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************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Fuzz Buzz, P.13 * Wild Mushroom Show, P.24 * Carne, P.42 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. {10.16.13}{#42}{V.08}{FREE} of Bellingham 2013 Hellingham: Murder and mirth at the Council Upfront, P.26 Caucus: Kenny Of candidates and Loggins: forums, P.10 The soundtrack of your life, P.30 42 WEDNESDAY [10.16.13] DANCE Harvest Moon Dance: 7-11pm, Fairhaven FOOD FOOD MUSIC Library BUG Song Circle: 7pm, Roeder Home cascadia GET OUT 35 35 Half Marathon: 9am, Lake Padden THURSDAY [10.17.13] Distance Regatta: 10am-3pm, Lake Padden Gore and Lore Tour: 5pm, downtown B-BOARD B-BOARD ONSTAGE Bellingham Equus: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, Shoot the Trails Awards: 7pm, Depot Market WWU Square 34 34 Little Shop of Horrors: 7:30pm, Anacortes A glance at what’s happening this week Community Theatre FOOD FILM Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Swedish Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Norway Hall Pancake Breakfast: 8-11pm, Ferndale Senior 30 MUSIC Activity Center Paul Klein: 5:30-7:30pm, Jansen Art Center, Mount Vernon Farmers Market: 9am-1pm, MUSIC Lynden Skagit State Bank Pajama Concert: 7:30pm, Roeder Home Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot 28 Arts Center GET OUT Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, ART Heather Anderson Presentation: 7:15pm, Depot Market Square Fairhaven Runners Ferndale Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Cen- 26 Teton Gravity Research: 8pm, Mount Baker tennial Riverwalk Park Theatre STAGE VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS Fall Craft Sale: 9am-4pm, Lakeway Mobile Lynden Craft & Antique Show: 10am-8pm, Estates Clubhouse 24 NW Washington Fairgrounds Lynden Craft & Antique Show: 10am-5pm, NW Washington Fairgrounds Abstracted Reception: 1-3pm, La Conner GET OUT FRIDAY [10.18.13] Quilt & Textile Museum ONSTAGE 16 Equus: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, SUNDAY [10.20.13] WWU Dracula: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Arts ONSTAGE WORDS Center Dracula: 2pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Little Shop of Horrors: 8pm, Anacortes Center Community Theatre Little Shop of Horrors: 2pm, Anacortes 14 Comedy Nite: 8pm, H20, Anacortes Community Theatre BOB BOB Hellingham: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Dynamo: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Theatre 10 MUSIC MUSIC Faculty Recital: 3pm, Performing Arts If you need help getting excited for snow season, Skagit Opera: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Center, WWU Vernon Skagit Opera: 3pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount CURRENTS CURRENTS Vernon 8 make your way to the Mount Baker Theatre to attend MUSIC Great Big Sea: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre Royal Crown Revue: 8pm, Mount Baker VIEWS showings of Teton Gravity Research’s Way of Life Theatre GET OUT Chuckanut Enduro: 9:30am, Larrabee State 4 Oct. 17 and on Oct. 24, the Mt. Baker Film Festival GET OUT Park Gore and Lore Tour: 7pm, historic Fairhaven Run, Walk & Roll: 10am, Squalicum Boat- MAIL MAIL house VISUAL ARTS Wild Mushroom Show: 12-5pm, Bloedel 2 Lynden Craft & Antique Show: 10am-8pm, Donovan NW Washington Fairgrounds DO IT MONDAY [10.21.13] .13 SATURDAY [10.19.13] MUSIC 16 ONSTAGE Las Cafeteras: 6pm, Syre Auditorium, WCC 10. Murder on the Oriental Rug: 4pm and Sara Grey: 7:30pm, Roeder Home 7:30pm, Glen Echo Community Building .08 Anniversary Gala: 5:30pm, McIntyre Hall, 41 # Mount Vernon TUESDAY [10.22.13] Equus: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU ONSTAGE Dracula: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Artist in Residency Series: 6-8pm, Temple Center Bar Original Comedy Night: 8pm, Lincoln The- Equus: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, atre, Mount Vernon WWU Little Shop of Horrors: 8pm, Anacortes CASCADIA WEEKLY Celebrated Newfoundland trio Great Big Sea stops by Community Theatre WORDS Hellingham: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Chuckanut Radio Hour: 7pm, Heiner The- 2 Bellingham as part of their 20th Anniversary Tour Oct. 20 at Theatre ater, WCC the Mount Baker Theatre Comedy Nite: 9pm, Poppes 360 3 CASCADIA WEEKLY #41.08 10.16.13 DO IT 2 MAIL 4 VIEWS 8 CURRENTS 10 BOB 14 WORDS 16 GET OUT 24 STAGE 26 ART 28 MUSIC 30 FILM 34 B-BOARD 35 FOOD 42 THISWEEK Contact 42 Cascadia Weekly: ` 360.647.8200 FOOD FOOD Editorial Editor & Publisher: 35 35 Tim Johnson `ext 260 { editor@ mail B-BOARD B-BOARD cascadiaweekly.com TOC LETTERS STAFF Arts & Entertainment 34 34 Editor: Amy Kepferle ext 204 Short-story master Alice Munro, 82, got a sizable feather FILM {calendar@ in her literary cap this week when she became the 13th cascadiaweekly.com woman—and the first Canadian woman—to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. When she spoke to the Canadian Broad- Music & Film Editor: 30 casting Corporation soon after getting the good news, she Carey Ross was elated. “It seems just so splendid a thing to happen, I ext 203 MUSIC can’t describe it. It’s more than I can say.” {music@ cascadiaweekly.com 28 Production ART VIEWS & NEWS Art Director: 4: Massive mailbag Jesse Kinsman 26 {jesse@ 8: Gristle & Views kinsmancreative.com STAGE 10: Council review Graphic Artists: Stefan Hansen 12: Last week’s news {stefan@ 24 13: Police blotter, Index cascadiaweekly.com Send all advertising materials to [email protected] GET OUT ARTS & LIFE Advertising 14: Best of Bellingham, baby Account Executive: 16 24: Mushroom mania Scott Pelton 26: Welcome to Hellingham 360-647-8200 x 202 WORDS { spelton@ 28: The profiler cascadiaweekly.com 30: Loggins and company Stephanie Young 14 360-647-8200 x 205 BOB BOB 32: Clubs { stephanie@ cascadiaweekly.com 34: Film Shorts 10 Distribution REAR END Distribution Manager: 35: Bulletin Board Scott Pelton CURRENTS CURRENTS 360-647-8200 x 202 36: Advice Goddess { spelton@ 8 cascadiaweekly.com 37: Free Will Astrology TEA PARTY GIVES ANARCHY define the education students receive. Despite Whatcom: Erik Burge, VIEWS A BAD NAME the disheveled state of our school, I received an 38: Crossword Stephanie Simms, Robin Corsberg I wish folks would stop referring to the tea exceptional education at Sehome and take pride 4 4 39: Wellness party as anarchists. It’s ill-informed and down- in my alma mater. However, it is important we Skagit: Linda Brown, 40: Slowpoke, Sudoku right disrespectful to anarchists to associate keep our facilities up to date with the times. MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL Barb Murdoch 41: This Modern World, Tom the Canada: Kristi Alvaran them with a political group that advocates in- I’m not sure what our “progressive technol- 2 Dancing Bug dustry/economics over personal freedom and in- ogy” that Mr. Marshak speaks of has to do with Letters dividual rights. Favoring corporations’ financial the condition of the building. Yes, computers DO IT 42: Carne makes the cut Send letters to letters@ success over everything else is not anarchism, are wonderful mediums and resources for our cascadiaweekly.com. just plain stupidity and the exact opposite of students, but other important aspects shape a ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** .13 The Fuzz, P.13 * Wild Mushroom Show, P.24 * Carne, P.42 cascadia most anarchist ideals. learning environment as well. REPORTING FROM 16 THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. {10.16.13}{#42}{V.08}{FREE} The only similarity is both groups openly have Over my four years at Sehome it was not uncom- 10. ©2013 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by issues with the government. mon to be working in a classroom with a leak in Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly .08 PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 of —Sally Handock, Bellingham the ceiling, or be sitting in a class in the winter 41 [email protected] Bellingham # 2013 Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia forced to wear a down jacket just to keep warm. Is Hellingham: Murder and mirth at the Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing Council Upfront, P.26 this the type of learning environment Mr. Marshak SUPPORT VITAL FUTURE FOR Caucus: Kenny papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution Of candidates and Loggins: forums, P.10 The soundtrack SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material of your life, P.30 SCHOOLS would feel most comfortable teaching in? to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- As a recent graduate of the class of 2013 from Furthermore, the argument misses the point of COVER: Owner James Pitzer ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday Sehome High School, it is troubling to see some a school bond. the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be serves up the goods at StrEAT returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. Food, Bellingham’s Best Food of my community turn their backs on a bond that Let’s be clear that a bond covers the cost of LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. Truck. Photo by Sally Wolff will help students. In David Marshak’s opposition capital projects while levies pay for day-to-day CASCADIA WEEKLYIn the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your to the school bond, he denounces the idea of operations, such as curriculum, teacher salaries, 4 letters to fewer than 300 words. “[rebuilding] the past.” To me, I look and wonder keeping class sizes smaller, energy bills, etc. what could be wrong with this—looking ahead Money from the bond cannot be used to pay for to the future.