The Gristle, p.06 + Film Shorts, p.26 + EMPIRE ALEHOUSE, p.34 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND COUNTIES 08-31-2016 • ISSUE:35 • V.11 FIESTA STUDIO 4 CUBA SCENES A cultural Art on the smorgasbord, islands, P.18 P.16 RISKY BUSINESS Why bankrolling fossil fuels must end, P.08 LABOR OF Oak Harbor Music Festival, P.20 LOVE DANCE Fiesta 4 Cuba: Belltower Studios and BAAY Theatre USA Dance Anniversary: 7:15-10pm, Presence 34 cascadia Studio FOOD FOOD ThisWeek MUSIC Bluegrass Festival: 9am-10pm, Hovander Homestead A glance at this week’s Park, Ferndale 27 Oak Harbor Music Festival: 10am-11pm, downtown happenings Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island Clamdigger Jazz Band: 2-4pm, VFW Hall B-BOARD B-BOARD Alan Hatley Band: 5-8pm, Heart of Anacortes Tradicuba: 9:30pm, BAAY Theatre 24 COMMUNITY Community Fun’Raiser: 10am-4pm, Alger Com- FILM munity Hall Fiestas Patrias: 12pm-12am, Pioneer Park, Ferndale 20 GET OUT Dance North County Road Run: 7am, downtown Lynden MUSIC performances Fishtival: 10am-2pm, Silver Lake Campground, Maple Falls 18 and family fun FOOD ART will be part of Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts Center 16 the Fiestas Mount Vernon Market: 9am-2pm, Riverfront Plaza Twin Sisters Market: 9am-3pm, Nugent’s Corner, Patrias event Deming STAGE celebrating the Blaine Market: 10am-2pm, Peace Portal Drive Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot 14 area’s hispanic Market Square community VISUAL ARTS GET OUT Artists Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, throughout Lummi Sat., Sept. 3 Island Artists Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, throughout Lopez 12 at Ferndale’s Island Pioneer Park Woodpalooza: 12-5pm, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley WORDS Imaginative Illustrations Reception: 2-5pm, Good Earth Pottery 8 WEDNESDAY [08.31.16] Pacific Inc. Reception: 5-8pm, Smith & Vallee Gal- lery, Edison ONSTAGE CURRENTS CURRENTS The Gun Show: 8pm, Boundary Bay Brewery Deb Steinkamp and Sharon SUNDAY [09.04.16] 6 FOOD DANCE Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Kingston will be among Sunday Night Fusion: 7-9pm, Presence Studio VIEWS Green the artists showing their Sedro-Woolley Market: 3-7pm, Hammer Heritage MUSIC 4 Park work at Honey Salon’s group Bluegrass Festival: 9am-10pm, Hovander Homestead Brewers Cruise: 6:30pm, Bellingham Cruise Terminal Park, Ferndale MAIL MAIL showcase, “Honey’s Hunnys,” Oak Harbor Music Festival: 10am-6pm, downtown Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island THURSDAY [09.01.16] 2 2 Fri., Sept. 2 during the ONSTAGE FOOD DO IT IT DO DO IT IT DO Bard on the Beach: Through September, Vanier Park, Downtown Bellingham Community Breakfast: 8am-12pm, Rome Grange Vancouver BC Art Walk Farm Fund Hootenanny: 6-9:30pm, Boundary Bay Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre DEB STEINKAMP “OPENING,” BY Brewery Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead: 8pm, Cirque Lab 08.31.16 VISUAL ARTS Stand Up Comedy: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Artists Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, Lummi Island Farm Tunes: 6-9pm, BelleWood Acres Artists Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, throughout Lopez .11 FRIDAY [09.02.16] DANCE Island 35 # Fiesta 4 Cuba: Through Saturday, various venues FOOD Woodpalooza: 12-5pm, Whidbey Island Center for ONSTAGE Ferndale Farmers Market: 1-6pm, Cherry Street the Arts MUSIC First Friday Dinner Theater: 6-8pm, Community Salmon Dinner Sail: 6pm, Bellingham Cruise Terminal Bugs N Things Reception: 4-7:30pm, Tillie Lace The Atlantics: 5-9pm, Hotel Bellwether Food Co-op Gallery Jazz Underground: 6-8pm, Riverwalk Plaza, Mount Recent Tragic Events: 7:30pm, Anacortes Com- VISUAL ARTS Vernon munity Theatre First Friday Art Walk: 6-9pm, downtown Anacortes MONDAY [09.05.16] Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead: 8pm, Art Walk: 6-10pm, downtown Bellingham FOOD Cirque Lab ONSTAGE CASCADIA WEEKLY Eat Local Month: Through September, throughout SATURDAY [09.03.16] Guffawingham: 9:30pm, Green Frog Whatcom County 2 DANCE Bow Little Market: 1-6pm, Belfast Feed Store Fiesta 4 Cuba: Through Saturday, various venues ONSTAGE VISUAL ARTS After Hours Market: 4-8pm, Depot Market Square Recent Tragic Events: 7:30pm, Anacortes Com- Woodpalooza: 12-5pm, Whidbey Island Center for MUSIC munity Theatre the Arts VISUAL ARTS Oak Harbor Music Festival: 5-11pm, downtown Oak Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead: 8pm, Art Walk: 5-8pm, downtown Mount Vernon Harbor, Whidbey Island Cirque Lab [email protected] GAMING | DINING | EVENTS |GOLFLODGE GAMING |DINING |EVENTS 1.888.288.8883 |swinomishcasinoandlodge.com 1.888.288.8883 Management reserves all rights. allrights. 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Much of our time and energy is spent driveway, yelling, swearing, cussing, screaming, VIEWS REAR END striving for a better life in these areas. Stopping throwing things, crushing cans, swearing more, 27: Bulletin Board 4 4 Letters the export of dangerous fossil fuels has been a every word you can imagine, and they do this for Wellness SEND LETTERS TO LETTERS@ 28: CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM huge concern and endeavor in our community. hours at a time. Neighbors have been instructed MAIL MAIL MAIL MAIL 29: Crossword As someone who’s drawn a paycheck from the to call the front desk at Francis Place when this The Gristle, p.06 + Film Shorts, p.26 + EMPIRE ALEHOUSE, p.34 cascadia BP Cherry Point refinery, I know firsthand the happens, where the employee reports he has no 2 REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA 30: Free Will Astrology WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND COUNTIES * * 08-31-2016 • ISSUE:35 • V.11 importance of maintaining well-paying local control over the people he is in charge of. The FIESTA DO IT IT DO 31: Advice Goddess STUDIO 4 CUBA SCENES A cultural jobs, and am concerned about the risk that we police are constantly involved. Art on the smorgasbord, islands, P.18 32: Comix P.16 might see our jobs shipped overseas if our refin- Forty-three mentally ill and chronically home- RISKY BUSINESS Why bankrolling eries switch to exporting crude oil. less individuals are now boxed in together next fossil fuels 33: Sudoko must end, P.08 LABOR Oak Harbor Music True leaders are moved by the community’s in- door to the high-volume musical stylings of Ru- Festival, P.20 08.31.16 34: Empire Alehouse OF LOVE terest. To that end, I’m proud to thank Whatcom mors bar. This is an example of “top-down” de- County Council members Carl Weimer, Ken Mann, sign: what do the building owners think would .11 35 ©2016 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by COVER: Penguin Prison Satpal Sidhu, Barry Buchanan, Todd Donovan, work to get the homeless off the streets? # Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 headlines the Oak Rud Browne, and Barbara Brenner for taking the The downtown neighbors made it clear during [email protected] Harbor Music Festival Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia long view in keeping our community and our jobs the planning stages that a building like Francis Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing taking place Sept. 2-4 safe. 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