Bill Dietrich

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What's on your 'bucket list'? Whatcom County residents share theirs

In the 2008 movie "The Bucket List," two terminally ill men set out to do the things they wanted to do before they died. Critics gave the movie a mixed reception, but audiences ate it up.

Having Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as co-stars didn't hurt, but I wonder if the…

2011-06-06
Huxley's Dietrich set to retire in June 2011-05-23
Bellingham Procession of the Species parade is outrageous fun

North Cascades Institute and REI are sponsoring a talk with Richard Louv, author of "The Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder," at 7 p.m. Friday, May 13, at Sehome High School, 2700 Bill MacDonald Parkway. There's a $5 suggested donation.

2011-05-05
WWU talk focuses on sustainability and community

Seattle City Council president Richard Conlin will speak on issues of sustainability and community Friday as part of Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment speaker series.

The event is scheduled for 3 p.m., Friday, April 22 at WWU’s Communications Facility Room…

2011-04-22
Whatcom County residents can celebrate Earth Day with these events

Sustainability talk: Seattle City Council President Richard Conlin will speak on "Sustainability and Community" as part of Western Washington University's Huxley College of the Environment speaker series at 3 p.m. Friday in Communications Facility Room 125.

The presentation…

2011-04-21
Truth vs. Embellishment

All of us are suckers for stories too good to be true, be it Washington confessing to chopping down the cherry tree or Bernie Madoff promising investment returns no one else could match.

But in memoir-writing in particular, there seems to be a determination that accuracy shouldn't…

2011-04-21
On Earth Day, Richard Conlin and Bill Deitrich will speak at WWU 2011-04-20
BARBARA MCMICHAEL: Responding to environmental change

I've been perusing an intriguing exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with a Northwest exhibit funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. "Critical Messages" focuses on eight environmental themes and features the work of 26 contemporary Northwest artists.
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2011-01-28
Environmental essays

I've just received a copy of "Critical Messages: Contemporary Northwest Artists on the Environment," a collection of essays by Sarah Clark-Langager, director of Western Gallery at Western Washington University; and by William Dietrich, assistant professor of environment studies at…

2011-01-07
Bellingham mandolin maker crafts beautiful music

ON THE ONE hand, says Bellingham craftsman Stan Miller, the gorgeous mandolins he makes are essentially "a box with a stick at one end."

Of course, that's like saying the Sistine Chapel is an auditorium with a colored ceiling. Miller's mandolins…

2010-12-06
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