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Art Show and Sale: 10am-4pm, Kale House, Everson MAIL MAIL Take part in Allied Arts Festival: 10am-6pm, 3548 Meridian St. 2 2*-'$.4 Made in the Northwest: 10am-6pm, Cordata Place DO IT IT DO DO IT 2 events Dec. 1 in Downtown Gallery Fair: 2-10pm, 121 Freeway Bellingham, Anacortes, Dr., Mount Vernon 10 Red Boots Design Trunk Show: 5-8pm, the .24. and beyond Paperdoll 11 Holiday Walk About: 5-9pm, historic Fairhaven .05 47 # 2 ) .4[11.y{.10] !-$4[11.y}.10] Community Theatre .0)4[11.y.10] Games Galore: 10pm, Upfront Theatre ON STAGE ON STAGE ON STAGE Big: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Always Patsy Cline: 6:30pm, RiverBelle Dinner MUSIC Grease: 2pm, Bellingham High School Theatre, Mount Vernon The Magic of Christmas: 7pm, Lynden Christian Prelude to a Kiss: 2pm, Bellingham Theatre GET OUT Variety Show: 7pm, Mount Vernon Christian High High School Guild Gear Grab: 6-8pm, Viking Union Multipurpose School Big: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Room, WWU Grease: 7:30pm, Bellingham High School FOOD Miracle on 34th Street: 2pm, Anacortes Com- CASCADIA WEEKLY The Christmas Schooner: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thanksgiving Dinner: 11:45am-1:45pm, Assump- munity Theatre Thomas Theatre, Lynden tion Church Gym 2 /#0-.4[11.y|.10] Big: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon MUSIC Prelude to a Kiss: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild VISUAL ARTS Messiah Sing-Along: 2:30pm, Garden Street FOOD Director’s Cut: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Art Show and Sale: 10am-4pm, Kale House, United Methodist Church 38th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner: 10am-3pm, Cody Rivers Show: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Everson Sambatuque: 4-6:30pm, the Amadeus Project Old Town Café Miracle on 34th Street: 8pm, Anacortes Allied Arts Festival: 10am-6pm, 3548 Meridian St. The Three Wisemen: 6:30pm, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Mount Vernon Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre 34 34 VISUAL ARTS Allied Arts Festival: 10am-6pm, 3548 Meridian FOOD St. Made in the Northwest: 10am-6pm, Cordata Place 27 (*)4[11.y.10] CLASSIFIEDS WORDS Chuckanut Radio Hour: 7pm, Leopold Crystal 24 Ballroom Open Mic: 7pm, Village Books FILM FILM Poetrynight: 8pm, the Amadeus Project COMMUNITY 20 Buy Local Week: Through Dec. 5, Whatcom County MUSIC MUSIC Andy Statman Trio: 7pm, YWCA Ballroom 18 WWU Orchestra: 7pm, Performing Arts Center ART FOOD Soup Kitchen: 6-7pm, Little Cheerful Café 16 STAGE STAGE /0 .4[11.z.10] ON STAGE 14 WWU’s Last Comic Standing: 7pm, Viking Union Multipurpose Room GET OUT FILM Banff Film Fest: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre 12 WORDS 8 CURRENTS CURRENTS 6 VIEWS VIEWS 4 MAIL MAIL 2 2 DO IT IT DO DO IT 10 .24. 11 .05 47 # Witness a supernatural test of love when +- '0 opens Nov. /*&$.. CASCADIA WEEKLY 26 at the Bellingham Theatre Guild 3 SEND EVENTS TO CALENDAR@ CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM Contact THIS ISSUE Cascadia Weekly: E 360.647.8200 34 34 Editorial Editor & Publisher: FOOD Tim Johnson E ext 260 mail ô editor@ 27 27 cascadiaweekly.com CONTENTS ›› LETTERS ›› STAFF Arts & Entertainment Editor: Amy Kepferle CLASSIFIEDS Eext 204 Hear ye, hear ye! An official proclamation regarding the ô calendar@ upcoming nuptials of Britain’s Prince William to his longtime cascadiaweekly.com 24 love Kate Middleton has been released to the commoners Music & Film Editor: of the world. The ceremony will take place Fri,. April 29 FILM FILM Carey Ross at, you guessed it, London’s Westminster Abbey. 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E360-421-2513 ô holley@ respond to the letter writer as to what were —Gene Goldsmith, Ferndale CURRENTS CURRENTS REAR END cascadiaweekly.com those “times.” 6 27: Employment, rentals Scott Herning We have seen many new residents, both north RACE TO THE BOTTOM E360-647-8200 x 252 and south of the “Whatcom Wall,” since our The Associated Press reported on “top” econo- 28: Wellness VIEWS VIEWS ô scott@ “times” I am sure many of your readers don’t mists speaking at the American Enterprise Insti- cascadiaweekly.com 29: Free Will Astrology even know who Gene and Yvonne Goldsmith are, tute. Those economists said their research has 4 4 30: Crossword Distribution but here are some of the facts of those “times.” revealed that teachers with master’s degrees are MAIL MAIL MAIL 31: Advice Goddess JW Land & Associates The budgets were balanced with tax cuts, not not getting their students to score any higher ô distro@ tax increases and borrowing against our children on standardized tests. Therefore, the increase in 2 32: Sudoku, Troubletown cascadiaweekly.com and grandchildren’s futures. Schools, roads and Letters salary teachers now receive from their master’s 33: This Modern World, other capital projects were paid in cash, rather degrees should be eliminated. The article did not DO IT IT DO Send letters to letters@ Tom the Dancing Bug cascadiaweekly.com. than bonds and debt. Unemployment was less mention that the American Enterprise Institute 34: Tastes like Bellingham than half of its current level, which according is an ExxonMobil-funded think tank. The article 10 to all economists, was full-employment. College also didn’t mention that the Institute sent let- .24. 11 graduates were considering multiple job offers, ters to scientists and economists offering them ©2010 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by rather than moving back in with their parents $10,000 to undermine a major climate change THE GRISTLE, P.6" ) -'/.*+x}RUMOR HAS IT, P.20 .05 Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly cascadia REPORTING FROM THE to be covered by the parent’s health insurance report from the United Nations. HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND LOWER B.C. 47 PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 11.y{.10 :: #47, v.05 :: !- # [email protected] until 26 years of age. Welfare reform was passed, Is that why these big-time economists don’t Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. 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