************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** The Gristle, P.6 * Fuzz Buzz, P.10 * Free Will, P.28 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. {01.22.14}{#04}{V.09}{FREE} UN- PLUGGED BAD NEWS FOR PUBLIC TELEVISION BID, P.8 12 MINUTES MAX: Talent with a Time Limit, P.14 GIRLS ROCK CAMP: Fun with Fundraising, P.18 COUNTRY LIVING EXPO: Of food and farms, P.34 WEDNESDAY [01.22.14] FOOD Pancake Breakfast: 8-10:30am, Lynden Com- 30 VISUAL ARST munity Center Art Talk with Michael Heath: 7pm, Chuckanut Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, American Legion Post FOOD FOOD cascadia Brewery 154, Ferndale Country Living Expo: 9am-5pm, Stanwood High School 24 THURSDAY [01.23.14] Community Meal: 10am-12pm, United Church of Ferndale ONSTAGE B-BOARD B-BOARD The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: 8pm, Upfront GET OUT Theatre Skagit Eagle Festival: Throughout the day, A glance at what’s happening this week The Illusion: 8pm, iDiOM Theater throughout eastern Skagit County 22 22 The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Hatchery Tours: 10am-3pm, Marblemount Fish Hatchery FILM FILM DANCE Diving Into a New Year: 12-6pm, Washington Divers Folk Dance: 7:15pm, Fairhaven Library Lake Whatcom Park Celebration: 1-3pm, Bloedel Donovan Community Building 18 WORDS Marla Bronstein, Marian Exall: 7pm, Village Books VISUAL ARTS MUSIC Seiko Purdue Art Talk: 3-5pm, Anchor Art Space, GET OUT Anacortes 16 Alaska Climbing Presentation: 7:30pm, Backcoun- try Essentials ART SUNDAY [01.26.14] 15 FRIDAY [01.24.14] ONSTAGE Birthday Bash Revue: 2pm, Bellingham Theatre STAGE ONSTAGE Guild 12 Minutes Max: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Gramercy Ghost: 2pm, Anacortes Community Arts Center Theatre 14 Birthday Bash Revue: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Women of Lockerbie Auditions: 7pm, Bellingham Guild Theatre Guild Harold: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Dynamo: 8pm, Upfront Theatre GET OUT The Illusion: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Gramercy Ghost: 8pm, Anacortes Community MUSIC Theatre Melany Armstrong: 2pm, St. James Presbyterian 12 Games Galore: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Church Skagit Symphony Family Concert: 2pm, McIntyre WORDS MUSIC Hall, Mount Vernon Early Music Festival: 7:30pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal Chamber Music Concert: 3pm, Burlington Lu- Church theran Church 8 Take wing to Rockport, Concrete, Marblemount and beyond The Art of Jazz: 4-6:30pm, Bellingham Arts Acad- GET OUT emy for Youth Jan. 25-26 for the final weekend of the Wild Things: 9:30-11am, Lake Padden Kings Men of Song: 7pm, Hope in Christ Church CURRENTS CURRENTS Skagit Eagle Heather Anderson Talk: 7pm, Deming Library Festival WORDS 6 Used Book Sale: 9am-2pm, Bellingham High School SATURDAY [01. .14] Lab Lit: 4pm, Village Books VIEWS 25 ONSTAGE GET OUT 4 12 Minutes Max: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Skagit Eagle Festival: Throughout the day, Arts Center throughout eastern Skagit County MAIL MAIL Birthday Bash Revue: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Hatchery Tours: 10am-3pm, Marblemount Fish Guild Hatchery 2 Harold: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Community Seed Swap: 2:30-5:30pm, the Majestic The Illusion: 8pm, iDiOM Theater DO IT Gramercy Ghost: 8pm, Anacortes Community Theatre MONDAY [01.27.14] Games Galore: 10pm, Upfront Theatre ONSTAGE 01.22.14 DANCE The Taming of the Shrew: 7pm, Bellingham High Winter Dance Showcase: 2pm and 7:30pm, Belling- School .09 ham Dance Company Women of Lockerbie Auditions: 7pm, Bellingham 04 Contra Dance: 7-10:30m, Fairhaven Library Theatre Guild # Guffawingham: 9:30pm, Green Frog MUSIC Ruvara Marimba: 6:30-8:30pm, Jansen Art Center, WORDS Lynden Open Mic: 7pm, Village Books Cheryl Hodge: 7pm, Vinostrology Wine Lounge Poetrynight: 8pm, Alternative Library WORDS CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA Used Book Sale: 9am-2pm, Bellingham High TUESDAY [01.28.14] School 2 Len Vlahos: 7pm, Village Books ONSTAGE Get in the mood for planting season at Sustainable Pride and Prejudice: 7pm, Bellingham High School COMMUNITY Bellingham’s 7th annual Community Seed Swap Jan. 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The traffic there is horrific. I may be wrong, but I suspect that more grid- VIEWS cascadiaweekly.com 26: Crossword Let’s just admit it: the planning for this area lock on our surface streets won’t be a huge tour- Whatcom: Erik Burge, 4 4 was botched. With five new hotels and an enor- ist attraction. It’ll be just like home. 27: Comix, Sudoku Stephanie Simms, Robin Corsberg mous new Costco, it will get markedly worse. Ah, —John D’Onofrio, Bellingham MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL 28: Free Will Astrology but a short-term infusion of tax revenue! Now, Skagit: Linda Brown, that’s the ticket! Who cares if the whole premise 2 29: Advice Goddess Barb Murdoch FAREWELL, LAKEWAY MARKET is predicated on variables (Canadian dollar, etc.) Being a frugal college student I do most of my 30: Town & Country Canada: Kristi Alvaran DO IT IT DO that are certain to change. It’s all about immedi- grocery shopping at discount stores and shop Letters ate, short-term benefit at the expense of future at big-box stores that frequently have items on Send letters to letters@ well-being. Obviously, a familiar song. We pay sale. I do, however, believe in supporting lo- cascadiaweekly.com. lip service to the concept of sustainability and cally owned and small businesses. I can’t afford 01.22.14 ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** The Gristle, P.6 * Fuzz Buzz, P.10 * Free Will, P.28 cascadia then go about our merry way, ka-ching. Have we to do all my shopping at places like this, but REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. {01.22.14}{#04}{V.09}{FREE} learned nothing from our dreary history of boom from time to time I love shopping at food stores .09 ©2013 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by 04 UN- and bust? that are unique to Bellingham like the Commu- # Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly PLUGGED PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 BAD NEWS FOR PUBLIC I am not anti-Costco. If Costco needs/wants to nity Food Co-op and, until recently, The Market TELEVISION BID, P.8 12 MINUTES [email protected] MAX: Talent with build a bigger store, so be it. It’s just that this on Lakeway. Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia a Time Limit, P.14 GIRLS ROCK CAMP: Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing Fun with Fundraising, P.18 location is already, as Pete Kremen noted, a traf- Not only do small stores offer unique and hard- COUNTRY papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution LIVING EXPO: Of food SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material and farms, P.34 fic “nightmare.” to-find items, they generally have better produce to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you And as the Gristle points out, there are alter- and staff that have a lot of pride in their job, include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- Cover: Angel Boligan ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday natives.