************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Gruesome Gristle, P.08 * Elk Attack!, P.16 * Haunted House Roundup, P.18 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. {10.23.13}{#43}{V.08}{FREE} Terrifying Tales Scary stories for adults, p.14 Boo! A tea-rrifying Spooktacular! election guide, p.10 Sounds like Halloween, p.22 WEDNESDAY [10.23.13] DANCE Reel Competition: 9am-5pm, Whatcom Com- 34 MUSIC munity College Community Band Exhibition: 6:45pm, Civic Field Scottish Masquerade Ball: 6:30pm, the Majestic FOOD FOOD cascadia Swing Connection: 7-9pm, the Leopold Contra Dance: 7-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library THURSDAY [10.24.13] 28 WORDS ONSTAGE Bill Dietrich: 2pm, Western Washington Univer- Scream Fair: 6:30-9:30pm, NW Washington sity Bookstore B-BOARD B-BOARD Fairgrounds, Lynden Nick James: 4pm, Village Books Equus: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Poetry Alive!: 7pm, Firehouse Performing Arts A glance at what’s happening this week Little Shop of Horrors: 7:30pm, Anacortes Com- Center 26 munity Theatre Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre COMMUNITY FILM The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Pumpkin Patch in the Pool: 4:30-6:30pm, Arne Hanna Aquatic Center MUSIC Halloween Carnival: 5-7:30pm, Perch & Play 22 Tribute Jazz: 7pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center GET OUT MUSIC Zombie 5K: 10am, La Conner Club GET OUT Boneshaker Bicycle Festival: 10am, La Conner 20 Mt. Baker Film Festival: 7pm, Mount Baker Boys & Girls Club Theatre Final Gore and Lore Tour: 5pm, downtown ART Bellingham 18 FRIDAY [10.25.13] FOOD Final Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, ONSTAGE Depot Arts Center STAGE Scream Fair: 6:30-10:30pm, NW Washington Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Fairgrounds, Lynden Market Square 16 Nightmare at the Spark Museum: 7pm and 9pm, Final Ferndale Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Spark Museum of Electrical Invention Centennial Riverwalk Park Haunted Depot: 7-10pm, Depot Arts Center, GET OUT Anacortes VISUAL ARTS Equus: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Fiber Arts: 12-4pm, Whatcom Museum’s Old City Dracula: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Hall 16 Center Artpocalypse Closing Reception: 6-8pm, Fourth No Exit: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Corner Frames Little Shop of Horrors: 8pm, Anacortes Com- WORDS munity Theatre Hellingham: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre SUNDAY [10.27.13] 10 DANCE ONSTAGE Dracula: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Dracula: 2pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center Dance Bellingham Dance: 7:45pm, Mount Baker Dynamo: 8pm, Upfront Theatre CURRENTS CURRENTS Theatre 8 MUSIC MUSIC Art of Jazz: 4-6:30pm, Bellingham Arts Academy VIEWS Angelo Rondello: 7pm, Whatcom Museum’s Old for Youth City Hall Sound Healing: 6pm, 8 Petals Yoga 4 Run for your lives at the Skagit Valley Zombie Jamie Sieber: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre GET OUT MAIL MAIL Gore and Lore Tour: 7pm, historic Fairhaven COMMUNITY 5K happening Oct. 26 in La Conner Punkin’ Run Car Show: 10am-2pm, Hardware 2 Sales SATURDAY [10.26.13] DO IT IT DO GET OUT Carve up some ONSTAGE Lutherwood, Wouldn’t You?: 9am, Lutherwood Costume and Prop Sale: 11am-3pm, Bellingham Camp spooky fun at Theatre Guild Breezin’ and Freezin’: 10am, Bloedel Donovan Scream Fair: 6:30-10:30pm, NW Washington Park 10.23.13 a Community Fairgrounds, Lynden Nightmare at the Spark Museum: 7pm and 9pm, .08 Pumpkin Party Spark Museum of Electrical Invention 43 MONDAY [10.28.13] # happening Haunted Depot: 7-10pm, Depot Arts Center, Anacortes WORDS Mon., Oct. 28 at Dracula: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Open Mic: 7pm, Village Books Center Poetrynight: 8pm, Alternative Library Whatcom County The Joy Luck Club: 8pm, Mount Baker Theatre No Exit: 8pm, iDiOM Theater COMMUNITY Fire District #4 Little Shop of Horrors: 8pm, Anacortes Com- Community Pumpkin Party: 6-9pm, Whatcom munity Theatre County Fire District #4 CASCADIA WEEKLY Hellingham: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre 2 MUSIC TUESDAY [10.29.13] Skagit Symphony Gala Concert: 7:30pm, Mc- Intyre Hall, Mount Vernon WORDS Dick Harris: 7pm, Village Books 3 CASCADIA WEEKLY #43.08 10.23.13 DO IT 2 MAIL 4 VIEWS 8 CURRENTS 10 WORDS 16 GET OUT 16 STAGE 18 ART 20 MUSIC 22 FILM 26 B-BOARD 28 FOOD 34 Contact THISWEEK Cascadia Weekly: ` 360.647.8200 34 Editorial FOOD FOOD Editor & Publisher: Tim Johnson `ext 260 28 { editor@ mail cascadiaweekly.com TOC LETTERS STAFF Arts & Entertainment B-BOARD B-BOARD Editor: Amy Kepferle ext 204 A spirit who was apparently in search of spirits broke into a 26 {calendar@ liquor store this week in Anniston, Ala. 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Yet, almost 50 against Initiative 522. The flyer claims food pric- Letters percent of residents don’t have affordable hous- es will soar if we add a few words to food labels Send letters to letters@ ing. Fully 38 percent of Bellingham School Dis- in grocery stores. We heard the same thing when cascadiaweekly.com. trict students qualify for free or reduced-price we voted to ban plastic grocery bags. 10.23.13 ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Gruesome Gristle, P.08 * Elk Attack!, P.16 * Haunted House Roundup, P.18 cascadia meals. Amazingly, 22 percent of Whatcom County Why are giant multi-nationals like Monsanto, REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. {10.23.13}{#43}{V.08}{FREE} residents receive food stamps. Dupont, and Dow spending more than $17 million .08 Terrifying Tales ©2013 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by Boo! Scary stories for adults, p.14 43 A tea-rrifying Spooktacular! Certainly, as a community we can do better in our state to keep us from knowing what they election guide, p.10 Sounds like Halloween, p.22 # Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 than this! First stop leaving economic devel- put in our food? It’s simple: if they genetically [email protected] Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia opment to chance. We can start by creating engineer our food, we have the right to know. Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing living-wage jobs now. And there is no better Recent polls say 66 percent of Washington papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material start than on the Bellingham waterfront. Our voters want labels on genetically engineered to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. Manuscripts will be returned if you include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. To be considered for calendar list- community needs standards to make sure the food (GMO). However, international food engi- COVER: Art by Sean Delonas ings, notice of events must be received in writing no later than noon Wednesday jobs created pay a living wage, provide afford- neering and pesticide conglomerates are out- the week prior to publication. Photographs should be clearly labeled and will be CASCADIA WEEKLYreturned if accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope. able health insurance and hire local workers. A spending 522 supporters 3 to 1. What are they LETTERS POLICY: Cascadia Weekly reserves the right to edit letters for length and content. When apprised of them, we correct errors of