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cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA 06/20/07 :: 02.25 :: FREE Museum Money, p.10 Snow Goose, p.16 HARD OF HERRING: THE BATTLE FOR CHERRY POINT, P. 8 SUMMER STUDIO: THREE SHOWS, FOUR ACTORS, FIVE WEEKS, P. 18 TOUR D’ART: SOLSTICE STROLLING IN THE SOUTHSIDE, P. 19 2 Cascadia Weekly #2.25 06.20.07 Do it 3 | Letters 4-5 | Views 6-7 | Currents 8-14 | Words & Community 15 | Get Out 16 | On Stage 18 | Art 19 | Music 20-23 | Film 24-27 | Classifi eds 28-34 | Food 35 8038 Guide Meridian, Lynden, WA, (360)354-1000 WA, 8038 Guide Meridian,Lynden, Best Kept Secret inAutomotive Best KeptSecret Counties andBritish Columbia Wesern Washington’s Washington’s Wesern Parts &Service Whatcom, Skagit, Island the community of Striving toserve c . a . s . c . a . d . i . a IF YOU’VE HEARD OF FLEETWOOD 35 MAC, YOU’VE HEARD OF LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM. SEE THE LAUDED | Food GUITARIST AND VOCALIST DO HIS THING JUNE 22 AT THE 28-34 EEKLY MOUNT BAKER THEATRE eds A glance at what’s happening this week | Classifi | 24-27 06.20.07 06.24.07 WEDNESDAY SUNDAY | Film ON STAGE 20-23 ON STAGE Fiddler on the Roof: 2pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild The Taming of the Shrew: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver And Then There Were None: 2pm, Anacortes Community B.C. Theatre | Music The Shape of Things: 3pm, Mount Baker Studio Theatre 19 DANCE The Taming of the Shrew: 7pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. Spring Dance Recital: 7pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon | Art DANCE 18 WORDS Square Dance: 6-8:30pm, YWCA Ballroom Bridget Kinsella: 7pm, Village Books Spoken Word Wednesday: 8pm, Stuart’s at the Market MUSIC Art of Jazz Concert: 4-6:30pm, Lucia Douglas Gallery | On Stage COMMUNITY 16 Wednesday Market: 3-7pm, Fairhaven Village Green WORDS Robert Wiersema: 5pm, Village Books Chowder Charter: 6-9pm, Squalicum Harbor COMMUNITY | Get Out Stommish Festival: Lummi Nation 15 Mt. Baker Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Kendall Elementary 06.21.07 School HAVE A JUICY WEEKEND AT THE ANNUAL Strawberry Festival: 11am-3pm, Boxx Berry Farm, Ferndale THURSDAY STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL HAPPENING JUNE 23-24 Garden Tour: 11am-5pm, Whatcom County AT FERNDALE’S BOXX BERRY FARM Can-Am Car Show: Northwest Washington Fairgrounds, ON STAGE Lynden Brilliant Traces: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Studio Theatre Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre VISUAL ARTS Summer Art Festival: | Words & Community The Kingdom of Heaven: 8pm, iDiOM Theater 10am-4pm, La Conner Fiddler on the Roof: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild 8-14 And Then There Were None: 7:30pm, Anacortes Com- MUSIC Improv TV: 9pm, Upfront Theatre munity Theatre Lindsey Buckingham: 8pm, Mount Baker And Then There Were None: 8pm, Anacortes Romeo and Juliet: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. Theatre Community Theatre Eric Kean, Ford Hill: 8pm, Firehouse Per- The Taming of the Shrew: 8pm, Vanier Park, 06.25.07 DANCE forming Arts Center Vancouver B.C. | Currents Spring Dance Recital: 7pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount 6-7 Vernon WORDS DANCE MONDAY Elizabeth de la Vega: 7pm, First Congrega- Spring Dance Recital: 7pm, McIntyre Hall, tional Church Mount Vernon WORDS WORDS | Views Open Mic: 7pm, Village Books Jo Dereske: 7pm, Lynden Library Pat Detmer: 7pm, Village Books MUSIC Gloria Dawn Irwin: 7pm, Everson McBeath Community 4-5 COMMUNITY COMMUNITY Total Experience Gospel Choir: 7pm, Blaine Center Performing Arts Center Poetry Night: 8:30pm, Fantasia Espresso Solstice Labyrinth: 4-9pm, Fairhaven Park Can-Am Car Show: Northwest Washington Fairgrounds, Lynden Wind Concert: 7:30pm, Whatcom Museum Solstice Fun Run: 8:30pm, Sehome High School | Letters 3 Stommish Festival: Lummi Nation Haynie Opry: 8pm, Haynie Grange, Custer 3 Jerry Chambers Memorial Concert: 8pm, IT VISUAL ARTS Mount Baker Theatre 06.26.07 DO Tour d’Art Gallery Walk: 5-10pm, historic Do it 06.22.07 Fairhaven COMMUNITY Colors from Within: 7-9pm, Blackberry Stommish Festival: Lummi Nation TUESDAY .07 House, Blaine Bocce Ball Tournament: 9am-3pm, Fairhaven 20 FRIDAY Village Green ON STAGE 06. Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Brilliant Traces: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Studio Theatre ON STAGE Square Romeo and Juliet: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. The Kingdom of Heaven: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Can-Am Car Show: Northwest Washington Fiddler on the Roof: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild 06.23.07 Fairgrounds, Lynden Improv TV: 9pm, Upfront Theatre MUSIC Strawberry Festival: 11am-3pm, Boxx Berry Marcia Guderian: 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum And Then There Were None: 8pm, Anacortes Community Farm, Ferndale Bill Frisell and Friends: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Theatre SATURDAY Garden Tour: 11am-5pm, Whatcom County Vernon Romeo and Juliet: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. ON STAGE Get Movin’ Health Fair: 12-4pm, Civic Field Same Time, Next Year: 8pm, Mount Baker WeeklyCascadia #2.25 DANCE Studio Theatre VISUAL ARTS Spring Dance Recital: 7pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount The Kingdom of Heaven: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Summer Art Festival: 10am-4pm, La Conner TO GET YOUR EVENTS LISTED, SEND INFO Vernon Fiddler on the Roof: 8pm, BTG TO [email protected] 3 Contact 35 THIS ISSUE Cascadia Weekly: D 360.647.8200 | Food Editorial 28-34 Editor & Publisher: Tim Johnson eds letters D ext 260 CONTENTS CREDITS LETTERS { editor@ cascadiaweekly.com | Classifi | Look closely at the next John Adams dollar coin that Arts & Entertainment goes in your pocket: it might just be worth a heck Editor: Amy Kepferle 24-27 of a lot more than a buck. It’s been discovered that the U.S. Mint recently struck an unknown number of Dext 203 the coins that were missing the edge inscription, “In {calendar@ | Film God We Trust,” making the coins an instant collector’s cascadiaweekly.com items—and causing media everywhere to coin the phrase “godless dollars.” Music & Film Editor: 20-23 Carey Ross D ext 204 Views & News {music@ | Music 4: Ryan’s rebuttal cascadiaweekly.com 19 6: Michael Moore is a Sicko Interns: Kimberly Champley, | Art 8: Hard of herring John C. Davies 18 10: The cost of culture Production 13: Crimes and misdemeanors 14: Projects, petitions, planning Art Director: | On Stage Jesse Kinsman 16 {graphics@ Art & Culture cascadiaweekly.com 15: Life, death, miracles Graphic Artist: Stefan Hansen | Get Out 16: Floating classrooms 15 {stefan@ 18: Summer at the Studio cascadiaweekly.com 19: Solstice strolling Send All Advertising Materials To 20: All that jazz [email protected] 21: Music from the Cave Advertising 24: A nursing home and an inn-cubus Advertising Director: Marc McCoy 360.201.9760 | Words & Community Rear End D CLEANING THE RECORD This council has spent over The city has been fi ghting {marc@ ON CLEANUP $11 million to acquire about this effort, with help from the 8-14 28: Help Wanted, Buy/Sell/Trade & cascadiaweekly.com I was sorely disappointed in 1,300 acres of developable land County Council which fi nally Rentals, This Modern World, Marisa Papetti last week’s Gristle. The column in the watershed since 1991. threw out its original idea, Mannkind, Perry Bible Fellowship D360.224.2387 appears to be a deliberate at- That’s about 660 housing units supported for years by County { marisa@ | Currents 29: Real Astrology, Rentals, Rentals tempt to misrepresent the facts that won’t be built. Additional Council member Dan McShane, cascadiaweekly.com 6-7 Wanted about sins of commission and donations and purchases have to declare Sudden Valley an Ur- 33: Crossword, Troubletown, Frank Tabbita omission by city and county to- prevented the construction of ban Growth Area. The city will D360.739.2388 ward lake cleanup. I have heard a total of 1,273 homes. But continue to fi ght this effort. Real Estate, Bulletin Board { frank@ | Views | Views cascadiaweekly.com the city blamed for county zon- there are 3,208 more that can The city is also fi ghting Lake 4-5 35: Gem of a restaurant 4-5 ing decisions before, for ex- be built. Whatcom Water and Sewer Dis- Distribution ample, but never this blatantly. As you can see in the fl ier trict (Water District 7) and CASCADIA Could this be a campaign year? mailed to all Bellingham house- its efforts to provide water LETTERS David Cloutier, Robert | Letters Bell, JW Land & As- So what actions are we tak- holds, the “intensive develop- to developers and against the 3 ©2007 Cascadia Weekly (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by Cas- sociates ing? Our Council Watershed ment” you mention has oc- interlocal agreement that re- cadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 {distro@ Committee, which I chair, began curred primarily in the county. quires City approval. The city [email protected] cascadiaweekly.com Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. 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