Behind the Rope
What happens when we are not behind the chair

The Velvet Rope Hair Studio is proud to sponsor the Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival again this year.

The film festival runs February 17th through February 26th

For more information visit the Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival web site.

Following is this year’s list of films that will be shown.

Films start at 7pm unless otherwise noted. Films organized by WHERE they will be show, then by date.

Films Showing at Pickford Film Center

February 17: (7:00PM and 9:00PM)

Budrus

• A Palestinian village’s non-violent opposition to Israel’s barrier wall.

Films Showing at Fairhaven Auditorium, WWU

February 18:

Crude

• Ecuadorans file a lawsuit against Chevron for contamination of their lands.

February 19:

The Power of the Powerless

• The 1989 Czechoslovakian popular revolt against the USSR.

February 20 Matinees:

12:00:  The World According to Monsanto

• Investigation of practices of agricultural company, Monsanto.

2:15:  Orang Rimba

• Corporation threatens culture of indigenous Indonesian forest dwellers.

3:00:  Deep Down

• A community makes a choice when mountaintop coal removal comes.

4:15:  Turtle World

• Short animated animal parable about sustainability.

February 20:

Enemies of the People

• Cambodian Khmer Rouge killers talk for the first time.

February 21:

TAPPED

• Describes various effects of the bottled water industry.

February 22:

A Small Act

• A Kenyan scholarship winner later funds a scholarship program

February 23:

Poto Mitan

• Five Haitian women try to survive in the world economy.

February 24:

Other Side of Immigration

• A look at Mexicans’ decisions to come to the U.S. Which Way Home. Immigrant children travel alone by freight trains to U.S.

February 25:

Redlight

• Working against trafficking of Cambodian children for sex.

February 26 Matinees:

12:00: Tony and Janina’s American Wedding

• Special Preview Screening. Resident couple deals with U S immigration bureaucracy.

1:45: A Thousand Suns

• Explores the sustainable worldview of Africa’s Goma people.

2:30: No Tomorrow

• Considers many aspects of a capital punishment decision.

February 26:

Cultures of Resistance

• Worldwide examples of creative resistance to war and injustice

Films Showing at the Bellingham High School Library

February 22:

Out in the Silence

• Small town’s harassment of a gay high school student.

February 23:

Papers

• Challenges of undocumented youth who turn 18.

Films Showing at Northwest Indian College

February 24: (Back to Back Movies)

TAPPED

• Describes various effects of the bottled water industry.

A Thousand Suns

• Explores the sustainable worldview of Africa’s Goma people.

February 25: (Back to Back Movies)

Crude

• Ecuadorans file a lawsuit against Chevron for contamination of their lands.

Turtle World

• Short animated animal parable about sustainability.

Films Showing at Bellingham Technical College

February 24:

Redlight

• Working against trafficking of Cambodian children for sex.

Films Showing at Sehome High School Theater

February 24:

Out in the Silence

• Small town’s harassment of a gay high school student.

Green

• Destruction of the Indonesian rain forest for palm oil.

On January 9th, 2011 we participated in Alicia’s Bridal and the Formal House’s Bridal Expo at the Best Western Lakeway Inn.

We met many different business owners / representatives ranging from Photographers, Florists, DJs, Cake Decorators and so much more.

We helped with the fashion show and were given the great honor of doing all of the model’s hair.

We would also like to congratulate Sarah who won our Raffle Basket full of hair products, shampoos, conditioners, styling products, brushes, and so much more!

Sarah - Our Raffle Winner

On January 9th, 2011 The Velvet Rope Hair Studio will be participating in Alicia’s Bridal and the Formal House’s Bridal Expo. We will be having a booth at the show to talk about wedding hair styles, extensions, color, and much more! We will also be providing hair  styles to the models that will be showing over 100 dresses in a fashion show!

Look for more to come or better yet, visit us at the Wedding Expo.

On May 11th, Billy ventured out to Boundary Bay Brewery to watch Gail Pettis sing her heart out. Gail sings some wonderful, upbeat, and soulful jazz that is enough to move any listener.

Don’t be surprised if you hear her music the next time that you come visit us at the salon!

This Saturday night in Mt Vernon, Camalache (one of the best Salsa groups in the Northwest) will be hosting a benefit at the Lincoln Theater in Mt. Vernon, WA.

Event begins at 7pm (Salsa lessons will be given from 7-7:30pm) and will have opportunity for everyone to dance, or just sit and listen!

Admission is $15 and remember, all proceeds will go to help the people in Haiti following the major earthquake that they just experienced.

The Velvet Rope Hair Studio will set down their shears in order to attend the

JUST FOOD Benefit Dinner

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

7PM at the YWCA Ballroom

Each Monday, Billy volunteers with the Bellingham Food Bank Farm in Bellingham starting at 9AM.

Being able to out of the salon and hands out of hair and into the field with hand covered in dirt allow for a similar, yet different reward in working with one’s hands.

Learning how to plant, fertilize, water, and care for plants that will eventually be providing some much needed and fresh produce for anyone who accesses the Bellingham Food Bank is a reward in itself.

We invite you to join us in volunteering or, if you are growing your own produce, plant an extra plant and donate the produce from it to the Bellingham Food Bank. Together we can help end hunger in our community!