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32 A glance at what’s happening this week to do so FILM FILM 28 MUSIC 26 ART ART 24 STAGE STAGE 22 GET OUT 21 WORDS 10 2 ) . 4[10.}.10] Domestic Violence Awareness Vigil: 6pm, BOB BOB Whatcom County Courthouse

8 DANCE GET OUT Investigate what local youth Bellydance Extravaganza: 8:30pm, Bloom Café Armchair Journey: 7pm, Bellingham Public Library have been growing—and walk MUSIC CURRENTS CURRENTS away with a free orange orb Lynden Music Festival: Through Sunday, VISUAL ARTS

6 Lynden Plein Air Paint Out Reception: 6-10pm, the of your own—as part of Skip Gorman: 7:30pm, Roeder Home Front Gallery, Mount Vernon

VIEWS VIEWS COMMUNITY +0(+&$) 4 Oct. 9 Green Drinks: 5-7pm, Green Frog Acoustic 4 !-$ 4[10..10] at Ferndale’s Hovander Tavern

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atre, Mount Vernon 2 /#0-. 4[10.~.10] Improv Invitational: 7pm, Funland Theatre,

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Rumors: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Bill Engvall: 7pm and 9:30pm, Mount Baker Lynden Theatre VISUAL ARTS Forever Plaid: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild 10 Our Town: 7:30pm, Barn Theatre, Sudden Valley Our Town: 7:30pm, Barn Theatre, Sudden Valley ArtsCrush: 7pm, Village Books The Full Monty: 8pm, Anacortes Community

.06. The Full Monty: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Rumors: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Open House: 5-8pm, NW Handspun Yarns, Theatre 10 Theatre Lynden Voices of Whatcom Reception: 6-9pm, Loomis Hellingham: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Forever Plaid: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild Hall, Blaine

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# The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Theatre Surfrider Foundation Beneﬁt Concert: 2pm, Hellingham: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre ./0- 4[10..10] Boundary Bay Brewery DANCE Natural Transitions: 7pm, Presence Studio In the Context of Life: 7:30pm, Firehouse PAC DANCE ON STAGE In the Context of Life: 7:30pm, Firehouse PAC Single-Handed Variety Show: 1pm, Bellingham DANCE MUSIC Circus Guild Scandinavian Dance: 2-5pm, Norway Hall The Manhattan Transfer: 7:30pm, Christ the MUSIC Blithe Spirit: 6:30pm, RiverBelle Dinner Theatre, In the Context of Life: 7:30pm, Firehouse PAC King Church, Lynden Natural Transitions: 7pm, Presence Studio Mount Vernon Contra Dance: 7:30-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library

CASCADIA WEEKLY Improv Invitational: 7pm, Funland Theatre, Scottish Dance: 7:30-11pm, YWCA COMMUNITY FOOD Ferndale 2 Budget Cuts Rally: 11:45am, Performing Arts Taste of La Conner: 4-8pm, La Conner Our Town: 7:30pm, Barn Theatre, Sudden Valley COMMUNITY Center Plaza, WWU Rumors: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden Final Ferndale Farmers Market: 10am-1pm, Cen-

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

Blue Skies for Children Auction: 6pm, Lake- 35 way Inn

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Senior Activity Center 28 Beer on the Pier: 12-6pm, Port of Anacortes Warehouse MUSIC VISUAL ARTS

Whatcom Artist Studio Tour: 9am-5pm, 26 Whatcom County ART ART MoNA Openings: 2-5pm, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner 24

.0) 4[10.x.10] STAGE ON STAGE Forever Plaid: 2pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild 22 Our Town: 2pm, Barn Theatre, Sudden Valley The Full Monty: 2pm, Anacortes Community Theatre GET OUT Comedy Night: 8pm, Fairhaven Pub

DANCE 21 In the Context of Life: 2pm, Firehouse PAC WORDS COMMUNITY Psychic and Holistic Fair: 11am-5pm, Hamp- ton Inn’s Fox Hall 10 BOB BOB GET OUT

MTB Duathlon: 11am, Lake Padden Park 8 Global Work Party: 1-4pm, Squalicum Creek Park

VISUAL ARTS CURRENTS Whatcom Artist Studio Tour: 9am-5pm, 6 Whatcom County Lanny Bergner Talk: 2pm, Whatcom Museum VIEWS VIEWS 4 (*) 4[10.xx.10] MUSIC MAIL

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40 Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing —Susan M. Mishalani, Bellingham DIRECTION FOR BELLINGHAM # papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution The Gristleville Grouch groused about poten- SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you SUPPORT WOMEN’S ISSUES tial county action to bring land on Yew Street include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar listings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday It’s clear from reading the papers that there’s reserved for future urban growth by last year’s

the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be NEW DEAL: ART OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, P.26 }} MONOTONIX: SONGS, SWEAT AND SPECTACLE, P.28 INSIDE: FALL ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE, P.24 returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. much at stake in this election. Especially for Whatcom County Council into active Urban LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and our young adults in college who will not only Growth Area (UGA) status. content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. COVER: Most Eligible In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does Bachelorette Deb Slater’s feel the impact of severe budget cuts to higher The Grouch overlooked some important not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your CASCADIA WEEKLY Sophia Tolli bridal gown was education, but also cuts to healthcare pro- points in the one-sided conversation. letters to fewer than 300 words. provided by Alicia’s Bridal Shoppe (www.formalhouse. grams that help them get basic services like For perspective, imagine Bellingham’s Cen- 4 com). Her jewelry was created affordable birth control and annual exams. tral Business District neighborhood. It’s about by Erica Koesler. For more BOB results see page 10. Photo and Young adults were instrumental in the elec- the same size as the land being considered at design by Jesse Kinsman. NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre tion of President Obama. The ﬁght to advance Yew Street. Imagine in the Central Business Dis- Bellingham’s UGAs, the real question is,

trict almost 1,200 people live in 411 do we want allocated growth to take 42 single-family homes built mostly at ur- place in the Lake Whatcom watershed, ban densities. Many are on lots already the Squalicum Creek watershed, the Sil- FOOD served with City of Bellingham sewer ver Creek/Nooksack Channel and Delta and water and are fronted by roads built Watershed, the Chuckanut Creek Water- 35 to city standards with sidewalks and shed (all of which are important salmon curb cuts. areas) or in one of the sub-basins mak- The neighborhood also contains Bell- ing up the Bellingham Bay watershed? CLASSIFIEDS ingham School District’s newest modern The two most signiﬁcant sub-basins grade school and a ﬁre station. in the Bellingham Bay watershed are Almost 100 acres of the area is owned the Whatcom Creek sub-basin and the 32

by the school district, a fire district or Padden Creek sub-basin. Whatcom Creek FILM by Bellingham Parks and Recreation. also has recognized importance as a About 60 of those acres, now consid- salmon stream. 28 ered rural land, were intended to be fu- The watershed issue is, as stated in ture city parks. most arguments, a non sequitur. The MUSIC Now imagine, at the stroke of a pen, question is not, “Will building take this land, already occupied by 1,200 peo- place in a watershed?” 26 ple, 400-plus homes with city sewer and The question is, “Which watershed do water in most, a school, a firehouse and we prefer to utilize for the necessities Live Professional ART about 60-plus acres of city park land is of life?” rezoned to farmland densities allowing Contrary to the Gristle’s contention, CHAMPIONSHIP 24 only one home per 10 acres of land. much of the existing housing in the Yew STAGE STAGE Whoops! Street is served with City of Bellingham No wonder the City of Bellingham ob- sewer and water. jected when redesignation was proposed The problem? BOXING 22 last year and, earlier this year, testified If the Yew Street area is not restored th that repairing what some consider to to active UGA status, it is no longer in SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 GET OUT have been a significant error would not either Bellingham’s UGA nor is it served offend the city. by a sewer and water district, as are Want some specifics? other rural areas. 7PM 21 The Yew Street designation will not If a sewer main ruptures, who is re- require an increase in the county’s popu- sponsible for repairs? The county? WORDS lation projection because, as the City At Yew Street we have an area the City TICKETS ARE GOING FAST! Tickets .50

Start at $ 10 of Bellingham testiﬁed and the county of Bellingham requested not be taken GET YOURS TODAY! 39 agreed, the county assumed last year out of the UGA. The area is designated BOB some areas of the city would build out at for potential restoration by the County densities as much as twice as high as the Comprehensive plan adopted by a County 8 areas are zoned to allow. Council the Gristle supported throughout The city said then the discrepancy the process. The area is already built to BOBBY VINTON amounts to more than 1,000 people of urban densities more intense than those Friday, November 5 s8pm CURRENTS capacity, almost exactly the capacity in many Bellingham neighborhoods, con- TICKETS: $55 6 Yew Street would offer if restored to ac- tains two sizable park locations, one SOLD OUT tive UGA status. paid for by Greenways funds and most VIEWS The Gristle said “havoc” in the Lake homes are served with sewer and water. 4 Padden watershed would result. The city has identiﬁed a need for the NEW YEAR’S EVE 4 MAIL This argument is suspect. land supply. Live Music MAIL Virtually every square inch of What- So, to the Gristleville Grouch, “What’s $1 Champagne Toast at Midnight com County, including every square the real problem here?” 2 inch of Bellingham and the UGA, is in —Jack Petree, Bellingham DO IT IT DO a watershed. Any decision of any kind ALL TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE AT involving Bellingham also involves a Editor’s note: The area is currently a Re- 10 watershed. serve UGA, a study area designation sup- DIAMOND DIVIDENDS. .06.

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Tickets, Deluxe Room, Gaming Coupons and a # DEPT OF CORRECTIONS Red River Silver Signature Buffet for two. The Gristle erred in associating the Chuckanut Mountain Park District effort with the Chuckanut Conservancy. “One did not lead or arise from the other, even if the same (866) 383-0777 Ext. 254 beautiful, unprotected place may have inspired both groups,” notes Ken Wilcox, executive director of the Conservancy. Wilcox also lent his support to the CMPD. “Volunteers on the ground gathering signatures were ﬁnding overwhelming sup-

port in both counties” for the 2006 park district initiative, Wilcox relates. “The CASCADIA WEEKLY gated community yahoos came out of nowhere and certainly would have been con- /PENs4OLL&REE sulted had they made themselves known before ﬁring their bazookas at us. They 3ILVER2EEF#ASINOCOM 5 were not interested in our legwork, refused to talk and were determined to kill the ) %XITs-INUTES7ESTs(AXTON7AYAT3LATER2OAD CMPD at any cost. In any event, I think Bob Gibb deserves a medal for trying.” The "OUTSSUBJECTTOCHANGE-ANAGEMENTRESERVESALLRIGHTS HOTEL CASINO SPA Gristle will second that. Anyone up for Beyond CMPD? ©3ILVER2EEF#ASINO THE GRISTLE

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FOOD erful builders’ lobby got two kicks in the pants recently. The organization squawked as boot toes from the state AG and the courts put sizable dents 35 35 views in BIAW’s back pockets. OPINIONS ›› THE GRISTLE The state Attorney General’s Ofﬁce in September agreed to settle an old campaign-ﬁance dispute

CLASSIFIEDS with the Building Industry Association of Wash- ington, the conservative construction lobby that

32 has been the source of so much of the state’s political mischief. The settlement calls for the BIAW FILM FILM to pay $242,000 in ﬁnes and $50,000 in attorney’s fees stemming from the 2008 governor’s race. Reg-

28 ulators found evidence the builders’ group improp- BY TIM JOHNSON erly concealed its role in bundling and laundering

MUSIC about $585,000 in workers compensation refunds through the BIAW’s political arm. 26 The BI AW al so agreed to for feit another $342,000 10.10.10

ART ART in ﬁnes if the organization commits any similar legal violations through 2016—a handcufﬁng of BELLINGHAM JOINS LARGEST-EVER CARBON CUTTING EFFORT

24 operational mischief. The settlement ends a lengthy ﬁght between

STAGE STAGE BIAW and Republican Attorney General Rob Mc- 10.10.10 Kenna. The AGO had offered $900,000 to settle EVENTS

22 last October. BIAW rejected that, calling it a form WHAT: 10.10.10 Work- of extortion and offered instead to pay $10,000. day Launch The BIAW’s attorney declared earlier in September WHEN: 9am GET OUT that the case was going to mediation, but the or- WHERE: Bellingham City Hall ganization retreated from that effort. DETAILS: Live music,

21 The settlement saves Dino Rossi, the beneﬁciary information booths, of BIAW wrongdoing, the embarrassment of being tree planting at Belling- ham Public Library

WORDS hauled into court to explain himself. Again. The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate is al- WHAT: Transition What- ready slipping in a slime of shady real estate deals 10 com Perennial Planting and foreclosure opportunism, and sliding in recent Project BOB BOB polls. And while Rossi was not directly implicated by WHEN: 9-11am WHERE: Roosevelt 8 the Attorney General (who may compete with Rossi for the governors mansion in 2012), the dots con- Elementary School Garden, Bellingham necting Rossi’s extra-legal shenanigans in 2008 to INFO: transition-

CURRENTS CURRENTS those of the BIAW were earlier sketched in pencil by whatcom.ning.com/ the state’s campaign finance watchdog, the Public group/101010 6 6 Disclosure Commission. Commissioners declined to ink their emerging diagram of collusion and wrong- WHAT: RE Sources talk VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS on peak oil doing with actual findings and fines. Lucky Dino. WHEN: 6-8pm

4 The other heavy kick landed last week with a WHERE: 2309 Meridian boot laced up by Bellingham. St., Bellingham MAIL MAIL A Seattle judge found the BIAW and its afﬁliates A home in Ferndale urges the magic number, a goal for the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere—350 INFO: transitionwhat- parts per million. Scientists say were currently above 392ppm. com.ning.com

2 mishandled tens of millions of dollars in trust funds members had paid into the the state Dept. of Labor WHAT: Work Party at DO IT IT DO and Industry retrospective ratings refund program. FROM DAWN Down Under, when on the First Family’s living quarters. Com- a start-up community Under the Retro program managed by trade organi- bicycle mechanics in Auckland, New Zea- munities around Puget Sound will join the supported farm

10 zations like BIAW, members may receive payment land, will repair thousands of bikes, to efforts of 183 nations on Sunday, Oct. 10, WHEN: 11:30am-2pm WHERE: 7753 Guemes .06. rebates if worker safety is improved. nightfall on the west coast of the United 2010, for what organizers promise to be the

10 Island Road, Anacortes The judge found that the BIAW violated its le- States, when crowds will gather in Seattle largest day of carbon cutting ever seen. INFO: www.thetimeis- gal duties to 6,000 small businesses—including for a giant concert, the Global Day of Do- “Consider this,” observes environmen- ripe.blogspot.com .05

40 businesses in Whatcom County who helped ﬁle the ing will involve almost every country on tal writer Bill McKibben, “in the past six # lawsuit—by failing to provide adequate annual ac- Earth. In Tokyo, Japan, sumo wrestlers weeks, seven countries have set new all- counting to its members while skimming and com- will cycle to train, while trees are plant- time temperature records. Our friends in mingling trust funds with other BIAW activities. ed by children at 10,000 schools across Pakistan report that the mercury hit 129 Worker comp funds became, in effect, a bloated Russia and Croatia. The cities of Paris, degrees last week. piggy bank, a massive slush fund for the kinds of Mexico City, and Lisbon will all make a “The planetary heat is on, for real. We mischief outlined in the AG’s settlement. The judge commitment at 10:10am to cut emissions need to put the political heat on, right

CASCADIA WEEKLY ruled BIAW withheld more than $400,000 in inter- by 10 percent over the next year. now.” est earnings intended for members. This week the Obama administration an- For more information on 10:10:10, visit 6 Let’s put that into clearest terms: BIAW was nounced they are restoring the solar panels 1010global.org/101010 or 350.org ripping off the builders the organization claims to represent, skimming rebates these businesses VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE Thurs Oct 7 Sam Vogt & Josie Toney 7:30pm Oktoberfest HoPPY Hours Oct 8-9-10 might have reinvested to become more Mon $3 pints/Tues Kolsch Nite $1.50 FINAL DAYS! 42

profitable. The loot was plowed into a FOOD New Fall Locavore Menu at 5pm corrosive pro-growth advocacy that, Everything at least trickling greasily down, has poisoned 35 35 politics in rural Washington. 20-75% OFF The judge ordered BIAW and affiliates to comply fully with state law; and while -*.*5&%450$,0/)"/%t"--4"-&4'*/"- the more honest accounting her rul- SEMINARS CLASSIFIEDS ing requires doesn’t carry the financial sting of the AG’s order, it evaporates the Bulb Gardening - Sat., Oct. 9 @ 10am 32 greasy slush, tightening the handcuffs

Winterizing Bulbs & Baskets - Sat., Oct. 16 @ 10am FILM the AG slapped on through 2016. Like felons with a commuted sentence, Deer Proof Gardening - Sat., Oct. 16 @ 2pm

BIAW crowed that because they weren’t 28 ﬁned they were vindicated. Petitioners REGISTER TODAY! say they’ll appeal the decision in an at- M-S 9-6 / Sun 10-5 MUSIC tempt to recover the half million dollars 945 E. Bakerview Rd

BIAW skimmed from trust beneﬁciaries. Bellingham, WA 98226 26 360-676-0400 Watch now for the organization to re- bakerviewnursery.com ART double its efforts in support of I-1082,

an attempt to privatize the entire state 24 workers comp program, potentially de- livering tens, hundreds of millions of STAGE dollars into BIAW’s grasp, the whole en-

chilada as opposed to a side dish of Ret- 22 ro. The BIAW spent more than $500,000 to push I-1082 on the ballot. The mea- sure seeks to deliver worker insurance to GET OUT private insurers with virtually no over-

sight. The BIAW would be able to “pool” 21 its member employers and link them up

with eager insurers, pocketing a hand- WORDS some compensation. Phil Talmadge, a respected consti- 10 tutional jurist and former Washington Supreme Court justice, was hired by BOB

BIAW and other potential beneﬁciaries 8 to write the initiative. He told reporters last week that, personally, he doesn’t

support the initiative and thinks the CURRENTS current system—which allows busi- 6 nesses to receive state coverage or 6 write their own competitive programs VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS so long as those programs meet state

minimums—works just ﬁne. 4 In fact, the L&I comp program works so well it created a surplus despite a pe- MAIL

riod of elevated unemployment, raising 2 premiums by an average of 7.6 percent DO IT IT DO but also creating—literally—an embarrassment of riches in a state struggling to close holes in a collapsing budget, a 10 problem of redistribution/readjustment .06. that has challenged program managers. 10 What to do with all that money? .05

What indeed, smiles BIAW. 40 # Imagine an adjustment to L&I authorized in a booming economy that pro- duces notable surplus in a catastrophic downturn and an atmosphere of seeth- ing wingnut hatred for anything operat- ed by the government and perhaps you can see why BIAW, its hands slapped CASCADIA WEEKLY from other cookie jars, gets a sly and 7 narrow gleam in its eyes for this jewel. BIAW laughed off two kicks. Now voters should kneecap ’em.

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MUSIC SEPT30-OCT05 26 s ART ART 24 STAGE STAGE 22 GET OUT 09.z.10 21 THURSDAY The Tesoro refinery in Anacortes resumes operations this week. Tesoro shut the 125,000 barrel-a-day plant after an April 2 chemical explosion, which killed seven people and damaged equipment. A state probe finds the accident was preventable and fines the company a record $2.39 million. WORDS Western Washington University officials raise their portion of a reward—now totaling $22,000 and growing—for information about

10 a new college student who disappeared after leaving a party on Indian Street Sept. 25. Police have combed the city but say they Two Mount Vernon teens are wounded in a BOB BOB have no substantial leads on the fate of Dwight Clark, 18, an honors gang-related shooting. Police say five teens 8 8 student from Auburn. were gathered at a home’s garage when several gunshots were fired through the garage door A toddler holding her mother’s hand while crossing a Belling- without warning. A 16-year-old girl is taken to CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS ham street is killed when a Jetta slams into a Ford sedan stopped the hospital with injuries to her head and neck. at the crosswalk, pushing that car into the woman and her family. A 17-year-old boy suffered an injured hand. Po- 6 The mother of three children also suffered injuries. The driver of lice say that the attack was not random. Officers the Jetta, a 17-year-old Bellingham HIgh School student, is charged found gang paraphernalia at the home. VIEWS VIEWS with vehicular homicide. Police say she was distracted when the 4 accident occurred. 10.{.10 MAIL MAIL 10.x.10 MONDAY

2 Tesoro is fined $2.39 million for safety vio- FRIDAY lations that led to an explosion at the Ana- DO IT IT DO Bellingham City Council, responding to Thursday’s traffic fatal- cortes refinery in April that killed seven. The ity, cancel what was expected to be a heated public meeting on a Washington Department of Labor and Industries Port of Seattle executive Charlie Sheldon is selected as the Port of Bellingham’s new executive director by a unanimous vote of the 10 plan to install of surveillance cameras at intersections and school fine, the largest in the agency’s history, cited port commissioners. Sheldon was managing director of Seattle’s .06. zones. Council President Gene Knutson says council canceled the the company for 44 willful and serious viola- seaport division. 10 meeting out of respect for the families. tions of state workplace safety and health regu- lations. The blast occurred as employees were scatter the ashes of a friend’s deceased parent; .05

40 Vandals ransack the Ferndale High School football field and doing maintenance on a unit that processes but having searched the area thoroughly police # grandstands. Police suspect a longstanding rivalry between Fern- naphtha, a highly flammable chemical used to wonder if the woman, who was accompanied by dale and Lynden may have triggered the destruction. make finished petroleum products. a large dog, is no longer on the mountain.

10.y.10 10.|.10 In a deepening mystery, Bellingham Police begin to search for a man observed writing a SATURDAY TUESDAY message on a missing person poster for Dwight CASCADIA WEEKLY A volunteer, among dozens, searching for missing college student Ofﬁcials call off the search for a Skagit Clark, saying the WWU freshman had been

8 Dwight Clark instead finds the body of a woman on a beach at the County woman missing on Sauk Mountain in stabbed to death. A witness observed the man foot of Cornwall Ave. in Bellingham. Police say the woman had a since Saturday. Skagit County deputies say the write the message on a poster south of the col- gunshot wound to the head, apparently self-inflicted. She appeared 65-year-old became separated from a five-mem- lege and asked what it meant. The man said that to be 60 to 65 years old. ber group that had gone up the mountain to was what had occurred. Aggressive. atomic capability, and wished him well on his trip back to Oregon, or ǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ͘īĞĐƟǀĞ͘ 42

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GRAMMY GETS RAMMY Blaine Cemetary to pay her respects to 22 On Sept. 25, a Bellingham woman used a relative. She called police when she Halloween Bash her car as a battering ram to gain ac- was unable to locate the relative’s grave Date Nights

Weds. 5-9pm thru Oct. Saturday October 30th, 5-9pm s ‘SPECIAL MENU’ GET OUT cess to the Bellingham Farmers Market. marker and believed it had been sto- Bring a date, buy a meal Costume Contest s Live Music s 1/2 Price Wings & Things The 57-year-old driver approached an- len. “Only bare packed earth remained get 2nd meal for FREE! $2 Drink Specials sDrawings & Prizes every 1/2 Hour* other car stopped at a red light. The where the headstone had been,” police 21 of equal or lesser value *Overnight stays at Silver Reef & Mt. Baker Lodge join us on woman began honking and screaming reported. “Public Works members who Facebook M,T 10-4 W-Fri 10-9 Sat 11-9 Near Cornwall Park s 709 W. Orchard Pl. Bellingham s 360 715 9100 s www.jhdeli.com at the occupants for them to move. The maintain the grounds investigated the WORDS lead car was unable to move, however, next day, and discovered that the chis-

because of a volume of pedestrians eled stonework was actually still there. 10 crossing. Failing to convince them to An industrious mole,” police explained, BOB BOB move, the woman crashed her car into “had dug around it, and the resulting 8 the rear bumper of their car several packed earth completely hid the marker s(OUSEHOLD Quality Household Furnishings 8 times, causing considerable damage from the family.” s&URNITURE #ONSIGNBY!PPOINTMENT to both vehicles. Eventually she was s/UTDOOR CURRENTS CURRENTS able to park and walked off, leaving her CALLING GREEN CURRENTS s#OLLECTIBLES 360-650-1177 radio blaring as numerous bewildered LANTERN... 6 witnesses looked on. Bellingham Police On Sept. 8, a man told Bellingham Po- s!NTIQUES #ORNWALL!VENUEs"ELLINGHAM 7! caught up with her and learned she had lice his vehicle had been prowled. Miss- s!RT-ORE AM PM -ONDAYTHROUGH3ATURDAY VIEWS VIEWS become annoyed because someone had ing was his global positioning satellite

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MAD FOR THE MONARCH COMMOTION 2 On Sept. 22, Blaine Police arrived On Sept. 24, U.S. border ofﬁcials spoke DO IT IT DO at the Peace Arch crossing to assist to a 64-year-old from Delta, B.C., dis- with “an Oregon resident suffering a covered with a small amount of marijua- setback in his travels,” police report- na in his luggage when he boarded the 10 ed. ”The gentleman explained he had morning train south. The man admitted .06. been headed to B.C. to meet with fel- the luggage but denied the marijuana 10 low CIA agents and the Queen about packed inside was his. He was cited. .05

matters of national security, but sur- 40 # prisingly had been denied entry to POKE AT COKE NO JOKE Canada. Officers discussed his situa- On Aug. 18, Blaine Police officers tion with him,” police continued, “and spoke to a 12-year-old boy who was ob- he agreed to turn over for safekeeping served battering a pop machine, caus- the .38 caliber revolver he was car- ing damage. The boy claimed that he rying, along with some of his larger had accidentally damaged the machine and more dangerous edged weapons. while trying to get back the money it CASCADIA WEEKLY Unfortunately, he was unable to find had stolen from him. Prosecutors will 9 his briefcase, which he explained con- decide whether to cite the boy for ma- tained nuclear missile launch codes. licious mischief. The pop machine will Officers confirmed he no longer had not be cited for theft.

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8 n a shade over four minutes, Western Washington University graduate Nathan Cox BEST RADIO STATION: KUGS and Rashawn Scott rap out the best of the City of Subdued Excitement. Their music This is not the ﬁrst time KUGS has won in this cat- I egory. Or the second. In fact, if you’re using the Best CURRENTS CURRENTS video, “Bellingham State of Mind,” went viral on YouTube, generating more than 153,000 of Bellingham as your map, KUGS is pretty much the only radio station in town. It’s tough not to love col- 6 views as we went to press. We couldn’t have counted the gems better ourselves. lege radio, with its mix of programming both musical Readers similarly showered us with their picks for the city’s best and brightest, sub- and politically minded. And KUGS gets the formula VIEWS VIEWS mitting nearly 1,400 ballots—a record. A few new favorites pushed their way up into right, year after year. Which is why, year after year, 4 you deem them your favorite. lofty ranks of “best.” And one category recorded the frustrating loss of giants, some of Info: www.kugs.org MAIL MAIL Bellingham’s most beloved businesses that closed in tough times. Some things old, some

BEST BARTENDER: 2 things new, some things missing, some things blue—the Best of Bellingham, 2010. HUSAM HALHULI @ DAPHNE’S DO IT IT DO Now a master mixologist at the Southside’s newest bar, Sam was a gifted wine steward at Temple Bar, his

10 BEST LOCAL AUTHOR: CLYDE FORD rugged good looks and dimpled smile charming many

.06. PEOPLE Move over, Tom Robbins. a giddy patron. A 2007 graduate of anthropology at 10 Western Washington University, Sam continues his BEST BAND: AMISH WARFARE wry study of human nature in the darkened arboreal .05 BEST LOCAL ARTIST: 40 BEN MANN Although previous winners in this category, the forest of Fairhaven’s Village Inn. # While it’s true second-time Best Artist winner Yogoman Burning Band, did garner a goodly amount Where: 1200 10th Street Info: www.daphnesbar.com Ben Mann did get a handful of votes for “Best of votes, when all was said and done, it was Amish Waiter”—like a lot of imaginative types in town, Warfare that emerged victorious. They cite in- BEST BARISTA: JONATHAN LAWSON he cannot depend on art alone to stock the lar- ﬂuences ranging from Tool to the Beach Boys to Argue this point how you will, but nowhere in der—it’s clear his popularity truly lies in what he Whitesnake to Smashing Pumpkins and say they “do this caffeinated town do they take brewing the does with paintbrushes and easels. And it’s also not map out genericly (sic) vague lyrics about bro- bean more seriously than at the Black Drop. Helping

CASCADIA WEEKLY obvious why: colorful and creative, the iconic ken hearts to make every teen in the world think to maintain their standard of excellence for years scenes of Bellingham and beyond capture both the that our songs were written speciﬁcally for them.” before becoming a co-owner of the coffeehouse 10 imagination and the heart of the town we love to I can get behind that, Amish Warfare, and it looks is Jonathan Lawson—or J-Law as he is known in live in. like I’m not the only one. certain esteemed circles. Along with expertly ser- Info: www.ben-mann.com Info: www.myspace.com/amishwarfare vicing the addictions of others, J-Law can also be found serving up a heaping helping of sass with the rest of his dedicated Black Drop crew. Where: 300 W. Champion St. Info: www.theblackdrop.com PHOTO BY JESSE KINSMAN 42 PLACES FOOD

BEST NEIGHBORHOOD: COLUMBIA 35 It’s time Bellingham’s northern neighborhoods got some respect! One of the city’s oldest neighborhoods, built up during New Whatcom’s coal mining heyday, the charming CLASSIFIEDS center of commercial life is the Fountain District, an area slated to receive one of Bellingham’s ﬁrst urban renewal 32 concepts. The real heart of this coal miners’ daughter, though, are the numerous ﬁne, ancient historical homes FILM perched along Eldridge Avenue and eastward. 28 BEST PLACE TO WALK YOUR PET: LAKE PADDEN

Chase sticks and old tennis balls into the water at MUSIC will. Wag some serious tail on the beach. Follow invis- ible scent trails deep through the fern forest. Meet and 26

introduce yourself to all your furry neighbors. Have a ART nice stretch and shake a leg in the off-leash area. Did I

mention the ducks? 24 Where: 4882 Samish Way. Info: 676-6985 STAGE STAGE BEST TRAIL: INTERURBAN /Bachelorette:

A conduit of tranquility and solitude. A pipeline of 22 peace. A critical time/space portal leading directly into Most Eligible Bachelor the local topographical circuit board. A song of healing Glyndon Jewell and Deb Slater and hope. A poem of bike pedals and pedestrians. Adven- GET OUT ture in motion. Baptism by foot. She’s a local small-screen celebrity. He recently made his big-screen debut. And when they’re Info: www.cob.org 21 not in front of their respective cameras, they can be found in front of the Weekly’s BEST PLACE TO TAKE YOUR KIDS, BEST PARK: probing lens, getting acquainted and generally acting like the desired humans you deemed them to be. WORDS BOULEVARD PARK And is that a wedding dress (which, along with the jewelry, was provided by the fine folks at While I man the wheel of our sinking pirate ship, my 10 crew swings their way through the monkey bars and es- Alicia’s Bridal) on the bachelorette? Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. When you’re one of BOB BOB BOB 10 10 BOB capes, one-by-one, into the sand. “Abandon ship!” I Bellingham’s Most Wanted, I guess you have to be ready for anything. bellow. “Keep your heads above water and watch out 8 for sharks!” The crew seems happy, but generally non- plussed. My ﬁrst mate heads off to play Frisbee in the

grass with his uncle and my second mate climbs atop CURRENTS the picnic table, staring me down. “This park is fun,” he says. “But can I have my juice and sandwich, now?” ably why, when people of all sexes and persuasions want tion has greater seating capacity (and, let’s face it, 6 Where: South State and Bayview Dr. Info: www.cob.org to meet men, they pick Rumors Cabaret. Great techno- more comfortable seats), a greater number of screens to VIEWS VIEWS pop is spun some nights by DJs in leather with names like show a greater number of ﬁlms on and greater resources

BEST BEACH: CLAYTON BEACH Deerhead and Buckshot. Drinks are reasonable ($1 wells! in general than the Pickford, all those Best of Belling- 4 A reader commented, “Best? Is there another?” I’m Miller draft for even less!) and expertly mixed. ham awards are proof the Pickford does so much more MAIL MAIL not sure whether that’s a compliment or complaint, but Where: 1119 Railroad Ave. Info: www.rumorscabaret.com with so much less. But your loyalty to this local insti-

clean, sandy shores safe for quiet wading and misty tution has done more than win the Pickford awards, it 2 combing are rare as a delicate shell. BEST PLACE FOR A LAST DATE: has also allowed them to build the Pickford Film Center, DO IT IT DO Where: South of Larrabee State Park HORSESHOE RANCH ROOM which will open its doors in just a few months. Should you choose to make the Ranch Room a stop Where: 1416 Cornwall Ave. Info: www.pickfordcinema.com

BEST PUBLIC RESTROOM: on your ﬁrst date, that will also be your last date. So 10

FAIRHAVEN VILLAGE GREEN there’s that. Drinks are cheap, and jokes get funnier as BEST PLACE TO SEE LIVE MUSIC: WILD BUFFALO .06. You probably could have held it down to the Fairhaven the night wears on. Happy trails, buckaroo. Since an ownership change almost exactly two years 10 Cruise Terminal, but you hadda go at the Village Green. Where: 113 E. Holly St. Info: 734-0380 ago, the Wild Buffalo has become almost an entirely dif- .05

Gee whiz, people, there are a plenty of pleasing pis- ferent animal than it used to be back when it was a blues 40 # sartoria you could go to go, cushy commodes for your BEST PLACE TO AVOID: RAILROAD AND HOLLY bastion. An ability to draw national acts such as the up- discommode, but you chose one of the sketchier ones. What Bellingham Police call “the Battleground” coming Built to Spill and Keller Williams, lots of local Next on your list, Boulevard Park. Really? logged more than 50 incidents of public urination bands, popular DJ nights, a booking strategy that in- alone in 2010. And we’re not even talking about all the cludes free shows, and friendly and competent staff have drunken brawling, whoring, panhandling and just plain proven to be a simple strategy that just plain works. ENTERTAINMENT ridiculousness of the city’s least subdued intersection. Where: 208 W. Holly St. Info: www.wildbuffalo.net CASCADIA WEEKLY BEST PLACE TO MEET MEN/BEST BEST MOVIE THEATER: PICKFORD CINEMA BEST PLACE TO GAMBLE: SILVER REEF CASINO 11 PLACE TO DANCE: RUMORS CABARET The Pickford’s unprecedented string of wins in this “Something for everyone” is the name of the game Let’s be honest, gay men dress nice and smell good. category would indicate this category is a gimme for at the Silver Reef. And, although it’s not located within They work out and care for their inner muses. That’s prob- the tiny-but-mighty theater, but when their competi- CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 pairs of high-quality Danskos. That’s still a savings of, 42 42 oh, about $185.” Me: “Good point. In that case, I’ll also

FOOD take that silk skirt, those fancy sunglasses and the Glo- PHOTO BY GUNTHER FRANK ria Vanderbilt jeans.” Where: 435 W. Bakerview and 1512 Ellis St. 35 35 Info: www.labelsconsignment.com

BEST PLACE TO BUY MEN’S CLOTHING: GARY’S

CLASSIFIEDS MEN’S & WOMEN’S WEAR A woman thinks, “Where would I buy clothes?” A man

32 thinks, “Where would I buy clothes... if I ever bought clothes?” Just a theory why Gary’s ranks tops on our FILM FILM BOB list when most of the beta males in town stumble around in hoodies and painter pants like they need help

28 dressing from their mom. Go to Gary’s for a full selection of suits, ties and accessories that’ll make you look and

MUSIC feel like a million bucks. Where: 128 W. Holly St. Info: 733-2180 26

ART ART BEST PLACE TO BUY KIDS’ WEAR: KIDS NORTHWEST

24 Sure, this category garnered lots of big-name answers such as Target, Walmart, Sears, and K-Mart, but

STAGE STAGE when it came down to it, adults who’ve chosen to breed picked Kids Northwest as the place to go to clothe

22 their precious offspring. Locally owned, the Cornwall Avenue clothing shop focuses on apparel and toys that are not only fun, but also functional. Can you say Back GET OUT to School Sale? Jinx Art Space Where: 1319 Cornwall Ave. Info: 676-6051

21 Best Gallery: BEST THRIFT STORE: GOODWILL Bellingham is a town that is rife with great galleries. But Jinx—a sort of outlier and WORDS I once bought a clearly homemade, 100 percent poly- upstart—is something different altogether. Gallery space gives way to dirt-cheap studio ester, short-sleeved pantsuit of many different colors of

0 neon gingham at Goodwill. It cost $1.99. I still have it 10 spaces for painters, photographers and musicians alike, which give way to an expansive and consider it to be the bargain of my lifetime. Not long BOB BOB BOB 1 BOB basement that doubles as a music venue. Owners Michelle Schutte and Django Bohren have ago, a friend and I journeyed there and he emerged with

8 managed to engineer a next-to-impossible artistic paradox: they’ve created a space where a dozen spoons, a Seahawks Super Bowl T-shirt and a it is safe to create art that is can be decidedly unsafe. And, in doing so, have drawn an audi- framed photo of a past Mariners team. I almost bought a ski jacket circa probably 1978 with zip-off sleeves. And, ence that ranges from neophytes to longtime art lovers. CURRENTS CURRENTS as your votes would indicate, clearly you have found Where: 306 Flora St. Info: www.jinxartspace.com similar treasures there as well. 6 Where: 1115 E. Sunset Dr. Info: 752- 2080

VIEWS VIEWS BEST PET STORE: CLARK FEED AND SEED

4 A traditional favorite for people who love pets that are not on the “A” list: Fish, birds, rodents. But also a MAIL MAIL supplier of quality products and thoughtful advice for

2 the more traditional four-footed, furry critters. Bellingham city limits, by the number of votes the Slater initially drawing attention to the waterfront space— Where: 1326 Railroad Ave. Info: 733-8330 DO IT IT DO Road slot palace garnered in categor ies ranging from “best and can still sell out a show at a second’s notice—but steak,” “best place to get a massage” and “best place to it’s the talent of these adept actors who’ve made ad- BEST SHOE STORE: MI SHOES

10 gamble,” it seems Bellinghamsters are more than happy to libbing into an art form who’ve seen to it the six-year- Five years after opening Railroad Avenue’s Mi Shoes,

.06. drive 13 miles to not only try their hand at Lady Luck, but old comedy club is no longer the new kid on the block. owner Michelle Millar still loves what she does—and it 10 simply enjoy a spectacular night out on the town. And, Don’t believe us? See for yourself every Thursday, Fri- shows. Walking by her small-but-mighty downtown digs hey, if they’re not quite ready to head back to reality, they day, and Saturday night. is a little like glimpsing an oversized dream closet—one .05

40 can even book a room and stay the night. Where: 1208 Bay St. Info: www.theupfront.com full of glittery chandeliers, inviting couches and rows # Where: Haxton Way at Slater Rd. Info: www.silverreefcasino.com upon rows of boots, ﬂats, heels and wedges. Imelda Mar- cos would be proud. BEST PLACE TO SEE LIVE THEATER: COMMERCE Where: 1315 Railroad Ave. Info: www.mishoes.net UPFRONT THEATRE The players at the Upfront Theatre make stuff up all BEST PLACE TO BUY WOMEN’S CLOTHES, BEST BEST BIKE SHOP: KULSHAN CYCLES the time. That’s not to say you shouldn’t believe the CONSIGNMENT STORE: LABELS Last spring, a gaggle of Kulshan Cycle employees sat

CASCADIA WEEKLY improvisers when they inform you they’re the reason Saleswoman at Labels: “Wow, that’s a good price on around my dining room table talking about the ways the performance space has once again garnered this those Danskos! They look new.” Me: “Yeah, $35 is pretty they planned on getting the stupendous amount of gear 12 coveted title (with nose-to-nose competition from the good considering they’re $110 at the regular store; but required for Ski to Sea up and down the huge mountain iDiOm Theater, it should be noted). Sure, owner and I once found a similar pair for 50 cents at a yard sale.” that looms behind Bellingham without the use of cars. professional funnyman Ryan Stiles is responsible for Salesperson: “So you’ve now paid less than $40 for two CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 What do you look Rhododendron Cafe for in kid’s shows? 42 FOOD KBTC Public Television provides programming that you can

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FOOD If you’ve recently visited Bakerview Nursery, you just might be visualizing the tulips, irises, allium, hyacinths, ranunculus and daffodils whose bulbs you purchased and 35 35 stuck in the dirt en masse showing off their colorful foli- age. But, as the 60-plus-year-old garden center also car- ries trees, native plants, annuals, perennials, roses, in-

CLASSIFIEDS door plants, tropicals and garden art, your visions might be focused on something else entirely.

32 Where: 945 E. Bakerview Rd. Info: www.bakerviewnursery.com

FILM FILM BEST FURNITURE STORE: THE GREENHOUSE When I want to covet beautiful things, I head to the

28 Greenhouse. First, I head upstairs and suss out all the furniture I hope to one day afford. Then, I spend some

MUSIC time on the main ﬂoor, smelling candles, comparing glassware and ogling kitchen paraphernalia. After that, I

26 scour the basement for sale items and bargains too good

ART ART to ignore (Henry the Love Gnome, I’m talking about you). I’m pretty sure the staff knows I’m merely furnishing my

24 castle in the sky, but they are only too happy to help. Where: 1235 Cornwall Ave. Info: www.greenhousehome.com STAGE STAGE BEST BOOK STORE: VILLAGE BOOKS

22 In an interview last June, Village Books owner Chuck Robinson opined one reason he and wife Dee’s book- store had been around for three decades—and contin- GET OUT Yoga Northwest ued to operate during a time when countless other in- Best Yoga Studio: die bookstores across the country were going the way

21 of the dodo—was because they were “highly engaged” One of our most enthusiastically answered categories, Yoga Northwest’s floors are warm and in their community. And how. Free readings featuring

WORDS inviting, their setting is serene and calming. For beginners or advanced practitioners, these master locally and internationally renowned authors, a liter- instructors are among the best trained and most knowledgeable in the Northwest. And their gen- ary open mic, the monthly Chuckanut Radio Hour and

0 collaborations with a variety of community entities 10 erous workout calendar is as flexible as their members’ limbs. are an obvious draw. The fact there are typically more BOB BOB BOB 1 BOB Where: 1440 10th Street Info: www.yoganorthwest.com than 75,000 books in stock at the Fairhaven mainstay

8 doesn’t hurt, either. Where: 1200 11th St. Info: www.villagebooks.com

CURRENTS CURRENTS BEST RECORD STORE: EVERYDAY MUSIC Most of you put your answers to this category in the 6 Proving that they also practice what they preach at Eric BEST SKI OR SNOWBOARD SHOP: form of a question: “What’s a record?” And we get your and Kae Moe’s 31-year-old gear shop—i.e., providing SPORTSMAN CHALET point. But those of you who weren’t trying to be clever VIEWS VIEWS a place where folks who love biking, and living, here Whether you’re a boarder gearing up for a jaunt across elected Everyday Music as your favored outlet to acquire

4 can ﬁnd what they need, when they need it—the gung- the border, a cross-country skier looking for custom in- music. During a time where downloading has replaced ho team used their blood, sweat and tricked-out two- soles or a sassy snow bunny who wants to stand out on regular visits to the local record store, many people in MAIL MAIL wheeled conveyances to pull it off. You can, too. the slopes, Sportsman Chalet is where many of you go this music-loving town still make the weekly pilgrimage

Where: Info: 2 100 E. Chestnut St. www.kulshancycles.com when you need to get through the winter months in the to Everyday. great outdoors. Throw in the motto of “guaranteed sat- Where: 115 E. Magnolia St. Info: 676-1404 DO IT IT DO BEST OUTDOOR GEAR SUPPLIER: REI isfaction” on skis or boots purchased at the Chalet, and A member co-op for longer than Obama’s been a Marx- you really can’t make a wrong turn. BEST HARDWARE STORE: HARDWARE SALES

10 ist, REI is not just every adventurer’s favorite outﬁtter Where: 2420 James St. (next to Trader Joe’s). Info: www. The microwave stopped working. I think fuse, but can’t

.06. (both for price and quality), the company also ranked sportsmanchalet.com get the cover off because of some safety screws designed 10 high in CNN Money’s 2010 list of top progressive employ- to stop people like me. Kid at Lowe’s hands me ﬁve or six ers. If somehow your plans to scale Everest fall through, BEST GROCERY STORE: HAGGEN assorted buss plugs and says one of these might work. One .05

40 REI also has a great returns policy. Once again the battle was ﬁerce and the contenders is the size of my thumb and has a diagram on the side of a # Where: 400 36th St. Info: www.rei.com were local. But this year it was Haggen that garnered human body actually coming apart under electrical load. I more votes than the Food Co-op. And we all have a fa- say, “microwave oven, not microwave receiving station!” I BEST RUNNING STORE: FAIRHAVEN RUNNERS vorite Haggen. Some people prefer the clean coolness tell him about the safety screws and he starts looking at The best stores not only supply items you want, but and the expansive selection of the Barkley Haggen. Oth- me like I arrived from Venus. Stammers he’ll check on that. also champion the lifestyle that goes with those items. ers are drawn to the convenience of the Sehome store. Never comes back. Gent at Hardware Sales, I say fuse and Fairhaven Runners not only has the gear but also the Southsiders like to hit up the Fairhaven branch. Myself, I put my lips together to say micro—and, ﬂash, he has it in

CASCADIA WEEKLY guidance for all who walk or run. They sponsor numer- favor the Meridian store, otherwise known as “Dark Hag- his hand. Buck-ﬁfty, plus spares. Sells me a small pack of ous events year-round, from marathon races to jogs gen.” Whichever Haggen you call home, you’ll ﬁnd all the safety screw bits, one of which will work, and apologizes 14 around the park. tasty foodstuffs your appetite desires. ’cause singly they’re only 30 cents. Where: 1209 11th St. Info: www.fairhavenrunners.com Info: www.haggen.com Where: 2034 James St. Info: 734-6140 CONTINUED ON PAGE 16

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Downtown— Cordata— 15 12201 N. Forest St. 315 Westerly Rd. at Holly St. at Cordata Pkwy. BEST JEWELRY STORE: GB HERON 42 42 In an earlier life, I sold jewelry. And although I’ve PHOTO BY HOLLIE HUTHMAN

FOOD long since retired from the diamond-dealing game, I still have an eye for this particular variety of glitte- rati. And no one’s gold gleams more than that of this 35 35 longtime Cornwall Street store. As we all know, all that glitters isn’t gold, which is why GB Heron stocks many members of the gemstone family. That and the fact that

CLASSIFIEDS their staff is helpful without being fussy are ample reason why they earn so many of your votes.

32 Where: 1301 Cornwall Ave. Info: www.gbheronjewelers.com

FILM FILM BEST TOY STORE: FAIRHAVEN TOY GARDEN Plant a seed in the ground, and, provided proper at-

28 tention is given to the young sprout, you’ll end up with a visual or edible representation of the natural world. Those

MUSIC at the Fairhaven Toy Garden know it takes the same kind of care to foster young minds and bodies. It’s why they

26 sell toys made with a focus on natural materials, offer

ART ART hands-on workshops to their juvenile focus group and, well, work hard to bring out the kid in all of us.

24 Where: 1147 11th St. Info: www.fairhaventoygarden.com

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22 Recently, I posted a request for a reliable mechanic to ﬁx my ailing car on that arbiter of everything, Facebook. It elicited many responses, but the ones that were the

GET OUT Best Music Festival: most impassioned were those urging me to hit up Har- Subdued Stringband Jamboreeee mony. Having been a Harmony client in the past, I knew

21 their work to be solid and their philosophy to be honest. It’s for that reason so many Weekly readers entrust their Every year, this category is a knockdown drag-out between Stringband and WORDS precious rides to this popular shop. Summer Meltdown. Both festivals operate according to a grassroots, commu- Where: 1922 Grant St. Info: www.harmonymotorworks.com

0 nity-minded, environmentally responsible ethos. Both feature a lineup of musi- 10 BEST PLACE TO GET A MASSAGE: THE CHRYSALIS

BOB BOB cal talent both local and regional that gets better with every year. Both would BOB 1 BOB INN & SPA not exist without the hard work and skill of a virtual army of volunteers. But 8 While on a Whatcom Museum History Cruise last summer, I discovered the fascinating fact that the Chrysalis Stringband gets the nod this year, and with a stellar 2010 turnout, a week- is built on the mouth of a former coal mine. It made me end’s worth of family-friendly, good-natured musical fun and that special at- CURRENTS CURRENTS think about the time I received a hot stone massage at the mosphere you’ll only find at the Jamboree, it’s easy to see why. waterfront inn and spa, and had me wondering if they’d

6 Info: www.stringbandjamboree.com ever offer up a “coal miner’s special.” On second thought, perhaps I’ll just go for the French Body Polish next time VIEWS VIEWS I’m in the mood for all-encompassing indulgence.

4 Where: 804 10th St. Info: www.thechrysalis.com

MAIL MAIL BEST TATTOO SHOP: OLD SCHOOL TATTOO er things in life. As well as offering a full menu’s worth

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2 A downtown locale and enough capable artists on hand of cuts, colors and up-dos for both women and men, the to take walk-ins and those with appointments alike are stylish biz also displays works by local and regional art- DO IT IT DO easily two of the reasons so many of you choose to get ists on a rotating roster and participates in the monthly BEST INEXPENSIVE LUNCH: THE BAGELRY your ink at Old School. And, as permanently marking one- Art Walk. Not only does what they do sound good, it just Ever since we dropped the category of “Best Bagel”

10 self is a decision not to be taken lightly, votes in this plain looks good. from the BOB lineup due to the lack of competition that

.06. category carry the weight of a lifetime commitment. Where: 310 W. Holly St. Info: www.honeybellingham.com failed to rise to the occasion, voters have still found 10 Where: 209 E. Holly St. Info: 715-8261 ways to share their love for the longtime eatery. Parting BEST BUSINESS TO CLOSE IN 2010: with your dough is easier here, as it’s still possible to .05 BEST GYM: 40 WHATCOM FAMILY YMCA NONA ROSA’S get well fed—whether it’s via omelets, the piled-high # As one reader said, “So much more than just a gym!” The bad economy prompted us to create this unfor- sandwiches or the seasonal soups served with a sliced Young or old, fit or just dreaming to be, whether you’re tunate category. Bellingham is too fragile to lose too “everything”—for approximately five bucks at the Rail- the skinny guy on the beach or the muscle-y Mac who’s many businesses, and each one is a terrible loss. My road Avenue mainstay. a real man after all, the Y specializes in health, family friend and I cheered Africa at the World Cup over Nona Where: 1319 Railroad Ave. Info: 676-5288 fitness and clean, sweaty fun. Rosa’s meatballs. We toasted a chianti on their last night Where: 1256 N. State St. Info: 733-8630 of operation over a dinner that was simply stunning. BEST PIZZA: LA FIAMMA

CASCADIA WEEKLY Other places you mentioned: Dream On Futon and Once again, this was a hotly contested category and, BEST PLACE FOR A HAIRCUT: HONEY SALON Barbo Furniture; ReThreads and Unique West Clothing; once again, La Fiamma came out on top. And, if you’re 16 It’s not often a beauty salon also boasts a curator, Speak EZ’s and Fountain Drug; The Nightlight and Plan B a regular, you likely have a favorite variety of pie. One but the staff at Holly Street’s Honey Salon apparently Saloon; The Anker Cafe; the Quarterback Pub and Rogue of my coworkers who is a sucker for shrimp is also a trim time from their tress-coifﬁng schedules for the ﬁn- Hero; Bijoux and Paris Texas. And far too many others. CONTINUED ON PAGE 18

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26 Best Dessert: ART ART Chocolate Necessities

24 Some places, this town has been

STAGE STAGE Wasabee dreaming of for far too long. Like a bar Best Sushi: that serves piping hot fudge sundaes

22 “Quality rolls for cheap. Hurrah!”—one of the comments Wasabee recently garnered on the so- and samples of dark, creamy choco- cial-networking site Yelp—pretty well sums up the reason the eatery keeps nabbing BOB’s “Best late. I went in one evening recently

GET OUT Sushi” honors. While it’s possible you might have to wait awhile for a table on busy weekend and a group of bikers were at the nights, you’ll be rewarded with Chef Yashurio’s so-fresh-it-might’ve-been-flopping-earlier-that-day bar, hunched over their cherry-topped 21 fish and a bill that is guaranteed to be a lot lower than you thought it would be. sundaes, trying to look mean but not Where: 105 E. Chestnut St. Info: www.wasabeesushi.com WORDS really succeeding. A classic moment in the City of Subdued Excitement. 0 10 Where: 1426 Cornwall Ave. Info: BOB BOB BOB 1 BOB www.chocolatenecessities.com

8 sucker for the Finn, which boasts pesto, shrimp, arti- bars and cookies. And, judging by your votes—and the choke hearts, mozzarella and asiago cheese. Another amount of you I often see standing in line with me— is a purist and prefers the tomatoes, basil and fresh you all follow a similar routine.

CURRENTS CURRENTS mozzarella of the Pizza Margherita Supremo. Personally, Info: www.avenuebread.com I never stray from the Grecian Formula, with its white 6 sauce, grilled ﬂank steak, Roma tomatoes, feta, moz- BEST FAST FOOD: BOOMER’S DRIVE IN modern-day Bellingham? While it’s true history won’t zarella and more. When the hunger hits, my honey and I know intui- report this myth in college textbooks, downtown din- VIEWS VIEWS Where: 200 E. Chestnut St. Info: www.lafiamma.com tively exactly what to do. We cut our losses and head ers know Café Akroteri’s the place to go to recreate the

4 straight down Samish Way to replenish ourselves among tastes of the Mediterranean. Whether it’s souvlaki or BEST BURGER: FIAMMA BURGER the most bountiful cornucopia of thick shakes, juicy baklava, gyros or tzatziki, Akroteri does it right—no MAIL MAIL Let’s face it, burgers in this town can be found pretty burgers and spicy wafﬂe fries this side of the Chucka- erupting act of nature necessary.

Where: Info: 2 much anywhere there’s a hot grill and buns to be had. nuts. The food comes fast, and the eating goes per- 1219 Cornwall Ave. 676-5554 What sets Fiamma Burger apart? Perhaps it’s the 100 fectly slowly. DO IT IT DO natural ground chuck, which is free of both growth hor- Where: 310 N. Samish Way. Info: 647-2666 BEST DELI: OLD WORLD DELI mones and antibiotics. Maybe it’s that they’ve redeﬁned The Weekly’s proximity to Old World Deli is both deli-

10 what a “burger” actually is—offering everything from BEST PLACE TO IMPRESS A DATE: NIMBUS cious and dangerous. At least once a week, I wander the

.06. bison to turkey to lamb and chicken sausage (not to This one was a no brainer for most of you. The lo- half block to their inviting entrance and place my lunch 10 mention a few options for vegetarians). Judging by the cale—perched atop the Bellingham Towers—boasts the order. As I wait for them to make my sandwich (usually, amount of votes, it seems Weekly readers prefer both best view in town. The food—made from seasonal in- immediately after I order, I experience buyer’s remorse, .05

40 quality and quantity. Smart. gredients that are sourced locally and combined with wishing I’d ordered every single thing on the menu), I # Where: 1309 Railroad Ave. Info: www.fiammaburger.com skill and imagination—is as heavenly as the real estate. peruse the cases of exotic and impossibly tasty Ital- The cocktail menu is inventive and whimsical. This is ian meats and cheeses. Just writing these sentences is BEST BAKERY/BEST SANDWICH: AVENUE BREAD the reason why few would turn down a date that in- creating a craving only a visit to the deli will cure. See I have a loaf of Avenue’s Whole Wheat Sourdough on volved a visit to Nimbus. you tomorrow, Old World. my counter right now. I use it strictly for toast with my Where: 119 N. Commercial St. Info: www.nimbusrestaurant.com Where: 1228 N. State St. Info: (360) 738-2090 eggs in the morning, because if I want a sandwich, I

CASCADIA WEEKLY leave it to the experts at Avenue, who have been cram- BEST GREEK FOOD: CAFÉ AKROTERI BEST VEGETARIAN: BLOOM ming a mind-boggling variety of ingredients between When the entire town of Akroteri was buried under Although the entrant who answered the “Best Veg- 18 their many kinds of bread for years now. If I need some volcanic ash 3,500 years ago in Ancient Greece, who’d etarian” category with the answer “my daughter” was dessert, I ﬁnd it in their case in the form of brownies, have ever guessed it’d be reborn as a popular eatery in simply being clever, if her offspring truly is a non-meat-

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Best Place to Meet 10 /Best Place Last year’s Best of Bellingham results yielded multiple wins for the Temple Bar, and our col- BOB BOB Women /Best lective love affair with the inviting watering hole rages on—more intensely than ever, it seems. 10 BOB

for a First Date Personally, I agree with every vote cast in all the above categories, as the Temple has all the 8 Best Happy Cocktails/ ingredients necessary to create a perfect social outing, whether you be looking for a lady, tak-

Temple Bar ing said lady out for the first time, treating yourself (or, again, that special lady) to an inventive CURRENTS Hour: and expertly mixed seasonal cocktail or partaking of a happy hour that allows you to have a 6 little wine with your cheese—literally—for a price that is far more practical than pretentious. So, yes, Temple Bar, we love you. Stay sweet. And don’t ever change. VIEWS 306 W. Champion St. More Info: (360) 676-8660

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2 eating human who lives in Bellingham, there’s a good BEST DRIVE-THRU COFFEE: CRUISIN’ COFFEE good and black. Just keep your clothes on, O.K.? DO IT IT DO chance she’s been to Bloom Café, where it’s not only I know we’d all like to linger over a cup of Joe at our Where: Four locations in Bellingham; three locations possible to ﬁll up on organic, vegan edibles such as sea local coffeehouse, but, plainly speaking, who has the in Lynden; one in Ferndale; one in Blaine. veggie burgers, quinoa burritos and raw and gluten- time? Driving through to get our ﬁx is a fact of life for Info: www.thewoodscoffee.com 10 free pasta and meatballs—for starters—but also stop most of us, and when we get our coffee on the go, we .06. by for live music, monthly bellydance performances and most often do it at one of the conveniently located BEST WAITER/BEST BREAKFAST: 10 a rotating roster of workshops. Cruisin’ Coffee stands. As much as convenience, consis- OLD TOWN CAFE .05

Where: 1320 Cornwall Ave. Info: www.cafebloom.com tency is key when it comes to brand loyalty, and Cruisin’ Steeb Russell is about the cheeriest fellow you’d want 40 # makes quality coffee at every location, every hour of to meet before you’ve had your morning coffee. That, BEST MAC & CHEESE: BOUNDARY BAY BREWERY the day. Beat that, Starbucks. by the way, comes in a deep, pitted mug poured by Suck it, Kraft. Why settle for boxed mac & cheese Info: www.cruisincoffee.com stripe-y Steeb’s steady hand. Why do people like their when you can indulge in the ultimate comfort food in first meal at the Old Town? Maybe it’s the group table the warm embrace of Boundary Bay? Promising, and liv- BEST COFFEEHOUSE: THE WOODS COFFEE that’s a little like family breakfast, porridge and all. ing up to, as the menu states, “crusty on the top, gooey True story, Cascadia Weekly is banned from The Woods An unfortunate fire that sadly took out a lot of Old in the middle” fare, the popular item also features four— Coffee ’cause we photographed a band showing knee- Town earlier this year had the silver lining of giving this CASCADIA WEEKLY four!—different cheeses. And we probably don’t need to caps and nipples on our last BOB cover. So Woods is safe modest little diner excellent views of the morning sun 19 mention it, but we’re sure if you ask your waiter, you’ll be from our indiscreet breaches of sensitivity. Woods is also dappling Lummi Island in the distance. directed to which brew pairs well with m & c. everywhere—including readers’ favorite park—the atmo- Where: 316 W. Holly St. Info: 671-4431 Where: 1107 Railroad Ave. Info: www.bbaybrewery.com sphere is pleasant, and the wifi is strong as the coffee is CONTINUED ON PAGE 20 doit

42 42 WORDS THURS., OCT. 7 /'.3.!8)$22$*(-2, - BUDGET CUTS RALLY: Take part FOOD THURS., OCT. 7 in the National Day of Action EXIT STRATEGY: Kelsey Col- to Defend Public Education lins shares ideas from his book

35 35 Cuts by attending a rally and Exit Strategy: Leaving This Life march against cutting another with Grace and Gratitude at $9 million from WWU’s budget 7pm at Village Books, 1200 at 11:45am at the Performing 11th St.

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32 SAT., OCT. 9 ORG RETURN TO GRANDER: Eighty-year-old Richard Harri- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VIGIL: FILM FILM man reads from his ﬁrst novel, As part of Domestic Violence Return to Grander, at 7pm at Awareness Month, attend a vigil at 6pm at the Whatcom 28 Village Books, 1200 11th St. i WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM County Courthouse Chambers. i 671-8539 MUSIC MON., OCT. 11 SCOREBOARD: Seattle Times SAT., OCT. 9

26 journalist Ken Armstrong reads FERNDALE FESTIVAL: At- from his new book, Scoreboard, tend the ﬁnal Ferndale Farm- ART ART Baby: A Story of College Foot- ers Market of the season from ball, Crime, and Complicity, at 10am-1pm at Centennial Riv-

24 7pm at Village Books, 1200 erwalk Park. There’ll also be a 11th St. Harvest Festival complete with scarecrow designing, pumpkin STAGE STAGE i 671-2626 contests, chalk art, a beer gar- POETRYNIGHT: Read your den and more. original verse at poetrynight

22 i 384-3042 OR WWW. at 8:30pm at the Amadeus FERNDALECHAMBER.COM Project, Cornwall Ave. Sign- ups start at 8pm. BELLINGHAM MARKET: Pur- GET OUT i WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG chase and peruse local fruit and veggies and artistic offer- Best Day Trip: TUES., OCT. 12 ings at the Bellingham Farmers 21 Mt. Baker/Artist Point NATURAL-BORN PROUD: Market from 10am-3pm at the Rudy Martin reads from Nat- Depot Market Square at the

WORDS ural-Born Proud: A Revery at corner of Railroad Avenue and 7pm at Village Books, 1200 Chestnut Street. 11th St. i 647-2060 OR WWW. 0 10 i 671-2626 BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG BOB BOB BOB 1 BOB BEST INDIAN: BLAINE MARKET: Local ven- INDIAN FLAVORS Settings range from the upscale on Rimland Drive to WED., OCT. 13 dors will sell their wares at the

8 Spotless mirrors cover every wall, making this cozy a bistro setting in Fairhaven, but On Rice serves an EGAN’S RADIO HOUR: The final Blaine Gardeners Market restaurant seem cavernous. A few silent sports net- excellent, dependable menu of succulent and savory Big Burn author Tim Egan will of the season from 10am-2pm work TVs are reflected kaleidoscopically, a receding dishes from Swimming Rama to sweet Holy Basil to be the featured literary guest at H Street Plaza. at this month’s Chuckanut i WWW.BLAINECHAMBER.COM CURRENTS CURRENTS infinity of play action reversed and restored. Filling curried garlic prawns with jasmine rice. Radio Hour at 6:30pm at the BLUE SKIES AUCTION: Blue the air is the marvelous, warm scents of East India. Where:-2?KGQF6?W¸1GKJ?LB#P¸'?PPGQ2R Info: Crystal Ballroom of the Leo-

6 Skies for Children will hold its pold, 1224 Cornwall Ave. Tick- With a mulligatawny that’s brawny, they put the tang www.onrice.biz 10th annual Dinner & Charity ets are $5. in tandoori and serve with verve the vindaloo. Auction at 6pm at Bellingham’s VIEWS VIEWS i WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Where: 3930 Meridian St., Suite 107. Info: 647-1589 BEST STEAK:!+ "*%.1$2323$ *'.42$ Best Western Lakeway Inn. MIA BIRK: Acclaimed na- 4 Yes, you like Niemann’s steakhouse, but which one? Tickets are $60 and include ap- BEST MEXICAN: tional urban transportation petizers, dinner, wine tastings TACO LOBO The brothers split up some years back, and it’s been an planner Mia Birk will be pre-

MAIL MAIL and a dessert dash. A perennial favorite in a town bursting with good angry division, with Herb buying the original Black For- senting and reading from her i WWW.

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2 Mexican, Taco Lobo stays on top because of a chef’s est in the county and Jack staking a fancy new steak- BLUESKIESFORCHILDREN.ORG obsession for the authentic: tamales are wrapped in house by the same name downtown. Not wanting to Toward a Healthier Planet—as well as leading community DO IT IT DO SUN., OCT. 10 corn leaves. Tortillas are hand-tossed. The best south choose sides, I confess I do like the journey out to Ever- discussions on the topic of PSYCHIC FAIR: Mystical Winds of the border south of the border. son, the schnitzel and the schmaltz of the “Bavarian” alternative transportation in will host a Friends and Fellow- 10 Where: 117 W. Magnolia St. Info: 756-0711 Foothills. Eat in the bar and you can feud over which Bellingham—at 7pm at WWU’s ship Psychic and Holistic Fair

.06. bourbon goes best with porterhouse, Jim or Jack. Viking Union Multipurpose from 11am-5pm at Hampton 10 BEST ITALIAN FOOD: D’ANNA’S CAFÉ ITALIANO Where: 203 W Main St, Everson Info: 966-2855 Room. Entry is free. Inn’s Fox Hall. Entry is free. i I can’t remember a time when D’Anna’s didn’t win in 733-8307 i WWW.MYSTICALWINDS.NET .05 BEST DONUTS: 100 YEAR CELEBRATION: 40 this category. I have no problem with this, as it allows 1."*$3#.-432 # Help the Ten Mile Grange cel- me to craft a yearly love letter to the restaurant that My love of Rocket Donuts can be summed up in COMMUNITY ebrate 100 years at an open has served me the vast majority of my favorite meals three succinct words: Bacon Maple Bar. It is the dis- house from 1-4pm at its Lyn- in Bellingham. I’ve sampled most of the menu and not tillation of everything Rocket does so well: a tender WED., OCT. 6 den digs at 6958 Hannegan Rd. found any of it to be lacking. Considering how many and ﬂuffy donut base coated with aromatic maple GREEN DRINKS: Network with Entry is free. likeminded environmental- i 733-4487 of you seem to feel the same way, I’m guessing this is icing and topped with strips of smoky, salty bacon. minded folks at the monthly PICKETT TOUR: Peruse the a love letter you could easily author as well. It is everything a donut needs to be: sweet, satiat- Green Drinks gathering from oldest wooden structure in CASCADIA WEEKLY Where: Info: 5-7pm at the Green Frog 1317 N. State St. (360) 714-0188 ing and more than a little bit naughty. Of course Washington from 1-4pm at a Acoustic Tavern, 902 N. State there’s a range of impeccably rendered donuts in- monthly tour at the Pickett 20 St. Entry is free, drinks are BEST ASIAN, BEST TAKEOUT: side the sci-ﬁ themed shop, and you voted for each House, 910 Bancroft St. Ad- ON RICE not. mission is by donation. We’re not sure why “take out” always implies Thai, and every one of them. i 733-8307 i WWW.COB.ORG readers, but On Rice is the Siamese sure to please. Where:6'MJJW2R Info: www.rocketdonuts.com *HYPUNMVY @V\HUK 42 words FOOD COMMUNITY ›› LECTURES BOOKS :PUJL PU)LSSPUNOHT Diagnosis U Repair U Service U We Buy and Sell Volvos your 35 New & used parts in stock U Visa, MasterCard and Discover 360.734.6117 Volvo rainbowautoservice.com

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www.surfrider.org/nws 24 MIA BIRK is on a mission to make Portland, Ore., the most bicycle- <0)66=)4;7=6,?)>-; BBQ STAGE friendly city in America. The Portland LIVE MUSIC

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“I fell in love with bicycling in 1990 WORDS while attending graduate school in Washington, D.C. Having grown up in 10 suburban Dallas, Texas, I was used to BOB BOB Fall into Fashion 10 BOB driving everywhere,” Birk related. clean out your

While in college, she found it dif- closetcloset forfor 8 ﬁcult to ﬁnd parking, so she bor- cashcash rowed her brother’s

10-speed Schwinn. CURRENTS “Within a few weeks, I was in the best 6 shape of my life, and !CROSSFROM"ELLIS&AIRDOWNFROM2OSSs-ERIDIAN3T"ELL!CROSSFROM"E INGHAM 1sWWwPLATOSCLOSETBELLINGHAMCOM VIEWS a lifelong love affair had begun.” HEAR Eff!Xjmefsnvui!BSOQ!!XpnfoÖt!Ifbmui!Ovstf!Qsbdujujpofs!'!Dmbttjdbm!Ipnfpqbui 4 Birk became the bi- WHO: Mia Birk MAIL MAIL cycle program manag- WHEN: 7pm, aged Portland’s bicycle program at a

Weds., Oct. 13 er for the city of Port- critical moment in the ’90s, wherenat 2 land in 1993, where WHERE: WWU city’s successful bikeway network.

COST: Free IT DO she helped Portland “RE Sources is very excited to bring INFO: www. 3487!Nbjo!Tusffu-!Tvjuf!4 become a more bicy- re-sources.org Mia Birk here to share her stories and Gfsoebmf-!XB!:9359 cle-friendly city, ac- expertise,” states Hannah Coughlin, 10 cording to her website. marketing coordinator for RE Sources. )471*!495.3:11 .06.

xxx/cfuufsifbmuiczdipjdf/dpn!!!!!Dpwfsfe!cz!nptu!jotvsbodf!qmbot 10 “Mia Birk’s contributions to the “We understand that sustainability bike community cannot be underesti- applies to transportation as well, for 35!zfbst!pg!fyqfsjfodf jo!dmjojdbm!qsbdujdf XpnfoÖt!Ifbmui!Dbsf .05 mated. She was instrumental in tak- the health of our community and our 40 # ing a parochial river community that planet. We expect Mia’s presentation did not consider bicycles in the trans- to inspire folks to take personal ac- portation plan to the number-one cy- tion toward more sustainable transit cling city in the United States,” said choices.” Joe Kurmaskie, author of Mud, Sweat Birk will also meet with city and and Gears. county ofﬁcials, alternative trans-

Currently the chief executive ofﬁcer portation advocacy groups, advisory CASCADIA WEEKLY at Alta Planning and Design in Port- groups and WWU students and faculty 21 land, Birk has championed pedestrian, for a special presentation on urban bicycle, trail and greenway planning, planning and infrastructure ideas for design and implementation. She man- Bellingham.

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MUSIC the rocky tumult, a thundering waterfall roared over a cliff comprised of a single gargantuan

26 stone, its water the color of hot chocolate.

ART ART Even from up there, it was loud. The light was fading fast as we pitched our

24 tent on the moraine at High Camp, above the last trees. The clouds descended and it imme-

STAGE STAGE diately began to rain. It rained all night, accompanied by increasingly muscular gusts of 22 22 22 wind, and in the morning we emerged into a whiteout with rain blowing sideways. As the clouds swept over us we got an occasional GET OUT GET OUT glimpse of the glacier below us, all crevasses and blue shadows. We decided to head for the

21 Park Butte lookout cabin, in hopes of shelter from the storm.

WORDS We broke camp and headed back down the moraine. Even the marmots looked miserable. Water was running everywhere—all the creeks 10 were raging and some new ones had been BOB BOB invented—including, often, the trail itself.

8 We’re talking seriously wet boots. We climbed out of the meadows and grunted up the steep ﬁnal section to the lookout cab-

CURRENTS CURRENTS in, surprised to ﬁnd it occupied by a pair of climbers also seeking sanctuary. But, no wor- 6 ries, they invited us to share the cabin, so we slipped inside, shedding our wet layers. VIEWS VIEWS In a few moments the cabin was draped

4 with Gore-Tex and ﬂeece and water was boil- ing on the stove. It was an unexpected delight MAIL MAIL to share the evening with these fellow trav-

2 elers—high school chums reuniting after 26 years. We shared stories, laughter and steam- STORY AND PHOTO BY JOHN D’ONOFRIO DO IT IT DO ing mugs of coffee. Chuck and I rolled out our damp sleeping bags on the ﬂoor, among the

10 enterprising mice. The wind howled and the

.06. shutters shuddered. 10 Railroad Grade In the morning the rain had stopped and we said our goodbyes to our new friends as they .05 THE RAIN, THE BUTTE AND OTHER THINGS

40 departed for their climb. The clouds opened # up and, little by little, the mountains were re- AS SOMETIMES happens, what started out as one thing preceded the appearance of Mt. Baker on the vealed, glaciers gleaming. We spent the entire became quite another. scene, the stone parapets and minarets were blissful day drying our wet gear on the rail- The plan was to spend three nights up on Railroad Grade, that magi- formed by surging lava some 400,000 years ing of the deck and relaxing on folding chairs, cal ramp of rubble and scree on Mt. Baker’s spectacular south side. ago. (By contrast, Mt. Baker is a sprightly watching the spectacle unfold until the sun We got a late start, headed up through Schreiber’s Meadow beneath 30,000 years old.) went down.

CASCADIA WEEKLY a ceiling of cloud that erased Baker’s upper reaches. We crossed Rocky We reached the lateral moraine, formed by Sunrise ignited the Twin Sisters with orange Creek and climbed up switchbacks through ancient cedars, quickly the Easton Glacier in happier landscape-chew- light and we reluctantly packed our backpacks 22 reaching Morovitz Meadow. ing days, and ascended its knife-edge crest, for the hike out. We lifted our packs and head- The Black Buttes were revealed above us, looming out of the swirl- balanced between green meadow and the ed down the rocky trail toward home, well sat- ing mists like the mountains of Mordor. Remnants of a volcano that scoured basin below the glacier’s toe. Down in isﬁed with our mountain improvisations.

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WED., OCT. 6 FOOD NO-TILL GARDENING: Join the Birch-

wood Garden Club’s monthly meeting to 35 hear Pamela Wild talk about “No-Till Gar- dening” at 7pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. i WWW.BIRCHWOODGARDENCLUB.ORG CLASSIFIEDS THURS., OCT. 7

NATIVE PLANTS: “Landscaping with Na- 32 tive Plants” will be the focus when Bell-

ingham Parks Volunteer Coordinator Rae FILM Edwards leads a Brown Bag discussion at 12:30pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121

Prospect St. Suggested donation is $3. 28 i 778-8930

AROUND THE WORLD: Take an armchair MUSIC journey when Jim Spaich shares stories and slides focusing on “Fun and Frustra- 26 tion: A Trip Around the World on a Tight

Budget” at 7pm at the Bellingham Public ART Library, 210 Central Ave. Suggested dona-

tion is $2. 24 i 778-7000

STAGE SAT., OCT. 9 A FREE PUMPKIN DAY: See what area youth /LWHUDWXUH EVENT! have been growing as part of “Pumpkin 22 22 22 Day” from 9am-12pm at Ferndale’s Ho- LIVE! vander Homestead Park. The event will feature free pumpkins and much more. GET OUT EVENTS GET OUT i 676-6736 AWARENESS RIDE: The 2nd annual

“Breast Cancer Awareness Ride” begins 21 at 10am at Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 IURPWKHOHJHQGDU\IRONWULR Railroad Ave. Entry is $25.

7+(-2851(<0(1 WORDS i WWW.KULSHANCYCLES.COM NEW MOON MORNING: “Spectacular Spiders” will be the theme of Wild What- DICK 10 com Walks’ “New Moon Mornings” outings BOB BOB at 10:15am and 11:30am at the Belling-

ham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Call WEISSMAN 8 the library to register. i 778-7200

SUN., OCT. 10 CURRENTS MTB DUATHLON: Runningshoes.com will host a Mountain Bike Duathlon starting at 6 11am at Lake Padden Park. Prices vary.

i WWW.TRITHECOOKIE.COM VIEWS GLOBAL WORK PARTY: Join Belling- ham Parks, REI, and the Nooksack Salmon 4 Enhancement Association for a “Global Work Party” happening from 1-4pm at MAIL Squalicum Creek Park. You’ll be restoring Join us for a collision of streamside habitat for salmon, so dress history, music, and 2 politics as Weissman appropriately. DO IT IT DO

shows how politics affect- i WWW.350.ORG OR WWW.N-SEA.ORG ed music and how music has changed America.

MON., OCT. 11 10 Dick Weissman was a RUNNING AFTER 65: “Ultra Running member of the legendary .06.

After 65” will be the focus of a talk with folk trio the Journeymen, 10 Barb Macklow, 74, and Vicki Grifﬁths, 66, and is author of 13 books at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Entry is free. on music and the music .05 i 647-8955 industry. 40 # WED., OCT. 13 WALK TO SCHOOL DAY: Kids and col- *Informal song circle to Sunday, lege students can take part in Interna- follow. Please bring your tional Walk to School Day today. instruments & October voices; talent i WWW.EVERYBODYBIKE.COM pm is optional. 4 th MAP, COMPASS: Sign up ASAP for a “Map 10 & Compass Basics” clinic at 6pm at REI, CASCADIA WEEKLY 400 36th St. The class is free, but regis- VILLAGE BOOKS tration is a must. 23 i 647-8955 1200 11th St., Bellingham remember to wear your helmet 360.671.2626 VILLAGEBOOKS.com Free classes, tips & inspiration. EverybodyBike.com doit

STAGE 42 42 THURS., OCT. 7 FOOD ROCKY HORROR AUDITIONS: Audi- tion for upcoming performances relating to the Rocky Horror Picture Show at 35 35 g sta e 7pm at WWU’s Viking Union 462. You THEATER ›› DANCE ›› PROFILES must be comfortable being scantily clad and overtly sexual, so keep that in mind. CLASSIFIEDS i 650-6120 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The

32 Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday at the Upfront Theatre,

FILM FILM 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick around for “The Project.” Entry is $7 for the early show, $4 for the late one. 28 backbone and cajones—the Texas native with i 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM the soothing Southern twang is now known the

MUSIC world over for bringing the drudgery of domes- OCT. 7-10 ticity to hilarious life. FOREVER PLAID: The “deliciously goofy” story of four young men who 26 But no successful comedian can survive on were killed in a car crash on the way

ART ART just one shtick—after all, you can only make to their first big concert can be seen so many jokes about having to find “narrow” when the musical Forever Plaid shows at 8pm Thurs.-Sat. and 2pm Sun. at 24 24 sanitary napkins for your teenage daughter or comparing your wife to a sniper shooting at the Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 H St. Tickets are $8-$12. STAGE STAGE STAGE STAGE you from an undisclosed location—and, in the i WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATREGUILD.COM years since his first Tonight Show appearance, OUR TOWN: Thornton Wilder’s classic

22 Engvall has poked fun at a lot more than his American play, Our Town, opens this immediate family. weekend with showings at 7:30pm Take, for example, the material—and albums— Thurs.-Sat. and 2pm Sun. at Sudden GET OUT comprised of his “Here’s Your Sign” bits, which Valley’s Barn Theatre. Tickets are $8- $10. came together when he realized there were a i WWW.THEBARNTHEATRE

21 whole mess of stupid people asking a slew of SUDDENVALLEY.COM stupid questions, well, just about everywhere. RUMORS: Neil Simon’s Rumors shows

WORDS For example, he likes to tell the one about at 7:30pm Thurs.-Sat. and 2pm Sun. the surly woman working the baggage counter at Lynden’s Claire vg Thomas The- in Buffalo who, when he went to inquire about atre, 655 Front St. The “high-voltage 10 hilarity”—which focuses on a dinner his missing luggage, asked him if his plane had party where the host and hostess have BOB BOB landed yet. gone missing—shows at various dates

8 “No, peaches,” was through Oct. 17. Tickets are $8-$12. his reply to the clue- i WWW.CLAIREVGTHEATRE.ORG less employee, “I’m THE FULL MONTY: Watch what hap- BY AMY KEPFERLE pens when unemployed steelworkers

CURRENTS CURRENTS having an out-of-body decide to strip to their skivvies when experience, and I’ve a musical version of The Full Monty 6 gotta get back for the shows at 7:30pm Thurs., 8pm Fri.-Sat. peanuts.” That was the and 2pm Sun. at the Anacortes Com- VIEWS VIEWS Blue-Collar Bill point, metaphorically munity Theatre, 918 M Ave. Tickets are $16 and additional showings happen 4 speaking, at least, when FINDING THE FUNNY IN FAMILY through Oct. 17. SEE IT Engvall would hand her i WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM MAIL MAIL WHO: Bill Engvall a sign both declaring WHEN: 7pm and 9:30pm OCT. 8-9

2 IF TRUTH is far stranger than ﬁction, are the members of one’s family her stupidity and also Fri., Oct. 8 way more hilarious than strangers you’re likely to bump into on the street? Ask warning off others who BLITHE SPIRIT: Noel Coward’s Blithe WHERE: Mount Baker Spirit—whose tagline is “It’s a matter DO IT IT DO Bill Engvall, who’s made a successful living mining his longtime marriage—not Theatre, 104 N. Com- might be tempted to in- of wife or death”—shows at 6:30pm to mention his two offspring—for comedic gold. mercial St. teract with her. every Friday and Saturday through

10 “I’ve been married now for 21 years,” Engvall—one of the funny fellas COST: $45-$55 Or how about the guy Oct. 23 at Mount Vernon’s RiverBelle INFO: 734-6080 or .06. made famous by best friend Jeff Foxworthy’s “Blue Collar Comedy Tour”— sitting next to him on Dinner Theatre, 100 E. Montgomery

10 www.mountbaker said during a performance a few years ago. “That being said, if you had a job a direct ﬂight from Los St. Tickets are $20-$40. theatre.com i WWW.RIVERBELLEDINNERTHEATRE. for 21 years, you’d know that job inside and out, backwards and forwards, Angeles to Houston who

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40 wouldn’t you? I can honestly stand here tonight and tell you that after 21 inquired if Engvall was,

# HELLINGHAM: There’s a killer run- years of marriage, I know no more about women that I do the day I ﬁrst got in fact, going to Houston. Yep, he gets a sign, ning amok in Hellingham, and the interested in them.” and this retort: “No, I’ll be parachuting out audience and fellow townspeople Pointing out that, pre-nuptials, he was possessed of both a spine and over El Paso.” And the list goes on. must struggle to ﬁgure out whodun- testicles, Engvall then went on to inform his chortling audience—many Lest you get the impression Engvall’s a cur- it. That’s right, it’s time once again for “Hellingham,” the completely of whom were nodding their noggins in agreement—that he knew these mudgeon who dislikes his family and the world improvised murder mystery that’ll facts were true because, pre-nuptials, he’d had an X-Ray (proving the spine around him, think again. He manages to get his show at 8pm and 10pm every Friday

CASCADIA WEEKLY theory) and was also able to make decisions about little things such as points across with a modicum of profanity, and and Saturday through Halloween at changing clothes or ﬁnding his way home from the grocery store behind the it’s easy to see by the twinkle in his eyes when the Upfront Theater, 1208 Bay St. 24 wheel of a car (see “testicles”). he’s talking about his family, that, underneath Entry is $8-$10. i 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM Post-marriage life may have supposedly been harder for him to handle, but the silly things they force him to do, he’d be methinks his relations take his comedic jabs in stride, being as—even sans lost without them. doit

IMPROV INVITATIONAL: Members

42 of the Dead Parrots Society and guest performers from Bellingham and far U U

FOOD beyond will perform at this weekend’s Grand-Slam Improv Invitational at 7pm Fri.-Sat. Ferndale’s Funland The- MON - SAT, 5-11 PM 35 atre, 7072 Kickerville Rd. Admission Jewelry & Kitchenware is by donation, and funds will be do- nated to the ALS Association. Deli & Organic Grocery i WWW.FUNLANDTHEATER.COM Nutritional Supplements JJmZqak:Y[cmZqak:Y[c CLASSIFIEDS SAT., OCT. 9 VARIETY SHOW: Jason Quick’s Fish, Cheese, Sausage J9KH:=JJQE=9< 32 monthly “Single-Handed Variety Show” begins at 1pm at the Bellingham Cir- Greeting Cards, Books FILM cus Guild’s Cirque Lab, 2107 Iron St. LIVE MUSIC Suggested donation is $5-$10. Espresso & Sandwiches i WWW.BELLIGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM Fine Wines, Microbrews TUES - SAT 8PM 28 SUN., OCT. 10 MUSIC COMEDY NIGHT: A weekly Comedy Night happens at 8pm every Sunday at Tiny & Mighty the Fairhaven Pub & Martini Bar, 1114 26 Harris Ave. Hiway 9 – Van Zandt ART ART i WWW.FAIRHAVENPUB.COM www.everybodys.com 24 24 DANCE Your Farmers Market STAGE STAGE STAGE STAGE WED., OCT. 6 BELLYDANCE AT BLOOM: A monthly for the other six days a week! bellydance extravaganza begins at 22 8:30pm at Bloom Café, 1320 Cornwall Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Ave. Entry is $5. Now Open on i WWW.CAFEBLOOM.COM Sundays, 8:30-4:00 GET OUT THURS., OCT. 7 FOURTH CORNER FOLK: Hook up 21 with the Fourth Corner Folk Dancers at 7pm every Thursday at the Fairhaven WORDS Library, 1117 12th St. If you’re new to the world of Balkan, Israeli, Romani, and Greek dancing, entry is free—oth- 10 erwise a $5 donation is suggested. BOB BOB i 380-0456 8 OCT. 7-10 Your community CONTEXT OF LIFE: Learn more about every step, every day, over and over Open daily people in your community when “In natural market

in downtown CURRENTS the Context of Life”—a multimedia 300 W. Champion Street since 1973 performance featuring dance, video, Mount Vernon narratives and music—shows for the Downtown Bellingham 360-336-9777 6 ﬁnal weekend at 7:30pm Thurs.-Sat. 738-DROP skagitfoodcoop.com and 2pm Sun. at the Firehouse Per- VIEWS forming Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave.

Tickets are $12. 4 i WWW.KUNTZANDCOMPANY.ORG MAIL MAIL SAT., OCT. 9

SCANDINAVIAN DANCE: Live mu- 2 sic by Vancouver’s Sammenspil will DO IT IT DO be part of the monthly Scandinavian Dance happening from 2-5pm at Nor- GrillGrill && DeliDeli way Hall, 1419 N. Forest St. Entry is 10 $3-$10. .06. i 734-2516 10 CONTRA DANCE: The Brad & Steve 360 312 5775 Band will perform during tonight’s .05

Contra Dance from 7:30-10:30pm at 40 the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. Panini with Pizazz! # Entry is $8-$10. i WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE. Deli Sandwiches ORG SCOTTISH DANCE: The Bellingham Soups & Salads Scottish Country Dancers will host a monthly public dance from 7:30-11pm Desserts & Beverages

at the YWCA, 1026 N. Forest St. Entry CASCADIA WEEKLY is $5-$10. Full Deli & Catering i WWW.BELLINGHAMSCD.ORG 10% OFF Meats/Cheeses on Sundays 25 1530 Cornwall (in the Public Market)

42 42 FOOD

35 35 visual GALLERIES ›› OPENINGS ›› PROFILES CLASSIFIEDS 32 FILM FILM 28

MUSIC beyond were free of population sprawl, check out natural power plants, view lumber industries, 26 26 sawmills, coal towers and demolition. ART ART ART ART As I perused the pieces, a docent-led tour en- tered the space, and went directly to the “Golden

24 Gate Bridge” painting. “The artist was onsite for this,” the tour leader

STAGE STAGE explained. “Men would wait outside the fences in case somebody got hurt—they’d be ready to step

22 in. Although it was a big project for the Depres- sion,” she continued, “it showed that American optimism was alive and well.” GET OUT Upstairs, that same hopefulness was evident in some of the faces revealed in “New Deal”

21 pieces, but there were also cautionary tales. Amid a Manhattan “Fes-

WORDS tival” painting, for example, revelers danced in the shadow of the Gashouse 10 District, a neighborhood BOB BOB reserved for those too

8 poor to move away from SEE IT poisonous industries. “SKATING IN CENTRAL PARK,” BY AGNES TAIT WHAT: “1934: A New In another, shabbily

CURRENTS CURRENTS Deal for Artists” dressed women in a Los WHEN: 12-5pm Angeles tenement hung 6 every Tues.-Sun., their wash on the lines. BY AMY KEPFERLE through Jan. 9, 2011 Still another, Ivan Al- VIEWS VIEWS WHERE: Whatcom Museum’s Light- bright’s “The Farmer’s

4 catcher building, Kitchen” depicted, in in- 250 Flora St. tricate, horrifying detail, MAIL MAIL A New Deal COST: $8-$10 gen- the crushing impact of eral, $5 on Tuesdays

2 drudgery and advancing LIGHTCATCHER EXHIBIT REVISITS THE DEPRESSION INFO: www.whatcom museum.org age on a farmer’s wife. DO IT IT DO There were also render- BANKS FAILED. The stock market was in the toilet. Life To honor the 75th anniversary of the PWAP, the ings of a sweating miner

10 savings disappeared like Houdini’s elephant. The United States was, Smithsonian American Art Museum put together deep within a California gold mine, a lush New

.06. to put it mildly, in crisis mode. the traveling exhibit, which we’re beyond lucky York City subway tableau, a barber shop, a minor 10 No, I’m not hearkening back to the past couple years of the current to have stop in Bellingham. (Seriously, people, league baseball team, paper workers, laborers at recession. Although the aforementioned moribund markers could some of the pieces on display at the Lightcatcher an ice house and many other markers of a time .05

40 well define the financial shenanigans of recent times, the reference once hung in Roosevelt’s White House.) long gone, but, in many ways, not far away at all. # point is instead the year 1934. As for the exhibit itself, it’s a wonder. Time A quick look at the comment book reminded While the Great Depression isn’t referred to in most textbooks as a capsule and history lesson all in one, the doz- me I wasn’t the only one who’d been affected by particularly fertile time for artists, there was a six-month period that ens of pieces that comprise the show are also the exhibit. drew attention to those who made their living through creativity. intensely interesting to look at. “Rough times well illustrated,” read one mis- “1934: A New Deal for Artists” is but a sampling of the works of I checked out the ground floor—which focused sive, while another noted it was comforting to art created from mid-December, 1933 to June, 1934, when President on industry and nature, and showed few depic- know “that hard times can beget such beauty.”

CASCADIA WEEKLY Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) en- tions of actual people—first. But it was the final note I read that stuck couraged artists from across the country to depict “the American Aside from being a heady reminder of the time with me: “Excellent art depicting an era soon 26 scene.” The result was 3,749 artists who created 15,663 works of art before our country was ruled by technology, view- to return, as America grows ever more selfish— that were then displayed in schools, libraries, post offices, museums ers can see what the Golden Gate Bridge looked witness tax cuts for the rich as social services and government buildings across the country. like before the behemoth went up and the hills vanish.” doit

UPCOMING EVENTS Sondik, and Craig Dunstan-McGrail can be viewed until Oct. 30 at the “Aesthetic Expressions” exhibit 42 THURS., OCT. 7 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. FOOD PAINT-OUT SHOW: Twelve artists who partici- i WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG pated in last summer’s “Plein Air Paint Out” in ANCHOR ART SPACE: “Four Friends: New Work” Mount Vernon will show their works at an opening

opens shows through the month at Anacortes’ An- 35 reception from 6-10pm at the Front Gallery, 420 chor Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave. Myrtle St. The show will be open at various times i WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG through Oct. 16. BLUE HORSE: “EOS, Goddess of the Dawn: A Cel- i WWW.MOUNTVERNON.ORG

ebration of the Feminine for Breast Cancer Aware- CLASSIFIEDS TODDLER ART: Gabriel Miles will lead a “Toddler ness” will be the theme for the multi-artist exhibit Art Explorations” class starting today at 11am at showing through Oct. 29 at the Blue Horse Gallery, the Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher building, 250 301 W. Holly St. 32 Flora St. Tuition for the six classes is $24-$30 and i WWW.BLUEHORSEGALLERY.COM FILM FILM includes materials. BOUNDARY BAY: Solace Wonder’s Oktoberfest- i 778-8960 OR [email protected] themed art show will be on display through Octo-

FRI., OCT. 8 ber at Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. 28 i WWW.BBAYBREWERY.COM ARTSCRUSH: Artist and teacher Jacquie Bresado- DEPOT ARTS CENTER: “Water Music,” featuring la will kick off the ﬁrst of this month’s “ArtsCrush” MUSIC events at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. “Ev- weavings by Mary Snowden and pottery by Margue- erybody’s An Artist; Art is in Everyone!” will be the rite Goff, can be viewed until Oct. 30 at the Depot 26 26 theme of the free event. Arts Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. ART ART i WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM i (360) 293-3663 OR WWW.DEPOTARTSCENTER.ORG ART OPEN HOUSE: Celebrate an ownership transition DIGS: “Home,” a collection of paintings by Port Townsend artist Terry Leness, can be perused at NW Handspun Yarns from 5-8pm at the store’s 24 digs at 1401 Commercial St. Longtime employee through October at DIGS, 200 W. Holly St. The ex- and new owner Meg Jobe will be on hand, as will hibit can be seen through October. STAGE STAGE progenitor Nancy Bjerke. i WWW.DIGSSHOWROOM.COM CHIHUAHUA i 738-0167 FOG: View a variety of works by noted artists at

LOOMIS OPENING: Attend an opening reception the new Fairhaven Originals Gallery, 960 Harris 22 for “The Voices of Whatcom,” a group show featur- Ave. i www.bellinghamfog.com Mexican Restaurant ing many of the county’s ﬁnest artists, from 6-9pm GALLERY CYGNUS: “Riverscapes and Water at Blaine’s Loomis Hall Gallery, 288 Martin St. The Shapes,” an exhibit featuring paintings by Maggie GET OUT pieces will be on display until Nov. 8. Wilder and glass sculpture by Theodora Johnson, i WWW.LOOMISHALLGALLERY.COM shows through Nov. 7 at La Conner’s Gallery Cyg- 50% OFF nus, 109 Commercial St. 21 SAT., OCT. 9 i WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM Combo #1-20 MONA OPENINGS: Attend an opening reception HONEY SALON: View paintings by Jackie Webley WORDS for “Thomas T. Wilson: a Survey,” Karen Willen- through Oct. 29 at Honey Salon, 310 W. Holly St. with purchase brink-Johnsen’s “A Journey in Glass,” and “Guy An- i WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM of same & 2 drinks derson and Other Friends: The Paul I. Gingrich, Jr. LITTLE GALLERY: Peruse Lorna Liebert’s “Capti- 10 Collection” from 2-5pm at La Conner’s Museum of (equal or lesser value)

vating Characters” exhibit through Oct. 30 at the BOB Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. Show up at 1pm for Little Gallery, 1220 Bay St. Valid Sun-Thurs only a “Conversation with Tom Wilson.” i 647-5675 offer expires February 2, 2011 8 i WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG LUCIA DOUGLAS: “Portland Prints”—featuring OCT. 9-10 works by Hibiki Miyazaki, Nancy Prior, and Marga- COME FEAST AT OUR FANTASTIC TACO ret Van Patten—can be perused through Oct. 16 at WHATCOM STUDIO TOUR: The second weekend TRUCK LOCATED AT PROSPECT & FLORA CURRENTS of the Whatcom Artist Studio Tour happens from the Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St.

9am-5pm Saturday and Sunday at more than 40 ar- i WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM MON-FRI, 11-5 6 tistic dwellings throughout Whatcom County. Maps PAPERDOLL: Works on paper by Portland’s Juli-

are available at each participating location, and anna Swaney can be viewed through Nov. 4 at the Exit 252, 5692 3rd Ave., Downtown Ferndale VIEWS entry is free. Paperdoll, 312 W. Champion St.

i WWW.STUDIOTOUR.NET i WWW.THEPAPERDOLL.NET 4 SKAGIT VALLEY GALLERY: “Point of Departure,” The Cuban Pork Sandwich SUN., OCT. 10 an interactive art sculpture by Tacoma artist Phil MAIL SHIFTING VIEWS: Internationally recognized Roach, shows through Oct. 29 at Mount Vernon’s

sculptor Lanny Bergner will give a talk relating at the 2 Skagit Valley College Art Gallery. An artist’s lecture Lightcatcher Cafe to the current “Shifting Views of Space and Place: happens Oct. 19.

Collection Selection” exhibit at 2pm at the What- Pressed Cuban Bread IT DO i (360) 416-7623 Homemade Pickle com Museum, 121 Prospect St. Entry is $3. SMITH & VALLEE: Bellingham artist Ruthie V’s i WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG

new exhibit, “Work,” can be viewed until Oct. 31 at Spicy Mustard Melted Swiss 10

WED., OCT. 13 Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. .06. AFTER-SCHOOL ART: Gabriel Miles will lead the i WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM 10 ﬁrst of six classes focusing on “After School Art” at WESTERN GALLERY: “Spellbound: Selections Honey Ham

4pm at the Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Build- from the Lehmann African Art Collection” shows .05 40

ing, 250 Flora St. Cost for the series is $32-$40, through Nov. 24 at WWU’s Western Gallery. # and includes materials. i 650-3963 Pepperoncini i 778-8960 WHATCOM ART GUILD: From 10am-6pm every WEAVERS GUILD: Collage artist Phyllis Evans will Friday through Sunday, stop by the Whatcom Art Slow-roasted Pork Shoulder be the featured guest at tonight’s Whatcom Weav- Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Waldron Building, ers Guild meeting at 7pm at St. James Presbyterian 1314 12th St. Church, 910 14th St. i WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG The Lightcatcher Cafe i WWW.WHATCOMWEAVERSGUILD.ORG WHATCOM MUSEUM: “1934: A New Deal for Art- is now open CASCADIA WEEKLY ists,” “Shifting Views of Space and Place: Collec- tion Selections/One” and “Outside the Home: Pho- at the 27 ONGOING EXHIBITS tographs of Women in the Workplace” can currently Whatcom ALLIED ARTS: Pieces by Yvette Neumann, Sheila be viewed at the Whatcom Museum. i WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG $PVSUZBSE*OEPPS4FBUJOHt,JE'SJFOEMZ7FHFUBSJBO0QUJPOT Museum &OUSBODFBU(SBOE"WF 5VFTEBZ4VO t

42 42 Rumor Has It

FOOD SOMETIMES, LIFE IS just moving along in a straight line, everything going great, until the day you decide to help a friend with a home-improvement 35 35 project and, all of a sudden, you’ve got a bum ﬁnger music and thousands of dollars in medical expenses you SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT can’t afford to pay.

CLASSIFIEDS What the hell does this have to do with music? Bear with me a minute and I’ll explain.

32 Recently, Peter Mock, longtime friend of Wild Buf- falo founder John Goodman and the general contrac- FILM FILM tor who helped bring the Buff into being, was helping Goodman with some sort of project that resulted 28

28 in the aforementioned ﬁnger injury and the apparently astronomical medical expenses that went with MUSIC MUSIC it. So, Goodman has gone about solving this problem in a fashion that should be familiar with us all by

26 now: he called in a favor at his former bar, called up

ART ART the Badd Dog Blues Society and booked a beneﬁt. It has been dubbed “Finger

24 Band-Aid” and takes place Sun., Oct. 10.

STAGE STAGE Is this the weirdest ben- eﬁt I’ve ever written about

22 in all the years I’ve been writing about the many ben- eﬁts that take place in this GET OUT town? Easily. But, in all se- riousness, with so many of

21 us sans health insurance, we’re all living just a ﬁnger BY CAREY ROSS

WORDS injury away from potential ﬁnancial ruin (you know, if many of us actually had ﬁnances worthy of ruination). Which means one day 10 we too could be getting by with a little help from our BOB BOB friends. Plus, the show is also a potluck--and who

8 doesn’t love a potluck? Also in the realm of things I ﬁnd to be weird is the fact that the “sound” Seattle used to be known

CURRENTS CURRENTS for was not grunge. Evidently, it was soul and funk. Yeah, I know. I’m skeptical too. But, apparently, 6 PHOTO BY HOLLIE HUTHMAN that is indeed the case, and some folks have gone and made a documentary about it, called Wheedle’s VIEWS VIEWS Groove, which will show Sat., Oct. 9 at the Pickford

4 BY CAREY ROSS as part of their month-long Doctober event. And, as further proof this whole “Seattle soul” thing is not MAIL MAIL just some elaborate ruse perpetrated on an unsus-

2 pecting public, many of the Wheedle’s Groove musi- Monotonix cians will actually appear at the Wild Buffalo that DO IT IT DO night for an all-star jam that I can only assume will STYLE? SUBSTANCE? WHO CARES? be totally amazing. However, if that weird-looking

10 Wheedle shows his face at the Buff, I will be pissed.

.06. HERE’S THE thing about Monotonix: when ever they happened to land. Some among us began to No one wants to see that guy. 10 they ﬁrst exploded into our collective conscious- be disillusioned, to use words like “shtick” and “gim- In other weirdness, it seems Bellingham—which, ness—and “exploded” is pretty much the only word mick” to describe their show, to turn our nose up at for these purposes includes residents both former and .05

40 that applies—we couldn’t get enough. We marveled the theatrics we once adored back when our romance current—is going viral all over the place. “Bellingham # at their epic live shows, wholeheartedly participated with the Israeli garage rockers was fresh and we were State of Mind,” the video that namechecks a mind- in their wholly uncontrolled chaos and chuckled at under the impression our ardor drove them to such boggling amount of local landmarks in its ﬁve-minute their various high-energy antics. They were like some acts of rock ’n’ roll badassery. In short, we realized running time, has now logged more that 153,000 You- sort of strangely addictive aural drug we thought we weren’t special. And we were pissed. Tube hits. Not to be outdone, James Burns (he for- we’d discovered and we were hooked. So, yes, when Monotonix makes their way to the merly of USS Horsewhip and currently of Cold Lake and Then something sort of funny happened. As they Wild Buffalo for an Oct. 12 show, the trio of gritty, Police Teeth) has started an Internet campaign called

CASCADIA WEEKLY toured—which they do, incessantly, relentlessly, as hard-rockin’ Israelis will likely do all the things “We Will Offer Weezer $10 Million to Break Up” that though they are driven by the devil himself—we be- they’ve become known for: they will spend as little was, just a few hours after being dreamed into exis- 28 gan to realize that those tricks we thought they’d time as possible onstage and as much time as possi- tence and posted on the worldwide web, reblogged dreamed up and performed just for us were actually ble in, around and on top of the audience; they will by the Stranger, Pitchfork, and the Onion’s A.V. Club. part of the spectacle they brought with them wher- interrupt their songs frequently to climb on things, Rivers Cuomo has yet to respond. musicEvents musicEvents

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West” when renowned singer and instrumen- FOOD may get a garbage can dumped over their head. While they’ve been talist Skip Gorman performs at 7:30pm at the known to occasionally light things on ﬁre, I’m guessing for this Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Dr. Suggested dona- show they may keep their pyrotechnic tendencies in check, which tion is $8-$12. 35 for Monotonix qualiﬁes as being on their best behavior. They might i 733-5960 take to the streets, as folks in the audience take off their shirts. OCT. 8-9 And, yes, they will wear tiny shorts and be very hairy. This is what

NATURAL TRANSITIONS II: Music, poetry, CLASSIFIEDS we have come to expect from them. spoken word and dance revolving around the As for us, despite whatever underlying grumbling might come theme of “Autumn” will be part of this week- from cynics and naysayers, we will show up in droves. The reason? end’s “Natural Transitions II” community per- 32 formance at 7pm Friday and Saturday at Pres-

And the reason Monotonix continues to captivate audiences every- ence Studio, 1412 Cornwall Ave. Tickets will be FILM where they land? Simply put, they bring with them more than just $10 at the door.

songs and sweat and spectacle. I wouldn’t go i [email protected] 28 28 as far as to say they cast some sort of crazy spell SUN., OCT. 10

on their audiences, but being at a Monotonix MUSIC WEISSMAN #1: Musician, historian and author MUSIC show is the deﬁnition of a memorable event, Dick Weissman will mix his passions at a pre- no matter how many times you’ve seen them sentation focusing on his book, Talkin’ ‘Bout a 26 do something that seems like something they Revolution: Music and Social Change in America,

BY CAREY ROSS ART might’ve done before.. at 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Bring instruments and your voices, as there’ll be an And memory likely plays a big part in why informal song circle to follow. HEAR 24 WHO: Monotonix, Ty Bellingham in particular feels such a kinship for Manhattan Transfer i WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Segall, Zorbatron this band from so far away. After all, we used to STAGE STAGE WHEN: 8pm Tues., have a whole music scene as big and loud and MON., OCT. 11 WEISSMAN #2: If you didn’t catch him at Vil- Oct. 12 spectacular as anything these three hirsute gain Lynden? WHERE: Wild lage Books, show up to see seasoned musician 22 Buffalo, 208 W. rage rockers can throw down. In a town steeped YEP, THAT’S HAPPENING and historian Dick Weissman perform at 7:30pm Holly St. in nostalgia and a place that openly yearns for at the Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Dr. Suggested donation is $8-$12. COST: $10 the past, Monotonix reminds us of those days GET OUT MORE INFO: www. when the music scene was louder, messier and DID YOU know Lynden has its very own music festi- i WWW.DICKWEISSMAN.COM wildbuffalo.net a whole lot rowdier. And, for a moment, we are val? Well, it does. And, although the town itself may be TUES., OCT. 12 21 transported back to all those beer- and sweat- small, the festival is anything but. Case in point: more CHOIR CONCERT: More than 250 students will soaked nights when the bars were more fun, the bands were more than 100 musicians will take part at the 28 different share their voices and energy when the Mount fun and, frankly, we were more fun as well. In a way, a Monotonix show events that comprise the festival. Vernon High School Choirs sings music from WORDS around the world at a “Fall Choir Concert” at here is a peculiar form of time travel, as, through this particular band, The biggest news concerning this year’s festival comes in 4pm and 7pm at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 10 we hearken back to those days when we were blissfully ignorant of the form of its headlining act, the Grammy-winning vocal 2501 E. College Way. Tickets are $3-$6. the fact that our music scene could ever falter and all those nights we quartet Manhattan Transfer, who will take the stage Oct. i WWW.MCINTRYEHALL.ORG BOB took for granted could come to a sudden and regrettable end. 7 at the North Sound Christ the King Community Church.

WED., OCT. 13 8 Or maybe it’s not that complicated. Perhaps we love Monotonix But they’re not all the festival has to offer, with the likes of ACOUSTIC DUO: Instruments and vocals will simply for what they are, rather than what they represent. It’s pos- Saltwater Octet, Jovino Santos Neto, and many more all take center stage when musical and life part- sible our afﬁnity for them comes from the fact that, every night, at slated to ply their musical wares during the event. ners Julian Smedley and Alison O’Dell perform at every show, they leave it all onstage—and all over the audience and The Lynden Music Festival takes place Oct. 6-10 at various 7:30pm at the Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Dr. CURRENTS i WWW.FRIENDSOFTHEROEDERHOME.ORG potentially some of it on the sidewalk outside the venue. And if that’s locations throughout Lynden. Ticket prices vary. More info: 6 really all it is, it’s still more than enough. www.lyndenmusicfestival.com VIEWS VIEWS 4 MAIL MAIL

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28 luck certainly plays its part, a winning thoroughbred is, by and large, a feat of hu- MUSIC REVIEWED BY JUSTIN CHANG man engineering: the best genetic match and the right combination of caretakers. At

26 the same time, the ﬁlm can’t resist turning

ART ART these majestic creatures into objects of Secretariat worship, making liberal use of “Oh Happy

24 Day” and having Lane quote the book of THE MAKING OF A WINNER Job in voiceover.

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22 have the challenge of wringing drama and excitement from a story whose outcome is never in doubt, and whose title char- GET OUT acter demonstrates superb consistency on the racetrack. They manage by effectively

21 modulating the buildup to each race and ﬁnding fresh ways to cover similar events,

WORDS especially when Secretariat must run the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the climactic 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes 10 in quick succession (of the Triple Crown BOB BOB tracks, only Churchill Downs was used in

8 the production, which was lensed in Ken- tucky and Louisiana). The ﬁlm’s most obvious and immediate

CURRENTS CURRENTS forerunner is Seabiscuit (2003), which turned a little horse that could into a symbol of 6 America’s indomitable spirit during the Great Depression. Though it boasts less in the way VIEWS VIEWS of production polish, Secretariat spins the

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40 rational sports dramas. Starring Diane Lane as Penny Chenery, Married to lawyer Jack Tweedy (Dylan Walsh) with four chil- activism unsubtly mirrors her mother’s # proud owner of the chestnut-colored colt that broke all records dren, Denver housewife Penny (Lane) is shaken out of her do- own passionate cause—yield a few clunky to win the 1973 Triple Crown, this conventional but rousingly mestic routine by her mother’s death, which has left the Chen- scenes that play like outtakes from The effective picture pulls through its occasional faltering stretch- erys’ Virginia farm in the hands of Penny’s sickly father (Scott Brady Bunch. es by focusing on the essentials of its incredible real-life saga, Glenn). In a series of scenes accompanied by too many funereal Elaborately coiffed (if not always ﬂat- even if the details have been massaged for maximum uplift. violins, Penny decides not to sell the farm, hoping to keep the teringly lit), Lane projects the combo of If Mike Rich’s screenplay presents a simpliﬁed version of Chenery stables open by breeding a champion. homespun warmth and steely determina-

CASCADIA WEEKLY events, it’s often gratifyingly tough-minded in its depiction Her efforts are presented with a wealth of detail that will tion that has always been intrinsic to her of the often ruthless imperatives of the racing world. Wil- please horse enthusiasts and enlighten others, the most fasci- screen appeal. Of the sterling supporting 32 liam Nack’s account of the saga (which gets a “suggested by” nating of which is the formal coin toss between Penny and rival actors, Cromwell is a subtle standout as the credit here) was pointedly titled Secretariat: The Making of a breeder Ogden Phipps (James Cromwell) to determine the ﬁrst breeding vet who regards Penny with both Champion, and Chenery and her team are indeed portrayed pick of two foals produced by Phipps’ stallion. Phipps wins the annoyance and admiration. Bellingham Family Health Clinic

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FILM FILM lost it lately. I can’t stand the garbage you’ve been that they have no willpower. Astrology doesn’t speak slinging. What happened to you?” My response is to in such stupid ways. Besides that, you and the Libran wonder why the person never wrote to me while he tribe will soon have an excellent window of oppor-

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THE ADVICE the way that protects your ego: This 35 is your great love, not pretty good sex GODDESS in a Walmart parking lot. The truth is, you don’t even know the guy outside CLASSIFIEDS PUTTING THE SPARK PLUGS the conﬁnes of the truck cab. Clinging CLASSIFIEDS IN THE RELATIONSHIP to your fantasy future with him allows Five years ago, My Love and I shared our you to duck the looming questions in 32 your present: What do you have with

first kiss. Since then, we’ve been seeing FILM each other three times a week for an hour. your husband, and should you try to We spend this hour in his truck being repair your marriage or get out? Be 28 intimate. We love each other. We talk honest about your situation and what about getting married, how we’ll spend you need to do. That’s how you might MUSIC our retirement years, where we’ll live, someday have a Love who makes good what our lives will be like. Unbidden, he on his promises—and not just the 26 promised that last year’s Christmas would easy ones, like moving a little to the be the last we’d spend apart, that our life side so you won’t go back to the office ART together would begin this year. I’ve been with “Built Ford Tough” pressed into ready for this step for three years. But, as your left calf. 24 the months fly by, he speaks less of this, SLOSHED IN TRANSLATION STAGE and I’m increasingly despondent that we’ve I’m a man who was deeply disturbed by wasted another year. We’re both married to

your advice for “Not A Player” to “get 22 other people. Neither of us has children. I some drinks in a girl” as a way to make know our lives are complicated, but doesn’t moves on her. For my job, I took a class

it come down to knowing what you want? GET OUT on preventing sexual assault, and learned Should I wait to see if he will be true to that most sexual assaults include alcohol his promise? —Waiting For My Love

use by the assailant or victim. Your advice 21 Men sometimes make extravagant normalized the calculated use of alcohol in gestures for love. Heathcliff wan- dating. I’m hoping you’ll rethink this and WORDS dered the moors calling Cathy’s name run a correction. —Frustrated Reader until he froze to death. King Edward I wrote, “Get some drinks in a girl, 10 VIII ditched the throne to marry Wal-

then casually touch her arm a few BOB lis Simpson. Emperor Shah Jahan built times,” not “casually rape her in the

the Taj Mahal as an “elegy in marble” 8 alley.” The guy signed himself “Not A to his late wife. And then there’s your Player” because he has all the mojo guy, who has yet to spring for sheets, of a lost kitten. My worry wasn’t that pillowcases and a headboard. he’d date rape the girl, but that he’d CURRENTS Sorry, but you don’t have a re-

end the evening by giving her a little 6 lationship; you have sex in a guy’s wave and running away. Yes, alcohol truck. You can call the guy “My Love,”

is often involved in sexual assaults. A VIEWS but he’s given you no reason to be- knife can be used to cut an apple or

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