performer Pete Christlieb on tenor sax, at 712 S. First St. Entry is 35 cents; the event cel- E. College Way. Four members of the orchestra a Whatcom Jazz Music Arts Center concert at 7pm MAIL ebrates the theater’s 92nd anniversary. performing solos by Bach and Saint-Saens, at the Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St. LOOKING FOR A PLACE WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG and Lutoslawski’s vibrant and sparkling “Mala Tickets are $5-$20. 2 Suite” and Grieg’s spirited “Symphonic Dances” WWW.WJMAC.ORG TO CALL HOME?

APRIL 27-29 end the season with toe-tapping celebration. DO IT SKAGIT COMMUNITY BAND: “Night and Day” Tickets are $10-$45. THUR., MAY 3 will be the theme of Skagit Community Band’s WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG NIGHT BEAT: Pianist Michael Refvem performs a annual Spring Swing jazz concerts at 7:30pm program of ambitious works by Bach, Beethoven,

Friday at La Conner’s Maple Hall, and 3pm Sunday SUN., APRIL 29 Mozart, and Debussy at a Bellingham Music Club 04.25.18 in Anacortes at Brodniak Hall. Joan Penney will be COMMUNITY CHORUS: Music Director Timothy “Night Beat” performance at 7:30pm at the First the featured vocalist at both events. Entry is free, Black leads the Bellingham Community Chorus Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave. Tickets .13

but donations will be gladly accepted. in a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the are $15-$20 to see the exceptional soloist, ac- 17 WWW.SKAGITCOMMUNITYBAND.ORG inaugural Kings Singers concert and a centennial companist and chamber musician. # celebration of Leonard Bernstein at its Spring WWW.BELLINGHAMMUSICCLUB.ORG CANTABILE CHOIR: Singers and audience mem- Concert starting at 3pm at St. James Presbyte- bers can explore the intensity of love, passion, rian Church, 910 14th St. Entry is $10 (free for GLOBAL SPICE: The Miho and Diego Duo will WE CAN HELP REACH and even scorn in a wide-ranging concert reper- kids 12 and under). blend Latin and Japanese musical traditions as YOUR REAL ESTATE GOALS! toire at Cantabile Chamber Choir’s performance WWW.BELLINGHAMMUSICENRICHMENTPROJECT.ORG part of a “Global Spice” concert series at 7:30pm of “Fire and Ice: Love’s Incarnations” at 7:30pm at Western Washington University’s Performing Free Home Inspection

Friday at Anacortes Lutheran, and 4pm Sunday ART OF JAZZ: Wayne Horvitz & Sweeter Than Arts Center Concert Hall. Both accomplished CASCADIA WEEKLY at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Mount Vernon. the Day will be the featured act at the Jazz musicians in their own right, Miho Takekawa and with Consultation Admission will be $10-$16 at the door. Project’s monthly Art of Jazz concert taking place Diego Coy came together after years of admiring 19 WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/CANTABILE-CHAMBER-CHOIR from 4-6:30pm Church House, 1601 Mill Ave. Entry each other’s work and discovering that their Call Jerry Swann For Details! is $10 for students, $17 general (free for Jazz sounds could be combined to make something SAT., APRIL 28 Project members). unique. Tickets are $10. Best 360.319.7776 FOLEY & O’LEARY: All-Ireland Fiddle Champion WWW.JAZZPROJECT.ORG 650-6146 OR WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU Choice R EAL T Y Broker# 100688 musicvenues 30

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24 Noise Church w/Curse, Alternative Library Step Dads, Tetrachromat, more Animal Inside

B-BOARD Anelia's Kitchen & Stage Dan Martin Band Prozac Mtn Boys

B-Town Kitchen & Raw Bailey Martinet 23 Bar

FILM Beach Store Cafe Alex Kelsh Duo

18 18 Big Lake Bar and Grill Cascadiacs Troy Fair MUSIC

MUSIC Open Mic w/Jesse Boscoe's Karaoke Runes of Neptune, The Salmonberries Schooler 16 Boundary Bay April Brews Day

ART Aaron Guest Piano Night Paul Klein Brewery Brunch

15 Acoustic Night w/Kira Brown Lantern Ale House Open Mic DJ Ontic Hendricksen STAGE The Fratellis, Blood Red Commodore Ballroom Bishop Briggs, Matt Maeson Hari Kondabolu NAV Shoes

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30 The invention is a focal point of Bomb- shell, but the movie covers the whole of FOOD Lamarr’s long life, which packed a lot in, film especially in the first 40 years. She be- MOVIE REVIEWS FILM SHORTS came an international sensation—albeit, 24 more an underground sensation than a household name—for the 1933 Czech B-BOARD film Ecstasy, in which she appeared na-

ked. The film is actually a masterpiece, 23 23 though it remains much more known for its audacity, as when Lamarr depicts the FILM FILM first onscreen orgasm in a non-porno- graphic film.

18 There was a marriage to an arms dealer. There was an escape from the arms deal-

MUSIC er. There was a very slick manipulation of Louis B. Mayer, who gave her an MGM

16 contract, and her first American movie,

ART Algiers (1938), in which she more or less spoke her English dialogue phonetically.

15 And always there was the word “beautiful,” which followed her everywhere and

STAGE guaranteed her fame, but didn’t exactly make her happy. To be as gorgeous as Lamarr and expect 14 to be noted for your brilliance is a little like having a billion dollars and hoping to

GET OUT be noticed for your personality. But the movie reveals and demonstrates over and

12 over that Lamarr was a fascinating and brilliant person, a true eccentric with considerable will and personal courage. She WORDS was interested in how everything worked

8 and, as she got older, she even gave spe- cific instructions to her plastic surgeons as to how the scars could be hidden.

CURRENTS Alas, the last part of her life was something of a mess. She lost years to 6 amphetamine addiction—the “vitamin” shots of a shady character known as “Dr. VIEWS Feelgood”—and had erratic episodes.

4 Her looks could still inspire awe well into her 50s (see her in a 1969 Merv Griffin MAIL interview on YouTube). But in later years,

2 she became addicted to plastic surgery. Some of the surgery was to correct previ-

DO IT ous surgery, so that her face ultimately looked downright strange, and she became a recluse. It is awful to consider that a woman of 04.25.18 REVIEWED BY MICK LASALLE The story is that Lamarr, distressed at brilliance and perhaps genius, one who reading every day about the German U- insisted sincerely that she wanted to be .13

17 boat attacks in the Atlantic, devised a known for her ideas and spirit, should # Bombshell way for Allied navy ships to protect the have so invested in the world’s idea of transmission of signals to their torpedoes. her that she practically disfigured herself THE GENIUS OF HEDY LAMARR Antheil worked with her on implementing trying to maintain the youth and beauty her concept, and the two received a pat- that she’d considered such a distraction. FOR YEARS we’ve been hearing that Hedy Lamarr, one of the most beautiful women ent. The Navy brass was too shortsighted But such were the colossal difficulties of Hollywood’s classic era, invented the “frequency hopping” technology that’s integral to make use of their invention, but in the and pressures of being a glamour star of

CASCADIA WEEKLY to modern weaponry and communications. But exactly how that’s the case and the ex- 1950s, with that patent as a basis, the the mid-20th century. tent to which that is true have not been clear until the release of Bombshell: The Hedy military put Lamarr’s ideas into practice. Still, on balance, Bombshell tells the 22 Lamarr Story, a documentary by Alexandra Dean. Later, these same ideas—all stemming story of a triumphant and consequential For example, if you assumed, as I did, that Lamarr just came up with an idea first, but directly from Lamarr’s original work—be- life. And there’s more: Everybody inter- then others, independently, got the same idea, you would be wrong. The technology we came part of many aspects of daily life. viewed on camera about her apparently have today stemmed directly from the patent that she and her friend, composer George It’s only because Lamarr unwittingly let really liked her, especially her children. Antheil, developed in the 1940s. her patent expire that she didn’t die a That’s no small achievement. film ›› showing this week

a story about dogs, and I’m here for every last good boy

BY CAREY ROSS and girl. HHHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 41 min.) 30

Lean On Pete: An unwanted boy bonds with an FOOD FILM SHORTS aging racehorse, and when he finds out the horse is bound for slaughter, boy and horse take to the road in this heartbreakingly insightful drama starring Steve 24 A Quiet Place: John Krasinski directs himself and Buscemi and Chloe Sevigny. Home is where your horse wife Emily Blunt (who elevates every project she takes is. HHHHH (R • 2 hrs. 1 min.) on) in this smart, truly terrifying creature feature in B-BOARD which silence isn’t just golden, it’s a matter of life Lowlife: First-time filmmaker Ryan Prows made a and death. With a tagline of “If they hear you, they completely batshit insane movie about a trio of small- 23 hunt you,” this one will haunt you. HHHHH (PG-13 • time criminals (a Mexican wrestler, a face-tatted 23 1 hr. 30 min.) ex-con and a recovering junkie) involved in an organ- FILM harvesting caper gone terribly wrong, and now he FILM Avengers: Infinity War: The reviews are rolling in finds himself being constantly compared to Quentin for this, the biggest, most expensive superhero movie Tarantino. HHHHH (Unrated • 1 hr. 36 min.) 18 in Hollywood history and I think it’s safe to say the

Marvel Cinematic Universe is ready to shatter a bunch AVENGERS INFINITY WAR Outside In: Seattle filmmaker Lynn Shelton’s latest MUSIC more box-office records. Take my money, Avengers. features Jay Duplass as a recently released ex-con HHHHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 36 min.) and Edie Falco as the former teacher instrumental in

securing his release. Can their bond survive his free- 16 Back to Burgundy: A prodigal son, a daughter dom? HHHHH (Unrated • 1 hr. 49 min.) ART fighting for her rightful place in her family’s legacy, a rivalry between vineyards and more, all set in France’s Rampage: Just a few months ago, we were having

impossibly breathtaking wine country. HHHH (Unrat- a serious national debate about Dwayne “The Rock” 15 ed • 1 hr. 53 min.) Johnson as a possible presidential candidate and now

here he is starring in this movie with a giant ape. STAGE Beirut: Jon Hamm takes his world-weary—and America, get your shit together. HH (PG-13 • 1 hr. booze-soaked—Don Draper act to the Middle East, 47 min.)

where he plays a former diplomat called back to his 14 old life to engage in high-stakes hostage negotiation Ready Player One: After a long run of Serious Films, for the life of a friend. Don’t worry. Don Draper’s got Steven Spielberg is back in the cinematic comfort this. HHHH (R • 1 hr. 50 min.) zone he created: fantastical stories that are rife with GET OUT nostalgia in which young people are the heroes and Black Panther: This movie blew by $1 billion save the day with old-fashioned teamwork. This time, in worldwide box office. Between this and Wonder he’s got Ernest Cline’s bestseller and a $175 million 12 Woman (the other top-grossing superhero origin story budget to work with and the results are predictably

of all time), looks like that age-old Hollywood belief popcorn-worthy. HHHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 20 min.) WORDS that it takes a white male to anchor a successful big-budget blockbuster franchise is like so many other Super Troopers 2: If you liked the first one, you’ll 8 age-old beliefs: untrue and outdated. Get with the like this one. The bar’s not really that high here, folks. times, Tinseltown. Representation = $$$. HHHHH LEAN ON PETE And that poor pun was at least as good as the jokes in (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 14 min.) this movie. H (R • 1 hr. 39 min.) CURRENTS

Blockers: A teen sex comedy that puts horny girls The Death of Stalin: Armando Iannucci (In the Trace Adkins, of all people, came to be cast in this looking to lose their virginity at the center of the Loop, Veep is the best, most razor-sharp political thing. Actually, I can’t imagine any of that. But your 6 story, taps the considerable comedic gifts of Leslie satirist working in modern cinema, and he only gets imagination might be better than mine. HHH (PG-13

Mann, and begs the question of who is the better more hilarious with this historical farce that has • 1 hr. 50 min.) VIEWS pro-wrestler-turned-comedic-actor: John Cena or the Steve Buscemi playing Nikita Khruschchev, among

Rock. HHHH (R • 1 hr. 42 min.) other miracles of weirdly perfect casting. HHHHH (R I Feel Pretty: Amy Schumer (insecure, wears Spanx) 4 • 1 hr. 47 min.) receives a head injury in a SoulCycle class, gains the Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story: See review self-confidence of a supermodel and begins to win MAIL previous page. HHHHH (Unrated • 1 hr. 26 min.) Finding Your Feet: This decidedly nonstandard at life. If this is the body-positivity message you’re

rom-com that’s focused on a group of fleet-footed looking for, and you’d like it to come from a white, 2 Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare: I guess when your seniors proves that coming-of-age experiences can blonde, conventionally pretty woman, I guess this is company produces Paranormal Activity (budget: be had by the young—and the young at heart. Dance the movie for you. H (PG-13 • 1 hr. 50 min.) Showtimes DO IT $15,000; box office revenue: $200 million-plus) and numbers, strong comedy and crackerjack performances then you follow that up with a couple of Oscar nods by Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, and more give this Isle of Dogs: Unlike everyone else of my general age Regal and AMC theaters, please see (for Whiplash and Get Out), you get to tag your name dramedy its legs. HHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 51 min.) range, I do not enjoy Wes Anderson movies. With one www.fandango.com.

onto your movie’s titles (even when it’s ill-advised to exception, that is: Fantastic Mr. Fox. For some reason, 04.25.18 do so), like this one starring Lucy Hale about a game I Can Only Imagine: I can only imagine how this when animated, all of the precious contrivances that ir- Pickford Film Center and of Truth or Dare that has some horrific consequences. true-life story behind the Christian megahit “I Can ritate me so much about Anderson’s filmmaking become PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see .13

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25 ROCK AND RYE OYSTER HOUSE 1145 NORTH STATE STREET IN THE HISTORIC HERALD BUILDING BY ROB BREZSNY it shouldn’t be. The truth, as I see it, is that your intuition is extra-strong and your decision-making is

especially adroit. More luck than usual is flowing in

30 your vicinity, and you have an enhanced knack for FREE WILL capitalizing on it. In my estimation, therefore, the

FOOD coming weeks will be a favorable time to build up your hunger for vivid adventures and bring your fan- ASTROLOGY tasies at least one step closer to becoming concrete 24

24 realities. Whisper the following to yourself as you ARIES (March 21-April 19): Imagine you’re one drop off to sleep each night: “I will allow myself to of four porcupines caught in frigid weather. To keep think bigger and bolder than usual." warm, you all have the urge to huddle together and B-BOARD B-BOARD pool your body heat. But whenever you try to get LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The bad news is close, you prick each other with your quills. The only that 60 percent of Nevada’s Lake Mead has dried up. solution to that problem is to move away from each The good news—at least for historians, tourists and 23 other, even though it means you can’t quell your hikers—is that the Old West town of St. Thomas has re- chill as well. This scenario was used by psychoanalyst emerged. It had sunk beneath the water in 1936, when FILM Sigmund Freud as a parable for the human dilemma. the government built the dam that created the lake. TICKETS ON SALES NOW! We want to be intimate with each other, Freud said, But as the lake has shrunk in recent years, old build- but we hurt each other when we try. The oft-chosen ings and roads have reappeared. I foresee a comparable 18 solution is to be partially intimate: not as close as resurfacing in your life, Libra: the return of a lost we would like to be, but only as much as we can bear. resource or vanished possibility or departed influence. MUSIC Now everything I just said, Aries, is a preface for better news: In the coming weeks, neither your own SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I hope the next

16 quills nor those of the people you care about will be seven weeks will be a time of renaissance for your as sharp or as long as usual. most engaging alliances. The astrological omens

ART suggest it can be. Would you like to take advantage TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Simpsons is the of this cosmic invitation? If so, try the following longest-running American TV sitcom and animated strategies. 1. Arrange for you and each of your close 15 series. But it had a rough start. In the fall of 1989, companions to relive the time when you first met. when producers staged a private pre-release screening Recall and revitalize the dispensation that originally STAGE of the first episode, they realized the animation was brought you together. 2. Talk about the influences mediocre. They worked hard to redo it, replacing 70 you’ve had on each other and the ways your relation- percent of the original content. After that slow start, ship has evolved. 3. Fantasize about the inspirations 14 Law Offices of the process got easier and the results got better. and help you’d like to offer each other in the future. When the program completes its 30th season in 2019, 4. Brainstorm about the benefits your connection has it will have aired 669 episodes. I don’t know if your provided and will provide for the rest of the world. GET OUT Alexander F. Ransom own burgeoning project will ultimately have as endur- ing a presence, Taurus, but I'm pretty sure that, like SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Now is one of The Simpsons, it will eventually become better than it the rare times when you should be alert for the poten- 12 is in the early going. Stick with it. tial downsides of blessings that usually sustain you. Even the best things in life could require adjustments. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The coming weeks Even your most enlightened attitudes and mature WORDS Experienced, Offices in might be an interesting time to resurrect a frustrated beliefs may have pockets of ignorance. So don’t be dream you abandoned in a wasteland; or rescue and a prisoner of your own success or a slave of good 8 Effective & Skagit & restore a moldering treasure you stopped taking care of habits. Your ability to adjust and make corrections will Whatcom a while back; or revive a faltering commitment you’ve be key to the most interesting kind of progress you Compassionate been ignoring for reasons that aren’t very high-minded. can achieve in the coming weeks. Is there a secret joy you’ve been denying yourself CURRENTS Criminal Defense without good cause? Renew your relationship with it. Is CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn author

6 there a rough prize you received before you were ready Simone de Beauvoir was a French feminist and activ- to make smart use of it? Maybe you’re finally ready. ist. In her book A Transatlantic Love Affair, she made Are you brave enough to dismantle a bad habit that a surprising confession: Thanks to the assistance of VIEWS www.ransom-lawfirm.com · (360) 746-2642 hampers your self-mastery? I suspect you are. a new lover, Nelson Algren, she finally had her first orgasm at age 39. Better late than never, right? I 4 CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Hollywood film suspect that you, too, are currently a good candidate industry relies heavily on recycled ideas. In 2014, to be transported to a higher octave of pleasure. Even MAIL for example, only one of the 10 top-grossing mov- if you’re an old pro at sexual climax, there may be a ies—Interstellar—was not a sequel, remake, reboot, new level of bliss awaiting you in some other way. Ask

2 or episode in a franchise. In the coming weeks and for it! Seek it out! Solicit it! months, Cancerian, you’ll generate maximum health

DO IT and wisdom for yourself by being more like Interstel- AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Can you afford lar than like The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Transform- to hire someone to do your busy work for a while? If ers: Age of Extinction, and the seven other top-10 so, do it. If not, see if you can avoid the busy work rehashes of 2014. Be original! for a while. In my astrological opinion, you need to deepen and refine your skills at lounging around and 04.25.18 LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Long ago, in the land we doing nothing. The cosmic omens strongly and loudly now call Italy, humans regarded Mars as the divine and energetically suggest that you should be soft and

.13 protector of fields. He was the fertility god who quiet and placid. It’s time for you to recharge your 17 HOMEWORK IS EASIER # ripened the food crops. Farmers said prayers to him psychospiritual batteries as you dream up new ap- before planting seeds, asking for his blessings. But as proaches to making love, making money, and making WHEN YOU ACTUALLY the Roman Empire arose, and warriors began to out- sweet nonsense. Please say a demure “no, thanks” to number farmers, the deity who once served as a kind the strident demands of the status quo, my dear. Trust benefactor evolved into a militant champion, even a the stars in your own eyes. HAVE A HOME. fierce and belligerent conqueror. In accordance with current astrological omens, Leo, I encourage you to PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I believe it’s a evolve in the opposite direction. Now is an excellent favorable time for you to add a new mentor to

CASCADIA WEEKLY time to transmute aggressiveness and combativeness your entourage. If you don’t have a mentor, go into fecundity and tenderness. exploring until you find one. In the next five weeks, 26 you might even consider mustering a host of fresh United, families access safe and stable housing. United, students VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You sometimes get teachers, guides, trainers, coaches, and initiators. achieve. United, we break the cycle of poverty. United, we win. superstitious when life is going well. You worry My reading of the astrological omens suggests that about growing overconfident. You’re afraid that if you’re primed to learn twice as much and twice as GIVE. ADVOCATE. VOLUNTEER. UnitedWayWhatcom.org you enjoy yourself too much, you will anger the fast about every subject that will be important for gods and jinx your good fortune. Is any of that you during the next two years. Your future educa- noise clouding your mood these days? I hope not; tional needs require your full attention. BY AMY ALKON This, however, brings us to another problem. Chances are, a reason that straight couples might have more sex THE SCIENCE ADVICE is that men—driven by that spontane- 30

ous lust—are more likely to initiate. FOOD GODDESS You and your wife need to initiate— and maybe even schedule sex dates so 24 GIRL-ON-GIRL INACTION initiating doesn’t become yet another 24 I hate to be trite, but my wife and I are thing that falls off your to-do list. B-BOARD experiencing “lesbian bed death.” We’ve Eventually, when you light a bunch of B-BOARD been happily married for three years. I’m candles to set the mood, your wife’s not sure why we’re not having sex. Sure, response should be something a little 23 we’re both busy, but it’s more a question of more erotic than, “You gotta be kid-

just not ever feeling the urge. I know sex is ding me. Another squirrel fried on the FILM important for a relationship, and I’m wor- power line?” ried. Is there a way to reboot our sex life? 18 —Bedfriends FOR WHOM THE CELL TOLLS I’m addicted to my phone—Twitter, Insta- MUSIC It’s understandably depressing if gram, news, texts—you name it. My girl- the only time there’s heavy breath- friend feels disrespected and unheard when 16 ing in the bedroom is when you’re re- I look at it while she’s talking, but I can’t ART enacting WrestleMania XXV—that is, seem to stop. Please help me out before I trying to get the duvet cover on. lose the woman I love! This doesn’t mean you should buy 15 into the lesbo-bashing notion of “les- —Addicted STAGE bian bed death”—the myth that lesbian relationships, in particular, are where If your smartphone were actually sex goes to die. The term traces back to smart, it would ping you to listen to 14 a finding from social psychologist Phil- your girlfriend before she’s your ex-girl-

lip Blumstein and sociologist Pepper friend trash-talking you in a bar. GET OUT Schwartz, published in their 1983 book, Instead, smartphones and apps American Couples: Money, Work, Sex. turn us into lab rats ferociously hit- Blumstein and Schwartz, reviewing re- ting the touch screen for another hit 12 sults from their survey of 12,000 Ameri- of techno-crack. They do this through can couples, announced that lesbians in what psychologists call “intermittent WORDS relationships “have sex less frequently reinforcement”—“rewards” that come by far than any other type of couple.” randomly and unpredictably. Checking 8 This single survey led to decades of your phone sometimes “rewards” you sneering about lesbian relationships with a new message or newsbit—some- CURRENTS as the province of hot hand-holding. times, but not always. When “rewards”

However, psychologist Suzanne Iasenza come regularly and reliably—like when 6 notes that a bunch of subsequent stud- a rat pushes a bar and gets a food pel- ies found that lesbians tend to be more let—the rat chills out and only presses VIEWS sexually assertive and sexually satisfied when, say, his stomach rings the din- 4 than straight ladies—as well as less ner bell. Unpredictable rewards, on orgasm-challenged. (Helps when you the other hand—only sometimes get- MAIL

know your way around the ladyparts ting a hit—drive the rats to pump the without needing a two-hour lecture and bar incessantly. 2 a female anatomy PowerPoint.) However, there is hope for you—and DO IT The reality is, so-called lesbian bed your relationship—thanks to research on death actually happens to heterosexual habit formation (by psychologist Phillip- women—once they get into relation- pa Lally, among others). Repeatedly be- ships. In other words, the real issue is not having differently when your girlfriend’s 04.25.18 being a lesbian but being a woman in a talking to you—by turning your phone long-term partnership—and the assump- totally off and, if possible, relocating it .13 17 tion that male sexual response, driven by to another room—can eventually change # spontaneously occurring lust, should be your default behavior from robotically considered the norm for women. checking your phone to attentiveness to Sex researcher Rosemary Basson, those important to you. M.D., finds that when a relation- In time, you might expand your at- ship is-new or when women are apart tentiveness into other areas of your

from their partners for days or weeks, life. A good test for whether it’s okay CASCADIA WEEKLY they’re likely to experience the “spon- to be all up in your phone is swap- taneous sexual hunger” that men tend ping in its low-tech counterpart. For 27 to have. However, once a relationship example, when the highway patrolman has been going for a while, women’s taps on your car window, is that really sexual desire becomes “responsive.” It the best time to pick up that Stephen isn’t gone. It’s “triggerable." King novel? rearEnd comix + sudoku

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