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Film and TV veteran Mel Damski, 67, New-York born-and-raised, hasn't been in Bellingham long (he moved from the Los Angeles area to La Conner five years ago, and came to Bellingham last July) but he has jumped right into the film scene in town.

He is launching the Cascadia Film Workshop at Western Washington University this June, with four courses offered over a two-week period: acting for the camera with Lou Antonio, cell-phone cinema with Karl Bardosh, screenwriting with Mike Pavone, and Damski's own course, introduction to directing.