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Leap to Where You Are Faculty Dance Concert, P THE GRISTLE, P. 6 EXPLORATIONS ACADEMY, P. 10 RHINESTONE COWBOY, P.24 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA 5/09/07 :: 02.19 :: FREE LEAP TO WHERE YOU ARE FACULTY DANCE CONCERT, P. 20 LAKE WHATCOM: DYING BEFORE ITS TIME, P. 6 BIG ROCK GARDEN: ART AND NATURE FOR MOM, P. 21 LOREENA MCKENNITT: MORE THAN A PRETTY VOICE, P. 22 39 | Food 30-38 eds | Classifi 26-29 | Film Bike Fun All Day: 22-25 • 7am Pancake Feed at | Music The HUB Co mmuni ty 21 Bike Shop | Art 20 • Noon Annual Tricycle Races at City Hall | On Stage 18 • 5pm Prize drawing at Boundary Bay | Words & Community 16 | Get Out 8-15 SSC Presents Celebration Stations | Currents Bike to Work Downtown Bellingham @ Railroad & Holly 6-7 The HUB Community Bike Shop and School Day Fairhaven Village, 11th Street & Finnegan | Views | Views WWU Red Square, Main Campus 4-5 WWU Recreation Center, South Campus Friday may 18, 2007 Sehome Village @ Bill M. Parkway Barkley Village @ Woburn Street | Letters Sunnyland Elementary on James Street 3 Bike or walk to work on May 18th and get Dupont & Broadway treats, food, and a chance to win great prizes. Guide Meridian & Birchwood Ave. Just stop by one of these Celebration Stations Do it N. Cascades Cardiology by St. Joeseph .07 between 6:30 and 9 am Whatcom Comm. College, Kellogg Rd. 09 Shuksan Mid. School @ NW & Alderwood 05. Carl Cozier Elem. @ Lakeway & Lincoln Port of B’ham on Roeder Ave. Public Market @ Cornwall & Lottie Southside Food Pavillion, Fairhaven Pkwy. Get More Details at www. Lumni Fitness Center, Kwina Rd. MtBakerBikeClub.org or call Main Street Ferndale 360.671.BIKE (2453) Blaine Schools on H Street, Blaine Cascadia WeeklyCascadia #2.19 Art by Vince Lalonde, BoneRev.com 2 c . a . s . c . a . d . i . a 39 05.13.07 SUNDAY | Food 05.09.07 EEKLY 30-38 ON STAGE eds Nunsense II: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden WEDNESDAY Little Women: 2pm, Phillip Tarro Theatre, Mount Vernon A glance at what’s happening this week Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: 2pm, Lincoln Theatre, MUSIC Mount Vernon | Classifi Mockingbird: 7:30pm, Roeder Home DANCE 26-29 WORDS Faculty Dance Concert: 2pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Amrita Sondhi: 7pm, Village Books | Film Spoken Word Wednesday: 8pm, Stuart’s at the Market MUSIC Chuck Pyle: 2pm, Nancy’s Farm 22-25 COMMUNITY 05.10.07 Family Activity Day: 12-4pm, Whatcom Museum | Music 21 Carolyn THURSDAY McCarthy VISUAL ARTS Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, Camano Island | Art performs ON STAGE Sweet Road Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, Blaine 20 her one- HeadRush: 7pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium American Abstraction Opening: woman 12-5pm, Whatcom Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront Museum show about Theatre Garden Party: 1-4pm, Big Rock Garden Nunsense II: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, love—and Lynden staying in | On Stage Too Beautiful: 8pm, iDiOM Theater it—May 10- 18 12 at iDiOM 05.14.07 DANCE Theater Faculty Dance Concert: 7:30pm, Performing Arts MONDAY Center, WWU WORDS COMMUNITY Chuckanut Radio Hour: 6pm, American Museum of Radio Girl’s Night Out: 5-9pm, Fairhaven Poetry Night: 8:30pm, Fantasia Espresso History Talk: 7:30pm, Whatcom Museum COMMUNITY VISUAL ARTS | Words & Community 05.12.07 Haggen to Haggen Run: 8am, Sehome Village 16 Plein Air Day: 10am-3pm, Woodstock Farm Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, Senior Center Art’s Alive Forum: 7pm, Everson McBeath Library 05.11.07 Plant Sale: 9am-2pm, Hovander Homestead SATURDAY Park, Ferndale ON STAGE Bike-a-Thon: 9am-2pm, Northwest Washing- | Get Out FRIDAY Improv Evolution: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre ton Fairgrounds, Lynden ON STAGE Barefoot in the Park: 7:30pm, Firehouse Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market 8-15 Arts Fundraiser: 5:30pm, Viking Union, WWU Performing Arts Center Square Improv Evolution: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre Nunsense II: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Bellingham Robot Festival: 10am-4pm, Theatre, Lynden Nunsense II: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, American Museum of Radio The Maltese Falcon: 7:30pm, Leopold Crystal Lynden | Currents Ballroom Little Women: 7:30pm, Phillip Tarro Theatre, Mount VISUAL ARTS 6-7 Vernon Little Women: 7:30pm, Phillip Tarro Theatre, Studio Tour: 10am-6pm, Camano Island Mount Vernon Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: 7:30pm, Lincoln Sweet Road Studio Tour: 10am-5pm, Blaine Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: 7:30pm, Theatre, Mount Vernon Garden Gallery: 10am-4pm, Lazy “R” Ranch Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon | Views Too Beautiful: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Darrell Davis Reception: 6-9pm, Café Culture, Too Beautiful: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Director’s Cut: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre La Conner 4-5 Director’s Cut: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre DANCE Songster Chuck Pyle—otherwise known as the Zen PULP: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center DANCE Cowboy—does his thing May 13 at Nancy’s Farm Faculty Dance Concert: 7:30pm, Performing | Letters 3 Faculty Dance Concert: 8pm, Performing Arts 3 Arts Center, WWU Center, WWU Northwest Dance Festival: 7:30pm, McIntyre IT Hall, Mount Vernon DO WORDS 05.15.07 Tango by the Bay: 9-11pm, Squalicum Yacht Do it Judith Williams: 7:30pm, Village Books Club .07 TUESDAY 09 VISUAL ARTS MUSIC Studio Tour: 10am-6pm, Camano Island 05. Whatcom Chorale: 7:30pm, St. Paul’s Episco- ON STAGE Bead for Uganda: 6-9pm, Center for Expressive Arts pal Church The Parasol Puppets: 7pm, Whatcom Museum Kulshan Chorus: 8pm, Bellingham High TO GET YOUR EVENTS LISTED, E-MAIL School WORDS [email protected] Collegium Musicum: 8pm, Performing Arts Colleen Andrews is one of the many, many The Ragtime Kid: 7:30pm, Village Books Center, WWU artists whose work will be on display May 11- 13 as part of the Camano Island Studio Tour COMMUNITY Adventures in Ethiopia: 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum Backpacking 101: 7pm, REI For music-related events, see page 25 WeeklyCascadia #2.19 More event information can be found starting on page 16 3 39 THIS ISSUE Contact Although Paris Hilton once told Harper’s Bazaar Cascadia Weekly: | Food that she aspired to be D 360.647.8200 like Martha Stewart “when I’m old,” the hotel 30-38 heiress and reality televi- Editorial sion celebrity will get letters eds her chance to emulate Editor & Publisher: table of contents credits letters Stewart a bit sooner. 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