<strong>Cascadia</strong> <strong>Weekly</strong> #2.17 04.25.07 Do it 3 | Letters 4-5 | Views 6-7 | Currents 8-16 | Get Out 18 | Words & Community 19 | On Stage 20 | Art 21 | Music 22-25 | Film 26-29 | Classifi eds 30-38 | Food 39 2
04.25.07 WEDNESDAY ON STAGE Throne of Straw: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU MUSIC Bird’s Creek Boys: 7:30pm, Roeder Home WORDS Dan Savage: 7pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Bellingham Reads: 7pm, Bellingham Public Library Spoken Word Wednesday: 8-10pm, Stuart’s at the Market 04.26.07 THURSDAY ON STAGE Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Throne of Straw: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Once Upon A Mattress: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre WORDS Ellen Currey-Wilson: 7pm, Village Books Songs and Stories: 7pm, Bellingham Public Library Mike Gray: 7pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU COMMUNITY Spring Career Fair: 10am-2pm, Viking Union, WWU Climber Micah Dash: 8pm, Fraser Hall, WWU 04.27.07 FRIDAY ON STAGE Peter Pan: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre The Monologue Project: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center Drowning Lovely: 8pm and 10pm, iDiOM Theater Throne of Straw: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Panic Squad: 7:30pm, Lynden Christian High School SOARS: 7pm, Viking Union, WWU Improv Evolution: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre So You Think You Can Improvise?: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Once Upon A Mattress: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre WORDS Urban Legends: 7pm, Bellingham Public Library Ann Spiers, Anita K. Boyle: 7pm, Village Books COMMUNITY Countywide Garage Sale: 12-6pm, NW Washington Fairgrounds, Lynden Benefi t Dinner: 6-8pm, United Methodist Church TO GET YOUR EVENTS LISTED, E-MAIL CALENDAR@CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM ON STAGE Peter Pan: 2pm and 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre The Monologue Project: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center Drowning Lovely: 8pm and 10pm, iDiOM Theater Throne of Straw: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Improv Evolution: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre So You Think You Can Improvise?: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Once Upon A Mattress: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre Don’t Count Your Chickens: 2pm and 7pm, Blaine Community Theater MUSIC Irish Pub Night: 7pm, Maple Hall, La Conner Skagit Community Band: 7:30pm, Brodniak Hall, Anacortes WORDS Mary Lou Sanelli: 7:30pm, Village Books COMMUNITY Countywide Garage Sale: 8am-4pm, NW Washington Fairgrounds, Lynden Swedish Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, Norway Hall Dirty Dan Days: 10am-4pm, historic Fairhaven c . a . s . c . a . d . i . a EEKLY A glance at what’s happening this week Big wall climber Micah Dash will share tales of adventure from Pakistan to Yosemite <strong>Apr</strong>il 26 at WWU’s Fraser Hall 4 04.28.07 SATURDAY Linuxfest: 10am-5pm, Bellingham Technical College Safety Fair: 10am-1pm, Barkley Village Plowing Match: 11am, NW Washington Fairgrounds, Lynden <strong>Apr</strong>il Brews Day: 5-10:30pm, Depot Market Square Latino Heritage Celebration: 5:30-9pm, Viking Union, WWU VISUAL ARTS Multi-Artist Reception: 7-10pm, Dear Edison Gallery, Edison Garden Art Fair: 10am-5pm, Depot Arts Center, Anacortes Panic Squad crosses the border to share family-friendly improvisational comedy <strong>Apr</strong>il 27 at Lynden Christian High School For music-related events, see page 25 More event information can be found starting on page 18 04.29.07 SUNDAY ON STAGE Life and Times of General George Pickett: 1pm, Whatcom Museum Throne of Straw: 2pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Don’t Count Your Chickens: 2pm, Blaine Community Theater DANCE Square Dance: 6-8:30pm, YWCA Ballroom Hafl a Northwest: 7pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center MUSIC Skagit Community Band: 3pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Whatcom Symphony Orchestra: 3pm, Mount Baker Theatre Richard Scholtz, Tom Hunter: 2pm, Nancy’s Farm Art of Jazz: 4-6:30pm, Lucia Douglas Gallery Selena Tribute: 7pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon WORDS Deborah Noyes: 5pm, Village Books COMMUNITY Dirty Dan Days: 8am-5pm, historic Fairhaven Linuxfest: 10am-5pm, Bellingham Technical College Soup for Shelter: 2-6pm, Boundary Bay Brewery Hearts & Hands Awards: 2-4pm, Bellingham High School VISUAL ARTS Garden Art Fair: 10am-5pm, Depot Arts Center, Anacortes Backyard Habitat Garden Party: 12-5:30pm, Chuckanut Bay Gallery 04.30.07 MONDAY ON STAGE Alice: 6:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre Ball: 7pm, Viking Union, WWU WORDS Ken Wilcox: 7pm, Village Books Poetry Night: 8:30pm, Fantasia Espresso 05.01.07 TUESDAY ON STAGE Throne of Straw: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Other Funny Stories About Cancer: 7pm, Viking Union, WWU DANCE Afternoon Ballroom Dance: 1:30-4pm, Bellingham Senior Center WORDS Bob Keller: 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum Jeff Cohen: 7pm, Fairhaven Auditorium, WWU John Lombard: 7pm, Village Books COMMUNITY Immigrant Solidarity March: 12-5:30pm, Cornwall Park Dine Out for Maple Alley Inn: All day, throughout Bellingham <strong>Cascadia</strong> <strong>Weekly</strong> #2.17 04.25.07 Do DO IT it 3 | Letters 4-5 | Views 6-7 | Currents 8-16 | Get Out 18 | Words & Community 19 | On Stage 20 | Art 21 | Music 22-25 | Film 26-29 | Classifi eds 30-38 | Food 39 3