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cascadia Church 34 Week This FILM FOOD FOOD A glance at this Grease: Dusk, Fairhaven Village Green COMMUNITY 27 week’s happenings Antique Fair: 9am-5pm, Christianson’s Nursery, Mount Vernon Family Activity Day: 10am-4pm, Whatcom Museum’s B-BOARD B-BOARD Lightcatcher Building Berry Dairy Days: Through Sunday, throughout Burlington 24 GET OUT FILM Feed the Need 5K: 9am, Hovander Homestead Park, Ferndale

20 Boat Show & Swap Meet: 9am-4pm, La Conner Marina Pet Parade: 11am, Maritime Heritage Park MUSIC Fairy Day: 11am-2pm, Garden Spot Nursery Sin & Gin Tour: 7pm, downtown Bellingham 18

ART FOOD Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, Ferndale Senior Center Mount Vernon Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Water- 16 front Plaza Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts

STAGE Center Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square 14 Farm Fiesta: 11am-7pm, Viva Farmers, Burlington

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6 19-21. Car and fireworks Heritage Park Brewers Cruise: 6:30pm, Bellingham Bay shows, a carnival, magic MUSIC VIEWS Concert of the Century: 3pm, Bellingham High School THURSDAY 18 acts, a grand parade and

4 [06. .15] COMMUNITY ONSTAGE more will also take place Father’s Day Car Show: 9am-3pm, BelleWood Acres MAIL MAIL Shrek, the Musical: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas throughout the weekend Antique Fair: 9am-5pm, Christianson’s Nursery, Theatre, Lynden Mount Vernon 2 2 To Kill a Mockingbird: 7:30pm, Anacortes Com- Berry Dairy Days: Through today, throughout munity Theatre Burlington DO IT IT DO DO IT IT DO Truth Be Told: 8pm, Upfront Theatre SATURDAY [06.20.15] Bard on the Beach: Though September, Vanier Park, Pulp Improv: 10pm, Upfront Theatre GET OUT Vancouver, BC ONSTAGE Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Boat Show: 9am-4pm, La Conner Marina DANCE The Drowsy Chaperone: 7:30pm, Bellingham Improvised Bollywood: 10pm, Upfront Theatre DancePlay: 7:15-9:15pm, Presence Studio Theatre Guild 06.17.15 FOOD Friday Night Dance Party: 7:30-10pm, Bellingham 100 Lunches: 7:30pm, Quality Inn Grand Suites COMMUNITY BellingHAM BaconFest: 12-3pm, Depot Market Dance Company Shrek, the Musical: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas

.10 Berry Dairy Days: Through Sunday, throughout Square Theatre, Lynden 24 Ferndale Public Market: 2-7pm, Pioneer Park # Burlington COMMUNITY To Kill a Mockingbird: 7:30pm, Anacortes Com- FOOD Open House: 11am-2pm, Whatcom Community munity Theatre MONDAY 22 College Truth Be Told: 8pm, Upfront Theatre [06. .15] Lynden Farmers Market: 12-5pm, Front Street Berry Dairy Days: Through Sunday, throughout Pulp Improv: 10pm, Upfront Theatre ONSTAGE Burlington FRIDAY [06.19.15] DANCE Guffawingham: 9:30pm, Green Frog GET OUT Dancing for Joy: 1pm and 6:30pm, Mount Baker ONSTAGE DANCE Ferry Farewell Flotilla: 5pm, Community Boating Theatre CASCADIA WEEKLY The Drowsy Chaperone: 7:30pm, Bellingham Dancing for Joy: 6:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre Center Spring Dances: 2pm, Hillcrest Meeting Hall Theatre Guild Relay for Life: 6pm today until 12pm tomorrow, NW Contra Dance: 7-10:30pm, Glen Echo Community Club 2 100 Lunches: 7:30pm, Quality Inn Grand Suites TUESDAY: 23 Washington Fair Grounds, Lynden Salsa Night: 9:30pm, Cafe Rumba [06. .15] Shrek, the Musical: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Sin & Gin Tour: 7pm, historic Fairhaven COMMUNITY Theatre, Lynden MUSIC To Kill a Mockingbird: 7:30pm, Anacortes Com- Wings Over Skagit: 6-8pm, Heritage Flight Museum, VISUAL ARTS Five Local Flavors of Music: 6-9pm, Heart of munity Theatre Burlington Solstice Art Walkabout: 5-8pm, historic Fairhaven Anacortes

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4 Bulletin Board Letters zens. An example of this would be Futurewise who are paid zero dollars for their service, relish Send letters to letters@ 28: Wellness cascadiaweekly.com actively lobbying and suing the Growth Manage- pulling up all emails from the past five months MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL ment Hearings Board over water use. Futurewise and forwarding them to the county, which must 29: Crossword sued and fought to limit the water use of farm- then pay to have them reviewed by county per- 2 30: Free Will Astrology ers, well owners and other rural people. Their sonnel. It seems to me that the citizens of What- DO IT IT DO 31: Advice Goddess claim was that allowing too many well permits com County—after voting for 15 Charter Review 32: Comix compromised water quantity and quality. Commission representatives—are now seeing Their argument merits consideration. However, them harassed because they believe the county 33: Slowpoke, Sudoku it is not customary, nor should the public allow should not fund the lobbying efforts of environ- 06.17.15 34: Dinner on the bay county funds to be delegated to an organization mental groups. actively lobbying against its own citizens. Let us call this request what it is: unfettered .10

24 ©2015 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by ReSources has received, according to the Bell- harassment and attempted intimidation. # Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 ingham Herald, a $12,500 contract to provide —Mark Nelson, Bellingham [email protected] Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia education about waste reduction. However, Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing many of us realize their actions are often noth- Editor’s Note: This newspaper supports open papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material ing but unmitigated lobbying against the Gate- government and the rights of citizens to view docu- to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- way Pacific shipping terminal at Cherry Point. ments related to matters of public policy. ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday That farmers could benefit from such a terminal the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be CASCADIA WEEKLYreturned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. to ship Washington wheat, potash and other dry HAPPY WHERE WE ARE LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. bulk commodities causes such environmental Bellingham and Whatcom County are updating 4 In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your groups apoplexy. (Yes, initially, coal also will be their Comprehensive Plans. Bellingham is in the letters to fewer than 300 words. shipped, but it will not be the only product, as process of adding areas to receive urban sprawl the terminal is designed to serve as a multicom- (UGA). modity export facility.) Last week the Bellingham Planning Commission A citizen in Blaine has requested “emails and voted to add 880 acres to the Urban Growth Area. NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre The W Larson Road properties were pulled schools where their culture was belittled Join us! into the Caitac UGA without any notifica- and they were transformed into the ways tion. I believe it states in the City Comp of the white culture. These things have Plan that citizens shall be notified in a now been found to be directly linked to fATHER’s Day

timely manner. This was not done. problems many reservations face today. 34 All (100 percent) of the property own- Though there have been some apolo-

FOOD ers living on the south side of Larson gies made, I feel that there has been lit- Road do not want to be included with tle done in acknowledging our society’s CAR SHOW the Caitac property in Bellingham’s Urban actions in the past. The natives were liv- 27 Growth Area. ing here first for thousands of years, yet We can only hope the Bellingham City they seem to get little respect. I noticed SUNDAY JUNE 21 9am - 3pm and Whatcom County councils will be a that in Fairhaven, there is a plaque that B-BOARD bit more considerate in their decision apologizes to the Chinese community for BelleWood Barbeque 12-4PM Live Silver City Rock Band

making and take into consideration what the Chinese deadline which was in place 24 smaller property owners want. in 1898 to 1903. You probably know of Bring Your Hero (DAD) To The Car Show —Donna Macomber, Whatcom County this plaque. Former Mayor Dan Pike put FILM it in, in 2011, as a formal apology to the CLASSIC ROCK BARBEQUE RAFFLES TROPHIES SUPPORT TODD DONOVAN Chinese community. 20 Todd Donovan will make a great County This made me think, why is there no

Council member. I look for leaders who such thing for the native community? MUSIC share my values and demonstrate com- I believe what was done to them was Register your car at www.gearheadswc.com mitment. Todd has worked hard in our worse than the Chinese deadline, the na- 6140 Guide Meridian (360) 318-7720 www.bellewoodfarms.com 18

community for the past 24 years, as a tive people’s culture was absolutely de- ART teacher at Western, as a nonprofit board stroyed! I think they deserve an apology member, with his neighborhood associa- from Whatcom County. It doesn’t have 16 tion and as a leader on the Charter Re- to be big or grand, but something like a

view Commission. He and his wife are plaque would remind our society of what STAGE raising two children here. has been done and it will show that we He has shown his commitment to What- acknowledge previous actions and are 14 com County with hard work. I trust his sorry for them. It is just a thought, but vision for the future and I trust his lead- I believe that it is the right thing to do. ership to get us there. He will have my —Klara M. Schwarz, Bellingham GET OUT support this fall. —Mary H. Mele, Bellingham FROSTY RECEPTION 12 It’s been a rough day for the Polar Pio- WAITING FOR KATHY neer. First its exit from Seattle’s Elliott WORDS TO CHANGE Bay was dogged by a flotilla of kayakta-

I was disappointed to see that the vists determined to impede its departure 8 Republicans had chosen to run Kathy for the Arctic, where Royal Dutch Shell REGISTER NOW! Kershner for Whatcom County Council hopes to drill for oil in the American wa-

again. Kathy first got involved in local ters of Chuckchi Sea. Around 20 kayak- CURRENTS politics in the fervor of the tea party. tavists were detained for violating the tNE ED 6 She ran for County Council with a big 500 hundred yard “safety zone,” but no ED pink heart on her signs; and she won by arrests were made. E VIEWS a very narrow margin. Then it met a small band of kayakta- F

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In the first few months she showed her vists off the coast of Bainbridge Island. 4 5K k true colors when she voted to cut funding Trying to go around them, it is believed n a MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL for food banks and for domestic violence it got stuck in mud at low tide. Accord- a b b d o e o services. She stood in the way of clean ing to kayaktavist Deborah D’ Angelo, the n f e 2 f y it t f un energy projects. She accepted funding Shell vessel did not begin to move again or co whatcom DO IT IT DO from the coal project developers. She until the tide rose. “It would start up, voted to appoint the commission that then stop again, turning different direc- didn’t seem to understand why slaughter- tions,” she said. Seven hours passed be- a houses should be regulated. And the vot- fore Shell’s rig was underway again. RUN WALK ers let her know what they thought and It is now headed north toward Port 06.17.15 replaced her at the first opportunity. Townsend, where citizens are gathering Hovander Post-race .10

I’ll be waiting to hear whether she can with boats and kayaks to once again try Saturday 24 Park organic breakfast # show evidence of a change in her ap- and thwart its progress. It is a spontane- Ferndale, WA 9am $25 included! proach or ideas. ous gathering, with no formal organiza- Start 6/20 Registration —Nancy Orlowski, Bellingham tion actually orchestrating the protest. On hearing the Shell rig was delayed in ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT WE DO shallow waters, people just started head- I am in seventh grade at Fairhaven ing to Port Townshend in the hopes of with generous support from:

Middle School. In my social studies class, making a stand. CASCADIA WEEKLY we have been learning about the past 200 Even in the absence of a spill, any new 5 years of Washington’s history. This in- drilling puts the climate in serious jeop- cludes the genocide of Native Americans, ardy. A recent report in the journal Na- Fairhaven Runners & Walkers • Dog On Fire Computer Repair • and also the cultural genocide through ture, finds no climate-friendly scenario Reco Branding Solutions Ferndale Fire Dept. District 7 putting the natives in small reserva- for arctic drilling. communityfood drive.com tions and sending the children far off to —Rob Lewis, Bellingham THE GRISTLE

WRONG MIX, WRONG FIX: With a deadline looming

34 to place a measure on the November ballot, Whatcom County Council continues to struggle with a sales tax FOOD FOOD proposal to site a $122.5 million jail and Sheriff’s com- views plex in Ferndale. And though they’ve struggled mightily OPINIONS THE GRISTLE (and admirably) to develop the programmatic alterna- 27 tives to incarceration that policymakers understand are essential to control future costs of criminal justice in

B-BOARD B-BOARD Whatcom County, a plurality on Council remain unsatisfied with the jail proposal. Perhaps worse, their most

24 powerful allies in the effort, Bellingham City Council BY ROBERT REICH and administration, appear even more unsatisfied.

FILM County Council continued to hear public comment on the jail proposal last week. They unanimously approved

20 an ordinance to create a task force dedicated to cre- ‘Free Trade’ Costs ate and enhance programs to help effectively reduce

MUSIC the numbers of inmates jailed primarily due to mental WHY THE TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP IS NEARLY DEAD illness or drug dependencies, diverting them into less

18 costly alternatives to jail. For the sake of furthering ow can it be that the larg- Americans, working harder than

ART discussion, Council also approved the interlocal agree- est pending trade deal in ever, receive smaller ones. ment between Whatcom County and her seven cities H history—a deal backed And just as in the simulations, that will govern costs and contributions to the pro- both by a Democratic president and those receiving the smaller slices 16 posed jail. Council could not, however, muster agree- Republican leaders in Congress—is are starting to say “no deal.”

STAGE ment to place a proposed .2 percent sales tax measure nearly dead? Some might attribute this re- on the ballot for consideration by voters in November. The Trans Pacific Partnership may sponse to envy or spite. But when Council member Ken Mann refused to support even yet squeak through Congress but its from trade, the biggest winners are I ask my students why they refused 14 the interlocal agreement. “I don’t want to send the near-death experience offers an im- at the top. And as the top keeps to accept anything less than $250 message to the City of Bellingham that I like the plan,” portant lesson. moving higher compared to most and thereby risked getting nothing

GET OUT Mann said, reflecting the unease of many on Council It’s not that labor unions have of the rest of us, the vast majority at all, they say it’s worth the price who nevertheless saw the detailed agreement as es- regained political power (union feels relatively worse off. of avoiding unfairness.

12 sential to move the discussion on to COB. membership continues to dwindle To illustrate the point, consider Remember, I gave out the $1,000 Bellingham City Council on Monday also refused to and large corporations have more a simple game I conduct with my arbitrarily. The initial recipients support the interlocal agreement signed by the county clout in Washington than ever) or students. I have them split up into didn’t have to work for it or be out- WORDS and other cities, likely dooming any chance a jail ini- that the President is especially pairs and ask them to imagine I’m standing in any way.

8 tiative will squeak on to the November ballot. weak (no president can pull off a giving $1,000 to one member of When a game seems arbitrary, We’ve noted before that Whatcom County and COB— major deal like this if the public each pair. people are often willing to sacrifice the commerce and population center of the county— isn’t behind him). I tell them the recipients can gains for themselves in order to pre-

CURRENTS CURRENTS probably have enough steam on their own to finance a The biggest lesson is most Ameri- keep some of the money only on vent others from walking away with new jail in partnership, regardless of support from the cans no longer support free trade. condition they reach a deal with far more—a result that strikes them 6 6 other smaller cities. The corollary is even more certainly It used to be an article of faith their partner on how it’s to be dias inherently wrong. true: Without the agreement of COB, the county has no that trade was good for America. vided up. They have to offer their The American economy looks in- VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS chance of financing a new jail. The city’s reluctance Economic theory told us so: Trade partner a portion of the $1,000, and creasingly arbitrary, as CEOs of big

4 to agree should not be seen as pigheaded, but essen- allows nations to specialize in their partner must either accept or firms now rake in 300 times more tial cover the county needs to reconsider the wisdom of what they do best, thereby fueling decline. If the partner declines, than the wages of average workers, MAIL MAIL rushing the jail initiative to the polls rather than con- growth. And growth, we were told, neither of them gets a penny. while two-thirds of Americans live

tinue to tune it into a better product for a future ballot. is good for everyone. You might think many recipients paycheck to paycheck. 2 The central issue is the structure of the tax propos- But such arguments are less per- of the imaginary $1,000 would offer Some of my students who refused DO IT IT DO al itself—committing the entire capacity of a public suasive in this era of staggering in- their partner one dollar, which the anything less than $250 also say safety sales tax to the construction of a jail exhausts equality. partner would gladly accept. After they feared allowing the initial re- the instrument for any other purpose, including the jail For decades, almost all the gains all, a dollar is better than noth- cipient to keep a disproportionately alternatives County Council recognizes must be part of from growth have been going to a ing. Everyone is better off. large share would give him the pow- 06.17.15 a humane and cost-controlled criminal justice system. small sliver of Americans at the top— But that’s not what happens. er to rig the game even more in the Speaking to Bellingham City Council in May, What- while most peoples’ wages have stag- Most partners decline any offer un- future. .10

24 com County Executive Jack Louws volunteered several nated, adjusted for inflation. der $250—even though that means Here again, America’s real-life # startling admissions: Economists point to overall ben- neither of them gets anything. distributional game is analogous, “Putting this jail facility use agreement together, efits from expanded trade. All of us This game, and variations of it, as a few at the top gain increasing I—the administration—somewhat lost track of one of gain access to cheaper goods and have been played by social scien- political power to alter the rules of the tasks that we were assigned, which was to create services. tists thousands of times with dif- the game to their advantage. ways to keep people out of jail. Our County Council But in recent years the biggest ferent groups and pairings, and If the American economy contin- identified that as something we needed to take a close gains from trade have gone to inves- with remarkably similar results. ues to create a few big winners and

CASCADIA WEEKLYlook at,” Louws confessed. tors and executives, while the bur- A far bigger version of the game is many who feel like losers by com- “It became evident early on that the sales tax rev- dens have fallen disproportionately being played on the national stage parison, opposition to free trade 6 enue we were going to receive would be used solely on those in the middle and below as a relative handful of Americans won’t be the only casualty. for the construction and the operation of the facility,” who have lost good-paying jobs. receive ever-larger slices of the Losers are likely to find many he said. “The financial arrangement that we have does So even though everyone gains total national income while most other ways to say “no deal.” not account for the need we have outside of that” for alternatives to jail. VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE “It would take two affirmative votes

of the public to pursue a hybrid model” GO 34 that used property tax and sales tax NORTHWOOD to generate additional reveue, Louws FOOD noted. “In discussions with the mayors and other elected leadership of FOR CASINO ! 27 Whatcom County it was decided that the sales measure was the appropriate

FUN B-BOARD path forward.” Who decided that? Not County Coun-

cil, who are now asked to support a jail 24 initiative they had no early hand in crafting, and one that the executive FILM admitted omits the very programmatic Special $5.99 alternatives Council members were con- 20 vinced needed to be part of the package. Instead, Executive Louws worked MUSIC closely with the Sheriff’s Office, private consultants and city administrators to father’s Day 18

craft the mechanism of the financing ART instrument to construct the jail, deciding unilaterally on the sales tax. 16 “The decision about how to pay for things was hatched without us and was Brunch STAGE discussed with the mayors for months before we heard about it,” Council 14 Chair Carl Weimer observed. Curiously, though, Louws apparently did not work closely with Bellingham Plus, FREE Headlamp GET OUT Mayor Kelli Linville, whose office Giveaway at 2pm

stressed again and again throughout 12 Treat Dad (or yourself) to a great the fall an opinion that property tax brunch for only $5.99 on Sunday, was the appropriate (and stable) in- June 21, from 10am to 3pm. Then, WORDS strument to finance large-scale capi- DWSPWKH¿UVW:LQQHUV&OXE

tal facilities construction, as opposed 8 0HPEHUVZLOOUHFHLYHDIUHH/(' to the more volatile (and over-sub- KHDGODPS2QHSHUSHUVRQZKLOH scribed) sales tax that would then be VXSSOLHVODVW exhausted for other goals. CURRENTS “I was not consulted about how the jail 6 would be financed,” Linville said. “Had I 6 been, I would have said what I’ve said all VIEWS along, which is that the financing part VIEWS

of the proposal is not something I would 4 have recommended. But I believe I was told about the proposal before the other MAIL mayors were consulted,” she said. 2 True, a property tax does require a Saturday, June 20 Only! DO IT IT DO higher threshold of 60 percent voter Receive 10X Points all day, for all approval for a capital facilities con- your play! You must register at the struction bond. And true, that proper- Winners Club prior to play to be ty tax cannot then be used to operate the completed jail facility. But, frank- eligible for bonus points. 06.17.15 ly, the county has years to attempt to .10 pass an associated public safety sales saturday 24 # tax to operate the jail and fund jail alternatives: The facility itself probably cannot be completed prior to 2020 and there already are healthy financial in- MODERN COMFORTS AND JUST TWO TURNS OFF THE struments in place to operate the jail at its current size. OLD FASHIONED HOSPITALITY GUIDE MERIDIAN To meet the higher threshold of a CASCADIA WEEKLY property tax will certainly take a lot BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA 7 more enthusiasm, more consensus, 877.777.9847 more buy-in and support for a better 1RUWKZRRG5RDG/\QGHQ:$ N plan, more time to convince the pub- E BADGER RD NORTHWOOD RD lic. But all that is exactly what What- ZZZQRUWKZRRGFDVLQRFRP com County’s jail proposal needs. GUIDE MERIDIAN RD LYNDEN Group consultants presented his company’s findings to a group of community leaders and policymakers this week. Eichenthal observed the region’s

34 population is growing despite the fact that its wages are lower and its prop- FOOD FOOD currents erty costs are higher. Whatcom County jobs have historically trailed the state NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX in average annual wages, on average, 27 by approximately 20 percent, he noted. Meanwhile, Whatcom County’s median

B-BOARD B-BOARD home price is higher than the state’s median home price. Whatcom residents

24 are also willing to, on average, spend a higher percentage of their income on

FILM The new homes than state residents overall, Eichenthal confirmed, an indicator

20 that residents are gathering value from more than just their incomes. MUSIC Second The research also suggests that changes to the consumption amenities

18 can change the current and future val-

ART ues of this second paycheck, affecting a region’s economy and—potentially— the variety and types of jobs in a re- 16 Paycheck gion. As a result, any potential changes

STAGE such as an increase in rail traffic could alter those economic benefits. Indeed, evidence hints that the change may al- 14 ready be underway. “We outlined a series of data points,

GET OUT not just population and employment, but digging deeper into things like rela-

12 tive wages in comparison to other parts of the state,” Eichenthal explained. “To fully weigh the pros and cons WORDS of any proposed project, policymakers

8 and the public need to understand the full impact that development can have on the local economy. Over the last CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 decade and a half, economic growth and vitality in Bellingham and What- 6 com County has been fueled by the area’s natural beauty and amenities,” VIEWS he said. “Development of the Gate-

4 way Pacific Terminal poses real risks to economic growth, and there is early MAIL MAIL evidence that it may already be hold-

ing back the local economy.” 2 The study was commissioned by the DO IT IT DO public policy research group, Commu- nitywise Bellingham. Over the past three years Communitywise Bellingham has commissioned and produced a se- 06.17.15 ries of reports on the proposed Gate- way Pacific Terminal and associated .09

24 impacts. The goal of the reports is to # ong considered a marker of eco- elsewhere because of quality-of-life provide communities and decision mak- COULD ‘HELPING THE nomic activity, an increase in rail amenities like recreation and scenic ers with critical information on GPT’s L traffic could instead signal a de- beauty that make Whatcom County such local impacts, including topics that are cline of vitality. A new study released an appealing place to live. not being studied in the coal port’s of- ECONOMY’ ACTUALLY this week suggests increased coal train “Simply put, the region’s residents ficial environmental review. traffic from the proposed Gateway Pacif- are willing to accept a lower wage, pay “These are questions an informed

CASCADIA WEEKLY ic Terminal (GPT) could harm a central more for property or bear the cost—in community needs to ask,” said Shannon HARM IT? driver of the Whatcom County econo- real dollars and time—of commuting Wright, executive director of Commu- 8 BY TIM JOHNSON my—the area’s “second paycheck.” to higher-paying employment in order nitywise Bellingham. The term describes the phenomenon to take advantage of the region’s nat- A recent study commissioned by in which high-skilled workers are will- ural amenities,” financial analyst public Whatcom County pegged the annual ing to accept lower wages and higher policy consultant David Eichenthal ex- spending on outdoor recreation at $705 housing prices than they could find plained. The managing director of PFM million in 2013. Eichenthal’s own data suggests visitors to Whatcom County paced statewide growth in both eco- spent about $574 million in that year. nomic categories. “This study addresses the hard ques- “I would never claim that we have Exploring Our tions we need to ask ourselves as we evidence unequivocally linking this to consider tradeoffs that could leave us an increase in rail traffic and associ- 34 on the losing side of the ledger with a ated noise and vibration,” Eichenthal FOOD FOOD

SITE TOURS Industrial Legacy doubling of train traffic from GPT and stressed. “And there are potential stig- 900 coal tanker trips through our wa- ma issues independent of train traffic. ters,” Bellingham City Council member There could be stigma, justified or not, 27 Michael Lilliquist agreed. “The quality of attached to the transportation of coal, life we enjoy in Bellingham is a linchpin and proximity to a large coal export fa- of the city’s economy and by extension cility, that would make some individuals B-BOARD the economy of the whole county.” less likely to move to Whatcom County “So much of the employment growth in or more likely to leave.” 24 Whatcom County was in two sectors di- In weighing the economic impact to rectly related to this concept of a ‘second Bellingham’s second paycheck effect, FILM paycheck’—leisure and hospitality, and the study also looked at the claims of

retail activities,” Eichenthal said. “What GPT-related job creation and conclud- 20 we attempt to do in this report is explain ed it may be significantly overstated.

what that concept is and demonstrate The study says that two reports com- MUSIC that it is at work here, and talk about missioned by GPT developer SSA Marine

the benefits Bellingham and Whatcom used a higher multiplier of direct jobs Photo Damian Vines 18 County have enjoyed of value generated to estimate indirect job creation than ART by these amenities and quality of life.” are used by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Property values could be another ca- Analysis (BEA) to analyze the job impact A site-by-site guided tour of the 16 sualty if GPT moves forward. Nick Bryn- of various economic sectors. BELLINGHAM WATERFRONT

gelson, who owns a home and nearby The SSA Marine-commissioned reports STAGE apartment complex on South Hill in produced in 2012 multiplied each direct 2015 environmental cleanups Bellingham, says his family has held job by 2.93, 2.8 and 2.96 respectively off on a planned remodel because he to calculate total jobs. Since then, new 14 believes the increased rail traffic that data shows that the BEA indicates a job would come with GPT would reduce his multiplier for this economic activity in GET OUT home’s value. He also said he and his Whatcom County as low as 1.8. That is in family may leave the neighborhood if line with comparable total job creation 12 GPT is built. According to the report, estimates for similar developments on the rail line through Bellingham’s wa- the West Coast, including the proposed WORDS terfront is currently at its practical Millennium Bulk Logistics coal export

capacity of approximately daily 14-15 terminal in Longview. This data discrep- 8 8 trains per day. ancy means that SSA Marine’s published “Add up the noise, reduced access to job numbers likely represent the most CURRENTS CURRENTS the waterfront, and diesel exhaust and upper range of reasonable job projec- CURRENTS the neighborhood loses a lot of its ap- tions, Wright said. 6 peal and value,” Bryngelson said. “I’ve “We’re not in a position to present Photo Lee First talked to a lot of neighbors who feel the hard and fast projections of what’s go- same way. We stand to lose many of the ing to happen going into the future,” VIEWS Sat, June 20: Walking tour. Participants will visit the things that make this area a great place Eichenthal said. “I think the real pur- 4 &HQWUDO:DWHUIURQW+ROO\6WUHHW/DQGȴOO:KDWFRP to live, play and raise a family.” pose of this report is to provide as much

:DWHUZD\DQGWKH*HRUJLD3DFLȴFFOHDQXSVLWHV MAIL “There’s some preliminary data, very information as possible for the public The starting and ending location for this tour is preliminary data, gathered over the past to understand their local economy, to 0DULWLPH+HULWDJH3DUN7KHWRWDOZDONLQJGLVWDQFHLV 2 couple of years that there is evidence understand risks that may result from DERXWPLOHV DO IT IT DO that both the increase in train traffic changes to that economy. independent of the development of the “For example,” he said, “to the extent terminal, and the prospect of that de- there are risks to the net benefits of Sat, June 27: Bicycle tour. We will visit the Cornwall velopment, may indeed already be hav- the waterfront redevelopment and the /DQGȴOO5*+DOH\6RXWK6WDWH6WUHHW*DVLȴFDWLRQ 06.17.15 ing an impact on the economy,” Eichen- region’s baseline economy trajectory, 3ODQWDQGWKH+DUULV$YHQXH6KLS\DUGVLWHV7KH thal confirmed. what entity would pay for mitigation starting location is Marine Park, and the ending .09

“We did a preliminary look at some actions to limit the potential negative ORFDWLRQLVWKH%HOOLQJKDP)DUPHUȇV0DUNHW7KHWRWDO 24 # of the real estate values along the rail impacts? Does additional freight rail ELNLQJGLVWDQFHLVPLOHV line going through Bellingham. The data traffic accelerate remediation needs suggests that median prices of homes sooner than later?” These are questions away from the rail lines have recov- an informed community must ask. More information ered at a greater rate since the reces- The study released this week follows SAT JUNE 20 & 27 10AM FREE RE-SOURCES.ORG sion than homes that are close to the up on an earlier report also prepared for tracks,” he said. Communitywise Bellingham by Public Fi- CASCADIA WEEKLY Since 2011, when the GPT was nancial Management, or “PFM,” Group. This tour is conducted on public right-of-ways for site viewing and does not enter private property. Please 9 launched, population and job growth PFM is a leading provider of independent bring your own bike and helmet for bicycle tours. in Bellingham and Whatcom County financial advisory services to state and This project was funded through a grant from the have slowed, lagging behind the state local governments and nonprofit institu- Washington State Department of Ecology. This project has been reviewed for grant consistency, but does not and Seattle: a big turnaround from tions. The studies are available online at necessarily constitute endorsement by Ecology. 2001 to 2010 when the county out- www.communitywisebellingham.org. currents ›› last week’s news

34 the Whatcom Farmers Co-op in Bellingham and a donut shop in Burlington. Ridley’s photo was

FOOD FOOD distributed across social media, and police say k th he fled to Orange County, Calif., because “there e was too much heat.” He was arrested there, and 27 a e through an exhaustive extradition process was t transported back to Washington. B-BOARD B-BOARD W Gov. Jay Inslee appoints Brian Stiles to the

W 24 LAST WEEK’S Skagit County Superior Court, replacing Judge John e Meyer. Stiles’ term is effective beginning in July.

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20 NEWS T JUNE09-JUNE15 SATURDAY MUSIC BY TIM JOHNSON s A fire destroys a storage barn on a raspberry farm south of Lynden. A massive column of black smoke

18 could be seen for miles shortly after the fire broke

ART out at the farm. Fire crews are able to keep the fire from spreading to other nearby barns and a home. 16 06.15.15 STAGE 06.09.15 MONDAY It’s back to the drawing board after Belling- 14 TUESDAY ham City Council rejects the financial terms Seattle police arrest five members of a protest group called the that undergird an initiative to build a proposed

GET OUT Raging Grannies for protesting Shell’s Arctic oil rig. The grannies— $122.5 million jail and Sheriff’s complex. the oldest of whom is 92—chained wooden rocking chairs together

12 to block train tracks leading into the port where the oil rig sits. The The Shell Oil arctic drilling rig Polar Pioneer

Seattle Times reports the women dressed in long skirts and sipped JOY SAWYER BY PHOTO cuts and runs out of Seattle on its way to Alaska, from porcelain teacups. Another group of younger protesters left but the vessel is dogged by hundreds of kayak- WORDS Two female WWU students, Sawyer Joy and Erika Osland, climbed the before arrests were made. The grannies were processed and quickly anchor chain of the Shell anchor supply vessel the American Trader tivists. The U.S. Coast Guard reports 24 protest- on Friday in an attempt to raise raise awareness about the hazards of

8 released from custody. ers were detained for violating the established Arctic drilling and climate change. The U.S. Coast Guard assisted the protection zone around the ship. One of them is A Whatcom County man is dead, after an accident during a dem- protestors when they decided to come down off the chain, placing Seattle City Council member Mike O’Brien. Ac- them in the custody of Bellingham Police. CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 olition project in Blaine. James Bost, 52, was helping dissamble cording to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Manage- a 30-foot-tall piece of machinery at Golden Nut Company Monday, ment, there is a significant risk of a major oil 6 when the support holding it collapsed. He was crushed by a steel A husband and wife are dead in an apparent spill if Shell begins drilling in the Arctic. Any support beam during the collapse. murder-suicide near Nooksack. Whatcom County spill would be almost impossible to contain in VIEWS Sheriff’s deputies responding to a call about a harsh Arctic conditions with the nearest port is a

4 06.10.15 shooting arrive to find a woman barely alive in a thousand miles away in Dutch Harbor. truck and a man dead in the family home. Both

MAIL MAIL WEDNESDAY suffered shotgun wounds. The couple’s children

Two teens are dead and two others are badly injured after an SUV were unharmed. Investigators believe a history NORTHWEST PASSAGES 2 hit them near Ferndale. The teens were on a walk with 30 other stu- of escalating family violence resulted in the hus- Bruce Shepard will retire as president of Western Wash-

DO IT IT DO ington University at the close of the 2015-2016 academic dents as part of a PE class at Windward High School. The SUV drifted band killing his wife, then turning the weapon from the roadway on West Smith Road near Graveline Road, striking on himself. year. Shepard, who next fall will begin his eighth year as president at Western, provided strong the four boys. Two Ferndale teens—Shane Ormiston, 18, and Gabriel and steady leadership for a university in- Anderson, 15—are pronounced dead at the scene. Drugs are suspect- A serial robber is finally behind bars after creasingly recognized in the state, region 06.17.15 ed as a cause of the accident. The 34-year-old Bellingham driver is hitting several Whatcom and Skagit County busi- and across the nation for its academic charged with two counts each of vehicular homicide and vehicular as- nesses last year. Police say Dennis Ridley, 63, was excellence. A national search for the new .09 president will be conducted over the next

24 sault. Prosecutors say he took a nap in his car after he killed the teens. responsible for the armed robbery of Man Pies and # year by the university’s Board of Trustees.

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found no cross border violations. No crime BUZZ 34 was committed and the matter was closed.” FOOD FOOD POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE GROUND CONTROL On June 5, “while assisting the Blaine High TO MAJOR TOM 27 School with graduation celebrations, offi- On June 5, Bellingham Police received a cers encountered an intoxicated man,” po- note in the airlock at police headquarters. lice reported. “He was a relative of a grad- B-BOARD uating student, doing his part to make the STORM CLOUDS APPROACHING event memorable for everyone else if not On May 26, Blaine Police responded to a 62 24 himself.” Police collared him and marched Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office request him off the property. for assistance investigating a suspicious FILM circumstance call on California Trail Road 25 25

CRIMES OF EMISSION outside the city limits. “A passerby report- 20 On June 6, a man who was homeless and ed seeing an elderly man using a gas can

living in his car wanted to talk to Belling- to pour a trail of fuel from the road to a MUSIC ham Police about locations where it might nearby residence,“ police reported. “The

be acceptable for him to masturbate and arriving officer and deputy discovered that 18 not get into trouble. Officers patiently the man had coordination problems and ART explained the city ordinances that govern had spilled some petrol while trying to fill the matter. his lawnmower. There was no impending 16 crime or catastrophe, and the approaching

On June 9, a citizen reported that a man rain clouds convinced the homeowner to STAGE had pooped in a bus stop near Wendy’s on set aside his errand for the day.” Samish Way. Bellingham Police arrived and 800 promptly located the smoldering evidence SCENIC ROUTE 14 but could not find the man who had left it. On June 6, a towing company called Blaine THE MAGNA CARTA, the document that laid a legal cornerstone for thousands of Police to repor t they were in route to a repor t judicial systems, was sealed 800 years ago on June 15, 1215. It was signed under GET OUT FOWL PLAY of a single vehicle running off the roadway threat of war by the barons of King John of England and was nullified within weeks, On June 1, Blaine Police were called by a somewhere on Drayton Harbor Road. “An of- but set the tone for rule of law and ended the divine right of kings. 12 household upset about a neighbor’s roost- ficer responded and contacted a Canadian er waking them at an unseemly hour of the couple who had stopped along the road to WORDS morning. “An officer contacted the resi- take in the beauty,” police reported. “Ap- 85 51

dence where the rascal was roosting, and parently the vehicle’s park function did not 8 8 discovered this homeowner was also crying engage and the emergency brake was not PERCENT of Catholic Democrats who PERCENT of Catholic Republicans who foul, as the bird had wandered onto their set. When the occupants exited the vehi- believe there is solid evidence that the believe there is evidence the Earth the Earth is growing warmer. Among is growing warmer. The Pope set out CURRENTS CURRENTS property uninvited,” police reported. “They cle and crossed the road, the vehicle rolled CURRENTS advised that Animal Control had unsuccess- off the roadway and over the embankment. the U.S. public as a whole, belief that to educate the doubters this week by

global warming is occurring is nearly issuing a call for changes in lifestyles 6 fully tried to tackle the trespasser. The of- There was no damage to the vehicle and the twice as common among Democrats as and energy consumption to avert the ficer asked them to return and try again.” owner called a tow truck.” Republicans (86% vs. 45%). “unprecedented destruction of the VIEWS ecosystem.”

On June 1, Bellingham Police tried to calm ALIEN SKIES 4 a dispute in Samish neighborhood about On May 20, a family in Lynden observed a

73 63 MAIL feeding the ducks. flashing blue orb in the sky. “My wife and I

noticed large flashing of lightning in the 2 FUN WITH FAWNS foothills behind our backyard,” the witness PERCENT of the American public who PERCENT of the American public who view public view prescription drug costs think Congress should pass a law so that DO IT IT DO

On May 22, Bellingham Police paged an- reported. “It was difficult to see exactly as unreasonable. Proportionate numbers people in all states can be eligible for imal control for assistance with an aban- where it was because it was inconsistent blame pharmaceutical companies more federal assistance to purchase medical doned fawn. when we tried to look directly at it. The than insurers for the high prices. insurance. A looming U.S. Supreme lightning had no sounds of thunder after- Court decision could make subsidies On June 1, University Police struggled to wards as there weren’t any clouds in the sky available only in states that established 06.17.15 free a fawn trapped in orange fabric fencing. either. My daughter woke up shortly after their own insurance marketplaces. .09

we saw the first flashes from a bad dream 24 On June 9, Bellingham Police responded to and noticed there was a blue flashing orb in 24 14 # an injured deer on Bakerview Road. the sky. I gave her binoculars and had her point it out to us. My daughter also no- BORDER COLLIES ticed about eight red/blue lights coming PERCENT of Americans who consider PERCENTAGE points that separate On June 6, a passerby reported that a man from the vicinity of the blue one heading themselves liberal, the highest number Americans who consider themselves since Gallup began polling on political liberal compared to Americans who was possibly selling or smuggling dogs in toward to lighting near the foothills. I identity in 1992. consider themselves conservative a van parked behind a closed business in took photos of the sky where she said (38%). Conservatives remain the CASCADIA WEEKLY Blaine. “An officer spoke with the man who they were but still my naked eye couldn’t nation’s largest ideological group, but did, in fact, have a rental van full of dogs,” see what she saw however the camera did. the conservative-liberal gap is now the 11 police reported. “The man works for a Califor- This went on for over an hour or two. She smallest since Gallup began tracking political identity. nia animal rescue service and was delivering also saw the stars squeeze and pull tight four dogs to a Canadian dog rescue service. in a spot in the sky similar to what a black SOURCES: Associated Press; Pew Research Center; Kaiser Health Tracking Poll; Gallup At police request, Whatcom Humane Society hole or worm hole is described.” doit WORDS

WED., JUNE 17 34 READING DEMOS: Discover how reading, reviewing books, taking quizzes and par- FOOD FOOD ticipating at the library will earn you badges words and chances to win prizes all summer long at COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS “Online Summer Reading for Adults” Demo Day 27 at 5pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. An additional demo takes place at 10am Wed., June 24. B-BOARD B-BOARD 778-7230 OR WWW.BELLINGHAMPUBLICLIBRARY.ORG helping achieve goals and when treatment begins NECKLACE OF STONES: Poet and artist Alice

24 to interfere with achieving goals. Interestingly, sometimes stopping treatment Lee retraces her life in Alaska, China, Italy, Washington and elsewhere when she reads FILM actually helps to prolong life. Gawande relates from her new book of poetry, Necklace of the results of a Boston Mass General study where Stones, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St.

20 stage four lung cancer patients were divided into 671-2626 two groups. One group received

MUSIC traditional oncology care and THURS., JUNE 18 CASCADES POETS: Hear “Poets from Across the other group’s care included the Cascades” at a 7pm reading at the Fire- 18 palliative care specialists who house Cafe at the Firehouse Performing Arts

ART had quality-of-life conversa- Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Lenore Plassman, tions with the patients and Dave Plassman, and Joanne McLain will be the planned treatment around featured poets. Entry is free. 16 GET IT achieving their goals. Patients 734-2776

STAGE HOW: Being Mor- in the second group spent fewer LITERARY PILGRIMAGE: Why would a les- tal is available days in the hospital, stopped bian and feminist writer identify with author at your library in chemotherapy sooner, engaged Richard Brautigan, whose most famous work 14 every format— hospice care earlier and lived, doesn’t even name its female characters? Find regular print, out when Seattle-based author Allison Green on average, 25 percent longer. large print, au- reads from The Ghosts Who Travel With Me: A GET OUT diobook, eBook Yes, “death is the enemy,” Ga- Literary Pilgrimage Through Brautigan’s America or eAudio—even wande writes, “But the enemy at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. DR ATUL GAWANDE the PBS Front- WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

12 has superior forces. Eventually, 12 line documen- it wins. And in a war that you tary on DVD. POETRY SLAM: The monthly Write Riot Poetry cannot win, you don’t want a WORDS WORDS REVIEWED BY LISA GRESHAM INFO: To place a Slam begins at 8:30pm at Honey Moon Meads, hold on a library general who fights to the point 1053 N. State St. (in the alley). Poems must

8 copy, visit www. of total annihilation. You don’t be no longer than three minutes, don’t involve wcls.org or use want Custer. You want Robert E. props, and are the author’s own original work. Being Mortal a mobile device Lee…someone who knows how Entry is $2 to slam, free to attend. with the Library WWW.HONEYMOONMEADS.COM

CURRENTS CURRENTS to fight for territory that can Now app (avail- AN END TO EVERY STORY able for free be won and how to surrender it FRI., JUNE 19 6 download from when it can’t.” FAMILY STORY NIGHT: Pros from the Bell- etween 2010 and 2050, the United States Cen- your favorite Death Cafés, group-directed ingham Storyteller’s Guild will offer up an hour VIEWS sus projects that the number of Americans who app store). discussions of death with no of coaching and an introduction to the craft MORE: If at 6pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St.

4 are 65 or older will double, and by 2030 one outt agenda, objectives or themes, B end-of-life From 7-8:30pm, Family Story Night will take of every five people in the country will be over age 65. conversations have provided a forum for us place. Both events are free. MAIL MAIL The baby boomers are aging, and even though life interest you, the to start having these conversa- 778-7188

expectancy is increasing and technology is pushing out Whatcom County tions in our communities. 2 horizons, the last time I checked, death was still inevi- Death Café I asked Sandy Stork, one of RITE OF PASSAGE: Local author Steve group meets Windell shares stories and photos from his DO IT IT DO table. Being able to have common-sense, compassion- the organizers for a Bellingham- Wed., June 17— autobiographical book, Transcending the Gord- ate conversations about end-of-life issues, according to and on the third based Death Café meeting, what ian Knot, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th Dr. Atul Gawande in his latest book Being Mortal: Medi- Wednesday of she thought of the book: “Ga- St. The focuses on a rite of passage voyage cine and What Matters in the End, is the next transformative challenge facing every month—at wande has written a remarkable Windell took with his teenage son from Seattle 06.17.15 medical practitioners and society at large. Moles Commu- book that speaks to the part of to Glacier Bay, Alaska in an open 19.5-foot nity Life Center motorboat. Gawande notes that, unfortunately, medical school leaves young doctors us that sometimes fears that at

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24 ill-prepared for these conversations; 97 percent of medical school students Find out more at the end of our lives our doc- # do not study geriatrics, and their study focuses on diagnosing and fixing. www.deathcafe. tors will retreat when we need SAT., JUNE 20 American’s health expectations tend to center on living longer, and doctors com them most,” she says. “He calls LIBRARY TOUR: Adults and school-age who naturally want to be competent and “fix” patients are faced with the this ‘Medicalized Aging’ because children can find out more about a hidden fourth floor, take a peek into a “book hospi- inherent dilemma that aging and dying are unfixable. doctors are good at extending our lives, but not so tal” and much more at a “Behind the Scenes” Being Mortal suggests a simple template for framing end-of-life treatment good at listening to our hearts. I was so touched tour taking place from 10:30am-12pm at the conversations, which Gawande learned from watching those of his patients and inspired—indeed, left hopeful—by his words Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave.

CASCADIA WEEKLY that handled end-of-life conversations well and practiced personally when that I gave my primary physician a copy of Being Meet at the SkillShare Space; registration is his father was diagnosed with a cancerous spinal cord and brain stem tumor. Mortal, and at my next appointment he thanked not required. 12 Instead of focusing on how to beat steep odds (as Gawande puts it, “hope me and shared what he had learned. Do read this 778-7217 is not a plan”), he suggests exploring fears and goals: What are your priori- book and you will be surprised at how moved you HONEYDRIPPER’S TALES: Professional ties if your time is limited? What are your goals for treatment? Your fears? will be and perhaps feel lighter and freer, too. Dr. storytellers Harper Stone and Kelvin Saxton What tradeoffs are acceptable as a result of your care? Framing treatment Gawande is challenging us, especially doctors, to will share traditional stories and music at a around the answers to these questions simplifies assessing when treatment is bring death out of the closet.” doit

“Honeydripper’s Tales” performance at 8:30pm COMMUNITY at Honey Moon, 1053 N. State St. (in the alley). Entry is free. WED., JUNE 17 WWW.HONEYMOONMEADS.COM ONE GENERATION’S TIME: The Whatcom 34 Peace & Justice Center and Community to MON., JUNE 22 Community will host a free screening of the FOOD ESCAPE THE ORDINARY: Tales by multiple- documentary One Generation’s Time: The Legacy award-winning authors and up-and-comers will of Silme Domingo & Gene Viernes at 7pm at Gar- be shared at an “Escape the Ordinary” reading den Street Methodist Church, 1326 N. Garden 27 featuring selected writers from Tales for a Lazy St. Silme’s sister Cindy will be in attendance to Afternoon—a Skagit Valley Writers League an- talk about her quest for justice. B-BOARD B-BOARD thology—at 6:30pm at the Mount Vernon City WWW.WHATCOMPJC.ORG Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. Entry is free. WWW.MOUNTVERNONWA.GOV JUNE 18-21 24 BERRY DAIRY DAYS: Fireworks, live music, POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their a road run, a parade, magic shows, a salmon FILM creative verse as part of Poetrynight can sign barbecue, car and stunt shows, a carnival and up at 7:45pm at the Bellingham Public Library, strawberry shortcake will be part of “Berry

210 Central Ave. Readings start at 8pm. Dairy Days” happening from Thursday through 20 Entry is by donation. P.S. Please use the back Sunday throughout Burlington. fountain entry. WWW.BURLINGTON-CHAMBER.COM MUSIC WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG FRI., JUNE 19

INVISIBLE BRIDGE: Bestselling Nixonland WCC OPEN HOUSE: Campus tours, music, 18 author Rick Perlstein reads from his newest food, a photo booth, application and reg- ART book, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and istration workshops for new and returning the Rise of Reagan, at 7pm at Village Books, students, a barbecue and more will be part

1200 11th St. The tome is described as a of an Open House happening from 11am-2pm 16 “dazzling portrait of America on the verge of a outside the Heiner Center at Whatcom Com-

nervous breakdown in the tumultuous political munity College, 237 W. Kellogg Rd. The free STAGE and economic times of the 1970s.” event is also a celebration for the graduating WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM class of 2015. WWW.WHATCOM.CTC.EDU 14 WED., JUNE 24 BOOK CLUB: Bring a book you enjoy, share SAT., JUNE 20 the title, what you liked about it, and read a FAMILY ACTIVITY DAY: “Celebrate the Magic GET OUT brief excerpt at the I-Like-This-One Book Club of Summer!” will be the focus of Family Activ- at 4:15pm at the Everson Library, 104 Kirsch ity Day activities taking place from 10am-4pm 12 12 Dr. A projector with a wifi-connected laptop at the Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Build- will be available for further investigations. ing, 250 Flora St. Live music, magic shows, art WORDS WWW.WCLS.ORG and science activities and more will be part of WORDS the family-focused fun. Entry is $3. ORCAS AND MEN: Seattle-based investiga- WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 8 tive journalist and author David Niewert reads from Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can JUNE 20-21 Teach Us at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th ANTIQUE FAIR: Antiques and vintage col-

St. This in-depth book, a mix of cultural his- lectibles will be on display and up for sale at CURRENTS tory, environmental reporting, and scientific the second annual “Antique Fair” happening 6 research, details what we have learned about from 9am-5pm Saturday and 9am-3pm Sunday orcas from studying them closely in the wild. in Mount Vernon at Christianson’s Nursery,

WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 15806 Best Rd. If you like antiques and Eng- VIEWS lish rose gardens, this free event is for you. THURS., JUNE 25 WWW.CHRISTIANSONSNURSERY.COM 4 BOOK TALK: Librarian Katie Bray leads a bimonthly “Book Talk” at 1pm at the SkillShare SUN., JUNE 21 MAIL

Space at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 FATHER’S DAY CAR SHOW: Bring pops to a Central Ave. Participants can share their Father’s Day Car Show taking place from 9am- 2 favorite titles, make selections, get reading 3pm at BelleWood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian. DO IT IT DO ideas and hear more about great new books. The event—which benefits the Whatcom 778-7230 Humane Society—will also feature classic rock, a barbecue, dog frisbee golf, and more. SKAGIT WRITERS LEAGUE: “The Arc of Admission is free; the barbecue is $15.

the Scene” will be the focus of Skagit Valley WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM 06.17.15 Writers League presentation by Scott Driscoll

at 6:30pm at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, LABYRINTH CELEBRATION: Celebrate the .10

1401 Cleveland Ave. Please register in advance solstice at a fifth anniversary celebration for 24 # for the free event. the Fairhaven Labyrinth from 11:30am-3:30pm at WWW.SKAGITWRITERS.ORG Fairhaven Park, 107 Chuckanut Dr. Entry is free. (360) 410-9228 CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR: Former Washing- ton State Poet Laureate Samuel Green, his wife TUES., JUNE 23 Sally Green, and a number of other acclaimed WINGS OVER SKAGIT: The Burlington regional and local poets will join a “Plethora Historical Society honors the 70th anniversary

of Poets” lineup at a Chuckanut Radio Hour of the end of World War II at a “Wings Over CASCADIA WEEKLY live taping at 7pm at the Heiner Theater at the Skagit” event from 6-8pm at Burlington’s Whatcom Community College, 237 W. Kellogg Heritage Flight Museum, 15043 Crosswind Dr. 13 Rd. Performance poet Kevin Murphy, guest Attendees can learn more about the Skagit musicians, Weekly columnist Alan Rhodes and Regional Airport’s role in WWII, take tours and others will also take part. Tickets are $5. more. Entry to the all-ages event is $5. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM . WWW.HERITAGEFLIGHT.ORG doit

THURS., JUNE 18 CREEK HISTORY: “A Creek With a Past:

History of Whatcom Creek” will be the focus 34 of a Brown Bag presentation with WWU history professor Chris Friday at 12:30pm FOOD FOOD at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 outside Prospect St. Suggested donation is $3. HIKING RUNNING CYCLING WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 27 FRI., JUNE 19 WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and adventur- B-BOARD B-BOARD ers can join Wild Whatcom Walks for “Wild Things” excursions from 9:30-11am every Friday in June at Fairhaven’s Marine Park. 24 STORY AND PHOTO BY TRAIL RAT Entry is by donation. WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG FILM

FERRY FAREWELL: Bid adieu to the

20 Between the Buoys departing Alaska ferry bound for Ketchikan RACE DAY ON THE COMMITTEE BOAT at the first “Ferry Farewell Flotilla” of the

MUSIC season beginning at 5pm at Bellingham’s Community Boating Center, 555 Harris Ave. Boats of all kinds are encouraged to join 18 ial combat between a lone, fish-toting bald the gathering; for the event, the center

ART eagle and a hungry osprey who conspired to also offers 50 percent off of rental fees extricate his meal ticket without incurring for human-powered watercraft—includ- any debilitating trauma. ing kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards. 16 By the time we finally reached the location Additional flotillas happen July 3, July 25, and Aug. 28.

STAGE where Captain Swipples intended to set the WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG windward anchor buoy for the impending regatta, he was loath to discover the crew’s focus JUNE 19-20 14 14 had drifted far beyond the operative confines RELAY FOR LIFE: Take part in or donate to of his boat. the “Relay for Life of North Whatcom” happening from 6pm Friday until 12pm Saturday GET OUT GET OUT “All hands on deck!” the skipper growled, at the Northwest Washington Fair Grounds, struggling singlehandedly to successfully de- 1775 Front St. The athletic event helps the American Cancer Society work toward

12 ploy our first buoy starboard long before any of us arrived concurrently to assist. a mission of eliminating cancer as a major The skipper, as he is wont to do at various health issue and supporting services in the WORDS community. junctures, became fuming mad. But much to WWW.MAINACSEVENTS.ORG

8 his credit, instead of busting out a cat o’ nine tails and commencing SIN & GIN TOURS: Learn more about the a reign of brutality, he history of vice and sin that helped make the foundation of our urban locales what they are

CURRENTS CURRENTS simply tore off his work today at the annual “Sin & Gin Tours” starting uniform and peeled down this weekend at 7pm Friday in Fairhaven next 6 t was nine minutes before our scheduled departure on the committee to his Speed Racer T-shirt to Skylark’s Hidden Cafe (1308 11th St.) and boat for the Corinthian Yacht Club’s Thursday night regatta, and as our and a pair of plaid boxers. at 7pm Saturday at the Bureau of Histori- VIEWS I able-bodied crew stood waiting outside the marina gates at Squalicum “Hey, you scalawags!” cal Investigation, 217 W. Holly St. Tickets to take part in the tours—which are led by 4 Harbor, there was still no sign of Captain Swipples. the skipper announced to ATTEND knowledge historians dressed in corsets—are Although my fellow deckhands-in-training seemed content to stand the crew, “If any of you $15 general and $19 with a drink. Tours take MAIL MAIL WHAT: Corinthian on the grass buffeting the predominate breeze, Ms. Carol Wilder, Captain waisters can’t see fit to place weekends through Aug. 29. Yacht Club’s Thurs- Swipple’s allergy-stricken first mate, kept close watch on the time. help set the leeward bouy WWW.THEBUREAUBELLINGHAM.COM 2 day Night Racing “Hmmmm,” she mused. “The old salt must be running late from work.” Series before the race boats ar-

DO IT IT DO JUNE 19-21 “Perhaps he got waylaid by road construction,” one of the trainees remarked. WHEN: 6pm every rive, I’m gonna send the PLOVER FERRY: The Plover ferry runs Thursday through “Moribund traffic impediments provide all the more reason to set our whole lot of you out to through the summer from 12-8pm Friday and Sept. 3; a Twilight sights on open water,” she concurred, suddenly sneezing with so much find Charlie Noble.” Saturday and 10am-6pm Sunday departing Race begins at 6pm force that she nearly toppled over. The ironic juxtaposition on the hour from the Blaine Visitor’s Dock,

06.17.15 Fri., June 19 Gate II at Blaine Harbor. Suggested dona- “Ay Caramba!” she gasped, “I don’t mean to sound so pushy, but from WHERE: Bellingham of such a time-honored tion for the excursions is $1 for kids and $5 where I’m standing, you couldn’t float me away from this over-pollinated Bay nautical reference being .10 for adults.

24 corner of the continent fast enough.” INFO: www.cyc bandied about by a full-

# WWW.DRAYTONHARBORMARITIME.ORG Fortunately, before our beleaguered first mate was stricken by another bellingham.org grown man in an advanced allergy attack, her prayer for seabound conveyance was duly answered. state of undress was hardly SAT., JUNE 20 “Hey, you scalawags!” Captain Swipples’ voice bellowed from the marina lost on me. But it left more than one of my crew- FEED THE NEED 5K: A “Feed the Need 5K” gate. “Whenever you’re done lazing around the hedge row, feel free to get mates feeling inexplicably baffled. begins at 9am at Ferndale’s Hovander Home- stead Park, 5299 Neilson Ave. Entry is $15 for off your swabby hides and come help a rover launch his vessel!” “It’s actually pretty humorous, all things kids, $25 for adults. Proceeds go to Whatcom So, at the crack of a whip, we marshalled ourselves onto the dock and considered,” Captain Swipples explained to the County’s food banks, which are currently be-

CASCADIA WEEKLY followed him to his floating palace—a well-seasoned 34-foot fiberglass neophytes. ing used by one in five local households. trawler he’d recently purchased and promptly rechristened Serenity. “Granted, Charlie Noble can be a pretty slip- WWW.COMMUNITYFOODDRIVE.COM 14 “OMFG!” rejoiced the first mate as we finally cleared the breakwater and pery character to find. But even at his most PET PARADE: Bring your four-legged, two- motored toward the middle of Bellingham Bay. “Words cannot describe the elusive, you’re better off spending years search- legged, furry, feathered, finned or other pets euphoria I feel just being able to draw some fresh sea air into my gills.” ing for a guy who doesn’t exist than mucking along for Bellingham Parks and Recreation’s Meanwhile, amid all the hoopla, I retreated stern-side, where I soon around, say, for even a split second, down at inaugural “Scales and Tails Pet Parade” start- gave my full attention over to observing the spellbinding display of aer- Davey Jones’ locker.” doit

ing at 11am at Maritime Heritage Park, 500 W. Holly St. At the all-ages event, prizes will

be given for best-dressed pet, best float or wagon, and most unusual pet (among other 34 things). All pets are welcome, but must be FOOD FOOD leashed or contained at all times. Suggested donation is one item of pet food to be given to area humane societies. Pre-registration isn’t required, but it is suggested. 27 778-7000 B-BOARD B-BOARD FAIRY DAY: Kids and adults can come in costume to an “International Fairy Day” celebration happening from 11am-2pm at 24 the Garden Spot Nursery, 900 Alabama St. Fairy food, a noontime parade, crown- FILM making, face-painting, prize drawings and the launch of the children’s activity book,

In the Mt. Baker Faerie Forest, will be part of 20 the free event. WWW.GARDEN-SPOT.COM MUSIC JUNE 20-21 BOAT SHOW: Bring dad along to La Conner 18

Yacht Sales’ 19th annual “Boat Show & Swap ART Meet” from 9am-4pm Saturday and Sunday at FREE EVENTS at VILLAGE BOOKS the La Conner Marina, 539 N. 3rd St. The free event features the chance to board all differ- Join us for theJoin live us tapingin welcoming of the the bestselling 16 ent types of boats and see what would best author of NIXONLAND

suit your cruising needs. You can also buy or STAGE sell marine-related treasures at Saturday’s 5,&.3(5/67(,1 Swap Meet. as he presents 14 14 WWW.LACONNERYACHTSALES.COM WKH,19,6,%/( BOATING CENTER OPEN: The Community GET OUT GET OUT Boating Center has resumed operations for %5,'*( the 2015 season from 10am until sunset on The Fall of Nixon and Saturdays and Sundays at their headquarters

the Rise of Reagan 12 at 555 Harris Ave. Rentals include kayaks, sailboats, rowboats and paddle boards. Reg- Tues, June 23, 7pm

istration for youth camps and adult classes WORDS are currently available online. Starting Award-Winning Investigative Journalist tomorrow, the center will operate through 8 the week. '$9,'1,(:(57 WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG

GARDEN WORKSHOPS: “Easy Houseplant CURRENTS Propagation” will be the focus of an 11am 6 workshop Saturday at My Garden Nursery, 929 E. Bakerview Rd. On Sunday, attend “Cool 2)25&$6 Color Combinations” at 11am and “Organic DQG VIEWS Vegetable Gardening” at 12:15pm. All events 0(1 are free; please RSVP. What Killer Whales 4 WWW.MYGARDENNURSERY.COM Can Teach Us

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Join us for the LIVE TAPING of the 2 Celebration from 3-8pm at the York neighborhood’s York Farm, 1474 James St. The DO IT IT DO Chuckanut Radio Hour all-ages event will include tours of the small farm, live music by Falling Up Stairs, the featuring Dixieland Jazz Band, and the Catkins, dance by members of Portico Dance Company, food $3OHWKRUD by Diego’s Mexican Grill food truck, brews 06.17.15 and soda, and more. RI32(76

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Poet Laureate SAMUEL GREEN, his wife # MON., JUNE 22 SALLY GREEN, and a number of other MOUNTAIN DESTINATIONS: “Backpack- acclaimed regional and local poets! ing Washington’s Mountain Ranges” will be Our musical guests will be The Lady Crooners. the focus of a free presentation by Kathy Thurs, June 25, Whitman at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Please Tickets $5 available at Village Books & doors at 6:30pm register in advance. brownpapertickets.com in the 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM Heiner Theater at WCC

Co-sponsored by Whatcom Community College CASCADIA WEEKLY TUES., JUNE 23 Foundation, 12th Street Shoes, and Westside Pizza. WELCOME SUMMER RUN: Celebrate the Read more at villagebooks.com 15 solstice at an all-paces “Welcome Back Summer” run starting at 6pm at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. Entry is free. VILLAGE BOOKS WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM 1200 11th St., Bellingham 360.671.2626 doit STAGE WED., JUNE 17 34 NEW OLD TIME CHAUTAUQUA: The Flying Karamazov Brothers, poet Kevin FOOD FOOD stage Murphy, comedian hula-hooper Ty Ven- newitz, magician Joey Pipia, aerialist Carey Cramer, and many more will be part 27 THEATER DANCE PROFILES of a New Old Time Chautauqua benefit show at 7:30pm at the Bellingham Circus Guild’s Cirque Lab, 1401 Sixth St. Suggested dona- B-BOARD B-BOARD tion to the variety show is $5-$20. WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM OR

24 WWW.CHAUTAUQUA.ORG the State Street space dedicated to mak-

FILM ing the most of kids’ innate talent. Other THURS., JUNE 18 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the offerings include The Ugly Duckling (June Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday

20 29-July 10), Green Eggs at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At and Ham (July 13-24), 10pm, stick around for the “Project.” Entry

MUSIC Robin Hood: Men In Tights is $4-$7. (July 20-Aug. 9), and an 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM

18 “‘80s Dance Camp” (July JUNE 18-20

ART 20-24). If you’ve been TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: The American lucky enough to be in classic To Kill a Mockingbird concludes this the audience at a BAAY weekend with performances at 7:30pm 16 16 show, you already know Thursday through Saturday at the Anacortes ATTEND Community Theatre, 918 M Ave. The story STAGE STAGE the instructors are able WHAT: WWU is narrated by an adult “Scout” as she looks Summer Youth to coax performances out back on the summer when she faced the Theatre Insti- of players of a variety good and evil of her world. Tickets are $18. 14 tute of ages that rival those WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM WHEN: June of longtime actors. And, JUNE 18-21 GET OUT 23-July 10 since it’s a venue that fo- COST: $180- THE DROWSY CHAPERONE: A “loving and $300 cuses on kids year-round, hilarious” sendup of 1920s Broadway musical comedies can be seen when perfor- 12 INFO: www. those who are interested cfpa.wwu.edu in learning more can stick mances of The Drowsy Chaperone continue ------around long past the sea- this week at 7:30pm Thursday through WORDS Saturday, and 2pm Sunday at the Belling- WHAT: Bell- son’s last stand. ingham Arts ham Theatre Guild, 1600 H St. Tickets are

8 Academy for Also on board for sum- $8-$14 and additional showings take place Youth’s Summer mer school sessions is the through June 28. Drama Camps Neighborhood Playhouse, WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD.COM WHEN: June CURRENTS CURRENTS which in addition to pro- BY AMY KEPFERLE SHREK, THE MUSICAL: The Lynden Per- 29-Aug. 9 viding quality theatre for

6 COST: Varies forming Arts Guild presents Shrek, the Musi- INFO: www. young audiences, also cal with performances at 7:30pm Thursday baay.org takes time during Bell- and Friday, and 2pm Saturday and Sunday VIEWS Summer School ------ingham’s warmer months at the Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St. The play is based on the movie of the 4 WHAT: The to teach area youth a few same name, and features a large cast ACTING OUT AT DRAMA CAMP Neighborhood of their tricks. Led by Se- dancing and singing their way through the MAIL MAIL Playhouse’s hen I was a teenager attending a two-week drama camp at Western Summer Drama attle Children’s Theatre adventures of the big green ogre and an

Washington University approximately one million summers ago, my alum Lizanne Schader array of characters. Tickets are $8-$12; ad- 2 Camp W biggest acting coup was convincing the rest of my fellow thespians WHEN: July and helped along by a ditional showings happen through June 28.

DO IT IT DO WWW.CLAIREVGTHEATRE.COM that I’d lost my glass eye in our dorm’s bathroom sink. My subterfuge (I don’t 6-Aug. 1 cast of professional ac- actually have a glass eye, making it impossible to lose) was so successful it re- COST: $180- tors, this year’s classes $300 PIRATES OF PENZANCE: Gilbert & Sul- sulted in my camp crush running at breakneck speed to find a janitor to retrieve INFO: www.the and performances include livan’s Pirates of Penzance concludes this my missing body part. neighborhood “A Midsummer Night’s weekend with showings at 7:30pm Thursday 06.17.15 I can’t promise that your own kids will learn how to lie/act with such panache playhouse.net Dream: A Young Actor’s through Saturday, and 2:30pm Sunday, when taking part in WWU’s 10th annual Summer Youth Theatre Institute camps Lighthearted Introduc- at Oak Harbor’s Whidbey Playhouse, 730 .10 SE Midway Blvd. Tickets to the comedic

24 that are just around the corner—June 23-July 10 for secondary students, and tion to Shakespeare” for kids in grades 3

# operetta are $20. June 24-July 3 for elementary-age kids—but I can guarantee they’ll learn a to 5 (July 6-July 10), “Camp Comedy” for WWW.WHIDBEYPLAYHOUSE.COM whole lot about what it means to be involved in the theatrical arts. those in 6th-12th grade (July 6-10), “The- With access to all the accoutrements of a professional theater—including atre by the Book” for those in kindergarten JUNE 18-24 ample space to learn about everything from stage movement to blocking and through second grade (July 20-24), and an BARD ON THE BEACH: Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors kicks off the award- directing, a loaded costume shop, and a performance venue to show off their audition-only production camp for 6th- winning 26th “Bard on the Beach” this talents at the culmination of the workshops—it’s likely the skills your progeny 12th graders culminating in performances month at Vancouver BC’s Vanier Park, 1695

CASCADIA WEEKLY learn here might translate into a further interest in the craft. Additional lessons of The Magical Land of Oz (July 20-Aug. 1). Whyte Ave. The classic plays in repertory include choreography, audition skill building, improvisation and monologue and Even if your kids don’t think summer’s with King Lear, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and 16 scene writing, warm-up techniques and more. Based on personal experience, I a good time to learn something new, it’s Shakespeare’s Rebel. Tickets are $26-$45. Early booking is recommended for best can say with confidence they’ll also have fun doing it. likely they’ll find something to like in the seat selection; many performances sell out Down the hill at Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth, the first of a number of roster of classes mentioned here. They’ll in advance. summer camps—three weeks of rehearsals and performances focusing on the be encouraged to act out, and sometimes WWW.BARDONTHEBEACH.ORG Tony Award-winning musical Bye Bye Birdie—will get started Mon., June 29 at that’s a good thing. doit HistoricFairhaven

to bring her solo show, Butt Kapinski, to the stage Summer Solstice at 9pm Thursday through Saturday at the iDiOM

Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The film noir murder Art Walkabout 34 mystery and its titular detective will rely on the audience—and improvisation—to help tell the FOOD FOOD story. Tickets are $10-$12. Friday June 19th, 5-8 PM WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM 19 Local Businesses

Open Late with Special features! 27 DANCE 12th Street Shoes - ”Stilettos on Parade” • Whatcom Art Market - “Meet the Artists” •

Three French Hens - Latico purses, Jewelry by Zendii, Eileen Fisher, Marjorie Baer • Skylarks’ B-BOARD THURS., JUNE 18 Café - ”The Art of Jazz” with Telefon performing • Silvery Moon - Rare Sapphires. Celebrat- FOLK DANCE: Join the Fourth Corner Folk ing 40 years in the jewelry Business! • The Garden Room - Summer Open House • Artwood Dancers to learn lively folk dances from Eastern

- New Woodwork by Members • Morgan Block Studios - Nicki Lang - leather works; Nancy 24 Europe, Greece, Turkey, and Israel from 7:15- Canyon - painter; Marijo Martini - jewlery; Sunny Hill - potter • Good Earth Pottery - 10pm every Thursday at the Fairhaven Library, Reception for Clay artist, Debra Stern Celebrating 45 Years of Local Pottery! • Bay to Baker - FILM 1117 12th St. Suggested donation is $5; students Beth Roberson, “Chickens” watercolor demo with participation • Renaissance Celebration - and first-timers are free. Davis Wight, “Waves” with video demonstration • Fairy Godmothers’ - Demo by watercolor Skagit Valley Academy of Dance students will share (360) 380-0456 artist, Leah Schell 6-8pm • Whimsey - celebrating 12 years of local artists • A Lot of 20 their talents at “DanCelebration” performances June Flowers - Ben Mann, live painting on canvas • Drizzle - “A Pinch of Love” custom blended 24-27 at McIntyre Hall spices • Colophon Café - Artists Chris Shreve and Shannon Spears • Paper Dreams/ •

FRI., JUNE 19 MUSIC DANCEPLAY: Unearth your innate ability to Village Books - Local Musical Artist • Fairhaven Toy Garden - featuring Felted Art; Live JUNE 19-20 partner dance with fluidity and confidence at a Guitar playing from 6-7pm 100 LUNCHES: Nearly Stellar Entertainment “DancePlay” event taking place from 7:15-9:15pm For maps and more information see Fairhaven.com 18

presents 100 Lunches: A Gourmet Comedy at at Presence Studio, 1412 Cornwall Ave. Dance- ART 7:30pm Friday and Saturday at the Quality Inn Play invites you on a “two-hour shared journey of Grand Suites, 100 E. Kellogg Rd. The play focuses gender-neutral, step-free dance.” Entry is $10. 16 16 on a successful mystery playwright and includes WWW.ZIPPERDANCE.COM “nonstop fun, romance and explosive hilarity.” STAGE Tickets are $10-$12; additional showings happen DANCE PARTY: A mix of swing, Latin and STAGE June 26-27. ballroom will be highlighted and danced to with (360) 927-0378 an introductory lesson at the weekly Friday Night Dance Party from 7:30-10pm at the Bellingham 14 TRUTH AND PULP: Improvised scenes, Dance Company, 1705 N. State St. Admission is characters and relationships will be inspired by $5-$7. GET OUT true monologues from the mainstage cast at per- WWW.BELLINGHAMDANCECOMPANY.COM formances of “Truth Be Told” at 8pm Friday and Saturday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At SAT., JUNE 20 12 10pm, the Tarantino-inspired “Pulp Improv” re- SPRING DANCE: Dancers ages 4 to 16 will share turns to the stage. FYI: This show is not suitable their talents when Fairhaven Ballet presents

for all ages. Tickets are $10-$12. “Spring Dances” at a 2pm performance at the WORDS WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM Hillcrest Meeting Hall, 1400 Larrabee Ave. Tick-

ets will be $5-$10 at the door. 8 SUN., JUNE 21 WWW.FAIRHAVENBALLET.COM LAUGHING AT THE STARS: Comedians from Bellingham and beyond entertain audiences at CONTRA DANCE: Join the Bellingham Country the weekly “Laughing at the Stars” Stand-Up Dance Society for a Contra Dance featuring live CURRENTS Comedy Show at 8:30pm at the Star Club, 311 E. music from Northern Contraband from 7-10:30pm 6 Holly St. Joel O’Connor hosts. Entry is free. at Everson’s Glen Echo Community Club, 7694 WWW.STARCLUBBELLINGHAM.COM Goodwin Rd. Entry is $6-$8; please bring finger food to share. VIEWS MON., JUNE 22 WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE.ORG 4 GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open mic for comedians, “Guffawingham!,” takes place at 9:30pm SALSA NIGHT: Join DJ Antonio Diaz as he mixes MAIL MAIL every Monday at the Green Frog, 1015 N. State St. a fabulous combination of the best Latin rhythms

Entry is free. at the bimonthly “Salsa Night” taking place from 2 WWW.ACOUSTICTAVERN.COM 9:30pm-12am on the first and third Saturdays of the month at Cafe Rumba, 1140 N. State st. Entry DO IT IT DO

THURS., JUNE 25 to the all-ages event is $4. MBT SEASON PREVIEW: See what’s coming WWW.RUMBANORTHWEST.COM next year and be the first in line for the best seats in the house at a Season Preview for the JUNE 20-22 upcoming MBT season at 5:30pm at the Mount DANCING FOR JOY: “A Journey Through the 06.17.15 Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. The event, Seven Days of Creation” will be the focus of at

previously only for members, is now open to the Dancing for Joy’s annual Spring Show at 1pm .10 24

public—and free! Please RSVP. and 6:30pm Saturday, and 6:30pm Sunday and # 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM Monday, at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Com- mercial St. Tickets are $12-$15. THE AUDIENCE: Helen Mirren reprises her WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM Olivier Award-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth II at a big-screen National Theatre JUNE 24-27 Live viewing of The Audience at 7:30pm in Mount DANCE CELEBRATION: Students of the Skagit Vernon at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. Valley Academy of Dance present “DanCelebra-

Tickets are $12-$16; an additional screening tion!” performances at 7pm Wednesday through CASCADIA WEEKLY takes place at 2pm Sun., July 5. Saturday in Mount Vernon at McIntyre Hall, 2501 WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG E. College St. By popular demand, the recital 17 will include revitalized favorites from years past, JUNE 25-27 as well as new creations by the talented faculty. BUTT KAPINSKI: Acclaimed Los Angeles-based Tickets are $20-$35. performer Deanna Fleysher returns to Bellingham WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG doit

UPCOMING EVENTS

34 FRI., JUNE 19 SOLSTICE ART WALK: Wander the historic FOOD FOOD Fairhaven district on the longest Friday of the year at the annual Summer Solstice Art visual Walkabout taking place from 5-8pm at a vari- 27 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES ety of galleries, shops and restaurants. Look for yellow “sunshine flags” at the entrance of each participating locale—some of which will B-BOARD B-BOARD have artists on hand, refreshments, or both. Entry is free. WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM

24 colors and textures.” Next, she quilts free-motion on her sewing machine, perhaps providing JUNE 19-21 FILM a counter point with “chunky hand stitching.” MONA ART AUCTION: The public can pre- The result, as in “Shades of a Northwest Win- view the 271 artworks featured in the Museum of Northwest Art’s 23rd annual Art Auction for 20 ter” is a wavy, complex abstraction avoiding straight lines, in subtle, pearlescent shades of free from 2-5pm Friday at the La Conner-based gallery at 121 S. First St. A silent auction MUSIC gray and blue—“the colors of rain.” and dance party takes place that night from Shannon once feared that her endless experi- 6-10pm; entry is $30. Saturday’s sold-out 18 18 18 ments with form and materials would prevent art auction and dinner happen from 4-9pm Saturday, and a “Bid, Brunch & Buy” gathering

ART her from receiving recognition. “Don’t worry,” ART laughed one museum curator, “I’ll always recog- happens fro 9am-12pm Sunday, where juried nize an Andi Shannon.” (And July 18-19, you’ll artwork not already sold will be re-hung and 16 presented for your enjoyment (and purchase). be able to visit her at her workshop during the WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG

STAGE Skagit Artists Studio Tour.) On the second floor, the JUNE 22-26 Contemporary Quilt Art KIDS DO ART: Youth ages 6-12 can sign up 14 Association shows off for “Kids: Do Art!” workshops happening Mon- day through Friday at Lynden’s Jansen Art Cen- some bright colors. Barba- ter, 321 Front St. Sampler sessions (two hours GET OUT ra Kanaya’s “Step in Time,” I a day for all five days), afternoon intensives, would have thought was in- and full-day options are available. Workshops focus on everything from painting on silk to

12 spired by ancient Egypt, but SEE IT evokes Machu Pichu in Peru. pointillism, ceramics, storytelling, dance, marimba-playing, and more. Prices vary. WHAT: “Revealing “Moving Toward Extinc- WORDS the Hidden with WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG tion,” by Barbara Osteen, is the Contemporary THURS., JUNE 25 8 QuiltArt Associa- a beautiful elegy of human- tion,” “Impres- ity’s tragic addiction to pe- DAHLGREN PRESENTATION: Swedish sions in Fabric,” troleum, with a great black painter, sculptor and conceptual artist Jacob Dahlgren will give a Brown Bag presentation “MANY YEARS TOGETHER,” BY ANDI SHANNON and Andi Shan-

CURRENTS CURRENTS X of a traffic intersection non’s “Shades of focusing on his work and provide insight about watched over by a single, abstraction as a pure form at 12:30pm at

6 the Northwest” leafless tree. Its triptych Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect BY STEPHEN HUNTER WHEN: 11am-5pm Wed.-Sun., through form emphasizes our bro- St. Suggested donation is $3. He’ll also lead VIEWS June 28 ken-ness. The mood of this a “Paint and Abstract Placard” workshop from WHERE: La Conner 5:30-7:30pm at the Lightcatcher Studio, 250 4 work has an uncanny reso- Quilt & Textile Flora St. Entry is free. Dahlgren is in town to nance with the headliner Museum, 703 S. participate in the installation of his new work, MAIL MAIL Sew Beautiful 2nd St. painting, “Switchback,” by “Constructing a New World,” in Barkley Village. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Entry is Michael Paul Miller, most 2 THE MANY GUISES OF NATURE COST: $5-$7 (free for recently at the Museum of

DO IT IT DO children under 12) he inspirations of nature take many guises when translated through Northwest Art down the INFO: www.la art, appearing as textures, color or moral lesson. The current three street in La Conner. ONGOING EXHIBITS connerquilts.org T installations at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum present these Among the many ex- ALLIED ARTS: View “Bold Abstracts” through interpretations—and more. cellent works by CQA members, I enjoyed the June at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The 06.17.15 On the ground floor gallery is “Shades of the Northwest,” an engaging three-dimensional “Prism,” by Bonny Brewer Juried Artist Series exhibit includes works by Robert Marki, Courtney Odell, Geoffrey Wilce, display of fabric art by Andi Shannon of Mount Vernon. and a stunning “Red-Winged Dragonfly” by Yvette Nuemann, Kellie Becker, and Kay Little. .10

24 Shannon doesn’t usually work with pink and purple, but when a friend Bonnie Buchman. Two works by Carla Stehr take WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG # gave her five pieces of hand-dyed fabrics, she created “Aurora Purpura” a unique view of nature, inspired by her views to honor the Northern Lights, which she used to adore when living and through an electron microscope during her work ARTWOOD: New pieces by members can be working in Ruby, Alaska (population 300), standing outdoors in 30 degrees as a fisheries biologist. viewed through June at Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. A reception happens from 5-8pm to- below zero. Something distinctly different awaits on the night as part of the Summer Solstice Art Walk. Shannon’s many fabric creations, including three-dimensional wall hang- third floor: large, pictorial quilts by Nancy Ryan WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM ings, scarves, purses and thread jewelry, can be found in half a dozen Wash- and Denise Oyama Miller, both of whom were re-

CASCADIA WEEKLY ington museum gift shops. And you might say her distinguishing mark is at- cently artists in residence at Asilomar in Pacific CITY HALL: Photographs by winners of the tention to textures. Her scarves have the airy quality of lichen or sea-foam. Grove, Cali. Four of the panels depict the seasons “Essence of Bellingham” contest can be seen 18 through June 30 at Bellingham City Hall, 210 From other Alaskan memories, Andi has reinvented the “deep moss” of in California: all are brilliantly pointillist, having Lottie St. Winning entries were selected based those woods with a yarn collage, using endless loops of yarn laid out in been created by chopping and slicing fabric into on photographic quality, subject matter and how random, free-motion circles, sewn together to create a completely new small colorful bits and machine quilted. These well the “essence of Bellingham” was captured. kind of fabric. are richly complex and enthralling—and, yes, WWW.COB.ORG She likes to begin a piece by “upending boxes of fabric and digging for there’s a Skagit Valley tulip field. doit

renaissance woman and local superhero.”

305-3600 34 MAKE.SHIFT: Artworks by Aaron Brick, Ciara

Sana, Gigi Daven, Karie Jane, Pandora Sweet, FOOD Rihannon Rosenbaum, and Steeb Russell can be seen at a “Hair” exhibit through June at Make.

Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. 27 WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM

MINDPORT: “Stones & Bones,” featuring found B-BOARD object photography by Kevin Jones, shows through July at Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. 24 WWW.MINDPORT.ORG FILM

POSITIVE NEGATIVE: View a “Camera Obscura and Pinhole Camera” exhibition through June 20 at Positive Negative, 929 N. State St., #1. The A reception for Debra Stern’s “From Graphite to exhibit features works by photographers who MUSIC Clay” takes place at Good Earth Pottery during the converted everyday objects into image-record- Summer Solstice Art Walkabout Fri., June 19 in ing devices to yield prints. 18 18 historic Fairhaven WWW.POSITIVE-NEGATIVE.ORG 18 ART ART DEMING LIBRARY: The Monday Painters will RAGFINERY: A variety of textile-related work- highlight their works at a group showing of shops happen on a regular basis at Ragfinery,

paintings in watercolor and gouache from June 1421 N. Forest St. See details online. 16 23-July 24 at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. WWW.RAGFINERY.COM

Baker Hwy. STAGE WWW.WCLS.ORG SCOTT MILO GALLERY: The Women Painters of Washington will be featured through Aug.

FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contempo- 4 in Anacortes at the Scott Milo Gallery, 420 14 rary folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm every Commercial Ave. Mon.-Fri. at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM

714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM GET OUT SCULPTURE NW GALLERY: “Regional Stone/ HONEY SALON: “Unbreakable Girls”, a new col- Regional Sculptors: New Work of the Northwest lection of gouache paintings, embroideries and Stone Sculptors Association” can be seen from 12 quilts by Jennifer Dranttel that showcase the 12-5pm every Fri.-Sun. at Sculpture Northwest

overlooked stories of brave and fearless women Gallery, 203 Prospect St. WORDS of myth and history, can be seen through July WWW.SCULPTURENORTHWEST.ORG at Honey Salon, 310 W. Holly St. 8 WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM SKAGIT MUSEUM: “Salt of the Earth,” featuring more than 500 salt cellars from the GALLERY CYGNUS: A new show of paintings permanent collection, shows through July 12 at

by Maggie Wilder exploring landscape and the La Conner’s Skagit County Historical Museum, CURRENTS possibilities of local mythology can be viewed 501 S. Fourth St. “Back to Our Roots: A History through June 28 at La Conner’s Gallery Cygnus, of Farm to Table in Skagit County” is showing 6 109 Commercial St. through Oct. 11.

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FOURTH CORNER FRAMES: “Hidden SMITH & VALLEE: View prints and oil paint- 4 Treasures” shows through June 30 at Fourth ings by Kris Ekstrand Molesworth, prints by Corner Frames & Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. The Elizabeth Tapper, and sculptures by Brian O’Neill MAIL exhibit features the work of Robert Finnigan until June 28 at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery,

(1927-1997), a New York artist with a strong 5742 Gilkey Ave. 2 mid-century style of what he called “Modified WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM DO IT IT DO Realism.” WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM WATERWORKS: Melinda Hannigan’s “Boxing the Compass” is on display until June 27 at Friday GOOD EARTH POTTERY: Debra Stern’s “From Harbor’s WaterWorks Gallery, 315 Argyle St. In

Graphite to Clay” will be featured through June the exhibit, the working side of the maritime 06.17.15 at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. A recep- world is presented as abstracted ideas painted tion happens from 5-8pm as part of the Summer on canvas. .10

Solstice Art Walk. WWW.WATERWORKSGALLERY.COM 24 # WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM WHATCOM ART MARKET: From 10am-6pm JANSEN ART CENTER: See the Early Summer every Thursday through Monday, stop by the Juried Exhibit through July 31 at Lynden’s Whatcom Art Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. Viewers can Waldron Building, 1314 12th St. also check out the third annual Juried Cup Show WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG and exhibits by the Whatcom Artist Guild and

painter Amanda Houston. WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Bellingham’s National CASCADIA WEEKLY WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG Art Exhibition and Awards” and “The Owl and the Woodpecker: Photographs by Paul Bannick,” 19 LUMMI LIBRARY: A “Flo Konecke Retrospec- and “Back at the Park: Vintage Views from the tive” can be viewed through August at the Photo Archives” can currently be viewed on the Lummi Island Library, 2144 S. Nugent Rd. Whatcom Museum campus. Konecke, a profile artist, was “a true island WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Rumor Has It

34 ALTHOUGH SUMMER IS ONLY JUST NOW, just barely upon us, you’d never know it from the

FOOD FOOD weather and the wardrobe and the vibe Belling- ham has been sporting these days. As such, we music occasionally like to expand our horizons beyond 27 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT the dark bars that keep us engaged in our music scene most months of the year and seek out hap-

B-BOARD B-BOARD penings that are a bit outside our norm. That’s how I feel, anyway.

24 Sure, the downtown core and all its many music venues and diversions will always have my

FILM heart on lockdown, but every now and again a girl needs to explore her options a little.

20 20 This week marks the kickoff of “Blues, Brews

silky-voiced singer from North Carolina and Barbecue,” one of the increasing number MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC can count “The First Time Ever I Saw Your of outdoor music series happening in our area Face,” “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” “Where Is this summer. This particular series takes place

18 the Love,” “The Closer I Get to You,” and every Thursday beginning June 18 at the Hotel

ART more among her rich Bellwether’s Waterfront Terrace, and, as its title roster of songs that suggests, features blues have become classics. music (in the form of 16 She’s also the first solo Midnight Legend on

STAGE artist to win back-to- June 18 and Jasmine back Grammys for Re- Greene the week after), cord of the Year (for brews (local because, 14 “The First Time Ever duh) and barbecue ATTEND I Saw Your Face” in (from a new menu). The GET OUT 1973 and “Killing Me Bellwether can assume BY CAREY ROSS WHO: Roberta Softly” in 1974), an a comfortable position among the very best of Flack

12 WHEN: 8pm Sat., achievement that has Bellingham’s spectacular outdoor music locales, June 20 not been duplicated by so make your way there if you’re a person who WHERE: Silver anyone since. And lest enjoys good food and music in an idyllic setting. WORDS Reef Hotel, you think Flack’s fire Also happening in the coming days is the Casino, Spa, 4876

8 flamed out along with Bellingham Music Club’s Gala Centennial Con- Haxton Way, Ferndale so many others with cert, which is Sun., June 21 at Bellingham High COST: $34.50- the end of the ’70s, School. In case you just skimmed that, let me $59.50 CURRENTS CURRENTS she made her way back reiterate: the party, which will feature award- INFO: www.silver to heavy rotation in winning musicians from the world over, is to cel-

6 reefcasino.com the ’80s with “Making ebrate the Bellingham Music Club’s 100th anni- Love” and “Tonight, I versary, which is a pretty big deal no matter how VIEWS Celebrate My Love.” And then when the you consider it. The BMC’s history is an interest-

4 ’90s came along, so did Flack, charting ing one, and if you’d like to know more, I’d sug- another hit, “Set the Night to Music,” a gest reading Dean Kahn’s excellent story about it MAIL MAIL duet with Maxi Priest that was inescapable that appeared in the Bellingham Herald recently. BY CAREY ROSS radio fodder for a time. And then go to the concert and help ensure the 2 Such longevity is a welcome thing for club will be around for another hundred years. DO IT IT DO any musician, but for Flack, it didn’t come We often think of our music scene as something Roberta Flack about via luck or accident. She was born that stretches back just a few decades, but as into a musical family, began playing piano with many things, that view is more myopic and KILLING US SOFTLY when she was nine years old and got early self-serving than it is truthful, and the Belling- 06.17.15 inspiration from seeing Sam Cooke and Ma- ham Music Club is evidence of that fact. epending on your age, the voice you hear in your head when the halia Jackson perform. As she got older, If you happen to be anywhere near the York .10

24 song “Killing Me Softly with His Song” is mentioned is quite pos- her piano study became serious and she neighborhood on Sat., June 20, stop by the York # D sibly that of Lauryn Hill, who, with her fellow Fugees, saw her cover eventually displayed such great skill that Community Farm’s annual Solstice Celebration of it hit the top of the pop charts in 1996. she was awarded a full music scholarship and fundraiser. Diego’s Mexican Grill food truck With all due respect to Hill—she’s a goddess, her version of “Killing Me to prestigious Howard University, where will provide tasty eats, Aslan and Boundary beer Softly” is iconic and her album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is flawless— she enrolled at the age of 15. will flow and music by Falling Up Stairs, Bar but when I hear “Strumming my pain with his fingers/Singing my life with And then she began to sing. Tabac, Dixieland Jazz Band, and the Catkins will his words,” the only voice I hear is Roberta Flack’s. It should come as no surprise that Flack be heard all day long. As well, the dedicated all-

CASCADIA WEEKLY It is true Flack had a hit with the song—which spent five weeks atop excelled in college, where she changed her volunteer staff of the neighborhood farm will be the Billboard chart and eventually won the singer a couple of Grammys— major from piano to voice, became assis- on hand to explain their mission of “ultra-local 20 years before I was born. But thanks to my mother’s record collection, tant conductor of the university choir and food security.” Stop by and find out how you can which was replete with ’70s divas such as Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross won ovations and accolades for her out- get your hands dirty from farmer and volunteer and, yes, Roberta Flack, songs like “Killing Me Softly” were part of the standing work on everything she touched. coordinator Mary Loquvam, and then make your soundtrack of my youth. From there, Flack should’ve been a shoo- way to the beer garden where my main man Lar- But Flack is no one-hit wonder. Along with “Killing Me Softly,” the in for the kind of success she now enjoys, ry will pour you a pint. Tell them I said hello. voice or elite her training might be— FLACK, FROM PAGE 20 were it not for a little help from an un- plant a tree for dad ! likely source: Clint Eastwood. but instead she made her way in the mu- It was Dirty Harry himself that selected

sic industry like so many other obscure “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” to 34 artists: she worked a day job—in her be part of the soundtrack to his directo-

case, as a teacher—and worked on her rial debut Play Misty for Me, and the rest, FOOD music career during nights and week- as they say, is award-winning, platinum- ends. With her classical training, she got selling, superstar-making history. 27 paid gigs accompanying opera singers, And yes, Flack and Fleetwood are still and would then sing the blues and soul friends. standards she loved for the crowds dur- During her decades-long career, Flack free workshop B-BOARD ing intermission. Bit by bit, Flack built a has become known for more than just plant your winter following, until she was discovered and her incredible voice. She’s also devoted a garden now 24 signed to a deal with Atlantic Records. considerable portion of her life to advo-

Music is rife with stories of bands that cating for causes and organizations she’s june 20 FILM have taken weeks, months, even years to passionate about. She’s sung for Nelson fruit trees & berry 20 record albums, but Flack is the rare case Mandela, campaigns for artists’ rights as 20

of the exact opposite of those nightmare a member of Artist Empowerment Coali- bushes make great

hours: monday-saturday 10-5, sunday 11-4 MUSIC scenarios—she recorded her debut album, tion, is a spokesperson for the ASPCA, MUSIC father’s day gifts 6906 goodwin road, everson | (360) 966-5859 from top to bottom, beginning to end, and founded a school in the Bronx to www.cloudmountainfarmcenter.org see website for more info

18 in a mere 10 hours. It was, appropriately teach music to underprivileged children. :KDWFRP&RXQW\ VQRQSURÀWFRPPXQLW\IDUP HGXFDWLRQFHQWHU enough, titled First Take, and hopes were Flack’s life is characterized by hard ART high that it would take the world by storm. work and high achievement, and now It would’ve been nice had that hap- when she performs, people are quick 16 pened, but, in truth, sales of First Take to line up and laud her. And when she

were sluggish and Flack might’ve found launches into her most famous song, the STAGE herself in danger of fading into obscu- one about strumming and singing, she rity—no matter how silky-smooth her still kills us all, ever so softly. 14 GET OUT musicevents 12

WED., JUNE 17 St. Live music, food and fun will be available

CHILDREN’S CHOIR: Traditional and fun choral throughout the day. WORDS music by students from the Bellingham Arts Acad- WWW.MAKEMUSICDAY.ORG emy for Youth can be heard at a Children’s Choir 8 performance at 7pm at Our Saviour’s Lutheran CONCERT OF THE CENTURY: The Bellingham Church, 1720 Harris Ave. Admission is $5. Music Club kicks off its 100th season with a Gala WWW.BAAY.ORG Centennial Concert at 3pm at Bellingham High

School, 2020 Cornwall Ave. Seventeen musicians CURRENTS THURS., JUNE 18 from around the world—mostly BMC award- 6 BLUES & BREWS: Midnight Legend will kick off a winners—will pay tribute to the club’s century of “Blues, Brews & BBQ” series happening from 5-9pm existence. Renowned string teacher Joanne Don-

every Thursday through Aug. 27 on the waterfront nellan will be the guest of honor, and the show VIEWS terrace at Hotel Bellwether, One Bellwether Way. will feature chamber works by Boccherini, Grieg, The free event features a variety of live music, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Poulenc, Ravel, Schubert 4 local beer and a delicious barbecue menu. and others. Tickets are $25. MAIL MAIL WWW.HOTELBELLWETHER.COM WWW.BELLINGHAMMUSICCLUB.ORG EO P G P L E N ’ S I H C S I

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FOOD FOOD addresses and phone 06.17.15 06.18.15 06.19.15 06.20.15 06.21.15 06.22.15 06.23.15 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

27 Anelia's Kitchen & Open Mic The Scarlet Locomotive The Ginger Ups Andy & Tim Stage

B-BOARD B-BOARD Happy Hour BBQ w/Robert Fish Fry w/The Legendary Irish & Folk Night, Out of the Ashes, Boundary Bay Brewery Aaron Guest Blake (early), Twilight Kideoke Chucklenuts Piano Night School's Out for Summer Concert (late) 24

Brown Lantern Ale Anacortes Farmers Market

FILM Open Mic Cygne House Fundraiser

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Credible Effect, Chaos For Cabin Tavern Open Mic Toe Tag, Powerhitter, more Live Music the Fly MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC

WILD RABBIT/ Commodore Ballroom Death Grips The Jessie Awards June 20/Green Frog 18 ART Steve & Kristi Nebel, Gen Conway Muse Brothers K. Duo Fabulous Roof Shakers Obata 16

STAGE Corner Pub Knut Bell and the 360s

14 Ron W. Bailey & Al Kaatz, Edison Inn Carolyn Cruso RiverTalk Light The Tangents

GET OUT Anelias Kitchen & Stage 511 Morris St, La Conner, WA • (360) 466-4778 | Bellewood Acres 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden • (360) 318-7720 | Bobby Lee’s Pub & Eatery 108 W Main St, Everson • 966-8838 | Boundary Bay Brewing Co. 1107 Railroad Ave • 647-5593 | Brown Lantern Ale House 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-2544 | The Business 402 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-9788 | Cabin Tavern 307 W. Holly St. • 733-9685 | Chuckanut Brewery 601 W Holly St. • 752-3377 | Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville St., Vancouver • (604) 739-4550 | Conway Muse 18444 Spruce/Main St., Conway (360) 445-3000 | Corner Pub 12 14565 Allen West Road, Burlington WORDS 8 CURRENTS CURRENTS 6

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musicvenues 34 See below for venue addresses and phone 06.17.15 06.18.15 06.19.15 06.20.15 06.21.15 06.22.15 06.23.15 FOOD numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 27 Glow Nightclub DJ J-Will Shadow Variable Fear and Loathing DJ Boombox Kid

Kim Richey (early), Benjie Howard, Gentri Wat- Wild Rabbit (early and Open Mic (early), Guf- B-BOARD Green Frog Lonely Heartstring Band Country Hammer Slow Jam (early) Terrible Tuesday Soul son, Aaron Westgate late) fawingham (late) Explosion (late) 24 H2O DJ Clint Westwood Gin Gypsy Karaoke FILM

Honey Moon Open Mic Write Riot Poetry Slam Marcel's Bluegrass Night Honeydripper's Tales The Shadies 20 20

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DEATH GRIPS/June 20/ 18 Kulshan Brewing Co. Jill Newman & Jeff Gray Cosmo's Dream The Devilly Brothers Commodore Ballroom ART

Main St. Bar and Grill Karaoke The Oneders Jack Benson Band 16

Old World Deli Don't Stop the Buck STAGE

Little Joe Argo and Rick 14 Rockfish Grill Willow Grove Star GET OUT Royal Karaoke Karaoke Country Night DJ Jester 12 Rumors Cabaret Leveled Throwback Thursday DJ Shortwave DJ Mike Tolleson Fetish Night Karaoke w/Zach Treble Tuesday WORDS Invictus, Boat Race Week- Eric Cash, King Ghidora, The Shakedown Pascal, Biggs, Poison Jams Tom Waits Night Aireeoke end, The Cleos more 8

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Krio and DJ Note, Kyle Vest, Snug Harbor, Blake Noble, Wild Buffalo 90s Night Free Friday Funk Night A Tribe Called Red more Olivia De La Cruz

The Green Frog 1015 N. State St. • www.acoustictavern.com | Edison Inn 5829 Cains Ct., Edison • (360) 766-6266 | The Fairhaven 1114 Harris Ave • 778-3400 | Glow 202 E. Holly St. • 734-3305 | Graham’s

Restaurant 9989 Mount Baker Hwy., Glacier • (360) 599-3663 | H20, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 755-3956 | Honey Moon 1053 N State St. • 734-0728 | KC’s Bar and Grill 108 W. Main St., Everson • (360) 966-8838 | Kulshan Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • 389-3569 | Main Street Bar & Grill 2004 Main St., Ferndale • (360) 384-2982 | McKay’s CASCADIA WEEKLY Taphouse 1118 E. Maple St. • (360) 647-3600 | Nooksack River Casino 5048 Mt. Baker Hwy., Deming • (360) 354-7428 | Poppe’s 714 Lakeway Dr. • 671-1011 | Paso Del Norte 758 Peace Portal Dr. Blaine • (360) 332-4045 | The Redlight 1017 N State St. • www.redlightwineandcoffee.com | Rockfish Grill 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 588-1720 | The Royal 208 E. Holly St. • 738-3701 | Rumors Cabaret 23 1119 Railroad Ave. • 671-1849 | The Shakedown 1212 N. State St. • www.shakedownbellingham.com | Silver Reef Casino 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale • (360) 383-0777 | Skagit Valley Casino Resort 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow • (360) 724-7777 | Skylark’s Hidden Cafe 1300 11th St. • 715-3642 | Star Club 311 E Holly St. • www.starclubbellingham.com | Swillery Whiskey Bar 118 W. Holly St. | Swinomish Casino 12885 Casino Dr., Anacortes • (888) 288-8883 |Temple Bar 306 W. Champion St. • 676-8660 | The Underground 211 E. Chestnut St. • 738-3701 | Underground Coffeehouse Viking Union 3rd Floor, WWU | Via Cafe 7829 Birch Bay Dr., Blaine • (360) 778-2570 | Village Inn Pub 3020 Northwest Ave. • 734-2490 | Vinostrology 120 W. Holly St. • 656-6817 | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www.wildbuffalo.net | To get your live music listings included, send info to [email protected]. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday. have been denser, they’ve opted for just the right balance of context and story, lest spending too much time with the Emotions deprive audiences of experiencing the ac-

34 tual emotions that come from connecting with Riley and her family.

FOOD FOOD For that reason, although Inside Out Film takes place almost entirely in Riley’s head, every so often, the film surfaces to check 27 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› SHOWTIMES in on how she’s doing in real life, as if taking a deep breath of relatability before

B-BOARD B-BOARD plunging back into her more abstract inte- rior world, since it otherwise might been

24 24 quarters: the place in Riley’s brain where all too easy for the film to get “lost in all her thoughts and feelings originate. thought.” We see Riley as an infant, at FILM FILM As the upbeat young heroine’s dominant several stages in her childhood and again Emotion, Joy serves alongside blue Sad- at 11 (Kaitlyn Dias), trying to cope with

20 ness (Phyllis Smith), violet Fear (Bill the disappointment of San Francisco, Hader), fiery red Anger (Lewis Black), and where the family’s house is a dump, new

MUSIC green Disgust (Mindy Kaling) to manage friends are hard to find and playing hock- memories, generate ideas and otherwise ey isn’t the same as it was in Minnesota.

18 help Riley deal with life’s challenges. Though her parents (Diane Lane and Kyle

ART Just when her Emotions think they’ve MacLachlan) express concern, it’s up to Ri- got everything under control, Riley’s par- ley—and by extension, the five Emotions ents decide to move from Minnesota to struggling to operate her mental command 16 San Francisco, sending her Emotions into center—to keep her happy amid all these

STAGE turmoil—because it’s not enough for Pete changes. But something’s off: Blame it on Docter and co-director Ronnie Del Carmen the cross-country move or the approach to introduce such a compelling model for of puberty, but the Emotions don’t seem 14 how the brain really works; they’re also ex- to work as they always have before. Most pected to craft an interesting story around alarming, Sadness is tired of being exclud-

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34 at the Fairhaven Village Green, 1207 10th St. (behind Village Books). Farmers feature FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD everything from fresh produce to plants, chow chicken, salmon sausages, mushrooms, RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES flowers and more, and there will also be 27 craft vendors, ready-to-eat food options, live music and face painting. The market continues Wednesdays through Sept. 30.

B-BOARD B-BOARD WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG 16) and “UnWINEd on the Bay” (July SEDRO MARKET: Suss out spring offerings

24 9-Sept. 17). Both events are $35 per at the weekly Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market person and feature locally sourced li- from 3-7pm every Wednesday through

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20 leled view of the place we call home. The cruises fill up quickly, so advance THURS., JUNE 18 MUSIC reservations are recommended. More LYNDEN FARMERS MARKET: Procure info: www.whales.com goods from local growers when the Lynden

18 While you will have an opportunity Farmers Market opens for the season today from 12-5pm at 324 Front St. (across from

ART to relax and take in heaping help- the Jansen Art Center). The market contin- ings of natural beauty, you should ues Thursdays through Oct. 30. know you’ll be working up an appe- 16 WWW.LYNDENFARMERSMARKET.COM tite when you join the crew of the STRAWBERRIES & SPAGHETTI: Attend an STAGE Schooner Zodiac for one of their Friday night “Bellingham Bay Salmon Din- annual Strawberry Social & Spaghetti Dinner starting at 6pm at Everson’s Immanuel Lu- ner Sails” happening June 19-Sept. 4. 14 theran Church, 5792 Lawrence Rd. Entry is by Passengers help assist the crew in the donation; funds raised go to local charities. raising of what is purported to be the (360) 592-5876

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8 of side dishes. Entry is $59-$79 for the MOUNT VERNON MARKET: The Mount dinner and sail; sunsets are free. More Vernon Farmers Market takes place from info: www.schoonerzodiac.com 9am-2pm at the city’s Waterfront Plaza. In

CURRENTS CURRENTS I can attest that the Island Mari- addition to the fresh, local food, expect ner’s Island Caper provides many per- activities for kids, cooking demos and 6 fect perches for sightseeing (and sup- special events through the season, which continues through Oct. 17. per). In fact, there’s not a bad seat on

VIEWS WWW.MOUNTVERNONFARMERSMARKET.ORG PHOTO COURTESY OF SCHOONER ZODIAC OF SCHOONER COURTESY PHOTO the 110-foot tour boat. While I prefer

4 to make my way to the top of the wa- ANACORTES FARMERS MARKET: Veg- BY AMY KEPFERLE tercraft and find a shaded seat under etables, fruit, baked goods, fresh meat and MAIL MAIL the open-air environs, as long as dairy, cut flowers, wine, eggs, art and much more can be found at the Anacortes Farmers there’s sea air and the whisper of a 2 Market, which takes place from 9am-2pm Tastes Like Summer breeze to be found, I’m good to go. every Saturday through Oct. 24 at the DO IT IT DO While the longtime company is pri- Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave. DINNER ON THE BAY marily known for its whale-watching WWW.ANACORTESFARMERSMARKET.ORG tours throughout the San Juan Is- BELLINGHAM FARMERS MARKET: n the surface, the name-brand hot dog and Doritos and I consumed on a lands, the boat sticks closer to its slip

06.17.15 Peruse and purchase a plethora of locally recent boating excursion in Bellingham Bay were nothing special. But the at Squalicum Harbor for a couple days grown produce, ready-to-eat foods, crafts alchemy of salty sea air, sunny skies and a picture-perfect vista combined to each week during the summer. Bring and more at the Bellingham Farmers Market .10 O from 10am-3pm at the Depot Market Square, 24 make the meal a memorable one. I’ve always avowed that food eaten outside tastes dinner along when you join the sea- # better, but bringing boating to the equation ups the flavor ante. Following are a few sonal Whatcom Museum History Cruis- 1100 Railroad Ave. The market runs every Saturday through Dec. 19. ways to add dinner on the bay to your own summer to-do list. es every Thursday from July 9-Aug. 27 WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG It’s been three years since I boarded San Juan Cruises’ Victoria Star for a summer- ($28-$35), or let them do the cooking time “Chuckanut Cracked Crab Dinner Cruise” ($29-$59), but I’m guessing the setup during “Beer & Brats” evening cruises WINTER GROWING: “Plant Your Winter hasn’t changed much in the time that’s passed. During the edible excursions—which most Friday evenings and some Vegetable Garden Now” will be the focus happen every Friday and Saturday through the summer—passengers are treated to Wednesday evenings from June 26-Sept. of a free workshop from 10:30am-12pm at Everson’s Cloud Mountain Farm Center, 6906 CASCADIA WEEKLY a Dungeness crab buffet complete with sides and dessert while motoring through 18. Cost is $35, and includes Kulshan Goodwin Rd. No registration is required; be Bellingham Bay and beyond to the craggy shores of Lummi Island’s undeveloped west Brewing Co.’s beer, Hemplers bratwurst 34 prepared to be outside. side, Shaw Island, and Viti Rocks National Wildlife Refuge. sausages and locally made buns. While WWW.CLOUDMOUNTAINFARMCENTER.ORG While some people onboard the cruise I was on seemed to be more interested in that’s all well and good—really good— what was on their plate than in their scenic surroundings, all appeared to be hav- I’m guessing a Ball Park frank and Dori- FARM FIESTA: Attend an open house and “Field Fiesta!” from 11am-7pm at Burl- ing a spectacular time. Since that trip, the boating company has added a weekly tos would also make the grade. More ington’s Viva Farms, 1100 Higgins Airport “Bellingham BREWers Cruise” (currently taking place every Wednesday through Sept. info: www.islandmariner.com doit

Way. Strawberry u-pick, a pop-up fair trade market, farm walks, a beer garden, live

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FERNDALE PUBLIC MARKET: Attend the 16 Ferndale Public Market from 2-7pm every Sunday through Oct. 11 near the town’s Old STAGE Settler’s Village, 2007 Cherry St. WWW.FERNDALEPUBLICMARKET.ORG 14 TUES., JUNE 23 BURGERS AND BREWING: Kulshan Brew-

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WED., JUNE 24 06.17.15 SIPS, SAVORIES, SWEETS: Head to Mount Vernon for “Sips, Savories & Sweets in the Summer Garden” from 5-8pm at .10 24 Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Rd. # Tickets are $50 and include small plates, a drink, Deception Distilling samples, a garden and art silent auction, and a featured garden presentation. Proceeds benefit the La Conner Library. WWW.CHRISTIANSONSNURSERY.COM CASCADIA WEEKLY ICE CREAM TASTING: Join Mallard Ice Cream owner Ben Scholtz for a “Mallard Ice 35 Cream Tasting” gathering at 6:30pm at Ciao Thyme, 207 Unity St. He’ll also share some secrets for his ice cream success and sources for his fabulous ingredients. Entry is $25. WWW.CIAOTHYME.COM One Day Only: SUNDAY, JUNE 21

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