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SETTING STANDARDS: Shoreline restoration and the Cornwall cleanup, P.8 BEST OF BELLINGHAM: Your vote goes here, P.31 EAT LOCAL: A month of magic in Whatcom County, P.38 Party

BREAKING RULES WITH MessiahANDREW W.K., P.22

40 Sip the cold stuff and

FOOD FOOD cascadia meet area authors at

31 31 the inaugural “Books & Brews Festival” B-BOARD B-BOARD Sept. 14 at Boundary A glance at what’s happening this week

26 Bay Brewery

FILM FOOD Lynden Farmers Market: 1-6pm, downtown

22 Lynden Get in on the sister act when “Late Nite VISUAL ARTS MUSIC Catechism Las Vegas” shows for the final After Hours Art: 6pm, Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Building 20 week at various dates through Sept. 15 at Have a Seat Reception: 6-8pm, Skagit County

ART Historical Museum, La Conner Mount Baker Theatre’s Walton Theatre 18 FRIDAY [09.13.13]

STAGE ONSTAGE Grease Jr.: 7pm, Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth 16 Cheating Cheaters: 7pm, Nooksack Valley High School, Everson Late Nite Catechism Las Vegas: 8pm, MBT’s GET OUT Walton Theatre Music Box: 9pm, iDiOM Theater Genre Legends: 9pm, Upfront Theatre 14 DANCE

WORDS Juyungo: 6:30pm, LaVenture Middle School, Mount Vernon

WORDS Fall Book Sale: 10am-5pm, Deming Library CURRENTS CURRENTS GET OUT 6 Ferry Farewell: 5:30pm, Community Boating Center VIEWS

4 Riders will be treated to SATURDAY [09.14.13] MAIL MAIL great views—and accelerated ONSTAGE

Grease Jr.: 2pm and 7pm, Bellingham Arts 2 heart rates—during the Mt. Academy for Youth Late Nite Catechism Las Vegas: 3pm and 8pm, DO IT Baker Bicycle Club’s annual DO IT 2 MBT’s Walton Theatre Chuckanut Century ride Sept. Music Box: 9pm, iDiOM Theater

.13 Genre Legends: 9pm, Upfront Theatre

11 15 throughout Whatcom County

09. DANCE Contra Dance: 7-10pm, Fairhaven Library

.08 Tango by the Bay: 8-11pm, Squalicum Yacht

37 Club # WEDNESDAY [09.11.13] FOOD Mount Vernon Eat Local Month: Through September, Whatcom Cheating Cheaters: 7pm, Nooksack Valley High MUSIC ONSTAGE County School, Everson Chamber Music Society: 7pm, Whatcom Mu- Late Nite Catechism Las Vegas: 7:30pm, MBT’s Eat Local Month: Through September, Mount Late Nite Catechism Las Vegas: 7:30pm, MBT’s seum’s Old City Hall Walton Theatre Vernon Walton Theatre Bard on the Beach: Through Sept. 14, Vanier Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre WORDS Park, Vancouver, B.C. Green Music Box: 9pm, iDiOM Theater Fall Book Sale: 10am-5pm, Deming Library Brews Cruise: 6:30pm, Bellingham Cruise Terminal The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre CASCADIA WEEKLY DANCE Peter Stockwell Signing: 11am-2pm, Cozy Corner BookS & Coffee Juyungo: 7pm, Cirque Lab MUSIC 2 Books & Brews Festival: 12-4pm, Boundary Bay Andy Koch: 5-7pm, Jansen Art Center, Lynden THURSDAY [09.12.13] Brewery COMMUNITY Music in the Garden: 6:30-8:30pm, Glen Echo Whatcom Water Weeks: Through Sept. 22, ONSTAGE Garden COMMUNITY throughout Whatcom County Community Open House: 4-7pm, McIntyre Hall, Northstars Car Show: 9am-3:30pm, Bellingham Christian School Community Fundraiser: 10am-4pm, Alger Com- munity Hall 40 Family Activity Day: 11am-4pm, Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Building FOOD

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Fairhaven Runners Waterfront 15K: 8:30am, 31 Fairhaven Village Green

FOOD B-BOARD Mount Vernon Farmers Market: 9am-1pm, Skagit State Bank Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot 26 Arts Center Community Meal: 10am-12pm, United Church of FILM Ferndale Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot 22 Market Square Ferndale Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Centen- nial Riverwalk Park MUSIC Farm Tour: 10am-5pm, throughout Whatcom

County 20 Fall in the Orchard: 10:30am-12pm, Cloud Moun- ART tain Farm Everson

VISUAL ARTS 18 Art in the Park: 10am-5pm, Pioneer Park,

Ferndale STAGE

SUNDAY [09.15.13] 16 ONSTAGE Grease Jr.: 2pm, Bellingham Arts Academy for GET OUT Youth Cheating Cheaters: 2pm, Nooksack Valley High School, Everson 14 Late Nite Catechism Las Vegas: 3pm, MBT’s

Walton Theatre WORDS Vaudevillingham: 7pm and 9pm, Cirque Lab Dynamo: 8pm, Upfront Theatre 8 MUSIC Mac Frampton Trio: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount

Vernon CURRENTS Miniatures and Masterpieces: 3pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center 6

WORDS VIEWS J.A. Jance: 4pm, Village Books

Bernard Carlson: 4pm, Spark Museum of Electri- 4 cal Invention MAIL MAIL COMMUNITY

2 Home and Boat Tour: 12:30-5pm, Anacortes 2 DO IT DO IT GET OUT Chuckanut Century Ride: 10am, Boundary Bay Brewery .13 11

VISUAL ARTS 09. Art in the Park: 10am-5pm, Pioneer Park, Ferndale .08 37 # MONDAY [09.16.13] ONSTAGE Guffawingham: 8pm, Green Frog

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SLAUGHTERHOUSE JIVE: Returning from their August

40 recess, Whatcom County Council this week again picked up the broken shards of their slaughterhouse

FOOD FOOD ordinance—reduced in size to 7,000 square feet, with restrictions on livestock sources and waste handling, views but still offered as an accessory use throughout all 31 31 OPINIONS THE GRISTLE 88,000 acres of the county’s agricultural zone. Council member Bill Knutzen relented on the

B-BOARD B-BOARD smaller introductory size, perhaps dimly realizing the easiest way to smash down a door is by wedging

26 a foot in first. His ordinance would usher in facilities up to 20,000 square feet, the size of a softball field. FILM The council majority continues to comically wres- BY ALAN RHODES tle with the implications of the accessory use provi-

22 sion, at moments fussing and fretting over some kind of process that might notify neighbors near acres MUSIC where these facilities might be sited. Why bother? War and Peace Framed as an accessory use with no administrative

20 review, as a militant statement of unrestricted prop- A VISIT TO THE WHATCOM PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER

ART erty rights, slaughterhouses are outright permitted. Nothing anyone can do to stop them or alter them. very September 21 since 1982, arms can’t be that different from the That point alone underscores the folly of what nations and peoples across technology to build energy infra- 18 council proposes to allow. Ethe globe have been observ- structure. You need engineers and

STAGE The sorts of protections council frets about as ing the United Nations International machinists and factories. Those are afterthought should be baked right into the heart of Day of Peace. For the past 10 years, the things we’re utilizing to build the their ordinance. Clearly, all but one of them are trou- the Whatcom Peace and Justice Cen- tools of war right now; why couldn’t 16 bled at various aspects of their proposed ordinance, ter has hosted the local celebration. we be using them for infrastructure? sensing its core inadequacy and wrongheadedness, This year’s event at the First Congre- AR: This shift from arms to infra-

GET OUT but not enough to constructively do anything about gational Church of Bellingham will come here. We are also, in part, structure would be an evolving pro- it. Instead, their ordinance is more about declaring feature music from the Kulshan Cho- responsible for the drug trade. We cess. Are there things we might do

14 jihad than about crafting responsible law. rus, a presentation of the center’s are the consumers of the drugs; we immediately? The best thing to arrive from council’s convoluted annual Lifetime Peacemaker award, are the people that are providing JM: We should cease all drone assas- discussions are the farmers themselves, who com- as well as an important and thought- the arms. So we’re contributing to sinations and indefinite detentions. WORDS mented on the proposal. provoking guest speaker. unstable communities. I also hope The Stanford/NYU Report concludes

8 Listening to the testimony of farmers, one learns I recently dropped in at the cen- to inspire a discussion about how that every time our drones fly and several important things. ter’s Bay Street office to find out we keep our energy up for this type civilians are killed, we create more First, a facility with capacity to process and pack- more about this year’s observance of work over the long term. What hostility and enmity toward the

CURRENTS CURRENTS age limited quantities of specialty meats is sorely from Executive Director Janet Ma- inspires us toward positive change United States than this abhorrent needed—perhaps even desperately needed—by What- rino, a political science graduate and keeps us going. program could ever alleviate. We 6 6 com County’s ag community. These specialty meats of WWU with an impressive resume Alan Rhodes: What are other areas in manufacture terror, we generate are not the famous-name steaks and chops that re- of past nonprofit work. She is en- which you think U.S. policies may be fear, we create enemies and we VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS quire full USDA certification, but are instead more the ergetic, possesses an impressive contributing to a less peaceful world? bankroll that into spending public

4 interesting byproducts that arrive from the slaughter- ability to recite reams of facts and JM: The quickest path to peace for money on private military contracts ing process—sweetbreads, head cheeses, tongues and figures from memory, and is remark- the United States is to unhitch that make corporations richer. MAIL MAIL the like—that small farms can uniquely package and ably upbeat, despite the daunting our economy from the Military AR: Closer to home, what might those

sell to select markets. Larger-scale slaughterers con- challenges facing a peacemaker in Industrial Complex. The economy of us living here in Whatcom County 2 sider much of this specialty product scrap and waste; today’s world. I began by asking her is dependent on unending war to do to feel part of the solution, rather DO IT and the costs of shipping this to and from a distant about this year’s speaker. remain upright. The Department than part of the problem? facility cripples the competitive economics for a small Janet Marino: Ruben Garcia will be of Defense is the largest employer JM: It’s time to hold our elected of-

.13 farm. Though few may outright admit this, a packing- joining us from El Paso, Texas, in the United States. Our defense ficials accountable. What incen- 11 house must be small enough that it does not attract where in 1976 he formed Annun- budget is larger than the next 13 tive does Congressman Rick Larsen 09. the interest of larger-scale livestock agribusiness and ciation House, a safe house for un- largest countries combined. Even have to reduce the defense budget competing meat retailers, which—again—would spoil documented people and refugees. our military aid to other countries when he receives his largest cor- .08

37 the niche economics for local farms. A lot of people are fleeing across is a form of corporate welfare, as porate donations from Northrup # Second, a facility of this kind requires prodigious the border from cartel violence much has to come back to private Grummon, Bechtel, Boeing, and water, wastewater and sophisticated wastehandling and economic turbulence. I think contractors in the US for arms. We so on? He received $81,500 in de- capacities that suggest a municipal scale. Not some- it’s important that we have a frank should demand that the military fense industry PAC money in 2012 thing you’d stick out in rural ag lands, but might site discussion about U.S. policies in budget be halved, and stop foreign alone. We should work actively to on the outskirts of a town in order to link with ap- Mexico and Central America that monetary aid earmarked for U.S. reduce the influence of big money propriate municipal water and wastehandling. may be causing people to come military hardware. on elections. This could be through

CASCADIA WEEKLY Third, not a single farming family indicated a de- across the border. We have a stran- AR: From an economic perspective, public campaign finance, or joining sire to operate this kind of facility on their own or glehold on Mexican agriculture as where should the money be going? Move to Amend, which is seeking 6 even have it on farm property. we implement corporate trade poli- JM: We talk about clean energy, wind a constitutional amendment that These points together describe the stupidity of the cies that devastate family farms. power, transportation and other corporations are not people and county’s slaughterhouse ordinance, which proposes People can’t get work, so they options—the technology to build money is not speech. out-of-scale, out-of-place, improperly planned and managed facilities that do not responsibly serve their VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE target users. Preschool children with a

TAKE THE TUNNEL TO 1,000 county map, a compass and a crayon 40 could do a better job of siting the right CONVENIENT PARKING kind of facility in a strategic location SPACES AT THE NEW FOOD in order to serve a pressing agricultural need than the council majority’s mili- SOUTH ENTRANCE! 31 31 tant rant against central planning. Skagit County—always a good place to look when you want to compare sen- B-BOARD sible, intelligent agricultural policy LITTLE RIVER BAND against Whatcom County—is advanc- TH 26 ing a farmer’s co-operative near Bow SUN OCT 13 to help with slaughtering operations, Playing Their Hits “Take It Easy On FILM in addition to the USDA-inspected Me,” “Reminiscing,”

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in Bow. And, yes, the co-op could and 20 does serve Whatcom County. ART Whatcom County does have specified areas where slaughtering facilities are 18 permitted as a conditional use, the so-

called Rural Industrial Manufacturing STAGE (RIM) zones, which can be served by municipal water and wastewater ca- RUMBLE AT THE REEF XIX pacity. But these permitted zones are 16 limited, council learned, and (you can LIVE PROFESSIONAL almost hear the groans) do not readily CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING GET OUT or easily lend themselves, as currently TH constructed, to slaughtering uses, FRI SEPT 20 14 planners told council members in July. Tickets Starting At $29.50 A little planning-&-permitting policy WORDS work is required to smooth and ready these lands for that use. 8 You’d imagine, in a sane universe, after spending months with planners

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40 refuse will impede one of the potential cleanup options for the site: the excavation and FOOD FOOD currents removal of the actual contaminated landfill debris,” Llyn Doremus commented on behalf NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX of the Sierra Club Mt. Baker Group. “Cleanup 31 31 of the site will be more difficult—the capped sediments will have to be removed before

B-BOARD B-BOARD landfill refuse can be excavated—and more costly,” she noted, warning the action would

26 complicate remediation efforts. “The re-use of dioxin-contaminated sedi-

FILM ments in an area slated for public and possi- bly residential land use cannot be beneficial,”

22 former Bellingham City Council member Tip Johnson observed. The movement of ground-

MUSIC water, he added, risks undermining the cap. “The land was used for sawmill operations

20 for nearly 60 years, dating back to the late

ART 1800s,” the port and City of Bellingham noted in a joint press release. “And as 18 a city landfill for 12 years

STAGE in the 1950s and '60s. The waste was covered with a layer of soil in 1965, and 16 then the property was used for warehousing and

GET OUT ATTEND WHAT: Cornwall log storage until 2005. In Avenue Cleanup 2011, about 47,000 cubic Workshop

14 yards of dredged sedi- WHEN: 6:30pm ment was placed on the Tues., Sept 17 site and covered with the

WORDS BY TIM JOHNSON WHERE: Bellingham white plastic as part of an

8 Unitarian interim project.” Fellowship The port and city esti- Social Hall, 1207 mate the site may contain Ellsworth Street CURRENTS CURRENTS

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6 INFO: www.re- EARLY ACTION WATERFRONT PROJECT SETS STANDARD FOR CLEANUP sources.org and 94,000 cubic yards of wood waste buried in the VIEWS he earliest shoreline restorations set the standard for restoration to ing from the former landfill, covering that ground. Contamination associated with this

4 follow around Bellingham Bay, both in the thoroughness of cleanup with a final layer of clean topsoil. The soil cap waste includes lignins, phenols, ammonia, and the techniques used. would limit potential future human exposure manganese, benzene, phthalates, PCBs (poly-

MAIL MAIL T The Cornwall Avenue Landfill is a 26-acre site on the Bellingham wa- to contaminated soil and groundwater, and chlorinated biphenyls), and PAHs (polycyclic

terfront south of the former Georgia-Pacific mill. The site was used for minimize surface and groundwater flushing aromatic hydrocarbons). The latter compounds 2 decades as a dumping ground for sawmill operations, a solid waste landfill, through the site into Bellingham Bay. are more informally described as dioxins. DO IT and log storage and warehousing operations—a receiving area for wood For the shoreline and marine portion of the “We want a high-quality, long-lasting debris and contaminants from years of pulping operations at the mill. Ex- site, the preferred option includes stabiliz- cleanup that will be protective of public and

.13 tensive sampling across the site has uncovered potentially harmful levels ing the beach to prevent erosion, installing environmental health,” said Crina Hoyer, ex- 11 of hazardous substances in the groundwater, soil and sediment. The site is a sand filter for groundwater treatment with ecutive director of RESources. The public pol- 09. located within the Waterfront District redevelopment area, which is cur- a layer of sand over exposed refuse and wood icy advocacy group is sponsoring a workshop rently undergoing extensive planning efforts. Plans call for the site to be waste near the shoreline. Sept. 17 to help residents understand and .08

37 developed primarily as a waterfront park. The preferred cleanup option is estimated respond to the proposal and its alternatives. # In August, the Port of Bellingham, with oversight by the state Dept. of to cost $9.1 million. Ecology will reimburse up “We are concerned that the cleanup option Ecology, published an environmental report called A Remedial Investigation to half of the port's costs through the state's that the Department of Ecology has dubbed, and Feasibility Study. The RI/FS, totaling more than 1,400 pages, is the first remedial action grant program, which helps ‘the preferred alternative’ may not be the to be completed for properties in the Waterfront District and contains a to pay to clean up publicly owned sites. The best choice,” Hoyer said. “Because the proj- detailed history of the site. The report details four potential cleanup alter- Legislature funds the grant program with rev- ect is on such a tight timeline and because we natives and identifies the preferred cleanup favored by the port. The study enues from a tax on hazardous substances. think it is so important for the public to get

CASCADIA WEEKLY was released in a public meeting Aug. 28. The public has until Sept. 20 to A more extensive (and expensive) alterna- involved, we’re offering this special public comment on the study and proposals. tive involves excavating and removing the form and comment writing workshop.” 8 In 2011, the site received dredged material from Squalicum Creek. The contents of the landfill and transporting The Cornwall Landfill site establishes the sediment was placed into two stockpiles, each covered with a white sheet- them to a licensed solid waste disposal facil- model and standard for other cleanup proposals ing liner to prevent erosion. The dredged material is lightly contaminated ity far from the state’s shorelines. around Bellingham’s central waterfront, leav- with wood wastes. The plan favored by the port involves spreading this ma- Critics fear the placement of dredged ma- ing most contaminants capped in place rather terial over a reinforced liner to cover more extensive contaminants remain- terial on the site in 2011 foreclosed upon a than removing them from the shoreline.

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$50 Adult, $15 Child (sliding scale and scholarship tickets available) 8 This event is a fundraiser for seed to table education programs www.whatcomharvestdinner.com Help us celebrate our 50th Anniversary CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS THE 11TH in Bellingham, Washington. 6 WHATCOM September 13, 5 p.m. VIEWS

Screening of “Alaska’s Marine Highway” 4 Pickford Film Center, 1318 Bay Street MAIL MAIL Join the Port of Bellingham for a free viewing of KTOO’s

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Bellingham Ferry Terminal 11 09. Attend the Alaska Travel & Trade Show.

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STAGE The new section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River will be ready to slide into place Saturday night, state transportation officials say. 09.04.13 Workers will pour the section’s concrete deck this week and, barring any last-minute changes, will be ready to remove the temporary span and roll the permanent replacement into place on a rail system. A piece of equipment fell from the bridge last week, crushing the arm of one worker. 16 WEDNESDAY Whatcom County may open as many as 15 pot shops, a state

GET OUT board declares. The Washington State Liquor Control Board authorizes a maximum of 334 locations that can sell recreational marijuana in

14 Washington, allocating numbers based on local population. The board also sets a production cap of 40 metric tons of marijuana. Their decision allocates six shops in Bellingham, one in Ferndale and one in WORDS Lynden with seven others available at large. The shops are additionally

8 restricted from being too close to schools or other public facilities. 09.05.13 CURRENTS CURRENTS THURSDAY 6 A fishing boat sinks near Point Roberts. The 50-foot vessel sinks in about 180 feet of water about two-and-a-half miles off shore. The VIEWS crew is safely rescued. Concerns about environmental impacts from

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DO IT FRIDAY Mudslides from heavy rains again close a stretch of the North Cascades Highway. State Route 20 is closed from 10 miles west of Rainy Pass to a The federal government will go its own way in assessing the point 9 miles east of Washington Pass as crews works to clear the debris.

.13 potential shoreline impacts of a proposed coal pier in Longview, 11 Wash. The state’s decision to include greenhouse gas emissions and 09. train traffic concerns in the review of the proposed coal terminal 09.09.13 NORTHWEST near Cherry Point causes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to con- PASSAGES .08 MONDAY Sen. Doug Erick- 37 duct a separate, federal review of the Millennium Bulk Terminals # along the Columbia River in southwest Washington. The Longview A Sedro-Woolley couple are convicted of manslaughter in sen sends a letter to the state Dept. terminal is one of three in the Northwest proposed to ship coal from the malnutrition and hypothermia death of a teenage girl of Ecology, say- Montana and Wyoming to Asia. they adopted from Ethiopia. A jury finds Larry Williams guilty ing he finds the of first-degree manslaughter. His wife, Carri Williams, was agency’s decision 09.08.13 found guilty of homicide by abuse as well as manslaughter. A on an expanded jury also convicts them both of assault. Hana Williams died in scope of environmental review for the proposed shipping

CASCADIA WEEKLY SUNDAY the backyard of the family’s home in May 2011, starved, beaten terminal at Cherry Point “troublesome.” A fight at closing in a Bellingham nightclub spills out on to the and forced outside as punishment. The jury had been deliberat- Ericksen said the decision sets a standard 10 streets in a far-ranging brawl involving numerous combatants and ing since Friday. to assess distant impacts that could be the majority of the city police force on duty at that hour. More than applied to stall all other major enter- a dozen incidents of violence are logged, including a hit-&-run and In a letter to the Mayor of Anacortes, Tethys Enterprises an- prise in the Evergreen State. The agency responds that there is no state law that gunshots fired in the air and into the ground, in a busy night for nounces they are suspending efforts to site North America’s restricts lead agencies from considering Bellingham Police. largest water bottling operation in that city. issues outside of their jurisdictions.

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. 18 Thursday, Sept. 12; 6-7:30 PM Eat Local Artist Christian Anne Smith is here to guide your exploration of oceanic surrealism. Materials STAGE included.

Dinner Theater Family Activity Day: Water’s Great Journey 16 Saturday, Sept. 14; 10 AM - 4 PM

Celebrate H2O with experiments, crafts, and a visit Thursday, September 19 6–8:30 pm with the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Assoc. GET OUT in the Downtown store deli seating area www.whatcommuseum.org FOOD MUSIC 14

A local dinner and salad Third Thursday musician, WORDS special will be prepared accordian player Josh 8 by our talented deli chefs Spiegel, will delight diners 8 using the freshest local with his talent and knack for CURRENTS CURRENTS ingredients available. making the ecclectic world CURRENTS of accordian music local. 6 FRIVOLITY EDUCATION Adding a bit of specatacle Learn about and sign up for VIEWS

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musican Josh Speigel to and take the Garden of the 2 DO IT entertain diners. Salish Sea Pledge. .13 11 09. .08 37 #

www.communityfood.coop CASCADIA WEEKLY 11 Downtown Store Cordata Store 1220 N Forest Street 315 Westerly Road Open Daily 7 am – 10 pm Open Daily 7 am – 9 pm department’s Hazardous Devices Unit scanned index FUZZ the item with an X-ray and quickly determined it was not a hazardous device of any kind.

40 BUZZ PEOPLE WITH ISSUES FOOD FOOD On Aug. 13, three men and a woman were IMPROPER SHOPPERS reported beating on one another with metal On Sept. 4, Anacortes Police advised a flood pipes in an alley near Holly and State streets 31 31 of fake $100 bills could have entered the city. in Bellingham. Two counterfeit bills turned up at downtown

B-BOARD B-BOARD businesses. They were $5 bills that had been On Aug. 31, Blaine Police learned a man had chemically washed and reprinted, meaning beaten his female companion while parked in

26 the paper would pass inspection with a cur- a gas station parking lot. “An officer imme- rency pen. In one incident, a man on a bike diately responded to the area but the suspect

FILM had made an $8 purchase with a fake bill and vehicle had already departed southbound on received $92 in change. Interstate-5 in the company of two other ve-

22 hicles full of passengers,” police reported. On Aug. 23, three people smashed the glass

MUSIC door of a business near Bellis Fair Mall, On Aug. 16, a man reported an unknown “jumped the counter and went directly to woman punched him in the face in downtown

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ART ter,” Bellingham Police reported. MILLIONS of unmarried people in America aged 18 and older in 2012. The week On Aug. 24, a drunk called emergency dis- of Sept. 15, 2013, is proclaimed “Unmarried and Single Americans Week,” an On Aug. 23, Bellingham Police responded to patch three times, sobbing uncontrollably. acknowledgment that many unmarried Americans do not identify with the word 18 a reported assault at Bellis Fair Mall. A man Bellingham Police took him to the hospital “single” because they are parents, have partners or are widowed.

STAGE told police he and a friend had been chased for an alcohol protection hold since there by two men in a pickup truck. One of the was no room at detox. men punched the victim in the face, then 16 the truck and suspects took off. On Aug. 25, a man was drunk and belligerent 53.6 62 in his home near Alabama Hill, “but decided PERCENTAGE of unmarried U.S. PERCENTAGE of unmarried U.S. GET OUT On Aug. 21, Bellingham Police spoke to a to calm down and go to bed and not cause any residents 18 and older who were women residents 18 and older in 2012 who boy in the backyard of his grandmother’s other problems,” Bellingham Police reported. in 2012; 46.4 percent were men. had never been married. Another 24 percent were divorced, and 14 percent

14 house after “it was reported that he and some other juveniles were setting off aerial GUNS R FUN were widowed. fireworks that were going up into the trees On Sept. 6, Bellingham Police received a re- WORDS and over fences,” police explained. The fire- port a man had entered a store on West Bak-

8 works were impounded for destruction after erview Road north of Bellis Fair Mall armed 17 being photographed. The boy was cited for with a gun. They investigated and found the MILLIONS of unmarried U.S. residents 65 and older in 2012. Seniors make up 16 appearance in juvenile court. weapon was actually an airsoft pistol and percent of all unmarried people 18 and older. CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 the man was playing a prank on a friend who On Sept. 7, a man caught shoplifting at Bel- worked in the store. 6 lis Fair Mall got into a tussle with store se- curity after he tried to hold on to the stolen On Sept. 4, a Sumas man blew a hole through VIEWS property. As the man was armed at the time, his hand while cleaning his gun at an RV park. 87 56

4 his charges compounded to strongarm rob- NUMBER of unmarried men 18 and MILLIONS of households maintained bery in the first degree. DR. PEPPER older for every 100 unmarried women in by unmarried men and women in MAIL MAIL On Aug. 22, a man walking a black dog re- the United States in 2012. 2012. These households comprised 46

portedly pepper-sprayed someone at Mari- percent of households nationwide. 2 BARE-ASSED BURGLAR On Sept. 1, Skagit police arrested a man who time Heritage Park in Bellingham. He was DO IT was caught burglarizing a storage garage in described as wearing sunglasses and carry- Sedro-Woolley without benefit of clothing. ing a fishing pole. 36 40

.13 The man, police say, was trespassed a few PERCENT of women age 15 to 50 with PERCENT of opposite-sex, unmarried- 11 days earlier from Walmart and was cited On Aug. 22, a York resident was reportedly a birth in the last 12 months, as of partner couples in 2012 that lived 09. again for prowling the contents of a car. Po- pepper-sprayed outside her apartment com- 2011, who were widowed, divorced or with at least one biological child of lice said the man was attempting to steal plex near Whatcom Creek. never married. either partner. .08

37 antiques from the storage garage. They’re # unsure why he was naked while doing it. On Aug. 19, a robbery near Whatcom Falls Park ended in the victim being assaulted by 804,000 On Sept. 7, Bellingham Police served a war- pepper spray. NUMBER of unmarried grandparents who were responsible for most of the basic rant on a woman who had been found run- care of a co-resident grandchild in 2011. Twenty-nine percent of co-resident ning around the Lakeway area naked. She ROAD NOT SO SWEET grandparents responsible for their grandchildren were unmarried. was reported to have been hugging random On Aug. 18, Blaine Police were checking the CASCADIA WEEKLYpeople outside the 7-Eleven. welfare of one intoxicated pedestrian when 32.1 26 they happened upon another young man who 12 YABLO was walking from town out to a friend's home PERCENT of unmarried people 25 and PERCENT of unmarried people 25 and On Sept. 8, Bellingham Police investigated yet on Sweet Road. “It was very late at night and older in 2012 who had a high school older in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree another bomb-like object, this one a container Sweet Road has neither sidewalks or lighting,” diploma or equivalent as their highest or more education. level of attainment. wrapped in tape left unattended on the plat- police reported. “An officer offered the young form at the Amtrak Station in Fairhaven. The man a ride and he gratefully accepted.” SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau

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40 BOOK DISCUSSION: Ivan Doig’s The Bartender’s Tale will be the focus at today’s Book Discussion

FOOD FOOD Group meeting from 11am-1pm at the Blaine words Library, 610 3rd St. COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS 305-3600 31 31 SECOND CHAPTER: The 2nd Chapter Book Dis- cussion Group meets to discuss Steven Johnson’s

B-BOARD B-BOARD The Ghost Map from 2-4pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. 778-7230 26

WRITERS THEAER: Join the Chuckanut Sand- FILM stone Writers Theater for the group’s monthly Open Mic at 7pm at the cafe at the Firehouse BY AMY KEPFERLE Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Bring 22 along your original writings; all styles and top- ics are welcome. MUSIC Village Bookshelf WWW.CHUCKANUTSANDSTONEBLOGSPOT.COM

20 FIRE AND HIGHWAYS: Local poets Richard Widerkehr (Her Story of Fire) and Sheila Nicker-

ART THE RETURN TO BELLINGHAM EDITION son (Along the Alaska Highway) will read from or some authors, it doesn’t matter how many millions on the copper boomtown.” their respective works at 7pm at Village Books, 18 1200 11th St. of books they’ve sold or what sort of glowing critical It’s not long before Morgan WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM finds himself dealing with STAGE F acclaim they’ve garnered—they always return to Vil- lage Books, ready and willing to share their words with the corporate intimidation, THURS., SEPT. 12 masses. The following trio of scribes can’t stay away from union politics and bootleg- SCREENWRITING 101: Industry director and 16 Bellingham, and for that we should be thankful. ging gangsters. Apparently, screenwriter Wally Lane will lead a “Screen- writing 101: Getting Started” workshop from J.A. Jance will turn 70 on her next birthday, but that’s Sweet Thunder is Doig’s most 1-3:30pm at the Burlington Public Library, 820

GET OUT not stopping the long- autobiographical novel to E. Washington St. Entry is free, but you need to time writer from giv- date. Besides growing up in register in advance. ing her legions of fans Montana—where many of WWW.SKAGITWRITERS.ORG 14 14 more of what they want. his books take place—he SEPT. 13-14 This time around, it’s a also spent time as a ranch

WORDS FALL BOOK SALE: Books, DVDs, CDs and more WORDS new novel featuring hand and edited small-town will be available at a Fall Book Sale from 10am- retired Seattle Police newspapers there, making 5pm Friday and Saturday at the Deming Library, 8 Department officer J.P. him more than familiar with 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. The sale happens again Beaumont, one of three the landscape he continues Sept. 20-21. WWW.WCLS.ORG

CURRENTS CURRENTS recurring series of char- to memorialize. When: 7pm Tues., Sept. 17. Where: Village Books. acters and books Jance Although she doesn’t have the extensive publishing his- SAT., SEPT. 14 6 focuses her story lines tory of the aforementioned authors, Abbe Rolnick is still SUMAS BOOK CLUB: All adults are welcome on. One might think very familiar with the workings of Village Books. One rea- at the monthly meeting of the Sumas Book Club VIEWS that since it’s her 21st son is that, more than 30 years ago, Rolnick was the first from 9-10am at the Sumas Library, 451 2nd St. 305-3600

4 mystery featuring Mr. employee owners Chuck and Dee Robinson hired when they Beaumont, there’d be opened the now iconic bookstore. She’s been busy in the MOTIVE SIGNING: Silverdale author and long- MAIL MAIL no grist for the mill years since left; she had time public school teacher Peter Stockwell signs copies of his latest murder mystery, Motive, left—but they’d be so wrong. In Second Watch, the retired a few kids, was a CEO of a 2 detective must deal with visitors from the past, including large manufacturing firm, from 11am-2pm at Cozy Corner Books & Coffee, 3094 Northwest Ave. DO IT

horrifying memories from the time he spent fighting in and owned a bookstore and 697-4099 Vietnam. The character of Lennie Davis, Beaumont’s com- hobby shop in Puerto Rico manding officer in Vietnam, was based on a high school (where she lived for seven BOOKS AND BREWS: Meet local authors and .13

11 friend of Jance’s, and a recent press release points out that years). These days, she’s enjoy local brews at the inaugural “Books & 09. the book “is a mystery, but is also a literary thank-you note owns a Robeks restaurant, Brews Festival” from 12-4pm at Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. Meet PNW authors to all the people who served during that era—the ones who writes and consults in her of all genres, sip on cold ones, and, if you so .08

37 came back as well as the ones that didn’t—and to their spare time and lives with desire, purchase a book or two. Entry is free. # loved ones, too.” Jance gives back in other ways, too. In her husband on a 20-acre WWW.WHATCOMWRITERSANDPUBLISHERS.ORG the past 10 years, she’s raised more than $250,000 for vari- plot of land in Sedro-Wool- ous charities, including the American Cancer Society, Gilda’s ley. When she reads from AUTHOR’S COMPANION: William Kenower, Author magazine Editor-in-Chief, shares ideas Club, the Humane Society, the YWCA, and the Girl Scouts. her second book, Color of from his new book Write Within Yourself: An When: 4pm Sun., Sept. 15. Where: Village Books, 1200 11th St. Lies, later this month, Rol- Author’s Companion at 7pm at Village Books, Info: www.villagebooks.com nick will be, like the two 1200 11th St. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM CASCADIA WEEKLY Reoccurring characters will also make appearances when authors mentioned above, bringing characters back to life. Ivan Doig reads from his new book of fiction, Sweet Thunder. The book takes place in the Skagit River Valley, and focuses 14 SEPT. 14-15 Doig’s historical tale once again takes readers back in time— on victims of a toxic waste coverup who must face their FARMING THE ARTS: Meaningful conversa- 1919, to be exact—where Morrie Morgan (Whistling Season and “white lies” to halt the perpetrator. If you know Abbe from tions, writing exercises and an introduction to Work Song) finds himself back in Butte, Mont. Here, he’s the back in the days she was an employee of Village Books, stop the art of letterpress will be part of a “Farming chief editorialist for the Thunder, a new newspaper challeng- by and say hello. If not, go anyway and support a burgeon- the Arts: Poetry and Letterpress” workshop ing the “ruthless” Anaconda Company and “its stranglehold ing author. When: 4pm Sat., Sept. 28. Where: Village Books. doit

from 10am-3pm Saturday and Sunday in Bow at and appreciation of our marine and freshwater Harmony Fields. Paul Hunter will lead the class. resources and the role water plays in our lives.

Cost is $45 per day or $95 for both days. See the website listed here for a full roster of

WWW.HFPRODUCE.COM events. 40 WWW.WHATCOMWIN.ORG SUN., SEPT. 15 FOOD ALL ABOUT TESLA: Tesla scholar Bernard SAT., SEPT. 14 Carlson discusses his new book, Tesla: Inventor of CAR SHOW: Raffle prize drawings will happen

the Electrical Age, at 4pm at the Spark Museum of every half-hour during the Northstars Car Show 31 Electrical Invention, 1312 Bay St. A book signing from 9am-3:30pm at Bellingham Christian School, will follow. Entry is free with museum admission. 1600 E. Sunset Dr. Admission is free; donations WWW.SPARKMUSEUM.ORG are accepted. B-BOARD WWW.BELLINGHAMCHRISTIANSCHOOL.ORG MON., SEPT. 16 POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their AAUW MEETING: The American Association 26 verse as part of Poetrynight can sign up at of University Women will host Karen Manelis at

PEP FILM 7:30pm at the Black Drop Coffeehouse, 300 W. their monthly meeting at 10am at the YWCA, PER Champion St. Readings start at 8pm. Entry is 1026 N. Forest St. “AAUW Supports Going to Col- free. lege: Let Us Count the Ways” will be the focus. 22 WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG 392-8856 SISTERS TUES., SEPT. 17 ALGER FUNDRAISER: Train rides, craft ven- COOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX SINCE 1988 MUSIC WRITER’S WORKSHOP: Bring a sample of your dors, a raffle, a car wash, bake sales, a bouncy

writing to read, as well as a few copies, to to- house, a beer garden, informational booths and Open Nightly Except Monday 1055 N State St B’ham 671-3414 20 day’s Point Roberts Writer’s Workshop from 6:30- more will be part of today’s Alger Community ART 8pm at the Point Roberts Library, 1487 Gulf Rd. Fundraiser from 10am-4pm at the Alger Commu- 945-6545 nity Hall, 18735 Parkview Lane.

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LITERACY OPEN HOUSE: If you’re interested FAMILY ACTIVITY DAY: “Water’s Great Jour- STAGE in becoming a volunteer tutor for the Whatcom ney” will be the theme of a Family Activity Day Literacy Council, show up for an open house and gathering from 11am-4pm at Whatcom Museum’s BACK TO SCHOOL SALE

find out how from 5-6pm at the Lecture Room at Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora Stt. Families can 16 the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. explore the FIG’s watersheds using our interac- 20% OFF STOREWIDE Staff will be on hand to answer questions, and tive watershed model or create water-cycle based

information on fall programs will be available. art in the studio. Admission is $3. GET OUT WWW.WHATCOMLITERACY.ORG WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG PREMIUM CASES FOR MOBILE TECHNOLOGY 909 Harris Ave • 360-733-5608 14 MEMORY TO MEMOIR: Learn more about WWU’s VETERANS CELEBRATION: An inaugural Veter- 14 upcoming Extended Education class, “Memory to ans Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction begins at

Memoir,” at an info session with instructor Laura 5:30pm at Bellingham’s VFW Post 1585, 625 N. WORDS WORDS Kalpakian at 5:30pm at Village Books, 1200 11th State St. Entry is $35. :KDWFRP:DWHU:HHNV St. The class starts oct. 1 at WWU. (360) 650-3324 )XQ 6HSWHPEHU 8 WWW.ACADWEB.WWU.EDU )DPLO\ SUN., SEPT. 15 (YHQWV x 6NRRNXP+DWFKHU\7RXUDQG6DOPRQ%DNH6HSW THURS., SEPT. 19 HOME AND BOAT TOUR: The 31st annual x 5XQZLWKWKH&KXPVRI7HUUHOO&UHHN6HSW OPEN BOOK TALK: Bookstore owners Chuck Anacortes Home and Boat Tour takes place CURRENTS and Dee Robinson lead “Open Book Talks” at from 12:30-5pm throughout Anacortes. Tickets x 7D\ORU6KHOOILVK)DUPV7RXUDQG7DVWLQJ6HSW 11am and 5:15pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. are $20. x /XPPL%D\6KHOOILVK+DWFKHU\2SHQ+RXVH6HSW 6 They’ll talk about a variety of books for you to WWW.DRSAMUELGBROOKS.GUILD.WEEBLY.COM x 6TXDOLFXP%RDWKRXVH%D\WR%HOO\6HSW consider adopting for your book groups or adding x )DPLO\6WRU\7LPH6HSW VIEWS to your reading lists. Entry is free. MON., SEPT. 16

671-2626 ROCKS & GEMS: All are welcome at the monthly 0RUH(YHQWVDW::::KDWFRP:LQRUJ 4 meeting of the Mt. Baker Rock & Gem Club at 7pm

HOT READS: Random House Publishing’s David at the Bloedel Donovan Community Center Build- MAIL Glenn will lead a “Hot Reads for Cold Nights” pre- ing, 2214 Electric Ave.

Take your fork 2 sentation at 3pm at the Bellingham Public Library, WWW.MTBAKERROCKCLUB.ORG 210 Central Ave. Glenn will preview of the most DO IT anticipated new fall titles and present a selection TUES., SEPT. 17 in a new direction of his favorite paperback gems. Entry is free. GREAT DECISIONS: “Intervention: Responsibil- 778-7323 ity to Protect” will be the topic of today’s Great Cooking Mediterranean .13 Decisions meeting from 1-3pm at the Congrega- 11

BREAKING CHAINS: Gregory Nokes reads from tional Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave. The meetings 09. Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Ter- focus on contemporary foreign policy issues. After 30 years ritory at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. WWW.FPA.ORG Don & Carol are moving on .08

WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 37 # LANDFILL FORUM: A public forum and Come in and celebrate comment-writing workshop regarding the Cornwall Avenue Landfill takes place with North our last month at the Rhody COMMUNITY Sound Baykeeper staff and other experts at Our last meal will be Brunch on 6:30pm at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Sunday, Sept. 29th ‘til 2pm SEPT. 11-22 Ellsworth St. Jim & Lisa take over Oct. 2nd WHATCOM WATER WEEKS: “Water, Food & 733-8307 OR WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG You” will be the theme of the annual “Whatcom CASCADIA WEEKLY Water Weeks,” which will feature a number of WED., SEPT. 18 Thanks for 30 Great Years! events through Sept. 22 throughout Whatcom CASINO NIGHT: Bellingham Harborview Lions 15 County. Businesses, nonprofits and community Club will host a Bingo Night fundraiser at 6pm at groups will celebrate the importance of water, the Silver Reef Casino. Funds raised benefit sight share info about the state of the resource, offer and hearing projects in Whatcom County. Rhododendron Cafe stewardship opportunities and expand awareness WWW.LIONSCLUBS.ORG Chuckanut & Bow Hill Rd. 360-766-6667 www.rhodycafe.com doit THURS., SEPT. 12 GARDEN TALK: The WSU Whatcom Master

Gardener Foundation will host a “Taking 40 Gardens to the Next Level” talk with renowned garden expert and author Brian FOOD FOOD outside Minter at 7pm at WSU Whatcom County HIKING RUNNING CYCLING Extension, 1000 N. Forest St. Entry is free. 676-6736 OR WWW.WHATCOM.WSU.EDU 31 31

PLANT HUNTERS: Kelly Dodson and Sue Milliken of Far Reaches Farm will join B-BOARD B-BOARD the Whatcom Horticultural Society for a “Plant Hunting in Southwestern China” presentation at 7:30pm at Zuanich Point 26 This spot is not reached by any trail. It is Park’s Squalicum Boathouse, 2600 N. Har- bor Loop Dr. Entry is $7-$12; plants from FILM not noted on any map. Like many other off- trail destinations, it was there to be discov- their seed-collecting in Asia will also be available for purchase. ered, requiring only an inquisitive mind, a 22 WWW.WHATCOMHORTSOCIETY.ORG lust for beauty and buckets of sweat.

MUSIC We reached this sacred place after two FRI., SEPT. 13 days of hiking, lugging our backpacks across WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and adventur- ers can join Wild Whatcom Walks for “Wild

20 gullies, side-hilling steep heather slopes Things” excursions from 9:30-11am every and navigating by scant half-remembered

ART Friday in September at Whatcom Falls Park. landmarks. When we arrived, there were no Entry is by donation. sign of human habitation—no fire rings, no WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG 18 paths cut through the wildflower gardens, CEMETERY TOUR: An “Accessibility Tour”

STAGE nothing to signal the previous presence of begins at 12:30pm at Bayview Cemetery, our species. 1420 Woburn St. This tour will remain on The front-row view of Baker’s icy crown paved surfaces and is suitable for people 16 16 was transcendent, among the best view- using walkers or wheelchairs, or who can- points I’ve seen of this beautiful mountain. not walk over uneven ground. Register in advance for the free event. GET OUT GET OUT We gathered water from a snow-melt rivulet 778-7150 and pitched our tents on bare dirt recently (and usually) covered by snow. FERRY FAREWELLS: Attend “Free Friday 14 In the time that we spent there, we saw Ferry Farewells” at 5:30pm at the Com- no one. The place seems unchanged from munity Boating Center, 555 Harris Ave. WORDS eons past. We watched the clouds lift, re- Attendees can snag a ride aboard The Coot and head out on the water to say “bon vealing the splendor of the icy dome of

8 voyage” to the Alaska ferry, which departs Koma Kulshan, and wandered among the from Bellingham Bay every Friday. Register flowers like drunken sailors. The quiet was in advance. 714-8891 OR WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG

CURRENTS CURRENTS broken only by the thunder of the avalanch- es that roared down the mountain at regu- SAT., SEPT. 14 6 lar intervals. The sunset flared like a Vegas WATERFRONT RUN: Fairhaven Runners pyrotechnics display and when it was done, and Bellingham Parks & Rec will host the VIEWS we sat in silence and watched the moonlight annual Fairhaven Runners Waterfront 15K starting at 8:30am at the Fairhaven Village

4 play on the ice. There are many trails that offer ready ac- Green. The run will feature waterfront views, chip timing and a post-race party. MAIL MAIL cess to the flanks of the mountain. All of Entry is $30-$35.

them get busier each and every season— and WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM 2 with good reason. WORK PARTY: Adults and kids are welcome DO IT

Here in the early years of the 21st century, the benefits of connecting with wild places to attend a Little Squalicum Creek Restora- tion Work Party from 9am-12pm at the Bell- have become obvious, and, for many, abso- .13 ingham Technical College. Follow signs to

11 lutely necessary. The government has, out of the work site. Participants will be removing 09. STORY AND PHOTO BY JOHN D’ONOFRIO necessity, initiated regulations, quotas and invasive weeds and mulching new seedlings. fee collection schemes. This is as it should 733-8307 OR WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG .08

37 be. The alpine country is fragile and the

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CASCADIA WEEKLY packing trip on Mt. Baker. up, we broke camp, leaving no trace of our I My friend, who prefers anonymity, had been telling me about this presence, split up and headed back across the WALKING CLUB: Whether you’re looking to 16 place for a long time. He discovered it many years ago while engaged in shattered rock and lupine-brightened mead- improve or compete, all are welcome at the cross-country rambling in the glorious meadows that give way to the blue ows. The wind blew down from the ice and weekly Fairhaven Walking Club led by Cindy Paffumi starting at 8am at various locations ice of Baker’s high country. He had arrived at this place in a whiteout and the marmots whistled. Solitude is a precious in Fairhaven. All paces are welcome. was stunned when the mists parted and a truly epic view of the mountain’s commodity, and the good fortune of finding it 676-4955 OR 319-3350 ramparts was revealed. lingers in my memory. doit

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visit our nursery 18 IUXLWIHVWLYDO 2FW STAGE 16 16 GET OUT GET OUT 14 workshop: WORDS Nooksack River “Noisy Water” walks happen Sept. 15 and 22 at the Horseshoe Bend Trailhead as part of fall in the Whatcom Water Weeks orchard 8 HYPERTUFA CLASS: A “Make It and Take It” BEACH CLEANUP: Volunteers can team up with Hypertufa Class begins at 9am at the Garden Spot Surfrider to pick up trash along Bellingham Bay VHSWQRRQ CURRENTS Nursery, 900 Alabama St. The workshop fee is at a work party from 11am-1pm on Locust Beach. VXPPHUKRXUVZHGVDWVXQ 6 $39. Registration is required. The event is part of the International Coastal IUHVKIUXLWVDQG FORVHGPRQGD\DQGWXHVGD\ 676-5480 Cleanup and Whatcom Water Weeks. JRRGZLQURDGHYHUVRQ_ YHJHWDEOHVDYDLODEOHIRU VIEWS WWW.WHATCOMWIN.ORG VDOHDWWKHIDUP www.cloudmountainfarmcenter.org GARDEN RIDE: Join EverybodyBike for a Com- :KDWFRP&RXQW\ VQRQSURÀWFRPPXQLW\IDUPDQGHGXFDWLRQFHQWHU 4 munity Garden Tour starting at 11am at the RABBIT RIDE: Join members of the Mt. Baker Bellingham Farmers Market at the Depot Market Bike Club for the weekly “Rabbit Ride” starting MAIL MAIL Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. The 10-mile ride will at 8:30am at Fairhaven Bike & Ski, 1108 11th

include stops at six area gardens—and tasty St. The 32-mile route sees riders heading down 2 treats at each one. Entry is free and registration Chuckanut and back via Lake Samish. Lester & Hyldahl is not necessary. 733-4433 OR WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG DO IT

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SUN., SEPT. 15 BEYOND BIKE BASICS: “Beyond Bike Mainte- Helping Good People in Hard Times .13 EASTON GLACIER HIKE: Western Washington nance Basics: Brakes and Drive Train” will be the 11

University geology professor Doug Clark will lead focus of a free workshop at 6pm at REI, 400 36th 09. a “Hike to Easton Glacier: A Mt. Baker Retreating St. Please register in advance.

Glacier” excursion from 8am-6pm leaving from 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM Tom Lester - Doug Hyldahl - Lee Grochmal .08 37

the university. The hike is three miles one way, # with a 1,600-foot elevation gain. Entry is free; TUES., SEPT. 17 Attorneys at Law registration is required. FALL RUN: A “Foray Into Fall” Run replaces the 778-8960 OR [email protected] regular Tuesday night drop-in run starting with check-in at 5:45pm at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 CHUCKANUT CENTURY: Bicyclists can choose 11th St. The run, which is co-sponsored by New from 25-, 38-, 50-, 62-, 100- or 124-mile rides Balance, will also include a raffle and prizes. as part of the Mt. Baker Bicycle Club’s annual WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM

Chuckanut Century ride starting at 10am at CASCADIA WEEKLY Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. THURS., SEPT. 19 Organizers promise that no matter which ride TRAVELOGUE: Mary Jane Fraser leads an “The 17 you choose, you’ll be treated to one of the most Allure of Western Spain” travelogue from scenic rides around. Entry is $60. 7-9pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 WWW.CHUCKANUTCENTURY.ORG Prospect St. Suggested donation is $3. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 360.733.5774 [email protected] doit ONSTAGE

SEPT. 11-15 40 LATE NITE CATECHISM: Get in on the

FOOD FOOD G sister act when Late Nite Catechism Las Vegas: Sister Rolls the Dice shows for the sta e final week at various times Wednesday through Sunday at Mount Baker Theatre’s 31 31 THEATER DANCE PROFILES Walton Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Expect “Sister” to tackle everything from

B-BOARD B-BOARD magicians and show girls to live animal acts and the dangers of drive-through marriage chapels. BY AMY KEPFERLE 26 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKER THEATRE.COM FILM THURS., SEPT. 12 Cultural Exchanges COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE: Attend a 22 10th anniversary celebration and com- JUYUNGO BRINGS ECUADOR TO TOWN munity open house from 4-7pm at Mount

MUSIC Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College American country. (For the record, the Whatcom Way. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the Hall and find out more about the exciting

20 Family and Community Network—a nonprofit that provides programs that build the capacity season ahead. ART WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG of our community to support children, youth and families to develop skills and opportunities—is GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, 18 18 18 also sponsoring the performances.) the Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 STAGE

STAGE “Juyungo is a living example of how local communities empower youth to change their lives Bay St. At 10pm, stick around for the “Project.” Entry is $4-$7. and, through dance, to preserve and promote their 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM 16 cultural heritage,” EI Executive Director Charlie Walkinshaw says. “Juyungo is an effort of the SEPT. 12-14

GET OUT provincial government to preserve traditional Ec- MUSIC BOX: A new season opens with uadorian dance and culture. showings of “MusicBox #5: Heartbroken and Hopeful Again” this weekend with They are part of a larger

14 9pm gigs Thursday through Saturday regional effort to provide at the iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall youth with alternatives to Ave. Performances—which combine the WORDS drugs and alcohol.” talents of musical groups City of Lost The youth he speaks of Children and Falling Upstairs, writer 8 Solomon Olmstead, and choreographer range in age from 8-21, Kelly Bjork—continue through Sept. 21. and, in performance, are Tickets are $10. WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM CURRENTS CURRENTS ATTEND accompanied by at least WHAT: Juyungo five musicians on tradi- 6 WHEN & WHERE: tional Andean instruments. BARD ON THE BEACH: Twelfth Night, 7pm Wed., Sept. Hamlet, Measure for Measure, and Eliza- 11 at Bellingham’s The dances themselves are beth Rex show in repertory at Bard on VIEWS Cirque Lab, and also an educational tool, the Beach through Saturday at Vancouver B.C.’s Vanier Park. Tickets are $25-$43 4 6:30pm Fri., Sept. as they portray the legends 13 at Mount and daily life of the indig- (Canadian). MAIL MAIL Vernon’s LaVenture enous people of Ecuador. WWW.BARDONTHEBEACH.ORG Middle School

Walkinshaw says last 2 COST: Entry is free SEPT. 12-15 INFO: weekend’s performances CHEATING CHEATERS: Nun imperson-

DO IT ators, burglars, larceny and saintly visits here’s little doubt that the act of traveling, whether it’s nationally, www.expint.org at Bellingham’s Sterling internationally or even just statewide, improves one’s quality of Meadows Church of Christ can be expected when Foothills Theater life. In fact, opening your eyes to new cultures—even those that and also on the Lummi Nation wowed audiences. presents Cheating Cheaters at 7pm Thursday .13 T and Friday and 2pm Sunday at Everson’s 11 can be found without leaving your current time zone—may be one of the He’s hoping for the same reaction when Juyungo Nooksack Valley High School Performing 09. most important things we as humans can do for ourselves. performs Wed., Sept. 11 at the Bellingham Circus Arts Center, 3326 E. Badger Rd. Tickets While the journey itself is the biggest part of the educational equation, Guild’s Cirque Lab and Fri., Sept. 13 in Mount are $5-$8. .08 (360) 966-7561

37 what happens after you return home and share your experiences is also an Vernon at LaVenture Middle School. # important factor when it comes to getting the most out of your travels. “They have far exceeded expectations in their SEPT. 13-14 Experience International (EI), a nonprofit based in Everson, seems to performances so far,” he says. “It’s an event GENRE LEGENDS: Mystery, documentary, know full well that cultural exchanges are a vital part of uniting the world. people really, really need to see. They are abso- horror, western and other film genres will Since 1989, the group has worked with the agricultural and forestry sec- lutely incredible.” likely make appearances during multiple tors in the Pacific Northwest to engage in a variety of international cul- While the free shows will give people a chance improvised story lines at “Genre Legends” tural and technical exchanges. Via training and internship opportunities, to be entertained, Wilkenshaw says what Juyun- shows at 9pm Friday and Saturday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets are CASCADIA WEEKLY Experience International staff have administered programs in production go represents is much bigger than a night out $8-$10. Additional showings of the format agriculture and natural resource management, as well as organized tours on the town. happen Sept. 20-21. 18 for performers, including Bellingham’s Kulshan Chorus. “Juyungo is a living example of how a commu- 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM In 2007, EI joined up with the longtime ensemble for a singing and nity has pulled together to provide creative and cultural exchange to Ecuador. Six years later, members of the chorus will constructive options for youth and families,” he SEPT. 13-15 GREASE JR.: The students of Bellingham get to return the favor when they perform this week with Juyungo, an says. “It is this that we hope to share with our Arts Academy for Youth (BAAY) will pres- award-winning youth dance group from the northern part of the South local schools and community.” doit /HDK¶V *OXWHQ)UHH ent showings of the musical Grease Jr. at

7pm Friday, 2pm and 7pm Saturday, and Bakery 2pm Sunday at the group’s headquarters 40 at 1059 N. State St. Tickets are $10. P.S. now available

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Circus Guild’s monthly uncensored variety bakery in town. B-BOARD show, Vaudevillingham, can be seen at Ƭ DAMILANO 7pm and 9pm shows at the organization’s

Cirque Lab, 1401 6th St. Expect everything BAROLO TASTING 26 from circus acts to live music, burlesque, 3LHGPRQW,WDO\ juggling, improv and more. Suggested ǡǡ FILM donation is $5-$10. Sunday, September 15th WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM 2-4 pm 22 DYNAMO: Liven up your Sunday nights Our Garden to Your Table

at “Dynamo” shows at 8pm at the Upfront MUSIC Theatre, 1208 Bay St. The performances 360-592-2297

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elimination rounds. Entry is $2. ART 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM 18 18 MON., SEPT. 16 18 GUFFAWINGHAM: A new weekly open mic STAGE for comedians, dubbed “Guffawingham!,” STAGE takes place at 8pm Mondays at the Green YOGA NORTHWESTsince 1979 Frog, 1015 N. State St. Entry is free. THE B.K.S. IYENGAR YOGA CENTER OF BELLINGHAM 16 WWW.ACOUSTICTAVERN.COM

Welcome to our 32 TUES., SEPT. 17 classes GET OUT COMEDY NIGHT: Comedian Jason Daniel FREE weekly Wall and female impersonator Betty 20 classes total beginners Desire perform at “Comedy Night” at 14 sept 9 - 15 to advanced 8pm in Mount Vernon at the 1st Street welcome Cabaret and Speakeasy, 612 S. First St. 12-week

Flexible Makeups! WORDS Entry is $3. fall WWW.RIVERBELLEDINNERTHEATRE.COM session new student discount 8 WED., SEPT. 18 9/16 - 12/8 INTRO TO IMPROV: Sheila Goldsmith $20 leads an “Awaken the Spontaneity Payment plan

off! CURRENTS available Within!” introductory improv workshop

from 7-9pm at Improv Playworks, 1415 6 Dupont St. Register in advance for the Check our website for our free and Fall class schedules Voted free event. yoganorthwest.com Best Yoga VIEWS 756-0756 OR WWW.IMPROVPLAYWORKS.COM 6 Years in a Row! 360.647.0712 1440 10th Street Historic Fairhaven Bellingham 4

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Country Dance Society for its bimonthly Contra Dance from 7-10pm at the Fairhaven

Library, 1117 12th St. There will be live .13 music by Northern Contraband, and a 7pm 11 09. workshop. Entry is $8-$10 at the door. WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE.ORG .08 37

TANGO BY THE BAY: Tocato Tango will # provide live music at the monthly “Tango by the Bay” from 8-11pm at the Squali- cum Yacht Club, 2633 S. Harbor Loop Dr. No partner or experience is needed. Entry is $7-$10. WWW.BELLINGHAMUSADANCE.COM

BACK ALLEY CATS: Dance, comedy, music CASCADIA WEEKLY and more will be part of the bimonthly per- 19 formance by the Back Alley Cats vaudeville group at 8pm at Mount Vernon’s 1st Street Cabaret, 612 S. First St. Entry is $5. WWW.RIVERBELLEDINNERTHEATRE.COM Robertson—have made the move, as well. Sodt first created the character of Fen- mere in high school after reading about an artist who’d invented a fictionalized and

fantastical persona for himself. 40 “Fenmere, the Worm, was originally meant

FOOD FOOD to be my voice as a poet, and I wrote many visual poems under his name,” Sodt says. “A lot of them were really bad, but he had a fictional 31 31 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES background as an ancient being from the beginning of the Earth, and I wrote a lot

B-BOARD B-BOARD about his history into that poetry.” When he first released Harmless Free Rad- icals to the general public in the Whatcom 26 Independent newspaper in the 1990s, Fen-

FILM mere took the credit, and has continued to do so in various endeavors in Sodt’s life. “When I started Harmless Free Radicals, I 22 signed it with that name, remembering my

MUSIC original plan of creating this persona,” Sodt says. “It was a little like being a superhero, 20 20 20 with a secret identity. And it does allow me to control any fame I might receive from my ART ART work. I can talk sometimes to people about my comics as if I’m just another reader. But 18 when they find out I’m the author, their surprise and joy is gratifying.” STAGE Sometimes, Sodt notes, he struggles with when to sign 16 with Fenmere’s name, and when to sign his

GET OUT “real” name, because he does create art- work that isn’t asso- 14 ciated with Harmless ATTEND Free Radicals. WORDS WHAT: Art in the “I am proficient Park and experienced in 8 WHEN: 10am-5pm Sat.-Sun., Sept. all sorts of visual 14-15 arts, from collage WHERE: Hovander

CURRENTS CURRENTS to painting, and I Homestead Park, love doing it all,” 6 Ferndale he says. “However, COST: Entry is free my work in cartoon-

“BITTENOK THE BARISTA” THE “BITTENOK INFO: www.cityof VIEWS ferndale.org ing and illustration

4 has led me to drift BY AMY KEPFERLE toward the traditional media for these MAIL MAIL things, which is pen and ink—or brush and

ink, as the case may be.” 2 Most of the work Sodt will be sharing at DO IT Fenmere in Ferndale Art in the Park was created using a Pentel Pocket Brush, Copic nib pens, and various other markers and brushes and pens. .13 JONATHAN SODT’S ALTERED EGOS

11 “My illustration might be seen as a mix 09. hen Jonathan Sodt makes his “Art in the Park” debut Sept. of cartooning and natural observation, with 14-15 at Ferndale’s Hovander Homestead Park, the former a little bit of obsessive expressionism and .08

37 Bellingham illustrator and cartoonist will be joining nearly a texturing thrown in,” Sodt says.

# W dozen other area artists sharing their work at the second annual event, Although he’s hoping to sell his work at which aims to draw attention to the creative folks making their home the Hovander event, Sodt hopes people in the area. who show up will also be inspired by his Although he and his wife have only lived in Ferndale for the past two art, ask questions and perhaps leave with years, Sodt says they’ve settled in, and are happy to be there. a yen to seek out a new cultural endeavor “My current neighborhood in Ferndale is a lot like how my old neighbor- on their own.

CASCADIA WEEKLY hood in Bellingham used to be,” Sodt says. “It’s wonderful. We live on a “I want people to take away the urge quiet street a few blocks from downtown, and two doors down from my to do it themselves,” Sodt says, “and to 20 in-laws, so we’re always near family, and it’s good.” apply their imaginations to their own art, One thing that has remained the same since Sodt vacated the ’ham and whether they collect the garbage, create moved north is that the characters he created in Bellingham—such as music, deliver pizza, attend city council or Fenmere, the Worm and a host of other fictional personas he’s brought to the millions of other things people do with

life in his series of comics, Harmless Free Radicals and the Epic of Sally KNITTER” THE “LAINEWOL skill or passion.” doit

UPCOMING EVENTS GALLERY CYGNUS: Maggie Wilder’s “Magic Mud Show” exhibit will be up through Oct. 20 at La THURS., SEPT. 12 Conner’s Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial Ave. 40 HAVE A SEAT: An opening reception for “Have a WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM Seat: A History in Chairs” takes place from 6-8pm at La Conner’s Skagit County Historical Museum, GOOD EARTH: Lonnie Schang’s “Flock Back to FOOD 501 S. 4th St. The exhibit—which will be on dis- School” exhibit is on display through September play through Oct. 25—features selections from at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. 31 31 the designer furniture collection at WWU and WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM chairs from the museum’s permanent collection. WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM J’S GALLERY: Works by Jay Bowen, Ed Kamuda, B-BOARD B-BOARD Dan Soler, Katie Small, Tom Pickett, Roger Small, AFTER HOURS ART: Christian Anne Smith will Chuck Bankuti, and others are currently on dis- share her oceanic surrealism and help you explore play in La Conner at J’s Gallery, 101 N. 1st St. 26 your own imaginative water realm at tonight’s WWW.JAYBOWENGALLERY.COM “Underwater Watercolors” After Hours Art FILM gathering from 6-7:30pm at Whatcom Museum’s JANSEN ART CENTER: Sign up for classes and Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora St. Entry is free workshops at Lynden’s new Jansen Art Center,

with $5 Thursday admission. 321 Front St. A multi-artist “Summer Exhibit” is 22 WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG on display through Sept. 15. WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG THURS., SEPT. 19 MUSIC BROWN BAG, AFTER HOURS: Local historian MAKE.SHIFT: “100 Heads” will be on display 18 18 and educator Brian Griffin shares research until Sept. 28 at Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora 20 and materials he uncovered for a local exhibit St. The exhibit, which is a collaboration between ART ART at a “The Story of Treasures from the Trunk” Make.Shift and Positive Negative, features 10 brown bag presentation at 12:30pm at Whatcom photographers shooting up-close-and-personal Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. At portraits in Bellingham street settings. 18 6:30pm, Brett Baunton leads an After Hours WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM

Art gathering focusing on “Bay to Baker,” a STAGE photographic journey taking a look local iconic MONA: “Selections from the Permanent Col- BURGERS landscapes, at the Lightcatcher Building. Thurs- lection: Reflections” will be on display through day admission is $5. Sept. 29 at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, @ JAMES STREET 16 WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 121 S. First St. WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG PAPO RECEPTION: See the results of August’s GET OUT Plein Air Paint Out (PAPO) at an opening recep- QUILT MUSEUM: “From Nature’s Studio: Work tion for the 30 artists who took part in painting by Regina V. Benson” and “Kaleidoscope: Fiber 14 outdoors in downtown Bellingham from 6-8pm at Embroidery by Liz Whitney Quisgard” can be Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. The works will seen through Oct. 6 at the La Conner Quilt &

be on display through Sun., Oct. 6. Textile Museum, 702 S. Second St. A “Quilt WORDS WWW.STUDIOUFO.NET Walk” takes place through Oct. 13 throughout La Conner. 8 WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM

ONGOING EXHIBITS SKAGIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: “Pieces of ALLIED ARTS: “Images of the Written” can be History: Quilts of Skagit County” is on display CURRENTS viewed through September at Allied Arts, 1418 through Oct. 6 at La Conner’s Skagit County 6 Cornwall Ave. The exhibit features art works in Historical Museum, 501 S. 4th St. “Have a Seat: A TUESDAY THRU SATURDAY which each piece represents literature, poems, History in Chairs” shows from Sept. 14-Oct. 25.

AFTER 4PM AT OUR JAMES ST CAFE VIEWS plays and books visualized. WWW.SKAGITOCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM 2301 JAMES ST BELLINGHAM ~ 360.715.3354 WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG SMITH & VALLEE: Longtime Edison painter Joel WWW.AVENUEBREAD.COM 4 ANCHOR ART SPACE: See the multi-artist Brock and Deming artist Gregg Laananen will MAIL MAIL exhibit, “Drawn In,” through Sept. 15 in Ana- share their works through Sept. 29 at Edison’s

cortes at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave. Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. 2 The show addresses gesture and materiality in WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM uniquely engaging ways. DO IT

WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG WATERWORKS: Tom Small’s stone, wood and glass sculptures and Randall Tipton’s abstract landscape

ARTWOOD: “One Good Turn Deserves Another,” paintings can be seen until Sept. 14 in Friday .13

featuring a variety of boxes, shows through Harbor at WaterWorks Gallery, 315 Argyle St. 11

September at Artwood, 1000 Harris Ave. WWW.WATERWORKSGALLERY.COM 09. WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM

WHATCOM ART MARKET: From 10am-6pm every .08

CEDARWORKS: Peruse and purchase a variety of Friday through Sunday, stop by the Whatcom Art 37 # Native American art from 10am-6pm Wed.-Sat. at Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Waldron Build- the CedarWorks Art Gallery, 217 Holly St. ing, 1314 12th St. 647-6933 WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG

CHUCKANUT BREWERY: View Steve Scroggin’s WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Nature in the Balance: paintings through Oct. 5 at the Chuckanut Brew- Artists Interpreting Climate Change,” and ery, 601 W. Holly St. “Clearly Art: The Beauty of Glass” can currently

WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM be viewed at the Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher CASCADIA WEEKLY Building. “Treasures from the Trunk: The Story FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contempo- of J.J. Donovan” and “Romantically Modern: 21 rary folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm every Pacific Northwest Landscapes” can be seen at the Mon.-Fri. at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. museum’s Old City Hall. 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Rumor Has It I KNOW WE all think that the iDiOM Theater is 40 only people donning costumes and building sets

FOOD FOOD and emoting all over the place (we don’t really think that), but sometimes the fine folks there music don costumes and build sets and emote all over 31 31 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT the place—to music. Such endeavors are sometimes—but not al-

B-BOARD B-BOARD ways—dubbed “Music Boxes,” and unlike the jewelry keepers with the windup soundtrack and the creepy spinning ballerina that always lists to 26 one side, these Music Boxes don’t figure into my

FILM childhood nightmares. Although, since the City of Lost Children are involved in this iteration, this Music Box could figure into an adult night- 22 22 22 mare or two. But since the City of Lost Children

MUSIC MUSIC are more lovely than they are scary, I don’t see MUSIC that happening either. But I digress. Oh, how I digress. 20 This incarnation of ART the Music Box is called “Heartbroken and Hope- 18 ful Again,” which seems like a title chock full of STAGE creative promise. Since I haven’t actually seen it, 16 I can’t speak to whether that promise is fulfilled,

GET OUT but I can divulge what BY CAREY ROSS knowledge I do actually possess. For this theatrical/musical jaunt, 14 the aforementioned City of Lost Children will do their thing, and they will collaborate with Falling WORDS Up Stairs to do so. As well, Kelli Bjork will provide choreography, and the whole shebang was 8 scribed by Sol Olmstead, a man who I pretend to scorn when I run into him at local coffeehouses, but secretly respect a great deal when he’s not CURRENTS CURRENTS looking. “Heartbroken and Hopeful Again” runs

6 Thurs.-Sat., Sept. 12-14 and Sept. 19-21. As well, thanks to the generosity of their local sponsors

VIEWS (I’m looking at you this time, WECU), the iDiOM is able to offer 10 free tickets to each show, which 4 means all you have to do is show up at the door

MAIL MAIL when it opens and ask for a public ticket. If any are remaining, one shall be yours. Now you really

2 don’t have any reason good enough for not going.

DO IT I know tons of things are happening around

town during the coming days (Prince tribute night at the Redlight, for instance), but here’s one I’d like .13

11 to draw your attention to: The coming weekend

09. BY CAREY ROSS In short, fame does not always equal fun. marks the 60th (!!!) birthday of everyone’s favor- I’ve often thought, were I ever to attain any measure of ite fanny-packing, perpetually friendly, open-mic .08 maestro Chuck Dingee, and he would like nothing

37 celebrity, I would use my notoriety differently. Instead # Andrew W.K. of using it to acquire stuff and insulate myself from real- more than to have you celebrate with him. He’ll ity, I would try and have all the fun my funds would buy. play at the Fireside Martini and Wine Bar Fri., Sept. PARTY WITH THE MESSIAH And I would probably party some. 13, before taking the stage with his band the Wal- This is why I have such strong admiration for Andrew rus for a 7pm show Sat., Sept. 14 at the Wild Buf- W.K. Sure, he’s not exactly the most famous person go- falo. Chuck doesn’t get much press these days, but n observation: Nearly everyone, it seems, wants ing—he’s really more fameish than famous—but he’s us- for as long as I’ve been living in Bellingham, he’s

CASCADIA WEEKLY to be famous. A further observation: This is con- ing the celebrity he’s earned to do whatever the hell he been a hardworking musician, steadfast supporter A founding, as it seems so many people use the wants (although one senses he’d likely do what he wants of local music and an all-around nice dude. Plus, 22 perks afforded by celebrity so poorly. regardless of his measure of fame). And he seems to be his passion for leading and participating in open Sure, Birkin bags are lovely, exotic vacations have having a way better time than just about anyone else. mics has meant he’s helped give countless fledg- their charms and the ability to live large is certainly Of course, we all know Andrew W.K. as the hard-par- ling musicians and performers their first crack at enticing, but none of it seems like the very best time a tying guy with an affinity for Hanes T-shirts and white playing on real stages to real audiences. Feel free person can have. 501s. But there’s way more to this musician than party to celebrate him accordingly. anthems and an ensemble that shouldn’t be real musician lurked under all that hair and musicevents worn after Labor Day. dingy white denim and layers of party. For example, Andrew Fetterly Wilkes Krier After that release would come many oth- THURS., SEPT. 12

(now you know why he goes by Andrew W.K.) ers—and this is also when the musician’s ANDY KOCH: Badd Dog does not exactly come by his party persona desire to stake his own path would become Blues’ Andy Koch performs 40 honestly. In fact, his father is a respected abundantly clear. blues and rock from 5:30- 7:30pm at the Firehall Cafe at FOOD legal scholar and Andrew has received a fair In 2005, Andrew declared he’d like to chan- Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, amount of classical music training. Which nel some of the massive quantity of energy 321 Front St. Entry is free. means he learned the rules—both musically he clearly possesses into motivating others, WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG 31 and legally—before he began to break them. becoming a New Age self-help speaker who All that music training led Andrew to form accepted lecture invitations from the likes of GARDEN MUSIC: Listen to live tunes in a beautiful set- B-BOARD a whole slew of bands during the earlier part Yale, New York University, Carnegie Mellon, ting at “Music in the Garden” of his youth, and during that time, he man- and more. As well, he’s the author of a stag- concerts from 6:30-8:30pm aged to use up more than his fair share of gering amount of “party tips,” and it is not every Thursday through 26 a lifetime allotment of questionable band uncommon to find something such as “The September at Glen Echo names. Over the course of five years, the fu- only way to make your dreams come true is Garden, 4390 Y Rd. Suggested FILM donation is $5. ture Prince of Party found himself involved to know what they are. What’s yours?” sand- WWW.GLENECHOGARDEN.COM 22 in such projects as Reverse Polarity (his first wiched between “A bird in the hand is worth 22 band and first bad band name), Lab Lobot- two in the bush, but a bird in the PARTY is FRI., SEPT. 13 SUBARU MUSIC MUSIC omy, Music Band, Mr. Velocity Hopkins (my worth two + infinity” and MELISSA GREENER: Eclectic independent service & repair MUSIC personal favorite), the Portly Boys, Kangoo, “French kiss your own arm folk and roots rocker Melissa Greener performs at a special 360.671.2420 20 the Beast People, Stormy Rodent, the Malt or leg.” Clearly, Andrew house concert at 7pm in

Lickers, Sucking Coeds, and more. is a motivational speaker Bellingham at the historic ART Since none of those bands panned out, for our time. Lich Home, 2429 Victor St.

Andrew decided to do what so many before The other activities Entry is $15. 18 him have done: strike out on his own. he’s undertaken in the 671-0788 Going solo proved to be an inspired plan, ATTEND recent past have includ- SAT., SEPT. 14 STAGE and helped form the persona with which WHO: Andrew W.K. ed reworking one of his CHAMBER MUSIC: Ac- WHEN: Thurs., we’re now all familiar, as well as cementing songs to be the theme claimed regional musicians 16 Sept. 12 his place in pop culture as a man who came of the Arizona Sundogs Pat Nelson, Matthew Olson, WHERE: Wild Esther Olson, Leslie Johnson, to party—and he managed to accomplish all Buffalo, 208 W. hockey team, being on and Matthew Rehfeldt per- GET OUT that, largely with the help of a single photo. Holly St. of 77 drummers to play form at a Bellingham Chamber Andrew’s first full-length album, released COST: $15-$20 simultaneously at a park Music Society gig at 7pm in 2001 (yes, it’s really been that long) and MORE INFO: www. in New York at 7:07pm on at Whatcom Museum’s Old 14 wildbuffalo.net called I Get Wet, featured an album cover that 7/7/2007, his piano play- City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Suggested donation is $5 for has since become somewhat iconic, and cer- ing appears on a jazz-fusion album, while his WORDS students, $20 general. tainly helped to forcibly insert the artist into bass skills have been called into play at the WWW.BELLINGHAM the public consciousness. behest of Baby Dee, a performance artist and CHAMBERMUSIC.ORG 8 A simple, striking headshot, the cover of I musician. He was the host of the Cartoon Net- Get Wet would not have been noteworthy— work’s Destroy Build Destroy, has done a stint SUN., SEPT. 15 were it not for the blood pouring from An- as the U.S. Cultural Ambassador to Bahrain, BRIDGING THE GAP: The CURRENTS Mac Frampton Trio presents a drew’s nose and down his chin. Shot by famed and even played classical piano at the wake variety of pop, jazz, classical 6 art photographer Roe Ethridge, the cover of one of his fans after showing his respects. and original arrangements

caused confusion, consternation and, in some He’s also a record producer, venue owner and at a “Bridging the Gap” VIEWS circles, controversy. In short, it did exactly runs a record label in what has to be some fundraising concert at 2pm what it was supposed to do: get the young pretty limited spare time. at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre 4 Hall, 2501 E. College Way. musician noticed. Lately, among all those other things he Tickets are $10-$35. MAIL Once all eyes were firmly on Andrew, he does, Andrew has set a world record for Lon- WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG wasn’t about give up the spotlight—nor was gest Drum Session in a Retail Store after 2 he trying to use his time in that artificial sun drumming nonstop for 24 hours, and has just MINIATURES AND MAS- DO IT poorly. The album’s breakout track, the ap- finished up a stint opening for Black Sab- TERPIECES: Pianists Kay Zavislak and Victoria Ebel- propriately titled “Party Hard,” established bath. He’ll soon take to the road with Marky Sabo perform “Miniatures the musician as the go-to dude when it came Ramone, but not before undertaking a solo and Masterpieces” at 3pm .13 11 at the Firehouse Performing time to party, and he did nothing to disabuse “Party Messiah” tour, which comes on the 09. this notion. The album yielded another minor heels of another successful solo outing by Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Music by Bach, Schumann,

hit, “She is Beautiful,” and between the two the busy artist, that one dubbed the “Human .08 Ebel-Sabo, Schubert, and 37 songs it was easy to see Andrew has a tenden- Party Machine” tour. Kabalevsky will be on the # cy toward hard-charging, fist-in-the-air, sing- From what I’ve been led to believe, when bill. Tickets are $5-$15. along jams. All the better to party to, I guess. the self-anointed one makes his way to Bell- WWW.BELLINGHAM Astonishingly prolific, along with earning a ingham for a Sept. 12 show at the Wild Buf- HOUSECONCERTS.COM spot on the 2001 Ozzfest roster and having falo, it’ll be just him and a keyboard and the WED., SEPT. 18 his songs placed in darn near every entertain- crowd—and I don’t think he’s actually bring- BUG SONG CIRCLE: Join ment medium that uses music (which, in this ing his own keyboard, which prompts me to the Bellingham Ukulele Group CASCADIA WEEKLY day and age, has become the main method by draw the conclusion that perhaps this show is (BUG) for a Song Circle from 7-9pm at the Roeder Home, which musicians can both get heard and get more about the party than the music. Some- 23 paid), Andrew was writing and recording more thing tells me that will suit his adoring Bell- 2600 Sunset Dr. Suggested donation is $5. songs. However, unlike I Get Wet, his next full- ingham fans just fine. Something further tells WWW.BELLINGHAM length, 2003’s The Wolf, would feature Andrew me this is a show that is on the cusp of selling UKULELEGROUP.COM playing every single instrument—you know, out, so if you’d like to party with the Messiah, just in case you were wondering whether a you know where to scare up tickets. musicvenues 40 See below for venue

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31 31 Bobby Lee's Pub & Karaoke w/Bobby Karaoke w/Kristina Karaoke w/Kristina Piano Bar w/Bobby Lee Eatery Happy Hour BBQ w/Robert Happy Hour BBQ w/DJ B-BOARD B-BOARD Boundary Bay Blake, Twilight Concert w/ Fish Fry w/Electric Fuzz Out of the Ashes (early), Kitchensink, Aaron Guest Brewery Hot Damn Scandal, Intuitive (early), The Offshoots (late) Paul Klein (Taproom) (Taproom) Compass 26

Brown Lantern Ale FILM Open Mic Toney House 22 22 22 Gravel Hitch, Test Meat Cabin Tavern Owl Karaoke Surgeon MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC

Trivium, DevilDriver, After the Commodore Ballroom Easy Star All-Stars BLUE SKY BLACK Vista Chino 20 Burial, Sylosis DEATH/Sept. 14/Wild

ART Buffalo Conway Muse Sky Colony Wayne Hayton Toney Rocks 18 Edison Inn Piano Night w/Steve Meyer The Atlantics Bow Diddlers STAGE

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599-3663 | H20, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 755-3956 | Honey Moon 1053 N State St. • 734-0728 | Kulshan Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • 389-3569 | Lighthouse Bar & Grill One Bellwether Way • ( 360) 392-3200 | Main Street Bar & Grill 2004 Main St., Ferndale • ( 360) 384-2982 | McKay’s Taphouse 1118 E. Maple St. • (360) 647-3600 | Nooksack River Casino 5048 Mt. Baker 25 Hwy., Deming • (360) 354-7428 | Poppe’s 714 Lakeway Dr. • 671-1011 | Paso Del Norte 758 Peace Portal Dr. Blaine • (360) 332-4045 | The Redlight 1017 N State St. • www.redlightwineandcoffee.com | Rockfish Grill 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 588-1720 | The Royal 208 E. Holly St. • 738-3701 | Rumors Cabaret 1119 Railroad Ave. • 671-1849 | The Shakedown 1212 N. State St. • www.shakedownbellingham.com | Silver Reef Casino 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale • (360) 383-0777 | Skagit Valley Casino Resort 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow • (360) 724-7777 | Skylark’s Hidden Cafe 1300 11th St. • 715-3642 | Swinomish Casino 12885 Casino Dr., Anacortes • (888) 288-8883 |Temple Bar 306 W. Champion St. • 676-8660 | The Underground 211 E. Chestnut St. • 738-3701 | Underground Coffeehouse Viking Union 3rd Floor, WWU | Village Inn Pub 3020 Northwest Ave. • 734-2490 | Washington Sips 608 1st. St., La Conner • (360)399-1037 | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www.wildbuffalo.net | To get your live music listings included in this esteemed newsprint, send info to [email protected]. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday. power shift to begin rattling their relationship, because Bell has a few other fish she intends to fry. Things start getting stirred up when fa-

ther kicks daughter out of the house to 40 make room for his sexy young girlfriend,

FOOD FOOD Jamie (Alexandra Holden). It’s all very film civilized but painful. Carol decamps to her sister’s, where

31 31 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› SHOWTIMES Dani (Michaela Watkins) and Moe (Rob Corddry) are dealing with a marriage

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firmly in the clouds she misses the signs 26 26 that trouble is on its way. FILM FILM Her days are spent at the recording studio, where Louis, a delightful Demetri Martin, runs the soundboard and moons 22 over her. She’s a vocal coach, and there’s

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8 In a World… stands as a very entertaining CURRENTS CURRENTS first crack at what one 6 REVIEWED BY BETSY SHARKEY can only hope will be a VIEWS long career behind the 4 In a World… MAIL MAIL THE REAL TRAILER WARS camera. That is where it

2 seems the actress can ” n a world…” Sitting on a page staring at you, the words feel flat. der dad’s roof and still intimidated by his DO IT Now imagine, if you will, one of those deep baritone voices pouring drama overbearing, condescending assessments truly make her mark. I and jeopardy into each syllable, rich tones that resonate to the very marrow. of her prospects. And no one overbears Now pull back and see headphones, the mike and the man, because it usually is and condescends quite like a voice-over .13

11 a man, with a scarf warming that million-dollar instrument. The one that keeps artist. In Melamed, the director has found 09. him at the top of the cutthroat Hollywood subculture of movie trailer voice-overs. an absolute virtuoso. number of famous faces that turn up in That is the world that 30-year-old Carol Solomon (Lake Bell) wants to be in. The interplay between the two perfectly the film. .08

37 That is the world her father, Sam Sotto (Fred Melamed) rules. And that is the captures the natural—and unnatural— Most of the action is driven by the ways # world—and the relationship—so humorously picked apart by Bell, who proves a competition between parent and child in which Carol stumbles her way into the triple threat as star, author and director of In a World… both grubbing for the same morsel. In this movie-trailer voice-over big time. Her The exceedingly sly indie has been a hit on the festival circuit. Its spar- case, they find themselves fighting each rise is accompanied by some uncomfort- kling dialogue earned Bell a screenwriting award at Sundance. But mostly In other for the most coveted movie-trailer able sex, a little fumbling flirting, a se- a World… stands as a very entertaining first crack at what one can only hope voice-over gig in the world, a female-cen- ries of complicated family squabbles and will be a long career behind the camera. That is where it seems the actress can tric “quadrilogy” that appears to star Cam- the rare look at a quirky corner of the

CASCADIA WEEKLY truly make her mark. eron Diaz in a Thor-like loincloth. This film movie business. In front of it, at least in other people’s films, Bell tends to play the long, lean, is nothing if not specific with its nitty- There are also plenty of rough edges in 26 slightly angry intellectual type. Her role as the hard-edged beautiful second wife gritty. Also in the running is dad’s younger this first film that are pretty easy to spot. in It’s Complicated, with Alec Baldwin under her thumb and Meryl Streep as his protege, a slick womanizer named Gustav But like Carol—all arms and legs and in- much softer ex, is typical. Warner, played to deliciously decadent ef- securities akimbo—In a World… is com- As Carol, Bell is completely, and charmingly, out of sorts. Those long limbs fect by Ken Marino. pletely endearing. I can’t wait to see what are as awkward as a colt’s, the long hair leans toward lank. She is still living un- But it will take a while for the possible Bell will do next. Our Company Teams G traverse.c et Hooked on nw om 40 Superfeet WWU Alumni Association Bellingham Sustainable Connections Yeager’s Sporting Goods FOOD Kulshan Cycles Bellingham Ear Nose

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31 31 A Hijacking: In just a few weeks, the Ron Howard/ Tom Hanks film about a Somali hijacking will hit the big screen with its eye on awards season. This B-BOARD B-BOARD excellent movie is also about a Somali hijacking, but this ain’t no Tom Hanks flick and Opie is not the man

behind these cameras. +++++ (R • 1 hr. 43 min.) 26 26 PFC’s Limelight See www.pickfordfilmcenter.com for showtimes. FILM FILM

Alaska’s Marine Highway: Did you know Bell- ingham is the only U.S. stop not located in Alaska 22 for that state’s namesake ferry? Find out how this came to be—as well as a wealth of other ferry MUSIC factoids—at this free show sponsored by the Port of Bellingham. ++++ (Unrated • 1 hr.)

20 Pickford Film Center Sept. 13 @ 5:00 ART Blue Jasmine: Sometimes Woody Allen knocks one INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 out of the park, and sometimes he never really makes

18 it out of the dugout. Well, get ready to run for the fences because this one’s going, going, gone. Well- The Family: I’m a real fan of Serious Actor Robert ters ranging from heartwrenching to hopeful from Barkley Village See www.fandango.com for showtimes.

STAGE played, champ. ++++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 38 min.) De Niro. Comedian Robert De Niro, not so much. Give near and far. This documentary features well-known Barkley Village See www.fandango.com for showtimes. my funny bone a rest, sir. It’s getting real irritated actors giving voice to those letters in poignant Riddick: With eyes that shine brighter than any with you. ++ (R • 1 hr. 52 min.) fashion. ++++ (Unrated • 1 hr. 28 min.) laser cat, Vin Diesel reprises the role that made him

16 Closed Circuit: This movie features some convolut- Barkley Village See www.fandango.com for showtimes. Pickford Film Center Sept. 17 @ 6:00 famous(ish). Critics respond by saying, “It’s good ed plotline about terrorism, spying and the dangers precisely because it’s not as bad as it could be.” relating to terrorism and spying. You could go see Getaway: Here’s the thing: If my family ever finds Monsters University: The prequel to Monsters, Sounds about right. +++ (R • 1 hr. 59 min.) GET OUT this disappointing thriller or you could save yourself itself to be in the middle of a kidnapping drama Inc.—if these monsters don’t graduate with a ton of Barkley Village See www.fandango.com for showtimes. the 10-spot, watch an hour and a half of cable news that requires us to place all our faith in the bad- student-loan debt and no job prospects I’m going to and probably be similarly enlightened and just about assery of Ethan Hawke, I feel as though the best think this Pixar story isn’t very true to life. ++++ The Spectacular Now: A coming-of-age film that 14 as entertained. Up to you. ++ (R • 1 hr. 36 min.) course of action would be to close our eyes and (G • 1 hr. 42 min.) is less humorous than its counterparts (Kings of Sum- Barkley Village See www.fandango.com for showtimes. kiss our asses goodbye. Reality bites, man. ++ Bellis Fair 1:15 | 3:45 | 6:20 | 8:45 mer and The Way Way Back) that have been released

WORDS (PG-13 • 1 hr. 30 min.) this summer, but what it lacks in laugh-out-loud sce- The Conjuring: Despite the fact that its director, Barkley Village See www.fandango.com for showtimes. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones: This narios it more than makes up for in small, truthful, James Wan, is the man at least partially respon- movie is evidently based on a ridiculously popular touching moments. ++++ (R • 1 hr. 35 min.) 8 sible for the Saw series, this movie is not torture The Grandmaster: Directed by the incredibly young adult book series that I have never heard of, Pickford Film Center See www.pickfordfilmcenter.com porn. It also happens to be scary as shit. ++++ visionary Wong Kar Wai, and starring Tony Leung probably because I am an old adult. ++ (PG-13 • 2 for showtimes. (R • 1 hr. 51 min.) and Ziyi Zhang, this is the story of kung fu master hrs. 10 min.)

CURRENTS CURRENTS Bellis Fair 12:30 | 4:15 | 6:45 | 9:20 Ip Man, also known as the man who mentored Bruce Barkley Village See www.fandango.com for showtimes. The Sword of Doom: Another samurai epic, this Lee. Visually striking and with stunning fighting one explores the point at which life as a swordsman 6 Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus: I don’t sequences, this is not your average action flick. Now You See Me: I know very little about this leads to madness, in dynamic widescreen fashion. know anything about this movie other than it stars ++++ (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 3 min.) movie other than it stars Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisen- ++++ (Unrated • 1 hr. 59 min.)

VIEWS the always engaging Michael Cera who travels Pickford Film Center See www.pickfordfilmcenter.com berg, and more, and involves a bunch of heist-pulling Pickford Film Center Sept. 15 @ 12:00 to Chile in search of exotic drugs. SOLD. ++++ for showtimes. illusionists—some of whom reputedly learned how to

4 (Unrated • 1 hr. 38 min.) perform real magic tricks during filming. Must see. We’re the Millers: I cannot suspend my disbelief PFC’s Limelight See www.pickfordfilmcenter.com for The Heat: A buddy cop caper starring Melissa Mc- +++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 54 min.) far enough to ever buy Jason Sudeikis as a pot deal- MAIL MAIL showtimes. Carthy and Sandra Bullock. Here’s hoping the film Bellis Fair 1:00 | 4:00 | 6:30 | 9:10 er, Ed Helms as a drug kingpin or Jennifer Aniston as is a whole lot better than the photoshopped movie a stripper. Try harder, Hollywood. Or just try at all. +

2 Despicable Me 2: The inaugural installment of this posters advertising it. +++ (R • 1 hr. 57 min.) One Direction: This Is Us: If you’re older than (R • 1 hr. 40 min.) animated franchise benefited from telling its tale Bellis Fair 12:45 | 6:10 17 and you can name one member of boy band One Barkley Village See www.fandango.com for showtimes. DO IT from the point of view of the villain (voiced by Steve Direction who isn’t Harry Styles, this is the movie for Carell). Now that villain has become anti-villain— In A World...: See review previous page. +++++ you. If you’re 17 or younger, this is only the movie The Wolverine: Six movies in and this beast is and a father—will this sequel be able to conjure the (R • 1 hr. 33 min.) you have been waiting for your whole life. OMG!!!!!!!! starting to look a little tired. ++ (PG-13 • 129 min.) .13

11 same sort of magic? Signs point to yes. +++ (PG • Pickford Film Center See www.pickfordfilmcenter.com +++ (PG • 1 hr. 35 min.) Bellis Fair 3:15 | 9:00

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CURRENTS CURRENTS Whatcom County Skillshare Faire will be which takes place Sat., Sept. 14 at eight COST: Free. VIP taking place Sept. 21- 6 BY AMY KEPFERLE area farms, two wineries and, per usual, Passes are avail- 22 at Ferndale’s Hov- the Bellingham Farmers Market. While it able for $25 ander Homestead Park. VIEWS makes sense to start or end your tour at Sept. 22 will also

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37 a further example, the seeds the squirrel couldn’t fit in its ever-expanding cheeks for farm tours and pulled pork sandwiches Harvest Dinner wraps up the festivi- # fell to the ground, where my flock of egg-laying hens quickly made them disappear. (and other gustatory goodies) at Farmer ties Sept. 29 at BelleWood Acres. This Nothing went to waste, and everybody was happy. Ben’s. There will also be wine and choc- event—which features food procured If you, too, would like to see such circle-of-life moments, you need look no further olate tastings at Blaine’s Dakota Creek from school and community gardens as than the aforementioned Eat Local Month. Planned and executed each year by the Winery, berries and flowers at Bellingham well as from local fishermen and farm- folks at Sustainable Connections, the month-long food and harvest celebration is a Country Gardens, furry beasts to pet at ers—sells out every year, so you’ll want veritable smorgasbord of edible—and educational—action. the Camelot Alpaca Ranch, and more. to get tickets now and mark the event on

CASCADIA WEEKLY Wild foraging trips, a farmstead supper, an Eat Local cooking class and an Incog- Organizers point out the self-guided your calendar. nito dinner at Ciao Thyme, and an organic pesto-making class at the Bagelry have tour is free, but encourage participants Of course, eating local doesn’t just have 38 already occurred, but there’s so much more to come. to bring cash for farm products. Other to happen during September. Hopefully, I’m not going to be able to elaborate excessively on every event that remains, tips include bringing a cooler to keep the events listed here will encourage peo- but I’ll offer up a few of the highlights, and then let you decide if you want to purchased foods fresh throughout the ple—and the occasional squirrel—to con- investigate further. day, and considering paying $25 for a sider more carefully where their food One of the big Kahunas, of course, is the 6th annual Whatcom County Farm Tour, Farm Tour VIP pass, which will net them comes from, and act accordingly. doit Gretchens Your Hardware Store for Cooks

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