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CREATURE FEATURE All about the animals P.16

NORTHWEST WASHINGTON PRIMARY SELECTIONS The votes are in P.08

MAKE.IT.WORK A Queer Comedy Showcase P.15 FAIRNothin' but a good time, P.18 Farm Tunes: 6-9pm, BelleWood Acres Haynie Opry: 7pm, Haynie Grange, Blaine A brief overview of this Margaret Wilder Band: 7-9pm, Eagle Haven Winery, 30 Sedro-Woolley

FOOD week’s happenings COMMUNITY THISWEEK Skagit County Fair: 10am-10pm, Skagit County Fairgrounds 24 FOOD Ferndale Market: 3-7pm, Riverwalk Park B-BOARD SATURDAY [08.11.18]

23 ONSTAGE Titus Andronicus: 7pm, Rexville Grange Amphi-

FILM theater Marian: 7:30pm, Maritime Heritage Park Carnival rides, 4H 48 Hour Theater Festival: 7:30pm and 10pm, Sylvia 18 Center exhibits, entertainment Hound of the Baskervilles: 7:30pm, Anacortes MUSIC Community Theatre and much more Queer Comedy Showcase: 8:30pm, Make.Shift Art

16 Space will be part of the Push it to the Limit: 9pm, Upfront Theatre ART Skagit County Fair Nomadic Tempest: 9:30pm, Zuanich Point Park

15 happening Aug. 8-11 MUSIC Subdued Stringband Jamboree: Through tonight, Deming Log Show Grounds STAGE in Mount Vernon, and Concert on the Green: 4-8pm, Barkley Village Green at the Northwest Acorn Project: 6-8pm, Boulevard Park

14 Janie Cribbs: 6-8pm, Heart of Anacortes Washington Fair Aug. Haynie Opry: 7pm, Haynie Grange, Blaine

GET OUT 13-18 in Lynden FILM The Sandlot: Dusk, Fairhaven Village Green

12 COMMUNITY Antique Fair & Vintage Market: 5-8pm, Christian- son’s Nursery WORDS WEDNESDAY [08.08.18] Rollback Weekend: 10am-7pm, Birch Bay Beach Park 8 ONSTAGE Skagit County Fair: 10am-10pm, Skagit County Nomadic Tempest: 9:30pm, Zuanich Point Park Fairgrounds

CURRENTS MUSIC FOOD Final Downtown Sounds: 5:30pm, downtown Bell- Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts

6 ingham Center Harvard Din & Tonics: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon Market: 9am-2pm, Riverwalk Park

VIEWS Mount Vernon Lummi Island Market: 10am-1pm, the Islander Lynden Farmers Market: 10am-2pm, Centennial

4 COMMUNITY Park Skagit County Fair: 10am-10pm, Skagit County Blaine Gardeners Market: 10am-2pm, H Street

MAIL Fairgrounds Plaza Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot

2 2 THURSDAY [08.09.18] Market Square Saturday Market: 1-3pm, Concrete Community DO IT DO IT ONSTAGE Center Bard on the Beach: Through Sept. 22, Vanier Park, BrewFest on the Skagit: 4-9pm, Skagit Riverwalk Vancouver, BC Park, Mount Vernon Titus Andronicus: 7pm, Rexville Grange Amphitheater Marian: 7:30pm, Maritime Heritage Park 08.08.18 An inaugural happens SUNDAY [08.12.18] Hound of the Baskervilles: 7:30pm, Anacortes Com- “Vino in the Village” Wine Walk munity Theatre Thurs., Aug. 16 in historic Fairhaven ONSTAGE .13 Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Hound of the Baskervilles: 2pm, Anacortes Com- 32

# Nomadic Tempest: 9:30pm, Zuanich Point Park munity Theatre The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre King Lear: 4pm, Rexville Grange Amphitheater MUSIC FRIDAY [08.10.18] DANCE MUSIC Subdued Stringband Jamboree: Through Saturday, Dancing on the Green: 7-9:30pm, Fairhaven Vil- Amigos Nobles: 1-4pm, Gilkey Square, La Conner Deming Log Show Grounds ONSTAGE lage Green Blues and Brews: 5-9pm, Hotel Bellwether terrace King Lear: 7pm, Rexville Grange Amphitheater COMMUNITY Jazz Jam: 5:30-8:30pm, Illuminati Brewing Marian: 7:30pm, Maritime Heritage Park Rollback Weekend: 10am-7pm, Birch Bay Beach CASCADIA WEEKLY Dana Lyons: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park 48 Hour Theater Festival: 7:30pm and 10pm, MUSIC Park The Atlantics: 6-8pm, Riverwalk Plaza, Mount Vernon Sylvia Center Subdued Stringband Jamboree: Through Satur- 2 Hound of the Baskervilles: 7:30pm, Anacortes day, Deming Log Show Grounds MONDAY [08.13.18] COMMUNITY Community Theatre Mama Dirty Skirt: 6-8pm, Burlington Visitor Skagit County Fair: 10am-10pm, Skagit County Push it to the Limit: 9pm, Upfront Theatre Center COMMUNITY Fairgrounds Nomadic Tempest: 9:30pm, Zuanich Point Park Polecat: 6-8pm, Seafarers Memorial Park, Ana- Northwest Washington Fair: 9am-11pm through Hot Thursday Nights: 5-10pm, downtown Lynden cortes Saturday, Northwest Washington Fairgrounds

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8 16: Creature features Sales Manager: SHOW VERSUS TELL Choice Voting? As a nonpartisan reform, it may 18: A fair affair Stephanie Young Thank you for the recent Gristle describing lo- well appeal to young, independent voters. Let’s 20: Clubs  360-647-8200

CURRENTS  advertising@ cal elections, and for reminding Millennials of all vote and remind the young ‘uns to vote! 22: A tonal roller coaster cascadiaweekly.com the power of their vote. —Kit Muehlman, Bellingham 6 23: Film Shorts Distribution I agree with your opinion that Washington’s Top-Two primary is rickety hash and almost guar- It is an interesting challenge; however, our Best Of VIEWS Distribution Manager: antees a static, polarized debate. I also agree ballots are entirely write-in candidates, an open election Rear End Erik Burge 4

4  that Ranked Choice Voting would inject dyna- of readers’ choices. We’ll give this suggestion some 24: Wellness 360-647-8200  distribution@ mism into races such as the 40th LD, and perhaps thought. —Ed. MAIL MAIL cascadiaweekly.com 25: Crossword RCV could increase participation overall. Whatcom: Erik Burge,

2 26: Free Will Astrology Ranked Choice Voting is currently used in Stephanie Simms NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., Santa Fe, New When Dr. Gary Goldfogel, Whatcom County 27: Advice Goddess Skagit: Linda Brown, DO IT Mexico, numerous cities in California, and the medical examiner and program chair for the Ro- Comix Barb Murdoch 28: state of Maine. FairVote Washington is working tary Club of Bellingham, asked me to help plan an 29: Slowpoke, Sudoku Letters to bring RCV to Washington to make our elec- ambitious three-month series of programs with SEND LETTERS TO LETTERS@ tions less polarizing and more representative. the title, “Contemplating End of Life,” I jumped 30: Tomato talk CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM 08.08.18 The first objection I hear against RCV is that at the chance because I feel strongly that it’s es-

AMY GOODMAN, P.06 + FILM SHORTS, P.23 + TOMATO TALK, P.30 REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA it’s too confusing, and people won’t understand sential to our health and well-being that we face WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND COUNTIES .13 08-08-2018 • ISSUE:32 • V.13

32 it. You, dear Tim Johnson and Cascadia Weekly, the reality of our mortality. CREATURE # FEATURE All about the animals P.16 are in an excellent position to help educate us. Monday, Aug. 6, the kickoff date, was a re-

©2018 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by Would you be willing to use Ranked Choice Vot- sounding success. Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 NORTHWEST ing in your “Best of Bellingham/Whatcom” and Future speakers include Dr. Bree Johnston, WASHINGTON [email protected] PRIMARY SELECTIONS The votes are in “Best of Skagit” contests? At present, given five professor, University of Arizona, College of Medi- Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia P.08 MAKE.IT.WORK A Queer Comedy Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing Showcase P.15 FAIRNothin' but a good time, P.18 contestants for each category, a business could cine; Dr. Johnston, an advocate for palliative papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material theoretically win with 21 percent of the vote and end-of-life clinical training, also practices

CASCADIA WEEKLY to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you COVER: High Valley under the winner-take-all system. You would palliative medicine at PeaceHealth St. Joseph include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- performs Fri., Aug. 17 ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday provide a huge educational service by offering Medical Center; and Dr. Bill Lombard, longtime 4 the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be during the NW Wash- returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. ington Fair Ranked Choice Voting instead, and I think we Whatcom County nephrologist and medical direc- would also be more confident of the results. tor of DaVita Mt. Baker Kidney Center, will stress David Brooks of the New York Times called RCV that advance care planning is for all adults 18 “One Reform to Save America.” Will you join more years and older, because accident or illness can than 50 colleges and universities using Ranked happen at any age. NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre Kendra Cristelli, executive director of Support Officers Community Care, will share what the local nonprofit offers to our communities in Whatcom County,

such as on-scene support for victims of 30 tragedy and trauma, and the range of compassionate and practical services FOOD they provide. Jack Lee, an 89-year-old widower, is a 24 volunteer patient ambassador at St. Jo- seph’s Hospital. He offers music, humor, warmth and joy to patients in rehab and B-BOARD recovery. Jack believes death gets a bum

rap in America. He believes accepting 23 death’s inevitability lets us sort out the significant from the trivial, the spiritual FILM from the material, to better focus on the

time we have to live and love. 18 Those are just a few examples of the speakers in the series that will run every MUSIC Monday until Nov. 5.

Our community is a leader on issues re- 16

lating to chronic illness, dementia, sudden ART and unexpected loss. Given today’s medical

landscape, the less prepared we are, the 15 more unpleasant, traumatic and protracted

our last days are likely going to be. This se- STAGE ries helps us to understand and prepare to the extent possible to lessen stress and gain 14 greater peace of mind when a crisis hits that may signal end of life.

The Rotary Club of Bellingham welcomes GET OUT our community to come to any—or all—of

the presentations. For details and schedule 12 of speakers on “Contemplating End of Life” and to RSVP, call (360) 201-7840. Meetings WORDS are held at Northwood Hall, 3240 North-

west Avenue; lunch is at 12:15pm ($15), 8 with presentations beginning at 1:00pm. —Micki Jackson, Bellingham CURRENTS WHO WE ARE A few weeks ago when the first news of 6 families being separated at the border ap- VIEWS peared, the stories and images were hor- 4 rifying. Our repugnance toward Trump grew 1172 WA-20,SEDRO-WOOLLEY, WA 4 even greater. MAIL But other voices in response were pret- MAIL

ty repugnant, too—those who moaned 2 that splitting up families like this “isn’t us, this isn’t who we are, this isn’t the UNCAN EWLAND DO IT American way.” DSpecializing in ResidentiNal & Equestrian Properties I guess it’s good to be reminded that lib- erals can be just as historically ignorant as Put 35 years of 08.08.18 conservatives. Denial comes easy, and has real estate sales many motivations.

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The separation of families was central to work for you… 32 # the institution of slavery, and that institu- Over 150 million tion was central to what America was. in real estate I guess even fewer know of what hap- sales! pened to millions of Native American families through the boarding-school systems, When it’s time to the Relocation Act of 1952, long-term cul- find the right home tural depredation and the destruction of or sell yours we CASCADIA WEEKLY traditional means of livelihood—and other know what you’re 5 elements of the systematic (and often pol- looking for. icy-based) American holocaust. Advertising supports the Yes, this is exactly who we are, and it Cascadia Weekly newspaper & License #26963 (360) 303-4771 always has been. creates valued content. —Jeff Harrison, via email [email protected] THE GRISTLE BLUE WAVE STALLS OFFSHORE: An exciting August

30 primary nevertheless pulls back the curtain on the weaknesses of the state’s Top-Two Primary, and the FOOD moribund political discussion that will follow it into the fall. views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE Perhaps the most unsettling outcome in this elec- 24 tion, an unprecedented number of excellent candidates seeking office did not likewise encourage voter B-BOARD turnout and interest in electing them. A theoried Blue Wave stalled, and state election officials gauged this BY AMY GOODMAN

23 primary turnout as only a tick above average. As of Tuesday, little more than one ballot in three had been

FILM returned in Whatcom County, with even skimpier response in Skagit. A public disinterested (or defeated) Wall of ICE

18 in their future continues to dominate local elections. Stacking results is one means to analyze and un- EMILIO GUTIERREZ SOTO’S FIGHT FOR ASYLUM AND A FREE PRESS

MUSIC derstand a primary result. It involves taking the total aggregate of votes received by all candidates EMILIO GUTIERREZ Soto, a president, he remains critical of

16 representing one party or platform and assuming journalist who fled certain assassi- the current Mexican government:

ART those votes will remain loyal to that platform and nation in his native Mexico, has just “The Mexican Consulate in El Paso carry over into the fall. Five hundred votes split been released from an immigrant de- is an agency that is totally at the

15 among five likeminded candidates in a primary are tention center in Texas. He and his service of ICE; it does not protect likely to coalesce to 500 votes for one of those win- son Oscar were detained by ICE (Im- the interests of Mexicans at all. The

STAGE nowed candidates in the general election. migration and Customs Enforcement) consul takes great pleasure in being In the 40th District—a district that received re- last December, two months after friends with William Joyce, who’s markable interest among talented and qualified Dem- Emilio received an award from the The National Press Club’s execu- the field director of ICE.” 14 ocrats seeking to replace Rep. Kris Lytton this fall, National Press Club, where he pub- tive director, Bill McCarren, imme- While Emilio and Oscar are out and a district that would not in a century readily elect licly denounced the asylum process. diately began advocating for Emilio of detention, they are still under

GET OUT a Republican to that office—Republican Michael Pe- Last week, a federal judge ordered and Oscar. He went to El Paso with supervision of ICE’s internal se- trish appears a top vote-getter at 20.0 percent. both Emilio and Oscar released, not- Congressmember Beto O’Rourke to curity. “We hope that in coming

12 Stacking the combined votes received by Democrats ing that evidence suggested that meet with ICE. McCarren was told days the immigration authorities, suggests that’s all Petrish—a qualified and rock- Emilio was targeted by ICE for speak- to “tone it down” by the ICE’s lo- particularly ICE, will return to us ribbed conservative—will receive, and he will be caring out. Gutierrez Soto’s case is em- cal general counsel, Elias Gastelo. our Social Security cards and the WORDS pet bombed by more than 30 points in November. But blematic of the cruelty of President McCarren took that to mean that other documents that they con-

8 he nevertheless gets to campaign on, megaphone in Donald Trump’s crackdown on immi- they should be less public in their fiscated from us,” Emilio said. In hand, on a platform supported by little more than one grants and asylum-seekers, as well as campaign to support Emilio: “We addition to receiving the National vote in five in that district. Trump’s increasingly vitriolic disdain are here to shed light, when we be- Press Club’s John Aubuchon Press

CURRENTS There is something deeply dysfunctional with an for the free press. lieve someone is being arbitrarily Freedom Award, he was also named electoral system that would propel a candidate with In 2005, Emilio wrote a series of detained. It is our job to ensure a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow 6 6 such marginal support in his own district into a lead articles documenting corruption in everyone knows his name,” McCar- by the University of Michigan. He position in policy debate into the fall. the Mexican army in his home state ren told “Democracy Now!” shortly is expected to be at the Ann Arbor VIEWS VIEWS The robust discussion among 40th LD Dems about of Chihuahua. He refused to stop after the meeting. campus on Aug. 27, but fears that

4 issues and solutions that energized the primary now reporting, and, in 2008, received During the seven months of ICE ICE is delaying the release of his gets neutered to a paralyzed quarrel against Repub- an urgent call from a friend who detention, Emilio witnessed first- documents, preventing him from MAIL lican intransigence over guns, god and government had heard that Emilio was about to hand President Donald Trump’s traveling, to punish him.

2 into the fall. It is a public discussion that leads no- be killed. Emilio grabbed his vital cruel immigration crackdown. “Life “We have such a moral commit- where and to no understanding; and moreover does documents and his 14-year-old son, in that concentration camp is ex- ment on our part, my son and my-

DO IT not represent the robust policy discussions district and fled for the U.S. border. Emilio tremely harsh. What the immigra- self, to raise awareness and foster voters signaled they wanted to have. and Oscar were detained for sev- tion authorities seek is to finish greater solidarity among human be- Something analogous occurred in the 42nd District, eral months upon arrival, then re- you off psychologically, and we’re ings as a way of strengthening our where stacking illustrates the daunting challenge of leased as his asylum claim made its trying to resume our lives in lib- peoples, our education and our so- 08.08.18 Democrats into the fall. There, Republican Sen. Doug way through the lengthy process. erty, in semi-liberty,” Emilio told cial conduct. We have a lot of work Ericksen—surely one of the most polarizing political Speaking at the award ceremony “Democracy Now!” to do,” he said, adding, “I have a .13

32 figures in recent memory, with towering negatives— at the National Press Club in Octo- Just days after U.S. District Judge lot to write.” # was the top vote-getter. Barring some Big Blue Wave ber 2017, Emilio said: “The murder David Guaderrama ordered his re- Emilio Gutierrez Soto and his miracle that was not in evidence in this primary, he cases, the disappearances and the lease. Emilio recounted the anguish son Oscar deserve political asy- may sail to easy victory in the fall. exiles is a constant suffering and he shared with the many parents in lum. Emilio might have been an- Stacking the votes received by Democrat Tim Ballew source of pain for our families.… detention with him, separated from other statistic, one of scores of II on to the votes received by frontrunner Democrat Those who seek political asylum in their children, not knowing if they Mexican journalists killed in the Pinky Vargas scopes the challenge faced by Demo- countries like this, like the United would ever see them again. More line of duty. But he survived by

CASCADIA WEEKLY crats in this district, the many thousands of votes States, we encounter the deci- than 700 children still remain sepa- fleeing to the United States. His they must still activate and collect in order to make a sions of immigration authorities rated from their parents. hard-earned perspective is needed 6 difference this fall. that barter away the international While Emilio is optimistic follow- as a new day dawns in Mexico and The dirty little secret in American politics is the laws.” Two months later, he and Os- ing the election of Andres Manuel anti-immigrant prejudice con- two parties like their safe districts, and are more car were arrested. Lopez Obrador as Mexico’s new sumes the White House. than happy to cooperate together to reinforce them and create more of them. VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY FREE EVENTS at Village Books in Fairhaven - Join us! THE GRISTLE Don’t miss local chef, blogger, and author

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23 A PRIMARY FILLED WITH CHALLENGES FILM U.S. SENATOR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 2 18

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ART Hutchison (R) Beeler (R) Larsen (D) 23.8% 25.0% 66.2% 15 STAGE Maria Suzan Results on election night. 14 Cantwell (D) DelBene (D) Totals may change. 55.4% 60.2% Election will be certified August 21, 2018 GET OUT 12 STATE SENATOR, LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 42 STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 42 STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 40 WORDS

8 Top Challenger Top Challenger Pinky Justin Debra CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 Vargas (D) Boneau (D) Lekanoff (D) 6 28.9% 50.7% 28.3% VIEWS 4 Doug Luanne Michael MAIL Ericksen (R) Van Werven (R) Petrish (R)

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8 Mike James Lisa Peetoom Erb (D) Keeler 24.0% 42.0% 23.1% Results on election night. Totals may change. Election will be certified August 21, 2018

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08.02.18 STAGE THURSDAY 14 Governor Jay Inslee sends a letter to Whatcom County legislators, ques- tioning their involvement in an election in Cambodia. The letter, addressed

GET OUT to Republican Sen. Doug Ericksen and Rep. Vincent Buys, expresses concern that their status as elected officials could result in the perception that

12 they speak and act as representatives of our state and our nation in flawed elections that—in the view of the U.S. State Dept.—“were neither free nor PRESS ASSOCIATED fair and failed to represent the will of the Cambodian people.” “You can see Lummi Nation prepares to feed the ailing Salish Sea orcas. The tribe launched a practice run this week in an attempt to feed WORDS how your trips raise many questions about the purpose and intent of your a starving young orca in the wild. The orca is in the same southern-resident orca pod as J35, or Tahlequa, the female who had refused to let go of her calf that died shortly after birth. Chinooks, served alive, are part of a rescue plan in the making for

8 efforts in Cambodia, use of your official Washington state titles and whether J50, a four-year-old member of the critically endangered clan. any public or political campaign funds were used to finance the trips,” the governor wrote. [Office of Governor] CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 ing sockeye are in danger of dying before NORTHWEST PASSAGES Washington officials join the U.S. Climate Alliance representing 17 states they have a chance to spawn. [CBC] Former Bellingham 6 to condemn efforts by the Trump administration to weaken national emis- Police Chief Todd Ramsay passed away unexpect- sion standards. “Tailpipe emissions are a significant contributor to green- In a clash of protected species, Congress

VIEWS edly over the weekend. house gases,” Gov. Jay Inslee said in a statement. “The reckless actions of are coming down in favor of salmon. A bill Ramsay started as an

4 this administration threaten the health and safety of our residents, jeopar- that would make it easier to kill sea lions intern with the Belling- dize progress in the fight against climate change, and will result in higher that compete for endangered salmon clears ham Police Department in MAIL costs and dirtier skies.” [Office of Governor] a key committee in the U.S. Senate. The 1983, became an officer in 1987, and served as

2 measure allows the federal government to police chief from February 08.03.18 issue permits to Washington, Idaho and Ore- 2008 until his retirement

DO IT gon, and several Pacific Northwest tribes, al- at the end of 2012. FRIDAY lowing up to 100 sea lions to be killed a year. A federal judge orders the Trump administration to restart in full the De- A wide majority of the U.S. House has already ferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The decision is the latest legal voted to raise the limit for how many sea li- 08.07.18 08.08.18 blow against President Donald Trump’s decision to phase out the Obama-era ons can be killed below Bonneville Dam and program, which offers deportation relief to undocumented immigrants brought Willamette Falls on the Columbia River. [NPR] TUESDAY .13

32 to the United States as children. The court finds there are deficiencies in the Scientists say saving the Southern # administration’s rationale for rescinding DACA. [Politico] 08.06.18 Resident orcas is going to take a variety of solutions, from quieting vessel noise The federal government is marshaling an emergency response for J50, the MONDAY to fishing cutbacks, to restraint on devel- starving 4-year-old orca whale, which will include feeding live chinook— A Bellingham man accused of killing his opment in what habitat remains for salm- dosed with medicine—to the ailing animal who may only have days to live. mother is found not guilty by reason of in- on and even breaching the lower Snake The young whale is so emaciated, the back of her cranium is visible. Officials sanity and will be sent to Western State Hos- River dams. A task force on orca recovery

CASCADIA WEEKLY are racing to put together a plan to prevent another death in the critically pital for treatment. Sheaen Emmette Smith convened this week as the whales rivet- endangered whale clan. [Seattle Times] called police in March of last year saying his ed the world’s attention, adding poignant 10 mother needed help. When officers arrived urgency to the panel’s deliberations. It is Sockeye salmon are on a mission up British Columbia’s Fraser River, swimming court documents say they saw Aurora Buol- charged with examining the threats and “a marathon a day” to reach the gravel beds where they’ll lay eggs for the next Smith dead in the doorway and found Smith conditions that have depleted the south- generation. But the waters of the Fraser—historically one of the world’s great upstairs. He told them he stabbed his moth- ern-resident killer whales, and recom- salmon rivers—have been so warm this week, fisheries officials say the migrat- er. [Bellingham Herald, KGMI] mending a recovery program. [NPR] police officer. The officer suffered some FUZZ bumps and scratches. index

BUZZ THOUGHT CRIME 30 On July 30, a woman came to Bellingham

Police headquarters to report that she is FOOD KENNICOTT SPEEDWAGON being controlled via cerebral program- On July 27, two men were arrested in ming by unknown entities. 24 Whittier, Alaska, after they had allegedly traveled from Bellingham by ferry with LIFE’S A COUNTRY TUNE

33 pounds of methamphetamine in tow, On Aug. 2, Bellingham Police arrested a B-BOARD according to federal prosecutors. Feder- woman who had grabbed her boyfriend in

al charging documents noted the men an attempt to prevent him from leaving. 23 arrived in the tiny Prince William Sound port, where a drug-sniffing dog detected On Aug. 1, a woman called Bellingham FILM an odor coming from a GMC Yukon. Police Police to complain her boyfriend’s ex-wife

searched the Yukon and found a backpack was refusing to leave their home. 18 loaded with 33 pounds of methamphetamine, according to the affidavit. Federal JUST SAYING HI MUSIC prosecutors estimated the wholesale val- On July 31, someone discharged a fire ex-

ue of the drug at $225,000. Travel records tinguisher through the bathroom window 16 indicated the men got on the M/V Ken- of a home near Cordata Park in Bellingham. ART icott in Bellingham on July 21 and rode it all the way to Whittier, with several brief

HOMECOMING 15 stops in Southeast Alaska towns. On Aug. 2, a woman spotted an unknown

man outside her apartment near Bill Mc- STAGE On Aug. 4, a 29-year-old was arrested Donald Parkway looking into her window 1 for possession of methamphetamine with while masturbating. Number of Washington’s 39 counties that are not under severe or extreme risk for 14 intent to deliver when he attempted to wildfires, according to the state Dept. of Natural Resources. Only Pacific County in Western Washington is under a moderate wildfire danger. All other counties in Western Washington board the Alaska Marine Highway ferry UNCOMFORTABLE IN are under a high wildfire danger. Gov. Jay Inslee signed an emergency proclamation for all in Fairhaven. He was held in Whatcom CONVERTIBLE 39 counties to ensure the immediate response of firefighting resources to protect people, GET OUT County jail for narcotics violations on a On July 31, police were called to the homes, businesses and public and private property from the threat of wildfire. $10,000 bond. Ferndale Grocery Outlet to check on a 12 man and a woman wo were having sex in SIGNS OF THE TIMES the parking lot in a Mazda Miata. WORDS On Aug. 3, Bellingham Police took a re- 4,632,398

port concerning a woman who was al- 8 KNOCKERS NOT KNOCKED Acres of forests throughout the West that had been burned by 37,315 individual 8 legedly removing the campaign sign of an On July 29, a woman took off her shirt fires as of July 30. opponent in the upcoming election. at Maritime Heritage Park. Bellingham CURRENTS Police could find no one who wanted to CURRENTS On Aug. 3, a woman brought a flyer to the file a complaint. Bellingham police station that was post- 22 6 ed and troubling to her. PREAMBULATIONS OF

Number of days daytime temperatures in Death Valley, Calif., exceeded 120 degrees in VIEWS PREDATORS July. Average daily temperatures exceeded 108.1 degrees, the hottest month of sustained

On Aug. 1, a person was reported burn- On Aug. 2, an animal control officer in temperatures ever recorded on Earth. Daytime temperatures averaged above 80 degrees 4 ing a shirt in the street in downtown Anacortes responded to a report of an nearly everywhere throughout the continental United States in late July. Bellngham. injured coyote. “The coyote had got be- MAIL

tween a doe and her fawn and was kicked 2 LIMITS OF A FREE PRESS by the doe multiple times. Wile E. was 1

On July 31, Bellingham Police received a contacted and reminded not to mess with DO IT complaint about a woman taking photos Bambi,” police reported. July became the hottest month on record in Western Washington in sustained temperatures, according to the National Weather Service. Weekend temperatures of people in the parking lot at Bellis Fair soared to more than 100 degrees in some parts of the state. Mall. When asked why a person’s child On Aug. 2, a Ferndale woman spotted a was photographed, the photographer said large black bear moving through a field 08.08.18 that she was an investigative reporter. north of the city, west of the freeway. .13

The sighting was referred to the Wash- 32 IMPROPER SHOPPERS ington Department of Fish & Wildlife. The 731 32,000 # On Aug. 3, two young men who were agency typically does not take any action Number of wildfires in Washington, as Acres of state forests lost by wildfires in fleeing the Ferndale Haggen Food & unless the animal is injured or has at- of July 30 Washington, as of July 30. Pharmacy store with their “hands full tacked people, pets or livestock or caused of alcohol bottles” ran headlong into a significant property damage. Ferndale patrol officer. The officer saw the men being chased by a store em- On Aug. 1, cougars were spotted near CASCADIA WEEKLY ployee and ordered them to stop. The Peaceful Valley in Whatcom County. 80 11 officer was able to grab one of the men, Percent of wildfires that are caused by people. who fought the officer to the ground On July 29, a Pomeranian was found in and escaped. Sheriff’s deputies located Anacortes. When no calls arrived from the 27-year-old, who was arrested for Pomerania to collect the dog, police re- theft, resisting arrest and assault on a luctantly impounded the poor pooch. SOURCES: Department of Natural Resources; U.S.. Forest Service; National Weather Service; when fear and misinformation about this mysterious disease are beginning to swirl through the Boystown community. If you lived through this time, you will well re-

30 member the paranoia and confusion that surrounded this illness. FOOD Tragically, Nico’s parents excommuni- words cated him when he became ill, but his COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS younger sister, Fiona, stays by his side. Al- 24 though only 18, Fiona dedicates herself to supporting other young men in Nico’s cir- B-BOARD cle through their terrible suffering, taking on a burden of grief that makes her forever

23 guarded about intimate relationships; she ultimately finds marriage and motherhood

FILM a difficult challenge as a result. The second interwoven story places

18 Fiona in Paris 30 years later, trying to track down her daughter, Claire, who she

MUSIC now suspects has a daughter of her own. They haven’t spoken

16 for years since Claire

ART became involved in a cult. While in Paris,

15 Fiona stays with Rich- ard, a photographer

STAGE who documented AIDS in Boystown back in the ’80s and 14 GET IT WHAT: The Great knew Yale and her Believers brother Nico. Rich-

GET OUT MORE: This ard, the search for her absorbing book would make a daughter, and several

12 other events vividly 12 great vacation read; get a copy invoke the past and to take to the Fiona is pressed to WORDS WORDS pool or beach and reconcile the ways in dive in. Request it

8 in print, eBook, or which she is scarred eAudio formats by by it. visiting your local Because so little library catalog. CURRENTS is documented about INFO: the AIDS crisis in Chi-

6 www.wcls.org or www.bellingham cago, Makkai depend- publiclibrary.org ed on original re- VIEWS search. After putting

4 out calls on social media to find survi- vors, she was able to meet and interview MAIL REBECCA MAKKAI two doctors who founded a Chicago-

2 based AIDS unit that became the model for AIDS treatment, staff who worked at

DO IT the unit and AIDS activists. These real voices inform Makkai’s characters and REVIEWED BY LISA GRESHAM add a vibrant urgency to the story. The Great Believers is a completely ab- 08.08.18 sorbing, heartbreaking epic with finely described characters you will miss after .13 Great Believers

32 the last page is turned. It is a story about # THE LASTING LEGACY OF AIDS families of choice, political action (and in- action), grief, friendship, love and art. It REBECCA MAKKAI’S The Great Believers is a spot-on portrayal of the devasta- honors the love and bravery of those who tion and heartbreak of the AIDS crisis and the lasting legacy of those who survived lived through the beginnings of the AIDS it. In it, Makkai deftly weaves together two stories told in alternating chapters; one crisis, and powerfully reminds readers that focusing on a group of friends in Chicago’s Boystown in the 1980s, and the other set this is still a very real epidemic that needs

CASCADIA WEEKLY in contemporary Paris. continued attention and resources. At the center of the story are Yale Tishman, a development director for an art gal- 12 lery in Chicago, and his partner, Charlie. Yale is more reticent than Charlie, who seems Lisa Gresham is the Collection Services always to be in the spotlight at any party. In private, however, Charlie is suspicious Manager for Whatcom County Library Sys- about Yale’s activities and insecure about Yale leaving him. tem. Her favorite reads? Books like this Beautiful, beloved Nico is the first of Yale and Charlie’s friend group to become one where the characters live on in your ill. Nico’s decline and death are gut-wrenchingly sudden, and occur just at the time imagination. doit WORDS

WED., AUG. 8 RAINBOW READS: Teen readers 8th grade and up 30 can join the final Rainbow Reads Book Club meeting FOOD of the season from 12-1pm at the Lynden Library, As part of the EBT 216 4th St. Attend and engage in fun, respectful City of Ferndale’s dialogue facilitated by WCLS and Northwest Youth “Summer of Fun,”

Southfork Beef & Veggies 24 Services staff. The book group has been exploring squirt guns and Stonewall Book Award Winners and Honor books. a water slide will Welcome Free Range Eggs WWW.WCLS.ORG be provided at a B-BOARD free “Operation Bellingham's Superb Breads FRI., AUG. 10 Splashmob” event Ferndale's Tastiest Cheeses SALMON STORIES: Join Nooksack Salmon Enhance- Sat., Aug. 11 at 23 ment Association for a “Salmon Campfire Stories” Star Park Mt. Baker Rare Comb Honey event from 6-8pm at the Douglas Fir Campground on FILM the Mt. Baker Hwy. A roaring fire, salmon-related Acme Ice Cream & Cheeses stories read aloud around a campfire, and s’mores Notary Public Services will be part of the fun. Entry is free. 18 WWW.N-SEA.ORG

Whatcom's #1 Market MUSIC SAT., AUG. 11 RIVER WRITING: The Nooksack River Writing Group WED., AUG. 15 5465 Ferndale Rd. Organizers will provide squirt 360-592-2297 meets at 10am at Lynden’s Village Books, 430 Front CREEKSIDE OPEN MIC: Sign up to read your poetry guns and a water slide, you bring your swim trunks www.everybodys.com 16 St. The multi-genre workshop is open to anyone and prose or play music—or simply listen in—at a and a towel. Highway 9 – Van Zandt ART looking for a supportive space to share their work, Creekside Open Mic starting at 6:30pm at Sudden WWW.CITYOFFERNDALE.ORG receive and provide feedback, and connect with Valley’s South Whatcom Library, 10 Barn View Court, other local writers. All varieties of experience and Gate 2. Entry to the monthly event is free. AUG. 11-12 15 expertise are welcome. (360) 305-3632 FESTIVAL OF THE RIVER: The annual Stillaguamish

WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Festival of the River & Pow Wow opens at 10am Satur- STAGE day and Sunday in Arlington at River Meadows County SUMAS BOOK CLUB: Katherine Boo’s Behind the Park, 20146 Jordan Rd. Activities at the festival

COMMUNITY 14 Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in A Mumbai include environmental and wellness exhibits, public Undercity will be the focus of a Sumas Book Club AUG. 8-11 pow wows, live music and entertainment, a fun run, meeting from 10-11am at the Sumas Library, 461 2nd SKAGIT COUNTY FAIR: A carnival, local music, a logging show, rides and activities, storytelling, a St. Entry is free; coffee and treats will be provided. performances by magicians, eating contests, a kid’s traditional salmon alder bake, and more. Entry is free. GET OUT (360) 988-2501 zone, pie eating contests, a car show, farm animals WWW.FESTIVALOFTHERIVER.COM and much more will be part of the Skagit County Fair 12 GRAND OPENING: A ribbon-cutting ceremony will taking place from 10am-10pm Wednesday through ROLLBACK WEEKEND: A classic car show featuring 12 kick off a Grand Opening Celebration at 10am at the Saturday in Mount Vernon at the Skagit County cool rides from the 1950s and ’60s will be part of WORDS new Point Roberts Library, 1431 Gulf Rd. The festivi- Fairgrounds, 479 W. Taylor St. Entry fees vary. the third annual “Rollback Weekend” taking place WORDS ties will continue until 1pm with a scavenger hunt, WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/FAIR from 10am-7pm Saturday and Sunday at Beach Park, music from the Point Roberts Winds, and activities 7930 Birch Bay Dr. A cruising car show, live music, 8 for all. Attendees can see how the old Julius Firehall THURS., AUG. 9 food and craft vendors, prizes and more will be part was transformed into a modern library, and learn HOT THURSDAY NIGHTS: The Lynden Downtown of the free fun. how to pick up reserved library materials almost Business Association hosts the final “Hot Thursday WWW.BIRCHBAYCHAMBER.COM anytime at the express station. Nights” event starting at 5pm on Front Street—be- CURRENTS (360) 945-6545 tween Third and Fourth streets. Events will include SUN., AUG. 12 6 music at the Jansen Art Center, craft and food FAMILY FAIR: Play old-time games, learn about life LYNDEN BOOK CLUB: Join a friendly and lively vendors, face painting, Infinity Dance Company on the homestead and take part in other family- book discussion focusing on Susan Vreeland’s The For- performers, watermelon bowling, and a showing of friendly activities at an Old Fashioned Family Fair VIEWS est Lover at an Award Winning Book Club meeting from Wonder Woman at dusk on the west wall of Jo Fish. taking place from 12-4pm at La Conner’s Skagit County 10:30am-12pm at the Lynden Library, 216 4th St. All WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/HOTHTHURSDAYNIGHTS Historical Museum, 501 S. 4th St. Entry is free. 4 are welcome, even if you didn’t finish the book. WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM MAIL (360) 354-4883 AUG. 10-11 Those with VIP tickets can show As part of an “Explore the Past; Enrich ANTIQUE FAIR: NOOKCHAT: LOOKING FOR A PLACE SUN., AUG. 12 up early for a Midsummer Antique Fair & Vintage the Present” series, attend a NookChat: Community 2 MOTHERHOOD BY THE BOOK: Discuss Emily Market sneak peek from 5-8pm in Mount Vernon Storytelling event from 3-4:30pm at the Everson Li- TO CALL HOME? Fridlund’s The History of Wolves at a Motherhood by at Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Rd. Peruse brary, 104 Kirsch Dr. The informal, interactive gather- DO IT the Book discussion from 2-3pm at Village Books, booths featuring antiques, retro and vintage, an- ing will feature stories by Gerrit and Claudette Sterk. 1200 11th St. tique and vintage treasures, home and garden dé- Gerrit was a founding member of the Nooksack Valley (360) 671-2626 cor and more. Enjoy complimentary wine tastings Reformed Church 75 years ago, and dairy farmed on

and chocolate pairings from Hellam’s Vineyard and the Van Buren Road for 60 years. Claudette’s singing 08.08.18 MON., AUG. 13 Evolve Chocolates. From 9am-4pm Saturday, the has entertained many, and she used to drive logging

BOOKS ON TAP: South Whatcom Library manager, fair and market will be open, and there will also be trucks and school buses. .13

Brian Hulsey, leads a “Books on Tap” discussion a McMillan Brothers Evaluation Event. Admission is (360) 966-5100 32 from 6:30-8:30pm in Sudden Valley at El Agave 2, 4 $10 for the VIP event, free on Saturday. The cost # Clubhouse Circle, Sudden Valley Gate 2. Tonight’s topic to estimate one item is $8, or $20 for three items. AUG. 13-18 of discussion will be Ted Koppel’s Lights Out: A Cyberat- WWW.CHRISTIANSONSNURSERY.COM NW WASHINGTON FAIR: Performances by Bret tack: A Nation Unprepared: Surviving the Aftermath. Michaels, High Valley, and Jeff Foxworthy will be a WE CAN HELP REACH WWW.WCLS.ORG SAT., AUG. 11 few of the highlights of the annual Northwest Wash- YOUR REAL ESTATE GOALS! ONLINE JOBS WORKSHOP: “Applying for Jobs ington Fair taking place from 9am-11pm Monday TUES., AUG. 14 Online” will be the focus of a free workshop led by through Saturday at Lynden’s Northwest Washington Free Home Inspection

FERNDALE BOOK GROUP: All are welcome at a the Goodwill Job Training Center from 10-11:30am Fairgrounds, 1775 Front St. Other activities and CASCADIA WEEKLY Ferndale Book Group discussion focusing on Joshilyn at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. events include the Demolition Derby, the Lynden with Consultation Jackson’s The Opposite of Everyone from 2:30-4pm WWW.WCLS.ORG PRCA Rodeo, thousands of exhibits from local farms, 13 at the Ferndale Library, 2125 Main St. For future residents and FFA youth, a wide variety of carnival Call Jerry Swann For Details! reference, the group meets on the second Tuesday of OPERATION SPLASHMOB: As part of the City of rides and games, acts from area performers and most months. Ferndale’s “Summer of Fun,” attend a free “Opera- much, much more. General admission is $8-$13. Best 360.319.7776 (360) 384-3647 tion Splashmob” event from 2-3:30pm at Star Park, WWW.NWWAFAIR.COM Choice R EALT Y Broker# 100688 doit

AUG. 8-16 Saturday through September at the BOATING CENTER OPEN: The Lynden Cemetery, 1975 Front St.

Community Boating Center will be Entry is free. 30 open from 10am until sunset daily WWW.LYNDENPIONEERMUSEUM.COM through the summer at their head- FOOD quarters at 555 Harris Ave. PUBLIC SAIL: Join the Schooner WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG Adventuress for a Public Sail from outside 2:30-5:30pm in Anacortes leaving

24 HIKING RUNNING GARDENING THURS., AUG. 9 from the Cap Sante Marina, 1019 PUTTS FORE PETS: Help raise funds Q Ave. No sailing experience is for the Whatcom Humane Society by required. Tickets are $35-$65. B-BOARD attending today’s “Putts Fore Pets” WWW.SOUNDEXP.ORG Golf Tournament starting at 1pm at the Bellingham Golf and Country Club, RIVER WALK: Learn about local 23 3729 Meridian St. Entry is $125. salmon species, discover native WWW.WHATCOMHUMANE.ORG plants and find aquatic insects at the FILM Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Asso- PUB RUN: Attend a Pub Run ciation’s Nooksack River Walk starting

18 starting at 6pm at BBay Running, at 3pm in Glacier at the Horseshoe 1431 N. State St. BBay Ambassadors Bend Trailhead. WWW.N-SEA.ORG

MUSIC safely guide each pace group at the weekly 3- to 5-mile runs, which are open to runners of all levels and SUN., AUG. 12 16 abilities. Tonight’s run follows the COLUMBIA TOUR: As part of a

ART Sehome Hill Arboretum, ending at “Bellinghistory” series, the Good Schweinhaus. Entry is free. Time Girls will lead a guided walk- WWW.BBAYRUNNING.COM ing tour of the Columbia-Eldridge 15 neighborhood starting at 2pm by AUG. 9-13 the fountain in Elizabeth Park. STAGE SKAGIT TOURS: As part of the Entry is $10-$20. annual “Skagit Tours,” Seattle City WWW.GOODTIMEGIRLSTOURS.COM Light, the North Cascades Institute, 14 14 and the National Park Service offer MON., AUG. 13 Diablo Lake boat tours, Gorge power- PLANT DIAGNOSTIC CLIN- house tours, and Ladder Creek Falls ICS: Master Gardeners will be on GET OUT GET OUT by Night events Thursdays through hand for Plant Diagnostic Clinics STORY AND PHOTO BY AMY KEPFERLE director of Squalicum Harbor’s Marine Life Mondays through the summer in and from 5-7:30pm Mondays through around the three dams near Highway August at the SkillShare Space at

12 Center, to help expose the mysteries. During the -2.5 low tide, attendees of 20. Prices for boat tours and other the Bellingham Public Library, 210 all ages can find out what it’s like to events range from $5-$42. Central Ave. WORDS WWW.SKAGITTOURS.COM (360) 778-7210 Exposed live in an eelgrass meadow and imagine

8 OF TIME AND TIDES how most sea creatures live on the edge FRI., AUG. 10 TUES., AUG. 14 of life and death daily, WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and FREE PADDLES: Enjoy the final “Unless we are willing to encourage our children to reconnect in the toughest con- adventurers can join Holly Roger of Tuesday Evening Free Paddle Wild Whatcom for a “Wild Things” from 4:30-9pm at the Community

CURRENTS with and appreciate the natural world, we can’t expect them to ditions imaginable. Community Program from 9:30-11am Boating Center, 555 Harris Ave. help protect and care for it.” They can also discover every Wednesday through August at In addition to offering free one- 6 —David Suzuki the many places crea- Lake Padden Park. Suggested dona- hour rentals of sit-on-top kayaks, tures call home at tion is $5 per person. paddle boards, rowboats, and sea VIEWS NO MATTER what age I am, being around for low tide contin- the park at the base WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG kayaks, there will be family-friendly activities and games, a beer 4 ues to be akin to witnessing one of the best magic tricks ever. of Harris Avenue, and GOLF TOURNEY: Boys & Girls Clubs garden and a food selection. It happens slowly but steadily, and within a matter of hours see where they hide, of Skagit County will host its 23rd WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG MAIL ATTEND the water recedes and the world that was previously underwater WHAT: Low Tide lay eggs, rear their annual fundraising Golf Tournament

Exploration starting at 11am at Burlington’s ALL-PACES RUN: Staff and volun-

2 is exposed. Crabs both large and small scurry or burrow among own young and even the shin-deep eelgrass beds, clams spurt saltwater more than WHEN: 10am meet for lunch. Avalon Golf Links, 19345 Kelleher teers are always on hand to guide Sat., Aug. 11 Rd. Entry is $125 per person. All the way at the weekly All-Paces DO IT two feet into the air, and herons swoop majestically before dip- If the guided excur- WHERE: Marine proceeds go to the Skagit County Run starting at 6pm every Tuesday ping their long beaks into the shallows while sourcing their next Park, 200 sion is full, explore a Clubs, making a difference in the at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th meal. Starfish glisten, rocks draped with barnacles are exposed, McKenzie Ave. local beach on your lives of local children. St. Entry is free. and unknown creatures lie underfoot. COST: $8 for own or catch up with WWW.SKAGITCLUBS.ORG WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM 08.08.18 I grew up in the landlocked confines of Idaho, but was lucky kids, $12 for Pruett at the Marine enough to get to spend many summers on Lummi Island, where adults Life Center (www. AUG. 10-11 HISTORY CRUISE: Whatcom .13 INFO: www.wild SIN & GIN TOURS: Through Sep- Museum hosts its popular “Sunset 32 my siblings and I experienced low tides on a regular basis—both whatcom.org marinelifecenter.org), tember, seasoned guides will regale History Cruise” starting at 6:30pm # on the beach in front of our cabin and on day trips to nearby where thousands of audiences with tales of fascinating at San Juan Cruises’ slip at the Birch Bay, where we liked to imagine the swaths of exposed visitors a year are introduced to octopus, characters at the margins of history Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 355 sandbars could take us all the way to Canada. sea stars, sculpins, hermit crabs, anemo- at Good Time Girls’ “Sin & Gin” tours Harris Ave. Historians Brian Grif- And whether we were on the hunt for Dungeness crabs, rowing nes and more via aquatic displays and a at 7pm Fridays in downtown Belling- fin and Doug Starcher take turns ham, and 7pm Saturdays in historic leading the popular Bellingham Bay lazily along the shore gazing down at the marine machinations hap- hands-on touch tank. Fairhaven. Tickets are $15-$20. excursions aboard the Victoria Star. pening a few feet beneath us, or building temporary sandcastles With a mission to promote the steward- WWW.GOODTIMEGIRLSTOURS.COM Tickets are $30-$35.

CASCADIA WEEKLY during long summer afternoons, there’s no denying these experi- ship of marine life and local waterways WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG ences contributed to a lasting appreciation for the natural world. through interaction, Pruett and her crew SAT., AUG. 11 14 The powers that be at Wild Whatcom are obviously familiar with aim to improve, restore and maintain ma- LYNDEN CEMETERY TOUR: A BIKE MAINTENANCE: A free “Bike costumed guide will explore the Maintenance Basics” clinic begins the idea that youth who are exposed to the wonders of Mother rine habitat for fish and invertebrates many historic personages of at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Please Earth are more likely to want to help sustain her for future genera- living in the Salish Sea. It’s a lofty goal, Lynden when the Lynden Pioneer register in advance. tions. At a “Low Tide Exploration” taking place Sat.., Aug. 11 at but one that remains vital in a rapidly Museum helms a tour at 1pm every 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM Bellingham’s Marine Park, they’ll be joined by Casey Pruett, the changing world. doit

STAGE running festival of plays returns to add another dozen short plays to the

AUG. 8-11 more than 500 it has generated over NOMADIC TEMPEST: Caravan the past 15 years at 48 Hour Theater 30 Stage Company, the world’s first Festival performances 7:30pm and FOOD tall ship theatre troupe, hosts 10pm Friday and Saturday at the Syl- stage performances of the original rock via Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect opera Nomadic Tempest at 9:30pm St. Those is attendance at the 49th

THEATER DANCE PROFILES 24 Wednesday through Saturday at iteration of the format will see brand Zuanich Point Park, 2600 N. Harbor new one-act plays, all written in the Loop Dr. Audiences watching the preceding day—page to stage in 24 B-BOARD environmentally focused saga of hours, twice. Tickets are $12. four monarch butterflies searching WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM for refuge on a drowned planet will 23 watch from shore as aerialists and PUSH IT: Mainstage performers vocalists tell the story from aboard will take big chances by attempting FILM the Amara Zee. Suggested donation never-before-seen formats at “Push is $10 for children 14 and under, it to the Limit” shows at 9pm Fri-

$20 for students and seniors, and day and Saturday nights in August 18 $25 per adult attendee. at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. WWW.CARAVANSTAGE.ORG Entry is $10-$12. MUSIC WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM THURS., AUG. 9 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The MON., AUG. 13 16

Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open ART 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront mic for comedians, “Guffawingham!,” Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick takes place at 9pm every Monday at 15 around for “The Project.” Entry is $8 the Firefly Lounge, 1015 N. State St. 15 to the early show, $5 for the late one. Entry is free. STAGE 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ STAGE GUFFAWINGHAM AUG. 9-11 ROBIN HOOD: As part of iDiOM TUES., AUG. 14 14 Theater’s Open Air Summer Rep, BIFT: Upfront Theatre improvisors attend an opening reception for will present two sets of short-form GET OUT iDiOM Theater’s first performance of improv comedy games at Beer + ANDY IWANCIO Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood Improv + Food Truck (BIFT) at 6pm at 6:30pm Thursday at the Sylvia at the beer garden at Boundary 12 Center for the Arts, 205 Prospect St. Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. doesn’t just happen, After noshing on bites and sipping Tickets are $5. BY AMY KEPFERLE drinks, head down the hill at 7:30pm WWW.BBAYBREWERY.COM WORDS and shows don’t just to the amphitheater at Maritime work—you have to Heritage Park, 500 W. Holly St., to WED., AUG. 15 8 make them work. view a “gender-bending, patriarchy- VAUDEVILLINGHAM: Attend Make.It.Work CW: How did you smashing take on the classic outlaw the Bellingham Circus Guild’s legend. Tickets are $20 for the recep- monthly uncensored variety show,

wrangle Rain King, CURRENTS A QUEER COMEDY SHOWCASE tion. Entry to the play—which will “Vaudevillingham,” at 7pm and Stefan Matusak, show again Friday and Saturday, and 9pm performances at the Cirque 6 EL SANCHEZ has been called everything from a “brilliant new Sarah Champion, Aug. 16-18—is free, and no reserva- Lab, 1401 6th St., suite #102. Sug- voice” to a “grumpy nugget of delight” from admirers, and audi- ATTEND Alyssa Yeoman, Max tions are needed. gested donation is $5-$10. ences in Bellingham will have a chance to experience the nonbi- WHAT: Make. Delsohn, Bobby Hig- WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM VIEWS It.Work: A Queer

nary comedian’s acute observations about life when they headline ley, Clara Pluton, and 4 Comedy Showcase AUG. 9-12 “Make.It.Work: A Queer Comedy Showcase” Sat., Aug. 11 at Make. WHEN: 8pm Sat., Andy Iwancio? SHAKESPEARE NORTHWEST: The DANCE MAIL Shift Art Space. Producer Lee Cox fills us in on the specifics. Aug. 11 LC: The PNW has Skagit River Shakespeare Company

Cascadia Weekly: What was the inspiration to put the Queer WHERE: a lot of great queer continues its “Summer of Blood” sea- 2 Comedy Showcase together? Make.Shift Art Space, comics. I chose son with showings of Titus Andronicus FRI., AUG. 10 306 Flora St. Thursday and Saturday at the Rexville DANCING ON THE GREEN: Learn

Lee Cox: Opportunity, mostly. For how strong the LGBTQ-plus these perform- DO IT COST: $6 at the door Grange Amphitheater, 19299 Rexville new dances and enjoy music while community is in Bellingham, it’s underrepresented in the standup (all ages) ers because I knew Grange Rd. See the drama King Lear the sun sets at the final “Dancing scene, so I had been toying with the idea of a queer showcase for INFO: www.make them to be hilari- at 7pm Friday, and 4pm Sunday. on the Green” from 7-9:30pm at the a while. I know a lot of great queer comics, and when I made a shiftproject.com ous or because they Tickets are $10-$13. The works show Fairhaven Village Green, 1207 10th connection with Make.Shift, I thought it was the perfect chance. came highly recom- in repertory through Aug. 18. St. Take a West Coast Swing lesson 08.08.18 CW: Why is this kind of showcase important? mended by people I trust. WWW.SHAKESNW.ORG with Annika Peterson, then put

your new skills to use while dancing .13

LC: I think it’s important to show people who are not cis-het CW: Do you feel Bellingham audiences HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES: along with a DJ to blues and fusion 32 # white dudes that comedy is an avenue that is open to them as are supportive of all kinds of performers? The world-famous mystery known music. Entry is free. No partner or well. Because mainstream standup has come from a limited num- LC: I would say the city supports au- as Hound of the Baskervilles contin- experience is necessary. ber of perspectives for so long, I’m hoping this will also shake thenticity, which takes many shapes. I ues this weekend with showings at (360) 778-7000 up the way people look at standup—what it can mean, who can can’t say I’ve seen “shock” comedy do 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday, and 2pm Sunday at the Anacortes SALSA NIGHT: Cubasere presents perform, and what it can be about. well here, which I’m fine with. I’ve also Community Theatre, 918 M Ave. Ad- Salsasere Salsa Night at 7:30pm CW: What are you excited about for this show? never seen a magician do great here. ditional showings happen through at the Barn Loft at the Conway

LC: So much! It’s a packed lineup, and every comic is bringing Which I’m also fine with. Aug. 17. Muse, 18444 Spruce St. Entry is CASCADIA WEEKLY something different. The variety is exciting to me. CW: What else should people know? WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM $10 and includes a half-hour dance CW: What does “Make.It.Work” signify? LC: Not only is this going to be a great lesson with Yasmare of Cubasere. 15 AUG. 10-11 Attendees will dance to Salsa, LC: The title came from brainstorming with Seattle comedian night of comedy at a lovely venue that 48 HOUR THEATER FESTIVAL: Bachata, Meringue, Son, Cha Cha Bobby Higley. It’s Tim Gunn’s [of Project Runway} catchphrase is taking a chance on us, it’s also an ex- As part of a newly added series of Cha, and more. stylized to match Make.Shift. It also captures the often-stressful cellent way to show that you support a summer shows, iDiOM Theater’s long- WWW.CONWAYMUSE.COM DIY nature of producing comedy shows (and art) in general. Art diversity of voices in art. doit

ONGOING exhibits featuring artwork by Ria EXHIBITS Harboe, Nancy Canyon, Norman E.

Riley, and Peggy Woods through ALLIED ARTS: “We are WACK” Aug. 31 at Lynden’s Jansen Art 30 shows through Aug. 25 at Allied Center, 321 Front St.

FOOD Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. WACK is a WWW.JANSEARTCENTER.ORG nonprofit organization dedicated to ceramic artists from Whatcom LUMMI GALLERY: Peruse seasonal

24 visual County with a passion for creative exhibits at the Lummi Island Gallery GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES expression with clay. at the Village Point Marina, 4232 WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG Legoe Bay Rd.

B-BOARD WWW.LUMMIISLANDGALLERY.COM ARTWOOD: Wood boxes and bowls will be featured through August at MAKE.SHIFT: Through Aug. 25,

23 Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. view juried works exploring the dark The watercolors of Hui-Yin LeSage side of sleep at “Wake Up! A Group

FILM will also continue to be highlighted. Show About Nightmares” at Make. Meet the artist at the Aug. 24 Fourth Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. Friday Art Walk. WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM

18 WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM MATZKE FINE ART: See the multi-

MUSIC BELLEWOOD ACRES: View photo- artist exhibit “Summer Moments” graphs by Rich Cavnar and paintings from 11am-5pm Fridays through by Laurel Baldwin through August at Sundays until Aug. 19 at Camano 16 16 the gallery at Bellewood Acres, 6140 Island’s Matzke Fine Art Gallery, 2345 ART ART Guide Meridian. Blanche Way. WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM 15 CASSERA GALLERY: Mixed-media MONA: Patty Detzer’s “Proceed works by Sibling Studio’s Lloyd and with Abandon” and “In Red Ink” STAGE Christie Houston can currently be show through Sept. 23 at La Con-

“ON GOLDEN POND,” BY JODY BERGSMA JODY “ON GOLDEN POND,” BY viewed in La Conner at Cassera Arts ner’s Museum of Northwest Art, Premiers, 106 1st St. 121 First St. 14 WWW.CASSERAARTSPREMIERS.COM WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG

GET OUT COOPER LANZA: Group classes, PERRY AND CARLSON: Mixed- private lessons, life drawing, long- media works by Susan Singleton pose sessions, exhibits and more will be featured through August in

12 happen on a regular basis at Cooper Mount Vernon at Perry and Carlson Lanza Gallery and School of Fine gallery, 504 S. First St. Art, 1415 13th St. WWW.PERRYANDCARLSON.COM WORDS “ESSO ELEPHANT,” BY MAX GROVER BY “ESSO ELEPHANT,” “CLOAK,” BY SHELLEY ALLEN BY “CLOAK,” WWW.COOPERLANZAGALLERY.COM QUILT MUSEUM: “Pacific North- 8 BY AMY KEPFERLE DEMING LIBRARY: Peruse Deymian west Needle Arts Guild,” “Seeing foot of beds or in backyards. Among LeSar’s “Japanese Beauty in Kimono” Stars: A Celebration of Star Quilts, the visual offerings are Kat Houseman’s through Sept. 1 at the Deming Old and New,” and “Fabric Poems” Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. are currently on display at La Con- CURRENTS “The Divine Magpie and the Black and White” oil painting, glass artist Shelley (360) 592-2422. ner’s Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts 6 Creature Museum, 703 S. Second St. Muzylowski Allen’s “Cloak” (featuring a FISHBOY GALLERY: Discover the WWW.QFAMUSEUM.ORG zebra), Michael Felber’s “Flying Pelican” contemporary folk art of RR Clark VIEWS watercolor, and Max Grover’s acrylic from 1:30-5pm Fridays or by ap- RAGFINERY: A variety of textile- pointment at the Fishboy Gallery, related workshops happen on a 4 Feature collage, “Esso Elephant.” Other artists showing and selling their work include 617 Virginia St. regular basis at Ragfinery, 1421 N.

MAIL ALL ABOUT THE ANIMALS 319-2913 OR Forest St. Becky Fletcher, Dan Friday, Karen Wil- WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM WWW.RAGFINERY.COM

2 IF YOU don’t like animals, there’s something wrong with you lenbrink Johnsen, Kelly O’Dell, Lindsay and it might be time to seek professional help. Another option Kohles, and Raven Skyriver. Described GALLERY PEGASUS: Peruse “Na- SOCIAL FABRIC: Sign up for a tura” through September at Gallery variety of sewing and art workshops DO IT would be to peruse the following creature features to find out if as being “fierce and friendly,” the ex- local artists’ renderings of the furry and the feathered and the hibit is a must-see. When: Through Aug. Pegasus, 301 W. Holly St. The group through August at Social Fabric, art exhibit features Pacific North- 1302 Commercial St. scaled warm up your cold, cold heart. If you’re already an animal 26. Where: 5742 Gilkey Ave., Edison. west artists whose works provoke a WWW.SOCIALFABRICART.COM admirer, you’ll want to read on. Info: www.smithandvallee.com sense of nature. 08.08.18 At “A Member of the Family” exhibit currently on display at By Googling “Jody Bergsma,” it’s possi- WWW.GALLERYPEGASUS.COM WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by Fourth Corner Frames & Gallery in downtown Bellingham, the ble to find a number of helpful videos de- Whatcom Art Guild members can be .13 GOOD EARTH: “Tactile,” featuring perused Wed.-Sun. at the Whatcom

32 works by the featured artists are there for a couple of reasons. tailing how she paints horses, dragonflies,

# works by by Amy Popelk, will be fea- Art Market, 1103 11th St. Besides highlighting their talents, each of the six painters who wolves and hummingbirds (among other tured through August at Good Earth WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG have contributed to the show are also available to immortalize things). But to move beyond the tutori- Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. A reception your beloved friend’s personality—so if you like what you see on als and see her work on the walls, head to for the artist takes place Fri., Aug. 24. WHATCOM MUSEUM: “The the wall, it’s possible to contact each of them to see what it would Anacortes, where new pieces by the Bell- WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM Intimate Diebenkorn: Works on take to render a likeness of your cat, horse, dog, goldfish, bearded ingham-based watercolor artist are being Paper 1949-1992,” “Crow’s Shadow I.E. GALLERY: Robin Green’s draw- Institute of the Arts at 25,” “People dragon, chicken or rabbit. Once you have a pet portrait in your featured through the month at Scott Milo ings on silk and ceramic sculptures of the Sea and Cedar: A Journey CASCADIA WEEKLY possession, head back to Fourth Corner, where the powers that be Gallery. With a focus on birds and plants and Jef Gun’s encaustics can be Through the Tribal Cultures and His- will be offering special prices for custom framing for the duration created by using acrylics and metallic leaf, viewed through Aug. 24 at Edison’s tory of the Northwest Coast,” “From 16 of the exhibit. When: Through Sept. 1. Where: 311 W. Holly St. Info: the visions Bergsma creates are worth a i.e. gallery, 5800 Cains Court. Tin to Table: The Art of the Salmon www.fourthcornerframes.com second (and third) look—even if you’re not WWW.IEEDISON.COM Label,” and “John M. Edson Hall of Birds” can currently be viewed on Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery is also paying homage to a self-described “animal person.” When: JANSEN ART CENTER: View a the Whatcom Museum campus. creatures via “The Wild Life,” a group exhibit celebrating ani- Through Sept. 4. Where: 420 Commercial “Summer Juried Exhibit,” and WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG mals who are more likely to be found in nature than at the Ave. Info: www.scottmilo.com

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30 YES, HALLOWEEN IS a few months away, but preparations have already begun and plans FOOD are being made. On the most immediate ho- rizon is this year’s all-ages Halloween ex- travaganza, the Spooky Cover Show, which 24 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT will take place Oct. 19 and 20 at Make.Shift. Why is it happening nearly two weeks be- B-BOARD fore Halloween? I don’t know and I don’t much care to find out as it’s perfectly fine by me if

23 Halloween creeps all over the entire month of October with its weirdo shenanigans.

FILM What is pertinent is the deadline to sign up to perform this year is

18 18 Mon., Aug. 13 and that is coming right up. MUSIC MUSIC That means you have a limited amount of

16 time to cobble together

ART friends and coconspira- tors, pick a band to pay

15 tribute to and reach out to Make.Shift to BY CAREY ROSS

STAGE secure your spot. In terms of the bands available to be covered, the idea is that they’re supposed to be “spooky” or “goth” or “punk” 14 in nature, but the definitions of those terms seems to be pretty generous, so don’t let that

GET OUT be a deterrent. The only hard-and-fast rule is that you cannot cover this year that which

12 was covered last year, which rules out the Dead Milkmen, Rammstein, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, My WORDS Bloody Valentine, the Twin Peaks or Stranger

8 Things soundtracks, and more. The complete list of what is excluded can be found via the show’s Facebook invitation.

CURRENTS Maybe I should also mention you can’t cover Panic! At the Disco this year because someone BRET MICHAELS 6 did it last year, but there is not a reality that PHOTO OF BRET MICHAELS PHOTO exists in which it is imaginable or reasonable VIEWS someone would want to do that twice. BY CAREY ROSS 4 But that’s not the only action available on Mon., Aug. 13. After you send in your submis- MAIL sion to the Spooky Cover Show, head on over

2 Northwest Washington Fair to the Pickford Film Center, where Hedwig and the Angry Inch will appear on its rightful

DO IT NOTHIN’ BUT A GOOD TIME home of the biggest screen it can get as part of the Pickford’s 20th anniversary film series. BY NOW, everyone knows I love the Northwest Washington Fair. It has part of any fair experience. Indeed, the Lyn- Yes, it is true that the rock ’n’ roll dram- been suggested to me that perhaps I love it too much, an idea at which den Fair has them, and this year, they’ll come edy showed for many weeks at the theater’s 08.08.18 I usually scoff. courtesy of Funtastic Traveling Shows, the re- original Cornwall Avenue location during However, the other day, I found myself describing the many myriad won- gion’s largest provider of carnival rides and its initial run in 2001. And John Cameron .13

32 ders the annual event has to offer to a Bellingham newcomer, ending my games. This is a change from previous fairs, Mitchell’s story of an East German “slip of a # impassioned speech with “and one year I even saw a goat costume contest!” and I’m excited to see what modestly priced girly boy” who emigrates to Kansas only to That’s when I began to entertain the notion that those who have mocked my thrills Funtastic has in store for me. front the band the Angry Inch (both band fair ardor might be on to something. Of course, what draws a goodly number of the name and central plot point) and become But then I considered all the Northwest Washington Fair has to offer— estimated 200,000 people who will make their an “internationally ignored” rock-star-to-be along with the aforementioned goat costume contest, that is. Games of way to Lynden during the week of Aug. 13-18 was beloved by nearly everyone who saw it. chance, smoked turkey legs, MooWiches, vendors selling things wacky and for the Northwest Washington Fair is the Grand- However, back then the Pickford’s “sound

CASCADIA WEEKLY wonderful, cats in dioramas (for real), MooWiches, bricks of French fries, stand entertainment. As has become typical, system” consisted of a couple of speakers jugglers, draft horses, funnel cake, airbrush and glitter tattoos, MooWich- the fair kicks off with a crash—or a whole lot behind the screen borrowed from then- 18 es, bingo, old-timey photographs, oversized buttons, political candidates, of them, as the case may be—on Mon., Aug. 13 manager Brent Cole’s house. Hedwig—and MooWiches, baby farm animals, fresh-squeezed lemonade, karaoke, exotic with the demolition derby. The day features two her still-incredible songs—deserve Dolby poultry, impressively large tractors, and MooWiches. In addition, the peo- demo derbies, an afternoon version beginning surround sound. You deserve Dolby surround ple-watching is unparalleled. at 12:30pm and the finals at 7:30pm. The latter sound. You also deserve to pay just $3 for You might’ve noticed I didn’t mention the rides, which are an integral has been sold out for weeks, but at press time a your ticket. See you at the movies. doit WED., AUG. 8 DOWNTOWN SOUNDS: Motus opens the final

Downtown Sounds concert of the season from

5:30-9pm on Bay and Prospect streets in down- 30 town Bellingham. Klozd Sirkut headlines the free

event. A beer and wine garden with expanded FOOD beverage items, family-friendly activities and more will be part of the fun.

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HARVARD DIN & TONICS: Harvard’s signature a

cappella group, the Harvard Din & Tonics, will end The ever-popular Polecat will headline a B-BOARD their 2018 world tour with a 7:30pm performance Sat., Aug. 11 Concert on the Green at the at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. Barkley Village Green. The concert will help raise Tickets are $10-$15. funds for Lydia Place. 23 WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG MARGARET WILDER BAND: Hear top-notch FILM THURS., AUG. 9 blues, funk and R&B when the Margaret Wilder BLUES AND BREWS: “Blues, Brews and Barbe- Band performs as part of a summer concert series 18 cue” features the sounds of the Saxx Brothers from happening from 7-9pm at the open-air pavilion at 18 5-9pm on the outdoor terrace at Hotel Bellwether, Sedro-Woolley’s Eagle Haven Winery, 8243 Sims Rd. MUSIC 1 Bellwether Way. The open-air concerts continue To pair with this high-energy sound, the Liberty MUSIC Thursdays through Sept. 20. Admission is $7-$10. Bistro offer classic Cajun cuisine. Entry to the

WWW.HOTELBELLWETHER.COM concert is $12-$15. Additional concerts happen 16 JEFF FOXWORTHY Fridays through Sept. 15. ART JAZZ JAM: The Jazz Project’s Jud Sherwood hosts WWW.EAGLEHAVENWINERY.COM a rotating house trio featuring top-flight local and

regional musicians at a Jazz Jam happening from AUG. 10-11 15 FAIR, FROM PAGE 18 Into every Northwest Washington Fair 5:30-8:30pm Thursdays at Illuminati Brewing, HAYNIE OPRY: Enjoy an evening of rhythm and

a little country music must fall and so it 3950 Hammer Dr., Suite 101. Entry is free. blues when Flashback joins Matt Audette and STAGE shall be this year on Fri., Aug. 16 when WWW.JAZZPROJECT.ORG the Circle of Friends Band for Haynie Opry shows limited number of tickets remained for the High Valley plays the Grandstand. Given at 7pm Friday and Saturday at Blaine’s Haynie PARK CONCERT: Hear political folk with doses of Grange, 3344 Haynie Rd. Tickets will be $10 at the 14 afternoon event. Tuesday and Wednesday that I drive a nearly 25-year-old car with humor when Dana Lyons performs from 6-8pm as door (free for kids 12 and under). Tickets are $5 are given over to the Lynden PRCA Rodeo, an equally old stereo, I only get radio in part of the Elizabeth Park Summer Concert Series. for a gospel matinee starting at 3pm Saturday.

an event popular enough that it was ex- my ride. When I grow restless with lo- The free performances take place Thursdays through (360) 366-3321 GET OUT panded from one day to two several years cal radio and Top 40, I cruise on down Aug. 23. Entry is by donation. Food will be available ago. Barrels are raced, broncs are busted the dial to the one Canadian country sta- for purchase, and picnickers are welcome. SAT., AUG. 11 WWW.THEELDRIDGESOCIETY.ORG CONCERT ON THE GREEN: Help raise funds for 12 and bulls are ridden at tion I can receive. So, when I learned Lydia Place when Sunset Superman, the Naughty 7:30pm each day and that High Valley would be performing in RIVERWALK CONCERT SERIES: The Atlantics will Blokes, and featured artist Polecat perform at WORDS tickets for both are Lynden, I actually knew who they were. perform as part of Mount Vernon’s Riverwalk Concert an inaugural “Concert on the Green” taking place still available. The tall-drink-of-water Canadian duo of Series from 6-8pm at the Riverwalk Plaza. The free from 4-8pm at the newly developed Barkley Vil- 8 After that, it’s time Brad and Curtis Rempel is responsible events take place Thursday nights through Aug. 30. lage Green, 2219 Rimland Dr. While the bands are WWW.MOUNTVERNONCHAMBER.COM performing, enjoy local brews and food truck fare. for a little musical en- for a couple of current country staples, Entry to the show is $20 for adults (includes two

tertainment. a lively neofolk-with-twang song called AUG. 9-11 drinks), and $10 for kids 12 and under. Children 5 CURRENTS I always eagerly “Make Her Mine” and “She’s With Me,” SUBDUED STRINGBAND JAMBOREE: The 18th and under can attend for free. ATTEND anticipate show an- which is dying to have a prominent spot annual Subdued Stringband Jamboree takes place WWW.BARKLEYVILLAGE.COM/EVENTS 6 WHAT: Northwest nouncements for the in the soundtrack of a popular romantic Thursday through Saturday at the Deming Log Show

Washington Fair Grounds, 3295 Cedarville Rd. This year’s theme is ACORN PROJECT: Dance the night away when VIEWS WHEN: Mon.-Sat., Northwest Washington comedy if it hasn’t already. “Pass the Luker Duker,” which celebrates the spirit Acorn Project shares its electro-funk rock sounds

Aug. 13-18 Fair, mostly because A lot of Grandstand entertainers of local musician Lucas Hicks, who passed away last as part of a summer concert series from 6-8pm 4 WHERE: I have no read from would probably prefer the audience fall at the age of 39. Head to the website for a full at Boulevard Park. Another free, family-friendly Northwest year to year on who didn’t laugh at them, but that is not the listing of the more than 30 groups that will perform. shows happens again Aug. 18 with the transcen- MAIL Washington Entry in advance is $100 for a weekend pass, $45 for dent acid jazz of Arete Quartet. organizers might book. case for this year’s final performer. In Fairgrounds, a single day, $25 for Saturday night. WWW.COB.ORG 2 fact, if you’re not laughing, he’s doing Lynden From Weird Al to Ted WWW.STRINGBANDJAMBOREE.COM

COST: Varies Nugent to Huey Lewis, something very wrong. Because come- JANIE CRIBBS: As part of a free Summer Concert DO IT INFO: www.nwwa it could be just about dian Jeff Foxworthy has been making FRI., AUG. 10 Series, listen to original roots, blues and sultry fair.com anyone. Like, say, Bret people laugh for nearly half his life with BURLINGTON SUMMER NIGHTS: For the final soul by Janie Cribbs and the T.Rust Band from Michaels, who will make his Lynden debut his standup routines, The Jeff Foxwor- Burlington Summer Nights concert series, Mama 6-8pm at the Heart of Anacortes, 1014 4th St. Ad-

Dirty Skirt will perform from 6-8pm at the Burlington ditional concerts happen Aug. 18, 25 and Sept. 1. 08.08.18 at 7:30pm Thurs, Aug. 16. thy Show, as the host of Are You Smarter Visitors Center, 520 E. Fairhaven Ave. Entry is free. WWW.HEARTOFANACORTES.COM Given that I’m a child of the 1980s Than a 5th Grader, and as part of the WWW.BURLINGTON-CHAMBER.COM .13

who grew up in Everett, I am definitely Blue Collar Comedy Tour. He’ll no doubt SUN., AUG. 12 32 conversant with Michaels’ catalogue. As bring a new series of the “You might ANACORTES SERIES: As part of a free Summer LA CONNER LIVE: Amigos Nobles will perform # the frontman of Poison, he belted out be a redneck if” one-liners that have Concert Series being put on by the Port of Ana- as part of a “La Conner Live!” series taking place cortes, listen and dance to Americana, rock and from 1-4pm Sundays through Sept. 2 at the town’s such songs as “Nothin’ But a Good Time,” made him famous, but if you don’t act world music by Polecat from 6-8pm at Seafarers' Gilkey Square. Entry is free and open to all; bring a “Talk Dirty to Me,” “Unskinny Bop,” “I fast, you won’t be able to hear them as Memorial Park, 601 Seafarers' Way. Additional chair and enjoy live music on the boardwalk. Want Action,” and somehow turned the preferred seats are sold out and only re- concerts happen Fridays through August. WWW.LOVELACONNER.COM Loggins and Messina song “Your Mama served seating remains. WWW.PORTOFANACORTES.COM

Don’t Dance” into a hair-metal hit. How- Now that I’ve given the rundown of WED., AUG. 15 CASCADIA WEEKLY FARM TUNES: As part of the Friday Night Farm BATTLE OF THE BANDS: Come watch talented ever, the true monster of his set list the bountiful delights of the Northwest Tunes series, Matt Sircely and Jeff Scroggins perform teen musicians perform onstage at a Battle of the 19 is “Every Rose Has Its Thorn,” and I’m Washington Fair, I no longer question from 6-9pm at BelleWood Acres, 6140 Guide Merid- Bands happening from 5-7pm at the Burlington guessing Michaels wills save his chart- my love of the annual tradition. How- ian. The concerts take place weekly through Sept. Visitor Center Amphitheater, 520 E. Fairhaven Ave. topper for the encore to get all of the ever, you’re welcome to pick my brain 28. Entry to the family-friendly shows is free. Entry is free. power possible from what is quite possi- about it—but you’ll have to come find WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM WWW.BURLINGTONWA.GOV/LIBRARY bly the hallmark hair-metal power ballad. me at the fair. musicvenues 30

See below for venue FOOD addresses and phone 08.08.18 08.09.18 08.10.18 08.11.18 08.12.18 08.13.18 08.14.18 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 24 Alternative Library Home Bass Poetrynight

B-BOARD Anelia's Kitchen & Stage Sneaky Bones Herky Cutler Impressions Jazz Band

23 B-Town Kitchen Wes Mackey Marvin J & Raw Bar FILM Beach Store Cafe Nuages

18 18 Boxcutter PNW, Muppet Boscoe's Karaoke Throwback Thursday Matthew Twining, Chantel Renee Fetish, more MUSIC MUSIC Stringband Thurs- Southern Fried Boundary Bay Aftersounds w/ Fryday Fish Fry w/ Irish & Folk 16 day w/Corwin Bolt Sunday w/DJ Out of the Ashes Metanoia Cascade Cascade Monday Brewery and the Wingnuts Yogoman ART

Acoustic Night w/the Open Mic Brian Ernst Jupe Jupe

15 Brown Lantern Ale House 720 Stringband

Michael Franti and STAGE Commodore Ballroom Spearhead, Ahi

14 Conway Muse Blue Moon Marquee Salsasere/MuseBird Cafe Whalien

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Guemes Island FILM Steve Meyer General Store 18 H2O DJ S.A. Bachelor No. 4 (early), DJ S.A. (late) 18 MUSIC MUSIC Honey Moon Open Mic w/Pace Rubadeau RSS Trio Jazz Jam Scrub Mikel Lander Dandelion and Friends Tropical Victor 16

Hotel Bellwether The Staxx Brothers Tony Floreno Tony Floreno ART 15 Kulshan Brewing Co. Brittany Collins STAGE

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Main St. Bar and Grill JP Falcon Acoustic Showcase Still Kick'n Daddy's Gotta Girlfriend GET OUT Make.It.Work: A Queer Comedy Make.Shift Showcase 12 Old World Deli Jonah Sol WORDS Rockfish Grill Marcus Cushway Trish Hatley 8 MICHAEL FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD/Aug. 8/ Royal Dance Party Karaoke DJ Jester DJ Jester Karaoke Commodore Ballroom Talent Show w/Vivienne Take Me to Church w/Betty Karaoke w/Seamus CURRENTS Rumors Cabaret Duchanne and DJ Total Request Live Flashback Friday Partylicious Saturday Trashy Tuesday Desire O'Carey

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30 shown as a bunch of bozos, a dangerous but also often hilariously incompetent FOOD collection of ignorant brutes and slack- film jawed yokels. Meanwhile, Patrice and her fellow activists are often presented 24 MOVIE REVIEWS FILM SHORTS in essayistic, almost agitprop fashion— during Carmichael’s speech, in which he B-BOARD talks about white standards of beauty

and the racially disturbing aspects of 23 23 Tarzan movies, the edges of the frame go dark and we see his listeners in soft FILM FILM spotlights, highlighting their features; when Patrice and Ron argue over depic-

18 tions of heroism in blaxploitation movies, the screen fills with movie posters

MUSIC and clips. (Among other things, BlacK- kKlansman stands as an urgent essay on

16 cinema’s depictions of blackness and

ART racism over the decades.) Later, Lee intercuts between a speech

15 by Harry Belafonte about the 1916 lynch- ing in Waco, Texas, of Jesse Washington

STAGE and one delivered by KKK Grand Wizard David Duke (Topher Grace, giving another of his insincere, aw-shucks, nice-guy per- 14 formances, which in this context is both chilling and surreal). “Give us true white

GET OUT men,” Duke declares, while Belafonte goes through every agonizing detail of the hor-

12 rors visited upon Washington’s body. It’s a terrifying juxtaposition, and watching it, I got the sense Lee had laid a kind of bril- WORDS liant trap for us with his earlier, satirical

8 depiction of the Klan. Laugh all you want, he seems to say; you laughed at Trump, too, and look where that got us.

CURRENTS As you might expect, Trump and our current predicament hang heavily over 6 this film, and the script goes out of its way to make the connections. At one VIEWS point, Duke declares, “It’s time for Amer-

4 ica to show its…”—briefly struggling to find the right word—“greatness again.” MAIL REVIEWED BY BILGE EBIRI rier), and even as he woos her, he tries That’s one of the subtler references, and

2 and fails to stop her from using the word while most movies about the past botch pig to describe cops. Ron remains loyal to this sort of call-and-response with the

DO IT the force, but he’s also moved by Patrice’s present, Lee generally achieves this with BlacKkKlansman passion and righteousness. In some ways, panache; he’s rarely self-important about the investigation of the Klan might be it. He knows he’s making obvious points, SOME FO’ REAL, FO’ REAL SH*T Ron’s attempts to reconcile this tension and he embraces it with a combination of 08.08.18 SPIKE LEE’S BlacKkKlansman is a tonal roller coaster, and therein lies much of its between his dedication to police work and exuberance and despair. unique power. It’s alternatingly comic, heroic, tragic, horrifying, ridiculous, dead serious, his growing activism. And within this heavy-handedness .13

32 clear-eyed and confused; it shifts into moments of documentary and even essay film, but This awakening awareness of identity can lie a kind of ambiguity. Without giv- # it’s also one of Lee’s more entertaining and vibrantly constructed works. I don’t know that goes beyond just Ron—Flip is repeatedly ing too much away, I must report that I’ve ever seen a movie exploit its tonal mismatches so voraciously and purposefully. asked by Klan members if he’s a Jew. He some of the film’s close-to-final scenes Based on a crazy true story (or, as an opening title puts it, “some fo’ real, fo’ real later confides to Ron that, while he is Jew- have an almost utopian, wish-fulfillment sh*t”), BlacKkKlansman follows the efforts of Ron Stallworth (John David Washington), ish, he wasn’t raised with any real religion quality to them, with bits that are sure an African American detective in the Colorado Springs police force who infiltrated the or sense of difference. “I never thought to get roaring audience responses. But Ku Klux Klan in the mid 1970s, passing as white over the phone, with fellow cop Flip about it before,” he says, but now, thanks Lee then quickly cuts to images of such

CASCADIA WEEKLY Zimmerman (Adam Driver) posing as Stallworth’s white avatar at actual Klan meetings. to these constant accusations and hatred, raw, disturbing power so any momentary Lee seizes every opportunity in that startling setup to play with the notions of identity “I’m thinking about it all the time.” sense of triumph is sure to catch in our 22 and belonging that have always fueled his work. Indeed, identity throughout BlacK- throats. BlacKkKlansman resists closure, Before his Klan investigation, Ron’s first assignment is to go undercover at a Stokely kKlansman can be a disorienting, ever- reconciliation or catharsis, and Lee has Carmichael speech. (“They say he’s a damn good speaker, so we don’t want this Carmi- shifting thing—acted upon by one’s al- no interest in keeping this thing formally chael getting into the minds of the good Negroes of Colorado Springs,” his fellow officers lies as well as one’s enemies. The movie unified. What use is that kind of unity in tell him.) There, he meets and falls for local college activist leader Patrice (Laura Har- embraces this aesthetically as well. a society that’s falling apart? film ›› showing this week

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Marvel’s most inconse- quential hero is also its most fun (sorry, Guardians), and Paul Rudd one of its most inspired casting B-BOARD decisions since Robert Downey Jr. became Tony Stark.

Chalk up yet another win for the Marvel Cinematic 23 23 Universe. HHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 58 min.) FILM FILM BlacKkKlansman: See review previous page. HH HHH (Unrated • 1 hr. 28 min.) 18 Christopher Robin: Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) is all grown up and being an adult is a MUSIC big bum deal (tell me about it, Chris), so his stuffed friends of yore—Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, Owl, and that

honey-loving scamp Pooh—come back to life to save 16 him from himself. Which sounds cute in theory, but if ART my Cabbage Patch Dolls start speaking to me, I will never recover. HHH (PG • 1 hr. 44 min.) 15

The Darkest Minds: This is a movie in which a

bunch of kids with some kind of superpowers come to- STAGE gether to form a coalition, and then rise up and resist the adults ruining the world in order to take control

of the future. Doesn’t seem like the worst premise for 14 a movie—or a political movement—if you ask me. THE MEG HHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 44 min.) GET OUT

Death of a Nation: The poster for this film melds Abraham Lincoln’s face with Donald Trump’s, so it is my franchise exists considering it continues to crank out seems to be getting better with age. HHHHH (PG-13 Three Identical Strangers: Identical triplets, hope that it is a time-traveling presidential romp in pretty decent film after pretty decent film. Dracula • 2 hrs. 27 min.) separated at birth and adopted by different families, 12 which Lincoln journeys to the future to vanquish Trump can’t get no respect. HHHH (PG • 1 hr. 37 min.) are reunited through a truly astonishing series of

and finish out his presidency and not a shrill anti- The Sandlot: This is one of those movies that every events. And then things really get interesting, in this WORDS liberal screed with a name that is derived from another Incredibles 2: No surprise here, Pixar continues to kid should see and every adult should see again. A documentary that is so reality-defying it has to be film that is widely regarded as being blatantly racist. knock it out of the park, bringing the long-gestating perfect pick for a night at the Fairhaven Outdoor true. HHHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 57 min.) 8 Zero stars forever. (PG-13 • 1 hr. 49 min.) family superhero sequel to the big screen at a time Cinema. Improv Playworks will kick things off at the when we need our superheroes—especially the ones Sat., Aug. 11 showing on the Village Green. HH Dog Days: I know you’re expecting me to mock this with big hearts and subversive spirits—the most. HHH (PG • 1 hr. 41 min.)

movie, but as long as the dogs have as much screen HHHHH (PG • 1 hr. 58 min.) CURRENTS time as the humans do, two thumbs way up. HH (PG • Slender Man: I guess if emoji can get themselves a 6 1 hr. 52 min.) Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: I love Meryl movie, it was only a matter of time until an internet Streep. I love ABBA. I’ve never been to Greece, but I meme did. Hollywood’s next great plot concept: a

Equalizer 2: Because this stars Denzel Washington have a feeling I love it too. All of that, plus Cher as tweet that’s gone viral. Imagine the possibilities. Or VIEWS (in his first sequel ever), the acting will be better Grandmamma Mia. Count me in. HHHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. don’t. HH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 33 min.) than it has any right to be for an action sequel. 50 min.) 4 Because this was directed by Antoine Fuqua, it will The Spy Who Dumped Me: Dear Hollywood, I need be way more stylish than it has any right to be for an The Meg: Jason Statham has fought various drug you to start writing better parts for genius comedic MAIL action sequel. HH (R • 2 hrs. 9 min.) cartels, corrupt political regimes, wackadoo criminal actresses like Kate McKinnon because you are wasting

masterminds and his own body, so naturally the only her talent with this mediocre buddy comedy. HH (R • 1 2 Eighth Grade: Writer/director Bo Burnham gives us thing left is for him to fight a giant prehistoric shark. I hr. 56 min.) a glimpse at the last week of eighth grade as seen don’t think it’s spoiling anything to say the shark prob- Showtimes DO IT through the eyes of 13-year-old Kayla (in an astonish- ably won’t win. HHH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 54 min.) Teen Titans Go! to the Movies: The popular ani- ing breakout performance by Elsie Fisher) in a way mated children’s series gets the big-screen treatment, Regal and AMC theaters, please see that is sensitive, insightful and all too real. HHHHH Mission: Impossible—Fallout: Tom Cruise is back and during a summer dominated by one superhero www.fandango.com.

(R • 1 hr. 34 min.) as Ethan Hunt, summer’s most bankable action hero blockbuster after another, each bigger and more 08.08.18 Pickford Film Center and that is not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. At bombastic than the last, this kid-friendly cartoon Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation: I feel a 56 years old, he still does nearly all his own stunts superhero spoof is the cinematic palate cleanser we PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see .13

little bad about constantly forgetting this animated and, like its star, this is the rare film franchise that need. HHHH (PG • 1 hr. 24 min.) www.pickfordfilmcenter.com 32 #

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30 FOOD Pepper Sisters 24 24 Flavors of New Mexico From scratch Served with love since 1988 Dinner nightly, Tuesday through Sunday 1055 N. State peppersisters.com B-BOARD B-BOARD 23 FILM Professional, knowledgeable, 18 fun & friendly to work with. MUSIC Learn how to cultivate the Aloha spirit when Wayne Powell and Patricia Lynn Miller share ideas from Hawaiian Shamanis- 16 Cerise Noah (360) 393-5826 tic Healing Sat., Aug. 11 at Village Books REALTOR® [email protected] ART

15 99%+ FOSSIL FUEL-FREE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ESSENTIAL REMEDIES: Michelle Mahler leads an CULTIVATING MINDFUL COMPASSION: Sign up “Essential Remedies: Subtle Aromatherapy” class at now for a “Cultivating Mindful Compassion” workshop 6:30pm Wed., Aug. 8 in Mount Vernon at the Skagit taking place with Amy Pattee Colvin from 9am-4pm STAGE Valley Food Co-op, 202 S. First St. Attendees at the free Aug. 18-19 at the Samish Center of Mindful Compassion event will learn how to use essential oils for mental on Samish Island. CMC is a unique blend of Taoist and

14 health and mood balance, among other things. Please Buddhist philosophies, contemporary psychology, and register in advance. scientific research. You’ll learn how to compassionately WWW.SKAGITFOODCOOP.COM engage your inner critic, enhance vitality via qigong

GET OUT and mudra meditation, reduce rumination by settling THE WAY OF ALOHA: Wayne Powell and Patricia Lynn and focusing your mind, and learn techniques for com- Miller share ideas from Hawaiian Shamanistic Healing: municating authentically. Entry is $325.

12 Medicine Ways to Cultivate the Aloha Spirit at 7pm Sat., WWW.AMYPATTEECOLVIN.COM Aug. 11 at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Aloha refers to the divine spirit of love that flows through all things. HEALING HOUR: Attend a Healing Hour from 5:30- WORDS In this book, you will learn how to cultivate aloha spirit 6:30pm Wednesdays at Simply Spirit Reading & Healing with Hawaiian bodywork practices and medicine ways Center, 1304 Meador Ave. Drop in anytime during the 8 BellinghamFinancialPlanners.com using techniques such as Kahi Loa, Heartworks, Aunty hour to receive an aura/chakra healing. Entry is $5. COLSON FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISOR Margaret’s Big Island Massage, Traditional Hawaiian WWW.SIMPLYSPIRITCENTER.COM Fee-Only Financial Planning | Fee-Based Investment Management Touch Medicine, and Temple Style Lomi. Entry is free.

CURRENTS WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM CHAIR TAI CHI: “Chair Tai Chi” takes place at 3pm Tuesdays in July at the SkillShare Space at the Bell- 6 Ronald Scott Colson (Direct) 303.986.9977 NEUROLOGICAL INTEGRATION: Learn more about ingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Chair Tai Chi the technique called Neurological Integration System uses all of the concepts and flowing choreographed CFP®, MBA, President (Toll Free) 800.530.3884 VIEWS Therapy when Jean Christensen, LMT, leads a presenta- movements of standing Tai Chi except it is performed in 4740 Austin Court tion on the topic at 6:30pm Mon., Aug. 13 in Mount a seated position. Entry is free.

4 Bellingham WA 98229-2659 Vernon at the Skagit Valley Food Co-op, 202 S. First (360) 778-7217 St. NIS is a system of non-invasive healthcare that

MAIL uses the brain-nervous system connection to optimize MEDITATION EVENTS: Attend a variety of events this the function and repair of the body. Please register in week and on a regular basis at the Bellingham Insight

2 advance for the free event. Meditation Society, 1021 N. Forest St. WWW.SKAGITFOODCOOP.COM WWW.BELLINGHAMINSIGHT.ORG DO IT CULTURE OF HEALTH: As part of National Health ADVANCE CARE PLANNING: PeaceHealth hosts Center Week, Unity Care NW will host an talk and Q&A Facilitated Advance Directive monthly workshops at with Beth Toner—Senior Communications Officer with the 6pm on the first Thursday of the month and 4pm on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation—on “Culture of Health” the the first Tuesday of the month at St. Luke’s Health 08.08.18 from 5:30-7:30pm Tues., Aug. 14 at the Sylvia Center, 205 Education Center, 3333 Squalicum Parkway. Prospect St. At 5:30pm Thurs., Aug. 16, attend a screening (360) 752-5267 .13 of the documentary Ola: Health if Everything at the Pick- 32

# ford Film Center. Writer, producer and director Matthew GAM-ANON: Attend Gam-Anon meetings from Nagato will be on hand for a post-screening Q&A. Both 7-8:30pm Fridays in Mount Vernon at the First Lutheran events are free and open to the public. Church, 2015 Blackburn Rd. Entry is free. WWW.WCNW.ORG WWW.GAM-ANON.ORG

CHOICE: Dawn Harju leads an Excellence Northwest CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS: Most Mondays, workshop focusing on “Choice” at 7pm Thurs., Aug. 16 Co-Dependents Anonymous meets from 7-8:30pm at at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Entry is free. PeaceHealth St. Joseph’s Community Health Educa- CASCADIA WEEKLY WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM tion Center, 3333 Squalicum Pkwy. (360) 676-8588 24 GATHERING OF CRONES: Find support, share your adventure in living and connect with other sisters at a YOGA FOR MS: Abby Staten leads “Yoga for Multiple monthly Gathering of Crones from 10-11:30am Thurs., Sclerosis” classes from 10-11am Tuesdays and 11am- Aug. 16 at the Willows, 3115 Squalicum Pkwy. Newcom- 12pm Fridays at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, ers are always welcome. 2600 Lakeway Dr. (360) 595-4485 WWW.YOGABELLINGHAM.COM rearEnd crossword

(Paris’s region) 65 Color for rolls of 29 Brought bad luck 50 Team VIP FOOD 34 1998 skating gold dimes to 52 Golden ___ (Sir medalist Kulik 66 Actress Natalia of 30 Brewer’s dryer Francis Drake’s flag- 24 24 35 In-between feed- “Stranger Things” 31 Archaeological site ship) ing time invented 67 “Undertale” char- 32 The “A” that turns 53 Airplane seat at- B-BOARD for a Taco Bell ad acter named for a STEM into STEAM tachment B-BOARD campaign derided font 35 Joining with heat 54 Head bobs

38 Olympus ___ (Mar- 36 Harvard-set Turow 55 De Matteo of “The 23 tian volcano) DOWN book Sopranos” FILM 39 Come together 1 Tail movements 37 Fit together 56 Channel with a 40 90 degrees from 2 Skilled 42 Range of percep- “Deportes” version norte 3 Burrito bar side, for tion 57 Sales force mem- 18 41 Intuitive power short 46 “Christopher bers MUSIC 43 “Don’t change” 4 Prefix with plasm Robin” character 58 Succumb to gravity

44 Suffix similar to -let 5 Sardine cousins 48 Like feelings from 59 NBC News corre- 16 45 Painters’ mediums 6 Look after ASMR videos, for spondent Katy ART 46 Lunar cycle segment 7 “Was ___ harsh?” some 60 Ending for Power

47 Present-day 8 “No ___ Traffic” 49 Mock-innocent or Gator 15 49 Act like an old-timey 9 Renaissance reply

suitor 10 Bowl game venue, STAGE 51 Honorific for maybe

landmarks like the 11 Roadside rest stop Last Week’s Puzzle 14 Great Wall of China, 12 Insect egg Taj Mahal, or Empire 13 Keanu, in the “Ma- GET OUT Even Chances State Building trix” series THE ODD ONE'S OUT 58 Cable movie channel 18 “___ ever-changing 12 ACROSS official Morse code 20 Relative that might owned by Lionsgate world ...” 1 Worker’s compensa- message) be “once removed" since 2016 21 Living room piece WORDS tion 16 Muppet wearing a 22 Wood for baseball 61 Lou Gehrig’s nick- 24 Short nap

5 “M*A*S*H” actress horizontally striped bats name, with “The” 25 Makes happy 8 Loretta shirt 23 Removed 62 TV input or output 26 Leave out 9 Wilson of “The Office” 17 2000 movie with 27 Mustard sometimes component 27 Chinese restaurant

14 Have ___ in the the quote “What we mixed with mayo 63 Appellation style CURRENTS

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HOT DAMN SCANDAL NOISY WATERS • LAKEHOUSE CASCADIA WEEKLY BADSAINT • CHRVNS • CLUB MAGE • NEW UNIFORM • TROY BALDRY 25 THE OPINES • MUPPET FETISH • DYLAN BRUCE • BUNNY N BEAR FIND US ON FACEBOOK BY ROB BREZSNY LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran fashion writer Diana Vreeland (1903-1989) championed the beauty

of the strong nose. She didn’t approve of women

30 wanting to look like “piglets and kittens.” If she were FREE WILL alive today, she’d be pleased that nose jobs in the

FOOD U.S. have declined 43 percent since 2000. According to journalist Madeleine Schwartz writing in Garage ASTROLOGY magazine, historians of rhinoplasty say there has been 24

24 a revival of appreciation for the distinctive character ARIES (March 21-April 19): Palestinian American revealed in an unaltered nose. I propose, Libra, that writer Susan Abulhawa writes that in the Arab world, in accordance with current astrological omens, we to say a mere “thank you” is regarded as spiritless and extrapolate some even bigger inspiration from that B-BOARD B-BOARD ungenerous. The point of communicating gratitude marvelous fact. The coming weeks will be an excellent is to light up with lively and expressive emotions time for you to celebrate and honor and express pride that respond in kind to the kindness bestowed. For in your idiosyncratic natural magnificence. 23 instance, a recipient may exclaim, “May Allah bless the hands that give me this blessing,” or “Beauty is SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Maybe happiness is FILM in the eyes that find me beautiful.” In accordance this: not feeling like you should be elsewhere, doing with current astrological omens, I propose that you something else, being someone else.” This defini- experiment with this approach. Be specific in your tion, articulated by author Isaac Asimov, will be an 18 praise. Be exact in your appreciation. Acknowledge excellent fit for you between now and September 20. the unique mood and meaning of each rich exchange. I suspect you’ll be unusually likely to feel at peace MUSIC with yourself and at home in the world. I don’t mean TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to my to imply that every event will make you cheerful

16 analysis of the astrological omens, you need this ad- and calm. What I'm saying is that you will have an vice from mythologist Joseph Campbell: “Your sacred extraordinary capacity to make clear decisions based

ART space is where you can find yourself again and again.” on accurate appraisals of what’s best for you. He says it’s “a rescue land . . . some field of action where there is a spring of ambrosia—a joy that comes SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I've compiled a 15 from inside, not something external that puts joy into list of new blessings you need and deserve during the you—a place that lets you experience your own will next 14 months. To the best of my ability, I will assist STAGE and your own intention and your own wish.” Do you you to procure them. Here they are: a practical freedom have such a place, Taurus? If not, now is a great time song and a mature love song; an exciting plaything and to find one. If you do, now is a great time to go there a renaissance of innocence; an evocative new symbol 14 for a spell and renew the hell out of yourself. that helps mobilize your evolving desires; escape from Downtown — 1220 N. Forest St. the influence of a pest you no longer want to answer Bakery Café — 405 E. Holly St. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When he was 20 years to; insights about how to close the gap between the GET OUT Cordata — 315 Westerly Rd. old, future U.S. President Thomas Jefferson had an richest and poorest parts of yourself; and the cutting of awkward encounter with a young woman who piqued a knot that has hindered you for years. communityfood.coop • 360-734-8158 his interest. He was embarrassed by the gracelessness 12 he displayed. For two days afterward, he endured a CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “It has become terrible headache. We might speculate that it was a clear to me that I must either find a willing nurturer psychosomatic reaction. I bring this up because I'm to cuddle and nuzzle and whisper sweet truths with WORDS wondering if your emotions are also trying to send me for six hours or else seek sumptuous solace coded messages to you via your body. Are you aware of through the aid of eight shots of whiskey.” My Cap- 8 unusual symptoms or mysterious sensations? See if you ricorn friend Tammuz confided that message to me. I can trace them back to their source in your soul. wouldn’t be surprised if you were feeling a comparable tug. According to my assessment of the Capricorn CANCER (June 21-July 22): There’s a zone in zeitgeist, you acutely need the revelations that would CURRENTS your psyche where selfishness overlaps generosity, become available to you through altered states of

6 where the line between being emotionally manipulative emotional intelligence. A lavish whoosh of alcohol and gracefully magnanimous almost disappears. With might do the trick, but a more reliable and effective both hope and trepidation for the people in your life, I method would be through immersions in intricate, VIEWS advise you to hang out in that grey area for now. Yes, affectionate intimacy. it’s a risk. You could end up finessing people mostly for 4 your own good and making them think it’s mostly for AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Not even five their own good. But the more likely outcome is that percent of the world’s population lives in a complete MAIL you will employ ethical abracadabra to bring out the democracy. Congratulations to Norway, Canada, best in others, even as you get what you want, too. Australia, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Denmark,

2 New Zealand, Switzerland, and Sweden. Sadly, LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You probably gaze at three countries where my column is published—

DO IT the sky enough to realize when there’s a full moon. the U.S., Italy, and France—are categorized as But you may not monitor the heavenly cycles closely “flawed democracies.” Yet they’re far better than enough to tune in to the new moon, that phase each the authoritarian regimes in China and Russia. month when the lunar orb is invisible. We astrologers (Source: The Economist.) I offer this public service regard it as a ripe time to formulate fresh intentions. announcement as a prelude to your homework 08.08.18 We understand it to be a propitious moment to plant assignment. According to my astrological analysis, metaphorical seeds for the desires you want to fulfill you will personally benefit from working to bring

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# happens during the astrological month of Leo, the you ensure that people you care about feel equal to potency is intensified for you. Your next appointment you, and have confidence that you will listen to and with this holiday is August 10 and 11. consider their needs, and believe they have a strong say in shaping your shared experiences? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In her poem “Dog- fish,” Virgo poet Mary Oliver writes, “I wanted the PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Mystic poet Kabir past to go away, I wanted to leave it.” Why? Because wrote, “The flower blooms for the fruit: when the she wanted her life “to open like a hinge, like a fruit comes, the flower withers.” He was invoking

CASCADIA WEEKLY wing.” I'm happy to tell you, Virgo, that you now have a metaphor to describe his spiritual practice and more power than usual to make your past go away. reward. The hard inner work he did to identify himself 26 I'm also pleased to speculate that as you perform this with God was the blooming flower that eventually service for yourself, you’ll be skillful enough to pre- made way for the fruit. The fruit was his conscious, serve the parts of your past that inspire you, even as deeply felt union with God. I see this scenario as ap- you shrink and neutralize memories that drain you. In plicable to your life, Pisces. Should you feel sadness response to this good work, I bet your life will open about the flower’s withering? It’s fine to do so. But like a hinge, like a wing—no later than your birthday, the important thing is that you now have the fruit. and most likely before that. Celebrate it! Enjoy it!. NOW PLAYING BY AMY ALKON energy- and resource-sucking and be- Fri, August 10 - cause “highly desirable” women can hold out for commitment. But because Thu, August 16 30 THE SCIENCE ADVICE a man can, let’s just say, sheet ‘em and BLACKKKLANSMAN

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unimaginable secret -- a secret with radical repercussions for us all. CURRENTS And frankly, for the average guy Disney. So little girls, to the great dis- Fri: (3:45), 6:10, 8:30 getting married, the ideal situation may of their progressive parents, are Sat: (1:25), 3:45, 6:10, 8:30 6 would be to propose, get clocked with drawn to those stories of the scullery Sun: (12:25), (2:45), 5:10, 7:30 a bowling trophy, and wake up 10 maid who ends up marrying the prince— Mon - Thu: (3:45), 6:10, 8:30 VIEWS months later to one of his bros shaking the rich, high-status, hunky dude (good 4 a tux in his face and saying, “Hose off genes!) who could have any woman but and get dressed, man. You gotta be at finds our girl uniquely bewitching. MAIL

the chapel in an hour!” A man bewitched is a man less likely These sex differences in wedding to stray—so the fairy tale is actually 2 micromanagement reflect evolved a commitment fantasy. The “fairy tale DO IT sex differences in what evolutionary wedding” is a celebration of that—the psychologists David Buss and David successful completion of an evolution- Schmitt call “sexual strategies.” These ary imperative, or, as the bride might refer to long-term versus short-term put it: “Nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah- 08.08.18 orientation in mating—committed sex nyah! You girls fight among yourselves versus casual sex. for the toothless peasants!” .13 32

Though there are times when casual Getting back to the male point of # sex is the optimal choice for a woman, view, a guy gets married because he in general, women tend to benefit more has become “bewitched” and wants a from a “long-term mating strategy”— life partner and/or a family and real- holding out for men who are willing and izes that sex with a string of strippers able to stick around to protect and pro- is not the path to suburban dad-hood.

vide for their children. (Think handsome However, even when a man decides to CASCADIA WEEKLY prince—and all that “happily ever after” commit to one particular woman, his stuff—versus handsome hookup.) evolved drive for sexual variety re- 27 Men will suck it up and opt for a mains. So, to finally answer your ques- long-term relationship for a number tion: No man wants to buy Grooms! of reasons, Buss and Schmitt explain: magazine—because a wedding is, in a because being on the hunt is time-, sense, a funeral for his sex life. rearEnd comix + sudoku

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Use cannabis where Lock up cannabis Keep cannabis to prevent kids can’t see. teen use. where kids can’t reach.

of little eyes, think it’s for them who just might, and take a bite. Compared to 2016, calls to the Washington Poison Center Leave on involving kids 0-5 increased “Not for Kids” warning labels. by 40%.

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8 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon horseradish Salt and freshly ground pepper

CURRENTS Tomatoes 3 to 4 green tomatoes 6 Salt 1 large egg white VIEWS 1 cup white cornmeal

4 BY AMY KEPFERLE the rest of you soon, so you better ripen ½ cup butter up,” I scolded the remainders. 1 teaspoon pepper MAIL I’d chosen a recipe that was paired

2 Tomato Talk with a creamy horseradish sauce, so I DIRECTIONS made that first and stuck it in the fridge Combine all sauce ingredients in

DO IT IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN to chill. Southern purists use only to- small bowl; mix well. Cover and re- mato slices in a bit of flour with salt and frigerate. IT’S SAFE to say have a thing for tomatoes. Every spring, I purchase way more starts pepper, but this how-to instead included Slice tomatoes about 3/8-inch than I think I’ll need at the Whatcom County Master Gardeners Plant Sale, cross my an egg white and cornmeal for dipping thick. Sprinkle lightly with salt. Beat 08.08.18 fingers when it comes to favorable conditions for growing the edible nightshade, and purposes, and worked just fine. egg white with fork in shallow dish. hope for the best. I knew my dinner date would be hun- Place cornmeal on plate or in sepa- .13

32 Typically, by this time of the summer it takes a lot of work to keep up with the har- gry for more than tomatoes, so by the rate shallow dish. # vest of beefsteaks, romas, cherry tomatoes, valencias, stupice, brandywines and myriad time I’d browned them and brought Melt two tablespoons butter in other varieties we space throughout our backyard plots. But although I’ve been able to back out the zesty sauce, I had set out large skillet over medium-high heat. pluck a few of the smaller varieties here and there to add to garden-fresh salads and fried chicken left over from a family Dip tomatoes in egg mixture, then in place on top of bagels with cream cheese, the baseball-sized orbs weighing down a picnic, and also included a few garden cornmeal to coat. Add tomato slices number of the vines have been slow to ripen. greens. He licked his plate clean, and to skillet in a single layer. Last weekend, I was fed up with waiting for the big boys to redden, and decided I’d asked for more. Cook until golden brown; turn and

CASCADIA WEEKLY take matters into my own hands. Hearkening back to Fannie Flagg’s Fried Green Toma- Other pairings that would work well with cook until browned on other side. Drain toes at the Whistlestop Cafe—a book (and movie) that delved into big issues such as fried green tomatoes include fish, BLTs, on paper towels. Repeat with remaining 30 racism, homosexuality, family and aging, but also brought home how delicious green crab cakes, poached eggs, creamy pastas, tomato slices, adding butter to the skil- tomatoes could be—I knew I’d hit a solution. omelets, macaroni and cheese, and be- let as needed. Serve warm with horse- Just in case the heat of the day had worked its magic, I waited for the sun to move yond. I hope I don’t have to resort to mak- radish sauce on the side. beyond the enclosed vegetable garden before callously ripping four green specimens ing all of these dishes before our tomatoes from their seemingly permanent home in a beleaguered tomato cage. “I’ll be back for ripen, but I will if I have to. doit

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