THE GRISTLE, P.06 + BACK TO BAKER, P.12 + FREE WILL ASTROLOGY, P.22 c a s c a d i a REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT SURROUNDING AREAS 01-09-2019* • ISSUE:* 02 • V.14 TIME TRAVEL RANTS A Home on the South Fork P.10 AND SKAGIT SCENES RUCKUS In the Valley of Mystic Light, GALLERY LewisRAVES Black's anger P.16 Art with an attitude management P.15 P.13 CORSBERG CARES A benefit with star power STRING THEORY P.13 Portland Cello Project, P.16 MUSIC A brief overview of this Hot Club of Troy: 7pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre 26 Kulshan Chorus: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre FOOD week’s happenings WORDS THISWEEK Elizabeth Vignali, Kami Westhoff: 7pm, Village Books 21 COMMUNITY Wellness Day: 1-3pm, both Community Food Co-op B-BOARD Soprano Jennifer locations GET OUT 20 Bromagen will Skagit Eagle Festival: 10am-4pm, Rockport, Con- crete, and Marblemount FILM join fellow singer Deep Forest Experience: 11am-4pm, Rockport State Serena Eduljee for Park 16 a Queens of the FOOD Winter Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts MUSIC Night performance Center, Anacortes 14 benefiting Pacific SUNDAY [01.13.19] ART Northwest Opera ONSTAGE Urinetown: 2pm, Bellingham Arts Academy for 13 Sun., Jan. 13 Youth The Gateway Show: 8pm, Upfront Theatre STAGE at the Lairmont MUSIC Manor. Portland Cello Project: 3pm, Mount Baker Theatre 12 Queens of the Night: 4pm, Lairmont Manor WORDS GET OUT Write to Renew: 10am-3pm, Chuckanut Center Karen Treiger: 4pm, Village Books 10 COMMUNITY NookChat Community Storytelling: 3-4:30pm, Everson Library WORDS WEDNESDAY [01.09.19] GET OUT 8 Rabbit Ride: 8:30am, Fairhaven Bicycle ONSTAGE Lake Samish Runs: 10am, Samish Park Readers Theatre: 3-4:30pm, Ferndale Library Photography tours, Skagit Eagle Festival: 10am-4pm, Rockport, Con- CURRENTS Menace on the Mic: 9m, Menace Brewing crete, and Marblemount nature walks, watching Deep Forest Experience: 11am-4pm, Rockport State 6 MUSIC Park Jared Hall Quintet: 7pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts stations and much more VIEWS FOOD GET OUT will be part of Skagit Langar: 11am-2pm, Guru Nanak Gursikh Gurdwara, 4 Group Run: 6pm, Skagit Running Company, Mount Eagle Festival events Lynden Vernon MAIL happening weekends MONDAY [01.14.19] [01. .19] THURSDAY 10 2 through January in 2 ONSTAGE ONSTAGE BOAT Festival: 7-9:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild DO IT Rockport, Concrete, DO IT Guffawingham: 9pm, Firefly Lounge Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre Marblemount, and beyond. 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Later, when she was questioned about ing but this time, I found Shewmake presenting it, she retracted it to say somewhere in the .14 02 new ideas in dealing with climate change, offering $70,000 range. # proven solutions to a complex issue. Sure, Sen. Er- She may have been speaking of the average of ©2019 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by icksen is still extolling “that there are scientists on Washington as a whole, but she represents What- Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 both sides of the climate change issue that could com County and should know there are no teach- [email protected] debate, etc.” But Shewmake was there to present ers here making $96K! The average teacher pay in Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing a different stance—one I found most hopeful. Whatcom County is between $50,000 and $66,000. papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material Teacher salaries were discussed where different She doesn’t know her facts, yet still complains CASCADIA WEEKLY to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- opinions were voiced and truths presented. Rep. about how much teachers make. ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday Shewmake stated that attracting quality teachers The answers from the two Republicans seem to 4 the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. requires offering profession-like salaries. She also have centered around money—taxes in particu- briefly mentioned looking into regulations to help lar. It seems it’s about all they care about. with affordable housing and reduce homelessness.