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Curtains GRATEFUL FUZZ BUZZ UP! BOOKSHELF Juveniles, junkies A long, strange and roof runners, P.11 A season of surprises trip, P.12 at MBT, P.16
00 DOWNTOWN SOUNDS A WORLD OF MUSIC P.20 Sin & Gin Tour: 7pm, historic Fairhaven
cascadia VISUAL ARTS 34 ThisWeek Art Walk: 6-10pm, downtown Bellingham FOOD FOOD A glance at this SATURDAY [07.04.15] ONSTAGE 27 week’s happenings Commedia in the Park: 7pm, Maritime Heritage Park
B-BOARD B-BOARD MUSIC Grovestock: 12-11pm, Tatlow Lane, Ferndale Rock the Dock: 5:30-10pm, Seafarers’ Memorial Park,
24 Anacortes
FILM COMMUNITY Old Fashioned 4th of July: 8am-10pm, throughout Blaine
20 Haggen Family 4th of July: 10am-11pm, Zuanich Point Park
MUSIC July 4th Celebration: 10am-11pm, throughout Anacortes Community 4th of July: 12pm-10pm, La Conner 18 Loggerodeo: Through Monday, throughout Sedro-
ART Woolley
GET OUT 16 Northwest Tandem Rally: Through Monday, throughout Bellingham STAGE 5 on the 4th: 9am, Lake Padden Park Great Sedro-Woolley Footrace: 9:30am, Sedro- Woolley High School 14 Masked comedy and well- Sin & Gin Tour: 7pm, downtown Bellingham known stock characters can be FOOD GET OUT seen at free Commedia in the Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, United Church of Ferndale Pancake Breakfast: 12 Park performances July 2-4 at 8-11am, Blaine Senior Center Mount Vernon Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Water- Maritime Heritage Park front Plaza WORDS Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts Center
8 WEDNESDAY [07.01.15] Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square MUSIC Acclaimed soprano Katie Independence Day Dinner: 5-9pm, Semiahmoo Resort, Blaine
CURRENTS CURRENTS Downtown Sounds: 5:30pm, Bay Street Yes, We Can! Craft Beer Festival: 6-10pm, next to Dana Lyons, Anne Feeney: 7pm, Roeder Home Van Kooten will be one 6 of the many guest artists Elizabeth Station COMMUNITY taking part in VIEWS Green Drinks: 5-7pm, Kulshan Community Land Bellingham SUNDAY [07.05.15] Trust’s Birchwood homes Festival of Music ONSTAGE 4 FOOD concerts happening July The Audience: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon
MAIL MAIL Wednesday Farmers Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green 3-19 at WWU’s Performing MUSIC Lost Highway Band: 2-5pm, Fairhaven Village 2
2 Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market: 3-7pm, Hammer Arts Center and the Green Heritage Park
DO IT IT DO Chamber Music by the Bay: 4pm, Bellingham DO IT IT DO Brewers Cruise: 6:30pm, Bellingham Bay Bellingham Cruise Terminal Cruise Terminal
THURSDAY [07.02.15] COMMUNITY Loggerodeo: Through Monday, throughout Sedro-
07.01.15 ONSTAGE Woolley Bard on the Beach: Though September, Vanier Park, Vancouver, BC GET OUT DANCE .10 Commedia in the Park: 7pm, Maritime Heritage Park Northwest Tandem Rally: Through Monday, Friday Night Dance Party: 7:30-10pm, Bellingham FOOD 26
# Ferndale Public Market: 2-7pm, Pioneer Park Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre throughout Bellingham Dance Company The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre FOOD MUSIC VISUAL ARTS Dynamic Duo Reception: 1-4pm, Good Earth Pottery DANCE Lynden Farmers Market: 12-5pm, Front Street Motown Cruisers: 8pm, VFW Hall Folk Dance: 7:15-10pm, Fairhaven Library Festival of Music Kickoff: 7:30pm, Performing Arts VISUAL ARTS Center, WWU MONDAY [07.06.15] ONSTAGE First Thursday Art Walk: 5-8pm, downtown Mount The Audience: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon Vernon COMMUNITY ONSTAGE CASCADIA WEEKLY Neighborhood Playhouse Drama Camp: Through Loggerodeo: Through Monday, throughout Sedro- Friday, Bellingham Theatre Guild MUSIC Woolley 2 FRIDAY [07.03.15] Guffawingham: 9:30pm, Green Frog Blues, Brews & BBQ: 5-9pm, Hotel Bellwether D’Vas & Dudes: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park ONSTAGE GET OUT Commedia in the Park: 7pm, Maritime Heritage Northwest Tandem Rally: Through Monday, MUSIC Drayton Harbor Music Festival: 7m, Blaine Per- WORDS Park throughout Bellingham forming Arts Center Holiday Book Sale: 10am-6pm, Blaine Library An Improvised Musical: 9pm, Upfront Theatre Friday Ferry Flotilla: 5pm, Community Boating Center
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6 Stephanie Simms ity. It tells the reader nothing. When you wrote ately increases serum concentrations of BPA by Skagit: Linda Brown, it the police knew the exact number of shooters up to 1,600 percent!
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District Discussions, 3.ɀɈ Free Will Astrology, 3.Ƀɀ Film Shorts, 3.ɂɆ cascadia than multiple. the United States in removing toxics from our 2 REPORTING FROM 30: Free Will Astrology THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM *SKAGIT*ISLAND COUNTIES {07.01.15}{#26}{V.10}{FREE} Do you really think anyone doesn’t know they’re food, have mandated healthier alternatives. 31: Advice Goddess Grateful Curtains DO IT IT DO FUZZ BUZZ UP! BOOKSHELF Juveniles, junkies Mexican gangsters and that you help the cause of We need to pressure our food and beverage A long, strange and roof runners, P.11 A season of surprises trip, P.12 at MBT, P.16 32: Comix mass migration by not saying? Illegal Mexicans, suppliers to invest in these safer can liners, and I 33: Slowpoke, Sudoku doing the crimes Americans won’t do. hope to see our local craft beer artisans leading
0 DOWNTOWN —David Williams. via email this movement. Until then, I will not buy canned
07.01.15 34: Fun with freezers SOUNDS A WORLD OF MUSIC P.20 beer. I hope everyone concerned with your health YES, WE CAN DO EVEN BETTER will join this boycott. .10 COVER: Third World
26 ©2015 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by Bellingham is lucky to have so many good local Yes, we can make a difference. # Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly opens Downtown PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 Sounds Wed., July 1 craft beers available at breweries and stores. And —Water Dragon, Bellingham [email protected] Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia the upcoming craft beer festival is a great way Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing to celebrate this bounty. I applaud our regional RETURNING WHAT’S BEEN TAKEN papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material breweries for their move to cans for numerous In her thoughtful letter about acknowledg- to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- environmental reasons, as stated in the promo- ing the cultural and physical genocide of Native ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday tional article in the Weekly. Americans, Klara Schwarz does more than shed the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be CASCADIA WEEKLYreturned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. There is one serious problem that was unchar- light upon an aspect of American history often LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. acteristically omitted from that story: BPA (bis glossed over in school and everyday life with a 4 In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your phenol A). Most canned goods in this country are pat on the back. She sheds light upon an attitude letters to fewer than 300 words. still lined with a plastic that contains BPA. BPA that seems necessary toward any kind of healing. is a highly toxic estrogenic endocrine disruptor Such things as plaques and public apologies that also adversely affects the neurological and come from an awareness of the horror white immune systems. It is suspected of being car- America committed, a horror that if looked in NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre the eye—the re-education schools, the the other issues that have been brought government bounties for scalps, the forward these past six months were stealing of land, live and culture of mil- known and discussed by the Jail Plan- lions of the indigenous people—cou- ning Task Force. Programs to deal with
pled with a desire for forgiveness has these issues have been implemented, and 34 the possibility of working toward some efforts to improve and expand them are sort of emotional, physical and spiri- ongoing. Yes, criminal justice and mental FOOD tual restitution. However, I think such health and social services programs need things and moments, while important improvement. But delaying the solution 27 steps, are often forgotten. of the jail crisis while studies are done to We need to go further with Klara’s ideas. improve those two complicated systems
Such atrocity should be looked at with an is risky and wrong. B-BOARD intellectual and emotional honesty. If we —Joan Browning, Bellingham
do this, white America would get down on 24 its metaphorical knees to beg forgiveness PRICING CARBON at the entrance to every reservation. And No single solution exists for a threat as FILM it needs to happen more than just annu- complex as climate change, but curbing
ally, biannually or monthly. It should hap- carbon-based fuels is essential. 20 pen everyday. Then, maybe, we might get The Carbon Pollution Accountability somewhere down the road towards trying Act proposed late last year by Governor MUSIC to give back what’s been taken. Inslee is a cap-and-trade approach. A lim-
—Jonathan Brechner, Portland it is set on total carbon emissions. Per- 18
mits are sold via auction to major carbon ART SUPPORT A HUMANE JAIL emitters and the permits can be traded as Back in the ‘60s, asylums were dis- needed. The limit and available permits 16 established, with no real effort to train are reduced annually. Although cap-and-
adequate numbers of mental health spe- trade has been successfully enacted in STAGE cialists to take up the slack. Now, in 44 California and other countries, its fate in American states including ours, “the big- our state legislature is uncertain. 14 gest mental health institution is a pris- Another approach is Initiative 732 by on,” and police spend much of their time Carbon Washington, a statewide nonpar- dealing with the effects of untreated tisan grassroots group. Initiative 732 GET OUT mental illness. We’re not unique. Across would put an annually increasing tax per
Europe, 40-70 percent of prison inmates ton of CO2 produced by most carbon fu- 12 are mentally disturbed. els used in the state, assessed at the These illnesses require far more than manufacturing source but likely passed WORDS increased numbers of police officers. on to consumers.
As health insurance begins to cover Initiative 732 would also lower the 8 mental health care, we will need to hire state sales tax by one full percentage more social workers and psychologists. point, improving Washington’s regressive
Treatment and consultation rooms will be tax system. Carbon-based energy would CURRENTS needed as well. cost more and anything subject to the Voting in our new 521-bed jail in No- sales tax less. These would roughly bal- 6 vember becomes an absolute imperative. ance out for most people and state reve- VIEWS —Nick Criscuola, Bellingham nue would remain essentially unchanged. 4
This approach is called “revenue-neutral” 4 NO HOSTAGES AT JAIL because, unlike cap-and-trade, it does MAIL MAIL Congratulations to County Executive not increase revenue for publically fund- MAIL
Jack Louws for moving ahead with our jail ed activities—a plus in the view of some. 2 on a reduced budget and reduced bed ca- Initiative 732 would also virtually CAMPS THAT BUILD CONFIDENCE DO IT IT DO pacity. Also to the four council members eliminate the B&O business tax and as- who voted to put the 0.2 percent sales sist low-income working households. It is tax increase on the November ballot. The modeled on the successful revenue-neu- Running Camps at Lake Padden small cities and unincorporated areas of tral carbon tax enacted in British Colum- Girls on the Run, Girls on Track & Trail Blazer Camps Whatcom County should not be held hos- bia in 2008. 07.01.15 tage by the Bellingham City Council and Carbon Washington hopes to collect Register for the July 13-17 camps today! .10
its questionable minions. enough signatures by the end of the year 26 WHATCOM FAMILY YMCA www.whatcomymca.org # Mayor Kelli Linville should be encour- to present the initiative to the legisla- aged to move ahead with the jail to avoid ture. If the legislature fails to adopt it, some very uncomfortable consequences the initiative would be on the ballot in for our city. Being left out of the entire 2016 and become law if approved. jail solution may be legally catastrophic Although curbing carbon-based fuels for us and our council. Liability does not will lessen the impact of climate change, go away simply because you continue to it is not enough. Pope Francis in his re- CASCADIA WEEKLY bloviate on problems and stand in the cent encyclical is among many others to 5 way of solutions. The jail has been and point out much more is needed to avert continues to be a crisis. serious consequences. But Initiative 732 The voters of Whatcom County will now is a step in the right direction. have a chance to put an end to this crisis —John Whitmer, Bellingham by approving the sales tax increase. All of MAIL, CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 THE GRISTLE
FOUR PROMOTING FIVE: Despite the long and preten-
34 tious, preening moment of silence and quiet reflection the conservative caucus of the Whatcom Charter Re- FOOD FOOD view Commission invokes at the start of their meetings, views caucus members nevertheless failed to gain divine in- OPINIONS THE GRISTLE sight on several key realities: 27 First, Whatcom County Council is the recognized au- thority able to affirmatively place charter amendment
B-BOARD B-BOARD proposals on the ballot for voters in November. County Council also holds the legal authority to consider other
24 petitions or requests to place matters in front of vot- ers, and indeed may propose their own amendments to BY ROBERT REICH
FILM the county charter. Finally, County Council is under no duty or obligation to place unlawful, ill-advised or just
20 plain stupid charter amendments on the ballot. In short, the charter review process is a bit of a joke, Economic Apartheid MUSIC made even more of a joke by the scheming clowns who HOUSING COSTS ARE CREATING A DIVIDED SOCIETY thought to confer permanent political advantage to
18 their worldview by tinkering with the county’s govern- lmost lost by the wave of declines in home prices.
ART ing documents. responses to the Supreme As prices drop, even homeown- In 1978, freeholders proposed a home rule charter to A Court’s decisions last week ers who have kept current on their govern Whatcom County. Every 10 years voters elect a upholding the Affordable Care Act mortgage payments can’t refinance 16 15-member Charter Review Commission intended to ex- and allowing gays and lesbians to to take advantage of lower interest
STAGE amine that document to ensure its structural efficiency marry was the significance of the rates. and suitability to the needs of the county. Never did Court’s third decision—on housing Others who owe more on their freeholders imagine this advisory review body would discrimination. homes than their homes are worth 14 smash apart that document and sift through its flinders In a 5-4 ruling, the Court found middle-income black families re- have simply stopped maintaining in a forensic search of weaknesses they could exploit to that the Fair Housing Act of 1968 main in poor neighborhoods with them. In many poor communities,
GET OUT deny others their voice in county government. requires plaintiffs to show only that low-quality schools, fewer parks this has caused the housing stock Activists issued a reminder of who actually controls the effect of a policy is discrimina- and playgrounds, more crime, and to decline further, and home prices
12 that government last week by proposing four amend- tory, not that defendants intended inadequate public transportation. to follow. ments to the county charter and requesting County to discriminate. Blacks and Hispanics typically need Adding to the downward spiral is Council forward them on to the ballot. The proposals, The decision is important in the higher incomes than whites in order the fiscal reality that lower hous- WORDS arriving just hours before the meeting began, sent par- fight against economic apartheid in to live in affluent neighborhoods. ing values mean less revenue from
8 oxysms of panic and cries of anguish through the cham- America—racial segregation on a To some extent, this is a mat- local property taxes. This, in turn, ber as supporters of the conservative caucus tumbled to much larger geographic scale than ter of choice. Many people prefer contributes to worsening schools, the realization their schemes had been outmaneuvered. ever before. to live among others who resemble fewer police officers and junkier
CURRENTS CURRENTS Council Chair Carl Weimer framed the discussion with The decision is likely to af- them racially and ethnically. infrastructure—accelerating the a question to legal counsel—“So our charter outweighs fect everything from bank lending But some of this is due to housing downward slide. 6 6 the state constitution?” he asked. No, counsel sput- practices whose effect is to harm discrimination. For example, a 2013 All of which explains why hous- tered, it does not. low-income, non-white borrowers, study by the Department of Housing ing prices in poor neighborhoods re- VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS One proposal simply affirms Article IX, Section 4 of to zoning laws that favor higher- and Urban Development found that main about 13 percent below where
4 the state Constitution, reminding us all that document income white homebuyers. realtors often show black families they were before the recession, even “places the authority solely with the legislative author- First, some background. Ameri- fewer properties than white fami- though prices in many upscale neigh- MAIL MAIL ity of the county, the County Council, to propose charter cans are segregating ever more by lies possessing about the same in- borhoods have fully rebounded.
amendments to the voters, and that legislative discre- income in terms of where we live. come and wealth. And why about 15 percent of the 2 tion and authority granted by the state Constitution can- Thirty years ago most cities con- The income gap between poor mi- nation’s homes worth less than DO IT IT DO not be amended by charter amendment.” Imagine that! tained a broad spectrum of resi- nority and middle-class white com- $200,000 are still underwater while A second lowers the threshold by which citizens can dents from wealthy to poor. Today, munities continues to widen. While just 6 percent of homes worth more petition for changes to the charter, aligning it with entire cities are mostly rich (San the recovery has boosted housing than $200,000 are. ( surprise! ) state law and doing an end-run around the Francisco, San Diego, Seattle) or prices overall, it hasn’t boosted Worse yet for poor communities, 07.01.15 Charter Review Commission, which earlier this year mostly impoverished (Detroit, Bal- them in poor communities. most of America’s new jobs are be- high-handedly rejected a similar proposal to bring the timore, Philadelphia). That’s partly because bank loan ing created in areas where hous- .10
26 county into alignment with state law. Because a disproportionate num- officers are now more reluctant to ing already is pricy, while fewer # A third calls for the end of district-only election of ber of the nation’s poor are black or issue mortgages on homes in poor jobs are emerging in places where the commissioners as a means to curb the nonsense seen Latino, we’re experiencing far more neighborhoods—not because lend- housing is cheapest. this year by the inane tyranny of the conservative cau- segregation geographically. ers intend to discriminate but be- The toxic mixture of housing dis- cus, who abused their office to game permanent advan- Which is why, for example, black cause they see greater risks of fall- crimination, racial segregation over tage in elections. As noted by supporters, the CRC is students are more isolated today ing housing values and foreclosures. wide swathes of metropolitan areas, elected through a different mechanism than other elect- than they were 40 years ago. More But this reluctance is a self- and low wages and few jobs in such
CASCADIA WEEKLYed county representatives; the proposal would end that. than two million black students now fulfilling prophecy. It has reduced places, has had long-term effects. The fourth is the most intriguing, proposing division of attend schools where 90 percent of demand for homes in such areas— If we want to reverse the vi- 6 the county into five representative and cohesive districts. the student body is minority. resulting in more foreclosures and cious cycle of economic apartheid We’ve noted before that Whatcom’s three voting According to a new study by higher rates of vacant and deterio- in America, that decision offers an districts are artifacts from the county commissioner Stanford researchers, even many rating homes. The result: further important starting place. structure in place prior to the adoption of the charter in 1978. Centered on Bellingham as an easy way to ap- VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE portion roughly equal populations, they
are otherwise representative of very GO 34 little—certainly not the compact, co- NORTHWOOD hesive “communities of interest” called FOOD for in the state constitution. These dys- functional, nonrepresentative artifacts FOR CASINO ! 27 are the weakness the conservative cau- cus of the CRC seeks to rig in their pro- FUN posals for district-only voting. B-BOARD The fourth proposal introduced last
week bows to the wisdom of electing 24 representatives from each district, but it proposes five intelligent districts— FILM a district for populations in the north-
west county, one in the central farming 20 communities, another for communities in eastern Whatcom, and two centered MUSIC around the population nucleus of Bell- $500 Every 30 Minutes! ingham (literally, two-fifths of the 18
county). Two at-large positions would ART round out a seven-member council. The CRC’s majority caucus wouldn’t 16 even consider putting it to a vote.
Partisan jiggery-pokery of the sort STAGE imagined by the majority caucus was 5X Points All Night! the subject of a divided opinion issued 14 this week by the U.S. Supreme Court, which found that voters may appro- • $500 Drawings every 30 GET OUT priately create mechanisms to help minutes, every Friday from draw district boundaries and relieve 6pm to 10pm!
partisan control of elections. Wash- 12 ington voters adopted just such a tool • Winners Club Members get through referendum in 1983, and the
a free entry each week. WORDS court ruling (while focused on Arizona) • Plus, get 5X Reward
upholds the state system. And, by ex- 8 tension, the fourth proposal. Points on all your play In the opening notes of her majority 6pm to close each Friday!
opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg CURRENTS comments on the “the current climate 6 of heightened partisanship” that has 6 created such division and election rig- VIEWS ging to impose minority control over VIEWS
majorities of people. Perhaps no local 4 body more clearly represents this con- dition than the conservative caucus of COMING JULY 1 ONLY TO NORTHWOOD! MAIL the CRC, which abuses its “authority” Play these brand-new games, 2 to reshape the county to an image of Àrst in the region! DO IT IT DO its own liking. In affirming the power of the direct democracy of citizens, Ginsberg cites the seminal work on this topic co-authored by Western Wash- ington University Professor Todd Don- 07.01.15 ovan, a candidate for Whatcom County .10
Council who currently serves in the mi- 26 # nority on the Charter Review Commis- sion. While Donovan has proved per- suasive to the nation’s highest court, he and other accomplished members of MODERN COMFORTS AND JUST TWO TURNS OFF THE the CRC were unable to steer the com- mission from obstreperous folly. OLD FASHIONED HOSPITALITY GUIDE MERIDIAN
Donovan encouraged County Council CASCADIA WEEKLY to consider the submitted redistricting BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA 7 proposal, noting it was a more sensible 877.777.9847 approach than his commission had pro- 9750 Northwood Road • Lynden WA N duced. Its review functions corrupted, E BADGER RD NORTHWOOD RD whatever the CRC might do, County www.northwoodcasino.com Council does better. GUIDE MERIDIAN RD LYNDEN als made by this Charter Review Com- mission that struck me as out-of-whack. Voters trusted the Charter Review Com- mission to carefully review our County
34 Charter and recommend common-sense changes. Instead, they proposed chang- FOOD FOOD currents ing our charter to require prayer before meetings, and cut county funding to NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX nonprofits like the Food Bank, victims 27 of domestic violence and mental health services in the jail.
B-BOARD B-BOARD But imagine a new map, one that has five compact districts and meets state
24 law by keeping communities of mutu- al interest together. Here’s how it can
FILM look: one of the districts has rural lands and small cities that are oriented to the
20 saltwater (Lummi, Ferndale, Blaine), one contains our richest farmlands and
MUSIC vibrant small towns (Lynden, Sumas, Everson), one contains the foothills and
18 the homes around our lakes (Kendall,
ART Acme, Lake Whatcom, and Lake Samish) and then two districts for Bellingham, North 16 and South.
STAGE There would still be seven County Council members—one per dis- 14 trict, and two elected at-large. If you live in GET OUT ATTEND a rural area your dis- WHAT: Fair and trict will no longer in- Equal Whatcom
12 clude part of Belling- WHERE: ham—you’ll have your Whatcom own representative. By WORDS County Council Public Hearing, the same token, there
8 Whatcom have been years when County no County councilmem- Courthouse ber lived in Bellingham. WHEN: 6pm CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 With Bellingham 40 per- Tues., July 7 INFO: www. cent of Whatcom Coun- 6 This is fair to nobody; every community fairandequal ty, it’s important that BY TIM DOUGLAS deserves to be represented. whatcom.com the voices of those cit- VIEWS For the past six months, citizens from izens and taxpayers are
4 all parts of the County came forward to the also represented in county government. Charter Review Commission to ask for bet- If we choose 5 Fair and Equal Districts, MAIL MAIL The Drive for Five ter representation. They called for voting every community will have a voice and be
districts that reflect their community and represented on our council. 2 FAIR REPRESENTATION WITH FIVE EQUAL DISTRICTS representatives who would understand Those who promote district-only vot- DO IT IT DO their needs. Unfortunately, the Tea Party ing for our three long, triangular dis- hatcom County has breathtaking landscapes—from the islands in the majority arrived at the first meeting in tricts, are now saying that this is an end- Salish Sea, to the foothills of the North Cascades, and between them, January with an agenda that was out of run around the Charter Review process. the rich farms and waters that provide berries, milk, salmon and shell- step with the fair representation people But the state constitution provides that
07.01.15 W fish to the world. The breadth of our landscapes are matched by the diversity of asked for, and pushed it through. Their only the County Council can place char- our people—from software engineers in Bellingham, to fishermen and women in proposal doesn’t provide better represen- ter amendments on the ballot for voters .09
26 our coastal communities, to the farmers of Lynden. Unfortunately, the diversity of tation—sadly, it’s only about politics. to consider. # our people, and what matters to them most, is not reflected in our current three The Charter Review Commission pro- Voters should have options. County Council districts. poses we keep our antiquated Coun- People from across Whatcom County That’s why citizens from every corner of Whatcom County are calling on the ty Commission districts but switch to have asked for better representation and County Council to place the “5 Fair and Equal Districts” proposal on the ballot so district-only voting. This move would we should have the opportunity to vote voters can choose voting districts that give everyone in Whatcom County better divide the county into regional and po- for it this November. representation. litical factions, producing more parti- Please join us at 7pm Tues., July 7, as we
CASCADIA WEEKLY We’re one of seven counties in Washington state with the home rule form of sanship, conflict and gridlock. In fact, call on the County Council to place 5 Fair county government, and the only one that has only three voting districts. It’s a Washington state law prohibits districts and Equal Districts on the ballot. Everyone 8 relic of an older, ineffective system of three county commissioners we left behind from dividing communities of mutual in- in Whatcom County deserves the opportu- in the ‘70s—and for good reason. We have three very long, triangular districts, terest, and requires districts to be com- nity to vote on better representation. each containing part of Bellingham. That means two things: if you live in a rural pact. Unfortunately, neither is true of area, your representative may live in the city, but if you—like 40 percent of What- their proposal. Tim Douglas is a former mayor of Bellingham com residents—live in Bellingham, there may be no representative from your city. This is just one of a number of propos- and dean at Western Washington University. mail ›› your views THURSDAY JULY 9 7:30 PM
FAIR AND EQUITABLE The 15 Charter Review Commissioners are IDIOM THEATER 34 REPRESENTATION elected from their districts every 10 years. MEGAN COLE PRESENTS: (1418 CORNWALL AVE, BELLINGHAM)
Through either naiveté or intent, the This CRC has met continuously since January FOOD current Charter Commission conservatives 12 to consider amendments for submission STORYTIME forgot that we have a state constitution. to the voters in November. This is one of 27 These folks were elected by a district-only the principal citizen methods of changing TICKETS ON SALE process and liked it so much they intend our county charter. The commissioners have FOR GROWNUPS $15 OR $20/AT THE DOOR to make it permanent, hence district-only given hours of patient attention to public B-BOARD voting for Whatcom County Council. testimony. There has been a high level of TURNING POINTS Yes, I like voting for a neighbor, but all cooperation with the public and among A solo piece about the various anticipated 24 of Whatcom County is my neighbor. Isn’t it? the commissioners, despite their disagree- and unanticipated transitions in one’s life.
Once equal in population, today the ments. There have been many humorous FILM This heartfelt performance is full of three districts vary in population num- exchanges, and courteous clarifications. I laughter and rich nuances.
bers, and dividing Bellingham into these have witnessed this and appreciate their 20 three pieces, these districts are no longer hard work these last six months.
compliant with the state constitution and Every 10 years, the CRC provides a check MUSIC laws. There is a simple solution, vote for and balance to the County Council. The wwu.edu/bsn everyone at-large and avoid redistricting. most it can achieve is to put an amend- 360-650-7780 | [email protected] 18 Voting at- large can create a majority ment on the ballot for voters’ decision. The ART from either political party, Republicans in voters are in control. There is no reason for 2009 and Democrats in the 2013 election. It the County Council to make this diversion- 16 provides enough competition that no party ary maneuver (“end run”) around the entire
is locked out. Three political districts do Home Rule Charter Review function. That STAGE not allow competition for political change. they would consider such a step paints the forfoforr a District-only voting that has been pro- County Council in deceitful colors. immeef foff 14 posed by the conservative majority of —Jane Sievers, Bellingham itittt titimt the Charter Commission, on the surface iiss iit tim sounds as American as motherhood and The old, angry white people out in the R?? GET OUT apple pie, but it makes Whatcom County county—better known as the Regressives CACAR?CARA noncompliant with the state. District-only or the National Socialist American Work- WCAWWC C 12 voting divides and maneuvers Bellingham ers Party (GOP)—are upset that they lost NNENEWEWE into a position of taxation without repre- the election to the County Council and WORDS sentation. Now that is a cause for dissent. that certain nonprofits do indeed exercise
Five voting districts is an elegant and their right to sue the county to see to it 8 8 intelligent compromise and gives an op- that the law is followed concerning the HasHas youyourour carcar kept keptt upu p wi witwithiththhy yyouroururr portunity for representation for all political proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal, which, busyb sy lifefe?e?? If n notnot, it’ss timee to ssayayy CURRENTS CURRENTS persuasions on the county council. It will despite the words of Mark Nelson, is a coal CURRENTS provide citizens with the ability to vote for terminal, for Washington doesn’t have any ‘ouuttwi wwiwithitth thhe ololdl andnd in with tthhe one candidate from their district and elect potash mines and its wheat farmers al- new!’n ’’W Wee makem itt easeasyasy to uupgupgrradradede 6 two more at-large, so that the council re- ready export their crop by barge down the too a vehiclevehicicle that that workswwo forf yoouou. VIEWS mains at the same total of seven councillors. Columbia or rail and ship in Seattle.
With mail ballots available to all regis- To see to it that these nonprofits don’t 4 tered Whatcom citizens it is so easy to vote. dare to sue the county or others promoting The exception is the citizen with a record of the GPT, Nelson and others NSAWP members MAIL
a past felony. This year the Whatcom voter, and sympathizers propose cutting off coun- NEW OR USESED 2 not the Charter Commission or the County ty funding to nonprofits. Never mind that AUTO LOAN DO IT IT DO Council, structure the make-up of county the county funds services for victims of RATETES AS LOLOW AS council—which is the American way. domestic violence through nonprofits, and So the Whatcom voter has two legal never mind that nonprofits have the right choices on the ballot: Vote “no” and keep to expect the County to follow the law. at-large voting; the other choice is vote The Regressives, unsure if they can re- * 07.01.15 “yes” for five districts voting districts. capture the County Council through the APR .09
The commission’s formula using the pres- democratic process and unwilling to ad- 26 ent three districts is illegal and will not mit that the voters rejected them at the # withstand judicial scrutiny. last election, now propose through a little —Carole Jacobson, Bellingham gerrymandering to permanently seize and hold power through a constitutional coup REVIEWING by amending the County Charter to allow THE CHARTER REVIEW district voting for the Council, with the
A special interest group has put four or- districts drawn to favor the Regressives. CASCADIA WEEKLY dinances before the Whatcom County Coun- I’m sure that the voters of Bellingham cil. The effect of these ordinances would be and elsewhere in the County will see 9 for the County Council to place measures through this blatantly undemocratic and before the voters this November that would deeply cynical move and reject the Re- *APR = AnnualAn Percecentage Rate.. Ratess aree basedb on an evaluationn (3(36360)0) 734-2043734-234 circumvent the intent of the duly elected gressives’ move for district voting. of creditc edited andd arear subjeject to chanange.ngee. IndndustriaduustrialCU.orglC Charter Review Commission (CRC). —John Gray, Bellingham currents ›› last week’s news
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MUSIC BY TIM JOHNSON 18 ART 16 06.23.15 STAGE TUESDAY A wildfire fueled by high temps and strong winds roared into a central Washington neighborhood, forcing more than a thousand people to flee Whatcom County Council casts a divided vote of confidence for a their homes and destroying a dozen structures. Meanwhile, hot, dry conditions compel Whatcom and Skagit counties to put further burning 14 proposed 521-bed jail near Ferndale. Council votes 4-3 to place a restrictions in place. Both counties ban yard waste fires and land clearing fires. Whatcom goes one step further, and bans all outdoor fires, including those used for cooking and recreational fire pits. .2 percent sales tax measure on the November ballot, foreclosing on
GET OUT negotiation with the City of Bellingham—primary user and funder of the jail—who had earlier rejected the jail facility use agreement. they live. The Affordable Care Act provided for the Office, a transient with apparent mental illness
12 creation of different types of insurance exchang- was shot in the chest by a homeowner during a Whatcom County Council amends their ordinance regarding fire- es. Fourteen states established “state-based” confrontation and struggle. works, reducing the amount of time Independence Day celebrants exchanges, which give them more flexibility and WORDS can set off fireworks. It’s now legal to set off fireworks only be- authority in controlling their Obamacare markets. 06.27.15
8 tween 6 and 11pm July 3 and 5, and between 6pm and midnight July Other states chose not to establish markets. The SATURDAY 4. The City of Bellingham banned personal fireworks last year. health care coverage of 6.4 million Americans hinged on the court’s decision. “Congress couldn’t Gov. Jay Inslee and bipartisan legislative lead- CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 06.24.15 have chosen clearer language to express its in- ers finally agree on a 2015–17 state operating tent” that all Americans were entitled to the price budget they agree is sustainable, responsible and 6 WEDNESDAY breaks, justices found. makes important investments for Washingtonians Two Bellingham residents are in custody, in connection with a in education and other important services. An in- VIEWS shooting near Everson. Prosecutors say the shooting was part of 06.26.15 tensive six-hour session in the governor’s office 4 a murder plot to gain control of the victim’s $2 million dollar es- FRIDAY ended weeks of negotiations. While there are still tate. They say Esmeralda Martin shot Edward Davidson, 75, because details to be ironed out, all negotiators agreed MAIL MAIL her boyfriend would inherit Davidson’s estate. The boyfriend, Sean The U.S. Supreme Court affirms the right of that the budget will be approved before a govern-
Head, showed Martin how to fire the handgun and even gave her ear- all couples to wed, legalizing same-sex marriage ment shutdown on July 1. 2 plugs, according to prosecutors. The Bellingham Herald reports Head throughout the United States. The court’s decision DO IT IT DO and Davidson are business partners. Davidson is expected to survive. comes at a time when support for marriage equali- Inslee complains that a transportation package ty is at an all-time high, and it follows a dramatic contains a “poison pill that pits clean air against 06.25.15 shift in public opinion on the emotionally charged transit,” but agrees he will sign the $15 billion issue in a relatively short period of time. multi-modal transportation package authorizing
07.01.15 THURSDAY an additional $15 billion for Sound Transit light The U.S. Supreme Court rules 6-3 that all Americans should have Another shooting near Everson leaves one man rail expansion because it creates jobs, safety im- .09
26 access to health care subsidies, regardless of the state in which dead. According to the Whatcom County Sheriff’s provements and traffic relief. #
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BUZZ 34 On June 28, University Police checked on a
college-aged male apparently having a nap FOOD LONG DRIVE IN A SHORT BUS on the ground. “Person not asleep, and is On June 25, a Whatcom County judge ruled just fine,” campus cops reported. 27 an Everett woman must spend a year in pris- on for leading police on a chase in a sto- SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A DOG len school bus, crashing in a Blaine marina On June 27, Bellingham Police rescued a B-BOARD park and trying to swim across the border to pet dog that had been taken from his yard, Canada. On May 1, a short yellow bus, No. tied to a pole and painted red. His tail was 62 24 71, went missing from a Stanwood-Cama- cut. Police have no suspects. no School District bus barn in Snohomish FILM County. Two hours later, the bus was spotted On June 21, a Blaine patrol officer spotted 25 25
weaving north on Interstate 5 near Ferndale. a small dog running in the roadway. “The 20 The bus stopped at a gas station in Blaine, canine was almost struck by several pass-
where police tried to detain the vehicle. The ing cars, and was a danger to itself and to MUSIC woman fled, crashing the bus near the Blaine traffic,” police reported. “It was also frantic
marina. She ran from the bus and started about not being caught, and the officer was 18 swimming for Canada across a few hundred bitten and scratched up by the time he’d ART yards of shallow tideland. She didn’t get far rescued and secured the animal. Fido was or deep before she was rescued by law en- returned to its owner, along with a civil in- 16 forcement. The Bellingham Herald reports her fraction for allowing the dog to be at large.”
lengthy sentence means she can receive bet- STAGE ter mental health services in a state prison NO FREE LUNCH $247.1 than she would receive in county jail. On June 25, a man was attending a re- 14 ception and free meal offered by the Bell- VALUE, in millions, of fireworks imported from China in 2014, representing the DRINKING FROM ingham County Club. He got into a quarrel bulk of all U.S. fireworks imported ($257.8 million). U.S. exports of fireworks, by
THE FIRE HYDRANT with several people and fought one. Police comparison, came to just $11.9 million in 2014, with Israel purchasing more than GET OUT any other country ($5.4 million). On June 24, a 78-year-year old man was escorted the man from the property. booked into Skagit County jail on a DUI 12 charge, after his vehicle sheared off a fire HOME INSPECTION hydrant. Anacortes Police arrived to find On June 25, a man who is in the process WORDS a sedan had struck a fire hydrant, snap- of building a home in Sunnyland neighbor- $508.1 $3.6 ping it off at the base, and driven up onto hood told Bellingham Police that another 8 8 the lawn of a home in the area. Witnesses man walked into his home unannounced and SALE, in millions, of fireworks and VALUE, in millions, of U.S. imports of also stated that they observed the driver claimed to be from a construction company. firecrackers by wholesalers in 2012. American flags. The vast majority of this There were 162 wholesalers who sold amount ($3.5 million) was for U.S. flags CURRENTS CURRENTS attempt to back up and drive off. A police The homebuilder checked the man’s refer- CURRENTS officer contacted the driver of the vehicle, ences with the construction company, who these items in 2012. made in China. who was slurring his speech and was very told him the man did not work for them. 6 repetitive and difficult to understand. He also smelled of intoxicants and was having OUR MACHINE OVERLORDS 150 $1.8 VIEWS a hard time maintaining his balance. He On June 24, Bellingham Police reported “a 4 was transported to Island Hospital where drone was commandeered.” he consented to a blood draw for investi- ESTIMATED millions of hot dogs VALUE, in millions, of U.S. flags MAIL Americans will consume on July 4, exported in 2014. Turkey was the gative purposes, as he was unable to phys- On June 24, Bellingham Police checked 2015. That’s about half a hot dog for leading customer, purchasing $673,000 2 ically provide a full breath sample. on a car near Whatcom Falls Park that had every man, woman and child in the worth of American flags. DO IT IT DO
rolled out of a driveway and through a United States. EAST MEETS WEST neighbor’s fence. On July 29, Bellingham Police checked on a man in a Hawaiian shirt with a samurai sword THE HONEST JUNKIE and holstered handgun who was reported On June 16, an Anacortes woman arrived 20 07.01.15 strolling around Birchwood neighborhood. home and heard a noise in her closet. A man POINTS by which America’s attitudes about same-sex marriage have shifted over the .09
emerged from the closet with a backpack be- 26 SUMMER RECESS longing to the woman and ran out to a car past six years. Support for same-sex marriage has risen from 37 percent in 2009 to 57 # On June 13, a passing bicyclist called parked outside and began to drive away. He percent in May 2015. Blaine Police to report that “two juveniles stopped and got out of his vehicle to return were spending their sunny summer Satur- the backpack. He also returned a few person- 72 20 day afternoon playing on the roof of the al belongings to the woman and apologized middle school,” police reported. ”Officers for his actions, saying he needed money to PERCENT of Americans—including half NUMBER of countries, including the arrived to find the roof runners no longer “get a fix.” The suspect, who later admitted of those who oppose gay marriage—who United States, that allow gay and CASCADIA WEEKLY in residence. A number of kids playing at to being high on heroin, then drove off. He said they saw eventual legal recognition lesbian couples to wed in all of their ground level nearby were contacted, and was contacted by Anacortes Police a short of same-sex marriages as “inevitable.” jurisdictions. The first nation to legalize 11 they explained the trespassers had climbed time later, who found several white pills in gay marriage was the Netherlands, which did so in 2000. down and fled as patrol cars approached.” his possession. He was booked into jail for suspected burglary and violations of the SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Statistics; National Retail Federation; Pew On June 27, Bellingham Police checked on Uniform Controlled Substances Act. Research Center doit WORDS
WED., JULY 1 34 WHERE’S WALDO?: Kids, parents and Waldo- lovers of all ages can take part in Village FOOD FOOD Books’ annual “Find Waldo in Fairhaven!” words scavenger hunt, which kicks off today and COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS continues throughout July. Pick up a “pass- 27 port” at one of the 25 participating locales in the historic district, get stamped (once you’ve found Waldo, that is). Passports with at least B-BOARD B-BOARD 20 store stamps are eligible to be entered in a drawing for various Waldo books and products. WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 24 THURS., JULY 2 FILM POETRY WRITING GROUP: Come meet other BY CHRISTIAN MARTIN writers who can help you get organized, give
20 feedback and assist you with your writing goals at a Poetry Writing Group meeting from 5:30- 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. This group MUSIC Grateful Bookshelf is open to newcomers and drop-ins and meets the first and third Thursday of each month. 18 A LONG, STRANGE TRIP 671-2626 ART This book is worth reading for the insider’s FRI., JULY 3 perspective on the long, strange trip of the VALLEY WRITERS: Bring pen and paper or a 16 digital device to the bimonthly “Valley Writ- Dead, from their first gig at a pizza parlor ers” meeting from 1-3pm at Sudden Valley’s
STAGE in 1965 through keystone events that have South Whatcom Library, 10 Barn View Court. achieved mythical status, like the Merry Participants write from prompts à la Natalie Prankster’s Acid Tests, Woodstock, Altamont, Goldberg. All adults are welcome. 14 the 1972 European tour, playing at the Egyp- WWW.WCLS.ORG tian pyramids, and their spectacular rise and JULY 3-4 GET OUT fall in the 1990s. HOLIDAY BOOK SALE: As part of Blaine’s Old Whereas Kreutzman’s book zooms in, Pe- Fashioned 4th of July celebrations, attend a Holiday Book Sale from 10am-6pm Friday and
12 ter Richardson’s No Simple Highway: A Cul- 12 tural History of the Grateful Dead pans out to 10am-4pm Saturday at the Blaine Library, 610 take in a broader view. Combing through the 3rd St. At the event, you can expect to find WORDS WORDS some fantastic summer reads while at the same newly established Grateful Dead Archive at time supporting library programs and services. 305-3637 8 the University of California Santa Cruz, Rich- ardson ties the history of the band to larger cultural trends like the Beat Generation, the SAT., JULY 4 SUMMER BOOK SALE: Pop in for a great
CURRENTS CURRENTS invention of LSD, disco, MTV, Ronald Reagan, opening day selection of used books, movies and the War on Drugs. and other media at the Friends of Island 6 “Pondering the riddle of the Dead’s ap- Library All-Summer Used Book Sale from 1-4pm hen the remaining members of the Grateful Dead announced they peal,” Richardson organizes his investiga- at the Lummi Island Library, 2144 S. Nugent VIEWS Wwould be playing a trio of farewell shows in Chicago over the Fourth tion into three themes: Ecstasy (“the urge Rd. The sale will continue through the summer on days the library is open; funds raised sup-
4 of July weekend to mark their 50th anniversary, it was unclear how the news to transcend…often involving music, danc- port programs and activities at the library. would be received. ing, psychotropic drugs and altered states WWW.WCLS.ORG MAIL MAIL Was there still an appetite to hear music played by a bunch of semi- of consciousness”); Mobility (“Garcia sug-
retired grandfathers sporting more than a little touch of gray? Had the gested that the Dead’s nomadic culture was SUN., JULY 5 2 legions of Deadheads hung up their tie-dyes and moved on? Would a final that generation’s archetypal American ad- WRITING GROUP: A Nonfiction & Memoir Writing Group meets at 3:15pm at Village DO IT IT DO run of reunion shows have appeal without Jerry Garcia, the band’s spiritual venture, the equivalent of joining the circus Books, 1200 11th St. New members are asked leader and center of gravity? or riding freight trains”); and Community to attend at least two meetings before When tickets went on sale in February, more than 500,000 people queued (“tribal as well as utopian…the Dead com- submitting their own works for critique. The up online and the run sold out instantly, setting a new Ticketmaster record. munity is still thriving two decades after group meets on the first and third Sunday of 07.01.15 Scalpers moved in, the resale market exploded and suddenly the “Fare Thee the band’s dissolution”). each month. Well” concerts were the hottest ticket of the summer. Finally, So Many Roads: The Life and Times 671-2626 .10
26 The band—consisting of the “core four” original members, plus special of the Grateful Dead, by David Browne, a
# MON., JULY 6 guests Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby, and Jeff Chimenti—heeded the call of contributing editor for Rolling Stone, finds YA READ!: All readers of teen literature can despondent ticketless fans by adding two more shows on June 27-28 in the yet another way to make the historical re- discuss Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone at Bay Area. This was an appropriate move, as San Francisco was the wellspring counting unique. Each chapter is based on a a YA Read! book discussion group meeting at 6pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 of the Summer of Love that launched their musical careers. significant day in Dead history: “Palo Alto, Central Ave. In addition to the sold-out shows, various webcasts and pay-per-views and December 18, 1965,” “Englishtown, New Jer- 778-7231 the forthcoming Martin Scorsese-produced documentary, the golden anniver- sey, September 3, 1977,” “Boston, Septem-
CASCADIA WEEKLY sary of one of America’s most endearing and enduring bands has sparked a ber 20, 1991,” and so forth. Conducting over BOOK GROUP: Oliver Sacks’ Musicophilia: Tales publishing frenzy too. 100 interviews with band members, their of Music and the Brain will be the subject of 12 discussion at a General Literature Book Group Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams and Drugs is the new memoir families and associates brings fresh infor- meeting at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th by drummer Bill Kreutzman, one-half of the Dead’s legendary Rhythm Devils. mation to light, deftly braided together St. All are welcome; the group meeting on the Born and raised in California, he hooked up with Garcia as a teenager and by Browne in to a rollicking story he calls first Monday of each month. provided the steady beat that grounded the band’s spacey, jazz-influenced “comedy, drama and tragedy all in one.” WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM explorations for all 2,300 shows the band played. A long, strange trip indeed. doit
POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their creative verse as part of Poetrynight can sign up at 7:45pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Readings start at 8pm. Entry is by 34 donation. P.S. Please use the back fountain entry. FOOD FOOD WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG WED., JULY 8 WRITERS THEATER: The Chuckanut Sandstone 27 Writers Theatre hosts its monthly Open Mic at 7pm at the Colophon Cafe, 1208 11th St. The event is free and open to all who want to share B-BOARD their poetry or prose—or just listen in. 671-9961 24 THURS., JULY 9 FILM BOOK TALK: Librarian Katie Bray leads a bimonthly “Book Talk” at 5pm at the SkillShare
Space at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 20 Central Ave. Participants can share their favorite titles, make selections, get reading ideas and Watch fireworks over Bellingham Bay as part of the MUSIC hear more about great new books. annual “Haggen Family 4th of July Celebration” tak- ing place on Independence Day at Zuanich Point Park 778-7230 18
AMERICA INVADES: Christopher Kelly shares at noon and ends with a spectacular fireworks ART ideas from the book he co-authored with British display. Parking is limited at the free event, so historian and author Stuart Laycock, America consider walking, biking or using a free passenger
Invades: How We’ve Invaded or Been Militarily In- shuttle from Bellingham Technical College. 16 volved with Almost Every Country on Earth, at 7pm WWW.HAGGEN.COM
at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Kelly is the son of STAGE a Korean War veteran and the descendant of Ste- JULY 4TH CELEBRATION: Town photos, a phen Van Rensselaer, the leader of a disastrous parade, a patriotic program at Causland Park, a invasion of Canada during the War of 1812. “Rock the Dock” gathering at Seafarers’ Memorial 14 WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM Park, fireworks over Fidalgo Bay and more will be part of a July 4th Celebration happening from 10am-11pm throughout Anacortes. GET OUT COMMUNITY WWW.ANACORTES.ORG 12 12 WED., JULY 1 FOURTH AND FIREWORKS: The town of La Con- GREEN DRINKS: Network with likeminded ner and the Port of Skagit combine forces to cel- WORDS environmentally aware community members at ebrate “Fourth of July 2015” the old-fashioned way WORDS the monthly Green Drinks gathering taking place starting with a noontime parade and continuing from 5-7pm at Kulshan Community Land Trust’s with a community picnic and family-friendly games 8 new Birchwood homes, 2939 Lafayette St. At and activities at Pioneer Park, a 5pm concert the event, you can also tour the new homes, featuring nationally renowned electric six-string which demonstrate that new construction can be violinist Geoffrey Castle with his all-star band at
energy-efficient, environmentally compatible and the La Conner Marina, and a fireworks display over CURRENTS affordable to low-income home buyers. the Swinomish Channel. Entry is free. 6 WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG WWW.LOVELACONNER.COM
JULY 2-6 WATERFRONT FESTIVAL: Live music, a barbe- VIEWS LOGGERRODEO: A chainsaw carving competi- cue, activities for kid, a motorcycle contest and tion, a carnival, a classic car show, parades, more will be part of Waterfront 4th of July Festival 4 a foot race, a logging show, a street dance, from 2-9pm happening at the Channelside Cafe at food-related events, fireworks, a beard contest Anderson’s General Store on Guemes Island—a five- MAIL
and much, much more will be part of the annual minute ferry ride across the channel from 6th and “Loggerodeo”—the longest-running 4th of July I streets in Anacortes. Tickets are $10 and include 2 celebration in Washington State—taking place admission and choice of a cheeseburger or hot dog DO IT IT DO Thursday through Monday throughout Sedro- (children under 12 are free). Woolley. Prices vary. WWW.GUEMESISLANDSTORE.COM WWW.LOGGERRODEO.COM WED., JULY 8
SAT., JULY 4 BAKER EMERGENCY RESOURCES: If you live in 07.01.15 OLD-FASHIONED 4TH: The 15th annual Old- the Kendall, Maple Falls, or Glacier area and are
Fashioned 4th of July Celebration takes place worried about what to do in an emergency situ- .10
from 8am-10pm throughout Blaine. Festivities ation, join the Baker Emergency Resource Team 26 # kick off with a pancake breakfast, and from there from 6:30-8pm on the second Wednesday of every there’ll be a “Show N Shine” car show, a book month at the East Whatcom Resource Center, 8251 sale, an arts and crafts street fair, a 4th of July Kendall Rd. Parade, Plover ferry rides, live music, fireworks (360) 599-1075 and more. Entry to many events is free. WWW.BLAINECHAMBER.COM THURS., JULY 9 COMMUNITY FORUM: “Oil Trains, Oil Tankers,
HAGGEN FAMILY 4TH: A “Hoop it Up” 3 on the Arctic and Our Future” will be the focus of a CASCADIA WEEKLY 3 basketball tournament kicks off the annual Community Forum taking place from 7-8:30pm at Haggen Family 4th of July Celebration at 10am at St. James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St. At 13 Zuanich Point Park, 2600 Harbor Loop. Starting the free event, a panel of speakers will give short at 11am, there’ll be family friendly games (sack presentations, followed by discussion and ques- races, watermelon rolling, water balloon tossing, tions from the audience. etc.), food trucks and more. Live music starts [email protected] By 2011, the park reopened for public use. Projects completed include re-routing Little Squalicum Creek to the clean area of the park, and planting native shrubs and
34 trees along the creek banks. Today, in ad- dition to the Bellingham Technical College
FOOD FOOD campus and several industrial businesses, outside most of the watershed—80 percent—is HIKING RUNNING CYCLING residential homes. 27 As is typical of urban watersheds, there’s been a significant increase in paved sur-
B-BOARD B-BOARD faces and stormwater runoff within the last 50 years. In most of this watershed,
24 stormwater is collected in underground pipes and open roadside ditches. This
FILM stormwater runoff becomes Little Squa- licum Creek. With the exception of a few
20 small springs, all the water in the creek is stormwater from the Birchwood neighbor-
MUSIC hood. In other words, soap suds and car grime from street-side car-washing in the
18 Birchwood neighborhood flows into the
ART creek, where kids like to play. Currently, on the beach where Little Squalicum Creek flows into Bellingham 16 Bay, signs state, “No Fishing/No Wading
STAGE and Shellfishing Not Advised.” These warn- ings are posted because fecal bacteria pol- lution at Little Squalicum Beach exceeds 14 14 federal water-quality standards. Seasonal warm weather water sampling GET OUT GET OUT indicates high levels of Enterococcus bacte- ria, a sign of fecal pollution, and the pres-
12 ence of pathogens including Norovirus and harmful strains of E.coli bacteria in the creek and at the outlet of Little Squalicum WORDS Creek by Bellingham Bay.
8 Fecal pollution of our urban streams is not unique to Little Squalicum Creek. In streams with large watersheds, sources of
CURRENTS CURRENTS fecal bacteria typically include agricultur- STORY AND PHOTO BY LEE FIRST al runoff, leaking septic tanks, pets, live- 6 stock, wildlife and stormwater. Because Little Squalicum is a small watershed with VIEWS Urban Stream Series mainly residential homes connected to city 4 sewer lines, the likely sources of the fecal LITTLE SQUALICUM CREEK NEEDS YOU bacteria in the creek are stormwater from MAIL MAIL neighboring streets, yards, pets, wildlife
e are blessed to have so many streams running through our community: The landscape of this 500-acre water- and the park itself. 2 W Whatcom, Squalicum, Padden, Chuckanut, and Little Squalicum, to name shed has been transformed in the last Since stormwater pollution is caused by DO IT IT DO a few. These special places are urban sanctuaries where we enjoy flowing water, 100 years. Beginning in the 1920s, sand us, we all need to contribute to the solu- wildlife and fresh air. and gravel mining operations flourished, tion. The most efficient, least-expensive As our city grows, an increased amount of rainwater is routed away from road- changing the topography and creating the way is to prevent pollution in the first ways, parking lots and buildings into a system of underground pipes, and less ravine that defines the central part of the place. We need community involvement to 07.01.15 water is filtered through vegetation and soil. This runoff is called stormwater, and park landscape today. Municipal waste was clean up this water and to keep it clean. If as it flushes over paved surfaces it accumulates an unsavory mixture of metals, buried in what is now the upper area of the we live or recreate in the Birchwood neigh- .10
26 bacteria, nutrients, chemicals, dirt and petroleum-containing compounds. park in the 1930s. The Oeser Company be- borhood, we can contribute to the solution. # The result of conveying stormwater away is that most of it enters our streams gan manufacturing treated utility poles in Here’s how: Neighbors and community and Bellingham Bay without any treatment, and is routed to these streams every 1929 on the northern side of the park and members can start stewardship groups, meet time it rains—often in large volumes, causing erosion and water-quality prob- still operates in the area today. regularly, and figure out ways to improve lems. In fact, stormwater is a problem in all developed areas, not just here; it’s Until the passage of the Federal Clean water quality in the creek. With more neigh- the number-one source of pollution in urban areas of Western Washington. Pol- Water Act in 1972, few laws existed that bors getting involved, and by making some luted stormwater can impact our streams and bay and pose a threat to salmon prevented discharge of pollution to water changes to reduce pollution, we can see im-
CASCADIA WEEKLY and other aquatic life. and land. The Oeser area was listed as an provements in water quality. What will we Located in the northwest portion of Bellingham, Little Squalicum Creek is one Environmental Protection Agency hazard- gain? Clean water, which we will all enjoy. 14 of our shortest urban creeks and runs through Little Squalicum Park, a neighbor- ous waste cleanup site in 1997 due to soil This product was funded through a grant hood gem and a favorite off-leash dog-walking area. The public has been enjoying contaminated with wood-preserving chemi- from the Washington State Department of the trail system in the park area for about 30 years, and in the last five years, cals, creosote and other chemicals. A clean- Ecology. While materials were reviewed for hundreds of citizens have worked to establish a healthy native plant community up action included removing and relocating grant consistency, this does not necessarily along the creek and wetland areas. large amounts of contaminated soil. constitute endorsement by Ecology. doit Join us! BelleWood Country Café! WED., JULY 1 GROUP RUN: All levels of experience are Now Serving 7am Daily!
Breakfast welcome at a weekly Group Run beginning at 6pm in Mount Vernon at the Skagit Running Company, Great Lunches and More! 34 702 First St. The 3- to 6-mile run is great for FOOD FOOD beginners or for others wanting an easy recovery. Free Coffee with purchase of breakfast entrée! Entry is free and no registration is required. WWW.SKAGITRUNNERS.ORG CLOSED ON 27
MOON WALK: Local ladies can join Wild What- JULY 4TH com Walks for a “Moon of Ripe Berries” excursion B-BOARD B-BOARD taking place from 7:30-10pm in Whatcom County (the locale will be revealed when you reserve a spot). Explore the ripeness of summer and the Get on the water and bid adieu to the departing 24 full moon during this evening walk along the Alaska ferry Fri., July 3 as part of a monthly Friday lakeshore, tasting native berries along the way. Ferry Flotilla at the Community Boating Center FILM Suggested donation is $12. WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG SEDRO-WOOLLEY FOOTRACE: As part of “Log-
gerrodeo,” take part in the Great Sedro-Woolley 20 JULY1-JULY 8 Footrace starting at 9:30am at Sedro-Woolley Friday Fish Fry & BOATING CENTER OPEN: The Community High School, 1235 3rd St. Attendees can sign up Farm Tunes begins July 24! MUSIC Boating Center is open from 12pm to sunset for a 5.17-mile race or a two-mile fun run and on weekdays, and 10am to sunset on weekends walk. Entry is $20. 7-11 am Mon–Sat 7-1p on Sundays through the summer at their headquarters at WWW.SEDROWOOLLEYFOOTRACE.COM 6140 Guide Meridian (360) 318-7720 18
555 Harris Ave. Rentals include kayaks, sail- ART boats, rowboats and paddle boards. Registra- SUN., JULY 5 tion for youth camps and adult classes are RABBIT RIDE: Join members of the Mount Baker currently available online. Bicycle Club for a “Rabbit Ride” starting at 8am 16 WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG every Sunday at Fairhaven Bike, 1108 11th St.
The 32-mile route takes riders down Chuckanut STAGE JULY 2-6 and back via Lake Samish. The group also holds NW TANDEM RALLY: The multi-day Northwest weekly rides Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 14 Tandem Rally takes place from Thursday to Mon- and Saturdays. 14 day throughout Bellingham. The event includes WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG organized, supported bicycle rides, a vendor fair, GET OUT GET OUT a banquet, Tour de France viewing parties, ice MON., JULY 6 cream sampling, beer-tasting, Bellingham Bay BIKE MAINTENANCE BASICS: Learn how to cruising, and more. Registration prices vary. lube a chain, fix a flat tire in record time and make 12 WWW.NWTR.ORG OR WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG other minor adjustments to your ride at a “Bike Maintenance Basics” class at 6pm at REI, 400 36th
FRI., JULY 3 St. Register in advance for the free workshop. WORDS FRIDAY FERRY FLOTILLA: Discounted rental 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM fees for sailing dinghies and human-powered wa- 8 tercraft (kayaks, rowboats, paddleboards) will be TUES., JULY 7 part of a monthly Friday Ferry Flotilla starting at HAMMOCK BASICS: “Elevated Camping: Ham- 5pm at the Community Boating Center, 555 Har- mocking Basics” will be the focus of a clinic at ris Ave. Boats of all kinds are encouraged to join 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. Along with getting CURRENTS the gatherings, which bid adieu to Alaska ferry hands-on with the hammocks and accessories 6 that departs Bellingham every Friday. Additional that can make your next outing more comfort- flotillas happen Aug. 22 and Sept. 26. able, you’ll also learn practical setup advice WWW.BOATINGCENTER.ORG to keep you off the ground and minimize your VIEWS impact. Entry is free; register in advance. 4 JUNE 3-4 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM SIN & GIN TOURS: Learn more about the MAIL MAIL history of vice and sin that helped make the ALL-PACES RUN: Staffers and volunteers are
foundation of our urban locales what they are always on hand to guide the way at the weekly 2 today at the annual “Sin & Gin Tours” at 7pm All-Paces Run starting at 6pm every Tuesday at Friday in Fairhaven next to Skylark’s Hidden Cafe Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. The runs are 20 DO IT IT DO (1308 11th St.) and 7pm Saturday at the Bureau minutes out and back on two key routes—by the of Historical Investigation (217 W. Holly St.). water or through the woods. Entry is free. Tickets to take part in the historical tours are WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM $15 general and $19 with a drink. Tours take
place weekends through Aug. 29. WORK PARTY: Join Bellingham Parks and Rec 07.01.15 WWW.THEBUREAUBELLINGHAM.COM to help remove invasive plants at a Summer Work
Party from 6:30-8:30pm at Squalicum Creek Park. .10
Park in the main lot off Squalicum Parkway, and 26 JULY 3-5 # PLOVER FERRY: The Plover ferry runs through follow the signs to the worksite. the summer from 12-8pm Friday and Saturday 778-7000 and 10am-6pm Sunday departing on the hour from the Blaine Visitor’s Dock, Gate II at Blaine THURS., JULY 9 Harbor. Suggested donation for the excursions is HISTORY CRUISE: Whatcom Museum hosts its $1 for kids and $5 for adults. first “Sunset History Cruise” of the season to- WWW.DRAYTONHARBORMARITIME.ORG night starting at 6pm at Island Mariner Cruises,
2621 S. Harbor Loop Dr. Bellingham historian CASCADIA WEEKLY SAT., JULY 4 Brian Griffin leads the popular Bellingham Bay HOLIDAY RUN: The Keep Running Company excursions, which, in addition to beautiful 15 hosts a “5 on the 4th” 5K run starting at 9am scenery, includes stories about the region’s fas- at Lake Padden Park, 4882 Samish Way. Entry cinating history. Tickets are $30-$35; additional prices vary. cruises happen every Thursday through Aug. 27. WWW.KEEPRUNNINGCO.COM WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG doit STAGE THURS., JULY 2 34 THE AUDIENCE: Helen Mirren reprises her Olivier Award-winning performance as FOOD FOOD stage Queen Elizabeth II at a big-screen National Theatre Live viewing of The Audience at 7:30pm in Mount Vernon at the Lincoln 27 THEATER DANCE PROFILES Theatre, 712 S. First St. Tickets are $12- $16; an additional screening takes place at 2pm Sun., July 5. B-BOARD B-BOARD WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG
24 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch “The Good, the of a variety of different kinds of enter- Bad and the Ugly” at 8pm every Thursday
FILM tainment options. If you love musical at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm, stick around for the “Project.” theater, you’ll be happy to hear actress Entry is $4-$7.
20 and Broadway staple Patti Lupone will be 733-8855 OR WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM stopping by to share her “Coulda, Woul-
MUSIC da, Shoulda” show with fans at the sea- JULY 2-4 son premiere on Sept. 25. COMMEDIA IN THE PARK: Western Wash- ington University Department of Theatre
18 Following Lupone’s gig, expect autum- and Dance will offer free performances of
ART nal performances by Birmingham’s UB40 “Commedia in the Park” at 7pm Thursday (Oct. 2), flute piper Carlos through Saturday at Maritime Heritage Nunez (Oct. 9), ukulele Park, 500 W. Holly St. “Commedia” is 16 16 wizard Jake Shimabukuro a highly physicalized, masked comedy performance originating from the Italian STAGE STAGE (Oct. 24), and a showing Renaissance. The show features well- of the song-and-dance known stock characters such as the tricky musical comedy classic, servants, young lovers, and foolish old 14 42nd Street (Nov. 2). men and women. Come Nov. 14, author WWW.WWU.EDU GET OUT ATTEND and public speaker Da- JULY 2-8 WHAT: Mount vid Sedaris will bring his BARD ON THE BEACH: Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors plays in repertory 12 Baker Theatre’s sardonic wit and incisive 2015/2016 social critiques to the with King Lear, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and Season stage. Later that month, Shakespeare’s Rebel at the 26th annual WORDS “Bard on the Beach” through September WHEN: The Chris Perondi’s “Stunt at Vancouver BC’s Vanier Park, 1695 Whyte PATTI LUPONE 29-show season
8 begins July 21 Dog Experience” will re- Ave. Tickets are $26-$45. Early booking is with a perfor- turn to the MBT (Nov. 21), recommended for best seat selection; many mance by Bruce and Academy Award and performances sell out in advance. Hornsby and WWW.BARDONTHEBEACH.ORG CURRENTS CURRENTS BY AMY KEPFERLE Grammy-winning singer the Noisemakers Melissa Etheridge drops
6 and ends May FRI., JULY 3 14, 2016, with by as part of her “This Is AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL: Improvised a “’50s Dance Me” tour (Nov. 23). scenes, songs, choreography and more can VIEWS Curtains Up! Party” Which brings us to the be experienced when “An Improvised Musi- cal” opens tonight at 9pm at the Upfront 4 COST: Ticket Christmas season, and Theatre, 1208 Bay St. The format will show SEASONAL SURPRISES AT THE MOUNT BAKER THEATRE prices vary a “Heartwarming Holi- weekend nights through July. Please note MAIL MAIL INFO: 734-6080 ou know that feeling of relief that can be found when you transition from or www.mount day Concert” by Grammy that there’s no show on Sat., July 4, and
being uncomfortably ensconced in the sweaty clutches of a hot summer day Award-winner LeaAnn that summer hours are in effect at the 2 Y bakertheatre. into that of a cool, air-conditioned oasis? com Rimes (Dec. 5). “Cirque theater through early September—meaning
DO IT IT DO there’s only one show a night on Fridays That sigh of climate-controlled assuagement could be heard by many last week Ziva,” by the Golden and Saturdays. Tickets are $10 in advance at “Curtains Up!,” the preview for the Mount Baker Theatre’s 2015/2016 season, Dragon Acrobats, starts off the new year or $12 at the door. which begins July 21 with the sonic stylings of Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers with a Jan. 15 entertainment extrava- WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM and ends May 14, 2016, with “’50s Dance Party,” an authentic recreation of Buddy ganza, and, on Jan. 27, “Flashdance the 07.01.15 Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Bog Bopper’s final tour. Musical” tells the story of a woman who’s SUN., JULY 5 Before this year, I’d never received an invite to the theater’s preseason par- a steel mill welder by day, but longs to THE AUDIENCE: Helen Mirren reprises .10 her Olivier Award-winning performance as
26 ty—probably because this is the first time the event was open to the public. be more.
# Queen Elizabeth II at a big-screen National (Until now, members of the longtime performance space were the first to hear We’re running out of room, but the rest Theatre Live viewing of The Audience at what was happening in the upcoming season.) of the season goes something like this: 2pm in Mount Vernon at the Lincoln The- Curiousity was evident in the throngs of people that were munching on com- Bullets Over Broadway (Feb. 8), “Hooking atre, 712 S. First St. Tickets are $12-$16. plimentary popcorn, sipping wine and beer and speculating about what shows Up with the Second City” (Feb. 14), Take WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG would be announced at the thank-god-the-air-conditioning-is-on event. 6 (Feb. 20), “A Fiddler’s Feast” (Feb. 27), MON., JULY 6 By the time the house lights dimmed and the stage lights came up, the sizable Solas (March 17), Glenn Miller Orchestra GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open mic for
CASCADIA WEEKLY crowd was ready to hear what Executive Director Brad Burdick had to say. After (March 20), “PostSecret: The Show” (April comedians, “Guffawingham!,” takes place acknowledging that the “aging movie palace” was in great shape “because of the 2), GlobalFEST: Creole Carnival (April 12), at 9:30pm every Monday at the Green Frog, 16 people who support it”—while also giving props to the 250 volunteers the the- Saturday Night Fever (April 14), and Million 1015 N. State St. Entry is free. WWW.ACOUSTICTAVERN.COM ater relies on and introducing the outgoing and incoming Mount Baker Theatre Dollar Quartet (April 20). board presidents and members—Burdick pointed the audience in the direction By then, it’ll almost be time for the next JULY 6-10 of a video containing all the secrets of the season. “Curtains Up!” I’m assuming that, once SUMMER DRAMA CAMP: Sign your kids up In addition to the aforementioned performers, the season is chock-full again, we’ll all be invited. doit
for the Neighborhood Playhouse’s 14th annual Summer Drama Camps starting You may think this week at the Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 H St. Kids in 3rd-5th grade it’s your fault. 34 can take part in “A Midsummer Night’s FOOD FOOD Dream: A Young Actor’s Lighthearted Introduction to Shakespeare” (July 6-10). Students in grades 6-12 can take part 27 in “Camp Comedy.” Cost to participate in each workshop is $195. Additional workshops happen later in July. B-BOARD B-BOARD WWW.THENEIGHBORHOODPLAYHOUSE.NET
THURS., JULY 9 You may not suspect that you’re among the one in four men 24 STORYTIME FOR GROWNUPS: Award- impacted by low testosterone. You may think your irritability, winning stage and screen actor Megan FILM Cole presents a one-night-only perfor- unexpected weight gain, lack of motivation or passion is your mance of her one-woman show, “Storytime fault. It’s not. You’re not alone. Call us and let us help you
for Grownups: Turning Points” at 7:30pm feel better, live better. 20 at the iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The solo piece presented by Western CEDAR MALE MEDICAL MUSIC Washington University’s Extended Educa- 1100 Larrabee Ave, #100 tion focuses on the various anticipated 360.255.5355 | cedarmale.com and unanticipated transitions in one’s IN FAIRHAVEN 18
life. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at ART the door. WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM OR 16 16 WWW.WWU.EDU/BSN :+(5(·6 STAGE :$/'2" STAGE LQ)DLUKDYHQ DANCE Join us all July for the month-long THURS., JULY 2 SCAVENGER HUNT 14 FOLK DANCE: Join the Fourth Corner to find the elusive Waldo hidden in 25 local businesses around Fairhaven. Folk Dancers to learn lively folk dances Come Celebrate the 4th at Stop by or see villagebooks.com for details. GET OUT from Eastern Europe, Greece, Turkey, and Israel from 7:15-10pm every Thursday 0RQGD\-XO\ SP Downtown Jalapeños at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. )5((029,(6&5((1,1*RI 12 Suggested donation is $5; students and first-timers are free. 7R.LOOD0RFNLQJELUG Food & Bar Specials (360) 380-0456 WORDS RQWKH )DLUKDYHQ9LOODJH*UHHQ
Lots of Outdoor Seating 8 FRI., JULY 3 IROORZHGE\WKH DANCE PARTY: A mix of swing, Latin and ballroom will be highlighted and 0LGQLJKW danced to with an introductory lesson 5HOHDVHRI Live Music 4pm - 10pm at the weekly Friday Night Dance Party CURRENTS from 7:30-10pm at the Bellingham Dance *R6HW$ 6 Company, 1705 N. State St. Admission :DWFKPDQ FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE FIREWORKS!!! is $5-$7. VIEWS WWW.BELLINGHAMDANCECOMPANY.COM Harper’s Lee’s recently discovered manuscript that explores how Scout and other characters from 501 W. holly st. b’ham wa 98225 (360) 671-3099 JULY 6-17 To Kill a Mockingbird fare in later years. 4 Pre-order your copy today and join us for SWING BOOTCAMP: Sign for a “Swing this once in a lifetime literary event! MAIL Bootcamp” for beginners taking place
from 6-7:30pm Mon., Wed., and Fri. Join us for the LIVE TAPING of the 2 from July 6-17 at the Bellingham Dance Company, 1705 N. State St. Fees are $95 Chuckanut Radio Hour IT DO
for students, seniors and members of featuring the military, and $110 general. An inter- mediate-to-advanced Swing Bootcamp happens during the same hours and days (51(67 of the week from July 20-July 31. As part 07.01.15 of the summer series, there will also be a &/,1(
“Latin Bootcamp” beginning Aug. 3. Thurs, July 16, .10 26 WWW.BELLINGHAMDANCECOMPANY.COM doors at 6:30pm # in the Heiner Theater at WCC TUES., JULY 7 Join us as we welcome the author SKAGIT FOLK DANCERS: Join the of the international bestseller Skagit-Anacortes Folk Dancers for a weekly Ready Player One as he International Folk Dancing event from introduces his latest... 7-9:30pm at the Bayview Civic Hall, 12615 ARMADA C St. No partners are needed; just show up Tickets $5 available at brownpapertickets.com & Village Books. and dance. Entry to the drop-in event is Recieve one FREE with each pre-purchase of Armada. CASCADIA WEEKLY free for the first session, $3 afterwards. WWW.SKAGITFOLKDANCERS.ORG Read more at villagebooks.com 17
SEND YOUR EVENT INFORMATION TO: VILLAGE BOOKS [email protected] 1200 11th St., Bellingham 360.671.2626 to take a second look—whether it’s at an overturned chair with bright red toadstools growing out of it; a variety of Ouija boards spelling out hints about another plane of
34 existence; fur-covered assemblages that also include rifles and what appears to be
FOOD FOOD dinosaur spines; a black-and-white pho- visual tograph of a Native American standing in front of a teepee next to a slender woman 27 GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES holding a “Miss America” sign; a tapestry made out of old electrical wires, a paint-
B-BOARD B-BOARD ing of what seems to be an archaic chastity belt; or an acrylic painting about the art-
24 ist’s fear of volcanoes. Lawrimore, the director of the University
FILM of Washington’s Jacob Lawrence Gallery and a longtime curator, writer, art historian and
20 gallerist, says he selected pieces that that not only inspired a sense of wonderment,
MUSIC but also curiosity and reflection about the meaning of art itself. 18 18 18 “There is a strong undercurrent of social
ART justice, gender iden- ART tity, ecological, hu- man rights and other 16 political issues run-
STAGE ning throughout the exhibition,” Lawrimore says. “While this rep- 14 SEE IT resents some of the WHAT: “Belling- societal concerns of ham National Art GET OUT Exhibition and artists working in the Awards” 21st century, I also WHEN: Through
12 wanted there to be Sept. 6 pure aesthetic reflec- WHERE: Whatcom tion and contemplation WORDS Museum’s Light- catcher Building, ‘breaks’…of art with
8 250 Flora St. more formal concerns.” COST: $4.50-$10 Apparently, Lawri- (Thursday entry more didn’t begin his is $5)
CURRENTS CURRENTS search with specific INFO: www.whatcom criteria, but instead al- 6 museum.org lowed the 2,000 works he ultimately viewed VIEWS throughout the process to reveal themselves “FEAR OF VOLCANOES,” BY RYAN MOLENKAMP RYAN BY “FEAR OF VOLCANOES,” 4 as he went along. Soon enough, common threads—whether they concerned climate MAIL MAIL change or the link between capitalism and
community—became clear. 2 BY AMY KEPFERLE And, when it came to those artists’ state- DO IT IT DO ments I mentioned before, he read each one carefully before making his final decisions. Take Your Time When all was said and done and the piec- es comprising the “Bellingham National Art 07.01.15 NATIONAL ART EXHIBITION THINKS BIG Exhibition and Awards” had been installed throughout the voluminous Lightcatcher .10
26 ere’s a suggestion for those viewing the “Bellingham National Art Exhibition and gallery, the “awards” element of the ex- # H Awards” exhibit currently on display at Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Build- hibit found Washington-based artists Alison ing: Walk through the collection once without reading the attached biographies and Bremner and Robert Campbell taking home explanations accompanying each work of art, and then do so again while paying closer first and second place—and cash prizes attention to what the artists had to say about their creations. equaling $3,000 (Virginia’s Rengin Holt re- While the directive is merely a suggestion, it helped me stay focused when I toured ceived third place, and $500). the exhibition last month and found myself slightly overwhelmed with the heady Since the exhibit opened, visitors have
CASCADIA WEEKLY messages many of the painters, sculptors, mixed-media artists, videographers and also been voting on their favorites, and a photographers were trying to get across with their art, many having to do with the “popular choice” award of $500 will be an- 18 environment, politics or their personal belief systems. nounced Aug. 7 during the monthly down- With 101 pieces from more than 60 artists representing 16 states (including Wash- town Art Walk. It’s not too late to cast ington), there’s a lot to take in. your own vote. Just take your time looking But Scott Lawrimore, the man who juried the exhibit and chose the artists from through what the “contestants” have pro- among the 600-plus who applied, has produced a cohesive show that begs viewers vided, and the winner will become clear. doit
UPCOMING EVENTS ONGOING EXHIBITS ARTWOOD: Carved wood fish by Phil Skochilich,
THURS., JULY 2 forged steel fish by Karen Healy, and glass fish 34 FIRST THURSDAY ART WALK: As part of by Art Hohl will be highlighted through July at
the seasonal Skagit Valley Art Escape, at- Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. Paintings by FOOD tend a First Thursday Art Walk from 5-8pm Brenda Lowery will also be on display. throughout downtown Mount Vernon. Visitors WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM
and locals alike will be delighted with art, 27 music performances and artist demonstra- FISHBOY GALLERY: Check out the contempo- tions encompassing a broad range of media. rary folk art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm every Entry is free. Mon.-Fri. at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. B-BOARD WWW.SKAGITVALLEYARTESCAPE.COM 714-0815 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM
FRI., JULY 3 HONEY SALON: “Unbreakable Girls” can be seen 24 ART WALK: Allied Arts, the Alley District, through July at Honey Salon, 310 W. Holly St. the Bureau of Historical Investigation, Bayou WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM FILM on Bay, Rock & Rye Oyster House, Beauty Boutique, Creative Openings, the Hive, Make. JANSEN ART CENTER: See the Early Summer 20 Shift Art Space, Mount Bakery, Fourth Corner Juried Exhibit through July 31 at Lynden’s Frames, Naked Clothing, Opus Performing Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St. Viewers can Arts, Pickford Art Studios, and more will take also check out the third annual Juried Cup Show MUSIC part in the monthly Art Walk happening from and exhibits by the Whatcom Artist Guild and 18 18 6-10pm throughout downtown Bellingham. painter Amanda Houston. 18 Entry is free. WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG ART ART WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM MATZKE GALLERY: Check out the “Summer Mo-
ALLIED ARTS: View “Earthly Delights” from ments” exhibit from through Aug. 23 on Camano 16 6-9pm at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The Island at Matzke Fine Art Gallery & Sculpture
Juried Artist Series exhibit features works Park, 2345 Blanche Way. STAGE by Penny Bamford, Ria Harboe, Chris Romine, WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM Anita Boyle, Gail Coleman and Jean Ferrier.
See it through July 31. MINDPORT: “Stones & Bones,” featuring found 14 WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG object photography by Kevin Jones, shows through July at Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St.
THE BUREAU: “Pacific (Mid)West: Art by Karen WWW.MINDPORT.ORG GET OUT Blanquart” can be viewed at an opening recep- tion from 6-10pm at the Bureau of Historical QUILT MUSUEM: “Celebrating 20 Years of Art,” Investigation, 217 W. Holly St. The mixed-media “30 Quilts for 30 Years,” and “Creative Knitting” 12 pieces can be seen through July. show through Oct. 4 at the La Conner Quilt &
WWW.THEBUREAUBELLINGHAM.COM Textile Museum, 703 S. Second St. WORDS WWW.LACONNERQUILTS.ORG FOURTH CORNER FRAMES: Check out Chelsea 8 Davidson’s scenes of off-road racing at a RAGFINERY: A variety of textile-related reception for “VROOM! from 6-9pm at Fourth workshops happen on a regular basis at Ragfinery, Corner Frames & Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. 1421 N. Forest St. This week, sign up for “Nuno
A reception featuring a “big surprise” takes Felted Purses” and “No-Sew Braided Rugs.” See CURRENTS place from 4-6pm Sat., July 11, and the paint- details and registration prices online. ings will be on display through July 31. WWW.RAGFINERY.COM 6 WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM
SCOTT MILO GALLERY: The “Women Painters VIEWS MAKE.SHIFT: An opening reception for “Close of Washington” exhibit will be featured through
Encounters: The Unseen Editions” take place Aug. 4 in Anacortes at the Scott Milo Gallery, 4 from 6-10pm at Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora 420 Commercial Ave. St. The exhibit features movie posters for sci-fi WWW.SCOTTMILO.COM MAIL movies created by local artists and designers.
See it through July. SCULPTURE NW GALLERY: “Regional Stone/ 2 WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM Regional Sculptors: New Work of the Northwest DO IT IT DO Stone Sculptors Association” can be seen from SAT., JULY 4 12-5pm every Fri.-Sun. through Aug. 16 at SCULPTURE WOODS: If you’re interested in art Sculpture Northwest Gallery, 203 Prospect St. with a view, head to Lummi Island to peruse 16 WWW.SCULPTURENORTHWEST.ORG
outdoor sculptures by Ann Morris from 10am- 07.01.15 5pm at the monthly “Sculpture Woods” tour at SMITH & VALLEE: Oil paintings by Becky 3851 Legoe Bay Rd. The working studio will not Fletcher and Kathleen Faulkner, and sculptures .10
be open. Entry is free. by Chris Theiss can be viewed July 3-26 at Edi- 26 # WWW.ANNMORRISBRONZE.COM son’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Ave. A reception for the artists takes place from 5-8pm SUN., JULY 5 Sat., July 11. DYNAMIC DUO RECEPTION: A reception for WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM “Dynamic Duo”—featuring the work of Peggy Kondo and Larry Richmond—takes place from WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Bellingham’s National 1-4pm at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. Art Exhibition and Awards,” “Helmi’s World:
The duo represent true collaboration in life Symbol, Myth, Fantasy,” “The Owl and the CASCADIA WEEKLY and art: Larry’s intricately carved ceramics pair Woodpecker: Photographs by Paul Bannick,” perfectly with Peggy’s hand-woven basketry and “Back at the Park: Vintage Views from the 19 and punch needle embroidery. See the works Photo Archives” can currently be viewed on the through July. Whatcom Museum campus. WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG Rumor Has It
34 LAST WEEK, WITH absolutely zero fanfare, the Shakedown’s little sister bar, the Racket,
FOOD FOOD opened for business. Although they didn’t make much of a racket music about it (I tried to stop that pun from happen- 27 SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT ing, but it had a mind of its own), the Racket’s owners—Marty Watson, Hollie Huthman, and
B-BOARD B-BOARD Spencer Willows—were only too happy to un- lock the front door and invite us all in, not
24 least because now they will never again have to answer the question: “When is the Racket
FILM going to open?” It is true the barely born baby bar will not
20 20 be a live music venue—that’s the Shakedown’s
business and business is good—but it does MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC have one thing going for it that was probably the driving force behind the vast majority of
18 those “are you open yet” inquires: a whole
ART bunch of pinball machines. Despite the fact that I grew up with a pinball machine in 16 my basement, I’m not
STAGE much of a baller, but I do understand that this town is filled 14 with burgeoning pin- ball wizards all look-
GET OUT ing to test their mettle BY CAREY ROSS as early and often as they can. I foresee epic
12 rivalries, possible pinball gangs and potential rumbling in the streets. I also foresee lunch, as the Racket opens at WORDS 11am every day and is serving up the Shake-
8 down’s menu of cheesesteaks and falafel sand- FIVE ALARM FUNK wiches. I’ve waxed enthusiastic about both in the past, and can attest through repeated taste-
CURRENTS CURRENTS testing they remain delicious. I’m told more BY CAREY ROSS Downtown Bellingham Partnership devis- items, specifically sandwiches, will make their 6 es for my amusement, Downtown Sounds way onto the menu in the future, which means holds the biggest place in my heart. that between the Shakedown and Old World Deli VIEWS Eleven years ago, when I heard the ru- (porchetta 4 lyfe), the majority of my sandwich
4 Downtown Sounds mor the Partnership had devised a plan to needs can be met in one block of State Street. stage concerts in what had been a smelly The Racket also possesses a claw machine, MAIL MAIL CALLING OUT AROUND THE WORLD alley between the Wild Buffalo and Mind- with cool homemade prizes to be won, and at
hen Downtown Sounds began 11 summers ago, Bellingham’s down- port, my first thought was something along one point, I was told I could climb inside it 2 W town core was a different place. No, it was not some burned-out, the lines of, “Oh hell, yes,” and I haven’t (I might’ve mentioned this before one of the DO IT IT DO rundown hellscape, but it did have more than its fair share of empty store- deviated from that viewpoint since. times I erroneously predicted the Racket was fronts and was in need of both an image change and some revitalization. But I’m far from the only fan of this con- opening any minute). Thus far, an invitation to Enter the Downtown Bellingham Partnership. cert series, as it outgrew its alley locale do so has not been extended to me, which I’m Founded in 2000, the Downtown Bellingham Partnership has one singu- within just a few years and moved to Bay sure is a grievous oversight on the part of the 07.01.15 lar, simple mission: to encourage the general public to engage—and stay Street, where exponentially more people aforementioned owners of the bar. engaged—with downtown Bellingham. With a philosophy firmly rooted in could enjoy it. Along with a bigger “venue” In other news, when last I spoke to the Al- .10
26 accentuating the many positives of the Downtown Business District, the and a bigger stage, the series itself got ternative Library’s Cullen Beckhorn, he told me # Partnership lures people into wandering the streets via art walks, newly in- bigger, expanding the number of shows the community library/music venue/nonprofit troduced wine walks, the Bite of Bellingham, and more. In doing so, it is and increasing the size of the talent. would be moving to a newer, more expansive their hope the public will discover or be reminded of the many delights this Much of this expansion can be credited locale than its former, fairly small Railroad Av- downtown has to offer, while also showing them that taking to the streets to to Lindsey Payne, who has been the Part- enue space. Move, it did, at the time with a scare up some action can be a safe, family-friendly affair. nership’s events manager since 2008, and projected reopening date tentatively set for Personally speaking, owing to the efforts of the Downtown Bellingham has made Downtown Sounds her pet proj- early July. Well, early July is upon us, and the
CASCADIA WEEKLY Partnership, I have familiarized myself with local artists and visited galler- ect. With great energy, good humor and reopening and big reveal have been pushed to ies not on my normal radar, tasted food from nearly every restaurant and no small amount of what could quite likely September to allow the library to do work to 20 food truck with a downtown address at the Bite of Bellingham, handed out be magic, Payne has used every last re- get their new building up to code, which is an candy to kids (yes, I really did that—once) on Halloween as part of my role source available to her to grow the con- encouraging investment in the organization’s as a downtown employee—basically, I have been a wholehearted partici- cert series into what has become Whatcom longevity. Of course, I’ve been wrong about pant in nearly all of their undertakings, as have many of you,. County’s biggest music festival. This year, such predictions before, so it might be best I’m sure it comes as no surprise that of all the many activities the in conjunction with Bellingham Parks and just to wait and see what happens. DOWNTOWN, FROM PAGE 20
Recreation, Downtown
Bellingham Partner- 34 ship was awarded a
Levitt Amp grant, FOOD which is a thing I only understand inasmuch 27 as it affords Payne the means by which to give BANKING us a better Downtown ATTEND PO BOX PICK-UP B-BOARD Sounds experience. WHAT: Down- Which brings us to town Sounds AYRON JONES AND THE WAY INTEROFFICE ROUTING WHEN: 5:30pm, 24 this year’s concert Wednesdays, OUTGOING MAIL PICK-UP series, which begins July 1-29 than I will ever be. As well, the retooled Ayron Jones and the Way, a band that FILM Weds., July 1 on the WHERE: 1300 Yogoman Burning Band will open the gains buzz and plenty of new fans every REAL ESTATE FLYERS block of Bay 20 block of Bay Street be- show, which will be a Bellingham home- time they roll through town. It wouldn’t 20
tween Holly and Cham- Street coming of sorts for drumming frontman be Downtown Sounds without a straight “Let Mad Dash COST: Free MUSIC
pion streets. Because Jordan Rain, who has just returned from dose of funk, and this year, Payne has MUSIC INFO: Do Your Legwork” at some point I proba- www.downtown spending a few months in New Orleans. saved it for last. Pairing Seattle’s Five
bly jokingly threatened bellingham.com The next week, July 8, the stage will Alarm Funk—with their percussive, (360) 961-0820 18 Payne with an unpleas- belong to Acorn Project, who are cer- Latin-tinged Afro-punk—with Belling- ART ant outcome if she booked a reggae band tainly no strangers to Downtown Sounds, ham funk supergroup Baby Cakes is an (hey, we all have our personal musical and the band’s large and supportive local inspired musical marriage and a fitting 16 kryptonite), that is exactly what she did fan base will surely show up en masse swan song for the 2015 series.
for the kickoff of the 2015 incarnation of to dance to their electro-funk. But Acorn Aside from the music, what makes STAGE Downtown Sounds. However, even I have Project aren’t the only Downtown Sounds Downtown Sounds such a no-brainer when to admit that the band in question, Third veterans with a huge local audience set it comes to including it in your summer World, is more than deserving of a spot to play this year’s series. Polecat will schedule is that it is always free, family- 14 on the Downtown Sounds stage—and not headline the July 15 concert, and their friendly, open to all and starts at the still-
just because they’ve been around lon- high-energy bluegrass will draw the kind reasonable hour of 5:30pm. Food vendors GET OUT ger than I have. They’ve played with the of enthusiastic crowd to which they’ve will be there to sate your appetite and Veggies From Our Garden Jackson Five, Stevie Wonder is a fan of grown accustomed in these parts. The the beer garden will be back to slake your Acme Camembert & Brie 12 their soul- and funk-infused reggae, and penultimate concert of the series on thirst. All that remains is for you show up they’re about a billion times more badass July 22 will feature Wild Buffalo regulars and do a little dancing in the streets. Local Raspberry Honey WORDS Coconut Curry Chocolate
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WED., JULY 1 JULY 3-19 part of the holiday fun. Float Tubes & River Rats CURRENTS DANA LYONS, ANNE FEENEY: Iconic environmen- FESTIVAL OF MUSIC: Guest musicians Vadim WWW.PORTOFANACORTES.COM tal singer Dana Lyons teams up with notorious labor Gluzman, Katie Van Kooten, Christina Smith, Maria 6 hell-raiser Anne Feeney to launch a “Teamsters and Valdes, Ilana Davidson, Morris Robinson, Alex SUN., JULY 5 ǯ Turtles: Together at Last!” tour at 7pm at the Roeder Hann, and more will be part of the classical music FIDDLIN’ FOX SERIES: The country-western 360-592-2297 VIEWS Home, 2600 E. Sunset Dr. Through songs and stories, extravaganza known as the Bellingham Festival of sounds of the Lost Highway Band will kick off the www.everybodys.com the dynamic duo aims to dispel the myth that unions Music taking place July 3-19 at Western Washing- annual “Fiddlin’ Fox” summer music series at a free Hiway 9 – Van Zandt 4 are at odds withenvironmentalists. Tickets are $20. ton University’s Performing Arts Center and the concert taking place from 2-5pm at the Fairhaven WWW.COWSWITHGUNS.COM OR WWW. Bellingham Cruise Terminal. Tickets are $12-$50. Village Green, 1207 10th St. There will also be a MAIL BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM Free community concerts also take place at Mallard free dance lesson at the beginning of each show. Representing Local Artists Since 1969
Ice Cream (July 4) and Whatcom Museum’s Old City Entry is free. Additional concerts happen July 12 2 THURS., JULY 2 Hall (July 9-17). (Alma Villegas), July 19 (Balkanarama), and July 26 DO IT IT DO BLUES AND BREWS: The Adrian Clark Band will WWW.BELLINGHAMFESTIVAL.ORG (Swamp Soul). perform at a “Blues, Brews & BBQ” summer concert WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM series taking place from 5-9pm every Thursday SAT., JULY 4 through Aug. 27 on the waterfront terrace at Hotel GROVESTOCK: Help raise funds for the Alzheimer MON., JULY 6
Bellwether, One Bellwether Way. The free event Society of Washington by attending the 11th annu- MUSIC-READING SESSION: Bayshore Symphony 07.01.15 features a variety of live music, local beer and a al “Grovestock” from 12-11pm in Ferndale at 7052 will host a Summer Music-Reading Session from delicious barbecue menu. Tatlow Lane. Music by Gallow, the Scott Greene 7-9pm in Mount Vernon at St. Paul’s Episcopal .10
WWW.HOTELBELLWETHER.COM Band, the Blackouts, Rube Flambe, Clambake, Boris Church, 415 S. 18th St. The “just for fun!” event is 26 # Budd, the JP Falcon Grady Band, Sam Chue, After open to all interested musicians. PARK CONCERT SERIES: Listen to country, rock, the Festival, and more can be seen on two stages WWW.BAYSHOREMUSICPROJECT.COM Julyy 2015 folk and bluegrass tunes by D’Vas & Dudes from throughout the day and into the night. Fireworks 6-8pm in Bellingham’s Columbia Neighborhood at and a family-friendly potluck and barbecue will JULY 6-11 FEATURING ARTISTS Elizabeth Park. The free, family friendly summer be part of the festivities. Entry is $5 for kids, $10 DRAYTON HARBOR MUSIC FESTIVAL: Concerts LarryLa Richmond concert series features live music every Thursday for adults. will take place at the Blaine Performing Arts Center, through Aug. 27. (360) 303-9510 Semiahmoo Resort, and in downtown Blaine July 6-11 & Peggy Kondo
WWW.COB.ORG as part of the Drayton Harbor Music Festival (formerly “Dynamic Duo” CASCADIA WEEKLY ROCK THE DOCK: DJ Mike Jenkins, Bobby Hol- the Blaine Jazz Festival). In addition to highlighting FRI., JULY 3 land and the Breadline, and Massy Ferguson will established performers such as Greta Matassa, Greg Opening Reception Receptio July 5th, 1-4pm 21 MOTOWN CRUISERS: Dance along to the soul and perform at the Port of Anacortes’ annual “Rock the Hopkins, and Chris Woitach, the festival features R & B sounds of the Motown Cruisers starting at Dock” 4th of July festivities happening from 5:30- performances by talented teens, festival faculty and 1000 Harris A. '- 1Bellingham, WA 8pm at Bellingham’s VFW Hall, 625 N. State St. 10pm at Seafarers’ Memorial Park. Food, a beer more. Prices vary, and some concerts are free. Monday - Saturday:11-6. Sunday: 12-5 WWW.MOTOWNCRUISERS.COM garden, children’s activities, and fireworks will be WWW.DRAYTONHARBORMUSIC.ORG (360) 671-3998 www.goodearthpots.com musicvenues 34 See below for venue
FOOD FOOD addresses and phone 07.01.15 07.02.15 07.03.15 07.04.15 07.05.15 07.06.15 07.07.15 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY
27 Anelia's Kitchen & Gallowglass John Delourme Rosalee Boyle Stage
B-BOARD B-BOARD Happy Hour BBQ w/Robert Irish & Folk Night, Out of the Ashes, Paul Boundary Bay Brewery Aaron Guest Blake (early), Twilight Fish Fry w/lLive Music Piano Night Klein Concert (late) 24 Brown Lantern Ale
FILM Open Mic Live Music House
PETUNIA AND 20 20
Raggedy Fay & The Grav- Cabin Tavern Open Mic THE VIPERS/ ity Busters July 3/Conway Muse MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC Third World, Morgan Commodore Ballroom Heritage 18 ART Conway Muse Trish & Hans & John Petunia and the Vipers Roma Ransom 16
STAGE Corner Pub Knut Bell and the 360s
14 Edison Inn The Skeptix Bow Diddlers
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musicvenues 34 See below for venue addresses and phone 07.01.15 07.02.15 07.03.15 07.04.15 07.05.15 07.06.15 07.07.15 FOOD numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 27 Glow Nightclub DJ J-Will Shadow Variable DJ Boombox Kid
Anna and Elizabeth, Eli The Black Crabs, Phil Friend- Open Mic (early), Guf- Terrible Tuesday Soul B-BOARD Green Frog The Silver Dollars Eclecticity Slow Jam (early) West ly Trio, The Easy Leaves fawingham (late) Explosion 24 H2O DJ Boombox Kid Karaoke FILM
Havilah & Young Writers' Honey Moon Open Mic The Copacetics The Lanagans Showcase 20 20
MUSIC KC's Bar and Grill Karaoke Karaoke MUSIC 18 Kulshan Brewing Co. Broken Bow Stringband Forest Beutel Rusty Cleavers, Wingman ART
Main St. Bar and Grill Comedy Night Hambone Wilson 16
Make.Shift Art Space Art Walk Orphans, O-Face, Pupppy STAGE 14 Old World Deli Live Music
BLACK CRABS/July 2/ GET OUT Rockfish Grill Savage Jazz The Alkis Green Frog 12 Royal Karaoke Karaoke Country Night DJ Jester WORDS
Rumors Cabaret Leveled Throwback Thursday DJ Postal, DJ Shortwave DJ Mike Tolleson Karaoke w/Zach Treble Tuesday 8
Ancient River, Guillotine Big Business, Tacos, The Shakedown Tom Waits Night Eyes, more Dryland CURRENTS CURRENTS
Skagit Valley Casino Pop Rocks Pop Rocks 6 VIEWS Skylark's William Romanza Trio Telefonic 4
Swillery Whiskey Bar Karaoke B-Side Showcase MAIL
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The Underground DJ B-Mello DJ B-Mello
ANCIENT RIVER/July 5/ 07.01.15 Via Cafe and Bistro Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke Karaoke Shakedown .10 26 The Village Inn Jam Night Karaoke #
Wild Buffalo ‘90s Night Unveiling the Dream 80HD Open Mic w/Chuck D. Lip Sync Battle
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34 know who, looking very young), giving Sarah (Emilia Clarke) the protection she needs un-
FOOD FOOD til they all make the jump back to the future, Film in which son John looks older than Mom. This time-jumping contrivance plays well 27 MOVIE REVIEWS ›› SHOWTIMES enough, but what actually goes on in the scenes set 14 years hence feels rote and
B-BOARD B-BOARD unimaginative. Action scenes are accumu- lated as if mandated by a stopwatch and
24 24 almost invariably seem like warmed-over versions of stuff we’ve seen before in Termi- FILM FILM nator entries and elsewhere. The first three films in the series were R-rated and viscer-
20 ally benefited from it; this one is rated PG- 13 and its action scenes feel like diluted
MUSIC rehashes, obligatory and devoid of visual creativity in the same way the violence 18 ART , 16 The film just lumbers STAGE along, often tediously;
14 there’s no sense that the scenario has been carefully GET OUT kneaded, structured and 12 shaped by attentive
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feel staged and photographed.
CURRENTS CURRENTS With Taylor coming aboard as director and Clarke assuming the role played a gen- 6 eration ago by Linda Hamilton, the series REVIEWED BY TODD MCCARTHY is clearly aiming to benefit by association VIEWS with the ultra-violent Game of Thrones.
4 But while she can be feisty at moments, Clarke can’t do much to give dimension to
MAIL MAIL Terminator: Genysis the very one-note character of Sarah, and
that goes double for Courtney as Reese, a 2 ENOUGH, ALREADY role even more devoid of depth or wrinkles, DO IT IT DO rnold Schwarzenegger once again declares, “I’ll be back,” in this fifth install- Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier have physical or otherwise. A ment of the Terminator franchise, but enough already. Spending half its time worked out an elaborately rigged scenario That leaves it to Arnold to save the day, showing unkillable cyborg characters getting shot up only to quickly heal them- in which John Connor (Jason Clarke), son but age has given him a vocal in addition selves, and the other half trying to explain a plot that rewrites the entire series, of Sarah, by 2029, has led the human re- to physical stiffness; he’s still imposing 07.01.15 Terminator: Genisys will serve as a good litmus test of how keen the public is to see sistance to nearly total victory over the and amusing up to a point, but he can’t basically the same old thing in a new (but very similar) bottle. world’s Skynet oppressors. But when he dominate the way he did 30 years ago. .10
26 At one point, Schwarzenegger’s lifelike robot tells his cohorts, “I’m old, not learns that, at the last second, the enemy And so the film just lumbers along, often # obsolete,” but that will be up to audiences to decide. Thanks to the visual effects has been able to transport another inde- tediously; there’s no sense that the scenar- equivalent of expert plastic surgery, the actor, who was 37 when the first series structible killer (basically an Asian version io has been carefully kneaded, structured entry was released in 1984 and is now 67, more or less convincingly spans that of Robert Patrick’s T-1000) back to 1984 and shaped by attentive dramatists. Visu- time frame in terms of looks as he helps Sarah Connor and her son John try to save to kill his mother to ensure that he, John, ally, we’ve seen these images—or many like humankind—and themselves—from the victory of the machines. would never be born, he hurriedly sends them—so many times before, and the score How many times have we seen the Golden Gate Bridge destroyed in a big-budget the buff and capable Sgt. Kyle Reese (Jai accentuates the retread feel with its mo-
CASCADIA WEEKLY movie in past years? Has there been time to rebuild it since San Andreas a few weeks Courtney) back in time to protect Sarah and notonous thudding. ago? And let’s not forget Pacific Rim, Star Trek Into Darkness, Godzilla, and Rise of block the remaking of history. A little surprise insert during the end 24 the Planet of the Apes before that. Well, it happens again here as part of the nuke Series fans will relish the care with which titles suggests that a follow-up to Termina- attack that’s part of the backstory that must be altered if humanity is be given director Alan Taylor and his team recreate in tor: Genisys is already intended by its mak- another chance. the flashback the feel of James Cameron’s ers. But if Arnold really wants not only to Laboring with the problem of how to return to a well that many fans justifiably original; Reese arrives, naked, in the same come back, but also to be welcomed back, thought ran dry with McG’s Arnold-free Terminator: Salvation in 2009, screenwriters dark and grungy downtown Los Angeles al- he’ll one day need to unterminate. NOW SHOWING July 3 - 9
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ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL (PG-13) 105m “It has those handkerchief moments, but the laughs far 27 outnumber the hard and sad punches. This is a movie that’s grounded in reality, has just enough whimsy and B-BOARD B-BOARD soars to the stars. It’s one of the best films of 2015.”
Fri: (1:45), (4:15), 6:45, 9:15 Sat: (1:45), 4:15, 6:45 24 24 Sun: (1:45), 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Mon: (1:45), (4:15), 6:45 FILM FILM Tue: (1:45), (4:15), 6:45, 9:15 Wed: (1:45), (4:15), 6:45
Thu: (1:45), (4:15), 6:45, 9:15 20 THE OVERNIGHT (R) 92m
“Weird schmoozing while the kids are snoozing. This is MUSIC REVIEWED BY SHERILYN CONNELLY one terrifically twisted parental play date!” Fri: (4:25), 6:35; Sat & Sun: (2:15), 4:25, 6:35 18 Mon: (2:15), (4:25), 6:35, 9:15
Tue: (2:00), (4:10), 9:00 ART When Marnie Was There Wed: (2:15), (4:25), 9:15 Thu: (2:15), (4:25), 9:00 16 STUDIO GHIBLI’S SWAN SONG? SNEAK PREVIEW: BOULEVARD (R)
New York Film Critics Series - See Robin Williams’ last STAGE “ hate myself.” mer. She doesn’t fare much better in this film at PFC before the national release! That’s an unusual statement com- marshy paradise until she meets a young Tue: 6:15
I 14 ing from the hero of an animated film, girl named Marnie (Kasumi Arimura). Mar- PETER GRIMES (NR) 190m let alone in the first two minutes. But nie connects with Anna like nobody else English National Opera
12-year-old orphan Anna (Sara Takat- ever has, and Anna begins to realize that “A work of visceral and sustained beauty” GET OUT Wed: 6:30 suki), the protagonist of Hiromasa Yone- she’s worthy not only of being loved, but bayashi’s lovely animated feature When of being loved unconditionally. Unfortu- HEAVEN ADORES YOU (NR) 104m 12 Marnie Was There, has no illusions about nately, all evidence points to Marnie be- A tribute to the late, great Elliot Smith Thu: 6:30 her place in the world. There’s an invis- ing either a ghost, a figment of Anna’s WORDS ible magic circle containing everyone else damaged psyche, or possibly both. MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS (PG) Castles in the Sky: Miyazaki, Takahata and the Masters (i.e., all the seemingly normal, non-an- Anna being a Caucasian in Japan is of Studio Ghibli 8 hedonic people), and she’s forever on the never a plot point, and the closest the Imbues into its simplistic animation style and sly humor outside. And as far as she’s concerned, movie comes to acknowledging that de- an astounding level of philosophy Dubbed - Fri: she deserves it. tail is when a Japanese girl compliments (In English) (2:00); CURRENTS The young girl who’s been orphaned or Anna’s blue eyes, referring to the color as Sat & Sun: (11:45AM) otherwise experienced parental trauma “really pretty” and “foreign”—which, co- Subtitled (In Japanese) - Fri: 8:45 Sun: 8:45 6 is an anime staple—in 2014 alone, there incidentally or not, leads to one of Anna’s VIEWS was the well-received A Letter to Momo biggest, darkest outbursts. (Pro tip for PICKFORD FILM CENTER: 1318 Bay St. | 360.738.0735 | www.pickfordfilmcenter.org
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isolation for making her difficult to relate subtext, but that’s far too reductive. At WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE (PG) 103m 26 # to, and for her being “incredibly bitchy.” its most beautiful, Yonebayashi’s picture “There is a quality of enchantment that can’t be faked. With Which, ugh, and though its main charac- is about the magic of female friendship at its latest release — a non-spooky ghost story set in a seaside ter begins in a darker place than usual its purest, including intimate acts such as fishing village — the Japanese animation houseStudio Ghibli has (thus making her journey into the light hand-holding, cuddling, waltzing and un- once again created a world where magic and imagination don’t just rule but are transformative.” Washington Post all the more satisfying), When Marnie Was guarded declarations of emotion, as Anna Dubbed (In English): Fri: (3:30); Sat & Sun: 3:30 There is unmistakably a Studio Ghibli pic- discovers the paradox of the strength Mon: (3:30) Tue: (2:15); Wed & Thu: (3:30)
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by with someone else claiming a jackpot he feels to 24 24 be rightfully his. This movie isn’t about that. But I kind of wish it was. + (PG-13) FILM FILM I’ll See You in My Dreams: A woman of a certain age who rediscovers love isn’t exactly groundbreaking
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24 water in a mosquito-ridden swamp, or conducting expand, and refine my personal power. I will espe- a ritual of purification in a clear mountain stream? cially focus on what author Stephen R. Covey called
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20 and developing a riper relationship with your roots? SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I’m a big fan of 3. Are you stuck in a gooey muck? Or are you build- science and logic and objective thinking. Most of us ing a flexible new foundation? need more of that good stuff. The world would be MUSIC a saner, safer place if we all got regular lessons on TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus singer Sam how to be more reasonable and rational. But in the
18 Smith won four Grammys this year, largely on the immediate future, Scorpio, I’ll steer you in a different strength of his hit single “Stay with Me.” The song has direction. I believe you will benefit from injecting ART a lush gospel choir backing up his lead vocals, or so your imagination with primal raw crazy wild mojo. it seems. But in fact, every voice in that choir is his For example, you might read utopian science fiction
16 own. He recorded 20 separate harmony tracks that were and fairy tales about talking animals and poetry that woven together to create the big sound. What would scrambles your intellectual constructs. You could
STAGE be the equivalent in your world, Taurus? How could remember your dreams and ruminate about them as you produce a wealth of support for yourself? What if they were revelations from the Great Beyond. You might you do to surround yourself with a web of help may also find it healthy to fantasize profusely about
14 and nourishment? How can you amplify and intensify forbidden and impossible and hilarious adventures. your efforts so they have more clout? Now would be an excellent time to explore possibilities like these. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There are lots
GET OUT of inquiries and invitations coming your way—perhaps GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Born under the sign too many. I don’t think you should pursue all of them. of Gemini, Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was a French In fact, I suspect that only one would ultimately make painter who upset traditionalists. Unlike many of you a better human being and a braver explorer and a 12 his contemporaries, he wasn’t interested in creating wiser lover. And that one, at first glance, may have not idealistic art based on historical and religious themes. as much initial appeal as some of the others. So your
WORDS He focused on earthy subjects about which he had first task is to dig deep to identify the propositions direct experience, like the day-to-day lives of peas- that are attractive on the surface but not very sub-
8 ants and laborers. So even though he became a highly stantial. Then you’re more likely to recognize the offer praised celebrity by his mid-thirties, the arbiters of that will have lasting value even if it doesn’t make a the art world tried to exclude him. For example, they spectacular first impression. denied him a place in Exposition Universelle, a major CURRENTS CURRENTS international exhibition in Paris. In response, Courbet CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “I find a lot of
6 built a temporary gallery next door to the main hall, people physically attractive, but finding people mental- where he displayed his own work. As you strive to get ly and spiritually attractive is different and much harder your voice heard, Gemini, I urge you to be equally for me.” So says 40ozshawty on her Tumblr page. If you VIEWS cheeky and innovative. Buy yourself a megaphone or share that frustration, I have good news. According erect your own clubhouse or launch a new enterprise. to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re due to 4 Do whatever it takes to show who you really are. encounter a higher-than-usual percentage of mentally and spiritually attractive people in the next six weeks. MAIL MAIL CANCER (June 21-July 22): “I am trying to be But I wonder how you’ll deal with this abundance. unfamiliar with what I am doing,” said composer John Will you run away from it, feeling overwhelmed by the
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CASCADIA WEEKLY special benefits from the breezy, devil-may-care spirit vantage of you? It’s time to outgrow that role. Do you of Warhol’s version. So start there. ever flirt with being a self-pitying martyr? Say bye-bye 30 to that temptation. Cosmic forces are conspiring to VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In her late twenties, relieve you of tendencies to act in any or all of those J. K. Rowling was a single mother living on welfare. ways. I’m not saying you will instantly transform into a That’s when she began work on her Harry Potter books. swashbuckling hero who knocks people over with your Craig Newmark had turned 42 by the time he founded radiant self-assurance. But you will, at the very least, Craigslist. One of the world’s most oft-visited websites be ready to learn much, much more about how to wield is HuffingtonPost.com, which Arianna Huffington your vulnerability as a superpower. EO P G P L E N ’ S I H C S I L
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33 Since I had to wait for the initial mixture of milk, cream, sugar and vanilla extract to solidly freeze, the question “When oh when will the ice cream be ready?” took a
34 while to answer. 34 By the time the dessert item was fin- FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD ished, he’d retreated to a lounge chair in chow the shade in the backyard. When I brought RECIPES REVIEWS PROFILES out a sample of the fruit-infused frozen 27 treat—which I’d already sampled and been delighted by—he took a small bite, closed
B-BOARD B-BOARD his eyes and proclaimed that it was “bet- ter than any Ben and Jerry’s I’ve ever tast-
24 ed—and I’ve tasted a lot.” FILM recipe 20 MUSIC 18 ART 16 STAGE 14
GET OUT EASY BLACKBERRY ICE CREAM
12 —From www.theviewfromgreatisland.com
INGREDIENTS WORDS 2 cups heavy cream ¾ cups sugar 8 1 cup milk 2 tsp vanilla extract
CURRENTS CURRENTS 2 6oz packages blackberries (that have been frozen solid) 6 INSTRUCTIONS Mix the heavy cream and sugar in a VIEWS saucepan and heat until the sugar dis- solves. Take off the heat and add the 4 milk and vanilla.
MAIL MAIL Cool the mixture and then pour it into a gallon-sized Ziplock bag. (You can set
2 the bag in a bowl to make this easier.) without having to leave my perch under Close the bag securely and lay it flat on
DO IT IT DO BY AMY KEPFERLE a baking sheet. Put it in the freezer and the giant oscillating fan in the kitchen. After some online research, I discov- freeze solid. Cut open the bag and break up the ered a recipe that not only didn’t require a mixture into pieces. I used a knife to cut special cream-churning machine—it used off chunks. The smaller you can break
07.01.15 Finding the Freeze a food processor instead of an ice cream up the initial frozen ice cream mix, the NO ICE CREAM MAKER, NO PROBLEM maker—but was one that I also happened easier it will be for your processor to .10 work with. Put them in a food processor
26 to already have all of the ingredients for. # and process until smooth. This will take hanks to what I’m presuming is climate change, the blackberries lining my back- Although the recipe for “Easy Blackberry a couple of minutes. Scrape down the T yard fence are ripening much earlier than usual. I figure I have less than two Ice Cream” focused on the wild berry that’s machine and redistribute the chunks a weeks before I can start plucking. I am not prepared. so prolific here in the Pacific Northwest, few times to help your machine out. The problem, you see, is that I’ve still got two gallon-sized bags of blackberries it was pointed out that pretty much any When the machine runs freely and the and an equal amount of Italian plums from last summer taking up space in my freezer. berry or fruit could be added to the mix. ice cream is smooth, add in the frozen berries. The machine will take a while, but I’d like to get rid of all of it before I start jamming the Frigidaire’s frosty chambers Knowing that, I plucked a handful of rasp- it will eventually get all the berries pureed CASCADIA WEEKLY with more fruit. berries and blueberries from the yard and into the ice cream. Redistribute the ber- It’s been tough to make it disappear, because there’s been so many other ripe added them along with the frozen black- ries a few times during the process. 34 things to snack on—strawberries, raspberries and blueberries, to name a few—that berries, as well as a couple of bananas Scrape the ice cream into a loaf pan I’ve been focused more on utilizing what’s fresh rather than what’s frozen. from the freezer that needed to be used. and smooth it out. Cover with foil and place back in the freezer until firm On a recent Saturday, however, I discovered a way to use both to delicious advantage. When my better half found out what I enough to scoop. The most recent record-breaking heat wave had descended, and I found myself was up to, he kept checking in to find out wishing I had an ice cream maker so I could whip up a batch of frozen dairy goods when he’d be able to sample the goods. doit WED., JULY 1 WEDNESDAY MARKET: The Wednesday Farmers Toakom
Market takes place from 12-5pm at the Fairhaven
Village Green, 1207 10th St. (behind Village 34 34 Books). Farmers feature everything from fresh FOOD FOOD produce to plants, meat, flowers and more, and FOOD there are also craft vendors, ready-to-eat food options and live music. The market continues
weekly through Sept. 30. 27 WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG Delicious Home Style
SEDRO MARKET: Suss out summer offerings at B-BOARD the weekly Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market from 3-7pm every Wednesday through September at Asian Cooking Hammer Heritage Park (on the corner of Ferry and 24 Clam and mussel bakes will be part of an expansive Metcalf streets). UBBLE EA O SG EGETERIAN ISHES VAILABLE holiday spread available at an Independence Day B T » N M » V D A WWW.SEDROWOOLLEYFARMERSMARKET.COM FILM Barbecue taking place Sat., July 4 at Blaine’s Semiahmoo Resort BREWERS CRUISE: Sample liquid goods from P TO U 20 Boundary Bay Brewery, Anacortes Brewery, and Toakom North Sound Brewery at San Juan Cruises’ “Bell- market runs every Saturday through Dec. 19. 2 ENTREES 20%OFF ingham Bay Brewers Cruise” starting at 6:30pm at WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG WITH THIS COUPON MUSIC the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave. Entry is $35 and includes various snacks and INDEPENDENCE DAY DINNER: Beef brisket, 1255 Barkley Blvd. | 360-746-8815 18 beer-brined wings. The cruises take place weekly pork ribs, mussel and clam bakes, frankfurters, through Sept. 26. crab meat coleslaw, corn on the cob and much ART WWW.WHALES.COM more will be on the menu at an Independence
Day Barbecue from 5-9pm at Blaine’s Semiahmoo 16 THURS., JULY 2 Resort, 9564 Semiahmoo Parkway. Entry is $20 LYNDEN FARMERS MARKET: Procure goods for kids and $35 for adults. Live music, beach ac- STAGE from local growers at the Lynden Farmers Market tivities and a view of the fireworks over Drayton from 12-5pm at 324 Front St. (across from the Harbor will be part of the fun.
Jansen Art Center). The market continues Thurs- WWW.SEMIAHMOO.COM 14 days through Oct. 30. WWW.LYNDENFARMERSMARKET.COM CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL: More than 40 brewer-
ies, cideries and meaderies will show off their GET OUT FRI., JULY 3 best libations at the second annual “Yes, We SALMON SAIL: Combine your tastes for adven- Can! Canned Craft Beer Festival” taking place
ture and delicious food at a weekly three-hour from 6-10pm next to Elizabeth Station (at the 12 “Bellingahm Bay Salmon Dinner Sail” aboard the intersection of Astor and J streets). The all-ages Schooner Zodiac leaving at 6pm from the Belling- street festival will also include live music from WORDS ham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave. Tickets are Polecat and Wild Rabbit, front-row viewing of $59 for kids and $79 for adults. the fireworks display over Bellingham Bay, and
WWW.SCHOONERZODIAC.COM more. Tickets are $20-$25 and include three 8 drink tickets. SAT., JULY 4 WWW.RE-SOURCES.ORG
FERNDALE PANCAKE BREAKFAST: A monthly CURRENTS Pancake Breakfast benefitting the Ferndale Food SUN., JULY 5
Bank takes place from 8-11am at the United FERNDALE PUBLIC MARKET: Attend the 6 Church of Ferndale, 2034 Washington St. Ferndale Public Market from 2-7pm every Sunday
WWW.FERNDALEFOODBANK.ORG through Oct. 11 near the town’s Old Settler’s Vil- VIEWS lage, 2007 Cherry St.
BLAINE PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Pancakes, WWW.FERNDALEPUBLICMARKET.ORG 4 sausage, eggs and beverages can be had at an
annual 4th of July Pancake Breakfast happening RACKET GRAND OPENING: Attend a Grand MAIL from 8-11am at the Blaine Senior Center, 763 G Opening celebration from 11am-2pm at the Rack-
St. Entry is $4 for kids and $6 for adults. Raffle et Bar & Pinball Lounge, 1220 N. State St. (next 2 tickets will also be available for $1 each. to, and part of, the Shakedown). The 21-and-over DO IT IT DO
332-8040 establishment will be offering a full menu from 11am-11pm daily, and today’s event will include MOUNT VERNON MARKET: The Mount Vernon events and giveaways throughout the day. Farmers Market takes place from 9am-2pm at the WWW.SHAKEDOWNBELLINGHAM.COM city’s Waterfront Plaza. In addition to the fresh, 07.01.15 local food, expect activities for kids, cooking WED., JULY 8 demos and special events through the season, EAST INDIAN CUISINE: Balabhadra focuses on which continues through Oct. 17. “East Indian Vegetarian Cuisine” at a course tak- .10 26 WWW.MOUNTVERNONFARMERSMARKET.ORG ing place from 6:30-9pm at the Community Food # Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. Entry is $39. ANACORTES FARMERS MARKET: Vegetables, 383-3200 fruit, baked goods, fresh meat and dairy, cut flowers, wine, eggs, art and much more can be THURS., JULY 9 found at the Anacortes Farmers Market, which EAT YOUR WEEDS: Organic farm worker, forager takes place from 9am-2pm every Saturday through and wild foods educator Terri Wilde leads an Oct. 24 at the Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave. “Eat Your Weeds!” course from 6:30-8pm at the CASCADIA WEEKLY WWW.ANACORTESFARMERSMARKET.ORG Community Food Co-op, 1220 N. Forest St. Wilde will identify local edible weeds and share reci- 35 BELLINGHAM FARMERS MARKET: Peruse and pes for preparing these common garden weeds purchase a plethora of locally grown produce, that add variety to our diet without putting ready-to-eat foods, crafts and more at the agricultural strain on the planet. Samples will Bellingham Farmers Market from 10am-3pm at be provided. Entry is $10. the Depot Market Square, 1100 Railroad Ave. The 734-8158 OR WWW.COMMUNITYFOOD.COOP JULY 6 - 27
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