THE GRISTLE, P.6RUMOR HAS IT, P.20CHOWDER CHARTER, P.34 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND LOWER B.C. 07.yx.10 :: #29, v.05 :: !- SHAKESPEARE NORTHWEST A THEATRICAL THREE-WAY, P.16 AW, SHUCKS: OYSTER ART AT THE BIVALVE BASH, P.18 MISSION FOLK FESTIVAL: THE POWER OF PLACE, P.20 MASTER PLANS: WEIGHING IN ON THE WATERFRONT, P.8 34 34 cascadia Stay out of the medicine FOOD cabinets when you take sneak 28 28 peeks at a variety of domi- ciles as part of the July 24 .*0/##$'' CLASSIFIEDS A glance at what’s happening this week #$./*-$#*( /*0- 24 FILM FILM 20 MUSIC 18 ART ART 16 STAGE STAGE 14 GET OUT 12 WORDS 8 -*&*0/2$/# *1 - )# ''. '' . Friday as part of the CURRENTS CURRENTS Whatcom County Old Settlers Picnic, which happens 6 July 22-25 at Ferndale’s Pioneer Park PHOTO BY LANCE MERCER VIEWS VIEWS 2 ) .4[07.yx.10] The Taming of the Shrew: 8pm, Syre Black Box The Taming of the Shrew: 8pm, Syre Black Box Gladiator: 9pm, Upfront Theatre 4 Theatre, WCC Theatre, WCC ON STAGE Lost in Yonkers: 8pm, Walton Theatre Gladiator: 9pm, Upfront Theatre MUSIC MAIL MAIL The Taming of the Shrew: 8pm, Syre Black Box The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Dave Bing: 7pm, YWCA Ballroom Theatre, WCC MUSIC Matthew Kocel: 7pm, Center for Spiritual Living 2 The Glass Menagerie: 8pm, Walton Theatre MUSIC Mission Folk Music Festival: Through Sunday, Dana Reason Trio: 7:30pm, the Amadeus Project Band Zandt: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park Fraser River Heritage Park, Mission, B.C. Tower of Power: 8pm, Swinomish Northern Lights DO IT IT DO DO IT 2 MUSIC Alleyoop: Noon, Bellingham Public Library lawn Casino, Anacortes Leroy Bell: Noon, Performing Arts Center Plaza, WORDS War Cry: 7pm, Stuart’s at the Market 10 WWU Steve Duno: 7pm, Village Books Sounds on the Bay: 7pm, Boundary Bay Brewery COMMUNITY .21. Ockham’s Razor: 5-9pm, Holly and Bay streets Jr. Cadillac: 7:30pm, Port of Anacortes Warehouse Junk in Your Trunk: 9am-3pm, Civic Field 07 Mark Growden: 8pm, Bellingham Circus Guild COMMUNITY Cement City Street Fair: 9am-4pm, Concrete Old Settlers Picnic: Through Sunday, Pioneer Lummi Farmers Market: 10am-1pm, Nugent Drive .05 COMMUNITY Park, Ferndale ./0-4[07.y{.10] Ferndale Farmers Market: 10am-1pm, Centennial 29 Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green Riverwalk Park # GET OUT ON STAGE Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot GET OUT History Cruise: 6pm, Squalicum Harbor Things That Fly: 2pm, Fairhaven Village Green Market Square Chowder Charter: 6-9pm, Bellingham Bay The Audition: 2pm and 5pm, Bellingham Theatre Co-op Community Celebration: 2-6pm, Boulevard Guild Park !-$4[07.yz.10] The Taming of the Shrew: 2pm and 8pm, Syre /#0-.4[07.yy.10] Black Box Theatre, WCC FILM ON STAGE Yannis Pappas, Maddog Mattern: 7pm, Upfront Casablanca: Dusk, Fairhaven Village Green CASCADIA WEEKLY ON STAGE The Audition: 7pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild Theatre High School Musical: 7:30pm, Performing Arts High School Musical: 7:30pm, Performing Arts High School Musical: 7:30pm, Performing Arts GET OUT 2 Center, WWU Center, WWU Center, WWU Bivalve Bash: 9am-5pm, Taylor Shellfish Farms Bard on the Beach: Through September 30, Vanier Trouble at the Tropicabana: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Trouble at the Tropicabana: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Tree Climbing Competition: 9am-3:30pm, Eliza- Park, Vancouver, B.C. Dinner Theatre, Mount Vernon Dinner Theatre, Mount Vernon beth Park Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Sylvia: 8pm, Walton Theatre The Glass Menagerie: 8pm, Walton Theatre Padden Duathlon: 9am, Lake Padden VISUAL ARTS Summer Art Party: 12-3pm, Center for Expres- sive Arts 34 FOOD .0)4[07.y|.10] ON STAGE 28 High School Musical: 2pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Lost in Yonkers: 3pm, Walton Theatre Comedy Night: 8pm, Fairhaven Pub CLASSIFIEDS MUSIC 24 Balkanarama: 2-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green Art of Jazz: 4-6:30pm, the Amadeus Project FILM COMMUNITY Brewers by the Bay: 1-5pm, Depot Market 20 Square MUSIC GET OUT Open Water Swim Race: 9am, Lake Padden 18 VISUAL ARTS ART Max Benjamin Talk: 2pm, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner 16 Sheila Klein Talk: 2pm, Lightcatcher Building STAGE STAGE (*)4[07.y}.10] WORDS 14 Open Mic: 7pm, Village Books Poetrynight: 8pm, iDiOM Theater GET OUT VISUAL ARTS Whatcom Art Guild Meeting: 7pm, Bellingham 12 Public Library WORDS /0 .4[07.y~.10] 8 ON STAGE The Glass Menagerie: 8pm, Walton Theatre DANCE CURRENTS Dancing in the Park: 7-9pm, Elizabeth Park 6 VIEWS VIEWS 4 MAIL MAIL 2 2 DO IT IT DO DO IT 10 .21. 07 .05 29 Monkey around—or hang # out and watch others go out on a limb—at a Regional /- '$($)" #(+$*).#$+ CASCADIA WEEKLY July 24 at Bellingham’s Elizabeth Park 3 SEND EVENTS TO CALENDAR@ CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM Contact THIS ISSUE Cascadia Weekly: E 360.647.8200 At 10:11am Tuesday 34 34 morning, parole violator Editorial and actress Lindsay Editor & Publisher: FOOD Lohan, 24, was booked Tim Johnson into the Century Regional E ext 260 Detention Center in mail 28 28 ô editor@ Lynwood, Calif., to begin cascadiaweekly.com CONTENTS ›› LETTERS ›› STAFF a 90-day jail sentence. 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Johnson stated that Peace in Bellingham. I applaud this action; it 4 Scott Herning 4 Tom the Dancing Bug E360-647-8200 x 252 “Since 2007, Western Washington University is cause for celebration. When ambitious ideals MAIL MAIL MAIL 33: Advice Goddess ô scott@ has maintained a comparable independent con- pertaining to peace and human rights are spo- cascadiaweekly.com 34: Supper at sea tract with the transit authority for increased ken and written, they become a part of history 2 Distribution bus service to campus, paid—as approved by a and act as guideposts as we seek nonviolent vote of the students—through a small tuition ways of living together. DO IT IT DO JW Land & Associates ô distro@ hike.” This is not correct. The WWU/WTA con- The United Nations created Peace Day in cascadiaweekly.com tract involves the bulk purchase of bus passes 1982 and, in 2001, gave it a fixed calendar date 10 for all students. WWU students voted to levy a declaring it a day of global ceasefire. The U.N. .21. 07 Letters $25/quarter fee for the bulk bus pass deal, with invites communities around the world to ob- Send letters to letters@ some of the money collected going to other serve this holiday. Whatcom County is a proud ©2010 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by cascadiaweekly.com. .05 Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly WWU services. It does not provide funding for part of this tradition. PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 29 # [email protected] WTA routes. On Tues., Sept. 21, the Whatcom Peace & THE GRISTLE, P.6RUMOR HAS IT, P.20CHOWDER CHARTER, P.34 Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND LOWER B.C. Prior to 2007 WWU did purchase some transit Justice Center will host its 7th annual cel- 07.yx.10 :: #29, v.05 :: !- papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution service from WTA, for service to/from their park ebration. This year’s Keynote Speaker is Rev. SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you & ride property on Lincoln Street (and before Robert Hughes. In 1954, Rev. Hughes invited SHAKESPEARE include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- NORTHWEST A THEATRICAL ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday THREE-WAY, P.16 that at Civic Field). That was primarily funded 25-year-old Martin Luther King, Jr. to join the the week prior to publication. 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