REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA c a s c a d i a 10.18.06 : 1.32 : FREE TAKE THE INitiAtiVE: A MEASURED LOOK AT NOVEMBER BALLOTS, P. 8 GHOST MOVER: PSYCHIC MEDIUM FINDS THE LIGHT, P. 15 BELLINGHAM REPERTORY DANCE COMPANY FIRST MOVEMENT FOR LOCAL COLLECTIVE, P. 16 Soup’S ON: OUR FOOD PAGE DEBUT, P. 30 FOLKSINGER GREG BROWN: A BEACON OF MUSICAL INTEGRITY, P.18 FUNNY MONEY: Mayberry vs. the IRS, P.11 2 Cascadia Weekly #1.32 | Do it | Letters | News | Get Out | Words & Community | On Stage | Art | Music | Film | Classifi eds | Food 10.18.06 3 4-7 8-12 13 15 16 17 18-21 22-24 25-29 30 JACQUES DESPRÉS andFRIENDS JACQUES DESPRÉS Presented by the PAC Series PAC the by Presented Tickets available through the WWU Box Office at 360.650.6146 at Office theWWUBox through available Tickets Friday, Nov. 3, 7:30pm in the PAC Concert Hall Concert 3,7:30pminthePAC Nov. Friday, Special Thanks to OurSponsors to Thanks Special gifts! inspiring & unique exotic, get to 12 Import at shopping is Santa 2711 Meridian Street 2711 Fair Trade Gifts & Decor (south of Haggen’s across the street) 360-752-3233 www.pacseries.wwu.edu Tues -Sat, 10-6 Bellingham © Ed Ellis Ed © 10.18.06 C A S C A D I A WEDNESDAY 30 EEKLY | Food clip it post it plan it do it 25-29 Head to the Komo Equipment Swap Oct. 21-22 | Classifi eds | Classifi at the Bloedel Donovan Park Gym for some new ski gear. 10.21.06 22-24 22-24 ON STAGE Guy” Williams: 6pm, Village Books SATURDAY Uncommon Women | Film and Others: 7:30pm, Writers Theatre: 7pm, ON STAGE MUSIC Firehouse Performing Performing Arts Center, Shiner: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Racetrack Farewell: 7pm, Viking Arts Center Café 18-21 WWU Uncommon Women and Others: Union, WWU Evita: 7:30pm, Claire vg 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Skagit Symphony: 7:30pm, McIntyre Thomas Theatre, Lynden COMMUNITY Surprise Snack: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Hall, Mount Vernon Prayer Vigil for Peace: Upfront Theatre | Music WORDS 5:30pm, Christ the Ser- Lilies of the Field: 7:30pm, Lynden 17 vant Lutheran Church WORDS Spoken Word Wednes- Christian High School Poetry Reading: 7:30pm, Village Books day: 8pm, Stuart’s at World Issues Forum: Skagit’s Got Talent!: 7:30pm, Lincoln | Art the Market 12pm, Fairhaven College Theatre, Mount Vernon 16 Charlie “the Noise Auditorium COMMUNITY Heidi: 7:30pm, Barn Theatre, Sudden Project B’Ham: 8-11pm, Depot Market Valley Square Fiddler On the Roof: 8pm, Anacortes Komo Equipment Swap: 9am-2pm, Community Theatre Bloedel Donovan Park 10.19.06 | On Stage Evita: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am- 15 15 Lynden 3pm, Depot Market Square THURSDAY Halloween Activity Day: 12pm-4pm, Whatcom Museum Theatre, Sudden Valley DANCE ON STAGE Bellingham Repertory Dance Com- Autumn Train: 12pm, Lake Whatcom Fiddler on the Roof: Serial Killers: 8pm and pany: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Railway 10pm, iDiOM Theater 7:30pm, Anacortes Com- Arts Center munity Theatre Alpine Safety Awareness Fundraiser: Uncommon Women Contra Dance: 7:30-11pm, Fairhaven 6pm, Boundary Bay Brewery and Others: 7:30pm, Evita: 7:30pm, Claire vg Library Thomas Theatre, Lynden Performing Arts Center, Halloween Dance: 9-11pm, Melody Upfront actors offer up a new sketch comedy show dubbed “Surprise Snack” starting WWU Hall. VISUAL ARTS | Words & Community Haute Trash Fashion Show: 8pm, Wild Oct. 19 at the Upfront Theatre Good, Bad & Ugly: COMMUNITY 13 Buffalo 7:30pm, “Surprise Soapbox Series: 12pm Snack” 9:30pm, Upfront and 6:30pm, YWCA Theatre Ballroom 10.22.06 10.23.06 Lilies of the Field: Travelogue Talk: | Get Out 7:30pm, Lynden Chris- 7pm, Bellingham Public How did Solomon tian High School Olmstead get that Library SUNDAY MONDAY 8-12 Heidi: 7:30pm, Barn black eye? Find out at showings ON STAGE MUSIC Bill Staines: 7pm, Bellingham Co-hous- of Shiner* Fridays Fiddler on the Roof: 2pm, Ana- cortes Community Theatre ing | News and Saturdays Heidi: 2pm, Barn Theatre, Sudden 4-7 10.20.06 through Oct. 28 Valley WORDS Open Mic: 7pm, Village Books FRIDAY MUSIC Art’s Alive Forum: 7pm, Everson-Mc- Professor Hokum W. Jeebs: 2pm, Beath Library | Letters 3 3 ON STAGE WORDS Mount Baker Theatre Poetry Night: 8pm, Fantasia Espresso Surprise Snack: Family Story Night: Gary Norris, Marion Trigg: 3pm, 7:30pm and 9:30pm, 7pm, Fairhaven Library First Presbyterian Church, DO IT Upfront Theatre John Moe: 7:30pm, Faculty Concert: 3pm, Performing Do it Uncommon Women Village Books Arts Center, WWU 10.24.06 and Others: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU COMMUNITY WORDS TUESDAY 10.18.06 Harvest Potluck: Meg Tilly: 5pm, Village Books Shiner: 8pm, iDiOM 6:30pm, Glen Echo Com- Theater munity Club, Everson WORDS Heidi: 7:30pm, Barn Komo Equipment COMMUNITY Young Authors Night: 6:45pm, Barnes Theatre, Sudden Valley Swap: 4-9:30pm, Bloe- Psychic Fair: 11am-5pm, Hampton and Noble Evita: 7:30pm, Claire vg del Donovan Park Inn’s Fox Hall Sara Donati: 7:30pm, Village Books Thomas Theatre, Lynden Fiddler on the Roof: VISUAL ARTS COMMUNITY 8pm, Anacortes Com- VISUAL ARTS Chair-ity Auction: Rodin Talk: 2pm, Whatcom Global Justice Talk: 4pm, Communica- munity Theatre 5:30pm, Cotton Tree Museum tions Building, WWU Convention Center, DANCE Mount Vernon Cascadia Weekly | #1.32 Bellingham Reper- Plein Air Painting: To get your events listed, send to [email protected] tory Dance Company: 10am-3pm, Nesset Farm 7:30pm, Firehouse Holiday Faire: 9am, For more event information, see Performing Arts Center Unity Church complete listings starting on p.13 3 INSIDE 30 30 Contact Cascadia Weekly: Phone/FAX | Food 360.647.8200 letters table of contents credits letters 25-29 25-29 Editorial Editor & Publisher: Tim Johnson ext 260 ô editor@ of the Mayor and Council, but | Classifi eds | Classifi HAPPY 300: The U.S. Census Bureau predicted this week cascadiaweekly.com accountable to us citizens. that on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 7:46am, a Hispanic male News Editor: In my opinion, checks and 22-24 22-24 was born somewhere in Los Angeles County, offi cially Emily Weiner balances for local government bringing the United States population to the 300 million ext 205 mark. The United States is only the third country in the are vital to maintaining integ- ô news@ | Film world to hold more than 300 million people. rity and accountability, so I will cascadiaweekly.com vote to retain an independent, Arts & Entertainment 18-21 18-21 Editor: Amy Kepferle elected Finance Director. I’ve Views & News ext ext 203 heard it said that we could save 4: Election ennui ô calendar@ money, if the mayor appointed | Music cascadiaweekly.com the person in charge of fi nance, 17 17 6: City can’t get a LIFT Music & Film Editor: audits, treasury and records. 7: Logo loathing Carey Ross Maybe it sounds effi cient, but | Art ext 204 16 16 is it effective governance? 8: Of initiatives and ballots ô music@ 11: Mayberry’s money troubles cascadiaweekly.com —Glenn Denkler, Bellingham 12: Raging grannies and pistol-whippers Production Vote for Jasper | On Stage Art Director: 15 15 Art & Culture Jesse Kinsman MacSlarrow 13: Two seasons, three passes ô graphics@ I urge voters to cast their cascadiaweekly.com Elections stolen, candidates I’ve pre-announced ballot for Jasper MacSlarrow 15: She sees dead people Send All Advertising Materials To [email protected] in the Weekly. for State Representative in the 16: Bellingham’s best dancers thrown Here goes: I am voting for 42nd District. 17: Runway Renoirs Advertising I read with disbelief Steve character, intelligence, intel- Jasper has experience at 18: Greg Brown is a homebody Advertising Hood’s rant in which he claims lectual honesty and a free so- many levels of government. | Words & Community Director: Marc McCoy the “Republicans have stolen ciety. This election, I’m voting He was elected student body 13 13 22: War, sleep, and a teen queen ext 250 the last three elections” (Views, straight Republican. vice president at Ferndale High ô marc@ Oct 4). This guy is a lawyer? —Rick Hannam, Bellingham School and the University of cascadiaweekly.com Rear End Where’s the evidence? Washington. At the University, Account Executives: | Get Out 25: Crossword, Help Wanted, Kevin Brown Where in a book, newspaper or Elect fi nance he worked to improve the qual- Buy/Sell/Trade & Rentals ext 251 the Internet can I fi nd evidence ity of education and access to 8-12 8-12 ô kevin@ director 28: Real Astrology that the United States Supreme Washington’s colleges and uni- cascadiaweekly.com Court “violated” the “Consti- Before citizens vote on an versities. Jasper has fi rsthand 29: This Modern World, Mannkind & Marisa Papetti | News tutional law” when it stopped amendment to no longer elect knowledge of educational is- Troubletown ext 252 4-7 4-7 the recount of votes? Just what the City of Bellingham’s Fi- sues. Both his mother and fa- 4-7 ô marisa@ 30: Soup is good food cascadiaweekly.com “stunts” did Ken Blackwell pull nance Director, serious consid- ther were public schoolteachers in Ohio? And I fi nd it curious, eration should be given to why and his wife, Tiffany, currently LETTERS C A S C A D I A speaking of stolen elections, a thoughtful group of fellow teaches in Ferndale | Letters Distribution 3 David Cloutier, Robert that Hood had nothing to say citizens, Freeholders who wrote At the national level, Jas- ©2006 Cascadia Weekly (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by Cascadia Bell, JW Land & As- about our gubernatorial elec- the Charter of the City of Bell- per interned for Senator Patty Newspaper Company LLC.