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ALAN RHODES: BALLADS FOR A COAL TOWN, P.6 }} DARK HORSE: A CONVERSATION WITH TOM ANDERSON, P.10 STOMPING GROUNDS: SUNNYLAND’S BACKYARD ART PARTY, P.20 A low-tide mud run and 38 38 cascadia oyster shell sculpture FOOD contests will be part and parcel of the annual 31 31 .($.#4 $1'1 .# July B-BOARD A glance at what’s happening this week 16 at Taylor Shellﬁsh Farms 27

FILM FILM 2 ) . 4[07.xz.11] Andrea Rackl, Leslie Johnson: 7:30pm, Amadeus Project ON STAGE Jazz Festival Student Showcase: 7:30pm, Blaine

22 Lips Together, Teeth Apart: 8pm, MBT’s Walton Performing Arts Center Theatre

MUSIC FILM MUSIC Rocky: 8:30pm, Fairhaven Village Green Candysound: 12pm, WWU Performing Arts Center 20 Plaza WORDS

ART ART Downtown Sounds: 5:30-8:30pm, Bay Street Family Story Night: 6:30pm, Fairhaven Library Festival of Music Concert: 7:30pm, WWU Performing Journalism Conference: Through Sunday, WWU Arts Center 18 Jazz Festival Concert: 7:30pm, Blaine Performing Arts COMMUNITY Center Northwest Raspberry Festival: 10am-8pm, downtown STAGE STAGE Lynden COMMUNITY Draft Horse Spectacular: 11am, NW Washington Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green Fairgrounds, Lynden 16 SchmoozeFest: 4:30-6:30pm, Chuckanut Brewery

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14 Aladdin: 2pm and 7pm, Bellingham Arts Academy /#0-. 4[07.x{.11] for Youth Richard III: 7pm, Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre WORDS WORDS ON STAGE Murder on the Oriental Rug: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Din- Richard III: 7pm, Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre ner Theatre, Mount Vernon

8 Bard on the Beach: Through September, Vanier Park, Lips Together, Teeth Apart: 8pm, MBT’s Walton Vancouver, B.C. Theatre Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre The Winter’s Tale: 8:15pm, Island Stage Left, San The Odd Couple: 8pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre Juan Island CURRENTS CURRENTS The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Hellingham: 9pm, Upfront Theatre 6 MUSIC DANCE Clearbrook Dixie Band: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park USA Dance: 7-10pm, Blue Moon Ballroom VIEWS VIEWS Big Band Beneﬁt: 7:30pm, Semiahmoo Golf Club Tango Experience Milonga: 8-11:30pm, Presence Studio 4 WORDS

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History Cruise: 5:30-8:30pm, Bellingham Bay The Atlantics: 7-9pm, Boulevard Park A Moment in Time: 7pm, Deception Pass State Park

11 !-$ 4[07.x|.11] FILM .13. Despicable Me: 8:30pm, Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema 07 ON STAGE Aladdin: 7pm, Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth COMMUNITY

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# Murder on the Oriental Rug: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Din- Lynden ner Theatre, Mount Vernon Junk in the Trunk: 9am-1pm, Civic Field A Mochrie of Stiles: 8pm, Mount Baker Theatre See artists in their natural Blaine Gardeners Market: 10am-2pm, H Street Plaza Our Town: 8pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre Lummi Island Market: 10am-2pm, 2106 S. Nugent Rd. Vaudevillingham: 8pm and 10pm, Cirque Lab Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Chestnut The Winter’s Tale: 8:15pm, Island Stage Left, San habitats doing what they Street and Railroad Avenue Juan Island Ferndale Public Market: 10am-4pm, Riverwalk Park Hellingham: 9pm, Upfront Theatre do best July 16-17 as part Skagit Valley Market: 10am-3pm, Farmhouse Restau- CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA rant, Mount Vernon MUSIC of the .&"$/-/$./. Chihuahua Festival: 10am-6pm, Mount Vernon Chris- 2 Vancouver Folk Music Festival: Jericho Beach Park, tian High School B.C. /*" /# -./0 $*/*0- Discovery Days: 10am-7pm, Birch Bay Darrington Bluegrass Festival: Through Sunday, Dar- Draft Horse Spectacular: 11am, NW Washington rington Bluegrass Music Park Fairgrounds, Lynden Ham Radio Open House: 11am-4pm, American Museum of Radio Vettes in the Vineyard: 11am-4pm, Carpenter th Creek Winery, Mount Vernon Roller Betties Final Bout: 5pm, Pavilion Gym, 24 38 WCC Annual FOOD GET OUT Wind Horse Half Marathon: 8am, Fairhaven

Park 31 Raspberry Run: 9am, Lynden Christian High School

Bivalve Bash: 10am-5pm, Taylor Shellﬁsh Farms B-BOARD Lavender Festival: 10am-5pm, Pelindaba Laven- der Farm, San Juan Island 27 VISUAL ARTS

Skagit Artists Together Studio Tour: 10am-6pm, FILM Skagit Valley Art-2-Jazz Street Fair: 11am-4:30pm, downtown

Blaine 22 Heather Saulsbury Reception: 4-7pm, Deming

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Klare’s assertion, there is a possibility of 16 turning back from participation in vio-

lent resource wars. David Holmgren (co- GET OUT originator of Permaculture) has pointed out that spending resources to capture more resources works in an era of rising 14 energy supply, such as the 20th Century.

The Finale This WORDS In the years to come, during the era of energy decline, those that continue to pursue that strategy will fail, and that Saturday, July 16! 8 failure will be obvious very quickly. War- fare is energy intensive, and is a loser’s CURRENTS CURRENTS game when resources are scarce.

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of us. In doing so we may come to realize WEEKLYCASCADIA that what is good for the ecosystem is IRU6ORW7LFNHW good for us. It is time to let go of eco- &RXSRQ9DOLG)URP-XO\-XO\ 5 nomic expansionism and “seek out the condition now that will come anyway.” 9DOLGRQO\DW1RRNVDFN5LYHU&DVLQR5HGHHPDW:LQQHU¶V&OXE%RRWK9DOLGJDPLQJGD\RQO\8VHRIFRXSRQLPSOLHVDQXQGHUVWDQGLQJ DQGDFFHSWDQFHRIDOOUXOHV0DFKLQHPDOIXQFWLRQYRLGVDQ\DVVRFLDWHGUHZDUGV/LPLWRQHRIIHUSHUSHUVRQSHUGD\0XVWEH:LQQHUV&OXE —David MacLeod, Bellingham 1RWYDOLGZLWKDQ\RWKHURIIHU0HPEHUDQG\HDUVRIDJHWRUHGHHP0DQDJHPHQWUHVHUYHVDOOULJKWV (edited for length) THE GRISTLE

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38 38 begin to change on the Bellingham waterfront. Port of Bellingham contractors have been quietly FOOD at work at the former Georgia-Paciﬁc mill site. Last views month, crews dismantled the remainder of the old OPINIONS THE GRISTLE steam plant, toppling a disused smokestack into the 31 31 rubble and carting away the debris. The action helps set the stage for a new series of work proposed by B-BOARD the state Dept. of Ecology. The agency detailed its proposal to listeners at a public meeting this week. Among Ecology’s near-term clean-up projects, the BY ALAN RHODES 27 agency proposes removing about 8,000 tons of pe-

FILM FILM troleum-contaminated soil from an area just north of the recently cleared steam plant site. The plant burned bunker oil as fuel. The fuel oil was stored in Ballads of the ‘Apo-coal-lypse’ 22 large tanks on the site. CELEBRATING CARBON AND COMMUNITY COLLAPSE

MUSIC “Contaminants exceed state cleanup standards, so they must be addressed,” Ecology’s site manager, Brian Sato, noted in an agency press release. songwriters occa- hopped aboard the coal train, but it

20 POETS AND “The proposed interim cleanup action will re- sionally employ their talents to laud knocked folks for a loop when commu- ART ART move the most highly contaminated soil and build- technological achievements. Woody nity pillar Craig Cole took the lead role ing materials that represent an ongoing source Guthrie consecrated the Grand Cou- in promoting the Gateway Pacific ter- 18 of contamination to air and groundwater,” Sato lee Dam with “Roll on Columbia” and minal. Everyone was sorry back when explained. “Source control is the first and often poet Hart Crane sang the praises of they learned Craig’s grocery business STAGE STAGE most important step in controlling exposures to the Brooklyn Bridge. Since SSA Ma- His house looks down on the tracks was crashing, but surely he could have site contamination. The proposed interim cleanup rine is determined to build the mas- below. done something other than throw in 16 action will remove mercury-contaminated build- sive Gateway Pacific coal terminal at He’d like to sell the place, I hear, his lot with Goldman Sachs and the ing materials, about 450 tons of buried soil with Cherry Point, I figured I should get But his property value has dropped too good old boys at Peabody Energy.

GET OUT high levels of mercury, and about 8,000 tons of soil busy on a few coal poems. I’m hav- low. with high levels of petroleum.” ing trouble coming up with my own His yard is sooty, black and bleak, Old Craig Cole The contaminated materials will be taken to an ideas, so I’ll just borrow from some And it’s getting worse week by week, Was a merry old soul, 14 approved landfill for disposal. The excavated areas existing works. And the roaring trains have ruined his But a bad decision made he, will be filled with clean material. If approved, the The railroad will play a more sig- sleep, Now he’s spreading the hype WORDS WORDS work could be completed by the end of this year. nificant part in our lives when nine And the roaring trains have ruined his For SSA coal, Beginning in 2012, the agency will shift attention or ten trains spewing coal dust and sleep. Such a sad sight to see. 8 to mercury contamination in an area near the south- diesel emissions begin their daily ern end of the mill site, closer to the port’s shipping runs back and forth to Cherry Point. We can’t just celebrate the new I suppose it’s almost obligatory terminal. About 450 tons of mercury-contaminated We’ll have ample time to reflect on Whatcom Appalachia without a trib- that I give a nod to John Prine’s CURRENTS CURRENTS soil will be removed for disposal in designated east- this as we sit in idling traffic each ute to some of the people who will quintessential coal song “Paradise.” 6

6 ern Washington landﬁlls. day waiting for mile-and-a-half- help make that happen. One of the The interim cleanup action is expected to cost long trains to go by. To celebrate most enthusiastic emissaries for SSA Daddy won’t you take me up to sweet VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS about $2.5 million. Ecology will reimburse up to this great leap forward, here’s my Marine has been Chamber of Com- Whatcom County, half of the port’s costs through the state’s remedial song “The Whatcom Cannonball.” merce president Ken Oplinger. Let’s Where Sumas and Nooksack and Para- 4 action grant program, which helps pay to clean up You know the tune, so sing along. borrow from an old Irish ballad to ac- dise lay,

MAIL MAIL publicly owned sites. The state Legislature funds the knowledge Oplinger’s visionary quest. Well I’m sorry my son but you’re too grant program with revenues from a voter-approved Oh, listen to the jumble, You can sing along on this one, too. late in asking,

2 tax on hazardous substances. The rumble and the roar, It’s all been ruined by old SSA. DO IT DO

“We’ve identiﬁed these areas as being warranted As she cuts off all of Bellingham Oh, Kenny boy, coal dust, coal dust is of doing—taking action now, while we continue to From the waterfront and the shore. blowing, I could go on with this, but I have a

11 develop the remedial investigation and feasibility Hear the coughing of the children From Cherry Point out to the mountain little shopping to do. I ﬁgure I should

.13. study, and ultimately the ﬁnal cleanup,” Sato told As particulate matter from her falls, side, stock up on earplugs and dust masks

07 KGMI. The agency will receive public comments on She’s an SSA abomination The ﬁsh are gone and asthmatics are before the prices start going up, and the proposal through Aug. 3. Called the Whatcom Cannonball. all dying, maybe some books on CD to pass the .06 Ecology’s near-term proposal breathes renewed life The air is toxic and there’s coal dust in time at railroad crossings. As I think 28 # into Bellingham’s central waterfront. Importantly, it Folks living near the train tracks the tide. about it, this will be good for the establishes both the method and level of remedia- will never have to go long without a Tourists don’t return for summer in our stores that sell those sorts of things, tion strategies. lively reminder that coal has come to meadows, and there should be a booming busi- “In my experience, I have observed that the use town. With apologies to Robert Frost, They hate to hear those loud train ness in asthma medications, eye drops of interim cleanups are a routine practice and, in ef- here’s a poem for my friend Ed, who, whistles blow; and nasal sprays as well. And the U- fect, delay cleanups because they allow small clean- lucky fellow, lives close to the tracks The coal port casts a cold and gloomy Haul rental business should ﬂourish

CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA up actions here and there when it is economically and close to where the terminal will be shadow, as folks pack up and head for places advantageous,” cautions Wendy Steffensen, who built. Ed, by the way, works nights and Oh, Kenny boy, oh Kenny boy, we thank still unspoiled. I guess SSA wasn’t kid- 6 leads RE Sources’ North Sound Baykeeper activities has to get his sleep during the day. you so. ding when they talked about all the around the central waterfront. “Without them, full economic beneﬁts that go along with cleanups would need to occur before the potentially Whose yard this is I think I know, Nobody was surprised when Oplinger being a coal town. liable parties could take advantage of desirable land or cheap materials.” VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY

from ignoring the realities of global climate change, the decline of cheap energy resources, and the destruction of resource lands without

beneﬁt to the local economy.

38 38 Anderson has a pleasing manner that con- ceals a quick and creative intellect. He is a FOOD currents storehouse of knowledge on natural resources and who controls them. He has a knack NEWS COMMENTARY BRIEFS for understanding the very, very Big Picture 31 31 without sacriﬁcing a nimbleness that allows him to see and seize opportunity locally. B-BOARD Working with energy systems in the public sector only sharpened these gifts. When he was 13 years 27 old, Tom dreamed of be-

FILM FILM coming an engineer. “If you were to ask someone to draw a picture 22 of what an engineer would

MUSIC look like and how he’d talk and behave, you’d probably get a picture of Tom 20 // ) WHAT: Belling- Anderson,” one supporter ART ART ham Tea Party quipped. “He was made for forum for county the part.”

18 candidates Anderson applied those WHEN: 6:30pm, engineering skills in a STAGE STAGE U Tues. July 19 WHERE: Whatcom number of private en- Community Col- terprises, which perhaps 16 lege Syre reached their apex in his Auditorium role as general manager MORE: Don’t GET OUT darkHORSE be fooled. This of Whatcom County Pub- was one of the lic Utilities District #1. om Anderson is an unlikely politician. He liveliest political The PUD is a water and 14 has a quiet, capable charm, but he’s not forums held last electric utility that sup- year. one to oversell himself or what he believes plies power and water WORDS WORDS T COST: Free are the limits of public policy. ------mostly to Cherry Point Underlying his quiet manner, he likes to shake WHAT: Bill Mize heavy industry that in- 8 8 things up. He entered the county executive’s race Forum cludes two oil refineries, first and early, as a means to shake up a robust WHEN: 7pm, an aluminum smelter and July 27 election. He declared his interest in the position other smaller businesses. CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS WHERE: Rome before Kremen announced he would, and then later Grange The PUD also serves water 6 would not, seek a fifth term. Anderson said at the MORE: The to the City of Ferndale. time he wanted lots of qualified candidates in an granddaddy of Anderson was man- VIEWS VIEWS exciting primary. local political ager at a critical time, forums, simulcast He got his wish. When Kremen withdrew, a trick- as the politics around 4 on KGMI le of interest became a firehose. COST: Free water came to a boil MAIL MAIL WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER TOM The peculiarities of our polarized, winner-take- over environmental and all elections probably means Tom honestly doesn’t tribal challenges. Despite this, he helped

2 ANDERSON FOR COUNTY EXECUTIVE stand much of a chance in the August primary. Lo- strengthen and grow the public utility as DO IT DO

cal Republicans have thrown their weight behind the region shook a decade ago from roll- BY TIM JOHNSON Sen. Doug Ericksen for county executive. Without ing energy shocks. He learned the nuts and

11 Ericksen in the race, their support would ﬂow next bolts of what keeps Whatcom’s heavy indus-

.13. to former Lynden mayor, Jack Louws. The Demo- trial base operating, what creates jobs and

07 crats, dissatisﬁed their nomination meeting in economic opportunities. He got to know June did not produce a clear endorsement, will re- water service and water rights down to the .06 decide the matter later this month. Their endorse- drop, and was able to apply the knowledge 28 # ment will fall almost certainly to former county of agriculture he’d picked up as a boy and planner David Stalheim, leaving Anderson in the beyond into the development of digester cold. Most other endorsements follow cues of the energy systems. Less successfully, Anderson Ds and Rs. attempted to extend that entrepreneurship Tom doesn’t like it, but he takes it in measure. and utility into telecommunications in an It’s not so much Anderson is a centrist, and there- effort to use ﬁber optic capacity to light

CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA fore incapable of stirring a political base. If any- up the economics of rural areas. He bumped thing, Anderson is politically conservative (as, in- into a turf war, not unlike that which fre- 8 deed, are all the candidates who seek to administer quently rages on County Council. a rural county), but one informed by a deep respect Anderson was a leading voice in a recent and understanding of science and engineering prin- Peak Oil task force chartered by County Coun- ciples. Those principles forbid him as a conservative cil to study the long-range impacts of energy scarcity and to plan for that. with those trends. We need to get all “A war could break out in the Middle the players together, sit down once a Can you survive a divorce? East at any time,” Anderson explained. year and say, “How are you doing? Did Let me help you.

“Oil prices could rise dramatically, and what we agreed to do last year work?” we need to at least consider that pos- We don’t do that. Attorney Lauren E. Trent 38 sibility and the impacts that would have If you want change, if you want on our local community.” improvement, you have to measure Divorce / Dissolution of Marriage • Child Custody • Parenting FOOD That’s a farsightedness that carries it. Then you have to talk about it. We Plans • Support Orders – Protection Orders through much of Anderson’s approach to don’t do that. It’s critical for our long- The Lustick Law Firm Bellingham – Mount Vernon 31 public policy. term health. (360) 685-4221 www.Lustick.com Cascadia Weekly: How have your experi- Second, we have a totally messed

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Produced by Epic Events, 360.733.2682, www.EpicEvents.US WORDS the customer needs that would be en- You want to have conversations about vied by most private companies. And this, not lengthy legal battles that en- 8 that’s what we’ve got to get to with rich Seattle attorneys. 8 local government. CW: Let’s talk about public utilities. Our We have to have a local government border cities operate as public utilities. CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS that is responsive to the people, that’s TA: Yes, Blaine and Sumas receive their

listening to the people, that is involved power directly from Bonneville Power, 6 and encourages involvement. We need a so they’re legally public electric utili- local government whose leaders are out ties, and that gives those cities some VIEWS in the community, talking to people and interesting advantages. Sumas, in par- 4 not pushing agendas but raising agen- ticular, is an interesting study. One of

das. Raising concerns. Public conversa- the reasons Sumas has so much indus- MAIL tion is important, really important. trial growth is because the city has its presented by

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TA: We have ample water for people. But really good job of structuring its rates if we are going to retain and maintain to encourage industrial growth. 11 the level of environmental services CW: Is that a program that could be ex- Fri. Jul 15: ROCKY .13. that water currently provides, for ﬁsh panded in any way to other areas of the 07 and shellﬁsh, we have to keep our wa- county? Trivia starts at @ 8:00pm

ter clean. We haven’t done a very good TA: Technically it could. The Public Util- .06 28 job of that. Right there is something ity District technically has electrical # we need to pay better attention to, but authority countywide, so it could Sat. Jul 16: DESPICABLE ME the biggest problem is we don’t collect technically take over any of Puget’s enough data. service territory. But that is a big Live music by Pretty Little Feeet @ 8:00pm We get a grant for data collection ﬁght, and one you don’t want to wade in one place for a few years, another into necessarily. Fri. Jul 22 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Sat. Jul 23 Eat Pray Love Fri. Jul 29 Jaws

grant for more data collection some- Within the last ﬁve years, the Bonn- WEEKLYCASCADIA place else. But we really need to have eville Power Administration has imple- FairhavenOutdoorCinema.com - Facebook.com/FairhavenOutdoorCinema integrated data collection that goes on mented a tiered rate structure that has 9 long enough that we can watch trends. permanently allocated all of the cheap More than that, we need an annual con- hydro to a given set of utilities. So the ference in Whatcom County that deals ANDERSON, CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 currents ›› county executive

38 38 way a while because we have a glut of sure to the council. We have failed to or it must be a park. Neither may not FOOD FROM PAGE 9 ANDERSON, natural gas that will last for at least adequately involved citizens. be the ideal solution. What is ideal, five years. The second reason is, we CW: Perhaps the most contentious area and what I do support, is the land gets PUD couldn’t go to Bonneville to get produce natural gas locally—we have of public policy is in land use planning, managed so that it has positive im- 31 31 enough cheap hydro to serve that kind bio-gas generators on farms. We have something you say is critical as we pacts on water quality in the lake and of plan. It wouldn’t be any cheaper enough digestable waste in this county craft a long-range vision and economy is beneficial to the local community. B-BOARD than Puget. to more than supply our entire fleet of for our area. I’ve heard of bills in Olympia that But let’s see where we’re at in 10 public transit vehicles, our bus system. TA: Yes, the cycle we’re in right now is might allow for reconveyance without years. Clearly the PUD has potential as Now, if we produce our own fuel for our not only stupid, it is utterly useless— the use requirement for a park. I think 27 a tool for long-range energy planning. public transit locally that keeps money players scheming against each other, that’s a good direction.

FILM FILM Again, if you have your own utility, circulating here and drives jobs. If you trying to ﬁgure out how to squeeze CW: We’ve saved coal for last. What are money tends to stay local. buy diesel oil, no, that money is going another drip out of the spigot. We your thoughts on the proposed shipping CW: You’ve talked of the need for better out of the county. have to get to a level of planning that terminal at Cherry Point? 22 long-range planning for our energy fu- If the county and its municipalities meets state law and serves the needs TA: Number one, I am in favor of building

MUSIC ture. Describe that. with big fleets to convert, that em- of a broad range of people. a shipping terminal. But the terminal I TA: We’re unique here in the Pacific powers the private sector to get busy If we look at other places that sur- want to see built is one that is ulti- Northwest in that we have this huge and put in the stations and equip- v ive on less energy than we do, we need mately beneficial to serving Whatcom 20 primary resource of hydroelectric ment to supply that fuel, to convert to change how we lay things out. County. My concern is, ocean shipping ART ART power, but it does not supply all of engines—jobs! CW: What’s your vision for Lake What- is—without question—the least ex- our energy needs. Some of that must CW: This week County Council will adopt com? pensive form of transport and it always 18 come from fossil fuels, in particular rules for wind generation that make it TA: I think the way to achieve the kind of will be. If we’re going to participate in natural gas. The problem is, if you look all but impossible to install large-scale cooperation necessary to protect Lake a regional and global marketplace to STAGE STAGE worldwide and start to analyze energy wind systems. Meanwhile, there’s been Whatcom is, frankly, to take it out of any extent, our access to shipping and consumption, it isn’t that the world is a ban in place on wind energy systems 16 running out of gas and oil, it’s that it in the county for more than a year. Does is running out of cheap oil. We’ve seen this frustrate you? WE NEED MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED SOONER, WE GET OUT that now, in the last few years, when TA: I am frustrated by that. Although NEED TO SCHEDULE MORE TIME SOONER FOR oil is back up to $100 a barrel. there’s not a huge opportunity for The problem for us is that expen- wind power generation in Whatcom PUBLIC DIALOGUE THAT IS TRANSPARENT AND 14 sive fuel is draining money out of the County—the wind doesn’t blow as economy. Just think about this—the hard here as elsewhere—but some of EFFECTIVE. —TOM ANDERSON WORDS WORDS U.S. imports and consumes about 20 the higher points in the county do re- million barrels of oil per day. Ten years ceive pretty good wind. There’s no rea- the hands of the council system. They transportation corridor is critical. 8 8 ago, that oil cost about 10 bucks a bar- son we shouldn’t be investigating put- had talked at one time about forming I am personally convinced, based rel. That’s $200 million dollars a day. ting towers in some of those places. a flood control zone district that has on my own experience, that facilities Now it costs 10 times that amount for Yes, some people don’t like them; some a legal authority for taxing purposes. can be built that are environmentally CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS the same oil. That’s $2 billion a day. people don’t like energy efficient light You need that kind of structure dedi- low impact.

6 More than half of that is actually leav- bulbs. But clearly there needs to be a cated to that speciﬁc purpose. But what is being proposed right ing the country. That doesn’t help the good public process when considering You need a body with enough of now, which would foreclose on the VIEWS VIEWS local economy, certainly it doesn’t these items. a budget to have staff that is a focal county’s access to shipping? No. We do help the U.S. economy. We need more people involved point. The county and city will still be not need to have North America’s larg- 4 That’s a message people have to un- sooner, we need to schedule more time involved, but that group would be the est coal terminal at Cherry Point.

MAIL MAIL derstand. We are seeing an increase in sooner for public dialogue that is trans- driver, and their goal would be to re- Not only is it bad local policy, it is the cost of oil, and it has impacts. parent and effective. The process we port progress every year. bad national energy policy. The U.S.’s

2 The trick for a local economy is to have today, where by the night of the Our problem is we get in these cir- only major energy reserve is its coal DO IT DO

save energy. We don’t produce energy council’s decision the public finally gets cular debates and nothing happens. fields. of that nature here. We process it, but to comment, that’s bullshit. It’s obvi- Some of our current problem, I be- Now, we could get busy and build an alternative energy future with solar, 11 we do not produce it. So the less we ous they’ve already been influenced, lieve, is we’re too myopic. I think some

.13. use, the more money stays locally in the they’ve already made up their minds, of our phosphorous cycles that drive geothermal and wind energy, but we’re

07 economy, to drive the local economy. and the rest is just a formality. That water quality issues are really quite not doing it. And guess what, if we don’t If you drain money out of the econ- doesn’t lead to good public policy. long, much longer than we’ve studied. do it 20 years from now, what are we go- .06 omy—whether it’s for energy or at- CW: What can the county executive do to But you have to create the stud- ing to do for energy for jobs? 28 # torneys for water rights fights, or for help the council generate better policy? ies and the processes that are able to My second objection is an environ- crude oil from foreign countries—it TA: I would hope a lot. Now, consider- outlast the elected officials and po- mental one. Why would we ship coal has local impacts on our quality of life. ing some of the personalities up there, litical process that first implemented to China and receive atmospheric mer- You want to create jobs? Save energy. well [laughs]. But that is the classic them. If those processes are not ro- cury pollution in return? We know that CW: What would you do as county execu- instance of relationship building. You bust enough to outlast the officials, is already happening, why would we tive to help guide us into that energy have to get in there early and often, then the effort will die. choose to accelerate that?

CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA future? you have to put energy into those rela- CW: Do you support at least the concept Big picture nationally, that coal TA: One thing I would propose as county tionships and it is going to take time. underlying the reconveyance of timber should probably stay in the ground. 10 executive is to take the county’s ve- The other way you can influence lands around Lake Whatcom? Big picture locally, this is a great hicle fleet and convert that to natural council as County Executive is you TA: The problem right now with the replace, and we’ve got to keep it that gas use. Why natural gas? Natural gas can empower the citizen boards and conveyance is it doesn’t offer a lot of way. If we don’t shape our own future, is cheaper than regular gasoline by commissions we have in existence so flexibility. Either the Dept. of Natural it will be shaped for us and by people about half, and it is going to stay that that they can apply productive pres- Resources manages the forests full tilt, we don’t necessarily agree with. career education

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FOOD The former director of International Stud- k t ies at Western Washington University may face ﬁnes following a ruling by the state eth- 31 31 e h e a ics board. The board ﬁnds cause to believe that Douglas Nord may have used his position

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T JULY06-11 A home near Lynden is consumed after a wom- MUSIC s an starts a fire in an attempt to take her own life. No one was hurt in the fire that destroyed the rental home. The woman is arrested for first 20 degree arson. ART ART 07.x.11 18 SUNDAY STAGE STAGE 07. .11 A fire causes significant damage to an apart- } ment building on the north side of Bellingham. 16 WEDNESDAY High levels of fecal bacteria prompt state officials to issue an ad- Crews arrive to find flames spreading from the State regulators want to hear from local residents as they pre- visory for Wildcat Cove in Larrabee State Park. Under an advisory, fourth floor into the attic space of the four-story, the beach is not closed, but a warning is issued for children, the GET OUT pare to clean up the Georgia-Pacific West site. The Dept. of Ecol- 16-unit apartment. A stray cigarette is claimed as elderly and those in poor health. ogy has proposed an interim cleanup at the former paper mill the cause of the fire. on Bellingham Bay that would remove petroleum and mercury 14 contamination from two areas at the site. Dunya, 32, was found by a co-worker on July 5 An 11-year-old boy is injured in a shoot- with a single gun shot wound to her chest. Police ing accident near Custer. Investigators say the WORDS WORDS 07.~.11 trace evidence leading to Kara Buchanan, 40, of boy’s grandfather was trying to clear a jam in the Clinton, Wash. Buchanan reportedly left a voice .22-caliber handgun they were practicing with 8 8 THURSDAY message for Bellingham detectives, confessing to when the gun discharged. The boy was shot in The Lettered Street Coffee Shop is robbed. Bellingham Police the crime and threatening to end her own life. the abdomen but is expected to live. say a man holding a knife confronted a lone female employee as Detectives find her a few miles from her home, CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS she was opening the business. He fled with a undisclosed sum of bleeding badly from self-inflicted cuts to her 07.xx.11 6 money. wrists. She is transported to a Seattle hospital for surgery. Police say Buchanan had a relationship MONDAY VIEWS VIEWS In a split decision, Ferndale City Council decides not to ask vot- with Dunya's estranged husband and the shooting Bellingham adopts an ordinance to reduce ers if they want a gas tax. Some council members are outraged, may have been motivated by her desire to keep single-use carryout bags at retail establish- 4 saying voters should have been given a chance to decide, rather him from losing custody of his 7-year-old son. ments. The ordinance, which takes effect next

MAIL MAIL than having the decision made for them by council. State law allows year, would prohibit single use plastic bags and communities near the international border to add a one-cent charge Police also question Keayn T. Dunya, 38, Kriston require a 5-cent charge for recycled paper bags.

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BUZZ FUGITIVE FOR A 31 FORTNIGHT SPOOK LIGHTS On June 27, a Whatcom County jail inmate B-BOARD On July 4, the National UFO Reporting Cen- walked away from a work crew. A few days ter was inundated with peculiar reports of later an alert off-duty correction ofﬁcer orange ﬁreballs, which were observed all spotted the man walking down Holly Street 27

across the United States. “It is tempting to in Bellingham and detained him until po- FILM surmise the reports are related to ﬁreworks lice arrived to return him to jail. from that night,” researchers noted, “but closer analysis of the information strongly WHERE’S WALDO? 22

suggests to us that the majority of reports On June 27, a Blaine woman reported that MUSIC are descriptions of something besides aer- a man in his late 30s to early 40s, wear- ial fireworks displays. In many cases, the ing a red-striped shirt and dark sweatpants 20 objects of interest were traveling against had exposed himself to her as he walked the prevailing winds, ruling out flares, so- by her house. “The victim was not sure if ART called ‘Chinese lanterns’ and other pedes- the exposure was deliberate or accidental,” trian pyrotechnic devices.” police noted. “Officers and U.S. Border Pa- 18 trol Agents checked the area but could not STAGE STAGE On July 4, two independent sightings of locate the man.” spook lights were reported in Bellingham.

¹ 16 “Four of us were walking home from the ma- On June 22, a Blaine resident glanced out AMOUNT Haggen Food estimates they spend each year purchasing plastic rina after the fireworks show tonight,” one his front window and “won a free-high grocery bags. Haggen and the Market grocers support efforts to reduce bag use in group reported, “when we noticed a small, definition viewing of a man urinating onto Bellingham. GET OUT orange, softly-lit sphere floating upwards the landscape shrubs at the post office by from the horizon. Several seconds after- his house,” police reported. ”The suspect wards, a second sphere appeared, identical zipped up and zipped away, but not before 14 to the first. Both continued to float slowly the witness copied down the B.C. license and steadily upwards, occasionally flicker- plate on the fleeing red BMW. Officers met z{y~ x} WORDS ing. Eventually, the first one faded out, and up with the car and driver a few blocks SIGNATURES gathered in support NUMBER of Bellingham’s 20 8 of an ordinance intended to reduce neighborhood associations who support 8 we left before seeing the last one leave.” away as it pulled into the parking lot of the use of plastic grocery bags in an ordinance to reduce plastic grocery a service station—which has a very nice Bellingham. bags in Bellingham. On July 4, a second sighting was report- restroom,” police commented. The 52-year- CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS ed from the area near Mt. Baker Plywood. old Burnaby motorist was arrested for inde-

“We noticed three small, bright lights cent exposure. 6 appeared northeast of our position,” an observer reported. “The three lights ap- On June 27, Bellingham Police learned a | {| VIEWS PERCENT of Americans who say the Supreme Court should base their rulings on its peared to be several miles away judging man had ﬂashed his genitals at a friend in

understanding of what the U.S. Constitution means in current times (50 percent) 4 by the distortions or twinkle of the lights the parking lot near the food bank. vs. those who think the court should rule based on what the Constitution meant as and appeared to be orange to almost red originally written in the 18th Century (45 percent). MAIL in color. The objects appeared to be trav- On June 29, a woman reported a man in eling in a southwest direction towards us. his late 20s or early 30s had driven by her 2

As they neared, all three objects gradu- workplace in Bellingham twice in the past IT DO ally faded, sequentially disappeared one week, masturbating as he drove past. x after the other.” The observer noted the RANK of Michele Bachmann among presidential candidates favored by 11 objects traveled in a direction opposite Iowa Republicans. On quarter of Iowa caucus voters prefer the Minnesota IMPROPER SHOPPERS .13. Congresswoman over Mitt Romney and other contenders. of the way the wind was blowing. On June 29, a man arrived at Trader Joe’s 07 in Bellingham in the early morning and be-

THE UNENDING HOLIDAY came enraged the store was not yet open. .06 28 On July 4, revelers blew up a port-a-potty He grabbed three potted plants from out- # in Fairhaven, just one of more than two side the store, entered the store and threw ~} yx JOBS gained by men during the two- JOBS lost by women during the same dozen fireworks infractions that continue the plants toward an employee. The pots year recovery from recession. period. in Bellingham. shattered on the floor, destroying the plants. Police took him to jail. On July 7, BNSF Railway Police offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information On July 5, a 54-year-old woman was ar- WEEKLYCASCADIA leading to the arrest and conviction of the rested after she concealed three 16-ounce APPROXIMATE number of bills the federal government pays in one month. people who started a July 4 fire on a rail- cans of Miller High Life in her handbag and Without agreement by Congress and the President by Aug. 2, the U.S. Treasury will 13 way bridge. The fire caused about $120,000 exited the Bellingham Grocery Outlet with- have to figure out which 30 million of those bills will go unpaid. worth of damage to the bridge that crosses out paying for the items. She was detained Chuckanut Bay, and it interrupted rail traf- on multiple outstanding minor warrants SOURCES: Haggen Food & Pharmacy; Bag It Bellingham!; City of Bellingham; Pew fic for about 20 hours. Witnesses reported and booked into jail. Research Center; Associated Press; U.S. Treasury doit WORDS

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DO IT DO You’ve hauled a tanker full of water to a child you tried to put to this book on the highest COST: $14.95 Belfast Feed Store). bed hours ago. You’ve had several bedtime kisses, three lullabies and shelf in your home. Yep, it’s WWW.BOWLITTLEMARKET.WORDPRESS.COM you’ve read two bedtime stories. Now she wants another drink and, really about as far from a APPLIANCE WORKSHOP: Repair techni- 11 quite frankly, that does sound pretty good. children’s book as any book can be. cians from the Appliance Depot will give .13. a free appliance maintenance workshop at 07 Then it happens: a word ﬂies from your mouth that would make your Go the F**k to Sleep is shocking. It takes a sec- 6pm at the company’s headquarters at 802 mother gasp and Grandma reach for the soap. But who can blame you? ond to get used to seeing the F-word in print, Marine Dr. .06 Not author Adam Mansbach. If you read his new book, Go the F**k to and another second to catch the author’s sense 527-2646 OR WWW.REUSEWORKS.ORG 28 # Sleep, you’ll know you’re not alone. of humor. It’s night, and you’ve kept the room soothing. Your voice and the Mansbach, a father himself, had the guts to JULY 15-16 RASPBERRY FESTIVAL: Celebrate the lights are both low. You’ve put your sweet little one down for the night. say what many parents want to say, no matter largest harvest of raspberries in North There’s just one place you want her to go. how much they love their toddlers. America at the 14th annual Northwest But she repeatedly asks for more water. She shrieks till you think Mansbach knowingly put to paper the frustra- Raspberry Festival happening from 10am- you’ll go deaf. Then she pops right back up like a bad Whac-A-Mole, tion that comes from trying to put a child down 8pm Friday and 8am-6pm Saturday in downtown Lynden.

CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA which just makes you think: WTF? for the night, accompanied by words that some- You bribe her with one more stuffed lovey, you rub her and pat on times escape us. WWW.LYNDEN.ORG DRAFT HORSE SPECTACULAR: View 14 her back. You threaten, cajole, but she’s merely a tot and you want her This is deﬁnitely not a book for everyone. Over competitions and demonstrations at the to just hit the sack. and over, there’s a word in here that some will Northwest Draft Horse Spectacular start- You’ve read storybooks until your eyes swim and you’ve given one ﬁnd offensive. But if you’ve got a wicked sense ing at 11am Friday and Saturday at Lyn- more bedtime kiss. But that child of yours won’t lie down and sleep, and of humor—or a small child in the house—Go the den’s NW Washington Fairgrounds, 1775 you’re awful dang tired of this. F**k to Sleep is freakin’ hilarious. doit

Front St. Admission is $5-$10. 354-4111

SAT., JULY 16 38 JUNK IN THE TRUNK: Buy or sell items from the backs of vehicles at the annual FOOD “Junk in Your Trunk” sale from 9am-1pm at Bellingham’s Civic Field parking lot.

778-7000 OR WWW.COB.ORG 31 BLAINE MARKET: Through the summer, attend the Blaine Gardeners Market from 10am-2pm every Saturday on the H Street B-BOARD Plaza. 332-8082

BELLINGHAM MARKET: The Bellingham 27 Farmers Market continues from 10am-3pm every Saturday through December at Rail- FILM road Avenue and Chestnut Street. FALL QUARTER 2011 WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG Per Course! 22 FERNDALE MARKET: The Ferndale Public September 20 - December 14 ONLY $25 Market is open for business from 10am- DEMING MUSIC 4pm every Saturday at the city’s Riverwalk INTRO TO COMPUTER APPLICAATIONS Park. M, W 3:00 pm-5:30 pm REGISTRATION WWW.FERNDALEPUBLICMARKET.ORG Deming Library 20 SKAGIT MARKET: The new Skagit Val- Learn Office 2010: MS Word, Excel and Power Point. A five credit course. Keyboarding begins ART ley Saturday Market can be attended from 10am-3pm every weekend through Septem- skills required. ber in the parking lot of Mount Vernon’s KENDALL 18 Farmhouse Restaurant, 13724 La Conner AUGUST 1

GED PREPARATION: FAST TRACK STAGE Whitney Rd. T, Th 6:00 pm-8:30 pm Contact Brandi Gist WWW.SKAGITVALLEYSATURDAYMARKET. Kendall Elementary BLOGSPOT.COM Reaching Out to East 542 Study for all five tests, get your GED and prepare for entering college. Learn about 16 LUMMI MARKET: The Lummi Island Farm- Coordinator ers Market 10am-2pm in the parking lot of navigating college, career coaching and scholarship opportunities. Start your new the Islander, 2106 S. Nugent Rd. career now! (360) 752-8587 GET OUT WWW.LUMMI-ISLAND.COM [email protected] VINEYARD VETTES: Members of the Bell- 14 ingham Corvette Club will show off their 14 rides at the 3rd annual “Vettes in the Vine- yard” from 11am-4pm at Mount Vernon’s WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS Carpenter Creek Winery, 20376 E. Hickox Rd. Entry is free. COAL trains are NOT WWW.CARPENTERCREEK.COM 8 FLY DAY: See rare and famous military aircraft take to the sky at the monthly Fly “coming anyway”

Day and open house from 12-4pm at Bell- CURRENTS ingham’s Heritage Flight Museum, 4165 Mitchell Way. Suggested donation is $5. You may have heard that Bellingham will have high-volume coal train traffic, headed up to 6 WWW.HERITAGEFLIGHT.ORG

SUMMER SHAKEDOWN: The Center Canada, even if the Cherry Point Terminal is not built. The facts tell a very different story: VIEWS for Local Self Reliance and Sustainable Bellingham will host a “Summer Shake- British Columbia has minimal new coal export capacity. Canadian mining interests are 4 down 2011” fundraiser from 5pm-12am at Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. competing fiercely for any future Canadian expansion capacity. MAIL Entry is $10 and includes speakers, rafﬂes

and lots of live music. EVEN IF BC PORTS EXPAND: The 3-4 coal trains currently coming through Bellingham for BC are 2 WWW.BBAYBREWERY.COM DO IT DO

ROLLER BETTIES: The ﬁnal bout of the actually likely to DECLINE over time as existing US contracts are concluded. Bellingham Roller Betties 2011 season will

see them participating in a Championship IF THE CHERRY POINT COAL TERMINAL IS BUILT: An additional 20 COAL TRAINS PER DAY 11

Bout at 5pm at Whatcom Community Col- .13. lege’s Pavilion Gym, 237 W. Kellogg Rd. will come through Bellingham headed to Cherry Point. 07 Entry is $6-$15

WWWBELLINGHAMROLLERBETTIES.COM .06 28 JULY 16-17 Get the facts. Go “Behind the Ads” at: # DISCOVERY DAYS: Clamming, wakeboard- COMMUNITYWISEBELLINGHAM.ORG ing, a grand parade, an arts and crafts fair and more will ﬁll your weekend as part of the 32nd annual Birch Bay Discovery Days Our Mission: CommunityWise Bellingham encourages fact-based community from 10am-7pm Sat. and 10am-5pm Sun. conversation about the Gateway Pacific Terminal and encourages citizen involvement. throughout Birch Bay.

WWW.BIRCHBAYCHAMBER.COM WEEKLYCASCADIA HAM RADIO OPEN HOUSE: Attend a Communitywise ? economy Ham Radio Open House from 11am-4pm 15 Saturday and 12-4pm Sunday at the Ameri- Bellingham environment can Museum of Radio & Electricity, 1312 Bay St. Entry is $2-$5. informing the conversation livability WWW.AMRE.US doit

WED., JULY 13 WORK PARTY: Help remove inva-

sive weeds at a Work Party with the 38 38 G Bellingham Parks Department from

FOOD 6:30-8:30pm at Boulevard Park’s etout South Bay Trail. HIKING RUNNING CYCLING SKIING 778-7105

31 31 THURS., JULY 14 HISTORY CRUISE: The Whatcom Museum continues its weekly His- B-BOARD tory Sunset Cruise from 5:30-8:30pm aboard the Island Mariner. Local his- torian Brian Grifﬁn leads the out-

27 ings, which take place every Thursday through Aug. 19. Cost is $30-$35.

FILM FILM STORY AND PHOTO BY JOHN D’ONOFRIO WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG MAP & COMPASS: Learn how to stay found at a “Map and Compass 22 Basics” clinic at 7pm at REI, 400 36th St. Entry is free; register in

MUSIC The Path Less Traveled advance. A VISIT TO GOAT LAKE 647-8955 20 FRI., JULY 15 ART ART of chainsaw sculptures and foreboding clouds. We followed MOON WALK: Ethnobotanist Mar- the Sauk River upstream and made camp on its banks. lee Osterbauer will lead Wild What- com Walks’ “Walk When the Moon is 18 In the morning, the parking lot at the Goat Lake trail- Full: Edible Moon” outing at 7:30pm head was packed. As one of the few melted-out trails to in Whatcom County (location to be STAGE STAGE access the high country, it is wildly popular right now. announced). The excursion will in- I use the term “high country” here in a relative sense. clude learning more about edible foraging and plants that heal. Cost 16 16 At less than 3,200 feet, Goat Lake is not particularly high, is $7 (or $21 per family). Register but its setting in a wild glacial cirque, surrounded by a in advance. GET OUT GET OUT conclave of icy peaks, makes it appear much higher. WWW.WILDWHATCOMWALKS. We headed up the old logging road into the green for- WORDPRESS.COM est, walking through colonnades of

14 JULY 15-17 freshly leafed-out alders and patch- SKAGIT TOURS: North Cascades es of big cedars, the remains of National Park, the North Cascades WORDS WORDS what once was. After the sparkle of Institute, and Seattle City Light the alders, the shadow-ﬁlled forest team up for a variety of ranger 8 seemed Brothers Grimm dark. programs and guided tours every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in July DIRECTIONS: From The old road ended at a braided and August. Walking tours, Diablo Granite Falls, drive creek, recently rearranged by win- Lake boat tours and more adventur- CURRENTS CURRENTS the Mountain Loop ter storms. We crossed it and began ous tours in the North Cascades will be offered. Prices vary. 6 Highway east from climbing rough-and-tumble switch- Verlot to Barlow backs alongside the cascading wa- WWW.SKAGITTOURS.COM Pass. At 3.5 miles VIEWS VIEWS past Barlow, turn ters of Elliot Creek. SAT., JULY 16 right onto Elliot At the crest the aquamarine HALF MARATHON: Help raise funds 4 Creek Road #4080. lake abruptly came into view. Dark for children in one of Bellingham’s sister cities (Tsetserleg, Mongolia) MAIL MAIL Drive the road .8 mountains rose into the clouds, miles to its end. at the “Wind Horse Half Marathon” their faces brightened by spectacu- Run for Education starting at 8am From Darrington, 2 drive the Mountain lar waterfalls. at Fairhaven Park. Entry is $25-$30. After the race, enjoy traditional

DO IT DO Somewhere in the murky clouds,

Loop Highway 19.5 miles and take a left an avalanche roared. As evening Mongolian food and music. turn on FR 4080. fell, we ate dinner and listened to WWW.7MARATHONS7CONTINENTS. 11 COM Northwest Forest the soothing sounds of falling water. .13. Pass required. More RASPBERRY RUN: As part of the 07 info: (360) 691-7791 In the morning, sunlight ﬁlled the Lynden Raspberry Festival happen- cirque and, after a short excursion ing this weekend, there’ll be a Rasp-

.06 along the lakeshore, it was time to head home. berry Festival 5k Fun Run/Walk be- 28 # SPRING HAS come and gone. Summer has arrived. And yet We headed back down the switchbacks, and when we ginning at 9am at Lynden Christian still the high country is buried in snow. came to the junction with the “low” trail, we went our High School, 515 Drayton St. Entry is $10-$15 (free for kids). For those of us with “the itch,” it’s torture. separate ways. WWW.LYNDEN.ORG But lo! There is a wonderful destination, Goat Lake, available now The lower Elliot trail was magical, winding through BIVALVE BASH: Oyster shell without stepping foot in the white stuff. hobbit woods and gardens of bleeding heart, trillium and sculpture contests, “shellacious” For many years, the trail to Goat Lake climbed gradually through lush skunk cabbage beside the bucking bronco whitewater of eats and a Low Tide Mud Run will be part of the 9th annual Samish CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA forest beside the roaring tumult of Elliot Creek. But inattention and the creek in its mossy green gorge. There were a million overuse combined to turn the trail into a quagmire for lost souls, and it creek crossings, all easy, and the marshy spots had been Bay Bivalve Bash happening from 10am-5pm at Bow’s Taylor Shellfish 16 was abandoned in favor of the “high” Elliot Route, an old logging road ingeniously bridged or bypassed. Farms. Entry is $5; proceeds benefit that, while efficient, lacks the character of the “low” route. As the mountain snows start to melt, I’ll be turning the Skagit Conservation Education But the original route has recently been rehabilitated, and the my attention to higher country, but next year, when that Alliance. journey is sweet. itch needs scratching, I suspect I’ll find myself back in WWW.BIVALVEBASH.COM We headed out of Darrington and into the deep woods, the land the green Eden beside Elliot Creek. doit

SUMMER TRAINS: Head to Wicker- sham to ride the Lake Whatcom Rail- way’s “Summer Train” at noon every

Saturday through Sept. 3. Fares are 38 $10 for those 18 and under and $20 FOOD for adults. Check out the link below to ﬁnd out how to procure tickets. (360) 595-2218 OR WWW. Rosanne Cash LAKEWHATCOMRAILWAY.COM 31 STIMPSON WALK: Whatcom Land Trust board member Rand Jack will lead a walking tour starting at 2pm at the B-BOARD Stimpson Family Nature Reserve. Be prepared to walk for approximately four

miles through a beautiful forest set- 27 ting. Suggested donation is $10; regis- The Jayhawks ter in advance, as space is limited. FILM 778-8961 OR WWW. WHATCOMLANDTRUST.ORG ! 22 JULY 16-17

LAVENDER FESTIVAL: The 10th an- ! MUSIC nual San Juan Island Lavender Festival ! ! takes place from 10am-5pm Sat.-Sun. 20 at the Pelindaba Lavender Farm, 150 ! First St. (just a block from the Friday ART Harbor ferry landing). Tours, exhibits, ! Gillian Welch workshops, demos and much more will 18 be part of the ﬂowery fun. Entry is ! free.

! ! STAGE WWW.PELINDABALAVENDER.COM MON., JULY 18 16 PADDLING ROSS LAKE: Find out 16 more about what to expect and how to prepare at a “Paddling Ross Lake” pre- ! ! ! GET OUT GET OUT sentation at 7pm at REI, 400 36th St. ! ! Register in advance for the free talk. 647-8955 ! Joel Plaskett 14 TUES., JULY 19

RIDE ACROSS AMERICA: Bicyclist WORDS and author Alan Williams gives an adventure recap related to his book 8 A Ride Across America: Sea to Shining Sea at 7pm at REI, 400 36th St. Entry ! ! is free. 647-8955 OR WWW.WIX.COM ! ! ! CURRENTS

WED., JULY 20 ! 6 WORK PARTY: Join members of the

Bellingham Parks Volunteer Program VIEWS for a Work Party from 6:30-8:30pm at

Woodstock Farm. Cars aren’t allowed Mary Gauthier 4 on site, so part at the North Chucka- nut trailhead parking lot and either MAIL walk, ride or catch the shuttle.

778-7105 2 ALPINE CLIMBING: A Mt. Baker climb- DO IT DO ing ranger will be on hand to provide details at an “Alpine Climbing” presen-

tation at 7pm at REI, 400 36th St. Entry 11

is free; register in advance. .13.

647-8955 07 THURS., JULY 21 Tinariwen .06

FITNESS FORUM: “Barefoot and Min- 28 imal Shoe Running Techniques” will be # the focus of a free Fitness Forum at Emannuel Jal 7:15 at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. Pilates and movement teacher Car- !!! olyn Watson will lead the way. WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM WALKING THROUGH TIME: Don East- " "

erbrook reads from and talks about WEEKLYCASCADIA his book, A Walk Through Geologic Time from Mount Baker to Bellingham Bay, at 17 7pm at Backcountry Essentials, 214 W. Holly St. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Elliott BROOD doit STAGE

JULY 13-20

38 38 SUMMER REPERTORY: Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Our Town plays

FOOD G in repertory with The Odd Couple and Lips sta e Together, Teeth Apart through Aug. 7 at the MBT’s Walton Theater, 104 N. Commercial THEATER DANCE PROFILES St. Tickets are $20 (or $16 if you purchase a 31 31 package for all three shows). 734-6080 OR

B-BOARD WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM THURS., JULY 14 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the 27 Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, FILM FILM BY AMY KEPFERLE stick around for “The Project.” Entry is $7 for the early show, $4 for the late one. 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM 22 JULY 14-17 MUSIC Kidding Around SHAKESPEARE NW: As You Like It plays in THE YOUTH OF SUMMER repertory with Richard III at various dates

20 through August 6 at the Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre at the Rexville Grange, 1929 ART ART KIDS ARE like Energizer Bunnies; once you wind them Rexville Grange Rd., Conway. Tickets are up, it can be pretty difﬁcult to get the dervishes to come $12; lawn chairs and blankets are welcome, 18 18 18 to a standstill. When summer comes around and they don’t but please leave dogs at home. WWW.SHAKESNW.ORG have schoolwork to distract them, the balancing act becomes STAGE STAGE STAGE STAGE a little dicier. Following are a few theatrical entities doing JULY 14-20 their best to keep your young ‘uns not only occupied, but also BARD ON THE BEACH: William Shake- speare’s The Merchant of Venice, Henry VI, 16 having fun and—gasp!—learning new things. Richard III, and As You Like It will play in Bellingham Children’s Theatre: Since 1994, powerhouse repertory throughout the summer as part of

GET OUT playwright and acting instructor Drue Robinson has been the annual Bard on the Beach Shakespeare doing her level best to incorporate kids’ imaginations with Festival at Vancouver, B.C.’s Vanier Park. original theater. Parents can rest assured their little ones are Tickets are $21-$40. 14 learning to ﬂex their creative muscles, and those taking part WWW.BARDONTHEBEACH.ORG in the process can glom on to characters as varied as box FRI., JULY 15 WORDS WORDS toads and feminist princesses. With a tagline of “a stage kids VAUDEVILLINGHAM: The uncensored grow through,” the small-but-mighty theater is spending the monthly variety show known as Vaudevil- 8 summer in various outdoor venues working on a number of lingham can be viewed at 8pm and 10pm at the Bellingham Circus Guild’s Cirque Lab, projects—including a “Random Acts & Sneaky Set-Ups” week 2107 Iron St. Entry is by donation. of mischief (July 18-22), an “Improvisational Games” roundup WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM CURRENTS CURRENTS (July 25-29), and performances of the month-long collabora- MOCHRIE & STILES: Whose Line is it Any-

6 tion known as Schnuzik! (July 29-31). “What’s cool?” posits way? costars Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie Robinson. “Imagination. Individual attention. Original plays team up for “A Mochrie of Stiles” improv

VIEWS VIEWS and musicals.” Enough said. comedy performance at 8pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Tick- More info: www.bellinghamchildrenstheatre.com

4 ets to the sold-out show were $40, so bring The Neighborhood Playhouse: Working with Allied Arts, that amount along if you’re hoping to snag

MAIL MAIL the Neighborhood Playhouse—along with Artistic Director a spare seat. Lizanne Schader—has spent the past decade bringing drama 734-6080 OR

2 classes, workshop, residencies and school plays to the chil- WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM

DO IT DO dren and classrooms of Whatcom County. “I truly believe that JULY 15-16 theater and the arts enhance the quality of our lives,” Schader HELLINGHAM: Find out whodunit at the explains on the nonproﬁt’s website. “By presenting quality entirely improvised murder mystery shows 11 theater and educating children in the arts, we can make it known as “Hellingham,” at 9pm Fri.-Sat. at .13. the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Please 07 possible for every child in Whatcom County to have their own PHOTO COURTESY OF BELLINGHAM CHILDREN’S THEATRE take note that summer hours are in effect, valuable hands-on experience.” Time remains to sign kids up meaning there’s only one show a night.

.06 to take part in rehearsals and performances of The Legend of waving patriotic musical of American history”—will culminate Tickets are $8-$10. 28 # Lightning Larry (Aug. 1-5) and Promedy (Aug. 1-13)—which will in Aug. 26-27 performances. If you want your descendants to 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM see young actors doing their thing on the stage of the Belling- participate, sign them up by July 26 and wave adieu. MURDER ON THE ORIENTAL RUG: Mirth ham Theatre Guild. More info: www.nwtg.org and murder combine when Murder on the Ori- ental Rug shows at 7:30pm every Fri.-Sat. More info: www.theneighborhoodplayhouse.net Since this is just a smattering of what’s available for your through July 23 at Mount Vernon’s River- Northwest Washington Theater Group: While not focused precious progeny, do some research to discover what else is Belle Dinner Theatre, 100 E. Montgomery exclusively on wannabe thespians ages 18 and under, the out there—examples include the Bellingham Arts Academy St. You’ll be helping solve the crime, so pay close attention. Tickets are $20 (dessert CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA Northwest Washington Theater Group is committed to provid- for Youth (www.baay.org), META Performing Arts (www.meta- ing “quality, family-friendly entertainment through theatrical performingarts.org), Wendy Setter’s Dance Studio (www.the- and the show) to $40 (included dinner). WWW.RIVERBELLEDINNERTHEATRE.COM 18 productions.” Since 2003, they’ve been doing just that; recent dancestudio.net), Western Washington University’s Summer showings of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Mount Baker The- Youth Institute (www.wwu.edu) and the annual visit by the JULY 15-17 atre proved that, young or old, everyone who puts in the hard Missoula Children’s Theatre (www.mountbaketheatre.com). Af- ALADDIN: Showings of Aladdin happen at work deserves a chance in the spotlight. Starting Aug. 15, a ter all, any time they spend out of the house acquiring valu- 7pm Fri., 2pm and 7pm Sat., and 2pm Sun. two-week camp focusing on AmeriKids—described as a “ﬂag- able skill sets is worth the price of admission.

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38 38 ART-2-JAZZ STREET FAIR: As part of this week’s Blaine Jazz Festival, attend

FOOD the 5th annual “Art-2-Jazz Street Fair” visual from 11am-4:30pm at downtown Blaine’s GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES Peace Portal Drive. WWW.BLAINECHAMBER.COM 31 31 HAPPY RECEPTION: A reception for “Happy Art,” featuring pieces by self-

B-BOARD taught artist and ﬁlmmaker Heather Sauls- bury, takes place from 4-7pm at the Dem- ing Public Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy.

27 592-2422

FILM FILM BY AMY KEPFERLE JULY 16-17 SKAGIT ARTISTS TOGETHER: More than 30 area artists will participate in the

22 8th annual Skagit Artists Together Stu- dio Tour from 10am-6pm at a plethora of

MUSIC Stomp It studios in the Skagit Valley that aren’t typically open to the public. Entry to the BACKYARD ART PARTY, TAKE THREE self-guided tour is free. 20 20 20 WWW.SKAGITARTISTSTOGETHER.COM ART ART ART ART ful Stomps in the history books, it’s already on SUN., JULY 17 most people’s radars by the time it’s time to PILCHUCK OPEN HOUSE: Glass-blowing 18 sign up to participate. demos by renowned artists, tours, exhib- “The more people that know about it, the easier its, hands-on activities and more will be STAGE STAGE part of the once-a-year Open House occur- it is to do,” Clark says. “Now it’s a known entity ring from 12-5pm at Stanwood’s Pilchuck instead of a ‘What the hell is that?’ kind of thing. Glass School, 1201 316t St. Entry is $20

16 But our intention was always to have it be an or- general. Reservations are required. ganic, evolving event without very many rules.” WWW.PILCHUCK.COM FOREST FAIR: View the “Fate of the For- GET OUT In keeping with the laid-back approach, those who didn’t make the registration dead- est” and “Evergreen Muse” at today’s “Forest Fair” from 12-4pm at the What- line but want to contribute their creativity can com Museum’s Lightcatcher Building, 250 14 still do so. They won’t be included on the map, Flora St. There’ll also be music, info from but that doesn’t mean they can’t hang a few local organizations like TreeKeepers and WORDS WORDS pieces of art on the fence, invite friends over Forest Ethics, and more. Suggested dona- to play music and slap a “Stomp Stop” sign in tion is $3.

8 WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG their front yard. If they participate, they’ll THURS., JULY 21 be joining a roster of more NATIVE JOURNEY: An opening night gala CURRENTS CURRENTS than 20 of their Sunnyland for “Native Journey” happens from 6-9pm at La Conner’s Skagit County Historical 6 neighbors who’ll be show- Museum, 501 4th St. Tickets are $35. casing everything from con- (360) 466-3365 VIEWS VIEWS temporary folk art (Fishboy) to chalk animal portraits 4 JANE BURNSJANE SEE IT (Four Elements), recycled ONGOING EXHIBITS

MAIL MAIL WHAT: Sunnyland sweater stuffed animals and ALLIED ARTS: “Fringes of Society” will WHAT DOES Alice Clark love Stomp felting (Color Pot Gallery), be on display until July 29 at Allied Arts, WHEN: 4-10pm 1418 Cornwall Ave. 2 about living in the Sunnyland neighbor- Sat., July 16 metal sculptures (Laby- WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG

DO IT DO hood? Well, for one thing, she says when rinth Garden), and ceramics WHERE: Sun- ANCHOR ART: “Wingspan” (featuring the golden orb in the sky decides it wants nyland neighbor- (Hellbender Gallery). works by Ries Niemi) and “Paradise Now” to come out and play, it makes quick work hood, Bellingham Others, like Grant Street’s (featuring works by Sheila Klein) is cur- 11 of ﬁlling the Bellingham neighborhood COST: Free Artisan Revival II, will share rently on display at Anchor Art Space, 216 .13. INFO: www.sunny Commercial Ave., Anacortes. 07 with its warmth. more than art of the visual landstomp.com WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG “It’s always sunny,” she adds, noting kind. In addition to the pho- ARTWOOD: A “New Work” show continues .06 that “it’s also a great neighborhood to tos on display, they’ll of- through July at Artwood, 1000 Harris Ave. 28 # walk around in. It’s cohesive. I lived in fer up live music, beer samples and local food WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM the southside for a while, and it had that sourced by chef Brian Pahl. BLUE HORSE: Painter Lanny Little’s “Our same vibe, but as more apartments and Clark says when she can get away from her own Town” continues to show through July at student housing went up, it kind of lost EDLEN SIDDLE gallery on Ellis Street, Artisan Revival is the ﬁrst the Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. that feeling.” place she plans on stopping. From there, she’ll WWW.BLUEHORSEGALLERY.COM G In an effort to further relationships with her current neighbors, just hop on her bike and try to visit as many gal- DIGS: “Stolen/Borrowed,” a collection of work by Cornish photography student

CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA three summers ago Clark decided to spearhead the Sunnyland Stomp, a leries as she can before she has to head back to Miles Fortune, can be seen through July at soiree designed to get people out and about to experience the best of man her own backyard space. DIGS, 200 W. Holly St. 20 summertime in the Northwest. “You get exercise, see art, hear good music WWW.DIGSSHOWROOM.COM That ﬁrst year, she and a handful of volunteers got the word out and eat awesome food,” Clark says of the mo- FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the con- about the “backyard art stomp” by going door-to-door and blanket- tivation behind the one-day art party. “It’s a temporary folk art of RR Clark from 12-5pm ing the neighborhood with forms for people to ﬁll out to register for unique community event and I think more neigh- every Mon.-Fri. at the Fishboy Gallery, 617 the event. These days, with a Mayor’s Arts Award and two success- borhoods should do it.” doit July 13 Art Talk w/Joy Hagen 7pm Virginia St. July 16 Celebrate our 3rd Anniversary w/ 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM

FOG: View a variety of works by noted art- $3.5pints & Jesse Morrow w/Russell Turner 8pm ists at the Fairhaven Originals Gallery, 960 July 17 Brewery Tour at Noon 38 Harris Ave. WWW.BELLINGHAMFOG.COM FOOD GALLERY CYGNUS: “Chromophilia,” featuring prints and paintings by Kathleen Mc-

Carty and glass work by Steve Immerman, 31 can be viewed through Aug. 28 at La Con- ner’s Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial St. WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM B-BOARD GOOD EARTH: Cheryl Lee’s “Ceramic Fanta- Sea” exhibit can be perused through July at

Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. 27 WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM FILM FILM HONEY: Aerosol artists and “artaholic” Aaron Brick’s works can be perused through Aug. 2 at Honey Salon, 310 W. Holly St. 22 WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM INSIGHTS: A multi-artist exhibit, “Coher- MUSIC ence,” will be on display through Aug. 5 at Insights Gallery, 604 Commercial Ave., 20 20 Anacortes. 20 ART ART WWW.INSIGHTSGALLERY.COM ART KAT SCHNEIDER STUDIO: Works by Ruth- ie V., David Ridgway, Sharon Kingston, and Andrew L. Subin 18 Kat Schneider can be viewed through July CRIMINAL DEFENSE at the Kat Schneider Studio Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. STAGE WWW.KATSCHNEIDERSTUDIO.COM MINDPORT: “Walk on the Beach,” featur- 16 ing small photographic proofs made into a story about the west side of Lummi Island,

is on display Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. GET OUT Holly St. Admission is $2. WWW.MINDPORT.ORG

MONA: “Velocity,” featuring a variety of 14 works from the permanent collection, and

pieces by Eastern Washington sculptor Har- WORDS old Balazs can be viewed through Oct. 2 at Drug, Alcohol & La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, 121 8 S. First St. Driving Related WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG Offenses SCOTT MILO GALLERY: A new selection of pastels and oils by Amanda Houston will be FREE CURRENTS exhibited until Aug. 2 at the Scott Milo Gal- lery, 420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes. CONSULTATION 6 WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM SKAGIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: “The Way (360) 734-6677 VIEWS We Played: Early Skagit Recreation” can be seen through July at La Conner’s Skagit www.andrewsubin.com 4 County Historical Museum, 501 4th St. MAIL MAIL (360) 466-3365

SMITH & VALLEE: View a collection of 2 handmade furniture made out of salvaged

materials from a 1880s Edison Barn at “The IT DO brandywine Tombstone Project” through July 31 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM kitchen 11 WATERWORKS: “Tales from Africa: Work “From Seed to Plate” .13. 07 Inspired by African Animals” shows until July 23 at Friday Harbor’s Waterworks Gal-

lery, 315 Argyle St. .06 28 WWW.WATERWORKSGALLERY.COM Gift certificates available at: # WHATCOM ART GUILD: From 10am- 6pm every Friday through Sunday, stop www.BrandywineKitchen.com by the Whatcom Art Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Waldron Building, 1314 12th St. Up to 35% discount when WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG purchased before our grand WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Evergreen Muse:

The art of Elizabeth Colborne,” “Fate of the opening in mid-July WEEKLYCASCADIA Forest: An Open Hanging” and “Big Purse: A

Monument to the Everyday” can be viewed 21 through September at Whatcom Museum’s 1317 Commercial St. Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora St. Bellingham, WA 98225 WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.COM 360.734.1071 [email protected] Rumor Has It

38 38 HOW DO YOU know when you’ve thrown a good party? For Downtown Sounds, success is mea- FOOD sured in the number of people who came, saw, danced and had a good time. And, in the case of music last week’s kickoff show featuring MarchFourth 31 31 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT Marching Band, those folks are not counted by the hundreds, but rather by the thousands. As in,

B-BOARD more than one. When the headcount was complete and the ﬁnal estimates made, Downtown Sounds organizers estimate that 3,000-plus peo- 27 ple crowded the block of Bay Street that is home

FILM FILM to the summer concert series. While I’m not entirely certain that’s a Downtown Sounds record, I’m going to go out on a pretty sturdy limb and 22 22 22 posit that it has to be. To get a sense of just how wide a swath of MUSIC MUSIC humanity that is, the capacity of the Wild Buf- falo—a pretty sizey 20 venue around these ART ART parts—caps out at somewhere in the 18 neighborhood of 500 people. The STAGE STAGE Mount Baker Theatre seats about 1,500

16 people. To my some- what trained eye, BY CAREY ROSS

GET OUT 3,000 people looks a lot like stunning, dizzying success. However, is it the kind of success Downtown Sounds can rep- 14 licate during the coming weeks? With no duds on the series roster, all signs point to yes. WORDS WORDS Although it is a free, family-friendly, open-to- whatever-public-might-wander-by event, that 8 doesn’t make success or failure in the Down- town Sounds paradigm an academic exercise. The more people that come to the shows, the CURRENTS CURRENTS easier it will be to fund the program during fu-

6 ture years (as great as they may be, the services GILLIAN WELCH of bands like MarchFourth do not come cheap),

VIEWS VIEWS resulting in a bigger, better Downtown Sounds for all. As with everything, success begets more 4 BY CAREY ROSS success. And, unlike most things that require

MAIL MAIL our support, Downtown Sounds costs nothing and asks little—it seeks only to entertain. Deals

2 don’t really get any better than that.

DO IT DO In other success stories, Make.Shift is hard at Vancouver Folk Festival work at many big projects. The Magic Van has ALL THEY NEED IS AN AUDIENCE been receiving its long-awaited paint job—just 11 in time for the summer touring season. And the .13.

07 SHE’S THE daughter of rock royalty, whose songs have topped the sets, the show goes on until 11pm, when nonproﬁt has also been renovating the Jinx charts. He was named one of the “100 Greatest Living Songwriters” by a Lantern Procession leads festival goers space to suit their many varied needs to get

.06 Paste Magazine. She’s recorded with everyone from Bright Eyes and the out of the park each evening, signaling it ready for a planned early-August unveiling. 28 # Decemberists to Steve Earle and Emmylou Harris and is a regular on the end of that day’s festivities. They’ve relied—as they have since the begin- the festival circuit. He’s released some 15 albums, for which he’s won a After three-plus decades, the pow- ning—on a group of dedicated and enthusias- seemingly endless array of awards. ers that be know a thing or two about tic volunteers, among them talented local artist They are Rosanne Cash, Josh Ritter, Gillian Welch, and Joel Plaskett, assembling a diverse lineup of talent Scott Rickey, who designed the snazzed-out respectively, and what they have in common—other than their stellar from the world over. This is why you’ll look of the Magic Van—and then helped to musical pedigrees, that is—is they’re all headliners at this year’s incar- see Justin Townes Earle appearing on paint it—as well as Mac & Mac Electric, who do-

CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA nation of the Vancouver Folk Festival. the same stage as Taiko for Tohoku, nated space for the painting project. Speaking Now in its 34th year, the Vancouver Folk Festival will take over its Beats Antique playing a set right be- of Mac & Mac, they are one of an ever-increas- 22 stomping grounds at Vancouver’s Jericho Park for three full days of folk fore C.R. Avery takes the stage, and ing number of local businesses with a history of music from all over the world, from July 15-17. To give you an idea of the Rosanne Cash and the Jayhawks ending supporting the arts community in general and scope of this gigantor musical affair, consider the numbers: more than a night that started with James Cotton the music scene in particular, with little fanfare 60 artists are scheduled to perform on eight stages during the three Superharp and Tim Robbins (yes, that and less recognition. Even without ever taking days of the event. Concerts start at 10am and, with nary a break between Tim Robbins, the Oscar-winning actor the stage or playing a note, they still rock. showpreview musicevents

nist Andrea Rackl and violist VANCOUVER, FROM PAGE 22 WED., JULY 13 SUMMER SERIES: The Sum- Leslie Johnson perform “Mu- 38 38 mer Noon Concert Series sic for a Midsummer’s Eve” at 7:30pm at the Amadeus and former longtime love of Susan Sarandon) & the continues with a free perfor- FOOD Rogues Gallery Band. Taken on an hour-by-hour basis, mance by indie rockers Can- Project, 1209 Cornwall Ave. Entry is $5 for students and the festival may seem like it was booked by someone dysound at noon at WWU’s Performing Arts Center $15 general. with multiple musical personalities, but seen on a 31 Plaza. On July 20, show up at WWW.LAVASTRINGS.COM macro level, it becomes exactly what it is intended the same place (and time) to JULY 15-17 to be: a celebration of folk music from all its many hear the Prime Time Band. DARRINGTON BLUEGRASS B-BOARD 650-2489 regions and in all its many forms. FESTIVAL: The 35th annual And, in the best of the folk tra- CHAMBER MUSIC: Musi- Darrington Bluegrass Festival cians from the Festival of

dition, those who are tapped to takes place Fri.-Sun. at the 27 perform at the Vancouver Folk Fes- Music Orchestra will perform Darrington Bluegrass Music chamber music at a free con- tival—regardless of their big names Park on Hwy 530. Tickets are FILM cert at 2pm at the Whatcom $15-$20 per day or $45-$50 and the attendant size of their Museum, 121 Prospect St. for the whole shebang. 22 fame—don’t simply ﬂy in for a one- WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM. WWW.GLACIERVIEW.NET/ 22 off set before departing in a hail of COM BLUEGRASS JOSH RITTER MUSIC DOWNTOWN SOUNDS: MUSIC self-importance and a ﬂurry of en- SAT., JULY 16 HEAR tourage. Rather, they participate in out in front of just one of the stages for the duration Snug Harbor will open the WHAT: Vancouver second Downtown Sounds WINERY CONCERT: Drew Folk Festival the whole kit and kaboodle, making of the event, you won’t have your time wasted by too concert of the season, which Nelson will perform at a 20

WHEN: July 15-17 their own headlining appearances, much downtime—musical value at its very best. happens from 5:30-9:30pm “Concert at the Winery” gig ART WHERE: Jericho and then playing daytime sets with Speaking of value, a weekend pass to the Vancouver on the 1300 block of Bay from 6-8pm at Bellingham’s Beach Park, Street between Prospect Vartanyan Estate Winery,

such themes as “Old Time is Not a Folk Festival—which gains you entry to every stage and 18 Vancouver, B.C. and W. Champion streets. 1628 Huntley Rd. Entry is $5. Crime” (featuring Justin Townes every performance for the event’s three-day duration— COST: $40-$165 Kytami headlines the show. WWW.VEWINERY.COM STAGE STAGE MORE INFO: Earle, Morgan O’Kane, and New runs a mere $150 ($165 at the gate), and single-day The July 20 gig will feature THE ATLANTICS: The City of www.thefestival. Country Rehab), “Sisters in Song” tickets start at just $40. This means that should you ac- the Polyrythmics and Acorn Bellingham’s summer park bc.ca (with Mary Gauthier, Rosanne Cash, tually see every one of the 60-plus performers, it’ll cost Project. Entry is free. concert series continues 16 Corrine West, and Diana Jones), you just more than $2 per artist on this year’s lineup. WWW. when the Atlantics—often “Under African Skies” (Alpha Yaya Sure, there’s some leaps to be made in this logic, but DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM referred to as “Bellingham’s

dance band”—perform from GET OUT Diallo, Freshlyground, and Emmanuel Jal), “We’re With when was the last time you were able to see Josh Ritter JULY 13-16 7-9pm at Boulevard Park. The the Banjo” (Dry Bones, the Hawaiian Legends, Corinne or Gillian Welch or the Jayhawks for less money than a BLAINE JAZZ FESTIVAL: The family-friendly event is free. annual Blaine Jazz Festival WWW.COB.ORG West & Kelly Jo Phelps), and many more. latte? The answer: only at the Vancouver Folk Festival. 14 continues with “A Few of If you’re wondering whether eight stages are really So, to recap: For three days in mid-July the scenic ROOTS MUSIC: A Moment Our Favorite Things” perfor- in Time, an a cappella gos- necessary (setup for the festival begins in Jericho Park wonderland of Vancouver’s Jericho Beach Park will be mance at 7:30pm Wednesday WORDS pel quartet from Seattle, almost a full week before the ﬁrst band sound checks), transformed into a world-class al fresco music ven- at the Blaine Performing perform as part of American

Arts Center. Concerts featur- 8 or if this kind of excess constitutes artistic overkill, ue—all for the performance pleasure of an equally Roots music series at 7pm at ing students and esteemed consider this: the Vancouver Folk Festival’s eight stag- world-class roster of folk musicians from here, there Deception Pass State Park. faculty happen throughout es are so packed that transition times between per- and just about everywhere. All they need is a willing The event is free and open to the week and culminate in

the public. CURRENTS formers have been whittled, in many cases, to a mere audience. Something tells me that won’t be too hard an “Art to Jazz” street fair WWW.PARKS.WA.GOV/ 10 minutes. Which means even if your plan is to camp to come by. from 11am-4:30pm Saturday

EVENTS 6 on the Blaine Boardwalk. Costs vary; many events are SUN., JULY 17 VIEWS VIEWS free or by donation. FIDDLIN’ FOX SERIES: WWW.BLAINEJAZZFESTIVAL. Dancing will be encouraged showpreview 4 ORG (but not mandatory) when

JULY 13-17 the annual Fiddlin’ Fox sum- MAIL mer concert series presents BY CAREY ROSS FESTIVAL OF MUSIC: Tenor

the Latin-ﬂavored Zarabanda Richard Clement, horn man 2 from 2-5pm at the Fairhaven Brice Andrus, and pianist Jer- DO IT DO

Village Green. The free se- emy Denk perform with the ries continues every Sunday Bellingham Festival of Music What the through July.

orchestra at 7:30pm Wed., 11 WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM July 13 at the WWU Perform- GIANTS’ CAUSEWAY: Hear .13. ing Arts Center. The festival 07 wraps up with an all-star line- traditional Irish acoustic Heck Fest music when Giants’ Cause- up focusing on Beethoven’s way performs from 3:30-5pm .06

“Fidelio” at 7:30pm Sun., July 28 # TEN YEARS AND OUT 17. Tickets are $33-$43. at Bellingham’s Big Rock Gar- WWW. den Park. Parking is limited, so consider riding your bike EARTH BELLINGHAMFESTIVAL.ORG THE BIG story about this year’s What the Heck Fest or carpooling. isn’t that it’s the event’s 10-year anniversary. The story reason. Instead, he’ll be starting something called the THURS., JULY 14 778-7000 also isn’t that such bands as Earth, Thrones, and Lit- “Anacortes Unknown Music Series.” PARK CONCERT: The Clear- brook Dixie Band does its THURS., JULY 21 urgy have been tapped to play alongside festival regu- But, before Lunsford can take on the Unknown, he STRING QUARTET: Pieces by

thing from 6-8pm at Bell- WEEKLYCASCADIA lars like Karl Blau, D+, and LAKE. It isn’t even that the must ﬁrst throw one last What the Heck Fest. And, if ingham’s Elizabeth Park. Hayden and Beethoven will event will mark the debut of Boating with Clyde. the opportunity to see 40 bands in three days doesn’t Entry is free, and the sum- be on the men when the Pro- 23 Rather, the big story is that, after a decade’s worth whet your entertainment whistle, well, there’s always mer series continues weekly tea String Quartet performs at 12:30pm at the Whatcom of What the Heck Fests organized by Knw-Yr-Own Re- Boating with Clyde. through Aug. 25. WWW.COB.ORG Museum, 121 Prospect St. cords’ Bret Lunsford, this year will be the end of what What the Heck Fest takes place July 15-17 in Ana- Suggested donation is $3. has undeniably been a very good run. cortes. Full passes are sold out, but partial passes are FRI., JULY 15 WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM. But Lunsford isn’t sunsetting What the Heck for no available. More info: www.whattheheckfest.com MIDSUMMER MUSIC: Pia- ORG musicvenues 38 38 See below for venue FOOD addresses and phone 07.13.11 07.14.11 07.15.11 07.16.11 07.17.11 07.18.11 07.19.11 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 31 31 Blue Horse Gallery Havilah Rand The Thomas Harris Quartet Cafe Cubano The Colin Ness Quartet B-BOARD HELL’S BELLES/July 15/ Book Fare Café Bob's Your Uncle Tea Seas Acoustic Fairhaven Pub

27 The Prime Time Band (early), Singer/Songwriter Summer Shakedown feat. Aaron Guest (early), DJ Paul Klein (early), Bob's

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Lougow, Real Live Tigers, Alameda 20 The Business New Science Projects

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Edison Inn Smokewagon Orville Johnson 27

Open Mic w/Chuck D feat. FILM Fairhaven Pub Karaoke Hell's Belles Cassidy Bloom and the College Night Heirlooms 22 22

Honeymoon Open Mic The Sonja Lee Trio Sarah Goodin The Swing Gang The Shadies MUSIC MUSIC

Main St. Bar and Grill Country Karaoke Live Music Monkey Wrench Karaoke 20 ART ART McKay's Taphouse Tea Seas Trio Soulstice Jazz Quartet 18 Nooksack Casino Tony & The Tigers STAGE STAGE

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26 their battle to ﬁnd and destroy the “horcruxes” that the sinister Voldemort needs so he can stay alive for all eternity: these are objects in which the fragments of souls are trapped and whose vital, spiritual force 38

Voldemort, that hateful parasite, can siphon FOOD off for his own ends. Harry and his friends ﬁlm track down these horcruxes, but the last one MOVIE REVIEWS ›› MOVIE SHOWTIMES is a puzzle. As the forces of good assemble 31 at Hogwarts for the ﬁnal showdown with Voldemort and his hordes, Harry knows only B-BOARD that the most vital horcrux is actually in the castle, very close at hand. 27 There are some superb set-piece scenes— 27 and now the plot has so much more zing, FILM FILM these scenes have a power that comparable FILM moments in earlier movies did not have.

When Harry, Ron, and Hermione insinuate 22 themselves into Gringotts Bank to steal the

sword of Gryfﬁndor, the effect is bizarre, MUSIC surreal and macabre, drawing on the inﬂu-

ence of Lewis Carroll and Terry Gilliam. It is 20

a great moment when Severus Snape, played ART with magniﬁcently adenoidal disdain by Alan

Rickman, is attacked by Voldemort’s snake 18 Nagini, and we witness this only from behind

a frosted glass screen—a nice touch from di- STAGE THE POTTER MOVIES 16 WEREN’T JUST AN ADAPTATION OF A GET OUT SERIES OF BOOKS, BUT 14 A LIVING, EVOLVING COLLABORATIVE WORDS PHENOMENON BETWEEN 8 PAGE AND SCREEN CURRENTS CURRENTS rector David Yates. We get passionate, but somehow touch- 6 ingly innocent screen kisses between Harry REVIEWED BY PETER BRADSHAW VIEWS and Ginny (Bonnie Wright) and, of course,

between Ron and Hermione. In the midst 4 of the battle, Neville declares that he is go- MAIL MAIL Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ing to ﬁnd Luna (Evanna Lynch) for a snog:

“I’m mad about her! About time I told her, 2 SPOILER ALERT! since we’re both probably going to be dead by DO IT DO dawn!” But these love stories are always sub- “IT ALL ends,” says the poster slogan. A potentially grim state- The colossal achievement of this series really is ordinate to the all-important battle between ment of the obvious, of course, yet the Potter saga could hardly have something to wonder at. The Harry Potter movies good and evil. 11 ended on a better note. With one miraculous flourish of its wand, showed us their characters growing older in real The crucial moment of the film is where, .13. 07 the franchise has restored the essential magic to the Potter legend— time: unlike, say, Bart Simpson, Daniel Radcliffe’s I admit, I have a quibble: it is gripping and which had been starting to sag and drift in recent movies—zapping us Harry was going to grow up like a normal person and even moving when Harry realizes what his .06 all with a cracking final chapter, which looks far superior to CS Lewis’ never before has any film—or any book—brought destiny is, and sets out to fulfill it. Yet the 28 # The Last Battle or JRR Tolkien’s The Return of the King. It’s dramatically home to me how terribly brief childhood is. The exact rationale for his ultimate survival may satisfying, spectacular and terrifically exciting, easily justifying the Potter movies weren’t just an adaptation of a se- be a little obscure, and perhaps even Potter- decision to split the last book into two parts. ries of books, but a living, evolving collaborative diehards may suspect that in the film there Here is where the Harry Potter series gets its groove back, with a phenomenon between page and screen. The first is a touch of having your cake and eating it. final confrontation between Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) and our young movie, Philosopher’s Stone, came out in 2001, when Well, no matter. This is such an entertaining, hero, and with the sensational revelation of Harry’s destiny, which JK Rowling was working on the fifth book, Order of beguiling, charming and exciting picture. It Dumbledore had been keeping secret from him. When stouthearted the Phoenix, and when no one—perhaps not even the reminded me of the thrill I felt on seeing the WEEKLYCASCADIA young Neville Longbottom (a scene-stealer from Matthew Lewis) steps author herself—knew precisely how it was going to very first one, 10 years ago. And Radcliffe’s 27 forward to denounce the dark lord in the final courtyard scene, I was end. The movies developed just behind the books, Harry Potter has emerged as a complex, con- on the edge of my seat. And when, in that final “coda”, the middle- and it’s surely impossible to read them without being fident, vulnerable, courageous character— aged Harry Potter gently hugs his little boy before sending him off for influenced by the films. most likable, sadly, at the point where we his first term at Hogwarts—well, what can I say? I think I must have In this final episode, Harry (Radcliffe), Hermione must leave him forever. Wait. I’ve got that had something in my eye. (Emma Watson), and Ron (Rupert Grint) continue darn thing in my eye again… film ›› showtimes

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B-BOARD "ELLIS&AIR\\\ Hollywood, a girl named Cameron Diaz once dated a boy named Justin Timberlake. Needless to say (be- Third Star: A terminally ill young man wants to go cause, again, this is Hollywood) their relationship camping, and he wants his best friends—none of 27 27 didn’t work out, but they did make this movie togeth- whom have any outdoor experience—to join him. It’s er. Which also didn’t work out. Art imitates life. Sort a simple premise with profound results. ★★★★ (Un- FILM FILM FILM FILM of. ★★2sHRMIN RATEDsHRMIN "ELLIS&AIR\\ 0ICKFORD&ILM#ENTER*ULY Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Dear Michael 22 Beginners: Christopher Plummer—who can out-charis- ma actors half his age—plays father to Ewan McGregor Bay, until you stop hating women in such a breathtak- in this coming-of-age by way of end-of-life story. All ingly unoriginal way, you will receive no stars from MUSIC kinds of hell breaks loose when dad comes out of the ME0' sHRSMIN closet during his twilight years, but all kinds of valu- 3UNSET3QUARE\\\

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14 He gives us a man, invites our sympathy for him, and Trollhunter: You’ve been asking for it and now it’s then watches almost sadly as his time runs out. And here. For all those who are convinced the PFC opened it works so well because Eddie is played by Robert the Limelight just to show this ﬁlm, your time is nigh. WORDS WORDS Mitchum, and he has never been better. ★★★★★ &ORTHEUNINFORMED4HISISA.ORWEGIANMOCKUMEN- 5NRATEDsHRMIN tary about people who hunt giant, havoc-wreaking 8 0ICKFORD&ILM#ENTER*ULY trolls. It is simply that, but so, so much more. ★★★★ 0' sHRMIN Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Limelight See www.pickfordcinema.org for show- See review previous page. ★★★★ 0' s HRS TROLL HUNTER

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VIEWS VIEWS Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 the world and how to ﬁx it, that’s all. The problems actually Woody Allen’s most successful cinematic ef- will undertake a madcap caper in the Hundred Acre 3D: See review previous page. And now imagine an ad- he brings up are familiar, but their solutions may sur- fort to date (starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Wood, all to save Christopher Robin from an imaginary

4 ditional dimension. It’s just like magic. ★★★★0' prise you. ★★★★5NRATEDsHRMIN and more), which seems inﬁnitely preferable. ★★★ culprit. ★★★★'sHRMIN sHRSMIN ,IMELIGHT 0' sHRMIN 3UNSET3QUARE\\\\ MAIL MAIL 3EHOMEAM\\\\ Pickford Film Center See www.pickfordcinema.org for Larry Crowne: Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts sign Zookeeper: Paul Blart, er, I mean, Kevin James plays Horrible Bosses: If you’d like to see a worthwhile showtimes. on to star in exactly the kind of movie they’d have a bumbling fool who bumbles around doing foolish 2 comedy in which Kevin Spacey plays a “horrible boss,” TURNEDDOWNYEARSAGO BACKWHENTHEYWEREBOTH Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: things. And before you plunk down your hard-earned might I suggest Swimming with Sharks? Or how about DO IT DO

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38 38 as we would. So, your wife thinks you’re oversexed because you want it more FOOD THE ADVICE than she does, and you’ve diagnosed her with a “low sex drive.” (Basically, 31

31 31 GODDESS you’re expecting her to make love to you like a wife named Bob.) I suspect that many marriages and B-BOARD

B-BOARD B-BOARD COMA SUTRA I’ve been married for over 20 years, and relationships that have tanked have though my wife and I have a very good done so because of the assumption that male sexual desire and female 27 relationship, she has a low sex drive and never initiates sex. She used to make sexual desire play out the same way. FILM FILM snide remarks about my sex drive, but I They actually don’t. Sexual medicine pointed out my options (no sex, self- specialist Dr. Rosemary Basson dis-

22 service, her or someone else). She knew covered this after she wondered about I wouldn’t cheat, so rather than let this data suggesting that a third of women MUSIC cause a rift, she said she wanted me to were pretty uninterested in sex. She 77 ((OLO LYYss(3360) 6771-1 61111 began to suspect that the problem ror ckcketetdod nunuts.c. om come to her for my sexual needs. We now 20 average two to three times a week. A wasn’t in the women themselves but

ART ART couple times a month, we have mutually in how male sexual response, with its mind-blowing sex, but other times, she spontaneously occurring lust, was held up as the female sexual norm. This led 18 does it just for me. I never get the feeling she really wants me, and it’s deﬂating to couples sitting around waiting for

STAGE STAGE when I sense she’d rather do laundry, desire to strike the woman like they watch TV or water the plants. I’ve tried were waiting for aliens to beam down holding back and waiting for her to make into their front room. 16 the ﬁrst move, but that seems like a head Basson discovered that in the early game to her and makes her feel some- stages of a relationship, or if a woman GET OUT thing’s wrong. Is there a way to get her is away from her partner for days or more interested? —Frustrated weeks, she’s more likely to experience the “spontaneous sexual desire” and 14 You poor darling. After 20-plus “conscious sexual hunger” that men years of marriage, you only have sex typically do. But, once a woman’s in a WORDS WORDS three times a week. And only a couple relationship, the desire for sex may be times a month is it “mind-blowing.”

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28 somebody’s parents and you’re still # simply explained your needs, and she doing it—regularly and even “mind- set about meeting them. Sure, some- blowingly”—20 years in. You’ve got a times you get the sense that she’s lot to be happy about—even if when jumping your bones when she’d rather the wife’s looking for “The Big O,” she’s be getting a jump on the week’s laun- probably wondering where she left that dry, but if she might not always be in magazine that always has that really fa-

CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA the mood for sex, it seems she’s often mous black woman on the cover. in the mood to make you happy. 32 Both men and women are prone to ©2011, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. what evolutionary psychologist Donald Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Symons calls the human tendency “to Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA imagine that other minds are much like 90405, or email [email protected] our own.” This causes us to project our (www.advicegoddess.com) Aggressive. to address that same message to you in the coming days, Libra. I’m serious. I’d love to admire and ǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ͘īĞĐƟǀĞ͘ BY ROB BREZSNY marvel at your big, strong ego. This is one of those

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their fear is gone.” Keep the faith, Capricorn—and CURRENTS tion. As punishment for his bad behavior, his teacher continue your persistent efforts. exiled him to a storage room where he was instructed AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Russia has more 6 to study the U.S. Constitution—a document he would psychic healers than medical doctors. Research done later be called on to interpret during his service on the

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07 WHERE: Cordata cooled, they went into minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove half the Community Food we imagined, was Velma. a Tupperware contain- strawberries to another bowl and coarsely mash HER NAME, Co-op .06 Standing sentry at a small fruit stand on Bellingham’s James Street, COST: $35 er. That Saturday, they them with a pastry blender or fork. Let both bowls of 28 # the gray-haired woman drew us in with two simple offerings: her beam- INFO: 383-3200 were re-warmed and strawberries sit at least an additional 30 minutes. ing smile and a crimson swath of perfect strawberries. placed on top of thick When cool, set shortcake ring on a serving plate. We further theorized that, before she arrived at her post, she’d been wafﬂes (along with liberal doses of whipped Carefully split it into two layers with a serrated knife. up since dawn choosing only the plumpest, ripest and juiciest fruit to cream). The leftover compote was used at a With the aid of another pan or baking sheet, lift the sell to local denizens. dinner party a few days later as a topping top shortcake portion and set it nearby. We never did discover her true back story, but, before long, “Velma” for vanilla ice cream. Not surprisingly, the Spoon the mashed berries with their juice over

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