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POINTESSeason’s greetings at Northwest Ballet OF Theater P.14 VIEW Tartuffe: 2pm and 7pm, Bellingham High School
26 The Butterfly Effect: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre A brief overview of this Dracula’s Daughters: 7:30pm, Heiner Theater, WCC
FOOD Pray the Gay Away: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, week’s happenings Mount Vernon THISWEEK Climate Change Theatre Action: 7:30pm, Philip 22 Tarro Theatre, Skagit Valley College Tip Top Trios: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre
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21 Points of View III: 7:30pm, Firehouse Arts and Events Center FILM MUSIC A’Town Big Band: 7pm, Anacortes Senior Activity
18 Get a head Center start on the Jesse Cook: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre MUSIC A Light in the Darkness: 7:30pm, Church of the holidays at Assumption 16 a Jingle WORDS ART Belles: A Karl Peterson: 4pm, Village Books, Lynden
14 Ladies Night COMMUNITY South Fork Winterfest: 10am-4pm, Van Zandt Community Hall STAGE of Shopping Roller Betties Double Header: 5pm-9pm, Lynden event Fri., Skateway 12 Nov. 22 GET OUT throughout Turkey Trot: 9am, Squalicum Creek Park GET OUT Girls on the Run: 9:30am, Bloedel Donovan Park downtown La FOOD
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2 Shrunk the Art” Sat., Nov. 2 Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre SUNDAY [11.24.19] The Norman Conquests: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center for 23 on Camano Island at DO IT DO IT the Arts ONSTAGE Dracula’s Daughters: 7:30pm, Heiner Theater, WCC Matzke Fine Art Gallery. Pray the Gay Away: 2pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Improv Mashup: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Vernon Horsin’ Around with ANT: 7pm, Upfront Theatre The Norman Conquests: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center
11.20.19 MUSIC Jamie Findlay, Tim Lerch: 7pm, Firehouse Arts and for the Arts Events Center Dracula’s Daughters: 7:30pm, Heiner Theater, VISUAL .14 WCC Home for the Holidays: 10am-4pm, Ferndale DANCE 47
# FILM Climate Change Theatre Action: 7:30pm, Philip Events Center Points of View III: 2pm, Firehouse Arts and Fly Fishing Film Festival: 7pm, Lincoln Theatre, Tarro Theatre, Skagit Valley College Art Show and Sale: 10am-4pm, Kale House, Events Center Mount Vernon Pray the Gay Away: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Everson Mount Vernon Festival of the Arts: 10am-7pm, 1530 Cornwall FOOD VISUAL Tip Top Trio: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Ave. Holiday Market: 10am-4pm, Port of Anacortes Home for the Holidays: 5pm-8pm, Ferndale Events Fourth Friday Art Walk: 5pm-8pm, historic Warehouse Center MUSIC Fairhaven Langar: 11am-2pm, Guru Nanak Gursikh Gurdwara, Off the Hill Concert Series: 7:30pm, Whatcom Closing Reception: 6:30pm-9pm, Mindport Lynden CASCADIA WEEKLY FRIDAY [11.22.19] Museum’s Old City Hall Exhibits Community Thanksgiving Dinner: 3pm-7pm, American Legion Hall, Sedro-Woolley 2 ONSTAGE WORDS SATURDAY [11.23.19] Tartuffe: 7pm, Bellingham High School Gloria Steinem: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre VISUAL The Norman Conquests: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center for ONSTAGE Holiday Art Show: 10am-5pm, Rexville Grange the Arts COMMUNITY The Norman Conquests: 1pm, 4:30pm, and Festival of the Arts: 10am-7pm daily through The Butterfly Effect: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre Jingle Belles: 5pm-7:30pm, downtown La Conner 7:30pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts Christmas Eve, 1530 Cornwall Ave.
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modifier for “growth.” why so many low-income citizens perceive B-BOARD OWNING ZONING —Kim Feringer, Everson END-STAGE CAPITALISM futility in voting at all, let alone waiting
While it’s perfectly appropriate for let- Recently learning how controls over in long lineups to do so. 21 ter writers like Ellen Zocher to discuss ef- THE LOST CAUSE capitalist systems and markets have made —Frank Sterle Jr., White Rock, B.C. fects of density-restricting zoning laws, While driving around New Orleans ear- some European nations more competitive, FILM unless she can read minds she should re- lier this year I kept seeing the rather odd accessible and free—thus further favour- frain from ascribing motives to those who sight of empty pedestals and platforms in ing consumers and workers—compared to SEND US YOUR LETTERS 18 support them. Instead, maybe she should parks and on street corners. those of North America, has left me see-
consider that many of us who have lived in The city had recently removed Confed- ing how we, the latter, are increasingly MUSIC the Pacific Northwest for more than a few erate monuments and statues. Many are under corpocratic rule. (i.e., “a society
years have seen how the inverse relation- now displayed in museums and other sites dominated by politically and economically 16 ship between population density and en- away from the view of the general public. large corporations”). ART vironmental health has played out in the They can be visited by those determined The United States and Canadian politi- only home we have ever known. Maybe it’s to still see them with one telling differ- cal systems involve two established con- 14 Solastalgia and not Jim Crow racism that ence—historical context has been added. servative and (neo)liberal parties more
motivates support for land-use controls. That historical context? Slavery. or less alternating in governance while STAGE Maybe, instead of being heartless elitists The “cornerstone” secession and rebel- habitually kowtowing to the interests of Got something on your mind. we’re just sad, sad and sick at heart to lion of 11 Southern states was about one the very wealthy, but especially big busi- Share how you feel. Send us letters 12 see forests cut down and fields and yards thing and one thing only, slavery. ness’s crippling threats (whether implied or and please keep them short and paved over to build more housing for more Historian James Loewen notes, “No explicit) of a loss of jobs, capital invest- consise (300 words or fewer). Send people, sad every time we read another one doubted in the 1860s that secession ment and/or economic stability, etcetera. to [email protected] GET OUT article about local population growth, was for slavery.” Also, corporate representatives writing 10 WORDS 8 CURRENTS
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26 Force held its final public meeting this month, com- pleting the remaining chapters of a report the citi- FOOD zen’s advisory group will present to Bellingham City Council in early December. Drawn from a broad range views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE of professionals, the nine-member task force was cre- 22 ated in 2018 with a mission to develop recommen- dations to help the achieve accelerated renewable B-BOARD energy targets, with specific focus on the financial, technological and societal challenges resulting from BY ALAN RHODES
21 such a transition. The report has not even been completed and pre- FILM sented to City Council, however, and it is already be- The Lilliputian Gazette ing dismantled and disseminated in highly mislead-
18 ing mailers from building industry and carbon energy YOUR LESSER BELLINGHAM NEWSLETTER operatives.
MUSIC Talk about trying to derail the train before it even HERE’S YOUR latest update when corruption was the norm, the leaves the station! from Lesser Bellingham. If you are town was flush with prostitutes
16 The Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA) somehow out of the loop and have and con men, and people settled
ART passed last session by the state Legislature creates never heard of the organization, their differences by shooting each a pathway toward a 100 percent carbon-free electri- let me quickly catch you up. Way other in the street. If that’s the
14 cal grid in the state of Washington by 2045. The City back in 2007, as I was becoming in- kind of excitement you’re look- of Bellingham proposes aggressive carbon-reduction creasingly agitated by accelerating ing for, move to Chicago for God’s
STAGE targets by 2030. growth in our pleasantly small city, more people to head our way. This sake, but not here, not to this city The Building Industry Association of Whatcom I founded Lesser Bellingham. Our fundamentally decent yet terribly of minimalist thrills, subtle joys County plans a luncheon this week to push back on organization views so-called “smart misguided culprit is the Down- and understated pleasures. 12 those targets by releasing a highly dubious forecast growth” as an insufficient and ul- town Bellingham Partnership. How At this point some of you might of the cost of those transitions on local homeowners. timately destructive model for the it grieves me to say that. This is a be thinking, “Oh, come on, Mr.
GET OUT Those forecasts were included in a widely circulated future. We advocate the principle of terrific organization, dedicated to Cranky, is this such a big deal? The mailer created by the BIA, Cascade Natural Gas, The municipal shrinkage, embracing the promoting downtown Bellingham as City of Subdued Excitement is only
10 Association of General Contractors, and the Whatcom noble motto, “Let’s get small.” a great place to work, live, shop and an unofficial slogan anyway.” County Association of Realtors that projected those In 2007 there were 78,000 folks entertain oneself. I’m sorry, folks, but this entirely costs as between $36,050 and $82,750 for a typical living here; now there are about Right now you might be asking misses the point. WORDS Bellingham home. 91,000. Things are not going well for (unless you’ve already stopped read- Consider this parallel example:
8 “For every $1,000 increase in the cost of a home, Lesser Bellingham’s strategic plan. ing), “What is it that you find so “Waltzing Mathilda” is the unof- 113 local families are priced out of the market and Our town continues to be increas- objectionable, Mr. Cranky? What is ficial Australian national anthem. cannot realize the American Dream of Homeowner- ingly attractive to outsiders. Noth- this grave mistake that is undermin- Burly, macho Australian men get
CURRENTS ship. This conversion will price 4,068 to 9,266+ ing seems to discourage them, not ing Lesser Bellingham’s mission?” tears in their eyes as they sing, households out of the Bellingham housing market,” our inflated home prices, exorbitant It is this, Concerned Reader: the “Once a jolly swagman camped by 6 6 building industry lobbyists wailed in their flier that rental rates, low wages, confusing Downtown Bellingham Partnership a billabong/Under the shade of went out to thousands of Bellingham addresses ear- streets, Escheresque intersections, is trying to change our city’s unof- a coolibah tree.” Yes, it’s only an VIEWS VIEWS lier this month. not even our lack of decent Chinese ficial slogan, the slogan that every unofficial anthem, and maybe a
4 These are preposterous numbers, and not at all restaurants and good rye bread. true ‘Hamster holds dear: “The City silly one at that, but imagine what what the task force has projected or proposed. They just keep coming. of Subdued Excitement.” I get chills would happen if Australian legis- MAIL “They have provided no citations for their cost data Given these grim realities, the up and down my spine whenever lators dared to suggest that, say,
2 sources and no description of the methodology they last thing anyone should be doing I hear those stirring words. This is “Dancing Queen” would be a better used to derive their numbers,” observed Erin McDade, is encouraging more people to move why the Downtown Partnership must choice. Mobs of otherwise genial
DO IT an expert who specializes in energy retrofits and de- here. This goes against everything cease and desist in promoting its po- Aussies would descend upon Can- carbonized new construction. She serves on the task Lesser Bellingham stands for. We tentially ruinous alternative slogan, berra, storm the parliament, and force. “Members of the task force have reached out have enough problems from nation- “The City of Renewed Excitement.” pelt the offending politicians with multiple times to both Jacquelyn Styrna from BIAWC al publications that keep designat- No! This cannot stand. globs of spoiled Vegemite. 11.20.19 and Alyn Spector from CNG asking for details on their ing Bellingham as “The Best Place This new slogan can only result Official or unofficial, it makes no cost data sources and assumptions. Every request has to ” (you name it). Just a in luring even more people up here, difference. “The City of Subdued Ex- .14
47 been ignored,” McDade said. few weeks ago, for example, Fortune the wrong kind of people, people citement” is who we are. It defines # In her own analysis constructed from cited sources, magazine ran an article designat- seeking excitement. If characters us. It states our clear-headed val- McDade estimated the conversion cost for a typical ing Bellingham as an “off-the-radar of this ilk want excitement they ues and sacred principles. Walk tall, home would be on the order of $500 to $11,500, with- foodie oasis.” Hey, Fortune, put a should stay in Seattle where driv- ‘Hamsters. Wear your mantle proudly. out the financing options the task force will propose. sock in it. Lesser Bellingham’s goal ing is a blood sport, whole neigh- That’s it for now. For those of you The energy savings of those retrofits over 20 years, is to stay off the radar and you’re borhoods get bulldozed in an after- who have emailed to ask if Lesser she estimated, would be between $8,000 and $12,600 not helping. noon, and you have to dodge street Bellingham holds regularly scheduled
CASCADIA WEEKLY for a typical family home. Twenty years is the ap- But an even greater threat is be- crime on your way to Starbucks. meetings, I’m sorry, but we don’t. We proximate expected life of space and water heating ing generated right here among us. This irresponsible slogan doesn’t just aren’t comfortable in crowds. 6 equipment in the average home, which mean these It saddens me to say that an orga- even make sense. Renewed excite- conversions can be coordinated with the anticipated nization I greatly admire has made ment? When were we ever exciting? Alan Rhodes can be reached at mr_ replacement costs associated with homeownership. a tragic error that could entice even OK, maybe during the Gold Rush, [email protected] “They have listed costs for things that would never be required for conversion from natural gas to elec- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE OnTheDot tricity,” she noted. “Multiple HVAC and engineering professionals within Bell- 26 Being ingham confirmed for the task force that no costs for these items would FOOD ever be associated with conversion.” “Every iteration of the BIA and GNC 22 contractors’ numbers appear to be inflated about four to five times the amount estimated by the task force,” B-BOARD Mark Gardner observed. Gardner is
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STAGE 11.15.19 FRIDAY 12 Crews scramble to contain a small oil spill at the Shell Puget Sound Refin- ery in Anacortes. The state Dept. of Ecology reports about 20 gallons spilled
GET OUT when a relief valve failed while a barge was transferring about 5 million gal- lons of crude oil from Alaska to the refinery. Most of the oil remained on a
10 barge while about five gallons reached the water and was contained by booms. Ecology says an inspector will look into why the spill occurred. [Ecology] FISHERIES OF NOAA COURTESY PHOTO HISTORICAL The Makah whale hunt is back in court. The tribe wants to resume a limited hunt of gray whales off the Washington WORDS Ecology has fined a boatyard on the Anacortes waterfront $30,000 for coast, noting whale hunting is a tradition so central to its culture they specifically protected it in the 1855 Treaty of Neah Bay. The tribe seeks a waiver under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, for a ceremonial hunt limited to roughly
8 allowing polluted stormwater to flow into Fidalgo Bay, an important hab- two to three whales per year over the next decade. It would be limited to the outer coast, to protect populations itat for endangered Chinook salmon and other marine life. Work such as that frequent the Strait of Juan de Fuca. An administrative judge will hear their arguments this week. the sanding of boat hulls has allowed copper and zinc to accumulate at CURRENTS 8 CURRENTS the facility and then get carried into Fidalgo Bay with stormwater. Copper makes young salmon unable to avoid predators and adults unable to find 11.18.19 A legal battle erupts over a national per- 6 their home rivers for spawning. Zinc can kill young salmon. Ecology also or- MONDAY mit’s use for shellfish farming operations dered Marine Servicecenter to install a stormwater treatment system within in Washington and whether it adequately VIEWS 90 days. [Ecology] Bellingham City Council agrees to remove considers the environmental impacts of
4 the name of U.S. Army Captain George those farms. A federal judge ruled in Oc- Clean water experts say treated wastewater discharged into Puget Sound Pickett from the name of a bridge near the tober that the Army Corps permit does not MAIL is harming fish, orcas and the entire ecosystem. That’s why the Washington Whatcom Creek marine estuary, but will not meet the requirements of the Clean Water
2 Department of Ecology is considering elevating water quality standards for rename the bridge. The bridge was named Act and National Environmental Policy Act. sewage plants in Puget Sound. “This is coming from human waste,” Alyssa in the 1920s in part to commemorate Pick- Undecided is whether the decision vacates
DO IT Barton said. “This is coming from our toilets, our drains." Barton is a Policy ett’s later service as a Confederate general certain marine use permits, which could Manager for Puget Soundkeeper Alliance—a nonprofit that focuses on wa- in the Civil War, an honorific Council found shut down shellfish farms. The Coalition to ter quality. She, along with Washington Ecology, is concerned that treated inappropriate. Their decision upholds the Protect Puget Sound Habitat, the Center for wastewater funneled into Puget Sound has excessive levels of nitrogen and recommendations of the Bellingham Historic Food Safety and the Swinomish tribe each 11.20.19 phosphorous in it. These chemicals are also called nutrients and in high Preservation Committee, which concluded filed lawsuits against the Army Corps while levels, they can harm wildlife and the whole ecosystem in Puget Sound. research on the topic this fall. Most bridges Taylor Shellfish Farms sided with the agency .14
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FUZZ On Nov. 17, police checked on a report of a 26 small explosion in downtown Bellingham.
BUZZ FOOD On Nov. 10 , Bellingham Police checked ARBOREAL ADVENTURE on a report of possible shots fired in 22 On Nov. 17, a crash on I-5 south of Bell- Happy Valley at 3am. ingham Sunday night left a pickup truck suspended in a tree and sent three peo- GASHUFFERS B-BOARD ple to the hospital. The State Patrol re- On Nov. 11, Bellingham Police arrested
ported a car collided with a truck near a man after he had allegedly broken into 21 Old Fairhaven Parkway. The truck crashed a car dealership, doing thousands of dol- through the median barrier and sailed lars in damage to several vehicles in what FILM into a tree. Three people in the truck appeared to be an attempt to siphon gas-
were taken to the hospital with non-life- oline from the fuel tanks. Surveillance 18 threatening injuries, while two people in footage suggested he damaged the fuel
the car weren’t hurt. “It’s not something doors and fuel sensors of the vehicles MUSIC you see every day,” State Patrol Trooper while trying to obtain the precious juice.
Heather Axtman commented. 16 On Nov. 11, the owner of an SUV reported ART TURKEY TIME CRIMES damage to the vehicle’s gas tank in an ap- On Nov. 15, employees at Sehome Haggen parent attempt to siphon fuel. “A puddle 14 approached a shopper who appeared to be of gas and a drilled hole in the bottom stealing items from the store. A struggle of the tank suggest that the suspect was $304.7 STAGE broke out and other bystanders became looking for some free gas,” Anacortes Po- Millions in net loss reported by McClatchy in the third quarter of 2019, including involved, Bellingham Police reported. lice reported. “There are no suspects.” a non-cash charge of $295.3 million for impairment of goodwill and masthead intangible assets. This compares to net income of $7 million in the third quarter of 12 2018. McClatchy is the parent company of the Bellingham Herald. On Nov. 12, a grocery store in Anacortes DEEP STATE DEPREDATIONS called police for help finding a woman with On Nov. 14, a man came to the Belling- GET OUT “distinctly colored hair” who had report- ham Police Department to share informa- edly stolen several items. Based on the tion he wanted to provide to the CIA. 10 description, officers located and arrested 12 the 19-year-old Sedro-Woolley woman and On Nov. 12, another person sent a letter WORDS recovered $38 worth of stolen items. to the Bellingham Police Department ex- Number of McClatchy markets, including Bellingham, that have eliminated Saturday print editions. The company plans to do the same in 18 other markets in 2020.
pressing their concerns. 8 8 On Nov. 12, Bellingham Police tried to make sense of a group of family members On Oct. 24, a person complained to Bell- CURRENTS arguing with one another in the parking ingham Police of being scammed out of 2,100 CURRENTS lot of Meridian Haggen. money by persons claiming to be affili- 6 ated with the office of Social Security. Number of newspapers that have ceased publishing in the United States over the YELLINGHAM past 15 years. Big cities like Oakland, Denver, and Tampa have lost major dailies. On Nov. 11, Bellingham Police tried to On Nov. 6, an Anacortes woman com- Pittsburgh—a city of 302,000—has no daily newspaper at all. VIEWS
reason with an intoxicated woman who plained to police that she has received 4 was yelling at employees at a store near an automated call for the last several the Fred Meyer shopping center. months stating that her Social Security 1 57 MAIL
number has been compromised. She was Chance in four (27 percent) a major Percent of advertising and circulation 2 On Nov. 13, Bellingham Police tried to advised this was likely a scam. newspaper in the United States cut revenue reported lost by newspapers jobs from their newsroom last year. from 2000 to 2018. In the same period, speak with a homeless man who was shirt- DO IT One digital news outlet in seven faced daily newspapers reported 49 percent less and yelling in the downtown area. PET POLICE layoffs as well. of their weekly print circulation had On Nov. 13, Bellingham Police learned an been reduced. On Oct. 24, a man called Bellingham unknown person had harmed a family’s cat Police to complain his girlfriend was on in Roosevelt neighborhood and placed the 11.20.19 methamphetamine and he wanted her to poor creature in a dumpster. Police took 3,000 .14
settle down for the night. the cat to an animal hospital and she was Number of news personnel who have been laid off or offered buyouts in the first 47 later returned to her family. “It’s important five months of 2019. Newspapers owned by Gannett and McClatchy, digital media # On Nov. 12, Bellingham Police checked that we look out for each other,” Rainbow's companies like BuzzFeed and Vice Media, and the cable news channel CNN have all shed employees. on a report of a man and a woman yelling relieved owner told the Bellingham Herald. inside an apartment in Happy Valley. On Nov. 8, Burlington Police received a 88,000 NOISES IN THE NIGHT small and frigtened miniature Pinscher pup Number of people who worked in U.S. newsrooms in 2017, according to Pew Research
On Nov. 11, Bellingham Police responded and attempted to return her to her family. Center. CASCADIA WEEKLY to an apartment building in Happy Val- ley. Residents complained of loud ma- On Nov. 14, Anacortes Police helped a $124 9 chinery operating nearby. woman corral her large breed dog, had got- Millions in a required employee pension plan contribution due next year that “creates ten lose and was chasing cows on a nearby a significant liquidity challenge,” McClatchy reported. On Nov. 17, Bellingham Police checked pasture. An officer eventually caught the on strange sounds in Samish neighbor- cowpuncher and returned her home. SOURCES: McClatchy; Poynter; Pew Research Center; Gallup; Reuters doit WORDS
WED., NOV. 20 FERNDALE BOOK GROUP: Discuss Leif 26 Whittaker’s My Old Man and the Mountain
FOOD from 2:30pm-4pm at the Ferndale Library, 2125 Main St. This event is presented as part words of “Read & Share,” Whatcom County Library COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS
22 System’s countywide book group. WWW.WCLS.ORG/READANDSHARE
B-BOARD BIRCH BAY BOOK CLUB: Bring a book to share and talk about books to discuss at Pearl is born at sea and shortly after, upcoming meetings at Friends of Birch Bay
21 grandfather dies, leaving Myra to fend for Library Book Club from 4pm-5:30pm at the fu- herself. Myra and Pearl survive by fishing ture home of the library at 7968 Birch Bay Dr.
FILM and trading their catch for other necessi- (360) 305-3600 ties in far-between ports; trusting no one, OPEN MIC: Sign up to read your poetry and
18 Myra lives by her wits and intuition and prose or play music―or simply listen in―at goes to any length to keep Pearl safe. a Creekside Open Mic starting at 6:30pm
MUSIC Seven years pass and Myra has given up at Sudden Valley’s South Whatcom Library, hope of finding Row, when a raider rec- 10 Barn View Court, Gate 2. Entry to the monthly event is free. 16 ognizes Row’s picture and reports that he (360) 305-3632
ART saw her in a colony in Greenland. Myra re- solves to find a way to make the danger- OUR WILD CALLING: As part of the Nature of Writing series, journalist and author
14 ous Atlantic crossing and rescue Row, who would now be 13 years old, before she is Richard Louv will share ideas from his book Our Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals
STAGE sent by the colony to a breeding ship. Can Transform Our Lives—And Save Theirs at Myra’s boat is too small to make such 7pm at Whatcom Middle School, 810 Halleck a risky journey, but she is taken aboard St. Tickets are $5. 12 a friendly ship whose inhabitants in- WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM tend to find land in South America
GET OUT where they can start a community. What THURS., NOV. 21 POETRY WRITING GROUP: Come meet lengths will Myra go to to convince other writers who can help you get orga- 10 10 them to change course and sail north nized, give feedback and assist you with and east to Greenland before it is too your writing goals at a Poetry Writing Group late to save Row? meeting from 5:30pm-7pm at Village Books, WORDS WORDS Although the plot and several of the 1200 11th St. The group is open to newcom- ers and drop-ins and meets the first and
8 characters occasionally lapse into being third Thursday of each month. not quite believable, overall I found this WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM to be quite a page-turner. The endless ex- THE MORAL TRIANGLE: Co-authors Katha- CURRENTS panses of water covering vast abandoned cities capture the imagination, and fierce rina Galor and Dr. Sa’ed Atshan will speak
6 about their book, The Moral Triangle: Germans, and resourceful Myra makes a compelling Israelis, Palestinians, at 4:30pm at Western heroine. After the Flood is a great intro to Washington University’s Old Main Theater. VIEWS climate fiction, and Kassandra Montag an Discussing this book project will offer the KASSANDRA MONTAG Western community new modes of investigat- 4 emerging writer to watch. ing how migration, trauma, and contemporary
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2 mate Change.” You might try American WWW.WESTERNGALLERY.WWU.EDU REVIEWED BY LISA GRESHAM War by Omar El Akkad; set in 2074, oil
DO IT is outlawed, Louisiana is half underwa- FRI., NOV. 22 ter, and America is involved in a second VALLEY WRITERS: Bring pen and paper or a digital device—and an open mind—to Civil War. Another good option is The After the Flood the bimonthly “Valley Writers” meeting from Marrow Thieves, by Cherie Dimaline, in 1pm-3pm at Sudden Valley’s South Whatcom 11.20.19 A HARROWING TALE OF CLIMATE CHANGE which the world is ravaged by global Library, 10 Barn View Court. Participants warming and humans have lost the abil- write from prompts, and the event is facili- .14 tated by local poet and writer CJ Prince. 47 CLIMATE FICTION, also known as “cli-fi” (referential to sci-fi), explores what ity to dream, causing widespread mad-
# Explore what you think you don’t know but life on earth will be like if climate change and global warming continue unchecked. ness; only North America’s indigenous already do about writing during the monthly Stories in this genre are important in that they can connect us emo- people have retained their dreams and writing group. tionally with planetary changes occurring in our own backyards. they are being captured and colonized (360) 305-3632 Kassandra Montag’s debut novel, After the Flood, is a recently to harvest them. published climate fiction title; set about a century in the future, GLORIA STEINEM: Writer, lecturer, politi- cal activist and feminist icon Gloria Steinem rising waters from the One Hundred Year Flood have consumed much Lisa Gresham is the Collection Services graces Bellingham with her presence during CASCADIA WEEKLY of the North American continent. Disease and calamity have vastly Manager at the Whatcom County Library a moderated conversation and Q&A session reduced life on earth, and the remaining people are banded to- System. WCLS is celebrating its 75th year at 7:30pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 10 gether in mountaintop colonies or as small ship-borne communities. of sharing stories with the rural parts of N. Commercial St. Tickets to the (sold out) As the devastating flood makes its way inland to Nebraska, Myra’s Whatcom County. If you live outside the event are $22-$85. Steinem will sign copies of her new book, The Truth WilL Set You Free, grandfather races to finish building the boat that will save them. Frustrated with Myra city limits of Bellingham, you can apply But First it Will Piss You Off: A Lifetime of that she won’t leave without her grandfather, Myra’s husband, Jacob, flees with a for a WCLS library card at www.wcls.org/ Quotes from 9pm-10pm in the lobby on a departing neighbor, taking their daughter, Row, and leaving a pregnant Myra behind. get-a-library-card doit
Library, 519 E. Maple St. Readings begin at 7pm. SAT., NOV. 23 Entry to the all-ages event is by donation. SOUTH FORK WINTERFEST: Check out arts and WWW.BLOG.POETRYNIGHT.ORG crafts from local artisans, partake of refreshments, GLORIA STEINEM listen to live music and enjoy holiday fun for the 26 TUES, NOV. 26 entire family at the South Fork Winterfest happen- BELLINGHAM READS: Discuss Nathaniel Phil- ing from 10am-4pm in Deming at the Van Zandt FOOD brick’s Mayflower at a Bellingham Reads meeting Community Hall, 4106 Valley Hwy. Admission is taking place from 6:30pm-7:30pm at the Dodson free; donations are welcome. Room at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central [email protected] 22 Ave. New members are always welcome. (360) 778-7236 CONVERSATION CAFE: Engage with your com- munity in a thoughtful way through meaningful B-BOARD BOOKS AND BREWS: A representative from Vil- dialogue at a “Conversation Cafe: Can We Talk About lage Books will lead a monthly “Books and Brews” It?” event from 3pm-5pm at the Deming Library,
gathering to discuss Jim Lynch’s Border Songs at 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. Using the Conversation Cafe 21 7pm in Lynden at Overflow Taps, 106 5th St. format, table hosts facilitate small group conversa-
WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM tions which value a diversity of opinion, respectful FILM listening, and whole-hearted connection. WWW.WCLS.ORG COMMUNITY 18
PHOTO BY SETH WENIG BY PHOTO ROLLER BETTIES BOUT: Take part in a night of
Catch a glimpse of author and feminist icon Gloria Steinem Fri., Nov. 22 at the Mount Baker Theatre. roller derby when the Bellingham Roller Betties take MUSIC FRI., NOV. 22 on the Grunge City Rollers at an event taking place JINGLE BELLES: Merchants will stay open late from 5pm-9pm at Lynden Skateway, 421 Judson St. A 16 first-come, first-served basis. Village Books will MON., NOV. 25 for your shopping convenience for “Jingle Belles: A second bout will feature Bellingham All-Star Trainees also be on site selling the book and Steinem’s previ- OPEN MIC: Published and unpublished writers Ladies Night of Shopping” taking place from 5pm- take on Grunge City’s B Team. Entry to the fundraiser ART ous titles. are encouraged to attend and enjoy a welcoming 7:30pm throughout downtown La Conner. Drop by to is $7-$12 (free for children 7 and under). WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM audience as they share their stories, poems and pick up maps and check in at the La Conner Visitor WWW.BELLINGHAMROLLERBETTIES.COM 14 essays at a monthly Open Mic Night starting at Center, 413 Morris St. SAT., NOV. 23 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Sign up at the WWW.LOVELACONNER.COM SUN., NOV. 24 REFORMED: Karl Petersen reads from Reformed: Con- main counter on the first floor, or by calling the NOT-CREEPY: Adults can attend a “Not-Creepy STAGE fessions of a Preacher’s Kid at 4pm in Lynden at Vil- number listed here. GEMS NIGHT OUT: Girls in grades 3-8 can explore Gathering for People Who Want to Fall in Love” led lage Books, 430 Front St. Without self-pity, nostalgic (360) 671-2626 hands-on science activities at GEMS Night Out (Girls by multi-disciplinary performing artist Jenna Bean 12 sentiment, or indictment of his past, Petersen’s in Engineering, Math & Science) from 6pm-9pm on Veatch from 2pm-4pm at the Sylvia Center, 205 stories—vivid, candid and humorous—draw us into POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their the Western Washington University campus. Entry Prospect St. Attendees are asked to bring a note- his quirky family of ten 10 a time before iPads. creative verse as part of the weekly Poetrynight to the empowering evening of events is $50. book. Entry is $5-$20; please register in advance. GET OUT WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM can sign up starting at 6:30pm at the Alternative [email protected] WWW.SYLVIACENTERFORTHEARTS.ORG 10 10 WORDS WORDS 8 CURRENTS
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BELLINGHAM doit WED., NOV. 20 GROUP RUN: All levels of experience are
welcome at a weekly Group Run beginning at
26 6pm in Mount Vernon at the Skagit Running Company, 702 First St. The 3- to 6-mile run is
FOOD great for beginners or for others wanting an outside easy recovery. Entry is free. HIKING RUNNING GARDENING WWW.SKAGITRUNNERS.ORG 22 THURS., NOV. 21 FLY FISHING FILMS: Avid anglers will want
B-BOARD to show up for an International Fly Fishing endless miles of featureless farmlands Film Festival screening at 7pm in Mount Vernon at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First
21 reel by only piqued my anxiety further. St. The lineup consists of short and feature- Inevitably, I began to obsess about the length films produced by professional film- FILM trials and tribulations that surely await- makers from all corners of the globe. Tickets ed me in this bucolic confinement. are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG 18 Finally, about 20 hours later, the train jerked to a stop at Havre Station and the TRAVEL TALK: Marie Eaton will share MUSIC coach attendant beckoned me to debark stories and pictures at a Travelogue focused with my luggage. on “Morocco: Melting Pot of Cultures” from
16 Howling winds and imperious sleet/ 7pm-9pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. The presentation will explore
ART snow proliferated as I trundled my duffle the various “faces” of Morocco, including his- bag onto the deserted platform. torical background, the role of Islam, crafts,
14 But then, just as I contemplated climb- food, and culture. Suggested donation is $5. ing back aboard to continue to Seattle, WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG
STAGE Ethel and Oscar emerged from the wait- ing area to corral me into their pickup FRI., NOV. 22 Kids, adults and adventur- and haul me to their spread. WILD THINGS: 12 12 ers can join Holly Roger of Wild Whatcom for I earned my supper the first couple a “Wild Things” Community Program from days by crawling out of bed at 4am sharp 9:30am-11am every Friday in November at GET OUT GET OUT and shadowing Oscar on his daily routine Cornwall Park. Please bring a simple, healthy repairing infrastructure, putting out feed snack to share, and dress for the weather. Suggested donation is $5 per person.
10 and caring for ungulates. WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG Oscar was a World War I veteran who hobbled gallantly on a gimpy left leg WORDS SAT., NOV. 23 mumbling continuously with a cigarette TURKEY TROT: Join the Greater Bellingham Running Club for its annual “Turkey Trot”
8 in his lips. It sometimes seemed like he starting at 9am at Squalicum Creek Park, 1001 was on the verge of giving up the ghost, Squalicum Way. Entry to the 5K run and walk but he perambulated so efficiently I is $5-$20; 100 percent of the proceeds will be
CURRENTS could barely keep him in sight. donated to the Bellingham Food Bank. One afternoon, while refurbishing the WWW.GBRC.NET 6 horse corral, I became poignantly aware All are welcome at of the reason for Oscar’s habitual haste. GIRLS ON THE RUN:
VIEWS the YMCA’S “Girls on the Run 5K” starting at The cackling old tom stood well over 9:30am at Bloedel Donovan Park, 2214 Electric
4 four feet tall. Once you felt his beak Ave. Entry to the run/walk is $15; funds raised drilling into your knee it was too late benefit the after-school program for girls in MAIL to escape. grades 3-5 that is designed to increase physi- cal activity and emotional health.
2 The best you could do was protect your WWW.WHATCOMYMCA.ORG BY TRAIL RAT eyes and arterial zones by scrunching in
DO IT on yourself, using both arms to shield. PLANTS AND BIRDS: Join North Cascades Oscar wouldn’t resolve the situation Audubon Society member Pam Borso for a because he harbored sentimental feel- presentation on “Native Plants and Birds: Fowl Play Creating a Bird-Friendly Backyard” from ings for the bird, but Ethel was game.
11.20.19 10:30am-11:30am in Sudden Valley at the A TURKEY TALE The night before Thanksgiving she South Whatcom Library, 10 Barn View Court. called me into the barn and told me to Your backyard is your outdoor sanctuary. With .14
47 ALTHOUGH THE overwhelming majority of Thanksgiving turkeys I’ve partaken in bring the hatchet. some careful plant choices, it can be a sanctu- # over the years have been frozen solid and transported from a considerable distance, I’m still unclear as to how she wrestled ary for nesting and overwintering birds, as well as a recharge station for migrating birds. there is one instance where I got to process a bird the old-fashioned way. the turkey into a burlap sack, but when Entry is free. In the autumn of 1984 I was a 12-year-old skate punk from suburban Minneapolis with she laid the neck out on the cutting block WWW.WCLS.ORG a taste for Black Flag T-shirts and Charles Bukowski poetry. it became an unmissable target. I thought I knew everything. But I’d never visited Montana before. One decisive swing was all it took. We SALMON SITES: Join NSEA, Whatcom Conser- After earning a two-week suspension from middle school for inciting a classroom riot spent the next few hours turning that vation District and BBWARM to help restore a forest for salmon at a Work Party taking place CASCADIA WEEKLY against a lecherous art teacher who like to cop feels, however, that soon changed. 26-pound marauder into holiday dinner. from 9am-12pm along Terrell Creek (park at My grandma’s sister, Ethel, and her third husband, Oscar, operated a small ranch The white meat was pretty tough, but 12 the former Birch Bay Bible Community Church tucked in the eastern foothills of the Northern Rockies within a stone’s throw of Canada, the brown bits were sufficiently tender to sign in). From 12-3pm, attend a Salmon where they agreed to help realign a coercive vigilante like me. and delicious. And there were plenty of Sighting event at along Chuckanut Creek at So, regardless of my expressed wishes otherwise, they threw me on an Amtrak Empire leftovers. Arroyo Park. NSEA naturalists will be onsite to answer any questions and facilitateactivities Builder that carried me westbound nearly 1,000 miles deep into the Hi-Line country. Oscar wasn’t too stoked. But Ethel and Comfortable as my third-class accommodations were, the desultory effect of watching I relished every hard-earned bite. doit
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Cocktail Party ART Fri., Dec. 6, 5:30 - 8 PM Decorated trees | no-host bar | appetizers | live music 14 Tickets $35 on BrownPaperTickets.com Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association naturalists will answer questions centered on viewing STAGE spawning Pacific salmon at a Salmon Sighting event Sat., Nov. 23 along Chuckanut Creek. Must be 21+ to attend 12 12 centered around viewing spawning salmon. always on hand to guide the way at the weekly WWW.N-SEA.ORG All-Paces Run starting at 6pm every Tuesday at GET OUT Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. The runs are 20 GET OUT NOV. 23-24 minutes out and back on two key routes—by the BIRDING FOR KIDS: Skagit Guided Adventures water or through the woods. Entry is free. hosts “Birding for Kids” excursions from 2:30pm- WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM 10 4:30pm Saturdays and Sundays through March. Prices vary; transportation and binoculars will be AUDUBON MEETING: Audubon Washington’s WORDS provided. Reservations are required. Christi Norman discusses the Sagebrush Songbird (360) 474-7479 Survey at a meeting from 7pm-9pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Prepare 8 SUN., NOV. 24 to be inspired by a community science partner- RABBIT RIDE: Join members of the Mount ship that moves the conservation needle and
Baker Bicycle Club for a “Rabbit Ride” starting at shares the wonders of the shrub steppe ecosys- 44_14_19_Vote Bobby Briscoe CURRENTS 8:30am every Sunday at Fairhaven Bicycle, 1108 tem. Suggested donation is $5.
11th St. The 32-mile route takes riders down WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 6 Chuckanut and back via Lake Samish. The group
also holds weekly rides Tuesdays, Wednesdays, THURS., NOV. 28 VIEWS Thursdays and Saturdays. LA CONNER TURKEY TROT: Get some pre-feast
WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG exercise by signing up for the 13th annual La 4 Conner Turkey Trot starting at 8am at La Con-
AUDUBON ACTION: Join experts from North ner High School, 307 N. 6th St. Entry to the MAIL Cascades Audubon Society for a monthly “Audu- 5K is $15-$30. Prizes will be available for the
bon at the Museum” gathering from 1:30pm- top three overall finishers, and Thanksgiving- 2 3:30pm at the John M. Edson Hall of Birds at inspired attire is encouraged. The event also
Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect includes a free Kids Dash—a shorter course for DO IT St. In addition to displays of more than 500 young children. mounted birds, the exhibit provides opportuni- WWW.LOVELACONNER.COM ties to learn about migration, conservation, birds in peril, and the importance of studying GIVE THANKS 5K: A Thanksgiving-themed 11.20.19 bird specimens today. Entry is included with “Give Thanks 5K” begins at 9am at the Barkley admission fees. Haggen, 2900 Woburn St. The course will follow .14 WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG the scenic Railroad Trail to Rhododendron Way 47
and back. Packet pickup will the day-of only # MON., NOV. 25 from 7:45am-8:45am at the Barkley Haggen BACKCOUNTRY BASICS: Necessary gear, Gazebo. Fees are $25. common mistakes, best practices and places to WWW.LOCALRACES.COM/EVENTS ride will be part of a free “Baker Backcountry Basics” clinic at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. The Mt. FERNDALE TURKEY TROT: Take part in the Baker area of the North Cascades offers endless Almost Annual, Fairly Flat, Thanksgiving Day backcountry ski and snowboard lines for those Ferndale Turkey Trot starting at 9am at Cascadia William E. Lombard, MD, long-time Whatcom County nephrologist, will present CASCADIA WEEKLY with the right tools, experience and time. Please Elementary, 6175 Church Rd. Entry is by dona- in layperson's terms the meanings of advanced medical interventions, as well as register in advance. tion; all proceeds will be split equally between 13 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM the Ferndale Food Bank, the Giving Store, and what the outcomes could mean for patients in the short and long term. Advance the Ferndale Senior Center. Attendees can run, care planning, advance directives, and the importance of palliative care are TUES., NOV. 26 walk, waddle, trot or just come to donate. discussed. Dr. Lombard will explain what a POLST is - Physician Order for Life ALL-PACES RUN: Staff and volunteers are WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/EVENTS Sustaining Treatment. This interactive session includes Q&A. doit STAGE
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26 MET AGAIN: Come see a play about life, death, growing up and those who help us
FOOD along the way at a one-night-only show- ing of In the End We Met Again at 7pm at stage Western Washington University’s Old Main 22 THEATER DANCE PROFILES Theatre. Entry is free to the play that is student-written, student-directed and student acted.
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21 dancers are capable of performing.” semi-formal attire and help celebrate the On the lineup are three original piec- local drag community at the Bellingham Drag FILM es. “Romeo and Juliet Fantasy” will kick Awards starting with a red carpet rollout at off the program. Music by Pyotr Tchai- 7pm at the Firefly Lounge, 1015 N. State St. The show starts at 9pm, and there will be ap- 18 kovsky will bring the dramatic elements pearances by Bertha Baby, Glamazon Prime, in the score to life to help tell the tale and Jack Goff. MUSIC of the final scene of the story of two WWW.THEFIREFLYLOUNGE.COM young lovers torn asunder by familial
16 strife (it doesn’t end well). GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at 7:30pm every Thursday
ART Next up is Spanish Twilight. Set in a at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At cantina in Barcelona, 9:30pm, stick around for “The Project”— 14 14 the Flamenco-focused which tonight will feature an “Improv piece promises audi- Mashup.” Entry is $8 for the early show, $5 STAGE STAGE ences an unexpected for the late one. ending amid the sul- WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM try sounds of Spain. 12 NOV. 21-23 Alberto Gaspar, a TARTUFFE: Witness a wild retelling of principal dancer from Moliere’s legendary comedy, Tartuffe, when
GET OUT Olympic Ballet The- Constance Congdon’s translation shows at ATTEND atre, will be dancing 7pm Thursday and Friday, and 2pm and 7pm WHAT: Pointes Saturday at Bellingham High School, 2020
10 the lead male roles in of View III Cornwall Ave. In the play a con man, Tartuffe, WHERE: both Spanish Twilight tricks the family patriarch, Orgon, into giving Firehouse Arts and Romeo and Juliet. him his fortune and free reign to reside over WORDS and Events Finally, Behind the his family. Tickets will be $8 at the door. Center, 1314 (360) 676-6575
8 Curtain, an extravagan- Harris Ave. za featuring 16 dancers, WHEN: 7:30pm DRACULA’S DAUGHTERS: View a comic Sat., Nov. 23 is set to Samuel Barber’s travesty of a classic horror tale at perfor-
CURRENTS and 2pm Sun., “Concerto for Piano and mances of Dracula’s Daughters: A Family Com- Nov. 24 Orchestra” and features edy at 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday at 6 COST: $20 a trio of movements. Whatcom Community College’s Heiner Theater. INFO: Because “Pointes of Sean Walbeck directs the production. Tickets
VIEWS www.firehouse will be $3 at the door. performing View III” acts as an WWW.WHATCOM.EDU
4 arts.com or unofficial opening to www.northwest Northwest Ballet The- NOV. 21-24 MAIL ballet.org THE NORMAN CONQUESTS: Alan Ayck- PHOTO BY LYNN TYLER KING LYNN BY PHOTO atre’s latest season, bourn’s The Norman Conquests continues with
2 there will also be food, showings of Living Together, Table Manners, wine and a silent auction, with proceeds and Round and Round the Garden at 7:30pm
DO IT BY AMY KEPFERLE for the nonprofit helping fund Bishop’s Thursday and Friday; 1pm, 4:30pm and 7:30pm new production of Don Quixote, which Saturday; and 7:30pm Sunday at the Sylvia will be performed in June. Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St. Made up By the time that happens, NBT’s latest of three interlocking full-length plays follow-
11.20.19 ing six characters from Saturday night through Pointes of View versions of The Nutcracker will have come Monday morning, they are ingeniously written and gone. But first, Bishop and his able to be enjoyed individually or as a trilogy, and .14 SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM NORTHWEST BALLET 47 crew must focus on the task at hand. can be seen in any order. Directed by WWU’s # NOVEMBER IS typically a frenetic time of the year for John Bishop. As the artistic “This will be NBT’s 21st annual produc- Evan Mueller, the plays will be performed on a rotating schedule through November, and director and resident choreographer for Bellingham-based Northwest Ballet Theater, he tion of The Nutcracker, which is a favorite can also be seen all together on two marathon is responsible for keeping track of sugarplum fairies, Mouse Kings, snowflakes and other every year for our community,” he says, performances—this Saturday and next Satur- assorted characters in the holiday ballet The Nutcracker, which NBT brings to stages “and which draws a wide audience not day. Tickets are $10-$25 for individual shows, Dec. 20-22 in Mount Vernon at McIntyre Hall, and Dec. 27-29 at Bellingham’s Mount only from Whatcom and Skagit counties, $24-$60 for the trilogy. Baker Theatre. but also from other parts of Washington WWW.SYLVIACENTERFORTHEARTS.ORG CASCADIA WEEKLY Amid the intense demands of the holiday season, Bishop and crew have also included and the Northwest. NOV. 22-23 two “Pointes of View III” performances Nov. 23-24 at the Firehouse Arts and Events “It’s crazy but fun,” Bishop says of the 14 BUTTERFLIES AND TRIOS: Check out Center. Unlike NBT’s typical fare, the shows at the intimate space are geared toward seasonal frenzy. “We always have a good the improvised long form known at “The more modern movement, and offer audiences something out of the ordinary. time at Northwest Ballet, and I have such Butterfly Effect” at 7:30pm performances “I wanted my advanced dancers, who are also technically proficient in contempo- an amazing group of dancers, teachers, Friday and Saturday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 9:30pm, showings of “Tip Top rary ballet, to be able to perform challenging repertoire,” Bishop says,”and to give staff and volunteers who make all the the local community a chance to see what other types of repertoire Northwest Ballet hard work and sweat worth it.” doit
26 SERIOUS FOOD
MUSICAL Janiva 22 COMEDY The Theater
Magness B-BOARD Arts Guild presents its final showings of Pray OPENING with
the Gay Away 21 Nov. 22-24 at the
Lincoln Theatre. FILM 18 MUSIC 16 ART 14 14
Trios” can be seen. Both formats show weekends STAGE MON., NOV. 25 STAGE through November. Tickets are $10-$12. GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open mic for WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM comedians, “Guffawingham!,” takes place at
9pm every Monday at the Firefly Lounge, 1015 12 CLIMATE CHANGE THEATRE: Skagit Valley N. State St. Entry is free. The event features ap- College’s drama department will present Climate proximately 20 standup comedians who each do
Change Theatre Action readings at 7:30pm Friday a four-minute set. GET OUT and Saturday at the school’s Phil Tarro Theatre, WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GUFFAWINGHAM 2405 E. College Way. Featured playwrights are
Yvette Nolan (Breathing Space), Caridad Svich TUES., NOV. 26 10 (A Letter from the Ocean), Kiana Rivera (Kumu COMEDY NIGHT: A monthly “Comedy Night Kukui), and Zainabu Jallo (There Goes My Bowtie at McKay’s” will kick off at 8pm at McKay’s WORDS with the Storm). The plays will be followed by a Taphouse and Pizzeria, 1118 E. Maple St. The talkback with professors and professionals work- evening’s events feature an open mic for the ing to raise awareness of climate change. first half of the show, followed by sets from where 8 WWW.CLIMATECHANGETHEATREACTION.COM four local comedians. Entry is free; come in 30 rom you minutes early to sign up for a spot at the mic. f l NOV. 22-24 WWW.MCKAYSTAPHOUSE.COM ve iv CURRENTS PRAY THE GAY AWAY: The world premiere of i e Conrad Askland’s new play, Pray the Gay Away, g 6 concludes this week with performances at DANCE
7:30pm Friday and Saturday, and 2pm Sunday in VIEWS Mount Vernon at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First THURS., NOV. 21
St. The “serious musical comedy” takes place in FOLK DANCE: The Balkan Folk Dancers meet 4 1980s Minnetonka, Minnesota, and shows the from 7-9:30pm Thursdays at the Fairhaven collision course of two boys being subjected Library, 1117 12th St. There is teaching early MAIL to the controversial practice of gay conversion in the evening, and no experience or partner
therapy, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod is necessary as most dances are line or circle 2 that says “homosexual behavior is intrinsically dances. Suggested donation is $5; first-time
sinful,” a Youth Pride LGBTQ support group visitors can attend for free. DO IT fighting for human rights, and the local commu- (360) 380-0456 nity caught in the middle. Tickets are $13-$24. WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG SAT., NOV. 23 CONTRA DANCE: Faux Paws will perform and 11.20.19 SAT., NOV. 23 George Marshall will do the calling at Bellingham FAMILY DINNER: Join the Dead Parrots Soci- Country Dance Society’s special Contra Dance ety, Western Washington University’s resident taking place from 7pm-10:30pm at Sacred Heart Find the perfect gift with our new online .14 47 improv troupe, for a Thanksgiving-themed “Fam- Social Hall, 1110 14th St. Suggested donation is # ily Dinner’ performance at 8pm at Miller Hall $10 for students, $15-$20 general. A beginner’s 138. Entry will be $2 at the door. workshop will kick off the action. local gift guide WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DEADPARROTSWWU WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE.ORG SUN., NOV. 24 TUES., NOV. 26 Feel good about getting one-of-a-kind gifts for your special HORSIN’ AROUND: Attend “Horsin’ Around SKAGIT FOLK DANCERS: Join the Skagit- someone while supporting the community you love. with ANT” at 7pm at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Anacortes Folk Dancers for a weekly Interna- CASCADIA WEEKLY Bay St. The fundraiser featuring improv comedy tional Folk Dancing event from 7-9:30pm at SustainableConnections.org/gift-guide will support equine therapy programs for youth Bayview Civic Hall, 12615 C St. No partners are 15 and veterans helped by Animals as Natural needed; just show up and dance. Entry to the Therapy. Show up at 6pm to meet miniature drop-in event is free for the first session, $3 THINK LOCAL FIRST therapy horses. Tickets are $25. afterward. WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM [email protected] doit UPCOMING EVENTS
FRI., NOV. 22
26 FOURTH FRIDAY ART WALK: Whatcom Art Market, Peter James Photography, Current
FOOD & Furbish, Evolve Chocolates, Tony’s Coffee visual & Tea/Harris Avenue Cafe, Village Books, GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES Paper Dreams, Colophon Cafe, Chuckanut 22 Center, Artwood Gallery, Morgan Block, Good Earth Pottery, Firehouse Arts and Events Center, Stones Throw Brewery, and
B-BOARD Blessings Spa will be among those opening their doors for the Fourth Friday Art Walk taking place from 5pm-8pm in historic
21 from local artisans you become a part of Fairhaven. Entry is free. their success story,” organizers say. We WWW.FAIRHAVENARTWALK.COM
FILM agree. Where: 5715 Barrett Rd. Info: www. homefortheholidaysbellingham.com TRIPPING HAZARD RECEPTION: A closing reception for “Golden Hour at the Trip- 18 In Everson, the 21st annual Kale ping Hazard” takes place from 6:30pm-9pm happening House Art Show and Sale at Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. The MUSIC from 10am-4pm Nov. 22-23 and 29-30 group show uses foraged materials and found at the Kale House Bed & Breakfast will objects to transform an area of swampland at 16 16 give attendees an opportunity not only Lookout Arts Quarry, shown in a new context through black and white film. ART ART to peruse ceramics, jewelry, fiber art, WWW.MINDPORT.ORG calligraphy, paintings, mixed-media and
14 decor for the home and garden, but also NOV. 22-DEC. 24 to check out the many charms of the FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: More than 100 local artists and craftspeople will show and sell STAGE 1920s-era home that opens its doors in the name of art every November. Who their creative wares as part of Allied Arts’ 40th annual “Holiday Festival of the Arts” starting knows, sometime soon you may end up 12 this week and continuing from 10am-7pm daily spending the night. Where: 201 Kale St. (except on Thanksgiving) through Christmas Info: www.kalehouse.net Eve at the former Bellingham Public Market,
GET OUT At the JaponTex: Quilt Exhibit, Talk 1530 Cornwall Ave. and Sale taking place from 11am-4pm WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG
10 Sat., Nov. 23 at the La Conner Civic Garden SAT., NOV. 23 Club, Okan Arts quilter Patricia Belyea’s HOLIDAY CRAFT MARKET: Check out quality “Inserted Curves Quilts” exhibit will be handmade goods by local artisans at a Holiday WORDS on display, and vintage Japanese textiles Craft Market taking place from 10am-4pm in Ferndale at Meadows Montessori School, 2377
8 and something called “stash packs” will be Douglas Rd. for sale. Additionally, Denny Fox of Quilt- WWW.PMMONTESSORI.ORG ing Foxes will be selling contemporary
CURRENTS Japanese fabrics sourced from her shop in HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE: Wine, chocolate Sedro-Woolley. Indigo Stitch will also be and creative shopping opportunities will 6 offering a storewide 20 percent discount combine at a Holiday Open House taking place in La Conner from 10am-5pm at the at its waterfront locale, and the Pacific
VIEWS Museum of Northwest Art Gift Store, 2345 NW Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum will get in Blanche Way. 4 INSERTED CURVED QUILT BY PATRICIA BELYEA BELYEA PATRICIA BY INSERTED CURVED QUILT on the fun, as well. Where: 622 Second St. WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG Info: www.okanarts.com/japontex MAIL For its second weekend, the Rexville SKAGIT ARTISTS PRESENTATION: Skagit BY AMY KEPFERLE Artists will host an educational presenta-
2 Grange Holiday Art Show will bring tion with Milo White from 11am-2pm at the even more magic to Skagit from 10am- Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research
DO IT 5pm Sat.-Sun., Nov. 23-24. Visitors are Reserve, 10441 Bayview Edison Rd. White Local Love welcome to peruse paintings, pottery, works predominately in the medium of metal glass art, photography, jewelry, fine and will discuss why he chose that medium. Entry is free. crafts, weaving, woodwork and much AN ARTFUL HOLIDAY WWW.SKAGITARTISTS.COM 11.20.19 more at the semiannual celebration of A FRIEND on Facebook recently posted a “Crap-Free Christmas Gift Buying Guide” creativity. All of the work is by local art- SMALL WORKS RECEPTION: An opening .14 party and potluck for the 30th annual “Honey, 47 that resembled a food pyramid, and it made a lot of sense. For those who already ists, and even if you don’t find some- # eschew big-box shopping in favor of seeking out unique items handcrafted by people thing perfect for that certain someone, I Shrunk the Art” Small Works Show takes place from 4pm-9pm on Camano Island at who already live and work in the vicinity, the idea that more of your hard-earned we’re guessing you’ll discover something Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, money stays in the local economy when you do this is already a selling point. And for yourself (don’t worry, we won’t tell 2345 Blanche Way. while other ideas are worth mentioning—such as making your own gifts, buying Santa). Where: 19299 Rexville Grange Rd. WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM secondhand, making ethical purchases and cutting back—I’d like to draw attention Info: www.rexvillegrangeartshow.com to talented artisans and crafters who’ll be selling their wares in coming days at As you can see from the number of up- TINY TREES: Enjoy a festive evening of good cheer while supporting the new La Conner CASCADIA WEEKLY limited-run events. If you’d like to help them do a happy dance by purchasing their coming events listed in this section of the Swinomish Library at the Festival of Tiny Trees creations, read on. paper, these aren’t the only places those from 6pm-8:30pm at the Swinomish Yacht 16 At the 38th annual Home for the Holidays event taking place Nov. 21-23 at the looking for a crap-free Christmas can go Club, 310 N. First St. Tickets are $30. Ferndale Events Center, each booth represents a small, local business and an oppor- to find what they’re looking for. Seek out WWW.LACONNERLIBRARYFOUNDATION.ORG tunity to find something you’ve never seen before—whether it’s map art and illus- the happenings that call to you, and you’ll TUES., NOV. 26 trations inspired by the Pacific Northwest, jewelry, toffee developed from a family find that buying local is way easier when CREATIVE CHURCH: Join Echoes Bellingham recipe, or hand-poured soy candles in a variety of fragrances. “When you purchase you have so much to choose from. doit
5pm Tues.-Thurs. at Gallery Syre, 465 W. Stuart Rd. REXVILLE GROCERY: Photographer Sky Russell’s WWW.DAVIDSYREART.COM “Skagit Images” will be on display through Nov. 30 in VIVID Mount Vernon at the Rexville Grocery and Restaurant, GOOD EARTH POTTERY: Anne Marie Cooper’s 19271 Best Rd. 26 VISIONS “Balancing Act” will be featured through November at WWW.SKAGITIMAGES.COM
View “Golden Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. FOOD Hour at the WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM SVC ART GALLERY: Works by artists and spouses Tripping Chris Theiss and Kristin Loffer Theiss can be seen at
Hazard” and I.E. GALLERY: Marc Wenet’s “Points of Light” can an “art-ri-mo-ny” exhibit showing through Dec. 13 in 22 a Camera be seen through the month in Edison at i.e. gallery, Mount Vernon in the Skagit Valley College Art Gallery. Obscura instal- 5800 Cains Court. WWW.SKAGIT.EDU
lation at a WWW.IEEDISON.COM B-BOARD closing recep- SMITH & VALLLE: Tricia Stackle sculptures and col- tion Fri., Nov. JANSEN ART CENTER: View a “Fall Juried Exhibit” lages inspired by minimalism and process art will be
22 at Mindport through Nov. 29 in Lynden at the Jansen Art Center, on display through Dec. 1 at Edison’s Smith & Vallee 21 Exhibits. 321 Front St. Ad Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave.
WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG WWW.SMITHANDVALLEEGALLERY.COM FILM
MAKE.SHIFT: “Radiant Reflections” shows through WESTERN GALLERY: “There is a Mirror in My Heart: November at Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. Reflections on a Righteous Grandfather” by Sebastian 18 for its monthly Creative Church gathering from 6:30pm- DEMING LIBRARY: “Nooksack Faces and Places” WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM Mendes and “Lost in Jüdischer Friedhof Weißensee”
8pm at the Old Parish Hall, 2117 Walnut St. Attendees shows through Nov. 30 at the Deming Library, 5044 by Robert Yerachmiel Sniderman show through Dec. 7 MUSIC will be making Advent wreaths with locally gathered Mt. Baker Hwy. MONA: View the retrospective exhibit “Eve Deisher: at Western Washington University’s Western Gallery.
WWW.WCLS.ORG WWW.WESTERNGALLERY.WWU.EDU 16 greens. Suggested donation is $5. Indicator” and “Portland Artists from the Permanent 16 WWW.ECHOESBELLINGHAM.ORG Collection” through Jan. 11 in La Conner at the ART FISHBOY GALLERY: Discover the contemporary folk Museum of Northwest Art, 121 First St. WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by Whatcom Art ART art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm Fridays or by appoint- WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG Guild members can be perused daily at the Whatcom
ONGOING EXHIBITS ment at the Fishboy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. Art Market, 1103 11th St. 14 319-2913 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM PERRY AND CARLSON: View “Imprint,” new paint- WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG ALLIED ARTS: “Luxurious Order” shows through Nov. ings by Skagit Valley artist Meg Holgate, through STAGE 30 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. FOURTH CORNER FRAMES: “And Now for Something November in Mount Vernon at Perry and Carlson Gal- WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Wanted: Ed Bereal for Disturb- WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG Completely Different” shows through Nov. 30 at lery, 508 S. First St. ing the Peace,” “What Lies Beneath: Minerals of the
Fourth Corner Frames and Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. WWW.PERRYANDCARLSON.COM Pacific Northwest,” “City of Hope,” “People of the 12 COLOPHON CAFE: Whatcom Art Guild artists Rick WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM Sea and Cedar: A Journey Through the Tribal Cultures Bulman, Jackson Faulkner, and Karen Ver Burg, and RAGFINERY: A variety of textile-related workshops and History of the Northwest Coast,” and “John M.
pieces by Sattva Photography will be on display GALLERY SYRE: A “New Works” exhibit exploring happen on a regular basis at Ragfinery, 1421 N. Edson Hall of Birds” can currently be viewed on the GET OUT through December at the Colophon Cafe, 1208 11th St. David Syre’s primarily personal experiences and the Forest St. Whatcom Museum campus. WWW.COLOPHONCAFE.COM emotional responses to them is on display from 12pm- WWW.RAGFINERY.COM WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 10 WORDS Engage in a lively, moderated conversation and Q & A Thrill at the vast and virtuosic talent of session with a legendary voice in women’s rights. “Canada’s King of the rumba flamenco…” —Chatelaine 8 CURRENTS 6 VIEWS 4 MAIL
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26 “WHAT’S GOING ON at Kombucha Town?” It took a few people asking me that ques- FOOD tion before I figured out what they were re- ferring to was the Culture Cafe, a distinction without much of a difference in the past, but 22 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT one that has now become more important. To rewind: On Nov. 1, the Culture Cafe, B-BOARD which lives in the basement of the Herald building as an offshoot of Kombucha Town,
21 closed, seemingly rather suddenly, for “ren- ovations.” Turns out it
FILM really was for renova- tions no matter how
18 18 suspicious my putting quotes around the word MUSIC MUSIC might render it. They shuttered for a short
16 time to do the kind of BY CAREY ROSS
ART work that is both neces- sary while also not being very interesting.
14 However, the slight space rehab signaled a change of ownership, the main effect of
STAGE which at this point seems to be that it is no longer technically correct to use the names Culture Cafe and Kombucha Town inter- 12 changeably, which I’m sure most of us will catch onto probably never.
GET OUT I’m sorry, Kombucha Town. I mean Cul- ture Cafe.
10 My point here is to let you know the cafe is open, has a revamped menu (feed me all the kabobs) and has already hosted Goh Ku- WORDS TIM O’BRIEN rosawa, karaoke and trivia night, so it’s safe
8 to say they’re back in action. In news that is nowhere near as good thing can and probably will go before the comes word that Rook and Rogue, the BY CAREY ROSS CURRENTS week is out. downtown Bellingham spot where you can It will begin, as all things should, with a drink creatively named craft cocktails while 6 drag show. But not just a drag show—a drag schooling your friends at Settlers of Catan awards show, which combines a couple of my (or in my case, Sorry) has decided to close. VIEWS The Firefly favorite things: outrageous entertainment To put a finer point on it, it’s not so much
4 and winning stuff. I will absolutely admit that they “decided” to close, it’s more that that I know very little about the Thurs., Nov. they ran out of the money required to run MAIL Lounge 21 Bellingham Drag Awards, other than the a well-liked business that was never meant
2 A MUSICAL MELTING POT event is put on by Werq; will feature appear- to make anyone rich, but was very much ances by Bertha Baby, Glamazon Prime, and meant to support and foster community.
DO IT A FEW days ago, I found myself drawn into conversation with a couple Jack Hoff (drag names, how I love you); and It’s an unhappy circumstance, but I’m of people, one of them a former Bellingham resident paying a visit after a involves a red carpet and a request for semi- guessing Rook and Rogue will not be the last long time away, and the other in this neck of the woods for the first time. formal attire, if you so desire. All of this can such place to make the difficult decision to They were in town to see a concert, and the erstwhile Hamster was trying be yours for the low, low cover of $5. I’ve been shut down and move on. Bellingham is get- 11.20.19 to describe the local music scene to his friend. to some events in town and most will not roll ting more expensive to live in by the second, It was not long before a third party, overhearing them, pointed to where I out the red carpet for five bucks. Complete and those feeling a great deal of the squeeze .14
47 was pretending not to be eavesdropping and said, “You should ask her about the vibe by digging out your high school prom are the artists, musicians, writers, dancers, # it.” Then followed it with what has become a familiar refrain, “She’s a music dress and seeing if it still fits. makers, artisans and others who, although writer. She works for What’s Up!” I’m not going to lie, when I heard that Seat- they are steadfast and engaged commu- Close enough. tle band Wolfchild, who will play at the Firefly nity stakeholders, remain a paycheck-to- They turned their focus in my direction, and after we waxed nostalgic on Fri., Nov. 22, released a song called “Blood paycheck sector of the working class. There about the 3B Tavern and the Showoff Gallery, the onetime local peppered Moon,” I wondered if they were fans of recent are a lot of us. And when we experience me with questions like, “What’s the rock bar now? And where’s the blues bar? Legend of Zelda video game Breath of the Wild. wage stagnation and struggle financially,
CASCADIA WEEKLY I remember there being a country/Americana-ish venue—where’s that?” Then I realized I need to get out more. the small businesses that get our dwindling I waited for a gap in the inquiries and explained that changing times had Gabriel Wolfchild first came to the atten- share of disposable income suffer as well. 18 brought with them an altered musical landscape, and venues were no longer tion of a widespread audience in a thoroughly We are not a better community for it. defined by genre and siloed off from one another. Instead, they tend to op- modern way: as a contestant on The Voice. I don’t know what the solutions are. For erate fairly symbiotically—especially considering how many of them there He made it through the blind audition por- now, we can hit up Rook and Rogue, swill are—and they all book a bit of everything. tion—in which three of the four judges vied cocktails, throw down some Sorry and hope Take, for instance, the upcoming days at the Firefly Lounge, when any- to be his mentor after his evocative rendition the answers come. doit
MCKAIN LAKEY 26 Singer. Songwriter. FOOD Producer. Sound engineer. Clawhammer banjo player. McKain 22 Lakey will bring her music and many tal- ents to the Alternative B-BOARD Library for a 7:30pm Fri., Nov. 22 concert 21 WOLFCHILD also featuring I Love You Avalanche and the FILM Best Intentions. ing bluegrass and old-timey music. The REID KUENNEN BY PHOTO FIREFLY, FROM PAGE 18 reasons O’Brien is able to command such 18 18 a cohort of collaborators are manifold: WED., NOV. 20 SAT., NOV. 23 MUSIC of Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s He’s an inordinately skilled and engaging CLAVE GRINGA: The Whatcom Jazz Music Arts BIG BAND: The A’Town Big Band presents “An MUSIC Alright”—only to be sent home shortly musician. Hailing from West Virginia, he’s Center hosts a concert by Clave Gringa at 7pm at Evening of Jazz” for all ages from 7pm-9pm at the
thereafter. Which is certainly not an authentic to his core. And he’s no slouch the Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St. Anacortes Senior Activity Center, 1701 22nd St. 16 indicator of his musical ability as The in the awards department, having racked Pianist, composer and educator Ann Reynolds leads Dance along to your favorites, or sit back and enjoy ART Voice is not necessarily a show designed up a couple of Grammys and numerous this band of all-stars, which includes Daniel Barry the music. Light refreshments will be served. (trumpet), Kelsey Mines (bass), and Ricardo Guity WWW.ANACORTESWA.GOV to reward those with the most talent. other music industry accolades. He’ll be (percussion) playing original and classic Cuban 14 And talent is certainly not in short sup- at the Firefly on Sat., Nov. 23 thanks to jazz. Entry will be $5-$10 at the door. JESSE COOK: Thrill at the vast and virtuosic tal- WWW.WJMAC.ORG ply when it comes to Wolfchild, both the Roost, and somehow tickets remain ent of Juno-winning master guitarist Jesse Cook STAGE the musician himself and the band that available, although there can’t be very at a 7:30pm concert at the Mount Baker Theatre, bears his name. many left at this juncture. THURS., NOV. 21 104 N. Commercial St. Dubbed “Canada’s King of FINDLAY AND LERCH: Guitar gurus Jamie Findlay the rumba flamenco,” Cook has travelled the globe 12 Wolfchild’s music is most often de- Rounding out this eclectic entertain- and Tim Lerch (of Pearl Django) perform at 7pm at looking for sounds that resonate with him. Tickets scribed as “dream folk,” and with Ga- ment roundup is the longstanding come- the Firehouse Arts and Events Center, 1314 Harris are $20.50-$49.50. briel’s long hair, nakedly emotive voice dy open-mic night Guffawingham, which Ave. Mark Ashworth and Mark Kelly will do a short WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM GET OUT and habit of speaking vulnerably about is sometimes rendered with an exclama- opening set. Tickets are $15. his feelings, he certainly embodies that tion point, but certainly doesn’t need WWW.FIREHOUSEPERFORMINGARTS.COM LIGHTS IN DARKNESS: Western Washington University’s Concert Choir performs at an annual 10 aesthetic. But there’s darkness in that it with a name like Guffawingham. The FRI., NOV. 22 concert, “A Light in the Darkness: Songs of Hope dreaminess, and it can be found in such special guest at the Mon., Nov. 25 itera- MUSIC AND ART: Derek Duffy, Vic Cano, JP and Comfort” at 7:30pm at the Church of the As- WORDS lyrics from the aforementioned “Blood tion will be Natalie Holt, who will take Falcon, Andy Bunn, Lisa Temcov, Jeffery Sough, sumption, 2116 Cornwall Ave. Celebrate the season Moon” as “Pockets hangin’ low, heavy the stage along with host Nikki Kilpat- Rob Hutchins, Mey Kumar, and Marcia Anderson and welcome new Western Washington University 8 with stones/Open your eyes before you rick and whatever other local comics who will perform at a “A Night of Art and Music” taking choral faculty member Dr. Angela Broeke in a place from 5pm-9pm at the Firehouse Arts and delightful Bellingham choral musical tradition. bring down this glass home.” Later, he want to try out their jokes on a crowd Events Center, 1314 Harris Ave. The free event Tickets are $12-$15.
sings, “Burn it down so you have noth- that they can probably—maybe?—count takes place during the district’s Fourth Friday Art WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU CURRENTS ing to lose,” which is a sentiment all too on not to heckle them. Holt lives in Se- Walk, and will also feature art by Janet Bergstrom, many of us find to be personally relat- attle but hails from Florida, which is a Laura Brown, Vic Cano, Derek Duffy, Harold Niven, MON., NOV. 25 6 able. Or maybe it’s just me. thing I’d like to crack wise about but Claudia Sampson, Sandie Ledray, Jan Lor, Shelly COMPOSERS OF WESTERN: Hear original works
Stark, and Angela Rose White. from Western Washington University students at a VIEWS I try not to judge people by the compa- won’t because her jokes at my expense WWW.FIREHOUSEPERFORMINGARTS.COM “Composers of Western” concert at 7:30pm at the ny they keep—except for all those times would almost certainly be better than school’s Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. Entry 4 when I do—but when you’re a 65-year-old mine. She tells jokes for a living. I tell OFF THE HILL: As part of an “Off the Hill” con- is free and open to the public. guy who can claim recent collaborations them because my mouth exists to embar- cert series, performers from Western Washington WWW.CFPA.WWU.EDU MAIL University’s scholarship instrumental ensembles with folks such as Dan Auerbach of the rass my brain. will be joined by their artist-faculty mentors to TUES., NOV. 26 2 Black Keys and country megastar Chris To recap: In less than the span of a present an evening of chamber works at 7:30pm MVHS FALL CONCERT: Members of the award-
Stapleton, as well as Ian Fitchuk, pro- week at the Firefly, you can walk the red at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect winning Mount Vernon High School instrumental DO IT ducer of Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour, carpet into a $5 drag show, see a band St. Capping off the evening will be a performance music department perform at a Fall Concert at 7pm I’m inclined to judge, and judge favor- that has nothing to do with the Legend of of Aaron Copland’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning ballet, at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way. Entry is ably. The person keeping company with Zelda, marvel that you’re at an intimate “Appalachian Spring.” A suggested donation of by donation to attend the performance of varied
$25 will be collected at the door; all proceeds works for band and orchestra. Arrive early to avoid 11.20.19 the aforementioned musical luminaries concert with a multiple Grammy winner, support WWU music department scholarships. the lines at the box office. is Tim O’Brien, a songwriter and multi- and laugh off your case of the Mondays. WWW.CFPA.WWU.EDU WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG .14
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MUSIC Piano Night w/Aaron Guest Piano Night w/Paul Klein RADKEY/Nov. 22/ Boundary Bay Brewery (6pm) (3pm) Shakedown 16 Nahko and Medicine for the Thievery Corporation, Brazilian Commodore Ballroom Sleater-Kinney, Kaina (7pm) Infected Mushroom (9pm) ART People, Ayla Nereo (7pm) Girls (8pm)
14 Ron Bailey & Tangents Edison Inn Whiskey Fever (8:30pm) (5:30pm) STAGE Werq Drag Show: The Belling- Wolfchild, Among Authors, Apol- Guffawingham w/Natalie Songs & Stories Open Mic Firefly Lounge Tim O'Brien Band (7pm) ham Drag Awards (7pm) ogy Wars (9pm) Holt (9:30pm) (6pm), Karaoke (9pm) 12 Guemes Island The Savage Band (6:30pm) General Store GET OUT
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After Party Drag Show Panty Hoes Drag Show CURRENTS Rumors Cabaret Flashback Friday (10pm) Party Saturday (10pm) Karaoke (9pm) (10:30pm) (9:30pm) 6 Bellingham Late Show Melancholia, Grim Earth, Inexorable Radkey (8:30pm) The Shakedown (8pm) (8:30pm) VIEWS 4 Silver Reef Casino DJ TonyBoi (9pm) The Shannanigans (9pm)
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tion of haves, have-nots as seen through the eyes 26 of two very different families, and the all-out battle
FILM SHORTS for dominance when a “parasitic force” is introduced FOOD into the delicately balanced mix. See the thoroughly 21 Bridges: I will watch Chadwick Boseman in just thought-provoking film critics are calling the year’s about anything, including this incredibly cheesy- best. HHHHH (R • 2 hrs. 12 min.) 22 looking action flick that seems to have been made solely so Boseman can stay in shape for his next Black Playing With Fire: John Cena, wishes he was the
Panther movie. HH (R • 1 hr. 43 min.) Rock, leads a group of firefighters who have to baby- B-BOARD sit children because comedies really get to be that A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Forest thinly premised these days. H (PG • 1 hr. 38 min.) 21 Gump was just the warm-up. Obviously Mister Rogers 21 was the role Tom Hanks was born to play. Feel free Terminator: Dark Fate: The last couple of install- FILM to ugly cry from the opening scene to the closing ments in this franchise that is harder to kill than FILM credits. You’ll be in excellent and plentiful company. its title character were just plain bad. But I’m going HHHHH (PG • 1 hr. 48 min.) to watch the shit out of this one because it had the 18 good sense to bring back and center the story on Charlie’s Angels: Does the world really need another THE IRISHMAN Sarah Connor. Welcome back to the big screen, Linda reboot of Charlie and his Angels? Well, if it’s written Hamilton. HHH (R • 2 hrs. 8 min.) MUSIC and directed by Elizabeth Banks, who also plays Bosley,
I’m going to go ahead and say the answer to that ques- Mirren appear onscreen for the first time opposite Joker: If a gunman who reportedly identified with Zombieland: Double Tap: Because 2009’s Zom- 16 tion is yes. HH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 58 min.) one another. He’s a conman and she’s the mark that’s the Joker had not opened fire in a movie theater in bieland was an unexpected hit, both critically and ART not as easy as she seems in this very proper British Aurora, Colorado during a showing of The Dark Knight commercially, of course it gets a sequel. I have a Doctor Sleep: Stephen King’s follow up to The thriller with more than a few twists. HHH (R • 1 hr. Rises, killing 12 people and injuring 70 others, I feeling the cast—Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg,
Shining focuses on Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor), 49 min.) might think this movie, which has been referred to Emma Stone—stands a better chance with zombies 14 40 years after the events at the Overlook Hotel, and as a blueprint for incels, was harmless entertain- than they do the dreaded sophomore slump. HHH (R
manages to capture much of the same creepiness of Harriet: In school, we’re taught that Harriet Tub- ment. Holy hell, Hollywood, what are you thinking? • 1 hr. 39 min.) STAGE its predecessor. HHHH (R • 2 hrs. 31 min.) man was an escaped slave who became the kindly H (R • 2 hrs. 2 min.) steward of the Underground Railroad. In actuality,
Fantastic Fungi: Doctober may be officially over, she was an incredibly tough, smart, brave woman Last Christmas: Not exactly a Christmas movie, 12 but the marvelous mushroom documentary that has who returned again and again to slave states to free more a Christmas-adjacent movie about a year-round so captivated local audiences remains. If you’re one those she’d left behind. Move over, Marvel. Harriet’s elf who meets a boy and presumably they fall far of the few who has not checked it out, I urge you to what a real superhero looks like. HHH (PG-13 • 2 for each other. As far as I can tell, the only point of GET OUT see what all of the considerable fuss has been about. hrs. 5 min.) interest about this movie is that it stars Emilia Clarke HHHHH (Unrated • 1 hr. 21 min.) in her first post-Mother of Dragons role. HH (PG-13 •
The Irishman: It’s a shame so much of the talk 1 hr. 42 min.) 10 Ford v Ferrari: Ostensibly, this is about legendary car about this movie has concerned its distribution rather Critics hate this designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon), who, under the than the film itself, an old-school gangster epic Maleficent: Mistress of Evil: WORDS auspices of Ford and with the help of driver Ken Miles directed by Martin Scorsese, the man who knows his movie more than Maleficent hates anything. H (PG • (Christian Bale), took on the Ferrari racing monopoly. way around that genre better than anyone, and star- 1 hr. 58 min.) Mostly it just looks like a couple of Oscar-winning ac- ring the one-two-three punch of Robert De Niro, Al 8 tors driving fast cars and having the time of their lives Pacino, and Joe Pesci. Be still my movie-loving heart. Midway: The Battle of Midway was a truly decisive Showtimes doing it. HHHHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 32 min.) HHHHH (R • 3 hrs. 29 min.) World War II naval victory with an interesting
backstory that no movie directed by Roland Emmerich Regal and AMC theaters, please see CURRENTS Frozen II: It’s Disney’s world and we’re all just living Jojo Rabbit: From the singular mind of Taika Watiti could adequately capture. The battle scenes will be www.fandango.com. in it. There’s nothing we can do about that. We need comes this story of a boy, his idiot imaginary friend real cool though. HH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 18 min.) 6 to learn to let it go. HHHH (PG • 1 hr. 44 min.) Adolf Hitler (yes, that Hitler, but not really) played by Pickford Film Center and
Watiti and all the satirical WWII hijinks they get up Parasite: Visionary filmmaker Bong Joon Ho is back PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see VIEWS The Good Liar: Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Helen to. HHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 48 min.) with another genre-defying film, this one an explora- www.pickfordfilmcenter.com 4 MAIL
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21 ROCK AND RYE OYSTER HOUSE 1145 NORTH STATE STREET IN THE HISTORIC HERALD BUILDING BY ROB BREZSNY VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Burrow down as deep BY AMY ALKON that there could be real costs for you as you dare, Virgo. Give yourself pep talks as you de- for being thought to have violated girl
26 scend toward the gritty core of every matter. Feel your way into the underground, where the roots meet the code. Can you weather those costs? Is FOOD FREE WILL foundations. It’s time for you to explore the mysteries THE SCIENCE ADVICE it worth it to continue with this guy? that are usually beneath your conscious awareness. Focus not on what’s fair but on what’s You have a mandate to reacquaint yourself with where
22 you came from and how you got to where you are now. realistic. Some women will talk trash 22 ASTROLOGY GODDESS about you—and never mind the fact ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Beware of what LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It’s natural and healthy VICIOUS RECYCLE that the guy was dumped decades ago disturbs the heart,” said Ibn Mas’ud, a companion of to feel both the longing to connect and the longing B-BOARD REAR END the prophet Mohammed. “If something unsettles your to be independent. Each of those urges deserves an I’ve started dating a guy that an estranged by a woman who swaps out her husbands heart, then abandon it.” My wise Aries friend Arte- honored place in your heart. But you may sometimes friend of mine was engaged to and dumped more often than most of us replace the misia has a different perspective. She advises, “Pay experience them as being contradictory; their opposing 25 years ago. She completely broke his heart. kitchen sponge. 21 close attention to what disturbs the heart. Whatever pulls may rouse tension. I bring this to your attention She’s been engaged eight times, married five, has the power to unsettle your heart will show you because I suspect that the coming weeks will be a test FILM a key lesson you must learn, a crucial task you’d be of your ability to not just abide in this tension, but to so I hardly think he was special. But some of DRIVING MISS CRAZY smart to undertake.” Here’s my synthesis of Ibn Mas’ud learn from and thrive on it. For inspiration, read these my girlfriends think it’s not cool and say I’m I’m a 32-year-old woman, and I went on and Artemisia: Do your very best to fix the problem words by Jeanette Winterson. “What should I do about
18 breaking “girl code.” Am I betraying her? one date with a guy I’d been talking to revealed by your unsettled heart. Learn all you can in the wild heart that wants to be free and the tame heart —In A Quandary online. We have texted some since our date the process. Then, even if the fix isn’t totally perfect, that wants to come home? I want to be held. I don’t
MUSIC move on. Graduate from the problem for good. want you to come too close. I want you to scoop me up but haven’t made solid plans to hang again. and bring me home at night. I don’t want to tell you When you put your old couch out on the Basically, he’ll text me and we’ll chat, and TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus social critic where I am. I want to be with you.” 16 curb, you don’t get to make a bunch of re- then I won’t hear from him for a week. The Bertrand Russell won the Nobel Prize in Literature in strictions about who can pick it up: “Free waiting is making me really obsessive. I find ART 1950. He’s regarded as the founder of analytic philoso- SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Louvre Museum phy and one of the 20th century’s premier intellectuals. in Paris displays 38,000 objects throughout its 18 sofa!* *Except for that hussy Linda and myself constantly wanting to text him. I know But he went through a rough patch in 1940. He was acres of floor space. Among its most treasured 13th her nasty sisters.” I shouldn’t chase him, but the urge is so 14 adjudged “morally unfit” to accept his appointment century artworks is "The Madonna and Child in Majesty It is cruel to take up with a guy who’s strong. What’s going on? —Disturbed as a professor at the City College of New York. The Surrounded by Angels," a huge painting by Italian
STAGE just dumped and devastated a friend of lawsuit that banned him from the job described him as painter Cimabue. When a museum representative first being “libidinous, lustful, aphrodisiac, and irreverent.” acquired it in the 19th century, its price was five yours. But this woman is your ex-friend, Sometimes, when two people get en- Why? Simply because of his liberated opinions about francs, or less than a dollar. I urge you to be on the and it isn’t like she’s lying in the dark, gaged, the intended groom is the last to 12 sexuality, which he had conscientiously articulated in lookout for bargains like that in the coming weeks. weeping over a sock he left at her place. know. The guy asks you, “So, whatcha up his book Marriage and Morals. In our modern era, we’re Something that could be valuable in the future may more likely to welcome libidinous, lustful, aphrodisiac, be undervalued now. In fact, they were engaged 25 years ago, to Saturday? Wanna grab a coffee?” And
GET OUT and irreverent ideas if they’re expressed respectfully, and she dumped him.Yet, here you are, you’re like, “I thought we’d have an af- as Russell did. With that as a subtext, I invite you to SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian per- having “girl code” invoked on you. ternoon wedding. But coffee’s fine, too.” update and deepen your relationship with your own formance artist Marina Abramović observes that Muham- “Girl code,” like “guy code,” is a deter- It should help to understand that this 10 sexuality in the coming weeks. mad, Buddha, Jesus, and Moses “all went to the desert as nobodies and came back as somebodies.” She herself rent to would-be mate poachers, powered sort of crazy—the intense desire to text GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In her poem “What spent a year in Australia’s Great Sandy Desert near Lake by peer pressure. However, girl code tends him—doesn’t come out of some magi- WORDS the Light Teaches,” Anne Michaels describes herself Disappointment, leading her to exclaim that the desert to play out differently from guy code. Psy- cal, vine-covered mental love fountain arriving at a lover’s house soaked with rain, “dripping is “the most incredible place, because there is nothing chologist Joyce Benenson, who researches within you. In fact, there’s nothing ro- 8 with new memory.” She’s ready for “one past to grow there except yourself, and yourself is a big deal.” From out of another.” In other words, she’s eager to leave what I can tell, Sagittarius, you’re just returning from evolved sex differences, finds that males, mantic about it. It’s just the mechan- behind the story that she and her lover have lived your own metaphorical version of the desert, which is from early childhood on, are verbally and ics of our human motivational system, together up until now—and begin a new story. A very good news. Welcome back! I can’t wait to see what
CURRENTS physically direct with one another in a which works like a machine. Russian similar blessing will be available for you in the com- marvels you spawn. way girls and women are not: “Bro, that’s psychologist and psychiatrist Bluma ing weeks, Gemini: a chance for you and an intimate 6 partner or close ally to launch a new chapter of your CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Upcoming my girlfriend you just dissed. You’re gonna Zeigarnik discovered that just as pres- history together. events may bedevil your mind. They may mess with need directions to the ER.” sure in a machine builds up and needs to VIEWS your certainties and agitate your self-doubts. But if Women, on the other hand, are covert be released, tasks we’ve left incomplete CANCER (June 21-July 22): Some scientists you want my view about those possibilities, they’re
4 competitors, undermining rather than seem to cause emotional tension—seri- deride astrology despite being ignorant about it. For cause for celebration. According to my analysis of the example, they complain, “The miniscule gravitational astrological indicators, you will benefit from having openly attacking their female rivals. Be- ously uncomfortable feelings, a sort of MAIL forces beaming from the planets can’t possibly have your mind bedeviled and your certainties messed with nenson and other researchers believe this mental itching. This motivates us to do any effect on our personal lives.” But the truth is that and your self-doubts agitated. You may ultimately
strategy evolved so women could avoid the thing we’ve left undone so we can 2 most astrologers don’t believe the planets exert influ- even thrive and exult and glow like a miniature sun. ence on us with gravity or any other invisible force. Why? Because you need life to gently but firmly kick physical violence, which could harm their stop feeling so unsettled.
DO IT Instead, we analyze planetary movements as evidence your ass in just the right way so you’ll become alert to reproductive parts or leave them inca- So, sure, you like the guy, but one of a hidden order in the universe. It’s comparable to opportunities you have been ignoring or blind to. pable of fulfilling their role as their chil- date in, you’re dying to text him not the way weather forecasters use a barometer to read dren’s primary caretaker. because he’s “the one” but because atmospheric pressure but know that barometers don’t AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Every writer I’ve cause changes in atmospheric pressure. I hope this ever known says that a key practice to becoming a Women instead use sabotaging tactics you’re suffering through what I like to 11.20.19 inspires you, Cancerian, as you develop constructive good writer is to read a lot of books. So what are we like informational warfare—the threat of describe as the emotional version of a critiques of situations in your own sphere. Don’t rely to make of the fact that one of the 20th century’s reputation-destroying gossip—and social really bad need to pee. Reminding your-
.14 on naive assumption and unwarranted biases. Make most celebrated novelists didn’t hew to that principle?
47 exclusion. Referencing “girl code” is part self that it’s just psychological hydrau- sure you have the correct facts before you proceed. In 1936, three years before the publication of his # If you do, you could generate remarkable transforma- last book, Aquarian-born James Joyce confessed that of this, revving up a woman’s fears of be- lics might help you weather the discom- tions in the coming weeks. he had “not read a novel in any language for many ing ostracized and creating a virtual moat fort of not texting and then be all cool years.” Here’s my take on the subject: More than any around a man. when the guy eventually calls: “Jason? LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As you glide into the other sign of the zodiac, you Aquarians have the po- Unlike in the male world of Fight Club, Jason who?...Oh, right! Heyyy! Hold on Season of Love, I’d love you to soak up wise counsel tential to succeed despite not playing by conventional from the author bell hooks. (She doesn’t capitalize rules. And I suspect your power to do that is even where the rules are clear—”The first rule a sec,” you say, as you descend the lad- her name.) “Many people want love to function like greater than usual these days. of fight club is you do not talk about fight der and put down the glue roller you’ve a drug, giving them an immediate and sustained CASCADIA WEEKLY club”—the rules of girl code are nebulous, been using to wallpaper your bedroom high,” she cautions. “They want to do nothing, just PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “If you are lucky unspoken. Because women compete in ceiling with huge blown-up photos of passively receive the good feeling.” I trust you won’t enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find 22 do that, Leo. Here’s more from hooks: “Dreaming that the courage to live it,” wrote Piscean novelist John sneaky and undermining ways, this nebu- his face. love will save us, solve all our problems or provide a Irving. In the coming weeks, Pisces, you will have the lousness makes potential transgressions steady state of bliss or security only keeps us stuck power to get clearer than ever before about knowing the of girl code more dangerous and powerful. ©2019, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Got a in wishful fantasy, undermining the real power of the way of life you love. As a bonus, I predict you will also love—which is to transform us.” Are you ready to be have an expanded access to the courage necessary to So in deciding whether to continue problem? Write Amy Alkon, AdviceAmy@aol. transformed by love, Leo? actually live that way of life. Take full advantage! with this guy, you should understand com or @amyalkon on Twitter. space at the Karate Church by Dec. 20 and will move to a location that
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also turned to Gofundme to raise the Professional, knowledgeable, 26 $25,000 they estimate it will take to get them rehomed. Go to Gofundme fun & friendly to work with. FOOD and search “Bellingham Alternative 22 Library” for more details. Cerise Noah (360) 393-5826 22 REALTOR® [email protected] BUSINESS MOUNT BAKER THEATRE B-BOARD The Mount Baker Theatre is also - REAR END BRIEFS raising money—$3.3 million—to fund NOW PLAYING
a number of major upgrades that will 21 11.20.19 Fri, November 22 - BY CAREY ROSS keep the historic space beautiful and improve the audience experience. Thu, November 28 FILM Always well-supported, they are cur-
GO FUND THEM rently two-thirds of the way to their THE IRISHMAN (R) 210m, In English 18 MAKE.SHIFT goal, and have launched a capital Martin Scorcese's crime thriller follows Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) as he reflects on his life as a hitman and the slaying of his good friend Jimmy Hoffa. For the past couple of months, Make. campaign to raise the remainder. Find Fri: (2:15), 6:30; Sat: (12:25), 7:00; Sun: (3:00), 6:30 MUSIC Shift has been out more at www.mountbaker Mon: (3:30), (7:15); Tue: (2:15), 6:30; Wed: (2:15) OCAP, 6:30 raising money theatre.com. Thu: (2:15), 6:30 16
via Gofundme to ART (R) 132m, Korean w/ English subs replace their worn PARASITE (GISAENGCHUNG) COMINGS AND GOINGS Bong Joon-Ho brings his work home to Korea in this pitch-black modern
front-door ramp in BELLINGHAM HANDMADE fairytale. "It's a fitting movie for our times." Detroit News 14 order to make the After a year of hosting markets at Fri: (2:30), 5:30, 8:30; Sat: (11:45AM), 4:45, 7:45 downtown DIY arts Goods Local Brews, Bellingham Hand- Sun: (12:20), (3:25), 7:15; Mon: (3:00), (7:45); Tue: (2:30), 7:45 STAGE collective more made has opened a brick-and-mortar Wed: (2:30), 5:30, 8:30 OCAP; Thu: (12:45), (3:45), 8:15 accessible. They are less than $500 away store at 2715 Meridian St. near Dark DRAGNET GIRL Cinema East (NR) 100m, Silent Film w/ Live Score 12 from their goal, thanks to the 44 people Haggen. The artisan collective that Yasujiro Ozu's steamy, smoky, silent romance with a new original score live who have donated. Be number 45 and aims to make it easier for us to buy performed in the theater by the Nashville trio Coupler. help them out. goods directly from local artists and Sat: 4:00 - Tix: $15 General, $12 Members GET OUT makers opened Nov. 11, just in time MATTHEW BOURNE'S ROMEO & JULIET (NR) 91m, In English This passionate and contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare’s classic story ALTERNATIVE LIBRARY to meet all of your holiday needs. 10 As previously reported, the Alterna- Further info can be found at www. of love and conflict is set in the not too distant future in The Verona Institute. Sun: 11:00AM - Tix: $20 General, $16 Members, $10 Students
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SUNDANCE INDIGENOUS SHORT FILMS (NR) 46m, Various KEEP CORDATA ODD Six shorts created by indigenous filmmakers about indigenous culture, presented
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26 discover something new at an “6 for $10” 26 monthly wine tasting happening from FOOD FOOD 5:30pm-7pm at Old World Deli, 1228 N. State St. Featured wines will be offered at a case chow discount, and tickets for tastes will be 22 RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES entered into a raffle―earning you a chance to win a bonus gift. WWW.OLDWORLDBELLINGHAM.COM B-BOARD WINE SOCIAL: Taste Northwest-produced, limited-production wines and the finest
21 and colors, pumpkins, Brussels sprouts, bites from the restaurant at a Bellwether mushrooms, cabbage and more—shop- Premiere Wine Social taking place from
FILM pers can also stock up on high-quality 5:30pm-7:30pm at Hotel Bellwether’s Light- meat products from Alluvial Farms and house Grill, One Bellwether Way. Fees are $30; a special prix fixe dinner menu will also
18 Osprey Hill Farm, honey from Bee Works, be available. cheese and other dairy products from WWW.BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM
MUSIC Samish Bay Cheese (hello, Special Re- serve Gouda), bread and baked goods INCOGNITO THANKSGIVING: Give thanks for the bounty and goodness in your life by 16 from Breadfarm and signing up for an Incognito: Thanksgiving
ART Lucky Star Bread Co., dinner at 6pm at Ciao Thyme, 207 Unity St. and far beyond. The unconventional, multi-course dinner series features seasonal fare; the details of 14 After making my pur- chase of approximately the menu are concealed until mealtime, as the name implies. Entry is $92. STAGE seven pounds of delica- WWW.CIAOTHYME.COM ta, I noticed a poster for a “Thanks Day” event 12 SAT., NOV. 23 ATTEND taking place Sat., Nov. PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Enjoy a morning WHAT: 23 at the Depot Market meal of pancakes, French toast, biscuits and
GET OUT Thanks Day at Square. The partnership gravy, sausage and hash browns at a monthly Bellingham Pancake Breakfast taking place from 8am- between Bellingham Farmers Market 10am in Ferndale at American Legion Post
10 WHEN: 10am Farmers Market and the #154, 5537 Second Ave. Entry is $3 for kids Sat., Nov. 23 Bellingham Food Bank 12 and under, $6 for adults. WHERE: Depot will see patrons pur- (360) 201-1109 WORDS Market Square, chasing food items such 1100 Railroad WINTER GARDENS: Blaine C.O.R.E. (Com-
8 as veggies, fruits, meat, Ave. munity Orchards for Resources and Educa- INFO: www. jam, honey and eggs tion) hosts a workshop on “Putting Your bellingham from BFM vendors to Garden to Bed (or NOT!)” from 10am-12pm at the Blaine Library, 610 3rd St. If you didn’t CURRENTS farmers.org be donated to the food bank. With a tagline of put in a winter garden—yes, we can grow
6 veggies year-round in our climate!—here are “give a little, get a lot,” the event will not some things that you can do now to prepare only help neighbors in need, it will also your garden for next year that will help build VIEWS STORY AND PHOTO BY AMY KEPFERLE help vendors clear their shelves. good soil and prevent weeds. This workshop
4 Fall fare can also be found when the will provide guidelines for creating a health- Mount Vernon Farmers Market hosts ier garden next year, as well as the benefits
MAIL of starting a winter garden. Learn about how a Harvest Market Sat., Nov. 23 at the Thanks Day to plant fruit trees/bushes, divide perenni-
2 city’s Carnation Building, and at the als, and provide winter protection. HOLIDAY HELPERS AT BELLINGHAM FARMERS MARKET Anacortes Farmers Market’s annual Hol- WWW.WCLS.ORG
DO IT iday Market Nov. 23-24 at the Port of I HAVE a lot to be thankful for this holiday season, but I’m less than enthused Anacortes Event Center. BELLINGHAM MARKET: The 27th season of the Bellingham Farmers Market continues about my store of garden goods from last summer’s harvest. I’ll keep these dates in mind as I fi- from 10am-3pm Saturdays through Dec. 21 at While my freezer is bursting with raspberries and blackberries and I’ve got enough nalize plans for Thanksgiving dinner. the Depot Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. 11.20.19 garlic in the shed to last until next July, I didn’t glean enough tomatoes to freeze or In the meantime, I found it difficult to WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG can, and the larder is devoid of the supply of winter squash I typically put away to wait until Thurs., Nov. 28 to test out .14 HARVEST MARKET: Stock up on Thanks- 47 help get through the colder months in the Pacific Northwest. the delicata I purchased, and added
# giving supplies and experience an integral Specifically, I’ve been craving delicata. I’m also fond of butternut, acorn, carnival one of the larger specimens to a Sun- part of the urban/farm linkage when Mount and spaghetti squash, but delicata is my favorite—especially since it cooks quickly, day night repast of roasted chicken and Vernon Farmers Market hosts its annual has an edible skin, and tastes like a savory mixture of chestnuts, corn and sweet mashed potatoes. Harvest Market from 10am-2pm at the city’s potato. In short, it’s the perfect accompaniment to Thanksgiving dinner. Instead of halving it and baking it with Carnation Building, 117 N. First St. The But since my garden didn’t deliver this year, I braved the rain last Saturday to butter and brown sugar—my typical go- event will combine fare from local farmers, artisans, food trucks and a variety of other check out what I could discover in the way of prime produce and other holiday help- to—I scooped out the seeds and innards local vendors. Entry is free. CASCADIA WEEKLY ers at the Bellingham Farmers Market. It turn out there were still plenty of gourds and chopped the gourd into bite-sized WWW.MOUNTVERNONFARMERSMARKET.ORG to be found from vendors including Spring Time Farm, Rabbit Fields Farm, Foothills pieces which were then baked at about 26 Farm, and Growing Washington (among others). 400 degrees for 25 minutes with a smat- CLEAN WATER HAPPY HOUR: Cohen Group Before making my purchase, I cruised the market to see what else could be sourced tering of soy sauce and balsamic vinegar, NW hosts a monthly Clean Water Happy Hour from 12pm-3pm at Overflow Taps, 2930 this time of year to help make seasonal feasts not only delicious, but also locally a tablespoon of butter, salt and pepper, Newmarket St., Ste 117. The event benefits focused. In addition to a plethora of produce—carrots, celery, onions, garlic, kale and fresh oregano. Trust me when I tell charity: water, a nonprofit organization that and other greens, an assortment of apples, beets, radishes, potatoes of varying sizes you it was a dish to be thankful for. doit LOCATED JUST EAST OF BELLINGHAM IN BEAUTIFUL WHATCOM COUNTY Where VOLVOs GO
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And so much more! GET OUT has funded and coordinated more than 40,000 The largest free kitchen in the world is Langar at water projects in 27 countries. Everyone’s first Darbar Sahib, Amritsar India, where they serve On Facebook: drink is sponsored; there are also giveaways. 100,000 people a day every weekend, and 50,000 Meadows Montessori Holiday Craft Market 10 Please register in advance. a day on weekdays. WWW.EVENTBRITE.COM OR (360) 398-1184 WORDS WWW.CHARITYWATER.ORG COMMUNITY DINNER: Dine on turkey, mashed
WINE TASTING: “Celebrating Beaujolais for potatoes, gravy with all the fixings and more at 8 Thanksgiving” will be the focus of a wine tasting a Community Thanksgiving Dinner taking place event from 2pm-4pm at Seifert & Jones Wine from 3pm-7pm in Sedro-Woolley at American Merchants, 19 Prospect St. Find out more about Legion Post 43, 701 Murdock St. Entry is free and CURRENTS one of the hottest regions in the wine world open to all.
right now, and pick out your favorite ones to WWW.SEDRO-WOOLLEY.COM 6 serve on the holiday. Entry to the 21-and-over event is free. MON., NOV. 25 VIEWS WWW.SJWINEMERCHANTS.COM COMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN: Volunteers and donations are welcome at a weekly Community 4 BEER AND WINE FESTIVAL: Enjoy fare from Soup Kitchen, which happens from 6pm-7pm ev-
wineries, breweries, cideries, distilleries and ery Monday until March 30 at the Little Cheerful MAIL food, chocolate and cheese providers at the Cafe, 133 E. Holly St. The event provides meals to
Skagit Wine & Beer Festival taking place from the homeless community in Whatcom County, and 2 4pm-8pm in Mount Vernon at Eaglemont, 4800 all are welcome. Eaglemont Dr. Tickets are $55 per person or $100 (360) 738-8824 DO IT per couple; VIP tickets are $75 per person or $140 per couple. THURS., NOV. 28 WWW.MOUNTVERNONCHAMBER.COM OLD TOWN THANKSGIVING: Enjoy a festive feast prepared with food donated by local farm- NOV. 23-24 ers, churches, unions, businesses and individuals 11.20.19 HOLIDAY MARKET: Procure holiday produce, and served by an army of volunteers at the 47th stock up on your favorite vendors’ good and find annual Thanksgiving Dinner taking place from .14 47
that perfect holiday gift when the Anacortes 10am-3pm at Bellingham’s Old Town Cafe, 316 W. # Farmers Market hosts its annual Holiday Market Holly St. Per usual, entry is free and open to all. from 10am-4pm Saturday and Sunday at the Port WWW.THEOLDTOWNCAFE.COM of Anacortes Event Center, 100 Commercial St. Live music, door prizes, raffles and more will be FRI., NOV. 29 part of the festive fun. Entry is free. LIGHTHOUSE THANKSGIVING: Lighthouse WWW.ANACORTESFARMERSMARKET.ORG Mission Ministries will present its 97th annual Thanksgiving Dinner for the hungry and homeless SUN., NOV. 24 from 12pm-2pm at the gymnasium at the Church CASCADIA WEEKLY LANGAR: All are welcome at a Langar event of the Assumption, 2116 Cornwall Ave. More than from 11am-2pm in Lynden at Guru Nanak Gursikh 500 people are expected, and additional meals 27 Gurdwara, 176 E. Pole Rd. Langar is the sacred will be delivered to homebound seniors through community free kitchen of the Sikh people and the Whatcom County Council on Aging’s Meals on every temple serves delicious vegetarian food— Wheels and More program. which they invite the general public to come eat. WWW.THELIGHTHOUSEMISSION.ORG 1 PM - 9 PM FEATURED ITEMS Slow Roasted Turkey with Gravy | Baked Ham | Beer Battered Fish | Oyster Stuffing | Barbacoa Braised Lamb Shanks | Seafood Cioppino | Oven Roasted Coho Salmon with Pomegranate Salsa | Pumpkin Pie | Pecan Pie AND MORE!
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