THE GRISTLE, P.06 + BOB BALLOT, P.23 + SUJIN'S KIMCHI, P.26 c a s c a d i a REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND COUNTIES 08-22-2018* • ISSUE:*34 • V.13
TOUR OF GRIEF What extinction looks like P.10
PIONEERING PARTY Hovander Homestead Bluegrass Festival P.16 ESCAPE TO ALGER Sh'Bang! and beyond P.13
CLASSIC RIDES Scenes from the saddle, P.12 MUSIC Haynie Opry: 3pm and 7pm, Mount Vernon Senior A brief overview of this Center 26 Concert for Kids: 4pm, Eagle Haven Winery, Sedro- Woolley
FOOD week’s happenings Summer Dance Party: 4-8pm, Heart of Anacortes THISWEEK Kaeli Earle Trio: 7:30pm, Jansen Art Center, Lynden
22 WEDNESDAY [08.22.18] FILM The Princess Bride: Dusk, Fairhaven Village Green ONSTAGE Humans and canines can interact via demos, vendors, B-BOARD Young Frankenstein: 7:30pm, Performing Arts COMMUNITY Center, WWU games and more at Whatcom Humane Society’s annual Hagglefest: 9am-6pm, RE Store Summer Fun Rod Run: 10am-5pm, Deming Log 20 FOOD Dog Days of Summer Festival Sun., Aug. 26 Show Grounds Wednesday Market: 3-7pm, Fairhaven Village Green Ferndale Street Festival: 10am-11pm, downtown FILM Ferndale [08.23.18] A Day in Happyville: 11am-4pm, John Storvik park, THURSDAY Anacortes 16 ONSTAGE Summerfest: 2-9pm, Josh Vander Yacht Memorial The Rover: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center Park MUSIC Young Frankenstein: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Beach Bash: 3-8pm Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Center, WWU Summer Fun in the Park: 5-10pm, Blaine Marine
14 Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Park The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre ART GET OUT MUSIC Chuckanut Classic: 7:30am, Boundary Bay Brewery
13 Blues and Brews: 5-9pm, Hotel Bellwether terrace Aly Fell International Water Swim: 9am, Lake Jazz Jam: 5:30-8:30pm, Illuminati Brewing Padden Park Bluesberry Trail Run: 9:30am, Heather Meadows STAGE The Replayzments: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park Bobby Holland and the Breadline: 6-8pm, Riverwalk Day Lodge Plaza, Mount Vernon Classic Bike Show: 11am-3pm, downtown Anacortes
12 Threefer: 7:30pm, Chuckanut Center Summer Party: 1-8pm, Community Boating Center Downtown Throwdown: 4-8pm, Bellingham Public COMMUNITY Market GET OUT Senior Day in the Park: 10am-1:30pm, Maiben Park, Burlington FOOD Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts 12 FOOD Center Bow Farmers Market: 1-6pm, Samish Bay Cheese Mount Vernon Market: 9am-2pm, Riverwalk Park Lummi Island Market: 10am-1pm, the Islander WORDS [08.24.18] Lynden Farmers Market: 10am-2pm, Centennial FRIDAY Park 10 ONSTAGE Blaine Gardeners Market: 10am-2pm, H Street Once Upon a Mattress: 7pm, BAAY Theatre Plaza The Rover: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square CURRENTS Young Frankenstein: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU 6 Push it to the Limit: 9pm, Upfront Theatre VISUAL Plein Air Paint Out: 10am-4pm, downtown Bell-
VIEWS MUSIC ingham Stacy Jones Band: 6-8pm, Seafarers Memorial Park, 4 Anacortes SUNDAY [08.26.18] Farm Tunes: 6-9pm, BelleWood Acres MAIL ONSTAGE Once Upon a Mattress: 7pm, BAAY Theatre
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34 Fourth Friday Art Walk: 5-8pm, historic Fairhaven # COMMUNITY [08.25.18] Block Party and Car Show: 10am-2pm, Hillcrest SATURDAY Chapel ONSTAGE Dog Days of Summer: 10am-3pm, Whatcom Humane Once Upon a Mattress: 2pm and 7pm, BAAY Theatre Society Young Frankenstein: 2pm and 7:30pm, Performing Hagglefest: 10am-5pm, RE Store Arts Center, WWU FOOD CASCADIA WEEKLY The Rover: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center Circus on the Water: 7:30pm, Lookout Arts Quarry Edison Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Edison Granary Bacon & Kegs Festival: 11am-9pm, Depot Market 2 Push it to the Limit: 9pm, Upfront Theatre Hear the best of the blues when the Stacy Jones Band Square DANCE performs Fri., Aug. 24 as part of a Summer Concert Series Summer Ice Show: 1:30pm and 5:30pm, Bellingham at Seafarers’ Park in Anacortes VISUAL Sportsplex Plein Air Paint Out: 10am-4pm, downtown Bellingham
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2 prey, reduce vessel noise and reduce toxin loads Stephanie Simms Rear End and pollution. DO NOT BOYCOTT DEMOCRACY Skagit: Linda Brown, DO IT 21: Crossword Barb Murdoch We have known this for a very long time. We In 2016 a lot of us thought it was a sure thing 22: Free Will Astrology have, as a state and region, been unwilling to that we would have government that stayed rea- Letters make the hard decisions to achieve these goals. sonably progressive. After all, the polls all pre- 23: Advice Goddess SEND LETTERS TO LETTERS@ Restoring the lower Snake River, for example, dicted it! CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM 08.22.18 24: Comix, Sudoku will deliver large numbers of chinook salmon we Sadly, many of us (more than 30 percent of 26: Sujin’s Kimchi know the orca eat and need more of. Our region eligible voters nationwide) took this for granted .13
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All of us must vote in the November elec- —Joan Dow, Whatcom County 26 tions, choosing candidates who are honest, caring and dedicated to representing us. PRESS CLOBBERS THE JOBBERS FOOD Together, we can be patriotically proud A little piece of local history to empha- again of this great nation and its restored size the importance of a free press to our 22 tradition of caring for all people. society: —Joe Coons, Bellingham On May 7, 1890, Fairhaven held its first- ever municipal election for Mayor and City B-BOARD SWEEP OUT THE ROT “Council-men.” Two tickets were nominat- 99%+ FOSSIL FUEL-FREE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
August adds national security veterans ed—one representing the better element of 20 to those calling out Trump, while (conve- the people, and the other the element of one, niently in recess) the congressional Repub- McManus, who needed a government that FILM lican leadership and rank and file remain would favor certain “jobbers” (contractors)
almost completely silent. The party’s ca- who sought public money for their schemes. 16 pitulation continues and its rot spreads. McManus was the owner of a large sa-
It’s worth remembering that Sen. Doug loon, dance hall, gambling place and vari- MUSIC Ericksen (R, 42nd Dist) was one of the ety show who sought to become political two Republicans most responsible for pro- boss of Fairhaven. McManus somehow man- 14 moting Trump in, and welcoming him ufactured 300 phony registration certifi- BellinghamFinancialPlanners.com ART to, this Washington in 2016. Locals have a cates, which when placed in the hands of COLSON FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISOR unique opportunity to sweep him, his state his hirelings would be the balance of power Fee-Only Financial Planning | Fee-Based Investment Management 13 House colleagues and what they stand for in the coming election.
and against from public office this fall. The opposition to McManus was cham- STAGE It’s also worth noting the title of the pioned by William Vischer, editor of the third from last chapter of a classic book nascent Fairhaven Herald. Vischer learned 12 on the early republic, based on his 1831- of McManuses fraudulent scheme to steal Ronald Scott Colson 32 travels here, Alexis de Tocqueville’s De - the election and exposed it in the Herald ®
(Office) 303.986.9977 GET OUT mocracy in America: What Sort of Despotism the day before the election. He also pub- CFP , MBA, President 4740 Austin Court Democratic Nations Have to Fear. It begins, lished a warning of impending prosecu- Bellingham WA 98229-2659
“I had noted... that a democratic state tion to the fraudsters. 12 of society similar to the American model The next day the Herald’s ticket was could lay itself open to the establishment elected by about 300 votes (a landslide WORDS of despotism with unusual ease” and it’s a at the time). brief, alarming read in 2018. McManus met with Vischer, invited him 10 —Milt Krieger, Bellingham to his saloon (with a young reporter), and burned the phony certificates in front of
SUPPORT LUANNE him, such was CURRENTS VAN WERVEN his respect for the press. If she had accomplished only one thing If not for William Vischer and the Herald, 6 last legislative session, Luanne Van Werven Fairhaven’s first government would have VIEWS would have my vote. She worked to undo been run by a corrupt saloon owner and 4 the infamous Hirst decision, thus protect- his crony “jobbers.” 4 ing owners’ rights to drill household wells —Everett James, Bellingham MAIL and build on their land. MAIL
However, she accomplished far more. DEATH OF A NOTION 2 Her voice on the House Higher Education I wasn’t able to see the entire film Death committee resulted in House Bill 1375, of a Nation but, what I understand, it’s not DO IT which provided transparency to textbook kind to the Democratic Party. I wasn’t sur- costs in community and technical colleges. prised when the Cascadia Weekly gave the The bill also promoted student access to film zero stars and called it “racist.” free online textbooks and supported the More and more this is the tactic used by a 08.22.18 new Whatcom Community College Learning political party, to discredit another party. .13
Commons project. This building will house I contacted the Pickford to see if they are 34 the new library, tutoring center, veterans’ objective enough to show the film. No re- # center and computer labs. sponse yet. If you are unobjective yourself, As a result of her work on the House this film may make you uncomfortable. Transportation Committee, Blaine has the Sometimes the truth is uncomfortable. funding for construction of a southbound —Alan Fox, Bellingham off-ramp at Exit 274.
Plus, she secured funding for a bike and The film received the lowest ranking rating CASCADIA WEEKLY pedestrian trail in the Kendall community. possible from Metacritic, an aggregate of opinion of 5 This trail will provide a safe route, connect- various film critics. It also received 0 percent from ing students from their local neighborhoods Rotten Tomatoes, a similar aggregator, although to the Kendall Elementary School, library, admittedly it appears many critics did not bother to churches and the regional resource center. review it. Sometimes a boring, inaccurate polemic is During the last term, Luanne Van Werven just what it says on the tin. —Editor THE GRISTLE 3-IN-1 OIL: The penetrating lubricants handy to free
26 gummy gears also make pretty fierce combustible accelerants. The mechanics working under the hood FOOD of City of Bellingham could perhaps use a little of both—things you might pour on a fire that can also views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE unstick seized parts. 22 After ten years of trying, the city last week report- ed defeat in efforts to acquire an abandoned rail line B-BOARD between Meridian Street and Roeder Avenue. The rail line, which connects Orchard Place near Cornwall Park BY AMY GOODMAN
20 to the main line near Roeder Avenue, is a key piece that might complete the Bay to Baker Trail, a project
FILM decades in conception that would provide trail oppor- tunities across the county on former railroad, logging All Governments Lie
16 road and other established corridors. In a letter dated Aug. 10, BNSF Railway terminated SUNLIGHT IS THE BEST REMEDY FOR DARKNESS
MUSIC a pending purchase and sale agreement from March of this year. “ALL GOVERNMENTS lie,” was captured? I like people that
14 Last April, Bellingham City Council approved spend- said legendary journalist I.F. Stone. weren’t captured.”
ART ing $261,500 in Greenway funds for this long-sought He relentlessly reported on the But what about the sheer scale trail connection. City staff were heading to Olympia powerful and the corrupt, and for of the bipartisan defense bill that
13 last week to present their grant application to the almost 20 years, until his retire- Trump signed? The $717 billion of Recreation and Conservation Office to build the trail, ment in 1971, independently wrote public funds committed to weap-
STAGE but instead had to pull their application because of I.F. Stone’s Weekly, an acerbic and onry and war is the largest de- BNSF intransigence. incisive publication that broke viciousness is as newsworthy as it is fense authorization in history. As “I am very disappointed that BNSF chose to termi- news regularly. He revealed how grotesque. This week he called Oma- Republicans attempt to shrink or 12 nate our purchase of this important property,” said President Lyndon Johnson decep- rosa Manigault Newman, his fired, eliminate so-called entitlements Mayor Kelli Linville. “This has long been identified tively exploited the 1964 Tonkin former top African-American woman like Social Security and Medicaid,
GET OUT as a key connection for our trail system, and it was Bay incident to escalate U.S. in- staffer, “that dog.” Earlier, he tweet- reporting on this unprecedented an opportunity to work with BNSF on mutual goals of volvement in Vietnam. He produced ed about an NBA basketball star who military budget should be at the
12 mitigation as well as recreation. We will continue to some of the most impactful inves- has just opened a new school: “Leb- forefront of every newscast and work on any and all options to make our trail system tigative reporting on the tobacco ron James was just interviewed by above the fold on every newspaper. work for our community.” industry and the power it held over the dumbest man on television, Don The U.S.-backed Saudi-led war WORDS Washington and other states across the United States Congress. I.F. Stone’s assertion that Lemon. He made Lebron look smart, in Yemen is a story that demands are littered with thousands of miles of abandoned rail all governments lie has stood the which isn’t easy to do.” Both men are daily reporting, but never receives 10 lines. Many of these rights-of-way were simply granted test of time, and seems remarkably African-American, as is respected it. Just this week, a school bus by the federal government as a means to crack open apt now, during the era of Presi- Congressmember Maxine Waters, was bombed, with U.S. bombs, U.S.
CURRENTS the resources of the West, and the lines have fallen dent Donald Trump, perhaps the whom Trump called “an extraordi- refueling of the bombers and U.S. into disuse as rail operations have consolidated. Con- most prodigious liar among all U.S. narily low IQ person.” He not only logistics support. Fifty people were 6 6 servation groups have worked from coast to coast to presidents. When the news media insults African-Americans, but all of killed, 40 of them schoolchildren. help develop these thousands of miles of rail-trails for accurately reports on Trump’s bald- us in the process. More than 1 million Yemeni children VIEWS VIEWS millions to explore and enjoy while creating vibrant faced lies, he attacks, calling the The best reply to Trump’s hostility are on the brink of starvation; many
4 corridors that link communities and neighborhoods. press “the enemy of the people.” to the press is more investigative have starved to death already. More From the standpoint of economic development, a com- Members of the White House press reporting. One problem is that ob- than 18 million Yemenis are hungry, MAIL pleted Bay to Baker Trail would connect recreational corps, who are the principal re- sessive speculation about the prog- and over 1 million have contracted
2 opportunities across the entire county. cipients of Trump’s constant pejora- ress of special counsel Robert Muel- cholera. It is the largest humanitar- BNSF has no plans or use for this long-abandoned rail tives, increasingly express concern ler’s investigation into Trump and ian crisis on the planet, yet we hear
DO IT line. Their unwillingness to part with the right-of-way for their safety at Trump’s many Russian election meddling crowds almost nothing about it. stems from the company’s stiff-necked assuredness campaign-style rallies, where he out other vital stories. Climate change deserves constant that they can, and their supreme confidence that no revs up the crowd against them. Take that Fort Drum event, for coverage. Sure, our climate-change- pressure will be leveraged against them for doing so. Trump will not relent, and cer- example. Trump was there to cer- denying president has called it a 08.22.18 A decade ago, the Port of Bellingham applied lever- tainly will never change. emoniously sign the National De- Chinese hoax. The news media must age to an analogous large, distant and intractable me- Trump relies on the news media to fense Authorization Act, and he aggressively report on this global .13
34 ga-corporation—filing an order to seize and condemn repeat, and thus amplify, his hate- was roundly criticized in the media threat, especially the connection # Georgia-Pacific’s wastewater treatment lagoon on Bell- ful messages. Several news channels for failing to mention Sen. John between climate change and ex- ingham’s central waterfront. The port argued that the have taken the important step of not McCain, after whom the bill was treme weather, like the forest fires agency envisioned a higher, better economic purpose carrying his rallies live, from start to named. McCain has been one of consuming so much of California. for the structure. In making their case, the port built finish. It was that shameful practice Trump’s most vocal Republican crit- Donald Trump’s attacks on the upon the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2005 Kelo decision that that delivered over $1 billion in free ics, and now is suffering advanced free press, a vital cornerstone of found that the general benefits a community enjoys airtime to the Trump campaign. But brain cancer. Trump’s omission was our democracy, are despicable.
CASCADIA WEEKLY from economic growth qualifies as a permissible “pub- his tweets must be reported. A court considered offensive and petty, More reporting, in the tradition of lic use” under the takings clause of the Fifth Amend- ruled them to be official White House reminiscent of how in 2016 he in- I.F. Stone, is the best remedy. 6 ment. Washington’s own state constitution contains statements, and they actually shape sulted McCain’s military service in a provision that would complicate the use of eminent policies. The depth of his racism, his Vietnam, saying: “He’s not a war Amy Goodman is the host of domain for economic development; however, the larg- misogyny, his Islamophobia and his hero. He’s a war hero because he “Democracy Now!” er point is the lawsuit got Corporate’s attention and brought them to the table for a discussion that even- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE tually brought Bellingham’s waterfront
into public ownership. 26 Was the port’s strategy tenable and le- gally supportable? Doubtful. Did it work EBT FOOD to public benefit? Oh, undoubtedly. One can easily make the argument Solmate “Matchless” Sox 22 that the city’s position here is even Beef Steaks, Salmon, Tofu more compelling. At the time of its condemnation, GP’s treatment lagoon Australian Red Licorice B-BOARD was functional and supported scores of Mt. Baker Fireweed Honey
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13 08.15.18 More than 60 farmworkers began a work stoppage at Crystal View Raspberry Farm in Bellingham on Sunday, claiming the WEDNESDAY farm has not met its legal obligations to safe, clean housing conditions, nor has the farm provided their workers with STAGE sufficient food or breaks—all legal requirements under the H2A program. Thr workers are among nearly 100 farmworkers A judge in Seattle dismisses a lawsuit from a group of children seeking to contracted at Crystal View under the exploitative H2A guest worker visa program, who say they have not been paid for protect their generation from climate change. The kids’ lawsuit said Washing- their labor for the last two weeks. 12 ton state’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions are “grossly inadequate” if their generation is to have a bearable climate to live in. The King County Superior An environmental conservation group proposal is projected to release 12 times
GET OUT Court judge agreed that climate change is an urgent and devastating problem. sues the federal government, alleging it the amount of carbon dioxide into the at- But he ruled that tackling it is a job for the political branches of government, failed to meet its obligation to protect the mosphere compared with Obama’s Clean Pow-
12 not the courts. [NPR] habitat of endangered Southern Rresident er Plan. [Wall Street Journal] killer whales on the West Coast. The law- suit was filed by the Center for Biological A stage one burn ban goes into effect
WORDS 08.16.18 Diversity (CBD) to hold the government in several Puget Sound counties because THURSDAY accountable for allegedly violating the of unhealthy levels of wildfire smoke. The 10 The growing realization that Southern Resident orcas are starving to death has Endangered Species Act by not acting on burn ban includes Island, Skagit, What- led green groups to urge stronger measures to save them. The David Suzuki Foun- a 2014 petition filed by CBD that sought com counties. Health officials issued the
CURRENTS dation and the Raincoast Conservation Foundation call for an immediate closure to expand “critical habitat” areas for the ban to reduce any additional harm from CURRENTS 10 of fishing for chinook salmon on British Columbia’s coast. Orcas rely on chinook orcas from Puget Sound waters to include outdoor burning. Air quality in Western 6 to survive and it’s their preferred prey. Under the Pacific Salmon Treaty, up to two the coastline down to near San Francisco. Washington degraded from “unhealthy” million chinook are caught each year on both sides of the border. According to [Seattle Times] to “very unhealthy” as wildfire smoke VIEWS the environmental groups, the Southern Resident orca population requires about from British Columbia continues to pour
4 1,400 chinook each day to remain alive. [Suzuki Foundation, Georgia Straight] Federal judges have ruled against the into the region. [NWCAA, KOMO] Trump administration three times in the MAIL Pipeline protesters are released from a British Columbia jail, a few days last three days, arguing that the admin- The EPA’s new coal pollution standards
2 before their week-long sentences were set to end. Seven protesters in all were istration short-circuited the regulatory will lead to more deaths, the agency’s own sentenced to a week in jail after pleading guilty to contempt charges in B.C. process in its push to reverse policies on research shows. The proposal’s fine print
DO IT Supreme Court. Five who were released on Sunday issued a joint statement, water protections, chemical plant safety indicates the increase in carbon emissions saying they were imprisoned because of their opposition to the Trans Mountain operations and the controversial Keystone may lead to up to 1,400 premature deaths pipeline expansion. [CBC] XL pipeline. In each instance, the courts ei- annually. For comparison, the coal mining ther reinstated the existing rule or delayed industry itself employed about 50,500 peo- 08.22.18 The National Energy Board says Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC can start con- the administration’s proposal from taking ple in 2016. [New York Times] struction on sections of its pipeline expansion in Alberta and British Colum- effect. [Washington Post] .13
34 bia. The NEB says in a statement that Trans Mountain has met all applicable A judge in Olympia blocks a state plan to # pre-construction condition requirements for so-called segments one to four 08.20.18 kill off members of a wolf pack. The Wash- from the Edmonton terminal to its Darfield pump station near Kamloops, B.C. ington Department of Fish and Wildlife an- The board says it has approved more than 96 percent of the detailed route for MONDAY nounced it would begin killing members of these pipeline segments. [Vancouver Sun] The Environmental Protection Agency will the Togo wolf pack for preying on cattle six allow states to set their own emission stan- times in the past 10 months in the north- 08.17.18 dards for coal-fueled power plants. Critics say east corner of the state. The agency reports
CASCADIA WEEKLY the decision will result in much more carbon it will use humane hunting methods, likely FRIDAY dioxide being released into the atmosphere. options include shooting from a helicopter, 8 A Thurston County Superior Court judge throws out 300,000 signatures The acting EPA director signs a proposal that trapping, and shooting from the ground. needed to place a gun control initiative on the November ballot, saying the calls for states to regulate emissions from But a judge grants a temporary emergen- petition’s format did not follow election law—the font size was too small to be power plants, undoing a move from President cy order blocking the state from killing any and didn’t include strikethroughs. The group sponsoring the initiative says it Barack Obama that made those emissions wolves until there is a full review of the will appeal to the state Supreme Court. [NPR] regulated by the federal government. The plan. [WDFW, Seattle Times] report of furniture dumped at a curb in FUZZ York neighborhood. index
BUZZ FEDERAL TAKINGS 26 On Aug. 18, Bellingham Police noted they
had received multiple reports of a scam FOOD WHAT YOU WANT, involving the Internal Revenue Service. BABY I GOT IT 22 On Aug. 16, Bellingham Police checked On Aug. 9, a Canadian from British Co- on a reported assault on Meridian Street lumbia attempted to purchase gas at a at the entrance to Bellis Fair Mall. “As it Bellingham service station with a coun- B-BOARD turned out,” police reported, “there had terfeit $100 bill.
been a scuffle between two persons want- 20 ing to panhandle on the same corner.” BILLFOLD BONANZA
On Aug. 18, a man reported three to FILM On Aug. 2, Bellingham Police checked four other men had robbed him and
on a report of an aggravated robbery stolen his wallet in downtown Belling- 16 in which a man had forced himself ham at 4am. into a residence. “The incident ended 90 MUSIC up being a fight between friends over On Aug. 18, a wallet was reported stolen Percent of all adult sockeye salmon stock that perished returning to the Columbia
money owed for an Xbox membership,” in downtown Bellingham. Basin in 2015, some of the earliest and hottest weather on record produced warm 14 police explained. river temperatures. ART On Aug. 15, an elderly gentleman On Aug. 10, Bellingham Police re- lost his wallet in Bellingham’s Puget 13 sponded to a report of a strong-arm neighborhood.
robbery in Roosevelt neighborhood. 500,000 STAGE “Through investigation, it was learned On Aug. 15, a wallet was found in down- Estimated juvenile sockeye that left the Columbia Basin to migrate downstream just a few to be more of a fight rather than a rob- town Bellingham and impounded by po- years earlier, a return rate of 1⁄100 of 1 percent. Return rates for wild Snake River salmon 12 bery,” police shrugged. lice for safekeeping. have largely hovered between 0.5 percent and 1 percent.
WHAT YOU NEED, On Aug. 13, Bellingham Police took cus- 13 $16 GET OUT YOU KNOW I WANT IT tody of a found wallet. populations of salmon and steelhead Estimated amount, in billions, that have On Aug. 9, Bellingham Police reported in the Columbia Basin are listed as been spent over two decades on five 12 a 24-year-old woman stole another per- On Aug. 13, Bellingham Police took cus- threatened or endangered under the different plans to restore Columbia-Snake son’s phone and threw it in the river. tody of another found wallet. Endangered Species Act. Basin salmon. All have been rejected by federal court system, and not a single WORDS On Aug. 10, a man jumped a fence near On Aug. 18, a citizen located a wallet population of salmon has been restored. 10 10 Costco and stole a drink cooler. Belling- while clearing some brush for a business ham Police recovered the cooler hidden near Civic Field. The wallet appeared to in the area nearby. have been there for several years, Bell- 4 CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS ingham Police reported. Chance in five (78 percent) a Washington voter believes preventing the extinction NICE ’N EASY of wild salmon in the state is “very important.” At the same time, fully half (52 6 percent) call this “extremely important.” Only 6 percent say this is “not too On Aug. 5, an Anacortes patrol officer A WELL-REGULATED MILITIA
important” to them. VIEWS noticed a woman with bright-colored On Aug. 16, Bellingham Police checked
hair sitting in front of a convenience on a report of shots being fired in Birch- 4 store shortly after midnight. “The officer wood neighborhood. The investigation was aware of a local woman wanted by revealed that a man had shot himself in 60 MAIL Percent of Washington voters who say preserving salmon should have a higher police who recently colored her hair and the leg, police reported. priority than maintaining the operation of dams along the lower Snake River. Voters 2 she pulled over to run a records check,” prefer salmon by a 38-point margin. In fact, nearly as many are undecided on the police reported. “The records check con- PARKING VIOLATION issue (19 percent) as put the dams first (22 percent) in their priority. DO IT firmed the 28-year-old had a warrant, so On Aug. 17, a 20-year-old driver she was taken into custody, then booked jumped several curbs on Lakeway Drive, and released on her warrant.” rupturing three tires on his vehicle and 70 4 08.22.18 causing the curtain airbags to deploy. Percent by which the use of the Snake Percent of the total electricity used in CODE OF BUSHIDO He was arrested for DUI and underage River dams for transportation has Washington by the Snake River dams. declined over the past two decades. Fifty-five percent of likely voters say .13
On Aug. 7, three bonsai dwarf trees possession of alcohol, Bellingham Po- 34 worth approximately $60 were stolen lice reported. they would be willing to pay $3 more a # month on their power bills to improve from a home in Anacortes. Thieves water quality and salmon stocks. should know that the plants might BLACK-&-WHITE TAXI make them dopey, sneezy or bashful, On Aug. 7, a woman called 911 af- Anacortes Police warned. ter she became lost on the trails off Chuckanut Drive. “She was located and 62
provided a ride back to town,” Belling- CASCADIA WEEKLY HOME FURNISHINGS ARE Percent of likely voters who oppose specific legislation to keep the Snake River dams. HOMELESS ham Police reported. More than two in five (42 percent) “strongly oppose” proposed legislation from 9 On Aug. 15, Bellingham Police took a Republican Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers to maintain the dams, while just report of furniture dumped on a curb in On Aug. 15, Bellingham Police discov- one-quarter (26 percent) support it. In her home 5th Congressional District, patterns Sunnyland neighborhood. ered a man passed out drunk on a side- are similar—54 percent oppose the legislation. walk on Alabama Street. The man was SOURCES: Earth Justice; Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates (FM3) March 2018 On Aug. 15, Bellingham Police took a given a ride to the hospital. survey of likely voters in Washington laid across the river, only 78 salmon made it as far as Lower Granite Dam, the fourth dam in the chain. It’s this dam, and the three behind it, that hold the key
26 to the river’s recovery and the orca’s fu- ture. Above them lies a rich and intricate FOOD watershed of prime Chinook spawning currents streams, large enough to actually deliver NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX a meaningful amount of Chinook to the 22 orca, enough perhaps to fatten them up so they can successfully raise some ba- B-BOARD bies, their only hope for survival. For 20 years conservationists have
20 J16 (Slick) breaches while her been calling on the Army Corps of En- child J26 (Mike) swims nearby gineers, which owns and operates the
FILM on Aug. 18, 2018 dams, to breach them and restore the lower Snake River. And for 20 years, the
16 Army Corps has resist- ed. Even worse, a co-
MUSIC terie of Northwest law- makers have introduced
14 and passed legislation
ART through the U.S. House that attempts to legal-
13 ly cement the dams in ATTEND place, and prevent re-
STAGE storing the Snake. They WHAT: Orca do this even though Recovery Task these dams no longer 12 Force serve their original WHEN: 10am purpose, which was to Tues. Aug. 28 GET OUT get inland agricultur- WHERE: al products to coast- Swinomish
12 al ports and markets. Casino and That can be done just Lodge, 12885 as easily by the trains WORDS
PHOTO BY KATY FOSTER/NOAA FISHERIES FOSTER/NOAA KATY BY PHOTO Casino Drive, running along the riv- Anacortes er. As for electricity, a 10 INFO: BY ROB LEWIS significance to a group on the verge of recent study concludes www.psp. extinction. Was Tahlequah mourning the combined output of the wa.gov
CURRENTS death not only of her own child, but also four dams could be pro- CURRENTS 10 the dying of her kind? duced as cheaply, or more so, by a mix 6 Breaching the Dams Since 1998, 61 Southern Residents of renewables. have died, while only 38 have been born We also know that dam breaching works. VIEWS REMOVING THE BARRIERS TO ORCA SURVIVAL and survived. When the two hydroelectric dams crossing
4 And so the question: What do we do? the Elwah River on the Olympic Peninsula THEIR NUMBERS are dwindling. More die than are born; and eventually our orcas Maybe we do what we would for any ailing were successfully removed in 2014, wild MAIL may pass beyond all recovery. loved one. We bring them nutritious food. salmon returned almost immediately, ap-
2 The Southern Resident Killer Whales—a group of three family pods that fish the waters In the case of Tahlequah and her rel- pearing as if out of nowhere, in numbers of the Salish Sea—are among the most studied animals on earth. We have identified and atives, that means freeing a river. In far exceeding scientific projections.
DO IT named each of the 75 remaining individuals of the three pods, J, K and L. We know they particular the lower Snake River, where Since there are no practical impedi- hunt mostly through echolocation, a process disrupted by the noise of ever-increasing four concrete dams prevent this ancient ments to removing these dams, we see marine traffic. We have catalogued a toxic cocktail of chemicals concentrated in their lifeline of the Salish Sea from delivering that the real holdup is bureaucratic, and bodies. We know that of all the salmon, they seek out the Chinook, the largest, requiring its medicine: big, fat, Chinook salmon. political. It’s administrative inertia and 08.22.18 about 30 a day to stay healthy, and they’re not finding them. We know there hasn’t been The Snake River, a major tributary to turf protection; and it’s moneyed inter- a successful birth since 2015, and we know the reason: They’re starving. the Columbia, was once one of the most ests and an increasingly hardened stance .13
34 But knowing is not seeing. For the most part their struggles have been invisible, productive salmon habitats in the world. against the natural world. # hidden underwater. Their plight, though well understood by science, hasn’t necessarily Shaped like a ladle, it cups the eastward But all that was before Tahlequah’s been felt by the broader public. That changed on July 24, when Tahlequah, (J35) broke bulge of the Rocky Mountains in Mon- journey. Now the emotional, even moral the surface of Salish Sea with her dead calf draped over her snout, beginning what tana and Idaho, gathering vast flows of landscape has been altered in some sig- came to be known as the Tour of Grief. cool, mineral laden water and sending it, nificant way. As the world watched transfixed, whale researchers confirmed the gesture was in- along with drainage from the Columbian Next week, the governor’s Killer Whale deed what it appeared, a mother grieving the loss of her baby, and that such events plateau, northwest through Hells Canyon Recovery Task Force gathers in Anacortes
CASCADIA WEEKLY typically last a day or so. and across the loess of Washington, be- for its second-to-last meeting. Will the Three days later Tahlequah was still bearing her calf through the Salish Sea. Then fore emptying into the Columbia. task force members be emboldened and 10 it was six days, then 10. In the end, with the help of her family, she carried her calf As late as the 1930s, even after dams put dam removal front and center of their for 17 days and 1,000 miles, gathering the affections of millions of people along the had been built on the upper reaches, fall recommendations? way, and astounding scientists. Veteran whale researcher Ken Balcomb suggested that runs of half a million Chinook were still Tahlequah might be trying to send us a message, to communicate to us the orca’s dire pouring toward the Columbia. But by For additional information, visit Save Our situation. The lost calf was, after all, a female, a potential child-bearer and of special 1990, after a total of 14 dams had been wild Salmon Coalition, www.wildsalmon.org doit Irish & Folk Mondays Presents Two Irish Masters WORDS SAT., AUG. 25 ROD RUN: The Elites Car Club presents its 38th John Whelan on SAT., AUG. 25 annual “Summer Fun Rod Run” from 10am-5pm at NOOKSACK WRITING: The Nooksack River the Deming Logging Show Grounds, 3295 Cedar- Buttonbox Accordion
Writing Group meets at 10am at Lynden’s Village ville Rd. Entry fees to show your vehicle is $15; 26 Books, 430 Front St. The multi-genre workshop is entry to view the special vehicles is $3. & Dylan Foley on Fiddle
PM FOOD open to anyone looking for a supportive space to WWW.FOURTHCORNERELITESCARCLUB.COM Monday August 17, 8 share their work, receive and provide feedback, Boundary Bay Brewery Beer Garden and connect with other local writers. DAY IN HAPPYVILLE: The Anacortes Center for 1107 Railroad Ave, Bellingham - $10-20 Suggested Door WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Happiness hosts “A Day in Happyville” from 11am- A Jan Songs Production 22 4pm at John Storvik Park, 1110 32nd Ave. Bring a John Whelan Dylan Foley www.jansongsproductions.com MON., AUG. 27 picnic to the free event and enjoy music, art, ice BOOKS ON TAP: South Whatcom Library man- cream and chocolate. B-BOARD ager, Brian Hulsey, will lead a “Books on Tap 2” WWW.ANACORTESCENTERFORHAPPINESS.ORG discussion from 6:30-8pm at Tino’s Pizza & Pasta Co., 2275 Lake Whatcom Blvd. Tonight’s meeting SUMMERFEST: Live music, a community potluck, 20 will focus on Lindy West’s Shrill: Notes From A arts and crafts vendors, family activities and a Loud Woman. chance to get to know community organizations FILM (360) 305-3632 and political candidates will be part of an annual “Summerfest” happening from 2-9pm in Deming at 16 OPEN MIC NIGHT: Published and unpublished Josh Vander Yacht Memorial Park, 4106 Valley Hwy. writers are encouraged to attend and enjoy a Admission is by donation. MUSIC welcoming audience as they share their stories, (360) 592-2297 Mt Baker Hill Climb poems and essays at a monthly Open Mic Night Sunday, September 9th, 7am-noon starting at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. BEACH BASH: A dunk tank, sand pit, water play, 14 Sign up at the main counter, or by calling the carnival games and other activities will be part ART number listed here. of an all-ages “Beach Bash” to benefit Blue Skies Cash prizes for Top 3 males and females (360) 671-2626 for Children from 3-8pm at Holiday Inn Hotel and
Suites, 4260 Mitchell Way. Hot dogs and hamburg- Ascend 4.098 feet in 23 miles from Glacier to Artist Point 13 TUES., AUG. 28 ers will be available for purchase, served alongside 3 divisions to choose from – professionally timed
BELLINGHAM READS: Discuss Colson White- adult and non-alcoholic beverages. Entry is $10 STAGE head’s The Underground Railroad at a Bellingham and includes five raffle tickets. *Highway 542 will be closed to traffic Reads book discussion happening from 6:30- WWW.BLUESKIESFORCHILDREN.ORG
7:30pm at the Dodson Room at the Bellingham 12 Public Library, 210 Central Ave. FUN IN THE PARK: A family-friendly “Summer WWW.BELLINGHAMPUBLICLIBRARY.ORG Fun in the Park” event takes place from 5-10pm
at Blaine Marine Park, 272 Marine Dr. Live music GET OUT BOOKS ON TAP: Ferndale Library staff will host from Gladstone and Trouble at the Henhouse, a “Books on Tap” discussion focusing on Hope food truck fare, activities for kids and an out- 12 Jahren’s Lab Girl from 6:30-8pm at the Leader door viewing of Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be Registration and more information at www.bakerhillclimb.com 12 Block Wine Co., 2620 Main St. part of the fun. Entry is free.
WWW.WCLS.ORG WWW.JENANDLEAH.COM WORDS WORDS
WED., AUG. 29 LUMMI REEFNETTING: Roger Granger will lead COCAINE AND SURFING: Chas Smith reads a “Lummi Island Reefnetting: Now and Then” 10 from Cocaine + Surfing: A Sordid History of Surf- presentation from 7:30-8:45pm at the Lummi ing’s Greatest Love Affair at 7p at Village Books, Island Library, 2144 S. Nugent Rd. Stories,
1200 11th St. The book “peels the curtains back pictures, artifacts and handouts will be part of CURRENTS on a hopped up, sometimes sexy sometimes, the free event. deadly relationship and uses cocaine as the (360) 758-7145 6 vehicle to expose and explain the utterly absurd surf industry to outsiders.” AUG. 25-26 2018 VIEWS WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM HAGGLEFEST & ANNIVERSARY: Drop by the an- Join us!
nual “Hagglefest” from 9am-6pm Saturday, and 4 10am-5pm Sunday at the RE Store, 2309 Meridian Summer COMMUNITY St. Work on your bargaining skills by naming Music MAIL your own price for tons of furniture and building
supplies that will available to haggle over in the Series! 2 THURS., AUG. 23 parking lot. The first 100 customers will get a 8/3/18 Havilah Rand SENIOR DAY: More than 50 vendors will share coupon for a free beer at the nonprofit’s 25th 6-9pm Fridays DO IT resources for seniors as part of Skagit Senior anniversary celebration happening from 6:30- August & September Matt Sircely & Day in the Park happening from 10am-1:30pm at 9pm Saturday at Menace Brewing. 8/10/18 Jeff Scroggins Burlington’s Maiben Park, 1011 Greenleaf Ave. WWW.RE-STORE.ORG EAT @ the Prozac
Live music, lunch and a visit by Banjo the Hospice Country Cafe! 08.22.18 8/17/18 Mountain Boys Camel will be part of the free event. SUN., AUG. 26 WWW.BURLINGTON-CHAMBER.COM BLOCK PARTY: A Fairhaven Block Party and Car SIP @ the 8/24/18 Wicked Timing .13
Show takes place from 10am-2pm in the parking BelleWood 34 GO CLUB: Join the Bellingham Go Club from lot at the Hillcrest Chapel, 1400 Larrabee Ave. Distillery Queens # 8/31/18 Bluegrass 6-9pm at the upstairs mezzanine space at the Vintage vehicles, food trucks, a bounce house, Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. dunk tank, games and much more will be part of Broken Bow WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GROUPS the free fun. 9/7/18 Stringband WWW.HILLCRESTCHAPEL.COM AUG. 24-25 9/14/18 Ruby Flambe’ FERNDALE STREET FESTIVAL: Attend the 16th DOG DAYS: More than 50 pet-themed vendors, Lost at Last annual Ferndale Street Festival from 6-11pm canine games, contests, activities, a kid’s area, 9/21/18 CASCADIA WEEKLY Friday, and 10am-11pm Saturday in downtown food vendors and much more will be part of the Ferndale. Live music, dancing, food trucks, Whatcom Humane Society’s annual “Dog Days of Hot Damn 9/28/18 Scandal 11 activities for kids, a car show, a beer garden, a Summer” Festival from 10am-3pm in the field pie eating contest, vendors and much more will behind the shelter at 2172 Division St. Entry is No Cover! Family Friendly! be part of the free fun. free and open to all. WWW.FERNDALESTREETFESTIVAL.COM WWW.WHATCOMHUMANE.ORG bellewoodfarms.com • (360) 318-7720 doit
AUG. 23-27 Lodge at the Mt. Baker Ski Area. SKAGIT TOURS: As part of the an- Entry to 2K or 5K is $25.
nual “Skagit Tours,” take Diablo Lake WWW.MTBAKER.US 26 boat tours, Gorge powerhouse tours, and check out Ladder Creek Falls by TOP-OPTIONAL STROLL: As FOOD Night Thursdays through Mondays part of Women’s Equality Weekend, through the summer in and around Bellingham Body Rights will host a outside the three dams near Highway 20. Top-Free Picnic and Stroll Through
22 HIKING RUNNING GARDENING Prices range from $5-$42. Town starting with a potluck at 11am WWW.SKAGITTOURS.COM at Laurel Park. From there, stroll through town and stop at participat- B-BOARD VENDOVI TOURS: A naturalist ing shops. People who feel they have from Skagit Guided Adventures will less-vulnerable bodies are invited lead “Cruise n’ Hike” outings from to walk in solidarity and assist with 20 Anacortes to the “hidden gem” volunteer roles. known as Vendovi Island Thursdays WWW.BODYRIGHTS.INFO FILM through Mondays through Sept. 30. Call for details and reservations. BOATING CENTER PARTY: Attend
16 (360) 474-7479 a Summer Party from 1-8pm at the Community Boating Center, 555
MUSIC FRI., AUG. 24 Harris Ave. Expert guides will take WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and you on the adventure of your choos- adventurers can join Holly Roger of ing, or you can take out a boat and 14 Wild Whatcom for a “Wild Things” go at your own pace. After exiting
ART Community Program from 9:30-11am the water, enjoy food, beer, games, at Lake Padden Park. Suggested live music, a raffle, and fun for the donation is $5. whole family. Tickets are $20-$55. 13 WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG
STAGE AUG. 24-25 DOWNTOWN THROWDOWN: The SIN & GIN TOURS: Seasoned Bellingham Roller Betties will host guides will regale audiences with a free “Downtown Throwdown” 12 12 tales of fascinating characters at from 4-8pm in the parking lot at the margins of history at Good the Bellingham Public Market, 1530 Time Girls’ “Sin & Gin” tours at 7pm Cornwall Ave. The roller derby bout GET OUT GET OUT Friday in downtown Bellingham, and will see Red Riot take on Black 7pm Saturday in historic Fairhaven. Death in an asphalt battle royale. Tickets are $15-$20. Boundary Bay beer, a food truck and 12 WWW.GOODTIMEGIRLSTOURS.COM more will be part of the action. WWW.BELLINGHAMROLLER MT. BAKER HILL CLIMB WORDS SAT., AUG. 25 BETTIES.COM PLANT HIKE: From 7:30am-5pm, join members of the Washington Na- MOON WALK: Area women can join 10 tive Plant Society for a “Botanizing Wild Whatcom for a “Ladies Night BY AMY KEPFERLE Special Olympics will have athletes and in- High Pass” hike today. Attendees Out: Moon of Dry Grass/Cougar” will be guided by a naturalist from outing from 7-9pm in Whatcom
CURRENTS formation nearby, as will Bakerview BMX Twin Lake to High Pass, with a County. Suggested donation is $12. riders. Please note that registration is not rough trail continuing further up WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG 6 Classic Rides required for a special ride starting before the slopes of Mt Larrabee. the main event. Meet at the showgrounds WWW.WNPSKOMA.ORG SUN., AUG. 26 VIEWS SCENES FROM THE SADDLE at 10am, and choose from two social rides AUDUBON ACTION: Join experts ALY FELL SWIM: Six masters from North Cascades Audubon 4 with leaders. When you’re finished, hop off events and four USA-sanctioned Society for a monthly “Audubon at THE END of summer might be lurking around the corner, but your steed and take to the streets. Cost: swimmer events will be part of the the Museum” gathering from 1:30- MAIL outdoor enthusiasts of all ages still have plenty of time to seek Free. Info: www.skagitbicycleclub.org Aly Fell International Water Swim 3:30pm at the new John M. Edson
starting at 9am at Lake Padden Hall of Birds at Whatcom Museum’s
2 out the sights of the season. Following are a few ways to do so A couple of Sundays later, Whatcom via two wheels. Events will host the return of the Mt. Park, 4882 Samish Way. Entry is Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Entry $30-$80. The race is named in is included with admission fees. DO IT First up is the Mt. Baker Bicycle Club’s signature ride, the Chuck- Baker Hill Climb departing from Chair memory of Aly Fell, an Olympic WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG anut Classic, which on Sun., Aug. 26 will put nearly as much of an 9 Pizza in Glacier. From there, cyclists hopeful who was killed in a car emphasis on the views that can be seen from the 25-, 38-, 62- or will ascend more than 4,500 feet to Art- crash in 2009 at the age of 15. SOUTH SIDE STORIES: Join the 100-mile routes as it does on making sure the popular event start- ist’s Point over approximately 24 miles, WWW.ALYFELLMEMORIAL Good Time Girls for a “South Side 08.22.18 ing and ending at Bellingham’s Boundary Bay Brewery runs safely with social riders leaving at 7am, recre- OPENWATERSWIM.COM Stories” Guided Walking Tour at 2pm and smoothly. If you choose the south loop, the scene from your ational riders at 8am, and competitive at the Fairhaven Village Green, 1207 .13 FISHTIVAL: Join Nooksack Salmon 10th St. Entry is $10-$15.
34 saddle will provide peeks at the San Juan Islands while overlook- racers at 8:30am. Last run in 2013, the Enhancement Association River WWW.GOODTIMEGIRLSTOURS.COM # ing Bellingham, Samish, and Padilla bays—along with the stun- iconic event offers unparalleled moun- Stewards at today’s “Fishtival” hap- ners known as Chuckanut and Blanchard mountains. Those riding tain views. If you’re up for even more pening from 10am-2pm in Everson at TUES., AUG. 28 the north loop can take long looks at Mt. Baker, the Canadian Cas- of a challenge, Cascade Cross recently Nugent’s Corner River Access, 3685 ALL-PACES RUN: A free All-Paces cades, Mt. Shuksan, Birch Bay, and beyond. If you’d rather bring teamed up with Whatcom Events to of- Mt. Baker Hwy. Attendees at the free Run starts at 6pm at Fairhaven Run- event can learn to cast, tie a fly, take ners, 1209 11th St. your family along on a shorter guided ride, sign up for a 10-mile, fer Black Mountain Cross on Sat., Sept. a guided river walk with NSEA natu- WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM all-ages jaunt featuring treats, entertainment and other stops and 8. The tune-up race kicking off the ralists, play salmon games, and more.
CASCADIA WEEKLY surprises for kids. Basically, there’s something for everyone. Cost: cyclocross season takes place at Camp WWW.N-SEA.ORG HISTORY CRUISE: Whatcom Entry is $10-$70. Info: www.mtbakerbikeclub.org Saturna in Maple Falls and will feature Museum hosts its popular “Sunset 12 That same day, members of the Skagit Bicycle Club will be on “big run-ups, fast gravel and forest BLUESBERRY TRAIL RUN: As History Cruise” starting at 6:30pm part of the Bluesberry Festival, run at San Juan Cruises’ slip at the Bell- hand from 11am-3pm for the 11th annual Classic Bike Show tak- trails with the potential for some hot through a scenic wonderland at ingham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris ing place during Anacortes Open Streets. In addition to sussing out and sweaty racing.” Cost: $20 for Satur- today’s Bluesberry Trail Run starting Ave. Tickets are $30-$35. the 50 classic bikes sourced from local and special guest collectors day’s event, $80-$100 for Sunday’s. Info: at 10:30am at Heather Meadows Day WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG at the corner of 5th Street and Commercial Avenue, Skagit County www.bakerhillclimb.com doit
STAGE medians vie for a spot in the Seattle International Comedy Competition
AUG. 22-26 at an Audition Showcase at 8pm at YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN: As part of the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. For 26 a Western Summer Theatre lineup, at- those not in the know, the competi- FOOD tend showings of Young Frankenstein tion has been the Pacific Northwest’s stage at 7:30pm Wednesday through Friday, biggest standup comedy event for the 2pm and 7:30pm Saturday, and 2pm past 39 years. Tickets are $8.
THEATER DANCE PROFILES 22 Sunday at Western Washington WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM University’s Performing Arts Center Mainstage. Tickets are $11-$17 to see MON., AUG. 27 B-BOARD the musical—an adaptation of the GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open monstrously funny Mel Brooks film mic for comedians, “Guffawingham!,” bearing the same name. takes place at 9pm every Monday at 20 650-6146 OR the Firefly Lounge, 1015 N. State St. WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU Entry is free. FILM WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ THURS., AUG. 23 GUFFAWINGHAM
GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The 16 Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at TUES., AUG. 28 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront BIFT: Upfront Theatre improvisors MUSIC Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick will present two sets of short-form around for “The Project.” Entry is $8 improv comedy games at the final
to the early show, $5 for the late one. Beer + Improv + Food Truck (BIFT) 14 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM
show at 6pm at the beer garden at ART Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Rail- AUG. 23-25 road Ave. Tickets to the interac- 13 THE ROVER: iDiOM Theater’s second tive, family-friendly performances 13 Open Air Summer Rep season will are $5 (free for those 12 and STAGE conclude with showings of Aphra under). Fare from Cicchitti’s Pizza STAGE Behn’s The Rover at 7:30pm Thursday will also be available. through Saturday at the Sylvia Center WWW.BBAYBREWERY.COM for the Arts, 205 Prospect St. (Due to 12 air quality issues, the show has been AUG. 29-SEPT. 2 moved inside.) Entry is free to see THE GLASS MENAGERIE: As part GET OUT the new adaptation of the 17th cen- of the Western Summer Theatre tury farce, which will be performed lineup, attend showings of Tennes-
CHARLES HILDRETH by an all-teen cast. Tickets are $20 to see Williams’ The Glass Menagerie at 12 an opening reception taking place at 7:30pm Wednesday through Friday, do their thing on a floating dock in the 6:30pm Thursday. 2pm and 7:30pm Saturday, and 2pm BY AMY KEPFERLE WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM OR Sunday at Western Washington Uni- WORDS quarry or suspended above the reflecting WWW.SYLVIACENTERFORTHEARTS.ORG versity’s DUG Theater in the Perform- lake. Tickets are $12-$15, and can be pro- ing Arts Center. Tickets are $9-$15. 10 cured at www.circusonthewater.com. AUG. 23-20 650-6146 OR Escape to Alger Come Tues., Aug. 28, Dara Silverman and BARD ON THE BEACH: Macbeth, WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU Jaren Feeley of Agile Rascal Bicycle Tour- As You Like It, Timon of Athens, and SH’BANG! AND BEYOND Lysistrata show in repertory through THURS., AUG. 30 CURRENTS ing Theatre will share the original play Sept. 28 at Vancouver, BC’s “Bard TALKING GODOT: In advance of 6 THE LAST time I was at the Lookout Arts Quarry was a few they’ve been workshopping, Resonance, MT. on the Beach” Shakespeare Festival Waiting for Godot performances weeks before the 2016 presidential election, and I was con- The children’s musical tells the story of a at Vanier Park. Tickets start at $24 happening this fall, iDiOM Theater’s cerned about the possible outcome. small mining town that extracts from the (Canadian), and advance purchase is Glenn Hergenhahn-Zhao will lead VIEWS strongly recommended. a “Talking Godot” presentation at
Spending an evening watching an immersive spaghetti western earth the fundamental material needed to 4 WWW.BARDONTHEBEACH.COM 7pm at the Sylvia Center for the at the creative collective’s outdoor saloon turned out to be a great make sound. But what happens when that Arts, 205 Prospect St. Tickets are MAIL way to unplug from the nail-biting news resource starts to run out? Slap down a AUG. 24-25 $5 general (free for Sylvia Center
cycle and instead focus my attention on suggested $10 donation, and find out. PUSH IT: Mainstage performers members and iDiOM pass-holders). 2 the talented humans making memorable The 11th annual “Sh’Bang!” is still more will take big chances by attempting WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM never-before-seen formats at “Push
magic in the 50 acres of forests and wet- than two weeks away, but it’s not too soon DO IT it to the Limit” shows at 9pm Fri- lands just up the road from Alger. to begin thinking about the three-day day and Saturday nights in August DANCE Fast forward almost two years, and the “festival of ideas” taking place Sept. 7-9 at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. daily headlines are such that the amount at the former rock quarry. Early bird pric- Entry is $10-$12. THURS., AUG. 23 of time required to disconnect from the ing is only available until Aug. 24, so the WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM FOLK DANCE: The Balkan Folk Danc- 08.22.18 ongoing onslaught of bad news has ex- sooner you secure your tickets, the better. ers meet from 7-9:30pm Thursdays at ATTEND AUG. 24-26 the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. .13
panded exponentially. Luckily, the pow- In addition to the off-road Daredevil 34 WHAT: “Sh’Bang!” ONCE UPON A MATTRESS: Dances are taught, and mentoring is # ers that be at the Lookout Arts Quarry WHERE: Lookout Soapbox Derby the event is famous for, Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth available. Suggested donation is $5. will provide plenty of delightful diver- Arts Quarry, 246 Old the self-described “multi-sensory play- students ages 9-13 will bring the (360) 380-0456 sions from reality in coming days. Hwy 99 ground of the arts” will once again fea- the lighthearted musical Once Upon While it’s probably too late to sign up WHEN: Sept. 7-9 ture five stages, dozens of live bands, a a Mattress to life at performances at SAT., AUG. 25 COST: Varies 7pm Friday, 2pm and 7pm Saturday, SUMMER ICE SHOW: The Belling- for the Circus Campout taking place Aug. circus extravaganza, mermaids, zip-lining, INFO: www. and 2pm Sunday at the BAAY ham Figure Skating Club presents 23-26 at the space, it’s still possible to shbangfest.com dancing, a giant aerial pinata, shadow art, Theatre, 1059 N. State St. Tickets its annual summer performance,
get in on the action. A “Circus on the parades, workshops, art installations, bur- are $10 to see the adaptation of The “The Greatest Ice Show,” at 1:30pm CASCADIA WEEKLY Water” performance taking place at 8pm Sat., Aug. 25 is open lesque, kid-focused performances and ac- Princess and the Pea. and 5:30pm at the Bellingham to the public, who are invited to see what happens when an in- tivities and so much more. WWW.BAAY.ORG Sportsplex, 1225 Civic Field Way. 13 The events will feature ice arealist ternational gathering of circus artists gather together for three After perusing the eclectic lineup of SUN., AUG. 26 SueEllen Quick, national champions, days to work on their crafts—whether it’s dance trapeze, jug- performers and activities, go ahead and COMEDY COMPETITION: Come and local skaters. Tickets are $10. gling, fire breathing or knife throwing. If that sounds enticing, plan your escape to Alger—where discon- watch Bellingham’s top standup co- WWW.BELLINGHAMSPORTSPLEX.COM consider that you’ll be watching from shore while the performers necting has never been so delightful. doit UPCOMING EVENTS
FRI., AUG. 24 26 ART WALK: More than a dozen venues will open their doors for the monthly Fourth Friday FOOD Art Walk taking place from 5-8pm through- out historic Fairhaven. With the exception of December, each month a new group of
22 visual GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES artists is featured; each event celebrates the unique character of the district with local art, appetizers, drinks and, in some cases, live B-BOARD entertainment. WWW.FAIRHAVENARTWALK.COM
20 now a Bellingham resident. AUG. 25-26 And then we come to the “viewing PAPO: Public awareness and appreciation of FILM stones” of Rick Klauber. When I was plein air painting and art in Bellingham in a kid, my dad encouraged me to start general will be the focus of the 13th annual
16 some kind of collection. Instead of col- Plein Air Paint Out (PAPO) taking place from lecting stamps or coins, I dragged home 10am-4pm Saturday and Sunday along or near downtown Bellingham’s Holly Street corridor. MUSIC rocks from the creek. Little did I know Artists will brave the elements at the rain- how close I came to an or-shine event to talk to passersby and paint 14 14 ancient tradition prac- images that will be revealed at a Fri., Sept. 7 reception at Studio UFO Gallery, 301W. Holly St. ART
ART ticed by scholars and aristocrats of Korea, WWW.STUDIO-UFO.NET
13 China, and Japan. No- WHIDBEY STUDIO TOUR: Nearly 80 artists body told me I should will show and share their work as part of the
STAGE have sought to reach Whidbey Working Artists Summer Open Studio the world of spirit Tour taking place from 10am-5pm Saturday through the contempla- and Sunday throughout Whidbey Island. Entry 12 SEE to the self-guided tour is free. Catalogues and tion of naturally beau- WHAT: Works maps can be found at participating studios. by Gary tiful stones. WWW.WHIDBEYWORKINGARTISTS.COM GET OUT Giovane, Ron Klauber has collected Pattern, Rick them from as far afield SUN., AUG. 26 Klauber, and PICKETS AND PEBBLES: Pam Ford leads a
12 as Alaska and Peru and April Grossruck displays the fascinating, “Pickets and Pebbles” workshop from 1-3pm in WHEN: Through Sedro-Woolley at the Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sept. 1 intricately shaped rocks WORDS Sims Rd. Entry is $35 and includes supplies and WHERE: on polished wooden bas- a glass of wine. Please register in advance. Hadrian Stone es. Each is a fine sculp- WWW.EAGLEHAVENWINERY.COM 10 Design Studio & ture, created by nature Gallery, Edison AUG. 30-31 alone. (I’m planning “BARE BONES,” BY RON PATTERN BONES,” BY “BARE INFO: GRAND OPENING: Attend a grand opening
CURRENTS www.htro to resume my childhood and reception for “Anne Juliet Gilbert: Oils on c3.com hobby and take it to a Canvas” from 4-7:30pm Thursday and Friday 6 ------higher level.) at Sweet One Studio and Legendary Vinyl WHAT: Also at Hadrian Stone Records, 3201 Northwest Ave. VIEWS BY STEPHEN HUNTER “Proceed with [email protected] Abandon…Viva are several sensitive
4 Patty!” pastels by April Gross- WHEN: Through ruck. My favorites were
MAIL ONGOING EXHIBITS Hello, Hadrian Sept. 23 a study of a concentric WHERE: ALLIED ARTS: “We are WACK” shows through
2 nesting of baby rabbits Museum of SET IN STONE IN EDISON in a whirl of delicate Aug. 25 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. Northwest Art, WACK is a nonprofit organization dedicated to DO IT La Conner color and of a pair of ceramic artists from Whatcom County with a A NEW gallery in Edison takes its name from Hadrian, the Roman emperor who built COST: Free playing dogs—or coy- passion for creative expression with clay. the Pantheon out of concrete in the year 138 A.D. INFO: otes—again with a cir- WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG www.mona Houston Foist, owner and designer of Hadrian Stone Design Studio and Gallery, of- cular energy.
08.22.18 museum.org fers countertops, fountains, even outdoor furniture, made of this enduring and artistic Beyond Edison, at the ARTWOOD: Wood boxes and bowls will be featured through August at Artwood Gallery, material—any shape, texture and color you want. Museum of Northwest Art in La Con- 1000 Harris Ave. The watercolors of Hui-Yin .13
34 Finding the gallery can take a second. Once you’re in Edison, follow Gilkey Avenue north ner, is “Proceed with Abandon…Viva LeSage will also continue to be highlighted. # past Smith & Vallee Gallery, then turn right—between buildings. It’s worth the effort. Patty!,” a not-to-be missed small retro- WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM Once inside, you’ll find the gallery is large, airy and well-lit. The present show fea- spective honoring the artistic legacy of tures Gary Giovane’s painted woodwork. Many years teaching school at the Makah res- Patty Detzer, BANK OF THE PACIFIC: View works by painter Lorna Libert through Sept. 3 at the Bank ervation steeped him in the Northwest form-line style. To this, he adds the flavor of Detzer, called a “trail blazer and a of the Pacific, 100 Grand Ave. The works of old Celtic art, British Arts and Crafts, and a love of Japanese design. firecracker,” taught art in many Skagit boats, abandoned buildings and sea birds can be His triptych, “Voysey’s Tree,” (painted acrylic on red cedar with red oak frame) County schools until her untimely death seen from 9am-5pm Monday through Friday.
CASCADIA WEEKLY is intended to portray the “three Graces” woven together with curling branches. last January. Her ceramics appear gentle WWW.BANKOFTHEPACIFIC.COM “Northwest Rain Kosode” is a delightful composition in the shape of a kimono, with and feminine, but look closer and you’ll 14 BELLEWOOD ACRES: View photographs by stylized raindrops the primary element. “Eagle Embraces Her” again employs North- see the surfaces of broken glass, human Rich Cavnar and paintings by Laurel Baldwin west tribal design. teeth and nails—“exposing the incon- through August at the gallery at Bellewood “Larrabee Shore” is one of Ron Pattern’s realist nature compositions. It and the gruous nature of [female] existence.” Not Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian. haunting “Bare Bones” are a pair of studies of eroded limestone rock with monumen- surprisingly, her favorite event was the WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM tal visual impact. Born and raised in British Columbia, Ron is a professional artist, Mexican Day of the Dead. doit
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Photographer David FOOD Stern will be one of nearly 80 artists shar- ing their creative works 22 and spaces Aug. 25-26 during the Whidbey Working Artists Summer B-BOARD Open Studio Tour. 20 FILM 16 CASSERA GALLERY: Mixed-media works by exploring the dark side of sleep at “Wake Up! A Sibling Studio’s Lloyd and Christie Houston can Group Show About Nightmares” at Make.Shift Art currently be viewed in La Conner at Cassera Arts Space, 306 Flora St. MUSIC Premiers, 106 1st St. WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM 14 WWW.CASSERAARTSPREMIERS.COM 14 MONA: Patty Detzer’s “Proceed with Abandon” and ART Dog costume contest, games, ART COOPER LANZA: Group classes, private lessons, “In Red Ink” show through Sept. 23 at La Conner’s life drawing, long-pose sessions, exhibits and more Museum of Northwest Art, 121 First St. and a kiddy pool (for the pups)! happen on a regular basis at Cooper Lanza Gallery WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, NOON TO 2 PM 13 FREE housemade dog treats and School of Fine Art, 1415 13th St. on our dog-friendly patio
WWW.COOPERLANZAGALLERY.COM MINDPORT: Kevin G. Jones’ photography exhibit from the Co-op Bakery STAGE of flowers, “Silent Beauty,” can be viewed through 405 E HOLLY STREET, BELLINGHAM DEMING LIBRARY: Peruse Deymian LeSar’s August at Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. 5% of the day’s Bakery Café sales “Japanese Beauty in Kimono” through Sept. 1 at WWW.MINDPORT.ORG donated to Whatcom Humane Society 12 the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. The col- lection is based on a series of 20 books from Japan PERRY AND CARLSON: Mixed-media works by describing the many techniques used to produce Susan Singleton will be featured through August GET OUT these amazing works of art. in Mount Vernon at Perry and Carlson gallery, 504 www.communityfood.coop (360) 592-2422. S. First St. WWW.PERRYANDCARLSON.COM 12 FISHBOY GALLERY: Discover the contemporary
folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm Fridays or by ap- QUILT MUSEUM: “Pacific Northwest Needle Arts WORDS pointment at the Fishboy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. Guild,” “Seeing Stars: A Celebration of Star Quilts, 319-2913 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM Old and New,” and “Fabric Poems” are currently on display at La Conner’s Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts 10 FOURTH CORNER FRAMES: See “A Member of the Museum, 703 S. Second St. Family” through August at Fourth Corner Frames & WWW.QFAMUSEUM.ORG
Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. All of the six featured artists CURRENTS are available to immortalize your pets through their RAGFINERY: A variety of textile-related work- art. Special pricing coupons for custom framing for shops happen on a regular basis at Ragfinery, 1421 6 pet portraits will available through the month. N. Forest St.
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GALLERY PEGASUS: Peruse “Natura” through SCOTT MILO: Paintings by Bellingham-based art- 4 September at Gallery Pegasus, 301 W. Holly St. ist Jody Bergsma will be featured through Sept. 4 WWW.GALLERYPEGASUS.COM at the Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave. MAIL WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM
GOOD EARTH: “Tactile,” featuring works by by 2 Amy Popelk, will be featured through August at SOCIAL FABRIC: Sign up for a variety of sewing
Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. and art workshops through August at Social Fabric, DO IT WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM 1302 Commercial St. WWW.SOCIALFABRICART.COM I.E. GALLERY: Robin Green’s drawings on silk and
ceramic sculptures and Jef Gun’s encaustics can SMITH & VALLEE: “The Wild Life” shows through 08.22.18 be viewed through Aug. 24 at Edison’s i.e. gallery, Aug. 26 at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5472 5800 Cains Court. Gilkey Ave. The group exhibit celebrates animals via .13
WWW.IEEDISON.COM paintings, drawings and contemporary glass art. 34 WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM # JANSEN ART CENTER: View a “Summer Juried Exhibit,” the sixth annual “Cup Show,” and exhibits WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by Whatcom Art featuring artwork by Ria Harboe, Nancy Canyon, Guild members can be perused Wed.-Sun. at the Norman E. Riley, and Peggy Woods through Aug. 31 Whatcom Art Market, 1103 11th St. at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG WWW.JANSEARTCENTER.ORG
WHATCOM MUSEUM: “People of the Sea and CASCADIA WEEKLY LUMMI GALLERY: Peruse seasonal exhibits at the Cedar: A Journey Through the Tribal Cultures and Lummi Island Gallery at the Village Point Marina, History of the Northwest Coast,” “From Tin to 15 4232 Legoe Bay Rd. Table: The Art of the Salmon Label,” and “John M. WWW.LUMMIISLANDGALLERY.COM Edson Hall of Birds” can currently be viewed on the Whatcom Museum campus. MAKE.SHIFT: Through Aug. 25, view juried works WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG rumor has it
26 NORMALLY DURING THIS time of the late- summer season, we are all frantically trying FOOD to thrust ourselves into the great outdoors as often and for as long as possible while we still can. As we bask in the still-hot glow of 22 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT the sun’s rays, a single thought unites us. Winter is coming. B-BOARD This year is a little different, although I have a feeling it could become our new
20 normal. I’m speaking, of course, about the apocalyptic smokescape that has all of us
FILM realizing that while it’s possible we are made for various other
16 16 kinds of apocalyptic scenarios—nuclear MUSIC MUSIC winter, zombie inva- sion, the prolifera-
14 tion of traffic round-
ART abouts, the building of DADUs—the smok-
13 escape kinda sucks. A whole bunch of BY CAREY ROSS
STAGE the outdoor music series in both Whatcom and Skagit counties are scheduled to come to an end for the year either this week or 12 next, and should the smoke not clear, I imagine at least some of those concerts will
GET OUT be impacted. Stupid smoke.
12 But entertainment still abounds. You may just have to go indoors to find it. One of the places you can go is Lovitt WORDS Restaurant, which has been serving up live music along with dinner for several months 10 now. The Horsenecks, an Oregon duo, will RAGGED UNION play there on Sun., Aug. 26 and will attempt
CURRENTS to woo diners with their abundance of old- timey charm. Opening the show will be Devin 6 which is why your park stroll might involve Champlin, a man who has long since won BY CAREY ROSS stumbling upon weddings, birthday parties, me over with his musical skill and love of VIEWS family reunions, school field trips, groups pancakes. He’s also a person I see either in
4 of amateur historians or naturalists, etc. If person or in passing these days more often you’re really lucky, your visit might even co- than anyone else in Bellingham that I do not MAIL Hovander incide with a Civil War reenactment. It’s been share a home or an office with. I’m not sure
2 known to happen. who is keeping tabs on who in this situation, One of the events taking full advantage of but I’m pretty sure it’s neither of us.
DO IT Homestead the historic park and what it has to offer is Will Glazier, one half of the EDM horn the Hovander Homestead Bluegrass Festival. duo (add “EDM horn duo” to things I never Founded as a joint effort between the What- thought I’d type that make me love my job) com County Parks and Recreation Foundation, Willdabeast has been dropping hints all over
08.22.18 Bluegrass Festival Whatcom Parks and Recreation itself, and lo- social media for weeks about Willdabeast’s A PIONEERING PARTY cal music advocates 5 Starr Jams, the festi- Fri., Aug. 24 show at the Wild Buffalo. Willd- .13
34 val—which will take place Sept. 1-2—is in its abeast, Heirz, and Squanch will handle the # I DON’T know if Hovander Homestead Park is the first place I’ve ever been third year, making it a relative newcomer to music; Sensebellum will provide their cus- hollered at by a peacock, but I’m certain it’s happened there most often. the local festival landscape. tomary incredible lighting; and Maya Con- Having taken an incomplete survey of most of Bellingham’s and Whatcom If ever there was a perfect location for a cept Connection will manifest whatever it is County’s parks, the place to which I return time and again is Hovander festival that celebrates a form of music of- that they do, which I’m still not super clear Homestead Park. I first became acquainted with the nearly 350 acre for- ten associated with the pioneer spirit, it’s a on, but I assume will be pretty cool. All of mer pioneer farm in Ferndale while exploring Whatcom County shortly after park that exists to keep that same spirit alive which will add up to a night of multimedia
CASCADIA WEEKLY moving to Bellingham. In the years since, I’ve explored its trail system, and to make certain it resonates today. As the entertainment with a lot more going on than toured the original Hovander house, sniffed my way through the fragrance bands strum, stomp and sing, it’s possible to your average show. And since Will works in 16 garden, ogled the barn and its farm implements and meandered the Tennant shut out the modern world and imagine that the auto sales industry, there’s an outside Lake boardwalk countless times. you’ve traveled not just to Ferndale, but also change he’ll give everyone in attendance a And yes, I’ve been hollered at by the park’s very vocal peacocks during back to a simpler time. new car like a trumpet-playing Oprah. Odds those visits. The performers who will play on the festi- are pretty slim, but stranger things have Hovander Park is also a great place for gatherings and events of all kinds, val’s two stages during the two days of the never happened. HOVANDER, FROM PAGE 16 flexibility in planning which the Hovander Bluegrass Festival and the opportunity differs from the ones I’m used to. to see bands you like The festival model I’m familiar with has festival embody bluegrass in many differ- more than once. the music beginning in the afternoon and ent forms and span a range of ages and Practically speak- then going late into the night until pass- 26 styles. Both days start on the Shadetree ing, what that means ing out from exhaustion, overstimulation
Showcase Stage, where the Prozac Moun- is AJ Lee and Blue and music-induced delirium is the only FOOD tain Boys, Story House, and Katelyn and ATTEND Summit will start possible and logical next step. This is typ- the Roosevelts will kick things off Sat- WHAT: Hovander things off Saturday, ically followed by remaining in one’s tent 22 urday, and Rusty Hinges, Mostly Merle, Homestead and then return later the next day trying to sleep until driven and Roosevelt Road and Friends will do Bluegrass Festival in the day for a sec- out by heat and hunger. It’s not ideal and WHEN: Sat.-Sun., the honors Sunday. While they’re playing, ond round in the it’s not for the faint of constitution. B-BOARD Sept. 1-2 workshops taught by festival musicians WHERE: Hovander evening. They’re the But at Hovander, the music starts ear-
will be happening all over the festival Homestead Park, only band that will ly—at 9am—on the Shadetree Showcase 20 grounds, in subject areas like flatpick- Ferndale play twice during the Stage and ends relatively early too, with ing, dobro, fiddle improvisation, mando- COST: $17.50-$90 same day, but Lone- the music ending right about the time FILM INFO: www.hhbgf. lin, how to start and act right in a band, some Town Painters; the sun dips over the horizon and calls org
songwriting, banjo and more. Ragged Union; Mod- it a day. That gives festival-goers the 16 16 After that, the action happens on the ern Tradition; Laurie Lewis and the Right rest of the night to stop by the 5 Starr MUSIC Main Stage—and this is one of several Hands; and Crary, Evans & Barnick will Jams tent in the campground, hightail MUSIC places where the Hovander Bluegrass play Saturday and then come back Sun- it home or even head into Ferndale for
Festival deviates from the festival norms day and do it all over again. Completing an impromptu informal after party. As 14 many of us have grown accustomed to. the Sunday schedule is String Theory, the well, the campgrounds will be open to ART Generally speaking, festival performers festival’s only one-and-done Main Stage festival attendees beginning on Thurs- get one set time, and if you’re not plan- performer. day, so you can make a whole Labor Day LOOKING FOR A PLACE 13 ning to attend the day one of your favor- Truth be known, bands performing weekend staycation out of the event and TO CALL HOME? ites is playing—or find yourself caught more than once is not all that unusual exploring the wonders of the park, with- STAGE up in a very important nap at your camp- among bluegrass festivals—indeed, it’s out spending exorbitant amounts on site—you’ll miss seeing them. However, the tried-and-true method employed by fuel and wasting a bunch of time in traf- 12 at the Hovander Bluegrass Festival, al- the Darrington Bluegrass Festival, the fic. And if you’re very lucky and they’re most all of the Main Stage acts will play oldest of its kind in the Pacific North- around, you might just get hollered at more than a single set, offering both west. And neither is the other area in by a peacock. GET OUT 12 doit WE CAN HELP REACH WORDS THURS., AUG. 23 Coast Dave and the Midwest Swingers takes place CONCERT FOR KIDS: The Margaret Wilder Band YOUR REAL ESTATE GOALS! BLUES AND BREWS: “Blues, Brews and Barbecue” from 6-8pm in the garden at Hops ’N Headz, 3207 will open the 10th annual Benefit Concert for Kids 10 features the sounds of the Chris Eger Band from Northwest Ave. happening from 4-9pm in Sedro-Woolley at the Free Home Inspection 5-9pm on the outdoor terrace at Hotel Bellwether, (360) 392-8506 Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Rd. Leroy Bell and 1 Bellwether Way. The open-air concerts continue His Only Friends will headline. Entry is $25-$1,000 with Consultation CURRENTS Thursdays through Sept. 20. Admission is $7-$10. ANACORTES SERIES: As part of a free Summer (reserved table packages are available). All pro-
WWW.HOTELBELLWETHER.COM Concert Series being put on by the Port of Ana- ceeds will go to the Skagit Valley Herald Christmas Call Jerry Swann For Details! 6 cortes, listen and dance to blues tunes by the Stacy Fund in association with Toys for Tots.
JAZZ JAM: The Jazz Project’s Jud Sherwood hosts Jones Band from 6-8pm at Seafarers' Memorial Park, WWW.MY360TIX.COM/EVENTS/CONCERT-FOR-KIDS Best 360.319.7776 VIEWS a rotating house trio featuring top-flight local and 601 Seafarers' Way. The series concludes Thurs., Choice regional musicians at a Jazz Jam happening from Aug. 31 with Shaggy Sweet’s blues, rock and R&B. KAELI EARLE TRIO: Wild experimentation and R EALT Y Broker# 100688 4 5:30-8:30pm Thursdays at Illuminati Brewing, 3950 WWW.PORTOFANACORTES.COM heavy grooves can be heard when the Kaeli Earle
Hammer Dr., Suite 101. Entry is free. Trio presents a one-night-only jazz performance at MAIL WWW.JAZZPROJECT.ORG FARM TUNES: As part of the Friday Night Farm 7:30pm at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St.
Tunes series, Wicked Timing will perform from Earle’s originals are originally written for bass and 2 PARK CONCERT: The Replayzments bring classic 6-9pm at BelleWood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian. vocals and are catchy to begin with, but the trio
rock to the stage from 6-8pm at the final the The concerts take place weekly through Sept. 28. takes them to the next level: pure magic made in DO IT Elizabeth Park Summer Concert of the season. Entry Entry to the family-friendly shows is free. the moment. Tickets are $15. is free and open to all. WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG WWW.THEELDRIDGESOCIETY.ORG
SAT., AUG. 25 SUN., AUG. 26 08.22.18 RIVERWALK CONCERT SERIES: Bobby Holland HAYNIE OPRY: The premiere showing of the Mount LA CONNER LIVE: The Walrus will perform as the Breadline will perform as part of Mount Ver- Vernon Haynie Opry kicks off with a Gospel Music part of a “La Conner Live!” series taking place non’s Riverwalk Concert Series from 6-8pm at the Matinee at 3pm at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, from 1-4pm at the town’s Gilkey Square. Entry is .13 34
Riverwalk Plaza. The free events culminate with a 1401 Cleveland St. A tribute to Chuck Berry and free and open to all. The programs conclude Sun., # show featuring the Sky Colony Thurs., Aug. 30. Glen Campbell begins at 7pm. Tickets will be $5 at Sept. 2 with a concert by Mary Ellen Lykins and WWW.MOUNTVERNONCHAMBER.COM the door for the early show and $10 for the later the CC Adams Band. one (free for children under 12). WWW.LOVELACONNER.COM HOUSE CONCERT: Chuck Dingee (guitar, vocals, (360) 416-1585 flute), Sharon Mayson (vocals and percussion), and INTERNATIONAL TUNES: The Srivani Jade Katie Weed (violin, mandolin, guitar and vocals) will SUMMER DANCE PARTY: The Penny Stinkers will Ensemble shares Hindustani music with harmonium, perform as Threefer at a House Concert happening bring their party sounds to the stage at a free tabla and vocals at the final International Concert CASCADIA WEEKLY from 7:30-9pm at the Chuckanut Center, 103 Chucka- Summer Dance Party hosted by the Rick Epting Series of the month at 2pm at Blaine’s Peace Arch nut Drive N. Suggested donation is $5-$10 at the door. Foundation of the Arts from 4-8pm at the Heart of Park. Entry to the event is free. 17 WWW.CHUCKANUTCENTER.ORG Anacortes, 1014 4th St. In addition to the music, WWW.PEACEARCHPARK.ORG the fundraiser will feature a silent auction, raffles, FRI., AUG. 24 a beer garden and Holy Smoke BBQ fare. SEND YOUR EVENT INFORMATION TO: EAST COAST DAVE: A free performance by East WWW.HEARTOFANACORTES.COM [email protected] musicvenues 26
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Alpha: I don’t know how historically accurate this man-meets-wolf story is, but if you’re into survival B-BOARD stories in which boy and beast come together to tri- umph over nature, this is the movie for you. HHHH
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Marvel’s most inconse- FILM FILM quential hero is also its most fun (sorry, Guardians), and Paul Rudd one of its most inspired casting
16 decisions since Robert Downey Jr. became Tony Stark. Chalk up yet another win for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. HHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 58 min.) MUSIC
A.X.L.: In Alpha (see above), man of the past meets
14 wolf. This go round happens in the future where man meets robot dog. So whether you like your dogs made ART of flesh and fur or space-age metal, a movie exists for you. HH (PG • 1 hr. 38 min.) 13
Beautifully Broken: I’ve learned that when a movie
STAGE that I’ve never heard of with a title such as this shows up in theaters unannounced, it’s probably made for
folks who regularly enter churches without fear of PAPILLON 12 being struck by lightning and that is not me. HH (PG • 1 hr. 48 min.) Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation: I feel a Mission: Impossible—Fallout: Tom Cruise is back meme did. Hollywood’s next great plot concept: a GET OUT BlacKkKlansman: Spike Lee tells the crazy-but-true little bad about constantly forgetting this animated as Ethan Hunt, summer’s most bankable action hero tweet that’s gone viral. Imagine the possibilities. Or story of the time a black police officer and his Jewish franchise exists considering it continues to crank out that is not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. At don’t. H (PG-13 • 1 hr. 33 min.) partner infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in 1970s Colo- pretty decent film after pretty decent film. Dracula 56 years old, he still does nearly all his own stunts 12 rado—and he does it as only Spike Lee can. HHHHH can’t get no respect. HHHH (PG • 1 hr. 37 min.) and, like its star, this is the rare film franchise that The Spy Who Dumped Me: Dear Hollywood, I need (Unrated • 1 hr. 28 min.) seems to be getting better with age. HHHHH (PG-13 you to start writing better parts for genius comedic
WORDS Incredibles 2: No surprise here, Pixar continues to • 2 hrs. 27 min.) actresses like Kate McKinnon because you are wasting Christopher Robin: Christopher Robin (Ewan knock it out of the park, bringing the long-gestating her talent with this mediocre buddy comedy. HH (R • McGregor) is all grown up and being an adult is a family superhero sequel to the big screen at a time Papillon: A remake of the 1973 prison flick in which 1 hr. 56 min.) 10 big bum deal (tell me about it, Chris), so his stuffed when we need our superheroes—especially the ones two men—a safecracker and a forger—meet in a friends of yore—Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, Owl, and that with big hearts and subversive spirits—the most. brutal French penal colony and plot their escape. I honey-loving scamp Pooh—come back to life to save HHHHH (PG • 1 hr. 58 min.) haven't seen its predecessor, but this movie has two
CURRENTS him from himself. Which sounds cute in theory, but if things going for it: Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek. my Cabbage Patch Dolls start speaking to me, I will Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: I love Meryl Good enough for me. HHHH (R • 1 hr. 57 min.) 6 never recover. HHH (PG • 1 hr. 44 min.) Streep. I love ABBA. I’ve never been to Greece, but I have a feeling I love it too. All of that, plus Cher as The Princess Bride: See Wesley and Buttercup "as VIEWS Crazy Rich Asians: The first movie with an all-Asian Grandmamma Mia. Count me in. HHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. you wish" their way to one of the weirdest and best love cast since Memoirs of a Geisha, this adaptation of the 50 min.) stories ever committed to celluloid when it serves as 4 blockbuster bestseller translates to the big screen the finale to another successful season of the Fairhaven with the kind of ease only money can buy. Critically The Meg: Jason Statham has fought various drug Outdoor Cinema on Sat., Aug. 25. Music by Scrub Hubner MAIL acclaimed and a success at the box office, here’s hop- cartels, corrupt political regimes, wackadoo crimi- opens the show. HHHHH (PG • 1 hr. 38 min.)
ing Hollywood is starting to realize that representa- nal masterminds and his own body, so naturally the 2 tion rules. HHHHH (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 1 min.) only thing left is for him to fight a giant prehistoric Puzzle: Kelly Macdonald (always wonderful, tremen- shark. I don’t think it’s spoiling anything to say dously underrated) leads a sheltered life until she DO IT The Happytime Murders: This R-rated comedy the shark probably won’t win. HH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 54 discovers a knack for putting together jigsaw puzzles Showtimes that sees Melissa McCarthy teaming up with a puppet min.) and meets expert puzzler Irrfan Khan (The Lunchbox) detective to solve murders in a seedy underbelly of and learns to snap the pieces of the puzzle that is Regal and AMC theaters, please see Los Angeles where humans and puppets coexist is di- Mile 22: Mark Wahlberg, works for a shadowy govern- her life and new and exciting ways. HHHH (R • 1 www.fandango.com.
08.22.18 rected by Jim Henson’s son, and I feel like dad would ment organization, shoots stuff, probably saves a life hr. 43 min.) have some questions about the direction his legacy or something. Apologies. I lost interest in finishing Pickford Film Center and
.13 was headed but would ultimately approve. HHH (R • the sentence right after typing “Mark Wahlberg.” (It’s Slender Man: I guess if emoji can get themselves a PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see
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humble when you’re 7 “On the Beach” 45 Stopped suddenly, 20 as great as I am” author Shute as an engine FILM boxer 8 Hawaii’s “Garden Isle" 47 He held over 1,000 44 Beer named for a 9 Fail to exist patents 16 Dutch river 10 RBG's group, for 49 Be shy
45 Religious offshoot short 51 Overrun (with) MUSIC 46 It’s six of one ... 11 Mass transit vehicle, 52 First Lady of the '50s
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22 for the arrival of your Season of Completion. Are you work for you… ARIES (March 21-April 19): The two pieces of ready to start drawing the old cycle to a close so Over 150 million advice I have for you may initially seem contradictory, you’ll be fresh when the new cycle begins? Are you in but they are in fact complementary. Together they’ll the mood to conclude this chapter of your life story B-BOARD B-BOARD in real estate sales! help guide you through the next three weeks. The first and earn the relaxing hiatus you will need before comes from herbalist and wise woman Susun Weed. launching the next chapter? Even if you don’t feel She suggests that when you face a dilemma, you ready, even if you’re not in the mood, I suggest you 20 When it’s time to should ask yourself how you can make it your ally and do the work anyway. Any business you leave unfin- how you can learn the lesson it has for you. Your sec- ished now will only return to haunt you later. So don’t
FILM find the right home ond burst of wisdom is from writer Yasmin Mogahed: leave any business unfinished! or sell yours we “Study the hurtful patterns of your life. Then don’t know what you’re repeat them." SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Are you ready to mix 16 looking for. more business with pleasure and more pleasure with TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Speak the following business than you have ever mixed? I predict that in MUSIC declaration aloud and see how it feels: “I want strong the coming weeks, your social opportunities will serve License #26963 (360) 303-4771 soft kisses and tender unruly kisses and secret truth your professional ambitions and your professional
14 [email protected] kisses and surprise elixir kisses. I deserve them, ambitions will serve your social opportunities. You will too.” If that puts you in a brave mood, Taurus, add have more than your usual amount of power to forge
ART a further affirmation: “I want ingenious affectionate new alliances and expand your web of connections. amazements and deep dark appreciation and brisk Here’s my advice: Be extra charming, but not grossly mirthful lessons and crazy sweet cuddle wrestles. I opportunistic. Sell yourself, but with grace and integ- 13 NOW PLAYING deserve them, too.” What do you think? Do these rity, not with obsequiousness. Express yourself like formulas work for you? Do they put you in the proper a gorgeous force of nature, and encourage others to STAGE Fri, August 24 - frame of mind to co-create transformative intimacy? express themselves like gorgeous forces of nature. Thu, August 30 I hope so. You’re entering a phase when you have maximum power to enchant and to be enchanted. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “When I 12 BLACKKKLANSMAN picture a perfect reader,” wrote philosopher Friedrich (NR) 88m, In English New from Spike Lee! Ron Stallworth (John GEMINI (May 21-June 20): As you map out your Nietzsche, “I picture a monster of courage and curios- David Washington), the first African-American detective in the Colorado master plan for the next 14 months, I invite you to ity, also something supple, cunning, cautious, a born GET OUT Springs Police Dept, sets out on a dangerous mission with his seasoned include the following considerations: an intention to adventurer and discoverer.” I suspect he was using colleague, Flip (Adam Driver) to infiltrate & expose the Ku Klux Klan. purge pretend feelings and artificial motivations; a the term “monster” with a roguish affection. I am cer- promise to change your relationship with old secrets tainly doing that as I direct these same words toward 12 Fri: (1:00), (3:15), 6:15, 9:15; Sat: 3:45, 6:45, 8:00 so that they no longer impinge on your room to you, dear Sagittarian reader. Of course, I am always Sun: (11:00AM), (2:00), 5:00, 8:00; Mon: (1:00), (3:15), 6:30, 9:15 maneuver; a pledge to explore evocative mysteries appreciative of your courage, curiosity, cunning, Tue: (1:00), (3:15), 6:15, 9:15; Wed: (3:15), (6:15) -Open Caption, 9:15 that will enhance your courage; a vow to be kinder suppleness, and adventurousness. But I'm especially WORDS Thu: (3:15), 6:15, 9:15 toward aspects of yourself that you haven’t loved excited about those qualities now, because the com- well enough; and a search for an additional source of ing weeks will be a time when they will be both most PUZZLE - (R) 103m, In English Starring Kelly MacDonald and 10 stability that will inspire you to seek more freedom. necessary and most available to you. Irrfan Khan "How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film so beautifully." Fri: (12:45), (4:00), 6:30, 9:00; Sat: (3:00), 5:30, 9:45 CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you have been CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You do not Sun: (11:30AM), (2:00), 4:30; Mon: (12:45), (4:00), 9:30 communing with my horoscopes for a while, you’ve yet have access to maps of the places where you CURRENTS Tue: (12:45), (4:00), 6:30, 9:00; Wed: (4:00) -Open Caption, 9:00 gotten a decent education—for free! Nonetheless, you need to go next. That fact may tempt you to turn
6 Thu: (4:00), 6:30, 9:00 shouldn’t depend on me for all of your learning needs. around and head back to familiar territory. But I ROMEO & JULIET - Royal Shakespeare Company Due to my tendency to emphasize the best in you and hope you’ll press forward even without the maps. focus on healing your wounds, I may neglect some Out there in the frontier, adventures await you that
VIEWS (NR) 182m - What if your first love was someone you’d been told to hate? aspects of your training. With that as caveat, I'll offer a will prepare you well for the rest of your long life. Sat: 11:00AM - Tickets $16 PFC Members, $20 General, $10 Students few meditations about future possibilities. 1. What new And being without maps, at least in the early going, 4 NY DOG FILM FESTIVAL - (NR) 156m, English - Two programs of puppy love! subjects or skills do you want to master in the next may actually enhance your learning opportunities. Sat: (Noon) - $5 admission, proceeds to benefit the Whatcom Humane Society three years? 2. What’s the single most important thing Here’s another thing you should know: your intuitive MAIL you can do to augment your intelligence? 3. Are there navigational sense will keep improving the farther ISLE OF DOGS - (PG-13) 105m, In English - One night only! Bonus dogmas you believe in so fixedly and rely on so heavily you get from recognizable landmarks.
2 conversation between Wes Anderson and Bob Balaban after the film. that they obstruct the arrival of fresh ideas? If so, are Sun: 7:00 - Bring your ticket to the NY Dog Film Fest for free popcorn! you willing to at least temporarily set them aside? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Healing isn’t DO IT BIRDMAN - Pickford's 20th Anniversary Retrospective impossible. You may not be stuck with your pain LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “All the world’s a stage,” forever. The crookedness in your soul and the twist Mon: (6:15) - Only $3 admission, sponsored by Patricia Yust wrote Shakespeare, “And all the men and women in your heart may not always define who you are. OPEN CAPTION SCREENINGS: BlacKkKlansman - Wed: 6:15 merely players.” In other words, we’re all performers. There may come a time when you’ll no longer be Puzzle - Wed: (4:00) Whenever we emerge from solitude and encounter plagued by obsessive thoughts that keep returning 08.22.18 other people, we choose to express certain aspects you to the tormenting memories. But if you hope PICKFORD FILM CENTER | 1318 Bay St. | 360.738.0735 | www.pickfordfilmcenter.org of our inner experience even as we hide others. Our to find the kind of liberation I'm describing here, I
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# authenticity and fantasy. Many wise people over the healing may not happen the way you think it should centuries have deprecated this central aspect of hu- or imagine it will. 2. The best way to sprout the PAPILLON man behavior as superficial and dishonest. But author seeds that will ultimately bloom with the cures is to (R), 117m, In English The epic story of Henri "Papillon" Charrière, Neil Gaiman thinks otherwise: “We are all wearing tell the complete truth. a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder masks,” he says. “That is what makes us interesting.” and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island. Invoking his view—and in accordance with current as- PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Nineteenth-century Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance trological omens—I urge you to celebrate your masks British painter J. M. W. Turner was one of the greats. and disguises in the coming weeks. Enjoy the show Renowned for his luminous landscapes, he specialized with convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, who agrees to finance
CASCADIA WEEKLY you present. Dare to entertain your audiences. in depicting the power of nature and the atmospheric Papillon's escape. drama of light and color. Modern poet Mary Ruefle Fri: (3:15), 6:15, 9:15; Sat: (12:15), (3:15), 6:15, 9:15 22 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I think you’ve done tells us that although he “painted his own sea mon- Sun: (2:15), 5:15, 8:15; Mon & Tue: (3:15), 6:15, 9:15 enough rehearsals. At this point, the apparent quest sters,” he engaged assistants “to do small animals.” Wed: (3:15), (6:15) - Open Caption, 9:15 for a little extra readiness is beginning to lapse into She writes that “he could do a great sky, but not rab- Thu: (3:15), 6:15, 9:15 procrastination. So I'll suggest that you set a date for bits.” I'm hoping that unlike Turner, you Piscean folks opening night. I'll nudge you to have a cordial talk will go both ways in the coming weeks. Give as much OPEN CAPTION SCREENINGS: Papillon - Wed: 6:15 with yourself about the value of emphasizing soulful- of your creative potency and loving intelligence to the ness over perfectionism. What? You say you’re waiting modest details as to the sweeping vistas. BY AMY ALKON per research on human psychology. Despite the risks, you may decide to be that rebel gazelle that chases the
Best of 26 THE SCIENCE ADVICE lion. If so, why not go all the way? Pull out your man’s chair for him in BELLINGHAM’18 FOOD GODDESS restaurants. Put your jacket over his B shoulders on a cold night. And be 22 TOO MUSH INFORMATION the one who goes downstairs with YOUR INFORMATION 22 My friend was dying to tell her new boyfriend the baseball bat when there’s a weird Your Name ______B-BOARD she loves him but waited until he said it first. noise at 3am. As he cowers in bed, re- B-BOARD She, in fact, makes that a rule. Now I have a assure him: “Baby, you just stay there Your City ______new boyfriend. Should I just shamelessly own in your nightie. I got this.” Email ______20 my feelings—that is, tell him I love him? Or Phone Number ______should I follow my friend’s lead? THE BENEFITS OF EXORCISE FILM —Hating Waiting My fiancee dumped me three months ago. I was devastated, but I’ve come to realize that PEOPLE/PLACES, BEST... 16 We have this notion that it’s really we shouldn’t be together. Now she keeps Band ______pressing for us to meet, saying there’s stuff
romantic for a couple to say “I love MUSIC you” pronto: “The moment he/she sat she needs to “process.” I was finally starting Bartender ______down at the bus stop next to me, I just to get over her, but should I just go? Real Estate Agent ______14 knew!” In reality, “love at first sight” —Torn
Artist ______ART tends to come with some issues, such as the failure to weed out any insta- Getting together with your ex-fi- Local Celebrity/Character ______beloveds who kiss like big-lipped fish. ancee after you’ve finally started to News Story ______13 Your desire to go all blurtypants on move on is like being just out of rehab STAGE the guy likewise seems romantic—un- and reconnecting with a friend: “What ENTERTAINMENT, BEST... til you consider the psychological me- could be the harm? A nice pastrami on chanics behind it. Chances are, you’re rye with my old heroin dealer!” Best Place to See Live Music ______12 in a state of psychological tension— Your brain, like an air-conditioned Best Movie Theater ______all fired up with suspense at how the Miami mansion, is “expensive” to run, Best Gallery ______GET OUT guy will respond—and only by telling so it tries to go on autopilot (basical- him will you finally get relief. (It’s ba- ly nonthink mode) whenever possible. Best Bookstore ______sically the emotional version of really, When you repeatedly take a certain Best Festival ______12 really needing to pee.) action—like turning to a certain per- Best Place to Gamble ______Research on sex differences in “pa- son for love, attention and comfort- WORDS rental investment” by evolutionary ing—that action becomes more and biologist Robert Trivers suggests that more automatic. On a neural level, SERVICES, BEST... 10 it’s probably a bad idea for you, as a this plays out with a bunch of indi- Salon/Barber Shop ______Bike Store ______woman, to go first with the ILY. Triv- vidual brain cells (neurons) that “wire ers explains that in species like ours, together,” as neuroscientist Carla Women’s Clothing ______Gym ______CURRENTS in which females get stuck with the Shatz puts it. Auto Repair ______Place to Get a Tattoo ______6 burden of parental care (should sex This happens after individual neu- Grocery Store ______lead to the creation of toddlers), they rons each fire off a chemical mes- VIEWS evolved to vet males for ability and senger—a neurotransmitter—that Local Bank/Credit Union ______Yoga Studio ______4 willingness to invest—more than that another neuron catches and absorbs. ______Massage ______initial teaspoonful of sperm, that is. The more a person repeats the same Auto Dealer ______Vet Clinic ______MAIL
Men coevolved to expect this—to action—and the more a group of expect to have to prove themselves neurons does the same fire-off-and- 2 to women to get sex. In short, men catch sequence—the faster they FOOD & DRINK, BEST... DO IT chase; women choose. get at it. Eventually, these neurons Sure, there are couples out there in become what I like to describe as a Taproom ______Happy Hour ______which the woman chased and things “thinkpack”—conserving mental en- Deli ______Breakfast ______ended up just fine. But those evolved ergy through bypassing the conscious Coffeeshop ______Pizza ______08.22.18 differences in male and female psychol- thought department and robotically
Asian ______Bakery ______.13 ogy are still driving us—even now, in defaulting to whatever action worked 34 our world of smartphones, facial recog- for the person in the past. Burger ______Italian ______# nition software, and, before long, fam- Right now, the last thing you need Sushi ______Mexican ______ily vacations in flying minivans. is to stall your recovery process—the Brewery ______Patio/Outdoor Seating ______In other words, you’re taking a risk weakening over time of those en- by tossing out the ILY first—possi- trenched neural pathways—by getting Lunch ______bly causing the guy to want you less the band (Ramon and the Neurons) Vegetarian ______Margarita ______
than if you let him take the lead in back together. If you feel bad about CASCADIA WEEKLY Greek ______Brunch ______ILY blurtations. And hi, feminists! I saying no to seeing her, consider how can hear the flicking of your lighters she’s prioritizing her need to “process” for even more categories see www.cascadiaweekly.com/bob 23 as you ready your pitchforks and hay. over your continued recovery. Aww, , But the way I see it, what should be how loving! (“It’s not you; it’s me— You must enter minimum 10 categories. Mail your ballot to P.O. Box 2833, feminist is acknowledging what seems and how my crappy new insurance no Bellingham, WA 98227-2833. Ballots are due Friday, Sept. 14 to be the optimal approach for women longer covers therapy.”) rearEnd comix + sudoku
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24 Federally insured by NCUA. doit WED., AUG. 22 WEDNESDAY MARKET: Bellingham Farmers
Market continues its Wednesday Market 26 26 from 3-7pm weekly through Aug. 29 at the Fairhaven Village Green, 1017 Harris St. FOOD FOOD At the event, fresh produce, meat, honey, plants, live music, ready-to-eat offerings, chow and goods from local crafters can be found. 22 RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG
SEDRO-WOOLLEY MARKET: Produce, B-BOARD crafts and more can be procured at the Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market from 3-7pm Wednesdays through Oct. 17 at Hammer
20 always seems to require a trip down to Heritage Square, 118 Ferry St. the Korean grocery H-Mart in Lynnwood WWW.SEDROWOOLLEYFARMERSMARKET.COM FILM to stock up on the proper base ingredi- ents like salted shrimp and Korean chili BARKLEY MARKET: Shop for fresh produce from Broad Leaf Farm, Hopewell Farm, and 16 flakes. And while it really is delightful to have a fridge full of bubbling jars, I beyond at a Barkley Market happening from 4-6pm Wednesdays in August at the Barkley MUSIC still never stopped looking for a good Village Green, 2215 Rimland Dr. locally available product. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/EVENTS
14 Now, I think, Sujin’s is that product. BREWERS CRUISE: Tonight’s “Bellingham
ART Made from local vegetables and seafood, homemade fish sauce, and sweetened Bay BREWers Cruise” starts at 6:30pm at San Juan Cruises' dock at the Bellingham
13 with local fruit, it is nevertheless totally Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave. Entry is traditional in method and flavor. Sujin $39. Additional cruises happen Wednesdays
STAGE learned to make kimchi from her mother through Sept. 19. and grandmother in Korea, and the re- WWW.WHALES.COM sult is gloriously sour, salty and hot. Her 12 THURS., AUG. 23 Anacortes-based company’s marketing BOW MARKET: Attend the volunteer-run, focus is on health rather than just flavor, open-air Bow Farmers Market from 1-6pm GET OUT hyping the probiotic qualities of kimchi. every Thursday through Sept. 13 at Samish I can’t speak to the curative properties, Bay Cheese, 15115 Bow Hill Rd. WWW.BOWLITTLEMARKET.COM
12 but I can certainly vouch for the taste.
Our most recent visit to Sujin’s stall ALES & SAILS: Local microbreweries will involved tasting quite a lot of kimchi. WORDS share their liquid libations at the final “Ales She offers more than a dozen varieties, & Sails” excursion of the season aboard the including kale, Walla Walla sweet onion, Schooner Zodiac leaving at 6pm from the 10 beet, kohlrabi, daikon radish and un- Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave. Guests can mingle with brewery reps and spiced white cabbage. learn about the brewing process, the inspira-
CURRENTS After a great deal of experimentation, tion behind each recipe and the different my family has concluded that our two styles of beer. Entry is $69. 6 favorites happen to both be double-fer- WWW.SCHOONERZODIAC.COM mented kimchis—oiji moochim (cucum- VIEWS FRI., AUG. 24 ber) and daikon moochim (daikon rad- COFFEE TASTING: Attend a weekly coffee
4 ish). According to Sujin’s website, the tasting from 3-3:30pm at Camber Cafe, 221 vegetables are fermented for a month W. Holly St. Entry is free, and no RSVP is MAIL STORY AND PHOTO BY JESSAMYN TUTTLE on their own before being made into needed to come in and enjoy a small tasting flight of the venue’s single-origin coffees.
2 kimchi and fermented again. Both of WWW.CAMBERCOFFEE.COM these are intensely flavored and quite DO IT Sujin’s Kimchi spicy but with truly excellent crunch, FERNDALE MARKET: Vendors will sell a and I love that both are thinly sliced, selection of locally grown produce and WORTH THE EFFORT making them very easy to eat straight handmade crafts at the Ferndale Farmers out of the jar or mixed into rice or noo- Market from 3-7pm at the city’s Centennial
08.22.18 Riverwalk Park, 1931 Main St. The market DURING A recent visit to the Edison Farmers Market, my husband and I were walking dles, or even piled on sandwiches. will run Fridays through Oct. 5, with addi- through the stalls when we suddenly both stopped and said “Ooh, kimchi!” Other varieties like the “ponytail,” tional Flea Markets happening today, Sept. .13
34 At the far end of the market, a booth featured a colorful pile of jars, with the owner, which contains whole daikon radishes with 15, and on closing day. # Sujin Jo, waiting to hand out tasting cups. We instantly tried several varieties and the tops on, require a bit more preparation WWW.FERNDALEPUBLICMARKET.ORG bought a jar to take home. A few weeks later, we were back for more. unless you eat them straight out of hand. FOOD NOT BOMBS: All are welcome to par- I should start off by saying that I love kimchi. It isn’t something I grew up with, but Sujin’s Kimchi is available for sale at the take of nutritious and delicious vegan dishes ever since my first visit to a Korean restaurant I’ve been hooked. Whether it’s the plain Anacortes and Edison farmers markets, when Food Not Bombs offers a community napa cabbage version or other vegetables such as cucumber or fennel, I love the spicy as well as at her family’s business, Tokyo meal from 4-6pm every Friday on the corner sourness and crunch. I eat it plain, chop it up into Korean pancakes or fried rice, or pile Japanese Restaurant (also in Anacortes). of Magnolia Street and Cornwall Avenue
CASCADIA WEEKLY it on burgers instead of pickles. While she’s hoping to get back up to Bell- (alongside the peace vigil). The event— which is dedicated to spreading food, love For many people, though, kimchi can be a difficult taste to acquire, although fer- ingham in the next year or so, many of Su- 26 and nonviolence as an action against war mented foods are becoming more widely appreciated in the United States. jin’s loyal fans are making it down to the and poverty—is free. A good kimchi should be actively fermenting when you buy it, resulting in bubbles markets in Skagit just to stock up. Good WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BELLINGHAMFNB or hissing when the jar is opened, as well as increasing sourness as it ages, like sau- kimchi is worth the effort. erkraut. Sometimes a particularly lively kimchi will escape the jar altogether. It isn’t BEACHSIDE BARBECUE: Pork sliders, barbecued chicken, green-chili-cheddar hard to make at home, but tracking down ingredients can be challenging—for me it For more details, go to www.sujins.com doit cornbread, coleslaw and desserts will be served family style alongside unlimited roasted corn on the cob and bottomless lemonade at “Seaside 26
Sizzle: A Beachside BBQ” events happening from 26 5:30-8:30pm Fridays through Aug. 31 at Blaine’s FOOD Semiahmoo Resort, 9565 Semiahmoo Pkwy. Entry FOOD is $10 for kids, $26 for adults. WWW.SEMIAHMOO.COM 22 SAT., AUG. 25 PANCAKE BREAKFAST: A monthly Pancake
Breakfast takes place from 8-10am at Ferndale’s B-BOARD American Legion Post #154, 5537 2nd Ave. Entry is $3 for kids, $6 for adults.
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ANACORTES MARKET: Find fresh produce and FILM much more when the Anacortes Farmers Market continues its 29th season from 9am-2pm at the 16 Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave. The event continues Saturdays through Oct. 27.
A “Bacon & Kegs” Festival happening Sun., MUSIC WWW.ANACORTESFARMERSMARKET.ORG Aug. 26 at the Depot Market Square will cel- ebrate bacon, brews and music while raising money
MOUNT VERNON MARKET: The Mount Vernon 14 for Whatcom Center for Early Learning. Farmers Market will feature more than 55 vendors from throughout the Skagit Valley from 9am-2pm ART every Saturday through Oct. 13 at the city’s Riv- Blaine’s Semiahmoo Resort, 9565 Semiahmoo Pkwy.
erwalk Park. Through Sept. 26, visit a Wednesday Entry is $10 for kids under 12, $28 otherwise. The 13 Market from 11am-4pm at Skagit Valley Hospital event happens weekly through Sept. 1. WWW.SEMIAHMOO.COM (on Kincaid Street) STAGE WWW.MOUNTVERNONFARMERSMARKET.ORG SUN., AUG. 26
TWIN SISTERS MARKET: Affordable, Whatcom EDISON MARKET: Purchase fresh produce and art 12 County-grown produce can be procured at the Twin at the Edison Farmers Market from 10am-3pm at Sisters Farmers Market from 9am-3pm at the IGA the Edison Granary, 14136 Gilmore Ave. The event parking lot on Nugent’s Corner, and 10am-2pm in continues Sundays through September. GET OUT Maple Falls at the North Fork Library, 7506 Kendall WWW.EDISONFARMERSMARKET.ORG Rd. The markets continue Saturdays through October. FOCUS ON YOUR BUSINESS WWW.TWINSISTERSMARKET.COM LANGAR: All are welcome at a Langar event 12 from 11am-2pm in Lynden at Guru Nanak Gursikh ISLAND MARKET: Vendors will offer fresh produce, Gurdwara, 176 E. Pole Rd. Langar is the sacred LET US FOCUS ON YOUR 401(k) PLAN WORDS local honey, gorgeous flowers, landscape paintings community free kitchen of the Sikh people and and more at the Lummi Island Saturday Market hap- every temple serves delicious vegetarian food— pening from 10am-1pm Saturdays through the sum- which they invite the general public to come eat. 10 mer in the field next to the Islander Grocery, 2106 The largest free kitchen in the world is Langar at Running a business is complicated enough. S. Nugent Rd. Musicians are always welcome. Darbar Sahib, Amritsar India, where they serve
(360) 758-2815 100,000 people a day every weekend, and 50,000 Our low-cost 401(k) platform helps you cut CURRENTS a day on weekdays. LYNDEN FARMERS MARKET: Local farmers and (360) 398-1184 through the jargon with customizable plans 6 artisans will sell their edible and creative wares that are easy to operate. at the Lynden Farmers Market from 10am-2pm BACON & KEGS: Whatcom Center for Early Learning VIEWS every Saturday through Sept. 29 at Centennial will host its inaugural “Bacon & Kegs” Festival from Park, 319 Grover St. 11am-3:30pm (all-ages) and 5:30-9pm (21 and older) Email, call, or click to learn more. 4 WWW.LYNDENFARMERSMARKET.COM at Depot Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. The
event—a celebration of bacon, brews and music— MAIL BLAINE MARKET: Homegrown and handmade will feature beer and cider from Pacific Northwest farm products, baked goods, arts and crafts and breweries, bacon-inspired food from local vendors 2 more can be found at the Blaine Gardeners Mar- and live music from Baby Cakes, Lost at Last, and [email protected] ket from 10am-2pm Saturdays through October at Lindsay Street. A photo booth, games and activities DO IT the city’s H Street Plaza. will also be part of the fun. Tickets to the fundraiser (360) 332-6484 are $5-$18 for all-ages action, and $25 for the 1-833-STC-401K (1-833-782-4015) 21-and-over part of the night. VIP tickets are $40. WWW.WCEL.NET BELLINGHAM MARKET: The 26th season of 08.22.18 the Bellingham Farmers Market continues from www.saturna.com/401k 10am-3pm Saturdays through Dec. 22 at the Depot WED., AUG. 29 .13 Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. In addition to Make a dish to share and come COOKBOOK CLUB: 34 offering locally grown produce, crafts and ready- ready to talk about the cookbook you used at an # to-eat foods, upcoming events include Demo Eat Your Words Cookbook Club meeting from 6:30- Days, Chef in the Market, and a Wednesday Market. 8pm at Sudden Valley’s South Whatcom Library, Wide variety of investment choices Easy plan transfers WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG 10 Barn View Court, Gate 2. This month’s theme is Free evaluations Full service administration Quick Weeknight Dinners. CONCRETE MARKET: A Concrete Saturday Market WWW.WCLS.ORG can be visited from 1-3pm Saturdays through Labor Day weekend at the Concrete Community Center,
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