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President-elect Obama is already much of what we worry about— 26 confronted with a major interna- health care (for all), education in- tional crisis: U.S.-funded Israeli war cluding college, and retirement (a I’M VERY, VERY WILD… FOOD crimes in Gaza. “Democratic” idea). AND OH SO POPULAR Having been elected on a plat- We should be learning that unfet- Catch Me 22 form of “change we can believe in,” tered markets don’t serve the public it is an open question as to whether good. Privatized profit and social- Obama will bring about any change ized losses help a few on the top. in that most immutable area of U.S. Let’s get real and note that all the CLASSIFIEDS foreign policy: diplomatic and mili- billions of dollars that disappear tary support for Israel’s occupation with each burst bubble could be 20 of the West Bank and Gaza, and its providing a less stressful and higher FILM FILM foreign military adventures. quality of life. At the time of writing, the Bush The beauty of America is we can administration is the main obstacle reinvent ourselves and learn from Try a made-from-scratch sockeye salmon burger– 16 in the way of a UN Security Council our mistakes.

you’ll be hooked! Our new menu also includes MUSIC resolution calling for a cease-fire in —Harvey Schwartz, Bellingham Gaza—even after the grim news of bison and turkey burgers (if you’re game).

Israel’s shelling of a school contain- THE $775,000-A-YEAR GI www.fiammaburger.com 1309 RAILROAD AVE. 15

ing refugee women and children, A recent study by the Center for ART killing more people in one strike Strategic and Budgetary Analysis, a than eight years of Hamas’ criminal Washington-based think tank, pro- and indiscriminate rockets. vides costs for US wars. The report, 14 Will Obama, after he is finally written by the CSBA’s Steven M. Ko- STAGE STAGE sworn in, take a different stance? siak, concludes that “since 2001, Certainly, his campaign’s position some $904 billion has been pro- statements—not the boilerplate vided to cover the cost of US mili- 13

 promises—do not bode well. His tary operations. This includes some  campaign website proudly declared $687 billion for Iraq, $184 billion &RPHDQGHQMR\DQDUPFKDLUMRXUQH\WRD GET OUT that “Israel should not be pres- for Afghanistan and $33 billion for sured into a ceasefire that did not various homeland security activi- YDULHW\RIVSHFWDFXODUDQGLQWHUHVWLQJSODFHV deal with the threat of Hezbollah ties.” The truly astounding number 12 GRQDWLRQVXJJHVWHG [and Hamas?] missiles”—a precise in Kosiak’s report comes on page 38,  statement of current Bush policy. where he estimates that the total -DQ³$QFLHQW 0RGHUQ&DPERGLDDQG9LHWQDP´ WORDS Furthermore he “consistently sup- cost of sending a single soldier to E\-LP+HQGULFNVRQ ported foreign assistance to Is- fight in Iraq or Afghanistan is about  8 rael,” even though it is precisely $775,000 per year. Kosiak came up )HE³,GHQWLWLHVDQG/DQGVFDSHVLQ&RQWHPSRUDU\6RXWK U.S.-manufactured F-16 fighter jets with that number by using data $IULFD´E\9HUQRQ'DPDQL-RKQVRQ  and Apache helicopters that Israel published in March by the Congres-  CURRENTS CURRENTS used to deadly effect in its criminal sional Budget Office. )HE³8OWLPDWH&KDOOHQJH7UHNNLQJWRWKH+RPHRI

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when the U.S. treasury and economy $SULO³&RUVLFD0DJLFDO,VODQG´E\1DQF\1HVHZLFK 3  BALANCE MARKET IDEAS are in such parlous condition.  DO IT IT DO Can it be that it’s time for us to Kosiak estimates that by 2018, 7KXUVGD\VSP collectively move from adolescence the total spending on the wars in

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looking for the next bubble, can we $1.7 trillion. .04 01

just grow up? —Tom Gilmore, Bellingham # We have socialized education, police, fire control, water and sew- age systems, highways. The issue SEND US is the balance between socialism and free market enterprise. YOUR LETTERS The best solution I have seen lies But keep ‘em brief. Keep ‘em under 300 in the Nordic countries which have words (which is fewer than the number CASCADIA WEEKLY four of the 10 richest countries (GNP of days your favorite subject has left in office). Send ‘em to: PO Box 2833, Bell- 5 per capita) in the world. ingham WA 98227. Email ‘em to letters@ The formula is simple. Low taxes cascadiaweekly.com on business encourages invest- THE GRISTLE

DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC: Amid raging

speculation she was an alternate for a cabinet 26 position in Barack Obama’s administration, Gov.

FOOD Chris Gregoire cancelled a press conference this week and mysteriously disappeared... only to re- views

22 22 appear a few hours later in Iraq, where she was OPINIONS THE GRISTLE reportedly visiting National Guard troops along with fellow governors from New Jersey and Tex- as. (“I made it clear early on I would not accept CLASSIFIEDS an appointment,” Gregoire said of the rumor she was being considered for a post in the Oval Of-

20 20 fice). Also mysteriously AWOL but less likely to turn up later is a big piece of the state budget, FILM FILM a yawning chasm that keeps growing each time BY DAN WARNER it is analyzed by state budget managers—now it

16 could loom as large as $7 billion. As the governor furiously cuts costs, Belling- MUSIC ham Mayor Dan Pike last week learned one of How Big? the items trimmed from her proposed budget 15 was a $5 million state grant allocated to help POPULATION PROJECTIONS CONTINUE TO DOMINATE POLICY QUESTIONS

ART ART defray costs on a project to move the BNSF Rail- way that currently carves through the middle of the old Georgia-Pacific mill site on the city’s PROBABLY NO issue has such or suburban development. What- 14 central waterfront nearer to the bluffs at the long-range significance for our qual- com County loses rural lands to perimeter of the site. ity of life as the size of Whatcom sprawling developments at a rate STAGE STAGE The city snared the ticklish agreement with County’s future population. We know of about 1,200 acres a year. Burlington-Northern to move the rail line in that the pro-development folks (with If we want the benefits of slower 13 mid-November, just days before Port of Belling- vested interests) urge the county to population growth, it is not enough ham commissioners fired off their angry letter plan expansively, even though poll to pick a number and pretend that’s

GET OUT declaring the days of cooperation between the after poll shows most of the citizens what we’ll get. If we want to reduce agency and the city on the central waterfront do not want expansive population already living here, rather than sprawl, protect our rural areas, pro- were over. growth, and think the growth we’ve simply increasing the number of mote the prosperity and general

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6 staff effort to get this agreement,” he said. The County Council can choose 6 The abrupt loss of funding for the $12 million any population projection that falls COMMUNITIES’ CHARACTER, AND ALLOW US VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS project puts in jeopardy other financing oppor- within the low/medium/high range tunities as well, including $7 million in federal provided by the Washington State TO PASS ON TO OUR GRANDKIDS A PLACE AS 4 funding pledged by Congressman Rick Larsen, Office of Financial Management. NICE AS WE HAVE ENJOYED, WE NEED TO DO Pike explained. Any projection within this range is MAIL MAIL “I have confidence we can get this back on acceptable according to state law. TWO THINGS: PICK A LOWER POPULATION-

3 track and get the funding restored,” Pike said. Which one to choose is, therefore, PROJECTION NUMBER, AND ADOPT POLICIES “It’s a project that will improve freight trans- a policy question. Certainly choos- DO IT IT DO port though our area by about 40 percent, at ing a low number does not magically TO ACHIEVE IT. a time of rising fuel prices and concerns about make the population growth rate 09 09 global warming. It has statewide significance,” decrease. At least let us recognize t
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The news—little more than an ugly 26 rumor at this point—could place that piece of waterfront financing on foot- FOOD ing just as precarious as the continued financial uncertainty of American In- 2 22 ternational Group, one of the largest insurers in the industry and holder of more than $20 million in cost-overrun

Green CLASSIFIEDS guarantees for cleanup of the Georgia- Pacific mill site. AIG was among the first to topple toward bankruptcy and then WTA is proud to join the Green Power Community 20 be bailed out by the federal government FILM FILM last fall after derivative-based guar- by converting to PSE’s Renewable Energy Program in 2009. antees it sold on complex mortgage- related securities left the company with 16 huge losses. While it initially appeared the Port of Bellingham’s down payment MUSIC was secured by the bailout, the AIG’s future remains unstable. 15

“Subprime mortgages continue to ART haunt AIG,” the trade publication Insur- ance Journal reported in December. “AIG is also contending with more familiar 14 insurance losses. For its third quarter, STAGE STAGE AIG posted its largest-ever quarterly loss—$24.47 billion—as the damage from the manmade catastrophe of write- 13 downs was exacerbated by damage from

natural catastrophes.” GET OUT More gloomy news for the waterfront also arrived in December, just as port of-

ficials began to prepare their bid to of- 12 fer Bellingham as home port for NOAA’s

Pacific Marine Operations Center. Bell- WORDS ingham was a lovely candidate to host National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- 8 ministration ships and offices after the City of Seattle curtly declined to renew their 20-year-lease and repair the docks CURRENTS CURRENTS of the agency’s aging marine center on

Lake Union. But guess what? In the 11th 6 6 month, Seattle offered to renew the VIEWS VIEWS lease and repair the docks. VIEWS NOAA has been in Seattle for decades, and the agency employs nearly 1,000 at 4 its science and research branch. That MAIL MAIL arm of the agency isn’t planning on go-

ing anywhere, and isn’t part of the lease 3 solicitation, but that—and superior DO IT IT DO shipyard capacity—eclipse Bellingham’s chances to easily secure the federal agency as an anchor tenant on the cen- 09 tral waterfront. .07. 01 When 2008 began, city and port of-

ficials expressed optimism that their .04 01

planning for the redevelopment of 220 # waterfront acres could be completed by the end of the year. By year’s end, rela- tionships had strained, then relaxed— at least publicly; but do those tensions hint at hidden bergs below the surface of chilly waters? Was the port’s bluff and bluster an indicator of an agency running CASCADIA WEEKLY short of both options and optimism? And 7 how will that agency fare in an election year, when two of three port commission positions come up for grabs?

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GET OUT COMPLETING THEIR com- al under the reality of extremely mitment to render a decision before adverse financial conditions that year’s end, deeply divided state regu- exist today,” Jones explained.

12 lators last week approved the pending “The proposed agreement sets sale of Puget Sound Energy for $7.4 forth a capital structure with ex-

WORDS billion to a group of investors from cessive debt for PSE, and creates a Canada and Australia. privately-held investor consortium The state’s largest private utility can that lacks sufficient transparency,” 8 8 be sold to Puget Holdings LLC, the Wash- he said, cautioning the debt-load ington Utilities and Transportation Com- may require “large and frequent rate mission announced Tuesday. Puget Sound increases on a consistent basis.” CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS Energy is the state’s largest electric and The majority of commissioners

6 natural gas utility, serving more than 1 million disagreed, noting the deal was ”not a electric and 737,000 natural gas customers cen- ‘highly leveraged’ buyout,” adding there is

VIEWS VIEWS tered in the Puget Sound region. While based in “substantially less leverage” in this transac- New York, Puget Holdings is in the hands of foreign tion than in others that have been approved

4 investors, triggering concerns about the long-term by the UTC. interests of local energy consumers. The proposed transaction will be funded with MAIL MAIL In a 2-1 opinion, the Washington Utilities and $3.4 billion in cash, $2.6 billion of assumed debt

3 Transportation Commission concluded the sale, held by PSE and $1.45 billion of newly issued subject to conditions to protect customers and debt, approximately $600 million of which is DO IT IT DO the public interest, would be “consistent with the used to replace or refinance existing debt held public interest” and would not harm ratepayers, by PSE and $850 million of which is net new 09 09 the legal standard for approval of such sales. debt held by Puget Energy. .07. Under the agreement, Puget Holdings will buy all Washington’s Public Counsel, a branch of the 01 the outstanding common stock of PSE parent corpo- state Attorney General’s office that advocates

.04 ration Puget Energy for $30 per share. Puget Energy for the interests of utility customers, continued to 01

# common stock will no longer be publicly traded. voice concerns. UTC Chair Mark Sidran and Commissioner Patrick Oshie vot- “We remain concerned that a transaction that increases ed in favor of the sale, saying the commission will continue the financial risk for PSE and its customers is the wrong to regulate the utility’s gas and electric rates and services. choice, particularly in this economic climate and particularly Commissioner Philip Jones dissented, writing that he be- because it offers no tangible benefits to customers,” said lieves the agreement “creates too much risk, and potential Public Counsel Section Chief Simon ffitch. “State regulators harm, for ratepayers and stakeholders.” must be vigilant in their enforcement of the conditions, CASCADIA WEEKLY “I believe the settlement has been overtaken by market commitments and requirements that are contained in this

8 conditions that require further exploration on a full re- deal,” ffitch cautioned. cord that carefully analyzes critical aspects of the propos- Materials from Associated Press contributed to this article. currents POLICE BEAT :: INDEX LIGHTLIGHT 26 INDEX SOURCESOURCE • RESIDENTIAL DESIGN • FOOD fuzzbuzz 22

AULD ACQUAINTANCES On New Year’s Day CLASSIFIEDS at 8am, a peeved

Bellingham woman Good design takes time. 20 threatened to “beat Start now & be ready FILM up” her husband’s new girlfriend. to build in Spring 16 On Jan. 1 at midnight, FROM PRELIM. DESIGN TO PERMIT

CERT. SUSTAINABLE BLDG. ADVISOR MUSIC Bellingham Police ob- SHANNON MARIS served a self-appointed art [email protected] critic had attempted improvements to the (360) 676-1859 15

city’s latest sculpture at the corner of Bay ART and Holly streets.

On Jan 1, Bellingham Police observed a 14 reveler damage an antenna on the Merry STAGE STAGE Maid bug car parked near Trader Joe’s. The owner of the cleaning service did not wish Voted to clean the vandal’s clock and did not PERCENT OF AMERICANS polled who approve 13 of the way Barack Obama is handling his presi- Best Steak in Bellingham press charges. dential transition, the highest approval rating for in the Best of Bellingham by Cascadia Weekly!

82 GET OUT an incoming president since 1992. GHOSTBUSTERS BUSTED On Dec. 26, Blaine Police interrupted what they believed was a possible burglary at an PERCENT OF US voters—including a majority Come Enjoy 12 abandoned residence in the Salishan neigh- of Republicans—who want want GOP leaders to

74 work with incoming President Barack Obama. WORDS borhood. “Officers found two dark clothed a Great Steak suspects using flashlights to peer into the homes windows,” police noted. “They 8 MEMBERS OF THE Republican National Com- at The Keg 8 sheepishly said they lived nearby and were mittee who received a holiday CD with the song, checking out the house in hopes of hunting “Barack the Magic Negro,” by Rush Limbaugh Serving dinner from 4pm Monday ghosts. The spooky structure was secure, and 168 Show commentator Paul Shanklin, sent to them CURRENTS CURRENTS thru Saturday & from noon on Sunday. CURRENTS the suspects seemed sufficiently shocked by by Chip Saltsman in his bid to chair the RNC. Bar Open at 3pm

the sudden sight of several officers,” police 6 noted. “The pair promised to pursue permis- 1218 Fielding Ave. NUMBER OF JOBS lost nationally in November sion prior to pestering poltergeist.” (360) 738-0275 VIEWS 533,000 2008, the largest drop since 1974. HOLIDAY HIJINKS 4 On Dec. 22, witnesses described a man in MAIL MAIL a Santa suit driving erratically at 3am in WHATCOM COUNTY BANKRUPTCIES filed in a golf cart festooned with Christmas lights calendar year 2008, up 37.8 percent compared to 3 near the Anacortes waterfront. Police were 521 the same period in 2007. DO IT IT DO unable to locate the jolly old elf. 09 09 On Dec. 22, a Blaine resident called to re- APPROXIMATE COST OF managing Whatcom port that her garage had been broken into. County roads during last month’s snowstorms. .07. $750,000 01 A Blaine Police officer investigated and

observed that a window had been entered .04 01

by pushing aside the board which covered APPROXIMATE COST TO repair WWU Gamma # it. “The thief stole an old car tire inner- dormitory rooms after flood damage from burst tube, and left behind a glove. Police nailed $650,000 pipes and discovery of asbestos in the walls. the board back in place, and continue the hunt for a one-gloved, inner-tube-riding NUMBER OF WASHINGTON State Patrol snow sledder.” vehicles struck by drunk drivers in 2008, more 25 than twice the number wrecked in 2007. On Jan. 2, Bellingham Police reported, “Due CASCADIA WEEKLY SOURCES: CNN/Opinion Research Corp; Pew Research Center; US Bureau of to icy roads, a vehicle was unable to stop 9 in time to avoid striking another vehicle, Labor Statistics; Associated Press; US Bankruptcy Court, Western District; Whatcom County Public Works; The Bellingham Herald; Western Washington which struck another vehicle, which struck University; Washington State Patrol a third vehicle. No injuries.” currents THE WEEK IN REVIEW

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Longtime KVOS-TV broadcaster R. H. “Andy”

CLASSIFIEDS Anderson ran the office in Bellingham for Denocratic Congressman Al Swift, and 20 20 then for Congressman Rick Larsen until 2004. In re- FILM FILM cent years, he ably emceed broad topics at Belling- ham’s City Club. “The 16 ee guy was a legend,” says station manager Jim Ross. MUSIC “He lived the lifestyle like THE THAT WAS Seasonal bathers braved cold waters from English Bay to Birch Bay to Lake Padden an old time newspaper for their annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year’s Day. reporter.” He passed away 15 Sunday at 77. ART ART 12.30.08 TUESDAY 01.05.09 14 The Nature Conservancy completes its purchase of 150 acres at Lily Point MONDAY on Point Roberts. The nation’s leading conservation organization plans to Bellingham City Council elects former chair STAGE STAGE transfer the land to Whatcom County Parks and as soon as grant funds be- of the Whatcom County Democratic party and come available. Ward 3 representative Barry Buchanan to pre- 13 side over their 2009 legislative year. Council Crews working to repair flood damage in a Western Washington Univer- was split in its decision, with the newest

GET OUT sity dorm encounter asbestos in the walls, raising repair costs to more than members forming a quorum for Buchanan. $650,000. Thirty-two students were displaced after a radiator pipe burst in the Ridgeway Gamma complex. Now, outdated construction materials require Elected leaders throughout Whatcom County meet again PHOTO COURTESY PEACEHEALTH OF 12 that the entire building must be gutted. to finalize their list of projects they’d like to receive fund- ing through Barack Obama’s proposed federal economic After 19 hours in labor,

WORDS 12. 08 stimulus package. The Council of Governments list in- Roma Tanovan of Blaine 31. is the proud mother of cludes nearly three dozen candidates with a total price the first baby born at St. FRIDAY tag of nearly $100 million. 8 8 Joseph Hospital in 2009. On their final meeting of the year, Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer District Tanovan and husband commissioners pass a rate increase that will raise the average customer’s bill Meanwhile, state legislators meet with local school David are the proud new by almost $15 this year. Next year, the average bi-monthly bill is expected to officials to deliver the bad news that nearly $800 mil- parents of Quincy Daniel, CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS born January 1 at 1:14am. increase by $16, with other annual increases for three years beyond that. lion could be cut from schools during their next session

6 in order to close a looming $5.7 billion shortfall in state 01.01.09 revenues. VIEWS VIEWS THURSDAY Oblivious, professional initiative peddler Tim Eyman

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WED., JAN. 7 GMAIL.COM 26 GRIZZLY WARS: David Knibb will read from his FOOD words book, Grizzly Wars: The Pub- COMMUNITY COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS lic Fight Over the Great Bear, 22 22 at 7pm at Village Books, WED., JAN. 7 1200 11th St. GREEN DRINKS: Meet en- 671-2626 vironmentally minded folks SPOKEN WORD: Read your at the monthly Green Drinks gathering from 5-7pm at CLASSIFIEDS own prose as part of Spoken Word Wednesdays at 8pm Nimbus, 119 N. Commercial every week at Stuart’s at the St. Entry is free, drinks are 20 20 Market, 1530 Cornwall Ave. not. BY IAN CHANT 714-0800 733-8307 OR FILM FILM GREENDRINKS.ORG THURS., JAN. 8 HISTORY PROGRAM: CRAIG ARNOLD: Re- Wooden Ships and Fiberglass 16 nowned young poet Craig Boats: A.W. Talbot and the Arnold reads from his sec- Bellingham Shipyard 1941-

MUSIC Ins and Outs ond collection, Made Flesh, 1963 is the title of the film LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX at 7pm at Village Books, that will be shown at the 1200 11th St. Whatcom County Historical 15 671-2626 Society’s program at 7:30pm

ART ART at the Whatcom Museum, IF YOU’RE anything like me, your version of “the sex talk” artisans, the Dead Parrots Society, present SAT., JAN. 10 121 Prospect St. GREG PALMER: Memoir- came courtesy of that precocious little kid in Kindergarten Cop who “Let’s Talk about You and Me,” a night of 778-8930

14 ist Greg Palmer reads from carnally inspired improvisation complete explains that, “Boys have a penis and girls have a vagina.” And if his book, Cheese Deluxe, at FRI., JAN. 9 this is true, you can count yourself lucky, because that was about with aphrodisiac appetizers and desserts. 4pm at Village Books, 1200

STAGE STAGE LUNCH IN LYNDEN: Ever- as lucid and reasonable as sex education in America got anytime in The week closes with a bang on Sat- 11th St. ett Zuidmeer will talk about the last couple of decades. urday night when esteemed sex educator 671-2626 “Memories of Lynden’s Front 13 Countless of my peers had to wait until Sue Johanson of Talk Sex with Sue takes ADVENTURE QUEST: Joyce Street” at a history talk at 12:30pm at the Lynden Pub- eighth grade for an uncomfortable and often the stage at the Performing Arts Center. Major shares tales from Smil- ing at the World: A Woman’s lic Library, 216 4th St.

GET OUT grossly underqualified health studies teacher Johanson’s candid, open and unabashed Passionate Yearlong Quest for 354-4883 to explain the mysteries of the bump and approach to talking about sex has made Adventure at 7pm at Village SELF DEFENSE: A “Self De- grind. The stock explanation went some- her on of the world’s most respected voic- Books, 1200 11th St. fense for Women” workshop 12 12 thing like this—the urges you’re feeling are es on the subject. She is the only sex edu- 671-2626 happens from 6:30-8:30pm caused by hormones, which are composed cator ever to receive the Order of Canada, at Bellingham’s Domestic SUN., JAN. 11 Violence and Assault Ser- WORDS WORDS of pure, uncut evil. Acting on these sinful Canada’s highest civilian honor. MARY WOODWARD: Find vices, 1407 Commercial St. out more about the true urges is the surest way to acquire one of any Chances are that you will better rec- 671-5714 number of terrible diseases that will cripple ATTEND ognize Ms. Johanson (pictured below) story that inspired David 8 your mind and destroy any chance you may WHAT: Sexual Aware- as the elderly, bespectacled woman you Guterson’s Snow Falling on SUN., JAN. 11 ness Week Cedars when Mary Woodward BRIDAL FAIRE: The 16th have had at a normal life. Or you will end up stumbled upon while flipping through WHEN: Jan. 7-10 reads from her book In De- annual “Ultimate Bridal making a baby, which will have mostly the late night television moderately tanked fense of Our Neighbors: The

CURRENTS CURRENTS WHERE: Western Faire” happens from 10am- same consequences. Any questions? Washington University one night. And then she did something Walt and Milly Woodward Sto- 4pm at Bow’s Skagit Valley COST: Most events are completely unexpected with a pair of ry at 4pm at Village Books, Casino Resort, 5984 N. Darrk 6 It doesn’t have to be like this, and to prove it, Western Washington University’s Sexual free. Tickets to see Sue puppets. Yes, her! Johanson will be on 1200 11th St. Lane. Tickets are $10. Johanson are $15-$10. 671-2626 (360) 428-5972 OR

VIEWS VIEWS Awareness Center has teamed with the folks hand to talk about sex, the state of sex INFO: 650-6146 or NWSPECIALEVENTS.COM at Special Events to sponsor a week of films, education and the fact that sex shouldn’t MON., JAN. 12 as.wwu.edu PICKETT TOUR: Walk 4 POETRY NIGHT: Sign up by workshops, entertainment and lectures de- be intimidating, frustrating or scary. It through the oldest wooden 8pm to read your words at voted to taming the beast with two backs. Whether you’re lookingg should be fun. Just ask Canada. structure in Washington MAIL MAIL the weekly Poetry Night at State from 1-4pm at a tour to learn the ins and outs of the old in and out or just want to findfind a the future home of the Ank-

at the Pickett House, 910 3 gentle way to break it to your partner that “No, that’s not howw youyou er Café, 1426 Cornwall Ave. Bancroft St. do that,” there’s something for everyone. Readings start at 8:30pm, COB.ORG

DO IT IT DO Kicking things off on Wednesday evening at the Viking Unionn areare and all are welcome. two showings of Clitoris, a documentary following the continuinging POETRYNIGHT.ORG WED., JAN. 14 09 09 adventures of the world’s most misunderstood piece of anatomy.my. TUES., JAN. 13 PILATES EXPO: Attend a

.07. free Pilates Expo from 5:30- Through the magic of film, you, too, can learn what the clitoriss is, JOURNAL WORKSHOP: Lisa 01 8:30pm at Bellingham’s De- Dunster Moeller will lead a what it has meant to different cultures throughout human history,tory, pot Market Square on Rail- Journal Writing Workshop

.04 and maybe even a thing or two about what to do with it. road Avenue. at 7pm at Village Books, 01 YWCABELLINGHAM.ORG # Thursday night sees a sex and sexuality workshop administeredered 1200 11th St. Journals will by Babeland’s wise and talented sex educators. This forum promisesises be available for purchase, or TURNING POINTS: Daniel to help you figure out what you like and, equally important, howw to you can bring your own. Boxberger will talk about “Objectivity and Relativity let your partner know. Babeland’s sex educators are consummateate 671-2626 in the Science of the Ameri- professionals whose forums provide safe, comfortable places to talkalk WED., JAN. 14 can Indian: Lessons Learned about sex (and don’t cost $4.99 a minute). And the things you pickck WRITERS THEATER: The From the Ancient One,” at up there are invaluable life lessons that will help you have morere monthly Chuckanut Sand- a Turning Points faculty CASCADIA WEEKLY fun, be more fulfilled and maybe even help you start a frank con-n- stone Writers Theater Open lecture series at 5:15pm at WWU’s Communications Fa- versation with your significant other. Mic starts at 7pm at the 12 Firehouse Performing Arts cility, room 110. Friday night’s event is an evening of improvisational theater…r… Center, 1314 Harris Ave. 650-7545 sexy improvisational theater, that is. WWU’s resident crew of improvprov doit

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NORDIC SKI CLUB: Steve Barnett will give a talk 26 on Nordic tours through the Grand Canyon, Zion, Arches, and Crater Lake national parks at the Nook- FOOD sack Nordic Ski Club’s monthly meeting at 7pm at getout the RE Store, 2309 Meridian St. Show up early if you

HIKING RUNNING CYCLING want details on how to join the club. 22 NOOKSACKNORDICSKICLUB.ORG FRI., JAN. 9 SNOWSHOE 101: Learn about backcountry equip- CLASSIFIEDS ment, clothing and instructional foundations at a free “Snowshoeing 101” clinic at 6pm at REI, 400

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FITNESS FORUM: “Need a Lift? Why Cross-Training FILM Will Pick You Up!” will be the topic of a free Fitness Forum at 7:15pm at Fairhaven Runners & Walkers, 16 Estuary and Salmon Restoration 1209 11th St. Program and funding from What- FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM com County Conservation Futures, NIGHT WALK #1: Head to Anacortes for a “Walk- MUSIC the state Department of Ecology, ing in a Winter Low-Tide Wonderland” excursion at 8pm at Washington Park’s Sunset Beach. Staff and U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and numer- 15 volunteers from People for Puget Sound will be on

ous private contributions from the hand to guide the way. Reservations are encour- ART United States and Canada. aged. The Conservancy will work with (360) 336-1931 14 Whatcom County Parks and other SAT., JAN. 10 partners, including the Lummi NIGHT WALK #2: Learn more about the rich night- STAGE Nation, the Whatcom Marine life of local shorelines at a Night Beach Walk from Resources Committee, the What- 8-10pm at Larrabee State Park on Chuckanut Drive. 13 13 com Land Trust, and Friends of Beach naturalists, biologists and other “creature 13 Lily Point on restoration of the experts” will be on hand to help lead the excursion. The event is free, but donations are appreciated. GET OUT site, including removal of rel- GET OUT 733-8307 OR RE-SOURCES.ORG ict pilings, slag and debris from CYCLE OF LIFE: Sign up for an outing with the the turn-of-the-century cannery North Cascades Institute’s Libby Mills focusing on operation. Ultimately, Whatcom “The Cycle of Life: Bald Eagles and Salmon” hap- 12 County Parks will manage the site pening today on the Skagit and Sauk rivers. Cost is $95 and includes transportation. for recreation and conservation. WORDS NCASCADES.ORG “With the great work of The Na- ture Conservancy, the protection TUES., JAN. 13 8 of Lily Point is now complete,” said ALL PACES RUN: A new drop-in run happens to- Rand Jack, WLT board member. “The night at 6pm leaving from Fairhaven Runners & Walkers, 1209 11th St. The weekly, all-paces run site is a marvelous blend of ecologi- is open to both beginners and veterans. The event CURRENTS cal fecundity, cultural heritage and is free. FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM Lily Point aesthetic grandeur, a place that 6 feeds the vitality of Puget Sound. HAWK WATCHING: Falcon Research’s Bud Ander- NATURE CONSERVANCY JOINS EFFORT TO ACQUIRE son leads a “Hawk Watching in Northwest Wash-

This will be one of the west coast’s VIEWS premier county parks.” ington” class starting tonight from 7-9pm at the POINT ROBERTS NATURE PRESERVE Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. The class will 4 Conservationists consider the continue weekly through Feb. 10, and will include bay an important stopover site

an all-day fieldtrip. Cost is $140-$150. MAIL AGIFT for the new year and all future years, the Nature Conservancy com- along the Pacific flyway for mi- 778-8960 pleted its purchase of 150 acres at Lily Point, on Point Roberts, at the end of grating shorebirds, and it has WED., JAN. 14 3 December. The nation’s leading conservation organization plans to transfer it already been designated as part TUNING UP: Get your gear in top condition for the DO IT IT DO to Whatcom County Parks and Recreation for ongoing preservation and public of the worldwide network of Bio- slopes at a free “Ski & Snowboard Tuning 101” clinic recreation as soon as grant funds become available. sphere Reserves by the United Na- at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. There, you’ll learn to The purchase was the second phase of a two-part, $6 million acquisition ef- tions Educational, Scientific and “save money and bond with your gear.” 09 fort at Lily Point, along the southeastern edge of Point Roberts, a distinctive Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 647-8955 .07. 01 bulge that juts out from British Columbia into Boundary Bay, crossing the 49th “It’s a prime example of how WALKING THE GOBI: Explorer and adventurer Helen Thayer shares tales from her book Walking parallel into U.S. domain. The Conservancy considers the acquisition a key part places on both sides of the interna- the Gobi and slides from her global trekking at 7pm .04 01 of its continuing effort with the Alliance for Puget Sound Shorelines to create tional border fit together into one at Village Books, 1200 11th St. The event is free. # 10 new parks and natural areas in Puget Sound. ecological system,” White said. 671-2626 “With its massive bluffs that feed sediment into the bay, sustaining the The shallow Lily Point tideflats MARATHON TRAINING: Come learn about “Team beaches and tideflats, Lily Point is critical to the health of Puget Sound,” support more than 5 million mi- in Training” and Seattle’s Leukemia & Lymphoma Jacques White said. White is Washington’s marine program director for the Na- gratory shorebirds and waterfowl Society at an informational meeting at 7pm at St. Luke’s Community Center, 3333 Squalicum Parkway. ture Conservancy. “Orcas patrol the shoreline during salmon migrations and each year. These tideflats are rich The event helps train “normal” people to walk or eagles feast in the tideflats,” he noted. in plants, small fish and other crea- run full or half marathons. CASCADIA WEEKLY This acquisition was supported by a $1 million grant from the U.S. Fish and tures that are the base of the ma- TEAMINTRAINING.ORG/WA

Wildlife Service’s National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program. rine food web relied on by salmon, 13 The first phase of the acquisition was led in 2008 by Whatcom Land Trust, sea lions and endangered southern with a $1.75 million grant from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s resident orcas, White said. doit

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26 THURS., JAN. 8 free Ballroom Dance from GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Catch 6-8pm at the Leopold,

FOOD “The Good, the Bad and 1224 Cornwall Ave. stage the Ugly” at 8pm at the 733-3500 Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay 22 22 THEATER DANCE PROFILES St. At 10pm, stick around FRI., JAN. 9 for “The Project: Mad Com- DANCE PARTY: A Public edy in the Making.” Cost is Dance Party featuring a va- $5 for the early show, $3 riety of music for ballroom,

CLASSIFIEDS for the late one. swing and salsa happens THEUPFRONT.COM from 9-11pm at the Blue Moon Ballroom, 1213 Corn- 20 20 BY AMY KEPFERLE JAN. 8-10 wall Ave. Show up at 8pm CODY RIVERS: The 14th for a beginner lesson. Entry FILM FILM incarnation of the Cody is $8-$10. Rivers Show, “Meanwhile THEBLUEMOONBALLROOM. Everywhere,” can be seen COM 16 Conversations at 8pm every Thurs.-Sat. through Jan. 17. Tickets SAT., JAN. 10 MUSIC ACTION THROUGH THE AGES are $10. MAMMA MIA: Ariel Libre 201-5464 OR will help bring out your CODYRIVERS.COM “inner Dancing Queen” 15 you’re talking to a modern dancer. So conver- with goof-proof choreog-

ART ART sation is an exchange between two people. FRI., JAN. 9 raphy from Mamma Mia, Sometimes you might hear words, sometimes DEAD PARROTS: As part tie-on costumes and much you may not. It’s a communication between of Sexual Awareness Week more from 4-5:30pm at 14 14 two people.” at Western Washington the Firehouse Performing University, attend the Arts Center, 1314 Harris Kuntz says she’s learned a lot about the STAGE STAGE STAGE STAGE Dead Parrots Society’s Ave. Cost is $5. people who are taking part in “Conversa- “Let’s Talk About You and 319-9963 tions,” and is confident that wealth of knowl- Me” show at 7pm at the FOLKDANCE FUN: Macedo- 13 edge will translate to the stage when the Viking Union Multipurpose nians Goran and Adrijana show opens Jan. 9 at the Firehouse Perform- Room. In addition to the Alachke will be joined by improvisational theater, other Balkan musicians

GET OUT ing Arts Center. Since she started incorpo- nosh on aphrodisiac appe- from Seattle to provide rating community members into her perfor- tizers and desserts. Tickets live music for tonight’s mances five years ago, Kuntz has discovered are $5. Folkdance Party. The fun 12 she’s addicted to pairing those who are not 650-6146 happens from 8-11pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 “Conversations” participants Skylar Walston and trained dancers alongside those with formal JAN. 9-10 12th St. Suggested dona- WORDS Harriet Napiecinski. training. In addition to learning from their DOUBLE TROUBLE: Three tions is $10-$15. PHOTO BY SUZANNE FOGARTY life experiences, she says it brings more peo- teams of two improvisers 380-0456 ple into the world of dance. apiece will entertain at 8 TANGO BY BAY: No dance “Doubles Improv” at 8pm WHAT HAPPENS when you put a 93-year-old woman and a After doing the “Parent Project” last year, experience is necessary to and 10pm at the Upfront 10-year-old boy in the same room and ask them to talk to each other? Kuntz says she was anxious to glean more take part in “Tango by the Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Ad- Choreographer Pam Kuntz did just that, and she thought they’d find a material from different segments of the pop- Bay” from 8-11pm at the

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VIEWS VIEWS versations,” which features the aforementioned in the middle” were the ones messing ev- duo—as well as a number of other intergen- erything up. After an initial hunt in local JAN. 11-12 SCANDINAVIAN DANCE: A monthly Scandina- 4 AUDITIONS: Stone Town erational community members and three pro- retirement centers and an email shout-out, vian Dance happens from fessional dancers—finding new ways to inter- she came up with the community cast, only Theatre Works, a new Bell-

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3 Dansen and the North Star about. It was hard to find the common ground ence. interpretations of classical Fiddlers will provide live and the initial ‘how are they going to talk to “One of the requirements was that they’d works, will hold auditions DO IT IT DO SEE IT music. Entry is $8. each other?’ That was an interesting surprise.” be performing live, and they would need to for Shakespeare’s King Lear WHAT: Conversa- TAYOLSON@EARTHLINK. at 6pm at the Bellingham After moving past the age divide, Kuntz says tions move, even if it was in their chair or their NET

09 09 Theatre Guild, 1600 H St. the pairings of young and old—the perform- WHEN: 7:30pm Jan. walker or whatever,” Kuntz says. With the 715-3364 OR DRUMMOND_ .07. ers range in age from 8 to 93—began to come 9-10, 16-17, 23-24 help of the professional dancers—who make TUES., JAN. 13 01 WHERE: Firehouse [email protected] MOVIN’ OUT: The talents together, with their different personalities in- appearances throughout the show—they Performing Arts SUN., JAN. 4 of musician Billy Joel

.04 forming what the dances would look like. For Center, 1314 Harris were all willing to hand themselves fully over and choreographer Twyla COMEDY NIGHT: A weekly 01

# example, Kai Steele is a beat boxer and hip-hop Ave. to the creative process. Tharp will be highlighted “Comedy Night” happens COST: $12. Tickets when the touring version dancer, and he was paired with Marion South- The end result? “It’s funny, and it’s mov- at 8pm every Sunday at the available at Village of their rock ballet, Mov- cott, who’s in a barbershop women’s group. ing,” Kuntz says. “It’s incredibly beautiful Fairhaven Pub & Martini Books and at the in’ Out, takes the stage Bar, 1114 Harris Ave. When they started rehearsals, he was jumping door to see a 93-year-old and 10-year old dance at 7:30pm at the Mount FAIRHAVENPUB.COM all over her, while she wasn’t afraid to stand on INFO: firehouseper- together. To see them hold hands and walk Baker Theatre, 104 N. the chairs. Their piece, Kuntz says, incorporates formingartscenter. across the room is beautiful—and they’re Commercial St. Tickets are the physical and vocal nature of their playful com doing that on the stage, under lights, for 10 $20-$55.

CASCADIA WEEKLY DANCE interactions. Other vignettes incorporate poetry, Native American minutes at a time. These people have been 734-6080 OR WED., JAN. 7 MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM 14 storytelling and various forms of movement and dialogue. willing to let all of us in the middle remember “We see and hear six different conversations between older and the joy and freedom and generosity of youth, BALLROOM DANCE: Sen- younger,” Kuntz explains. “But ‘conversations’ is a loose word when and to be patient with what’s ahead.” doit

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EVENTS Acrylic and metal leaf works SAT., JAN. 10 by Bellingham artist Karma 26 HORSE ART: Catherine Stephens will be on dis- FOOD Sarett will share horse art play through Feb. 1 at the visual and tell equine tales at 1pm Chuckanut Brewery, 601 W.

GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES at the Everson Library, 104 Holly St. 22 Kirsh Dr. The event is free 752-3377 and open to all. FERNDALE LIBRARY: Hand- 966-5100 made works from Whatcom

MONA: An opening recep- County artisans will be on CLASSIFIEDS tion for “Graceful Exuber- display as part of the “Pot- ance,” a retrospective of pourri of Quilts” Jan. 13- works by artist Manfred 31 at the Ferndale Library, 20 Although the Blue Horse is officially Lindenberger, happens 2222 Main St. for sale, Marlow says patrons and artists from 2-5pm at La Conner’s 384-3647 FILM shouldn’t worry that a “closed for busi- Museum of Northwest Art, LUCIA DOUGLAS: “Clay 121 S. First St. Glass artist ness” sign will darken the gallery’s doors Today: A Group Show with 16 Kait Rhoads’ “As Below, So Ten Ceramic Artists” is on if nobody steps up to the plate right off Above” will also be up. display through Jan. 25 at MUSIC the bat. A year of exhibits is already MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG the Lucia Douglas Gallery, scheduled, and, even if it sells, Marlow 1415 13th St. WED., JAN. 14 LUCIADOUGLAS.COM 15 15 hopes to still be involved in some way. STEREOTYPES: A recep- MINDPORT: “Escape Routes: ART ART For those considering what it takes tion for “Race, Lies and Ste- ART Mapping Many Worlds” is to run a gallery, Marlow—who’s man- reotypes: Posters on Racism currently on display at Mind- and Anti-Semitism” happens aged to mix edgy exhibits alongside port Exhibits, 210 W. Holly from 4-6pm at WWU’s Viking 14 more accessible art—has some advice. St. Admission is $2. Union Gallery, room 507. He suggests finding good, salable art MINDPORT.ORG 650-6534 STAGE MCCOOL GALLERY: View while also pushing the envelope a little CREATIVE FIRE: Jane raku jars, kimono tiles and (which he’s done with shows like the po- Goldberg of the Expressive

more at an exhibit featuring 13 litically minded “Ship of Fools” exhibit, Arts Training Institute will works by ceramic artist Mar- lead an introductory work- among others). guerite Goff currently on shop focusing on “Gifts

“NEAR PIENZA” BY LAURIE POTTER, “Frankly, the biggest challenge has display at the McCool Gal- GET OUT from the Creative Fire” from SECOND PLACE WINNER OF LAST lery, 711 Commercial Ave., always been money,” Marlow says. “This 6:30-9:30pm at the Center YEAR’S “PUBLIC HANGING” Anacortes. community is very supportive but it is a for Expressive Arts, 1317 MCCOOLART.COM 12 constant gamble on what will sell and Commercial St. Cost is $49. what won’t. EXPRESSIVEARTSTRAINING. PAPERDOLL: “Loose Ends,” COM a collection of original WORDS “The greatest reward is having a cre- works by Erin Clancy, is on QUILT OPENING: “Ralli ative life and nearly free rein to dream display at the downtown Quilts: Textiles from Pakistan BY AMY KEPFERLE up ideas and bring them to the com- Paperdoll, 312 W. Champion and India” and the multi- 8 St. munity. The support and appreciation artist exhibit, “All Things 738-3655 of the artists and public has made me Not Quilted,” opens today at feel like a member of a very large and the La Conner Quilt & Textile SEASIDE GALLERY: “Win- ter Into Spring,” featuring CURRENTS Public Hanging loving family.” Museum, 703 S. Second St. An opening reception with art by Mark Bistranin, Jack

“Public Hanging,” which will open this 6 NO NOOSES REQUIRED the artists happens Jan. Dorsey, Shelly Saville, Mark Friday, is a good example of how Marlow 17, and the show will be up Conley, and others shows through March 29. through March 9 at La Con- and company keep expanding their artis- VIEWS ago, Wade Marlow got a phone tic entourage. With work submitted by (360) 466-4288 OR ner’s Seaside Gallery, 112 NOT LONG Morris St.

LACONNERQUILTS.COM 4 call from a business broker who asked him if he’d everyone from just-starting-out artists to LACONNERSEASIDEGALLERY. ONGOING EXHIBITS be willing to sell the Blue Horse Gallery if the those who’ve gained some recognition for COM ALLIED ARTS: View “Tres- MAIL price was right. Marlow didn’t like the fella’s terse their work, the non-juried show is open passing” through Jan. 31 at SMITH AND VALLEE: “Objec- approach, but the query got him thinking about to anyone who wants to submit (other Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall tification” is on display from 3 what it would be like to live without running the than creative types already represented Ave. 11am-5pm every Fri.-Sun. at DO IT IT DO space on a daily basis. by the Blue Horse). Those who check out ALLIEDARTS.ORG Edison’s Smith and Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. SEE IT ARTWOOD: Small tables “After nearly 30 years I asked myself if there WHAT: Public Hanging the exhibit can vote on their favorites, The fine art exhibit features

of all sizes—and featuring 09 were some things that I would like to do that I 2009 and at the end of the month, winners will works by more than 15 ac- a variety of woods—can be have been unable to do because of the many hours WHEN: Opening recep- be chosen. First place gets $500 and their claimed Northwest artists in .07. perused through January at 01 tion 6-9pm Fri., Jan. a variety of mediums. the gallery requires,” Marlow, 59, says. “Then I own show in August, second place walks Artwood Gallery, 1000 Har- 9. On display through SMITHVALLEEGALLERY.COM ris Ave. took an inventory: 30 years standing on the same home with $300 and third gets $200. .04 Jan. 30 VIKING UNION: “Death of 647-1628 01 concrete floor has taken a toll on my feet, hips “Since artists send in friends and rel- # WHERE: Blue Horse the Polaroid” shows through BAGELRY: Paintings by and back. Seeing how fast the last 10 years flew Gallery, 301 W. Holly atives to vote for them it makes a nor- Jan. 9 at WWU’s Viking Gal- Kelcey Bates can be viewed by, I wondered what shape I’ll be in.“ St. mally quiet month a very busy month,” lery, room 507. Entry is free through January at the Standing isn’t all Marlow’s been doing at the COST: Marlow notes. “The higher concentra- 650-6534 INFO: 671-2305 or Bagelry, 1319 Railroad Ave. tion of emerging artists at modest pric- WHATCOM MUSEUM: Blue Horse for the last three decades. He es- bluehorsegallery.com 734-8663 “World of the Shipwright” timates that the large downtown Bellingham es also is good for sales.” BELLINGHAM RAILWAY and “Trespassing” are cur- space—which he purchased with wife and co- If you’re the future owner of the Blue MUSEUM: The museum is

rently on display at the CASCADIA WEEKLY open to the public from owner Tonie in 1980—has put on well over 300 exhibits and worked Horse Gallery, take note of this informa- Whatcom Museum, 121 noon-5pm Tues. and Thurs.- with nearly 3,000 local and regional artists in that time. Add in the tion. If you’re Wade Marlow, enjoy your Prospect St. Sat. at 1320 Commercial St. 15 WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG framing business, art appraisals, hours spent hanging and taking down job a little longer, but take some time to 393-7540 shows and intercontinental tours and the years add up. rest those tired dogs. Rumor Has It

OK, I JUST have to ask: Am I the only person 26 who didn’t know erstwhile Bellinghamster Ben

FOOD Gibbard and Hollywood hip girl Zooey Deschanel were dating? Because I didn’t. Not, at least, un-

22 22 music til I heard the Death Cab for Cutie frontman PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT and the actress/musician were engaged. This, of course, begs another question: As husband and wife, will the couple then harness the high- CLASSIFIEDS est concentration of indie cred known to man? And will Gibbard start to pen exclusively upbeat

20 20 songs as a happily married man? One thing I do know is a million geeky boys in Death Cab T- FILM FILM shirts are sitting in their bedrooms, strumming musicPREVIEW their guitars and crafting their painfully sensi- 16 16 16 tive lyrics with new hope in their hearts right thriving arts community. So then, what’s now. Way to win one and get the girl for geeks MUSIC MUSIC the problem? everywhere, Gibbard. I guess being a musical Plainly speaking, it’s too damn cold in genius wasn’t enough for you. Some people just

15 there. Many of Jinx’s 7,200 square feet are have to have everything.

ART ART located in its cavernous, unheated base- In other, slightly more pertinent, news, the ment. Needless to say, the temperature is Nightlight will be open for another one-off not conducive to maximum creative out- show, this one featuring the hip-hop talents 14 put. Pretty much the only thing it is con- of E-40, Cool Nutz, and the Productionists. ducive to is shivering. The show is brought to you, once again, by the STAGE STAGE This does not sit well with the artists lovely folks at Conquest, takes place Jan. 9 who do their work there, and it certainly and is all ages. Tick- 13 does not sit well with Schutte. She says ets can be had forr a good portion of the problem can be $25 at Conquest’s

GET OUT alleviated through the purchase of a Myspace page and couple of heavy-duty space heaters—the Locust on Holly only catch being said space heaters run Street. Which brings

12 about $500. Each. me to my obligatory This is where you come in. Because what statement aboutt

WORDS Jinx aims to do is get you to help pay for when the Nightlightt their fancy heaters by might be opening bribing you with great on a slightly more 8 bands and a good time. permanent, alcohol- And that good time endowed basis, and has a name, HeaterFest the status, I be- BY CAREY ROSS CURRENTS CURRENTS 2000, and the bands on lieve, is still set to GO SLOWPOKE

6 the lineup include Go “soon.” The Nightlight’s website tells me they Slowpoke, Biagio and returned Oct. 29 of last year, so maybe they’ve PHOTO BY HOLLIE HUTHMAN

VIEWS VIEWS Anna (Biondolillo and been open this whole time and I just didn’t HEAR Arvan, respectively, know it. After all, that Ben and Zooey thing WHAT: HeaterFest 4 2000 feat. Go both of All Creatures of got by me. At this point, I guess anything’s BY CAREY ROSS Slowpoke, DJ Good Heart), and Lone possible. MAIL MAIL Abby NormL, Bird, which is what Brandi Carlile is coming back to Bellingham,

Biagio and Anna, 3 Andy Piper does when more specifically to the Mount Baker Theatre. Lone Bird he’s not fronting Sugar Carlile will not actually take the stage until Feb.

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HeaterFest 2000 Jan. 9 Sugar Sugar. DJ Abby 6, but tickets for the show go on sale this Sat., WHERE: Jinx Art NormL will provide the Jan. 10. If this show is like her past Bellingham 09 09 BABY, IT’S COLD INSIDE Space, 306 Flora soundtrack for the dance outings, tickets will go fast, so if you’re a fan of .07. St. party (did I mention the talented singer/songwriter, get yours soon. 01 as arts organizations in Bellingham go, it’s pretty tough MORE INFO: the basement makes for Also on the radar, since we’re talking about AS FAR jinxartspace.com

.04 to find one that functions better than Jinx Art Space. Located down- a perfect dance floor?) upcoming events, is the supersized What’s Up! 01

# town, on Flora Street, it is home to an impressively diverse collec- and Kat Houseman will bust out a vari- Awards show(s). This year, along with the awards tion of local artists and musicians who rent the studio spaces and ety of belly-dancing moves for those in- show proper, the annual awards chaos also con- show their work in the gallery there. teresting in both watching and learning. tains an all-ages component, in the form of a Presiding over the space that houses all this artistic output are This heat-seeking fundraiser kicks off at Jan. 30 pre-show at the WhAAM space featuring Django Bohren and Michelle Schutte. And it is largely due to the nur- 7pm Fri., Jan. 9, and as with all events at the talents of Idiot Pilot, the Russians, Con- turing ministrations of Schutte—former owner of the Hand to Mouth the space, the lion’s share of Jinx artists necticut Four, and others. The next night, Jan. Gallery and the Clinic—that Jinx truly thrives. Aside from performing will be on hand, so if you’d like to take 31, at the Wild Buffalo is when the awards will CASCADIA WEEKLY the standard-issue duties that go along with running a multifunc- a closer look at any of the artwork, odds be doled out, and Lucky Brown, Sugar Sugar

16 tional arts space, Schutte is very much Jinx’s den mother, seeing to it are good you can get a guided tour—just Sugar, the Rooftops, and a bunch more bands that everyone is happy and—no joke—well fed. don’t forget to don your mittens before will provide the musical entertainment. More In short, Jinx is a thriving arts concern in a town that prizes its heading into the basement. details to come. musicPREVIEW

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12 AT THIS point in his career, when Clint Eastwood stars in and directs a film, all bets are off. Things

WORDS that would be old-school and sentimental in other hands morph into something different when he is in- volved. If Tina Turner’s motto is that she doesn’t do 8 anything nice and easy, Eastwood’s would be that the ordinary is just not his style. Which brings us to Gran Torino, Eastwood’s second CURRENTS CURRENTS directing project this fall, his first work as an actor

6 since 2004’s Million Dollar Baby and a film that would be less interesting if he were not involved.

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4 recting style and acting presence, turned Gran To- rino into another in his ongoing series of films that MAIL MAIL ponder violence, its place and its cost. It combines

3 sentiment and shootouts, the serious and the studio, Hmong immigrants, refugees from Southeast Asia plight of Thao (Bee Vang), the fatherless teenage in a way that has become distinctly Eastwood’s own. and especially Vietnam, where the Hmong helped boy next door who is being pressured to join a local DO IT IT DO It is also a film that is impossible to imagine American troops during the war, have moved in ev- Hmong gang and foolishly attempts to steal Kowal- without the actor in the title role. The notion of a erywhere, even next door. ski’s prize Ford Gran Torino. Kowalski also likes the 09 09 78-year-old action hero may sound like a contradic- An equal-opportunity bigot whose R-rated lan- sassiness of Thao’s slightly older sister Sue, played .07. tion in terms, but Eastwood brings it off, even if his guage (“fishheads” is about the only printable epi- by Ahney Her, an actress who like the rest of the 01 toughness is as much verbal as physical. Even at 78, thet he uses) flays all immigrant groups equally, neighbors is a member of the Hmong community.

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# acing as “Make my day,” and when he says, “I blow memories of experiences in the Korean War he is feel familiar and create concern that this is all there a hole in your face and sleep like a baby,” he sounds doing his best to repress. is to the film. It is familiar, but only to a point. as if he means it. This role may sound like standard Archie Bunker, Suddenly, that point is past and much more serious Eastwood plays retired worker Walt Kowalski, a but it is hard to resist when Eastwood, an actor questions come up, questions of responsibility, of man with a formidable scowl and the temperament with presence to burn and who snarls dialogue like vengeance, of the efficacy of blood for blood. to go with it. Kowalski is Mr. Fed Up, someone with a cornered wolf, takes it on. Perhaps the best thing These questions seem to take Kowalski himself a bad word for everyone, whether it be feckless sons, about Schenk’s script is that it enticed Eastwood by surprise. It’s almost as if Clint Eastwood all at CASCADIA WEEKLY pierced grandchildren or priests he considers to be to end his self-imposed acting hiatus and bring his once finds himself in a different movie than either

20 too young to pry into his life. one-of-a-kind aura back to the screen. he, or us, really expected. But if the last few years Newly widowed, Kowalski is especially upset with Classically against his will, Kowalski is drawn have proved anything, it’s that anywhere Eastwood changes going on in his Detroit neighborhood. into the life of the neighborhood, specifically the is, movie audiences are wise to follow. film REVIEW

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