Break Free PNW, p.12 * Free Will Astrology, p.31 * Purple Passion, p.34 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND COUNTIES 05-11-2016* • ISSUE:*19 • V.11

THE BACK 2 GRISTLE BELLINGHAM The line has been Music and more at drawn, P.06 WWU, P.20 WELDING RODEO Of myth and metal, P.18

ZOMBIE PERMIT TREATY RIGHTS DERAILED, P.08 SATURDAY [05.14.16]

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34 cascadia Alice in Wonderland: 2pm and 7pm, BAAY Theatre Magician Elliott Hofferth: 3pm and 7pm, Brodniak FOOD FOOD ThisWeek Hall, Anacortes Oliver: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden A glance at this week’s Hope on the Orphan Train: 7:30pm, Alger Com-

27 munity Church happenings Hot Mikado: 7:30pm, Philip Tarro Theatre, Mount Vernon

B-BOARD B-BOARD Sketchopedia: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, iDiOM Theater Tarnation: 8pm, Upfront Theatre The Exchange Program: 10pm, Upfront Theatre 24 DANCE

FILM Contra Dance: 7-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library Alice in Wonderland: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon 20 MUSIC MUSIC Exploring Sondheim: 7pm and 9:30pm, DUG The- ater, WWU

18 Northwest Ballet Haynie Opry: 7pm, Haynie Grange, Blaine ’50s Dance Party: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre ART Theatre brings Bayshore Symphony: 7:30pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Mount Vernon 16 the magic and COMMUNITY Lynden Bridal Fair: 11am-3pm, Homestead Golf & STAGE movement of Alice Country Club in Wonderland to Back2Bellingham: Through today, Western Washing-

14 ton University and beyond

the stage Sat., May GET OUT GET OUT 14 at Mount Vernon’s Roar & Soar 5K: 8am, Lynden High School Bay View Women’s Run: 8:30am, Padilla Bay Inter- McIntyre Hall pretive Center 12 Spring Plant Sale: 10am-2pm, Chuckanut Center Adaptive Cycle Expo: 11am-2pm, Civic Field Stadium

WORDS FOOD Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts 8 Center PHOTO BY KARI MARTILLA BY PHOTO Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot THURSDAY [05.12.16] Market Square CURRENTS CURRENTS Eco-minded musician and VISUAL ARTS

6 ONSTAGE Welding Rodeo: 8am-5pm, Bellingham Technical Sketchopedia: 7:30pm, iDiOM Theater activist Dana Lyons performs College Oliver: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden

VIEWS Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, throughout Camano Island Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre at a Raise the Roof Benefit FishBoy Spring Show: 2-9pm, FishBoy Gallery The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre 4 Concert Sun., May 15 at SUNDAY 015 WORDS [05. .16] MAIL MAIL Deming’s Van Zandt Hall Poetry in the Gallery: 6:30-8pm, Whatcom Mu- ONSTAGE seum’s Lightcatcher Building 2

2 Alice in Wonderland: 2pm, BAAY Theatre Boynton Poetry Awards: 7pm, Bellingham Cruise Oliver: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden Terminal DO IT IT DO DO IT IT DO Hope on the Orphan Train: 2:30pm, Alger Com- COMMUNITY munity Church Vaudevillingham: 7pm and 9pm, Cirque Lab Back2Bellingham: Through Sunday, Western Wash- ington University and beyond

05.11.16 DANCE FILM Opus Spring Showcase: 5pm, Mount Baker Theatre .11 Fly Fishing Film Festival: 7pm, Lincoln Theatre, MUSIC 19

# Mount Vernon Swing Connection: 2pm, Leopold Crystal Ballroom VISUAL ARTS Spring Choral Concert: 3pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Volcanic Inspiration: 12pm, Whatcom Museum Hot Mikado: 7:30pm, Philip Tarro Theatre, Mount WORDS Bayshore Symphony: 3pm, Central Lutheran Church Art Talk: 5:30pm, Sculpture Northwest Gallery Vernon Stories Deployed: 7-9pm, Old Main Theater, WWU Dana Lyons: 3-5pm, Van Zandt Hall FRIDAY 13 Sketchopedia: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, iDiOM Theater Ruach: 4-6pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church [05. .16] Tarnation: 8pm, Upfront Theatre COMMUNITY The Exchange Program: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Back2Bellingham: Through Sunday, Western Wash- GET OUT CASCADIA WEEKLY ONSTAGE ington University and beyond Brain Cancer Walk: 1pm, Civic Field Stadium Alice in Wonderland: 7pm, BAAY Theatre MUSIC 2 Hope on the Orphan Train: 7:30pm, Alger Com- Salish Sea Concert: 7:30pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal FOOD FOOD munity Church Church Wine Walk: 5:30-9:30pm, downtown Bellingham Tea by the Sea: 1-3pm, Blaine Senior Center Something Wonderful: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Marley’s Ghost: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Center, WWU Vernon VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS Oliver: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden Guarneri Underground: 8-11pm, H20, Anacortes Welding Rodeo: 8am-5pm, Bellingham Technical Art Show Fundraiser: 2-5pm, Studio UFO

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6 Stephanie Simms intent to break free of America’s addiction to fos- The Lummi Nation has demonstrated unfailing REAR END Skagit: Linda Brown, 27: Bulletin Board Barb Murdoch sil fuels and accelerate the adoption of renew- resolve to protect its treaty secured to the Lum- VIEWS able energies. This get-together is called—you mi in 1855, and to protect Xwe’chi’eXen (Cherry 28: Wellness 4

4 Letters guessed it!—Break Free-PNW (breakfree-pnw. Point). Such fortitude exhibited by a great sover- 29: Crossword SEND LETTERS TO LETTERS@ CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM org). Please join us. eign Nation, standing tall. MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL 30: Advice Goddess Give up my Saturday to deal with those crowds Lummi Nation’s actions have given, and con-

Break Free PNW, p.12 * Free Will Astrology, p.31 * Purple Passion, p.34 cascadia and traffic? You bet. It’s a chance to do some- tinue to give me, faith and strength to fight 2 31: Free Will Astrology REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND COUNTIES 05-11-2016 • ISSUE:19 • V.11 thing concrete to protect my children from the against dangerous fossil fuel projects proposed 32: Comix DO IT IT DO THE BACK 2 ravages (not just discomfort) of global warm- in our region, including any resurgence of the GRISTLE BELLINGHAM The line has been Music and more at 33: Slowpoke, Sudoko drawn, P.06 WWU, P.20 WELDING RODEO ing and other consequences of climate change. GPT project. Of myth and 34: A passion for purple metal, P.18 Like really hot and dry weather destroying our Back in February, a Bellingham Herald story re- rain forest, like our region becoming a climate ported: “There has been a lot of back-and-forth 05.11.16 ZOMBIE PERMIT TREATY RIGHTS DERAILED, P.08 change refugee camp teeming with unfortunate over the past five weeks among Lummi Nation, the people from areas even worse off than ours—if I U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Gateway Pacific .11 COVER: Illustration 19 ©2016 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by don’t pitch in now, I will find it difficult to face Terminal as the tribe asserts its fishing rights, in # Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly by Marty Two Bulls my children and grandchildren when they ask me order to stop the coal terminal from being built.” PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 m2bulls.com [email protected] Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia later why I didn’t do something. No, I want to be Technically, one could say, as the Herald did, Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing able to tell them that I did what I could. that the Lummi Nation asserted its treaty fish- papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material The majority of Americans now believe in the ing rights in order to stop the coal terminal, but to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- reality of climate change, and that humans are a community member sent me an email offering ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday causing it. Now it’s time for the majority to actu- another perspective: the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be CASCADIA WEEKLYreturned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. ally do something about it. Let’s go to Anacortes “Knowing there was a treaty against it, LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. on May 14 to show candidates for the November a coal terminal insisted on stomping in the 4 In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your elections that our votes are going to those who middle of treaty-protected fishing grounds, so letters to fewer than 300 words. have our children’s interest at heart and are pre- the coal terminal had to be reminded what it pared to vote for accelerated universal adoption already knew—that it would be breaking the of renewable energies. law—the supreme law of the land. It isn’t that —John Holstein, Bellingham the Lummi tried to stop a terminal. It’s that a NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre terminal tried to stop them.” they can blockade any bicycle boulevard BRUNCH t COCKTAILS t TACOS t OYSTERS t PATIO t DAILY HAPPY HOUR —Sandy Robson, Birch Bay if they determine cyclists are “uncom- fortable” using the street. There are 50 miles of designated bicycle boulevards in SUNNYLAND BARRICADE

October 2015 was an eventful month for Bellingham. How many streets will Pub- 34 Illinois Street in the Sunnyland neighbor- lic Works barricade? Is Ellis Street next? hood. It started when “Bicycle Boulevard” Where will it stop? FOOD symbols were heat-sealed onto the sur- I doubt the City Council voted to bar- face of that street. Next, a longstanding ricade city streets. Public Works is mis- 27 stop sign on Illinois at Grant Street sud- interpreting the bicycle master plan, and denly disappeared. A Public Works depart- they have exceeded their authority by ment official said the stop sign impeded barricading a heavily used residential B-BOARD cyclists on the new bicycle boulevard. On access street without a valid reason.

Oct. 22, Bellingham Public Works started The barricade should be taken down, BELLINGHAM’S PREMIER SEAFOOD RESTAURANT 24 a trial traffic revision on Illinois Street. and residential access restored.

The street was barricaded at its intersec- —Patrick McKee, Bellingham FILM tion with James Street, near Sunnyland

Elementary School. Cars could no longer NEON, NOT 20 turn from James Street to go west on Illi- It started with the hot red glow an- 1145 NORTH STATE STREET nois. The barricade had an opening, which nouncing “Fat Pie Pizza.” Then, recently, IN THE HISTORIC HERALD BUILDING MUSIC allowed bicycles to pass through. we became the recipients of the bright 360.746.6130 Illinois Street is classified in city code yellow glow of the “Whiskeys Burger Bis- DINNER Tuesday - Sunday 3 - 11 BRUNCH Saturday - Sunday 10 - 2 18

as a “residential access street.” tro.” These are indescribable electrified ART Before the barricade was put up, hun- additions to Fairhaven’s warm, inviting dreds of Sunnyland and Cornwall Park neighborhood ambiance. 16 residents used Illinois Street daily, go- For decades, Fairhaven businesses have

ing and coming from their homes. If you existed with the quiet use of non-neon STAGE are going to barricade a heavily used signs touting their shop’s wares. Now, residential access street, you had bet- apprehensive anticipation is the only de- 14 ter have a good reason for doing it. The scription I can provide while waiting for reason given by city traffic engineers the next ten electronic works of art to was to lower traffic volume on Illinois grace our landscape. What a riveting and GET OUT “to help the majority of cyclists, and illuminating sight it will be!

potential cyclists feel comfortable using Good job people, good job. 12 Illinois on a bicycle.” —Ed Bouverat, Fairhaven Illinois Street is a flat, straight, 25 WORDS miles-per-hour residential street. It has SUPPORT MORE FLEXIBILITY

been a city designated bike route for at IN SENTENCING 8 least ten years. Illinois has been used The story goes that a legendary com- safely and comfortably by cyclists, in- munity organizer, making his case for

cluding myself, for a long time. Public reforms, met with President Franklin CURRENTS Works has not pointed to a single bicycle Roosevelt. FDR listened intently, then re- accident to justify the barricade. plied: “I agree with everything you have 6 In 2013, the city’s Bicycle Commission said. Now, make me do it.” VIEWS chose Illinois Street to be part of the new We have an opportunity to “make” 4

bicycle boulevard network. National stan- Congress pass the bipartisan Sentencing 4 dards specify that streets used as bicycle Reform and Corrections Act. MAIL MAIL boulevards can have a daily traffic volume S. 2123 has broad bipartisan support, MAIL of 3,000 cars or fewer, and a speed limit with enough votes already lined up for 2 of 25 mph. National standard agencies, passage. Senator Mitch McConnell can be DO IT IT DO like NACTO, recommend a daily traffic vol- persuaded to fast-track this legislation ume of 1,500 cars or fewer per day. The to the senate floor if we encourage our last traffic count done on Illinois Street, senators to support S. 2123. before the barricade went up, showed a When passed, S. 2123 would allow daily volume of 984 cars and an average judges to exercise more discretion in 05.11.16 speed of 22 mph. Illinios Street exceeded sentencing, would allow low-risk pris- .11

national standards for a bicycle boulevard. oners to qualify for earlier release; ex- 19 # As soon as the barricade was put up on pressly denies early release to offenders Illinois at James Street, traffic was di- convicted of any “serious violent felony,” verted to nearby Maryland Street. West- provides programs to reduce recidivism, bound traffic on Maryland went from 151 and offers re-entry preparation so that cars per day to 356 cars per day. Mary- those leaving prison can lead productive land Stret is a designated “safe route to lives in their communities. school” used by Sunnyland Elementary We can make them do it—especially CASCADIA WEEKLY school children. Diverting traffic onto in an election year, when Congress can 5 Maryland is a dangerous consequence of show us that they work for us. Senator the Illinois barricade. Patty Murray is a cosponsor. Please con- The City Council passed the Bicycle tact Senator Maria Cantwell and urge her Master Plan in 2013. The Public Works in- to become a cosponsor, too. terpretation of the bicycle plan says that —Micki Jackson, Bellingham THE GRISTLE ‘WE DRAW THE LINE’: In a perfect storm of colliding me-

34 dia fronts, the story of the year was eclipsed by the story of the decade in a way that can perhaps only be under-

FOOD FOOD stood as it unfolds in the story of the (new) century. The story of the year, of course, is the arrival in views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE the small, quiet hamlet of Lynden last weekend of the 27 bombastic, larger-than-life presumptive Republican nominee for President of the United States, Donald J.

B-BOARD B-BOARD Trump. Apparently, Lynden was the only community in Western Washington ready to move earth and heaven BY AMY GOODMAN

24 to greet the arrival of Trump, aided in no small part by the efforts of his fan (and evidently newest campaign

FILM coordinator) Sen. Doug Ericksen (R-Ferndale). And yet, typical of the small, quiet hamlet, Trump was greeted May’s the Month for Protest 20 rather politely by all—enthusiastic cheers by a fair- grounds full of aging white people; meanwhile, lining REMEMBERING DANIEL BERRIGAN

MUSIC the streets outside his visit was protested by a young- er, mixed crowd. Trump’s stump was routine—by some A PROPHET of peace has passed. missile nose cones, damaging them

18 accounts boring—and factions stayed in their places Daniel Berrigan, a Catholic Jesuit beyond repair, and poured their

ART and roles and were—by and large, and befitting the priest, a protester, a poet, a dedicat- blood on the damaged parts. Their hamlet—polite toward one another and deferential to ed uncle and brother, died last week action that day launched the Plow- the rights of all to peaceably assemble. at the age of 94. His near-century on shares Movement, which has grown 16 For county conservatives, it was an electric moment Earth was marked by compassion and into a global movement. Plowshares

STAGE of organization and mobilization. love for humanity, and an unflinching actions are inspired by a line from But the rising enthusiasm and celebration was imme- commitment to justice and peace. He an iconic and increasingly common the Old Testament, Isaiah 2:4: diately short-circuited by what appears to be the con- spent years in prison for his coura- tactic to demonstrate actual and “They will hammer their 14 clusion of the story of the decade, the proposed coal geous, peaceful actions against war, symbolic opposition to the war. “We swords into plowshares export pier at Cherry Point and its death this week. living and practicing the gospel that have chosen to be powerless crimi- and their spears into

GET OUT As anticipated, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers he preached. He launched move- nals in a time of criminal power. We pruning hooks. responded to the petition of Lummi Nation for an ex- ments, inspired millions, wrote beau- have chosen to be branded as peace Nation will no longer

12 amination of the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal tifully and, with a wry smile, shared criminals by war criminals,” he said. fight against nation, on the basis of its potential harm to Lummi fishing his love of life with family, friends Daniel Berrigan was convicted nor train for war anymore.” rights as defined and protected by treaty; and US- and those with whom he prayed and and, before turning himself in to Dan Berrigan fight for peace WORDS ACE found that, yes, those impacts were considerably fought for peace. serve his prison sentence, went un- challenged the U.S. government,

8 greater than the molecular threshold of the de minimis Dan, his brother Philip Berrigan derground. Despite being placed on the Pentagon and his own Catholic standard by which the Corps must therefore deny a and several others peacefully raided the FBI’s Most Wanted list, Berrigan Church’s hierarchy. For that last sin, shoreline permit. a draft board in 1967 and poured popped up around the country, giv- he was banished by the church from

CURRENTS CURRENTS It was an inevitable determination—scores of the their own blood on the records to ing anti-war speeches. He spoke at the United States. His exile includ- world’s largest ocean-going vessels ripping through signify the blood being spilt in the a large rally at Cornell University, ed trips to Latin America and South 6 6 the net sets and crab pots where Lummi fish in their war. A year later, on May 17, 1968, where he was the campus chap- Africa, which, far from curing him usual and accustomed places? Only an agency that just weeks after the assassination lain. Afterward, as the FBI and po- of his commitment to fight injus- VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS shirked its duty could fail to find those impacts great- of Martin Luther King Jr., they and lice closed in on him, Berrigan hid tice, only strengthened it.

4 er than molecular. “We draw the line,” Lummi said, seven others famously removed inside one of the Bread & Puppet We last saw Berrigan, who we and and we insist that the federal government honor its draft records from the Catonsville, political theater troupe’s giant pup- so many others affectionately called MAIL MAIL treaties. And so. Maryland draft board, and set fire pets. Thus disguised, he exited Cor- “Father Dan,” two years ago in the

Ultimately, the Corps decision was merciful, sparing to them with homemade napalm, nell’s Barton Hall, eluding arrest. retirement home for elderly Jesuits, 2 the community the expense and angst of thousands of singing a hymn around the pyre un- Authorities finally caught up to at Fordham University in the Bronx. DO IT IT DO hours in pursuit of a comprehensive environmental im- til they were arrested. him on Block Island, off the coast At 93, he was frail, but his eyes twin- pact statement that would determine the same thing; “Our apologies, good friends, of Rhode Island, and arrested him. kled when we gave him his favorite and sparing the project applicant millions of dollars for the fracture of good order, the A famous photo captured the mo- food: ice cream. His devotion to ice in pursuit of permits that would certainly be denied. burning of paper instead of chil- ment, as a smiling Father Berrigan cream and social justice earned him 05.11.16 Perhaps the story is not completely over. Perhaps dren, the angering of the orderlies is shown being led, handcuffed, by his own flavor of Ben & Jerry’s, as the project applicant can sue the manner and means by in the front parlor of the charnel two joyless FBI men who were on well as a lifetime supply of their ice .11

19 which the federal agency made its determination. But house,” Dan Berrigan wrote in the the island posing as bird-watchers. cream for him and for the Catholic # they can’t overturn the authority of the U.S. Army to statement released by the group “Given the fact that the American Worker movement that he so loved. make such a decision; and having made it, that finding before the action, as they knew machine is not working well, either Daniel J. Berrigan lived his life now poisons everything downstream of it. Assuredly, the they would be arrested. “We could in its inner gears, or in its meshing true to his calling, literally practic- state and county—the Corps data in hand—would not not, so help us God, do otherwise.” with the world, good men must take ing what he preached. Rest in peace, issue their permits heedless of such a determination. The actions of the Catonsville action,” he wrote in his memoir, No Dan Berrigan, just as you lived. Looking back, it is remarkable how terribly the Nine, as the group would come to Bars to Manhood. “Some of them ...

CASCADIA WEEKLY political landscape alone was scarred and poisoned be known, ratcheted up the inten- must be willing to go to jail.” Amy Goodman is the host of “Democ- by the project. Entire election cycles were framed sity of anti-war actions everywhere. In 1980, Berrigan, again with his racy Now!” and coauthor of the newly 6 around the coal issue, the County Charter was altered Some individuals had burned their brother Phil and others, broke into a published New York Times best-seller in pursuit of it, the county redistricted in response draft cards before then, but after General Electric missile plant in King “Democracy Now!: 20 Years Covering to those alterations. the Catonsville action, it became of Prussia, Penn. They hammered on the Movements Changing America.” But for county conservatives, none of this rear-guard mischief was particularly empowering or mobilizing. VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE When this story began, who could

have imagined the most powerful en- GO 34 ergy and freight transport corpora- NORTHWOOD tions on earth could be turned back FOOD or denied? Yet since this story began, dozens of their projects and propos- FOR CASINO ! 27 als have foundered and faltered, with Cherry Point perhaps the most indomi-

FUN B-BOARD table among them. Victory begets vic- tory, and with a succession of them comes empowerment and mobiliza- Buy One Get One Free 24 tion, excitement. Among conservatives, the welcom- Mongolian Grill On FILM ing of these industries soured into a kind of bitter obstruction of power Wednesdays! 20 and mobilization. Not so in the com- munity of progressives and environ- Our popular asian-themed buffet featuring the Fresh MUSIC mentalists, who found renewed enthu- & Fast Mongolian Grill is back! Served from 5pm to siasm and common cause in each win. 9pm, for $14.95. Plus Winners Club Members buy 18

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everyone could hate, and that meant STAGE the issue had the power to capture the political center, too: So many attach- 14 ment points, from early concerns about train racket, to the despoliation of Cas- cadia, outward to the global airshed GET OUT and the future of a warming world. EVERY

And so much of this came to light 12 through the lens of that third story— THURSDAY! the story of the new century—the Thursdays in May, 5pm to 9pm. WORDS collapse of traditional media forms

and their replacement by citizen jour- 8 nalists and community activists. And through that transformation, these individuals and groups learned how to Our Seafood Buffet Is CURRENTS network, how to perform public dis- 6 closure requests, how to cover public 6 meetings and hold officials account- VIEWS The Best Deal Around! VIEWS able, how to become spot experts on Fresh seasonal seafood with juicy Prime Rib for only topics large and small—and that in $19.95! Served Friday, 5pm to 9pm. You can’t beat that! 4 turn begat an entire new layer of orga- nization and mobilization that could MAIL tackle other issues of social justice in 2 new and profound ways. DO IT IT DO Such empowerment does not go eas- Celebrate Saturdays With ily back into its bottle. It yearns to tackle new subjects, to stretch against new challenges. It becomes habitual, Endless Steak & Crab! and integral to what it means to be a TryTry ouourr neneww (and(and delicious!)delicious!) SteakSteak andand CrabCrab Buffet,Buffet fea-fea 05.11.16 good citizen. turing Sirloin steak, seasonal crab, loaded baked potato .11

The heavy diesel Trump could spark bar and more. Served from 5pm to 9pm, for only $17.95. 19 # for a few hours among conservatives— this power can be drawn off and tapped in lighter, more potent forms by pro- gressives for many years. A sleeping gi- MODERN COMFORTS AND JUST TWO TURNS OFF THE ant has awoken. “A day later,” Sen. Kevin Ranker (D- OLD FASHIONED HOSPITALITY GUIDE MERIDIAN Orcas) remarked, “and I am still reflect- CASCADIA WEEKLY ing upon this giant decision supporting BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA 7 the health of our communities, global 877.777.9847 environmental sustainability and the 9750 Northwood Road • Lynden WA N rights of sovereign tribal nations—this E BADGER RD NORTHWOOD RD is huge.” www.northwoodcasino.com This is huge. GUIDE MERIDIAN RD LYNDEN happy tears. “Today we learn again that treaty rights are not for sale.” In phone calls to Lummi leaders and to

34 the project applicant, PIT (now Pacific In- ternational Holdings LLC) and SSA Marine,

FOOD FOOD USACE Seattle District Commander Col. currents John Buck said the potential impacts to NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX the Lummi Nation’s usual and accustomed 27 (U&A) fishing rights from the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal are greater than

B-BOARD B-BOARD de minimis, a legal threshold intended to measure those impacts.

24 Because the district has determined the effects to the Lummi’s rights are more than

FILM de minimis and because the Lummi main- tain their objections to this proposal, the

20 project cannot be permitted by the Corps, Buck said. An act of Congress would be re-

MUSIC quired to proceed. The Lummi Nation, in 2015, asked the

18 Seattle Division of the Corps of Engineers

ART to deny permits to the project, arguing it would interfere with fishing rights to “usu- al and accustomed areas” guaranteed by an 16 1855 treaty. The Lummi cited impacts to

STAGE their treaty rights and included affidavits about their fishing practices and state- ments about potential impacts from the 14 construction and operation of the terminal. The GPT project area is included in Lummi’s

GET OUT U&A fishing grounds. “I have thoroughly reviewed thousands

12 of pages of submittals from the Lummi Na- tion and Pacific International Holdings,” Buck said. “I have also reviewed my staff’s WORDS determination that the Gateway Pacific

8 Terminal would have a greater than de mi- STEPHAN MICHAELS nimis impact on the Lummi Nation’s U&A rights, and I have determined the project CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 is not permittable as currently proposed.” Both Lummi Nation and Pacific Interna- 6 tional Holdings, LLC, provided volumes of data on fishing practices, potential impacts, VIEWS and mitigation to support their positions.

4 The U.S. Army has a duty to uphold the federal government’s responsibility MAIL MAIL KWEL HOY’! to protect treaty rights. The Corps may

long coal train has come to a halt. the treaty and protects our sacred site. not permit a project that abrogates those 2 ARMY CORPS THE LONG, Years ago, Lummi Nation declared Kwel Hoy’!, “We Our ancient ones at Xwe’chieXen, Cherry treaty rights. Only Congress can abrogate DO IT IT DO DENIES Draw the Line,” and vowed the coal trains would not Point, will rest protected. a treaty right. unload at their fishing grounds and sacred burial site, “Because of this decision, the water Project proponents expressed “aston- SHORELINE Xwe’chieXen. They called upon the federal government we rely on to feed our families, for our ishment” at the decision in a statement to honor its treaty to protect those heritage assets. ceremonies and for commercial purposes sent out by Pacific International Holdings, 05.11.16 PERMIT FOR In a decision of profound impact, the U.S. Army remains protected. But this is more than a joint venture between SSA Marine and Corps of Engineers this week agreed, and denied Pa- a victory for our people; it’s a victory for Cloud Peak Energy. .11

19 CHERRY POINT cific International Terminals’ application to build treaty rights,” Ballew explained. “Treaty “This is an inconceivable decision. # North America’s largest coal export terminal in the rights shape our region and nation. As Looking at the set of facts in the adminis- BY TIM JOHNSON AND Lummi Nation’s treaty-protected fishing waters off tribes across the United States face pres- trative summary it’s quite obvious this is BOB SIMMONS Cherry Point. Unless reviewed and overturned by a sures from development and resource ex- a political decision and not fact-based,” court, the decision is a mortal blow to the Gateway traction, we’ll continue to see tribes lead said Pacific International President Bob Pacific Terminal, a proposed project that has galva- the fight to defend their treaty rights, Watters. “The designs call for the termi- nized this corner of the Salish Sea for half a decade. and protect and manage their lands and nal to operate at the highest levels of

CASCADIA WEEKLY “This is an historic victory for the Lummi Nation waters for future generations. environmental stewardship and meet all and our entire region,” Lummi Chairman Tim Ballew “The impact of a coal terminal on our federal and state regulations.” 8 II announced at a tribal council meeting brimming treaty fishing rights would be severe, ir- Inconceivable, astonishing—but the with emotion. “We are pleased to see that the Corps reparable and impossible to mitigate.” outcome was baked into the review de- has honored the treaty and the constitution by pro- “Today is a good day, an emotional day,” termination, without a lot of latitude for viding a decision that recognizes the terminal’s im- Lummi Vice-Chair Cheryl Sanders said, her interpretation by the Corps. And to the an- pacts to our fishing rights. This decision is a win for voice breaking. “Happy times, these are noyance of SSA and Pacific International, the Corps made its treaty determination the Seattle District,” Walker commented. manner different than what is currently Still, it comes with its own set of con- separate from and outside the framework As the determination documents, Lum- being used.” flicts. SSA has not met the terms of a 1997 of those state and federal regulations. mi fishermen have caught more than 10.7 Federal judges in similar lawsuits have legal settlement requiring the company Consistent with standard regulato- million chinook, chum, coho, pinks and expressed the view that the amount of to carry out intensive studies of Cherry ry process, Corps spokesperson Patricia sockeye in the cited study period, as well damage is irrelevant, hence the de mini- Point’s saltwater habitat. It was to be a 34 Graesser explained, if any one of the as harvested 24.3 million Dungeness crab mis standard. U.S. District Court Judge state-of-the art probing into the lives of

Corps’ required substantive evaluations in areas near the proposed export facility. John Coughenour ruled 20 years ago, in a herring and other forage fish. SSA agreed FOOD concludes with a finding the proposal A vehicle traffic study produced by the suit involving the same waters, that any to bankroll the research in order to settle cannot be permitted, then the project state found the Lummi spend at least a amount of interference with Native Amer- a lawsuit by a coalition of state agencies 27 proponent is notified of such finding third of their time in the Cherry Point and nonprofit citizens groups. and advised the project cannot receive a subarea for various fishing and crabbing All these years later, the studies have yet shoreline permit. activities. to begin. Scientists had hoped they might B-BOARD “PIH was notified the GPT Project as The traffic study “goes on to conclude gain some insight into a 90 percent decline currently planned is not permittable, and that if GPT is built and at full operation in Cherry Point herring, a once-flourish- This is more than 24 they requested a decision on the applica- then Lummi fishing disruption will increase a victory for our ing population once thought to make up tion,” Graesser noted. “Because this pro- by 76 percent at Cherry Point,” the Corps half the herring in Puget Sound. State and FILM posal cannot be permitted due to effects noted. “PIH admits that at full buildout, people; it’s a victory county officials presumably would require

on the Lummi Nation’s treaty rights and GPT footprint and the new vessel approach SSA to pay for the studies before approv- 20 because of the Lummi Nation’s objection lanes would occupy approximately 122 for treaty rights. ing a reincarnated export terminal—even to this proposal, Col. Buck denied this acres of physical space at Cherry Point. At Treaty rights shape without coal. MUSIC project without prejudice. full operation, the GPT facility would han- our region and nation. With or without the coal, the termi-

“If in the future the Lummi Nation dle at least 487 total annual tanker calls.” nal would require approval by the Corps 18 withdraws its objections to the proposal, The litmus for determining de minimis of Engineers and—by reference to treaty We’ll continue to see ART the proponent could reinitiate processing impacts against treaty rights held by Sal- obligations—the Lummi Nation. of the application.“ ish Sea tribes goes back to Muckleshoot tribes lead the fight Gateway Pacific’s uncertain future 16 “The proposed terminal could have de- v. Hall In the 1998 Muckleshoot case, the to defend their treaty comes just as SSA Marine’s potential cus-

stroyed the way of life for the Lummi and Muckleshoot and Suquamish tribes re- tomers are facing historically bad times. STAGE all indigenous people who depend on the ceived an injunction against a developer rights, and protect Peabody Energy, committed to shipping Salish Sea for their livelihood and cul- who wanted to build a 1,200-slip mari- and manage their lands 24 million tons per year through Cherry ture,” JoDe L. Goudy, chair of the Yakama na in Elliott Bay. The marina would have Point—half the port’s projected capaci- 14 Nation, said in a statement. “By denying eliminated 130 acres of the bay for fish- and waters for future ty—warned investors the company must the permit, the Corps upheld its duty to ing, including “about 70 acres of which generations.” face reorganization through bankruptcy. GET OUT the tribes to protect treaty rights. The the tribes presently use for net retrieval — TIM BALLEW II , LUMMI CHAIRMAN Reuters News Agency reported that Pea- fight, however, is not over.” of fish,” the judge’s opinion said. body might not have enough insurance 12 And yet, Cherry Point was perhaps the “After a comparison of the two differ- and cash reserves to clean up its toxic last great hope for energy industries hop- ent sets of declarations, it is my opinion mine sites across the country, as federal WORDS ing to open a new export terminal on the the Lummi declarations are equal to if not ican fishing rights is illegal. law requires.

West Coast of the United States. Only more detailed than Muckleshoot declara- Northwest Sea Farms Inc. had challenged The fundamentals of selling coal to Asia 8 8 the Millennium Bulk terminal along the tions,” Walker noted. “The Lummi dec- a 1996 Corps decision denying the compa- seem unlikely to improve for a while; the Columbia in Longview remains viable for larations are more specific and identify ny a permit to build a salmon farm off Lum- government of China is turning away from CURRENTS CURRENTS coal export, currently heavily burdened an area with a map showing where tribal mi Island. The Corps said the project would coal as a source of electric power, and clos- CURRENTS by an exhaustive environmental review members fish and crab in the immediate interfere with Lummi fishing rights. ing hundreds of coal-fired power plants. by the state Department of Ecology. vicinity of the proposed in-water struc- The impact would be minor, the compa- On the production side, the U.S. Dept. 6 ture. The Muckleshoot and Lummi declara- ny argued. Minor doesn’t matter, Cough- of Interior is completing a three year study SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS tions both speak to concerns of increased enour ruled. of the way it sells off the public’s mineral VIEWS

“There is no dispute about whether vessel traffic increasing fishing cost be- “The record need only support the wealth—the first since 1976—and hints 4 Cherry Point or the proposal’s footprint is cause of lost gear and reducing fishing Corps’ conclusion that the project would that it might raise the cost of public land within Lummi’s U&A treaty fishing area,” efficiency,” the report author explained. affect the Lummi Nation’s right to ac- leases by as much as 50 percent. MAIL

Michelle Walker, the Chief of the Regu- “At full buildout, the over-water im- cess,” he said. Cloud Peak Energy, which bought a 49 2 latory Branch at the Seattle Army Corps pacts of the project will include a trestle, percent share in the Cherry Point venture DO IT IT DO district office, noted in comments ex- wharf, three ship berths, and new vessel UNCERTAIN FUTURE only last year, has stopped exporting coal plaining the determination, “rather only approach lane covering 122 acres and The Corps of Engineers’ rulings won’t altogether, until at least 2018. It will in- whether the effects of the proposal will handling 487 total annual vessel calls, necessarily mean the end of SSA’s hopes stead pay a penalty to Westshore Termi- have a greater than de minimis impact on one vessel arrival or departure every 18 for developing its Cherry Point site. A nals in Vancouver, BC, for not meeting its the Lummi’s treaty fishing rights. hours,” the determination noted. “This shoreline development permit granted by contract obligations. Sightline Institute of 05.11.16 “PIH contends there is not enough does not include the incidental vessel Whatcom County years ago—with no hint Seattle says the penalty is less than Cloud .11

evidence in the record to show a great- traffic needed to operate a deep water that it might enable a huge coal port—re- Peak would lose if it continued exporting 19 er than de minimis impact; GPT’s project export facility of this magnitude. There- mains alive and gathering dust in What- coal to Asia. Cloud Peak stock actually # area is not a productive area and is not fore, at minimum, 122 acres of the Lum- com County files. gained on news that it was suspending its fished or crabbed by the Lummi on more mi’s U&A fishing grounds will be impact- Tyler Schroeder, the deputy county ex- export business for a couple of years in fa- than an extraordinary basis; GPT’s impact ed by the proposed project by eliminating ecutive heading up the County’s Environ- vor of paying Westshore for doing nothing. is proportionally insignificant compared the Lummi’s access to their U&A fishing mental Impact studies, said the earlier “This has been a long journey and the to the total Lummi U&A areas; potential grounds. PIH’s solution to the area oc- permit appears to be viable, should the Nooksack Indian Tribe is happy to be able future impacts to a potentially restored cupied by the trestle, wharf, or birthed company decide to exercise it. It allows to share in the joy and success of the Lum- CASCADIA WEEKLY herring fishery should not be considered; tankers is a directive on when and how SSA to develop the Cherry Point shoreline mi Nation,” Lona Johnson, a council mem- and fishing and crabbing can occur effec- the Lummi should fish and crab. for a terminal designed to handle grain ber for Nooksack Indian Tribe, commented. 9 tively around the wharf, and the proposed “Essentially,” the determination sum- and potash, among other commodities. It “A coal terminal at Cherry Point would vio- mitigation reduces the impacts to a de mi- marized, “PIH’s solution to the Lummi’s would be smaller by far than the proposed late treaty rights, and today the Corps af- nimis level. Each of these issues have been impact concerns is to have the Lummi ex- coal port, and would not be available to firmed that position and protected the thoroughly evaluated and considered by ercise their crab and fish techniques in a export volatile energy products. Salish Sea for generations to come.” t 34 ek h

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ART Trump supporters converged on Lynden on Saturday. Meanwhile, protestors who oppose the presumptive Republican nominee for President line the Guide Meridian. Both groups were reportedly well-behaved. 16 Berg Point and Watmough Bay, in an area

STAGE that is reachable only by boat. The body 05.04.16 appears to have been there for a while, and it wasn’t clear if the woman had fallen from 14 WEDNESDAY the cliff above or washed ashore. The wom- A jury finds a Bellingham man not guilty of vehicular homicide and vehicular an’s age and identity remain unknown.

GET OUT assault charges in connection with crashing his vehicle into four high school stu- dents in 2015. William Jeffrey Klein, 35, was accused of falling asleep at the wheel 05.09.12

12 on June 10 and striking the students on a sidewalk. Investigators could find no MONDAY evidence he was impaired by drugs or alochol. The jury returned their verdict after about five hours of deliberation. The proposed coal terminal for Cherry WORDS ASSOCIATED PRESS ASSOCIATED Point is dead after the U.S. Army Corps of In his first campaign visit to the state, Donald Trump

8 Hardly had she announced her bid for Congress, state Rep. Elizabeth Scott of Engineers denies a needed shoreline per- guaranteed a November victory in Washington, something Monroe says she is ending her campaign for the 1st Congressional District. The no Republican presidential candidate has accomplished mit. The Corps ruled the project would im- Republican explains she is giving up her campaign for health reasons. Her depar- since 1984. Trump spent much of his 45-minute speech at pact the treaty-protected fishing rights of CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 ture from the race against Democratic U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene in the 1st Congres- the Lynden Fairgrounds recounting his primary victories Lummi Nation. sional District leaves the Republican Party without a candidate. and scolding doubters. He reserved his harshest scorn for 6 his presumptive Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, and 05.10.14 her allies. Health officials close all Whatcom County beaches to recreational shellfish VIEWS TUESDAY harvesting after tests showed unsafe levels of marine biotoxins. The closure is

4 for all molluscan shellfish including clams, mussels, oysters and scallops, and all There are no obvious signs of foul play, In light of a federal ruling that probably beaches, including at Larrabee State Park and Point Roberts. The ban was put into Bellingham Police say. killed the coal pier application, Whatcom MAIL MAIL place after unsafe levels of the toxin that causes diarrhetic shellfish poisoning County Council chafes at continued restric-

were detected in recent sampling in Bellingham Bay. tions on their ability to discuss matters 2 05.07.12 SATURDAY related to energy policy and industrial land DO IT IT DO 05.06.16 use at Cherry Point in their comprehensive FRIDAY A group of kayakers discover the body planning. “How long can a permit sit in a of a woman on a remote part of Lopez Is- ‘pending’ status if nothing is being done A man’s body is found in Whatcom Creek at Maritime Heritage Park in down- land. The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office on it?” Council members ask their legal ad- 05.11.16 town Bellingham. The body is that of a white man in his 60s, but his identity will reports the kayakers found the body on viser. No definitive answer is forthcoming. not be disclosed until an autopsy is completed by the county medical examiner. the south shore of the island, between Ice Council’s gag order remains in place. .11 19 #

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On May 6, Bellingham Police met a young Gainesville, FL 20 woman experiencing a “drug-induced py- Washington, DC PORTAIT OF THE ARTIST Percent of people that bike to work 90% confidence interval

Seattle, WA MUSIC chosis” and gave her a ride home to her AS A YOUNG GIRL Source: 2014 American Community Survey, apartment. On May 3, a worried mother spoke to Bell- Bellingham, WA US Census Bureau Oakland, CA ingham Police about the behavioral issues 18 of her young daughter. “She has taken to Tempe, AZ

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT ART On April 29, a woman told Bellingham Po- going on long walks, sometimes in the College Station, TX Tucson, AZ lice she had been confronted by her soon- downtown area,” police narrated. The moth- New Orleans, LA 16 to-be-ex-husband’s new girlfriend the er wanted police to be aware of the situ- Boise City, ID previous evening in a threatening manner. ation and her possible vulnerabilities. She Charleston, SC STAGE left a photograph of her child so that police MOTOR MISHAPS would have access to it if the need arises. On April 22, a gas station owner in Blaine 14 called to report “that a customer had HOUSEKEEPING DETAIL stopped to fuel-up, and afterwards drove On April 23, Bellingham Police spoke to “a GET OUT away with the fuel pump nozzle still em- homeless man who tends to frequent the bedded in his car’s fuel tank spout,” police park trail that runs east from Orleans Street 12 reported. “The driver may have been tired where he sets up a temporary camp, has at the time, as he purchased energy drinks a fire and drinks alcohol,” police narrated. WORDS in the store just before causing about “Today, a passerby commented to the man 1.4 $200 damage when he ripped the station’s that it is a park trail and he needed to move 8 Estimated number of bicycles per household in the greater Seattle area. 8 hose out by its roots. Officers are awaiting on. The man was hostile to the citizen, who The typical household is 2.4 people and 1.9 motor vehicles. a call back from the company which issued in turn called 911. The homeless man was CURRENTS CURRENTS the traveler’s credit card, to identify the contacted on the trail where he was drink- CURRENTS motorist who made the purchases.” ing an Olde English 800 beer. He was cited for the liquor law violation and directed to 6 On April 23, Blaine Police and US Border leave the trail,” police reported.

91.2 VIEWS Patrol Agents responded to assist Sher- Percent of Bellingham residents responding to a survey who reported they iffs deputies at the scene of a crashed On April 23, Bellingham Police contacted 4 had ridden a bicycle at some point in the previous year. stolen vehicle. “The owner of the vehicle a large homeless camp complex set up in reported his car was stolen from Birch the woods north of the same trail system MAIL

Bay, and he was somehow able to locate near Sunset Drive. “There were nine tent 2 and recover it from the intersection of structures in that location. Some of the 57 17.2 DO IT IT DO Shintaffer Road and Lincoln Road, where group had been cutting down trees with Percent of the Bellingham Columbia neighborhood made it had crashed,” police reported. “A K9 a chainsaw for firewood,” police reported. survey respondents who were up the largest group of bicycle search tried to track down the driver, but “Occupants have been at the location from between the ages of 25 to 49. survey respondents, at 17.2 no evidence of a fleeing bad guy could be two weeks to one year. Officers will be Ages 50 to 64 made up the percent. located. Additional investigation by the contacting the property owner regarding second largest group of survey 05.11.16 respondents, at 27.3 percent. deputies revealed the owner had invented the situation.” .11

the story to cover up the fact he himself 19 had crashed the car. He was arrested for On April 29, Bellingham Police took a report 23.4 # false reporting,” police noted. of a homeless person wandering around na- Percent of survey respondents who said they bike to work five days a week ked on a property on James Street. during summer months. The number drops to 14.4 percent during months of On April 18, Blaine Police checked on a poorer weather. report of a possibly intoxicated man stum- On May 5, Bellingham Police observed a bling in the roadway. “Officers contacted man “rolling a blunt on the trail south of the man sitting on a street corner nearby, the 420 bridge” near Ellis Street. 1 CASCADIA WEEKLY clutching a bouquet. He soberly explained Rank of the weather in factors that discourage Bellingham residents from 11 that lived nearby and was out for a walk On May 5, Bellingham Police were asked to cycling more often. The absence of safe travel corridors was the second after having a disagreement with his girl- start a dialog among social service and most limiting factor. friend. He had decided to bring her some- community business owners regarding thing to make amends,” police noted, “so quality-of-life issues related to the home- had just toured the adjacent alleyways, less population in the City Center. SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau; Puget Sound Regional Council; Bellingham Bicycle Master Plan time for this. CW: Industry is always putting workers through “transitions.” Globalization was

34 a transition that put millions out of work, without regard to justice. But this move-

FOOD FOOD ment is demanding a “just” transition. Tell me about that. JMW: Just transition means a lot of things.

27 words COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS But regarding workers, as society weans itself off fossil fuels workers need to be

B-BOARD B-BOARD assured that jobs lost will be replaced with other family-wage jobs, hopefully in

24 by 350.org, a broad coalition has been busy clean energy. How this will be paid for organizing a massive new wave of climate is being discussed, but the conversation

FILM action. It’s called Break Free and it’s al- begins with a commitment to workers ready underway. that this very necessary transition will

20 In England, hundreds be handled justly. of protesters occupied CW: What should people expect? Are there

MUSIC the UK’s largest open- specific activities planned? cast coal mine. Also, coal JMW: Saturday, May 14 is the mass gath-

18 operations were halted ering of people to send a clear message

ART in Australia when 2,000 that we must transition off fossil fuels. protestors shut down the This will be an Indigenous-led day start- world’s largest coal mine ing with a march to a rally and afternoon 16 ATTEND at Newcastle Port. This gathering for common purpose, with a WHAT: “Charting STAGE Our Course: week, activists will be salmon dinner. Bike rides from Seattle, A Community converging on the Tesoro Bellingham, and Mount Vernon to Ana- Conversation and Shell oil refineries in cortes during the three days are also 14 about Our Energy Anacortes to demand a scheduled. Trainings and other activities Future” just transition to a fossil- will be available at Deception Pass State WHEN: 7pm GET OUT Weds., May 11 fuel-free economy; how- Park campground. Nonviolent direct ac- WHERE: ever, workers will not be tions are planned, and if anyone is in- Anacortes Depot

12 prevented from entering terested in participating it is essential 12 Community Arts and leaving the facilities to sign up at breakfreepnw.org to get on Center, 611 R for the sake of safety. proper communication loops. There will WORDS WORDS Ave. MORE: Speakers There are few in this be land-based and water-based actions

8 include Liz community as dedicated and you can indicate your interest in the Lovelett, to confronting the cli- sign-up form. Anacortes City mate crisis as Jill Ma- CW: Can you tell me about Disobedience? Council member;

CURRENTS CURRENTS cIntyre Witt, Bellingham JMW: Disobedience is a film produced by Steve Garey, organizer for 350.org and 350.org, the main organizer for Break

6 past president of the United local point person for Free 2016. The film discusses reasons for Steel Workers Break Free. keeping fossil fuels in the ground and VIEWS Local 12-591; Cascadia Weekly: Is why we must engage in civil disobedience Kate Blystone, 4 Break Free a global event, as the climate-justice movement grows. program director with RE Sources a regional event, or both? We are racing against time and the cli- MAIL MAIL for Sustainable Jill MacIntyre Witt: mate crisis is escalating, so our actions

Communities Break Free is a global must escalate as well. 2 ------event with regional ac- CW: You put a lot of time and energy into

DO IT IT DO WHAT: Break tions happening all your climate organizing work. What drives Free PNW WHEN: May over the world. In the you? BY ROB LEWIS 13-15 United States, there are JMW: What drives me is the call to do all WHERE: March’s six, with our region be- I can to help protect the planet for my 05.11.16 Point, Anacortes ing one of them. We are daughters, their children, their children’s MORE: 8am a critical front line for children, and indeed all future genera- .11 gathering and

19 keeping fossil fuels in tions. Our society is raping and pillaging

# Break Free PNW day events INFO: the ground, since the the planet faster than it can repair itself KEEP FOSSIL FUELS IN THE GROUND breakfreepnw.org fossil fuel industry has and I don’t want my daughters asking me ON DEC. 12, 2015, 195 nations signed a landmark climate accord in Paris. targeted the Northwest years from now, why didn’t I do anything Never in history have so many nations agreed together on a common objective. for massive fossil fuel exports to Asia. when I had the chance. But despite that signature achievement, the agreement is not ambitious enough CW: You have been organizing around this a CW: How do people jump in? to prevent the worst ravages of a warming planet. Furthermore, industry is de- few weeks now. What’s the public response? JMW: With both feet! The best way to start

CASCADIA WEEKLY laying progress and governments tend to move slowly. JMW: People have been very receptive and is by going to breakfreepnw.org. Also, In the four months since Paris, it’s become clear there’s no time for delay. optimistic, expressing a real need for volunteers are needed, which is a great 12 In January, meteorologists confirmed 2015 as the new hottest year on re- something like this. Even people from An- way to connect. Or just show up, hopeful- cord. February leapt to a new record hottest month, as heat records toppled acortes have offered to pass out flyers and ly with friends and family. We know col- around the globe. By April, forecasters were predicting 2016 would be hotter hang posters. A reporter from Anacortes lective action is our best hope for forcing than 2015. came to a recent event to help spread the this transition in a way that is just for all. Fortunately, climate justice organizations haven’t been waiting around. Led word. The general feeling I get is that it’s It’s time. doit

WORDS POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their creative verse as part of Poetrynight can sign up at

WED., MAY 11 7:45pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central 34 TROUT QUINTET: Whidbey Island-based author Ave. Readings start at 8pm. Law Offices of Steve Raymond reads from Trout Quintet: Five WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG FOOD FOOD Stories of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Fly Fishing at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. WED., MAY 18 Alexander F. Ransomm WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM A NONE’S STORY: Corinna Nicolaou shares ideas 27 from A None’s Story: Searching for Meaning Inside THURS., MAY 12 Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, & Islam at 7pm at POETRY AND ART: “Having Faith in a Seed: Village Books, 1200 11th St. B-BOARD B-BOARD Poetry in the Gallery” takes place from 6:30-8pm WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Experienced. at Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Building,

250 Flora St. The event is free with $5 Thursday THURS., MAY 19 Effective. 24 admission. CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR: Steve Martini will

WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG share his new Paul Madriani novel, Blood Flag, as FILM the featured author at the monthly Chuckanut Ra- Exceptional. ALASKAN LAUNDRY: Brendan Jones reads from dio Hour starting at 7pm at Whatcom Community Compassionate Criminal Defense Attorney his new book of fiction, The Alaskan Laundry, at College, 237 W. Kellogg Rd. Entry is $5. Fighting for Your Rights 20 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 119 NORTH COMMERCIAL ST. SUITE #1420 • OFFICE: (360) 746-2642 MUSIC MAY 19-22 BOYNTON POETRY AWARDS: The winners of SKAGIT RIVER POETRY FESTIVAL: Perfor- the11th annual Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest will mances, readings, workshops and discussions www.ransom-lawfirm.com 18 read from their works at a free ceremony at 7pm at featuring some of the most renowned and di- ART the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave. verse names in poetry will be part of the Skagit WWW.THEPOETRYDEPARTMENT.WORDPRESS.COM River Poetry Festival taking place Thursday 16 through Sunday throughout La Conner. Event FRI., MAY 13 prices vary. ONE WOMAN’S JOURNEY: Author and adventur- WWW.SKAGITRIVERPOETRY.ORG STAGE er Susan Conrad will share stories and images at a book launch pre-party for her newly published 14 memoir, Inside: One Woman’s Journey Through the COMMUNITY Inside Passage, from 6:30-9:30pm in Anacortes at the Memorial Park Building at Seafarers Memorial MAY 11-12 GET OUT Park, 601 Seafarers Way. JOB FAIRS: Attend an All-College Job Fair from WWW.SUSANMARIECONRAD.COM 10am-1pm Wednesday at the Syre Student Center

at Whatcom Community College, 237 W. Kellogg 12 12 STORIES DEPLOYED: Experience a powerful Rd. From 10am-1pm Thursday, attend a Health performance of personal writing by veterans Professions Job Fair at the Health Professions WORDS in the community at the third annual “Stories Education Center, 475 Stuart Rd. WORDS Deployed: The Veterans’ Chronicles” from 7-9pm WWW.WHATCOM.EDU at Western Washington University’s Old Main May 19-22, 2016 8 Theater. Entry is free. THURS., MAY 12 650-6115 JUANA’S STORY: Maru Mora Villalpando, founder of the Latino Advocacy Organization, tells the Historic Downtown CURRENTS BRILLIANT BEACONS: Maritime lore and origi- story of “Juana: A Farmworker’s Detention in the

nal historical detail can be expected when Eric U.S” from 6:30-8pm at the Bellingham Unitarian La Conner, Washington 6 Jay Dolin shares stories from Brilliant Beacons: A Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St. Entry is free. History of the American Lighthouse at 7pm at Vil- WWW.LATINOADVOCACY.ORG VIEWS lage Books, 1200 11th St. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM SAT., MAY 14 Opening Night 4 GEMS FAIR: Learn about careers in STEM fields at a GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math, and Speak Out! Wake Up!

SAT., MAY 14 MAIL RISING ABOVE PAIN: Julie Hanft will be on Science) taking place from 12-4pm at Western Jeanann Verlee, Jamaal May, hand to sign copies of Rising Above the Pain from Washington University. Entry is free. 2 12-4pm at Barnes & Noble, 4099 Meridian St. WWW.WWU.EDU Tarfia Faizullah & Friends 647-7018 DO IT IT DO

HOUSE HISTORY: “House History: How to Find BASEBALL AND AMITY: Bring the kids along People & Property Using the National Historic Readings ¤ Conversations ¤ Workshops when Mark Holtzen reads from his illustrated Register” will be the focus of a Skagit Valley book A Ticket to the Pennant: A Tale of Baseball in Genealogical Society presentation from 1-3pm at Naomi Shihab Nye, Seattle at 2pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. At the Burlington Senior Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave. 05.11.16 4pm, Nasreen Pejvack reads from her new work of WWW.SKAGITVALLEYGENEALOGY.ORG Lorna Dee Cervantes, Natalie Diaz, fiction, Amity. Aimee Nezhukumatathil .11 19

WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM RAISE THE ROOF: Habitat for Humanity hosts # its annual “Raise the Roof” Auction and Dinner & SUN., MAY 15 starting at 5:30pm at the Habitat Store, 1825 20 other acclaimed poets THE GRIEF DIARIES: Whatcom County-based Cornwall Ave. Tickets are $35. author Lynda Cheldelin Fell reads from the WWW.HFHWHATCOM.ORG bestselling anthology The Grief Diaries at 4pm at TICKETS Village Books, 1200 11th St. THURS., MAY 19 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM PUBLIC WORKS FAIR: Learn more about the brownpapertickets.com

City of Bellingham’s Public Works services at a CASCADIA WEEKLY MON., MAY 16 Public Works Fair happening from 2-6pm at the INFORMATION BOUNDARY LAYER: Naturalist and writer Kem Depot Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. Staff skagitriverpoetry.org 13 Luther reads from Boundary Layer: Exploring the from every division will be on hand to answer Genius Between Worlds at 7pm at Village Books, questions, and there will be multiple activities. 1200 11th St. Entry is free. Clayton James, Birdlike Form, Ceramic, 20x10x5” WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM WWW.COB.ORG Courtesy of Clayton James and Gallery Cygnus. Photo by Maggie Wilder. The gardens are magnificent, with cen- tury-old rhododendrons towering 20 feet over your head. Beyond, hiking trails— ingenious curving boardwalks—wind

34 through pristine rainforest and provide access to wild beaches and windswept

FOOD FOOD headlands. outside The island has a long and fascinating HIKING RUNNING GARDENING history. It was once an early Hudson’s 27 Bay Company outpost, with a store, jail and school, the commercial center for

B-BOARD B-BOARD the west coast of Vancouver Island in the days before Tofino existed. In a Monty

24 Python-esque turn of events, Walter Daw- ley built a grand hotel on the island in

FILM 1898. It burned to the ground in 1908 and was immediately rebuilt. In 1918, the re-

20 placement hotel burned again. In the early 1900s, a community of

MUSIC Japanese settlers established a small fishing village on the island. This idyl-

18 lic existence lasted for a generation, but

ART came to an abrupt halt in 1942 when the Canadian government “evacuated” the Japanese, part of the ugly anti-Japanese 16 fervor of the time. Most of these long-

STAGE term residents would never return. Over the next 40 years, the island passed through a se- 14 14 ries of private owners. By then, Tofino had GET OUT GET OUT emerged as the regional center, and the island

12 was more or less left alone until the 1980s, when plans were drawn WORDS ATTEND up to subdivide it to ac- WHAT:

8 commodate hundreds of Clayoquot Days vacation homes. WHEN: 12-4pm Enter Susan Bloom, Sat.-Sun., May

CURRENTS CURRENTS 21-22 the saving grace of WHERE: Shore Clayoquot Island. 6 Building Dock, Seeing the writing Tofino Harbor on the wall, she bought VIEWS COST: Free the island in 1990 and INFO: 4 www.nature immediately estab- conservancy.ca lished the Clayoquot MAIL MAIL STORY AND PHOTOS BY JOHN D’ONOFRIO Island Preserve. She

largely dismantled the island’s buildings, 2 removing them via barges. Only one off- DO IT IT DO Lost in Time the-grid cabin for caretakers and a few maintenance buildings remain. Beyond THE MYSTERY OF CLAYOQUOT ISLAND the cabin and the gardens, the island has been allowed to return to a natural state. 05.11.16 THERE’S AN island in a rough-and-tumble, frequently storm-tossed inlet on the And every year, on Victoria Day Week- wild west coast of Vancouver Island that’s off-limits to the public—a wildlife pre- end, Bloom welcomes the outside world .11

19 serve with extensive heritage gardens planted 100 years ago. It’s an enigmatic com- to her island as part of “Clayoquot Days.” # bining of the wild with the bygone genteel. Earlier this year, she donated the Called both Clayoquot Island and Stubbs Island, the place is a dichotomy on many preserve—roughly two-thirds of the levels. Wild, yet manicured. Off-limits and—once a year—open to all. island—to the Nature Conservancy of Although the island is private and public access has been forbidden for 70 years, Canada, accompanied by a large finan- once each May, during British Columbia’s long Victoria Day Weekend, all are invited cial contribution to provide for its fu- to enjoy an afternoon on this inviting kilometer-wide island in Clayoquot Sound. ture management.

CASCADIA WEEKLY The owner even hires a retinue of local boats and skippers to provide free water taxi Victoria Day Weekend is coming up May transport across the sound to the island’s weather-worn dock. 21-22. All you need to do to take part is 14 This gracious and generous offer is accepted with enthusiasm and appreciation by show up on the Shore Building Dock at To- the residents of nearby Tofino and surrounding areas. Happy crowds—groups of teen- fino Harbor, where small boats will be zip- agers, families, elderly couples—make the trip in boatload after boatload. They wander ping back and forth to the island. Climb the gardens and explore the island’s paths and rocky beaches. They play croquet on the aboard, and in 10 minutes time you’ll be lawn and barbecue shared dinners. wandering in paradise. doit

WED., MAY 11 All Foundation, including hand-cycles, 3-4-wheel INCREDIBLE INDIA: Great-grandmother, retired cycles, and tandem cycles. teacher and adventurer Carol Sullivan leads an (360) 778-7027 s Fair rk 34 “Incredible India: People and Places 2016” presen- Wo tation at 6:30pm at the Mount Vernon City Library, KAYAK MOVIE: Mountain Mind Collective hosts a c li FOOD 315 Snoqualmie St. Entry to experience the travel viewing of their kayak movie For the Love at 7pm b tales is free. at Backcountry Essentials, 214 W. Holly St. Tickets u WWW.MOUNTVERNONWA.GOV to see the feature-length documentary about P whitewater kayaking and meet the filmmakers are 27 THURS., MAY 12 $8 and include a Ninkasi Brewing beer. HIDDEN FOREST FORAY: As part of a series of WWW.BACKCOUNTRYESSENTIALS.NET free plant walks, take part in a “Hidden Forest B-BOARD Foray” starting at 6pm at in the parking area at NEPAL TALK: Doreen Richmond will share stories Find out first-hand what Public Works does behind the top of Arboretum Drive (off Bill McDonald and photos of her adventures as a volunteer educa- 24 Parkway). Explore the plants of the Sehome Hill tor in Nepal at a “Schools of the Solokahumbu the scenes to keep our city healthy, safe and moving! Arboretum, a “secret” natural area in the heart Region of Nepal” presentation from 7:30-9pm at FILM of Bellingham with guidebook author and former the Lummi Island Library, 2144 S. Nugent Rd. Entry Kid-friendly activities with prizes! Arboretum board member Mark Turner. No registra- is free. oot beer fl tion is necessary; just show up. (360) 758-7145 r o 20 e a Get up close with big trucks and follow a (360) 733-5477 e t r s SUN., MAY 15 F robotic camera through underground pipes! MUSIC ASTRONOMY MEETING: The Whatcom Associa- FLOWER HIKE: Join members of the Mount Baker tion of Celestial Observers will meet from 7-9pm at Club for a “Flower Hike” to Artist Point today. Meet See if you can find more hidden clams 18 Ferndale’s Whatcom Educational Credit Union, 5659 at 8:30am at Sunnyland Elementary to carpool. f o e! on a boat than the inspectors! Barrett Rd. Use I-5 exit 262. The event will include WWW.MOUNTBAKERCLUB.ORG r t pl he eo ART a discussion of local astronomy events and outreach fi rst 100 p projects. Tonight’s scheduled presentation is “Dark BRAIN CANCER WALK: A non-competitive Ask an engineer about projects Matter and Dark Energy.” Entry is free and open to “Bellingham Brain Cancer Walk” takes place from in your neighborhood! 16 the public. 1-5pm starting at Civic Field Stadium, 1355 Civic

WWW.WHATCOMASTRONOMY.ORG Field Way. The walk is an opportunity to fundraise STAGE for brain cancer research and awareness. Entry fees FLY FISHING FILMS: Come enjoy the latest in fly are $25. fishing adventure film and support wild steelhead WWW.ENDBRAINCANCER.ORG 14 at the International Fly Fishing Film Festival Thurs. May 19, 2-6 pm Come after early release from school! starting at 7pm at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, MON., MAY 16 Public Works 712 S. First St. Following the films, there will be FIND YOUR PARK: Crawford Cunningham will Depot Market Square (360) 778-7700 GET OUT a raffle for a number of fishing products and logo lead a “Find Your Park: Mount Rainier National 1100 Railroad Ave. Bellingham [email protected] gear to enjoy. All proceeds will go to the local Park” presentation at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. North Sound Chapter of Trout Unlimited for use in The free event will include tips on where to access 12 wild steelhead recovery efforts. Entry is $12-$15. spectacular viewpoints and some favorite hiking

WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG routes. Please register in advance. WORDS 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM FRI., MAY 13 Bellingham Technical College 8 WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and adventurers can DIG INTO SPRING: Skagit County Master Gar- join Holly Roger of Wild Whatcom for a “Wild Things” dener Kathryn Lindsay focuses on “Inviting Native Community Program from 9:30-11am every Friday in Pollinators to Your Garden” at a “Dig Into Spring”

May at Cornwall Park. Suggested donation is $5. presentation at 6pm in the Resources Room at the CURRENTS WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. 6 Entry is free and open to the public. WELDING RODEO & Skills Competition SAT., MAY 14 WWW.MOUNTVERNONWA.GOV VIEWS ROAR & SOAR: A family-friendly “Roar & Soar” 5K My res takes place from 8-10:30am starting with a Lion TUES., MAY 17 th atu ic re 4 Cub Dash at Lynden High School, 1201 Bradley Rd. MAY MADNESS RUN: Staff and volunteers are al C Entry is $10-$25 per person or $75 per family; pro- always on hand to guide the way at the weekly ceeds benefit all three Lynden elementary schools. All-Paces Run starting at 6pm every Tuesday at MAIL WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ROARANDSOAR5K Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. Entry is free.

Tonight’s “May Madness” theme will feature Asics 2 BAY VIEW WOMEN’S RUN: All are invited to run demos, a raffle, post-race treats, and more. DO IT IT DO or walk to help address domestic violence, sexual WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM assault and women’s health issues at the 34th annual Bay View Women’s Run & Walk starting at PARK PARTICULARS: Niki Moltumyr leads a “Find 8:30am at the Padilla Bay Interpretive Center, Your Park: Olympic National Park Coastline” presen-

10441 Bayview-Edison Rd. Entry to the all-ages tation at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Attendees at 05.11.16 event is $20. the free event will glean tips on navigating per- WWW.BAYVIEWWOMENSRUN.COM mits, where to camp and what makes this coastline .11

so unique. 19 # PLANT SALE: Heirloom tomato and pepper starts 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM Team welded sculpture competition will be the the core of the annual Spring Plant Friday & Saturday Sale taking place from 10am-2pm at the Chuckanut THURS., MAY 19 Free | Food | Fun! Center, 107 Chuckanut Drive N. In addition to the URBAN KICKBALL LEAGUE: Take part in www.weldingrodeo.com M a y 1 3 & 1 4 more than 100 tomato varieties, there will also be Downtown Bellingham Partnership and the City of 8:00am – 5:00pm heirloom tomatillos, lettuce, strawberries, hostas, Bellingham’s “Throwback Thursdays” Urban Kickball cucumbers and ground cherries. Tomatoes will be League by signing up for a team or showing up

$2, specialty plants will be $5. to support them starting tonight and continuing CASCADIA WEEKLY WWW.CHUCKANUTCENTER.ORG Thursdays at 5:30pm at Maritime Heritage Park, 500 W. Holly St. The spring league will conclude 15 ADAPTIVE CYCLE EXPO: Celebrate National Bike with a family-friendly Final League Tournament at Month and discover why cycling is for everyone at 11am Sat., June 9. This year, there’s a first-come, ® an annual Adaptive Cycle Expo from 11am-2pm at first-served structure, allowing a total of 60 play- Civic Stadium, 1335 Civic Field Way. The free event ers to participate. Registration fees are $40. Dave & Karen ® Bellingar will feature adaptive cycles by the Outdoors for WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM doit STAGE

THURS., MAY 12 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the Bad and 34 the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront

FOOD FOOD Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick around for “The Project.” Entry is $8 for the early show, $5 for stage the late one. THEATER DANCE PROFILES 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM 27 MAY 12-15

B-BOARD B-BOARD OLIVER: Hear hits such as “Food Glorious Food” and “Consider Yourself” when Oliver—the award- Along with Aurora Rupert, Robin Cors- winning musical based on Charles Dickens’ novel

24 berg, Valerie Miller, and Zoe Bronstein, the Oliver Twist—continues this week with perfor- cast will be joined by a four-piece band mances at 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday, and

FILM comprised of Holly Swanson, Dave Vaughns, 2pm Sunday at Lynden’s Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Nora Hughes, and Thomas Farrell. 655 Front St. Tickets are $8-$12; additional shows happen through May 22.

20 “Music is a great medium for learning— WWW.CLAIREVGTHEATRE.COM or edutainment,’ anyway,” Woiwod says of

MUSIC how songs such as “Dead White Guys” and FRI., MAY 13 “Women You Should Know, Volumes A and SOMETHING WONDERFUL: The Bellingham Circus Guild presents Something Wonderful at 7:30pm at 18 C” will enrich the show. “It’s a challenging Western Washington University’s Performing Arts

ART little puzzle to try to fit all the words into Center Mainstage. While following a storyline about a verse or chorus. I’m guilty of shoving as a boy who dreams of magical adventures through many words as I can into a song for the land and sea where “rocks and water come to life, 16 sake of edutainment.” creatures of ocean and forest come out to play and caterpillars metamorphosis into colorful butter-

STAGE And although she’s flies,” audiences will also see acrobatics, aerials, not involved in this dance, slack rope and juggling skills. Tickets are “Sketchopedia,” the $10-$20; additional shows happen May 20-22 at the 14 16 aforementioned Ms. Cirque Lab. Ross can be seen on- WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU GET OUT GET OUT stage starting Thurs., MAY 13-14 May 19 bidding her HOT MIKADO: Students will perform Hot Mikado at

12 own adieu to the iD- 7:30pm Friday and Saturday at the Philip Tarro The- ATTEND iOM stage in a musi- atre at Mount Vernon’s Skagit Valley College, 2405 cal fashion. She and E. College Way. The Gilbert and Sullivan adaptation WORDS WHAT: collaborator Brendan is set in a topsy-turvy 1920s juke joint where the Sketchopedia Vols. head gangster, the Mikado, creates outlandish laws A to D 8 LaBotz have created a sentencing people to death for any indiscretion. WHEN: 7:30pm song-and-dance parody The life and death stakes are woven into the fabric May 12-14 of the iconic 1984 cult of dance, comedy and beautiful music. Tickets are WHERE: iDiOM $5-$10; additional showings happen May 19-21. CURRENTS CURRENTS classic The Terminator— Theater, 1418 WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG Cornwall Ave. in addition to helping

6 COME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE COST: $10-$12 write and direct it, she’s TARNATION & EXCHANGE: Show up to view an ------playing Sarah Connor— improvised Wild West comedy show when “Tarna- VIEWS WHAT: Come With and I’m guessing it will tion” returns to the stage at 8pm Friday and Satur- Me If You Want day at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, 4 have a few more laughs BY AMY KEPFERLE to Live stick around for “The Exchange Program,” which WHEN: 7:30pm than the original.

MAIL MAIL will feature ensemble performers joined by standup May 19-21, 26-28 “We may have added comics, poets, actors and musicians from around

and June 2-4 a small subplot about a 2 the region. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the COST: $12-$15 celestial valkyrie that door. Both formats show through May. Cue the Music INFO: www. DO IT IT DO 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM idiomtheater.com has descended from SOUNDS LIKE AN EXIT the heavens to inspire MAY 13-15 the human race in the war against the ma- ALICE IN WONDERLAND: Bellingham Arts Acad- ALTHOUGH SHE’S looking forward to iDiOM Theater having a new space chines,” Ross says, “but other than that we emy for Youth’s junior performers present showings 05.11.16 —and a new perspective—when it moves to the Sylvia Center for the Arts this pretty much follow the plot of the movie.” of Alice in Wonderland at 7pm Friday, 2pm and 7pm summer, longtime actress, playwright, director and cardboard props wizard She says Come With Me If You Want to Saturday, and 2pm Sunday at the BAAY Theatre, .11 1059 N. State St.

19 Krissa Woiwod will always look back at the theater she helped found 14 years Live draws from all things 1980s, and as # WWW.BAAY.ORG ago with fondness. such will include synthesizers, actors “I’ll miss the familiarity,” Woiwod says. “Things like knowing where the weird on roller skates, blazing guitar solos, ORPHAN TRAIN: ALTA Theatre (Alger Lookout ,echoey part of the stage is, and finding little mementos of old shows stashed a Thigh Master, and much more. Songs Thespian Association) presents the premier produc- away—I just found a foam sandwich I’d made for a play that was performed such as “Just a Normal Girl,” “I’m Met- tion of Evangeline DeMaster’s Hope on the Orphan about 10 years ago.” al,” and “Bend But Not Break,” will help Train at 7pm Friday and Saturday, and 2:30pm Sun- day at the Alger Community Church, 1475 Silver Run But before she says farewell, Woiwod and crew will make one final splash at move the action along (search “His Name Ln. The follows the placement of five orphans and CASCADIA WEEKLY the Cornwall Avenue locale. From May 12-14, Sketchopedia Vols. A to D will fill is John” on YouTube to view a hilarious their caretaker as they travel from NYC, through the intimate theater with sketches, song and “edutainment.” promo video). Chicago to Iowa City. Tickets are $10 for the 16 “It’s inclusive feminist comedy written and directed by a pregnant lady,” “I’m so glad we didn’t go with Twister, matinee and $12-$14 otherwise (includes dessert). Woiwod says of what audiences can expect at the fourth iteration of the for- our earlier musical idea,” Ross says. “[It Additional performances happen May 20-22. WWW.ALTATHEATRE.COM mat she first brought to life in 2014 with another iDiOM stalwart, Kimberly was] a buddy comedy about James Cam- Ross. “It’s bright and splashy, and is basically a school pageant performed eron and Stephen Spielberg creating a new MERELY PLAYERS: If you had tickets to Free Key by adults.” action movie, Jaws 5: The Sharkinator.” doit

MAGIC SHOWS: Expect grand illusions, drama, dance, to Think on Your Feet” introductory improv class from Mad Hatter—can be seen at Northwest Ballet’s open- sleight-of-hand, music and more when magician Elliott 7-9pm at Improv Playworks, 1011 Girard St. Please ing performance of Alice in Wonderland at 7:30pm at Hofferth presents family-friendly shows at 3pm and register in advance for the free primer. Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way. The

7pm at Anacortes High School’s Brodniak Hall, 1600 756-0756 OR WWW.IMPROVPLAYWORKS.COM full-length production telling the story of Alice and her 34 20th St. Tickets to see the accomplished high school adventures with the Queen of Hearts, the White Rabbit, senior are $5 in advance and $7 at the door; proceeds Cheshire Cat, and more can also be seen May 21-22 at

MAY 19-21 FOOD will go to costs associated with the graduation night LITTLE WOMEN: The award-winning Sehome High the Mount Baker Theatre. Tickets are $24-$35. celebration occurring in June. School Drama Department presents showings of Little WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG OR (360) 293-3654 Women: The Broadway Musical at 7:30pm Thursday WWW.NORTHWESTBALLET.ORG 27 through Saturday at the Sehome Little Theatre, 2700 SUN., MAY 15 Bill McDonald Pkwy. Tickets to see the school’s first SUN., MAY 15 VAUDEVILLINGHAM: Attend the Bellingham Circus full-scale musical production in 14 years are $8-$10; SPRING SHOWCASE: Opus Performing Arts presents B-BOARD B-BOARD Guild’s monthly uncensored variety show, “Vaudevilling- additional performances of the adaptation of Louisa a “Spring Showcase” at 5pm at the Mount Baker ham,” at 7pm and 9pm performances at the Cirque Lab, May Alcott’s beloved story happen May 26-28. Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. The show will high-

1401 6th St., suite #102. Expect to see everything from WWW.SEHOMEDRAMA.COM light the instructional aspect of the school with a 24 aerial performances to dance, comedy, magic, juggling, presentation of students’ progression through ballet As part of “Back 2 Bellingham,” members of

burlesque and more. Both novice and veteran perform- and other dance levels. Audiences can also see an FILM the Bellingham Circus Guild present “Something ers are welcome. Suggested donation is $5-$10. intricate ballet from Brooke Evans, choreographed Wonderful” Fri., May 13 at WWU’s Performing Arts Center. DANCE WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM around the beauty of spring storms, and pieces by Additional shows happen May 20-22 at the Cirque Lab. THURS., MAY 12 faculty members Diane Williams, Celeste Hartsook, 20 MON., MAY 16 FOLK DANCE: Join the Fourth Corner Folk Dancers to Amy Guerra, and others. Tickets are $5-$10.

Productions’ Merely Players that was set to show GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open mic for comedians, learn lively folk dances from Eastern Europe, Greece, 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM MUSIC Friday through Sunday at the Firehouse Performing “Guffawingham!,” takes place at 9:30pm every Monday Turkey, and Israel from 7:15-10pm every Thursday at Arts Center, be advised that, due to health reasons, at the Green Frog, 1015 N. State St. Entry is free. the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. Suggested dona- SUNDAY NIGHT FUSION: A community partner 18 the world-premiere production written by Mount WWW.ACOUSTICTAVERN.COM tion is $5; students and first-timers are free. dance dubbed “Sunday Night Fusion” takes place from

Vernon playwright Scott Alan Andrews and directed (360) 380-0456 7-9pm every Sunday at Presence Studio, 1412 Cornwall ART by Earl Reid has been cancelled. MAY 17-19 Ave. The event explores “co-creative partner dance in- WWW.FREEKEYPRODUCTIONS.COM SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK: What’s the function of a SAT., MAY 14 spired by a variety of beautiful music.” No experience 16 conjunction? Find out when drama and choir students CONTRA DANCE: Boston’s Larry Unger and Audrey is necessary. Entry is $5 at the door. SAT., MAY 14 present performances of Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Jr. Knuth will provide music for the Bellingham Country WWW.PRESENCE-STUDIO.COM BELLINGHAM TERROR: Tune in for episodes of the Edition at 7pm Tuesday and Thursday at Meridian Dance Society’s Contra Dance taking place from STAGE radio drama series “Bellingham Terror” at 1:30pm Middle School, 194 W. Laurel Rd. Tickets to the all- 7-10:30pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. No TUES., MAY 17 Saturdays and 7:30pm Tuesdays on SPARK Radio ages show are $5; part of the proceeds will benefit the experience or partner is necessary to take part. Entry SKAGIT FOLK DANCERS: Join the Skagit-Anacortes 14 (102.3FM). The show features more than 40 local school’s library. is $8-$10. Folk Dancers for a weekly International Folk Dancing actors and the sounds and locations of 1935 Belling- (360) 398-2352 WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE.ORG event from 7-9:30pm at Bayview Civic Hall, 12615 C ham. Episodes revolve around historical events and St. No partners are needed; just show up and dance. GET OUT local places. WED., MAY 18 ALICE IN WONDERLAND: Original choreography by Entry is free for the first session, $3 afterwards. WWW.BELLINGHAMTERROR.COM INTRO TO IMPROV: Sheila Goldsmith leads a “Learn artistic director John Bishop—who’s also playing the WWW.SKAGITFOLKDANCERS.ORG 12 WORDS 8 CURRENTS CURRENTS In the Spotlight 6 THISTHIS VIEWS

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THURS., MAY 12 34 VOLCANIC INSPIRATION: Local artist and Studio UFO owner Trish Harding will discuss FOOD FOOD how she uses northwest icons such as Mount Baker as inspiration for her paintings at a “Living Next to a Volcano” presentation at

27 visual GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES noon at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. An exhibit of the same name will show through June 30 at BelleWood Acres. The B-BOARD B-BOARD Museum Advocates event is free. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG

24 ticulars, and then make a mad dash to secure their scrap when a horn blows to ART TALK: Artists Mary Coss and John Lucas will share the inspiration and process behind FILM signal the start time. For the next eight their sculptures featured in the “Contempo- hours—other than a 30-minute timed rary Figure” exhibit at 5:30pm at Sculpture

20 lunch break—the teams work together Northwest Gallery, 203 Prospect St. Following to bring their themed pieces to life. This a wine and cheese reception, enjoy a slide- show presentation and Q&A with both artists. MUSIC year, artists have been tasked with focus- Suggested donation is $5. ing on incorporating “Mythical Creatures” WWW.SCULPTURENORTHWEST.ORG 18 18 18 into their finished products. SAT., MAY 14 ART At 3:30pm Friday, bidding will start via ART silent auction on the sculptures created PET PHOTOGRAPHY: If you’ve ever wondered that day. The juried win- how people get fantastic photos of their pets, 16 sign up in advance for a free “Say Cheese” ning sculpture will move Pet Photography Class with photographer

STAGE on to the professional- and animal rescue advocate Brooke Mallory level live auction start- from 11am-1:30pm at the Whatcom Humane ing at 5pm Saturday. In Society, 2172 Division St. 14 the past, sculptures have 733-2080 OR WWW.WHATCOMHUMANE.ORG gone for as little as $50, SEE IT FISHBOY SPRING SHOW: Peruse and GET OUT with $850 being the av- WHAT: 15th purchase a variety of works by folk artist RR annual Welding erage price over the last Clark (aka FishBoy) at a Spring Show taking place from 2-9pm at FishBoy Gallery, 617

12 Rodeo several years. WHEN: 8am- “This auction is an in- Virginia St. (near Trader Joe’s in the Sunnyland neighborhood). 5pm Fri., May credible opportunity for WORDS 13 and 8am- WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM collectors and art fans to 6:30pm Sat., SUN., MAY 15 8 May 14 purchase a one-of-a-kind WHERE: piece of metal art for RETURNING HOME CLOSING: If you haven’t Bellingham their home, business or yet seen “Returning Home: Six Decades of Art Technical by Ira Yeager”—which you really should—to-

CURRENTS CURRENTS garden,” organizers say. College, 3028 day is the last day to do so from 12-5pm at “Money spent goes to a Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Building, 250

6 Lindbergh Ave. COST: Entry is great cause, as a portion Flora St. The exhibit highlights the former Bellinghamster’s multifaceted approach to art PHOTO BY ARIC MAYER ARIC BY PHOTO free of the proceeds raised VIEWS INFO: www. at auction goes to the where figures and landscapes, vibrant colors weldingrodeo. and abstract lines harmoniously mingle. Entry 4 sculpting team and the com is $4.50-$10. BY AMY KEPFERLE remainder goes to help WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG MAIL MAIL support BTC welding students.”

While attendees are welcome to watch CELEBRATION ART SHOW: The Bellingham 2 the welders at work throughout the week- Threshold Singers (BTS) will celebrate receiv- ing a 2016 Mayor’s Arts Award and hold an Art DO IT IT DO Welding Rodeo end, there’ll be plenty of other events that Show/Fundraiser from 2-5pm at Trish Harding’s OF MYTH AND METAL will also spark interest. For example, weld- Studio UFO, 301 W. Holly St. BTS is a group of ers of all ages and skill levels can sign up women whose purpose is to provide comfort- I ONCE got a sneak peek of a ginormous scrap pile that was to be utilized by in advance to compete in a Welding Skills ing songs to individuals who are struggling 05.11.16 teams who’d be taking part in that year’s “Welding Rodeo” at Bellingham Tech- Competition held inside the Morse Center. to live or struggling to die; to bring ease and peace at life’s thresholds. The event will nical College (BTC). And although I had a difficult time imagining the various Additionally, the BTC Culinary Arts pro-

.11 include a raffle of one of Harding’s paintings,

19 works of art that would emerge from creatively wrangling the numerous moun- gram will be hosting a competition of their artworks using the theme of “Threshold,” # tains of metal, I had no doubt the teams who were taking on the challenge of own Saturday and Sunday. Instead of work- refreshments, a wine wall, live music by the turning scrap into sculpture were up to the task. ing with mounds of metal, an American Southside Jazz Trio, and BTS songs sung by Part of the reason I was so confident in their abilities was that the event Culinary Federation-sanctioned Culinary members. Entry is $5. WWW.BELLINGHAMTHRESHOLDSINGERS.ORG already had a proven track record. Although the Welding Rodeo started small Competition will see students and pros go 15 years ago as a one-day affair with five teams and a budget of around $400, up against each other in timed battles, in- MAY 14-15 in the time since BTC welding instructors Jere Donnelly and Don Anderson con- cluding an Iron Chef-style competition. CAMANO STUDIO TOUR: Check out a variety

CASCADIA WEEKLY ceived of hosting the event as a way to bring attention to the college’s two-year I’m not sure if the food-related fun will of creative spaces as part of the encore week- welding program and the field in general, it has grown by leaps and bounds. also focus on the aforementioned “Mythi- end of the 18th annual Camano Island Studio 18 Tour taking place from 10am-5pm Saturday These days, the Welding Rodeo encompasses two days—the first one featuring cal Creatures,” but my hope is that some- and Sunday through the lovely land mass. amateur and student teams, the second being reserved for the pros—and the one in one of the competitions taking place Entry to the self-guided tour put on by the entire campus gets involved (more on that in a minute). during the creative weekend will fashion a Camano Arts Association is free. For those not already in the know, students and professionals follow the unicorn. That’s not too much to hope for, WWW.CAMANOARTS.ORG same blueprint. They show up before 8am in order to suss out the pile par- is it? doit San Juan Island Artists’

at Blaine’s Peace Arch State Park. Entry is free, View intriguing works by printmaker Jean STUDIO TOUR although you must have a Washington State Park Behnke and sculptor Peregrine O’Gormley through Discover Pass. May 31 at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery June 3–5, 2016 WWW.PEACEARCHPARK.ORG 34 Fri. 4pm to 7pm s Sat. & Sun. 10am to 5pm QUILT MUSEUM: Anita Luvera Mayer’s “Clothing: FOOD Art & Embellishment,” Kathy McNeil’s “A Magical Come Join the Fun! Journey of Hand Applique,” “Piece by Piece: Quilts View great art on a free island wide, self-guided tour. 27 in the early 20th Century,” and Glenys Baker’s For more information, “Hexies & More” are currently on display at the La visit www.sanjuanislandartists.com Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St. WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.ORG B-BOARD

RAGFINERY: A variety of textile-related work- shops happen on a regular basis at Ragfinery, 1421 24 N. Forest St. See more details and register online. FILM WWW.RAGFINERY.COM 51 Artists, Brochures & Maps SCOTT MILO GALLERY: View Anne Martin McCool’s 18 Studios Available 20 and signature trees, hills and moons in acrylic through May in Anacortes at the Scott Milo Gallery, MUSIC 420 Commercial St. Also showing are acrylics by Jennifer Bowman, oils by Sandy Byers, oils and 18 18 pastels by Amanda Houston, photographs on canvas 18 by Lewis Jones, and sculptures by Leo Osborne. 25th ANNIVERSARY! ART ART WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM

SCULPTURE NORTHWEST: “The Contemporary 16 Figure” shows through May 20 at Sculpture North-

west Gallery, 203 Prospect St. The show features STAGE regional artists—Francie Allen, Viven Chiu, Mary Coss, Ellen Kennelly, Crista Matteson, and John Lu-

cas—with a shared creative vision and exemplary SERVING WHATCOM 14 “INDIGO STICKS,” BY JEAN BEHNKE BY STICKS,” “INDIGO technical skills in rendering the human figure in COUNTY & BELLINGHAM ONGOING EXHIBITS tions” will be highlighted through May at Good new and often unexpected ways. Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. WWW.SCULPTURENORTHWEST.ORG GET OUT A.C.M.E.: Works by the Anacortes High School WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM Greener Art Club and Photography II students can be seen SKAGIT MUSEUM: “Secrets of the Mount Vernon through May in Anacortes at A.C.M.E. Creative I.E. GALLERY: “In This World,” an exhibit Culture” shows through May 15 at La Conner’s Solutions Clear 12 Space, 705 Commercial Ave. featuring oil paintings by William E. Elston and Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth

WWW.ACMECREATIVE.CO Ann Duffy, shows through May 15 at Edison’s i.e. St. “Valley Girls: Notable Women of Skagit” shows Advantage Glass WORDS gallery, 5800 Cains Court. through June 20. ARTWOOD: Furniture made by members past and WWW.IEEDISON.COM WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET Experience 8 present will be highlighted through May at Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. Local landscapes painted by JANSEN ART CENTER: A “Spring Juried Exhibit” SMITH & VALLEE: An exhibit featuring works by the Difference Nicolette Harrington will also be on display. is currently on display at Lynden’s Jansen Art Cen- printmaker Jean Behnke and sculptor Peregrine

WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM ter, 321 Front St. Attendees can also view painter O’Gormley shows through May 31 at Edison’s Smith CURRENTS Sharon Antholt’s “Crying Out for Tragedy Like All & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. 1919 Humboldt St, 6 BLACK DROP: Clayton Medeiros’ photography will Beautiful Places” and Nick Payne’s “Lake Padden WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM Bellingham, WA 98225 be on display through May 31 at the Black Drop Memorial Bench Series.”

Coffee House, 300 W. Champion St. The exhibit WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG SOCIAL FABRIC: See what handmade hats are all -CALL- VIEWS includes photographs taken in Bellingham, Wash- about at an “E-le-mental Hat” exhibit showing dur- ington, DC, New York City, and London. MAKE.SHIFT: “Beep Boop Bop” shows through ing business hours through May at Social Fabric, (360) 527-8774 4 WWW.BLACKDROPCOFFEEHOUSE.COM May 14 at Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. The 1302 Commercial St. The hats were made by mil- exhibit features works by local artists inspired by liners in Seattle. The locale also features a variety MAIL CHUCKANUT BREWERY: View new art by kids robots made by ArtPeace students in grades 3-7. of workshops throughout the month.

from Bellingham schools at Chuckanut Brewery and WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM WWW.SOCIALFABRICART.COM 2 Kitchen, 601 W. Holly St. DO IT IT DO WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM MATZKE GALLERY: The multi-artist exhibit WESTERN GALLERY: “How Space Turns” shows “What One Dreams About” is currently on display through May 12 at Western Washington Univer- FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contemporary on Camano Island at Matzke Fine Art Gallery and sity’s Western Gallery. The exhibit brings together folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm Fridays or by ap- Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way. installations from six prominent artists from

pointment at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM three continents (South America, Iceland, and 05.11.16 319-2913 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM Japan) sharing common approaches to space and MONA: “Beyond Aztlán: Mexican and Chicana/o materials. .11

FOURTH CORNER FRAMES: Laurie Potter and Artists in the Pacific Northwest” and “Robert WWW.WESTERNGALLERY.WWU.EDU 19 # Kat Houseman’s “A Wild Life” exhibit can be seen Flynn: Art from the Permanent Collection” show through May 31 at Fourth Corner Frames & Gallery, through June 12 at La Conner’s Museum of North- WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by more than 45 311 W. Holly St. west Art, 121 S. First St. Whatcom Art Guild members can be perused and WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG purchased from 10am-6pm Wed.-Sun. at the new Whatcom Art Market, 1103 11th St. GALLERY CYGNUS: “Wilderness War” shows OCCASIONAL GALLERY: View the work of 21 WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG through June 30 at La Conner’s Gallery Cygnus, 109 Pacific Northwest at an “Environs” exhibit showing

Commercial St. The exhibit features paintings and weekends and by appointment through May 8 at WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Returning Home: Six De- CASCADIA WEEKLY sculptures by Todd Horton and Caitlin Ahern that Brian Cypher’s Occasional Gallery, 16788 Peterson cades of Art by Ira Yeager,” “Faith in a Seed: Philip examine the idea of a world where human desires, Rd. (just west of Burlington). McCracken’s Sculpture and Mixed-Media Painting,” 19 beliefs, hatred and greed exist among animals. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/OCCASIONALGALLERY “Romantically Modern,” and “Back at the Park: Vin- WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM tage Views from the Photo Archives” can currently PEACH ARCH PARK: View the Peace Arch be viewed on the Whatcom Museum campus. GOOD EARTH: Linda Stone’s “Changing Direc- Sculpture Exhibit from 8am-dusk through Oct. 1 WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG rumor has it

34 I WOULD SAY that when it comes to good shows around here, sometimes it is feast and

FOOD FOOD sometimes it is famine—but the truth is, it’s generally always an all-you-can-eat enter- tainment buffet in Bellingham. 27 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT But the gluttony runs especially deep this week, and there’s something for everyone to

B-BOARD B-BOARD get excited about. Deakin Hicks will play a show Sat., May 14

24 at Eat, which will serve as a warm-up for their upcoming album release show, an event about

FILM which I will have more to say in the future. Not only are Lucas Hicks and Thomas Deakin

20 20 utterly delightful men who light up my life

whenever I happen to MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC run into them, they’re also accomplished and

18 dedicated musicians

ART who do things like re- turn from a tour and then immediately con- 16 vene for a three-hour

STAGE practice. A little crazy? Perhaps. But plenty of other bands could sure 14 stand to be the same kind of crazy.

GET OUT The Green Frog is also BY CAREY ROSS the site of some worthy happenings. Dobro

12 whiz Rob Ickes, who has played with the likes of Merle Haggard, Alison Krauss, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, and David Lee Roth (because why WORDS not?), will be at the Frog on Wed., May 11. As

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8 I’ve said before, I know this is going to be a good one because presale tickets are available (that probably also means it stands a decent

CURRENTS CURRENTS or within their communities (or both). And chance of selling out). A few days later, on BY CAREY ROSS they’re not easy to get—out of some 126,000 Sun., May 15, the Supersuckers will show up 6 WWU graduates, only a few hundred have to rock the house. I’ve seen Eddie Spaghetti been recipients of the award. and crew a number of times and they’re always VIEWS Back 2 The weekend may start in traditional fash- good for a fun show. 4 ion, but by the time it ends on Sun., May 15, The Shakedown also has a stacked sched- things will have gotten a little wacky. ule in the coming days. Open Mike Eagle, a MAIL MAIL Say, for instance, that you’ve always want- hip-hop artist who counts Hannibal Buress

Bellingham ed to zip-line through campus side by side among his good friends, once co-authored a 2 WWU SHOWS OFF with your bestie. You can do that on the study for the National Institutes of Health, DO IT IT DO lawn of Old Main—or in Red Square in case and runs an Adventure Time podcast (I could FOR SEVERAL years, I have lived within walking distance of Western of rain. Red Square is the center of all kinds really never make this shit up if I tried) will Washington University. It is not uncommon for me to take my daily con- of hot Back 2 Bellingham action, mostly in play along with the Bad Tenants on Thurs., stitutional up South Hill and to the college, where I stroll from one end of the form of the Red Square Carnival. May 12. The next night, gears will shift sig- 05.11.16 campus to the other, allowing myself to be seduced and soothed by brick Perhaps when you think of what constitutes nificantly when old-school punk band D.O.A. buildings, green trees and idyllic surroundings. I also enjoy watching the a carnival, you picture riding the Zipper, eat- shows up, bringing Mobina Galore, 13 Scars, .11

19 hustle and bustle of the students, some intent on academic pursuits, some ing funnel cake and chatting up carnies (that’s and Muppet Fetish with them. Seattle band # seeking recreational opportunities, others just walking and talking. how I picture it, anyway). The Red Square Car- Thunderpussy, which features musical alum In this way, I remain connected to a place that has played a vital role nival, on the other hand, takes it to a whole from the Grizzled Mighty, Cumulus, and La in shaping what I’ve become. other, weirder level with things like human Luz, will command the stage on Sat. May 14— Obviously, Western doesn’t have to work very hard to keep me under Hungry Hungry Hippos, a 27-foot-tall slide, and I don’t think you’re ready for this jelly. If its spell, but for those of you who might be playing harder to get—or Hamster balls (oh the jokes I want to make you’ve got anything left in the tank, hit up anyone who has yet to make the acquaintance of Bellingham’s institution right now. So many of them) and interactive the Shakedown on Sunday and either watch

CASCADIA WEEKLY of higher learning—the WWU Alumni Association has dreamed up an epic science experiments. or participate in the Roast of Toby Hocken- event called Back 2 Bellingham. Should you desire to test your athleticism bury—the one event those of us who know 20 On a normal day, WWU is pretty spectacular—but during Back 2 Belling- in whole new ways, you should sign up for the Toby have been waiting our whole lives for. ham, it really shows off. A.S. challenge, which will see you negotiating At the Wild Buffalo, a couple of nights after Back 2 Bellingham, now in its sixth year, kicks off in style on Thurs., a 40-foot slackline, playing ultimate Frisbee, A-Trak leaves, Tha Dogg Pound will roll in for a May 12 with an event that is steeped in WWU’s history. The Distinguished partaking in a slow-motion bike race, playing Sat., May 14 show, and then Warren G returns Alumni Awards honor those who have made a positive impact on Western disc golf and more. You can also work out in on Tues., May 17. Regulators, mount up. sneak any of it (not that I have ever done BACK 2, FROM PAGE 20 that) nor would I be kicked out if someone doit saw me (not that that has ever happened the Rec Center for free, tackle a climbing to me). at 7:30pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. The retro bash re-creates Buddy wall or hit up the Outdoor Center. I’d like to think I’d spend part of my Back Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper’s 34 If you’re like me, you’re not going to 2 Bellingham weekend enriching my brain final tour, and is the only show endorsed by

want to while away your precious Back 2 with planetarium shows, their estates. Tickets are $20-$39. FOOD Bellingham time working out. I’m all about classes such as “Inves- 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM the live entertainment options, and they tors Acting as Dynamic MAY 14-15 27 are indeed plentiful. Catalysts for Change for BORN TO BE BLUE, BAYSHORE SYMPHONY: Bellingham High Bellingham’s Baby Cakes will bring the Sustainability” and “Bio- a biopic about Chet School senior honor student Maya Enstad will funk and soul right to the front door of Old integrity in Our Lives,” Baker starring Ethan play Dvorák’s “Cello Concerto Op. 104, I. Al- B-BOARD Main when they play the lawn in front of the attending a leadership Hawke, will show legro” and the Bayshore Symphony will present venerable building. Over in Red Square, mu- brunch with WWU Presi- Fri.-Sun., May 13-15 a variety of other classical works at 7:30pm Saturday at Mount Vernon’s St. Paul’s Episcopal 24 sic will be on fairly constant rotation, with ATTEND dent Bruce Shepard, and at the Pickford Film Center. Proceeds Church (415 S. 18th St.) and 3pm Sunday at FILM Ian Forster, Kuungana, Kyle Van der Velde, WHAT: touring the Vehicle Re- will benefit the Save Bellingham’s Central Lutheran Church, (925 N. and Logan Myers all taking a turn, while WWU’s Back 2 search Institute and the KPLU Campaign. Forest St.). Suggested donation for the shows Bellingham is $15 (free for children 12 and under). 20 campus clubs such as Swing Kids, Viking Ra- Outdoor Sculpture Collec- 20

dio Theatre, Capoeira, A’capella, Stand-Up WHEN: May tion. But I’m more likely WWW.BAYSHOREMUSICPROJECT.COM 12-15 FRI., MAY 13 MUSIC Comedy Klub (S.U.C.K Club), and the Western WHERE: to take the Back 2 Belling- SALISH SEA CONCERT: “Versailles” will be SUN., MAY 15 MUSIC Washington Society of Magicians taking the Western ham Tap Trail downtown the theme of a Salish Sea Early Music Festival SWING CONNECTION: Vocalists Cheryl Hodge

stage between acts. In the Western Gallery Washington to the Sin & Gin Tour or concert at 7:30pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal and Kik Roa will join the Swing Connection Big 18 you’ll find the exhibit “How Space Turns,” University, the Downtown Bellingham Church, 2117 Walnut St. Flutist Jeffrey Cohan, Band for a concert and dance taking place from ART which is accompanied by music courtesy of many other Bash at Boundary Bay guitarist John Lenti, and viola da gamba player 2-4:15pm at the Leopold Crystal Ballroom, 1224 locales Joanna Blendulf will perform. Suggested dona- Cornwall Ave. The family-friendly event will Bruce Hamilton and performers from the Brewery for a barbecue COST: Varies tion is $15-$25 (18 and younger are free). showcase 25 of composer and arranger Billy 16 WWU dance program. In the Performing Arts INFO: and music by SpaceBand. WWW.SALISHSEAFESTIVAL.ORG May’s “beloved” tunes. Entry is by donation. WWW.SWINGCONNECTION.ORG Center, Bellingham Circus Guild will present wwu.edu/back2 Even with all of the STAGE “Something Wonderful,” which is both title bellingham many, many things I’ve MARLEY’S GHOST: The eclectic aggregation and description. touched on, I’ve still barely scratched the known as Marley’s Ghost—composed of singer/ SPRING CHORAL CONCERT: As part of “Back

multi-instrumentalists Dan Wheetman, Jon Wil- 2 Bellingham” events taking place at Western 14 Myself, I would have a hard time resist- surface of Back 2 Bellingham. The full cox, Mike Phelan, Ed Littlefield Jr., and Jerry Washington University through the weekend, ing the urge to party in the library, and schedule—in all its scope and grandeur— Fletcher—will play everything from rock to attend a free Spring Choral Concert featuring so would attend the Party in the Library. can be found online, and it’s probably wise roots at a 7:30pm performance at Mount Ver- WWU’s Concert Choir at 3pm at the Performing GET OUT There, I would drink Boundary Bay beer (in to formulate a plan in order to check all your non’s Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. Front St. Tickets Arts Center, 516 High St. the library!) or possibly a glass of wine (in preferred boxes. Or you can follow in my are $10-$25; proceeds will go to the theater’s (360) 650-2385 Sound and Hearing Campaign. 12 the library!) and watch live music (also in footsteps and wander your way from one end WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG DANA LYONS: Treasured environmental the library)—and I would neither have to of campus to the other, taking it all in. activist and troubadour Dana Lyons performs WORDS GUARNERI UNDERGROUND: Puget Sound at a “Raise the Roof” benefit concert from Productions presents a show featuring Guarneri 3-5pm at Deming’s Van Zandt Hall, 4106 Valley Underground from 8-11pm in Anacortes at H20, Hwy. Tickets to the show by the “Cows with 8 314 Commercial St. The “musical trip around Guns” musician are $10 per person or $20 per BY CAREY ROSS the world” will feature original members Geof- family; funds raised will go to the hall’s roof

frey Castle, Beth Quist, and TJ Morris, as well replacement fund. Stick around afterward for a CURRENTS as keyboard wizard Brook Lizotte and bassist community potluck and jam session.

Steve Boyce. Tickets are $10. 592-2297 OR [email protected] 6 WWW.ANACORTESH2O.COM

A-Trak EARLY MUSIC ENSEMBLE: Expect to hear VIEWS MAY 13-15 everything from 16th century love ballads to

DANCE, BABY, DANCE BORN TO BE BLUE: Help raise funds for the Celtic music, Baroque sonatas and more when 4 Save KPLU Campaign—KPLU (88.5 FM) is an the early music ensemble Ruach performs IF YOU know anything about my musical outstanding jazz, blues and news station—by pieces from a variety of traditions and time MAIL viewing the Chet Baker biopic Born to be Blue periods from 4-6pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal

proclivities, you might find it surprising at 6:30pm Friday, 4pm Saturday, and 12pm Church, 2117 Walnut St. Suggested donation is 2 that I’ve seen A-Trak before—well, sort of. is one half of Chromeo. Sunday at the Pickford Film Center, 1318 Bay $8; proceeds benefit Hope House. DO IT IT DO The year was 2013, and I’d tagged along But I needed no prior knowledge of him St. Tickets are $7.50-$10.75; all proceeds from (360) 733-3753 with a Bellingham band to Capitol Hill or his craft to be impressed by what I was the screenings will benefit the campaign. Block Party. While they were loading out seeing before me. WWW.PICKFORDFILMCENTER.ORG OR TUES., MAY 17 after their set and dealing with various I’ve been to a lot of shows. A lot of them. WWW.KPLU.ORG COLUMBIA RIVER SONGS: Seattle’s KEXP

radio host Greg Vandy shares the history of 05.11.16 logistics, I found myself with some time And I’ve seen rock ’n’ roll legends who can’t SAT., MAY 14 his book 26 Songs in 30 Days: Woody Guthrie’s on my hands and so decided to take my- captivate a crowd like A-Trak. Every person EXPLORING SONDHEIM: Western Washington Columbia River Songs and the Planned Promised .11 University singers and actors will feature the Land in the Pacific Northwest at 7pm at Village self for a wander. Eventually, I somehow dancing in front of that stage was com- 19 found myself in a promotional tent where pletely, utterly mesmerized by him, danc- works of one of Broadway’s most celebrated Books, 1200 11th St. Vandy takes readers # free whiskey flowed like water, and after ing and sweating in hypnotic fashion—and composers at “Exploring Sondheim” shows inside the unusual partnership between one at 7pm and 9:30pm at the Performing Arts of America’s great folk artists and the federal I’d partaken and before anyone noticed I there’s no way all of them were on party Center’s DUG Theater. Tickets are $4. government, and shows how the American folk didn’t belong there, I stumbled out into drugs, so he really is just that good. 650-6146 OR WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU revival was a response to hard times. the sunlight to watch a girl vomit into a He’ll bring all of that magic and more WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM trashcan and immediately begin making to the Wild Buffalo for a show Thurs., May HAYNIE OPRY: Bill de Groot helms “A Tribute to Roy Orbison” at a Haynie Opry concert at THURS., MAY 19 out with her boyfriend. 12 that is somehow not yet sold out—al- CASCADIA WEEKLY 7pm at Blaine’s Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie WIND SYMPHONY: Hear a variety of both Never change, Capitol Hill Block Party. though it very close. And yes, that is your Rd. The event will be hosted by Matt Audette & contemporary and traditional music when 21 Not far beyond that shit show, A-Trak was cue to act fast. the Circle of Friends Band. Tickets are $10. Western Washington University’s Wind Sym- just hitting the height of his set. At that (360) 366-3321 phony and Symphonic Band ensembles perform point, all I knew about the Canadian DJ A-Trak plays Thurs., May 12 at the Wild at a free concert at 7:30pm at the school’s was he made a name for himself touring ex- Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St. Cost: $20. Info: ’50S DANCE PARTY: Grab your poodle skirts Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. and brow-line glasses for a “’50s Dance Party” 650-3130 tensively with Kanye West and his brother wildbuffalo.net

musicvenues 34 See below for venue FOOD FOOD addresses and phone 05.11.16 05.12.16 05.13.16 05.14.16 05.15.16 05.16.16 05.17.16 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

27 Anelia's Kitchen & No Tonic Press The Ginger Ups The Alkis Stage

B-BOARD B-BOARD Downtown Bellingham Boundary Bay Brewery Aaron Guest Children's Art Show Piano Night Paul Klein Bash w/SpaceBand

Brown Lantern Ale Acoustic Night w/Tom 24 Open Mic Fanny Alger House & Peter

FILM Daniel Wesley, Jeremy Violent Femmes, Phoebe Amon Amarth, En- Commodore Ballroom Allingham Bridgers tombed A.D., Exmortus

20 20 Anna Tivel, Nathaniel Conway Muse Steve Meyer Ben & Mia Starner Joe T. Cook Talbot MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC VIOLENT FEMMES/May Corner Pub Knut Bell and the 360s 15/Commodore Ballroom 18

ART Eat Josh Rust Deakin Hicks

16 Steve Frame & The West- Edison Inn Chuck Dingee Baby Cakes ern Rebels STAGE Glow Nightclub Gray Matter DJ J-Will DJ J-Will DJ Boombox Kid

14 Sebastian and the Deep Vaudeville Etiquette, Bart Slow Jam (early), Super- Open Mic (early), Guf- Soul Explosion w/DJ Green Frog Rob Ickes, Trey Hensley Whiskey Fever, The Purrs Blue, The Austerman File Budwig suckers (late) fawingham (late) Willdabeast GET OUT Anelias Kitchen & Stage 511 Morris St., La Conner • (360) 466-4778 | Bellewood Acres 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden • (360) 318-7720 | Bobby Lee’s Pub & Eatery 108 W. Main St., Everson • 966-8838 | Boundary Bay Brewery 1107 Railroad Ave • 647-5593 | Brown Lantern Ale House 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-2544 | The Business 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-9788 | Chuckanut Brewery 601 W. Holly St. • 752-3377 | Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville St., Vancouver • (604) 739-4550 | Conway Muse 18444 Spruce/Main St., Conway (360) 445-3000 | Corner Pub 14565 Allen West Road, Burlington | Eat 12 Restaurant & Bar 1200 Cornwall Ave • www.4u2eat.com WORDS

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musicvenues 34 See below for venue addresses and phone 05.11.16 05.12.16 05.13.16 05.14.16 05.15.16 05.16.16 05.17.16 FOOD numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 27 H2O The Guraneri Underground DJ Triple Crown Karaoke

Irish & Folk Night w/ New Music Tuesday w/ B-BOARD Honey Moon Open Mic w/Scot Casey Louis Ledford Scrub Quickdraw Stringband Lindsay Street Jan Peters and Sam Vogt 24 KC's Bar and Grill Karaoke Karaoke FILM

Loco Billy's Wild Moon Jam/Open Mic Cowgirls Gone Wild Aaron Crawford 20 20 Saloon MUSIC MUSIC Main St. Bar and Grill JP Falcon Acoustic Showcase Still Kick'n The Electric Soul Society 18

Naked Naps, Fallopia, more Battle of the Bands So, Sosa, more Make.Shift Art Space ART

Old World Deli Rainy Day Ramblers 16 STAGE

Rockfish Grill Stilly River Band Janette West Blues Union 14

THUNDERPUSSY/May 14/ Royal Karaoke Karaoke Country Night DJ Jester Shakedown GET OUT

Rumors Cabaret Throwback Thursday DJ Postal, DJ Shortwave Fetish Night Karaoke w/Zach 12

Open Mike Eagle, The Bad Thunderpussy, Dryland, D.O.A., Mobina Galore, more Aireeoke The Shakedown WORDS Tenants Cousin Marvin

Skagit Valley Casino Charlie Musselwhite (Show- Charlie Musselwhite 8 Resort room) (Showroom)

Skylark's Roger Quiggle 3 Parts Jazz The Spencetet CURRENTS 6

Black Beast Revival, World Slimy Karaoke Birthday Swillery Whiskey Bar Karaoke Singer/Songwriter Night

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Swinomish Casino and 4 Michelle Taylor Band Michelle Taylor Band Lodge MAIL MAIL

The Underground Road to Rockstar DJ B-Mello DJ B-Mello 2 DO IT IT DO SUPERSUCKERS/ Via Cafe and Bistro Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke May 15/Green Frog

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to make numbers sexy, especially on screen, but the life of Indian math- fairly common in the story, and the first the scene in Slumdog Millionaire, Patel 2 IT’S HARD ematics genius Srinivasa Ramanujan, who revolutionized the field in the early 20th is being hired as an accountant in a firm well expresses Ramanujan’s nobility of DO IT IT DO century, was an extraordinary story waiting to be told. Hailing from a poor Brahmin that somehow recognizes his unusual tal- soul; it would make him stand out from family in Madras, he arrived in Cambridge in 1914 and set the university on fire with ent. With the help of his boss, a math fan, the other students even without his great his brilliant mind and startling mathematical formulas that, he said, were sent to him he sends a letter to Hardy and receives gift. At first glance, the tall, gangly Patel by God. If The Man Who Knew Infinity could share just a tiny fraction of his visionary one back inviting him to come to Trinity is an odd choice to play a short, stout 05.11.16 originality, it would be a far more engrossing film than the respectable but all-too- College, Cambridge, to work on his ideas. mathematician. Yet he captures his es- conventional biopic it is. Highly engaging performances by Dev Patel in the lead role Leaving Janaki with his mother, he sails sential passion, dignity and overweening .11

19 and Jeremy Irons as his curmudgeonly mentor gradually warm up the Cambridge story, to England and settles into Cambridge. conviction that his formulas are right. # but the Indian part feels perfunctory and unconvincing. Dressed like an elegant Englishman, Irons also rises to the role. Not quite Writer-director Matthew Brown seems much at ease in the world of prewar academia he arrives in Cambridge with two thick, an absentminded professor, he portrays and all its brilliance, snobbishness and prejudices. His admiration and affection for minutely penned notebooks full of origi- Hardy as a loyal and upright eccentric, Ramanujan is obvious, and one only wishes the film had been injected with greater au- nal formulas that dazzle and nonplus the whose defenses break down before the thenticity into recounting the story of his life, which burned so brightly and so briefly. learned professors. Where on earth, asks plight of the unfortunate genius he has While The Theory of Everything, another film set in the world of Oxbridge academia, Hardy, do these formulas come from? The come to love.

CASCADIA WEEKLY managed to shift the topic away from theoretical physics and concentrate on Stephen young man finally confesses that he re- An endearing anecdote is told in which Hawking’s marriage, The Man Who Knew Infinity gropes for a personal angle. The hero’s ceives them directly from God while he Hardy grumbles about his nondescript cab 24 long-distance marriage to a woman back in India remains in the background. His evolv- sleeps or prays. As an atheist, Hardy can’t number, 1729, and Ramanujan begs to dif- ing friendship with Cambridge don G. W. Hardy, who championed his brilliance against believe him, but looks as intrigued as the fer: it’s a good number, the smallest that racism and prejudice, is the real core of the film. viewer at this revelation. is expressible as the sum of two cubes in Ramanujan was born in Madras in a strictly observant Brahmin family, but was too Brown’s screenplay brings math into two different ways. Today 1729 is known poor to even live with his young bride Janaki (newcomer Devika Bhise). Miracles are the dialogue often and without embar- as the Hardy-Ramanujan number. REALTORREA SRES®SRES® (Seniors(Seniors Real Estate Specialist) 34 FOOD FOOD 27 B-BOARD B-BOARD 24

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the movie, and the name of the hastily STAGE Sing assembled outfit of pimply misfits—is off and running. Walsh-Peelo is terrific as Conor, who re- 14 invents himself as Cosmo, donning black Jasmine Talsma REALTOR/SRES Street eyeliner and androgynous getups and crib- GET OUT CAN A SONG SAVE bing from Duran Duran for the look and sound of that first song. (It’s called “The JasmineTalsma.com 12 YOUR LIFE? Riddle of the Model,” the lyrics are price- less.) His songwriting partner, McCartney WORDS JOHN CARNEY, writer and director of to his Lennon, is Eamon (Mark McKenna), Once, the little Irish movie that could, and a studious schoolmate who actually knows 8 did—and then did again as a hit stage mu- his way around an instrument or two. sical—is back at the top of his game with With sage counsel from Conor’s weed-

the coming-of-age charmer, Sing Street. smoking older brother Duncan (Jack CURRENTS Set in Dublin in the mid-1980s, a time Reynor, doing an Irish Seth Rogen thing), of economic and cultural recession in Ire- the duo attentively play the latest discs 6 land (the roar of the Celtic Tiger was still from the Cure, Joe Jackson, Hall and a decade away), Carney’s scrappy tale of Oates, and other essential ’80s hit makers, VIEWS

hardship, heartbreak, and the succor of a crafting ballads and dance-hall ditties in 4 good song follows one Conor Lalor (Ferdia the process. The influences are transpar- Walsh-Peelo), whose comfortable teenage ent, the words adolescent, but it’s also IS WALK-IN VISITS MAIL life has just been upended. undeniably catchy, fun. Gary Clark, front 2 His father (Aidan Gillen) and mother (Ma- man for the ’80s Brit band Danny Wilson DO IT IT DO ria Doyle Kennedy) are heading for a rocky (“Mary’s Prayer”), wrote the tunes that THAT FIT MY divorce, there are money problems, and Conor and his buddies perform. Conor, 14 and shy, is being yanked from Carney understands how music not only the fancy school his parents can no longer provides a soundtrack for a life, but can BUSY SCHEDULE 05.11.16 afford. Instead, he is off to a rough-and- also change a life, too. The street busker tumble Catholic school for boys where the romance of Once was rooted in harmony .11

headmaster enforces the rules with a scowl and melody, and although 2013’s Begin 19 and a fist, and where Conor’s fellow stu- Again, with Keira Knightley as a fledgling # dents treat him with indifference, or some- singer/songwriter and Mark Ruffalo as a make Planned times with merciless pummeling. music-biz exec, strayed off-course, the Parenthood But something happens when Conor same message was at play. Begin Again’s spies the beautiful Raphina (Lucy Boyn- original title: Can a Song Save Your Life? your health ton) out on the street, with her big hair, It’s pretty much impossible not to love big earrings and big blue eyes. He boldly Sing Street’s young hero as he stumbles care provider CASCADIA WEEKLY approaches, trying to impress this older around Dublin, dumbstruck and smitten, woman (all of 17, maybe?), comically af- at turns clueless and confident. Raphina 25 1.800.230.PLAN fecting a casual cool as he lets her know is his dream girl, but what happens when mbpp.org about the rock band he’s in, and how he’s the dreamer awakens? going to shoot a music video and needs a In Sing Street, he writes a new song, Bellingham · Mount Vernon Friday Harbor model to star. Would she be interested? that’s what. film ›› showing this week

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GET OUT The rational decision is clear: You problem with a woman overtly pursu- don’t have what you need; you should ing a man, and it goes back millions of move on. The problem is what the late years. It comes out of how sex leaves a 12 Nobel Prize-winning cognitive scientist man with about a teaspoon less sperm Herbert Simon deemed “bounded ratio- but can leave a woman “with child” (an WORDS nality.” This describes how our ability adorable term that makes pregnancy to make rational decisions is limited— sound like a quick trip to the drugstore 8 by, for example, incomplete informa- with someone under 10). From these tion about our alternatives, how much rather vastly differing costs, explain time we have to decide, or, as in your evolutionary psychologists David Buss CURRENTS CURRENTS case, our emotions: dreading hurting and David Schmitt, come differing sex- 6 somebody and feeling like kind of a pig ual strategies. Women evolved to be the for dumping a perfectly nice woman choosier sex—looking for men to show VIEWS just because her sexual spirit animal is signs they’re willing and able to commit

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CASCADIA WEEKLY Fee-Only Financial Planning | Fee-Based Investment Management has it. Forget about what you “should” need. If your life is not complete unless ©2016, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. 30 a woman will, say, wear a doorbell on Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ronald Scott Colson (Direct) 303.986.9977 each nipple, well, ring on, bro. Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or CFP®, MBA, President (Toll Free) 800.530.3884 As for breaking up, this means tell- e-mail [email protected] (advicegod- 4740 Austin Court ing somebody it’s over, not that their dess.com). Weekly radio show: blogtalk Bellingham WA 98229-2659 sexual technique is a ringer for hiberna- radio.com/amyalkon BY ROB BREZSNY dreams and structures that are either too damaged to salvage or undeserving of your hard labor? Consider the possibility that you will abandon them for good.

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ASTROLOGY LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Once every year, it is healthy and wise to make an ultimate confession—to 27 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Russian writer express everything you regret and bemoan in one 27 Anton Chekhov was renowned for the crisp, succinct cathartic swoop, and then be free of its subliminal style of his short stories and plays. As he evolved, his nagging for another year. The coming days will be B-BOARD pithiness grew. “I now have a mania for shortness,” a perfect time to do this. For inspiration, read an B-BOARD he wrote. “Whatever I read—my own work, or other excerpt from Jeanann Vernee’s “Genetics of Regret”: people’s—it all seems to me not short enough.” I “I’m sorry I lied. Sorry I drew the picture of the dead propose that we make Chekhov your patron saint for cat. I’m sorry about the stolen tampons and the nest 24 a while. According to my analysis of the astrologi- of mice in the stove. I’m sorry about the slashed cal omens, you are in a phase when your personal window screens. I’m sorry it took 36 years to say this. FILM power feeds on terse efficiency. You thrive on being Sorry that all I can do is worry what happens next. vigorously concise and deftly focused and cheerfully Sorry for the weevils and the dead grass. Sorry I vom- devoted to the crux of every matter. ited in the wash drain. Sorry I left. Sorry I came back. 20 I’m sorry it comes like this. Flood and undertow.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Creativity is intelli- MUSIC gence having fun.” Approximately 30,000 sites on the SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): According to the Internet attribute that quote to iconic genius Albert British podcast series “No Such Thing as a Fish,” Einstein. But my research strongly suggests that he there were only a few satisfying connubial relation- 18 did not actually say that. Who did? It doesn’t matter. ships in late 18th century England. One publication ART For the purposes of this horoscope, there are just at that time declared that of the country’s 872,564 two essential points to concentrate on. First, for the married couples, just nine were truly happy. I wonder foreseeable future, your supreme law of life should if the percentage is higher for modern twosomes. 16 be “creativity is intelligence having fun.” Second, Whether it is or not, I have good news: My reading of

it’s not enough to cavort and play and improvise, the astrological omens suggests that you Scorpios will STAGE and it’s not enough to be discerning and shrewd and have an unusually good chance of cultivating vibrant observant. Be all those things. intimacy in the coming weeks. Take advantage of this

grace period, please! 14 GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In Western culture, the peacock is a symbol of vanity. When we see the SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Some days I

bird display its stunning array of iridescent feathers, feel like playing it smooth,” says a character in Ray- GET OUT we might think it’s lovely, but may also mutter, mond Chandler’s short story “Trouble Is My Business,” “What a show-off.” But other traditions have treated “and some days I feel like playing it like a waffle

the peacock as a more purely positive emblem: an iron.” I suspect that you Sagittarians will be in the 12 embodiment of hard-won and triumphant radiance. latter phase until at least May 24. It won’t be prime In Tibetan Buddhist myths, for example, its glorious time for silky strategies and glossy gambits and vel- plumage is said to be derived from its transmutation vety victories. You’ll be better able to take advantage WORDS of the poisons it absorbs when it devours dangerous of fate’s fabulous farces if you’re geared up for edgy serpents. This version of the peacock is your power lessons and checkered challenges and intricate motifs. 8 animal for now, Gemini. Take full advantage of your ability to convert noxious situations and fractious CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Author Rebecca emotions into beautiful assets. Solnit says that when she pictures herself as she

was at age 15, “I see flames shooting up, see myself CURRENTS CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Clear moments falling off the edge of the world, and am amazed I are so short,” opines poet Adam Zagajewski. “There survived not the outside world but the inside one.” 6 is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. Let that serve as an inspiration, Capricorn. Now is an

More shadow than form.” Here’s what I have to say excellent time for you to celebrate the heroic, messy, VIEWS about that: Even if it does indeed describe the course improbable victories of your past. You are ready and

of ordinary life for most people, it does not currently ripe to honor the crazy intelligence and dumb luck 4 apply to you. On the contrary. You’re in a phase that that guided you as you fought to overcome seemingly

will bring an unusually high percentage of lucidity. insurmountable obstacles. You have a right and a duty MAIL The light shining from your eyes and the thoughts to congratulate yourself for the suffering you have

coalescing in your brain will be extra pure and bright. escaped and inner demons you have vanquished. 2 In the world around you, there may be occasional

patches of chaos and confusion, but your luminosity AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “To regain IT DO will guide you through them. patience, learn to love the sour, the bitter, the salty, the clear.” The poet James Richardson wrote that wry LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Dear Smart Operator: My advice, and now I’m passing it on to you. Why now? name is Captain Jonathan Orances. I presently serve in Because if you enhance your appreciation for the the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. I sour, the bitter, the salty, and the clear, you will not 05.11.16 am asking for your help with the safekeeping of a trunk only regain patience, but also generate unexpected containing funds in the amount of $7.9 million, which opportunities. You will tonify your mood, beautify .11

I secured during our team’s raid of a poppy farmer your attitude, and deepen your gravitas. So I hope 19 # in Kandahar Province. The plan is to ship this box to you will invite and welcome the lumpy and the Luxembourg, and from there a diplomat will deliver it to dappled, my dear. I hope you’ll seek out the tangy, your designated location. When I return home on leave, the smoldering, the soggy, the spunky, the chirpy, I will take possession of the trunk. You will be rewarded the gritty, and an array of other experiences you may handsomely for your assistance. If you can be trusted, have previously kept at a distance. send me your details. Best regards, Captain Jonathan Orances.” You may receive a tempting but risky offer PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “A thousand like this in the near future, Leo. I suggest you turn it half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart down. If you do, I bet a somewhat less interesting but home.” That’s from a Coleman Barks’ translation of a CASCADIA WEEKLY far less risky offer will come your way. poem by the 13th-century Islamic scholar and mystic known as Rumi. I regard this epigram as a key theme 31 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Some things need for you during the next 12 months. You will be invited to be fixed, others to be left broken,” writes poet to shed a host of wishy-washy wishes so as to become James Richardson. The coming weeks will be an ideal strong and smart enough to go in quest of a very few time for you to make final decisions about which are burning, churning yearnings. Are you ready to sacri- which in your own life. Are there relationships and fice the mediocre in service to the sublime? rearEnd comix

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16 Cellars, and dessert. Entry is $85. Please AND CREAM reserve a space in advance. (360) 392-3183 OR STAGE WWW.HOTELBELLWETHER.COM INGREDIENTS: One bunch purple asparagus (or normal 14 FRI., MAY 13 asparagus, which will nonetheless DOWNTOWN WINE WALK: The Bureau have a purple hue near the tips) of Historical Investigation, Downtown

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CURRENTS CURRENTS fast-paced song—I like “Let’s Go Crazy”— and start shaking along. After 3-5 five SAT., MAY 14 6 Purple Rainbow ANACORTES MARKET: Vegetables, fruit, minutes, you will cease to hear the sound baked goods, fresh meat and dairy, cut flow- EATING LIKE A PRINCE of swashing cream in the jar, as it incor-

VIEWS ers, wine, eggs, art and much more can be porates enough air to solidify. Stir in the found at the Anacortes Farmers Market from

4 I hope Prince had a chance to notice the rise of purple foods in the final years zest, parsley and capers, season with salt 9am-2pm every Saturday through Oct. 29 at of his life. Given his dedication to the color, as well as his vegetarian lifestyle, I and pepper, and serve alongside steamed the Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave.

MAIL MAIL WWW.ANACORTESFARMERSMARKET.ORG assume the artist had his fill of old-school purple foods like blueberries and purple asparagus.

potatoes. His personal chef, Ray Roberts, acknowledged that roasted beets were 2 COMMUNITY MEAL: Pulled pork sandwich- indeed one of his favorite foods. es, cole slaw, beans and a berry crisp will be DO IT IT DO But in recent years, a purple wave of vegetables, including carrots, kale and cau- on the menu at the bimonthly Community liflower, has entered the culinary scene. These days more foods have been bred for tific approval. The hue is a result of high Meal taking place from 10am-12pm at the that royal hue, including artichokes, Brussels sprouts, peas, string beans and even concentrations of antioxidant pigment United Church of Ferndale, 2034 Washington St. Per usual, entry is free and open to all. strawberries. Flipping through a seed catalog recently, I happened upon Purple molecules called anthocyanins, which have 714-9029 05.11.16 Passion asparagus, which could could have served as Prince’s totem plant. been shown to protect the brain against Not only is this asparagus purple (and passionate), but it’s purported to be more short-term memory loss and neurodegen- BELLINGHAM MARKET: Attend the .11 Bellingham Farmers Market from 10am- 19 tender than its less-purple cousins. Prince was famously sensitive as well, as Chef erative diseases. Anthocyanins have also # Roberts told the Minneapolis City Pages. Prince’s list of “no-no” ingredients included demonstrated promise in warding off can- 3pm every Saturday through Dec. 17 at the Depot Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. In feta cheese and mushrooms. This is a list of someone who clearly did not care for cer and reducing blood sugar, and are as- addition to perusing and purchasing locally the gamey side of food, and that same sensitivity to off-notes in food carried over sociated with longer, healthier lives. grown produce, crafts and ready-to-eat to music as well. Even though I personally like all of his banned foods (not to men- According to Chef Roberts, Prince had foods, attendees can experience Demo Days tion meat), I realize that great artists tend to be sensitive and picky—it’s part of plans for a greenhouse and gardens at his and a Wednesday Market starting in June at being a perfectionist. Paisley Park compound in Minnesota. Had the Fairhaven Village Green. WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG CASCADIA WEEKLY But despite his rules, from Prince’s body of work it appears food had a way of this happened, I can imagine a purple jun- bringing out his playful side. Food, to the Purple One, seemed to be as much an gle would have grown at Paisley Park. But SUN., MAY 15 34 agent of beauty and whimsy as physical nutrition, as is evident in the song “Star- since he is gone, I’ll have to imagine what COMMUNITY BREAKFAST: Eggs to order, fish and Coffee,” which I first heard on The Muppets. The song’s chorus details the would have come next: mountains of pur- omelets, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, preferred breakfast of a former classmate of Prince, which included “starfish and ple vegetables, and meals of homegrown pancakes are more will be available at a monthly Community Breakfast from 8-11am coffee, maple syrup and jam.” purple passion asparagus. With cream, of at Sedro-Woolley’s American Legion Post In addition to being visually striking, purple veggies are riding a wave of scien- course, and zest. doit

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