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27 Enjoy all things apple at the annual $ -! ./ happening B-BOARD A glance at what’s happening this week Nov. 5-6 at the plentiful orchards of Lynden’s BelleWood Acres 24 FILM FILM 2 ) . 4[11.y.11] 20 MUSIC

MUSIC Bob Milne: 7pm, Spark Museum of Electrical Invention

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ART ART Green Drinks: 5-7pm, Backcountry Essentials 16 /#0-. 4[11.z.11]

STAGE STAGE ON STAGE Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre 14 MUSIC Seattle Opera Program: 7:30pm, Performing GET OUT Arts Center, WWU

12 COMMUNITY Business Career Fair: 11am3-pm, Wade King Student Rec Center, WWU WORDS GET OUT

10 Safari Experience Travel Talk: 7pm, Whatcom Museum The modern movers of Bellingham Repertory Dance present their annual show, “Construct,” Nov. 4-16 and 11- CURRENTS CURRENTS !-$ 4[11.{.11] 8 13 at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center ON STAGE Adamms Family Mystery: 7:30pm, RiverBelle VIEWS VIEWS Dinner Theatre, Mount Vernon Doubles: 8pm, Upfront Theatre 4 Vaudeville Exposed: 8pm, Lincoln Theatre,

MAIL MAIL Mount Vernon Uncommon Threads: 11am-7pm, Greenbank Farm, MUSIC lowship Triples:10pm, Upfront Theatre Whidbey Island Uptown Lowdown: 2-5pm, VFW Hall Homemade Memories Craft Fair: 9:30am-4:30pm,

2 Jack Gunter, Guy Anderson Opening: 6-8pm, Bellingham Ukulele Group: 3-5pm, Squalicum Bloedel Donovan DANCE Lucia Douglas Gallery Yacht Club Ann Morris Open House: 10am-5pm, Sculpture

DO IT IT DO Bellingham Repertory Dance: 7:30pm, Fire- Gallery Walk: 6-9pm, downtown Anacortes Valley Voices: 7pm, United Methodist Church, Woods, Lummi Island DO IT 2

house Performing Arts Center Art Walk: 6-10pm, downtown Bellingham Lynden John Feodorov Talk: 4pm, Anchor Art Space, Dance Cabaret: 8pm, Performing Arts Center, The Daily Flash: 8pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Anacortes

.11 WWU Vernon Gregg Laananen, David Eisenhour Reception: 02 ./0- 4[11.|.11] 5-8pm, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison MUSIC COMMUNITY Pat Spark Presentation: 7pm, Whatcom Museum Led Zeppelin II: 8pm, Mount Baker Theatre ON STAGE Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Chestnut Anne Schreivogl Reception: 5-9pm, Gallery Cyg-

.06 11. The Music Man: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Street and Railroad Avenue nus, La Conner 44

# COMMUNITY Vernon Scandinavian Fair: 10am-4pm, Hampton Inn’s Fox Uncommon Threads: 10am-5pm, Greenbank Farm, Kulshan Land Trust Celebration: 6-9pm, Adamms Family Mystery: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Din- Hall Whidbey Island Leopold Crystal Ballroom ner Theatre, Mount Vernon Wonders of Whatcom: 1:30pm, Bellingham Public Doubles: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Library GET OUT Serial Killers: 8pm and 10pm, iDiOM Theater .0) 4[11.}.11] Gore and Lore Tour: 7pm, downtown Bell- Triples: 10pm, Upfront Theatre GET OUT ingham Turkey Trot: 9:30am, Bender Fields, Lynden ON STAGE DANCE Gore and Lore Tour: 7pm, downtown Bellingham The Music Man: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon CASCADIA WEEKLY FOOD Bellingham Repertory Dance: 7:30pm, Firehouse Popovich Comedy Pet Theatre: 3pm and 7pm, Prep Your Palate: 11:30am-2:30pm, Fairhaven Performing Arts Center FOOD Mount Baker Theatre 2 Originals Gallery Folk Dance Party: 7:30-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library CiderFest: 10am-6pm, BelleWood Acres, Lynden Spaghetti Feed: 5:30pm, Blaine Senior Center Bayshore Symphony: 7:30pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal Barrel Tasting: 12-6pm, Vartanyan Estate Winery DANCE Church, Mount Vernon Bellingham Repertory Dance: 2pm, Firehouse VISUAL ARTS Dance Cabaret: 8pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU VISUAL ARTS Performing Arts Center Art’s Alive: Through Sunday, La Conner Winter Fest: 9am-3pm, Bellingham Unitarian Fel- MUSIC Bob Nelson: 2pm, Nancy’s Farm

Bayshore Symphony: 3pm, Central Lutheran 34 Church FOOD GET OUT Padden Mudfest: 10am, Lake Padden Park 27 FOOD Community Breakfast: 8am-1pm, Rome Grange

CiderFest: 10am-6pm, BelleWood Acres, Lynden B-BOARD Autumn Beer Dinner: 5:30pm, Chuckanut Brewery

Grape and Gourmet: 5:30-8:30pm, Lakeway 24 Inn FILM FILM VISUAL ARTS

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CURRENTS CURRENTS REAR END Frank Tabbita, JW Land & Associates THE ONLY POWER WE HAVE KREMEN FOR WATER QUALITY

8 27: Bulletin Board ô distro@ In a time of ﬁscal crisis, the Whatcom County I urge voters to select Pete Kremen for coun- 28: Wellness cascadiaweekly.com Council majority intends to waste a quarter mil- ty council. Pete has a long and exceptional re- VIEWS VIEWS 29: Free Will Astrology Letters lion dollars of our tax money. After three years cord of public service that we are all familiar of good faith work toward protecting Lake What- enough with already. But you might not be 4 Send letters to letters@ 4 30: Advice Goddess cascadiaweekly.com. com, the only source of drinking water for 90,000 aware of the disturbing positions of Pete’s ad- MAIL MAIL MAIL 31: Crossword people, four members of council are pulling the versary, Tony Larson. THE GRISTLE, P.8 * RUMOR HAS IT, P.20 * ADVICE GODDESS, P.30 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA 32: This Modern World, WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND LOWER B.C. * * * plug. Trouble is, DNR spent the money, and we Larson strongly opposes a Lake Whatcom For- 11.y.11 :: #44, v.06 :: !- 2 Tom the Dancing Bug promised to pay them back. est Preserve Park. This means wants the state

DO IT IT DO Fact: Despite modest efforts to contain and to build more gravel roads and clearcut forest 33: Sudoku, Slowpoke treat stormwater and reduce development around on the steepest mountain slopes in our drinking 34: A Diamond dinner the lake, tests show a steady decline in the qual- watershed. Such reckless management greatly .11

02 ity of Lake Whatcom water. Treatment costs con- increases the risk of erosion and landslides SMAILBAG: VETTING VOTES ONE LETTER AT A TIME, P.6 }} LANGUAGE ARTS: LESLEY DILL’S WORDY, WONDERFUL VISIONS, P.18 FAMOUS FOOTSTEPS: SOUTHERN-FRIED SOUNDS AT THE BUFF, P.20 tinue to rise, eventually requiring millions of dol- that not only do great damage to the quality of lars in new facilities, paid for by you and me. our drinking water, but are a clear and present ©2011 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by .06 11. Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly Myth: “A new park is too expensive to man- danger to neighborhoods at the base of those 44

# PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 [email protected] age.” Too expensive at a one time cost of $57 per slopes. On a cold, rainy night in 1983, such a Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia acre? The reality is they could lock the logging landslide swept homes with sleeping families Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution road gates and spend virtually nothing on man- into the lake. SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you agement, and our drinking water would be safer A recent poll shows that three out of four include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- and cleaner. Whatocm County citizens want the park be- ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be Council’s course wastes tax money already cause they know it is irresponsible to gamble returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope.

CASCADIA WEEKLY LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and spent, ignores scientiﬁc consensus on the lake, with public safety and our drinking water. Lar- content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does and dooms us to far higher bills down the road. son is out of step with us because he is in step 4 not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your That’s not ﬁscal restraint, that’s failure to patch with special interests who are funding his cam- letters to fewer than 300 words. a hole in the boat. paign. In this case, he is carrying muddy water Vote carefully—it’s the only power most of us for the timber industry. have. Pete Kremen has been a champion for the NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre —Rodd Pemble, Bellingham Lake Whatcom Forest Preserve Park. Occupy Lake Whatcom! Vote for Pete and help protect our watershed and natural heritage.

—Mitch Friedman, Bellingham 34 34 JACK AS CEO As the founder and chairman of Ryzex, FOOD a large employer in the county, I have learned a bit about leadership, job cre- 27 ation and management. The County Executive is the chief executive ofﬁcer

(CEO) of the county. As such, it is ﬁrst B-BOARD and foremost a role that demands extensive, proven management experience. We would not want a business we had 24

bought shares in being run by a CEO that FILM was unqualiﬁed. As citizens of Whatcom County, we are all “shareholders” in a 11.11.11 20 $171 million enterprise and because of We’re Giving Away $11,000 this we must hire the best CEO with the MUSIC most experience we can ﬁnd to do the job. Jack Louws has the management ex- On November 11, 2011! 18 perience to be the county’s CEO, while ART ART Doug Ericksen’s own website makes per day, given away from it clear that Ericksen has none and is

NovemberNov 1st through November 10th at 9pm. 16 therefore not qualiﬁed to be our CEO. Ericksen can be expected to make a each hour on November 11th from 1pm-11pm. STAGE STAGE lot of rookie mistakes and require many EEnternt once per day at the Winners Club. Earn an additional entry for every years before he will have learned enough 550000 points and purchase entries for 250 points each. to even have the chance to become a 14 competent CEO. Our community simply

cannot afford to pay for Ericksen’s on- GET OUT the-job training. Please vote for the right CEO. Please vote for Jack Louws. 12 —Rud Browne, Bellingham

CIVIC LEADERS WORDS ENDORSE KELLI As the election nears, the arrows of 10 twisted truth begin to ﬂy through the air. I’m disappointed that in the race for Mayor of Bellingham, supporters of CURRENTS the current mayor have stooped to that 8 level. What is really dismaying is that or- 8S7R ganizations that I have been associated VIEWS with are a part of these attacks! ,Q&DVK3UL]HV 4 Kelli Linville will be a very good mayor 6WDUWLQJ1RYHPEHUWK 4 MAIL MAIL for Bellingham. We need her ability to MAIL work with people and to bring together groups with diverse opinions to solve im- 2

portant issues facing us: Lake Whatcom IT DO water quality, waterfront development, coal trains, to name a few. Kelli and I .11 have worked together on many difﬁcult C" 542 NOW OP AT 10AM 02 issues and I know that her abilities are S!" $ S"$ - BEER SP ! what our next mayor needs to have.

Kelli has the leadership skills to lead .06 11. 44 our community forward in these chang- WWW.NOOKSACKCASINO.COM # ing economic times. Kelli will be an inclusive mayor. She "! #$-#- will listen to and work with citizens in " -!#!! - our neighborhoods and throughout Bell- ingham to help make our community an

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34 34 is a breath of fresh air. FOOD Kelli has a long history of bringing people together to solve problems—a skill we very much need right now. 27 When Kelli was on the Bellingham Planning Commission, and I was on Bell-

B-BOARD ingham City Council, she helped spear- head “neighborhood early involvement,” a practice still in use today. Before plans 24 are submitted, developers meet with

FILM FILM neighbors to get input. This saves both time and money for everyone and often improves the project’s ﬁt with the neigh- 20 borhood’s character and values. It has

MUSIC worked so well that I brought the idea to other cities in Washington.

18 Kelli continued to hone her skills in the State Legislature, bringing people ART ART together to help our community. Whether negotiating the nation’s ﬁrst State Pipe- 16 line Safety Bill, the Lake Whatcom Land- scape Plan or getting $25 million in State STAGE STAGE matching funds for waterfront redevelop- ment, Kelli’s diligence has given us a lot 14 to be grateful for. Now we have an opportunity to have

GET OUT Kelli be our next Mayor of Bellingham and keep Bellingham a great place to live. Please join me in voting for Kelli Lin- 12 ville for Mayor. —Louise Bjornson, Bellingham WORDS pable leadership. Join us in re-electing Rovian attempt to substitute cheap, divi- enough. We worked with Mayor Pike, the SUPPORT DAN PIKE him. Why would you consider a change siveness for honest discussion. Fire administration and City Council to 10 Leadership with integrity, courage of leadership? It is time for a change; Kelli Linville prevent layoffs and made changes in our and vision; that is what Mayor Dan Pike —Ken & Francie Gass, Bellingham for Mayor! contract that saved several hundreds of has provided Bellingham for the past four —John Watts, Bellingham thousands of dollars, froze our wages and CURRENTS CURRENTS years. We wholeheartedly support his re- SUPPORTED, NO LONGER brought in $900,000 in federal grants. In 8 election and continued work on behalf of Four years ago I strongly supported Dan FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT PIKE the proposed 2012 city budget the Fire all of our citizens. Pike for Mayor, thinking he had potential The Bellingham Police Guild has voiced Dept. is cutting an assistant chief po- VIEWS VIEWS Dan has consistently maintained high to do the job well. Since that time, I have concern that our use of the words “pub- sition and eliminating the $30,000 fire standards for the ethical treatment of incrementally—but steadily—changed lic safety” in the Bellingham/Whatcom boat operating budget, effectively shut- 4 4 citizens by city staff, as well as ethical my mind, and now believe we can do bet- County IAFF Firefighter’s candidate po- ting down the only fire boat on Belling- MAIL MAIL MAIL use of authority by staff. He appointed ter—much better—than Pike! litical mailer may confuse voters to think ham’s Waterfront. We are working with

department heads based on their skills, That is why I’ve decided to support that the Police Guild was supporting Mayor Pike to save the ﬁre boat. 2 not their standing in local politics. Kelli Linville as mayor in this election. those candidates. I would like to apolo- Mayor Pike made the tough decisions

DO IT IT DO He has balanced the city’s budget during She has excellent qualiﬁcations for this gize and clarify that that the candidates to maintain our city’s ﬁnancial health.

times of declining revenues through sound job, but equally important, has a bal- listed in the political mailer are support- During these continuing tough econom- management, choosing citizens’ needs anced blend of maturity, experience in ed by Bellingham/Whatcom County IAFF ic times we need Mayor Pike’s steady hand .11

02 over special interests and tough, but fair, dealing with important public matters, Firefighters and we are not implying sup- at the helm. Please re-elect Mayor Pike. negotiations with employee groups. the energy to lead effective public pro- port by any other public safety groups. —Robert Wilson, He has stood for a livable community cesses, and a style based on respect for We support Mayor Pike. When the City Bellingham/Whatcom County IAFF Firefighters .06 11. with increased support of neighborhood others and alternate opinions. of Bellingham’s revenues were negatively 44 # associations, more bike lanes, Sunday Based upon her years of service in our impacted by the worldwide economic cri- I support Dan Pike. I want him to be bus service and critical purchases of wa- Legislature, dealing with public concerns sis Mayor Pike and his staff met with City our mayor again. Why? Two simple rea- terfront and greenbelt land, while oppos- and budgets, Kelli has a very clear sense of Bellingham employee’s labor groups. sons. He balanced our city’s budget during urban sprawl, unbalanced “business of priorities, which is so essential to Mayor Pike explained the serious nature ing a massive recession, and he has stood sprawl” in the port’s plan for our water- elected public office. She is as notably of slumping revenue numbers and the up to the big corporations who want to front, and endless coal trains disrupting skilled at building and maintaining rela- need for employees to help cut costs for turn Bellingham into a coal dump.

CASCADIA WEEKLY our air and waterfront. tionships, as she is at achieving consis- the City to survive the worst economic A balanced budget is a pretty big deal, Dan has supported growth of sustainable tently good results, because these are crisis since the Great Depression. especially when you consider Washington 6 enterprise by establishing the Bellingham directly connected. Firefighters got it. The cuts to the State is operating under a two billion Public Development Authority, streamlin- Dan Pike’s latest tactic of distributing Bellingham Fire Department were severe. dollar deficit. The mayor did this while ing the City’s permit system and working negative, untrue, doorbell flyers at the Firefighter positions were cut through at- continuing to preserve and expand park- regionally to attract new businesses. last minute, is another example of his trition and the city’s only staffed ladder lands all over the city, and even helped We thank Mayor Dan Pike for his ca- desperation and disingenuousness; a Karl truck was eliminated. Those cuts were not get Sunday bus service running again.

34 34 Why is that last point such a big deal? her 17 years experience with state agen- Well, think about all the elderly and cies and with relationships she formed as FOOD low income families who want to go to our representative in Olympia, Kelli Lin- church on Sunday or even get to the gro- ville is in the best position to protect all 27 cery store. Bellingham’s bond rating has of Bellingham’s environmental interests also gone up under Dan’s watch. What whether they relate to a coal terminal, that means is the city can borrow more clean-up and development on the water- Robyn du Pré Chuck and Dee Rick Dubrow B-BOARD money at a lower interest rate (saving front, or protection of Lake Whatcom. Likes Pike Robinson Likes Pike Like Pike taxpayer money) as well as sell bonds I urge you to join me and other en- at a higher interest rate. More money is vironmentally concerned friends and 24

coming into the city’s coffers for impor- neighbors in voting for Kelli Linville for FILM tant infrastructure development. Mayor. Barbara Ryan Tim Douglas Likes Pike Likes Pike A lot of people think that a “multi-use —Lyn Allison, Bellingham, WA 20 coal port” at Cherry Point is a good thing for Bellingham and Whatcom County. CATHY FOR COUNCIL MUSIC The fact is that this facility (which SSA Our city is faced with difficult chal- Marine/Goldman Sachs gives the fancy lenges like keeping our drinking water www.pikeforbellingham.com Paid for by Pike for Bellingham: 1601 Broadway, Bellingham, WA 98225 Vote to re-elect Mayor Pike 18 name “The Pacific Gateway Terminal”) is clean, providing jobs for the people who not intended to ship anything but coal. live here and preserving our city’s natu- ART A few corporate barons like Warren Buffet ral beauty. (owner of the BNSF Railroad) and Gold- I won’t always agree with my elected 16 man Sachs (50 precent owners of SSA officials, but it is important that I feel STAGE STAGE Marine/Carrix Corp) stand to make hun- that they are genuinely struggling to dreds of billions of dollars off shipping do the best thing for the city and its coal to China, while the rest of us will people. Making a list? 14 suffer the increased train traffic, cancer- Cathy will not only bring a powerful causing diesel particulates from the train new energy to Bellingham City Council, Use your WECU® Visa GET OUT engines, as well as the port’s runoff tox- but she will also fight to truly under- ins and tanker ship pollution in the Salish stand everything at stake in any given for holiday purchases Sea and Bellingham Bay. What do we get issue. Your concerns will not always be 12 for all of this? A handful of jobs (given heeded, but they will never be unheard. and receive 1% cash to out-of-county workers), a pittance in She also has all the bona fides you can in January! WORDS tax revenues, and a whole lot of mercury ask for: years of public service, volun- back in our watershed wafting back on the jet teering in our community, experience 10 stream from the Chinese coal-fired power with budgets etc. plants—plants burning U.S. coal! —Jason Heck, Bellingham

www.wecu.com CURRENTS Dan is going to stand up for Belling- ham and bring sustainable industries to Cathy Lehman has lived and worked in 8 Bellingham. He will also continue to be Bellingham for many years, gaining ex-

ﬁscally responsible. Help keep him in of- pertise in how to support local businesses This credit union is federally insured by the VIEWS National Credit Union Administration. ﬁce so he can keep doing a great job. and their needs. Cathy lives downtown 4 4 —Noble Smith, Bellingham and has met with businesses to under- MAIL MAIL stand what they need to help them suc- MAIL PIKE FLIP FLOPS ceed. She has also learned how to bring

He was for it before he was against about a healthy growth policy, meeting 2

it. On Oct. 19, 2010, the mayor’s ofﬁce the future needs not only of the city of IT DO sent a proposed resolution to City Coun- Bellingham, but also Whatcom County. cil in support of SSA’s “development of Cathy cares deeply about this com- .11

a state-of-the-art shipping terminal at munity. She has dogged determination 02 Cherry Point.” Four months later, on Feb. to get real answers to the real problems 22, 2011, the Bellingham Herald headline confronting us. She was the ﬁrst to read “Mayor Backs Cargo Project.” come out for a vibrant and friendly ur- .06 11. 44 Fast-forward to election countdown. ban core, for maintaining neighborhoods # Pike is now riding the anti-coal train ca- that keep their character, and for prom- boose for all it’s worth. Where was Pike’s ising to meet as often as possible with hue and cry over coal trains chugging city planners, and also neighbors of Lake daily through Bellingham during his time Whatcom, to ﬁnd solutions to our many as mayor? drinking water problems. Her cares are

Pike claiming now that he’s the sole all inclusive. CASCADIA WEEKLY anti-coal candidate is a deceitful and Elect Cathy Lehman for City Council, desperate campaign ploy. Kelli Linville and you will gain a member with a new 7 has never wavered in her opposition to perspective to truly bring about health a coal terminal at Cherry Point. I am a to both our urban and neighborhood strong environmentalist who is anti-coal. communities. That is why I am supporting Kelli. Given —Arlené Mantham, Bellingham THE GRISTLE

IMPULSE CONTROL: There comes a point late in

34 34 every campaign when the hard, honest work of getting out the message of a candidate is mostly FOOD done. Funds and support keep pouring in, though, views and so there remains time and opportunity to do OPINIONS THE GRISTLE more to capture low information, undecided voters 27 in the weeks before ballots are counted. It’s in the late stages of a campaign, when opportunity for

B-BOARD counterpoint grows short, the hit pieces and dirty tricks come rolling out. And it is really reﬂective of the integrity of a 24 candidate and of his campaign and supporters, the

FILM FILM conﬁdence of his message, that he not engage in those tactics even when means and opportunity arise. The impulse gets particularly greasy from BY AMY GOODMAN 20 independent expenditures and the campaigns of

MUSIC interested third parties, both subtle and gross, to vault a preferred candidate to ofﬁce.

18 Poorly understood is the role money plays in lo- Call of Duty cal politics. ART ART Money is a terrific forecaster of election out- VETERANS JOIN THE 99 PERCENT comes, not only for the tools (fundraisers, mailers) 16 money buys a campaign, but as an indicator of the 11-11-11 IS not a variant of to be stopped by a horse that went hidden energy that undergirds a campaign. In the Herman Cain’s much-touted 9-9-9 down on its knees. Other officers had STAGE STAGE latter case, it’s often more telling to examine the tax plan, but rather the date of this picked up metal barricades, squeez- small donations as a metric, if not purely of out- year’s Veterans Day. This is especially ing the frightened crowd against 14 right popular appeal, then a measure of the vitality relevant, as the United States has steam pipes. Sgt. Thomas was wear- of the campaign in gathering these funds. now entered its second decade of ing his desert camouflage, his chest

GET OUT But, away from K-Street lobbyists and the nation’s war in Afghanistan, the longest war covered with medals from his combat corridors of power, where the influence peddling has in the nation’s history. United States raced with him away from the po- tour in Iraq. He shouted at the police, become a dark art, money is a terrible forecaster veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan lice line. At the hospital, he was put denouncing their violent treatment 12 of its effects on a candidate’s views. X received Y, wars are appearing more and more on into an induced coma to relieve brain of the protesters. Thomas later wrote therefore X supports Y is a haphazard and precarious the front lines—the front lines of the swelling. He is now conscious but un- of the incident: “There is an obvi- WORDS equation. Is it really credible that anyone’s deeply Occupy Wall Street protests, that is. able to speak. He communicates us- ous problem in the country and the held beliefs could be upended for $800? Or $8,000? Video from the Occupy Oakland ing a notepad. peaceful should be allowed to protest 10 Or, given the very considerable constraints and re- march Oct. 25 looks and sounds like I interviewed one of Olsen’s without brutality.” porting requirements on how money may be used by a war zone. The sound of gunfire is friends, Aaron Hinde, also an Iraq A group calling itself Veterans of a candidate, even $80,000? nearly constant in the video. Tear- War veteran. He was at Occupy San the 99 Percent has formed, and with CURRENTS CURRENTS One of the foremost reasons ordinary people give gas projectiles were being fired into Francisco when he started getting a the New York City Chapter of IVAW set 8

8 a candidate money is that it is already understood the crowd when the cry of “Medic!” series of frenzied tweets about a vet Nov. 2 as the day to march to Liberty that the candidate is sympathetic to or understand- rang out. Civilians raced toward a down in Oakland. Hinde raced to the Plaza to formally join and support VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS ing of the donor’s views. In some cases, people give fallen protester lying on his back hospital to see his friend. He later the movement. Their announcement money simply because the candidate is, for want on the pavement, mere steps from a told me a little about him: “Scott read: “’Veterans of the 99 Percent’ 4 of a more inclusive term, a member of their tribe. throng of black-clad police in full riot came to San Francisco about three hope to draw attention to the ways

MAIL MAIL Generally, people do not give money to candidates gear, pointing guns as the civilians months ago from Wisconsin, where veterans have been impacted by the

they ﬁnd disagreeable, so in this case the gift can attempted to administer ﬁrst aid. he actually participated in the hold- economic and social issues raised by 2 hardly be considered “a bribe.” The fallen protester was Scott Ol- ing of the State Capitol over there. Occupy Wall Street. They hope to help

DO IT IT DO In another class is the corporate donor, and sen, a 24-year-old former U.S. Ma- Scott’s probably one of the warmest, make veterans’ and service members’

here primarily what the donor is trying to secure rine who had served two tours of kindest guys I know. He’s just one of participation in this movement more is a few minutes of time or some future consider- duty in Iraq. The publicly available those people who always has a smile visible and deliberate.” .11

02 ation for the “value proposition.” Yes, certainly video shows Olsen standing calmly on his face and never has anything Pundits predict the cold weather in some cases it is to secure the continued office alongside a Navy veteran holding negative to say. ...And he believed will crush the Occupy movement. of benefit to the corporation. Yet it is naive to an upraised Veterans for Peace flag. in the Occupy movement, because Ask any veteran of Afghanistan .06 11. believe the donation confers a direct transac- Olsen was wearing a desert camou- it’s very obvious what’s happening in and Iraq about surviving outdoors 44 # tion by either the donor or the candidate that a flage jacket and sun hat, and his Iraq this country, especially to us veter- in extreme weather. And consider particular outcome is demanded or expected. It Veterans Against the War (IVAW) T- ans. We’ve had our eyes opened by the sign at Liberty Plaza, held by doesn’t work that way. shirt. He was hit in the head by a serving and going to war overseas. yet another veteran: “2nd time I’ve Indeed, the very manner in which campaign do- police projectile, most likely a tear- So, there’s a small contingency of us fought for my country. 1st time I’ve nations typically arrive and are handled—by an gas canister, suffering a fractured out here, and we’re all very motivated known my enemy.” independent treasurer or campaign staffer, rarely skull. As the small group of people and dedicated.”

CASCADIA WEEKLYthe actual candidate—is counterfactual to the gathered around him to help, a po- As I was covering one of the Occu- Amy Goodman is the host of “Democra- notion that palms are greased and sly winks are lice officer lobbed a flashbang gre- py Wall Street rallies in Times Square cy Now!,” a daily international TV/radio 8 exchanged. It is absolutely conceivable that a can- nade directly into the huddle, and Oct. 15, I saw Sgt. Shamar Thomas news hour airing on more than 900 sta- didate has no idea such-and-such a donation was it exploded. become deeply upset. Police on horse- tions in North America. Denis Moynihan even received or recorded. Four or five people lifted Olsen and back had moved in on protesters, only contributed research to this column. So when the late-hour tricks start to lay out that Dan Pike received $19,000 from the Realtors PAC in VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY Can you survive a divorce? THE GRISTLE Let me help you. *

2007 and that he is beholden to them, or when they assert that Kelli Lin- Attorney Lauren E. Trent 34 ville received funds from BNSF when she was in the Legislature,** perceive Divorce / Dissolution of Marriage • Child Custody • Parenting FOOD these claims for what they are. Plans • Support Orders – Protection Orders Things got particularly ridicu- The Lustick Law Firm Bellingham – Mount Vernon 27 lous last week when the local Sierra (360) 685-4221 www.Lustick.com Club sent out a mailer on behalf of

Mayor Pike claiming Linville had out- B-BOARD spent the mayor three-to-one in this campaign. There is not an ounce of truth to the claim, and the Seattle 24

chapter—which confessed to have FILM originated the gaffe by failing to (easily) research information they’d 20 received—withdrew the claim. In reality, Pike has raised more than MUSIC $82,000—much of it in large contributions that have accelerated in 18 recent weeks—to Linville’s $72,000. He’s similarly outspent her. ART Interestingly, in campaign donations under $200, Linville is signiﬁ- Take your fork 16 cantly ahead, raising $28,000 (or more in a new direction STAGE than a third of her total) to Pike’s $23,000—an indicator, perhaps, of

2SZIQFIV&IWXSJXLI6LSH] 14 that campaign energy we noted earlier. Linville leads in numbers of donors 0EWXXLVII[IIOWSJSYV]IEV

by about 30 percent. One could argue, 0YRGL7TIGMEPW GET OUT based on this, the ﬂavor of Dan’s cam- *EPP4EWXEß&YVKIV[MXL;MPH&SEV&EGSR paign is more “corporate” than Kelli’s &&5'LMGOIR7ERH[MGLß+SXLFIVK'LIZVI7EPEH grassroots efforts, although neither (MRRIV7TIGMEPW 12 characterization is strictly true. 4EIPPE(MRRIVJSV8[Sb The manner in which “the coal *EPP4EWXE1IWWS´1IQTLMW6MFW WORDS issue”—drummed by Sierra Club, &IIJ8IRHIVPSMR+SVKSR^SPE 10 Washington Conservation Voters and 7EXYVHE] 7YRHE]&VYRGL others—has overwhelmed this race is, (YRKIRIWW'VEF&IRIHMGX6LSRHE´W3QIPIXXI in the Gristle’s view, discouraging. It is 4YQTOMR;EJJPI not the most energetic issue the City CURRENTS 8 of Bellingham will face in the next two 8 years and, given the regulatory hurdles VIEWS VIEWS the applicant SSA Marine must clear, Rhododendron Cafe VIEWS it may be a proposal that fails even

'LYGOERYX &S[,MPP6H[[[VLSH]GEJIGSQ 4 to materialize in the next 48 months.

We’re not downplaying the coal issue; MAIL we’re saying that in the constellation of complex issues the City of Belling- 2

ham faces in the immediate future, IT DO coal panic is in the upper middle. One candidate is willing to make .11

unequivocal statements on coal 02 transport, and is willing to mischar- MON - FRI, 5 - 11 P.M. acterize the other candidate’s nuance on the topic. But as managers of city SAT, NOON - 11 P.M. .06 11. 44 assets, the on-the-ground, practical # response each candidate offers is es- sentially identical. HAPPY HOUR 5-7 P.M. There is so much more to being May- or of Bellingham than activism. AND ALL DAY MONDAY

* This PAC tends to lard its cash on whoever is

not in power in the hopes of gaining leverage in the LIVE MUSIC CASCADIA WEEKLY palace coup. The loophole that allowed so large a sum to Pike has since been closed. TUES - SAT 8PM 9 ** Since 2004, the BNSF Railway Company has distributed contributions of nearly half a million dollars to nearly every state elected ofﬁcial, Demo- crats and Republicans alike, in pursuit of a broad slate of freight mobility issues. currents ›› last week’s news

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Bellingham residents can once again enjoy Little Squalicum Park following an initial environmental cleanup. The work removed toxic chemicals from 14 10.y|.11 soil around the creek believed to have come from the nearby Oeser wood-treating facility. Crews also cleaned up the site of a 1930s-era solid-waste TUESDAY landfill in the northwest corner of the park. GET OUT A girl is critically injured in a stabbing at Snohomish High School. Initiative promoter Tim Eyman sues the State Alcoa reaches an agreement with the local ma- Snohomish County prosecutors consider a range of charges against the of Washington over the sale of bonds that chinists union on a new labor contract covering 12 15-year-old sophomore accused of stabbing the girl and a friend who will fund the construction of the new Highway approximately 520 employees at the Intalco Works suffered a defensive cut on her forearm. Police say the 15-year-old girl 520 floating bridge. Eyman says Gov. Chris Gre- aluminum plant near Ferndale. The new four-year WORDS had taken two large kitchen knives from home and planned a random goire is undercutting voter-approved Initiative contract contains a 6.5 percent wage increase. attack, stabbing the freshman in her heart and lungs. She was ordered 1053—which says new fees must be approved 10 10 held Tuesday on $1 million bail for investigation of attempted murder by the Legislature—by delegating the setting 10.zx.11 and assault. of tolls to the state Transportation Commission, which recently approved the sale of bonds to pay MONDAY CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 10.y}.11 for the 520 bridge. Eyman and his attorney filed A group protesting proposed coal export ter- 8 the lawsuit recently in Whatcom County, asking minals in the Northwest stages a Halloween WEDNESDAY the court to deem the bonds sale invalid. The "zombie" march to Bank of America branches VIEWS VIEWS Scientists say the number of creatures in marine waters of Wash- governor replies the suit has no merit. in downtown Portland. Police arrest one man in ington and British Columbia that need to be conserved has nearly zombie makeup after a bank employee identified 4 doubled in the last two years, suggesting the Salish Sea marine eco- Spokane residents express dismay with pro- him as the person who used red corn syrup to

MAIL MAIL system is in decline. Researchers released their ﬁndings at a conference posals that could see dozens of trains loaded stick pieces of paper to glass in the lobby. He was

in Vancouver, B.C., today. with coal destined for Asia move through their arrested for investigation of criminal mischief 2 city every day. At a public forum, citizens feared and disorderly conduct. The group says it's upset

DO IT IT DO that coal dust and increased diesel emissions will about bank loans to coal companies. 10.y~.11 damage human health, while increased rail traf- THURSDAY ﬁc will make for more dangerous intersections, .11 11.x.11

02 Gov. Chris Gregoire releases a plan to reduce the state budget by among other hazards. Spokane, they say, receives an additional $2 billion. Among proposed cuts are elimination of the no economic offset for these impacts. Regardless TUESDAY state's health care program for the poor, trimming another 15 percent of where port terminals are built on the Wash- Will Spokane be the first to UnOccupy? Members .06 11. from higher education, and reducing state help to poor school districts ington cost, Wyoming coal would move through of the Occupy Spokane movement agree to a plan 44 # by half. Gregoire also seemed to leave the option open for a tax pack- Spokane and the Idaho Panhandle. for an exit strategy, rather continue to maintain age, something she had refused to do earlier this year. Gregoire said a 24-hour presence as temperatures in the Inland she'll release her final supplemental budget proposal after a Nov. 17 10.y.11 Empire become bitter in coming weeks. revenue forecast. FRIDAY A federal judge fines a Longshore union an- Western Washington University officials express grave concerns Occupy Maritime Heritage Park begins. More other $65,000 for blocking a train in Longview.

CASCADIA WEEKLY about deep cuts to education contained in Gov. Gregoire’s supplemen- than 200 people showed up at the Occupy Bell- That brings the total fine to over $300,000. The tal budget proposal. A 15 to 20 percent cut to higher education would ingham protest Friday night, although numbers judge had previously fined the International 10 equate to a loss to the university of about 10 to 13 million dollars. The declined once the overnight camping began. City Longshore and Warehouse Union for protests in state’s Superintendent of Public Instruction offers a similar warning, officials say they want to be flexible with the camp- September. About a dozen people were arrested “The state has a constitutional responsibility to fund basic education ers. They didn't give the protesters camping permits for blocking a train carrying grain. The ILWU be- first. We are not meeting that obligation today. These cuts would just but issued them guidelines to follow about noise, lieves its members have the right to work at the make the situation worse in our schools.” sanitation, fires and food service. Longview grain terminal. index BRASS, BALLS Oct. 24, officials at Whatcom Community

FUZZ College noticed a bronze plaque bearing the name of the institution had been stolen 34 from the college entrance over the weekend.

BUZZ FOOD Bellingham Police suspect thieves may have GHASTLY CRIME wanted the scrap metal. The loss was esti- & LESSER OFFENSES mated at $1,500. 27 On Oct. 27, a man walked into a Bellingham medical clinic with his right arm severed. On Oct. 29, a couple of bowling balls were

Employees from the clinic called for an am- found just west of Whatcom Community Col- B-BOARD bulance and police. Statements made by the lege. Bellingham Police impounded the balls man to police indicated that the injury was for safekeeping. self-inﬂicted. Ofﬁcers checked a wooded area 24

near the clinic and discovered a camp be- THE ‘VAN’ IN VANDALISM FILM lieved to be the temporary home of the man. On Oct. 25, a Bellingham patrol officer no- At the camp, officers located the severed ticed a gray minivan exit a side street onto 20 arm and a guillotine fashioned out of lumber East Sunset. The van was being driven without scraps. The arm was transported to the hos- headlights. The officer attempted to pull the PHOTO BY EDGARD GARRIDO/REUTERS A baby, minutes after he was born inside the pediatric unit at hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Oct. 21, MUSIC pital in the hopes it could be reattached. The vehicle over, but the van continued without 2011. According to Honduras' health authorities, about 220,000 babies are born in Honduras each year. 7-foot guillotine was dismantled. stopping. The van turned into Barkley Village 18 and shot past pedestrians in the parking lot. On Oct. 28, a caller reported seeing a body in Pursuing officers learned the van had been ART a lot in Bellingham’s York neighborhood. “It stolen. The owner of the van had attempted turned out to be construction debris,” police to stop the theft, but had been struck by the ~ 16 reported. fleeing van, suffering minor injuries. Police STAGE STAGE deployed a spike strip at the intersection of WORLD population reached 7 billion on Oct. 31, according to United Nations On Oct. 30, a man in Columbia neighborhood East Sunset and McLeod, deflating the van’s estimates. The United States remains the world’s third most populous nation behind complained of fireworks thrown near his fence left front and rear tires. The suspect fled the China and India, with 313.2 million people. 14 where his chickens and small children play. van but was tracked and eventually captured

by a K9 unit. Ofﬁcers checked the stolen ve- GET OUT On Oct. 30, pests were reported knocking on hicle to ﬁnd personal belongings of the vic- a Bellingham man’s door, ringing the doorbell tim, including a startled dog. Dog and owner xy x{ and then running away. were reunited. NUMBER of years that have passed since YEAR world population reached 1 12 world population reached 6 billion. billion.

On Nov. 1, Bellingham Police reported a man- DOLLAR THIEVES WORDS hole cover had been stolen on D Street. On Oct. 27, Bellingham Police took two men 10 into custody following a burglary at the Dol- 10 On Oct. 30, someone pooped on the front lar Plus store on Meridian Street. Ofﬁcers xx~ ~z entrance of a vacant building near Maritime responded to a burglar alarm at the store ESTIMATED unemployment rate for PERCENT of Americans who oppose a CURRENTS CURRENTS Heritage Park. just after 3am and found the front window veterans in Sept. 2011 was at 11.7, more ban on the possession of handguns, CURRENTS

shattered. A K9 unit tracked the suspects to than 2 percent higher than the national the highest number since polling began 8 average of 9.1 percent. on this topic in 1956. WHERE’S WALDO? an apartment nearby. Ofﬁcers found the sus-

On Oct. 29, a sharp-eyed Bellingham Police of- pects in the apartment, with one hiding in a VIEWS ﬁcer reported, “I found the suspect, dressed as laundry closet. They also found items stolen 4 ‘Waldo,’ standing on the sidewalk urinating on from the store worth about $750. Damage to a building” in downtown Bellingham. the window is estimated at $1,000. The pair y MAIL were arrested on charges of burglary, theft RANK of Bellingham on the Washington Post’s list of the nation’s 25 best cities for

On Nov. 1, Bellingham Police cited a 61-year- and malicious mischief. independent businesses. Mount Vernon ranked #17 on the same list. 2

old man “for urinating in the parking lot of IT DO

Big Lots, in open view, in the middle of the LOAFER day,” an annoyed ofﬁcer reported. On Oct. 16, a business north of Bellis Fair .11

Mall contacted Bellingham Police after a gent xxz y{{ 02 THE SOPHISTICATES had been in their bathroom for nearly an hour NUMBER of Salish Sea species listed as NUMBER of species the U.S. Fish threatened or endangered, or candidates and Wildlife Service is considering for On Oct. 24, a couple in Darrington, Wash., and refused to leave when asked. An ofﬁcer for listing in either the U.S. or Canada. inclusion on the nation’s endangered were inspecting their newly purchased gun. escorted him from the property. The number is up from 64 species in species list. Three species were .06 11. 44 One of them pointed the gun at the televi- 2008. removed from candidate status in # sion and pulled the trigger. A bullet went NO JUICE, NO JOURNEY 2010. through the TV, through a wall and into an On Oct. 22, a Blaine Police ofﬁcer happened adjacent room where a little boy was playing. across a perplexed elderly lady stranded in Detectives say the 18-month-old child was the middle of the roadway after the battery hit in the cheek by the bullet or shrapnel. in her electric scooter had died. “Much to the xz | POINTS of support lost for Tim Eyman’s A new poll suggests the liquor

chagrin of the lady sitting in the chair, its CASCADIA WEEKLY toll initiative, I-1125, in the past month. privatization measure in Washington ‘NEVER NEEDS WINDING...’ battery had apparently died just a few blocks Support has dropped from 56-25 to 43- stands an even chance of passing. On Oct. 14, a Blaine resident ordered a high from her home,” police reported. ”The ofﬁ- 36, according to a poll of 407 random The measure is backed by 50 percent 11 quality, expensive watch through eBay. When cer and a helpful Border Patrol agent were voters. of registered voters, with 43 percent the package arrived at a mail drop facility in able to help the lady to her residence, where opposed and the remainder undecided. Blaine, the buyer opened the box to ﬁnd a her neighbors took care of getting the chair SOURCE: United Nations; Bureau of Labor Statistics; Gallup; Washington Post; Salish brick inside rather than a fancy timepiece. plugged back in and recharged.” Sea Ecosystem Conference; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Elway Poll; Washington Poll doit WORDS

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34 34 INVISIBLE INVASION: Retired architect and local author Deke Rivers reads from The Invis-

FOOD ible Invasion: The Unknown Force at 7pm at Vil- words lage Books, 1200 11th St. COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

27 FRI., NOV. 4 FOLLOW ME DOWN: Denise duMaurier reads from her poetry collection, Follow Me Down, at B-BOARD 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. 671-2626 Kashmiri activists at 38 different sites in four 24 districts in the region. NOV. 4-5 BOOK SALE: Attend a Used Book Sale from

FILM FILM He was denied entry when he arrived at 10am-6pm Friday and Saturday at the Everson Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. Library, 104 Kirsch Dr. CD, DVDs, records and “They told me, ‘Looks like you’re going back more will also be available. 20 on the same flight you landed on,’ and waved 966-5100 a piece of paper at me which said the word MUSIC SAT., NOV. 5 ‘banned’” in Hindi. Barsamian can speak the MIXED BAG: Massachusetts author Corwin Er- language, having lived in India in the late icson reads from his debut novel, Swell, at 2pm 18 1960s. He estimates he has returned to the at Village Books, 1200 11th St. At 7pm, Jana ART ART country at least 30 times since then. Harris reads from her autobiographical tale, Horses Never Lie About Love: The Story of a True Airport officials detained Barsamian for 54 Heart Named True Colors. 16 hours in Delhi, until a flight back to the United WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM States was available. Barsamian said he was un- STAGE STAGE der constant surveillance during his detention. SUN., NOV. 6 MYSTERY LODE: Six local authors who par- “I would get up to go to ticipated in writing a chapter apiece in a six- 14 the bathroom, someone part serial adventure that ran in The Bellingham else would come with me. Herald will read from Mystery Lode at 2pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St.

GET OUT It was a very Kafkaesque situation,” he stated. 671-2626 Barsamian has not HUSTLE AND ALASKA: Jason Skipper (Hustle) 12 12 and Melinda Moustakis (Bear Down, Bear North: been contacted by the Alaska Stories) read from their respective works HEAR Indian government as to at 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. WORDS WORDS WHAT: Uprising: why he was banned and WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM BY TIM JOHNSON From Kashmir to Egypt to Wall does not know whether 10 MON., NOV. 7 Street the ban is temporary POETRYNIGHT: Read your original verse at WHO: Journalist or permanent. But the poetrynight at 8:30pm at the Amadeus Project, Rise Up! David Barsamian event set his mind to the 1209 Cornwall Ave. Sign-ups start at 8pm. CURRENTS CURRENTS WHEN: 7pm, Mon., topic of the rise of civil- WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG Nov. 7 8 JOURNALIST FOLLOWS UNREST FROM WHERE: St Luke’s ian protest worldwide. TUES., NOV. 8 Community Health “Democracy is turning HUMAN MEANING: John Deakins reads from

VIEWS VIEWS KASHMIR TO CAIRO TO WALL STREET Center, 3333 into a totalitarian state,” Making Sense of Us: An Essay on Human Meaning Squalicum Parkway Barsamian said. at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. 4 “KEEP GOING and do not stop,” a call from Egypt exhorted the MORE: Barsamian One of America’s most 671-2626 will present again MAIL MAIL Occupy Wall Street movement last week. at 9am, Tues., Nov. tireless and wide-ranging THURS., NOV. 10 The solidarity statement was sent to movement organizers by rebels who 8 at WWU Commu- investigative journal- CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR: Snow Falling on

2 helped topple the regime in Cairo last spring, touching off a string of pro- nications Facility ists, Barsamian has had Cedars author David Guterson will share his new tests across north Africa and beyond. Room 120 frequent opportunity to novel, Ed King at the monthly taping of the DO IT IT DO Chuckanut Radio Hour starting at 6:30pm at The Occupy movement has been criticized by media that its message is INFO: assess the health of de- http://tinyurl. the Leopold Crystal Ballroom, 1224 Cornwall incoherent. The media mistakes inchoate for incoherence. All one need do is mocracy. His weekly radio Ave. Tickets are $5.

.11 com/3zf86rz WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 02 read the protest signs with an open mind and heart to understand what the show, Alternative Radio— movement is about. The solidarity statement from Egypt frames it elegantly: now in its 25th year—and with his books, have “An entire generation across the globe has grown up realizing, rationally featured extensive interviews with cultural

.06 11. and emotionally, that we have no future in the current order of things. critics Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Tariq COMMUNITY 44 # Living under structural adjustment policies and the supposed expertise of Ali, Arundhati Roy and Edward Said. His lat- WED., NOV. 2 international organizations like the World Bank and IMF, we watched as our est book of interviews with Chomsky, How the GREEN DRINKS: Join environmentally aware resources, industries and public services were sold off and dismantled as World Works was released in August. community members for networking and fun the “free market” pushed an addiction to foreign goods, to foreign food at the monthly Green Drinks happening from 5-7pm at Backcountry Essentials, 214 W. Holly even. The proﬁts and beneﬁts of those freed markets went elsewhere,” Barsamian’s presentation is sponsored by the St. organizers of the Cairo revolt wrote. World Issues of Fairhaven College, Community 733-8307 OR WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG

CASCADIA WEEKLY Journalist David Barsamian recently got a firsthand taste of state response to Community, Veterans for Peace Chapter 111, in northern India. Global Health and Social Justice Lectures, De- THURS., NOV. 3 CAREER FAIR: Students and the public can 12 The veteran U.S. radio broadcaster was barred from entering India Sept. partment of Communication WWU, Bellingham attend a Business Career Fair from 11am-3pm at 23, ahead of his Oct. 2 interview with political activist Binayak Sen. He in- Alternative Library, RE Sources, Occupy Belling- WWU’s Wade King Student Recreation Center. Ad- tended to travel to Srinagar to uncover the issue of mass graves in Northern ham, Socialist Alternative, Whatcom Peace & mission is free. Kashmir. The Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission recently Justice Center, and Bellingham Chapter of Na- 650-3240 released a report confirming the presence of 2,156 unidentified bodies of tional Lawyers Guild

to accept. An activity that might be considered suicide to one person might be considered relatively safe to another. I have scram-

bled across knife-edge ridges with 1,000-foot

34 34 dropoffs on both sides without too much trouble, but you would never ﬁnd me riding

FOOD G a bicycle on the Mt. Baker Scenic Byway with etout cars blasting by just a couple feet away. HIKING RUNNING CYCLING SKIING That said, all risks are still just subjective 27 gambles. And not all risks are equal, because some have higher consequences than others.

B-BOARD Mountain climbing and other adventurous activities, however, can be performed safely by mitigating the risks through education, 24 training, conditioning and skills acquisition.

FILM FILM Beyond all that, proper planning and prepa- ration before a climb, plus good decision- making and proper equipment usage, can all 20 increase your odds of making unscathed as- cents and, more importantly, descents. MUSIC Life is inherently ﬁlled with risks. Even everyday activities, like driving, are rife with 18 hazards—yet driving is rarely described as a ART ART risky activity. Of course, you could always barricade 16 yourself in your home in an attempt to live as risk-free as possible. But then, as Charles STAGE STAGE Lindbergh succinctly pointed out, a life without risk is not worth living. And even if

14 you were to tread safely and slowly through life, death is still guaranteed.

GET OUT There have been times when I decided the risk before me was not worth 14 12 the reward, prompt- ing the cancellation of WORDS GET OUT quite a few summit bids. Oftentimes, it was when 10 I felt snow or weather conditions were unsafe ATTEND or when I had ventured CURRENTS CURRENTS WHAT: Avalanche beyond my comfort Awareness 8 zone. Some of those de- WHEN: 6pm Mon., Nov. 14 cisions to turn back may VIEWS VIEWS WHERE: REI, 400 well have saved my life. 36th St. Risk is inextricably 4 COST: Register in intertwined with fear, advance for the free MAIL MAIL and fear can be a good clinic measure of risk. Con-

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in the mountains, because as soon as you lose your mental focus, things can quickly .11

02 spiral out of control. But if you respect the STORY AND PHOTO BY AUBREY LAURENCE risks and tackle them rationally, logically and methodically, fear can be abated. Then,

.06 11. in fear’s wake, transcendent feelings of em- 44 # powerment will rise. Risk Management Regardless of what your level of acceptable risk is, the most important thing is to DEALING WITH THE FEAR FACTOR pursue your passions and live your life to the fullest without letting fear hold you back. “OH, SO you have a death wish,” a colleague once said to me portunity to push yourself, both physically Determine the risks that are between you and your dreams, mitigate them as much as CASCADIA WEEKLY after I told her about my mountain-climbing hobby. I tried to explain and mentally, to places you never thought to her that I’m not addicted to danger—and that I actually have a life possible. Through climbing, I have felt more possible and don’t pay too much attention 14 wish—but I don’t think I changed her opinion. alive than ever before. I have also gained to what your colleagues have to say. Sure, there are some mountain climbers out there who push things self-conﬁdence and pushed past some of my to the extreme and could be considered adrenaline junkies, I told her, deepest fears. For more information about staying safe in the but most climbers I know are quite the opposite. Everyone has a different threshold for dan- mountains, check out Bellingham’s Alpine Safe- One of the best things about mountain climbing is that it’s an op- ger and a different level of risk they’re willing ty Awareness Program at www.alpinesaftey.org doit Buy Beer Dinner Tickets Today Nov 2 WED., NOV. 2 4 Courses/Beer with Talk Nov 6 @5:30pm GARDEN CLUB: Bakerview Nursery’s Travis

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THURS., NOV. 3 27 TRAVEL TALK: Ron Glazier leads a Travelogue Series presentation on “Bush Tales: The Safari

Experience” from 7-9pm at the Whatcom Muse- B-BOARD um, 121 Prospect St. Suggested donation is $3. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG

NOV. 4-5 24 GORE AND LORE TOUR: The Good Time Girls

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WORK PARTY #2: Join the Mount Baker Club 14 and REI for a Snowshoe Trail Work Party from MBMLMK:BE>KLIAHMHL:G=FHK> 9am-2pm on White Salmon Rd. Meet at 8:15am at the Whatcom Events ofﬁce, 2227 Queen St., or warrenmiller.c m GET OUT at 9am at the Crossroads Grocery Store in Maple Falls. Please RSVP. 15 746-8661 OR [email protected] 12 TURKEY TROT: Girl Scout troops in Lynden will WORDS

host a “Turkey Trot” 5K fun run and walk start- GET OUT ing at 9:30am at Bender Fields, 8770 Bender Rd.

Entry is $10-$22. 10 WWW.LYNDENGIRLSCOUTS.ORG SUN., NOV. 6

PADDEN MUDFEST: Runners should be pre- CURRENTS pared to get dirty at the 9th annual Padden Mudfest trail race taking place at 10am at the 8 softball ﬁelds at the end of Lake Padden Park.

Entry is $10. VIEWS WWW.GBRC.NET 4 TUES., NOV. 8

SNOWSHOE BASICS: Learn about design, MAIL equipment, clothing, places to go and instruc-

tional foundations at a “Snowshoe Basics” clinic 2 at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Register in advance DO IT IT DO for the free event. 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM

WED., NOV. 9 .11 02 FREQUENCY TALK: Jessie Lu of the snowboard- ers journal frequency will talk about a “Decade of frequency” at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Entry is free, but attendees should register in advance. .06 11. 44

647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM # HORT SOCIETY: Marty Wingate will lecture on “Gardens and Gardeners Abroad” at the Whatcom Horticultural Society’s meeting at 7:30pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. Entry is $7 for members, $12 general. WWW.WHATCOMHORTSOCIETY.ORG

THURS., NOV. 10 CASCADIA WEEKLY FITNESS FORUM: Steve Grichel and Genissa Sygi- 15 towicz lead a Fitness Forum focused on “Staying Fit In and Outdoors During Winter” at 7:15pm at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. Entry is free. WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM doit STAGE

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

FOOD G the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, sta e stick around for “The Project.” Entry is $7 THEATER DANCE PROFILES for the early show, $4 for the late one. 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM 27 FRI., NOV. 4 VAUDEVILLE NIGHT: The Jezebel Rebels, B-BOARD the Justin Credible Side Show, the Swing Gang, and Ms. Cocoa Mountains will be among the performers taking part in the 24 Popovich Comedy Pet Theatre will discontinue 21-and-over “Vaudeville Exposed” show starting at 8pm at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln

FILM FILM bringing new creatures into the fold. Theatre, 712 S. First St. Tickets are $12- Lest you think Popovich is a nefarious mas- $15. termind who sources pound puppies and ne- WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG 20 glected felines for some sort of entertainment mill, think again. All the animals he saves from NOV. 4-5 MUSIC DOUBLES & TRIPLES: Teams of two will shelters are given time for him to gain their make improvisational magic at “Doubles”

16 trust and develop their own special talents—

18 shows this weekend and next at 8pm at things that they already love to do—which the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, ART ART STAGE STAGE are then incorporated into the show. stick around for “Triples.” Tickets are $8- By the time audiences see a cat pushing a $10.

16 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM dog in a stroller, a poodle jumping rope, or ADDAMS FAMILY MYSTERY: Wear a cos- a parrot slam-dunking a ball into a net, the

STAGE STAGE tume and help solve the crime when The animal will have already perfected the move Addams Family Mystery shows for the ﬁnal after hours of play in the family’s Las Vegas weekend at 7:30pm Friday and Saturday

14 home or in the expansive backyard. night at Mount Vernon’s RiverBelle Dinner “For me, it’s impor- Theatre, 100 E. Montgomery St. Tickets are $25-$45.

GET OUT tant that they have WWW.RIVERBELLEDINNERTHEATRE.COM fun,” Popovich says. “Onstage, they’re do- SAT., NOV. 5 12 ing what they do in my SERIAL KILLERS: Bloodthirsty play- wrights and actors will go head to head living room. One cat is in weekly installments of the perennially WORDS a good jumper, another popular “Serial Killers” competition at 8pm likes to climb trees. An- and 10pm every Saturday through Nov. 19 10 other likes to play with at the iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. SEE IT the dog, so I’ll let them Audiences get to vote who returns each week, and the winning team ends up with WHAT: The World do something together. a full-length play and a $1,000 cash prize. CURRENTS CURRENTS Famous Popovich That’s why we call our Comedy Pet Theatre Tickets are $10. 8 WHEN: 3pm and 7pm show ‘pet theatre’— WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM we’re building small Sun., Nov. 6 NOV. 5-6 VIEWS VIEWS WHERE: Mount Baker stories, and it looks THE MUSIC MAN: Lyric Light Opera brings Theatre, 104 N. Com- like they’re acting.” the Tony Award-winning musical, The Music 4 mercial St. Popovich says the Man, to Mount Vernon for shows at 7:30pm COST: $18-$38

MAIL MAIL Nov. 5-6 and 11-12, and 2pm Nov. 6 and BY AMY KEPFERLE INFO: 734-6080 or animals are treated hu- 13, at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way. www.mountbaker manely both onstage

2 Tickets are $29-$47. theatre.com and off—the critters WWW.LYRICLIGHTOPERA.ORG have their own spa- DO IT IT DO

IRON CURTAIN AUDITIONS: Auditions Four-legged Fun cious quarters at the family home and travel for upcoming performances of the musi- in a custom-made trailer when they’re on cal comedy, Iron Curtain, take place from .11 3-6pm Saturday and 3:30-6pm Sunday at 02 THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS AND DOGS the road—and adds that he often includes shout-outs and fundraising efforts for local the Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave. shelters in whatever town he’s visiting. WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM .06 11. GREGORY POPOVICH didn’t have a typical childhood. “Just like your pets, my four-legged compan- 44 # Representing a fourth generation of Russian circus performers, he spent ions are very special to me,” Popovich says. WED., NOV. 9 his youth surrounded by the dogs his mother worked into her act. He says And, while human performers will also be INTRO TO IMPROV: Sheila Goldsmith leads a free introductory improv class from the canines were his friends, and sometimes even his babysitters. a big part of what people will see when they 7-9pm at Improv Playworks, 302 W. Illinois Popovich didn’t stray far from the family tree, and by the time he was come to the shows taking place Nov. 6 at St. 17, he was a world-class juggler and a member of the Moscow Circus. Bellingham’s Mount Baker Theatre, Popovich 756-0756 In 1980, Popovich moved to the United States to perform with the says he’s pretty sure he knows why, time and NOV. 9-13

CASCADIA WEEKLY Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, and, in the early ’90s, started again, seats get ﬁlled. TERRA NOVA: Get a behind-the-scenes incorporating cats into a show he dubbed the “One-Man Moscow Circus.” “It’s not only a pet show, as we have a look at an ill-fated South Pole expedition 16 Friends recommended he visit local animal shelters to source additional combination of human talent and pet tal- when Charlotte Guyette’s Terra Nova shows talent, and that’s exactly what he did. Soon, he was in possession of one ent,” Popovich says. “But at the end of every at 7:30pm Wed.-Sat. and 2pm Sunday at the cat, one dog and a number of big ideas. show, the audience does get to decide who Western Washington University Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $8-$12. Nearly 20 years later, his retinue of four-legged and feathered perform- the better performers are, pets or humans. 650-6146 OR WWW.WWU.EDU ers has grown to more than 30, and there’s no sign that the World Famous Guess who wins every time?” doit

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THURS., NOV. 10 NOV. 4-6 4 SPAMALOT: If you missed it the ﬁrst time BELLINGHAM REPERTORY DANCE: View MAIL MAIL around, be sure and catch what’s been called modern dance in action when members of RESTAURANT X RETAIL X CATERING “the funniest show on earth” when Monty Py- Bellingham Repertory Dance present works

thon’s Spamalot returns to Bellingham for a from regional, national and international 2 7:30pm show at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 choreographers at their sixth annual fall DO IT IT DO N. Commercial St. Tickets are $20-$70. show, “Construct,” at 7:30pm Nov. 4-5 and 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM 11-12 and 2pm Nov. 6 and 13 at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Tick- .11

NOV. 10-12 ets are $12-$15. 02 MUCH ADO: The Skagit Valley College Theatre WWW.BHAMREP.ORG Department presents William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at 7:30pm Nov. 10-12 SAT., NOV. 5 .06 11. and Nov. 18-19 and 2pm Nov. 20 at the Phillip FOLK DANCE PARTY: Orkestar RTW plays 44 # Tarro Theatre on the Mount Vernon campus. traditional dance and folk music of Bulgaria, 100 N. Commercial St. next to Mount Baker Theatre X 360-594-6000 X bellinghampasta.com Tickets are $7-$10. Macedonia, and Serbia at the First Saturday (360) 416-7727 OR WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG Folk Dance Party from 7:30-10:30pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. 380-0456 DANCE TUES., NOV. 8 NOV. 4-5 SQUARE DANCE: The Rainbow Squares host CASCADIA WEEKLY DANCE CABARET: Cutting-edge performanc- beginning square dance lessons from 7-9pm es created by WWU Dance students and fac- every Tuesday at Lynden’s Ten Mile Grange, 17 ulty can be seen at the fourth annual “Dance 6958 Hannegan Rd. Lessons are $4, and sin- Cabaret” at 8pm at the Performing Arts Cen- gles, couples and families are all welcome. ter, room 16. Admission is $8. 733-4487 650-6146 OR WWU.EDU.COM “Shimmer” and an immense installation, “Hell Hell Hell, Heaven Heaven Heaven: Encountering Sister Gertrude Morgan and

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34 34 “When the words of New England poet Emily Dickinson and the life of New Or- FOOD leans folk artist and self-styled preacher visual Sister Gertrude Morgan come together with two million feet of ﬁne wire, the

27 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES Hindu-inspired ‘tongue of God,’ a few mystical meditations and a couple of lav-

B-BOARD ish ball gowns in one light-ﬁlled space, it’s worth a look,” reads an explanatory story about the exhibit in the Whatcom 24 Museum’s fall catalog. BY AMY KEPFERLE

FILM FILM And they’re right—it is worth a ﬁrst, and second, look. But rather than simply requiring viewers to peruse singular works 20 Poetic Visions of art one at a time on a wall, the exhibit challenges them to not only focus on the MUSIC LESLEY DILL’S LANGUAGE ARTS individual creations contained within the conﬁnes of the museum’s walls, but also 18 18 18 approach the exhibit as a whole. ART ART ART ART Curator Barba- ra Matilsky, who 16 worked alongside Dill to transform the STAGE STAGE Lightcatcher into a surreal space full of

14 hidden meanings, SEE IT explains the instal- WHAT: Curator’s

GET OUT lation is ultimately Tour of “Lesley Dill’s about “faith and Poetic Visions” WHEN: 12:30pm healing.” 12 Thurs., Nov. 3 These themes WHERE: Whatcom ﬁgure even more WORDS Museum’s Light- strongly when you’re catcher Building, 250 talking about Sister

10 Flora St. COST: Suggested Morgan, a woman donation is $3 who, upon hearing INFO: www.whatcom the voice of God urg- CURRENTS CURRENTS museum.org ing her to become a ------8 street evangelist, WHAT: “Lesley Dill’s Poetic Visions,” “A put her faith in her VIEWS VIEWS Paper Trail: Prints future and gave up from the Collection,” on the idea of a 4 and “Delivered Daily: marriage between a The News Photogra- MAIL MAIL man and a woman in phy of Jack Carver” order to become a WHEN: 6-9pm Fri., 2 Nov. 4 (during Art “bride of Christ.” Walk) Dill uses Morgan’s DO IT IT DO DETAILS OF THE SISTER GERTRUDE MORGAN WEDDING DRESS COST: Entry is free own words to great effect in the instal- .11

02 IF SISTER Gertrude Morgan were still alive, there’s a lation, varying between further themes good chance she’d be willing to hook up with contemporary of light (heaven) and darkness (hell) and artist Lesley Dill to talk about her strong beliefs. cutting an artistic swath that manages to

.06 11. On the surface, the two women are nothing alike: One was encompass a broad spectrum of emotions 44 # an African American self-taught preacher and artist who, at and events. the not-so-tender age of 38, ditched her husband and fam- Viewers who read the ﬁne print will dis- ily and moved to the “headquarters of sin,” New Orleans, to cover Sister Gertrude Morgan never took spread the word of God. The other is a blond, Bronx-born city credit for any art she created, saying “Dada girl who uses both sculpture and language—among other Jesus” was the one who moved her hand medias—to convey her unique worldview. (and also the one who eventually told her to stop painting). CASCADIA WEEKLY The similarities are there, however, if you dig just a little deeper into the individual talents of the two women. Both But it’s also worth your time to stick 18 have used, to great effect, words and art to get across their around and ﬁnd out what motivates Les- beliefs—and their many visions. ley Dill to do what she does. The answer— This is made abundantly clear at the Whatcom Museum’s cur- which is both in her art and on the short rent Lightcatcher exhibit, “Lesley Dill’s Poetic Visions,” which documentary playing continuously during includes a mind-bending, room-long wire sculpture dubbed the exhibit—might surprise you. “HORSE AND RIDER” doit

EVENTS artists and craftspeople. More than 30 galleries, boutiques and restaurants will take part in

NOV. 3-4 the festivities, and most events are free. 34 34 BLUE HORSE OPENING: Opening receptions for WWW.LACONNERCHAMBER.COM painter Valerie Collymore’s “French Riviera Collec- FOOD tion” and photographer Donald Simpson’s “Bell- SAT., NOV. 5 ingham and Beyond” exhibitions can be attended WINTER FEST: Local artists, craftsmen, musi- from 7-9pm Thurs. and 6-10pm Friday at the Blue cians, and eateries will share their talents at a Horse Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. Winter Festival taking place from 9am-3pm at 27 WWW.BLUEHORSEGALLERY.COM the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1708 I St. Admission is free and open to the public.

FRI., NOV. 4 733-3837 OR WWW.BUF.ORG B-BOARD LUCIA OPENING: Newly discovered 1930s draw- CRAFT FAIR: Approximately 30 vendors will ings by iconic Northwest artist Guy Anderson and share their handcrafted items at the annual

egg tempera paintings by Camano Island artist “Homemade Memories” Holiday Craft Fair from 24 Jack Gunter can be viewed at an opening reception 9:30am-4:30pm at Bloedel Donovan, 2214 Elec-

from 6-8pm at the Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th tric Ave. Entry is free. FILM St. The works will be up through Nov. 26. 966-4796 OR 778-7000 WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM SCULPTURE WOODS: Head to Lummi Island to 20 GALLERY WALK: The First Friday Gallery Walk tour Ann Morris’ Sculpture Woods at a monthly takes place from 6-9pm throughout downtown open house taking place from 10am-5pm at her Anacortes. Entry is free. property at 3851 Legoe Bay Rd. Entry to the self- MUSIC (3360) 6771-1 61111 WWW.ANACORTESART.COM guided tour is free. 77 ((OLLYYss

ror ckcketdod nunutst .ccomom 19 ART WALK: The monthly Art Walk happens from WWW.ANNMORRISBRONZE.COM 18 6-10pm throughout downtown Bellingham. SCHREIVOGL SHOW: A reception for painter ART ART Check out the participants listed below, or pick Anne Schreivogl’s “Petals of Hope” exhibit takes STAGE up a map at any of the galleries and businesses place from 5-9pm at La Conner’s Gallery Cygnus,

taking part. 109 Commercial St. 16 WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM

ALLIED ARTS: View Rachel Potter and Tim Al- EISENHOUR & LAANANEN: An opening recep- STAGE exander’s “On the Inside” exhibit from 6-10pm at tion for an exhibit featuring works by plein air Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The works will be painter Gregg Laananen and veteran sculptor 14 on display through Nov. 26. David Eisenhour takes place from 5-8pm at Edi- WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG son’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. DIGS: Tal Connor’s “Entropy Drawings and a De- The show will be up through Nov. 27. GET OUT cade of Others” can be viewed from 6-10pm at WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM DIGS, 200 W. Holly St. ARTIST PRESENTATION: Former Bellingham art- $ WWW.DIGSSHOWROOM.COM ist and author Pat Spark will helm a “lively” PAYING 60 12 FOURTH CORNER FRAMES: “Earth, Sea, Sky,” slide program focused on the development and an exhibit featuring works by Laurie Potter, Sha- progression of her ﬁber art at 7pm at the What-

WORDS com Museum, 121 Prospect St. Suggested dona- a year ron Kingston, and Rob Vetter, can e viewed from 6-9p at Fourth Corner Frames, 311 W. Holly St. The tion is $3. works can be viewed through December. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 10 734-1340 BUF: Nationally known documentary photographer and writer David Bacon will have his works ONGOING EXHIBITS CURRENTS CURRENTS available for viewing from 6-9pm at the Belling- ANCHOR: Seattle-based artist John Feodorov’s ham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth. exhibit, “The Way Things Are,” can be viewed 8 733-3837 through Nov. 19 at Anchor Art Space, 216 Com-

STUDIO UFO: Trish Harding’s “Pastels, Pastels, mercial Ave., Anacortes. VIEWS Pastels” can be perused from 6-10pm at Studio WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG SAVING about UFO, 301 W. Holly St. ARTWOOD: View “Special Lathe-Turned Items” 4 WWW.STUDIOUFO.COM through November at Artwood, 1000 Harris Ave. $ MAIL MAIL HONEY: View Katherine Schneider’s abstract works WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM 60 a MONTH

from 6-9pm at Honey Salon, 310 W. Holly St. FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contemporary 2 WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM folk art of RR Clark from 12-5pm every Mon.-Fri. at EXIT REALTY: “GIs and the Kids: A Love Story,” the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. IT DO an exhibit of photographs from the Korean War, 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM opens at 5pm at Exit Realty, 1419 Cornwall Ave. FOG: View a variety of works by noted artists at The exhibit will be on display from 9am-5pm daily the Fairhaven Originals Gallery, 960 Harris Ave. .11 through Veterans Day (Nov. 11). 02 WWW.BELLINGHAMFOG.COM WWW.EXITREALTYBELLINGHAM.COM GOOD EARTH: Linda Stones’ useful ceramic works will be on display through November at

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ARTS AND CRAFTS: Attend a “Holiday Affair” Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. 44 # Arts and Crafts Festival from 9am-4pm Friday and WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM Saturday at the Bellingham Senior Activity Cen- MONA: “The First 30 Years: MoNA Collects” shows ter, 315 Halleck St. through Jan. 1 at La Conner’s Museum of North- 733-4030 west Art, 121 S. First St. WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG UNCOMMON THREADS: The Whidbey Weavers 5412 VAVALIDLID U Guild will host its annual “Uncommon Threads” ex- PIONEER MUSEUM: “Flying Spokes: 100 Years THRUR hibit and sale from 11am-7pm Friday and 10am-5pm of the Bicycle” is on display until Nov. 30 at the

Saturday at the Greenbank Farm, 765 Wonn Rd. Lynden Pioneer Museum, 217 Front St. Entry is CASCADIA WEEKLY WWW.WHIDBEYWEAVERSGUILD.ORG $4-$7. WWW.LYNDENPIONEERMUSUEM.COM GJOEPVUNPSFBU 19 NOV. 4-6 WESTERN GALLERY: “The Art of Robert David- ART’S ALIVE: Head to La Conner this weekend FamilyPass.com son” can be viewed through Nov. 22 at WWU’s for the 27th annual “Art’s Alive” celebration Western Gallery. and take in works by some of the region’s ﬁnest WWW.WESTERNGALLERY.WWU.EDU Rumor Has It

34 34 WELL, HALLOWEEN HAPPENED. What we all learned: 1. Sexy nurses and naughty nuns FOOD never go out of style. 2. Halloween falling on a Monday turns what is normally a pretty big music party around these parts into a four-day-long 27 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT shitshow—not that there’s anything wrong with that. 3. It’s the one night of the year that

B-BOARD seeing a cover band is not only acceptable, but it’s also the preferred activity. And now, a word about the aforementioned 24 cover bands. As always, Horror Business

FILM FILM busted out the devilocks and whipped crowds into a frenzy with their tried-and-true lineup BY CAREY ROSS of Misﬁts songs. Pantera Lives donned much 20 20 fake hair and slammed through a surprisingly

MUSIC polished set of Pantera hits that had many MUSIC in attendance suggesting perhaps this should not be a one-off affair. Thorny Croft had their 18 Jay Farrar and Bobby Bare Jr. Ramones songs mostly dialed, but here’s hop- ART ART A PAIR OF PIONEERS ing if they play again, they’ll dress up like actual Ramones (and not just because the 16 idea of Blake Owens dressed as Joey Ra- STAGE STAGE mone tickles me). As for Cower, who were

14 supposed to round out a Saturday-night

GET OUT lineup with a set of Black Sabbath songs at a WhAAM 12 show at Jinx, well, BY CAREY ROSS they didn’t dress as WORDS anything or sound like anyone, because they didn’t show up. Cower, here’s the part where 10 I apologize in advance for sounding like your music scene mom: No call + no show = no dice. Get it together, Cower. Also, you’re grounded. CURRENTS CURRENTS Now go to your room.

8 Now that Halloween has been dispensed with, let’s talk about shows that are about to

VIEWS VIEWS sell out. Of course, the Next Big Deal in terms of shows around these parts has got to be 4 Sharon Jones Nov. 12 at the Wild Buffalo. If

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to become police ofﬁcers or doctors or lawyers based on famous fathers, Bare Jr. doesn’t ap- ther of your favorite downtown music stores, little more than the fact that one (or sometimes both) pear to be at odds with his artistic those being Avalon and Everyday Music, or .11

02 of their parents worked at the same profession. In that birthright. at the Wild Buffalo. I don’t think I have to say way, career choice, much like hair color or freckles or Maybe this has something to do with that, in a town that is notoriously averse to that weird crook some people have in their pinky fingers, HEAR an upbringing that put Bare Jr. as much buying their tickets anywhere other than the .06 11. isn’t really a “choice” at all, as much as it seems to be an WHO: Jay Farrar, by his father’s side as he has been in door on the night of the show, selling out the 44 # outcome predestined at birth. Bobby Bare Jr. his shadow. To wit: at the tender age presale tickets is a fair indicator of how good While there’s no as-yet-identified genetic code for WHEN: Thurs., of just eight years old, Bare Jr. was this show is going to be. such career-oriented occurrences, the phenomenon is Nov. 3 nominated for a Grammy for the song Also close to selling out is Macklemore and common enough as to be unremarkable. WHERE: Wild “Daddy What If.” And lest you think the Ryan Lewis Nov. 16 at the Mount Baker The- Buffalo, 208 W. Even musicians, it seems, are not immune. Except Holly St. intervening years have taken a toll on atre. While this musical duo’s popularity here when one of them follows in the sometimes-sizable COST: $15 this touching father-son relationship, is well established, the fact that, as of about MORE INFO: www. a week ago, 1,300 of the Baker’s 1,500 seats CASCADIA WEEKLY footsteps of a music-minded parent, it is the exact op- it is worth noting that when Bare Sr. posite of unremarkable. Instead, this kind of artistic wildbuffalo.net entered the studio in 2005 to record his have already been spoken for is still a bit of 20 heritage becomes a point of reference, a matter of much first new album in 20 years, it was Bare a surprise. And I’m guessing the number of discussion—and a remarkable thing indeed. Jr. behind the board, acting as producer. available tickets have dwindled since then. Bobby Bare Jr. is one such musician. His father—in Perhaps this artistic affinity comes from their familial What I’m trying to say is, if you want to see case the name didn’t clue you in—is Bobby Bare, a man bond or perhaps it is borne of yet another commonal- this show and you don’t already have tickets, whose music career has spanned half a century. How- ity this dynamic duo shares: the utter fearlessness with you may want to get on that. musicevents musicevents CHECKMATE

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FROM PREVIOUS PAGE of the duo—the other being Wilco’s Jeff Program will perform Massenet’s music gear outlet!! FOOD Tweedy—for whom the term “alt-country” “Werther” at 7:30pm at Western which they approach their craft. was coined to describe. After the demise Washington University’s Perform- ing Arts Center Concert Hall. Tick- Used GearGe For Bare Jr. this has meant various out- of that band, Farrar—considered in some 27 ets are $18. ings and recordings with the band he’s circles to be the superior songwriter of the & AccessoriesAccesso 650-6146 dubbed the “Young Criminals Starvation two—went on to form Son Volt, earned a B-BOARD League,” a crew of folks that’s included per- raft of critical accolades for such albums FRI., NOV. 4 Expert RepairsRep sonnel from My Morning Jacket, Calexico, as Trace and Straightaways, before taking LED ZEPPELIN II: Lauded musi- by Guitar Doctor USA cians will join together for “Classic

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man. It’s what we see: how sexy his compassion FOOD is. His mother’s hurt him. But Margueritte and An- film nette work to undo the damage. MOVIE REVIEWS ›› MOVIE SHOWTIMES Some of what occurs could have been predict- 27 ed, but Jean Becker, who directed and co-adapted this fine little movie from Marie-Sabine Roger’s B-BOARD novel, doesn’t force anything. The scenes that pair Germain and Margueritte are certainly tuto- 24 rial (they read the classics: The Plague, Romain 24 Gary’s memoir), but they’re enriched by the dif- FILM FILM ferent but mutual need that flows between them. FILM It’s a familiar dynamic—My Afternoons With Mar-

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now would be a perfect moment to set the stage for 34 that grand experiment.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I suspect that you FOOD FREE WILL will have a minor form of good luck going for you Celebrate Apple Cider at the Orchard! this week. It probably won’t be enough to score you Cider Donuts, Tastings, Workshops, & Apple Pressing.

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Visit www.bellewoodapples.com for details 27 ASTROLOGY the answer to your most fervent prayers. But it might bring you into close proximity with a ﬁnancial op- Honeycrisp, Jonagold, Boskoop, & Orin ARIES (March 21-April 19): Here’s Malcolm portunity, a pretty good helper, or a resource that B-BOARD

Gladwell, writing in The Tipping Point: “We need B-BOARD could subtly boost your stability over the long haul. to prepare ourselves for the possibility that some- For best results, don’t invoke your mild blessings to times big changes follow from small events, and that assist in trivial matters like ﬁnding parking places or sometimes these changes can happen quickly... Look avoiding long lines at check-out lines. Use them for 24 at the world around you. It may seem an immovable, important stuff. implacable place. It is not. With the slightest push— FILM FILM in just the right place—it can be tipped.” You are SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Try to be surprised now within shouting distance of your own personal by something every day,” advises Mihaly Csikszent- tipping point, Aries. Follow your gut wisdom as you mihalyi in his book Creativity: Flow and the Psycholo- 20 decide where to give a ﬁrm little push. gy of Discovery and Invention. That’s an inspirational idea for everyone all the time, but especially for you TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Welcome to the Scorpios right now. This is the week of all weeks MUSIC autumnal garden of earthly delights, Taurus. It’s a when you have the best chance of tinkering with brooding, fermenting paradise, full of the kind of your rhythm so that it will thrive on delightful un- dark beauty that wouldn’t be caught dead in a spring 18 predictability. Are you brave enough to capitalize on garden. There’s smoldering joy to be found amidst

the opportunity? I think you are. Concentrate your ART this riotous ﬂowering of moody colors, but you won’t attention on cultivating changes that feel exciting appreciate it if you’re too intent on seeking bright and life-enhancing. serenity and pristine comfort. Be willing to dirty 16 your hands and even your mind. Feel the moss on SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Dear Rob: your back, the leaves in your hair, and the mist on I was born on November 30, and am quite attached STAGE STAGE your bare legs. (P.S. If you like, you can take what I to having it as a birthdate. But there’s a complica- just said as an elaborate metaphor.) tion. While in Iraq in 2006, I was half-blown up by a bomb, and had a near-death experience. When I

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here’s a vignette 14 returned from my excursion to the land of the dead, described by columnist Thomas Friedman: “Ludwig I felt I’d been born anew. Which is why I now also Wittgenstein once remarked that if you ask a man celebrate September 24, the date of the bombing, how much is 2 plus 2 and he tells you 5, that is a GET OUT as my second birthday. What do you think? Two- mistake. But if you ask a man how much is 2 plus Way Tamara.” Dear Two-Way: I believe we’d all ben- 2 and he tells you 97, that is no longer a mistake. eﬁt from having at least one dramatic rebirth in the

The man you are talking with is operating with a 12 course of our lives, though hopefully not in such a wholly different logic from your own.” I’d like to wrenching fashion as yours. In fact, a fresh rebirth suggest, Gemini, that for you right now the whole

every few years or so would be quite healthy. If WORDS world is like the man who swears 2 plus 2 is 97. it means adding additional astrological identities At least temporarily, you are on a very different Aggressive. to our repertoire, so much the better. Thanks for

wavelength from your surroundings. In order to un- 10 bringing up the subject, as it’s an excellent time derstand what’s coming toward you, you will have ǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ͘īĞĐƟǀĞ͘ for Sagittarians everywhere to seek out an exhila- to do the equivalent of standing on your head, rating renewal. crossing your eyes, and opening your mind as wide ͻ&ĞůŽŶǇ͕DŝƐĚĞŵĞĂŶŽƌ͕/ŶĨƌĂĐƟŽŶ͕h/͕ as it’ll stretch. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Social climbers ƐƐĂƵůƚ͕ƌƵŐΘ^ĞǆĂƐĞƐ͘ CURRENTS are people who are focused on gaining higher status CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you want to in whatever circle of people they regard as cool, even ͻ͞ZŝƐŝŶŐ^ƚĂƌ͕͟tĂƐŚŝŶŐƚŽŶ>ĂǁΘWŽůŝƟĐƐ͘ 8 grow vanilla beans, you have to pollinate the plant’s to the point of engaging in fawning or ingratiating ﬂowers within 12 hours after they bloom. In nature, behavior. Soul climbers, on the other hand, are those ƩŽƌŶĞǇůĞǆZĂŶƐŽŵ the only insect that can do the job is the Melipona, VIEWS who foster the power of their imagination, keep deep- a Mexican bee. Luckily, humans can also serve as pol- ;ϯϲϬͿϲϳϭͲϴϱϬϬ ĂƌĂŶƐŽŵΛƚĂƌŝŽůĂǁ͘ĐŽŵ ening their connection with life’s intriguing enigmas, linators, which they do on commercial vanilla farms. 4 and explore the intersection of self-interest and gen- They use thin wood splinters or stems of grass to erosity toward others. According to my reading of the perform the delicate magic. I’m thinking that you MAIL astrological omens, you could go far in either of those resemble a vanilla bean right now, Cancerian. It is Family Law Attorney

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MAIL MAIL he was going to consume before we’d even stepped out the door, I decided to on the Guide, our wait- za,” my quotable counterpart noted as wait to see what the night would bring before making my decision. After all, ress, Monica, informed us that they’d had so Monica placed to-go containers in front

2 it’s not every day you head to your favorite breakfast eatery for dinner. many requests from Columbia neighborhood of us. “I think the classic American diner Back when Diamond Jim’s was a few blocks from our York ‘hood domicile, it residents to offer dinner that Jim, the epon- is an endangered species in Bellingham, DO IT IT DO

was our go-to choice for late-morning weekend breakfasts. If we were lucky ymous owner, gave the idea the go-ahead. but I’ve always found it to be a bastion of enough to score a spot in the diminutive, triangle-shaped space upon entering, She informed us that the evening menu our country’s culinary heritage.” .11

02 we’d grab a couple free newspapers, pretend to scan the menu, and then order would soon be expanding, and asked if we’d With that, we took our leftovers into the same things we always did—S.O.S. with American Fried Potatoes (AFPs) like a drink before ordering. I chose Mount the night, vowing to return soon for and a couple eggs ($7.50) for him, and a half-order of biscuits and gravy with Baker Vineyards’ house white, while my guy breakfast, lunch and, yep, dinner. .06 11. 44 # CASCADIA WEEKLY

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and Anna Adams will helm a “Sausage Mak- ing 101” cooking course from 1-4pm at the AVENUE AFTER HOURS Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. 34 34 Students will learn how to make hand-tied DOWNTOWN 1313 Railroad 34

sausage and take home samples of their FOOD FOOD work. Entry is $35. Handformed Artisan Bread 383-3200 & Accompaniments NOV. 5-6 27 CIDERFEST: Orchard tours, cider-making Boutique Espresso and tastings, a hard cider micro-workshop, train rides, apple-inspired cuisine and much Railroad Grinders & Pizza B-BOARD more will be part of CiderFest, taking place from 10am-6pm Saturday and Sunday at HAM Incredible Sandwiches and Soupss BY BELLING Lynden’s BelleWood Acres, 231 Ten Mile Rd. VOTED 24 Entry is free. Fresh Salad Selections

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COMMUNITY BREAKFAST: Show up for 20 a Community Breakfast from 8am-1pm at Titillating Decadent Desserts

the Rome Grange, 2821 Mt. Baker Hwy. In MUSIC addition to getting a delicious serving of Rotating International Pairings pancakes, French toast and eggs, you’ll be served by local politicians. Entry is $2 for 360-715-3354 | www.avenuebread.com 18

kids, $5 for adults. ART 671-7862 AUTUMN BEER DINNER: Brewmaster Will 16 Kemper will ﬁll you in on the brews behind the food during an Autumn Beer Dinner STAGE STAGE starting at 5:30pm at the Chuckanut Brewery and Kitchen, 601 W. Holly St. Advance tickets to the four-course meal are $40. 14 Hops master Will Kemper leads a four-course WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM Surf & Turf “Autumn Beer Dinner” Nov. 6 at the Chuckanut GRAPE AND GOURMET: Bellingham Bay Ro-

Brewery tary will host a fundraising “Grape and Gour- GET OUT met” wine and gourmet food tasting from $ 5:30-8:30pm at the Lakeway Inn, 714 Lake- Just 19.95 THURS., NOV. 3 way Dr. Guests will sample wines from more Sunday thru Thursday 12 HEALTH FOOD: Longtime vegan raw foodist than 32 regional wineries paired with 20 area restaurants offering a wide variety of Doug Walsh leads a “Creating Vibrant Health” WORDS presentation from 6:30-8:30pm at the Cor- gourmet food items. Tickets are $75-$125. data Community Food Co-op. Incorporating WWW.BELLINGHAMBAYROTARY.COM 10 super-foods and internal cleansing into your MON., NOV. 7 wellness program will be the focus. Register KNIFE SKILLS: Mataio Gillis leads a “Knife in advance for the free event. Skills” course at 6:30pm at Ciao Thyme, 207 734-8158 CURRENTS Unity St. Cost is $45. LIVING FOODS: Attend a “Vibrant Living WWW.CIAOTHYME.COM 8 Foods” class from 6-8pm at Mount Vernon’s Rexville Grocery, 19271 Best Rd. You’ll learn TUES., NOV. 8 VIEWS VIEWS creative ways of incorporating nutrient and BROWN BAG: Vegan blogger Clarrisa Mans- enzyme rich foods into your diet while cre- ﬁeld leads a Brow Bag talk dubbed “Vegan- 4 ating meals such as Kabocha Squash Soup, ism: It’s Nor Just Tofu & Leafy Greens” at Enjoy our special Pad Thai with almond chili sauce and chia noon at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Entry MAIL MAIL pudding. Cost is $40. is free. Surf and Turf dinners

(2060 714-0544 OR WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 2 [email protected] featuring Snake River Farms WED., NOV. 9 DO IT IT DO steak with your choice of FRI., NOV. 4 CHOCOLATE TOUR: Get a behind-the- PREP YOUR PALATE: Get a lunchtime infu- scenes look at where the sweet magic hap- one of our seafood specialties

sion of food and art at the monthly “Prep pens at a 2pm tour at Chocolate Necessities, .11

Your Palate” gathering from 11:30am-2:30pm 4600 Guide Meridian. RSVP at the phone from Anthony’s Seafood Company. 02 at Fairhaven Originals Gallery, 960 Harris number or email below to reserve a spot at Ave. Enjoy a light meal from StrEAT Food at the free event.

the free event. 305-0895 OR BELLINGHAM@CITYSITEMAIL. .06 11.

WWW.FAIRHAVENORIGINALSGALLERY.COM COM 44 # SPAGHETTI FEED: Attend a Spaghetti Feed SINGAPORE SOJOURN: Chef Robert Fong and performance by the Bellingham Youth draws on the culinary traditions of Malaysia, Jazz band starting at 5:30pm at the Blaine China, Indonesia, and India at a “Singapore Senior Center, 763 G St. Admission is $5 for Sojourn” course from 6:30-9pm at the Com- kids and $8.50 for adults. munity Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. Entry 332-8049 is $39. 383-3200

SAT., NOV. 5 CASCADIA WEEKLY SQUASH CLASS: “Falling in Love With BARREL TASTING: Sample current wines Squashes” will be the focus of a class with #7 Bellwether Way • Bellingham from the barrel from 12-6pm at Vartanyan 35 Cedarville Farm’s Kim and Mike Finger, and Estate Winery, 1628 Huntley Rd. Cost is $5 360-527-3473 Mataio Gillis, at 6:30pm at Ciao Thyme, 207 per person. Unity St. Cost is $35. www.anthonys.com WWW.VEWINERY.COM www.anthonys.com WWW.CIAOTHYME.COM SAUSAGE 101: Old World Deli’s Christos $ In Cash & Prizes * 30,350 Drawings Every Half-Hour 107 2 – 8 pm WINNERS!

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