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20 ON STAGE DANCE McManus Comedies: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Chris Walker and Co.: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Expect an amusing

MUSIC Theatre Center, WWU story or three when WORDS MUSIC 18 Jordan Flaherty: 7pm, Village Books Di Wu: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU !*'&. )./$*) ''$.

ART ART Uncle Bonsai, Christine Lavin: 7:30pm, Bell- ingham Unitarian Fellowship brings her many talents to the

16 /#0-. 4[10.yx.10] stage Oct. 24 at the Bellingham COMMUNITY ON STAGE Fall Family Open House: Today through Sunday, Unitarian Fellowship STAGE STAGE McManus Comedies: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton WWU and beyond Theatre The Full Monty: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community FILM 14 Theatre Wild and Scenic Film Fest: 7:30pm, Mount Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Baker Theatre Igor’s Monster: 8pm, iDiOM Theater GET OUT The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre GET OUT Ski Swap: 4-9:30pm, Bloedel Donovan Park Gym WORDS 12 David Abram: 7pm, Village Books VISUAL ARTS Douglas J. Fisher Presentation: 5-8pm,

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Make a Difference Day: 8am kickoff, Belling- 20 ham High School Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, MUSIC Depot Market Square Anniversary Celebration: 1-4pm, Cordata Com- munity Food Co-op 18 ART ART GET OUT Ski Swap: 9am-2pm, Bloedel Donovan Park Gym Tree Giveaway: 9am-3pm, Boxx Berry Farm, 16 Ferndale STAGE STAGE VISUAL ARTS Clayton James Reception: 6-8pm, Lucia Douglas Gallery 14 GET OUT .0) 4[10.y{.10] ON STAGE 12 McManus Comedies: 3pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre

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6 27: Employment, rentals Scott Herning growth management and environmental quali- Jean was a professor of mine from 2003- 28: Wellness E360-647-8200 x 252 ty. She is ready to contribute from her first day 2005. I saw firsthand her smarts and communi- VIEWS VIEWS ô scott@ as a member of the county council. Jean has cation skills, and her passion to teach, listen 29: Crossword cascadiaweekly.com been a member of the Whatcom County Plan- and learn about how we can all have a health- 4 4 30: Free Will Astrology Distribution ning Commission for three years and chair of ier, more prosperous future. She was my most MAIL MAIL MAIL 31: Advice Goddess JW Land & Associates the commission for two years. The commission challenging professor (and one of my favorite) ô distro@ generally meets twice a month, sometimes for because of her impressive knowledge and dedi- 32: Sudoku, Troubletown 2 cascadiaweekly.com very long public hearings. This is a major time cation to using it to positively impact society. 33: This Modern World, commitment for someone who is also a wife, She presented course work with objectivity, DO IT IT DO Tom the Dancing Bug Letters mother and has a full-time job. Finally, Jean is always trying to engage students to think first Send letters to letters@ 34: Torte report cascadiaweekly.com. a centrist, someone who does her homework, for themselves and express their perspectives 10 searching for good ideas across the political on subjects ranging from land use law to dis- .20.

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CASCADIA WEEKLY how to protect citizen safety and health, or why I’ll be voting for her, “Fundamentally, we content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. COVER: illustration by Dario In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does Castillejos how to preserve our natural environment. all want the same things: good jobs, a healthy 4 not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your letters to fewer than 300 words. Our choice is clear. Jean is public spirited, and safe environment, and a legacy we can future oriented, hard working, knowledgeable hand down so that our children’s experience and practical. Tony is ideological, extremist of Whatcom County will be as good as—maybe and anti-government. better than—ours.” NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre —Eric Hirst, Bellingham —Julia Spencer, Bellingham LINVILLE STAR GOES NOVA KOSTER’S TOO COSTLY Kelli Linville cannot get my vote be- As the employer of 140 people in this cause of one acronym: NOVA. The Non- district I am deeply concerned about Highway Off-Road Vehicle Activities John Koster’s statements on the econ- 34

program was responsible for most of omy, healthcare and the debt. Koster FOOD the recreation on Washington’s public blames Rick Larsen for a “decade of eco- resources, managed by the Dept. of Nat- nomic failure,” but it was Koster’s party

AMERICAN POP LEGEND 27 ural Resources. In 2009, Linville cham- under Bush that ran the economy for pioned a bill through to reallocate this eight of the last 10 years. money to pay for stafﬁng in the state It took 211 years for the debt to parks. The results were disastrous. DNR reach $5 trillion, but in the eight CLASSIFIEDS was forced to close or reduce services to mostly good years before Koster’s “ﬁs-

47 recreation areas around the state. cal conservatives” had lost the federal 24 Understandably, recreation is not an election, our debt had almost doubled essential government service. However, and they left us in the worst ﬁnancial FILM it’s important to note that NOVA is a crisis in 70 years. self-funding account! It is paid by the Koster criticizes Larsen’s support of 20 users who drive their vehicles to reach a government health care option. I recreation areas off-highway and would lived under a government healthcare nd... MUSIC Dema not otherwise be subject to fuel taxes. system for many years and my experi- pular

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Washington residents who use these fa- care programs provide better results at ART cilities every year. She took what was a about half the price we pay. Even the 2nd SHOW ADDED

self-sustainable account and redirected CIA Factbook states that 44 countries 16 it to another department, showing she have lower infant mortality rates than cannot be ﬁscally responsible with our America and 48 countries have longer Thursday, STAGE tax dollars. life expectancies, yet we pay almost I’m not a fan of most tea party can- twice as much as every other country NOV 4th 14 didates, but Vincent Buys seems to be in the world for the private healthcare more sane than the rest. He does sup- that Koster thinks is better. 8pm port the restoration of NOVA, and so if Larsen has better ideas on the econ- GET OUT you’re a biker at North Fork, a hiker at omy, jobs and making healthcare more

Blanchard, a horseback rider at Saxon, affordable. Please vote for Rick Larsen. 12 or an ORV user on Sumas, think twice —Rud Browne, Bellingham before voting for Kelli Linville. Friday, NOV 5th WORDS —Jakob Perry, Bellingham READ THE BILL OR VOTE NO

Earlier this year, during the Health 8 LARSEN NO LIGHTWEIGHT Care Reform debate, there was a chorus 8pm In your endorsement of Rick Larsen of people saying “read the bill,” sug- SOLD OUT you describe him as “lackluster.” If you gesting that our legislators don’t read CURRENTS mean that he’s not ﬂashy, you’re cor- the legislation they vote on. 6 rect—but he is effective. With the General Election right around TICKETS $55 Unlike progressive favorite, Jim McDer- the corner, voters have the same chance VIEWS VIEWS mott, Rick is not in a safe Democratic dis- to “read the bill” before they vote, be- 4 trict. In fact, Rick’s swing district elect- cause there are six initiatives, one refer- 4 ed a Republican nonentity to two terms endum, and two constitutional amend-

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Rick, jokingly nicknamed “Landslide now have their Voters’ Pamphlet, and 2 Larsen,” won his ﬁrst two campaigns by have three weeks to “read the bills,” all Win a week-long getaway to Hawaii DO IT IT DO less than 1 percent of the vote. However, 40 pages of dense text. by making frequent “red-eye” ﬂights from If a majority of voters vote “yes” on

D.C. to meet regularly with his various any of these ballot measures, they will 10 constituencies, he gradually gained their be making law for the State of Wash- MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL .20. 10 trust and support, winning his last two ington, so your vote should not be cast Great food and drink specials all game long,g elections with 60 percent of the vote. without serious study of the issue, the drawings for dinner for 2 at onee .05 After Democrats regained Congress, actual law and its consequences. 42 # Larson ﬁnally saw his Wild Sky Wilder- Most of these initiatives were writ- of our restaurants and more! ness bill pass. He also succeeded in get- ten by and for very narrow special in- ting a veterans’ medical center estab- terests who see their chance to buy ALL TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE AT DIAMOND DIVIDENDS. lished locally, saving veterans the long favorable legislation from an unhappy Make it a weekend to remember! Call the Hotel to reserve your drive to South Seattle. Worthwhile com- electorate. They are counting on you EventE Package: 2 Show Tickets, Deluxe Room, Gaming Coupons and munity projects have beneﬁtted from not “reading the bill” and really un- a Red River Silver Signature Buffet for two. (866) 383-0777 Ext. 254 funds he targeted. derstanding the consequences for our CASCADIA WEEKLY Despite the “centrist” label, Rick has state. Don’t be fooled. Read the bill, 5 maintained a liberal voting record sec- or vote “no” on all of them (although /PENs4OLL&REE ond only to Jim McDermott in the Wash- I recommend a YES on I-1098, R-52, 3ILVER2EEF#ASINOCOM ington delegation—but don’t tell his Transportation Prop 1, Bellingham ) %XITs-INUTES7ESTs(AXTON7AYAT3LATER2OAD conservative voters. School District Prop 1). -ANAGEMENTRESERVESALLRIGHTS HOTEL CASINO SPA ©3ILVER2EEF#ASINO —Larry Edwards, Burlington —Natalie McClendon, Bellingham THE GRISTLE

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34 34 spected Washington Poll was released last week, adding strength to a recent Elway poll and oth- FOOD ers that suggest Democratic Sen. Patty Murray is views surging against Republican challenger Dino Ros- OPINIONS ›› THE GRISTLE

27 27 si. “Democrats” are slightly favored in a generic matchup against hypothetical “Republicans.” Taken as a barometer of overall dissatisfaction, recent polling suggests that Washington—if not the rest CLASSIFIEDS of the nation—is not nearly so enraged as political rhetoric suggests. 24 The nonpartisan, scholarly Washington Poll,

FILM FILM assembled by researchers at the University of BY ROBERT REICH Washington, did find a majority (47 percent) of residents believe the state is going in the wrong 20 direction. When you stack the people who think the state is going in the right direction on top of MUSIC Democracy Fire Sale those who honestly can’t say one way or another (a total of 52 percent), though, it’s hardly a strong THE SECRET BIG-MONEY TAKEOVER OF AMERICA 18 trend. And here’s the important caveat: The ques- ART ART tion is not finely grained enough to determine the NOT ONLY is income and wealth sible to fund expanded health care direction respondents favor. in America more concentrated in few- by limiting the tax deductions of the 16 So much of our political energy insists we’re er hands than it’s been in 80 years, very rich. Why it’s so difficult even a “center-right” nation and makes a fetish of “bi- but those hands are buying our de- to extend George Bush’s tax cuts for STAGE STAGE partisan cooperation” that reinforces status quo mocracy as never before—and they’re the bottom 98 percent of Americans outcomes. And while it may be true Americans self- doing it behind closed doors. without also extending them for the

14 identify as conservative (due in perhaps no small part Hundreds of millions of secret top 2 percent—even though the top to the way in which liberals have been excoriated dollars are pouring into congres- won’t spend the money and create

GET OUT and marginalized over the past four decades) that sional and state races in this elec- jobs, but will blow a $36 billion hole says more about how people self-identify than about tion cycle. The Koch brothers (whose donors. By comparison, in the 2006 in the federal budget next year. actual policy beliefs people may hold. More granu- personal fortunes grew by $5 billion midterm, 97 percent disclosed; in The good news is average Ameri- 12 lar polls tend to find people are conservative in the last year) appear to be behind some 2008, almost half disclosed. cans are beginning to understand abstract but are social progressives in particulars— of it, Karl Rove has rounded up other Last week, when the Senate con- that when the rich secretly flood WORDS public support for Medicare and Social Security, for multi-millionaires to fund right-wing sidered a bill to force such disclosure, our democracy with money, the rest example, are famous indicators. candidates, the U.S. Chamber of Com- every single Republican voted against of us drown. Wall Street executives 8 All of which is a way of suggesting that—after merce is funneling corporate dollars it—thereby revealing the GOP’s true and top CEOs get bailed out while years of fiscal austerity and budget slashing at the from around the world into congres- colors, and presumed benefactors. underwater homeowners and jobless state level, where public schools, labor, and social sional races, and Rupert Murdoch is (To understand how far the GOP has workers sink. CURRENTS CURRENTS safety nets have taken the heaviest pounding—a evidently spending heavily. come, nearly 10 years ago campaign But what the public wants means 6

6 fair number of “center-lefts” no doubt feel the state No one knows for sure where this disclosure was supported by 48 of 54 nothing if our democracy is secretly is heading in the wrong direction, too. The critical ﬂood of money is coming from, be- Republican senators.) corrupted by big money. VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS difference is where the Right likes to shout and vote cause it’s all secret. Maybe the Disclose Bill can get Right now we’re headed for a per- out, the Left tends to pout and sit out. The distinc- But you can safely assume its passed in a lame-duck session. May- fect storm: An unprecedented con- 4 tion becomes critical on less electriﬁed, down-ballot purpose is not to help America’s be the IRS will make sure Karl Rove’s centration of income and wealth at

MAIL MAIL races, where towering rage proves a greater motiva- stranded middle class, working class and other supposed nonprofits aren’t the top, a record amount of secret tor to fill out a ballot completely. and poor. It’s to pad the nests of the sham political units. Maybe pigs will money flooding our democracy, and a

2 Seats will change hands in Election ’10. The over- rich, stop all reform and deregulate learn to ﬂy. public in the aftershock of the Great abundance of Democrats in districts not strongly big corp orations and Wall Street— In the meantime we face an elec- Recession becoming increasingly an- DO IT IT DO

inclined toward Democrats makes that a math- already more powerful than since the tion that marks an even sharper turn gry and cynical about government. ematical certainty. The degree of change will color late 19th century, when the lackeys toward plutocratic capitalism than The three are obviously related. 10 the inevitable narrative (already written) that the of robber barons literally deposited before—a government by and for the We must act. We need a movement .20.

10 Ds proved “just too damned liberal.” sacks of cash on the desks of friendly rich and big corporations—and away to take back our democracy. (If tea It’s a predictable narrative that, like the “center- legislators. from democratic capitalism. partiers were true to their principles,

.05 right” fetish, obscures a nation deeply divided by Credit the Supreme Court’s gro- As income and wealth has moved to they’d join it.) As Martin Luther King 42 # growing political and social chasms, waging a cul- tesque decision in Citizens United the top, so has political power. That’s once said, the greatest tragedy is ture war that’s widened beyond the point where vs. the Federal Election Commission, why, for example, it ’s been impossible “not the strident clamor of the bad we can even politely agree to disagree, where we which opened the ﬂoodgates. (Even to close the absurd tax loophole that people, but the appalling silence of can accept even a shared set of facts on things like though eight of nine members of the allows hedge-fund and private-equi- the good people.” climate science, macroeconomics, or the age of the Court also held disclosure laws con- ty managers to treat much of their earth within orders of magnitude. stitutional, the decision invited the income as capital gains, subject to a Robert Reich’s newest book is After- As illustration, one of the strongest indicators 15 percent tax (even though they’re CASCADIA WEEKLY creation of shadowy “nonproﬁts” that shock: The Next Economy and Amer- measured by the Washington Poll found 63 percent don’t have to reveal anything.) earning tens or hundreds of millions ica’s Future. Professor of Public Policy 6 of residents believe the widening gulf between According to FEC data, only 32 per- a year, and the top 15 hedge-fund at the University of California at Berke- richest and poorest over the past 20 years is “a bad cent of groups paying for election managers earned an average of $1 bil- ley, Reich has served as secretary of thing.” Only 4 percent (within the margin of actu- ads are disclosing the names of their lion last year). Why it proved impos- labor under President Bill Clinton. ally misunderstanding the question) believe that’s “a good thing.” VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE Halloween Haunted Garden Oct 31, 4-6pm Tricks & Treats for All Ages

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disparity is a good thing. FILM That the combatants in a particular kind of culture war are invested more and more, with greater concentration, 20 in a particular political party the Gristle MUSIC will argue is an outcome of “the South- ern Strategy” and a reversal of the roles 18 the two parties played for a century after the (apparently unresolved) Civil ART War. Until the mid-1970s, you might ﬁnd crackers well distributed within both 16 parties. Needless to say, the teapot dy- namics of the desegregated South cool STAGE considerably by the time they reach the frontier of the Paciﬁc Northwest. The 14 Washington Poll found only marginal

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and tea do not address the problems ac- MAIL tually faced by average people. Despite this, it’s the party mathematically cer- 2 tain to gain power (although the Gristle DO IT IT DO continues to believe—and the polls are tending to conﬁrm—the severity of that 10 transfer has been as overstated as the Grill & Deli Grill & Deli .20. power of their “movement”). Effect is 10 severed from cause.

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34 34 than the current County Council,” Stalheim said. “Public records are being destroyed.

FOOD currents NEWS ›› COMMENTARY ›› BRIEFS The public’s business is being done through emails, often private emails, outside the

27 27 watchful eye of the public. Development attorneys with active litigation against the county are directly communicating with council members,” he said. CLASSIFIEDS On the widening nature of requests, “what often happens is a requestor wants 24 something very speciﬁc and describes it

FILM FILM as best they can, but they don’t always know the name of the document or where it might be found,” Nixon explained. “And 20 BY TIM JOHNSON they hear back that the record cannot be

MUSIC found. At that point, what choice do you have? You know something exists and what

18 the topic and rough date of the item is, so you put in a broader request. The law ART ART absolutely allows this.” Wendy Harris has been seeking public 16 CreakiLeaks records for land-use changes occurring in COUNTY DOCUMENT HANDLING DRAWS FIRE West Blaine and Semiahmoo. She knows STAGE STAGE these records exist, she says, because she sees them referenced in other documents. 14 AS WIKILEAKS prepares to release thousands of federal documents for A decision by the state Supreme Court Her inability to see what she knows exists public inspection, Whatcom County government has trouble locating just one. earlier this month found that even metadata has caused her to widen the scope (and

GET OUT Whatcom County Council held a special meeting this week to discuss improved associated with electronic documents—such volume) of her records requests. responses to public disclosure requests following allegations of lost or misplaced as the “to” and “from” fields in emails—is a “I was told that Council Members had no records and email correspondence. public record subject to disclosure. public records pertaining to the Semiah- 12 “I wanted us all to get together with our legal team and the open public meet- “It isn’t a question of whether Whatcom moo West UGA, West Blaine development ings advisors that we have, and just make sure that we’re adhering to the spirit and County Council is complying or not,” Stal- at a time when the developer was meet- WORDS the letter of the law,” Whatcom County Council member Ken Mann explained. heim observed. “Clearly they have violated ing with staff, the Prosecutor’s office and Mann said he called the meeting after he became aware of the alleged mishan- both the Public Records Act and the Open the executive to discuss litigation settle- 8 8 dling of public records by other council members. Leveling early charges was David Public Meetings Act. A County Council ment,” Harris related. “The county refused Stalheim, formerly the director of County Planning and Development Services. member who uses a private email account to confirm meeting dates and it is making “What started this inquiry was an email I am looking for that infers Council member as an official county email address has a me wait two and a half months for staff’s CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS Sam Crawford was expected to deliver certain land-use amendments for $60,000,” duty to keep and protect all records. Just public records. In the meanwhile, I ob-

6 Stalheim related. Stalheim said he had actually been shown the email to Crawford, which Crawford was later unable to produce. “What the $60,000 was for is unknown VIEWS VIEWS because Mr. Crawford, while acknowledging that he remembers receiving the email, “I HAVE WORKED FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR declares that he no longer has it and is therefore unable to disclose it.” 4 25 YEARS, AND NEVER IN MY CAREER HAVE I Similar issues have arisen around the state as courts and local governments

MAIL MAIL grapple with the intersection of technology and disclosure laws. Changes in the EXPERIENCED A MORE UNETHICAL GOVERNMENT

handling of documents—particularly electronic records—are challenging local 2 governments, agreed Toby Nixon. Nixon is president of the Washington Coalition THAN THE CURRENT COUNTY COUNCIL.”

DO IT IT DO for Open Government, a public interest advocacy group for the state’s open re- — DAVID STALHEIM, FORMER DIRECTOR OF COUNTY PLANNING cords laws. Nixon helped draft the state’s Public Records Act.

10 The act requires that records maintained by state and local governments, as

.20. well as special purpose districts, must be made available to members of the because the email is embarrassing to the tained information establishing that rele-

10 public. The law works together with the Open Public Meetings Act to ensure the County Council member does not provide vant public records were being withheld.” business of government remains open for inspection. that person with the opportunity to delete Responding angrily to the widening .05 Destruction of public records is a felony, Nixon noted. that record,” Stalheim said. net of requests, Council member Barbara 42 # “The fundamental principle is that agencies don’t get to decide what people Stalheim, who no longer works for Brenner said she resents Harris acting as if have a right to know and what they don’t have a right to know,” Nixon said. county planning, is not the only citizen to Harris is the victim. “The People do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies that serve them. encounter difﬁculty and back pressure in “Not much of a surprise that someone who They have a right to know what public servants—government employees and requesting county documents. does something this disgusting has rational- agencies—are doing.” An ordinance that would create a new ized she is the victim,” Brenner complained Around the state, various agencies and governments are in the stages of land-use designation for Bellingham’s Yew in response to the request, which Brenner

CASCADIA WEEKLY updating their systems and responses, Nixon said. “There are quite a few that Street Road area suggests a degree of considered burdensome. “While this is legal, are simply not up to date when it comes to archiving electronic documents like draftsmanship going on between council it is still disgusting, and the only thing more 8 emails—especially jurisdictions that still allow government officials to use members supporting the change and the foul is the claim that it is everyone else’s private email accounts.” Whatcom is one; but perhaps not for much longer. developer attorneys seeking the change. fault she is using a legal sledgehammer “They’re in a tough situation because the law requires them—and holds them Yet county officials have claimed they are when a tiny little request might have gotten legally and financially accountable—for being able to retrieve official public busi- unable to produce records of coordinat- her what she wanted.” ness emails.” ing meetings or correspondence between DOCUMENTS, CONTINUED ON PAGE 27 2010-2011 Season Sponsor The World Below 34 34 For many living in the Pacific

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16 10.xy.10 STAGE STAGE TUESDAY The latest in a series of challenges to the state’s campaign dis- 14 closure laws turns in the state’s favor. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules those disclosure laws’ requirements don’t violate the PHOTO BY JIM SCOLMAN. © 2010, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. GET OUT rights of a group that didn’t want to disclose their donors in a 2008 campaign against assisted suicide. The group had argued that it Bill’s back! Former presidents and current vice presidents alike were in Washington this week, stumping for the diminutive Democratic Sen. shouldn’t have to register with the state as a political action com- Patty Murray. Clinton arrived in Everett Tuesday. Over the weekend Joe Biden visited Vancouver. 12 mittee because they wanted only to sponsor ads about the issue of assisted suicide—not ads explicitly opposing Initiative 1000. cross jurisdictional lines when there’s a threat to tions of the health care legislation exceeds the WORDS life or property. The minority doubted the DUI authority of Congress. Arguments on the remain- In related news, a MoveOn/SurveyUSA poll ﬁnds 84 percent of reg- rose to the level of felony threat. ing two challenges will be heard in December. 8 8 istered voters believe they have a right to know who is bankrolling political ads. Brett Bonner says a mailer detailing the ob- A letter from the governor prompts Canada to jections of some civic leaders to the proposed waive a clearance fee on Amtrak’s second train CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS Whatcom County Council extends the ban on large wind energy transportation beneﬁt tax “was not false in any from Seattle to British Columbia. Canadian of-

6 systems. Council members Barbara Brenner and Ken Mann have been way.” Three city council members, the county ficials had imposed a $550,000 fee for evening working to draft new rules, but ran out of time. The temporary ban executive and others published a letter in Cas- security on the evening run. Transportation of- VIEWS VIEWS was first enacted in February in response to a wind turbine project cadia Weekly claiming Bonner had inappropri- ficials had argued the economic benefits were far being planned for Squalicum Mountain. ately used their names and reputations to fur- in excess of the fee. 4 ther his own anti-tax agenda. MAIL MAIL 10.xz.10 Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark

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tion’s borders, the Washington Supreme Court rules. In a 6-3 split, A Florida judge strikes down four of six argu- serve is recognized for its unique and diverse

10 the majority ﬁnds that under the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliot, Lummi ments in a multi-state lawsuit challenging por- plants, animals and habitat.

.20. Nation police had the authority to pursue a suspected drunken driver tions of the federal health care reform act, but

10 beyond the reservation’s boundaries and detain her until Whatcom allows some merits of the case to move forward. A small experimental plane breaks apart and County deputies arrived. The justices said the stop was additionally Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna joined crashes at Skagit Regional Airport in Burlington. .05 justiﬁed under the doctrine of “hot pursuit,” which allows ofﬁcers to the challenge of 18 other states in declaring por- The pilot walks away with minor injuries. 42 # Can you survive a divorce? PEPPER Let me help you. CASCADIA WEEKLY Attorney Lauren E. Trent

10 Divorce / Dissolution of Marriage • Child Custody • Parenting SISTERS Plans • Support Orders – Protection Orders SINCE COOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX 1988 The Lustick Law Firm Bellingham – Mount Vernon Open Nightly Except Monday 1055 N State St B’ham 671-3414 (360) 685-4221 www.Lustick.com trian had been crossing the street at the ½

library when an elderly driver paused to

FUZZ deliver angry instructions about how to Cascadia Weekly Tea-Totaler’s Guide to 34 properly cross a street. The gent then BUZZ drove off erratically. Police spoke to the Positions & Personalities FOOD elderly driver, who agreed not to angrily A CHEAT SHEET FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT OUR GOVERNMENT TO SERVE AND PROTECT instruct errant pedestrians in the fu- PROBABLY SHOULD NOT BE BURNED TO THE GROUND. 27 On Oct. 9, a driver exiting the freeway ture. He said he felt his erratic driving at Old Fairhaven Parkway too fast and had not been a problem. FEDERAL INITIATIVE 1082: in wet conditions managed to stop by U.S. SENATE PRIVATIZE WORKERS COMP ˛ Patty Murray ˛ Reject CLASSIFIEDS smashing into the back of a Bellingham On Sept. 26, U.S. Customs ofﬁcials Washington’s senior senator is a sea- Corporate-sponsored measure that Police cruiser waiting at a red light. No asked police for assistance with an el- soned voice for the state’s interests. breaks a system that currently works 24 one was injured in the crash. derly man who’d arrived at the Peace extraordinarily well. Creates wealth for U.S. CONGRESS, 2ND DISTRICT private insurers by throwing injured

Arch crossing looking lost and con- FILM HEADY TIMES fused. Ofﬁcers helped locate a family ˛ Rick Larsen workers to the wolves. Has uniquely championed the region’s IN HIGH COUNTRY member who arrived from Bellingham

interest in Washington, D.C. Opponent INITIATIVE 1100 & 1105: 20 On Oct. 15, a British Columbia man was to take care of him. promises more gridlock and partisan PRIVATIZE LIQUOR sentenced in U.S. District Court in Se- warfare in Congress. ˛ Reject MUSIC attle for his lead role in attempting to On Sept. 30, witnesses in Surrey, B.C., Makes booze more available, but neither measure was crafted with the state’s smuggle $300,000 worth of marijuana called the RCMP to report that an errat- STATE 42ND DISTRICT SENATE interests in mind. The state Office of 18 into the U.S. from Canada by snowshoe. ic motorist was heading south toward Financial Management estimates that ˛ Pat Jerns ART Last April agents were investigating the border. Mounties were not able to I-1100 would have a five-year cost to A businessman ready to do the district’s the state general fund of $115 mil- snowshoe tracks that crossed the in- contact the suspect before he crossed business in Olympia. ternational border in the Canyon Creek in to the United States, but Blaine Po- lion-$123 million. The OFM estimates 16 that I-1105’s five-year cost would be area of Mt. Baker and the Snoqualmie lice were on the scene. “Officers inter- 42ND DISTRICT HOUSE OF $513 million-$547 million. STAGE National Forest. They located three viewed the man,” police reported, “who REPRESENTATIVES, POS. 1 ˛ Al Jensen INITIATIVE 1107: ROLL BACK TAXES Canadians hiding in the woods. Inves- was sober and oriented, and unable to A centrist with unique perspectives on ON CANDY AND SODA 14 tigators also located four backpacks, explain why his driving was scaring law enforcement. Able to reach across ˛ Reject each containing about 30 pounds of people in Canada.” aisles to get the job done. These taxes are mostly temporary and

B.C. Bud. A fourth man was arrested GET OUT 42ND DISTRICT HOUSE OF very common around the country. Repeal- as he arrived on the remote forest ser- On Sept. 25, a Blaine teen was driving REPRESENTATIVES, POS. 2 ing this would cost the state approxi- vice road to pick up the men. The fifth along Drayton Harbor Road near Semi- ˛ Kelli Linville mately $272 million in lost revenues. 12 man was arrested in a Bellingham motel ahmoo “when his attention wandered A proven performer, holds one of the REFERENDUM BILL 52: most powerful positions in Olympia. after he’d been determined to be the from the road to the controls on his BUILD SCHOOLS Keep her there. WORDS group’s mastermind. He was sentenced car radio,” police reported. ”Tracks at ˛ Approve to 30 months in prison. the scene showed that once distracted, Would authorize bonds to put people to 8 40TH DISTRICT HOUSE OF 8 he drove off the pavement and his SUV REPRESENTATIVES, POS. 1 work to create energy efficiency in state On Oct. 8, motel employees found travelled through the southbound road- ˛ Kris Lytton schools. a gallon bag of low-quality ragweed side ditch for 150 feet before swerving Powerful focus on education makes her CURRENTS CURRENTS ESB RESOLUTION 42: DENY BAIL CURRENTS an excellent choice to replace Dave Quall. marijuana stuffed behind an air con- back onto the pavement. The vehicle ˛ Reject ditioning unit in an upstairs hallway. then shot eastward across the oppos- 40TH DISTRICT HOUSE OF Would unilaterally deny bail to certain 6 “The 1960s grade marijuana has been ing lane and slammed into a well placed REPRESENTATIVES, POS. 2 inmates. Chilling as a concept and, impounded for destruction,” Belling- guardrail, spinning 180 degrees and ˛ Jeff Morris frankly, bail can already be set much VIEWS higher than a inmate’s ability to bond. ham Police reported. ripping off a tire.” The driver was saved Powerful and influential voice on transportation, energy and high technology. 4 from flying off the steep bluff by the SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8225:

On Oct. 10, Bellingham Police scolded railing. “The teen suffered a bump on FUZZY MATH MAIL COUNTY two teens who were spotted shooting a his head,” police continued, “and both ˛ Approve WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL Changes in federal bonding programs 2 BB gun and smoking marijuana. the car and guardrail will need exten- ˛ Jean Melious means tweaking state constitutional

sive repair. It is not known if the stereo Former planning commissioner is bril- IT DO

limits on debt capacity to make the On Sept. 20, an ofﬁcer standing in the survived.” liant on issues the county is at work on. state as eligible as others for those Blaine Police station noticed a lady mo- ﬁnancial programs. 10 toring by the front window appeared to INITIATIVES

MYSTERY GOES OVER .20. INITIATIVE 1053: RESTORE CITY OF BELLINGHAM PROPOSITION be driving while distracted. ”It would EASY, ENDS SUNNY SIDE 10 SUPERMAJORITY 1: MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION have been difficult for her to keep her UP ˛ Reject LEVY full attention on the road while holding On Oct. 8, police scrambled to a 5am Tim Eyman measure would allow a small ˛ Approve .05 42 that big glass smoking pipe to her face call that someone had deposited 55 minority of lawmakers to block any .2¢ sales tax would restore WTA service # with one hand and a blazing lighter with dozen fresh, cold eggs in front of a revenue proposal. Would make it virtu- for Bellingham residents and generate much needed revenues for crosswalks, the other,” police observed. A search Blaine business. An employee there ally impossible for legislators to take a balanced approach to Washington’s bike lanes and road resurfacing. by patrol K9 Dexter revealed two mari- told the officer they had not mislaid ongoing economic problems. juana smoking pipes and a personal use an egg order. The officer contacted BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT amount of marijuana in the vehicle. The two other restaurants nearby. They, INITIATIVE 1098: STATE PROPOSITION 1: OPERATIONS LEVY INCOME TAX ˛ Approve

contraband was impounded. The 48 year too, had not ordered the errant eggs. CASCADIA WEEKLY ˛ Approve 23¢ per $1,000 assessed property value old Birch Bay resident was cited. ”Police were unable to crack the case,” Would generate more than $2 billion per would keep teachers in classrooms and 11 the officer clucked. ”To prevent a year for public education while making classroom sizes within their ability to DRIVING WHILE henormous mess, officers and helpful the state’s tax code more equitable. teach. ELDERLY, CTD. U.S. Border Patrol agents hauled the SOURCES: Financial impacts courtesy of the Washington State Budget & Policy Center; Office On Oct. 20, Blaine Police received a 660 little gifts to the doorstep of the of Financial Management complaint from a pedestrian. The pedes- Blaine food bank.” doit WORDS

34 34 WED., OCT. 20 FLOODLINES: New Orleans resident

FOOD Jordan Flaherty tells tales from his words tome Floodlines: Community and Resis- COMMUNITY ›› LECTURES BOOKS tance from Katrina to the Jena Six, at 27 27 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. i 671-2626 THURS., OCT. 21

CLASSIFIEDS BECOMING ANIMAL: Cultural ecologist and environmental philosopher David Abram reads and shares ideas 24 from his new book, Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology, at 7pm at Village FILM FILM Books, 1200 11th St. Entry is free. i 671-2626

20 OCT. 22-23 BOOK SALE: Friends of the Lynden Li-

MUSIC brary will host a Used Book Sale from BY AMY KEPFERLE 10am-5pm Fri.-Sat. at the Lynden Public

18 Library, 216 4th St. i 354-4883 ART ART SAT., OCT. 23 THE DEAD BOYS: Bellingham author 16 Random Bookshelf and attorney Royce Buckingham reads from his latest book, The Dead Boys, at

STAGE STAGE WHAT’S NEW FOR REVIEW 4pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. i WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM

14 “HOW CAN you read over that noise?” I was recently asked amid a ca- illustrations, which draw the eye as well as BUTTERFLY BIG YEAR: Ecologist, photographer and author Robert Mi- cophonous clatter of construction work. The truth is, I can read anywhere, be warm the heart. chael Pyle shares stories focusing on

GET OUT it a moving vehicle, a harried holiday gathering or even amid a hardhat zone. Jan Brett reads from and signs copies of his book Mariposa Road: The First But- Following are a few suggestions for books that came across my radar recently. her book at 10am Thurs., Oct. 21 at Village terfly Big Year at 7pm at Village Books, (In two cases, you can read ‘em and then greet ‘em, or vice versa.) Books, 1200 11th St. 1200 11th St 12 12 i WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM TINKERS, BY PAUL HARDING CLOVER: A LITERARY RAG MON., OCT. 25 WORDS WORDS Bellevue Literary Press, 2009 Copies Now, 2010 OPEN MIC: Story writing instructor When your debut novel earns you a Pulitzer Prize, If you like any Laurel Leigh hosts the monthly liter- 8 it’s time to dedicate yourself full-time to your craft. of the 19 stories, ary minded Open Mic at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. If you’re interest- Just ask Paul Harding, whose short-but-stellar novel, poems or essays ed in reading your work, sign up at the Tinkers, earned him the coveted literary award last year. contained within main counter on the first floor. CURRENTS CURRENTS Although it’s a quick read at under 200 pages, Harding’s Clover: A Literary i 671-2626

6 prose is both elegant and economical as he tells the Rag, there’s a good POETRYNIGHT: Read your original story of the joined, then estranged, lives of a father and chance you might verse at poetrynight at 8:30pm at the

VIEWS VIEWS son. But it’s not that simple; Harding also takes us back know the author. Amadeus Project, Cornwall Ave. Sign- ups start at 8pm. to another century, reinvents language like an alchemist That’s because all

4 i WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG and makes his readers believe in epileptic horse-drawn of the scribes who

MAIL MAIL salesmen, clock experts who lose track of time and the contributed work to TUES., OCT. 26 power of family—even if that particular collection of kin is lost to the vagaries the literary collec- SCARY STORIES: An “Urban Legends and

2 Scary Stories” gathering happens at 7pm of circumstance and desire. tion are members at the Lummi Island Public Library’s barn, of Bellingham’s In- DO IT IT DO 2144 S. Nugent Rd. Bring the scariest

THE 3 LITTLE DASSIES, BY JAN BRETT dependent Writers tales you know, and dress warmly. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2010 Studio,Studio, a local ensemble that, at six week i 758-7145 10 When you see the rock star-style tour buss intervals,intervals, gather around an oak table in the .20. WED., OCT. 27 10 pull up outside Village Books Oct. 21, don’t’t CloverClover builbui ding to wor k on t heir c r af t . Whe t h- MAMA’S BOY: A special after-school go looking for Marilyn Manson or any of hiss erer thethe sesettingt is a military cemetery, a small event for middle schoolers happens when

.05 ilk. Instead, you’ll ﬁnd children’s book authoror town in California,C or a backyard paradise, Michael Buckley reads from Nerds2: M is 42 # Jan Brett touting her latest tale, The 3 Littlee the tales told within the 78-page collection for Mama’s Boy—focusing on a group of unpopular ﬁfth graders who run a spy Dassies. Set in the African country of Nambia,a, run the gagamut from serious to silly—J. Kaye network—at 5pm at Village Books, 1200 the story offers a new spin on the classic chil-l- Faulkner,Faulkner, I’m looking at you—and beyond. 11th St. The event is free. dren’s tale, The 3 Little Pigs. This time around,d, But,But, why,why, exactly does Bellingham need this i 671-2626 there’s no swine and no wolf—instead, read-- “rag?” ““WhyW do we need chocolate?” an- ers both young and old will be treated to thee swersswers mamastermind and founder Mary Eliza- COMMUNITY

CASCADIA WEEKLY tale of three guinea-piggish creatures search-- bethbeth Gillilan.Gilli “Good writing feeds the soul ing for a home under blue African skies andd andannd upliftsuplift and entertains us.” THURS., OCT. 21 12 the eagle wearing suspenders who wants too TRAVEL TALK: “Trekking the High Peru- feed them to his young for supper. “I’ll ﬂapp Meet thethe writers behind Clover at 4pm Sun., vian Andes of the Coridillera Blanca and and I’ll clap and I’ll blow your house in,” hee Oct 24 at Village Books. A 6pm book launch to Machu Picchu via the Salkantay High Pass Route of the Incas” will be the topic threatens. Indeed, he just might. Inspired by Brett’s travels to southern Africa follows at the Lairmont Manor. Both events of tonight’s Travelogue Series talk and in 2007, the old story is given new life with the bestselling author’s trademark are free. doit Your Farmers Market slideshow with Alan Fritzberg at 7pm at for the other six days a week! the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Cen-

tral Ave. Suggested donation is $2. 34 i 778-7000 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday FOOD OCT. 21-30 SCREAM FAIR: Get three haunted houses for the price of one when the 27 Scream Fair Haunted House returns to Lynden Oct. 21-23 and 28-30 at North- west Washington Fairgrounds, 1775

Front St. General admission is $13, but CLASSIFIEDS a $29 R.I.P. pass—which allows you to skip the line—is available. i WWW.SCREAMFAIR.COM 24

FRI., OCT. 22 FILM CANDIDATE’S FORUM: A Women’s Your community Candidate Forum begins at noon at the Open daily

natural market 20 YWCA, 1026 N. Forest St. Kelli Linville, in downtown Kristine Lytton, and Jean Melious will since 1973 discuss their experiences on the cam- Mount Vernon MUSIC paign trail, as well as issues important 360-336-9777 to women and families. The event is skagitfoodcoop.com 18 free, but donations are appreciated.

i WWW.YWCABELLINGHAM.ORG ART WILD AND SCENIC FEST: The Surfrid- Join us in Welcoming er Foundation hosts the environmental- 16 ly minded Wild and Scenic Film Festival at 7:30pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, -(11,)(5 STAGE 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets to the festival—which are meant to use ﬁlm to inspire activism—are $10. +$+1 14 i WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM OR WWW.SURFRIDERFOUNDATION.ORG GET OUT OCT. 22-24 3$&,),&:LWK FALL FAMILY OPEN HOUSE: Art ex- 6OLGH6KRZ 12 hibits, planetarium shows, live mu- :LOG(GLEOH 12 sic, academic presentations, athletic 6DPSOHV events, a performance with Ryan Stiles )($67 WORDS WORDS and Friends and much more will be part of the Fall Family Open House happen- $)LHOG*XLGH ing from Fri.-Sun. on the WWU campus 8 and beyond. Prices vary, and many WR&RDVWDO events are free. )RUDJLQJ

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at St. James Presbyterian Church, 910 2 14th St. /,11($ DO IT IT DO

i 733-1325 BELLINGHAM MARKET: Purchase and peruse local fruit and veggies and ar- .HHSHUV 10 tistic offerings at the Bellingham Farm- .20. ers Market from 10am-3pm at the Depot RIWKH 10 Market Square at the corner of Railroad Avenue and Chestnut Street. .05 i 647-2060 OR 42

75((6 # WWW.BELLINGHAMFARMERS.ORG MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY: The national day of do-gooding, dubbed “Make $*XLGHWR5H*UHHQLQJ a Difference Day,” features numerous opportunities to volunteer. Check out 1RUWK$PHULFD the link below for available opportunities. Wednesday, Oct. 27th, 7pm

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PLANT SOCIETY: Join the Komo Kulshan Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society for a talk 34 34 by Vikki Jackson focusing on “Phantoms, Fairies

FOOD and Trees: Winter Wetland Ecology from a Bug’s getout Perspective” at 7pm at the RE Store’s Sustainable HIKING ›› RUNNING ›› CYCLING Living Center, 2309 Meridian St. Entry is free.

27 27 i 319-6988 THURS., OCT. 21 SKI CLUB: Get the details about trips planned for

CLASSIFIEDS the season at the Northwest Ski and Recreation Club’s monthly meeting at 5:30pm at Archer Ale House, 1212 10th St.

24 i WWW.NWSKICLUB.ORG STORY AND PHOTO BY AUBREY LAURENCE FITNESS FORUM: “Runner’s First Aid 101” will be the FILM FILM topic of tonight’s free Fitness Forum with PT Ned Hartley at 7:15pm at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St. E 20 Mt. Saint Helens i WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM LIFE CYCLES: Whatcom Trails Co-op presents the MUSIC BEAUTY BUILT FROM DESTRUCTION mountain bike ﬁlm, Life Cycles, at 8pm at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Entry is $10;

18 proceeds will support trails in Whatcom County. i WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM ART ART OCT. 22-23

16 SKI SWAP: The annual Komo Kulshan Ski Swap & Sale happen from 4-9:30pm Fri. and 9am-2pm Sat.

STAGE STAGE at the Bloedel Donovan Park Gym, 2214 Electric Ave. If you’re interested in dropping off your gear, do so from 4-9pm Thurs., Oct. 21. 14 14 i WWW.KOMOKULSHANSKICLUB.ORG SAT., OCT. 23 GET OUT GET OUT WORK PARTY: As part of Make a Difference Day, join NSEA, the Whatcom Conservation District, and WWU’s LEAD volunteers from 9am-12pm to plant

12 native trees and shrubs along the Nooksack River at Ferndale’s Hovander Homestead Park. i WWW.N-SEA.ORG WORDS TREE GIVEAWAY: Farmers who can commit to planting in riparian areas for the purpose of water 8 THIRTY YEARS ago, when I was just a lad, I vividly remem- slightly higher and it essentially offers the quality can show up for a free tree giveaway dubbed ber watching news reports of the Mt. Saint Helens eruption. It was the same views. For most people, walking along “Farmers Growing Trees for Salmon” from 9am-3pm most destructive volcanic explosion in North American history. the loose and unstable ridge is not worth the at Ferndale’s Boxx Berry Farm. Come with a shovel

CURRENTS CURRENTS and be prepared to dig two-year-old Dog Fir, West- The eruption blasted away approximately 3.7 billion cubic yards of effort or risk. And ﬁnding that exact high ern Red Cedar, and Sitka Spruce.

6 earth, and plumes of ash reached 80,000 feet in less than 15 minutes. point may be a moot exercise anyway, as 1,300 i 354-1337 OR WWW.WCFARMFRIENDS.COM The mountain’s elevation was reduced from 9,677 feet to 8,363 feet, feet of the mountain’s true summit was blown MOON OF THE MUSHROOM: Join Wild Whatcom

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MAIL MAIL crater rim of the most active volcano in the Cascade Range. But I was assuming a lava dome eruption doesn’t knock distracted by the mountain’s unbelievable beauty, so fear took a back it down ﬁrst. TUES., OCT. 26

2 seat while the views took my breath away more than the thin air. Regardless of where you stand on the crater AUDUBON PROGRAM: Join the North Cascades Earlier that October morning, my wife Jen, our friend Pavel, and I set rim, gazing into the belly of the beast is the Audubon Society for a program with birders Keith DO IT IT DO

and Jan Wiggers focusing on their 10-week trip off to climb the world-famous stratovolcano—or at least what was left real prize when climbing this mountain. When through Ecuador at 7pm at the Fairhaven Library, of it—from Climbers’ Bivouac via the Monitor Ridge route. you look inside that massive, horseshoe-shape 1117 12th St. 10 The ﬁrst couple miles of the easy-to-follow trail meander through a crater—which is more than a mile wide—you i WWW.NORTHCASCADESAUDUBON.ORG .20. 10 dark forest blanketed in tree moss. Elevation gain is pleasantly gradual. can see steaming vents and crevasse-choked WED., OCT. 27 Above 4,800 feet in elevation, near timberline, the terrain transforms glaciers covered in pumice. And when you con- TREE KEEPERS: Celebrate Urban Forestry Month

.05 into a lunar-like landscape. Wooden poles mark the route among large sider the enormous void of where the mountain- when Ann Linnea—the first woman to circumnavi- 42 # lava boulders. top used to be, you get an overwhelming sense gate Lake Superior by sea kayak—shares stories Higher up, some talus hopping is necessary, but the difficulty never ex- of how powerful and violent that 1980 eruption from her book Keeper of the Trees: A Guide to Re- ceeds Class 2 scampering and scrambling. Beyond that, a calf-burning slog must have been. Greening North America at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. up loose scree and sinking ash is all that’s required to gain the top. As we hiked back down into the refreshing i 671-2626 After hiking four-and-a-half miles and gaining 4,600 feet of elevation mist below the cloud deck, I felt privileged to over three-and-a-half hours, we reached the summit ridge. have seen such raw and rugged beauty created THURS., OCT. 28 MT. BAKER FILM FEST: View films showcasing

CASCADIA WEEKLY The 360-degree views were much better than I anticipated, and the by one of earth’s most destructive forces. movie makers and photographers of the ski and weather could not have been better. snowboard industry at the annual Mt. Baker Film 14 As I gazed upon the horizon, it seemed like we were on a desolate island For more information, visit the U.S. Forest Service’s Festival starting at 7:30pm at the Mount Baker The- in the middle of a sea of clouds, with the majestic “islands” of Mt. Rainier, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Web atre, 104 N. Commercial St. Show up at 6pm for a Mt. Adams, and Mt. Hood all rising toward the sky in the distance. site at www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm. Climbing per- vendor expo, carnival games, a DJ and more. Tick- The highest point on Mt. Saint Helens’ ridge is about a quarter- mits are sold online through the Mount Saint Helens ets are $7.50-$9. i 734-6080 OR WWW.MOUNTBAKERTHEATRE.COM mile to the west of where most people turn around, but it’s only Institute at www.mshinstitute.org. +RRUD\,W·V+RRUD\,W·V 34 34 o t oto o

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20 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. Registra- to the matters at hand. tion is requested. Familiar with Hergenhahn’s ability to trans- i 671-2626 MUSIC form stories as varied as Hamlet to A Christmas Carol, thereby making them his own, I knew OCT. 22-23 18 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: Stone Town Theatre that what I’d be seeing wouldn’t simply be a re- presents an adapted version of Crime and Pun- ART ART hashing of storylines and plots, but something ishment at 7:30pm at the Firehouse Performing entirely different. I wasn’t disappointed. Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. Tickets are $10. 16 16 With the help of fellow actors Maura Hooper, i 306-1552 Michael Piazza, and Ashley MacDougall—Big HELLINGHAM: “Hellingham,” the com- STAGE STAGE STAGE STAGE Apple thespians from David Mamet’s and Wil- pletely improvised murder mystery, shows at 8pm and 10pm every Fri.-Sat. through Hal- liam H. Macy’s Atlantic Theatre—the audience loween at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. 14 soon learns the back story of Igor, a crooked Entry is $8-$10. boy with a sick mother and an alcoholic, abu- i WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM PISCHT ALL-STARS: The “Pischt All-Stars” GET OUT sive father who has trouble even making eye contact with his deformed offspring. perform a variety of sketches at “Circus of Without giving a point-by-point narrative, the Stars Hour” at 11pm at the iDiOM The-

12 ater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. Entry is $5. I’ll ﬁll you in on bits and pieces of what hap- i WWW.IDIOMTHEATER.COM pens next: After tragedy befalls his family, Igor WORDS spends some time in a cave in the forest. He OCT. 22-24 joins the circus, and one of the performers says MCMANUS COMEDIES #2: Tim Behrens

8 stars in The McManus Comedies: Scrambled this: “Nobody wants to see me throw knives at McManus at 7:30pm Fri.-Sat. and 3pm Sun. at

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CASCADIA WEEKLY and it took me a fair amount of time to discern some of the words and phrases more than one neck is broken—comedy plays that were written among the calculations and other scientiﬁc jargon sprawled a role here, too, and I found myself laughing CONTRA DANCE: Up in the Air will provide live tunes at tonight’s Contra Dance from 16 from ﬂoor to ceiling. at moments that, in a true tragedy, would’ve 7:30-10:30pm at the Fairhaven Library, 1117 “Eye sockets grow blue with indication of life,” one missive read. Others been inopportune. I’m not necessarily saying 12th St. Entry is $8-$10. included “keys to locomotion,” “brain matter,” “must be charged at least eight Igor’s story ends well, but in a play with the i WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRYDANCE.ORG hours” and “bear claw: working prototype.” word “monster” in its title, I guess that’s not While the wall-to-wall scribblings wouldn’t be explained until later in to be expected. CHIHUAHUA

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14 Although the entire conversation won’t be repeated here—there’s not enough literary real estate, plus I don’t quite recall how the evening ended—I’d slop-

GET OUT pily inserted the line in the middle of a long story my father was telling about the years my family lived in West Africa in the late 1960s and early ’70s. I’m the first to admit I don’t remember much about those “exotic” years. 12 Other than images that flash into my brainpan here and there—a goat getting its head lopped off, an exceedingly large man on an impossibly small chair WORDS guarding our house in the night, eating rice and peanut stew with my hands—I rely on the cadre of photographs and the extensive art collection my parents 8 amassed to fill in the blanks about my birthplace. My father’s knowledge of both the art and culture of the humongous continent is one of the reasons I brought CURRENTS CURRENTS him along during a recent viewing of the “Spellbound:

6 Selections from the Lehmann African Art Collection” exhibit currently on display at WWU’s Western Gallery.

VIEWS VIEWS Like my parents, who were there working as representatives of the Peace Corps, Hans Lehmann ﬁrst came to 4 Africa to do good. Beginning in 1963, when he returned SEE IT

MAIL MAIL from his service in Guinea aboard the hospital ship WHAT: “Spellbound: HOPE with three objects in his possession that imme- Selections from the

2 diately sparked the interest of his wife, it wasn’t long Lehmann African Art before the two became serious collectors. Collection” DO IT IT DO

WHEN: 10am-4pm Brower. by Paul Photo Congo. of Republic Democratic Nkisi nkondi, Kongo Brower. by Paul Photo cultivator staff, Cote d’Ivoire. Champion Senufo “A spell was cast,” Thelma Lehmann recounts. Over the Mon.-Fri. and 12- years, the couple returned to Africa time and again to 4pm Sat., through 10 acquire more pieces for their collection and also learn Nov. 24 .20.

10 more about the people and places they visited. From 1969 WHERE: West- EACH INDIVIDUAL PIECE WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED until 1982, Thelma even operated Seattle’s Nimba Gallery ern Gallery, WWU campus NOT TO BE SHOWN ON THE WALLS OR DAISES .05 to showcase the art of Sierra Leone, Ghana, Burkina Faso, COST: Entry is free 42 # and Mali. INFO: 650-3963 OF A GALLERY, BUT TO BE USED AS EITHER A The varied works in “Spellbound” are culled from the Lehmann’s permanent collection, and they’re worth a viewing both for their UTILITARIAN, HONORARY OR DEVOTIONAL OBJECT. raw, intrinsic beauty as well as the stories they tell. Whether it was a Dogon granary door mingling the world of humans and spirits, an applique textile from the Republic of Benin, an Ethiopian cross, the works. Additionally, she said, she and her treasured pieces was that, after being used

CASCADIA WEEKLY a diviner’s bowl from Nigeria, or a nail-studded ﬁgure from the Democratic husband also collected works that “inspired in a certain number of ceremonies, they had Republic of the Congo promoting the success, well-being and protection of their admiration, awe and enchantment.” lost their mojo. Sometimes, he noted, they 18 its owner, each individual piece was originally created not to be shown on As we walked through “Spellbound,” my just needed the money. the walls or daises of a gallery, but to be used as either a utilitarian, honor- dad noted masks and textiles that were sim- “There are a lot of ﬁne specimens in ary or devotional object. ilar to ones in his collection, and told me there,” he added as we left the gallery. “Being old and used ritually is not enough to qualify an African object as a that one of the reasons the artisans or tribal “It’s a very broad perspective of West Af- work of art,” Thelma was said to have observed on the topic of the authenticity of representatives might have agreed to sell rican art.” doit Don’t be frightened...frightened... UPCOMING EVENTS BOUNDARY BAY: Solace Wonder’s Oktoberfest- themed art show will be on display through Octo- Halloween Wigs are Here! THURS., OCT. 21 ber at Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave. 34 34 BROWN BAG: Whatcom Museum curator and ex- i WWW.BBAYBREWERY.COM hibition designer Scott Wallin will share insights CEDAR WORKS: View and purchase a variety of FOOD on pieces in the “1934: A New Deal for Artists” Native American art from 10am-6pm Wed.-Sat. at exhibit at 12:30pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121 the Cedar Works Art Gallery, 217 Holly St.

Prospect St. Suggested donation is $3. i 647-6933 27 i 778-8930 DEPOT ARTS CENTER: “Water Music,” featuring FRI., OCT. 22 weavings by Mary Snowden and pottery by Mar- guerite Goff, can be viewed until Oct. 30 at the FISHER PRESENTATION: Renowned wood turner

Depot Arts Center, 611 R Ave., Anacortes. CLASSIFIEDS Douglas J. Fisher will be on hand to talk about his i WWW.DEPOTARTSCENTER.ORG artwork from 5-8pm at Fairhaven Originals Gal- DIGS: “Home,” a collection of paintings by Port lery, 960 Harris Ave. Entry is free. Open 24 Townsend artist Terry Leness, can be perused Sunset Beauty Supply i WWW.BELLINGHAMFOG.COM to the through October at DIGS, 200 W. Holly St. ARTS ALIVE FUNDRAISER: Attend an “Arts Public! FILM i WWW.DIGSSHOWROOM.COM Alive” fundraiser from 7-10pm at Allied Arts, 1418 IDVKLRQZLJV KDLUSLHFHVMHZHOU\VFDUYHV Cornwall Ave. The event will feature live enter- FOG: View a variety of works by noted artists at

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i WWW.BELLINGHAMFOG.COM MUSIC education projects. 3XUHRORJ\6HEDVWLRQ6XNHVKDNioxin0DUWUix,PDJH.06 i WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG GALLERY CYGNUS: “Riverscapes and Water Shapes,” an exhibit featuring paintings by Maggie 18 18 360 738 0359 1225 Sunset Dr. #150 (Sunset Square), Bellingham 18 SAT., OCT. 23 Wilder and glass sculpture by Theodora Johnson, ART ART CLAYTON, PAUL, AND JIM: A reception for a shows through Nov. 7 at La Conner’s Gallery Cyg- ART new exhibit featuring works by iconic Northwest nus, 109 Commercial St. painter Clayton James—who, by the way, is 92 i WWW.GALLERYCYGNUS.COM 16 years old—as well as landscape painter Paul Ha- HONEY SALON: View paintings by Jackie Webley vas and artist Jim Orvik happens from 6-8pm at through Oct. 29 at Honey Salon, 310 W. Holly St. Lucia Douglas Gallery, 1415 13th St. The works STAGE i WWW.HONEYBELLINGHAM.COM will be on display until Nov. 29. LITTLE GALLERY: Peruse Lorna Libert’s “Capti- i WWW.LUCIADOUGLAS.COM vating Characters” exhibit through Oct. 30 at the 14 SUN., OCT. 24 Little Gallery, 1220 Bay St. PUMPKIN CARVING: Tools, paint, spooky pat- i 647-5675 GET OUT ters, markers and candles will be provided at LOOMIS HALL: Attend an opening reception for today’s “Jazzy Jack-o-Lanterns: Pumpkin Carv- “The Voices of Whatcom,” a group show featuring Fun!” gathering from 1:30-3:30pm at Bloedel ing many of the county’s ﬁnest artists, shows 12 Donovan, 2214 Electric Ave. Entry is $3, and pre- through Nov. 8 at Blaine’s Loomis Hall Gallery, registration is recommended. 288 Martin St. i 778-7000 i WWW.LOOMISHALLGALLERY.COM WORDS CURATOR’S TOUR: Whatcom Museum’s Curator of MINDPORT: “Water, Water: Boat Floating on Can-

Art will lead a tour of “Shifting Views of Space and yon Creek” is currently on display at Mindport Ex- 8 Place” at 2pm at the Lightcatcher building, 250 hibits, 210 W. Holly St. Flora St. Suggested donation is $3. i WWW.MINDPORT.ORG i WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG MONA: “Thomas T. Wilson: a Survey,” Karen Wil- CURRENTS CURRENTS MON., OCT. 25 lenbrink-Johnsen’s “A Journey in Glass,” and “Guy Anderson and Other Friends: The Paul I. Gingrich, 6 WAG MEETING: Join the Whatcom Art Guild’s Jr. Collection” will show through Jan. 2 at La Con- monthly meeting at 7pm at the Bellingham Public ner’s Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. Library, 210 Central Ave. All are welcome. VIEWS i WWW.MUSEUMOFNWART.ORG i WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG

PAPERDOLL: Works on paper by Portland’s Juli- 4 THURS., OCT. 28 anna Swaney can be viewed through Nov. 4 at the LEAD PENCIL LECTURE: Artists from the Se- Paperdoll, 312 W. Champion St. MAIL attle-based Lead Pencil Studio will share details i WWW.THEPAPERDOLL.NET about their innovative collaborations and site- SKAGIT VALLEY GALLERY: “Point of Departure,” 2 speciﬁc installations at a free lecture at 4pm at an interactive art sculpture by Tacoma artist Phil DO IT IT DO WWU’s Old Main Theater. The public is invited to Roach, shows through Oct. 29 at Mount Vernon’s the free event. Skagit Valley College Art Gallery. An artist’s lec-

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Ave. The one-woman show investigates work and 42 Sondik, and Craig Dunstan-McGrail can be viewed # until Oct. 30 at the “Aesthetic Expressions” ex- the day-to-day life of Americans. hibit at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. i WWW.SMITHANDVALLEE.COM i WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG WHATCOM ART GUILD: From 10am-6pm every ANCHOR ART SPACE: “Four Friends: New Work” Friday through Sunday, stop by the Whatcom Art shows through the month at Anacortes’ Anchor Guild’s Art Market at Fairhaven’s Waldron Building, Art Space, 216 Commercial Ave. 1314 12th St. i WWW.ANCHORARTSPACE.ORG i WWW.WHATCOMARTGUILD.ORG CASCADIA WEEKLY BLUE HORSE: “EOS, Goddess of the Dawn: A WHATCOM MUSEUM: “1934: A New Deal for Art- ists,” “Shifting Views of Space and Place: Col- Celebration of the Feminine for Breast Cancer 19 Awareness” will be the theme for the multi-artist lection Selections/One” and “Outside the Home: exhibit showing through Oct. 29 at the Blue Horse Photographs of Women in the Workplace” can cur- Gallery, 301 W. Holly St. rently be viewed at the Whatcom Museum. RoR ckket Donutts Caafé rorockkete donun ts.ccom i WWW.BLUEHORSEGALLERY.COM i WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG 3006 W.W Holollyy (336060) 6771-616 111 Rumor Has It

34 34 IT NEVER FAILS. Every single time I decide to check out of Bellingham and check into the notion of what FOOD a “vacation” entails (these are rare instances, to be sure), something happens in the local music scene

27 27 music that br ings me out of whatever tropical locale I might SHOW PREVIEWS ›› RUMOR HAS IT be temporarily inhabiting and plants me right back in the middle of whatever is happening at home. Such is the current situation in which I sit, mere CLASSIFIEDS footsteps away from a Mexican beach, thinking about the state of the music scene. And while one would 24 hope this food for thought would be of the appetiz-

FILM FILM ing variety, the reality is it actually comes in the form of a pill that is all-too-bitter to swallow. Of course, for anyone who is 1. a friend of James 20 20 Hardesty (of which he has many) or 2. on the mail- BY CAREY ROSS ing list for the Green Frog’s typically wholly enter- MUSIC MUSIC taining weekly update (if you’re not, I encourage you to sign up. James usually writes them in the 18 middle of the night and reading them is worth ev- ART ART Whatcom Symphony Orchestra ery last second of the ﬁve minutes you’ll need to devote to the task), what 16 HOOKED ON CLASSICS I am about to say is not news to you. STAGE STAGE has been making certain classical music is not only duly The update starts out, represented, but also represented with excellence, for in part, “I’ve been con-

14 some 35 years now. templating this update However, large symphonies with long histories, re- for some time. It’s a letter

GET OUT gional respect and the ability to draw both featured that scares the hell out performers and audience members don’t just happen of me to write…” and— because someone wishes it into existence. And such guess what?—it doesn’t

12 BY CAREY ROSS is the case with the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra. get any better from there. Formed in 1975 as a community orchestra with the James’ normally glib and humorous tone was replaced WORDS goal of playing only when local bicentennial celebra- wholesale by such statements as, “The Green Frog is tions came along, the WSO quickly became a per- in bad shape. It’s beyond any repair that I can do by 8 manent cultural ﬁxture when myself,” and “every month that I stay open disinte- it was discovered that 1. the grates it further.” musicians involved welcomed Ouch. I need not explain what the loss of another CURRENTS CURRENTS chances to play together when- music venue would do to the music community in

6 ever they could, and 2. fans of this town. And if I do need to explain, you either classical music were not exact- haven’t been paying attention to what’s been taking

VIEWS VIEWS ly few and far between around place here for the past ﬁve or so years, or you don’t these parts. care to do so. Making an effort to see to it that the 4 HEAR WHAT: Whatcom Since the WSO’s inception, Green Frog stays open doesn’t just beneﬁt one man

MAIL MAIL Symphony Orchestra’s the work of shepherding its vi- and his one bar, it beneﬁts every single person who 2010-2011 season sion, as well as masterminding ever partakes of live music in Bellingham, even if

2 WHEN: Now-April 30, the many ways in which the or- you’ve never set foot inside the Green Frog. 2011 ganization has imbedded clas- According to James, who has witnessed his cre- DO IT IT DO

WHERE: Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. sical, orchestral music into our ation be “slowly smothered,” he’s “now asking for Commercial St. cultural and creative community help in removing the pillow from its face.” This means 10 COST: $10-$49 (more has fallen upon the shoulders of doing the easy stuff: drinking at and seeing shows in .20. for a season’s pass) 10 two men: Nicholas Bussard, who his bar (and, with the promise of brown liquor on the MORE INFO: www. whatcomsymphony. was the WSO’s first music direc- way, those of us who don’t drink beer no longer have .05 com tor and conductor, and helped an excuse not to be there), and also undertaking the 42 # JENNIFER KOH usher the organization through harder task of joining in whatever creative means its critical formative years and of fundraising James has up his sleeve (ideas are in WHEN THE Whatcom Symphony Orchestra beyond during the 18 years he spent in the position, their infancy, but James assures us they’re in the kicked off its 2010-2011 season last week, they did it and the current fearless leader, Roger Briggs, who has works). While James’ missive was longer than what I “From Russia With Love.” No, this does not mean they spent the past 17 years expanding the reach and the can address here, it comes down to a simple fact: he showed a James Bond film fest and followed it with draw of the organization. cannot keep his bar open without our help. And the clock is ticking. James pegs Nov. 18 as being the first CASCADIA WEEKLY martinis, “shaken, not stirred.” Instead, the WSO of- While the most public arm of the Whatcom Sympho- fered up a program of music by Russian composers ny Orchestra is clearly the performances themselves, day of the rest of the Green Frog’s life or the point at 20 and Moscow-born pianist Natasha Paremski was the the organization does much more than just hit the which it has passed no return. featured performer invited to interpret the works. stage. Toward that end, they’ve instituted a number of If you’d like more information, just ask James. And, by all accounts, the evening was as successful programs that can all be filed under the broad head- He’s easy enough to find. If you’d like to read his as a James Bond mission. But that should come as no ing of “community outreach.” With such programs as update for yourself, drop me a line and I’ll send it surprise, seeing as the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra Beethoven in the Schools, Musicians in the Schools, along. musicEvents musicEvents THURS., OCT. 21

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FRI., OCT. 22 DIVORCE FAMILY LAW 24 UNCLE BONSAI: Attend a dual CD Release M ARRIAGES AND DOMESTIC PARTNER S HIPS Concert featuring the trio Uncle Bonsai FILM FILM and singer/songwriter Christine Lavin at For help with divorce, custody, 7:30pm at the Bellingham Unitarian Fel- GARRICK OHLSSON 20 lowship, 1708 I St. Tickets are $13-$20. child support, and visitation: 20 and Chamber Music NOW!, they’re capturing the i WWW.BUF.ORG MUSIC hearts and minds of students early. SANFORD SERIES: Acclaimed pianist Di Daniel Sobel - Family Lawyer MUSIC It also bears mentioning that, while the Wu kicks off Western Washington Univer- F R EE IN ITIAL CONSULTATION sity’s Sanford Piano Series with a 7:30pm

(360)(360)5 5510-7816 www.danielsobel.com 18 Whatcom Symphony Orchestra is certainly concert at the Performing Arts Center. comprised of the most talented classical mu- Tickets are $9-$16. ART sicians this area has to offer, none of them i 650-6146 are highly paid musical elitists. In fact, SAT., OCT. 23 16 they’re your friends, neighbors and people FOREST FUNDRAISER: Fidalgo Swing you see at the grocery store. Orchestra mem- and Spoonshine will perform at tonight’s STAGE bers span an astonishing range of ages, inter- Friends of the Anacortes Community Forest ests and professions. However, they do have Lands fundraiser, which starts at 5:30pm 14 two things in common: they all love classical at the Port Warehouse. Tickets are $50. i WWW.FRIENDSOFTHEACFL.ORG music, and every one of them plays in the

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far and near. To wit, this year’s season is full WORDS of classical goodness that should be of inter- SOUNDS OF THE 1930s: Pianist Leslie Amper performs “Sounds of the 1930s” at est to orchestral junkies and neophytes alike. 8 7:30pm at WWU’s Performing Arts Center Fall into Fashion Next on the WSO’s musical radar is local fa- Concert Hall. The concert is free. clean out your vorite and renowned clarinetist Gene Zoro, who i 778-8963 closetcloset forfor will headline a program called “Mozart and SKAGIT SYMPHONY: “Light Classics” will cashcash CURRENTS More” Sun., Nov. 14. The concert will include be the theme of the Skagit Symphony’s 6 “Overture to Don Giovanni,” along with other kickoff concert at 7:30pm at Mount Ver- non’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way. works by the great composer. Following that Tickets are $22-$35. VIEWS is the WSO’s popular holiday concert, “Holiday i WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG !CROSSFROM"ELLIS&AIRDOWNFROM2OSSs-ERIDIAN3T"ELL!CROSSFROM"E INGHAM Treasures,” in which the orchestra is joined by 4 1sWWwPLATOSCLOSETBELLINGHAMCOM the WWU Concert Choir to sing all your favorite SUN., OCT. 24

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1.!& /#/,$ .05 its season with “A Little Jazz, A Little Swing.” $5-$12. ,.*,.# 42 # i WWW.NCCBAND.ORG It’s this year’s installment of a Pops Concert, 222 /-,,(/&,- !,* %,,"0&.1!0 /0 courtesy of the music of George Gershwin. ELLIS: Award-winning folk singer and songwriter Ellis performs at a “Raise the All of this season’s concerts, as in seasons Roof” fundraiser and CD release concert at WILD & SCENIC ENVIRONMENTALE past, will take place at the Mount Baker The- 7pm at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellow- ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL atre, and if you think Bellingham’s biggest ship, 1708 I St. Tickets are $10-$25. Four Films From America’s Largest music venue is an ambitious place for a mostly i WWW.BUF.ORG

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Easy A: More inspired by the Scarlet Letter than in- formed by it, this cynical teen comedy about a girl who uses the rumor mill as a means of furthering CLASSIFIEDS her social and ﬁnancial agenda boasts at least one very good reason to see it: Emma Stone. If only high 24 24 schoolers in the real world were even half as hip. ★★★ 1(tISNJO FILM FILM FILM FILM Bellis Fair 12:00 | 2:20 | 4:50 | 7:10 | 9:20

Buried: As if war itself wasn’t quite enough hell to

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ART ART are older than Christ have to do with you? Find out when this meditative documentary, and its director, head to town. ★★★ 16 6OSBUFEtIS Pickford Oct. 24 @ 2:30

STAGE STAGE Hereafter: See review previous page.★★★★ 1(t ISNJO Bellis Fair 12:30 | 3:30 | 6:40 | 9:40 14 It’s Kind of a Funny Story: In this movie, Zach Galiﬁanakis plays a mental patient. Enough said.

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WORDS few better uses of all this highfangled 3D technology The Mighty Uke: This flick will string you along; Paranormal Activity 2: A scary amount of cash Smile ‘Til It Hurts, The Up with People Story: than handing it over to a bunch of dudes who just but that’s a good thing, as the doc’s subject mat- was generated when Oren Peli’s first horror flick was If pasted-on grins, upbeat, insipid songs and a feel- ter focuses its lens on all things ukulele—from the released last year. Can Paranormal Activity 2, which good message of “infectious joy” are what you think 8 want to find innovative ways to injure their balls all day long. ★★★ 3tISNJO instrument’s storied history to its current resurgence takes the same premise—cameras set up in a home to of when you think of Up With People, think again. Can Sehome Call 676-7595 for showtimes on a wide swath of the world’s stages. As an added find out what in the heck’s going bump in the night— you say “cult?” ★★★ 6OSBUFEtISNJO bonus, the Bellingham Ukulele Group will open the recreate the horrific magic? Find out, if you dare. (R Pickford Oct. 23 @ 2:30 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole CURRENTS CURRENTS show. ★★★★ 6OSBUFEtISNJO tISNJO The Social Network: Because being on Facebook 3D: Although not quite up there in the style panthe- Pickford Oct. 20 @ 6:30 Sunset Square 12:30 | 1:20 | 2:45 | 4:10 | 5:00 | 6:45

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18 ;ϯϲϬͿϯϵϮͲϴϯϳϳǁǁǁ͘ƌĂŶƐŽŵͲůĂǁĮƌŵ͘ĐŽŵ the sexual kind. answer to ghosts or pay homage to the way things have always been done. You’ll be free to ignore icons TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When the tide is ART ART that the conventional wisdom idolizes, and there’ll coming in, the creek I live next to ﬂows vigorously be no need for you to give undeserved respect to toward the south. When the tide’s going out, the experts who have stopped being relevant. By my as- 16 water reverses its course and heads swiftly north. trological reckoning, you will be so smart and plucky Every day, there’s an in-between time when the creek and energetic that you can work wonders simply by

STAGE STAGE seems confused. Some currents creep south and oth- emptying your mind, starting from scratch, and makers slink north, while here and there eddies whirl in ing things up as you go along. circles. According to my understanding of the astro-

14 logical omens, Taurus, you are temporarily in a phase SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Scientists that resembles my creek’s time of contrary flows. It’s have discovered an exotic animal that feeds on a perfectly natural place to be. the bones of dead whales lying on the ocean floor. Known informally as the bone-eating snot-flower GET OUT GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In fifth grade I was worm, it looks like a frilly pink plume growing up in love with Calley, who was by far the prettiest girl out of sheer bone. Believe it or not, Sagittarius, you in the school. Sadly, she didn’t return my affection, could take a cue from this creature in the coming 12 so I had to be content with adoring her from afar. weeks. It will be a favorable time for you to draw Eventually I moved away and lost touch. Since then sustenance from the skeletal remains of big things I’ve wondered if she suffered the fate that befalls

WORDS that were once vital. too many gorgeous women: relying so entirely on her looks to make her way in the world that she never CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): What is the

8 developed many skills. But recently I tracked Calley wild and instinctual nature? Radiance magazine posed that question to storyteller Clarissa Pinkola s(OUSEHOLD down via Google and discovered that she had beaten Quality Household Furnishings the curse: She has carved out a career as an activ- Estes. Here’s her reply: “to establish territory, to find s&URNITURE ist bringing first-rate education to poor children. My one’s pack, to be in one’s body with certainty and CURRENTS CURRENTS #ONSIGNBY!PPOINTMENT question to you is this, Gemini: Are there any quali- pride regardless of the body’s gifts and limitations, s/UTDOOR ties you regarded as assets earlier in your life but to speak and act in one’s behalf, to be aware, alert, 6 s#OLLECTIBLES 360-650-1177 that eventually turned into liabilities? Any strengths to draw on the innate feminine powers of intuition that became weaknesses? And what are you doing to and sensing, to come into one’s cycles, to find what

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4 weeks, Capricorn. According to my analysis of the last half of 1998. What was going on in your life back astrological omens, you are ready to tap into the then? According to my astrological projections, you

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14 be the purple Italian prune plum variety, 1 cup sugar, plus 1 or 2 table- Greg and I did an experiment: we pitted a spoons extra

GET OUT year-old Italian prune plum torte from his 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted freezer against a fresh torte that we made butter with some round, juicy, dark red plums I 1 cup unbleached all-purpose 12 bought at the store. ﬂour, sifted We were forced into this experiment af- 1 teaspoon baking powder WORDS ter I failed my one and only task for the 2 eggs day: bring over a pound of Italian prune Pinch of salt 8 plums. It was early in the season and 24 halves pitted Italian prune BY ARI LEVAUX the fruit on my tree hadn’t ripened, so I plums bought a pound of incorrect plums at the 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, CURRENTS CURRENTS store. Greg didn’t hide his disappointment, or more 6 Torte Report but soldiered on. Before I arrived that day, Greg removed ARRANGE A RACK in the lower

VIEWS VIEWS a foil-wrapped correct-fruit torte from third of the oven. Preheat the A PLUM RECIPE GONE VIRAL his freezer and allowed it to warm to oven to 350 degrees. 4 room temperature. After we baked a fresh Allow the butter and eggs to

MAIL MAIL THIS IS a story about a plum torte recipe that has taken the world by storm. wrong-fruit torte, we reheated last year’s come to room temperature. Cream The recipe is simple in that it requires almost no prep time, but demanding, as torte in the oven at 300 degrees while the the one cup sugar and stick of

2 baked goods can be, in that it has little tolerance for eyeballed quantities or cre- new torte cooled. butter, either by hand or with a ative license. One aspect in particular requires your unconditional obedience: the The fresh, wrong-fruit torte was deli- mixer. Add the ﬂour, baking pow- DO IT IT DO

fruit must be purple Italian prune plums. cious, and I wouldn’t have had any prob- der, eggs and salt, and beat to Prunes and plums are distinct categories of tree, both of whose fruits are called lem with it were it not for last year’s mix well. Scoop into a 9- or 10- 10 plums. Prune plums are smaller, denser, drier, and longer storing—especially when torte to compare it with. I realized that inch buttered springform pan (a .20.

10 dried into dried prunes, also known simply as prunes. Italian prune plums are lovely the plums in the wrong-fruit torte, being springform pan is a baking pan purple oblong spheroids with powdery-looking skin. The tree is common in back- plums and not prune plums, had too much with a clamping side/rim that

.05 yards nationwide, though many people don’t bother harvesting their bounty. The water, which affected the torte’s consis- detaches from the pan’s bot- 42 # fruits can be found at farmers markets, Italian specialty stores and elsewhere, tency. The wrong-fruit torte was good, tom). Smear the batter so it fills especially in October and November. but not contagiously outstanding like the the pan evenly and arrange the The Italian purple prune plum torte recipe first infected my little town thanks right-fruit torte. plum halves, skin side down. Mix to Greg Patent, a food writer whose tenth book, A Baker’s Odyssey, was a 2008 For confirmation, I brought both tortes to the cinnamon with the remaining James Beard Award finalist. When Greg wrote about the recipe for the local daily a friend with a sharp sense of taste. Without 1 or 2 tablespoons of sugar and newspaper, it quickly became the talk of the town. telling this friend, whom I’ll call El Camino, sprinkle over the top. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, un-

CASCADIA WEEKLY People gushed about the torte around their grills as they rushed to finish their anything about these two tortes, I let him steaks so they could eat dessert. They spoke of the torte in hushed voices at the try last year’s model. til a toothpick inserted into the 34 bank, where they took out money to buy more flour and butter. There was torte “Oh, I like it very much,” El Camino said. center pulls out clean. Remove talk in grocery checkout lines, and folks could be seen in backyards staring at Then El Camino tried this year’s model. and cool. Use a butter knife to their trees, perhaps for the first time, counting plums and calculating how many “This one is less satisfactory,” El Cami- separate the torte edge from the tortes they could make. no replied. “Something’s wrong with the springform, then unclamp and re- Mr. Patent learned the recipe from New York Times food columnist Marian Burros, fruit.” move the side.

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