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AMY GOODMAN, P.6-0(*-#.$/+yADVICE GODDESS, P.31 .05 Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly cascadia REPORTING FROM THE erview office window to a landscape they mobi- our own silence and our reluctance to speak out HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND LOWER B.C. 45 PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 11.x.10 :: #45, v.05 :: !- # [email protected] lized and financed north of Whatcom Wall better about what is right. Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing than Democrats did theirs from Bay and Holly I thank Cascadia Weekly for being a voice of papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution streets. Two young people, 2009’s children, car- sanity in a time of hyper-real media fetishism. SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you ried Obama-as-Hitler signs outside the Sunset I also want to thank the Whatcom Peace & Jus- include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- WHATCOM GULAG Post Office in October 2010. Others their age ap- tice Center for providing a modicum of reason to ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday thehe politicspoliticstics off prisons,prp isons,isonssons P8P

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CASCADIA WEEKLY Yvonne Goldsmith times, with (I hope) only the than it is about issues. No matter which ridicu- content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. COVER: Illustration by Angel In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does Boligan, design by Kim city’s school and transit votes and Sen. Patty lous corrupt losers are in power, you can count not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your 4 Baldridge letters to fewer than 300 words. Murray’s survival as consolations. on the Weekly and the WPJC to speak the truth These things (again, I hope) remain cyclical and not to be silent. and can be reversed. But the 2006-2008 alli- There is no other way to stop terrorism, war or ance needs work. Can the Democratic Party and stupidity. Keep up the good work! NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre the left’s “movement politics” rebuild it, and re- —Evan Knappenberger, Bellingham CHECKS AND BALANCE lain for rejecting the plan, but fails to SHEETS acknowledge that DC’s teachers voted I congratulate those who may be in favor of the plan a few months basking in the glow of the recent an- later. This would undermine the central ti-incumbent referendum on govern- premise of the ﬁlm—that unions must 34

ment on a masterfully executed canard be demolished—and thus it is conve- FOOD of conﬂating conservative ideology with niently left out. patriotic nationalism. Moving people to Now about the idiocy. act, just for the sake of action, against Let’s give the Rhees of this world all 27 their own “enlightened” self-interest, is the power they want. Eliminate the NEA no small accomplishment. and the AFT (to the glee of the Repub-

To those who support the ideology licans), and give school administrators CLASSIFIEDS of the Tea Party movement, I applaud the unfettered power to ﬁre all of the

your missionary zeal for reform in gov- thousands of teachers whose students 24 ernment. Right pew, wrong church. can’t pass standardized tests. There’s a Your grassroots magnanimous intent very simple question to be asked, and Saturday, November 20th at 4pm in Club 542! FILM has evolved into an ersatz caricature the fact that it is never asked says a lot $15 per person, including buffet. All proceeds beneﬁt UW Touchdowns For Kids. of itself, an astro-turf; the message about the depressing ignorance of our Space is limited so arrive early! 20 of change ultimately appropriated and policy—and opinion-makers: funded by the ultra-conservative Plu- Who are they going to put in place of MUSIC tocracy and the Corporatocracy. the teachers they ﬁre? Free Live MusicMusic EveryEvery SaturdaySaturday Domestic Imperialism. Is there a pool of thousands of ThisT Week See TIME SLIP Starting At 9pm 18 The recent decision of the U.S. Su- teachers who know their subject mat- PlusPlus Every Thursday The Colonel and Doubleshot ART preme Court in Citizens United has for- ter well, who have experience teaching And Everyyy Friday DJ RoyBoy yy

ever distorted the democratic rules of in the inner city, and who are ready to 16 political discourse. Those of you whose commit to staying in some of the most vote may have been influenced by the challenging classrooms in the country STAGE massive influx of television advertising, for 10 to 15 years? you have now glimpsed an exhibition of For years, schools in the inner cit- 14 the “shock and awe” power of the Can- ies have been recruiting teachers from cerous Corporatocracy to corrupt and other countries (India, for example) to usurp democracy with money. fill positions, and there is still a chronic GET OUT WWW.NOOKSACKCASINOS.COM Sadly, democracy has been auctioned turnover and shortage of teachers, par- 5048 MOUNT BAKE #$9EMI#9

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So welcome to the new paradigm for many of our schools would involve mak- WORDS governing—inverted totalitarianism— ing it a national priority to recruit, train where capitalism no longer serves the and retain teachers in the places where 8 democracy, rather democracy, and spe- they are needed the most, say matching ciﬁcally, the First Amendment of the the recruitment and training budget of

Constitution has been cruelly perverted the Pentagon. CURRENTS as just another tool of the corporatoc- Or we could just congratulate our- Western Washington University 6 racy, a mere talking point, to advance selves for watching a movie that bash- Theatre and Dance Department presents... unfettered free-market capitalism at es unions. VIEWS VIEWS the expense of the working class. —Matteo Tamburini, Bellingham 4 From checks and balances to checks nspecting 4 and balance sheets. MAIL MAIL Tragically, the “American People” MAIL have tacitly abdicated democracy, to I 2 allow the Corporatocracy not to just DO IT IT DO speak to them... but for them. I tremble when I reﬂect on the notion arol that the American people will get the by Daniel J. Sullivan 10 & The Seattle Repertory Co. kind of government they deserve. .10.

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C 45 KRYPTONITE FOR STEAKING THE CLAIM You’ll laugh your ‘Dickens’ off! # ‘SUPERMAN’ In January 2009 our restaurant I have not seen Waiting for Superman, did change its name to “Herb Nov. 10-13 @ 7:30pm and I do not intend to. Rather than pro- Nieman’s Steak and Schnitizel Dec. 15-18 @ 7:30pm viding a “cumulatively irresistible” argu- House.” To avoid any possible Dec. 19 @ 2:00pm ment, it is a dishonest piece of neoliberal misunderstanding or confusion PAC Mainstage Theater propaganda, which only demonstrates with other restaurants in the General Admission: $12 the mendacity and idiocy that passes for county, effective immediately Seniors/WWU Faculty and Staff: $10 CASCADIA WEEKLY serious discourse around education. do not use the name “Black For- Students: $8 5 WWU Box Office: 360.650.6146 Start from the dishonesty. The ﬁlm est” in any way when referring http://www.tickets.wwu.edu portrays the conﬂict between “heroic” to our restaurant in Everson. DC school chancellor Michelle Rhee and —Herb and Susan the DC teachers’ union over the issue of Nieman, Everson media Sponsored By: merit pay. It depicts the union as a vil- THE GRISTLE

TRENDS, PORTENDS AND TAX SHIFTS: Voters last

34 34 week did what reasonable people do when they strike their thumb with a hammer: Hit it again, FOOD harder. Next election cycle, repeat. views Voters, angry with paralyzed, partisan govern- OPINIONS ›› THE GRISTLE

27 27 ment, elected to make government even more paralyzed and partisan. Voters rolled back every at- tempt at state revenue reform (the bulk of which was intended to beneﬁt public schools), then nailed CLASSIFIEDS this in place with a supermajority requirement that guarantees the state Legislature will never ﬁx any 24 of these problems. Voters needn’t have bothered

FILM FILM with supermajority overkill—they also returned the opposition party from the wilderness of extreme minority, meaning now even simple cooperation be- 20 comes all but impossible among legislators. BY AMY GOODMAN The strain on municipal governments—always MUSIC ground zero for the delivery of public services, whether they’re funded by federal, state or local 18 sources—intensiﬁes, as residents shoulder an ever Rich Media, Poor Democracy ART ART larger portion of the burden in taxes and levies. As did most cities around Puget Sound, Bellingham THE BIG WINNERS REMAIN UNDECLARED: SECRET ELECTION FINANCIERS 16 stepped up to the challenge of funding its schools and transportation systems, strongly approving tax AS THE 2010 elections come to owns the Fox television network and STAGE STAGE measures in support of both initiatives. And, looking a close, the biggest winner of all re- which gave close to $2 million to Re- progressively more inward, Bellingham becomes less mains undeclared: the broadcasters. publican campaign efforts.

14 and less an interested faction in county politics. It’s The biggest loser: democracy. These “The elections have become a com- as if areas outside the city limits no longer matter for were the most expensive midterm modity, a proﬁt center for these ra-

GET OUT ’hamsters; and the feeling is more or less mutual. elections in U.S. history, costing dio and TV stations,” Ralph Nader, While three out of four registered voters partici- close to $4 billion, $3 billion of which consumer advocate and former presi- pated in the election (higher than the statewide av- went to advertising. What if ad time dential candidate, told me on Elec- 12 erage) ballot fatigue was again in evidence among were free? We hear no debate about There have been efforts in the past tion Day. He went on: “The public progressive voters. this, because the media corporations to regulate the airwaves to better airwaves, as we know, belong to the WORDS Some of Bellingham’s raging indifference comes are making such a killing by selling serve the public during elections. people, and they’re the landlords, from the way districts are drawn, with a large campaign ads. Yet the broadcasters The most ambitious in recent years and the radio and TV stations are 8 chunk of the city’s most highly educated, afﬂuent are using public airwaves. was what became known as McCain- the licensees. They’re the tenants, and urban chic (downtown, university, Southside, I am reminded of the 1999 book Feingold campaign-ﬁnance reform. so to speak. They pay no money to Lake Whatcom) progressively carved off and tossed by media scholar Robert McChesney, During the debate on that landmark the FCC for their annual license. And CURRENTS CURRENTS southward into District 40. That Whatcom County’s Rich Media, Poor Democracy. In it, he legislation, the problem of exorbi- therefore, it’s really quite persuasive, 6

6 most liberal voting district is broken in half, and the writes, “Broadcasters have little in- tant television advertising rates was were we to have a public policy to most liberal portion of that half cast south into the centive to cover candidates, because brought up, by Democrats and Repub- condition modestly the license to VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS allegiances and alliances of Skagit, is key to under- it is in their interest to force them to licans alike. Nevada Sen. John Ensign, this enormously lucrative control of standing the dysfunction of county politics. publicize their campaigns.” a Republican, lamented: “The broad- the public airwaves 24 hours a day by 4 Indeed, if you’d declared that Bellingham could The Wesleyan Media Project, at casters used to dread campaigns be- these TV and radio stations and say,

MAIL MAIL vote only for Jean Melious and the larger county Wesleyan University, tracks political cause that was the time of year they as part of the reciprocity for control- could vote only for Tony Larson, then mixed the two advertising. Following the recent Su- made the least amount of money be- ling this commons, so to speak, you

2 populations together afterward to determine a sin- preme Court ruling, Citizens United v. cause of this lowest unit rate. Now have to allow a certain amount of gle winner, percents of support would not be terribly FEC, the project notes, “The airwaves it is one of their favorite times of time, free time, on radio and TV for DO IT IT DO

different than last week’s outcome—the candidate are being saturated with more House the year because it is actually one of ballot-qualiﬁed candidates.” restricted to support only from Bellingham, repre- and Senate advertising, up 20 percent their highest proﬁt-margin times of The place where we should debate 10 senting just 39 percent of total county population, and 79 percent respectively in total the year.” Ultimately, to get the bill this is in the major media, where .10.

11 would lose by a double-digit spread. As the WTA airings.” Evan Tracey, the founder and passed, the public airtime provisions most Americans get their news. But transit measure did in April, Melious gathered 60 president of Campaign Media Analysis were dropped. the television and radio broadcasters

.05 percent support in Bellingham precincts but lost in Group, predicted in USA Today in July, The Citizens United ruling effec- have a profound conflict of interest. 45 # a countywide reversal of trend. “There is going to be more money than tively neutralizes McCain-Feingold Their profits take precedence over Less able to influence county elections than in there is airtime to buy.” John Nich- campaign-finance reform. One can our democratic process. You very the past, Bellingham may also grow less interested ols of The Nation commented that in only imagine what the cost of the likely won’t hear this discussed on in doing so in the future, intensifying the urban/ the genteel, earlier days of television 2012 presidential election will be. the Sunday-morning talk shows. rural divide. political advertising, the broadcast- Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., lost his The center of Whatcom County politics proper ers would never juxtapose an ad for a re-election bid to the largely self- Denis Moynihan contributed research drifts northeast, where we saw some admittedly financed multimillionaire Ron John- CASCADIA WEEKLY candidate with an ad opposed to that to this column. Amy Goodman is the brilliant organizing and maneuvering in tea party candidate. But they are running out of son. The Wall Street Journal editorial host of “Democracy Now!,” a daily in- 6 strongholds that will change the face of how candi- broadcast real estate. Welcome to the page celebrated Feingold’s expected ternational TV/radio news hour airing dates campaign and interact with media and public brave, new world of the multibillion loss. The Journal is owned by Rupert on more than 800 stations in North forums forever (given the results, a candidate would dollar campaigns. Murdoch’s News Corp., which also America. be foolish to interact with either ever again). But as indifferent as urban scenesters may become VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE

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get that they do pay county taxes—in 34 a distribution that is increasingly unfair and burdensome to city residents. :RUOG)DUHa/RFDO)ODLU FOOD In his 2011 biennial budget, Whatcom Serving Handmade Local Ingredients for 26 Years! County Executive Pete Kremen proposed 27 increasing the General Fund property tax levy by $1 million. The Executive called this “revenue neutral” because Kremen 7ZRPRUHZHHNV CLASSIFIEDS proposes to decrease the Road Fund by this same amount. However, the Road Dine In Take Out +LJK'HVHUW3UDZQV Fund is collected only in unincorporated FEATURING &KLFNHQ6DOWLPERFFD 24 Organic Grass Fed Buffalo Meat

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county leaves more than an estimated GET OUT $20 million in transportation impact ),1$/ fees on the table, uncollected, because of County Council’s stubborn refusal to 12 come into compliance with the state’s )/,*+7 growth management laws, a compliance WORDS Bellingham voters support. The Mystery of a 8 Kremen also proposes a $543,000 raid WWII Plane on county Conservation Futures to shore Crash & the up the General Fund. Conservation Fu- Frozen Airmen in CURRENTS CURRENTS tures were approved by voters to help the High Sierra 6 purchase development rights to preserve 6 open space and agricultural land, a pro- VIEWS VIEWS gram strongly supported inside Belling- Wednesday, Nov. 10th, 7pm VIEWS ham city limits. More than 57.6 percent 4 of the county approved the program in 1996. So while ’hamsters pay into this /$55< MAIL fund, as do all county residents, its purpose is diverted from that voters support- &2/721 2 ed when they approved the program. DO IT IT DO

Whatcom County Council earlier this year passed a gratuitous, grandstanding 12 10 piece of legislation that requires levy 25',1$5< .10. transfers of this sort to pass a public 11 vote, meaning they likely broke their own senseless law in approving Pete’s -2(6 .05 45 slippery budget. The Extraordinary # Fifteen years ago, trigger-happy se- Story of Four cessionists proposed chopping Whatcom Submariniers in War into two counties, with an Indepen- and Love and Life dence County representing rural interests against a perceived urban popu- Thursday, Nov. 11, 7pm lation imbalance. They needn’t have two FREE events at CASCADIA WEEKLY bothered. That division is happening anyway, as Bellingham divided-and-con- 7 quered attempts to go its own way while VILLAGE BOOKS the crime syndicate known as Whatcom 1200 11th St., Bellingham County continues to slash at its pockets 360.671.2626 as it goes. VILLAGEBOOKS.com ceration rates the facility anticipates. When fully constructed, the What- com County Adult Corrections Facili-

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27 27 NEWS ›› COMMENTARY ›› BRIEFS sheriff’s headquarters was approxi- mmatelyately 1081 full-time employees, the report nnoted.o ThThee ffacilitya could house as many as CLASSIFIEDS N NSO 22,450,450 ininmates,m according to the report, JOH oorr about .7 percent of the total county

24 IM BY TTIM JOHNSON ppopulationopulatio anticipated in 2050.

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18 com CoCountyu offender population has beenbeen greatergre than the growth in the ART ART county populationp as a whole,” What- com CouCounty Sheriff Bill Elfo admitted 16 in a mememom released in April. “We an- ticiticipatepate the offender population will STAGE STAGE Y continucontinuee to increase, exacerbating the NT crowcrowdingding levels at the current facili- 14 COU ties.” ElfoElf went on to explain that as JAIL aareasreas asassumes a more urban character,

GET OUT BED the natunature of crime changes. TRAPPED -S “There are some very basic assump- ASH 2,400- tionstions aboutab the scale and design of 12 CASH-STRAPPEDC A COUNTY thisthis jjailail that should be questioned,” formerformer BellinghamB City Council mem- WORDS PROPOSES A 2,400-BED JAIL berber BarBarbarab Ryan observed. Ryan was partpart of a citizens group that studied 8 8 the proposal. “This project imagines that the PART ONE: SIZE AND SCOPE county population will grow about CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS With violent crime and prison populations at historic lows, 1.5 percent per year until 2050. That’s

6 " / Whatcom County is planning a big new jail that could cost county not unreasonable, and would make $)1*'1 taxpayers as much as $160 million. The proposed facility, which the county population about 362,000

VIEWS VIEWS Comments on the Draft EIS are due could add 844 beds in its ﬁrst phase of development, was outlined by 2050. But the jail population is in a draft environmental impact statement released in October. projected to grow from about 500 to 4 before Nov. 19, 2010. The county The planned facility, outlined in a consultants’ report, cou- 2,450 in that same 40 years, a whop-

MAIL MAIL plans no public ples a new corrections facility and new county sheriff’s head- ping 390 percent increase,” Ryan said. meeting to receive

quarters with jail support facilities, brightly lit by a dedicated “Why will we be locking up three times

2 additional comments, but Whatcom County power plant. as many people, as a percentage of our

DO IT IT DO The single-level facility is proposed for construction on a pre- population, as we do now? Are we get- Council will hear the matter in a future ferred 71-acre site near the interchange between Interstate-5 and ting that much badder?” open session. Written

10 Slater Road near Ferndale. An alternate site is suggested adjacent comments should be

.10. to Port of Bellingham property west of Bellingham International THE POLITICS OF addressed to: 11 Michael Russell Airport near Marietta. For size comparison, Bellis Fair Mall and its PRISON Whatcom County Fa- parking facilities cover about 17 acres. Counterintuitive to different eco- .05 cilities Management As they struggled to fund the Food Bank and a health program nomic times and social unrest, in- 45 # 316 Lottie St. for mothers with infants, Whatcom County Council in October incident rates for violent crimes have Bellingham, WA troduced a capitol Improvement plan that outlined a new jail fa- been falling for more than a decade, 98225 (360) 676-6746 cility of 600 beds at a cost of $41 million. The facility could serve according to the U.S. Dept. of Jus- MRussell@ as the ﬁrst phase of the expansion outlined in the report. tice Statistics, reaching historic lows co.whatcom.wa.us In a 2008 report to council, county Deputy Administrator Dewey in 2008. That year saw 40,000 fewer Desler confessed a 600-bed jail expansion may be all that the rapes, 380,000 fewer robberies, half a

CASCADIA WEEKLY county could afford—and even that might stretch the willingness million fewer aggravated assaults and of the public to finance it. 1.6 million fewer burglaries than rates 8 Critics have found much to question in the jail proposal—every- seen at peak levels two decades ago. thing from its remote location in an unincorporated area far from Last year, the U.S. prison population water and sewer service, to its design as a sprawling single-level declined for the first time in a genera- facility, a design law enforcement officials say improves security tion, as the population of the nation at reduced costs. Overarching all, perhaps, is the increase in incar- itself ages. But the numbers on inmates still Nov 11 Tunes w/Keri Jioras, 7:30pm warehoused in the U.S. prison system are staggering. In 1970 one in 400 Nov 15 Bike Rack Unveiling at 5:15pm COME TO OUR PARTY!!!

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As crime reporter Rodney Balko Prizes t%FTTFSUTt%FNPT FILM documents, America’s soaring prison population has spawned ﬁerce de- Local Artisans & Music 20 bate over issues such as the wisdom of mandatory minimum sentences, ,FɆMF$PSOt,JET$SBGUT5BCMF MUSIC the ﬁnancial burden that prisons im- pose on states struggling with budget SEMINARS 18 shortfalls, and the degree to which incarceration explains the dramatic drop Winter Damage Prevention - Sat., Nov. 13 @ 10am ART in crime during the last 20 years. But the United States has never had such a Creating a Terrarium - Sat., Nov. 13 @ 2pm 16 high percentage of its citizens behind Helpful Houseplant hints - Sat., Nov. 20 @ 10am STAGE bars, Balko notes, and we really have no idea what long-term effects the REGISTER TODAY! tough-on-crime policies of the last 14 few decades will have. During the next M-S 10-6 / Sun 10-5 945 E. Bakerview Rd decade, for example, we will start to GET OUT Bellingham, WA 98226 see the release of nonviolent drug of- 360-676-0400 fenders hit with stiff prison sentences bakerviewnursery.com Congress devised in the 1980s. 12 New York Times reporter Adam Liptak pointed out in a 2008 article WORDS that America’s soaring incarceration 8 8 rate may be largely due to the fact that we have one of the most politicized criminal justice systems in the CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS developed world.

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Under the theory that more pun- IT DO ishment is always better, lawmakers have imposed mandatory minimum 10 sentences, made parole and proba- .10. tion more difﬁcult, and decreed that 11 possession of drugs above a certain quantity is automatically treated as .05 45 distribution. As an illustration of the # public’s concern, voters overwhelm- ingly approved an initiative last week that would deny bail to certain violent offenders, in effect removing the matter from judicial review.

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16 Whatcom County will receive $7.1 million to ﬁx the Potter Road bridge over the Nooksack South Fork near Van Zandt (pictured). The award is part of a nearly $81 million grant from the federal government that will allow cities and counties across the state to ﬁx or replace bridges. STAGE STAGE 11.z.10 A 34-year-old Bellingham woman kills her- 11..10

14 WEDNESDAY self with a handgun at the Whatcom County MONDAY Despite gloomy news for the progressive agenda, Bellingham ex- Plantation Riﬂe Range. Tanya Hanlon rented

GET OUT tends its social contracts. The Bellingham school levy and multi- a handgun from the facility near Lake Samish, Western Washington University students are modal transportation levy, intended to restore city bus service, fired a couple rounds into a target and then shot robbed at gunpoint by assailants with similar each pass by strong margins. herself in the head, the sheriff’s office reports. descriptions in two separate incidents. One 12 This was the second suicide at the Plantation woman had her backpack stolen by one robber. Republicans gain seats in the Washington state House and Senate Rifle Range in two years. In the second incident, the student fought back WORDS but it’s still uncertain which party will control the Legislature. The against two armed assailants. A gun went off. GOP needs a net gain of seven seats to take control of the Senate. The student received injuries to his face and 8 8 11.{.10 More than a dozen House races hang in the balance. THURSDAY neck, possibly a grazing gunshot wound. Incumbent Sen. Patty Murray expands her lead over Republican A man who waved a meat cleaver out his car win- In the state’s most remarkable surge in late CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS challenger Dino Rossi in vote totals. By the third day of tallying, dow and threatened to kill Sen. Patty Murray when returns, challenger Charlie Wiggins appears to

6 with her lead continuing to widen, the Democrat will be declared she was in Spokane last month has been charged have unseated state Supreme Court Justice the winner with 51.4 percent to Rossi’s 48.5 percent. with threatening a federal ofﬁcer. John Sieler is due Richard Sanders. VIEWS VIEWS in federal court Monday for a bail hearing. Incumbent Rep. Rick Larsen continues his edge in the race for Rep. Kelli Linville is not so lucky. In late 4 Washington’s 2nd Congressional District, with late ballots slightly 11.|.10 returns out of Bellingham precincts, Linville MAIL MAIL favoring the Democrat, 50.7 percent. Larsen owes his win to Belling- FRIDAY climbed within some 500 votes of Vincent Buys,

ham, which supported him more strongly (by nearly seven ballots in but Buys holds his lead with only a handful of 2 10) than any other major population center in his district. A chastened President Barack Obama ducks out to ballots remaining uncounted.

DO IT IT DO India, where he announces a series of commercial

Voters reject measures that would have gotten Washington aircraft deals, including the purchase of 33 Boeing Tesoro Corp. remains under investigation for

10 State out of the business of selling liquor. Two competing liquor 737s by India’s SpiceJet Airlines. He also announc- an April 2 oil reﬁnery ﬁre in Anacortes that killed

.10. privatization measures, Initiative 1100 and 1105, each fail. Voters es a preliminary agreement between Boeing and the seven. The company remains under investigation

11 also reject a state income tax and roll back other revenue proposals, Indian Air Force to buy 10 C17 cargo jets. The 737 by the Environment Protection Agency’s crimi- leaving the state with an estimated $4.8 billion revenue shortfall. deal could be worth up to $2.9 billion. nal division, an audit report reveals. .05 45 #

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HOLLYWOOD LIBERALS road station. 27 TRY TO STEAL ELECTION On Nov. 3, a man warned Bellingham Po- BABS’ BADGE BUYS BUST lice about a possible theft by organized On Oct. 6, Blaine Police stopped a car, CLASSIFIEDS celebrity criminal groups, “which included believing the owner held a suspended li- Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg, Bruce Willis, cense. The woman told officers her name. Christian Bale, Meg Ryan, and Melanie Officers pointed out the name she gave 24

Griffith, to name a few,” police reported. did not match the name stenciled on her FILM blouse, and that name matched whom STEELHEAD NO CHUM they believed to be the owner of the ve- 20 On Nov. 3, Bellingham Police learned a hicle. Once that was sorted out, police woman’s fishing line had become en- noted, the 48-year-old Ferndale resident MUSIC tangled with her husband’s line at Mari- was arrested for driving with a suspend- time Heritage Park. “During the efforts ing license, obstructing a police officer 18 to untangle the fishing lines, the woman and other assorted traffic infractions. She

Is the country really moving in a particular direction? Did voters “send a message?” ART became frustrated and punched her hus- was booked into jail. “In all 402 contested House elections, the 2008 presidential vote in that district would band in the face,” police reported. She explain 83 precent of the variation in the Democratic House candidate’s vote share... GOP gains was cited. MOVEABLE FEASTS had much more to do with a simpler fact: when the political winds are blowing against a party, 16 On Oct. 15, Blaine Police spoke to a it’s the incumbents in the swing districts that are most likely to be blown out of ofﬁce. STAGE STAGE ESCAPE FROM man “enjoying a breakfast of alcohol “None of this is surprising, of course. People knew that Democrats in Republican-leaning districts were particularly threatened. But sometimes post-election analysis tends to under-emphasize this.” SOCIALIST HELL on a picnic bench in Marine Drive Park. —John Sides, assistant professor of political science, George Washington University On Oct. 14, a U.S. citizen was freed from The gent claimed innocence by igno- 14 Canada after spending six days in jail rance, saying he’d been swilling suds on

there, and was trying to get south to Blaine’s beaches in peace for a decade,” GET OUT warmer climes. He accepted deportation police reported. “He accepted a warning and a ride from Blaine Police to a restau- and agreed to drink the rest of his meal rant of his choosing that was a bit closer at home. A followup check revealed that 12 to his destination. the smooth-talker had already posed as an innocent a few weeks earlier when he ~| {zyx WORDS On Sept. 17, a man visited the Blaine received a similar warning. All ofﬁcers PERCENT of voter turnout in NUMBER of local ballots cast that 8 8 Police station several times to complain were advised that this guy’s days of wine Whatcom County, higher than were spoiled or for some reason statewide average of 64 percent. unusable (about 4 percent). that Canadian authorities would not let and poses are through.” him into their country. “He was also CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS upset,” police reported, “that large un- On Nov. 1, Blaine Police again caught the named corporations were hiding his as- same boozing bamboozler imbibing his 6 sets. He explained that much of the proof lunch in a park. This time they weren’t so of these offenses had been stolen from nice, and issued a citation with a manda- ~ VIEWS him while he was staying in a homeless tory court appearance.

PERCENT of Whatcom voters who APPROXIMATE number of voters who 4 shelter. He eventually talked through his voted in the Senate and Congressional voted for federal Democrats Larsen problems long enough to ﬁgure out that On Oct. 16, a Blaine Police ofﬁcer hap- races. and Murray who did not then vote for MAIL what he wanted most was to get back to pened upon a gentleman walking along Democrats in local races. a store in another city, to get a refund Peace Portal Drive near midnight. The man 2

on a purchase,” police commented.” He was carrying a large stainless steel cook- IT DO was given directions to the very first bus ing pot. “The pot was mostly full of cooked headed that direction.” crab,” police reported, “and the pedestrian |y| |z 10 was enjoying a moveable feast as he am- NUMBER of votes 40th District NUMBER of votes by which 42nd Democrat Kris Lytton received in District Democrat Kelli Linville trailed .10. On Oct. 21, Blaine Police officers were in- bled. All of the man’s outstanding warrants 11 excess of her challenger in Whatcom Republican Vincent Buys on Monday. terrupted during their dinner break to as- were from other counties and non-extra- County alone. District 40 includes District 42 does not include south sist U.S. Border Patrol agents. A man had ditable,” police commented. “He resumed south Bellingham. Bellingham. .05 45 entered the United States illegally along his journey and his take-out meal.” # the railroad tracks. The man claimed he was a U.S. citizen but had no identifica- On Oct. 16, a husband and wife double- tion. A short time later, police were called teamed the Cost Cutter grocery on Merid- back to the USBP processing station. The ian. The pair reportedly palmed booze, } z PERCENT of Bellingham voters NUMBER of the five counties included man had been telling the truth. He really shampoo and toothpaste into her purse who voted for Rep. Rick Larsen over in Rick Larsen’s Congressional district

was a U.S. citizen. He also was wanted while they casually collected a few dol- his opponent. Sen. Patty Murray that the Democratic incumbent lost in. CASCADIA WEEKLY on seven outstanding warrants totaling lars’ of produce items. They paid for the registered similar gains in Bellingham He won big only in Bellingham. $55,000 for various domestic violence latter and left the store without paying over her opponent. 11 charges. Blaine Police transported the for the items concealed in her purse. They Seattle man to jail. were stopped by store security. They re- SOURCES: Washington Secretary of State; Whatcom County Auditor; special hat ceived citations and temporary bans from tip to Ryan Ferris, who did an excellent job running the numbers. Whatcom’s On Oct. 14, U.S. Border Patrol logged a Cost Cutter stores. numbers through Mon., Nov. 8, with 3,800 ballots remaining to be uncounted. doit WORDS

34 34 WED., NOV. 10 WRITERS THEATER: The monthly Chucka-

FOOD nut Sandstone Writers Theater begins at words 7pm at the Firehouse Café, 1314 Harris Ave. COMMUNITY ›› LECTURES BOOKS All are welcome. 27 27 i 734-2776 FROZEN AIRMEN: Peter Stekel will helm a reading and slideshow based on his book Fi- nal Flight: The Mystery of a WWII Plane Crash CLASSIFIEDS and the Frozen Airmen in the High Sierra at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. i 671-2626 24 BY AMY KEPFERLE THURS., NOV. 11 FILM FILM STAGES, SUBMARINES: At noon, Gerald Nachman will share stories from his book

20 Right Here on Our Stage Tonight! Ed Sul- Regional Bookshelf livan’s America at Village Books, 1200 11th St. At 7pm, Larry Colton reds from MUSIC THE TIN HOUSE EDITION No Ordinary Joes: The Extraordinary Story of Four Submariners in War and Love and

18 Life. facing both the world and her own family. i WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM ART ART When writing about her eldest son’s battles with addiction, for example, Fasenfest theorizes that in- SAT., NOV. 13 16 cluding his issues in the book was necessary. “He was POETRY WORKSHOPS: Beneﬁt the Sue Boynton Poetry Contest and learn a thing another reason for my decision to create a home that

STAGE STAGE or two when Luther Allen teaches a “Poetic fosters the resilience of purpose a strong household- Geography” workshop from 10am-12pm at ing system can offer,” she writes. “Because what is Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. At 1pm,

14 householding other than a stab at recovery? Are we Jennifer Bullis leads “Borrowing Improv not all seeking to recover a better way to life and to Comedy Exercises to Create New Voices in Your Poetry.” Cost is $32 for one workshop

GET OUT untangle the odd legacy of our cultural inheritance?” or $52 for both. Whether you choose to read Fasenfest’s tome on a i 733-0693 OR [email protected] month-by-month basis, turn straight to the planting BOOM TOWN BOY: Jack de Yonge reads 12 12 guide or spend an afternoon gleaning nuggets from from Boom Town Boy: Coming of Age on the instructional and inspirational gems contained Alaska’s Lost Frontier at 2pm at Village WORDS WORDS within, be prepared to look at your own universe a Books, 1200 11th St. i little differently. 671-2626 8 UNTOLD STORIES: Poetry, song and sto- Harriet Fasenfest reads from The Householders Guide ries such as “The Commerce Corridor Skir- to the Universe at 7pm Mon., Nov. 15 at Village Books mish” and “The Night of the Jet Boat Cow- boys” will be part of an “Untold Stories” CURRENTS CURRENTS RIVER HOUSE: A MEMOIR fundraiser for the Van Zandt Community Hall at 2pm and 7:30pm at the eponymous 6 By Sarahlee Lawrence location at 4106 Highway 9. Entry is by I haven’t ﬁnished reading Oregon native Sarahlee donation. VIEWS VIEWS Lawrence’s book, but rest assured I’ll do so by the i 592-2297 time the author and accomplished river guide shows 4 WITH A mission to publish “compelling and authentic narratives up in Bellingham to share what she’s written about SUN., NOV. 14 FAIRS AND POVERTY: Sarah Eden Wallace

MAIL MAIL of our times” the Portland, Ore. and New York City-based Tin House the strength it takes to leave home, and the greater shares stories from her book, 10 Years at magazine and Tin House Books do its best to combine classic storytell- sacriﬁces that are required to return.

the Northwest Washington Fair at 2pm at 2 ing with an artistic edge. What I have learned about Village Books, 1200 11th St. At 4pm, Mar- As you’ll see from the bite-sized reviews of its latest offerings below, Lawrence thus far is that, in garet Willson, the international director DO IT IT DO

the small publishing house is doing their best to bring new voices to the writing about what it meant of Bahia Street, reads from Dance Lest We All Fall Down: Breaking Cycles of Poverty in forefront. To that end, and in the spirit of discovering new talent, until for her to head back to the 10 Brazil and Beyond. Nov. 30 they’re accepting unsolicited manuscripts. One caveat; each sub- ranch—literally—she’s craft-

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11 mission must be accompanied by a receipt for a book from a bookstore. ed a memoir with sentences If you can’t afford to participate in the “Buy a book, save a bookstore!” that draw one’s attention MON., NOV. 15 POETRYNIGHT: Read your original verse at .05 campaign, explain why in haiku or in one sentence containing 100 words like a ﬁreﬂy in the night.

45 poetrynight at 8:30pm at the Amadeus Proj- # or less. (See, readers, this is what “sharing the wealth” is all about.) Want examples? How ect, Cornwall Ave. Sign-ups start at 8pm. about “My mother won the i WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG THE HOUSEHOLDER’S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE state arm-wrestling cham- TUES., NOV. 16 By Harriet Fasenfest pionship in 1978 and moved LUMMI VIEWS: Bellingham poet Luther If at ﬁrst it’s not quite clear how Harriet Fasenfest’s self-described 10 tons of hay the day I was born” or “As winter Allen reads from his new collection, The “Newton moment” came from watching a pear tree heavy with seasonal wore on, the house progressed from a fetal position View from Lummi Island, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11 St.

CASCADIA WEEKLY fruit drop its wares into her garden, it soon will be. to a kneel”? At first glance, The Householder’s Guide to the Universe: A Calendar of Basics I’d like to say it all ends well for Lawrence, but I i 671-2626 12 for the Home, Garden, Kitchen, and Beyond seems to be a how-to guide for didn’t sneak a peek to the back of the book. Still, WED., NOV. 17 those looking to make their urban domiciles more user- and-earth-friendly. something tells me returning to her family’s Oregon POETRY SLAM: Anis Mjgani, Buddy Wake- Dig deeper, however, and you’ll find her commitment to living a more natu- homestead was the best thing she’s ever done. field, and Derrik Brown will take part in a ral life—growing her own food, preserving it and paying rapt attention to Sarahlee Lawrence reads from River House Dec. 10 slam poetry performance dubbed the “Night Kite Revival” at 7pm at WWU’s Viking Union the seasons at hand—has also been a way for her to confront bigger ills at Village Books. doit Valid All Day, Every day! Multipurpose Room. Entry is $5-$7.

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WED., NOV. 10 CLASSIFIEDS VETERAN’S DAY CEREMONY: Students and community members are invited to 24 attend a Veteran’s Day Ceremony at noon at WWU’s Veteran’s Outreach Center. FILM FILM i WWW.WWU.EDU Lakeway Shopping Center

THURS., NOV. 11 Next to Cost Cutter 20 VETERANS COMMEMORATION: The 1068 Lakeway Drive public can join veterans for a Veterans 714-1t14-1772 MUSIC Day Commemoration at 11am at Mt. Baker Valid only at above location. One coupon per customer High School, 4936 Deming Rd. Entry is per visit. Not valid with any other offer or coupon. free. PRESENT COUPON TO REDEEM. 18 i 592-5839 ART ART FRI., NOV. 12 Weekly Specials PEACE BUILDERS: Local groups and /:)6,78-616/ 16 community members will be recognized

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Center from 7-10pm at the Majestic, 14 1027 N. Forest St. Tickets are $35-$40 Wednesday = Rib Night and include appetizers and drinks from Boundary Bay, improv comedy and a des- *People’s Choice Award* GET OUT sert auction. i WWW.WHATCOMDRC.ORG w/2 sides and a Pint! $16 12 12 SAT., NOV. 13 +PMIX;UWSM[ BELLINGHAM MARKET: Purchase and Thursday = Buffalo Brisket $14 WORDS WORDS peruse local fruit and veggies and artistic offerings at the Bellingham Farm- 8 ers Market from 10am-3pm at the Depot Hours: !!+IZ\WV Market Square at the corner of Railroad Tues.- Thurs. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Avenue and Chestnut Street. Fri. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. 6W+PMUQKIT[

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PICKETT TOUR: A monthly open house 2 allowing you to tour the oldest wooden DO IT IT DO structure in the State of Washington happens from 1-4pm at the Pickett House, 910 Bancroft St. 10 i WWW.COB.ORG .10. MON., NOV. 15 11 ROCKS AND GEMS: Join the Mt. Baker

Rock & Gem Club for its monthly meeting .05 45 at 7pm at the Bloedel Donovan Commu- # nity Building, 2214 Electric Ave. i 739-0769 WED., NOV. 17 GAY SUICIDE DISCUSSION: “Harass- ment of Young Gays and Lesbians” will be the topic of a panel discussion at 7pm at the Bellingham YWCA, 1026 N. Forest St. CASCADIA WEEKLY The free event was prompted by a rash of recent suicides by gay and lesbian teens. 13 i 734-4280 OR 1300 Bay St. WWW.YWCABELLINGHAM.ORG 360.752.2968 (75.BAYOU) www.bayouonbay.com doit

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FOOD ing courses at 7pm at the Bellingham getout Public Library, 210 Central Ave. HIKING ›› RUNNING ›› CYCLING i WWW.BELLINGHAMMOUNTAINEERS.ORG 27 27 THURS., NOV. 11 FITNESS FORUM: “Anatomy of Run- ning Shoes” will be the topic of a free

CLASSIFIEDS Fitness Forum starting at 7:15pm at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. i WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM 24 BY JOHN LEE FRI., NOV. 12

FILM FILM SECOND WIND: Cami Ostman shares stories from her book Second Wind: One Woman’s Midlife Quest to Run Seven 20 The Perfect Storm Marathons on Seven Continents at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. MUSIC FACING DOWN THE WAVES IN TOFINO i 671-2626 SAT., NOV. 13 18 the height of summer; a reminder that Canada’s west coast RAPTOR RIDGE: Join members of the ART ART weather can change on a dime. I begin planning for an Mount Baker Club for a hike to Pine and Cedar lakes and Raptor Ridge today. unanticipated day outdoors. Meet at 8:30am at Sunnyland Elemen- 16 On the beach, steam rises from sunbaked rocks stud- tary to carpool. ded with orange starﬁsh and shiny mussels. The tide is i 332-3195 STAGE STAGE out, but I can hear it rumbling in the distance. Drift- WORK PARTY: Hook up with NSEA and wood shards, shells and rubbery tubes of seaweed stud the Whatcom Land Trust for a work par-

14 ty on the South Fork of the Nooksack 14 the damp sand as I stroll over to shake hands with nature River in Acme. See the link below for guide Adrian Dorst. “After a storm is always the best time directions. GET OUT GET OUT for beachcombing,’” he notes as we wander inland. i WW.N-SEA.ORG Weaving between dense trees on a carpet of moss, Dorst FOWL FUN RUN: The 32nd annual tells me storms are an integral part of this area’s rich eco- “Fowl Fun Run” begins at 10am at Mount 12 system. He also points out a multitude of flora and fauna Vernon Christian School, 820 Blackburn that I would easily have missed, including a bald eagle Rd. Entry fees are $15-$25. i WWW.SKAGITRUNNERS.ORG WORDS perched on a high branch, a 600-year-old Sitka spruce with DAMAGE PREVENTION: “Winterizing ferns furring its broad trunk and Damage Prevention” will be the topic of 8 tiny salmonberry flowers. a 10am seminar at Bakerview Nursery, He also lists the larger wild- 945 E. Bakerview Rd. Entry is free; pre- life that calls the area home— registration is requested. CURRENTS CURRENTS i including deer, cougars and WWW.BAKERVIEWNURSERY.COM ALPINE FUNDRAISER: Live music, a “not 6 black bears—before telling me so silent” auction featuring lots of out- about his encounter with one door gear and fish tacos will be part of an

VIEWS VIEWS rather unexpected creature. “I Alpine Safety Awareness fundraiser from believe I’ve seen a Sasquatch,” 6-10pm at Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 4 GET IT Dorst says, recalling a Christ- Railroad Ave. Entry is $10. WICKANINNISH INN: i WWW.ALPINESAFETY.ORG MAIL MAIL www.wickinn.com mas Day experience on nearby ADRIAN DORST: www. Meares Island. “It was jet black SUN., NOV. 14

2 adriandorst.com from head to toe, but it was HORSE TALK: Alan Benfield, president of TACOFINO: www. far away. I went back the next Backcountry Horsemen of Skagit Coun- DO IT IT DO tacofino.com ty, will tell tales and share information on Chesterman Beach, Tofino and waves the size of day and looked again, but there IT’S 3PM EAGLE AERIE about horse-friendly trails in the area at houses crash against a coastline littered with copper-colored logs. I’ve were no tracks.” 10 GALLERY: www. 2pm at La Conner’s Skagit County His- been standing here under a gunmetal sky for 10 minutes and while a royhenry We chat animatedly about this torical Museum, 501 S. 4th St. .10.

11 raincoat protects my straining body, my ice-cold face feels like it’s in a vickers.com for the rest of the walk, then I i (360) 466-3365 wind tunnel. Licking sea salt from damp lips, I can’t help grinning: this TOURISM TOFINO: head into town. After some tasty www.tourismtoﬁno. TUES., NOV. 16 .05 is what raw nature is all about. pulled-pork gringas at the funky SNOWSHOE BASICS: Learn about de- 45 com # Vancouver Island’s most popular resort town swells with tourists in TacoFino food truck, I drop by sign, equipment, clothing and where to summer, when the wide beaches attract surfers and families to hang out the longhouse-style Eagle Aerie Gallery to peruse art- go at a “Snowshoeing Basics” clinic at on British Columbia’s attractive Paciﬁc shore. But in recent years, many ist Roy Henry Vickers’ nature paintings. When I stroll 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Entry is free; have come back during the off-season for a quite different experience: the waterfront a few minutes later, I can see a real registration is required. i 647-8955 facing down the Wild West ocean before scampering under cover. longhouse across the inlet, centerpiece of a local First Back in my room at the Wickaninnish Inn, I peer through the windows Nations community. THURS., NOV. 18 GRAVITY RESEARCH: Watch the

CASCADIA WEEKLY as light drains from the sky. The mountainous waves are now jet black, Back at the hotel, a blanket of thick, rolling clouds ink driving rain is bulleting the windows and the nearby trees are swaying the sky. The trees begin to groan, the air chills and the world’s best athletes blast off when Teton Gravity Research brings its latest 14 and creaking as if they might uproot and scamper away. It feels like a roiling sea starts to thrash. Glancing at my raincoat, I ski ﬂick, Light the Wick, to the area good time to run a bath and observe from a distance. consider a brisk beach walk but, instead, snag a window for an 8pm showing at the Mount Baker Up early the next morning, I’m blinking in a pool of unexpected sun- seat in the hotel’s woodsy, hearth-warmed Pointe Res- Theatre. 104 N. Commerical St. Tickets light. Dog walkers stroll across the beach under a blue sky, and I can make taurant. As the tempest licks across the beach, I tuck are $13-$15. i out a couple of islands shimmering in the haze. It’s chilly, but it looks like into some butter-baked halibut. WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM

34 34 FOOD 27 27 CLASSIFIEDS 24 FILM FILM 20 MUSIC

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NOV. 10-13 34 34 INSPECTING CAROL: Quirky characters, loads of humor and a plethora of holiday FOOD g cheer can be found when WWU’s Theatre sta e Arts department opens Inspecting Carol

27 27 THEATER ›› DANCE ›› PROFILES at 7:30pm at the Performing Arts Center Mainstage. Tickets are $8-$12 and additional showings happen Dec. 15-19. i 650-6146 OR WWW.WWU.EDU

CLASSIFIEDS NOV. 10-11 STREETCAR, DESIRE: Students will bring

24 on the drama of A Streetcar Named Desire at 7pm at Everson’s Nooksack Valley High

FILM FILM School Performing Arts Center, 3326 E. BY AMY KEPFERLE Badger Rd. Tickets are $7. i 988-2641 20 THURS., NOV. 11 THE COLOR PURPLE: Attend “a roof- MUSIC Alive After Five raising story of triumph” when The Color Purple: The Musical About Love shows at 18 BELLINGHAM REP CELEBRATES WITH DANCE 7:30pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N.

ART ART Commercial St. Tickets are $20-$69. i WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM had the talent to make it work, but the fact GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the 16 16 that the choreographers for the inaugural show Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at agreed to be paid with IOUs redeemable after the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, STAGE STAGE STAGE STAGE the revenue was generated was what made it stick around for “The Project.” Entry is $7 possible to, quite literally, jump into action. for the early show, $4 for the late one. i 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM 14 With “Five,” it seems BRD’s hard work has paid off. Sticking with the formula of producing pieces NOV. 11-13 TEATRO DE SOL: Six short works culled

GET OUT that have already been tested by other ensembles and been received favorably, their anniversary from writer, director and actor Solomon Olmstead’s vast repertoire can be seen production brings back a during “Teatro de Sol” performances at 12 number of past works Bell- 8pm Thurs.-Sat. at the iDiOM Theater, ingham audiences have al- 1418 Cornwall Ave. Tickets are $5 Thurs- WORDS ready embraced warmly. days, $10 otherwise. i When Christman warned 201-5464 OR WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM 8 the audience to “fasten NOV. 11-14 your seatbelts” before the CLUE: The Barn Theatre presents a musical house lights went down version of the whodunit, Clue, with per- CURRENTS CURRENTS and the stage lights came formances at 7:30pm Thurs.-Sat. and 2pm Sun. at the Sudden Valley locale. Tickets 6 SEE IT up, he wasn’t kidding. are $8-$11. WHAT: Bellingham I’m not going to rehash i WWW.THEBARNTHEATRESUDDENVALLEY.

VIEWS VIEWS Repertory Dance each of the six pieces COM presents “Five” that comprise “Five,” but BIG: See what happens when a frustrated 4 WHEN: 7:30pm Nov. let’s just say the energy adolescent turns into a 30-year-old man 12-13 and 5pm Sun., when the Theatre Arts Guild offers up Big: MAIL MAIL emanating from the 12 Nov. 141 The Musical at 7:30pm Thurs.-Sat. and 2pm WHERE: Firehouse dancers was palpable, in-

Sun. at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2 Performing Arts Cen- your-face and exciting. 2501 E. College Way. Tickets are $10-$35. ter, 1314 Harris Ave. The performers—all i WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG DO IT IT DO COST: $12-$15 women—were committed INFO: 734-2776 or NOV. 12-13 to each move they made, 10 www.bhamrep.org TALENT REVUE: “Something for everyone” DATE NIGHT in the big city can get real pricey, real quick. and whether the piece will be the name of the game when stu- .10.

11 After shelling out funds for whatever performance you’re attending—be it was serious in nature (“Everything Was Night dents and community members perform at dance, music, theater or the latest Kabuki show—you must then factor in the or Storm to Me”), funny and quirky (“PolyEs- a “Talent Revue” at 7pm Fri.-Sat. at Fern- dale High Auditorium, 5830 Golden Eagle .05 cost of fuel, parking, cocktails and other monetary miscellany. thers”) or abstract (“Trap Door Party”), the au-

45 Dr. Admission is $6. # But if making merry in cities to the north or south becomes too cost-prohibitive, dience was indeed along for the ride. i 383-9261 it’s good to know that if you sit tight, high-quality performers will come to you. “I’d forgotten that modern dance is so much THE PAJAMA GAME: The Northwest “You don’t have to go to Seattle or Vancouver to see performances of a cer- fun,” said my companion during intermission as Washington Theatre Group presents per- tain caliber,” conﬁrmed the Firehouse Performing Arts Center’s Matt Christman, we listened in on the reactions of those who’d formances of The Pajama Game at 7:30pm speaking to the full audience who’d gathered for the Sunday matinee of Belling- been sitting nearby. An elderly woman to my Fri.-Sat. at the Blaine Performing Arts ham Repertory Dance’s (BRD) ﬁfth anniversary concert, aptly titled “Five.” left, who’d been tapping her feet along to the Center. Tickets are $10-$12 and additional showings happen Nov. 19-20.

CASCADIA WEEKLY In fact, Christman pointed out, the pro-level dancers we’d soon be seeing were music during the performance, confided that i WWW.NWTG.ORG those who’d decided to, for the time being at least, keep their talents local. she’d loved what she’d seen thus far. DOUBLES & TRIPLES: Show up for “Doubles” 16 Instead of moving on and moving out to see if they could find bigger and better Although it’s likely that BRD’s dancers will at 8pm at the Upfront Theater, 1208 Bay St. opportunities, Bellingham and its nearby environs were their home base. change over time, one thing that was obvious At 10pm, three-person teams will entertain Five years ago, when the fledgling members of the company sat around a after watching “Five” was that modern dance during “Triples” sets. Entry is $8-$10. i table at Boundary Bay discussing what it would take to start a new modern is alive and well in Bellingham. Date night has 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM dance collective in Bellingham, it wasn’t clear if their ideas would fly. They never looked so good. doit Center for Expressive Arts Teen Art Nights SUN., NOV. 14 Taught by Jaycie Wakefield, Every Tuesday Night 6-8pm

COMEDY COMPETITION: Watch the ﬁnal Make friends, build an awesome portfolio, & have fun!! night of the preliminaries for the Seattle U U $15 drop in or $50 for 4 classes. 34 International Comedy Competition at Kids Yoga and Art Party

8pm at the Fairhaven Pub & Martini Bar, FOOD 1114 Harris Ave. Tickets are $15. Mysterious Ancient Egypt theme MON - SAT, 5-11 PM November 20th, 5-8pm $27 presale, $30 day of i WWW.SEATTLECOMEDYCOMPETITION.COM

Kids Art with Jaycie 27 NOV. 14-15 November 20th, December 4th & 18th MACBETH AUDITIONS: Cold readings from Build skills, imagination, & creativity! LJQJ9KH=JJQE =9< the script of William Shakespeare’s Mac- $3 per child, $5 for two childeren beth can be expected at auditions for up- CLASSIFIEDS coming performances at 7pm Sun.-Mon. at Fall Drama Classes for Kids oo'L`Yfck_anaf_Lmjc]q'L`Yfck_anaf_Lmjc]q Taught by Jessika Houston, $36.00, 4 wk. session the Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 H St. i WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD.COM Creative Dance for Kids *Wiggle, Jump, Shake* 24 Fridays 10-10:45am, $5 a class, drop-ins welcome! LIVE MUSIC

NOV. 15-16 FILM CASTING CALL: The Women’s Center at Book Making Workshop Western Washington University will hold November 27th, 1-3pm, $10 in advance TUES - SAT 8PM casting calls for upcoming performances Adult Art Classes: Soul Collage® 20 of the Vagina Memoirs from 7-9pm Mon.- Intro, Advanced, Day shops, & Open Studios options

Tues. at AIC 203. Dates, times, & costs vary; please contact for more info MUSIC i 650-6114 1317 Commercial St. #201, Bellingham / 671-5355 WED., NOV. 17 www.centerforexpressivearts.com 18

STAR TREK LIVE: Mad Science Produc- ART tions brings the interactive Star Trek Live to the stage at 6:30pm at the Mount 16 Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. 16 Tickets are $10. STAGE STAGE i 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKETHEATRE. STAGE COM

NOV. 17-19 14 CHRISTMAS SCHOONER: View the story of a turn-of-the-century shipping cap- tain when The Christmas Schooner opens GET OUT tonight at 7:30pm at Lynden’s Claire Vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St. Tickets are 12 $10-$12 and additional showings happen through Dec. 5.

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NOV. 17-21 8 THE OUTSIDERS: Squalicum High School’s Drama Club presents The Out- siders at 7pm Wed.-Sat. and 2pm Sun. at the school’s digs at 3773 E. McLeod Rd. CURRENTS Opening night is by donation, otherwise tickets are $5-$7. 6 i 676-6470, EXT. 7718 VIEWS VIEWS THURS., NOV. 18

WONDERFUL LIFE: The classic Christ- 4 mas tale, It’s a Wonderful Life, shows Excellent at 7:30pm at the Sehome High School MAIL Little Theatre, 2700 Bill McDonald Pkwy.

(ALF 0OUND"URGERS Tickets for opening night are $10, and Looking for free HD? 2 include a silent auction and treats. Ad- DO IT IT DO ditional showings are $5, and happen KBTC Public Television is available through Nov. 20. 4HE"EST free, in full 1080 High Definition i WWW.SEHOMEDRAMA.WEEBLY.COM to the North Puget Sound 10

SAT., NOV. 13 0AN &RIED/YSTERS community! How can you .10. 11 SCOTTISH BALL: The Bellingham Scottish receive us? Simply re-scan your Country Dancers will host a workshop and digital television or digital ball starting at 9am at U & Me Dance, 1026 #OCKTAILS converter box and that’s it! .05 45

N. Forest St. Explore your PBS favorites and # i WWW.BELLINGHAMSCD.ORG more on channel 28.1. Free, SCANDINAVIAN DANCE: Seattle’s Folk Exit 221 over-the-air HD! Voice Band will provide live music at today’s Scandinavian Dance happening from 2-5pm at Norway Hall, 1419 N. Forest St. /NLY3ECONDS Questions or problems? Let us help! Send your e-mails to Entry is $3-$10. [email protected]. i 734-2516 OR WWW.NORDICDANCERSNW.

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CONTRA DANCE: Out of the Wood will 17 perform at the bimonthly Contra Dance -AINs#ONWAY 7! from 7:30-10:30pm at the Fairhaven Li- brary, 1117 12th St. Entry is $5-$10. www.kbtc.org i WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE.ORG (360) 445-4733 KBTC is a service of Bates Technical College doit UPCOMING EVENTS

WED., NOV. 10 34 34 TEXTILE TALK: Whatcom Museum Executive Director Patricia Leach will be the featured FOOD speaker at the Whatcom Weavers Guild’s month- visual ly meeting at 7pm at St. James Presbyterian

27 27 GALLERIES ›› OPENINGS ›› PROFILES Church, 910 14th St. i WWW.WHATCOMWEAVERSGUILD.ORG SAT., NOV. 13 HOLIDAY BAZAAR: Bellingham Emblem Club CLASSIFIEDS hosts its 35th annual Holiday Bazaar from 9am- 3pm at Bellingham Elks Lodge #194, 710 Samish

24 Way. i WWW.EMBLEMCLUB.ORG

FILM FILM STORY AND PHOTO BY AMY KEPFERLE YULE BOUTIQUE: Art, crafts, vintage linens, china and more will be up for perusal and purchase at the Assistance League of Bellingham’s 20 annual Yule Boutique from 9am-3pm at Belling- ham’s Broadway Hall. MUSIC Looking to Lummi i 738-2803 SPIRIT BAZAAR: Attend a “Share the Spirit” 18 18 18 AN ISLAND THAT INSPIRES bazaar from 9am-3pm at First Christian Church, 495 E. Bakerview Rd. Entry is free. ART ART ART ART i 734-6820 Sure, it’s a pain to miss a ferry by two seconds ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: The 5th annual Christ- 16 or shell out ever-increasing dineros for the round- mas Arts & Crafts Fair happens from 9am-5pm at trip ride to and from Gooseberry Point. But when Lynden High School, 1201 Bradley Rd.

STAGE STAGE i 354-4401 the sun sets red behind Orcas Island at the end of FALL FAIRE: Artisans and local vendors will the day or a walk through fern-ﬁlled paths rouses share their goods at today’s Fall Faire from 14 an idea for a new painting or poem, those who’ve 10am-5pm at Faith Lutheran Church, 2750 stuck around are justly rewarded. McLeod Rd. i 733-3970

GET OUT With inspiration available outside every window, it’s no wonder a healthy number of those who call OPEN HOUSE: A “Holiday Inspirations” anni- Lummi home make their livings via the arts. It’s versary and open house happens from 10am-6pm

12 at Chuckanut Bay Gallery, 700 Chuckanut Dr. one of the reasons that, three times a year, the i WWW.CHUCKANUTBAYGALLERY.COM craftspeople open their stu- NEW DEAL ANGLES: Teaching artist Claudia WORDS dios to give the general pub- Furlow will lead an “Angles on the New Deal” lic a chance to see what all workshop from 12-4pm at the Whatcom Muse- 8 the fuss is about. um’s Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora St. Admis- It’s a canny tradition. By in- sion is $3. i 778-8930 viting people into the spaces

CURRENTS CURRENTS LOOMIS OPENING: An opening reception for where they toil to make beau- Brian Major’s “Perceptions in Painting” occurs

6 ATTEND tiful things, they’re also allow- from 6-9pm at Blaine’s Loomis Hall Gallery, 288 WHAT: Lummi Island ing visitors a chance to check Martin St. The show runs through December. Artists’ Holiday VIEWS VIEWS out the views that, in some i WWW.LOOMISHALLGALLERY.COM Studio Tour cases, cause responses that re- CYGNUS OPENING: An opening celebration for

4 WHEN: 10am-5pm “Adornment”—a wearable art show—takes place Nov. 13-14 sult in artistic masterpieces. from 6-9pm at La Conner’s Gallery Cygnus, 109

MAIL MAIL WHERE: Throughout Photographer Cheryl Bachus Commercial St. The exhibit runs through Dec. 24. Lummi Island is a good example of an artist i (360) 333-0724

2 COST: Entry is free affected by her environment. INFO: 758-7121 or The images she’ll be showing NOV. 13-14 DO IT IT DO lummi-island.com ART BY THE LAKE: The Whatcom Art Guild at the Artisan Wine Gallery, presents its annual “Art by the Lake” show What creates WHAT: Luther Al- for instance, emphasize works and sale from 9am-6pm Sat.-Sun. at Bloedel 10 the allure of island len: The View from taken on and from Lummi Is- Donovan Park, 2214 Electric Ave. More than 40 .10. Lummi Island 11 is being surrounded, enclosed, held completely land, as well as other areas of well-known artists and crafters will share their WHEN: 7pm Tues., in the ever-changing mystery, the ever-deepening interest in Whatcom and Sk- creative wares. Admission is free. Nov. 16 i WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG .05 allure WHERE: Village agit counties.

45 PHOTO SHOW: The Bellingham Photography # Books, 1200 11th St. of water Ann Morris, whose myth- Club will host its annual sale and exhibit from COST: Entry is free —Luther Allen, The View From Lummi Island inspired bronze sculptures 10am-5pm Sat.-Sun. at the Roeder Home, 2600 INFO: 671-2626 mix into the literal terra ﬁr- Sunset Dr. WHEN WRITING about Lummi Island, tread carefully. ma of the acreage surrounding her sculptures (see i WWW.BELLINGHAMPHOTOGRAPHYCLUB.ORG You see, what is at once a mostly well-kept secret is also a swath photo), has found a way to frame her art that relies MON., NOV. 15 of land rife with creative humans and a landscape so lovely that heavily upon the mossy underbelly of the surround- RACKS AND RIBBONS: Attend a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new bike rack fashioned

CASCADIA WEEKLY when morning’s mist rises from its surrounding waters on a sunny ing landscape. day, it’s enough to stir even the most blackened of souls. In fact, if you query any of the 20 or so art- by local artist Thor Mhyre out of an assortment 18 While the current debate swirls in regard to ferry leasing rights and ists you’re likely to encounter during your weekend of brewery parts at 5:15pm at the Chuckanut Brewery, 601 W. Holly St. fare increases for those who choose to inhabit the San Juan island, wanderings if residing on Lummi in any way affects i WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM those who’ve set foot on its soil will likely understand why sacriﬁces what they produce, I’m guessing that, although are made when it comes to the inconvenience of living somewhere their precise explanations may differ, the answer separated from the “real” world by a body of water. will be “of course.” doit ONGOING EXHIBITS Hnk^o^gbg`l

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works by John D’Onofrio, Jeff Lindeman, Lisa Mc- 34 Shane, and Vikki Jackson, can be viewed through

Nov. 27 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. ]^eb\bhnl' FOOD i WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG BLUE HORSE: View “The B.E.S.T. of First Na- tions: Expressions of Beauty, Eloquence, After hours with Old World Deli, 27 Strength, Tenacity” and “PAPO: Plein Air Paint now open evenings till 10pm Out” through Nov. 26 at the Blue Horse Gallery, Thursday–Saturday. 301 W. Holly St. Imported wine, beer, antipasti, i WWW.BLUEHORSEGALLERY.COM small plates, espresso & free wifi. CLASSIFIEDS FOURTH CORNER: Rob Vetter’s plein-air oil

paintings, “The Parks, Revisited,” will be on dis- 24 nnn%Fc[Nfic[;\c`(%Zfd play through Dec. 31 at Fourth Corner Frames and

Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. FILM i 734-1340 GHHNbDghUhYgh FOG: View a variety of works by noted artists at the XckbhckbV=\Ua

20 new Fairhaven Originals Gallery, 960 Harris Ave. ILFMINCHFOF i WWW.BELLINGHAMFOG.COM

GOOD EARTH POTTERY: Lonnie Schang’s “Comedy Monday 8–4 MUSIC Tuesday–Wednesday 8–6 in Clay” will be highlighted through November at ;>EEBG@A:F%P: Thursday–Saturday 9–10 18 18 Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. 18 i WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM ART ART ART ART LITTLE GALLERY: New works by Lanny Little can be viewed until Nov. 27 at the Little Gallery, 1220 Bay St. You Need 16 i 647-5675

LUCIA DOUGLAS: View works by iconic North- STAGE west painter Clayton James, landscape artist Someone Who Paul Havas and Jim Orvik until Nov. 29 at Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. 14 i WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM Understands MINDPORT: “Material World,” a collection of re- GET OUT cent works by the Island Quilters, can be seen the Law… through December at Mindport Exhibits, 210 W.

Holly St. 12 i WWW.MINDPORT.ORG Felony, Misdemeanor, Infraction, MONA: “Thomas T. Wilson: a Survey,” Karen Willen- WORDS brink-Johnsen’s “A Journey in Glass,” and “Guy An- DUI, Assault, Drug & Sex Cases. derson and Other Friends: The Paul I. Gingrich, Jr. Collection” will show through Jan. 2 at La Conner’s 8 Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. Law Oﬃces i WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG of

OLD WORLD: Sheana Sisselman’s “Motor Oil” se- CURRENTS ries—created mostly with recycled materials— can be seen through November at Old World Deli, Alexander Ransom 6 1228 N. State St. (360) 392-8377 i [email protected] VIEWS QUILT MUSEUM: Peruse the exhibits “Double www.ransom-lawﬁrm.com

Take” and “Constructed Inquiries: Tapestries” 4 through Dec. 31 at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. 2nd St. MAIL i WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM

2 SKAGIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: “The Way We Played: Early Skagit Recreation” can be seen DO IT IT DO through July, 2011, at La Conner’s Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 4th St. i (360) 466-3365 4-8 pm 10 SMITH & VALLEE: Works by sculptors Cynthia .10. Camlin and Lummi Island’s Michael Oppenheimer Friday, November 12 11 can be viewed through Nov. 28 at Edison’s Smith 5 Tastes for $25 & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. .05

choose your own route 45 i WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM # VIKING GALLERY: “Warhorse: Wise to Ways” featuring fresh, local ingredients can be seen through Dec. 3 at WWU’s Viking Union Gallery. Purchase tickets at i 650-6503 La Conner Visitor Center WESTERN GALLERY: “Spellbound: Selections 606 Morris Street, La Conner from the Lehmann African Art Collection” shows 360.466.4778 through Nov. 24 at WWU’s Western Gallery. CASCADIA WEEKLY i 650-3963 WHATCOM MUSEUM: “1934: A New Deal for Art- 19 ists” and “Shifting Views of Space and Place: Col- lection Selections/One” can currently be viewed at the Whatcom Museum. i WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Rumor Has It

34 34 I KNOW PRETTY much everything I will mention in the following paragraphs I have spoken of be- FOOD fore. But, as I’ve also said, a lot is happening during the next few days. Here’s a recap:

27 27 music If you’re like me, your musical odyssey begins SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT Thurs., Nov. 11. And perhaps your plan is to see “one-man jam band” Keller Williams when he takes the stage that night at the Wild Buffalo. CLASSIFIEDS Mayhaps you’ll eschew the delights of downtown for a house show featuring PRND, Austra- 24 lia’s Fabulous Diamonds, Brooklyn’s Pigeons,

FILM FILM and Jazz Magazine (and, for those of you in the Anacortes area, it should be noted that Fabulous Diamonds and Pigeons will play a free 5pm in- 20 20 store at the Business). One thing to keep in mind about this show: it starts early so that those in at- MUSIC MUSIC tendance who would like to can attend the next item on my entertainment to-do list—the Karp 18 fundraiser that takes place at Jinx Art Space. ART ART To refresh your memories, Bill Badgley (he of Federation X and now a 16 ﬁlmmaker living in New York) has been hard at STAGE STAGE work on a documentary about the band Karp for

14 some time now. Well, the doc is done and now

GET OUT Bill needs to raise some scratch for ﬁlm-festival entrance fees and

12 BY CAREY ROSS other various movie- related expenses. So, a bunch of local musicians WORDS have gamely agreed to learn a bunch of Karp covers for your entertainment and Bill’s fund- 8 raising pleasure. Everyone from Dog Shredder to WILD FLAG’S CARRIE BROWNSTEIN Cherry Blossom Family Delivery has signed up for the show (and I’ve heard rumors surprises CURRENTS CURRENTS Sound familiar now? That’s what I thought. may be in store courtesy of the Fed X boys) and BY CAREY ROSS 6 Sure, Wild Flag is ﬁlthy with indie cred, but, lest we for- clips from the ﬁlm will also be shown. The whole get, this quartet has the chops to go along with their ex- thing kicks off at 9:30pm, and will cost you a

VIEWS VIEWS alted scene status. Love ’em (as did many critics and their mere $5. rampant, rabid fans) or hate ’em, there can be no denying Now let’s talk about Friday night. First on the 4 Wild Flag Sleater-Kinney’s indelible impact upon the music of the Pa- agenda has got to be the Cave Singers at the Wild

MAIL MAIL DON’T SAY I DIDN’T WARN YOU ciﬁc Northwest and far beyond. Most often identiﬁed with Buffalo. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen these hairy Se- Olympia’s riot grrrl scene, due to attle folksters every time they’ve made their way

2 their punk stylings and politicized to our fair burg, and the pairing of them with Bal- the downsides to living in a town where great lyrics, Sleater-Kinney was able to tic Cousins seems like a musical matchup whose DO IT IT DO ONE OF

music happens on the regular is that it’s possible to miss a embody the labels stuck to them time has come. However compelling that show worthy show and not even know it—until your friends are during their decade-plus tenure, may be, you may find yourself traversing the al- 10 waxing rhapsodic about it the next day, that is. This is es- while also transcending them sim- ley next to the Buff and heading back to Jinx for .10. 11 pecially true during times such as these, when the upcom- ply by being a band that flat-out Bright Weapons, Broken Water, and Mary Mary. ing days are filled with can’t-miss musical whatdoings. rocked. And, they were unique Saturday, of course, we’ll all be at the Wild

.05 Such is the case Thurs., Nov. 11. While some of you have HEAR enough that the void left by their Buffalo for Brent Cole’s 40th birthday party

45 WHO: Wild Flag, # already likely penciled in plans to hit up the Wild Buffalo for “indefinite hiatus”—which began (see story on the next page). I’m told Brent is Cumulus, Royal Baths Keller Williams or intend to attend the musical fundraiser WHEN: 8pm Thurs., in 2006 and shows no signs of com- really into the idea of birthday spankings, so at Jinx Art Space, you also might want to make a little time Nov. 11 ing to an end—has yet to be filled smack him around accordingly. for a little band called Wild Flag, who will be taking the tiny WHERE: Green Frog, by another band. Oh, you thought once Saturday was over, you stage at the Green Frog Cafe Acoustic Tavern that night. 902 N. State St. But that was then and this is now. were done for the weekend? Wrong. Because, COST: $8 Never heard of ’em? That’s what you think. So, what, exactly, does the musical come Sunday, Kristin Allen-Zito will throw an MORE INFO: www. all-ages house show to celebrate the release CASCADIA WEEKLY Because Wild Flag is made up of two parts Sleater-Kin- acoustictavern.com melange of Wild Flag sound like? ney (Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss), one part Helium The answer seems to be any- of The Atlas, her new album. As well, Stephen 20 (Mary Timony), and one part Minders (Rebecca Cole). body’s guess, as the band has been keeping their mu- Ray Leslie, backed by the Librarians, will play a Between them, they’ve also played in Quasi, Stephen sic well under wraps—one more reason to be present show at the Temple Bar Sunday night. Malkmus and the Jicks, Croissant Cocktail, Feeble Knees, Thurs., Nov. 11 at the Green Frog when they unveil it here And, when all that is said and sung and done, Dogz, @@@, Asia, the Consortium, and probably others I for the first time. Unless you want to hear about what you then, we sleep. Until, that is, Monday night, either don’t know about or have forgotten. missed from your friends the next day, that is. when Built to Spill comes to town... musicEvents musicEvents Forest Garden FRI., NOV. 12

MUSICAL SALUTE: The Urban Ecology BY CAREY ROSS Mt. Baker Toppers, Bobby 34 Lee, and others will per- Located at the edge of Cornwall Park,

form during the 6th an- Forest Garden is a new center for FOOD nual “Musical Salute to artistic and environmental activities. Veterans” at 8pm at the

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of Harmony Northwest Cho- 20 fact—and he’s decided to throw himself a big ol’ projects, food & forest garden design, 20 rus will perform “Harmony and exploration of urban landscapes party by way of celebrating it. Way Out West” at 2pm and MUSIC But, when you’re Cole, you don’t just buy your- 7pm at Mount Vernon’s Registration and Info MUSIC self a grocery-store sheet cake and count on your Emmanuel Baptist Church, 360 393 7818 [email protected] friends to show up and sing you “Happy Birthday.” 1515 E. College Way. Tick- 18 ets are $13-$17. www.centerforexpressivearts.com

Instead, you make a wish list of all your favorite ART i WWW. local bands and invite them to play your party— HARMONYNORTHWEST.ORG even if they have to fly across the country to do it. RALPH SHAW: Yodeling, 16 Sounds farfetched, but that’s exactly what FEDERATION X, CIRCA 2005 whistling and masterful he did, and by some combination of what I’m ukulele playing can be ex- STAGE sure had to be trickery and magic, coupled with of the spot recently vacated by Chris Nunn), Dog pected when Ralph Shaw what I hope was some out-and-out begging, Shredder, and the Holy Tailfeathers. performs at 7pm at the Amadeus Project, 1209 14 he induced Federation X—arguably (i.e. in my As if things weren’t already ridiculous enough Cornwall Ave. Tickets are opinion) the best band Bellingham has ever with this birthday blowout, Cole then set the cover $10—$25 if you’ll also be produced—to come out of semi-retirement and charge at $5, which puts the show well within the taking part in a workshop Sumptuous Sandwiches GET OUT headline his big day. Not so easy to do when you financial reach of just about anyone who wants to he’ll be offering earlier in the day. Aromatic Smudge Sticks consider that two-thirds of the band—Bill Bad- attend. To put it in terms we can all understand: 12 i 733-6867 gley and Ben Wildenhaus—have to fly in from Tickets to the show: $5. Seeing Fed X and the rest TOMMY CASTRO BAND: Chukkar Cherry Chocolates

New York to make the show. Not to be outdone, of the lineup onstage in this town: priceless. WORDS The Rick Epting Founda- Dutch Potato Goat Cheese Sharpie—a band Cole has often credited with tion for the Arts presents being one of the impetuses behind his long-run- Brent Cole’s 40th Birthday Party takes place at its annual “Blues on Top of Psychedelic Jaw Breakers 8 ning magazine—also signed up for the shindig, 9pm (sharp!) Sat., Nov. 13 at the Wild Buffalo, Blues” concert and fund- and they’ll be joined by Sugar Sugar Sugar (with 208 W. Holly St. Cost: $5. More info: www. raiser featuring the six- Ass Kickin’ Hot Sauces piece Tommy Castro Band guest guitarist Stell Newsome taking the place wildbuffalo.net CURRENTS at 8pm at the Lincoln The- Store Wide Price Cuts! atre, 712 S. First St. Reg- 6 gie Miles opens the show. days (Nov. 12-13), four bars, eight bands and 48 Tickets are $15-$26. Cheese Show Dec. 11 & 12 BY CAREY ROSS VIEWS different microbrews. Simple though it may be, i WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE. ORG Hiway 9 – Van Zandt it is also a proven recipe for success. www.everybodys.com 4 The bands in question are, as mentioned, of the SUN., NOV. 14 Brewgrass bluegrass ilk, but all interpret that genre accord- MOZART AND WSO: The MAIL

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34 34 before climbing out of the cab, only to watch the “coaster” gain speed as it leaves FOOD the station. “This kind of thing happens,” film yardmaster Connie Hooper (Rosario Daw- 27 27 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› MOVIE SHOWTIMES son) cool-headedly explains, restoring exactly no one’s confidence in railroad safety, especially as Scott gooses the over-the-top scenario with explosions and various ob- CLASSIFIEDS stacles on the track. But Hooper’s a pro. The lone woman in 24 24 a testosterone-driven work environment, FILM FILM FILM FILM she’s doing her best to manage the situa- tion from the confines of a control booth, REVIEWED BY PETER DEBRUGE while grizzled old-timer Frank Barnes 20 (Washington) and fresh-from-training young turk Will Colson (Pine) leisurely spar MUSIC in the field. If there’s one person who can wring drama from a disconnected nerve

18 Unstoppable center, it’s Scott, who puts Hooper in the ART ART ALL ABOARD eye of a perfect storm involving corporate pressures (embodied by Kevin Dunn as the 16 ass-covering boss who begs to be over- ruled), a visiting federal safety inspector STAGE STAGE (Kevin Corrigan) and a gaggle of elemen- tary school children positioned directly in

14 the path of the oncoming train. Given the linear, one-track nature of the

GET OUT plot, Scott and Bomback prove surprisingly effective at delivering a well-rounded experience, going out of their way to ﬁll in 12 the personalities of their two leads. Like Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center, Unstoppa- WORDS ble serves as a testament to hard-working Americans and poses the rescue efforts as 8 something of a suicide mission, undertak- en by imperfect family men willing to risk their own lives to prevent the train from CURRENTS CURRENTS jumping the rails in densely populated

6 Stanton, Pa. Their only hope is to climb aboard the lo-

VIEWS VIEWS comotive and cut the power, but before that can happen, they ﬁrst have to slow it down. 4 The title refers to not only the high-speed

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fathers with complicated family lives) set POP QUIZ, hotshot: If an unmanned freight train load- a stylistic preference that favors alternating between as many out to chase down the train. 10 ed with hazardous cargo leaves the station heading south at angles as possible over trying to get a single, deﬁning point Until then, only Hooper and the afore- .10.

11 70 mph, and another train departs half an hour later in the of view on a scene. Without sacriﬁcing an ounce of energy, mentioned news organizations seem to opposite direction with Denzel Washington and Chris Pine Scott’s approach is actually more restrained than in recent have a handle on things. Though it’s easy

.05 aboard, how long until the movie stars save the day? Answer: Washington collaborations; this is his fifth film with the star, to imagine Fox and friends seeing this as 45 # Nearly half of Tony Scott’s refreshingly lucid Unstoppable un- and it feels downright classical when compared with the semi- a big story, the sheer logistical manpower folds without the leads realizing what’s at stake, but as soon delirious flurries that were Deja Vu and Man on Fire. required to cover it is staggering, encom- as they’re thrust into the path of a runaway train, things hit Opening with the words “inspired by true events,” Unstop- passing animated worst-case-scenario white-knuckle intensity in a hurry. pable may strain plausibility, but is considerably more real- diagrams, instant-replay capabilities and a Unstoppable is a curious kind of action movie, one that tells istic than, say, the hysterical 1999 NBC miniseries Atomic fleet of helicopters. The latter makes for its nail-biting story largely through the lens of Fox News and Train, which ended with the nuclear destruction of Denver, the film’s most dramatic footage, allowing anchors to talk audiences through the CASCADIA WEEKLY several local TV affiliates. While Washington and Pine play or even Scott’s recent Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 remake. Screen- blue-collar heroes on the track, news choppers follow the ac- writer Mark Bomback (Live Free or Die Hard) lifts the setup more intense moments. 24 tion from the air, stoking the excitement with footage for- from the 2001 Crazy Eights case, in which a train traveled 66 Even the score sounds like something matted to fit the widescreen and then downgraded to look as miles from Toledo, Ohio, without anyone aboard. Then, with- designed for the evening news, while dra- though it were broadcast via less-than-hi-def monitors. out introducing something so artificial as a terrorist plot or matic sound design lends rumbling menace Corporate agenda aside, the frequent use of news cameras a Speed-style villain, Bomback ups the stakes by doubling to otherwise silly shots of the empty, mil- is just the latest tool in Scott’s move toward camera ubiquity, the velocity and including eight cars of highly flammable lion-ton train. film ›› review

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The Girl Who Kicked 16 STAGE STAGE

the Hornet’s Nest 14 THE FINAL CHAPTER

THE TRAVAILS of Lisbeth contin- much power will do everything to make GET OUT ue in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s sure that doesn’t happen.

Nest, based on the late Stieg Larsson’s Actors Michael Nyqvist and Lena En- 12 phenomenally popular series about dre continue to do their oddly charm-

hacker Lisbeth Salander and magazine ing dance as the muckraking Blomkvist WORDS journalist Mikael Blomkvist. and his editor Erika Berger, dedicated

There are rumors of a fourth complet- journalists and occasional lovers. An- 8 ed Salander-Blomkvist book from Lars- nika Hallin steps up and into her role son, who died of a heart attack before of Blomkvist’s sister and Lisbeth’s law- his ﬁrst novel was published. And direc- yer. They represent the ﬂeshing-out of CURRENTS tor David Fincher (The Social Network) is characters, not story. 6 set to begin production on an American We know that Lisbeth’s father, for- version of The Girl With the Dragon Tat- mer Russian operative and wife-abuser VIEWS VIEWS too, starring Daniel Craig as Blomkvist. Alexander Zalachenko, had political NOW SHOWING AT THE PICKFORD CINEMA: NOVEMBER 12-18

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the action. And so it is in the film from director Daniel Alfredson, Directed by Daniel Alfredson and tery of a graying, clandestine group of who delivers an extremely satisfying ending to the story of Lisbeth 2 adapted by Ulf Ryberg, the film is di- men with evil appetites and bureau- Salander, the tough Swedish cyber punk that actress Noomi Rapace DO IT IT DO verting but also familiar in its themes cratic heft isn’t nearly as compelling has turned into an iconic New Age heroine.” LA Times, Betsy Sharkey t4XFEFOtNJOt3 of evil, both personal and political. or culturally profound as it was in The 'SJ t4BU ". 4VO When last we saw our intrepid—and Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. .PO t5VF 1. t8FE t5IV 1. 10 abused—heroine, she was covered in So what about Lisbeth, a character .10. Waiting for Superman - 2nd and Final Week! 11 blood and headed for a Swedish ER in as indelible as the intricate, winding “Exhilarating, heartbreaking and righteous, Waiting for Superman The Girl Who Played With Fire. ink of the dragon on her back? is also a kind of high-minded thriller: Can the American education system be cured?” Variety, John Anderson .05 Her wounds were inflicted by a half- The greatest wrinkle in The Girl Who 45 t64"tNJOt1( # brother she did not know she had. A Kicked the Hornet’s Nest is that the 'SJ4BU 1. t4VO 1. t.PO 1. white-haired behemoth of a man, Nie- intellectually agile, physically able 5VF1.t8FE 1. t5IV1. dermann feels no pain—literally—but Lisbeth is laid up in the hospital for Millennium Actress - Directed by Satoshi Kon metes it out lethally. much of the film. Sure, she has a PDA November’s Masters of Japanese Cinema - Anime Edition Now Lisbeth, the tattooed and and her trusted hacker pal Plague, but t+BQBOtNJOt1(t5VF1. pierced waif of power and vulnerabil- her way of being angry and forthright It’s a Gift - W.C. Fields Comic Masterpiece & Our Leopold Classic ity—portrayed with vigor and glower in the world is curtailed. And so is the Celebrating The Whatcom Museum’s Smithsonian 1934 Exhibit! CASCADIA WEEKLY by Noomi Rapace—is set to stand trial energy of the film. t64"tNJOt6OSBUFEt5VF1. 25 in three murders she did not commit. At nearly 2½ hours, The Girl Who Kicked Race to Nowhere - An education system under scrutiny Blomkvist is dedicated to proving her the Hornet’s Nest is too akin to the tidy- Co-Presented by Explorations Academy www.explorationsacademy.org t+BQBOtNJOt1(t5IV1. innocent in the court of public opinion: ing up of a television-series finale— an edition of Millennium magazine. A albeit a very classy franchise with fine shadowy group of aging men with too characters and able performances. $8.75 regular | $6.75 matinees & under 12 | $5.25 members | 1416 Cornwall | showtimes: pickfordcinema.org | 360.738.0735 film ›› showtimes

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14 // ) of recipes and stories that can point 1½ cups wood sorrel leaves, WHAT: Jennifer Hahn’s the way for both intrepid outdoors- gently packed, plus 12 Paciﬁc Feast: Wild Food leaves for garnish GET OUT Foraging and Cuisine men and casual explorers to incorpo- 2 tablespoons unsalted WHEN: 7pm Wed., rate wild food into their lives. Nov. 17 “Since the great Ice Age,” Hahn butter 12 WHERE: RE Store’s writes in the book’s introduction, 2 tablespoons ﬁnely chopped Sustainability Center, “this 3,000-mile-long table is where shallots

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I ONCE spent ﬁve days on a deserted island in Honduras with two friends you’re both correctly able to identify everything you put on quickly wilt down and melt into a drab green puree. Stir who decided, on a whim, that they’d use the time away from civilization to your stove or in your mouth as well as following the harvest- 10 in the cream. When the sauce fast. In other words, when they hopped out of the boat that deposited us on ing guidelines and, well, rules of the road.

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45 Top each oyster with a heap- # ing bowel afﬂiction that hits many travelers who aren’t used to Third World wa- cies. Trampling your picking spots by haunting them every ing teaspoonful of the sauce. ter, I’d brought along plenty of crackers, some fruit, a tin of cookies, a gaggle week can compact soil and damage delicate mycelium—the Bake the oysters for seven to of granola bars and a variety of other snackable items. Within four hours, my fungal kingdom below your boots.” eight minutes, or until their purer-than-thou buddies were asking—begging—me to share. Other “rules” Hahn points to include not spreading the liquor begins to bubble gently. Fast-forward three days. With most of our meager comestibles gone, and the seeds of invasive plants, leaving an abundance behind for Top each with a whole sorrel leaf. return boat still two days away from retrieving our motley crew, we needed a others, picking only from healthy species, foraging in clean Serve the oysters directly environments, spreading what you take over a large area CASCADIA WEEKLY tad more sustenance. Unable to identify much of the lush greenery surrounding from the baking dish. us in the tropical locale—thus making it unsafe to eat—we were forced to rely and following state and provincial laws. —Recipe by Poppy’s Jerry 34 on a dull machete found in an abandoned shed to hack into the fallen coconuts That said, Hahn’s joy at being able to live off the land is Traunfeld, Seattle strewn throughout the three-acre-sized parcel of land. palpable, and infectious. In fact, next time I decide to If adventurer and author Jennifer Hahn had been along for the trip, there’s a spend a few days on a deserted island, I’ll ask her to come good chance she would’ve been able to whip up a wild food feast ﬁt for royalty, along—after making sure she’s not planning to starve her- even without a camp stove. And if we’d been on one of Washington’s San Juan self for the duration. eatit

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