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34 34 cascadia FOOD Support local farmers by perusing 27 their remaining bounty at the ﬁnal !( of B-BOARD A glance at what’s happening this week the season Dec. 17 at the Depot Market Square 24 FILM FILM DANCE

20 Bellingham Dance Company’s Winter Showcase: Flamenco master . 7pm, the Majestic

MUSIC Gift of Dance Winter Recital: 7pm, Nooksack High ! returns to Bellingham School Performing Arts Center 18 MUSIC for a Dec. 17 gig at the Blue Noel: 7:30pm, Lynden Christian Reformed Church STAGE STAGE Horse Gallery WORDS

16 Family Story Night: 7pm, Fairhaven Library

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4 12.x{.11 :: #50, v.06 :: !- 30: Crossword leagues, curious hangers-on. We met in the spirit “The day will come when our Republic will be an MAIL MAIL MAIL 31: Advice Goddess of Christmas and we went to multiple bars in the impossibility because wealth will be concentrated

32: This Modern World, pursuit of Saturday-night merriment. in the hands of a few. When that day comes, we 2 However, one Bellingham bar (one known must rely upon the wisdom of the best elements Tom the Dancing Bug DO IT IT DO for its open-minded policies) did not allow us in the country to readjust the laws of the nation,”

DATING GAME: A HOLIDAY SOIREE FOR SINGLES, P.12 }} SEASONAL SONGS: THE POWER OF THE CHRISTMAS CAROL, P.20 33: Sudoku, Slowpoke GROUND RULES: RE SOURCES VERSUS SSA MARINE, P.8 in. Why? Were we drunk? For the most part, no. wrote James Madison, 4th President of the Unit- 3O: Cream for Christmas COVER: Dan Pike and Pete Disorderly? Again, no. Did we have trouble in mind? ed States. .11 Kremen mug it up in The 14 Wutcraker. Photo by Drue Most of us might have had our kids, babysitters or I have visited the occupiers/”the best ele- Robinson ski plans tomorrow in mind; for tonight we just ments in the country,” to show my support (blan- wanted to spread Christmas cheer and have fun. kets and oranges) and gratitude for their courage ©2011 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by .06 12. Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly I think saying, “You can’t come in, you’re dressed in standing up against the “corporate forces of 50

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CASCADIA WEEKLY LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and against Santa. Shouldn’t groups be judged by their voracious hunger for wealth and power. When a 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 motives and behaviors, and not by their clothing corporation (whose only mission is to make mon- 4 not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your and accessories? I’m a kindergarten teacher in a ey) is psychologically evaluated like it is a legal letters to fewer than 300 words. Santa hat, and you deny me entrance while allow- human being (as per the Supreme Court ruling, ing the skinhead with the swastika tattoos in? Citizens United), it is basically a psychopath! Ya know what? Adios, motherfreaker. Guess I’ll Once, while camping, we pulled ticks off our NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre spend my money elsewhere while representing dog and put them in a jar, rather than setting them free or killing them. We forgot about the jar, and when we discovered

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tick left. 34 Right now there are 400 richest of the rich and their cadre of one-percenters FOOD who control our government, industry, military, media and 40 percent of our 27 nation’s wealth. They thrive on our pas- sivity, complacency and indifference.

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when there are no jobs from which CASCADIA WEEKLY people can earn the monies to afford to 2 for 1 Brunch Buffet take a vacation and breathe the fresh air :LWK&KDPSDJQHZLWKRXW 5 in the lush forests?” IRU 9DOLG6XQGD\'HFHPEHUDPSP 9DOLGRQO\DW1RRNVDFN5LYHU&DVLQR5HGHHPDW:LQQHU¶V&OXE%R RWK8VHRIFRXSRQLPSOLHVDQXQGHUVWDQGLQJDQGDFFHSWDQFHRI You can’t have one without the other, DOOUXOHV/LPLWRQHRIIHUSHUSHUVRQ0XVWEH:LQQHUV&OXEPHPEHU1RWYDOLGZLWKDQ\RWKHURIIHU0HPEHUDQG\HDUVRIDJHWR they might say. Oh, now I get it. UHGHHP0DQDJHPHQWUHVHUYHVDOOULJKWV —Frank G. Sterle, Jr., White Rock, B.C. THE GRISTLE

A STOCKING FULL OF COAL: Police arrested Occupy

34 34 Bellingham protesters who blocked railroad tracks near downtown Monday. In a daring and poten- FOOD tially dangerous protest, some chained themselves views together with bicycle locks as police moved in to OPINIONS THE GRISTLE remove and arrest them. The demonstration was 27 part of a national effort to disrupt West Coast port operations, with protestors blocking tracks in cit-

B-BOARD ies like Longview and Seattle to call attention to a range of ﬁnancial and social reforms. Bellingham’s rally added additional seasonings: Activists addi- 24 tionally protested the movement of coal through

FILM FILM the city to service the West Coast’s largest coal export facility proposed at Cherry Point. BY ALEX RAMEL Action is stirring against the proposed Gateway 20 Paciﬁc Terminal, a design with capacity to ship as

MUSIC much as 48 million tons of coal per year from Mon- tana to Asian markets. Nascent efforts are under- Transitions 18 way as citizens prepare a referendum on GPT for the November ballot. In parallel action, Bellingham- RECALLING THE MAYOR’S RECORD OF FINE ACHIEVEMENTS STAGE STAGE based RE Sources ﬁled a federal lawsuit, charging the project proponents with violations of the Clean I HAVE served as a volunteer fective, achieving the triple-bottom energy independence. I hope the new

16 Water Act in connection with grading and tree- board member with the local chapter line-objectives the community has administration will continue develop-

ART ART clearing at the terminal site last summer. of the Washington Conservation Vot- established. ing these projects. Most surprising, the City of Edmonds last month ers since 2006. Four years ago, I sup- Dan Pike didn’t take his stand on When county voters opted not to approved a resolution actively opposing the GPT ported Dan McShane’s candidacy for the coal port as early as I would have fund the WTA and it was forced to cut 14 project. Edmonds City Council unanimously agreed— Bellingham Mayor. I believed McShane preferred, but once he did, he was in- service, Dan Pike’s skill and experi- based on concerns about potential impacts to air, had done an admirable job on What- defatigable on the issue. To date, no ence as a transportation planner was

GET OUT traffic, commerce and quality of life resulting from com County Council and that he de- one has done more to protect our com- crucial in solving the problem. The an increase of up to 18 trains a day through that served to be promoted. My candidate munity from this threat. He rallied not creation of the Transportation Ben- city—to urge the governor and the state Legisla- lost, and I watched with uncertainty only local allies, but also a coalition efits District also addresses the most 12 ture to draft a comprehensive policy opposing coal as Dan Pike took office. But I came of leaders around the state who have significant funding gap identified by export terminals in Washington State. to realize we had found a good leader realized the minimal benefit of this the Capital Facilities Task Force— WORDS Edmonds City Council expressed urgency in their with great ideas on key issues. project relative to the enormous im- maintaining and repairing existing decision, noting the governor is poised to propose An early decision Mayor Pike made pacts. I truly hope Mayor Kelli Linville streets. He put both political capital 8 state policy regarding coal export early next year. that sent a signal of his good lead- will choose to step into a similar lead- and shoe leather into building support The silence of the City of Bellingham on the issue ership was his selection of David ership role at a regional level. for the measure. People who rely on has become deafening. Webster to serve as the Chief Ad- Protecting our drinking water public transit and future city budget CURRENTS CURRENTS In October, a campaigning mayor sent out a mail- ministrative Officer. David clearly source is one of the most stubborn writers owe him a debt of gratitude. 6

6 er declaring that, “A vote for Dan Pike is another has the right values and vision for challenges in Whatcom County. Under For the second time in two mayoral vote against the coal port.” our city and the talent to actualize Dan’s leadership, the city has taken elections, the candidate I supported VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS How, exactly? Having made the offer, what’s the that vision; he has done a fantastic several crucial steps. First, the city has lost. I am consoled because I procedure? job. Over time, Mayor Dan has made incorporated low-impact development believe Mayor Linville has the best 4 City administration has offered no ofﬁcial action a number of decisions that conﬁrmed practices into North Shore Drive, of intentions for our community. In

MAIL MAIL since early summer, when the mayor requested the my growing appreciation for his which should be seen as the new the state Legislature, Kelli was not

state Dept. of Ecology take a joint role with What- work. As his term comes to an end, standards for how roads in the wa- one to throw out a good idea just 2 com County in the project’s environmental review I’d like to highlight some of those ac- tershed should be designed. Second, because she didn’t think of it, and

DO IT IT DO (SEPA). The manner of the request, less so its con- complishments and legacies: they have begun to work with hom- I hope she will see the value of, and

tent, drew angry protests from the county. I spent several years working for an eowners around the lake to deal with continue the best aspects of, the For their part, Bellingham policymakers have organization that helps local govern- polluted runoff at the source. While Pike administration. .11

14 issued no ofﬁcial comment on the proposal since ments develop and implement sus- this has not yet been as successful as It was a good and welcome deci- May, when council outlined the impacts of the proj- tainability plans; I have not seen a hoped, important lessons have been sion when she recently asked Da- ect that would have to be mitigated in order to win system for tracking, measuring and learned. These efforts form a basis for vid Webster to stay on through at .06the 12. city’s support for GPT. That’s a far distance from achieving local government goals future progress. least the transition period. His ex- 50 # actually opposing the terminal. that is as strong as the newly released Exciting clean energy projects perience and familiarity with the Despite staking bold positions on the issue of Bellingham Legacies and Strategic are being explored by the city gov- city’s organization, budget and his coal export, the departing mayor has not delivered Commitments and the accompanying ernment: a district energy agree- ability to make sure momentum on administrative recommendations to policymakers performance measures. The system ment with the Port of Bellingham key projects continues makes this a on COB’s response to the coal pier. Recommenda- had meaningful public engagement and Western Washington University good decision. tions might’ve included a draft resolution, similar process. The goals are strategic, mea- to place a small hydro electric gen- I applaud Mayor Linville’s aspira-

CASCADIA WEEKLYto Edmonds, stating the city’s opposition to the surable and are pointed at the right eration system in the Lake Whatcom tional goal of making Bellingham proposed pier, outlining principles the council will issues. The system has buy-in from outﬂow pipe. These projects have the the most livable city in the county, 6 use to craft policy decisions about freight mobility the city departments. I fully expect potential to create local jobs, save and to that end she’ll have my, and as the project moves into scoping and perhaps be- that this tool will succeed in focusing ratepayers money, and reduce pollu- the Whatcom Conservation Voters, yond, into permitting. As a former project manager limited tax money where it is most ef- tion while increasing our community’s full support. for the state Dept. of Transportation on issues of freight mobility, Dan Pike has knowledge to share VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY New Holiday Locavore Menu HoneycrispKringle Weekend Dec. 17th–18th, 10am–6pm THE GRISTLE Taking Reservations for Holiday Parties with council. Get growlers for your gatherings

The City of Edmonds is clearly aware 34 the clock is ticking on powerful deci- Lots of Holiday Gift Ideas! sions in Olympia regarding the scope FOOD of issues that must be addressed by GPT, the railroad, and project advo- 27 cates, yet Bellingham City Council has yet to form its own public action plan, Help Us Support Big Brothers Big Sisters! or enlist a task force or commission to B-BOARD craft proposals they might support. Escape the Mall Give Back to your Community Such a plan might detail the stra- Shop at BelleWood tegic relationships city leaders must 24 10% of Total Sales Gifted to Big Brothers Big Sisters forge with other municipalities around FILM the state, like Edmonds. And rather Exclusive Tours of New Craft Distillery / Farm Store, Opening 2012 than leave the matter wholly to citi- Make Your Own Apple Pie & gift basket 20 zens and signature gatherers, council Unique gifts for friends and family and legal staff could also begin to MUSIC channel direct democracy in the form Call or visit www.bellewoodapples.com for details Nationwide of their own ballot referendum. 18 Has the city budgeted for the legal Let Us Take Care of Your Holiday Needs… and technical expertise Bellingham STAGE will need to challenge the coal pier in the (likely) event the project’s scope 16

will prove insufﬁcient? We don’t see ART the request in the budget. Frankly, it’s going to take team- work and pressure just to herd City 14 Council and the incoming adminis-

tration into a coherent early, united GET OUT stand on coal. A plurality of council members are strong supporters of the union and 12 union imperatives, imperatives that favor the Gateway Paciﬁc Terminal. WORDS Indeed, notable council members in 8 the fall of 2010 thought (unwisely) to introduce a measure in support of GPT at the urging of their AFL-CIO CURRENTS CURRENTS supporters. 6

Council may also be reluctant to 6 expose the City of Bellingham to po- VIEWS VIEWS tential litigation should COB adopt VIEWS an aggressive (and unsupportable) 4 position on the coal pier. Federal and state transportation and commerce MAIL imperatives trump municipal actions, as voters in Alaska learned earlier this 2

fall when the state sued to overturn a IT DO municipal initiative to halt gold and copper mining near one of the world’s .11

premier salmon ﬁsheries. 14 Residents of a Bristol Bay borough voted to ban large-scale resource ex- traction, including mining, that would .06 12. 50 “destroy or degrade” salmon habitat. # But the state, in its lawsuit against the borough, claims the initiative is trumped by Alaska law and the state’s authority to govern the management and development of mineral resources.

The state is asking a judge to keep the CASCADIA WEEKLY borough from enforcing the measure. Bellingham could ﬁnd itself in simi- 7 lar straights unless response is so- phisticated and coordinated. In the chill of winter, the city needs to light the coal furnace. request for a permit revision that would have expanded the footprint of the proposed terminal. SSA’s original permit did not allow any construction in the areas

cleared for geotechnical exploration, he said.

34 34 SSA Senior Vice President Bob Watters said the lawsuit was pointless and without merit. FOOD currents “SSA Marine has already designed remedies, submitted all the necessary reports, plans, and applications NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX to all the agencies and tribes, and implemented rem- 27 edies as quickly as we have been permitted,” Watters said. “In fact, we have already completed erosion and

B-BOARD runoff controls such as hydro-seeding all cleared areas and installing silt fencing and check dams. We have had over 30 people working more than a thousand 24 hours on this, including more than 20 outside experts

FILM FILM in wetlands, streams, biology, cultural resources, engi- neering and other ﬁelds.” If built, GPT would be North America’s largest coal 20 terminal, Ferris said. The project and its impacts to

MUSIC habitat and marine life require extraordinary oversight and diligence, he said.

18 “If SSA were a small company or had a stellar environmental reputation, some measure of leniency might

STAGE STAGE be called for,” Matt Krogh agreed. “But these guys are the largest port operator in North America, and have a

16 history of environmental violations. This clearing was

ART ART a blatant violation of the rules.” Krogh is North Sound Baykeeper, charged with protecting and restoring the marine and nearshore habi- 14 tats of the northern Puget Sound region. The program is administered by RE Sources.

GET OUT Ferris said a careless violation at this early stage sets the tone for the project. “SSA Marine is like a motorist pulled over for speed- 12 ing in a clearly marked school zone, who then claims to BY TIM JOHNSON not deserve a ticket because they slowed down after WORDS getting caught,” Ferris said. “We value Cherry Point, and we respect our laws and processes. SSA Marine 8 8 should do the same.” Ground “Government agencies have been very diligent” in their oversight, Watters countered. “They immediately CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS asked us to stop work, went on site very quickly, ob- 6 "THEY WANT tained all the information they needed, issued orders DISTURBANCE and directives, reviewed our subsequent plans and ap- VIEWS VIEWS IMMEDIATE plications, and have worked through the permitting with dispatch. We have received permits and approvals 4 RE SOURCES FILES A LAWSUIT AGAINST FORGIVENESS from Whatcom County and the State Department of MAIL MAIL GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL Natural Resources, and have been found in compliance

FOR CREATING with State stormwater standards by the Department 2 of Ecology.

DO IT IT DO for Sustainable Communities ﬁled a lawsuit in federal court this week IMPACTS THAT “Litigation will neither cause nor hasten those ac-

RE SOURCES against Pacific International Terminals, Inc., SSA Marine’s subsidiary corporation created tions,” he stressed. “Once we have permission, we will to develop the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal (GPT) at Cherry Point. The Bellingham- COULD TAKE implement the final steps of restoration.” .11

14 based environmental advocacy group charges SSA Marine violated the federal Clean Water “As Whatcom County starts the process of deciding Act when the company cleared land last summer. DECADES TO whether or not to permit this coal terminal, we have The lawsuit is the first legal challenge to the decision to site a large coal export facility to keep in mind the critical importance of the Cherry .06 12. in an environmentally sensitive area, an issue that may very well be ultimately decided RECOVER." Point ecosystem,” Krogh said. “Cherry Point Pacific 50 # through the courts. —BOB FERRIS, herring and Dungeness crab are essential to the health The suit stems from SSA's unauthorized earth-moving at its site at the end of Gulf Road, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Salish Sea and fisheries in this reach. If this south of the BP refinery at Cherry Point. The company admitted error in clearing roadways OF RE SOURCES terminal is built, both will be threatened by the vessel for geotechnical drilling equipment in the summer of 2011 without obtaining proper FOR SUSTAINABLE traffic necessary to transport 48 million tons of coal.” permits. Whatcom County ordered the company to repair the damage and pay $4,400 in COMMUNITIES Watters said the lawsuit would not change outcomes fines and costs. RE Sources maintains the penalty was inadequate given the seriousness currently underway.

CASCADIA WEEKLY of the violations. “Citizen suits are intended to prompt agencies to “SSA Marine knowingly ﬂaunted an array of county, state and federal regulations when act when they have ignored their responsibilities, 8 they built roads damaging forests and wetlands last summer,” said Bob Ferris, executive but in this case, they have acted quickly and ag- director of RE Sources. “And now they want immediate forgiveness for creating impacts gressively, and SSA Marine and the agencies were that could take decades to recover. That is simply unacceptable.” already doing everything possible,” he said. “There Ferris said the company violated federal law by ﬁlling wetlands while clearing nine is nothing further to mitigate or litigate; nothing to acres for geotechnical exploration almost two weeks after Whatcom County rejected SSA’s be changed or gained.”

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FUZZ On Dec. 9, a man was reported yelling in 34 34 Bellingham City Hall that he hates the police. He left before Bellingham Police ar-

FOOD BUZZ rived to justify his claim.

NATIVITY SCENE FEATHERS AND FINANCES 27 On Dec. 9, a Bellingham Police ofﬁcer cor- On Dec. 10, Bellingham Police broke up a ralled a horse and a donkey roaming loose pillow ﬁght in the Meridian neighborhood

B-BOARD on Yew Street Road and put the critters before it could escalate. away in their manger. On Dec. 8, a man and a woman were reported 24 TOSSING THE EQUINE to be ﬁghting about money in the lobby of a

FILM FILM FROM EQUANIMITY hotel on Meridian Street in Bellingham. On Dec. 3, a man told Bellingham Police another person had threatened him with a ALL THUMBS 20 horseshoe. On Dec. 7, library employees turned over a

MUSIC number of computer thumb drives to Bell- CHILLY CHEER ingham Police. The devices had been left

18 On Dec. 10, a Silver Beach resident reported behind in library computers. seeing a young woman walking down the STAGE STAGE street dressed in underwear and a T-shirt LOCO MOTIVE and was concerned about her welfare. Bell- On Dec. 5, a Blaine property owner com-

16 ingham Police ofﬁcers contacted the occu- plained to police of a loud, obnoxious, nox-

ART ART pants at a nearby home and learned that the ious locomotive that was being stored on a woman had attended a party last night and railroad siding near Peace Portal Drive. The had slept over. She was late for work this caller reported that the diesel electric train 14 morning and was walking to her car to get engine had been left running nonstop in home so she could change and then get to the same spot on the siding since at least GET OUT work, they said. early the previous morning. ”The noise and x exhaust fumes of the stored engine were POINTS by which Newt Gingrich outpolls Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney in LAUNDERING TROUBLES disrupting the peace in the daytime and South Carolina, 42 percent to 23 percent. The former House speaker outpolled the 12 former governor of Massachusetts by 15 points in Florida, 44 percent to 29 percent. On Dec. 7, two men were drunk and disor- the sleep in the night for those living in derly while doing their laundry at a laun- the adjacent apartment building,” police WORDS dromat in north Bellingham. Police arrived reported. Police called Burlington Northern and told them to drop their linens. “Intoxi- Santa Fe Railway and the company promised 8 8 cation probably had a significant role in to look into the problem. ”The engine was the problem,” police speculated. finally moved late Monday morning,” police yx yx continued. ”Other witnesses reported that ONLY 21 percent of voting Republicans BY a margin of two-to-one, voters CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS judge their field of presidential say that their impression of the GOP On Dec. 3, a customer attempted to pay a the engine had actually been left running candidates as superior to past election field is getting worse (31%) rather 6 portion of her bill at a Bellingham business since late Saturday afternoon, when its cycles. More than 27 percent believe the than getting better (14%). About with a counterfeit $50 bill. The customer noise was a constant background for the field is weak. Most consider it average. one-in-five (19%) say their impression VIEWS VIEWS told Bellingham Police the bill had been annual downtown celebration of Santa's of Obama has improved as they learn given to her by her boss to make business Arrival. Police are following up with BNSF more about the Republicans. 4 purchases. Police said the bill came from in hopes of preventing repeat occurrences

MAIL MAIL currency her business had collected during of the public nuisance.”

a business transaction. The customer was 2 not charged with a crime. A WRENCH IN THE GEARS ¹y{z{z ¹x

DO IT IT DO On Dec. 6, employees at an automotive ga- THE Census Bureau has developed an AMOUNT Mitt Romney offered to bet

On Dec. 3, an hour and a half later, a cus- rage suspected a customer might have had alternative measure of poverty that takes Rick Perry in a dispute that erupted tomer was interviewed by Bellingham Police too much to drink. They stalled the man un- into account a wider range of factors during a weekend debate among GOP .11 than the official poverty measure. The presidential candidates in Iowa. The 14 at the same business after he attempted til Bellingham Police arrived to prevent the alternative measure sets the poverty amount is more than two months' salary to pay for his purchases with a counterfeit man from leaving and potentially causing a threshold $2,230 higher than the official for Americans with midrange incomes. $20 bill. “It was determined that he owned collision. The driver “was legally intoxicat- measure for a two-adult, two-child family. .06 12. a business and had taken the bogus $20 bill ed,” police reported. “He was not driving or 50 # in from a customer,” police reported. He in control of his vehicle so he was released was not charged with a crime. to his very upset wife. The car was parked and locked and the wife took the keys.” ¹}x{ ¹| On Dec. 10, a woman who owns a laun- AVERAGE tax cut to upper income families BILLIONS lost in annual revenues in dry service was upset with a customer for On Dec. 6, a woman caused a ruckus at the earning more than $1 million annually Perry’s proposed flat tax plan. Those unpaid service. The laundress went to the bus terminal in downtown Bellingham. Tran- proposed by Gingrich. His plan would earning more than $1 million a year reduce the tax rate on upper incomes to would see their tax burden reduced CASCADIA WEEKLY woman’s home to confront her. When no sit officials called 911 after the 21-year-old one answered, the laundress took two lawn began yelling profanities. She refused to just 11.9 percent and add $1.3 trillion to by half under the plan. Lower income the annual federal deficit. households would lose their expanded 10 chairs from the home to hold as collateral leave the property and struck the transit earned income tax credit and child until the bill was paid. Bellingham Police supervisor before police arrived. She was tax credit. stopped her as she drove away and con- arrested for unlawful transit conduct and vinced her to return the property. felony assault of a transit employee. The SOURCE: NBC News/Marist poll; NBC/Wall Street Journal poll; Pew Research Center; supervisor did not suffer any injuries. ABC News; Forbes; Tax Policy Center currents ›› last week’s news

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12..11 Axles come off a semi-truck in the north- FOOD THURSDAY bound lanes of the Guide Meridian near Axton t Road, blocking trafﬁc for several hours. The ek h 27 e a U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen ﬁres three members of driver was transporting 45,000 pounds of pro- his staff who apparently chronicled their on-the- duce from Seattle to Anchorage. He was unhurt

t job drinking exploits, including taking shots of Jack and no other vehicles were involved. B-BOARD W Daniels at their desks, via Twitter. A statement from his office says Larsen is disappointed and wanted to A one-story home burns in Bellingham. Fire- W 24 BY TIM JOHNSON make clear such behavior will not be tolerated. fighters quickly knock down the fire in a vacant e

home north of Cornwall Park. No injuries are FILM

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T DEC06-12 harassing people collecting signatures outside the 12.xy.11 s Seahawks football stadium for an initiative that MUSIC would legalize and tax recreational marijuana in MONDAY

the state. One signature gatherer was arrested last Bellingham City Council elects to preserve 18 month after he refused an order to stop collecting the city’s right to challenge Whatcom County’s

signatures for Initiative 502 in a public area out- rezone of the Caitac property by ﬁling appeals STAGE side the stadium. Another said she and others were to the Washington Growth Management Hear-

threatened with arrest for collecting signatures. ings Board and Superior Court. 16 ART ART 12.}.11 12..11 The Washington Dept. of Ecology ﬁnes two TUESDAY livestock operators $14,000 each for failing to FRIDAY keep livestock waste from polluting waterways 14 Whatcom County Council approves two rezone requests A heavy piece of equipment destined for the that ﬂow into the Samish River. At ranches in

north of Bellingham from Caitac USA. The changes would per- BP Cherry Point refinery falls into the water as Sedro-Woolley and near Bow, rainwater that GET OUT mit the construction of a resort hotel at the North Belling- crews were attempting to unload it from a barge contacted manure flowed directly into ditches, ham Golf Course, in addition to allowing five homes per acres near Neptune Beach. The large metal cylinder carrying fecal bacteria to the Samish River and rather than one house per 10 acres. Council delays its decision contains nitrogen, but the Coast Guard reports Samish Bay, Ecology found. 12 on the status of Bellingham’s Yew Street Road area. none of it leaked. WORDS

The state Board of Natural Resources approves the transfer 8 8 of 300 acres of state trust-owned forestland to Kitsap Coun- ty. The land will be managed by Kitsap County Parks and Rec- reation as part of the county’s Newberry Hill Heritage Park. CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS The Washington State Department of Natural Resources previ- ously managed this forestland for revenue to support county 6 services. VIEWS VIEWS

12.~.11 4 WEDNESDAY MAIL MAIL Lynden Police continue their investigation of a deadly shooting. A woman who investigators say drove the getaway 2

car in the Nov. 22 shooting is behind bars, and arrest war- IT DO rants are issued for three other suspects who remain at large.

Gunﬁre left 22-year-old Jesse Winchester of Ferndale dead, PHOTO COURTESY OF OCCUPY BELLINGHAM Police arrested a dozen Occupy Bellingham protesters blocking railroad tracks near downtown Monday. Some chained themselves together .11 and his father Jeremiah wounded. Police also report they’ve 14 located vehicles the suspects used to escape. Both are found with bicycle locks. The protest was part of a coordinated effort to disrupt commercial activity around the West Coast. In Seattle, police used "ﬂash-bang" percussion grenades to disperse protesters who blocked an entrance to a Port of Seattle facility. with blood inside, and one riddled with bullet holes. .06 12. 50 #

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FILM FILM sometimes you just don’t want to be a bother or Error, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. a tagalong. Sometimes, being single during the WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM holiday season is like being in the land of the 20 misﬁts. And that can really suck. FRI., DEC. 16 CW: What are the advantages of being single during FAMILY STORY NIGHT: Members of the Bell- MUSIC ingham Storyteller’s Guild will tell tales at Fam- the holidays? ily Story Night at 7pm at the Fairhaven Library,

18 DS: Hell if I know. 1117 12th St. Entry is free. CW: Who’s leading the Q&A about MSF, FSM, PDA 778-7188 STAGE STAGE and dating etiquette? SAT., DEC. 17 DS: LOL…for starters, the dating world is full of MALL SIGNINGS: Area authors Nadia Kri-

16 these acronyms, and it can be confusing. I’ve lanovich, Nina Lades, and Dana Razier will sign copies of their respective books from 12-1:30pm ART ART been to many mixers where there’s a self-pro- claimed expert who speaks about being single at the Village Books Holiday Store at Bellis Fair and dating. These experts are usually married Mall. Copies of their works will be on hand. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 14 and haven’t been in the dating scene for years. The real experts are those of us who are trying MON., DEC. 19 POETRYNIGHT: Read your original verse at

GET OUT to navigate the single world every day on our own. We ﬁgured this party would be a good op- poetrynight at 8:30pm at the Amadeus Project, 1209 Cornwall Ave. Sign-ups start at 8pm. portunity for open discussion on frustrations WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG 12 12 or challenges of being single. We all have our own experi- TUES., DEC. 20 WORDS WORDS ences on how we cope with WRITER’S GROUP: The Deming Writer’s Group hosts its monthly meeting at 7pm at the Deming certain things. Why not learn

8 Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Highway. All adult writ- from each other? (And guys, ers are welcome to bring work to share with the please come prepared to ex- group, and no RSVP is required. plain why the toilet seat is 592-2422 CURRENTS CURRENTS ATTEND always up.) 6 BY AMY KEPFERLE WHAT: Singles CW: Will Santa be there? COMMUNITY Holiday Party & Naughty and nice elves?

VIEWS VIEWS Dating Game DS: Yes, even though Santa is THURS., DEC. 15 WHEN: 6-9pm amazingly busy this time of WSU OPEN HOUSE: The WSU Whatcom County 4 Thurs., Dec. 15 Extension will host an Open House from 2-4pm Save the Date WHERE: Silver year, he will be there. He has at 1000 N. Forest St. Meet team members, learn MAIL MAIL Reef Hotel Casino also talked Mrs. Claus into what’s new for 2012 and beyond, chat with staff A SEASONAL SOIREE FOR SINGLES and Spa coming as well. Guests will and ﬁnd out more about subjects having to do

2 COST: $10 (the be able to get their pictures with agriculture, composting, gardening, small event is 21-and- taken with either (or both). farms, youth development and more. DO IT IT DO over) WWW.WHATCOM.WSU.EDU THE MISTLETOE photo booth is a sure sign: when INFO: www. CW: What are you most excited eek!Harmony’s Deb Slater organizes a get-together, pretty much any- facebook.com/ for regarding this event? DEC. 15-23 .11 eekHarmony LIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS: More than one mil- 14 thing can happen. The Singles Holiday Party & Dating Game hap- DS: I hate to see single peo- pening Thurs., Dec. 15 at the Silver Reef Casino is no different. We ple chalk up another holiday lion lights will be glowing at the annual “Lights caught up with Slater recently to ﬁnd out what the seasonal soiree’s feeling alone and lonely. This is an opportunity of Christmas” celebration taking place at various times through Dec. 28 at Stanwood’s Warm .06 12. all about. If you’re without a Mr. (or Mrs.) Claus, you’ll want to pay to dress up (a little—it is Whatcom County, af- Beach Camp. In addition to the twinkles, there’ll 50 # close attention. ter all), get out of the house, have some fun be dinner theater, visits with Santa, live music, Cascadia Weekly: What was the inspiration for planning this party? and meet new people. The best part of an event food, a petting farm, pony rides and much more. Deb Slater: Because our ﬁrst eek!Harmony singles party in February like this is connecting with people and possibly Entry is $9-$15. was so well attended, it was obvious that there was a need for more meeting someone special. WWW.WARMBEACHLIGHTS.COM events like this in the area. The Silver Reef Casino has been wanting CW: Why else should people come? DEC. 16-17 to offer something special for single people, so we joined together DS: Where else can you spend $10, get some food FAIRHAVEN HOLIDAY FESTIVAL: Every weekend through Dec. 24, head to the Fairhaven Holi-

CASCADIA WEEKLY to create this event. and a beverage, mingle with like-minded people CW: Why does being single during the holidays suck? and be entertained? Not only is it a great value, day Festival to get in the seasonal spirit with late shopping hours, horse-drawn wagon rides, 12 DS: Almost every “single” thing that makes the holiday season great but it’ll be a lot of fun. visits from Santa and the Grinch, and more. has to do with sharing with someone: giving gifts, social functions, CW: Describe your perfect holiday for me, if you WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM eating, drinking, mistletoe… For the past few years, I’ve gotten wouldn’t mind. up on Christmas morning and gone to Walgreens just because I DS: Don Draper, the perfect Bloody Mary and a SAT., DEC. 17 BELLINGHAM MARKET: Attend the ﬁnal Bell- didn’t have anyone special, but I still wanted to be around people. great pair of heels. Hey, a girl can dream… doit Family Law Attorney with 18 years experience Collaborative ingham Farmers Market of the season from 10am-3pm at Depot Market Square, Railroad We Care about Your Divorce Avenue and Chestnut Street.

Children’s Well-Being 34 WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG (360) 647-8897 Settle Your Case FLY DAY: View historic aircraft in action at [email protected] FOOD the monthly Fly Day and open house from Without Going to Court 1010 Harris Ave. #201 12-4pm at the Heritage Flight Museum, 2165 Mitchell Way. Suggested donation is $5. Free Consultation Bellingham Patrick Gallery 27 WWW.HERITAGEFLIGHT.ORG Divorce With Dignity & Mutual Respect HOLIDAY BAZAAR: Vendors, crafts, ac-

tivities for kids, live entertainment, auction B-BOARD items and more will be part of the Garden- view Holiday Bazaar taking place from 10am- 3pm at Birchwood Presbyterian Church, 400 24 Meadowbrook Court. 527-9638 FILM FILM HOLIDAY HERO: A food and toy drive designed to meet the needs of our troops and

their families in Whatcom County, “Holiday 20 Hero,” happens from 6-10:30pm at the Fern-

dale Events Center, 5715 Barrett Rd. Entry MUSIC is $10 ($5 with a bag of food or a toy), and

includes live music and more. REINVENT 18 WWW.ROYBOYPRODUCTIONS.COM

SUN., DEC. 18 STAGE BACKGAMMON IN BELLINGHAM: The

monthly “Backgammon in Bellingham” tour- YOURSELF 16 nament starts at 6:30pm at Paciﬁc Martial ART ART Arts, 1308 N. State St. Entry is $15. 733-6173

TUES., DEC. 20 14 MENORAH LIGHTING: Join WWU’s Chabad for a public Menorah lightning and Chanukah party starting at 5:30pm at the Fairhaven Vil- GET OUT lage Green and continuing at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. 12 WWW.WWU.EDU MIDDLE SCHOOL HIP HOP 12 DEC. 20-23 WORDS WORDS RAILWAY HOLIDAYS: Gala holiday decora- Free Drop-In Class Wednesday, December 28 at 1:30pm tions, free cookies, decorated model trains Sign up to try isolations, footwork, grooving and more! 8 and more will be part of the seasonal fun from 12-5pm Dec. 20-23 and Dec. 27-30 at BELLINGHAM ACTIVITY CENTER the Bellingham Railway Museum, 1320 Com-

mercial St. Entry is $2 for children, $4 for CURRENTS adults, or $7 for families (up to four).

393-7540 OR WWW. 6 BELLINGHAMRAILWAYMUSEUM.ORG THURS., DEC. 22 WHATCOM FAMILY YMCA VIEWS

HEALTHCARE MEETING: United for Na- 360 733 8630 www.whatcomymca.org 4 tional Healthcare will host a supporters

meeting at 7pm at the Laborer’s Hall, 1700 MAIL N. State St.

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Community members are invited to join WWU’s Chabad for a public Menorah lighting Dec. 20 at the Fairhaven Village Green doit WED., DEC. 14 SNOW AND SPIRE: John Scurlock shares im-

ages and stories from his recently released 34 34 North Cascades range photo book, Snow and Spire, at 7pm at REI, 400 36th St. FOOD G 647-8955 etout CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT: If you’re in- HIKING RUNNING CYCLING SKIING terested in taking part in the national 27 2011 Christmas Bird Count—which begins today and continues through Jan. 5—head to the website below to sign up. B-BOARD WWW.AUDUBON.ORG/BIRD/CBC/ THURS., DEC. 15

24 MAP SECRETS: Trail enthusiast Darrell Soﬁeld leads a “Map-Makers Secrets” slide

FILM FILM show at 7:15pm at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. Entry is free. WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM 20 FRI., DEC. 16

MUSIC NATURE BABIES: Wild Whatcom Walks will host its kid-friendly Nature Babies

18 outings from 9:30-11am Fridays in De- cember at the Connelly Creek Nature Area. Entry is by donation, and no registration STAGE STAGE is necessary. WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG 16 DEC. 16-18 ART ART EAGLE VIEWING SEASON: Educational programs, speakers, guided walks and more will be part of the feathered fun 14 14 when the Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpre- tive Center opens from 10am-4pm Fri.-Sun. every weekend through Jan. 29 at Rock- GET OUT GET OUT port’s Howard Miller Steelhead Park. WWW.SKAGITEAGLE.ORG

12 SAT., DEC. 17 DONUT RIDE: At 7:30am every Saturday

WORDS through February, meet with members of the Mount Baker Club for a “Donut Ride” of

8 anywhere from 25 to 45 miles leaving from Kulshan Cycles, 100 E. Chestnut St. BY AMY KEPFERLE “It works,” Meche says. “It’s the largest citi- WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG zen science effort in the history of the world and WORK PARTY: Join the Whatcom Land CURRENTS CURRENTS it’s connected to the largest database ever on Trust for a Scotch Broom removal work party from 9am-12pm at the nonproﬁt’s 6 populations of wintering birds. It gives a good Maple Creek Reach property (located east idea about numbers of birds and where they are Avian Awareness of Maple Falls). Work gloves, tools and VIEWS VIEWS in the wintertime.” refreshments will be provided. CHRISTMAS COUNT IS FOR THE BIRDS A quick look at the National Audubon Soci- WWW.WHATCOMLANDTRUST.ORG 4 ety website reveals the count originally started SANTA TRAIN: That popular jolly fella in

MAIL MAIL in 1900 when Bird Lore founder Frank Chapman red will be onboard when the Lake What- EVEN WHEN Joe Meche is doing some- suggested an alternative to the “side hunt” (in com Railway offers Santa Train excursions

2 at 9:30am, 12pm, and 2:30pm through the thing as mundane as talking on the phone, which teams competed to see who could off the woods of Wickersham. Tickets are $10 for there’s a pretty good chance he’s also on the most game, including birds). Instead of killing DO IT IT DO kids and $20 for adults, and must be pur-

lookout for birds. the feathery, ﬂighty animals, they’d count them chased in advance. Case in point: A few minutes into a recent inter- instead. WWW.LAKEWHATCOMRAILWAY.COM .11 THRILLER CROSS: As part of the Cascade

14 view I conducted with the North Cascades Audubon These days, counts take place in all 50 of the Society (NCAS) President about the annual Christ- United States, each and every Canadian prov- Cross Series, cyclocross fans can join in or watch today’s Thriller Cross from mas Bird Count, he interrupted himself to share the ince, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the 10am-2pm at Bellingham’s Civic Field

.06 12. ATTEND news that there was an Anna’s hummingbird buzz- Paciﬁc Islands. Last year’s 62,624 participants Complex. The event is open to both kids

50 WHAT: Christmas # ing three feet away from him. Bird Count logged a record 2,215 counts and tallied more and adults, and entry fees range from Still talking, Meche, 68, grabbed his camera and WHEN: Dec. 14, than 60 million birds. $10-$25. made his way outside to see if he could capture a 2011 - Jan. 5, 2012 As NCAS president, Meche is in charge of WWW.CASCADECROSS.COM quick shot of the small winged creature (a medium- WHERE: North making sure each of the 24 assigned territories America and MON., DEC. 19 sized species that, if fed, tends to stick around within the Bellingham circle are covered. After WINTER CAMPING: Learn what you need, beyond the region long after its cannier counterparts have INFO: 739-5383, a leader has been assigned to each swath in the where to go and how to prepare at a “Win- ter Camping Basics” clinic at 7pm at REI,

CASCADIA WEEKLY ﬂown to warmer climes). Mechejmch@aol. zone, it’s up to them to put together their own 400 36th St. Please register in advance for “It’s gone,” he reported with a sigh as he came com, or www. teams (typically containing four people). When the free clinic. 14 back inside and we got back to the business of northcascades interested volunteers call Meche to see if there’s audubon.org 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM the Christmas Bird Count—which every winter space available, he writes their names and num- sees tens of thousands of volunteers around North America head into bers down and shares them, as needed, with ter- TUES., DEC. 20 GIVE AND GLOW: Join staff from the great outdoors from Dec. 14 to Jan. 5 to compile helpful data ritory leaders seeking additional volunteers. Fairhaven Runners for a “Give and Glow” about which birds are wintering where. AVIAN, CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE doit

social run starting at 6pm at the store’s headquarters at 1209 11th St. Bring food or a check for the Bellingham Food Bank to

be left under the tree. Bring a headlamp or 34 ﬂashlight. WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM FOOD 27 B-BOARD 24 FILM FILM WINTER QUARTER 2012 ONLY $25 Per Course! DEMING 20 Classes start January 4 INTRO TO COMPUTER APPLICATIONS W 3:00 pm-5:30 pm MUSIC

Deming Library ENROLL NOW! 18 This course provides instruction in basic computer skills, including navigating Micro- soft Windows, Microsoft Word, and use of common software for publishing and pre- Register at the STAGE senting multimedia presentations.

Deming Library 16 KENDALL ART ART Classes start January 5 Contact Brandi Gist GED PREPARATION: FAST TRACK T, Th 6:00 pm-8:30 pm Reaching Out to East 542 14 14 Kendall Elementary Coordinator Study for all five tests, get your GED and prepare for entering college. Learn about GET OUT (360) 752-8587 GET OUT navigating college, career coaching and scholarship opportunities. Course content and schedules subject to change [email protected] 12

Costumes will be encouraged for those who want WORDS to take part in a cyclocross race dubbed “Thriller WE Cross” Dec. 17 at Civic Field SALE 8 SUPPORT Nov 25 - Dec 24 THE CURRENTS AVIAN, 6 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE ARTS VIEWS VIEWS 4 “The main thing is for the territory

to be covered as thoroughly as pos- MAIL sible,” Meche says. “We go from sunup to sundown, and we count every bird by 2 species and every species by individual DO IT IT DO numbers. It’s a trained estimate, and it’s usually pretty close.” .11

Meche is still helping put together 14 the Dec. 17 Christmas Bird Count on the Washington State ferry that travels from Anacortes to Sidney, B.C., and the .06 12. 50 Dec. 18 count in the Bellingham area, Pick up a # but he wants to make sure that those copy each who sign up know they’ll be subject to Wednesday the vagaries of the weather. In the decades he’s been part of the Christmas for our Bird Count, he says he’s experienced Art & Event

both subzero temperatures as well as Listings CASCADIA WEEKLY unexpected balminess. “You have to realize that not everyone 15 wants to get out in mid-December and count birds,” Meche says. “That said, some people will die—literally—before they ever give up their territories.” revived last year—she’s presented The Soup Kitchen, Careful What You Wish For (featuring, among other things, tap-dancing grandmoth-

ers), How the Slug Stole Solstice (a play, writ-

34 34 ten entirely in rhyme, about a big banana slug who ventures into the forest to recap-

FOOD G ture the sun), and SKrooJe (which had live sta e Barbie and Ken dolls getting their microchips THEATER DANCE PROFILES mixed up with other toys—and a couple of 27 rummy old Fruit Cakes). “The Wutcraker came on what seemed to be

B-BOARD the rising popularity of my alternatively wacky intergenerational holiday shows,” Robinson says. “Kids and adults were expressing a sigh 24 of relief when I kept offering something that

FILM FILM wasn’t always a Christmas play sugar-coated and idealized.” While the plot of The Wutcraker loosely draws 20 on The Nutcracker, there are many notable dif- ferences (other than the fact that the play MUSIC isn’t at all a fancy ballet, of course).

18 The story within a story starts with a family who, on the eve of the Winter Solstice,

STAGE STAGE discover a giant book that immediately transports 16 16 them into the world of a

ART ART girl named Clara, a bevy STAGE STAGE of forgotten toys and a mission to save a debt-

14 ridden dude they call Un- cle Doppleganger.

GET OUT ATTEND Soon Clara and her co- WHAT: The horts are in a spooky place Wutcraker dubbed the Disenchanted 12 WHEN: 7pm Dec. Forest, where they meet 15-17 and 2pm the Booger Flung Scaries, Sun., Dec. 18 WORDS WHERE: Performing melt the heart of the chill- Arts Center, WWU iest gang leader in the for- 8 COST: $12 in est, rescue three old princ- advance, $15 at the es, help out a guy named door Prince, go up against an

CURRENTS CURRENTS INFO: 650-6146 or www.bellingham oversized rat and, last but

6 childrentheatre.com not least, conquer consum- eristic capitalism.

VIEWS VIEWS To help tell the story—which also includes some song and dance, if not perfectly exe- PHOTO BY DRUE ROBINSON 4 cuted pirouettes—Robinson says she relies

MAIL MAIL on a cast of almost 50, and at least that many volunteers. In addition to those who BY AMY KEPFERLE 2 dedicate their lives to the stage, she’s also, per usual, rounded out the cast with a hand- DO IT IT DO

ful of Bellebrities. “Last year, former Mayor Tim Douglas had a .11 The Wutcraker

14 blast—and it was the ﬁrst play he’d ever done SEASONAL SPOOF KEEPS SPIRITS ALIVE in his life,” Robinson says. “This year, Mayor Dan Pike is cutting his ﬁrst teeth as a thes-

.06 12. IMAGINE THIS: You’ve procured tickets to what you think pian, playing opposite Pete Kremen and Doug

50 “KIDS AND ADULTS WERE # is a showing of a world-famous classical Christmastime ballet. But not Banner. I think people wind up realizing that long after the curtain lifts, you realize that in place of willowy sugar EXPRESSING A SIGH OF those of us in the performing arts work every plum fairies, there’s a gaggle of hairy men in tutus executing negligible bit as hard—late nights, long hours, tons of pirouettes. (Oh, and they’re called “Booger Flung Scaries.”) RELIEF WHEN I KEPT prep, etc.—as those who hold public office.” Wutcraker director and mastermind Drue Robinson says the above sce- Even if you’ve seen seen The Wutcraker be- nario took place during a past showing of the holiday spoof whose title OFFERING SOMETHING fore, Robinson says parts of the story have been tweaked. There are a few new characters, and CASCADIA WEEKLY happens to rhyme with that aforementioned classic. “They were delightfully horrified,” Robinson says, “and came back THAT WASN’T ALWAYS A punch lines have been customized to match the 16 the next night with five of their friends.” folks who are starring in the production. Robinson, who owns and operates the Bellingham Children’s The- CHRISTMAS PLAY SUGAR- “There are mentions about people in the atre, is no stranger to creating seasonal stagings that test the community who aren’t even in the show,” boundaries of tradition. COATED AND IDEALIZED.” Robinson says. “Nobody escapes a playful rib- In addition to The Wutcraker—which premiered in 1998 and was —DRUE ROBINSON bing—not even me.” doit @V\Y STAGE Showcase and Holiday Dance starting at 7pm at the Majestic, 1027 N. Forest St. Tickets are $20

WED., DEC. 14 and include performances, dessert, music and =63=6

INTRO TO IMPROV: Sheila Goldsmith helms a dancing for the whole evening. 34 free introductory improv class from 7-9pm at WWW.BELLINGHAMDANCECOMPANY.ORG :PUJL PU)LSSPUNOHT

Improv Playworks, 302 W. Illinois St. Please reg- OHZMYPLUKZ FOOD DEC. 16-17 Diagnosis U Repair U Service U We Buy and Sell Volvos ister in advance. New & used parts in stock U Visa, MasterCard and Discover 756-0756 GIFTS OF DANCE: “Love and Life” will be the theme of A Gift of Dance’s winter recital at 7pm H[ 360.734.6117 THURS., DEC. 15 Fri.-Sat. at Everson’s Nooksack High School Per- rainbowautoservice.com 27 IMAGINE CHRISTMAS: Relive the story of forming Arts Center, 3326 E. Badger Rd. Tickets 9HPUIV^(\[V Open Monday to Thursday, 8-6 Christ’s birth through fresh eyes when the North- are $9. B-BOARD west Washington Theatre Group presents a show- WWW.AGIFTOFDANCE.ORG ing of Imagine Christmas at 7pm at the Mount Baker Theatre. Tickets are $9-$25. SAT., DEC. 17 WWW.NWTG.ORG OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE. THREE GLORIAS: Flamenco dancer Savannah 24 COM Fuentes will be joined by musicians Jesus Mon-

toya and Pedro Cortes for a “Three Glorias” per- FILM VAUDEVILLINGHAM: The Bellingham Circus formance at 6pm at the Blue Horse Gallery, 301 Guild’s monthly uncensored variety extravagan- W. Holy St. Tickets are $12-$20.

za, “Vaudevillingham,” shows at 8pm and 10pm 20 WWW.SAVANNAHFUENTES.COM at the Cirque Lab, 2107 Iron St. Admission to see the anything-goes shows is by donation. WINTER WONDERLAND: Day-to-Day Dance MUSIC WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM Productions presents “Winter Wonderland,” a holiday beneﬁt show, at 7pm at the Blaine Per- GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the Bad forming Arts Center, 975 H St. Tickets will be $2- 18 and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the Up- $8 at the door. front Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick around 920-2964 STAGE for “The Project.” Entry is $7 for the early show, $4 for the late one. HOLIDAY BALL: Stirred Not Shaken will perform 14

733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM at USA Dance’s Holiday Ball taking place from 16 8-10pm at the Blue Moon Ballroom, 1213 Corn- ART ART DEC. 15-17 wall Ave. Beginners and singles are welcome, and STAGE THE CHRISTMAS TOY SHOP: Experience the if you need instruction show up at 7pm. “mysterious enchantment and joyful excitement” 734-5676 OR WWW.BELLINGHAMUSADANCE.COM of the holiday season by attending Michelle Vac- MILONGA: The monthly “Tango Experience” 14 ca’s The Christmas Toy Shop, at 7:30pm Thurs.-Fri. Milonga takes place from 8-11:30pm at Presence and 2pm Sat. at Lynden’s Claire vg Thomas The- Studio, 1412 Cornwall Ave. The event is open to GET OUT atre, 655 Front St. Tickets are $8-$12. all, and no partner or experience is needed. En- WWW.CLAIREVGTHEATRE.ORG try is $8. OVER THE RIVER: The comedic Over the River WWW.PRESENCE-STUDIO.COM 12 and Through the Woods—billed as “a story of love, loyalty and lasagna”—shows at 7:30pm DEC. 17-18

Thurs. and 8pm Fri.-Sat. at the Anacortes Com- DANCING FOR JOY: “We Danced Our Best for WORDS munity Theatre, 918 M Ave. Tickets are $18. Him,” Dancing for Joy’s annual Nativity story

WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM told through the language of dance, can be seen 8 at 6:30pm Sat.-Sun. at the Mount Baker Theatre, ENDLESS START: Attend showings of a “musical PEP 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets are $10. PER creepy fairy tale” when the City of Lost Children 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM presents An Endless Start at 8pm Thurs.-Sat. at CURRENTS CURRENTS the iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. Tickets THE NUTCRACKER: Classical ballet and a live symphony make magic when the Northwest Bal- are $10. SIST 6 let and the Starry Night Orchestra team up for ERS WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM performances of The Nutcracker at 7:30pm Sat.

COOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX SINCE 1988 VIEWS DEC. 16-17 and 2pm Sun. at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, THE ANDREWS BROTHERS: Expect mistaken 2501 E. College Way. Tickets are $20-$30.

Open Nightly Except Monday 1055 N State St B’ham 671-3414 4 identities and madcap adventures when the WWW.NORTHWESTBALLET.ORG OR WWW. song and dance of The Andrews Brothers shows at MCINTYREHALL.ORG MAIL MAIL 7:30pm every Friday and Saturday through Dec.

17 at Mount Vernon’s RiverBelle Dinner Theatre, 2 100 E. Montgomery. Tickets are $20-$40. WWW.RIVERBELLEDINNERTHEATRE.COM DO IT IT DO

HOLIDAY THEATRESPORTS: Watch classic games with a seasonal twist when teams of im-

provisers go head-to-head and laugh-to-laugh at .11 Holiday Theatresports matches at 8pm and 10pm 14 Fri.-Sat. at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets are $8-$10 and additional showings of

the form happen through the month. .06 12. 50

733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM # SAT., DEC. 17 COMEDY NIGHT: Funny fella Joe Fontenot brigs his standup talents to Bellingham for Com- DIVORCE and FAMILY LAW edy Night starting at 9pm at Poppe’s Bistro & MARRIAGES AND DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS Lounge, 714 Lakeway Dr. Entry is $10. 671-1011 Child Custody and Visitation Dividing Property and Debts CASCADIA WEEKLY DANCE Alimony and Child Support 17 Traditional and Collaborative Representations FRI., DEC. 16 Show up for the song and dance of The Andrews $350 Flat Fee Advice Packages Also Available WINTER SHOWCASE: Members of the Belling- Brothers at the ﬁnal performances of the show Dec. ham Dance Company will perform at a Winter 16-17 at Mount Vernon’s RiverBelle Dinner Theatre Daniel Sobel - VISIT WWW.DANIELSOBEL.COM TO LEARN MORE Family Lawyer FREE INITIAL CON SULTATION (360) 510-7816 doit EVENTS

34 34 DEC. 14-21 FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: Allied Arts will host its

FOOD 32nd annual Holiday Festival of the Arts from 10am-6pm every Wed.-Sun. through Dec. 24 at visual 3548 Meridian St. (south of Bellis Fair Mall). WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG

27 GALLERIES OOPENINGSPENINGS PROFILESPROFILES THURS., DEC. 15 CURATOR’S TOUR: Photo archivist Jeff Jew- B-BOARD ell leads a Curator’s Tour focusing on the exhibit “Delivered Daily: The News Photography of Jack Carver” at 12:30pm at the Whatcom

24 Museum’s Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora St. Suggested donation is $3.

FILM FILM WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG DEC. 16-18 20 PACIFIC ARTS: Dozens of local artists and crafters will share their wares at the annual

MUSIC Paciﬁc Arts Holiday Market taking place from 11am-8pm Friday and 10am-6pm Saturday and

18 BY AMY KEPFERLE Sunday at 1522 Cornwall Ave. (next to the Bell- 18 18 ingham Public Market). This is the ﬁnal week-

ART ART end, so go while the going’s good. STAGE STAGE WWW.PACIFICARTSHOLIDAYMARKET.COM

16 Objectiﬁcation SAT., DEC. 17 HOW BAZAAR: Local artists and crafters will ART ART ANOTHER REASON TO VISIT EDISON have their wares available for perusal and purchase at a “How Bazaar” gathering from 10am- 4pm at Mount Vernon’s Rexville Grocery, 19271 14 HOW IS Edison, Washington like Slab City, California? young woman keeping an eye oonn Best Rd. “SECURITY Well, in addition to being communities that have strongg ththee frfrontont doordoor whenwhen I askedasked whatwhat (360) 708-0403 CAMERA,”

GET OUT artistic ethos, they’re also two of the places listed in Pic-- all the pieces in the show had in BY CHARLES tory Magazine’s latest iteration of “The Best of Small Townn common. “But I think it really KRAFFT America” series. lends itself to sculpture,sculpture,”” ONGOING EXHIBITS 12 In addition to mentioning an artisan bakery (BreadFarm),, shshee adadded.ded. ALLIED ARTS: “Serene Scenes,” featuring the work of Lisa McShane, Vikki Jackson, and Tore Slough Food, and a saloon (the Longhorn), the contributorr She was right. Al-Al- Ofteness, will be on display through Dec. 31 at WORDS also pointed to the many art galleries located “on Edison’ss though there was Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. lone L-shaped main street” (Smith & plenty to look at WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG 8 Vallee, the Lucky Dumpster, Shop Cura- among the works of BELLINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM: The mu- tor, etc.) to make her case. the 20-plus artistartistss seum is open to the public from noon-5pm While it’s great to get kudos from who’d submitted theitheirr Tues. and Thurs.-Sat. at 1320 Commercial St.

CURRENTS CURRENTS 393-7540 a respected online photojournalism works to the invitational— BLUE HORSE: View Valerie Collymore’s “The 6 website, those who’ve ever visited the John Zylstra, gallery co-owner An- “French Riviera Collection” paintings and Don- small Skagit town of Edison know full drew Vallee, Todd Horton, Ries Niemi, Ann Morris, Per- ald Simpson’s photographic artwork through

VIEWS VIEWS well why they made the cut (friendly . $/ egrine O’Gormley, Jan Hoy, Tom Lindsay, and Chris Theiss Dec. at the Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. WHAT: “Objectiﬁ- folks, attractive surroundings, good among them—it was the three-dimensional pieces that WWW.BLUEHORSEGALLERY.COM

4 cation 4” food and, yep, amazing art are my par- WHEN: 11am-5pm really stood out. CEDARWORKS: Peruse and purchase a variety of Native American art from 10am-6pm Wed.-Sat. MAIL MAIL ticular reasons). Dec. 14-18 and With Charles Krafft’s hand-painted porcelain “Security at the CedarWorks Art Gallery, 217 Holly St. In retrospect, a recent visit a friend Dec. 21-24 Camera” leading the way into the show, I kept my eyes open 647-6933 2 and I made to the area drove home WHERE: Smith for other nontraditional sculptures. I wasn’t disappointed. & Vallee Gallery, CHUCKANUT BREWERY: Paintings by Bell- how amazing a day trip to Edison can Charles Theiss’ “A Change of Direction” was a mind- DO IT IT DO ingham artist Julia Clifford will be on display 5742 Gilkey Ave., actually be. Edison bending, Dali-esque concoction of art and angles, while through Jan. 28 at the Chuckanut Brewery and As we had both had plans for later in COST: Entry is free Lummi Island sculptor Ann Morris’ “Beaded Bone Boat” Kitchen, 601 W. Holly St. .11 INFO: www. WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM 14 the day, we set out before noon with begged the viewers to peek inside the small craft to see the idea of visiting Slough Food for the smithandvallee. what else was woven into the primitive-looking water- DEMING LIBRARY: View works by artists Beth com Anna Margolis and Vikki Jackson through Dec. first time (up until then the Edison Inn craft. I also took advantage of the note that invited pa- 30 at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. .06 12. had always been our go-to spot because of oyster shooters trons to touch Peregrine O’Gormley’s small drift log sculp- 592-2422 50 # and shuffleboard) and then stepping into Smith & Vallee to ture, “Star Crossed,” and was surprised to find the wood DIGS: “Here Sometimes,” Seattle artist Eddy peruse the venue’s latest exhibit, “Objectification 4.” worn as smooth as an agate. Lee’s collection of emotive female portraiture Once we’d survived the gorgeous, winding gauntlet of “I love the variety of this show,” Smith & Vallee’s Berit inspired by the music of Blonde Redhead, will Chuckanut Drive, it was all sea birds and sunshine until that Ness says. “There’s a variety in media, but also variety of be on display through December at DIGS, 200 W. Holly St. telltale wind in the road indicated we’d arrived. artists from budding to veterans. It’s really a great snapshot WWW.DIGGSSHOWROOM.COM After a fully satisfying lunch of sandwiches, salad and sau- of the mission of our gallery—which is exhibiting emerging FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contemporary and established local and regional artists. It’s our fourth CASCADIA WEEKLY sages at Slough Food, we strolled to the former schoolhouse- folk art of RR Clark from 12-5pm every Mon.-Fri. turned-gallery for a look-see at the multi-artist exhibit. year doing the annual ‘Objectification’ series and I’ve found at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. 18 We weren’t the only daytrippers wandering around the that it’s some of our patrons’ favorite.” 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM space, but the venue is plenty big enough to allow for If you go, be aware that show might change by the time you FOG: View a variety of works by noted artists thoughtful contemplation without feeling like you’re invad- get there, as those who are buying pieces have the option of at the Fairhaven Originals Gallery, 960 Harris Ave. ing someone else’s personal space (or vice versa). taking them home with them. Either way, you’re sure to find WWW.BELLINGHAMFOG.COM “’Object’ is the only motivator,” we were told by the something else to your liking. It is Edison, after all. doit Andrew L. Subin Just in time for the holidays! CRIMINAL DEFENSE FOURTH CORNER FRAMES: “Earth, Sea, Baxter Mini Bundt Cakes

Sky,” an exhibit featuring works by Laurie Rum Apricot | Tequila Lime | Scotch Pecan Potter, Sharon Kingston, and Rob Vetter, can 34 34 be viewed through December at Fourth Cor- GrandGrand Marnier Poppy Seed | Bourbon Chocolate

ner Frames, 311 W. Holly St. FOOD 734-1340 Packaged in a commemorative tin. GALLERY CYGNUS: Painter Anne VOTED BY BELLINGHAM Great for Group Gifting! Schreivogl’s “Petals of Hope” exhibit shows 27 through Dec. 24 at La Conner’s Gallery Cyg- “BEST SANDWICH” Another Great Gift! nus, 109 Commercial St. Year After Year Avenue Bread Gift Cards WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM B-BOARD GOOD EARTH: Julie deRouche’s Art Nou- veau pottery can be seen through Decem- Drug, Alcohol & ber at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris 24 Ave. Driving Related WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM Offenses FILM HONEY: “Bs to Honey,” Bellingham artist Tom Semple’s abstract, acrylic and mixed- FREE media paintings, can be viewed through Jan. CONSULTATION 20 3 at Honey Salon, 310 W. Holly St.

WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM Downtown 1313 Railroad MUSIC LUCIA DOUGLAS: View contemporary folk (360) 734-6677 art by Alison O’Donoghue and ﬁgurative ce- www.andrewsubin.com www.avenuebread.com 360-715-3354 18 ramics by Kim Murton through Dec. 22 at the

Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. STAGE WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM MATZKE FINE ART: “Honey, I Shrunk the 18 18 16 Art,” a multi-artist exhibit featuring small ART ART works, will be on display through Jan. 28 at ART Camano Island’s Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way.

14 WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM MONA: “The First 30 Years: MoNA Collects” shows through Jan. 1 at La Conner’s Museum GET OUT of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. The comprehensive exhibit will ﬁll every gallery on both ﬂoors of the museum. 12 WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG MOUNT BAKERY: New works by Nancy

Leshinsky will be on display through Jan. WORDS 3 at the Mount Baker Café, 308 W. Cham-

pion St. 8 WWW.ARTNORTHWEST.NET QUILT MUSEUM: “A Quilted Garden” and AWE: Award Winning Entries” are currently * CURRENTS on display at the La Conner Quilt & Textile

Museum, 703 Second St. 6 WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM

SKAGIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: “Paint Me VIEWS A River Too! Arts Meets History Again, which

features more than 100 local artists reﬂect- 4 ing their personal view of Skagit history,

shows through Dec. 31 at La Conner’s Skagit MAIL County Historical Museum, 501 S. 4th St.

(360) 466-3365 OR WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET 2 ST. JOSEPH’S: “Healing Through Art: North- DO IT IT DO west Naturals” shows through January 7 at the PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center. 733-5361 OR 296-2951 .11

WATERWORKS: View small format paintings 14 by Lisa Gilley, David Ridgway, and Richard See through Jan. 4 at Friday Harbor’s Water-

Works Gallery, 315 Argyle St. .06 12.

WWW.WATERWORKSGALLERY.COM 50 # WHATCOM ART GUILD: From 10am-6pm every Friday through Sunday, stop by the Whatcom Art Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Waldron Building, 1314 12th St. WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Lesley Dill’s Poetic Visions: From Shimmer to Sister Gertrude Morgan,” “Jack Carver: At the Blossom Time CASCADIA WEEKLY Parade” and “A Paper Trail: Prints from the Collection” are currently on display at the 19 Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora St. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.COM *estimate based on family of four Rumor Has It

34 34 Since I’m never one to shy away from stating the obvious, it’s time to make yet another FOOD of my many no-duh observations: this is not the best time of the year for live music. Un- music less, of course, you happen to be looking for 27 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT live music of the holiday variety (not that there’s anything wrong with that. How could

B-BOARD there be anything wrong with that?), in which case, choices and choices and choices upon choices abound. 24 But, as is per the usual, the time between

FILM FILM Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve around these parts can look a bit like a vast entertainment wasteland. But even during these times of not-

20 BY CAREY ROSS 20 plenty, there still remains plenty to do for those

MUSIC willing to seek out some entertainment. MUSIC Of course, some shows require no seeking,

18 Christmas Carols Done Right merely a marking of calendars and the building of attendant ex-

STAGE STAGE IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR citement. And one of those shows is

16 ably never see was more than enough to whip me into the upcoming Dec.

ART ART a rage frenzy. 23 outing by Black But I’ve left my retail past behind, and, over time, my Breath at the Shake- harsh view of holiday music as softened quite a bit. . down. As I know I’m

14 After all, there is much truth to be found in these time- primarily preaching tested and much-beloved songs. To wit: Starting the day to the choir when I

GET OUT after Thanksgiving, it really is beginning to look a lot like speak of this show, Christmas everywhere you go. Jingle bell time is, in fact, I’ll keep my com- a swell time to go ridin’ in a one-horse sleigh. I can think ments succinct: If 12 of any number of reasons why it is the most wonderful you want to see a time of the year. And yes, I’m still—and always will be— band who is ﬁring WORDS dreaming of a white Christmas. on all cylinders and And this, after all, is the power of the Christmas carol. brings it with both 8 No matter how much the obligations and tribulations skill and brutality, BY CAREY ROSS of this time of year may wear on a person, these holiday this is the show for you. songs have a way of guiding us back to what is the true But there’s a lot of time between now and CURRENTS CURRENTS spirit of the season. And, owing to the fact that we live in when Black Breath ruins Bellingham, and you

6 a musically inclined town, if you need a shot of the kind of can use some of it to see a musical endeavor musical cheer that doesn’t come from whatever you spike called City of Lost Children from Dec. 15-17 at

VIEWS VIEWS your eggnog with, you won’t exactly have to wait for a the iDiOM Theater. caroling crew to show up on your front porch. Taking part in what I’m sure will be an en- 4 Of course, the big Christmas to-do around these parts tertainment spectacular are the sisters Bloom

MAIL MAIL is Debby Boone’s Dec. 23 show at the Mount Baker Theatre (Amanda and Cassidy) and Annaliese Mortim- (more in next week’s issue of the Cascadia Weekly), but er. While all three have been involved in vari-

2 there’s more than enough concerts happening in enough ous entertainment-related undertakings over locales to keep you in the holiday way between now and the years, this will be their ﬁrst shows as City DO IT IT DO

then. While more comprehensive info can be found in the of Lost Children. DON’T BE LIKE THIS GUY music listings following this story, these are my picks for If you’d like a preview of sorts, check out the .11

14 where to go when the Christmas carols call. all-new, all-local, variety-hour-esque, gener- CHRISTMAS CAROLS get a bad rap. For every While many of the events that surround the season al-interest podcast called Project Bellingcast sweet-faced child who lisps its way through “Rudolph are annual endeavors, some Christmas crooners are in (www.projectbellingcast.com) put together by

.06 12. the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” there exists a whole pack of the midst of establishing what they hope will be lasting Ross Brackett and Chris Patton. The podcast 50 # grouchy adults who would be only too happy to make the traditions. One of those folks is Jesse Morrow, who will features an interview of What’s Up! Magazine’s claim that they’d rather suffer the season in silence. provide the music Thurs., Dec. 15 for the Pickford Film Brent Cole, some illicit pig butchery (because, Part of what has turned Christmas caroling into the Center’s inaugural holiday concert. Morrow showed off well, why not?), as well as a performance by equivalent of committing a holiday hate crime is the his Christmas carol chops last year, but this is the ﬁrst the aforementioned City of Lost Children. I’m same thing that has made so many of us embrace a time the Pickford has played host to such an event. on there somewhere too, talking about local slightly darker spirit of the season: the relentless assault If you want to wait until the weekend to get your dose foodstuffs with some lovely people who like to eat nearly as much as I do, but you can go CASCADIA WEEKLY of the retail forces that do far more to turn us into the of Christmas cheer, your options will be both plentiful Grinch instead of one of Santa’s happy elves. I used to be and varied. Should you want to get medieval on Christ- ahead and skip that part if you think listen- 20 one of these Scrooge types—at least where holiday mu- mas, all you’ll have to do is head to one of the “NOEL: ing to it will make me feel uncomfortable (I’m sic is concerned. One too many years working seasonal The Magic of Christmas in Concert” performances (Fri- uncomfortable already). retail set to a soundtrack of screaming children, harried day at Lynden’s Christian Reformed Church or Sunday at And with that, I’ve gone from porcine slaugh- adults and the ever-present and never-welcome sound Bellingham High School) where the classical and Celtic ter to local music within the space of a single of Bing Crosby singing about a white Christmas I’d prob- ensemble will utilize everything from harps to poetry to sentence. My work here is clearly done. musicevents

naut known as Celtic Yuletide. Now in

CAROLS, 34 its 33rd year, the celebration—which

FROM PREVIOUS PAGE takes place at Mount Vernon’s McIn- FOOD tyre Hall—features everything from tell their Christmas story—and they’ll ﬁddling to dancing, all with an Irish

do it all in some pretty sassy medieval twist. Not to be outdone, the Ado- 27 garb. Also in the realm of nontradi- ramus Carolers are themselves nearly tional holiday traditions is the annual three decades into holiday concerts, B-BOARD concert by the lively and musically and they will be setting up shop at nimble What the Chelm that takes the Whatcom Museum on Sunday as

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Club, 2633 S. Harbor Loop Dr. Suggested donation 8 is $5. 303-4014 WWW.BELLINGHAMUKULELEGROUP.COM SUN., DEC. 18 COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA: The North Sound HOLIDAY CONCERT: The Bellingham Community CURRENTS CURRENTS Community Orchestra performs holiday classics at Chorus presents its Holiday Concert and Carol Sing 7:30pm at the Kulshan Middle School, 1250 Kenoy- at 2pm at St. James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th 6 er Dr. Admission is by donation. St. Entry to the family-friendly gig is free. [email protected] 733-5909 VIEWS VIEWS CHRISTMAS CONCERT: Attend “Bellingham CELTIC YULETIDE: The 33rd annual family holi- Christmas: Concert and Carols with Jesse Morrow” day celebration known as “Celtic Yuletide” comes 4 at 7:30pm at the Pickford Cinema, 1318 Bay St. to Mount Vernon for a 3pm show at the Lincoln

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divorced and getting by on TV dinners and one-

34 34 night stands in a dumpy caricature of her cos- mopolitan ideal. FOOD In such straits, an innocuous email an- ﬁlm nouncing the birth of her old ﬂame’s baby is all it takes to send Mavis’ mind back to the

27 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› MOVIE SHOWTIMES glory days, when she and football star Buddy Slade (Patrick Wilson, reprising his laid-back

B-BOARD “prom king” aura from Little Children) were the school’s cutest couple. On the surface, Young Adult is about Mavis’ delusional quest to steal 24 24 her former beau away from new wife Beth (Eliz- FILM FILM FILM FILM abeth Reaser). Deeper down, the ﬁlm engages with the concept of maturity in a culture that celebrates such youthful ideals as beauty and 20 instant gratiﬁcation. In Mavis’ case, writing pulp melodramas for MUSIC the Noxzema set encourages her to stay stuck

18 in an adolescent mindset. However, since comedy is tragedy that happens to other people,

STAGE STAGE the ﬁlm easily plays as satire, following in the same vein as Alexander Payne’s shrewdly

16 observant, gently condescending Midwestern

ART ART portraits, featuring character moments so true, one can’t help but laugh in pained rec- ognition.

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GET OUT by inane reality-TV programming. Real life is messier than that, as demonstrated by the ﬁlm’s most sympathetic character, a former 12 classmate named Matt Freehauf who was crip- pled by the cool kids during a miscalculated WORDS

8 FOR THERON, THIS REPRESENTS A DIFFERENT CURRENTS CURRENTS KIND OF PERFORMANCE 6 FROM MONSTER VIEWS VIEWS REVIEWED BY PETER DEBRUGE gay-bashing incident. In a poignant, career- 4 redeﬁning performance by comedian Patton

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ADULTHOOD IS A BIG LETDOWN pire straight out of one of the supernatural YA book series so popular these days. Shying away .11

14 AMERICAN COMEDIES have spent the last few years explor- story of a self-absorbed teen-lit novelist who from the sun, she eavesdrops on real teens for ing the idea of the man-child—physically mature, but mentally stuck returns home to rekindle things with the now- story ideas and stalks Buddy and his new fam- somewhere between high school and adulthood. Now we meet his female married boyfriend she dated in high school. ily, oblivious to the damage she’s capable of

.06 12. counterpart, and it’s not a pretty sight. So much the better: Reteaming Theron plays Mavis Gary—beautiful, successful inﬂicting on others. 50 # pop-savvy scribe Diablo Cody with Juno director Jason Reitman, Young and a mess. Mavis long ago achieved her goal of For Theron, this represents a different kind Adult revels in breaking the rules of safe Hollywood storytelling, casting escaping the perceived oppression of small-town of performance from Monster, for which she won Charlize Theron as an emotionally stunted YA novelist with limited appeal Mercury, Minn., to live the dream in Minneapolis. an Oscar while allowing herself to look superﬁ- and no tidy character arc. So why is she so unhappy? Young Adult is hip to cially unattractive. Here, the actress plays clos- Cody has found herself in the media crosshairs after the overnight the answer, but never preaches it outright: When er to home, inviting audiences to observe the acclaim of Juno, and though the snark-meister has managed to sustain people can hardly stand to be around themselves, process by which she makes herself beautiful,

CASCADIA WEEKLY her unique brand through a mix of Twitter updates, Entertainment Weekly they continue to run from and reinvent their lives painting on makeup, clipping her nails and at- columns and edgy writing assignments (Jennifer’s Body, The United States until they address the fact that the root of their taching hair extensions to disguise her physical 24 of Tara), Young Adult will surely be the make-it-or-break-it project in many dissatisfaction lies within. flaws. But the scowl etched on her face reveals people’s estimation of her talents. Rather than play it safe, Cody spins Though Mavis is undoubtedly fashioned from the ugliness within, demonstrating a naked a personal case of writer’s block—possibly inspired by her gig adapting aspects of her creator’s own personality, the op- candor—one that extends to the screenplay Sweet Valley High for screen—into a deeply unflattering, semi-autobio- erating idea here seems to be that people don’t itself—that’s plenty admirable, in part because graphical takedown of adult-onset insecurity and egotism, inventing the change. The high-school queen bee will always it’s so squirm-inducing to behold. film ›› review NOW SHOWING DEC 16-22

34 34 FOOD 27 The Mill and the Cross (NR) HD/92m. “...captures the wish that some of us have had while standing in front of a great painting. What hangs B-BOARD before us is so striking, beautiful, strange, vast, horrifying, ethereal, lifelike - so alive - that we’re 24 desperate to enter the other side of the canvas, to 24 be inside the painting.” Boston Globe FILM FILM Fri: (3:30), 8:30; Sat: 3:00, 8:00 FILM Sun: (1:45), 6:45; Mon - Thu: (3:30), 8:30 20 Melancholia (R) 35mm/137m. Universal praise! “[Lars Von Trier’s film is] a ravishing, emotional and MUSIC often very funny film about a wedding gone wrong,

the end of the world and a woman suffering from 18 profound depression.” Salon.com Fri: (3:00), 6:00; Sat: 5:30 REVIEWED BY BETSY SHARKEY STAGE Sun: 3:00; Mon - Thu: (2:15), 7:30

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A STYLISH PROPOSITION The Way (PG-13) 35mm/121m. HELD OVER! 14 Fri: (12:45), 5:45; Sat: 5:15 LONDON BOULEVARD, star- ing after), and Charlotte’s best friend, Sun: 4:00; Mon - Thu: (12:45), 5:45 ring Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley, is Jordan, played by David Thewlis (Harry GET OUT a pitch-black thriller with ruthless drug Potter’s Professor Lupin), quite wonder- It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) (G) HD/130m. Sat: (2:30 PM); Sun: (12:00 PM) bosses and relentless paparazzi sharing ful as he goes from cowardly lion soft 12 bad-guy billing. Would that the movie to sardonic steel. The Hammer (2011) (PG-13) HD/108m.

were pitch perfect as well. It’s nice to see Farrell back to play- WORDS Sat: (12:30 PM) Story of Matt Hamill - CAPTIONED It’s clear writer-director William ing the bruised hunk, closer to his

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B-BOARD Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked: The end of 2011 has been heralded by a smattering of better-than-usual family-friendly ﬁlms. This isn’t one of them. But if you’d like to ante up for 90 minutes 24 24 worth of animated rodents singing at an artiﬁcially irritating pitch, be my guest. ★★ (tISNJO FILM FILM FILM FILM Sunset Square 11:30am | 12:15 | 1:00 | 1:45 | 2:30 | ]]]]]]]]

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16 nuclear physicist whose brain has been taken over by port city that acts as both backdrop and character in Sunset Square 12:30 | 3:45 | 6:45 | 9:45 | 10:15 a giant ﬂoating alien intelligence called Gor. Agar’s ART ART this charming comedy, all you really need to know is friends notice a change in him (including his new black Puss in Boots: A Shrek spin-off that elevates the that it is the latest offering of endearingly eccentric FZFCBMMTUIBUDBOFYQMPEFBJSQMBOFT CVUUIFZDBOUmH- franchise rather than weighing it down. Even Holly- director Aki Kaurismaki. ★★★★★ 6OSBUFEtIS ure out what the problem is. So bad and so good at the wood gets things a little bit right sometimes. ★★★★ 14 NJO same time. ★★★★ 6OSBUFEtISNJO 1(tISNJO PFC’s Limelight See www.pickfordﬁlmcenter.com for 1JDLGPSE'JMN$FOUFS%FD! Sehome 1:25 | 4:15 showtimes.

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WORDS Sehome 1:05 | 3:55 | 6:45 | 9:30 Melancholia: Few filmmakers could make a cinemat- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: 2011 ic pairing of a wedding and the apocalypse and do The Hammer: Inspired by the life of deaf UFC fight- will go down as the year Hollywood used Ryan Gos- so successfully. Lars Von Trier, however, pulls such a 8 er, Matt Hamill, this movie tells the story of what it ling to try and come between me and my movie star thing off with deeply wrought intensity and style to takes to be a champion, on and off the mat. ★★★★ boyfriend, Robert Downey Jr. It almost worked, but spare. ★★★★ 3tISTNJO 1(tISNJO RDJ redeemed himself with this movie, thus proving Pickford Film Center See www.pickfordfilmcenter.com 1JDLGPSE'JMN$FOUFS%FD! himself to be more than worthy of my enduring love. CURRENTS CURRENTS for showtimes. Also, this movie also features a plot, Jude Law and Hugo: The rampant misuse of 3D in the film indus-

6 Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen’s time-traveling Noomi Rapace, some stuff that blows up and prob- try has left me wary of anyone who thinks they can treatise starring Owen Wilson and Marion Cotilliard ably some kind of evil arch-villain, but I don’t think employ it successfully. However, when one of the BNPOH NBOZ PUIFST JT POF PG UIF NPSF JOTJHIUGVM that’s what’s really important here. ★★★ 1( t VIEWS VIEWS world’s greatest living ﬁlmmakers—Martin Scors- and endearing ﬁlms of 2011—which is likely why it’s ISTNJO ese—decides to apply his skills and talents to the back for yet another encore run. ★★★★★ 1(t #FMMJT'BJS]]]]]] 4 3D realm, the end result is a must-see. ★★★★ (PG ISNJO ]]]] tISTNJO

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2 Hugo: Martin Scorsese. Making a family-friendly The Mill and the Cross: See a painting come to and give the whole thing enough swears, sex and ﬁlm. In 3D. Wrap your mind around it. ★★★★ (PG life—but not just any painting, Pieter Bruegel’s overall sin to earn it an R rating, and you’ll pretty

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The other one says, ‘Yeah, I know—and such small 27 ASTROLOGY portions.’” Is it possible you’re acting like the second ARIES (March 21-April 19): Jim Moran (1908- woman, Libra? Are you being inﬂuenced to ﬁnd fault 1999) called himself a publicist, but I regard him with something that you actually kind of like? Are B-BOARD B-BOARD B-BOARD as a pioneer performance artist. At various times in you ignoring your own preferences simply because his colorful career, he led a bull through a china you think it might help you to be close to those shop in New York City, changed horses in midstream whose preferences are different? I urge you not to do 24 in Nevada’s Truckee River, and looked for a needle that in the coming week. According to my analysis of in a haystack until he found it. You might want to the astrological omens, it’s very important that you

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WORDS cratic Party or the Republican Party. It’s also why at all crucial for you to civilize it. I’m bored by the trumped-up squabble between the CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Emotion is the atheists and the fundamentalist Christians, and the 8 :LWKD&RPSDVVDQGD0DS resource we treasure when we’re young, says poet predictable arguments between dogmatic cynics and Naomi Shihab Nye, but eventually what we thrive

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AM PM -ONDAYTHROUGH3ATURDAY 18 think he knows I have herpes? Maybe it. Of the approximately 1 in 6 U.S. s!RT-ORE he just isn’t interested in me romanti- adults ages 14 to 48 who have geni- STAGE STAGE cally and doesn’t want me getting too tal herpes, 80 percent don’t show attached. —Puzzled visible symptoms, says herpes re- 16 When you start to care about some- searcher Dr. Anna Wald. Research by body, it’s nice to give him little ro- Wald and her colleagues found that ART mantic gifts—ﬂowers, a gourmet even when herpes carriers showed

cupcake, a sweet card, weeping geni- no symptoms, they were contagious 14 tal sores. 10 percent of the time. Of course, Surely you’d tell the guy pronto if that’s on average. Wald explained to you had a cold: “Hey, don’t get too me that there’s a range: “Some peo- GET OUT close, because you could catch this ple may be contagious 1 percent of

and have an unpleasant few days.” the time, and others 30 percent, but 12 But colds go away. Herpes is forever. we don’t have a good way to predict

Yeah, I know, so are diamonds. But, who is who.” WORDS unlike a mammoth rock on a girl’s fin- Putting this guy at risk for her- ger, a big genital pustule isn’t any- pes without giving him any choice 8 thing you want to be showing off to in the matter was not only unfair, the crew at the office: “Look at it but pretty dumb. For many people, gleam under the fluorescents!” the betrayal is the biggest problem. CURRENTS Genital herpes hasn’t always been If you tell somebody before he fools 6 such a big stigmatized deal—to the around with you and maybe pull a point where it’s led to the tanking of fact sheet off the Internet to al- VIEWS VIEWS countless potential relationships. Un- lay his fears, he’ll be less likely to BELLINGHAM: 1209 N. State St. 360-676-1375 til the late ‘70s, it was seen as “cold ditch you, and he won’t have the 3%!44,%ÓÓ5NIVERSITYÓ7AYÓ.%Ó ÓlÓÓ.7Ó-ARKETÓ3TÓ 4 sores down there” and often not even rage he would at being unwittingly MAIL MAIL worthy of a visit to the doctor. Except exposed. To launch the conversa-

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34 on fruit, puddled around a piece of chocolate cake, or spiked with the Five Dirty Browns— FOOD FOOD rum, bourbon, cognac, brandy and some other chow whiskey—any amount will disappear very quickly, especially this time of year.

27 RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES The many recipes for Creme Anglaise differ in their use of milk versus cream, and the propor-

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12 In a thick-bottomed saucepan, heat two cups of milk and/or cream on low, along with one vanilla pod, split down the middle, seeds removed—al- WORDS ternatively, use two teaspoons of vanilla extract. Stir often to make sure it doesn’t scald. 8 Meanwhile, separate the yolks from the whites of six eggs, and combine the yolks with four tablespoons of sugar and two pinches of salt. Stir for about ﬁve minutes with a wooden spoon CURRENTS CURRENTS or spatula. When the cream mixture is almost

6 at a simmer, pour a quarter cup of it, in a thin BY ARI LEVAUX stream, into the yolk and sugar mixture. Stir vig- orously while pouring to temper the yolks, which VIEWS VIEWS makes them less likely to curdle when heated.

4 Once all the hot cream has been incorporated into the egg yolks, discard the vanilla pod and re-

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2 CELEBRATE THE SEASON WITH ENGLISH CREAM to simmering. It will quickly start to thicken, and when it coats a spoon thickly, turn off the heat. As DO IT IT DO

it cools, it will thicken some more. Voila. WHEN SEVERAL packages of viscous ﬂuid showed up on my back and words of encouragement, my bags At this point you have Creme Anglaise, as well the luggage scanner, security agents at Charles de Gaulle Airport checked through, Creme Anglais and all. as the leftover whites of six eggs. These items .11 present a number of interesting options.

14 asked me to explain some items in my checked bags. As sauces go, Creme Anglaise isn’t particularly To make traditional-style eggnog, add some “Creme Anglaise,” I said, reciting one of the few French phrases impressive. It’s not thick like frosting or mayo, nutmeg to the Creme Anglaise. Then, beat those I had bothered to learn. It translates literally to “English cream.” and when poured over cake it looks like spilled leftover egg whites until they’re stiff, and fold .06 12. The English call it custard, or pouring custard. On that side of the paint. Thus, for a more neat presentation it is them into the Creme Anglaise. Then whip some 50 # pond it’s used most often as a sauce, but if you put some nutmeg often served as a puddle on a plate, in which the cream, and fold that in, too. Spike as you see fit. and bourbon in Creme Anglaise, 99 out of 100 Americans would think likes of pie, or Moelleux au Chocolat, is placed. This eggnog will likely be superior to the stuff that goes down at your office party, which might they were drinking fine eggnog. The French call this presentation ile flottante, not even have real eggs in it (legally, it needn’t). Upon hearing that my bags contained Creme Anglaise, the security which means “floating island.” If eggnog isn’t the goal, and you just want to agents broke into excited chatter. Of course, some Creme Anglaise in a glass with make a little Creme Anglaise to play around “Blah blah le Creme Anglaise blah blah le americain blah blah oui a shot of whiskey would be a tidy presentation with, here’s an easy, fun thing to do with those leftover egg whites. Beat them stiff, and then

CASCADIA WEEKLY oui le Creme Anglaise.” as well. beat in two tablespoons of cocoa powder. Serve Their tone reminded me of Japanese tourists saying “ah so,” but Creme Anglaise tastes so much like eggnog dollops of the resulting brown foam on a puddle 34 I wondered if they were debating whether I should be detained, or that most people wouldn’t notice the differ- of Creme Anglaise. I call it “Chocolate Icebergs worse, if my CrËme Anglaise should be conﬁscated. Perhaps, I feared, ence. In fact, traditional eggnog recipes actu- in a Sea of Creme Anglaise,” but I’m open to sug- they were discussing whether there was anything in the break room ally employ Creme Anglaise, in so many words, as gestions for something shorter. upon which to pour my conﬁscated treasure. an ingredient. But with so many shortcuts now Apparently not, because they sent me on my way with pats on available, few people bother to make eggnog doit CHECKMATE

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