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PAPER MACHE DARK VISIONS POLITICS Casting shadows in Skagit, P.16 Bread & Puppets Theater, P.15 HALLOWEEN COVER SHOW Back from the dead, P.18
WILD AND SCENIC Protecting the Nooksack River, P.14 SATURDAY [10.20.18]
A brief overview of this ONSTAGE 30 Pride and Prejudice: 7pm, Lynden Christian High School PAC
FOOD week’s happenings Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: 7pm, Blaine High School THISWEEK PAC Scream Fair: 7-10pm, NW Washington Fairgrounds, 25 Lynden The Skriker: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts How to Succeed in Business: 7:30pm, Anacortes B-BOARD Community Theatre Side Show: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon Hellingham: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre 22 MUSIC FILM The fascinating story Chava Mirel: 6:30pm, Congregation Beth Israel of Siamese twins Violet George Garzone: 7:30pm, Whatcom Museum’s Old
18 City Hall and Daisy Hilton will Skagit Symphony: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall MUSIC be explored when the WORDS SpeakEasy 22: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre 16 Theater Arts Guild’s Leif Enger: 7pm, Village Books ART Side Show finishes its GET OUT Blanchard Beast: 9am, Blanchard Mountain
15 popular run Oct. 18-20 Ski & Snowboard Swap: 9am-2pm, Bloedel Donovan at the Lincoln Theatre Pumpkin Run: 9:30am, Barkley Village Haggen STAGE Dallas Kloke Run: 10am, Mount Erie Elementary School, Anacortes Concrete Ghost Walk: 6pm, Concrete Theatre 14 FOOD Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts GET OUT Center Lynden Farmers Market: 10am-2pm, Centennial Park 12 Blaine Gardeners Market: 10am-2pm, H Street Plaza
WORDS Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot PHOTO BY GARY BROWN GARY BY PHOTO Market Square Brew on the Slough: 6-9pm, Maple Hall, La Conner 10 WEDNESDAY [10.17.18] Hoptoberfest: 6-10pm, Civic Way Sportsplex
FOOD VISUAL Final Farmers Market: 3-7pm, Hammer Heritage CURRENTS Bellingham Comicon: 10am-5pm, Ferndale Event Square, Sedro-Woolley Center 8 Identification Fall Craft & Antique Show: 10am-5pm, NW Wash- THURSDAY [10.18.18] assistance, ington Fairgrounds VIEWS displays, talks by 98221 Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, throughout Fidalgo ONSTAGE Island
4 The Skriker, Duck Variations: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center local experts and Cascadia Dreams: 7:30pm, Jansen Art Center, for the Arts Lynden MAIL Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre much more will Side Show: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon be part of the
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2 7:30pm, Anacortes Com- How to Succeed in Business: 29th annual munity Theatre ONSTAGE DO IT DO IT The Project: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Wild Mushroom Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: 2pm, Blaine High School Show Sun., Oct. PAC WORDS How to Succeed in Business: 2pm, Anacortes Com- Chuckanut Radio Hour: 6:30pm, Whatcom Com- 21 at Bloedel munity Theatre 10.17.18 munity College Donovan DANCE VISUAL .13 Siro-A Techno Circus: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre Fall Craft & Antique Show: 10am-8pm, NW Washing- Side Show: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon 42 # ton Fairgrounds How to Succeed in Business: 7:30pm, Anacortes COMMUNITY COMMUNITY Out of the Box Reception: 5-7pm, Jansen Art Center, Community Theatre Fall Family Weekend: Through Sunday, WWU and Whatcom Housing Week: Through Thursday, Bell- Lynden Hellingham: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre beyond ingham and beyond
FRIDAY [10.19.18] MUSIC GET OUT GET OUT Locarno: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Ski & Snowboard Swap: 4-9:30pm, Bloedel Trails to Taps Relay: 9am, Lake Padden Miguel de Hoyos: 7pm, Kennelly Keys, Anacortes Donovan ONSTAGE Wild Mushroom Show: 12-5pm, Bloedel Donovan Bread and Puppet Theater: 5pm, Laurel Park Gore and Lore Tour: 6pm, historic Fairhaven CASCADIA WEEKLY Pride and Prejudice: 7pm, Lynden Christian High FILM VISUAL School PAC Teton Gravity Research: 7:30pm, Mount Baker 2 FOOD 98221 Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, throughout Fidalgo Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: 7pm, Blaine High School PAC Theatre Spaghetti Feed: 5-7pm, Ferndale Senior Center Island Scream Fair: 7-10pm, NW Washington Fairgrounds, Lynden WORDS VISUAL The Skriker, Duck Variations: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center Family Story Night: 7pm, Fairhaven Library Fall Craft & Antique Show: 10am-8pm, NW Wash- SEND YOUR LISTINGS TO for the Arts Laura Read: 7pm, Village Books ington Fairgrounds [email protected]
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WORDS Arts & Life Bill Kamphausen Advertising Design: 12: A fiery read Roman Komarov 10 14: Wild and Scenic roman@ cascadiaweekly.com 15: Bread and Puppets Send all advertising materials to [email protected] CURRENTS GET IN COMPLIANCE with a safe, stable place to call home. 16: Dark visions WITH STATE LAW In Bellingham, 58 percent of renters pay more 8 18: Spooky sounds Distribution Why is Whatcom County the only county re- than a third of their income on rent, squeezing 20: Clubs Distribution Manager: quired to plan under GMA out of compliance with working-class people, veterans, people with dis- VIEWS Erik Burge the Growth Management Act? While the County abilities and seniors on fixed incomes. 22: He’s baaack distribution@ 4 4 cascadiaweekly.com Council followed the advice of the County Prosecu- In 2012, a majority of Bellingham residents 23: Film Shorts Whatcom: Erik Burge, tor’s civil division, we the people lost thousands of voted to pass the Bellingham Home Fund. Since MAIL MAIL Stephanie Simms farmland acres to urban sprawl with the one house that time, more than 700 households were built
Rear End 2 Skagit: Linda Brown, per five acres rule, a decision that was overruled. or preserved, providing relief for neighbors 25: Crossword Barb Murdoch We the people lost thousands of dollars in throughout our community.
DO IT 26: Free Will Astrology frivolous lawsuits that were appealed all the way This important program should continue on so Letters to the Washington State Supreme Court, only to that more people—including families with chil- 27: Advice Goddess SEND LETTERS TO LETTERS@ CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM come back to the original decision that we need- dren—can thrive. 28: Comix ed to follow the law. Please join me in voting for Prop 5, the re- 10.17.18 29: Slowpoke, Sudoku We the people lost valuable time in the fight newal of the Bellingham Home Fund. against the Gateway Pacific Terminal because —Kelly Bashaw, Bellingham .13 30: Rawganique Cafe
42 the County Prosecutor’s civil division advised # the County Council that they were not allowed REVISING THE REVISIONISM ©2018 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by to discuss the project with any of their constitu- In a recent letter, former County Council mem- Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 ents during the permitting process. ber Dan McShane offered a glowing bit of revi- [email protected] I do not think the County Council is getting sionist history to try to sell the idea that the Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing good advice from the present administration. civil division of the County Prosecutor’s office is, papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material We the people need a change. Please vote and always has been, just peachy keen.
CASCADIA WEEKLY to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you COVER: Spawning for an experienced civil and criminal lawyer for Really? include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- Pacific pink salmon in ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday Whatcom County Prosecutor—James Erb. An excerpt from his own blog, written by Mc- 4 the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be the Nooksack River. returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. ©Brett Baunton —Jayne Freudenberger, Bellingham Shane himself in 2012, seems to put paid to his new theory: SUPPORT THE HOME FUND “The very hard work of individual citizens on Every child should have the opportunity to their free volunteer time is amazing to me. They succeed in school and in life and it all begins did a remarkable job ensuring that their local NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre government follows state law. What is who take climate change seriously, who even more remarkable is that their oppo- value the future of humanity more than nent—their own local government—spent their own profits, who favor affordable / / likely somewhere in the order of $250,000 health care, who respect minorities and the
in staff time rewriting sections of the ru- disabled, who stand against discriminatory 30 ral plan that for the most part got shot travel bans and the separation of families, FOOD down. And then followed that with a who actually work for the welfare of citi- $40,000 contract with an outside attor- zens and speak the truth. ney in a case that they lost.” I will promote Pinky Vargas and not 25 Although I don’t pretend to understand Doug Ericksen, who did double damage the complexity of the Growth Management by holding federal and state positions si- Act violation McShane cites, this admit- multaneously, then was arrogant enough B-BOARD tedly cherry-picked paragraph sums up to monitor a fake election in Cambodia.
much of what engaged citizens here—and I will promote Sharon Shewmake and Jus- 22 the Gristle that McShane described, rather tin Boneau against Buys and Van Werven, gratuitously, as “attacking hard-working who have both voted consistently against FILM county employees” —already know very workers—e.g. against the overwhelmingly
well: The civil division of the County Pros- approved HB 1506, prohibiting employer 18 ecutor is massively important in both pro- retaliation—and who have even voted tecting our environment and in keeping against the prohibition of Bump Stocks MUSIC the worst ideas of electeds from ending (SB 5992), against a carbon emissions re- up in court. duction study (SB 5802), and against the 16
Gravel mining, slaughterhouses, end- prohibition of texting while driving (HB ART less skirmishes to thwart idiotic develop- 1371), all passed by the House.
ment within the watershed that supplies Vote. 15 our drinking water, the colossal goatshow —Seth Zimmerman, Bellingham
of the Hirst decision, and other cases STAGE (48 others, since 1993!) filed before the SUPPORT SAFE SCHOOLS Western Washington Growth Management I recently attended a political forum on 14 Hearings Board suggest we need an active Lummi Island where local political candi- and engaged civil division leader who, at dates had an opportunity to voice their the very least, can give hippies a break opinions on various issues brought up by GET OUT from sitting in courtrooms and save tax- questions submitted by residents.
payers the embarrassment and cost of As part of the discussion of Initiative 12 paying lawyers to lose cases—or even 1639, I listened to Sen. Doug Ericksen fight dumb cases at all—that good legal reminisce about his school days at Sehome WORDS advice should have spared us from. High School, then an open campus allow- Candidate Eric Richey apparently doesn’t ing freedom of entrance to anyone. He 10 agree and, as with his very Republican en- then went on to say that he had recently dorsements and the “lock ‘em up!” red fly- been speaking with high school students
ers he distributed throughout the North in the County, who expressed feeling CURRENTS of Whatcom County, he aims to prioritize “comfortable and safe” attending schools the only thing he knows: “Seventy percent with all outside doors locked. 8 of the work we do is criminal work and the The front doors of these schools have VIEWS focus of this race has been and should be a buzzer to ring when anyone from out- 4 about public safety and criminal justice side requests to enter, at which point the 4 reform,” Richey stated last week on a Riv- school secretary is responsible for unlock- MAIL eters Collective forum. ing the door. MAIL
The Gristle was spot-on to highlight the I have worked as a consultant in most of 2 importance of finding solid leadership of the Whatcom County schools since 1980,
the county prosecutor’s civil division. and have watched as school districts have DO IT There is only one candidate in this had to deal with increasing drug and vio- race, James Erb, who has seven years ex- lence related issues. I am frankly shocked perience in local civil cases and a broad at the changes. background in criminal prosecution of While the cause of increased violence in 10.17.18 violent offenders. our culture is complex, certainly the mea- .13
We need a well-rounded advocate for sures listed in Initiative 1639 are a step in 42 reform for our next Whatcom County Pros- the right direction to returning our com- # ecutor who can truly change our future munities and schools to safer havens. rather than just replay the past 44 years —Lynn Young, Lummi Island of historic mistakes. That candidate, in my view, is clearly James Erb. TIME IS UP Vote for James Erb for Whatcom County We can’t wait any longer to address
Prosecutor! climate change. The recent UN report on CASCADIA WEEKLY —Alex McLean, Bellingham climate science shows us we’re almost 5 out of time to reduce further devastat- THINGS I WILL DO ing impacts on our country as well as the I will vote, definitely. This is a crucial rest of the world. election, and I will not regret having failed Monster storms, floods, fires, droughts to do my part. I will vote for candidates and rising temperatures have become the mail ›› your views
30 norm in our country and worldwide. The costs in human suffering and dislocation FOOD grow greater every year. The economic costs have become astronomical and will only grow. 25 Now is the time to begin to address the primary cause of global warming: fossil fu- B-BOARD els. We must start cutting the emissions that are causing these catastrophes.
22 We don’t have more time to deny or de- lay. This really is IT. Change or ensure that
FILM our children and grandchildren inherit an unlivable, unsustainable environment.
18 Washington State Initiative 1631 is a good first step toward reducing carbon
MUSIC emissions. Big Oil and Gas have been pouring millions into TV ads against this
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ART because they’d rather maintain their dren’s well-being. Voters must pass this has been frightening to me. knowledge of the PUD and local issues. profits than sustain life on the planet. test. We must put our children’s well-be- I believe Rep. Luanne Van Werven under- Please vote for Paul Kenner for PUD com-
15 Don’t allow their short-term interests to ing first, ahead of profits. stands these issues and votes accordingly. missioner on Nov. 6. seal our fate. Vote yes on I-1631 as if your grand chil- While I do not want the government in- — Andy Enfield, Lynden
STAGE Be a citizen of and for our future. VOTE dren’s lives depend on it, because they do. volved in any sanctity-of-life issues, nor in Yes on I-1631 in November. —Steve Garey, Sedro-Woolley the decision-making of citizens and their VOTE YOUR VALUES —Edwina Norton, Bellingham doctors, at least Rep. Van Werven agrees Incumbent Republican State Represen- 14 INVEST IN THE FUTURE that life is sacred. Upon that I agree. tatives in the 42nd Leglislative District— AN ETHICS TEST FOR VOTERS My husband and I chose to make Bell- Please support Rep Luanne Van Werven Vincent Buys and Luanne Van Werven— GET OUT Voters face a number of important deci- ingham our home more than ten years ago this November. don’t share the values of our community. sions soon but none may be more impor- when we moved here. We were married —Mark K Nelson, Deming They opposed sensible gun reform by vot-
12 tant than Initiative 1631. here, bought a home here and are raising ing no on banning rifles fitted with bump Nearly all scientists have been warn- our child here. It’s the longest I have ever WATER SUPPLY IS A UTILITY stocks; they voted no on guarantees to ing us for more than 30 years now that lived any place as an adult and there is a Water supply is a critical issue for ag- women’s reproductive rights; they voted WORDS we are on a collision course with a reason for that, this city is full of people riculture in Whatcom County. Paul Ken- no on providing breakfast meals for stu- tragic, possibly impossible future due to who take care of their neighbors. This is a ner has been supportive of agriculture, dents; and they voted no on automatic 10 global warming. community that invests in its future. plus local water associations and Cherry voter registration. It’s our children and grand children Every day we talk about what we can Point businesses, for the last 38 years as Please vote Sharon Shewmake and Jus-
CURRENTS that face the greatest harm because of be doing to raise our child with a sense a commissioner of Whatcom County Public tin Boneau for 42nd LD State Represen- our dependence on fossil fuels, and the of community, pride, and compassion. We Utility District No. 1. His knowledge and tatives Nov. 6. Your children and future 8 carbon pollution that results. We must talk about being a good citizen and what experience will be essential to the PUD as generations will thank you for it! reduce greenhouse gas emissions by in- that means. it helps develop a long-range plan for our —Brian Estes, Bellingham VIEWS vesting in clean energy technologies and Voting once again for the Bellingham water supply. We need to re-elect Paul 4
4 supportive strategies as soon as possible. Home Fund is being a good citizen. We Kenner in the Nov. 6 general election. ELECT ERIC RICHEY It is well within our abilities to do this. paid $62 towards the Home Fund in prop- Kenner’s background as a local busi- Eric Richey is not a politician, he is an MAIL MAIL Polling shows that in almost all coun- erty taxes last year. This money was lev- ness owner for more than 30 years, man- experienced prosecutor. He has been a
2 ties in Washington state, a majority of eraged to bring millions of dollars into aging about 35 employees, has contrib- dedicated and progressive public servant voters understands the threat and knows our community to provide housing for uted to Whatcom County PUD’s excellent for over 25 years. He has been a positive
DO IT we must act to prevent it. What we have veterans, seniors, and families in Belling- financial record. The PUD has prudently supporter of the successful drug court as lacked until now however is the will to ham. The Home Fund is already in place set aside funds to make capital improve- well as a major influence in establishing act and an understanding of how to act and the amount I pay will not be increased ments, ensuring the water and electrical a mental health court. most effectively. in percentage with this renewal. infrastructure is modern and efficient. Richey is acutely aware of the effects 10.17.18 I-1631 has been produced by hundreds Proposition 5 is a continuation of our But most amazing is that the PUD hasn´t of domestic violence and sexual assault of diverse organizations, including busi- ability to levy money into our community asked for a single dollar of taxes during on families and the community and has .13
42 ness, from all over our state to promote to preserve and build affordable housing Kenner’s tenure on the commission! worked tirelessly to help end both. # both the will to act, and to offer the most for some of our most vulnerable neighbors. The PUD also has been an excellent Keeping all of us safe is a priority. effective, fair and manageable way to act. This is what it means to be compassion- steward of environmental resources. Un- Richey believes in prosecuting serious The No campaign on this measure is al- ate, and this renewal is such an easy way der the direction of Kenner and the oth- crimes to the fullest extent. He also most exclusively funded by big oil compa- to show my child we are invested in the er commissioners, PUD customers have believes that lesser crimes should be nies. They’ve put in more than $21 million community she is growing up in. dropped their water usage by 30 percent adjudicated as fits the crime. Richey be- so far, mostly from out of state. —Ann Beck, Bellingham in the last 10 years while still increasing lieves in giving low level offenders the
CASCADIA WEEKLY Don’t be fooled by their tactics. Their their production. tools to heal and better themselves so goals are to protect their huge profits with THINGS THAT ARE SACRED In contrast to Kenner’s experience, that they may become productive mem- 6 false statements and scare tactics. They I prefer that the government stays far his opponent hadn´t even been to a PUD bers of society. don’t want us to have clean energy choices. away from my property, my pocketbook meeting until last month. Richey is an experienced, tireless and I-1631 presents an ethics test for vot- and my bedroom. The expansion and in- As we tackle the difficult challenges of proactive force in the prosecutors office. ers. The oil industry wants to fool us into trusion of government into citizen’s lives water supply for multiple stakeholders, Working with him is an exceptional sea- putting their profits ahead of our chil- these past few years in Washington state we don´t need a commissioner without soned team of staff and attorneys. Under
his direction they will continue to work of high enough quality to understand, 70% of Weight Loss is Nutrition! 30 together to implement programs to make measure and defend their performance. our community better. According to the National Institute of Call for a Free Consultation FOOD Richey is also supported by law en- Corrections, this becomes even more im- forcement, victim support leaders and portant when stakeholders must make (360) 313-8170 25 members of our legal community. highly contested decisions in a reality Eric Richey has earned our vote! of limited resources with increased de- s e n s i b l y s p r o u t e d . c o m —Gene and Joanie Bogner, Bellingham mands for growing and complex incarcer- B-BOARD ated populations. Bellingham/Whatcom Co. Union Firefighters
INSTITUTIONAL In 2017, the Vera Institute was con- 22 CHANGE NEEDED tracted to review Whatcom County jail 2018 Whatcom County I am writing to urge voting for James reduction strategies and to provide as- FILM Erb for county prosecutor. Though I don’t sistance in developing a more thorough General Election Endorsements doubt my friend who has observed his understanding of the local justice system U.S. SENATE WA 40TH DISTRICT, REPRESENTATIVE 18 opponent, Eric Richey, interact with and drivers of jail population growth. To Cantwell Lekanoff mentally ill clients in a compassionate accomplish this review the Institute used MUSIC manner, I do believe we need a much available data from the Whatcom County U.S. CONGRESS, 1ST DISTRICT WA 40TH DISTRICT, REPRESENTATIVE larger institutional change. criminal justice system. DelBene Morris 16
I’ve noticed over the years that con- The report found that the current U.S. CONGRESS, 2ND DISTRICT WHATCOM PROSECUTING ATTORNEY ART servatives are frequently very helpful Whatcom County Office of the Prosecu- Larsen Richey
with the underserved communities, but tor had not developed the IT infrastruc- 15 lack the vision to create major structural ture necessary to produce data to un- WA 42ND DISTRICT SENATE SENATE WHATCOM CO. COUNCIL
changes to address root causes. derstand its performance or determine Vargas Frazey STAGE Additionally, I was struck by the Inter- how to best address the jail’s growing WA 42ND DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE BELLINGHAM HOME FUND cept article about our current prosecu- needs. It found that while Whatcom Shewmake Yes 14 tors office pursuit of private information County collected abundant data, it on the No Dapl pipeline protestors who had limited ability for extraction and Paid for and authorized by IAFF Local #106 ‘No candidates have approved this ad' P.O. Box 1024 Bellingham, WA 98227 GET OUT blocked the freeway in their efforts to analysis. There was also little sharing of Your Local Fire Fighters oppose fossil fuel expansion—an espe- data among agencies or communication Local #106 representing: City of Bellinham Races | Bellingham Fire ghters | Lynden Fire ghters North Whatcom Fire & Rescue Fire ghters | Fire District #8 Fire ghters
cially emotional topic here where a pipe- among systems with the key data ele- 12 South Whatcom Fire Authority Fire ghters | Port of Bellingham Fire ghters line explosion killed 3 students). ments necessary to match records and When Facebook appropriately twice re- do for example, accurate unique counts WORDS fused warrants for this information, our of prison inmates for accurate perfor- current prosecutor appealed to Attorney mance metrics. K BY 10 General Jeff Sessions to circumvent their As a nurse, and public health data con- BAC AR rights to privacy and protest. They were sultant, I know that large health systems PUL PO ND! able to obtain loads of information that and public and nonprofit agencies can MA CURRENTS lead to one WWU professor’s job loss, and work together for better outcomes, at DE to intimidation of other participants that less cost and increased public safety. 8 incurred online threats to their selves. I support James Erb for Whatcom VIEWS In our current state of repression of County Prosecuting Attorney because he 4 free speech, we see National Park Ser- understands the value of these collabo- 4 vice about to issue 12 rules to curtail rations. He is committed to policies that MAIL peaceful protests in Washington D.C. And prevent crime, strengthen families and MAIL
multiple states have done the same. support victims. 2 This is scary stuff. That office now James Erb is the leader we need to im-
holds enough data to intimidate any fu- plement proven data-based methods in DO IT ture protest plans. the Whatcom County justice system and We need a prosecutor’s office willing to channel taxpayer funds where they can – HAPPY HOUR – defend free speech, right to peaceful pro- be most effective 10.17.18 test, and to protect the Salish Sea from —Eliana Steele, Blaine corporate land grabs. All this in addition $ .13 to reducing incarceration and promotion WAKE UP, PATRIOTS 42 of money-saving alternatives to jail. I am writing this as a wake up call for 1 OYSTERS # Let us incarcerate those who need to all patriotic Americans young and old. be there— violent criminals—not peace- Initiative 1639 is written in such a makers or the mentally ill. manner that it will destroy our consti- Vote James Erb, the sole endorsed tutional rights of the Second Amend- NT LOCAL? candidate of Whatcom, 40th LD, and ment. Initiative 1639 is sponsored by
42nd LD Democrats. many multi-millionaire organizations, freshly shucked | always fresh CASCADIA WEEKLY —Dianne Foster, Bellingham most of them from out of the state of we have you covered 7 Washington. JUSTICE INFRASTRUCTURE All veteran and law enforcement offi- NEEDED cers organizations in the state of Wash- Modern criminal justice systems must ington are against Initiative 1639. increasingly collect usable information —Susan Bradley, Lynden THE GRISTLE AS ABOVE, SO BELOW: Election ballots are in the
30 mail—so declare press releases from election offi- cials around the state, including the Whatcom County FOOD Auditor’s Office—in what’s being touted as the most important midterm election in a generation. And views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE while every election is important in its own particular 25 way, certainly this election is a critical referendum in numerous and powerful ways. B-BOARD Something is broken in our representative democ- racy when Democrats must win nearly everywhere
22 nationally by 8-point majorities to have any hope of BY DESMOND SKUBI AND IONE ADAMS, M.D. clawing back the lower U.S. House of Representatives.
FILM The U.S. Senate is virtually out of reach, according to recent electoral models. And the political left and
18 center of this country may very soon have to seriously Home Fund grapple with the reality that they’re everywhere in
MUSIC the majority and winning elections, but nowhere in SUPPORT A SAFE, HEALTHY COMMUNITY power and losing more power with every cycle.
16 For Washington, the situation is less immediately IMAGINE A society that con- cause John lacked a stable place
ART dire; and we’ve noted before a deepening divide as nects housing to health, and a where he could recover. John was the Western states are moving their own direction, health care system that helps the in pain and the physicians were
15 and having their own conversations distinct from the most vulnerable among us to live frustrated that they couldn’t rest of the country about evolving demographics, eco- in safe, affordable homes. Also Why do health provide the care they knew he
STAGE nomics, public policy and direct democracy. imagine health care professionals care providers needed. This is an all too common Voters across the country are about to decide who assess for risk and prescribe a occurrence for health care provid- whether to adopt a number of ambitious policies “housing vaccine” to prevent dis- and insurance ers who want to help, but don’t 14 in perhaps the biggest test of progressive ideas ease and promote health. As noted companies support have all the answers beyond those before the American public this November. Three in the January 2018 issue of the that are available in their clin-
GET OUT states are considering Medicaid expansion. Four are Journal of the American Medical local efforts to ics. Frankly, there are holes in the considering marijuana legalization. Voting rights Association (JAMA), steps toward increase access safety net as big as a house.
12 expansions, anti-gerrymandering measures and re- realizing this vision have begun. The happy ending to John’s sto- strictions on campaign spending are on the ballot In Bellingham we have an op- to affordable ry is that he was lucky enough to in 12 states. portunity to solidify progress to- be chosen to live in an apartment WORDS housing? Washington has led the way in all of those ef- ward this new community health building that was recently built forts, and races ahead even further with other am- care by supporting the renewal of Because safe, with Home Fund support. John had 10 bitious initiatives. the Bellingham Home Fund. stable housing his surgery and is living relatively The state could be the first in the nation to en- Bellingham safety-net health pain-free in a downtown apart- promotes good CURRENTS act a carbon tax. If it passes, Initiative 1631 will im- care providers Unity Care NW and ment building that allows indepen- pose a fee of $15 per ton of carbon emitted by the Sea Mar Community Health Cen- dence and encourages community.
8 health. And 8 state’s largest polluters. The revenue, an estimated ter wholeheartedly support the Life isn’t perfect for John, but he $1 billion per year, would be spent establishing clean- renewal of the Home Fund. Also because it’s the hasn’t been to the emergency de- VIEWS VIEWS energy projects and helping low-income communities supporting the passage of the right thing to do. partment, nor hospitalized, since
4 affected by climate change. Home Fund renewal are the Med- securing a place to live. Recent polling suggests support for I-1631. icaid insurance companies, Com- Health care providers and the MAIL Even greater public support is indicated for Wash- munity Health Plan of Washington state Medicaid program under-
2 ington’s gun control measure, Initiative 1639. (CHPW), United Healthcare, and low-income seniors, families and stand that it can be less expen- “Aspects of I-1639, such as enhanced back- Amerigroup. people who have experienced home- sive to help house chronically ill
DO IT ground checks and raising the purchase age for semi- Why do health care providers lessness and have disabling chronic people experiencing homeless- automatic firearms from 18 to 21, are components and insurance companies support health conditions. ness than it is to only pay for that would set Washington state apart from most local efforts to increase access to Since the Bellingham Home Fund treatment that may be rendered states,” the Seattle Times noted in its reporting. affordable housing? was passed, it has built, preserved less effective by a person’s lack of 10.17.18 The greatest margin of public support appears direct- Because safe, stable housing and repaired more than 700 homes, stable housing. ed at Initiative 940, which would change the legal pro- promotes good health. And be- focusing on helping those who Join with our communities’ .13
42 cedure for prosecuting police officers who kill civilians. cause it’s the right thing to do. need it most. One such individual safety net health care providers # Under Washington’s current law, prosecutors must A strong majority of voters (57 is “John,” a 68-year-old man who to ensure that John, and others establish that an officer acted with “evil intent”—a percent) approved the Bellingham was chronically homeless. John like him, have a better chance at standard almost impossible to prove, leaving the state Home Fund in 2012. The proposed frequented the Lighthouse Drop- living a healthy life in safe, af- with some of the worst laws on police accountability 2018 Home Fund (Proposition 5 on In Center by day and camped away fordable housing. Vote Yes on in the country. Initiative 940 would raise the bar for the city ballot) will renew the 2012 from the shelter at night. In addi- Prop 5 to renew the Bellingham police accountability, allowing prosecution of officers levy, producing $4 million a year. tion to being treated by a Sea Mar Home Fund!
CASCADIA WEEKLY who employ deadly force without a reasonable expec- These dedicated funds are expected physician for a number of chronic tation that their lives are in danger. The initiative to leverage another $30 million in diseases, John was diagnosed as Desmond Skubi is executive director 8 would require an independent investigation whenever state funds and federal tax credits needing a joint replacement. The of Unity Care NW. Ione Adams, M.D., a police officer kills or seriously harms a civilian and that will pay for building housing surgeon, however, was hesitant to is medical director of Sea Mar Com- mandate de-escalation and mental health crisis train- and maintaining support for very proceed with the procedure be- munity Health Center. ing for all officers. Its passage seems likely, and in any event the state VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE Legislature has already adopted laws
that embrace the goals of I-940. RENEW THE BELLINGHAM HOME FUND 30 Of course, the race for Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney has it- FOOD self become a referendum on justice reform and reamins continued com- 25 mentary on the county’s failure to ad- VOTE YES ON PROP. 2018-5! dress rates of incarceration in a dete- riorated jail facility. B-BOARD The possibility of a generational
shift in the prosecutors office has 22 electrified local politics, and has had Overwhelmingly approved by voters the unintended consequence of draw- in 2012, the Bellingham Home Fund FILM ing attention from other races and is-
sues down ballot. has a record of success Over 700 18 Among these is the race for the un- . expired remainder of Whatcom County and over 5,000 of our neighbors have been aided MUSIC Council’s At-Large position. The posi- through rental assistance and housing support. tion was vacated by Todd Donovan 16
when he shifted seats as a result of Help Bellingham build on this success. Now, ART redistricting, and is held by former more than ever, we need to provide a stable future
Lummi Nation Chairman Tim Ballew II for Bellingham’s seniors, veterans, people with 15 in a temporary appointment. disabilities, and working families.
In a quiet campaign, mild Belling- STAGE ham progressive Carol Frazey squares off against firebreather Mike Peetoom 14 in what could represent a fundamen- endorsed by tal shift in the balance of the Coun- Bellingham Regional Chamber of Whatcom Community Foundation Commerce cil. Certainly the election of Peetoom Kulshan Community Land Trust GET OUT Bellingham/Whatcom County Bellingham Food Bank would further polarize and perhaps Professional Fire Fighters Washington Conservation Voters League of Women Voters paralyze County Council next year. Riveters Collective 12 Council’s continued work is critical as Community Food Co-op Opportunity Council Whatcom Democrats they draft public policy and land-use Chuckanut Builders Sustainable Connections Whatcom Peace and Justice Center WORDS requirements in response to climate Northwest Youth Services change and fossil fuel export projects. Whatcom County Association of Whatcom Human Rights Task Force 10 REALTORS While Washington is having its own HomesNOW! Not Later Building Industry Association of dialogue about federal imperatives, Whatcom County Dawson Construction
federalism is still at work on the state. Paul Schissler Associates CURRENTS This week, the U.S. Army Corps of Northwest Washington Central Labor Indivisible Bellingham 8
Max Higbee Center 8 Engineers announced the agency will Council Chuckanut Health Foundation Bellingham Tenants Union reopen the environmental review of
Washington Environmental Council VIEWS Unity Care Northwest VIEWS a proposed Longview coal-export ter- SeaMar Community Health Center Old Town Cafe minal that already has been rejected Amerigroup Washington RMC Architects 4 by the state departments of Ecology Community Health Plan of Washington Catholic Community Services and Natural Resources. Developers United Healthcare Lydia Place MAIL PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center And more!
want the Trump administration to 2 keep alive the Millennium Bulk Termi-
nals project, which would offer a new DO IT outlet to export up to 48 million tons endorsed by these elected officials: of western coal to Asian markets. Mayor Kelli Linville | All seven City Councilmembers: Gene Knutson, Pinky Vargas, Dan H ammill, Terry Bornemann, April Barker, Michael Lilliquist, and Hannah Stone | Port of Bellingham The administration is also consid- Commissioner Michael Shepard | Bellingham Public Schools Board President Kelly Bashaw 10.17.18 ering using West Coast military in- Whatcom County Councilmembers Barry Buchanan, Satpal Sidhu, and Todd Donovan stallations or other federal proper- Paid for by Neighbors for Bellingham Home Fund .13 ties to smash open the way for more PO Box 2187, Bellingham, WA 98227 42 U.S. fossil fuel exports to Asia in the # name of national security, despite Learn more, endorse, donate at BellinghamHomeFund.org opposition from coastal states. The proposal generated a quick backlash as it seeks an end-run around West Coast permitting processes that have rejected private-sector efforts to CASCADIA WEEKLY build new coal ports in their states, 9 a challenge to our own sovereignty. for our seniors Thus does the national impact the Proposition 2018-5 veterans, families state and local, although we’re vitally on your Nov. 6 ballot at work to craft our own path. Vote like seniors, veterans, families it is important, because it is.
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T NEWS 18 OCT11-16 s BY TIM JOHNSON MUSIC 16 ART Activist groups lose the latest battle in a decades-long fight to free an orca named Lolita from the Miami Seaquarium. A federal appeals court rejects a petition to reopen a lawsuit over Seaquarium’s treatment of Lolita. The decision says that, at around 51, 15 Lolita’s age makes the case “unique,” but there’s no threat of serious harm that could trigger a federal animal welfare law violation. 10.11.18 The court also couldn’t identify a “realistic means” to return her to the wild without being harmed. Lummi Nation is also among the STAGE THURSDAY groups that have petitioned Seaquarium to release Lolita. 14 The state Supreme Court rules that Washington’s death penalty violates the hear traditional oral evidence by Indigenous 10.16.18 state constitution. The court was unanimous in its order that the eight people groups opposed to the project. The plan to TUESDAY GET OUT currently on death row have their sentences converted to life in prison. Five triple capacity of the existing Trans Moun- justices said the “death penalty is invalid because it is imposed in an arbitrary tain pipeline between Edmonton and Burn- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will move
12 and racially biased manner.” The four other justices agreed but added “addi- aby, B.C., is in limbo while Ottawa, which forward with an environmental review of a tional state constitutional principles compel this result.” Gov. Jay Inslee had now owns the pipeline, attempts to fulfill a proposed Longview coal-export terminal that imposed a moratorium on the death penalty in 2014, saying that no executions court’s requirements to consult Indigenous already has been rejected by both the state WORDS would take place while he’s in office. “Capital punishment in our state has been communities and consider the environmental departments of Ecology and Natural Resourc- imposed in an ‘arbitrary and racially biased manner,’ is ‘unequally applied’ and impact of additional oil tankers off the coast. es. The Corps’ continued involvement has been 10 serves no criminal justice goal,” Inslee commented. ”This is a hugely important [Canadian Press] sought by developers who want the Trump ad- moment in our pursuit for equal and fair application of justice.” [Associated ministration to help keep alive the Millennium
CURRENTS Press, Office of Governor] The British Columbia government says a Bulk Terminals project, which would offer a CURRENTS 10 new agreement between a group of Indige- new outlet to export up to 48 million tons of 8 One of the men being taken off death row is Clark Richard Elmore who raped nous people and the provincial and federal western coal to Asian markets. [Seattle Times] and murdered his girlfriend’s 14-year-old daughter in Whatcom County 20 years governments is consistent with the United VIEWS ago. County Prosecutor Dave McEachran implored Gov. Inslee in December 2016 Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indig- The Trump administration is considering us-
4 to focus on how the victim suffered and allow the upcoming execution of Elmore enous Peoples. The new approach recognizes ing West Coast military installations or other to continue due to the case’s horrific nature, but his request was denied. [KGMI] that Indigenous rights are inherent and can- federal properties to open the way for more MAIL not be extinguished or surrendered, and per- U.S. fossil fuel exports to Asia in the name of
2 Charges are dropped against a Mount Vernon man accused of murdering mits new policies and new rights as they are national security and despite opposition from his landlord in 2012 after a judge again found the man was not competent to established by the courts. [Canadian Press] coastal states. [Associated Press]
DO IT stand trial. Justin Morgan Daly’s trial for bludgeoning his landlord and taking a chainsaw to his head has been delayed numerous times due to conflicting 10.15.16 Calling the proposal “reckless and hare- reports on Daly’s mental health. Daly will be evaluated for civil commitment to brained,” Gov. Jay Inslee condemns the Trump a psychiatric hospital for a second time after his case was first dismissed for MONDAY administration proposal to employ military 10.17.18 competency reasons in 2016. [Skagit Valley Herald] State leaders grieve the passing of Paul bases for coal export. “Our state has been left Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft and own- in the dark about the Administration’s latest .13
42 Western Washington utilities customers return to normal use of electricity er of several Northwest sports franchises, scheme. We’ve seen the news reports but have # after a shortage of the Canadian natural gas that they rely on was resolved. Nat- including the Seattle Seahawks. “Paul was a yet to hear from them in person. This effort is ural gas resumed pumping into Washington from Canada, having been halted major philanthropist who believed in giving just the latest attempt at an end run around since Tuesday by a pipeline rupture near Prince George, British Columbia, ac- at home. Seattle is dotted with the results of Washington’s authority to safeguard the health cording to Puget Sound Energy, Washington’s biggest private energy utility com- his philanthropy and investments,” Gov. Jay and safety of our people,” Inslee said. “If the pany. Cascade Natural Gas, another company impacted by the stoppage,noted its Inslee observed. “He brought us a Super Bowl president is interested in national security, customers no longer needed to curtail their usage. [Seattle Times] championship, a reverence for Jimi Hendrix he should take a look at the Pentagon reports
CASCADIA WEEKLY and a vision for Seattle that today is home to that say climate change is a national securi- 10.13.18 some of the world’s most innovative biotech ty threat itself. We’re seeing that threat now 10 research and has been the cradle of the city’s in the form of increasingly severe hurricanes, FRIDAY economic boom.” A gift from Allen’s charita- wildfires, floods and droughts. This president’s Canada’s National Energy Board releases a schedule that may allow the NEB ble foundation helped save the Loomis Forest ‘national security’ response? Increase coal ex- to reconsider approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in adjacent to the Pasayten Wilderness Area. Al- ports using Washington state’s military bases. time to meet a Feb. 22 federal government deadline. The federal regulator will len was 65. [Various Press Releases] This is outrageous.” [Office of Governor] Edens Hall residence with a knife. He FUZZ was not located. index
On Oct. 9, Bellingham Police cautioned BUZZ 30 a WWU student about suspicious text
messages he’d sent to a roommate. FOOD THE KAVANAUGH DEFENSE On Oct. 2, Blaine Police contacted a On Oct. 7, a woman was heard scream- 25 drunk walking around carrying a 12-pack ing for help and asked for police at the of beer. “The man was clearly intoxicat- university’s Lincoln Creek transportation ed,” police reported. “The officer recog- center. Campus cops responded. 73 B-BOARD nized the man from previous contacts Percent of Washington voters who believe the Nov. 6 General Election matters more than most midterm elections. One quarter (25 percent) think it matters about the same
and asked if he was on probation and ‘CART BLANCH’ 22 as other midterm elections. if he was allowed to drink alcohol. The On Oct. 11, Bellingham Police contact- man said that he could be, but he was ed a man pulling a wheelbarrow full of FILM not drinking.” The officer suggested he items, suspecting he may have prowled 49 37
could take a test to prove his sobriety several residences near WWU campus. 18 but the man replied, “I’m not going to Percent of Washington voters who say Percent of Washington voters who think it they will be voting for Democrats all the would be better if Democrats took some do that.” “Since the man was almost On Oct. 11, Bellingham Police looked way down their ballot. About 41 percent control of Congress. About 23 percent MUSIC home, he was allowed to continue on his disapprovingly at a pile of shopping said they’ll vote mostly Republican on think it is important for Republicans to
way since no crime appreently had been carts discarded along a sidewalk near their ballot. keep full control of Congress. 16 committed,” police observed. the Bellis Fair shopping center. ART
PANTHER PATROL THE CONTINUING CRISIS 15 On Oct. 9, Blaine Police responded to On Oct. 5, Blaine Police checked on 59
the report of a couple who were trapped a report of two youths fighting. “An Percent of Washington voters who say they’ll definitely support Initiative 1639, STAGE inside a shed by a cougar. “An officer ar- officer located the two, who turned which would increase controls on the purchase and ownership of firearms. rived and searched the area,” police re- out to be brother and sister,” police Respondents said the inaction of elected officials on firearms safety influenced their 14 ported. “The couple were escorted back reported. “They both advised that they support of the measure. into their home after the officer found upset at each other and had a little their yard to be clear of any cougars. The sibling scuffle. The officer took the GET OUT officer continued to check the neighbor- two kids home and spoke with their 16 31 hood but did not locate the cougar.” mother about the incident.” Percent of Washington voters who say Percent of Washington voters who say they’ll also probably support I-1639’s they’ll definitely oppose I-1639’s controls 12 controls on firearms. on firearms. CHEAP DATE On Oct. 8, Blaine Police learned three WORDS On Oct. 10, a 19-year-old man and a juveniles were tearing up plants in a 21-year-old woman dined and dashed yard. “The reporting person also stated 10 10 without paying for their meal at an up- that two of the kids later came back 51 scale restaurant in Bellingham’s Bell- and threw trash and debris all over Percent of Washington voters who say they are definitely against Initiative 1634, wether complex. the yard and on her vehicle,” police CURRENTS
a measure largely sponsored by the beverage industry that would prohibit local CURRENTS commented. “An officer contacted the governments from applying sales tax on raw or processed foods or beverages. On Sept. 20, a late-night restaurant at boys, who admitted to the act. The 8 the Bellis Fair shopping center reported boys apologized to the woman and a dine and dash. cleaned up the mess.” 15 31 VIEWS
Percent who say they’re also probably Percent who say they favor I-1634’s 4 SHOULDN’T HAPPEN On Sept. 21, two sisters with four chil- opposed to I-1634. restrictions on sales taxes. TO A DOG dren decided to visit their parents at MAIL
On Oct. 13, a man complained to Bell- their Blaine apartment over the week- 2 ingham Police that a group of people end. Officers responded to a report of 50 downtown had been harassing him re- continuous crying and learned the sis- DO IT garding how he treats his dog. “Animal ters were fighting over a Barbie doll, so Percent of Washington voters who say they support Initiative 1631, a clean energy measure that would impose pollution fees on certain large emitters of greenhouse control arrived and assessed the dog and one mother took the doll away, which gas pollutants starting in 2020. situation,” police commented. “The man made the kids cry. The children agreed was warned about how he disciplines his to stop crying and the mother apolo- 10.17.18 dog in the future.” gized for any disturbance.
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Percent who said they’ll also probably Percent who said they’d definitely oppose # CAMPUS CREEPS, CTD. On Sept. 21, Blaine Police learned two support the I-1631 carbon tax. the I-1631 carbon tax. On Oct. 14, Bellingham Police inves- teenage boys and one teenage girl were tigated a report of a prowler at a resi- playing around in the middle of the dence just south of Western Washington street. “The two teenage boys were 37 28 University campus. “No evidence left on chasing the teenage girl and then one Percent of poll respondents who say they Percent of poll respondents who say they scene,” police reported. of the teenage boys put the girl on his identify with platform and policies of the identify with the platform and policies of shoulders,” police reported. Officers Democratic Party. the Republican Party. Thirty-two percent CASCADIA WEEKLY On Oct. 14, University Police assisted searched for the teens without success. said they are independent. Bellingham Police in their search for a 11 possible voyeur near campus. On Oct. 2, University Police checked on an uproarious late-night party that was On Oct. 9, University Police checked on going on in the observation tower at the SOURCES: KGMI; Center for Digital Governmen; SafeWise; Washington Safety Directory; FBI’s a report of a man prowling around the top of the Sehome Arboretum. Uniform Crime Reporting; Brennan Center for Social Justice doit WORDS
WED., OCT. 17 END OF THE WORLD: Beth Jusino reads 30 from Walking to the End of the World: A Thou-
FOOD sand Miles of the Camino de Santiago at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. words WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS 25 THURS., OCT. 18 CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR: Naturalist
B-BOARD Robert Michel Pyle reads from his first book of fiction, Magdalena Mountain, as the fea- date for library officials was clear: restore tured author for tonight’s Chuckanut Radio
22 operations. Help came from all quarters, Hour at 6:30pm at Whatcom Community whether it was donating books, restoring College’s Heiner Theater, 237 W. Kellogg Rd.
FILM damaged materials or reassuring the trau- Tickets are $5. matized staff. The library’s tragedy was WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM
18 the city’s tragedy. FRI., OCT. 19 As readers learn, this was not the first FAMILY STORY NIGHT: Bellingham Story-
MUSIC time Los Angeles galvanized around their teller’s Guild members will lead an introduction library. The Library Book reaches back to to the craft at 6pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. At 7pm, Fairhaven Family Story 16 the city’s infancy, when civic leaders rec- Night will commence. Entry is free.
ART ognized that a library would put Los An- WWW.BELLINGHAMSTORYTELLERSGUILD.ORG geles on the map. Journeying through READ AND FRIENDS: Poet Laura Read
15 history, we meet fascinating individuals like Mary Jones, who became city librarian shares works from Dresses From the Old Country, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. She’ll
STAGE in 1880 when women be joined by fellow poets Kami Westhoff, Maya were not even per- Jewell Zeller, and Elizabeth Vignali. mitted library cards; WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 14 and eccentric Charles Lummis, who accepted SAT., OCT. 20
GET OUT the directorship, then POETRY WORKSHOPS: Raise funds for the Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest by signing walked from Ohio to up for workshops taking place today at
12 Los Angeles.
12 Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. From GET IT Perhaps what this 10am-12pm, Jory Mickelson will use Yel- HOW: The compelling, deeply lowstone National Park as metaphor and WORDS WORDS SUSAN ORLEAN Library Book is researched book does structure to examine writing. From 1-3pm, Maya Jewel Zeller and Laura Read will available from best is take readers 10 your library in present “The American Character and The various formats, inside the Los Ange- Personal Pronoun.” Entry is $30. including print, les Public Library, and [email protected] REVIEWED BY MARY KINSER book on CD, eBook CURRENTS by extension, modern and downloadable libraries around the SKEIN: Christen Mattix reads from Skein at 6 audiobook. 11am today at the Ferndale Library (2125 country. Blowing dust Main St.), and 6pm Tues., Oct. 23 at the off the image of libraries as sleepy rel- Lynden Library (216 4th St.). VIEWS The Library Book ics, Orlean shows libraries for what they WWW.WCLS.ORG
4 A HOT READ really are—vibrant community centers humming with life, where staff connect TRADITIONAL STORYTELLING: Nooksack
MAIL tribal storyteller Tammy Cooper-Woodrich SUSAN ORLEAN loves libraries, but she didn’t set out to write a book about them. patrons with resources, lead classes, sup- shares tales from her ancestors at a “Tradi-
2 In fact, the bestselling nonfiction author and staff writer for The New Yorker had decid- port families and share materials. tional Storytelling” event happening from ed that she was done writing books entirely. “Working on them felt like a slow-motion The Library Book rings true to all those 3:30-4:30pm at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. DO IT wrestling match,” she declares, “and I wasn’t in the mood who know libraries and the crucial role they to grapple with such a big commitment again.” play in a democratic society. It is at once a WWW.WCLS.ORG
But in 2011 Orlean learned about the devastating history, a crime story, and a love story that SPEAKEASY POETRY: “Animal Beast Crea- fire that swept through the Los Angeles Public Library’s springs straight from the author’s heart—a ture” will be the theme of a SpeakEasy 22 10.17.18 Central Branch years before. The unsolved mystery of passionate homage to libraries, their care- poetry reading at 7pm in the Encore Room of the fire intrigued her. Almost before she knew it, Orlean takers, and the mission that drives them. the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial .13 St. Entry is free.
42 began researching the fire and the history of the library In the final pages, Orlean writes: “This
# WWW.OTHERMINDPRESS.WORDPRESS.COM itself, the results of which are woven together in her is why I wanted to write this book, to tell enthralling new work, The Library Book. about a place I love that doesn’t belong VIRGIL WANDER: Lauded author Leif Enger When bells began to sound at the Central Library on to me but feels like it is mine…. All the returns to Bellingham to read from his new April 29, 1986, everyone thought it was another false things that are wrong in the world seem book of fiction, Virgil Wander, at 7pm at Vil- alarm. Between temperamental smoke detectors and conquered by a library’s simple unspoken lage Books, 1200 11th St. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM the general mischief that happens in an overcrowded building, alarms were a fre- promise: Here is my story, please listen;
CASCADIA WEEKLY quent annoyance. This time, though, the fire was real. A spark deep in the stacks here I am, please tell me your story.” HIDDEN BRAIN: Shankar Vedantam, the quickly ignited into a blaze that burned for more than seven hours, at temperatures host of NPR’s Hidden Brain radio show, will 12 exceeding 2,000 degrees. Mary Kinser is Collection Development Li- give a lecture focusing on the “Hidden Brain When all was said and done, more than 400,000 books were completely destroyed brarian for Whatcom County Library System, & Diversity” at 7pm at Western Washington University’s Performing Arts Center Main- and 700,000 more were damaged. Many were irreplaceable. It was a catastrophic loss, where she selects fiction, DVDs, music and stage. Tickets are $15-$25. the most significant any American public library has ever sustained. audiobooks for adults. She can almost al- WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU In the aftermath, while arson investigators set out to find the culprit, the man- ways be found with a book in her hand. doit 99%+ FOSSIL FUEL-FREE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SUN., OCT. 21 SLEEP STORIES: Educational psychologist Diane Gillespie shares ideas from Stories for Getting Back to Sleep at 4pm at Village 30 Books, 1200 11th St. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM FOOD MON., OCT. 22 SNOW AND DOGS: Kids can meet Piper the 25 border collie when Elizabeth Rusch reads from Avalanche Dog Heroes: Piper & Friends Learn to Search the Snow at 4pm at Village BellinghamFinancialPlanners.com B-BOARD Books, 1200 11th St. COLSON FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISOR WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Fee-Only Financial Planning | Fee-Based Investment Management 22 TUES., OCT. 23
BOOK GROUP MIXER: All are welcome at FILM a Book Group Mixer at 5:30pm at Evolve Choco- late + Cafe, located on the top floor of Village Books, 1200 11th St. Ronald Scott Colson 18 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM CFP®, MBA, President (Office) 303.986.9977 4740 Austin Court MUSIC Bellingham WA 98229-2659 COMMUNITY 16 ART FRI., OCT. 19 DAILY DYING: WWU’s Palliative Care
LOOKING FOR A PLACE 15 Institute hosts Dr. Ravi Ranvindra for a presentation focused on “Daily Dying: The TO CALL HOME? Gateway to Living Well” at 7pm at Belling- STAGE ham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St. Tickets are $10-$25. 14 WWW.PCI.WWU.EDU
OCT. 19-21 GET OUT FALL FAMILY WEEKEND: Activities for Western Washington University students, families, alumni and community members 12 12 will take place Friday through Sunday at locales on campus and beyond. WORDS WWW.NSSFO.WWU.EDU WE CAN HELP REACH WORDS YOUR REAL ESTATE GOALS! Wild Mushroom Show
SAT., OCT. 20 10 PUMPKINS 4 PAJAMAS: Bellingham Free Home Inspection Harborview Lions Club will host its seventh Sunday October 21 annual “Pumpkins 4 Pajamas” event from with Consultation Bloedel Donovan Park CURRENTS 9am-6pm at Fred Meyer, 800 Lakeway Dr. Call Jerry Swann For Details! WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ 6 HARBORVIEWLIONSCLCLUB 12 Noon to 5 PM Best 360.319.7776 Sponsored by Northwest Mushroomers Association VIEWS DIVERSITY DAY: A Multicultural Diversity Day event happens from 10am-3pm at the Choice Broker# 100688 www.northwestmushroomers.org
R EALT Y 4 Lynden Library, 216 4th St. www.example.com WWW.WCLS.ORG ON SALE NOW! MAIL
Anima OCT. 21-25 d 2 AN WITH oo l H ACOUSTIC EVENING w o WHATCOM HOUSING WEEK: Join the e s l p We express our sincerest appreciation Whatcom Housing Alliance for Whatcom p i
t DO IT a a Housing Week from Sunday through M l to our clients for recognizing us in Thursday throughout Whatcom County. More than 13 events will help build aware- the Best of Bellingham survey. ness and support for innovative housing solutions to create diverse, vibrant and It is an honor to serve you and 10.17.18 healthy homes for everyone. The events are designed for all stakeholders, including your unique and wonderful pets. .13 the general public, industry professionals 42 # and civic leaders. WWW.WHATCOMHOUSINGALLIANCE.ORG WED., OCT. 24 CITY CLUB MEEING: Bellingham City Club presents the pros and cons of two controver- sial ballot measures at its monthly meeting and luncheon starting at 11:30am at CASCADIA WEEKLY Northwood Hall, 3240 Northwest Ave. “Guns and Pollution” will see speakers debating Thu Jan 31 7:30pm 13 Tickets: $59.00 - $89.00* the merits of Initiative 1639 (concerning 2869 W. Maplewood Ave, Bellingham firearms), and Initiative 1631 (addressing Season Sponsor pollution). Entry is $5-$18. (360) 715-1430 WWW.BELLINGHAMCITYCLUB.ORG www.maplewood-vet.com *Plus applicable fees. doit
THURS., OCT. 18 CASCADE CROSSROADS: Join Conservation Northwest for a show-
CAMBER EXCHANGE: Join ing of Cascade Crossroads at 1:30pm 30 Camber Outdoors and Superfeet for at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, thought-provoking conversation and 121 Prospect St. The 30-minute FOOD a chance to connect with leaders, documentary chronicles the story entrepreneurs and colleagues in of a monumental project combining outside the active-outdoor industries at the conservation, collaboration,
25 HIKING RUNNING GARDENING a “Camber Exchange” from 5:30- and innovation that led to the 7:30pm in Ferndale at 1820 Scout construction of North America’s Place. Entry is $10. largest wildlife crossings project. A B-BOARD WWW.CAMBEROUTDOORS.ORG panel discussion will follow. Entry is included with museum admission. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 22 sack as a part of the National Wild and OCT. 18-20 Scenic River System—a designation in SKI SWAP: Drop off your used gear for the annual Komo Kulshan CONCRETE GHOST WALK: Pur- FILM place since 1968 that preserves certain Ski & Snowboard Swap from 4-9pm chase tickets in advance for the rivers with outstanding natural, cultural Thursday at Bloedel Donovan, 2214 “Concrete Ghost Walk” starting at
18 and recreational values in a free-flowing Electric Ave. The sale will be open 6pm at the historic (and haunted) condition for the enjoyment of present to the public from 4-9:30pm Friday Concrete Theatre, 45920 Main St.
MUSIC and future genera- and 9am-2pm Saturday. Entry is $12. tions—Baunton says WWW.KOMOKULSHANSKICLUB.COM WWW.CONCRETE-WA.COM/ GHOST-WALK 16 showing strong com- FRI., OCT. 19
ART munity support for WILD THINGS: Join Holly Roger SUN., OCT. 21 the idea is the first of Wild Whatcom for a “Wild Things” TRAILS TO TAPS RELAY: Whatcom Community Program from 9:30-11am Events hosts its inaugural Trails to
15 step toward getting a bill in front of the at the Stimpson Family Nature Re- Taps Relay starting at 9am at Lake serve. Suggested donation is $5. Padden Park, 4882 Samish Way.
STAGE governing bodies. WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG At the race, teams of runners will Aside from signing comprise the relay run highlighting ATTEND a petition in person TETON GRAVITY RESEARCH: View two of Bellingham’s best assets— 14 14 WHAT: “Wild at Thursday’s event a meditation on climate change and breweries and trail running. Each Nooksack River” (or online at www. escaping from the madness of mod- leg of the 30-mile course ends at a Travelogue ern life by way of wilderness when different brewery where runners will GET OUT GET OUT WHEN: 7pm wildnooksack.com), Teton Gravity Research presents Ode receive four 4-ounce beer tickets. Thurs., Oct. 18 Baunton says sup- to Muir at 7:30pm at the Mount Baker Entry is $30 per leg. WHERE: Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. The WWW.TRAILSTOTAPS.COM
12 porting local and Whatcom Museum’s regional environmen- film focuses on Protect Our Winters Old City Hall, 121 tal groups already founder and pro snowboarder Jeremy WILD MUSHROOM SHOW: The WORDS Prospect St. Jones and his backcountry travels in Northwest Mushroomers Association COST: Suggested working on restoring the Sierra with Olympian Elena Hight. hosts its 29th annual Wild Mushroom donation is $5 and protecting the Tickets are $15. Show from 12-5pm at the Bloedel 10 INFO: Nooksack River—like 734-6080 OR Donovan Community Building, 2214
PHOTO BY BRETT BAUNTON BY PHOTO www.whatcom Whatcom Land Trust WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM Electric Ave. Displays of locally museum.org collected mushrooms, identification
CURRENTS and the Nooksack ------OCT. 19-20 assistance, talks by local experts WHAT: Cascadia Salmon Enhancement GORE AND LORE TOURS: The and surprise guests, tasting samples, 6 BY AMY KEPFERLE Dreams Association (NSEA)— Good Time Girls combine history mushroom-related artwork, crafts for WHEN: 7:30pm is also important. with a bit of horror at costumed kids, a “touch and smell” table and VIEWS Sat. Oct 20 Additionally, he “Gore and Lore” tours at 6pm Friday much more will be part of the fun WHERE: Jansen in historic Fairhaven, and 6pm with fungi. Suggested donation is $7- 4 points out that the Wild and Scenic Art Center, Lynden Saturday in downtown Bellingham. $10 (free for children under 12). COST: $20 proposal wouldn’t take Entry is $15-$20. WWW.NORTHWEST MAIL PROTECTING THE NOOKSACK INFO: away any property or WWW.GOODTIMEGIRLSTOURS.COM MUSHROOMERS.ORG
www.jansenart
2 fishing rights already center.org IF YOU were trying to reach photographer and outdoor activist regulated by state and SAT., OCT. 20 TUES., OCT. 23 SHORELINE ACADEMY: Friends of MOON WALK: Area women can join DO IT Brett Baunton last week to discuss his ongoing efforts in helping local agencies. The proposal for the upper Skagit Beaches will host its seventh Wild Whatcom for its monthly “La- to get the upper Nooksack River protected as a part of the National reaches of the river would mean new dams annual Fidalgo Shoreline Academy dies Night Out: Moon of the Falling Wild and Scenic River System, he likely didn’t respond because he couldn’t be built, and that there would be from 8:45am-3:15pm in Anacortes Leaves” excursion from 5:30-7:30pm was off the grid on a journey to the actual headwaters of the North a quarter-mile buffer from development in at the NW Educational Services in Whatcom County. Suggested 10.17.18 Fork of the body of water he’s championing. the riparian zone along its banks. District Building, 1601 R Ave. Entry donation is $12. The river-crossing, bushwhacking adventure was a challenge, Since 2018 marks the 50th anniver- is free; please register in advance. WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG .13 WWW.SKAGITBEACHES.ORG
42 he says, but well worth it. sary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, BACKCOUNTRY BASICS: A free # “We saw no one else (except a mountain goat) in three days, as well as the North Cascades National NSEA WORK PARTY: Join the “Baker Backcountry Basics” clinic which is now a rare thing in the hills,” Baunton says of the re- Park, Baunton thinks it’s the perfect time Nooksack Salmon Enhancement starts at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. cent hike into the Nooksack Cirque. “The scenery and stars were for positive change to protect the upper Society for a Community Work Party Please register in advance. epic and we found peace.” stretch of the river. from 9am-12pm in Blaine at Terrell 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM Creek, 7039 Jackson Rd. In coming days, Baunton’s schedule will be much more “I will be showing all the outstanding WWW.N-SEA.ORG GLOBAL IMPACTS: “Global Climate transparent. On Thurs., Oct. 18, he’ll be leading a “Wild Nook- qualities that qualify the Nooksack to be Change: Impacts in the Pacific
CASCADIA WEEKLY sack River” Travelogue at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, included in the National Wild and Scenic BLANCHARD BEAST: The Greater Northwest and Salish Sea” will and Saturday night will see him joining Lance Ekhart, John River System,” Baunton says of the Oct. Bellingham Running Club hosts its be the focus of a North Cascades 14 D’Onofrio, and flutist Gary Stroutsos for a “Cascadia Dreams” 18 event merging photography with con- inaugural “Blanchard Beast” run Audubon Society presentation from starting at 9am at the lower parking 7-9pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old multimedia presentation at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center. Inter- servation. “Scenic beauty, biodiversity of lot on the Blanchard Mountain Trail. City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Sug- ested parties can also peruse his related photography exhibit plants and animals, salmon and eagles, Entry is $30 (free for members). gested donation is $5. on display through October at Aslan Brewing Co. recreation opportunities, and wild, free- WWW.BLANCHARDBEAST.COM WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Although it will take an act of Congress to list the Nook- flowing water.” doit
STAGE pen Oct. 25-27. WWW.ACTHEATRE.COM THURS., OCT. 18 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The OCT. 19-20 30 Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: A come- FOOD 7:30pm every Thursday at the dic adaption of Jane Austen’s Pride stage Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. and Prejudice can be seen onstage At 9:30pm, stick around for “The at 7pm Friday and Saturday at the
THEATER DANCE PROFILES 25 Project.” Entry is $8 for the early Performing Arts Center at Lynden show, $5 for the late one. Christian High School, 515 Drayton WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM St. Entry is $6-$10. B-BOARD (360) 318-9525 OCT. 18-20 THE SKRIKER: Watch the dark HELLINGHAM: Help figure out 22 tale of an ancient fairy who whodunnit when the perennially transforms into a plethora of popular improvised murder mystery FILM objects and people as it pursues known as “Hellingham” returns to two teenage mothers whom it the stage for 7:30pm and 9:30pm
befriends, manipulates, seduces shows every Friday and Saturday 18 and entraps when Caryl Churchill’s through October (and Wed., Oct. 31) The Skriker continues this week at at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. MUSIC 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday Tickets are $10-$12. at the Lucas Hicks Theater at the WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM
Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 16
Prospect St. Directed by Shu-Ling OCT. 19-21 ART Hergenhahn-Zhao, this work is the JEKYLL AND HYDE: Blaine Com- first of four mainstage productions munity Theater comes back to life 15 in iDiOM Theater’s 2018-19 season. after a long hiatus with showings of 15 Tickets are $16-$20; additional Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at 7pm Friday STAGE performances happen Oct. 25-27. and Saturday, and 2pm Sunday at STAGE WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM the performing arts space at Blaine High School, 1055 H St. Tickets are SIDE SHOW: Watch a moving $11-$13. Additional performances 14 portrait of two women conjoined at happen Oct. 26-28. the hip whose extraordinary bond- WWW.BLAINECOMMUNITY GET OUT age brings them fame but denies THEATER.COM them love when the musical Side seen via the staging of shows such as Show concludes this week at 7:30pm OCT. 20-21 BY AMY KEPFERLE 12 The Grasshopper Rebellion Circus (see Thursday through Saturday in Mount SCREAM FAIR: “Carnival of above), The Basic Bye-Bye Show (based Vernon at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 Terror” will be the theme of this S. First St. Based on the true story year’s “Scream Fair” Haunted WORDS on the fact that our culture is saying of Siamese twins Violet and Daisy House starting this weekend from Bread & Puppets farewell to Mother Hilton, the show produced by the 7-10pm at Lynden’s NW Washington 10 PAPER MACHE AND POLITICS Earth by choosing cap- Theater Arts Guild follows their pro- Fairgrounds, 1775 Front St. Tickets italism over planetary gression from England to America, at the door will be $10 for kids (pa- bread be considered a political act? peace), and Insurrec- around the vaudeville circuit and to rental discretion is advised) and $12 CAN EATING Hollywood on the eve of their ap- for adults. The carnival will also be CURRENTS If it’s done following a performance by the renowned Bread & tion Mass with Funeral pearance in the 1932 movie Freaks. open from 7-10pm Oct. 26-27, and 6 Puppet Theater, the answer is a resounding “hell yes.” March for a Rotten Idea Tickets are $12-$26. from 7-9pm on Wed., Oct. 31. Thanks to a collaboration by the Alternative Library and the (one of the many shows WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG WWW.SCREAMFAIRHAUNT.COM Whatcom Peace & Justice Center, those attending the one-time and parades that took VIEWS DUCK VARIATIONS: Stone Town showing of The Grasshopper Rebellion Circus Fri., Oct. 19 at Bell- ATTEND place at the theater’s 4 Theatre Works and iDiOM Theater DANCE ingham’s Laurel Park won’t just be craving a serving of the trav- WHAT: Bread & headquarters over the team up to present David Mamet’s MAIL eling troubadours’ fresh-baked sourdough rye bread with aioli— Puppet Theater summer). The Duck Variations at 7:30pm WHERE: they’ll also be hungry for justice. At 84, Schumann Thursday through Saturday in the THURS., OCT. 18 Laurel Park, 2 By using state-of-the-art paper mache weaponry and add- shows little sign of Studio Theater at the Sylvia Center, FOLK DANCE: The Balkan Folk Bellingham 205 Prospect St. The play drama- Dancers meet from 7-9:30pm Thurs- ing the contributions of the riotous Bread and Puppet Brass slowing down, and is DO IT WHEN: 5-7pm tizes the old adage that people days at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 Band, the tale explains and teaches riot and rebellion against Fri., Oct. 19 still the primary cre- who talk the most with authority 12th St. There is teaching early in intolerable situations. COST: Suggested ative force that merges about something are the ones most the evening, and no experience or donation is $10- “Tigers roar, apes drum their chests, horses neigh, and ce- paper mache and poli- likely to know the least about it. partner is necessary as most dances
$25; nobody will 10.17.18 lestial grasshoppers teach ICE agents the basic steps of grass- tics—not to mention Tickets are $12-$15; additional are line or circle dances. Suggested be turned away performances happen Oct. 25-27. donation is $5; first-time visitors hopper rebellion dancing,” director Peter Schumann explains. “A for lack of funds delicious baked bread
WWW.SYLVIACENTER can attend for free. .13
42 paradise investigation team analyzes the earthlings’ relation- INFO: and, following all FORTHEARTS.ORG (360) 380-0456 ship to paradise, while major representatives of Mother Earth www.altlib.org shows, the selling of # attend a festive Puerto Rican dance of liberation from natural publications and posters furthering the OCT. 18-21 SUN., OCT. 21 and political disaster.” self-sustaining theater’s message. SUCCEEDING IN BUSINESS: The SIRO-A TECHNO CIRCUS: Tokyo’s This isn’t Schumann’s first circus. Since founding the Bread “We are the Bread & Puppet Theater musical comedy How to Succeed Siro-A Techno Circus comes to Bell- in Business Without Really Trying ingham for a 7pm performance at the & Puppet Theater with his wife Elka in 1963 on New York City’s because we offer good old sourdough rye continues this weekend with perfor- Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commer- Lower East Side, the sculptor, dancer and baker has been using bread together with a great variety of mances at 7:30pm Thursday through cial St. The America’s Got Talent win- paper mache, cardboard, music, dance and slapstick to bring puppet shows, some good, some not so Saturday, and 2pm Sunday at the ners bring a fusion of dance moves, CASCADIA WEEKLY unique politically inspired shows to life. good, but all for the good and against the Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 music and stunning visual effects to Although the circus now has its home base in the Northeast bad,” Schumann says. “The art of puppet- M Ave. Based on the 1962 Tony the stage as part of the “family- 15 Award-winning play, the big- friendly, multi-sensory celebration.” Kingdom of Vermont, the ensemble that showed its opposition ry helps women, men and children alike business satire follows the unlikely Tickets are $22.50-$45.50. to the Vietnam War by performing in the streets and stag- to overcome the established order and rise of J. Pierpont Finch. Tickets are 734-6080 OR ing block-long processions and pageants involving hundreds the obsessive submission to its politics $20; additional performances hap- WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM of people has kept its ethos of rebellion intact. This can be and consequent brutalities.” doit UPCOMING EVENTS
THURS., OCT. 18
30 OUT OF THE BOX: Attend an opening recep- tion for the annual “Falling Out of the Box”
FOOD Jewelry Challenge from 6-8pm at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. This year’s nationwide challenge was inspired by torch
25 visual GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES songs and involved creating a wearable piece of metal jewelry. The free event will include live music from pianist Paul Klein, and the
B-BOARD opportunity to tour the four other exhibits currently on display. WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG
22 ter we have caused?” At this point, there was hardly a dry OCT. 18-20 FILM eye in the room. CRAFTS AND ANTIQUES: More than 100 Later, puzzling over O’Gormley’s pow- artisans will inspire you with their creativity at the 28th annual Fall Craft & Antique Show
18 erful, life-sized bronze sculpture of a taking place from 10am-8pm Thursday and crouching hawk, I asked gallery partner Friday, and 10am-5pm Saturday at Lynden’s
MUSIC Andrew Vallee, “Is it abstract?” Northwest Washington Fairgrounds, 1775 “No,” he explained. “It’s missing a Front St. Entry is $5-$6. WWW.LYNDENCRAFTANTIQUESHOW.COM 16 16 wing!” And defiantly fighting to the death. ART ART Equally tragic are the sculptures “Pas- SAT., OCT. 20 senger,” a recumbent pigeon; “Closing BELLINGHAM COMICON: Randy Emberlin,
15 Time,” a rolled-up armadillo on a chunk Stefano Gaudiano, Rick Hoberg, Moritat, of actual highway; and “Holding On,” an Bob Smith, and Roger Sweet will be among the special guests in attendance at the STAGE inchworm suspended by a thread. All confront their 10th annual Bellingham ComiCon tak- ing place from 10am-5pm at the Ferndale fate with determination. 14 Event Center, 5715 Barrett Rd. Costume and The theme of darkness cosplay contests, wares by local merchants, continues at Perry and an artist alley and much more will be part of
GET OUT Carlson Gallery in a dis- the annual comic book convention. Entry is play of work by graphic $8 in advance, $13 at the door (free for kids 7 and under).
12 artist and teacher Nata- WWW.BELLINGHAMCOMICON.COM SEE lie Niblack. Titled “His- WHAT: Works tories,” it shows, in her COMPOSITION AND CRITIQUE: Skagit Art- WORDS by Peregrine words, a “dark worldview, ists will host a presentation by artist Caroline O’Gormley a sense of things being Garland on “Composition and Critique” from 10 and Jasmine 11:30am-3pm in Mount Vernon at the Padilla Valandani not quite right…at the Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, WHEN: edge of calamity, but 10441 Bayview Edison Rd. Attendance is free Through Oct. and open to all; participants are encouraged CURRENTS nonetheless beautiful.” 28 Here are saints and to bring a painting or sculpture to evaluate, 6 WHERE: clowns—one of whom time permitting. “CLOSING TIME,” BY PEREGRINE O’GORMLEY “CLOSING TIME,” BY Smith & Vallee WWW.SKAGITARTISTS.COM holds a pistol in “Back
VIEWS Gallery, Edison INFO: www. to School.” A row of ce- WOMEN PAINTERS OPENING: Attend an
4 smithand ramic babies are suckled opening reception and potluck for “Women BY STEPHEN HUNTER vallee.com on bullets in “At the Painters of Washington “ from 4-9pm on Ca- MAIL ------Breast of Our Fathers.” mano Island at Matzke Fine Art Gallery and WHAT: Natalie Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way. In keep-
2 Niblack’s Press a button and an ing with the season, costumes and treats are Dark Visions “Histories” automaton entitled “An- welcome (but not required). DO IT WHEN: gry Monk” threatens you WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM CASTING SHADOWS IN SKAGIT Through with his fists. October A vast graphic work, OCT. 20-21 WHERE: Perry 98221 STUDIO TOUR: More than 40 artists IT’S NOT only the time of year, but the state of the world, that is casting shadows the apocalyptic “Arrest,” will show their work and share their creative
10.17.18 and Carlson over artwork in two Skagit galleries this month. Smith & Vallee in Edison hosts work by Gallery, Mount combines clowns, grim spaces (and processes) at 30-plus venues Jasmine Valandani and Peregrine O’Gormley, as Natalie Niblack is featured at Perry and Vernon images of men from the as part of the Anacortes Arts Commission’s .13 INFO: www. third annual 98221 Studio Tour taking 42 Carlson in Mount Vernon. 1940s, Rococo ribbons # Valandani, whose previous work explored subtleties in white upon white, surprises perryand and draperies, and a place from 10am-5pm Saturday and Sunday carlson.com throughout Fidalgo Island. Maps for the with black compositions in ink, watercolor and gouache on Indian handmade paper. ghostly messenger com- free, self-guided tour around Fidalgo Island At a recent exhibit opening I asked her, “Why black? Why now?” Black suggests manding us to mend our ways. Niblack’s will be available at participating studios, putrefaction, it’s true—but the color leads in turn to rebirth and transformation. The fascination with the iconography of Ba- local galleries and more. contrast of warm and cool tones, shiny and dull surfaces are intended to inspire the roque painting gives us her “Magdalene WWW.ANACORTESARTSCOMMISSION.COM viewer to look more closely, even to meditate on them. Ascending,” but draperies alone convey TUES., OCT. 23 CASCADIA WEEKLY Valandani’s new work, she says, arises from personal discovery and happiness. Poli- the ascension and a ghostly pair of hands UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY: “Made in tics derailed an intended pilgrimage to Rumi shrines in Turkey, so she jumped at an are left behind. Puget Sound: The Underwater Photography 16 invitation to watch the sun rise in the Sahara. The result was marriage, a burst of Niblack owns up to a longstanding fas- of Drew Collins” will be the focus of a free creativity and a new career opening a resort in Morocco, south of the Atlas Mountains. cination with the dark vision of Francisco presentation at 6:30pm at the Mount Vernon Peregrine O’Gormley also spoke at the opening to pose the questions, “How do we Goya. But what does she mean by depict- City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. (360) 336-6209 address the impact of what’s going on right now? Can we assume responsibility for the ing him as a bald head on the body of a welfare of our ‘extended family’ of living beings in the face of the environmental disas- plucked chicken? doit THURS., OCT. 25 ART OF LOCAL NIGHT: Works for sale by
Kevin Coleman, Jessie Chandler, Suzannah Gusu-
kuma, Terry Brooks, Anissa Caprina, Kedra Bar- 30 rett, and Kyle Smith can be viewed at an “Art of Local Night” from 5:30-8:30pm at SpringHill THANK YOU! FOOD Suites Marriott, 4040 Northwest Ave. (360) 526-2351 25
ONGOING EXHIBITS for voting us B-BOARD ALLIED ARTS: Christopher Morrison’s glass art and new paintings inspired by a recent visit to Alaska can be perused through Octo- 22 ber at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. #1 MARGARITA
FILM WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG
ARTWOOD: Hand-crafted ukuleles by Michael Flaherty will be featured through October at 18 Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave.
WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM MUSIC
DEMING LIBRARY: Sheila Torgerson pres- 16 16 ents a mixed-media display inspired by the 215 W Holly St Ste 101, Bellingham, WA 98225 ART memories of local waters and cool Northwest ART adventures through Oct. 20 at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Highway. 15 (360) 592-2422 STAGE FOURTH CORNER FRAMES: “Self-Centric” can be perused through Nov. 10 at Fourth
Corner Frames & Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. . 14 WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM EBT
GALLERY PEGASUS: “New Whatcom 2018” GET OUT can be seen through Dec. 28 at Gallery Pega- Alpaca Sox & Blankets sus, 301 W. Holly St.
WWW.GALLERYPEGASUS.COM Warm & Fuzzy Leggings 12
GOOD EARTH: Tina Bixby’s “Masquerade” Local History Books & Art WORDS exhibit will be featured through October at Cast Iron Pots & Pans Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave.
WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM Italian Spinach Tagliatelli 10
I.E. GALLERY: “Jay and Ree: Companions” Mr. Frank's Seasonings shows through October in Edison at i.e. gal- CURRENTS lery, 5800 Cains Court. The exhibit features Sixty Succulent Cheeses works from the estates of Jay Steensma and 6 his life partner and fellow painter Ree Brown. Splendiferous WWW.IEEDISON.COM 360-592-2297 VIEWS www.everybodys.com
JANSEN ART CENTER: Painter Cynthia Cam- 4 Highway 9 – Van Zandt lin’s “Boneyard and Bloom,” a “Whatcom Artist Stick it to the Flu
Studio Tour Showcase” exhibit, “Paintings by MAIL HyunJu Padilla,” and a Fall Juried Exhibit can
be seen through Nov. 30 at Lynden’s Jansen Flu season lasts nearly six months. Before you’re 2 Art Center, 321 Front St. exposed, stick it to the flu by getting your flu shot
WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG DO IT at one of our convenient locations: MONA: “Surge,” an exhibition designed to draw attention to climate change and its § impact on the Northwest’s coastal communi- Cordata Main Clinic* 10.17.18 ties, shows through Jan. 6 in La Conner at the 4545 Cordata Parkway, Suite 1E/1F, Bellingham Museum of Northwest Art, 121 First St. WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG .13 42
§ Allergy Clinic* # WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by Whatcom Art Guild members can be perused Wed.-Sun. 4545 Cordata Parkway, Suite 1C, Bellingham at the Whatcom Art Market, 1103 11th St. WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG *For location hours, scheduled vaccine dates and more WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Endangered Species: information, visit peacehealth.org/flu-shot-clinic. Artists on the Front Line of Biodiversity,” “The Elephant in the Room: The Allure of Ivory CASCADIA WEEKLY and its Tragic Legacy,” “People of the Sea and 17 Cedar: A Journey Through the Tribal Cultures and History of the Northwest Coast,” and “John M. Edson Hall of Birds” can currently be viewed on the Whatcom Museum campus. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG rumor has it
30 BECAUSE I CAN’T drink beer (it makes me wheeze, and I have a policy to stay away FOOD from anything that cuts off my oxygen sup- ply), people often assume that I harbor bit- terness or resentment toward Bellingham’s 25 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT seemingly endless proliferation of breweries. That’s not exactly the case. Don’t get me B-BOARD wrong—I’m definitely bitter about my inabil- ity to quaff the pints of brew for which Bell-
22 ingham wins awards and has become famous. Show, formerly known as the Spooky Cover However, save for a couple of exceptions, I
FILM Show, which began as the creepy cousin to tend to think local breweries, brewpubs and Make.Shift’s Valentine’s Day Cover show, for- beer gardens do a lot to contribute to and en-
18 18 merly known as the Pop Punk Cover Show. hance our community. It sounds a lot more confusing than it is. Take, for instance, Stones Throw Brewery. MUSIC MUSIC Here’s the crux: A bunch of bands that only As I’ve mentioned many times, my preferred exist for one night (in most cases) play the form of exercise is to briskly walk Bellingham’s
16 songs of famous bands and the whole thing is streets and neighbor-
ART a good time every time. hoods, and my Southside Like everyone else, I love the cover shows route typically takes me
15 for a lot of reasons. Because the bands often past the Fairhaven brew- come together less out of intention and more ery. As such, I’m able to
STAGE out love for a particular artist, you’ll always observe it over time and see people playing music together who would across seasons, and the never share a stage were it not for these inviting space blends 14 shows. Also, the fact that it’s a cover show into the neighborhood removes the obstacles of needing to write like it’s always been
GET OUT original material, and participants go into there. Most of the time, BY CAREY ROSS the event knowing they’ll be playing songs Stones Throw is a low-key place that gives
12 already known and, in many people good beer, local music and a comfort- cases, loved. This lowers the able spot in which to hang out. barrier to entry consider- However, almost since the beginning, the WORDS ably, which draws musicians brewery has thrown a series of block parties who might not have the to celebrate all manner of events and hap- 10 time, energy or experience penings, and the last one of 2018 happens to devote to the demands Sat., Oct. 20—and, per usual, the entice-
CURRENTS of a band that’s expected ments are plentiful. to play more than once. But The excuse for the party—as if Stones
8 ATTEND in my opinion, what makes Throw needs one—is the release of the brew- BY CAREY ROSS WHAT: Halloween Cover the covers shows important ery’s Fresh Hops beer, which is made with six VIEWS Show beyond just frivolous fun is different varieties of hops. I don’t really know WHEN: Fri., 4 that, well, they’re just frivo- what that means, so for me the day’s draw is Oct. 19 and Sat., Oct. 20 lous fun. All of the humor music by GrooveBot and the Naughty Blokes.
MAIL Halloween WHERE: Make. and good-natured risk and Because block party attendees can’t live on
Shift, 306 Flora
2 willingness to be ridicu- beer alone (although some of them have un- St. lous that is sometimes ab- doubtedly tried), Danielle’s Back East BBQ (re- Cover Show COST: $6-$10 DO IT sent from shows is evident cent Best of Bellingham winner), Kurly’s Kart, INFO: www. SIT DOWN, SANTA makeshift in abundance for the two and New Public Cafe will be on hand to keep project.com nights of the covers extrav- everyone fed. Also of note, the block party CHRISTMAS CREEP has begun. aganza and we are all better will also serve as a fall harvest produce swap 10.17.18 Ads for Christmas-related products are showing up in my newsfeed. Tele- for having participated in or witnessed it. so you can trade your surplus kale and pota- vision promos tout upcoming marathons of holiday movies. A piece of spam However, by far the best thing about both toes for decorative gourds. As ever, the event .13
42 asking if I’d started making holiday travel plans yet showed up in my inbox. the Halloween and Valentine’s Day cover shows is free, all-ages and dog-friendly—and I can- # It’s not even daylight savings time yet. We have whole months and other is the bands people choose to cover. At every not tell a lie: I’ve wandered through more than major holidays to dispense with before we haul out the holly. iteration, I eagerly await the announcement one block party for the sole purpose of pet- Sit down, Santa. Halloween is on the horizon. of what bands musicians have chosen—and I ting other people’s dogs. Supposedly Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, but in Bell- have not yet been disappointed. In news of shows that I’m surprised are ingham, Halloween is the holiday closest to our collective heart. And we Initially, the idea behind the Halloween not yet sold out is a Sat., Oct. 20 show at don’t just celebrate on Oct. 31—we start early, peak on Halloween and are Cover Show was that the bands chosen should the Wild Buffalo that comes with the name
CASCADIA WEEKLY more than willing to let the party bleed into November when necessary. relate to or otherwise have the holiday in “Songs from the Hymnal.” The person sing- At the present moment, people are cobbling together costumes, watching mind. But when one of the rules is that the ing those songs will be Brian Fallon, who, 18 horror movies, tricking out their houses and laying in a store of treats in same band cannot be covered two years in a when he’s not playing shows in Bellingham anticipation of the haunting holiday—and a whole bunch of local musicians row, the supply of Halloween bands is not am- that should be sold out by now, is fronting are practicing and preparing for a variety of Halloween shows, the first of ple enough to meet the demand. So, much in the Gaslight Anthem. He’ll be joined onstage which take place Fri., Oct. 19 and Sat., Oct. 20 at Make.Shift. the same way that the Valentine’s Cover Show by the Hold Steady’s Craig Finn, and did I For the past three years, the all-ages venue has hosted a Halloween Cover dropped its pop-punk emphasis, the Halloween mention that tickets are still available? Cambria. Every year, someone makes a se- COVER SHOW, lection that causes me to say, “I can’t be- FROM PAGE 18 lieve people learned those songs just for one night,” and this year, this is that band. version has expanded its parameters to Saturday night’s roster is equally ran- 30 include any music that’s vaguely “scary,” dom, with Nirvana, Husker Du, Audio- goth or punk—or anything within spitting slave, and Ministry set to be covered. The FOOD distance of those things. deep cut of the weekend is OG goth band The fact that last Halloween’s bands are 45 Grave, who are a perfect choice for the 25 disqualified from being covered this year weekend with their campy horror flick means you won’t hear music by Joan Jett aesthetic. Also mining the more obscure and the Blackhearts, Green Day, Siouxsie musical depths is whoever is covering Box B-BOARD and the Banshees, Devo, MXPX, Smashing Car Racer, a short-lived—as in one album
Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine, Evanes- and one tour—project by Blink-182’s Tom 22 cence, or Panic! At the Disco. DeLonge and Travis Barker.
What you will hear is the weirdest mix of It’s impossible to predict how this FILM music to appear on any stage in town since year’s show is going to go and who the
the last covers show, yet another reason to standouts will be, but it’s certain to be 18 Real PUMPKIN. 18 love these events. Per usual, each night has a glorious mess of a good time. Because Real CHOCOLATE. MUSIC its doozies. when it comes to the covers shows, much MUSIC Friday night’s lineup includes folks cov- like with Halloween itself, you never Baking Every Day ering the Doors, Black Flag, Beach House, know what you’re going to get. And while ALL Fall! 16 and the Deftones. And because there’s al- Christmas creep might indeed be real, ART ways one right out of left field, the band nothing is creepier around these parts rounding out the night will be Coheed and than Halloween. 15
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THURS., OCT. 18 Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. GO LOCAL! JAZZ JAM: The Jazz Project’s Jud Sherwood hosts Joining him for the concert are Roger Yamashita 305 E Magnolia St 14 a rotating house trio featuring top-flight local and (bass) and Jerry Steinhilber (drums). Tickets will regional musicians at a Jazz Jam happening from be $5-$20 at the door. Bellingham, WA GET OUT 5:30-8:30pm Thursdays at Illuminati Brewing, 3950 WWW.WJMAC.ORG 360.671.0873 Hammer Dr., Suite 101. Entry is free. WWW.JAZZPROJECT.ORG SKAGIT SYMPHONY: Attend Skagit Symphony’s
bellinghambread.com 12 Gala Concert at 7:30pm in Mount Vernon at McIntyre FRI., OCT. 19 Hall, 2501 E. College Way. In celebrating its 39th
NIGHT WITH MIGUEL: The Rick Epting Founda- season, the symphony will embark on a new chapter WORDS tion for the Arts present a very special “Night with a season of four guest conductors as finalists with Miguel de Hoyos” at 7pm in Anacortes at for the Music Director position. Bobby Collins will be 10 Kennelly Keys, 1904 Commercial Ave. Entry to see tonight’s conductor. Tickets are $10-$45. the world-renowned guitar aficionado in a solo WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG performance will be a suggested $10 at the door.
Proceeds from this concert will go to support SUN., OCT. 21 CURRENTS REFA’s mission of supporting local arts and music. HENRY FROM: Piano prodigy and composer Henry 8 WWW.RICKEPTINGFOUNDATION.ORG From will perform at 3pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2117 Walnut St. Entry is by donation; funds LOCARNO: Hear music from Africa, Mexico, Ven- raised will benefit the church’s children’s choir. VIEWS ezuela, Brazil and beyond when Locarno performs WWW.STPAULSBELLINGHAM.ORG at 7:30pm at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. 4 College Way. The ensemble is led by award-winning WED., OCT. 24 MAIL musician Tom Landa, who’s also known as the found- JOHN HANSEN QUARTET: Pianist John Hansen
er of the Paperboys. Like him, the music is equal will be joined by Alexey Nikolaev (sax), Michael 2 parts Canadian and Mexican. Tickets are $25-$35. Glynn (bass), and Phil Parisot (drums, composi- WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG tion) for a Whatcom Jazz Music Arts Center con- cert at 7pm at the Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 DO IT SAT., OCT. 20 Prospect St. Tickets will be $5-$10 at the door. GOSPEL CONCERT: Listen to gospel music with WWW.WJMAC.ORG Claudette Dykstra Sterk and an accompanying
choir from 3-4pm at Custer United Methodist THURS., OCT. 25 10.17.18 Church, 2996 Main St. All are welcome. Entry is by CREEPY CABARET: Costumes are encouraged
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WWW.CUSTERUMC.ORG 6:30-8:30pm at Bellingham High School Commons, 42 # 2020 Cornwall Ave. Entry to the beloved Hal- CHAVA MIREL: Jewish singer and songwriter loween talent show and fundraiser is $8-$10 and Chava Mirel will perform at 6:30pm at Congregation includes performances from the award-winning Beth Israel, 751 San Juan Blvd. Mirel combines choir program, dessert, coffee and tea. luxurious vocals with deep pocket rhythms to bring (360) 676-6575 a new sound to Jewish music. With themes of grati- tude, self-acceptance, balance, and responsibility LINDSAY STREET: Attend a House Concert with
for each other, Mirel’s songs bring comfort and Lindsay Street from 7:30-9pm at the Chuckanut CASCADIA WEEKLY uplift the spirit. Tickets are $5-$10. Center, 103 Chuckanut Drive N. The musically di- WWW.BETHISRAELBELLINGHAM.ORG verse folk-roots band has been playing gigs since 19 2004, drawing inspiration from the British Isles, GEORGE GARZONE: Whatcom Jazz Music Arts Scandinavia, French Canada, New England, and Center hosts a concert with legendary sax more. Suggested donation is $5-$10 at the door. player and educator George Garzone at 7:30pm at WWW.CHUCKANUTCENTER.ORG musicvenues 30
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15 Acoustic Night w/Josh Brown Lantern Ale House Open Mic Ebb, Slack, & Flood Field STAGE MC50, Starcrawler, Ekali Big Sugar, The Static Shift Default, Vidos Seether, Age of Days Noah Cyrus, Maty Noyes Commodore Ballroom Vicious Cycles
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Alternative Library 519 E. Maple St | Anelias Kitchen & Stage 513 S. 1st St., La Conner • (360) 466-4778 | Beach Store Cafe 2200 N. Nurgent Road, Lummi Island • www.beachstorecafe.com | Bellewood Acres 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden • (360) 318- 7720 | Big Lake Bar & Grill 18247 WA-9, Mt Vernon • (360) 422-6411 | Boundary Bay Brewery 1107 Railroad Ave • 647-5593 | Boscoe’s 118 W. Holly St. | Brown Lantern Ale House 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-2544 | The Business CASCADIA WEEKLY 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-9788 | 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 14565 Allen West Road, Burlington | Culture Cafe at Kombucha Town 2010 E. Chestnut St. • www.kombuchatown.com | Eat Restaurant & Bar 1200 Cornwall Ave • www.4u2eat.com | Edison Inn 5829 Cains Ct., Edison • (360) 766-6266 | Firefly 21 Lounge 1015 N. State St. | H20, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 755-3956 | Honey Moon 1053 N. State St. • 734-0728 | Kulshan Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Lovett Restaurant 1114 Harris Ave, • (360) 671-7143 | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • www.makeshiftproject.com | Main Street Bar & Grill 2004 Main St., Ferndale • (360) 384-2982 | McKay’s Taphouse 1118 E. Maple St. • (360) 647-3600 | 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 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 | Stones Throw Brewery 1009 Larrabee Ave. | 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 | Village Inn Pub 3020 Northwest Ave. • 734-2490 | Vinostrology 120 W. Holly St. • 656-6817 | The Waterfront 521 W. Holly St. • www.waterfrontseafoodandbar.com | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www.wildbuffalo.net | Send your music info to [email protected]. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday. logue’s message is clear: The legendary embodiment of evil requires no fancy makeover or character updates to con- tinue his terrifying reign.
30 Similarly, Halloween acknowledges the previous sequels did the original no fa- FOOD vors and tosses them out with ease. In a film passing reference to the Halloween II re- MOVIE REVIEWS FILM SHORTS veal that Laurie was Michael’s biological 25 sister, one local teen says, “That’s just a bit that some people made up.” B-BOARD For its first act, Halloween plays out like
a literal illustration of its straightforward 22 22 premise. After narrowly evading Michael’s attacks in the first movie, when he killed FILM FILM all of her friends, Laurie has grown up in the shadow of a trauma that has ruined
18 every chapter of her life. Holed up in a grimy home covered in locks and loaded
MUSIC with guns, she braces for Myers’ return at every moment. Her grown daughter Karen
16 (Judy Greer) copes with her mother’s para-
ART noia as a fact of life. Karen’s daughter Al- lyson (Andi Matichak) splits the difference
15 between the pair: She’s a party-loving teen just like Laurie in the original, but grew up
STAGE in the shadow of her grandmother’s plight and has absorbed her fierce survivalist tac- tics for when the time comes. 14 Myers makes his latest escape off camera, in a half-baked sequence that
GET OUT reflects a desire to hurry up and get to the good stuff. In short order, it’s Hal-
12 loween night in the fictional suburbia of Haddonfield, Illinois, and Myers roams the neighborhood stabbing various resi- WORDS dents at random. The movie stumbles through its messy middle section, but 10 manages to strip away the excess story- telling for a climax at the original scene
CURRENTS of the crime, where the trio of women converges for a final showdown that de- 8 livers the goods at last. Carpenter, his son Cody, and Daniel Da- However, the movie would be a harm- VIEWS REVIEWED BY ERIC KOHN vies) adding an aura of authenticity to less, discardable remix of standard hor-
4 keep concerned fans at bay. ror notes if not for Curtis, who charges For all the hype about Myers, he re- through the movie as if she never stopped MAIL Halloween mains its least compelling element. With running four decades back. Cinema’s in-
2 the original, Carpenter made the chill- augural Final Girl was actually saved by a HE’S BAAAACK ing decision to keep the source of Myers’ man at the last second in the first Hallow-
DO IT insanity a secret, from the moment he een, so her very existence in this movie AS A sequel to the most iconic slasher movie of all time, the new Halloween sets itself hacks up his older sister as a child to the represents a culmination of the feminist up for failure. Forty years after silent killer Michael Myers donned a leathery white mask occasion of his first escape from Smith’s hero who never quite received her due. and hacked up a handful of teens in John Carpenter’s 1978 original, this campy follow- Grove Sanitarium as a young adult. Mute The final image is a powerful statement 10.17.18 up acknowledges that a lot has happened since then. As one young character complains and devoid of compassion for his victims, of her defiant spirit. when considering the mythology early on, by today’s standards Myers’ killing spree is Myers became as much an animalistic em- There’s no getting around some of the .13
42 “not that big a deal.” bodiment of dread as the shark in Jaws. messy staging and clunky dialogue that # It’s hard to argue the point: Years have passed since the self-referential horror of The script acknowledges the frustra- keeps Halloween from reaching greater the Scream franchise, not to mention snazzier home-invasion thrillers from You’re Next tion surrounding this lack of detail in a heights for the bulk of its running time. to The Babadook that took the Halloween mold to fresh heights. Carpenter’s disturbed clever opening bit, when a pair of pod- But Carpenter’s own Halloween was itself psychopath was a gift to the genre, but it moved on long ago. Even the idea of reboot- casters (Jefferson Hall and Rhian Reese) a bumpy ride, made on the cheap and car- ing Halloween has become a redundant conceit, across seven discardable sequels and visit Smith’s Grove with Myers’ original ried along by the director’s firm grasp on Rob Zombie’s grim reboots. Myers has been running on empty since the Reagan years. mask and attempt to coax him into talk- his potent themes. The 2018 version is
CASCADIA WEEKLY Faced with monstrous expectations, director David Gordon Green—who co-wrote ing to them. Nick Castle, who played My- a kind of cracked-mirror variation on its the screenplay with Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley—doesn’t even attempt to re- ers in 1978 and showed his disfigured precedent, caked in dust, but reflecting 22 vamp the appeal. Making his initial foray into the genre, the chameleonesque Green face for a few creepy frames, remains a the same deep-seated fears. Yet in an in- has made a slavish, sharply executed bit of fan service elevated by Jamie Lee Curtis’ quiet, empty shell whose only notice- triguing twist, Green has revisited this transformation into a badass grandmother back to finish the job. Guarding three gen- able change is an unkempt white beard. familiar turf less to exhume an old night- erations of women tarnished by the events of the original movie, Curtis’ Laurie Strode Despite their best efforts, he says noth- mare than to chart a path toward waking returns to ground this uneven tribute in purpose, with a revamped score (written by ing—and the title credit rolls. The pro- up from it.
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B-BOARD Also enjoy live music by of boxes for me: written and directed by Cabin in the Lindsay Street, Woods’ Drew Goddard. A great ensemble cast that in- fun skits, humor, and more! cludes Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Chris Hemsworth, and 22 22 Receive a FREE TICKET to the Nick Offerman. A kitschy roadside motel. A decidedly show with every pre-event Tickets $5 Tarantino-esque vibe. Perfect popcorn fare. HHHH (R FILM FILM purchase his novel, available at Village Books • 2 hrs. 20 min.) Magdalena’s Mountain & brownpapertickets.com Collette: Keira Knightley is always at her best in 18 Join us in welcoming period pieces, and as infamous French author Col- lette, she gets to settle right into her cinematic MUSIC LEIF sweet spot, while still embodying the qualities of one of the original liberated women. HHHHH (R • 1 16 ENGER hr. 51 min.) ART The bestselling author of Doctober: This week in Doctober happenings you'll PEACE LIKE A RIVER, will find Alex Honnold trying to scare us to death while
15 giving us all vertigo at the same time in Free Solo at present VIRGIL WANDER the Limelight. At the Pickford you can choose from
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14 Village Books in Fairhaven vital African waterway (Into the Okavango), Chinese Ask about the PRIVATE RECEPTION designer Guo Pei's quest to gain entry into the most with Leif Enger at 5:30PM in EVOLVE elite organization in fashion (Yellow is Forbidden), the
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2 the plot, so this is obviously an unholy nightmare horror show all its own. HHH (R • 1 hr. 33 min.) of-age story has been embraced by critics for its disguised as a kid flick. HH (PG • 1 hr. 40 min.) beauty and authenticity, with some deeming it the
DO IT The Old Man and the Gun: It seems only fitting that year's best film. Fun fact: It also has a surprising local HERO? Halloween: See review previous page. HHHH (R • 1 for his (supposedly) final role before retirement that tie, not just to Bellingham, but also to the Pickford hr. 49 min.) Robert Redford would make a film that hearkens back Film Center. Ask a theater employee to explain when to some of his best roles as a charismatic rogue in the you go see it. HHHHH (R • 1 hr. 32 min.)
10.17.18 The Hate U Give: Finally YA gives teens credit for likes of Butch Cassidy and The Sting. It's his cinematic being interested in more than fantasy and doomed sweet spot, and no one does lawless and charming quite romance with this honest, hopeful adaptation of like him. HHHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 33 min.) .13
42 the acclaimed bestseller by Angie Thomas. Amandla
# Stenberg plays a teen torn between two worlds—one Smallfoot: In a world populated by yetis, people are rich and white, the other poor and black—and forced the thing to be feared in this movie that is only original to navigate a precarious path when she witnesses a if you haven’t seen the far superior Monsters Inc. But it’s police shooting. HHHHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 12 min.) good enough for kids, and not every animated movie can HHH The businesses you see in this publication be a Pixar film. (PG • 1 hr. 49 min.) The House with a Clock in its Walls: Eli Roth, are local heroes. They keep this community one of the fathers of the cinematic blight that is tor- A Star is Born: The fourth version of this toxic-but- strong and unique by supporting local ture porn, is the director of this kids comedy starring somehow-romantic love story sees Bradley Cooper CASCADIA WEEKLY media. Their money stays here and so does Jack Black and Cate Blanchett and I am not at all sure (who also directed) and Lady Gaga play the musical HHH Showtimes 24 our great community. Without them, this how to feel about this. (PG • 1 hr. 44 min.) couple in question—and the Oscar buzz is already community would not exist! building, although I remain loyal to the super-cheesy Regal and AMC theaters, please see Night School: A group of high school dropouts tries 1976 version. Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson www.fandango.com. Thank them for keeping to earn their GEDs in what I’m sure is a fine vehicle for forever. HHHHH (R • 2 hrs. 15 min.) Kevin Hart to show off his comedic chops, but let’s be Pickford Film Center and this community thriving! real: We’re all here for Tiffany Haddish. H (PG-13 • 1 Venom: A rare Marvel miss that I will still probably PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see hr. 51 min.) see on account of how Tom Hardy’s presence can www.pickfordfilmcenter.com rearEnd crossword
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Help us improve water quality in Whatcom Creek BY ROB BREZSNY organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it.” — psychotherapist Anthony de Mello 2.
“Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.”
30 —poet Mary Oliver 3. “I like to wake up each morning FREE WILL and not know what I think, that I may reinvent
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16 on Silver Beach Rd.) Limited parking available. Additional parking intensity of this nourishing beauty “is only visible to SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Many seekers who those who love.” When he speaks of “those who love,” read horoscope columns want common-sense advice
ART and free shuttle available from Bloedel Donovan Park, 2114 I suspect he means deep-feeling devotees of kindness about love, career, money, and power. So I hope I don’t Electric Ave. Please RSVP for groups of 10+ at [email protected]. and compassion, hard-working servants of the greater disappoint you by predicting that you will soon have a good, and free-thinking practitioners of the Golden mystical experience or spiritual epiphany. Let me add, 15 Rule. In any case, Taurus, I believe you’re in a phase however, that this delightful surprise won’t merely be Unaccompanied youth under 18 must bring a signed City & NSEA when you have the potential to see far more of the an entertaining diversion with no useful application. STAGE Youth Liability Form. This form and more info available at world’s beauty. For best results, supercharge your In fact, I suspect it will have the potential of inspiring capacity to give and receive love. good ideas about love, career, money, or power. If I www.cob.org/workparties. had to give the next chapter of your life story a title, it 14 GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Once upon a time might be “A Thousand Dollars' Worth of Practical Magic.” you were walking along a sidewalk when a fairy floated by and whispered, “I’m willing to grant you SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1962, when
GET OUT Sign in at the blue tents! three wishy-washy wishes for free. You don’t have to she was 31 years old, Sagittarian actress Rita Moreno do any favors for me in return. But I will grant you won an Academy Award for her role in the film West three wonderfully wise wishes if you perform three Side Story. In 2018, she attended the Oscars again, 12 tasks for me.” You asked the fairy, “What would those sporting the same dress she’d worn for the ceremony three tasks be?” She replied, “The second task is that 56 years before. I think the coming weeks will be a you must hoodwink the devil into allowing you to great time for you, too, to reprise a splashy event WORDS shave his hairy legs. The third task is that you must or two from the past. You’ll generate soul power by bamboozle God into allowing you to shave his bushy reconnecting with your roots. You’ll tonify and har-
10 beard.” You laughed and said, “What’s the first task?” monize your mental health by establishing a symbolic The fairy touched you on the nose with her tiny wand link with your earlier self. and said, “You must believe that the best way to achieve the impossible is to attempt the absurd.” CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The Committee CURRENTS to Reward Unsung Good Deeds hereby acknowledges
8 CANCER (June 21-July 22): You Crabs tend to be your meritorious service in the trenches of the daily CIGARETTES AND the stockpilers and hoarders of the zodiac. The world’s routine. We praise your tireless efforts to make life less largest collections of antique door knobs and Chinese chaotic and more coherent for everyone around you.
VIEWS SMOKELESS TOBACCO restaurant menus and beer cans from the 1960s belong We’re grateful for the patience and poise you demon- to Cancerian accumulators. But in alignment with strate as you babysit adults who act like children. And 4 possibilities hinted at by current astrological omens, I we are gratified by your capacity to keep long-term recommend that you redirect this inclination so it serves projects on track in the face of trivial diversions and
MAIL $ 00 you better. How? One way would be to gather supplies petty complaints. I know it’s a lot to ask, but could you of precious stuff that’s really useful to you. Another way please intensify your vigilance in the next three weeks?
2 would be to assemble a batch of blessings to bestow on We need your steadiness more than ever. 54 people and animals who provide you with support. DO IT TO AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You need a special LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Chinese mythology tells pep talk that’s best provided by Aquarian poet Audre us there used to be ten suns, all born from the mother Lorde. Please meditate on these four quotes by her. $ 00 EXPRESS goddess Xi He. Every 24 hours, she bathed her brood 1. “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self- in the lake and placed them in a giant mulberry tree. preservation. 2. “We have been raised to fear the yes 10.17.18 From there, one sun glided out into the sky to begin within ourselves, our deepest cravings.” 3. “You cannot the day while the other nine remained behind. It was use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. To
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Now, the guy may be an out-and-out zoo: “Got any vacancies, chief?” ART lying cad, cooing commitment-y things to you that he never intended to fol- GIRL LOVES OY 15 low through on. However, it’s also pos- I’m a woman who wants a serious relation- sible he was legit enthusiastic in that ship, and a happily married friend is urging STAGE moment when he offered to delete me to go on Jdate. I’m not Jewish and not
Match—confusing the buzzy high of a interested in converting. Wouldn’t people be Great Fall Family Fun! 14 love thing that’s brand-new with a love mad I’m on there? —Husband-Seeking thing that’s really right. September and October at BelleWood! GET OUT Neuroscientist Wolfram Schultz dis- Men on FarmersOnly would be under- covered that things that are new to standably annoyed if I posted a profile 6140 Guide Meridian (360)318-7720 BellewoodFarms.com us—people, relationships, pleasure-pro- there, as my idea of farming is keeping 12 ducing substances—activate our brain’s a houseplant alive for more than a year. reward circuitry and its chemical mes- But this site is called Jdate, not Jews- WORDS senger boy, dopamine, in a way things Only. Sure, some will be annoyed to find we’re used to do not. (That very first bite a nice non-Jewish girl like you there, 10 of chocolate cake is always the tastiest, but there are others—like atheists from most chocogasmic.) Jewish backgrounds and not-very-ob-
In fact, Schultz’s research suggests servant Jews—who might not find it a CURRENTS
that “novel rewards” may be two to deal-breaker. Uh, that is, until they reg- 8 three times more dopamine-elevating ister the reality of inviting mom, dad and than delishy stuff we’ve previously ex- bubbe over for Christmakkah. VIEWS perienced. Basically, once we’ve tried Cognitive neuroscientist Michael something, even if we really, really en- Gazzaniga estimates that 98 percent of 4
joyed it the first time (hot diggity!), it our brain’s activity is subconscious— MAIL becomes less motivating to us (kinda including some of our decision-making. lukewarm diggity). A man seeking a relationship can have 2 This motivational downshift comes his short-term mating standards trig- out of how dopamine neurons are, in a gered without his knowing it while go- DO IT sense, fortune-teller cells; they predict ing through women’s profiles online. how rewarding things or situations will Not exactly surprisingly, evolutionary
be. Dopamine, contrary to what count- psychologists find men in short-term 10.17.18 less books and articles contend, is mode are prone to lowering the bar
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generate a heroin rush-type euphoria. across an array of mate qualities, in- # It’s stimulating. It drives wanting and cluding personality, intelligence, and seeking, motivating us to explore new even attractiveness.” stuff that might enhance our ability to Religion is surely one of these. Rec- pass on our genes. ognize this risk from being on Jdate After dopamine calculates the differ- as a non-J. If you do end up dating a ence between the initial high a thing Jewish guy, do your best, as early as CASCADIA WEEKLY gave us when it was new and its current possible, to suss out whether questions level of more meh rewardingness, it can like “But what religion will the children 27 push us to go out and chase the initial be?” would lead to his ultimately fol- high—seek some new provider, and then lowing the advice of poet Dylan, uh, another and another. Thomasenstein: “Do not go gentile into This is not an excuse for this guy’s that good night.” Celebrating 30 years! rearEnd comix + sudoku
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29 healthy, vegan and well-suited to those with a variety of dietary restrictions. While the retail space and cafe are new, Rawganique has been operating as an on-
30 line boutique since 1997 and has a ware- 30 house just up the street. Its founders, FOOD FOOD Quo Yong Fu and Klaus Wallner, wanted to offer alternatives to synthetic and chow chemically treated products and their 25 RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES selection ranges from garments to soaps and even mattresses. B-BOARD Their story is an interesting one. The two were living in New York City prior
22 to 1995 but were yearning for a simpler time—a lifestyle inspired by philosopher
FILM Henry David Thoreau. They left for Den- 18 MUSIC Come for local, 16 organic food with ART a great view of the
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STAGE YONG FU, RAWGANIQUE COFOUNDER 14 man Island that year, built a log cabin off the grid and equipped it with furniture
GET OUT and textiles they made themselves. When others started asking how they
12 could source similar products, Rawga- nique, an online retailer and wholesaler, was founded. The company’s products are WORDS manufactured by approximately 70 arti- sans in Romania, Canada, and the United 10 States, and all are free of formaldehyde and other toxins used in the mainstream
CURRENTS garment industry. Wallner and Yong Fu relocated to Blaine 8 two years ago and operate the ware- house, retail store and café together. VIEWS “Our Rawganique lifestyle store com-
4 pletes the whole concept of real clothes and real, organic food using products MAIL that are fresh, local and organic,” Yong
2 Fu said. The goal, Wallner added, is to “give customers organic options for ev-
DO IT erything, and open them up to the whole STORY AND PHOTO BY LAUREN KRAMER er and sunlight pours raw and organic lifestyle.” through the cheerful, I sat down for a smoothie and a scone well-organized store with Anj Jones, front of house manager 10.17.18 Rawganique and cafe. for the cafe. The baked goods I tried had While there are been made earlier that morning by Silva .13
42 PASSIONATE ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY lots of interesting Gore, who previously owned Blaine’s Sea- # products on display, side Café and Bakery for 20 years. She’s WITH BLAINE’S first-ever vegan cafe opening quietly last month in a space for- EAT the retail space feels responsible for the delicious pies, cinna- merly occupied by Subway and a pizza shop, residents and border crossers now have a WHAT: Cafe open and uncluttered. mon rolls, banana breads, muffins, cook- selection of super-healthy meals and beverages to fuel their day. Rawganique In the cafe, beauti- ies and scones at Rawganique. The café The new cafe is two-thirds retail store, selling apparel made from organic cotton, WHERE: 429 Peace ful wood tables and also offers sandwiches featuring hearty Portal Dr., Blaine linen and hemp, and one-third restaurant, with 24 seats inside and a deck under con- chairs invite diners slices by Avenue Bread, and healthy rice WHEN: 11am-6pm CASCADIA WEEKLY struction out back. For now it’s open from 11am-6pm daily, but there are plans for a daily to stay a while, and and lentil bowls with lots of toppings. dinner service by next year, possibly sooner. Rawganique is applying for a liquor license INFO: the menu, quite dif- “Come for local, organic food with a great 30 and plans to offer organic wine and beer out on the deck, overlooking the harbor, and (720) 899-4367 ferent from any other view of the estuary and the bay,” Yong Fu a small, European-style herb garden. or www.raw offering in Blaine, is said. “We have a great team and we’re pas- ganique.com Step inside and you’ll never believe how beautifully the 2,500-square-foot space has tempting. Come for sionate about sustainability, so diners can been transformed over the past nine months. Gleaming bamboo flooring is accented by smoothies, soups, salads, rice and lentil rest assured that everything we use is fully wood on the walls for a warm, bright, welcoming space. Windows have been made larg- bowls, scones and muffins. Everything is compostable and planet-friendly.” doit WED., OCT. 17 Billing itself as the “premium fall craft beer event Brunch Every SEDRO-WOOLLEY MARKET: Produce, crafts and in Whatcom County,” the expansive indoor space more can be procured at the final Sedro-Woolley will feature liquid gold from an array of brewer- Satuday & Sunday Farmers Market of the season from 3-7pm at Ham- ies, food truck fare, live music and a selection of 30 mer Heritage Square, 118 Ferry St. smoked meats from Hempler’s. Tickets are $20-$35. 10am to 2pm 30 WWW.SEDROWOOLLEYFARMERSMARKET.COM WWW.BELLINGHAMHOPTOBERFEST.COM FOOD FOOD
MODIFIED: As part of Doctober, join the Commu- SUN., OCT. 21 nity Food Co-op for an evening featuring a viewing SEDRO BREAKFAST: Eggs to order, omelets, hash of Modified at 7:30pm at the Pickford Film Center, browns, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, French toast 25 1318 Bay St. The Co-op will host informational and more can be had at a monthly breakfast hap- tabling, and a short panel discussion and Q & A pening from 8-11am in Sedro-Woolley at American session will follow the film. Ticket prices vary. Legion Post #43, 701 Murdock St. Entry is $5 for B-BOARD WWW.PICKFORDFILMCENTER.ORG kids, $7 for adults. WWW.SEDRO-WOOLLEY.COM 84 FRI., OCT. 19 22 SPAGHETTI FEED: An annual Spaghetti Feed HERBAL TEA BLENDING: Learn to create your happens from 5-7pm at the Ferndale Senior Center, own custom blend of herbal tea ingredients and take FILM 1999 Cherry St. Entry is $5-$10. home what you make at an “Herbal Tea Blending” (360) 384-6244 happening from 1-3pm at the Chuckanut Center, 103 18 Chuckanut Drive N. Suggested donation is $35. OCT. 19-21 WWW.CHUCKANUTCENTER.ORG MUSIC CIDER DAYS: Attend a weekend-long celebration of ciders at “Cider Days” happening from Friday MON., OCT. 22 through Sunday at Camber, 221 W. Holly St. Apple- NORTHWEST PAELLA: Chef Jesse Otero leads a 16 themed dishes, flights of limited-release ciders “Northwest Paella” workshop from 6:30-9pm at ART and more will be part of the festivities. the Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. WWW.CAMBERCOFFEE.COM Entry is $39.
WWW.WHATCOMCOMMUNITYED.COM 15 SAT., OCT. 20 PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Choose from pancakes, ETHICS AND EATING: Humanities Washington 3004 Cinema Pl. STAGE French toast or biscuits and gravy at a Pancake speaker Brian Henning will explore the “Ethics of Breakfast happening from 8-11am at the Ferndale Eating Meat on a Small Planet” at 6:30pm at the Bellingham, WA
Senior Center, 1999 Cherry St. Entry is $2.50 for Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. 14 kids and $6 for adults. Entry is free. 360.306.8676 (360) 384-6244 (360) 336-6209 Best Happy Hour GET OUT ANACORTES MARKET: Find fresh produce and TUES., OCT. 23 much more when the Anacortes Farmers Market TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Chef Robert Fong joins in Town! continues its 29th season from 9am-2pm at the forces with Sarah Chan of Calypso Kitchen to pres- 12 Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave. ent an adventurous Caribbean menu at a “Trinidad
WWW.ANACORTESFARMERSMARKET.ORG & Tobago” class from 6:30-9pm at the Community WORDS Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. Fees are $55. N RE H PRESEN S TWIN SISTERS MARKET: Whatcom County-grown WWW.WHATCOMCOMMUNITYED.COM produce can be procured at the Twin Sisters Farm- 10 ers Market from 9am-3pm at the IGA parking lot on RETHINKING FOOD WASTE: Food journalist Jill Nugent’s Corner, and 10am-2pm in Maple Falls at Lightner shares ideas from Scraps, Peels & Stems:
the North Fork Library, 7506 Kendall Rd. Recipes and Tips for Rethinking Food Waste at Home CURRENTS WWW.TWINSISTERSMARKET.COM at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. In the book, Lightner shows how to manage your kitchen 8 GARDEN BEDS: A “Putting Your Garden to Bed for less waste through practical strategies, tips,
(or NOT!)” presentation by Blaine C.O.R.E. happens and advice on food purchasing, prep, composting VIEWS from 10am-12pm at the Blaine Library, 610 3rd St. and storage.
This workshop will provide guidelines for creating WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 4 a healthier garden next year, as well as the ben- efits of starting a winter garden. WED., OCT. 24 MAIL (360) 305-3637 SIMPLY SAUERKRAUT: A “Simply Sauerkraut”
workshop presented by Blaine C.O.R.E. takes place 2 BLAINE MARKET: The Blaine Gardeners Market from 4-6pm at the Blaine Library, 610 3rd St. continues from 10am-2pm at the city’s H Street (360) 305-3637 DO IT Plaza. (360) 332-6484 COOKBOOK CLUB: Make a dish to share and come ready to talk about the cookbook you used at a
BELLINGHAM MARKET: The 26th season of monthly Eat Your Words Cookbook Club meeting 10.17.18 the Bellingham Farmers Market continues from from 6:30-8pm in Sudden Valley at the South 10am-3pm Saturdays through Dec. 22 at the Depot Whatcom Library, 10 Barn View Court, Gate 2. This .13
Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. month’s theme is “Soups and Stews.” 42 WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG (360) 305-3632 O RNO # E N FO N SON N SO BREW ON THE SLOUGH: Enjoy up to 10 samples THURS., OCT. 25 from local and regional breweries as part of the HARVEST DINNER: Common Threads hosts its Friday, October 19 7:30pm fourth annual “Brew on the Slough” Beer Festival ninth annual School Garden Harvest Dinner from taking place from 6-9pm at La Conner’s Maple Hall. 5-7pm at the cafeteria at Whatcom Middle School, An eclectic fusion of Latin American styles. Tickets are $30; the first 200 people to register 810 Halleck St. Entry is $10 (free for kids ages 10 “Locarno’s approach is so genuine and so welcome for audiences who enjoy will also get a collectible tasting glass. Food and under). great song writing, a respect for tradition, a searching musical curiosity, and CASCADIA WEEKLY vendors, a silent auction, live music and more will WWW.COMMONTHREADSFARM.ORG virtuoso performance skills. Their compelling blend of Mexican, Cuban, be part of the frothy festivities. and North American popular music delivered with exuberant energy 31 WWW.LOVELACONNCER.COM HERBS & SPICES: Michelle Smith, RDN, focuses is a winning combination.” ~ Michael Juk - CBC on “Culinary Herbs and Spices for Health” from HOPTOBERFEST: The third annual Bellingham 6:30-8:30pm at the Community Food Co-op, 1220 . .7727 mcintyrehall.org On the Mount Vernon Campus of Skagit Valley College 2501 E College Way, Mount Vernon Hoptoberfest brings a bounty of beer to town from N. Forest St Entry is $10. 6-10pm at the Sportsplex, 1225 Civic Field Way. WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP THE PACIFIC SHOWROOM
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