FUZZ BUZZ, P.11 + RIVER GALLERY, P.16 + THE ACCIDENTALS, P.18 c a s c a d i a REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND COUNTIES 10-11-2017* • ISSUE:41* • V.12 RUMOR HAS IT Remembering Lucas Hicks, P.18 A WASTED WATERFRONT Port candidates 3MB weigh in, P.08 The eternal spell of OKTOBERFESTING Macbeth, P.15 A rousing roundup, P.30 c a s c a d i a 30 FOOD ThisWeek SATURDAY [10.14.17] A glance at this week’s ONSTAGE 24 The Women of Lockerbie: 7pm, Lynden Christian happenings High School Camano Radio Theater Players: 7pm, Claire vg B-BOARD Thomas Theatre, Lynden 3MB: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center Stand and Deliver: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount 22 Vernon THURSDAY [10.12.17] Young Frankenstein: 7:30pm, Anacortes Com- FILM munity Theatre ONSTAGE Hellingham: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre Dazzling Deceptions: 6:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, 18 Mount Vernon DANCE 3MB: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center Contra Dance: 7-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library MUSIC Young Frankenstein: 7:30pm, Anacortes Com- munity Theatre MUSIC 16 Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Byron Schenkman & Friends: 7:30pm, McIntyre The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Hall, Mount Vernon ART Skagit Community Band: 7:30pm, Maple Hall, La MUSIC Conner 15 Caspar Babypants: 5pm, St. Paul’s Academy COMMUNITY Electric Vehicle Ride & Drive: 10am-3pm, Depot STAGE WORDS Peter Gray: 6:30pm, Lynden Library Market Square Rob Lewis: 7pm, Village Books Fall Festival: 10am-3pm, Immanuel Lutheran 14 Church, Everson GET OUT Kids’ Math & Science Expo: 10am-3pm, NW Wash- Ladies Night: 6-9pm, Backcountry Essentials ington Fairgrounds, Lynden GET OUT FOOD GET OUT Final Lynden Farmers Market: 12-6pm, 324 Front Lake Padden Half-Marathon: 10am, Lake Padden 12 Street Park Ice Cream Fundraiser: 4-7pm, Jansen Art Center, Gore & Lore Tour: 6pm, downtown Bellingham Lynden WORDS FOOD VISUAL Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts 8 Curator’s Talk: 12pm, Whatcom Museum’s Old City Center Hall Mount Vernon Market: 9am-2pm, Riverfront Plaza Cynthia Camlin Talk: 4pm, i.e.gallery, Edison Blaine Gardeners Market: 10am-2pm, H Street CURRENTS Holding Space Reception: 6-8pm, Jansen Art Plaza Center Twin Sisters Market: 10am-12pm, North Fork 6 Library FRIDAY [10.13.17] Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot VIEWS Market Square ONSTAGE Oktoberfest: 12pm, Deming Log Show Grounds 4 The Women of Lockerbie: 7pm, Lynden Christian High School VISUAL MAIL 3MB: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center Procure tickets to a family-friendly concert and Fibers & Beyond: 9am-5pm, Jansen Art Center, Dead Parrots Society: 7:30pm, Old Main Theater, Lynden 2 2 WWU singalong with rocker Caspar Babypants Thurs., Whatcom Artist Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, through- Stand and Deliver: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount out Whatcom County DO IT DO IT Vernon Oct. 12 at St. Paul’s Academy New Exhibits Reception: 2-5pm, Museum of North- Young Frankenstein: 7:30pm, Anacortes Com- west Art, La Conner munity Theatre Hellingham: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre SUNDAY [10.15.17] 10.11.17 DANCE ONSTAGE Thriller Dance Class: 7pm, Bloedel Donovan Young Frankenstein: 2pm, Anacortes Community .12 Theatre 41 Images both spooky # GET OUT Vaudevillingham: 7pm and 9pm, Cirque Lab Wild Things: 9:30-11am, Stimpson Family Nature and sublime can be Reserve viewed at an opening MUSIC Gore & Lore Tour: 6pm, historic Fairhaven Solo Piano and Trios: 3pm, First Congregational reception for ceramicist Church FOOD Impromptu: 3pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Oktoberfest: 12pm, Deming Log Show Grounds Irene Lawson’s Skagit Community Band: 3pm, Brodniak Hall, Final Ferndale Market: 3-7pm, Centennial River- Anacortes CASCADIA WEEKLY “Patterns Above and walk Park Tailgate Chili Feed: 4-7pm, Lynden Community 2 Below” exhibit Fri., WORDS Center Oct. 13 at Good Earth Iris Graville: 4pm, Village Books VISUAL Pottery GET OUT Irene Lawson Reception: 4-7pm, Good Earth Pot- Paddle for Food Relay: 9am, Lake Padden Park tery Cemetery Tour: 12-4pm, Mount Vernon Cemetery THISWEEK 30 FOOD Contact Cascadia Weekly: 360.647.8200 24 mail TOC LETTERS STAFF Editorial B-BOARD Editor & Publisher: Tim Johnson ext 260 22 Actress Angelina Jolie is among those who have spoken editor@ out against Harvey Weinstein’s actions after a New York cascadiaweekly.com FILM Times story published last week brought to light financial Arts & Entertainment settlements the Hollywood producer made with at least Editor: Amy Kepferle eight women who had accused him of sexual misconduct ext 204 18 over the past 30 years. “I had a bad experience with Harvey calendar@ Weinstein in my youth, and as a result, chose never to work cascadiaweekly.com MUSIC with him again and warn others when they did,” she told Music & Film Editor: the New York Times. “This behavior towards women in any Carey Ross 16 field, any country is unacceptable.” ext 203 ART music@ Views & News cascadiaweekly.com 15 04: Mailbag Production Art Director: STAGE Gristle & Views 06: Jesse Kinsman 08: A wasted waterfront jesse@ 14 kinsmancreative.com 10: Last week’s news Design: 11: Police blotter, Index Bill Kamphausen GET OUT Advertising Design: Arts & Life Roman Komarov roman@ 12 12: Sacred searches cascadiaweekly.com Send all advertising materials to 14: Unearthing history [email protected] WORDS 15: Micro Macbeth Advertising 8 16: River’s edge Sales Manager: 18: Teen spirit Stephanie Young 360-647-8200 20: Clubs CURRENTS advertising@ 22: Rumble cascadiaweekly.com 6 23: Film Shorts Distribution GREASING THE WHEELS BP’s PAC on Nov. 3, 2015. 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SEND LETTERS TO LETTERS@ The present County Council, with six Demo- We need a better mix of homes near the jobs, CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM 10.11.17 30: Oktoberfesting crats, will not grant that permit. So BP wants schools and grocery stores that help us live to buy a new, more compliant Council. And it healthy, happy and successful lives. When my .12 41 ©2017 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by doesn’t stop with Council. BP seeks a compliant wife and I moved to Bellingham, we were sur- # Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 Port Commission too, and has already invested in prised at how difficult it was to find an afford- [email protected] Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia the County Executive. able home in a walkable neighborhood. On our Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. 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LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of fact promptly and courteously. www.philrosephoto.com $1,000 from BP’s PAC on July 27, 2017. GOP-rec- Given my experience, I am glad our city is 4 In the interests of fostering dialog and a community forum, Cascadia Weekly does not publish letters that personally disparage other letter writers. Please keep your ommended in 2017. considering policy changes that will support a letters to fewer than 300 words. Dan Robbins (Port, 1) received $1,000 from broader range of homes. Before moving here, I BP’s PAC on June 27, 2017. GOP-recommended in lived in cities both large and small: Portland, 2017 Seattle, Boston, Ithaca, and Flagstaff. Each of Jack Louws (County Exec) received $500 from my neighborhoods offered a mix of detached NEWSPAPER ADVISORY GROUP: Robert Hall, Seth Murphy, Michael Petryni, David Syre single-family houses, accessory dwell- These are all places where Wenger, as ing units (ADUs), duplexes and triplexes. a senior waterfront redevelopment plan- Just like my current neighborhood, these ner with the State of Washington, was in- places were pleasant and inviting places volved in waterfront projects. to live, with a strong sense of community.