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March 2 at the Whatcom Museum
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JIGU! THUNDER Drums of China—a
WEDNESDAY
28-piece ensemble chock full of drummers, percussionists and musicians embodying the fortitude
and character of the Chinese people. See them
March 2 at the Mount Baker Theatre
ON STAGE
The Naked Truth on Stereotypes: 7pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU
BOAT Festival: 7pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild
03.02.08
SUNDAY
ON STAGE
Barrage: 7pm, Ferndale High School
Bob Nelson: 7:30pm, Roeder Home
Les Misérables: 2pm, Bellingham High School
Oregon Shadow Theatre: 2pm, Whatcom Museum
A Streetcar Named Desire: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas
Theater, Lynden
Evita: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon
The Naked Truth on Stereotypes: 3pm, Fairhaven
College Auditorium
WORDS
MUSIC
Spoken Word Wednesday: 8-10pm, Bellingham
Public Market
Bayshore Symphonic Ensemble: 3pm, Central
Lutheran Church
Jigu! Thunder Drums of China: 3pm, Mount Baker
Theatre
Jeffrey Cohan: 4pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
McDougall: 6:30pm, Bellingham Public Market
MUSIC
FILM
Human Rights Film Festival: Through March 1,
Bellingham
COMMUNITY
Pancake Breakfast: 8am-1pm, Rome Grange
Laughter Club Meeting: 4pm, Co-op Connection
Building
Fantasy Casino Night: 7-11pm, St. Luke’s Health
Ed. Center
02.28.08
THURSDAY
ON STAGE
The Naked Truth on Stereotypes: 7pm, Viking
Union, WWU
Les Misérables: 7:30pm, Bellingham High School
A Streetcar Named Desire: 7:30pm, Claire vg
Thomas Theater, Lynden
Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre
Something About the End of the World: 8pm,
iDiOM Theater
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ON STAGE
Robert Birkby: 7pm, Village Books
Fitness Forum: 7:15pm, Fairhaven Runners
Polyanna Auditions: 7pm, Claire vg Thomas
Theatre, Lynden
Brigadoon Auditions: 7pm, Ten Mile Grange,
Lynden
FRIDAY
ON STAGE
The Naked Truth on Stereotypes: 7pm, Fairhaven
Library
Brothers from Different Mothers: 7pm, Kulshan
Middle School
A Streetcar Named Desire: 7:30pm, Claire vg
Thomas Theater, Lynden
Evita: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon
Doubles Improv: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront
Theatre
iDiOM Theater
The DK & Morgan Show: 8pm, Skagit Valley Casino,
Bow
MUSIC
Healing Concert: 7pm, Ayuredic Health Center
Orion Weiss: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU
Concert for Darfur: 8pm, Viking Union, WWU
iDiOM Theater
COMMUNITY
MUSIC
Horsemen Auction: 5pm, Everson Auction Barn
Shabbat 100: 6:30pm, Viking Union, WWU
Bayshore Symphonic Ensemble: 7:30pm, St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, Mount Vernon
GET OUT
WORDS
Home & Garden Show: 10am-9pm, Northwest
Washington Fairgrounds, Lynden
The Roots: 8pm, Carver Gym, WWU
COMMUNITY
03.01.08
SATURDAY
ON STAGE
A Streetcar Named Desire: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas
Theater, Lynden
Evita: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon
Doubles Improv: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront
Theatre
Womencare Shelter Benefit: 5-9pm, Bellingham
Golf and Country Club
GET OUT
Honeywagon Run: 9am, Nooksack Valley Middle
School
VISUAL ARTS
MoNA Style: 10am-4pm, Museum of Northwest Art,
La Conner
Vagrant Eye Reception: 2-4pm, Crossroads Building, La Conner
WORDS
Poetry Night: 8:30pm, Fantasia Espresso
03.04.08
TUESDAY
ON STAGE
Viking Comedy Fest: 7pm, Viking Union, WWU
MUSIC
Mount Baker Toppers: 8pm, Lynden Library
Duke Ellington Orchestra: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon
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ANASI THE SPIDER,
A glance at what’s happening this week
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10: Bombs, bandits, burglaries
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ART & LIFE
12: Channeling Sissy Hankshaw
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15: Undressing stereotypes
16: Biennial musings
18: The Roots of the matter
CURRENTS 8
22: Bells and Boleyns
REAR END
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28:This Modern World, Advice Goddess
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“HOLLYWOOD
OUTSIDERS” Joel
and Ethan Coen, who
nabbed a veritable
army of little gold
men at Sunday’s
80th incarnation of
the Acadamy Awards,
became the first duo
since 1961 to win
the Best Director
award. They also
took home Oscar
gold for Best Picture
and Best Adapted
Screenplay for their
film, No Country For
Old Men.
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COVER: Grace Weston, “Couples
Therapy,” 2006
UNFAVORABLE
REVIEW
On the same evening (Feb.
21) that Bellingham High
School students delivered a
brilliant version of Les Miserables, across town Bellingham’s
Planning Commission turned in
a farce worthy of Moliere.
In a definitely less-than-bravura performance, five muddled commissioners singing
such tunes as “I can’t make up
my mind,” and “Pity the poor
property developer” managed to turn down Fairhaven’s
neighborhood plan in order
to side with a few wealthy,
disgruntled landowners who
want to turn Fairhaven into
a mini-Manhattan. Not to be
missed was the performance of
Bellingham’s own weak-kneed
Hamlet, Planning Director Tim
Stewart singing “Height limitations, never heard of ‘em.”
Toward the third act, Planning Commissioners Tom Barrett and David Auer attempted
to save the play by pointing
out that Fairhaven’s environmentally sound plan represented the careful work of
the overwhelming majority of
its citizens, but the remaining
commissioners missed
their cues and finished with
a ragged chorus of “We don’t
know what we’re doing.”
Rating: Five Raspberries!
—Larry Kimmett, Bellingham
DUMB CONTEST
DRAWS MORE FIRE
I work underwater doing
a pretty much mindless job
and have plenty of time to
think, or meditate, depending
on where the mind draws the
lines. I’ve been in Southern
California over the past couple of weeks and my wife just
came down to do a bit of work
last weekend and brought the
Weekly for her plane ride and
to share with me.
I saw you want to have
some sort of contest for the
blackest experience. Bizarre.
Lots of underwater thinking
time on this.
The only thing I can imagine that would come close
for me was when we were in
China last November. We were
in Beijing and wanted to go
to Xi’an to see the Terra Cotta Warriors. Didn’t take any
tours, we set it up ourselves
and wanted to try to experience “real” China. So we took
the train.
Europeans, or white people,
don’t usually travel by train in
China—they fly. When we got
to our platform, #9, we walked
into a room holding maybe
2,000 people waiting for their
trains. About a third of them
turned to look at us.
I leaned over to my wife
and whispered, “I feel like we
have just walked into platform 9¾,” referring to Harry
Potter’s platform.
The subways were a bit
“black experience” too. And
there was nothing like walking
onto a side street and seeing
young children back peddling
away from you as they look up
at your white face in horror.
Or maybe it was when I was
a kid in the 1950s in Texas
being yelled at by some bigoted white man because I
was thirsty and drank out of
a “black only” fountain instead of waiting in line for the
“white only” one.
Whatever. Just the idea of
a contest of this type shows
I cried when I read “The Odyssey
of Jamie Donaldson” by Alan Rhodes,
just like I cried when I first met Jamie Donaldson. Insane with grief after the biggest peace demonstration
of all time failed to stop the Bush/
Cheney cabal from attacking Iraq, I
was dragged by my husband to the
Whatcom Peace and Justice Center
(WPJC). Sobbing, I told Jamie I felt
it was my fault, that I was an accomplice in attacking the people of Iraq
because I had not been paying attention to my government. After reading
my father’s history books about the
atrocities committed during World
War II (books I never saw in school as
I was growing up), I had promised myself I would never let it happen here.
Yes, I was in the streets protesting
the Vietnam War, and I am probably
revealing my naiveté when I say, “I
thought we learned our lesson!”
Jamie’s real-life stories of being
witness to the sick underbelly of
our imperialistic foreign policy,
which seeks to control and exploit
other countries, makes me under-
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—Mr. Jon Noggle, Bellingham
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—Judith A. Laws, Bellingham
The political reality is that Hillary
Clinton is unelectable! Half the nation completely despises her. Even
among Democrats, half finder her
intolerable. With her arrogant core
and sense of entitlement, would we
just get “Queen Hillary?”
It’s clear if Hillary were to secure
the nomination, by the voters or
through subterfuge via these party
hacks (aka, superdelegates), the Republican Party would be exceedingly
galvanized to vote, probably with a
100 percent turnout!
Sen. Obama’s short legislative record is an advantage Karl Rove will
have no record to attack. Obama’s
lack of specifics is also a plus for
“independent” voters who see what
they will be would never support
Hillary. Obama is the future for the
under 30 crowd, minorities and disenfranchised voters.
Hillary’s negative message polarizes us while Obama’s positive approach draws us in like a magnet!
And Hillary’s feminist base has never been mainstream America.
Sen. Obama is not running as a
black candidate; he’s just as much
white as he is black. He’s running as
a complex, principled individual of a
New generation who sees his life as
one of change and duty, change for
the people not the status quo, which
Hillary and the DLC exemplify!
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in response to your complaint in
Rumor Has It that March Fourth
Marching Band did not get onstage
at the Nightlight until midnight,
the band was scheduled to go on at
10:30pm. They had no control over
the stage schedule; somebody just
wanted to stay onstage too long,
and March Fourth fans were the
ones disappointed.
That is one reason I am sad but
relieved to see Nightlight shut its
doors. I loved the music, but the
service was abysmal.
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March Fourth; go to the Crystal
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of stage time; two shows to be
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—Terry Garrett, from Los Angeles
stand why she, as a tax-paying
citizen, finally had to leave the
United States. She had to try and
stop the war inside herself about
what it means to be an American.
Jamie Donaldson’s legacy, WPJC,
has continued under the leadership
of Marie Marchand, a magnificent and
passionate advocate for social justice.
Among the many successes of WPJC:
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something has to change. I don’t
know how or what, but I figure
those that feel this all the time in
the United States probably have a
better handle on it than any guy
with a white face. So I joined the
NAACP a few years ago. They even
take white guys like me.
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LIBRARY GETS SHELVED: In a visibly difficult decision,
Bellingham City Council this week took no action to
move a bond measure for a new central library in front
of voters this May, effectively killing the effort for this
year (no sane government would float a library bond on
a November presidential ballot to suffer the wrath of
thousands who wouldn’t recognize a book if you hurled
it against their calloused skulls).
A word about libraries: All great civilizations have
had them, and—in a relationship undoubtedly causal
and reciprocal—the greatest of these had the greatest
of libraries, gifted as public trusts or by the munificence
of sultans and merchants. Libraries are those most public of public spaces, and arguably the one place where
public dollars are delivered back with generous interest and dividends. George Bush married a librarian (the
mind does boggle with what implausible circumstances
Jane met Cheeta).
Shucks, even libertarians like libraries.
They don’t necessarily like a $56.4 million bond measure to construct a new 78,000-square-foot one, though;
one that, at projected debt service, could add as much
as $144 per year to the taxes on a $300,000 home.
But, as council President Barbara Ryan and others
noted in dismay, “There really is no good time to issue
a bond;” yet the city needs improvement in its library
capacity. This understanding, of both the need and the
significant cost, is not new; it is an understanding decades old… and that is perhaps part of the problem.
First, though, it’s important to understand what the
council did: Taking no action allowed them to gracefully retire a racing timetable that would have coasted a
bond measure in front of voters in May. Their alternative
was to vote against placing the measure on the ballot,
which might send a terrible signal of “no confidence” in
plans to construct a new library.
In fact, city officials have great confidence in the library construction plan.
The bond measure, and its financing over 20 years,
isn’t the item that left them worried and irresolute.
What has them worried are the rising short- and longterm operational costs of the library in tandem with rising service costs throughout municipal government.
Consider that the library is already understaffed for a
facility in a city of this size, and that an expansion—
whether in a central or branch libraries—would require
even more employees. Well, there’s just no room for it
in a budget that is already pared back on police, fire
and other critical service personnel. Operating costs for
a new facility would be about $780,000 more in 2012
compared to the current facility, including new staff
positions, City Finance Director John Carter calculated.
These are costs that cannot be covered by bonds, he
explained, and must be paid out of the city’s general
operating fund.
Mayor Dan Pike expressed his concern to council members that “we’re in a challenging budget environment at
least for the next few years.”
Take a stagflationary national economy, attach it to
a policy of kicking endless unfunded federal mandates
down to the state, mix in a two-decade tax revolt in
Washington that all descends to the shoulders of local
government. Now toss on the match of explosive growth
and tinder of malformed policy in response to it and you
have quite a “challenging budget environment.”
Yes, the understanding of issues facing library expansion is old. The current facility, built six decades ago,
OP INIONS
T HE GR I S T L E
BY ALEX RAMEL
‘Rule of Three’
Affordable housing requires flexible standards
not wild party or fraternity houses.
IT IS a pretty open secret that
These are good neighbors we are all
scores, if not hundreds of houselucky to have. And the individuals,
holds in Bellingham are currently
in their various careers and volunliving in violation of the “rule of
teer activities, are valuable assets
three,” which refers to the number
to this community. They are not
of unrelated individuals who can
causing nuisances, but they would
live in a single-family house. On
be unfairly swept up and unreaMonday, Bellingham City Council
sonably punished if this policy is
considered several proposed openforced. Five of them would be
other good options.
tions for increasing the enforcement
forced to leave their homes and
In addition to providing much
of this provision. Ultimately they
the rest would see their rent and
needed affordable housing, having
asked staff to bring back a variety
utility payments skyrocket by 50 to
a greater number of individuals in
of clarified options, including revok66 percent.
some homes advances important
ing or revising the existing code and
If noise, parking and litter are
goals the city has established in
making violation a civil infraction.
the problems, then we need to
the Comprehensive Plan: more peoWhile people may consider other
recognize that there are clear and
ple can be accommodated without
reasons for moving into a home
numerous examples of households
expanding the city limits. This is
with many housemates, there is
violating this rule and not causing
accomplished without adding new
virtually no way to deny that the
any problems. And the converse is
buildings that can change a neighcentral issue for many is financial.
also true; there are many examples
borhood’s character and without
Bellingham and Whatcom Counof loud litterers
ty face an affordable
with too many
housing crisis. The
2000 census found that MANY PEOPLE WORKING REGULAR JOBS cars who don’t
happen to be
there were more than
HERE SIMPLY DON’T
breaking
this
18,000 households in
rule. The rule
Whatcom County pay- TO PAY MARKET RATES ON THEIR OWN.
serves to detract
ing more than they
enforcement atcan afford for housing.
tention from the actual nuisance
creating new sources of runoff and
That number is expected to grow
activity caused by these people.
pollution. And having less square
by 11,000 more households by
This policy is both ineffective
footage per person increases our
2022. Many people working regular
and unjust; it is nothing less than
community’s energy efficiency.
jobs here simply don’t earn enough
a classic tool of gentrification. It
Those who seek a crackdown
to pay market rates on their own.
should be either revoked entirely
have raised legitimate concerns
Some have found that splitting the
or substantially revised to address
about the nuisances of parking, litrent or mortgage more ways is a
the specific problems its propoter and noise. There are two housegood solution. Until we, as communents raise. It certainly should not
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was remodeled in 1981 with the recognition that was merely a compromise
stopgap to stall needed expansion. Ten
years ago, a capital improvements advisory committee made a painstakingly
brief list of things the city needed to
do to repair and improve important, aging public assets. Topping the list was
the central library.
The Bellingham Library Board of
Trustees was similarly painstaking, methodical and thorough to the point of
plodding. As they deliberated, all those
other capital improvements got done;
there’s now only one item left. At the
same time, voters passed greenways
and school levies (with another on the
way); they dug deep for improvements
to the museum and Mount Baker Theatre, to create an Arts District and a
Farmers Market; they supported a transit levy; a tax increment finance tool
for the waterfront. Voters cringed to
learn waterfront infrastructure could
cost as much as $300 million, annexation of growth areas another $131 million. And you had the library board taking its sweet ol’ time as the well was
dipped into again and again.
Is the well of community generosity
near dry? Community spaces like libraries are something we need very badly.
And there is no evidence that interest
in public libraries and the diverse media formats they offer is going any direction but skyward.
The board did their homework. But
privately some observers worried that
they really weren’t ready for their test
in May. They hadn’t taken their message public; they hadn’t crafted the
appealing vision voters could approve;
they hadn’t started the doorbelling
machine. They hadn’t silenced the nattering nabobs of nonsense—the petty
cranks who participated in none of the
board’s research but proclaimed themselves experts on all its findings.
In short, board members really
weren’t ready to put this to the acid
test, pushing a sizable bond measure
out to voters in scarcely 90 days.
Mayor Pike, guessing it would take “a
couple of months” to assess the city’s
budget challenges, gave City Council
an excuse to spare the library plan that
terrible vote of “no confidence,” too.
The board understood. Board Chair
David Edelstein nodded, “Maybe we’re
just asking to take a deep breath and
look at the information we have, understand it better and look really hard at
what we can do as a community.
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do it, tomorrow certainly will be.”
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village' concept
draws praise from
neighbors
THE FIRST
of several proposed
neighborhood redevelopment projects
drew a warm reception and favorable
reviews when it was presented to Bellingham City Council Monday evening.
Small wonder. Old Town, one of the
most venerable sections of the city,
has long been an eclectic, free-wheeling mixed-use community bounded to
the south by bluffs above Whatcom
Creek, to the west by an industrialized
waterfront, to the north and east by
solid single-family residences.
The area, once the gateway into Bellingham by steamship, may now ship in
a new era in urban planning, noted
Tara Sundin, special projects manager
with the city's department of Planning
and Community Development, who
presented the plan to council.
The redevelopment plan intends to
make use of those entry assets, while
preserving neighborhood character
through a sensitive approach to building heights so as not to obscure historic landmarks like Whatcom Museum
and the original Territorial Courthouse,
Sundin said. Restricted building size is
then complemented by an incentive
schedule that would allow builders to
increase certain building heights and
footprints if they also agree to add
plazas and parks, units of affordable
housing and similar perks that enhance
the community, Sundin said.
The ultimate goal, planners say, is
to demonstrate to a town dreading
growth and loss of neighborhood character that excellent design is possible
with infill. To that end, Old Town may
serve as an early proving ground.
"It is a tremendous infill opportunity in an underutilized central location adjacent to the city center," said
Planning and Community Development
Director Tim Stewart. The city's plan
anticipates the redeveloped area may
receive as many as 1,120 new residents
through 2022.
One early adopter ought to be a
crowd pleaser. Mari and Will Kemper,
who founded Thomas Kemper Beers
and Sodas, plan to open a brewery at
the old Hertz Rental Equipment build-
ing at 601 W. Holly St. later this spring. Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen will offer beers made on
site and a food menu for lunch and dinner. The
brewery is the kind of anchor tenant that will
draw more interest and investment to the area,
Sundin predicted.
"This effort achieved a balance between increasing density in appropriate locations and
preserving character," commented Jim Bishop,
Chair of the Bellingham Planning Commission.
Bishop added that many residents attended numerous public meetings and made positive contributions to the planning effort.
Indeed, perhaps most unique about the plan
is it drew no fire when it was unveiled in an
hour-long presentation. Neighbors praised the
care that went into the city's plan. Council, who
listened to comments but provided none of their
own, may approve the plan March 17.
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"The plan can provide a template for how other
proposed urban villages can capture and enhance
their unique qualities, and improve overall livability," Stewart said. Since 2005, the city has
worked with neighbors and neighborhood associations to develop a plan for Old Town. The planning effort examined impacts on surrounding areas, which includes parts of the Lettered Streets
and Central Business District neighborhoods.
"Without this rezone, nothing can be built,"
commented developer Fred Bovenkamp, who
purchased the Hempler’s B&B Meat & Sausage
Company building at 1401 F St. in 2006 and
hopes to redevelop the site into a mixed-use,
multi-story building that has condominiums
on the upper floors and commercial and retail
spaces on the first floor. "If the current zoning
remains, it is not economical to build. Nothing
will happen there," he said.
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POLICE BEAT
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YABLOS
On Feb. 19, a man collecting litter in
Arroyo Park reported yet another bomblike object to Bellingham Police.
The citizen had picked up
the four-inch-long device,
described as a piece of PVC
pipe with caps and screws
on each end and what appeared to be a fuse on one
end, and put into a trash bag
that he placed in the back of
his pickup truck. After the man
who reported the object to police
drew a picture of it, BPD's Hazardous
Devices Unit raced to the scene with
a robot to remove the device from his
truck and blow it apart. "As a reminder,"
police warn, "if someone finds a similar
device, please do not move it as these
devices are highly unstable and could
cause major damage or physical harm if
they explode."
On Feb. 24, Bellingham Police cordoned
off a Meridian Street shopping center
after an employee reported yet another
bomb-like object wired to his car. Police
used binoculars and a robot to examine
the device, which appeared to be a plastic toy grenade similar to one available
for sale at a nearby dollar store. Police
destroyed the prank.
OXY ROBBERS AND
BLUETOOTH BANDITS
On Feb. 21, a person matching the description of a young male who robbed
the Sunset Walgreens of the painkiller
OxyContin at knifepoint earlier this
month was reported seen at RiteAid
on Northwest Avenue and Walgreens
on Meridian Street within the same
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On Feb. 22, a Western Washington University student claimed she had been
forced to take pills at gunpoint by a
masked man after she was discovered
unconscious on the floor of a Nash Hall
bathroom. The woman, 18, told campus
police the man dropped unidentified pills in a cup and told her
to drink the contents or he
would kill her. She said she
drank the contents and immediately became disoriented.
On Jan. 24, Mount Vernon Police learned a 16-year-old male
and a 15-year-old female had been
robbed of their cell phones by a male,
approximately 18 years old, with a
bandana tied around his face. One cell
phone was found at the scene; the other
was deactivated by the victim before
police could use signal information to
locate it or the suspect.
On Jan. 25, four Mount Vernon residents
reported being robbed in their apartment by two men who wore bandanas
over their faces. One suspect carried a
gun and the other carried a crowbar. No
one was injured.
OSAMA BEEN LAUDANUM
On Feb. 20, a woman reported she'd
spotted Osama Bin Laden loitering near
the Bellingham Public Library. "A check,"
police reported, "revealed that she has
some mental health issues."
On Feb. 2, an Anacortes couple were
awakened by a man knocking on their
door around 5:30am who told them there
had been a nuclear attack. They called
police, who identified the 41-year-old
man and his young son, who was with
him. The man told officers he had a
dream the house was on fire, so he broke
out a window and started to climb out.
In his dream, he thought there had been
a nuclear attack, so he retrieved his son
and a firearm for protection and went out
to check on the neighbors. The man was
taking medication and had consumed alcohol before going to sleep. He had large
cuts from breaking the window out of his
home. He was charged with illegal possession of a firearm.
On Jan. 30, Mount Vernon Police officers
received a 5am report of a man without
pants trying to break into parked cars.
Officers contacted the man who, they
say, "appeared to be under the influence
of something. Arrangements were made
so the problem would not continue."
'MOUNTIES' GET THEIR MAN
On Jan. 28, Mount Vernon deputies were
investigating a vehicle prowl arrived on
the scene and followed tracks in the snow
to a shed in the same area of the crime.
Two Mount Vernon teens were arrested
and questioned, then released to the custody of their parents.
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NUMBER OF CASES of frozen beef Bellingham School District discarded as part of a nationwide beef recall
PERCENT OF POLL of Washington voters—Dem, GOP, Ind—who say
they favor a state primary over caucuses
PERCENT OF WHATCOM'S 24,251 voters who marked "Democrat"
on their Washington State presidential primary ballot who voted for
Barack Obama (statewide average, 50.8 percent).
RANK OF WHATCOM among Washington's 39 counties in strength of
popular vote for Obama (San Juan County, #1)
NUMBER OF DEMOCRATIC Party delegates selected as a result of
Washington's $9.7 million primary
SOURCES: Bellingham Public School District; U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; University of Washington; Washington State Secretary of State; Whatcom County Auditor
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A DUI bill sponsored by Whatcom's state Sen. Dale Brandland is approved by his colleagues. Brandland says the bill would give offenders
incentives for complying with rules that require they use ignition interlock devices. The former Whatcom County Sheriff says that would reduce
re-offending drivers along with costs for courts and jails.
Bellingham City Council awards a $4 million contract for work on
the Mount Baker Theatre to Dawson Construction. Council earlier rejected an incomplete bid for the work by Ebenal Construction after
receiving complaints from Dawson.
02.20.08
WEDNESDAY
A Western Washington University student dies of complications
following MRSA pneumonia, a rare antibiotic-resistant staph infection. Health officials say Olympia native Chris Feden, 20, likely contracted the infection following an earlier case of the flu that compromised his immune system.
The group that wants to build an aquarium on Bellingham's central waterfront makes a presentation to Port of Bellingham commissioners. The
Northwest Discovery Project asks the port to sponsor its Terr-aquarium
through a Whatcom County Economic Development Initiative grant.
02.22.08
FRIDAY
The Washington House of Representatives approves a bare-bones state transportation budget
that would plug big spending gaps, pay for new ferries, and allow for construction of a new floating
bridge across Lake Washington. Republicans object
to the budget, saying it doesn't do enough for the
state's worst transportation projects. "We need
more decisions and fewer commissions," Ferndale's
Rep. Doug Ericksen fumes.
MONDAY
The Washington House approves a new supplemental state budget that boosts overall
spending by nearly $300 million, while leaving
$750 million in reserve to offset expected deficits next year. Drawing up election-year venom,
minority Republicans warn Democrats are wildly
overspending, setting up the state for big tax
hikes. The Governor replies, "Where would they
cut? You never get an answer."
Bellingham City Council re-examines a rooming-house law that makes it a criminal offense
for more than three unrelated people to live in a
home zoned for single families. Bellingham Police
advised reducing it to a civil offense. Civil liberty
attorneys say it is in violation of state domestic
partner law and should be scrapped.
Bellingham School District discards 300 cases of
frozen beef as a precaution in response to a nationwide recall by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Meanwhile, citing fears of mounting operational costs, City Council takes no action to place a
$56.4 million bond measure for a new central
library on the ballot in time for a May vote, effectively killing the effort this year.
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The port cancels the evening session of two public meetings
Madrona Medical Group and Saint Joseph Hospital agree on a deal that may merge the two
area healthcare providers. Hospital officials say
the deal could be finalized by spring, provided
board members and shareholders agree.
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Sens. Barack Obama (D) and John McCain sail to their respective
party victories in Washington's primary. For state Democrats, who use
caucuses exclusively to select delegates, the result amounts to little
more than a straw poll.
A Bellingham man allegedly kills his ex-girlfriend and then himself in Port Angeles. Police
say Jeff Calvert, 41, kicked in the door of Christin
Stock's home, terrorizing her two daughters before taking their mother's life and his own.
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Whatcom County logs its first felony drunk
driving conviction under a new law passed last
year by the state Legislature making impaired
driving a felony if the violator has had four or
more DUI convictions within the past decade.
Daniel Carl Druckrey is sentenced to 42 months in
prison after he was arrested last fall while driving drunk on Lummi Shore Road.
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security measures may negatively affect the regional economy.
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scheduled today to allow residents to study
their Draft Environmental Impact Statement for
their Waterfront District Project. The meeting
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are a local, but don’t divulge anything. If
they are from out of state say, with awe,
“Wow, you came all the way from there
for this?” If you’re asked where to find the
powder stash after lunch, feign ignorance,
tell them you’re new here, or say sweetly
and with a laugh, “That’s confidential.”
In the spirit of Edward Abbey, emphasize
the dangers of riding this mountain—the
cascade concrete, the scary two-seater
that swings wildly at the first tower, and
how wet you got the other day just sitting
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MOUNTAIN MADNESS: Robert Birkby reads from
Mountain Madness: Scott Fisher, Mount Everest, and
a Life Lived on High at 7pm at Village Books, 1200
11th St. The event is free. For more info: 671-2626
or villagebooks.com.
FITNESS FORUM: Pilates instructors Cealleigh
Bucklin and Erika Olson will lead a free Fitness Forum dubbed “Tips for Improving Your Posture and
Form” at 7:15pm at Fairhaven Runners and Walkers,
1209 11th St. For more info: 676-4955.
FEB. 29-MARCH 2
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LOOK FRIENDLY. Smile at every car, even if they speed by without
pause. Hold your skis next to you like they are a passport. Be courteous to
drivers, giving them room to slow down before the turnoff. Channel Sissy
Hankshaw—believe your thumbs are enormous. Stash your mittens so your
intention is clear. Remember it’s first come, first served. If there is someone
else waiting for a ride, ask if there is room for two.
When they stop, jog toward the car in your boots, but only if the road
isn’t icy. Assess your potential ride through the window before asking them
where to put your skis. Smile and say, “Thanks for stopping.” Check the
drink holder for beer bottles or Red Bull before committing and make sure
the dog looks harmless.
Payment for a ride is conversation. Listen to their story or tell them
yours—or a more interesting version—if they ask. Introduce yourself and
remember their names. If they are from around here, play the name game.
You probably have mutual friends—a topic than can last all the way up the
switchbacks.
If they are from Seattle or southern British Columbia, let them know you
Tell them of the day the wind gusted
hard and in the whiteout you had to blindly
make your way to the trees so you didn’t
throw up from vertigo. If they ski, tell
them this is a snowboarder’s mountain.
When in doubt, inform them you heard
the freezing level is going way up today
and it’ll probably start raining. When you
get to the parking lot, help them maneuver around the crowd. Grab your stuff and
say, “Thanks again!”
At the end of the day, it is easier. Stand
at the edge of the parking lot. Tell them
nonchalantly you’re only going to Glacier—
this is a short-term relationship. Ask them
where they rode and what their favorite
line was (there is no strain in the conversation on a powder day). Warn them of the
approaching turn and give them tips on
where to eat or get a beer in town.
Before slamming the trunk, thank them
by name and give a sharp wave before
turning away. Be grateful for living close
to the end of the road. Always pick someone up when you finally back your car out
of the driveway. Understand the principles of karma.
HOME & GARDEN: The 29th annual Home & Garden
Show happens from 10am-9pm Fri., 10am-8pm Sat.,
and 11am-5pm Sun. at Lynden’s Northwest Washington Fairgrounds. Entry is $5-$7. For more info:
whatcomhomeshow.com.
SAT., MARCH 1
HONE Y WAGON RUN: Adults and kids can sign up
for today’s “Run for the Honeywagon” starting at
9am at Everson’s Nooksack Valley Middle School,
404 W. Columbia. Cost is $8-$10. For more info:
671-6645 or gbrc.net.
BEACH BIRDING: Join ornithologist Paul Woodcock for a “Birding the Beaches of Semiahmoo” outing at 9am leaving from Blaine’s Semiahmoo Park
Museum. The event is free and no registration is
required. For more info: 733-2900.
EDIBLE LANDSCAPE: “Designing and Planting
an Edible Landscape” will be the topic of a free
outdoor workshop at 10:30am at Everson’s Cloud
Mountain Farm, 6906 Goodwin Rd. For more info:
966-5859.
GARDEN GOODS: Attend a free “Fruit and Berry
Selection” workshop at 10am at Bakerview Nursery,
945 E. Bakerview Rd. At 2pm, show up for “Success with Roses.” For more info and to register:
676-0400.
TREES FOR STREAMS: Help improve water quality
in Whatcom County by planting “Trees for Streams.”
More than 4,000 trees will be available today between 9am-12pm at Bob Hunter Farm, Lampman
Road. For more info on the “Farmers Growing Trees
for Salmon” program: 398-9187 or wcfarmfriends.
com.
CAN YOU CANOE?: Explore Tennant Lake with
naturalists via canoe from 10am-12pm or 1-3pm
leaving from Ferndale’s Tennant Lake Interpretive
Center, 5236 Nielsen Rd. Cost is $10. For more
info: 384-3064.
SNOWSHOE #1: Naturalist David Bean will lead a
“Walk With the Ravens” snowshoe trip today. Meet
at 9am at the Whatcom County Parks and Rec headquarters, 3373 Mt. Baker Hwy. Cost is $28. For more
info: 733-2900.
SNOWSHOE #2: Kids and their adults can take part
in a “Family Snowshoeing” excursion leaving at 9am
from the Whatcom Family YMCA, 1256 N. State St.
Cost is $25-$30. For more info: 733-8630.
MON., MARCH 3
TRAVEL TALK: Learn how to travel the globe on
your own at a free “World Travel with Analeise
Volpe” talk at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. For more
info: 647-8955.
FIRST GEAR: Jennifer Karchmer will lead “First
Gear”—the first in a four-part series relating to
safe bicycling—at 7pm at the Co-op Connection
Building, 1220 N. Forest St. For more info and to
register: 734-8158.
TUES., MARCH 4
SALISH HERONS: Wildlife biologist Ann Eissinger
will helm a free “Great Blue Herons of the Salish
Sea” talk at 12:30pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121
Prospect St. For more info: 676-6981.
FINE TUNED: A free “Ski & Snowboard Tuning 101”
clinic starts at 6pm at REI, 400 36th St. For more
info: 647-8955.
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SPOKEN WORD: Spoken Word
Wednesdays happen every week at
8pm at the Bellingham Public Market, 1530 Cornwall Ave. The event
is free. For more info: 714-0800.
REMEMBER BEING
a kid and wishing on a star
like Walt Disney suggested we do? Or trying to count them
and then realizing there were far too many?
The stars have been a constant source of curiosity and
wonder for humans for many years. But with the help of
Western Washington University’s Planetarium, stargazers
can become more familiar with our twinkly friends and the
celestial bodies that live above us.
Under the Planetarium’s 24-foot dome, spectators can
view the night sky without the normal stargazing hindrances from clouds, air pollution or cold weather, thanks to its
Konica Minolta Mediaglobe projection system. The fullcolor, full-dome digital projection will make you feel as if
you’re floating among the stars.
As a tiny speck in the universe, it can be difficult to understand Earth’s position in relation to other moving celestial bodies and occurrences. “That’s the harder thing for
people to picture, and that’s where the Planetarium excels,”
Planetarium manager Brad Snowder says. “You’re immersed
in the spatial geometry.”
The Planetarium also features displays of astronomythemed art and space science artifacts, including award-winning astrophotography by R.L. Dietz and Snowder himself.
Astronomy classes and private groups often use the Plan-
etarium, but an upcoming show about the
Orion constellation is open to the public.
Attendees can watch this ancient tale of
love and legendary deeds play out in the
night sky at the Planetarium Feb. 28 at
6pm and 7:30pm. Snowder will start the
evening off with a lecture about constellations and the birth and death of stars. The
show will also include a 22-minute video
about the legend of Orion.
It’s a tale that’s been told many times
before, Snowder says.
Many variations of the story exist, but
this show in particular will focus on the
great hunter Orion and his romantic pursuit
of a king’s daughter, the goddess Artemis’
infatuation with Orion, and how her overprotective brother
Apollo sends Scorpius the Scorpion
to battle with the
great hunter.
The
constellation Orion can be
seen all winter and
is the second most
ATTEND
recognizable group
WHAT: Presentation
of stars after the
on the legend of
Big Dipper, Snowder
Orion
WHEN: 6pm and
says. It includes
7:30pm Thurs.,
two
prominent
Feb. 28
stars; Betelgeuse, a
WHERE: Planetarired giant star, and
um at Haggard Hall,
Rigel, the seventh
room 313, WWU
COST: $3-$5
brightest star in the
INFO: 650-3818
galaxy.
Tickets to the
show typically cost $3 for Western students
and $5 for non-students. However, because
of the limited seating, tickets go quickly.
But don’t despair, because the Planetarium
is also available for private presentations
for a group of 20 or more, or a minimum
payment of $60.
Shows can consist of a live performance, short videos or a combination
of the two. THey may also include presentations about the zodiac constellations, American Indian starlore and prerecorded presentations on constellations
by season and the Northern and Southern
lights, just to name a few. If you want to
see stars, it’s never been so easy.
for National Healthcare will hold
a public meeting at 7pm at the
Laborers International Union,
1700 N. State St. For more info:
714-8999.
FRI., FEB. 29
CREAT IVE WRITERS: Creative
writing professors from WWU will
read their words as part of a free
Jeopardy Magazine event at 4pm at
the Wilson Library Skybridge. For
more info: 650-3118.
NOISE GUY: Hear silly tales and
wild sound effects when Charlie
“The Noise Guy” Williams does his
thing at a free program at 7pm
at the Bellingham Public Library,
210 Central Ave. For more info:
676-6864.
ANNUAL AUC T ION: The Whatcom
Chapter of Backcountry Horsemen of Washington holds its annual auction starting at 5pm at
the Everson Auction Barn, 7291
Everson-Goshen Rd. For more info:
734-4258.
SHABBAT 100: Students, faculty
and alumni are invited to celebrate “Shabbat 100” at 6:30pm
at WWU’s Viking Union. The free
event, which celebrates the traditional Jewish day of rest, will
include a four-course meal, music
and entertainment. For more info:
933-4818.
FRI., FEB. 29
SAT., MARCH 1
EFFICIENT HEALTHCARE: Local
author Naida Grunden shares ideas
from her book, The Pittsburgh Way
to Efficient Healthcare, at 7pm at
Village Books, 1200 11th St. For
STARRY GALA: Womencare Shelter will hold its 5th annual Starry
Night Gala Benefi t Auction from
5-9:30pm at the Bellingham
Golf and Country Club, 3729 Meridian St. Tickets are $55 and
include dinner and entertainment. For more info: 671-8539 or
womencareshelter.org.
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MYSTICAL POETRY: Zoketsu Norman
Fisher will talk about “American
Mystical Poetry” at 7:30pm at the
Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship,
1708 I St. For more info: 398-7008.
TUES., MARCH 4
GUILD MEE T ING: Join the Bellingham Storytellers Guild for their
monthly meeting at 7pm at the
Fairhaven Library, 1117 12th St.
For more info: 714-9631.
MOUNTAIN POEMS: Local poet
Richard Widerkeh reads from his
Mountain collection at 7pm at Village Books, 1200 11th St. For more
info: 671-2626.
WED., MARCH 5
BOOK SALE: A Spring Book Sale
kicks off today from 3-6pm at the
Bellingham Public Library, 210
Central Ave. Books will be sold at
double the marked price today, but
will become cheaper by the day until the sale concludes March 8. For
BROKEN DREAMS: Alice Rothchild reads from her book, Broken
Promises, Broken Dreams, at 7pm
at Village Books, 1200 11th St. For
COMMUNITY
THURS., FEB. 28
TA X T IME: Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance (VITA) will be available
at various times through April 15
at the Fairhaven Public Library,
WWU’s Viking Union, and Whatcom Community College’s Heiner
Library. For more info: 650-3350 or
Vanessa_Knutzen@yahoo.com.
UNITED FOR HEALTH: United
SUN.,
MARCH 2
COMMUNIT Y BREAKFAST: All are
invited to the monthly Community
Pancake Breakfast from 8am-1pm
at the Rome Grange, 2821 Mt. Baker Hwy. Cost is $2 for kids, $5 for
adults. For more info: 671-7862.
LAUGHTER CLUB: Join the Bellingham Laughter Club for a free
public laugh session at 4pm at the
Bellingham Co-op’s Connection
Building, 1220 N. Forest St. For
CASINO NIGHT: Help out the
Bellingham Childcare and Learning
Center by attending the 5th annual Fantasy Casino Night & Silent
Auction Benefit from 7-11pm at St.
Luke’s Health Education Center,
3333 Squalicum Parkway. Tickets
are $35. For more info: 676-0950.
MON., MARCH 3
CREATIVE SCARECROWS: Local
farmers and the general public are
invited to come to a “Farmer to
Farmer” meeting to develop win/
win bird-control solutions at 7pm
at the Lynden Library, 216 4th St.
Falconers will be on hand with
three trained hawks—who chase
away invasive starlings—to talk
about alternatives to air cannons.
WED., MARCH 5
VOLCANO SONG: Western Washington University professor Jackie
Caplan-Auerbach talks about “Song
of the Volcano” at a free event at
7pm at Bellingham City Hall, 210
Lottie St. For more info: 650-4153.
UNLIKE OTHER fashion shows, the models in this show
will actually undress and get naked for you. But what they’re undressing are stereotypes and what’s actually “naked” is the truth
behind these stereotypes.
“The Naked Truth on Stereotypes” is a three-part show that, according to a recent press release, “acts to break down patriarchy,
racism, heterosexism, classism and all stereotypes and divisions
within ourselves and in our greater local and global communities.”
This marks the fourth year and fifth performance of the show,
which was created in 2004 by social artist Stephany Hazelrigg,
a Western alumnus. She says the production initially addressed
female stereotypes, but has since included a show for men. This
year’s production will be the first including coed performances.
The show breaks down into three acts, beginning with a fashion
show in which the performers portray a certain stereotype through
costume, behavior and a personal monologue while paparazzi—
who play the role of society—shout criticisms and take photos.
During the second act, the performers strip off their “oppressive apparel” and reveal their true selves to address the
criticism of that stereotype. Act three will invite the audience
to participate in an open dialogue with the cast to share their
thoughts and ask questions.
“The first part is parody. The second part is truth,” coordinator
and co-facilitator Becky Renfrow says, explaining the show aims to
recognize the many intersecting identities society creates and the
voices that are often discredited or marginalized and give them a
FEB. 28MARCH 2
LES MIS: A multi-school production of the famous musical,
Les Misérables, shows at 7:30pm
Thurs.-Sat., and 2pm Sun. at
Bellingham High School, 2020
Cornwall Ave. Tickets are $8-$10.
FRI., FEB. 29
BROTHERS, MOTHERS: Audience participation and spontaneous humor for ages 5 and
older can be experienced when
Brothers from Different Mothers perform at 7pm at Kulshan
Middle School, 1250 Kenoyer
Dr. Entry is $4. For more info:
676-6985.
MAN SHOW: The DK and Morgan Show features live improv
comedy at 8pm at Bow’s Skagit
Valley Casino. The fellas, performers at Bellingham’s Upfront Theatre, will also incorporate their musical talents.
MON.,
MARCH 3
AUDITION #1: The Lynden
Performing Arts Guild will
hold auditions for an upcoming production of Pollyanna at 7pm at the Claire vg
Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St.
For more info: 354-4425 or
clairevgtheatre.org.
AUDITION #2: The Northwest
Washington Theatre Group will
hold auditions for the May production of Brigadoon at 7pm tonight and tomorrow at Lynden’s
Ten Mile Grange, 6958 Hannegan
Rd. For more info: 733-7063 or
nwtg.org.
TUES.,
MARCH 4
COMEDY FEST: The Viking
Comedy Fest brings Russianborn comedian Daniel Kinno
to the stage at 7pm at WWU’s
Viking Union Multipurpose
Room. Tickets are $5-$7. For
DANCE
WED.,
MARCH 5
BALLROOM DANCE: Sentimental Journey will provide
live tunes at tonight’s free
Ballroom Dance from 6-8pm
at the Leopold, 1224 Cornwall
Ave. For more info: 733-3500.
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END OF THE WORLD: Local playwright Eva Suter’s new play,
Something About the End of the
World, can be seen at 8pm at the
iDiOM Theater, 1418 Cornwall
Ave. Expect to see dreams, betrayal and a bit of drunkenness.
Tickets are $5 on opening night
and for students with valid ID
and $10 general. Additional
shows happen through March 8.
For more info: 201-5464 or idiomtheater.com.
STREETCAR, DESIRE: Tennessee
Williams’ *A Streetcar Named
Desire* shows at 7:30pm Thurs.Fri. and 2pm Sat. at Lynden’s
Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655
Front St. Tickets are $11-$13.
For more info: 354-4425 or
clairevgtheatre.org.
SHADOW THEATRE: The Oregon
Shadow Theatre presents Anansi
the Spider at 2pm at the Rotunda
Room in the Whatcom Museum,
121 Prospect St. Tickets to see
the shadow puppetry are $3-$4.
For more info: 676-6981 or whatcommuseum.org.
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GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Catch “The
Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at
8pm at the Upfront Theatre,
1208 Bay St. The weekly event
features both budding and
seasoned improvisers. Cost is
$5. For more info: 733-8855 or
theupfront.com.
EVITA: Watch a woman get
transformed from a B-movie
actress to the spiritual leader
of her nation when the musical Evita shows at 7:30pm Fri.Sat., and 2pm Sun. at Mount
Vernon’s McIntyre Hall, 2501
E. College Way. Tickets are
$10-$20. For more info: (866)
624-6897 or mcintyrehall.org.
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forum in which to speak freely.
The stereotypes being portrayed address issues in sexual orientation, sexism, racism, class and culture. The audience might recognize such stereotypes
as the gay boyfriend, aggressive butch
dyke, a Muslim terrorist, an illegal alien
and a “wankster.”
The self-written
monologues
are
stories personal
to each performer,
and it’s evident
they are exposing
a small piece of
themselves. Cast
ATTEND
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Sharde
WHAT: The Naked
Mills
describes
Truth on Stereoher character as a
types
WHEN: 7pm
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Feb. 27-29; 2pm
trying to pass
March 2
for white.” Mills
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Viking Union
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experience
Room (Thurs.),
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Library (Fri.),
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Fairhaven College
race, something
Auditorium (Sun.)
COST: Free
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to deal with her
whole life.
“I’m bi-racial,” she says. “A lot of
times I get that ‘you’re a black girl acting like a white girl’ [accusation].”
A word of caution: this show has a
no-holds-barred policy for language
and content, which at times is enough
to make spectators blush or feel uneasy. However, in the introduction of
the show the audience is informed, “If
you’re uncomfortable, you’re growing.”
Hilarious, emotional and thought
provoking, the show has received a
variety of feedback about past performances. But the overall reaction is
praise, Renfrow says. A common comment has been that audience members
wished they could be a part of the therapeutic production.
“It’s much more than a show,” Renfrow says. “That’s why we call it the
transform-educational fashion show.”
DOUBLE
DIPPING:
Three
teams of two performers each
will regale you with their
talents at “Doubles Improv”
this weekend at 7:30pm and
9:30pm at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets
are $8-$10. For more info:
733-8855 or theupfront.com.
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BOAT FEST: See a variety of
short plays from local playwrights as part of the Bellinghamster One-Act Theatre
Festival. Four plays—out of
a total of 16—can be seen
nightly starting at 7pm at the
Bellingham Theatre Guild, 1600
H St. Tickets are $4 per night or
$10 for a festival pass. For more
info and a complete listing of
the plays that can be seen:
647-9242 or bellinghamtheatreguild.com
Tickets are $10-$20. For more
info: 877-275-2448 or theskagit.com.
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CALL FOR ART: If you’re interested in submitting
your art in celebration of Women’s History Month,
apply between March 3-20 at the Center for Expressive Arts. For more info: 671-5355.
SAT., MARCH 1
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MONA ST YLE: Art and fashion combine at today’s
“MoNA Style” benefit happening from 10am-4pm at
La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First
St. More than 25 artists from the region will show
and sell their clothing, jewelry, textiles and handcrafted items at the annual event. For more info:
(360) 466-4446 or museumofnwart.org.
VAGRANT E YE: An opening reception for “The Vagrant Eye,” an exhibit by Sedro-Woolley photographer Gale Sterrett, happens from 2-4pm at La Conner’s Crossroads Building, 125 E. Washington St. The
exhibit will be on display through March 31. For more
info: (831) 429-5176.
FISH OPENING: An opening reception for “Fish”
happens from 5-7pm at the Lucia Douglas Gallery,
1415 13th St. The exhibit features found artist Allan Moe’s pots and paintings by Thomas Wood.
The exhibit shows through April 19. For more info:
733-5502 or luciadouglas.com.
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EXHIBIT ENDING: If you haven’t yet seen the historical photographs on display as part of the “Let
Children Be Children: Lewis Wickes Hine’s Crusade
Against Child Labor” at the Whatcom Museum, 121
Prospect St., you should know today is your last
chance to do so. For more info: 676-6981.
EXHIBIT BEGINNING: An exhibit featuring works
by Northwest artist R. Allen Jensen—also known as
Max Edison, Backroad Bob, and Robert Dante—kicks
off today at Edison’s Smith/Vallee Gallery, 5742
Gilkey Ave. A reception with the artists happens
March 8. For more info: (360) 305-4892 or smithvalleegallery.com.
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Biennial Bash
Saying it with pictures
PART OF the beauty of going to a gallery is drawing
your own conclusions about what the artist was trying to
say through their vision. But sometimes you leave the exhibit with nagging questions about the art running through
your cranial core.
If you’re looking for answers about the “Photography Biennial: Nine to Watch from the Pacific Northwest” exhibit currently on display at the Whatcom Museum, attend a reception and panel discussion March 1. The artists in attendance
will be coming from Portland, British Columbia, New York
City, Seattle, Eastern Washington and beyond, and they’ll
tell you what you want to know.
I’ve taken the liberty of priming the artists for your queries.
Following is a sampling of the secrets of the photographers
who have confirmed they’ll be heading to the ‘Ham.
When Seattle photographer Preston Wadley—who uses historic photographs as the basis of his work in mixed-media
constructions that take the form of books—was asked how
his pieces go from idea to finished work, he explained conception was the most intuitive part of his process and happened
in a variety of ways. “Formally, the idea is to contextualize
a selected photograph to give it the meaning I desire,” he
says. “I accomplish this by juxtaposing sculptural elements
and incorporating titles that ‘frame’ the
experience for the viewer. The relationship of these three primary elements are
what ultimately tell the story.”
During a road trip through Washington
State, Vancouver B.C. photographer Rose
Bouthillier took pictures of small-town
mayors—including former Bellingham
mayor Mark Asmundson—in a quest to
both hone her portraiture skills and reSEE IT
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WHAT: Artist’s
“When I see a town on a map, I find myreception for
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self imagining what it’s like, who lives
Biennial”
there,” Bouthiller says. “I’ve always been
WHEN: 7:30pm
attracted to the documentary aspect of
Sat., March 1
photography—usually my photographs
WHERE: ARCO
are more about the subject and my enExhibits Building,
206 Prospect St.
counter with it rather than the aesthetic
COST: Entry is
qualities of the photograph.”
free
If I hadn’t asked, I never would’ve
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that Tim Roda doesn’t actually
or whatcommuconsider
himself to be a photographer.
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The New York City-based artist, known
for constructing life-sized installations that enact sometimesharrowing family dramas, prefers the term “visual artist.” But
even that may be a misnomer. “To single out photography
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TUES., MARCH 4
MEMBERS SHOW: The annual “Members Show”
opens today at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. A
reception for the artists happens Fri., March 7. For
O N GO I N G E X H I B I T S
BLUE HORSE: View the “Nudes on Parade Exhibition” through Feb. 28 at the Blue Horse Gallery and
Studio UFO< both located at 301 W. Holly St. For
more info: 671-2305 or 319-6115.
CASA: A mix of “quirky collages and acrylics on recycled materials” can be seen at an exhibit of works
by Paul Chandler this month at Casa Que Pasa, 1415
Railroad Ave. For more info:
COLOPHON CAFÉ: Bellingham artist Kim Friberg
will show photographs at an exhibit titled “Nature’s
Canvas” through March at the Colophon Café, 1208
11th St. For more info: 647-0092.
HISTORICAL MUSEUM: See “Lost Cities of Skagit:
Rediscovering Places of Our Past” through Nov. 2 at
La Conner’s Skagit County Historical Museum, 501
S. 4th St. For more info: (360) 466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum.
MINDPORT: “Doodling: The Art of the Inquisitive
Mind” shows through March 23 at Mindport Exhibits,
210 W. Holly St. For more info: 647-5614 or mindport.org.
MONA: View “No Joke: Selections from the Pruzan
Collection” and “Randy Walker: Heartwood” through
March 9 at La Conner’s Museum of Northwest Art, 121
S. First St. For more info: (360) 466-4446 or museumofnwart.org.
QUILT MUSEUM: “Then & Now” and “Our Progress
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La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum, 703 S.
Second St. Entry is $5. For more info: (360)
466-4288 or laconnerquilts.com.
ROEDER HOME: Mixed-media works will be
on display at the “Tuesday Art Group” exhibit
through Feb. 28 at the Roeder Home, 2600
Sunset Dr. For more info: 733-6897.
SK AGIT COLLEGE: Jacob Lawrence’s “The
Legend of John Brown” series will hang
through March 14 at the Skagit Valley Community College Art Gallery, 24015 E. College Way,
Mount Vernon. For more info: (360) 416-7682.
VIKING UNION: “Redefining Black: The Resilience and Endurance of a People” can be
perused through Feb. 28 at WWU’s Viking
Union Gallery. For more info: 650-6534.
WESTERN GALLERY: Fifteen artists are
represented at “Leaded: The Materiality and
Metamorphosis of Graphite” through March 8
at the Western Gallery on the WWU campus.
WHATCOM MUSEUM: “Love, Murder, Magic,”
“The Bellingham YWCA: 100 Years of Challenge
and Change,” and “Photography Biennial:
Nine to Watch from the Pacific Northwest” are
currently on display at the Whatcom Museum,
121 Prospect St. For more info: 676-6981 or
whatcommuseum.org.
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with would be unfair to those who use
them,” Roda says. “I often say that if I
was classified into a category, I would
be with all the tape artists. I use tape
more than any other medium, but would
really not like to be considered a tapist.
We have enough labels assigned to us
everyday, photographer is one that I
wish not to acknowledge.”
At first glance, Grace Weston’s staged
photographs—see this week’s cover for
a sampling—might be considered simply quirky. But a closer look reveals
intricate storytelling and a somewhat
dark side that deals with everything
from parenthood to religion.
“Often ideas come from a prop I
might find,” Weston says. “Sometimes,
instead, I have an idea first and then
have to find or make props that will
fulfill my vision. Occasionally, a title
or phrase will come to me and I think
about how I’d like to depict it.
“My style is very personal. It comes
out of a childhood spent entertaining
myself in isolation. I think there is borderline neurotic introspection balanced
with the healthy coping mechanism of
humor. Working with miniatures, toys
and bright colors allows me play with
weightier issues in a lighter way.”
If the answers the artists provided
above bring about more questions,
you know what to do.
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BY CAREY ROSS
The Roots
A genuine big deal
IF ALL you’ve ever seen of the Roots is one of their highprofile stints backing Jay Z, or as the house band for many
other members of rap’s illuminati as part of Dave Chappelle’s
Block Party, you may think they are merely hip-hop’s most crackerjack backing band. While, if they decided to call it quits and
spent the rest of their careers providing musical support for
the many artists they’ve collaborated with over the years—
Common, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Nas, and Talib Kweli, to name
just a few—they’d certainly manage to keep busy and make a
good living, to assume the Roots would ever be content to do
such a thing is pretty ridiculous.
What is not ridiculous is the body of original work this
unique hip-hop group has amassed, or the Grammy they’ve
won, or the critical acclaim they’ve earned or the hundreds
of thousands of albums they’ve sold. But record sales and
awards don’t really scratch the surface of the Roots. If they
suddenly ceased to exist, the Roots could take comfort in
knowing their place in hip-hop’s diverse and oft-disputed history is impressively intact, and their infl uence will far exceed
the shows played and albums made.
Before they became historically and musically important,
the Roots were a couple of high school kids, Tariq Trotter
and Ahmir Khalib Thompson, playing music on Philadelphia’s
streets. These days, the pair are better known as rapper Black
Thought and drummer ?uestlove, and they remain the core
of what has been a lineup that has ebbed and flowed around
them during their 15 years as a group. Longevity, however, is
not the reason for the band’s impact—although it certainly
hasn’t hurt their development as artists any.
No, what sets the Roots apart is that they are
a band in every sense of the word—as in, they
play all their own instruments on their albums
and at their shows—something pretty much
unheard of in a genre where artists engage in
an endless battle to out-sample one another.
While this full-band approach has led to hitor-miss results when it comes to their nine
albums, few bands playing today can bring
it like the Roots in front of a live audience.
Their shows are legendary, and with their more
challenging songs suddenly becoming accessible, and their truly
great material seeming larger than life, the
Roots often leave audiences wondering why all
HEAR
rap acts don’t come with
WHO: The Roots,
guests
their own full band.
WHEN: 7:30pm
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risma that makes them
WHERE: Carver
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Although they’ve enjoyed a fair amount of
commercial success—as evidenced by a couple of gold albums and consistent major-label backing—one gets the idea that, to the
Roots, units sold are both coincidental and
incidental to the making of exactly the music
they most want to create. Their latest effort,
2006’s Game Theory, is both their darkest and
most challenging album to date, but its moments of genius come in whole chunks rather
than small glimpses, and it fits nicely into a
back catalog rife with innovative and forwardthinking music.
But if you’re still not convinced the Roots
are a genuine big deal, it may be worth knowing their March 1 show at WWU’s Carver Gym is
the first to take place there in almost a decade.
And if you’re up on your Bellingham music history, you’re probably well aware concerts at the
gym tend to be memorable. You never know
who may decide to show up to the party.
Rumor Has It
ALTHOUGH WE’RE ALL still mourning the loss
of the music venues this town his seen come
and go (well, mostly go) during the past few
years—and the recent anniversary of the
death of former Factory owner Reece Degolier
makes reflecting on all that has taken place
since then that much more poignant—some
of the remaining venues in town are working
their hardest to fill in some pretty big gaps.
Having made such a statement before, and
having been given no small amount of shit
for focusing on the future instead of dwelling
on the past, just let me make it clear that
I realize no Bellingham bar will ever reprise
the special magic that was solely contained
within the walls of the 3B. It is also unlikely
that anyone will open up their stage to upand-coming bands with the frequency and
regularity that the
Factory did. With the
Nightlight’s closure,
it is highly improbable we’ll see Son Volt,
Blackalicious,
Dick
Dale, Henry Rollins, or
a whole host of other
bands play anywhere
in town again (unless it’s on campus,
of course). I get it.
However, that does
not diminish the fact
BY CAREY ROSS
that people such as
Bucketz at the Rogue
Hero or Mark Heimer
at Boundary Bay have been doing their level
best to continue to bring you music you want
to see. So, even if the ceilings are a little low
for your liking or the sound a bit muddy for
your tastes, it’s pretty tough to fault anyone
for trying to pick up some of the tremendous
amount of slack right now.
Speaking of picking up slack, perhaps
you’ve noticed that the fine folks at Fantasia Espresso have been kicking their live
music scene into high gear once again.
They’ve been adding shows to their calendar—and more than just one a week—
with a dizzying frequency and have also
launched both a weekly open mic and a
jazz night. After a somewhat up-and-down
history, the coffeehouse claims to be “here
to stay,” and with shows booked clear into
May, I’m inclined to believe them.
Also in the realm of all-ages action is a
show Thurs., Feb. 28 featuring the half-local, semi-Seattle Police Teeth, along with
the return of the ever-excellent So Many
Dynamos, who have not graced our fair burg
for far too long. Joining the bands will be
Fall on Fall and Octagon Control, and, as
the whole thing takes place on the down
low, you’ll have to do a little work to ferret
out the particulars of time and place. However, if you’re interested and even a little
intrepid, you’ll figure it out.
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BARRAGE: The Canadian string ensemble going by the name Barrage performs at 7pm at
Ferndale High School, 5380 Golden Eagle Dr.
Tickets are $10-$15. For more info: 383-9312.
BOB NELSON: Folk music, storytelling and
humorous tunes will be on the roster when
Bob Nelson performs at 7:30pm at the Roeder
Home, 2600 Sunset Dr. Suggested donation is
$8-$12. For more info: 734-7979.
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Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. Tickets are $20-$42. For more info: 734-6080 or
mountbakertheatre.com.
HOUSE CONCERT: Victoria Ebel-Sabo and
Dan Sabo will give a two-piano concert at
3pm at a private home at 930 Newell St. Entry
is $20. For more info and to make reservations: 671-6104.
EARLY MUSIC: Jeffrey Cohan will play
“Flutes from Six Centuries” at the first of
a series of early music concerts at 4pm at
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2117 Walnut St.
Suggested donation is $15. For more info:
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at the Lynden Library, 216 Fourth St. For more
info: 354-4883.
EMULAT ING ELLINGTON: The 17-piece
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Velella is one of those bands people
struggle to define. Their willingness
to dabble in many genres at once
means that, rather than identifying
with any particular one, the quartet
exists in a kind of musical No Man’s
Land, a place they seem perfectly
happy to inhabit. Whether they truly
are, as they’ve been described, “funk
pop,” “indie funkadelic” or the equally
incomprehensible “blissful donut” is
open to what will probably be continued debate, their music is a delightful
cacophony of infectious noise.
The best way
for me to explain their music, and this is
a
description
probably only
the ladies will
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myself caught up in. In fact, if you
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sure you’re geared up and tricked out
to show off your sweet moves, as even
the most apathetic music fans often
find themselves doing more than just
toe tapping and head bobbing when
Velella Velella hits the stage.
As for you fellas who may never
have partaken in or witnessed the
aforementioned species of dance
party and can’t quite figure what
this show has to offer you, well, I’m
guessing there will be ladies there.
Dancing ones. Do I really have to
spell this out for you?
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Music Concert: Exploring the Doshas Through
Music” at 7pm at the Ayurvedic Health Center,
203 W. Holly St., Suite 201. Entry is by donation. For more info: 393-3375.
ORION WEISS: The Sanford Piano Series
continues with a concert by 25-year-old Orion
Weiss at 7:30pm at Western Washington University’s Performing Arts Center Concert Hall.
Tickets are $9-$16. For more info: 650-6146.
BENEFIT CONCERT: The Acorn Project and
Joel Smith will perform at a “Concert for Darfur” at 8pm at WWU’s Viking Union Multipurpose Room. Tickets are $5-$10. For more info:
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Paul Klein (early), Robert
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Vellela Vellela, Chow Nasty
Carver Gym
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Jazz Jam
Daniel Wesley, Current Swell
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The Return Of Comedy
Death Ray feat. Janeane
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Ergo Ego, Ladies of the
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Alice DeMicele
Hillstomp, Drunken Prayer
Honey Moon
Rockfish Grill
Open Mic w/Chuck D feat.
Allison Preisinger
College Night
Poetry Night
Matt Coughlin, Joel Smith
Open Mic feat. Andy Koch
Kat the Unsinkable, more
Rane Nogales
Karaoke
Open Mic w/Chuck D. feat.
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Old Foundry
Poppe's
Comedy
Tony & The Tigers
Tony & The Tigers
Typical Ace, Wisdom Teeth,
Serious Black
Human Infest, Our Fallen
Heroes, Indelible Mess
Line Dance Lessons w/Bev
Ollerenshaw
Karaoke
Marvin Johnson
Marvin Johnson
Fidalgo Swing
Margaret Wilder Band
PATTON OSWALT/March 1/Commodore Ballroom
Rogue Hero
Rumors
Industry Night
College Night
Ladies Night
Party Night
Betty Desire Show, DJ
Velveteen
DJ Buckshot
DJ Qbnza
DJ Mike Tollenson
The Jack Benson Band
Motown Cruisers
Motown Cruisers
Karaoke
Soul'd Out
Soul'd Out
Tuesdays with Trish
The Collected
Lewis Wilde
Open Mic feat. Jeff Peters
Happy Hour Jazz Project
(early), The Clumsy Lovers,
The Crafty Bastards (late)
Latin Expression, DJ
LucyBella
Silver Reef Hotel
Casino & Spa
Skagit Valley Casino
Three Trees Coffeehouse
Wild Buffalo
Choker, The Flood, Fallfast
Acoustic Oasis Open Mic
feat. BIMA/Songsalive
Karaoke
Karaoke w/Poops
DJ Postal, DJ Shortwave
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Marion Weston Band
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Bow Diddlers
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filmREVIEW
REVIEWED BY AMY BIANCOLLI
The Diving Bell
and the Butterfly
This is life
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REVIEWED BY RAY BENNETT
The Other
Boleyn Girl
Good costumes,
bad history
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filmREVIEW
“SOMETHING MIRACULOUS occurred,’’ says the
voice of French Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby in a revelatory moment—one of so many—in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. But the miracle isn’t a cure or a heavenly vision. It’s a
grunt: a growly, phlegmy, nonverbal attempt at singing by a
man who can’t even speak.
He can’t move his arms or legs, either. He can’t see out of his
right eye, which is sewn shut to stave off infection. The one reliable moving part on his entire person is his left eye, which he
blinks in response to questions. One blink yes, two blinks no.
Family and friends and therapists hold up an alphabet, read
it aloud and stop at a letter when he blinks. In this manner he
communicates. He spells out the pains of living. And he writes
a book: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, published in 1997 and
now dramatized (with some adjustments) by director-artist Julian Schnabel, who has transformed Bauby’s slim, searing memoir into a film of poetic vision.
Schnabel’s third effort as director is, like his first two (Be-
fore Night Falls and Basquiat), a close study of
an artist’s life and impact. But here he travels
straight into the artist’s mind to find an inner
life that turns more potent and unfettered than
his outward one. The first portion of the movie is
told mostly from Jean-Do’s perspective, opening
with a blur of sounds and images as he wakes in a
hospital on the Channel coast of France.
Doctors peer at his face and try to coax words
from him. They tell him he’s had a “cerebrovascular accident’’—once known as a massive
stroke—and is now paralyzed from head to toe.
He suffers, they say, from “locked-in syndrome,’’
in which a patient with a damaged brain stem
retains all cognitive function but almost no motor skills. He can think but not move. He can hear
but not talk. “This is life?’’ Jean-Do muses, and
no one but us can reply.
Yes, he finally answers. His arrival at that extraordinary conclusion is, in its impressionistic
and light-touched manner, the thrust of the movie. Schnabel, the ethereal cinematographer Janusz
Kaminski, and screenwriter Ronald Harwood (who
also adapted Love in the Time of Cholera) meld
waking life with memory and imagination in collages of gossamer beauty offset by the mundane.
Jean-Do is bathed. A fly lands on his nose. The
estranged mother of his children (Emmanuelle
Seigner) visits faithfully, but an adored new girlfriend won’t come.
He remembers shaving his father (Max von Sydow, huge in a small part) and fantasizes sexy
moments on a beach, all flights of his imaginative
“butterfly’’ that journeys where he can’t. And he
pictures himself trapped inside a “diving bell,’’
depicted here as an old-style aqua suit bobbing
in the ocean. The fear in Mathieu Amalric’s face
(fantastically emotive as Bauby, even when frozen and slack) as he stares through that helmet
matches the fear in his voice a few reels back,
when his eye is stitched by a doctor. We see it
from Bauby’s perspective: the needle, the lashes,
the rim of his lid.
So indeed, “something miraculous’’ has occurred, but it isn’t Jean-Do’s grunt. It’s the creation and release of a film this breathtaking—a
film that haunts and inspires, about a man who
loves and longs. See it and connect with your
own humanity. See it and remember why art endures through time: To tell us who we are and
what we live for.
ANNE BOLEYN was the one
who managed to stay alive while married to England’s King Henry VIII for
1,000 days, but her sister Mary in The
Other Boleyn Girl would have been his
queen if only she had been better at
making babies.
That, of course, was always the problem. The Tudor line’s grip on the throne
was invariably threatened by the lack
of a son, even though it would be
daughter Elizabeth who reigned in the
nation’s golden age.
In Justin Chadwick’s handsome but
glum film, based on the novel by Philippa Gregory, the focus is on Anne (Natalie
Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johansson)
as their father, Thomas Boleyn (Mark Rylance), and uncle, the Duke of Norfolk
(David Morrissey), conspire for one of
them to win the king’s fancy while their
mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) looks on
in disgust.
Shot in high definition and filmed
at many historic locations, the film
somehow still lacks the splendor of an
epic, and its urgency to get on with
the next plot point leaves much unexplained while context goes out the
window. Good performances by the female leads and all the appurtenances
and costumes of the time might attract fans of period movies, but there’s
not enough fl ash and fire to grab the
attention of a wider audience.
His script lacks punch, however.
Portman and Johansson are more
than equal to their roles, but with a
tougher-minded script they might have
soared. Portman comes to grips with
the sharpest lines, but she could have
done so much more. Johansson’s character grows the most in the film and
once again the star dazzles with her
versatility.
Although the various homes and castles are lovely to see, the story feels
rushed, a feeling made worse by the
director cutting every couple of scenes
to somebody on horseback riding furiously through woods or water. Like the
film, it’s not always clear why.
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many choices. Sample paydomestic vehicles at its convenient location at 3891 Northwest Ave. in Bellingham.
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BELLINGHAM, WA — Mr. February
through that in most instances their marked on select vehicles.
28th
Dave Koehler, General Sunday, March 2nd. The mas- prices may be thousands All you’ll need to do is
Manager of Jerry Chambers sive sale must take place lower than wholesale auction obtain credit approval, then
Chevrolet, just announced regardless of any weather prices. “Current automotive pick a vehicle and a paymarket conditions indicate ment. It’s that simple.
that he has issued a direc- conditions that may arise.
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tive to the management and
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sold or shipped to
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Savings” event this Thurs- adds, “During this massive sales, due to several manufac- market value, whether
day, February 28th through sale event, we will offer unbe- turer’s national discount pro- leased or purchased, paid
Sunday, March 2nd. He states lievable discounts on all grams, has created a surplus off or not. You won’t want to
that he has several local these pre-owned vehicles of pre-owned vehicles; thus miss this unique opportuniauto loan specialists willing and sell many for just $29* leading to a rapid decline in ty to purchase a pre-owned
to waive payments until the down and only $99* per the prices of like-new vehicles. car, truck, minivan, sport
fall of 2008 and he will sell month. I am committed to It couldn’t be any better for utility, luxury or economy
pre-owned vehicles for as doing whatever it takes to pre-owned vehicle shoppers.” vehicle with an unbelievably
low as $29* down and $99* sell our entire inventory of Expect to purchase a quality low down payment of just
per month! All the recent pre-owned
vehicles
by pre-owned vehicle at the low- $29* and monthly payments
trade-ins, lease returns, March 2nd. We can help you est possible price, with the of $99* per month!
He reminds prospective
service loaner vehicles and even if you’ve had serious selection including several
dealer demos will be at Jerry credit problems in the past. vehicles priced as low as $999. buyers to act quickly if they
Chambers Chevrolet to be We’ve arranged for several There will be an enormous want to take advantage of
sold. This unprecedented 4- bank representatives to be selection of vehicles of all these incredible savings. “I
Day sales event is scheduled on-hand each day to assist makes and models to choose can’t stress enough that this
sale is for FOUR DAYS
for Leap Day weekend, those with past credit from.
beginning
Thursday, issues.” He also points out
Remember, interest rates ONLY. Once the event is
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Fairhaven College Auditorium. Check out whrtf.org for
films and showtimes.
Penelope: This film, which stars indie goddess Christina Ricci as a girl with a pig snout for a nose, has
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Jumper: Hayden Christensen, while you may be able
to magically teleport yourself wherever you want, I’m
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Seriously, Summer Roberts, why would you waste your
time with this guy when you can have Seth Cohen?
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There Will Be Blood: This Paul Thomas Anderson
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have to be grossly gory to be seriously scary. And it
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): What’s the opposite of
a freak out? Let’s call it a freak in. I suspect you’re about
to enter into this state. That means you will have at your
disposal all the intensity of a hysterical fit, but you’ll
be able to express it artfully as you accomplish acts of
amazing grace. Time may even seem to expand for you as
you slip into a wildly relaxed perspective that unleashes
exuberant insights with practical applications.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): People close to you
have been transforming. Be alert for the possibility that
they are not who they used to be. Your ability to shape
reality creatively in the coming weeks depends on you
being able to recognize that some of the old truths
about them have been replaced with new ones. Now
study this passage from T. S. Eliot’s The Cocktail Party:
“We die to each other daily. What we know of other
people is only our memory of the moments during which
we knew them. And they have changed since then. To
pretend that they and we are the same is a useful and
convenient social convention which must sometimes be
broken. We must also remember that at every meeting
we are meeting a stranger.”
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Whether or not you
consider yourself a storyteller, it’s time to do the best
you can at practicing that art. I say this for two reasons.
First, the people you encounter will have a special need
to hear about your adventures in redemption, the riddles
that have fueled your quest, and the mysteries that have
pushed you to the edge of your understanding. Second,
as you talk about those adventures, riddles, and mysteries, you will give yourself the exact boost you need to
open fully to the next great story of your life.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Never play cards
with a man called Doc,” said Nelson Algren in his book
A Walk on the Wild Side. “Never eat at a place called
Mom’s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are
worse than your own.” Whether or not you generally
heed cautionary advice like that, I suggest that you
adopt a more freewheeling approach in the coming
weeks. In fact, given the frontier-prowling, rules-breaking, fun-erupting nature of your current astrological
indicators, you may benefit from experimenting with a
host of exploits that at any other time might seem iffy
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Many people who understand
the workings of the subconscious mind use their knowledge to manipulate us. Their insights into the nature of
the deep psyche give them an advantage as they try to
sell us their products, ideas, and personalities. Personally,
I try to do the opposite, harnessing my understanding
of your subconscious mind so as to help you tap into
your unique genius, free you from your suffering, and
awaken you to the transformative power that comes from
expressing your love with smart generosity. It’s prime
time for me to inspire your efforts in these tasks. It also
happens to be a perfect moment for you to upgrade your
relationship with your own subconscious mind.
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they are exactly the same questions that she answered
10 years ago. When she asks the professor about this, he
says: ‘The questions are always the same. Only the answers
change!’” The professor’s reply should be your guiding
meditation in the coming week, Virgo. Your most enduring
uncertainties are inviting you to seek new solutions. Questions that have tormented and tantalized you for a long
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Will the coming week
feature encounters with drunken judges, passive-aggressive spies, semi-repressed cat people, and codependent
enablers? Perhaps. I’m not sure. But I can state more
authoritatively that you will have to deal with at least
some of those characters in your dreams. And that
means there may be aspects of your own psyche that
resemble a drunken judge, passive-aggressive spy, semirepressed cat person, and codependent enabler. If you
find that’s the case, I suggest you open up a dialogue
with them. See if you can get them to pitch in and lend
a hand to your long-term goals instead of undermining
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he didn’t necessarily advocate making love constantly.
“Who can do it all the time?” he asked. “Though I do
try.” Your assignment in the coming weeks, Scorpio, as
revealed by the astrological omens, is to attempt what
Grant aspired to: Do the wild thing as much as possible.
Get busy before breakfast on the kitchen table and
on your mid-morning break in the closet. Duck out of
work early so you can get your freak on. Get a hundred
more strokes and licks and kisses in before bedtime. Et
cetera. And if you don’t have a lover to help you out in
this noble cause, then boink the wind, screw the sky,
hump your dreams, make love to the universe.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Although dolphins
are among the smartest animals of the sea, they get pretty stupid when they’re on dry ground. This is according
to a report by the world’s finest news source, The Onion.
Researchers found that when bottlenose dolphins were
transferred from their water-filled tanks to lab tables,
they flunked 11 different tests designed to assess their
cognitive skills and reasoning abilities. Let that be a lesson to you, Sagittarius, as you navigate your way through
the challenges of the coming week. As much as possible,
make sure you’re on your home turf or in your natural
habitat when you’re working to solve knotty dilemmas.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Often the truth
needs to be packed in great illusion,” writes medical
intuitive Caroline Myss, “to protect it from the carrier
of that truth.” Your job in the coming week is to chip
off some of the illusion that’s hiding a precious truth
you’re shielding yourself from. You’re getting closer to
being able to handle the whole truth, but you’re not
completely ready yet. That’s why I suggest you preserve
a bit of the protective illusion as a buffer. The dramatic
revelation will best occur in stages.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A century ago,
human life expectancy was 47, the speed limit on most
roads was 10 mph, and the average wage was 22 cents
an hour. Only one out of six homes had a bathtub, while
one out of 10 had a phone. Women washed their hair
once a month and often using egg yolks for shampoo.
Coca Cola contained cocaine. I predict that between now
and 2028, life on earth will change as dramatically as it
did in the last 100 years, and no other sign of the zodiac
will be better positioned than you Aquarians to thrive on
the transformations. What can you do to fully capitalize
on your natural advantage? Create a 10-year master plan
and a 20-year master plan, envisioning what you’d like to
be doing in 2018 and 2028. The coming weeks will be an
excellent time to write out these documents.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the coming week,
you should try to experience, or at least visualize,
scenes like the following: an apple pierced by an arrow
that’s lying on a bridge near a half-crumpled Valentine
card; wind rattling through an old tree in such a way
that you hallucinate there being an angel perched in its
branches; an accordion floating down a stream trailed
by two quacking ducks; a stranger who’s simultaneously
crying and laughing in a cafe while writing frenetically
on white paper napkins. And why is it important to
commune with scenes like these? Because they will energize your soul in ways you can’t rationally understand.
They will remind you that deeply meaningful events can
be utterly mysterious.
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Lord of the Rings”
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who frequently wore
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bow ties
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Robb
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others”
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penchant for bow ties
57 “___ idiot!”
59 Patsy’s “Absolutely Fabulous” friend
60 Summer pests
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“Ranch Dressing”
Perry Bible Fellowship
What Works For Him.” Men are achievement-oriented and, as a man, you probably have to feel set in who you are and
what you do before you can feel ready
to settle down with somebody else.
And yes, even if that somebody else
happens to be a physicist who put herself through MIT as a Victoria’s Secret
model, took night school classes from
the Dalai Lama, and can cross her legs
behind her head while predicting the
Super Bowl winner down to a 96 percent accuracy on the point spread.
You’d have it easier if only your girlfriend would go a little bridezilla-tobe on you. So, what do you do when
you get what you want and you can’t
stop wanting it to go away? Well, you
don’t hate on yourself for itching to
break up, and “for no good reason.”
Not being ready for a relationship is
a great reason. If you end it with her,
explain that you’re a bit of an unmade
bed at the moment, and you need to
become somebody before you can become somebody’s boyfriend. Or, in
guy terms, there’s a time for giving a
girl drawers in your dresser and keys
to your place, and a time to buzz in
whatsername from Wednesday.
I’m 25, and work in film and TV. Last
year was my first year of consistent employment. My girlfriend of a year is extremely pretty, kind and smart, and has
supported me in every aspect of my career. She’s outgoing, great with my friends
and even likes football. In short, she’s
awesome. I never thought I’d fear commitment, but I keep finding myself on the
verge of breaking up with her (for no good
reason, mind you). I know I couldn’t do
any better than her. I love her, and I don’t
use that word lightly, so why can’t I think
rationally about this? —About To Dump
A Keeper
HAVING YOUR JERK CUT OUT
FOR YOU
“Fear of Commitment” gets a bad
name. Supposedly, you’re a jerk or psychologically stunted if you express reluctance about throwing yourself into a
relationship, yet nobody will diss you for,
say, “Fear of Strolling Down a Dark Alley
Through a Gauntlet of Gang Members.”
Anybody who’s given any thought to
the picnic in the park in hell that commitment can be should feel at least a little edgy about it. You’re committing to
tomorrow, and next Tuesday and maybe
3,656 Tuesdays from now. The thing is,
you can’t promise you’ll keep feeling the
same way—you can only do your best to
stick it out after you feel stuck. Bit of
a buzzkill, huh? Of course, you want to
believe everything will be wunnnderful,
sex will only get hotter, and yours is one
of those rare, timeless love affairs. But,
the truthful answer to “Will you still
love me tomorrow?” is something along
the lines of “Gee, I dunno.”
Guys, especially, are made to feel
bad if they aren’t gung-ho to commit,
with “Getting Him To ‘I Do’” splashed
across every other women’s magazine,
and nary a piece on “Letting Him Do
So, when the grocery store clerk
tells you, yes, the jelly is in Aisle 5,
instead of thanking him, you’ll scream,
“You snake! You liar! You can’t fool me
with your pretty talk!”? As sadistic
as your ex turned out to be, the answer isn’t vowing never to trust anyone, but learning who to trust. This
takes admitting that your ex didn’t
get thumped on the head and wake
up a horrible person. He was always a
horrible person, and there had to be
signs. Any guy can talk marriage. It’s
what he says and does in between that
tells you whether he’s a good person,
or just good at tearing chick-pleasing
tips out of Maxim. Sure, look for the
best in a man, but look harder for the
worst. That’s the part that doesn’t just
slam the door on your relationship, but
kicks you down the stairs.
After a year of talking marriage, my
ex dumped me. Then, while I was crying
my eyes out, he said I was bad in bed,
and he never enjoyed sex with me. How
mean is that? I never did anything to
deserve it. I will never trust another human being.
—Bitter
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conscious of Western mythology. Strong, independent, resourceful and largely fictional, this heroic frontiersman can bake bread
over a campfire in the blowing snow, deliver a calf at midnight,
mend fence all day and then ride home into the sunset.
Yet while one pioneer tended the herd, you can bet another
was tending the garden, making applesauce, shelling peas and
raising hens—all just as gritty and heroic as bouncing around on
some horse. Indeed, the garden is every inch the elemental battleground as a forest or a cattle range. You’re out there, exposed
to the elements, growing enough food to survive the winter.
In my personal, romanticized version of this myth, vertical integration is key. Building your house is good; if you also felled the
trees, peeled the logs, etc., that’s even better. In this spirit, I’ve
always made it a point to grow my garden from seed.
My wintertime seed-ordering ritual involves getting cozy with
a cup of tea and a stack of catalogues—Fedco and Johnny’s are
my favorites. I read the descriptions of the various plants, plan
my garden and dream of summer—dreams grounded in the reality that each passing day brings us closer. By ordering seeds,
I’m investing in that reality.
And when it comes to raising seedlings, it’s not enough just
to be pretty good. In the greenhouse, any number of factors can
cause the little plants to get stressed, which will set them back
INDEED, THE GARDEN IS
EVERY INCH THE ELEMENTAL
BATTLEGROUND AS A
FOREST OR A CATTLE RANGE.
YOU’RE OUT THERE, EXPOSED
TO THE ELEMENTS,
GROWING ENOUGH FOOD TO
SURVIVE THE WINTER.
days, weeks, months or forever. Too wet, too dry,
too hot, too cold, too bright, too dim—any of these
circumstances can hurt plants. Once they lose their
momentum, it’s nearly impossible to catch up.
A plant—a tomato, say—that’s behind the ball
when put in the ground, or is planted late, might
be too small to bear much fruit when summer hits.
Maybe you’ll get a few tomatoes, but not what
you need to survive the winter. A well-developed
plant, meanwhile, will hit the ground running.
Clearly, if you want a fantastic August, you need
a perfect March. And if you don’t have a perfect
March, you’re better off buying starts from someone who did.
Just as careless sex can lead to a lasting com-
mitment in the form of a child, a carefree romp in
the seed catalogs can saddle you with many little
green life forms to care for. Last year was typical
for me. My seedlings lived like orphans bouncing
around foster homes. They started in the basement under grow lights, were moved in front of
a big window when the days were long enough
and, once in a while, the trays spent an afternoon
outside for some fresh air. Finally they went to
the greenhouse, where cold nights, hot days and
erratic watering put the starts in survival mode.
They survived, but they did not thrive—a condition exacerbated last year by surprisingly lame
store-bought potting soil, Glacier Gold brand. But
it’s a poor workman who blames his tools. A real
pioneer, of course—or a real farmer—would have
made his own potting soil.
Every spring when the farmers markets open,
I come face-to-face with starts raised in stable
homes by growers who really know what they are
doing. It’s humiliating, and it’s grounding.
On paper, it makes questionable financial sense
to buy starts at the market, where one plant might
cost more than a whole packet of seeds. I’ve fallen
prey to this logic for years. I’ve even clung to this
failed logic to the point where I’ve put my sorry
plants in the ground anyway, which effectively
dooms my garden for the year.
So this year I’m going to restrain my pioneering impulses and buy my starts from the experts.
Instead of wasting time and money on a romantic
exercise in futility, I’m going to make my garden
into the best home possible for the starts I bring
home from the market.
In plugging into my local economy this way,
I’m embracing my community, with warm and
fuzzy paybacks like the special relationship
that can develop between the gardener and the
greenhouse whiz.
Imagine knowing that all across town, people
have planted the starts you raised. It’s like they’re
raising your children. “You get updates all summer
long,” one farmer friend says. “They’ll say things
like, ‘That Sungold tomato plant you sold us, oh
my god, they taste like candy!’”
So, while being a go-it-alone pioneer is a cool
concept, being a player in a vital community is
even cooler. This year, with all of the extra time
I’ll have on my hands, I’m going to focus on irrigation. I’ll be thumbing through the Peaceful
Valley Farm Supply catalogue, scheming about
the drip irrigation system I’m installing this
spring. I want it to be water-wise, easy to manage, and ready to go when I bring home my adopted starts.
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