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REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND COUNTIES 11-01-2017* • ISSUE:44* • V.12 WINTER IS COMING A flurry of films, P.14

ART'S ALIVE! A weekend of wonder, P.16

THE GRISTLE Issues of incarceration, P.08 BREWGRASS! Cornering the market in Anacortes, P.18 Art Walk: 6-10pm, downtown Bellingham

c a s c a d i a SATURDAY [11.04.17] 30 ONSTAGE FOOD ThisWeek A Doll’s House: 2pm, Bellingham High School A Doll’s House: 2pm, DUG Theater, WWU A glance at this week’s 12 Minutes Max: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Arts

24 Center happenings Backyard Brawl: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre

B-BOARD DANCE Folk Dance Party: 7:30-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library

22 MUSIC Traditional Jazz: 2-5pm, VFW Hall

FILM Powerhouse Love Lifted Us: 6:30-8:30pm, La Conner United Methodist Church vocalist Shemekia Eric Heatherly, Chris Eger: 7:30pm, Lincoln The- 18 Copeland will atre, Mount Vernon Brewgrass: 7:30pm-12:30am, downtown Anacortes MUSIC be joined by Problem Child: 8pm, Mount Baker Theatre Malima Kone: 9-11pm, Lovitt Restaurant

16 rising star WORDS ART Matt Andersen Jessica Stone: 1pm, Blaine Library for a night of Paul Owen Lewis: 2pm, Ferndale Library 15 Gary McWilliams: 7pm, Village Books contemporary

STAGE COMMUNITY blues Fri., Nov. 3 Yule Boutique: 9am-3pm, Trinity Lutheran Church Scandinavian Fair: 10am-4pm, Holiday Inn

14 at the Mount Baker Friends of the Forest Benefit: 5-11p, Port of Theatre Anacortes Transit Shed Event Center

GET OUT GET OUT Bellingham Trail Marathon: 7:30am, Lake Padden Park

12 Salmon Sighting: 12-3pm, Taylor Shellfish Farms

WORDS FOOD Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square

10 Ciderfest: 10am-5pm, BelleWood Acres Specialty Coffee Beer Fest: 10-6pm, Elizabeth Station Full Moon Block Party: 11am-8pm, Stones Throw Brewery CURRENTS Chowder by the Channel: 3-6pm, La Conner Middle

8 WEDNESDAY [11.01.17] Carrie Cooper will be one of eight School artists showing their work at the

VIEWS ONSTAGE VISUAL A Doll’s House: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU opening for the group exhibit Crafts of the World: 9am-4pm, Good News Fellow-

4 ship Church, Ferndale MUSIC “Cutaway” at Make.Shift Art Space Uncommon Threads: 10am-3pm, Greenbank Farm, MAIL Mike Allen Trio: 7-9pm, Sylvia Center Fri., Nov 3 during the Downtown Whidbey Island Home Free: 8pm, Mount Baker Theatre Art’s Alive!: 10am-6pm, throughout La Conner

2 Bellingham Art Walk Artist Reception: 4-6pm, i.e. gallery, Edison THURSDAY [11.02.17] New Exhibit Opening: 5-8pm, Smith & Vallee Gal- DO IT DO IT lery, Edison ONSTAGE A Doll’s House: 7pm, Bellingham High School SUNDAY [11.05.17] A Doll’s House: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre

11.01.17 MUSIC The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Global Spice Series: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU .12 MUSIC Pacific Northwest Opera: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, 44

# High School Jazz: 7pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon FRIDAY [11.03.17] COMMUNITY Mount Vernon Next Show: 7pm, Kennelly Keys, Anacortes Great Futures Gala: 5:30pm, DreamChasersRV of Night Beat: 7:30pm, First Congregational Church ONSTAGE Burlington FOOD A Doll’s House: 7pm, Bellingham High School Grape & Gourmet: 5:30-8:30pm, Silver Reef Event FILM 12 Minutes Max: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing FOOD Center Mt. Baker Film & Art Festival: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Arts Center Holiday Bake Sale: 9am-3pm, Lynden Community Theatre A Doll’s House: 7:30pm, DUG Theater, WWU Center VISUAL Backyard Brawl: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre Art’s Alive!: 10am-4pm, throughout La Conner CASCADIA WEEKLY FOOD VISUAL Artful Pairing: 2-4pm, Whatcom Museum’s Light- Literacy Breakfast: 7-9am, Bellingham Technical Crafts of the World: 9am-8pm, Good News Fellow- catcher Building 2 MUSIC College Shemekia Copeland, Matt Andersen: 7:30pm, ship Church, Ferndale Breakfast of Champions: 7-9am, Boundary Bay Mount Baker Theatre Uncommon Threads: 10am-7pm, Greenbank Farm, MONDAY [11.06.17] Brewery Pacific Northwest Opera: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Whidbey Island Holiday Bake Sale: 9am-3pm, Lynden Community Mount Vernon Art’s Alive Opening: 5-9pm, Maple Hall, La Conner COMMUNITY Center Brewgrass: 7:30pm-12:30am, downtown Anacortes First Friday Art Walk: 6-9pm, downtown Anacortes Whatcom Housing Week: Through Thursday NEW! THISWEEK

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4  360-647-8200 ingham Neighborhood Coalition—that an ap- the single-family zone. I can see three of them 24: Bulletin Board, Free Will  distribution@ parently harmless rezone to allow backyard from my house. MAIL MAIL cascadiaweekly.com 25: Wellness detached ADUs in single-family zoned neighbor- Checking with the Planning Department’s reg- Whatcom: Erik Burge,

2 hoods (that will presumably increase availabili- istration office, I see that two of the three are 26: Crossword Stephanie Simms ty and affordability for “middle income” current registered, but not owner-occupied, therefore 27: Advice Goddess Skagit: Linda Brown, DO IT Barb Murdoch Bellingham residents) is not what it seems. Is previous rules are not being enforced. Yet they 28: Comix this a Trojan horse for up-zoning all of Belling- expect us to trust future enforcement of rules 29: Slowpoke, Sudoku Letters ham to multifamily? pertaining to inspection and owner-occupation, SEND LETTERS TO LETTERS@ The Planning Commission has already voted to prevent mass predatory absentee landlord- Soup scene CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM

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VOTER'S GUIDE, P.11 + SAVE KMRE, P.12 + A DOLL'S HOUSE, P.15 working-class people in the downtown historic ing. Additionally, this staff person did not know REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA .12 WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND COUNTIES 11-01-2017* • ISSUE:44* • V.12

# Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly WINTER IS COMING PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 A flurry of films, P.14 proposal, seemingly unbiased, to the entire city. of Senator Spanel. So much for local input into ART'S [email protected] ALIVE! A weekend of wonder, What is not spoken is that most of what I the process. Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia P.16 Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing call “McMansionland” outside the historic areas I do like the DADUs in our neighborhood, and papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution THE SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material GRISTLE would like to see more, but not the infill toolbox, Issues of have covenants, private laws that trump public incarceration, P.08 to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you BREWGRASS! Cornering the market include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- in Anacortes, P.18 law, therefore are not affected by this possible with ugly two-story units blocking my sun—on ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday “up-zone.” the garden where we raise much of our food. the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be COVER: Photo by Ian CASCADIA WEEKLY returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. Provo courtesy of The leadership of this movement is the Build- As PCO for this precinct, I don’t mind more LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. Warren Miller ing Industry Association, who I am sure would people, but I dread the possibility of stuffing 4 In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your love to see the old places torn down, replaced them like sardines into unsightly buildings. letters to fewer than 300 words. with apartments, and overflow from Seattle wel- Since Happy Valley and Sunnyland have “pilot comed to bolster the economy. projects” in toolkit housing, let’s see how these But what happens to livability for those of us turn out first! who like pre-1920 housing, need green space —Dianne Foster, Bellingham NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre SIGN UP FOR standing to be any part of that process. HEALTH CARE COVERAGE Unless employers are going to offer in- This year, the Open Enrollment period surance that doesn’t include coverage for 2017 Whatcom County for health insurance through the Afford- any medications, declaring which medi- General Election Endorsements

able Care Act starts November 1. If you cations meet a religious test is blatantly 30 need coverage starting January 1, 2018, unconstitutional. Do you want a Chris- the deadline is December 15, 2017. If you tian Scientist employer “conscientiously WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL CITY OF LYNDEN FOOD can wait for coverage until February 1, objecting” to covering cancer chemo- Buchanan Wohlrab enrollment is open until January 1, 2018. therapy or a Jehovah’s Witness employer Browne 24 Don’t waste time to enroll or change declining to cover blood transfusions be- Donovan WHATCOM FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 4 your current plan. To sabotage the ACA, cause of religious objections? Boonstra Trenouth which is still the law of the land, the Contraception coverage by health in- B-BOARD NORTH WHATCOM FIRE RESCUE federal administration has cut enroll- surance not only provides substantial CITY OF BELLINGHAM Bosman

ment time by six weeks, slashed the ACA health benefits, but is very fiscally ben- Lilliquist 22 advertising budget by 90 percent so peo- eficial as well and should be expanded, Knutson PORT OF BELLINGHAM ple are not reminded to sign up, ordered not restricted as proposed by the current Vargas Shepard FILM higher premiums for older, sicker Ameri- administration motivated only by being Murphy

cans, and ended subsidies for middle- “anti-Obama.” 18 income though not yet for low-income —Douglas L. Madsen, MD, Bellingham Paid for and authorized by IAFF Local #106 P.O. Box 1024 Bellingham, WA 98227 Americans. MUSIC Your Local Fire Fighters The ACA has insured millions of Ameri- THE FIVE PERCENT SOLUTION Local #106 representing: City of Bellinham Races | Bellingham Fire ghters | Lynden Fire ghters cans and is still available. Don’t be de- The Gristle of Oct. 18 saying that four North Whatcom Fire & Rescue Fire ghters | Fire District #8 Fire ghters 16 South Whatcom Fire Authority Fire ghters | Port of Bellingham Fire ghters

prived of your right to health and well be- more years of Doug Ericksen’s virulently ART ing. For excellent information about plans anti-environmental behavior is an inevi- McIntyre Hall Presents

in Washington state, go to the Office of tability that we must accept in the 2018 15 the Insurance Commissioner at www.In- election really upset me. "Joyous folk pop” ~ NPR Music surance.wa.gov. Don’t delay. Act now! Ericksen was one the first Republi- KUINKA WITH TSISTERS STAGE —Edwina Norton, Bellingham cans in Northwest Washington to sign onto the Trump bandwagon. When Trump Friday, 14 DECEPTION ON couldn’t find a venue for one of his hate- November 10 CONTRACEPTION filled political campaign rallies, Doug I don’t know whether to cry or curse at came to his rescue and arranged for an 7:30pm GET OUT the profound ignorance on display about appearance at the Whatcom County Fair-

contraception. First of all, for those ob- grounds in Lynden. 12 jecting to “paying” for other’s health care On the basis of that early loyalty, he that doesn’t directly benefit them, please managed to finagle a temporary job in the WORDS educate yourself on the whole concept of Environmental Protection Agency under insurance. We are all “paying” for things Scott Pruitt. But even a bozo such as the 10 that most of us will never need or benefit former Attorney General from Oklahoma from, but insurance is there if we should recognized that Doug brought nothing to

ever have that need. If you don’t want to the party, so he was sent back to Bell- CURRENTS “pay” for any one else’s benefit, don’t get ingham. Too bad, that might have saved any insurance of any kind and pay only Whatcom County from his continued eco- 8 for the services you use—maybe you can nomic and environmental destructiveness. VIEWS rely on prayer. By 2018, the folly of their votes for 4 Second, contraception is much more Trump should be evident to at least five MCINTYREHALL.ORG 360.416.7727 4 2501 E COLLEGE W AY, MOUNT V ERNON than birth control pills and condoms the or 10 percent of the traditional Republi- MAIL ignorant commentators seem to be fix- can voters in the 42nd Legislative Dis- MAIL

ated on. Please educate yourself on the trict. As the Republicans continue to 2 subject of the health benefits of long- demonstrate their cruelty toward Ameri- acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs). cans most in need, while providing mas- Hadrian Stone Design DO IT Third, every dollar spent on contra- sive tax cuts to Trump and his Billion- ception returns from $3 to $7 dollars, aire Boys Club, surely even some of the dramatically decreasing the costs associ- Lynden hyper-Christians must begin to Studio & Gallery ated with unintended pregnancy, ectopic question their support for their “grab ’em 11.01.17 pregnancy, miscarriage and abortions. by the pussy” President and his strongest .12

Even if you put aside the health benefits, local supporter. 44 the annual cost savings are estimated But it’s up to the Democratic Party and Store Hours # to be at least $12 billion annually. This their opposition candidate(s) to make means a reduction in premium costs for that linkage clear and reinforce it contin- Open Wednesday - Sun. 1-5pmpm everyone. All you fiscal conservatives ually between now and November 2018. and anti-abortionists should be insist- There is hope. Closed Monday & Tuesday ing on contraceptive coverage, since it —Jack McBride, Bellingham Free Parking significantly reduces overall costs and CASCADIA WEEKLY would potentially reduce abortion inci- KAFKAESQUE WATERFRONT 5 dence by more than 60 percent. As one who has followed the Kaf- Fourth, contraception, like any other kaesque process of waterfront redevelop- 5717 Gilkey Ave, Bow, WA 98232 prescribed medication, is a decision be- ment for more than a decade, I hope that tween the patient and their doctor. The the citizens of Whatcom County will take www.htroc3.com patient’s employer has no right or moral the opportunity to finally bring some co- mail ›› your views

30 herence, accountability and vision to the project by electing Michael Shepard and FOOD Barry Wenger to the Port Commission. As a former member of the Bellingham Bay Foundation, I have seen firsthand 24 the erosion of our community goals for a vibrant, inviting waterfront that would B-BOARD complement and enhance downtown while highlighting our precious (and valuable)

22 connection to the Salish Sea. The possibilities were (are?) awe-inspiring. But

FILM the process has been so deeply flawed and self-serving that we are headed for a

18 “Bellevue on the Bay” result. We can do so much better.

MUSIC Business as usual will not lead to the waterfront that we deserve. Support a

16 waterfront redevelopment that adds val-

ART ue to both our economy and quality of life by voting for Michael Shepard and ting, the waterway was finally dredged I doubt if we’ve ever had such a quali- an ongoing waterfront redevelopment

15 Barry Wenger. about a year ago. Wenger brags about be- fied candidate. project that almost surely will eat more —John D’Onofrio, Bellingham ing one of the people being in charge of Barry will serve everyone, including public resources than it ever will gener-

STAGE that expedited project. access to the waterfront for us all, the ate. For that reason I am supporting non- A NON-HARMONIOUS We need to elect commissioners that can marine trades, fishing, agriculture and incumbents for the Port Commission and, SYMPHONY act when it is timely rather than trying to suitable development. especially, Amy Glasser as a member of 14 I was quite surprised to read the Mary talk the operation of the Port into place. I’m voting for Barry Wenger for Port of the County Council. Kay Robinson campaign flyer in my after- We have in candidates Dan Robbins and Bellingham, Disctrict 2 because he will Amy reminds of the leaders with whom I

GET OUT noon mail. Under the Making a Difference Ken Bell two people who understand how protect our most valuable assets and be- worked in the Kennedy and Johnson eras. category, she wrote that she “used finan- a port needs to operate. For generations cause he is completely prepared for our She has constructive positions on major lo-

12 cial skills to help save Whatcom Sympho- revenue from shipping carried the water commission’s complex tasks. cal issues but also burns with her commit- ny Orchestra …in 2008.” for the whole operation of the Port of —Arlene Feld, Bellingham ments to justice and constituent service. As a member of the board of directors Bellingham. With the election of Robbins She is the opposite of subdued. We badly WORDS of the WSO at the time, I remember that and Bell, we can return to those days of SUPPORT MARY need Amy’s honesty, energy and no-non- she made a difference in quite another living-wage jobs on the waterfront. KAY ROBINSON sense instincts in our local governance. 10 manner. She was forced to resign after 18 In regard to the other candidates run- Everyone should have received their —Ted Van Dyk, Bellingham months as our executive director, because ning for the County Council, at a forum ballots by now and I urge everyone to

CURRENTS she realized there was no money to pay at Meridian High School all of the can- carefully consider the candidates and BARRY WENGER FOR PORT her salary after she had run the symphony didates present admitted that the mora- cast their vote. This is an off-year elec- Barry Wenger is an outstanding candi- 8 tens of thousands of dollars in the hole. torium restricting oil shipments out of tion, but equally important, as you are date for Bellingham Port Commissioner. Although she evidently feels that she Cherry Point that was voted up by the ex- electing local representatives that will With 43 years of public service, Barry VIEWS helped “save” the organization, several isting County Council had no real stand- determine your economic future. has worked at the state Dept. of Ecol-

4 of us volunteers actually spent another ing in law and was probably a violation of I urge you all to vote for Mary Kay Rob- ogy to protect our shorelines and water 18 months recovering from her financial the Interstate Commerce Act. inson, who is running for the Whatcom quality. Locally he was deeply involved MAIL mismanagement with no help whatsoever If you like government by theater, re- County at Large position. I have known with the construction of Taylor Street

2 from any plan she left behind. elect our present County Clowncil. Mary Kay for at least 20 years and have Dock and the removal of toxic creosote I know Mary Kay to be a charming and —John Munson Bellingham been impressed with her knowledge and from Bellingham Bay. And he success-

DO IT enthusiastic person, but I can’t support energy level. She is thoughtful and ar- fully managed a shellfish operation for her candidacy for County Council, where BALANCE NEEDED ON PORT ticulate and will be an effective member four years. she would be overseeing a much more I want a Port of Bellingham Commis- of the Whatcom County Council. Once elected, Barry will first address challenging budget. sioner who will balance business and job —Bill Henshaw, Bellingham the problem of contaminated waterfront 11.01.17 —Becky Elmendorf, Bellingham development with careful protection of sites by securing funding for an acceler- our precious environment. A commission- SUPPORT AMY GLASSER ated cleanup. Moreover, he will work to .12

44 END THE KOOKY KABUKI er needs to know how to get to funding Since my retirement two-and-a-half expand our family-wage job base, attract # As a longshoreman who spent most of and how to collaborate with local, tribal, years ago in my hometown of Bellingham, clean energy and high-tech companies, his working life in the Port of Belling- state and federal officials. after a lifetime in national Democratic and advocate for mixed-use sustainable ham it becomes apparent that we need Barry Wenger, candidate for District 2, policy and politics, I have found that the development. We are indeed fortunate to Port Commissioners that are interested in has prepared for this position by working characterization of our community as the have such a competent, knowledgeable, operating our valuable and job-creating in ports throughout Washington. Early on, “city of subdued excitement” is all too and experienced candidate. shipping terminal. I started attending he worked with Port Townsend to revitalize true, especially when it comes to our lo- Vote Barry Wenger for Bellingham Port

CASCADIA WEEKLY meetings in 1989 that became part and the waterfront and tie the waterfront to cal governance. Commissioner, District 2. He will get the parcel of a project that was supposed to the historic downtown. Barry worked with We have poverty and unemployment job done. 6 expedite and facilitate the speedy dredg- the Everett Navy Homeport and with the rates above both the state and national —Warren Sheay, Bellingham ing of Whatcom Waterway. It was super- Port of Seattle. In Bellingham, he facili- averages; unaffordable housing; a lack of vised and overseen by Barry Wenger and tated Taylor Street Dock, funding and con- family-wage jobs; ongoing environmental Barry Wenger will make an excellent the Dept. of Ecology. struction. As he tackled these projects, he challenges; a proposal to build an ex- Port Commissioner. After decades of meetings and permit- skillfully coaxed them into being. pensive, unneeded new county jail; and His DOE expertise in providing environ- Healthy communities start at home.

30 mental oversight of waterfront-related PROBLEMS WITH projects combined with his private sec- INCOME DISCRIMINATION FOOD tor consulting experience make him the RELIEF perfect person for the job. April Barker mentioned at a recent City 24 Barry has a strong track record in Council meeting that the Bellingham bringing projects quickly to completion Barrier to Income Discrimination ordi- while also protecting the environmental nance would be based on the ordinance B-BOARD quality of our public resources. in place in Vancouver, Wash.

Over the past 20 years I have worked Diving deep into that ordinance brings 22 with Barry on several successful projects out some significant changes to business and Barry is innovative. Recently, Barry as usual in the Bellingham rental market: FILM described a simple solution for working A 60-day Notice to Vacate “Affirmative

with Burlington Northern to vastly re- Defense” means residential month-to- 18 duce train horn noise in Bellingham. month tenants can assert in an eviction

Barry Wenger gets it done right! action against a landlord who owns five or HOUSING WEEK MUSIC —Jim Hansen, Bellingham more rental units and who failed to provide Let’s build awareness and support for innovative housing solutions a 60-day no-cause notice to terminate ten- that create diverse, vibrant, healthy homes for everyone. 16

THE SCHOOL DECISION ancy. The 60-day notice ordinance does ART Over the heads of my two littles ones not prevent landlords from issuing other Topics include: Who Should Attend? we discussed what next. As my oldest notices to terminate a tenancy for cause. Home Ownership NOVEMBER Community stakeholderss, regional professionals, 15 turned five, with her younger sister not A Source of Income Protection means A ordability • Smart Growth elected o cials, planning commissioners, public far behind her, we were knee deep in landlord may not refuse to rent to a ten- Homelessness • Livability health leaders, civil rights leaders, housing STAGE making what felt like a life-changing de- ant based on a tenant’s source of income. Infill • Urban Planning 6-9, 2017 developers, and the general public. cision for her, and for our entire family. A landlord may still use screening crite- 14 The School Decision. ria to determine whether or not to rent Most Events FREE! »»» WhatcomHousingWeek.org Our decision encompassed multiple to a prospective tenant. options, and took months of thoughtful Most rentals require first, last and se- GET OUT consideration. But in the end we chose curity before occupancy. The Section 8

to be a part of the new Bellingham Fam- program begins at lease signing but. I’m 12 ily Partnership Program. unable to verify about whether there is It’s been three years and I now have two payment of the last month’s rent. The WORDS children who are school-aged and I believe future tenant still needs to have a good even more in the importance of having credit history and rental history. 10 many educational options, supports and Security deposits are only a single tools available to our local families. month’s rent, and it is very difficult to

I cannot fathom a more qualified, go back to a tenant to collect any high- CURRENTS dedicated and hands-on, knowledge- er amount unit of damages since they able candidate for the Bellingham School are, by definition, low income. The Pub- 8 Board (Position 4) than Jennifer Mason. lic Housing Association does not secure VIEWS She intimately knows the intense needs the rental as a cosigner. of our community, the diversity of our So we are left in a situation where 4 learners and passionately believes in there is extremely low vacancy, and bringing education to every child. landlords are deciding between tenants. MAIL

Jennifer brings more than a decade of Tenant One: a student attending a 2 experience of working directly with the university. Parents can co-sign for the

district, teachers, students and our local lease, provide the first, last and security. DO IT community as an advocate. No inspection is required other than the It’s completely baffling to me that every three year City inspection. Apart- there currently are not any board direc- ment is seen and the tenant moves in tors who have any (!) direct experience within a week or so. 11.01.17 with our K-12 public schools. Tenant Two: elderly, disabled or low .12

Jennifer’s desire to bring quality edu- income. No cosigner. Has to have an 44 cation, care, and a fresh and intent look inspection before lease can be signed. # on inclusivity, accessibility, bridging the Process takes two or more weeks to fin- poverty line for our students, and finally ish, with another two or more weeks to giving a voice of experience and care is complete any needed repairs. Landlord important, hers is a voice that our com- loses one month of rent waiting for the munity desperately needs. process to finish. May or may not receive

Making the decision of what school op- the last month’s rent on move in. CASCADIA WEEKLY tions to invest in, take advantage of and If you were the landlord, which would 7 utilize for my children was intense and you choose? How does passing any Bar- difficult. Making the decision to invest rier to Income Discrimination ordinance in, endorse, and, ultimately, put my faith forestall business decisions like these? in Jennifer Mason was not. —Jean Layton, Bellingham —Autumn Meyer, Bellingham (edited for length) THE GRISTLE STATISTICS OF SHAME: The “four gray walls” approach

30 of the county to criminal justice was on vivid display last week, as the Vera Institute presented their final FOOD report and data analysis on mechanisms that could help reduce incarceration rates and jail populations views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE while improving social justice outcomes. County ad- 24 ministrators appeared more interested in defending their current practices to the analysts than listening B-BOARD to the analysts in an open exploration of new ap- proaches to criminal justice. BY ALEX RAMEL

22 “Whatcom County has experienced dramatic growth in its local jail population over the past five

FILM decades”—a nine-fold increase, consultants commented on those practices. “During the same peri- Xyelene Export

18 od—the incarceration rate in jail per 100,000 county residents—more than tripled.” SHOULD THE SALISH SEA BECOME A PETROCHEMICAL SUPERHIGHWAY?

MUSIC The Vera Institute studies the causes and consequences of mass incarceration, racial disparities, and WASHINGTON STATE’S five how do we do better?

16 the loss of public trust in law enforcement, to the refineries supply most of the gaso- Most immediately, you can speak

ART unmet needs of the vulnerable, the marginalized, and line, diesel and jet fuel used in the out at a public hearing on Nov. 2 those harmed by crime and violence. The consultant Pacific Northwest. And you may and call on Skagit County to deny

15 was hired by Whatcom County Council to study the not know it, but these refineries Andeavor’s project permits. Ship- criminal justice system and provide recommendations have been piecemealing together ping petrochemicals to Asia isn’t

STAGE that might reduce incarceration rates and improve expansion projects to start export- the future we want for our com- justice outcomes in Whatcom County. ing crude oil and petrochemicals munity. This is the only hearing on Alas, and unbelievably, conversations about reducing through the Salish Sea. These ex- and export xylenes, petrochemi- these permits—and this is a prece- 14 incarceration rates and improving outcomes took place pansion projects are steadily in- cals used in making plastics. dent-setting project. Big Oil should in isolation from conversations about the size and loca- creasing the risk of spills and car- Shifting to xylene production not be allowed to skirt responsibil-

GET OUT tion of a new jail. The conversations happened in paral- bon pollution, while threatening to means a significant increase in ity by shifting their climate pollu- lel over the course of more than a year, but they did not send more jobs overseas. toxic chemicals coming in by ship tion to other countries, while put-

12 intersect and meaningfully inform one another. Right now, all five of those refin- and train, and more tankers head- ting the Salish Sea at a greater risk Perhaps the most shameful of statistics unearthed eries have a problem: We’re using ed for Asia. This is the future Big of spills. This project is a step in in the Vera study, nearly 60 percent of the average less of the stuff they’ve been pro- Oil is aiming for. the wrong direction. WORDS daily population are being held without trial. No ducing. And we’re going to use even As refineries explore options to Tell your local government officials judge, no jury has heard their circumstances or has less in the future. ship out new products or export to block projects to export crude oil 10 seen evidence of their crimes. Nothing has been dem- Thanks to fuel-efficient cars, elec- crude oil, the fragile Salish Sea and fracked natural gas through our onstrated against them. That population, for a variety tric vehicles, mass transit upgrades, faces an even greater likelihood of communities. Impacted cities and

CURRENTS of reasons, simply cannot make bail. Twenty percent and pedestrian-centered cities, the spills and accidents—threats that counties can, and must, take action of people with bail of $1,000 or less were not able to Pacific Northwest is headed in the could send our already struggling in the face of these threats. What- 8 8 post bail prior to the disposition of their cases. right direction. Policy proposals are Southern Resident killer whales com County has already taken a step Hold that idea in your mind, and realize this is not moving toward even bigger steps to over the brink to extinction. These in the right direction through their VIEWS VIEWS a statistic a larger, newer jail will improve. cut our carbon footprint, like put- types of projects also bring huge recent moratorium on unrefined

4 Another statistic of shame from the Vera report: ting a price on climate pollution and increases in carbon emissions— fossil fuel export projects. Tacoma Fully a third of inmates at the Whatcom County Jail implementing new fuel standards. right as our state is pushing to de- seems likely to follow. Skagit County MAIL suffer from some mental health or behavioral health These changes are a good thing— crease pollution in other sectors. should do the same.

2 or substance abuse disorder that is very poorly served, they’re steps we’ve needed for a And shipping unrefined products We need better oversight of re- and likely worsened by incarceration. long time. It means cleaner air and overseas costs local refinery jobs. finery expansions. Part of the prob-

DO IT Again, this is not a problem a new, larger jail will water, less traffic, lower carbon Decisions about projects like An- lem with Andeavor’s project is that address; and the notion that that a new facility will pollution, and a legacy we can be deavor’s should be made with an Skagit County is largely on its own offer a larger footprint for behavioral health programs proud to pass on to our grandkids. eye on environmental impacts and to review this complex project. is as laughable as it is cruel: No person is going to But for Big Oil, it’s a big problem. economic resilience, as well as con- These refineries are big facilities 11.01.17 voluntarily journey to some remote maximum-secu- Their market is shrinking. And it’s sideration for what these changes with regional impacts, and they re- rity outpost on the edge of Ferndale to seek profes- driving changes in the way industry mean for workers and contractors. quire expertise most counties can’t .12

44 sional mental health counseling. plans to do business in the future. Good public policy means think- properly manage. # Notably, the Sheriff and County Executive were not How are we seeing these piece- ing ahead, setting up smart rules, With real forward thinking, our in attendance for the final Vera report, and although mealed expansion projects coming applying them consistently and local and state leaders can contin- their deputies were present it might have been use- together? In 2015, the industry making sure everyone knows what ue to rapidly reduce pollution and ful to hear this information firsthand. The County successfully lobbied Congress to to expect. Thoughtful planning prevent toxic spills, while protect- Prosecutor contributed to the discussion, but left lift the ban on crude oil exports. will give people and businesses ing local jobs and supporting a just, early. Bellingham’s mayor attended throughout, and In the first half of 2017, the An- time to react as our state, nation equitable transition to a low carbon

CASCADIA WEEKLY the city drew praise from Vera analysts for sharply deavor (formerly Tesoro) Refinery and the world transition to a lower future. Because that’s the future reducing incarceration rates for misdemeanor of- near Anacortes shipped more than carbon future. worth fighting for. 8 fenses. The city reported a 98 percent success rate one million barrels of crude oil out Unfortunately, right now we’re in their nascent electronic home monitoring program of the state. And now, Andeavor getting piecemeal proposals, with- Alex Ramel is field director for the that has sharply reduced the need to warehouse is seeking permits to manufacture out a view of the big picture. So Extreme Oil Campaign at Stand.earth these offenses in a maximum security jail. It’s a success story Vera consultants will take with them to VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE share with other communities. A BETTER WAY TO

The majority of bookings at county 30 jail for misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors are for petty theft and low- PLAY FOOD level assaults, or arrest warrants re- EVERY sulting from failure to appear in court ! 24 for these minor charges. DAY ATNORTHWOOD The challenge is admittedly not an easy one at the county level. The stan- B-BOARD dards for the justice system are much

higher for felonies and gross misde- 22 meanors charged from multiple jurisdic- tions, the cases are more complex and $500 Every 30 FILM the options of judges much more con-

strained. Reform will require state and 18 federal governments acting as partners, Minutes Every rolling back decades of policy that has MUSIC produced perverse outcomes. But local governments like counties must lobby Weekend Night! 16

for the effort, must become champions ART of a new paradigm that improves lives Northwood continues to give you REAL CASH every Friday & Saturday night! $500

and justice outcomes. 15 Jails across the country face these Weekend Winners drawings every 30 minutes

problems; and undoubtedly state and from 6pm to 10pm! Winners Club Members STAGE federal prison reforms actually worsen get a free entry for the drawings every Friday incarceration rates at the local level

& Saturday. 14 as problems are shifted downstream. Correctional holds from other jurisdic- tions have risen in the Homeland Secu- GET OUT rity paradigm, as state and federal law

enforcement and immigration officials 12 use county lockup as holding cells. Ad- vocacy is needed to push back against New Rewards Station WORDS that paradigm. And that’s why the county’s gen- Drawings Begin November 1! 10 eral response—glowering with arms crossed, muttering, “We can’t do that. We gave away $10,000 on October 15 and now it’s time

We can’t afford that”—was so tone- to start gathering new entries for the next $10,000 CURRENTS deaf and counterproductive to what’s

giveaway! 8 proposed: The possible reduction of 8 about 75 percent of admissions to the

Just swipe your Winners Club Card at the Kiosk every time you VIEWS VIEWS jail and tandem reductions in average visit to get another entry for weekly drawings of $200 every Sunday daily population in the jail. through December 10, from 1:30 to 5pm, as well as the Grand 4 Crisis creates opportunity. The op-

Finale Drawings on December 17 for up to $5000 cash! You will win MAIL portunity the county spies is the re- $50 at Sunday drawings if you’re not present, $200 if you are. Plus,

mainder of a public safety sales tax 2 you must swipe your card before close of day every Saturday to be they did not fully glom onto in 2004. entered in Sunday’s drawings. See Winners Club if you have any Voters approved a .1 percent sales DO IT tax in 2004 to improve upon the ex- other questions. isting jail or build a new one. That did not happen, and the crisis of an overcrowded and deteriorating jail 11.01.17 has magnified since then. But if vot- .12

ers approve a new tax in 2017, they 44 lock in place all of the poor reason- # ing, the perverse outcomes, and the bad faith that has gone into jail planning to date. If voters approve the jail MODERN COMFORTS AND JUST TWO TURNS OFF THE tax, then the plan as it stands today is locked in place and the funds to ad- OLD FASHIONED HOSPITALITY GUIDE MERIDIAN dress criminal justice are seized and ALDERGROVE CASCADIA WEEKLY 99 15 exhausted—forever. 8 AVE BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA 9 Crisis creates opportunity. And the 877.777.9847 opportunity that will arise from the 9750 Northwood Road • LyndenBLAINE WA N DRAYTON E BADGER RD NORTHWOOD RD failure of the jail tax initiative is a new HARBOR and better, more humble and circum- www.northwoodcasino.com spect plan moving forward. GUIDE MERIDIAN RD LYNDEN

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16 NORTHWEST PASSAGES Court of Appeals rejects an appeal chal-

ART Deputy Chief David Doll is lenging the validity of I-594, finding the promoted to lead the Bellingham gun lobby lacked the legal standing to 10.24.17 Police Department. A lifelong

15 overturn the law. [AGO] resident of Bellingham, Doll TUESDAY started with BPD in 1980 as an

STAGE explorer cadet and was hired as 10.27.17 A divided Whatcom County Council agrees to pay the legal bills of three coun- a commissioned officer in 1984. ty officials responsible for a deceptive mailer promoting the jail tax. County Doll has been a Deputy Chief for the past 12 years. FRIDAY 14 Executive Jack Louws, Prosecutor Dave McEachran, and Sheriff Bill Elfo were A complaint is filed with the Public responsible for the 2015 mailer, which has drawn a lawsuit. Council member Ken Disclosure Commission against the One

GET OUT Mann opposed his colleagues’ decision, saying he deeply opposed the deceptive to build new docks and dredge the river to Safe Jail Whatcom Correctional Deputies mailer and could not justify spending additional tax dollars to defend it in court. make room for massive coal ships. [DNR] Association PAC alleging multiple viola-

12 State election watchdogs fined county officials $500 over the mailer. [KGMI] tions of state law. A letter is also filed On Friday, developers of the proposed with the Washington State Attorney Gen- Opponents of this year’s Whatcom County Jail measure were surprised to see coal-export terminal in Longview will get eral’s office requesting immediate action WORDS a picture on Facebook of them holding signs supporting it. A supporter of the support from a Cowlitz County judge in their as the PAC, comprised of law enforcement jail measure doctored opposition signs in the hands of demonstrators to make legal battle with Washington state. The Su- professionals, has allegedly hidden con- 10 them look like signs of support. The person responsible for the deceptive pho- perior Court judge rules that DNR improper- tributions and expenditures from the pub- tograph apologized for offending people, saying that was not the intent. [KGMI] ly denied a tidelands sublease to operate lic as required by law. CURRENTS

CURRENTS 10 docks at the facility along the Columbia 10.25.17 River. That sublease was denied last Janu- 10.30.17 8 ary by outgoing Public Lands Commissioner WEDNESDAY Peter Goldmark, who found that the devel- MONDAY VIEWS A company proposing to build a terminal in Washington state to export U.S. coal oper—Millennium Bulk Terminals—failed to Kinder Morgan is facing a lengthy appeal

4 to Asia sues the state, arguing regulators unfairly denied the project a key per- provide enough financial information and to the National Energy Board after failing mit. Millennium Bulk Terminals’ lawsuit claims the state Dept. of Ecology violated details of how the sublease would be struc- to get the permits it needs from the City MAIL federal and state laws when it denied the project a water quality certification last tured. [Associated Press] of Burnaby, British Cloumbia—the first of

2 month. The lawsuit filed in Cowlitz County Superior Court alleges the denial was what will likely be many legal challenges based on “biased and prejudiced decision-making.” [Associated Press] 10.26.17 facing the Trans Mountain pipeline project

DO IT in coming months. An interprovincial pipe- The Washington Dept. of Natural Resources also rejects a key state approval THURSDAY line like Trans Mountain falls under federal for Millennium’s proposed coal export terminal in Longview. In its decision re- Washington State became the 17th state jurisdiction, but even though the project leased today, DNR cites Millennium’s failure to obtain multiple permits, inconsis- to require background checks on all gun has already been granted federal approval by 11.01.17 tencies in their site plans, missing critical information, and the overall best in- sales and transfers when it passed Initia- the NEB, it still faces strong local opposition terest of the state as reasons for the denial. Because DNR manages state-owned tive 594 with 59 percent of the vote on from municipalities, First Nations and activ- .12

44 aquatic lands, including the Columbia River, Millennium needs DNR’s approval November 4, 2014. The U.S. Ninth Circuit ists. [CBC] #

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the roadway and contacted Puget Sound BUZZ 30 Energy. Officers then cleared the area. JAIL TAX

Sometime later officers checked the area FOOD BAD BOYS IN BLUE and found PSE clearing the lines. 1. Essentially the same plan rejected by voters in 2015. On Oct. 25, a former Bellingham Police 2017-6: no 2. Twice the projected cost of a recently completed 24 officer pleaded guilty to a domestic vi- On Oct. 19, Blaine Police were notified WHATCOM COUNTY PROPOSITION jail of similar size in Skagit County. olence charge. Jacob Esparza’s ex-wife of a power outage in the south end of NO. 2016-1: JAIL TAX Require a new plan, voters. said he choked her and threatened to kill town. An officer arrived in the area and B-BOARD her last November when she went to his indeed found multiple areas without

home in Lynden to pick up their children. power. The officer contacted City Light CANDIDATES 22 He was dismissed from the Bellingham crew that already was en route, as they

Police force after getting into a drunken had received multiple other calls, and FILM fight at a local sports bar in 2016 and arrived within about 15 minutes to start Port of Bellingham then, a month later, allegedly threat- looking for the problem. A critically important race in this election, with immediate—and we do mean immediate— 18 ened his girlfriend with a gun. Esparza, consequences for the Bellingham waterfront.

35, was sentenced to 364 days in jail, On Oct. 18, a Blaine patrol officer MUSIC with all but two days suspended. checked on an audible burglary alarm. COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER

The residence was found it to be secure. DISTRICT 1 DISTRICT 2 16 On Oct. 20, a Bellingham Police officer “The alarm was probably set off by the ART made a first court appearance on alle- wind storm,” police commented. Michael Barry gations that he assaulted two men and Shepard Wenger 15 made threats to kill one of them. Sukh- On Oct. 19, a patrol officer arrived at

dev Singh Dhaliwal, 31, and his brother the Blaine Marina to take a report of STAGE were arrested on suspicion of assault damage to a boat. “Sometime the previ- and harassment. Court documents noted ous day, probably during the high wind 14 the brothers showed up at a worksite in storm, an unknown vessel struck another Blaine and proceeded to beat a 20-year- vessel, as well as a Port of Bellingham old and another man at the worksite. dock, causing upwards of $500 in dam- Whatcom County Council GET OUT Dhaliwal and his brother were furious at age,” police commented. “No person has Stay the course. Many important issues unresolved, including fossil fuel exports amd oil the 20-year-old for dating their sister. come forth to admit responsibility.” trains. Think that’s over? Think again. We’ll need all their votes, and then some. 12

CAMPUS CREEP, CTD. PERSISTENT SALES CALL COUNCIL AT-LARGE COUNCIL WORDS On Oct. 24, a day after he was reported On Oct. 22, a Blaine patrol officer POSITION A DISTRICT 1

active, the Western wanker was again checked on a report of a suspicious 10

Barry Rud 10 seen peering into the window of a person knocking on a door. The officer home near campus while masturbating. learned that someone was knocking on Buchanan Browne Bellingham Police have investigated a the door reporting party for about 10 CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS dozen or more complaints of voyeurism to 15 minutes. The officer checked the and indecent exposure near WWU in re- area and only located a man at the busi- 8 cent months. ness next door who did not hear or see COUNCIL COUNCIL anyone else. DISTRICT 2 DISTRICT 3 VIEWS

BREEZY BLAINE Todd Rebecca 4 On Oct. 18, a U.S. Border Patrol agent On Oct. 23, a Blaine patrol officer reported a downed tree on a power line. learned two unknown individuals were Donovan Boonstra MAIL

A Blaine Police officer responded to find knocking on doors. The officer was in- 2 two trees down in the same general area. formed by the homeowner that she did

Public Works was notified and respond- not recognize the men and called the DO IT ed to assist with closing the roadway, police due to previous problems in the and PSE was notified regarding the down neighborhood. The officer checked the lines. The officer provided traffic con- neighborhood and located a vehicle with trol until the road had been closed. one occupant. The man told the officer Bellingham City Council 11.01.17 that he and his coworker are employed

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On Oct. 18, Blaine Police were advised by a home repair business, and they were 44 of a tree across a roadway. Officers ob- in Blaine soliciting work. The man’s doc- Roxanne Michael # served a tree had fallen from the west uments and the business license were Murphy Lilliquist side of the roadway across to the east confirmed. The officer cleared and noti- Obvious well-qualified Opponent did not side of the roadway, landing on power fied the resident of the outcome. choice against a campaign and, yes, that lines. Officers and a fire crew observed deplorable opponent. matters. the power lines to be sparking and di- ALIEN SKIES rected onlookers to stay clear of the On Oct. 24, police dispatch received sev- CASCADIA WEEKLY STATE MEASURES tree. The officers remained on scene eral reports of a plane crashing into Bell- until the roadway was cleared by Pub- ingham Bay. Emergency crews searched, 11 lic Works. but determined it must have been a Advisory Votes 16, 17, 18: maintain bright meteor. Reports of the meteor lit Various Tim Eyman initiatives require voters to approve certain decisions already On Oct. 19, Blaine Police were dispatched up dispatch lines throughout Western approved by the Legislature. to a tree over a roadway. Officers arrived Washington, even south of Tacoma. doit WORDS

30 FRI., NOV. 3 MAGICKAL FAMILY: Monica Crosson shares

FOOD ideas from her book, Magickal Family: Pagan Living in Harmony With Nature, at 7pm at Village words Books, 1200 11th St. COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS

24 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM SAT., NOV. 4

B-BOARD OUTRAGEOUS WOMAN: Jessica H. Stone reads from The Last Outrageous Woman at 1pm never see access to the community airwaves at the Blaine Library, 610 3rd St.

22 again,” Blais said. “If local media is impor- WWW.WCLS.ORG tant to you, now is the time to show up.”

FILM The change comes at a time of expan- MOTOMICE: Paul Owen Lewis gives an all- sion for the station. KMRE has steadily ages illustrated presentation about the story behind his book MotoMice from 2-3:30pm at

18 upgraded their studio over the last year the Ferndale Library, 2125 Main St. and more than doubled the amount of lo- (360) 384-3647

MUSIC cal programming they broadcast, providing more than 30 local programs. ANCHOR & PICK: Whatcom County-based author Gary McWilliams shares his book The 16 “This is a big step Anchor & the Pick at 7pm at Village Books,

ART for us—it’s an oppor- 1200 11th St. tunity to evolve into WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

15 a separate organization from the SPARK SUN., NOV. 5 CHAPBOOK EXCHANGE: Lois Klassen will STAGE Museum, which has present a talk followed by an open mic and an many challenges, but informal chapbook exchange from 3-5pm at is also very exciting,”

14 Bruna Press + Archive, 221 Prospect St. Local ATTEND Blais said. writers are invited to bring and read short WHAT: KMRE 102.3 KMRE features local texts on the subject of human migration. GET OUT FM Community arts and educational Admission is free. WWW.BRUNAPRESS.ORG Meeting programs like “Spark WHEN: 3pm Sat., 12

12 Science,” and “Up Nov. 4 MICRO LANDSCAPES: Photographer and WHERE: Close and Personal.” It educator Robert Dash will lead a talk and is also one of the few slideshow based on his book On an Acre Shy of WORDS WORDS Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central remaining sources for Eternity: Micro Landscapes at the Edge at 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Ave. classic-style radio dra- 10 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM WHEN: 5pm Sun., mas. Viking Radio The- BY TIM JOHNSON Nov. 5 ------atre, Bellingham Ter- MON., NOV. 6 POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their CURRENTS WHERE: Fairhaven ror, and the Chuckanut Library, 1117 12th Radio Hour are locally creative verse as part of Poetrynight can sign

8 up at 7:45pm at the Bellingham Public Library, St. produced at KMRE. Fading Frequency 210 Central Ave. Readings start at 8pm. COST: Free Thanks to a part- WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG VIEWS INFO: KMRE COMMUNITY RADIO’S UNCERTAIN FUTURE www.kmre.org nership with Daylight

4 Properties, KMRE’s TUES., NOV. 7 TWO TRENDS in broadcast media appear to be moving in tandem and accel- transmitter is located on top of the Bell- WRITER’S BLOCK: Attend a “Conquering

MAIL Writer’s Block” workshop from 6-8pm at the erating. One is the continued consolidation and monopolization of media in the ingham Herald building, allowing the sig- Lynden Library, 216 4th St. Attendees should

2 hands of fewer and fewer players. The other, not surprisingly given the first trend, nal to reach north to Ferndale and south bring a smartphone, tablet or laptop. is the increasing homogeneity and bland sameness of broadcast content—you can into Skagit County. With a potential (360) 354-4883

DO IT drive across the country and the same syrupy voices, the same moribund tunes, the change in location, the station seeks to same bloviating talk shows are heard across the dial and throughout the travel. The know if the community wants it to con- WED., NOV. 8 WHATCOM WRITERS: Writers Richard Little unique, the special is crowded out and the people’s radio has becomes merely a de- tinue broadcasting or if it is time to hang and Linda Q. Lambert will present ways libraries livery vehicle for corporate advertising. up the microphones. can help you become a better writer at tonight’s 11.01.17 The Pacific Northwest is not immune to the trends. “If you love community radio, the lo- Whatcom Writers and Publishers meeting from In August, progressive radio talk station KBAI 930 AM became a classic hits sta- cal shows we produce on KMRE, and public 6-8:30pm at Nicki’s Bella Marina, 2615 S. Harbor .12 Loop Dr.

44 tion. Shakeups continue with the remaining local content of Cascade Radio Group, access to airwaves, we need to hear from

# WWW.WHATCOMWRITERSANDPUBLISHERS.ORG already a media conglomerate. you at one of these meetings or over the With the airwaves and the frequency nodes on the airwaves already an endangered next month. This is our chance to decide IMAGINE ME: Brenda Fantroy-Johnson reads commodity, the board of directors of the SPARK Museum voted to sever operations what KMRE will become. We are working from Imagine Me at 7pm at Village Books, with KMRE 102.3 FM, long hosted and sponsored by the antique radio museum down- very hard to ensure that KMRE stays on 1200 11th St. town. Their decision was organizationally appropriate for SPARK, but it has plunged the air but we can’t do it without public WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM the nonprofit independent community radio station into an uncertain future. input,” Blais said. “Together, we can en- THURS., NOV. 9 CASCADIA WEEKLY “SPARK Museum has been a great host to us for all these years; however due to sure our community has a voice on the air SKAGIT WRITERS: “Explore the Manuscript space issues, we will need to find a new location for our community studio,” KMRE for years to come.” Review Process—from an Editor’s Perspec- 12 Station Manager Suzanne Blais said. tive” will be the focus of a Skagit Valley The Federal Communications Commission rarely grants licenses for community sta- Full disclosure: Cascadia Weekly Editor Tim Writers League presentation from 1-3pm at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 tions. KMRE must continue to broadcast as they look for a new location or lose its Johnson is a cohost of “Cascadia News Now” Cleveland Ave. license and the public’s access to the airwaves. with Stephanie Kountouros at 5:30pm each WWW.SKAGITWRITERS.ORG “If this signal goes away, it is likely that Bellingham and Whatcom County will Wednesday at KMRE 102.3 FM doit

MINDFUL WRITER: Author Susan Colleen

Browne leads “The Mindful Writer: Bringing Focus, Passion and Energy to Your Writing 30 Life” from 5:30-8:30pm at Village Books, 1200

11th St. Entry is $45. FOOD WWW.WHATCOMCOMMUNITYED.COM EBT

CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR: Floyd Clown, Jeweled Dream Catchers 24 Doug War Eagle, and Don Red Thunder, reps of the Crazy Horse family, will read from William Tranquil Rose Massage Oil

Matson’s Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior’s Life & Flamefree Candle & Lamps B-BOARD Legacy as the featured guests at the Chuckanut Radio Hour at 6:30pm at Whatcom Community Chuckanut Crunch Granola

College’s Heiner Theater, 327 W. Kellogg Rd. 22 Entry is $5. African Turquoise Necklaces WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Auto & Cycle iPhone Holder FILM Pizza Stones & Kitchenware COMMUNITY 18

Fancy Cheese Fest Nov.18/19 MUSIC FRI., NOV. 3 360-592-2297 GREAT FUTURES GALA: Boxing legend www.everybodys.com 16 Evander Holyfield will the featured speaker at Highway 9 – Van Zandt the Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County’s in- ART augural “Great Futures Gala” series at 5:30pm at the DreamchasersRV of Burlington’s indoor MEET THE AUTHOR! 15 showroom, 1550 Walton Dr. Entry is $200. Don’t miss these FREE EVENTS in Fairhaven WWW.SKAGITCLUBS.ORG

Friday, Nov. 3, 7pm STAGE SAT., NOV. 4 MONICA CROSSON –Magickal Family: YULE BOUTIQUE: Attend the Assistance Pagan Living in 14 League of Bellingham’s “Yule Boutique” from Harmony with Nature 9am-3pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, 2408

Cornwall Ave. GET OUT Saturday, Nov. 4, 7pm WWW.ASSISTANCELEAGUEBELLINGHAM.ORG GARY MCWILLIAMS –The Anchor & the Pick: 12 VETERAN BENEFITS: Veterans can get free Rocks and Minerals by 12 assistance at a “Veteran Benefits” event from Boat in Alaska 10am-1pm at the Ferndale Library, 2125 Main Science & Storytelling WORDS St. Entry is free. WORDS Slide Sunday, Nov. 5, 4pm Verbal & Visual Poetry [email protected] Show!

ROBERT DASH 10 SCANDINAVIAN FAIR: Daughters of Norway On an Acre Shy of Eternity: Micro Landscapes at the Edge will host its 18th annual Scandinavian Fair from 10am-4pm at the Holiday Inn at the Amazing photography

that takes nature exploration CURRENTS Bellingham Airport, 4260 Mitchell Way. to new depths. Join us!

Admission is $2. 8 WWW.DAUGHTERSOFNORWAY.ORG Wednesday, Nov. 8, 7pm

BRENDA VIEWS FOREST BENEFIT: The Friends of the Forest FANTROY-JOHNSON will host its annual benefit from 5-11pm at –Imagine Me: A Memoir 4 the Port of Anacortes Transit Shed Event A riveting story of a young black girl’s journey growing Center, 100 Commercial Ave. Entry is $65. MAIL up in the early ‘60s. WWW.FRIENDSOFTHEACFL.ORG

TICKETS AVAILABLE! 2 MON., NOV. 6 Join us for the LIVE TAPING of the Radio Show LAKE HISTORY: “Tales from the Big Lake The DO IT Valley” will be the focus of a presentation Chuckanut Radio Hour with Andrea Xaver and Melba Hall at 6:30pm featuring Crazy Horse family at the Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. Floyd Clown & 11.01.17 WWW.MOUNTVERNONWA.GOV Doug War Eagle

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HOUSING WEEK: Presentations from at Whatcom Community College # national experts, workshops, a green building Enjoy live music, humor, conference, area tours highlighting accessible skits, poetry, and guest housing solutions and much more will be part interviews of the inaugural Whatcom Housing Week taking Crazy Horse Tickets $5 - at Village Books & place Monday through Thursday throughout The Lakota Warrior’s brownpapertickets.com Bellingham. Entry to most events is free. One FREE with each Life & Legacy purchase of WWW.SUSTAINABLECONNECTIONS.ORG Crazy Horse Thursday, Nov. 9, 6:30pm CASCADIA WEEKLY WED., NOV. 8 ADVANCE PLANNING: Dana Brothers leads 13 an “Advance Planning & Hospice Myths and VILLAGE BOOKS Truths” presentation at 6:30pm at the Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. & PAPER DREAMS WWW.MOUNTVERNONWA.GOV 1200 11th St, Bellingham & 430 Front St, Lynden

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THURS., NOV. 2 in hellebores for 2018. Entry is free; UNKNOWN AFGHANISTAN: Take please register in advance.

an armchair journey through slides WWW.GARDEN-SPOT.COM 30 and stories with Jake Strauss, who will share the natural wonders and SALMON SIGHTING: Skagit Fisher- FOOD rich history of Afghanistan at a ies Enhancement Group will team up outside Travelogue from 7-9pm at Whatcom with Nooksack Salmon Enhancement HIKING RUNNING GARDENING Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect Association for a “Salmon Sight- 24 St. Suggested donation to attend ing” event from 12-3pm at Taylor “The Unknown Afghanistan: Natural Shellfish Farms, 2182 Chuckanut Dr. Beauty and Ancient History” is $5. Members of the public can celebrate B-BOARD WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG the return of Pacific salmon by joining naturalists along local IRELAND’S PAST: Enjoy a nar- streams. Join them to see lots of 22 rated, photographic journey across chum salmon and learn how the two the Emerald Isle featuring Ireland’s groups are connected. Entry to the FILM most famous castles, sea cliffs and family-friendly event is free. landscapes when award-winning WWW.N-SEA.ORG

18 photographer Dawn-Marie Hanrahan, and husband Ken, present “Ireland: WINTER BIRDS: Join the North

MUSIC A Peek at the Past” from 7-8:30pm Cascades Audubon Society to find out at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. about the many birds that populate Baker Hwy. Entry is free; refresh- our area during the colder months 16 ments will be served. at a free “Winter Birds of Whatcom

ART (360) 592-2422 County” presentation from 2-4pm at Sudden Valley’s South Whatcom FRI., NOV. 3 Library, 10 Barn View Court. Local 15 WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and bird photographer Ken Salzman will adventurers can join Holly Roger of also provide amazing images.

STAGE Wild Whatcom for a “Wild Things” (360) 305-3632 Community Program from 9:30- 11am every Friday in November NOV. 4-5 14 14 at Cornwall Park. Please bring a WINTER SPORTS: All types of simple, healthy snack to share, and new and used gear from hundreds dress for the weather. Suggested of brands will be on offer at 60-95 GET OUT GET OUT donation is $5 per person. percent off retail at a Winter Sports WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG Expo/Trade Show from 9am-6pm Saturday and Sunday at Aslan Brew- 12 MOON WALK: Area women can ing Co., 1330 N. Forest St. Available sign up for a “Ladies Night Out: for purchase will be skis, boards,

WORDS Moon of Frost’s Return” excursion bindings, outerwear, goggles, boots,

MICHAEL “BIRD” SHAFFER with Wild Whatcom taking place poles, hoodies, beanies, backpacks, from 5:30-7:30pm in Whatcom avalanche gear, luggage, balaclavas, 10 PHOTO COURTESY OF WARREN MILLER’S LINE OF DESCENT OF WARREN COURTESY PHOTO County (locale will be revealed gloves, electronics, and more. Entry upon registration). Suggested is free. donation is $12; please sign up in WWW.ASLANBREWING.COM

CURRENTS BY AMY KEPFERLE attend a festive after-party. What’s not advance, as space is limited. to love? More info: www.asclubs.wwu.edu/ WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG

8 SUN., NOV. 5 org/wwusnow RABBIT RIDE: Join members of That same weekend, procure tickets SAT., NOV. 4 the Mount Baker Bicycle Club for a VIEWS Snow Report to a Sat., Nov. 11 viewing of Warren B-HAM TRAIL MARATHON: The “Rabbit Ride” starting at 8am every Bellingham Trail Marathon and Half Sunday at Fairhaven Bicycle, 1108 4 Miller’s Line of Descent at the Mount WINTER IS COMING Marathon kicks off at 7:30am at 11th St. Baker Theatre. Although Miller’s 68th an- Lake Padden Park, 3882 Samish Way. WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG MAIL ONE MIGHT think a deep drop in day and nighttime tem- nual ski film draws attention to intrepid Entry is $105; day-of registration

is available for an extra $10. A free MON., NOV. 6 2 peratures is enough to proclaim that “winter is coming,” but in icons from near and far who travel the Whatcom County the changing of the seasons can also be sussed globe in search of fresh powder and ad- kids’ race begins at 10am. SKI CLUB MEETING: New and WWW.BELLINGHAMTRAIL prospective members can attend a DO IT out by the slew of snow-related films that come to town. venture, this year’s movie also highlights MARATHON.COM Nooksack Nordic Ski Club orienta- The flakes will first fly from 7:30-9:30pm Thurs., Nov. 2 when athletes closer to home. One is Michael tion at 7pm at Garden Street Meth- the annual Mt. Baker Film & Art Festival fills the Mount Baker “Bird” Shaffer, a skier from Twisp who NSEA WORK PARTY: Join the odist Church, 1326 N. Garden St. Theatre with outdoor enthusiasts eager to strap their skis and travels with fellow pro Kalen Thorien Nooksack Salmon Enhancement The meeting will begin at 7:30pm 11.01.17 snowboards to their vehicles and head to the steep land mass on the Beartooth Highway—a 70-mile Association and the City of Ferndale and will feature physical therapist the event is named after. Started in 1999 by the Mt. Baker Ski route that winds through Wyoming, Mon- to plant native trees and shrubs at Thomas Eby talking about how to .12 a Community Work Party from 9am- get in shape for the upcoming ski

44 Area to showcase indie ski and snowboard filmmakers from the tana, and into Yellowstone—to make it 12pm along Whiskey Creek. Parking season and what you can do to al- # Pacific Northwest and beyond, the event also acts as a way to to Beartooth Pass, where they approach will be available at El Nopal Restau- leviate common ski injuries. get athletes in a flurry-induced frenzy by having local vendors their lines by motorcycle, and where the rant, 6104 Portal Way. Tools, gloves WWW.NOOKSACKNORDICSKICLUB.ORG on hand to showcase their winter wares. As an added incentive, able athlete proves he can actually fly. and snacks will be provided. those who’ve already purchased their season passes to the ski Bird will be on hand at the event, so in WWW.N-SEA.ORG TUES., NOV. 7 HARVEST HUSTLE RUN: Staff area can show up a little early and procure a free ticket (while addition to watching a multigenerational HELLEBORES EVENT: Katie from and volunteers are always on hand supplies last). Cost: $8-$10 Info: www.mountbakertheatre.com cast of faces both familiar and fresh, his Skagit Gardens will share her years to guide the way at the weekly

CASCADIA WEEKLY The following week, the Western Washington University Ski attendance will bring you even closer to of experience at a “Hellebores” All-Paces Run starting at 6pm every and Snowboard Club will host a double-feature film premiere the action. Film attendees will also enjoy event starting at 9am at the Garden Tuesday at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 14 that can be attended from 6-9pm Thurs., Nov. 9 at the school’s lift ticket and gear savings from Warren Spot Nursery, 900 Alabama St. 11th St. Tonight’s “Hoka Harvest Newbies and collectors alike can Hustle” will include Hoka demos, Arntzen Hall. In addition to viewing Level 1 Productions’ Habit Miller resort, retail and partnered brands find out more about the lovely giveaways, games, treats and prizes. and X Union Binding Company’s Stronger, those who attend the and also be entered to win swag and ski cold-weather plants and find out Entry is free. free event can also view a photography slide show, try their luck vacations. Cost: $22 Info: www.mountbaker more about what is “new and cool” WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM at a gear raffle, listen to music, peruse goods from vendors and theatre.com doit STAGE

THURS., NOV. 2 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The 30 Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront FOOD stage Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, THEATER DANCE PROFILES stick around for “The Project.” Entry is $8 to the early show, $5 24 for the late one. 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM Help raise funds for Lydia House when mainstage per- B-BOARD NOV. 3-4 formers bring on the improvised hilar- 12 MINUTES MAX: Theater, dance, ity at a “Humor for Housing” benefit 22 music, performance art and film will Wed., Nov 8 at the Upfront Theatre be presented at “12 Minutes Max” FILM shows at 7:30pm Friday and Saturday at the Firehouse Performing Arts NOV. 9-11

Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Perfor- LITTLE WOMEN: Northwest 18 mances are curated by members of Washington Theatre Group presents the arts community and feature 5-7 performances of the musical version MUSIC artists, each with 12 minutes or less of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women to try out new material and works-in- starting this week at 7pm Thursday

progress. A rotating slot of two cura- through Saturday at Ferndale High 16 tors from the Bellingham community School, 5830 Golden Eagle Dr. ART select works for each showcase by Ticket prices vary. Additional show- audition. Entry is $12-$15. ings happen Nov. 16-18 in Ferndale, 15 WWW.12MINUTESMAX and Dec. 7-9 and 14-16 at the Sud- 15 BELLINGHAM.ORG den Valley Dance Barn. STAGE WWW.NWTG.ORG STAGE BACKYARD BRAWL: Two members of the audience will be chosen to act as team captains at performances of DANCE 14 “Backyard Brawl” at 8pm and 10pm Friday and Saturday at the Upfront WED., NOV. 1 Theatre, 1208 Bay St. The new format SCOTTISH DANCING: Join the GET OUT pits two teams against one another Bellingham Scottish Country in a short-form improv slugfest de- Dancers to learn about the social 12 PHOTO OF WWU ACTORS BY AUDREY DELANEY-HANNA AUDREY BY OF WWU ACTORS PHOTO scribed as “WWE meets playground dancing of Scotland from 7:30- sports meets Whose Line is it Any- 9:30pm every Wednesday through terwork also utilizes a BY AMY KEPFERLE way?” Tickets are $10 in advance and May at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 WORDS dramaturge to help give $12 at the door. Additional showings 12th St. No partner is required. the historical context of happen Nov. 10-11. The drop-in fee is $8. 10 what was going on when WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM WWW.BELLINGHAMSCD.ORG the play debuted. Addi- A Doll’s House MON., NOV. 6 THURS., NOV. 2 tionally, going through GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open FOLK DANCE: The Balkan Folk CURRENTS TWO TAKES ON IBSEN the intense rehearsal mic for comedians, “Guffawing- Dancers meet from 7-9:30pm most 8 ATTEND schedule gives drama ham!,” takes place at 9:30pm every Thursdays at the Fairhaven Library, NORA HELMER’S husband is a clueless jerk who treats his WHAT: A Doll’s students a peek at what Monday at the Green Frog, 1015 N. 1117 12th St. Dances are taught, VIEWS wife like brainless chattel, but that didn’t stop audiences who House they can expect when State St. Entry is free. Each week, and mentoring is available. Sug- WHEN: Nov. 1-4 the event features approximately 20 gested donation is $5. first watched Danish playwright Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House from they graduate. 4 WHERE: DUG standup comedians who each do a (360) 380-0456 being aghast when her character chose to leave her spouse—and “Something that’s four-minute set.

Theater, WWU MAIL her children—behind at the end of the three-act play. COST: $7-$12 exciting about theater WWW.ACOUSTICTAVERN.COM SAT., NOV. 4

When the work by the father of modern drama premiered at Western is the way FOLK DANCE PARTY: Orkestar INFO: 2 at Copenhagen’s Royal Theatre in 1879, the controversy wasn’t www.tickets. our productions give TUES., NOV. 7 RTW , a five-member Balkan folk wwu.edu COMEDY OPEN MIC: The weekly dance band from the Seattle area, just contained to those who’d seen the production. Citizens far students the oppor- Shakedown Punch Up Comedy Open will play the traditional dance and DO IT and wide were concerned it wasn’t realistic that a woman seek------tunity to work closely WHAT: A Doll’s Mic begins at 7:30pm at the Shake- folk music from the countries of ing individual self-fulfillment would make the decision to flee House with faculty in a pro- down, 1212 N. State St. Entry is Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Serbia at from a man who refused to acknowledge the sacrifices she’d WHEN: Nov. 2-4, cess that mirrors the free. If you’d like to take your turn the Balkan Folk Dancers’ monthly made for him over the years—including forging her father’s 8-11 professional world,” onstage, show up at 7pm to sign up First Saturday Folk Dance Party 11.01.17 for a five-minute set. taking place from 7:30-10:30pm at name for a loan designed to save her husband’s life. WHERE: Mueller says. Bellingham High WWW.SHAKEDOWNBELLINGHAM.COM the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. .12

While some reviewers might have rather seen Nora commit sui- Producing a sea- No partner or experience is needed, 44

School # cide than break the societal norms of the day—something she COST: $8 soned drama is also WED., NOV. 8 as most dances are line or circle contemplates more than once during the telling of the tale—time INFO: a way for Bellingham HUMOR FOR HOUSING: Attend dances. Suggested donation is $15. has proven that Ibsen’s work was a precursor to the concept that (360) 676-6575 High School students Lydia Place’s second annual “Humor (360) 380-0456 for Housing” fundraiser from 6-8pm males and females should be equal when it comes to making part- to get real-world experience in the theatri- at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay TUES., NOV. 7 nerships work, and that women are most definitely not dolls, or cal world. They’ll be doing this, in spades, St. Tickets are $40 and include a SKAGIT FOLK DANCERS: Join the property, or clueless about the way the world goes round. from Nov. 2-4 and 8-11 at the school’s Per- hilarious improvised set by Upfront Skagit-Anacortes Folk Dancers for a

This weekend and next, two separate productions of A Doll’s forming Arts Center. To add another layer performers, hors d’oeuvres, party weekly International Folk Dancing CASCADIA WEEKLY House in Bellingham will invite audiences to once again con- to the complexities of A Doll’s House, the favors and more. Money raised will event from 7-9:30pm at Bayview help the nonprofit that has been Civic Hall, 12615 C St. No partners 15 template why thematic elements of the play are still relevant cast changes nightly, meaning the Nora providing housing and supportive are needed; just show up and dance. in our contemporary society. you’ll see gain her independence on open- services to struggling families in Entry to the drop-in event is free At Western Washington University, tickets are going fast for ing night will not be the same Nora you’ll Whatcom County for 28 years. for the first session, $3 afterwards. the second weekend of performances at the school’s intimate DUG see on closing night. Would Ibsen ap- WWW.LYDIAPLACE.ORG WWW.SKAGITFOLKDANCERS.ORG Theater. Directed by Evan Mueller, the rendition of Ibsen’s mas- prove? I think so. doit UPCOMING EVENTS

FRI., NOV. 3

30 CAREGIVER CRAFTS: Employees at Peace- Health St. Joseph Medical Center will display

FOOD and sell a variety of handmade items at a Care- giver Craft Fair taking place from 8am-4pm at 2901 Squalicum Pkwy.

24 visual (360) 788-8220 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES ANACORTES ART WALK: ACME Creative,

B-BOARD Burton Jewelers, the Good Stuff Arts, Pelican Bay Books and Coffee House, Scott Milo Gal- lery, the Depot Arts Center, and the Majestic

22 Inn and Spa will be among the venues keeping their doors open for the monthly Art Walk tak-

FILM ing place from 6-9pm throughout downtown Anacortes. Entry is free. WWW.ANACORTESART.COM 18

BELLINGHAM ART WALK: Allied Arts, the Al-

MUSIC lery, Artivism, the Atomic Kitten, Bayou on Bay, Bellingham Escape, the Cabin, Community Food Co-op, Fourth Corner Frames & Gallery, Gallery 16 16 Pegasus, Ideal, Make.Shift, the Max Higbee ART ART Center, Modern Classics, the Racket, Studio 5, Wandering Oaks, and Woods Coffee will be among the venues opening their doors as part of 15 the monthly Art Walk from 6-10pm throughout downtown Bellingham. Pick up maps at partici- STAGE pating locales, or see a full schedule online. WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM 14 ALLERY: View Mary Jane Maute’s dynamic paintings at an opening reception from

GET OUT 6-10pm at the Allery Fine Art, 1319 Cornwall Ave., #104. WWW.THEALLERYFINEART.COM 12 ALLIED ARTS: View figurative works by painters Frank Frazee and Shawna Morris, as “AUTUMN REFRACTION, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK,” BY STEVEN HILL BY PARK,” NATIONAL GLACIER REFRACTION, “AUTUMN WORDS well as stone sculptures by Ruth Mueseler, at an opening reception for “Who’s There?” from

10 BY STEPHEN HUNTER 6-9pm at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. a squirrel’s tail on a WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG moth and crown- BUETHORN STUDIO: Watercolor artist

CURRENTS ing a toad with a heron’s head. Spe- Candace N. Buethorn will officially unveil her 8 Art’s Alive! new art and 2018 calendar, “Ninety Minutes or cies-mixing stories Less,” at a reception from 3-9pm at her studio MAKING MAGIC IN LA CONNER and art appear to be at Bay Street Village, 301 W. Holly St. VIEWS universal in human WWW.CANDACEBUETHORN.COM

4 THIS YEAR’S “Art’s Alive” invitational at La Conner’s Maple Hall features 14 cultures. But where Northwest artists. The striking promo poster for the 33rd annual event that will see ATTEND does this impulse FOURTH CORNER: An opening reception for

MAIL “Pop Culture: Posters, Playbills, and Parapher- the town come alive with visual, literary, musical and culinary art Nov. 3-5 features WHAT: “Art’s Alive!” come from and what WHEN: Opening nalia” happens from 6-9pm at Fourth Corner

2 interwoven images of insects, seeds and trees from cut paper art by featured artist, does it mean? reception from Frames & Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. Ann Chadwick Reid, inspired by traditions of China, Mexico, and Victorian England. 5-9pm Fri., Nov. 3 Then there’s an WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM

DO IT If the selection committee has overlooked the dominant artistic movements of at Maple Hall. The odd affinity between the last 100 years, they have assembled a nice show of Northwest decorative and event continues Kohles’ work and GALLERY PEGASUS: View “Abstract Interpre- tations” at an opening reception from 6-10pm collectible works. You can’t go wrong with Kathleen Faulkner’s serene oil pastel land- from 10am-6pm Sat., that of Allen Moe. An Nov. 4 and 10am- at Gallery Pegasus, 301 W. Holly St. The exhibit scapes, or town and waterfront scenes by Steven Hill, and deeply felt nature studies iconoclast if there features works by Yvette Neumann, Gregory S. 11.01.17 4pm Sun., Nov. 5 by Cynthia Richardson. WHERE: La Conner ever was one, Moe Walsh, and Alek Kargopoltsev. By choice or chance, some half-dozen artists share the theme of transformation— Entry is free lives on Guemes Is- WWW.GALLERYPEGASUS.COM .12 COST:

44 assigning human characteristics to animals, mixing up species, turning animal im- INFO: www.arts land and sometimes

# IDEAL: Check out custom-made products ages or actual body parts into artwork. Catherine Kerwick, for example, molds very alivelaconner.com in the Samish delta, using primarily materials found in nature at an dramatic and sensitive ceramic swans. Not only are they beautiful sculptures, but are where he scavenges wild bits to combine opening reception for the 10th annual “ReMade” also practical as bowls and vases. into elegant and occasionally creepy works exhibit and sale from 6-9pm at Ideal, 1227 Corn- In Jacqui Beck’s colorful, entertaining semi-abstractions, she often paints animals of art. Allen has created masterworks by wall Ave. ReMade is a project Industrial Design that carry on like people. In one of my favorites, “Chickens In Love,” a mutt laughs pasting snake heads, trout skins or rodent students at WWU embark on every year, with the goal of taking materials that would have ended uproariously at the pair of smitten hens. hip bones (subject to availability) around up in a landfill and turning them into functional CASCADIA WEEKLY Shawn Ferris’ online site features pugilistic baby chicks with boxing gloves. Here, pots made from river mud. and well-designed consumer products. he will show songbirds wearing crowns. But don’t be disappointed if he pres- WWW.ANIDEALSHOP.COM 16 Susan Cohen Thompson believes trees are the “most generous and sacred beings ents gypsum-cement casts of sand rip- on earth—spiritually transcendent [and] capable of healing.” Her dreamy, “expres- ples and gravel beds from the Samish MAKE.SHIFT: An opening reception for the group exhibit “Cutaway” takes place from sive nature” paintings depict human faces in leaves and vines (a happy and timeless River and the Mojave Desert. His inten- 6-10pm at Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. worldview shared by all who’ve tripped on the magic mushroom). tion is to show us natural patterns that WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM Also magical are the colored ink drawings of Lindsay Kohles, who surprises by grafting we otherwise overlook. doit THE FASHION INDUSTRY IS THE 2ND LARGEST INDUSTRIAL POLLUTER IN THE WORLD MODERN CLASSICS: Peruse stone sculptures by Whidbey Island’s Sue Taves

paired with Sharon Kingston’s large-scale YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE atmospheric oil painting at an opening 30 reception for “Mining the Stillness of

Stone” from 6-9pm at Modern Classics, 203 WEAR FOOD Prospect St. (360) 733-6400 24 NOV. 3-4 30 CRAFTS OF THE WORLD: Attend the 30th Buy Thrift Be Selective Upcycle annual “Crafts of the World” sale from B-BOARD 9am-8pm Friday, and 9am-4pm Saturday at Extend the life of existing Apply the Wear 30 Rule: Learn to sew, mend, and the gym at Ferndale’s Good News Fellowship garments & reduce demand only buy garments you know creatively reinvent your

Church, 1252 W. Axton Rd. for new consumer goods you’ll wear at least 30 times wardrobe 22 WWW.GOODNEWSFELLOWSHIP.ORG FILM This ad was funded through a grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology. While these materials were reviewed for grant consistency, this does not necessarily constitute endorsement by Ecology. UNCOMMON THREADS: Unique items featuring works by Whidbey Weavers Guild artists can be found at the 14th annual 18 “Uncommon Threads” show and sale from (360) 738-6977

10am-7pm Friday, and 10am-3pm Saturday at MUSIC Greenbank Farm, 765 Wonn Rd. 1421 N Forest St. WWW.WHIDBEYWEAVERSGUILD.ORG 16 ragﬁnery.com 16 ART NOV. 3-5 ART HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE: Celebrate the be- ginning of the holiday season and the Art’s 15 Alive! weekend in La Conner from 5-8pm Friday, and 10am-4pm Saturday and Sunday in Mount Vernon at Christianson’s Nursery, STAGE 15806 Best Rd. WWW.CHRISTIANSONSNURSERY.COM 14 SAT., NOV. 4

ARTS NETWORKING: Alleson Buchanan GET OUT leads a “Networking for Arts Entrepreneurs” workshop from 12-1:30pm at the Lecture

Room at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 12 Central Ave. Entry is free. WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG WORDS

ART AND CONSERVATION: Raven Skyriver

will be joined local conservation experts 10 for a panel discussion about art, science and advocacy at 2pm at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. CURRENTS Entry is free.

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REFERENCE OPENING: Attend an opening VIEWS reception for Fiona McGuigan’s “Reference: Deconstructed Memories and Exploration of 4 Place” from 3-6pm in Mount Vernon at Perry

and Carlson Gallery, 508 S. First St. MAIL WWW.PERRYANDCARLSON.COM

2 I.E. OPENING: David C. Kane’s “37 Little Enigmas” and Victor Sandblom’s “Still Listen- DO IT ing for the Sound” can be perused at an opening reception from 4-6pm at Edison’s i.e. gallery, 5800 Cains Court. WWW.IEEDISON.COM 11.01.17

OTHERWISE OPENING: Photographs by

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and paintings and prints by Natalie Niblack # can be seen at opening reception for “Other- wise” from 5-8pm at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM SUN., NOV. 5 ARTFUL PAIRING: Participants will create their own interpretations of the American CASCADIA WEEKLY West at an “Artful Pairing: West of Your Imagination” event taking place from 2-4pm 17 at Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Building, 250 Flora St. Entry is $35-$45 and includes materials, wine and small bites. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG rumor has it

30 I WANT TO say that I’ve made my peace with being a person who can’t drink beer in a town FOOD full of really great beer and even better places to drink it, but I’d be lying. I would not characterize myself as being 24 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT bitter about no-beer lifestyle, but I do spend a fair amount of time considering—with no B-BOARD small amount of longing—where I would post up for a pint or two if only I could. Very often

22 this ruminating occurs when I’m walking by Part of the appeal of Brewgrass! is that it Stones Throw Brewery in Fairhaven.

FILM requires very little energy and even less ef- Don’t get me wrong, each of Belling- fort to see at least a smidgen of each band at ham’s many breweries

18 18 every venue. Although the start times of each has something to of- night’s shows are staggered by only half an fer. At Kulshan, you’ll MUSIC MUSIC hour, the Rockfish, H2O, and the Brown Lan- find the soul of Sun- tern are all located along one short stretch nyland—and killer

16 of Commercial Street, making it a simple food truck fare. Wan-

ART matter to go from one to the next and then der has that beauti- back again. Also encouraging you to suss out ful taproom that just

15 the whole kit and kaboodle is the Brewgrass! begs people to linger ticket price—shows at the Brown Lantern and over a pint. I’m happy BY CAREY ROSS

STAGE Rockfish are free, and it’ll run you just $5 to to sample delicious dishes from Chuckanut get into H2O. Brewery’s locally focused menu—even if I This year’s event takes place Fri. and Sat., can’t wash the food down with their award- 14 Nov. 3-4, and unlike most festivals where I can winning kolsch. And, like everyone else who barely begin to touch on the talent involved, purports to be a Bellinghamster, I’ve spent

GET OUT when it comes to Brewgrass!, I can cram all of no small amount of time at Boundary Bay.

RAIN CITY RAMBLERS the pertinent info into a one I know a certain spud-stuffed burrito pur-

12 paragraph. ports to be a big Bellingham deal, but for There’s a lot to be said for my money, this town’s most iconic tortilla- keeping it simple. wrapped dish is Boundary’s Yam Alechiladas. WORDS BY CAREY ROSS The 2017 iteration of But Stones Throw is the place that beckons Brewgrass! kicks off at to me most often, and it’s not just because 10 7:30pm Fri., Nov. 3 at H2O the Fairhaven brewery is on my Southside Brewgrass! with Birdsview Bluegrass. walking route. To me, what makes a bar or

CURRENTS They’ll just be getting into brewery appealing is that it feels like my liv- CORNERING THE MARKET ATTEND the swing of things when ing room—if my living room were clean, co-

8 WHAT: Brewgrass! the Rain City Ramblers zily appointed and with a bartender on hand YOU CAN’T walk half a block in Bellingham these days without running WHEN: Fri.-Sat., take the stage at 8pm at to serve me, food trucks stopping by and live VIEWS into a brewery or a music venue. Places to grab a pint or see a band—or Nov. 3-4 the Rockfish. Closing out music happening a few nights a week. WHERE: H2O, 4 both—are nothing if not plentiful and we are nothing if not proud of that. the first night’s action at For the record, my living room is none of Rockfish Grill, It’s almost like we think we’ve got the market cornered when it comes to 9:30pm at the Brown Lan- those things. I’d tell you to ask someone

MAIL and Brown mixing our brews with our music. Lantern, tern will be Banjo Andy, a who’s seen it if you don’t believe me, but no

2 Not so fast, says Anacortes. Anacortes mysterious man who can one has seen my living room because it of- The tiny town on Fidalgo Island has existed at the nexus of music and mi- COST: Free-$5 evidently be found playing fers none of what I’ve just described. It does INFO: www. DO IT crobrews for a while now. Sure, until recently, it only boasted one brewery, the his banjo atop mountain have a surfeit of cat hair and half-full water anacortes aptly named Anacortes Brewery, but what the town lacks in numbers it makes peaks when he’s not per- glasses, if that’s the aesthetic you’re into. rockfish.com/ up for in history. The Anacortes Brewery began tapping kegs and pouring pints brewgrass.cfm forming at more traditional Every so often, Stones Throw takes their of its proudly local beer way back in 1994, and owner Rick Star built himself a venues. H2O gets things go- party from their living room and lets it spill 11.01.17 restaurant and music venue next door, the Rockfish Grill, so he could invite ev- ing early again the next night with a 7:30pm out into the street, old-fashioned block- eryone in town for a drink. But if one gathering place is good, two is certainly performance by Stilly River Band. At 8pm, party style. In fact, that is exactly what .12

44 better, and it was not long before Star opened H2O, complete with 24 handles you’ll find Pearly Blue at the Rockfish, and Stones Throw calls such events, and their # through which a rotating roster of beer flows. Star’s spots joined the Brown Marcel and Nakos have been tapped to bring final one of the season, the Full Moon Block Lantern, which has satiated appetites, slaked thirst and entertained Fidalgo the whole thing home starting at 9:30pm at Party, takes place 11am-8pm Sat., Nov. 4 at Island folks for generations. the Brown Lantern. Stones Throw and the block of Larrabee Av- Because owning and operating two successful restaurants/bars/mu- That’s just the grass half of Brewgrass! Al- enue they inhabit. The all-day event is free sic venues as well as overseeing a seven-barrel brewery did not consume though it is within the realm of possibility to and family-friendly, and over the course of enough of his time, Star, along with friend Barry Brower, dreamed up a see at least a little bit of each band, I would the day, food trucks (Back East BBQ, Brotha

CASCADIA WEEKLY music festival that would take place at the Rockfish, H2O, and Brown not recommend that you take the same ap- Dudes, and Kurly’s Kart) will feed you, bands Lantern and would celebrate two of their loves: beer and bluegrass music. proach when it comes to sampling the beers (Bob Fossil and the Atlantics) will entertain 18 They dubbed the thing Brewgrass! (the exclamation point is a must, ac- in question. Between them, the three venues you, and Stones Throw will slake your thirst. cording to Star), picked a weekend, booked some bands, brewed some beer boast 51 handles, all which will be employed Wander in, wander out, just don’t do what I and waited to see who would show up, if anyone. in the pouring of local microbrews. Feel free do, which is to wander by and give a jealous That was 14 years ago, and in the decade-and-a-half since, Brewgrass has to pick every band, but when it comes to the eye to everyone holding a pint of beer. It’s become a beloved annual tradition in Anacortes. pints, choose wisely. not my best look. doit

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of folk, reggae and FOOD world music at a 9pm Sat., Nov. 4 concert

at Fairhaven’s Lovitt 24 Restaurant. B-BOARD 22 FILM WED., NOV. 1 NOV. 3-5 MIKE ALLEN TRIO: Vancouver-based saxophonist TALES OF HOFFMAN: Pacific Northwest Opera 18 Mike Allen will perform with Michael Glynn (bass) will present the Barcarolle from the Tales of 18 and Julian MacDonough (drums) at a Whatcom Jazz Hoffman and “Nessun Dorma” from Turandot at MUSIC

Music Art Center concert from 7-9pm at the Sylvia 7:30pm Friday, and 3pm Sunday at Mount Vernon’s MUSIC Center, 205 Prospect St. Admission is $5-$10. McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way. Tickets are WWW.WJMAC.ORG $25-$65. Learn about the performance at a free 16 lecture 45 minutes before the show.

HOME FREE: The all-vocal sensation Home Free WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG ART will bring country standards and pop hits to town at an 8pm performance at the Mount Baker The- SAT., NOV. 4 15 atre, 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets are $20-$220. TRADITIONAL JAZZ: Market Street Dixieland Jass 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM Band will perform at a Bellingham Traditional Jazz Society’s concert and dance from 2-5pm at the VFW STAGE THURS., NOV. 2 Hall, 625 N State St. Entry is $6-$12. PETER ALI: Peter Ali leads a “Native American 371-7030 OR WWW.BTJS.WEBS.COM 14 Flute” event from 6:30-8pm at the Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. Ali, whose heritage LOVE LIFTED US: The Shelter Bay Chorus, USO

is of the Yaqui tribe of Sonora, Mexico, is a Ladies Trio, La Conner UMC Choir, and Cantabile GET OUT self-taught flutist. Entry is by donation; please Chamber Choir will perform a “Love Lifted Us” con- register in advance. cert at 6:30pm at the La Conner United Methodist

WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP Church, 601 W S. 2nd St. Entry is by donation. 12 WWW.LACONNERUMC.ORG BENEFIT CONCERT: Edgy rock by SiLM, pop-rock by local favorites Gift Machine, and tunes by sing- ERIC HEATHERLY, CHRIS EGER: Renowned WORDS er-songwriter R. Turner can be heard at the “NeXt guitarist and lyricist Eric Heatherly and the Chris

Show” at 7pm in Anacortes at Kennelly Keys, 1904 Eger Band will perform at 7:30pm in Mount Vernon 10 Commercial Ave. Entry to the all-ages show is $10 at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. Tickets are at the door. A portion of the proceeds will go to $25-$30 and $80 for VIP entry. the Rick Epting Foundation for the Arts. WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG CURRENTS WWW.KENNELLYKEYSMUSIC.COM

PROBLEM CHILD: “Highway to Hell vs. Back 8 MVHS JAZZ: Come and listen to one of Washing- in Black” will see AC/DC tribute band Problem ton’s premier jazz programs when award-winning Child perform both of these iconic albums in their VIEWS students from Mount Vernon High School perform entirety at an 8pm performance at the Mount Baker at 7pm at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. From 6-7:30pm, 4 Entry is free; donations will be taken at the door. attend a pre-charity fundraiser for the Elk’s Therapy

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NIGHT BEAT: Renowned musician Edwin Huiz- 2 inga will play some of the most dramatic pieces MALIMA KONE: West African singer and multi- ever composed for the violin at a Bellingham Mu- instrumentalist Malima Kone performs at 9pm at DO IT sic Club “Night Beat” performance at 7:30pm at Lovitt Restaurant, 1114 Harris Ave. Malima comes the First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall from the ancient jeli (griot) music tradition of Ave. Tickets are $20. the Bwaba people, but has drawn inspiration from WWW.BELLINGHAMMUSICCLUB.ORG many musicans; the result is a blend of African 11.01.17 folk, reggae and world music. Entry is free. FRI., NOV. 3 WWW.LOVITTRESTAURANT.COM JOEY CURTIN: Listen in on an evening of New .12 44

Age, Americana, and Celtic piano music featuring SUN., NOV. 5 # Joey Curtin during the downtown Bellingham Art GLOBAL SPICE: As part of Western Washington Walk from 6-9pm at Diventi, 1213 Cornwall Ave. University’s “Global Spice” series, Projeto Acro- Entry is free. musical will perform at 7:30pm at the Performing WWW.DIVENTIMUSIC.COM Arts Center Concert Hall. Tickets are $5-$10. 650-6146 OR WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU COPELAND & ANDERSEN: Two internationally acclaimed acts will deliver contemporary WED., NOV. 8 blues with passion and power when powerhouse JOE MAGNARELLI: The Whatcom Jazz Music Arts CASCADIA WEEKLY vocalists Shemekia Copeland and rising star Center will bring New York-based jazz trumpeter Matt Andersen perform at 7:30pm at the Mount Joe Magnarelli back to Bellingham for a 7-9pm 19 Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets are show at the Sylvia Center for the Arts, 205 Pros- $17.50-$45.50. pect St. Tickets are $5-$20. 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM WWW.WJMAC.ORG musicvenues 30

See below for venue FOOD addresses and phone 11.01.17 11.02.17 11.03.17 11.04.17 11.05.17 11.06.17 11.07.17 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 24 Alternative Library Papa Bear

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MUSIC In This Moment, Hollywood 6Lack, Sabrina Claudio, Sy Ari Current Swell, Close Talker, MUSIC Commodore Ballroom Undead, more Da Kid Lovecoast 16 Conway Muse Jam Night William Pint and Felicia Dale Moon Daddy ART

LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY/ Corner Pub Knut Bell and the 360s 15 Nov. 3/Wild Buffalo

STAGE Culture Cafe at Kombucha Aireeoke Open Mic Town

14 Eat Restaurant and Bar Kevin Woods Duo Tyler Morgan Clarke Trio

GET OUT Edison Inn The Jealous Dogs Ron Bailey & The Tangents

Katie Kuffel (early), Hillstomp Slow Jam (early), Drunken Open Mic (early), Guf- 12 Green Frog Robert Sarazin Blake Ruby Bailey David Ramirez, Molly Parden Soul Night (late) Storytellers (late) fawingham (late) WORDS

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Acoustic Wednesday w/JP Jim Browder and Myron 24 Greene's Corner Falcon Brown

Brewgrass w/Birdsview Bluegrass B-BOARD H2O Brewgrass w/Stilly River Band Karaoke (early), DJ Z (late)

Irish & Folk Monday w/ Danny Vogel, Peadar 22 Honey Moon Open Mic w/Pace Rubadeau Kurt Bello The Porchlights Ben Starner Early Jazz and Blues Jam MacMahon, Richard

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Lantern Ale House 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-2544 | The Business 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-9788 | Chuckanut Brewery 601 W. Holly St. • 752-3377 | Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville St., Vancouver • (604) CASCADIA WEEKLY 739-4550 | Conway Muse 18444 Spruce/Main St., Conway (360) 445-3000 | Corner Pub 14565 Allen West Road, Burlington | Culture Cafe at Kombucha Town 2010 E. Chestnut St. • www.kombuchatown.com | Eat Restaurant & Bar 1200 Cornwall Ave • www.4u2eat.com | The Green Frog 1015 N. State St. • www.acoustictavern.com | Edison Inn 5829 Cains Ct., Edison • (360) 766-6266 | H 0, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 755-3956 | Honey Moon 1053 N. State St. • 734-0728 2 21 | Kulshan Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon 27021 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood • www.locobillys.com | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • www.makeshiftproject.com | Main Street Bar & Grill 2004 Main St., Ferndale • (360) 384-2982 | McKay’s Taphouse 1118 E. Maple St. • (360) 647-3600 | The Redlight 1017 N. State St. • www.redlightwineandcoffee.com | Rockfish Grill 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 588-1720 | The Royal 208 E. Holly St. • 738-3701 | Rumors Cabaret 1119 Railroad Ave. • 671-1849 | The Shakedown 1212 N. State St. • www.shakedownbellingham.com | Silver Reef Casino 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale • (360) 383-0777 | Skagit Valley Casino Resort 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow • (360) 724-7777 | Skylark’s Hidden Cafe 1300 11th St. • 715-3642 | Swillery Whiskey Bar 118 W. Holly St. | Stones Throw Brewery 1009 Larrabee Ave. | Swinomish Casino 12885 Casino Dr., Anacortes • (888) 288-8883 | Temple Bar 306 W. Champion St. • 676-8660 | The Underground 211 E. Chestnut St. • 738-3701 | Underground Coffeehouse Viking Union 3rd Floor, WWU | Village Inn Pub 3020 Northwest Ave. • 734-2490 | Vinostrology 120 W. Holly St. • 656-6817 | The Waterfront 521 W. Holly St. • www.waterfrontseafoodandbar.com | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www.wildbuffalo.net | To get your live music listings included, send info to [email protected]. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday. The title refers, with clinical precision, to the shooting of the shower scene, which required 78 camera setups and 52 cuts (or, as Hitchcock liked to explain

30 it, with his macabre-butler dryness, “52 pieces of film stuck together…”). FOOD But 78/52 is much more than a decon- film struction of that game-changing three- minute sequence. It’s a cinematic essay 24 MOVIE REVIEWS FILM SHORTS that explores the mystique of Psycho by looking at how the creation of the movie B-BOARD embodied its meanings. Shot in gauzy- melty black-and-white, to echo the look

22 of Psycho, it opens with Marli Renfro, the Playboy Bunny who served as Janet

FILM Leigh’s body double, talking about what that was like, but you really see where

18 18 the film is headed when director Karyn Kusama describes the shower scene as MUSIC MUSIC the “first expression of the female body under assault.” She’s right, of course, and

16 the rest of 78/52 offers piercing insight

ART into Psycho’s extraordinary firstness. Before Psycho, horror was something

15 out there (a monster, a haunted house, a force of otherworldly power coming at

STAGE you). The film’s spectacular joke is that it played with all that 19th-century horror imagery (the Victorian house on the hill, 14 the demon at large), only the monster was now us. It was in our heads. Death

GET OUT could arrive instantly, anywhere, even in the bathroom, with blood spilling into

12 the water like inky raindrops and your soul spiraling down the drain. Hitchcock, in a clip from a 1964 in- WORDS terview with the BBC, treats Psycho as a prank, refusing to see it as more than 10 a manipulative funhouse ride. But 78/52 makes the point that he was far more

CURRENTS ambitious (and serious) than he let on. Coming off North by Northwest, he had 8 done all that he could do in the breath- less arena of man-on-the-run Technicolor VIEWS confections, and in Psycho he wasn’t just

4 REVIEWED BY OWEN GLEIBERMAN logical significance that renders the film’s goosing the audience. He took a leap into every moment iconic and delicious. The the pitch-black void. MAIL special, ghoulish trap-door chic of Psycho, 78/52 is powered by captivating sto-

2 and the reason the film never gets old, is ries, like the one about how Hitchcock 78/52 it’s a movie we now compulsively watch tested out the death-cut sound of knives

DO IT ourselves watching. slashing through a hundred different HITCHCOCK’S SHOWER SCENE Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, varieties of melon (having decided, he 78/52 centers on an up-close analysis of finally said “casaba” with matter-of-fact FOR A long time now, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho has been two movies, and the hyp- the shower scene that’s at once delirious authority, and left the room). Or how, 11.01.17 notic film-geek documentary 78/52 is an ingenious and irreverent master class in both and definitive; the movie is also a cin- amazingly, when he saw the first rough of them. There is, of course, the “Psycho” that shocked audiences to their souls when it ematic meditation that features a wealth cut of Psycho, he thought that the movie .12

44 was released in 1960: the one that made people scream with primal terror, that slashed of terrific anecdotes about the creation played so badly that he decided to scrap # a knife through the rules of popular storytelling—and, arguably, through the entire of Hitchcock’s masterpiece. More than the entire project and boil it down to a culture—by killing off its main character in the most savage way possible after just 40 anything, though, 78/52 is a movie about one-hour episode of his weekly TV series. minutes. That Psycho is the Psycho of legend. For those of us who were born too late to watching Psycho. It features a galvanizing 78/52 is, among other things, an en- experience it, we can only guess what it felt like to have a horror thriller yank the rug litany of insights and fan theories from thralling act of film criticism. It cel- out from under every sacred moviegoing expectation you’d ever had. the likes of Guillermo del Toro, Bret Easton ebrates one of the greatest movies ever The other Psycho is the one that a lot of us have come to know and love and fe- Ellis, Jamie Lee Curtis, Eli Roth, Peter Bog- made by recognizing that Psycho became

CASCADIA WEEKLY tishize and live inside. It is still, make no mistake, a terrifying movie (especially danovich, Karyn Kusama, Walter Murch, a pop object. Yet even after that hap- when you’re watching it by yourself late at night), but Psycho has also evolved, in a Danny Elfman, and Elijah Wood, plus a pened, the movie throbbed with life 22 funny way, into something that’s the opposite of shocking: It’s the ultimate movie to smattering of academics and film histori- and death. It still does. Psycho isn’t just watch again and again, to study and revel in and obsess over like a cinematic codex. ans, and their avid analyses and responses about the death of Marion Crane, but The whole addictive pull of Psycho is that everything in it—birds, eyes, windshield become a testament to how no movie in about the death of God, and 78/52 does wipers, the shower, the slaughter, the $40,000, the pert decorum of Janet Leigh, the the history of Hollywood is as fun, or reso- full justice to how it changed the heart- simmering rage of Anthony Perkins, the madness of Mother—interlocks with a mytho- nant, to think about as Psycho. beat of the world. film ›› showing this week

BY CAREY ROSS Jigsaw: Remember back in 2010, when we were told Sevigny—and somehow it manages to suck. H (R • 1 30 that Saw 3D would be the final film of this franchise? hr. 59 min.) Torture porn never dies. H (R • 1 hr. 32 min.) FOOD Suburbicon: Director George Clooney takes a stab at FILM SHORTS Kingsman: The Golden Circle: In the first install- mixing social satire with a noir-ish murder mystery— ment of this franchise, Colin Firth proved he was and is not entirely successful despite a script penned 24 somehow the best British secret agent since Bond. by the Coen brothers and a cast that includes Matt 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene: See review He’s donned the pinstripes to save the world in style Damon, Julianne Moore (playing identical twins), and previous page. HHHHH (Unrated • 1 hr. 31 min.) once again. HH (R • 2 hrs. 21 min.) Oscar Isaac. H (R • 1 hr. 45 min.) B-BOARD

A Bad Moms Christmas: Stay away from me with The Lego Ninjago Movie: Because I am child- Thank You For Your Service: The ever-versatile 22 your Christmas creep, Hollywood. I’m not ready for it avoidant, I had no idea that Ninjago was a line of Miles Teller anchors this adaptation of the nonfiction 22 yet. HHH (R • 1 hr. 57 min.) Lego that involves a television show, video games, bestseller about soldiers who come home from the FILM graphic novels, activity books and now this movie. Iraq war and try to adapt to civilian life. HHHH (R • FILM American Made: Tom Cruise, once an excellent Those minifigs sure are industrious little creatures. 1 hr. 48 min.) dramatic actor, now seems to only make action mov- They’ve built an entertainment empire and I can 18 ies. Here’s another one of those, which makes far barely dress myself. HH (PG • 1 hr. 30 min.) Thor: Ragnarok: So much of the enormous success better use of Cruise’s charisma and cinematic gifts of the Marvel Cinematic Universe can be tied to savvy MUSIC than much of his recent work. HHHH (R • 1 hr. 55 Let There Be Light: Kevin Sorbo used to be televi- hiring practices. From taking a huge risk in choosing min.) sion’s Hercules, but he now evidently devotes his Robert Downey Jr. to anchor the franchise as Iron

acting energy to starring in conservative Christian Man to tapping Joss Whedon to helm its first two 16 Boo 2: A Madea Halloween: I don’t really get the movies about atheists who have near-death experi- Avengers movies, Marvel knows how to find and foster ART appeal of the Madea movies, but I am not one to argue ences and—spoiler alert!—find God. I liked him superheroes. They’re back at it again, picking What with the hit-making juggernaut that is Tyler Perry. Get better when he played a god on TV rather than making We Do in the Shadows’ Taika Waititi to take some of it, Madea. H (PG-13 • 1 hr. 41 min.) THOR: RAGNAROK movies trying to prove the existence of God. H (PG-13 the Shakespearean starch out of Thor and give him 15 • 1 hr. 40 min.) the sense of humor he’s been sorely lacking. HHHHH

Blade Runner 2049: It’s finally here and it is bril- (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 10 min.) STAGE liant. I know. I’m shocked too. HHHHH (R • 2 hrs. Goodbye Christopher Robin: See the true story Lucky: Harry Dean Stanton gets the role of a lifetime 44 min.) of the boy and the bear who inspired the beloved right at the end of his life as Lucky, an atheist

children’s books, as well as A.A. Milne, the complex, searching for his own personal age of enlightenment 14 The Florida Project: With Tangerine, we were troubled man who brought them to literary life. in a town populated by the quirkiest characters this introduced to director Sean Baker—and what an HHHH (PG • 1 hr. 47 min.) side of a Coen Brothers movie. RIP, Harry. HHHHH introduction it was. He’s back with another insight- (Unrated • 1 hr. 28 min.) GET OUT ful, big-hearted look at life on the margins as seen Happy Death Day: This is the Groundhog’s Day of through the eyes of 6-year-old Moonee, who lives in horror movies in which a young coed (because it’s Only The Brave: On June 30, 2013, 20 members the low-income shadow of Florida’s Magic Kingdom. always a young coed) is killed over and over again of the elite Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighting 12 This has been dubbed the movie of the year by many until presumably she figures out who is doing the team walked into the woods to fight the Yarnell

a critic, so see it now before it is nominated for a murdering and dispatches him/her accordingly only Hill Fire. Only one walked out. This is their story, WORDS million Oscars and you’re lamenting the fact that you to have them rise again for at least two or three more told via a top-notch cast—Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, missed it. HHHHH (R • 1 hr. 55 min.) sequels. HH (PG-13 • 1 hr. 36 min.) Jennifer Connelly, and Jeff Bridges—and some sweat-inducing special effects. HHHHH (PG-13 • 2 10 The Foreigner: I can’t think of any circumstances It: See this movie, never not be afraid of clowns hrs. 14 min.) Showtimes that would ever call for an action movie starring again. I know this because I watched the 1990 mini-

Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan and yet here we are. series and haven’t gone near a circus since. Just add The Snowman: Among the many things in the world Regal and AMC theaters, please see CURRENTS What a time to be alive. HH (R • 1 hr. 54 min.) clowns to dogs, cars, high-school proms, small-town today that I can’t understand no matter how hard I www.fandango.com. children with scythes, reincarnated toddlers and try comes this movie, which is based on a Jo Nesbo 8 Geostorm: This sci-fi action movie reminded me that young girls with daddy issues on the list of things bestseller, is directed by Tomas Alfredson (Let the Pickford Film Center and

Gerard Butler still exists, so that’s something. H (PG- Stephen King has taught me to fear. HHHH (R • 2 Right One In), stars Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Fer- PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see VIEWS 13 • 1 hr. 49 min.) hrs. 15 min.) guson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, J.K. Simmons, and Chloe www.pickfordfilmcenter.com 4 MAIL

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WORDS WWW.WHATCOMCOMMUNITYED.COM BY AMY KEPFERLE I seem to recall that BELLINGHAM MARKET: The 25th the mix stuck to some season of the Bellingham Farmers PIE SOCIAL: Bring a pie to share 10 edicts—cream and Market continues from 10am-3pm and chat about gardening when every Saturday through December Whatcom County Dahlia Society onions were always Soup Scene at the Depot Market Square, 1000 hosts a free Pie Social from 7-9pm CURRENTS part of the equa- Railroad Ave. at the Laurel Grange, 6172 Guide tion—but basically WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG Meridian.

8 CHOWDER BY THE CHANNEL used whatever we WWW. I LONG for the days when I could crouch on the shores of the had in the cabin at CIDERFEST: Attend the annual WHATCOMCOUNTYDAHLIASOCIETY.ORG VIEWS Ciderfest from 10am-5pm at Belle- rocky beach in front of our family’s cabin on Lummi Island for the time, whether it EAT Wood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian. TUES., NOV. 7

4 WHAT: Chowder hours on end, sticking my arms deep into the wet sand to feel was potatoes, corn, Hard cider tasting, a brat bar, a ANELIA'S NIGHT: The staff from by the Channel around for the sneaky bivalves, and feeling a sense of victory celery, chives, garlic, home cider brewing competition, Anelia’s in La Conner will warm at-

MAIL WHEN: 3pm Sat., a cider-making workshop, a com- tendees with a comfort food menu when my hands would close around a razor or butter clam. Oc- Nov. 4 carrots, bell peppers, munity carboy fill, music by Disco at an “Anelia's” gathering from

2 casionally, we’d get ambitious and tunnel like mad in order to dig WHERE: La various herbs, etc. Pumpkin Smash and more will be 6:30-8:30pm in Mount Vernon at Conner Middle up an elusive giant geoduck or two. The important part part of the fun. Admission is free; Gretchen's Kitchen, 509 S. First St.

DO IT School, 305 N. When I and the rest of the crew—my two siblings, my parents, was the fresh clams, event fees vary. Entry is $45. 6th St. neighbor kids, visitors and assorted other island characters— and those we had. WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM WWW.GRETCHENSKITCHEN.COM COST: $8 had collected our limit and the tide had started to come back INFO: www.love I was reminded of COFFEE & BEER FEST: Sip WED., NOV. 8 in, the kids would make sure the holes we’d dug with trowels laconner.com these familial feasts 11.01.17 on unique beer collaborations CHALLAH CLASS: Samantha Fer- were filled back in, while one or more of the adults would lug recently when I read between coffee spots and local raro helms a “Make Your Own Chal- the clams in buckets full of saltwater up the winding path to the about the 16th annual “Chowder by the breweries at a Specialty Coffee lah” class from 6:30-8:30pm at the .12

44 shade of the porch. Typically, we’d store the sea creatures there Channel” taking place Sat., Nov. 4 at La Beer Fest From 10am-6pm at Eliza- Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. # until the following day, giving them plenty of time to expel the Conner Middle School. Attendees at the beth Station, 1400 W. Holly St. Forest St. In the class, you'll learn grit from their necks. event can pay a nominal fee to sample An assortment of beers will be on how to make the dough, kneading tap, and there will also be special- and proofing techniques. You’ll I crouch as little as possible these days thanks to the as- various kinds of chowder made by sea- ity coffee tastings and food items also braid your own mini-challah sorted aches and pains of aging, but I’ve retained the memory of soned chefs from more than a dozen area throughout the day. in class that you can take home to how the meals we made of those magical mollusks were second restaurants. Once they’ve picked a favor- WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ bake. Entry is $35. to none. Often, a giant salad and steamed clams served with ite, they deposit their ticket in a voting ELIZABETHSTATION WWW.WHATCOMCOMMUNITYED.COM

CASCADIA WEEKLY melted butter, garlic and loaves of french bread was enough to box, and the restaurant gives them a bowl BLOCK PARTY: Attend a Full THURS., NOV. 9 get us through until morning. At the century-old table on the to eat on site or take home. Funds raised 30 Moon Block Party from 11am-8pm MEXICAN KITCHEN: Ana Jackson porch overlooking Hale Passage, we’d reach across each other for at the event go to Kiwanis projects that at Fairhaven's Stones Throw Brew- leads a “Mexican Kitchen: Enchi- the pelecypods, stopping only when the bowls were empty and help the children of La Conner, making ery, 1009 Larrabee Ave. In addition ladas!” class from 6:30-9:30pm at our bellies were full. the event much more than a tasty time. to discounted beer, the family- the Community Food Co-op, 1220 It was at this table that we also consumed a fair share of clam Best of all, no crouching is required, friendly event will also feature N. Forest St. Entry is $39. food trucks (Back East BBQ, Brotha WWW.WHATCOMCOMMUNITYED.COM chowder. Although I’m sure some sort of recipe was followed, and a good time is guaranteed. GET INSPIRED, THEN

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