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pours from their addled minds. 22 —Michael Waite, Sedro-Woolley MUSIC DEFINING MENTAL ILLNESS
I have bipolar disorder, a mental ill- WHATCOM COUNTY’S NEWEST CASINO 20 ness characterized by manic/depressive ART episodes. If left untreated, bipolar mood swings become more pronounced; the highs 18 become higher, and the lows lower, causing
unacceptable manic behavior and lows se- STAGE vere enough to produce suicidal thoughts. My manic episodes drove everyone around me crazy by my constant speedy chatter, 16 over-spending and delusions of grandeur.
The entrapping depressive episodes felt GET OUT unbearable. Depression lies, telling you you’re not interested in doing anything, 14 seeing anyone or going anywhere. Loss of appetite and inability to concentrate are WORDS also common symptoms. When addressing mental illness, I often 8 sense that people feel awkward or uncom- fortable when I talk about my bipolarity.
Although it takes courage to do so, I’ve be- CURRENTS gun advocating elimination of the stigma surrounding mental illnesses by informing 6 people that the brain is an organ in the body, just like the heart or liver—and like VIEWS
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possible.” 28 # “Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed CNERPBGG>KL@>MMHHI>G MA>MK>:LNK>LM:G=IB CALL OF THE MILD: Partisanship and gridlock, 38 they’re not at all the same thing. Partisanship, which frequently springs from strong- FOOD FOOD ly held views, can set the size and shape of a policy views debate. Backstopped at the extreme ends of divided OPINIONS THE GRISTLE opinion are partisan goals. Midfield are all manner of 31 31 things that might be bargained and conceded in order to nudge the debate toward those goals. Gridlock is B-BOARD B-BOARD paralysis, an inability to move toward goals. Ironi- cally, gridlock can arise because there are no strongly 26 held views, no clear path that frames and gives mean- ing and value to policy debate. BY ROBERT REICH FILM Case in point, you could not slip a piece of paper between the social and policy views of Bellingham 22 City Council, but they’ve become paralyzed as a leg- islative body. Council continues to move glacially on ‘A Parched View’ MUSIC policy matters that have been on their plate for years. FREEDOM, POWER AND THE CONSERVATIVE MIND Council support fades for a development author- 20 ity at the very moment when a locally controlled and ast week the Supreme Court to smoothly reorganize, but not col- ART managed public-private partnership may be required struck down a key provision lege graduates burdened by student for the central waterfront. The council learned on Lof the Affordable Care Act, loans. Monday that a property owner had withdrawn from ruling that privately owned corpora- The minimum wage is steadily los- 18 a partnership agreement to assemble public and pri- tions don’t have to offer their em- ing value, while CEO pay is in the STAGE vate property near the waterfront at Army Street, ployees contraceptive coverage that stratosphere. Under U.S. law, share- a key player that would control the corners at Bay conflicts with the corporate owners’ holders have only an “advisory” role Street and with them a potential gateway into the religious beliefs. ket” is the product of laws and rules in determining what CEOs rake in. 16 Waterfront District. The owners of Hobby Lobby, the continuously emanating from legis- Public goods paid for with tax Port of Bellingham Commissioners may learn later plaintiffs in the case, were always latures, executive departments, and revenues (public schools, affordable GET OUT this month about the status of an agreement with a free to practice their religion. The courts. Government doesn’t “intrude” public universities, parks, roads, master developer for their portion of the district. In Court bestowed religious freedom on the free market. It defines and or- bridges) are deteriorating, while 14 February, commissioners approved a 120-day window on their corporation as well—a leap ganizes (and often reorganizes) it. private goods paid for individually for staff to negotiate with Dublin-based Harcourt of logic as absurd as giving corpo- Here’s where the reality of power (private schools and colleges, health Developments Limited to develop an initial 10.8-acre rations freedom of speech. Corpora- comes in. It’s one thing if these laws clubs, security guards, gated com- WORDS offer of Bellingham’s waterfront, a negotiation that tions aren’t people. and rules are shaped democratically, munity amenities) are burgeoning. 8 may need to continue into the fall. Potential stick- The deeper problem is the Court’s reflecting the values and preferenc- The so-called “free market” is not ing points for Harcourt may be the size of the ini- obliviousness to the growing imbal- es of most people. expanding options and opportuni- tial property offered (they had been interested in a ance of economic power between But anyone with half a brain can ties for most people. It’s extending CURRENTS CURRENTS site much larger than the pilot parcel offered by the corporations and real people. By giv- see the growing concentration of in- them for the few who are wealthy port) and the purchase and sale agreement (Harcourt ing companies the right to not of- come and wealth at the top of Amer- enough to influence how the market 6 6 had initially offered a partnership with city and port fer employees contraceptive services ica has concentrated political power is organized. interests). Also on the agenda may be an effort to otherwise mandated by law, the there as well—generating laws and Most of us remain “free” in lim- VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS restart development activities around the historic Court ignored the rights of employ- rules that tilt the playing field ever ited sense of not being coerced into 4 Granary Building, led by Commissioner Michael McAu- ees to receive those services. further in the direction of corpora- purchasing, say, the medications or ley. In August of last year, commissioners agreed to The same imbalance of power ren- tions and the wealthy. Internet services that are unneces- MAIL MAIL accept bids for the former farmers’ cooperative build- dered the Court’s decision in Citizens Antitrust laws designed to con- sarily expensive, or contraceptives ing, an effort that has languished as port staff—al- United, granting corporations free- strain monopolies have been evis- they can no longer get under their 2 ways indifferent to the structure (at best!)—have dom of speech, so perverse. In reali- cerated. Competition among Inter- employer’s insurance plan. We can DO IT IT DO focused on other matters. McAuley has expressed an ty, corporate free speech drowns out net service providers, for example, just go without. interest in igniting what he considers an early action the free speech of ordinary people is rapidly disappearing—resulting in We’re likewise free not to be bur- redevelopment opportunity on Whatcom Waterway. who can’t flood the halls of Congress higher prices than in any other rich dened with years of student debt Directly across the street from Army Street, the with campaign contributions. country. Companies are being al- payments; no one is required to at- 07.09.14 Granary could indeed jumpstart development inter- Freedom is the one value conser- lowed to prolong patents and trade- tend college. And we’re free not to est, with a bid already in play. City Council learned vatives place above all others, yet marks, keeping drug prices higher rent a place in a neighborhood with .09 28 on Monday that a geotechnical survey of the Army time and again their ideal of free- here than in Canada or Europe. lousy schools and pot-holed roads; if # Street site appears favorable for construction. Yet the dom ignores the growing imbalance Tax laws favor capital over labor, we can’t afford better, we’re free to news comes as Council enters its budget discussions of power in our society that’s erod- giving capital gains a lower rate than work harder so we can. for 2015, a negotiation that may not include a budget ing the freedoms of most people. ordinary income. The rich get humon- But this is a very parched view of for the city’s Public Development Authority or a sal- Conservatives still champion “free gous mortgage interest deductions freedom. ary for its director, Jim Long. enterprise” and equate the so-called while renters get no deduction at all. Conservatives who claim to be on Long told Council members on Monday that an in- “free market” with liberty. To them, The value of real property (the ma- the side of freedom while ignoring CASCADIA WEEKLY vestment at Army Street could return revenues to the government “intrusions” on the mar- jor asset of the middle class) is taxed the growing imbalance of economic city that could be used to spur other developments in ket threaten freedom. annually, but not the value of stocks and political power in America are 6 the Waterfront District. The mayor said such a devel- Yet the “free market” doesn’t ex- and bonds (where the rich park most not in fact on the side of freedom. opment could occur without a PDA. ist in nature. There, only the fittest of their wealth). They are on the side of those with Council created the Bellingham Public Develop- and strongest survive. The “free mar- Bankruptcy laws allow companies the power. ment Authority based on a model the City of Tacoma used to redevelop that city’s Foss Waterway Seaport, VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE a business entity led by civic and busi- ness leaders from the community who 38 are able to partner with private inter- ests in more nimble ways than a munic- FOOD ipal legislative body might. The Port of Bellingham declined to join the BPDA, 31 31 dooming its mission, but the authority may be the best entity to guide a pro- tracted redevelopment schedule absent B-BOARD the deep pockets of a developer like Harcourt. Call it “Plan B.” 26 Council also appears to have lost their way on a registration program for rent- FILM al units in the city, appearing to jet- tison every beneficial part of the origi- 22 nal proposal in favor of—basically—a telephone directory of landlords tacked MUSIC on to the bare bones of a complaint- driven system. As several commenters 20 at their meeting noted, there is already ART a directory of landlords, and there is already a procedure that allows tenants FREE EVENTS at Village Books 18 to complain of their shabby tenements. Thursday, July 10th, 7pm Thus, after more than two decades of STAGE work on this issue, Council appears on 6+(,/$1,&.(5621 the threshold of glossing gossamer, ce- —Harnessed to the Pole 16 menting in place a “feel good” system Monday, July 14th, 7pm already deemed inadequate. ,$1'2(6&+(5 Property managers and brokers, of —William Shakespeare’s GET OUT course, joyously love it, as it compels The Jedi Doth Return them to do nothing. It does nothing 14 to alter the power imbalance between Tuesday, July 15th, 7pm the owners and sellers of private :,//,$0:<&.2)) WORDS property and the 54 percent of city —How to Read the American residents who rent from them. As West: A Field Guide 8 commenters noted, tenants who com- plain get evicted and they get their Kids Ages 7 to 10 references shredded. CURRENTS The centerpiece of a responsible Only $129! 6 rental licensing program are audits 6 and inspections that yield data that Registration & VIEWS payment must VIEWS informs policy about the city’s rental be completed by July 31st. housing stock. Even modest inspec- 4 Call us or see tions put landlords on notice that they villagebooks.com MAIL MAIL can no longer rely solely on the silence for details. of their tenants on issues of public August 4 - 8, 1- 5pm 2 health and safety. DO IT IT DO Over the past three years six fires have displaced nearly 20 renters in ,5+$9(1 Bellingham. None of these properties )$ had been reported to the city under the current complaint-based system 67($0381. 07.09.14 since most of the tenants were unaware .09 there was a problem and untrained to )( / 28 67,9$ # recognize one. Council’s malaise on these issues, 6$785'$<-8/< we’ll argue, is that—with notable ex- DPSP ceptions—no member is pushing par- on the Fairhaven Village Green ticularly hard in one direction, and in Village Books there is no member at all pushing back and at the Fairhaven Village Inn hard the other way to yield dimen- CASCADIA WEEKLY sion and stakes, even urgency, to their discussions. The public does arrive to Read more at Villagebooks.com 7 scold and beat them, but generally only when they’re already on the precipice, VILLAGE BOOKS having committed third and final to a 1200 11th St., Bellingham mediocre plan. 360.671.2626 hough they have little direct say in the matter, Bellingham City Coun- T cil this week urged the city’s police department to forget about a potentially 38 invasive set of software tools. The Bellingham Police Department ap- FOOD FOOD currents plied for a grant from the federal Bureau NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX of Justice Assistance in the amount of $25,800 to purchase digital informa- 31 31 tion-gathering services that draw from billions of commercial and public records, B-BOARD B-BOARD providing law enforcement with “threat” scores on addresses and the people asso- 26 ciated with those addresses. Databases searched by Intrado Beware software in- FILM clude social media sites, causing many who spoke at council’s public hearing on the 22 matter concern about the potential abuse of such a system, including the targeting of MUSIC citizens for their social or political views. Bellingham Police Chief Cliff Cook told 20 council the software was offered to his ART department as an introductory package by Intrado, a company that provides 911 and emergency dispatch communications 18 infrastructure to many cities throughout STAGE the United States. The software, he said, would enhance practices the department already uses. 16 “The yearly cost for this service is $36,000 per year for five years,” Cook GET OUT explained in a memo to council. “As one of the premiere agencies in Washington 14 State to use this service, we are receiving a $16,000 yearly discount, reducing our total annual cost to $20,000.” WORDS Council member Jack Weiss noted that 8 even taking into account the federal grant, the police department was committing it- self to a considerable financial outlay in CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 support of this system. Many who spoke at the meeting com- 6 mented on the expansion of an increasing- ly militarized security surveillance state VIEWS and the attendant loss of privacy and civil 4 liberties. Others drew parallels to a recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that re- MAIL MAIL Intrusion stricts police access to cell phone data obtained without a warrant. The Court 2 CITY COUNCIL BACKS AWAY FROM SOCIAL SPYWARE Intrad0 recognized significant privacy concerns, DO IT IT DO including Fourth Amendment protections, BY TIM JOHNSON with cell phone and cloud data. Council learned of the software in June through a public presentation that was 07.09.14 required as part of the federal grant ap- plication program. Council action was not .09 28 required and police representatives were # not on hand at the June meeting to answer questions about the purchase, touching off a storm of community concern. Council vot- ed to hold a more formal public hearing on the issue July 7. Cook and Deputy Police Chief David Doll CASCADIA WEEKLY apologized to council for their absence in June. The department does not typically 8 make formal presentations for grant appli- cations, and their presentation in June was for public information only. While City Council does not have the authority to block the Justice grant, a majority urged the police department to is partially based on social media state- find some other, better use for the mon- ments. If someone has made any threaten- ey the department intends to spend on ing statements on the internet, that goes the software. into the score. But who knows how much “What it does is search the internet weight is given to this? So someone who 38 based on a series of parameters that have rails against the government or against po- been given for the search, and pops up lice abuse, can they expect that if they call FOOD with any kind of information for a partic- 911 or someone calls 911 about them, that ular person or location where you request they will be facing guns drawn because of 31 31 information,” civil rights attorney Larry the Intrado score? Hildes stated in a presentation to council. Cook said his department would create “So, if anyone in that particular house has policy guidelines for the use of the system B-BOARD ever been arrested or convicted of a crime that would limit access of the search en- July 24th–27th, 2014 that information will come up.” gine to commissioned police officers and 26 Cook explained the software provides licensed emergency dispatchers who would 7KXUVGD\-XO\WK 6DWXUGD\-XO\WK a tool that can allow law enforcement be trained in its use. Information obtained FILM officers to quickly assemble a profile to from the search engine and generated into 10am Registration opens 9am Old Settler’s 5k Fun Run/Walk 12-9pm Log cabins open, 9am-3pm Car Show Central School grounds enhance their understanding of a devel- a printed document will be subject to pub- arts, crafts, food vendors 10am Registration opens 22 oping situation, creating a greater degree lic disclosure, he said. 4-11pm Beer Garden in Barn 11am Grand Parade Downtown Ferndale 6-7pm Spencer Redmond Band 12-5pm Zig Zag & Ragz Z Clowns of safety for police and the public. “Just because the department has as- MUSIC 8-9pm Atlantics “breast cancer awareness night” with old fashioned kids games “The threat analysis is achieved via sured us they can set up strict guidelines 12-9pm Log cabins, arts, crafts, food vendors a proprietary algorithm that searches for its use currently, doesn’t mean it will )ULGD\-XO\WK 12-8pm Beer Garden in the Barn 20 information from thousands of sourc- stay that way,” Hildes said. 10am Registration opens 1pm Opening Ceremonies ART es including public records, commercial “The service is not designed to replace 12-9pm Log cabins open, 1:30pm Cross Strung arts, crafts, food vendors 4-5pm Gentri Watson data and publication, social media, and common sense, or ethical decision making 12-3pm Kid Karaoke Contest 5:30-6:30pm Lord Knapp 18 various internet sites. The data are then at all levels of this organization,” Doll ex- 12-12am Beer garden in the Barn 7-9pm Cross Strung 4-5pm Dennis Zender 9pm Barn Down (21 & over) weighed against the relevancy of a di- plained. “Our goal is to enhance our officer STAGE 4-7:30pm Zig Zag & Ragz Z Clowns Music by Blind Fate rect or indirect possibility of a threat,” and community safety, while at the same with old fashioned kids games Cook explained. time increasing our efficiency and effec- 6pm Junior Parade 6XQGD\-XO\WK 16 “Bellingham Police staff will tailor the tiveness in police investigation. The ser- “Have a Blooming Good Time!” 10:30am Church Service and Hymns algorithm for threat scoring based on best vice is designed to help paint a picture, 6-7:15pm Knut Bell Band 12-4pm Log cabins, arts, crafts, food vendors 7:45-9pm Daddy’s gotta Girlfriend 12-1pm Pops in the Park practices, organizational policies and or- not to completely paint a picture.” 9-11pm Spaceband $5 cover 1-2pm Stage Entertainment GET OUT ganizational procedures relating to risk “We as a department understand the 2-4pm Country Side Wide acceptance and officer safety. We will tai- nature of the people who live in our com- For more information call (360) 224-8128 or www.whatcomoldsettlers.com 14 lor the search to include arrest conviction munity, what they expect from their police information on crimes of violence, arrests department,” Cook assured council, “and WORDS for crimes of violence and social media in- what they will likely accept our abilities to volving threats of violence made on pub- entail. 8 8 licly accessible platforms,” he noted. “At the same time, as the chief I feel I Cook said information gathered did not have a serious obligation to the commu- CURRENTS CURRENTS exclusively create probable cause for an nity and to the officers who work here,” CURRENTS arrest, but “may be used to better un- he said. “Ultimately, we don’t want the derstand the situation and help create situations we face to become violent if 6 a more comprehensive assessment of po- we can avoid that.” tential risks and persons involved.” Responding to concerns of mission creep, VIEWS Doll noted that information gathered of an expanding role for collected data in 4 through the system had, in a recent at- law enforcement efforts, Cook said, “That tempt of suicide, quickly provided police type of capability, for us, undermines the MAIL with contact information for a relative capabilities I think most people will find 2 who was able to help calm the person and acceptable. As chief, I won’t agree to.” DO IT IT DO avert the suicide. Praising Bellingham Police, Council He also said Bellingham Police would member Pinky Vargas cautioned, “Data not use the service to query domestic mining and the loss of personal privacy terrorism lists or national arrest data, concerns me greatly. but would look for convictions for vio- “I’m reluctant to see this as a top prior- 07.09.14 lent crimes and local arrest and convic- ity for the department.” .09 tion data. Council member Michael Lilliquist 28 # The proprietary algorithm was cause for agreed. concern among many who spoke at the “I think the reason this is a difficult Sunday, July 20, 2014 | 8pm evening hearing. decision is because this is the Bellingham “Given that this is a private company, Police Department we trust making the Mount Baker Theatre they are not subject to the same public request,” he said. His concerns, he said, records act that government agencies remain. are subject to, so unless the company is “I want this department to be as trans- Series Sponsor: Season Sponsor: CASCADIA WEEKLY forced to give this information to the City parent, not only with you, but with this Council as part of the buying process now community as we can be,” Cook told coun- 9 E E being considered, we may never know cil members. “The only way for me to do ADMIT ADMITON ON $49-$79 how these threat scores are developed,” that is to be as open and frank about what plus applicable fees Hildes said. it is I see our needs are, but also recogniz- 360.734.6080 | MountBakerTheatre.com “We do know that Intrado’s threat score ing what I see are community values.” active. The Bellingham Herald reported the index FUZZ youth originally claimed he had found the pipe bomb but later recanted and said he 38 BUZZ knew who made the device. Police continue their investigation. FOOD FOOD BLACKTOP BLACK OPS On July 4, Bellingham Police recovered a On June 16, an asphalt paving company con- bag of fireworks on Bay Street. 31 31 tacted the Soy House in Bellingham, saying they were working on an asphalt project in CELEBRATING OUR FREEDOM B-BOARD B-BOARD the area and had some leftover asphalt they On July 4, a man reported someone had could use to improve the parking lot. After a thrown a handkerchief full of feces at his 26 verbal agreement was reached, the compa- front door. ny brought in some trucks and a large roller FILM and worked on the parking lot for about two On July 4, Bellingham Police issued cita- hours. “The leader of this company then de- tions to two people smoking marijuana on 22 manded immediate payment of several thou- the sidewalk on Holly Street. sand dollars and insisted that the check be MUSIC made out to him, rather than to the compa- On July 4, Bellingham Police officers re- ny named on the business trucks,” Belling- sponded to a report of loud music at a party 20 ham Police noted. “The scammers led this near Civic Field. “When they arrived at the ART business to believe that they were going to specific house, there was no music being 50 come back early in the next week and com- played,” police reported. plete agreed upon work (that had now been 18 PRESIDENT Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law 50 years ago this paid for). The paving company did not return On July 4, Bellingham Police reported “of- month. This landmark law prohibits discrimination on the basis of race in public accommodations, in publicly owned or operated facilities, in employment and union STAGE and the value of the initial work that they ficers were dispatched to a loud party that completed was not even close to matching was not” in Roosevelt neighborhood. membership and in the registration of voters. the amount paid by the victim business.” 16 On July 4, Bellingham Police checked on a 59.9 56.5 On July 2, Bellingham Police noted they’d report of fireworks being ignited at an ad- GET OUT received additional reports of this asphalt dress near Texas Street. Police found a small PERCENT of African Americans living in PERCENT of African Americans living in company pulling a similar scam on a Bell- gathering of people but no evidence of fire- the South in Census year 1960. the South in Census year 2010. 14 ingham business located on the city’s south works. side. “Ironically, this business was told that the asphalt company had leftover asphalt On July 3, Bellingham Police educated a few WORDS 306,000 3,000,000 from Soy House available for repairs to their people about the city’s new fireworks law on NUMBER of African Americans enrolled NUMBER of African Americans enrolled 8 business lot,” police reported. “The majority Texas Street. in college in 1960. in college in 2010. of the asphalt trucks used in this situation had business graphics on them for ‘I-5 Pav- On July 2, Bellingham Police educated two CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 ing.’ At least one of the trucks was display- people about the city’s new fireworks law $24,840 $40,417 ing an Oregon license plate. All attempts to near Texas Street. 6 locate this business to verify if it is legiti- MEDIAN income for a black family in MEDIAN income for a black family in mate have been unsuccessful.” On July 5, Bellingham Police checked on a 1960, in 2012 dollars. 2012. VIEWS small grass fire started by fireworks on Bell- 4 On June 12, concerned neighbors called ingham’s south side. Blaine Police when they saw people peering 54.2 45.6 MAIL MAIL in windows of unoccupied homes. “By the MOVES IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS PERCENT of Native American and PERCENT of Native American and Alaska time an officer arrived both parties had es- On July 2, a man arrived at a Samish Way Alaska Native population living in Native population living in the West in 2 calated to a yelling match,” police reported. motel and began yelling that the Lord had the West in 1960. This demographic 2010. Their numbers have increased to DO IT IT DO represented just 0.3 percent of the 1.2 percent of the U.S. population, or “Officers quickly calmed both parties and commanded that he be rented a room. population in 1960, or 551,669. more than 3.9 million. determined the persons peering in windows were contractors. The men were interested On July 2, a Samish Way motel owner report- to see how the other homes in the develop- ed the theft of a television and refrigerator 07.09.14 58.5 62.0 ment were constructed,” police reported. “It from one of the units. was suggested to the reporting person that PERCENT of African Americans who PERCENT of African Americans who .09 voted in the 1964 Presidential election. voted in the 2012 Presidential election. 28 she call police right away next time rather IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES # than engaging in a verbal confrontation.” On July 1, Bellingham Police tried to resolve a dispute between someone who wanted to YABLO swim in Lake Padden versus another person 54.2 56.5 On July 2, an exuberant young man pre- who wanted to fish in the same spot. sented an explosive device to a Bellingham TOTAL eligible U.S. population that TOTAL eligible U.S. population that votedin the 1964 Presidential election. voted in the 2012 Presidential election. Police officer. “He ran toward police in a STRANGE DAYS CASCADIA WEEKLY parking lot with a homemade firework in his On June 8, a Bellingham Police officer at- hand,” the officer reported. The youth said tempted to stop a motorist named Strange. 10 he had found the pipe bomb in the lot of Strange fled. “After a brief foot pursuit and 50.4 the Barkley Regal theater complex. The cyl- taser application the subject was safely inder had caps on either end and a large fuse taken into custody and booked for warrant, PERCENT of U.S. population in 2014 who are members of a minority group, defined duct taped over its contents. A police bomb driving suspended, and obstructing law en- by the U.S. Census Bureau as anyone who is not non-Hispanic white. technician arrived to render the device in- forcement,” the officer reported. SOURCES: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU 38 FOOD FOOD 31 31 B-BOARD B-BOARD FRIDAY JULY 18 26 FILM 5:00-11:00pm Mokoomba 22 Tift Merritt Great Lake Swimmers MUSIC Wintersleep Andrew Bird & the Hands of Glory 20 ART SATURDAY JULY 19 18 5:00-11:00pm La Manta STAGE Foy Vance Noura Mint Seymali 16 Alejandro Escovedo & the Sensitive Boys GET OUT Joan Baez Vancouver Canada SUNDAY JULY 2O 14 5:00-11:00pm WORDS 8 Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 8 Mary Lambert Ozomatli CURRENTS CURRENTS Amos Lee CURRENTS Festival Finale 6 + VIEWS 6 Daytime Stages 4 Joan Baez • Andrew Bird and the Hands of Glory • Amos Lee • Ozomatli Featuring 65+ MAIL Mary Lambert • Wintersleep • Langhorne Slim & the Law • Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 • Typhoon 2 Concerts & Workshops ª2518)¼$16• Jay Malinowski & the Deadcoast • Great Lake Swimmers • Rose Cousins • Tift Merritt IT DO Sat & Sun, July 19 & 20 Alejandro Escovedo and the Sensitive Boys • Oh My Darling • Mokoomba • Foy Vance • Como Mamas Starting @ 10:00am Lemon Bucket Orkestra • Beppe Gambetta • Jon Langford & Jean Cook • Banda Kakana • David Rovics plus Josh White Jr. • Les Tireux d’Roches • La Manta • Eliza Gilkyson • Brasstronaut • Karine Polwart early evening concerts 07.09.14 • • • on Stages 3 and 5 Ashleigh Flynn & the Back Porch Majority David Bridie Grievous Angels The Honeycutters .09 28 # Leo & Anto (from the Saw Doctors) • Frank Yamma • Quique Escamilla • The Nautical Miles Iskwew Singers • Suzie Vinnick • Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana • Oliver Swain’s Big Machine Pacifika • Jenny Ritter • Alejandra Ribera • Noura Mint Seymali • Geomungo Factory • Roger Knox The Howlin’ Brothers • Samantha Martin and Delta Sugar • Leonard Sumner • Fish & Bird Flying Mountain • The Casey Driessen Singularity • Wagons • Dulsori • The Carper Family Stephen Kellogg • James Hill • Tamar Ilana & Ventanas • Leo “Bud” Welch • Lost Bayou Ramblers CASCADIA WEEKLY 11 TICKETS 604.602.9798 • WWW.THEFESTIVAL.BC.CA currents ›› last week’s news 38 FOOD FOOD 31 31 t eek ha B-BOARD B-BOARD t W 26 W LAST WEEK’S FILM e h a 22 NEWS T JULY01-08 s MUSIC BY TIM JOHNSON 20 ART 18 STAGE 16 07.01.14 TUESDAY PHOTO COURTESY OF TOP SHELF CANNABIS OF TOP COURTESY PHOTO GET OUT Officials say a man killed by a train in Ferndale may have Washington becomes the second state to allow people to buy marijuana for recreational use in the United States. Customers lined up to be the committed suicide. Witnesses at the scene say the 49-year-old first to buy marijuana at Bellingham’s Top Shelf Cannabis, one of two stores in the city north of Seattle that started selling pot as soon as it was allowed under state regulations. Several dozen people waited outside before the store opened. 14 resident had time to get out of the way of the train but failed to do so. He died at the scene. large community forest park. With the addition of WORDS 07.04.14 A police officer is among five people injured in an apart- FRIDAY acreage that adjoins Fairhaven Park, their action 8 ment fire in Mount Vernon. Nearly 200 residents are displaced closes a chapter on an issue that had festered for after a blaze causes heavy damage to the top two floors of the Bellingham Police report this Fourth of July is more than a decade and truly creates a Hundred three-story building. Three people are treated for smoke inhala- much quieter than previous years under the city’s Acre Wood. CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 tion, a fourth suffers more extensive burn injuries. The officer new fireworks ban. Police respond to a few fire- was treated for a cut to his hand. works complaints, but residents largely restrict The Bellingham Public Library Board of Trustees 6 their merrymaking to the early evening hours in ask City Council to plan for $5.1 million in order Fireworks damage a barn near Sumas. The Bellingham Her- coordination with civic displays. City Council voted to purchase a site for a new municipal library if VIEWS ald reports teenagers were playing with fireworks near the barn last year to ban the sale, possession and use of the site is selected next year. The library’s 2015 4 when one of their devices lodged in the rafters, igniting insula- personal fireworks. budget proposal also calls for $51,000 to update tion. Firefighters knock down the blaze and save the structure. the library plan. Identified as a capital facilities MAIL MAIL 07.05.14 project for two decades, a new library was un- Labor, government and business officials fear the U.S. Su- der consideration in 2008 but stalled with the 2 preme Court ruling this week on union dues may hold conse- SATURDAY recession. City staff will examine 25 sites being DO IT IT DO quences for the state’s home health care workers. The 5-4 de- A young boy is unhurt after he is struck by a considered for the library, including city-owned cision finds that home health care workers cannot be compelled flying tire at Skagit Speedway. A crash threw the property. to financially support a union they don’t wish to join, weaken- tire into the crowd during a race. ing the collective bargaining of unions. The impacts of Harris v. 07.08.14 07.09.14 Quinn could go well beyond the 35,000 home health care workers 07.06.14 represented by unions in Washington and affect the thousands TUESDAY .09 SUNDAY 28 who care for children with disabilities in their homes as well as Gov. Jay Inslee and the Washington State De- # medical interpreters. An Allegiant Airlines flight bound for Bell- partment of Commerce announce more than $14 ingham must return to Las Vegas after the plane million in matching grants from Inslee’s Clean 07.03.14 experiences engine trouble. The MD-80 aircraft re- Energy Fund to help Avista Corp., Puget Sound turned safely to Las Vegas. Energy, and Snohomish PUD better integrate pow- THURSDAY er generated from intermittent renewable sourc- Are corporations people? The U.S. Supreme Court majority says 07.07.14 es such as wind and solar in the state’s electri- CASCADIA WEEKLY yes, but the majority of Washington won’t have an opportunity cal grid. The utility-led projects will develop a to cast their own vote. An initiative calling for a constitutional MONDAY “smart grid” combining energy storage and in- 12 amendment that clarifies the status of corporations in our so- Almost unnoticed in a long, long evening session, formation technology solutions. The goal is to ciety fails to gather sufficient signatures to make the Novem- Bellingham City Council joyously approves a rezone promote widespread deployment of these technol- ber ballot. Supporters say they were able to gather more than of the property known as Chuckanut Ridge, re- ogies and create a power grid that is more effi- 171,600 signatures, but nearly twice that are needed to qualify a moving it from the city’s inventory of developable cient, flexible and better able to withstand the statewide ballot measure. land and setting the stage for the creation of a consequences of climate change. 38 FOOD FOOD 31 31 B-BOARD B-BOARD 26 FILM 22 MUSIC 20 ART 18 STAGE 16 GET OUT 14 WORDS 8 WEDNESDAY NIGHTS 8 FOOD VENDORS: DOORS AT 5:30 PM | MUSIC 6 TO 9:30 PM CURRENTS CURRENTS Chow Gourmet Hot Dogs CURRENTS Diego’s Mexican Grill 1300 BLOCK OF BAY STREET Goat Mountain Pizza 6 Kurly Kart ALL AGES | FREE VIEWS ENJOY THE CONCERT 21+ Beverage Garden Presented by: 4 CAR FREE WITH WTA! MAIL 2 DO IT IT DO July 9 July 16 July 23 MarchFourth Marching The Prime Polecat 07.09.14 w/ Galactic Cirque Band w/ Hillstomp Troupe and Br’er Rabbit Time Band w/ The Austerman File .09 28 # Sponsored by Sponsored Sponsored by Sponsored Sponsored by Sponsored July 30 August 6 Publish the Quest Voyager CASCADIA WEEKLY w/ 3 on the Tree w/ The Trees: A Rush Tribute 13 Sponsored by Sponsored OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES by Sponsored doit WORDS WED., JULY 9 38 SECOND CHAPTER BOOK GROUP: Discuss Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca at the 2nd Chap- FOOD FOOD ter book discussion group meeting at 2pm at words the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS Ave. Newcomers are welcome. 31 31 778-7230 THURS., JULY 10 B-BOARD B-BOARD HARNESSED TO THE POLE: Bellingham- based poet and author Sheila Nickerson BY LISA GRESHAM shares stories from Harnessed to the Pole: 26 Sled Dogs in Service to American Explorers of the Arctic, 1853-1909 at 7pm at Village Books, FILM 1200 11th St. iThe book is a unique study of Raising My Rainbow the nineteenth-century sledge dogs that led 22 American explorers to the North Pole. A PROUD PARENT SHARES HER LOVE 671-2626 MUSIC and embarrassment that the sight of C.J. do- FRI., JULY 11 WITHOUT A CLUE: Career journalist and 20 ing “girly” things “made our chests tighten, author David Perry Snelling reads from his forged a lump in our throats, and, at times, new mystery novel, Without a Clue, at 7pm at ART made us want to hide him.” Village Books, 1200 11th St. C.J. is what is described as gender fluid, or WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 18 gender-nonconforming, or, BETTY PAGES ANNIVERSARY: Celebrate STAGE as C.J. explains it, “a boy the 10th anniversary of The Betty Pages with who only likes girl stuff Betty Desire and friends starting at 9pm at and sometimes likes to be Rumors Cabaret, 1119 Railroad Ave. Food, 16 treated like a girl.” Rela- booze and a celebration of all things alterna- tively little research has tive will be part of the fun. WWW.RUMORSCABARET.COM GET OUT been done on gender-non- conforming kids, but some JULY 11-12 studies estimate that 2 to USED BOOK SALE: Find something for 14 14 GET IT 7 percent of boys under everyone at a Used Book Sale from 10am-5pm HOW: Download age 12 regularly display Friday and Saturday behind People’s Bank WORDS WORDS across from the Everson McBeath Public the free Library “cross-gender” behaviors, Now app to Library, 104 Kirsh Dr. though very few wish to WWW.WCLS.ORG 8 reserve a print copy of Raising actually be a girl. My Rainbow Gender-nonconformance SAT., JULY 12 or borrow the WISDOM OF THE SHIRE: Area author Noble CURRENTS CURRENTS in girls has hardly been eBook from the Smith will talk about what humans can learn looked at, mostly because from Hobbits and read from The Wisdom of the 6 Washington Anytime it is more widely accepted Shire at 7:30pm at the Lummi Island Library, Library at www. for girls to depart from tra- 2144 S. Nugent Rd. Smith will also read from VIEWS nwwaanytime.lib. ditional feminine roles. All Spartans at the Gates, the forthcoming second overdrive.com book in his Warrior Trilogy. 4 of which points to the fact 305-3600 INFO: Friend us that we can choose how we on Facebook at MAIL MAIL re you ready to fall in love? Because reading Raising My Rainbow: Adven- www.facebook. define gender and cling to MON., JULY 14 tures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son—Lori Duron’s account of com/wclslibraries those definitions, or allow BLAINE BOOK GROUPS: The Friday Night 2 A raising her son, C.J., who loves Barbie, Disney Princesses, Strawberry them to be matters of de- Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs will be the topic of discussion at a Monday Morning Book DO IT IT DO Shortcake, and women’s hair and shoes—will absolutely take you there. gree. C.J.’s family’s story goes far in inviting Discussion Group meeting at 11am at the An interest in gender issues is definitely not required. Duron tells her family’s us to review and reassess our definitions. Blaine Library, 610 3rd St. At 6pm, join the story in a way that gets at the heart of what it means to love another person Lori started her “Raising My Rainbow” blog Evening Book Discussion Group with Dame unconditionally. in January 2011 partly out of desperation and Daphne Sheldrick’s Love, Life, and Elephants: 07.09.14 To say that it wasn’t always easy to support and celebrate C.J.’s differences is partly out of defiance. She wanted to hear ad- An African Love Story as the focal point. an understatement. vice and connect with other parents dealing 305-3600 .09 Wanting to protect him from harassment, Lori and her husband struggled with with similar issues and she wanted to be fierce- 28 EPIC TRILOGY: Portland-based author Ian # questions like what sort of clothes C.J. could wear in public. How could they ly proud of her gender-fluid son. The blog has Doescher reads from William Shakespeare’s The explain to five-year-old C.J. that his glitter skirt was fine at home but couldn’t since been named as a BlogHer’s Voices of the Jedi Doth Return: Star Wars Part the Sixth at be worn to a friend’s birthday party? Year twice, and Parents Magazine recognized it 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. The book Out of concern for not skewing C.J. one gender direction over another, they as one of the blogs “Most Likely To…Change is the third in his epic trilogy. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM bought gender-neutral toys when he really wanted Barbie dolls. C.J.’s delight the World.” In June, the book that was inspired at receiving his first Barbie is exhilarating; Lori and her husband’s sorrow that by the blog was the recipient of the American MONDAY AUTHOR SERIES: As part of a “Lit- CASCADIA WEEKLY they had kept such delight from him, heartbreaking. Library Association’s Stonewall Book Award erary Elements” adult summer reading author It is a complicated path and the story is conveyed in a way that readers celebrating outstanding GLBT literature. series, Stacie Zinn Roberts will read from 14 will feel what it is like to walk in their shoes. Eventually, they reconcile to her recently published book, How to Live Your Passion & Fulfill Your Dreams, at 6pm at the the fact that some friendships will fall away, some family members will not Lisa Gresham is the Collection Support Manager Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie St. be accepting, and there are difficulties from which C.J. cannot be protected. for the Whatcom County Library System (WCLS). Entry is free. Recognizing that the only thing they can do is love and celebrate him sim- She selects adult fiction and downloadable ma- WWW.MOUNTVERNONWA.GOV plifies the path before them. But early in the process, Lori confesses shame terials for WCLS’s 10 branches and bookmobile. doit 38 FOOD FOOD 31 31 B-BOARD B-BOARD 26 FILM 22 MUSIC 20 A horseshoe tournament will be one of the many seasonal activities to take part in July 11-13 during the ART annual Everson Summer Festival 18 POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their of Birchwood and Northwest). The lot will open verse as part of Poetrynight can sign up at for parking at 8pm. Back to the Future shows on STAGE 7:30pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Fri., Aug. 11. Both events are free and open to Central Ave Ave. Readings start at 8pm. Entry is the public. 16 by donation. WWW.BIRCHWOODNEIGHBORHOOD.ORG WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG JULY 11-13 GET OUT TUES., JULY 15 EVERSON SUMMER FESTIVAL: A book sale, ARRINGTON READINGS: Whatcom County na- food vendors, barbecues, basketball and tive Aminta Arrington reads and shares stories softball tournaments, a parade, games for kids, 14 14 from her Home is a Roof Over a Pig memoir a “Run Like a Girl” 5K fun run, a horseshoe at 7pm at the Lynden Public Library, 216 4th tournament and potluck dinner, a show-and- WORDS St. The book focuses on family, adoption and shine, live music and more will be part of the Produced by Epic Events in conjunction with the Historic Fairhaven Association WORDS belonging. The free event repeats July 20 at the Everson-Nooksack Summer Festival happening Ferndale Library. Friday through Sunday throughout Everson. 8 WWW.WCLS.ORG Many events are free. WWW.EVERSONNOOKSACKCHAMBER.ORG FIELD GUIDE: Geographer and photographer William Wyckoff shares images and stories from JULY 12-13 CURRENTS How to Read the American West: A Field Guide BELLINGHAM PRIDE: A “Pride Family” Picnic 6 at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Wyckoff kicks off the official celebration for Bellingham offers a fresh perspective on the natural and Pride starting at noon Saturday at Bloedel human history of the American West and encour- Donovan Park, 2214 Electric Ave. That night, VIEWS ages readers to discover that history has shaped there’ll also be an all-ages B-Proud Dance from the places where people live, work and visit. 8-11pm at Bloedel. The annual ISCEE Pride Drag 4 671-2626 Show begins at 7:30pm at Rumors Cabaret, MAIL MAIL followed by the annual Pride Party from BEN KINNEY & KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY THURS., JULY 17 10am-2pm. On Sunday, attend the annual Pride 2 HOUR OF LEAD: Bruce Holbert reads from The Parade at noon along Cornwall Avenue, and a Hour of Lead: A Novel at 7pm at Village Books, Pride Festival from 12-4pm at the Depot Market DO IT IT DO 1200 11th St. Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. There is a suggested Jun 21: The Goonies Jul 26: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM $2 donation to enter the festival. Music by Odd Ones Out @ 8:15 Amazing acts by One Fine Fool @ 8:00 WWW.BHAMPRIDE.ORG Jun 28: Frozen Aug 2: The Sandlot MON., JULY 14 Music by Amber Darland @ 8:15 Music by Bham Youth Jazz Band @ 8:00 07.09.14 COMMUNITY PROGRESSIVE FORUM: Attend a Whatcom Progressive Forum to meet Satpal Sidhu and Joy Jul 5: Gravity Aug 9: The Lego Movie .09 Monjure, the Democratic candidates for State 28 WED., JULY 9 # Marimbas by Kuungana @ 7:30 WHOLE NEW YOU: Unbridled Potential Unlim- Representative, at 7pm at BelleWood Acres, Music by Quickdraw Stringband @ 8:15 ited’s Paul Shepardson leads a mini-workshop 6140 Guide Meridian. Refreshments will be focused on “The 15-Day Experiment: 15 Days to available for purchase. Jul 12: Finding Nemo Aug 16: Star Trek Into Darkness the Launch of a Whole New You” at 7pm at Vil- 371-5312 Bham Dance Co @ 8:15 Sci-fi Trivia @ 7:30 lage Books, 1200 11th St. Entry is free. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM TUES., JULY 15 Jul 19: Footloose (1984) Aug 23: The Princess Bride ANCESTRY WORKSHOP: Experienced re- Music by Lost at Last @ 8:15 Music by Jaspar Lepak @ 7:15 FRI., JULY 11 searcher and certified librarian Sheryl Fullner CASCADIA WEEKLY DRIVE-IN MOVIES: Re-live an experience not leads an Ancestry Workshop at 4pm and again FairhavenOutdoorCinema.com Facebook/FairhavenOutdoorCinema seen in Bellingham since the closing of the at 6pm at the Everson Library, 104 Kirsch Dr. 15 Samish Twin in 2004 when the Birchwood neigh- The class meets monthly through September to borhood hosts a drive-in viewing of Despicable explore the library edition of of ancestry.com. Me 2 at dusk at the Park Manor parking lot in Entry is free. front of Big Lots and Albertsons (on the corner 305-3600 Adam Vwich Brandon Naff doit JULY 9-17 BOATING CENTER OPEN: All are welcome to check out the Community Boating Center, which 38 has opened back up for the summer season at its headquarters at 555 Harris Ave. (near FOOD FOOD outside the Amtrak Station). Upcoming classes and HIKING RUNNING CYCLING excursions include bioluminescence paddles, introductions to sea kayaking, sunset paddles, 31 31 dinghy sailing 101, full moon paddles, paddle- boarding 101, and more. Boat rentals and stor- age and moorage are also available. Check the B-BOARD B-BOARD website for times and prices. “I respond well to deadlines,” she said. WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG “It’s like inviting people to dinner so I have 26 THURS., JULY 10 an excuse to clean the kitchen.” DVSAS GOLF CLASSIC: The 7th annual “DVSAS FILM Judging by the herculean efforts Monahan Charity Golf Classic” begins at 1pm at the Bell- has put into her garden since she moved to ingham Golf & Country Club, 3729 Meridian St. her three-quarter-acre lot eight years ago— Entry is $125 per player or $500 per team, and 22 such as adding hundreds of flowers, trees and is open to all skill levels. Funds raised benefit Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services. MUSIC shrubs to the property, moving plants that WWW.DVSAS.ORG had already been planted there (just in the 20 wrong places), and establishing the stream- HISTORY CRUISE: Longtime historian Brian fed pond—there’s little doubt that many of Griffin will be the knowledgable narrator when ART the previously men- the Whatcom Museum of History & Art presents tioned tasks have al- its first “History Sunset Cruise” of the season 18 at 5:30pm at Island Mariner Cruises, 2621 S. ready been crossed off Harbor Loop Dr. Tickets to the Bellingham Bay STAGE the list. -focused excursion are $30-$35; additional The weeding will cruises happen Thursdays through Aug. 21. never be done, how- WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 16 16 ever. Since Monahan ELIMINATE EXCUSES: Bellingham Tennis Club uses no chemicals and and Fairhaven Fitness owner and manager Robin GET OUT GET OUT much of the landscape Robertson will give an “How to Eliminate the Ex- ATTEND is accessible via wily cuses” presentation at 5:30pm at Village Books, WHAT: Whatcom 1200 11th St. PHOTO BY TRAIL RAT pathways that wend 14 Horticultural away from the main WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Society’s 28th garden, she long ago FAMILY TRAIL SERIES: Bring the kids along WORDS annual Tour of gave up on trying to when you show up for the first of the Greater BY AMY KEPFERLE Private Gardens WHEN: 11am-5pm reach perfection when Bellingham Running Club’s “Short & Sweet GBRC 8 Sat.-Sun., July 12-13 it came to the always- Family Trail Series” run at 6pm at the dog park WHERE: Six hearty weeds. area at Lake Padden, 4882 Samish Way. The homes throughout free 2.5K (kids) and 5K (adults) runs occur on a CURRENTS CURRENTS “I keep hoping to Secret Gardens Bellingham weekly basis through Aug. 14 at Lake Padden and COST: $15-$18 in find the elves have Whatcom Falls Park. 6 SNEAK PEEKS OF PRIVATE SPACES advance, $18-$22 on pulled them all out of WWW.GBRC.NET the days of the tour the walkway while I VIEWS FRI., JULY 11 ou’ll never see bright orange koi swimming around in Molly Mona- INFO: www. slept,” Monahan said, whatcomhortsociety. WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and adventurers 4 han’s backyard pond. Instead, visitors can expect to view rainbow org laughing. can join Wild Whatcom Walks for “Wild Things” trout of various sizes. ------Like the other gar- excursions from 9:30-11am every Friday in July MAIL MAIL Y “I enjoy watching herons occasionally eat 57-cent trout, not expensive WHAT: Foothills dens on the tour, Mo- at North Lake Whatcom Park. Entry is $5. Garden Tour WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG koi,” Monahan said on a recent Saturday morning. nahan’s outdoor retreat 2 As she spoke, many of the footlong-and-over trout were vigorously churn- WHEN: 10:30am-5pm is full of surprises. Fol- Sat.-Sun., July 19-20 CEMETERY TOUR: “The Good, the Bad and the DO IT IT DO ing the surface of the eight-foot-deep pond, which is assuredly the focal WHERE: Six low one pathway of the Unknown” will be the focus of a tour presented point of Monahan’s impressive 41st Street garden. Whatcom County hilly terrain, and you’ll by the City of Bellingham at 1pm at Bayview While the water feature and accompanying green space is a sanctuary for gardens end up on a rock out- Cemetery, 1420 Woburn St. Admission is free, Monahan—a busy private investigator whose storied life history includes COST: $10-$12 cropping with a flour- but reservations are required. 07.09.14 stints as a color consultant in Switzerland and a gallery owner in New Jersey INFO: www. ishing madrone nearby 778-7150 OR WWW.BAYVIEWCEMETERY.COM demingfriends.org (among other things)—she’s not averse to sharing it with others. and a peek-a-boo view JULY 11-12 .09 In fact, her garden will be one of six that will be open to the public as of Bellingham Bay and the San Juan Islands. SIN & GIN TOUR: The Good Time Girls host a 28 # part of the Whatcom Horticultural Society’s 28th annul Tour of Private Gar- Near the almost-hidden shed, there’s a garden “Sin & Gin Tour” tonight at 7pm starting at the dens happening July 12-13 throughout Bellingham. (Incidentally, on July plot with kale and a few other vegetables be- Bureau of Historical Investigation, 217 W. Holly 18, she’ll also open up her home for a “Bedtime Stories for Grownups” fun- ing grown for the Maple Alley Inn. Oh, and was St. The walking tours—which continue Fridays and Saturdays through Aug. 28 in downtown draiser for the iDiOM Theater.) that a deer that just jumped through the trees Bellingham and historic Fairhaven—feature On the day of our own secret tour, Monahan still had a long list of tasks in the 60-foot easement behind the property? stories about Bellingham’s sometimes salacious to accomplish before opening up her lush environs to the masses the fol- While she’s happy to accept compliments re- past. Entry is $15-$19. WWW.THEBUREAUBELLINGHAM.COM CASCADIA WEEKLY lowing weekend. A sampling of chores included: finishing staining the deck, lating to her flourishing oasis, Monahan says it cleaning the toolshed, weeding the top of the hill and the “gazebo circle,” doesn’t take a lot to be a successful gardener 16 SAT., JULY 12 hammering in bench plugs, distributing wood ships and (long story) gluing in our region. CHUCKANUT FOOT RACE: The Greater Bell- rocks to a pond pump. “You really don’t have to learn how to grow ingham Running Club hosts the 47th annual While she admitted to being stressed about the things that still needed things here in the Pacific Northwest,” she Chuckanut Food Race starting at 9am at Bell- to be done before the fundraiser, Monahan said was confident she’d have said. “You just have to know how to cull the ingham’s Marine Park and ending at Larrabee her space in shipshape condition come the following Saturday. plants. Mother Nature does the rest.” doit State Park on Chuckanut Drive. Entry to CASCADIA the point-to-point, seven-mile trail race is $30-$35. WWW.GBRC.NET 38 Food Trucks FOOD FAMILY TENNIS: A “USTA Family Friendly Tennis” gathering happens from 9:30-11am every Saturday through Aug. 16 at Cornwall TO PLACE YOUR AD 360-647-8200 OR [email protected] Park, 3424 Meridian St. Please register in 31 advance. Sample Menu / Sample Menu WWW.PNW.USTA.COM Lime, Cardamom, Steak, Veggie and B-BOARD LOW TIDE EXPLORATION: Join Whatcom Coconut Ice Chicken Cheesesteaks, Land Trust staff and volunteers for a “Low Sauces, Mac and Cheese Vibe 26 Tide Exploration” from 10am-2pm near Vibe Point Roberts at Lily Point Marine Reserve. If you can think Docents and naturalists will be on hand to of a flavor, Mouthwatering Philly FILM answer your questions. Entry is free. they’ve done it Cheesesteaks with a WWW.WHATCOMLANDTRUST.ORG and better fun Northwest twist 360-599-8852 22 Sweet SHELLFEST 2014: The Washington State Owner Treats Owner MUSIC Parks and Recreation Commission and the Ben Natale Washington State Parks Foundation invite t hotmessfoodtruckhotmessonthego hotmessfoodtruck the public to attend ShellFest 2014 from 20 11am-3pm at Birch Bay State Park, 5105 Helwig Rd. The day will include exhibits, Sample Menu ART food, low-tide walks guided by experts Sample Menu and education about restoring and Cheese Steak Chorizo Burger, 18 protecting shellfish beds in Puget Sound. Sandwiches Veggie Taco, Gyro Entry is free. Vibe STAGE (206) 437-6086 OR WWW.WSFP.ORG Vibe No need to go These are unique 16 WALKING TOUR: As part of the Everson to Philly! Authentic delicious dishes 16 Summer Festival, join local historian Jim Berg for a Historical Walking Tour starting Owner Owners GET OUT at 1:15pm at the Everson Library, 104 Kirsch Mark Poem and James GET OUT Dr. Entry is free. ! ame Ti 305-3600 Lunch 14 JULY 12-13 Sample Menu HIGHLAND GAMES: Scottish athletic Sample Menu Pepperoni, Veggie, WORDS competitions, sheepdog trials, fiddling Spicy garlic and fennel and bagpipe performances and games, Sausage sausage; Potato Truffle 8 dancing, a beer and whisky garden, events and Bacon; Pepperoni Vibe for kids, food and more will be part of the 20th annual Skagit Valley Highland Vibe You want Games happening from 9am-9pm Saturday East Coast pizza? CURRENTS Gourmet, yet accessible, and 9am-5pm Sunday at Mount Vernon’s Get it here. delicious pizza 6 Edgewater Park, 600 Behrens Millett Rd. Owner Entry is $7-$13 (weekend passes are also Owners Good Food available). Niki VIEWS Chas and Charlie WWW.CELTICARTS.ORG P 4 SUN., JULY 13 SUMMER RIDE: “Chocolate Detectives” MAIL will be the focus of Everybody Bike’s Sum- mer Rides excursion starting at 1pm at the 2 Fairhaven Village Green. Participants will DO IT IT DO discover secrets and chocolate on a bike ride through Bellingham, stopping at sig- nificant sites for more clues. Entry is free and no registration is required. Do you WWW.EVERYBODYBIKE.COM 07.09.14 PUBLIC SAIL: Book a ticket for a sail .09 aboard the historic schooner Adventuress Love 28 # from 3-6pm in Anacortes leaving from the Cap Sante Marina, 1019 Q Ave. Tickets to get onboard the environmental tall ship are $25-$55. Design? WWW.SOUNDEXP.ORG TUES., JULY 15 WORK PARTY: Join Bellingham Parks for CASCADIA WEEKLY a work party from 6:30-8:30pm at Wood- Cascadia Weekly is hiring an advertising designer to create memorable, effective stock Farm. Meet at the North Chuckanut 17 Mount Trailhead and bike or walk to the ads. Send salary requirements, an the farm, which is a half-mile south of the advertisement you have designed and a parking lot. short description of the elements of a great 778-7105 ad to [email protected] doit STAGE 38 JULY 9-12 THE MUSIC MAN: See area youth share FOOD FOOD G their singing and dancing talents when The Music Man shows this week at performances sta e at 7pm Wednesday through Saturday, and THEATER DANCE PROFILES 31 31 2pm Sunday, at Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth, 1059 N. State St. Tickets are $10 at the door or online at Brown Paper Tickets. B-BOARD B-BOARD WWW.BAAY.ORG times, it’s tough and juggling it all can be JULY 9-17 hard, but I love it. 26 BARD ON THE BEACH: William Shake- CW: As someone who’s deeply involved in Bell- speare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream will FILM ingham’s theater scene, do you see it as a play in repertory with the Bard’s The thriving one? Tempest and Cymbeline, and Bill Cain’s Equivocation, during the 25th annual “Bard 22 MO: One hundred percent, yes. We have a on the Beach” season through Sept. 20 at strong community that continues to support Vancouver, B.C.’s Vanier Park. Tickets are MUSIC the arts of all forms. I think it’s magical to $33-$47 (Canadian). see our community grow and expand and WWW.BARDONTHEBEACH.ORG 20 find new ways to empower each other. We also have performing venues of all sorts that THURS., JULY 10 ART GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the give our community a taste of everything. Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday CW: Do you think your theatre arts degree from at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 18 18 18 WWU prepared you for the creative multitask- 10pm, stick around for the “Project.” Entry is $4-$7. STAGE ing you’re currently experiencing? STAGE MO: Oh, yes! Western Washington University has 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM one of the best theater programs in the state. BETTY DESIRE: Bellingham’s favorite drag 16 I owe a lot of my success to amazing profes- queen will take the stage for a “Pride in the sors, staff and fellow students who cared ‘Ham Betty Desire Show” at 10pm at Rumors GET OUT about my work and invested in my journey. Cabaret, 1119 Railroad Ave. The songs and CW: I’ve seen Border Songs, but can you tell me games will unofficially kick off the upcom- ing Bellingham Pride weekend. a little about “2 Best Friends” and the iDiOM 14 WWW.RUMORSCABARET.COM one-acts? MO: “2 Best Friends” is an improvised musi- JULY 10-12 WORDS cal and comedy mono-scene. Jake Barrow SHAKESEARE NW: The new Shakespeare and Tobias Childs play the two best friends Northwest season starts this weekend with 8 showings of Macbeth at 7pm Thursday and and they are amazing. Steve Barnes is the Friday, and Much Ado About Nothing at 7pm pianist, and he brings an amazing element Saturday at the Rexville-Blackrock Amphi- theater at Mount Vernon’s Rexville Grange, CURRENTS CURRENTS to the show. I am in both The Awful Real Thing and The 19299 Rexville Grange Rd. The Shakespear- 6 Velociraptor. A.R.T is written by an amazing ean favorites show in repertory through Aug. 16. Tickets are $10-$12. playwright, Brian Toews, who tackles some WWW.SHAKESNW.ORG VIEWS deep issues in our society regarding friend- BY AMY KEPFERLE BORDER SONGS: The newly christened 4 ship, acceptance and inner demons. To be honest, I am still figuring out what The Velo- Bellingham TheatreWorks concludes the run MAIL MAIL ciraptor is—which is not a bad thing. of its first production, Border Songs, with performances at 7:30pm Thursday through CW: What’s fun about all the collaborations you’re 2 Super Mario Saturday at Lynden’s Claire vg Thomas part of these days? What are the challenges? Theatre, 655 Front St. The play is based on DO IT IT DO area author Jim Lynch’s book of the same THREE STAGES, ONE WEEK MO: Again, I have been honored to work and collaborate with amazing people. They chal- name about the tensions, struggles, law ario Orallo-Molinaro is a busy guy. In the next week, you can find out lenge, empower and allow me to grow. and lawlessness at the Peace Arch border. Tickets are $15. for yourself. The Bellingham-based actor and director can be seen as a It’s also a blessing to play with these peo- WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATREWORKS.ORG 07.09.14 M sweetly creepy drug kingpin in the final Border Songs performances July ple and have long-lasting friendships. Col- 10-12 at Lynden’s Claire vg Thomas Theatre, in a late-night improvised musical laboration is like that. It forces you to find FRI., JULY 11 .09 dubbed “2 Best Friends” Sat., July 12 at the Upfront Theatre—where he’s also a the good in people, because the work has to DARE TO BELIEVE: Renowned magician 28 # mainstage performer and the sales and marketing director—and, finally, in two get done. So, you either moan about it or you and lion tamer Jay Owenhouse brings his “Dare to Believe” tour to Bellingham for one-acts opening Thurs, July 17 at the iDiOM Theater. get it done and learn new ways to make some an 8pm show at the Mount Baker Theatre, Cascadia Weekly: What’s your age, sign and motto in life? epic art. The challenge is to not take it per- 104 N. Commercial St. In addition to seeing Mario Orallo-Molinaro: I am 24 years old and a Leo. I have all sorts of mottos sonally. You create something out of nothing other audience members float in mid-air, get that I follow. Recently, I was empowered by Jim Carrey’s commencement speech and you will be judged. It’s being able to look sawed in half and predict the future, those where he said, “You will only have two choices: love or fear. Choose love. And at the positive side and accept feedback and in attendance will see Owenhouse’s Bengal tigers do their thing. Tickets are $30-$72. CASCADIA WEEKLY don’t ever let fear turn you against your playful heart.” grow. In this field, we are always growing, 734-6080 OR CW: I currently count you in three different productions. How does one go about expanding and learning, which in turn makes WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM 18 juggling such a rigorous theatrical schedule? us better human beings. It allows us to see MO: I have been very grateful for the opportunities in town and work with ex- the beauty in all people. JULY 11-12 tremely professional and talented people. I would say trust is a huge thing. The HELLINGHAM: A killer is on the loose, and three townspeople will die at the hands of people I tend to work with know me and I know them. They trust in my work, See listings for more information about Border the nefarious citizen. Problem is, nobody knowing I can be busy, yet still bring a positive and hardworking attitude. At Songs, “2 Best Friends,” and the iDiOM one-acts doit knowns who exactly it is. Find out more when the improvised murder mystery known as “Helling- OYSTERS. ham” returns for a spooky summertime run at 9pm 38 Friday and Saturday at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the COCKTAILS. FOOD door and additional showings happen July 18-19. Please note that new hours are in effect—mean- ing there’ll be just one show on weekends through 31 the summer. WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM B-BOARD B-BOARD SAT., JULY 12 DRAG SHOW: As part of Bellingham Pride, at- tend the annual ISCEE Pride Drag Show starting . 26 at 7:30pm at Rumors Cabaret, 1119 Railroad Ave. The annual Rumors Pride Party will follow the FILM performance. Entry is $5. WWW.BHAMPRIDE.ORG NOW OPEN 22 BEST FRIENDS: Stay up late and make your way to a performance of “2 Best Friends” at midnight MUSIC at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets to see the improvised musical—featuring Jake B 20 Barrow, Tobias Childs, Tim Greger, Kris Erick- ELLINGHAM WA son, Mario Orallo-Molinaro, and pianist Steve ART Barnes—are $5. WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM 18 18 MON., JULY 14 STAGE GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open mic for STAGE comedians, “Guffawingham!,” takes place at 8pm Mondays at the Green Frog, 1015 N. State St. Celebrate Bellingham Pride by showing up for the 16 Entry is free. annual ISCEE Pride Drag Show Sat., July 12 at WWW.ACOUSTICTAVERN.COM Rumors Cabaret GET OUT TUES., JULY 15 VAUDEVILLINGHAM: The Bellingham Circus is intended for mature audiences only. Tickets Guild presents its monthly fundraising variety are $8 and additional shows happen July 24-27. 14 show, “Vaudevillingham,” at 7pm and 9pm perfor- Opening night is $10, and includes two drinks and mances at the Cirque Lab, 1401 6th St. Members appetizers after the show. WORDS of the guild and other talented folks from around WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM the community will share acts that have never, ever been seen before. Suggested donation is JULY 17-20 8 $5-$10. THIRTEEN THE MUSICAL: Kaleb VanRijswijck WWW.BELLINGHAMCIRCUSGUILD.COM directs performances of 13, the Musical at 7pm Thursday through Friday, 2pm and 7pm Saturday, CURRENTS CURRENTS INTRO TO IMPROV: Learn to think on your feet and 2pm Sunday at the Bellingham Arts Academy 311 E. Holly Street Bellingham at a free introductory improv course with Improv for Youth, 1059 N. State St. Tickets are $10. 6 Playworks’ Sheila Goldsmith from 7-9pm at 1308 E WWW.BAAY.ORG St. All levels are welcome; no experience is neces- starclubbellingham.com VIEWS sary. Please RSVP. 756-0756 OR WWW.IMPROVPLAYWORKS.COM DANCE open 4 to midnight daily 4 JULY 15-17 FRI., JULY 11 MAIL MBT’S SUMMER REP: The Mount Baker Theatre’s LINE DANCING: Join the Lynden Line Dancers Summer Repertory Theatre kicks off this week for Western Line Dance classes July 11, 18 and CELEBRATION SALE 2 with 7:30pm showings of Lanford Wilson’s 25 at the Ten Mile Grange, 6958 Hannegan Rd. comedy/drama Talley’s Folly, Neil Simon’s comedic Newbies start at 5:45pm, beginners at 6:30pm, IT DO * Last of the Red Hot Lovers, and Becky’s New Car, by and intermediates at 7:30pm. No partner or expe- Buy one pair, Get a second FREE complete pairs only Steven Dietz, at the MBT’s Walton Theatre, 104 N. rience is necessary. Entry is $5 per class. Commercial St. The three plays show in repertory (360) 354-4325 through Aug. 10. Tickets are $12.50-$25. NNI 07.09.14 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM N SAT., JULY 12 A IVE FERRY BOAT DANCE: Join the Skagit-Anacortes R R THURS., JULY 17 Folk Dancers and Bellingham for a “Ferry Boat A S .09 S 28 E # DOC DWEEB: Internationally acclaimed multime- Folk Dance” leaving at 2pm from the Anacortes E A dia artist Kayc presents her latest creation, Doc Ferry Terminal, 2100 Ferry Terminal Rd. Music Y R Dweeb, at 7:30pm at the Lynden Pioneer Museum, will be provided by the Toad Mountain Ramblers, 217 Front St. The event promises to be both edu- and there’ll be a finger-food potluck. Ferry costs 0 Y cational and entertaining. Tickets are $12. are $6.45 for seniors and youth, and $12.95 for 1 (360) 961-8833 adults. Parking is $10. P.S. You’ll be back in Ana- cortes at 4:50pm. JULY 17-19 WWW.SKAGITFOLKDANCERS.ORG ONE-ACT WONDERS: View two new one-act FREE GLASSES CASCADIA WEEKLY plays written by young artists from the collegiate B-PROUD DANCE: As part of this weekend’s 19 community when Brian Toews The ART (The Awful Bellingham Pride activities, attend an all-ages First pair can be discounted • First pair can be insurance billed Real Thing) and Rene Vohze’s The Velociraptor “B-Proud Dance” from 8-11pm at the Bloedel open this week at 8pm at the iDiOM Theater, 1418 Donovan Community Building, 2214 Electric Ave. *Offer ends August 31,2014. Select the additional no charge frame from our Celebration Selection. We bill most insurance. Eyemed, Spectera, Medicaid, Cornwall Ave. The “satirical fringe spectacle” Entry is $3. Davis Vision and safety glasses orders excluded. Second no charge pair are CR-39, progressive lenses are standard. Free pair for same purchaser on same day. Must present ad. $55 eye exam is self pay. Regular price is $155. Add $30 for contact lens portion. 30's Collection excluded. Complete pairs only. contains nudity, violence and adult language, and WWW.BHAMPRIDE.ORG 1303 CORNWALL AVENUE, DOWNTOWN BELLINGHAM • (360) 647-0421 gest a visit to Christian Anne Smith’s “From the Magiclands” space, where a puppet garden will share room with paintings, dolls and a variety of mixed- media works. There’s also the contem- 38 porary folk art of RR Clark at the Fish- FOOD FOOD boy Gallery, onsite screen printing at visual Red Boot Design, a “Team of Monsters” series of paintings and handmade clay 31 31 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES jewelry at “the Humboldt,” works by An- tonio Gonzalez and Carrie Voorhees (and B-BOARD B-BOARD coffee tastings) at Maniac Roasting, a group show at the Color Pot Gallery, art 26 by kids and sketches FILM by Stepha Lawson at the Bellingham Birth Center, and more. 22 In addition to the MUSIC stops with a visual ATTEND emphasis, there’ll be WHAT: Sixth 20 20 20 plenty more creative annual Sunnyland goodness to partake ART ART Stomp WHEN: 4-9pm of come the afternoon Sat., July 12 and evening of Sat., 18 WHERE: Twenty- July 12. For example, five locations STAGE Trevor Jones—also throughout known as the “sword Bellingham’s guy” at the Belling- 16 Sunnyland neighborhood ham Farmers Market— COST: Entry to will be demonstrating GET OUT the self-guided sword-making and du- tour is free eling. (Yes, the stop is INFO: www. family-friendly). 14 sunnylandstomp. com Take music breaks —————— at Backup Experience WORDS WHAT: Second on Grant Street, with annual Chicken performers including 8 Race WHEN: 2pm Sat., Misty Flowers, the July 12 Shady Tones, Boris WHERE: CURRENTS CURRENTS Budd, Louis Ledford, Sunnyland Park and others. From 6 (at Humboldt and 6-8pm, be lured by Carolina streets) COST: $5 the dulcet tones of VIEWS registration fee the Saltwater Octet, WORKS BY RR CLARK CAN BE SEEN FISHBOY AT GALLERY DURING THE SUNNYLAND STOMP 4 an eight-piece jazz band who’ll be bring- MAIL MAIL BY AMY KEPFERLE ing their sounds to a temporary music hall on Franklin Street. 2 A variety of foodstuffs will also be DO IT IT DO Sunnyland Stomp served up alongside the art. At Grant Street’s Artisan Revival, brewmaster ART, CHICKENS AND FUN Chris McClanahn will team up with Chef David Wood to offer tasty samples to 07.09.14 ast year, I spent most of the space I had reserved for a story about the ticolored hen currently roosting in front of the masses. Live music, screen prints Sunnyland Stomp talking about the fact that the organizers behind the HomeSkillet, Sunnyland’s popular breakfast by Sean Hughes, art and games for kids .09 annual summertime soiree were hosting the event’s inaugural chicken hangout. Created by owners Tina and Kirby and valet bike parking will also be part 28 # L race. Apparently, I was pretty excited about it. White, the sculpture was defaced by a spray- of the draw. Additionally, Ciao Thyme Then, like a fool, I showed up 30 minutes late for the poultry palaver, and paint-wielding vandal in early May. When Miss will be serving pizza at their Iron Street missed the whole darn thing. Jones is unveiled during the Stomp, viewers abode, and wine and beer can be sourced However, all was not lost. Although the boat had sailed when it came can admire her new-and-improved visage—and at New Kids on the Block. to watching a dozen chickens maneuver their way through obstacle courses also pause for snacks, drinks or a bathroom Those who plan to attend the Sunnyl- designed to test their tiny brains, I arrived in the Sunnyland neighborhood break. (You can also find out more about the and Stomp will want to head to the event CASCADIA WEEKLY in plenty of time to meander through a variety of “galleries” set up in back- Hive, a makerspace in the making.) website to get a clearer picture of what yards—and front yards—and take in the abundant creativity of the residents Although it’s doubtful you’ll find time to visit stops you want to make. Once there, you 20 of the eclectic Bellingham ‘hood. each of the other two dozen spaces being high- can also find out more about the afore- This year, I’ve resolved to talk more about the art and less about the lighted during the event, trust me when I tell mentioned chicken race. You should chicken race—but bets are off when it comes to talking about art that in- you there’s something for everyone to be found check the time, though, because if you volves chickens. at this year’s Sunnyland Stomp. show up late, the birds will have already I’m talking, specifically, about Miss Velveeta Jones—the oversized, mul- If it’s more art you’re after, might I sug- flown the coop. doit UPCOMING EVENTS ONGOING EXHIBITS ARTWOOD: Laurie Potter’s “bold and imagina- FRI., JULY 11 tive” paintings will be featured through July at ANCHOR OPENING: “Skagit Women Print” Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. 38 opens tonight in Anacortes with a reception WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM from 6-8pm at Anchor Art Space, 216 Com- FOOD mercial Ave. The works by the 18 Skagit Valley FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contempo- artists explore the contradictions and complex rary folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm every pressures of both the wild and the man-made Mon.-Fri. at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. 31 through the eyes of women who live and work 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM here.The exhibit shows through Aug. 10, with printmaking workshops offered July 19 and 26 GALLERY CYGNUS: View sculptures by former B-BOARD and Aug. 3. Skagit Valley resident Ed Nordin and works by WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG Maggie Wilder through Aug. 24 at La Conner’s 26 Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial St. ART WALK: Honey Salon, the Federal Building, WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM FILM Ragfinery, Allied Arts, Bayou on Bay, Bay Street Village, the Bureau of Historical Investigation, GOOD EARTH: Larry Richmond’s ceramics and CFI North Sound Center for Independence, Peggy Kondo’s basketry will be highlighted 22 Fourth Corner Frames, the Pickford Dreamspace through July at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Studios, Seifert & Jones, Make.Shift, Ohio Ave. MUSIC Street Workstudios, Lulu, the Leopold and more WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM will take part in the monthly Art Walk from 6-10pm throughout downtown Bellingham. The JANSEN ART CENTER: “Unexpected Weav- 20 20 Whatcom Art Guild and Uptown Arts will also ings” by Dorothy McGuinness, photography by ARTART host open houses from 6-8pm at the Bellwether Lance Seadog, Ben Mann’s “Whatcom Bounty” Gate buildings. paintings, and a textiles exhibit can currently WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM be seen at Lynden’s Jansen Art Center, 321 18 Front St. MAKE.SHIFT: An opening reception for “Up WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG STAGE Shi*t Creek” happens from 6-10pm at Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St. The show by the Dirtbag LUCIA DOUGLAS: “Ya Gotta Love Fairhaven” sisters (Jessica Bonin and Karie Jane) explores shows through July 19 at the Lucia Douglas Gal- 16 the experience of feeling adrift, and the flip lery, 1415 13th St. side of feeling lost—finding self-reliance. See it WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM through July 26. GET OUT WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM MATZKE FINE ART: The multi-artist “Summer Moments” exhibit can be visited through Aug. 31 14 HONEY: An opening for visual and graphic artist at Camano Island’s Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Stevie Chandler’s “Friends of Land and Sea” Sculpture Park, 2345 Blanche Way. takes place from 6-10pm at Honey Salon, 310 WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM WORDS W. Holly St. The fur-and-feathered showcase is a “magical collection of newly adapted animal QUILT MUSEUM: “Wishes Through Our Hands: 8 folklore.” The pieces can be viewed through Japanese Quilts,” “Works of Junko Maeda,” Launch your career in Aerospace Aug. 30. and “Fifty Years of Quiltmaking: Schlotterback WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM Collection” can be seen through Oct. 15 at & Advanced Manufacturing CURRENTS the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, 703 S. ALLIED ARTS: Members of the Cascade Clay Second St. 6 Artists will show their work at a reception from WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.COM 6-9pm at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. down- town Art Walk. SCOTT MILO: View pieces by Jeanne Levasseur, VIEWS WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG Lewis Jones, Jacqui Beck, and Lilli Mathews through July in Anacortes at the Scott Milo Gal- 4 BUETHORN STUDIO: View Melissa Bishop’s lery, 420 Commercial Ave. MAIL MAIL eclectic paintings from 6-8pm at Buethorn WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM Watercolor Studio at Bay Street Village, 301 W. Holly St. This unique collection of work reflects SMITH & VALLEE: Peruse monotypes by Kris 2 Bishop’s ongoing absorption in the works of Ekstrand Molesworth and sculptures by Tracy DO IT IT DO Corot, Leger, Blake, Ryder and Inness. Powell through July 27 at Edison’s Smith & Val- WWW.CANDACEBUETHORN.COM lee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM SAT., JULY 12 JAZZ ARTS FAIR: As part of the grand finale WILSON LIBRARY: “Superposition: Merging 07.09.14 of the Drayton Harbor Music Festival in Blaine, Narratives Past and Present” shows through local artists and crafters will show their work at July 20 at the Wilson Library on the WWU .09 a “Jazz Arts Fair” from 10am-4pm at 728 Peace campus. 28 # Portal Dr. Live music will accompany the event. WWW.WWU.EDU WWW.BLAINECHAMBER.COM WHATCOM ART MARKET: From 10am-6pm JULY 12-13 every Thursday through Monday, stop by the ART BY THE BAY: More than 100 artists and Whatcom Art Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s artisans from around the region will show Waldron Building, 1314 12th St. and sell their work at Stanwood Camano Art WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG Guild’s annual “Art by the Bay” from 10am-5pm CASCADIA WEEKLY Saturday and Sunday at the Stanwood Camano WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Paint: The Painted Works PROGRAM OPTIONS: Fairgrounds, 6431 Pioneer Hwy. There’ll also of Lyle Wilson,” “Pulp,” and “Radical Repetition: Composites & Process Engineering 21 be live music, and food available for purchase. Albers to Warhol” can currently be viewed on the Entry to the exhibit is free. Whatcom Museum campus. Electro Mechanical Technology WWW.STANWOODCAMANOARTS.COM WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Manufacturing Engineering | Welding www.btc.ctc.edu Mechanical Engineering | Precision Machining 360-752-8345 Rumor Has It EVEN THOUGH IT’S ONLY BEEN WITH US A 38 FEW YEARS, the Make.Shift Block Party has FOOD FOOD become an annual event to which I look for- ward with great eagerness. I was out of town music for last year’s event and I still cry great tears 31 31 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT of regret and longing. But the past is the past and the future is B-BOARD B-BOARD alive with glorious Block Party potential. This year’s Block Party (hold onto your BY CAREY ROSS butts!) is set for Sat., Aug. 2, and will be an 26 all-day, into-the-night-affair. As in years past, FILM the entire event is family-friendly, and this year it’ll only cost you five bucks to get into Downtown Sounds 22 the soiree. Along with the deep roster of local 22 DANCIN’ IN THE STREETS bands (Spectres, Baltic Cousins, Eagle Teeth, MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC and more) that has become the soundtrack to Downtown Bellingham Partnership’s aim this shindig, this year’s party will feature in- 20 is simple: to encourage people to engage flatable gladiator jousting (I don’t know quite and interact with the downtown core as a what that is, but I’m ART means by which to keep that downtown core pretty excited by the lively and diverse. They implications), a climb- 18 achieve this objective ing wall courtesy of STAGE in a variety of daily and Vital Climbing Gym, a mostly invisible ways, relocated Slip ’n’ Slide but the most public of of Doom (apparently, it 16 their programs are the is also somehow “im- monthly Art Walks, Bite proved,” which seems BY CAREY ROSS GET OUT ATTEND of Bellingham, annual impossible, but I dis- WHAT: Down- Halloween Trick or Treat, covered it is wrong to second-guess Make.Shift town Sounds and more. In short, they in such matters), the elaborate Unknown Board 14 WHEN: Every make downtown fun, so Shop skate jam, a “Duke of Bellingham gender- Wednesday from that we’ll keep coming neutral pageant-style competition,” the popu- WORDS July 9-Aug. 6 WHERE: 1300 downtown to have fun. lar kid zone and bounce house and, of course, block of Bay While all their programs my one-time nemesis, the dunk tank (a word to 8 Street are worthy of mention, those in the dunk tank: if you invite a second COST: Free probably the most glit- party to be dunked along with you, you will INFO: www. CURRENTS CURRENTS downtownbham. tering jewel in the Down- emerge with many bruises. People kick when wordpress.com town Bellingham Part- they’re trapped underwater). The adults in the 6 nership’s civic-minded crowd can partake of a beer garden where the crown would have to be Downtown Sounds. Boundary Bay, Wander, Aslan, and Kulshan VIEWS everal months ago, I offered a testimonial about Downtown For five Wednesdays every summer, the in- brews will flow freely (as will the Pabst be- 4 Sounds as part of a crowd-funding pitch to raise money for this trepid employees of Downtown Bellingham cause no matter how many award-winning year’s concert series. Given my ongoing and outspoken support Partnership and an army of volunteers shut beers are brewed locally, PBR will always be MAIL MAIL S for Downtown Sounds, making such a statement was a no-brainer, but down an entire city block on Bay Street, the preferred drink for some), and you can get the exercise was a worthwhile one in that it helped to remind me why, erect a giant stage and basically turn that your hair cut and a T-shirt screen-printed be- 2 exactly, I feel the weekly concert series to be so valuable to the com- stretch of concrete and asphalt into an im- fore stuffing yourself with grub from one of DO IT IT DO munity here. promptu concert venue. The shows feature a the assembled food trucks. Boiled down, what I said was fairly straightforward: “Because of Down- range of talent both local and regional, and Along with being a giant party and a means town Sounds, Bellingham is a place where dancing in the streets is not are free and family-friendly. by which Make.Shift can show the community only condoned, but also encouraged.” Now in its 10th season, Downtown Sounds that has been so steadfast in its support a good 07.09.14 That statement has the benefit of being both succinct and true; even has always been popular with the populace, time, the Block Party also acts as a fundraiser so, I’d like to take this opportunity to expand on it a bit. but since Downtown Bellingham Partnership for the music-minded nonprofit and all-ages .09 We live in a time during which cities, towns and other municipali- Events Manager Lindsey Payne made the space. And, as in years past, the Block Party 28 # ties the nation over are dealing with the increasingly bleak realities of annual event the focus of her considerable arrives at a time when Make.Shift can especial- dwindling resources, cash-strapped coffers, crumbling infrastructure, de- attention and energy several years ago, the ly use some lining of its coffers. It may seem mands on the social safety net, downgrading of basic services, etc. Stuck caliber of bands has improved, the audience like the nonprofit has been endlessly renovat- between the rock of too much need and the hard spot of not enough has swelled by the thousands and the con- ing its multiuse Flora Street compound since money, cities are often compelled to jettison all but the most essential cert series has truly come into its own. taking over the space, and that assessment of programs. In that scenario, arts-related programs are often the first For its 10th anniversary, Payne tried to would not be far from the truth. This time, the CASCADIA WEEKLY to feel the cut of the budgetary knife. strike a balance between bands familiar to money raised will go toward additional—and One of the things that makes this area so magical is the people charged longtime Downtown Sounds fans and acts very necessary—sound-dampening measures 22 with keeping this fine city up and running understand that along with all that are new to the Bay Street stage. Open- that need to be put in place to make the rest the other mouths to feed, satiating the cultural appetites of Bellingham’s ing this year’s season July 9 will be Port- of the building viable for other renters. citizenry meets an important need as well. And thanks to the nonprofit land’s MarchFourth Marching Band, the Unlike last year, I aim to be in attendance at Downtown Bellingham Partnership, we have an organization devoted to see- stilt-walking, drumbeating, horn-blowing this year’s Block Party. Hold onto your butts, ing to it that we are well-fed, culturally speaking. cacophony of joyful noise. Known and be- people. It’s going to get wet—and weird. musicevents JULY 9-12 First St. The concert will feature music by DRAYTON HARBOR MUSIC FESTIVAL: the celebrated ensemble’s latest album, Faculty and guest artist concerts, student I’ll Find a Way. Tickets are $30-$55. 38 concerts, a “Big Band Benefit,” a week WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG of workshops, an art show and much FOOD more will be part of the Drayton Harbor JULY 11-12 Music Festival (formerly the Blaine Jazz HAYNIE OPRY: The Haynie Opry will Festival) happening through Saturday at present tribute shows to the late George 31 a variety of venues in Blaine. Most events Jones at 7pm Friday and Saturday at are free and open to the public. See a Custer’s Haynie Grange, 3314 Haynie full schedule of events at the website Rd. The show will take listeners from B-BOARD listed here. Jones’ early hits, to duets he covered WWW.DRAYTONHARBORMUSIC.ORG with Tammy Wynette, and finish with a re-creation of Jones. Matt Audette and 26 JULY 10-20 the Circle of Friends Band will play Jones FESTIVAL OF MUSIC: Selections by and his bandmates, and Wynette will be FILM Bach, Brahms, and Prokofiev can be heard covered by Vicki Jo Bock. Tickets are $20. when the Bellingham Festival of Music WWW.THEHAYNIEOPRY.COM 22 22 HILLSTOMP continues this week with performances Western Washington University’s Perform- SAT., JULY 12 MUSIC ing Arts Center and the Bellingham Cruise BLUEGRASS BASH: Listen and dance MUSIC loved among Bellingham audiences, March- Newcomers to Downtown Sounds, Publish the Terminal. Prices for various performances to traditional bluegrass music by JD range from $12-$45. Hobson and Rattletrap Ruckus as part 20 Fourth is the perfect way to begin a series-long Quest was formed for the purpose of recording WWW.BELLINGHAMFESTIVAL.ORG of Animals as Natural Therapy’s annual anniversary celebration. Opening the show will an album—2008’s The Threads—and although fundraising Bluegrass Bash from 2-8pm ART be Br’er Rabbit, whose exuberant brand of blue- the musical collective has changed in size and THURS., JULY 10 at Windy Acres Farm, 721 Van Wyck Rd. grass has earned them a following in Belling- membership, they’ve been together in some ELIZABETH PARK SERIES: As part There’ll also be barbecue items, animal 18 ham and beyond. form ever since. They’ll entertain the audience of an annual season of Thursday night encounters, activities and games for all summer concerts, traditional jazz and ages, raffle prizes and more. Entry is The series doesn’t let up during the second while educating them with their socially con- STAGE swing will be on the musical menu when $10-$20. week, playing host to what will be the final scious message on July 30, and 3 on the Tree the Clearbrook Dixieland Band performs W W W . A N I M A L S A S N A T U R A L T H E R A P Y . O R G show (forever!) for the Prime Time Band. After will jam their way through an opening set. from 6-8pm at Elizabeth Park. The free 16 four years together, the band is disbanding due While I’m excited for all five weeks of this concerts continue every Thursday through SUMMER SERIES: Soak up the reggae- to members that have become increasingly far- season’s rock-solid lineup, it’s the final Wednes- Aug. 28. inspired sounds of Adrian Xavier at an WWW.COB.ORG outdoor summer music series concert GET OUT flung and involved in the non-music areas of day (Aug. 6) of Downtown Sounds that has a from 6-8:30pm at the Heart of Anacortes, their lives. But they’re down for one last big special place in my heart. This is due to the FOM CONCERT SERIES: Chamber 1014 4th St. Concerts happen on a weekly party, and the streets of downtown Bellingham fact that Bellingham’s own hair-metal tribute concerts played by musicians from the basis through September 14. Tickets are 14 seem like a fine locale for a going-away gig. The band Voyager will rock the audience with their Bellingham Festival of Music orchestra $8 at the door. happen at 12pm today and again Fri., July WWW.THEHEARTOFANACORTES.COM full band will reunite for the July 16 show— impressive take on the metal classics of Motley WORDS 18 at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, with the addition of a string section—and the Crue, Van Halen, Cinderella, Judas Priest, and 121 Prospect St. The performances are SUN., JULY 13 Austerman File will open the show. many more. For you Rush fans (and you are plen- free and open to the public. FIDDLIN’ FOX CONCERT SERIES: As 8 Another Downtown Sounds regular—as well tiful around these parts), tribute band the Trees WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG part of the annual “Fiddlin’ Fox” Concert as one of Bellingham’s hands-down favor- will play all your favorite classics by the prolific Series, the cajun sounds of Swamp Soul ite bands (and they have the awards to prove Canadian rockers. FRI., JULY 11 can be listened and danced to from 2-5pm CURRENTS BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA: The at the Fairhaven Village Green, 1207 10th it)—Polecat will take the stage July 23 with By the time this milestone season of Down- 6 Grammy Award-winning gospel and soul St. The free, family-friendly concerts take their trademark hard-stomping bluegrass. Port- town Sounds ends, I hope you will all have found sounds of the Blind Boys of Alabama can place every Sunday through July, and land’s only “junkbox blues duo” Hillstomp will your own reasons for loving the series. Because be heard at an 8pm concert in Mount include dance instruction. VIEWS add their rowdy brand of outsider alt-country you never know when you might be called upon Vernon at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM to these high-energy, down-home proceedings. to give a testimonial about that very thing. 4 MAIL MAIL 2 Saturday, July 12 Benefit Dances Featuring 10am-3pm DO IT A 7-Piece Bellingham Dance Band Featuring a 07.09.14 performance by the Big Band style Swing! Spinach & Cheese Ravioli Bellingham Youth .09 28 Saturdays 7-9pm # Parmesan Pesto Sauce Jazz Band from 11am-12pm! July 12th Wide Brim Summer Hats July 26th YouBuild Sandwiches We will be grilling burgers August 9th and serving potato salad, August 23rd Hand Dip Ice Cream watermelon, chips Admission $5 and beverages! Local Made Smoke Pipes Lunch is $6. CASCADIA WEEKLY 15% off Cheese Wednesdays Served from 11am-1pm 23 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Find your treasures Lunch in the Garden at the swap meet! 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Holly St. • 733-9685 | Chuckanut Brewery 601 W Holly St. • 752-3377 | 14 Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville St., Vancouver • (604) 739-4550 | Conway Muse 18444 Spruce/Main St., Conway (360) 445-3000 WORDS 8 STOP BY OUR BOOTH CURRENTS CURRENTS FTER THE PARADE! 6 A VIEWS 4 is a proud supporter of MAIL MAIL OMER REWA UST RDS Bellingham Pride 2014 2 C DO IT IT DO BELLINGHAM 1321 Cornwall Ave 07.09.14 Bellingham, WA 98225 .09 360.778.3235 28 # Seattle 118 First Ave. S • Pioneer Square 60% OFF Seattle, WA 98104 206.397.3993 Lynnwood CASCADIA WEEKLY LOCALLY MADE E-LIQUID* 19220 Alderwood Mall Pkwy 24 Lynnwood, WA 98036 PRICE MATCH GUARANTEE# 425.245.8036 ecigexpress.com *Bellingham location only. #Retail locations only. musicvenues 38 See below for venue FOOD FOOD addresses and phone 07.09.14 07.10.14 07.11.14 07.12.14 07.13.14 07.14.14 07.15.14 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 31 31 Glow Nightclub DJ Provoker Fear and Loathing Girl Meets Boy DJ Boombox Alone Together (afternoon), The Honeycutters B-BOARD Anna Tivel, more (early), Slow Jam (early), Open Knut Bell (early), Guf- Green Frog Silent Movie Night Lisa Harmon, more (eve- Our Dead Fathers (early), DJ Yogoman Country Hammer (late) Mic (late) fawingham (late) ning), Frank Fairfield (late) (late) 26 Still Bill Band (early), DJ H2O DJ Triple Crown Zak (late) FILM Songwriter Round w/Tom Honey Moon Open Mic w/Tad Kroening Havilah Gentri Watson Pretty Little Feet The Shadies 22 Caverns 22 MUSIC KC's Bar and Grill Karaoke Karaoke MUSIC DAIKAIJU 20 Kulshan Brewery Driftwood Soldier Sanoma The Devilly Brothers July 11/Wild Buffalo ART Main St. Bar and Grill Jack Benson Landing Party 18 Art Walk w/DJ Alden John- Make.Shift STAGE sonbuller Old World Deli Damon Jones 16 Rockfish Grill Stilly River Band Trish Hatley El Colonel, Mary De La Fuente GET OUT Royal Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke, DJ Karaoke, DJ Partyrock 14 WORDS Rumors Leveled Pride w/Betty Desire Betty Pages Party ISCEE Pride Drag Show Pride Parade and Party Karaoke w/Zach 8 STFU Robot, Incanus, Kurly Something, Powers, Wolves in the Throne Summer Gaycation: A The Shakedown Heavy Rotation Tom Waits Night Aireeoke Dickblood more Room, Nommo Ogo, more Pride Dance Party CURRENTS CURRENTS Skagit Valley Casino Unified Culture Nitecrew 6 Skylark's Bryan Forsloff Three Parts Jazz The Spencetet VIEWS 4 Star Club Chuck Dingee Live Music Gallow Glass Oh Music Sunday Sing-Along Marvin J Open Mic MAIL MAIL Landon Wordswell, Mo- Swillery Whiskey Bar Karaoke Never, In Cahoots, more stafa, more 2 DO IT The Underground EDM Night DJ Bmellow Via Cafe and Bistro Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke 07.09.14 WOLVES IN THE Jam Night Karaoke THRONE ROOM The Village Inn .09 July 12/The Shakedown 28 # Vinostrology Bill MacDonough Live Music Daikaiju, Black Beast Revival, Noise Toys, Chunky Wild Buffalo Wild Out Wednesday Fruition, more Masta Ace, eMC, more Open Mic w/Chuck D. more Wonder, more The Green Frog 1015 N. 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For Ewa, it is one more thing to resist un- til she can’t. 38 The theme of compromise as the price FOOD FOOD of progress in this country is a compel- Film ling one. It’s never more sharply drawn than when Bruno is trying to push Ewa 31 31 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› SHOWTIMES into her first assignation. There is an in- tensity Cotillard brings to her resistance B-BOARD B-BOARD that is both defiant and broken. You can literally see reality etching itself on the actress’ face. Not in great waves, rather 26 26 the stiffening of her chin, the glare in her FILM FILM eyes, as hope is chipped away. The actors overall do a very good job of scratching the underbelly of the im- 22 MUSIC 20 ART , Despite rocky moments 18 and a few ill-fitting STAGE pieces, it is intimate in its 16 telling and more affecting for it GET OUT 14 migrant experience. Phoenix takes on the mercurial Bruno like a challenge, and it is WORDS quite remarkable to watch him turn on a dime. Cotillard tamps down her emotions 8 so deeply that she carries the look of an animal that’s been stunned. It fits Ewa’s CURRENTS CURRENTS situation, washed up on our shores penni- less and paperless, soon at Bruno’s mercy. 6 It makes watching the relationship be- REVIEWED BY BETSY SHARKEY flict in motion. Belva’s sent to the hospital tween them fascinating—two great wills VIEWS ward and marked for deportation. Ewa is battling it out. Ewa’s determination to 4 likely headed back to Poland as well unless get her sister off Ellis Island informs ev- someone steps in to sponsor her. All the ery choice she makes and drives the film. MAIL MAIL The Immigrant while, Bruno is circling. His offer comes at A moment in a church, confession at her a desperate time for Ewa, his help extend- darkest hour, crystallizes the cost. 2 COMING TO AMERICA ed like a favor she is lucky to get. And so Things brighten when Orlando the Ma- DO IT IT DO begins Ewa’s life in this country—in debt gician (Renner) makes his appearance. he Immigrant, starring Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, and Jeremy to a stranger, the price of admission a high Not just for Ewa but for the entire film, Renner, is one of those prickly period pieces about hard times that gets one, any promise of opportunity in America it’s hard not to wish he’d shown up sooner under your skin and leaves you unsettled long after. apparently not meant for her. and stayed longer. Renner is charming as 07.09.14 T Though its story is far more about survival than love, there is a sense of seduc- Written with Richard Menello, The Immi- the trickster, and it’s a nice change of tion in director James Gray’s new film, a wolf in sheep’s clothing quality. Not unlike grant is Gray’s most ambitious film. Despite pace for an actor who usually goes dark, .09 Bruno Weiss, the dandy who trolls Ellis Island for pretty girls in bad straits played rocky moments and a few ill-fitting pieces, albeit impressively so, in dramas like The 28 # so well by Phoenix. it is intimate in its telling and more af- Hurt Locker and The Town, which earned Cotillard’s Ewa Cybulska is one of those weary and desperate beauties, a world fecting for it. As with most of the film- him Oscar nominations. away from her edgy portrayal of Edith Piaf in 2007’s La Vie en Rose, which would win maker’s work, if Gray has to choose sides, For all of Orlando’s sleight of hand—on- her an Oscar. Ewa and her sister, Belva (Dagmara Dominczyk), are just off the boat, the have-nots will get his vote every time. stage and off—he truly falls for Ewa. And still awaiting clearance to enter the country. It’s a compelling opening scene, the He’s a good guy to have in your corner. His she is enchanted by him. That Bruno is his endless lines, the empty faces, so many fates hanging in the balance, and opportun- collaboration with Phoenix—who’s starred cousin is a complication that changes the CASCADIA WEEKLY ists like Bruno moving through the sea of humanity like sharks. in all of Gray’s films except the first, 1994’s course of the film. It also becomes the The sepia-saturated scene immediately evokes that vast influx of refugees in the Little Odessa—continues to deepen. catalyst for Ewa to try to alter her destiny. 26 ’20s and ’30s. The period detail achieved by production designer Happy Massee, cos- The New York that Bruno brings Ewa Though the film is sometimes as tume designer Patricia Norris, and captured so beautifully by cinematographer Dar- into is a weird mix of the familial and the fraught as the immigrant experience, in ius Khondji is outstanding. Composer Chris Spelman adds a bluesy jazz-age sound sinister. He has a troupe of girls who per- the end the ideas are so rich, the look so that is terrific—weeping when it needs to, carefree when that’s called for later. form in his nudie revue. The house of en- lovely, Ewa’s journey so heartbreakingly A bad cough that Belva can’t stifle quickly separates the sisters and sets the con- tertainment is run by Rosie Hertz (Yelena real, even the flaws seem to suit it. TERRA ORGANICA film ›› opening this week IS SIMPLY BECOMING… One of the TOP 12 38 Natural FOOD F d Stores 31 in North B-BOARD 26 America 26 says the FILM Organic Retail FILM & Consumer Alliance 22 MUSIC REVIEWED BY DAVID ROONEY 20 1530 CORNWALL TERRA-ORGANICA.COM 360.715.8020 ART Lucky Them 18 SINGLE IN SEATTLE Lester & Hyldahl STAGE n Lucky Them, a rock critic is forced to when he was emotionally unavailable. “But 16 revisit her past and consider its toll on I’m cooler now,” the earnest oddball as- her emotional life, 10 years after being sures her. Fresh from a community college I GET OUT dumped by a musician whose unexplained documentary filmmaking course, Charlie disappearance fueled his cult status. While decides to fund Ellie’s Matthew Smith re- the setup of Megan Griffiths’ comedy-dra- search in exchange for being allowed to Tom Lester DUI/Criminal 14 ma is a little labored, the performances are make a film about her. They set out across so engaging and the characters so pleasur- Washington in an RV, stopping at the Doug Hyldahl Personal Injury WORDS able to be around that it’s easy to forget weight-loss camp where Ellie and Matthew the script’s flaws. Centered by smart, soul- met, the bar where he played his first gig Attorneys Bankruptcy 8 ful work from Toni Collette, the movie in- and the spectacular falls where the musi- at Law cludes an unbilled star cameo that’s a per- cian is believed to have committed suicide. fect piece of casting, in a scene that adds Griffiths and the screenwriters have CURRENTS real feeling to the story’s outcome. trouble dividing their focus between the 6 Collette plays Stax Magazine writer Ellie Matthew investigation and the romantic 360.733.5774 Klug, a character based on Emily Wachtel, derailments of Ellie as she inadvertent- [email protected] VIEWS who co-wrote the semi-autobiographical ly sabotages the Lucas connection, and screenplay. A connoisseur of the Seattle al- Charlie as he hurtles into marriage with a 119 N. Commercial Street, Suite 175 4 ternative-rock scene, Ellie has had a string flaky woman he just met (Ahna O’Reilly). 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Whether Ellie is coasting above the 27 into the movie, while the arrival of Char- mess of her life, floundering in it or own- lie (Thomas Haden Church) brings an in- ing up to her faults, Collette plays her vigorating jolt of off-kilter comic energy. with warmth, realness and emotional A retired software squillionaire, Charlie transparency that make you stay with her dated Ellie a couple of times years back even when she’s pushing people away. film ›› showing this week BY CAREY ROSS 38 FOOD FOOD FILM SHORTS 31 31 22 Jump Street: Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill take their high-school undercover antics to the col- legiate level in this surprisingly funny sequel to the B-BOARD B-BOARD surprisingly funny 21 Jump Street. And just like that, a Hollywood humor franchise that doesn’t completely blow is born. ++++ (R • 1 hr. 49 min.) 26 26 America: Something, something, what if America FILM FILM never existed? Something, something, blame Obama. Something, right-wing propaganda, something. I think 22 I’ve done this movie justice and given it about all the time and attention it deserves. Feel free to follow my lead. + (PG-13 • 1 hr. 43 min.) MUSIC Chef: Jon Favreau turns his back on the Iron Man 20 franchise he so capably helmed into being to return to his indie roots in this film in which he plays a ART chef who turns his back on corporate cookery to return to his indie roots. Is this Hollywood hap- 18 penstance or art imitating life?. Well, since Favreau wrote, directed and starred in this effort, one can STAGE make all the inferences one must using that info. ++++ (R • 1 hr. 55 min.) 16 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: See review next page. ++++ (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 10 min.) GET OUT Deliver Us from Evil: USA Today film critic sums it up better than I ever could: “Even horror neophytes won’t be spooked by a film that looks as if it were shot 14 with a smartphone and an Itty Bitty Booklight.” + (R • 1 hr. 58 min.) 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In shy. “What is the capital of North Dakota?” he asked. accordance with the astrological omens, Taurus, I in- As amusing as his irreverence might be, I want to STAGE vite you to match the birds’ standard in the coming use it as an example of how you should NOT proceed weeks. See if you can play and enjoy yourself and in the coming week. If you get a chance to converse have a good time at least 30 percent of the time. with higher powers or mysterious forces, I hope you 16 seek information you would truly like to know. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Is there an impor- tant resource you don’t have in sufficient abundance? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In one of her GET OUT Are you suffering from the lack of an essential fuel or poems, Adrienne Rich addresses her lover: “That con- tool? I’m not talking about a luxury it would be pleas- versation we were always on the edge / of having, ant to have or a status symbol that would titillate runs on in my head.” Is there a similar phenomenon in your own life, Sagittarius? Have you been longing 14 your ego. Rather, I’m referring to an indispensable asset you need to create the next chapter of your life to thoroughly discuss certain important issues with a story. Identify what this crucial treasure is, Gemini. loved one or ally, but haven’t found a way to do so? WORDS Make or obtain an image of it, and put that image on If so, a breakthrough is potentially imminent. All of a shrine in your sanctuary. Pray for it. Vividly visualize life will be conspiring for you to speak and hear the it for a few minutes several times a day. Sing little words that have not yet been spoken and heard but 8 songs about it. The time has arrived for to become very much need to be. much more serious and frisky about getting that valu- able thing in your possession. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): This would be a CURRENTS CURRENTS fun time for you to brainstorm about everything you CANCER (June 21-July 22): Since 1981, have never been and will never be. I encourage you 6 Chinese law has stipulated that every healthy person to fantasize freely about the goals you don’t want to between the ages of 11 and 60 should plant three to accomplish and the qualities you will not cultivate five trees per year. This would be a favorable week and the kind of people you will never seek out as al- VIEWS for Chinese Cancerians to carry out that duty. For lies. I believe this exercise will have a healthy effect that matter, now is an excellent time for all of you on your future development. It will discipline your 4 Cancerians, regardless of where you live, to plant willpower and hone your motivation as it eliminates trees, sow seeds, launch projects, or do anything extraneous desires. It will imprint your deep self MAIL MAIL that animates your fertility and creativity. You now with a passionate clarification of pursuits that are have more power than you can imagine to initiate wastes of your precious energy and valuable time. 2 long-term growth. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Expect noth- DO IT IT DO LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The weeks preceding ing even as you ask for everything. Rebel against your birthday are often an excellent time to engage tradition with witty compassion, not cynical rage. the services of an exorcist. But there’s no need to Is there a personal taboo that no longer needs to hire a pricey priest with dubious credentials. I can remain taboo? Break it with tender glee. Do some- offer you my expert demon-banishing skills free of thing playful, even prankish, in a building that has 07.09.14 charge. Let’s begin. I call on the spirits of the smart felt oppressive to you. Everywhere you go, carry gifts heroes you love best to be here with us right now. with you just in case you encounter beautiful souls .09 With the help of their inspirational power, I hereby who aren’t lost in their own fantasies. You know 28 # dissolve any curse or spell that was ever placed on that old niche you got stuck in as a way to preserve you, even if it was done inadvertently, and even if it the peace? Escape it. At least for now, live without was cast by yourself. Furthermore, the holy laughter experts and without leaders—with no teachers other I unleash as I carry out this purification serves to than what life brings you moment by moment. expunge any useless feelings, delusional desires, bad ideas, or irrelevant dreams you may have grown PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Every year, the U.S. attached to. Make it so! Amen and hallelujah! government spends $25,455 per capita on programs for senior citizens. Meanwhile, it allocates $3,822 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You know what it’s for programs to help children. That’s only 15 percent CASCADIA WEEKLY like to get your mind blown. And I’m sure that on as much as what the elders receive. In the coming more than one occasion you have had your heart weeks, Pisces, I believe your priorities should be 36 stolen. But I am curious, Virgo, about whether you reversed. Give the majority of your energy and time have ever had your mind stolen or your heart blown. and money to the young and innocent parts of your And I also wonder if two rare events like that have life. Devote less attention to the older and more ever happened around the same time. I’m predicting mature aspects. According to my reading of the a comparable milestone sometime in the next three astrological omens, you need to care intently for weeks. Have no fear! The changes these epiphanies what’s growing most vigorously. BY AMY ALKON women who engage in attractiveness- improving fibbery. In the male camp, the lies include flashy cars beyond THE ADVICE one’s means, liberal interpretations 38 of 6’1”, Rogaine and the poor man’s GODDESS Rogaine, spray-on “hair.” FOOD And the reality is, whenever you 31 IS THIS DECEIT TAKEN? think you could get serious with a 31 I’m a 54-year-old single man. I’ve discov- person, you need to look at her char- ered a troubling and apparently rampant acter over time—comparing what she B-BOARD B-BOARD B-BOARD trend among people around my age doing says with what she does—to figure online dating—women not being honest out whether she’s trustworthy. As about their age. I think the women doing you’re doing that with this woman, 26 this include the woman I started seeing, consider taking a counterintuitive whom I otherwise like a lot. She listed approach—calling up a little com- FILM her age as 55 but recently got flustered passion for where she’s coming from. recalling the year she graduated from Chances are, she only lied because 22 high school. I got suspicious and looked she figured out where all the honest her up on people finder sites, which list women are: home alone being 57 in- MUSIC her age as 57. Should I tell her, “Hey, stead of having a man like you spirit I’ve been doing a little detective work, them off for a romantic weekend at 20 and your numbers don’t add up?” Club Med Guantanamo to waterboard ART —Just Trying To Find An Honest Woman them about their real birthdate. 18 After a certain point—the French SELFISH ALLERGY tactfully call it “uncertain age”—a I have a friend I see about once a week, STAGE woman’s birthday tends to come but and all she ever does is vent about her vari- once every two or three years. Sure, ous dating problems. The 10 percent of the 16 there are women who aren’t willing to time we actually discuss my life or anything compromise their ethics just to shave else, she seems bored. I want to tell her I GET OUT off a few years: my glamorous grand- feel like she’s monopolizing our friendship ma, for example, who was 31 until the with her love life, but I’m not sure how. day she died—at 90. —Ignored 14 I’m always a little surprised when anybody’s surprised that somebody You couldn’t be a better friend to WORDS they met on the Internet lied about her, unless, of course, you could have something. In fact, as I advise in my yourself reincarnated as a giant ear. 8 new book, Good Manners for Nice Peo- This isn’t friendship; it’s therapy ple Who Sometimes Say F*ck, everyone without the copay. The question is, on the Internet should be assumed to has she always been this way? Even a CURRENTS be lying about everything until prov- true friend can go through periods of 6 en otherwise. In other words, consider being needy, moody, selfish or other- yourself lucky that she’s female. And wise hard to be around. That friend VIEWS a mammal. probably just needs a heads-up, like, I write often about our evolutionary “I know you’ve been on edge about 4 imperatives, like how men evolved to your whole dating situation, but I’ve MAIL MAIL lust after healthy, fertile women—all been feeling kind of bad that you the better to help them pass on their never seem interested in what’s go- 2 genes. The features men consider ing on with me.” DO IT IT DO beautiful—like youth, unwrinkled skin “I’m feeling bad” appeals to their and an hourglass figure—are actually sympathy, which, economist Adam indicators of a woman’s fertility. And Smith noted, motivates us to try to the older and further away a woman ease others’ discomfort or suffering. 07.09.14 gets from peak fertility the more these Tagging the problem to the “dating features fade and the less desirable she situation” suggests that they’re a .09 28 becomes to men. Sure, a woman may little wrapped up in their problem # grow wiser with age, and she may be rather than that they, personally, are a perfectly wonderful and kind person, the problem. If, however, a person is but as I note in my book, “The penis narcissistic—truly self-absorbed— is not a philanthropic organization and and if that’s always been their orien- will not get hard because a woman tation, there’s probably no trans- bought a homeless guy a sandwich.” forming them from a talker into a You could tell this woman you’ve listener (not without duct-taping CASCADIA WEEKLY caught her in a lie—if your goal is them to a chair and gagging them 37 embarrassing her into liking you with a pair of old tube socks). more. But it isn’t like she said she was 30 and turned out to be bumping up ©2014, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. against 60. By the way, it isn’t just Email [email protected] but I love roasting the strawberries with a little sugar, condensing the flavors, then mix- ing in balsamic vinegar, which in this quantity is not overpowering, just adding a little com- plexity and savor to the fruit. Feel free to up 38 38 the quantity of vinegar, or add a few grinds of FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD black pepper for additional punch. chow We made this ice cream for our Fourth of RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES July dinner, serving it with a spoonful of 31 31 raspberry granita, and it made our guests’ eyes roll back in their heads. I highly recom- B-BOARD B-BOARD mend it. 26 recipe FILM 22 MUSIC 20 ART 18 STAGE VANILLA ICE CREAM 16 WITH STRAWBERRY- GET OUT BALSAMIC SWIRL —Recipe adapted from The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz 14 FOR THE BERRY SAUCE: 4 cups strawberries, hulled and halved or WORDS quartered ¼ cup sugar 8 ½-1 tsp balsamic vinegar DIRECTIONS: Gently mix the strawberries, sug- CURRENTS CURRENTS ar and half-teaspoon of vinegar in a high-sided baking dish and roast at 375° for about half an 6 STORY AND PHOTOS BY JESSAMYN TUTTLE hour, until the berries are soft and the juice is syrupy. Taste the sauce and add another half- VIEWS teaspoon of vinegar if desired, mashing the berries roughly into a chunky sauce. Refriger- 4 Perfect Pairings ate until ready to use. MAIL MAIL FOR THE ICE CREAM: OF BERRIES, ICE CREAM AND SUMMER 1 cup whole milk 2 2 /3 cup sugar DO IT IT DO t’s the time of year when we find ourselves in a paradise of berries. ful. This is how you get that rich, creamy, pinch of salt Skagit strawberries have been going strong for a month, we’re currently silken texture of ice cream that keeps in the 1½ cups heavy cream I awash in ripe red raspberries, and blueberries are just starting. Black- freezer without hardening—not that your 5 egg yolks berries are still a ways off, which gives us something to look forward to. leftovers will last long. ½ tsp vanilla 07.09.14 What to do with all the berries? Once I’ve stuffed my face with the first Homemade frozen yogurt or ice cream can DIRECTIONS: Combine the milk, sugar and salt few pints, made a batch of muffins and started to freeze some for winter have berries mixed directly into it—this in a saucepan and warm them over low heat. .09 smoothies, I start to look for other ways of enjoying them. Strawberry works best with cooked fruit, since raw fruit Pour the cream into a mixing bowl and put a 28 # shortcake is classic, as is jam. What about ice cream or sorbet? chunks will freeze solid. You can add berry sieve on top. In its simplest form, a frozen berry dessert can consist of nothing more puree to the ice cream while it churns, layer Whisk the egg yolks together in a bowl, then pour the warm milk into the yolks, whisking. than berries and sugar dumped in a blender, then either frozen in an ice it with sauce after churning to make a berry Scrape this back into the saucepan. Stir over cream maker to make sorbet or spread out on a baking sheet in the freezer ripple ice cream, or simply drizzle the sauce medium heat until the mixture thickens, then and scraped up with a fork to make a granita. onto each scoop. This is good with any berry pour it through the strainer into the cream and Sugared strawberries (with or without a little sweet liqueur) are won- sauce, from chilled raspberry puree swirled stir. Add the vanilla. Let the mixture cool (an ice bath helps do this quickly), then chill, cov- CASCADIA WEEKLY derful as an ice cream topping, as is a syrup made of raspberries that through dark chocolate ice cream to warm ered, in the fridge. have been cooked down and pressed through a sieve to make a seedless, blueberry sauce poured over lemon sherbet, Churn according to your ice cream maker’s 38 intensely tart sauce (this is absolutely fabulous on chocolate cake). Or but a particularly great match with vanilla directions. Layer the ice cream in a container simply warm up a little berry jam to spoon over a bowl of vanilla ice cream. ice cream is strawberry balsamic sauce. I had with the strawberry sauce and freeze for an For the most work but the biggest punch, make an ice cream from it for the first time at the Salt and Straw ice hour or so before serving. scratch. Philadelphia-style (no eggs) is easy, but is best eaten imme- cream stand in Portland, and it is fantastic. diately. Custard ice cream is more complicated, but absolutely wonder- There are several ways of making the sauce, doit WED., JULY 9 KIDS CAN COOK: Jean Layton, ND, leads a “Kids Can Cook” course from 10am-12pm Wednesday and 38 Thursday at the Cordata Community Food Co-op, 38 315 Westerly Rd. The hands-on class will give teens FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD ages 13-18 the skills and confidence they need to start cooking. Cost is $49 for both sessions. 734-8158 OR WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP 31 31 WEDNESDAY MARKET: Peruse local fruits and vegetables, diverse handcrafted works and B-BOARD B-BOARD ready-to-eat items when the Bellingham Farmers Market continues its Wednesday Market from Sample the goods at the first brewery tour of the 12-5pm at the Fairhaven Village Green, 1207 10th summer at high noon Sat., July 12 at Chuckanut 26 St. (behind Village Books). The market continues Brewery & Kitchen weekly through Sept. 24. FILM WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG continues Saturdays through the summer. WWW.FERNDALEPUBLICMARKET.ORG CAMP COOKING BASICS: Equipment, planning, 22 preparation and a few tips and tricks will be part BREWERY TOUR: Get a look at how beer is of a “Camp Cooking Basics for Backpackers” clinic made—and sample some of it—at the monthly MUSIC at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Register in advance Brewery Tour at noon at Chuckanut Brewery, 601 for the free course. W. Holly St. Entry is free for the first summer 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM tour. Sign up in the kitchen before the tour 20 starts. ART BREWS CRUISE: Join San Juan Cruises for the WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM weekly “Bellingham Bay BREWers Cruise” leaving at 6:30pm from the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, SUN., JULY 13 18 355 Harris Ave. The cruises—which continue ev- WINE FUNDRAISER: Food, dessert and wine ery Wednesday through Sept. 24—includes liquid tastings (and wine sales) will be available at a STAGE samples from Boundary Bay Brewery and two fundraiser for Rett Syndrome Awareness/Educa- other Northwest breweries. Entry is $35. Register tion and Support from 1-5pm at Vartanyan Estate in advance, as the cruises sell out quickly. Winery, 1628 Huntley Rd. Raffle prizes and live 16 WWW.WHALES.COM music from Travis Rambo and Pacific High will also be part of the gathering. GET OUT THURS., JULY 10 WWW.FRANKIESAYSFIGHTSRETT.ORG LYNDEN MARKET: Procure fresh, seasonal fare from local farmers at the Lynden Farmers Market, MON., JULY 14 14 which happens from 12-5pm every Thursday KIDS CAN COOK: Dr. Jean Layton leads a “Kids through Oct. 30 at 324 Front St. Can Cook: Vegetarian” cooking course for kids WWW.LYNDENFARMERSMARKET.COM ages 13 to 18 from 10am-12pm Monday and Tues- WORDS day at the Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest COOKBOOK REBOOT: Alissa Segersten and Tom St. This two-day, hands-on class is designed to 8 Malterre celebrate the release of their revised give teen chefs the tools they need to create de- edition of The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook from licious vegetarian dishes with flair. Cost is $49. Become a 6:30-8pm at the Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. 734-8158 OR WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP Forest St. They’ll also answer questions and share CURRENTS light snacks from the book’s recipes. Entry is $5. BASTILLE DAY PICNIC: Enjoy a medley of Registered Nurse 6 734-8158 OR WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP savory tarts and quiche when Karina David- son helms a “Bastille Day Picnic” course from at Bellingham VIEWS FARM DINNER: A “Crops to Cuisine” Farm Dinner 6:30-9pm at the Community Food Co-op, 1220 helmed by Chef Cinnamon Berg of Crave Catering N. Forest St. Entry is $39, with a $7 wine option begins at 6:30pm at BelleWood Acres, 6140 Guide payable at class. Technical College 4 Meridian. The Whatcom-sourced courses will be 383-3200 MAIL MAIL paired with BelleWood spirits and Coach House Cellar wines. Entry is $79. TUES., JULY 15 2 WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM WILD BERRIES: Vanessa Cooper focuses on”Wild Edible Berries” at a course from 6-8:30pm at the DO IT SAT., JULY 12 Cordata Community Food Co-op, 315 Westerly ANACORTES MARKET: Attend the Anacortes Rd. 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