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ALAN RHODES What are the candidates reading? P.08 LISTENING IN VOTING A wild week at the SEASON Wild %XȞIalR, P.22 Charting the Charter Review, P.20 WEDNESDAY [10.08.14] Salsa Night: 9pm, Cafe Rumba

38 ONSTAGE MUSIC Shoe Me the Funny: 9pm, Horseshoe Cafe Caspar Babypants: 10:30am, Bellingham Techni-

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32 throughout Lynden Oktoberfest: 12pm-1am, Deming Logging Show Grounds Bingo Fundraiser: 4-6pm, Bloedel Donovan

B-BOARD B-BOARD THURSDAY [10.09.14] GET OUT A glance at what’s happening this week ONSTAGE Everyday Superheroes Run: 10am, Zuanich 26 These Seven Sicknesses: 6:30pm, iDiOM Theater Point Park Charlie Brown: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Band Aid Fun Run: 10am, Skagit Valley Com-

FILM Guild munity College The Sound of Music: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Gore & Lore Tour: 6pm, Bureau of Historical Theatre, Lynden Investigation 22 Anything Goes: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Concrete Ghost Walk: 6pm, Concrete Theatre Theatre Shoot the Trails Awards: 7pm, Depot Market

MUSIC Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Square The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre

18 FOOD FOOD Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot ART Lynden Farmers Market: 12-5pm, Front Street Arts Center Community Meal: 10am-12pm, United Church of

16 Ferndale FRIDAY [10.10.14] Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square STAGE ONSTAGE Final Ferndale Public Market: 10am-3pm, These Seven Sicknesses: 6:30pm, iDiOM Theater Centennial Riverwalk Park

14 Charlie Brown: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild VISUAL ARTS The Sound of Music: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Autumn Arts Festival: 9am-4pm, Saint Joseph

GET OUT Theatre, Lynden Center, Mount Vernon Anything Goes: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Fibers & Beyond: 10am-4pm, Hampton Inn’s Fox Theatre Hall

12 Hellingham: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre Whatcom Artist Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, throughout Whatcom County MUSIC Elin Noble, Grace Hawley Reception: 4-8pm, La

WORDS Violinist Swil Kanim is one of the many local, Coty Hogue: 6-8pm, BelleWood Acres Conner Quilt & Textile Museum national and international musicians who’ll be The Barefoot Movement: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Green Art Reception: 5-9pm, Matzke Gallery,

10 Mount Vernon Camano Island sharing their talents at various venues Oct. 8-12 Popa Chubby: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon Harvey Wainapel CD Release: 8pm, BAAY CURRENTS CURRENTS as part of the sixth annual ”Claire de Lune” SUNDAY [10.12.14] Theatre

8 ONSTAGE Lynden Music Festival COMMUNITY Charlie Brown: 2pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild

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FILM Native American activists in attendance at Monday’s Music & Film Editor: Seattle City Council meeting were in high spirits when the Carey Ross council unanimously passed a resolution commemorating ext 203 22 “Indigenous People’s Day,” which will be celebrated every {music@ year on the second Monday of October—otherwise known cascadiaweekly.com MUSIC as Columbus Day. Bellingham City Council will consider a similar resolution next week. Production

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4 Taxes are how we pay for services we all use have that kind of capital gains income and those Stephanie Simms, 32: Bulletin Board Robin Corsberg in order to have a functioning society: roads, that do can likely afford to be taxed a little to MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL schools, firefighters, EMTs, police, airport and help our state function for all of us. Income tax 33: Crossword Skagit: Linda Brown,

highway infrastructure, etc. The idea of taxation seems to terrify people. Nice job feeding the fear 2 Barb Murdoch 34: Comix Canada: Kristi Alvaran is not inherently bad. What has become unfair is Van Werven. Truthfully, the income tax proposal DO IT IT DO 35: Slowpoke, Sudoku that working people are carrying a heavier load that was rejected by voters in 2010 was for a 36: Free Will Astrology Letters of the tax burden than the wealthy—including tax on annual income over $250,000. Most of us Send letters to letters@ corporate wealth. Van Verven’s list of the tax pro- do not make anywhere close to this amount. It 37: Advice Goddess cascadiaweekly.com posals she is unhappy with are: a carbon fuel tax, is hard for me to believe we the voters weren’t

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41 ©2014 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by SicknesseS The carbon tax is an important issue that re- are all going to get bitten. If I earned anywhere Supersizing Sophocles # Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly at iDiOM Theater, P.16 PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 sponsible governments need to look at if we hope close to $250,000 I’d be happy to pay to help

[email protected] ALAN to clean up our environment and encourage inno- improve the functioning of our state. Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia RHODES What are Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing the candidates reading? P.08 vation, development and business in alternative Washington currently has one of the highest papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution LISTENING IN VOTING A wild week at the SEASON SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material Wild %XȞIalR, P.22 Charting the Charter Review, P.20 energy solutions. What we are currently doing to sales taxes in the country. A gas tax is a form of to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you our planet is simply unsustainable. To ignore the sales tax. In principle, a sales tax affects all of include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- COVER: Antigone photo by ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday possibility of a carbon tax in some form is simply us equally regardless of income. I would love to the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be Glenn Apollo Hergenhahn- CASCADIA WEEKLYreturned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. Zhao irresponsible in 2014. see all sales tax reduced or replaced with other LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. A capital gains tax means taxing the profit methods of taxation that shift the burden from 4 In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does the less wealthy to those that can shoulder a not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your made from something sold at a higher cost than letters to fewer than 300 words. it was purchased. The most common types of larger share. capital gains are from the sale of stocks, bonds, Our state needs revenue. Taxes are the way precious metals and property. Most people who the state secures this revenue. It is how we have capital gains income can afford to pay some choose to tax ourselves that becomes prob- NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre lematic. Sales tax is currently the main revenue the state has to keep operating. With no change in how we raise revenue then we can continue to count on the GO NORTH FOR CASINO FUN! less wealthy shouldering a larger share 38 of the financial burden while our schools MODERN COMFORTS WITH OLD-FASHIONED HOSPITALITY remain dismally underfunded, infrastruc- FOOD ture continues to fail, and polluting industry continues to shoulder inadequate 32 responsibility for their role in blocking clean energy solutions.

Lets stop allowing politicians like Van B-BOARD Werven to instill fear in us and ask how it is we will raise revenue in a more equi- 26 table way. It is in everybody’s best interest to do so. FILM —Jennifer Weeks, Bellingham 22 NEED A WATER WATCHER

Water issues are on my mind. MUSIC It is so wonderful that the Whatcom

County Council and the County Execu- WHATCOM COUNTY’S NEWEST CASINO 18 tive have resolved to do something about ART water policy, the Whatcom Water Action Plan. Thank you. 16 I have a niggling worry: Who enforces

the rules that are on the books? It seems STAGE to be a low priority. Enforcement of rules is unpleasant but it completes the process of government 14 and the failure to enforce the law sub- verts the civic process. Water is critical GET OUT to every part of all of our lives. When we create laws to manage our water it is with 12 the common good in mind. This may take raising taxes to fund compliance with the WORDS law. I’m good with that. Water is worth more than it costs. Let’s do it right. 10 —Mary H. Mele, Bellingham

CIRCULAR ARGUMENTS CURRENTS Jeff McClure stating “that we [PUD] will 8 supply water if—and only if—land use ap- provals are granted for the Gateway Pa- VIEWS

cific Terminal” is too classic. 4 4 It sounds like a wife that says “I didn’t MAIL MAIL buy her the prom dress! We just went dress MAIL

shopping. After we found the one we want- 2 ed I told her that if—and only if—she is DO IT IT DO allowed to go will we buy the dress.” The shopping’s been done Jeff. You Our Ghosts WillWWiill GiveGive Win Monster were in it together. You The Chillslls Money October 11 Unfortunately in this culture, indus- And Up To $

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—Terry Garrett Bellingham 6D66DWXUGD\2FWREHUZLOODWXUGUGD\D\ 2 41 # FDQSLFND UHUUHFHLYHD0RQVWHUHFHFHLYYH D 0 END GRIDLOCK IULHQGO\ JKRVW FKFFKRFRODWHEDUZLWKKRFRFRORODWDWH E In a few weeks we can vote to end the DQG ZLQ XS WR WRLQVLGH WR LQVQVLGGHH gridlock in Olympia. FDVK We are suffering here in Whatcom LQVWDQWO\ County and across the state because of obstructionists who see only one way for- CASCADIA WEEKLY ward. They stifle good legislation and still BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA refuse funding of critical road improve- 5 ments that were failing when Gary Locke WHERE THE FOOD ANANDD FUN NEVERNEVVER ENDSENDS!! N was governor! 877.777.9847984 TWOWO TURNSNS OFFO E BADGER RD NORTHWOOD RD After 16 years in Olympia our state sen- 9750 NORTHWOOD ROAD • LYNDEN WA 98264 THE NEW GUIDE MAIL, CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 NORTHWOOD-CASINO.COM MERIDIAN GUIDE MERIDIAN RD LYNDEN mail ›› your views

38 MAIL, FROM PAGE 5 FOOD FOOD ator has only recently brought home basic legislation—ELSA—intended to speed 32 the cleanup of Bellingham Bay. Why did it take him so long to bring focus to a

B-BOARD B-BOARD cleanup plan developed 14 years ago? Even now ELSA doesn’t add any funding

26 to the cleanup; it’s just another political shell-game shuffling money around while

FILM increasing bureaucratic oversight. Is this the best we can do?

22 I am tired of the same people being re- elected over and over claiming they can

MUSIC fix what’s wrong, yet they never do. It’s gotten so bad in Olympia that our courts

18 have threatened to jail our representa-

ART tives for failing to fund public schools! We can’t go on this way. For years I have watched firsthand how 16 gridlock hurts all of us. It’s time for more

STAGE effective representation in Olympia. This year we have a great candidate with a strong history of working issues 14 from every side, he doesn’t see problems as “us versus them,”, or push “one size

GET OUT fits all” answers. I’m voting to end gridlock in Olympia this year and I hope you

12 will too. I’m voting for Seth Fleetwood. —Mike McAuley, Bellingham

WORDS GRIDLOCK IS GOOD This fall voters face a choice. Do they 10 want to support the governor and liber- als who would impose a new carbon fuel eight years on Whatcom County Coun- EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK Initiative 1329, the ballot initiative to

CURRENTS CURRENTS standard and gas tax, effectively making cil. He does NOT support a state income I was frustrated to hear Doug Ericksen overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizen’s gas cost an additional $1.17 a gallon? tax and will work with others to resolve dismiss the importance of women getting United ruling. We asked folks on the 8 Do they want to raise college tuition education and highway funding prob- equal pay for equal work. street “Would you like to get money out yet again after 30 years of increases? Do lems. Seth will protect a women’s right In an interview transcribed on the of politics? Do you think that corpora- VIEWS they want new taxes including a state to choose. Bellingham Herald website he discussed tions should have the same Constitution- 4

4 capital gains tax and a state income tax? Satpal Sidhu: A Whatcom citizen for the claim that he had never supported al rights as human persons?” If you think these are bad ideas, join 28 years, active in community affairs, legislation supporting fair pay. His com- Many people agreed that large sums MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL me this November and vote Republican. small business owner, member of a Lyn- ments suggested that he had never re- of money spent by corporations have

—Jan Brown, Bellingham den farming family. With his combined ally thought about the issue before and bought our representatives and ru- 2 experience as a refinery engineer and that he considered it a distraction. As a ined our elections. You may have been DO IT IT DO THREE OF A KIND dean at Bellingham Technical College, seasoned politician, he quickly pivoted to one who quickly replied, “Give me that IS A WINNING HAND he recognized a need to train replace- another topic. pen. I am disgusted with the direction Future funding for education and ments for 1,500 retiring baby boomers. It’s disappointing to see someone who our country is heading.” You may have transportation is a tall order for any In collaboration with the refineries he has been representing our community for said, “I am really tired of these negative 10.08.14 state legislator. Voting “NO” is not a so- helped create a technician program. 16 years express that women’s concerns and expensive elections.” You may have lution as we can see from our Supreme More than 1,600 students have com- aren’t serious. The fact is that even in been one who asked to know more and .09

41 Court holding Senator Doug Ericksen and pleted the course. 90 percent have gone 2014, women in Washington make an aver- I suggested you check out the Move to # Legislator Vincent Buys in contempt for on to good refinery jobs in Skagit and age of $11,467 per year less than men who Amend website. More than 11,000 What- their inaction and inability to do their Whatcom Counties. We need his vision do the same full-time job. There may not com County voters, from a range of ages job. It is my hope that we will make a and experience. be a silver bullet for sexual discrimination and backgrounds, signed this initiative. fresh start by electing a new slate from Joy Monjure worked for more than 20 in the workplace, but an elected official I hope that now during this campaign, Whatcom County. Three candidates offer years in Bellingham Public Works; eight who has been around since 1998 should be you will demand that candidates let vot- so much experience and knowledge of years on Everson City Council; two years able to point to how they’ve addressed the ers know how they feel about this im-

CASCADIA WEEKLY the issues and we are fortunate to have as Nooksack Chamber president; owner problem. He won’t get my vote. portant issue. them on the ballot. of Field of Greens farm stand. She knows —Laura Rogers, Bellingham Most problems we face today from 6 Seth Fleetwood was born and raised infrastructure, agriculture, budgets and health care, environment, minimum in Bellingham. He is a lawyer, commer- governance. MONEY OUT OF ELECTIONS wage, predatory lending, stem from too cial fisherman, environmental advocate Please join me in voting for these This spring I was among more than 100 much corporate power. Federal and state and candidate for State Senator; has three qualified Whatcom winners. volunteers in Whatcom County choos- representatives may have an opportunity proven ability to govern while serving —Alice Brown, Birch Bay ing to use our spare time to try passing to vote on the issue of corporate person-

hood in the future and we must know FOOD how they stand. We have the power to shape the fu- Kitchen Paraphenalia 32 ture. Attend one of the many candidate Kid’s Wool Animal Hats forums offered between now and election day, and ask each candidate if a U.S. Huckleberry Jam & Syrup B-BOARD Constitutional Amendment that says cor- ơ porations are not people and money is 26 not the equivalent of speech comes to ͙͝άơ͛ our Legislature, would you support and FILM vote for it. Then, don’t forget to vote,

and vote thoughtfully. Organic Baking Supplies 22 —Debbie Cantrell, Bellingham

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pass for Fast and Furious. The Attorney 41 General has never been held account- 6RQDWD # able for the obfuscation of documents DWWKH that could shed light on this scandal, or 0$<2 those countless murders with American guns that went down south of the border. &/,1,& Clearly, journalists are being criminal- A singular, luminous map of vulnerability, dark landscapes and their immense gifts. ized—members of the press were arrest- CASCADIA WEEKLY ed in Ferguson this year in the name of Thursday, Oct. 16th, 7pm doing their dangerous jobs. Don’t shoot 7 the messenger; an affront to freedom of the press sets a dangerous precedent to- VILLAGE BOOKS ward a trajectory of doom. 1200 11th St., Bellingham —Carole Hunter, Bellingham 360.671.2626 THE GRISTLE

FUSSBUDGET: One thing you must under-

38 stand about the Mayor of Bellingham, Kelli Linville loves to budget. She views FOOD FOOD budgets as a roadmap to good gover- views nance, helping to balance and weight OPINIONS THE GRISTLE municipal projects and priorities, to fore- 32 cast and thereby plan future endeavors, and as a means to provide some trans-

B-BOARD B-BOARD parency and accountability from her office. On a whiteboard on the wall in that

26 office, a budget is always taking shape, with projects aligned in silos arranged by FILM departments and revenue sources. If you BY ALAN RHODES want to know what’s on the mayor’s mind

22 and what the city is doing about it, take a peek at her status board. MUSIC Linville’s career as a budget maven was Reading on the Run cut short in perhaps its ultimate expres-

18 sion, when she briefly chaired the power- BOOK CHOICES OF THE CANDIDATES

ART ful House Ways and Means Committee in the state Legislature. It takes a long time olitical candidates get ham- Taft was elected, Roosevelt reveled in to climb into that position of influence, mered with policy questions, the victory… confident that America 16 and her brief tenure was severed by the P and probably get weary of it. So had chosen the man best suited to ex-

STAGE tea party rebellion of 2010. She had time I bypassed the usual queries about ed- ecute the progressive goals Roosevelt to learn to cut there (and helped close a ucation funding, coal trains, etc., and had championed—to distribute the na- $5.3 billion hole in the state budget, so just asked local candidates what I ask tion’s wealth more equitably, regulate 14 don’t buy the easy talk in this election most people I encounter: “What have the giant corporations and railroads, that state government is feckless and you been reading lately?” Nation’s Challenge, and Dinesh D’Souza’s strengthen the rights of labor, and

GET OUT profligate), but not much else. In the 40th Legislative District, posi- What’s So Great about Christianity? protect the country’s natural resources Similarly, she—like all newly elected tion one, incumbent Kristine Lytton (D) Her opponent, Satpal Sidhu (D), a from private exploitation.”

12 administrators—inherited a city budget is reading Doris Kearns Goodwin’s The daily reader of Indian spiritual litera- Incumbent Doug Ericksen (R) didn’t not entirely of her own making, at a re- Bully Pulpit, a history of Theodore Roo- ture, is also doing some political read- respond to numerous requests for his ally terrible time for municipal budgets, sevelt and the Progressive Era. Noting ing these days, including Catherine recent reading, so I’ll make a recom- WORDS at the bottom of a deep trough when that Roosevelt tried to narrow the gap Shaw’s The Campaign Manager and Drew mendation. Doug, as you know, the both federal and state governments were between the rich and the poor, Lytton Weston’s The Political Brain, a psycho- Legislative Ethics Board is reducing the 10 balancing their bottom lines by shoving comments that since “this gap is be- logical study of the effects of emotions number of free meals legislators may their responsibilities to the local level. coming more of an issue today, we may on people’s voting behaviors. accept from lobbyists. You, of course,

CURRENTS CURRENTS Two years in, and that budget is finally be able to learn something from Teddy.” Over at position two in the 42nd were the chief offender, scarfing up the beginning to take shape as her own. And Lytton’s opponent, Daniel Miller (R) District, incumbent Vincent Buys (R) most free meals from special interest 8 8 the city has sufficiently recovered from doesn’t have a website or much of a says he’s a regular reader of classical groups. Now that you’ll be buying your that hole that the mayor can begin to public presence. Daniel, you were re- literature, nonfiction and Christian own dinners, you might want to pick up VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS think again about how to spend as well as ally hard to track down, and then you apologetics. He recently took time out an Olympia restaurant guide.

4 cut. In the back of Linville’s mind was the didn’t respond to my question, so here’s to attend a weeklong program at the I also asked the four local candi- creation of a two-year, biennial budget a book recommendation: H.G. Wells’ The University of Virginia sponsored by the dates for the two U.S. House of Rep- MAIL MAIL that had long been discussed by council. Invisible Man. The plot has nothing to State Legislative Leaders Foundation resentative seats for their choices.

It’s not a requirement that cities budget do with matters at hand, but the title where four books were required, in- Only Congressman Rick Larsen (D) re- 2 two years out, but it is a useful planning certainly describes your campaign. cluding Thomas Friedman and Michael sponded. He’s been working to pass DO IT IT DO tool, with the second year out continu- In position two of District 40, Jeff Mandelbaum’s That Used To Be Us and the Voting Rights Amendment Act ally tuned to both forecasts and trends. Morris (D), running unopposed, has Plato’s Republic. of 2014 in response to the Supreme “It’s a pleasure to be able to present been reading Fereidoon Sioshansi’s Dis- Education is at the top of the upcom- Court’s unconscionable decision to a true biennial budget to the council,” tributed Generation and its Implications ing legislative agenda, so Buy’s chal- end federal scrutiny of voter registra- 10.08.14 Linville announced as she introduced her for the Utility Industry. This sounds like lenger, Joy Monjure, is reading, among tion requirements in states with his- budget in a special session this week. an eye-glazer to me, but energy and in- other books, Paul Tough’s How Chil- tories of racial discrimination. This .09

41 “Our goal in the last two years was to frastructure are major focuses of Mor- dren Succeed and David C. Berliner and has prompted Larsen to read books on # have spending plans that are balanced. ris’ legislative agenda, so for him this Gene V. Glass’s 50 Myths and Lies That the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights So in ’13 and ’14, that is what we did. might be light pleasure reading. Threaten America’s Public Schools. The Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act, In ’15 and ’16—just to be up-front about Since the virtuosic goofball Jason latter book has impressed Monjure with a list that includes Todd Perdum’s An it—we got pretty close. Overstreet (R) isn’t running again for its evidence that we would be number Idea Whose Time Has Come and Gary “We have balanced the expenditures for position one in the 42nd Legislative one in the world in student test perfor- May’s Bending Toward Justice. the ’15 budget, and out of the $142 mil- District, two non-incumbents are squar- mance if we did only one thing: reduce This seems like a well-read group of

CASCADIA WEEKLYlion in just general fund [expenditures], ing off. Luanne Van Werven (R) identi- childhood poverty. office seekers, but probably no one can we still need to look for $650,000 over fies as a Christian conservative and her Moving on to the senate, challenger outdo the speed reader Theodore Roos- 8 the course of the next two years to have recent reading reflects that: Amity Sh- Seth Fleetwood (D) has also been read- evelt who, even while serving as presi- a truly balanced biennial budget.” laes’ biography Coolidge, Scott Walker’s ing The Bully Pulpit and says he was dent, found time to read three or four Though the mayor provided a snapshot Unintimidated: a Governor’s Story and a especially inspired by the line, “When books every evening! of her budget this week, the details will- consume Bellingham City Council in work VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE sessions throughout the fall.

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MUSIC BY TIM JOHNSON 18 ART 16 09.30.14 STAGE TUESDAY Whatcom County Council accepts the petitions that may create 14 four new watershed improvement districts in the north county. With council’s consent, the creation of special purpose taxing dis- GET OUT tricts for the Drayton, Laurel, Sumas and South Lynden drainage Brightening grim news for the health of Salish Sea, an orca calf surfaces. Born last month, according to researchers on Whidbey Island, the calf was basins will go to rural landowners in ballot measures next year. designated L120 and was the second birth for 23-year-old orca mom L86. The numbers for the Southern Resident population have dropped to 78, the lowest count in a decade, the Center for Whale Research reported. Overall, about half of all orca calves don’t make it through their first year. 12 10.01.14 inally found guilty in 2010 of assaulting his girl- nience store owner as she tried to stop a shoplift- WORDS WEDNESDAY friend. Before the trial started, a juror wanted to er. The owner and her nephew ran after the shop- Gov. Jay Inslee says more needs to be done to prevent and re- be interviewed in private, but on the record. The lifter but he jumped into a waiting SUV. When the 10 spond to oil spills, as trains increasingly move volatile shipments judge agreed. At the time no one objected. Shear- vehicle took off, it hit the nephew and dragged of crude oil through Washington State. The governor received ini- er’s lawyers argued the private interview violated him, causing minor injuries. It also struck and

CURRENTS CURRENTS tial findings from a state study looking into the safety and environ- his right to a public trial saying the judge didn’t killed the owner. Police are still searching for the CURRENTS 10 10 CURRENTS mental risks of oil transport. The draft report recommends making have a good reason to keep that meeting from the alleged shoplifter who stole a beer from the James 8 changes to allow more railroad inspectors and finding more money public. The state Supreme Court agrees and voids Market Thursday night. to bolster the state’s oil spill response and prevention program. As Shearer’s conviction. VIEWS many as 17 trains a week carry crude oil from the Bakken region of 10.06.14 4 North Dakota through the state. A contractor renovating the Whatcom Coun- MONDAY ty Jail has paid nearly $200,000 in back wages MAIL MAIL 10.02.14 owed to 13 workers on the project. In September Ferndale City Council elects to allow pot sales

2011, Whatcom County Council approved a $2 mil- after all. In a 4-3 vote the council lifts the city’s 2 THURSDAY lion contract with the company. The firm was hired temporary ban on marijuana operations, but contin- DO IT IT DO Another politician from western coal bearing states says his to update the electrical and detention systems ues to consider certain restrictions on businesses. state needs the coal pier. Republican Congressman and Senate can- at the jail and county facilities. As a result of an didate Steve Daines visits the Gateway Pacific Coal terminal site at investigation by the state department of Labor & Washington hospitals prep for crisis. Harbor- Cherry Point. Daines brings union and tribal members from Montana Industries, the company agrees to a settlement for view Medical Center in Seattle has volunteered to 10.08.14 with him to support the project. Meanwhile, record grain harvests wages owed in late August. become one of the hospitals willing to consider re- from the midwest rot on rail sidings, pushed out of the market by a ceiving U.S. patients evacuated from West Africa .09

41 glut of oil trains clogging up rail lines to ports. A man who started a pursuit that ended with for treatment of Ebola. The decision follows the # the death of a Whatcom County Sheriff’s deputy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s re- Alert citizens help Bellingham Police catch one of the suspects will spend 22 years in prison for new crimes that quest last week to find hospitals around the coun- in a series of residential burglaries. Police say dozens of tips led also involve high-speed chases with police. Adrian try that could treat citizens who have been on the them to the search of the suspect’s vehicle, which uncovered a pry Sassen Van Elsloo of Bellingham spent four years frontlines of the international crisis. bar similar to one used to force the doors on a number of homes in prison for leading deputies on the pursuit that throughout the city. A woman who was home at the time of one at- killed a deputy in 2001. He was convicted in two 10.07.14 CASCADIA WEEKLY tempted entry is able to identify the suspect. A significant amount more police chases since his release. TUESDAY of stolen property is recovered. Police believe the man is not the 10 only burglar sought in the series, and continue their investigation. 10.04.14 Two people die in an early morning collision on Police credit an active community for their success. SATURDAY Highway 9 near Acme. State troopers say the driver of a Ford pickup tried to avoid a deer in fog and The Washington State Supreme Court rules a Bellingham man did Sedro-Woolley police arrest a 19-year-old who struck a Toyota pickup traveling in the opposite di- not receive his right to a public trial. Gregory Shearer was orig- they say drove the car that fatally struck a conve- rection. The passengers in the Toyota were killed. On Oct. 3, University Police assisted Bell- index FUZZ ingham Police to quiet another loud student party north of campus.

BUZZ 38 On Oct. 3, University Police checked on two

students passed out drunk in front of the FOOD SPECIAL REPORT: Ridgeway Kappa residence. Police found a IN PURSUIT OF HIGHER “large amount of vomit” near them. EDUCATION 32 On Sept. 30, University Police assisted a On Oct. 5, University Police called for help

19-year-old student who was kicked in the to clean vomit and the Ridgeway Sigma B-BOARD head in a crowd surfing incident in the Vi- complex. king Union complex. A 20-year-old also 26 fainted and bumped her head. Police assist- On Oct. 5, University Police called for help ed her, too. to mop vomit and booze at Nash Hall. FILM

On Sept. 26, University Police revved up On Oct. 4, Bellingham Police dragged a 22 their annual party patrol. drunk 26-year-old driver off to jail after

he almost smashed into the rear of a WWU MUSIC On Sept. 26, the University Police party pa- police patrol car.

trol checked on a loud student party north 18 of campus. PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ART On Oct. 6, a Western student was taking On Sept. 26, the University Police party pa- a shower in the Ridgeway Alpha residence 16 trol checked on another loud student party when she saw a male hand holding a camera

north of campus. phone come over the top of the shower cur- STAGE tain. She yelled and the hand immediately $375 On Sept. 26, Bellingham Police called the withdrew. The man fled before the student COST of a Yugoslavia surplus SKS semi-automatic carbine rifle with grenade launcher 14 University Police party patrol for assistance could identify him. and bayonet, offered in Seattle as of Oct. 6, available without background checks with a loud student party south of campus. through Armslist.com.

On Sept. 26, a visitor made staff at the Stu- GET OUT On Sept. 26, a transit bus driver reported a dent Co-Op Bookstore feel uncomfortable. heavily intoxicated student was puking her University Police spoke to him. 70 55 12 guts out in the WTA transit station near Bu- chanan Towers. On Sept. 26, a visitor made people feel un- PROJECTED support for state Initiative PROJECTED support support for state WORDS comfortable near the Viking Union complex. 594, which would expand criminal Initiative 591, a competitive measure background checks for all gun sales in that would prohibit the state from On Sept. 27, the University Police party pa- University Police checked. Same guy as be- 10

Washington, including those between conducting more background checks 10 trol checked on a loud party reported north fore, they said. private individuals, at gun shows and on than the federal government requires, of campus. online marketplaces like Armslist. possibly nullifying I-594. On Sept. 29, University Police checked on a CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS On Sept. 27, the University Police party pa- gent who was whittling just off the trail to trol checked on a loud student party south the Sehome arboretum. 8 of campus. $7.5 $1.1 VIEWS On Sept. 21, University Police scolded deer MILLIONS raised by the Washington MILLIONS raised by Protect Our Gun

On Sept. 27, the University Police party pa- inside the fencing of Wilson Library without Alliance for Gun Responsibility in Rights, the coalition behind the “Yes on 4 trol was back north of campus, checking on student ID. “Deer exited fencing on their support of their “Yes on 594” campaign. I-591.” another loud student party there. own,” police reported. MAIL

2 On Sept. 27, University Police checked on RISE OF THE CONFEDERACY DO IT IT DO reports of drunken students lobbing bottles On Sept. 30, Costco reported having re- 32,351 at passing cars north of campus. ceived 14 counterfeit bills the store had received in the past several weeks. Lincoln FIREARM deaths in the United States in 2013, or about 10.4 per 100,000 On Sept. 27, University Police assisted a stu- and Grant, “denominations of $5 and $50,” population. The number is projected to exceed traffic fatalities in 2015. dent who was so drunk she could not walk. were recovered, Bellingham Police reported. 10.08.14

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On Sept. 28, Bellingham Police broke up a CONDEMNED BY INCHES 41 # loud student party on High Street, north of On Sept. 25, Bellingham Police checked on NUMBER of Americans shot dead daily NUMBER of Americans who go to an campus. more reports of drugs and prostitution out- in domestic incidents, 53 of which are emergency room in the United States side a motel on Samish Way. suicides and one of which is younger each day to receive treatment for than 14. gunshot wounds. On Sept. 30, Bellingham Police cited a student who was staggering around drunk on On Sept. 30, Bellingham Police stood by Bill McDonald Parkway. while another room at the Aloha Motel on 840 Samish Way was tagged and condemned for CASCADIA WEEKLY On Oct. 1, University Police assisted a stu- meth contamination. CHANCE in 10 a gun death that NUMBER of years it would take for gun dent who was too drunk to walk. occurs in one of the world’s 23 richest deaths in Great Britain to equal those in 11 On Oct. 3, a man was arrested after he countries occurs in the United States. the United States in one year. The rate of gun deaths in Britain is just 0.25 per On Oct. 3, University Police assisted Bell- broke into a Samish Way motel room, 100,000 population. ingham Police to quiet a loud student party punched the occupant and stole his heat SOURCES: Armslist.com; Washington State Public Disclosure Commission; Associated Press; north of campus. and eyeglasses. Centers for Disease Control; World Heath Organization. doit WORDS

WED., OCT. 8 38 SECOND CHAPTER: Cokie Roberts’ Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation will FOOD FOOD be the focus at a 2nd Chapter book discussion words group meeting at 2pm at the Bellingham Pub- COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS lic Library, 210 Central Ave. All are welcome. 32 778-7230 THURS., OCT. 9 B-BOARD B-BOARD FICTION WRITING GROUP: Meet other writers who can help you get organized, give feedback, and assist you with your writing 26 a mystery—the awkward new kid with flaming goals at a Fiction Writing Group meeting from 6-8pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. This FILM red hair and bizarre fashion sense. group is open to newcomers and drop-ins and The other kids in their neighborhood take meets the second and fourth Thursday of the an immediate dislike to Eleanor, harassing her 22 month. at every turn. Park is forced to sit next to her 671-2626

MUSIC on the bus, and he’s alternately annoyed and intrigued. While he’d rather pretend she didn’t A HAPPY DEATH: As part of the “Art of Death” events happening through Oct. 10,

18 exist, his schoolmates’ constant taunts get him Caregiving Our Loved Ones author Nanette Davis feeling protective. discusses “A Happy Death: Vision or Night- ART Slowly, very slowly, a friendship develops, and mare?” from 6:30-8pm at Village Books, 1200 then something more. Park introduces Eleanor to 11th St. Entry is free. 16 The Watchmen comics and to his favorite bands. WWW.THEARTOFDEATHBELLINGHAM.WORDPRESS. COM

STAGE He aches to spend time with her, to get to know her better, SAT., OCT. 11 despite the jeers from his sup- DOG TALES: Claydene Lederer brings along 14 posed friends. Eleanor recog- the four-legged subject of her book Warren: nizes Park’s gentle nature, but The True Story of How a Herding Dog Became a Hearing Dog at 11am at Village Books, 1200 GET OUT can’t quite believe her luck. 11th St. Johnson will introduce a new edition His home life seems com- of the book, and Warren will be available for pletely idyllic, and so unlike autographs and pats on the head. 12 12 GET IT her own. Park’s dad is a Viet- WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM HOW: You can nam vet who’s madly in love

WORDS place a hold re- WORDS PEACE CORPS STORIES: Author Marty quest for Eleanor with his Korean hairdresser Trimble shares stories from her “fascinat- & Park by visiting wife. Eleanor’s dad is not in ing, frustrating” years in Gambia and reads 10 www.wcls.org the picture. Instead, she’s liv- from Tubob: Two Years in West Africa with the and searching the ing in a rundown house with Peace Corps at 2pm at the Sudden Valley Adult catalog. an abusive, mercurial step- Center, 98 Barn View. Entry is free. CURRENTS CURRENTS MORE: Or down- WWW.WCLS.ORG load the free father and a passive, code- RAINBOW ROWELL 8 Library Now app pendent mother. She shares SUN., OCT. 12 to your phone, a room with her younger sib- ART OF MOVIES: Making Movies Into Art VIEWS select Whatcom lings, who all cringe in silent author Kevah Askari talks about “Genre and REVIEWED BY CHRISTINE PERKINS County Library Global Hollywood” at 2pm at Whatcom Mu-

4 fear whenever their stepdad is System, and find seum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. The WWU it in the catalog in one of his rages. professor will share highlights of the long MAIL MAIL that way. It’s Eleanor’s few belongings fit afterlives of well-known Hollywood genres available as a

into one shoebox; she doesn’t around the world. Suggested donation is $3. 2 book or as an Eleanor & Park even have batteries to listen WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG audiobook on CD. DO IT IT DO

to the mix tapes Park makes YOUNG LOVE, WITH TWISTS TROY DAVIS BOOK CLUB: As part of World for her. With so much unspoken and unexplain- Day Against the Death Penalty (Oct. 10), able between them, Eleanor worries that there’s participate in a nationwide grassroots Com- igh schools around Whatcom County are hosting Homecoming no way a relationship will work out. munity Book Club discussion of I Am Troy Davis 10.08.14 dances this month, and for some local teenagers it’s the first Scenes in this book are difficult to read. Some with co-author Jen Marlowe at 5pm at Village time they’ve been asked out on a date of the language is raw. There’s a sense of fore- Books, 1200 11th St. Through the hundreds

.09 H of intimate book discussions held across the (or done the asking). boding and menace: someone keeps writing vi- 41 country, it is hoped that Troy’s story and all it # Remember those days? If you’re lucky, you cious slurs on Eleanor’s schoolbooks. And yet— exposes about the criminal justice and death may remember the first time you looked into the interplay between Eleanor and Park seems penalty systems will reach and impact others. someone’s eyes and felt a connection—the so truthful and so accurate to the time period 671-2626 OR WWW.DONKEYSADDLE.ORG and their ages that you’ll want to keep reading. way your heart raced, and the first flutters of MON., OCT. 13 love blooming up in your chest. Author Rain- The description of the first time their hands MONDAY AUTHOR SERIES: As part of a bow Rowell channels these painful yet tender touch is vivid and thrilling. You’ll hope, even seasonal “Monday’s Author” series, local author

CASCADIA WEEKLY moments in her bittersweet young adult novel though it doesn’t seem possible, for a bright fu- Shelli Stevens will read from her romance novel Eleanor & Park. ture for these two special people. Good Girls Gone Plaid at 6pm at Mount Vernon 12 It’s not an ordinary 1980s love story. Eleanor City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. The series— which will feature novelists, poets and nonfic- and Park are an unlikely pair of misfits, not the Christine Perkins is Executive Director of the What- tion writers—will continue on select Mondays sort to talk to one another, much less fall in love. Park’s the nice kid, com County Library System. Perkins reviews fic- through the fall and winter. Entry is free. part Korean, obsessed with comics and new wave music. He’s content to tion for Library Journal and loves discussing books WWW.MOUNTVERNONWA.GOV keep a low profile and listen to the Smiths on his Walkman. Eleanor is each month with friends in two local book clubs. doit

WILD & WILDERNESS: Authors Melissa Hart (Wild Within: How Rescuing Owls Inspired a Family)

and Ana Maria Spagna (Potluck: Community on the Edge of Wilderness) share stories from their respec- 38 tive tomes at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. FOOD FOOD WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their verse as part of Poetrynight can sign up at 32 7:30pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Readings start at 8pm. B-BOARD B-BOARD 778-7230 OR WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG TUES., OCT. 14 26 FERNDALE BOOK GROUP: Join the Ferndale Library Book Group to discuss Carol Cassella’s The FILM Healer at 7pm at the new Ferndale Library, 2125 Main St. All adults are welcome. As part of World Day Against the Death Penalty,

WWW.WCLS.ORG take part in a nationwide community book club 22 discussion with I Am Troy Davis co-author Jen WED., OCT. 15 Marlowe Oct. 12 at Village Books MUSIC OPEN MIC: Share prose, poetry and music at an Open Mic Night from 6-8:30pm in the lobby of

the Sudden Valley YWCA at the Creekside Cafe, 8 Logging Show Grounds, 3295 Cedarville Rd. The 18 Barnview Court. Signups begin at 6pm. Bavarian-style fundraiser for busted-up loggers ART WWW.WCLS.ORG includes live music from Sylvia’s German Variety Band and the Polkatones, dancers, a Swiss Alphorn COLD BEER t GREAT FOOD THURS., OCT. 16 blowing contest, dancing, German food and drink, Corner Pub 16 TIMBER ROSE: Historian and author Janet Oakley a beer garden, free RV parking, and more. Tickets Meatloaf Monday shares her latest novel, Timber Rose, at a Brown are $10-$12 and include a beer stein. Taco Tuesday STAGE Bag presentation and reading at 12:30pm at What- (360) 592-3051 OR is Open! com Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St. The WWW.DEMINGLOGGINGSHOW.COM Wing Wednesday 14 Whatcom County-based story takes place in 1907, Live Music ursdays $2 Pints of Rainier Beer “when women climbed mountains in skirts and SAT., OCT. 11 $ 50 loggers fought for the eight-hour day.” A book sale BINGO NIGHT: Help out Whatcom Day Academy & Some Saturdays 4 Gizzards on ursday GET OUT and signing will follow. Suggested donation is $3. at a “Bingo Night!” fundraiser from 4-6pm at the All music starts at 7:30PM with Live Music WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Bloedel Donovan Community Room, 2214 Electric Ave. Bingo ($1 each), a raffle, prizes and family- Breakfast Sunday, 10am 12 12 MOONLIGHT SONATA: Nora Gallagher reads friendly activities will be part of the benefit. from Moonlight Sonata at the Mayo Clinic at 7pm WWW.WHATCOMDAY.ORG Fancy Pants Happy Hour WORDS at Village Books, 1200 11th St. The memoir is 12-6pm Specials on WORDS based on the author’s experience with a baffling OCT. 11-12 Microbrews & Cocktail List illness poised to take her sight. WESNIP GARAGE SALE: Artwork, garden ac- TH October 11 10 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM cessories, housewares, collectibles, furniture, 1/3 Pound Certiﬁed Angus kid’s stuff exercise and sports equipment, plants, TH 100 Percent Ground seasonal goods, a bake sale and a “man cave” will 44 St. Blues Band Chuck Burgers COMMUNITY be for sale at WeSNiP’s “Not Your Average Garage Fish & CIJQTtRibs CURRENTS Sale” from 9am-4pm Saturday and Sunday at Open 11-9 Monday thru Wednesday Pan Fried Oysters 8 OCT. 8-10 Bakerview Nursery, 945 E. Bakerview Rd. 11-10 ursday thru Saturday ART OF DEATH: Learn more about “The Art WWW.WESNIP.ORG Broasted Chicken!!

10-9 Sunday VIEWS of Death” at a variety of venues in Bellingham Best Drink Prices through Oct. 10. Remaining events—meant to shift SUN., OCT. 12 Always open later if everyone is having a good time!

14565 Allen West Ro Bow, W in the Valley! 4 the way our community looks at death and end-of- PICKETT HOUSE TOUR: Check out the oldest BEt "t life choices—include presentations, a juried art house in Washington State still in its original MAIL MAIL exhibit, a film festival, music, author readings, a location at the monthly Open House from 1-4pm Ancient Greek playwright

book sale and more. Most events are free. See a at the Pickett House, 910 Bancroft St. The Sec-

Sophocles wrote 2 complete schedule at the website listed here. ond Sunday tours are offered by Daughters of the hundreds of plays. WWW.THEARTOFDEATHBELLINGHAM.WORDPRESS.COM Pioneers of Washington. Entry is by donation. iDiOM Theater presents Only seven have survived DO IT IT DO

WWW.WAPIONEERDAUGHTERS.ORG the millennia. THURS., OCT. 9 THESE SEVEN SICKNESSES LASTING LEGACY: Author and historian Karen TUES., OCT. 14 distills all seven surviving Meador presents “A Lasting Legacy: The Fort CO-OP TALK: Jim Ashby and Holly O’Neil will plpyays into one e pic show.

Steilacoom to Fort Bellingham Military Road” at share their insights at a “Starting a Co-op #3: 4.5 hours, w/two intermissions 10.08.14 7:30pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Opening the Doors” presentation at 6:30pm TRAGEDY Dinner and dessert served

Prospect St. Suggested donation to the Whatcom at the Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest COMEDY .09

County Historical Society event is $3. St. This session is the third in a series of three DEATH Reserve your tickets by 41 # MAYHEM donating to our WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG classes designed by the Co-op Member Affairs Kickstarter! Committee to support the creation of co-ops in ONE BIG-HEARTED www.kickstarter.com/ MOON WARS: Brad Snowder of Spanel Plan- Whatcom County. Entry is $8. PRODUCTION projects/idiom-theater/the-pj sophocles-projecppjt etarium at WWU leads a “Moon Wars” presenta- 734-8158 OR WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP tion at 7pm at the Ferndale Library, 2125 Main St. The free event features high resolution photos THURS., OCT. 16 and unusual scientific details about each of the PATAGONIA INSIGHTS: Patagonia’s Vincent

planets and some of their moons. Stanley will be joined by Yvon Chouinard, the CASCADIA WEEKLY WWW.WCLS.ORG outdoor company’s founder, to recount how Patagonia has made it work progressively 13 OCT. 10-11 more responsible at a Sustainable Connections DEMING OKTOBERFEST: The 32nd annual “Speaker Series” presentation from 4-7pm at the iDiOM Theater Deming Logging Show Oktoberfest takes place Squalicum Boathouse. Entry is $40-$45. 1418 Cornwall Ave from 12pm Friday to 1am Saturday at the Deming WWW.SUSTAINABLECONNECTIONS.ORG www.idiomtheater.com To avoid parking hassles on Marine Drive, we parked at Centennial Park ($2 per day), high up on the hill, and walked 15 minutes to the beach through a forested park and

ravine. At lookout points along the way we 38 could see Orcas Island, Saturna Island, and FOOD FOOD outside Birch Bay glistening across the expanse. HIKING RUNNING CYCLING A concrete marker halfway between White Rock and Blaine delineates the internation- 32 al boundary, and on extremely low tides you can walk all the way to the marker—a

B-BOARD B-BOARD mile—before you hit the water. Keep going, though, and you’ll need a passport and a good explanation! 26 As we walked to Marine Drive through the

FILM verdant forest, we could hear the sounds of the city. It’s an easy walk, but the chal-

22 lenging part is hiking back up the hill af- terward. (Still, it sure beat spending a half

MUSIC -hour waiting for parking.) The Marine Drive promenade is a gor-

18 geous place on a sunny day and chances are you’ll be sharing it with joggers, walkers, ART friends and families who meander along its 2.2 kilometers (just a little more than a 16 mile) at any time of day.

STAGE We headed for the actual white rock for which the city is named, a 486-ton glacial deposit that kids love to climb and that 14 14 wears a coat of white paint courtesy of the city. This part of White Rock is known as GET OUT GET OUT West Beach and across from the promenade shops and restaurants are sandwiched together, side by side. 12 If you’re a shopper, you’ll love the selec- tion of made-in-Canada gifts, hats, swim- WORDS suits, apparel and novelties. If you’re looking for a meal and it’s a beautiful day, you 10 may wish you’d called ahead for a reserva- tion. The patio tables are in high demand when the sun comes out, beckoning pass- CURRENTS CURRENTS ers-by to stop for a leisurely meal with lots 8 of people-watching potential. Keep walking and eventually you’ll reach VIEWS STORY AND PHOTOS BY LAUREN KRAMER East Beach, passing, along the way, the two

4 totem poles at Lions Lookout Park. Created by Haida artist Robert Davidson, they cele- MAIL MAIL brate the homelands of the Semiahmoo First

Nation, a Coast Salish subgroup whose 312-

2 Border Crossing acre reserve is located between the bound- DO IT IT DO

WHITE ROCK WANDERINGS ary of White Rock, the Canada/United States border and Peace Arch Provincial Park. f you’re after a gentle seaside walk, some browsing in gift shops, a large If the tide is out, prepare to be wowed gelato and a good lunch, White Rock is unlikely to disappoint. by the vast expanse of sand and crescent- 10.08.14 I The seaside city of 20,000, which is be located directly across from shaped tidal pools. Like Birch Bay, White Blaine and Birch Bay, has grown significantly in the last century. Back in 1909, Rock’s beach is a playground for shell hunt- .09 when its railroad was laid, the community was 400 strong, but White Rock’s ers, kayakers, skimboarders, kiteboarders 41 # hilly neighborhoods and charming view have transformed it into a bustling and folks just enjoying the breeze and hang- place where parking can be hard to find, particularly on weekends. That’s when ing out. But unlike its American neighbor visitors flock to Marine Drive for the gorgeous walk along the promenade and across the pond, it throbs with people, ac- a stroll along the historic pier, built in 1914. tivity, music and energy. This is a seaside To find out more about White Rock’s history, we visited the city’s museum, community with a vibrant pulse and a very located in what was once the railway station. Passenger travel by rail ended different feel to that just five minutes’ drive

CASCADIA WEEKLY in 1971 when commuters’ preference for cars made it virtually redundant. The away in the United States. That difference is building that once witnessed brisk ticket sales is now the museum and ar- hard to describe, but you know it’s there the 14 chives, home to rotating exhibitions and paraphernalia from the old station. moment you cross the border into Canada. When we visited, during a balmy late-September morning, we drifted through an exhibit about the romances that have been ignited on White Rock’s beachfront If you go, visit www.tourismwhiterock.com and the weddings that have resulted. Wedding gowns were displayed inside glass for more information or call the visitor center cases and the couples’ stories made a fun read. at (604) 536-4951 doit THURS., OCT. 9 VOCANO HISTORY: Retired WCC geologist Doug McKeever will speak on behalf of the Mt. Baker

Volcano Research Center at a “Mt. Baker Eruption 38 History and Hazards: The Active Volcano in Our Backyard” presentation at 7pm at the Lynden FOOD Library, 216 4th St. He’ll reprise the talk Oct. 18 at the Deming Library and Oct. 21 at the Ferndale Library. 32 WWW.WCLS.ORG

FRI., OCT. 10 Become an armchair adventurer when Marie Eaton B-BOARD WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and adventurers can leads a Travelogue Series presentation focused on join Wild Whatcom Walks for “Wild Things” excur- “The Galapagos!” Oct. 16 at Whatcom Museum’s 26 sions from 9:30-11am every Friday in October at Old City Hall the Stimpson Family Nature Reserve. Entry is by FILM donation. GHOST WALK: Purchase tickets in advance WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG for the “Concrete Ghost Walk,” which kicks off

tonight at 6pm at the Concrete Theatre, 45920 22 BAYVIEW BIRTHDAY: “Bayview Cemetery’s Main St. Learn about the characters and events 125th Anniversary” will be the focus of a tour at that have shaped the spirited community, hear MUSIC 1pm at Bayview Cemetery, 1420 Woburn St. Entry from local residents (living and otherwise) and to the excursion is free, but participants need to enjoy a tour along the haunts of Main Street.

register in advance. The event takes place every Saturday in October. 18 778-7150 OR WWW.BAYVIEWCEMETERY.COM Entry is $10. ART WWW.CONCRETE-THEATRE.COM GHOST HUNT CLASS: Two of Bellingham

Observers of the Odd and Obscure’s (BOOO) lead SHOOT THE TRAILS: Attend the fourth annual 16 paranormal investigators will lead a “Ghost Hunt “Shoot the Trails Awards” at 7pm at the Depot

Class” tonight from 7pm-12am in some of Belling- Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. The Whatcom STAGE ham’s most intriguing haunts (the location will Mountain Bike Coalition fundraiser features be revealed upon registration). Entry is $50, and videos and photographs, a huge prize raffle, beer, 14 includes an introduction into the world of ghost wine and more. Entry is $15. 14 hunting and a real-life investigation. Additional WWW.WMBCMTB.ORG classes happen Oct. 17 and 24. GET OUT WWW.GHOSTHUNTCLASS.WIX.COM SUN., OCT. 12 GET OUT BAKER LAKE CLEANUP: Join RE Sources, NCI, OCT. 10-11 the United States Forest Service, and the North GORE & LORE TOURS: Bellingham’s scariest sto- Sound Baykeeper team from 9am-5pm for the 12 ries and real-life horrors can be experienced when first-ever Trash Cleanup at Baker Lake. Registra-

the Good Time Girls host their infamous spooky tion is required, and a limited number of canoes WORDS “Gore & Lore” history tours at 6pm Friday and will be supplied on a first-come, first-served Saturday at the Bureau of Historical Investigation basis. If enough volunteers sign up, they’ll be (217 W. Holly St.) and 6pm Friday at Sycamore split into small groups in order to patrol the 10 Square (12th and Harris). Entry is $15 per person; 10-mile-long lake. tours happen through October. 733-8307 OR WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG

WWW.THEBUREAUBELLINGHAM.COM CURRENTS PADDLE FOR FOOD RELAY: Paddlers of all kinds 8 SAT., OCT. 11 of watercraft can take part in the ninth annual EVERYDAY SUPERHEROES RUN: A group of St. Paddle for Food Relay starting at 10am at the

Joseph Medical Center nurses raising funds to help swim area at Lake Padden, 4882 Samish Way. Food VIEWS other hospital caregivers in times of need will host and monetary donations will go to the Bellingham the “Everyday Superheroes” 5K Run/Walk starting Food Bank. Prizes, refreshments and other good- 4 at 10am at Zuanich Point Park. After the race, ies will follow the race. there’ll be cash prizes for race and costume contest 739-2257 OR WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM MAIL winners, food, music and more. Entry is $20-$25.

2 WWW.BEHINDTHECROSS.ORG WED., OCT. 15 ALMOST ABLAZE: Teton Gravity Research makes DO IT IT DO BAND AID RUN: Help raise funds for the Mount a stop in Bellingham to show their latest ski Vernon High School Band at an “MVHS Band Aid” and snowboard film, Almost Ablaze, at 7:30pm at Fun Run and Walk starting at 10am at Skagit the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Valley Community College, 2405 E. College Way. Tickets to view the global odyssey are $6-$14.

Entry is $20-$35. P.S. TGR sponsors will be on hand to give out a 10.08.14 WWW.MVBANDS.ORG ton of prizes. WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM .09

RE SOURCES WORK PARTY: Join RE Sources 41 # for an annual Work Party from 10am-12pm along THURS., OCT. 16 Little Squalicum Creek (meet in the lower parking BEE CARE: Longtime beekeeper Valerie Wade lot at Bellingham Technical College). Attendees focuses on “Orchard Mason Bee Care” at a will weed and mulch; tools, gloves, snacks and presentation from 6:30-8pm at the Community water will be provided. Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. Wade will discuss WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG lifestyle, housing and predators, as well as give a demo with live, hibernating bees. Entry is $7.

BEAUTY OF BERTHUSEN: A “Beauty of Berthu- 734-8158 OR WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP CASCADIA WEEKLY sen: A Mushroom Sanctuary” presentation begins at 3pm at the Everson Library, 104 Kirsch Dr. THE GALAPAGOS: Marie Eaton focuses on “The 15 You’ll come away with a greater appreciation of Galapagos!” at a Travelogue Series presentation this enchanted old-growth lowland forest. Entry at 7pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 is free. Front St. Suggested donation is $3. WWW.WCLS.ORG 778-7000 OR WWW.COB.ORG cast member Matthew Kennedy continues. “And they are. These are some of the great- est stories ever written, and they’ve had a long, long journey in getting here.”

Although they had started rehearsals, 38 menu planning, costuming, physical train-

FOOD FOOD G ing and more when the video was shot in sta e August, in the week before opening Hergen- THEATER DANCE PROFILES hahn-Zhao admitted that things have got- 32 ten progressively more crazy. “It is seven times more work than we

B-BOARD B-BOARD thought it would be,” he says. “We didn’t have any illusions about this being easy, but the amount of rehearsal each play needs 26 begins to add up, so our final week is much

FILM BY AMY KEPFERLE more daunting than usual.” However, Hergenhahn-Zhao is confident

22 the capable cast and crew will “reel in” all the various elements, and hopes that

MUSIC These Seven Sicknesses patrons of the arts do their part by filling the seats. He notes that marathon plays

18 EPIC ENTERTAINMENT AT IDIOM THEATER such as These Seven Sicknesses are popular on the East Coast, ART and says longer theatrical experiences such as 16 16 these can make for last-

STAGE ing memories. STAGE “There is something about that drawn-out 14 experience that makes the evening more than

GET OUT ATTEND a play,” Hergenhahn- WHAT: These Zhao says. “It feels like Seven Sicknesses an event in your life. 12 WHEN: 6:30pm Oct. 9-11, 16-18 And with these stories and 24-26; Nov. in particular—these sto- WORDS 1-2 ries that interweave and WHERE: iDiOM connect, stories from

10 Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. before any major religion COST: $25; was founded, before any includes dinner indoor theater existed, CURRENTS CURRENTS and dessert when stories were be- 8 INFO: www. ing told on stage for the idiomtheater. com or kick first time—seeing them VIEWS starter.com together feels epic in the

4 best possible way.” In short, audiences who show up to MAIL MAIL view the interlocking stories of Sopho-

cles’ Oedipus Cycle and Golden Bow Series 2 will be treated to a rare night of theater. DO IT IT DO

Hergenhahn-Zhao says playwright Sean Graney has done an amazing job distilling each play down to a half-hour show without losing any of the magic. And, while 10.08.14 many of the works deal with the offing of PHOTO BY GLENN APOLLO HERGENHAHN-ZHAO BY PHOTO at least one major character, there’s also .09 hen looking at iDiOM Theater’s upcoming production of These Seven cision to ask the community for help in plenty of humor to be found among the 41 # Sicknesses (TS7), the numbers start to add up. pulling it off. death and drama. W First off, those who attend the four-and-a-half-hour theatrical “We were drawn to this project largely When asked what he thinks Sophocles spectacle opening Thurs., Oct. 9—which includes two 30-minute breaks for din- because of how epic it is,” director Glenn would say if he could see all of his surviving ner and dessert—should know they’ll be viewing the seven remaining works by Hergenhahn-Zhao says to the camera. plays in one big night of theater, Hergen- Sophocles, the Greek playwright who, approximately 2,500 years ago, wrote an “It’s epic in just about every way that hahn-Zhao says he’s pretty sure he would estimated 100 plays. a show can be epic. It has a huge cast, be horrified.

CASCADIA WEEKLY Another important equation regarding TS7 is the number of dollars the Belling- it has over 50 costume pieces. It has “I am sure we are committing all sorts of ham-based theater has left to raise in their Kickstarter campaign. At press time, original songs, a band, singing, bloody sacrilege,” he says. “That said, it is out of 16 they’d received more than $6,000 of their $8,500 goal, with a deadline of Mon., deaths, fight choreography, special ef- love and respect for these stories that we Oct. 13 to seal the deal. (If you’re on the fence about contributing, be aware that fects… It’s just a big, big show.” reenact them, and with a sacred responsi- a $25 donation gets you a ticket to the show.) “But the spectacle of a show wouldn’t bility that we are invoking something an- A quick look at the explanatory and entertaining video on iDiOM’s Kickstarter be worth it to anyone if the characters, cient from the roots of our own history and page makes it clear this is no ordinary theatrical undertaking—thus their de- and the stories, weren’t epic as well,” from the dawn of theater.” doit

STAGE ORGINAL COMEDY NIGHT: The Skagit-Mount Vernon Kiwanis present the annual “Original

WED., OCT. 8 Comedy Night” fundraiser at 8pm at Mount Ver- 38 COMEDY AT THE SHOE: If you like sipping on non’s Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. Comedians cocktails and laughing uproariously, attend the Adam Norwest, Corey Michaelis, and Tyler Boeh FOOD FOOD weekly “Shoe Me the Funny” comedy showcase will perform. Tickets are $20. starting at 9pm every Wednesday at the Ranch WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG Room at the Horseshoe Cafe, 113 E. Holly St. 32 The event features six comedians vying for SUN., OCT. 12 your vote, a highlighted comedian, host Mike WORKLIGHT COMEDY SHOW: A booked Cramblett, and chances to win platters of cheesy opening act and a headliner will be part of the B-BOARD B-BOARD fries. Entry is free. monthly “Worklight Comedy Show” at 9pm at WWW.FACEBOOK.COM the Swillery Whiskey Bar, 118 W. Holly St. In

between, there’ll be an open mic for those who’d 26 THURS., OCT. 9 like to try their hand at standup comedy.

GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the Bad 393-4847 FILM and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick MON., OCT. 13

around for the “Project.” Entry is $4-$7. GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open mic for come- 22 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM dians, “Guffawingham!,” takes place at 9:30pm

every Monday at the Green Frog, 1015 N. State Hosted By MUSIC OCT. 9-12 St. Entry is free. CHARLIE BROWN: Snoopy, Linus, Lucy and the WWW.ACOUSTICTAVERN.COM 18 rest of the cartoon crew will make appearances .

when You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown shows for WED., OCT. 15 ART the final weekend at 7:30pm Thursday through VAUDEVILLINGHAM: The Bellingham Circus Jasmine C lemenson Saturday, and 2pm Sunday, at the Bellingham Guild hosts its monthly “Vaudevillingham” 16 16 Theatre Guild, 1600 H St. Tickets to the musical variety show fundraiser at 7pm and 9pm perfor- Dive into Smithsonian Folkways recordings to explore music from around are $8-$14. mances at the Cirque Lab, 1401 6th St., suite STAGE

the world. Learn about artists, cultures and traditions of the regions, and STAGE WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD.COM #102. Entry to see the shows—which consist of stories behind the styles of music that touch the heart and soul of various countries and eras. acts from both BCG performers and community THE SOUND OF MUSIC: The hills will come members—is a suggested $5-$10. 14 alive when the Lynden Performing Arts Guild WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM 5 Sundays at pm concludes its run of performances of The Sound of Music this week with shows at 7:30pm

THURS., OCT. 16 GET OUT Wednesday through Saturday, and 2pm Sunday, COMEDY OPEN MIC: A “Comedy Open Mic” hap- on 91.7 ksvr 90.1 ksvu & 91.9 ksju at the Claire vg Thomas Theatre at the town’s pens from 7-9pm on the first and third Thursdays Listen to our live audio stream ksvr.org Find us on Facebook

Dutch Village Mall, 655 Front St. Tickets are of the month at Western Washington University’s 12 $8-$12. Underground Coffeehouse in the Viking Union. WWW.CLAIREVGTHEATRE.COM Entry is free and open to the public. Show up at 6:30pm to sign up. WORDS ANYTHING GOES: Stowaways, mistaken iden- WWW.WWU.EDU

tity and hilarity will all make appearances when 10 the Tony Award-winning musical Anything Goes TOPICS? Anything! continues this weekend with shows at 7:30pm Sports, cooking, music, interviews, his- Thursday through Saturday, and 2pm Sunday, at DANCE Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 M Ave. Entry tory, issues, comedy, hobbies, whatever CURRENTS you decide! For complete details, see: is $20 and additional showings happen weekends THURS., OCT. 9 8 through Oct. 25. FOLK DANCE: Join the Fourth Corner Folk WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM Dancers to learn lively folk dances from Eastern www.cob.org/accessbellingham VIEWS Europe, Greece, Turkey, and Israel from 7:15- OCT. 10-11 10pm every Thursday at the Fairhaven Library, 4 HELLINGHAM: Help figure out whodunnit 1117 12th St. Suggested donation is $5; students when the perennially popular improvised murder and first-timers are free. Three easy steps to submit videos: MAIL mystery known as “Hellingham” returns to the (360) 380-0456

stage for 8pm and 10pm shows every Friday and &UHDWH\RXUYLGHR 2 Saturday through October at the Upfront The- FRI., OCT. 10 )LOORXWDQGVLJQWKHVXEPLWWDOIRUP

atre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets to view the comedic DANCE PARTY: A mix of swing, Latin and ball- IT DO

carnage are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. room will be highlighted and danced to with an %ULQJWKHIRUP\RXU,'DQGWKHYLGHRILOHWR&LW\ WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM introductory lesson at the weekly Friday Night +DOO)LUVWFRPHILUVWDLUHG Dance Party from 7:30-10pm at the Bellingham SAT., OCT. 11 Dance Company, 1705 N. State St. Admission 3URJUDPGURSRIIKRXUVDP²SP0²) 10.08.14 ROCKY HORROR AUDITIONS: Those 18 and is $5-$7. %HOOLQJKDP&LW\+DOO/RWWLH6WUHHW older can audition to take part in the live-action WWW.BELLINGHAMDANCECOMPANY.COM

retelling of the Rocky Horror Picture Show from .09 41

2-4:30pm at the Encore Room at the Mount Baker SAT., OCT. 11 # Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Performances CONTRA DANCE: W.B. Reid and Bonnie Zahnow happen alongside the film Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at the will provide live tunes at the Bellingham Country MBT. See the website for audition particulars. Dance Society’s bimonthly Contra Dance from WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM 7-10:30pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. Singles and beginners are welcome. Sug- THE COMIC STRIPPERS: A troupe of semi- gested donation is $8-$10. clothed improvisers will bring on the laughs WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE.ORG

when the “Comic Strippers” perform at 8pm at CASCADIA WEEKLY Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College SALSA NIGHT: Join Rumba Northwest for “Salsa Way. The fictitious male stripper troupe is Night” starting at 9pm every Saturday at Cafe 17 comprised of some of Canada’s best improvisa- Rumba, 1430 N. State St. After an introductory tional comedians. Tickets to the 21-and-over lesson, attendees can dance to the a mix of show are $25. Latin rhythms. Entry to the all-ages event is $4. Access Bellingham LVYLHZDEOH6XQGD\QLJKWVIURP WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG WWW.RUMBANORTHWEST.COM SPWRPLGQLJKWRQ&RPFDVW&KDQQHODQGRQWKH ZHEDWZZZEWYOLYHVWUHDPFRERUJ doit

UPCOMING EVENTS

38 THURS., OCT. 9 CRAFTSMEN INSIGHT: Larry Metcalf,

FOOD FOOD past president of the Northwest Designer Craftsmen and Lifetime Achievement Award visual Winner, presents insights into the “North- 32 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES west Designer Craftsmen at 60” exhibit at a presentation from 10am-12pm at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St.

B-BOARD B-BOARD Entry is free. WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG BY AMY KEPFERLE is the direct result of shared creative energies. 26 OCT. 10-11 Apparently, Bland first noticed Kornberg’s work at FIBERS & BEYOND: The Whatcom Weavers FILM an exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Center in 2009. Al- Guild presents its annual “Fibers & Beyond” Madonna Comix though they weren’t in close proximity to each other— Show and Sale from 5-9pm Friday and 10am- 4pm Saturday at Hampton Inn’s Fox Hall,

22 Bland lives in New York State, and Kornberg is one of a handful of residents on Puget Sound’s Obstruction 3985 Bennett Dr. In addition to the works on DIANNE KORNBERG’S CANNY COLLABORATIONS display, there’ll be demos, refreshments and

MUSIC Island—they spent the next three years exchanging more. Entry and parking is free. many emails and phone calls to create Madonna Comix. WWW.WHATCOMWEAVERSGUILD.ORG 18 18 18 In all that time, they met in person only once. “I wrote these poems in short lines and with some ART OF DEATH: Talk to artists about how ART ART sense of the many roles women play; pregnant and their work relates to the theme of death scared, birthing and scared, mothering and resent- and dying at an opening reception for “The 16 Art of Death” exhibit from 6-10pm Friday at ful, joyous, bored and self-abnegating,” Bland says the Majestic, 1027 N. Forest St. In addition

STAGE in a press release for the fine art book. “A woman to the art, there’ll be poetry by Matthew who fell at the foot of the cross beneath the corpse Brouwer, a dance presentation, a choir per- of her son in a dead faint. A formance by the Threshold Singers, a wine 14 woman pressed into service as social, info tables and more. Entry is $15. People can view the work from 10am-9pm a suicide bomber. A vending ma- Saturday, as well (entry is free).

GET OUT chine for babies. A figure of ma- WWW.THEARTOFDEATHBELLINGHAM. ternal longing and infinite pity.” WORDPRESS.COM “In working out a visual re- 12 OCT. 10-12 sponse, I considered the tissue of PHOTO CONFERENCE: “Transfixed/Trans- SEE IT illusions [Bland] had created— media” will be the theme of a Photographic WORDS WHAT: “Dianne reverent, secular—and, to use Conference happening Friday through Sunday Kornberg: Ma- Celia’s adjective, the ‘smart-al- at Western Washington University. Partici-

10 donna Comix and pants from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Other Collabora- ecky’ nature of some of the text,” Washington, and Wyoming will convene to tions” Kornberg says. “I became drawn discuss and exhibit works and techniques WHEN: 10am-4pm to the idea of a comic strip.”

CURRENTS CURRENTS exploring the ever-expanding definitions of Mon.-Fri., 10am- While cultural images of the photography. The event features speakers,

8 8pm Wed., 12-4pm Virgin Mary focused on “women students, practitioners, theorists, and histo- Sat., through rians who are actively pushing the boundar- “She did it only once and that Nov. 22 as physical, sexual, maternal, VIEWS ies of the medium Entry is $10 per day. was a Eucharistic moment, WHERE: Western sacrificial and spiritual beings” WWW.NORTHWEST.SPENATIONAL.ORG Gallery, WWU 4 the apotheosis of grace, may not be what comes to mind as if her womb were lined campus when one thinks of what can SAT., OCT. 11

MAIL MAIL COST: Entry is with communion wafers…” be gleaned from a comic strip, AUTUMN ARTS FESTIVAL: Immaculate free and open to Conception Regional School will host and

—From Celia Bland’s “Education of the Virgin” those paging through the book

2 the public Autumn Arts Festival from 9am-4pm in INFO: www. or perusing the 26 related prints Mount Vernon at the Saint Joseph Center,

DO IT IT DO westerngallery. ot long ago, we were in the middle of a Cascadia Weekly staff on display at Western Gallery 215 N. 15th St. Handcrafted and sewn items, wwu.edu meeting when a large package, addressed to me, was delivered will soon see that following the jewelry, home decorations, activities for ------to the office. rules isn’t the main objective of kids, a beer and bratwurst garden, pony N WHAT: Walking rides, live entertainment and more will be I’m not a patient person when it comes to unwrapping gifts, so instead tour, lecture and the series.

10.08.14 available. Entry is free. of waiting until we’d finished up the business at hand, I not-so-surrepti- book signing with First of all, the images aren’t WWW.ICRS.WEB.ORG tiously began to tear at the layers of packaging. Dianne Kornberg presented in a typical comic book .09 Inside, after I’d pulled it out of a cardboard box and rescued it from thick WHEN: 12-2pm format. Photographs have been 41 GREEN EILEEN POP-UP: Check out a Pop-

# Sun., Oct. 12 layers of bubble wrap, I found a copy of Dianne Kornberg’s Madonna Comix. digitally reassembled, and Photo- up Shop with Green Eileen from 12-4pm at WHERE: Western Ragfinery, 1421 N. Forest St. Close to 500 de- At first glance, I could tell it was no ordinary book. In fact—as I dis- Gallery shop tools have turned Kornberg signer garments—recycled by upscale cloth- covered when the meeting came to a close and I was able to inspect my COST: Free into a painter. Add in incorpora- ing brand Eileen Fisher—will be on display copy in a more thorough manner—it wasn’t so much a book as it was an tions from Little Lulu comics, and on sale for a fraction of their original expansive work of art. excerpts from Bland’s poems and other graphic ele- prices. Attendees can also learn about the At 18 inches tall and nearly a foot wide, the printed version of Madonna ments, and the result is both thought-provoking and local and national organizations benefiting from the Green Eileen recycling program. CASCADIA WEEKLY Comix is a sight to behold. The photo-based series of 26 large-scale archival eye-catching. pigment prints is a collaboration between Kornberg and poet Celia Bland, When Kornberg visits Bellingham to talk about her WWW.GREENEILEEN.ORG OR WWW.RAGFINERY.COM 18 and the works by both the artist and the wordsmith are allowed to shine. work Sun., Oct. 12 at Western Gallery, those who are Much as she did when she collaborated with Montreal Danse for part interested in purchasing the provocative works of ART TALK: Featured artist Tom Dolese will of her “Field Notes” exhibit at Western Washington University’s Western art can do so via copies of Madonna Comix. If you’re be on hand to talk to visitors about his Gallery in 2008, Madonna Comix—which is showing alongside a variety of planning on taking it home, however, be aware of its woodwork and show new items from 2-4pm Kornberg’s other creative collaborations through Nov. 22 at the gallery— size; the ideas are big, and so is the book. doit

at Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. Painter November at Casa Que Pasa, 1415 Railroad Ave.

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her work. 38 WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM CHUCKANUT BREWERY: Ann Chaikin will show

her paintings through Oct. 11 at Chuckanut FOOD QUILT MUSEUM OPENING: An opening recep- Brewery & Kitchen, 601 W. Holly St. tion for “Elin Noble: Vox Stellarum” and Grace WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM

Hawley’s “Hawaiian Quilting: Traditions Con- 32 tinue” takes place from 4-8pm at the La Conner CITY HALL: A multi-artist exhibit dubbed “A Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St. The Celebration of Trees” is on display through Nov.

artists will be on hand to discuss their works, 14 at Bellingham City Hall, 210 Lottie St. B-BOARD and tours happen throughout the day. WWW.COB.ORG WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.ORG FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contempo- 26 MATZKE OPENING: An opening reception and rary folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm every potluck for “Green Art” takes place from 5-9pm Mon.-Fri. at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. FILM at Camano Island’s Matzke Gallery and Sculpture 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM Park, 2345 Blanche Way. The multi-artist 22 exhibit—which features the four artists featured GOOD EARTH: “Spooky Ceramics” will be on in the book Trees, Leaves and Roots, and others— display through October at Good Earth Pottery, shows through Nov. 9. 1000 Harris Ave. MUSIC WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM 18 18 18 OCT. 11-12 JANSEN ART CENTER: Whatcom Artist Studio ART WHATCOM ARTIST STUDIO TOUR: More than Tour artists are currently exhibiting their work ART 50 artists working in 10 different forms of at at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. A

media will open their creative spaces to the Fall Community Exhibit is also on display 16 public for the 20th annual Whatcom Artist Stu- WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG

dio Tour happening from 10am-5pm Saturday STAGE and Sunday throughout Whatcom County. Entry LUCIA DOUGLAS: View E.V. Wick’s “Land and Giuseppe Verdi to the self-guided tour is free. Plan your route Sea” exhibit on display through Nov. 15 at the

online, or pick up a map at businesses through- Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. Currently, 14 out the county. the show is open by appointment only. WWW.STUDIOTOUR.NET WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM GET OUT MON., OCT. 13 MAKE.SHIFT: View “Bellingham is Burning,” FABRIC WORKSHOP: “Choosing the Right featuring Bellingham concert posters by Art

Fabric for Your Project” will be the focus of a Chantry through Oct. 31 at Make.Shift Art Space, 12 workshop with Renee Sherrer at 6pm at Rag- 306 Flora St. Chantry will be in town for an Art- finery, 1421 N. Forest St. Entry is $30; please ist Q&A Sat., Oct. 25. WORDS register in advance. WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM AIDA WWW.RAGFINERY.COM

MONA: “Accreted Terrane” and “To Be Alone 10 TUES., OCT. 14 Together” show through Jan. 4 at La Conner’s HOW IT’S MADE: Carver and teacher Scott Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. Entry NOVEMBER 7,9,14,16

Jensen will share his knowledge of the history is free. MCINTYRE HALL Tickets: $25-59 CURRENTS and art of the native people from the northwest WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG coast and give a demo of indigenous-style CELEBRATE Join us for a gala dinner LEARN Free lecture 45 minutes prior 8 carving tools at a “How It’s Made” presentation SCOTT MILO GALLERY: View a new collection on opening night, $75. to each performance.

at 6:30pm at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, 321 of fall still-life color p photographs by Randy VIEWS Front St. Dana through Nov. 4 in Anacortes at the Scott TICKETS: MCINTYREHALL.ORG 1-866-624-6897

WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave. SKAGITOPERA.ORG 4 WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM

OCT. 16-18 MAIL CRAFT & ANTIQUE SHOW: More than 100 arti- SEIFERT & JONES: View images by Grant

sans and antique vendors will show and sell their Gunderson, one of the ski industry’s most 2 wares at the 25th annual “Lynden Craft & Antique dedicated photographers, through December at DO IT IT DO Show” from 10am-8pm Thursday and Friday, and Seifert & Jones Wine Merchants, 19 Prospect St. 10am-5pm Saturday, at the NW Washington Fair- WWW.SJWINEMERCHANTS.COM grounds, 1775 Front St. Entry is $5-$6. WWW.LYNDENCRAFTANTIQUESHOW.COM SKAGIT MUSEUM: View “125 Years of Wash-

ington’s Quilts” through Nov. 16 at La Conner’s 10.08.14 Skagit County Museum, 501 S. 4th St. WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM

ONGOING EXHIBITS .09 41 ALLIED ARTS: “Of Fish & Feathers” shows SMITH & VALLEE: Acrylic paintings and # through Oct. 31 at Allied Arts Gallery, 1418 sculptures by Skagit Valley artist John Robbins Cornwall Ave. show through Oct. 26 at Edison’s Smith & Vallee WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM ANCHOR ART SPACE: Peruse “Flow Chart: Surge” through Oct. 19 in Anacortes at Anchor WHATCOM MUSEUM: “The Art of Genre: Post- Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave. The site-specific ers from Hollywood’s Golden Age,” “Reaching CASCADIA WEEKLY installation was created by Joe Page. Beyond: Northwest Designer Craftsmen at 60,” WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG “Peak of Their Professions: The Murrow Broth- 19 ers,” and “Big Cameras, Big Trees: Darius Kinsey CASA QUE PASA: Twenty never-before-exhibit- at Large in the Woods” can currently be viewed ed works from Charles “Bonesy” Jones—who died on the Whatcom Museum campus. in 2005—will be on display through October and WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Other issues could be as important as private property rights No other issue could be as important as private property rights THE GRISTLE Whatcom Democrats endorsed CHARTING THE Whatcom Republicans endorsed 3 THREE DISTRICT MONTE: Every county in Washing-

ton State was originally stamped from the same

38 template, but the Legislature in the middle of the John K. 38 last century decided to allow counties, if they chose Richard May Munson Linda Cain FOOD FOOD to do so, to craft their own structures of govern- CHARTER Blaine Planning Food Bank Board Strongly Supports FOOD Commission Member Coal Port ment through a “home rule” charter. Whatcom was Save Whatcom endorsed the second county to do so, in 1978 adopting the ? 32 32 elected council, elected executive structure that District King County had selected a decade earlier. A provi- REVIEW sion of the Whatcom Charter is that it is periodically B-BOARD B-BOARD reviewed by an elected commission of citizens. The Wes Jon Yvonne B-BOARD commission may propose updates to better reflect Chris Kentch Mutchler Goldsmith Former Mayor of changing models of modern governance. Johnson Nick Evans Former School Ferndale City

26 Ferndale 26 Labor Organizer Farming Advocate Teacher Council With a full deck of citizens representing a diversity ? of viewpoints and issues, we might say they fall into ? FILM two broad categories in 2014—those who believe the The Rules FILM - language and construction of the charter may be al- 2 1. Five commissioners elected from each voting district . tered to give their viewpoints and issues advantage in ( 22 5 22 an election; and those who oppose the idea of trying 2. Only voters from each district can vote for Eileen Karl to game outcomes through redistricting or partition- John Lesow Sobjack Uppiano

MUSIC commissioners in that district MUSIC 5

ing in order to achieve advantage. A third category Former Planning ( Supports District Constitutional

. are those who just enjoy public service or consider 3. Fifteen top vote-getters elected from a ﬁeld of 50 Commissioner 2 Ralph Black Only Voting Originalist

- Wild Card ? 18 this a first step toward seeking higher office. 18 Since the very idea of trying to tweak the county ART charter to game outcomes strikes the Gristle as radi- ART cal, we’ve avoided distributing candidates along the

16 standard left/right divide. Indeed, one might under- 16 stand the candidates who occupy the lefty zone of KEY Rebecca

STAGE our diagram as the true conservatives, people who STAGE Stan Kate 2 recognize representative democracy works pretty Boonstra Matt Weeda well in Whatcom County and who express an ethos Snapp Blystone East County Libertarian Chet Dow Former Council Former County Community Outdoors Whatcom 14 of “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” This group seeks Leans Leans 14 Member Planner Council Enthusiast Republican Chair the broadest inclusion of voices in our representa- progressive, progressive, ? ? tive democracy. non-aligned aligned

GET OUT Land-use decisions motivate those candidates at GET OUT

the edges of our diagram—those who think a tweak District of the charter here might eliminate certain land-use Larry 12 outcomes (like a coal port), or a tweak there might Leans Leans Judd Bob Sherry Nicholas Ben 12 guarantee them. conservatives, conservative, Morse Bandarra Nelson Libertarian Cliff Langley Elenbaas The political Right has fallen into two nasty habits non-aligned aligned WORDS Supports Strong Lynden Parks Supports the Arts, Outdoors Former Sheriff’s Planning WORDS in recent years: - Representation Commissioner Recreation Enthusiast Deputy Commissioner 2 . ? ? The first is a trend that, rather than craft a mes- ( 5 10 10 sage for broad popular appeal, the electorate itself Wild Card

should be carved down into narrower and narrower

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tranches in the search for plurality in an artificially . 2 about these -

CURRENTS CURRENTS divided society: If only enough of Bellingham could candidates CURRENTS be completely silenced and eliminated from Whatcom Susan Atul Bob Joe Elenbaas Branden 8 County, why, a particular sort of Whatcom County Favors district-only voting Gribbin Deshmane Johnson Ken Bell Former Brink 8 Housing Authority Renewable Energy Former County Planning Charter Review Campaigner for might flourish! This, while Bellingham represents Opposes district-only voting Board Member Producer Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Overstreet, Buys VIEWS nearly half the county’s population and holds a slice ? ? VIEWS in all three districts. Yet this is the essence of what ? Agnostic on district-only voting

4 prompts many to run for the Charter Review Commis- 4 sion this year, a thirst for “district-only” voting after

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The second is a habit of speaking in code phrases Green Party endorsed -

2 2 2 understood only by the inner circle. The code phrase . Tom ( in this election is “reinstating equal representation Nancy Orphalee 5

DO IT IT DO Barbara Todd IT DO for Whatcom County voters.” When the code-talkers Walstrom Smith Larry 1 Metcalf

Ryan Donovan Former Save Whatcom Helm Kevin

say it, what they really mean is “district-only voting.” Supports Former City Political Science 5

Bob Hall Charter Review Treasurer Former State Park ( Byford

It’s a nonsensical code phrase, because each Community .

Council Member Scholar Retired Teacher Commissioner of Rights Superintendent 2 Wild Card Bill - county voting district is already by law divided into ? of Rights

10.08.14 roughly equal proportions of representative popula- 10.08.14 tion. It is a deeply deceptive code phrase, because ? what “district-only” voting means is you would not .09 .09

Dick District

41 be allowed to vote for two-thirds of the people who 41

# Alie Thomas # will represent you on Whatcom County Council. Bob Burr Donahue Walker Stuen Bruce Former It was tried once before, after the last charter PUD Opposes District Civil Rights Clawson Charter Review review, and voters hated it. Got rid of it at the Commission Only Voting Attorney Financial Analyst Commissioner earliest opportunity. Candidate ? As one candidate notes, “The scope of county ? business is not limited to a narrow geographic - Stoney 2 demographic; it affects us all and its design should . Kent S. ( be decided by us all.” Bird Eli 5 CASCADIA WEEKLY Delaine CASCADIA WEEKLY What we have now is an admirable balance: Supports Mackiewicz Michele Murray Strongly Supports Clizbe

District-only in the primary election; countywide in Community No Party Politics Stelovich Tony

20 Rights District Only Tea Party 5 21

in Non-Partisan Supports District ( Wallace

the general election. Voting Enthusiast .

Initiative Races Only Voting 2 Wild Card What this mans in practice is candidates might - ? ? occasionally have to meet and speak to people with whom they disagree, yet must still represent. And in our view, that’s a healthy thing for democracy. Rumor Has It

REMEMBER A COUPLE of weeks ago when I 38 talked about the Shakedown expanding its op-

FOOD FOOD erations to open an auxiliary bar (with more pinball!) next door and call it Shakey’s? music Well, that’s not going to happen. 32 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT Oh sure, the Shakedown still plans to open their wee side bar—they’re just not going to

B-BOARD B-BOARD be calling it Shakey’s. Did you know that the Shakey’s pizza chain still exists? I did when I was in seventh grade 26 and had my birthday party at the Shakey’s in

FILM Lynnwood (it was a classy affair), where Grant BY CAREY ROSS Pavolka gave me the self-titled Tiffany album

22 on cassette and told me I would “be in love”

after listening to it. That was pretty much MUSIC MUSIC

MUSIC the last time I thought of either Tiffany or A Wild Week for the Wild Buffalo Shakey’s Pizza (Grant Pavolka is alive and well

18 and living in New York), but at least

ART WHERE’S MY ONESIE AT? one of them con- chronological order? tinues to exist and 16 You might be wondering what all this talk doesn’t want the

STAGE of children’s nightwear is all about—if not, Shakedown using its your ticket is likely bought and your onesie name (no word on prepped in anticipation—and although I can how the prestigious 14 tell you the what of this situation, I’m still jewelry retailer feels unclear as to the why. The “what” in ques- about the appropri- BY CAREY ROSS GET OUT tion is actually a “who,” the Polish Ambassa- ation of their name dor (TPA), a DJ and electronic musician who by someone most famous for singing in malls, hails from California. His real name is David which seems like the real injustice here). 12 Sugalski, and while he may come from a long So, down with Shakey’s (their pepperoni al- line of distinguished Sugalskis, performing ways tasted funny to me anyway) and long WORDS under the moniker Polish Ambassador can live the Racket! hardly be considered a bad idea. After fielding many downright awful sugges- 10 Since 2005, TPA has been layering sound tions from the peanut gallery the Shakedown’s in his distinctive way, garnering more and owners call their friends (why Hollie Huthman more attention, drawing larger and larger and Marty Watson refuse to name at least one CURRENTS CURRENTS crowds and being invited to play bigger of their bars after me will forever be a mystery), 8 and bigger festivals. The EDM explosion of they’ve settled on the Racket as it is in keep- recent years has helped TPA to come into ing with the theme they established by naming VIEWS his own, and his habit of always perform- their first venture the Shakedown.

4 ing in a neon jumpsuit—sourced for $3.99 Now that they’ve got the name squared from a Chicago thrift store—has caused away—again—I guess all that’s left is to reno- MAIL MAIL him to stand out in an increasingly crowd- vate the space and open the place. Needless to

ed field, and caused his ever-growing fan say, it’ll take a minute but they’re working on it. 2 base to embrace and emulate his distinctive Like an entertainment zombie rising from the DO IT IT DO

sense of style. From there, it would seem grave to give those other entertainment zom- that the leap from jumpsuit to onesie is a bies of Black Eyes and Neckties a run for their THE POLISH AMBASSADOR natural one—in the same way that deciding musical money on Halloween is the return of to eschew your standard uniform of jeans Hedwig and the Angry Inch to the Redlight. 10.08.14 ecause Bellingham is a place where the venues are, for the most and T-shirts for your pajamas is a standard Ever since that fateful day when local musi- part, not defined by the genre of music that can be found inside, progression. In other words, it makes sense, cian Spencer Willows became acquainted with .09 it can make for some random rosters of musical talent—and very but only if you don’t think about it too hard. the “slip of a girly boy from communist East 41

# B often does. Near as I can tell, the devolution from Berlin” who would become an “internationally Take any random length of time, say, the span of this issue of Cascadia daywear to what is traditionally considered ignored song stylist” as embodied by John Cam- Weekly, and choose a venue, in this case, the Wild Buffalo (although de- sleepwear took place a little more than a eron Mitchell, his fancy has been well and truly pending on the week in question, you can play this game with any bar/ year ago when TPA dubbed a string of dates captured. A couple of years ago, complete with brewery/place that offers live music several nights a week), and you’re likely the “Getting Funky in Your Onesie” tour. maybe the single most amazing makeup job I’ve to come away with the idea it’s a place in the throes of an identity crisis. People came in costume and did as directed, ever seen on a human in this town, Spencer

CASCADIA WEEKLY I suppose there are other ways to characterize a several-day period that and now half the fun of a TPA show comes did not just dress up as Hedwig for an ador- begins with grown adults donning onesies and closes out with a jam from watching grown adults dress like chil- ing crowd at the Redlight, he became Hedwig. 22 band that’s been around longer than some of the people in the audience dren and dance with abandon. You’ll have If you happened to forgo the amazing event the watching it, and if such things are signs of mental breakdown, well, your chance to dance/watch/don your best first time, don’t sleep on its second coming. that’s probably to the benefit of us all. I prefer to look at this particular onesie or jumpsuit when TPA plays Thurs., Because for one night only, Spencer will put on run of shows as a musical lifecycle of sorts—haven’t most of us gradu- Oct. 9 at the Buffalo. some makeup, turn up the tape deck and pull ated from footie pajamas to appreciating the elders among us in similar Just a couple of days after the Polish Am- the wig down on his head. Don’t miss it. musicevents BUFFALO, FROM PAGE 22 OCT. 8-12 bassador packs up his beats and his neon LYNDEN MUSIC FESTIVAL: Adam Thomas, Adrian Clarke, Blues Union, jumpsuit for his next pajama party, Carbon 38 the Mcallisters, the Mike Allen Quintet, Leaf will take the stage with their Celtic-

Polecat, Swil Kanim, and others will FOOD inspired, bluegrass-infused music and their perform during the sixth annual “Claire high-energy stage show. Despite a shifting de Lune” Lynden Music Festival hap- lineup, the band has been around in some pening Oct. 8-12 at a variety of venues, 32 form since 1992, and recently became one including the Jansen Art Center, Lynden Pioneer Museum, Dutch Village Mall, of an ever-growing number of music makers

Claire vg Thomas Theatre, and more. B-BOARD who have foregone traditional label sup- Ticket prices vary. port—in their case end- WWW.LYNDENMUSICFESTIVAL.COM

ing a longish relationship 26 with Vanguard Records— FRI., OCT. 10

BONFIRES & BRATS: As part of Octo- FILM in favor of self-releasing ber’s “Bonfires & Brats” series, listen their work to fans via the to music by Coty Hogue from 6-8pm at 22 22 internet. Fans have prov- BelleWood Acres, 6140 Guide Meridian. en receptive to Carbon Entry is free. MUSIC ATTEND Leaf’s approach, readily WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM MUSIC WHAT: The Pol- donating to the band’s THE BAREFOOT MOVEMENT: Traditional ish Ambassador, 18 Carbon Leaf, crowdfunding efforts. bluegrass and modern Americana-pop can Leftover Salmon Even with their embrace be heard when the Barefoot Movement ART WHEN: Thurs.- of new technology to dis- performs at 7:30pm at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way. Sun., Oct. 9-12 tribute their music, Car- 16 Tickets are $25. WHERE: Wild bon Leaf knows the only Buffalo, 208 W. WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG STAGE Holly St. way to make certain their COST: $15-$22 music is heard is to show POPA CHUBBY: Ted Horowitz—also known as “Popa Chubby”—performs at INFO: www. up and play it for people 14 wildbuffalo.net live. And so that’s what 7:30pm at Mount Vernon’s Lincoln The- atre, 712 S. First St. Tickets are $30. they’ll do Sat., Oct. 11 at

WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG GET OUT the Wild Buffalo. Even though Bellingham is not exactly HARVEY WAINAPEL: Attend a CD uncharted territory for Leftover Salmon Release Concert for acclaimed jazz 12 (making this not exactly the first time I’ve saxophonist Harvey Wainapel’s Amigos Brasileiros, Vol. 2 at 8pm at the BAAY written about the legendary jam band), the Theater, 1059 N. State St. Tickets are WORDS fact that I’m talking about them now in $15-$20. reference to an upcoming show here comes WWW.HARVJAZZ.COM OR WWW.BAAY.ORG 10 as a bit of a surprise. After all, this is the band that, after spending 15 years pretty SAT., OCT. 11 CASPAR BABYPANTS: Kids ages 6 CURRENTS CURRENTS much ruling the jam band circuit, weather- and younger can bring their parents

ing lineup changes and countless miles on to a Caspar Babypants performance at 8 the road, decided to retire in 2004. 10:30am at Bellingham Technical Col- lege’s Settelemyer Family Hall. Tickets to However, in music, retirement is always VIEWS more like “retirement,” and for Leftover the performance—which celebrates 40

years of BTC’s Child and Family Studies 4 Salmon this was certainly the case. They re- Department—are $10-$12 per family.

united briefly in 2007, playing just six con- WWW.BTCFAMILY.EVENTBRITE.COM MAIL certs worth of their nimble, free-flowing, self-described “polyethnic Cajun slamgrass” SUN., OCT. 12 2 for audiences that were as receptive and ea- SWING CONNECTION: Listen to the big DO IT

band sounds of the Swing Connection ger as ever. They continued to tease their from 1-4pm at BelleWood Acres, 6140 fans during the intervening years, slowly Guide Meridian. Entry is free; donations adding to the number of shows they were are accepted. WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM

willing to play and even releasing an album 10.08.14 in 2012. These days, Leftover Salmon is back WHATCOM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: for real, and they’ve officially added Little “Romance at the Piano” will be the theme .09 41

Feat’s Bill Payne to the band. Their Sun., of a Whatcom Symphony Orchestra con- # Oct. 12 show at the Buff was announced cert at 3pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, only recently, but I have no doubt tickets 104 N. Commercial St. Pianist Spencer are moving fast. Myer will be the featured performer. Tickets are $13-$39. So, to recap what we’ve learned here: ran- WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM domness is good, even if it kind of looks like an identity crisis; I don’t care what anyone MON., OCT. 13 says, onesies are weird when worn by full- REGGAE NIGHT: DJ Yogoman (Jordan CASCADIA WEEKLY Rain) hosts a week “Old School Reggae grown adults; and the career of a jam band 23 Night” gathering from 9pm-1am every is much like one of their songs—just when Monday at the Majestic, 1027 N. Forest you think it’s over, it roars back to life again. St. In addition to the music, drinks and Perhaps not the most valuable lessons life food are also available. Entry is $3. has to teach us, but, then again, the useful WWW.FACEBOOK.COM stuff isn’t nearly as much fun. musicvenues 38 See below for venue

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Knut Bell and the 360s 44th St. Blues Band

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Mary McPage and the 16 Edison Inn Piano Night Bow Diddlers Assassins

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Make.Shift 16 Plains, more STAGE Old World Deli Vic Cano 14

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Royal Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke, DJ Karaoke, DJ Partyrock 12 WORDS Rumors Leveled Throwback Thursday DJ Postal, DJ Shortwave DJ Enz Karaoke w/Zach Funk Tuesday 10

The Shakedown Heavy Rotation Godhunter, Sorxe, more Defenestrator, Asema, more Tom Waits Night Aireeoke CURRENTS CURRENTS Cash'd Out (Showroom),

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fection with each other. This is as central 38 to the film as the idea of suicide. Wiig’s

FOOD FOOD ability to let sorrow settle into her eyes Film and, like a tear, just hang there, gets a workout here. Hader’s gift of mood-shift-

32 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› SHOWTIMES ing, flipping through emotions like pages of a book he barely finds interesting, car-

B-BOARD B-BOARD ries one scene after another. Twins is serious about its subject. Yet

Hader’s truly inspired lip-sync of Star- 26 26 ship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” is FILM FILM funny without being frivolous. The twins grew up in the 1980s, and the music from

22 that time frames their lives. The fact that Maggie still lives in their

MUSIC hometown, somewhere in the bucolic Hudson Valley, is not accidental either,

18 and wonderfully shot by director of photography Reed Morano, by the way. The ART subtext is that they must untangle the past before they can move forward. 16 Milo is gay, but like

STAGE everything else about the film, the way it factors in is unexpect- 14 ed. There are flash- backs that show Milo

GET OUT and Maggie playing dress up as children. The way she care- 12 WATCH WHAT: Showings fully applies lipstick of Skeleton Twins on her dress-wearing WORDS w/director Craig brother suggests ac- Johnson ceptance by the fam-

10 WHEN: Fri.-Sat., Oct. 10-11 ily wasn’t among his WHERE: Pickford issues. Milo’s stop by Film Center, 1318 the local bookshop CURRENTS CURRENTS Bay St. owned by his former 8 COST: $7.25-$50 English teacher Rich REVIEWED BY BETSY SHARKEY INFO: www.pickfordfilmcenter. (Ty Burrell) begins to VIEWS org for tickets and give us the shape and

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ne song kept playing through my mind as I watched The Skeleton Twins, an plass, still in the midst of finding himself. birth-control pills are hidden in a drawer introspective indie drama starring the very exciting post-Saturday Night Live Skeleton Twins is all grown up, though and Maggie’s getting in over her head O Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader as siblings damaged by their father’s death. Maggie (Wiig) and Milo (Hader) are defi- with her hunky scuba-diving instructor “Suicide Is Painless,” the Johnny Mandel classic that was MASH’s indelible and ironic nitely cases of arrested development, Billy (Boyd Holbrook). 10.08.14 musical anchor, is very much the sensibility that director Craig Johnson confers on their emotional growth stunted by Dad’s On one level, Maggie and Milo keep his film—emotionally authentic, atypical in the way it looks at suicide and its ripple death in vastly different ways. circling around the idea that perhaps, .09 effects. As the film opens, they are both con- like their dad, it would just be easier to 41 # “It brings on many changes…” templating their own methods of acting end it all rather than deal with the dif- Deftly weaving humor and sweetness in with the pathos, Johnson and Mark Hey- out that lethal legacy. It’s a provocative ficulties of reality. But on another level, man’s screenplay won the coveted Waldo Salt screenwriting award at the Sundance way to establish the point that the twins they are as engaged in figuring out if— Film Festival in January. have been floundering in life for a long and how—they can repair their damaged But it is what Hader and Wiig do with the words that make this one of the better mov- time. Milo comes closer to succeeding at relationship. ies to come along this year. The pair, who specialized in over-the-top nonsense on SNL, ending it all. His inability to cope with Twins are bound more tightly than most

CASCADIA WEEKLY till the terrifying terrain of adults who lost their father to suicide when they were young his downward spiral as a failing actor in siblings, and time and again Johnson with such eloquent grace that it speaks volumes about the depth of their talent. Los Angeles puts him in the hospital. The uses that bond to break down the idea 26 It would be a loss if comedy were to lose them entirely, and from the look of their call from the nurse means the handful of of living versus not, loving versus not. future commitments there is nothing to fear, but The Skeleton Twins makes you glad pills Maggie has will go back in the bottle The question is whether, like the Mandel they’re taking on life’s weightier issues too. for now. song, Milo and Maggie can “take or leave” For Johnson, it’s an impressive step up from his first feature, True Adolescents (2009), The crisis serves to reconnect them af- suicide as they please. The Skeleton Twins which caught the filmmaker, as well as the movie’s main character, played by Mark Du- ter a decades-long estrangement. answers it beautifully. CHUCKANUT BREWERY

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GET OUT comes a giant human pinata in Al- exander unwittingly brings a curse down A exander and the Terrible, Horrible, upon his family, sending the movie swerv- No Good, Very Bad Day, a passable, toler- ing abruptly into semi-supernatural Freaky 12 able, not unbearable, totally inoffensive Friday territory. adaptation of Judith Viorst’s beloved 1972 Various crises ensue: Dangerous levels WORDS children’s book. Made to exacting Disney of cough syrup and permanent ink are specifications, this is the sort of busily ingested, and copious amounts of snot, 10 contrived, one-damned-thing-after-an- vomit and urine are discharged. Before other farce where cars are smashed and long, the Coopers are facing several thou- Dad gets set on fire, but it all goes down sand dollars’ worth of property damage CURRENTS CURRENTS with a spoonful of sugar and a cheery and future therapy bills, as well as grim 8 string of studio tie-ins—it’s PG-rated sa- expressions of disapproval from numer- dism with a smile. ous authority figures, including Mom’s VIEWS “I think I’ll move to Australia,” Al- ultra-demanding boss, sister Emily’s snip-

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enbould) into a full-blown Oz enthusiast, spotted coming a mile away, and not just while later integrating a few well-trained because the movie opens—in that point- marsupials into the otherwise all-human less way that so many movies do nowa- ensemble. Indeed, one of the major blows days—at the end of the story rather than 10.08.14 Alexander Cooper suffers over the course the beginning. of his terrible, horrible, etc. day is that One of the charms of the original book .09 he misses his chance to do a school report was that it just allowed stuff to happen, 41 # on his favorite continent. He also wakes rather than turning life into a series of TH up with bubble gum in his hair, becomes carefully premeditated Rube Goldberg tor- a social-media laughingstock (kids these ture scenarios. Even better, Viorst didn’t PM days), and learns that his preadolescent feel the need to lift Alexander’s spirits, crush and his best friend are ditching his recognizing that bad moods come and go, upcoming birthday party. and most kids just need time and space to

CASCADIA WEEKLY Clearly recognizing that a straight- recover. Omitting that sort of pushy uplift Tetongravity.com/BhamAblaze forward adaptation would yield barely here, of course, would be as unthinkable 28 enough material for a short (like HBO’s as leaving out the Disney logo, and the half-hour 1990 animated version), Lieber final reels come packed with optimistic and director Miguel Arteta shift the fo- life lessons, restoring an atmosphere of cus onto the boy’s parents and siblings, forced cheer en route to an unreservedly all of whom seem to be enjoying life much happy ending.

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whom he seems to actively despise, for rea- ART sons not immediately made clear. The Judge “I wish I liked you more,” Judge Palmer 16 snarls at Hank. ROBERT VS. ROBERT The judge does have his reasons: he’s STAGE just lost his wife of many years, the origi-

nal reason for Hank’s return to the small 14 he Judge, a stirring courtroom hometown he long ago left in the rearview drama of family and legal entan- mirror. Judge Palmer is also evidently suf- GET OUT T glements, makes for an excellent fering from memory loss, possibly indicat- reminder of the dramatic talents of Robert ing the start of dementia or other debili- Recreational Cannabis Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall. tating disease. 12 As rapacious Chicago lawyer Hank Palm- These are hard days for the Palmer fami- All 21 Welcome er, who specializes in getting wrist slaps ly, and they become all the more so when a + WORDS for wealthy clients (“Innocent people can’t man the judge had reason to wish dead is No Card Needed

afford me”), Downey is the antithesis of run over and killed on a dark country road 10 Atticus Finch, Gregory Peck’s noble lawyer and damage and bloodstains on Judge in To Kill a Mockingbird, a movie that reso- Palmer’s 1971 damaged Cadillac Seville nates within this one. Duvall was in that match the crime-scene evidence. CURRENTS Located between 1962 courtroom classic and he’s the title Long considered a pillar of legal righ- OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 8 Boomer's and McKay's star of this film, playing Hank’s estranged teousness in his community, Judge Palmer M-Sat 9:30-9, Sun 10:30-7 1240 E. Maple St, father Judge Joseph Palmer. now must decide whether to use his son’s (360) 778-2357 Suite 103 Bellingham, WA VIEWS

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The courtroom is a familiar setting for courtroom procedural with extra family 10.08.14 Downey, who has played lawyers in several pathos, but it’s got a third person with

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Beal. He could have easily just phoned this kin, who is better known for comedies # one in, relying on his whip-smart banter (or such as Wedding Crashers and Fred Claus. “verbal vomit” as Vera Farmiga’s romanti- A quick study on drama, he brings an eye cally inclined character Samantha calls it). for detail and small comic touches to the But it’s clear Downey wants to remind us film, which unfolds as a satisfying saga of a that he’s got more going for him as an actor quest for personal and familial salvation— than the heroic antics of his Iron Man and and maybe also for awards consideration. Sherlock Holmes blockbuster franchises. The Judge is bathed in so much golden CASCADIA WEEKLY Duvall may also have been anxious to light, it’s as if Dobkin and cinematogra- 29 sink his teeth into a role that really chal- pher Janusz Kaminski were cutting their lenges him. Hank Palmer may not be imme- Oscar highlights reel right in the camera. diately likeable, but Judge Palmer is down- But such moments are perhaps needed in a right nasty—especially toward Hank, the film with so many closed doors and shad- one son of his three (the others are played owed hearts. film ›› showing this week

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WORDS River), and so much more. +++++ (Unrated) Pratt the coveted honor of being my movie-star boy- their place to live. Their only solution: live separately (R • 1 hr. 43 min.) friend, a spot that has been held by Robert Downey until they can find a place together, which redefines Dracula Untold: Maybe this movie should take a Jr. for an unprecedented number of years. +++++ their relationship in surprising new ways. +++++ The Trip to Italy: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon 10 cue from its title and take whatever is “untold” about (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 1 min.) (R • 1 hr. 38 min.) reprise their roles from The Trip, this time eating and Dracula and leave it that way. What more could we wisecracking their way across Italy. Expect gorgeous possibly want to know? + (PG-13 • 1 hr. 32 min.) The Judge: See review previous page. +++ (R • 2 The Maze Runner: Another week, another YA scenery, mouthwatering food porn and hilarious

CURRENTS CURRENTS hrs. 22 min.) adaptation hits the big screen. This time it’s in a celebrity impressions that come fast and furious. The Equalizer: Sure, he’s one of the finest actors post-apocalyptic future where teens battle death in ++++ (Unrated • 1 hr. 48 min.) 8 of our time and can turn in powerful performances Kill the Messenger: During the 1980s, investiga- a controlled environment, which isn’t anything at all chock full of emotional nuance, but when Denzel tive journalist Gary Webb (as portrayed by the always- like that one other YA mega-franchise. +++ (PG-13 •

VIEWS Washington decides to kick ass all over the silver mesmerizing Jeremy Renner) exposed evidence that 1 hr. 54 min.) screen, there’s nothing quite like it. +++ (R • 2 the C.I.A. and the Contras played a significant role in 4 hrs. 12 min.) creating the crack epidemic in inner-city Los Angeles. My Old Lady: I don’t even care what this movie is For his efforts, he was made a pariah by the govern- about because it stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie MAIL MAIL Gone Girl: Although it is doubtful that anyone ment and the newspaper industry. Trouble is, he was Smith, and Kevin Kline and it takes place in Paris, and will ever replace the Coen brothers as the direc- right. ++++ (R • 1 hr. 52 min.) that’s endorsement enough for me. +++ (PG-13 • 1

2 tors nearest and dearest to my heart, David Fincher hr. 47 min.) is amassing a filmography I could have a serious Left Behind: Bad Nicolas Cage movies could easily DO IT IT DO dalliance with. And this adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s be their own movie genre, and this one, having to do The Skeleton Twins: See review previous page. ++ chilling bestseller starring Ben Affleck isn’t exactly with the folks who are, as the title says, left behind +++ (R • 1 hr. 28 min.) Showtimes doing anything to cool my ardor. +++++ (R • 2 hrs. after some Rapture-like event, appears to be one bad Regal and AMC theaters, please see 25 min.) Nic flick. + (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 30 min.) This is Where I Leave You: Based on the best- www.fandango.com.

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35 only problem is, those words were actually written BY ROB BREZSNY by country singer Dolly Parton, not by Adams. Don’t PEP get fooled by a comparable case of mistaken identity, PER Virgo. Be on the alert for unwarranted substitutions

38 and problematic switcheroos. Be a staunch fact- FREEWILL checker. Insist on verification. FOOD FOOD SISTERS LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I am naughtiest of COOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX SINCE 1988 ASTROLOGY all,” wrote poet Emily Dickinson in a playful letter 32 to Maggie Maher, dated October 1882. In accordance 32 with the astrological omens, I authorize you to let Open Nightly Except Monday 1055 N State St B’ham 671-3414 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Situation #1: If you that same declaration fly frequently from your own meet resistance or doubt, say this: “Ha! This diversion lips in the coming week. Feel free to invoke other B-BOARD B-BOARD B-BOARD can’t slow me down, because I am in possession of variations on the theme of naughtiness, as well: an invisible magical sword!” And then brandish a few “I am exploring the frontiers of naughtiness,” for charismatic swipes of your sword to prove that you example, or “You need to be naughtier” (said to a 26 mean business. Situation #2: If angst and worry are person you’d like to get naughty with), or “Being preventing your allies from synchronizing their assets naughty is my current spiritual practice.” FILM with yours, say this: “Begone, dread! For with the power of my wicked crazy songs, I am the destroyer SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “There’s a way not of fear.” And then sing your wicked crazy songs. to be broken that takes brokenness to find it,” writes 22 Situation #3: If you’re finding it hard to discern the Naomi Shihab Nye in her poem “Cinco de Mayo.” I difference between useless, ugly monsters and useful, suspect this describes your situation right now. The MUSIC beautiful monsters, say this: “I am a useful, beautiful bad news is that you are feeling a bit broken. The good monster!” Your kind will flock to your side. news is that this is a special kind of brokenness—a brokenness that contains a valuable secret you have 18 TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In her poem “Advice never been ready to learn before now. Allow yourself to

ART to Myself,” Louise Erdrich speaks of the human heart feel the full intensity of the brokenness, and you will as “that place you don’t even think of cleaning out. discover a way to never be broken like this again. That closet stuffed with savage mementos.” I invite 16 you to use her observations as a prod, Taurus. Now SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In a competi- is an excellent time to purge the savage mementos tive game show on Japanese TV, 13 people had slabs STAGE from your heart, and clean the whole place up as best of meat tied to their foreheads. They then poked their as you can. You don’t have to get all OCD about it. heads up from below, through holes in the floor of an There’s no need to scour and scrub until everything’s elevated platform, where a hungry lizard was stalking 14 spotless. Even a half-hearted effort will set in motion around. But not one of the contestants stuck around promising transformations in your love life. when the lizard came to nibble the meat; they all ducked down out of their holes and fled to safety. GET OUT GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I hope you will learn That was probably wise, although it meant that the more in the next eight months than you have ever prize went unclaimed. Now I’m wondering, Sagit- before learned in a comparable period. I hope you tarius, about what might happen if a similar event 12 will make a list of all the subjects you would love were staged in your neighborhood. I suspect there’s to study and all the skills you would love to master, a chance you would will yourself to stand calmly as and then devise a plan to gather the educational the lizard feasted on the meat just inches from your WORDS experiences with which you will reinvent yourself. I eyes. As much as I admire that kind of poised cour- hope you will turn your curiosity on full-blast and go age, I want you to know that there are better ways

10 in quest of revelations and insights and epiphanies, to express it. Be on the lookout for noble challenges smashing through the limits of your understanding as with goals that are truly worthy of you. you explore the frontiers of sweet knowledge. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Director Michael CURRENTS CURRENTS CANCER (June 21-July 22): Three times a week, Bay makes big, loud, fast, melodramatic action films,

8 I take a hike along a rough path through an oak including Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and the four forest. I say it’s rough because it’s strewn with loose Transformers movies. The critics hate him, but he’s rocks. If I don’t survey the ground as I move, I’m unfazed. “I make movies for teenage boys,” he says. VIEWS constantly turning my ankles. Or at least that was the “Oh, dear, what a crime,” he adds sarcastically. I love case until last week. For two days, with the help of a that stance. He knows what he’s good at, and makes 4 rake, I cleared many of those bothersome obstacles no apologies for doing it. I recommend that you cop off the trail. It took several hours, but now the way some of that attitude right now. MAIL MAIL is smoother. My eyes are free to enjoy the sights that aren’t so close to the ground. I recommend that you AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): While walking in

2 do similar work. Stop tolerating inconveniences and San Francisco, I passed the Pacific Heights Health Club. irritations that hobble you. Get your foundations in The sign out front said, “Birthday suits tailored here.” DO IT IT DO shape to serve you better. It was a witty reference to the idea that working out at a gym helps people get their naked bodies in good LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): American author Edgar shape. I’d like to interpret the sign’s message in a Allan Poe (1809-1849) was ahead of his time. He different way, and apply it to you. The time is right for created the genre of the detective story and mastered you to get back in touch with your raw, original self, 10.08.14 the art of Gothic horror tales. According to the Inter- and give it the care and the fuel and the treats it has net Movie Database, 240 films have referenced themes been missing. Who did you start out to be? What does

.09 from his work. British writer Aldous Huxley wasn’t a your soul’s blueprint say about who you must become? 41

# fan of Poe, though. He said Poe was “too poetical— Home in on your source code and boost its signal. the equivalent of wearing a diamond ring on every finger.” Judging from the astrological omens, I sus- PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Horror novelist pect you may be at risk to lapse into a diamond-ring- Stephen King has sold more than 350 million books. on-every-finger phase yourself, Leo. While I am all in But when he was young and destitute, still honing his favor of you unveiling more of your radiant beauty, craft, his self-confidence was low. His breakthrough I’m hoping you won’t go too far. How about wearing work was Carrie, about a teenage girl who develops diamond rings on just four of your fingers? telekinetic powers. But when he was first writing

CASCADIA WEEKLY that manuscript on his old manual typewriter, he got VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Republican Jody Hice so discouraged that he threw his first draft in the 36 is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in trashcan. Luckily for him, his wife retrieved it and Georgia’s 10th Congressional District. To bolster his convinced him to keep plugging away. Eventually authority, he repeats quotes by revered figures from he finished, and later sold the paperback rights American history. One of his favorites has been a gem for $400,000. I hope you have an ally who will go from the sixth U.S. President, John Quincy Adams: “If digging in your garbage to fish out the good stuff your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, you unwisely discard. Or maybe this horoscope will do more and become more, you are a leader.” The convince you not to scrap it in the first place. BY AMY ALKON want what we want when we want it, and we want Miss Perkins to turn around so we can hit little Jason THE ADVICE over the head with a toy truck until 38

he gives it to us. Behavioral econo- FOOD GODDESS mist Daniel Kahneman explains in Thinking, Fast and Slow that our in- 32 stinctive emotional system is our 32 FASTEN YOUR BIBLE BELT brain’s first responder—taking over B-BOARD My boyfriend and I are spending Christmas long before our rational system (the B-BOARD with his family. I like them and get along janitor that cleans up after our im- well with them. However, they’re very pulses) even decides to get out of 26 religious, and he wants me to join them bed. So opting for a more adult ap-

in going to holiday church services. I grew proach to disagreements requires FILM up secular in a conservative town, and preplanning—sitting down with because of all I went through, I developed your partner before you’re in conflict 22 a deep distaste for religion. His family mode and making a pact to fight not knows I’m an atheist but doesn’t know to win but to understand where the MUSIC the extent of my aversion to religion. other person’s coming from. I explained to my boyfriend that the When you find yourselves at odds, 18 idea of sitting through church and going instead of hammering each other through the motions, given how I feel with what you want, explain why you ART about religion, is downright upsetting to want it; lay out the emotions behind me. Though he’s no longer religious, he it. Focusing on each other’s feel- 16 doesn’t share my aversion, and he insists ings—truly focusing, not just pre- STAGE I go out of respect for him and his family. tending to listen until you can get Should I just go and grin and bear it as a back to selling your points—should favor to him? lead you to be moved by each oth- 14 —I’m (Not) A Believer er’s fears or distress. This, in turn,

should inspire a more compassionate GET OUT It’s Jesus’ birthday, but seeing as and constructive response. For ex- you guys aren’t that close, you figured ample, if instead of telling you “You he wouldn’t mind if you skipped it. have to go with us to church!” your 12 Believe it or not, this isn’t the boyfriend says something like “I first time religion has caused ten- just want my family to like you,” his WORDS sion in the world. And sure, there’s push to get you into a pew sounds something to be said for doing more like something he’s trying to 10 things you aren’t exactly into to do for you than to you. This allows please your partner. However, go- you to respond lovingly to him, re- ing to somebody’s religious service assuring him that his family already CURRENTS as an atheist who’s seriously upset likes you (despite not quite under- 8 by religion isn’t quite the same as standing your blase attitude toward “grinning and bearing it” at the op- burning in hell for all eternity). VIEWS era. You probably aren’t opposed to For this mode of conflict manage- 4 Verdi on principle, and it’s unlikely ment to work, you have to accept to call up childhood memories like that some differences just can’t be MAIL “My mommy says your mommy is in bridged. Still, discussing them in bed with the devil” and fun neigh- a way that makes you both feel re- 2 Who is the Episcopal Church? borhood games like “Burn the Little spected and understood should at IT DO

Heathen at the Stake.” least leave you feeling good about Find out! Wednesday evenings 6:45pm - 8:00pm The problem started when your each other and the relationship. In boyfriend decided that you just had this situation, the reality is, your The Episcopal Church: A class about history, to go and used the “respect!” argu- being a nonbeliever could ultimate- polity, governance, worship, and mission. 10.08.14 ment to try to guilt you into giving ly be a big problem for his parents. in. This is low-blow, crush-the-com- But you show your respect by act- Theologies of Jesus: What does it mean .09 41 petition arguing. (What can you even ing respectful to them—maybe wel- to say that Jesus is our Lord, Savior, Liberator, and # counter with—“Nah, I don’t want to coming them back from Mass with a is fully human and fully divine? show respect for your parents!”?) Of punchbowl of your famous eggnog— course, when two people partner up, not by disrespecting your own be- The Healing Ministry of Christ Today: there will always be disagreements. liefs and going to church “just this Explore the interrelationship between body, mind, But in a relationship, winning really once,” which sets a bad precedent. spirit and relationships.

isn’t everything. Having a difference If all goes well, they’ll just accept CASCADIA WEEKLY of opinion without trying to do to your choices. Otherwise, you may St. Paul's Episcopal Church 37 your partner what Hitler did to Po- have to resign yourself to spending Licensed childcare Walnut at Eldridge Christmas week in bed—tied to it, land, that’s everything. provided StPaulsBellingham.org We can understand this intellec- while Granny and the dog assist the tually. The problem is, we’re all es- priest who’s performing the exor- sentially large, bratty children. We cism on you. Explore Spirituality † Encounter the Sacred and general meanness, all melted away. All that remained was an innocent boy eating his grand- mother’s simple mix of homegrown vegetables. With Ego’s return to the garden, order was re-

stored to the universe, all thanks to the humble 38 38 dish of baked veggies. FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD As the diverse flavors of the mature garden chow combine, they do things to each other, chang- RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES ing one another, and the final product of ra- 32 tatouille becomes something greater than the sum of its humble parts. Everything melts to-

B-BOARD B-BOARD gether in the tomato juice and olive oil. Garlic and aromatic herbs permeate the whole business. The mushy eggplant surrenders its form, 26 while the zucchini just hangs onto its auton-

FILM omy; both become supersaturated with juices, and release them into your mouth as you chew. Each ingredient is at its best, thanks to the 22 presence of the others.

MUSIC Perhaps the true message of Ratatouille, the movie, is that anyone can make ratatouille

18 the dish, even a klutz, or a rodent. And while easy to make, even the sternest of critics are ART easily pleased by ratatouille. That’s a good combination. 16 STAGE recipe 14 GET OUT 12 WORDS 10

CURRENTS CURRENTS RATATOUILLE

8 There are many recipes for ratatouille. Mine utilizes larger pieces, and is slightly reminis- VIEWS cent of lasagna in how the ingredients are lay-

4 ered together. To make it you need equal parts BY ARI LEVAUX eggplant, tomato and zucchini.

MAIL MAIL Start with a layer of eggplant or zucchini in

the bottom of a baking pan, and then alternate 2 layers of tomato, eggplant and zucchini. Inter-

DO IT IT DO Ratatouille sperse the layers with chopped garlic or even DIGGING INTO A CULINARY CLASSIC whole cloves, along with basil leaves, rose- mary, oregano. Add sliced fresh peppers and/ or pitted olives, if you wish. Sprinkle lightly 10.08.14 atatouille, the rustic French stew, is an icon of late summer qualified to clean the kitchen than cook in it. with salt and pour olive oil liberally between and autumn. A simple mix of tomatoes, eggplant and summer Linguini’s creation was orchestrated by a the layers, with just a splash of vinegar. .09 squash prepared with herbs, garlic, onion and other veggies, small, furry culinary savant named Remy the Rat, Bake at 350 for roughly an hour per inch of 41 #

R ratatouille is the kind of bucolic dish that put French cuisine on the who maneuvered Linguini around the kitchen by the casserole’s depth. You want to cook it un- map. But unlike a lot of French dishes that went uptown, ratatouille hiding in his hat and pulling on his hair, as if til there’s almost no water left bubbling in the never changed. driving a forklift. The finished ratatouille was pan, but if you dry it out too much the layers It isn’t possible to make a fancy ratatouille, as attempting to do so served to Anton Ego, the evil food critic who will curl and warp like old coats of paint. would change it into something else. Ratatouille is grounded in the delights in the casting of fear into the hearts The finished product can be enjoyed im- terroir of the Mediterranean countryside, where it came from, and of chefs, and destroying the occasional career. mediately, but it’s better the next day, after

CASCADIA WEEKLY is earthy to the core. It’s a simple, elegant combination of garden Ego arrived at the restaurant with sharpened the ingredients have a chance to merge. Left- ingredients that is easy to prepare, hard to screw up, and will win pen ready to bury the upstart chef Linguini, overs can be frozen for year-round consumption 38 over the most ruthless critic. but instead was transformed by the ratatouille. whenever it’s time for a summertime flashback. Case in point, the 2007 animated film Ratatouille, which has be- Ego’s first bite took him back to his grandmoth- Serve your ratatouille over toast or pasta, or as come a culinary classic. The action goes down in Paris, and cul- er’s house in the French countryside, when he a side dish. Or do like we do and gobble it out minates with the serving of an inspired batch of ratatouille. The was a boy. As Ego ate, his tough urban veneer, of the pan. It’s a complete meal just like that. dish was created by a talentless chef named Linguini, who was more along with his pride, ambition, lust for power doit Candidates Who Support

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Paid for and authorized by IAFF Local #106 22 P.O. Box 1024 Bellingham, WA 98227 Your Local Fire Fighters MUSIC Enjoy a kid-grown and kid-prepared meal when Common Threads hosts its fifth annual “School Garden Local #106 representing: Harvest Dinner” Oct. 16 at Whatcom Middle School. Bellingham Firefighters | Lynden Firefighters | North Whatcom Fire & Rescue Firefighters 18 Fire District #8 Firefighters | South Whatcom Fire Authority Firefighters | Port of Bellingham Firefighters ART THURS., OCT. 9 watch demos and more. Entry is $15 per person LYNDEN MARKET: Procure fresh, seasonal or $30 per family. fare from local farmers at the Lynden Farmers WWW.NWFRUIT.ORG 16 Market, which happens from 12-5pm every Thursday through Oct. 30 at 324 Front Street. MON., OCT. 13 Four-Course STAGE WWW.LYNDENFARMERSMARKET.COM FOOD PRESERVATION: WSU’s Vivian Smallwood will lead a “Preserve the Taste of MEXICAN HARVEST: Ana Jackson helms a Summer” presentation at 6pm at the Mount Early Dinner 14 “Mexican Harvest Banquet” course from 6-9pm Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. At the at the Cordata Community Food Co-op, 315 free event, Smallwood will share safe home GET OUT Westerly Rd. Entry is $39. preservation tips, as well as recipes, resources 383-3200 and responses to questions. $21.95 WWW.MOUNTVERNONWA.GOV 12 HARVEST LIBATIONS: Pumpkin beer and Monday to Friday until 6pm. mead can be sampled at a “Matney Cook & FRESH AND ALIVE: Nutritionist Sonja Max and

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