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CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 2 A Community of READERS Who? Cathy Belben Lifelong Bellinghamster, writer, high school librarian, dog s mom, cat s slave, and harried homebuilding blogger (belbensbuildingblog.blogspot.com) What are you reading now? Quirkology by Richard Wiseman; I Am America (And so Can You!) by Stephen Colbert; Theories of Everything by Roz Chast; The Epicure s Lament by Kate Christensen What s on your reading list? Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo; The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs; Matrimony by Joshua Henkin; The Terror Dream by Susan Faludi; and about two dozen other books piled on my nightstand Who are some of your favorite authors? Steve Almond, Chuck Klosterman, David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, Tom Perrotta, Stacey Richter, and Kate Christensen Why do you shop at Village Books? Village Books is to me what a vacation cabin in the woods is to other people: a warm, inviting space filled with kind, smart people who welcome me and treat me as a friend and neighbor. I look forward to checking out the new displays, getting reading recommendations from booksellers who know my name, and relaxing as I browse the shelves. Also, they always have treats for my dog! VILLAGE BOOKS 1200 11th St., Bellingham, WA 360.671.2626 VillageBooks.com HAPPY HOLIDAYS! NEW Demo Rental Program 4Seasonal & single use packages! 4See us for pricing & details. 214 W. Holly Downtown Bellingham 360 543 5678 M - Sa 10-7 Su 12-5 Here s what a guilt-free burger looks like. WHY GUILT FREE? OPEN DAILY! Fiamma Burgers are made with all-natural beef and free from antibiotics, hormones, or growth enhancers. Our hand-knotted egg buns are baked fresh daily. Try one of our new add-ons like fire-roasted green chilies YUM! www.fiammaburger.com 1309 RAILROAD AVE.

12.26.07 WEDNESDAY WORDS Spoken Word Wednesday: 8-10pm, Bellingham Public Market 12.27.07 THURSDAY ON STAGE One-Acts: 8pm, idiom Theater Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre DANCE Dance Party: 8-9:30pm, U & Me Dance MUSIC Bent Grass: 9pm, Graham s Restaurant, Glacier WORDS Poetry Night: 7pm, Barnes & Noble COMMUNITY Annual Note of Thanks: 10:30am-12pm, Bellingham Public Library Lights of Christmas: 5-10pm, Warm Beach Camp, Stanwood Game Night: 7pm, Maple Falls Library 12.28.07 FRIDAY ON STAGE Theatresports: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre One-Acts: 8pm, idiom Theater DANCE The Nutcracker: 7:30pm, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver B.C. Dance Party: 9-11pm, U & Me Dance MUSIC Brian Thurber: 1pm, Whatcom Museum Mike Marker, Larry Hanks: 3pm, Whatcom Museum Electricity!: 7pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center COMMUNITY Lights of Christmas: 5-10pm, Warm Beach Camp, Stanwood Santa Train: 5-9pm, Miniature World, Birch Bay FOR LIVE MUSIC LISTINGS SEE PAGE 21 c a s c a d i a A glance at what s happening this week 12.29.07 SATURDAY ON STAGE Intro to Improv: 1pm, Upfront Theatre Theatresports: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre One-Acts: 8pm, idiom Theater DANCE The Nutcracker: 1:30pm and 7:30pm, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver B.C. MUSIC Dana Lyons: 1pm, Whatcom Museum Mockingbird: 3pm, Whatcom Museum Deborah Anderson: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center Cole Anderson: 7:30pm, Lairmont Manor If you re looking for one or more final guffaw before 2008, MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR THE LAST LAUGH OF 2007 shows happening on New Year s Eve at the Upfront Theatre YOU WON T HAVE FUR TO PROTECT YOU WHEN YOU SWIM OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE New Year s Day at the Lake Padden Polar Dip, the 24th annual Birch Bay Polar Plunge, or the 17th annual Penguin Dip at Clear Lake Beach WORDS Story Time: 11am, Barnes & Noble COMMUNITY Santa Train: 5-9pm, Miniature World, Birch Bay Lights of Christmas: 5-10pm, Warm Beach Camp, Stanwood 12.30.07 SUNDAY ON STAGE Clay Martin s Puppet Theater: 1pm and 2pm, Whatcom Children s Museum DANCE The Nutcracker: 1:30pm and 7:30pm, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver B.C. MUSIC Happy Valley Sluggers: 1pm, Whatcom Museum Prozac Mtn. Boys: 3pm, Whatcom Museum COMMUNITY Lights of Christmas: 5-10pm, Warm Beach Camp, Stanwood 12.31.07 MONDAY ON STAGE Last Laugh of 2007: 9pm and 11pm, Upfront Theatre DANCE The Nutcracker: 1:30pm, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver B.C. New Year s Gala and Dance: 6pm, Hotel Bellwether Ballroom Contra Dance: 8pm-1am, Eagles Hall MUSIC Noise Guy: 1pm and 2pm, Whatcom Children s Museum Celtic Roots: 1pm, Whatcom Museum Juba Marimba: 3pm, Whatcom Museum Skagit Valley Music Celebration: 7pm, Firefly Theatre, Mount Vernon Legends Tribute: 8pm, Skagit Valley Casino, Bow WORDS Poetry Night: 8:30pm, Fantasia Espresso COMMUNITY Last Chance Marathon: 9am, Fairhaven Park Labyrinth Set-Up: 4-9pm, Leopold Ballroom Ring of Fire: 7pm, CJ s Beach House, Birch Bay Get Movin Kickoff: 7-9pm, Bellingham Sportsplex Bikers Against Cancer Gala: 9pm, Sudden Valley Dance Barn 01.01.08 TUESDAY COMMUNITY Labyrinth: 8am-5pm, Leopold Crystal Ballroom GET OUT Resolution Run: 11am, Lake Padden Penguin Dip: 11am, Clear Lake Beach Polar Bear Plunge: Noon, Birch Bay Polar Bear Dip: Noon, Lake Padden Bald Eagle Tour: 1:30pm, Skagit River TO GET YOUR EVENTS LISTED, SEND INFO TO CALENDAR@CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO DO IT IT 3 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 3

REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA 12/26/07 :: 02.52 :: FREE GARRISON KEILLOR, P. 6 FUZZ BUZZ, P. 11 GEORGIA O KEEFE, P. 17 CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 4 THIS ISSUE SWANK ALERT! So, when hometown hero Hilary Swank isn t swallowing supplements (she recently confessed to taking more than 45 vitamins and minerals daily), she s getting a high of a more literal kind. The actress has reportedly been taking flying lessons for her upcoming role in a biopic about Amelia Earhart. VIEWS & NEWS 4: Throw away the keys 6: Garrison s goods 11: Dope, bombs, nudity 13: A day in the life ART & CULTURE 14: Celebrating the Ham 15: Experience the raptor 16: Channeling Cody 17: Georgia on my mind 18: Boogie blastoff 21: Lusty Lee REAR END 25: Help Wanted, Services 26: Crossword, Free Will Astrology 28: This Modern World, Perry Bible Fellowship, Advice Goddess 30: One party, two years 2007 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 info@cascadiaweekly.com Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution SUBMISSIONS: Cascadia Weekly welcomes freelance submissions. Send material to either the News Editor or A&E Editor. 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Keep letters shorter than 300 words. c a s c a d i a Bo m EAGLE EYES: EXPERIENCE THE RAPTOR, P. 15 FUNKY FAREWELLS: OUR NEW YEAR S EVE DANCE CALENDAR, P. 18 SKAGIT * WHATCOM * ISLAND LOWER B.C. * COVER: Photo and concept by Greg Nyssen (gregnyssen.com), design, Jesse Kinsman one-acts at the idiom P.16 LOCK UP YOUR CAR Bill McKibben offered a well-written piece on the Kyoto Accords in Cascadia Weekly. However, McKibben takes a liberal approach, namely, How can we get laws passed to force industry to put scrubbers on their smokestacks? His whole article says this approach hasn t worked. McKibben s solution is to do more of the same and do it better. Anyone can do lots of good without waiting for international agreements or government mandates. A person can just lock up her car. Automobiles are the biggest mail CONTENTS CREDITS LETTERS polluters in Washington State. Anyone seriously asking What can I do? has a clear path open. Succeeding at reducing automobile use is more effective than failing to implement the Kyoto Accords. Twenty-five percent of all car trips are less than a mile. Forty percent are less than two miles. Fifty percent of American workers commute less than five miles to work. On average, in a city any trip under seven miles is faster by bike than by car. The United States could save 462 million gallons of gas yearly by increasing the use of bicycles from 1 percent of all trips to 1.5 percent. Driving to the gym to work out and driving to the global warming meeting are insane behaviors. Give them up and you can save $3,500 per year or more, and the average person loses 15 pounds the first year after getting out of the car. An environmentalist in a car is like an abolitionist who owns slaves. Changing your own behavior is faster and more certain than waiting for Boeing and General Motors to change theirs. Bo Richardson, Bellingham

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CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 6 The Gristle WISHES FOR 08: Each year, the Gristle delivers a retrospective or future glimpse into public policy directions. This year, we ll propose a coupe of tweaks that would improve the public s access to government. Both could show up on a ballot next November. The first one is easy: 1. Increase the number of elected Port of Bellingham commissioners from three to five We re not the only voice to suggest this (although we may ve been first, way back in 01 when it began to look as if the port would assume a leadership position on the central waterfront), and many civic leaders clamor for the increase. As a matter of governance, boards of five make better decisions than boards of three. That s one reason why most county and city commissions have no fewer than five members. As a matter of policy, two can easily overwhelm and pin one and strangle discussion. As currently constructed, port commissioners cannot even consult with a colleague to clarify some perplexing issue without violating the state s open meeting laws. The Port of Seattle employs five commissioners (as does Tacoma), which allows subgroups specialization and expertise in shipping, airport and marina operations, and economic development. One wonders if the crash-and-burn of two Bellingham airport tenants Western Air and Skybus, who each came and went in 2007 might have been averted if commissioners were not distracted by decisions related to waterfront redevelopment. The responsibilities of port commissioners have grown more complex; and the number of commissioners should grow in tandem with this complexity. We urge civic leaders whom we know may support this increase to speak up in 2008: Bellingham s mayor and the county executive; city and county councils; municipal department heads; planning commissioners; waterfront advisory group members; business leaders; in-bound investment experts; editors and publishers; building industry advocates; environmental leaders; political groups interested in improving democracy and public policy... your friends and ours. The second is more complicated: 2. Elect an auditor for the City of Bellingham Last week, Mayor Dan Pike appointed John Carter as the city s new finance director to replace outgoing director Therese Holm. In 2006, Holm lobbied to have the position changed from being elected to one appointed by the mayor, arguing that financial information should be lofted above politics du jour. Voters agreed. But Bellingham Finance Director has duties beyond counting beans and reading the tarot of finance. The position is also empowered to perform audits and to certify direct legislation the initiative process. When the framers drew up the City Charter, they imagined scenarios in which 1) the mayor or council might wish to avoid the public scrutiny of an audit, or 2) the public might wish to put forward legislation resisted by the mayor or council. They empowered a third, independent, elected official to ensure these guarantees. As a result of charter amendments both guarantees now reside wholly within the mayor s control. Holm came directly from the Port of Bellingham, where her single blemish might ve been a reluctance to perform audits of certain financial undertakings by that agency in the 80s and 90s. Holm displayed similar reluctance to perform audits of city operations. BY GARRISON KEILLOR IWOKE up in New York this morning a good thing, since I had gone to bed in New York last night and dressed and packed and hustled off to the subway. On the sidewalk on 86th Street and Central Park West, a newspaper vendor stood with big stacks of the Post, Daily News, Newsday, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and the Times. I walked up, he glanced at me, reached for the Journal, then the Times. A buck twenty-five for an instant reading of my character. What is it about me that says I m not interested in news about the misdeeds of the rich and famous? My black T-shirt? My sneakers? What made him think I care deeply about the arts and the infrastructure needs of developing countries? I hustled aboard the downtown express to the Port Authority bus depot on 42nd and plunked down $18 and boarded a bus for Bethlehem. A bus trip out of Manhattan is sort of thrilling for me, a real novelty. I ve flown out of LaGuardia so many times it s like catching the school bus to Anoka High School, but the last time I set foot in the bus depot was back in 1966 when I was 24 and broke and looking for a job in publishing and took a bus to Boston to interview at the Atlantic. An overnight bus so as to save on hotel, don t you know. Got to the Atlantic office an hour early and went to the men s toilet. Stood in there at the sink, took off my shirt and sort of bathed with paper towels, and a man in a suit came in, stood at the urinal and made a point of not looking at me. He, as it turned views OPINIONS THE GRISTLE O Little Town of Bethlehem Big Apple doesn t hold a candle to little Moravian church out, was the man who would be interviewing me. It was a polite interview and I did not get the job. A plane takes off from LaGuardia and in thirty seconds you re in the clouds and see no more, but the bus pulls out onto the street and into the Lincoln Tunnel and over the Jersey swamps to the Newark airport and you see a lot of humanity. And I was sitting behind a young couple whom I observed closely all the way. They were in their early twenties. She was a pale-skinned dark-haired beauty, perhaps an Egyptian film star, perhaps not, and the way she laid her head on his shoulder said that they were sweethearts, but he was so cool toward her, so blasé. He didn t kiss her once though clearly she wanted him to. I heard him say, I was over at Larry s when you called. Sorry I didn t call you back. What were you doing? she said. Just hanging out. His hair was much nicer than a man s hair should be. Too much time spent on that, and why would you hang around with Larry when you could be with her? And now I am at the Hotel Bethlehem, about to go to the Central Moravian Church and hear VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF CASCADIA WEEKLY the choir sing Morning Star and Stille Nacht and Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light, Christmas hymns that all Moravians know by heart. An electric star shines from a hill over the town, and there is a grand pageant with three camels, more than in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and even a living creche with bearded townsmen playing shepherds and wise men. I don t know a soul in this town, but came here once before and sat in the church and felt immediately surrounded by quiet kindness, and then the Moravians sang, and O God can they sing. I walked around midtown Manhattan last night in a cold rain and felt like a character in a movie in which somebody sits in a hotel room with a gin bottle and a view of an airshaft and winds up in the East River. So I got on the bus to Bethlehem. Christmas is a sad time when you have too much on your mind, and I don t want to be like that young man, in the presence of magnificence and oblivious to it. His life has been too easy for him to understand what a miracle her love is. Mine has not. So I ll find a place in the middle of the church, jammed in tight with Bethlehemites, and out of the songs will come a miraculous vision of innocence, pure innocent love, so rare in our time, and we will savor that, and then something else will happen, who knows what. Garrison Keillor s A Prairie Home Companion can be heard Saturday nights on public radio stations across the country.

The Gristle In principle, audits can be simple: You look at some tiny sliver a single project, perhaps through a magnifying lens. If the sliver is clean, you have confidence the whole is clean. Informed by the independent research of citizens, City Council members learned in 2007 that perhaps as often as four times in ten their policy direction to the city s department of Public Works may have either been diverted or delayed. Some misdirection led to utility extensions outside the city limits; others stalled stormwater and street improvements. The director of Public Works smoothly quiets council concerns; yet, an outside audit would lend public confidence to his own. Carter also comes directly from the Port of Bellingham, where he served as chief financial officer for 17 years. As the port stands to be the public agency with whom the city will coordinate most closely over the next decade as Bellingham redevelops its central waterfront on the order of hundreds of millions of dollars of public investment his intimate understanding is an asset. But Carter has already stated how he will handle such intimacies, telling Dan Pike, I want to be very clear that I can t use any of the sort of inside knowledge that I have to the port s detriment and the city s benefit. This is the ethical position any CFO would declare about financial disclosures of a former employer; and Pike expressed his appreciation of Carter s ethics. But here s the trouble: Carter gets to decide whether a disclosure is to the port s detriment. No other department head arrives with such baggage. Carter s conflict-of-interest throws into reasonable doubt any objective analysis of continued financial entanglements with the port raised time and again by critics of the city s interlocal agreements with that agency. Whatever assumptions Carter delivered to port officials about the financials and economics of waterfront redevelopment, those assumptions now get passed along to city policymakers in a terribly incestuous echo chamber. Again, independent audits would improve public confidence and yield public recourse as the city moves forward in its agreements. Such a position would have to be created by a change to the City Charter; while citizens are at it, perhaps they can simply insist, in their charter, that some audit will be performed each year by this office. Bellingham s Cajun Creole Restaurant Hours Tues-Sat 11-9:00 Sat & Sun Brunch 10-2 Senior Discount Wednesday nights Full Bar 1300 Bay Street Downtown Bellingham 75-BAYOU 752-2968 Voted Best Deli CURED MEATS & ARTISAN CHEESES * QUALITY FOODSTUFFS * MADE-TO-ORDER SANDWICHES TUES FRI 11 6 & SAT 10-5 1140 N. State St * downtown B Ham (360) 738-2090 Need some quick cash for the holidays? WECU has 21 no-surcharge ATMs throughout Whatcom County! More often than not, using an ATM costs you money. Not at WECU! WECU will never charge a fee for using our ATMs. And members can access an entire network of ATMs across the country! No surcharge ATMs...access your money for free! 360.676.1168 www.wecu.com Bellingham Blaine Everson Ferndale Lynden Live, work, or go to school in Whatcom County? That s all it takes to join! THIS CREDIT UNION IS FEDERALLY INSURED BY THE NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION. CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 7

CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 CURRENTS VIEWS 6 8 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 BY TIM JOHNSON currents news commentary briefs Steaking Their Claims Sizzling steakhouse beef broils over in court WILL THE REAL BLACK FOREST STEAK HOUSE please stand up? Everson s not a big town, and not big on restaurants. So most folks who pass through that hamlet know the Black Forest Steak House, owned by Herb Niemann. You enter the Forest through the lounge, which is unusual in itself. The kitchen features a big picture window where you can watch the chefs prepare steaks and German schnitzel dishes. That, also, is unusual. Or was, until Herb s brother Jack Niemann opened the Black Forest Steak House on Bellingham s Barkeley Boulevard last October. The Barkeley Black Forest also features a big picture window, where chefs prepare a similar lineup of steaks and schnitzel over a flaming grill. Around these parts, Jack Niemann s name is synonymous with steak. He founded Jack Niemann s Steakhouse on the Guide Meridian. He also founded the Black Forest in Everson. But before that, Jack Niemann claims, he opened the very first Black Forest on the King George Highway in White Rock in 1968, where he says it was called an oasis in a culinary desert. We would have to turn away up to 300 patrons per night, Jack Niemann claims. He sold this particular Black Forest after 12 years of operation. In 1991, Jack Niemann opened the Black Forest in Everson. The Everson Black Forest, against all odds, became an overnight success, Jack claims, with patrons driving for miles to cut into juicy steak. In 2000, Jack sold the restaurant to his brother Herb Niemann for $200,000. That s when their beef started, and the brothers have had small bones to pick with each other ever since. Unable to mediate their disagreements, Jack Niemann filed suit in Whatcom County Superior Court last week to resolve their long dispute over the use of the Black Forest Steak House name. The original sale agreement, filed with the court as an exhibit in Jack Niemann s lawsuit, specifies that Jack licensed the name Black Forest Steak House when he sold the business to Herb Niemann; Jack, however, would continue to retain the rights to his registered trademark, according to the sale agreement. In October 2007, Jack s lawsuit states, Herb s attorney sent him a letter warning that Jack s new Black Forest restaurant violated their agreement. The letter included in the court documents asks Jack Niemann to stop using the name Black Forest, contending that Jack has no legal right to the name because he abandoned the trademark. The letter also states that Herb Niemann recently registered the trademark under his own name with the U.S. Passport and Trademark Office. For what it s worth, dozens of Black Forest schnitzel houses operate in British Columbia and across Canada, but the suit centers on U.S. trademarks and Whatcom County identities. Jack Niemann s lawsuit asks the court to clarify things by recognizing his right to use the name. 8

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currents POLICE BEAT Fuzz Buzz MR. CLAUS CLOBBERED On Dec. 15, a 29-year-old firefighter from Spokane dressed as Santa was knocked cold when someone hurled a brick into his face as he waved and handed out candy during that city s annual Santa Run. He suffered a broken nose and two black eyes, according to the Spokesman-Review. One second I was up there waving to people, and the next minute I wasn t, Santa said. Firefighters spend a few hours on their days off traveling through Spokane neighborhoods during the Santa Run, sitting on a flatbed truck decorated as Santa s sleigh. THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON POT GROW OPS On Dec. 12, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents seized 460 pounds of marijuana concealed in a false roof compartment in the trailer of an 18-wheel truck. Officials say they used say they used a gamma ray imaging system to detect the stash, valued at US $1.38 million. The driver, a 30-year old from Surrey, was arrested. On Dec. 14, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency breezed through to serve search warrants on five properties suspected of being sites for a marijuana growing operation. Targets included The Edge, a skateboard and paintball supply shop on Cornwall Avenue. A spokesperson for the DEA said the suspects are believed to be members of a semi-pro paintball team from Custer. YABLO On Dec. 18, Bellingham Police responded to yet another bomb-like object, this time an improvised explosive device stuffed inside a mailbox in the Roosevelt neighborhood. FIT TO BE TIED On Dec. 17, Bellingham Police arrested a 46-year-old man for unlawful imprisonment after he had tied his drunken 17-year-old son to the kitchen table to keep him from mischief. PERILS OF ACADEMIA On Dec. 1, University Police searched in vain for a student who d reportedly run naked through Red Square. HAND MEETS HANDGUN On Dec. 17, Bellingham Police responded to a call from a man who shot himself through the hand while handling a loaded firearm. His wound was not life threatening, but he was transported to the hospital for treatment. InDEX 1:1 2,952 RATIO OF THE density of the average fruitcake to the density of mahogany 25 NUMBER OF YEARS fruitcakes can age and still be enjoyed, as long as they have the right preservatives and are stored in tightly closed tins 47 POUNDS OF FRUITCAKE delivered to U.S. troops in Iraq for the holidays PERCENT OF PEOPLE who say they d toss a holiday fruitcake gift in the trash without hesitation or delay SOURCES: Harper s Index, The Joy of Cooking, U.S. Department of Defense CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 11

CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 CURRENTS VIEWS 6 8 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 Located On Mt. Baker Hwy - Surrey Glover Rd Langley CANADA UNITED STATES 99 Birch Bay 176 St Ferndale 1 Bellingham Bay E Badger 539 Lynden 9 Abbotsford 542 Deming Bellingham NORTHWOOD N O O K S A C K C A S I N O 9 Burlington Mt. Baker Sedro Woolley celebration *See Winners Club for details. *See Winners Club for details. CW CW 12

currents A LOOK BACK AT THE WEEK BY TIM JOHNSON THE 12.19.07 WEDNESDAY ee THAT WAS Whatcom County officials begin an investigation of a possible illegal clear-cut reported Friday on property on the north shore of Lake Whatcom. The State Department of Natural Resources approved removal of trees that endangered a nearby structure, but timber on a larger section of the property was cut, too. In a brief meeting, Bellingham City Council unanimously installs John Carter as the city s first appointed finance director. Carter was chief financial officer for the Port of Bellingham and will fill a position vacated by former Finance Director Therese Holm. With the loonie continuing to surge against the U.S. dollar and transborder commerce at its most robust in years, the Bush Administration reasserts its intention to close the internantional border to all without passports by next summer. Congress moves to delay new security measures that might repeat last summer s vacation-killing backlog of passport applications. 12.20.07 THURSDAY British Petroleum purchases nearly 1,100 acres of land near their Cherry Point refinery from Trillium Corporation for $29.7 million. Trillium at one time planned a mixed light industrial, commercial and residential community there. The BP refinery will keep the area as undeveloped open space to buffer industrial operations. The Bellingham Planning Dept. approves a plan that would allow a 50-foot structure to be built on Bellingham s waterfrontnear on the Port of Bellingham s Bellwether property. Three 38-foot buildings and one 50-foot building are planned for construction by local developer David Ebenal. A former Ferndale daycare operator is jailed on two counts of child rape and child molestation. Police say Patrick Conway, 74, assaulted the children about four-years ago. Bellingham Police believe they ve caught at least two people responsible for a series of burglaries and car prowls on the Southside. End of the road for a long tradition in Bellingham, Georgia-Pacific workers load up on their annual holiday bonus of paper towels and toilet tissue. The mill closed permanently last week. Photo by Doug Holstrom 12.21.07 FRIDAY Seattle-based Mashington Mutual, Inc., the nation s largest savings and loan home lender, continues its meltdown as the Securities and Exchange Commission begins to probe approved mortgages that were possibly based on inflated home appraisals. Bellingham-based grocer Brown & Cole escapes Chapter 11 bankruptcy after the company closes on a deal to sell $43 million in assets to to Hancock Park Associates to stabilize operations. The company, which operates Cost Cutter and Food Pavilion grocery stores, had to close 7 stores in Washington and Oregon since declaring bankruptcy last year. Two Bellingham men are arrested after an apparent kidnapping attempt in the Silver Reef Casino parking lot. The Whatcom County Sheriff s Office say the two men allegedly assaulted a couple and tried to pull the woman into their car. 12.23.07 SUNDAY The Seattle Seahawks jump out to a 21-point half-time lead before coasting to a 27-6 victory over the Baltimore Ravens. An SUV barrels into a Mount Vernon after colliding with a minivan. Emergency crews arrived on scene and transport three people to the hospital. No one was seriously hurt. 12.24.07 MONDAY With government and many businesses closed and local media settled in for a warm winter s nap, the area prepares for a quiet, clear-skied Christmas. PASSAGES Bellingham Police Chief Randy Carroll will retire from public service at the end of January. Carroll has served with the Bellingham Police Department since 1977, and as chief since January 2000. In addition to leading the city s law enforcement services, Carroll helped start new initiatives, including improving response to domestic violence, leading interagency coordination on state and federal security mandates, and focusing attention on identity theft and other cybercrimes. Carroll advanced the use of technology in law enforcement, particularly to improve city emergency response and recovery. CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 13

CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 14 BY NANCY BRUCE Celebrate Bellingham If you don t, who will? words COMMUNITY LECTURES BOOKS AH, THE winter holiday. The kids are out of school, shopping hours have been extended and evidence the season has truly arrived can be seen in the way of super sales and decorations. The year of 2007 is nearing an end. Amid the hustle and bustle of the holiday, it can become surprisingly difficult for families to take the time to relax and enjoy spending time with one another. And once the gift-giving part of the festivities are over with, not much money is left to take the family out and celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of the next. However, one can find the solution in Celebrate Bellingham, a five-day event kicking off Dec. 28 and consisting of free events for the entire family. Sponsored by Bellingham Parks and Recreation, the event started as a millennium celebration in 1999 called The Celebration of the Century, says Dick Henri, Recreation Manager for Parks and Rec. It was modeled after First Night community celebrations, which celebrate the New Year through the arts in cities across the country and around the world. So why celebrate Bellingham? Well, why not? I think Bellingham is a pretty neat place so why shouldn t we celebrate it? Henri says. With Bellingham being home to several sporting and CELEBRATE BELLINGHAM EVENTS CONSIST OF MUSICAL SHOWS AND HORSE- DRAWN CARRIAGE RIDES AT THE WHATCOM MUSEUM, SWIMMING AT THE AQUATIC CENTER AND ICE SKATING AT THE SPORTSPLEX ATTEND WHAT: Celebrate Bellingham WHEN: Dec. 28 - Jan. 1 WHERE: Venues include the Whatcom Museum of History & Art, Whatcom Children s Museum, the Sportsplex, Arne Hanna Aquatic Center, Leading Edge North, the YMCA, and Lake Padden Park COST: Free INFO: 676-6985 or cob.org entertainment venues and art galleries such as Civic Stadium, the Whatcom Museum of History & Art, and the Whatcom Children s Museum Henri and other members of Parks and Rec thought up a way to incorporate these places into a community festival. These venues, which normally charged an entrance fee, would for a few days open their doors to the public for free. The concept became play on us for free, Henri says. The motivation for such an event is to give families something fun and affordable to do while the children are home between Christmas and the New Year, Henri adds. Celebrate Bellingham events consist of musical shows and horse-drawn carriage rides at the Whatcom Museum, swimming at the Aquatic Center and ice skating at the Sportsplex (look throughout this issue of Cascadia Weekly for more intricate details). All events culminate Jan. 1 with the Resolution Run and Polar Bear Dip at Lake Padden Park. The main difference between this Celebrate Bellingham event and past ones is that there will not be a fireworks show on New Year s Eve due to lack of sponsorship. Henri says he hopes to find a sponsor for next year so they can bring back the show, which has become an event favorite. So as the year comes to a close and the holidays come to an end, what greater gift could you give yourself than taking the time to celebrate with the people you love in the city you love? DO IT WORDS THURS., DEC. 27 POETRY NIGHT: Bring your written words to recite as part of Poetry Night at 7pm at Barnes & Noble, 4099 Meridian St. The event is free. For more info: 647-7018. SAT., DEC. 29 STORY TIME: Bring your kids to the weekly Saturday Morning Story Time at 11am at Barnes & Noble, 4099 Meridian St. For more info: 647-7018. MON., DEC. 31 POETRY NIGHT: Sign up to read your creations at Poetry Night at 8:30pm every Monday at Fantasia Espresso, 1322 Cornwall Ave. For more info: 715-1634 or poetrynight.org. WED., JAN. 2 GETTING THINGS DONE: Janet Ott and fellow business folks will discuss David Allen s book, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, at noon at Village Books, 1200 11th St. If one of your New Year s resolutions is to better manage your time and tasks, you ll want to make plans to attend the free event. For more info: 671-2626. BOOK GROUP: Discuss fiction and literature at the weekly Afternoon Book Chat at 1pm at Barnes & Noble, 4099 Meridian St. For more info: 647-7018. SPOKEN WORD: Poets of all ages and abilities are welcome to drop by Spoken Word Wednesdays every week at 8pm at the Bellingham Public Market, 1530 Cornwall Ave. The event is free. For more info: 714-0800. COMMUNITY THURS., DEC. 27 THANKFUL NOTES: Bring kids of all ages to today s Note of Thanks event from 10:30am- 12pm at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. All supplies except stamps will be provided. For more info: 676-6864. MEDITATE: Shila Moa and Tom Anderson will lead a Meditation Workshop at 7pm at the Woodside Spiritual Center, 2224 Yew Street Rd. There, you ll learn how to keep your mind quiet and maintain a consistent meditation practice. Cost is $10. For more info: 734-2861. GAME NIGHT: Youth are welcome to bring board or card games to play as part of Teen Game Night at 7pm at the Maple Falls Library, 7509 Mt. Bakery Hwy. The event is free. For more info: 599-2020. DEC. 27-30 LIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS: The Lights of Christmas are open Thurs.-Sun. through Dec. 30 at Warm Beach Camp in Stanwood. Bazillions of lights, food, live music, pony rides, a petting zoo and much more are available for the participants of all ages. Entry is $7-$12. For more info: (360) 652-7575 or warmbeach.com. DEC. 28-29 SANTA TRAIN: From 5-9pm, head to Birch Bay s Miniature World to ride the Santa Train. The covered train winds through 10 acres of lighted forest, and includes the nativity scene, Frosty s house, Santa s workshop and much more. Cost is $5.50-$7.50. For more info: 371-7700 or miniatureworld.org. MON., DEC. 31 RING OF FIRE: The Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce presents the 4th annual Ring of Fire and Hope at 7pm at CJ s Beach House, 7878 Birch Bay Dr. Flares will be lit on the beach all along Birch Bay Drive to Birch Bay State Park. For more info: 371-5004 BIKERS AGAINST CANCER: A raffle, live music by Coyote Blues, party favors and more will be part of the Bikers Against Cancer New Year s event at 9pm at the Sudden Valley Dance Barn, Gate 2. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. For more info: 224-2308. DEC. 31 - JAN. 1 LABYRINTH: Celebrate the 6th annual Bellingham Labyrinth this weekend. Show up from 4-9pm Mon. to help build the labyrinth at the Leopold Crystal Ballroom, 1224 Cornwall Ave. All denominations are welcome from 8am-5pm Tues. to walk the Labyrinth, which is a smaller replica of the one found at France s Chartres Cathedral. For more info: 752-0048.

BY ABBY SUSSMAN Experience the Raptor The eagles have landed get out HIKING RUNNING CYCLING Photo by Greg Mroz I RECENTLY returned to northwestern Washington after an extended stay in Pennsylvania. To keep myself sane, I pretended to skin up to Artist Point while on the elliptical machine at the gym. This, clearly, was not enough, so I sought out small bits of open space. Hawk Mountain, a private raptor refuge, provided me with badly needed respite and the chance to watch hawks ride thermals. But now that I m home, I don t need to look any further than our local rivers to spot one of the largest raptors in North America bald eagles. Although Alaska offered a bounty for bald eagles until 1952, these birds of prey have been legally protected in one way or another in Washington for the last 67 years. In the early part of the 20th century, the bald eagle was on the brink of entirely disappearing from North America due to the combined effects of illegal hunting, habitat loss and the nasty bioaccumulation of DDT. Subsequently listed as endangered, the bald eagle population has successfully rebounded and was recently de-listed altogether. Monogamous and territorial, bald eagles can live as many as 20 years in the wild. They enjoy a wide habitat range, breeding in northern latitudes and wintering further south. Like recent high school graduates, immature bald eagles occasionally spend four years exploring, wandering far from their native habitat. Our winter visitors typically arrive in November for their sojourn from interior Canada, and proceed to perch along rivers and salmon streams, occasionally and suddenly diving down to the water to feed. Intractably tied to salmon, eagles (and many other birds and mammals) devour the carcasses of spawned-out coho or chum. A relatively healthy salmon population on the Skagit River has helped maintain the river s position as a key wintering habitat for bald eagles. This feast lasts until mid-february, when eagles spread their wings (sometimes six feet across!) and return northward to breed. As the eagles migrate to the Skagit River in search of salmon, bird watchers journey from across the region seeking a glimpse of the eagles themselves. To help protect the eagles from overly enthusiastic binocular bearers and to avoid SEE IT WHAT: Eagle Watchers WHEN: 10am-4pm Sat.-Sun, Dec. 29-Feb. 2 WHERE: Howard Miller Steelhead Park (milepost 98) and Milepost 100. Starting in January, Marblemount Hatchery will also be open INFO: (360) 856-5700 or ncascades.org WHAT: Bald Eagle Tour w/doug Huddle WHEN: 1:30pm Tues., Jan. 1 WHERE: Skagit River COST: $5-$10 INFO: 650-9470 or whatcomlandtrust.org pile-ups along Highway 20 from windshield watchers, several roadside spots have been designated eagle observation sites. As in years past, North Cascades Institute s Eagle Watcher volunteers will be out in force along the river, setting up spotting scopes for anyone wanting to take a peek. In addition, the Bald Eagle Interpretive Center in Rockport which will hold its 21st annual Bald Eagle Festival Jan. 26-27 provides educational programs, including walks with a naturalist. The best times to view eagles are overcast mornings; on sunny days one may have to strain neck muscles looking for the birds as they ride thermals above the river. Watching bald eagles pick salmon carcasses clean or peering at them perched along the riverbank is a humbling experience. Once you ve stopped scavenging those leftover cookies, find a quiet spot along the river and start a new holiday tradition: observing an ancient cycle of life. do IT THURS., DEC. 27 EAGLE WATCHING: Hook up with members of the Mount Baker Club at 9am for a trip to Concrete for Eagle Watching in Skagit Valley. For more info: 392-1015. WALK, HIKE: The Sandy Point Hikers will lead an easy hike from Slater Fisheries to Hovander Park starting at 9am at Ferndale s Sandy Point Heights Clubhouse, 4460 Decatur Dr. The event is free, and all are welcome. For more info: 312-9189 or sandypointhkers@hotmail.com. DEC. 28-31 WAGON RIDES: As part of Celebrate Bellingham!, take horse-drawn wagon rides on a green trolley named Rita from 12-3pm leaving from the Whatcom Children s Museum, 227 Prospect St. Rides will also be available from 6-8:45pm on New Year s Eve. For more info: 676-6985. MON., DEC. 31 LAST CHANCE: A free, self-supported event dubbed the Last Chance Marathon starts at 9am at Fairhaven Park. The cap of participants is 50. For more info: BANDG11@juno.com. FITNESS WALK: Every Monday, meet at 5:30pm at Fairhaven Runners, 1209 11th St., for a Beginning Fitness Walk. For more info: 676-4955. GET MOVIN : A health fair, free ice skating, demonstrations and much more will be part of the Get Movin kickoff from 7-9pm at the Bellingham Sportsplex, 1225 Civic Field Way. The self-motivated program happens Jan. 1-Feb. 10. For more info: getmovinwhatcom.org. TUES., JAN. 1 POLAR SWIM #1: As part of Celebrate Bellingham, c mon down to the Lake Padden Resolution Run at 11am followed by the Padden Polar Dip at noon at Lake Padden. Once you ve jumped in the icy water, hot beverages, snacks and warm showers will be available. The event is free, but donations are welcome. For more info: 647-7665. POLAR SWIM #2: Register for the 24th annual Birch Bay Polar Bear Plunge starting at 9:30am at CJs Beach House, 7878 Birch Bay Dr. The event starts at noon, and prizes will be awarded for oldest participant, youngest participant, crowd favorite, funniest, best-dressed and best group. For more info: 371-5004 or birchbaychamber.com. PENGUIN DIP: The 17th annual Penguin Dip starts at 11am at Clear Lake Beach. Cost is $12 with a T-shirt, or free if you don t want a commemorative garment. For more info: (360) 336-9414. WED., JAN. 2 GIRLS ON THE RUN: A three-day winter camp dubbed Girls on the Run kicks off today at the Bellingham YMCA for girls in grades 3-5. For more info: 733-8630 or whatcomymca.org. CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 15

CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 16 BY AMY KEPFERLE Lore and Legend Cody Rivers poised for greatness stage THEATER DANCE PROFILES MIKE MATHIEU AS CODY RIVERS (PHOTO BY JOHN MELOY) THE LORE of the Cody Rivers Show only goes back a few years, but if the trajectory of the duo that created it continues on its current path, the legend will live on for a long time to come. Our story starts in the fall of 2004, when actors Mike Mathieu and Andrew Connor concocted a plan to perform wildly original sketch comedy under the Cody Rivers moniker. They were given a midnight slot at Bellingham s idiom Theater, and away they went. Thirteen Cody volumes later, Connor and Mathieu are far beyond being a late-night fill-in. In addition to consistently selling out shows locally, the Cody Rivers Show has wowed audiences and reviewers from San Francisco to New York City and beyond. This weekend, Connor and Mathieu will bend the mold a bit to present two new original one-acts. Connor will perform his first-ever one-man gig, Boom (see this week s cover for a visual), which is described as being a solo show about people and bombs. Mathieu, meanwhile, is busy with a cast of local actors crafting A Cody is Born. For those who ve been in on Cody shows from the beginning, you ll find out how the country music legend the series is named after became famous. Those newer to the phenomena will get the Who the hell is Cody Rivers anyway? question answered. Big news is also afoot in the form of a sitcom pilot being produced with the help of writer, director and producer Bob Goodwin (think X-Files and The Fugitive ). From Jan. 5-8, the cast and crew will be filming at nearby locations, including the Nightlight Lounge and Mount Vernon s Lincoln Theatre. On Jan. 6, Cody supporters ATTEND WHAT: Boom and A Cody is Born WHEN: 8pm, Dec. 27-29 and Jan. 10-12 WHERE: idiom Theater, 1418 Cornwall Ave. COST: $5 opening night, $10 otherwise INFO: 201-5464 or idiomtheater.com WHAT: Casting Call for Extras WHEN: 1-6pm Sun., Jan. 6 WHERE: Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon INFO: codyrivers.com can fill in as extras during a live filming. Our show capitalizes on the live experience quite a bit, Mathieu says. We needed to filter it so that it would capitalize on the television experience. Connor and Mathieu point out that Goodwin approached them with the idea for a pilot long before they d achieved success outside Bellingham s city limits, and that he s committed to preserving the things that are special about it. If the pilot gets picked up as a series, viewing audiences will see both the sketches that the Cody Rivers Show are famous for, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the characters of its creators. The independent nature of it that it s being produced in Washington outside of a network means that we get to shoot it locally, Mathieu says. Because of Bob s ethics and sensibility, and our collective taste, we can shoot it here, and we can also use people from here to produce it. DO IT STAGE THURS., DEC. 27 GOOD, BAD, UGLY: Watch The Good, the Bad and the Ugly at 8pm at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. Tickets are $5. For more info: 733-8855 or theupfront.com. FRI., DEC. 28 MAGIC SHOW: Bellingham s very own magician, John Walton, will perform at 1pm and 2pm as part of Celebrate Bellingham! at the Whatcom Children s Museum, 227 Prospect St. Entry is free. For more info: 733-8749. SYCAMORE FUN: Musicians, dancers, hula hoop masters and others will perform as part of the monthly Live at Sycamore Square event from 7-9pm at Fairhaven s Sycamore Square. The event is free. For more info: 714-8303. DEC. 28-29 THEATRESPORTS: Theater and pro-wrestling combine when improv teams battle for glory at Theatresports matches 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. SAT., DEC. 29 INTRO TO IMPROV: Learn more about the joys of creativity and improvisation at a free drop-in class at 1pm at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. For more info: 733-8855 or theupfront.com. SUN., DEC. 30 PUPPET THEATRE: Clay Martin s Puppet Theatre will take the stage for two free performances as part of Celebrate Bellingham! at 1pm and 2pm at the Whatcom Children s Museum, 227 Prospect St. For more info: 733-8739. MON., DEC. 31 LAST LAUGHS: Make reservations now for New Year s Eve shows dubbed The Last Laugh of 2007 at 9pm and 11pm at the Upfront Theatre, 1208 Bay St. The special shows will include a plethora of games and scenes that relive the ups and downs of 2007 while welcoming in 2008. Tickets for the all-ages early show are $14, while tix for the 21-plus late show are $18 and include a champagne toast and countdown. For more info: 733-8855 or theupfront.com. DANCE DEC. 27-28 DANCE PARTY: Attend Dance Parties from 8-9:30pm Thurs., and 9-11pm Fri. at U & Me Dance, 1027 N. Forest St. Show up early for Cha Cha lessons. Cost is $7-$12. For more info: 676-0292 or uandmedance.com. DEC. 28-31 BALLET B.C.: Direct from Russia, the Moscow Classical Ballet will perform its version of The Nutcracker at 7:30pm Dec. 28-30, and 1:30pm Dec. 29-31 at Vancouver, B.C. s Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 600 Hamilton St. Tickets are $27-$75. For more info: (604) 280-3311 or ticketmaster.ca. DEC. 31 CONTRA DANCE: Festive attire is encouraged when you come to the New Year s Eve Contra Dance from 8pm- 1am at Eagles Hall, 1125 N. Forest St. Two bands W.B. Reid and Bonnie Zahnow, and the Toad Mountain Ramblers and two callers will help you dance the night away. Entry is $10-$15 and festive attire is encouraged. For more info: 676-1554 or bellinghamcountrydance.org. DANCE STARS: Dance pros from U & Me Dance will pair up with KGMI DJs to perform routines for a spectacle that s not to be missed at the 2nd annual KGMI New year s Gala at the Hotel Bellwether Ballroom, One Bellwether Way. Tickets are $95 and include dinner, dancing, live music by Top Notch and a champagne toast. For more info: 676-0292 or kgmi.com.

BY AMY KEPFERLE Art in the City Say hello to Georgia visual GALLERIES OPENINGS PROFILES Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV, 1930 WHEN YOU RE stopped at the border leaving the United States to enter Canada and they inquire why you re going to visit Vancouver, we suggest you simply reply, I m going to see Georgia. If pressed, tell them it s the American artist who paints flowers reminiscent of the female anatomy you re after, not your long-lost cousin, and chances are they ll wave you through. Until Jan. 13, Georgia O Keefe: Nature and Abstraction will be shown at the venerable Vancouver Art Gallery. If you ve never been to the voluminous downtown exhibition space reachable within an hour s drive from Bellingham, if traffic allows now s a good time to get started, because you can t truly appreciate the work of the iconic O Keefe until you ve seen her paintings in person. The exhibition focuses on the central theme of O Keefe s art transforming nature into abstraction, explains a press release concerning the show. The selections of paintings range from pieces created between 1918-1977, so neophytes to her work can SEE IT WHAT: Georgia O Keefe: Nature and Abstraction WHEN: Daily, through Jan. 13 WHERE: Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby St. COST: $6-$15 INFO: (604) 662-4700 or vanartgal lery.bc.ca potentially be exposed to a lifetime of art in a single afternoon. This important grouping of paintings offers a distinct look at her consistent determination to re-interpret recognizable objects through painted abstractions that express the essential elements of form, color and allusion, say organizers. Although people often look to the details in her flora and fauna and refer to the inferred sexuality that seems to pulse from her lilies, poppies and the ilk, O Keefe was about a lot more than saucy still-life studies. Her adopted state of New Mexico provided a dominant influence on her works in the 1930s- 40s, which is clear when you view the paintings of cow skulls or the dry hills surrounding her home there (where she settled in 1949 and remained until her death in 1986 at the age of 98). This is the fist solo exhibit of O Keefe s work that has been presented in Canada for more than 50 years, and fans of both classic and modern art should take notice. Her paintings are truly timeless in both style and content, and as unforgettable as the woman herself. For those interested in the personality behind the art, Nature and Abstraction also includes a selections of photographs of the artist taken by her husband Alfred Stieglitz an artist renowned in his own right and images taken later in her life by photographer Todd Webb. This extraordinary presentation of paintings and photographs offers a rare opportunity to view the life and work of one of America s foremost artists, remind organizers. But don t just take their word for it: get a carpool together, book a seat on Amtrak or hitchhike your way to the big city to soak up the art of one of the masters who helped define the artistic vocabulary of a generation: you don t want to have to wait 50 years to get another chance. DO IT EVENTS FRI., DEC. 26 CALL FOR ART: If you re interested in submitting pieces for the upcoming 11th annual International Juried Art Competition, which opens in May, you can do so until Dec. 28. For more info: (360) 332-7164 or peacearchpark.org. DEC. 28-31 OPEN HOUSE: As part of Celebrate Bellingham!, head to an Open House every day from 12-5pm at the Whatcom Museum of History & Art, 121 Prospect St., and the Whatcom Children s Museum, 227 Prospect St. Various programs including music, magic and a visit by the Reptileman will be part of the free fun. For more info: 671-2626 or whatcommuseum.org. SAT., DEC. 29 GETTING CRAFTY: Kids ages 10 and older and adults, if they so desire can make felted polar bears from 11am- 1pm at the Fairhaven Toy Garden, 1147 11th St. Cost is $7. For more info and to register: 714-8552. ONGOING EXHIBITS ALLIED ARTS: Plein Air painters Trish Harding and Pearl Yewell will be featured at their Puget Sound Scapes exhibit through Dec. 29 at Allied Arts, 1418 Cornwall Ave. For more info: 676-8548. BELLINGHAM RAILWAY MUSE- UM: The museum is open to the public from noon-5pm Tues. and Thurs.-Sat. at 1320 Commercial St. For more info: 393-7540. COLOPHON CAFÉ: Paintings by Erin Libby and Janet Bergstrom can be seen through December at the Colophon Café, 1208 11th St. For more info: GOOD EARTH: Carrie Anne Kennan is the featured artist for December at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Ave. For more info: 671-3998. LA VIE EN ROSE: See Arlene Feld s photo exhibit, Splendor at the Farmers Market, through December at La Vie En Rose, 111 W. Holly St. For more info: 715-1839. MINDPORT: Wood, Stone, Bone, featuring carvings and collections by Lara Gaasland- Tatro, shows through Jan. 6 at Mindport Exhibits, 210 W. Holly St. Entry is $2. For more info: 647-5614 or mindport.org. MONA: View Joseph Goldberg: A Retrospective through Jan. 6 at La Conner s Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S. First St. For more info: (360) 466-4446 or museumofnwart.org. SKAGIT MUSEUM: Toys in the Attic shows through Jan. 6 at La Conner s Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St. Entry is free until the end of the exhibit. For more info: (360) 466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/museum. TODD GALLERY: Peaceful Owl at Dusk Drop by La Conner s Museum of Northwest Art to view a retrospective of works by Joseph Goldberg Places, an exhibit featuring paintings of rural Whatcom County by Robert E. Todd, will be displayed through Dec. 31 at the Todd Gallery, 690 Chuckanut Dr. For more info: 676-5606 or toddgallery.com. WHATCOM MUSEUM: Love, Murder, Magic, Let Children Be Children, 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. CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 17

CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 18 BY CAREY ROSS It s New Year s Eve Let s make some bad decisions THIS IS the time of year when we all take stock, tie up our loose ends and resolve to do various and sundry things in the hope of becoming a better person in a year we haven t gotten around to screwing up yet. However, before we look to the future with boundless optimism and lofty goals, we must give 2007 the sendoff it so richly deserves. And, since this one s almost music PREVIEWS RUMOR HAS IT NYEPREVIEW The All-Nighters Photo by Chris Fuller in the books, there s no sense in doing things halfway. Start your New Year s Eve party at noon, if you must. After all, it s probably going to take no small amount of liquid courage to turn that chaste turn-of-the-year kiss with that semi-special someone into a midnight makeout session. Per usual, Bellingham s various bars and music venues will assist you by offering up entertainment options aplenty. And don t worry about waking to a shame-filled morning. Regretting your past actions is so 2007. BOUNDARY BAY: We all know that, when a holiday calls for some sort of celebratory action, Boundary Bay knows how to throw a good party. But for New Year s Eve, along with the standard formula of good music and their potent, judgment-robbing brews, Boundary also trusses up a keg in Christmas lights and drops it from the sky (or from at least several feet off the ground). This year, providing musical entertainment, puppets, a light show and an excuse to don space cos- CONTINUED ON PAGE 19 Rumor Has It SO, IN TAKING a look at this year s New Year s Eve offerings at Bellingham s various watering holes, it occurs to me that not much has changed from last year s entertainment lineup. TapHabit and Acorn Project will, once again, take the stage at Boundary Bay. And, on a side note, I have been duly cautioned against calling Acorn Project a jam band. It seems, rather, that they are purveyors of funk-infused progressive rock who churn out danceable jams. Label them how you will, but they, along with TapHabit, will undoubtedly pack Boundary to the rafters, so if you d like to carve yourself out a little space on the dance floor, get there early. Besides, you re going to want to be front and center for the impressive majesty of the keg drop at midnight. You can also ring in the New Year once again with the All-Nighters, although this year they ll be onstage at the Rogue Hero rather than Chiribin s for, well, reasons that, if they re not obvious to you, I m going to suggest you put down the can (half-rack) of Steel Reserve and take a look around. These days, the BY CAREY ROSS All-Nighters are getting much more local stage time than their harder, faster, heavier counterparts, Full Frontal Assault (although FFA did contribute a whopping four songs to the Funner Films snowboard flick Sentimental Values ). Rest assured, however, FFA is set to reemerge and, er, assault you once again with their particular brand of metal. They ve been working out tracks for an upcoming album, dubbed Conquerers, which is said to involve more extreme evil and heaviness than Leading the Resistance. They ll record this beast after they return from a short West Coast Tour, which they ll kick off with a Jan. 4 show at the Nightlight also featuring Inquinok and the metaliciousness of Piano Mover. Another band taking the stage, in pseudodisguise this time around, is La Push although with pared-down personnel and the moniker Lucky Brown & the Funk Revolution. Much like last year, they ll be at the Nightlight. However, if history is any indication, they may very well not be able to confine their antics to the stage, so if they hit the streets and try and start some kind of impromptu New Year s Eve parade, don your coat and your spirit of adventure and join them. For those of you who either have New Year s Eve plans that don t involve downtown revelry or prefer to not venture out on what is regarded by many as amateur night, you can still take part in some musical celebration. The ever-popular Clumsy Lovers will appear Dec. 29 at the Nightlight, and Flowmotion (you knew they had to be hanging around New Year s somewhere) will provide the prefunk to New Year s Eve with a Dec. 30 show at the Wild Buffalo.

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After all, few people work a stage like Sweetheart s Stell Newsome and few people write a song like Chuckanut s Steve Leslie. Plus, both bands have shared personnel in the past, making for a high likelihood that, at some point during the evening s lively festivities, you ll see them all onstage together in some sort of Sweetheart of Chuckanut Drive supergroup. If you d like to welcome the New Year with a little bit of twang and a real good time, the Green Frog is your desired destination. Where: 902 N. State St. #104. More info: myspace.com/acoustictavern NIGHTLIGHT LOUNGE: Many people are probably wondering on whose stage La Push will show up this year. The answer: No one s. Do not despair, however, as the perpetually busy Joel Ricci is never one to let his fans kiss the old year goodbye without his help. He s formed Lucky Brown & the Funk Revolution by calling upon the skills of six of his similarly talented friends, and odds are, most of them will look pretty familiar to fans of Ricci s other musical endeavors. Regardless of what they re calling themselves, the sound will be funky, the crowd will be considerable and everyone will be dancing. Ms. B. Hooping Allure and DJ Chico Che will also be on hand to aid in this entertainment effort. Where: Nightlight Lounge, 211 E. Chestnut St. Cost: $10. More info: 527-1531 or nightlightlounge.com ROGUE HERO: The All-Nighters have been busy boys of late, showing up onstage with everyone from Dick Dale to the Red Elvises and they ve never sounded better. Now they want you to come in out of the cold, lured by the sunny sounds of surf punk as they ring in the New Year at the Rogue. Seattleby-way-of-Aberdeen rockers JED will be joining them in a night of musical mayhem sure to kick 2007 s ass. If their Aberdeen origins didn t give it away, this band ain t cranking out power pop. NYEPREVIEW Lucky Brown + the Funk Revolution They ve been likened to Tool and take that how you will but they ve got their own thing going on. I can certainly think of worse places to party than the Rogue, where the drinks will be strong and the crowd plentiful. Where: The Rogue Hero, 1313 N. State St. More info: 756-0069 WILD BUFFALO: The Wild Buffalo doesn t just want to book a band and call it good, they want holiday revelers to have a full-on New Year s Eve entertainment experience. While your ticket may run you a little more than your average bar cover, for the price of admission, you net a tasty dinner (flank steak or wild salmon anyone?), a champagne toast at midnight and the obligatory party favors. But it wouldn t be the Buff without live music of some kind, which will be more-than-capably provided by Badd Dog Blues and the Buffalo Heard. No, that s not a typo it actually does say Heard which I m guessing is not going to be a crowd of lumbering beasts, but, rather Andy Koch and a cabal of musical cohorts. Where: Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St. Cost: $40-$70 for whole shebang, $20 for the musical festivities. More info: wildbuffalo.net misc MUSIC THURS., DEC. 27 BENT GRASS: Bent Grass will perform bluegrass tunes at 9pm at Graham s Restaurant, 9989 Mount Baker Hwy, Glacier. Entry is free. For more info: 599-1964. FRI., DEC. 28 CELEBRATION #1: As part of Celebrate Bellingham, Brian Thurber will perform bluegrass-style fiddle tunes at 1pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. At 3pm, listen to Mike Marker and Larry Hanks. Both events are free. For more info: 676-6981. SONG AND STORY: Aaron VanderYacht performs Electricity!, an original evening of story and song, at 7pm at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. The cabaret will also feature Steve Barnes and Allison Sutton. For more info: 734-2776. SAT., DEC. 29 CELEBRATION #2: Dana Lyons performs comedic ballads and more at 1pm as part of Celebrate Bellingham at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. At 3pm, the trio going by Mockingbird will perform. Both events are free. For more info: 676-6981. TENDER SITUATION: Ween cover band Tender Situation performs at 9pm at Graham s Restaurant in Glacier, 9989 Mount Baker Hwy. Entry is $5. For more info: 599-1964. PIANO GAL: Deborah Anderson will give a piano recital at 7:30pm at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave. For more info: 734-2776. CLASSICAL CONCERT: Pianist Cole Anderson performs works by Chopin, Cage, and Liszt at a free classical concert at 7:30pm at the Lairmont Manor, 405 Fieldston Rd. For more info: 733-4676. SUN., DEC. 30 CELEBRATION #3: The Happy Valley Sluggers will perform as part of Celebrate Bellingham at 1pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. At 3pm, listen to the bluegrass stylings of the Prozac Mtn. Boys. Both events are free. For more info: 676-6981. MON., DEC. 31 NOISE GUY: Charlie Williams otherwise known as the Noise Guy brings the joys of noise to town at a free Celebrate Bellingham event at 1pm and 2pm at the Whatcom Children s Museum, 227 Prospect St. For more info: 733-8769. CELEBRATION #4: As part of the free Celebrate Bellingham, Celtic Roots will perform at 1pm and Juba Marimba will do their thing at 3pm at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. For more info: 676-6981. MUSIC FEST: The Skagit Valley Music Festival will offer up a celebration of music with a variety of Northwest musicians starting at 7pm at Mount Vernon s Firefly Theatre, 100 E. Montgomery St. Tickets are $20-$40 and include a Cajun buffet. For more info: (360) 336-0809 or pimsusa.org. CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 19

CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 20 See below for venue addresses and phone numbers Archer Ale House 12.26.07 WEDNESDAY 12.27.07 THURSDAY 12.28.07 FRIDAY 12.29.07 SATURDAY 12.30.07 SUNDAY Quickdraw String Band 12.31.07 MONDAY Taylor Holtzheimer and Jean-Jacques Tetu 01.01.07 TUESDAY Boundary Bay Phil Sotile & Phil Emerson Paul Klein Acorn Project, TapHabit Jazz Jam Commodore Ballroom Department of Safety The Edison Inn Country Dave Fairhaven Pub Karaoke Karaoke The Chryslers Crystal Tricycle Comedy Fantasia Espresso Green Frog Café Acoustic Tavern Honey Moon Main St. Bar and Grill Reid Kerr Hobocaster Sons of the Widow James Jeffrey Slough Open Mic Karaoke Ashaman Gray Open Mic w/chuck D. feat. John Eros Mike Marker and Larry Hanks New Year's Eve feat. The Famous Players New Year's Eve Party New Year's Eve Party w/ Spaceband Poetry Night Sweetheart of the Rodeo and Chuckanut Drive Tony & The Tigers Tony & The Tigers Karaoke Death By Radio Nightlight Lounge 80s Night Clumsy Lovers Eye Candy Nooksack River Casino Lucky Brown & the Funk Revolution, Ms. B. Hooping Allure, DJ Chico Che Red Hotz Red Hotz Bump Kitchen College Night 3rd Annual Townes Van Zandt and Hank Williams Sr. Memorial Jam Line Dance Lessons w/bev Ollerenshaw TOWNES VAN ZANDT AND HANK WILLIAMS Poppe's Marvin Johnson Marvin Johnson SR. MEMORIAL JAM/Jan. 1/Green Frog Richard's on Richards Markus Schulz, Ferry MSH Sessions Rockfish Grill Fidalgo Swing Chris Eger Band Rogue Hero The Contra, Lack of Respect, Human Infest Drink, Party and Sin House Party New Year's Eve w/the Mark DuFresne Band JED, All-Nighters Royal Industry Night College Night Ladies Night Party Night Karaoke Rumors Silver Reef Hotel Casino & Spa Betty Desire Show, DJ Velveteen DJ Buckshot DJ Qbnza DJ Scooter Karaoke w/poops DJ Postal, DJ Shortwave Jimmy Wright Band Jimmy Wright Band Jimmy Wright Band Motown Cruisers Motown Cruisers Skagit Valley Casino Big Dog Revue Big Dog Revue Seahawk Sundays Legends Tribute Dinner Show (Showroom), New Year's Party feat, etc. Skylark's The Otters Tim Matheis & Ray Downey The Spencetet Irish Session The Unusuals Three Trees Coffeehouse Wild Buffalo Garaj Mahal, Savage Henry FLOWMOTION/Dec. 30/Wild Buffalo The Travelers Happy Hour Jazz Project (early); Mark DuFresne Band (late) Elemental, Mitchell Senti The Ben Rice Band Flowmotion Badd Dog Blues and the Buffalo Heard Tuesdays with Trish Swing Sundays Boundary Bay Brewing Co. Chiribin s Commodore Ballroom Department of Safety 1011 12th St. Fairhaven Pub & Martini Bar Fantasia Espresso & Tea Green Frog Café Acoustic Tavern Main Street Bar & Grill Nightlight Lounge Poppe s Bistro & Lounge Richard s on Richards 1036 Richards St. Rockfish Grill The Rogue Hero The Royal Rumors Cabaret Silver Reef Casino Skagit Valley Casino Resort Skylark s Hidden Cafe Stuart s at the Market Wild Buffalo

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CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 22 film REVIEW REVIEWED BY DUANE DUDEK film REVIEWS FILM TIMES Lust, Caution I wish I knew how to quit you THERE HE goes again. Just as with Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee s new World War II-era erotic thriller Lust, Caution puts human intimacy and repressed lives under the microscope, and dares to break taboos while doing it. But although the new film s NC-17 reputation precedes it, considering the film exclusively through that prism is the equivalent of judging a book by its lurid cover. In truth, Lee, who won the Oscar for best director for Brokeback, has crafted an explicit work whose psychosexual convolutions are so intense that, when the lovers are wrapped in a fetal-coital position, it is hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. But Lust, Caution, which is set between 1938 to 1942 during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, is also a dense, almost hermetic and even cautious work, with a lust for the kinds of atmospheric, period and behavioral details with which Lee has become synonymous. It is based on a story by the late Eileen Chang, considered one of China s foremost modern writers, and its 157-minute running time is 23 minutes longer than Brokeback s. But since its sexually charged scenes don t occur until two-thirds of the way into the film, everything prior to them is a type of dramatic foreplay and provides critical context. Tang Wei, a model making her acting debut, portrays an idealistic and carefree college student who joins the drama club to impress a handsome classmate, and who discovers that she has a facility for the emotional subterfuge that acting requires. When this politically active classmate decides to assassinate a collaborationist government official, he recruits the drama group to execute it. Tang s role is to gain the trust of the man s wife, played by Joan Chen, by joining her regularly scheduled mahjong games. In fact, the film s opening scene are of these gossipy women slapping tiles and swapping tales while playing a game that is a recurring surrogate act of conflict in a war film that is without any battle scenes. LEE MAY NOT ALWAYS FIND BEAUTY, BUT HE ALMOST ALWAYS DISCOVERS AND REVEALS SOMETHING VITAL ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION. The setting is a cosmopolitan, European-style and culturally diverse world capital, inhabited by an affluent and privileged group of people for whom the war is out of sight and of out of mind, at least at the moment. In much the same way, the brutality of the official, played by Chinese film icon Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, is never shown, although his quietly lethal personality leads one to assume the worst. What he knows or suspects about Tang s intentions are unclear, but he responds to her flirtations with a shockingly coarse and violent act of conquest. If it is a rude awakening for her, it is also the catalyst for the emotionally raw, explicitly vigorous and mutually vulnerable intimacies to follow, which, if differently shaded than in Brokeback, are no less desperate. As a cartographer of hidden lives, Lee may not always find beauty, but he almost discovers and reveals something vital about the human condition.

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CASCADIA WEEKLY. #52.2 12.26.07 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 15 ON STAGE 16 ART 17 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 CLASSIFIEDS 25 FOOD 31 26 BY ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY classifieds JOBS SERVICES RENTALS REAL ESTATE BUY SELL TRADE BULLETIN BOARD ARIES (March 21-April 19): When the Red Hot Chili Peppers released their fifth album, Blood Sugar Sex Magick, in 1991, it blasted them into rock stardom. They stopped performing at intimate nightclubs and appeared exclusively at large arenas. They won a Grammy, had a hit song at the top of the charts, and sold millions of records. Guitarist John Frusciante freaked out at the success. As an indie artist intensely loyal to the underground sensibility, he was embarrassed to be in a band that had mainstream popularity. In the middle of the Chili Peppers tour, he quit. You may very well have to deal with a comparable development in 2008, Aries. Will you opt to remain low-profile, as Frusciante did, or will you answer the invitation to get more professional? TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When China s Three Gorges Dam finally becomes fully operational in 2009, the hydroelectric power it generates will provide renewable energy to a sizable portion of the population. As a replacement for coal consumption, it will also eliminate 100 million tons of greenhouse gases. That s the good news. The bad news is that it will require a thousand towns and villages to be permanently flooded, forcing over a million people to leave their homes. I believe you may be faced with a comparable option in 2008, Taurus. If you re willing to deal with displacement and the loss of traditions, you will gain access to tremendous reserves of pure mojo. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Would you like to own a 60-inch flat-screen HDTV plasma television with surround-sound speakers? How about a $6,000 Daniel Hanson bathrobe made of silk-trimmed pashmina, a diamond-encrusted Cartier Luxury watch, and a heated toilet seat? All of these wonders and more could be within your grasp in 2008. In my astrological opinion, however, going after them would be a waste of your substantial acquisitive potential, which would be better used in pursuit of less decadent valuables. Such as? Such as tools and training that will help you upgrade your skills and refine the unique gifts you have to give the world. CANCER (June 21-July 22): For millennia, human beings have sought and received help from spiritual beings who are imperceptible to the senses. Among the North American Indians, but not among them alone, wrote Carl Jung s gifted student Erich Neumann (1905-1960), the essential content of initiation is the acquisition of an individual guardian spirit. It s unfortunate that modern Western culture, still in the chokehold of the materialist delusion, makes it challenging for anyone alive today to tap into the supernatural blessings that so many of our forbears enjoyed. But I believe you will be able to overcome this disadvantage in 2008, Cancerian. There s a good chance you will figure out what it takes to establish direct communion with a spiritual ally. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Picture a full-grown lion with a thin, two-foot-long string tied around one of its back legs. The other end of the string is tethered to a short wooden stake lodged in the dirt. The lion seems to think it s held captive, and never tries to escape. It s restless and frustrated, periodically emitting a doleful sound that s both a pained growl and a mournful whine. I want you to think of this scene at least once a month in 2008, Leo. Each time, ask yourself, Am I the lion that Rob Brezsny described? Make sure you always know that you can snap the string with ease and bound away to freedom. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The desert-dwelling creosote bush can survive for centuries on little water. In the Mohave Desert there is a ring of creosote, named King Clone, whose age has been carbon-dated at 11,700 years. The hardiness of this low-maintenance wonder reminds me of you, Virgo. You sometimes entertain the fantasy that the less you need, the stronger you ll be. The downside of this attitude is that you may unwittingly make it hard for people to give you their gifts. The upside is that you ve learned many secrets about how to nurture and take care of yourself. But in 2008, I foresee you making a shift away from the creosote bush metaphor. You re more likely to resemble a tomato bush that gets watered regularly. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Lake Vostok is as big as Lake Ontario, but no one on earth knew about it until 1996. Scientists who had been drilling through Antarctica s thick sheets of ice discovered it two miles below the surface. Here s what they were able to find out about the ancient lake: Hermetically sealed off for at least a half million years, it gets no sunlight, has an average temperature below zero, and may harbor life forms as exotic as those on other planets. And yes, it s in a liquid state, for reasons you can read about at tinyurl. com/2lq79d. All that, Libra, is prelude to the following announcement: Lake Vostok will be one of your Prime Metaphors in 2008. I predict you will dig deep to discover an ancient, pristine mystery at the bottom of your life. In my astrological opinion, you should explore it thoroughly, driven by both an innocent sense of wonder and a robust analytical curiosity. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You re pretty smart, Scorpio, but would you like to become even smarter in 2008? It s quite possible that you will get more skilled at managing and solving your personal problems. You may also become a better judge of character and develop a brilliant knack for knowing what s good for you. There s one main thing you have to do in order to ensure that you will fully activate these potentials: Become more generous. Here s your thought for the year, courtesy of Eleanor Roosevelt: The giving of love is an education it itself. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The number of millionaires on the planet increased more than nine percent last year. Judging from the astrological omens, I m betting that the growth rate in the coming year will be similar. A disproportionately large amount of the newly wealthy in 2008, however, will be Sagittarians. And even those of you who don t make it to a million will probably get richer quicker than you have in more than a decade especially if you make that your intention. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The Greek philosopher Aristotle said that when new facts and ideas emerge, we should be willing to coin fresh words to convey the unfamiliar information. Do you agree? If so, be ready to dream up a steady stream of new terms in 2008. I bet you ll encounter more novelty than you have since 1996. Dead language and stale clichés won t be sufficient to wrestle the meaning out of your unprecedented experiences. To jumpstart your receptivity to made-up words, try this one: freakomancy. It refers to the art of divining the future by noticing the most unusual and anomalous elements present in any given situation. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): One of the planet s highest active volcanoes is Mt. Cotopaxi in Ecuador. It also happens to be the site of the world s only equatorial glacier. Please visit this complex place sometime in 2008. If that s not possible, at least promise me that you will vividly imagine yourself there. Why? Because in order to bring out the best in yourself in the coming months, I think you will need to be fueled by a visceral sense of what it s like when primal opposites coexist. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When I first learned about Jupiter in grade school, my science textbook said the planet had 12 moons. Years later, thanks to better telescopes and data returned by America s Voyager spacecrafts, we know that at least 63 moons are orbiting the solar system s largest planet. I expect an equally dramatic expansion will unfold for you in 2008, Pisces. At this time next year, your social network should be much bigger than it is now. You may even be at the center of a Jovian-style web of connections. 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