Farmland Protection, p.8 * Fears vs. Dreams, p.16 * Free Will, p.26 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. 02.01.12::#05::V.07::FREE Tart Re u vvin f g f up t e he R e s to r a t i o n , p . 1 5 Alan Rhodes: Mr. Cranky takes a vacation, p.6 :: Bizarre Bivalves: Clams get their close-up, p.30 Winterstomp: A soiree for the season, p.18 As part of the 30 30 Bellingham Chinese cascadia FOOD Cultural Festival, view the works of 17 local 25 Chinese artists Feb. 3 at Allied Arts during B-BOARD the monthly Art Walk in A glance at what’s happening this week downtown Bellingham 22 22 2 ) .4[02.x.12] FILM FILM FOOD ONSTAGE Red Wine and Chocolate Festival: Through Sunday, Carpenter Creek Winery, Mount 18 Tartuffe: 7:30pm, Old Main Theater, WWU Vernon MUSIC Dessert First Fundraiser: 7-9:30pm, Belling- MUSIC Ugandan Orphans Choir: 7pm, Trinity Lu- ham Golf & Country Club theran Church 16 VISUAL ARTS COMMUNITY ART ART Gallery Walk: 6-9pm, downtown Anacortes Networkshop: 4:30-6pm, Bellingham Bay Art Walk: 6-10pm, downtown Bellingham Builders Studio 15 STAGE STAGE ./0-4[02.{.12] /#0-.4[02.y.12] ONSTAGE ONSTAGE 14 A Shayna Maidel: 7pm, Alger Community Tartuffe: 7:30pm, Old Main Theater, WWU Church Iron Curtain: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Tartuffe: 7:30pm, Old Main Theater, WWU GET OUT Theatre Hello Dolly: 7:30pm, Lynden Christian Wor- Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre ship and Fine Arts Center Devil’s Workshop: 8pm, iDiOM Theater 12 Annie: 7:30pm, Mt. Baker High School, Dem- The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre ing Borderline Crazies: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Dinner WORDS MUSIC Joy Jam: 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum Theatre, Mount Vernon 8 Busybody: 7:30pm, Whidbey Playhouse, Oak WORDS Harbor John Stanley: 5pm, Village Books Becoming Eleanor: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre John Scurlock: 7pm, Village Books Guild CURRENTS CURRENTS VISUAL ARTS Iron Curtain: 8pm, Anacortes Community 6 Nevada, Watson, O’Neill Reception: 6-8pm, Theatre Lucia Douglas Gallery Space Trek: 8pm, Upfront Theatre VIEWS VIEWS Devil’s Workshop: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Evil Space Trek: 10pm, Upfront Theatre 4 !-$4[02.z.12] DANCE MAIL MAIL ONSTAGE Folk Dance: 7:30-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library 2 A Shayna Maidel: 7pm, Alger Community MUSIC Church Clamdigger Jazz Band: 2-5pm, VFW Hall DO IT IT DO DO IT 2 Tartuffe: 7:30pm, Old Main Theater, WWU Winterstomp: 6pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Hello Dolly: 7:30pm, Lynden Christian Wor- All are invited to the Mel Brooks-inspired song-and- Vernon .12 ship and Fine Arts Center Andy Irvine: 7pm, YWCA Ballroom 01 Annie: 7:30pm, Mt. Baker High School, Dem- dance monster mash known as Young Frankenstein Matthew Kocel: 7pm, Presence Studio ing Skagit Opera: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Borderline Crazies: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Dinner Feb. 6 at the Mount Baker Theatre Vernon .07 02. Theatre, Mount Vernon 05 # Busybody: 7:30pm, Whidbey Playhouse, Oak COMMUNITY Harbor Winter Rummage Sale: 9am-12pm, Bloedel Iron Curtain: 8pm, Anacortes Community Donovan Community Building Theatre Irish music master Andy Compete for a Cause: 10:30am, Leopold Becoming Eleanor: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre Irvine brings his aural Crystal Ballroom Guild Caleb Kors Community Fundraiser: 11am- Space Trek: 8pm, Upfront Theatre acumen to Bellingham 2pm, Sudden Valley Dance Barn CASCADIA WEEKLY Devil’s Workshop: 8pm, iDiOM Theater for a Feb. 4 show at the GET OUT 2 Evil Space Trek: 10pm, Upfront Theatre YWCA Ballroom Eagle Festival: 9am-4pm, Arlington MUSIC Trail Work Party: 9am-2:30pm, Salmon Ridge Skagit Opera: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Snowpark Vernon Open Water Race: 10am, Swinomish Channel McIntyre Hall Presents FOOD Lutefisk and Meatball Dinner: 4-6pm, 30 30 Norway Hall Oysterfest: 6pm, Bellingham Golf & Country FOOD Club Heritage Dinner: 6:30pm, Viking Union, WWU 25 VISUAL ARTS Rainy Day Arts Festival: Through Sunday, Alpha Yaya Diallo B-BOARD throughout La Conner Natural & Supernatural Reception: 3-7pm, & the Bafing Riders 22 22 Gallery Cygnus, La Conner World Music from Guinea, West Africa Friday, February 10 7:30pm FILM .0)4[02.|.12] ONSTAGE 18 Tartuffe: 2pm, Old Main Theater, WWU MUSIC Becoming Eleanor: 2pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild 16 Iron Curtain: 2pm, Anacortes Community Theatre ART A Shayna Maidel: 2:30pm, Alger Community Church 15 Busybody: 2:30pm, Whidbey Playhouse, Oak Harbor STAGE MUSIC DEEP BLUE 14 Dick Hensold: 2pm, Nancy’s Farm Skagit Opera: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount ArcheDream VQDFNRII Vernon for HUMANKIND GET OUT FOOD Blacklight Mask and Dance Theatre RIWKH\HDU Community Breakfast: 8am-1pm, Rome Sunday, February 12 2:00pm 12 Grange VISUAL ARTS WORDS Curator’s Tour: 2pm, Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher Building QDFKRVYV 8 (*)4[02.}.12] CURRENTS VOLGHUV 6 ONSTAGE Young Frankenstein: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre Mick Moloney VIEWS WORDS Green Fields of America 4 Poetrynight: 8:30pm, Amadeus Project Irish-American Music and Dance MAIL Friday, March 30 7:30pm 2 /0 .4[02.~.12] 2 DO IT IT DO ONSTAGE DO IT Intro to Improv: 7pm, Improv Playworks .12 MUSIC 01 Yacht: 7:30pm, Viking Union Multipurpose Room, WWU .07 02. 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VIEWS VIEWS 25: Wellness pensaries in town, DojaRose being one of them. —Warren Levine, Bellingham Letters In my experience, they have been professional, 4 4 26: Free Will Astrology Send letters to letters@ cascadiaweekly.com. courteous, honest and very responsive to my I saw your article on the medical cannabis MAIL MAIL MAIL 27: Crossword needs as a patient. If all dispensary owners took business license revocations and denials in Bell- Farmland Protection, p.8 * Fears vs. Dreams, p.16 * Free Will, p.26 28: Advice Goddess cascadia their business this seriously—specifically rela- ingham. I represent around 30 to 35 cannabis co- REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND LOWER B.C. 2 * * * 02.01.12::#05::V.07::FREE 29: This Modern World, tive to operating within the scope of the law to ops, growers and vendors in Washington State, DO IT IT DO the best of their ability under our ridiculously including one of the co-op’s fighting the City of Tom the Dancing Bug Tart Re u vvin f g f up t e he R e ambiguous laws—then no one would ever have Bellingham. I totally disagree with Shane Brady s to r a t i 30: Bizarre bivalves o n , p . 1 5 any kind of complaint against dispensaries in about these co-ops being unlawful. Bellingham .12 01 this county. failed with prohibiting certain kinds of books Alan Rhodes: Mr. Cranky takes a vacation, p.6 :: Bizarre Bivalves: Clams get their close-up, p.30 Winterstomp: A soiree for the season, p.18 I’ve only been to one physical dispensary in in its city limits, and again is wasting taxpayer town, but if this article is accurate that a pro- dollars on fighting that which Washington State ©2012 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by COVER: Photo by Anna .07 02.