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B-BOARD B-BOARD Fierce Fest: 11am-1am, Old Foundry Building ONSTAGE A glance at what’s happening this week The Dark Fantastic: 7:30pm, iDiOM Theater FILM 26 Charlie Brown: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Powderwhore’s Some Thing Else: 8pm, Back- Guild country Essentials

FILM The Sound of Music: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Jeremy Jones’ Higher: 8pm, Mount Baker Theatre, Lynden Theatre Anything Goes: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community 22 Theatre GET OUT Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Race for Education: 8am, Civic Field

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18 COMMUNITY Investigation The Art of Death: Through Oct. 11 at a variety of Bellingham venues FOOD STAGE Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, United Church of FOOD Ferndale

16 Lynden Farmers Market: 12-5pm, Front Street Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts Center VISUAL ARTS Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot

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14 Say hello to a classic cartoon Festival of Family Farms: 10am-4pm, Skagit Valley crew when showings of the FRIDAY 03 Fall Fruit Festival: 10am-5pm, Cloud Mountain WORDS [10. .14] Farm, Everson musical version of You’re a ONSTAGE Bier on the Pier: 12-6pm, Port of Anacortes

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8 Anything Goes: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Whatcom Artist Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild Theatre throughout Whatcom County

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RESPONDS TO CONCERNS FOOD I am writing to commend PeaceHealth for revisiting its decision to close the Adult 32 Day Health program the first of next year. Currently, PeaceHealth is negotiat- ing with Lynden’s Christian Health Care B-BOARD Center (CHCC) to have the latter agency provide these much-needed services to 26 senior citizens who suffer from dementia and other debilitating chronic illnesses. FILM The proposal is for the Adult Day Health

program to remain open from Jan. 1, until 22 such time as CHCC is able to open their

doors next year. MUSIC Outpatient services for those among

us who suffer with dementia should not 20 be diminished, as the incidence will only ART grow as our population ages. Keeping our loved ones at home with supportive 18 services as long as possible, and con-

tinuing to support the existence of this STAGE program for those of us in the future who will need them, should be our goal. Adult Day Health has been providing such 16 services for almost two generations and has helped thousands in this community GET OUT avoid premature institutionalization. PeaceHealth’s response to the commu- 14 nity’s outpouring of concern about turn- ing out our most disabled senior citizens WORDS shows that it listens, it is flexible, and it cares. Kudos to both PeaceHealth and Chris- 10 tian Health Care Center for their commit- ment to our disabled loved ones! CURRENTS CURRENTS —Betsy Gross, Caregiver, Bellingham 8

Thanks to the efforts of a task force of affected caregivers and other health- VIEWS

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FOOD FOOD I volunteer once a week at Adult Day Health with one of my Pet Partners ther- apy dogs. I have become very attached 32 to the clients and staff of ADH and enjoy my time with them enormously. What a

B-BOARD B-BOARD wonderful community organization this is—and what a benefit to the people of

26 Whatcom County. I was stunned when I heard ADH

FILM was going to shut down for a period of months, not just because I would miss

22 seeing my friends there, but because I’ve met a number of the husbands or

MUSIC wives or children of the clients there. These are people whose lives would be

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ART shutdown and the negative effects on their lives could only ramify outward into the larger community. 18 I understand that Peacehealth is now

STAGE reconsidering shuttering ADH and I urge them to do everything in their power to keep this institution open. 16 —Bonnie Kendall Bird, Bellingham

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14 Cascadia Weekly reported that West- ern Washington University had reached a contract agreement with support staff are willing to limit the increase in rates poured into Whatcom County during our ness, including those serving our most WORDS that gives them raises for the first time for the first year of the biennium but last election from a California billionaire vulnerable. The tax applies to children’s in seven years. want to have no limits on raising them named Tom Steyer. Among other things, his hospitals, veteran organizations, death 10 WWU reached an agreement with WFSE the second year, although they do have money helped to finance doctored photo- services and outpatient care centers. support staff. They have not reached an to negotiate the increases, they plan graphs of candidates, on postcards mailed Making the extension permanent would

CURRENTS CURRENTS agreement with PSE support staff. on putting in place whatever the Park- out right before the election. (A person have taxed outpatient care centers over The agreement offers a 3 percent ing Taskforce Advisory Committee rec- with darkroom skills can take almost any an additional $16.4 million alone. 8 and a 1.8 percent increase during the ommends. This Committee is stacked photo and make it dark and menacing.) Despite this, Democrats pressed hard 2015/2017 biennium IF fully funded by heavily with administrators, although it Like it or not, our present County Coun- for the tax increase. Luckily, the fiscally VIEWS the State of Washington and deemed “fi- does have one representative from each cil was bought and paid for by Tom Steyer. conservative majority coalition caucus 4

4 nancially feasible” by the Office of Finan- union-represented group on campus. And he’s on the march again, laundering (MCC) in the State Senate held the line in cial Management in Olympia. This is the In the current economic climate it is a million dollars through one campaign budget negotiations. The MCC forced Dem- MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL exact same deal that General Government very possible that by the time the Legis- action committee after the other. Yet ocrats to withdraw making the B&O sur-

Employees were offered—nothing else— lature is done there will be a large change consider the irony of how Steyer’s billions charge permanent; effectively killing the 2 just pass-through funding if it is funded to whatever contracts were negotiated. were gained, speculating in the commod- tax increase; however, there has already DO IT IT DO by the State Legislature. Possibly one and one or none and none. ity of (oh no!) coal. Now he turns on a been movement to reverse this progress. No raises are actually forthcoming at Please check your facts a little more. dime to become coal’s biggest enemy, Democrats attempted to bring the 20 per- this time. Everything depends on the It is very hard for government and higher and additionally the self-created czar of cent B&O surcharge back this year. Legislature. WWU has not put up funds, education employees to get any compas- elections throughout our nation. We need to retain the MCC, they are 10.01.14 they have done a pass-through. If Olym- sion from the community as it is. Most Is this what we want? A California bil- the ones preventing these egregious tax pia provides funding then WWU staff will people think we have cushy jobs with lionaire deciding who our elected offi- increases. In tough times the last thing .09

40 get an increase. high pay and benefits. This simply is not cials should be? we need is for our legislators to raise # WWU and the unions have to come to true. By Whatcom County standards we —Joan Browning, Bellingham taxes—especially when those taxes tar- an agreement by an Oct. 1 deadline for do have good jobs; however, not having get our children, veterans, care centers, anything to be included in the state’s a cost of living increase since 2008 and In 2010, Democrats passed a temporary and when we lose a loved one. budget; however, this date is way in ad- having all costs for everything else in Business and Occupation (B&O) tax ex- —Bryan Yon, Bellingham vance of when anyone knows what the life go up, plus an employer who charges tension which raised the initial rate 20% Legislature will fund or even how much approximately $30 per month for park- for Washington’s businesses. This increase

CASCADIA WEEKLY money will be available. ing—this means we have been losing was supposed to expire on July 1, 2013; ELECT LUANNE Health care may go up. Pension con- ground pay not gaining anything for six however, Democrats tried to make the ex- Luanne Van Werven is one of the most 6 tributions are going up. McCleary will or seven years. tension permanent in the 2013-‘15 bien- authentic candidates I have ever met, definitely influence whatever funding is —Chris Sutton, Bellingham nium budget, calling it “closing tax loop- and I do not say that lightly. When I available. WWU also has as their major holes.” Do not be fooled, making the B&O spoke to her, she took the time to care- push negotiating to raise parking rates MONEY IN ELECTIONS extension permanent is a tax increase. fully listen to issues I care about with on campus to all staff and faculty. They Stunningly large amounts of money The B&O tax applies to every busi- genuine interest. Luanne then gave me

38 her contact card and encouraged me to that doesn’t work doesn’t serve anyone. call her personal cellphone anytime I Washington State is one of the least FOOD had questions or concerns. corrupt of all state governments, I love that a candidate cares so much second only to Oregon, according to 32 about people, which is a rarity these a recent study by Indiana University days. Luanne Van Werven, you have my at Bloomington, which used U.S. Jus- full support! tice Department data. But we still B-BOARD —Liz Pebley, Bellingham have problems. There are more than 650 corporate tax loopholes, many 26 REELECT ERICKSEN of which are outdated and should be

Whatcom County is fortunate to have closed. I know Seth will work to end Pay for a day of high performance driving at The Ridge like any other track day. Plus, bid FILM Senator Doug Ericksen representing our unnecessary loopholes to fund the on auction items like Seahawk and Sounder tickets, Seahawk jerseys, a season’s pass to all Pacific Raceways drag, motorcross and road races including the NHRA Nationals,

interests in Olympia. things our state desperately needs, 22 With Senator Ericksen’s leadership from K-12 education to higher ed and framed autographed posters from Pearl Jam and Phish, a hardcopy of A Dance with Dragons autographed by George R.R. Martin, author of Game of Thrones, a week long he has supported Whatcom County’s transportation projects to fix our MUSIC condo rental in Whistler, Hawaii or Mexico, tools and much more. agriculture community, protected and crumbling infrastructure.

expanded family wage job opportuni- The 42nd Legislative District needs 20 ties. Sen. Ericksen has held the line a candidate who hasn’t sold their soul THE RIDGE ART on a four-year balanced state budget to oil lobbyists, American Legislative MOTORSPORTS PARK without raising taxes. He supported Exchange Coalition and corporate cam- 18 school budget growth without raising paign contributors. We need someone 1060 W. EELLS HILL RD. SHELTON, WA 98584 college tuition. Sen. Ericksen, as chair real. We need Seth Fleetwood. All proceeds benefit the Goodtimes Project, a 501c(3) charity that hosts Camp STAGE of the Senate Energy and Environment —Tara Nelson, Bellingham Goodtimes, a cost-free summer camp for children battling cancer and their siblings. committee, was instrumental in fast

Last year, the Pacific Northwest driving community raised $40,000! Our 2014 goal is 16 tracking Bellingham Bay and Blaine GET GOVERNMENT $100,000 and with your help we can achieve it! environmental cleanup projects. WORKING AGAIN

As a fourth-generation Whatcom As a longtime resident, I am very DRIVERS MAY REGISTER BY VISITING WWW.MOTORSPORTSREG.COM GET OUT County resident, I encourage all happy with the quality of our 40th WANT TO DRIVE KIDS AROUND THE TRACK? EMAIL [email protected] Whatcom County voters to vote for a District representatives. Kevin Ranker, FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.THEGOODTIMESPROJECT.ORG/DRIVEATHON 14 proven winner and re-elect Senator Kristine Lytton, and Jeff Morris are Doug Ericksen. extremely smart, hard-working and WORDS Don’t let Big California money buy dedicated to doing what is best for our this Nov. 4 election. Vote for Senator state even when that requires some Doug Ericksen. compromise. 10 —Art Anderson , Everson Unfortunately, they are prevented from doing their job by the same kind CURRENTS CURRENTS ELECT FLEETWOOD of Republican obstructionism that we I would like to express my support see in the U.S. Congress. 8 for Seth Fleetwood, a candidate for Sen. Doug Ericksen of the 42nd Dis- 42nd District Senator who I know will trict is, in my observation, one of the VIEWS

work hard to build bridges between biggest obstructionists in state gov- 4 4 good, hard-working legislators on both ernment. He has prevented important MAIL MAIL sides of the aisle. bills from coming to the floor for a vote NO INSURANCE? MAIL As someone who recently spent a and has watered down regulation of 2 session working in the Washington dangerous oil trains and toxic toys. He DO IT IT DO State Legislature, I was able to get a is a member of ALEC, the radical right- WE’RE STILL HERE. first-hand glimpse of the kind of par- wing lobby which promotes climate tisan grandstanding that is keeping change denial and stand-your-ground our state government from doing its laws and attacks the rights of women, job. Earlier this year, the Republican- voters and working families. 10.01.14 controlled Senate not only vowed to Voters in the 42nd District have an

If you are between the ages of 40-64, .09

block a majority of Democratic bills, excellent opportunity to help stop 40 but it also refused to pass a capital GOP obstructionism in our state by you may be eligible for a free breast, # budget for 2014. Their inaction not electing Seth Fleetwood to the State only impacted the quality of educa- Senate. He knows how to work collab- cervical and colon cancer screening. tion offered at our K-12 and higher oratively with other lawmakers to put education institutions, but it also an end to gridlock and get important Online: www.freescreen.me cost us high-paying construction jobs legislation passed for proper funding across the state. of our schools and for real safety reg- Call toll free: 1-888-651-8931 CASCADIA WEEKLY Like Seth, I believe some of the most ulations on oil trains. He will work for important legislation is bipartisan leg- the people, not for corporate lobby- In partnership with the Washington Breast, Cervical and Colon Health Program, underin- 7 sured and uninsured men and women can receive yearly health exams that include colon islation. But when voters elect people ists. The 42nd District deserves good and/or cervical screenings and mammograms throughtout Island, San Juan, Skagit, who hate government into office, they representation in Olympia. Vote for Snohomish, Pierce and Whatcom Counties. To see if you qualify for the program, visit shouldn’t be surprised when govern- Seth Fleetwood. www.freescreen.me or call toll free 1-888-651-8931. ment stops working. And a government —Sharon Alford, Bellingham THE GRISTLE

STEAKING A CLAIM: Whatcom conservatives were

38 galvanized by news that California billionaire phi- lanthropist and environmentalist Tom Steyer heli- FOOD FOOD coptered in $1 million to assist key Democratic can- views didates for the Legislature this year, in an effort to OPINIONS THE GRISTLE create “a pro-climate majority” in both Washington 32 and Oregon. Their alarm is a bit of a ruse, given the announcement that Steyer’s political action com-

B-BOARD B-BOARD mittee NexGen Climate will focus its efforts on two key senate races, and the 42nd Legislative District

26 is not one of them; it’s also a smoke screen for the BY AMY GOODMAN very real story unfolding about corporate and out-

FILM of-state money flooding into the campaign of their own candidate, the incumbent Republican Sen.

22 Doug Ericksen. Blood and Oil To date, Ericksen has raised more than $268,500, GLOBAL WARMING AND GLOBAL WARRING MUSIC compared to the $235,400 raised by his challeng- er, Democrat Seth Fleetwood. Nearly seven dollars ours after 400,000 people bombing of Syria, she told me: “Oil is

20 in ten flooding into the Ericksen campaign are in joined in the largest climate the basis of U.S. policy in the Middle

ART amounts above $800, within inches of the $950 H march in history, the United East. Were it not for Iraq’s oil, the ceiling cap for contributions to individual legisla- States began bombing Syria, start- U.S. would have never invaded.” tive candidates in a given campaign. By contrast, ing yet another war. The Pentagon On Tuesday, more than 100 world 18 six dollars in ten entering the Fleetwood campaign claims that the targets were military leaders, along with industry represen-

STAGE are in amounts below $800. installations of the Islamic State, in tatives, participated in a nonbinding More than $150,000 in corporate PAC money has Syria and Iraq, as well a newly re- United States. In its 2014 Quadren- U.N. climate summit. It was convened flooded into Ericksen’s campaign, and when the re- vealed terrorist outfit, the Khorasan nial Defense Review, the Pentagon by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 16 porting window closes in the middle of this month, Group. President Barack Obama is noted that the many impacts of cli- the hopes that it would build momen- we might predict floods of dark corporate cash that again leading the way to war, while mate change “will aggravate stressors tum for the ongoing formal climate

GET OUT could dwarf even this sum. simultaneously failing to address our abroad such as poverty, environmen- talks, which seek a binding commit- For Doug, of course, this is lunch money. rapidly worsening climate. The world tal degradation, political instability, ment from the nations of the world

14 The state Legislative Ethics Board continues to is beset with twin crises, inextrica- and social tensions—conditions that to drastically cut greenhouse-gas consider proposals to scale back the amount of per bly linked: global warming and glob- can enable terrorist activity and oth- emissions, and to limit the global diem expense allotments for meals following an au- al warring. Solutions to both exist, er forms of violence.” rise in temperature to 2 degrees Cel- WORDS dit from Associated Press and Northwest Public Ra- but won’t be achieved by bombing. So it is fair to ask, why not address sius. Many believe a 2-degree rise is dio that revealed a half-dozen lawmakers had taken “In today’s wars, many more ci- the threat of climate change when the upper limit of increase that the 10 more than 40 free meals worth at least $1,000 per vilians are killed than soldiers; the it is still possible? Asad Rehman, planet—as we know it—can sustain. lawmaker in just the first few weeks of the leg- seeds of future conflict are sown, of the international environmental While climate talks generate little

CURRENTS CURRENTS islative session. Topping their list was Ericksen, economies are wrecked, civil societ- group Friends of the Earth, who was success or media coverage, President a guest at 62 meals valued in total at more than ies torn asunder, refugees amassed, in New York for the climate march, Obama’s attack on the Islamic State 8 8 $2,000, many of them provided by the oil and rail children scarred.” These words were told me, “If we can find the trillions and other perceived terrorist threats industry whose interests the Ferndale Republican spoken on Dec. 10, 2009, by that [of dollars] we’re finding for conflict dominated the U.N. General Assembly VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS oversees as chair of a governing energy committee. year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, whether there’s been the invasion and a special session of the Security

4 Ericksen laughed this off in an interview with the President Barack Obama. Five years in Iraq or Afghanistan or now the Council session that Obama chaired. Bellingham Herald,saying he is very active in meet- later, his pronouncement reads like a conflict in Syria, then we can find Reflecting on the prospects for prog- MAIL MAIL ing with his constituents in Olympia. daily headline. The peace group Code the kind of money that’s required for ress on the global movement to stop

“I might go to an event, have a soda pop and Pink is calling on President Obama to the transformation that will deliver climate change, Asad Rehman said, 2 then leave,” Ericksen said. “They put your name return his Nobel medal. clean, renewable energy.” “Anybody who went on that demon- DO IT IT DO down and then divide it out between all of the at- “The world must come together Rehman clearly opposes massive stration could only walk away ener- tendees… somebody might have a bottle of wine to confront climate change,” Obama military spending. He spent years as gized and more committed that the and I might have a soda pop. They’re trying to say said in that same Nobel acceptance an anti-war organizer, and sees the power lies in our hands and not in that this is meeting in back rooms with corporate lobby- speech. “There is little scientific deep connection between warring and building here in New York, in the U.N.” 10.01.14 ists. Most of the time, it’s people from the district.” dispute that if we do nothing, we warming. “Oil has been a curse on the Before the invasion of Iraq, U.S. Ericksen estimated the events were with “constitu- will face more drought, more fam- people of the Middle East,” he added. Gen. Anthony Zinni predicted success .09

40 ents 90 percent of the time. ine, more mass displacement—all “It has been a harbinger of conflict only with an invading force of 400,000. # “I think that every good lie has some elements of of which will fuel more conflict for and violence and of destruction of an- Donald Rumsfeld went in with less truth built into it,” Ericksen said. decades.” Obama even made the key cient civilizations in communities and than half, famously quipping, “You Ericksen is right about a good lie. He’s also point that “it is not merely scientists the lives of millions of people.” go to war with the army you have— right that tracking lobbyist influence is an ardu- and environmental activists who call Medea Benjamin, a co-founder not the army you might want.” Well, ous task that is not easily aided by the state’s for swift and forceful action—it’s of Code Pink, echoed the words of 400,000 people turned out for the cli- reporting mechanisms. The AP/NWPR audit was military leaders in my own country Rehman. She participated in the mate march last Sunday... an army of

CASCADIA WEEKLYhardly comprehensive, and it is a difficult task to and others who understand our com- historic climate march, and joined hope for a sustainable future. acquire completeness. mon security hangs in the balance.” thousands more the next day to 8 The state keeps detailed records of registered Indeed, the Pentagon has long con- “Flood Wall Street,” where 100 peo- Amy Goodman is the host of “Democ- lobbyists, and lobbyists must report their monthly sidered climate change to be a major ple were arrested. Before heading racy Now!” Denis Moynihan contrib- expenses (L2) to the state’s Public Disclosure Com- threat to the national security of the to the White House to protest the uted research to this column. mission. These PR firms detail out who attended their luncheons, and average how many “soda pops” VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE were consumed by each lawmaker.

Trawling though the reports of just 38 five of the top lobbying firms repre- senting energy, finance and insurance FOOD interests the senator oversees on his committee, we find Ericksen received King Cove Sockeye Filets 32 more than $3,700 in gifts in 2013 and Bob’s Almond Meal Flour 2014. Of this amount, only about $600 is mirrired in the original AP/NWPR Amy’s Vegan Refried Beans B-BOARD audit, meaning Ericksen received Reed’s Crystalized Gingers more in corporate gifts than even the 26 media reported last year. Again, this Organic Pitted Deglet Dates second audit is also inconclusive, ex- FILM amining only five of scores of firms Sweet Potato Pita Chips

who took lawmakers to lunch during Rainbow Light Vitamins 22 the study period.

The idea these numbers are “fab- The Exotic Grocery MUSIC ricated,” as Ericksen told the Herald, 360-592-2297 when PR firms will use these disclo- www.everybodys.com 20 sures to bill service back to their cli- Hiway 9 – Van Zandt ART ents, is just hokum. In many cases—24 at least—Er- 18 icksen was the only lawmaker listed &&/h #=44 ASZSQbSR drinking fairly expensive “soda pop” STAGE +RXU ASQbW]\A on the lobbyists’ tab. In 15 instances, []\4`W& ^[ it was Ericksen and one or two other legislators, making the division of the CSPAN BOOK TV 16 tab much more transparent than Er- will film this event! icksen suggested to the Herald. Only GET OUT 10 lunches reported by these five firms sated four or more lawmakers.

3(7(5 14 In perhaps the most egregious ex- pense, Ericksen played golf with a /$8)(5 WORDS lobbyist for the Western States Petro- leum Association a few hours before he led a widely panned public hear- 25*$1,& 10 ing on oil train safety in Spokane last $-RXUQDOLVW·V June. Other reports included junkets

4XHVWWR'LVFRYHU CURRENTS to the WSPA annual meeting for Erick- WKH7UXWK%HKLQG 8 sen and his wife for the past two years )RRG/DEHOLQJ 8 in amounts in excess of $700. VIEWS If Ericksen’s statement to the Her- An eye-opening look at the anything-goes world VIEWS behind the organic label by renowned and ald is to be considered less than “col- award-winning journalist. 4 orful,” he would have to have received

th, 7pm MAIL many thousands of dollars in gifts Saturday, Oct. 4

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)UHH$XWKRU(YHQWV 2 he characterized happened “90 per- DO IT IT DO cent of the time.” While the Ethics Board has been 52%(57 tightening some of their report- ing rules, the PDC has been loosen- /235(67, ing theirs, agreeing in September to 10.01.14 rules that will relieve lobbyists from .09

disclosing a per-person cost when 6+$1.6 40 reporting expenditures for certain # legislative receptions. Accordlngly, 21 Ericksen has been shifting his meal reimbursements to his campaign ex- &5,0( penditures, a purse filled by the very Join us in welcoming local author Robert Lopresti— same lobbying interests who bought Derringer and Black Orchid award-winner—as his meals in Olympia. he introduces his latest MYSTERY! CASCADIA WEEKLY We accept Ericksen’s position that Tuesday, Oct. 7th, 7pm 9 a few steaks won’t buy a senator. Heck, we’re convinced he’d enjoy a steak bought by anyone. But usually VILLAGE BOOKS when you dine out only your buddies 1200 11th St., Bellingham offer to buy. 360.671.2626 lure—the Gateway Pacific Terminal proj- ect, a coal export facility ready to join the family of fossil fuel refiners and producers that pepper the bluffs at Cherry Point. But

38 also during the years of McClure’s term, science matured on the havoc the burning FOOD FOOD currents of fossil fuels plays on the environment, NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX and each year discovered and reported that impact was more profound, more ac- 32 celerated than the previous. “Climate change,

B-BOARD B-BOARD environmental consid- BY TIM JOHNSON erations, and ongoing

26 discussions about wa- ter rights all influence

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22 PUD must continue HEAR to play a leadership

MUSIC POWER WHAT: Whatcom role by providing sci- Tea Party Candi- ence-based, innovative date Forum 20 solutions to conserving Bob Burr Jeff McClure WHEN: 5:30pm

ART Weds., Oct. 1 water resources in sup- TO THE WHERE: Building port of our quality of Industry Associa- life as well as jobs in our 18 tion of Whatcom community. Many key County, 1650

STAGE businesses—including Baker Creek Place , Alcoa Intalco Works, BP MORE: Includes PUD candi- Cherry Point Refinery, 16 “The PUD must continue to dates and state Phillips 66 Ferndale Re- PEOPLE representative finery—and many irri- play a leadership role by

GET OUT positions for the gation customers in the providing science-based, 40th and 42nd Legislative Dis- farming community de-

14 innovative solutions tricts. pend on Whatcom Coun- INFO: ty PUD No. 1 to supply www.whatcom water and electricity,” WORDS to conserving water teaparty.org he said.

------resources in support of our “I’ve also insisted on 10 WHAT: League of Women Voters making environmen- quality of life as well as Forum tal stewardship a high WHEN: 6:30pm

CURRENTS CURRENTS priority,” McClure said. CURRENTS 10 10 CURRENTS jobs in our community.” Weds Oct. 8 “Working with our cus-

8 WHERE: Belling- —JEFF MCCLURE ham Municipal tomers, we’ve reduced Court, 2014 C water consumption by VIEWS Street several million gal- MORE: U.S. Con- 4 of Whatcom County, as well as supporting lons per day, improv- investments in the environment such as gress and State ing stream flow in the

MAIL MAIL Senate candi- salmon enhancement.” dates. Nooksack River.”

Together with the tribes, PUD No. 1 may Public utility districts 2 INFO: www. CAMPAIGN PUTS THE PUBLIC hold the largest right to water drawn from lwvbellingham had their genesis in the

DO IT IT DO whatcom.org the mighty Nooksack River. The PUD cur- early years of the last BACK INTO PUBLIC UTILITIES rently uses only a fraction of that right, ------century, as empowered WHAT: League meaning the agency has an important role of Women Voters mechanisms to bring he uneasy balance of environmental and economic interests, the to play in the management of water re- Forum electricity and irriga- 10.01.14 growing friction between public and corporate spheres, is on vivid sources—even by declining the PUD’s right WHEN: 6:30pm tion to rural farms. Cor- display in a quiet election this year. to draw water and allowing it instead to Thurs, Oct. 23 porate, investor-owned .09 T WHERE: Belling- 40 Public Utility District No. 1 is a little-known, little-understood agency remain in the river for fish and habitat. utilities were slow to

# ham Municipal with a big role to play in future discussions of water resources and resource With Cherry Point industries as the PUD’s Court, 2014 C do so—in some cases management in Whatcom County. Authorized under state law, the district major clients for water and power, the Street refused to do so—and is led by three commissioners, each elected to a six-year term. On the agency also holds a pivotal role in the dis- MORE: State farmers and voters part- rotation this year is the position of District 1 commissioner. It is the only cussion of energy export. Representatives nered with the state local race on every ballot in Whatcom County this year, the rest partitioned “The future of water is uncertain,” Mc- from Districts 40 Legislature to take and 42 by legislative districts for state races or by local district for candidates Clure notes. The Bellingham architect and INFO: www. matters into their own CASCADIA WEEKLY seeking to review the county charter. builder was elected in 2009 with a mission lwvbellingham hands, creating public “While many people have little knowledge about the PUD, it plays a to investigate how the agency’s access to whatcom.org agencies with broad 10 very important role in supporting some of the highest-paying jobs in our lower-cost power and water could be used powers to serve utili- community, in industries in the north county as well water for agricul- as incentive to attract major business to ties. As public agencies, PUDs have unusu- ture,” PUD Commissioner Jeff McClure observes. “The PUD is also very Whatcom County. al access to state and federally subsidized active in assuring high-quality drinking water throughout the rural parts One major business did bite at the power and water, providing them with pow- erful instruments to enact public policy. vide nearly 2 billion gallons of Nooksack “There’s a stipulation in the contract,” “The PUD treats the water it withdraws It’s ironic that from origins in defiance River water—5.33 million gallons per McClure continued, “that we will supply from the Nooksack River largely to remove of corporate leverage, doubling down on day—to the proposed Gateway Pacific water if—and only if—land use approvals sediment before it is supplied to Cherry democratic action and empowerment of coal terminal each year for the next 30 are granted for the Gateway Pacific Ter- Point industry,” he said, “but, that water family farms through the public sphere, years,” Burr said. “In the light of known minal. There’s a very robust process go- is not for drinking purposes. Recently, the 38 PUDs would evolve into major suppliers of water conflicts and potential shortages, ing on right now of environmental review PUD has started to use its grant receiv- heavy industry and private capital. the district was shortsighted and irre- through the county and the state. The ing authority to buy equipment to lease FOOD “The Public Utility District has not been sponsible to extend such rights. It is PUD believes it is our duty and responsi- to some smaller water associations that serving the public interest,” maintains Bob sheer madness to waste precious water bility to serve water commensurate with have water quality problems. These asso- 32 Burr, who is challenging McClure for the to water down and ship acre after acre of land-use decisions. The land use discus- ciations could not have received grants position of commissioner. “Its chief cli- taxpayer-subsidized coal piles to China.” sion will occur through that very public on their own. ents are the large Cherry Point industries. environmental review.” “I believe that the PUD could and like- B-BOARD It serves their interests, not ours. There is, admittedly, a circularity to ly will play a larger role in tackling the “The PUD is actually more of an IUD,” McClure’s statement. The availability of nitrate problem existing in North County 26 Burr said, “an industrial utility district. water is a key consideration in whether a well water—perhaps, even to the extent

They do very little other than to provide , development permit may be issued. With- of becoming the water supplier.” FILM water to Cherry Point and electricity to one “We have potential out assurance of water, permits cannot be McClure agrees more can be done, but

customer there. I want to put the public issued. The PUD will not deliver water un- insists that the priority of the district is 22 back in the public utility district. Its unex- water shortages in this less permits are issued, true, but through to maintain the integrity of utilities it sup-

ercised water right must go to the people an assurance of delivery the PUD pulled a plies through secure financial management. MUSIC and to the farms that feed them. county, we certainly have large thorn from the Achilles heel of the “A public utility’s highest priority

“It’s time to put a Burr under the PUD’s problems with water permitting process. is ensuring the stability of the system 20 saddle,” the feisty retired research and “The agreement was set to expire in through the uninterrupted supply of its ART development director and research con- rights—they’re a mess— 2015,” Burr responded. “It was renewable services at the lowest possible cost,” Mc- sultant laughed. on a year-to-year basis, and there was Clure said. Sound financial management 18 Burr believes the instruments designed and to commit 2 billion no need whatsoever to extend that for enables PUD No. 1 to operate without

to protect the public interest—our gov- 30 years. We have potential water short- seeking property taxes. STAGE ernments and agencies—are not suf- gallons a year for 30 years ages in this county, we certainly have “We run the PUD like a business,” he ficiently responsive to public opinion, problems with water rights—they’re a said. “It operates in a very complex en- is, to me, nonsensical and 16 opinion he maintains is strongly opposed mess—and to commit 2 billion gallons a vironment of public policies and regula- to coal export and the expansion of the nearly evil.” year for 30 years is, to me, nonsensical tions. As a commissioner, it takes a de- burning of fossil fuels. Burr ran, unsuc- and nearly evil.” liberate investment of time to understand GET OUT cessfully, for Bellingham City Council in —BOB BURR McClure drew a distinction between what these intricacies.” 2011 as the strong “anti-coal” candidate. an industry may receive through contract Both candidates support investigation 14 He is campaigning this year for a seat and what they’re actually using. The PUD to better understand issues of water sup- on the Whatcom County Charter Review In 2009, Pacific International Termi- has done a good job, he says, of working ply and demand. WORDS Commission. The county charter, he be- nals, developer of the proposed export with industries to conserve water. “I’ve read a well-reasoned argument for lieves, can be tuned to better express the pier, bought from Chevron the rights to “We only use about 30 percent of our providing variable rates during periods 10 rights of citizens. He seeks a seat on the 2 billion gallons of water a year from the total water right, and have done a good of low flow in the river, and I think that 10 three-member PUD commission that will Nooksack River. Chevron owned property job of conserving those resources,” Mc- is an interesting concept,” McClure said. be pivotal in the discussion of who re- at Cherry Point. As the oil company re- Clure said. “Ten years ago, those indus- “It’s a difficult concept to implement, and CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS ceives water and how. tired operations, capacity supplied by the tries at Cherry Point used 18 million gal- requires quite a lot more discussion, par- A snapshot of how close this race may PUD was transferred to the new project by lons of water per day; today they use 14 ticularly if we extend that discussion to 8 be, Burr drew the highest number of votes a unanimous vote of the commission. million gallons per day. And all of those groundwater and private well owners. in the August primary, gathering 45 per- “I believe this transfer was illegal be- industries have expanded to create more “In this era of climate change, where VIEWS

cent of returns. McClure was in the un- cause it did not meet state standards for jobs in our community. We work closely we are continuing to look at ways to 4 comfortable position for an incumbent, such a transfer of rights,” Burr maintained. with industries like Intalco to reduce con- conserve water, I think priority rates on coming in second with 42 percent. “These purchased rights were set to expire sumption by as much as 75 percent.” water start to make sense. The implemen- MAIL

“The PUD plays a huge role in water next year, but rather than wait until the It’s not all about heavy industry. tation has to be carefully thought out, 2 availability,” Burr said. “It’s an area of decision on coal terminal permitting was “We’ve done a terrific job, I believe, however,” he said. DO IT IT DO great concern to farmers and others in in, the PUD last year unanimously and un- of working with the small water associa- Burr cautions against fluctuating water the county. necessarily approved extension of those tions in the county to ensure there is safe rates, noting that the City of Ferndale re- “The PUD holds unexercised water rights for 30 years to 2042. drinking water,” McClure said. “Some of cently retired as a PUD customer in part rights that are largely senior to all groups “I would have voted against such an these associations are finding that their due to rate increases, preferring to draw except the tribes,” Burr explained, and extension,” Burr said, claiming the com- systems are failing and we’ve been able to municipal water from wells. He is skep- 10.01.14 can play a central role in easing the un- mission failed in its duty to serve the in- work closely with them to provide water, tical of cost increases as a means to en- .09

certainty of water supply to farms. terest and became, instead, a facilitator which I think is extremely important. courage conservation. 40 Empowered to develop and supply util- and sponsor of the project. “One of the things we have proposed “As a general rule, I’m not in favor of tax- # ities in many forms, the PUD can also “Pacific International Terminals pur- is the creation of a pilot program, very ing your way out of problems,” Burr said. champion the development of clean, re- chased the Chevron site, and with that similar to an agricultural extension ser- “I want to continue to explore this newable energy resources in the county. they acquired the water contract,” Mc- vice, where we can provide badly needed nexus between fishing and farming,” In its traditional mission to help mod- Clure explained to listeners at a recent assistance, and help through the state, to McClure said. “Both are very important ernize rural areas, the agency could even forum sponsored by the League of Women stabilize these operations or help them to our economy and our culture, and yet supply selected broadband access to re- Voters of Bellingham/Whatcom County. consult with other organizations to create fish and farming need water most during CASCADIA WEEKLY mote and underserved rural areas. But “When the contract came up for renewal, an economy of scale,” he said. the driest months of the year. This is the foremost, he believes, the district must we made the decision to extend that con- At present, the PUD’s role in maintain- difficult situation we’re going to have to 11 reconsider commitments to supply water tract for the 30-year period—consistent ing or improving water quality in the confront as a community. to the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal. with how we treat all other industries who north county is minimal, Burr said, advo- “I am interested in creating a more cer- “Last year, the PUD contracted to pro- are our clients. cating for an increased role. tain future for our county.” currents ›› last week’s news

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22 NEWS T SEPT23-29 MUSIC BY TIM JOHNSON s 20 ART 18 09.23.14 STAGE TUESDAY Three hundred healthcare workers and supporters gather in 16 front of PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center to call for a greater investment in frontline care. Caregivers claim PeaceHealth, which

GET OUT made $40 million profit in 2013, has hiked employee healthcare costs and failed to keep wages at pace with the increasing cost of

14 living, leaving Whatcom working families behind. The caregivers,

members of SEIU Healthcare 1199NW, picketed for four hours in the DONOHUE DAVID BY PHOTO rain to share their message with patients and community members. Bellingham Mayor Kelli Linville cuts the ribbon on a long-awaited replacement for the bridge connecting the Whatcom Creek Trail with Railroad WORDS Caregivers want a first contract with PeaceHealth that includes rea- Avenue. The bridge had to be replaced after the original was burned by arson in 2012. sonable wage increases that help their families keep up with the 10 cost of living, plus health benefits that allow them to afford care at who was younger than eight years old. The Belling- vid William Latham remains free on $20,000 bail. the hospital where they work. ham Herald reports he’ll spend at least three years in Prosecutors say he shot the dog Sept. 13 because

CURRENTS CURRENTS prison and could be behind bars as long as five years. he was annoyed by barking. But the corgi named CURRENTS 10 10 CURRENTS The Federal Emergency Management Agency denies the state’s re- Prosecutors noted they agreed to a plea deal because Molly wasn’t the barking dog. 8 quest for aid to individuals affected by wildfires in Okanogan County the girl’s family didn’t want her to have to testify. and on the Colville Reservation. FEMA said the impact to individuals 09.29.14 VIEWS and homeowners “was not of the severity and magnitude to warrant” 09.26.14 MONDAY 4 individual assistance. The governor plans to appeal the decision. FRIDAY Walter Haugen, appointed to the Whatcom MAIL MAIL A Coast Guard crew stationed in Bellingham helps in the rescue of Bellingham Police believe a string of residential County Planning Commission earlier this year,

a distressed diver north of Orcas Island. A fishing boat radioed that burglaries may be related. Police investigate sever- resigns in protest that the commission does not 2 a diver was suffering from decompression sickness after surfacing al house break-ins with matching methods. The bur- enforce attendance at its meetings. Haugen notes DO IT IT DO too fast. The diver is transported to a Seattle hospital. glar uses a pry bar to force open the doors of homes. that some commissioners have missed nearly a A similar style of vehicle has been reported nearby third of their monthly meetings since the start 09.24.14 in each incident. In one report, a resident was home of the year, one missed about half the meetings. when an attempted entry occurred. The Ferndale farmer also objected to the rancor

10.01.14 WEDNESDAY and undertones of implied violence that pepper Nickalus Nathaniel Martin of Bellingham pleads guilty in May to at- The man accused of killing a neighbor’s dog most commission meetings. The commission chair .09

40 tempted assault of a child, but police say he sexually abused the girl pleads not guilty to an animal cruelty charge. Da- mocked him for his concerns. #

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ing a loud argument on a street downtown. FOOD CITY OF EXCITED SUBDUALS Bellingham Police arrived and learned the On Sept. 21, Bellingham Police took down a two were having a bad day, due to their cir- 32 55-year-old man after he’d attempted to punch cumstances, and got into a verbal spat. an officer outside the police department.

WATER WORKS B-BOARD On Sept. 20, two women were attacking one On Sept. 20, University Police responded to another in a brutal fight in Maritime Heritage a plugged shower reported in Higginson Hall. 26 Park. “They continued to fight until officers physically intervened,” Bellingham Police re- On Sept. 20, University Police reponded to a FILM ported. The 47-year-old and 26-year-old were clogged toilet reported in the Birnam Wood

cited for disorderly conduct for mutually en- apartments. 22 gaging in a brawl.

On Sept. 20, University Police responded to MUSIC On Sept. 21, a Samish Way business boot- a clogged toilet reported in the Buchanan

ed a drunk from the premises. He returned Towers apartments. 20 and was advised to leave. The drunk took a ART swing at a witness and staggered out. Police On Sept. 20, University Police called for a caught up with the 43-year-old and dragged plumber to help with another leak reported 18 him off to jail for criminal trespassing and in the Birnam Wood apartments.

disorderly conduct. 7 STAGE On Sept. 20, University Police called a On Sept. 21, a drunk was swinging her fists plumber for help with a leaking sink in the

CHANCE in 10 an American believes the United States will end up using its own 16 at people near Sunset Pond. Bellingham Po- Buchanan Towers apartments. combat troops against ISIS militants in Iraq and Syria, despite President Barack lice could not locate her. Obama’s assertion that U.S. combat troops won’t be on the ground there.

On Sept. 24, University Police responded to GET OUT On Sept. 21, Bellingham Police checked on an overflowing sink reported in the Buchan- a home in York neighborhood, where a high- an Towers apartments. 61 45 14 ly-intoxicated man was spotted in the back- yard clutching a 10-inch knife. On Sept. 26, University Police responded to PERCENT of Americans who think PERCENT of Americans who are in favor attacking ISIS is in the interest of the of using combat troops in Iraq and Syria WORDS an overflowing toilet in the Birnam Wood United States, versus 13 percent who if military commanders are convinced On Sept. 28, Bellingham Police learned a apartments. do not think it is in the interest of the they are the best way to defeat ISIS. 10 10 man was standing in the middle of Holly United States. About 37percent oppose the idea. Street, jumping in front of cars while scream- On Sept. 26, University Police returned to ing that he wanted to die. Police calmed him Birnam Wood apartments to respond to an CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS and took him to the hospital. The young man overflowing toilet. 47 20 admitted on the way that he’d tried Spice for 8 the first time. BACK DOOR MAN PERCENT of Americans convinced the PERCENT of Americans convinced in On Sept. 21, a woman reported seeing an nation is less safe as a result of violence Sept. 2002, one year after terrorist VIEWS in the Middle East, compared with 26 attacks on the World Trade Center and On Sept. 20, employees at a drinking es- unknown man masturbating at the back win- 4 tablishment in Blaine called police for as- dow of her home near Cordata Park. percent who disagree. Pentagon, that the nation was less safe than the previous year. sistance with a customer whose actions and MAIL

behavior was upsetting others. “Officers On Sept. 22, trail walkers spotted a man 2 contacted the gentleman at his residence exposing himself along the Railroad Trail DO IT IT DO to discuss the matter and informed him that through Roosevelt neighborhood. 94 the business did not want him to return and it would be considered trespassing if he did,” On Sept. 30, Bellingham Police searched for Blaine Police reported. “The man was coop- a man who had exposed himself near the PERCENT of Americans who say they have heard about beheaded journalists in the erative, stated he fully understood why the Railroad Trail in Roosevelt neighborhood. news, higher than any other recent news event polled. 10.01.14 business might feel that way and said that .09

he would comply with their request.” On Sept. 26, Bellingham Police checked on 10 32 40 a man reported naked in Roosevelt neigh- # NO ROOM AT THE INN borhood. The man was reported shielding PERCENT of Americans who think the PERCENT of Americans who express On Sept. 20, Bellingham Police spoke to a himself with only a lemon, while holding a United States should be more active in confidence in the handling of world affairs world affairs. by President Barack Obama, the lowest man inside a tent at Whatcom Falls Park. He bouquet of flowers and muttering to himself. approval rating in his time in office. had been reported yelling and acting odd. Police told him he could not camp there. The BUSKERS AND BOXERS man became very upset at having to move On Sept. 15, Bellingham Police spoke to a 65 41 CASCADIA WEEKLY and complained the city is running out of busker on Railroad Avenue who was yelling places for the homeless to camp. too loud. PERCENT of Americans who think the PERCENT of Americans who think 13 country is headed in the wrong direction, Republicans have the edge in foreign although the poll failed to follow up on policy, up from 33 percent a year ago. On Sept. 27, Bellingham Police stopped at On Sept. 16, Bellingham Police took custody what the right direction should be. the Villa Inn to speak to a couple report- of a bag full of newer sparring gear a citizen SOURCES: NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Annenberg poll; Rasmussen ed screaming at each other and throwing had found downtown. doit WORDS

WED., OCT. 1 38 GOOD NEWS CHAIR: Author and educator Harriet Arkley shares ideas from her book The FOOD FOOD Good News Chair at 4pm at the Blaine Public Li- words brary, 610 Third St. Arkley will share highlights COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS of how a special chair changed the culture of 32 an elementary school principal’s office and at the same time encouraged and recognized desirable behavior in children. B-BOARD B-BOARD WWW.WCLS.ORG THURS., OCT. 2 26 Death Plan,” and “What Is a Death Midwife?” and POETRY DUO: Seattle-based poet Susan Rich reads from her Cloud Pharmacy collection and FILM has pulled together presenters explaining things WWU professor Oliver de la Paz reads from his such as “Medical Care Coordination” and “How new collection, Post Subject: A Fable, at 7pm at to Write Advance Directives” to help demystify 22 Village Books, 1200 11th St. some of the logistics around end of life issues, WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

MUSIC as well as workshops looking at grief and loss. Local musicians are also teaming up for a FRI., OCT. 3 POETRY AND FOOD: Celebrate September’s

20 unique musical celebration on Sun., Oct. 5 at “Eat Local” food month at a “Food for the Soul” Fairhaven College Auditorium, just to show that gathering from 7-9pm at the Deming Public ART not all songs about the end of life are depress- Library, 5044 Mt. Baker Hwy. Poets and appre- ing. “Moving the Bones: Lively Songs about ciators of poetry will share their original and fa- 18 Death” is a free concert featuring artists Ma- vorite works dedicated to food in all its delicious glory and varied interpretations, and Deming-

STAGE rie Eaton, Laurel Bliss, Flip area cooks and bakers will share samples of their Breskin, Geof Morgan, Tracy culinary creations from the edible bounty of Spring, Laura Smith, Ja- Foothills farms and forest. Entry is free. 16 net Peterson, and Richard WWW.WCLS.ORG Scholtz. Later in the week, WRITER OF THE FUTURE: Randy Henderson GET OUT the Bellingham Threshold reads from his short story, Memories Bleed Singers will host a workshop Beneath the Mask, at 7pm at Village Books, called “Singing for the Dy- 1200 11th St. The story is culled from L. Ron 14 14 ATTEND ing,” and an open rehearsal. Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. 30. ART BY SCOTT KOLBO SCOTT ART BY WHAT: The Art of Death may be difficult to WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM WORDS WORDS Death WHEN: Activities talk about, but there are SAT., OCT. 4 BY JODIE BULLER happen from Oct. many great books on the sub- AN ORGANIC QUEST: Peter Laufer—and C- 10 2-11 ject, and the Leopold is host- SPAN’s Book TV—will be on hand at a reading WHERE: Various ing a “Death and Dying Book and discussion focusing on Laufer’s new book venues in Bell- Exchange” from 1-5pm Mon., Organic: A Journalist’s Quest to Discover the CURRENTS CURRENTS ingham including Truth Behind Food Labeling at 7pm at Village Oct. 6, to help spread those The Art of Death the Leopold, Books, 1200 11th St. 8 the Majestic, books around. Additionally, WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM OR WWW. Fairhaven College EXAMINING THE END Village Books is offering a PETERLAUFER.COM VIEWS Auditorium, Jerns selection of books for sale at Funeral Home, SUN., OCT. 5

4 eath is one of our culture’s favorite taboos, and like all big, hard the Majestic during “The Art the Pickford Film BARK AND LUNGE: Bellingham-based author topics, sometimes tapping into your creative juices is the best Center, Turtle of Death” exhibit weekend, Kari Neumeyer shares ideas from her new book MAIL MAIL D way to evoke and connect with it meaningfully. Haven, Village as well as hosting a book dis- Bark and Lunge: Saving My Dog from Training Books, the Com-

A new festival dealing with many aspects of the end of life called cussion group and an author Mistakes at 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. 2 munity Food “The Art of Death” is coming up Oct. 2-11 at various venues through- reading at their Fairhaven 671-2626 Co-op, and Moles DO IT IT DO

headquarters. out Bellingham. At the heart of the 10-day series of events is a juried Funeral Home MON., OCT. 6 art show featuring artist Scott Kolbo, exhibited at the Majestic on COST: Most Local poet Matt Brou- YA READS: All readers of teen literature can Sat., Oct. 11, with an opening reception Fri., Oct. 10 complete with events are free wer will also host a poetry, discuss Ransom Riggs’ Miss Peregrin’s Home dance, poetry and choir performances. INFO: www. journaling and storytelling for Peculiar Children at 6pm at the Bellingham

10.01.14 theartofdeath- During the week leading up to the exhibit, there are plenty of workshops workshop called “Journeys Public Library, 210 Central Ave. bellingham. 778-7231 and presentations covering the more practical aspects of death and dying, wordpress.com to the Underworld: Explor- .09 performances and a film festival at the Pickford Film Center showing both ing Death as a Process of 40 POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their # serious and darkly comedic movies dealing with the subject matter. Transformation” from 1-5pm Sat., Oct 4 at Al- verse as part of Poetrynight can sign up at Local Death Midwife Ashley Benem created the festival to bring a lied Arts. 7:30pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 broader awareness to the choices surrounding and supporting death. The arts are able open the doors to curiosity Central Ave. Readings start at 8pm. Benem has been involved with the Whatcom Death Cafe, part of a and awareness, and “The Art of Death” offers a 778-7230 OR WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG larger movement of Death Cafes across the country where people get way to explore death and dying on many levels. TUES., OCT. 7 together to share breakout conversations on different topics, in various “The goal of ‘The Art of Death’ exhibit is to COMIC CRIME STORIES: Local author Robert

CASCADIA WEEKLY venues—sort of like a pop-up party. bring a broader awareness to the choices sur- Lopresti reads from his new comic crime story At a Death Cafe, the subject matter may be serious, but there is rounding and supporting death,” organizers say. collection, Shanks on Crime, at 7pm at Village 14 always room for laugher, and, more importantly, questions. The momen- “We are easily moved from one concept to an- Books, 1200 11th St. In the book, Shanks solves two murders, a mugging, the theft of a other through the medium of art. tum built during monthly meetings led Benem to organize this first-time horse, and even his own killing—though that festival, and she’s received much support from end-of-life providers in one turns out to be fiction. the area, and from local businesses. Jodie Buller, an Art of Death organizer, is the WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Benem is leading two workshops during the event: “How to Write a manager at White Eagle Memorial Cemetery doit RESTAURANT X RETAIL X CATERING

WED., OCT. 8 10am-3pm at Mount Vernon’s Fire Mountain Solar, SECOND CHAPTER: Cokie Roberts’ Founding 18388 Periwinkle Lane. Entry is free; children We offer

Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation will be and families are welcome. the focus at a 2nd Chapter book discussion group WWW.FIREMOUNTAINSOLAR.COM full service 38 meeting at 2pm at the Bellingham Public Library, FOOD FOOD 210 Central Ave. All are welcome. ANIMAL BLESSINGS: Join Echoes Bellingham catering! 778-7230 to celebrate World Animal Day and St. Francis’ Day at a “Blessing of the Animals” at 10:30am at THURS., OCT. 9 the large shelter by the playground at Cornwall 32 FICTION WRITING GROUP: Meet other writers Park, 3424 Meridian St. All species are welcome; 100 N. Commercial St. next to Mount Baker Theatre X 360-594-6000 X bellinghampasta.com who can help you get organized, give feedback, all will be blessed individually. B-BOARD B-BOARD and assist you with your writing goals at a WWW.ECHOESBELLINGHAM.ORG Fiction Writing Group meeting from 6-8pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. This group is open BINGO FUNDRAISER: Win cash and prizes at a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY JAZZ PRESENTS 26 to newcomers and drop-ins and meets the second fundraising BINGO gathering from 1-3pm at the and fourth Thursday of the month. Blaine Senior Center, 763 G St. Entry is $20 and FILM 671-2626 includes three cards for eight games. The event is open to the public. MIKE ALLEN QUARTET

332-8040 22 COMMUNITY GENEALOGICAL SEMINAR: Join the Whatcom WEDNESDAYS NOVEMBER 5TH MONTHLY MUSIC WED., OCT. 1 Genealogical Society for its Fall Seminar from GREEN DRINKS: Network with likeminded 9am-4pm at Building G at Bellingham Techni- environmentally aware community members at cal College, 3028 Lindbergh Ave. Entry to the OCTOBER 1ST JAZZ SERIES DECEMBER 3RD 20 the monthly Green Drinks gathering from 5-7pm daylong event is $35-$45. ART at 020 Engineering, 2814 Dupont St. Bring your WWW.WAGENWEB.ORG/WHATCOM BAAY (Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth) own glass. WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG OCT. 4-5 1059 N State St 98225 18 MODEL TRAIN SHOW: More than 50,000 square

HUMAN RIGHTS MEETING: The Bellingham Hu- feet of layouts, exhibits and vendors will be part 8:00pm downbeat STAGE man Rights Film Festival committee will host an of the 30th annual Lynden Lions Club Model Train open planning meeting at 7pm at the Whatcom Show from 9am-5pm Saturday and 10am-4pm TICKETS GEN TO STUDENTS : online advance or @ door | $10 , FREE 16 Peace & Justice Center, 1220 Bay St. Anyone in- Sunday at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds, terested in helping plan for and work on the 15th 1775 Front St. Entry is $5-$7. CFPA.WWU.EDU | 360.650.6146 year of this inspiring, free festival (scheduled for WWW.LYNDENTRAINSHOW.COM GET OUT Feb. 29-28) is welcome. WWW.BHRFF.WEBS.COM HISTORICAL SOCIETY SALE: Collectibles, historical books and many other items will be for 14 14 THURS., OCT. 2 sale at the Whatcom County Historical Society’s CITY IQ: Drop in for an hourlong presentation Benefit Garage Sale happening from 9am-4pm WORDS focused on “Discovering Your City through City Saturday and Sunday at the Whatcom County Ter- WORDS IQ” at 10:30am at the SkillShare Space at the ritorial Courthouse, 1308 E St. All proceeds go to WhatcomArtistStudioTour 2014 Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. City support the maintenance and operations of the 10 IQ may be used to access maps and information oldest brick building in Washington State. about a specific location, view aerial images, 384-4209 WWW.WHATCOMHISTORY.NET topography and more.

778-721 SUN., OCT. 5 CURRENTS CEMETERY TOUR: Attend a “Historic Cemetery 8 OCT. 3-5 Tour” from 2-4pm a La Conner’s Skagit County @ WESNIP GARAGE SALE: Artwork, garden ac- Historical Museum, 501 S. 4th St. Hear stories cessories, housewares, collectibles, furniture, as actors portray the famous—and maybe not so 20 VIEWS kid’s stuff exercise and sports equipment, famous—folks who are buried at Pleasant Ridge plants, seasonal goods, a bake sale and a “man Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in Skagit County. 4 cave” will be for sale at WeSNiP’s “Not Your Entry is $8-$10. Opening the studio doors of Whatcom County artists for twenty years. MAIL Average Garage Sale” from 9am-4pm Friday WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET Come see where creativity begins... through Sunday at Bakerview Nursery, 945 E. 2 Bakerview Rd. The fundraising sale happens BIRTH CENTER CELEBRATION: Join the again Oct. 11-12. Bellingham Birth Center to celebrate its 10-year DO IT IT DO

WWW.WESNIP.ORG anniversary—and the 1,000th baby born at the First 2 weekends in October Oct. 4,5 & 11,12 Cornwall Avenue space—at a Community Celebra- SAT., OCT. 4 tion and Potluck from 12-3pm at the Squalicum LIGHTS ON INSPECTIONS: The Whatcom Boathouse, 2600 N. Harbor Loop Lane. All are Opening Reception at the Jansen Art Center County unit of the Automotive Service Associa- welcome at the free event. 10.01.14 tion will host its annual “Lights On Inspection” WWW.BELLINGHAMBIRTHCENTER.COM Thursday October 2, 6-8pm

from 9am-1pm in the southwest parking lot at .09

Bellingham High School, 2020 Cornwall Ave., and 40 TUES., OCT. 7 The more studios you visit the greater your chance to win a prize! # at the parking lot at Everson Elementary School, CO-OP FRAMEWORK: Diane Gasaway and Art Get your “Passport” in the free brochure/guidebook distributed throughout Whatcom County 216 Everson Goshen Rd. The event features com- Sherwood lead a “Starting a Co-op #2: Laying the plimentary vehicle exterior light inspection and Business Framework” workshop from 6:30-8:30pm www.studiotour.net facebook.com/WhatcomArtistStudioTour replacement of all “non-exotic” bulbs. (Please at the Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. note that they won’t make repairs if there’s a wir- Entry is $5. ing or electrical issue.) 734-8158 OR WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP 380-2277

TED TALK TUESDAY: “Redefining Masculinity” CASCADIA WEEKLY SOLAR TOUR: Talk with industry profession- will be the focus of a TED Talk Tuesday gather- als to learn how solar electricity works, get a ing at 7pm at Explorations Academy, 1701 15 close-up look at locally made Itek solar panels, Ellis St. The monthly event features a free and learn about the federal and state incen- screening of a TED Talk followed by a facilitated tives that help solar system owners recoup their discussion. costs as part of a Greater Skagit Solar Tour from WWW.EXPLORATIONSACADEMY.ORG doit WED., OCT. 1 FALL HIKES: Kathy Whitman helms a “Best Local Fall Hikes” presentation at 6pm at

38 REI, 400 36th St. Trip planning, essential items, equipment, safety precautions, local FOOD FOOD outside resources and places to go will all be on the HIKING RUNNING CYCLING roster. Entry is free; register in advance. 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM 32

GARDEN CLUB MEETING: Charley Yaw, owner of Charley’s Greenhouse in Mount B-BOARD B-BOARD Vernon, presents “Greenhouses, Cold Frames usual low-brow humor, we have a ski movie and Garden Gear” at the Birchwood Garden worthy of our 10 years filming the backcoun- Club’s monthly meeting at 7pm at Whatcom 26 try experience,” promoters say. Sounds about Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. The public is welcome to attend. FILM right. When: 8pm Sat., Oct. 4 Where: Backcoun- WWW.BIRCHWOODGARDENCLUB.ORG try Essentials, 214 W. Holly St. Cost: $10 Info:

22 www.powderwhore.com THURS., OCT. 2 Here’s what I learned after watching the SKI CLUB POTLUCK: Learn more about the Nooksack Nordic Ski Club at a season kickoff

MUSIC trailer from Jeremy Jones Higher: Despite his deep passion for snowboarding, Jones—a dessert potluck and informational meeting from 6:30-8:30pm at Garden Street Methodist

20 professional athlete who is known for big Church, 1236 Garden St. Find out about cross- mountain free riding and human-powered country ski venues and bring your skis to get ART adventure—is also an everyman who wor- them hot-waxed. Entry is free. ries that his career takes too much time WWW.NOOKSACKNORDICSKICLUB.ORG 18 away from his family. “I struggle with that,” TRAVELOGUE: Amy Wimmer focuses “Singing

STAGE Jones says during the teaser, “but my kids and Exploring from Slovakia to Amsterdam” need to see people living life; drinking life at tonight’s Travelogue Series presentation at up as much as possible.” Directly after that 7pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 16 16 quote, viewers see Jones descending quickly Prospect St. Suggested donation is $3. down a mountain so steep that even moun- WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG GET OUT GET OUT tain goats would have a hard time making OCT. 3-4 it down alive. Don’t worry though, folks, he COMMUNITY FOREST PROJECT: Volunteer makes it down with all limbs intact. “Higher at the doorstep of an old-growth forest from 14 is my story from growing up on Cape Cod 12pm Friday to 4:30pm Saturday at Canyon and really following my passions and letting Lake Community Forest. Help maintain a path

WORDS leading 5,000 feet up to a stunning eastern nothing get in the way of snowboarding,” viewpoint with sweeping views of Mt. Baker. Jones intones. “Along the way, I realized Volunteer either day, or camp out overnight. 10 that it’s not about staying on the highest The work you accomplish is part of the ongo- peak. It’s not about the descent. It’s really ing collaborative partnership to conserve more than 2,000 acres at Canyon Lake to JEREMY JONES AND TERJE HAAKONSEN about the journey, the emotions and the CURRENTS CURRENTS meet a multitude of needs benefiting people,

PHOTO BY DAN MILNER DAN BY PHOTO people you meet along the way.” When: 8pm fish and wildlife, and the land around rivers, 8 Sat., Oct. 4 Where: Mount Baker Theatre, 104 lakes and streams. Please register in advance. BY AMY KEPFERLE N. Commercial St. Cost: $6-$14. Info: www. 650-9470 OR WWW.WHATCOMLANDTRUST.ORG VIEWS mountbakertheatre.com GORE & LORE TOURS: Bellingham’s

4 “Yeah, let’s do this,” intones a voice at scariest stories and real-life horrors can be the beginning of Teton Gravity Research’s experienced when the Good Time Girls host MAIL MAIL Snow Report Almost Ablaze warmup. At first, “this” seems their infamous spooky “Gore & Lore” history tours starting this weekend at 6pm Friday like a Hollywood thriller—the kind where it 2 FEATURED FILMS CAUSE A FLURRY wouldn’t be a surprise if Liam Neeson walked and Saturday at the Bureau of Historical Investigation (217 W. Holly St.) and 6pm DO IT IT DO

out of forested mountaintop with a slaugh- Friday at Sycamore Square (12th and Har- ut this paper down, right now, and look outside the window. Do you see tered wolf over his shoulders and a thirst ris). Entry is $15 per person; tours happen any snowflakes falling from the sky? If the answer is “Of course not, for revenge in his eyes. But after the seri- through October. dummy, it’s early October and the white stuff won’t blanket our region ous soundtrack gives way to more cheerful WWW.THEBUREAUBELLINGHAM.COM

10.01.14 P for another month or two,” you’re only partially correct. In the next couple of grooves, it’s clear that “this” is about some- OCT. 3-5 weeks, the snow report calls for a variety of flurries. While it’s true they’re only thing else entirely—seeking thrills, and SUPER HORSE SHOWDOWN: A draft horse .09 in the form of ski and snowboard flicks designed to generate excitement for the surviving them. Because each of the fea- 40 pull, competitions including ranch sorting, # coming season, they also act as harbingers of winter. After watching the trailers tured skiers or snowboarders in the globe- barrel racing, cowboy races, pole bending, for three of them, I feel confident in reporting that they do their job. spanning series of adventures are wired for vendors, cowboy church, horsemanship clinics With a name like “Powderwhore,” it’s no surprise that a few swear words are to sound, you’ll hear every joyful laugh, every and more will be part of the “Super Horse be found in the trailer for Some Thing Else, the 10th film from the company that nervous utterance before descent, and the Showdown” happening Friday through Sunday at Lynden’s NW Washington Fairgrounds, 1775 heads into the backcountry on a regular basis “in search of pow and fun.” And results of every mountainous mistake. “Oh, Front St. Costs vary. judging from the few minutes of footage I watched during the shout-out for the that hurt,” one skier says after a particularly WWW.NWWAFAIR.COM

CASCADIA WEEKLY full-length film—which will screen Sat., Oct. 4 at Backcountry Essentials—the gnarly wipeout, while another notes “I kneed athletes have a reason to cuss. Whether they’re jumping crevasses in Alaska, myself in the face really bad.” For those who SAT., OCT. 4 16 telemark skiing in the Tetons, or careening down mountains in Wyoming’s Salt enjoy watching both mistakes and success- RACE FOR EDUCATION: Communities in Schools of Whatcom County hosts the sixth River Range, those featured are showing mere mortals that not only are they es on the slopes, this one’s for you. When: annual “Race for Education” 5K Run/Walk willing to take chances, they’re having a hell of a good time doing it—even if 7:30pm Wed., Oct. 15 Where: Mount Baker The- starting at 8am at Bellingham’s Civic Field, their glee causes them to evoke words that rhyme with “mother-trucker” on a atre, 104 N. Commercial St. Cost: $6-$11. More 1355 Civic Field Way. The fun-filled event will regular basis. “Combined with the most interesting characters on snow, and our info: www.mountbakertheatre.com doit Place To Buy Kids’ Wear ______feature race divisions, prizes for best race times and random drawings so everyone has a Pet Store ______chance to win. Entry is $15-$25.

Shoe Store ______38 WWW.CISWHATCOM.ORG Outdoor Gear Supplier ______RUN LIKE A GIRL: Take part in the non- FOOD competitive half-marathon, “Run Like a Bike Store ______Girl,” starting at 9am at Fairhaven Park, 107 Best of Ski or Snowboard Shop ______Chuckanut Dr. Entry is $65; proceeds benefit 32 Girls on the Run. Grocery Store ______WWW.RUNLIKEAGIRLBELLINGHAM.ORG BELLINGHAMBELLINGHAM Nursery ______B-BOARD NOOKSACK RIVER CLEANUP: Join RE Home Store ______Sources for the fifth annual South Fork River 2014 26 Cleanup today from 9am-2pm along the Hardware Store ______shores from Acme to Van Zandt. Volunteers

Book Store ______FILM will be picking up trash and debris from sum- mer adventures. A post-work party gathering Record Store ______

happens at Everybody’s Store. Register for 22 Toy Store ______meeting details. WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG Yoga Studio ______MUSIC

USED BIKE & GEAR SALE: Attend a Used Place To Get Your Car Fixed ______Bike & Gear Sale from 10am-3pm at Sterling Massage ______20 Bike Works, 558 Sterling Dr. Funds raised will ART go the nonprofit—whose mission is to get Thrift Store ______bicycles into the hands of kids who come Place To Get A Tattoo ______from families with low incomes. 18 WWW.STERLINGBIKEWORKS.ORG YOUR INFORMATION Gym ______

Your Name ______STAGE ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION: Join the City of Place For A Haircut ______Your City ______Bellingham for an Arbor Day celebration from Pot Dispensary ______16 16 10am-3pm at Elizabeth Park. The free, family- E-mail ______friendly event features tree identification Vapor Lounge ______tours, a youth tree climb, an Arbor Day proc- Phone Number ______GET OUT Headshop ______GET OUT lamation by Mayor Kelli Linville, and more. WWW.COB.ORG NOTE: Personal information is for prize-awarding purposes only FOOD, BEST... 14 BUDDY WALK: Help promote acceptance Breakfast ______and inclusion of people with Down Syndrome PEOPLE, BEST...

and celebrate Down Syndrome Awareness Inexpensive Lunch ______WORDS Month at today’s Buddy Walk happening from Bellingham Celebrity ______Pizza ______11am-2pm at the Fairhaven Village Green. Band ______10 Entry is $5-$10. Burger ______WWW.ARCWHATCOM.ORG Artist ______Bakery ______

WONDERS OF WHATCOM: “State Parks on Bartender ______Asian ______CURRENTS the Salish Sea” will be the topic of today’s Barista ______8 “Wonders of Whatcom” presentation at Mexican ______2:30pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th Politician ______Italian ______St. Entry is free. VIEWS 778-7230 Greek ______

ENTERTAINMENT, BEST... 4 SUN., OCT. 5 Place To Meet Men ______Indian ______MAIL MAIL SKI CLUB WORK PARTY: Join the Nooksack Sushi ______Nordic Ski Club and REI to brush out limbs Place To Meet Women ______

Deli ______2 and branches on a brand-new route connect- Place To Take A First Date ______ing the Salmon Ridge Sno-Park to Twin Lakes DO IT IT DO

Food Truck ______Road today. Meet at 9am to carpool from the Movie Theater ______old Cost Cutter parking lot on Sunset Drive. Fast Food ______Music Festival ______WWW.NOOKSACKNORDICSKICLUB.ORG Place To Impress A Date ______Place To Dance ______MON., OCT. 6 Sandwich ______10.01.14 BIKE MAINTENANCE BASICS: Learn how Place To Hear Live Music ______to make minor adjustments to your ride at a Vegetarian ______Place To Gamble ______.09

“Bike Maintenance Basics” course at 6pm at 40 BBQ ______# REI, 400 36th St. A “Beyond Bike Mainte- Gallery ______nance Basics: Brakes & Drive Train” workshop Brewery ______happens at 6pm Tuesday. Both courses are Performance Theater ______free. Register in advance. Coffee Shop ______647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM SHOPPING & SERVICES, BEST... Dessert ______THURS., OCT. 9 Place To Buy Men’s Clothing ______Cocktail ______

VOCANO HISTORY: Retired WCC geologist CASCADIA WEEKLY Place To Buy Women’s Clothing ______Happy Hour ______Doug McKeever will speak on behalf of the Mt. Baker Volcano Research Center at a “Mt. Baker 17 Eruption History and Hazards: The Active Volcano in Our Backyard” presentation at 7pm for even more categories for Best of Bellingham, see www.cascadiaweekly.com/BOB at the Lynden Library, 216 4th St. Mail your ballot to P.O. Box 2833, Bellingham, WA 98227-2833. Ballots are due Oct. 3 WWW.WCLS.ORG doit STAGE

WED., OCT. 1 38 COMEDY AT THE SHOE: The weekly “Shoe Me the Funny” comedy showcase starts at 9pm every FOOD FOOD G Wednesday at the Ranch Room at the Horseshoe sta e Cafe, 113 E. Holly St. The event features six THEATER DANCE PROFILES comedians vying for your vote and a highlighted 32 comedian. Entry is free. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM B-BOARD B-BOARD THURS., OCT. 2 country—and our world. GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the Bad Not as serious, but still compelling,

26 and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the is a gang of gyrating gents known as Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick

FILM the “Comic Strippers.” If you’ve ever around for the “Project.” Entry is $4-$7. watched The Full Monty, you’re prob- 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM

22 ably already aware that there’s inher- OCT. 2-4 ent humor to be found in stripping for THE DARK FANTASTIC: Acclaimed touring

MUSIC a living. That’s the premise of the show, artist Martin Dockery returns to Bellingham to which will take the McIntyre’s stage present The Dark Fantastic at 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday at the iDiOM Theater, 1418

20 Sat., Oct. 11. Cornwall Ave. The one-man show is described as It must be stated that the horde of ART a “time-twisting tale of a boy with two hearts.” hunks who will perform for your viewing Opening night is free; Friday and Saturday shows pleasure don’t really are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. 18 18 18 resemble the chiseled WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM

STAGE gods known as the Chip- STAGE OCT. 2-5 pendales. Nope, this CHARLIE BROWN: Snoopy, Linus, Lucy and the fictitious male stripper rest of the cartoon crew will make appearances 16 troupe is instead com- when You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown shows prised of a cast of some at 7:30pm Thursday through Saturday, and 2pm Sunday, at the Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 GET OUT of Canada’s best impro- H St. Tickets are $8-$14. Additional showings of visational comedians. ATTEND the musical can be seen through Oct. 12. : BOOM “Semi-undressed and WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD.COM 14 WHAT WHEN: 7:30pm completely unscripted, THE COMIC STRIPPERS Fri., Oct. 3 the Comic Strippers THE SOUND OF MUSIC: The Lynden Perform- WORDS WHERE: take off their shirts and ing Arts Guild continues its run of performances McIntyre Hall, of The Sound of Music this week with shows at take on your sugges-

10 2501 E. College 7:30pm Wednesday through Saturday, and 2pm Way, Mount tions to create a whole BY AMY KEPFERLE Sunday, at the Claire vg Thomas Theatre at the Vernon new genre of comedy,” town’s Dutch Village Mall, 655 Front St. Tickets COST: $25 reads a description of are $8-$12. CURRENTS CURRENTS INFO: www. the show. “These guys WWW.CLAIREVGTHEATRE.COM

8 mcintyrehall.org try to be sexy—it just Terrific at 10 ------ANYTHING GOES: Stowaways, mistaken iden- WHAT: The comes off funny.” tity and hilarity will all make appearances when VIEWS Comic Strippers Before the month the Tony Award-winning musical Anything Goes SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AT MCINTYRE HALL WHEN: 8pm continues this weekend with shows at 7:30pm

4 ends, patrons of the hen my coworker informed me she’d be writing about Mount Baker Sat., Oct. 11 Skagit Valley College- Thursday through Saturday, and 2pm Sunday, at WHERE: Mc- Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave. Entry MAIL MAIL Theatre’s upcoming season in the music section of this week’s Casca- based performance Intyre Hall is $20 and additional showings happen weekends

dia Weekly, I immediately thought of a recent press release I received COST: $25-$29 venue can also see a through Oct. 25. 2 W extolling the virtues of McIntyre Hall’s 10th anniversary season. performance of North- WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM DO IT IT DO

After taking a look at the list of the “McIntyre Hall Presents” series—as well as west Ballet Theatre’s Dracula (Oct. 18), the plethora of other events that will fill the popular Mount-Vernon based venue Mount Vernon High School’s Fall Concert OCT. 3-4 HELLINGHAM: Help figure out whodunnit in coming months—I realized they, too, were deserving of some ink. (Oct. 22), the Fidalgo Youth Symphony’s when the perennially popular improvised murder While much of the eponymous series is devoted to an international array of Fall Concert (Oct. 25), and Skagit Sym- mystery known as “Hellingham” returns to the 10.01.14 music—including bodacious bluegrass by the Barefoot Movement (Oct. 10), Mali’s phony’s Gala Concert (also on Oct. 25). stage for 8pm and 10pm shows every Friday and Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba (Oct. 17), blues and conversation with Corey Harris There’s not room to list everything Saturday through October at the Upfront Theatre, .09 and Alvin Youngblood (Nov. 21), and lots more to be heard in 2015—there are viewers can expect in 2015, but the re- 1208 Bay St. Tickets to view the comedic carnage 40

# are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. also some theatrical gems to be found. mainder of this year is a busy one and WWW.THUPFRONT.COM The first, a multimedia theatrical production dubbed “BOOM: THe Music, Cul- includes Skagit Opera’s theatrical produc- ture, and Events That Shaped a Generation” can be seen Fri., Oct. 3 at McIntyre tion of Aida (Nov. 7-14), Ryan Shupe and SUN., OCT. 5 Hall. Although the time-traveling spectacle is billed as a one-man show, Rick the Rubberband (Nov. 21), a plethora of COMEDY CHURCH: A new monthly show, Miller—the guy who wrote, directed and performs it—relies on a team of behind- holiday concerts (various dates Dec. 2-17), “Comedy Church,” kicks off tonight at 9pm at the Royal, 208 E. Holly St. Tonight’s performance the-scenes technical wizards to bring the story to life. and NBT’s performances of The Nutcracker. features standup comedy by Sean Jordan, Dan

CASCADIA WEEKLY By chronologically documenting the historical period stretching from the Hopefully, I’ve given you just enough Farley, and Jason Goad. There’ll also be live first “boom” of the Atomic Bomb (1945) to the Apollo 11 moon landing (1969), information to whet your appetite and music by Clambake. Entry is by donation. 18 Miller and company do so not with the rote memorization of facts, but by spur you to peruse McIntyre Hall’s website WWW.FACEBOOK.COM actually bringing the events (Beatlemania, McCarthyism, the Cold War, the for all the intricacies of their upcoming OCT. 5-6 assassination of JFK, Vietnam) to vivid life. Miller sings, tells stories, gives season. Whether it’s seasonal songs or MIRACLE AUDITIONS: Kids and adults can spot-on impressions of everyone from world leaders to free-lovin’ hippies, and half-dressed comedians, there’s something audition for upcoming performances of Miracle on makes it clear that the 25 years “BOOM” covers were important ones to our to be found for just about everyone. doit CHUCKANUT BREWERY 34th Street, the Musical at 7pm Sunday and Mon- & KITCHEN day at the Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 H St.

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TUES., OCT. 7 FOOD INTRO TO IMPROV: A free “Learn to Think on Your Feet” introductory improv class takes place from 7-9pm at Improv Playworks, 1308 E St. 32 Please register in advance for the free event. 756-0756 OR WWW.IMPROVPLAYWORKS.COM Taco Tuesda r B-BOARD OCT. 7-8 Celebrate 2 Tacos + Bea y w/ Fest Bie & Chips $6.95 ROMEO AND JULIET AUDITIONS: META on Tap ns

Performing Arts will host auditions for upcoming Now! 26 performances of the world premiere of Romeo and

Juliet the Musical from 6-9pm Tuesday at Wednes- FILM day in Mount Vernon at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 Family Friendly S. First St. HoPPY Hour WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG Sunday-Thursday 4-6pm 22

OCT. 9-11 601 West Holly St. • Bellingham, WA MUSIC THESE SEVEN SICKNESSES: Settle in to view 360-75-BEERS (752-3377) These Seven Sicknesses starting this weekend at

ChuckanutBreweryAndKitchen.com 20 6:30pm shows Thursday through Saturday at the

iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. Dubbed the ART theater’s “greatest undertaking yet,” the four- REACHING NEW HEIGHTS and-a-half hour play features performances of 18 18 the seven remaining plays by ancient Greek play- wright Sophocles. Tickets are $25 and include STAGE dinner and dessert (go to the iDiOM’s website to YMCA Junior Climbing Club STAGE find out more about the Kickstarter fundraiser For kids ages 8-16 years. Learn more about the sport of currently happening for this epic show). Addi- 16 tional performances happen through Nov. 2. climbing and improve your skills in a fun environment. WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM BELLINGHAM PROGRAM CENTER GET OUT DANCE www.whatcomymca.org

WHATCOM FAMILY YMCA 14 WED., OCT. 1 BALLROOM DANCING: Good Vibrations will perform at the monthly Ballroom Dancing WORDS gathering from 6-8pm at the Leopold Crystal FREE

Ballroom, 1224 Cornwall Ave. Entry is free. 10 733-3500 Mezzanine FRI., OCT. 3 WESTERN LINE DANCING: A Western Line Large Party CURRENTS

Dance class meets at 6pm Friday at Lynden’s 8 Ten Mile Grange, 6958 Hannegan Rd. Entry is Reservations $5 per class. VIEWS (360) 354-4325 1317 Commercial St. [email protected] 4 DANCE PARTY: A mix of swing, Latin and ball- room will be highlighted and danced to with an MAIL MAIL introductory lesson at the weekly Friday Night

Dance Party from 7:30-10pm at the Bellingham 2 Dance Company, 1705 N. State St. Admission

is $5-$7. IT DO

WWW.BELLINGHAMDANCECOMPANY.COM SAT., OCT. 4 AROUND THE WORLD: Join USA Dance Bell- Fridays, 9 - 10:30 p.m. ingham for a “Dancing to Music from Around 10.01.14 the World” dance party from 7-11pm at Presence

Studio, 1412 Cornwall Ave. Entry is $7-$10. .09

40 OCT 3, 17, 24 Nov 7, 14, 21 # WWW.BELLINGHAMUSADANCE.COM

SCOTTISH SOCIAL DANCE: Join Bellingham Scottish Country Dancers for a Social Dance at Dec 5, 12, 19 7:30pm at the YWCA Ballroom, 1026 N. Forest St. All dances will be walked through; some experi- ence is required if you want to dance. Arne Hanna Aquatic Center WWW.BELLINGHAMSCD.ORG CASCADIA WEEKLY

FOLK DANCE: The “zesty” dance Balkan dance 1114 Potter Street band known as Balkanarama will provide the 19 live soundtrack for tonight’s First Saturday Folk Dance from 7:30-10:30pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. Suggested donation is $15. 380-0456 doit

UPCOMING EVENTS

38 THURS., OCT. 2 FIRST THURSDAY ART WALK: Sixteen

FOOD FOOD downtown venues featuring work by local and regional artists will open their doors for visual the final First Thursday Art Walk of the sea- 32 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES son from 5-8pm in downtown Mount Vernon. Entry is free. WWW.MOUNTVERNONDOWNTOWN.ORG B-BOARD B-BOARD

FIRST THURSDAY RECEPTION: Attend an junct professor at Seattle Pacific University, is a opening reception for the upcoming What- 26 sought-after instructor, counselor and organizer com Artist Studio Tour at a First Thursday Artist Reception from 6-8pm at Lynden’s FILM of gender-study conferences. Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. In addition Joan Enslin is a regular at the River Gallery. to the works by the WAST artists, there’ll be a Fall Community Exhibit, live music and

22 Her abstract paintings are bold and serious. Her representational paintings in many media are more. Entry is free. WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG

MUSIC a product of her wanderings on the seashores of her Camano Island home. She carries stones FRI., OCT. 3 20 20 20 home to serve as her models, too. GALLERY WALK: Anne Martin McCool Gal- Endlessly fresh ideas are Maggi Mason’s hall- lery, Gallery KP, Classic Style and Company, ART ART mark: her wildlife paintings stand above the Burton Jewelers, Scott Milo Gallery, the crowd for their exquisite detail and decorative Majestic Inn and Spa, Apothecary Spa, and 18 the Depot Arts Center will open their doors composition. She’s a master of many styles and for the First Friday Gallery Walk from 6-9pm

STAGE media and in this show she displays several clev- in downtown Anacortes. er collages, including “Bee Business 2” and the WWW.ANACORTESART.COM striking “Monarchs.” 16 I was thrilled to see the ART WALK: Peruse a variety of galleries, businesses, restaurants and other public craft of wood- and lino-cut spaces as part of the monthly Art Walk hap-

GET OUT thriving in the work of Lin- pening from 6-10pm throughout downtown nane Armstrong. Her stun- Bellingham. To find out where the action’s ning, brightly colored nature- happening, check out the website listed here 14 scapes with their hard edges or pick up a map at participating locales (in- SEE IT cluding Make.Shift, Allied Arts, Honey Salon, remind me of the west coast Casa Que Pasa, and many, many more). WORDS WHAT: Autumn Arts and Crafts movement. WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM Show Every one is of very high qual-

10 WHEN: 10am-5pm MAKE.SHIFT: View “Bellingham is Burning,” Fri.-Sun., through ity and no tulip painting can JACQUI BECK’S “MAN OF MOUNTAINS” featuring Bellingham concert posters by Art Oct. 26 top the drama and composi- Chantry—one of the American underground’s WHERE: River tional strength of “Bounty of

CURRENTS CURRENTS premiere graphic artist-designers—at an Gallery, 19313 the Valley.” opening reception from 6-10pm at Make.

8 Landing Rd., La Jennifer Bowman is repre- Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. The posters BY STEPHEN HUNTER Conner will be on display through Oct. 31, and INFO: www.river sented here with several very VIEWS Chantry will be in town for an Artist Q&A gallerywa.com peaceful boat studies in bril- Sat., Oct. 25.

4 liant, saturated colors. Also, WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM Autumnal Art Pien Ellis’ small works are finely detailed—espe- MAIL MAIL cially his acrylic painting, “Madrona Tangle.” ALLIED ARTS: A reception for “Of Fish & Feathers” happens from 6-9pm at Allied SEASONAL SIGHTS AT RIVER GALLERY The youthful Brooke Borcherding adds River 2 Gallery to her impressive resume since graduat- Arts Gallery, 1418 Cornwall Ave. Works by Ann Marie Cooper, Vikki Jackson, Christina DO IT IT DO t’s autumn, and time for the semiannual pilgrimage to the quaint ing from the University of Oregon a few years Boyd, and Gary Armstrong will be on display and unforgettable River Gallery near La Conner. back. Her tiny plein air oils are a welcome sight through Oct. 31. I Silvia Strong, a talented curator and herself an artist, has found and reflect her trenchant belief that “beauty is WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG a unique space to display art in a former commercial greenhouse, pic- something we shouldn’t neglect—traditional 10.01.14 turesquely situated among the peaceful fields and mysterious, forested painting will never lose its ability to imitate, HONEY SALON: An opening reception for screen print and graphic artist Tim Hubner’s hummocks of the Skagit River Delta. satisfy and illuminate.” “After After Party” happens from 6-10pm at .09 The gallery is spacious and so brightly lit by the translucent roof pan- Charlotte Decker’s “Figures in Abstraction” in Honey Salon, 310 W. Holly St. Music from 40 # els that I wore a hat indoors for shade. Owing to the enormous task of oil are delightful, with bright colors, good use PhDJ, hand-crafted fall beverages and sweet curating and hanging a large show by herself, Strong limits herself to of textures and lively movement. And the pas- noshes will round out the event. two eagerly anticipated shows a year—spring and autumn. tel compositions of Coizie Bettinger exhibit a WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM

Here are assembled six to eight “small works” apiece from 33 Washing- uniquely beautiful touch. “The Weight of August” CASA QUE PASA: Twenty never-before- ton artists: oil, acrylic, prints, photography, glassworks and sculpture. is especially memorable. exhibited works from Charles “Bonesy” The many works hang without crowding on the generous wall space. Still more canvases by talented artists adorn Jones—who died in 2005—will be on display through October and November at Casa Que CASCADIA WEEKLY Unfairly to some, I can describe only a sample (disclaimer: six of my own the walls, while on every surface rest colorful pieces are in this show). fused glass vases and plates by Melissa C. Bal- Pasa, 1415 Railroad Ave. Prints and post- 20 cards from the artist will be for sale starting It’s easy to fall under the spell of the whimsical, inimitable style of lenger and the sculptures of Robert Gigliotti of at 7pm tonight, along with additional Jacqui Beck’s acrylic and mixed media studies of leaves, cats, a birth- Bow. He is the grandson of a carver and is well information about the “idiosyncratic and day party, hanging laundry and pure abstractions. “Within a Breeze” known for his bronze castings. His personal phi- unusual” artist. claims to be created with acrylic paint and garden dirt. “Man of Moun- losophy sums it up: “The goal of art is the unveil- 441-7669 tains” has the scope and impact of a much larger composition. Beck, ad- ing of the Ultimate.” doit Representing Local Artists Since 1969 25th annual fruit festival sat oct 4 & sun oct 5

WDRC OPEN HOUSE: In celebration of Con- fruit tree flict Resolution Month, attend an Art Walk sale Open House from 5-8:30pm at the Whatcom 38 Dispute Resolution Center, 13 Prospect

St. In addition to viewing art by Mary Jo FOOD Maute, Meredith Bluem, Trish Harding, Mila Faulkner, and Ronna Briggs, there’ll be live

music, a free workshops, activities for kids, 32 tours and more. WWW.WHATCOMDRC.ORG SeptemberSOctoberO

enjoy fruit tasting, B-BOARD 2014 FISHBOY: Wander out of downtown proper kids activities, to check out the work of folk artist RR Clark Julia’s pumpkin patch, from 6-10pm at FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia 26 St. (near Trader Joe’s). live music, WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM pizza & ice cream! FILM OCT. 3-6 food at the farm stand 22 QUILT & FIBER ARTS FESTIVAL: “Ten Art & plants in the nursery Quilters in Search of a River,” an exhibit 1000 Harris Avenue • Bellingham, WA admission: $3.50/person, $9/carload festival hours: sat oct 4 10am-5pm & sun oct 5 11am-4pm by members of the Fidalgo Island Quilters, Mon. & Wed - Sat. 11-6, Sun. 12-5 Closed Tues. rain (inside) or shine (outside) 6906 goodwin road, everson | (360) 966-5859 MUSIC will be highlighted at the La Conner Quilt & (360) 671-3998 please leave dogs at home www.cloudmountainfarmcenter.org 20 Textile Museum’s annual “Quilt & Fiber Arts 20 www.goodearthpots.com all proceeds EeneÀt our education programs :KDWFRP&RXQW\ VQRQSURÀWFRPPXQLW\IDUP HGXFDWLRQFHQWHU Festival” happening from 10am-6pm Friday ART and Saturday, and 10am-4:30pm Sunday, at ART the Quilt Museum, Maple Hall, and the La

Conner Civic Garden Club. The festival also 18 includes an international show of juried MEDITATE

and judged quilts, wearable art and fiber STAGE art, as well as workshops, a preview party, specialty vendors and a silent auction.

Entry is $10. 16 Learn to WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM

SAT., OCT. 4 GET OUT RAGFINERY WORKSHOP: “The Very Basics: Getting to Know Your Machine” will be the

focus of a sewing machine workshop with 14 Renee Sherrer at 10am at Ragfinery, 1421 N. Forest St. Entry is $30. Please register WORDS in advance. WWW.RAGFINERY.COM The Art of Being Human . 20 10 with Shastri Holly Gayley EST 14 SMITH & VALLEE OPENING: Attend an opening reception for an exhibit by Edison Oct 10-12th

artist John Robbins from 5-8pm at the town’s Friday evening & weekend workshop CURRENTS Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. Rob-

 4LYPKPHU:\P[L‹  8 bins’ acrylic paintings and sculptures will be ROCK AND RYE on display through Oct. 26. OYSTER HOUSE

WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM VIEWS meditation center 1145 NORTH STATE STREET IN THE HISTORIC HERALD BUILDING MONA OPENING: An opening reception for bellingham.shambhala.org 4 the group exhibit “Accreted Terrane” starts

at 1pm at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest MAIL Art, 121 S. First St. Viewers can also take a

look at “To Be Alone Together” starting at 2 2pm. Entry is free. DO IT IT DO WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG OCT. 4-5 WHATCOM ARTIST STUDIO TOUR: More

than 50 artists working in 10 different forms 10.01.14 of media will open their creative spaces to the public for the 20th annual Whatcom .09 Artist Studio Tour happening from 10am- 40 5pm Saturday and Sunday—and again Oct. # 11-12—throughout Whatcom County. Entry to the self-guided tour is free. Plan your route online, or pick up a map at businesses throughout the county. WWW.STUDIOTOUR.NET

SUN., OCT. 5 CASCADIA WEEKLY CRAFT INTO ART: Former Smithsonian gal- lery director Lloyd Herman presents “Craft 21 Into Art: A Century of Evolution” at 2pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Pros- pect St. Suggested donation is $3. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Rumor Has It

AS I’VE BROUGHT up before, bands in this town 38 don’t exactly have infinite lifespans. They burn

FOOD FOOD out or fade away with such dizzying regular- ity that were I to devote this space to writ- music ing postmortems for all of them, I’d have little 32 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT room for anything else. However, the passing of some bands does

B-BOARD B-BOARD merit a mention. What I’m going to say next might surprise you, but here goes: Acorn Project has decided to go 26 on a “long hiatus,” and it is bumming me out.

FILM We all know where my musical proclivities BY CAREY ROSS lie—hell, Acorn Project knows, doesn’t care

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bit for it. But even though I’m not a hardcore MUSIC MUSIC

MUSIC Acorn acolyte, I have an goodly amount of re- Branford at the Baker spect for this band.

20 My regard for them can be summed up thus- ly: During their 10 years of existence, Acorn

ART A SEASON OF SOUND Project really went Born into a veritable jazz dynasty, it for it. 18 would’ve been a shock had Marsalis not ex- Real talk: This

STAGE celled at his chosen musical craft. Son of region is rife with Ellis Louis Marsalis Jr., a pianist and pro- bands that dream big, fessor, and brother to Jason, Ellis III, Delf- but practice little 16 eayo, and most famously, Wynton, winner of and tour even less. nine Grammys, a Pulitzer Prize, a position For most bands, this BY CAREY ROSS GET OUT of artistic director of jazz at Lincoln Cen- is just fine, as they ter, and the respect of everyone who’s ever have jobs, partners, children—in other words, heard of him. they have lives—that keep them from the strug- 14 But Branford is not exactly the fam- gle that trying to make a living as musicians ily slouch, having earned his fair share of demands. Other bands just want play every so WORDS awards and accolades. He’s got some Gram- often for their friends, and that’s great too. It mys of his own, as well as a Tony nomina- takes all kinds to make up a music community, 10 tion and a number of albums that have made and such bands have a place in ensuring Belling- their way to the Top Ten of the Billboard ham remains a music mecca. jazz chart. He spent a fair amount of his ca- However, there are those bands out there CURRENTS CURRENTS reer merging his saxophone with Wynton’s who couple a lot of talk with minimal action 8 trumpet, both displaying uncanny onstage and content themselves with the belief that if musical chemistry, pushing themselves they really tried, they’d really be something. VIEWS and the jazz tradition to is most dizzying Acorn Project is a band that not just tried,

4 heights. However, as the eldest Marsalis they Really Tried. They worked hard, toured a brother, Branford is a born leader, and he’s ton, played their guts out at every show, and MAIL MAIL also enjoyed great acclaim as the frontman while they caught a few small breaks, they

and musical mastermind of the Branford didn’t catch enough of them to constitute a 2 Marsalis Quartet. big one. Such is the case for nearly all bands— DO IT IT DO

Still, jazz is a collaborative genre, and for all but a rare few who undertakes such an along with lending his venerated saxophone effort, making it in the music industry is a lot skills to his colleagues and contemporaries, like getting to ride a unicorn: it would be pret- Marsalis has shown a yen for wide-ranging ty great if it actually existed. 10.01.14 cooperative efforts, which has taken him Along the way, Acorn Project did many things down some interesting paths. He played right. They built their loyal fanbase organically, .09 t is true the Mount Baker Theatre’s season officially began Sept. 24 on Sting’s first post-Police solo effort, The show by show, until their draw was solid. They 40 # when the curtain opened on the Main Stage production of Little Shop Dream of the Blue Turtles, in 1985 and then toured enough to keep those fans coming back I of Horrors, but the musical part of this year’s season—or the music went on to play and tour with the Tantric while earning new ones at each stop. They were that isn’t a musical, rather—doesn’t start until Branford Marsalis takes One on the regular for nearly 15 years. It’s professional, polite, community-minded, big- the stage Sun., Oct. 5. And with that, the floodgates will open, as the his saxophone you hear on Shanice’s 1992 hearted and always a pleasure to deal with. historic downtown theater’s 2014-15 season is rife with music of many hit “I Love Your Smile,” as well as Public En- And, importantly, they filled a niche for a lot genres and varieties. emy’s “Fight the Power.” He even spent four of music lovers in this town that will, for the

CASCADIA WEEKLY But let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. Before we take a look at what years during the early ’90s playing intermit- foreseeable future, be filled largely by bands the future holds, we must first consider Marsalis. tently with the Grateful Dead. from out of town, ones that are not as fiercely 22 I first became aware of Marsalis via his stint as leader of Jay Leno’s To- Even though he’s continued to be a musi- local as Acorn Project. However, before they go night Show band, where, night after night, he turned in impeccable music cal explorer, since the turn of the millenni- on this “hiatus,” they’re taking everyone on one and comedic accompaniment to the late-night megastar. But by the time um Marsalis has increasingly turned his time last trip into the jamhole (Sorry, Sam. I had to he commanded the stage at NBC Studios, Marsalis already had an enviable and considerable talent toward classical do it) with a show Sat., Oct. 4 at the Wild Buf- amount of musical achievement under his belt. music, playing with a number of orchestras falo. Give them the sendoff they deserve. EO P G P L E N ’ S I H C musicevents S I L FROM PAGE 22 B BRANFORD, U

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WHEN: 3pm Sun., 18 sical iceberg that is the FRI., OCT. 3 Oct. 5 upcoming season. Just WHERE: The BONFIRES & BRATS: As part of a STAGE Mount Baker the nearish future holds “Bonfires & Brats” series, listen the Hi-O Theatre, 104 N. a varied roster of hap- Revelers from 6-8pm at BelleWood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian. Entry is free. Commercial St. penings, starting with 16 COST: $32-$69 the Oct. 24 performance WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM INFO: www. by Under the Streetlamp, mountbaker OCT. 3-5 GET OUT theatre.com who will woo the audi- FIERCE FEST: More than 60 queer, ence with classic jams female and trans artists of all ages will of their own, this time courtesy of the Four take part in “Fierce Fest” from 6pm-1am 14 Seasons (“Save the Last Dance for Me”), the Fri., 11am-1am Sat., and 11am-11pm Sun. at the Old Foundry, 100 E. Maple St. The Beatles (“Twist and Shout”), and more. Just music and art festival—which aims to WORDS a few days later, on Nov. 2 comes one of the provide a platform for queer and female season’s more intriguing—and whimsical— artists—will feature musicians, visual 10 events, the U.K. Ukulele Orchestra, which is artists, educational workshops, and exactly what it sounds like: a group of black- more. See the lineup online. Tickets are $20-$30 for the weekend, $7 for Friday CURRENTS CURRENTS tie musicians expertly wielding ukuleles. night only, and $15 per day at the door

After that is one of the most anticipated (single-event entry is $5). 8 events of last season that, due to its having WWW.FIERCEFEST.TUMBLR.COM

to be rescheduled, is one of the most antici- VIEWS pated events of this season, An Evening with SAT., OCT. 4

TRADITIONAL JAZZ: The Clamdiggers 4 Joan Baez. A case of laryngitis caused Baez Jazz Band will perform at the Belling-

to postpone a concert a couple of months ham Traditional Jazz Society’s monthly MAIL ago, but on Nov. 13 she’ll make good on her concert and dance from 2-5pm at the VFW promise to return and regale the audience Hall, 625 N State St. Entry is $6-$12. 2 at the Baker with her singular brand of folk. 734-2973 OR WWW.BTJS.WEBS.COM DO IT

The 2015 portion of the season gets un- BUG JAM: Join the Bellingham Ukulele derway with a return visit by Rain, the Group for a BUG Jam from 3-5pm at St. ever-popular Beatles tribute band. With a James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St. A beginner’s workshop starts promptly at

retooled show that delves even deeper into 10.01.14 the discography of the Fab Four, Rain is a 2pm. Suggested donation is $5. WWW.BELLINGHAMUKULELEGROUP.COM multimedia, sing-along event. January ends .09 40 with a traditional taiko performance by COMMUNITY CHORALE: The Sno-King # Kodo, who has brought Japanese drumming Community Chorale will be joined by the to venues the world over, playing more than Brothers Four for a “I Hear America Sing- 3,700 concerts in the past three decades. ing” concert at 7pm at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way. All of that, and the season isn’t even half Tickets are $22-$30. over. There’s still redneck opera (for real), WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG a string quartet the likes of which the MBT stage has never seen, another visit from La- SUN., OCT. 5 CASCADIA WEEKLY MOVING THE BONES: As part of the dysmith Black Mambazo, a female mariachi 23 “Art of Death” events happening this group and much more. And that only speaks month, attend a “Moving the Bones” con- to official MBT events—a whole host of out- cert from 3-5pm at the Fairhaven College side happenings and yet-to-be-booked con- Auditorium on the WWU campus. certs are sure to take place by the time the WWW.FACEBOOK.COM curtain closes on this season of sound.

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The New Pornographers, Amon Amarth, Sabaton, The New Pornographers, 22 22 Commodore Ballroom The Pains of Being Pure at Lily Allen, Lolawolf Skeletonwitch Pickwick, more Heart, more MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC William Pint & Felicia Dale, Andre Feriante, Eric Conway Muse Wayne Hayton The Whateverly Brothers Fridrich, more 20

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STAGE CURTIS ELLER’S AMERICAN CIRCUS Glow Nightclub Twisted Thursday Girl Meets Boy DJ Boombox Oct. 3/Green Frog 16 Curtis Eller's American Circus Slow Jam (early), Open DJ Yogoman's Terrible Green Frog Jasmine Greene Band Flannel, more Guffawingham (early), Moongrass (late) Mic (late) Tuesday Soul Explosion GET OUT Bellewood Acres 6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden • (360) 318-7720 | Bobby Lee’s Pub & Eatery 108 W Main St, Everson • 966-8838 | Boundary Bay Brewing Co. 1107 Railroad Ave • 647-5593 | Brown Lantern Ale House 412 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-2544 | The Business 402 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 293-9788 | Cabin Tavern 307 W. Holly St. • 733-9685 | Chuckanut Brewery 601 W Holly St. • 752-3377

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Hwy., Glacier • (360) 599-3663 | H20, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 755-3956 | Honey Moon 1053 N State St. • 734-0728 | KC’s Bar and Grill 108 W. Main St., Everson • (360) 966-8838 | Kulshan CASCADIA WEEKLY Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • 389-3569 | Main Street Bar & Grill 2004 Main St., Ferndale • (360) 384-2982 | McKay’s Taphouse 1118 E. Maple St. • (360) 647-3600 | Nooksack River Casino 5048 Mt. Baker Hwy., Deming • (360) 354-7428 | Poppe’s 714 Lakeway Dr. • 671-1011 | Paso Del Norte 758 Peace Portal Dr. Blaine • (360) 332-4045 | The Redlight 1017 N State St. • www. 25 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 | Star Club 311 E Holly St. • www.starclubbellingham.com | Swillery Whiskey Bar 118 W. Holly St. | Swinomish Casino 12885 Casino Dr., Anacortes • (888) 288-8883 |Temple Bar 306 W. Champion St. • 676-8660 | The Underground 211 E. Chestnut St. • 738-3701 | Underground Coffeehouse Viking Union 3rd Floor, WWU | Via Cafe 7829 Birch Bay Dr., Blaine • (360) 778-2570 | Village Inn Pub 3020 Northwest Ave. • 734-2490 | Vinostrology 120 W. Holly St. • 656-6817 | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www.wildbuffalo.net | To get your live music listings included, send info to clubscascadiaweekly.com. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday. ellingham is a town with a passion for the silver screen. Not only does it support an astonishing number of movie

screens—19 at last count— 38 butB shows routinely sell out, sometimes FOOD FOOD days in advance. As well, the Pickford Film Film Center is one of this town’s biggest arts organizations, and, along with such

32 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› SHOWTIMES venerated local institutions as the Mount Baker Theatre and Whatcom Museum,

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mostly by volunteers. 26 26 As a Pickford projectionist for going on FILM FILM 15 years now, I have a firsthand knowl- edge of this town’s love of going to the

22 movies, knowledge that is reinforced nearly every time I venture out of my

MUSIC house in the form of moviegoers stopping me to inquire about upcoming features,

20 or to discuss something they’ve recently seen, or to suggest a film they’ve heard ART of and would like to see. These interactions prove, time and 18 again, that audiences in Bellingham

STAGE and the surrounding areas are engaged, informed and, in my experience, inter- ested in being not only entertained, but 16 also challenged by what they see on the big screen.

GET OUT Nothing quite exemplifies our particular brand of cinematic curiosity quite like our love of documentaries. During my time at 14 the PFC, we’ve seen our share of hits, and while knowing a new Wes Anderson movie WORDS is going to be huge is a no-brainer, what might come as a slightly bigger surprise is 10 that many of the theater’s most popular

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ober runs deep, four years ago, PFC Program- 8 ming Director Michael Falter founded Doctober, a month-long film festival that VIEWS ROCK OUT WITH will see more than 40 documentaries

4 YOUR DOC OUT grace the screens at the Pickford by the time the clock strikes midnight on Hal- MAIL MAIL BY CAREY ROSS loween. As has become the custom, this

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absolutely absurd. As well, the month is rife with Doctober-related events such as director appearances, discussion pan- els, events with community partners and 10.01.14 more. The full Doctober lineup and all its many related events can be found on the .09 PFC’s website (many more than I can be- 40 # gin to list here), but what follows are the films on my Doctober wishlist. It only makes sense that Doctober would begin with a documentary about the man who arguably loved going to the movies more than any other human on the CASCADIA WEEKLY ct planet. Although it had a regular run at the PFC, the theater is bringing back Life 26 Itself, the entertaining, funny, touching story of film critic extraordinaire, Roger Ebert. Directed by Steve James (whose Hoop Dreams Ebert had championed) and AI WEIWEI PELICAN DREAMS produced by Martin Scorsese, this is a D o love letter to a fiercely inspiring man. One of Doctober’s biggest events is the world premiere of Pelican Dreams, the latest effort by The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill director Judy Irving. Boasting the same in- 38 credible cinematography, Irving brings us FOOD FOOD into the peculiar world of these once nearly extinct “flying dinosaurs.” Irving will also be on hand to answer questions after the 32 screening, so you’ll finally be able to have all your “How did you get that footage?” B-BOARD B-BOARD inquiries satisfied.

From there, it’s Return to the River, which 26 delves into the demolition of Washington’s 26 Elwha Dam, the largest dam removal proj- FILM ect in history, which offers the ability to FILM watch what was once thought to be a crazy idea put into action, an ecological history 22 lesson, plus the opportunity to witness de- struction on a massive scale that actually MUSIC helps, not harms, the environment. But that’s far from the only Doctober 20 film that delves into environmental is- ART sues. Also on deck is A Will for the Woods in which a man facing death decides to 18 use his green burial to help save a stand of North Carolina woods from the ravages STAGE of clear-cutting, a journey by a three-mast

schooner to document melting massifs at 16 the ends of the Earth in Expedition at the End of the World, a documentary that illus- GET OUT trates that food co-ops like our own can be agents for revolution in our foodshed (Food for Change), and others. 14 As always, music docs loom large on my personal playlist, and given that the PFC’s WORDS Falter is a devoted audiophile, there’s plen-

ty of aural entertainment from which to 10 choose. Of the bunch, the documentary I’m most eagerly anticipating is 20,000 Days On

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sician Nick Cave, but since it’s about Cave, 8 don’t expect a by-the-numbers chronologi-

cal accounting of the hours, minutes and VIEWS seconds. Also of interest are Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio, which shines a 4

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the spotlight in Take Me to the River, while 10.01.14 Finding Fela touches on the same themes

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Nigeria’s Fela Kuti, Afrobeat pioneer. # Documentaries have always lent them- selves to issues of social justice, political strife and simply trying to navigate the world around us, and those films are also well represented by Doctober. Korengal, Se- bastian Junger’s follow-up to his critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominated Restrepo, CASCADIA WEEKLY revisits the men from that deadly war zone 27 in Afghanistan and offers gripping and sometimes heartbreaking insight into the effects of combat in one of the most lethal military sites of that war. Ai WeiWei: The Fake Case is an infuriating and downright film ›› doctober

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RETURN OF THE RIVER 14 frightening account of the 81 days in soli- geoning documentarians. tary confinement and subsequent house Lastly, some Doctober films don’t fit WORDS arrest of Chinese artist and dissident Ai neatly into any category except that they WeiWei, who, despite all obstacles, finds serve to pique my interest. Chief among 10 ways to keep his art alive and his voice these is No No: A Dockumentary, the amaz- from being silenced. Moving to the ever- ing real-life account of the 1970 no-hitter fraught Middle East, The Green Prince is a Dock Ellis pitched—while he was high CURRENTS CURRENTS harrowing psychological thriller that tells on LSD. All This Mayhem tells the story 8 the true story of a Hamas spy and the Shin of the now little-known skateboarding Bet agent that put his own life on the line brother duo of Tas and Ben Pappas, who VIEWS to protect him. Also on my list is the E- were poised to be bigger than Tony Hawk

4 Team, a documentary about the Emergen- (for real), until their successes devolved cies Team, a human rights organization into addiction, intense self-destruction MAIL MAIL devoted to documenting and exposing hu- and, finally, murder-suicide. Fashionable

man rights abuses as they happen, where woman over the age of 60 are the subject 2 they happen. of Advanced Style, a documentary with im- DO IT IT DO Who is the Episcopal Church? Along with traveling the world, Docto- peccable style, while Rich Hill illuminates ber also features offerings with a decid- daily existence in a hardscrabble town in Find out! Wednesday evenings 6:45pm - 8:00pm edly local bent. My Last Year with the Nuns the American Midwest. Another documen- is ostensibly a narrative about the free- tary that deals with a specific point of 10.01.14 The Episcopal Church: A class about history, wheeling youth of actor Matt Smith, but geography is The Overnighters, except the polity, governance, worship, and mission. it also acts as an entertaining and sur- setting this time is the oilfields of North .09 prisingly socially incisive account of Se- Dakota and those who journey to them to 40

# Theologies of Jesus: What does it 

mean attle during the 1960s (and also includes seek their fortune. Finally, Harmontown to say that Jesus is our Lord, Savior, Liberator, and animation by former Bellingham resident follows writer Dan Harmon after he was is fully human and fully divine? Clyde Peterson). If you’ve been a music fan fired from the critically lauded sitcom The Healing Ministry of Christ Today: in this area anytime during the past three Community, a series he created. Explore the interrelationship between body, mind, decades, it’s likely you’ve heard of garage Of course, this is just a mere smattering of the diverse Doctober roster. But trust spirit and relationships. rock band Girl Trouble, a Tacoma mainstay CASCADIA WEEKLY with deep history and many stories to tell. me when I say, this truly a festival with St. Paul's Episcopal Church They do so in Strictly Sacred: The Art of Girl something for everyone—especially in a 28 Trouble. No Doctober offering, however, movie-going town like this one. Licensed childcare Walnut at Eldridge is more local than the showcase of films provided StPaulsBellingham.org courtesy of Bellingham’s Documentary Doctober begins Oct. 1 and runs through the Center, which will take place Oct. 4 and end of the month. All info and showtimes can Explore Spirituality † Encounter the Sacred feature short films by our very own bur- be gleaned at www.pickfordfilmcenter.com

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BY CAREY ROSS Boys of Sudan after they come to the United States to home, even if they look like Idris Elba, because they

38 start new lives. ++++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 50 min.) will terrorize you, even if you are Taraji P. Henson. How has Taraji never learned this lesson before? Because FOOD FOOD FILM SHORTS Guardians of the Galaxy: This story of Marvel’s doorstep stranger danger is real, especially if you’re a motley crew of castoff characters is, hands down, end woman starring in a movie in the cinematic wasteland A Walk Among the Tombstones: From punching of story, no contest, the surprise summer blockbuster that is early October. + (PG-13 • 1 hr. 24 min.) 32 wolves to saving his family from repeated kidnap- of 2014. It’s also the movie that might earn Chris pings, Liam Neeson is not to be messed with. So Pratt the coveted honor of being my movie-star boy- Pump: Even the most eco-minded among us is a when he plays an unlicensed private investigator friend, a spot that has been held by Robert Downey grudging slave to Big Oil. Find out how to end the ad- B-BOARD B-BOARD with a tragic past charged with solving the murder of ANNABELLE Jr. for an unprecedented number of years. +++++ diction and win freedom from the gas pump (or at the the wife of a drug kingpin, you know it’s gonna get (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 1 min.) gas pump, as the case may be) from this insightful

messy. ++ (R • 1 hr. 54 min.) River, Gone Baby Gone) and starring Tom Hardy, this documentary. ++++ (PG • 1 hr. 28 min.) 26 26 film also features one of the final performances of If I Stay: It’s official: Film adaptations of YA novels Annabelle: KEEP THIS DEMONIC DOLL MOVIE AWAY the much-missed James Gandolfini. Even if the film are Hollywood’s hottest trend right now. This one Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: It is now safe to FILM FILM FROM ME, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY. ++ (R is uneven, Gandolfini’s fine work shines through. And involves Chloe Grace Moretz, a car accident and a soul- say that any movie in which Megan Fox is cast will • 1 hr. 35 min.) Hardy’s not so bad either. +++ (R • 1 hr. 47 min.) rending choice (of course, there’s a love story rolled ruin your childhood. Feel free to blame Michael Bay +++ 22 into the mix as well). (PG-13 • 1 hr. 43 min.) for the scorched earth that was your youth while The Boxtrolls: From the Portland studio responsible The Equalizer: Sure, he’s one of the finest actors of you’re at it. + (PG-13 • 1 hr. 41 min.) for ParaNorman and Coraline, here comes an ambitious our time and can turn in powerful performances chock Left Behind: Bad Nicolas Cage movies could easily MUSIC feature that is neither as visionary nor as heartwarm- full of emotional nuance, but when Denzel Washington be their own movie genre, and this one, having to do This is Where I Leave You: Based on the best- ing as ParaNorman or Coraline. Maybe next time, Nike. decides to kick ass all over the silver screen, there’s with the folks who are, as the title says, left behind seller by Jonathan Tropper, this ensemble comedy is

20 ++ (PG • 1 hr. 36 min.) nothing quite like it. +++ (R • 2 hrs. 12 min.) after some Rapture-like event, appears to be one bad supposedly lackluster at best. But I have a hard time Nic flick—in other words, it’s a must see. ++ (PG-13 believing that any movie starring Tina Fey (long live ART Boyhood: Filmed over 12 years (yes, you read Frank: If you need evidence that Michael Fassbender • 2 hrs. 30 min.) Queen Fey!), Jason Bateman, and Jane Fonda doesn’t that right) and starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia is a brilliant actor, even while wearing a giant papier boast at least a few redeeming characteristics. +++

18 Arquette, this is director Richard Linklater’s ground- mache head on his head for 90 percent of a movie, let Love Is Strange: John Lithgow and Alfred Molina (R • 1 hr. 43 min.) breaking tour de force—and quite likely the best film this film act as irrefutable proof. Quirky, yes. But also star as a longtime couple who decide to become

STAGE of 2014. +++++ (R • 2 hrs. 43 min.) strangely heartwarming and a surprisingly insightful legally married—only to see that decision cause a The Trip to Italy: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon treatise about those who exist at the nexus of madness domino effect of events that results in their losing reprise their roles from The Trip, this time eating and Doctober: This week in Doctober offerings you will and artistic vision. ++++ (R • 1 hr. 35 min.) their place to live. Their only solution: live separately wisecracking their way across Italy. Expect gorgeous

16 see: an encore presentation of the Roger Ebert film until they can find a place together, which redefines scenery, mouthwatering food porn and hilarious Life Itself, the world premiere of Pelican Dreams (from The Giver: There is no genre of movie hotter right their relationship in surprising new ways. +++++ celebrity impressions that come fast and furious. the director of Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill), a movie now than YA, so I guess it makes sense that this novel (R • 1 hr. 38 min.) ++++ (Unrated • 1 hr. 48 min.) GET OUT about the removal of the Elwha dam (Return of the by Lois Lowry about a utopian/dystopian future would River), an account of the only MLB pitcher to throw be subjected to the Hollywood treatment. The film Lucy: This either needs to be the movie in which a no-hitter while high on LSD (No No), a music-filled version doesn’t exactly capture the mythic pull and ScarJo convinces me she can act or convinces the 14 doc about the life of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti core message that made the book so beloved (and rest of the world that she can’t or I will be forced to (Finding Fela), a tale of skateboarding tragedy (All This controversial), but I’m sure Meryl Streep will win an conclude that we are all thinking with only the 10

WORDS Mayhem), the continuing saga of courageous Chinese Oscar for her performance in it nonetheless. ++ (PG- percent of our brains this movie (falsely) asserts is all artist and dissident Ai WeiWei (Ai WeiWei: The Fake 13 • 1 hr. 40 min.) we’re able to access. ++ (R • 1 hr. 29 min.) Case), and many more. +++++ (Unrated) 10 Gone Girl: When I read this Gillian Flynn block- The Maze Runner: Another week, another YA Dolphin Tale 2: First, Winter the dolphin needs buster, I knew it’d make great cinematic fodder. Pair adaptation hits the big screen. This time it’s in a Showtimes a prosthetic tail in order to survive long enough to it with director David Fincher and perfect casting in post-apocalyptic future where teens battle death in Regal and AMC theaters, please see CURRENTS CURRENTS have Hollywood make a movie about her. Now she the form of Ben Affleck and the result will be the first a controlled environment, which isn’t anything at all needs a companion or she won’t get a sequel. Being movie of 2014 I’m dying to see. +++++ (R • 2 hrs. like that one other YA mega-franchise. +++ (PG-13 • www.fandango.com. 8 a famous film franchise dolphin is rough these days. 25 min.) 1 hr. 54 min.) Pickford Film Center and ++ (PG • 1 hr. 47 min.) PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see

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38 your potentials right now. In telling you this, I’m FREEWILL hoping you will stop underestimating. FOOD FOOD LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When Jimmy Fallon ASTROLOGY was a senior in high school, he received a weird

32 graduation gift: a troll doll, one of those plastic 32 figurines with frizzy, brightly colored hair. Around ARIES (March 21-April 19): As I hike through the same time, his mother urged him to enter an the wilderness at dusk, the crickets always seem to upcoming comedy contest at a nearby club. Jimmy B-BOARD B-BOARD B-BOARD be humming in the distance. No matter where I go, decided that would be fun. He worked up a routine their sound is farther off, never right up close to me. in which he imitated various celebrities auditioning How can that be? Do they move away from me as I to become a spokesperson for troll dolls. With the 26 approach? I doubt it. I sense no leaping insects in doll by his side, he won the contest, launching his the underbrush. Here’s how this pertains to you: My career as a comedian. I foresee the possibility of a FILM relationship with the crickets’ song is similar to a comparable development in your life: an odd blessing certain mystery in your life. There’s an experience that or unexpected gift that inspires you to express one of calls to you but forever seems just out of reach. You your talents on a higher level. 22 think you’re drawing nearer, about to touch it and be in its midst, but it inevitably eludes you. Now here’s SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Dear So-Called MUSIC the good news: A change is coming for you. It will Astrologer: Your horoscopes are worse than useless. be like what would happen if I suddenly found myself Mostly they are crammed with philosophical and intimately surrounded by hundreds of chirping crickets. poetic crap that doesn’t apply to my daily life. Please 20 cut way back on the fancy metaphors. Just let me

ART TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In three years, you know if there is money or love or trouble coming my will comprehend truths about yourself and your life way—like what regular horoscopes say! -Skeptical that you don’t have the capacity to grasp now. By Scorpio.” Dear Skeptical: In my astrological opinion, 18 then, past events that have been confusing to you you and your fellow Scorpios will soon feel the kind will make sense. You’ll know what their purpose was of pressure you just directed at me. People will ask STAGE and why they occurred. Can you wait that long? If you to be different from what you actually are. My you’d rather not, I have an idea: Do a meditation in advice? Do not acquiesce to them. which you visualize yourself as you will be three years 16 from today. Imagine asking your future self to tell SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Tomatoes are a you what he or she has discovered. The revelations staple of Italian cuisine now, but there weren’t any to- may take a while to start rolling in, but I predict that matoes in Europe until the 16th century, when Spanish GET OUT a whole series of insights will have arrived by this explorers brought them from South America. Likewise, time next week. Malaysia has become a major producer of rubber, but it had no rubber trees until seeds were smuggled out 14 GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The journey that of Brazil in the 19th century. And bananas are cur- awaits you is succinct but epic. It will last a relatively rently a major crop in Ecuador thanks to 16th-century short time but take months to fully understand. You Portuguese sailors, who transported them from West WORDS may feel natural and ordinary as you go through Africa. I foresee the possibility of comparable cross- it, even as you are being rather heroic. Prepare as fertilizations happening for you in the coming months,

10 best as you can, but keep in mind that no amount Sagittarius. Do you have your eye on any remote of preparation will get you completely ready for the resources you’d like to bring back home? spontaneous moves you’ll be called on to perform. Don’t be nervous! I bet you will receive help from an CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Years ago, you CURRENTS CURRENTS unexpected source. Feelings of deja-vu may crop up experienced an event that was so overwhelming you

8 and provide a sense of familiarity—even though none could not fully deal with it, let alone understand it. of what occurs will have any precedents. All this time it has been simmering and smoldering in the depths of your unconscious mind, emitting ghostly VIEWS CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the wild, very steam and smoke even as it has remained difficult for few oysters produce pearls—about one in every you to integrate. But I predict that will change in the 4 10,000. Most commercial pearls come from farmed coming months. You will finally find a way to bring oysters whose pearls have been induced by human it into your conscious awareness and explore it with MAIL MAIL Ancient Greek playwright intervention. As you might expect, the natural jewel courage and grace. Of course it will be scary for you is regarded as far more precious. Let’s use these facts to do so. But I assure you that the fear is a residue Sophocles wrote 2 hundreds of plays. as metaphors while we speculate about your fate in from your old confusion, not a sign of real danger. To iDiOM Theater presents Only seven have survived the next eight months. I believe you will acquire or achieve maximum liberation, begin your quest soon. DO IT IT DO the millennia. generate a beautiful new source of value for yourself. THESE SEVEN SICKNESSES There’s a small chance you will stumble upon a trea- AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): This is prime time distills all seven surviving sure equivalent to the wild pearl. But I suggest you to do things that aren’t exactly easy and relaxing, ppylays into one ep ic show. take the more secure route: working hard to create a but that on the other hand aren’t actually painful. treasure that’s like a cultivated pearl. Examples: Extend peace offerings to adversaries. Seek 10.01.14 4.5 hours, w/two intermissions reconciliation with valuable resources from which TRAGEDY Dinner and dessert served LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In June 2012, a U.S. Sena- you have been separated and potential allies from

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CASCADIA WEEKLY tempting opportunity. Be thoroughly informed. lected six that offer the exact wisdom you need most right now. Your job is to weave them all together 36 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Oliver Evans (1755- into a symphonic whole. 1. “It’s crucial to have an 1819) was a prolific Virgo inventor who came up with active fantasy life.” 2. “Ensure that your life stays in iDiOM Theater brilliant ideas for steam engines, urban gas lighting, flux.” 3. “I have every kind of thought, and that is no refrigeration, and automated machines. He made a embarrassment.” 4. “Animalism is perfectly healthy.” 1418 Cornwall Ave radical prediction: “The time will come when people 5. “Finding extreme pleasure will make you a better www.idiomtheater.com will travel in stages moved by steam engines, almost person if you’re careful about what thrills you.” 6. as fast as birds fly, 15 or 20 miles an hour.” We may “Listen when your body talks.” BY AMY ALKON for you—like that the woman in your life has a right to know how much you PEP PER make when you’re sharing a checking THE ADVICE account, not a cubicle. 38 You don’t have to turn your pay stub SIST FOOD GODDESS drawer into a petting zoo to show her ERS you care about her concerns. You could COOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX SINCE 1988 32 offer to help her come up with tactics 32 Open Nightly Except Monday 1055 N State St B’ham 671-3414 HEAVY MEDDLE for negotiating a raise. Keep in mind B-BOARD Is it O.K. to keep your income a secret from that research shows that women tend B-BOARD someone you’re dating? I recently started to take the salary, raises and oppor- seeing a girl I work with (at an advertis- tunities they’re offered instead of try- DON’T RECYCLE IT… 26 ing company). She believes women at our ing to negotiate for more. A book you company get paid less on average, and I might get her is Ask for It: How Women DONATE FOR REUSE! FILM suspect she’s right. Yesterday she came Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get right out and asked me how much I make. What They Really Want, by Linda Bab- Support local jobs by donating your used 22 I’m pretty sure I’m the highest-paid person cock and Sara Laschever. Finally, pre- appliance to our job-training program. on our team, but her question made me pare yourself for being put on the spot MUSIC really uncomfortable, and I told her I make by her or anyone with what I call “The 527-2646 a lot less than I actually do. I felt bad lying Power of Not Right Now”—recogniz- free pickups available 20 to a woman I could get serious with, but I ing that you can decline to answer a don’t want her or other coworkers knowing person’s question right then and there ART my salary. —Johnny Paycheck Privacy (perhaps with the exception of inqui- ries like “You gonna give me your wal- 18 It’s normal to keep some personal let, or do I have to gut you with this STAGE information secret from the person rusty screwdriver?”). you’re dating—like your exact income or the fact that you belt out Lynyrd CURL, INTERRUPTED 16 Skynyrd in the car every day on your The girl I’m dating wears hair extensions,

way to work. and feeling them creeps me out. She’s GET OUT Unfortunately, your girlfriend de- very pretty, and her hair is lovely without cided it was time to bridge the gap the extensions. Can I tell her they make between conversation and colonoscopy. me uncomfortable? —Mr. Natural 14 She snookered you into going along by asking you point-blank how much When you’re running your hand Kind Green Botanicals Collective Access Point WORDS you make. This is really rude—on the through your girlfriend’s hair and Premium Organic Medical Marijuana level of yelling across the office, “Hey, a bunch comes out in your palm, it 10 Steve, ya still got that weird rash on can be hard to keep straight whether your balls?” Because of that, it catches you’re making out or snaking the a person off guard, leading to a reac- shower drain. CURRENTS tion like yours—stammering out an Your girlfriend joins an increas- 8 answer, but not the one the prying ing number of women in planting person actually deserves: some version non-native foliage in her hairgar- 3 to 8pm Seven Days a Week Delivery Service Available VIEWS of “Up your butt with a coconut.” den, probably because men tend 1311-11th Street, Bellingham 360-671-5991 kgbcollective.com 4 Maybe she doesn’t believe you’re to be attracted to long, lush hair. entitled to boundaries in a relation- It’s actually an evolutionary sign MAIL ship, or maybe she decided she could of good health. (Hair suffers when erase yours for a good cause. And sure, a person eats poorly or has a dis- 2

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private, you’re paving the way for fu- all, a little mystery is a good thing CASCADIA WEEKLY ture info-hooverings. To dial back your in a relationship, but it’s best if privacy settings, tell her you only re- you’re wondering whether your girl- 37 vealed your salary because you were friend got her pretty hair from her so unprepared for her to ask about it. mother and not suspecting she hired Request that she keep a lid on it, and somebody to take a big scissors to let her know the boundaries that work Seabiscuit’s tail. cases his culinary talents. We started our lunch with a Cascadia mushroom tartlet that featured four local mushrooms on a wonderfully buttery herb crust. Our wild strawberry and spinach

salad ($10.75) was delicious with toasted hazel- 38 38 nuts, goat cheese and a warm poppy seed honey FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD dressing. We were tempted by the asparagus chow soup and the grilled halibut chowder (it’s not RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES often you see halibut in a chowder!) but opted 32 to save space for the entrees, a wise choice as it turned out.

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STAGE only those tables that are window-side. Down- stairs there’s additional dining space and a patio outside offers more 16 seating in fine weather, with blankets available

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partial to fish or seafood, the Oyster Bar also f you’re looking for a really special meal, head onto Chuckanut offers steak, vegetarian options, and steak and Drive and stop when you get to the Oyster Bar. seafood combinations. The fine dining restaurant 150 feet from Samish Bay has a We were too sated for dessert, tempting

10.01.14 I treehouse-like feel thanks to its hilltop position, and between the though the selection was. On offer was chocolate boughs of the massive Douglas Firs, the view of the Bay and the truffle cake, rhubarb and strawberry cheesecake, .09 oyster beds below is nothing short of magnificent. The Colberts offer sustainable seafood for the mixed berry pavlova and blueberry passionfruit 40 # California restaurateurs Guy and Linda Colbert bought the restau- most part and avoid those species that are over- crème brulee. rant 27 years ago, but it’s been a fixture on Chuckanut Drive for de- fished. Whenever possible, their menu contains Lunchtime is getting busier at the Oyster Bar, cades. Built in 1927, the Oyster Bar had its origins as an oyster stand Samish and Kumamoto oysters from Taylor Shell- which is seeing 50 percent more diners this year for Rockport Oyster Company, now Taylor Shellfish. Today it boasts fish. Almost since the Oyster Bar first opened, than last, so reservations, particularly on week- a wine list of more than 600 wines from all over the world and has its slogan has been “the oysters you eat today ends, aren’t a bad idea. garnered an award of excellence from Wine Spectator for 24 years. slept last night in Samish Bay.” If you’re headed back toward Bellingham, stop

CASCADIA WEEKLY The eatery also has a remarkably diverse seafood menu that in- At a recent luncheon there were Wildcat Cove in at the Chuckanut Bay Gallery & Sculpture Gar- cludes abalone, Yukon River salmon, red Idaho trout, Alaskan hali- oysters from Totten Inlet, Elkhorn oysters from den, where Don and Carol Salisbury have as- 38 but, Alaskan king salmon and many other species. “Occasionally we Willapa Bay, Malaspina oysters from Vancouver sembled a spectacular selection of handcrafted feature species like barramundi, Tasmanian salmon, mong chong, Island, and Malpeque oysters from Prince Edward crafts, jewelry and garden art. The sculpture swordfish, moonfish, spearfish, blue prawns and Columbia River stur- Island, Canada. garden is a gorgeous, green oasis peppered with geon,” Guy says. “Our diners are used to eating seafood all the time, Thirty-something chef Justin Gordon is a whiz decorative garden ornaments and the perfect but sometimes they’re in the mood for something different.” in the kitchen and his sophisticated menu show- finale to a sumptuous meal. doit THURS., OCT. 2 LYNDEN MARKET: Procure fresh, seasonal

fare from local farmers at the Lynden Farmers 38 Market, which happens from 12-5pm every 38 Thursday through Oct. 30 Front St. FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD WWW.LYNDENFARMERSMARKET.COM

GOURMET PICKLES: Live food chef Bruce 32 Horowitz focuses on “Gourmet Old-Fashioned Pickles” from 6:30-9pm at the Cordata Commu- nity Food Co-op, 315 Westerly Rd. Entry is $35. B-BOARD B-BOARD 383-3200 FRI., OCT. 3 26 FISHERIES FUNDRAISER: The Skagit Fisher- ies Enhancement Group will host a “Salmon FILM Safe” Wine Tasting Fundraiser from 5-8pm in La Conner at Hellam’s Vineyard, 109 N. First St.

Tickets are $20-$25 and include appetizers and 22 Graham “Galloping Gourmet” Kerr helms a “Nour- wine grown sustainably in the Pacific North- ish and Delight” presentation Sat., Oct. 4 at the west. Proceeds benefit hands-on watershed Mount Vernon City Library MUSIC projects. WWW.SKAGITFISHERIES.ORG

WILD BERRIES: Forager and author T. Abe 20

OCT. 3-4 Lloyd will share recipes, neighborhood harvest ART BIER ON THE PIER: Sample liquid goods from locations and anecdotes at a “Wild Berries of more than 30 regional breweries at the “Bier Washington and Oregon” presentation at 3pm on the Pier” from 5-9pm Friday and 12-6pm at the Everson Library, 104 Kirsch Dr. Lloyd will 18 Saturday at the Port of Anacortes Warehouse, also be on hand at 7pm Monday to give the

100 Commercial Ave. In addition to the beer, presentation at the Deming Library, 5044 Mt. STAGE there’ll be German food vendors, polka music, Baker Hwy. costume contests and more. Tickets are $20- WWW.WCLS.ORG $25 per day or $35-$45 for both. 16 WWW.ANACORTES.ORG OCT. 4-5 SKAGIT FARM TOUR: Tour 13 area farms— GET OUT SAT., OCT. 4 most of them located 20 minutes or less from PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Help raise money for each other—from 10am-4pm Saturday and the Ferndale Food Book at a monthly fundrais- Sunday as part of the annual Skagit Valley 14 ing Pancake Breakfast from 8-11am at the Festival of Family Farms happening through- United Church of Ferndale, 2034 Washington St. out Skagit County. The free, self-guided tour

WWW.FERNDALEFOODBANK.ORG includes harvest markets, food samples, tours, WORDS educational exhibits, activities for kids, corn ANACORTES MARKET: Attend the Anacortes and hay mazes, pumpkin patches, gardening 10 Farmers Market from 9am-2pm at the town’s demos and more. Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave. The market con- WWW.FESTIVALOFFAMILYFARMS.COM tinues every Saturday through October.

WWW.ANACORTESFARMERSMARKET.ORG FALL FRUIT FESTIVAL: Taste and enjoy more CURRENTS than 200 varieties of fruit and fruit products 8 BELLINGHAM MARKET: Attend the weekly at the 25th annual Fall Fruit Festival from Bellingham Farmers Market from 10am-3pm 10am-5pm Saturday and 11am-4pm Sunday at every Saturday through Dec. 20 at the Depot Everson’s Cloud Mountain Farm Center, 6906 VIEWS Market Square, 1000 Railroad Ave. Goodwin Rd. Live music, u-pick pumpkins and 4 WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG gourds and more will be part of the event. Entry is $3.50 per person or $9 per carload. MAIL MAIL FERNDALE MARKET: Drop by the Ferndale WWW.CLOUDMOUNTAINFARMCENTER.ORG

Public Market from 10am-3pm at the city’s Cen- 2 tennial River Walk, 5667 First Ave. The market SUN., OCT. 5 continues Saturdays through Oct. 12. COMMUNITY BREAKFAST: Meet and greet DO IT

WWW.FERNDALEPUBLICMARKET.ORG with local politicians as they serve you food at the monthly Community Breakfast from HARVEST MARKET & SWAP: Attend the fifth 8am-1pm at the Rome Grange, 2821 Mt. Baker annual Harvest Market from 10am-4pm at the Hwy. Pancakes, French toast, sausage, eggs and

Bow Little Market next to the Belfast Feed more will be on the menu. Entry is $2 for kids, 10.01.14 Store, 6200 N. Green Rd. (on Old 99). Local $5 for adults.

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Transition will also host a Food Swap; bring TUES., OCT. 7 surplus fresh, dried, frozen or caned home- AHOY, LUMMI ISLAND: Robert Fong and grown or wild-harvested food to exchange, as Beach Store Cafe’s Seth Caswell lead an “Ahoy, well as seeds and handmade items. Lummi Island!” cooking course from 6-8:30pm WWW.BOWLITTLEMARKET.WORDPRESS.COM OR at the Cordata Community Food Co-op, 315 WWW.CHUCKANUTTRANSITION.COM Westerly Rd. Eat well and get professional kitchen and menu tips. Entry is $49.

GRAHAM KERR: Culinary and television 383-3200 CASCADIA WEEKLY personality Graham Kerr will give a talk focusing on healthy, creative lifestyle changes and the THURS., OCT. 9 39 consumption of fresh, local edible plants and MEXICAN HARVEST: Ana Jackson helms a seafood at a 4pm presentation at the Mount “Mexican Harvest Banquet” course from 6-9pm Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. Entry to at the Cordata Community Food Co-op, 315 “Nourish and Delight: Our Future Food?” is free. Westerly Rd. Entry is $39. WWW.MOUNTVERNONWA.GOV 383-3200 CASINO WIDE Every ‘Hawks Game!

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