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SACRED LANDSCAPE STILL STANDING AT STANDING ROCK, P.08

SEASON'S LEAPINGS Our annual plot Nutcracker roundup, P.15

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30 cascadia DANCE FOOD FOOD ThisWeek The Nutcracker: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre A glance at this week’s Contra Dance: 7-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library

24 WORDS happenings Indies First: 9am-10pm, Village Books Indies First: 10am-8pm, Village Books Lynden

B-BOARD B-BOARD Holiday Book Festival: 10am-6pm, Mount Baker Theatre

22 22 COMMUNITY Small Business Saturday: Throughout Whatcom and

FILM Skagit counties Visits with Santa: 12-5pm, Yeager’s Toyland

18 FOOD Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, American Legion, MUSIC Peruse handmade Ferndale Holiday Cheesefest: 8am-5pm, Appel Farms,

16 treasures from Ferndale Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot ART women’s cooperatives Market Square Holiday Tea: 12-5pm, Christianson’s Nursery, Mount

15 around the world at Vernon CiderHead Release Party: 5-11pm, Honey Moon

STAGE a Women’s Work VISUAL International Holiday Craft Market: 9am-4pm, Pioneer Meadows

14 Montessori School, Ferndale Art Show: 10am-4pm, Kale House, Everson Market happening Holiday Festival of the Arts: 10am-7pm, 4145

GET OUT Meridian St. Nov. 26-27 at the Hilltop Holiday Craft Sale: 11am-5pm, La Conner Garden Club

12 Mount Vernon Senior International Market: 11am-5pm, Mount Vernon Senior Center Center Deck the Old City Hall: 12-5pm, Whatcom Museum WORDS Artist Talk: 4pm, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison Holiday Art Walk: 5-8pm, historic Fairhaven 8 WEDNESDAY [11.23.16] SUNDAY [11.27.16] CURRENTS CURRENTS MUSIC ONSTAGE

6 Student Jazz Combos: 7pm, Unity Spiritual Center A Christmas Story: 1:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon

VIEWS VISUAL Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: 2pm, Bellingham Holiday Festival of the Arts: 10am-7pm, 4145 Theatre Guild

4 Meridian St. Beauty and the Beast: 2pm, Squalicum High School The Happy Elf: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, MAIL MAIL THURSDAY [11.24.16] Lynden The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: 2pm, Anacortes

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2 GET OUT Community Theatre Turkey Trot: 8am, La Conner High School For those not able to spend Thanksgiving Dinner with DO IT IT DO DO IT IT DO Thanksgiving Run: 8am, Skagit Running Company, DANCE Mount Vernon friends or family, free community feasts take place Thurs., The Nutcracker: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre Thanksgiving Ride: 9am, Fairhaven Bicycle Nov. 24 at the Old Town Cafe and the United Church of Ferndale, and MUSIC Messiah Sing-Along: 2:30pm, Garden Street United 11.23.16 FOOD Fri., Nov. 25 at the Church of the Assumption Community Thanksgiving Dinner: 10am-3pm, Old Methodist Church Town Cafe North Cascades Concert Band: 3pm, Anacortes .11 Thanksgiving Day Dinner: 12pm, United Church High School 47 GET OUT SATURDAY [11.26.16] # of Ferndale Wild Things: 9:30-11am, Cornwall Park Art of Jazz: 4-6:30pm, Encore Room at the Mount Tree Lighting: 5pm, Semiahmoo Resort, Blaine ONSTAGE Baker Theatre FRIDAY [11.25.16] Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: 7:30pm, Belling- FOOD ham Theatre Guild COMMUNITY ONSTAGE Lighthouse Mission Thanksgiving Dinner: 12- Beauty and the Beast: 7:30pm, Squalicum High Visits with Santa: 12-5pm, Yeager’s Toyland Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: 7:30pm, Belling- 2pm, Church of the Assumption School ham Theatre Guild The Happy Elf: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, VISUAL Beauty and the Beast: 7:30pm, Squalicum High School VISUAL Lynden Holiday Festival of the Arts: 10am-7pm, 4145 CASCADIA WEEKLY The Happy Elf: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Art Show: 10am-4pm, Kale House, Everson A Christmas Story: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Meridian St. Lynden Holiday Festival of the Arts: 10am-7pm, 4145 Vernon Hilltop Holiday Craft Sale: 11am-3pm, La Conner 2 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: 7:30pm, Ana- Meridian St. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: 7:30pm, Ana- Garden Club cortes Community Theatre Deck the Old City Hall: 12-5pm, Whatcom Museum cortes Community Theatre International Market: 11am-5pm, Mount Vernon Genre Legends: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Holiday Art Walk: 5-8pm, historic Fairhaven Genre Legends: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Senior Center Pals: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Art Party: 6-8:30pm, Tillie Lace Gallery Giggles and Goblins: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Deck the Old City Hall: 12-5pm, Whatcom Museum

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30 Earlier this month the Washington State Department of Natural Resources announced the agency would

FOOD FOOD begin the final steps in considering a request to re- move a 45-acre “cutout” reserved for a shipping ter- views YOUR VIEWS THE GRISTLE minal adjacent to the Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve 24 and include the area in the Aquatic Reserve bound- ary, established to preserve, restore and enhance en-

B-BOARD B-BOARD vironmentally sensitive state-owned aquatic lands. A technical advisory committee of scientists recent-

22 22 ly evaluated if the terminal cutout met the crite- ria to be included within the reserve boundary and BY ALAN RHODES

FILM unanimously recommended DNR incorporate the area into the reserve. As part of their public process, the

18 agency received more than 5,300 public comments, most in support of the boundary change. The pack- It Could Be Worse… or Maybe Not

MUSIC age now moves on to the desk of the elected state TRYING TO STAY POSITIVE IN THE ERA OF DONALD TRUMP Commissioner of Public Lands.

16 Last week, Lummi Nation formally thanked DNR for WELL, O.K., this is really bad. people were on the sidewalk with

ART considering the expansion of the Cherry Point Aquat- As its next President the nation picket signs. This young woman ic Reserve. has elected an ignorant, predatory was all by herself, standing in the The expansion would include an area that was intend- sociopath. If we want to keep this middle of them, holding a sign that 15 ed for the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal coal pier. self-inflicted disaster in perspec- said “Stand With P.P.” I don’t know

STAGE An approved boundary change would parallel and there- tive, however, we should remember who you are, brave lady, but thanks. fore reinforce findings issued by the U.S. Army Corps of that this country has survived civil I’m thankful that Bellingham Engineers in May that determined the proposed pier and war, two world wars, the Red Scare, immigrants. “These are our neigh- Planned Parenthood is there. It 14 service trestle would “have a physical over-water impact the Great Depression, presidential bors,” Murray stated, “and we will provides affordable health care to of at a minimum 122 acres,” and was therefore materially assassinations, Watergate, Vietnam continue to support our neighbors.” thousands of local women and men

GET OUT significant to the area’s ecological function. The bound- and disco. Surely we can survive I’m thankful that I live in a very every year. ary change would likely foreclose on any sizable pier be- Donald Trump. blue city inside my blue state. Bell- I’m thankful for the monthly

12 ing constructed at that location in the future, and would There will, of course, be a lot inghamsters just voted to tax them- City Club luncheons where you therefore bolt shut a door that has been left open a tiny of damage to undo after Trump’s selves to buy new school buses and can hear speakers with conflicting crack since last spring. (hopefully) single term is over. On to continue the Greenways program viewpoints discuss hot-button is- WORDS Through that tiny crack, a full-blown energy export the environment alone the Republi- to support parks and trails. Unlike sues in a civil, respectful manner,

8 project might smash the door wide open—particularly can Congress—with the blessings of much of the current membership rather than pounding the table and in a new federal regime that considers those projects this President-elect who thinks cli- of the U.S. Congress, we hamsters shouting over each other, which imperative and the regulatory framework that permits mate change is a Chinese-concocted seem to understand what Oliver seems to be the debate style in

CURRENTS CURRENTS them an intolerable nuisance, if not an existential hoax—is salivating over its chance Wendell Holmes meant when he vogue these days. threat to the imperative. to trash environmental regulations, said that “Taxes are the price we I’m thankful for the Pickford Film 6 6 The possibility that crack could be smashed open be- ditch the Paris climate accord, pay for a civilized society.” Center, where I can go to movie came sorrowfully real to Lummi leadership this month emasculate the EPA and hand federal I’m thankful for the Lummi Na- after movie, month after month, VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS after DNR staff—trawling through the record of tribal lands over to coal and oil companies. tion and the leadership role they without ever seeing a car chase or

4 communications—dutifully queried the tribal govern- Yep, this is definitely bad. have taken in the stewardship of an explosion. ment about puzzling emails the agency had received. As I was sitting at my desk tor- this beautiful corner of the country. I’m thankful that I live in the MAIL MAIL The emails indicate Lummi Indian Business Coun- menting myself with Trump stories I’m thankful for sunsets over 40th state Legislative District, be-

cil member Henry Cagey and associates, along with in the Seattle Times, I began spiral- Bellingham Bay. cause if I lived in the 42nd Doug 2 corporate and investment interests, reached out to ing down into a nasty depression. I’m thankful for conversations Ericksen would be my state senator. DO IT IT DO DNR earlier this fall with a covert plan to purchase I glanced over at my calendar and with friends in cozy espresso bars I’m thankful for our local inde- 160 acres of DNR-managed land in proximity to the remembered Thanksgiving is very on rainy afternoons. pendent bookstores: Village Books, GPT site for the construction of a storage facility for close. There seemed to be some iro- I’m thankful for the Bellingham Henderson Books, and Eclipse. liquified natural gas (LNG). Cagey and his investment ny in the timing but, to pull myself Public Library. Recently I men- I’m thankful that when I’m walking 11.23.16 group wanted to determine if it would be possible to out of my festering melancholia, I tioned to a librarian that they had around town and get tired of noise buy the land before the end of the year. decided to make a list of things for all volumes of Robert Caro’s biogra- and traffic, I am never far from a .11

47 “We believe we have found the means to purchase which I am thankful. The list got phy of Lyndon Johnson except the quiet trail. I once walked from Lake # the land but with a very short window of opportunity really long and when I finished I first one. Without hesitation she Whatcom to downtown Bellingham to do so,” an email to DNR asserted, stressing that actually did feel better. Here are as said, “What an oversight. I’ll order and was able to do most of it with- speed and confidentiality were required. many of the items as I can fit into it and contact you as soon as it out stepping onto pavement. “I am confused,” Joenne McGerr, DNR’s tribal li- the remaining space. comes in.” I love that place. That’s all the space I’ve got. aison, wrote LIBC on Oct. 28, after a parcel search I’m thankful that I live in a blue I’m thankful for the flickers, Happy Thanksgiving everybody determined the property was governed under Joint state. We went for Hillary. Both our woodpeckers, towhees, chickadees and, as we face the impending

CASCADIA WEEKLY Aquatic Resources Permit Application (JARPA) for senators are liberal women. Down in and jays that gather at the feeders Trump presidency, it might be SSA Marine/Pacific International Terminals, the Seattle, Mayor Ed Murray said that outside my window. a good idea to keep in mind the 6 project applicants for the GPT pier. “Is the Tribe pur- despite Trump’s threats to block I’m thankful for the young woman phrase that has become a mantra suing an agreement with the project proponent that federal funds, Seattle will remain I saw recently outside Planned Par- for various recovery programs: we should be aware of? a sanctuary city for undocumented enthood. A number of anti-choice This, too, shall pass. “It’s confusing to hear talk of LNG storage and simi- lar development, given the conversations between VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY THE GRISTLE yourselves and the Commissioner [of

Public Lands],” McGerr wrote. GO 30 “This is news to me,” LIBC Chairman Special EventNORTHWOOD Tim Ballew II replied. “I am alarmed FOOD that tribal officials would lead you to Sundays! believe that Lummi has an interest in a FOR CASINO ! 24 project that has not been properly dis- cussed by leadership.”

FUN B-BOARD The council—including Cagey, a former LIBC chairman—adopted a

resolution early this year to protect 22 Xwe’Chi’eXen—the ancestral name for

Cherry Point—“from projects that FILM compromise the integrity of the sa- cred sites,” Ballew wrote. The council FR 18 has adopted similar resolutions several other times dating back to the 1990s. MUSIC With no purpose for storage other than export, an LNG facility would of 16

course breathe new economic life into ART a pier that had suffocated in the col- lapsing fortunes of coal. Its presence 15 would unleash urgent new force to the SPIN

GPT proposal. STAGE Cagey told tribal council members Sunday, November 27 he was trying to secure the economic Get a FREE SPIN on our amazing Colossal 14 future of the tribe. Diamonds machine! Winners Club Members can pick up their free spin voucher starting at Cagey was charged with neglect

2pm, for free spins from 3pm to 5pm. GET OUT of duty and gross misconduct by the LIBC last week and will face a spe-

cial council meeting Nov. 26, when he 12 may be recalled. If he is not recalled, Cagey faces censure from the tribal Speal Bnch Suny! WORDS council. Such a rebuke has already

been drafted by all five of the other In honor of our 9th birthday, Northwood will be serving a Champagne Brunch 8 living LIBC chairmen. every Sunday from 10am to 2pm for only $9.99! Price includes a glass of “We’re confident that the Department Champagne or a Bloody Mary!

of Natural Resources will hold true to CURRENTS Price is for Winners Club Members. the process, and a determination to in- 6 clude the area into the Reserve would 6 only be right and in keeping with other VIEWS decisions,” Ballew said. “Once that is VIEWS

done, the waters will always be for- 4 ever protected at Xwe’Chi’eXen for our children and grandchildren. This would MAIL be exactly what our elders and past 2 leaders have requested so many times DO IT IT DO through the years.” Cagey’s impulse is a troubling foot- note in a story of triumph for Lummi Nation—a tribe that struggled to find united voice on the topic of tribal lands 11.23.16 and treaty rights, and in its finding be- .11

gan to speak powerfully to the values 47 # of a much larger community concerned with the belligerent expansion of a powerful, entitled fossil fuel industry at the risk of ecological catastrophe. MODERN COMFORTS AND JUST TWO TURNS OFF THE It’s also a somber reminder that if there’s any chance at all of ramming OLD FASHIONED HOSPITALITY GUIDE MERIDIAN through a pier at Xwe’Chi’eXen, PIT and CASCADIA WEEKLY their friends will employ any means to BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA 7 achieve it. Given their friends are now 877.777.9847 in nearly total control of a federal gov- 9750 Northwood Road • Lynden WA N ernment with newfound revanchist dis- E BADGER RD NORTHWOOD RD dain for treaties, closing that door and www.northwoodcasino.com welding it shut becomes urgent. GUIDE MERIDIAN RD LYNDEN that Dakota Access Pipeline has legal right-of-way to build.” Any judgment, however, would not likely come until mid-January. As for USACE consultations

30 with the tribe, it is unclear how long that process will take.

FOOD FOOD Meanwhile, the camps are digging in. currents Weather-worthy structures such as tee- NEWS POLITICS FUZZ BUZZ INDEX pees and yurts are displacing tents, and 24 permanent kitchens and a straw-bale school house are being built. At the same

B-BOARD B-BOARD time, solidarity actions are spreading around the country and the world.

22 22 To get a visual sense of what’s happen- ing, imagine looking down from high above

FILM the sacred fire. Tents, teepees, yurts, army tents, trailers and permanent stick-frame

18 buildings spread in all directions, fes- tooned with the flags of over three hun-

MUSIC dred tribes. This is the main camp, called Oceti Sakowin. Southward it reaches to the

16 Cannon Ball River, a tributary of the Mis-

ART souri, across which begins another camp, Sicongu, stretching east and west along the river. A trail east leads to yet another 15 camp called Sacred Stone, the initial camp

STAGE in the now months-long struggle. The camp was pioneered by and sits on the land of LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, a Standing Rock 14 Sioux tribal historian. Occupying the northern portion of Oceti

GET OUT Sakowin is the Red Warrior Camp, an en- campment for those dedicated to direct

12 action. To the east spread open grass- lands, where new tents, teepees and yurts

PHOTO FROM: BRAD ANGERMAN (PYRAMID) PHOTO sprout up every day. WORDS Now begin rising. Coming into view

8 northward is a bridge straddling state highway 1806. Before it are some burned- Surveying a Sacred Landscape out military trucks. At the other end sits CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 a blockade of concrete highway barriers guarded by two armored personnel carriers

6 STILL STANDING AT STANDING ROCK and a long row of police and security vehi- By Rob Lewis cles. Here is where, on Oct. 27, police as- VIEWS saulted water protectors with pepper spray,

4 rubber bullets and sound cannons. CETI SAKOWIN CAMP, N.D.—In southern North Dakota, just ABOVE: Twenty-eight tribal leaders in Washington, includ- In negotiations that followed, police MAIL MAIL north of the Cannon Ball River and the Standing Rock Sioux Reser- ing JoDe Goudy, Chairman of Yakama Nation (shown), have asked Chief Arvol Looking Horse, spiritu- written President Obama insisting he stop and reroute the vation, there burns a fire. Lakota fire keepers tend the fire day and al leader of the Sioux Nation, to pull his 2 O Dakota Access Pipeline after nights of violence in North night to make sure it never goes out. Around it elders gather and around them Dakota in which police used water cannons, rubber bullets people back so the burnt vehicles could be DO IT IT DO people circle each morning and evening for prayer, song and ceremony. This and tear gas against pipeline protesters. removed and the bridge inspected. After fire, you could say, is the sacred center of the Native American-led uprising that, he was promised, the bridge would against the Dakota Access Pipeline. with the Standing Rock Sioux. be reopened. But the burnt trucks are still The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL,) a project of Energy Transfer Partners, Now, however, DAPL is at the edge of there, now forming a barricade. And rath- 11.23.16 LLC, is slated to cross under a wide section of the Missouri river called Lake Lake Oahe, legal jurisdiction of USACE, and er than being inspected for safety and re- Oahe, just upstream of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, and then continue needs an easement from USACE to contin- opened, the bridge has been made into a .11

47 southeast to Illinois. Through it are expected to flow 470,000 gallons per day ue. On Nov. 14, USACE issued a “Statement permanent blockade. # of chemically unstable, explosive crude from the Bakken oil fields of North Regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline” in Despite the political darkness envel- Dakota, all for eventual export. which they asserted the need for further oping the country, it is an upbeat and But opposition by the Standing Rock Sioux, whose only source of water would be consultation with the tribe “in light of the jovial place, pervaded by an almost reli- threatened by the project, has ignited a full-fledged movement to stop it. Over 300 history of the Great Sioux Nation’s dispos- gious feeling of good will. Every morning tribes have arrived at various times to support them, resulting in the largest gather- sessions of lands…” Their stance appears at 6am, a voice booms through the camp ing of Native Americans in more than 100 years. Non-indigenous are arriving too, by firm: “While these discussions are ongo- loudspeakers, calling “get up!” as a Lako-

CASCADIA WEEKLY the thousands, with support around the country and the world swelling to millions. ing, construction on or under Corps land ta elder exhorts everyone to rise. “Pipe But DAPL has moved quickly, with the pipeline now at the drill pad, a massive bordering Lake Oahe cannot occur because Carriers, Sun Dancers, get up! We are here 8 earthen clearing banked with high walls crowned in razor wire, and perched a the Army has not made a final decision on for a reason. Everybody get up! It is go- quarter-mile from Lake Oahe. Up to this point DAPL has been working on private whether to grant an easement.” ing to be a good day.” land, basically beyond the legal reach of the federal government, ignoring re- Energy Transfer Partners has called this quests from President Barack Obama and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (US- “death by delay” and filed actions in fed- Read the entire narrative online at ACE) to voluntarily stop work so further review and consultation could take place eral court seeking “a judgment declaring www.cascadiaweekly.com

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STAGE WEDNESDAY Days after a national election that swung deeply authoritarian, a Republican state senator wants to criminalize public demonstrations that cause what he la- 14 bels “economic terrorism.” State Sen. Doug Ericksen (R-Ferndale) says he’s written a bill for the coming legislative session that would allow felony prosecution of

GET OUT protesters who purposely disrupt economic activity, for example by blocking traffic or sitting on railroad tracks. The proposal is unlikely to pass in a divided Legislature

12 and drew swift criticism from a representative of the American Civil Liberties Union TOP: Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) introduces a bill to protect the faiths of all individuals by prohibiting the estab- (ACLU), who called it inflammatory and unnecessary. [Seattle Times] lishment of a national religious registry. DelBene’s bill, cosponsored by other House Democrats, would prohibit the Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security and any United States government official from establishing or utilizing a registry for WORDS The U.S. Geological Survey says it has found the largest continuous oil and gas the purposes of classifying individuals on the basis of religious affiliation. Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) signed on as a cosponsor. LOWER: The annual marker that cold weather has arrived, the North Cascades Highway closes for the winter.

8 deposit ever discovered in the United States. The USGS announced that a swath of West Texas known as the Wolfcamp shale contains 20 billion barrels of oil and 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. That is nearly three times more petroleum than the state’s plan will protect residents who Oregon, Washington and British Columbia— CURRENTS CURRENTS CURRENTS 8 the agency found in North Dakota’s Bakken shale in 2013. [NPR] eat fish and shellfish from exposure to toxic from the Mexican border to the edge of the pollutants. [Ecology, Seattle Times] Yukon Territory—we stand with the inter- 6 The Northwest Clean Air Agency again fines Shell Puget Sound Refinery near national community,” the leaders said in a Anacortes $133,000 for emissions and related odors released from the refinery 11.21.16 joint statement. “Action on climate change VIEWS last year. The air agency regulates air quality in Whatcom, Skagit, and Island MONDAY goes hand-in-hand with robust job creation 4 counties. According to a news release, the regional air agency received dozens and a thriving clean energy economy.” [Of- of complaints in February 2015 about odors coming from the refinery, and found Washington Governor Jay Inslee, Oregon fice of Governor] MAIL MAIL after investigating that the refinery had emitted various chemicals and “failed Governor Kate Brown, California Governor

to meet general duties to follow good air pollution control practices.” [NWCAA, Edmund G. Brown Jr., and British Colum- President-elect Donald Trump is threaten- 2 Skagit Valley Herald] bia Premier Christy Clark say their resolve ing to slap a 45 percent tariff on all goods DO IT IT DO is strong on the final day of the United imported from China and that alarms offi- The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized water-quality rules for Nations Climate Conference in Marrakesh, cials in Washington. A trade war with China Washington state tied partly to how much fish people eat, approving some aspects Morocco (COP22). “Today, as COP22 comes could be devastating to Washington, hitting of the state’s plan but deciding in many cases to set stricter limits than the state to a close—two weeks after the Paris the tech sector, aviation, even agriculture, 11.23.16 had wanted. The action comes years after contentious debate over the issue of Agreement came into force—leaders from port officials warn. A disruption in trade how clean the state’s rivers and bays need to be so people can safely eat fish from across the globe have renewed their com- with China could cost four of every ten jobs .11

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pany, Insured Income Solutions, LLC, FOOD THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS which, according to its website, is spe- On Nov. 9, Blaine Police checked on a cially designed for ‘retirees and those 24 report of a man and woman looking into within five years of retirement.’ Neither houses, possibly plotting for places to company appear to have had significant burglarize. “Officers contacted the couple assets or source of income for repaying B-BOARD to find out what they were up to,” police investors,” police noted. reported. “The couple stated they were 22 22 in the area to see a friend, who was not MUSIC CRITIC home, and claimed they were not looking On Nov. 9, Bellingham Police assisted FILM into any homes. No crime was found to the fire department with a burning pia-

have occurred, and the duo left the area.” no in the middle of the street in Roos- 18 evelt neighborhood.

SKINHEAD SCARE MUSIC On Nov. 12, two preteen girls reported ANNALS OF HIGHER that four men wearing all black clothing EDUCATION 16 and ski masks chased them down Peace On Nov. 7, University Police stopped a ART Portal Drive in Blaine while swinging driver on campus with a suspended li- baseball bats at them. “This was alleged cense. “The driver knew the license was 15 to have occurred during daylight hours, suspended but thought he was O.K. to

while many people were out and about at drive as long as he is going to school,” 14 STAGE a nearby Christmas bazaar,” police report- campus cops reported. He was cited. Number of votes by which Whatcom County Proposition 1—the Emergency Medical ed. “No other calls regarding the incident Services Levy—teeters at the threshold required to pass. This number could erode in a 14 were received. An officer checked the PET POLICE final ballot count this week. If approved, the property tax levy would collect 29¢ per area, but did not locate anyone matching On Oct. 27, pet store employees called thousand dollars of property valuation over the next six years to improve countywide emergency medical services. the girls’ description, nor any witnesses Blaine Police for assistance with a per- GET OUT amongst the many people on the side- son causing problems at their business walks in the area due to the event.” and possibly stealing items. “An officer 12 contacted the woman and spoke with 72.4 / 51.0 21,377 Average level of support for the EMS Levy Actual number of votes by which the On Nov. 15, Bellingham Police noted an her about the issue,” police reported. in Bellingham precincts (42,243) versus EMS Levy would have passed had WORDS increase in narrative reports of “white su- “The woman stated she only bought level of support in precincts outside it been subject to vote by a simple

premacists,” making it “unsafe” for cer- rabbit treats while she was in the store. Bellingham (64,502). Rural areas were majority (50%+1). Property taxes carry 8 8 tain people to be out and about in the city The woman allowed the officer to see the primary beneficiaries of a proposal to a higher supermajority threshold of center. “Our city center officers have been the rabbit treats. In the process, the deliver urban levels of medical services voter approval—in this case, 60.01 to remote areas of the county. percent. The measure could still fail CURRENTS CURRENTS contacted, and it has been confirmed, officer discovered the woman had six in a final ballot count. Results will be CURRENTS that this information is not substantiat- fully grown, large rabbits living inside certified Nov. 29. ed by what they are experiencing and/ of her vehicle. The woman later admit- 6 or observing downtown,” police stressed. ted to taking an item without paying “There have been no reports made to the and turned the item over to the police 6,500 VIEWS police department regarding specific in- officer. The officer then gave the item 4 The number of members of the Wampanoag American Indian tribal grouping as of 2010, stances that can be investigated.” back to the business and formally tres- roughly half of whom resided in Massachusetts. The Wampanoag were in attendance at MAIL MAIL passed the woman from the business, the first Thanksgiving, playing a lead role in the historic event, and were essential to

which did not wish to press charges the survival of the colonists during the newcomers’ first year. By contrast, the population

DOMESTIC QUARRELS 2 On Nov. 13, Bellingham Police tried to for the theft,” police continued. “The of U.S. residents of English ancestry stands at 24 million. Of this number, some are descendants of those original colonists. DO IT IT DO ease a domestic argument over a kitch- woman was also informed by the officer en light. about multiple issues that existed with the vehicle she was driving. The women On Nov. 13, Bellingham Police tried to stated she understood, would fix the 243 859 ease a domestic argument between a vehicle problems.” The forecasted number of turkeys raised Millions of pounds of cranberries 11.23.16 in the United States in 2016, in millions. produced in the United States in 2016. mother and daughter over a dirty cof- That is up 4 percent from the number Washington is among the top five .11 fee cup. On Oct.27, a patrol officer at Blaine Ele- raised during 2015. Of this number, an producers of this holiday berry. 47 # mentary School found a friendly German estimated 46 million turkeys will end up GRIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING Shepard-mix dog playing with kids on on U.S. dinner tables this Thanksgiving. On Nov. 10, police arrested a Belling- the playground. “The officer contacted ham man on 25 counts of first degree the owner, who came and picked up her theft, as well as 29 counts of Securities pooch,” police reported. 1863 Fraud-related violations in connection Year in which President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving Day a national holiday. President Franklin Roosevelt established the current date for observance, the fourth with a Ponzi scheme that bilked most- On Oct. 21, a man called Blaine Police to CASCADIA WEEKLY Thursday of November, in 1941. ly elderly people of hundreds of thou- report that a small black and white dog sands of dollars. “Between March 2012 is constantly loose in his neighborhood 11 and May 2016, David P. Thomas raised and runs into his yard. “He did not know at least $545,000 from 17 investors, who owns the dog,” police reported. many of them elderly, who were relying “The information was passed on to the on Thomas to give them professional Whatcom Humane Society.” SOURCES: Whatcom County Auditor’s Office; U.S. Census Bureau; USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Smithsonian doit WORDS FRI., NOV. 25 30 SPANISH STORYTIME: Families interested in

FOOD FOOD hearing stories, songs and rhymes in Spanish can attend “Spanish Storytime” for kids ages 3-5 at 10:30am most Fridays through Dec. 16 at the Lynden Library, 216 4th St. 24 words COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS (360) 354-4883

B-BOARD B-BOARD CREATIVE BLACK FRIDAY: Artists, wannabe artists and everyone in between can sign up “The time is right,” Chuck said in a press release for a “Creative Black Friday” event from 1-7pm

22 22 about the change. “There has been a net gain of at Bellingham Folk School, 1208 Cornwall Ave. independent bookstores in each of the last several Focusing primarily on writing and visual art,

FILM years. Our business in doing well in Fairhaven, and the workshop will draw on the work of such we’re thrilled with the success of the Lynden store. artists as Lynda Barry, Miranda July, Yoko Ono, and Julia Cameron. Jenna Bean Veatch will

18 And, most important, we have the right team in lead the way. place to carry this forward.” [email protected]

MUSIC The Robinsons want to ensure the public that they’re both in good health, and simply want to GRINCH TALES: A grouchy green guy will be in attendance to read from the holiday classic 16 spend more time traveling, enjoying their new How the Grinch Stole Christmas from 4-5pm at

ART home in Lynden and—of course—reading the array Village Books, 1200 11th St. Bring your camera of books they’ve stockpiled over the years. Addi- along for fun photo opportunities. tionally, they’ll both continue to be involved with WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 15 the monthly Chuckanut Radio Hour, and Chuck will SAT., NOV. 26

STAGE be available to consult with the stores and direct SUMAS WRITERS GROUP: Aspiring writers special projects. can join the Sumas Writers Group to improve Another assurance they feel comfortable making writing techniques, get feedback and gain in- 14 is that the new owners will share the ethos of the formation on how to get work published from venerable bookstore—namely that they’re not just 10-11am at the Sumas Library, 451 2nd St. All writing styles are welcome. GET OUT about selling books, but are also focused on foster- (360) 988-2501 ing connections with people who make Whatcom

12 County their home. This means that in addition to

12 INDIES FIRST: As part of Small Business Sat- offering public readings from local, regional and urday and Indies First!, local artist Ben Mann national authors, they’ll also donate to nonprofits, will be on hand from 11am-noon, and local WORDS WORDS host offsite events, partner with other local busi- author Janet Oakley from 1-2pm, to sign cop- ies of their books and talk about their favorite

8 nesses, and share their love of reading wherever reads this season at Village Books, 1200 11th and whenever they can. St. The event helping support independent “Our mission has been to build community,” bookstores takes place from 9am-10pm, and will include plenty of book recommendations. CURRENTS CURRENTS Chuck said. “These folks have that in their DNA. We couldn’t have found a better team if we had scoured WWW.VILLAGEBOOKS.COM 6 the entire country.” INDIES IN LYNDEN: Local author Jeff For their part, the new owners say they’re looking Lamont will sign copies of his book The Song VIEWS forward to continuing Chuck and Dee’s visions. of the Christmas Tree and talk about his favor- ite reads this season from 11:30am-12:30pm at 4 “We’re thrilled and humbled,” Evert said. “This business has become an institution in this communi- Village Books Lynden, 430 Front St. The event

MAIL MAIL is part of the daylong Indies First! and Small ty and we’re so excited to be given the opportunity Business Saturday.

to carry on the legacy Dee and Chuck are leaving.” 2 WWW.SHOPSMALL.AMERICANEXPRESS.COM “It doesn’t matter where you go in the country,

DO IT IT DO HOLIDAY BOOK FESTIVAL: As part of “Shop people know these stores,” Hanson adds. “We know we have a great responsibility to this community Small Saturday,” attend the second annual Bellingham Holiday Book Festival happening and to a wider community of booksellers. We’re BY AMY KEPFERLE place from 10am-6pm at the Encore Room at honored to have been chosen to carry on the mis- the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial 11.23.16 sion of this business.” St. Free and open to the public, this family- The new chapter won’t become official until the friendly event will feature more than 20 area .11 authors for readings, book talks and activities

47 new year, and a dual reception for the new own- # Plot Twists for kids. Book sales, live music and more will ers and farewell for the Robinsons will take place be part of the fun. Attending authors will A NEW CHAPTER AT VILLAGE BOOKS Sat., Feb. 4 at the Fairhaven store and Sun., Feb. 5 include Barbara Jean Hicks, MaryAnn Kohl, in Lynden. During the month of February, the new Janet Oakley, James Wells, and more. THE STORY that began in 1980, when Chuck and Dee Robinson took owners will also hold a series of meet-and-greets WWW.BELLINGHAMHOLIDAYBOOKFESTIVAL.COM a chance and opened an independent bookstore in Fairhaven, changed over coffee and pastries. MON., NOV. 28 course this week, when the founders of Village Books announced they That said, if you see Chuck and Dee out and TEEN BOOK TALK: Students in grades 6-12 CASCADIA WEEKLY had sold both the Bellingham and Lynden stores and were retiring, ef- about during the Holiday Festival and Art Walk are invited to a “Teens Make Monday Matter: fective Jan. 1, 2017. taking place Nov. 25-26 throughout Fairhaven— Book Talk” gathering at 4pm at the Everson 12 If the thought of a Village Books without the Robinsons at the helm or at the aptly titled “Indies First” event Sat., Library, 104 Kirsch Dr. Bring the current book freaks you out, don’t worry. The plot twist also includes the news that the Nov. 26 at the bookstore—be sure and congratu- you are reading and share with us what you liked or what you didn’t like—and leave with stores have been sold to employees Kelly Evert, Paul Hanson, and Sarah late them on their well-earned retirement. While ideas for your next great read. Hutton, who have already been handling most of the day-to-day operations you’re at it, thank them for the 36 years of superb (360) 966-5100 for the past several years. storytelling the’ve given to the community. doit 2016

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OPEN MIC: Published and unpublished writers are NOV. 26-27 15 encouraged to attend and enjoy a welcoming audi- SANTA IN TOWN: For the 34th year, the Fairhaven ence at a monthly Open Mic helmed by local writer Lions will host Santa Claus through the holidays and teacher Laurel Leigh at 7pm at Village Books, starting the day after Thanksgiving at Yeager’s STAGE 1200 11th St. Sign up at the main counter or by Toyland, 3101 Northwest St. Visits are free. You can calling the number listed here. take pictures with your own camera at no charge. 14 (360) 671-2626 If you wish to help raise money for local charities, the club will be available to take pictures for POETRYNIGHT: Those looking to share their $15-$25. Santa Dennis will be back again with his GET OUT creative verse as part of Poetrynight can sign up at natural white hair and beard so you can continue 7:45pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central your tradition of pictures with the same Santa.

Ave. Readings start at 8pm. Entry is by donation. The event happens from 12-5pm this Saturday and 12 12 WWW.POETRYNIGHT.ORG Sunday; 4-6pm weekdays from Nov. 28-Dec. 9; 12- 7pm weekdays from Dec. 12-23; 12-6pm Saturdays; WORDS WED., NOV. 30 and 12-5pm Sundays. WORDS LYNDEN BOOK CLUB: Share what you’re reading WWW.YEAGERSSTPORTINGGOODS.COM

and gain ideas for your next read at a Book Enthu- 8 siasts Book Club meeting at 12:30pm at the Lynden MON., NOV. 28 Library, 216 4th St. Don’t worry if you don’t have a HOLIDAY TIPS: Discover easy ways to keep the Gear up for your next adventure. book to share, as library staff will always have a few magic in the season without going crazy at a CURRENTS CURRENTS tomes to talk about. Feel free to bring you lunch. “Tips to Avoid Holiday Overwhelm” workshop at Use your WECU Choice Visa card for travel and purchases and

(360) 354-4883 7pm at the Center for Spiritual Living, 2224 Yew earn 1.5 points for each dollar you spend. 6 Street. Entry is $5. Additional events happen Dec. THURS., DEC. 1 3 at Ferndale’s Flow Motion Studio, and Dec. 5 at VIEWS NOAH’S MOON: Acclaimed travel writer Rick Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship. 360.676.1168 www.wecu.com Antonson reads from Full Moon Over Noah’s Ark (360) 778-1170 4 at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. The tome chronicles Rick’s ascent of the fabled Mt. Ararat in

WED., NOV. 30 MAIL Eastern Turkey and his independent travels to some BEARD COMPETITION: In honor of No Shave of the most dangerous territory in the Middle East, November, attend a “Best Beard in Bellingham” 2 including Iran, and Iraq. competition at 7pm at Aslan Brewing Co., 1330 N.

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beards on the last day of November. Winners will be crowned at Aslan tonight, and contestants must COMMUNITY be present to win. Come enjoy a pint and show off your month-long (or longer) beard. All winners will SAT., NOV. 26 receive a prize. 11.23.16 SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY: Shoppers will WWW.ASLANBREWING.COM have the opportunity to pick up a Shop Small .11 47

Passport at participating businesses and will THURS., DEC. 1 # receive stamps with purchases at local retailers HOLIDAY GALA: Peruse “Skagit Christmas,” enjoy as part of a “Small Business Saturday” throughout delicious food and discover how you can lend your the day in downtown Bellingham. The one-day support at the “At the Top of the Hill” Holiday Gala event highlights downtown’s shopping scene taking place from 6-8pm at La Conner’s Skagit while celebrating local businesses. Additional County Historical Museum, 501 S. 4th St. “Light Up the Holidays” events include the Dec. 2 WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM Holiday Art Walk, a Dec. 3 Tree Lighting Ceremony at Depot Market Square, and the Commercial EXPLORATIONS PARTY: Attend an evening of cel- CASCADIA WEEKLY Street Night Market on Fri., Dec. 9. To support ebration and fundraising for Explorations Academy’s downtown’s holiday festivities, parking on the 17th annual International Expedition to Mesoamer- 13 bottom and top floors of the Commercial Street ica from 6-7:30pm at the academy’s headquarters at Parking Garage is free for the entire month of 1701 Ellis St. Entry is $35 and includes food, music, December, courtesy of the City of Bellingham. a program and a special announcement. WWW.DOWNTOWNBELLINGHAM.COM WWW.EXPLORATIONSACADEMY.ORG doit

WED., NOV. 23 SANTA TRAIN: The Forest of

GROUP RUN: All levels of experi- Imagination changes into a

30 ence are welcome at a weekly magical wonderland full of more Group Run beginning at 6pm than one million lights brightly

FOOD FOOD in Mount Vernon at the Skagit twinkling in the night at “Santa Running Company, 702 First St. Train” excursions from 5-9pm outside The 3- to 6-mile run is great for Friday through Sunday at Blaine’s HIKING RUNNING GARDENING

24 beginners or for others wanting an Miniature Fun Center, 4620 Birch easy recovery. Entry is free and no Bay Lynden Rd. At the end of the registration is required. 20-minute ride, Santa will be wait-

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FILM down to your Thanksgiving feast CHRISTMAS WREATHS: Come by taking part in the 10th annual have a ball making Northwest ever- La Conner Turkey Trot starting at green wreaths adorned with holly, 18 8am at La Conner High School, 307 twigs, berries and more at a “Deco- N. 6th St. Entry to the 5K is $20- rate a Christmas Wreath” workshop

MUSIC $30. Prizes will be available for at 9am at Garden Spot Nursery, 900 the top three overall finishers, and Alabama St. Entry is $39. costumes are encouraged. WWW.GARDEN-SPOT.COM 16 WWW.ACTIVE.COM

ART SUN., NOV. 27 THANKSGIVING RUN: Attend RABBIT RIDE: Join members of a group run on Thanksgiving the Mount Baker Bicycle Club for 15 morning starting at 8am in Mount a “Rabbit Ride” starting at 8am Vernon at the Skagit Running every Sunday at Fairhaven Bicycle, STAGE Company, 702 First St. The pri- 1108 11th St. The 32-mile route mary course will be the 5.6-mile takes riders down Chuckanut and 14

14 Dike Road/Britt Slough loop. P.S. back via Lake Samish. This is not a race, and entry is WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG free to run or walk. Refreshments GET OUT GET OUT will be available at the store fol- MON., NOV. 28 lowing the event. YOGA FOR FITNESS: Anna Waham WWW.SKAGITRUNNERS.ORG leads a “Yoga for Outdoor Fitness”

12 presentation at 6pm at REI, 400 THANKSGIVING RIDE: Work off 36th S. The class will provide you STORY AND PHOTO BY AMY KEPFERLE droelectric Project. After a quick look at some calories in anticipation of with an introduction to basic yoga WORDS the map, he gave us the lay of the land. that second piece of pie and join exercises and poses, along with members of the Mt. Baker Bicycle information on how to take yoga

8 “The 14-mile trail is pretty easy for Club for a Thanksgiving Day Ride to the next level through insights Mystery the first couple of miles—which is prob- starting at 9am at Fairhaven into how you can incorporate yoga ably as far as we’ll make it today—but Bicycle, 1108 11th St. into your outdoor fitness routine. WWW.MTBAKERBIKECLUB.ORG 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM CURRENTS CURRENTS watch yourself when you’re crossing the footbridges and along steeper inclines,” 6 FRI., NOV. 25 TUES., NOV. 29 Meander he cautioned. “It’s easy to get caught WILD THINGS: Kids, adults and ALL-PACES RUN: Staff and volun- up in the scenery around you, but you adventurers can join Holly Roger of teers are always on hand to guide VIEWS FINDING SOLACE AT BAKER LAKE also need to keep an eye on what’s be- Wild Whatcom for a “Wild Things” the way at the weekly All-Paces

4 “YOU NEED to stop fuming over news stories about Donald neath you.” Community Program from 9:30- Run starting at 6pm every Tuesday Trump’s cabinet selections for at least a little while and get I saw what he meant almost as soon 11am at Cornwall Park. Suggested at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th

MAIL MAIL donation is $5. St. Entry is free. some air in your gills,” my better half informed me last Saturday. as we set off on the narrow trail. Old- WWW.WILDWHATCOM.ORG WWW.FAIRHAVENRUNNERS.COM

“Tomorrow morning, rain or shine, we’re hitting the road for a growth fir trees surrounded us like over- 2 mystery meander.” grown sentinels, and the electric green TREE LIGHTING: Attend a Tree WAXING BASICS: Base prepara- DO IT IT DO So it was that I—along with my longtime BFF, who was in of the moss was distracting in its beauty. Lighting Ceremony at 5pm at the tion, structure and minor repair will town for a visit—found myself heading south from Bellingham Additionally, giant mushrooms sprouted dock at Blaine’s Semiahmoo Resort, be covered at a free “Ski/Snowboard 9565 Semiahmoo Pkwy. Guests are Waxing Basics” presentation at 6pm on a soggy Sunday. Our chauffeur and tour guide had told us to from the sides of trees 30 feet above the welcome starting at 3:30pm for at REI, 400 36th St. Please register bring sturdy hiking boots and rain gear, warning us to expect ground, tributaries gurgled and swaths of complimentary cider and treats in advance. 11.23.16 “multiple degrees of discomfort” if we didn’t. the lake beckoned from below. I didn’t (there will also be heaters to keep 647-8955 OR WWW.REI.COM “Should we also bring bear spray?” I asked, hoping to gain a ever lose my footing, but I came close a attendees warm). .11 WWW.SEMIAHMOO.COM THURS., DEC. 1 47 little more clarity about our destination. couple of times. # ALL ABOUT RAPTORS: Falcon Re- “Sure, and bulletproof vests,” he countered with a grin. Although our trio started the journey NOV. 25-27 search Group founder Bud Ander- It turns out he wasn’t kidding—but thankfully his timing was talking among ourselves, it wasn’t long SLEIGHBELLS RING: Attend son leads a “Raptors in Our Lives a few days off. before we spread out and got quiet. As “Sleighbells Ring” events every and How to Find Them” presenta- Not too long after we’d passed field upon field of long-necked we zigzagged through the forest, alone weekend through December at tion from 7-9pm at the Lecture snow geese on our way to Sedro-Woolley and the exit to Highway yet together, I concentrated not on the Bellewood Acres, 6140 Guide Room at the Bellingham Public Meridian. Fresh-cut trees and Library, 210 Central Ave. The free 20, he took a left on Baker Lake Road and we found ourselves fear I’ve felt for myself and my country wreaths, ornament and cookie presentation will focus on raptors CASCADIA WEEKLY parked at the first trailhead on the narrow road past the Upper since Nov. 9, but on how it felt to com- crafting, bonfires, distillery and found in the Pacific Northwest Baker Dam. There, a sign informed us that bear hunting season mune with a rainforest. It breathed in cafe tasting, live music, caroling and will include identifying birds 14 had ended less than a week before, so there was no need to be and out, and so did I. and more will be part of the festive of prey and how to find them, paranoid about hunters with guns. fun. On Dec. 10-11 and 17-18, there their migratory patterns and their will also be sleigh rides, visits role in our ecosystem. Although I’ve lived in the area for nearly 20 years, my guy For more information about trails in the with Santa and more. WWW.BELLINGHAMPUBLIC knew I’d never explored the forested wonderland along the nine- Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, go WWW.BELLEWOODFARMS.COM LIBRARY.ORG mile reservoir formed by the Puget Sound Energy Baker River Hy- to www.fs.usda.gov doit

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Check out recent renovations when Irving Berlin’s White Christmas opens 22 22 Fri., Nov. 25 at the Bellingham Theatre Guild FILM STAGE Lynden’s Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St. The story focuses on

NOV. 25-26 Eubie, a happy elf who longs to be 18 LEGENDS, PALS, GOBLINS: Expe- part of Santa’s sleigh team. Tickets

rience epic improvised adventures are $8-$12. Additional performances MUSIC when “Genre Legends” shows at 8pm happen through Dec. 11. Friday and Saturday at the Upfront WWW.CLAIREVGTHEATRE.COM 16 Theatre, 1208 Bay St. At 10pm Fri-

day, stick around for “Pals,” an im- NOV. 26-27 ART provised sitcom. At 10pm Saturday, A CHRISTMAS STORY: The Theater show up for “Giggles and Goblins,” Arts Guild’s rendition of A Christ- 15 15 an episodic improvised adaptation mas Story: The Musical, opens this of Dungeons & Dragons. Tickets to week with performances at 7:30pm STAGE the shows are $10-$12. Saturday and 1:30pm Sunday at STAGE WWW.THEUPFRONT.COM Mount Vernon’s Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St. Set in the 1940s in 14 NOV. 25-27 the fictional town of Hohman, In- BEAUTY & THE BEAST: A cast and diana, the musical follows 9-year-

crew of more than 60 students pres- old Ralphie and his quest for an air GET OUT ents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast rifle. Tickets are $12-$24. at 7pm Friday and Saturday, and 2pm WWW.LINCOLNTHEATRE.ORG

Sunday at Squalicum High School, 12 3773 E. McLeod Rd. Tickets to see MON., NOV. 28 non’s McIntyre Hall (www.mcintyrehall. the timeless tale of understanding, GUFFAWINGHAM: A weekly open BY AMY KEPFERLE WORDS org), followed by Dec. 23-24 gigs at the love and growth are $5-$10. mic for comedians, “Guffawing- WWW.SQUALICUM. ham!,” takes place at 9:30pm every Mount Baker Theatre. BELLINGHAMSCHOOLS.ORG Monday at the Green Frog, 1015 N. 8 Longtime fans of Northwest Ballet’s State St. Entry is free. The event The Nutcracker version can expect more than a few sur- WHITE CHRISTMAS: Transport features approximately 20 standup yourself to a lodge in Vermont comedians who each do a four-

prises this year. Director, choreographer CURRENTS A REASON FOR THE SEASON and cast member John Bishop decided when Irving Berlin’s White Christmas minute set.

opens this weekend with shows at WWW.ACOUSTICTAVERN.COM 6 to delve into the original E.T.A. Hoffman 7:30pm Friday and Saturday, and FOR SOME people, the Christmas season begins the second story, which begins with a curse placed 2pm Sunday at the newly renovated NOV. 30-DEC. 4 VIEWS they rush to the mall the day after Thanksgiving to battle fel- on a princess by an evil Mouse Queen. Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600 H PETER PAN BIO: A dozen ac- St. Tickets to the song-and-dance tors will portray more than 100 low shoppers for gift-giving deals. But others seek more mean- What follows deviates from what audi- 4 ingful connections to get them in the spirit, and choose to ences have seen before, but still involves spectacular set during World War II unforgettable characters when Dave

are $12-$14. See the Broadway hit Barry and Ridley Pearson’s Peter and MAIL do things like decorate trees, donate to nonprofits, or secure an epic battle scene, a brave nutcrack- through Dec. 11. the Starcatcher shows this week at tickets to The Nutcracker. er—who, in this version is cursed and

WWW.BELLINGHAMTHEATRE 7:30pm Wednesday through Friday, 2 For those who prefer their holidays served with a live view- disfigured before finding redemption—a GUILD.COM 2pm and 7:30pm Saturday, and 2pm

Sunday at Western Washington IT DO ing of the story of a young girl named Clara who battles an grand celebration and a happy ending. evil Mouse King with the help of a magical nutcracker prince, “I was inspired to make the story of CHRISTMAS PAGEANT: Find University’s Performing Arts Center out what happens when church Mainstage. The musical upends the options abound. what actually happened to the Nutcrack- volunteers, struggling to present a century-old story of how a miser- The first iteration of the timeless tale can be seen this week- er easier for the audience to understand,” Christmas pageant, are faced with able orphan came to be Peter Pan. 11.23.16 end, when Harper & I Dance Studio presents their version of the Bishop says. “Traditionally, that part is casting the Herdman kids, the most Tickets are $12-$17. classic at 7pm Sat., Nov. 26 and 2pm Sun., Nov. 27 at Belling- skipped over—as I had done for the past inventively awful kids in history, 650-6146 OR WWW.TICKETS.WWU.EDU when The Best Christmas Pageant Ever .11 ham’s Mount Baker Theatre (www.mountbakertheatre.com). With 17 seasons. Perhaps it is fitting that I 47 opens this weekend at 7:30pm Friday # dancers ages 3 and up incorporating everything from hip-hop, am doing something quite different in my and Saturday, and 2pm Sunday at the DANCE contemporary movement and ballet into the mix, their perfor- 50th year of being a part of this beautiful Anacortes Community Theatre, 918 mances will offer something for just about everyone. holiday tradition.” M Ave. Tickets to see the comedy are SAT., NOV. 26 For one night only, Ballet Bellingham promises to “bring out Bishop says that although some peo- $20; additional performances happen CONTRA DANCE: Musicians the child in everyone” at their 7:30pm performance Fri., Dec. 9 ple may not have found a reason for the weekends through Dec. 17. and callers can join in with Dave WWW.ACTTHEATRE.COM Andrews and Sherrie Montgomery at the Mount Baker Theatre. Fidalgo DanceWorks (www.fidalgo- season yet owing to recent political and and lead caller Marlin Prowell at an danceworks.org) will also get in on the action that weekend, civil unrest, he thinks viewing the ballet THE HAPPY ELF: A new musical Open Band and Caller Contra Dance CASCADIA WEEKLY bringing a multigenerational cast to the stage to perform The will help ease their spirits. comedy by the Grammy Award-win- hosted by the Bellingham Country Nutcracker at 7pm Sat., Dec. 10 and 2:30pm Sun., Dec. 11 at “I hope that many families may enjoy ning and Tony Award-nominated com- Dance Society from 7-10:30pm at 15 Anacortes High School’s Brodniak Hall. (Early ticket purchase is the beauty, purity and joy The Nutcracker poser and lyricist Harry Connick, Jr. Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St. can be seen at performances of The Suggested donation is $6-$10. recommended, as the shows almost always sell out.) offers,” he says. “I know my dancers are Happy Elf at 7:30pm Friday, 2pm and WWW.BELLINGHAMCOUNTRY The following weekend, Northwest Ballet presents its annual ready to bring their best performances to 7:30pm Saturday, and 2pm Sunday at DANCE.ORG offering to the season with showings Dec. 17-18 at Mount Ver- those coming to the theater.” doit UPCOMING EVENTS

30 NOV. 23-DEC. 1 FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: More than 100 local

FOOD FOOD artists and craftspeople will show and sell their creative wares as part of Allied Arts’ 37th annual “Holiday Festival of the Arts” from 10am-7pm

24 visual GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES daily through Christmas Eve (except for Thanks- giving) at 4145 Meridian St. (next to Burlington Coat Factory). Live music, artist demos and

B-BOARD B-BOARD workshops and family art projects will also be part of the festive fun. WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG

22 22 dull the mind,” (from “Seasonal Affect,” by Lydia Kwa) inspires three panels: an image FRI., NOV. 25 FILM of a grieving woman looking out at winter; ART PARTY: Bring your own painting or draw- a cityscape under a lowering storm; and a ing and art supplies to a monthly Friday Night Art Party taking place from 6-8:30pm at Tillie

18 tapestry suggesting a trusty old blanket. In the same poem, Judy Leslie found a Lace Gallery, 1415 13th St. Entry to the night of creative expression and socializing is $10. MUSIC reference to Tanizaki’s essay, “In Praise of Refreshments will be provided. Shadows,” which became her inspiration to WWW.TILLIELACEGALLERY.COM 16 16 create a portrait of a tea ceremony. NOV. 25-26

ART Carla Funk has been the city of Victoria’s ART poet laureate. Her “Elegy” to a father’s pass- KALE HOUSE ART SHOW: View the juried work of approximately 20 artists from Whatcom and ing (“In summer, he was 15 Skagit counties at the Kale House Art Show & the sun’s fire on a field Sale from 10am-4pm Friday and Saturday at Everson’s Kale House, 201 Kale St. STAGE of wild strawberries”) is mirrored by Debbie Ty- WWW.KALEHOUSE.NET son’s somber and moving 14 HOLIDAY ART WALK: Twenty-tree venues will monochrome abstrac- participate in a Holiday Festival and Art Walk tion on black cotton. taking place from 5-8pm Friday and Saturday

GET OUT Margie Davidson’s trib- throughout historic Fairhaven. On Friday, take ute is a panel stitched photos with Father Christmas in the gazebo SEE in the afternoon, then gather on the Village

12 out of neckties. WHAT & WHEN: Green at 5pm for the tree-lighting ceremony and “Ekphrastic” The third floor hosts performances by the Bellingham Showstoppers. shows through a unique fabric docu- Saturday will also include free horse-drawn car- WORDS Dec. 30 and “The mentary of the scenery riage rides throughout the district. Nature of Place” WWW.FAIRHAVEN.COM

8 can be seen until and wildlife of Denali Jan. 29 National Park. Ree Nan- NOV. 25-27 WHERE: La carrow went to Alaska DECK THE HALL: The annual “Deck the Old City Conner Quilt & CURRENTS CURRENTS for summer work in Hall” begins Fri., Nov. 25 and continues from 12- Textile Museum, 1964 and now lives out- 5pm Wednesdays through Sundays through Dec.

6 703 S. Second St. side of Denali. She and 31 at Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall, 121 Pros- COST: $5-$7 pect St. Visitors can view more than 20 decorated INFO: www. her fellow artist, Char- VIEWS trees, visit with Santa, peruse goods at a pop-up laconnerquilts.org lotte Bird, have spent shop and enter a raffle. Entry is by donation.

4 decades documenting WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG “HARE AND GONE AGAIN,” BY REE NANCARROW AND CHARLOTTE BIRD REE NANCARROW AND CHARLOTTE BY “HARE AND GONE AGAIN,” and interpreting nature in Alaska. MAIL MAIL Their raw material is white cotton SAT., NOV. 26 BY STEPHEN HUNTER HOLIDAY CRAFT MARKET: More than 25 local cloth, which they dye, silk screen, stencil, 2 artists will sell their creative wares at a Holi- paint, embroider and quilt into depictions day Craft Market happening from 9am-4pm at DO IT IT DO giving the “correct mix” of landscape, Ferndale’s Pioneer Meadows Montessori School, Textile Twists vegetation and wildlife in all seasons to 2377 Douglas Rd. “capture the feeling and energy” of the WWW.PMMONTESSORI.ORG OF ART, POETRY AND NATURE park. There are semi-abstract depictions

11.23.16 ARTIST TALK: Painter Karen Hackenberg will talk of meandering creeks, ravens, migrat- about her “Oil and Water” exhibit and share her TWO CURRENT exhibits at the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum challenge our ing songbirds, paper birch, alder, aspen, lighthearted yet subversive approach to the seri- .11

47 ideas of what quilts are all about. snow, spruce and wildfire. ous subject of ocean degradation at an Artist Talk # The Fibre Art Network of Western Canada (FAN) chose La Conner to open their The snowshoe hare is a signature year- at 4pm at Edison’s Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 traveling “Ekphrastic” exhibit. The term describes any work of art which summa- round resident. A three-panel tapestry Gilkey Ave. The exhibit shows through Sunday. WWW.SMITHANDVALLEEGALLERY.COM rizes or refers to an artwork in a different medium. Poetry describing visual art is as collaboration, “Hare and Gone Again,” il- old as The Iliad, but FAN put a clever spin on ekphrasis by challenging their members lustrates the animals’ increase and decline. NOV. 26-27 to create textiles that interpret poems. When predators are scarce, the hare popu- POTTERS SALE: Approximately 25 artists will It’s a difficult assignment for the artists and an unusual challenge for the visi- lation booms from one or two per square show and sell their functional and decorative ceramics at the White Rock/Semiahmoo Potters CASCADIA WEEKLY tor. The colorful tapestries demand attention. Almost hidden between them are mile to thousands. By this time, they have Society’s Christmas Sale taking place from 10am- the award-winning poems. As you read them, the whole enterprise blossoms into begun to destroy their own food sources. 16 5pm Saturday and Sunday at the South Surrey beautiful meaning. Now the number of predators—includ- Recreation & Arts Center, 14601 20th Ave. Each poem offers so many images, it’s difficult for a single picture to capture the ing the lynx—catches up. Next, numbers WWW.SEMIAHMOOPOTTERS.COM whole. Perhaps the poem which is best expressed is “What to do before you die,” by of hares and lynx alike crash. Gradually, Kinny Beach. Three artists responded with colorful landscapes. the vegetation recovers and the cycle be- HOLIDAY CRAFT SALE: Jewelry, pottery, soaps and lotions, aprons and other handcrafted items Many of the quilts echo a single line of a poem. “Days of overcast sky and rain gins anew. doit by local artisans can be checked out at the “Hill- top Holiday Craft Sale” from 11am-5pm Saturday

and 11am-3pm Sunday at the La Conner Garden 30 Club, 622 S. Second St. Law Offices of WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM FOOD

INTERNATIONAL MARKET: Check out handmade Alexander F. Ransomm gifts from women’s cooperatives around the world 24 and local artisans at a Women’s Work Interna- tional Market happening from 11am-5pm Saturday and Sunday at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, Experienced. B-BOARD 1401 Cleveland St. WWW.WOMENSWORKINTERNATIONAL.COM

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ONGOING EXHIBITS Exceptional. FILM Compassionate Criminal Defense Attorney ALLERY: Rotating works by a variety of local and Fighting for Your Rights 18 regional artists can be viewed at Allery Fine Art, View new works by Hannah Rivers and Bon- 1319 Cornwall Ae., suite 104 (in the alley behind nie Smerdon through Nov. 26 at the “Familiar Kids Northwest). Hindsight” exhibit at Dakota Gallery 119 NORTH COMMERCIAL ST. SUITE #1420 • OFFICE: (360) 746-2642 MUSIC WWW.THEALLERYFINEART.COM 16 Camano Island’s Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculp- 16 ALLIED ARTS: View “The Artist’s Eye” until Nov. ture Park 2345 Blanche Way. www.ransom-lawfirm.com ART ART 26 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. The juried WWW.MATZKEFINEART.COM exhibit features works by Geoffrey Wilce, Erin 99%+ FOSSIL FUEL-FREE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Libby, Margaux Jacobs, and the late George Jartos MODE: Sculptures by Don Anderson, Brett 15 through Nov. 26. Cleveland, Shirley Erickson, Lauren Osmolski, Ries WWW.ALLIEDARTS.ORG Niemi, and more can be viewed at the new Mode. STAGE Art Gallery, 2110 James St. ARTWOOD: Terry Nelson’s “Gathered Wood” char- WWW.MODE-ARTGALLERY.COM

coal and graphite drawings will be featured through 14 November at Artwood Gallery, 1000 Harris Ave. MONA: “Matched Makers: Northwest Artist Cou- WWW.ARTWOODGALLERY.COM ples” shows through Jan. 1 at La Conner’s Museum

of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. GET OUT CHUCKANUT BREWERY: View Loren Kenyon’s WWW.MONAMUSEUM.ORG photographs of birds and landscapes through Nov.

26 Chuckanut Brewery and Kitchen, 601 W. Holly St. NORTH COVE COFFEE: Artist Gene Jaress will 12 WWW.CHUCKANUTBREWERYANDKITCHEN.COM show original oil paintings and giclée reproduc- tions through November at Burlington’s North Cove WORDS DAKOTA GALLERY: “Familiar Hindsight” can be Coffee, 1130 S. Burlington Blvd. seen through November at Dakota Gallery, 1324 WWW.12CROWSSTUDIO.COM

BellinghamFinancialPlanners.com 8 Cornwall Ave. COLSON FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISOR WWW.DAKOTAARTGALLERY.COM PERRY AND CARLSON: Ankur Jain’s “Aam Admi’— Fee-Only Financial Planning | Fee-Based Investment Management The Unsung Heroes: Portraits of North India” can

FISHBOY GALLERY: Peruse the contemporary folk be seen through November in Mount Vernon at CURRENTS art of RR Clark from 1:30-5pm Fridays or by appoint- Perry and Carlson Gallery, 504 S. First St. ment at the FishBoy Gallery, 617 Virginia St. WWW.PERRYANDCARLSON.COM Ronald Scott Colson (Direct) 303.986.9977 6 ® 319-2913 OR WWW.FISHBOYGALLERY.COM CFP , MBA, President (Toll Free) 800.530.3884

SCULPTURE NW: “Wood, Stone and Beyond” 4740 Austin Court VIEWS FOURTH CORNER FRAMES: View a “PAPO Retro- shows through Dec. 17 at Sculpture Northwest Bellingham WA 98229-2659 spective” through Dec. 24 at Fourth Corner Frames Gallery, 203 Prospect St. 4 & Gallery, 311 W. Holly St. WWW.SCULPTURENORTHWEST.ORG

WWW.FOURTHCORNERFRAMES.COM MAIL SKAGIT MUSEUM: “Mas Voces del Valle: More

GOOD EARTH: Words by longtime potter Les Voices of the Valley” shows through Dec. 31 at La 2 Norton can be viewed through November at Good Conner’s Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. 4th DO IT IT DO Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. St. “Skagit Christmas” can be seen Nov. 25-Dec. 31. WWW.GOODEARTHPOTS.COM WWW.SKAGITCOUNTY.NET/MUSEUM

IE GALLERY: Works by painters Ed Kamuda, Brian WESTERN GALLERY: Salish Coast artist Susan

Cypher, and Jef Morlan can be seen at the “The Point’s “Cultural Visions in New Media” shows 11.23.16 Rhythm of Color” exhibit showing through Dec. 11 through Dec. 3 at WWU’s Western Gallery. in Edison at i.e. gallery, 5800 Cains Court. Entry is free. .11

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JANSEN ART CENTER: Michael Dinning’s “Ex- WHATCOM ART MARKET: Works by more than 45 ploring What Lies Hidden,” a multi-artist “Fall Whatcom Art Guild members can be perused and Juried Exhibit,” and “Fibers and Beyond” will be purchased from 10am-6pm Wed.-Sun. at the new on display through Dec. 2 at Lynden’s Jansen Art Whatcom Art Market, 1103 11th St. Center, 321 Front St. WWW.WHATCOMARTMARKET.ORG WWW.JANSENARTCENTER.ORG WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Spineless: Portraits of CASCADIA WEEKLY MAKE.SHIFT: Bradley Taylor’s “Estimated Truth” Marine Invertebrates,” “National Geographic’s exhibit of woodblock prints shows through Novem- 50 Greatest Photos,” “Nostalgic Saturation: 17 ber at Make.Shift ARt Space, 306 Flora St. Mid-Century Bellingham in Historic Color,” and WWW.MAKESHIFTPROJECT.COM “Back at the Park: Vintage Views from the Photo Archives” can currently be viewed on the Whatcom MATZKE GALLERY: “Honey, I Shrunk the Art” Museum campus. exhibit and sale takes place through Jan. 25 at WWW.WHATCOMMUSEUM.ORG rumor has it

30 LAST WEEK, WHILE I was waxing political, the Green Frog was turning 11 years old. Through

FOOD FOOD it all—and “all” has encompassed a lot of things—owner James Hardesty has been there, building stuff, booking bands and buying me 24 music SHOW PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT way too many shots of whiskey. It’s been fun. But music is Hardesty’s first love, and he’s

B-BOARD B-BOARD spent the past decade-plus-one continuing that fine Bellingham tradition of drawing

22 22 acts to his venue, and then keeping them This year, I can combine my strange attrac- coming back when they’ve outgrown both

FILM tion to Black Friday deals with my love of his space and our town. As well, his is one music and shopping local at Avalon Records, of our few venues that doesn’t slow down

18 18 which will discount its entire inventory for the schedule during the holiday week, and

the annual one-day orgy of consumerism. This so you’ll find a full slate of great shows— MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC means that, for the first time ever, beginning Phil O’Sullivan and at 9:30am on Fri., Nov. 25, the downtown Jake Hemming (Nov.

16 Bellingham store will offer everything it has 23), Baby Cakes (Nov.

ART in stock for 20 percent off—no exceptions. 25), Petunia and the Their carefully selected inventory of music, Vipers (Nov. 26)—to be it local, regional or national—all 20 per- which you can shake 15 cent off. Sweet tapestries and posters to off some of that tur-

STAGE deck out your collegiate (or post-collegiate key-induced malaise. if you’re young at heart) pad—20 percent off. Stop by and congratu- Bongs, pipes and other paraphernalia—20 late Hardesty on be- BY CAREY ROSS 14 percent off. Stuff that’s already discounted— ing a tween. You can also 20 percent off. Pretty much the only buy him a shot of whiskey for a change.

GET OUT things not on sale at Avalon on Black Friday In not-so-happy news, on Nov. 18, soul are the store staff and the cardboard cutout singer and badass musical dynamo Sharon

12 of Father John Misty that serves as their un- Jones passed away after a long battle with official mascot—although I’m sure deals can pancreatic cancer. The soul singer, who be made there too. didn’t release an album until she was 40 WORDS WHERE: 1330 Railroad Ave. INFO: 676-9573 years old, spent the last two decades of her

8 life making up for all that lost time, barn- They say it is better to give than to re- storming the country with her fiery brand ceive, and while my own personal jury is still of soul, bringing down bigger and bigger

CURRENTS CURRENTS out on that one, I will acknowledge that dur- houses wherever she went. Two years ago, ing this, the official season of giving, I do she earned herself a Grammy nomination for 6 DJ THUNDER PAWH try and allocate some of my dollars to those her album Give the People What They Want, a organizations that will use them in service long-delayed accolade she richly deserved. VIEWS of the greater good. To make such an effort However, prior to the release of that al-

4 easy, a few years ago, a couple of nonprofits bum, Jones was diagnosed with cancer, and BY CAREY ROSS in New York created Giving Tuesday, the more she brought all her formidable strength to MAIL MAIL charitable companion to Black Friday and Cy- bear battling the disease. For a time, it

ber Monday. The idea caught on, and now Giv- seemed that cancer was no match for the ti- 2 ing Tuesday has become, in the words of its niest, mightiest musical warrior to ever take

DO IT IT DO A Season organizers, a “global day of giving.” Sure, you a stage. A documentary about the singer was can do your part on Tues., Nov. 29 by making released to the same kind of critical acclaim charitable donations to your favorite philan- her albums enjoyed, and the story it told for Giving thropic organizations without ever leaving was one of triumph over tragedy. 11.23.16 THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR the comfort of your computer—but where’s But even as she watched the film’s pre- the fun in that? Much more entertaining to miere and took in the adoration of the packed .11

47 ALTHOUGH I seem to be surrounded by them, I am not a Scrooge. make your way to the Wild Buffalo, who are movie theater, Jones knew her triumph was # Quite the opposite, in fact. I love the holiday season with a fierceness giving over their venue to Giving Tuesday, on temporary, her cancer had returned and even even 12 years of soul-sucking mall retail could not kill. So strong is my behalf of Camp Fire Samish, Camp Kirby, and for someone with all her strength, moxie and affinity for all things Christmas that I have already watched a couple (or the Bellingham Food Bank. A $5 donation or a sheer will, hope was fading. several, but who’s keeping track here?) of the cheesiest holiday-themed, couple of cans of food (destined for the food And so we lost her. Normally, I do not made-for-TV movies my basic cable channels have to offer and I am not bank) gets you in, and once inside, you’ll write about musicians that have passed un- the least bit ashamed. I test-baked a batch of Christmas cookies before be entertained by Grateful Dead cover band less they are from here. But Sharon was one

CASCADIA WEEKLY Halloween. I am infected with holiday cheer and I intend to spread it Sleepy Alligators; Americana trio Diva, David of those musicians who, from the first time around as much as possible. & Phil; the kettle-drum-playing DJ Thunder she appeared at the Nightlight, belonged to 18 While I am confessing my seasonal sins, I should probably divulge that I Pawh, and standup comedian James Miller. Bellingham. She was one of us. And it was am not only a shopper, but I am the worst of the worst: a Black Friday shop- You can also bid on auction items and buy the thing that kept her coming back, time per. The post-Thanksgiving entertainment landscape is usually pretty bleak, raffle tickets, secure in the knowledge that, and again, long after she’d gone on to bigger which leaves me plenty of time during the holiday weekend to get cracking along with purchasing prize-winning poten- things, bigger places, bigger venues. We are on the Christmas lists of my nearest and dearest. MUSIC, CONTINUED ON PAGE 19 grateful. And we will miss her. tial, you’re also helping to send local youth to camp, a rite-of-passage experi- ence no child should miss. WHERE: 208 W. Holly St.

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Of course, this is just the beginning of FOOD a whole slew of local bazaars, fairs, mar- kets and sales designed to get your to 24 spread your love of shopping and buying local as far and wide as possible. I’ll see

you at all of them—I’ll be the one with B-BOARD bells on. Silver bells, that is. 22 22 doit FILM CELEBRATING THE BRITISH MASTERS 18 18

DEC. 3, 2016 @ 3 pm & 7:30 pm MUSIC

First Congregational Church MUSIC 2401 Cornwall Avenue, Bellingham

TICKETS: www.bccsings.org 16 $5 - $20 206.438.3927

From Summer Meltdown to Downtown ART Sounds, Ayron Jones & the Way have

made their mark all over our musical landscape. 15 They’ll be back here Sat., Nov. 26 for a show at the Wild Buffalo, and Jones will show off more STAGE of his self-taught guitar shreddery. Tickets are $8 and can be had at www.wildbuffalo.net. 14 WED., NOV. 23 WJMAC CONCERT: The Whatcom Jazz Music

Art Center continues a new season of perfor- GET OUT mances with a 7pm concert by student jazz combos at 7pm at Unity Spiritual Center,

1095 Telegraph Rd. Entry is $5-$10. At 7pm 12 Wed., Nov. 30. the Spike Wilner Trio will perform. Tickets to that show are $10-$20. WORDS WWW.WJMAC.ORG

SUN., NOV. 27 8 MESSIAH SING-ALONG: All are welcome at the 26th annual “Messiah” Sing-Along taking

place from 2:30-4pm at Garden Street United CURRENTS Methodist Church, 1326 N. Garden St. Music will be provided, or you can bring your own 6 score. An orchestra will accompany singers.

Entry is free; items for the Bellingham Food VIEWS Bank are welcomed.

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F of choices audiences made at NCCB’s spring concert, and include pieces by Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Glen Miller, John Phillip Sousa, as well as songs of the holiday season. The Fairhaven Association

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ART OF JAZZ: The Lavon Hardison Quintet 47 will perform at the Jazz Project’s monthly “Art November 25th & 26th, from 5-8pm # of Jazz” concert from 4-6:30pm at the Encore Room at the Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Friday, Nov. 25th, visit Father Christmas in the gazebo Commercial St. Admission is $10-$16. from 3-4:45, then enjoy the tree-lighting ceremony with WWW.JAZZPROJECT.ORG performances by the Bellingham Showstoppers at 5pm TUES., NOV. 29 in the Village Green. HOLIDAY COUNTDOWN: Listen to seasonal 23 merchants will be open late with special artist CASCADIA WEEKLY music featuring the Skagit Community Band and features and events on Friday and Saturday nights. the Skagit Valley College Choirs at a “Holi- 19 day Countdown” concert at 7:30pm at Mount Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501 E. College Way. Merry Enticements Throughout the District Tickets are $5-$15. Visit Father Christmas WWW.MCINTYREHALL.ORG Take a free horse-drawn carriage ride on Saturday afternoon! For maps and additional information visit www.fairhaven.com musicvenues 30 See below for venue FOOD FOOD addresses and phone 11.23.16 11.24.16 11.25.16 11.26.16 11.27.16 11.28.16 11.29.16 numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

24 Anelia's Kitchen & Steve Meyer The Sky Colony Stage B-BOARD B-BOARD Boundary Bay Aaron Guest Piano Night Paul Klein Brewery 22 22

Brown Lantern Ale House Acoustic Night Open Mic DJ Ontic FILM

James Vincent McMorrow, Allan Commodore Ballroom July Talk, Adam Baldwin, Mona July Talk, Adam Baldwin, Mona Brothers Osborne, Lucie Silvas 18 18 Rayman

MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC Conway Muse Square Dance w/Conway West Nick Vigarino 16 Corner Pub Knut Bell and the 360s PETUNIA AND THE VIPERS/Nov. 26/Green Frog ART

Eat Kevin Woods Duo Spencer Redmond Duo 15

Ron W. Bailey & The STAGE Edison Inn Blues Union Six Gun Romeo Tangents Slow Jam (early), Open Mic (early),

14 Phil O'Sullivan, Jake Petunia and the Soul Explosion w/ Baby Cakes Marcel's Bluegrass Guffawingham Green Frog Hemming Vipers DJ Willdabeast Night (late) (late)

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musicvenues 30 See below for venue addresses and phone 11.23.16 11.24.16 11.25.16 11.26.16 11.27.16 11.28.16 11.29.16 FOOD numbers WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 24 H2O DJ Z CC Adams Band Karaoke B-BOARD B-BOARD The Post-Thanksgiving Decom- Irish Night w/Puirt Honey Moon Bilongo Quintet New Music Tuesday w/Fia pression Breakdown na Gael 22 22

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Loco Billy's Wild Moon Saturday Stomp 18 18 Saloon MUSIC MUSIC Main St. Bar and Grill JP Falcon Acoustic Showcase Baby Cakes Arcade Cowboys UGLY SWEATER PARTY/Nov. 25/Kulshan Brewery 16 Little Star, Oh Rose, Babe

Make.Shift ART Waves 15 Old World Deli Sarah Goodin STAGE

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Royal Karaoke Karaoke Country Night DJ Jester 12

Rumors Cabaret Panty Hoes Drag Show Total Request Live DJ Graymatter DJ Robby Clark Aireeoke DJ Graymatter, more WORDS

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The Green Frog 1015 N. State St. • www.acoustictavern.com | Edison Inn 5829 Cains Ct., Edison • (360) 766-6266 | Glow 202 E. Holly St. • 734-3305 | H20, 314 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 755- 3956 | Honey Moon 1053 N. State St. • 734-0728 | KC’s Bar and Grill 108 W. Main St., Everson • (360) 966-8838 | Kulshan Brewery 2238 James St. • 389-5348 | Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon 27021

102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood • www.locobillys.com | Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St. • www.makeshiftproject.com | Main Street Bar & Grill 2004 Main St., Ferndale • (360) 384-2982 | McKay’s Taphouse CASCADIA WEEKLY 1118 E. Maple St. • (360) 647-3600 | Poppe’s 714 Lakeway Dr. • 671-1011 | Paso Del Norte 758 Peace Portal Dr. Blaine • (360) 332-4045 | The Redlight 1017 N. State St. • www.redlightwineandcoffee. com | Rockfish Grill 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes • (360) 588-1720 | The Royal 208 E. Holly St. • 738-3701 | Rumors Cabaret 1119 Railroad Ave. • 671-1849 | The Shakedown 1212 N. State St. • www. 21 shakedownbellingham.com | Silver Reef Casino 4876 Haxton Way, Ferndale • (360) 383-0777 | Skagit Valley Casino Resort 5984 N. Darrk Lane, Bow • (360) 724-7777 | Skylark’s Hidden Cafe 1300 11th St. • 715-3642 | Swillery Whiskey Bar 118 W. Holly St. | Swinomish Casino 12885 Casino Dr., Anacortes • (888) 288-8883 | Temple Bar 306 W. Champion St. • 676-8660 | The Underground 211 E. Chestnut St. • 738-3701 | Underground Coffeehouse Viking Union 3rd Floor, WWU | Via Cafe 7829 Birch Bay Dr., Blaine • (360) 778-2570 | Village Inn Pub 3020 Northwest Ave. • 734-2490 | Vinostrology 120 W. Holly St. • 656-6817 | The Waterfront 521 W. Holly St. • www.waterfrontseafoodandbar.com | Wild Buffalo 208 W. Holly St. • www.wildbuffalo.net | To get your live music listings included, send info to clubs@ cascadiaweekly.com. Deadlines are always at 5pm Friday. character becomes increasingly morose, the actor makes his taciturn forbearance heartrendingly real. Slightly edited by Nichols, Loving’s famous message to the

30 Supreme Court hearing that he declined to attend is only: “Tell the judge I love

FOOD FOOD my wife.” film Meanwhile, Negga must make the dif- fident and demure Mildred, a rural wom- 24 MOVIE REVIEWS FILM SHORTS an living in a prefeminist age, tactful rather than subservient to her doubt-

B-BOARD B-BOARD ful husband as she takes their case to the lawyers and to the press, repeatedly

22 22 22 sidestepping his reluctance in a quietly determined quest for justice. FILM FILM Their trajectories are opposite. He has a sense of fairness but no political con-

18 sciousness, and his faith in his own abil- ity to protect his family is shaken by their

MUSIC plight, his spirit ground down by the en- suing battles. She, on the other hand, can

16 glimpse what a court victory might mean

ART and gains increasing confidence through a fight that ennobles her. The two actors beautifully balance their 15 performances in this regard, revealing the

STAGE way the Lovings’ bond remains inviolable despite their different paths. There is only one scene when any sympathetic character 14 asks Richard to recognize his race and the privilege it confers; to acknowledge that

GET OUT he and Mildred are different. It is in Edger- ton’s blurry eyes that you see the truth of

12 it: This encounter all but breaks him. Nichols, making the move from his sur- prisingly intimate apocalyptic sci-fi proj- WORDS ects (Take Shelter, Midnight Special) to this

8 more sensitive emotional terrain, does not preach nor even, in many cases, explain. Did places as cheerfully integrated as

CURRENTS CURRENTS the impoverished Virginian farming com- munity from which the Lovings sprang re- 6 ally exist? We simply take Nichols’ word for it, surprisingly delivered right off the VIEWS REVIEWED BY KATE TAYLOR actress and Australian actor who play top in a rapid-fire opening sequence of

4 the couple. joyous cross-racial socializing. Nichols, who also wrote the script, has Why can’t the Lovings just stay safely in MAIL MAIL depicted the pair as perfect. It’s a criti- the District of Columbia, where Virginian

cism you could make of the film, which law can’t touch them? The best answer is 2 Loving never shows any hint of disagreement, simply an image of Negga’s back curling

DO IT IT DO STRONGER TOGETHER bitterness or regret in this marriage as forward as she depicts Mildred in the grip ABOUT A third of the way into the historical drama Loving, Martin Luther King’s Richard and Mildred flee their tightly knit of a homesickness beyond words. March on Washington appears on a television screen. And, at this point, Mildred Lov- biracial community in rural Virginia for ur- The director’s decision to eschew the ing’s aunt suggests to her niece that the young wife and mother needs to get herself ban exile in Washington—returning home pulpit in favor of the parishioners pays 11.23.16 some civil rights. Well, duh. after five years only to live in secrecy on off handsomely, creating an unaffected “Call the American Civil Liberties Union now!” is only what many viewers of Jeff an isolated farm. yet touching account of this historic civil- .11

47 Nichols’ new film will have been thinking from the beginning as the pregnant Mildred But the placidity and happiness of rights victory. # (Ruth Negga) and her new husband, Richard (Joel Edgerton), find themselves thrown this union are plausible because Negga Toward the end of the film, he shows in jail in Virginia for the crime of marriage. She is black; he’s white. and Edgerton make these noble people Richard and Mildred standing on the And yet, our contemporary perspective never overwhelms the emotions of this deli- three-dimensional, turning a docile, un- threshold of a bedroom watching over cate film. By concentrating on the amorous relationship at the center of the landmark ambitious couple with neither the self- their sleeping children. It’s a cliched mo- 1967 case that overturned state miscegenation laws, the dexterous Nichols creates the knowledge nor the words to launch a so- ment and yet, as the couple moves back rare drama of historic injustice that does not rely on an audience’s foresight to build cial revolution into unlikely protagonists downstairs to the living room and gently

CASCADIA WEEKLY suspense, nor its hindsight to build empathy. You assume, since you know 20th-century in the civil-rights movement. shuts that door on the viewer, Nichols’ history even if you don’t know the specific case, that the Lovings will eventually win For his part, Edgerton must ensure the purpose becomes clear. Left staring at the 22 and of course you are rooting for them, but you care more about what their battle may stalwart Richard Loving, always decent plain wooden panel without any further do to them as people. but ever monosyllabic, remains sym- view into their lives, you have to recog- If this deftly directed film succeeds by existing in the Lovings’ own gentle mo- pathetic without benefit of the talky nize that the Lovings have the same right ment—the aptly named couple are sometimes fearful; they are never angry—it is righteousness that might normally ex- as anybody else to enjoy the secrets of a thanks to two fine performances from Negga and Edgerton, the Irish-Ethiopian plain a social hero. As the embattled happy marriage. film ›› showing this week

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Allied: The based-on-actual-events story of romance and resistance in 1924 North Africa and London B-BOARD B-BOARD between an intelligence officer and a French freedom

fighter who were probably not nearly as breathtakingly 22 22 beautiful as Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard. +++ (R • 22 2 hrs. 1 min.) FILM FILM Arrival: Denis Villeneuve, director of the upcoming Blade Runner movie, helms this near-future, sci-fi, alien-invasion story featuring what is sure to be an 18 Oscar-nominated performance by Amy Adams for her

turn as a linguist attempting to communicate with our MUSIC alien overlords. +++++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 56 min.) 16 Bad Santa 2: I want to believe that critics are savag-

ing this sequel to the 2003 film starring Billy Bob ART Thornton because they don’t get it. But they got it the first time around, so consider yourselves forewarned. 15 However, it might be worth the price of matinee admission to see Thornton don the Santa suit again. + (R • 1 hr. 32 min.) STAGE

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk: This was sup- 14 posed to be a triumph for director Ang Lee and his advocacy of super-high-definition, 120-frame, 4K, 3D technology, but since only a couple of movie theaters GET OUT possess the necessary equipment to play the film in that format, what we get instead is a half-baked war

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Bleed For This: The incredible true story of Vinny “The Pazmanian Devil” Pazienza (played by Miles WORDS Teller), a boxer who returned to the ring just a year

after suffering a paralyzing, near-fatal accident. +++ 8 (R • 2 hrs. 56 min.) ALLIED

Doctor Strange: Marvel continues to be the undis- CURRENTS CURRENTS puted ruler of comic-book adaptations, and this one, like to escape from reality for a bit. ++++ (PG-13 • 2 Rules Don’t Apply: Howard Hughes continues to be

which introduces us to their most New Agey hero, hrs. 12 min.) like catnip to filmmakers, who just can’t seem to leave 6 Doctor Strange, will further burnish their crown. All the long-dead reclusive billionaire alone (oh, the irony). I’ve gotta say is when you can entice four recent Oscar Loving: See review previous page. +++++ (PG-13 • 2 This time, Warren Beatty plays Hughes, while (dreamy, VIEWS nominees (Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, hrs. 3 min.) dreamy) Alden Ehrenreich and Lily Collins play star- Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Rachel McAdams) to star in crossed lovers involved in a forbidden romance while 4 your superhero movie, you’re doing everything right. Moana: Disney continues its way welcome deviation under his employ. +++ (PG-13 • 2 hrs. 7 min.) +++++ (PG-13 • 1 hr. 55 min.) from the perfect princesses of yore, diving straight MAIL MAIL into a sea of girl power with this jaw-droppingly Seasons: Remember when Winged Migration blew all of

The Edge of Seventeen: Supposedly, this is a animated (I mean, it is Disney) story of a Pacific our minds with incredible bird footage? Well, the team 2 coming-of-age movie in the vein of Sixteen Candles Islander—the titular Moana—who takes to the high that brought you that doc is back, with an even more

and The Breakfast Club, which basically means it is a seas in order to save her people. +++++ (PG • 1 hr. majestic nature story, this one encompassing 80,000 IT DO

John Hughes rip-off—and a really good one, if all the 43 min.) years of stunning natural history. +++++ (Unrated • Showtimes bountiful critical acclaim is to be believed. +++++ 1 hr. 37 min.) (R • 1 hr. 38 min.) Moonlight: This coming-of-age story, told in three Regal and AMC theaters, please see chapters, details the ways in which race, sexuality and Trolls: When I was a child, I bore such a strong resem- www.fandango.com. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: J.K. isolation intersect in the life of one black boy living in blance to a treasure troll that certain members of my 11.23.16 Rowling returns to the big screen with a truly excellent Florida. A must-see, this has been called the best film family still refer to me as the “troll child.” This movie Pickford Film Center and

Harry Potter spinoff, a rich dose of fantasy that has of the year by nearly every critic who has watched it. stars my people. Finally, we are getting the fame and PFC’s Limelight Cinema, please see .11 47 arrived at that exact moment when many of us would +++++ (R • 1 hr. 51 min.) fortune we deserve. ++++ (PG • 1 hr. 40 min.) www.pickfordfilmcenter.com # CASCADIA WEEKLY

23 BY ROB BREZSNY would be a good time to make aggressive use of those bulletinboard capacities. And if you haven't attended well to these rituals of self-care, please remedy the situation. Claim

200 200 200 200 more power to commune with your depths. In the 30 MIND & BODY MIND & BODY MIND & BODY MIND & BODY FREE WILL coming weeks, most of your best information will flow from the sweet darkness. FOOD FOOD Attend a "Thanksgiving Co-Dependents Anony- is required. Please bring a drop-in support group is for ASTROLOGY LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): One of your vices Yoga" event from 9-10:30am mous meets from 7-8:30pm blanket or yoga mat. More those experiencing the recent could at least temporarily act as a virtue. In an odd

24 Thurs., Nov. 24 at Yoga North- most Mondays at PeaceHealth info: [email protected] death of a friend or loved one. 24 "Creative people are twist, one of your virtues may also briefly function west, 1440 10th St., #102. The St. Joseph's Community More info: 733-5877 ARIES (March 21-April 19): "fun and energizing" Yoga Health Education Center, 3333 Sex Addicts Anonymous at greater risk," said psychiatrist R. D. Laing, "just as like a vice. And there's more to this mysterious turn Flow class will be led by Ingela Squalicum Pkwy, conference (SAA) meets at 7pm Tuesdays Join Lynne to prevent 25 one who climbs a mountain is more at risk than one of events. A so-called liability could be useful in B-BOARD B-BOARD B-BOARD Abbott, and will focus on culti- room B. Entry is by donation. and Thursdays and 9am Satur- pounds of greenhouse gas who walks along a village lane." I bring this to your your efforts to solve a dilemma, while a reliable vating gratitude. Entry is $20; More info: (360) 676-8588 days at the Bellingham Unitar- at lunch. More info: (360) attention, Aries, because in the coming weeks you will asset might cloud your discernment or cause a proceeds go directly to the ian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth 733-3305 have the potential to be abundantly creative, as well miscalculation. I'm riffing here, Libra, in the hopes Lighthouse Mission. More info: Abby Staten leads "Yoga St. More info: (360) 420-8311 22 22 www.yoganorthwest.com for Multiple Sclerosis" classes or www.pugetsoundsaa.org Come relax and meet other as extra imaginative, ingenious, and innovative. But I of stimulating your imagination as you work your from 10-11am Tuesdays and breastfeeding mothers in a should also let you know that if you want to fulfill this way through the paradoxical days ahead. Consider

FILM FILM "CranioSacral Therapy" 11am-12pm Fridays at Christ A Grief Support Group warm, inviting and respectful potential, you must be willing to work with the extra this intriguing possibility: An influence that you like will be the focus of a presen- the Servant Lutheran Church, meets at 7pm every Tuesday environment at a Breastfeed- tests and challenges that life throws your way. For and value may hold you back, even as something or tation with Jean Christensen, 2600 Lakeway Dr. The weekly at the St. Luke's Community ing Cafe from 9am-12pm every example, you could be asked to drop a pose, renounce someone you've previously been almost allergic to LMP, at 6:30pm Tues., Nov. events are free for people Health Education Center, 3333 Tuesday at the Bellingham Cen- 18 29 in Mount Vernon at the with MS, and no registration Squalicum Pkwy. The free, ter for Healthy Motherhood, lame excuses, or reclaim powers that you gave away could be quite helpful. Skagit Valley Food Co-op, 202 1012 Dupont Street. Entry is once upon a time. S. First St. Questions about free. More info: www.center- SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Between now and MUSIC MUSIC the practice and how it can forhealthymotherhood.com TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus musician the solstice on December 21, you will have extraordi- help you in achieving graceful Brian Eno has been successful as a composer, pro- nary power to transform into a more practical, well- living as time passes are wel- Bellingham Evening 16 ducer, singer, and visual artist. Among his many col- grounded version of yourself. You may surprise yourself come. Entry is free; register Toastmasters meet from in advance. More info: www. 7-8:30pm Tuesdays at Spring laborators have been David Byrne, David Bowie, U2, with how naturally you can shed beliefs and habits ART skagitfoodcoop.com Creek Retirement Center, 223 Coldplay, Laurie Anderson, Grace Jones, and James that no longer serve you. Now try saying the following East Bakerview Rd. The group Blake. Eno's biographer David Sheppard testified that affirmations and see how they feel coming out of your Learn about proactive invites you to test your extem- 15 capturing his essence in a book was "like packing a mouth: "I am an earthy realist. I am a fact-lover and ways to enhance memory, poraneous speaking skills, or skyscraper into a suitcase." I suspect that description an illusion-buster. I love actions that actually work prevent Alzheimer’s, prevent sit back and enjoy an evening may fit you during the next four weeks, Taurus. You're more than I like theories that I wish would work. I'd STAGE and stabilize macular degen- of entertaining speeches. eration, avoid and treat cata- Entry is free. More info: 756- gearing up for some high-intensity living. But please rather create constructive change than be renowned racts, and enhance eye health 0217 or www.447.toastmaster- don't be nervous about it. Although you may be led for my clever dreams." when Jim Ehmke, CN, leads a sclubs.org

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WORDS Healing Center, 1304 Meador from a slippery obligation that has driven you to say said that, I suspect that you may at least be flirting Ave. Drop in anytime during things you don't mean. You could be free from the with these extreme states in the coming weeks. Your the hour to receive an aura/ temptation to distort your soul in service to your ego. keynote, lifted from Virginia Woolf's diary: "I need 8 chakra healing. Entry is $5. Wondering You might even be free to go after what you really space. I need air. I need the empty fields round me; More info: www.simplyspir- about the nuts itcenter.com want rather than indulging in lazy lust for a gaggle and my legs pounding along roads; and sleep; and and bolts of of mediocre thrills. Be brave, Gemini. Define your top animal existence."

CURRENTS CURRENTS "Yoga for Limited Mobil- the homebuying three emancipating possibilities, and pursue them with ity" is the focus of a weekly process? vigor and rigor. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "If you can't 6 yoga session happening from Check out our get rid of the skeleton in your closet," said George 10-11:30am Thursdays at the Lummi Island Library, 2144 S. FREE Homebuyer CANCER (June 21-July 22): Have you been Bernard Shaw, "you had best teach it to dance." This VIEWS Nugent Rd. All adults are wel- Cerise Noah Education feeling twinges of perplexity? Do you find yourself advice is worthy of your consideration, Capricorn. You come at the free event. More immersed in meandering meditations that make you may still be unable to expunge a certain karmic debt, ® classes. Held info: (360) 758-7145 REALTOR 4 monthly & open doubt your commitments? Are you entertaining weird and it may be harder than ever to hide, so I suggest fantasies that give you odd little shivers and quivers? you dream up a way to play with it — maybe even Attend a "Pain Relief Yoga Professional, to the public. MAIL MAIL I hope so! As an analyzer of cycles, I suspect that now have some dark fun with it. And who knows? Your in the Svaroopa Style" class Register at taking place from 5:30-7pm knowledgeable, is an excellent time to question everything. You could willingness to loosen up might at least alleviate the

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DO IT IT DO advising you to abandon what you've been working on to work with. and run away. Now is a time for fertile inquiry, not for AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "No pain, no gain" Attend Gam-Anon meetings (for family and 360-671-5600, x2 rash actions. It's healthy to contemplate adjustments, is a modern expression of an old idea. In a second- friends of individuals with [email protected] but not to initiate massive overhauls. century Jewish book of ethics, Rabbi Ben Hei Hei a gambling disorder) from Windermere Real Estate Whatcom, Inc. www.KulshanCLT.org wrote, "According to the pain is the gain." Eighteenth-

11.23.16 7-8:30pm Fridays in Mount LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "Everybody is dealing century English poet Robert Herrick said, "If little la- Vernon at the First Lutheran with how much of their own aliveness they can bear bor, little are our gains: Man's fate is according to his Church, 2015 Blackburn Rd. (360) 393-5826 and how much they need to anesthetize themselves," pains." But I'm here to tell you, Aquarius, that I don't .11 Entry is free. More info:

47 www.gam-anon.org writes psychoanalytic writer Adam Phillips. Where do think this prescription will apply to you in the coming # [email protected] you fit on this scale, Leo? Whatever your usual place weeks. From what I can surmise, your greatest gains might be, I'm guessing that in the coming weeks you will emerge from the absence of pain. You will learn will approach record-breaking levels in your ability to and improve through release, relaxation, generosity, handle your own aliveness. You may even summon and expansiveness, and pleasure. celebrate massive amounts of aliveness that you had previously suppressed. In fact, I'll recklessly speculate PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The less egotistical that your need to numb yourself will be closer to zero you are, the more likely it is that you will attract what than it has been since you were five years old. (I you really need. If you do nice things for people with- CASCADIA WEEKLY could be exaggerating a bit; but maybe not!) out expecting favors in return, your mental and physi- cal health will improve. As you increase your mastery 24 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Do you periodically of the art of empathy, your creativity will also thrive. turn the volume down on your mind's endless chatter Everything I just said is always true, of course, but it and tune into the still, small voice within you? Have will be intensely, emphatically true for you during the you developed reliable techniques for escaping the next four weeks. So I suggest you make it a top prior- daily frenzy so as to make yourself available for the ity to explore the following cosmic riddle: Practicing Wild Silence that restores and revitalizes? If so, now unselfishness will serve your selfish goals.

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