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30 30 Bellingham Chinese cascadia FOOD Cultural Festival, view the works of 17 local

25 Chinese artists Feb. 3 at Allied Arts during

B-BOARD the monthly Art Walk in A glance at what’s happening this week downtown Bellingham 22 22 2 ) . 4[02.x.12] FILM FILM FOOD ONSTAGE Red Wine and Chocolate Festival: Through Sunday, Carpenter Creek Winery, Mount

18 Tartuffe: 7:30pm, Old Main Theater, WWU Vernon MUSIC Dessert First Fundraiser: 7-9:30pm, Belling- MUSIC Ugandan Orphans Choir: 7pm, Trinity Lu- ham Golf & Country Club theran Church

16 VISUAL ARTS COMMUNITY

ART ART Gallery Walk: 6-9pm, downtown Anacortes Networkshop: 4:30-6pm, Bellingham Bay Art Walk: 6-10pm, downtown Bellingham Builders Studio 15

STAGE STAGE ./0- 4[02.{.12] /#0-. 4[02.y.12] ONSTAGE ONSTAGE 14 A Shayna Maidel: 7pm, Alger Community Tartuffe: 7:30pm, Old Main Theater, WWU Church Iron Curtain: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Tartuffe: 7:30pm, Old Main Theater, WWU

GET OUT Theatre Hello Dolly: 7:30pm, Lynden Christian Wor- Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre ship and Fine Arts Center Devil’s Workshop: 8pm, iDiOM Theater

12 Annie: 7:30pm, Mt. Baker High School, Dem- The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre ing Borderline Crazies: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Dinner WORDS MUSIC Joy Jam: 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum Theatre, Mount Vernon

8 Busybody: 7:30pm, Whidbey Playhouse, Oak WORDS Harbor John Stanley: 5pm, Village Books Becoming Eleanor: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre John Scurlock: 7pm, Village Books Guild CURRENTS CURRENTS VISUAL ARTS Iron Curtain: 8pm, Anacortes Community 6 Nevada, Watson, O’Neill Reception: 6-8pm, Theatre Lucia Douglas Gallery Space Trek: 8pm, Upfront Theatre VIEWS VIEWS Devil’s Workshop: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Evil Space Trek: 10pm, Upfront Theatre 4 !-$ 4[02.z.12] DANCE MAIL MAIL ONSTAGE Folk Dance: 7:30-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library

2 A Shayna Maidel: 7pm, Alger Community MUSIC Church Clamdigger Jazz Band: 2-5pm, VFW Hall DO IT IT DO DO IT 2 Tartuffe: 7:30pm, Old Main Theater, WWU Winterstomp: 6pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Hello Dolly: 7:30pm, Lynden Christian Wor- All are invited to the Mel Brooks-inspired song-and- Vernon

.12 ship and Fine Arts Center Andy Irvine: 7pm, YWCA Ballroom 01 Annie: 7:30pm, Mt. Baker High School, Dem- dance monster mash known as Young Frankenstein Matthew Kocel: 7pm, Presence Studio ing Skagit Opera: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Borderline Crazies: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Dinner Feb. 6 at the Mount Baker Theatre Vernon .07 02. Theatre, Mount Vernon 05 # Busybody: 7:30pm, Whidbey Playhouse, Oak COMMUNITY Harbor Winter Rummage Sale: 9am-12pm, Bloedel Iron Curtain: 8pm, Anacortes Community Donovan Community Building Theatre Irish music master Andy Compete for a Cause: 10:30am, Leopold Becoming Eleanor: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre Irvine brings his aural Crystal Ballroom Guild Caleb Kors Community Fundraiser: 11am- Space Trek: 8pm, Upfront Theatre acumen to Bellingham 2pm, Sudden Valley Dance Barn CASCADIA WEEKLY Devil’s Workshop: 8pm, iDiOM Theater for a Feb. 4 show at the GET OUT 2 Evil Space Trek: 10pm, Upfront Theatre YWCA Ballroom Eagle Festival: 9am-4pm, Arlington MUSIC Trail Work Party: 9am-2:30pm, Salmon Ridge Skagit Opera: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Snowpark Vernon Open Water Race: 10am, Swinomish Channel McIntyre Hall Presents

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Luteﬁsk and Meatball Dinner: 4-6pm, 30 30 Norway Hall

Oysterfest: 6pm, Bellingham Golf & Country FOOD Club Heritage Dinner: 6:30pm, Viking Union,

WWU 25 VISUAL ARTS Rainy Day Arts Festival: Through Sunday, Alpha Yaya Diallo B-BOARD throughout La Conner Natural & Supernatural Reception: 3-7pm, & the Bafing Riders 22 22 Gallery Cygnus, La Conner World Music from Guinea, West Africa

Friday, February 10 7:30pm FILM .0) 4[02.|.12] ONSTAGE 18 Tartuffe: 2pm, Old Main Theater, WWU MUSIC Becoming Eleanor: 2pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild 16 Iron Curtain: 2pm, Anacortes Community

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Church 15 Busybody: 2:30pm, Whidbey Playhouse, Oak

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Vernon for HUMANKIND GET OUT FOOD Blacklight Mask and Dance Theatre RIWKH\HDU Community Breakfast: 8am-1pm, Rome Sunday, February 12 2:00pm 12 Grange

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6 REAR END Land & Associates I’ve obtained meds, as the medical marijuana cannabis, which the man after whom this state ô distro@ 24: Bulletin Board, Sudoku cascadiaweekly.com community properly refers to it, from three dis- was named was a grower of himself? VIEWS VIEWS 25: Wellness pensaries in town, DojaRose being one of them. —Warren Levine, Bellingham Letters In my experience, they have been professional, 4 4 26: Free Will Astrology Send letters to letters@ cascadiaweekly.com. courteous, honest and very responsive to my I saw your article on the medical cannabis MAIL MAIL MAIL 27: Crossword needs as a patient. If all dispensary owners took business license revocations and denials in Bell-

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their business this seriously—speciﬁcally rela- ingham. I represent around 30 to 35 cannabis co- REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND LOWER B.C. 2 * * * 02.01.12::#05::V.07::FREE 29: This Modern World, tive to operating within the scope of the law to ops, growers and vendors in Washington State,

DO IT IT DO the best of their ability under our ridiculously including one of the co-op’s ﬁghting the City of Tom the Dancing Bug Tart Re u vvin f g f up t e he R e ambiguous laws—then no one would ever have Bellingham. I totally disagree with Shane Brady s to r a t i 30: Bizarre bivalves o n ,

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01 this county. failed with prohibiting certain kinds of books

Alan Rhodes: Mr. Cranky takes a vacation, p.6 :: Bizarre Bivalves: Clams get their close-up, p.30 Winterstomp: A soiree for the season, p.18 I’ve only been to one physical dispensary in in its city limits, and again is wasting taxpayer town, but if this article is accurate that a pro- dollars on ﬁghting that which Washington State ©2012 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by COVER: Photo by Anna .07 02. Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly vider can only possess 45 live plants, then I can’t allows its citizens to do. 05 White, design by Jesse # PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 understand how a dispensary owner can justify —Hilary Bricken, Attorney at Law, Seattle [email protected] Kinsman Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia having 200 six-foot ﬂowering plants growing in Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution their store that anyone who walks in can see. As a former frequent recreational pot consum- SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you In addition, the owner claimed quite proudly er, I know of the “relatively benign” effects can- include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- and happily to have legal permission to grow near- nabis smoking can leave behind in a consumer’s ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be ly 5,000 plants, which sounds about as non-kosher body—in my case, I noticed the formidable dam- returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope.

CASCADIA WEEKLY LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and to me as a bacon cheeseburger and a shake. age about a few months after I quit cold turkey. content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does As a patient, I would hate to see a place like Nonetheless, if/when pot consumption does be- 4 not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your that undo all the good that’s been done by the come legalized and regulated, hopefully it will letters to fewer than 300 words. state’s medical marijuana laws, but this is real- be as progressive of a social move as its propo- world proof that this budding industry (pun in- nents adamantly insist it would. tended) needs to be regulated and controlled. But as with research into the health hazards NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre The state did it with liquor for so long, how involved with all legal/regulated mind-altering substances, the same zeal for knowledge must be just as proliﬁcally ap-

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BETTER SCHOOL LUNCHES FOOD I was delighted to read the new USDA guidelines requiring schools to 25 serve meals with twice as many fruits and vegetables, more whole grains,

, B-BOARD less sodium and fat, and no meat for $50 000 breakfast. The guidelines were mandated by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act signed by President Obama in De- Now Through March 17! 22

cember of 2010 and will go into effect FILM with the next school year. The new guidelines offer a welcome 18 change from USDA’s tradition of using the National School Lunch Pro- MUSIC gram as a dumping ground for meat and dairy surpluses. Not surprisingly, 16 90 percent of American children are consuming excess fat, only 15 percent ART eat recommended servings of fruits and vegetables, and one-third have 15 become overweight or obese. These STAGE STAGE early dietary ﬂaws become lifelong ad- *HWOXFN\DW1RRNVDFN5LYHU&DVLQR*HWOXFN\DW1R dictions, raising their risk of diabetes, )HEUXDU\WKURXJK0DUFK)HEUXDU\WKUR heart disease and stroke. 14 In recent years, Hawaii, California,

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ODDS AND ENDS: A packed house attended a descrip-

30 30 tion of Washington’s long and distinguished history with the Growth Management Act at Bellingham City FOOD Club last week. Kaleen Cottingham, director of the views Washington State Recreation and Conservation Ofﬁce, OPINIONS THE GRISTLE who worked on the original GMA legislation, present- 25 ed an overview of that 20-year history to listeners at the monthly meeting of the nonpartisan civic organi-

B-BOARD zation. She was followed by panelists that included Ferndale Mayor Gary Jensen and former Whatcom County Planning Commissioner Jean Melious, who ran 22 22 for County Council in 2010. Panelists took over from

FILM FILM Cottingham, and sketched the rough-and-tumble, wasteful resistance to state law that has consumed Whatcom County government for two decades. BY ALAN RHODES 18 Notably absent from the gathering of civic leaders

MUSIC and elected ofﬁcials was, unfortunately, the architects of that waste, Whatcom County Council. None showed

16 up for an illuminating, factual discussion of strongly Accentuating the Positive bipartisan legislation designed to prevent communities ART ART from bankrupting themselves with unplanned sprawl. MR. CRANKY SMELLS THE ROSES Bellingham City Council at least had an excuse for 15 absence, with several members in Olympia attending a ON JAN. 1, I was cleaning out across the front page of The Bellingham conference sponsored by the Association of Washing- my news ﬁles from last year when I Herald: the designs are fading from STAGE STAGE ton Cities. There, council learned about a number of started getting grumpy. Here we go downtown crosswalks—something public policy issues, including advice on how best to again, I thought: same old, same old. you already know if you’ve crossed a 14 navigate the state’s Public Records Act in an age of so- SSA Marine is pushing ahead with downtown street any time in the past cial media. These are useful tools that require special plans for a coal terminal at Cherry year. These crosswalks, installed four

GET OUT care for transparency. Point, the trafﬁc camera issue hasn’t years ago, were supposed to last eight Conference advice might have assisted Whatcom been settled, and Doug Ericksen still years, but they’re already vanishing. County Council last week as they crafted new rules holds public ofﬁce. Act. Most state Republican lead- This isn’t good news, unless you put 12 on how to handle e-mail correspondence among and “Stop,” I said to myself. “Do I want to ers predictably opposed the idea, it into proper perspective, as we posi- between council members and the public. The county start out the year in a crabby mood?” many arguing that it would distract tive thinkers like to do. There are six WORDS was faulted by the Washington State Auditor in Novem- No siree, Bob. Those of you who fol- them from budgetary concerns. As a designer crosswalks for a total of ber for the council’s lack of clarity in policy. Email ex- low this column regularly (there are guy trying to be more positive, I ac- $119,000, which is $92,000 more than 8 changes between council members can create an unin- seven of you now) know that I’ve been cepted these conservative chaps at six regular crosswalks would cost. tended quorum by “serial communication” and violates trying to become a more positive per- their word. They aren’t a bunch of ho- They are wearing out four years early. the Open Public Meetings Act, the auditor warned. son, so I’m going to spend this year mophobic bigots; they just think the Four years equals 1,460 days. Divide CURRENTS CURRENTS Council bogged down in a discussion of how to han- focusing on good things. timing is bad. 1,460 into $92,000 and you get a cost 6

6 dle blind copies, an option that can conceal the names From my computer I printed a pic- Also during that first week of 2012 of $63 per day for the four lost years of recipients on a distribution list. Under state records ture of Flo, the relentlessly chipper a citizens group announced it will of the prematurely fading crosswalks. VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS laws, such data and metadata must be available to a television mascot for Progressive launch an initiative to ban personal There are 81,000 people in Belling- public disclosure request. Responsive, council’s origi- Insurance, and taped it to the wall. fireworks in Bellingham. At first I ham. If I divide 81,000 into $63, my 4 nal draft prohibited blind copying. Council member Her perky smile seemed to say, “Come wasn’t sure if this was something to share of the loss is only .0008 cents

MAIL MAIL Barbara Brenner balked at that language, citing pri- on, trooper, let’s get happy.” With Flo celebrate. I like blowing up things as a day. Considering the huge sums of

vacy issues, and said that if that language was ap- cheering me on, I initiated a project much as the next guy. However, after money that governments routinely 2 proved she was not going to comply with it. A council to ﬁnd one thing each day this year conversing with an emergency room waste, I’m getting off really easy!

DO IT IT DO majority softened the language to “highly discourage” to celebrate. Here are some highlights nurse, a ﬁreﬁghter and the neighbor’s As an art lover, I was happy when

blind copying, a change Council member Pete Kremen from just the first two weeks of 2012. cat, I decided that a plan to ban fire- the city decided that “Grace,” an un- observed rendered the soft policy no policy at all. On the very first day of the year the works is definitely good news. authorized sculpture, will not wind up .12

01 While County Council is to be praised for clarifying annual Polar Bear Plunge took place Further into the month, elected of- on a scrap heap. An anonymous art- these rules, Brenner’s recalcitrance, her frank admis- at Birch Bay, as scores of Whatcomites ficials began offering suggestions for ist, ignoring the permitting process, sion that whatever was drafted into law she would with a perverse sense of fun leapt into fixing the state budget gap. State Rep- installed this delicate dancer near .07ignore, 02. circles back and helps illuminate council’s 20- the frigid waters. That’s not the good resentative Vincent Buys (R-Everson), Taylor Dock—at absolutely no cost to 05 # year dodge of the goals and policies of GMA. news; that’s the crazy news. The good suggested we cut energy efficiency taxpayers. Now that’s a bargain, es- County Council last week received yet another re- news is that none of these deranged grants and salmon habitat restora- pecially when you consider the idiotic buke from the Washington Growth Management Hear- people died of heart failure. tion. He also wants to go after the sculpture at the corner of Bay and ings Board, the latest in a series of smackdowns. In the first week of the new year health and pension benefits of state Holly cost $128,000. In 2010, council passed an ordinance that granted Gov. Chris Gregoire, after wavering on workers. “Why is this positive news?” Wow, this positive thinking is fun. six months of automatic extensions to permit appli- gay marriage for years, finally came you ask. Well, I figure if someone has Maybe I should go all New-Agey and

CASCADIA WEEKLYcations. The measure was similar to those offered by out (so to speak) and expressed her really dumbass opinions, it’s nice of start afﬁrming and visualizing stuff. the City of Bellingham and other communities, recog- support. Way to go, Guv. Better late him to lay them all out for us. Thanks, My friend tells me that George Win- 6 nizing construction had stalled as banks tottered and than never on an issue that should Vince, carry on and don’t let those ston’s music helps this process, so I’ll ﬁnancing dried up. The county went even further, have been resolved back around the gay people distract you. download a little and get to work. however, and allowed permits that had long expired, time we passed the 1964 Civil Rights On Jan. 9, a major story blazed God, I hate George Winston. some decades old, to resurrect under old rules gov- erning development and environmental mitigation. VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE

The hearings board ruled in August

the county’s extension of permits was 30 not in compliance with state law because it allowed hundreds of potentially FOOD harmful projects to move forward with- Samson Hazelnut Wine out controls to assess those potential 25 impacts. Delilah Blackberry Wine Council responded by repealing their Pasek Syrah Arabica Port dumb ordinance by resolution, despite B-BOARD being told—again and again by planners Mt. Baker 2010 Siegerrebe and legal experts—that resolutions are Northwest Design Jewelry 22 22 not binding and carry no force of law. Norwest Native Art Books

Council ignored the protest. FILM The GMBH last week agreed with the Aromatherapy Massage Oil protest, ﬁnding “the county adopted a 18 non-binding resolution to cure the ordi- Luscious & Rewarding nance’s failings. A resolution does not MUSIC bring the county into compliance with 360-592-2297 the GMA nor the board’s [earlier] order www.everybodys.com 16 because, by the county’s own Charter, Hiway 9 – Van Zandt a resolution has no force of law.” The ART board scratched their collective heads over why county policymakers and legal 15 staff believed a resolution was the cor- STAGE STAGE rect response when it was, on the face it, an absurd response. In remarks at City Club, attorney Jean 14 Melious performed a back-of-the-enve-

lope estimation of how much money the GET OUT county has wasted in inadequate and fu- tile ﬁghting of the state’s growth laws. She put the number, conservatively, at a 12 quarter of a million dollars over the past two years. Yet county policymakers have WORDS been fussing and squawking about GMA 8 for 10 times that length of time, long after other neighboring counties with similar concerns have come into compli- CURRENTS CURRENTS ance with state goals. EXPERIENCE 6

Still the council fusses, scofﬁng at 6 and dismissing the authority of the VIEWS VIEWS state board and the courts that have— VIEWS unequivocally—supported that author- ACTION 4 ity. In July, the Washington Supreme

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their rural land use plan the hearings CASCADIA WEEKLY board found “clearly erroneous.” Being caught in a series of 20 bungled 7 burglaries, a scofﬂaw might expect jail. Alas, that fate does not await a council that has picked taxpayer pockets out of millions. the middle range must adopt a written explanation justifying the reason for the deviation,” he said.

“People who would like to live in a single-family

30 30 residence are being forced out into the county” due to the availablity of land supply for that type of FOOD construction, Ericksen explained as he introduced currents his bills to the Senate Government Operations, Trib- al Relations and Elections Committee in Olympia. 25 NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX “What we’ve seen in Whatcom County over the past few years is a larger number of single-family residenc-

B-BOARD es built in the unincorporated county than we’ve seen built in Bellingham, our largest city,” the Republican senator from the 42nd District said. 22 22 These bills attempt to address that issue, not by

FILM FILM prohibiting residential development in rural areas, he said, but by accommodating people who prefer BY TIM JOHNSON to live in an urban setting by creating certainty in 18 density standards.

MUSIC Provisions defining sprawl are not in the GMA as Farmland Protection currently drafted, Ericksen told committee members. 16 “This is a first stab at trying to put into the Growth Management Act a definition of what that sprawl ART ART ERICKSEN SPONSORS BILLS TO FOCUS HOME CONSTRUCTION IN URBAN AREAS would be,” he said. “And in this particular situation, it is when housing that would ordinarily go into that 15 SEN. DOUG Ericksen wants to preserve farm- urban growth area is forced outward because there land by encouraging single-family home construc- is not adequate room available. This would assist in STAGE STAGE tion in urban growth areas. Ericksen sponsored three determining what low-density sprawl would be.” bills in the Legislature this session that were heard Ericksen predicted these bills would be useful to 14 in committee this week. communities around the state wrestling with simi- The ambitious measures attempt to set urban growth lar growth issues. Mandated at the state level, the

GET OUT boundaries, define low-density sprawl and require measures could limit local planning control with local counties to use middle-range population projections conditions, critics observed. in the planning process. “I’m a little nervous about taking what appear 12 “Under land use planning guided by the state Growth to be localized issues in Whatcom County and Management Act (GMA), people are being forced to go making statewide policy based upon that,” Josh WORDS outside of urban growth boundaries to build a single- Weiss said, representing the Washington Sate As- family home,” Ericksen said. “In many cases, this is not sociation of Counties. Weiss explained that he is 8 8 their first choice of where to build and adds to the loss in contact with planning staff around the state of farmland in Whatcom County.” who have not reported a need for these measures, The first bill (SB 6190) attempts to provide more prompting him to wonder whether they are par- CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS certainty to urban zoning and to ensure lands bor- ticular to this area.

6 dering cities will be developed at urban densities and Whatcom County Association of Realtors spoke in intensities. favor of the bills in Olympia this week. Washington VIEWS VIEWS A second bill (SB 6192) attempts to deﬁne sprawl. Farm Bureau favored SB 6190. "Low-density sprawl" is deﬁned as development “The bill almost sounds like it is stating the ob- 4 taking place outside of urban growth areas that does vious,” Dan Wood said on behalf of the bureau. “If

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The rural element of Whatcom County’s comprehen- pect that there would be urban growth there and 2 sive plan for growth was recently found by a state a high degree of urban density, but seemingly in

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goals because it allowed too much low-density de- and connect very well.” velopment outside of the county’s designated urban “Predictability and certainty are at the core of .12

01 growth areas. The county has struggled to bring this the GMA,” Clayton Petree said. Petree, a candidate plan into compliance for more than two years. for Bellingham Mayor in 2011, spoke in favor of Er- If passed by committee and the legislature as a icksen’s bills. .07 02. whole, a third bill (SB 6193) would require counties to “We have unprecedented levels of development 05 # use a middle range for making future growth projec- in designated agricultural and rural areas of the tions. Under GMA, counties are provided a range of county,” Petree explained. “Bellingham, the coun- growth estimates by the state Ofﬁce of Financial Man- “People are being forced to go outside ty seat, has reduced its capture of growth from agement (OFM). The requirement has drawn consider- 62 percent from 1995 to 2002 down to about 20 able debate. Some advocates believe that selecting of urban growth boundaries to build percent in recent years. That was about two-thirds a robust population projection actually encourages a single-family home. In many cases, of county growth in the past, now down to only

CASCADIA WEEKLY explosive growth; others believe that selecting a low one-fifth.” population figure causes counties to underplan. this is not their first choice of where to Representatives of the public advocacy group 8 “The middle range projection provided by the Office Futurewise cautioned that problems Whatcom of Financial Management represents the state's esti- build and adds to the loss of farmland in faces may be less related to cities inability or mate of the most likely population projection for the unwillingness to accomodate urban growth than county,” Ericksen explained in his bill text. “A county Whatcom County.” with flaws specific to Whatcom County's plan for choosing to project future growth by deviating from —SENATOR DOUG ERICKSEN abundant rural development.

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GET OUT dead, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officers say the 1st Congressional a note was found at the scene near the body of David Norbut. A District seat is calling death investigation continues. it quits. Republican 12 Greg Anders says that he is no longer able A Sedro-Woolley man dies in a hit-and-run accident. Roger to give his campaign WORDS Ballenger, 56, was walking along a highway in Skagit County when the complete atten- he was fatally struck. The pickup truck reportedly continued on tion it deserves. The 8 8 without stopping. career fighter pilot and executive director PHOTO BY DAVID HOPKINSON TOP: A Marine guard escorts a soldier home. Hundreds of mourners gathered at Ferndale High School Sunday for of the Heritage Flight CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 01.y~.12 a public memorial to honor Marine Captain Daniel Bartle. The Ferndale soldier was killed along with five fellow Museum in Belling- marines in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan earlier this month. ham says he wants to

6 FRIDAY ABOVE: Scores attended the kick-off of the "Coal-Free Bellingham" citizens' initiative campaign on Wednesday. The devote more time to The "Barefoot Bandit" gets six-and-a-half years behind bars for a campaign proposes a public referendum on the movement of coal trains through the city to the proposed Gateway his family. VIEWS VIEWS multi-state crime spree. Twenty-year-old Colton Harris-Moore is sen- Paciﬁc coal export terminal at Cherry Point. Initiative supporters say a bill of rights is needed to protect residents tenced in federal court in Seattle for multiple burglaries and steal- and nature from the noise, pollution and trafﬁc congestion the trains would bring. 4 ing cars and even airplanes during his two years on the run. Harris-

MAIL MAIL Moore eventually ran from familiar territory in the Northwest and Mt. Baker Ski Area. He is found by a not due to out-of-control spending,

was captured, reportedly barefoot, in the Bahamas. ski patroller the following morning. but rather, a steep revenue falloff, and 2 a lack of structure to ﬁx it. DO IT IT DO 01.y.12 01.z.12 Rep. Jason Overstreet, R-Blaine, re- SUNDAY MONDAY sponds to the state’s ﬁnancial crisis .12

01 A snowboarder from the Czech Republic is in good health after Ratings agencies Fitch and Moody's by introducing a bill that would allow spending a night in a snow cave on Mt. Baker. The 23-year-old was downgrade Washington State's credit residents to pay their debts in gold reported missing Saturday evening after leaving the bounds of the outlook from "stable" to "negative," bullion, should they choose. .07 02. 05 # Can you survive a divorce? Let me help you. PEPPER CASCADIA WEEKLY Attorney Lauren E. Trent

10 Divorce / Dissolution of Marriage • Child Custody • Parenting Plans • Support Orders – Protection Orders SISTERS SINCE 1988 The Lustick Law Firm Bellingham – Mount Vernon COOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX (360) 685-4221 www.Lustick.com Open Nightly Except Monday 1055 N State St B’ham 671-3414 index waited for his wife to drive down and pick

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BUZZ FOOD On Jan. 18, a Blaine patrol officer happened upon a teenager sitting near the ALIEN SKIES roadway in the middle of the night. ”The 25 On Jan. 16, a Bellingham resident re- girl was under the influence of alcohol, ported, “A flash of light lit my whole and was arrested for being a minor in house. My dog freaked out. At the same possession” of the substance, police re- B-BOARD time a friend who lives 15 miles away ported. After she was processed she was witnessed this same light and his dog taken home. freaked out, as well.... I have never 22

seen a UFO and don't nessasarly believe On Jan. 20, a Blaine Police officer noticed FILM in them, but I cannot think of another a pedestrian who appeared to be having explaination.” difficulty navigating. ”Her tracks in the 18 snow revealed that she could not walk a On Dec. 25, a Burlington resident re- straight line, and was carving a wide path MUSIC ported more activity from the Sedro each time she wandered off the sidewalk saucer nest. “We started out on the into the street,” police reported. ”An of- 16 main road heading home when up in ficer contacted the weaver, and discovered the sky I witnessed a triangle of firelike that she was a highly intoxicated 20-year- ART balls in the sky in the direction of the old from Ferndale. The lady was cited for airport,” he said. “We went closer to the being a minor in possession of of alcohol, 15 triangle and the the two lower fireballs and was released to the care of a respon- STAGE STAGE disappeared but the top fireball was still sible adult friend who promised to watch in place. We stopped by the road where out for her safety until she sobered up.” a blue truckful of guys, about four of 14 them, also saw it and took a video of it. On Jan. 28, University Police searched in

As we kept watching it, it was speeding vain for a young woman reported stag- GET OUT up in the direction of Sedro-Woolley at gering and stumbling in the roadway on a medium speed.” south campus. }| 12 PERCENT of Americans, or nearly two-thirds, who say new rules on independent PANTS ON FIRE On Jan. 27, security at Sehome Haggen expenditures that resulted from the Supreme Court's "Citizens United" decision in 2010 are WORDS On Jan. 17, a Blaine man told police observed a 20-year-old woman conceal having a negative impact on the 2012 presidential campaign. that while he could not actually hear an alcohol in her coat and exit the store. 8 8 alarm, he certainly felt the alarm vibrat- She was detained until Bellingham Po- ing beneath him. “North Whatcom Fire was lice arrived. contacted and responded to investigate,” CURRENTS CURRENTS | | CURRENTS police reported. “They did not locate any On Jan. 27, security at Barkley Village PERCENT of Americans who believe PERCENT of Americans who say GOP carbon monoxide alarms or other life observed two young men conceal alcohol 6 the 112th Congress has been distinctly leaders should try to work with President safety threats. The source of the strange in their clothing and exit the store with- unproductive. A record number say that Obama to accomplish things, even if vibrating alarm turned out to be the man's out paying for the stolen booze. “Upon the current Congress has accomplished less that means disappointing Republican VIEWS cell phone going off in his pants pocket.” questioning, both stated that they had than any Congress in memory. supporters. 4 no money and it was Friday night and

FAR JOURNEYS they wanted to ‘throw back a few,’” Bell- MAIL On Jan. 10, a distraught parent called ingham Police reported. Both were cited

Blaine Police when she was not able to for shoplifting and ejected from all Hag- zz 2 NUMBER of bills passed to date by both NUMBER of bills passed by both houses of

locate her 10-year-old son. Ofﬁcers met gen stores and locations. IT DO houses of the 112th Congress signed into the 111th Congress signed into law by the her at the elementary school and began law by the president, among the least president, the most productive Congress in an investigation. “The mystery was soon SEXY JUNK productive legislative sessions in United half a century. .12

resolved by a call from the boy's grandpar- On Jan. 24, Bellingham Police received a States’ history. 01 ents,” police reported. “They advised that complaint from a man who had received the adventurous lad had ridden his bicycle sexually explicit phone messages after all the way from his home in Birch Bay to he posted his car for sale on Craigslist. .07 02. 05 their house in Sedro-Woolley. They agreed } # to keep him safe and sound,” police noted, On Jan. 23, a woman reported seeing a GAP between Democrats with a positive opinion of President Obama’s achievements “and Mom set out to collect him. man masturbating as she jogged along a (80%) versus Republicans with a positive opinion of his achievements (12%), the largest trail in Cornwall Park. polarization of public opinion on record. On Jan. 17, Blaine Police learned a bicyclist had just crashed on Marine Drive. “Ofﬁcers On Jan. 23, a caller reported a man had

arrived to ﬁnd a highly intoxicated rider exposed himself on Western Washington CASCADIA WEEKLY who had tried unsuccessfully to ride his University’s south campus. |y y bike home to Surrey, B.C.,” police reported. PERCENT of Republicans who rate their THE combined pay of the top 299 CEOs is 11 “He had not suffered obvious injuries in his JUST SAYING HELLO remaining roster of presidential candidates enough to support 102,325 average jobs in as fair or poor. the United States. fall, which happened when he collided with On Jan. 22, a Bellingham woman report- a curb. An ofﬁcer gave the optimist a cour- ed someone had smeared dog feces all SOURCE: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP); Pew Research Center; tesy transport to Canada Customs where he over her front door and door mat. Economist Alan Kreuger on the Rise and Consequences of Income Inequality HoPPY Hour Sun-Thurs 4-6pm in Bar Reserve for Sweetheart Dinner Feb 14 New Updated HoPPY Hour/Reg Menus

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FILM FILM WORDS WED., FEB. 1 18 POLITICAL PRISONER: Jafar Yaghoobi, an ex-political prisoner from Iran, shares stories

MUSIC from his memoir, Let Us Water the Flowers, at 7pm at WWU’s Old Main Theater. Books will be available for purchase at the event, which is 16 free and open to the public.

ART ART WWW.WWU.EDU GLACIERS: Alexis Smith reads from Glaciers

15 at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

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14 ment writer John Stanley reads from his 12 new book The Gang That Shot Up Hollywood: Chronicles of a Chronicle Writer at 5pm at Vil- WORDS GET OUT Rosie Ledet BY TIM JOHNSON lage Books, 1200 11th St. 671-2626 & the Zydeco

12 SAT., FEB. 4 Playboys MIXED BAG: Laurel Leigh leads a primer (Zydeco Dance on an upcoming “Knock Out Editing: From WORDS Whiskey Cove Party Polish to Publish” course at noon at Village Books, 1200 11th St. At 2pm, Denise Frisino

8 RUNNING WILD, RUNNING WHISKEY IN THE w/ Louisana’s reads from Whiskey Cove. Additionally, Wayne Sweetheart of SAN JUANS Lutz shares ideas from Off-the-Grid Living at the Groove) 4pm and, at 7pm, Sarah Jio reads from her ﬁctional novel, The Bungalow. All events are CURRENTS CURRENTS Friday, January 27 free.

6 THE SNEAKY secret about Prohibition was the era was less about 671-2626 OR WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Danny rotgut brewed in bathtubs than ﬁne liquors and blends distilled in Canada MON., FEB. 6 VIEWS VIEWS Barns and Europe, ferried at night by pirates and the like. POETRYNIGHT: Read your original verse When a Western Washington University student answers an ad to work for at poetrynight at 8:30pm at the Amadeus

4 (Banjo an older woman in her garden, Jean Bowen is hardly aware she is stepping on Project, 1209 Cornwall Ave. Sign-ups start Extraordinarie) at 8pm. MAIL MAIL to a path of peril and intrigue. Set in Bellingham in the Saturday, February 4 WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG 1970s, the pair retrace the life of the elder Alexandra

2 Tubaluba Saturday, through her eyes, a young woman when she found herself TUES., FEB. 7 February 11 trapped on a rum runner’s cutter in the San Juan Islands CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR: Paula Becker DO IT IT DO

ﬁve decades earlier. There Alex fell in love with the boot- and Alan Stein, the authors of The Future Remembered: The 1962 Seattle World Fair and legging captain, Jake McKenzie, and learned the deep,

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01 silent, sometimes ominous lessons of these wild days and W tonight’s live Chuckanut Radio Hour taping evasive nights running whiskey and Chinese opiates. But at 7pm at the Leopold Crystal Ballroom, 1224 when Alex at last caught the fancy of Antonio, the head Cornwall Ave. Entry is $5. HEAR WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM .07 02. © stestt ven dewade ll of the Italian Mafia intent on taking over Jake’s North- WHAT: Denise 05 # west Territory, her thrill turned to danger. Frisino reads from WED., FEB. 8 Denise Frisino’s debut novel moves easily between Whiskey Cove OUTSIDE THE LINES: Amy Hatvany reads The Bad Plus the Prohibition era and the 1970s, arriving full circle WHEN: 2pm, Sat. from her new book of fiction, Outside the Feb 4 as each woman comes of age as they explore myster- Lines, at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. 2 Shows WHERE: Village 671-2626 Saturday, ies past and present. Books March 11 Writing in a visual and cinematic style comes as INFO: www.village books.com CASCADIA WEEKLY second nature to Frisino, who spent her summers play- COMMUNITY Tickets at the Conway Muse, ing and working in the islands that define the Pacific 12 Northwest, shown the craft of writing by her father, journalist and editor WED., FEB. 1 Skagit Valley Food Co-op or GREEN NIGHT: Sustainable Connections http://www.brownpapertickets.com Joseph Frisino. At age five, Denise took to the stage and has been involved in teams up with Bellingham Green Drinks for 18444 Spruce/Main Street theater and the film industry in Seattle and Los Angeles as an actress, writer, a green materials “Networkshop” from 4:30- Conway, WA 98238 playwright, and producer winning awards for her writing and acting. She and 6pm at Bellingham Bay Builders Studio, 824 (360) 445-3000 her husband spend time at Hood Canal and reside in Seattle. doit Get a Running Start at State St. Entry is free. Bellingham Technical College! WWW.647-7093 OR WWW.

SUSTAINABLECONNECTIONS.ORG Earn College Credit in High School 30 30 HALL OF FAME: Nominations of women

who have made outstanding contributions FOOD to the community are due to the YWCA Northwest Women’s Hall of Fame steering committee by Fri., Feb. 10. Nominees must 25 be Whatcom County residents, living or deceased, and their achievements should have had lasting impact. Honorees will be B-BOARD celebrated March 18. WWW.YWCABELLINGHAM.ORG

SAT., FEB. 4 22 RUMMAGE SALE: More than 25 families

will sell their goods under one roof at a FILM Winter Rummage Sale happening from 9am- 12pm at the Bloedel Donovan Community 18 Building, 2214 Electric Ave. WWW.COB.ORG COMPETE FOR A CAUSE: The Whatcom MUSIC Dispute Resolution Center hosts its 3rd annual “Compete for a Cause” Scrabble For more information call 752-8459 or email: [email protected] 16 Tournament starting at 10:30am at the ART ART Leopold Crystal Ballroom, 1224 Cornwall Ave. All ages and experience levels are

welcome, though understanding of the game 15 is important. Cost is $10 for students and

$20 general. STAGE WWW.WHATCOMDRC.ORG COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER: Rafﬂes, a JAN. 26-28 AND 14 12 silent auction, food and baked goods, live FEB. 1-4 AT 7:30 P.M. entertainment, activities for kids and much more will be part of a community celebra- JAN. 29 AND FEB. 5 AT 2 P.M. WORDS GET OUT tion and fundraiser honoring the life of OLD MAIN THEATER Caleb Kors from 11am-2pm at the Sudden Valley Dance Barn. 12 WWW.SUDDENVALLEY.COM $8 | $10 | $12 SUN., FEB. 5 Tickets: (360) 650-6146 WORDS OPEN HOUSE: Find out more about co- www.wwu.edu/theatre housing at the McKenzie Green Commons 8 at an open house from 2-4pm at 1506 McKenzie Ave. WWW.MCKENZIEGREENCOMMONS.ORG CURRENTS CURRENTS THURS., FEB. 9 THE WWU DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DANCE PRESENTSPRESENTS

CAREER FAIR: Job seekers can connect di- 6 rectly with employers at a Winter Career Fair

taking place from 11am-3pm at WWU’s Viking TARTUFFE VIEWS Union Multipurpose Room. Entry is free.

WWW.CAREERS.WWU.EDU 4 SCHMOOZEFEST: The Whatcom Council of Nonproﬁts hosts a SchmoozeFest from MAIL 4:30-6:30pm at the Blue Horse Gallery, 301

W. Holly St. Nonproﬁt professionals and vol- 2 unteers are invited to the networking gig. DO IT IT DO WWW.WCNWEBSITE.ORG HISTORICAL IDENTITY: Marissa McGrath and

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Time Girls—will talk about “Bellingham’s 01 Historical Identity” at a Whatcom County Historical Society program at 7:30pm at the

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What’s the word? Find out when the Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center hosts its annual “Compete for a Cause” scrabble tournament Feb. 4 at the Leopold doit THURS., FEB. 2 SNOW & SPIRE: John Scurlock shares images and stories from his

30 30 photo book, Snow & Spire: Flights to Winter in the North Cascades, at 7pm

FOOD G at Village Books, 1200 11th St. etout WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM HIKING RUNNING CYCLING SKIING TRAVELOGUE: Local traveler Rickard

25 Lee “Dick” Harris” hosts a Travelogue focused on “North Wales: Wild and Harsh, Poetic and the Past” at 7pm at

B-BOARD the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. Entry is $2. WWW.COB.ORG 22 22 FRI., FEB. 3

FILM FILM BERING SEA BLUES: John Upton shares tales from Bering Sea Blues: A Crabber’s Tale of Fear in the Icy

18 North at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St.

MUSIC WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM SAT., FEB. 4 16 EAGLE FESTIVAL: Nature exhibits,

ART ART guided tours, presentations, live music, art shows and much more will be part of the Eagle Festival happening 15 throughout the day in Arlington. WWW.ARLINGTON.GOV.EAGLEFEST

STAGE STAGE WINTER WINGS: Libby Mills leads North Cascades Institute’s “Winter Wings: Birding the Skagit 14 Delta” outing today throughout the Skagit Flats. Cost is $95 and includes lunch. WWW.NCAS- GET OUT CADES.ORG WINTER BIRD FEEDING: Learn more 14

12 about offering shelter and sustenance to feathered friends at a “Winter Bird Feeding” class at 9am at the WORDS GET OUT Garden Spot Nursery, 900 Alabama St. Register in advance for the free

8 presentation. 676-5480 presents no signiﬁcant difﬁculties as it leads through STORY AND PHOTO BY JOHN D’ONOFRIO TRAIL WORK PARTY: Join REI and the moss gardens and green shadows of the rainfor- the Mount Baker Club for a Snowshoe CURRENTS CURRENTS est. Before long, the soothing music of the surf can be Trail Work Party from 9am-2:30pm at

6 heard through the trees and our steps quicken. the Salmon Ridge Snowpark. To the Sea We exit the trees and step onto the beach, turning 746-8861 OR [email protected] VIEWS VIEWS south, tracing the edge of the sea. Clouds hang on the ROWERS RACE: The La Conner Sound BY PADDLE AND FOOT parapets as we make our way down the coast, working Rowers Open Water Rowing and Pad- 4 dling Club hosts an Open Water Race our way around outcroppings of dark, somber rocks. at 10am on the Swinomish Channel.

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MOON WALK: Join Wild Whatcom a trip to the wilderness coast of the Olympic Peninsula, where the and mist. Walks for a “Moon of the Swan” salty wind can be tasted on the continent’s tumultuous edge. I think As darkness descends, we light a small ﬁre of drift- outing from 4-5:30pm at Ferndale’s .12 Tennant Lake. Suggested donation is

01 of the Yellow Banks, a lonely and sufﬁciently wind-blown stretch of wood and sit close to it in the circle of ﬂickering light. Olympic National Park. The waves crash in the darkness and the wind jostles $7 per person or $21 per family. WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG First we must get to the trailhead at Lake Ozette, which begins the trees beneath the headland.

.07 02. with a drive to the Keystone Ferry and the blustery cruise across The morning dawns misty and still. The roaring of the WED., FEB. 8 05 # to Port Townsend. Melancholy gulls serenade us as we cross the surf is mufﬂed and the birds are quiet. Packs loaded, we SNOWSHOE BASICS: Learn more gunmetal gray waters of Puget Sound. A leisurely drive through the climb back up into the coastal forest. Ancient trees rise about design, equipment, where to go and instructional foundations at dripping greenery of the Olympic Peninsula takes us to the end of into a great canopy and although the sun is now out, the a “Snowshoe Basics” clinic at 6pm at the road beside mist-shrouded Lake Ozette, a few scant miles from light in the forest is dim and green. REI, 400 36th St. our destination—the sea. Quite suddenly we ﬁnd ourselves at the lakeshore 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM As we load our backpacks into the canoe, the mists begin to lift. We again in the gleaming sunlight. What a difference a FALCONS OF WINTER: Merlin Falcon Foundation raptor biologist David

CASCADIA WEEKLY push out into the placid water, disturbing reﬂections of sky and wil- few miles makes. We retrieve the canoe from the brush lowy clouds as we paddle up the lake to Erickson’s Bay, where we pitch and load our gear. Drummond leads a “Hawks, Eagles, and Falcons of Winter” presentation 14 our tent and watch the clouds dance as evening settles over us. Paddling out into the lake, we make our way slowly from 6:30-8:30pm at the Community In the morning we break camp, load the canoe and continue up the toward the distant boat launch, savoring the sun and Food Co-op’s Connection Building, lake in glorious sunshine. We locate the old trail on the lakeshore, silence. We ﬁnd ourselves back at the road far too 1220 N. Forest St. Entry is $10-$12. stash the canoe in the underbrush, hoist our packs and hike westward quickly and sit by the water for a few minutes, reluc- 734-8158 toward the ocean. The old trail is little used and a bit tumbledown, but tant to leave. doit

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THURS., FEB. 2 show known as “Space Trek” 30 30 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The plays at 8pm every Fri.-Sat. Good, the Bad and the Ugly” through February at the G FOOD sta e at 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, attendees can check THEATER DANCE PROFILES At 10pm, stick around for “The out “Evil Space Trek.” Tickets Project.” Entry is $7 for the are $8-$10. 25 early show, $4 for the late one. 733-8855 OR WWW. 733-8855 OR WWW. THEUPFRONT.COM B-BOARD THEUPFRONT.COM FEB. 3-5 1600s, it was with a political agenda in mind. FEB. 2-4 A SHAYNA MAIDEL: The “I tell my students he was banned so much DEVIL’S WORKSHOP: View six Alger Lookout Thespian As- 22 new works by six playwrights— sociation presents showings

because he was trying to make comments on and performed by six actors— of A Shayna Maidel (Yiddish FILM how the church, at that time, was in charge of when the “Devil’s Workshop” for “a pretty girl”) at 7pm just about everything,” she shared during in- shows at 8pm Thurs.-Sat. at the Fri.-Sat. and 2:30pm Sun. at termission. (This was right before she warned iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall the Alger Community Church, 18 me about the “rape on the table” scene.) Ave. Tickets are $10. 1475 Silver Run Lane. Tickets 201-5464 OR WWW. are $10-$14 and additional MUSIC For those unfamiliar with Moliere’s master- IDIOMTHEATER.COM showings take place at various work, a quick primer goes something like this: dates through Feb. 11. 16 Under the guise of piety, a so-called priest FEB. 2-5 WWW.ALTATHEATRE.COM

IRON CURTAIN: View a new ART named Tartuffe (a suitably slimy Kyle Mitchell) BUSYBODY: The British musical comedy dubbed Iron murder mystery and comedy imposes himself on the wealthy estate—and Curtain at 7:30pm Thurs., 8pm 15 dubbed Busybody can be seen 15 family—of a hoodwinked blowhard named Or- Fri.-Sat., and 2pm Sun. at the at 7:30pm Fri.-Sat. and Anacortes Community Theatre, gon (Patrick Stagaman). 2:30pm Sun. at Oak Harbor’s STAGE STAGE 918 M Ave. Tickets are $20 STAGE When Orgon alienates his family by lavishing Whidbey Playhouse, 730 S.E. and additional showings hap- gifts on Tartuffe and promising his daughter’s Midway Blvd. Tickets are $16 pen through Feb. 25. and additional shows take 14 hand in marriage to the ingratiating fraud, WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM it’s up to one of the household maids, Dorine place through Feb. 12. BECOMING ELEANOR: Find WWW.WHIDBEYPLAYHOUSE.

(played with cunning cleverness by Amanda out more about the amazing COM GET OUT Keogh) and his wife Elm- life of Eleanor of Aquitaine ire (Rachel Wachtveitl) when Becoming Eleanor shows FEB. 5-6 to set him straight. But at 8pm Thurs.-Sat. and 2pm ACT AUDITIONS: Audition 12 Sun. at the Bellingham The- for upcoming performances that won’t be easy, as—in atre Guild, 1600 H St. Tickets of Out of Sight, Out of Murder WORDS Orgon’s eyes, at least— are $8-$12 and additional from 6-9pm Sunday and Tartuffe can do no wrong. showings happen Feb. 9-12. 7-9pm Monday at the Ana- 8 It isn’t until Elmire in- WWW. cortes Community Theatre, sists he secretly listen BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD.COM 918 M Ave. WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM in on a meeting between FEB. 3-4 BY AMY KEPFERLE ATTEND CURRENTS WHAT: Tartuffe herself and Tartuffe that ANNIE: Students offer up MON., FEB. 6

WHEN: 7:30pm Orgon understands the performances of the perenni- YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN: 6 Wed.-Sat., Feb. depths of depravity the ally popular musical Annie at View the “wickedly inspired” 1-4 and 2pm Sun., 7:30pm Fri.-Sat. at Deming’s re-imagining of a Mary Shelley hypocrite is willing to VIEWS Tartuffe Feb. 5 Mt. Baker High School, 5100 classic when the Mel Brooks sink to in order to get his Mitchell Rd. Tickets are $6-$8 musical , Young Frankenstein,

WHERE: Old Main 4 Theater, WWU hidden lusts fulﬁlled (see and additional showings take shows at 7:30pm at the RETURN TO THE RESTORATION place Feb. 10-12. Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. COST: $8-$12 “rape scene on table”). MAIL INFO: 650-6146 “Moliere was trying to 383-2030 Commercial St. Tickets are $20-$69. ONE OF the perks of my job is getting to see a variety speak to censorship,” my HELLO DOLLY: Students from 2 the Lynden Christian High 734-6080 OR WWW. of live theater offerings on a rotating roster of stages around date also hypothesized in the minutes before MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM IT DO

School drama department pres- the county. It can also be one of the downsides—if only for the second act. “In class, I relate this play ent showings of Hello Dolly at FEB. 6-7 the fact that ﬁnding a plus-one to each and every outing can to how they’re trying to censor the Internet. 7:30pm Fri.-Sat. at the Lynden

WIZ AUDITIONS: Area youth .12 Christian Worship and Fine Arts sometimes prove to be a challenging chore. God forbid you try to speak out about some can audition for upcoming 01 Center, 515 Drayton St. Tickets Among my most regular companions are my boyfriend (who things in this country, or you’ll be labeled a performances of The Wiz from are $6-$10 and additional 6-7:30pm at the Bellingham seems to prefer standup comedy to almost anything else and terrorist.” showings take place Feb. 7-11.

Arts Academy for Youth, 1059 .07 02. eschews interpretive dance), my heterosexual life partner While audiences will have to show up at 318-9525 N. State St. 05 (who jumps at the chance to view partial or full nudity and the Old Main Theater to ﬁnd out how Tartuffe BORDERLINE CRAZIES: # 306-1543 OR WWW.BAAY.ORG any sort of act involving animals), and a game-for-just-about- wraps up, sufﬁce it to say that “the profes- Snowstorms, murder and anything friend I’ve dubbed “the professor.” sor” gave her seal of approval on the way the comedy take center stage TUES., FEB. 7 Because she actually is a theater professor, going to plays students revived the Restoration. While she when Borderline Crazies INTRO TO IMPROV: Sheila shows at 7:30pm at Mount with date number three can be an illuminating experience. In had some issues with the costuming, on the Goldsmith helms a free in- Vernon’s RiverBelle Dinner troductory improv class from addition to being a studious and respectful audience mem- whole she deemed it a worthy rendition of Theatre, 100 E. Montgomery 7-9pm at Improv Playworks, St. Tickets are $25 (with ber, she’s also adept at pinpointing salient plot lines, provid- the classic. 302 W. Illinois St. Call in CASCADIA WEEKLY ing background for the plays in question and intelligently “I think the kids are doing a great job with dessert) or $45 (with dinner advance to register. discussing the work at hand. the acting,” she whispered to me in the mo- and dessert). Additional 756-0756 15 showings happen weekends For example, at a recent viewing of Tartuffe at Western ments before the stage lights dimmed and through Feb. 18. SEND YOUR EVENT LISTINGS TO Washington University’s Old Main Theater, “the prof” pointed the second act started. “I think so too,” I WWW.RIVERBELLE CALENDAR@ out that when the French playwright Moliere wrote the clas- answered, settling in to another night of live DINNERTHEATRE.COM CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM sic—and sneakily comedic—tale of hypocrisy way back in the theater. doit UPCOMING EVENTS 30 30 THURS., FEB. 2 FOOD LUCIA OPENING: A reception for works visual featuring artists Cass Nevada, Donna Watson, and Brian O’Neill takes place

25 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES from 6-8pm at the Lucia Douglas Gal- lery, 1415 13th St. The show will be up through Feb. 25.

B-BOARD WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM FRI., FEB. 3 ANCHOR OPENING: Attend a recep- 22 22 CW: Are you getting more responses for “fear” or for tion for Schott Schuldt’s “The Wildness Within” from 6-9pm at Anchor Access,

FILM FILM “dreams?” AH: As of now, the responses seem to be fairly equal. 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. The multi-disciplinary exhibition will be on CW: Do the participants remain anonymous?

18 display through March 24. AH: We do not explicitly ask people to remain anony- WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG mous, however no one has signed their name.

MUSIC GALLERY WALK: The First Friday CW: Can you give me some examples of what people Gallery Walk takes place at a variety of have been writing? venues from 6-9pm throughout down- 16 16 AH: Fears: “Being alone,” “my body,” “not accom- town Anacortes. Entry is free. ART ART ART ART WWW.ANACORTESART.COM plishing my dreams,” “death” and “failure.” Dreams: HEALING THROUGH ART: A reception “Living with no fear,” “to restore the environment for the latest Healing Through Art 15 to its natural state,” “to catch a cloud in a bottle” exhibit, “Spring Reflections: A Group and “fighting a bear, and winning.” Show,” takes place from 6-7:30pm at STAGE STAGE CW: What do you find to be interesting about the sub- the cafeteria at the PeaceHealth St. missions you’ve received thus far? Joseph Medical Center. The works by Shirley Erickson, Ruthie V., Yvette 14 AH: I am overwhelmingly pleased with the amount Newman, Mary Froderberg, and Mary Jo of responses we have received. I am also surprised Maute will be up through May 19.

GET OUT by the high amount of reoccur- WWW.PEACEHEALTH.ORG ring themes among the dreams ART WALK: Explore a variety of venues and fears. at the monthly Art Walk from 6-10pm in 12 CW: What are some of the over- downtown Bellingham. Check out the sites listed below, or pick up a map at arching themes? participating locations. WORDS AH: There are many recurring WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM fears that have to do with death, WHATCOM MUSEUM: View “Lesley Dill’s 8 // ) whether it is their own, or a loved Poetic Visions” and “Delivered Daily: WHAT: “The Buried The News Photography of Jack Carver” Life” one’s death. Other recurring fears from 6-9pm at the Whatcom Museum’s WHEN: 7:30pm are being alone and fear of fail- CURRENTS CURRENTS Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora St. Mon., Feb. 6 ure. There are also themes among WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG

6 WHERE: Perform- the dreams, such as ﬁnding “the BY AMY KEPFERLE ALLIED ARTS: As part of the Belling- ing Arts Center, one” and being happy. WWU ham Chinese Cultural Festival, 17 local VIEWS VIEWS COST: $12-$16 CW: Can folks still add to the ex- Chinese artists will display their works INFO: 650-6146 hibit? at an opening night reception from 4 AH: People are welcome to add 6-9pm at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. Fears and Dreams The show will run through Feb. 28. MAIL MAIL WHAT: “Fears vs. to the exhibit throughout its WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG Dreams” Reception duration. WE ARE NOT ALONE BACKCOUNTRY: Preview “The Casca-

2 WHEN: Following “The Buried Life” CW: The Buried Life is coming to dian Collection: Mountain Art Showcase” town for the tail end of the ex- from 6-10pm at Backcountry Essentials, DO IT IT DO on Mon., Feb. 6.

BUCKET LISTS aren’t for everyone, but the fellas respon- The exhibit will be hibit. Will they be using any of the 214 W. Holly St. sible for The Buried Life, a reality documentary series, are up to the up through Feb. 9 material from the display? WWW.BACKCOUNTRYESSENTIALS.NET .12 WHERE: Viking CEDARWORKS: Maxine Stremler will

01 challenge. For the past few years, the quartet of friends has traveled AH: They will not be using any Union Gallery, present recent works of photography the United States completing a list of “100 things to do before you material from the exhibit for WWU from 5-9pm at CedarWorks Gallery, 217 die.” When they drop by Western Washington University this week, COST: Free their talk, however there will be Holly St.

.07 02. they’ll be doing so in conjunction with a Viking Union Gallery ex- INFO: 650-6534 a meet and greet with The Bur- 647-6933 05 # hibit dubbed “Fears Vs. Dreams,” which sees students and community ied Life [cast] at the “Fears vs. AMADEUS PROJECT: Collage artist Norma members sharing the aforementioned emotions on cards and posting Dreams” gallery reception following their event. Sorby will share her works from 6-10pm at them for all to see. We queried gallery director Ashley Hollender to CW: What are organizers hoping comes out of the ex- the Amadeus Project, 1209 Cornwall Ave. The mixed media paintings will be on get the scoop. hibit and the visit by the reality TV folks? display through the month. Cascadia Weekly: What’s the goal with this exhibit? AH: The hope is that people will get involved in their WWW.AMADEUSPROJECT.ORG Ashley Hollender: Our fears and dreams seem to be on the opposite own community, and that these events will promote FISHBOY GALLERY: Expand your Art Walk experience by checking out the

CASCADIA WEEKLY ends of the spectrum of our identity. By ﬁlling the gallery with the compassion, awareness and kindness toward others. fears and dreams of this community, we hope to bridge the gap be- CW: Why is this art? FishBoy Gallery from 6-10pm at 617 16 tween the two and show how they are actually closest to the center AH: Much of art is an emotional experience. In this Virginia St. (near Trader Joe’s). WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM of who we are. We want to create a space where people can come exhibit, we invite people to contribute their personal together and share their stories. By understanding who we are as thoughts to an ongoing community project, as well SAT., FEB. 4 individuals, we can begin to see that we are not alone—we are a part as experience the thoughts of others. This sharing of SCULPTURE WOODS: Attend a monthly of a larger community. ourselves is a form of artistic expression.

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30 30 LAST WEEK, WHEN I spoke to the Wild Buffalo's Craig Jewell about the Feb. 3 Beats Antique show, FOOD he indicated that presale tickets were going like crazy, and posited that it wouldn't be long be- music fore the show was sold out. Knowing that Beats 25 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT Antique sells out pretty much everywhere they go, and also that Jewell is not inclined toward

B-BOARD making outlandish statements, I had no reason to doubt him. And he was right. As of press time, there are no more tickets available for the show. 22 22 Let this be a lesson: The next time a band comes

FILM FILM to town and you really want to see them, don't tarry when it comes to ticket buying. Last week was also a pretty good one for 18 18 Dog Shredder. After announcing they'd signed

MUSIC to Seattle's Good to Die Records (also home to MUSIC Sandrider and Absolute Monarchs, and the first time the label has signed a non-Seattle band) 16 for a deal that will see them releasing an album ART ART dubbed Brass Tactics in a couple of months, they played their first headlining Seattle show and, 15 by all accounts, the evening was an unquali- fied success. They got all their business deal- STAGE STAGE ings squared away just in time for guitarist Josh

14 Holland to head to the UK and Australia (along with

GET OUT erstwhile local Daniel An- derson) for a tour with Hyro da Hero that will see 12 them play the Soundwave BY CAREY ROSS festival with the likes of WORDS System of a Down, Limp Bizkit, and Slipknot (as well as Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan, and 8 more, in case those other bands don't ﬁll you

FOGHORN STRING BAND with the proper amount of envy). In news of happenings that will take place in CURRENTS CURRENTS the far-off future but a little closer to home, I

6 BY CAREY ROSS all for the greater good of have it on good authority that Chris Rasmussen preserving and supporting (who you probably know better as Tall Chris)

VIEWS VIEWS the fertile farmland of the has gone and booked himself a helluva birthday Skagit Valley. party—and you're all invited. The show will take 4 Winterstomp What this means is you place April 14 at the Shakedown and will feature MAIL MAIL ATTEND can show up, show your the Mark (playing their ﬁrst show since 2007), TAKE THAT, OLD MAN WINTER solidarity with farmers and Bottomless Pit (ex-members of Silkworm and WHAT: 2 Winterstomp farmworkers and have an Seam), and Police Teeth. Mark your calendars exception of that brief climatic tantrum Old Man feat. Foghorn excellent time being en- now, as Tall Chris is one of my favorite former DO IT IT DO WITH THE

Winter threw a couple of weeks back, resulting in the Great Snow String Band, tertained in the lovely and 'Hamsters, and I believe we owe him a deluxe Dump of 2012 and all its attendant chaos, this winter has been a Gallus Brothers, historic Lincoln Theatre birthday for being such a rad dude all the time.

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01 pretty mild one. But just because we don’t have to deal with bone- more while doing so. As ways to Lastly, and on a wholly personal note, as chilling temperatures and whiteout conditions on the daily, doesn’t WHEN: 5pm Sat., pass the dark days of win- many of you know, I slipped and fell a couple mean we’re not dealing with doldrums of the cold-weather variety. Feb. 4 ter go, you could do a lot of weeks ago on my beloved snow (I hate you

.07 02. While everyone has their own method of mitigating seasonal WHERE: Lincoln worse than Winterstomp. now, snow) and broke my ankle, which required 05 Theatre, 712 S. # stress, I’m of the opinion that if one must spend the bulk of the The event itself, which a wee bit of surgery. This is hardly a tragedy, but 1st St., Mount winter months indoors, what’s happening indoors must offer one Vernon is family-friendly, gets has not exactly made my life easier. What has, more than mere shelter from the cold. In short, when trapped by COST: $10-$15 started at 6pm Sat., Feb. 4, however, made my life much, much easier is weather, why not throw a party? MORE INFO: and, if all goes as planned, the outpouring of support I've received from so I’m far from the only one espousing this opinion. In fact, some www.winterstomp. attendees will find them- many of you. I don't have the space to properly stir-crazy folks at the Skagit Food Co-op and Lincoln Theatre have wordpress.com selves being greeted by thank everyone who has reached out to me, but my gratitude is great. Normally, I am made CASCADIA WEEKLY teamed up to throw a seasonal soiree dubbed Winterstomp. The fire dancers. Shortly there- stated purpose of the party is to “stomp the puddles out of the Feb- after, the music will begin, as will the danc- aware on a daily basis that the community of 18 ruary fields,” but as the event takes place inside the Lincoln Theatre, ing, as the roster of bands lined up to play the people I'm part of is something pretty special, I’m going to go ahead and posit that the directive is more figura- event are just the type to encourage that sort but being the subject of so much assistance tive than literal. In fact, if I’m interpreting the method behind the of audience participation. On deck is Skagit and encouragement is something I will not Winterstomp madness correctly, the point is to defeat those afore- “spaghetti-surf-garage-a-billy” band Smoke- soon forget. Thanks ever so much, every single mentioned doldrums through the use of music, dancing and poetry, Wagon (if you’re having a hard time envision- one of you. Needless to say, I owe you one. musicevents NOW SHOWING February 3 - 9

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ing the band based on that description,

perhaps it’ll be clearer if I simply say 25 SmokeWagon sounds like a good time), PFC begins serving Beer & Wine in Theatre 1 on 2.17 the musically nimble and acrobatic duo B-BOARD known as the Gallus Brothers, and Port- The Artist (PG-13) 35mm/100m. Golden Globe Winner The most acclaimed and prizewinning film of the year! land’s Foghorn String Band. “Days after I saw The Artist, I was still thinking (and And, unlike at most shows, where grinning) about it, because the movie’s real romance is 22 breaks between bands mean wander- the one between us, the jaded 21st-century audience, ing aimlessly and sometimes awkward- and the mechanical innocence of old movies, which FILM ly until the next act takes the stage, at GALLUS BROTHERS here becomes new again. “ EW

Fri: (1:40), (4:00), 6:20, 8:40 18 Winterstomp, there’s never a down Edison painter Todd Horton, as well as 18 moment. Set breaks will feature poetry pieces by Skagit painter and printmaker Sat: (11:20 AM), (1:40), 4:00, 6:20

Sun: (12:00), (2:20), 4:40, 7:00 MUSIC readings by the winners of the Win- Kris Ekstrand Molesworth. MUSIC Mon - Thu: (1:40), (4:00), 6:20, 8:40 terstomp Food and Farms Poetry Con- When gazing upon Skagit’s fertile test. The poets answered a call to craft farmlands during the harsh days of win- A Dangerous Method (R) 35mm/99m. 16

verses in the categories of “Winter/Mi- ter, it can be hard to believe the bounty “Precise, lucid and thrillingly disciplined, this story of ART gration” (with Roger Ridgway, Kathleen that will arise from that forbidding, boundary-testing in the early days of psychoanalysis

Bisagna, and Victoria Sprang winning in frostbitten earth just as soon as the is brought to vivid life by the outstanding lead 15 this group) and “Farms at Rest” (the win- sun and its attendant warmth coaxes performances of Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen and Michael Fassbender.” Hollywood Reporter ners being Sarah Phillips, Maggie Elliott, seeds and sprouts into green, growing STAGE Fri & Sat: (2:00), (4:20), 6:40, 9:00 and Ann Basye), with entries far more life. Perhaps, above all, this is the rea- Sun: (12:20), (2:40), 5:00, 7:20 numerous than what the event could son why a celebration like Winterstomp Mon: (2:00), (4:20), 6:40, 9:00 14 possibly accommodate—which means is such a good idea: it reminds us that, Tue: (1:15), (3:35), 9:00 that either the Skagit farmlands provide while Old Man Winter can be a crabby Wed: (2:00), (4:20), 6:40, 9:00 much inspiration or the area is rife with and formidable enemy—especially Thu: (1:20), (3:45), 6:10 GET OUT worthy poets (methinks it’s a little from while in the midst of a weather-spew- Peter Stampfel and Friends (NR) LIVE! $10/$12

column A and a little from column B). ing tantrum—even he must eventually 12 Also bringing home the fact that this succumb to the more powerful cyclical Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob, features a variety of New York musicians, including John Cohen

is an event with a purpose will be an art forces of Mother Nature. WORDS of the New Lost City Ramblers, Hubby Jenkins of the show, “Local Landscapes,” which will But it’ll be a bit before she gets and Carolina Chocolate Drops, and all 3 of The Dust Busters! have its opening reception at Winter- retains the upper hand, weather-wise. Sat: 9:00 PM 8 stomp in the Lincoln Theatre’s gallery. In the meantime, we’ll always have The show features works by well-known Winterstomp. The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki) (NR) HD/140m.

Masters of Japanese Cinema - Kon Ichikawa. CURRENTS Tue: 6:00 PM 6

NEW PICKFORD FILM CENTER: 1318 Bay St. | 360.738.0735 | PickfordFilmCenter.org musicevents VIEWS Open 1pm-Close Mon-Fri & 30 Min Before First Showtime on Sat-Sun 4 WED., FEB. 1 SAT., FEB. 4 Join us for a drink before your movie! Mary’s Happy Hour: 4-6pm, M-F $2 Beer/$3 Wine MUSIC CLUB: Recipients of the Enid Carrick High TRADITIONAL JAZZ: The Clamdigger Jazz Band MAIL MAIL School Piano Awards will perform at the monthly will perform during the Bellingham Traditional

Bellingham Music Club concert at 10:30am at Trin- Jazz Society’s monthly concert and dance from 2 ity Lutheran Church, 119 Texas St. Entry is free 2-5pm at the VFW Hall, 625 N State St. Entry is NOW SHOWING Feb 3 - 9 and open to the public. $6-$10. DO IT IT DO

at PFC’s Limelight Cinema WWW.BELLINGHAMMUSICCLUB.ORG 734-2973 OR WWW.BTJS.WEBS.COM at 1416 Cornwall ORPHANS CHOIR: Traditional African songs ANDY IRVINE: Irish music master—and living

and dances will be part of a performance by the legend—Andy Irvine will be joined by Bellingham Check out our old theater’s .12 01 Ugandan Orphans Choir at 7pm at Trinity Lutheran musician Robert Sarazin Blake for a 7pm show at revamped new space! Church, 119 Texas St. A freewill offering will go the YWCA Ballroom, 1026 N. Forest St. Suggested tot the AIDS Orphan Fund. donation is $20.

WWW.UGANDANORPHANSCHOIR.WORDPRESS.COM WWW.ANDYIRVINE.COM .07 02. 05 THROAT SINGING: Internationally renowned # THURS., FEB. 2 throat singer and sound healer Matthew Kocel will JOY JAM: Traditional music from Ireland, Que- perform at 7pm at Presence Studio, 1412 Cornwall Albert Nobbs (R) 113m. Noms 4 Best Actress bec, and Cape Breton can be heard when Joy Jam Ave. Tickets are $10-$20. and Best Supporting Actress! “As directed performs at 12:30pm at the Whatcom Museum, WWW.OMSHAMAN.COM with grit and grace by Rodrigo García, this qui- 121 Prospect St. Suggested donation is $3. etly devastating film goes bone-deep.” RS WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG SUN., FEB. 5 Fri: (3:30), 6:00; Sat & Sun: (1:15), 6:00 DICK HENSOLD: The leading Northumbrian

Mon - Thu: (4:25), 7:00 CASCADIA WEEKLY FEB. 3-5 smallpiper in North America, Dick Hensold, per- SKAGIT OPERA: A snake oil salesman, a phony forms at 2pm at Nancy’s Farm, 2030 E. Smith Rd. love potion and a surprise happy ending can be 19 Suggested donation is $15. Revenge of the Electric Car (NR) 90m. expected when Skagit Opera presents “L’Elisir WWW.NANCYFARM.COM “[it] is a slick, enjoyable valentine to a retooling d’Amore: The Elixir of Love” at 7:30pm Fri.-Sat. industry. This optimistic film lacks the outrage and 2pm Sun. at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, of the earlier work, but that’s O.K. A movement 2501 E. College Way. Tickets are $25-$59. SEND YOUR EVENTS TO needs its triumphs too.” New York Times WWW.SKAGITOPERA.ORG OR WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG [email protected] Fri: 8:35; Sat & Sun: 3:50 musicvenues 30 30 See below for venue FOOD addresses and phone 02.01.12 02.02.12 02.03.12 02.04.12 02.05.12 02.06.12 02.07.12 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

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B-BOARD in charge of props deserves kudos for the mar- velous selection of eerie toys alone—cymbal- clanging monkeys, leprous dolls, a sinister zo- 22 22 22 etrope—that populate the abandoned nursery. FILM FILM FILM FILM REVIEWED BY LESLIE FELPERIN As Kipps settles in for several nights of ter- ror, despite warnings from the clearly terrified local townsfolk, the shocks are duly delivered 18 with textbook precision, accompanied by huge jolts of discordant noise. Watkins is more in- MUSIC The Woman in Black novative, however, in the way he builds sus- THE HAUNTING OF HARRY pense via uncanny suggestions in the film’s 16 stiller moments. Only shot-by-shot analysis ART ART will reveal whether there really are figures and faces lurking, barely seen, at the edge of the 15 frame, which contribute very subtly to the at- mosphere of unease, or whether they are just STAGE STAGE figments of the imagination. The more obvi- ously visible specters, meanwhile, including

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GET OUT cially Hideo Nakata’s Ringu, in the unsettling, fast-gliding way they move and appear. 12 THIS LATEST ADAPTATION WORDS UPS THE BODY COUNT 8 IN ORDER TO MAKE THE STAKES MORE IMMEDIATE CURRENTS CURRENTS FOR CONTEMPORARY 6 AUDIENCES. VIEWS VIEWS It’s a pity, then, that lead Radcliffe doesn’t 4 bring more charisma to the party, although

MAIL MAIL the Harry Potter franchise has made him skilled enough now in the art of looking frightened.

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bear the Hammer banner, The Woman in Black competently resurrects that ups the body count in order to make the stakes too puppyish to convince as a parent himself. hoariest of horror-movie conceits, the haunted house. Director James more immediate for contemporary audiences. The Thankfully, the well-chosen supporting cast .12

01 Watkins (Eden Lake) and scripter Jane Goldman judiciously combine moves other canny reworking in Goldman’s script (sur- is on hand to lend ballast, especially Ciaran from the classic scare-”em-ups with new tricks from recent horror ﬂicks prisingly joke-free, given her tendency to crack Hinds as a skeptical local landowner and Janet to retell Susan Hill’s oft-adapted Victorian gothic pastiche. Daniel Radc- wise in Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class) is to make McTeer as his deranged-by-grief wife. The child

.07 02. liffe’s stiff acting represents the weakest element here, but nevertheless, Kipps (Radcliffe) a single parent from the outset. actors also deserve praise for their unsettling 05 # his presence will help the film go bump in the box-office night. He’s still shaken by the passing of his wife Stella stillness; with their pallid makeup and creepy Hill’s elegantly spare 1983 novel has spawned not only radio and televi- (Sophie Stuckey), who died in Victorian fashion old-fashioned clothes, they represent a corps sion versions, but also the second-longest-running legit work in London while giving birth four years earlier to their son, of corpses-in-the-making. White, with the as- (The Mousetrap still holds the record). Playwright Stephen Mallatratt’s Joseph (Misha Handley). sist of thick latex makeup, also impresses, es- adaptation has been lauded for its economical use of just a handful of The restructuring allows Goldman and Watkins to pecially when shrieking like a banshee. actors and simple but effective theatrical devices to tell the story of introduce the notions of bereavement and spiritual- If interest and energy start to flag some-

CASCADIA WEEKLY how young lawyer Arthur Kipps encounters a ghostly femme in a secluded ism much earlier in the story. It also gives Kipps an what in the film’s second half, it’s not the fault northern English manse whose malevolent reach extends through time extra motivation to finish the unpleasant job he’s of lenser Tim Maurice-Jones, who coaxes finely 22 and space. Although the various adaptations have differed significantly, been sent to do in the Yorkshire village of Crythin theatrical effects with minimal light sources the one constant is the way the Woman in Black’s love for her own lost Gifford: sorting through a recently deceased old and some canny work with the grading. The child has been perverted into a baleful vendetta against others’ progeny, lady’s papers in her secluded, rundown mansion. If final reveal is treacly and sentimental, but will neatly exploiting the primal fears of any parent. not for the threat of Kipps being fired, and there- probably go down well with viewers inclined It’s no surprise that for the more literal-minded and commercially fore losing the means to care for Joseph, many an toward spiritualist claptrap. film ›› showtimes

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Albert Nobbs: Award-winning actress Glenn Close plays a woman passing as a man in order to work and 22 22 survive in 19th century Ireland. Some 30 years after 22 donning men's clothing, she ﬁnds herself trapped FILM FILM in a prison of her own making. ★★★★ 3tIS FILM min.) PFC's Limelight See www.pickfordﬁlmcenter.com for 18 showtimes.

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Beauty and the Beast 3D: I'd like to quote Celine 15 Dion with regard to this Disney Classic: "Certain

as the sun/Rising in the east/Tale as old as time/ STAGE Song as old as rhyme/Beauty and the Beast [in 3D]." BIG MIRACLE ★★★★ (tISNJO humor in what has to be an effort to win every Oscar #FMMJT'BJS]] happened between now and then in this surprisingly #FMMJT'BJS]] 14 on Earth this year. They've got my vote. ★★★★★ (R emotional cinematic road trip. ★★★★ 6OSBUFEt Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol: Tom Cruise Big Miracle: Inspired by the true story of three tISNJO hr. 30 min.) stops being a weirdo for long enough to actually

whales trapped by ice in northern Alaska—the 4FIPNF]]] 1'$hT-JNFMJHIU'FC!]'FC! GET OUT make a movie. Can the character of Ethan Hunt rescue of which led to a brief thaw in the Cold Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: I already extricate himself from danger and resurrect Tom Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: War—this movie will make you not only want to save harbored resentment toward this ﬁlm for taking a Cruise's box ofﬁce clout at the same time? Or is this will go down as the year Hollywood used Ryan the whales but also save all the actors involved from 12 beautiful book and screwing it up. But now that truly a mission impossible? ★★★ 1(tIST Gosling to try and come between me and my movie themselves. ★★ 1(tISNJO it has been nominated for a Best Picture Oscar 13 min.) star boyfriend, Robert Downey Jr. It almost worked, #FMMJT'BJS]]]

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The Iron Lady: Meryl Streep does her best Margaret The former makes it interesting and the latter makes that will test them both (Keira Knightley) in this out that it stars Matt Damon and was directed by Thatcher in a movie that does not live up to either me wish it were a whole lot better. ★★ 1(t fascinating ﬁlm directed by the ever-interesting Cameron Crowe. There's more to this zoo than meets its leading lady or the subject she portrays. ★★ (PG- ISTNJO

David Cronenberg. ★★★★ 3tISNJO the eye. ★★★ 1(tISTNJO .12 tISNJO 4VOTFU4RVBSF]]] Pickford Film Center See www.pickfordﬁlmcenter.com Bellis Fair 9:10 01 4VOTFU4RVBSF]]]] for showtimes. Revenge of the Electric Car:*O UIPVTBOET The Woman in Black: See review previous page. Man on a Ledge: How to make a crappy movie, of new electric cars were purposely destroyed by the The Descendants: Director Alexander Payne teams ★★★ 1(tISNJO

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ART ART dress the latter problem. Current cosmic rhythms are I hope you are primed and eager, Scorpio. I hope you inviting you rather loudly and dramatically to boost can’t wait to try to answer the question that seems your confidence, even at the risk of you careening to have no answer. Be brave and adventurous, my 15 Aggressive. into the forbidden realm of arrogance. That’s why friend—and be intent on having a blast. I recommend Taurus musician Trent Reznor as your SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Lessons could STAGE STAGE ǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ͘īĞĐƟǀĞ͘ role model. He has no problem summoning feelings come to you from unforeseen sources and unantici- ͻ&ĞůŽŶǇ͕DŝƐĚĞŵĞĂŶŽƌ͕/ŶĨƌĂĐƟŽŶ͕h/͕ of self-worth. As evidence, here’s what he confessed pated directions during the next few weeks, Sagit- when asked about whether he frequents music social tarius. They will also come in expected forms from 14 ƐƐĂƵůƚ͕ƌƵŐΘ^ĞǆĂƐĞƐ͘ networks: “I don’t care what my friends are listening all the familiar influences, so the sum total of your ͻ͞ZŝƐŝŶŐ^ƚĂƌ͕͟tĂƐŚŝŶŐƚŽŶ>ĂǁΘWŽůŝƟĐƐ͘ to. Because I’m cooler than they are.” learning could be pretty spectacular. To take maxi- GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “If Mark Twain mum advantage of the opportunity, just assume that GET OUT ƩŽƌŶĞǇůĞǆZĂŶƐŽŵ had had Twitter,” says humorist Andy Borowitz, “he everyone and everything might have useful teach- would have been amazing at it. But he probably ings for you—even people you usually ignore and ;ϯϲϬͿϲϳϭͲϴϱϬϬ ĂƌĂŶƐŽŵΛƚĂƌŝŽůĂǁ͘ĐŽŵ wouldn’t have gotten around to writing Huckleberry situations that have bored you in the past. Act like 12 Finn.” I think you’re facing a comparable choice, an eager student who’s hungry for knowledge and Gemini. You can either get a lot of little things done curious to fill in the gaps in your education.

WORDS that will serve your short-term aims, or else you can CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “The consum- at least partially withdraw from the day-to-day give- ing desire of most human beings is deliberately to and-take so as to devote yourself with more focus to

8 plant their whole life in the hands of some other a long-range goal. I’m not here to tell you which way person,” said British writer Quentin Crisp. If you to go; I just want to make sure you know the nature harbor even a small tendency in that direction, Cap- of the decision before you. ricorn, I hope that in the coming days you will make

CURRENTS CURRENTS CANCER (June 21-July 22): You now have a a concentrated effort to talk yourself out of it. In my special talent for helping your allies tap into their astrological opinion, this is a critical moment in the

6 dormant potentials and latent energy. If you choose long-term evolution of your healthy self-sufﬁciency. to use it, you will also have a knack for snapping lost For both your own sake and the sake of the people

VIEWS VIEWS sheep and fallen angels out of their wasteful trances. you love, you must ﬁnd a way to shrink your urge to There’s a third kind of magic you have in abundance make them responsible for your well-being.

4 right now, Cancerian, and that’s the ability to coax AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you go to concealed truths out of their hiding places. Personal- California’s Yosemite National Park this month, you

MAIL MAIL ly, I’m hopeful that you will make lavish use of these might get the chance to witness a reddish gold wa- gifts. I should mention, however, that some people terfall. Here’s how: At sunset, gaze up at the sheer

may resist you. The transformations you could con- 2 east face of the rock formation known as El Capitan. ceivably set in motion with your superpowers might There you will see what seems to be a vertical river seem alarming to them. So I suggest that you hang DO IT IT DO

of ﬁre, also known as Horsetail Fall. I nominate this out as much as possible with change-lovers who like marvel to be your inspirational symbol for the com- the strong medicine you have to offer. ing weeks. According to my reading of the astro-

.12 LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Publishing a volume of logical omens, you will have the power to blend fire 01 poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand and water in novel ways. I encourage you to look at Canyon and waiting for the echo,” said author Don the photo here—bit.ly/fluidicfire—and imprint the Marquis, speaking from experience. Something you’re image on your mind’s eye. It will help unleash the

.07 02. considering, Leo, may seem to ﬁt that description, subconscious forces you’ll need to pull off your own

05 too. It’s a project or action or gift that you’d feel natural wonder. # good about offering, but you also wonder whether PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): After singer Amy it will generate the same buzz as that rose petal Winehouse died, actor Russell Brand asked the pub- ﬂoating down into the Grand Canyon. Here’s what lic and media to scale back their derisive opinions I think: To the degree that you shed your attach- about her struggle with intoxicants. Addiction isn’t ment to making an impact, you will make the exact a romantic affectation or glamorous self-indulgence impact that matters most. Give yourself without any that people are too lazy to overcome, he said. It’s expectations. a disease. Would you mock a schizophrenic for his

CASCADIA WEEKLY VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Comedian Louis CK “stupid” propensity for hearing voices? Would you told a story about his young daughter. She had a ridicule a victim of multiple sclerosis for not being 26 fever, and he gave her some Tylenol that was bubble vigorous? I’m of the opinion that all of us have at gum ﬂavored. “Ewwww!” she complained. Louis was least one addiction, although it may not be as dis- exasperated. “You can’t say ‘ewwww,’” he told her. abling as Winehouse’s weakness for liquor and nar- What he meant was that as a white kid in America, cotics. What’s yours, Pisces? Porn? Sugar? Internet? she’s among the most privileged characters in the Bad relationships? The coming weeks would be a world—certainly far luckier than all the poor chil- very good time to seek help in healing it. rearEnd ›› ”In a Roundabout Way” — freestyle puzzling for all — by Matt Jones

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18 Bountiful Bivalves MUSIC GIANT CLAMS GET THEIR CLOSE-UP 16 says they had a great dialogue about the ART ART uniqueness of the clams themselves—most recipe notably that the bivalves are capable of 15 reaching great sizes and ages (the largest on record weighed in at a whopping 16 STAGE STAGE pounds, and they can live more than 150 years in the wild).

14 During the course of the day, Dewey says they also ate the saltwater samplers on the

GET OUT beach in the form of sashimi. After setting up a propane burner and boiling water to clean a couple of the geoducks, they sliced 12 them thin and offered up soy and wasabi for dipping purposes. WORDS “He told me that geoduck was one of 8 his top ﬁve favorite foods,” Dewey says. “I took that as a pretty 3 " CURRENTS CURRENTS signiﬁcant compliment 6 from someone who has . eaten as many differ- —FROM THE TAYLOR SHELLFISH VIEWS VIEWS WHAT: Bizarre ent foods as he has.” FARM WEBSITE Foods Seattle While geoducks were INGREDIENTS 4 Episode the ones getting the 1 pound geoduck neck meat, thinly sliced WHEN: Mon., MAIL MAIL on-camera close-ups 2 medium-sized limes Feb. 6 last summer, Dewey 1 stalk of celery, thinly sliced WHERE: Travel 2 Channel wants people to know 1 small carrot, julienned INFO: www.travel that the Taylor family— 1 medium cucumber, thin-sliced lengthwise DO IT IT DO

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01 Puget Sound since 1890—has expanded 2 tbsp sesame seeds IN HIS taste-fueled travels around the globe, Bizarre Foods televi- the company to be the largest producer of 1 clove of garlic, minced sion host and chef Andrew Zimmern has eaten everything from camel farmed shellﬁsh in the United States. In ad- 2 red chili peppers, chopped

.07 02. hump sausage to pit viper ice cream, rooster comb, jellied moose nose, dit ion to the half million pounds of geoducks 1 tbsp fish sauce 05 # stuffed porcupine, cane rat and donkey salami. And last summer, after they produce each year, they grow multiple 1 tbsp brown sugar beginning a countrywide exploration of America’s most unusual foods, species of oysters (about 35 million total), 1/3 cup peanuts he added raw geoduck from Bow’s Taylor Shellfish Farm to his list of ed- 1.5 million pounds of mussels and approxi- Let geoduck meat and juice of one medium ible accomplishments. mately four million pounds of Manila clams. lime marinate for 30 minutes. In a large bowl, Bill Dewey, a shellfish farmer and biologist who’s also the director of public “The Taylors work very hard at leading by combine celery, carrot, cucumber, onion and policy and communications at Taylor, says Zimmern and his team spent a day example and setting trends for the indus- sesame seeds. In a small bowl, combine the juice of one lime, garlic, pepper, fish sauce and

CASCADIA WEEKLY in late July ﬁlming various aspects of geoduck farming in southern Puget try,” Dewey says. “The company/family is Sound. He’s not sure what will be included on the episode that will air Feb. committed to environmental public policy brown sugar. Combine ingredients from both 30 6 on the Travel Channel, but says Zimmern was privy to the steps involved advocacy and has a long-term vision of bowls with two springs of mint chiffonade and in raising and harvesting the enormous clams—from getting seed from the prosperity for their family, their employees geoduck meat. Serve on a plate garnished with nursery to stomping nursery tubes, planting baby geoduck, harvesting and, and for the communities where they live and mint and peanuts. naturally, eating them. work. It is a pleasure and an honor to work Dewey reports Zimmern was fascinated by the growing process, and for them.” doit

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