Peeling Back The Bark
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"E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" released 30 years ago today. Where’s the sequel?
By James Lewis on June 11, 2012Today marks the 30th anniversary of the release of “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial,” Steven Spielberg’s beloved film about an alien visitor who befriends a young boy; it’s also the film that gave us the catch phrase “Phone home.” As faithful readers of this blog know, we love films from the ’80s nearly as much as forest-themed…
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On the Waterfront: Pulp Company Photos Document Bellingham’s Past
By Eben Lehman on June 7, 2012Small crowds gathered around the Bellingham, Washington, waterfront on a Tuesday afternoon this past February to watch a 93-foot red brick building crash to the ground. The planned demolition of the former bleach plant building was just the latest chapter in the ongoing transformation of the city’s waterfront landscape. Once the site of a sprawling,…