Local Librarian Nabs Library Looter, P.8 WINTER GEAR SALE Time for Us to Make Room and Time for You to SAVE MONEY!

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The Clinic: Art, music and a puppet show, p.18 BIMA: The beat goes on, p.20 Booked!: Local librarian nabs library looter, p.8 WINTER GEAR SALE Time for us to make room and time for you to SAVE MONEY!

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MUSIC Charterfest: 11am-5pm, Squalicum Harbor WORDS DANCE Felix Sonnyboy: 7pm, Bellingham Public Market GET OUT

Sixties Dance: 3pm, Fairhaven Library North Cascades Concert Band: 7:30pm, First NSEA Work Party: 9am, Terrell Creek, Ferndale 8 Congregational Church WHIMPS Work Party: 10am, Galbraith Mountain MUSIC Charterfest: 11am-5pm, Squalicum Harbor 04.14.08 BIMA Meeting: 6pm, American Museum of Radio WORDS Roller Betties: 4pm, Bellingham Sportsplex Beverly Smith, Carl Jones: 7:30pm, Roeder Home Matthew Stearns: 7pm, Village Books Whatcom County Raiders: 6pm, Civic Stadium MONDAY CURRENTS

WORDS VISUAL ARTS ON STAGE 6 Roland Fryer: 6:30pm, Performing Arts Center, Basket Show and Sale: 12-3pm, Whatcom Museum Dearly Departed Auditions: 7pm, Bellingham

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nut Ridge is “mostly social,” while men- 34 5-lb Apple Pie tioning that it is “lovely” and has “some Chuckanut Ridge is only part of a FOOD wetlands.” While Chuckanut Ridge is a much larger ecosystem with no roads or Apple Cider Donuts “social” place for the numerous species human habitations in its watershed. The 27 that absolutely depend upon its pres- Hundred Acre Wood is a habitat block Hard Cider ervation for their continued existence, identiﬁed by the Bellingham Wildlife human survival is also dependent on and Habitat Assessment as a target for

protecting the remaining forested ar- preservation. Its value is environmen- CLASSIFIEDS eas everywhere and restoring much of tal. If it is destroyed, the biodiversity of Open Mon. – Sat. what has been lost. There is no room southwest Bellingham will collapse. Its 8 – 6 24 for talk about sacriﬁcing one important wetland forest is essential to the health FILM FILM forest in order to save another. of the wetlands it drains into, as well [email protected] I think it is apparent to all involved as Chuckanut Creek and Padden Creek. that the $26 million price proposed Studies show that for salmon to survive 360.766.6360 20 by Horizon Bank is merely an opening in creeks and to stop the degradation 3 miles south of Edison bid in the negotiation process. After of the Puget Sound, upland watersheds 8933 Farm to Market Rd. s Bow, WA MUSIC the environmental impact statement such as the Hundred Acre Wood must be is completed and city requirements are preserved. If Horizon Bank’s Fairhaven 18

imposed, a more accurate fair market Highlands development goes forward, ART value can be determined. the city will receive a biological disaster OR THE ATTRAC I agree with Mitch that north side much more costly to ﬁx than the value E F TI M O 17 park and open space acquisitions, a of the property. CO N new library, a clean bay and a protect- Mitch Friedman must know that ed watershed are critical objectives $26million is Horizon Bank’s initial ask- THE BEST IN LIVE ENTERTAINMENT STAGE that require adequate funding; how- ing price, not what the City would pay ever achieving these goals and acquir- for Chuckanut Ridge. An accurate fair 16 ing Chuckanut Ridge are not mutually market value will depend on the results exclusive. A funding plan has already of the environmental impact statement “Kind Of A Drag” GET OUT been developed that combines funds and anticipated lawsuits involving sev- “Don’t You Care” “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”

already designated for the acquisition eral issues. In addition, taxpayers will 15 “Hey Baby, They’re Playing Our Song” of Chuckanut Ridge along with funds save an estimated $9 million in subsi- “Susan” that will not impact other conserva- dies for infrastructure, over and above WORDS tion acquisitions. Additionally, a pri- developer-paid impact fees. In short, 3ATURDAY -AYsPM vate group, 1,000 Friends of Chuckanut Bellingham cannot afford not to ac- 8 Ridge, has embarked on a campaign to quire Chuckanut Ridge. $4)#+%43 raise $2 million in pledges—in effect It is an error to think that “Fairhaven /.3!,%./7 4ICKETSAVAILABLEAT taxing themselves a third time after is park-rich.” The ﬁve southwest neigh- $IAMOND$IVIDENDS CURRENTS two Greenways levies. borhoods have a lower park level of Finally, I disagree with Mitch’s asser- service than the citywide average and 6 tion that saving Chuckanut Ridge will ranks fourth out of the city’s six regions. only beneﬁt Southsiders. All Belling- In order to accommodate growth in this VIEWS ham taxpayers will contribute to the area and meet the city’s adopted level Expert Aromatic Facial and Silver Reef 4 $9 million subsidy for the initial infra- of service, additional parkland and open 4 MAIL MAIL structure, the ongoing infrastructure space will be needed. Chuckanut Ridge Body Scrub by Decleor MAIL

maintenance and the costs of adverse is the last large undeveloped parcel

$ 3 environmental impacts. We will all lose available and appropriate for additional

a valuable educational site that is be- parkland in southwest Bellingham. VALUE IT DO

ing used by local students without the The biodiversity and habitat value 3TARTTHIS3PRINGREFRESHEDREJUVENATEDATTHE2EEF0UT need to bus to the south end of Lake of the wetland forest known as the YOURBESTFACEFORWARDWITHAN%XPERT!ROMATIC&ACIALTHEN 08 ENERGIZEYOURSKINWITHAFULL BODYSCRUBWITH$ECLEOR

Whatcom to observe a similar, but less Hundred Acre Wood are treasures for #REME%XFOLIANTEFOLLOWEDBYAHYDRATINGAPPLICATIONOF .09. 4 diverse conservation site. We will all all of Bellingham, unique to a city of $ECLEOR-OISTURIZING"ODY-ILK 7EUSEONLYTHElNESTPRODUCTS

lose yet another critical carbon and our size. It will be well worth the fair .03 5SPAs$ECLEORs3ISTER3KYs/0) 15

runoff absorbing forest. Added to these market value. # losses, our city will not gain affordable —Christopher Grannis, Bellingham /PENs4OLL&REE housing or a walkable urban village, ) %XITs-INUTES7EST which the present administration rec- )NTERSECTIONOF3LATER2OAD(AXTON7AY 3ILVER2EEF#ASINOCOM ognizes we desperately need. I agree with former Bellingham Plan- HOTEL CASINO SPA ning Director Greg Waddell’s remarks DEPT OF about Chuckanut Ridge during a 1978 CORRECTIONS CASCADIA WEEKLY South Neighborhood public hearing, A photo of Fairhaven’s new 5 “The trees that exist and the open ﬂagpole was not properly space and green space that exist is a credited to Taimi Gorman. We value to the entire town, not just a regret the error. STAYST FOR THE ACTION!N! ©2008 Silver Reef Casino THE GRISTLE

AD NAZIUM: Last month ﬁve large, half-built houses on the “Street of Dreams,” an opulent development in Woodinville, Wash., caught ﬁre. Three unoccupied

homes were gutted and two were seriously smoke-

34 34 damaged to the tune of about $7 million. Fire marshals views investigating the scene found traces of explosives and OPINIONS THE GRISTLE FOOD accelerants, sure signs of arson.

The homes were notable. Each with a footprint of 27 more than 4,500 square feet, the “rural cluster development” was unpopular among neighbors, who dubbed the spec homes McMansions. Touted as “green” by the

CLASSIFIEDS developer, their outsized footprints and brobdingnag- ian price tags belied that status. Curiously, the single

24 McMansion spared from the intentional blaze was the only home already sold; others idled incomplete, their FILM FILM fates uncertain in a collapsing housing market. BY AMY GOODMAN The arsonists left a convenient calling card—a large 20 20 spray-painted bedsheet that read: “Built green? Nope black. McMansions in RCDs r not green.” It was signed MUSIC “Elf,” understood by investigators to be the Earth Lib- eration Front. Dream Deferred 18 18 Labeled as eco-terrorists by federal authorities, ELF WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? in reality does not physically exist, other than as an or- ART ART ganizing banner to rally the radical fringe. Nor—judg-

ing by the outcome of the trial last month of University 17 of Washington arsonist Briana Waters, convicted of her IT HAS been 40 years since Dr. rehabilitation of its poor so long as role in aiding the setting of a ﬁre that destroyed the Martin Luther King Jr. was assas- adventures like Vietnam continued STAGE STAGE UW’s Center for Urban Horticulture in 2001—can that sinated in Memphis, Tenn., while to draw men and skills and money fringe strictly be called eco-terrorists: Federal prosecu- standing on the balcony outside his like some demonic, destructive

16 tors agreed not to retry Waters on charges of eco-ter- room at the Lorraine Motel. King suction tube. So I was increasingly rorism after a jury deadlocked on describing terrorism was there to support striking sani- compelled to see the war as an en- as a dimension of domestic civil protest. tation workers, African-American emy of the poor and to attack it GET OUT “Although rightwing commentators... have used the men who endured horrible work- as such.”

15 attack as ammunition in their ideological war against ing conditions for poverty wages. environmentalists and the left, few others think it is so While King’s staff was opposed to simple,” notes John Vidal, environmental editor of the him going, as they were scrambling WORDS “IT SEEMED AS IF THERE WAS A REAL U.K. Guardian. “The more anyone looks into the arson, to organize King’s new initiative,

8 the more they suspect that it has probably got more the Poor People’s Campaign, King PROMISE OF HOPE FOR THE POOR, BOTH to do with fraud or political smearing and dirty tricks himself knew the sanitation work- BLACK AND WHITE, THROUGH THE POVERTY than with terrorism.” ers were at the front lines of ﬁght-

CURRENTS CURRENTS The dubious origins of the McMansion bedsheet (po- ing poverty. PROGRAM. THEN CAME THE BUILDUP IN lice have made no arrests and the trail has gone dead, I went to Memphis on Dr. King’s 6 6 the FBI admits), the spurious existence of ELF itself birthday. There I interviewed Tay- VIETNAM, AND I WATCHED THIS PROGRAM (and indeed of eco-terrorism as a concept) did not pre- lor Rogers, one of the striking sani- BROKEN AND EVISCERATED AS IF IT WERE VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS vent the Building Industry Association of Washington tation workers who marched with from delivering a ﬁre-breathing sermon in their Build- King. He told me: SOME IDLE POLITICAL PLAYTHING OF A 4 ing Insight membership newsletter this month. “Back in 1968, 1,300 sanitation SOCIETY GONE MAD ON WAR.” MAIL MAIL “The older folks in the mainstream enviro groups workers—we were tired of being silently applaud this new and novel approach,” BIAW mistreated, overworked and under- —MARTIN LUTHER KING 3 President Brad Spears snarls. “’If you build it, we will paid. We decided that we were just

DO IT IT DO burn it.’ It’s the next, natural step in the environmental going to stand up and be men and

movement.” do something about our condition. said: “A few years ago, there was He went on, “I could never again

08 Elsewhere—between scattered photos of associa- And that’s what we did. We stood a shining moment in that strug- raise my voice against the violence

.09. tion ofﬁcials and Republican candidate for governor up, and we told [Mayor] Henry Loeb gle. It seemed as if there was a of the oppressed in the ghettos 4 Dino Rossi beaming their mutual, inseparable love for in the city of Memphis that ‘I am a real promise of hope for the poor, without having ﬁrst spoken clearly

.03 one another’s goals—the BIA’s stormwater guru, Mark man.’ ” both black and white, through the to the greatest purveyor of vio- 15

# Musser, draws parallels between those who view growth While he was organizing against poverty program. There were ex- lence in the world today: my own with skepticism and Nazis. poverty, King also came out force- periments, hopes, new beginnings. government.” “Much like Stalin and Hitler were divided on how to fully against the Vietnam War, Then came the buildup in Vietnam, Time magazine called the speech best go about their socialistic schemes, environmental- alienating his erstwhile ally, Presi- and I watched this program broken “demagogic slander that sounded ists are also divided over how to best go about their dent Lyndon Johnson. Exactly one and eviscerated as if it were some like a script for Radio Hanoi.” The socialistic scheme of controlling human development— year before his assassination, on idle political plaything of a soci- Washington Post declared that King either by burning houses down with Molotov cocktails, April 4, 1967, King gave his “Be- ety gone mad on war. And I knew had “diminished his usefulness to CASCADIA WEEKLY or slowly squeezing the life out of it through extensive, yond Vietnam” speech at River- that America would never invest his cause, his country, his people.”

6 Sovietesque micromanagement,” Musser observes of the side Church in New York City. He the necessary funds or energies in King made an essential link be- state’s growth management laws. “Homebuilders are thus caught between militant ecofascism,” he laments. VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY tween poverty at home and war-making abroad. The con- THE GRISTLE we provide nection, sadly, is as relevant today as it was the last year of “Reductio ad Hitlerum,” quipped sPREPLANNINGSERVICES sCREMATIONSERVICES King’s life. A new report from University of Chicago ethicist Leo sFULLSERVICEARRANGEMENTS sFULLSELECTIONMARKERS&MONUMENTS

the Institute for Policy Studies, Strauss ([ironically in this instance] sTRADITIONAL&NON-TRADITIONALSERVICES

“40 Years Later: The Unrealized the father of neoconservatism): “Nazis 34 American Dream,” lays out key supported X, therefore X must be evil/ elements of the inequality that undesirable/bad.” Throw in a reference 1.800.905.1322 FOOD

African-Americans experience to Smokin’ Joe Stalin, and you’ve got Affordable Burial & Cremation Services, LLC 27 in the United States around yourself a regular pogrom! (The Gristle 17910 SR 536 (Memorial Hwy) Mt. Vernon education, employment and speculates that only the newsletter’s wealth accumulation. scant 24 pages prevented Musser from

On education, the IPS report adding Chairman Mao to the unholy CLASSIFIEDS states that African-American triumvirate of NIMBY ecofascists be-

deviling the tortured homebuilder.) 24 Such—ahem—incendiary rhetoric only serves to distance BIAW leadership FILM from its members, many of whom view THE WASHINGTON new development standards not as a 20 POST DECLARED canard to hoodwink buyers by repack- aging the same ol’ shit in a new green MUSIC THAT KING HAD box, but as a challenge for uniquely “DIMINISHED HIS modern design in a world of ﬁnite and 18

dwindling resources. New green stan- ART USEFULNESS TO dards favor (or at least level the play- Construction, Engineering, & Manufacturing

ing ﬁeld for) smaller, local homebuild-

HIS CAUSE, HIS 17 ers over mass-scale developers. Career & Employment Fair COUNTRY, HIS Perhaps nowhere is the BIAW schism more evident than embodied in a com- Thursday, April 17 , 2008 STAGE 10:30 am - 12:30pm BTC Campus | G Building PEOPLE.” ing lawsuit against the association

from Whatcom County members who 16 allege the BIAW misappropriated member trust funds and diverted them to Meet with representatives from GET OUT college graduation rates will not private political uses. local & regional

be on par with white gradua- As explained in the lawsuit, builders companies 15 tion rates for another 80 years. who have participated in an insurance The income gap between blacks refund program for their employees Find out about WORDS and whites will not disappear for have seen those funds siphoned off. Career & Employment

more than 500 years at current Local uses of those misappropriated opportunities 8 rates. More than one-third of Af- funds may have included everything rican-Americans earn less than from printing brochures during the last www.btc.ctc.edu $20,000 annually, before taxes. election cycle to demonize environ- For more information CURRENTS African-Americans are also mentalists to hiring a thug to shadow Call 360-752-8450 6 far behind in the accumula- and photograph female campaign vol- 6 tion of wealth. Add to all this unteers for unknown purposes. EOE VIEWS VIEWS higher incarceration, less ac- “Instead of returning these trust VIEWS cess to health insurance and funds to their rightful owners,” the 4 shorter life expectancy. King’s suit alleges, “the BIAW skimmed 20

Poor People’s Campaign went percent off the top. In so doing, the Saturday April 12 & MAIL

beyond race, as he reached BIAW has breached its ﬁduciary duties out to poor whites in places to thousands of employers around the Sunday, April 13 3

like Appalachia. Today, one in state. IT DO 11 am to 5 pm ﬁve residents of West Virginia “BIAW’s distribution scheme co-

is on food stamps, as is one in vertly diverted a large portion of each 08

10 Ohioans, and, according Jim employer’s refund to support its own .09. See Our Charter Fleets! 4 Weill, president of the Food Re- political and ideological speech, in-

search and Action Center, one cluding lobbying and support of can- Tour Motoryachts & Sailboats .03 15 in three children in Oklahoma didates and campaigns. The rightful Sponsored by # has been on food stamps at owners of these trust funds were never some point in the past year. It informed of this fact or provided with Bellingham Yachts Bellhaven Charters is clear that Dr. King’s goal of their constitutional right to refuse to NW Explorations Par Yacht Charters bringing people “to the prom- fund such political support,” the suit San Juan Sailing San Juan Yachting ised land” is still far off. claims. Do all builders share the views of Free Parking & Admission

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6 DETECTIVE VIEWS VIEWS SOMETIMES YOU weekend in February 2006 when tion to Julie. She got the feeling

4 need a map to ﬁnd a map to a thief. On March 27, federal agents in Great Falls, Montana ar- librarian Julie Fitzgerald noticed he wanted to know when anyone— MAIL MAIL something strange. Julie had worked especially a library employee—was rested a man and charged him with interstate transportation in the government documents de- near him. It was suspicious but he

3 of stolen goods. According to the FBI’s Salt Lake City bureau, partment of Western Libraries for wasn’t doing anything she could ob-

DO IT IT DO more than 15 years and she had just ject to, so she didn’t.” in his possession were at least 648 maps stolen from some been promoted. The following week After the holiday weekend,

08 100 books in the Congressional Serial Set owned by Western she would be working in a different Fitzgerald inspected the area where

.09. part of the operation. But that Fri- the man had been. Lopresti says she

4 Washington University’s Wilson Library in Bellingham. day Julie made her rounds through found “about a dozen books out of

.03 the government information stacks order, some of them upside down on 15

# The arrest of James L. Brubaker, 73, for sale. Also found was a magenetic and noticed an older user looking at the shelves, and with pages sliced came some 14 weeks after agents and device allegedly used to bypass library some volumes of the Congressional out of them.” local police obtained a court order to security devices, two razor knives and Serial Set.” “She notiﬁed me,” Lopresti says, search Brubaker’s property and found adhesive remover. Lopresti recounts that just be- “and the hunt was on.” some 1,000 books, most of which bore Leading police to Brubaker was fore President’s Day 2006, Fitzgerald Cross-checking collections, “We library markings from at least 100 ac- Western Washington University gov- noticed an elderly user acting sus- eventually determined that at least ademic and public-library collections, ernment information librarian Robert piciously and “being very careful to 108 volumes had been damaged, CASCADIA WEEKLY along with thousands of unmarked Lopresti. notice who was around him.” and at least 648 pages stolen. Why

8 lithographs, maps and other loose “The story,” Lopresti relates, He says, “this guy rang a bell be- ‘at least?’ It wasn’t always possible documents, some in envelopes ready “begins just before President’s Day cause he was paying careful atten- to tell. If there is a map tucked between pages 50 and 51, and someone removed it By September 2006, the Washington state crime and emails from Montana,” Lopresti relates. “Could neatly, how would you know?” lab had conﬁrmed that several maps Lopresti had ar- I estimate the value of our stolen property? Conser- The librarians contacted campus police and con- ranged to buy from Brubaker through an intermediary vatively, 19 grand. Were there currently any pages tinued their research of missing materials. Almost all were sliced from WWU holdings. However, it took al- on Montanasilver that might be Western’s property?

of the books were historical documents containing most a year before law enforcement became actively About a dozen. Now, as I understand it, they had

reports to and from Congress, some dating back to involved in the “wheelbarrow of evidence” the uni- what they needed to go to a judge and say, there is 34 the 1830s. About three quarters of the stolen goods versity had amassed. a crime currently underway. They got their search were maps. “And now,” Lopresti laughs, “came the really hard warrant.” FOOD

“The rest,” Lopresti says, “were charts, photo- part: ﬁnding some government agency who would pur- On December 12, ofﬁcers of Immigration and 27 graphs, illustrations—all suitable for framing and sue the case. That took, so help me, an entire year.” Customs Enforcement served a search warrant on hanging on the wall.” Why so long? Brubaker’s property. They found a dozen or so pages Police logged the report and noted the stolen “Well, a lot of reasons. First, it wasn’t like any- that might have been stolen from Western.

materials, but it didn’t end there for Lopresti. The one at my university could dedicate themselves full- “And, oh yes, they also found in the vicinity of CLASSIFIEDS 52-year-old librarian, self-taught musician and time to hunting for a government go-to guy. Second, 20,000 other maps and prints, hundreds of Indian 24

"Within a month it was obvious that more possible matches FILM for our pages were showing up on one seller's page than on 20 the rest of eBay put together." -Robert Lopresti MUSIC mystery writer began combing eBay, suspecting the various government agencies had other things artifacts, and a thousand or so books with property some of the materials might surface on the inter- to worry about, like murderers and terrorists. Plus it stamps from about 100 libraries. 18 was interstate crime, which complicated things. And “Turns out,” Lopresti says, “there was more than active auction site. ART “We assumed he stole to sell, so how could we catch each of these publications individually was small po- one victim after all.”

him doing so?” Lopresti asks. “First we sent lists of the tatoes. They sold for an average of $30 each. Lopresti admits he felt frustrated by the lack missing material to map librarians, rare book dealers “But there was another reason I heard about sec- of response from colleagues to his calls to come 17 and other groups. Then we hit eBay. ondhand. Apparently one government agency em- forward and share information about their missing “There are lots of places you can sell to antique ployee said, ‘We don’t deal with cases that only have materials with law enforcement ofﬁcials. His plea STAGE collectors,” he explains. “But eBay may be the big- one victim.’ did catch the attention of writer Steve Twomey, gest, and it’s also the easiest one to track. “That one drove me nuts. This university has whose account of the case appears in the April 16 “Within a month it was obvious that more pos- 12,000 students, plus many more future students, 2008 Smithsonian Magazine. sible matches for our pages were showing up on one and they are all victims of the theft. Not to mention While security at Western has been tightened, GET OUT seller’s page than on the rest of eBay put together. all the community users. But also, I didn’t believe for eventually investigators may also beneﬁt from the

That online store was Montanasilver, run by James L. a minute that we were the only library the thief hit. development of a stolen map database being funded 15 Brubaker,” Lopresti relates. “That’s when we started And yet, if any other libraries had gone public about by the International Antiquarian Mapsellers Associa- watching him.” it, I sure hadn’t heard it.” tion. The group has slated mid-April to have a work- WORDS But, he says, “That wasn’t all we did. A smart cop But the trail did not grow utterly cold. ing prototype availablecomplete, Lopresti notes,

8 at the University Police made a suggestion that I, as Montana police did research of their own and found with “a mechanism for third party contact for those 8 a mystery writer, should have thought of, damn it. several government agencies had been investigating requiring anonymity.” They checked the records and discovered that, sure Brubaker for years, but did not have the evidence to CURRENTS CURRENTS enough, a cop had written Mr. Brubaker’s car a park- get a search warrant. This article uses materials from Lopresti’s personal ac- CURRENTS ing ticket on campus on the weekend of the theft.” “The ﬁrst week of December I got a ﬂurry of calls count of his efforts, used by permission of the author. 6 VIEWS VIEWS

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MUSIC ing on the “the biggest and baddest whitewater in Wash- APRIL 12-13 ington and British Columbia” CHARTERFEST: The 4th an- 18 18 system rather then a destination. “We at 7pm at WWU’s Communica- nual Charterfest happens groom so you can get to the sickness,” tions Facility, room 110. Tick- from 11am-5pm at Belling- ART ART snowcat driver Jon Roy says. ets are $2-$5. For more info: ham’s Squalicum Harbor. Motor 650-7533. yachts and sailboats will be on

It’s no secret that Northwest sliders 17 FRI., APRIL 11 display for tours, and reps will are powder hounds. We ride wide planks, be on hand to answer ques- BIRDING BY EAR: Natural- never sharpen our edges and seek out tions. For more info: 676-2500

STAGE STAGE ist Libby Mills will lead “The that late afternoon stash as easily as or portofbellingham.com. Spring Chorus: Birding by ﬁnding our way to the Taproom. We wake Ear” from 8am-12pm today MON., APRIL 14 16 16 earlier to ski than to work, ﬁll our pock- and tomorrow at Mount Ver- MAP SKILLS: Learn how to ets with snacks to eat on the lift, and non’s Breazeale Interpretive keep yourself found at a free farm our turns on Center. For more info and to “Map and Compass 101” clinic GET OUT GET OUT Honkers. register: (360) 428-1558 or at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. For padillabay.gov. more info: 647-8955.

15 More to the point SAT., APRIL 12 RIDE ON: Bicyclist Jim LeGal- is this fact: Baker ley will lead a slide presenta- FIT ORIENTATION: If you’re does not have a tion dubbed “The Western Ex- WORDS interested in signing up for a press: Bellingham to Santa Fe” grooming report. six-month marathon-training

at 7pm at the Bellingham Pub- 8 The modus operandi program, come to the Bell- lic Library, 210 Central Ave. ingham Fit orientation at of the Mt. Baker Suggested donation is $2. For 8am at the picnic shelter at ATTEND Ski Area is the yin more info: 676-6985. Lake Padden. Be prepared to CURRENTS CURRENTS WHAT: Spring to most ski resorts’ FIRST GEAR: Learn how to run or walk. For more info: CERTAIN MYSTERIES happen while we sleep. Muscles Skiing yang—the cats make biking around town or WHEN: April bellinghamfit.com. 6 on trails safe and fun at a are repaired, spines are lengthened and indefinite thoughts are groom more when BOATING SAFETY: A “Boating 11-13, 18-20, free “First Gear” class at 7pm Safety” class will be put on transformed into dreams. 25-27; closing day there is less snow, at the Co-op’s Connection VIEWS VIEWS by the U.S. Coast Guard Aux- At different longitudes, others are brewing coffee, straighten- dependent upon letting the pow- building, 1220 N. Forest St. iliary from 8am-4:30pm at the ing ties and kissing loved ones before work. We know this to be conditions der pile up when The course is the first of four. 4 Squalicum Yacht Club. Cost WHERE: Mt. Baker For more info and to register: true though we do not think of it often because, at this moment, the snow flies so is $45 and includes lunch. Ski Area 734-8158. MAIL MAIL at our small position on the globe, all is quiet. But even at this COST: $19-$41 we can ride in the For more info: 933-1758 or longitude, there are those who wake before sunrise for profes- deep. bliaux.com. INFO: 734-6771 TUES., APRIL 15 3 sions that are necessary and mysterious, indispensable and curi- or mtbaker.us Now that spring WORK PARTY #1: Join the CLIMBING HIGH: A free Nooksack Salmon Enhance- “Alpine Climbing 101” clinic

DO IT IT DO ous to those of us who wake only to the result of their work. is upon us and the ment Association for a work starts at 6pm at REI, 400 36th Mount Baker Ski Area groomers shape the terrain while we dream runs will only be open on weekends, party from 9am-12pm at Fern- St. For more info: 647-8955.

08 of powder. They’re up at 2am for breakfast number one, dressed groomers have their work cut out for dale’s Terrell Creek. You’ll be WAKE MEETING: The What-

.09. in Carhartts and Extra-Tuffs, T-shirts under hoodies, speaking in them, laying corduroy in corn with only removing non-native vegeta- com Association of Kayak En- 4 quick phrases—sentences are too long at this early hour. They their tillers and ﬁns to erase evidence of tion. For more info: 715-0283 thusiasts will meet at 7:30pm or n-sea.org. at the Bellingham Public Li-

.03 clamber into snowcats, roll out of the maintenance shed, head- our spring turns. TULIP TREKKING: Celebrate brary, 210 Central Ave. The 15 # lights bright on the snow, leaving behind a carpet of corduroy. Like Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy, the Northwest Tulip Trekker’s meeting is open to all. For Grooming is full of contradiction. Snowcat drivers are out dur- cat drivers bring us the goods while 20th anniversary with two more info: wakekayak.org. ing the coldest part of the night, during the most severe snow- we sleep, compacting and combing so walks—one is 6.8 miles and the other is 3.1 miles—start- WED., APRIL 16 storms, and yet they are dry and warm in their Piston Bullies, we can make tracks on cruisers or just SPRING TRAINING: Sign up shedding the hoodie for the T-shirt. The heavy machinery, loud move easily from one powder run to the ing at 9am at Mount Vernon’s Emmanuel Baptist Church, now for an eight-week Spring and belching exhaust, is surrounded by the lonely quiet of a ski next. By the time you wake at daybreak 1515 E. College Way. The event Training Camp for runners that area without skiers. The job of Baker’s crew of six is to compact to a snow-laden sky and call for the is free. For more info: (360) kicks off tomorrow at 5:30pm CASCADIA WEEKLY snow, domesticate unruly moguls and erase tracks and footprints. snow report, Baker’s cat drivers have 392-0101. at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 WORK PARTY #2: Join the 11th St. Cost is $50. For more 16 Like a new snowfall, groomers wipe the slate clean. been at work since before last call— info: 676-4955 or fairhaven- Unlike other ski areas, where groomed runs are the ideal sur- preparing the mountain for our ﬁrst Whatcom Independent Moun- tain Pedalers (WHIMPS) for runners.com. face, at Baker they are seen as a necessity, a transportation tracks of the day. doit the Gilbert and Sullivan STAGE musical, HMS Pinafore, THURS., at 7:30pm Fri.-Sat. and 2pm Sun. at the Sudden APRIL 10 Valley Dance Barn, gate

GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Catch 2. Tickets are $7-$11. For

stage “The Good, the Bad and the more info: 756-9916 or 34 THEATER DANCE PROFILES Ugly” at 8pm at the Upfront thebarntheatre.org.

Theatre, 1208 Bay St. The FOOD weekly event features both APRIL 13-14 AUDITIONS: Actors can au-

budding and seasoned im- 27 provisers. Cost is $5. For dition for upcoming perfor- more info: 733-8855 or mances of Dearly Departed theupfront.com. at 7pm at the Bellingham Theatre Guild, 100 H St. For

APRIL 10-12 more info: 733-1811 or bell- CLASSIFIEDS SKETCHINGHAM: Week inghamtheatreguild.com.

BY AMY KEPFERLE two of Sketchingham con- 24 tinues with sketch comedy WED.,

performances from Mexico APRIL 16 FILM City’s Huh? Uh-Huh! and DOG SEES GOD: See Portland’s 3rd Floor at what happened to Char- 20 20 Poetry and Motion 8pm at the iDiOM The- lie Brown and his friends ater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. after they’ve grown up a

THE CROSS-POLLINATION OF DANCE Stand-up by Kevin Lee bit when Dog Sees God: MUSIC will open the show. Stick Confessions of a Teenage around on Saturday night Blockhead opens tonight at 11pm for SketchingJAM. at 7:30pm at WWU’s Under- 18 ﬁrst, the poems or the dance? According Tickets are $12 general, ground Theatre in the Per- WHAT CAME ART to Matt Christman of the Bellingham Repertory Dance Company $5 for the late show. For forming Arts Center. Ad- more info: 201-5464 or ditional showings happen

(BRDC), the syntactic arrangements preceded the movement in inﬁnitelaughs.com. 17 this weekend’s production of Phrasings In Word and Dance. through April 26. Tickets 17 TOP GIRLS: Student The- are $7-$9. For more info: “The poems are written beforehand, and the choreographers atre Productions presents 650-6146. STAGE and dancers respond,” Christman says. But there’s more to it Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls at STAGE than that. Christman explains that the idea for the cross-pol- 7:30pm Thurs.-Fri. and 2pm Sat. at WWU’s Old Main lination came about last year after the Chuckanut Sandstone DANCE 16 Theatre. Tickets are $4. For Writers Theater started to host poetry evenings at the Fire- more info: 650-6146. THURS., house Performing Arts Center’s Café. At the same time, BRDC APRIL 10 GET OUT was rehearsing for an upcoming show APRIL 10-13 LITTLE WOMEN: See Little CREATIVE DANCE: No

in the space. Women, the classic story of experience is necessary to 15 “Two different groups were there the March sisters and their sign up for “Creative Dance passionately pursuing their languag- journey to adulthood, at Improvisation for Adults” WORDS es,” Christman says. “Once, after the 8pm Thurs.-Sat. and 2pm at 9:30am at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, Sun. at the Bellingham reading, someone said, ‘Oh, it would 8 Theatre Guild, 1600 H 1314 Harris Ave. Cost is $8 be cool to do a collaboration.’ Next St. The show continues per class. For more info: thing we knew, the two groups were through April 19. Tick- 724-6691. BACK IN TIME: Attend meeting.” ets are $7-$11. For more CURRENTS After a well-received ﬁrst year, ATTEND info: 733-1811 or belling- a “Welcome to the ’60s” WHAT: Phrasings In dance party at 3pm at the Phrasings will bring the partnership to hamtheatreguild.com. 6 Word and Dance FOREVER PLAID: The Fairhaven Library, 1117 the stage April 11-13 at the Firehouse WHEN: 7:30pm April Darin Somers musically enhanced play, 12th St. The event is free. VIEWS VIEWS for a second time. The six pieces au- 11-12; 2pm April 13 Forever Plaid, shows at For more info: 676-6864. diences will see are based on poems WHERE: Firehouse reographers are given a lot of latitude as to how they 7:30pm Thurs., 8pm Fri.-

SAT., 4 the various choreographers chose Performing Arts want to incorporate the poems they’ve chosen. Sat., and 2pm Sun. at Center, 1314 Harris the Anacortes Community APRIL 12 from entries submitted by a variety of “Exploring words through movement helps us danc- MAIL Ave. Theatre. Additional show- SCOTTISH DANCING: Up Northwest writers. ers get out of the box and lets us experience move- COST: $12 ings happen through May in the Air will provide live 3 Because he’s providing technical INFO: 734-2776 ment and choreography in a new way,” participant 3. Tickets are $16. For tunes for a Scottish Coun- more info: (360) 293-6829 try Dancing gathering at support for the performances, Christ- Pam Kuntz says. “All the usual is tossed out the win- IT DO WHAT: The Furies man has gotten a behind-the-scenes dow when the poetry hits the minds and bodies of the or acttheatre.com. 7:30pm at the Fairhaven WHEN: 8pm April Library, 1117 12th St. For peek at how different movement mas- 11-12; 2pm April 13 choreographers.” APRIL 11-12 more info: 733-9084. 08 WHERE: Western ters have chosen to interpret the po- Coincidentally, Canada’s Montreal Danse is visit- THEATRESPORTS: Four TANGO BY BAY: No part- .09. Gallery, WWU 4 ems they’ve selected. ing Western Washington University this weekend for teams of improvisers will go ner or experience is nec- COST: $10-$25 head-to-head this weekend essary to attend “Tango

“The choreographers are totally a collaboration of a different nature. The Furies Al- .03 INFO: 650-6146 at Theatresports matches by the Bay” at 8pm at the 15

cloistered,” Christman says. “They’re pha 1/24 (The Monsters Within) will incorporate the # at 7:30pm and 9:30pm at Squalicum Yacht Club, 722 working in a fairly pure bubble to be able to create and not be photography of Portland artist Diane Kornberg with the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Coho Way. Entry is $5. For affected by others. a dance described as “an all-out, breakneck dance of Bay St. Tickets are $8-$10. more info: 733-2663. “I can see how choreographers draw connections to the poems fury and desire.” This is the ﬁrst of a three- BALLROOM MOVES: on a variety of levels. It’s amazing the stuff that comes out of Furies, which will take place at the Western Gallery, weekend competition. For The Bellingham Ballroom more info: 733-8855 or this. You’ll be seeing a variety of mediums incorporating spoken will use Kornberg’s photography—created speciﬁcally Dancers will hold a—you theupfront.com. guessed it—Ballroom word, dance and multimedia. It keeps the level of the production for this show—as a visual backdrop. Dance at 8pm at Melody APRIL 11-13 CASCADIA WEEKLY quite high, at least for the audience’s sake.” While the mediums mentioned above could exist on Hall, 4071 Home Rd. En- PINAFORE: An intergen- try is $7. For more info: Although the poems must be represented in their entirety— their own, the performances this weekend will bring erational cast will take 17 734-5676. either through readings during the show or via a chapbook that home the fact that when creative minds put their to the stage to perform will be available at the performances—Christman says the cho- heads together, anything can happen. doit

EVENTS THURS., APRIL 10 POTTERY TALK: Bellingham potter Chris visual Moench will give a free, illustrated talk

34 34 about his creations at 10:15am at the What- GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES com Museum, 121 Prospect St. For more info:

FOOD 778-8930.

SAT., APRIL 12 27 BASKET SHOW: Native American baskets and other woven items made in traditional ways by Paciﬁc Northwest master artists will be on display and for sale from 12-3pm

CLASSIFIEDS at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. BY AMY KEPFERLE The baskets will reﬂect a variety of styles,

24 techniques, and uses of both the Plateau Tribes and the Coast Salish Tribes. For more

FILM FILM info: 778-8930 or whatcommuseum.org. The Clinic BOOK ARTS: Jim Croft will lead a class on “Toolmaking for Book Arts, and Long and 20 20 Link Stitch Binding” from 10am-6pm today THE VIEWS ARE ON THE WALL and tomorrow at Bison Bookbinding & Let-

MUSIC terpress, 1420 N. State St. Cost is $110, plus $40 for materials. For more info: 734-0481 or ing. We have exposure to other artists while bisonbookbinding.com. 18 18 18 18 maintaining our own spaces.” TULIP TIME: Ferndale photographer Dawn- Schutte says the Clinic is a big change Marie Hanraha will sign copies of the inaugu- ART ART ART from Hand to Mouth, ral Skagit Valley Tulip Festival calendar from 12-4pm at Cresswell Boggs, 1300 Railroad

where the studio Ave. For more info: 384-2497. 17 spaces were all pri- POTTERY SHOW: A reception for clay artists vate, and the cre- Eugene and Ene Lewis happens from 4-6pm at STAGE STAGE ativity that took Good Earth Pottery, 100 Harris St. For more place within its walls info: 671-3998 or goodearthpots.com. STEEB RECEPTION: See colorful charac- 16 was enacted behind ters, acrylics on wood, whimsical animals locked doors. and much more at an opening reception for “Now we’re in the an exhibit of works by Bellingham artist GET OUT SEE IT seedy underbelly Steeb Russell from 5-8pm at the Paperdoll, WHAT: The Clinic 1200 10th St. For more info: 738-DOLL or

15 of the Odd Fellows WHEN: 7-10pm Sat., steebrussell.com. April 12 Hall,” Stephens says, laughing. SUN., APRIL 13 WORDS WHERE: Odd Fellows Hall, 311 E. Holly St. Although it’s true HORIUCHI TALK: Guest curator Barbara

Johns will talk about “Paul Horiuchi: Find- 8 COST: Entry is free the Clinic is indeed INFO: 920-4216 ing Nature” at 2pm at La Conner’s Museum of in a basement with Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. For more info: windows facing the (360) 466-4446 or museumofnwart.org. CURRENTS CURRENTS alley, it’s likely patrons won’t complain once TUES., APRIL 15 GO TO the alley. Follow the signs. Enter the door and pass through a they step into the dwelling. The views are THEN AND NOW: Historian Wes Ganaway will 6 narrow corridor to the coolest basement party ever—or at least as good on the wall, you see. Among the paint pal- present “Whatcom County in Photographs: as the one where you and your junior high classmates hooked up to play lets, numberless brushes, tools and assorted Then and Now” at 12:30pm at the Whatcom VIEWS VIEWS Spin the Bottle and plant sloppy, tongue-filled kisses on each other. artistic paraphernalia are the byproducts of Museum, 121 Prospect St. The event is free. “This is the first of many basement parties,” says Michelle Schutte, hours spent at easels and work tables, ideas For more info: 778-8930. 4 one of five artists currently renting the below-ground space at the hal- brought to life through paint, sweat and cre-

MAIL MAIL lowed Odd Fellows Hall on Holly Street. She and her compatriots have ativity. ONGOING dubbed their voluminous studio “The Clinic” and, every other month, “We’ll all have new pieces for sale,” Schutte

3 EXHIBITS hope to combine gallery shows with a mixture of music and merriment. says. “Small groupings of new work.” ALLIED ARTS: “Innovative Fiber Arts,” a

DO IT IT DO “We’re picturing it as being in between a venue and a house party,” At every Clinic party, in addition to the two-woman show featuring works by Peggy

Schutte says. ﬁve artists previously mentioned, they’ll Kondo and Margie Thierry, shows through April 23 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. 08 Schutte is familiar with combining art with action. As the former welcome a guest artist. The inaugural event For more info: 676-8548 or alliedarts.org.

.09. owner of Bellingham’s Hand to Mouth Gallery—a venue that merged will include dioramas by local artist—and 4 AVELLINO: View abstract artwork from Bell- cutting-edge exhibits with private studio space for artists—she was actress—Krissa Woiwod. “They’re lightly ma- ingham artist Kellie Becker through April 27

.03 hip to what it took to get people to leave their houses and come cabre children’s stories in white,” Woiwod at Avellino, 1329 Railroad Ave. For more info:

15 441-2321. # check out what was on the wall (think music, homemade vittles and, of explains. “Inside, scary things are about to course, interesting things to look at). happen to woodland creatures.” BELLINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM: The Forced to evacuate when her landlord chose not to renew her lease, In between music sets by the Memes and museum is open to the public from noon-5pm Tues. and Thurs.-Sat. at 1320 Commercial St. Schutte transferred her creative energies to the space at the Odd Fel- the Librarians, Woiwod will also ﬁnd time For more info: 393-7540. lows Hall. Over the past two years, she’s seen many artists come and to put on a puppet show. For those famil- BLUE HORSE: The annual “Ship of Fools” go, but feels the current grouping—which includes Karma Stephens, iar with Schutte’s capacity to put on a good exhibit, which features sociopolitical com- Katie Houseman, Christopher Mineer, Corey Urlacher, and Gunther Jose show—and an awesome party—the added mentary, shows through April 12 at the Blue CASCADIA WEEKLY Frank—is one suited to what she envisions the Clinic should be. entertainment is par for the course. Horse Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. For more info: 671-2305. 18 “It’s where we hope to get a lot of work done,” artist Karma Stephens “I’m just excited to be connecting the space COLOPHON: See art deco pieces by MimoK explains. “I also like it that you can see what other people are do- with the community,” Schutte says. doit through April at the Colophon Café, 1208 11th St. For more info: 647-0092. HISTORICAL MUSEUM: See “Lost Cit- ies of Skagit: Rediscovering Places of Our Past” through Nov. 2 at La Conner’s Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. 4th St. ?\cgK_\ For more info: (360) 466-3365 or skagit- county.net/museum. 34 INSIGHTS: Alfred Currier’s “Skagit Legacy” paintings show through April 30 at the In- FOOD sights Gallery, 514 Commercial Ave., Ana-

April 19 at the Lucia Douglas Gallery, 8E;JXm\Jfd\ CLASSIFIEDS 1415 13th St. For more info: 733-5361 or luciadouglas.com 24 MINDPORT: Cary Lane’s mixed-media exhibit, “The Sheepcarder and the Small, Sto- FILM FILM len Sky,” shows through April 30 at Mind- port Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. For more info: 647-5614 or mindport.org. >I<

retrospective of the late artist Paul Ho- MUSIC riuchi, through June 15 at La Conner’s ! Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First

8ccE\n)''0:fifccXC<ÇFecp(00&df 18 St. For more info: (360) 466-4446 or museumofnwart.org. PICKLE BARN: “Art in a Pickle Barn” will (*:fifccXjXkk_\jXd\C\Xj\Gi`Z\`eJkfZbEfn ART show from 10am-6pm daily through April 27 as part of the Skagit Tulip Festival. For more 17 info: (360) 428-8576 or skagitart.org. 19 QUILT MUSEUM: “Barns & Botanicals” ART and pieces from “MetroTextual: Manhat- STAGE tan Quilters Guild” are on display through May 11 at La Conner Quilt & Textile Mu- 16 seum, 703 S. 2nd St. For more info: (360) 466-4288 or laconnerquilts.com. SEASIDE GALLERY: “Tulip Mania” runs GET OUT through May 15 at La Conner’s Seaside Gal- lery, 112 Morris St. For more info: laconnerseasidegallery.com. 15 SMITH/VALLEE: Works by Northwest artist

R. Allen Jensen—also known as Max Edison, WORDS Backroad Bob, and Robert Dante—can be

seen through April 27 at Edison’s Smith/ 8 Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. For more info: (360) 305-4892 or smithvalleegallery. com.

TOAD MOUNTAIN: Maureen Braun’s wa- CURRENTS tercolor exhibit, “Splashes of Grace,” can be seen through April 30 at Toad Mountain 6 Coffee, 2075 Barkley Blvd. For more info: NXkZ_fligif^i\jjXjn\

733-9756. VIEWS UNDER COVER: “I See London, I See 8cc$E\n)''/Gi`lj Yl`c[flie\n[\Xc\ij_`g France,” a multi-site exhibit exploring the fe@fnXJki\\kÇlj`e^ 4 cultural meaning of underpants, shows \em`ifed\ekXccp]i`\e[cp through April 16 at a number of venues on >\kpflijn_`c\ MAIL Western Washington University’s campus. dXk\i`XcjXe[Y\jkgiXZk`Z\j jlggc`\jXi\^ff[ For more info: (208) 860-2806 or islisf. 3 googleplaces.com. DO IT IT DO

WESTERN GALLERY: View an exhibit of photographs by Dianne Kornberg as part of Montreal Danse’s The Furies dance program 08 happening through April 12 at WWU’s West- .09. ern Gallery. For more info: 650-3963. 4 WORLD CUP: View a variety of works from

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LAST YEAR, WHEN the Northwest Washington Fair announced its musical lineup, which just

happened to include Ted Nugent, I thought 34 34 music there was no way they could surpass that bit of entertainment magic. As it turns out, I was FOOD PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT right. That’s not to say that Chicago, Randy Tra-

vis, and Little Bigtown (who the hell is Little 27 Bigtown, anyway?) are not worthy performers in their own right. It’s just that the Nuge sets a pretty high bar. In every respect.

CLASSIFIEDS Another band that has spent the past seven years or so setting their own standard for mu-

24 sical entertainment, the Cicadas, are calling it quits. As their shows have been few and

FILM FILM BY CAREY ROSS far between for some time, this can hardly be surprising news, but it’s sad, nonetheless. 20 20 20 Few Bellingham bands have played with the kind of raw ferocity the Cicadas brought to MUSIC MUSIC BIMA the stage with every performance, and while TAKIN’ CARE OF BUSINESS the breakup (amicable though it may be) hurts 18 18 my heart, my tiredired ears are probably grateful.rateful. ART ART ONE OF Bellingham’s longest standing and most active mu- For those of youu who’dwho’d

sical institutions might just be one many people in the music like one last chancehance to 17 scene are unfamiliar with. While many of us can quickly rattle remember the ggoodood off the names of whatever bands are the darlings of the music times and sayay STAGE STAGE scene at any particular moment—down to the musical pedi- farewell, thee grees and love lives of every member—it’s likely far fewer of band is playing

16 us know what BIMA is, or even what the acronym stands for its ﬁnal show (it’s the Bellingham Independent Music Association, for the un- April 29 at thee informed). Even those familiar with the organization may not Wild Buffalo, withth GET OUT know exactly how long BIMA has been around, or just what, Akimbo, Triclops,ops, BY CAREY ROSS

15 exactly, it does. and DJ Ben King.g. If you’ve ever found yourself wondering such things—or ﬁnd Speaking of yourself wondering them now—you may want to stop by their shows at the Buff,ff WORDS annual meeting, which takes place has anyone noticed that none other than De-

8 starting at 6pm Thurs., April 10 at VotchKa is slated for a May 1 show at the bar? the American Museum of Radio & Because I sure have. When I saw the post- Electricity. And, while an annual ing on the Buffalo’s website I had to rub my DAVID WEISS CURRENTS CURRENTS meeting doesn’t exactly sound like eyes and slap myself around a little in order the kind of place to get your groove to make myself believe what I was seeing. But 6 on, it should be noted that this his advice sounds three or four drinks in. when I was ﬁnished with the self-abuse, the “meeting” also serves as BIMA’s 8th LISTEN Case in point: before the musical festivities be- listing still existed. Which makes me believe

VIEWS VIEWS WHAT: BIMA’s Annual birthday party, as well as a chance Meeting and Showcase gin at the annual meeting, author, musician and the show is actually happening, and this isn’t for many of its musicians to show- WHEN: 6pm (Showcase artist Lenedra Carroll will be on hand to introduce just John Goodman’s way of messing with my 4 case their skills after all the busi- begins at 8:30pm) her Artist Advance project—which aims, among feeble mind. If you recall, when DeVotchKa

MAIL MAIL ness is dispensed with. If you’re Thurs., April 10 other things, to get more live music into schools played the Nightlight, the show was packed still skeptical, when was the last WHERE: American and private homes—and make herself available beyond capacity and I don’t know of anyone

3 Museum of Radio & Elec- time you heard of an annual meet- tricity, 1312 Bay Street for future interaction with any and all interested who walked away disappointed. Which is my

DO IT IT DO ing offering up door prizes instead musicians in attendance. Aside from her own ca- way of saying that you probably shouldn’t wait

COST: Free of power suits and PowerPoint pre- MORE INFO: bima.com reer in music, Carroll was also the former business to buy your tickets. They’ll run you $15 for

08 sentations? I rest my case. manager for none other than Jewel, so it’s a pretty advance tickets and $18 the day of the show.

.09. While much has been made of Bellingham’s musical legacy be- fair assumption that she’s a knowledgeable and ex- But needless to say, if you wait until the day 4 ing an unabashedly loud one, those most active among BIMA’s perienced resource for many things musical. of to buy your tickets, it’s unlikely there will

.03 membership base—including its founder, exceedingly skilled But if you’re just interested in BIMA for a good be any left. 15

# local musician David Weiss—tend to favor the kinder, gentler time, show up at 8:30pm for the musical showcase, And, if you haven’t been paying attention, sounds that are often overlooked but just as integral to this which is slated to feature no less than 11 musical a scant week after Cat Power comes to town town’s rich music community. But that’s not to say that your acts, including BIMA founder Weiss, along with to help take back the night, Tegan and Sara average black metal band can’t get something out of a BIMA practitioners of everything from Klezmer to reggae will make an appearance on campus on Wed., membership. After all, the organization exists, in part, to pro- to blues to Americana, making many stops in be- April 16. Now, I have to confess to being one vide resources and knowledge to musicians looking to do more tween. The whole thing wraps up, as it should, with of those people who don’t drink the Tegan and than just practice sporadically and play every now and again. a jam session open to anyone with an interest and Sara Kool Aid, but I realize I’m in the minority CASCADIA WEEKLY And while it’s probably more hip to sit at the bar and swill whis- an instrument—which is sort of the whole idea be- on this deal. And, when it comes right down

20 key than be a regular attendee at BIMA meetings, odds are the hind BIMA as well. I’m guessing your last birthday to it, even I can probably be swayed by the guy at the barstool next to you will not be able to tell you how party wasn’t near as action-packed. Show up, and sight of identical twins singing together. I’m to make rock ‘n’ roll pay the rent, no matter how well-founded see what you’ve been missing all these years. easy like that. musicPREVIEW Ready to Ride?

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Bernard ﬁrst 24 began to garner musical acclaim FILM as a member of 20 20 mentor and long- 20 time collaborator MUSIC MUSIC LISTEN Peter Apfelbaum’s MUSIC Hieroglyphics En- WHO: Will Ber- nard, Megatron semble almost two 18 9pm Sun., WHEN: decades ago. How- ART April 13 ever, since then, WHERE: Boundary the versatile—and

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18 18 Where there’s no Arab cultural center. Or, in the Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) is words of bemused cafe proprietor Dina (Ronit Elka- a widowed English-lit professor at Pitts- ART ART betz), “no culture of any kind.” burgh’s Carnegie Mellon. He’s bored with

And no hotel either. teaching and contemptuous toward stu- 17 The boys in blue aren’t completely out of luck; dents. Dina has the will and the means to help them out. Things are also sour on the home front. STAGE STAGE She ﬁnds rooms for them for the evening and takes University enrollee son James (Ashton courtly Tawﬁq and louche Khaled back to her place, Holmes) barely speaks to him. Daughter

16 in part perhaps for the minor thrill of scandalizing Vanessa (Ellen Page), a hyper-managing her neighbors. Young Republican, operates as dad’s She takes a shine to Tawﬁq, whom she parades substitute housewife. GET OUT around the little town like a new pet. Meanwhile, Lawrence is dismayed when ne’er-do-

15 Khaled invites himself along on a shy Israeli man’s well adoptive brother Chuck (Thomas ﬁrst date with the doleful cousin of a friend’s girl- Haden Church) shows up, broke as usual and wanting to crash. He’d be refused, WORDS but alas: Climbing a fence to retrieve his

8 WHILE NEVER STEERING briefcase from his impounded car, Law- A LITTLE ﬁlm based on a short newspaper account of a real INTO SENTIMENTALITY, THE rence toppled, suffering a head injury. incident, Israeli director Eran Kolirin’s debut The Band’s Visit is so ER chief Dr. Janet Hartigan (Sarah Jessica

CURRENTS CURRENTS satisfying that it might be better not to talk too much about its po- BAND’S VISIT MANAGES TO Parker) informs him he can’t legally drive etic cinematography and precisely calibrated palette—the Carolina for six months. Ergo, unreliable Chuck 6 blue uniforms of the titular band’s members, the hammering white PROVIDE A SOLID REASON must be tolerated as his chauffeur. of the Sinai, the industrial dun of the nowhere town where the FOR OPTIMISM A hospital worker informs Lawrence VIEWS VIEWS hapless brigade winds up. While the colors are hardly the point of that not only was Janet in his class, but this droll ﬁsh-out-of-water comedy, they’re probably the strongest she also harbored an unrequited school- 4 evidence of the ﬁlm’s extraordinarily intelligent design. friend, eventually making himself useful. girl crush. Long rusty with dating, or

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3 contain some nutritional value. But Kolirin is at least as much an ofﬁcers were stranded in an Israeli settlement. Ko- Janet has a bout of post-coital heebees.

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lightful movie that doesn’t ring with authentic human feeling. and ultimately, the irrelevance—of language. Most tions, Vanessa develops a sort of friend-

08 The ﬁlm’s premise is basic. The members of the Egyptian Alexan- of the time the characters are communicating in ship with polar opposite Chuck, who

.09. dria Municipal Police Ceremonial Orchestra are on their way to play English—a language in which none of them are views her as a near-”android” who needs 4 at an Arab cultural center in the Israeli city of Petah Tikva. But no completely ﬂuent. Yet they are able to make them- loosening up. This relationship seems

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# Temporarily disconcerted, their leader Tawfiq (played by Israeli ac- most of all, facial expressions. chemistry. tor Sasson Gabai) decides they’ll take the bus. There are no signs Kolirin and cinematographer Shai Goldman use Despite so-so material, Church lends in Arabic, so he orders the band’s young violinist/trumpet player the faces of their actors as canvases and subtly make the movie undeniable juice as the fam- Khaled (Saleh Bakri) to find out which bus they need. a case for the commonality of the human spirit as ily member who’s the biggest mess, yet Though Khaled protests that his English—the lingua franca of the a more important signifier than racial or national also the happiest and most open. Israelis and their Arab neighbors—isn’t so good, Tawfiq suspects identification. While never steering into sentimen- Nuno Bettencourt’s soundtrack of him of slacking and makes his request an order. Soon, handsome tality—it comes close—The Band’s Visit manages to mono-flavored folksy guitar strummings CASCADIA WEEKLY Khaled—who bears a resemblance to a young Engelbert Hump- provide a solid reason for optimism. It’s not by ac- make one long for the cutting-edge days

24 erdinck—is serenading the young woman behind the counter. And cident that the town’s name—Bet Hativka—may be of Seals & Crofts and Bread. soon they’re all on their way to the dusty village of Bet Hativka. translated as “place of hope.” ﬁlm '*-.5*.&4

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sured in tons of carbon dioxide) and if CURRENTS lease goes for 1 year. We have Walk Through closet, Washer Washer/Dryer. Sliding doors are efficient and comefort- an offset purchase of $120). a 2 bedroom 1.5 bathroom unit and Dryer,dishwasher, pri- off Living Room to patio and able. Newer ulnit with garage you then purchase a high-quality off- Am I willing to pay somewhere be- available at the beginning of vate patio on greenbelt in private fenced landscaped attached, large utility room. set, then you really are offsetting the 6 July. It is approximately 990 central Bellingham. No Pets rear yard. On site parking. Lots of parking on private tween $24 and $120 to make this jour- sq. ft. with washer/dryer or Smoking. Water,sewer Monthly Rent $735 - Security road with no through traffic. climate impact of your action. ney “work” for me and for the planet? on site. Rent will be 635.00/ and garbage/recycling paid. Deposit $750 – One Year Lease NS/NP 360-398-9157. 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FILM FILM My wife of a year is from a very conser- the essential question: Did she lie about vative culture (a Muslim country). She said her sexploits out of some ingrained poli-

20 20 she’d only dated three guys, and only kissed cy for self-preservation, or are you likely and held hands. I told her it’s nice she was to wake up alone one morning and ﬁnd

MUSIC a virgin, but honesty was more important. that your bank account’s cleaned out, She kept saying I was the ﬁrst man to touch your car is gone and she’s even taken the her, sleep naked with her, awaken her sen- dog? The fact that her character is kind 18 18 suality, and on and on. Later, she let it slip of a mystery to you suggests you pledged ART ART that she’d slept naked with her exes, but to spend the rest of your life with a near said she’d never lie to me again. Eventually, stranger. Smooth move, dude! At least

17 she let it slip that she’d pretty much done get to know the woman before you di- everything but intercourse with two of these vorce her: Is she ethical? Even when no-

STAGE STAGE guys, but it was a detail she’d forgotten. body’s looking? Does it mean something She doesn’t understand how it hurts the to her to do the right thing? Does she act male ego to repeatedly say, “You’re the only in your best interest or does she just act 16 guy I’ve been with,” then, “Sorry, I forgot, interested out of self-interest? I know, you’re the third.” Had this happened with a boring questions, but they’ll ultimately

GET OUT guy in her culture, it would have resulted in be more instructive than interrogating immediate divorce, and maybe something her about whether she let Achmed get to 15 much worse. So, do I divorce her, or let this third base in the summer of 2003. go? —Betrayed NIP IT IN THE BUDDY WORDS In our country, if people ﬁnd out you’ve This great guy at work seems on the

8 had premarital sex, they might hoot and verge of asking me out. I’d like to be slap you on the back once or twice. In friends with him, and even invite him to Muslim countries, they bring in a guy with my dinner party. He’d actually get along

CURRENTS CURRENTS a bamboo cane to do it 100 times. great with my boyfriend. So, how do you In Saudi Arabia, it’s not just premari- tell a guy you have a boyfriend without 6 tal sex that’ll get you in trouble, but pre- seeming presumptuous or rude? marital seating. Religious police there —Worried Girl VIEWS VIEWS actually arrested an American business- A guy you aren’t interested in shouldn’t woman for sitting with a male colleague

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08 reportedly told her, “You are sinful and have a boyfriend!” That’s when you’re

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4 likely to hear back, “Yeah? And I’ve got a to wonder, if she gets hell for sitting spastic colon.” This really isn’t difﬁcult. near a man in Starbucks, what happens .03 Just casually tuck the boyfriend into 15 to the giddy 15-year-olds I saw groping # conversation, like, “My boyfriend and I each other in the big chair? went...” or “So does my boyfriend.” And Ask a Western woman if she’s “dated” a do it right from the start, whenever you lot, and she isn’t likely to confess, “Why, aren’t interested or available. Unless, of I’m the Whore of Babylon!” Yet, you mar- course, the guy mentions that his last ried a woman from a culture where slut two “girlfriends” were named Kenneth can equal death, and you thought all you

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her own references). A cozy do not put cars in right now. ums I am looking for a quiet share... male or female. We ing marks. Guidelines avail- insights to your waking life. instruction, beginners wel- CLASSIFIEDS CLASSIFIEDS cottage/cabin in the Belling- The house is located a little and clean Christian male to are cool young people who able at www.alliedarts.org TUESDAY, APRIL 29, from come, days, evenings Satur- ham perimeter with some sort less then a mile from campus share two bedroom top floor enjoy socializing elsewhere 7-9 pm. $20. Presented by days. Teri 360 856-5298 of yard would be ideal. Moun- but only two blocks from a bus condo. No smoking or pets. and having a quite place to Real people looking for Jenny Davidow, M.A., author 24 tain biking trails close by a stop that takes you straight Everything is included except live. Large backyard for BBQ’s real answers: Are you a of “Embracing Your Subcon- Play Bluegrass Banjo, bonus! Please email kristin- to campus. The rent is 370 a internet and T.V. Located just or games. Great neighbor- Jr High or High School Stu- scious - Bringing All Parts Mandolin, Guitar louder, FILM FILM [email protected]. month which inculdes water a 1/2 mile from Albertsons. hood to live in! $200 deposit. dent looking for a real place Saturday, of You into Creative Part- faster, better! Bluegrass, sewer garbage and lawn care. Cell# 927-2173 Ben Smoking allowed outside. No to hang out? Do you live in th nership.” For information Old Country, Old Timey. All We are looking for 2 easy go- pets, no parties, no mess. real areas such as Kendall, April 12 and registration, please call Levels. Banjo: Learn Scruggs- ROOMMATES ing girls who want to live in a $325 Master Bedroom Available Now, move in today! Deming, Maple Falls, Sud- Jenny at(360) 676-1009 or style on your 5-string banjo 20 WANTED fun but repectful clean house. Available The master bed- Call 360.303.6994 or email jil- den Valley, Glen Haven, etc. 10 am – 1 pm visit: http://members.cruzio. using finger & thumb picks. Please email me about your- room is available to rent start- [email protected] I want to invite you to come com/~twave Mandolin: Learn how Bill $450 1 room in a 3 bed self and maybe we can meet ing May 1st. The apartment to check out Area32, a real place Harris Avenue at Monroue & other greats flat MUSIC th 1 bath house Looking for and talk. My email is track_ be shared with a 23 year old where you’re among friends: 15 Street JOURNALING WITH pick leads or chop chords. a laid back responsible clean [email protected] male student at WWU, is a 2 700 people just like you. Real Everyone is invited HEART, Tuesday 4/8, 7 Guitar: Learn how to flat pick roommate. (references would bedroom, 1 bathroom. Utilites Bulletin Board people looking for change and Free pm Journaling with Heart or strum & sing at the same 18 be nice)Room will be avail- $385 Big bright room (electric, internet) are about learning how to make it hap- to this event will show you how to express time in any key. Music theory

able starting July 1st. Rent available in york district $45 a month. The apartment pen. Come as you are. That’s your heart, spirit and senses is optional- learn to play by ART includes all utilities. Room is Bedroom available in a spa- has a dishwasher and laundry NOTICES just how God wants you and on paper. Learn enjoyable ear. 20+ years teaching expe- furnished and includes inter- cious well lit house on Iron St. faciliites are in the complex. that’s just how we want you. ways to bring more creative rience. Contact Jordan Fran- net access and TV (included 10 minute walk to downtown The lease is month-to-month. 2008 Sue C. Boynton Area 32: Transforming real excitement, self-discovery cisco (360)296-5007 at Coda in the rent). We have two dogs and 5 minute walk to bus line. I have included pictures of Poetry Contest Call to all students into real follow- and sensory aliveness to Music 1200 Harris Ave #104 17 a beagle and a Pekingese, so I live with 2 great roommates the living room, hallway, and Whatcom County Poets of any ers of Jesus Christ. - Jr. High your journaling experience. in Fairhaven. dogs are ok upon approval. If who enjoy good food and good dining room. I live less than age and experience. Please - every Tuesday night from TUESDAY, APRIL 8, from 7-9 you are interested contact Bill conversation. I don’t want 2 miles away from WWU and submit one unpublished poem 7-8:30pm and - High School - Join us to welcome pm. in Bellingham near WWU. Marimba Classes Learn STAGE or Mindi at (360) 778-1679 to leave but need someone very close to Fred Meyer, Cost of no more than 25 lines and every Wednesday night from $20. Presented by lifelong to play the joyous music of to take over my room ASAP. Cutter, and the bus lines. Sorry 55 characters (letters & spac- 7-8:30pm. You can contact Matthei Place, journaler, Jenny Davidow Zimbabwe on wooden-key

$370 / 2br - 2 female There is one dog and a full fish but no cats or dogs are allowed es) per line, on any topic. Mail MikeJ. at (360)318-9446 or KulshanCLT’s charming, M.A., author of “Embracing xylophones. Adults and kids 16 roommates needed in a tank at the house as well as because two cats already live or deliver entries to Poetry [email protected]. Check out Your Subconscious - Bringing welcome, ages 7 and up. Info: 5 bedroom house We are compost and a bicycle shed. in the apartment. If this sounds Contest C/O Allied Arts, 1418 our website at areathirtytwo. affordable, ‘green’ All Parts of You into Creative 360-671-0361; nancysteele@ 3 college girls living in a five There is a carport to park your possible, please e-mail me at Cornwall Ave, Bellingham, com. Also looking for Adults inﬁll development in Partnership.” For more in- comcast.net to be involved and set up pos- Happy Valley. Tours will formation and registration, GET OUT sible carpools from Sudden please call (360) 676-1009 or Knitting Lessons by Jen Valley and Glen Haven. Hope show how homes can visit http://members.cruzio. Interested in learning to knit to hear from you soon! be environmentally, com/~twave but don’t know where to start? 15 sustainably AND Wish you could learn at home Arts Education Interna- Figure Drawing Class where you’re comfortable and tional Victimized children affordably built. A few For All Art Mediums. Subject: you can find the time? Then WORDS recovering from recent wars 2-bedroom Matthei Long Pose, Evening Gown I’m your girl! My name is Jen

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18 18 “DO NOT GIVE WHAT IS HOLY TO DOGS, AND DO NOT THROW YOUR PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, LEST THEY ART ART TRAMPLE THEM UNDER THEIR FEET, AND TURN AND TEAR YOU TO PIECES.” —JESUS CHRIST

17 Pork chops and apple sauce. Pork ‘n’ the west slope) is hardly a bastion of pork. STAGE STAGE beans. Bacon and eggs. Christmas ham. Farmers here don’t generally produce it, and Easter ham. Deviled ham. SPAM. Pork rinds. people here don’t generally eat it to any

16 Chitlins. Bacon-bits. Like it or not, pigs and great degree. But that doesn’t mean you pig meat are probably even more American can’t ﬁnd it. Between the nori and sashimi than baseball and apple pie. and the organic ranch dressing, there’s pork GET OUT It’s not that I’m proud of it. It’s just aplenty to be found in quantity and qual-

15 that, well... I like it. I’m not a cruel per- ity. son, but I did grow up in the Midwest. Like much of the ethnically diverse cui- And, back there, eating pork is WHAT sine in the Far Corner, the most delicious WORDS YOU DO. It’s like salmon out here (except and savory pork dishes are imported from

8 there’s way more of it). Pretty much from exotic, far-ﬂung places. the time I could chew, I was scarﬁn’ on We have chorizo, cochinita and chile verde swine. It is tradition. It is economy. My from Latin America. We have pork barbecue

CURRENTS CURRENTS relatives raised and butchered them, so (Memphis-style tomato-based and Carolina- we bought and ate them. style mustard-based). We have hog maws 6 It wasn’t until I entered college that pro- (cheeks) and chitlins (intestines). We have gressive, health-conscious forces shocked gumbo and jambalaya from the Big Easy. VIEWS VIEWS me into reconsidering my long-standing We have soy-banana-ﬂavored pork from carnivorous relationship with the other Hawaii, stir-fried pork in plum sauce from 4 white meat. So, for the better part of my China, and caramelized pork over lettuce

MAIL MAIL Roaring 20s, I took one for Team Herbivore from Viet Nam. and generally laid off the ungulates. Although there aren’t many, even a lefty,

3 But then my Dirty 30s rolled around and, vegan-of-a-town like Bellingham contains

DO IT IT DO for reasons that have still yet to be ade- a handful of excellent pork-friendly eater-

quately explained to me, I suddenly found ies such as Pepper Sisters (1055 N. State

08 myself yearning for those succulent hams, St.), Speak E-Z’s (2400 Guide Meridian), and

.09. IT WAS right around this time of year about 150 years ago when a trig- tender pork chops and innocent (mouthwa- Espinoza Mexican Restaurant (Sehome Vil- 4 ger-happy miner-turned-homesteader from Tennessee named Lyman Cutlar tering!) bacon rashers of my childhood. lage).

.03 took up residence on the then hotly contested territory of San Juan Island And so, after many years of struggle, I And pork-o-rama isn’t just conﬁned to 15

# and set about gardening his way to destiny. opened up the sty gate and let the swine the dinner table. What otherwise decent, Little did he know, but the flimsy, shoddily constructed fence he half- come bounding back into my life. Fortu- politically correct Northwesterner, for in- erected around his planting beds would soon help precipitate one of the nately, by this point, my palate has matured stance, hasn’t found the occasion to in- most infamous and seemingly unlikely international conflicts our Republic enough so that SPAM no longer holds me corporate “piggy bank,” “pork barrel,” “go has ever seen fit to embroil itself in when—on the fateful morning of June in its dense, dangerously salted, viscera- the whole hog” or even “like a hog on ice” 15, 1859—he awoke to find an enormous hairy black boar rootin’ hog-wild compressed clutches. into conversation at least a time or two in through his tater patch. Lo, I have sought out new forms, fresh fla- their lives? CASCADIA WEEKLY P-I-G. Any way you spell it, herd it, hunt it, slice it or keep one as a pet, vors and a wide, ever-expanding repertoire Bring on the honey glaze. Bring on the

34 it’s a tiny little word that packs a powerful and, oftentimes, morally divisive of domestic and international recipes. horseradish. Bring on the bean paste. punch. But it’s also pretty dang tasty sometimes. The Paciﬁc Northwest (and especially Menudo, anyone?

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