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20 ONSTAGE ONSTAGE Steel Magnolias: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre The Merry Wives of Windsor: 7pm, Rexville-Black- Bard on the Beach: Through Aug. 14 and beyond, rock Amphitheater MUSIC Vanier Park, Vancouver, B.C. Almost, Maine: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre Mark Twain in Fairhaven: 7:30pm, Firehouse Per- 18 MUSIC forming Arts Center

ART ART Final Downtown Sounds: 6-9:30pm, Bay Street The Importance of Being Earnest: 8pm, Anacortes Opera Popolare’s Semele: 7:30pm, Garden Street Community Theatre United Methodist Church Tarnation: 9pm, Upfront Theatre 16 COMMUNITY MUSIC

STAGE STAGE Senior Day in the Park: 10am-2pm, Hovander Home- Subdued Stringband Jamboree: 9am-12am, Deming stead Park, Ferndale Log Show Grounds Skagit County Fair: 10am-10pm, Skagit County Summer Meltdown: 10am-10pm, Whitehorse Moun- 14 Fairgrounds, Mount Vernon tain Amphitheater, Darrington Haynie Opry: 3pm and 7pm, Haynie Grange, Blaine FOOD Birch Bay Music Festival: 3-9pm, Birch Bay Drive GET OUT Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green Opera Popolare’s Semele: 7:30pm, Garden Street Brews Cruise: 6:30pm, Bellingham Cruise Terminal United Methodist Church

12 COMMUNITY /#0-. 4[08..13] Skagit County Fair: 10am-10pm, Skagit County WORDS Fairgrounds, Mount Vernon ONSTAGE Swinomish Days: John K. Bobb Ball Field, La

8 Hamlet: 7pm, Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheater Conner Mark Twain in Fairhaven: 7:30pm, Firehouse Per- forming Arts Center Art: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre

CURRENTS ./0- 4[08.x.13] The Importance of Being Earnest: 7:30pm, Ana- cortes Community Theatre ONSTAGE 6 Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Blackbeard the Pirate: 3pm and 7pm, Mount Baker The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Theatre VIEWS VIEWS Hamlet: 7pm, Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheater Mark Twain in Fairhaven: 7:30pm, Firehouse Per- 4 MUSIC forming Arts Center Subdued Stringband Jamboree: 12pm-12am, Dem- Steel Magnolias: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre MAIL MAIL ing Log Show Grounds The Importance of Being Earnest: 8pm, Anacortes

Summer Meltdown: 3-10pm, Whitehorse Mountain Community Theatre 2 Amphitheater, Darrington Cheryl Hodge: 5:30-7:30pm, Jansen Art Center, Tarnation: 9pm, Upfront Theatre DO IT IT DO DO IT 2

Lynden The Honeybees: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park MUSIC

13 Music in the Garden: 6:30-8:30pm, Glen Echo Subdued Stringband Jamboree: 9am-12am, Deming

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# COMMUNITY Unitarian Fellowship Skagit County Fair: 10am-10pm, Skagit County Summer Meltdown: 10am-10pm, Whitehorse Moun- Fairgrounds, Mount Vernon tain Amphitheater, Darrington Opera Popolare’s Semele: 2pm, Garden Street United GET OUT Methodist Church History Cruise: 5pm, Squalicum Harbor Haynie Opry: 3pm and 7pm, Haynie Grange, Blaine Food Network’s Chopped host and award- Johnny and the Moondogs: 6pm, Heart of Anacortes FOOD The Atlantics: 7:30pm, Jansen Art Center, Lynden

CASCADIA WEEKLY Lynden Farmers Market: 1-6pm, downtown Lynden winning author / makes a stop in Ted Allen Demo and Book Signing: 6pm, Seifert & FILM 2 Bellingham Aug. 8 at Seifert & Jones Wine Jones Wine Merchants Fantastic Mr. Fox: Dusk, Fairhaven Village Green VISUAL ARTS COMMUNITY Merchants Curator’s Tour: 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum’s Light- Mother of All Garage Sales: 9am-5pm, Bellingham catcher Building Sportsplex Skagit County Fair: 10am-10pm, Skagit County Fairgrounds, Mount Vernon Swinomish Days: John K. Bobb Ball Field, La

Conner 34 34 GET OUT FOOD Boat Show: 10am-4pm, La Conner Marina Sin & Gin Tours: 6:45pm, downtown Bellingham and historic Fairhaven 27 FOOD Mount Vernon Farmers Market: 9am-1pm, B-BOARD Skagit State Bank Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts Center 24 Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square FILM FILM Ferndale Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Centen- nial Riverwalk Park

Brewfest: 2-7pm, downtown Mount Vernon 20 Salmon at the Bay: 5-8:30pm, Boundary Bay Brewery MUSIC

VISUAL ARTS 18 Coupeville Arts & Crafts Festival: 10am-6pm, ART ART Coupeville Recreation Hall, Whidbey Island 16 .0) 4[08.xx.13] STAGE STAGE ONSTAGE Mark Twain in Fairhaven: 2pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center 14 The Merry Wives of Windsor: 2pm, Rexville- Blackrock Amphitheater The Importance of Being Earnest: 2pm, Ana- GET OUT cortes Community Theatre Art: 3pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre 12 Dynamo: 8pm, Upfront Theatre

MUSIC WORDS Birch Bay Music Festival: 9:30am-5pm, Birch Bay Drive 8 Summer Meltdown: 10am-6pm, Whitehorse Mountain Amphitheater, Darrington International Concert Series: 2pm, Peace Arch State Park, Blaine CURRENTS John Milas: 5pm, Salem Lutheran Church, Mount 6 Vernon

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QUEASY-JUDICIAL: Stakes in the November election

34 34 could not be higher, as the Whatcom County Coun- cil of the next four years faces signiﬁcant land-use

FOOD decisions of enormous impact, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. views The ﬁrst of these is the famous one, brought into 27 OPINIONS THE GRISTLE focus last week by the release of the scope of environmental review for the proposed Gateway Paciﬁc coal

B-BOARD export terminal at Cherry Point. The three “co-lead” agencies—the federal Army Corps of Engineers, the

24 state Dept. of Ecology, and Whatcom County plan- ners—set a high bar for that review, requiring a de-

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20 analysis of out-of-state rail impacts; an assessment of BY ALAN RHODES how the project would affect human health in Wash-

MUSIC ington; a general assessment of cargo-ship impacts beyond Washington waters; and an evaluation and dis- 18 closure of greenhouse gas emissions and coal combus- Mr. Cranky’s Notebook

ART ART tion effects at all stages of transport. A second land-use decision may be equally pro- “I READ THE NEWS TODAY OH BOY” – LENNON/MCCARTNEY found in consequences to the community, but re- 16 mains a bit of a sleeper issue in this election—a s an ever-vigilant observer dom lovers: 30 burn victims, two

STAGE STAGE proposal for a new jail facility that continues to of Whatcom life, I read destroyed roofs, and 14 boats that bloat into a multi-million-dollar regional corrections A all local publications, ev- went up in a $1.5 million blaze. This center, and the escalation of related criminal justice erything from the Betty Pages to had no effect on the opinion of my 14 administration costs on the whole. Whatcom Watch. When something cousin Lonnie, the ignorant offspring Each laden with impacts on land values and rates catches my eye as possible future of a canine, who said, “I’ll give you

GET OUT of taxation, neither the coal pier nor the jail ﬁt eas- mill grist I clip it out and stick it my bottle rocket when you pry it ily or at all into the vertical silos of the standard in my notebook along with a few from my smoldering, dead hands.”

12 left-right divide on public issues. Each has proven comments. Not everything makes it home sales are up in the county by July 8. I see here that a new climb- stubbornly resistant to simple framing. from the notebook into a column, so 15.9 percent over the ﬁrst half of ing gym is opening soon on State On these matters and others, a public forum last I thought I might share a few of my 2012. But while prices are going up, Street and will operate 24 hours a WORDS week intended to focus on land-use issues County unpublished pages. Here are some they are still far lower than what day. This certainly ﬁlls a need in my

8 Council must consider might have shed light on can- items I gleaned last month from The they were before the housing bubble life. I don’t know how many times I didates and the issues they must consider. Unfor- Bellingham Herald alone. popped. Lylene Johnson of the Mul- have awakened at 3am with an un- tunately, the debate was cancelled when a bloc of July 1. Here’s a list of new Wash- jat Group notes that “it will take a controllable need to climb a wall. I’m

CURRENTS candidates effectively boycotted the event. ington laws that take effect this few years to get back to those val- getting bored just scaling the side Two candidates—Bill Knutzen and Ben Elenbaas— month, including a measure to make ues.” Ah, yes, that golden era when of my garage, and the neighbors are 6 6 outright refused to attend. Knutzen’s remarks to The the language of state laws gender the Bellingham housing market was complaining about the yodeling. Bellingham Herald bordered on unintended satire, as neutral (e.g. “his or her” instead of rated as one of the most over-valued July 12. This is a very cool pho- VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS the council member invoked his Fifth Amendment “his,” and “clergy” rather than “cler- in the country. People were getting to: Mayor Kelli Linville raising the

4 right to remain silent, Mirandizing himself. Two oth- gyman”). I think this anti-sexist priced out of the market or shelling LGBT rainbow ﬂag over Bellingham ers—Michelle Luke, chair of the Planning Commission, scrubbing is a good idea, and I’m go- out most of their paycheck to meet City Hall to celebrate the U.S. Su- MAIL MAIL and Kathy Kershner, chair of the County Council—more ing to be more aware of gender bias the mortgage. And we would like to preme Court’s decision on gay mar-

passively refused to commit to the scheduled forum. in my own speech. I usually call my get back to that because…? riage and to kick off the 13th an- 2 They should reconsider. obnoxious cousin Lonnie an ignorant July 7. Three days ago we cel- nual Bellingham Gay Pride Festival. DO IT IT DO The decision of this bloc continues a sorry trend in son of a bitch. Should I be calling ebrated the last 4th of July that per- This is inspirational for those of us Whatcom County, one initiated in 2010 by “Tea Par- him an ignorant offspring of a ca- sonal ﬁreworks can be set off within who believe that the word “equal-

13 ty Tony” Larson. Larson boycotted public debates, nine? Somehow that lacks the punch the city limits of Bellingham. Now, if ity” means just that. This photo, 07. performing the calculation that he could stiff the I’m looking for. the county would pass a similar ordi- however, is almost guaranteed to 08. 38 percent of county votes locked up in Bellingham July 4. The most monumental event nance we might actually be able to send rightwing evangelicals into precincts and ignore similar voters throughout the of the day is the ouster of Egyptian stop this annual pyrotechnic lunacy. a sputtering rage. But doesn’t that .08

32 county. In this expedient Larson was rewarded with president Mohammed Morsi. It’s the I doubt, however, that the current just make it even better! # election, setting a new, grim standard; and only so headline and front page story in the county council majority would be up That’s all I have room for, and famous a political personality as Pete Kremen could Seattle Times. Let’s check the Herald. for this, probably seeing it as an un- that’s only part of what I gleaned unseat Larson’s pekoe-stained calculation in the fol- It’s…it’s…way down here in a tiny American attack on personal liberty. from the Herald during the first two lowing year by a handful of votes. bottom corner. O.K., here’s some- Today’s Herald recounts how some of weeks of a single month. I didn’t Perhaps nothing is so corrosive to representative thing the Herald apparently found Bellingham’s youthful liberty lovers even get to the Ferndale Record and democracy than for aspirants to public office to per- more important: a half-page story on managed to set fire to an Alderwood the Lynden Tribune. I should probably

CASCADIA WEEKLYform the calculation that large numbers of voters repairs to the Lynden YMCA. To be Street apartment complex, destroy- start recycling my notebooks from can be shoved aside and ignored. fair, I should point out that the Se- ing the worldly belongings of a low- past years. I had to rent a storage 6 An emergent theme in this election is that can- attle Times didn’t have a single thing income disabled woman. This can’t space just to hold them. Well, those didates cannot talk about their views on the coal about the Lynden YMCA. hold a candle, so to speak, to the and my Barbie collection. But I don’t port because they may be required at some future July 5. According to this article, accomplishments of Seattle free- like to talk about that. point to render an impartial, quasi-judicial decision on its permitting. The prohibition is nonsense VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE under RCW 42.36.040, which does explicitly permit candidates to ex- 34 34 press their positions on such matters; and, moreover, ignores what all real MON - SAT, 5 - 11 P.M. FOOD judges understand, which is they are Bulgarian Eggplant Dip certainly free to publicly discuss the 27 intellectual processes that allow them Alaskan Sockeye Filets to sort and arrive at decisions, weigh Chicken Andouille Sausage

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34 34 Huge Win

FOOD currents for Anti-coal NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX 27 Fight

B-BOARD ashington’s citizens won a huge victory last week when the De-

24 W partment of Ecology announced BY TIM JOHNSON its intention to assess a broad range of

FILM FILM impacts in the Gateway Paciﬁc (GPT) coal terminal proposal’s Environmental Impact

20 Statement (EIS). Predicted to be completed in the next two years, the EIS will be the

MUSIC GatewayPaciﬁcTerminal primary source of information for decision- makers at all levels, including the Whatcom

18 ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ SCOPE SET FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW County Council, who will decide whether or

ART ART not to permit this project. he U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, en hearings throughout the state and international commerce laws protect- Additionally, the information contained the Washington State Depart- through written comments. Concerns ing rail and trade and discourage new in the EIS will give the community a com- 16 T ment of Ecology, and Whatcom included: trafﬁc congestion caused business investment in the state. plete picture of the potential harm that

STAGE STAGE County last week announced the scope by long coal trains; economic impacts “Today’s announcement represents this project would cause to our lifestyles, of their joint Environmental Impact to local communities; health impacts an unprecedented treatment of rail our health, our commerce, our water and Statement (EIS) for the proposed coal of coal dust and diesel pollution; in- and exports in Washington state and our climate. When it is complete, the EIS 14 export terminal at Cherry Point, in creased risk to the Salish Sea and the could have far-reaching repercussions will prove what we have been saying all northwest Washington State. If built, coast from increased coal tanker traf- that should concern anyone who cares along, “We can do better than coal.”

GET OUT it would be the largest coal export ter- ﬁc; and climate pollution caused by about trade—of all kinds of products,” Most EISs consider a very narrow scope minal in North America, exporting as burning coal. said Lauri Hennessey, spokeswoman for of impacts, and despite the Army Corps of

12 much as 48 million metric tons of coal the Alliance for Northwest Jobs & Ex- Engineers’ efforts to limit the scope to the per year to Asia. The proponents of the ports. “This decision has the potential project site alone, the Department of Ecol- terminal include Peabody Energy, SSA to alter the Northwest’s long and his- ogy decided to include broader impacts such WORDS Marine, and Goldman Sachs. , toric commitment to expanding trade, as climate change, ocean acidiﬁcation, con-

8 The agencies agreed to take a broad which today supports 4 in every 10 jobs gestion from rail traffic, oil spill risks and look at the impacts of the proposed “This scope is a reflection in Washington state.” more. Why? Because tremendous grassroots terminal through their environmen- of Northwest values—the Others expressed concern an aggres- pressure and strong state leadership allowed CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 tal review, which will include: human sive environmental review standard them the political cover to do so. health impacts from coal dust around depth and breadth of the could stall other freight projects in The public spoke and our leaders lis- 6 the terminal and in communities along scope is absolutely on Washington. tened. the rail line, marine traffic impacts, rail “The prime driver of our state econ- Because the citizens of Washington came VIEWS VIEWS traffic impacts, greenhouse gas emis- target and appropriate omy is trade. In fact, more than four out in droves and took a stand, the scope of

4 sions from burning the exported coal in 10 jobs in our state are dependent the EIS will make an unprecedented analy- in Asia, and cumulative impacts from given the impacts this on it,” noted John McLaurin, president sis of the substantial combined impacts MAIL MAIL the second proposed terminal in the project would have on our of the Paciﬁc Merchant Shipping Asso- of this massive and potentially damaging

state—Millennium Bulk Terminal in ciation (PMSA). “Projects, which would project. Even though the amount of coal 2 Longview, Wash. way of life.” expand maritime export capacity for anticipated to pass through GPT annually DO IT IT DO “This scope is a reflection of North- —CESIA KEARNS, CAMPAIGN U.S. producers, are the subject of an would cause more climate and ocean acidi- west values—the depth and breadth of DIRECTOR FOR THE POWER PAST unprecedented and expanded regulato- fication impacts than all human-related 13 the scope is absolutely on target and ap- COAL CAMPAIGN ry review. This expanded review casts activity in the state of Washington com- 07. propriate given the impacts this project doubt on Washington State’s ability to bined, these would not have been studied 08. would have on our way of life,” said Cesia invest in any major port infrastructure without public pressure. Kearns, campaign director for the Power projects. Trade is a driver for our econ- It has been a tough fight to get the EIS .08

32 Past Coal campaign, a coalition of busi- Cherry Point is one of three remain- omy, and for our ports and waterfronts, scope to where it is, but Ecology’s decision # nesses, health experts, community orga- ing coal export proposals in Washing- and now is not the time to undermine is a victory for all those who are working nizations and environmental and faith ton and Oregon; three proposals have our opportunities to expand trade.” toward a common sense resolution. Because groups. “I applaud Washington’s leader- been pulled off the table in the last Describing the scope as uncharted we face an impending climate crisis this is ship for using the full scope of their au- year. The Cherry Point terminal would territory, Association of Washington exactly the kind of decision we should ex- thority to examine this project carefully result in an estimated 18 coal trains Business President Don Brunell said, pect from our leadership—elected ofﬁcials and urge Oregon to do the same. Coal is per day traveling through Washington, “We are troubled by the unprecedented like Gov. Inslee, Reps. Lytton and Morris,

CASCADIA WEEKLY the dirtiest fossil fuel by far and we need Montana and Idaho carrying coal from nature of Ecology’s decision and the Sens. Ranker and Carlyle—who understand to fully evaluate what coal export would the Powder River Basin. negative signal it sends to anyone, our predicament. 8 cost Northwest communities.” Representatives of industry and trade including employers, who are looking What is it these elected officials under- As the scope of the EIS was being expressed concerns about the scope of to cite a major project or expand their stand? considered, the agencies heard from environmental review, fearing Wash- presence in Washington state.” Our oyster growers are moving opera- an unprecedented number of people— ington state has set a new precedent tions away from Washington because in- more than 125,000 comments—at sev- that could potentially interfere with Compiled from press reports. creasing ocean acidification means oyster seedlings can’t grow. That’s a loss of Join us this summer! New August Locavore Food Menu jobs. Ocean acidification will now be studied in the GPT EIS. Patio Seating for All Ages! Whatcom-based fishing fleets are al- HoPPY Hour Sun-Thu 4-6pm ready seeing shrinking fish runs and loss nd 34 of habitat from climate change. Tribal Wed 2 Pint ½ price Bar & Patios 6-close and nontribal fleets represent thousands FOOD of jobs locally in fishing and seafood pro- cessing. The EIS will look at how climate 27 change contributions from the GPT coal terminal will impact these jobs and our dwindling fishing runs. B-BOARD Live Music Gourmet Burgers And the mercury that blows back to Free Tastings us across the Pacific after the coal is 24 burned? That will be studied, too.

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be studied in this EIS. 8 8 When the EIS is done, GPT will propose mitigations for the impacts the project “Don’t count your chickens”… CURRENTS is guaranteed to have. At RE Sources we CURRENTS believe this EIS—an EIS that will take

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Due to its location at environmentally 2 and culturally sensitive Cherry Point, and DO IT IT DO because of its massive scale of operations, PROUDLY PRESENT and its dirty and dangerous cargo of coal, we believe permitting and building GPT is QUEST OF THE 13 nothing short of a giant step in the wrong 07. direction. In a few years the EIS will prove CHICKENS! 08. that to be true, and we here in Whatcom July 10th through August 14th, you’ll have the opportunity to win prizes from .08

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34 34 has unconditional and unequivocal opposition to the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal,” tribal FOOD k t leaders noted in their petition to the federal gov- e h ernment. If constructed, the GPT project could significantly degrade an already fragile and vul- 27 e a nerable crab, herring and salmon fishery, dealing t a devastating blow to the economy of the fish- B-BOARD W ing community, the tribe asserts. In the past, the Corps has refused to process permits on projects

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T JULY31-AUG05 Several Whatcom County beaches reopen for MUSIC BY TIM JOHNSON s limited recreational shellﬁsh harvesting. Portage Bay remains closed for digging clams, mussels,

18 oysters and scallops because water samples still

ART ART show high levels of the biotoxin that causes para-

PHOTO BY BRANDON HUSBY lytic shellﬁsh poisoning. Other beaches are per- The founder of a raptor center near Ferndale says federal agents are manently closed to shellﬁsh harvesting because of 16 threatening to remove 18 eagles because of a dispute over paperwork high levels of fecal coliform bacteria from nearby and cage size. The Sardis Raptor Center provides emergency trauma

STAGE STAGE sewage treatment facilities. 07.zx.13 care for raptors, rehabilitates threatened or endangered raptors, and educates residents about local birds of prey using birds that can't be re- WEDNESDAY Meridian School District may install cameras

14 leased back into the wild. U.S. Fish and Wildlife ofﬁcials have declined The Washington Legislature has another deadline concerning to renew the center’s permit to use the eagles in educational programs. on buses that would operate like red light cam- money for public schools. Lawmakers have until Aug. 30 to report Other permits to rehabilitate injured birds remain in good standing. eras—reading license plates and issuing tickets

GET OUT back to the Supreme Court on their progress toward paying the to drivers who pass buses illegally. The camera whole cost of basic education. A committee in Olympia convenes the BNSF Custer spur. With unprecedented rigor, would turn on when the stop sign swings out.

12 to draft a report on efforts to fix the way the state pays for K-12 the analysis must also provide an assessment of A six-week test last spring on six buses found education, with a final deadline of 2018. whether measures can be taken to avoid or mini- 65 drivers passing school buses that had lights mize those environmental impacts. flashing and stop signs out. WORDS 08.x.13

8 Bellingham Mayor Kelli Linville hails the GPT A capacity crowd attends the ﬁrst meeting THURSDAY scoping decision, declaring, “We are very pleased of Bellingham City Council on the Waterfront Justices on Washington’s Supreme Court describe a persistent the co-lead agencies will conduct an extensive District master plan. Many views are expressed, CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 racial bias in jury selection in the state, calling for new protec- review of the potential impacts of the proposed with a common theme: Take your time, do this tions against it. The high court uses an appeal in a murder case Gateway Paciﬁc Terminal on our city, our county, right. Council listens and takes no action. 6 to engage in a lengthy discussion about race, noting the only and communities all across Washington state.” potential black juror in the reviewed case was struck from his jury Linville said, “The agencies have been responsive While criticism of Bellingham City Council’s VIEWS VIEWS pool. Eight of nine justices voted to uphold the conviction, but to the city’s comments, which included requesting temporary ban on pot sales continues to bubble,

4 call for remedies ranging from new court rules to protect against analyses of rail traffic, vessel traffic, greenhouse five public hearings are scheduled this week bias in jury selection to the elimination of peremptory challenges gas emissions, health impacts and cumulative im- on the proposed rules for state-authorized sale MAIL MAIL of potential jurors. pacts from other similar proposals.” of recreational marijuana in Washington. The

hearings are part of the process for implement- 2 The three “co-lead” agencies—federal, state and county—in 08.y.13 ing Initiative 502, which was approved by vot- DO IT IT DO charge of reviewing the proposed Gateway Paciﬁc Terminal at ers in November to legalize marijuana for adults. Cherry Point set the scope of the environmental review for the FRIDAY The ﬁrst pot stores could be open next year. The

13 proposed coal export facility. While declining to consider the cu- Expressing concerns about “a substantial im- state Liquor Control Board will regulate growing, 07. mulative impacts of several similar projects proposed in the Pa- pairment on the Lummi treaty ﬁshing right,” distributing and selling marijuana in the stores. 08. ciﬁc Northwest, the analysis must include a review of the envi- Lummi Nation sends a formal complaint to the Critics lectured City Council about Bellingham’s ronmental impacts, including human health effects related to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, opposing the pro- presumptive, preemptive ban on those stores in .08

32 construction and operation of GPT facilities and modiﬁcations to posed coal pier at Cherry Point. “Lummi Nation the absence of clarity from the state. #

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On July 10, remote surveillance cameras FOOD BIKINI BARISTA observed a person in close proximity to On Aug. 6, the Daily Herald reported an the U.S./Canada border in Blaine. Agents 27 Everett business woman accused of using located a man attempting to conceal her espresso stands as drive-thru broth- himself in bushes just south of the in- els is suing the city to recover $250,000 ternational border. Agents determined B-BOARD she says was wrongfully seized by police. he was a citizen of Thailand, and was il- Carmela Panico owns the Java Juggs and legally present in the United States. The 24 Twin Peaks "bikini baristas." She was ar- man was placed under arrest and pro- rested in June and accused of promot- cessed for removal. FILM ing prostitution, but she has not been

charged. The cash was seized in a search On July 10, Blaine Border Patrol agents 20 of her home in Snohomish. The lawsuit responded to a report from the Blaine

was ﬁled after Panico was notiﬁed that Police Department of a suspicious per- MUSIC the city planned to keep the cash as son near the U.S./Canada border. Agents

proceeds from criminal activity. Coffee found the person standing behind a busi- 18 shops in the Seattle area introduced bi- ness that was closed for the evening. The

y ART kini baristas several years ago, hiring at- citizen of El Salvador was illegally pres- NUMBER of freshly baked cookies Woods Coffee intends to serve at this year’s tractive young women to serve up steamy ent in the United States and processed Northwest Washington Fair in Lynden, up from 700 cookies served in 1980. A 16 espressos and lattes while wearing as for removal. Moo-wich is a thick slab of vanilla ice cream sandwiched between two over-sized chocolate chip cookies.

little as a G-string and pasties. STAGE On July 13, remote surveillance equipment SUSPICIOUS spotted two subjects exiting a wooded x{ x} 14 CIRCUMSTANCES area adjacent to the U.S./Canada border On Aug. 4, Bellingham Police responded in Blaine. Agents responded to the area GALLONS of vanilla ice cream Edaleen APPROXIMATE number of ice cream to a reported suspicious circumstance. A that has been used in the past for making Dairy will serve at the fair alongside cones served by the Whatcom County GET OUT person was straddling the Alabama Street illegal entries into the United States. Two the Woods Coffee cookie. Each batch of Dairy Women during fair week. Moo-wich cookies is made from a half bridge as it crosses Interstate-5, waving people were encountered walking south gallon of ice cream cut in 10 chunks. 12 an American ﬂag at passing trafﬁc. from the international border. Both were citizens of the United Kingdom, illegally WORDS SEVEN DEADLY SINS present in the United States. They were } x

processed for removal. 8

AND A HAIL MARY 8 On July 28, Anacortes Police responded NUMBER of milkshakes served at the RANK of chocolate among 13 flavors to a burglary at a church downtown. On July 13, U.S. Border Patrol agents Lynden Fair. of ice cream served at the Lynden Fair. CURRENTS Police found no obvious forced entry spotted two people illegally enter the CURRENTS to the building or to the church office United States in Blaine. One was a citizen where seven firearms had been stored. of Columbia, the other a citizen of Spain. 6 The only items missing in the burglary Both were illegally present in the United were the firearms. States and processed for removal. yx} VIEWS LYNDEN Fair attendance in 2010, a high. Attendance in 2012 was 203,949. 4 On Aug. 1, Anacortes Police returned to On July 15, Blaine Border Patrol agents the church after being alerted a person spotted two people in close proximity to MAIL

was inside the building. Police noted the the United States/Canada border wear- 2 door was ajar and watched as a man tried ing camouﬂage clothing. They attempted

xz| IT DO to climb out a window on the side of the to conceal themselves in a wooded area church. On seeing the ofﬁcers he ran back south of the international border when LYNDEN Fair attendance in 1950.

inside. He tried to exit again and was they saw the agents approach. Both sub- 13 taken into custody. He had small items jects were determined to be citizens of 07. and coins in his possession that were ap- Canada who were illegally present in the 08. parently taken from the church ofﬁce. The United States. The pair were placed under

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30-year-old was booked into the Skagit arrest and processed for removal. 32

AVERAGE estimated attendance per POUNDS of food sought from the # County jail. Police believe there is a con- day in 2012. fair’s First Annual Food Drive, to nection between the two burglaries. On July 17, remote surveillance cameras beneﬁt local food banks. observed a group of people illegally cross BORDER DISORDER the U.S./Canada border west of Sumas. On Aug. 5, federal Homeland Security Agents responded with the assistance of a { x~ removed the chief of the U.S. Border K-9 team and located ﬁve people attempt-

Patrol sector for Western Washington, ing to hide in raspberry bushes. Agents HEIGHT, in feet, of the Lynden Fair FIRST year the popular demolition CASCADIA WEEKLY rollercoaster, the largest ever operated derby was held at the Lynden Fair. Alaska and Oregon. The Bellingham Her- determined that four were citizens of at the 102-year-old event. ald reported that Blaine Sector Chief Pa- Pakistan, another a citizen of India, and 11 trol Agent John C. Bates has been given all were illegally present in the United a temporary duty assignment at Border States. All were placed under arrest and SOURCES: Woods Coffee; Whatcom County Dairy Women (WCDW); Northwest Patrol headquarters in Washington, D.C.. processed for reinstatement of a earlier Washington Fair; Whatcom County Dairy Women; Blue Ribbon: 100 Years of the Bates has been with the Border Patrol order of removal. Northwest Washington Fair doit WORDS

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34 34 FICTION WRITING GROUP: Meet other writers who can help you get organized

FOOD and give feedback at the bimonthly Fiction words Writing Group meeting from 6-8pm at Village COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS Books, 1200 11th St. Newcomers and drop-ins

27 are welcome. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

B-BOARD FRI., AUG. 9 DIG IT: Kids ages 7 to 10 are invited to listen to local author Mat Hudson talk about the 24 entrepreneur to sell bits of it, including wood writing and illustrating process for his book DIG at 2pm at the Bellingham Public Library, FILM FILM from the area around Washington’s tomb. Indeed, 210 Central Ave. Kids can also take part in splinters of one of Washington’s cofﬁns (he had hands-on creation at the free event. several) were also eventually parceled out. 778-7200 20 Over the years, Americans collected bits and SAT., AUG. 10

MUSIC pieces of things they considered important and SUMAS BOOK CLUB: Join branch manager bequeathed them to various museums and gov- Karin Schulhauser for fresh hot coffee and

18 ernment entities tasked with accepting those cinnamon rolls at today’s Sumas Book Club items. In 1835, funds from the estate of Brit- meeting at 9am at the Sumas Library, 451 ART ART ish natural philosopher James Smithson became 2nd St. available to establish a museum here in the 305-3600 16 States. Founded in 1850, it would be named the MARILYN WHITE SIGNING: Enumclaw au-

STAGE STAGE Smithsonian Institution. thor Marilyn White will sign copies of her four The history of the Smithsonian itself is long, books—Son of a Nun and Goldstone Inn among and includes argument, ego and the transferal them—from 1-3pm at Bellingham’s Barnes & 14 of artifacts from one branch to another. In his Noble, 4099 Meridian St. White’s Christian ﬁction romance and mysteries will be for sale book, Bird devotes his attention to objects from at the event.

GET OUT the collection of the Division of Political History, 647-7018 OR WWW.MARILYNWHITEAUTHOR. National Museum of Ameri- WORDPRESS.COM can history, Smithsonian 12 12 Institution. SOMETHING PRETTY: Newspaper publisher and author Eric Barnes reads from his latest book of Some items are odd: a

WORDS ﬁction, Something Pretty, Something Beautiful, WORDS piece of ivy from Mount at 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Vernon; a napkin used by WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 8 Napoleon; and locks of hair from presidents and “Per- MON., AUG. 12 POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their

CURRENTS sons of Distinction.” Others verse as part of Poetrynight can sign up at " /$/ almost missed being saved: 7:30pm at the Black Drop Coffeehouse, 300 6 WHAT: Souvenir the table and chairs used W. Champion St. Readings start at 8pm. Entry Nation, by William at Appomattox, and a dress is free.

VIEWS VIEWS L. Bird, Jr. WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG REVIEWED BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER WHERE: Princeton cuff stained with Abraham

4 Architectural Press, Lincoln’s blood. WED., AUG. 14 2013 And then there are things BLAINE BOOK GROUP: Eowyn Ivey’s The MAIL MAIL INFO: www.papress. that delight: pieces of Frank- Snow Child will be the subject of discussion com at today’s monthly Blaine Wednesday Book lin Roosevelt’s birthday cake; 2 Souvenir Nation a suffrage pin; an Eisenhower and Nixon campaign Group meeting from 11am-1pm at the Blaine Library, 610 3rd St. All adults are welcome. DO IT IT DO

bucket; and Teddy Roosevelt’s can opener. ODD TREASURES AND EPHEMERA 305-3600 Start Souvenir Nation and you may be tempted

13 ou must have rocks in your head. to put it down. The beginning of this book is SECOND CHAPTER: Discuss J.K. Rowling’s

07. Surely, if not there, you’ll find them in the family room, filled with a long history about a history muse- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone at the 08. the bathroom and your child’s um; it’s dry and somewhat hard to follow because 2nd Chapter Book Discussion Group meeting Y from 2-4pm at the Bellingham Public Library, bedroom. Yes, your kids bring home it’s not very linear. 210 Central Ave. All are welcome .08 rocks—along with driftwood, broken Stick around, though. 32 778-7230 # shells, a butterfly wing and a cupful of Bird gives readers this information in order to pens with hotel names on the side, all understand the significance of the tidbits and WRITERS THEATER: Read your original writings keepsakes that somehow became impor- ephemera in the second half of his book. Without at Chuckanut Sandstone Writers Theater’s monthly Open Mic at 7pm at the café at the tant remembrances of summer fun. that prior knowledge, many of the items almost Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris To the average person, none of those seem like junk. With it, each item (complete with Ave. All styles and topics are welcome. things are worth a dime, but to your pictures!) is more intriguing than the last. WWW.CHUCKANUTSANDSTONE.BLOGSPOT.COM

CASCADIA WEEKLY family, they’re priceless. And in William L. Bird, Jr.’s new book, Not quite as captivated by the ﬁrst part of Souvenir Nation, you’ll see what odd treasures—real and imag- this book as I was with the last, I still found 12 ined—reside in the Smithsonian Museum. it very browse-able and good for a nice vaca- COMMUNITY It seems horrifying today, but the fact is after George Wash- tion-on-the-sofa kind of day. If that’s what you ington died, there were no formal plans to preserve his estate. need, or if you’re a historian or pop-culture fa- WED., AUG. 7 Visitors to the “crumbling” site “pried shards and fragments from natic, Souvenir Nation will be a nice addition to SENIOR DAY IN THE PARK: Local seniors Washington’s home” until 1852, when a distant nephew hired an your book collection. doit

can socialize with friends, meet new people, enjoy a delicious barbecue lunch, dance to

live music and learn about resources that

are available to them in Whatcom County at 34 “Senior Day in the Park” from 10am-2pm at

Ferndale’s Hovander Homestead Park. Sug- FOOD gested donation is $5. WWW.WCCOA.ORG 27 AUG. 7-10 SKAGIT COUNTY FAIR: “Hometown Hoe-

down” will be the theme of the Skagit County B-BOARD Fair happening from 10am-10pm Wednesday through Saturday at Mount Vernon’s Skagit County Fairgrounds, 1410 Virginia St. The 24 event will feature everything from a carnival to live music and entertainment, eating FILM contests, a car show, food and much more. Tickets are $6-$7, or $20 for a family of four. SUBARU 20 WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/FAIR independent service & repair AUG. 9-11 MUSIC SWINOMISH DAYS: Canoe races, a salmon 360.671.2420

dinner feed, stick games, activities for 18 kids, pow-wows, a drum contest, a com- ART ART munity showcase of vendors and artists and more will be part of the Swinomish Indian

Tribe’s annual “Swinomish Days” happening 16 Friday through Sunday at La Conner’s John

K. Bobb Ball Field, 16966 Reservation Rd. STAGE All are welcome. WWW.SWINOMISH.NSN.GOV/EVENTS 14 SAT., AUG. 10 DVSAS GALA: Skagit Domestic Violence and

Sexual Assault Services will host a fundrais- GET OUT ing “Country Garden Gala” in Anacortes starting at 5pm at the Swinomish Casino 12 Lodge. Tickets are $45 and include a night of 12 auctions, food and more. WWW.SKAGITDVSAS.ORG WORDS

WORDS AUG. 10-11 8 MOTHER OF ALL GARAGE SALES: Thousands of items—including home furnishings, toys and lightly used clothes—will be avail-

able at Lydia Place’s annual “Mother of All CURRENTS Garage Sales” from 9am-5pm Saturday and 9am-2pm Sunday at the Bellingham Sports- 6 plex, 1225 Civic Field Way. Funds raised will

help Lydia Place in their mission of assist- VIEWS ing women and children in their transition

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JLKQE 08. ment and much more will be part of the 103rd Northwest Washington Fair from 9am- 11pm Monday through Saturday in Lynden at RDR PQ .08

the NW Washington Fairgrounds, 1775 Front 32 St. Gate admission is $5-$12; grandstand )LAV!BODPJ> # shows are $20-$50. WWW.NWWAFAIR.COM 2BMQBJ?BO AUG. 14-17 >OLK!OF@H SAN JUAN COUNTY FAIR: Animal events, ﬁne arts, great music, agricultural displays ' //8'.41%1.,/,3./, and demos and a carnival will be part of the CASCADIA WEEKLY San Juan County Fair happening from 10am- .823$12 %1$2'' +(!43.1 9pm Wednesday through Saturday in Friday 13 Harbor at the San Juan County Fairgrounds. 2 +,.-3 ".2 "."*3 (+2 Entry is $5-$12 daily or $10-$18 for a season pass. 5FPFQRPLK%>@B?LLHCLO>@E>K@BQLTFKMOFWBP>KADBQRMA>QBP WWW.SJCFAIR.ORG +L@>QBA>Q!>V2Q-BUQQL!>VLRLK!>V doit

THURS., AUG. 8 rafﬂe prizes. Entry is $3. HISTORY CRUISE: Local WWW.LACONNERCHAMBER.COM

historian Brian Grifﬁn will 34 34 lead “History Cruise” excur- SUMMER PRUNING: Plan sions at 5pm every Thursday to be outdoors for a “Sum- FOOD outside through August leaving from mer Pruning Stone Fruits” HIKING RUNNING CYCLING Squalcium Harbor, 722 Coho workshop from 10:30am-12pm Way. Tickets are $30-$35. at Everson’s Cloud Mountain 27 778-8963 OR WWW. Farm Center, 6906 Goodwin WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Rd. Entry is free; donations are accepted. B-BOARD WORK PARTY: Join Belling- WWW. ham Parks from 6:30-8pm for a CLOUDMOUNTAINFARMCENTER. work party at Woodstock Farm ORG 24 BY AMY KEPFERLE on Chuckanut Dr. 778-7105 BAT WATCH: A Wild Whatcom FILM FILM Walks’ “Going Batty” program FITNESS FORUM: David Bur- and excursion led by Stephen

20 A Date with Derby nett and Keever Henry, track Frank begins at 8pm at Fern- and cross country coaches at dale’s Hovander Homestead ON TRACK WITH THE BELLINGHAM ROLLER BETTIES WWU, will lead a free “Drills Park (under the white canopy MUSIC actually prefer the wom- to Take Your Running to the on the lawn). Holly Roger will Next Level” Fitness Forum at lead a simultaneous active

18 ens’ leagues over men’s or 7:15pm at Fairhaven Runners, informational program for coed, Chapman also notes

ART ART 1209 11th St. children. Admission is $10. that you don’t need to be WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS. WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG a seasoned athlete to be COM 16 part of the team. For that SUN., AUG. 11 AUG. 8-11 YOUTH TRIATHLON: Kids

STAGE STAGE matter, you don’t need to SKAGIT TOURS: Diablo ages 5 to 13 can take part be hell on wheels. Lake boat tours and North in the Bellingham Youth Tri- “Really what it takes Cascades explorer tours occur athlon starting at 9am at the 14 14 // ) is having a human body every weekend through early Arne Hanna Aquatic Center, WHAT: Bellingham and a desire to learn and September in and around the 1114 Potter St. Entry is $20. Roller Betties three dams near Highway 20. WWW.COB.ORG GET OUT GET OUT contribute,” she says. Meet-and-Greet and Newhalem walking tours and Registration “Booty Camp is where occasional powerhouse tours SUMMER RIDE: As part of Ev- you learn to skate, stop, are also offered. Walking erybody Bike’s Summer Rides

12 WHEN: 5-7pm Sun., Aug. 11 fall and the basics of tours are free; boat tours and series, show up for a “Roasters WHERE: Extreme blocking—and yes, we’ll explorer tours are $18-$35. and Red Tails” ride at 1pm at WORDS Sports Grill, 4156 teach you how to whip. WWW.SKAGITTOURS.COM Hammerhead Coffee’s head- Meridian St. quarters, 5305 Northwest Dr. It’s a great way to see if 8 INFO: www. FRI., AUG. 9 Entry is free. bellingham this is really the sport WILD THINGS: Kids, adults WWW.EVERYBODYBIKE.COM rollerbetties.com that you want to dedi- and adventurers can join Wild ------Whatcom Walks for “Wild MON., AUG. 12

CURRENTS cate your time to. It’s WHAT: Booty Camp where you learn about Things” excursions from 9:30- BIKE MAINTENANCE: Attend 11am every Friday in August a free “Bike Maintenance

6 and Tryouts WHEN: 5-7pm every your skates and safety at Lake Padden. Entry is by Basics” clinic at 6pm at REI, Saturday (except gear. It’s where you get donation. 400 36th St. Please register in VIEWS VIEWS Labor Day weekend) your booty in shape and WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG advance. PHOTO BY KIM LINCOLN From Aug. 18-Oct. 13 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM

4 hopefully get drafted to COST: $40 a team for the upcoming FERRY FAREWELLS: Attend registration fee “Free Friday Ferry Farewells” TUES., AUG. 13 MAIL MAIL f the DEA comes knocking, there’s only one course of ac- plus $5 weekly rink season.” at 5:30pm at the Community TAME THE TRAIL: A special

tion: Lace up your skates, and get on the rink. entrance fee Chantell Bertollini, Boating Center, 555 Harris Nike-sponsored “Tame the 2 I The DEA, in this case, stands not for the nationwide WHERE: Lynden a veteran skater whose Ave. Register in advance. Trail Run” starts at 6pm at WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th DO IT IT DO Skateway, 421

entity policing drugs, but for the Derby Enforcement Agen- derby name is Dixy Death- cy—the group of ofﬁcials responsible for refereeing the three Judson St. Dealer, agrees with Chap- St. Surprise giveaways and AUG. 9-10 rafﬂes for Nike shoes and

13 teams (FLASH, Cog Blockers, and Tough Love) comprising the man that when it comes SIN AND GIN TOURS: The his- apparel will be part of the

07. derby collective known as the Bellingham Roller Betties. to Booty Camp and tryouts, participants must tory excursions led by the Good free fun. 08. As the Roller Betties head into their seventh season of be able to show they’re willing to try hard, work Time Girls continue at “Sin & WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS. competitive derby, they’re seeking recruits to add to their hard and be team players. Gin” tours starting at 6:45pm in COM .08 roster. Those who show up for an Aug. 11 meet-and-greet “It’s not just about looking the part or being downtown Bellingham (in front 32

# of Bayou on Bay’s Oyster Bar) WED., AUG. 14 at the Extreme Sports Grill will ﬁnd out more about what the cool kid,” she says, “it’s about being a good and historic Fairhaven (outside SPECIES CONSERVATION it takes to be on one of the aforementioned teams, as well teammate, being a leader and setting a good Skylark’s hidden café). Tickets TALK: Former Bellingham as what’s required to be a referee or volunteer for the or- example not only for the other members of the are $18. resident Hudson Dodd will ganization. Soon thereafter, “Booty Camp” will commence, league, but more importantly the younger peo- WWW.GOODTIMEGIRLSBHAM. talk about endangered spe- and women who want to take part will get a taste of a sport ple in the community. COM cies conservation in New Zealand at a slideshow pre- that requires its participants to simultaneously play both “For me personally, the greatest reward is SAT., AUG. 10 sentation at 7:30pm at the

CASCADIA WEEKLY offense and defense. knowing there are kids who look forward to BOAT SHOW: Celebrate mari- Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th Kamarie Chapman, a referee who’s been known as “Lady coming to the bouts and watching the players time and automotive history St. Entry is by donation; 14 MacReff” for the past year, says it takes both time and deter- skate. We have the opportunity to be a posi- at the 13th annual La Conner proceeds go support the mination to be part of the organization. If you stick with it, tive impact and a role model to them without Boat Show from 10am-4pm at work of the Brook Waimarama the La Conner Marina. There Sanctuary Trust (where Hud- however, she predicts you’ll soon become addicted. having to be rich and famous or get atten- will also be a food court, son now works). Pointing out that roller derby is one of the fastest-growing tion by making bad decisions. To them, we vendors, exhibitors and WWW.BROOKSANCTUARY.ORG sports in the world, and one of the few sports around where fans are famous.”

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FOOD G season wraps up this week with performances of Steel Magnolias at 7:30pm Wednesday and sta e Saturday at the Mount Baker Theatre’s Walton Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Art can be 27 THEATER DANCE PROFILES seen at 7:30pm Thursday and 3pm Sunday, and Almost, Maine shows at 7:30pm Friday.

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24 THURS., AUG. 8 BY TRAIL RAT GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the

FILM FILM Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick around for the “Project.” Entry is $4-$7. 20 Mark Twain in Fairhaven 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM

MUSIC HUMOR ON THE HALF SHELL AUG. 8-11 SHAKESPEARE NORTHWEST: Shakespeare Northwest continues its season with show-

18 on ﬁre causing delays, and that was why the last installment came so late. He cooled down and went ings of Hamlet at 7pm Thursday and Saturday ART ART and The Merry Wives of Windsor at 7pm at it again. He captured the crowd. He had a good Friday and 2pm Sunday at Mount Vernon’s time and an encore, and was obliged to give an Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheater, 19299 Rex- 16 16 additional story.” ville Grange Rd. The Shakespearean classics continue showing in repertory through Aug. STAGE STAGE

STAGE STAGE Finally, last but not least, there was the Fairhaven Hotel. 17. Tickets are $10-$12. WWW.SHAKESNW.ORG Attempting to unwind in his room there post- 14 engagement, Twain called for a toddy of liquor and BEING EARNEST: Get a sense of the trivial- hot water, only to be greeted by the desultory news ity of late Victorian England at showings of

GET OUT that this particular establishment—one of the Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy, The Importance most luxurious, palatially appointed hostelries in of Being Earnes, continues its run with showings at 7:30pm Thursday, 8pm Friday and the entire Paciﬁc Northwest

12 Saturday, and 2pm Sunday at the Anacortes at the time—had gone tem- Community Theatre, 918 M Ave. Tickets are perate. $18 and showings continue through Aug. 24. WORDS So, in order to sufﬁciently WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM slake himself, the “Father of 8 AUG. 8-14 American Literature” found BARD ON THE BEACH: Twelfth Night, himself forced to repair across Hamlet, Measure for Measure, and Elizabeth Rex show in repertory at Bard on the Beach

CURRENTS hen celebrated author and indelible raconteur Mark Twain the street to the Mason Block rolled into Fairhaven during the Pacific Northwest leg of . $/ (currently known as Sycamore through Sept. 14 at Vancouver B.C.’s Vanier 6 his around-the-world lecture tour in the middle of Au- WHAT: Mark Twain Square), where he was appre- Park. Tickets are $25-$43 (Canadian). W WWW.BARDONTHEBEACH.ORG gust, 1895, both he and the fledgling five-year-old town were mired in Fairhaven ciative to imbibe with more

VIEWS VIEWS WHEN: 7:30pm in serious economic doldrums. Aug. 8-10 and suitable accommodation in AUG. 9-10 TARNATION: As part of a summer of “great- 4 Having recently lost his shirt in a failed book-publishing venture 15-17; 2pm Aug. 8 the booze-friendly conﬁnes of in New York, the bedraggled 60-year-old tale spinner was looking and 18 the Cascade Club. est hits” shows, attend performances of the MAIL MAIL to drum up cash to fend off his creditors, and Fairhaven—having WHERE: Firehouse If you’ve got a hankering to improvised western known as “Tarnation” Performing Arts at 9pm Friday and Saturday at the Upfront

recently lost out on its bid to become the western terminus of the experience the historic ﬂavor 2 Center, 1314 Harris Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Please note that sum- Great Northern Railway—needed any sort of help it could get. Ave. of Twain’s visit here, you are mer hours are in effect, meaning there will

DO IT IT DO only be one show on weekend nights through Although, for the most part, Twain’s one-night stand at the COST: $8-$12 in luck. Lighthouse Theater proved profitable to both parties, there were INFO: www. Based loosely on the afore- Sept. 21. Tickets are $8-$10. villagebooks.com WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM 13 a few hitches. mentioned episode, Mark 07. First and foremost, there was too much smoke in the air. It came Twain in Fairhaven is a musi- SAT., AUG. 10 08. both from a profusion of forest fires burning up and down the coast cal tall tale written by local playwright/historian BLACKBEARD THE PIRATE: Cheer on and from the 10 cigars Twain was known to consume each day. And, Joseph Lenz that weaves nostalgic song-and-dance area youth who’ve been taking part in the .08 because of it, Twain caught a cold. Next, there was the woefully numbers between humorous smatterings of Twai- Missoula Children’s Theatre’s third summer 32 # cumbersome condition of the local transportation infrastructure to nian oration. theater camp at performances of Blackbeard the Pirate at 3pm and 7pm at the Mount Baker contend with. Currently in its second year run at the Firehouse Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets are “It was with great difficulty that he got through the lecture,” Performing Arts Center (located within stumbling $6-$10. wrote Twain’s tour manager, Major J.B. Pond, in his memoir Eccen- distance from where the crazy-haired man in the WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM tricities of Genius. white suit abided), you will find Leon Charbonneau “The crowd, which kept stringing in at long intervals until half- starring adeptly in the namesake role supported by a SUN., AUG. 11 DYNAMO: Liven up your Sunday nights at CASCADIA WEEKLY past nine, made him so nervous that he left the stage for a time. colorful cast of sufficiently salty local characters. “Dynamo” shows at 8pm at the Upfront The- I thought he was ill, and rushed back of the scenes, only to meet Although variable traces of smoke-haze from atre, 1208 Bay St. The performances feature 16 him in a white rage. He looked daggers at me, and remarked, ‘You’ll wildfires are currently visible around our state, 12 improvisers vying for the “Dynamo” title never play a trick like this on me again. Look at that audience. It your chances of being inundated by amounts of through a series of games and elimination isn’t half in yet!’ particulate matter comparable to the amount that rounds. Entry is $2. 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM “I explained that many of the people came from long distances, Mr. Huckleberry Finn had to contend with are slim. and that the [street] cars ran only every half hour, the entire country Same goes for cigar smoke. Friday Harbor doit Divorce is an ending, MON., AUG. 12 ART MARKET GUFFAWINGHAM: A new weekly open mic but not The End. for comedians, dubbed “Guffawingham!,” 34 34 takes place at 8pm Mondays at the Green

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journey around the world to collect letters ART written during wartime. Entry is free and open to all. 16 16 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM STAGE STAGE THURS., AUG. 15 STAGE VAUDEVILLINGHAM: The Bellingham Circus Guild’s monthly uncensored variety show, 14 “Vaudevillingham,” can be seen at 7pm and 9pm at the Cirque Lab, 1401 6th St. Expect

everything from dance to aerial, comedy, GET OUT magic, theater, jugging, improv, burlesque, music and more. Suggested donation is

$5-$10. 12 WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM WORDS

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THURS., AUG. 8 FOLK DANCE: Join the Fourth Corner Folk CURRENTS Dancers for public dances from 7:15-10pm

every Thursday at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 6 12th St. No experience or partner is necessary, and all ages are welcome. Admission VIEWS VIEWS is free for newcomers and students and a $5 donation is suggested for others. 4 380-0456 MAIL MAIL FRI., AUG. 9

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workshop: First American Title Company 11 Bellwether Way #301 summer pruning Bellingham, WA 98225 stone fruits August 10, 2013 CASCADIA WEEKLY 10:00am - 1:00pm august 10 17 For more information visit 10:30 a.m. to noon summer hours: wed-sat 10-5, sun 11-4 Cheer on area youth who’ve been taking part in chase.com/MyNewHome/learn closed monday and tuesday the Missoula Children’s Theatre’s production of To sign up visit We’re here to help with 6906 goodwin road, everson | (360) 966-5859 Blackbeard the Pirate at two shows Aug. 10 at Bradhanks.com/sign-up your plants. www.cloudmountainfarmcenter.org the Mount Baker Theatre :KDWFRP&RXQW\ VQRQSURÀWFRPPXQLW\IDUPDQGHGXFDWLRQFHQWHU When it came time to create the pieces used in her senior thesis project, Parker says she wanted to show that the environment was a living, breathing entity. “The Spirit of Living Things”—

which was the name of her thesis, as well as the 34 34 title of the exhibit currently showing at down-

FOOD town Bellingham’s CedarWorks Gallery—is her at- visual tempt to draw attention to the lives of various plants, trees and animals. 27 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES “In a way, I’m trying to capture the effects of climate change,” Parker says. She explains that les-

B-BOARD sons her great-grandmother taught her when she was ﬁrst learning about the ﬂora and fauna neces-

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20 The Spirit of Things , “I took my basketry and my MUSIC A PRINTMAKER WITH HISTORY culture and my environmental 18 18 18 ART ART ART ART connections and changed it into printmaking.” 16 —BETTY PARKER STAGE STAGE

14 sary for basket weaving also came into play.

GET OUT “As a basket weaver and member of a culturally inclined family, I think I was 12 able to connect with the environment a lot more,” WORDS . $/ WHAT: Betty Parker’s Parker says. “I was warned “The Spirit of Living by my great-grandmother 8 Things” that things [in the envi- WHEN: Through ronment] were changing. August

CURRENTS WHERE: CedarWorks “For example, when I Art Gallery, 217 Holly went to gather some of the 6 St. plants for weaving and me- INFO: 647-6933 dicinal purposes even eight VIEWS VIEWS years ago, I couldn’t ﬁnd

4 them. Some moved north, some south. Environ- mental changes mean that even the plants are re- MAIL MAIL locating. And windows of gathering have changed

for a lot of different plants.” 2 While the prints on display are designed to DO IT IT DO

make viewers think about the effects of a quickly t a young age, Betty Parker was taught to weave bas- changing world, they’re also eye-catching works

13 kets from her great-grandmother, a member of the of art that show off Parker’s undeniable talents.

07. Makah tribe. And even though they feature aspects of tradi-

08. A But before she could try out her hand at the ancient art tional coastal form art, the pieces are both con- form, Parker ﬁrst had to learn more about both the materials temporary and original. .08 and the history of what she’d be working with. “I went from a Native perspective to a more 32 # “I learned the old process,” Parker—who’s also a member of contemporary perspective to show how important the Lummi Nation—says. “I wasn’t allowed to start weaving these plants and animals are,” Parker says. “I took until I’d learned the name of all the grasses and the stories— it another step forward and implemented things how to bring the baskets ‘to light,’ and why we do that.” I’d learned in art school.” Through the years, the skills and lessons Parker, 40, learned While Parker says she’s still trying to perfect her from weaving baskets has served her well. Making and selling style, she also knows that sometimes it’s best to

CASCADIA WEEKLY baskets helped put food on the table when she was a young show the work, get feedback, and go from there. single mother, and when she entered the American Indian Arts “It always grows and changes into what it wants 18 College in Santa Fe, New Mexico and began to study printmak- to be,” Parker says of her prints. “Mistakes and ing, she was able to use her existing skills to incorporate into ﬂaws can turn out to be perfect, and just a little the new art form she quickly fell in love with. mistake can make it complete. I enjoy the lack of “I took my basketry and my culture and my environmental control. You think you have control over it, but connections and changed it into printmaking,” Parker says. you don’t.” doit

UPCOMING EVENTS GALLERY CYGNUS: Nick Fennel’s “Wetscapes” and Jeffrey Hanks’ “Vessels” are 1

JULY THURS., AUG. 8 on display until Aug. 25 at La Conner’s Gallery

CURATOR’S TOUR: Join Curator of Art, Cygnus, 109 Commercial Ave. 34 Barbara Matilsky, for a walkthrough of “Nature WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM in the Balance: Artists Interpreting Climate 2 FOOD Change” at 12:30pm at Whatcom Museum’s GOOD EARTH: “Advanced Geometry,” featur- SPECIAL Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora St. Entry is ing Irene Lawson’s hand-thrown earthenware Peter Charron, O.D. free with $5 Thursday admission. bowls, platters, cups and bottle stoppers, can 27 3 WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG be checked out through August at Good Earth Doctor of Optometry 40% OFF ALL Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave.

AUG. 10-11 WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM 1616 Cornwall Ave. #105 B-BOARD COUPEVILLE FESTIVAL: The 49th annual Bellingham, WA 98225 EYEWEAR 4 Coupeville Arts & Crafts Festival takes place HONEY SALON: View painter Tara Mazza’s

from 10am-6pm Saturday and 10am-5pm work through September at Honey Salon, 310 24 5 Sunday on Whidbey Island at the Coupeville W. Holly St. AND

nwvisiontherapy.com FILM Recreation Hall, 901 NW Alexander St. In WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM addition to the plethora of ﬁne and folk arts SUNWEAR 6 that will be on display and up for sale, there’ll JANSEN ART CENTER: Sign up for classes 20 be activities for kids, live entertainment and and workshops at Lynden’s new Jansen Art Call SOME RESTRICTIONS 7 food for every palate. Entry is free. Center, 321 Front St. A multi-artist “Summer (360) 393 4479 WWW.COUPEVILLEFESTIVAL.COM Exhibit” is currently on display. MUSIC APPLY 8 WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG and schedule today 18 18 SUN., AUG. 11 CALL FOR DETAILS 9 18 BELLWETHER ARTS MARKET: Handmade MAKE.SHIFT: New works by Kyler Marz, Jacob ART ART juried arts and crafts from more than 30 of Cass, and Charliegrrl can be perused through ART the region’s best artists, an arts area for Aug. 24 at Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St.

youth, live music and more will be part of WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM 16 the “Bellwether Art Market” happening from 10am-4pm every Sunday in August at the Tom MATZKE GALLERY: View “Summer Moments” STAGE STAGE Glenn Commons on Bellwether Way. through Sept. 8 at Camano Island’s Matzke WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, 2345

Blanche Way. The multi-artist exhibit $5 14 features glass, metal, stone, wood, mosaics 8B7#8; 658 4 !32878 1 and paintings.

ONGOING EXHIBITS WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM GET OUT ALLIED ARTS: “As Above” can be viewed through August at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall MONA: “Selections from the Permanent

Ave. The exhibit—which features work from Collection: Reﬂections” will be on display 12 Steve Cunningham, Tore Ofteness, Joe Jowdy, through Sept. 29 at La Conner’s Museum of and Jayme Curley—features pieces that “ex- Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. WORDS plore our relationship with the natural world.” WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG

B A"@ 8 0/.- Featuring: SKAGIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: “From Shine ANCHOR ART SPACE: See the multi-artist to Chardonnay” will explore the early days ,? !3 +* exhibit, “Drawn In,” through Sept. 15 in Ana- of “still in the hills” to the “current trend of ?> =B<;: cortes at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial boutique distilling” From Aug. 10-25 at La )=3*; ...And Kulshan Cycles presents CURRENTS Ave. The show addresses gesture and material- Conner’s Skagit County Historical Museum, (A9' Anthill Film’s bike short: ity in uniquely engaging ways. 501 S. 4th St. %9=& 6 WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG WWW.SKAGITOCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM VIEWS VIEWS ARTWOOD: “One Good Turn Deserves SMITH & VALLEE: View unique multimedia

Another” shows through August at Artwood, works by Bellingham artist Lindsay Kohles and 4 1000 Harris Ave. Samish Island’s Jasmine Valandani through

WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM Aug. 31 at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, MAIL 5742 Gilkey Ave.

CEDARWORKS: Peruse and purchase a variety WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM 2 of Native American art from 10am-6pm Wed.- DO IT IT DO

Sat. at the CedarWorks Art Gallery, 217 Holly WATERWORKS: Melinda Hannigan’s “Rusted St. The works of printmaker Betty Parker—a Surface” oil painting can be perused through Lummi/Makah artist who recently graduated August 10 in Friday Harbor at WaterWorks Gal- 13 from the Institute of American Indian Art— lery, 315 Argyle St. 07. are on display through August. WWW.WATERWORKSGALLERY.COM

08. 647-6933 WHATCOM ART MARKET: From 10am-6pm CHUCKANUT BREWERY: Daniel Ewert’s every Friday through Sunday, stop by the Roll down on two wheels (walk-ins are welcome too!) .08 32 award-winning photographs of the Paciﬁc Whatcom Art Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s for a Friday night of outdoor summer fun on Bay Street. # Northwest and other scenic areas in the Waldron Building, 1314 12th St. Join us for a pre-movie bike parade, bike show, food and United States can be viewed through Aug. 4 at WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG beer, and an outdoor screening of “Young Frankenstein” Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen, 601 W. Holly St. (plus a bonus bike short)! WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Nature in the Balance: Chairs onsite are limited—so Artists Interpreting Climate Change,” and bring a folding chair. Festivities start at 7pm, film starts DEMING LIBRARY: Multimedia art by Sheila “Clearly Art: The Beauty of Glass” can cur- at dusk. Full schedule and Bike Show & Shine rules at: Togerson is on display through Sept. 9 at the rently be viewed at the Whatcom Museum’s CASCADIA WEEKLY Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. Lightcatcher Building. “Treasures from https://smore.com/wb1r 592-2286 the Trunk: The Story of J.J. Donovan” and Presented by PICKFORD FILM CENTER and: 19 “Romantically Modern: Paciﬁc Northwest FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contemporary Landscapes” can be seen at the museum’s folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm every Mon.- Old City Hall. Fri. at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM Rumor Has It I KNOW WE’RE all aware that the only thing I 34 34 want to talk about right now is the Lynden Fair,

FOOD but let’s pretend for a moment that 1. Other things are happening and 2. I’m not a complete music lunatic. Or just the ﬁrst thing. The latter is prob- 27 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT ably asking too much. At any rate, a bunch of Josh Kiener’s friends

B-BOARD got together and threw him a real party—and, judging by the grin plastered on his face all night long, it was a resounding success. In case 24 BY CAREY ROSS you need a little memory refresher, Kiener was

FILM FILM the local musician who was shot multiple times a few months ago. Said shooting, among many other things, had all kinds of negative effects 20 20 20 Northwest Washington Fair on Kiener’s ﬁnancial situation. Enter Kiener’s

MUSIC friends, and a beneﬁt show at the Shakedown MUSIC THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH that was months in the making. By the end of the night, thousands of dollars had been 18 y now, it should come as no surprise that I love the Northwest Washington Fair. I have spoken of raised to help Kiener restore a bit of order to ART ART B this love both in person and in print on a number his rattled universe. of occasions, some of them actually Fair-related. Indeed, In the afterglow of fund- 16 I talk about the Fair year-round, and I believe it is pos- raisers such as this, we are inclined to tout how

STAGE STAGE sible that I give it more lip service than some of the folks involved in the planning and execution of the weeklong life-afﬁrming the event event. And if that’s an exaggeration, it’s a slight one. was and deemphasize the 14 To me, magic can be found in every aspect of the Fair. money part of the equa- See page 27 for details Sure, the rides are great, and I will take a million turns on tion. This is likely because,

GET OUT for all our foibles, we are the Zipper, laughing until I cry each and every time. As BY CAREY ROSS well, I’ve sampled many of the Fair’s culinary offerings, generally a nice group and while some are definitely better than others, all are of people, not a bunch of venal savages. And 12 capable of satiating my rabid and overexcited appetite. while it’s not considered polite to talk about And if there’s a better way to end a night than with a hot, money, I’m not very polite. So I’m going to talk WORDS freshly fried slab of funnel cake, I sure don’t know what it about the money. is. The past couple of years, I’ve satisfied my lust for ve- Not long ago, I was the beneficiary of a 8 hicular destruction at the Demolition Derby—and can say fundraiser, also at the Shakedown. It was a without equivocation that the tractor show at the outset wonderful night, full of great music and very many of my favorite people. All that aside,

CURRENTS is a deﬁnite bonus. And from cheap sunglasses to hot tubs to airbrush tattoos, even the commerce to be found at the when it was said and sung and done, I walked 6 Fair has its own peculiar charms. Of course, a big part of (or scooted, as the case may be) out the door my Fair experience is checking out all the livestock barns, with a full heart and a wad of cash. While VIEWS VIEWS and the animals never disappoint (goats and chickens, I the funds were not enough to dig me out of the hefty medical debt I’d accrued, they were

4 am coming for you). And if you, like me, are of the opinion enough to allow me to make a sufﬁcient down that you really haven’t lived until you’ve gazed upon cats HUNTER HAYES MAIL MAIL in elaborate homemade dioramas, hie thyself to Lynden. payment on that debt, and I was able to man- age the rest of it without employing any of the The Fair is the place for you. 2 Even the parts of the action that don’t have me in unpalatable options I was considering. For me,

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their thrall—namely the collections of crafts, cookery and more, and the horse shows—still merit my attention, game-changer, and was an incredible gift for which I am still grateful. I can only hope the 13 and I’ve been known to make the journey to Lynden mul-

07. tiple times during a single year in order to fully sample same is true for Kiener. Because I certainly 08. the Fair’s many delights. think he deserves to have a whole lot of things All that, and I haven’t even talked about the music. go his way for a minute. .08 Music is a big part of the Northwest Washington Fair, All this talk of the benefits of benefits brings 32 # and much of it can be had for the cost of a ticket at the me to my final point, which is while gratitude is gate. On the Haggen Stage you’ll find Karen Quest showing due to the folks who attend such shows and do- off her comedy and trick roping skills, Paul Isaak spinning nate at the door, the bands and musicians who plates and yo-yoing the day away, while music from the THE GUESS WHO play these fundraisers are the ones to whom likes of the Lost Highway Band, JP Falcon, and the Halleck the biggest debt is truly owed. They give their Street Ramblers fills in the remainder of the blanks. On the lition Derby and monster truck show, but, in between, time freely and often, and every time they play

CASCADIA WEEKLY Community Stage—carefully curated by Cindy Parker—it’s it’s nothing but music. a benefit show, they essentially agree to forgo all music, all the time, and you can expect to see everyone This year’s slate of Grandstand performers kicks off a paycheck. And most musicians I know can’t 20 from Sanoma and Salvadore Dali Lama to the Bellingham Tues., Aug. 13 in a big way with Dwight Yoakam. The really afford to give up many paychecks. Yet, Ukulele Group and the Black Crabs. country music legend has come a long way from Pikeville, time and again, they do it willingly. If how well But the big musical draw at the Fair is the Grand- Ky., and in the three decades he’s spent performing, has we take care of each other serves as a measure stand Entertainment. The shows at the Fairgrounds’ ex- sold more than 25 million records. Nine of his albums of who we are as a music community, I think pansive outdoor venue may be bookended by the Demo- have gone platinum, 12 have earned gold status. He’s we’re doing all right. FAIR, wasn’t enough that he wrote the songs musicevents FROM PREVIOUS PAGE on his album, he played most of the in- struments as well. At the ripe old age WED., AUG. 7 and Sunday, $65 for Friday and Saturday. Weekend charted more than 30 hit songs, has five of 21, he’s a member of the Louisiana DOWNTOWN SOUNDS: The final Downtown Sounds passes are available.

Billboard number-one albums under his Music Hall of Fame, and is spending his concert of the season features Spyn Reset and WWW.SUMMERMELTDOWN.COM 34 belt, has a Grammy to call his own, and summer touring the county fair circuit Juno What?! from 6-9:30pm on Bay Street between Prospect and West Champion streets. AUG. 9-10 FOOD his jeans are quite possibly as famous as before moving indoors come fall. WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM HAYNIE OPRY: The Haynie Opry wraps up its his songs. Last up on this year’s musical lineup is season with concerts this weekend at Blaine’s

Not to be outdone, the Guess Who will Steven Curtis Chapman, who will take AUG. 7-10 Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Rd. Matt Audette and 27 be on hand Wed., Aug. 14 to show Yoakam a turn on the Grandstand stage on Fri., SEMELE: Opera Popolare presents Handel’s “Se- the Circle of Friends Band will be joined by Chelsea they know a thing or two about hit songs. Aug. 16. Take my above statement about mele” at 7:30pm Wednesday through Friday, and Mason and 3rd Generation for a 7pm gig on Friday, 2pm Saturday at the Garden Street United Method- and will perform at a 3pm matinee Saturday. At 7pm B-BOARD After all, they’ve got “American Woman” my knowledge of country music, multiply ist Church, 1326 N. Garden St. Tickets are $12. Saturday, there’ll be a repeat performance of “The (a song I’ve had a special affection for it by a factor of inﬁnity, and you’ll arrive WWW.OPERAPOPOLARE.COM Day the Music Died.” Tickets are $15-$20 for the ever since Kevin Spacey exuberantly sang at the total of what nighttime shows, $10 for the matinee. 24 along to it in American Beauty), “No Sugar I know about Chris- THURS., AUG. 8 WWW.THEHAYNIEOPRY.COM Tonight,” “These Eyes,” and “Laughing” tian music. Despite CHERYL HODGE: Blues and jazz singer Cheryl FILM Hodge shares songs from her new CD, Indigo, at a AUG. 9-11 in their arsenal. And they are sure to de- my admitted vast free concert from 5:30-7:30pm in the Firehall Café BIRCH BAY MUSIC FESTIVAL: “Paws Across the 20 ploy these musical weapons during their ignorance in this at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. Border” will be the theme of the third annual Birch 20 Grandstand concert. While this isn’t the area, I am aware of WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG bay Music Festival happening from 3-9pm Friday, MUSIC band’s original lineup (meaning Burton one practitioner of 9am-9:30pm Saturday, and 9:30am-5pm Sunday at MUSIC Cummings and Randy Bachman will not this genre of music ELIZABETH PARK CONCERT SERIES: The annual the corner of Birch Bay Drive and Alderson Road. // ) summer music series in the Columbia neighbor- WWW.BIRCHBAYMUSICFESTIVAL.COM WHAT: The 18 be in attendance), founding members Jim (other than DC Talk, hood continues with a concert featuring the vocal

Northwest ART Kale and Garry Peterson will be on hand that is. Are they quartet known as the Honeybees from 6-8pm at SAT., AUG. 10 Washington Fair to make certain the Guess Who won’t still a thing?) and Bellingham’s Elizabeth Park. WINERY CONCERT: As part of a summer series of WHEN: Aug. 12-17

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the performers taking part in the 13th annual for a 6pm show at the Heart of Anacortes, 1014 4th GET OUT could dance on the head of a pin—and erable credit) in the history of Christian “pickin’ party” known as the Subdued Stringband St. Entry is $7. even I know full well who Hayes is. Sim- music. Indeed, the number of accolades Jamboree happening from 12pm-12am Thursday, WWW.THEHEARTOFANACORTES.COM ply put, he’s a phenom. I offer as evi- the proliﬁc artist has earned over the and 9am-12am Friday and Saturday at the Deming 12 dence the following facts: He performed years bypassed ridiculous long ago and Log Show Grounds. Tickets are $20 for Thursday and THE ATLANTICS: Rock, boogie and pop can be $35 otherwise (weekend passes are also available). heard when the perennially popular Atlantics per- for President Clinton at the White House is rapidly approaching just-rubbing-it-in- WORDS WWW.STRINGBANDJAMBOREE.COM form at 7:30pm at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, 321 when he was seven years old. He signed now territory. Front St. Tickets are $10. to Universal as a songwriter, and was I hope that I’ve properly conveyed the AUG. 8-11 WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG 8 writing songs for Rascal Flatts when he magical experience that is the Northwest SUMMER MELTDOWN: Xavier Rudd, Lotus, Minus was still a teenager. A deal to record Washington Fair. And I haven’t even men- the Bear, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, March- SUN., AUG. 11 and release his own songs on Atlantic tioned the time I saw a pigﬁght. Or the Fourth Marching Band, Emancipator, Cave Singers, INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES: The annual Inter- CURRENTS and the True Spokes are among the dozens of national Concert Series continues with Tahitian music

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in the sky. But Max’s life is completely 34 34 altered when he is hit with a lethal dose

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CASCADIA WEEKLY But Elysium has a much bigger budget and big-name stars and was made under the lack of universal health care. class conflict rather than the black and the studio system—which may not have worked out for the best. It is not as About the only real work in the Los An- white Blomkamp brings to his piece. 24 razor-sharp or as wonderfully surprising as District 9 although it can hardly be geles of Elysium is at the factories of the Still, for all its flaws, Elysium is an of- called a complete failure. A disappointment, perhaps, but not a failure. Armadyne corporation, which developed ten-absorbing and largely entertaining In Elysium, it’s 2154 and Los Angeles—all of Earth, for that matter—is not the the space station and all the technol- film from a young director with a great fu- kind of place you’d want to live. The City of Angels is a city of hell, a sprawling, ogy that runs and protects it. Elysium is ture. That makes it worth seeing—if not a polluted, overpopulated slum far worse than modern-day Sao Paulo, Brazil, or overseen by a slimy CEO named Carlyle complete success. ed! Get Hook Bellingham

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14 James Wan, is the man at least partially responsible power of education to change a girl—and the world. Bellis Fair See www.fandango.com for showtimes. touchstone.★★★★ 1(tISTNJO for the Saw series, this movie is not torture porn. It ★★★★★ 6OSBUFEtISNJO Bellis Fair See www.fandango.com for showtimes. also happens to be scary as shit. ★★★★ 3tIS 1JDLGPSE'JMN$FOUFS"VH! The Kings of Summer: This has been described as GET OUT NJO Stand By Me meets The Goonies, which is actually pretty Turbo: Turbo is a animated snail with a need for Barkley Village See www.fandango.com for showtimes. The Great Gatsby: This movie is visually sumptu- apt. As coming-of-age stories go, this is a good one, TQFFEXIPESFBNTPGXJOOJOHUIF*OEZ"TB ous and perfectly cast. It’s also pretty bad. Kudos to touching and funny in equal measure. And Nick Offer- slow-moving person who often yearns to be fleeter of 12 The Croods: An animated adventure about the Baz Luhrmann for the former and shame on him for man is as amazing as ever. ★★★★ 3tISNJO foot, all I have to say is, godspeed, Turbo. ★★★ (PG first road trip in history undertaken by a family of the latter. ★★ 1(tISTNJO Pickford Film Center See www.pickfordfilmcenter.com tISNJO

WORDS cavepeople should be a big hit with the kiddos. In Bellis Fair See www.fandango.com for showtimes. for showtimes. Barkley Village See www.fandango.com for showtimes. other words, take your brood to see The Croods. ★★★ 6OSBUFEtISNJO Grown Ups 2: It seems to me that real grownups Lovelace:*O Deep Throat thrust porn into the The Way Way Back: Coming-of-age movies often 8 Bellis Fair See www.fandango.com for showtimes. would know a sequel to the ﬁrst installment is a bad mainstream and its star, Linda Lovelace, became a live and die not just by their characters, but also idea. If you persist in acting like a child, Hollywood, household name. But truth is typically stranger—and by the actors chosen to play them. But with a cast Despicable Me 2: The inaugural installment of this then that’s how we’ll treat you. You’re grounded. Go in this case, less sexy—than ﬁction, as this biopic that includes the ever-excellent Sam Rockwell, Steve

CURRENTS animated franchise benefited from telling its tale to your room. ★ 1(tISNJO amply illustrates. ★★★★ 3tISNJO Carell, and Toni Collette, this is one story that hits from the point of view of the villain (voiced by Steve Barkley Village See www.fandango.com for showtimes. 1'$T-JNFMJHIU] all the right marks. ★★★★ 1(tISNJO 6 $BSFMM /PXUIBUWJMMBJOIBTCFDPNFBOUJWJMMBJO Pickford Film Center See www.pickfordfilmcenter.com and a father—will this sequel be able to conjure the The Heat: A buddy cop caper starring Melissa Mc- Pacific Rim: A bunch of robots fight a bunch of for showtimes.

VIEWS VIEWS same sort of magic? Signs point to yes. ★★★ 1(t Carthy and Sandra Bullock. Here’s hoping the ﬁlm monstrous creatures and apparently it’s pretty cool. ISNJO is a whole lot better than the photoshopped movie It’s directed by the endlessly visionary Guillermo del We’re the Millers: I cannot suspend my disbelief 4 Barkley Village See www.fandango.com for showtimes. posters advertising it. ★★★ 3tISNJO Toro, so where I’d normally be skeptical, I’m instead far enough to ever buy Jason Sudeikis as a pot deal- Barkley Village See www.fandango.com for showtimes. cautiously optimistic. ★★★ 1(tISTNJO er, Ed Helms as a drug kingpin or Jennifer Aniston as MAIL MAIL Elysium: See review previous page. ★★★ 3tIS Barkley Village See www.fandango.com for showtimes. a stripper. Try harder, Hollywood. Or just try at all. ★ NJO I’m So Excited!: Pedro Almodovar keeps it light

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08. ably due to the presence of the Clooney. Music by Crashers was, is and always will be a funny, funny World War Z: I swore off zombies the same time I Fritz and the Freeloaders opens the show. ★★★★★ movie, thanks in large part to the performances of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters: Another install- swore off vampires, but for Brad Pitt, I might make 1(tISNJO Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. Sadly, this is not ment in a second-tier ﬁlm franchise that I’d all but an exception. ★★★★ 1(tISNJO .08

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inhibited even though your outward circumstances

34 34 are technically unconstrained? If so, now’s the time FREE WILL to push for more freedom. FOOD LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): What resounding tri- ASTROLOGY umphs and subtle transformations have you accom-

27 plished since your last birthday? How have you grown 27 BUILDING ARIES (March 21-April 19): “You have to par- and changed? Are there any ways you have dwindled or ticipate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own drooped? The next few weeks will be an excellent time blessings,” says author Elizabeth Gilbert. I recom- to take inventory of these things. Your own evaluations B-BOARD B-BOARD mend that you experiment with this subversive idea, will be most important, of course. You’ve got to be the CONFIDENCE Aries. Just for a week, see what happens if you de- ultimate judge of your own character. But you should vote yourself to making yourself feel really good. I also solicit the feedback of people you trust. They may 24 mean risk going to extremes as you pursue happiness be able to help you see clues you’ve missed. If, after with focused zeal. Try this: Draw up a list of experi- weighing all the evidence, you decide you’re pleased FILM FILM ences that you know will give you intense pleasure, with how your life has unfolded these past 10 to 11 and indulge in them all without apology. And please months, I suggest you celebrate your success. Throw don’t fret about the possible consequences of getting yourself a party or buy yourself a reward or climb to the 20 Family Climb Time crazed with joy. Be assured that the cosmos is provid- top of a mountain and unleash a victory cry. ing you with more slack than usual.

MUSIC Bring your whole family to learn SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Monmouth Park in climbing skills together. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “I am not washed New Jersey hosts regular horse races from May through and beautiful, in control of a shining world in which November. During one such event in 2010, a horse 18 Free for Y Members, everything fits,” writes Taurus author Annie Dillard, named Thewifenoseeverything finished first, just

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14 breezy. Feel a generous acceptance for the messy SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You have both beauty you’re embedded in. Love your life exactly as a poetic and a cosmic license to stretch yourself fur- it is, with all of its paradoxes and mysteries. ther. It’s best not to go too far, of course. You should

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8 you take a similar approach as you weave your way through life’s challenges in the coming week. Don’t CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When I was 19, dawdle and plod. Move a little swifter than everyone a thug shot me in the butt with a shotgun at close else, but don’t race along at a breakneck pace. range. To this day, my body contains the 43 pellets CURRENTS he pumped into me. They have caused some minor CANCER (June 21-July 22): The key theme this health problems, and I’m always queasy when I see 6 week is relaxed intensiﬁcation. Your assignment, a gun. But I don’t experience any routine suffer- should you choose to accept it, is to heighten and ing from the wound. Its original impact no longer

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4 and self-possessed. To accomplish this, you will have when you were young? A difﬁcult break-up with your to ignore the conventional wisdom, which falsely as- ﬁrst love? The death of someone you cared about?

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peace with yourself and more at home in the world. advantage of the sexy vibes that are swirling around EVERY SUNDAY IN AUGUST in your vicinity? One thing you could do is whisper August 4, 11, 18 & 25, 10 AM – 4 PM LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Last year a young Nebras- the following provocations in the ear of anyone who 13 kan entrepreneur changed his name from Tyler Gold to would respond well to a dose of boisterous magic:

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CASCADIA WEEKLY Kid Crafts — August 11, 2013 10:00-1:00 PM Painted Rocks and More with Deirdre Czoberek of a slave. By the time she was born in 1915, black wrote, “to release the truth within us, to hold back 28 1:00-4:00 PM Personalized Picture Frames with people in the American South were no longer “owned” the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, by white “masters,” but their predicament was still to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the con- Molly McKay and Sara Alkhedairy extreme. Racism was acute and debilitating. Here’s ﬁdences of madmen.” As you make your adjustments what Billie wrote in her autobiography: “You can be and reconﬁgure your plans, Pisces, I suggest you up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in put your faith where Ballard did. Your imagination is " " your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still far more potent and dynamic than you realize—es- !!! # be working on a plantation.” Nothing you experience pecially right now. rearEnd ›› ”Tee Off”— songs that lost their #1 position

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13 W we’ve had in our family for the past 30-something years—the roots,” says foundation secretary Erna Gregory, school curriculums. 07. focus is often on what’s happening around the dinner table. an island resident who grew up on Lummi, left “It’s an opportunity to start out, in kin- 08. If the sockeye or pink are running and the reefnet fishermen on the for brighter lights and bigger cities, and moved dergarten, with a second/foreign language,“ west side of the island have had a good haul, my pops likes to stock his back when she knew the time was right to start Gregory says. “It’s not typical in a public .08 freezer with enough salmon for at least a dozen dinner parties—and if a family. school of this size. Luckily, the whole commu- 32 # it’s served fresh, it’s that much better. If it’s crabbing or clamming sea- “It’s all about sharing and bartering on the nity seems to be behind the Beach School.” son, we’ll head to the beach to plumb the briny depths and add additional island,” Gregory says. “What do you have that I While seeing who you’re helping simply by seafood items to the menu. don’t? What do I have that you don’t? It’s a way riding your bike or driving to various gardens When we host those gustatory gatherings, we make sure and invite of life that doesn’t exist much anymore, but it’s on an incredibly scenic island is part of the “Team J”—a couple who’ve lived on the island forever, and often show up definitely one of the benefits of living here.” draw of the Edible Garden Tour, Gregory points with gargantuan bowls of salad greens and edible flowers sourced from Whether residents are swapping mammoth out that it’s also a great way to enjoy the

CASCADIA WEEKLY their garden or magical desserts utilizing fruit they’ve harvested from zucchinis for pounds of fist-sized onions or a fleeting days of summer. throughout the lush land mass. (I’ll never forget the upside-down pear therapeutic massage for childcare or a couple “I love going on it because I get to see what 34 cake infused with lavender that was presented one memorable evening.) of hours of help in the garden, Gregory says it’s people are doing in their backyards, and why,” Apparently, I’m not the only one who equates Lummi Island with a good all part of the sense of sharing that she’s found she says. “I encourage everybody to come out, meal and healthy harvests. When the Beach School Foundation hosts its here since she was a kid—and that thankfully look at some gardens, eat some produce and 5th annual Edible Garden Tour Sat., Aug. 10, they’ll be sharing some of still exists now that she has a husband and a pie and feel good about helping sustain this the island’s most prolific gardens and orchards with the general public. young one of her own. incredible school.” doit

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