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30 A brief overview of this Invincible Ones: 2pm and 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU My Circus Valentine: 6pm and 9pm, Cirque Lab
FOOD week’s happenings Circle Mirror Transformation: 7:30pm, Sylvia THISWEEK Center The Comic Strippers: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre,
24 Mount Vernon Enchanted April: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre
B-BOARD Cupid’s Arrow: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Backyard Brawl: 10pm, Upfront Theatre
22 DANCE Highland Dancing Competition: 9am-5pm, What-
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MUSIC 18 Mock and Maher: 7:30pm, Fairhaven Library
MUSIC WORDS Correspondence Club: 10:30am-12:30pm, Mindport
16 Exhibits Christopher Loperfido: 4pm, Village Books ART COMMUNITY
15 Tax Help: 12:30-4:30pm, First Congregational Church STAGE GET OUT Fragrance Lake Half Marathon: 8:30am, Larrabee
14 State Park Orchid Society Show: 9am-5pm, Skagit Valley Gardens GET OUT FOOD Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, Ferndale Senior Center
12 The Sky Colony will join regional favorites Polecat and Winter Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market
WORDS Scarlet Locomotive for a WinterStock show Fri., Feb. 16 SUNDAY [02.18.18] ONSTAGE
8 at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre A Murder is Announced: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden My Circus Valentine: 4pm, Cirque Lab
CURRENTS Jo Koy: 6pm, Mount Baker Theatre WEDNESDAY [02.14.18] Take Me to Church: 8pm, Rumors Cabaret 6 ONSTAGE The Mt. Baker MUSIC
VIEWS My Circus Valentine: 6pm and 9pm, Cirque Lab Orchid Society Jim Malcolm: 2pm, Nancy’s Farm Invincible Ones: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU Mock and Maher: 3pm, Deming Library
4 Cupid’s Arrow: 8pm, Upfront Theatre will host its annual show Tracy Spring: 4pm, Firehouse PAC and sale Feb. 17-18 at MAIL DANCE WORDS A Valentine’s Cabaret: 7pm, Underground Nightclub Skagit Valley Gardens Shirley Melis: 4pm, Village Books
2 2 MUSIC GET OUT DO IT DO IT Taylor Zickefoose Quartet: 7pm, Sylvia Center for Rabbit Ride: 8:30am, Fairhaven Bicycle the Arts Orchid Society Show: 9am-4pm, Skagit Valley Gardens Valentine’s Day Baroque: 7:30pm, the Majestic My Circus Valentine: 8pm, Cirque Lab MUSIC Backyard Brawl: 10pm, Upfront Theatre FOOD Jazz Jam: 5:30-8:30pm, Illuminati Brewing Community Breakfast: 8-11am, American Legion 02.14.18 GET OUT Group Run: 6pm, Skagit Running Company, Mount A Night with Janis Joplin: 7:30pm, Mount Baker MUSIC Post #43, Sedro-Woolley Vernon Theatre WinterStock: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount .13 Vernon 07 MONDAY [02.19.18] # THURSDAY [02.15.18] FILM Human Rights Film Festival: Through Feb. 24, WORDS FOOD ONSTAGE throughout Bellingham Family Story Night: 7pm, Fairhaven Library Bite of Blaine: 6-8pm, Semiahmoo Resort Vaudevillingham: 7pm and 9pm, Cirque Lab Invincible Ones: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU FRIDAY [02.16.18] GET OUT TUESDAY [02.20.18] A Murder is Announced: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Wild Things: 9:30-11am, Interurban Trail Theatre, Lynden ONSTAGE ONSTAGE Enchanted April: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Invincible Ones: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU FOOD Comedy Open Mic: 7:30pm, the Shakedown CASCADIA WEEKLY Theatre Circle Mirror Transformation: 7:30pm, Sylvia Coffee Tasting: 3pm, Camber Cafe Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Center Food Not Bombs: 4-6pm, downtown Bellingham 2 MUSIC The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre A Murder is Announced: 7:30pm, Claire vg Jazz Soiree: 7-9pm, Pegasus Gallery Thomas Theatre, Lynden SATURDAY [02.17.18] DANCE Enchanted April: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community FOOD Balkan Folk Dance: 7-9:30pm, Fairhaven Library Theatre ONSTAGE Farm-to-Table Trade Meeting: 8:30am-5pm, Bell- A Valentine’s Cabaret: 7pm, Underground Nightclub Cupid’s Arrow: 8pm, Upfront Theatre A Murder is Announced: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas ingham Technical College
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minder of how important the little wild whole food, plant-based dishes are not 30 areas are to our city. They are habitat for only the best thing for your body, it’s the our animal and plant neighbors. best for our planet. FOOD Humans need our wild kin and wild —Brad Johnson, Bellingham spaces in order to be sane. Urban habitat 24 is essential. A GATHERING STORM As our city grows, we must gain rapid A constitutional crisis is looming. Get wisdom about how to protect and cre- ready! B-BOARD ate wild habitat. We need to consider Special Counsel Robert Mueller is nar-
laws that slow development to take this rowing in on Donald Trump, Trump’s as- 22 into account. Regulations could be put sociates, and Trump’s family members. PEP PER FILM in place against taking the larger trees, The tipping point will be if Trump further there can be economic incentives to build obstructs justice by firing Mueller or if
with natural areas rather than bulldozing Trump issues blanket pardons to protect 18 them wholesale before construction. (and silence) incriminating witnesses— SISTERS We could regulate ADUs and any new de- or pardons himself. MUSIC velopment by including mitigations of cre- Not since Nixon and Watergate has a COOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX SINCE 1988 ating new habitat; rooftop gardens, water president acted with the belief that he 16 Open Nightly Except Monday 1055 N State St B’ham 671-3414 habitat features, replacing lawns with di- was above the law. ART verse polycultures, vertical gardening, cre- Nixon famously said that if the presi-
ating backyard habitats, etc. We can use dent did it, it wasn’t illegal. Shortly after 15 more food producing and native plants in that Nixon’s exit from office was prompt-
our public landscaping. We can plan wild- ed, not by legal proceedings, but by po- STAGE life corridors and nesting places. We must litical pressure. Congress finally said, protect our wild areas, our creeks and wet- “Enough is enough.” And rather than face 14 lands, expand our parks, and educate and the prospect of impeachment, Nixon quit. regulate ourselves. Should Trump carry out his own “Sat- SALE!
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tradict the truth about the nutritional the attention, but his ego is not our con- 07 dangers of their products, they are the cern. Political pressure on Congress is. # single greatest source of greenhouse gas- To that end, there is currently work in es in the country. Let’s also not forget progress by Moveon.org to coordinate an the destruction of our freshwater systems initial rapid response. “Nobody is above from runoff. the law” rallies are being planned for BELLINGHAM’S PREMIER SEAFOOD RESTAURANT Sadly, as taxpayers we are already cities across the country—including lo- subsidizing the corporations buy paying cal ones in Bellingham, Mt. Vernon, and CASCADIA WEEKLY industrial farmers to grow GMO crops to Anacortes. The website www.trumpisnot 5 feed these animals right up until they are abovethelaw.org contains details on unethically slaughtered (certainly some- where and how to participate. 1145 NORTH STATE STREET one on your staff has seen the documen- It’s not too late. It’s still your country. IN THE HISTORIC HERALD BUILDING taries What the Health, Forks Over Knives, Be ready to take it back. 360.746.6130 and many others) that expose the deep —Jim Trowbridge, Bellingham DINNER Tuesday - Sunday 3 - 11 BRUNCH Saturday - Sunday 10 - 2 THE GRISTLE POWER PLAY: The Trump administration’s war against
30 renewable power escalated this week with a proposal to sell off the transmission assets of Bonneville Pow- FOOD er Administration, the great engine of hydroelectric power to the Pacific Northwest and—notably—What- views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE com County heavy industry. 24 The proposal is part of a promised infrastructure initiative that attempts to goad state and local gov- B-BOARD ernments and private industry to spend more on proj- ects without major new federal investments. In do-
22 ing so, the plan proposes to privatize or otherwise BY ALAN RHODES dispose of a broad array of government assets, from
FILM airports to highways to power grids. Without the tinkering of a succession of Republi-
18 can administrations that have sought to overextend Egregious Linguistic Offenses BPA contracts or part out its assets to investor-owned
MUSIC utilities, BPA is self-funding and covers its costs by WORDS THAT MAKE MR. CRANKY CRANKIER selling products and services. The bulk of BPA rev-
16 enues come from the sale of 22 gigawatts of power POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW York over the little cardboard x-ray doo-
ART from 31 federal hydropower plants to 142 electric is of crucial importance to the pres- dad perfectly. I opened wide per- utilities throughout the Northwest. These utilities in- ervation of civilization. This is, of fectly. When I raised my tongue
15 clude Whatcom County Public Utility District #1 and course, because Poughkeepsie is to the roof of my mouth as I was its customer base. the home of Marist College, which instructed, that too was perfect. I
STAGE Altogether, the BPA provides about 28 percent of pow- every December publishes the re- thought this might be more praise er used in the Northwest. It also operates and maintains sults of a poll that determines the than I rightfully deserved. It would about 75 percent of the high-voltage transmission in its most annoying word of the year. be, after all, pretty hard to misman- 14 service territory, which includes Idaho, Oregon, Wash- The 2017 winner, for the ninth year in which there is scant likelihood of age the raising your tongue. I sup- ington, and parts of all the western states. in a row, was “whatever.” This is the any problem arising. Recently at a pose that if I had stuck my tongue
GET OUT The Trump proposal to sell these assets was blasted “whatever” muttered dismissively downtown espresso bar I ordered a in my cheek, that would not have by Northwest senators in the nation’s capital. by a sullen co-worker after you’ve Grande Americano. been perfect, or if I used my tongue
12 “Selling off BPA’s transmission system and abandon- offered a correct substitution for “No problem,” the perky barista to tie a knot in a maraschino cherry ing cost-based rates would raise electricity rates and his latest bit of misinformation. It’s assured me. stem that, too, would fall short. throw sand in the gears of the Northwest economy,” U.S. the same “whatever” that is sighed This was my third or fourth “no This was one case, however, in WORDS Senator Maria Cantwell warned. “Northwest consumers with hyperbolic exasperation by an problem” of the day and it was still which I did not verbally engage the
8 already cover the full costs, with interest, of building insufferable, eye-rolling teenager early. I’m afraid that I snapped. other person. As pleasant as she and operating our region’s hydropower system,” said the who’s just been told she must clean “Really?” I enquired. “Thank God! I was, she still had easy access to ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Re- her room before going to the mall. would have thought that ordering various sinister looking little metal
CURRENTS sources Committee and Washington Democrat. Having considerable fondness and an Americano in an espresso bar probes that she could stab into my Cantwell pledged to work with her Northwest con- respect for the English tongue, I’ve would be a nearly insurmountable gums. I choose my battles wisely. 6 6 gressional colleagues to head off this challenge. long been attuned to lexical out- problem, a crisis that would have It’s impressive how many words “Our investment shouldn’t be put up for sale to free rages. For a time I was reduced to thrown this place into disarray and phrases are flying around out VIEWS VIEWS up money for runaway military spending or tax cuts hand-wringing despair by the over- as panicked employees frantically there that are either inherently an-
4 for billionaires,” Oregon Senator Ron Wyden stormed. use of “awesome.” Everything was consulted their phones to find out noying or have become so through “I fought off efforts to privatize Bonneville a decade awesome. I finally had to start re- what this arcane beverage might overuse, such words as tweet, food- MAIL ago and I’ll do everything in my power to stop this sponding. One morning while I was possibly be.” ie, just sayin’, market solutions, at
2 misguided scheme.” having breakfast at Diamond Jim’s, She looked at me blankly for a the end of the day, Kardashian, went A decade ago the Bush administration sought to the twenty-something guy sit- moment, then shrugged and said, viral, bucket list, parenting, gifting,
DO IT require BPA to sell power at market rates, instead of ting next to me at the counter ex- “Whatever.” journaling, hashtag, lifestyle, it is based on the cost to produce the power. That unreal- claimed, “Man, these pancakes are Yet another source of annoyance what it is, war on Christmas, it’s all ized plan was widely seen by critics as a step toward awesome!” I, too, am extravagantly is the currently voguish overuse of good, endangered white male, col- privatization. But unrealized or not, the administrative fond of Diamond Jim’s pancakes, “perfect.” This is also a favorite of lateral damage, job creators, arti- 02.14.18 changes destablized BPA—and with it, the balance but this was not the issue at hand. waitpersons. When I am informed san, hand-crafted, death tax, a-list, sheets of a score of Northwest industrial employers. Remediation was required. “No,” I that my choice of balsamic vinai- mani-pedi, trigger warning, safe .13
07 “Our public power customers have made it clear replied. “They are not. Machu Pic- grette salad dressing is perfect, I space, play date, National Rifle As- # that BPA’s pattern of rate increases since 2008 is un- chu is awesome. Wagner’s Ring Cycle will typically respond by stating that sociation, voter fraud, shopaholic, sustainable,” agency officials admitted in a strate- is awesome. The great Serengeti I’m overjoyed that I picked the per- and Doug Ericksen. I could keep gic plan for reorganization released earlier this year. animal migration is awesome. These fect dressing and will then go on to going but there are only so many “They are also facing competitive pressures and are pancakes are merely delicious.” The enquire as to which particular imper- offensive words that one can suf- prepared to look for alternative suppliers when it bemused fellow seemed disinclined fections are to be found within the fer through in a single sitting. Be- comes time to renegotiate long-term power contracts to engage me in further exploration honey mustard or Italian dressings. sides, I’m almost out of space. As
CASCADIA WEEKLY in just a few years.” of the topic. “Perfect” is not limited to the a matter of fact, since I’m allowed Powered by the Columbia River network, BPA remains I am also irritated by the use of “no restaurant milieu. When I was hav- a maximum of 750 words for a col- 6 a centerpiece of the Northwest’s energy industry and problem” as the standard response to ing a dental checkup recently the umn, when I finish this sentence if economy, historically the low-cost provider of electric- every request made of clerks and wa- hygienist found that everything I I add just one more word I’ll be at ity. But it has been struggling to maintain competi- itpersons, usually in circumstances did was perfect. I closed my mouth exactly 750. Perfect! tiveness amid fast-changing markets and technology. Because the BPA’s profile is predominantly hydropower, VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE the agency is also heavily reliant on the A BETTER WAY TO
amount and timing of precipitation in 30 the Columbia watershed. The agency was punched hard by the PLAY FOOD previous Republican administration, EVERY which arbitrarily increased BPA’s cus- ! 24 tomer base and destabilized sweetheart DAY ATNORTHWOOD power rates to heavy industries like the Alcoa Intalco aluminum smelter. B-BOARD In more recent years, lower natural
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capital costs to maintain and mod- ART ernize aging dams and transmission On Sunday, February 18!
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BELLINGHAM events is set off by government to sup- press the findings. Tracking viruses, Mor- ton moves from courtrooms, into British Columbia’s most remote rivers, Vancouver
30 grocery stores and sushi restaurants. The film documents Morton’s journey as she FOOD attempts to overcome government and in- currents dustry roadblocks thrown in her path and NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX works to bring critical information to the 24 public in time to save BC’s wild salmon. 2PM • WHATCOM MUSEUM ROTUNDA
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22 THURS., FEB. 15 SANDS OF SILENCE: A personal documen- ALL GOVERNMENTS LIE: With government tary about a journalist who, inspired by
FILM deception rampant, and intrusion of state the transformation of the sex-trafficking surveillance into private life never more egre- survivors whose lives she is document-
18 gious, independent voices like Glenn Green- ing, finds the courage to break the si- wald, Jeremy Scahill, and Amy Goodman are lence about sexual abuse in her own life.
MUSIC crucially important. All three are inspired by Filmmaker Chelo Alvarez-Stehle’s message the iconoclastic rebel journalist named I. F. is clear: it’s important to be vocal about
16 Stone, whose fearless, independent report- personal trauma. 7PM • FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE AUDITORIUM (USA- ART ing inspired generations of journalists. 7PM • PICKFORD FILM CENTER (CANADA/2016/92MIN) SPAIN/2016/86MIN) 15 FRI., FEB. 16 SUN., FEB. 18
STAGE CARE: Pulls back the curtain on the poi- THE BAIL TRAP: The money bail system gnant and largely hidden world of in-home is a form of ransom, and one of the main elder care. Beautifully shot and deeply feeders of mass incarceration. The reali- 14 moving, the film reveals the deep bonds ty is that 70 percent of people in jail are that form between paid care workers and there for one reason: living in poverty.
GET OUT elders while exposing the cracks in how the Low-income Americans are sitting in jails United States treats the elderly. for days, months, and even years simply 1:30PM • BELLINGHAM TECHNICAL COLLEGE 12 because they can’t afford to pay high bail (USA/2017/64MIN) amounts. All the while, private companies Introduction by Darrell Hillaire, Lummi Nation. are profiting in the billions each year. WORDS [photo caption: Filmmaker Twyla Roscovich] 100 YEARS: ONE WOMAN’S FIGHT FOR JUS- 1PM • FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE AUDITORIUM (USA/2017/34MIN) 8 TICE: When Elouise Cobell, a petite Blackfeet warrior from Montana, started asking ques- tions about missing money from government CLOSE IMMIGRANT PRISONS: Each year, CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 managed Indian Trust accounts, she never the U.S. government locks up roughly imagined that one day she would be taking 440,000 immigrants in more than 200 im- 6 ELOUISE COBELL on the world’s most powerful government. migrant prisons. These prisons have grown This is the story of her 30-year fight for jus- into a highly privatized, lucrative and VIEWS tice for 300,000 Native Americans whose abusive industry that profits off misery.
4 mineral rich lands were grossly mismanaged This film, created in partnership with ad- BY TIM JOHNSON by the United States government. vocates for detainee rights, shines a light MAIL 7PM • FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE AUDITORIUM on a particularly dark corner of the Amer-
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2 ican justice system. 2PM • FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE AUDITORIUM
DO IT SAT., FEB. 17 (USA/2017/15MIN) When Worlds NOWHERE TO HIDE: This film follows male nurse Nori Sharif through five years of THE RETURN: In 2012, California amended dramatic change, providing unique access its “Three Strikes” law—one of the harsh- 02.14.18 into one of the world’s most dangerous est criminal sentencing policies in the and inaccessible areas—the “triangle of country. Within days, the reintegration of .13
07 death” in central Iraq. Nori’s narrative thousands of “lifers” was underway. This # COLLIDE represents persistence, hope and faith in film examines this unprecedented prison 18TH ANNUAL BELLINGHAM HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL a world torn by war. Sponsored by Veter- reform through the eyes of those on the NOW IN its 18th year, the Bellingham Human Rights Film ans for Peace, Chapter 111 and Whatcom front lines—prisoners suddenly freed, Peace and Justice Center. 3PM • FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE AUDITORIUM Festival offers 25 films on timely topics, including envi- 12PM • PICKFORD FILM CENTER (NORWAY- (USA/2016/81MIN) ronmental activism, health care, indigenous rights in the SWEDEN/2016/86MIN) CASCADIA WEEKLY BLACK CODE: Nicholas de Pencier’s grip- Americas, prisons, and women's issues. Many events are SALMON CONFIDENTIAL: What is killing ping film follows “internet sleuths” from 8 facilitated, and in some cases the filmmakers are on hand British Columbia’s wild salmon? When bi- the Toronto-based group Citizen Lab, to discuss their work. ologist Alexandra Morton discovers BC’s who travel the world to expose unprec- wild salmon are testing positive for dan- edented levels of global digital espio- See the complete schedule online at www.bhrff.webs.com/ gerous European salmon viruses associated nage. The film reveals exiled Tibetan with salmon farming worldwide, a chain of monks attempting to circumvent China’s
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surveillance apparatus; Syrian citizens response to human rights abuses at the 16 tortured for Facebook posts; Brazilian Federal Detention Center in Tacoma, ART activists who use social media to lives- Washington. tream police abuses; and Pakistani op- 7:15PM • FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF 15 ponents of online violence campaigns BELLINGHAM (USA/2017/12MIN)
against women. STAGE 7PM • FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE AUDITORIUM CLOSE IMMIGRANT PRISONS (CANADA/2016/89MIN) 7PM • RESECREENS AT FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 14 OF BELLINGHAM PEACE IS AN INSIDE JOB: A convict in the Washington Corrections Center for TUES., FEB. 20 GET OUT Women finds peace through yoga. 100 YEARS: ONE WOMAN'S FIGHT FOR 2:30PM • FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE AUDITORIUM JUSTICE 12 (USA/2017/19MIN) 12PM • RESECREENS AT NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE WORDS MON., FEB. 19 EQUAL MEANS EQUAL: An unflinching
WHAT LIES UPSTREAM: Investigating a look at how women are treated in the 8 JEWELED OBJECTS OF DESIRE 8 massive chemical spill in Charleston, West United States today. Examining both real Virginia that left 300,000 people without life stories and precedent-setting legal from Ordinary to Extraordinary CURRENTS CURRENTS drinking water for months, filmmaker cases, director Kamala Lopez uncov- CURRENTS Cullen Hoback uncovers government and ers how outdated and discriminatory Now showing through May 6, 2018 corporate collusion with frightening na- attitudes inform and influence seem- 6 tionwide public-health implications. ingly disparate issues—from workplace VIEWS 7PM • FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE AUDITORIUM harassment to domestic violence, rape
(USA/2017/89MIN) and sexual assault to the foster care sys- 4 tem, and the healthcare conglomerate to WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE: In this the judicial system. MAIL
tense and immersive tour de force, au- 7PM • FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE AUDITORIUM 2 diences are taken directly into the line (USA/2016/93MIN)
of fire between powerful, opposing Peru- DO IT vian leaders who will stop at nothing to WEDS., FEB. 21 keep their respective goals intact. On the STRAWS: It's estimated every day more one side is President Alan Garcia, who, than 500 million plastic straws are used eager to enter the world stage, begins once and tossed in the United States 02.14.18 aggressively extracting oil, minerals, and alone. Ocean Conservancy ranks straws .13
gas from untouched indigenous Amazo- as among the most found litter item on 07 nian land. He is quickly met with fierce beaches. They're non-recyclable, so they # opposition from indigenous leader Alber- wind up in landfills, litter streets and add to Pizango, whose impassioned speeches to the estimated 8.5 million metric tons against Garcia’s destructive actions prove of plastic debris in oceans annually. a powerful rallying cry to throngs of his 4PM • WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (USA/2017/33MIN) supporters. When Garcia continues to ignore their pleas, a tense war of words BENDING THE ARC: Thirty years ago, as CASCADIA WEEKLY erupts into deadly violence. much of the world was being ravaged by 9 7PM • BELLINGHAM UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP horrific diseases like HIV/AIDS and tu- (USA/2016/103MIN) berculosis, three remarkable young peo- Smithsonian Aliate ple, barely out of their teens—Jim Yong WHATCOM MUSEUM John Sinkankas; Quartz egg with faceted Lightcatcher building HUNGER STRIKES: A CALL TO END corundum. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian’s 250 Flora Street IMMIGRANT DETENTION: Describes the FILM FESTIVAL, CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 National Museum of Natural History. whatcommuseum.org
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GET OUT The state Attorney General files a lawsuit to block the Environmental Pro- tection Agency’s attempt to suspend a 2015 rule that defines what waters
12 qualify for federal Clean Water Act regulation while the Trump Administra- tion attempts to repeal it. The rule helps states like Washington that have waterways impacted by upstream sources in neighboring states. The suit, WORDS
filed with nine other states and the District of Columbia, accuses the EPA GRENIER PAUL BY PHOTO Flooding in Skagit County has been declared an emergency. While the Skagit River crested below flood stage, the Samish River
8 of violating the federal law by arbitrarily suspending the rule after it had already gone into effect. [AGO] and some streams in the area overflowed. The Skagit Valley Herald reports water and debris remain on some roads, causing closures and barriers to traffic. CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 02.08.18 does not account for the costs of Pruitt’s tive, and our state is more than doing its 6 THURSDAY round-the-clock security detail, which fair share,” he said. “The president’s plan, Slamming the risks of Atlantic salmon farming in Washington waters, Gov. Jay have not been disclosed. [Washington Post] unfortunately, abandons the federal gov- VIEWS Inslee endorsed a bill phasing out the industry that later passed the state Sen- ernment’s responsibility. His plan would
4 ate by a wide margin. The legislation, approved on a vote of 35-12, would end The Trump administration would once essentially throw states a few Legos when Atlantic salmon net-pen farming in Washington as existing leases terminate again gut funding for a popular multi-mil- what we really need is concrete and steel. MAIL by 2025. The bill now heads to the House. [Associated Press] lion-dollar federal conservation and out- His $1.5 trillion plan expects state, local
2 door recreation program. The U.S. Land and private partners to pick up more than 02.12.18 and Water Conservation Fund was created in 85 percent of the tab. States cannot and
DO IT 1965 and is funded almost entirely by fees should not bear the burden of building a MONDAY on offshore oil and gas extraction. Up to 21st century infrastructure system on our A small plane goes down in the Chuckanut Mountain area, killing the $900 million per year is used nationwide to own.” [Office of Governor] pilot. The Whatcom County Office reports that air traffic control lost radio protect or purchase public land and water. 02.14.18 contact after the pilot said the single-engine fixed-wing plane was going [National Public Radio] U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell blasts a Trump down. An owner of the plane tells deputies the pilot was flying from Sno- administration plan to sell off the assets .13
07 homish County to Bellingham for maintenance and they believe the pilot was The Interior Department plans to expand of the Bonneville Power Administration, # the only occupant. [KGMI] oil and gas development on public lands the federal agency responsible for Northwest and offshore to pay for the maintenance hydroelectric power. “Selling off BPA’s trans- The White House is seeking to cut more than $2.5 billion from the annual of national parks. In the Pacific Northwest, mission system and abandoning cost-based budget of the Environmental Protection Agency—an overall reduction of more the needs range from washed-out roads and rates would raise electricity rates and throw than 23 percent. The fiscal 2019 proposal marks the Trump administration’s latest trails at Mount Rainier National Park to re- sand in the gears of the Northwest economy,” attempt to shrink the reach of an agency the president once promised to reduce pairing bridges and parking lots at the Olym- the ranking member of the Senate Energy and
CASCADIA WEEKLY to “little tidbits.” The EPA already has lost hundreds of employees to buyouts pic National Park. [National Public Radio] Natural Resources Committee said. “North- and retirements over the past year. Under the latest budget, the agency would west consumers already cover the full costs, 10 continue to shrink in size and ambition. [Washington Post] Governor Jay Inslee sharply criticizes a with interest, of building and operating our Trump administration plan that would region’s hydropower system. The BPA is a Taxpayer-funded travel for EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and his top aides shift infrastructure costs to the states. self-financed administration that markets has cost at least $90,000, according to months of receipts obtained by the Envi- “Meaningfully investing in safe and reli- hydropower generated at federally-owned ronmental Integrity Project under the Freedom of Information Act. That figure able infrastructure is a national impera- dams. [U.S. Senate] ingham Police, but were tying to run FUZZ away again. index
On Feb. 10, two naughty kids pulled a fire BUZZ 30 alarm in Roosevelt neighborhood and ran
away. They were located safe and sound a FOOD WESTERN WANKERS few hours later by Bellingham Police and On Feb. 2, a man was reported mas- booked into juvenile detention. 24 turbating in his car in a parking lot on Western Washington University campus. THE BORROWERS
On Jan. 30, an Anacortes couple heard B-BOARD On Feb. 2, a woman reported a man was their front door open in the early morn-
masturbating as he walked by her on ing and walked into the living room to 22 Forest Street in downtown Bellingham. discover a man standing there. The man
was still on scene when officers arrived FILM On Feb. 3, a man was reported mastur- and attempted to talk to him, but police
bating in the window of a residence on were unable to understand his incoher- 18 Maple Street in downtown Bellingham. ent speech, possibly due to him being
under the influence of a narcotic. Of- MUSIC On Feb. 4, a man was reported mastur- ficer’s inquiries were met with a blank
bating in his car in the parking lot of stare, so they discontinued the conver- 16 the AM-PM on Old Fairhaven Parkway in sation and took him into custody and ART Bellingham. booked the 31-year old in the county jail on a criminal trespass charge. 15 On Feb. 9, a woman on south campus
reported a man was watching her with On Feb. 2, Bellingham Police respond- STAGE his hands down his pants and making ed to the Alabama Hill York’s after an rude gestures. employee reported that an intoxicated
73.1 14 Percent of Western Washington University faculty of color who believe they have to work harder man had tried to get into a vehicle that than their colleagues to be perceived as a legitimate scholar. Approximately 65.7 percent of On Feb. 7, a man was escorted from didn’t belong to him. Police did not lo- faculty who identify as LGBTQO agreed with the statement. Slightly more than half (51%) of the the Lakeway shopping center by Bell- cate the man. overall faculty agreed with this statement. GET OUT ingham Police after he’d made threats against an employee. The employee had On Feb. 3, a Bellingham couple report- 12 observed the man loitering around the ed that their car had been stolen. They 81.3 86.9 women’s restroom. later found it had been towed by police Percent of WWU faculty who identify their Percent of WWU faculty who identify as WORDS the evening before after it had been left ethnicity as white, according to a recent heterosexual or straight, according to a
On Feb. 5, University Police checked on at the scene of a hit-and-run collision. 8 survey. recent survey. 8 a man making girls uncomfortable near the Viking Union. YABLO CURRENTS CURRENTS On Feb. 10, Bellingham Police searched CURRENTS On Feb. 5, University Police checked on for yet another bomb-like object after 66.6 6 a man yelling and swearing at people in residents on Aldrirch Road reported Percent of WWU faculty of color who agree the institution has effective hiring practices and Red Square. they’d heard a loud explosion. policies that increase faculty diversity. Only 54.5 percent of LGBTQO faculty agreed with the statement. About seven in ten (70%) of the overall faculty agreed the institution has VIEWS effective practices to encourage diversity. SQUAT VERSUS SWAT JUST SAYING HI 4 On Feb. 6, five people were arrested On Feb. 7, a Bellingham woman re- and booked into Whatcom County Jail turned home from vacation and found MAIL
Tuesday after police said they were a bullet hole through three walls of her
73.9 2 squatting in a home in a vacant hous- apartment. Percent of WWU faculty of color who report either “some” or “extensive” stress due to subtle discrimination; while 61.3 percent of LGBTQO faculty indicated the same. Among women ing development in Birch Bay. A prop- DO IT faculty, 50.9 reported stress from discrimination. erty manager visiting the site found a BEER IS THE BEST MEDICINE home that had not been sold and had On Jan. 27, Anacortes Police spoke to no authorized tenants was being oc- a 64-year old man at a local pharmacy. cupied by several people. Deputies ar- “The man told police that he brought 1:6 2:3 02.14.18 rived and observed a woman through a enough money for beer, but not enough Nearly one WWU student in six (16.4%) Two-thirds of students (66.4%) reported speaks a language other than English at having witnessed discrimination since .13 window of the residence. She ran away. for the $41 package of medicine that 07 Over the next three hours a crisis ne- was concealed in his pocket,” police re- home, according to a survey sample. beginning their studies at Western, # according to a survey sample. The most gotiator and a SWAT team flushed five ported. He was arrested for theft and common form of harassment reported by people from the residence at different trespassed from the store. students came by way of verbal comments. intervals, the Whatcom County Sher- iff’s Office reported. All were charged GRIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING with criminal trespass and resisting On Feb. 2, an Anacortes man received arrest; one occupant also had a U.S. a phone call from someone claiming to 66.2 CASCADIA WEEKLY Marshal’s warrant for dangerous drugs. be his grandson. “The reporting party Percent of WWU faculty who agree faculty are not adequately prepared to deal with diversity 11 does not have a grandson matching the issues in the classroom. Among faculty of color, 77 percent agreed with this statement; while 74.2 THE RUNAWAYS description, so he hung up and did not percent of LGBTQO faculty agreed faculty are not adequately prepared for diversity issues. On Feb. 10, two mothers reported their provide any personal identifying infor- 12-year-old daughters were runaways. mation or money to the caller,” police SOURCES: 2017 Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) The girls were just dropped off by Bell- commented. Survey of Western Washington University; Western Front devoted to their studies; bubbly Lisbeth from El Salvador, whose antics transform the classroom; quiet Hsar Htoo from Burma, for whom English is a particular
30 challenge; and Jakleen and Mariam, Iraqi sisters whose traumatic past makes life FOOD in Denver almost unbearable. words The newcomers themselves are central COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS here, but Thorpe also highlights the role 24 of school staff and aid workers in setting students up for success. When possible, B-BOARD teachers connect new students to men- tors, other students who have themselves
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GET OUT made more so by anti- immigrant sentiments 12 12 JEFF GOODELL that bubbled up dur- GET IT ing the 2016 election season. WORDS WORDS HOW: The Newcomers is That the students available from
8 make it to high school your library in at all seems miracu- various formats, lous; as she shares including print, CURRENTS book on CD, their progress, Thorpe’s eBook and admiration for their te- 6 HELEN THORPE downloadable nacity shines through. audiobook. Against all odds, stu- VIEWS Details can be dents bond and form found at www. 4 wcls.org or www. friendships. Stephanie REVIEWED BY MARY KINSER bellingham is from Mexico and MAIL publiclibrary.org Uyen from Vietnam;
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DO IT The Newcomers Google Translate. Sports draws another A REFUGE FOR REFUGEES group together, as they field a team for the all-school soccer tournament. Though THE REFUGEES arrive with nothing, not even the language, having escaped their journey is not complete by year’s 02.14.18 violence, poverty, unspeakable loss. Their destination is Denver, Colorado. There end, the connections the newcomers they will land in a classroom helmed by Eddie Williams, the teacher tasked with make will sustain them through the rest .13
07 orienting refugees from around the globe to their new home in the United States. of the work to come. # Mr. Williams will teach English, yes, but also survival skills that are critical to It’s one thing to think of the immigrant transition. This is the Newcomers class, a Denver Public Schools program designed to experience in the abstract. It’s quite support refugee students with educational gaps brought on, most frequently, by war. another to see it firsthand. In The New- To better understand what these students go through, journalist Helen Thorpe em- comers, Helen Thorpe gives voice to the bedded in South High School for more than a year. She documents her process in her struggle of refugees around the globe, book The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship and Hope in an American Classroom. leaving readers to wonder how they
CASCADIA WEEKLY While many journalists absent themselves from the story, Thorpe interacts freely would bear up—or even if they could. with students, allowing her to gain their trust and, for some, their friendship. It’s a 12 technique that makes the book incredibly moving and intensely personal. Mary Kinser is Collection Development Li- In Room 142, nothing is easy. The newcomers must learn classroom rules, cul- brarian for Whatcom County Library Sys- tural context, how to structure a sentence and where to find lunch—all from tem, where she selects fiction, DVDs, music teachers who don’t share their language. Among the 22 students who join the and audiobooks for adults. She can almost class are Solomon and Methusella, brothers from the Democratic Republic of Congo always be found with a book in her hand. doit 46TH ANNUAL WORDS
WED., FEB. 14 30 A FOREST OF WORDS: Teens in grades 6-12 are If you have a serious TH invited to enter original poems for inclusion in an MAY 27 , 2018 FOOD annual teen poetry anthology, A Forest of Words, infatuation with romance through March 1. Along with having their poems fiction, attend a “Love is in the Air Story Share” Thurs., America's Largest
published in the tome—which is distributed to each 24 Whatcom County library and area schools—all se- Feb. 22 at Sudden’s Valley’s Multi-sport Relay Race... lected poets will receive their own copy of the book. South Whatcom Library. right in your own backyard!
Poems can be submitted online or at local libraries. B-BOARD WWW.WCLS.ORG Registration NOW open
ADULT LITERACY: Meet the Whatcom Literacy 22 Council staff, learn about their adult literacy NEW RULE FOR 2018 programs and find out about ways you can volunteer Teams can have 3-8 racers FILM from 11am-1:30pm at their office in Building A at Bellingham Technical College, 3028 Lindbergh Ave.
WWW.WHATCOMLITERACY.ORG Race, Sponsor or Volunteer 18 www.skitosea.com
BOOK CHAT: The 2018 Whatcom READS title, Sunil MUSIC POWERED BY Yapa’s Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, will be the focus of an Afternoon Book Chat at 1pm at 16 the Readings Gallery at Village Books, 1200 11th California, shares ideas from Thriving in the Middle: in advance for the free primer, as space is limited.
St. With young, biracial Victor on one side of the How the Best Managers Create Mutual Success, at 7pm WWW.SKAGITWRITERS.ORG ART barricades at the WTO protests in Seattle and his at Village Books, 1200 11th St. This is a book for de- SLIDE SHOW estranged father—the white chief of police—on the veloping managers. It is not about how to manage. CHRIS 15 opposite, the day descends into chaos, capturing in WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM COMMUNITY its confusion the activists, police, bystanders, and LOPERFIDO citizens from all around the world who’d arrived that SUN., FEB. 18 WED., FEB. 14 STAGE day brimming with hope. BANGED-UP HEART: Shirley Melis reads from TECH BASICS: If you need help with basic com- DEATH, WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Banged-Up Heart: Dancing with Love & Loss at 4pm at puter, tablet, Internet, streaming, and download- DISEASE, and 14 Village Books, 1200 11th St. The memoir is described ing skills, sign up for a free, one-on-one coaching WHATCOM WRITERS MEETING: “A Crash Course as being “an intimate and clear-eyed account of session with a Librarian or Volunteer Tech Helper Life at WAR The Civil War Letters of
in Character Arc, Through Film” will be the focus finding love late and losing it early—and of the at”Tech Basics Coaching” from 2-4pm Wednesdays GET OUT Surgeon James D. Benton of a talk by journalist and novelist A.C. Fuller at strength it takes to fall madly in love a second time, through February at the SkillShare Space at the a Whatcom Writers and Publishers meeting taking be forced to relinquish that love too soon, and yet Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Saturday, Feb. 17, 4pm 12 place from 6-8:30pm at Nicki’s Bella Marina, 2615 S. choose to love again.” (360) 778-7201 FREE EVENTS at Village Books in Fairhaven! 12 Harbor Loop Dr. Entry is free and open to all; please WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM RSVP to guarantee a seat. BELLINGHAM AT HOME: Come hear about the WORDS WORDS WWW.WHATCOMWRITERSANDPUBLISHERS.ORG TUES., FEB. 20 exciting new services Bellingham At Home is creat- Mike Cook BOOKS ON TAP: Deming Library staff Erin Suda and ing to enrich its members and strengthen the com- FRI., FEB. 16 Katrina Carabba lead a lively “Books on Tap” discus- munity at a Town Hall meeting from 1-3pm at the THRIVING 8 BOOKS AND BITES: Bring your lunch if you’d like sion focusing on Steve Hamilton’s The Lock Artist Bellingham Senior Activity Center, 315 Halleck St. in the Middle Grade Fiction and join the lively conversation about Fredrik Back- from 7-8:30pm at the North Fork Brewery, 6186 Mt. Health advocacy, neighborhood clusters, targeted MIDDLE man’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry Baker Hwy. The club meeting on the third Tuesday of funding and the program’s current status and goals How the Best CURRENTS at a “Books and Bites” discussion from 2-3pm at the each month. for 2018 will be on the roster. There will be plenty of Managers Create Blaine Library, 610 3rd St. (360) 592-2422 opportunities to ask questions. Mutual Success 6 (360) 305-3637 WWW.BELLINGHAMATHOME.CLUBEXPRESS.COM WED., FEB. 21 Saturday, Feb. 17, 7pm VIEWS FAMILY STORY NIGHT: Bellingham Storyteller’s CREEKSIDE OPEN MIC: Sign up to read your poetry THURS., FEB. 15 Guild members will lead an hour of coaching and an and prose or play music—or simply listen in—at a COMMUNITY FORUM: Attend “No Way to Treat a Shirley Melis 4 introduction to the craft at 6pm at the Fairhaven Creekside Open Mic starting at 6:30pm at Sudden Guest: A Community Forum on H2A” from 6-8pm at
Library, 1117 12th St. At 7pm, Family Story Night Valley’s South Whatcom Library, 10 Barn View Court, Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St. MAIL will commence. Entry to both events is free. Gate 2. Entry to the monthly event is free. The panel discussion will focus on the impacts of the Banged Up
WWW.BELLINGHAMSTORYTELLERSGUILD.ORG (360) 305-3632 H2A program in Washington State on farmworkers, the 2 future of labor and the agricultural industry, and the HEART sustainability of our food system. Adrienne DerVar- SAT., FEB. 17 THURS., FEB. 22 Dancing with Love DO IT CORRESPONDENCE CLUB: Anyone over 8 years LOVE SHARE: Do you have an infatuation with tanian, Director of Immigration and Labor Rights at & Loss: A Memoir old can show up for the monthly Correspondence romance fiction? If so, join a “Love is in the Air Farmworker Justice, will be part of the free event. Sunday, Club gathering from 10:30am-12:30pm at Mindport Story Share” from 5-6pm at Sudden Valley’s South (360) 647-1752 February 18, 4pm Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. Supplies, materials and Whatcom Library, 10 Barn View Court, Gate 2. For the 02.14.18 instructional guidance will be provided for collage fun-filled discussion, bring books you love, relish FEB. 16-18 Mail Art, envelopes, postcards and more. and adulate from the most amorous genre. FUNDRAISING SALE: Help raise money for WeSnip The Thursday, CIVIL WAR LETTERS: Christopher Loperfido will read WWW.WCLS.ORG (Whatcom Education Spay and Neuter Program) at a .13 Chuckanut March 8, 07
from and sign copies of his new book, Death, Disease fundraising arage sale taking place from 9am-4pm Fri- # 6:30pm and Life at War: The Civic War Letters of Surgeon James UNDERGROUND WRITING: Local high school day and Saturday, and 10am-3pm Sunday in Ferndale Radio Hour D. Benton, 111th and 98th New York Infantry Regiments, students will read from their works in Underground at 1920 Main St., suite 1 (next to Samuel’s Furniture). with live music, skits, and bestselling author 1862-1865, at 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Writing’s What No One Ever Tells You anthology from WWW.WESNIP.ORG A native of New York, Dr. Benton penned a series of 6-7:30pm at the Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Kate Moore letters throughout the war to his family relating his Snoqualmie St. The free event will also feature SAT., FEB. 17 experiences as an assistant surgeon, and later with sales of the book, signings and details about the TAX HELP: The AARP Tax-Aide program will provide The RADIUM the 98th New York, as surgeon. Benton was present writing program. free tax preparation services today from 12:30- True
Story! CASCADIA WEEKLY for some of the war’s most gruesome and important WWW.MOUNTVERNONWA.GOV 4:30pm at Bellingham’s First Congregational Church, GIRLS Tickets $5 - at Village Books & brownpapertickets.com battles, including Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, and the 2401 Cornwall Ave. On weekdays through mid-April, siege of Petersburg. SKAGIT WRITERS MEETING: Award-winning short the service will take place from 3:30-6:30pm. A 13 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM story writer and novelist Joy Burke will lead “The Busy Spanish-language interpreter will be available on VILLAGE BOOKS Person’s Guide to Self-Publishing” at a Skagit Valley Wednesdays and Saturdays. See guidelines on the THRIVING IN THE MIDDLE: Mike Cook, a former Writers League meeting from 6:30-8:30pm at the Bur- Bellingham Public Library’s website. 1200 11th St, Bellingham Human Resource professional for Standard Oil of lington Library, 820 E. Washington St. Please register WWW.BELLINGHAMPUBLICLIBRARY.ORG & 430 Front St, Lynden Open Daily • villagebooks.com doit
WED., FEB. 14 9am-4pm Sunday at Mount Vernon’s GROUP RUN: All levels of experi- Skagit Valley Gardens, 18923 Peter
ence are welcome at a weekly Group Johnson Rd. In addition to orchid 30 Run beginning at 6pm in Mount Ver- displays and judging, there’ll be non at the Skagit Running Company, member and commercial orchid sales, FOOD 702 First St. The 3- to 6-mile run and orchid repotting services will be outside is great for beginners or for others available by donation. Entry is free. HIKING RUNNING GARDENING wanting an easy recovery. Entry is (360) 647-1752 OR 24 free and no registration is required. WWW.ORCHID-SOCIETY.NET/MT-BAKER WWW.SKAGITRUNNERS.ORG BIRDING FOR KIDS: Skagit Guided B-BOARD THURS., FEB. 15 Adventures offers a fun and easy PUB RUN: Attend a Pub Run start- way to introduce kids to identify- ing at 6pm at Illuminati Brewing, ing and learning about the birds 22 lated at his stump ranch along the South Fork of the Skykomish River for a timely 3950 Hammer Dr. The 3- to 5-mile of winter at “Birding for Kids: An runs are open to all levels and abili- ‘I Spy Adventure’ in Skagit Valley” FILM rendezvous. ties of runners, and BBayRunning from 2:30-4:30pm Saturdays and “Who the hell needs to be resupplied at ambassadors guide each pace group. Sundays through March 18. Fees
18 a time like this?” I asked him as the swol- Tonight’s run will follow along the vary. Proceeds sponsor Birding for len river thundered like a freight train Bay to Baker Trail. Entry is free. Latino Kids. WWW.BBAYRUNNING.COM (360) 474-7479 OR MUSIC through driving sheets of precipitation. “Uncle Don volunteered to pull winter WWW.SKAGITGUIDEDADVENTURES.COM ISLAND OF WONDERS: Experience 16 caretaker duties up at high camp,” my an armchair journey with local SUN., FEB. 18
ART buddy said as he loaded industrial quan- travelers Lisa Woo and Howard RABBIT RIDE: Join members of the tities of bulk chili mix into his pack. Valentine at a ‘Madagascar: Island Mount Baker Bicycle Club for a “Rab- of Wonders” Travelogue taking place bit Ride” starting at 8:30am every
15 “In exchange for retrofitting a cabin up at the old mill site, I agreed to haul fresh from 7-9pm at Whatcom Museum’s Sunday at Fairhaven Bicycle, 1108 Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Sug- 11th St. The 32-mile route takes
STAGE food up to him every two weeks. Unfor- gested donation is $5 and includes riders down Chuckanut and back via tunately—due to the untimely demise of light refreshments. Lake Samish. The group also holds our mule packer—I’ve fallen significantly WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG weekly rides Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 14 14 behind on my end of the bargain.” Thursdays and Saturdays. “How far behind?” I asked, growing in- FRI., FEB. 16 WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG PHOTO BY TROY TULLEY TROY BY PHOTO WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and GET OUT GET OUT creasingly apprehensive about the over- adventurers can join Holly Roger of TUES., FEB. 20 sized wood crate I’d foolishly agreed to Wild Whatcom for a “Wild Things” ALL-PACES RUN: Staff and volun- Community Program from 9:30-11am teers are always on hand to guide
12 transport. “Well,” my buddy sighed. “Let’s just every Friday in February on the the way at the weekly All-Paces say that by now Uncle Don is probably a Interurban Trail. Please bring a Run starting at 6pm every Tuesday WORDS simple, healthy snack to share, and at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th very hungry man.” dress for the weather. Suggested St. The runs are 20 minutes out
8 “What’s in the box?” I asked, struggling donation is $5 per person. and back on two key routes-by the to balance the titanic weight on my back. WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG water or through the woods. Entry “It’s Uncle Don’s Valentine’s Day gift,” is free. In these darker months, SAT., FEB. 17 be sure to bring a headlamp or
CURRENTS my buddy wisely cracked as we pushed FRAGRANCE LAKE HALF: Belling- flashlight. onto the trail and went galloping into ham Trail Running Series hosts a WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM 6 the ferns. “Fragrance Lake Half Marathon,” I was curious to find out what sort of 10K and Kid’s Race starting at WAKE MEETING: Join the Whatcom VIEWS top-secret cargo was compressing my 8:30am at Larrabee State Park, 245 Association of Kayak Enthusiasts Chuckanut Dr. Entry is $70-$95 (the (WAKE) for a monthly meeting from 4 spine, but the ruggedness of the route we STORY AND IMAGE BY TRAIL RAT kid’s race is free). 6:30-8pm at the Bellingham Public ascended drew the bulk of my attention. WWW.BELLINGHAMTRAIL.COM Library, 210 Central Ave. At the free MAIL Sleety rain squalls showered the old event, sea kayakers Lou and David
HEART TRELLIS: Sign up in McKee will give a presentation
2 growth as we shouldered our burdensome loads over increasingly slick and snow-en- advance for a “Make Your Own on their book, Klee Wyck Journal. Special Pussy Willow Heart Trellis Planter” Their personally illustrated book DO IT crusted contours. Tempestuous meltwater workshop starting at 9am at Garden tells their tales of homesteading, roared waist-deep through innumerable Spot Nursery, 900 Alabama St. Entry paddling and wildlife in this remote creek gorges and we were compelled to is $39 and includes all supplies. area. Attendees can also learn about Delivery forgo the customary fording locations in WWW.GARDENS-SPOT.COM upcoming kayak events and meet 02.14.18 A DAMP TRAMP TO CAMP favor of precipitous log crossings. fellow kayakers. I spilled into the icy effluent twice and PRUNING PARTICULARS: Horti- WWW.WAKEKAYAK.ORG
.13 culturist Christina Pfeiffer leads 07 EVER SINCE my old trail crew buddy and his business part- my buddy endured the effects of three a demo and talk on “How to Prune WED., FEB. 21 # ners in Gold Bar decided to acquire an abandoned gold mine face-benumbing submersions before we Spring-Blooming Shrubs” at 11am GARDEN DESIGN: Attend a deep in the remote defiles of eastern Snohomish County a few finally reached Uncle Don’s place. in Mount Vernon at Christianson’s “Garden Design” workshop from years ago, I’ve found myself drawn into a Promethean progres- Fortunately, the collapsible wood stove Nursery, 15806 Best Rd. Pfeiffer 4-6pm at the Blaine Library, 610 sion of arduous undertakings to help improve and maintain the I’d unknowingly just hauled eight miles will focus on the what, how and 3rd St. Find out how to determine when of pruning shrubs that bloom the best placement of fruit trees, infrastructure attendant to their claim. survived unscathed. The fire we built in it between March and May, from bushes, and vines. Learn about I don’t do it for gold. I do it for outdoor adventure. It’s the thawed our extremities and helped keep azaleas to viburnums. Entry is $8. site selection, including hardscape
CASCADIA WEEKLY perfect excuse to perform invigorating feats of manual labor the bucket of chili we cooked piping-hot. Register in advance. assessment, scope of project, in a restorative realm of moss-draped coastal forest that offers My buddy and I soon collapsed into our WWW.CHRISTIANSONSNURSERY.COM materials use, integration with 14 convenient, non-motorized access to an abundance of secluded sleeping bags, but Uncle Don was so hun- your home and/or views, sunlight FEB. 17-18 observations, air flow and more. climbing crags and infinite powder-blanketed acres of skiable gry he kept throwing more chili into the ORCHID SHOW: The Mt. Baker The free class repeats from 10am- backcountry terrain. pot. The last sound we heard that night Orchid Society hosts its annual Show 12pm Sat., Feb. 24. So when my buddy recently called to cajole me into a critical was his lone spoon methodically stirring and Sale from 9am-5pm Saturday and (360) 305-3637 resupply mission, I accepted without hesitation and matricu- and scraping, trying for one last bite. doit
STAGE Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave. Tickets are $20.
WED., FEB. 14 WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM CUPID’S ARROW: Spend Valentine’s 30 Day watching the popular improvised FEB. 15-18 stage dating game dubbed “Cupid’s Arrow” ANNOUNCING MURDER: Agatha FOOD at 8pm at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Christie’s classic English murder THEATER DANCE PROFILES Bay St. The show is inspired by the mystery, A Murder is Announced, con- classic 1960s and ’70s show The tinues this week with performances 24 Dating Game, and has the “contestant at 7:30pm Thursday and Friday, and “choosing from three outlandish 2pm Saturday and Sunday at Lynden’s characters inspired by audience sug- Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front B-BOARD gestions. Tickets are $14. St. Expect deaths, a puzzle of mixed WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM motives, concealed identities, a
after their parents divorced is a force to be 22 reckoned with, and whether Koy is talking determined inspector grimly follow- FEB. 14-18 ing the twists and turns, and Miss FILM about how hilarious it is to watch her play MY CIRCUS VALENTINE: Gravity- Marple to be on hand to provide the Wii with his son—“she really thinks she’s defying artistry can be expected at final solution. Tickets are $10-$14.
in the fucking bowling alley”—or hanging “My Circus Valentine” shows taking Additional performances happen 18 out with her and shooting the breeze at the place at 6pm and 9pm Wednesday, through Feb. 25. 8pm Friday, 6pm and 9pm Saturday, WWW.THECLAIRE.ORG buffet where she works, it’s clear there’s a MUSIC and 4pm Sunday at the Bellingham lot of love between the two of them. Circus Guild’s Cirque Lab, 1401 6th FEB. 16-17
“Mom raised us,” Koy said. “She’s little, St. In addition to featuring talented CIRCLE MIRROR: Attend a staged 16 but she’s tough. She never took us to a local performers and dazzling special reading of Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror ART doctor; she raised us like we were still guests, the annual event offers “a Transformation at 7:30pm Friday and in the Philippines. She cured everything balm, a boost, and a welcome distrac- Saturday at the Sylvia Center for the 15 tion for tender and calloused hearts Arts, 205 Prospect St. The play traces 15 with Vicks VapoRub. I should’ve died nine alike.” A dress-up photo booth, the lives of a handful of small-town STAGE times when I was a kid.” artisan-made treats, love potions and Vermont residents who gather each STAGE Kidding aside, Koy—whose given more will be part of the fun. Entry is week for an acting class taught at the name is Joseph Glenn Herbert, but who $10-$15 for children, and $20-$25 for local community center. Entry is $5. 14 goes by his childhood nickname on- adults. (All shows after 6pm are 21- WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM plus, and include alcohol sales.) stage—has long credited his mother for WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM CUPID AND BRAWLING: An helping his comedic and acting talents improvised dating game dubbed GET OUT shine. She encouraged him growing up FEB. 14-17 “Cupid’s Arrow” continues this week to take part in school INVINCIBLE ONES: Samantha with performances at 8pm and 10pm 12 talent shows and hold Cooper’s Invincible Ones concludes Friday and Saturday at the Upfront this week with showings at 7:30pm Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, impromptu perfor- Wednesday through Friday, and 2pm stick around for “Backyard Brawl,” WORDS mances for friends and 7:30pm Saturday at Western which pits two teams of improvisers and family. And when Washington University’s DUG Theater against on another in a “short form 8 the clan moved from (in the Performing Arts Center). improv slugfest.” Tickets are $10 in Tacoma to Las Vegas The play delves into roller derby advance, $12 at the door. culture, focusing its lens on a group 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM
to be near Koy’s sick of 20-something friends reeling from CURRENTS grandmother, she was their best friend’s death. The story SAT., FEB. 17
ATTEND 6 WHAT: “Break there to let him know “explores the way we handle grief THE COMIC STRIPPERS: A troupe the Mold” with that yes, he should and guilt.” Tickets are $7-$12. of semi-clothed improvisers will bring Jo Koy definitely try out his 650-6146 OR on the laughs when the “Comic Strip- VIEWS WHEN: 6pm WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU pers” perform at 7:30pm at Mount
material at a local cof- 4 Sun., Feb. 18 Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First WHERE: fee shop. THURS., FEB. 15 St. The fictitious male stripper troupe BY AMY KEPFERLE MAIL Mount Baker It turns out that was VAUDEVILLINGHAM: Attend is comprised of some of Canada’s best
Theatre, 104 N. what he needed to break the Bellingham Circus Guild’s improvisational comedians. Tickets 2 Commercial St. into show business. In monthly uncensored variety show, to the 21-and-over show are $32; all COST: $37-$47 “Vaudevillingham,” at 7pm and 9pm genders are encouraged to attend.
1994, he had his first DO IT Mom Jokes INFO: www. performances at the Cirque Lab, 1401 WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG mountbaker performance at a Vegas 6th St., suite #102. Expect to see JO KOY BREAKS THE MOLD theatre.com comedy club, and soon everything from aerial performances TUES., FEB. 20 landed a regular spot at to dance, comedy, magic, juggling, COMEDY OPEN MIC: The weekly POLITICAL HUMOR isn’t Jo Koy’s thing, but that doesn’t the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. A tal- burlesque and more. Tonight’s shows Shakedown Punch Up Comedy Open 02.14.18 will also feature a “Music Scramble.” Mic begins at 7:30pm at the Shake- mean the standup comedian’s material is void of topical anec- ent coordinator from Los Angeles got him
Suggested donation is $5-$10. down, 1212 N. State St. Entry is .13 dotes—it simply means they’re cloaked in stories about his family. his first television appearance on BET’s WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM free. If you’d like to take your turn 07 For example, at a recent gig in Seattle the former Washingto- ComicView, and he has since had two suc- onstage, show up at 7pm to sign up # nian did a lot more than skirt around the subject of racism when cessful specials on Comedy Central, and GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The for a five-minute set. talking about his parents, and his ethnicity. is one of a select few comics to receive Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at WWW.SHAKEDOWNBELLINGHAM.COM 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront “I’m half-white, half-Filipino—which means my dad was in the a standing ovation on The Tonight Show Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick WED., FEB. 21 military,” Koy said, eliciting a burst of laughter from the audience. with Jay Leno. These days, he routinely around for “The Project.” Entry is $8 INTRO TO IMPROV: Attend a free “He was borderline racist, and would say things like, ”You know sells out theaters and comedy clubs to the early show, $5 for the late one. workshop focusing on play, creativ- why I married your mom, right? Because I love Chinese food.’” across the nation. 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM ity, storytelling and fun at a “Learn CASCADIA WEEKLY When Koy pointed out to his pops that his mother is from the At his “Break the Mold” tour stop Sun., to Think on Your Feet” introductory FEB. 15-17 improv class from 7-9pm at Improv 15 Philippines, not China, he said his dad would respond with zingers Feb .18 at the Mount Baker Theatre, a few ENCHANTED APRIL: Matthew Playworks, 1011 Girard St. Please like “Whatever, rice is rice,” resulting in his son’s bafflement—and mom jokes are sure to be on the roster. Barber’s Enchanted April concludes register in advance. the fodder for a stinging standup routine years down the line. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t love his this week with showings at 7:30pm 756-0756 OR WWW. But it’s his mother who gets most of Koy’s time onstage. The mother—it just means he’s honoring her Thursday through Saturday at IMPROVPLAYWORKS.COM diminutive dervish who raised Koy and his siblings on her own the best way he knows how. positions, “Under the Winter’s Moon” and “Winter Sun Breaks Through.” The birds are realistic and the background imaginative, with rays from both the sun and moon de-
30 picted as rippling breath or song. Dedrian Clark gives us “Ruffed Grouse FOOD Peek Hole” in pastel. Leo Osborne’s wall sculpture of a house wren on a branch won him the honor of “Best in the World” some 24 visual GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES years ago. He was bitten with the love of nature as a child in the forests of Mas- B-BOARD sachusetts, and has been an artist ever since, living and working in his studio on
22 Guemes Island. Curt McCauley brings whimsy to his Ori-
FILM ental-style portraits of birds in watercolor and sumi ink—“5 Little Birds” and “Yakity
18 Yak, Don’t Talk Back.” Linda Okazaki’s
MUSIC cheery “Party in the Palouse” features fes- 16 16 tive women with bird- ART
ART heads—and a real wolf. The Port Townsend art-
15 ist has for years created ATTEND portraits of humans, STAGE animals and disturbing WHAT: “Flight of Fancy” dream sequences, all in a vigorous style which
14 WHERE: Smith & Vallee Gallery, hovers somewhere be- 5742 Gilkey tween Munch and le
GET OUT Ave., Edison douanier Rousseau. WHEN: Through Feb. 25 Human/animal hy-
12 INFO: brids fascinate sculptor www.smith Sandi Bransford too. andvallee.com For her, they allude to WORDS the dual spirit nature
8 of all human beings. “Nested” sports a woman with a ruff of feathers and a nest on her head and “Swarm” depicts one
CURRENTS with birds for hair and a crown. Barry Herem’s sandblasted glass sculp- 6 ture, “Flight Fall,” will require careful study to find the eagle in the Native VIEWS American “form-line” style. He adopted
4 this tradition in the course of investi- gating indigenous artwork in more than MAIL a thousand sites in Southeast Alaska.
2 The abstractions in the show deliver
“SONGBIRD,” BY KEITH SORENSON “SONGBIRD,” BY much of the visual “punch.” Keith So-
DO IT renson’s “Songbird,” orange and yel- low, streaks across a green/black back- BY STEPHEN HUNTER ground. His “Avian” is a grey smear, outlined in black, on an orange/yellow 02.14.18 field—more like its dinosaur ancestor than any living bird. .13 Flights of Fancy
07 Don’t leave without a visit to hid- # EVEN THE BIRDS ARE EXCITED den treasures in the back room, includ- ing two abstractions by Julia “Joules” FIVE BALD eagles watched me turn off Highway 11 on my way to see “Flight of Martin: “Raptor Spiral” and “Rise to the Fancy,” the new show of works by 50 artists at Smith & Vallee Gallery in Edison. So, Flight.” Move close to study her fasci- even the birds are excited. nating swirls of color—she textures the What better place to mount an avian art show than in the Skagit Valley, where you paint with hair picks or a fork—then
CASCADIA WEEKLY can count as many as 362 species, plus 50,000 migrating geese and swans? step back and watch the hawks appear. Vikki Jackson’s heron portrait, “Sentinel,” stands watch at the entrance. Jackson is If you’d like to see even more birds 16 a professional ecologist as well as a wildlife artist. Except for her grumpy heron, the materialize, time your visit for Sun., birds in the show appear to be lighthearted. Feb. 25. It’s the final day of the exhibit, The eagle in Anne Schreivogl’s acrylic painting, “Light as a Feather,” might be chuck- and the date of the town’s annual Chick- ling as it perches on a clothesline between astonished songbirds. en Parade. Are the birds excited for it? Cheri O’Brien puts delightful images of nuthatches and chickadees into her gouache com- Find out for yourself. “FIVE LITTLE BIRDS,” BY CURT MCCAULEY “FIVE LITTLE BIRDS,” BY doit UPCOMING EVENTS
WED., FEB. 14 RUNWAY CHALLENGE: Textile artists can register 30 for Ragfinery’s fourth annual Runway Challenge
starting today. The event will happen April 14 at FOOD the Leopold Crystal Ballroom, and participants can EBT sign up in person at Ragfinery, 1421 N. Forest St. Entry is $20, and materials can then be purchased
Slimline Reading Glasses 24 at the textile reuse center. This year’s theme, “Flora and Fauna,” celebrates our natural world in its SBD Whoopee Cushions elegance and wonder, challenging participants to Tooth Fairy Keepsake Box B-BOARD design and construct costumes, garments and acces- sories that embody the beauty and grace displayed Extendable Back Scratcher
in nature. There will be a cap of 28 participants. 22 WWW.RAGFINERY.COM Solid Brass Singing Bowls Pizza Stone & Kitchenware FILM Art Jewelry & Knickknacks
ONGOING EXHIBITS 18
ALLIED ARTS: Attend a “Member’s Show” through
Feb. 24 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The Starting Feb. 14, textile artists can register for Ragfinery’s fourth annual Runway A Storybook Store MUSIC exhibit features works by as many as 100 Allied Challenge happening April 14 at the Leopold Crystal Ballroom. 360-592-2297 Arts members—including pros, students and new or 16 www.everybodys.com 16 emerging artists. Highway 9 – Van Zandt ART WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG My Cabernet” is currently on display at Honey Salon can currently be viewed at the Pacific Northwest Quilt ART & Gallery, 310 W. Holly St. & Fiber Arts Museum in La Conner at 703 S. Second St. ARTWOOD: Jewelry boxes and jewelry will be WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM WWW.QFAMUSEUM.ORG 15 featured through February at Artwood Gallery, 1000 Qi Gong Harris Ave. If you’re looking for a Valentine’s Day I.E. GALLERY: “Northwest Revisited” shows RAGFINERY: A variety of textile-related workshops gift, boxes in many woods and in many designs and through Feb. 25 at Edison’s i.e. gallery, 5800 Cains happen on a regular basis at Ragfinery, 1421 N. For- STAGE sizes will be on display, as will pendants, earrings Court. The “secondary market” exhibit features works est St. See more details and register online. and bracelets in a variety of materials, including by Northwest artists. In addition to Guy Anderson WWW.RAGFINERY.COM 14 wood, stone, silver and beads. and Jay Steensma, there will be works by for sale by WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM Morris Graves, Alden Mason, Joseph Goldberg, Robert SCOTT MILO: Stephen R. Hill’s “The Expressive Lan- C. Jones, John Simon, Clayton James, Ree Brown guage of Light and Color” can be viewed in Anacortes GET OUT CHUCKANUT BREWERY: Paintings and prints by and more. through Feb. 27 at the Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Com- Jill Feestra are on display through Feb. 9 at Chucka- WWW.IEEDISON.COM mercial Ave. In addition to works by the Lopez Island- Level 1 and Level 2 1 and Level Level
nut Brewery and Kitchen, 601 W. Holly St. based pastel artist, view still life oils by Barbara 12 WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM INN AT LYNDEN: View paintings by Evan Whitehead Benedetti Newton, landscapes in oil by Damon Brown, through April 30 at the Inn at Lynden, 100 5th St. and nautical and bird paintings by Lorna Libert. COOPER LANZA GALLERY: Group classes, private Mt. Baker features prominently in the works by the WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM WORDS lessons, life drawing, long-pose sessions, exhibits Whatcom County native. Sales can be conducted and more happen on a regular basis at Cooper Lanza through the Jansen Art Center. SOCIAL FABRIC: Sign up for a variety of sewing Nourishing the Essence of Life ~ 8 Gallery and School of Fine Art, 1415 13th St. (360) 746-8597 OR WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG and art workshops through February at Social Fabric, Primordial Limitless Gate School WWW.COOPERLANZAGALLERY.COM 1302 Commercial St. “Love for Sale,” an exhibit of art March 10 & 11, 2018 JANSEN ART CENTER: View Winter Exhibits through works that are also valentines, will be on display and 2 Day Retreat~Register Online CURRENTS DEMING LIBRARY: View Ken Speer’s “Tree Dreaming Feb. 28 at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. for sale (nothing is over $50).
in Dharma” through March 3 at the Deming Library, Exhibits include a juried exhibit, Honghong Wang’s WWW.SOCIALFABRICART.COM 2825 Meridian, Suite 201 • 360-483-4526 6 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. The exhibit features paintings “Life Studies,” “Unseen: The Art of Nanci Price expressing our Western landscape in an Eastern Scoular,” and “Johannes Kunst: Imaginary Friendship WESTERN GALLERY: “Back to the Sandbox: Art VIEWS transcendental manner. in Retrospect.” as Radical Pedagogy” shows through March 18 at meditation center 360) 592-2422 WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG Western Washington University’s Western Gallery. bellingham.shambhala.org 4 The exhibit is based on collaborations of prominent
FISHBOY GALLERY: Peruse the contemporary folk LUMMI GALLERY: Peruse seasonal exhibits at the artists, scientists and education and includes works MAIL art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm Fridays or by appoint- Lummi Island Gallery at the Village Point Marina, of art, scientific and educational experiments and
ment at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. 4232 Legoe Bay Rd. archival material. 2 319-2913 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM WWW.LUMMIISLANDGALLERY.COM WWW.WESTERNGALLERY.WWU.EDU DO IT FOURTH CORNER: View and get a great deal on MAKE.SHIFT: “Shelf-Conscious: A Peek Inside the WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by more than 45 framed and autographed posters, original water- Artists’ Journal” shows through February at Make.Shift Whatcom Art Guild members can be perused and colors, oils and signed graphics from noteworthy Art Space, 306 Flora St. The exhibit features journal purchased from 10am-6pm Wed.-Sun. at the Whatcom artists at a “Same Song..Second Verse” exhibit at entries, diaries and sketchbooks from local artists and Art Market, 1103 11th St. 02.14.18 Fourth Corner Frames & Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. The writers, and will feature an array of formats. WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG discounted works will be available through Feb. 24. WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM
WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Jeweled Objects of Desire: .13 07
MINDPORT: Photographs of Olympic National Park From Ordinary to Extraordinary,” “Rooted, Re- # GALLERY PEGASUS: View “Unfold: Nude Form and by Kevin G. Jones will be displayed through February vived, Reinvented: Basketry in America,” “Gathered Concept” through Feb. 26 inside Bay Street Village at Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. Together: A Show of Work Celebrating Members of at Gallery Pegasus, 301 W. Holly St. The multi-artist WWW.MINDPORT.ORG the Northwest Basket Weavers Guild,” “Hidden in show that takes an in-depth look at the human fig- the Bundle: A Look Inside the Whatcom Museum’s ure. A silent auction of separate works painted Feb. MONA: “Holly Andres: The Homecoming,” “Katie Basketry Collection,” “People of the Sea and Cedar: 8 is also on display. Creyts: Wilderland,” “For the Masses: Prints and Print- A Journey Through the Tribal Cultures and History WWW.GALLERYPEGASUS.COM making from the Permanent Collection,” and “Through of the Northwest Coast,” “Back at the Park: Vintage Their Eyes: A Northwest Youth Services Photography Views from the Photo Archives,” and “John M. CASCADIA WEEKLY GOOD EARTH: The Washington Clay Arts Associa- Project” are on display through March 25 at La Con- Edson Hall of Birds” can currently be viewed on the tion’s juried “Teapot Show” will be highlighted through ner’s Museum of Northwest Art, 121 First St. Whatcom Museum campus. 17 February at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM QUILT MUSEUM: “Exploring the Pacific Rim: Pieces SEND YOUR EVENT INFORMATION TO: HONEY SALON: Jess Bonin’s “There’s a Fruitfly in from the Collection” and “Creative Passion & Stitch” [email protected] rumor has it
30 REMEMBER WHEN THE Green Frog closed and we were all so sad about it? FOOD We’re still pretty sad about it, truth be known. But not sad enough to want the space to sit empty and unloved. In our ideal world, 24 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT it would be taken over and reopened as a mu- sic venue and be nurtured and stewarded by B-BOARD someone who will care for it as much as for- mer owner James Hardesty did.
22 I think we might be living in our ideal world. Not in terms of the state of our nation or
FILM the condition of our local housing market or our ability to use one of downtown Belling-
18 18 ham’s crosswalks and not risk death, per se. But in this one very MUSIC MUSIC specific area relating to the future of the
16 space that was once
ART the Green Frog, shit’s looking pretty good.
15 I swear when I get excited. In case you
STAGE haven’t noticed. It’s why I can’t run for mayor. BY CAREY ROSS Back to the topic at hand, I’m told a lease 14 has been signed on the space by Erin Gill, bartender and recent transplant from Olym-
GET OUT pia. I’m further told she has every intention of not only continuing to book live music,
12 but also wants to expand the range of the offerings there. This is the part where I confess that at one point I was also told WORDS the bar’s new name, but promptly forgot it
8 MAVIS STAPLES because “making a mental note” is not a generally accepted journalistic method for reliable fact-gathering.
CURRENTS BY CAREY ROSS where they flourished, making the Top 40 Live and learn. with eight of their songs, including two num- Gill is aiming for an opening date some- 6 ber-one hits, “I’ll Take You There” and “Let’s time within spitting distance of early May— Do It Again.” depending on whenever the liquor licensing VIEWS Mavis Staples When Mavis struck out and other tedious stuff requiring the filling
4 on her own as a solo sing- out of many forms gets squared—which in TIME FOR TRUTH er, her commercial suc- business-launching-speak means Memorial MAIL cess was not that of the Day at the earliest. And it sounds like she’s
2 IN THIS world, there are legends—and then there’s Mavis Staples. Staples Singers, but her already got a few things up her sleeve when Sure, “legendary” is the descriptor that’s most often applied to the long- ability to inspire other it comes to bands for her grand opening
DO IT time gospel singer and civil rights activist, but it doesn’t quite do her jus- artists with her optimis- celebration. tice. More than just a legend, Staples is a force of nature. tic take on the trials of I am waiting with bated breath. First, Staples is part of a musical dynasty. She’s part of the famed Staples ATTEND the times, as well as her Speaking of, where’s my tiki bar, Aaron WHO: Mavis Singers, which, led by her father, Roebuck “Pops” Staples, and rounded out Staples distinctive voice and ar- Roeder? It’s taking you so long to open that 02.14.18 by siblings Cleotha, Yvonne, and Pervis, earned the title of “God’s Greatest WHEN: 8pm Fri.- tistic chops, have helped place that I actually had to travel to Hawaii Hitmakers,” owing to their widespread appeal and rousing live performanc- Sat., Feb. 16-17 her forge fruitful con- in order to live my best tropical-themed life. .13 WHERE: Skagit 07 es. Mavis scored her first hit with her rendition of “Uncloudy Day” when she nections, and the list of Also a thing I am excited about that I
# Casino Resort, was still just a teenager, and had the state of the nation been different, people she’s collaborated tried to relate to music in some way but 5984 N. Darrk she might’ve shone as one of gospel’s greatest stars and that would’ve been Lane, Bow with speak to her influ- only crass jokes came to mind is WinkWink. more than enough. COST: $50-$55 ence and the respect she What is WinkWink? In their own words, it’s But Staples came of age during the late 1950s and 1960s, and her father INFO: engenders. a “woman-owned adult boutique delighting was a close friend of Martin Luther King Jr., and so she came by her pas- www.theskagit.com Although Staples is al- in expertly curated sex and body products,” sion for civil rights and racial justice honestly and organically. With their most 80 years old and has been performing and it is launching Feb. 14 with a pop-up
CASCADIA WEEKLY covers of Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” and Stephen Stills’ “For for the vast majority of her life, she shows shop in the meat locker at the Redlight. If What It’s Worth,” the Staple Singers provided the soundtrack for the Civil no signs of slowing down soon. If anything, you’re thinking that I’m writing about this 18 Rights movement while also becoming household names. After the bloody her career has only accelerated and grown in half because owner Jenn Mason is a friend Selma freedom march in 1965, Pops Staples wrote the landmark protest song scope in recent years. and half because it tickles me that she’s in- “Freedom Highway,” and it remains in Mavis’ set list even today. Much as she did during the 1960s with the troducing WinkWink to the public in a meat Making music with a message provided a path to success for the Staples Staples Singers, Mavis finds herself using her locker on Valentine’s Day, well, you’d be all Singers, earning them a deal with another musical legend, Stax Records, music to speak truth to power. Her musical the way correct. MAVIS, FROM PAGE 18 album called If All I Was Was Black, a pointed commentary about the state of our nation and word. stock in trade has been to always uplift, “I never thought I’d have to do another always see the good, always fight the good album like this again after Obama became 30 fight the right way. When Michelle Obama president,” Staples said during a recent said, “When they go low, we go high,” it interview with the Chicago Tribune. “Peo- FOOD resonated strongly with Staples—probably ple have told me you’re getting up in age, because it’s the unspoken mantra by which maybe you should sit down. But I won’t 24 she’s lived her entire life. sit down. Music is truth. It’s time for In late 2017, she released a full-length some truth.” B-BOARD
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WED., FEB. 14 Library (5044 Mt. Baker Hwy) and . Entry to hear FILM LOVELY SOUNDS: Joyful Sound, a women’s “good music to nourish the soul” is $10 at the Professional, knowledgeable, chorus, will perform at “A Lovely Evening” from door for the first show, free for the second. All 18 18 6-8pm at the Sumas Library, 461 2nd St. Celebrate ages are welcome. fun & friendly to work with. love with those special to you with a candlelight WWW.MOCKINGBIRDMUSIC.WEEBLY.COM OR MUSIC MUSIC potluck dinner, music and more. All ages are WWW.WCLS.ORG welcome, and entry is free. Wear red or pink to be
entered for a prize. SUN., FEB. 18 Cerise Noah (360) 393-5826 16 REALTOR® (360) 988-2501 JIM MALCOLM: Guitarist, harmonica player and [email protected] ART storyteller Jim Malcom will share the traditional V-DAY VOCALS: International award-winning jazz songs of his native Scotland at a 2pm concert
vocalist Taylor Zickefoose will be joined by John at Nancy’s Farm, 2030 E. Smith Rd. He is highly 15 Hansen (piano), Julian MacDonough (drums), and regarded as an interpreter of the songs of Robert
Micheal Glynn (bass) for a Whatcom Jazz Music Arts Burns, and has been described as “one of the STAGE Center Valentine’s Day concert at 7pm at the Sylvia finest singers in Scotland in any style.” Suggested Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St. Entry is $5-$10. donation is $20. Call the number below to get an
WWW.WJMAC.ORG invite to the show. 14 (360) 739-5651 EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL: Experience a Valen- tine’s Day baroque flute extravaganza at a Salish SONGS OF ACTION: As part of Whatcom READS, GET OUT Sea Early Music Festival performance at 7:30pm singer and songwriter Tracy Spring presents at the Majestic, 1027 N. Forest St. Internation- “Songs of Action and Compassion” at 4pm at ally celebrated baroque flutists Mindy Rosenfeld, the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 12 Janet See, and Jeffrey Cohan will be joined by Harris Ave. Listen and sing along to old and new
harpsichordist Jonathan Oddie to play pieces by favorites, and learn what has inspired Tracy and WORDS Bach, Vivaldi, James Oswald, Johannes Mattheson, other performers whose work carries messages of and more. Suggested donation is $15-$25 (free for commitment and hope. 8 those 18 and under). WWW.WHATCOMREADS.ORG WWW.SALISHSEAFESTIVAL.ORG TUES., FEB. 20
THURS., FEB. 15 JAZZ SOIREE: Jazz and art will combine when CURRENTS JAZZ JAM: The Jazz Project’s Jud Sherwood hosts Jazz Soiree continues tonight from 7-9pm at the a rotating house trio featuring top-flight local and Pegasus Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. The weekly event 6 regional musicians at a Jazz Jam happening from features small jazz groups, ranging from soloists
5:30-8:30pm Thursdays at Illuminati Brewing, 3950 to trios. All concerts are free to the public, light VIEWS Hammer Dr., Suite 101. Entry is free. refreshments will be available.
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A NIGHT WITH JANIS: Hear songs such as “Me WED., FEB. 21 MAIL and Bobby McGee,” “Piece of My Heart,” “Cry Baby,” VAN BEBBER QUARTET: Lauded trumpeter Mi-
and “Summertime” at “A Night with Janis Joplin” cheal Van Bebber will be joined by bassist Michael 2 at 7:30pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Glynn, pianist John Hanse, and drummer Julian
Commercial St. Tickets are $30-$70 to see be part MacDonough for a Whatcom Jazz Music Arts Center DO IT of the musical journey celebrating Joplin and her concert at 7pm at the Sylvia Center for the Arts, iconic musical influences—Aretha Franklin, Etta 205 Prospect St. Entry is $5-$10. James, Odetta, Nina Simone, and Bessie Smith. WWW.WJMAC.ORG
WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM 02.14.18 DAIMH CONCERT: Gaelic supergroup and Highland music champions Daimh perform from 7-9pm at
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WINTERSTOCK: Area favorites Polecat, Sky Mount Vernon’s Littlefield Celtic Center, 1124 Cleve- 07 Colony, and Scarlet Locomotive will perform at a land Ave. Taking the name from the Gaelic word for # “WinterStock” show starting at 7:30pm at Mount “kinship” Daimh (pronounced Dive) have taken their Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. If the contemporary take of Highland and Gaelic music to winter blues have got you down, show up for an more than 20 countries, setting audiences alight evening of high-energy, foot-stomping Americana. from Moscow to San Francisco. Tickets are $20-$25. Tickets are $15-$20. WWW.CELTICARTS.ORG WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG
THURS., FEB. 22 CASCADIA WEEKLY FEB. 17-18 JANSEN JAZZ BAND: The popular Jansen Jazz MOCK AND MAHER: Join folk icon Dan Maher Band perform at 7:30pm at Lynden’s Jansen Art 19 and local a cappella trio Mockingbird for the third Center, 321 Front St. The program has a great annual “Mock and Maher: A Concert of Friends” selection of tunes from pop, swing, rock and jazz at 7:30pm Saturday at the Fairhaven Library standards. Tickets are $10. (1117 12th St.) and 3-5pm Sunday at the Deming WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG musicvenues 30
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Boscoe's Karaoke Sarah Goodin, Chantal Renee DJ Will Open Mic w/Jesse Schooler
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16 Boundary Bay Aaron Guest Piano Night Paul Klein Brewery Shakedown ART
Acoustic Night w/David Open Mic Planes On Paper, Jacob Navarro Old Town Tonic 15 Brown Lantern Ale House Johnson
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STAGE The Sheepdogs, Sam Coffey The Sheepdogs, Sam Coffey and Judah & the Lion, Colony Gogol Bordello, Lucky Black Rebel Motorcycle Commodore Ballroom Corrosion of Conformity, Josh Ritter, Leeroy Stagger and the Iron Lungs the Iron Lungs House, Tall Lights Chops Club, Night Beats Eyehategod
14 Tommy Castro and the Conway Muse The Burying Ground Joseph Hein Band Joan Penney Jazz Quintet Painkillers
GET OUT Culture Cafe at Kombucha Aireeoke David Johnson Kids' Karaoke Town
12 Eat Restaurant and Bar Orb Trio w/Tim Volpicella Zoo Patrol Trio Tea Seas Trio WORDS
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Kulshan Brewing Co. Brittany Collins Heron and Crow 16
Lovitt Restaurant Morgan Paris Lanza & Misa Fukada Scot Ranney ART 15 Main St. Bar and Grill JP Falcon Acoustic Showcase Motley 2 Jesse Allen Harris STAGE Animal Inside, Coma Figure, Make.Shift Art Space No Guts, Get Married, more Jerry Core
Hambone Wilson (Heather David Dino White 14 JOSH RITTER/Feb. 20/ Mt. Baker Ski Area Jimmy Brite Meadows), Crooked Constel- Andominus (White Salmon) (White Salmon), Badd lation (White Salmon) Dog (Heather Meadows) Commodore Ballroom GET OUT Old World Deli Mark Ashworth & Mark Kelly 12 Rockfish Grill Stilly River Band Derringer Darlings WORDS
Royal Dance Party Karaoke DJ Jester DJ Jester Karaoke 8 Talent Show w/Vivi- Take Me to Church w/Betty Karaoke w/Seamus Rumors Cabaret enne Duchanne and DJ Total Request Live Flashback Friday Partylicious Saturday Trashy Tuesday Desire O'Carey Shortstack CURRENTS Crystal Myth, Hound the Kristin Allen-Zito, The Mountain Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Punch Up Comedy Open The Shakedown Wolves, Melancholia Flowers, Karl Blau Slacks, George Cessna Mic 6
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Alternative Library 519 E. Maple St | Anelias Kitchen & Stage 513 S. 1st St., La Conner • (360) 466-4778 | Bellewood Acres 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden • (360) 318-7720 | Big Lake Bar & Grill 18247 WA-9, Mt Vernon • (360) 422-6411 | Boundary Bay Brewery 1107 Railroad Ave • 647-5593 | Brown Lantern Ale House 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-2544 | The Business 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-9788 | Chuckanut Brewery 601 W. Holly St. • 752-3377 | Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville St., Vancouver • (604) 739-4550 | Conway Muse 18444 Spruce/Main St., Conway (360) 445-3000 | Corner Pub 14565 Allen West Road, Burlington | Culture Cafe at Kombucha Town 2010 E. Chestnut CASCADIA WEEKLY St. • www.kombuchatown.com | Eat Restaurant & Bar 1200 Cornwall Ave • www.4u2eat.com | The Green Frog 1015 N. State St. • www.acoustictavern.com | Edison Inn 5829 Cains Ct., Edison • (360) 766-6266 | H20, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 755-3956 | Honey Moon 1053 N. State St. • 734-0728 | Kulshan Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood • www.locobillys.com | Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon 1114 Harris Ave, • (360) 671-7143 | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • www.makeshiftproject.com | Main Street Bar & Grill 2004 Main St., Ferndale • (360) 384-2982 | McKay’s Taphouse 1118 E. Maple St. • (360) 647-3600 | The Redlight 1017 N. 21 State St. • www.redlightwineandcoffee.com | Rockfish Grill 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 588-1720 | The Royal 208 E. Holly St. • 738-3701 | Rumors Cabaret 1119 Railroad Ave. • 671-1849 | The Shakedown 1212 N. State St. • www. shakedownbellingham.com | Silver Reef Casino 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale • (360) 383-0777 | Skagit Valley Casino Resort 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow • (360) 724-7777 | Skylark’s Hidden Cafe 1300 11th St. • 715-3642 | Swillery Whiskey Bar 118 W. Holly St. | Stones Throw Brewery 1009 Larrabee Ave. | Swinomish Casino 12885 Casino Dr., Anacortes • (888) 288-8883 | Temple Bar 306 W. Champion St. • 676-8660 | The Underground 211 E. Chestnut St. • 738-3701 | Underground Coffeehouse Viking Union 3rd Floor, WWU | Village Inn Pub 3020 Northwest Ave. • 734-2490 | Vinostrology 120 W. Holly St. • 656-6817 | The Waterfront 521 W. Holly St. • www.waterfrontseafoodandbar.com | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www.wildbuffalo.net | To get your live music listings included, send info to [email protected]. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday. with Quebecians supporting Palestine, describing the growing Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement in Montreal, Canada.
12PM • FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE AUDITORIUM 30 (CANADA/2017/49MIN) FOOD film LITTLE REBEL 1:30PM • RESECREENS AT FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE 24 MOVIE REVIEWS FILM SHORTS AUDITORIUM
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rican Mbarouk Mussa Omarvisited a tiny 22 22 neighbouring islet called Kokota and was shocked by what he saw. Kokota was FILM FILM teetering towards collapse, and Mbarouk knew climate change and deforestation
18 were the culprits. He wanted to help Ko- kota, but what could one poor man possi-
MUSIC bly do? This documentary tells the story of resilient people living on the front
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ART these unlikely heroes have managed to innovatively adapt to a warming climate
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THE WATERSHED GUARDIANS OF THE WORDS FRASER RIVER: The Fraser River is one of YASUNI MAN
8 the most beautiful rivers of Canada, and essential to the lives of Northwest salm- on. But how healthy is it really? This film
CURRENTS remaining uncontacted people in the indigenous Mayan population, who now journeys and meets with the people who FILM FEST, FROM PAGE 9 world. The forest in which they live may stand poised to reimagine their society. are studying and defending the river and 6 claim our planet’s highest biodiversity. 7PM • FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE its watershed. With scientists, activists, Kim, Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl—came to- Today, the area hovers on the edge of col- AUDITORIUM(USA/2017/108MIN) outdoorsmen, farmers, educators, artists VIEWS gether in a squatter settlement in Haiti. lapse This documentary tells the story of and natives, discover how concerned citi-
4 Determined to provide the same world- the conflict that has pitted biodiversity FRI., FEB. 23 zens try to stop its deterioration. class level of medical care they would and human rights against extractive in- WHAT DOESN’T KILL ME: Every day, five 7PM • FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE AUDITORIUM MAIL expect for their own families to the Hai- dustries and human consumption. million children in the United States ex- (CANADA/2017/68MIN)
12PM • NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE (USA/2016/94MIN)
2 tians that soon became their friends, perience domestic violence, either as wit- they faced obstacles so enormous they nesses or victims. This sensitive film by TUES., FEB. 27
DO IT weren’t even considered surmountable by THE BAIL TRAP British film maker Rachel Meyrick tells the BLACK CODE the rest of the world. 1:30PM • RESECREENS AT BELLINGHAM TECHNICAL COLLEGE story of the women and children who are 3:30PM • RESECREENS AT SQUALICUM HIGH SCHOOL 7PM • WWU ACADEMIC WEST (USA/2017/102MIN) fighting back against a court system bi- STRAWS ased toward male privilege and wealth. A 02.14.18 CLOSE IMMIGRANT PRISONS 3:30PM • RESCREENS AT SEHOME HIGH SCHOOL timely film for America—where radical mi- 7PM • RESECREENS AT BELLINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL sogyny is being exposed even in the high- VENUES .13
07 LITTLE REBEL est offices and institutions in the country. Academic West Building (Rm. 210, Western # Washington University); Bellingham High LITTLE REBEL: Inspiring story of an asy- 4PM • RESECREENS AT WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE 6:30PM • BELLINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY School Library (2020 Cornwall Ave.); Bell- lum immigrant from The Gambia, who (UK/2017/81MIN) ingham Public Library (210 Central Ave.); lives in Seattle. WATCH NIGHT: Stimulating talk about Bellingham Technical College, Settlemeyer Hall 7:30PM • BELLINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL (USA/2017/10MIN) standing up against racism and sexism. YASUNI MAN (3028 Lindberg Ave.); Bellingham Unitarian 4:30PM • WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE 7PM • RESECREENS AT FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE AUDITORIUM Fellowship (1207 Ellsworth St.); Fairhaven Col- lege Auditorium, Rm. 300; First Congregation- THE BAIL TRAP (USA/2017/6MIN) al Church of Bellingham (2401 Cornwall Ave.); CASCADIA WEEKLY 7:50PM • RESECREENS AT BELLINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL SAT., FEB. 24 Northwest Indian College, Log Building (2522 500 YEARS: LIFE IN RESISTANCE: From WATCH NIGHT Kwina Rd.); Whatcom Museum, Old City Hall 22 THURS., FEB. 22 a historic genocide trial to the overthrow 1:15PM • RESCREENS AT FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE (121 Prospect St., Bellingham); Pickford Film YASUNI MAN: In the depths of South of a president, 500 Years tells a sweeping AUDITORIUM Center (1318 Bay St.); Sehome High School, America, where the Andes, the Amazon story of mounting resistance played out Rm. 125 (2700 Bill McDonald Pkwy.); Squali- cum High School, Forum (3773 E. McLeod Rd.) and the Equator collide, a wilderness in Guatemala’s recent history, through the QUEBEC 4 PALESTINE: Canada is waking Whatcom Community College, Syre Student Ctr. exists that is home to some of the last actions and perspectives of the majority up to the cause of Palestine. Interviews Rm. 104 (237 W. Kellogg Rd.) showing this week LOOKING FOR A PLACE film ›› TO CALL HOME?
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12 Strong: Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon star in this based-on-actual-events recounting of a B-BOARD group of Green Berets sent into Afghanistan to WE CAN HELP REACH complete a near-impossible mission in the wake of YOUR REAL ESTATE GOALS!
HH 22 9/11. Oh, and they did it on horseback. (R • 2 22 hrs. 10 min.) FILM Free Home Inspection FILM The 15:17 to Paris: In 2015, lifelong friends Antho- with Consultation ny Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, and Spencer Stone successfully thwarted a terrorist attack on a Call Jerry Swann For Details! 18 Paris-bound train, searched the train for weapons and
attackers, and then treated the injured. They’re MUSIC real-life heroes—and now they are playing themselves Best 360.319.7776 in a movie directed by Clint Eastwood. Who cares that Choice Broker# 100688 16 it isn’t any good? H (PG-13 • 1 hr. 34 min.) BLACK PANTHER R EAL T Y ART Black Panther: The Marvel Cinematic Universe pretty much kicks ass all over the place, never more so than this now-franchise? The answer: One person cannot. reminded of the power of the press in protecting 15 with this long-time-coming installment starring However, four people—Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, America from itself, and pony up for a newspaper Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, and Lupita Jack Black, and Karen Gillan—can make a decent go subscription. The fate of our country could well depend Nyong’o and directed by Creed and Fruitvale Station’s of it. HHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 52 min.) on it. HHHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 55 min.) STAGE Ryan Coogler. Move over, Captain America. Black Panther has arrived. HHHHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 14 min.) Lady Bird: This funny, touching, incredibly insightful Samson: I need to speak to the person who green-lit 14 mother-daughter story was written and directed by this Biblical tale and signed off on casting Billy Zane, Coco: As a creative filmmaking force, Pixar is Greta Gerwig, who just became the fifth woman in Rutger Hauer, and Lindsay Wagner. I have so many unmatched. The unstoppable animation juggernaut Oscar history to earn a Best Director nomination. And questions. H (PG-13) GET OUT rolls out another instant classic, this time centering if you think that’s not a big deal, try being a woman its story on budding musician Miguel, who takes a who watches the Oscars every year. Representation The Shape of Water: Guillermo del Toro’s gloriously HHHHH
stunning journey of sight and sound in the Land of matters. (R • 1 hr. 33 min.) beautiful, deeply visionary 1960s-era Cold War fairy 12 the Dead. HHHHH (PG • 1 hr. 45 min.) tale/love story (starring the always award-worthy Maze Runner: The Death Cure: This was the film Sally Hawkins) nabbed a near-record 13 Oscar Den of Thieves: This bank-heist movie starring that almost didn’t happen when its star, Dylan nominations. See it on the big screen, as God and WORDS Gerard Butler and 50 Cent is two hours and 20 minutes O’Brien, was seriously injured in an on-set accident. Guillermo intended. HHHHH (R • 1 hr. 59 min.)
long, which begs so many questions. How much After a long, arduous recovery, he returned to finish 8 exposition can this plot possibly need? Can Butler even out the action-packed YA film franchise that gave him Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Don’t worry everyone: handle that many lines? Was this movie made to be his film career—and then almost took it away. An Writer/director Rian Johnson totally didn’t blow it! watched on airplanes where people have a surplus of inspiring story. Shame the movie itself isn’t as good. Star Wars still rules, everyone else continues to drool. CURRENTS time and are really bored? HH (R • 2 hrs. 20 min.) HH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 22 min.) HHHHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 32 min.) 6 Early Man: From Aardman Animations’ Nick Park— The Other Side of Hope: Aki Kaurismaki makes a Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: I the man that gave us Wallace and Gromit—comes this deadpan comedy that’s about the refugee crisis and didn’t realize that all I really want in life is to watch VIEWS exceedingly charming caveman adventure with somehow it really works. HHHHH (Unrated • 1 hr. Frances McDormand barnstorm award ceremonies, pick characters voiced by Eddie Redmayne, Tom 38 min.) up trophies right and left and make righteous 4 Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, and more. It features a acceptance speeches. Never change, Marge Gunderson. This lovable bear and his penchant HHHHH giant man-eating mallard, so definitely worth seeing. Paddington 2: (R • 1 hr. 55 min.) MAIL HHHH (PG • 1 hr. 29 min.) for marmalade and good-natured mischief are back
with a mystery caper that suffers from nary a misstep, Winchester: I want to watch a movie about the 2 Fifty Shades Freed: Only true masochists need thanks to its endlessly endearing ursine star and a Winchester Mystery House. I want that movie to star apply. HH (R • 1 hr. 41 min.) freewheeling supporting turn by Hugh Grant. Helen Mirren. I do not, however, wish to watch a horror DO IT HHHHH (PG • 1 hr. 45 min.) movie about the Winchester Mystery House. Even if it Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool: Even though stars Helen Mirren. H (PG-13 • 1 hr. 39 min.) she’s been nominated for four Oscars, Annette Bening Peter Rabbit: A rabbit reboot in which Peter is hip somehow remains an underrated actress. Here she now, if hip and being voiced by James Corden are turns in yet another knockout performance as film things that can coexist. I’m confused. Critics are 02.14.18 star Gloria Grahame who is approaching the end of her confused. Leave Peter alone, Hollywood. HH (PG • 1
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(R • 1 hr. 45 min.) # Phantom Thread: Daniel Day-Lewis, world’s The Greatest Showman: I can think of few people greatest living actor, re-teams with filmmaker Paul more equipped to portray P.T. Barnum, i.e. the Thomas Anderson for a sumptuous, intoxicating look “showman” in question, than Hugh Jackman, who is a at 1950s high fashion, and a relationship between a bit like a charismatic human circus himself. HH (PG • visionary designer and his muse. Day-Lewis is 1 hr. 45 min.) retiring after this movie, so don’t miss seeing the legendary actor on the big screen one last time. Hostiles: I love a good Western, though they can be HHHHH (R • 2 hrs. 10 min.) Showtimes CASCADIA WEEKLY hard to come by. This one—starring Christian Bale, Wes Studi, and Rosamund Pike, and directed by Crazy The Post: When I watched Steven Spielberg’s Regal and AMC theaters, please see 23 Heart’s Scott Cooper—is, by all accounts, a pretty star-studded (Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Alison Brie, www.fandango.com. good Western. HHHH (R • 2 hrs. 15 min.) Bob Odenkirk) recounting of the race to publish the Pentagon Papers by The Washington Post and the legal Pickford Film Center and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle: How can battle that ensued, the audience in the theater clapped PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see anyone ever replace the inimitable Robin Williams in and cheered. See it, applaud if you are so inclined, be www.pickfordfilmcenter.com WELLNESS SERVICES WELLNESS EVENTS
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12 Seasons” workshop from 6:30-8:30pm Thurs., Feb. 15 in Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Chair Tai Mount Vernon at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op, 202 S. Chi uses all of the concepts and flowing choreographed First St. In this free class you will gain an understand- movements of standing Tai Chi except it is performed in WORDS ing of medicinal properties, uses and contraindica- a seated position. Entry is free. tions, preparation techniques for internal and external (360) 778-7217
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persistent clock. With this story as your inspiration,
FREE WILL and in accordance with astrological omens, I urge you 30 Virgos to finally put an end to your equivalent of the
maddening alarm clock. (Read the story: tinyurl.com/ FOOD ASTROLOGY alarmclockmadness.)
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): 24 Mount Fuji is Japan’s highest peak. If you’re in good Bonaparte an oppressor or liberator? The answer is shape, you can reach the top in seven hours. The both. His work in the world hurt a lot of people and return trip can be done in half the time—if you’re cau- helped a lot of people. One of his more magnanimous B-BOARD B-BOARD tious. The loose rocks on the steep trail are more likely escapades transpired in June 1798, when he and his to knock you off your feet on the way down than on naval forces invaded the island of Malta. During his the way up. I suspect this is an apt metaphor for you six-day stay, he released political prisoners, abolished 22 in the coming weeks, Aries. Your necessary descent slavery, granted religious freedom to Jews, opened 15 may be deceptively challenging. So make haste slowly! schools, established the right to free speech, and shut Your power animals are the rabbit and the snail. down the Inquisition. What do his heroics have to do FILM with you? I don’t want to exaggerate, but I expect TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1903, Orville and that you, too, now have the power to unleash a bliz- 18 Wilbur Wright made a few short jaunts through the zard of benevolence in your sphere. Do it in your own air in a flying machine they called the Flyer. It was a style, of course, not Napoléon’s. germinal step in a process that ultimately led to your MUSIC ability to travel 600 miles per hour while sitting in a SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Trees that are slow chair 30,000 feet above the earth. Less than 66 years to grow bear the best fruit,” said French playwright 16 after the Wright Brothers’ breakthrough, American Molière. I’m going to make that your motto for now, astronauts landed a space capsule on the moon. They Scorpio. You have pursued a gradual, steady approach ART had with them a patch of fabric from the left wing of to ripening, and soon it will pay off in the form of big the Flyer. I expect that during the coming weeks, you bright blooms. Congratulations on having the faith 15 will be climaxing a long-running process that deserves to keep plugging away in the dark! I applaud your a comparable ritual. Revisit the early stages of the determination to be dogged and persistent about work that enabled you to be where you are now. following your intuition even though few people have STAGE appreciated what you were doing. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 2006, five percent of the world’s astronomers gathered at an interna- SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The growth 14 tional conference and voted to demote Pluto from a you can and should foster in the coming weeks will planet to a “dwarf planet.” Much of the world agreed be stimulated by quirky and unexpected prods. To get to honor their declaration. Since then, though, you started, here are a few such prods. 1. What’s your GET OUT there has arisen a campaign by equally authoritative hidden or dormant talent, and what could you do to astronomers to restore Pluto to full planet status. awaken and mobilize it? 2. What’s something you’re The crux of the issue is this: How shall we define the afraid of but might be able to turn into a resource? 3. 12 nature of a planet? But for the people of New Mexico, If you were a different gender for a week, what would the question has been resolved. State legislators you do and what would your life be like? 4. Visualize a WORDS there formally voted to regard Pluto as a planet. They dream you’d like to have while you’re asleep tonight. didn’t accept the demotion. I encourage you to be in- 5. If you could transform anything about yourself, spired by their example, Gemini. Whenever there are what would it be? 6. Imagine you’ve won a free vaca- 8 good arguments from opposing sides about important tion to anywhere you want. Where would you go? matters, trust your gut feelings. Stand up for your preferred version of the story. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may think CURRENTS you have uncovered the truth, the whole truth, and
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ray Bradbury’s nothing but the truth. But according to my analysis 6 dystopian bestseller Fahrenheit 451 was among the of the astrological omens, you’re just a bit more than most successful of the 27 novels he wrote. It won halfway there. In order to get the rest of the goods, numerous awards and has been adopted into films, you’ll have to ignore your itch to be done with the VIEWS plays, and graphic novels. Bradbury wrote the original search. You’ll have to be unattached to being right and version of the story in nine days, using a typewriter smart and authoritative. So please cultivate patience. 4 he rented for 20 cents per hour. When his publisher Be expansive and magnanimous as you dig deeper. For urged him to double the manuscript’s length, he spent best results, align yourself with poet Richard Siken’s MAIL another nine days doing so. According to my reading definition: “The truth is complicated. It’s two-toned, of the planetary configurations, you Cancerians now multi-vocal, bittersweet.” 2 have a similar potential to be surprisingly efficient and economical as you work on an interesting creation or AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The posh maga- DO IT breakthrough—especially if you mix a lot of play and zine Tatler came up with a list of fashionable new delight into your labors. names for parents who want to ensure their babies get a swanky start in life. Since you Aquarians are LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Poet Louise Glück has in a phase when you can generate good fortune by 02.14.18 characterized herself as “afflicted with longing yet rebranding yourself or remaking your image, I figure incapable of forming durable attachments.” If there is you might be interested in using one of these moni- anything in you that even partially fits that descrip- kers as a nickname or alias. At the very least, hearing .13 07
tion, I have good news: In the coming weeks, you’re them could whet your imagination to come up with # likely to feel blessed by longing rather than afflicted your own ideas. Here are Tatler’s chic avant-garde by it. The foreseeable future will also be prime time names for girls: Czar-Czar; Debonaire; Estonia; Figgy; for you to increase your motivation and capacity to Gethsemane; Power; Queenie. Here are some boys' form durable attachments. Take full advantage of this names: Barclay; Euripides; Gustav; Innsbruck; Ra; fertile grace period! Uxorious; Wigbert; Zebedee.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 2004, a man PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Now that you have
named Jerry Lynn tied a battery-operated alarm clock finally paid off one of your debts to the past, you can CASCADIA WEEKLY to a string and dangled it down a vent in his house. start window-shopping for the future’s best offers. The He was hoping that when the alarm sounded, he would coming days will be a transition time as you vacate 25 get a sense of the best place to drill a hole in his the power spot you’ve outgrown and ramble out to wall to run a wire for his TV. But the knot he’d made reconnoiter potential new power spots. So bid your Advertising supports the Cascadia Weekly wasn’t perfect, and the clock slipped off and plunged crisp farewells to waning traditions, lost causes, ghostly into an inaccessible spot behind the wall. Then, every temptations, and the deadweight of people’s expecta- newspaper and creates valued content. night for 13 years, the alarm rang for a minute. The tions. Then start preparing a vigorous first impression to battery was unusually strong! A few months ago, present to promising allies out there in the frontier. rearEnd crossword
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02.14.18 of Magnolia Street and Cornwall Avenue Eat Local. The term “food miles” refers to the distance comestibles must travel to Downtown Bellingham has an impressive (alongside the peace vigil). The event-which reach our plate. Higher food miles mean a bigger carbon footprint due to the CO2- walkability score, reliable public trans- is dedicated to spreading food, love and .13
07 emitting trucks carrying the stuff. Aiming for low food miles is optimal. portation, and bike lanes galore. There nonviolence as an action against war and # Many restaurants in the downtown area get this concept. Thanks to Sustainable Con- really is no reason not to choose an eco- poverty-is free. nections’ handy Wholesale Producer Guide, Bellingham chefs can easily find delicious local friendly mode of transport. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BELLINGHAMFNB
ingredients for their dishes—think EAT’s Penne Provencal with local Cascadia mushrooms. From my State Street apartment, I can WINE MAKER DINNER: Selections from Ditch Disposable Cups. It’s easy to find a top-notch cup of joe downtown. Notable bike to Rock and Rye for a happy hour Betz Family Winery can be enjoyed as part of new café, Camber, and the classic Avellino are my current favorite haunts. cocktail and a delicious appetizer of Dray- a Wine Maker Dinner Series starting with a The city is lucky to have a thorough recycling program, but I still avoid single-use ton Harbor oysters. From there, trudging reception at 5:30pm at Blaine’s Semiahmoo
CASCADIA WEEKLY items, like coffee cups, as a general rule. Recycling, after all, requires lots of energy. over to Cosmos Bistro for a vegan burger Resort, 9565 Semiahmoo Pkwy. The five- course dinner begins at 6pm with a wine Using a reusable cup is a much greener option. Stainless steel mugs are great—you is a breeze, but I almost always need an 30 carefully paired with each course by Chef can find them locally in stores like the Greenhouse or Yeager’s. after-dinner jaunt to digest. More often Bruno and Chef Devin. Entry is $105-$124. When I’m not on the go, I always ask for my latte “for here.” Nearly every café, than I’d like to admit, that jaunt leads me WWW.SEMIAHMOO.COM even chains like Woods, will serve your drink in a ceramic mug rather than a paper to Pure Bliss for locally-sourced dessert cup. This is a great way to cut down on unnecessary waste. and a nightcap, finishing in time to catch CHINESE NEW YEAR: A four-course Chinese New Year-themed dinner and wine tasting Just Say “No” To Plastic Straws. The unnatural size and shape of drinking straws make the Route 1 bus home. doit
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Learn more about the critical 24 role food will play in efforts to solve the environmental crisis at a free
viewing of Unbroken Ground Wed., Feb. B-BOARD 21 at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op. Ash Wednesday. An ancient ritual for modern times. 22 FILM
event takes place from 6-10pm at Northwater, 4260 FEB. 17-18 18 Mitchell Way. The dinner will feature Washing- WINE & CHOCOLATE: Taste chocolate ganache ton wines, beer from Kulshan Brewing, and food and chocolate truffles by Chocolate Necessities What does it mean? MUSIC prepared by Chef Wynton Kelly. Tickets are $125; made with Vartanyan Petit Verdot 2014 and other proceeds benefit Our TreeHouse’s support groups chocolate and wines at a Valentine’s Gintwein and 16 for grieving families and teens in Whatcom County. Chocolate event from 1-6pm Saturday, and 1-5pm
WWW.OUR-TREEHOUSE.ORG Sunday at Vartanyan Estate Winery, 1628 Huntley Ash Wednesday explained: www.fccb.net ART Rd. Entry is free. SAT., FEB. 17 WWW.VEWINERY.COM Ash Wednesday service: 7PM tonight 15 FERNDALE BREAKFAST: Choose from pancakes, 2401 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham French toast or biscuits and gravy at a Pancake SUN., FEB. 18 Breakfast happening from 8-11am at the Ferndale SEDRO BREAKFAST: Eggs to order, omelets, STAGE Senior Center, 1999 Cherry St. Entry is $2.50 for hash browns, pancakes and more can be had at a kids and $6 for adults, and includes scrambled Community Breakfast taking place from 8-11am 14 eggs, ham or sausage, and beverages. at Sedro-Woolley’s American Legion Post #43, 701 (360) 384-6244 Murdock St. Entry is $5 for kids, $7 for adults. WWW.SEDRO-WOOLLEY.COM GET OUT VFW BREAKFAST: Enjoy a breakfast of pancakes, French toast, eggs, sausage and beverages from MON., FEB. 19
8-11am at the Ferndale VFW Hall, 7011 Hannegan BITE OF BLAINE: Local restaurants and area 12 Rd. Entry is $6 (free for kids 5 and under). food confectioners from Blaine and Birch Bay will WWW.LYNDEN.ORG serve up tasty samplings of their menu items at the 18th annual “Bite of Blaine” Food Fest from WORDS WINTER FARMERS MARKET: A plethora of 6-8pm at Semiahmoo Resort, 9565 Semiahmoo
vendors will have edible and creative offerings Pkwy. Tickets are $30; get them early, as there 8 for sale at the second Winter Market of the season will be no ticket sales at the door. at the Bellingham Farmers Market’s Depot Market (360) 332-6484 OR WWW.BLAINECHAMBER.COM Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. An additional event CURRENTS takes Sat,, March 17 before the market opens on a CONTROLLING CRAVINGS: Bring home practical
weekly basis in April. tips both for immediate relief and sustainable 6 WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG success when Karl Mincin, CN, leads a “Control- ling Cravings” presentation from 6:30-8:30pm at VIEWS SEED SAVING: Learn the ancient craft of saving the Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. seed from successful vegetables in your garden From sweet and fatty to salty and crunchy, he’ll
LET’S DO LUNCH! 4 at a “Seed Saving for Gardeners” class with Terri consider specific food cravings and their nutri- Wilde from 1-3pm at the Chuckanut Center, 103 tional, herbal and behavioral support measures. FRESH, MAIL Chuckanut Dr. N. Wilde has been gardening and Entry is $5. REGIONAL WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP saving seed for many years and has taught in a INGREDIENTS 2 variety of venues. Entry is $10. WWW.CHUCKANUTCENTER.ORG TUES., FEB. 20 LUNCH SPECIALS DO IT FARM TO TABLE: Sustainable Connections will FRUIT GROWING: “Advanced Apple and Pear” host its annual Farm-to-Table Trade Meeting from DAILY will be the focus of a two-part class starting 8:30am-5pm at Bellingham Technical College, today from 1:30-3:30pm at Everson’s Cloud Moun- 3028 Lindbergh Ave. The meeting brings together tain Farm Center, 6906 Goodwin Rd. In this first scores of farmers, fisherfolk, food artisans, 02.14.18 class, you’ll be working in the orchards pruning restaurants, grocers and other people interested established trees, with hands-on instruction. in sourcing local ingredients or selling local food. .13 07
You’ll practice applying pruning theory to trees Facilitated networking, one-on-one consulta- # grown on different training systems, and on trees tions, a vibrant expo, educational workshops, a of different ages. Expect to walk away feeling panel discussion and a keynote address will be more confident when working with your fruit part of the day’s activities. Entry is $60-$70, and trees. Class size is limited; another class takes includes a seven-course lunch. place March 3. Entry is $40. WWW.SUSTAINABLECONNECTIONS.ORG WWW.CLOUDMOUNTAINFARMCENTER.ORG COCKTAIL PARTY CLASS: To celebrate the MERLOT TASTING: Attend “Merlot, the Sideway venue’s new full liquor license, attend a Cocktail CASCADIA WEEKLY Effect” from 2-4pm at Seifert & Jones Wine Party Class starting at 6:30pm at Ciao Thyme, 207 Merchants, 19 Prospect St. The tasting is devoted Unity St. At the event, Mataio Gillis and Kraig HOURS: SUN-THURS 11AM-10PM 31 to showing how great this varietal can be (despite Halterman will teach attendees to make two spe- FRI & SAT 11AM-11PM the decline of it after the movie Sideways dissed cial drinks simple syrups, and several appetizers it. Entry is free. that pair well with these drinks. Entry is $68. BTOWNKITCHEN.COM PHONE: (360) 392-6520 WWW.SJWINEMERCHANTS.COM WWW.CIAOTHYME.COM 714 LAKEWAY DRIVE | BELLINGHAM, WA 98229 New Club Members Receive: $ FREE-PLAY 10 ay! Tod Up gn Si THE PACIFIC SHOWROOM
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