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THE GRISTLE, P.06 + FUZZ BUZZ, P.11 + RAWGANIQUE CAFE, P.30 c a s c a d i a REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*SURROUNDING AREAS 10-17-2018 • ISSUE:42 • V.13 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 98221 Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, throughout Fidalgo ONSTAGE displays, talks by 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 2 SUNDAY [10.21.18] 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] THISWEEK 30 FOOD Contact Cascadia Weekly: 360.647.8200 25 mail TOC LETTERS STAFF Advertising B-BOARD Sales Manager: Stephanie Young ext 1 sales@ 22 cascadiaweekly.com FILM Editorial Editor & Publisher: 18 Tim Johnson ext 3 MUSIC When Paul Allen and Bill Gates cofounded Microsoft in editor@ 1975, they began a computing revolution that changed cascadiaweekly.com the world. Allen—who died Monday in Seattle at the 16 Arts & Entertainment age of 65—was also a philanthropist who donated more Editor: Amy Kepferle ART than $2 billion toward nonprofit groups dedicated to ext 2 the advancement of science, technology, education, the calendar@ 15 environment and the arts. In 1997, he also purchased his cascadiaweekly.com hometown football team, the Seahawks. Music & Film Editor: STAGE Carey Ross music@ cascadiaweekly.com 14 Views & News 04: Massive Mailbag Production GET OUT 08: Gristle & Views Art Director: Jesse Kinsman 10: Last week’s news jesse@ 12 11: Police blotter, Index kinsmancreative.com Design: 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.