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6 July 22-25 at Ferndale’s Pioneer Park PHOTO BY LANCE MERCER VIEWS VIEWS 2 ) . 4[07.yx.10] The Taming of the Shrew: 8pm, Syre Black Box The Taming of the Shrew: 8pm, Syre Black Box Gladiator: 9pm, Upfront Theatre 4 Theatre, WCC Theatre, WCC ON STAGE Lost in Yonkers: 8pm, Walton Theatre Gladiator: 9pm, Upfront Theatre MUSIC MAIL MAIL The Taming of the Shrew: 8pm, Syre Black Box The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Dave Bing: 7pm, YWCA Ballroom

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34 34 to the public. Transparency, honesty and predictability in public affairs. FOOD In the Gristle’s crude understanding, this is what con- views servatives want. This is what they say they want; and as a OPINIONS ›› THE GRISTLE 28 28 manifesto of how we might manage our public affairs, it is a reasonable and responsible one. As the sponsors of the excellent Bellingham Tea Party candidates forum recently cast it, “We support sustainable, predictable government.” CLASSIFIEDS So... why do conservatives support this County Council? Nothing in the Whatcom County Council’s discussion of 24 urban growth areas last week suggests taxes will be lower; BY ROBERT REICH FILM FILM no, taxes will be raised to pay for the increase in government services required for an expanded development base and the conversion of resource land to residential uses. Government 20 will not be smaller; no, it will become bigger and more bu-

MUSIC reaucratic and cumbersome as it attempts to manage poor Too Big to Succeed land-use decisions. As for transparency, honesty, predict- A MOUNTAIN OF LEGISLATIVE PAPER, A MOLEHILL OF REFORM

18 ability and listening, council already went through all of this UGA discussion for the past ﬁve years. ART ART Over that period, the county has heard from dozens of PRESIDENT OBAMA pro- big banks’ lawyers and accountants landowners and special interests, hosted hundreds of hours nounced on June 15 that “because can run circles around them by 16 of planning meetings, received thousands of pages of data of this [ﬁnancial reform] bill, the threatening protracted litigation. and commentary on public attitudes about growth, and American people will never again Why do you think Goldman got STAGE STAGE spent millions, millions of dollars defending their actions in be asked to foot the bill for Wall off so easily from such serious court and appealing (and losing) decisions that did not go Street’s mistakes.” charges of fraud? 14 the county’s way. So why are we redoing all this? As if to prove him wrong, Gold- Reliance on the discretion of County Council sat stonily through hours of additional man Sachs simultaneously an- regulators rather than structural

GET OUT public commentary last week. Roughly three-quarters of the nounced it had struck a deal with tinue to have to foot the bill for changes in the banking system nearly 60 people who spoke cautioned against the council’s federal prosecutors to pay $550 the mistakes of Wall Street’s big- plays directly into the hands of the planned adoption of a revised settlement of the county’s million to settle federal claims it gest banks because the legislation big banks and their executives and 12 urban growth areas, one favorable to developers, one that misled investors—a sum represent- does nothing to diminish the eco- traders who contribute mightily to restores 684 acres to Ferndale, Birch Bay, Nooksack, and Su- ing a mere 15 days profit for the nomic and political power of these Democratic and Republican cam- WORDS mas. Speaker after speaker pointed out flaws and errors in firm based on its 2009 earnings. giants. It does not cap their size. paigns. The flow of money virtually their proposed ordinance. Goldman’s share price immediately It does not resurrect the Glass- guarantees that regulatory agen- 8 In the end, a council majority appeared ready to wave jumped 4.3 percent, and the Street Steagall Act that once separated cies won’t be adequately staffed to aside those comments (so much for listening) and move proclaimed its chair and CEO, Lloyd commercial (normal) banking from enforce the law, that penalties for forward to adopt the settlement by simply crossing out or (“Goldman is doing God’s work”) investment (casino) banking. It violations won’t be overly onerous, CURRENTS CURRENTS removing inconvenient or inaccurate facts from the origi- Blankfein, a winner. Financial an- does not even link the pay of their and that all loopholes will be eas-

6 nal ordinance (so much for transparency and rule of law). traders and top executives to long- ily stretched in future years. Wall 6 alysts rushed to affirm a glowing Only Barbara Brenner—visibly tired and unsure of the legal outlook for Goldman stock. term performance. In other words, Street lawyers will have a field day. VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS problems tied to the adoption of a law with flawed or absent Blankfein, you may recall, was at it does nothing to change their ba- The profit-for-nothing sector of the recitals of fact—asked for more time. Ward Nelson, seeing the meeting in late 2008 when Tim sic structure. And for this reason, economy (law, accounting, finance) 4 no urgency, provisionally agreed to cast the swing vote to Geithner and Hank Paulson decided it gives them an implicit federal will continue to grow buoyantly.

MAIL MAIL delay their decision until next week. to bail out AIG, and thereby deliv- insurance policy against failure un- Make no mistake: As long as Jean Melious, chair of the Whatcom County Planning Com- er through AIG a $13 billion, no- available to smaller banks—there- there’s no fundamental change in

2 mission, spoke at the meeting and commented afterward. strings-attached taxpayer windfall by adding to their economic and the structure of Wall Street—as Melious is a candidate to replace Nelson next fall. to Goldman. In a world where mon- political power in the future. long as the big banks stay as big DO IT IT DO “The Planning Commission has not reviewed, considered or ey is the measure of everything, On every important issue the and are allowed to grow bigger, been involved in [this] proposed amendment to the Compre- Blankfein’s power and inﬂuence legislation merely passes on to and have every incentive to invent 10 hensive Plan and county zoning map,” she said. Yet state law have grown. Presumably, Goldman regulators decisions about how to new ﬁnancial gimmicks with which .21.

07 requires the commission to hold at least one public hearing can expect more windfalls in fu- oversee the big banks and treat to bet other peoples’ money—they on such proposed changes. “The draft ordinance,” she point- ture years. them if they’re behaving badly. will remain too big to fail, and too

.05 ed out, “addresses this issue by striking out the words ‘Plan- Although the ﬁnancial reform But if history proves one lesson politically powerful to control. 29

# ning Commission.’ In other words, the draft ordinance simply bill may have clipped some of it’s that regulators won’t and can’t. Congress has labored mightily to ignores the requirement of Planning Commission review. Goldman’s wings — its lucrative They don’t have the resources. They produce a mountain of legislation “To the best of my knowledge,” Melious continued, ”the derivative business may require don’t have the knowledge. They that can be called financial reform, council itself directed whoever prepared the ordinance to Goldman to jettison its status as are staffed by people in their 30s but it has produced a molehill rela- include specified properties in the revised UGAs. The only a bank holding company, and the and 40s who are paid a small frac- tive to the wreckage Wall Street input was from attorneys, city officials and consultants for access to the Fed discount window tion of what the lawyers working wreaked upon the nation. property owners, according to the minutes of the April 12 that comes with it—the main point for the banks are paid. Many want, Robert Reich, former Secretary of CASCADIA WEEKLY special ‘committee of the whole’ meeting.” is that the Goldman settlement re- and expect, better-paying jobs on Labor in the Clinton administration, 6 That meeting, as we’ve related, was held in a remote lo- veals everything that’s weakest Wall Street after they leave govern- is Professor of Public Policy at the cation, where only development interests were allowed to about the financial reform bill. ment, and so are shrink-wrapped in University of California at Berkeley speak. A straw vote among council members on whether to The American people will con- a basic conflict of interest. And the and the author of Supercapitalism. consider settling with these interests then, within 24 hours, hardened into an ordinance requiring settlement with these VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE

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Grab it & go-go! 28 Planning Director David Stahlheim noted The San Juan in written comments to council. “Only Dale's Raspberry Honey Each road-ready box includes: Hand-cut and wrapped cheese, a coordinating cheese one public hearing on this matter was Pin Out Wild Salmon Sides The Mt. Baker scheduled. The County Council has made condiment, a spreader, CLASSIFIEDS no concerted effort to engage the pub- Low Cost Notary Services a Breadfarm demi-baguette, fresh fruit, lic in discussion of these issues such as napkins, and a sweet taste of chocolate. Our Own Garden Veggies 24 open houses, workshops or updated in-

formation on the county’s web site.” ͙͝άơ͛ FILM ”The basis of the council’s actions are 12 Types Tax Free Licorice not clear to me,” Melious said. She is a 20 land-use attorney who teaches planning

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with state law, the more money we lose. Serving Handmade Local Ingredients for 26 Years! GET OUT “Further,” she said, “the county has not adopted any development impact fees, based on advice [from county staff] ~ Island Cooking ~ 12 that it is ineligible to do so as long as its Jerked Pork Tenderloin WORDS Comp Plan is illegal. Developers in the unincorporated areas of the county do Sri Lankan Veggie Curry 8 not pay for roads. They do not contribute Prawns Esmeralda to schools. Taxpayers subsidize county developments, making it cheaper to de- Tiki Crab & Shrimp Cakes velop in the county than in the city of Grilled Flat Iron Steak CURRENTS

Bellingham and encouraging sprawl— 6 6 the opposite of the result that the Comp For Info & Weekly Specials, go to www.rhodycafe.com VIEWS VIEWS Plan is intended to achieve.” VIEWS This helps explain why developers at- 360-766-6667 5521 Chuckanut Drive at the Edison Junction tempt to hasten some council action 4

while delaying others—the more delay, MAIL the longer taxpayers have to subsidize

the costs of sprawl. 9DOLGDW%·KDP/RFDWLRQV 2 “Whether or not it can be calculated DO IT IT DO in dollars,” Melious said, “I believe that there is a cost to operating outside the rule of law. We are a country of 10 .21.

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Court has told us that we have violated # the law. County Council members take COLD SUBS an oath of ofﬁce to uphold the laws. $Q\'D\RIWKH:HHN That is their job. They can work with :HDFFHSWDOO&RPSHWLWRU·V&RXSRQV the Legislature to change the laws that ([SLUHV9DOLGRQO\DWWKH%HOOLQJKDPORFDWLRQV they do not like, but they do not get 0XVW3UHVHQWFRXSRQDWWKHWLPHRISXUFKDVH1R5HVWULFWLRQV to pick and choose the laws that they 'RZQWRZQ%HOOLQJKDP CASCADIA WEEKLY want to implement.” :0DJQROLD6W Conservative voters decided they 3+)$; 7 wanted a change in county government last year: sustainable, predictable, low- 6XQVHW6TXDUH cost government. But it seems their tea (6XQVHW'U has gone rancid. 3+)$; up from a cost of $330 million the port estimated in 2006. “But let’s pull the issue apart a little

bit,” Mike Stoner, the port’s environ-

34 34 mental director, said. “From my vantage point, it looks like we’re staying pretty FOOD currents NEWS ›› COMMENTARY ›› BRIEFS well on track. In 2008 the port and city updated the project cost total to be 28 28 about $358 million, and the current cost estimate is $361 million. It’s true that things tend to cost more over time, but

CLASSIFIEDS the current estimate is relatively comparable to the original 2006 estimate.” The new estimate includes $11 mil- 24 lion for the relocation of the Burlington BY TIM JOHNSON FILM FILM Northern-Santa Fe rail line that cuts through the center of the site. A plan to

20 move the rail line along the bluffs failed to receive federal stimulus grants last

MUSIC A New Waterfront year, although the state has agreed to TALL BUILDINGS, TALL PRICE FOR REDEVELOPMENT absorb some of the cost. 18 Economics only tops the list of con- tinuing concerns, which include the ART ART level of cleanup planned for heavily con- taminated areas of the site, the amount 16 of space devoted to public use, buffers

STAGE STAGE between the shoreline and built environment and even the character of that environment. A proposal to connect the 14 site to Central Avenue—an area long planned for a public boardwalk—was

GET OUT cast aside for a modiﬁed street design. Several buildings, once slated for demo- lition, are retained in the latest plan. 12 The plan anticipates building heights and view corridors, with heights ap- WORDS proaching 200 feet nearer those bluffs. PORT OF BELLINGHAM OF PORT Buildings of up to 100 feet could be built 8 8 in against bluffs in the southwest portion of the site. That’s roughly the height of the 14-story Bellingham Towers. For CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS comparison, the old GP digester, the

6 tallest structure remaining on the waterfront, is about 150 feet high. Building

VIEWS VIEWS heights would be lower nearer the water, with open space near the shoreline. 4 “Virtually all of the shoreline will be

MAIL MAIL retained in public ownership” primarily for parks, Stoner explained. “Of the

2 22 acres that will be left available for the making, the Port of Bellingham last week released the prelimi- thriving mixed-use urban neighborhood,” development, about six is planned to DO IT IT DO YEARS IN

nary draft of the master plan for Bellingham’s Waterfront District. A citizen’s advi- the plan notes in opening chapters. In be sold to Western Washington Univer- sory group received their copies of the plan and walked the site with port staff. The 2005, the port acquired approximately sity. Of the 16 remaining,” he said, “the 10 public will soon get its ﬁrst chance to see and comment on the joint port and city 137 acres of waterfront property and city has expressed interest in acquiring .21.

07 plan to redevelop 220 acres of waterfront industrial land. tidelands adjacent to Bellingham Bay. some portion around the Granary Build- “It is a huge task, a huge waterfront and a huge project with lots of moving parts,” Much of the property had been owned by ing. So the property available to sell to

.05 commented Jeff Hegedus, who chairs the Waterfront Advisory Group. The WAG has the Georgia-Paciﬁc Corp., which operated a private developer ends up being quite 29 # been helping the port authority develop the plan for more than four years—the a pulp and tissue mill on the site. small, maybe 10 acres.” group held its 50th meeting last week. “Largely, I think, the goals expressed at the The pace of redevelopment depends on “I continue to have doubts that the outset of this process have been carried forward.” uncertain factors, such as the health of building heights or proposed densities A tome of more than 100 pages plus supplemental materials, the plan imagines the economy, the willingness of private will be achieved,” WAG member John a redevelopment scale that could take 30 to 50 years to complete, with the ﬁrst investors to take on a waterfront project Blethen said. Blethen proposed an alter- activity expected in and around the Granary Building area at Central and Roeder of this scale, and the availability of city native site plan in 2008 with a few of dollars to construct utilities, bridges the features of the current plan, includ-

CASCADIA WEEKLY avenues. Ofﬁcials envision the effort will strongly tie the port’s plans for economic development along the central waterfront with city plans for urban renewal and and streets for the site. Primary funds ing a realignment of streets along an 8 revitalization of Old Town and adjacent areas. for the planned environmental cleanup east-west axis. “Will the public accept The port expects to deliver the plan to Bellingham planners in September. That of the site are mostly in place from state buildings of that height on their water- triggers a series of public reviews that will continue through the fall. and federal sources. front? We’ll see.” “The Port of Bellingham and the City of Bellingham have joined together to create Overall cost to prepare the site for Part of the complexity of the master a vision and develop a clear path to transforming this vacant brownsﬁeld site into a development is pegged at $364 million, plan is due to the fact that a number of groups control critical portions of the Responding to the group’s questions site, Stoner said, with the port owning about the burden of redevelopment on the largest share. The State of Wash- local taxpayers, Stoner replied, “That ington retains ownership of the tide- is certainly not the intent. From the lands and certain other areas. beginning, the intent of the port and 34 “The Port owns about 165 acres of city was to rebuild the waterfront FOOD the 220-acre project area, including economy and the tax base and recon- Living Foods & Wellness Cafe 137 acres that was purchased from GP, nect the community to its waterfront.

4.6 that we purchased from Chevron, The goal is to have the waterfront lift 28 about 17 that we already owned in the the rest of the community, not be a Marine Trades Area,” Stoner said. The drain on local citizens.

Marine Trades Area includes the site of “During its industrial heyday, the CLASSIFIEDS a new marina. The port also owns an- waterfront was a big tax generator, other ﬁve acres at the shipping termi- but that tapered off as GP downsized,” 24 nal at the end of Whatcom Waterway. Stoner explained. ”Estimated city tax-

“The city owns property at Colony es for the GP property in 1994 were FILM Wharf and the RG Haley property at $177,000, in 2004 that had dropped Come in and enjoy a delicious, Cornwall Beach,” Stoner commented. to $71,000, but by full buildout the 20 The city plans to remediate the RG City was estimated to receive $2.2 to 3 all-organic, raw-vegan meal,

Haley property and connect that with million annually.” Stoner admitted the Served with the Intention to Heal MUSIC a boardwalk extension south to Bou- Just south of the Herald Building

levard Park. Work on that extension 18 could begin as early as 2012. “THAT STRETCH— @ 1111 N State St ART “The port intends to retain ownership of all its property in Marine FROM THE GRANARY Open Tuesday - Saturday, 7 - 7 16 Trades, including the Clean Ocean Ma- BUILDING TO THE LOG 360-594-4448 rina,” Stoner said, We’re Now Open STAGE as well as the ship- POND—IS THE JEWEL. ping terminal. “In the forseeable fu- THAT IS THE KEY TO 14 ture, the port will THE SUCCESS OF THIS

retain ownership GET OUT of the 42-acre Log SITE.” Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & Juice Bar Pond,” an area in

—JEFF HEGEDUS, WATERFRONT 12 the midsection of 1$ 2 the site that re- ADVISORY GROUP

WHAT: Prelimi- WORDS nary waterfront ceived extensive redevlopment contaminants from 8 8 master plan decades of GP in- full buildout of the site may take lon- WHEN: 6pm, Aug. dustrial operations. ger than originally planned, “but in the 11 Contaminants were end, the improvement to the tax base CURRENTS CURRENTS WHERE: Harbor CURRENTS Center Confer- capped in place, a should be about the same.

ence Room, 1801 remedy the agency Similarly, he said, the port will pay 6 Roeder Ave. plans to extend to for its share through state environmen-

INFO: www. most of Whatcom tal cleanup funds paid for by oil com- VIEWS portofbellingham. Waterway. panies, moorage and property leases.

com 4 During the walk- “Again,” he said, “we’re planning on

ing tour of the site, Stoner noted the paying for our share of public invest- MAIL port was still considering what to do ment through revenue streams from with the extensive GP wharf. In the within the project area itself.” 2 near-term, he said, the agency could “I have yet to hear an analysis of this DO IT IT DO sell moorage to idle ships. Long-term, plan by experienced developers and the agency plans to disassemble the would welcome that dialogue about its 10 hard edge of a wharf and replace it inherent costs and practicality,” Ble- .21. with a soft, natural shoreline. then commented. “We need to figure 07 “I think the group continues to have out some ways to partner with devel- concerns that a 50-foot setback from opers and let this development pay for .05 29 the shoreline for construction may not much of its infrastructure costs as we # be enough,” Hegedus said. “We have require of other developments. assurances it is sufficiently protective, “I am concerned that the cost of this but does it create sufficient crowd plan, at a time when the city has many space, room for pedestrians and bikes, needs, without private sector partici- public access, amenities and so on? pation. I believe that a realistic staged That stretch—from the Granary Build- development is doable, but I have con- CASCADIA WEEKLY ing to the Log Pond—is the jewel. That cerns about the cost of this plan even is the key to the success of this site.” in its staged form,” he said. 9 Overarching all, though, is the With the Master Plan approved by economics, Hegedus admitted. That the end of the year, or early 2011, offi- dominates advisory group members’ cials hope to begin work on a couple of thoughts. areas as early as next summer. hamsterindex

34 34 FUZZ On June 25, a Bellingham Police of- ﬁcer observed a quarrel among young CANDIDATES FOR WA STATE REP. FOOD BUZZ men at the Bloedel Donovan volleyball DIST. 40 - POSITION 1 courts. The young men scattered when 28 28 they saw the approaching patrol car, YABLO leaving the ofﬁcer unable to catch any On July 15, Northwest Regional Drug of them.

CLASSIFIEDS Task Force agents and Lynden Police raided a Lynden home in a marijuana MUSIC CRITIC bust and were surprised to discover On June 21, a home near Lake Pad- 24 yet another bomb-like object among den was burglarized. A saxophone was

FILM FILM the weeds, a homemade explosive. taken. Nothing else was touched.

The Bellingham Bomb Squad de- Miller Pasma Carrell Boucher Newman Gulleson 20 stroyed the device and the 39-year- MOTHERHOOD Van Dyke Van old homeowner was arrested. Ofﬁcers On June 22, Blaine Police corralled a

MUSIC seized 150 marijuana plants and a 3-year-old and a 1-year-old who had DIST. 40 - POSITION 2 DIST. 42 - POSITION 1 small amount of methamphetamine. been reported toddling along a busy

18 overpass above Interstate-5. Police ALIEN SKIES found their home and spoke to their ART ART On June 26, an observer in Sudden mother, reminding her she needed to Valley noted a very bright white light safely attend to her children. She prom- 16 cruising very fast at what appeared ised to keep a better eye on them.

STAGE STAGE to be a low altitude. “I thought it

was a falling object like a ‘shooting ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE May Smith Morris Swapp Pellett star’ but it just kept going,” the ob- IS A KIND OF EVIDENCE Jensen 14 Mayberry

server said. “No sound and very fast, On June 30, a woman reported peo- Overstreet very bright white.” ple were in her residence with guns, More than 400 people heard and rated legislative candidates at the Bellingham Tea Party’s second town hall fo-

GET OUT though—police noted—”she had not rum last week. The audience was asked to rate the candidates on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being most favorable. On July 3, an observer in Sudden Val- actually seen anyone in her residence Some candidates did not attend. Two races in the 42nd District do not require an August primary. ley noted two lights following each with a gun.” 12 other across the sky. One “looked like a normal satellite traveling at normal UNAUTHORIZED WORDS satellite speed,” the observer noted. GROOMING “As it passed overhead there was a On June 14, a horse owner com- 8 8 second much dimmer light following at plained that her horses had their the exact same speed and in the same manes trimmed while they were sta- direction.” The observer wondered if bled on East Kellogg Road. CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS ¹z| it might have been the International AMOUNT spent by the Port of Bellingham in the agency’s ﬁrst attempt to hire a new 6 Space Station and—astrometrically On June 26, an enraged homeowner executive director. speaking—it might have been... fol- in Blaine called police to report she’d

VIEWS VIEWS lowed by a Russian supply tender on spotted the neighbor stepping on to its second docking attempt after it her property in order to mow the grass 4 failed a rendezvous a few days earlier along their common fence line. “An of- MAIL MAIL due to a faulty radio link. ﬁcer spoke with the tidy half of the xx dispute, and asked for her help keep- NUMBER of applications received by the NUMBER of ﬁnalists in the Port of

2 SLICE OF LIFE ing the neighborhood peace,” police Port of Bellingham in the agency’s search Bellingham’s attempt to hire a new On July 3, a woman telephoned po- reported. “She agreed to not cross the for a new executive director. executive director. The ﬁnal three names DO IT IT DO

lice to report her annoyance that a line to trim the grass, and will try us- withdrew last week when commissioners announced they wanted a second round man had laughed at her while she was ing a weed-eater next time.” 10 of reviews. on the links at the Lake Padden golf .21.

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.05 SPICY PORK RINDS On June 11, a police ofﬁcer was dis- 29 # On July 12, a Mount Vernon trucker patched to Customs and Border Pro- ¹z}x choked on some spicy pork rinds and tection Peace Arch Crossing to assist REVISED cost, in 2008 dollars, of the port/city plan to redevelop Bellingham’s central lost control of his FedEx 18-wheeler. a stranded U.S. resident who had been waterfront, up from a projected $190 million in 2007. The revised cost includes $11 His rig jackknifed on Interstate-5 removed from British Columbia by Ca- million for the relocation of the BNSF rail line. south of Blaine and came to a rest nadian authorities. The transient was in a muddy ditch. The driver suffered give a ride to the mission in Belling- CASCADIA WEEKLY minor injuries. ham for a night’s lodging. |z 10 OIL AND WATER On June 25, a resident of the York GALLONS of highly radioactive waste stored in 177 underground tanks at Hanford. Of On June 23, Bellingham Police ob- neighborhood requested Bellingham thoses, 67 tanks are suspected to be leaking into the Columbia River water table. served a quarrel between boaters and Police provide him a ride to the hos- kayakers while each were trying to exit pital because he was thinking about SOURCES: Port of Bellingham; Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future; the water at Bloedel-Donovan Park. killing himself. Survey USA/KING-5 poll

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07.x|.10 ART THURSDAY 16 A crucial vote on cutting local bus service ends in deadlock, leaving the issue unresolved. Absent three key members, the What- STAGE STAGE com Transportation Authority board split on whether to move forward with a plan that would have cut $2.3 million and eliminated Sunday bus service in Bellingham. The board plans a public hearing 14 in August to help prioritize WTA’s budget-cutting measures. PHOTO BY EMILY WEINER GET OUT 07.x}.10 Lummi master carver Felix Solomon (far left) and his team shape and cure the shovelnose canoe he created for the Stillaguamish Tribe. Solomon put the finishing touches on the watercraft this week. The canoe, along with other carved art, will be on display at his studio at 2795 Smoke- 12 FRIDAY house Road from 11am to 4pm, Sun., July 25. The Stillaguamish will receive and honor the canoe in a July 31 ceremony. After spending $35,000 on a search for a new executive director for the Port of Bellingham, port commissioners decide they want Despite concerns of isolated fraud on a small plane and flew it to the Bahamas, where he was WORDS to interview more applicants for the post. Their decision causes number of petitions supporting Initiative 1098, captured last week. 8 8 the three remaining finalists announced for the position to with- a measure seeking to impose an income tax on draw from the selection. Two other candidates for port leadership Washington state’s wealthier residents is headed 07.x.10 dropped out the week they were first announced as finalists. to the November ballot. The state Elections Divi- CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS sion says I-1098 qualified for a spot on the ballot MONDAY

A Skagit County Superior Court judge tells the state Dept. of after a check of 3 percent of the petition signa- Confusion reigns at a meeting meant to identify 6 Revenue to instruct all Washington retailers to collect state sales tures the campaign collected. It’s the third of six public and environmental impacts from a planned taxes from residents of all Canadian provinces while a lawsuit is possible initiatives to qualify. increase in surveillance and security along the VIEWS still pending. Bellingham and Whatcom County ofﬁcials protested northern border. Two dozen people attend the little- a recent state ruling that would have allowed British Columbia Ejected from the Bahamas to a Miami jail, noticed evening meeting in Bellingham, but U.S. Cus- 4

shoppers to forgo paying sales taxes on some purchases, fearing the teenager accused in a two-year string toms and Border Protection personnel are unprepared MAIL a substantial loss of revenues. The case will be reviewed by the of sometimes shoeless burglaries and other to answer their questions. A draft of the USCBP bor- state Court of Appeals. crimes agrees to return to Seattle to face fed- der security plan is planned for release in October. 2 eral charges. The U.S. Marshals service reports DO IT IT DO The Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish counties Colton Harris-Moore, 19, could be flown back to Initiative promoter Tim Eyman’s latest project files a lawsuit against the Building Industry Association of Wash- Washington as soon as next week, depending on is headed for the November ballot. Initiative 1053 10 ington, alleging the BIAW mishandled funds from an industrial how quickly a flight can be arranged. The teen is would require a two-thirds vote of the Legislature .21. insurance program homebuilders pay into. Lawyers for MBA claim suspected in about 70 crimes in British Columbia or simple-majority approval from voters to raise 07 the BIAW used member insurance payments as a slush fund for and nine states, including Washington, Oregon, taxes. I-1053 is the fourth initiative to qualify for political mischief. Idaho and Wyoming. Authorities say he stole a the ballot this year. .05 29 # Can you survive a divorce? !!.W]V\IQV;\ZMM\ Let me help you. *]ZTQVO\WV Attorney Lauren E. Trent CASCADIA WEEKLY

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WORDS 34 34 WED., JULY 21 GARDEN STORIES: “Once Upon a Time in FOOD words the Garden” will be the theme of an hour of COMMUNITY ›› LECTURES BOOKS tales by nationally known storyteller Rose- 28 28 mary Vohs at 7pm at Ferndale’s Hovander Homestead Park. The event is free and open to the whole family. i 676-6736 CLASSIFIEDS THURS., JULY 22 LIFE OF LOU: Author and noted pet behavior-

24 ist Steve Duno reads from his true-life tome, Last Dog on the Hill: The Extraordinary Life of

FILM FILM Lou, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. IT’LL BE YOUR CHANCE TO i 671-2626

20 GET RID OF THAT SEAL- MON., JULY 26 OPEN MIC: Story writing instructor Laurel

MUSIC A-MEAL, BOX OF CHEESY Leigh hosts the monthly literary Open Mic at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. If you want to share your own writing, sign up at 18 ROMANCE NOVELS AND the main counter on the ﬁrst ﬂoor. ART ART ASSORTED BELONGINGS YOU i WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM POETRYNIGHT: Through July, read your

16 original verse at poetrynight at 8:30pm ev- ONCE LOVED, BUT DON’T ery Monday at the iDiOM Theater, 1418 Corn- wall Ave. Sign-ups start at 8pm. STAGE STAGE REALLY NEED ANYMORE. i WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG TUES., JULY 27 14 Although Monty’s long gone—after the REDEMPTIVE FOREST: Michael Daley reads engine blew, I sold it for $300 to a couple from his new poetry collection, Moonlight in the Redemptive Forest, at 7pm at Village GET OUT of old coots who were planning to use it for parts—his spirit still lives on. Books, 1200 11th St. i 671-2626 In fact, this past Saturday found me and two 12 12 friends cruising around Bellingham intent on WED., JULY 28 ﬁlling the car with other people’s delightful de- HOUDINI PIE: Paul Michel reads from his WORDS WORDS tritus. Although we didn’t have a “trunk," per se based-on-a-true-tale novel, Houdini Pie, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. (we were in a borrowed Subaru), we did manage

8 i WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM BY AMY KEPFERLE to ﬁll all available space with our ﬁnds. Which brings me to the point of this story: When you are a yard COMMUNITY CURRENTS CURRENTS sale addict, you some- WED., JULY 21

6 times buy things you Junk in Your Trunk FAIRHAVEN MARKET: The Wednesday ﬁnd you don’t really Farmers Market is open from 12-5pm at the

VIEWS VIEWS POP IT AND SELL IT need, but rationalize Fairhaven Village Green. The midweek mar- because “it only cost ket continues through September.

4 i 50 cents.” This means 647-2060 OR WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG

MAIL MAIL THANKS TO a cruel driver’s training instructor who failed me from a that, once in a while, summer school driving course when I was 16—the former Marlboro model once ATTEND divesting yourself of THURS., JULY 22

2 made me cry after he told me to “Go, you stupid bitch!” when I was stalled at WHAT: Junk in Your some of the accumula- BROWN BAG: Historian, educator and au- an intersection—I didn’t get over my fear of driving until I was 24 years old. Trunk tion is necessary. thor Janet Oakley wills share her journey of DO IT IT DO To celebrate my emancipation from depending upon others for vehicular WHEN: 9am-1pm Sat., On Sat., July 24, historic research at a “Searching for the Ann July 24 Parry” presentation at 12:30pm at the What- transportation, after I got my license it wasn’t long before my dad presented WHERE: Civic Field when Bellingham com Museum, 121 Prospect St. Bring a lunch 10 me with a maroon 1982 Ford Fairmont that I soon named “Monty.” Parking Lot, Bellingham Parks and Rec hosts and $3 (suggested donation). .21.

07 Serendipitously, this was also the year I started my yard sale obsession in COST: Free for shop- its first-ever “Junk in i WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG earnest. As my friends and I would pile into Monty for our Saturday-morning pers; $20-$30 for sellers Your Trunk” event at INFO: 778-7000 JULY 22-25 .05 excursions, the car seemed to expand in size. I think of it now like a clown the parking lot at Civic OLD SETTLERS PICNIC: The 115th annual 29 # car—at the end of the day, humans and belongings would spill out of an in- Field it’ll be your chance to get rid of that Seal- Old Settlers Picnic happens Thurs.-Sun. at terior that, while roomy, didn’t seem like it could hold quite that much fun. A-Meal, box of cheesy romance novels and as- Ferndale’s Pioneer Park and beyond. A smat- Which brings me to the trunk. Oh, that lovely trunk. I could’ve fit six bodies sorted belongings you once loved, but don’t tering of activities include live music, a in that voluminous stretch of real estate if I'd wanted to. Instead, I chose really need anymore. The rules fit with the title petting zoo, arts and crafts, a beer garden, horse-drawn wagon rides, a flower show, a to fill it with just about everything else. An oversized wood chair made out of the happening—simply pop your trunk and 5K and a carnival. of large spools? With the addition of a few bungee cords, it was no problem. sell what’s in it (if you’ve got overflow, you can i WWW.WHATCOMOLDSETTLERS.COM Ditto for a full set of Mexican pottery, a headboard, stereo speakers, a book- sell from a table, too, for an extra $10). CASCADIA WEEKLY shelf or three, end tables and, once, a bright yellow tandem bicycle. Of course, you may choose to park your ride SAT., JULY 24 CEMENT CITY STREET FAIR: The 3rd an- 12 More often than not, those holding the sales would look at the piles of elsewhere and simply peruse the trunks upon nual Cement City Street Fair takes place from matter we’d amassed, glance at the car and raise their eyebrows in a question- trunks that will be made available for your pur- 9am-4pm in Concrete. Arts and crafts, a mo- ing way. Did we really think we could fit all that crap in one trunk? Yes, we chasing pleasure. But remember, if you see a torcycle show, a fun run, poetry, music and did, and with a little finagling, we almost always got it all without having to sweet Ford Fairmont on the lot, it won’t be me more will fill the day. Entry is free. i return to pick it up later. behind the wheel. WWW.CONCRETE-WA.COM doit Milano’s restaurant & deli FERNDALE MARKET: Attend the Ferndale

Farmers Market from 10am-1pm at Centen- 34 34 nial Riverwalk Park. The market continues every Saturday through Oct. 9. Celebrating our FOOD i 384-3042 BELLINGHAM MARKET: Purchase and 20th anniversary peruse local fruit and veggies and artistic 28 offerings at the Bellingham Farmers Market from 10am-3pm at the Depot Market Square at the corner of Railroad Avenue and Chest- FEATURING nut Street. CLASSIFIEDS i 647-2060 OR WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS. Milano's Restaurant ORG

Fresh Pasta Dinners 24 LUMMI MARKET: The Lummi Island Farm- ers Market occurs from 10am-1pm every FILM FILM Saturday through the summer next to the 9990 Mt. Baker Highway & Deli Sandwiches Islander grocery store. Glacier, WA

i [email protected] Espresso & Dessert 20 BLAINE MARKET: Local vendors will sell

their wares at the Blaine Gardeners Mar- MUSIC ket from 10am-2pm at H Street Plaza. The Open daily from 11:00 a.m. weekly event continues Saturdays through

ENJOY SUMMER IN THE MOUNTAINS 18 Oct. 9.

i WWW.BLAINECHAMBER.COM ART SOUTH HILL HOME TOUR: From 11am-4pm, the South Hill Neighborhood Association The Cuban Pork Sandwich 16 and the Lowell School PTA will host today’s $)5(( “South Hill Historic Homes Tour: Celebrating /LWHUDWXUH (9(17 at the Lightcatcher Cafe STAGE the Past and Preserving Our Future.” Pick up $10 tickets at the Lowell School Playground Pressed Cuban Bread

(proceeds beneﬁt the Lowell School Green LIVE! Homemade Pickle 14 Grass Project). Spicy Mustard i WWW.SHNA.WS/ EVENTS Melted Swiss

CO-OP CELEBRATION: The 13th annual GET OUT Community Food Co-op Celebration happens from 2-6pm at Bellingham’s Bou- )LOH]PVYPZ[HUK>YP[LY Honey Ham 12 levard Park. In addition to $3 burritos, 12 there’ll be a recycled art station, live entertainment, family activities, a nonproﬁt Pepperoncini WORDS STEVE WORDS info fair and more. Entry is free and open to everyone.

Slow-roasted Pork Shoulder 8 i 734-8158 DUNO LABYRINTH TALK, WALK: Myra Smith will will present lead a “Labyrinth Walk & Talk” from 3-6pm The Lightcatcher Cafe at Deming’s Van Zandt Community Hall, 5465 is now open CURRENTS Potter Rd. Admission is free, but a suggested LAST $10 donation will be appreciated. at the 6 i 592-2789 Whatcom DOG VIEWS THURS., JULY 29 $PVSUZBSE*OEPPS4FBUJOHt,JE'SJFOEMZ7FHFUBSJBO0QUJPOT CANDIDATE JEOPARDY: With a tagline of Museum

&OUSBODFBU(SBOE"WF 5VFTEBZ4VO t 4 “putting local candidates on the hot seat on the for conservation and comedy,” tonight’s MAIL MAIL “Candidate Jeopardy” will raise funds for

the Whatcom Chapter of the Washington 2 Conservation Voters. The event starts at HILL

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07 The Extraordinary

Life of Lou .05 29 July 24: Casablanca # This is the moving story of the author’s adopted Starting at 8:00 with Live Music by The Pennystinkers Rottweiler mix, Lou, a Thursday free-thinking heroic dog , Jul. 31 Where the Wild Things Are Aug. 7 Star Trek Aug. 14 Night at the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian who changed his JULY Aug. 21 The Blind Side Aug. 28 The Wizard of Oz life forever. 7pm

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THURSDAY, JULY 22

HISTORY CRUISE: Brian Grifﬁn will helm the

34 34 Bellingham Bay History Cruise starting at 6pm at Squalicum Harbor’s Island Mariner Dock.

FOOD Once onboard the Island Caper, Cruises are getout $30-$35 and happen every Thursday through HIKING ›› RUNNING ›› CYCLING Aug. 19. 28 28 i 778-8963 FRI., JULY 23 FULL MOON WALK: Join members of Wild

CLASSIFIEDS Whatcom Walks for a “Walk When the Moon is Full” outing starting at 8pm at Bellingham’s Squires Lake Park. Entry is $7 per person or 24 BY PATRICK O’TOOLE $15 per family, and registration is a must. i 393-7827 OR WWW.WILDWHATCOMWALKS. FILM FILM WORDPRESS.COM SAT., JULY 24 20 The Lopez Finger BIVALVE BASH: The 8th annual Samish Bay Bivalve Bash happens from 9am-5pm at Taylor MUSIC BORN TO HAND JIVE, BABY Shellfish Farms, 2182 Chuckanut Dr. Entry is $5. i 18 WWW.BIVALVEBASH.COM TREE CLIMBING COMPETITION: The Inter- ART ART But regardless of how many people national Society of Arboiculture will host its have pedaled around these islands and Regional Tree Climbing Championships from 16 conceived children, there is still very 9am-3:30pm at Bellingham’s Elizabeth Park. Watch regional climbers, or sign up to take little infrastructure in place to accom- STAGE STAGE part. Entry is free. modate everybody and their mom. So, i 778-7000 when July hits these peaceful hamlets, PADDEN DUATHLON: Athletes of all skill lev- 14 14 they fill with mayhem. Thus, the quiet els will take part in the annual Lake Padden island roads transform into constipated Road Bike Duathlon starting at 9am at Lake Padden. Day-of registration is $20. GET OUT GET OUT corridors crammed with motorists and i WWW.TRITHECOOKIE.COM cyclists and exasperated locals who are MUD FLAT SAFARI: Kids and adults can sign often just trying to get to work on time. up for today’s “Mud Flat Safari” happening 12 In the midst of this menagerie, as we from 10am-12pm at the Padilla Bay Interpre- were attempting to leave Orcas Island, my tive Center. If the outing fills up, additional WORDS brother Juan (coincidence) had a heated ones happen Aug. 7 and 24. i exchange with a motorist regarding spa- WWW.PADILLABAY.GOV 8 tial considerations that went something OLD SETTLERS 5K: As part of the 115th annual Old Settlers Picnic happening through the week- like this (I’ve taken the liberty of omit- end in Ferndale, sign up for the “Old Settlers 5K,” ting swear words): “_____ you, Buddy. which begins at 10am at Pioneer Park. CURRENTS CURRENTS Go _____ off in the ______i WWW.WHTACOMOLDSETTLERS.COM

6 with my buffalo nickel!” SUN., JULY 25 “I’ve ______TOUR DE FRANCE: Experience the ﬁnal day

VIEWS VIEWS ______with monkeys ______of the Tour de France by watching the action ______on a mustache on a big screen from 4:30-9am at the Mount 4 like that!” Juan said, causing us all to Baker, 308 W. Champion St. i WWW.MOUNTBAKERY.COM

MAIL MAIL chuckle. After this awkward spat, we were all OPEN SWIM RACE: The Bellingham Masters

Swim Club will host the Lake Padden Open Wa- 2 relieved to be departing from Orcas— ter Swim Race starting at 9am at Lake Padden. especially before the mustachioed mo- Entry is $30-$35. DO IT IT DO torist had a chance to return with his i WWW.B-M-S-C.ORG buffalo nickel.

10 MON., JULY 26 “ONE FINGER, usually the index ﬁnger, means 'Welcome to the is- Our next stop was Lopez, and though BIKE BASICS: A “Bike Maintenance Basics” .21.

07 land.’ Two fingers, like a peace sign, is for acquaintances,” he said as he looked none of us believed what the merchant clinic begins at 7pm at REI, 400 36th St. Entry out over the serene waters of Doe Bay before casually adding, “And three fin- marine had told us, as we pedaled past the is free, but registration is necessary. i 647-8955 .05 gers… three fingers is for friends only. I’ve lived on Lopez for 15 years, and magenta-skinned madrone trees alongside 29 # that’s how the Lopez Wave works.” the ferry landing, the hand jive began. TUES., JULY 27 I generally believe naked people, but the merchant marine in the “clothing It started with a group of girls in the KAYAK BASICS: A “Kayak Basics” workshop optional” hot tub at Doe Bay reeked of shenanigans. I had been bicycling around back of a flatbed Ford. Single fingers. starts at 7pm at REI, 400 36th St. the islands with my brother and a few friends for the better part of a week, and Then a long stream of cars passed us. i 647-8955 the only hand signal we had received on the islands was the traditional single Again, single fingers. It was charming WED., JULY 28 finger, making it hard to believe any of the islanders would be friendly enough to and contagious and, soon, we started VOLKSWALK: Join the NW Tulip Trekkers for a welcome one more person to the chaos that is summer in Island County. to return the finger. Over the course of VolksWalk starting at 6pm leaving from Mount CASCADIA WEEKLY The San Juans are legendary for their beauty, and there is no better way to the next three days we fingered as many Vernon’s Skagit Valley Co-op. Entry is free. i WWW.NWTREKKERS.ORG 14 experience this legendary beauty than to tour the islands on a bicycle. Everybody people as we could. Singles. Doubles. It knows this, and everybody and their mom has done it. In fact, while waiting for was wonderful. And then, just before WORK PARTY: Join Bellingham Parks for a work party happening from 6:30-8:30pm at the ferry in Friday Harbor, I overheard one mother say to her teenage boy, “When leaving, a big, greasy pickup drove by Boulevard Park. I was young and fancy-free I biked around these islands with nothing but a sleep- slowly—it was the merchant marine— i 778-7105 ing bag and a sense of adventure… and that’s how you were conceived, Charlie.” and he gave us our first triple finger. DOWNTOWN BELLINGHAM PARTNERSHIP PRESENTS

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WWU THEATRE 2010 CURRENTS

Summer Season 6 VIEWS VIEWS 4

Directed by Charlotte Guyette MAIL

July 24 July 28-31 and August 4-7 2 Directed by Deborahh CurrierCurrier

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August 14 All shows begin at 7:30pm and take place in the Old Main Theater August 21 July 22-24 at 7:30pm 10

August 28 July 25 at 2pm .21. July 29-31 at 7:30pm $10 General | $8 Students, WWU Faculty 07 Face-painting and treats at 1pm and Staff

August 1 at 2pm .05

Show starts at 2pm 29

August 5-7 at 7:30pm # -Fairhaven Village Green- (360 August 8 at 2pm Featuring guest director, ) Jon Kretzu, from the 50-6 IhkmeZg]:\mhkl 6 14 A FREE FAMILY SHOW! All shows are in the PAC Underground Theater Repertory 6 Come celebrate summer with face-painting, Theatre (ART) OR balloons, treats and a wonderful one-act F $12 General | $10 Seniors, WWU Faculty KETS THE IC CASCADIA WEEKLY play suitable for all audiences! and Staff | $8 Students T LL WWU CA BO X 15 OFFIC FOR FULL 2010 SUMMER SEASON DETAILS VISIT WWW.WWU.EDU/THEATRE E Special thanks to our sponsors: doit STAGE JULY 21-28 34 34 SUMMER REPERTORY: Neil Simon’s coming-of-age comedy, Lost in Yonkers, FOOD g shows as part of the Summer Repertory sta e at the MBT’s Walton Theatre. The pro- 28 28 THEATER ›› DANCE ›› PROFILES duction plays in repertory with Tennes- see Williams’ The Glass Menagerie and A.R. Gurney’s Sylvia at various dates through Aug. 1. Tickets are $10 for stu-

CLASSIFIEDS dents, $20 general. i 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM 24 THURS., JULY 22 FILM FILM GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, CW: What do you enjoy about performing Shake- the Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every speare outside? Thursday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 20 JG: I’ve found that it forges a much stronger bond Bay St. At 10pm, stick around for “The Project.” Entry is $5 for the early show,

MUSIC between the audience and the performers than I $3 for the late one. ever would have thought. Everyone has to work i 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM

18 harder at keeping the world on stage tightly contained, but the rewards are amazing. JULY 22-25 ART ART CW: How did the July 10 grand opening of the HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: The WWU Department of Theatre Arts presents Blackrock Amphitheatre in Disney’s High School Musical at 7:30pm 16 16 Rexville go? Thurs.-Sat. and 2pm Sun. at the Per- JG: It went quite well. forming Arts Center. Tickets are $8-$12 STAGE STAGE STAGE STAGE Our grand ambition is to and additional showings of the spirited perform our entire season song-and-dance production happen

14 through Aug. 8. in the Rexville Blackrock i 650-6146 Amphitheatre, but we may

GET OUT not be able to realize that JULY 22-SEPT. 30 dream next season. Fund- BARD ON THE BEACH: Head to Van- couver, B.C.’s Vanier Park for the 21st

PHOTO BY RILEY PENALUNA ATTEND ing is, of course, a central

12 season of Bard on the Beach. Much Ado WHAT: The Taming of issue right now. Lights, a About Nothing opens the season, and the Shrew stage structure, and seat- will be followed by Antony and Cleopa-

WORDS WHEN & WHERE: BY AMY KEPFERLE ing alone represent a pro- tra, Falstaff, and Henry V. Tickets are July 21-24 and $19-$38 (Canadian). 29-31 at Whatcom hibitive expense. At this 8 i WWW.BARDONTHEBEACH.ORG Community College point, we want to get and Aug. 6-7, 12 and people introduced and in- JULY 23-24 Shakespeare NW 14 at Skagit Valley formed. THE AUDITION: Students from the

CURRENTS CURRENTS College CW: What’s is the future for Neighborhood Playhouse’s summer dra- THE BARD AS BALANCING ACT COST: $8-$12 ma camp will present showings of The 6 the company? Audition at 7pm Fri. and 2pm and 5pm WHAT: Antony & JG: More Shakespeare. More at the Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 H

VIEWS VIEWS PRODUCING ONE Shakespeare production per season is hard Cleopatra outdoor theater. More tour- St. Entry is free. enough, but bringing three separate works by the Bard to a variety of stag- WHEN: July 29-31 ing shows. Continuous at- i WWW.THENEIGHBORHOODPLAYHOUSE.

4 and Aug. 5, 7-8, 11, es in both Whatcom and Skagit counties takes some major coordination. tention to artistic integrity. NET 13-15 GLADIATOR: As part of a month of per-

MAIL MAIL We caught up with Shakespeare Northwest's Artistic Director John Gonzales Beyond that, however, it de- WHERE: Skagit Val- formances featuring homegrown forms recently to discover, among other things, how in the heck such feats of mastery l e y C o l l e g e pends upon the support and of improv, show up for “Gladiator” offer-

2 are possible. Hint: Sometimes they don’t sleep for long stretches of time. COST: $8-$12 interest we garner from the ings at 9pm at the Upfront Theatre, 1208

Cascadia Weekly: How did you ﬁrst get involved with Shakespeare Northwest? greater community. Bay St. Tickets to see the improvisers DO IT IT DO WHAT: The Two battle to the death are $8-$10. John Gonzales: As an actor: I auditioned in 2006, got roles in both produc- Gentlemen of Verona CW: Why should people i 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM tions, and got absorbed into the troupe. That season, my son was born six WHEN & WHERE: come to these shows? 10 TROPICABANA TROUBLE: A murder mys- weeks premature between performances, but after his delivery my wife Aug. 7 at Skagit JG: Strong talent. Incredi-

.21. tery, Trouble at the Tropicabana, begins Valley College, Aug. 07 encouraged me not to miss a show, so I performed once after being awake ble passion and investment this weekend with 7:30pm showings at 9 at Sedro-Woolley’s for 40 straight hours while commuting back and forth between Seattle. across the board. Enormous Mount Vernon’s RiverBelle Dinner The- Riverfront Park,

.05 atre, 100 E. Montgomery St. In addition That sort of thing gets under your skin. and Aug. 15 at the commitment to entertain- 29 to having a buffet option, audience mem- # CW: Are Shakespeare Northwest and the Skagit River Shakespeare Festival one Rexville Blackrock ing and enlightening our bers will also be asked to guess whodunit. in the same? Amphitheat re audiences while being true Tickets are $20-$40 and additional show- COST: Free JG: Shakespeare Northwest is the nonproﬁt association that produces the to the spirit of the works ings happen through Aug. 28. INFO: (360) 201- Skagit River Shakespeare Festival. The festival is our major endeavor, but and the dramatists we bring i 6893 or http:// WWW.RIVERBELLEDINNERTHEATRE.COM not the only enterprise of the association. shakesnw.org to life on stage. CW: What was the challenge of directing the “problem play,” Two Gentlemen CW: You’re doing three SAT., JULY 24 THINGS THAT FLY: WWU’s Department of of Verona? shows in one day (Aug. 7) as part of “Iron

CASCADIA WEEKLY Theatre Arts presents Things That Fly at JG: Shakespeare was not much of a story originator, but he was great drama- Man” performances. Please explain how this 2pm at the Fairhaven Village Green. The 16 tist, not just a poet. I didn’t want to begin by assuming that Two Gents was is possible. free performance—which can also be a flawed or immature work or something that needed to be apologized for. JG: Because, like Shakespeare, we sometimes seen every Saturday in August—tells the Instead, I approached it with the expectation that Shakespeare knew what explore the depths of madness. And evident- story of siblings who attempt to build a flying machine in their backyard. he wanted to do and that it was my job to find the right tone and staging to ly our audiences want to take the ride along i 650-3876 OR WWW.WWU.EDU/THEATRE realize an effective version of that intent. with us. doit

YANNIS AND MADDOG: Soul Joel Pro- ductions brings noted standup comedi- ans Yannis Pappas and Maddog Mattern 34 34 to the stage for a special 7pm show at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tick- FOOD ets are $10. i WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM SUN., JULY 25 28 COMEDY NIGHT: A weekly Comedy Night happens at 8pm every Sunday at the Fairhaven Pub & Martini Bar, 1114 CLASSIFIEDS Harris Ave. i WWW.FAIRHAVENPUB.COM 24 WED., JULY 28

PRIVATE LIVES: Noel Coward’s Private FILM Lives opens tonight at 7:30pm at WWU’s Old Main Theater. The play tells the story of a man and a woman who were once 20 married—but meet by accident while

honeymooning with their new spouses. MUSIC Tickets are $8-$10 and additional show- Melissa Brown & Michael Costello ings happen on various dates through Tom Amend * Tony Will * Dan Radil

Brian Sibley & Rachael Sibley 18 Aug. 7.

i 650-6146 ART THURS., JULY 29 16 JOSEPH AND HIS DREAMCOAT: An- 16 drew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s bib- STAGE STAGE lical musical, Joseph and the Amazing STAGE Technicolor Dreamcoat, opens tonight at 7:30pm at Lynden’s Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St. Tickets are $12 14 and additional showings take place through Aug. 1. GET OUT i WWW.CLAIREVGTHEATRE.ORG We’re now making our very own Old World Deli in-store DANCE sausages and bratwurst, 12 just for you. Made fresh every THURS., JULY 22 Thursday–Saturday. WORDS FOURTH CORNER FOLK: Hook up with

the Fourth Corner Folk Dancers at 7pm 8 every Thursday at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. If you’re new to the world of Balkan, Israeli, Romani, and Greek dancing, entry is free—otherwise a $5 CURRENTS donation is suggested.

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SAT., JULY 24 MON 8-4, TUES-FRI 8-6 VIEWS FUNDRAISING DANCE: The Crystal SAT 9-5

Tricycle will perform at a fundraising 4 dance for the Sister Catherine Hospital

Auxiliary from 8-11pm at Boundary Bay MAIL Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. Minimum

donation is $5 at the door. 2 i [email protected] DO IT IT DO

TUES., JULY 27 U U DANCING IN THE PARK: The Belling- ham Scottish Country Dancers will host 10

“Dancing in the Park” from 7-9pm at .21. the Elizabeth Park gazebo. The event— 07 which will happen every Tuesday through Aug. 10—is family-friendly. .05 29 Donations are appreciated. HAPPY HOUR # i 933-1779 On the Patio 5-7 pm THURS., JULY 29 SUMMER DANCE CONCERT: Students and guest artists taking part in WWU’s Dance Program will present a “Summer LIVE MUSIC EVERY Dance Concert” starting tonight at

7:30pm at Ving!, 311 E. Holly St. Entry CASCADIA WEEKLY is $5 at the door, and additional per- TUES - SAT 8PM formances happen through July 31. 17 i 650-6146 OR WWW.WWU.EDU doit

EVENTS 34 34 SAT., JULY 24 FOOD ART PARTY: Kids ages 10 and under are visual invited to express themselves at a Summer Art Party from 12-3pm at the Center for Ex- 28 28 GALLERIES ›› OPENINGS ›› PROFILES pressive Arts, 1317 Commercial St., suite 201. Admission is by donation. i 671-5355 OR WWW. CENTERFOREXPRESSIVEARTS.COM CLASSIFIEDS SUN., JULY 25 OPEN HOUSE: Check out the amazing 24 BY AMY KEPFERLE shovelnose canoe Lummi Nation carver Fe- lix Solomon created for the Stillaguamish FILM FILM Tribe at an Open House from 11am-4pm at his studio at 2795 Smokehouse Rd. Other

20 art carved by Solomon will also be on dis- Tide Guide play. i [email protected] MUSIC OF ART AND OYSTERS ARTISTS’ TALK #1: Abstract painter Max Benjamin will talk about his career, in- 18 18 18 pany also has a massive spirations and reﬂections about living on ART ART ART ART Guemes Island at an Artists’ Talk at 2pm oyster shell midden. at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, While it’s likely the 15 121 S. First St. 16 spots will be reserved by i WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG the time you read these ARTISTS’ TALK #2: Sheila Klein, a sculp- STAGE STAGE words, those who are tor who “dresses the world” with her already planning on at- large-scale works, will talk about her work pertaining to the “Show of Hands”

14 SEE IT WHAT: Oyster Shell tending the summertime exhibit at 2pm at the Whatcom Museum’s Sculpture Contest soiree are welcome to Lightcatcher building, 250 Flora St. En- WHEN: 9am-1pm GET OUT watch the action unfold try is $3. Sat., July 24 on the beach—in be- i 778-8930 OR WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG WHERE: Taylor tween the oyster-shuck- ARTISTS’ TALK #3: Artist and art edu-

12 Shellfish Farms, 2182 ing competitions, crab cator Marilyn Frasca will give a free talk Chuckanut Dr., Bow about her monotypes—which are part of COST: Entry to the races, low-tide mud run, the current “WildLife: Opening the Cage” WORDS Bivalve Bash is $5 silent auction, live music exhibit—at 3:30pm at La Conner’s Gallery INFO: www.bivalve and “shellacious” food Cygnus, 109 Commercial St. 8 bash.com booth visits, of course. i (360) 420-9568 And, because the entire event benefits MON., JULY 26 Community Clean Water Awareness pro- WAG MEETING: Interested parties are CURRENTS CURRENTS grams, it’s likely you’ll learn something you welcome to attend the Whatcom Art Guild’s monthly meeting at 7pm at the Bellingham 6 didn’t know about what it takes to keep local waters in good shape (call 1-800-562-5632 Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Entry is free. VIEWS VIEWS for Department of Health shellfish harvest i WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG closures if you’re planning on digging in the 4 sand for your dinner this summer). THURS., JULY 29 ART TRAIL TALK: Wendy Scherrer, for-

MAIL MAIL While some artists will come with a pre- mer director of the Nooksack Salmon En- conceived plan of what they want to ﬁll their hancement Association, will talk about the

2 32-square-foot allotted space with, others, Whatcom Creek Salmon Art Trail at 12:30pm PHOTO BY JOHN ROWLEY McDermott says, choose to wait until they at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. DO IT IT DO get the lay of the land to figure out what Suggested donation is $3. i LOW TIDE will reveal much more than starfish, spider crabs and they’re going to do. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 10 swaths of eelgrass this weekend at Taylor Shellfish Farms. Either way, everyone’s on a timeline, as .21.

07 For those taking part in the Oyster Shell Sculpture Competition happen- the tide waits for absolutely nobody. After ONGOING EXHIBITS ing Sat., July 24 as part of the annual Bivalve Bash, it will also unearth the judging happens—points are awarded for ALLIED ARTS: Experimental sculptures

.05 muddy canvases they’ll use to create expansive works of art that, come high utilizing the oyster shell’s intrinsic charac- by Francie Allen and abstract paintings by 29

# tide, will be covered by saltwater and returned to the briny deep. teristics to good advantage, artistic merit, Sharon Kingston can be seen at the “In- With a directive to only use the shells of the bivalves to bring their effort and how well the ﬁnished work cap- terpretations” exhibit through July 31 at visions to life—no mud, rocks, seaweed, wood, clams, mussels or crab tures the spirit of the Bivalve Bash—and Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. i WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG shells can be added for emphasis—the 15 three-person teams will have cash prizes are handed out to the win- BLUE HORSE: “Egypt, Normandy, Wilt- from 9am-1pm to ﬂesh out their creations. ners, it won’t be all that long before the shire & Tuscany Revisited” will be the In the past four years they’ve offered the competition as part of the Bi- tide starts to come in, slowly covering the theme of an exhibit showing through the valve Bash, Taylor Farm’s Kate McDermott says she’s seen everything from works they’ve spent the day creating, shell month at the Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W. CASCADIA WEEKLY oyster maidens to oyster shooters and sea monsters emerge. One castle by shell. Holly St. The exhibit features works by artists who traveled to the aforementioned 18 that was particularly memorable had six arches and was two feet tall. “There’s an ephemeral beauty in this style of countries on “slow travel” art trips. With big visions like this brought to life, isn’t there a danger of run- art,” McDermott says. “In a way, it’s a reminder i 671-2305 ning out of calcium-rich creative matter? Nope, McDermott assures. The of how important it is for us to keep our waters BOUNDARY BAY: NSEA’s 8th annual 40,000 shells—yeah, you read that number right—they’ll have on hand clean and how quickly that could disappear if “Salmon at the Bay” fundraising art show are trucked in from a shucking house in Shelton, Wash., where the com- we don’t do something.” doit

can be viewed and bid on through Aug. 6 at

Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. 34 i WWW.N-SEA.ORG DEPOT ARTS CENTER: “A Landscape Now Open on FOOD Journey,” featuring the work of Sam Schu- macher, Mark Raphael, Steve Hendrickson, Sundays, 8:30-4:00 28 28 and Mark Bistranin, can be perused until July 31 at Anacortes’ Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave. i (360) 293-3663 OR WWW. CLASSIFIEDS DEPOTARTSCENTER.ORG FOG: View a variety of works by noted artists at the new Fairhaven Originals Gallery, 24 960 Harris Ave.

i WWW.BELLINGHAMFOG.COM FILM GALLERY CYGNUS: Paintings and sculptures from the likes of Peggy Doyle, Todd

every step, every day, over and over 20 Horton, Tracy Powell, Patty Detzer, Kevin Paul, and others can be seen through July 300 W. Champion Street 25 at the “WildLife: Opening the Cage” MUSIC exhibit at La Conner’s Gallery Cygnus, 109 Downtown Bellingham 18 Commercial St. 738-DROP 18 i (360) 420-9568 ART ART ART ART INSIGHTS: The multi-artist “Anima- tion” exhibit shows through Aug. 13 at Family Law Attorney Insights Gallery, 604 Commercial Ave., Collaborative 16 Anacortes. with 18 years experience

i WWW.INSIGHTSGALLERY.COM We Care about Your STAGE LITTLE GALLERY: Lanny Little’s new Children’s Well-Being Divorce giclee prints of original paintings of Bell-

(360) 647-8897 14 ingham and Fairhaven and Kay D. Little’s efmj!!!!!bmf!ipvtf Settle Your Case [email protected] geometric paintings can be seen through Without Going to Court July at the Little Gallery, 1220 Bay St. 1010 Harris Ave. #201 GET OUT i 647-5675 Wood Fired Pizzas Free Consultation Bellingham LOOMIS HALL: “On the Edge: An Explora- 'LUTEN$AIRY&REE/PTIONSs#ATERING Patrick Gallery tion of Today’s Contemporary Artists” can Divorce With Dignity & Mutual Respect 12 be viewed through July at Blaine’s Loomis sHappy Hour Hall Gallery, 288 Martin St. 4HURS&RI PM i WWW.LOOMISHALLGALLERY.COM WORDS sWine & Micro brews LUCIA DOUGLAS: View ceramic works by Charles Krafft and new paintings by sCruise-In Classic Cars 8 John Schaefer through July 24 at the Lucia 4HURSDAYS Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. ss Live Music i WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM &RIDAY.IGHTS CURRENTS MONA: “Artists, Poets, Scholars: Fishtown ss Finest Outdoor Patio and the Skagit River” and “Max Benjamin, 6 Helmi Juvonen, and Louis Mideke From the North of Downtown Permanent Collection” will be up through

Next to Cornwall Park - Birchwood Neighborhood VIEWS Oct. 3 at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest 709 W. Orchard Pl. Bellingham / Open Daily Art, 121 S. First St. 360 715 9100 s www.jhdeli.com 4 i WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG

QUILT MUSEUM: “All That Blooms” and MAIL “Japanese Textiles” can be viewed through EVERYTHING

Sept. 26 at the La Conner Quilt & Textile 2 Museum, 703 S. 2nd St. OLD IS NEW DO IT IT DO

i WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM SMITH & VALLEE: “School of Fish: Con- AGAIN!

temporary Works by Select Fishtown 10 Artists” can be viewed every Wed.-Sun. COME BACK TO .21. through July 25 at Edison’s Smith & Vallee 07 Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. i WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM LA VIE EN ROSE .05

WHATCOM ART GUILD: From 10am- 29 # 6pm every Friday through Sunday, stop BAKERY by the Whatcom Art Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Waldron Building, 1314 12th St. 111 W. HOLLY ST. i WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG BELLINGHAM WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Expanded Ho- 11 rizons: Panoramic Photographs by J.W. Sandison,” “Show of Hands: Northwest TRY OUR NEW SOUPS, CASCADIA WEEKLY Women Artists 1880-2010” and “Outside the Home: Photographs of Women in the SALADS, & SANDWICHES. 19 Workplace” can currently be viewed at the Whatcom Museum. $1.00 OFF ALL PURCHASES i WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG OVER $.00 COUPON MUST BE PRESENTED AT TIME OF PURCHASE. Rumor Has It

34 34 TO START THINGS off on somber note: As some of you now have undoubtedly heard, this last FOOD weekend, John Powers, owner of Chuckanut Ridge Wine Company, fell off of a ladder and

28 28 music fractured his skull. Currently, he’s in the hospi- SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT tal in critical condition, suffering from both a severe concussion and the brain swelling it has caused. At press time, his prognosis still won’t CLASSIFIEDS be known for a couple of days, but I’m told he’s receiving excellent care and his family and 24 friends are hopeful. A “Friends of John Powers”

FILM FILM Facebook page has been created for those who would like to receive updates about his condi-

20 BY CAREY ROSS tion as, at this time, the only visitors the hospi- 20 tal will allow him to receive are members of his MUSIC

MUSIC immediate family. Aside from being a maker and purveyor of

18 Mission Folk Music Festival award-winning wines, John is, simply put, a really great guy, and ART ART LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION a steadfast music fan and supporter. 16 of the surroundings in passive fashion—not by At least three nights a long shot. In fact, to do so would be to do a week, he invites STAGE STAGE a great disservice to all the top-tier musicians jazz bands to play in who have journeyed to the B.C. town to play for his intimate tasting 14 your entertainment pleasure. room on State Street. Much like last weekend’s Vancouver Folk Mu- And, lest you think he

GET OUT sic Festival, the Mission counterpart plays fast- does this merely to and-loose with the deﬁnition of what consti- draw more customers, tutes “folk” music—much to the beneﬁt of its well, you’ve obvious-

12 BYBY CAREYCARA EY ROSS ROSS adventurous audience. This allows them to in- ly never been there to vite and embrace musicians the world over from see his sheer enjoyment when the bands start WORDS all genres, styles and walks of life. loading in. Take, for instance, one of the more exotic However, as with many people who do what 8 forms of folk to be found at the festival, that they love for a living in this town, that living of the Moroccan (by way of the United States, does not come complete with health insurance. Palestine, and Spain) Al Andalus. The band, As, even considering the best-case scenario, John CURRENTS CURRENTS which fuses classical, jazz is looking at a pretty lengthy recovery process,

6 and contemporary music, one that will translate into medical debt that, at with the rich sounds of the the very least, can be described as daunting and,

VIEWS VIEWS Middle East, is led by expert at worst, staggering. oudist Tarik Banzi. For those But, as folks are wont to do in this tight-knit 4 of you not schooled in what community, the musicians that John has so gen-

MAIL MAIL an oud is, it’s a stringed erously opened his proverbial living room to are instrument common to the now galvanizing and organizing what is shap-

2 HEAR Middle East that sort of ing up to be a series of beneﬁt shows for him. IAN TYSON WHAT: Mission Folk Music Festival looks like a fretless guitar The ﬁrst, and I’m told likely the “most modest,” DO IT IT DO WHEN: July 21-23 with a short neck and a big is set to take place Thurs., July 22 at Chuckanut THEY SAY, when it comes to the buying and selling WHERE: Fraser butt—however, in reality, Ridge, and will feature the formidable talents of 10 of real estate, it all boils down to three things: loca- River Heritage it’s far more attractive than Julian MacDonough, Blake Angelos, Chuck Kis-

.21. Park, Mission, B.C. 07 tion, location, location. While that oversimpliﬁes what COST: $30-$100 I’ve made it sound here. tler, and Mike Allen, all of whom are no strang- is undoubtedly a complex process, it does serve to il- MORE INFO: www. Or, if you like your folk to ers to the tasting room and John’s hospitality.

.05 lustrate an essential truth: the power of place cannot be canadiannikkei.ca/ come with a South Ameri- As this beneﬁt was put together pretty hastily 29

# underestimated. missionfolkmusic can spin, check out Brazil’s over the past couple of days, there’s no word So, when I say that one of the big draws of the Mission festival/ Renato Borghetti, for whom yet on what the suggested donation might be, Folk Music Festival is its decidedly gorgeous locale, that folk music consists of the but, rest assured, no one is ever going to get assertion is not meant to diminish in any way the quality gaucho music of the Rio Grande do Sul in the mad at you for being too generous in the name of the performers to be found there. Rather, it is more a southernmost part of his homeland. Borghetti of this worthy cause. statement to suggest that when one has an excuse to pa- performs his brand of folk on a type of accor- Of course, it goes without saying that, although tronize Fraser River Heritage Park—which, as the name dion called a gaita ponto—and who doesn’t benefit shows are far from a rarity in this town, CASCADIA WEEKLY suggests, sits nestled on the shore of the picturesque love the accordion in any permutation? But, having the opportunity to support someone who 20 Fraser River—for an entire weekend, one does not turn Borghetti isn’t the only practitioner of South has devoted such a substantial part of his life to down such an opportunity. American folk to be found at the festival. He supporting the music community is an enormous However, there is more to the Mission Folk Music Festi- has a Colombian counterpart in the form of privilege. And, given the fight he has in front val than just its lovely locale. After all, the event is not Batata y Las Alegres Ambulancias de Palenque, of him, both medically and financially, John can just about sitting around and remarking upon the beauty FOLK FESTIVAL, CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE certainly use all the support he can get. musicEvents musicEvents WED., JULY 21

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can be heard at Downtown Sounds, which 34 happens from 5-9pm every Wednesday now open through Aug. 11 in the 1300 block of Bay From 6:00 p.m., Wed.- Sat. FOOD St. i WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM 28 28 MARK GROWDEN: Mark Growden drops by Fresh Local Oysters for an 8pm show at the Bellingham Circus Guild’s Cirque Lab, 2107 Iron St. A $5-$10 - Light Menu - Cocktails - donation will get you in the door. CLASSIFIEDS i WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM Downtown Sounds

THURS., JULY 22 24 MUSIC IN THE PARK: Band Zandt will per- Wednesdays 5-9 form from 6-8pm at Bellingham’s Elizabeth July 21: Ockham’s Razor FILM Park. The free concert series continues every Thursday through Aug. 26. with Giants Causeway 20

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FRI., JULY 23 MUSIC Tues.- Thurs. 11 to 10, Fri. 11 to 11 MUSIC FOR THE KIDS: The second Brown Bag Sat. 10 to 11, Sun. 10 to 9 Children’s Concert of the summer features

tunes by Alleyoop at noon on the lawn of 18 the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Cen- ART ART tral Ave. i 778-7000 SOUNDS ON THE BAY: All are invited to 16 a fundraiser for the Community Boating

KENGE KENGE Center at 7pm at Boundary Bay Brewery, STAGE 1107 Railroad Ave. Music by Hoss and the Old In-Betweeners can be heard. 14 i 714-8891 OR WWW.BOATINGCENTER.COM FOLK FESTIVAL, CONCERTS AT THE PORT: As part of the

FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Anacortes Arts Festival’s “Concerts at the GET OUT Port” series, listen to tunes by Jr. Cadil- lac at 7:30pm at the Port of Anacortes who represent a sort of Afro-Caribbean form Warehouse Transit Shed. Tickets are $15. 12 of folk (I told you this was a folk festival i WWW.ANACORTESARTSFESTIVAL.COM that bends the rules a bit) that can be found SAT., JULY 24 WORDS in Colombia’s Palenque de San Basilio, a town SONIC ALCHEMY: Matthew Kocel will of 3,500 that is devoted to keeping alive the perform at a “Sonic Alchemy: A Journey 8 stories, songs and traditions of the slave col- to Oneness” gig from 7-8:30pm at the Center for Spiritual Living, 2224 Yew ony they once were and the African region Street Red. Admission is $15-$20. from whence they came. If folk, at its most RENATO BORGHERRI i WWW.OMSHAMAN.COM CURRENTS fundamental, is a form of musical storytell- DAVE BING: Fiddler Dave Bing plucks the 6 ing passed down by the people, it doesn’t get of the Mission Folk Music Festival have made strings at 7pm at the YWCA Ballroom, 1026 1300 Bay St. any folksier than Las Algres Ambulancias de it a priority to emphasize that folk tradition N. Forest St. Suggested donation is $10- 360.752.2968 (75.BAYOU) Palenque. Africa is also represented at the as well. Toward that end, they’ve tapped the $12. VIEWS i 733-5960 www.bayouonbay.com festival in the form of Kenya’s Kenge Kenge. likes of Les Charbonniers de L’Enfer to bring 4 DANA REASON TRIO: Dana Reason Trio’s Self-made instruments, densely layered vocal their ﬁve-part harmonies to the banks of “Angle of Vision” tour stops in Belling- MAIL MAIL chants and harmonies, songs full of character the Fraser River, as well as Galant, tu perds ham at 7:30pm at the Amadeus Project, and charisma—this is the stuff pop music is ton temps (who will sing traditional Quebe- 1209 Cornwall Ave. Tickets are $20-$33. Center for Expressive Arts 2 made of in Kenge Kenge’s part of the world. cois women’s songs), Les Mononcles (who i (541) 758-0123 OR WWW. August 6th, NEST Art Show Reception 6-10pm THEAMADEUSPROJECT.ORG DO IT IT DO

Other parts of the world are also well-rep- will undoubtedly lift your spirits—whether examining the ideas of place & home resented at the Mission Folk Music Festival— you need it or not—and might just have you SUN., JULY 25 Hoops & Art Bash

Cuba (Wil Campa y su Gran Union), Finland dancing), Le Vent du Nord (a quartet beloved FIDDLIN’ FOX: As part of the annual July 29th 3-5pm, all ages 10

“Fiddlin’ Fox” outdoor world music series, .21. (Karoliina Kantelinen), New Zealand (Paciﬁc the world over), and more. Free Kids Art Workshops! listen and dance to Balkanarama from 07 Curls), Polynesia (Te Vaka), and more—how- And, as with most things that seem to hap- July 24th, August 7th & 21st 2-5pm at the Fairhaven Village Green. ever, this being a Canadian affair, the festival’s pen just about anywhere, the Mission Folk Imagination Celebration!! The show is free. .05

roster is rife with homegrown talent. From Music Festival wouldn’t be complete without i WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM Saturday August 14th 12-4pm all ages 29 # nearby Alberta comes Ian Tyson, who, along a little hometown representation. This year, ART OF JAZZ: The Jazz Project’s 8th Teen Art Nights with gaining acclaim (and winning the awards it comes in the form of Robert Sarazin Blake annual Invitational Jazz Jam will make Tuesday nights throughout July/August to match) in his own country, is also critically and Jan Peters, a dynamic duo that have been music at the “Art of Jazz” series from 6-8pm, $10 per person 4-6:30pm at the Amadeus Project, 1209 lauded internationally for a body of work playing music together in this town almost July & August Dance Classes Cornwall Ave. Entry is $15 general, free Adult & Me Movement (walk-3y) / Thursdays 9:30-10:15am that spans ﬁve decades. Murray McLauchlan, as long as I’ve been writing about it. for members. Creative Dance (3-6y) / Saturdays 9-9:45am who’ll be arriving from Ontario, has been at While the musical offerings of the festival i 650-1066 OR WWW.JAZZPROJECT.ORG Let’s Dance (7+yrs) / Saturdays 10-11:00am it almost as long—40 years—and is well- are almost certainly enough to induce a per- CASCADIA WEEKLY known for crafting songs that are sharply son to make the journey there, sometimes, WED., JULY 28 Adult Art Classes NETTLE HONEY: Light-hearted bluegrass Intro to SoulCollage® by Jamie Olson 21 observant of the world in which he lives, and much like selecting a patch of real estate to courtesy of Seattle’s Nettle Honey can be August 19th & September 16th 6:30-9:30pm he’s not afraid to use humor to get his musical purchase, it really is about location, loca- experienced at a free concert at noon at No formal artistic experience required, $30-$40 point across. And, as a giant part of Canada’s tion, location. If that’s what you seek, the WWU’s Performing Arts Center plaza. Young Writers Studio: www.youngwritersstudio.org i heritage, both musical and otherwise, comes Mission Folk Music Festival is a worthy in- 650-2489 1317 Commercial St. #201, Bellingham / 671-5355 from its French-Canadian side, the organizers vestment indeed. www.centerforexpressivearts.com musicvenues 34 34

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denies the accusation but seemingly

34 34 confirms her guilt, fleeing her CIA col- leagues—led by close associate Ted Win- FOOD film ter (Liev Schreiber)—as she searches for her now-missing husband. But once she’s

28 28 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› MOVIE SHOWTIMES broken free of her pursuers, Salt goes on the offensive, her vaguely ominous mo- tives now signaled by a goth-black dye job, and heads to New York, where the CLASSIFIEDS Russian president (Olek Krupa) is scheduled to make a public appearance. 24 24 As a sexy killing machine whose true FILM FILM FILM FILM identity and intentions are intended to remain a mystery to the audience, Salt is clearly (if somewhat wishfully) being 20 positioned as a curvier alternative to Ja-

MUSIC son Bourne. But in its efforts to spark fresh dramatic ﬁreworks from the ashes

18 of a past political conflict (despite an obligatory shout-out to the Middle East), ART ART Salt often plays like a throwback to such ’90s thrillers as Noyce’s own Tom Clancy 16 adaptations, Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger. STAGE STAGE Where the film’s old-school quality pays off, however, is in the fight sequences; if 14 we’ve seen the stairwell attacks, slo-mo machine gunnings and rush-hour get-

GET OUT aways many times before, they’re at least presented with coherence and crackle, and with little in the way of high-tech 12 gadgetry (at one point, Salt builds a weapon out of a wastebasket and a ﬁre WORDS extinguisher). Having spent most of the past decade helming politically charged 8 prestige fare (Catch a Fire, Rabbit-Proof Fence, The Quiet American), Noyce rolls up his sleeves and delivers an unpretentious CURRENTS CURRENTS piece of action-movie craftsmanship that

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2 a busy highway—and that’s just during the derstatement. But the ﬁlm tries to make ﬁrst hour. Salt’s identity more compelling a puzzle DO IT IT DO The brutality begins immediately, with than it really is; her allegiances are never Salt blonde CIA agent Evelyn Salt on the re- really in doubt, further leaching suspense 10 ceiving end of a bloody interrogation by and interest from the setup. .21. GET SOME ACTION

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.05 NOT EVERY movie can survive protagonist gender reassignment, but credit Diehl). Two years later, the two are living sit well with those who like their butt- 29

# the makers of Salt for shrewdly retooling this onetime Tom Cruise starrer as a in Washington, D.C., as happily married as kicking feminist role models devoid of vehicle for Angelina Jolie. As a fierce superspy and mistress of many disguises, a hunky arachnologist and a smooth under- romantic feelings (even when they’re Jolie represents the one indisputably kickass element in this brisk, professionally cover operative can be. portrayed as subtly as they are here). assembled but finally shrug-inducing thriller, which sees director Phillip Noyce But everything changes during a seem- As though aware of these concerns, the applying his action chops to a predictable slice of warmed-over Cold War paranoia ingly routine interview between Salt and filmmakers have taken care to make the (recent headlines notwithstanding). a Russian defector, Orlov (an excellent character more and more ruthless as the Originally titled Edwin A. Salt, scribe Kurt Wimmer’s present-day scenario—pred- Daniel Olbrychski). In an expository se- film progresses. This makes for some nifty CASCADIA WEEKLY icated on the threat of Russian sleeper spies waiting to trigger a massive attack quence whose use of flashbacks and slow- sequences, as Salt descends with almost 24 on the United States—drew attention from Cruise and other potential male leads build pacing are a refreshing indicator of a wraithlike intensity upon her attackers, before capturing Jolie’s interest. In short order, Edwin became Evelyn, a transfor- meticulous storyteller behind the camera but unlike the Bourne movies, Salt never mation that required an apparently none-too-difficult rewrite, given the character’s (even if the story itself happens to be lu- manages to turn its death-defying stunts deliberately hazy inner life and preference for action over words. Certainly the film- dicrous), Orlov explains the presence of a into character insights, never reveals psy- makers haven’t allowed anything resembling chivalry to distract from the matter at hidden network of childhood-indoctrinated chology through action.

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28 28 FILMSHORTS Ramona and Beezus: I will confess, that when I ﬁrst heard tell of this movie, adapted from the initial Cascablanca: Oh my, do I love this movie like installment of Beverly Cleary’s beloved series about whoa. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, doomed that loveable scamp Ramona Quimby, I was a bit con

CLASSIFIEDS love, wartime heroics—this classic ﬂick has it all fused, as I was under the distinct impression I’d read (including one of Peter Lorre’s many unforgettable every Ramona tome in existence. Turns out, I was performances). To see it on a warm night under the wrong. Live and learn. ★★ (tISNJO 24 24 stars with the Pennystinkers opening the show is not #FMMJT'BJSBN]]]] a bad way to pass a summer evening. ★★★★★ (PG FILM FILM FILM FILM Salt: See review previous page. ★★★ 1(tIS tISNJO NJO 'BJSIBWFO7JMMBHF(SFFO+VMZ! 4VOTFU4RVBSFBN]]]]] 20 Cyrus: When Marisa Tomei falls for John C. Reilly, ]]] there’s only one obstacle standing in the way of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: I tend to judge all MUSIC USVFSPNBODF5PNFJTZFBSPME MJWFBUIPNFTPO Nicolas Cage movies by the believability of his hair. played with typical comedic charm by Jonah Hill. 5P XJU Raising Arizona = a credibly wild mane and, And Jonah does not like to share. ★★★★ 18 3tIS UIFSFGPSF UIFLJOEPGPWFSUIFUPQQFSGPSNBODF NJO that can make Cage a compulsively watchable actor. ART ART 4FIPNF]]]] Con Air = totally unrealistic weave and the kind of Despicable Me: I love the idea of an animated ﬂick cringeworthy turn that Cage also especially excels 16 that tells its story from the point of view of the vil at. I would like Cane’s performance in The Sorcerer’s lain, rather than the hero. I love it even more when Apprentice to fall into the former category, but the

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12 best I can to is to say it concerns art, artists and Inception: With every single cinematic outing, movie was originally titled Avatar: The Last Airbend- storytelling. I don’t even like cartoons, yet somehow the definitions thereof), but suffice it to say it has a Christopher Nolan has proven himself to be a film er. But it features no sexy blue catpeople, no mixed I still can’t get enough of Pixar’s animated sorcery. premise that is a miracle of convoluted genius, and maker of rare and extraordinary vision. Now with the messages about people who preach peace while wag ★★★★★ (tISNJO WORDS is executed in a fashion that is both riotously funny kind of budget and clout only a massive blockbuster ing war and no James Cameron anywhere to be found. #FMMJT'BJS]] ★★★★★ BOEUIPVHIUQSPWPLJOH 3tISNJO can buy (I’m speaking, of course, of Dark Knight), However, it was helmed by M. Night Shyamalan, who Toy Story 3 in 3D: See above. And then watch the 8 1JDLGPSE$BMMGPSTIPXUJNFT he essentially has all the rope most directors would is a filmmaker I am not quite willing to write off as a moviemaking magic that is Pixar + 3D. And if you hap normally use to promptly hang themselves. But not total disappointment. (Previous statement amended The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: In case you pen to be affiliated with another animation studio, Nolan, who rounds up Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, to reflect accuracy instead of idiocy.) ★★★ 1(t missed it the first time around, it’s back for your take copious notes. ★★★★★ (tISNJO

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CLASSIFIEDS would pollute your consciousness. I advise you to re- CLASSIFIEDS never achieve his dreams if he stays with her. “We are press them. Wallowing in resentment would have an the people who make sure things happen according 2518 meridian st. equally deleterious effect. Don’t you dare give that to plan,” they say. “We monitor the entire world.” 24 emotion a foothold. On the other hand, fantasies of fountain district I’m happy to inform you, Libra, that this scenario experiencing pleasure and joy, even if they’re escapist 360.303.2249 is utterly make-believe. There is no “Adjustment Bu- FILM FILM illusions, will tonify and invigorate your awareness. I reau,” on earth or in heaven. It is true, however, that recommend that you indulge in them at great length, if you don’t have a master plan, then your destiny is unleashing your imagination to explore a variety of more likely to be shaped by your conditioning and by 20 blissful scenarios in tremendous detail and with inge- other people’s master plans. So get working! This is nious ﬂourishes. In fact, as your part-time soul doc- an excellent time to either formulate a master plan

MUSIC tor, I can’t think of anything else that would be more or reﬁne the one you have. beneﬁcial to your physical and mental health. UVFTGSJBQrTBUBQ SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The United States TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If there were such 18 closed sun, mon is the planet’s major player in terms of political, eco- a thing as the Queen of Heaven—a living Goddess nomic, and military clout. China is rising fast as a

ART ART whose presence both calmed and excited you, a nu- competitor in those three arenas, but lags far behind minous female magician who lit up your longing to in a fourth: “soft power,” or cultural inﬂuence. The see life as it really is—and if this Queen of Heaven

16 rest of the world ﬁnds America’s style, entertainment, came to be with you right now, what would you say? art, and ideas far more attractive than China’s. As you Would you ask her to help you, and if so, how? Would enter a phase that will be favorable for enhancing STAGE STAGE you seek an answer to the most important question in your own leverage and authority, Scorpio, I suggest your life? Would you spill every secret and tell every you put the emphasis on wielding “soft power.” You’ll story you’ve ever wanted to share, and trust that she’d accomplish more by charming people with your intel- 14 be able to see the totality of who you really are? I ligence than by trying to push them or manipulate advise you to do this imaginative exercise sometime them. soon. The time has come for you to receive a blessing

GET OUT from the highest expression of feminine power. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I think it would be healthy for you to wander out to a frontier GEMINI (May 21-June 20): What’s up with your and explore a boundary. You might even want to re- best friends? I mean, what’s really going on for them

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8 advising you to go further. If you get urges to ac- all your ideas about who your close allies are, and tually transgress the boundary and break the taboo PEP simply try to see the world as if looking out of their PER and smash through the limit, please do lots of due eyes. After you’ve done that, imagine how you could diligence. Know exactly what you’re getting into and offer yourself to them as a brain-booster and heart-

CURRENTS CURRENTS what the consequences might be. strengthener; brainstorm about how you might blend your life force with theirs so as to empower them to CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When mobs 6 SISTERS see further than they can by themselves. stage political demonstrations in Pakistan’s biggest cities, they make sure that some of their signs are COOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX SINCE 1988 CANCER (June 21-July 22): In my astrological

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DO IT IT DO I’m putting out a in your nurturing. Don’t scrimp on generosity and AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): beneficence. Have fun overflowing with profusions of call to the rebel in your heart—not the cranky, vindic- life-giving care. tive rebel in your mind, but the joyful, yearning rebel 10 in your heart. I am asking this tender renegade to LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): According to Hawaiian .21. rise up against narcissistic behavior wherever you find mythology, the soul leaves the body during the night 07 it. Don’t shout it down or try to shame it, though; to seek the adventures known as dreams. The place of rather, work around it through outrageous displays departure and re-entry is the “soul pit” (lua’uhane),

.05 of empathy and radical acts of compassion and feisty which is located in the tear duct of the eye. During 29 outbreaks of wild kindness. Your job, according to my # the next few nights, I’d love for you to send your analysis of the astrological omens, is to be a one- soul ﬂying out though your soul pit for some daring person wrecking crew devoted to smashing the boring exploits that will revitalize your lust for life. Take your inertia of egotism with your zealous concern for the backlog of stored-up tears along with you, and pour good of all. them down like rain on the secret garden you’ve been neglecting. The garden will respond to the downpour PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): As the economic re- with a big growth spurt. covery lags, many frustrated job-seekers have decided to stop waiting around to be saved; they’re taking VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A woman I know was

CASCADIA WEEKLY matters into their own hands. As a result, entrepre- invited to a party where she would get the chance neurship is thriving. I suggest you catch that spirit. to meet her favorite musician, psychedelic folk art- In fact, I advocate a mass entrepreneurial uprising 30 ist Devendra Banhart. On her last look in the mir- among Pisceans in the coming months. Even if you’re ror before heading out the door, she decided that the already employed, it’ll be prime time for you to cre- small pimple on her chin was unacceptable, and gave ate your own perfect gig, carve out your own special it a squeeze. Wrong move. After it popped, it looked niche, or dream up a role that is designed for your worse. She panicked. More squeezing ensued, accom- unique talents. panied by moaning and howling. Soon the tiny blem- rearEnd ›› ”Last Chance, Harvey” — final words from the late Mr. Pekar. ›› by Matt Jones

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.05 Without fail, upon seeing the image of the 65-foot-long craft cutting the famous chowder. As soon as it’s reached WHERE: Leaves from silly stupor.

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