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THRILLINGHAM The dead can dance, P.16
The Night GALLERY Scary sights at Fourth Corner, P.18
Halloween HAUNTS Sounds like a Spooktacular, P.20 Scream Fair: 6:30-10:30pm, NW Washington Fair-
grounds, Lynden
34 cascadia Nightmare on Railroad: 6:30-11:30pm, Boundary Bay Brewery FOOD FOOD ThisWeek Clown Bar: 7:30pm, iDiOM Theater Hellingham: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre A glance at this week’s Rocky Horror Show: 10pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount 27 happenings Vernon FILM
B-BOARD B-BOARD Rocky Horror Picture Show: 8pm and 12am, Mount Baker Theatre
24 WEDNESDAY [10.28.15] DANCE Halloween Contra Dance: 7-10:30pm, Fairhaven
FILM ONSTAGE Celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Rocky Library Standing on Ceremony: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU Horror Picture Show with viewings Oct. 29-31 Thrillingham: 8pm, Maritime Heritage Park 20 MUSIC MUSIC Jamie Stillway, Ben Bonham: 7:30pm, Roeder Home at the Mount Baker Theatre (the film version) and Fidalgo Youth Symphony: 1pm, McIntyre Hall MUSIC the Lincoln Theatre (the stage version) THURSDAY [10.29.15] WORDS
18 Halloween Book Sale: 10am-5pm, Ferndale Library ONSTAGE Extremely Scary Stories: 7-8:30pm, Fairhaven ART Scream Fair: 6:30-9:30pm, NW Washington Fair- Library grounds, Lynden
16 Clown Bar: 7:30pm, iDiOM Theater COMMUNITY Standing on Ceremony: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU Family Activity Day: 10am-4pm, Whatcom Museum’s Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Lightcatcher Building STAGE Rocky Horror Show: 8pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Haunt the Park: 5-7pm, Pioneer Park, Ferndale Vernon A Masquerade Eve: 6pm, Fairhaven Middle School
14 The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Bellwether Halloween: 7-11pm, Hotel Bellwether
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GET OUT Rocky Horror Picture Show: 8pm and 12am, Mount Boneshaker Bike Fest: 9am, La Conner Channel Baker Theatre Lodge Haunted Garden: 9am-6pm, Garden Spot Nursery
12 WORDS Fall Family Fun: 10am-6pm, Glen Echo Garden, Murders in the Fourth Corner: 7pm, Ferndale Library Everson Trick-or-Treat: 2-4pm, downtown Anacortes WORDS COMMUNITY Trick-or-Treat: 3-5pm, downtown Ferndale Spooks & Spirits: 5-7pm, Whatcom Museum’s Old Halloween Trick-or-Treat: 3-6pm, historic 8 City Hall Fairhaven Trick-or-Treat: 3-5pm, downtown Mount Vernon FOOD Gore & Lore Tour: 6pm, downtown Bellingham
CURRENTS CURRENTS Final Lynden Farmers Market: 12-5pm, Front Street FOOD 6 FRIDAY [10.30.15] Pancake Breakfast: 8-10:30am, Lynden Community Center
VIEWS ONSTAGE Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Nightmare on Railroad: 6:30-11:30pm, Boundary Whodunit? Find out when the Market Square 4 Bay Brewery Scream Fair : 6:30-10:30pm, NW Washington Fair- perennially popular improvised SUNDAY [11.01.15] MAIL MAIL grounds, Lynden Clown Bar: 7:30pm, iDiOM Theater murder mystery known as DANCE
2 2 Standing on Ceremony: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU Hellingham shows Oct. 30-31 at Open Rep Rehearsal: 12-1:30pm, Firehouse Perform- Rocky Horror Show: 8pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount ing Arts Center DO IT IT DO DO IT IT DO Vernon the Upfront Theatre Hellingham: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre MUSIC Festival of Music: 2pm, St. John’s Lutheran Church FILM John Reischman & Friends: 2pm, YWCA Ballroom Rocky Horror Picture Show: 8pm and 12am, Mount 10.28.15 Baker Theatre WORDS Halloween Book Sale: 1-5pm, Ferndale Library .10 DANCE 43 # Witch’s Ball: 8-11pm, Bellingham Dance Company FOOD Community Breakfast: 8-11am, Rome Grange MUSIC Taste of Skagit: 4-7pm, Maple Hall, La Conner Creepy Cabaret: 6:30-8:30pm, Bellingham High Grape & Gourmet: 5-8:30pm, Silver Reef Event School Center A Nightmare Before Halloween: 7-11pm, Depot Arts Center, Anacortes MONDAY [11.02.15] Peter Mawanga: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount MCDANIEL MATT BY PHOTO CASCADIA WEEKLY Vernon Bingo Spooktacular: 5:30-8:30pm, Bellingham Gore & Lore Tour: 6pm, historic Fairhaven ONSTAGE Senior Activity Center 42nd Street: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre 2 WORDS SATURDAY [10.31.15] Guffawingham: 9:30pm, Green Frog Halloween Book Sale: 10am-6pm, Ferndale Library GET OUT Wild Things: 9:30-11am, Stimpson Nature Reserve ONSTAGE WORDS COMMUNITY Trick-or-Treat: 3-5pm, downtown Bellingham Standing on Ceremony: 2pm and 7:30pm, DUG Rick Steves: 7pm, Bellingham High School Monster Mash: 4pm, Village Books Night of the Running Dead: 6pm, Aslan Brewing Co. Theater, WWU Poetrynight: 8pm, Bellingham Public Library
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6 360-647-8200 x 202 { spelton@ Amendments, published last week, accurately de- transparency and compromise to the process. This REAR END cascadiaweekly.com scribed the majority of the choices placed before proposition fixes a broken section of our charter VIEWS 27: Bulletin Board Whatcom: Erik Burge, Whatcom County voters on this year’s ballot. Your and is not driven by ulterior motives. Stephanie Simms 4
4 publication does a great public service by help- Proposition 8 received multi-partisan support 28: Wellness Skagit: Linda Brown, ing the voting public understand these complex from the commission and the public. Not only was MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL Barb Murdoch 28: Crossword issues. However, I must take great and personal the “pro” statement in the voter’s pamphlet writ-
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REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA 33: Slowpoke, Sudoku WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND COUNTIES * * {10.28.15}{#43}{V.10}{FREE} districts” is both unfair and inaccurate. As the almost every other proposed amendment. I urge you, and your readers, to read the vot- 34: Pumpkin power THRILLINGHAM Charter Review Commissioner responsible for in- The dead 10.28.15 can dance, P.16 troducing and championing this amendment, I’d er’s pamphlet and listen to the commission’s re- The Night GALLERY Scary sights at Fourth Corner, P.18 like to clarify its intent and purpose. corded debate prior to casting your vote. If you .10
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represented on the County Council with ELECT FISCAL CONSERVATIVES Both of these candidates understand Commission in 2014. 34 five districts. That is undoubtedly the I normally vote Republican. This elec- that water is the future for Whatcom Prop. 1 district-only voting would re- truth. However, they also oppose Prop. tion I am voting for two democratically County, and we should not be wasting sult in disproportionately minor repre- FOOD 1, which would provide for district-only endorsed candidates, Satpal Sidhu for such a valuable resource on a pile of sentation for the City of Bellingham and voting instead of countywide voting for County Council and Bobby Briscoe for Port coal. Water for food production should would render Bellingham voters mute to 27 County Council members. If everyone in Commissioner. Both are fiscally conserva- be priority number one. Only once that a large degree when voting for County Whatcom County gets to decide on the tive, and hold strong family values. Both is secured on paper should we be talking Council members. representatives from other communi- hold the common taxpayers interest in about other uses. Conservative commissioners created B-BOARD ties of interest, then it totally defies the highest regard. Please consider joining me in supporting two mechanisms to try to lock-in dis-
the point of five fair and equal districts. For Satpal, his education in engineering Satpal for Council, and Briscoe for Port. trict-only voting indefinitely—Props. 2 24 Communities of interest would not and having a Masters of Business Admin- —Doug Karlberg, Lynden and 3. Originally, the conservative com- choose their own representative with istration puts him in a unique position to missioners attempted to outright pro- FILM countywide voting. Props. 2, 3 and 10 save us millions on the jail. Satpal is fru- LOUWS MUST GO hibit the County Council from proposing
are all proposals that limit power of vot- gal and a friend of the farmer. He under- The recent Gristle provides all of the Charter amendments to previous Charter 20 ers—vote against all three of them. stands that pouring five million gallons necessary details to demonstrate the amendments that have been approved
Vote Todd Donovan and Kathy Kersh- of water a day on a pile of coal would be slimy performance of Jack Louws as Coun- by two-thirds majority of voters, and to MUSIC ner for Whatcom County Council. Todd put to better use obtaining water rights ty Executive. prohibit Council from proposing Charter
Donovan is simply better qualified than for our farms, which many do not have He must go before he completely amendments pertaining to nominating 18
his opponent, having very pragmatic ap- today. Farming is the economic backbone wrecks the county governing system. His and electing County Council members. In ART proaches to local issues. Voters are mis- of Whatcom County, and without water, mismanagement of Lake Whatcom water July, our County Attorney explained to led about Kathy Kershner and Satpal Sid- farming would wither. issues, the jail construction debacle com- the commissioners that was against our 16 hu. Highly partisan organizations hope Briscoe understands that the port has bined with the outrageous sales tax in- state constitution, so they revised the
to brainwash voters into thinking that spent itself into a hole, and the port’s crease, and his cozy relationship with the language to then require a 7-0 unani- STAGE Kathy Kershner is a tea party Republican revenue predictions have failed for the sole-source contractor manipulating the mous vote by Council. A unanimous vote who cares nothing about the environ- last three major projects. Now the port entire voting dialogue reveals the depth is a ridiculously high bar to impose on the 14 ment, while Satpal Sidhu is a qualified finds itself in triple the debt that it of incompetence and corruption of his Council, ultimately resulting in the con- environmental hero. However, after thor- started this ill-conceived waterfront dictatorial reign. striction of voters’ rights. oughly looking through Kershner’s voting project and $100 million still to go. His No more Jack Louws! No more sales Proponents of Props. 2 and 3 often mis- GET OUT record, she always looked out for What- opponent, Mayor Gary Jensen, while a tax increase without true financial infor- lead the public, saying that Props. 2 and 3
com County during her four years on the good man, left Ferndale buried in debt mation of all aspects of a new jail com- make it harder for the Council to “overturn” 12 council, and has made many decisions also. Ferndale went from $11 million to plex! The blatant corruption has been re- district-only voting as they claim the Coun- to protect the environment of Whatcom $28 million during his tenure. vealed, now its up to the voters to fix it. cil did eight years ago. That is incorrect. WORDS County. Satpal Sidhu has very few envi- Mayor Jensen is supported by two port —Richard Morgan, Bellingham The Council cannot “overturn” a proposi-
ronmental accomplishments, and tries to commissioners who want to continue to tion; the Council can only place a Charter 8 appeal to large conventional non-organic build the new yacht marina at a cost of MORE PARTICIPATION, amendment, via ordinance, on the ballot, berry farmers who pollute our environ- $50 million to provide parking spots for NOT LESS thereby giving voters the power to decide.
ment, while at the same time supporting 350 million-dollar yachts. Yacht parking, It is important to reject Propositions 1, What actually occurred eight years CURRENTS very heavy regulations. He also comes luxury condos, and water to pour on coal. 2, and 3, which were placed onto the bal- ago, was that district-only voting was across uneducated on issues. At the Tea And more debt. lot by the conservative majority of Char- approved by voters in 2005; voters expe- 6 Party forum, when asked about flood is- It is time to change course at the port, ter Review commissioners who, all but rienced district-only voting in the next VIEWS sues, Sidhu didn’t have an answer and and Jensen is more of the same. We should one, received the benefit of independent LETTERS, CONTINUED ON PAGE 25 4 4 MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL
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5 THE GRISTLE TRICK OR TREATY: The coal industry zombies and their
34 hobgoblins were haunting Cherry Point again last week—Montana delegates and corporate shills arriv-
FOOD FOOD ing in hungry packs to scan our coast with red-rimmed eyes, drooling it might someday be theirs. They brought views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE with them an infection, dark money in greasy wads of 27 campaign contributions dumped into vampiric political action committees and onto Frankensteinian political
B-BOARD B-BOARD operatives by the carpetbag. Pacific International Terminals (the PIT, and its pen-
24 dulum that slices but one way) in 2014 dumped about BY APRIL MITCHELSON $17,000 into the election of the obscure Charter Review
FILM Commission, an amount sufficient (thanks to the par- titions of district-only voting) to elect a hunchbacked
20 horde who immediately set to work to queer all future Jail Déjà Vu elections on behalf of the coal industry. In March and
MUSIC again in October, PIT shoveled nearly $30,000 to What- WRONG TAX, WRONG RESPONSE TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS com Republicans, who are then free to launder the cash
18 among spurious shell PACs like DOVE and dark money AS BALLOTS for the November The Bellingham Fire Department
ART operatives like Common Threads NW that proliferate election roll out this month and we recently implemented a Community like contagion, making it all but impossible to follow consider the Jail Tax Measure, one Medic Program. This offers many the money in a transparent and timely manner. On Oct. gets the feeling we’ve been here be- homeless and mentally ill individu- 16 19, PIT opened yet another Orwellian PAC—Clear Ballot fore. More than 10 years ago Sheriff If this tax passes, als a chance to receive non-emer-
STAGE Choices—and larded it with $25,000 in cash and $13,500 Bill Elfo, along with other county we may find that we gent treatment in the field when in in-kind contributions, according to filings with the officials, painted a grim picture they would otherwise not have it. Public Disclosure Commission. This week, PIT contrib- regarding the state of the What- can’t pay for programs Sometimes it’s just as simple as a 14 uted another $20,000. The PAC also received a large con- com County Jail: It’s unsafe—for blood sugar check and a ride to a tribution from the Affordable Housing Council, the po- inmates and corrections staff alike; and facilities that will place of shelter. Other times it may
GET OUT litical arm of the building industry and contractor lobby. it’s unsanitary, out of date and “lit- identify a medical condition re- All told, the coal industry and their allies and as- erally falling apart.” keep your family safe quiring immediate treatment.
12 sociates have shoveled nearly $130,000 onto local As any officer or deputy who and the mentally ill The Bellingham Police department elections over the past two cycles, distributed by a works in this county will tell you, has recently outfitted their officers bewildering network of spontaneously created spe- that’s exactly the case. Which is with body worn cameras, in an effort
WORDS out of jail” cial-purpose PACs. why, in 2004, all of us supported to provide transparency in policing
8 They have a plan, and its design is to cripple the the Jail Tax. In fact, we convinced and maintain the public trust. ability of citizens to participate fully in an informed our friends and family to vote in facilities that will keep your family These are examples of pressing democracy and in their choices for who represents favor and put signs in our yards safe and the mentally ill out of jail. public safety needs. All of these
CURRENTS CURRENTS them. In slasher films, the victim carelessly wanders showing support. We can’t even be certain we’ll come at a cost, and many will be through the house without lights; and these folks are The tax passed, authorizing 0.1 have the new jail. Since 2004, $31.5 ignored for decades if we vote for 6 6 here to turn the lights off permanently. percent sales tax to be collected in million has been collected for that the Jail Tax. The goblins try to mask their bubbling black caul- a special fund set aside to build a purpose. Land was purchased (at The members of the Bellingham VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS dron of outside money by conjuring the phantom bug- brand new jail. That was the mes- an astronomical price) and our old Police Guild and your Local 106
4 bear of California gazillionaire liberal Tom Steyer, oh sage to the public and to local law jail is still unsafe, overcrowded and Firefighters know for certain that my!, everyone’s doing it! But Steyer has not pitched one enforcement. “literally falling apart.” Unfortu- we need a new jail. We support a MAIL MAIL mouldy red nickel into the reeking backwaters of What- This year is different: None of nately, the same loopholes that al- fiscally responsible new jail and ask
com County politics. It’s a lie, a complete lie ; but lies the largest local law enforcement lowed the 2004 jail sales tax to be that the 2004 sales tax be used ex- 2 never stopped liars. organizations have supported this squandered on other things are in clusively to build the new jail from DO IT IT DO What can’t be easily hidden through thimblerigging new tax measure, and the Belling- this ballot measure, too. this point forward. and in-kind logrolling simply goes unreported, or re- ham Police Guild and Bellingham/ We believe any fiscally respon- We cannot support another new ported in slipshod way that serves as concealment. Whatcom Firefighters Local 106 ask sible plan must include mental jail tax that locks up 100 percent The cryptkeepers who hope to collect $100 million that you vote no on Proposition health and substance abuse treat- of our public safety tax capacity 10.28.15 in sales tax revenue in support of a new jail have been 2015-1, the Jail Tax. ment facilities. for the next 30 years. As careful shambling in their accounting, another red flag against Why are we opposing the Jail Tax in There is currently a mental health stewards of your tax dollars we ask .10
43 the jail. The laws governing campaign contributions re- 2015? If this passes, all of our public crisis in our community. Routinely you to vote No on the Jail Sales Tax # quire filing to be electronic when amounts are in excess safety tax authority will be locked up half of the calls for service our of- Measure. of $5,000, to allow the public to timely understand who for 30 years, yet some of our most ficers, deputies and fire personnel is financing their elections. The Humane & Safe Jail critical needs—for mental health respond to are people in varying April Mitchelson is president of the Now PAC has not only ignored this requirement, they’ve or substance and alcohol abuse stages of crisis due to mental ill- Bellingham Police Guild. She has been been scofflaws indifferent to every reporting deadline, treatment—are left unanswered. As ness. Many times officers are un- an officer of the Bellingham Police setting a horrible standard for financial accountability our community grows we may need able to offer available respite or Dept. for 15 years. Robert Glorioso
CASCADIA WEEKLYthat only feeds other public concerns about financial to fund a police station, a mental resources because they are simply is president of IAFF Local 106 Bell- accountability related to the jail. The PAC’s utter con- health treatment facility or new fire unavailable and so people in crisis ingham Whatcom County Firefighters 6 tempt for the rights of voters prompted detailed mul- stations to serve our neighborhoods. often end up in jail. This commu- and a professional Fire Fighter Para- tiple complaints to the PDC, but those complaints will But if this tax passes, we may find nity is in dire need of a secure, safe medic for 12 years. He has served the not be resolved until after the election. that we can’t pay for programs and mental health facility. Bellingham Fire Dept. since 2010. As of last week, Gary Jensen hadn’t filed a finance disclosure in his campaign for Port of Bellingham Com- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE missioner since Aug. 31. His opponent,
Bobby Briscoe, has filed nearly two doz- GO 34 en reports in the same period. This is a NORTHWOOD complete abdication of Jensen’s legally FOOD binding responsibility to disclose the source of his receipts and spending in a FOR CASINO ! 27 timely manner. What’s most discourag- ing, the man knows better. The Mayor
FUN B-BOARD of Ferndale is no amateur, no newcomer to the obligations of public disclosure;
and the PDC reporting procedures and 24 tools are not the arcane stuff of mad scientists. FILM When he was legally required to file
by the close of the reporting window 20 for candidates, Jensen produced a document littered with thousands of MUSIC dollars in campaign contributions from allies, consultants and beneficiaries— 18
shells and shills—to the coal indus- ART try, including Whatcom Republicans and their infusion of cash from PIT. 16 Payoff for Jensen’s full-throated sup-
port of coal export as CAO of Ferndale STAGE and influential lead on the Caucus of Small City Mayors? Or, as some observ- 14 ers have considered, insurance in some obscure but vital role the port commis- sion may one day play in the siting of GET OUT a coal dump on the county’s shoreline?
It’s a lot of political mucking, but to 12 what end? The Gateway Pacific Terminal is like a WORDS seized gear, the broader environmental
studies required for permitting stalled 8 indefinitely pending review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of the proj-
ect’s potential impacts to tribal fishing CURRENTS rights protected by treaty. Either could 6 proceed independently, but neither will. 6 The Corps is under no deadline require- VIEWS ment to produce a speedy determina- VIEWS
tion of de minimis impacts of the coal 4 pier project to tribal treaty rights (and, indeed, one could surmise the federal MAIL government is well served in holding off 2 that determination and the precedents DO IT IT DO it might establish for energy exports), and the Corps’ finding holds such poten- tial to be a project-killer there’s little 5x Points 2 Days In October! purpose in PIT pressing forward with the environmental review required by Receive 5x Points for all your play, all day! Friday, Oct 30 and Saturday, Oct 31. Winners Club mem- 10.28.15 Whatcom County and the state Dept. bers MUST register at the Winners Club prior to playing to be eligible for bonus points. .10
of Ecology. The shambling state of the 43 # zombie coal export industry suggests the pier may never be built, but all this dark money acts as a form of pollution in political outcomes that have little to MODERN COMFORTS AND JUST TWO TURNS OFF THE do with GPT. The important takeaway is the viola- OLD FASHIONED HOSPITALITY GUIDE MERIDIAN tions are not symmetrical—“everyone’s CASCADIA WEEKLY doing it.” No; they’re of a pendulum BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA 7 that cuts but one direction, favoring a 877.777.9847 particular political outcome. Other cam- 9750 Northwood Road • Lynden WA N paigns, other candidates follow the law, E BADGER RD NORTHWOOD RD a law created to assist voters. www.northwoodcasino.com End the tricks. Honor the treaty. GUIDE MERIDIAN RD LYNDEN youth program called The Awakening. For him, the protest, which culminated two days later, was more than just a chance to speak out. It was a powerful teaching
34 moment for the youth in his program. The emotional power of canoe travel
FOOD FOOD was demonstrated when Finkbonner in- currents structed his crew to paddle within a few NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX hundred yards of the skyscraper high oil 27 rig instead of remaining some distance away at the mouth of the Duwamish River.
B-BOARD B-BOARD “Bill Moyer, head organizer of the Back- bone Campaign, said to lead the kayaks to
24 the mouth of the river, stop and do our speeches. I said, ‘Hell no! I’m going up
FILM the river to the rig and bring the kayakers up there to surround it.’ The kayakers fol-
20 lowed, hence the pictures.” A picture of Finkbonner standing in a
MUSIC Native canoe at the base of the oil rig, surrounded by kayakers and canoe families
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8 stands in a Lummi Nation do our speeches. I said, youth canoe and asks for permission for his canoe ‘Hell no! I’m going up the family to come ashore. CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 river to the rig and bring COURTESY JASON FINKBONNER JASON COURTESY 6 the kayakers up there to VIEWS BEFORE THERE were roads, inter- surround it.’ The kayakers
4 state highways, light rail systems and air- ports, there were... canoes. For thousands followed.” MAIL MAIL of years, Native people living on the Salish —JUSTIN FINKBONNER
Sea, the area along the southwest coast of 2 British Columbia and the northwest coast DO IT IT DO of the United States, used canoes not just for travel, but also as a profound form of the protest. The passion exhibited by this cultural expression. Their creation and use bravado has roots that go back decades. were spiritual, teaching respect, camarade- Many Natives have painful memories 10.28.15 PADDLE rie and selflessness. They used no fossil fu- of the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 that els and created no pollution. And they were dumped 11 million gallons of crude oil .09
43 powered by the most mysterious of engines, into Alaska’s Prince William Sound. Be- # the human heart. So what could be more cause of the resulting loss of marine life, fitting to use when confronting a 307-foot- the subsistence lifestyle of the local Alas- tall giant capable of poisoning vast areas of ka Native people collapsed, resulting in ocean and shoreline? long-term emotional trauma, increases LUMMITO YOUTH JOINPARIS That’s what happened when Royal in domestic violence, drug and alcohol Dutch Shell brought the massive offshore abuse, and damage to social relationships. CASCADIA WEEKLY oil-drilling rig, Polar Pioneer, to Seattle’s But Royal Dutch Shell doesn’t appear THE KAYAKTIVISTS Terminal 5 on May. A flotilla of Natives in concerned about that tragedy, nor about 8 BY FRANK HOPPER canoes joined the ranks of environmental the spill caused by British Petroleum’s activists in kayaks that day to protest the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of rig’s arrival. Among them was Justin Fink- Mexico in 2010. Not to mention the May bonner, a member of the Lummi Nation, 19 oil pipeline rupture in Santa Barbara a canoe skipper and creator of a Lummi County that released more than 20,000 gallons of oil into the Pacific. When the Bu- reau of Ocean Energy Management recently FORGET ME NOT SALON AND SPA granted conditional approval for Shell to be- gin exploratory drilling in the Chukchi Sea Quality integrative bodywork (MA 60464679) for off the northern coast of Alaska, the mul- relaxation and wellness, manicures/pedicures, haircuts, women's waxing.axing. 34 tinational energy corporation began moving Paraben and sulfate free shampoo, lotions and scrub. Polishes formaldehyde,dehyde, the Polar Pioneer to Seattle, where it’s cur- FOOD rently being prepped and outfitted for drill- toluene and DBP free. Sanitary salon and tools. ing in the Arctic. Protesters liken this to pre- INFO/SEASONAL SPECIALS AT 27 paring a time bomb to go off in a heretofore www.forgetmenotsalonspa.com or call 360-393-0298 untouched and pristine environment. Forget Me Not Salon and Spa is a unique one-woman salonspa near the heart of downtown Bellingham
“But the greater story is about the Duwa- B-BOARD mish tribe,” Finkbonner revealed.
Call to 24 ALONG THE DUWAMISH
Terminal 5 sits on land the Duwamish peo- schedule FILM ple had lived on for an estimated 10,000 527-2646 (Free pickups available in years. In 1855, the Duwamish and several 20 FREE Bellingham and Ferndale) other tribes from the area signed the Treaty
of Point Elliott, in which they gave up 54,000 MUSIC PICKUPS 802 Marine Drive acres of land in return for hunting and fish- OF YOUR OLD APPLIANCES Bellingham, WA ing rights and four reservations. Since then 18 Your donated appliance supports our job training program, appliancedepotbham.com the tribe has seen the river that bears their helps protect the environment, and strengthens the local economy. ART name turned into a sewer, where byproducts of manufacturing processes were dumped in- 16 discriminately for years. Lummi youth leader, Justin Finkbonner, relaxing with his son, Liam, during a break in the
Finkbonner, a Lummi and resident of the STAGE protest activities. Lummi Reservation, first became involved with the Duwamish when he worked for the Potlatch Fund, a Native grant-making and HELP THEM GO 14 leadership development organization in Se- The Lummi Youth Canoe Family will be traveling to Paris for the United Nations attle. Representatives of several local foun- climate negotiations, Dec. 5-12, 2015. GET OUT dations approached him asking if he would They are joining the Indigenous Environ- assist the Duwamish in applying for grants to mental Network’s Indigenous Delegation 12 build a longhouse. He worked with Duwamish to Paris and their Canoes to Paris action. chairwoman Cecile Hansen and together they The 17 members of the Lummi Youth Canoe Family will have their great 38- WORDS raised 2 million. In 2009, the Duwamish Long- foot traveling canoe barged to Europe
house and Cultural Center was opened near the to paddle to Paris together with other 8 8 mouth of the Duwamish River. indigenous canoe people from Norway, “They were given [federal] recognition by the Amazon, Great Lakes and kayaktivists from Europe. CURRENTS CURRENTS the Clinton administration, but then turned CURRENTS “Our canoe family will travel to Paris over when Bush Jr. came into power and ve- to inform the world about our waters, 6 toed the bill,” Finkbonner said. “Now the our air, our lands and impacts of global government is holding them back for another warming in our community, said Justin seven to 10 years from being considered.” Finkbonner, skipper of the canoe family. VIEWS “It will be an honor to usher our kids into
Finkbonner’s frustration is understand- 4 a once in a lifetime opportunity to see able. Gaining federal recognition as a tribe leadership on a global scale and learn strengthens sovereignty, creating a govern- about other activities that the world is MAIL
ment-to-government relationship with the working on. I dream that our youth will 2 United States and facilitating federal budget return home to our Salish communities wanting to unite youth councils from DO IT IT DO assistance and other services. around the territory to learn about how To this atmosphere of political oppression they can make a difference.” and environmental recklessness, Finkbonner The group needs help covering the brings the healing power of the Native ca- cost of shipping the canoe across the noe. In his program, The Awakening, young ocean and covering the costs of travel, 10.28.15 people of his tribe learn the old way of trav- lodging and food. You can assist them at
gofundme.com .09
el, pulling together as one unit to bring help 43 and healing to another tribe. Their common # destination is as much internal as it is ex- ternal: “Ignite the people. Bring fire to our hearts. Cedar smoke from our collective spirit will rise to the edge of the sky, where our ancestors are dancing forever.”
In all the hoopla surrounding the contro- CASCADIA WEEKLY versy and protests, it’s good to be reminded of the bigger picture, of which the mountainous 9 oil rig is just a little piece.
This article originally appeared in Indian Coun- try Today and is reprinted with permission. currents last week’s news
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20 NEWS T OCT20-25 s MUSIC BY TIM JOHNSON 18 ART 16 10.20.15 STAGE TUESDAY 14 An inmate in Whatcom County Jail who tried to flood his cell broke the seal in a valve in the jail over the weekend, causing water to
GET OUT leak into the sheriff’s offices below. A few ceiling tiles were saturat- ed with water and at least one broke and fell to the floor, allowing
12 water to leak onto desks in the major crimes detectives’ office, ac- cording to Sheriff’s officials. Bertha gets her head examined. Seattle’s broken-down tunnel-boring machine won’t resume digging a replacement for Seattle’s Alaskan Way Via- WORDS A big and complex ballot means a heavier piece of mail, but you duct until late December, a month later than transportation officials initially said the delayed work would restart. The latest delay would push back the opening date for the $3.1 billion downtown tunnel replacement project to April 2018. The four-lane toll tunnel was supposed to open
8 won’t need to double up on stamps to vote. Whatcom County Auditor to traffic at the end of 2015. Bertha broke down in December 2013, and crews have been struggling to repair it ever since. Debbie Adelstein says just one stamp is needed for general election ballots. The county will help pick up the cost for heavier ballots with CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 insufficient postage.
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4 CenturyLink must pay for an outage in the San Juan islands in 2013. The utility must provide customer credits totaling $271,000, MAIL MAIL pay a $50,000 fine and do nearly $3 million in repairs and improve-
ments. An investigation found a 10-day service outage in 2013 2 resulted from a severed underwater cable. Regulators say the com- DO IT IT DO pany broke laws related to major outages and communicating with the public.
10.23.15 10.28.15 FRIDAY The sixth orca calf born since December—and the fourth born into J pod—is spotted off the west coast of San Juan Island. Two years of robust chinook salmon runs are being credited for the baby boom. Researchers believe the healthy calf has a good chance of survival. .09
43 A Bellingham woman is kidnapped and brutally assaulted for # more than two days before she escaped, according to the What- they’ll report another $20,000 contribution. The would bring 16 new trains a day to Longview, 840 com County Sheriff’s Office. Police say Robert McGlothern lured the company intends to build a coal export facility additional ships on the Columbia River annually, 30-year-old woman to his home and locked her in a closet. Over at Cherry Point. Whatcom County government will and ultimately export 44 million metric tons of the course of two days, McGlothern beat her with a baseball bat, approve the permit. coal a year. which left injuries to her head, face, hands and arms, according to investigators. McGlothern, 31, has a history of arrests for assaults Cowlitz County and the Washington Dept. of 10.25.14 CASCADIA WEEKLY involving former girlfriends. He is arrested after a brief stand-off Ecology propose a new environmental review SUNDAY with deputies and booked into Whatcom County Jail on charges of schedule for the proposed Millennium Bulk 10 kidnapping and assault. Terminals coal export facility in Longview. The Five British nationals are dead after a plan divides federal and state timelines in a whale-watching boat carrying 27 people sinks Seeking to change Whatcom County’s governing documents, Pacif- manner that allows the county and Ecology to off the coast of Vancouver Island near Tofino.The ic International Terminals creates the Clear Ballot Choices political move forward at a more rapid pace, competitive cause of the deadly sinking in calm, sunny condi- action committee and floods it with more than $58,500. Today, with Cherry Point. Millennium’s proposed project tions remains a mystery. arrested without incident and a search YOUR GUIDE TO THE ELECTIONS FUZZ incident to arrest yielded some baby as- pirin and one Oxycodone pill. Officers COUNTY COUNCIL 'ISTRICT Ɂ asked the woman if there was anything CANDIDATES BUZZ WHATCOM COUNTY EXECUTIVE 34 else on her person they should know
about and she told them that there was FOOD GUN GAFFE not.” The woman was transported to the On Oct. 26, a Whatcom Community Col- Skagit County Jail on her warrant and a 27 lege student formerly with U.S. Cus- single charge of violation of the Con- toms and Border Protection dropped trolled Substance Act. Further searching his handgun in class, according to the at the jail revealed that the woman had B-BOARD school. The handgun was concealed in concealed a plastic baggie containing a the student’s holster but not properly white crystal substance presumed to be Jack Louws Todd Donovan 24 secured. It fell to the floor when he got methamphetamine in one of her body Steady and capable administration across IntelliJent and supemely Tualiȑed. out of his seat during class, Bellingham cavities,” police noted. She was addi- a broad number of county activities. FILM Police reported. The 47-year-old imme- tionally charged for possession of meth- COUNTY COUNCIL diately recovered the weapon and apol- amphetamine. PORT OF BELLINGHAM 'ISTRICT ɂ 20 ogized. He had a concealed carry per- COMMISSION
mit, but Whatcom Community College On Oct. 21, a man was reported shop- MUSIC prohibits firearms on campus. lifting Huggies diapers from the Rite
Aid store on Telegraph Road north of 18 AIR RIFLE Bellingham. ART On Oct. 26, Bellingham Police checked on a man near Safeway at Sunset HIGH LIFE 16 Square. The man was reportedly “air On Oct. 26, a transient entered a hotel Satpal Sidhu shooting” with a make-believe rifle. on Lakeway Drive and began to drink te- STAGE “The male was ‘tweaking’ but coopera- quila and smoke cigarettes in their lob- Bobby Briscoe A farmer, a businessman and a tive,” police reported. “He admitted to by. He was contacted by police and cited Will refocus port emphasis on blue - representative for an important north 14 having used meth earlier. He declined for consuming alcohol in public. He was collar jobs. county community. officers assistance.” escorted from the hotel. GET OUT PIT STOP On Oct. 23, a man who was banned PROPOSITION Ƀ On Oct. 26, Whatcom County Sheriff’s from Walmart for stealing merchandise ISSUES Additionally Restrict County Council 12 deputies learned of a man who was re- in 2013 returned and stole a bottle of INITIATIVE ɁɃɆɆ ported walking around the parking lot Hennessy Whiskey. He was detained by Blackmail the Legislature [ ] No WORDS of a church, apparently on drugs. He en- store security. Bellingham Police arrived [ ] No PROPOSITION Ʉ tered a Mercury Cougar that was not his to remind the 28-year-old of his previous 8 Word Limit for Ballot Questions 8 and drove off northbound on the Guide lifetime trespass notice and booked him INITIATIVE ɁɄɀɁ Meridian. “Two deputies were able to into jail on changes of burlgary. Protect Endangered Animals [ ] Yes CURRENTS CURRENTS catch up to the stolen vehicle to make CURRENTS a stop,” deputies reported. “The vehicle On Oct. 23, a man concealed a bottle [ ] Yes PROPOSITION Ʌ then accelerated away at speeds up to of vodka in his pants and left the Bar- Lower Signature Requirement for 6 80 mph, and then cut through a parking kley Haggen with the concealed mer- ESSB ɁɄɄɉ Referendums lot at Guide and Smith roads. The ve- chandise. “He was detained and cited Oil Spill Response Tax [ ] Yes VIEWS
hicle then went west on Smith Rd. The for shoplifting and issued a lifetime 4 deputies terminated the pursuit due to notice of trespass from all Haggen [ ] Yes PROPOSITION Ɇ
Lower Signature Requirement for Charter MAIL increasing speeds and the danger cre- Food stores and locations,” Bellingham SSB ɅɀɅɂ ated to the public due to erratic driv- Police reported. Medical Marijunana Fee [ ] Yes 2 ing. The vehicle was observed a short DO IT IT DO time later,“ deputies reported, driving FAHRENHEIT 451 [ ] Yes PROPOSITION ɇ at a slower rate. Deputies were able to On Oct. 23, a custodian discovered the Term Limits for County OȞȑcer get into position and perform a pursuit remains of a burned box of papers by the SSB ɅɉɈɇ [ ] No intervention technique (PIT) maneuver fire exit door of the downtown branch of Fuel Tax for Transportation and get the vehicle stopped.” They took the Bellingham Public Library. “No dam- Improvements PROPOSITION Ɉ 10.28.15 the suspect into custody without fur- age was noted to the building.” Alter Redistricting Commission [ ] Yes .09
ther incidents. He appeared to be high 43 [ ] No # on methamphetamine. ASPHALT GESTALT ESSB ɆɁɃɈ On Oct. 15, Bellingham Police took a Close Special Business Tax Exemption PROPOSITION ɉ BATHROOM BREAK woman to the hospital, involuntarily, for Five Fair and Equal Districts On Oct. 12, Anacortes Police checked on a mental health exam after she insisted [ ] Yes a report of a man inside a woman’s re- on sleeping on the pavement in an active [ ] Yes stroom. Police approached a woman and parking lot near the County Courthouse PROPOSITION Ɂ PROPOSITION Ɂɀ asked if she had seen anything refer- at 2pm in the afternoon. District-Only Voting CASCADIA WEEKLY Supermajority Requirement for Charter ence the restroom incident. Police later learned the woman had a warrant for her THAT’S THE [ ] No [ ] Yes 11 arrest and returned to find her. “At the GOVERNMENT FOR YOU PROPOSITION ɂ time of contact, she was hiding behind a On Oct. 26, Bellingham Police “got sev- CITY OF FERNDALE PROP ɂɀɁɅ-Ɂ Restrict County Council bush and appeared to be trying to hide eral calls from citizens today that the Create Metropolitan Parks District something,” police reported. “She was IRS scam is making the rounds again.” [ ] No [ ] Yes doit WORDS
WED., OCT. 28
34 WILD POETRY: Lorna Crozier’s poems and Ian McAllister’s photographs can be experienced
FOOD FOOD at a reading for The Wild In You: Voices from the Forest and the Sea at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 words 11th St. 27 COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM THURS., OCT. 29
B-BOARD B-BOARD MORE MURDERS: Mature audiences can hear Elizabeth, so each day she writes herself more about true crime stories from the 19th and early 20th centuries in Bellingham and Whatcom
24 more notes, bits of evidence she’s found and Skagit counties when Todd Warger reads that may lead to Elizabeth’s whereabouts. from More Murders in the Fourth Corner at 7pm at
FILM She darts out of her house to look for her the Ferndale Library, 2125 Main St. friend, files numerous police reports and WWW.WCLS.ORG
20 gets lost repeatedly. As the book goes on, SEATTLE JUSTICE: Former King County pros- Maud’s memory becomes increasingly frag- ecuting attorney Christopher T. Bayley shares MUSIC mented, yet certain flashbacks figure viv- ideas from Seattle Justice: The Rise and Fall of idly in her mind. There’s her sister Sukey, the Police Payoff System in Seattle at 7pm at Vil-
18 married to a rough sort. There’s Sukey’s lage Books, 1200 11th St. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM
ART compact, and a box of her clothing. There’s Ma and OCT. 30-NOV. 1 Dad, worry etched into 16 HALLOWEEN BOOK SALE: Hundreds of their faces. And there’s paperbacks in perfect condition by all the best authors are dying to belong to you—get them at a STAGE a madwoman, lurking in the bushes. Halloween Book Sale taking place from 10am-6pm Friday, 10am-5pm Saturday, and 1-5pm Sunday at Healey does an excel- 14 the Ferndale Library, 2125 Main St. lent job building sus- GET IT WWW.WCLS.ORG WHERE: You pense, dropping clues GET OUT can find library and drawing readers into SAT., OCT. 31 copies of Eliza- the mystery—or myster- HALLOWEEN TALES: While you’re trick-or- beth is Missing treating in the Fairhaven district this year, drop
12 ies—of Maud’s life. At 12 in several by to listen to pros from the Bellingham Story- formats: book, the same time, Healey tellers Guild share ghoulish “Halloween Stories” EMMA HEALEY delivers a remarkable for all ages from 3-6pm at Village Books, 1200
WORDS eAudiobook, WORDS and eBook portrait of one woman’s 11th St. MORE: Use the WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM
8 experience with demen- free Library tia, exploring the bound- Now app to EXTREMELY SCARY STORIES: The brave of REVIEWED BY CHRISTINE PERKINS place a hold aries of memory and the heart are invited to listen to “Extremely Scary
CURRENTS CURRENTS from your power of love that en- Stories” by members of the Bellingham Story- mobile device, dures even when one’s teller’s Guild from 7-8:30pm at the Fairhaven 6 or visit www. mind is failing. Scenes Library, 1117 12th St. These stories are so truly scary, the event is recommended for adults only! wcls.org (or in which Maud struggles
VIEWS Where’s Elizabeth? bellingham Entry is free. to understand that the OF MYSTERIES AND MADWOMEN publiclibrary. WWW.BELLINGHAMSTORYTELLERSGUILD.ORG 4 org if you live woman talking to her is in the city lim- her daughter are particu- SUN., NOV. 1 MAIL MAIL ELIZABETH IS Missing, the title of British author Emma Healey’s debut its of Belling- larly poignant. The read- NOVEL WRITING MONTH: Attend a kickoff for ham) to search NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) from novel, makes it clear: This is a mystery. Someone is missing. What happened? er sees Maud’s internal 2 your library 1-5pm at the SkillShare Space at the Bellingham Whodunnit? catalog dialogue, and hears the Public Library, 210 Central Ave. The library will DO IT IT DO We’re introduced to Maud, an elderly woman still words people are saying be offering many “Come Write In” sessions and living at home despite increasing dementia. Her to her, and feels the frustration of all as other events throughout the month, as well as house is covered with Post-It notes to remind her of they try to comprehend one another. opportunities to meet local authors and hear about their adventures in writing. everyday things—“Eggs. Milk? Chocolate.” and “Coffee While Elizabeth is Missing is fiction, it 778-7217 OR 10.28.15 helps memory.” does raise many issues about the difficul- WWW.BELLINGHAMPUBLICLIBRARY.ORG Maud passes her time watching TV, boiling eggs ties of caring for a family member with .10
43 and waiting for people to visit her. The one thing dementia. In Whatcom County, there’s help MON., NOV. 2 # she knows for sure is that Elizabeth, her best and available from the Northwest Regional RICK STEVES: Travel guru and bestselling guidebook author Rick Steves presents “Europe last-surviving friend, has not visited in a long time. Council’s Family Caregiver Support Program; Through the Back Door: Celebrating European “Haven’t heard from Elizabeth,” Maud tells everyone. information is online at www.nwrcwa.org/ Travel on a Budget” at 7pm at Bellingham High Elizabeth is missing. family-caregiver-support-program. School, 2020 Cornwall Ave. Tickets to the pre- It’s not hard to understand why nobody seems too sentation and slideshow are $5. troubled by Maud’s revelation. Maud, after all, can- Christine Perkins is Executive Director of the WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM
CASCADIA WEEKLY not seem to remember that she’s already bought innumerable cans of tinned Whatcom County Library System. She loves POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their peaches and stockpiled them in her pantry. She eats the cheese-and-tomato a good mystery, particularly one with a 12 creative verse as part of Poetrynight can sign sandwich her carer prepared for her lunch as soon as Carla heads out the door twist at the end. Her own imperfect memory up at 7:45pm at the Bellingham Public Library, in the morning, not comprehending the note Carla left her atop the Saran Wrap: means she can sometimes enjoy the same 210 Central Ave. Readings start at 8pm. Entry is “Lunch for Maud to eat after 12pm.” Maud revisits themes over and over, asking, book over and over without remembering by donation. “Did you ever grow summer squash?” until her daughter Helen is at wit’s end. how it ends. She also reviews fiction for Li- WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG But Maud can’t let it go, the nagging worry that something has happened to brary Journal. doit TUES., NOV. 3 PONDERABLES: Robert Erickson reads from his
new collection of poetry, Ponderables, at 7pm at
Village Books, 1200 11th St. 34 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM FOOD FOOD OLD TIMERS’ TALES: The Burlington Historical Society hosts a free “Old Timers’ Tales” gather-
ing at 7pm at the Burlington Public Library, 820 27 E. Washington St. Duane Stowe, Jim Neff, and Don Mapes are planning an entertainment stroll down memory lane for the community to enjoy. B-BOARD WWW.BURLINGTON-CHAMBER.COM Todd Warger shares spooky stories from More Mur- 24 WED., NOV. 4 ders in the Fourth Corner: True Stories of Whatcom COWED: Denis and Gail Hayes share ideas from & Skagit Counties’ Earliest Homicides Oct. 29 at the Cowed: The Hidden Impact of 93 Million Cows on FILM Ferndale Library and Nov. 6 at Vinostrology America’s Health, Economy, Politics, Culture and Environment at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. In the book, the couple offers a revealing ing place from 5:30-8:30pm at the Bellingham 20 analysis of how our mutually beneficial, 10,000- Senior Activity Center, 315 Halleck St. Tickets year relationship with bovines has become are $15. MUSIC tragically dysfunctional. 733-4030 OR WWW.WCCOA.ORG WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 18 FRIGHT NIGHT: Middle and high school THURS., NOV. 5 students can attend a “Halloween Fright Night” ART NATURE’S TRUST: Christina Wood, author of gathering from 6:15-9pm at the Blaine Library,
Nature’s Trust, will present a free public talk at 610 3rd St. Sign up in advance for the free 16 7pm at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, event. 1708 I St. Professor Wood has published exten- (360) 305-3637 STAGE sively on climate crisis, natural resources, and native law issues. SAT., OCT. 31
WWW.BUF.ORG FAMILY ACTIVITY DAY: Come dressed as your 14 favorite story character (or in other costumes) CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR: Simon Win- at “Family Activity Day” events from 10am-4pm
chester, the author of Pacific: Silicon Chips and at Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Building, GET OUT Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal 250 Flora St. “Tell a Tale of Halloween!” will Dictators, Fading Empires and the Coming Collision feature “positively un-frightful” Halloween 12 of the World’s Superpowers, will be the featured stories, face-painting, bookish arts and crafts 12 guest at the live taping of the Chuckanut Radio and more. Entry is $3. Hour at 7pm at Whatcom Community College, WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG WORDS WORDS 237 E. Kellogg St. Tickets are $5. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM HAUNT THE PARK: Prepare to get spooked at the inaugural “Haunt the Park” event from 8 5-7pm at Ferndale’s Pioneer Park, 2004 Cherry COMMUNITY St. Visit a haunted jail and other buildings in the park, take part in family-oriented activities exchange tomorrow CURRENTS WED., OCT. 28 such as Pin the Tail on the Black Cat, and take
ARCHAEOLOGY FAIR: Kids of all ages will tours of decorated houses. Entry is free. buy * sell*trade 6 engage with hands-on activities, learn about WWW.FERNDALE-CHAMBER.COM
archaeological projects and more at an Archae- VIEWS ology Fair taking place from 5-7pm at the Syre A MASQUERADE EVE: Rooted Emerging
Student Centre Auditorium at Whatcom Commu- hosts “A Masquerade Eve” starting at 6pm at 4 nity College, 237 W. Kellogg Rd. Entry is free. Fairhaven Middle School, 110 Parkridge Ave. The
WWW.WHATCOM.CTC.EDU fourth annual event will feature food by Richard MAIL Balogh of Rifugio’s Country Italian Cuisine,
THURS., OCT. 29 entertainment by Bellow Wing and Gallowglass, 2 SPOOKS & SPIRITS: Attend a 5th Thursday fortune-telling, mask-making, bobbing for DO IT IT DO gathering focusing on “Spooks & Spirits” from apples, a photo booth and more. Entry to the 5-7pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 all-ages event is by donation. Prospect St. Attendees can sip cocktails pro- WWW.ROOTEDEMERGING.ORG vided by Bellewood Distilling and delve into the shadier side of the building’s history. At 7pm, BELLWETHER HALLOWEEN: Live music by 10.28.15 those who want to can head out with the Bureau the Atlantics, a costume contest with prizes, of Historical Investigation for a 30-minute dancing and more will be part of a Halloween walking tour around the neighborhood to learn Party taking place from 7-11pm at the Hotel .10 43 more about spooky local history. Entry is $5-$10 Bellwether Ballroom, One Bellwether Way. Entry # (plus an extra $5 for the after-tour). is $10 in advance or $15 at the door. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG WWW.HOTELBELLWETHER.COM FRI., OCT. 30 NOV. 4-5 MONSTER MASH: Kids ages 6 and up can wear GREEN BUILDING CONFERENCE: Earth Day their Halloween costumes to a “Monster Mash” founder Denis Hayes and Common Agenda’s Costume Party and Parade starting at 4pm at Corey Weathers will be the keynote speakers at CASCADIA WEEKLY Village Books, 1200 11th St. . Sustainable Connections’ “Green Building Con- WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM ference” taking place from 8am-5pm Wednesday 13 and Thursday at Settlemyer Hall at Bellingham BINGO SPOOKTACULAR: Bingo, karaoke, a Technical College, 3028 Lindbergh Ave. Entry is &1906190 05VCVG5Vé Halloween costume contest and more will be $145-$175. 5'#66.'7&+564+%6 7PKXGTUKV[9C[0'é part of a “Bingo Spooktacular” fundraiser tak- WWW.SUSTAINABLECONNECTIONS.ORG $#..#4& 09/CTMGV5Vé $WȮ CNQ'ZEJCPIGEQO doit WED., OCT. 28 GROUP RUN: All levels of experience are wel-
come at a weekly Group Run beginning at 6pm in 34 Mount Vernon at the Skagit Running Company, 702 First St. The 3- to 6-mile run is great for be- FOOD FOOD ginners or for others wanting an easy recovery. Entry is free and no registration is required. outside WWW.SKAGITRUNNERS.ORG HIKING RUNNING CYCLING GARDENING 27 FRI., OCT. 30 WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and adventur- B-BOARD B-BOARD ers can join Wild Whatcom Walks for a “Wild we’ve both got our priorities right.” Things” excursion from 9:30-11am at the Stimp- son Nature Reserve. Suggested donation is $5.
24 “Funny thing about it, though,” my as- sistant mused as we crawled back to camp WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG FILM a few minutes later, “If earlier this summer DOWNTOWN TRICK-OR-TREAT: Costumed you’d told me I’d still be grubbing trails in kids and their keepers are invited to collect
20 the North Cascades come mid-October, and candy and goodwill as part of the annual loving it, I wouldn’t have believed you at all. “Downtown Trick-or-Treat” event taking place from 3-5pm at businesses throughout Belling- MUSIC “I mean, what happened to me? My clothes ham’s urban core. Look for the balloons! are rotting off my back, my once-brand-new WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM
18 tent smells like a pack of wild dogs have been RUNNING DEAD: Avoid the zombies at all ART living in it, and right now I’m so bleeping hungry I could eat a horse!” costs at the inaugural “Night of the Running “Mmmm,” I concurred, splashing shin-deep Dead” event starting at 6pm at Aslan Brewing 16 Co., 1330 N. Forest St. Runners and zombies through a burbling freshet. “A carcass that taking part in the “urban adventure” will be
STAGE size would certainly get the job done. Al- making their way from ground zero to three though if I had my druthers, you could throw checkpoints, and then back to the start. Entry some fresh greens in there as well. I’m more is $50; day-of registration is available. 14 14 of a Cobb salad man, myself.” WWW.DATABAREVENTS.COM Dinner happened in a flash. MARTIN VOLKEN VISIT: Attend “An Evening GET OUT GET OUT One minute we were huddled beneath our with Martin Volken” at 7:30pm at Backcountry kitchen tarp beside a roaring campfire oblit- Essentials, 214 W. Holly St. The professional guide and guidebook author will be sharing sto-
12 erating a potful of beef ravioli, and the next, we were dead to the world in our collapsible ries and expertise gained from a lifetime in the mountains and raising awareness for Bellingham camp chairs sawing logs. WORDS Mountain Rescue Council, a volunteer organiza- I thought the night was finished. But it tion dedicated to saving lives through rescue and mountain safety education. Entry is $10.
8 had only just begun. It was just a shade past midnight when I fi- WWW.BACKCOUNTRYESSENTIALS.NET nally stirred. Overhead, the starry sky blazed OCT. 30-31
CURRENTS CURRENTS crystal clear. Peering over the ashen rem- GORE & LORE TOURS: Find out more about nants of our campfire, I gazed deep into the the spooky side of local history when the 6 shimmering vault of the cosmos and beheld Good Time Girls present “Gore & Lore” Tours its infinite expanse. for the final weekend starting at 6pm Friday VIEWS Across the ridge line to my north, Big Dip- in historic Fairhaven and 6pm Saturday at the Bureau of Historical Investigation, 217 W.
4 per pointed the way to Polaris and I could see Holly St. Entry is $15. Great Bear winking at me. Just behind and WWW.THEBUREAUBELLINGHAM.COM MAIL MAIL eastward of those burly sky-bound haunches, I STORY AND IMAGE BY TRAIL RAT traced the queenly M-shape of Cassiopeia that SAT., OCT. 31 2 gleamed so alluringly above the orbital plane. BONESHAKER BIKE FEST: Tour the “boo- tiful” Skagit Valley as part of the fourth annual DO IT IT DO Perseus stood guard nearby, brandishing “Boneshaker Metric” ride starting with a mass Moonstruck his sword in one hand and the disembodied start at 9am at the La Conner Channel Lodge, head of Medusa in the other. Then, just as 205 N. First St. Riders can choose from a 25K, THE NIGHT THAT WOULDN’T END the blue-hued eeriness of the Pleiades came 50K or 100K—routes include views of the coun- 10.28.15 stealing into my sightline, a full moon of ex- tryside and hypnotic Cascade Mountains. Cos- tumes are strongly encouraged, and there will SHADOWS CREPT into the valley early that evening, shrouding the traordinary eminence came creeping through .10 be a variety of festive tour stops along the way.
43 snow-glazed peaks and frostbitten ridges above us in a vaporous veil. the timber to beguile me with its transcen- From 3-6pm, attend a post-event celebration at # From the damp, meadowy side slope where my trusty assistant and I were dent beams of luminescence. Hellam’s Vineyard. Entry is $35-$40 per person, working, all we could see of the sunset was a faint molten-pink glow smol- It’s hard to say exactly what sort of hocus- $70-$75 for families of four; funds raised ben- dering through the drizzle to our west. pocus that bloodless blazing orb played on efit the La Conner Library Foundation. WWW.BONESHAKERBIKEFEST.COM “Looks like an airplane crash over there,” my helpmate shouted over the me up there, but I haven’t been the same engine noise as we maneuvered our walk-behind mini-excavator through the man since. HAUNTED GARDEN: Expect spooky twists and muddy trough of rocks and roots into resting position for the night. I went hiking through the moon-dappled turns around every corner at a “Haunted Garden
CASCADIA WEEKLY “Either that or some kind of cataclysmic nuclear explosion,” I added, topography for a while, I remember that Spot Halloween” taking place from 9am-6pm groping around the control panel for the kill switch. much. But just when exactly I decided to at the Garden Spot Nursery, 900 Alabama St. 14 Activities for ghouls and goblins of all ages, a “Yeah,” he chortled, as the droning roar of our fancy machine whirred mer- fire up the excavator and go chewing my way photo booth and tricky treats will take place cifully to a puttering halt, “Maybe being stuck here on this soggy old moun- across the illuminated mountainside—until throughout the day. At 1pm, there’ll also be a tainside is actually the safest place in the world for us to be at the moment.” my buddy showed up at the crack of dawn Costume Contest. Entry is free. “Truer words were never spoken, brother,” I said, stepping triumphantly to snap me out of it—is a mystery that will WWW.GARDEN-SPOT.COM off the operator’s platform into a fetid pool of boot-sucking muck. “Clearly, forever remain unsolved. doit
to their houses will encounter a “more gentle and inclusive version of traditional trick-or-treating.” Maps identifying participating homes can be
found online. 34 WWW.PUMPKINPOLKA.COM FOOD FOOD SUN., NOV. 1 LAKE ANNE HIKE: Join members of the Mount Baker Club for a hike to Lake Anne today. Meet 27 at 8am at Sunnyland Elementary to carpool; sug- gested carpool fee is $6. A NWF Pass is required for trailhead parking. B-BOARD 7:30PM OCTOBER 22 - 23, 28 - 31 WWW.MOUNTBAKERCLUB.ORG THURS ––FRI WED SAT 24 Ghouls and gals will have plenty of trick-or-treat- RABBIT RIDE: Join members of the Mount Baker 2:00PM OCTOBER 24 & 31 ing choices Oct. 30-31 in downtown Bellingham, Bicycle Club for a “Rabbit Ride” starting at 8am SAT SAT FILM Fairhaven, Mount Vernon, Anacortes, and beyond every Sunday at Fairhaven Bike, 1108 11th St. PERFORMING ARTS CENTER The 32-mile route takes riders down Chuckanut DUG THEATRE
FALL FAMILY FUN: Hot dog and marshmallow and back via Lake Samish. The group also holds 20 roasting, leaf pile jumping, hay rides, sheep weekly rides Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, $12 - $15 feeding, games, huge stump history and photo and Saturdays.
STUDENTS $5 OFF MUSIC opportunities will be part of “Fall Family Fun” WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG events from 10am-6pm Saturdays through Nov. 21 (360) 650-6146 | WWU.CFPA.EDU/THEATREDANCE at Everson’s Glen Echo Garden, 4390 Y Rd. Entry is MON., NOV. 2 AA/EO DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION: 360-650-6146, [email protected] 18 $10 per family (up to four kids). HIDDEN GEMS: Discover hidden parks, trails, ART WWW.GLENECHOGARDEN.COM restaurants and more at a “Hidden Gems in Whatcom County” presentation at 5:30pm at
WORK PARTY: Join Bellingham Parks and the SkillShare Space at the Bellingham Public 16 Recreation to remove invasive plants and mulch Library, 210 Central Ave. Your guides will provide
at a Work Party from 1-3pm along Padden Creek. a treasure map for you to leave with so that you STAGE Come in costume, and organizers will provide the can see for yourself what you’ve been missing. treats. Park on Harris Street and look for signs to Entry is free. 14 the trailhead. (360) 778-7217 14 778-7105 DIG INTO FALL: “Micro Climates” will be the GET OUT ANACORTES TRICK-OR-TREAT: A “Downtown focus of a multimedia presentation with Skagit GET OUT Trick-or-Treat” event takes place from 2-4pm County Master Gardener Sheri Hunter as part of a throughout downtown Anacortes. At 4pm, kids 12 “Dig Into Fall” series at 6:30pm at the Mount Ver- and under can attend a Halloween Party featuring non City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. Come learn 12 ghoulishly fun treats and prizes at the Majestic about the ways pockets of climate exception
Inn and Space, 419 Commercial Ave. create special challenges and special surprises all WORDS WWW.ANACORTES.ORG over Skagit County. Entry is free. WWW.MOUNTVERNONWA.GOV 8 FERNDALE TRICK-OR-TREAT: Kids in costume can drop by more than 40 Ferndale Chamber of TUES., NOV. 3 Commerce businesses participating in a “Down- ALL-PACES RUN: Staffers and volunteers are town Trick-or-Treat” event from 3-5pm throughout always on hand to guide the way at the weekly CURRENTS downtown Ferndale. Entry is free. All-Paces Run starting at 6pm every Tuesday at 6 WWW.FERNDALE-CHAMBER.COM Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. The runs are 20 minutes out and back on two key routes—by the
FAIRHAVEN TRICK-OR-TREAT: Kids and adults water or through the woods. Entry is free. VIEWS in costume are invited to take part in the annual WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM “Halloween Trick-or-Treating” event from 3-6pm 4 throughout historic Fairhaven. Shops in the WED., NOV. 4 district will be decorated for the holiday; look for GARDEN CLUB MEETING: “The Wonders of MAIL posters at participating locales. Since Fairhaven Hellebores” will be the focus of a presentation
Pharmacy closed its doors after 126 years re- by Danielle Young from Skagit Gardens at a Birch- 2 cently, the annual Halloween photos will be taken wood Garden Club meeting at 7pm at Whatcom DO IT IT DO in the Finnegan’s Alley Atrium (just across Harris Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. All are Avenue from the pharmacy and Dos Padres). welcome. Photos will be printed immediately and given to WWW.BIRCHWOODGARDENCLUB.ORG parents. Entry is free.
WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM THURS., NOV. 5 10.28.15 TRAVELOGUE: “Traveling to the Top of the
MOUNT VERNON TRICK-OR TREAT: Skagit World” will be the focus of a Travelogue Series .10
County residents are invited to participate in a presentation from 7-9pm at Whatcom Museum’s 43 # safe “Trick-or-Treating” event from 3-5pm on First Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. Jeannie Dodd will Street—from Kincaid to Division—in downtown be sharing her visit and understanding of the Mount Vernon. At 5pm, kids are also invited to Jhamste Gatsal Children’s Community in north- join in the annual Costume Contest at the Lincoln eastern India. Suggested donation is $3. Theatre, 712 S. First St. Prizes will be awarded in WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG a variety of age categories. WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG FITNESS FORUM: Watch The Forgotten Four Min-
ute Mile movie and then listen to and ask ques- CASCADIA WEEKLY PUMPKIN POLKA: All children—especially tions of Jim Bailey—the man who ran the first children with disabilities—are invited to the in- sub-four-minute-mile on U.S. soil in 1956—at 15 augural “Pumpkin Polka” from 4:30-6:30pm in the a free Fitness Forum at 7:15pm at Fairhaven Sunnyland neighborhood. Participating homes Runners, 1209 11th St. Bailey currently lives in will be handing out non-candy treats, have their Bellingham. porches well-lit, and ensure that the kids coming WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM doit STAGE
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FOOD FOOD and after “I do” when Standing on Ceremony: stage The Gay Marriage Plays concludes this week with THEATER DANCE PROFILES showings at 7:30pm Wednesday through Friday, 27 and 2pm and 7:30pm Saturday at Western Washington University’s DUG Theater in the Performing Arts Center. The short plays “are
B-BOARD B-BOARD vows to the blessings of equality, the universal challenges of relationships and the often hilarious power of love.” Tickets are $7-$12.
24 the Halloween spirit. This means that 650-6146 OR WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU part of the fun of coming to Maritime
FILM Heritage Park after darkness falls across THURS., OCT. 29 the land is sussing out the amazing cos- GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at
20 tumes that are on display—whether it’s the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, a person who painted themselves blue to stick around for “Haunted House.” Bring your MUSIC more closely make themselves resemble ghost stories to give the performers, and it Papa Smurf, a human-turned-Pterodacyl, could be played out right there. Entry is $8 for
18 a man-sized bear or an eerily spot-on the early show, $5 for the late one. 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM
ART child vampire. I’m still not sure if it was a hallucina- OCT. 29-31 tion, but something especially weird hap- 16 16 SCREAM FAIR: Brave souls can journey into pened at the culmination of last Octo- the darkness as they come face-to-face with creepy creatures and the undead at the annual STAGE STAGE ber’s “Thrillingham.” After the performers had left the stage and a community dance Scream Fair Haunted House taking place from 6:30-9:30pm Thursday and 6:30-10:30pm Friday party had commenced in the same space, 14 and Saturday at the Henry Jansen Building at out of nowhere a man on a horse—along Lynden’s Northwest Washington Fairgrounds, with a woman sitting behind him on the 1775 Front St. Tickets are $10-$13 at the door.
GET OUT saddle who looked like WWW.LASTCHANCEPRODUCTIONS.COM/ she was hanging on for SCREAMFAIR
12 dear life—rode his gi- CLOWN BAR: Watch what happens when a ant steed up the main former clown named Happy returns to the seedy walkway of the park. underground clown world to find his brother’s WORDS People got out of his killer when Adam Szymkowicz’s Clown Bar continues this weekend with shows at 7:30pm
8 way as he approached Thursday through Saturday at iDiOM Theater, the stage, so I’m pretty ATTEND 1418 Cornwall Ave. Tickets to see the “gritty, WHAT: sure they saw him, too. violent film noir mob drama—about clowns”
CURRENTS CURRENTS “Thrillingham” But almost as quickly are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Ad- WHEN: 8pm Sat., as the cowboy and his ditional showings take place through Nov. 7. 6 Oct. 31 panicked passenger WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM WHERE: Maritime had entered the party, VIEWS BY AMY KEPFERLE Heritage Park, ROCKY HORROR: Celebrate the 40th anni- 500 W. Holly St. they soon departed, versary of the cult classic known as The Rocky
4 COST: Donations disappearing into the Horror Picture Show at viewings at 8pm and collected during night. Only hoofbeats midnight Thursday through Saturday at the MAIL MAIL the event will could be heard as peo- Mount Baker Theatre’s Walton Theatre, 104 N. Thrillingham benefit Lydia Commercial St. Bellingham actors—including ple turned to each oth- 2 Place. Raffle tick- Miss Betty Desire as the criminologist—will DARKNESS FALLS ACROSS THE LAND ets will be sold er murmuring, “Did you help bring the film to life in front of the DO IT IT DO at Lydia Place just see what I saw?” movie screen. Tickets are $15; $5 “survival I’VE SEEN some weird and wonderful things in the years I’ve attended “Thrill- and the Bureau of My point is this: Part kits” will be available at the door. ingham” performances in downtown Bellingham. Historical Inves- of the fun of “Thrill- 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM tigation the week For example, the first time I encountered the spectacle of a horde of dancing ingham”—which also ROCKY HORROR SHOW: The Theater Arts 10.28.15 of Halloween zombies recreating Michael Jackson’s spooky “Thriller” dance—the same year the INFO: www.thrill acts as a fundraiser for Guild presents The Rocky Horror Show at 8pm troubled 50-year-old singer accidentally overdosed on prescribed meds and left ingham.com Lydia Place and sees a Thursday and Friday, and 10pm Saturday at .10 Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. 43 his earthly remains behind for his siblings to fight over—the resulting hubbub variety of community # shut down a good portion of the Holly Street corridor. For blocks, all that could members practicing their moves for up to Audiences are encouraged to come in costume to view the story of a “sweet transvestite from be seen in the urban core were costumed revelers and the undead dancing (and a month to make Halloween memorable Transylvania” and an eclectic cast of characters partying) in the streets. for the masses—is never knowing exactly who will bring the cult classic to life. Be ready In recent years, those organizing the annual event have moved off of public what to expect. to dance to “The Time Warp” and participate roadways and made the amphitheater at Maritime Heritage Park the nexus of the While you’re guaranteed to see approxi- in audience shout-outs. Tickets are $12-$25. scary spectacle. It’s a good call, as there are plenty of places to perch for bird’s- mately 100 zombies groaning, moaning, Additional showings take place Nov. 6-7. WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG CASCADIA WEEKLY eye views of the marvelous madness—which include, but are not limited to, the snarling, dancing and generally acting performers taking part in the undulating of the undead. like they’re hungry for brains, brains and 16 OCT. 30-31 Last Halloween was a doozy. In addition to the hordes of dancers shuffling more brains, what you don’t know is how BAAY HAUNTED HOUSE: Students from around as in-sync zombies during the execution of “Thriller,” other area perform- the night will end, or who else will make a the Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth will ers also shared their moves and musical talents prior to the main event, making Halloween-night visit to downtown Bell- present “The Nightmare on Railroad” Haunted House & Show from 6:30-9:30pm (all-ages) the night come alive with sound and spectacle. ingham. It could be a man on a horse—or But that’s wasn’t all; not by a long shot. “Thrillingham” crowds tend to get into it could be your worst nightmare. doit
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Students from the Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth will present “The Nightmare on Railroad” Haunted FILM House & Show Oct. 30-31 at the beer garden at Boundary Bay Brewery and 9:30-11:30pm (21 and over) at Boundary Bay DANCE 20 Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. Lisa Markowitz’ BAAY
Dance Company will start festivities with a “daz- THURS., OCT. 29 MUSIC zling and artfully ghoulish” performance, then FOLK DANCE: Join the Fourth Corner Folk audiences will be led down a scary road to the Dancers to learn lively folk dances from Eastern 18 Garden of Doom Dungeon, laden with scary rooms Europe, Greece, Turkey, and Israel from 7:15- of unspeakable horrors (with BAAY students and 10pm every Thursday at the Fairhaven Library, ART other actors providing the spirit). Entry is $5; 1117 12th St. Suggested donation is $5; students 16 proceeds raise scholarship money for students. and first-timers are free. 16 WWW.BBAYBREWERY.COM (360) 380-0456 STAGE STAGE HELLINGHAM: Help figure out whodunnit FRI., OCT. 30 when the perennially popular improvised murder PARKINSON’S DANCE CLASS: Kuntz and Com-
mystery known as “Hellingham” returns to the pany’s Pam Kuntz leads a dance class for people 14 stage for 8pm and 10pm shows every Friday and with Parkinson’s disease and other movement Saturday through October at the Upfront Theatre, or neurological disorders at 10am at Ballet Bell-
1208 Bay St. Tickets to view the comedic carnage ingham, 1405 Fraser St., suite #103. Suggested GET OUT are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. donation is $5-$7. No registration is necessary; WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM just show up ready to dance.
(360) 510-4711 OR WWW.KUNTZANDCO.ORG 12 SUN., NOV. 1 OKLAHOMA: In partnership with Rodgers & WITCH’S BALL: All witches, wizards, ghosts WORDS Hammerstein, Tony and Emmy Award-winner and ghouls are invited to a “Witch’s Ball” Kristin Chenoweth will produce an exclusive, taking place from 8-11pm at Bellingham Dance bonus featurette that will precede a showing of Company, 1705 N. State St. Dance lessons in 8 Oklahoma at 2pm in Mount Vernon at the Lincoln swing, ghoulish treats and a costume contest Theatre, 712 S. First St. The performance footage (with prizes) will be part of the Halloween
will be interspersed with Chenoweth singing a few fun. No partner is necessary, and all levels are CURRENTS of the classic songs at the Rodgers & Hammerstein welcome. Entry is $8-$10. warehouse with backstory about the history of the WWW.BELLINGHAMDANCECOMPANY.COM 6 film and musical. Tickets are $12-$16.
WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG SAT., OCT. 31 VIEWS HALLOWEEN CONTRA DANCE: Join the
MON., NOV. 2 Bellingham Country Dance Society for an all-ages 4 42ND STREET: A new touring production of the Halloween Contra Dance from 7-10:30pm at the quintessential backstage musical comedy classic Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. Costumes are op- MAIL 42nd Street can be seen in Bellingham at a 7pm tional; no partner is needed, and no experience
performance at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. is necessary. Entry is $6-$10. 2 Commercial St. During the play, expect to hear WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE.ORG DO IT IT DO classic songs such as “We’re in the Money,” “I Only Have Eyes for You,” and “Lullaby of Broad- SUN., NOV. 1 way.” Tickets to the show are $30-$69. REP REHEARSAL: See how professional dancers 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM prepare for a performance at a Bellingham Reper- tory Dance open rehearsal taking place from 12- 10.28.15 GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open mic for come- 1:30pm at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, dians, “Guffawingham!,” takes place at 9:30pm 1314 Harris Ave. The company’s members can every Monday at the Green Frog, 1015 N. State St. be seen practicing and refining dances for their .10 43 Entry is free. upcoming 10th Anniversary Fall Performance # WWW.ACOUSTICTAVERN.COM taking place Nov. 19-21. WWW.BHAMREP.ORG NOV. 4-6 LAST DAYS OF MELVILLE: The world premiere TUES., NOV. 3 of Glenn Hergenhahn-Zhao’s The Last Days of SKAGIT FOLK DANCERS: Join the Skagit- Melville Malloy can be seen at 7:30pm Wednes- Anacortes Folk Dancers for a weekly International day through Friday at the iDiOM Theater, 1418 Folk Dancing event from 7-9:30pm at Bayview CASCADIA WEEKLY Cornwall Ave. Described as a “drug-fueled Civic Hall, 12615 C St. No partners are needed; mystery about a famous singer gone missing,” just show up and dance. Entry to the drop-in 17 the story reconnects the playwright with former event is free for the first session, $3 afterwards. Bellinghamster Nate Smith. Tickets are $12-$15; WWW.SKAGITFOLKDANCERS.ORG additional showings happen through Nov. 21. WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM [email protected] doit ONGOING EXHIBITS A.C.M.E. CREATIVE SPACE: View the
34 “Steamroller Block Printing Project” through October at A.C.M.E. Creative Space, 705 Com- FOOD FOOD mercial Ave. The exhibit features work created curing the Anacortes Arts Festival. WWW.ACMECREATIVE.COM
27 visual GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES ALLIED ARTS: View “Whimsey” through Oct. 31 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The B-BOARD B-BOARD exhibit features work by Helen Dorn, Christen show went off the air, with the camera Mattix, Ellen Clark, Brian Simpson, and Nathan Waterstreet.
24 pausing on the strongest image before go- ing to black. WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG FILM I wondered what Serling would make ARTWOOD: Dining tables and chairs will of Trish Harding’s oil painting “Decoy,” in be highlighted through October at Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. Paintings by Francy 20 which a character that looks a lot like Little Blumhagen will also be on display. WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM MUSIC Red Riding Hood bares
her fangs to someone BISON BOOK BINDING: A retrospective of 18 18 18 outside of the realm letterpress show posters is currently on display at Bison Bookbinding & Letterpress’ new locale
ART of the viewers’ vision. ART She’s got pigtails and a at 112 Grand Ave., #101. SEE IT red cape, but she also WWW.BISONBOOKBINDING.COM 16 WHAT: The Night has a long tail, a pistol Gallery CHUCKANUT BREWERY: Nature and land-
STAGE WHEN: 10am- strapped to her waist scape photographs by Damian Vines are on 5:30pm, through and a basket full of curi- display through Nov. 27 at Chuckanut Brewery, Sat., Oct. 31 ous piglets. 601 W. Holly St. 14 WHERE: Fourth “The pigs are only too WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM Corner Frames & happy to help,” reads a Gallery, 311 W. DAKOTA ARTS: View work by artists who took GET OUT Holly St. missive accompanying part in this month’s Whatcom Artist Studio INFO: www. the painting, helping Tour through October at the Dakota Art Store fourthcorner Gallery, 1322 Cornwall Ave.
12 further the story of this frames.com particular (and pecu- WWW.DAKOTAARTSTORE.COM liar) fairytale. “They are WORDS DEMING LIBRARY: Oil paintings inspired by acutely aware of the peril they have put a collection of old black-and-white photos that feature families and their automobiles
8 themselves in. If only its hunger were no so insatiable. If only it were not so driven can be seen at Helen Dorn’s “Snapshot” exhibit by envy, because then and only then, such through Oct. 30 at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy.
CURRENTS CURRENTS covert actions would not be necessary.” WWW.WCLS.ORG In Laurie Potter’s pastel work, “Mercu- “MERCURIAL,” BY LAURIE POTTER LAURIE “MERCURIAL,” BY 6 rial,” a bare-chested madman with dark FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contem- lips, aviator glasses and Medusa-esque hair porary folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm every VIEWS looks to be cackling into the cosmos. “What Mon.-Fri. at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. BY AMY KEPFERLE 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM 4 do you believe is happening in this moment of his life?” the artist questions in a note FOURTH CORNER: “The Night Gallery,” a take- MAIL MAIL underneath the painting. (If pressed, I’d off of Rod Serling’s television series of the same name, shows through Oct. 31 at Fourth Corner say he just pressed the big red button that 2 The Night Gallery Frames & Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. obliterates the world, and is happy about WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM DO IT IT DO SCARY SIGHTS AWAIT YOU going nuclear.) Other pieces that made me want to GALLERY CYGNUS: Maggie Wilder will show a “UNUSUAL” AND “startling” are two of the adjectives used to describe know more about the stories behind the “feast” of new paintings through Nov. 1 in La the word “outre.” artworks included Potter’s “The Magpie Conner at Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial St. 10.28.15 All three of the descriptions are apropos when it comes to talking about the Thinks She’s Queen Bee;” Francis X. Dono- WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM
art on display at Fourth Corner Frames & Gallery’s latest exhibit, “The Night Gal- van’s big-headed multimedia “Trotsky” GOOD EARTH: Rob Beishline’s “Broadcast .10
43 lery,” which pays homage to Rod Serling’s television series of the same name. sculpture; multiple works by Erin Libby News: Prints and Patterns on Clay” will be # “We invited a handful of regional artists to help us create our own ‘shadowy with maritime themes (including “Dinner highlighted through October at Good Earth museum of the outre,’” read the press release that caused me to venture through at Sea,” an oil-on-wood painting with a Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. the doors of the Holly Street business on the Saturday preceding Halloween. fish whose face is more human than pi- WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM
In the early 1970s-era program—which focused more on stories of horror and scine); and a wonderfully complex work HONEY SALON: Multimedia artist and entre- the supernatural, rather than the science-fiction tales that made Serling’s The by George Jartos, in which it’s not clear preneur Rebecca Ogden’s “Sound the Alarm” Twilight Zone series so popular—the host appeared in an art gallery setting, whether it’s humans or alien-like crea- can be seen at Honey Salon, 310 W. Holly St.
CASCADIA WEEKLY where he’d introduce the creepy tale that would be brought to life that night by tures being sucked into some sort of WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM unveiling a few of the paintings that it depicted. gravity-defying vortex. 18 I.E. GALLERY: An exhibit featuring works by “Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of three paintings, displayed “The Night Gallery” is only up through Warren Dykeman and James Reisen is on dis- here for the first time,” Serling would typically say. “Each is a collector’s item in Halloween, so if, like Rod Serling, you’d like play through Nov. 15 in Edison at i.e. Gallery, its own way—not because of any special artistic quality, but because each cap- to ponder unusual and startling works of 5800 Cains Court. ture on a canvas, suspend in time and space, a frozen moment of a nightmare.” art, please be aware that time is running (360) 488-3458 At the end of each episode, the art was also what viewers saw before the out to do so. doit STILL GOING STRONG! FRESH LOCAL PRODUCE • FINE LOCAL CRAFTS • READY TO EAT FOOD
34 FOOD FOOD 27 B-BOARD B-BOARD 24 FILM “RESTING RED” Sculptor Ann Morris incorporates seaweed, cedar, willow and other organic matters incorporating the 20 “fecundity of nature, carrying remnants of its decaying life into a new dimension” as part of a “Boats
and Water” exhibit on display through the month at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery MUSIC 18 18 LUCIA DOUGLAS: An exhibit featuring the include “Nuno Felt a Wingy Scarf” (Oct. 28); 18 work of regional artists working in a variety and “Blooming Scraps for Kids” (Oct. 29). A ART ART of mediums—including Cathy Schoenberg, Mi- “Beginning Quilting” series begins Wed., Nov. chael Clough, Mary Moore Bailey, Janel Bragg, 4. See more details and register online.
Chloe French, Margaret Van Patten, Sheryl WWW.RAGFINERY.COM 16 Funkhauser and more—shows through Dec. 19
at Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. SCOTT MILO GALLERY: Marie Powell’s new STAGE WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM monoprints will be highlighted through October in Anacortes at the Scott Milo Gallery,
LUCKY MONKEY: Photographer Jeanne 420 Commercial Ave. Also showing are abstract 14 McGee’s “Sanguine Landscapes” exhibit and pastels by Amanda Houston, oils by Brooke images taken during the Day of the Dead in Borcherding, pastels by Jan Wall, oils by Keith SATURDAY, 10AM TO 3PM, THRU DECEMBER 19
Mexico show through October at the Lucky Sorenson, and steel mesh with glass tables by DEPOT MARKET SQUARE, 1100 RAILROAD AVE, BELLINGHAM, WA GET OUT Monkey, 312 W. Champion St. Lanny Bergner. (360) 647-8137 WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM
2015 12 BELLINGHAM FARMERS MARKET PROUDLY ACCEPTS FOOD STAMPS WIC/SFMNP ACCEPTED MAKE.SHIFT: View “Working Stiffs” and Dan- SCULPTURE NORTHWEST: “Emerge”—an
iel Whitsell’s “Bundles in the Rafters” through eclectic show of figurative, non-objective and WORDS Oct. 31 at Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. experimental sculpture by regional artists The exhibit features works by staff at its local in bronze, stone and wire —shows through 8 business sponsors, including the RE Store, Toni Nov. 22 at Sculpture Northwest Gallery, 203 & Guy Academy, and more. Prospect St. WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM WWW.SCULPTURENORTHWEST.ORG CURRENTS CURRENTS MATZKE GALLERY: The multi-artist “Visual SKAGIT MUSEUM: “Mysteries of the Museum” Poetry and Abstract Expressionism” exhibit is showing through November 8 at La Conner’s 6 shows from 11am-5pm weekends through Nov. Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S.
8 at Camano Island’s Matzke Fine Art Gallery & Fourth St. VIEWS Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way. WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM
WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM 4 SMITH & VALLEE: View “Boats and Water,” MINDPORT: San Francisco-based artist Romy featuring vessels by Lummi Island-based MAIL Randey’s “Umbra” is currently on display at sculptor Anne Morris and castings made by
Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. The exhibit Allen Moe, through Oct. 31 at Edison’s Smith & 2 features an interactive wall panel made from Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. DO IT IT DO fused glass, bamboo, sensors and LEDs. Admis- WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM BELLINGHAMBELLININGHAM sion is $2. MOUNT BAKER THEATRE WWW.MINDPORT.ORG WESTERN GALLERY: “The Art of Seating” FRIDAYFRIDAY | NOV.NOOV 133 | 7:307:330 PM shows through Dec. 11 at the Western Gallery
MONA: “Not Vanishing: Contemporary Expres- on the Western Washington University campus. 10.28.15 sions in Indigenous Art” shows through Jan. Entry is free and open to the public. 3 at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, WWW.WESTERNGALLERY.WWU.EDU .10
Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. The 43 # exhibit features more than 40 artists from WHATCOM ART MARKET: From 10am-6pm tribes throughout the region. every Thursday through Monday, stop by the WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG Whatcom Art Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Waldron Building, 1314 12th St. QUILT MUSUEM: “Best of the WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG Festival,””Illusions and Shadows,” and “Great Lakes Seaway: War of 1812 International Chal- WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Helmi’s World: Symbol,
lenge” are currently on display at the La Con- Myth, Fantasy,” “The Owl and the Woodpecker: CASCADIA WEEKLY FREE LIFT TICKET TO STEVENS PASS ner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St. Photographs by Paul Bannick,” “Unhinged: 2-FOR-1 LIFT TICKET TO BIG WHITE AND SUN PEAKS WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.ORG Book Art on the Cutting Edge” and “Chipping 19 the Blck, Painting the Silk: The Color Prints of SKI AND RIDE FREE AT STEAMBOAT RAGFINERY: A variety of textile-related Norma Bassett Hall” can currently be viewed FOR COMPLETE OFFER DETAILS GO TO WARRENMILLER.COM workshops happen on a regular basis at Ragfin- on the Whatcom Museum campus. ery, 1421 N. Forest St. This week’s workshops WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG rumor has it
34 AS USUALLY HAPPENS when I get word of a big show—this time via a slip of the tongue of one
FOOD FOOD of the bands in question—it gets announced about five minutes after I say something about how I’m not allowed to announce it. 27 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT Such is the case with a Dec. 30 show at the Shakedown featuring Red Fang and Black Breath.
B-BOARD B-BOARD Even as I type that sentence, I feel excitement welling up inside me. In case you’re math and
24 commonsense deficient (it’s O.K., I am generally deficient in both those areas as well), here are a
FILM few bits of info you might find pertinent. On their own, Red Fang is a surefire, guar-
20 20 anteed sellout at the Shakedown. For certain,
beyond the shadow of a doubt. On their own, MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC Black Breath is a surefire, guaranteed sellout at the Shakedown. Also for certain, beyond the
18 shadow of a doubt. The show was announced
ART by the venue last week, and two days later, a quarter of the tickets 16 had already been sold.
STAGE What I’m trying to say here is, I know tickets for the show run $22 14 (approximately $17 more than most people
GET OUT are willing to pay in BY CAREY ROSS this town to see any band) and I’m also aware
12 the show is two months away. However, none of that makes a difference when it comes to the following piece of advice: for the love of WORDS whatever it is you love the most, buy your
8 tickets early. This is the number of tickets that BEATS ANTIQUE will be left at the door the night of: zero. This is the number of eye rolls I have to dole out
CURRENTS CURRENTS to everyone who does not heed my advice and Arts Academy for Youth), and Scary Monster & then complains to me that they’ve waited too 6 BY CAREY ROSS the Super Creeps will headline what is always long to buy their tickets: infinite. And no one a righteous party on Halloween proper. Will it likes it when I roll my eyes at them. Just ask VIEWS top the year the Thriller dancers showed up out- my mother. 4 It’s Spooktacular! side for an unexpected flash-mob performance? Here’s a question: When was the last time you That remains to be seen. WHERE: 1107 Railroad Ave. saw a show at the Sudden Valley Dance Barn? MAIL MAIL HAVE A HAUNTING GOOD TIME INFO: www.bbaybrewery.com While the Sudden Valley jazz series (which re-
cently announced its 2016 lineup) makes good 2 I’VE LIVED in Bellingham half my life, so you’d think that by this CABIN TAVERN: If ever Bellingham had a zombie use of the venue, you’re more likely to find tai DO IT IT DO point, I would have some insight or understanding as to why this band, it would have to be Clambake. Just when I chi classes or knitting clubs there than you town straight loses its mind when it comes to celebrating Halloween. think we’ve heard the last from these local rock- are live music. However, up-and-coming local But I don’t. ers, Halloween happens—and so does Clambake. pop-punk band Trust Me I’m Scared is trying to As a person who neither tricks nor treats, I am more observer than Always good for an entertaining evening, this change that, in part by hosting a Nov. 6 album- 10.28.15 participant in this yearly bacchanal. But that doesn’t keep me from time Clambake takes their show to the Cabin release event at the barn. The show is the first hitting the streets in search of hot Halloween action—although you Tavern, where they will no doubt roar back to in a purported “Sudden Valley Nightlife” se- .10
43 won’t see me donning a costume anytime soon. And with this year’s life with their own inimitable, swaggering style. ries, and will also feature Minor Plains, a band # holiday taking place on a Saturday, I expect the Halloween-loving But lest you think you’ve heard the last from I continue to love despite the fact that they’ve masses to reduce this town to smoldering rubble by the time Novem- this capable quartet, it should be known they’re apparently become a barefoot band of late, in ber gets underway. Here’s your lowdown on the Halloween hoedown. already hard at work on their annual Christmas direct opposition to my personal squickiness extravaganza, not to mention a new album titled about bare feet in public. (Seriously, Minor BOUNDARY BAY BREWERY: I’ve said it before and I will no doubt say Too Dumb to Die, an appropriately cheeky name Plains, do you even know where that stage has it many more times before I’m done: Ain’t no party like a Boundary for Bellingham’s own walking dead. WHERE: 307 W. been?) Footwear (or lack thereof) aside, Minor
CASCADIA WEEKLY Bay party because a Boundary Bay party don’t stop. Bellingham’s Holly St. INFO: www.facebook.com/clambake Plains’ math rock remains impeccable, they re- longstanding brewpub is ground zero for most holiday happenings main extraordinarily skilled and seeing them 20 around these parts, and Halloween is second only to St. Patrick’s GLOW NIGHTCLUB: Like the broken record that play is well worth the trip to Sudden Valley. Day when it comes to occasions the fun-mongering Boundary crew I am, I have a habit of repeating the same thing Encourage a new band, see a known quantity loves most. As has become tradition in the past few years, the beer about Glow, time and again: When it comes to and help foster a new(ish) location for live mu- garden will be transformed into the Nightmare on Railroad on Oct. being able to observe the shit-show that is Hal- sic—it might just be the best five bucks you’ve 30 and 31 (with a little help from the creative cadre at Bellingham loween in downtown Bellingham, there is no ever spent in Sudden Valley. All Hallows Eve, Sacred Bass Sessions is doit SPOOK, FROM PAGE 20 planning the party for you. Taking place CHUCKANUT BREWERY Fri., Oct. 30 at Presence Studio, the FRI., OCT. 30 better vantage point than the Holly costume ball and dance party is dubbed CREEPY CABARET: Lively entertainment and & KITCHEN
Street hotspot. They’ll be celebrating “Lifting the Veils Between the Worlds” delicious food combine at the fifth annual “Creepy Cabaret” taking place from 6:30-8:30pm 34 all weekend long with Halloweekend and will offer yoga, a community circle, at Bellingham High School, 2020 Cornwall Ave. Ghouls and Ghosts parties happening live art and, of course, music (by the While you’re enjoying a chili dinner, talented FOOD Friday and Saturday that will feature likes of Yaima, Subaqueous, Mr. Moo, students will entertain with solo and ensemble dance music, drink specials and more. and more) pumped through Boogie Uni- performances. Entry is $10. 27 And when you need to take a break from versal’s formidable sound system. Art, (360) 676-6575 dancing, order a cocktail and wander up- music and community will converge to NIGHTMARE BEFORE HALLOWEEN: A rare stairs to watch the spectacle unfolding create an event that is all-ages, family- Rauch B-BOARD performance by Captain Fathom will be part Halloween in the streets below. Trust me, you will friendly and an alternative to the rowdy of “A Nightmare Before Halloween” taking Lager Costume Contest on Tap Soon! not regret it. WHERE: 202 E. Holly St. INFO: bar scene. WHERE: 1412 Cornwall Ave. INFO: place from 7-11pm in Anacortes at the Depot Oct. 31 at 9 pm Community Center, 611 R Ave. The Openers will 24 www.glowbellingham.com www.sacredbass.org also perform, and there’ll be costume contest, a photo booth, a no-host bar provided by Ana- FILM THE GREEN FROG: Halloween is probably THE SHAKEDOWN: As Halloween plans cortes Brewery, and more. Tickets are $8-$12. Family Friendly WWW.BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM 20 thought of as a holiday with no soul, but firmed up at venues all over town, and HoPPY Hour 20 that’s all going to change if Baby Cakes I didn’t see Horror Business listed any- Sunday-Thursday 4-6pm PETER MAWANGA: Traditional Malawian MUSIC has anything to do with it. Bellingham’s where, I began to be concerned that this MUSIC rhythms can be heard when Peter Mawanga & 601 West Holly St. • Bellingham, WA eight-piece funk, soul and R&B band will longtime Halloween tradition had final- the Amaravi Movement perform at 7:30pm in 360-75-BEERS (752-3377) no doubt pack the Green Frog’s stage to ly met an undesirable and unwelcome Mount Vernon at McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College ChuckanutBreweryAndKitchen.com 18 capacity—and most likely the venue end. But then the Shakedown came to Way. Tickets are $22-$30. ART itself as well, so you may not want to the rescue with a lineup that includes WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG be tardy to this party. However, you’ll the Misfits tribute band (devillocks and SAT., OCT. 31 WORK WITH YOUR WHOLE MIND! 16 want to make certain your costume is all), as well as Flannel (who will play YOUTH SYMPHONY: Talented students from not so restrictive that it keeps you from a set of Weezer songs) and Ween cover Skagit, Island, and Snohomish counties will 7-DAY GROUP STAGE dancing, as that’s the main item on this band Brown Town. Bands in Bellingham take part in a Fidalgo Youth Symphony Concert Halloween menu. WHERE: 1015 N. State St. come and go, but Horror Business will at 1pm at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501
MEDITATION 14 E. College Way. Tickets are $1-$10. INFO: www.acoustictavern.com never die. WHERE: 1212 N. State St. INFO: WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG www.shakedownbellingham.com RETREAT
HONEY MOON: Bellingham’s low-key GET OUT SUN., NOV. 1 with Holly Gayley & Rick Merrill meadery might not be the first place THE SWILLERY: Do I know what kind of FESTIVAL OF MUSIC: St. John’s Ensemble, one thinks of when one thinks of places Halloween-specific action the Swillery Bellingham Damekor, Men of Immanuel, Bell- IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THIS 12 that go all out for Halloween, but mak- has in store for us all? Nope. Seems to ingham Mannakor, and pianist Nick Swanson will be among the performers taking part in a MINDFULNESS-AWARENESS ing such assumptions would be dead be a bit of a mystery. But with a mu-
“Festival of Music” concert at 2pm at St. John’s WEEK-LONG EXPERIENCE WORDS wrong for a couple of reasons. The first sical lineup that includes Eagle Teeth, Lutheran Church, 2530 Cornwall Ave. The free is the Scary Stories for Adults event Cat Bomb, and Second Hand Suits, you’ll concert will celebrate St. John’s 125 years of for new & seasoned meditators 8 happening Fri., Oct. 30, which promises get original music rather than covers, service to Whatcom County. Sat. Dec. 26 - Saturday Jan. 2 to highlight “true ghost and fairy tales” strong drinks from the bar and horror WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/STJOHNSBELLINGHAM 8am to 6pm each day
~ Please register online ~ CURRENTS for the aforementioned adults and “ma- movies shown on the wall all night long. POWER TRIO: The power trio of mandolinist ture children willing to be spooked.” The The Swillery also bears the distinction John Reischman, guitarist Scott Nygaard, and 4LYPKPHU:\P[L second is the yearly Dead Musicians Hal- of being the place where a kindly man bassist/mandolinist Sharon Gilchrist can be 6 loween Party taking place on Halloween once told me I was beautiful—right heard at a 2pm concert at the YWCA Ballroom,
meditation center VIEWS that encourages musicians (and come- before he tumbled off his barstool 1026 N. Forest St. Tickets are $15. (360) 733-5960 dians, poets, etc.) to not only perform and onto the floor—and I wasn’t even bellingham.shambhala.org 4 music as their favorite bygone artist, dressed as a naughty nurse at the time. WED., NOV. 4 but also to dress as them too. WHERE: WHERE: 118 W. Holly St. INFO: www.facebook. MUSIC CLUB CONCERT: Hear Martin Kuusk- MAIL mann on bassoon and Jeffrey Gilliam on piano 1053 N. State St. INFO: www.facebook.com/ com/swillery.whiskeybar at a Bellingham Music Club concert at 10:30am 2 honeymoonmead at Trinity Lutheran Church, 119 Texas St. Entry DO IT IT DO WILD BUFFALO: Never ones to be out- is by donation. MAKE.SHIFT ART SPACE: Given the suc- done by, well, anyone, the Wild Buffalo WWW.BELLINGHAMMUSICCLUB.ORG cess of the Valentine’s Day Cover Show is going all out this year for Halloween. that has happened for the past five years The holiday starts early, on Fri., Oct. THURS., NOV. 5 or so at Make.Shift, it only makes sense 30, when Beat Connection will take the MVHS JAZZ: The Mount Vernon High School 10.28.15 jazz bands perform at a “Live at the Lincoln” that the arts nonprofit would decide stage. But that’s just a warmup for Hal- concert at 7pm at the town’s Lincoln Theatre, 5 Year Old Goat Cheddar .10 to rope another holiday into the cover- loween itself, when Polecat—the wildly 712 S. First St. Entry is by donation. 43 # band action, and what more appropriate popular bluegrass stomp band that has WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG Organic Delicata Squash holiday than Halloween, when everyone come to rule Halloween around these dedicates considerable effort to being parts—will don what will no doubt be SAPPHIRE WINDS: Listen to works by Reich, Black Market Hot Sauces Shapiro, Kurtag, and Davidovsky when Sapphire something or someone they’re not? The some wildly inventive costumes and Winds performs at a free concert at 7:30pm at High Spirit Cedar Flutes all-ages show, which takes place Fri., bring down what is sure to be a sold- WWU’s Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. Hand Carved Bird Houses Oct. 30, will feature music by Bauhaus, out house. If all that were not enough, WWW.CFPA.WWU.EDU
Danzig, My Chemical Romance, the Cure, somehow the powers that be at the Pizza Stones & Paddles CASCADIA WEEKLY and more, all performed by your favorite Buff nabbed Beats Antique for a post- NIGHT BEAT: Grammy-nominated bassoonist Martin Kuuskmann, accompanied on piano by Local Fireweed Honey 21 local musical luminaries. WHERE: 306 Flora Halloween, Sunday-night show, which is WWU professor Jeffrey Gilliam, will perform at St. INFO: www.makeshiftproject.com also sure to sell out. Yes, that’s a lot to a Bellingham Music Club “Night Beat” concert Your One Stop Shop cram into one weekend, but you can al- at 7:30pm at the First Congregational Church, PRESENCE STUDIO: For those who de- ways recover at work on Monday. WHERE: 2401 Cornwall Ave. Tickets are $20. 360-592-2297 WWW.BELLINGHAMMUSICCLUB.ORG www.everybodys.com sire a kinder, gentler way to celebrate 208 W. Holly St. INFO: www.wildbuffalo.net Hiway 9 – Van Zandt musicvenues 34 See below for venue
FOOD FOOD addresses and phone 10.28.15 10.29.15 10.30.15 10.31.15 11.01.15 11.02.15 11.03.15 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY
27 Anelia's Kitchen & The Sky Colony Live Music Stage The Nightmare on Railroad, B-BOARD B-BOARD Boundary Bay Brewery Aaron Guest The Nightmare on Railroad Halloween w/Scary Monster Irish & Folk Night Paul Klein & the Super Creeps
24 Brown Lantern Ale Open Mic Halloween w/DJ Ontic House FILM
Clambake, The Ellis Devi- Open Mic The Sweaty Westerns
Cabin Tavern ants 20 20
Hawksley Workman, Fiona Mac DeMarco (early), The Patty Griffin, Dar- MUSIC MUSIC
MUSIC Commodore Ballroom Mac DeMarco Leon Bridges Bevan, The Passenger Bacardi Boohaha (late) lingside
18 Haunted Hundred Years Side Haunted Hundred Years Conway Muse Marcia Kester Show Side Show ART
LACHE CERCEL Corner Pub Knut Bell and the 360s 16 Nov. 3/Green Frog
Ron Bailey/Al Kaatz & STAGE Edison Inn Steve Frame Gin Gypsy Halloween Bash The Tangents
14 Halloweekend Ghouls and Halloweekend Ghouls and Glow Nightclub DJ J-Will DJ FXL, more Ghosts Party Ghosts Party
GET OUT Anelias Kitchen & Stage 511 Morris St, La Conner, WA • (360) 466-4778 | Bellewood Acres 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden • (360) 318-7720 | Bobby Lee’s Pub & Eatery 108 W Main St, Everson • 966-8838 | Boundary Bay Brewing Co. 1107 Railroad Ave • 647-5593 | Brown Lantern Ale House 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-2544 | The Business 402 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-9788 | Cabin Tavern 307 W. Holly St. • 733-9685 | Chuckanut Brewery 601 W Holly St. • 752-3377 | Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville St., Vancouver • (604) 739-4550 | Conway Muse 18444 Spruce/Main St., Conway (360) 445-3000 | Corner Pub 12 14565 Allen West Road, Burlington
WORDS Immerse Yourself in Live Entertainment. 8 CURRENTS CURRENTS FUN
6 FOR THE HUGE WHOLE
VIEWS FAMILY! BROADWAY CAST 4 Stunt Dog Experience - Nov 21 MAIL MAIL
2 “A stage ONLY
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-The New York Times IN WA 10.28.15 .10 43 # Melissa Etheridge: This is M.E. Solo - Nov 23
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LeAnn Rimes: Today is Christmas Tour Visit MountBakerTheatre.com or call 360-255-5607 for tickets. with Ellee Duke - Dec 5 0oXQt %aker 7Keatre is a 50 c 3 QoQ-Sro¿ t orJaQi]atioQ GeGicateG to tKe SerforPiQJ arts.
musicvenues 34 See below for venue addresses and phone 10.28.15 10.29.15 10.30.15 10.31.15 11.01.15 11.02.15 11.03.15 FOOD numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY
Lache Cercel (early), Hot Damn Scandal, The Open Mic (early), Guf- 27 Green Frog Periscope Rabbit Wilde, Lil Smokies A Babycakes Halloween Eo Terrible Tuesday Soul Resident Rogues fawingham (late) Explosion (late) B-BOARD B-BOARD H2O The Mix Karaoke
Dead Musicians Halloween 24 Honey Moon Open Mic Louis Ledford Scary Stories for Adults Party FILM
KC's Bar and Grill Karaoke Karaoke 20 20
MUSIC Kulshan Brewing Co. Quickdraw Stringband The Devilly Brothers Yogoman Burning Band MUSIC 18 Main St. Bar and Grill Jack Benson The Blackouts ART MAC DEMARCO/ Oct. 30-31/ Make.Shift Art Space Spooky Cover Show Commodore Ballroom 16
Old World Deli Live Music STAGE
The Haunting w/DJ Clint 14 Poppe's 360 Chantel Renee Jessie Chandler Benjie Howard Vincent Black Shadow Open Mic Westwood GET OUT Rockfish Grill Fidalgo Swing The Groovetramps 12 Royal Karaoke Karaoke Country Night DJ Jester WORDS
Rumors Cabaret Throwback Thursday DJ Postal, DJ Shortwave DJ Robby Clark Karaoke w/Zach 8
Horror Business, Flannel, The Shakedown Vinyl Williams, Jjuujjuu The Cave Singers, Draemhouse Aireeoke Brown Town CURRENTS CURRENTS
Skagit Valley Casino 4 More 4 More 6
Halloween Party w/Soul VIEWS Skylark's Roger Quiggle The Spencetet Shadows 4
Pukesnake, Reptilian Children, Eagle Teeth, Cat Bomb,
Swillery Whiskey Bar MAIL more Second Hand Suits
Swinomish Casino and 2 M80s M80s Lodge DO IT IT DO
The Underground DJ B-Mello DJ B-Mello
BEAT CONNECTION/Oct. 10.28.15 Via Cafe and Bistro Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke 30/Wild Buffalo .10 43 The Village Inn Jam Night Karaoke #
Na'an Stop, The Auster- Beat Connection, Phantoms, Polecat, Crow and the Beats Antique, Moon Blues Jam w/Andy "Badd Wild Buffalo ’90s Night Lip Sync Battle man File Vision Field Canyon Hooch, Pinky D'Ambrosia Dog" Koch
The Green Frog 1015 N. State St. • www.acoustictavern.com | Edison Inn 5829 Cains Ct., Edison • (360) 766-6266 | The Fairhaven 1114 Harris Ave • 778-3400 | Glow 202 E. Holly St. • 734-3305 | Graham’s
Restaurant 9989 Mount Baker Hwy., Glacier • (360) 599-3663 | H20, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 755-3956 | Honey Moon 1053 N State St. • 734-0728 | KC’s Bar and Grill 108 W. Main St., Everson • (360) 966-8838 | Kulshan Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • 389-3569 | Main Street Bar & Grill 2004 Main St., Ferndale • (360) 384-2982 | McKay’s CASCADIA WEEKLY Taphouse 1118 E. Maple St. • (360) 647-3600 | Nooksack River Casino 5048 Mt. Baker Hwy., Deming • (360) 354-7428 | Poppe’s 714 Lakeway Dr. • 671-1011 | Paso Del Norte 758 Peace Portal Dr. Blaine • (360) 332-4045 | The Redlight 1017 N State St. • www.redlightwineandcoffee.com | Rockfish Grill 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 588-1720 | The Royal 208 E. Holly St. • 738-3701 | Rumors Cabaret 23 1119 Railroad Ave. • 671-1849 | The Shakedown 1212 N. State St. • www.shakedownbellingham.com | Silver Reef Casino 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale • (360) 383-0777 | Skagit Valley Casino Resort 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow • (360) 724-7777 | Skylark’s Hidden Cafe 1300 11th St. • 715-3642 | Star Club 311 E Holly St. • www.starclubbellingham.com | Swillery Whiskey Bar 118 W. Holly St. | Swinomish Casino 12885 Casino Dr., Anacortes • (888) 288-8883 |Temple Bar 306 W. Champion St. • 676-8660 | The Underground 211 E. Chestnut St. • 738-3701 | Underground Coffeehouse Viking Union 3rd Floor, WWU | Via Cafe 7829 Birch Bay Dr., Blaine • (360) 778-2570 | Village Inn Pub 3020 Northwest Ave. • 734-2490 | Vinostrology 120 W. Holly St. • 656-6817 | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www.wildbuffalo.net | To get your live music listings included, send info to [email protected]. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday. rural people. There are crude stereo- types on both sides. (In my extended family, we were the “city slickers” and they were “country hicks.”) I have deep
34 family roots in the Whatcom and Skagit areas. My grandparents, John and Ragla
FOOD FOOD Hawkinson, settled in Whatcom County film as immigrants from Norway. My mother’s parents, Sigrid and Gunhard Gunderson, 27 MOVIE REVIEWS FILM SHORTS were also Norwegian immigrants who settled in Whatcom County. Many of my
B-BOARD B-BOARD relatives from both sides of the family are still in the Whatcom area, as well as
24 24 of field research and documentary films in the Skagit Valley. My parents moved focused on stressful jobs, particularly to Seattle where my dad worked in FILM FILM jobs carried out in places that have be- fisheries and then for the airlines, but come the focus of public controversy and we spent most summers and holidays
20 confusion. I have carried out projects up in the Skagit and Whatcom areas. in refugee camps, war zones, centers for I remember my Uncle Chap and Aunt
MUSIC asylum seekers, psychiatric hospitals, Annie (Dykers)—dairy farmers in Mount VA clinics, hip-hop clubs and drag bars. Vernon—because they were one of the
18 These are all places where people are hubs for family gatherings.
ART dealing with complex and challenging Milk Men uses the storytelling device human issues, and I’m interested in of the personal journey—in this case how people in such the journey of returning to a place in 16 settings can provide childhood to understand how things
STAGE insights on what is have changed... But this personal his- going on. I try to find tory was also the basis of engaging bridges between the local dairy producers in the project. The 14 unique features of a first producer that I approached—Alan locale and the people Mesman—knew my Uncle Chap. His dad
GET OUT that inhabit it and the and my uncle had farmed together in ATTEND larger world beyond Mount Vernon. I also asked relatives in
12 WHAT: Milk Men, its borders... the area about farmers they knew and w/director Janice I became very respected and then visited them to see Haaken curious about what if they might be interested in being part WORDS WHEN: 6:15pm was going on with of a documentary film project. I ended Fri., Oct. 30; 1pm
8 dairy farms since up selecting four families that captured Sat., Oct. 31 WHERE: Pickford many of my stu- some of the diversity in size of farms Film Center, 1318 dents...expressed and different personality characteris-
CURRENTS CURRENTS Bay St. deep moral concern tics. The participants saw work samples COST: $7.50- about dairy farm- at different phases of the project and 6 $10.75 ing—and most of stayed with me in part because they be- INFO: www. their information was lieved in the importance of community
VIEWS pickfordfilm center.org coming from highly education about farming.
4 sensationalized or CW: What drives you to make documenta- over-simplified online sources. So as ries, and what’s next for you? MAIL MAIL BY CAREY ROSS an academic as well as a filmmaker, I JH: A big part of the joy of making
thought I could contribute to a more documentaries is in using the medium 2 thoughtful and complex look at what of film to stimulate dialogue on issues DO IT IT DO is going on with some of these farms that people care passionately about. Milk Men as they deal with intense economic The challenge—as a filmmaker and psy- and technological pressures… Many chologist—is to help people to be able OF FILMS AND FARMS of the progressive documentaries on to listen to each in the midst of intense 10.28.15 dairy farmers tend to over-idealize the emotions, particularly where whole ways I FIRST met documentary filmmaker Janice Haaken a few months ago at a screening small farmer, with his handful of cows, of life are at stake. .10
43 of a rough cut of her latest effort, Milk Men, at the PFC’s Limelight Cinema. The show- and do not really address the dilem- Milk Men is my sixth feature-length # ing brought together those involved in the movie—which documents the challenges mas of commercial dairy farmers. The documentary film. My most recent films and day-to-day lives of commercial dairy farmers, both in this area and beyond—from more I learned about surviving dairies, are Guilty Except for Insanity (focused on people who provided financial support to crew members to dairy farmers themselves. the more I became aware there was an patients and staff at the Oregon State Since that first meeting, Haaken has been hard at work further polishing Milk important story to be told from their Hospital and their explanations for how Men in hopes of reaching an expanded audience with her insightful documentary. point of view about modernity itself. people get in and out of that facility) The public will have a chance to view her labor of love at sneak-preview screenings CW: Your documentary focuses on a variety and Mind Zone (a film focused on combat
CASCADIA WEEKLY taking place Oct. 30 and 31 at the Pickford Film Center. Haaken will be on hand at of dairy operations. How’d you come to stress control in the U.S. military)... Milk the showings to answer audience questions, but first she answered a few of mine. choose farms in Whatcom and Skagit Men is being submitted to festivals and 24 Cascadia Weekly: This is not your first foray into documentary filmmaking, but it does counties? What are your ties to this area? under review by several distributors. I am seem a bit removed from your previous subject matter. What drew you to dairy farmers JH: Part of my motivation for making Milk currently working with the University of and the dairy industry, and what made you realize there was a story to be told here? Men was in using the medium of film to Michigan Ann Arbor on a new documen- Janice Haaken: In terms of my background professionally as a filmmaker, I am pro- help bridge the deep cultural divides in tary about women’s health care in East fessor emeritus of psychology at Portland State University and have a long history this country as well between urban and Africa, expected to begin in January. mail ›› your views
34 LETTERS, FROM PAGE 5 the police chiefs of some of America’s larg-
est cities (including New York City, Los An- FOOD County Council election and were dis- geles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, and satisfied with it. So, in 2007, the County Seattle) have joined in a nationwide call 27 Council placed a Charter amendment for to reduce the prison population. countywide voting on the 2008 election Our Top Cops have concluded that we ballot, and the voters of Whatcom chose are jailing too many people. They argue IS GETTING ANNUAL B-BOARD to return to countywide voting after hav- that criminalizing so much nonviolent ing experienced district-only voting. Vot- behavior and long mandatory sentences 24 24 ers exercised their will. fail to improve public safety and cost too FILM EXAMS AND FREE FILM Whatcom voters deserve to have as many tax dollars. many options as possible available to This is one more reason to oppose the
them. Props. 2 and 3 are specifically de- construction of this oversized and too- 20 signed to limit voters’ options, by severe- expensive proposed new county jail. PREGNANCY TESTS
ly restricting the County Council’s ability Please pause long and hard before you MUSIC to offer those options to voters. tax yourselves, and then join me in vot-
Please don’t allow coal terminal inter- ing NO on Whatcom County Prop 2015-1. 18 ests and their supporters to try and stack —Tom Goetzl, Bellingham make Planned ART our County Council makeup in their favor. Parenthood “Reject” Propositions 1, 2, and 3. END THE INSANITY 16 —Sandy Robson, Blaine Here are direct quotes from CBC Radio. your health
“After the long 11-week election season, STAGE REJECT THE JAIL TAX election day is finally here. If you’re not care provider The Bellingham Herald recently report- registered, it’s not too late. Go to any ed, “the state Department of Social and polling place today.” This is an interest- 14 Health Services (DSHS) very rarely takes ing contrast to our system of endless elec- 1.800.230.PLAN mbpp.org 17-year-olds into foster care, too often tions and difficulty registering for some. GET OUT leaving them to their own devices. But Justin Trudeau favors lower taxes on Bellingham · Mount Vernon consider this: Washington leads the na- the middle class and higher taxes on the Friday Harbor 12 tion in jailing kids for non-criminal of- ultra-rich and a generous benefit system. fenses, such as running away.” Does that remove the incentive to work WORDS Community involvement in a jail plan and create jobs? is essential. “Build it and they will Denmark has universal health care, free 8 come” should not be the design for a college education, and heavily subsidized jail. Like death, most people do not want daycare. The ultra-rich are highly taxed.
to think about the incarcerated, “they Employment percentages and happiness CURRENTS are someone else’s problem.” But these (via numerous studies) are much higher people are part of our community and we than here. 6 must be aware of their situations. Pub- Locally there is a flood of coal company lic policy, poverty, social constructs and money coming into our election to sup- VIEWS
disassociation with other people mani- port Propositions 1, 2, and 3. They want 4 fests as our growing incarceration rate: to pillage Whatcom County’s pristine our war against “bad” people. The solu- coastline and the planet for a few years MAIL
tion is not larger jails, it is in looking at of profitability, before leaving us with a 2 causes, alternatives and doing the work monumental environmental cleanup. DO IT IT DO it takes as families and communities to Support sanity and Propositions 9 and stop disenfranchising our neighbors and 10. Elect leaders that will think ahead, their kids. such as Todd Donovan and Satpal Sidhu. America has a proud tradition of inde- —Harvey Schwartz, Bellingham pendence. It also has a tradition of de- 10.28.15 fending the troubled and those in need of .10
defense. We can focus this tradition lo- 43 cally, not just letting mechanical govern- send your letters # ment policy dictate the community and world we want. Vote no more taxes for this jail and de- mand community involvement in the vi- sion and creation of a justice system that represents our values. CASCADIA WEEKLY —Donna Starr, Blaine 25 The United States has the highest rate But keep ‘em short (300 words or less). Send them to [email protected] or mail of incarceration in the world. That is a to P.O. Box 2833, Bellingham, WA 98229 fact. It is so high that just yesterday it was reported in the New York Times that film ›› showing this week
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ART team up for the fourth time to tell the true(ish) story of a lawyer, a spy and some seriously suspenseful 1950s Cold War “diplomacy” in what is seen by some 16 as the first big contender of this year’s Oscar season. +++++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 43 min.) STAGE 5,&. Burnt: Somehow, Bradley Cooper has transformed THE ASSASSIN himself from the epitome of a comedic playboy and 14 67(9(6 lightweight rom-com star into the kind of actor with At Bellingham four Oscar noms to his credit. That said, although Sandler do as just one member of an ensemble cast? Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse:
GET OUT High School harmlessly entertaining, this movie is not going to It’s not like he wrote the script or voices the main Directed by Michael Landon’s son and with a cast that Join travel expert Rick Steves— earn him a fifth nod from the Academy—but as food character. Oh wait... ++ (1 hr. 29 min.) includes Cloris Leachman, Tye Sheridan, and David acclaimed for his bestselling porn goes, it’s not so bad. ++ (R • 1 hr. 40 min.) Koechner, this horror comedy is either real bad or so guidebook series, and public TV 12 and radio shows—as he shares the The Intern: This comedy finds Robert De Niro star- bad it’s good. +++ (R • 1 hr. 33 min.) latest in smart European travel. Crimson Peak: You can have your artless, lowest- ring as a business owner and widower who some- common-denominator torture porn; I’ll take my horror how (I’m sure you’ll probably have to suspend your Steve Jobs: Does the world need another movie
WORDS Includes Monday, movies made with extraordinary vision and creepi- disbelief to buy this plot conceit) becomes an intern about Steve Jobs? No. But is the Steve Jobs movie the Slide Show! Nov. 2nd, ness to match by writer/director Guillermo del Toro. at Anne Hathaway’s fashion website. I suppose bigger world needs the one written by Aaron Sorkin, directed 8 ++++ (R • 1 hr. 59 min.) crimes in Hollywood have been committed by those by Danny Boyle, starring Michael Fassbender, and Tickets $5 7:00pm far less qualified than De Niro and Hathaway. ++ (PG- lauded by critics far and wide? I’d argue the answer is available at Village Books 7LFNHWVSURFHHGVWR & BrownPaperTickets.com EHQHÀW%+6376$ Doctober: This week in Doctober offerings you’ll find 13 • 2 hrs. 1 min.) yes. +++++ (R • 2 hrs. 2 min.) a study of dairy farmers (Milk Men), the story of those CURRENTS CURRENTS Globally Recognized Environmentalists with and without disabilities coming together to film Jem and the Holograms: Jem is neither excitement Woodlawn: An Alabama high school desegregates,
6 'HQLV+D\HV a Western (Becoming Bulletproof), a look at counterin- nor adventure, glamour, glitter, fashion or fame in all racial hell breaks loose and the entire fabric of telligence in the War on Terror from the point of view this ill-advised live-action adaptation of the short- society is on the verge of collapse until a football of an FBI informant ((T)error), a glimpse at a great art lived ‘80s cartoon. Truly outrageous. Truly, truly, truly player leads the team to a religious awakening and
VIEWS *DLO%R\HU+D\HV Coordinator of the first Earth collection and the remarkable life of the woman who outrageous. + (PG • 1 hr. 58 min.) likely some kind of athletic glory as well. This is Day, Denis was selected by Time cobbled it together (Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict), purportedly based on a true story. I’m sure no artistic 4 as a “Hero of the Planet.” the story of country-music royalty the Carter Family The Last Witch Hunter: Quoting directly from license was taken because God sees all. ++ (PG • 2
MAIL MAIL Wed., Nov. 4th, 7pm (The Winding Stream), and more. +++++ (Unrated) the synopsis, this is a movie in which “Vin Diesel is hrs. 3 min.) a FREE EVENT at Village Books all that stands between humanity and the combined
2 forces of the most horrifying witches in history.” The Join us for the live taping of the Experimenter: I will watch anything that stars Peter jokes, they make themselves. + (PG-13 • 1 hr. 46
DO IT IT DO Sarsgaard, even when he’s portraying Stanley Milgram, min.) Chuckanut Radio Hour made famous for conducting experiments in which he You’ll enjoy live music, fun skits, poetry, compelled ordinary people to shock the hell out of The Martian: Based on a bestselling book (by Andy and an interview with author... strangers in the name of studying obedience. ++++ Weir), directed by a master of large-scale, cinematic (PG-13 • 1 hr. 30 min.) sci-fi (Ridley Scott), starring a universally competent 10.28.15 SIMON and compelling actor (Matt Damon) and an excellent Freeheld: New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel ensemble cast (Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Chiwe-
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43 WINCHESTER # Andree, both battle to secure Hester’s pension ben- looking for. ++++ (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 14 min.) efits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. ++ From the author of Tickets $5 (PG-13 • 1 hr. 43 min.) Our Brand is Crisis: Based (loosely) on the excel- available at Krakatoa and The Village Books & Professor and The lent 2005 documentary of the same, this mediocre BrownPaperTickets.com. Madman is now Goosebumps: Maybe you didn’t grow up on R.L. adaptation starring Sandra Bullock is worthy neither PACIFIC. Stine’s Goosebumps books. Maybe you didn’t have a of the story nor its star, but it probably won’t make childhood. That’s perfectly fine—now you can watch you scorn your entire existence either. ++ (R • 1 hr. Thursday, Nov. 5th, 6:30pm all of them at once (well, maybe not quite all of the 48 min.) CASCADIA WEEKLY in the WCC Heiner Theater 200-something of the tomes currently in existence) Showtimes with Jack Black playing the role of the prolific and Pan: All I have to say about this movie is, if you’re 26 Read more at villagebooks.com iconic kid-lit author. +++ (PG • 1 hr. 43 min.) going to give critics such a pun-worthy title to work Regal and AMC theaters, please see with, you’d better make a real good film. Critics, cue www.fandango.com. Hotel Transylvania 2: On the one hand, this the pan puns. ++ (PG • 1 hr. 51 min.) VILLAGE BOOKS Pickford Film Center and animated sequel has Adam Sandler (kiss of death) PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see 1200 11th St., Bellingham attached to it. On the other, it’s a kids movie with Rock the Kasbah: Even Bill Murray can’t save this www.pickfordfilmcenter.com 360.671.2626 a Halloweenish theme, and how much damage can one. + (R • 1 hr. 40 min.) bulletinboard Business Hours Happy Hour
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16 when you turned up the intensity of your charm to drive to blossom and create may be irresistible, border- such a high level? I suggest you consider exercising ing on unruly. Does that sound overwhelming? I don’t more caution about expressing your radiance. People think it will be a problem as long as you cultivate a STAGE PEPPER may have other things to do besides daydreaming mood of amazed amusement about how strong it feels. about you. But if you really can’t bring yourself to To help maintain your poise, keep in mind that your be a little less attractive—if you absolutely refuse to growth spurt is a natural response to the dissolution 14 tone yourself down—please at least try to be extra that preceded it. Halloween costume suggestion: a SIST kind and generous. Share your emotional wealth. fountain, an erupting volcano, the growing beanstalk Overflow with more than your usual allotments of from the “Jack and the Beanstalk” fairy tale.
GET OUT ERS COOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX SINCE 1988 blessings. Halloween costume suggestion: a shamanic Santa Claus; a witchy Easter Bunny. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and 12 Open Nightly Except Monday 1055 N State St B’ham 671-3414 GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the last 10 days over again.” So says Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield. of November and the month of December, I suspect Can you guess why I’m bringing it to your attention,
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8 “Ween” yourself of escapades. But the next three weeks will not be like out, decaying parts of your past. Luckily for you, you that. On the contrary. For the immediate future, I now have an extraordinary talent for doing just that. ghoulish boredom think you should be an upstanding citizen, a well- I suspect you will also receive unexpected help and behaved helper, and a dutiful truth-teller. Can you surprising grace as you proceed. Halloween costume CURRENTS CURRENTS this week at Greene’s handle that? If so, I bet you will get sneak peaks of suggestion: a snake molting its skin. the fun and productive mischief that could be yours 6 House Smoked Ribs… finger LICKIN’ wow! in the last six weeks of 2015. Halloween costume CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Speaking on Brown Shugga … how come you taste so GOOD? suggestion: the most normal person in the world. behalf of your wild mind, I’m letting you know that VIEWS Sunday night Cribbage... come find the right FIT for your peg! you’re due for an immersion in revelry and festivity. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Members of the Plugging away at business as usual could become 4 www.GreenesCorner.com • 360.306.8137 gazelle species known as the springbok periodically counterproductive unless you take at least brief engage in a behavior known as pronking. They leap excursions to the frontiers of pleasure. High integrity MAIL MAIL into the air and propel themselves a great distance may become sterile unless you expose it to an with all four feet off the ground, bounding around unpredictable adventure or two. Halloween costume
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# Halloween costume suggestion: a pronking gazelle, a and trappings might stimulate these qualities in you? hippety-hopping bunny, a boisterous baby goat. Those of a king or queen? A rock star or CEO? A fairy godmother, superhero, or dragon-tamer? Only you LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “A very little key will know which archetypal persona will help stir up your open a very heavy door,” wrote Charles Dickens in his untapped reserves of confidence and command. short story “Hunted Down.” Make that one of your guiding meditations in the coming days, Leo. In the PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s time to stretch back of your mind, keep visualizing the image of a the boundaries, Pisces. You have license to expand
CASCADIA WEEKLY little key opening a heavy door. Doing so will help the containers and outgrow the expectations and ensure that you’ll be alert when clues about the real wage rebellion for the sheer fun of it. The frontiers 30 key’s location become available. You will have a keen are calling you. Your enmeshment in small talk and intuitive sense of how you’ll need to respond if you your attachment to trivial wishes are hereby sus- want to procure it. Halloween costume suggestion: pended. Your mind yearns to be blown and blown and proud and protective possessor of a magic key. blown again! I dare you to wander outside your overly safe haven and go in quest of provocative curiosities. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The ancient Hindu Halloween costume suggestions: mad scientist, wild- text known as the Kama Sutra gives extensive advice eyed revolutionary, Dr. Who. EO P G P L E N ’ S I H C S I L
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34 son and his partner Ken Seguine planted as 34 many pumpkin seed varieties as they could FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD get their hands on, and finally settled on a variety that grew well on their land. While he wouldn’t tell me which variety—“it’s 27 chow RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES our only secret”—he said the seeds are considerably larger and more plentiful than
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8 dipped tomato slices into it, and tried to follow a recipe for pumpkin seed and wal- nut oil mayonnaise, which failed.
CURRENTS CURRENTS The flavor of pumpkin seed oil is not for everyone. My wife thinks it is quite dis- 6 BY ARI LEVAUX gusting, and busts me whenever I try to adulterate with it. That didn’t sound right, VIEWS but in any case, I at least am a fan. And it 4 Pumpkin Power seems I’m not alone. “If I had a million bottles, I could sell MAIL MAIL MORE THAN JUST A SCARE TACTIC every one,” Erickson said. Unfortunately,
the pumpkin-farming conditions in his area 2 As I was leaving his farm a few weeks ago, the farmer tossed me a parting gift have not been favorable recently. “The last DO IT IT DO in the form of a large green and orange orb. two years have been disastrous,” he says. “It’s a special variety of pumpkin, called a Kakai, grown specifically for its “Cool summers and too much moisture.” seeds,” he told me. This made me appreciate my Kakai pump- It was curiously light for its size, suggesting a big air cavity inside. My wife kin all the more deeply. Those seeds. While 10.28.15 and kids carved it into a scary face. She then came into the house and an- they are quite edible raw, cooked they are nounced how good the seeds were. straight-up spectacular, thick and meaty .10
43 “I’m not surprised, dearest,” I prepared to lecture. “It’s a special pumpkin bred and bursting with flavor. Straight out of # for—wait, are you eating the seeds raw?” the oven and dressed with olive oil, salt Indeed she was. I munched on one myself, had another, and was struck not pumpkin seed oil. By the 1700s, Styrian bu- and garlic salt, they exploded in my mouth. only by how delicious they were, but also how soft. They were a bit slimy, too, reaucrats were regulating its production. It also made me appreciate all pumpkin but that air-dried away in a few minutes. Roasted, the seeds were divine pump- In the late 1800s, a mutant came along in and squash seeds. Well, the yummy ones, kin seed glory. They puffed out in the heat, into oblong chunks of seed meat which the seed’s hard shell was replaced anyway. They really are worth eating, so that were bereft of the usual seed coat. Alas, there were surprisingly few seeds by a soft membrane, and the naked-seeded don’t forget the seeds when you carve that
CASCADIA WEEKLY inside, for such a large pumpkin. pumpkin was born. Its soft-seeded descen- pumpkin. At the farmers market, growers Pumpkins are a powerhouse plant in human history, one that can produce dants became the progenitors of the finest can direct you to the pumpkins and squash 34 tremendous amounts of edible material in the flowers, flesh and seeds. A Na- edible and oilseed pumpkins in the world. with the best seeds. tive American food, pumpkins were one of Christopher Columbus’ most valuable Today, there are about a dozen varieties of And yeah, those seeds will probably have New World acquisitions. They were originally cultivated in Spain, but soon found naked-seed pumpkins, all of Austrian de- husks. I chew them up and swallow, husks their way to Austria, where they were adopted in a major way. scent, according to Jay Gilbertson of Hay and all. With all the pumpkin pie I’ll soon be The province of Styria in southeast Austria became ground zero for all things River Pumpkin Seed Oil company in Prairie eating, I could use a little extra fiber. doit
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