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34 34 cascadia FOOD Poet ! will

28 share his words at “The Poet as Art” gathering

B-BOARD Feb. 24 at the Lucia A glance at what’s happening this week Douglas Gallery 24

FILM FILM GET OUT Adventure Films: 7pm, Fraser Hall 4, WWU Fitness Forum: 7:15pm, Fairhaven Runners 20

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ART ART One-Act Theatre Festival: 7pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild Vagina Memoirs: 7pm, Viking Union Multipurpose 16 Room, WWU

STAGE STAGE 1PLFt$IBUt'SJFOE 7pm, Bellingham Children’s Theatre Once Upon a Mattress: 7pm, Judson Hall, Lynden 14 The Fantasticks: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre The Diary of Anne Frank: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas

GET OUT Theatre, Lynden William’s Window: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon 13 Into the Woods: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon

WORDS Iron Curtain: 8pm, Anacortes Community Theatre Space Trek: 8pm, Upfront Theatre 8 Tape: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Evil Space Trek: 10pm, Upfront Theatre MUSIC CURRENTS CURRENTS Whatcom Chorale Fundraiser: 6pm, Bellingham Golf

6 & Country Club Community Gospel Choir: 7pm, Cornwall Church

VIEWS VIEWS Faculty Recital: 8pm, Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, WWU 4 Twelve short plays and musicals can be seen during the WORDS MAIL MAIL Buddy Wakeﬁeld: 6pm, Heiner Center, WCC

The Poet as Art: 7pm, Lucia Douglas Gallery 2 Bellingham One-Act Theatre Festival happening nightly through Jessica Lohafer Book Release: 8pm, Honey Moon DO IT IT DO DO IT 2 March 3 at the Bellingham Theatre Guild GET OUT Nature Babies: 9:30-11am, Interurban Trail .12 22 2 ) . 4[02.yy.12] Feb. 25, Pickford Film Center, Fairhaven College, The Diary of Anne Frank: 7:30pm, Claire vg [02. .12] and beyond Thomas Theatre, Lynden ./0- 4 y|

.07 02. ONSTAGE Iron Curtain: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community ONSTAGE

08 WORDS # One-Act Theatre Festival: 7pm, Bellingham Theatre The Diary of Anne Frank: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas Elizabeth George: 4pm, Academic West, WWU Theatre Guild Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Theatre, Lynden Vagina Memoirs: 7pm, Viking Union Multipurpose Tape: 8pm, iDiOM Theater One-Act Theatre Festival: 7pm, Bellingham Theatre Room, WWU /#0-. 4[02.yz.12] Upfront Film Festival: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Guild The Fantasticks: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre MUSIC Vagina Memoirs: 7pm, Performing Arts Center Con- Comedy Competition Finals: 8pm, Poppe’s Bistro ONSTAGE cert Hall, WWU Johnson, Miller, Dermody: 7:30pm, YWCA & Lounge Kenya Safari Acrobats: 10am and 12:15pm, Mount 1PLFt$IBUt'SJFOE 7pm, Bellingham Children’s

CASCADIA WEEKLY Ballroom Baker Theatre Theatre DANCE Wind Symphony Concert: 8pm, Performing Arts One-Act Theatre Festival: 7pm, Bellingham Once Upon a Mattress: 7pm, Judson Hall, Lynden 2 Washington’s Birthday Ball: 6-9pm, Broadway Center Concert Hall, WWU Theatre Guild The Fantasticks: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre Hall Vagina Memoirs: 7pm, Viking Union Multipurpose WORDS William’s Window: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount FILM Room, WWU Elizabeth George: 7:30pm, Syre Theatre, WCC Vernon Bellingham Human Rights Film Fest: Through The Fantasticks: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre

Into the Woods: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Iron Curtain: 8pm, Anacortes Community Theatre 34 Space Trek: 8pm, Upfront Theatre FOOD Tape: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Evil Space Trek: 10pm, Upfront Theatre

DANCE brandywine 28 Contra Dance: 7-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library Shimmer: 7pm, Whatcom Museum’s Light-

kitchen B-BOARD catcher Building “From Seed to Plate”

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FOOD FILM Community Meal: 10am-12pm, United Church of Ferndale 20 Washington Beer Open House: 12-5pm, Boundary Bay Brewery, Chuckanut Brewery & 1317 commercial st MUSIC Kitchen 360.734.1071

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Once Upon a Mattress: 2pm, Judson Hall, 13 Lynden Into the Woods: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount WORDS Vernon

DANCE 8 Shimmer: 2pm, Whatcom Museum’s Light- catcher Building CURRENTS CURRENTS MUSIC Organ Society Concert: 3pm, Mount Baker 6 Theatre

Art of Jazz: 4-6:30pm, Amadeus Project VIEWS

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Open Mic: 7pm, Village Books .07 02. 08 Poetrynight: 8:30pm, Amadeus Project # VISUAL ARTS Whatcom Art Guild Meeting: 7pm, Fairhaven Library

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DO IT IT DO Leaving land undeveloped is essentially a SWCT Bellingham. City residents are paying the county 33: This Modern World, Tom the Dancing Bug project, which eliminates impervious surface, for stormwater control, and getting ﬁve cents of and allows undisturbed vegetative growth to ab- beneﬁts for every dollar paid. The City Council .12 34: Brown Lantern brunch the 22 stars align 2012 sorb and treat stormwater. should consider legal action to force the County P.24

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hold a public hearing about a rezone pro- Win Your Share Of

posal called Padden Trails Development. 34 This proposal requests rezone of 113 acres between Padden Lake Park, Padden FOOD Creek, and Interstate-5. The developers propose more than doubling the allow- 28 able density. This proposal is opposed by the Samish

, B-BOARD Neighborhood Association and all neigh- $50 000 boring associations. It goes against the stated goal of the city to provide inﬁll near the urban core, where infrastructure Now Through March 17! 24

is in place. This project would overburden FILM our stretched-thin resources. The waterfront development is the 20 classic example of where infill should be directed. This proposal, toward the edge MUSIC of the city, would strain police and fire departments. It is an area that is steep 18 and riddled with springs, wetlands and aquifers. Padden Creek, a recovering ART salmon habitat, runs through it. There is no meaningful public transportation 16 available. It would almost certainly be STAGE STAGE financially negative for the city. *HWOXFN\DW1RRNVDFN5LYHU&DVLQR*HWOXFN\DW1R This is a classic case of us being able )HEUXDU\WKURXJK0DUFK)HEUXDU\WKUR to support smart growth by just saying 14 no. There is absolutely no reason to sup-

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FROM THE ANNALS OF CHUTZPAH: What a difference

34 34 a single new, reasonable voice can make on Whatcom County Council! FOOD Pete Kremen helped roll back a Council decision views to open 280 acres in the South Fork Valley to gravel OPINIONS THE GRISTLE mining—a harsh, extractive industry residents say 28 would scar their rural farming community. With his vote, the zoning change failed 3-3.

B-BOARD Council member Ken Mann chose to recuse himself, after the attorney for Nor’west Concrete, the Burl- ington company that requested the zoning change, BY MATT KROGH 24 claimed Mann and Kremen should not vote on the

FILM FILM matter, having earlier indicated how they would vote on the quasi-judicial decision. But here’s the key takeaway: everyone had earlier indicated how they 20 A Sinister Left Turn would vote on the matter when the zoning change

MUSIC ﬁrst came before council last fall. Kremen, then TANKERS AND BULKERS THREATEN SALISH SEA county executive, found their mixed approval ﬂawed

18 and suggested he might consider a veto. Yet gravel WITH THE current levels of Not just a little ballast, either. The industry attorney Lesa Starkenburg-Kroontje asked marine vessel traffic in the Salish big bulkers have as much as 17 million ART ART that only those who publicly had indicated they op- Sea, it’s just a matter of time before gallons on board. While in theory they posed the change should recuse themselves. we—along with salmon, orcas, fish- are required to exchange that ballast 16 Starkenburg, Mann explained, “questioned my eligi- eries and the tourist industry—face water offshore, the reality is they get bility to vote on the mineral resource land expansion. a catastrophic oil spill. Vancouver is a pass for bad weather and have very STAGE STAGE I was deeply offended by that tactic,” he said, “but Canada’s busiest container port and little inspection. her claims may have had some technical validity. greater Seattle America’s third busi- Why does ballast water matter? Be- 14 “Because I did not want to jeopardize the county by est; combined with other bulk and posed new dock in the Cherry Point cause it’s infested with invasive spe- exposing us to yet another time-consuming and mon- tanker traffic, they make the Strait of Aquatic Reserve, the Gateway Pacific cies and viruses with the potential

GET OUT ey-wasting lawsuit, and because I have respect for my Juan de Fuca one of the busiest wa- Terminal (GPT). Would GPT’s 487 bulk to wipe out our Salish Sea fisheries, council colleagues and the county taxpayers, I recused terways in North America. carriers a year share Rosario Strait shellfish and finfish alike. myself from the discussion and the vote,” Mann said, Now there are two proposals on the with more than 700 tankers currently We have a real problem on our hands 13 adding, “I calculated that my vote was irrelevant, they books that will increase the chance of transiting to Cherry Point? Or would already, even without more bulkers needed four affirmative votes to pass it.” that oil spill happening sooner. These they pop over and play international hauling coal and expansion of tar WORDS Kremen was also deeply offended by Starkenburg’s proposals will invite more oil tankers “Frogger” with Canadian traffic in sands tanker traffic. According to the tactics, but refused to recuse himself, declaring her and the world’s largest bulk carriers Haro? No one knows. Department of Ecology, “more than 8 claims against him had no merit. He characterized to come up the Strait of Juan de Fuca Even scarier, bulkers have the 15 billion gallons of oil are shipped her attempts to meet with him privately on the mat- and turn left up the narrow passages worst safety record of any commer- annually through Washington state ter when he was county executive as “entrapment.” that bracket the San Juans, Haro Strait cial vessels on the high seas. They waters.... Unlike the Gulf spill, a ma- CURRENTS CURRENTS “I never made any view known until after the com- on the west and Rosario Strait on the 6 6 pleted public process,” Kremen explained. “Although east. (A marine chart is helpful. Note The cost to us for one oil spill, in the state a clever legal tactic, I’m not going to buy it.” the shallow rocks in Rosario and the VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS A good attorney will of course employ many clever tight turn at Turn Point in Haro.) of Washington, would be $10.8 billion and tactics on behalf of her client, but Starkenburg has The first proposal is to more than 4 potential conflicts of interest in a class of her own. double the capacity of the Kinder- 165,000 jobs impacted

MAIL MAIL The county, after all, is also her client. Morgan pipeline that currently pipes

County Council authorized a payment of $40,000 Alberta tar sands crude to Vancouver. are prone to catastrophic failure— jor spill in Washington waters would 2 to have Starkenburg help prepare a legal defense of In 2010, about 100 tankers called on some call it “sinking”—and are of- likely reach its shores in hours or min-

DO IT IT DO the Rural Element of the county’s comprehensive plan Vancouver to load tar sands crude; that ten undermanned. utes instead of days.”

when the plan went in front of the Washington Growth number is expected to nearly triple if Unlike tankers, bulkers are single Ecology goes further and estimates Management Hearings Board last summer. Council’s British Columbia permits a twin to the hulled, aren’t required to have an escort that “such a spill could cost our econ- .12

22 legal counsel, Karen Frakes, admitted Starkenburg existing pipeline. Each of those tank- tug, and are double the size of tank- omy $10.8 billion and impact 165,000 was well qualified to craft a defense of a plan that ers transits Haro Strait, a key local ers allowed past Port Angeles. Worse? jobs.” That’s right: the cost to us for so favored build-out that the horrified board ruled it residence of the endangered Southern The big bulkers carry, right up against one oil spill, in the state of Wash- .07 02. invalid and in violation of state law. Resident orcas (J, K, and L pods). Ac- the hull, as much as 2 million gallons of ington, would be $10.8 billion and 08 # Let’s unpack that. cording to the federal marine research bunker fuel (aka toxic sludge) for pro- 165,000 jobs impacted. In 2010, County Council met in a semi-private agency NOAA, “Of all the threats posed pulsion, more than some small tankers $10.8 billion, 165,000 jobs, J, K, meeting with development attorneys, ostensibly to to orca whales in the [Puget Sound] re- carry as cargo. A recent study has shown and L pods, all from one oil spill. settle pending lawsuits. In practice, the decision gion, the threat of a major oil spill is that herring, the base of the food chain Those aren’t risks I’m willing to take meant council could make substantial wholesale revi- the single greatest risk to the species. in the Salish Sea, are acutely sensitive for profits for SSA Marine, Peabody sions to the Rural Element entirely favorable to pri- Such a spill could easily eliminate our to contaminants in bunker fuel, even Coal, Burlington Northern, and Gold-

CASCADIA WEEKLYvate development interests without docketing those resident orca populations.” many years after a spill. man Sachs. Are you? changes in a public meeting. Framed in the context The second proposal you already But that’s not all. Bulkers, unlike 6 of legal settlements, most of the council’s ﬂimﬂam know about: shipping 48 million oil tankers, arrive empty, meaning Matt Krogh is the North Sound Bay- could be concealed in closed executive session, tons of coal (and maybe someday 6 they needed to take on ballast water keeper at RE Sources for Sustainable where they could quickly unwind work created from million tons of “other”) out of a pro- in the port they came from (China?). Communities hundreds of hours of open testimony and process in front of previous councils and planning commission- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE &RPPXQLW\_(GXFDWLRQ_6XVWDLQDELOLW\

ers, the closest thing to a back-room deal permissible by law. FREE WORKSHOPS 34 Their product was an outrageously unsupportable document—scoffed at DESIGNING & PLANTING AN FOOD by planners and planning commission- Hero Sandwiches EDIBLE LANDSCAPE ers alike—and certainly one not pro- 28 tective of the public’s interest in open Organic Espresso FEB. 25 10:30-NOON government and democratic process or Our Garden Cabbages GROWING FRUIT: ESPALIER one protective of the public’s interest in B-BOARD intelligent land-use planning. No, it was Dozens of Cheeses MARCH 3 10:30-NOON speciﬁcally designed to enrich crony in- Local Leg of Lamb GROWING GRAPES 24 terests. To defend this ruinous mess, Vitamins & Nutrients MARCH 3 1:30-3:00PM

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15 13 Starkenburg, these public employees ««iÌâiÀ]Ê-Õ«ÊÀÊ->>`]Ê iÃÃiÀÌ do not have the luxury of operating in the intersection of public and private WORDS interests. Their duty is clear: To uphold Now Offering Ravioli, Gnocchi & Veal Créme Brulee made In-House 8 the laws of the State of Washington /FX%FTTFSU0QUJPOTt and—damn it—the democratic interests of the citizens of Whatcom County. *Offer valid 7 days a week (holidays excluded) For additional offers visit www.granaio.com CURRENTS CURRENTS Their job is to prevent lawbreaking, not CALL FOR RESERVATIONS 6 to facilitate (or even tolerate) it. Lunch hours 360.419.0674 6 Who was present, who had stand- 11am–3pm WWW.GRANAIO.COM VIEWS VIEWS ing, at County Council’s evening ses- Dinner hours [email protected] VIEWS sion to declare the conceptual oppo- 3pm–10pm

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Acme and in this quasi-judicial deci- IT DO sion needed, like Mann, to stand down? Who was present, who had standing, to .12

question the conceptual opposite of 22 Kremen’s complaint, and demand that all ex parte communications be disclosed that might indicate the favor- .07 02. 08 able bias of certain council members? # Ignoring the slippery slope nonsense of disqualifying from voting all who’ve in some fashion previously disclosed their opinions in an open, representative democracy, that person would have

been the council’s legal counsel, Karen CASCADIA WEEKLY Frakes, impartial representative of the public’s interest in fair outcomes. Not 7 much helpful guidance there. Kremen was right for scofﬁng at the reasoning; Mann was right for walking away from it, disarming the bomb. Leo Kottke C

34 34 FOOD currents 28 NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX B-BOARD 24 FILM FILM 20 MUSIC 18 ART ART 16 STAGE STAGE 14 GET OUT 13 WORDS 8 8 CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 6 VIEWS VIEWS PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE PORT OF BELLINGHAM 4

MAIL MAIL to redevelop 220 acres of inactive industrial

waterfront property. The result could be a 2 revitalized waterfront and a centerpiece for

DO IT IT DO downtown Bellingham. Mission: Ac t i v i t y sl ow e d on t h e w a t e r f r on t a s a g r e e - ments between the city and port stalled. .12

22 Elected ofﬁcials reassessed their priorities. Work continued, however, Stoner said, as the port continued to line up its funding for .07 02. environmental cleanup. The Dept. of Ecology 08 # Demolition kickstarted work, as the state environmental WHAT’S HAPPENING EXPLOSIONS ROCKED Bellingham’s waterfront last week, but they were agency authorized several near-term actions planned and anticipated. that form the center of recent activity. ON BELLINGHAM’S The 93-foot red brick building that formerly housed bleaching operations for the That activity has several moving parts. Georgia-Paciﬁc West tissue mill came crashing to the ground in sections, each peeled One part involves the dredging of Squali- WATERFRONT away by heavy machinery. The demolition was perhaps the most dramatic transforma- cum harbor and dewatering those materials

CASCADIA WEEKLY BY TIM JOHNSON tion in recent weeks of high-paced activity along Whatcom Waterway. on the old Georgia-Pacific pier. Dredged ma- “We’ve gained momentum, both in the cleanup and clearing the ground for future re- terials are dried and trucked to an area south 8 PHOTOS BY MARIE DUCKWORTH development,” Mike Stoner said. Stoner is the director of environmental programs for the of the mill site, an area south of Cornwall Port of Bellingham. “We have a Master Plan that is still working its way through the city Avenue that used to be a municipal landfill. and port processes, but there’s still a lot we can do while that is happening. The port and Dredged soils cover contaminated soils. city are trying to do the work that we can while the master planning moves forward.” A second part includes the demolition of The port authority intends to work with the City of Bellingham and state agencies certain buildings to prepare the waterfront *)./-0/$*) Unrelated to demolition and explosion and fire on the that works off a barge that cleanup, the port’s newest ten- Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, allows more efficient and re- ant has additionally increased releasing 4.9 million barrels sponsive action to an offshore 34 activity on the waterfront. of petroleum from the rig’s spill,” Stoner noted. “Greenberry is building an wellhead. They’re got about 100 people FOOD oil spill response barge, a type “For work on Alaska’s North working in Whatcom County, that came on line after the oil Slope, there is a new require- some at their Ferndale facil-

spill in the Gulf of Mexico,” ment for oil spill response ity, some on Bellingham’s 28 Stoner explained. That spill capability, so these guys have waterfront. resulted from the April, 2010, designed a piece of equipment B-BOARD

site for eventual redevelopment. The comprehensive environmental study of and be deposited in this plume area. to a staging area on the old Georgia Pa- 24

work is being done by Scrap-It Recycling the entire site, their remedial investiga- Cleanup of the caustic plume area cific property, where wet material is de- FILM Services, a division of Parberry, a com- tion, followed by an analysis of cleanup may be technically challenging, Stoner watered. From there, material will then pany based in Whatcom County. options. The work is controlled by a predicted. be transported to the Cornwall Avenue 20 A third piece is the environmental 2009 legal agreement, called an agreed “The Bunker C cleanup is really a Landfill and placed as beneficial reuse cleanup of a few areas of contained con- order, between the Port of Bellingham pretty straightforward, standard prod- on the cleanup site. Stoner said the MUSIC taminants. The work is being overseen and the Dept. of Ecology. uct cleanup,” he said. “It tends to be dredging portion must be completed by by the state Dept. of Ecology. Of particular concern for early action rather easy, as the product doesn’t the end of the month to accommodate 18 While all this is going on, the port were two sites with mobile materials tend to migrate very far in the soil. fish spawning cycles. has a new tenant at their shipping ter- near Whatcom Waterway. Ecology saw Whereas in the caustic plume area, we “A lot of people have noted vacant ART minal constructing a barge. Greenberry an opportunity to remedy those sites, will take out the old mercury cell build- docks out at Gate 3 for several years,” Industrial of Corvallis, Ore., has bought according to Brian Sato, Ecology’s site ing. There’s a few mercury hot spots. Stoner said. “Those docks have been 16 a 42,000-square-foot facility in Ferndale manager. These actions are considered They’re isolated, but there are areas in essentially condemned. We finally got STAGE STAGE and is in negotiations with the Port of “interim” because they are limited in the ground where we have high concen- the funding and permitting in place to Bellingham to lease 45,000 square feet scope and do not involve the entire site, trations of mercury we need to be very take out the old docks, that allows us to of space on the Bellingham waterfront. he explained. careful with. It has to be managed with dredge that area back down to necessary 14 The company recently landed a major Contractors for the port have complet- careful procedures, with Ecology lead- navigation depths for the marina. That

contract to build modules for a safety ed the first phase of an interim cleanup ing every step of the way.” includes 30,000 to 40,000 cubic yards GET OUT response ship that will act as a fire en- action at the site. In December, work- Sato agreed there are a few areas of of dredge material from that area. It’s gine during offshore Alaska drilling. ers removed an estimated 8,000 tons of particular concern. material we can use as the basic cap ma- “There are about 50 people working petroleum-contaminated soil and debris “I would say," he commented dryly as terial to cover the Cornwall Avenue land- 13 on-site right now doing cleanup and from an area called the Bunker C tank he explained the interim action last sum- fill. it’s the right consistency, the right building demolition,” Stoner explained. area at the northeast end of the site. mer, “in one or two areas we may have grain size and it has been thoroughly WORDS “There’s probably another 40 or 50 em- The bunker contained a heavy fuel oil concentrations of elemental mercury ap- tested and will work well there.” 8 8 ployed by Greenberry. Those are really Georgia-Pacific used in some of their in- proaching one million parts per million.” The total cost of the Gate 3 replace- terrific jobs in this economy.” dustrial operations. Stoner said the agencies expected no ment project is approximately $8.4 “We’ve completed the Bunker C cleanup. surprises, but were prepared. million, which includes construction, CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS REMEDIAL It went very smoothly. We got that dug out “There are a couple of different things dredging and engineering. The cost for

ENVIRONMENTAL and backﬁlled,” Stoner explained. “The you run into when you do these kinds this project has been funded through 6 ACTIONS way these kinds of bunkers were built in of projects,” Stoner explained. “We do a the issuance of a revenue bond that will

The action really began when the state the ‘good old days,’ they wouldn’t seal the remedial investigation, really searching be paid back by moorage fees. VIEWS Dept. of Ecology proposed several inter- bottoms on Bunker C tanks because the hard for where the legacy contamina- “What you’re seeing on the GP site 4 im actions on the central waterfront. petroleum product is so thick you have tion is in the ground and groundwater. right now is mostly a containment area

This cleanup phase will cost about to heat it to move it. But it does move, Those investigations tends to be very for all that material, because it is really MAIL $1 million, with about half that cost slowly, so these days you need to go in thorough, so no surprises when it comes a soupy, pudding-like material when you reimbursed by the state. The state’s and clean up that saturated ground.” to digging in contaminated ground at dredge it,” Stoner said. “They amend the 2

remedial action grant program helps Stoner explained that the site was this point. What you do ﬁnd, however, material, drying it out by adding about IT DO pay to clean up publicly owned sites. well contained. are what tend to be old buried industrial 5 percent cement to the mixture. They The state Legislature funds the grant “You’d take a bucket scoop down the infrastructure—pipes, tanks. have something called a pugmill that .12

program with revenues from a voter- side of where the tank was,” he said. “We try to map those,” Stoner said. “We blends in dry cement to dry out the 22 approved tax on hazardous substances “One side of the bucket would be bunker have protocols in place so that when a soil.” known as the Mobile Toxics Control Act fuel product and the other side would be backhoe bucket uncovers something we The pugmill is a fast, continuous mix-

(MTCA). The program is similar in con- essentially clean sand.” have procedures in place to respond to er in the shape of a tower. .07 02. 08 cept to the federal Superfund. In the spring of 2012, crews will com- it.” he said. Some of the material may also be used # “We’re under consent decrees and plete the second phase of work. During by the City of Bellingham when they be- agreed orders with the Dept, of Ecology that phase, workers will remove an esti- DREDGING gin to remediate the old RG Haley prop- to work on six different MTCA sites down mated 400 to 500 tons of mercury-con- Work began in 2011 on the port’s Gate erty, an area near—but distinct from— on the waterfront,” Stoner explained. taminated soil and debris, and demolish 3 project at Squalicum Harbor. The work the port’s work at the Cornwall Avenue “The process takes a really long time. a building that contains contaminated includes dredging approximately 40,000 landﬁll.

What we’ve been doing in the meantime materials in what is called the caustic cubic yards of sediment to increase the “Both the city and the port are signed CASCADIA WEEKLY is finding areas where we can carve out plume area at the west end of the site. depth in an underused mooring area fol- up for the agreed order on the Cornwall what Ecology calls ‘interim actions.’ If an Georgia-Pacific used mercury to sepa- lowed by dock and pier improvements. landfill” Stoner explained. “But by inter- 9 opportunity arises or there is a reason to rate seawater into elements that could Contractors are removing sediment local agreement the port is in the lead take early action, then we can do that be used in their bleaching and other from the harbor floor with a barge-crane on that project, whereas on the RG Ha- under MTCA interim actions.” industrial processes. Elemental mercury equipped with a large bucket, Stoner ley property, the city is in the lead.” The port is continuing to develop a and associated compounds would escape explained. The sediment is then hauled DEMOLITION, CONTINUED ON 10 DEMOLITION, FROM PAGE 9 nected,” Stoner said. “Many people per- and two or three of those big tanks to “That will also give the citizens an op- ceive there’s just one unbroken wall of complement the tiled tanks within what portunity to know how they can weigh buildings. Those buildings were the pulp we call the ’commercial green,’ the public in and understand what we are starting

Linville said the city working with screening room, and the pulp storage park planned to go through the center of with,” Linville said.

34 34 Ecology to assess the levels of cleanup building. The building being taken down the site.” “We are working together, the port necessary for the RG Haley property. At this week is the bleach plant.” and the city. We are reviewing the docu- FOOD the same time, the city is working to put Contractors with Scrap-It have been WHERE’S THE ments. We will brief the council, and funding in place for the work required carefully taking apart these buildings, MASTER PLAN? then we will get that subarea plan to there, she said. many of which are made of potentially Despite the ﬂurry of cleaning and the planning commission,” she added, 28 valuable materials that may see reuse. site preparation, important agreements expressing her hope they might come be- DEMOLITION “In our initial environmental impact remain unsigned between the Port of fore the planning commission as early as B-BOARD Bellingham was treated to a dramatic statement, we did an assessment of each Bellingham and the City of Bellingham, this summer. sight in June, when crews took down the of these buildings, looking for opportu- including a master plan that will lay “The master plan is a big, complicated old Georgia-Paciﬁc steam plant and asso- nities for adaptive reuse,” Stoner said. out where work should begin and how proposal,” Stoner agreed. “What we found 24 ciated smokestack adjacent to Whatcom “We took a serious look at the remain- it should proceed. The master plan and is we put forward the draft plan and re-

FILM FILM Waterway. Workers toppled the deterio- ing buildings. Unfortunately, very few development agreements have been slow viewed it with the Waterfront Advisory to emerge and remain unsigned, a delay Group. It was the second round of docu- Mayor Linville has pledged she will end. ments that have turned into much more 20 “The way these kinds of bunkers were built in the “The port and the city have goals to take of a grind than we anticipated.”

MUSIC ‘good old days,’ they wouldn’t seal the bottoms on important steps this year,” she said. One of them, he said, is a planned ac- Some erosion of energy had oc- tion ordinance, which is a way of doing

18 Bunker C tanks because the petroleum product is so curred as the city and port differed on a more comprehensive environmental the scale and staging of early action review up front rather than project-by- ART ART thick you have to heat it to move it. But it does move, projects, particularly on Bellingham’s project. Central Avenue. The roadway over the “It’s been done in a number of com- 16 slowly, so these days you need to go in and clean up waterway must be reinforced for heavy munities throughout the state, but equipment, but city ofﬁcials were re- Bellingham has never done it. So this STAGE STAGE that saturated ground.” luctant to approve the improvements is something the city wanted to take a — MIKE STONER, DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL without formal agreements between the careful look at,” Stoner said, noting that 14 PROGRAMS FOR THE PORT OF BELLINGHAM city and port authority. the mayor’s ofﬁce had hired a consultant “The project team has always been on who had managed similar planned action

GET OUT the same page on improvements to Cen- ordinances in Seattle. rating stack with a piece of heavy equip- of them are the kinds of buildings that tral Avenue,” Stoner explained. “To us it “The expectation is that later on this ment after securing it with cables to con- readily lend themselves to adaptive re- always made sense that the city would spring we will have the full package of 13 trol its fall. Georgia-Paciﬁc contracted use. They’re not like an old Carnegie li- move forward and rebuild Central Avenue documents ready to go forward,” Stoner the work after the City of Bellingham is- brary or school.” on that existing pier because we need it, said. Some documents go to the plan- WORDS sued a permit for the demolition. The tallest building remaining on the initially, as a heavy-haul truck access. It ning commission. Some are provided “When the port and city negotiated the site is GP’s old digester, used for pulping was ultimately planned to afterward be to them for perspective. The planning 8 8 property transaction, what we ended up operations. The port plans to save some converted to a public access walkway commission’s main focus will be on the negotiating who would be responsible for portion of that to offset the tiled tanks. after permanent roads are constructed actual master plan document that we what buildings,” Stoner explained. “GP was “We’re hoping to preserve some of the elsewhere on the site.” published with the city back in Septem- CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS responsible for taking down the entire tis- history of the site by keeping some of Several City Council members want to ber 2010.”

6 sue mill. They took down the steam plan those tanks and structures,” Stoner ex- better understand the broad agreements Following that, Stoner said he ex- and the smokestack last year. plained. between the city and port before com- pects a few preliminary planning ses- VIEWS VIEWS “That was on their side of the ledger. “What we’re proposing right now is that mitting to action. sions between Port of Bellingham com- The remaining structures on site are the we take most of the digester down but we “This has taken a lot longer than we’d missioners and Bellingham City Council 4 port’s responsibility,” he said. preserve some of the eye-catching pieces hoped,” Stoner admitted. The port had members, culminating in ﬁnal binding

MAIL MAIL The port continued the demolition in- of it that are inside,” he said. “Inside that expected these agreements would come agreements.

land. The port intends to leave two large structure is a big steel armature where before the Bellingham Planning Commis- “I think people are ready,” Linville 2 tiled tanks on the site in what the agen- they hung equipment. Within that arma- sion last year. said. “Going to the planning commis-

DO IT IT DO cy refers to as “robust industrial icons,” ture are nine tall vertical tanks, which Mayor Linville said she and Port Execu- sion is the ﬁrst step, not the last step.

Stoner said. Other artifacts of the city’s were the digester tanks. Some have that tive Director Charlie Sheldon have agreed I am interested in moving forward, but long history as a milltown may also re- old 1930s Flash Gordon kind of riveting. to hold a joint meeting between City we are not going to push anything for- .12

22 main, he said. “There’s a round steel acid tank that Council and the Bellingham Port Com- ward without adequate discussion. We “What you’re seeing right now is the we’ve saved as well,” Stoner continued. mission “to bring the whole group up to need to agree, and put our agreements demolition and removal of three sepa- “What we’re proposing s to take down the speed prior to giving those documents to right up front. And then we can start .07 02. rate buildings that are all loosely con- building but leave that steel armature the planning commission. doing something exciting.” 08 #

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T FEB14-21 MUSIC s 18 ART ART 16 STAGE STAGE 02.x{.12 14 President Barack Obama toured Boeing’s aircraft plant in Everett Friday, part of a three-day trip to the West Coast that included a number of TUESDAY fundraisers. Obama praised the American economy and pledged additional measures to help U.S. companies compete overseas.

Whatcom County Council changes direction and rejects a plan to GET OUT open rural lands to gravel mining. The zoning change would have created a mineral resource lands designation on 280 acres in the

02.y.12 13 South Fork Valley. Council voted three in favor, three against. Ken Mann abstained. MONDAY Flotsam from a tsunami in Japan last March WORDS All seven school districts in the county pass their levies in the may have finally reached Washington’s shores. 8 8 special election. Bellingham, Mount Baker, and Nooksack Valley voters The Peninsula Daily News reports a black float approved two levies each for their school districts that would cover about the size of a barrel found near Neah Bay maintenance and operations, technology and education programs. was confirmed by Japanese authorities as a type CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS Ferndale, Lynden and Meridian also got voter approval for maintenance used at oyster farms in Japan. While the object’s and operations levies. Voters also approve a $3 million bond for Blaine origins cannot be confirmed scientists say tons 6 School District, in part to remodel the high school science building. of wreckage is circulating in the Pacific, edging

Fire crews contain a dramatic blaze that broke out Friday at the BP toward the West Coast. VIEWS Generous voters also pass a sales tax increase in Ferndale for road Cherry Point refinery near Blaine. The blaze began at the state’s 4 improvements. Ferndale's sales tax increase of 0.2 percent for road largest oil refinery, sending up towering flames and creating a thick plume of black smoke visible for miles. No one was injured in the 02.yx.12 repairs will add 20 cents to the cost of a $100 purchase and collect fire. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. MAIL an estimated $300,000 per year over 10 years. TUESDAY

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Herald reports firefighters rescue a worker sur- es. Board members say Bob Ferris left the orga- IT DO 02.x.12 rounded by flames at the top of a silo at the nization as executive director to pursue other SUNDAY facility. He was treated for smoke inhalation. opportunities. Crina Hoyer will take on the en- .12

Two days after a dramatic blaze at the BP Cherry Point Refinery, an A smaller fire in a milk dryer earlier in the week vironmental advocacy group's management and 22 explosion and fire rocks Lynden’s Darigold Milk Plant. The Bellingham may have sparked the larger blaze. leadership responsibilities. .07 02. 08 # Can you survive a divorce? Let me help you. s(OUSEHOLD Quality Household Furnishings Attorney Lauren E. Trent s&URNITURE CASCADIA WEEKLY #ONSIGNBY!PPOINTMENT Divorce / Dissolution of Marriage • Child Custody • Parenting s/UTDOOR 11 Plans • Support Orders – Protection Orders s#OLLECTIBLES 360-650-1177 The Lustick Law Firm Bellingham – Mount Vernon s!NTIQUES #ORNWALL!VENUEs"ELLINGHAM 7! (360) 685-4221 www.Lustick.com s!RT-ORE AM PM -ONDAYTHROUGH3ATURDAY index On Feb. 2, a woman became enraged be-

FUZZ cause she was charged a $2 fee for an 34 34 oversized package. “She was so disrup- tive and vile that the fee was waived and

FOOD BUZZ she was ordered to leave the business and never return,” Blaine Police reported. ”An CUCKOO FOR ofﬁcer contacted the woman by phone to 28 COCOA PUFFS make certain she understood that she On Feb. 13, lawyers debated whether a had been permanently trespassed from

B-BOARD woman charged with aggravated murder the premises by management.” should have access to Cocoa Puffs and other snacks while awaiting trial in the SPOOK LIGHTS 24 county jail in Everett. A two-hour hear- On Jan. 24, a Mount Vernon resident re-

FILM FILM ing was held on motions ﬁled by lawyers ported seeing an ultra-bright ﬂash of light for the woman, who is denied access to similar to one reported in Bellingham a the jail commissary because of serious week previously. “I had stepped outside, 20 charges against her and her male partner sometime between 10 and 11pm, because

MUSIC in a possible death penalty case involv- my dogs were barking and I thought it ing multiple homicides in two states. might be coyotes near my house again,”

18 the observer reported. “I suddenly saw a FACEBOOK FUGITIVE very rapid, ultra-bright flash in the sky ART ART On Feb. 17, the Whatcom County Sher- to the immediate south of my house. The iff’s Office placed a notice on the WCSO flash did not appear to be lightning, but I 16 Facebook page that they were seeking waited for over half an hour for the sound information on a fugitive with a history of thunder, as would follow had it actually STAGE STAGE of violence. Deputies sought information been, and never heard a thing,” the ob- on the fugitive but warned readers not server reported. “I was going to keep this 14 to approach him. A few minutes later, an incident to myself until I realized I wasn't amateur armchair detective and Facebook alone in such a sighting.”

GET OUT fan announced she’d located him, already in custody, on the Snohomish County jail BUZZKILL roster, an online resource deputies ad- On Feb. 2, a Blaine homeowner called 13 mitted they might’ve checked earlier. police for assistance in locating a persis- tent and obnoxious buzzing noise inside WORDS SNAKE BITES BEAVER her house. “Together they were able to On Feb. 16, Bellingham Police arrested a narrow the list of potential culprits down 8 8 21-year-old man after he exposed his pri- to a single misbehaving appliance,” po- vate parts through the overlarge window lice reported. ”Once again it turned out of the new Beaver Inn to all employees that the guilty party was the normally CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS and patrons. quiet one that you'd least suspect.” 6 On Feb. 15, Bellingham Police spoke to On Feb. 10, a Blaine patrol ofﬁcer found VIEWS VIEWS a 63-year-old who’d exposed himself in a note taped to the back door of the {| z} Sunnyland neighborhood. police station from a citizen, reporting 4 PERCENT of support registered for Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna versus support suspicious noises occurring at her resi- for Democrat Jay Inslee in recent Elway Poll of Washington State’s race for governor. A

MAIL MAIL On Feb. 16, Bellingham Police spoke to a dence. “A couple of mornings later the second poll, conducted by Survey USA poll for KING-TV showed McKenna up 10 points on Inslee, 49-39 percent. A Democrat has held the governor’s seat for 27 years.

man who’d photographed himself stand- resident dropped by with another let- 2 ing nude on the side of the road near ter asking for an investigation, report-

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3am,” police reported. “Two ofﬁcers BITING THE HAND responded to the complainant's home .12 |x {y

22 THAT RENDERS AID with her. Though they listened very PERCENT of support registered for President Barack Obama versus Republican challenger On Feb. 12, two Bellingham Police ofﬁ- carefully, the ofﬁcers were not able to Mitt Romney in a hypothetical general election match-up. Romney has tumbled eight points cers were assaulted when they responded hear the booming and buzzing sounds from 50 percent support among independent voters noted in January. Obama’s overall

.07 02. approval rating holds steady at 46 percent. to a domestic disturbance in York neigh- to which the victim was listening. She 08 # borhood. Police received a report a man advised she would continue to watch was violating a no-contact order, and ar- and listen for the malicious criminals rived to hear sounds of a quarrel. A wom- who are broadcasting the noise to her.” an told the ofﬁcers the man had gone, {y { but police insisted they needed to check REST IN PEACE PERCENT of Tea Party Republican voters PERCENT of Americans who think religious the residence. They found the man hid- On Feb. 9, a small boy found a mock who favor Rick Santorum as the GOP organizations should receive an exemption candidate for president. Only 23 percent of from federal rules requiring employers to

CASCADIA WEEKLY ing in a closet. The 23-year-old resisted tombstone lying on the ground near this group favor Mitt Romney. provide provide coverage for birth control arrest, prompting police to taser him. As Shuksan Middle School. The boy brought as part of their health care plans. More 12 they did so, the woman leaped at the of- the placard home to his mother. His than 44 percent 44% say religiously- ﬁcers, biting and slapping one, injuring mother called police, who learned the afﬁliated institutions should be required to the head and neck of the other. Both the placard had been stolen from Greenacres cover contraceptives like other employers. man and woman were booked into What- Funeral Home. The placard was returned com County Jail. to Greenacres. SOURCE: Elway Poll; Survey USA; Pew Research Center; Gallup doit

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Pillemer you how to live better.” of this country’s best-loved treasures sud- semm reads from his new dark its annual Gala Dinner and WHERE: Hudson With a list of questions and time to denly disappeared, never to be retrieved. comedy, Reverend America. Auction from 5-9:30pm at

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dig, he went on a “quest for wisdom” That’s what will happen to a bit of our histo- Inn & Conference Center, 714 22 by seeking out people who were 65 ry when our oldest citizens are gone, but 30 MON., FEB. 27 Lakeway Dr. Tickets are $75. years or older. He asked them for the best advice they could Lessons in Living helps in the preservation. OPEN MIC: Local writer and WWW.WOMENCARESHELTER.ORG offer on love, relationships, health, family and more. Through interviews with “experts” in life, teacher Laurel Leigh helms the .07 02.

monthly literary minded Open Mic WED. FEB. 29 08 How, for instance, did people manage to stay married for author Karl Pillemer presents a twofold gift # at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 CHERNOBYL TALK: WWU Profes- decades? to readers. First of all, there’s useable real- 11th St. sor Edward Vajda leads a talk on Marry someone a lot like you, Pillemer was told. Oppo- world advice that comes from the perspec- 671-2626 the “Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster” at 7pm at Bellingham City Council sites attract, but opposing values generally mean trouble tive of those who have survived, endured POETRYNIGHT: Read your original Chambers, 210 Lottie St. in a marriage. Get to know one another, be friends as well and thrived. Secondly, there are stories of verse at poetrynight at 8:30pm at 650-3763 as lovers, learn to communicate and forget about changing how those experts got to be where they the Amadeus Project, 1209 Corn- wall Ave. Sign-ups start at 8pm. JUSTICE SHOUT-OUT: The Social

your beloved after the wedding. That ain’t happening. are: tales of hardship, loneliness, risks and CASCADIA WEEKLY WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG Justice Committee at Bellingham Since you’ll spend four or ﬁve decades making a living, love. Together, those two facets make this Unitarian Fellowship offers an eve- choose a job for its intrinsic value and not because of sal- one book a pure delight. FEB. 28-MARCH 2 ning of humorous songs and poetry 13 ary. If you’re miserable in a job, ﬁnd another one. Take a pay And because of that, I highly recommend BOOK SALE: Attend a Book Sale at a “Shout Out for Social Justice” daily through March 2 at the Bell- at 7pm at the Bellingham Unitarian cut if you have to; it’s worth it to love your job. it for anyone who craves words of wisdom ingham Public Library, 210 Central Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St. On the other hand, don’t put your work ahead of your and comfort. If age is just a number, 30 Les- Ave. Adults and children’s books, WWW.BUF.ORG children. Spend time with them, and never allow a rift. Be sons for Living is number one. feel better about myself and my health. I don’t have the best track record when it comes to slipping on spandex and hitting the gym—and

am reluctant, at least initially, to pony up the

34 34 cash when I know I’d rather exercise away from the glare of a room full of people who are in better

FOOD G shape than I am—so I recently queried my Face- etout book family about the best way to get ﬁt on the HIKING RUNNING CYCLING SKIING cheap in Bellingham. 28 The answers I got surprised me, as it turns out many of my friends and acquaintances have put a

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working out than I have. 14 13 One advisor—a man I’ve seen transform into a lean, mean marathon machine over the years— WORDS GET OUT noted the outings Fairhaven Runners organizes throughout the week from their headquarters are 8 free, and pointed out that, once I start getting more ﬁt, I can sign up for circuit-training classes every Tuesday and Thursday at Taylor Street Dock CURRENTS CURRENTS and Boulevard Park.

6 Throughout the day, suggestions kept coming in. For example, it was pointed out that the Inter-

VIEWS VIEWS urban Trail comes without a tollbooth. It was also noted that running up and down the stairs (even 4 at home) is great aerobic exercise, and that there

MAIL MAIL are plenty of programs on YouTube and hulu that offer up ﬁtness routines without a fee.

2 “Most importantly, you have to pick stuff to do that is fun for you, and you need to have intrin- DO IT IT DO

sic motivation,” one ﬁt friend advised. “What will really hold your feet to the ﬁre when you .12

22 BY AMY KEPFERLE feel like ﬂaking?” While I don’t have the precise answer to that question yet, I do have plenty of offers to help me

.07 02. ﬁgure out what it is that will keep me interested. 08 # I’ve been invited to sign up for a 30-and-over la- The Shape of Things dies soccer team, “drag my ass” up a mountain, sign up with a friend on www.myﬁtnesspal.com, DESPERATELY SEEKING MY THIGHS carry my cast-laden coworker around town and attend water aerobics. THE LAST time I was thin, I achieved my prized size- prise that I’ve gained back all the weight I initially I’ve already started watching what I eat, so I

CASCADIA WEEKLY four status through a clever combination of starvation and lost—plus a whole lot more. figure the next step—or, according the pedometer excessive exercise. I’m not looking to attain supermodel status, but I’ve been advised to purchase, the next 10,000 14 I’m still not sure how I managed to even make it up the stairs I’ve reached an age where my extra weight and lack steps—is simply getting myself out the door and on the limited number of calories I was consuming on a daily of regular exercise is becoming an issue. In other moving in a way that quickens my heart rate, basis, but I do know that what I was doing was, in the long run, words, I don’t want to be skinny, I just want to be makes me sweat more than a little bit and doesn’t more harmful than beneficial to my body. able to keep up on hikes with my boyfriend, not make me want to head back inside before my goals Fast forward a number of years, and you’ll find it’s no sur- rely on pants with elastic waistbands and overall, are reached. Wish me luck! doit

34 34 FOOD 28 B-BOARD 24 FILM FILM 20 MUSIC

Head to La Conner for family fun Feb. 25 as part of the annual Smelt Derby, which features various 18 outdoor and indoor activities throughout the day ART ART

THURS., FEB. 23 BAY TO BAKER: Fairhaven SUN., FEB. 26 RECREATION PHOTOS: Dy- Runners staff will lead a WALKING SEATTLE: Clark 16 lan Hart and Patrick Kennedy run or walk along newly Humphrey shares tips and tales

will helm a winter recreation established and renovated from his book Walking Seattle: STAGE photo-video show at 6pm at sections of the Bay to Baker 35 Tours of the Jet City’s Parks, REI, 400 36th St. Register in Trail, Squalicum Creek Park, Landmarks, Neighborhoods and 14 advance for the free event. and Little Squalicum Park Scenic Views at 2pm at Village starting at 9am at Birchwood 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM Books, 1200 11th St. Park (on Cedarwood Ave.). WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

AVALANCHE AWARENESS: GET OUT Entry is free. The Northwest Avalanche WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS. Center offers up an Avalanche MON., FEB. 27 COM HELMET CAM TIPS: “Tips, 15

Awareness Clinic at 7:30pm at 13 Tricks and Video Clips” will Backcountry Essentials, 214 WORK PARTY: Join folks be the focus of a free clinic W. Holly St. Entry is free. from the Whatcom Land WORDS

focusin on getting the most GET OUT 543-5678 Trust for a work party from 9am-12pm at the nonproﬁt’s from your helmet cam at 6pm ADVENTURE FILMS: View

Fenton property (an impor- at REI, 400 36th St. Home- 8 Working Triumph (a working- tant wildlife habitat located town pro athlete Nick Ennen man’s ski and snowboard southeast of Blaine). See the will lead the way. Register in feature) and FreeRider (featur- website for directions. advance.

ing split board mountaineer CURRENTS WWW.WHATCOMLANDTRUST. 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM Kyle Miller) at 7pm at WWU’s ORG Fraser Hall 4. Entry to see the TUES., FEB. 28 6 SMELT RUN: As part of its adventure ﬁlms is free. SOCIAL RIDE: Join the Mt. annual Smelt Derby, attend

WWW.AS.WWU.EDU Baker Bike Club for a Social VIEWS the 15th annual La Conner FITNESS FORUM: Hiking Ride every Tuesday starting Smelt Run starting at 10am guidebook author and out- at 10am at Ferndale’s Pioneer 4 at the La Conner Middle doorsman Craig Romano leads Park. The 30- to 40-mile ride School. A two-mile Family a “Northwest on the Run” is chosen based on where MAIL Walk or Kids Dash is also Fitness Forum at 7:15pm at the riders want to regroup available. Take your fork Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th for lunch. 2 WWW.LACONNERCHAMBER. St. Entry is free. 671-6910 OR WWW.

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in a new direction WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG FIELD TRIP: Join the FRI., FEB. 24 Surfrider Foundation and THURS., MARCH 1 Last Week of .12 NATURE BABIES: Kids, adults the WWU Western Action SNOW & SPIRE: John 22 and adventurers can join Wild Coalition from 1-3pm for an Scurlock shares photos from Mediterranean Cooking Whatcom Walks for Nature “Explore the Shore” ﬁeld trip his recently published book, Babies excursions from 9:30- to Cherry Point. The event is Snow & Spire: Flights to Winter Lunch 11am every Friday in February meant to help people learn in the North Cascade Range, +VMPPIH'LMGOIR4ERMRM*SRXMRE&YVKIV .07 02. 08 on the Interurban Trail. Sug- more about the area that at 12:30pm at the Whatcom # gested donation is $5. could become the site of Museum, 121 Prospect St. Dinner WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG North America’s largest coal Suggested donation is $3. +VIIO2I[=SVO export facility. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG ;MPH1YWLVSSQ6MWSXXS SAT., FEB. 25 WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG MONGOLIA TRAVELOGUE: DONUT RIDE: At 7:30am every 1IHMXIVVERIER(MRRIVJSV8[S WONDERS OF WHATCOM: Local traveler Dave Courtis Saturday through February, As part of the Wonders of leads “A Memorable Journey &SYVVMHI meet with members of the Whatcom series, show up for in Mongolia: Gobi Desert, Mount Baker Bike Club for a CASCADIA WEEKLY a virtual “Tour of Lake Pad- Hospitable Nomads, Golden Brunch Every Saturday & Sunday “Donut Ride” of anywhere den Park” at 2:30pm at the Eagle Festival” presentation from 25 to 45 miles leaving 15 Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th from 7-9pm at the Whatcom from Kulshan Cycles, 100 E. St. Entry is free. Museum, 121 Prospect St. Chestnut St. 778-7188 Suggested donation is $3. WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG Rhododendron Cafe WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Chuckanut & Bow Hill Rd. 360-766-6667 www.rhodycafe.com doit

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34 34 WED., FEB. 22 COMEDY FINALS: Six comedians will

FOOD G compete for a $1,000 cash prize at Comedy sta e Finals @ Comedy Night starting at 8pm at THEATER DANCE PROFILES the Lakeway Inn’s Poppe’s Bistro & Lounge,

28 714 Lakeway Dr. Tickets are $12-$15. 671-1011 FEB. 22-25 B-BOARD VAGINA MEMOIRS: Western Washing- ton University students and community members will share personal memoirs 24 of survival, resistance and healing at performances of 5IF7BHJOB.FNPJST at 7pm FILM FILM Wed.-Fri. at the Viking Union Multipurpose Room and 7pm Sat. at the Performing Arts

20 Center Concert Hall. Entry is free. 650-6114

MUSIC FEB. 22-MARCH 1 THE FANTASTICKS: The third annual

18 Winter Repertory Theatre at the Mount Baker Theatre presents showings of the ART ART longest-running theatrical production in the world, 5IF'BOUBTUJDLT, with shows at 16 16 7:30pm Wed.-Sat., 2pm Sun., and 7:30pm Tues.-Wed. at the Walton Theatre, 104 N. STAGE STAGE STAGE STAGE Commercial St. Tickets to the see the musical are $10-$20 and additional showings take place through March 18.

14 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE. COM BOAT FESTIVAL: View 12 short plays GET OUT and musicals during the BOAT (Bellingham One-Act Theatre) Festival nightly at 7pm through March 3 (except Sun., Feb. 26) at 13 the Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 H St. The festival is divided into four slates of

WORDS other,” Robinson says. “I gathered two to three shows. Entry is $4 per show or BY AMY KEPFERLE $10 for a festival pass. together ensemble members who

8 WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD.COM wanted to approach the subject of technology and how it has affected THURS., FEB. 23 our interpersonal relationships, KENYAN ACROBATS: As part of the Mount CURRENTS CURRENTS Inside the Baker Theatre’s Education Program, attend and we began digging up statis- Kenya Safari Acrobats performances at

6 tics, asking friends about their 10am and 12:15pm at 104 N. Commercial St. technological experiences and re- Tickets are $5-$6.50.

VIEWS VIEWS Internet SEE IT searching the upside and downside 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE. WHAT: of online connection.” COM 4 1PLFt$IBUt'SJFOE GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the OF TECHNOLOGY AND THEATER WHEN: 7pm Fri.- Using her Viewpoints training—a Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at

MAIL MAIL Sat., Feb. 24-25 process she says is akin to “brain- the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, and 2pm Sun., POKING FRIENDS is easy on Facebook. All it requires is a storming with your body”—Robinson stick around for “The Project.” Entry is $7

2 Feb. 26 simple click of a mouse, and without leaving the sanctity of your of- and her theatrical cohorts started for the early show, $4 for the late one. WHERE: 1412 Corn- ﬁce, bedroom, kitchen nook or coffee-shop enclave, you can let that researching the phenomena last Oc- 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM DO IT IT DO

wall Ave. special someone know you’re thinking about them. COST: $12 (reser- tober. After putting the project on FEB. 23-25 In fact, for those looking to communicate in a nonverbal manner, vations recom- hold while the Bellingham Children’s TAPE: Stephen Belber’s 5BQF shows at .12 mended) 22 Facebook is the place to be. With more than 500 million active users, Theatre produced 5IF8VUDSBLFSlast 8pm Thurs.-Sat. at the iDiOM Theater, there’s a good chance at least one or more of your real-world friends INFO: 734-9999 December, they’ve been rehearsing 1418 Cornwall Ave. The play—iDiOM’s lone are hunched over their computers—or sidled up to their oh-so-intel- since January and already have a published production of the year—focuses on two former high school friends who .07 02. ligent cell phones—at any given moment, just waiting for a missive weekend of performances under their belts. meet up at a hotel room in Michigan to 08 # that will let them know someone’s thinking about them. “Many audience members have said that we give a rehash their past. Tickets are $10 ($5 on But for others, such as Bellingham Children’s Theatre founder Drue pretty balanced perspective on the amazingly wonder- Thursdays) and additional showings take Robinson, Facebook isn’t so much a necessity as it is a curiosity. As a ful things brought about by technology, as well as il- place through March 3. playwright and director who still remembers producing plays on a type- lustrating some of the horrors that can occur,” Robinson 201-5464 OR WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM writer with wadded-up ﬁrst drafts piling up behind her, she says al- says. “The show has a quirky, smart, personal melange IRON CURTAIN: View a new musical comedy dubbed *SPO$VSUBJO for the ﬁnal though she’s grateful for the many advances in modern technology, she of statistics and personal stories. We’ve had more than weekend at 7:30pm Thurs., and 8pm Fri.-

CASCADIA WEEKLY gets frustrated with having to constantly relearn things as computer a few people tell us that they’ve come away from the Sat. at the Anacortes Community Theatre, programs get upgraded and cell phones get progressively brainier. show reassessing their own relationships to their tech- 918 M Ave. Tickets are $20. 16 With her new play, 1PLFt$IBUt'SJFOE, Robinson and her Viewpoints nological devices.” WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM Theatre Ensemble troupe are exploring the good, bad and ugly sides Basically, Robinson says, 1PLFt$IBUt'SJFOE is asking FEB. 23-26 of interacting on the Internet. viewers whether they own—or are owned by—their ANNE FRANK: The Lynden Performing Arts “Ever since Facebook came into being, I have grown more and more various technological devices. The answers, she says, Guild presents performances of the real-life curious about the state of people’s personal interactions with one an- might surprise you. doit Great selection of Ales & Lagers

Full Lunch & Dinner Menu 34 34 Families Welcome FOOD Open Daily @ 11AM Best Happy Hour in the County 404 S. 3rd. Mt. Vernon Upstairs Banquet Loft www.skagitbrew.com 28 360-336-2884 To Go Orders B-BOARD 24 FILM FILM 20 MUSIC 18 ART ART Percocet, OxyContin, Heroin? 16 17

PHOTO BY MATT MCDANIEL MATT BY PHOTO Opiate Dependent - Addicted? Go where few have gone before at the ﬁnal weekend of Space Trek—and Evil Space Trek—Feb. 24-25 at STAGE STAGE STAGE STAGE the Upfront Theatre Medication assisted treatment with Buprenorphine, (Suboxone)

drama, The Diary of Anne Frank, at 7:30pm MARCH 1-3 counseling and support available for those seriously wanting recovery. 14 Thurs.-Fri. and 2pm Sat.-Sun. at the Claire WEST SIDE STORY: See the Jets and the 676-2187 ext. 134 vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St. Tickets are Sharks go at it when West Side Story opens this Call: $8-$12 and additional showings take place week with showings at 7pm Thurs.-Sat. at the Cascade Addiction Medicine & GET OUT through March 4. Ferndale High School Auditorium, 5830 Golden Catholic Community Services Recovery Center WWW.CLAIRVGTHEATRE.ORG Eagle Dr. Tickets are $7-$10 and additional 13 FEB. 24-25 showings take place through March 10. 383-9261 OR WWW.FERNDALE.WEDNET.EDU WILLIAM’S WINDOW: Shakespeare North- west and META Performing Arts team up to WORDS present “William’s Window” at 7:30pm Fri.-Sat. at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First DANCE 8 St. The show—an introduction to the Bard’s WED., FEB. 22 work—can also be seen March 3-4. Tickets are BIRTHDAY BALL: A “Washington’s Birthday $5-$10. Ball” for singles ages 55 and older will take CURRENTS WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG place from 6-9pm at Broadway Hall, 1300 SPACE TREK: The completely improvised Broadway. Cost is $30 per single or $40 per 6 space adventure show known as “Space Trek” couple and includes music by the Swing Con-

plays at 8pm every Fri.-Sat. through February nection, food and drinks. VIEWS at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, 527-9618

attendees can check out “Evil Space Trek.” 4 Tickets are $8-$10. THURS., FEB. 23

733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM FOLK DANCE: Learn Balkan, Israeli, Romani MAIL and Greek dancing with the Fourth Corner Folk Divorce is an ending, but not The End

FEB. 24-26 Dancers from 7-10pm every Thursday at the 2 ONCE UPON A MATTRESS: Lynden High Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. Suggested do- Let us help you close one chapter of your life

School students present showings of the IT DO nation is $5 (ﬁrst-time visitors and students And build the next. fairytale musical known as Once Upon a Mat- are free). tress at 7pm Fri.-Sat., and 2pm Sun. at Judson 380-0456 Collaborative Divorce Hall, 516 Main St. Tickets are $6-$8 and ad- .12 ditional showings occur March 3-6. SAT., FEB. 25 *Paternity * Child Support * Domestic Partnerships * Modifications 22

WWW.LYNDENHIGHSCHOOLDRAMA.COM CONTRA DANCE: Bellingham’s Brad n’ Steve

INTO THE WOODS: The Skagit Valley College Band will provide live music at tonight’s Contra AW FFICE OF AMELA NGLETT L O P E E PLLC .07 02. Department of Music and Theatre presents Dance from 7-10:30pm at the Fairhaven Library, 119 N. Commercial St., Ste. 1225 08 Stephen Sondheim’s magical, musical adven- 1117 12th St. Suggested donation is $8-$10. 360-738-4659 Adella Thompson # ture, Into the Woods, at 7:30pm Fri.-Sat. and WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE.ORG 2pm Sun. at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way. Tickets are $15-$25 and FEB. 25-26 additional shows happen March 3-5. SHIMMER: Kuntz and Company, in collaboration >,»=,5,=,9 WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG with the Whatcom Museum, present “Shimmer” performances at 7pm Saturday and 2pm Sunday 4,;( WED., FEB. 29 in the Lesley Dill exhibition gallery at the Light- DAMN YANKEES: The Tony Award-winning catcher Building, 250 Flora St. The performance, CASCADIA WEEKLY “musical Faust tale,” Damn Yankees, shows for which features both pro dancers and community Since 1986 in Bellingham VOLVO 17 one night only at 7:30pm at the Mount Baker members, relates to Dill’s exhibition of the same Diagnosis U Repair U Service U We Buy and Sell Volvos Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets are name. Tickets are $4-$10. New & used parts in stock U Visa, MasterCard and Discover $20-$69. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG OR WWW. >,+0+5»; 360.734.6117 KUNTZANDCOMPANY.ORG 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM rainbowautoservice.com 36=, Open Monday to Thursday, 8-6 doit UPCOMING EVENTS

34 34 WED., FEB. 22 ART SUBMISSIONS: B’ham Girls Rock

FOOD Camp is seeking art submissions for an upcoming silent art auction fundraiser. visual Submissions, which are due April 15, are open to all ages, abilities and genders.

28 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES WWW.BHAMGIRLSROCK.ORG SAT., FEB. 25 B-BOARD CRAFT TO ART: “How Craft Became Art” will be the focus of a presentation by going to go around offering people free hot Lloyd Herman at 6pm at La Conner’s 24 chocolate from a cask around his neck. Jubal Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. Admission is $5.

FILM FILM Sather and Brittany Beug made a photo booth WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM that looks like a house on ﬁre, and people will be able to pose for Polaroid photos in it. MON., FEB. 27 20 CW: What else? WAG MEETING: The Whatcom Art Guild hosts its monthly meeting from 7-9pm MB: We’ve also got a collage station where kids can MUSIC at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. create their own disaster art (don’t worry, no scis- La Conner artist Dee Doyle will lead an sors!). We’re going to have a bomb shelter area as interactive and motivational discussion 18 18 18 well, where people can recuperate. At periodic focusing on artistic journeys. Entry is free ART ART ART ART intervals, poets Elissa Ball and Kate Lebo will call and open to all. WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG on bullhorns for an emergency dance break, and 16 everybody will have to drop what they’re doing TUES., FEB. 28 and dance furiously for at least a minute. OUTDOOR PHOTO BASICS: Patrick Ken- STAGE STAGE CW: Will the art be for sale? Will it all be disaster- nedy leads an “Outdoor Photography Basics” clinic at 6pm at REI, 400 36th related? St. Register in advance for the free 14 MB: The art at Winter Commission will deﬁnitely workshop. be for sale, and it’s all disaster-related. The or- 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM

GET OUT ganizers came up with a list WED., FEB. 29 of historical disasters and ART TALK: Painter Laurie Potter leads some of the artists chose to an informal talk focusing on her current 13 do pieces based on these. display at 7pm at Chuckanut Brewery & We’ve got a mini-exhibition Kitchen, 601 W. Holly St. WORDS within the art show depict- WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERY.COM “CHANDKA STAMPEDE,” BY KAT HOUSEMAN ing artists’ interpretations

8 THURS., MARCH 1 // ) of these disasters, which HUMAN RIGHTS OPENING: As part of the WHAT: Winter 9th annual Skagit Human Rights Festival, BY AMY KEPFERLE Commission IV: range from elephant stam- attend an art opening for the Lee Mann Disaster pedes to devastating ﬁres. CURRENTS CURRENTS Exhibition at 5pm at the Skagit Valley Col- WHEN: 7pm-2am CW: Is everything created lege’s Multipurpose Room.

6 Sat., Feb. 25 (21 speciﬁcally for Winter Com- WWW.SKAGITHRF.WORDPRESS.COM and over after mission, then? Winter Commission 10:30pm) VIEWS VIEWS WHERE: Spark Mu- MB: Yes! Virtually all the art A DISASTER OF EPIC PROPORTIONS seum of Electrical made for this year’s Winter ONGOING EXHIBITS 4 Invention, 1312 Commission is tailored to ALLIED ARTS: As part of the Belling- ham Chinese Cultural Festival, 17 local MAIL MAIL DURING THE winter months, hibernation is an acceptable way of Bay St. our disaster theme. All the Chinese artists will display their works living. But as we edge closer to spring, a cadre of creative cohorts are, once COST: Suggested visual art is new, and the through Feb. 28 at Allied Arts, 1418

2 donation is $3. again, coming out of their dark dens and into the muted light. We caught INFO: www.winter singer-songwriters wrote Cornwall Ave. up with Winter Commission organizer Marie Biondolillo to ﬁnd out what this historical disaster songs WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG DO IT IT DO commission.com

seasonal offering is all about. just for this show. There AMADEUS PROJECT: Collage artist Norma CW: What’s the overall aim of this artsy extravaganza? were bands formed just for Winter Commission, Sorby will show her mixed media paintings .12 through February at the Amadeus Project,

22 MB: The goal of Winter Commission is always celebration and collaboration. as well. The films were all made specifically for 1209 Cornwall Ave. Between the 40 or so artists, the people involved in the films, the bands, Winter Commission, too. WWW.AMADEUSPROJECT.ORG the MCs, the DJs and the volunteers, we’ve probably got more than 100 CW: What do you enjoy about being part of the ANCHOR ACCESS: Schott Schuldt’s multi- .07 02. people involved. Winter Commission? disciplinary exhibition, “The Wildness 08 # CW: How did the first Winter Commission come about? MB: Winter Commission is sort of like Art Christ- Within,” will be on display until March MB: We started Winter Commission because we wanted to stay busy during mas, New Year’s Eve, and Easter all in one—you’re 24 Anchor Access, 216 Commercial Ave., the winter—to give ourselves a project to focus on, with a deadline, that celebrating your own and others’ work together, Anacortes. WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG would keep us working on art and interacting with each other, instead of you’re discovering what your friends have been ARTWOOD: “Boxes, Boxes, Boxes” can be moldering inside and drinking warm beverages. working on all winter for the first time. perused through February at Artwood, 1000 CW: What’s up with the “Disaster” theme? CW: Is there anything different about this year’s Harris Ave. 647-1628

CASCADIA WEEKLY MB: 2012 is supposed to be the year the world ends, so we thought a di- Winter Commission? saster theme would be a cheeky way to acknowledge that. In addition, MB: We’re bigger and fancier than ever. The di- DEMING LIBRARY: View paintings by 18 between all the natural, economic and political disaster afoot, this year saster theme is going to give the whole night a Michael Davenport through March 24 at the has a very apocalyptic feel. more dramatic tone. I’m not worried, though— Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. 592-2422 CW: Will there really be people dressed at St. Bernards and a ﬁre-themed if it gets too intense, you can always go lie FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the con- photo booth? down in the bomb shelter and have Steeb min- temporary folk art of RR Clark from 12-5pm MB: Gillian Myers sewed a St. Bernard costume for Steeb Russell, and he’s ister to you with hot chocolate. doit Family Law Attorney with 18 years experience Collaborative every Mon.-Fri. at the FishBoy Gallery, We Care about Your 617 Virginia St. Divorce 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY. Children’s Well-Being (360) 647-8897 34 COM Settle Your Case FOG: View a variety of works by noted [email protected] FOOD artists at the Fairhaven Originals Gal- Without Going to Court 1010 Harris Ave. #201 lery, 960 Harris Ave. Free Consultation Bellingham WWW.BELLINGHAMFOG.COM Patrick Gallery 28 GALLERY CYGNUS: “Natural & Divorce With Dignity & Mutual Respect Supernatural: Contemporary Art of

the Northwest Coast” can be viewed B-BOARD through March 25 at La Conner’s Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial St. WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM 24 GOOD EARTH: A multi-artist “Teapot

Show” can be seen through February at FILM Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM HISTORICAL MUSEUM: The Skagit 20 Valley Weavers Guild will display “Over

‘n Under” through April 29 at La Con- MUSIC ner’s Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. 4th St. 18 WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET LUCIA DOUGLAS: Works featuring ART artists Cass Nevada, Donna Watson, and

Brian O’Neill can be viewed until Feb. 16 19 25 at the Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 ART ART

13th St. STAGE WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM MONA: View “Yesterday’s Tomorrow,” a multi-artist exhibit of “old-fashioned 14 futuristic work” and “Study in Blue” through March 14 at La Conner’s Mu- project seum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. GET OUT WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG PRESENCE STUDIO: Karen Frances’

Kneaded dough 13 “The Still Movement of Truth” can be viewed through February at Presence

Studio, 1412 Cornwall Ave. 25¢ donated WORDS WWW.PRESENCE-STUDIO.COM with every loaf sold in our cafés QUILT MUSEUM: “Ten Years of Beaded 8 Quilts,” “Variations on a Theme: Downtown Sunnyland Fairhaven Wearables and Quilts,” and “Embroi- 1313 Railroad 2301 James St. 1135 11th St. dered Beauties: Old and New” are on CURRENTS CURRENTS display at the La Conner Quilt & Textile

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

SCOTT MILO: “Wetland Abstractions,” VIEWS featuring oils by Dederick Ward and

poetry by Jane Alynn, can be viewed 4 through Feb. 28 at Anacortes’ Scott

Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave. MAIL WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM

SMITH & VALLEE: The multi-artist 2 exhibition “Of Birds & Flight” shows DO IT IT DO through March 25 at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. Hours are 11am-5pm Wed.-Sun. .12

WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM 22 ST. JOSEPH: “Spring Reﬂections: A Group Show,” will be up through May 19

at the PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical .07 02.

Center. 08 # WWW.PEACEHEALTH.ORG WESTERN GALLERY: Australian artist Gosia Wlodarczak’s “Between Wander & Settlement” is on display through March 3 at WWU’s Western Gallery. WWW.WESTERNGALLERY.WWU.EDU WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Lesley Dill’s Poetic Visions: From Shimmer to Sister CASCADIA WEEKLY Gertrude Morgan,” and “A Paper Trail: Prints from the Collection” are current- 19 ly on display at the Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora St. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.COM Rumor Has It

34 34 IT'S NO SECRET to those who know me that I am occasionally confounded by the actions of FOOD musicians. I'm not talking about the way they make their music or play their shows. Rather it's music their offstage actions that often stymie me. 28 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT I am not alone in this. Nearly every person I know who runs a venue,

B-BOARD books bands or deals with musicians with regard to the nonperformance aspects of the industry has been known to express frustration with be- 24 haviors that seem to ﬂy in the face of, not just BY CAREY ROSS

FILM FILM common sense, but any kind of sense at all. On our worst days, this can be an endless source of frustration. 20 20 However, in our more-charitable moments, we

MUSIC understand with perfect clarity that practicing MUSIC Midwinter Jazz Festival and playing shows is the part into which most musicians pour 99 percent of their time and ef-

18 TRYING IT ON fort. When it comes to the rest of it—i.e. dealing ART ART with the music industry proper, be it a lowly free- 16 lance blog writer or a giant record label—mu- STAGE STAGE sicians have to fumble through, often not even

14 knowing they're making mistakes until it is too

GET OUT late to rectify them. In short, no one teaches bands how to deal 13 with the business end of BY CAREY ROSS the music business. WORDS Until now, that is. Thanks to programs like Rock 101 (which has produced its ﬁrst band, Copious 8 Solitaire, who will play a Fri., Feb. 24 show at Jinx), musically inclined kids can not only learn how to form and play in bands, but they will also CURRENTS CURRENTS get some instruction as to what to do with their

6 music once they're ready to unleash it—instruction that includes guidance as to how to deal

VIEWS VIEWS with various aspects of the music industry. That's all well and good for the kids, but what 4 PETER BERNSTEIN about adults who could use a clue or two?

MAIL MAIL That's where ASP Pop's Music Industry Con- IWILL be the ﬁrst person to admit that, when it comes to be talking about them. So, ference comes in. Recognizing that the need

2 jazz music, I’m a little out of my depth. This is not for want of by keeping tabs on Julian’s to educate musically minded folks about the trying—I’ve been attempting to ﬁgure out what the deal is with whatdoings, I can actu- various ways of the music business is as real as DO IT IT DO

jazz for many years. I have (thanks in large part to Ken Burns) ally keep tabs on much of it is pressing, the conference, which takes place learned enough about the subject to have an endless fascination Bellingham’s current jazz Sat., Feb. 25, offers a full day's worth of instruc- .12

22 with and deep respect for the culture and tradition of jazz and its scene. This is why when tion in such areas as "Dive Bars and Broken Cars: practitioners. And I can understand and appreciate the push-pull ATTEND he seeks me out to tell me Planning a Successful Tour on a Budget," "Radio WHAT: Midwinter of trying to preserve and protect those traditions in what is an Jazz Festival about an event, I tend to Remix: Staying Relevant and On the Air," and

.07 02. ever-evolving and forward-thinking musical medium. WHEN: Tues., Feb. pay attention. my personal favorite (natch), "Getting the Word 08 # All that, I get. It’s the music itself that leaves me stymied. 28-Thurs., March 1 Which is how we’ve now Out: Marketing and PR in the Music Industry." But, much like other things I’m pretty sure I should love but don’t WHERE: Blue arrived at the Midwinter Representatives from KEXP, Bumbershoot, the Horse Gallery, 301 understand (jazz, ketchup, The Big Lebowski), I’ll keep trying it on Jazz Festival, which will Crocodile, and more will be on hand to lead the W. Holly St. with the hope that one day it will fit. COST: $10-$20 take place from Tues., Feb. panels, and artist-management guru BJ Olin is One of the things that keeps jazz—especially the homegrown MORE INFO: 28-Thurs., March 1 at the tasked with the honor of being the conference's variety—firmly on my radar is my long acquaintance with people 671-2305 Blue Horse Gallery. The pur- keynote speaker. Take note: the Pop Music Indus- try Conference is not just for musicians, rather it CASCADIA WEEKLY who make jazz their business, both personally and professionally. pose of the festival is two- One of those people is, of course, the Jazz Project’s Jud Sher- fold: 1. to help mitigate those winter blahs with is geared toward anyone with a vested interest 20 wood. And the other is drummer Julian MacDonough. some world-class jazz and 2. to help benefit the in just about any aspect of the music industry. Over the years, I have learned that if Julian isn’t currently play- Bellingham Youth Jazz Band, which is a program So, if you're one of those aforementioned ing with someone, he has in the past or probably plans to in the that has been part of the Jazz Project for nearly folks fumbling your way through the business future. And when someone worthy comes along that he can’t/ 15 years (see how this all comes full circle?). of mak ing music, I'd adv ise you to at tend. A lit tle won’t/doesn’t share a stage with, there’s a decent chance he’ll As for the aforementioned “world-class jazz,” knowledge of this kind can go a long way. musicevents Andrew L. Subin performance at the festival. The Mid- CRIMINAL DEFENSE JAZZ, FROM PAGE 20 winter Jazz Festival closes out Thurs., THURS., FEB. 23 March 1 with saxophonist Vincent Her- JOHNSON, MILLER, DERMODY: Attend a CD ring, who has had a career most easily release party for Johnson, Miller, & Dermody’s 34 album, We Heard the Voice of a Porkchop, at

that will come in three different forms. described as both “distinguished” and FOOD 7:30pm at the YWCA Ballroom, 1026 N. Forest The ﬁrst arrives Tues., Feb. 28 via vir- “impressive.” He’s been playing, study- St. Admission is $15. tuoso guitarist Peter Bernstein. Classi- ing and teaching jazz for a long time, (206) 817-8785 cally trained but with contemporary and along the way has played with WIND SYMPHONY: The Wind Symphony of 28 sensibilities, Bernstein has spent the nearly every well-known jazz musician Western Washington University will perform past three-plus decades collaborating you can think of. Dizzy Gillespie? Yes. at a free concert at 8pm at the school’s Per- forming Arts Center Concert Hall. B-BOARD with everyone from Joshua Redman Art Blakey? You know it. The Mingus 650-3130 and Diana Krall to Melvin Rhyne and Big Band? Yep. Wynton Marsalis? Sure

Bill Stewart. thing. And, after the festival, he’ll be FRI., FEB. 24 Drug, Alcohol & 24 The next day, Wed., Feb. 29, Mac- able to add Chuck Kistler, Miles Black, CHORALE FUNDRAISER: “Service by Night: Driving Related A Musical Tour Aboard the Orient Express” Donough and the rest of the WWU Fac- and MacDonough to that list. FILM will the be theme of the Bellingham Chamber Offenses ulty Jazz Collective—Mike Allen (tenor Perhaps the Midwinter Jazz Festival Chorale’s annual fundraising gala and auction 20 sax), Miles Black (piano), and Adam is just the thing I need to ﬁnally grasp starting at 6pm at the Bellingham Golf & FREE 20 Thomas (bass and voice)—will make the jazz music once and for all. Either way, Country Club, 3729 Meridian St. Tickets are CONSULTATION MUSIC most of the Leap Year with their own it certainly can’t hurt to try it on. $65 and include musical entertainment, din- MUSIC ner, wine and auctions. WWW.BELLINGHAMCHAMBERCHORALE.ORG (360) 734-6677 18 GOSPEL CHOIR: The Bellingham Community www.andrewsubin.com Gospel Choir presents its annual Black History ART musicevents Month concert, “We Won’t Turn Back,” at 7pm at Cornwall Church, 4518 Northwest Dr. 16 Instead of money, bring backpacks, blankets and tents for SALT on the Street. A FREE EVENT! STAGE BY CAREY ROSS 223-8098 /LWHUDWXUH FACULTY RECITAL: Western Washington

University music faculty Eric Kean (viola) and LIVE! 14 Judith Widrig (piano) combine their talents for a free classical music recital from 8-10pm EVENTS Keller Williams at the school’s Performing Arts Center Concert GET OUT Hall. 650-3130

HARDCORE TROUBADOUR 13 SAT., FEB. 25 CLARK FUN FOURSOME: Local musicians and friends

LOVE HIM or hate him, it’s if the proliﬁc artist wants to record WORDS Richard Scholtz, Flip Breskin, Laura Smith, probably safe to say at some point with Bela Fleck, he makes it happen. and Janet Peterson will share spontane- you have found yourself confounded If he’s interested in writing songs for ous tunes with a variety of instruments and HUMPHREY 8 by Keller Williams. kids, he does. When he wanted to re- voices from 6-8pm at the Old World Deli, 1228 will present It’s not just that he’s a multi-in- cord an album that would be a mash- N. State St. WWW.OLDWORLDDELI1.COM strumentalist and versatile singer/ up of reggae, dub, funk and jazz— CURRENTS songwriter. It’s also not just the the one where the only instrument

SUN., FEB. 26 6 fact that he thinks outside the box he’d play would be bass—he did that BUF CHOIR: The Bellingham Unitarian Fel- or he’s taken the road less traveled too. And, after lowship’s choir will sing an African national anthem, “Shosholoza,” at 9:15am and 11:15am VIEWS or even that he’s marching to the all that, if he’s at 1207 Ellsworth St. They’ll be accompa- beat of his own drum (loop). It’s got a bluegrass 4 nied on wooden-key xylophones by Ruvara more that Williams seems to be af- itch that needs Marimba. # ! " MAIL MAIL ﬂicted with some kind of musical to be scratched WWW.BUF.ORG ""%&! !

ADHD, which can see him embodying again, his hesita- ORGAN SOCIETY: The Mount Baker Theatre ! 2 his persona as “one-man jam band” ATTEND tion to do so is Organ Society presents a double-header with

performances by Stormy Sea, the Gales, Doro- IT DO one minute, transforming himself WHO: Keller nonexistent. ! thy Watson, and Vernon Greenstreet at 3pm at into a bluegrass musician the next, Williams Given the spo- WHEN: 9:15pm the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial $! or choosing to focus on just playing Sun., Feb. 26 radic nature of St. Suggested donation is $10. .12 Specially designed 22 bass the next. WHERE: Wild his artistic out- 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM urban treks that Over the years, many have won- Buffalo, 208 W. put and the fact FLUTE RECITAL: WWU students of Lisa McCa- are good exercise dered how Williams has been able to Holly St. that he’s not shy rthy will perform a Flute Studio Recital from and a great way .07 02. COST: $20-$22 4-6pm at the Performing Arts Center Concert to soak up the maintain such a high level of musi- when it comes 08 MORE INFO: www. Hall. Entry is free and open to the public. city’s history, # cal autonomy, seemingly free to fol- to putting out wildbuffalo.net 650-3130 culture, parks, low his artistic whims wherever they albums, alienat- and vibe. ART OF JAZZ: The Jud Sherwood Trio will take him. It’s the kind of unfettered ing fans would be a real possibility perform at the ﬁrst Art of Jazz concert of the free will many musicians would love for just about anyone. But, as he’s season from 4-6:30pm at the Amadeus Proj- Sunday, to enjoy, but somehow the demands proven time and again, Williams isn’t ect, 1209 Cornwall Ave. Cost is $15 general of fans, record labels and other out- exactly anyone. He’s a good enough and free for members. FEB. WWW.JAZZPROJECT.ORG side forces won’t allow it. musician with a strong enough sensi- 2pm 26th CASCADIA WEEKLY So how does Williams get away bility for what will resonate with his WED., FEB. 29 21 with it? audiences that where he goes on his MUSIC CIRCLE: Meet fellow musicians and Simply put: He doesn’t listen to musical journey, his fans will follow. learn new songs a Music Circle at 7:30pm at VILLAGE BOOKS the Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Dr. Bring an those outside forces. Instead, he Music produces its fair share of pied 1200 11th St., Bellingham instrument, or just show up and sing. charts his own musical destiny, and pipers, but few roam with the aban- 671-4511 360.671.2626 follows a muse of his own making. So, don of Keller Williams. VILLAGEBOOKS.com musicvenues 34 34 See below for venue FOOD addresses and phone 02.22.12 02.23.12 02.24.12 02.25.12 02.26.12 02.27.12 02.28.12 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

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Moral Crux, Trees and Stars, Cabin Tavern Rookie Town 20 20

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Spoonboy, Erica Freas, B-BOARD Cumulus, Kristin Allen-Zito, Jinx Art Space Waxahatchee, Nick Scumeating, more Duncan 24 Main St. Bar and Grill Country Karaoke DJ RoyBoy Reverend JD and the Blackouts Rap Battle FILM FILM

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McKay's Taphouse 20 Flying South 20 MUSIC Old Foundry Battle of the Bay MUSIC 18 Old World Deli Live Music ART ART

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34 34 WILL WIN: While this category ostensibly pits the two big nomination earners—The FOOD Artist and Hugo—against each other, this ﬁlm contest isn’t really a contest at all. Both ﬁlms are unlikely in their own way—The Art-

28 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› MOVIE SHOWTIMES ist is a black-and-white, mostly silent ﬁlm and Hugo is a family-friendly ﬁlm made by

B-BOARD Martin Scorsese of all people—and both detail in feel-good fashion a reverence for cinema that is heartwarmingly sentimental. 24 24 However, anyone betting against The Artist FILM FILM

FILM FILM in this category either hasn’t been paying attention or is a fool. In short, this critical darling and awards-season juggernaut is 20 heading straight for the biggest Oscar land- slide since Slumdog Millionaire. MUSIC SHOULD WIN: The Artist. It’s a black-and- white, almost totally silent ﬁlm that relies 18 on all that is familiar about old Hollywood ART ART to create something innovative and new. This is one cinematic gamble that deserves 16 a golden payout. SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Anyone STAGE STAGE who knows me, knows what’s coming next: What the hell did Drive ever do to you, Acade- 14 ACADEMY my? With only eight out of a possible 10 ﬁlms nominated in this category, the omission of

GET OUT what was considered by many (including me) to be 2011’s best ﬁlm is mind-boggling. Ditto the sentiment and apply it to Shame, Melan-

13 AWARDS cholia, or even Harry Potter.

WORDS 2012 Best Director NOMINEES: Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris), 8 Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life), Alexander Payne (The Descendants), Martin Scorsese (Hugo) CURRENTS CURRENTS WILL WIN: In another year, under anoth-

6 BY CAREY ROSS er set of circumstances, Terrence Malick’s sprawling Tree of Life,

VIEWS VIEWS which was as visionary as it was divisive, might 4 IT’S TIME TO TALK OSCAR have stood a ﬁght-

MAIL MAIL ing chance. So would WHILE THE Academy Awards are a venerated tradition rife Alexander Payne’s The

2 with history and artistry, painted in broad strokes, it’s the night of ATTEND Descendants, which put the year when Hollywood dons its most expensive ﬁnery and struts, all of the writer/direc- DO IT IT DO

WHAT: Oscar night strolls or sashays its way down the red carpet in order to spend sev- at the Pickford Film tor’s strengths front eral hours celebrating its love affair with itself. As such, it is only Center and center. But, as .12 WHEN: 4pm Sun.,

22 fitting that the two films that garnered the most nominations—The the Best Picture award Artist and Hugo, with 10 and 11 nods respectively—have at their Feb. 26 goes, so does Best Di- WHERE: Pickford heart a deep love of cinema and all the magic that goes into making Film Center, 1318 rector, and with a win .07 02. all those movies we love. THE ARTIST Bay St. at the Directors Guild 08 # Per usual, half of the fun of this big night comes long before the COST: $40-$125 of America awards (an ceremony itself, with the nomination announcement. From the moment MORE INFO: www. impeccable Oscar pre- the nominees are made public right up until the doors to the Kodak pickfordfilmcenter. dictor), The Artist’s Mi- com Theater swing open Sun., Feb. 26, everyone with a vested interest and chel Hazanavicius has an opinion has formulated their own list of winners and losers. this one pretty well sewn up. Never one to be left out of a critical confab, I, too, have weighed SHOULD WIN: If Oscars were given for grand

CASCADIA WEEKLY evidence, conjecture and speculation to come up with my own Os- vision rather than the execution thereof, car predictions. As in years past, my guesses in each category are there’s no doubt this award would belong to 24 separated into the subsections of “Will Win” and “Should Win.” Malick. And if Drive (cue the broken record) However, in light of this year’s more-infuriating-than-ever Oscar director Nicholas Winding Refn had earned snubs, I’ve also added a paragraph for “Should Have Been Nomi- the nod he so richly deserved for taking a nated,” in which I will undoubtedly vent some of my many frustra- pretty typical action ﬂick and turning it into

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Open 7 days a week!! 8 ized, I’d make a strong case for him. and again, to borrow a baseball metaphor, Streep. Streep is perceived by many to be Barring those things, Hazanavicius more he takes a part and swings for the fences the frontrunner, and with 17 Oscar nods 3201 Northwest Ave #4 than deserves the award for effortlessly (think Inglourious Basterds), and his pres- to her credit (more than any other ac- Bellingham CURRENTS helming what could have been a difﬁcult ence onscreen becomes positively mag- tor in history), she is maybe Hollywood’s (next to Yeager’s & Checkmate Pawn) 6 project. netic. Such is the case with his portrayal greatest living actress. As such, she’s a SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: See of Oakland A’s manager Billy Beane in Mon- threat anytime she garners a nod, but 360-778-2796 VIEWS above. And chalk up the snub of Nicho- eyball. Never has a movie about baseball although her performance as Margaret facebook.com/checkmatemusic las Winding Refn for Drive as yet an- statistics been so darn good, and Pitt is, Thatcher in The Iron Lady was strong, 4 other of the Academy’s crimes against in large part, responsible for that. the ﬁlm itself was considerably weaker. the interests it professes it serve. SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Which leaves us with Davis, who starred MAIL

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Jean Dujardin (The Artist), Gary Oldman emy’s slighting of Michael Fassbender for SHOULD WIN: Just give the gold guy to .12 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), Brad Pitt Shame. If possible, Fassbender was the Viola. If nothing else, I’m guessing the 22 (Moneyball) only person to have a bigger year than actress will make an acceptance speech WILL WIN: Without a doubt, this is the Gosling, and before the nominees were that won’t leave a dry eye in the house. .07 02. toughest category to call. Early predic- announced, he was the assumed front- SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: 08 # tions skew toward George Clooney’s turn runner in the Best Actor category. Did While We Need to Talk About Kevin has in The Descendants, which is another im- you have the same year at the movies yet to make its way to our neck of the peccably nuanced performance by an ac- the rest of us did, Academy? woods, word of Tilda Swinton’s searing tor who rarely makes a misstep. However, performance has not been as slow to fil- given The Artist’s awards-season momen- Best Actress ter in. It’s the kind of difficult role in the tum, it would seem Jean Dujardin is now NOMINEES: Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs), kind of difficult story at which Swinton the actor to beat. So, who will actually Viola Davis (The Help), Rooney Mara excels—and when she excels, few other CASCADIA WEEKLY win? Flip a coin. (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Meryl actresses (up to and possibly including 25 SHOULD WIN: As an actor and all-around Streep (The Iron Lady), Michelle Wil- Streep) can touch this intelligent, fasci- hunk, I can generally take or leave Brad liams (My Week with Marilyn) nating actress. Pitt. Don’t get me wrong: he’s an exceed- WILL WIN: In the weeks leading up to ingly fine actor, he’s just not one who Oscar night, the race has come down Best Supporting Actor typically flips my pancakes. But every now to two actresses: Viola Davis and Meryl NOMINEES: Kenneth Branagh (My Week NOW SHOWING Feb 24 - Mar 1

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GET OUT Mon: (4:00), 6:25; Tue: (3:00); Wed: (2:00), 6:30 rthy (Bridesmaides), Janet McTeer (Albert Thu: (3:30) Nobbs), Octavia Spencer (The Help) with Marilyn), Jonah Hill (Moneyball), WILL WIN: If Viola Davis gave The Help

13 Pariah (R) 35mm/86m. “Rees presents this vivid, hidden culture with raw honesty.” EW Nick Nolte (Warrior), Christopher Plum- a much-needed dose of humanity, it Fri: (4:25), 9:00; Sat: (3:25), 8:00 mer (Beginners), Max Von Sydow (Ex- was Octavia Spencer who gave it its WORDS Sun: (11:25 AM); Mon: (1:45), 8:50; Tue: 8:15 tremely Loud & Incredibly Close) spice and sass. Together, the two were Wed: (4:25), 9:00; Thu: 9:00 WILL WIN: Endlessly elegant, exceedingly responsible for much of the success of 8 gifted and with the kind of ﬁlmography this movie, and if Davis is deserving of + More Than a Month (NR) DVD/60m - Tue: 5:30 PM that would make any actor of any age jeal- a Best Actress award, Spencer should + The Pipedreams Project/White Water Black Gold ous, Christopher Plummer is one of Hol- certainly be granted this accolade, as CURRENTS CURRENTS (NR) DVD/120m - Thu: 6:00 PM lywood’s most curiously underappreciated her performance is the deﬁnition of

6 actors. Indeed, until 2009’s Last Station, “supporting.” Plus, she’s scooped up a NEW PICKFORD FILM CENTER: 1318 Bay St. | 360.738.0735 | PickfordFilmCenter.org Plummer had never before received an Os- number of pre-Oscar awards, and such VIEWS VIEWS Open 1pm-Close Mon-Fri & 30 Min Before First Showtime on Sat-Sun car nod of any kind. And, as the Academy things are typically a pretty fair predic- often likes to make up for such things by tor of success come the big night. 4 Join us for a drink before your movie! Mary’s Happy Hour: 4-6pm, M-F $2 Beer/$3 Wine granting awards that seem more about the SHOULD WIN: The Academy has proven

MAIL MAIL appreciation of an entire career (see Mar- itself to be far too Serious and Important tin Scorsese’s win for The Departed) rather to waste any time on comedies, which is

2 NOW SHOWING Feb 24 - Mar 1 than a singular project, this will likely be why Melissa McCarthy’s nomination for at PFC’s Limelight Cinema Plummer’s year. Of course, it doesn’t hurt her side-splitting and fearless turn in DO IT IT DO

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.07 02. Oscar, it will be a tragedy of cinematic breakout performance accordingly. 08 # proportions. SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: It’s Crazy Horse (NR) 134m. “respects the serious work SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Yes, gotta be tough to share screen time involved in simulating the sensations of pleasure.” this is another Drive-related snubbing. Al- with George Clooney. Even playing a Fri: 9:00; Sat: (1:30), 9:00 bert Brooks, known for being pretty jovial sad sack as he did in The Descendants, Sun: 3:30; Mon - Wed: 8:30 onscreen, takes a turn for the decidedly Clooney could not hide his irrepressible 2012 Oscar Shorts: Animated (NR) 79m. ENCORE! dark in playing one of Drive’s villains—and charisma. But there was one person who Fri & Sat: (4:30 PM); Sun: (11:00 AM)

CASCADIA WEEKLY does so in both shocking and utterly con- was able to hold her own against Hol- vincing fashion. The performance is easily lywood’s own force of nature and that 2012 Oscar Shorts: Live Action (NR) 107m. 26 Fri & Sat: 6:30; Sun: (1:00); Mon/Tue: 6:00 a career best for Brooks, and his nomina- was Shailene Woodley. At just 19 years Wed: (3:30); Thu: (4:30) tion should have been a sure thing. old and with no big-screen experience, Woodley was as poised and perfect an +YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip - Wed: 6:00 onscreen counterpart to Clooney as any +Steven Sondheim’s Company in HD - Thu: 7:00 Best Supporting Actress NOMINEES: Berenice Bejo (The Artist), seasoned Hollywood veteran. ﬁlm ›› showtimes

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on sex. How Catholic is that? 2 attorney for the Petitioners) at the address below within thirty days after date this Summons is served upon you, or an order permanently terminating your parent-child relationship with the —Teresa Dix, Mount Vernon child by default will be entered. A default order is one where the Petitioners are entitled to what DO IT IT DO ¶ Would you they ask for because you have not responded. If you serve a notice of appearance on Joyce S. I am deeply disturbed by the reluctance like to Schwensen (the attorney for the Petitioners) at the address below, you are entitled to notice of a signiﬁcant portion of our populace become a before a default order may be entered. .12 One method of serving a copy of your response on the Petitioners is to send it by certified mail to educate themselves on fact, while be- 22 homeowner? with return receipt requested. If service is made by mail, the service shall be deemed complete ing blinded by a belief system that they upon the third day following the day upon which the response is placed in the mail, unless the Join us for third day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, in which event service shall be deemed utilize to guide their political decisions. KulshanCLT’s complete on the first day other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, following the third day. As long as individuals base their political

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citing music and books and art works that no longer merely players.” 24 Announcing a New School for the Bellingham Community! mean what they once did. Don’t stop there. Pinpoint SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Dear Rob: For

the people who have let you down, the places that months I’ve had a recurring dream in which I own FILM FILM At the Old Foundry Building (100 E. Maple St., Downtown Bellingham) lower your vitality, and the activities that have be- a pet snake. Here’s the problem: The only cage I An affiliate campus of the Alger Learning Center & Independence High School come boring or artificial. Finally, Aries, figure out have to keep the snake in is sadly inadequate. It A State approved and nationally accredited K-12 school, offering enthusiastic support for unschoolers, the traditions that no longer move you, the behavior has widely spaced bars that the snake just slips right 20 homeschoolers and other independent learners patterns that no longer serve you, and the compul- through. In the dream I am constantly struggling “Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned. ” Mark Twain's Notebook, 1898 sive thoughts that have a freaky life of their own. to keep the snake in its cage, which is exhausting, MUSIC College Prep & Adult H.S. Completion Programs - Consideration & Respect for Learning Differences Got all that? Dump at least some of them. since it’s impossible. Just this morning, after hav- Self-Paced & Year-Around - Enroll Anytime - Earn Your H.S. Diploma on Your Terms TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you’re a woman, ing the dream for the billionth time, I finally asked For More Information: you could go to the perfume section of the department myself, what’s so terrible about letting the snake out 18 Phone: (360) 595-2630 email: [email protected] website: www.independent-learning.com store and buy fragrances that would cause you to smell of its cage? So I gratefully wrote myself this permis-

ART ART like Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Eva Longoria, or sion note: ‘It is hereby allowed and perfectly accept- Paris Hilton. If you’re a man, an hour from now you able to let my dreamsnake out of its cage to wander could be beaming an aroma that makes you resemble freely.’ - Scorpio Devotee.” Dear Devotee: You have 16 a celebrity like Antonio Banderas, Usher, David Beck- provided all your fellow Scorpios with an excellent ham, or Keith Urban. You could even mix and match, teaching story for the upcoming weeks. Thank you! STAGE STAGE wearing the Eva Longoria scent on your manly body SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): For millions or Usher on your female form. But I don’t recommend of years, black kite raptors made their nests with that you do any of the above. More than ever before leaves, twigs, grass, mud, fur and feathers. In recent 14 you need to be yourself, your whole self, and nothing centuries they have also borrowed materials from but yourself. Trying to act like or be like anyone else humans, like cloth, string and paper. And in the last should be a taboo of the ﬁrst degree. few decades, a new element has become quite popu- GET OUT GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “I try to take one lar. Eighty-two percent of all black kite nest-builders day at a time,” says Ashleigh Brilliant, “but some- now use white plastic as decoration. I suggest you times several days attack me all at once.” I think take inspiration from these adaptable creatures, Sag- 13 you may soon be able to say words to that effect, ittarius. It’s an excellent time for you to add some Gemini—and that’s a good thing. Life will seem wrinkles to the way you shape your home base. De-

WORDS more concentrated and meaningful than usual. parting from tradition could add significantly to your Events will flow faster and your awareness will be levels of domestic bliss. extra intense. As a result, you should have excep- 8 CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There are many tional power to unleash transformations that could examples of highly accomplished people whose early PEPPER create ripples lasting for months. Would you like education was problematical. Thomas Edison’s first each day to be the equivalent of nine days? Or teacher called him “addled,” and thereafter he was

CURRENTS CURRENTS would four be enough for you? homeschooled by his mother. Winston Churchill did CANCER (June 21-July 22): When actor Ashton so poorly in school he was punished. Benjamin 6 SISTERS Kutcher is working on the set of his TV show Two and Franklin had just two years of formal education. As a Half Men, he enjoys spacious digs. His trailer is two for Einstein, he told his biographer, “my parents were

VIEWS VIEWS COOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX SINCE 1988 stories high and has two bathrooms as well as a full worried because I started to talk comparatively late, kitchen. Seven 60-inch TVs are available for his view- and they consulted a doctor because of it.” What all

4 Open Nightly Except Monday 1055 N State St B’ham 671-3414 ing pleasure. As you embark on your journey to the these people had in common, however, is that they far side of reality, Cancerian, it might be tempting became brilliant at educating themselves according

MAIL MAIL for you to try to match that level of comfort. But to their own speciﬁc needs and timetable. Speaking what’s more important than material luxury will be of which: The coming weeks will be an excellent time

psychological and spiritual aids that help keep you for you Capricorns to plot and design the contours of 2 attuned to your deepest understandings about life. your future learning. Be sure you’re well-stocked with inﬂuences that keep DO IT IT DO

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Nigeria has your imagination vital and upbeat. Favorite symbols? abundant deposits of petroleum. Since 1974, oil Uplifting books? Photos of mentors? Magic objects? companies have paid the country billions of dollars

.12 LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Veterans of war who’ve for the privilege of extracting its treasure. And yet 22 been wounded by shrapnel often ﬁnd that years lat- the majority of Nigerians, over 70 percent, live on er, some of the metal fragments eventually migrate less than a dollar a day. Where does the money go? to the surface and pop out of their skin. The moral That’s a long story, with the word “corruption” at

.07 02. of the story: The body may take a long time to purify its heart. Now let me ask you, Aquarius: Is there

08 itself of toxins. The same is true about your psyche. a gap between the valuable things you have to # It might not be able to easily and quickly get rid of offer and the rewards you receive for them? Are the poisons it has absorbed, but you should never you being properly compensated for your natural give up hoping it will ﬁnd a way. Judging by the riches? The coming weeks will be an excellent time astrological omens, I think you are very close to such to address this issue. a climactic cleansing and catharsis, Leo. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Gawker.com notes VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Distilled water is a that American politician John McCain tends to re- poor conductor of electricity. For H2O to have elec- peat himself—a lot. Researchers discovered that

CASCADIA WEEKLY troconductivity, it must contain impurities in the he has told the same joke at least 27 times in ﬁve form of dissolved salts. I see a timely lesson in this years. (And it’s such a feeble joke, it’s not worth 30 for you, Virgo. If you focus too hard on being utterly re-telling.) In the coming week, Pisces, pease please clean and clear, some of life’s rather chaotic but fer- please avoid any behavior that resembles this repeti- tile and invigorating energy may not be able to ﬂow tive, habit-bound laziness. You simply cannot afford through you. That’s why I suggest you experiment to be imitating who you used to be and what you with being at least a little impure and imperfect. used to do. As much as possible, reinvent yourself Don’t just tolerate the messiness. Learn from it; from scratch—and have maximum fun doing it. rearEnd ›› ”Going Negative” — totally in denial — by Matt Jones

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trimmed tree MUSIC 10 Canadian NHL 47 Chaz’s mother 40 Name 48 “Oh yeah, like I’d team 41 They’re given in 18 ever see a guy with 11 Test in H.S. the “Wheel of For- ART 13 Campus recruiting a rufﬂed shirt and tune” bonus round org. heaving chest in 45 “Ellen” actor ___ 16 14 Serpent deity real life...” Gross

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labs 57 1970s model 13 production 4 “Mama’s Gun” 18 “Oh 7, why’d you 28 “I can see you Cheryl have to go and eat on a cold day 24 Early info-sort- singer Erykah 58 Wu-Tang Clan ing program WORDS 9? And 6, did you and you’re like a 8 U.S. Surgeon Gen- member 25 Mythical giant help 7 out of fear? cloud...I’m im- 8 eral under Reagan 59 Sufﬁx after Brook- with 100 eyes I’m shocked!” pressed...” 12 “Play something lyn 26 Ben Stiller’s better!” 20 Swamp beast 32 Twisted, like a 60 Lat. and Lith., mom Anne ___ CURRENTS 21 National chain of smile 13 Prized cards, to once 29 “Would You Like “bakery-cafes” 33 Falls on many 6 collectors 61 Drops in a ﬁeld to Buy ___?” 22 Caprice honeymoon trips

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B-BOARD B-BOARD LOOKING FOR THE GAIA for spiritually evolved, Burning Man- NEXT DOOR certiﬁed perfection. I’m an Occupy girl, age 45, into eco- Sure, you can probably ﬁnd your eco-

24 shamanism and planetary consciousness shamanistic cloneboy—a guy who’ll stuff. I’ve mostly dated engineers with a take the initiative in signing you both FILM FILM playful side who initially seemed open to up for “soul retrieval training” when my interests but quickly became resent- you worry that you forgot yours at Ma- 20 ful of them. My boyfriend of two years is cy’s in a past life. But then maybe he’ll different—easygoing and willing to expand go all hateful on you on the way home MUSIC his horizons. He actually reads the articles about whether to save the whales or I post on Facebook and discusses them go to the movies. The longer your list 18 with me. We laugh effortlessly and are very of must-haves in a man, the more you

ART ART giving to each other, but I can’t shake the shrink your pool of potential partners. feeling that I should look for somebody Your own appeal is also a factor, and

16 more my type (more artistically, politically it’s probably narrowed by things like and spiritually inclined). I fantasize about not being 22 and your plumpitude, STAGE STAGE meeting an artistic shamanic guy who is if any. Consider whether it’s possible gorgeous and open and shares my sense of to have friends be your spiritual col-

14 purpose, but the truth is, guys in my social leagues and have that be enough. You milieu can be very competitive, neurotic and can wish for the gorgeous, artistic, immature. I guess my question is: If you shamanic perfect man—along with GET OUT can IMAGINE a better partner, does that world peace and all the hemp bacon mean you should break up? —Restless you can eat. But, maybe the realistic

13 man is your sweet spiritual trainee These guys you dated probably who is fun and giving, dutifully rinses

WORDS believed they were open-minded… off his used foil, and smiles and pulls until they were invited by their eco- the Prius over when you tell him that 8 shamanistic girlfriend to something your spirit animal needs to pee. like the “Embrace of the Earth” rite, in which participants spend the night SPERM LIMITS Sudoku CURRENTS CURRENTS in a grave they dig themselves. As re- I’m a 32-year-old woman who doesn’t HOW TO SUDOKU: Arrange the digits 1-9 in such a way that each

6 freshing as you may ﬁnd it to “tap into particularly like kids. I told my last boyfriend digit occurs only once in each row, only once in each column, and the earth’s restorative energies,” their I didn’t want kids, but three years in, he only once in each box. Try it!

VIEWS VIEWS ﬁrst thought probably went something said he wanted a family and left. He said he like “Thanks, I’ll take the night on the thought I’d eventually change my mind. How 4 800-thread-count, slave-labor-made do I keep this from happening again? sheets. Could you turn on my electric —Nobody’s Mom 87 4 MAIL MAIL blanket, please, before you go?”

2 If a guy thinks a girl’s hot, he’ll buy You can’t just sit down on the ﬁrst 2531 into whatever her trip is for as long date and ask a man if his semen has a DO IT IT DO as he can. My steak-loving boyfriend lifeplan. But, let a kid-wanting man get once dated a militant vegan. (He’d hit attached (even second-date attached) 14598 2 .12 the Burger King drive-through on his and he’ll want to believe you’ll eventu- 22 way home.) Obviously, it’s a problem if ally mommy up. So right on date one, you go out with some engineer dude, you need to drop into conversation that 73 1

.07 02. tell him you’re an “Occupy girl,” and you aren’t a “kid person.” Make sure a 08 # he says, “Wow, my company designs guy responds like he’s gotten the bot- 5147 the water cannons the police use to tom-line message: His sperm, your egg, spray you people.” But, your current they ain’t gonna party. Now, some guys restlessness may stem from the notion might not have fully considered the 67 that it’s a great big drum circle out issue of kids, so you might weave the there with a lot of chakra healer-boys subject in on subsequent dates for re- and past-life counselors in it. inforcement. If you’re 22, a major com- 14 9 CASCADIA WEEKLY Having a lot of choice sounds great, patibility issue is, “Eeuw, you like Cold- 32 but research by social psychologist Dr. play?” At 32, you really need to know up 37 62 Sheena Iyengar suggests that most front if one of you is musing, “I wonder people get overwhelmed when they what we’ll name the twins” and the have more than a handful of options. other’s thinking “Whatever they called 6783 Essentially, when it seems the sky’s them at the pound is ﬁne by me.” rearEnd ›› comix

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33 lar lunch menu looked promising, but we hadn’t realized that the pub also serves breakfast on Sundays, beginning at 10am,

and their selection is exciting: a burrito 34 34

34 stuffed with bacon and tater tots ($9), huevos rancheros ($9), a breakfast burger FOOD FOOD ($9.50), and—what caught my eye imme- chow diately—breakfast mac and cheese ($10). I didn’t order it that visit, but I have since

28 RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES rectiﬁed that. Several times. So, what’s in breakfast mac and cheese,

B-BOARD you ask? Macaroni noodles, of course, and cheese sauce, which some days is quite soupy and other days more stiff (I like 24 it when it needs to be eaten with a soup STORY AND PHOTOS BY JESSAMYN TUTTLE

FILM FILM spoon). It has spinach, tomato and onions, so you can say you ate vegetables, pieces of bacon, and two fried eggs right on top. 20 When you cut up the eggs and stir every- Brown Lantern thing together in a big gloppy pile with a MUSIC splash of Tabasco it becomes a transcendent BRUNCH, BURGERS AND BOOZE experience. If you’re feeling at all fragile 18 from your Saturday night, it has the effect ART ART of soothing and uplifting. If you’re just hun- gry, it will deﬁnitely 16 take care of that. Don’t get it if you’re only a bit STAGE STAGE peckish, though, because if you’re like me

14 you will eat too much of it and need to go take a

GET OUT long nap. Well, you may // ) want to do that anyway. WHAT: Brown Especially if you have a 13 Lantern Ale House beer with it. WHEN: 11am- The pub has a good WORDS 11pm Sun.-Wed. range of beers on 11am-12pm tap, including several 8 Thurs., 11am-1am Fri.-Sat. Georgetown Brewery WHERE: 412 selections, and a de- Commercial Ave., cently stocked bar. We CURRENTS CURRENTS Anacortes haven’t tried ordering INFO: (360) 293- 6 anything too adventur- 2544 or www. brownlantern.com ous, but the bartenders VIEWS VIEWS know their way around the basics. Their Bloody Mary is well built, 4 and they offer mimosas by the pint. Cocktail

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22 THE BROWN Lantern is not your typical brunch establishment. ben ($11, served with horseradish sauce), and A bar in downtown Anacortes that has been in business since Prohibi- the lamb burger ($15) is surprisingly perky, tion (and looks like it), it deﬁnitely isn’t a frilly-curtains-and-placemats with its topping of feta and mango chutney.

.07 02. sort of place. The room has a classic pub ambience—lots of dark wood, Sweet potato fries are excellent, crinkle cut 08 # sports paraphernalia on the walls and ceiling, painting of a naked lady and sprinkled with cheese and parsley. Their behind the bar and an inﬂatable shark wearing a sombrero (doesn’t every biscuits and gravy ($6) are hot with pepper bar need one of these?). and they don’t stint on the rich sausage gra- There are television screens in a few spots, and if a big game is going on vy, and the regular Lantern breakfast ($8) is you may hear shrieks and bellows from various corners of the room, but it’s a very reasonably sized assortment of toast, not overwhelmingly a sports bar, and you can ignore the TVs if you like. Dur- tater tots, eggs and bacon. Unfortunately, a recent visit with friends CASCADIA WEEKLY ing the rest of the week they have trivia and game nights and live music, and it can be hard to ﬁnd a seat when the place is hopping. But then there’s involved some severely undercooked bacon, 34 Sunday morning. few locals at the bar. We sat in the window but my friend assured me that the tater tots Despite living in Skagit County for nearly 15 years, my husband and I only looking across Commercial Avenue and im- were of very high quality. All of it is good, recently started going to the Brown Lantern (what can I say, we’re slow). mediately felt right at home. but I personally just have trouble ordering But one Sunday after a rather wet hike in the Anacortes Forestlands, we felt When the Sunday Brunch menu was put anything except the mac and cheese. And the need of a burger and a beer and wandered in. It wasn’t too busy, with a in front of us, we were amazed. The regu- maybe, someday, that tater tot burrito. doit

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