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The Gristle, 3.ɀɆ * Fuzz Buzz, 3.ɁɁ * Horseshoe Cafe, 3.ɃɄ cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM *SKAGIT*ISLAND COUNTIES {06.24.15}{#25}{V.10}{FREE} SHREK Going green in Lynden, P.16 SUMMER SOUNDTRACK CRAFT Party in the park, P.20 BEER FESTIVAL Fairhaven P.08 OUTDOOR CINEMA Movies and moonlight, P.24 FILM How to Train Your Dragon 2: Dusk, Fairhaven Vil- cascadia lage Green 34 ThisWeek FOOD FOOD COMMUNITY A glance at this Home & Landscape Tour: 10am-4pm, throughout Whatcom County Sumas Community Days: 11am-3pm, Sumas Com- 27 week’s happenings munity Park B-BOARD B-BOARD GET OUT WEDNESDAY [06.24.15] Padden Triathlon: 8:30am-3pm, Lake Padden March Point Run: 9:15am, Tesoro Refinery, Ana- 24 DANCE Witness what the “world’s greatest party band” has cortes Rose Festival: 9am-6pm, Christianson’s Nursery, DanCelebration: 7pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon FILM been up to lately Mon., June 29 when The B-52s Mount Vernon FOOD Bellingham Kids Traverse: 10am, Civic Field Harvest Run: 11am, Skagit County Airport Wednesday Farmers Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven bring hits like “Love Shack” and “Rock Lobster” to a 20 Sin & Gin Tour: 7pm, downtown Bellingham Village Green show at the Mount Baker Theatre MUSIC THURSDAY 25 FOOD [06. .15] Pancake Breakfast: 8-10:30am, Lynden Community Center 18 ONSTAGE Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, American Legion, Season Preview: 5:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre ART Ferndale Shrek, the Musical: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Mount Vernon Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Water- Theatre, Lynden front Plaza 16 Bard on the Beach: Though September, Vanier Park, Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts Vancouver, BC Center Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre STAGE Community Meal: 10am-12pm, United Church of Butt Kapinski: 9pm, iDiOM Theater Ferndale The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Open House: 10am-1pm, Breadfarm, Edison 14 DANCE Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square DanCelebration: 7pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon GET OUT MUSIC VISUAL ARTS International Arts and Music Festival: 10am-5pm, Blues, Brews & BBQ: 5-9pm, Hotel Bellwether 12 Peace Arch Park, Blaine D’Vas & Dudes: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park Helmi’s World Opening: 12-5pm, Whatcom Museum’s Jimmy Heath: 8pm, the Majestic Lightcatcher Building WORDS WORDS Summer Moments Opening: 4-9pm, Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island Chuckanut Writers Conference: Through Saturday, 8 Whatcom Community College Chuckanut Radio Hour: 7pm, Heiner Theater, WCC SUNDAY [06.28.15] ONSTAGE CURRENTS CURRENTS FOOD The Drowsy Chaperone: 2pm, Bellingham Theatre Lynden Farmers Market: 12-5pm, Front Street 6 Guild FRIDAY 26 Shrek, the Musical: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, [06. .15] Lynden VIEWS ONSTAGE Laughing at the Stars: 8:30pm, Star Club 4 The Drowsy Chaperone: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild DANCE Everything’s Waiting for You: 2pm, Mount Baker MAIL MAIL 100 Lunches: 7:30pm, Quality Inn Grand Suites Theatre Shrek, the Musical: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Trilogy: 6pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center 2 Don’t be afraid to 2 Theatre, Lynden Truth Be Told: 8pm, Upfront Theatre stop and smell the DO IT IT DO COMMUNITY DO IT IT DO Butt Kapinski: 9pm, iDiOM Theater Home & Landscape Tour: 10am-4pm, throughout Pulp Improv: 10pm, Upfront Theatre you-know-what at ”A Rosy Day Out” Whatcom County DANCE Peter Pan: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre Rose Festival GET OUT 06.24.15 K2K Race: 2pm, Kulshan Brewery DanCelebration: 7pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Sat., June 27 in Gardens of Note: 10am-5pm, in and around Mount .10 GET OUT Vernon 25 Mount Vernon # Sin & Gin Tour: 7pm, historic Fairhaven at Christianson’s FOOD VISUAL ARTS Nursery Ferndale Public Market: 2-7pm, Pioneer Park International Arts and Music Festival: 11am-5pm, Peace Arch Park, Blaine VISUAL ARTS International Arts and Music Festival: 10am-5pm, SATURDAY [06.27.15] Peace Arch Park, Blaine CASCADIA WEEKLY ONSTAGE MONDAY [06.29.15] The Drowsy Chaperone: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Butt Kapinski: 9pm, iDiOM Theater 2 MUSIC Guild Beer and Jazz Festival: 1-5pm, North Bellingham MUSIC The B-52s: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre 100 Lunches: 7:30pm, Quality Inn Grand Suites DANCE Golf Course Shrek, the Musical: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas DanCelebration: 7pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Brian Lee & the Orbiters: 6-8:30pm, Heart of SEND YOUR LISTINGS TO Theatre, Lynden Everything’s Waiting for You: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Anacortes Upfront Film Festival: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre Theatre [email protected] SWINOMISH ANNIVERSARY SWINOMISH Hot seat drawings every Thursday inJuly Thursday every drawings seat Hot each thursday injuly thursday each Win your share of $30,000! of share your Win from 2pm-midnight. from EXPLORE AT SWINOMISH CASINO &LODGE CASINO SWINOMISH AT EXPLORE our EXPLORE Rewards! 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Yeah, the world remains shitty and the LBGTQ {music@ 20 community remains marginalized and disenfranchised and cascadiaweekly.com a paint job alone isn’t going to resolve any issues, but I’m MUSIC still pretty stoked on Seattle’s big gay crosswalks.” Production —Carey Ross, via Facebook Art Director: 18 Jesse Kinsman ART VIEWS & NEWS {jesse@ kinsmancreative.com 4: Mailbag Graphic Artist: 16 6: Gristle and Goodman Roman Komarov 8: Yep, we can! {roman@ STAGE cascadiaweekly.com 10: Last week’s news Send all advertising materials to [email protected] 14 11: Police Blotter, Index Advertising Account Executive: GET OUT ARTS & LIFE 12: Whatcom Reads Scott Pelton 360-647-8200 x 202 14: { spelton@ 12 Cross-border fun cascadiaweekly.com 16: Going green WORDS 18: Painting power Distribution 20: Summer’s soundtrack Distribution Manager: 8 Scott Pelton WE NEED A NEW JAIL JAIL FAIL 22: Clubs 360-647-8200 x 202 Washington statutes require that Whatcom Coun- The Gristle in Cascadia Weekly last week was { spelton@ ty house all persons charged with felony crimes very illuminating for several reasons. Mostly, it 24: Movies and moonlight cascadiaweekly.com CURRENTS CURRENTS and for misdemeanor arrests made by the Sheriff’s provides a decisive overview of why Jack Louws 26: Film Shorts Whatcom: Erik Burge, Office or state law enforcement. We are also re- is such an incompetent County Executive. I will 6 Stephanie Simms quired to detain fugitives wanted in other states. be voting for Joy Gilfilen. Skagit: Linda Brown, REAR END The cities are responsible for housing misdemeanor —Walter Haugen, Ferndale VIEWS Barb Murdoch 27: Bulletin Board arrests made by their police departments. 4 4 28: Letters Due to a cooperative agreement, Whatcom Our new jail may not be built, but it should not Wellness Send letters to letters@ cascadiaweekly.com County operates the only jail system in the fail to be built because it is held hostage by the MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL 29: Crossword county and, since 1984, has housed offenders on Bellingham City Council and Mayor Kelli Linville. 30: The Gristle, 3.ɀɆ * Fuzz Buzz, 3.ɁɁ * Horseshoe Cafe, 3.ɃɄ Free Will Astrology cascadia charges generated by all cities and tribes. A new jail for Whatcom County has been dis- 2 REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM *SKAGIT*ISLAND COUNTIES 31: Advice Goddess {06.24.15}{#25}{V.10}{FREE} The main jail simply needs to be replaced. cussed for 20 years. In the last two years a mil- SHREK DO IT IT DO Going green in Lynden, P.16 Under our Charter and form of government, it lion dollars has been spent in planning. To sud- 32: Comix SUMMER is not the Sheriff who decides if, when, or how denly assert that the entire jail proposal should 33: SOUNDTRACK CAN Slowpoke, Sudoku Party in the park, P.20 BEER the jail is replaced. The Sheriff does not establish not go to the public for vote in November be- FESTIVAL 34: Fairhaven P.08 Horseshoe Cafe OUTDOOR tax policy and does not have the authority to set cause it hasn’t a separate mental health facility CINEMA 06.24.15 Movies and moonlight, P.24 government priorities, place taxation proposals is disingenuous. on the ballot, or determine how costs are allo- I am in favor of expanding mental health .10 COVER: Photo by Eero 25 ©2015 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by cated.