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)*($&' $)+}FUZZ BUZZ, P.13-0(*-#.$/+y cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. 9.24.08 :: #39, v.03 :: !- DEATH BY DICKENS: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, P.17 LIZARD KING: ONE MAN’S PRIMORDIAL MENAGERIE, P.8* BEST OF BELLINGHAM: LAST CHANCE TO VOTE!, P.27 2 CASCADIA WEEKLY #39.03 9.24.08 DO IT 3 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 14 GET OUT 16 STAGE 17 ART 18 MUSIC 20 FILM 24 CLASSIFIEDS 28 FOOD 34 cascadia HAVE SOME HAIR-RAISING FUN FOR A GOOD CAUSE AS PART OF 34 34 $"#$-$)"* FOOD A glance at what’s happening this week SEPT. 25 AT NORWAY HALL 28 28 /*-!-)&! --)/ CHANNELS A COMEDIC CLASSIFIEDS GENIUS WITH A LIVELY MUSTACHE WHEN AN EVENING WITH GROU- 09. .08 24 09.24.08 CHO SHOWS SEPT. 25-28 AT THE HAROLD AND IRENE WALTON THEATRE 28 WEDNESDAY SUNDAY FILM WORDS ON STAGE 20 David Klein, Tom Cathcart: 7pm, The Mystery of Edwin Drood: 2pm, Bellingham Village Books Theatre Guild Spoken Word Wednesday: 8-10pm, Bellingham An Evening with Groucho: 3pm and 7:30pm, MUSIC Public Market Walton Theatre Amateur Standup Night: 8pm, Upfront Theatre COMMUNITY 18 Final Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven DANCE ART Village Green Bellingham Repertory Rehearsal: 10-11:45am, Firehouse Performing Arts Center 17 MUSIC 09.25.08 The Brambles: 2pm, Nancy’s Farm STAGE Hansel and Gretel: 3pm, Bellingham High School THURSDAY The Art of Jazz: 4pm, American Museum of Radio 16 ON STAGE COMMUNITY Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Harvest Festival: 11am-4pm, Assumption Catho- GET OUT Twelfth Night: 7pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. lic Church An Evening with Groucho: 7:30pm, Walton Theatre GET OUT 14 The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Bellingham Bay Marathon: 7:30am, Depot Market Square COMMUNITY WORDS Big Hair Bingo: 6-9:30pm, Norway Hall VISUAL ARTS Art Show: 9am-5pm, Burlington Community 8 VISUAL ARTS Center Pariscapes Reception: 7-10pm, Firehouse Perform- Blue Ribbon Quiltfest: 10am-5pm, La Conner ing Arts Center Shipwright Program: 2pm, Whatcom Museum CURRENTS CURRENTS 6 09.26.08 09.29.08 FRIDAY MONDAY VIEWS ON STAGE 09.27.08 COMMUNITY MUSIC 4 King Lear: 7pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Open Mic: 9pm, Fairhaven Pub & Martini Bar MAIL An Evening with Groucho: 7:30pm, Walton SATURDAY Arts Center 3 Theatre Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot VISUAL ARTS 3 Upfront Unleashed: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront ON STAGE Market Square Fall Classes Begin: BellinghamART DO IT IT DO DO IT Theatre Skagit’s Got Talent: 3pm, Burlington Ferndale Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Riverwalk The Mystery of Edwin Drood: 8pm, Bellingham An Evening with Groucho: 3pm and 7:30pm, Park Theatre Guild Walton Theatre Fall Fest: 9am-7pm, downtown Mount Vernon 08 Dinner Theater: 6pm, Ferndale Senior Center Harvest Festival: 11am-4pm, Skagit River Park 09.30.08 .24. MUSIC Twelfth Night: 7pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. Harvest Festival: 11am-midnight, Assumption 9 Bill Frisell: 7pm, Church House Upfront Unleashed: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Catholic Church TUESDAY Damon Jones: 7pm, Stuart’s at the Market Theatre Fashion Show: 3-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green .03 39 The Mystery of Edwin Drood: 8pm, Bellingham WORDS # WORDS Theatre Guild GET OUT Mike Vouri: 7pm, Village Books Book Sale: 10am-5pm, Deming Library Salmon Roe: 10am, Lake Samish MUSIC Bellingham Traverse: 12:30pm, Boundary Bay GET OUT COMMUNITY Hansel and Gretel: 7pm, Bellingham High School Brewery Tree Talk: 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum National Healthcare Vigil: 7pm, Bellingham City Hall WORDS VISUAL ARTS Book Sale: 10am-5pm, Deming Library BellCon: 10am-5pm, Whatcom Community College VISUAL ARTS Kate Morgan: 7pm, Village Books Blue Ribbon Quiltfest: 10am-5pm, La Conner TO GET YOUR EVENTS LISTED, SEND INFO CASCADIA WEEKLY Blue Ribbon Quiltfest: 10am-5pm, La Conner The Poet as Art: 7:30pm, Lucia Douglas Gallery Art Space Extravaganza: 7-10pm, Jinx TO [email protected] 3 MAIL Contact THIS ISSUE Cascadia Weekly: E 360.647.8200 Editorial Editor & Publisher: Gee, was it 1991 the Tim Johnson 34 34 last time an incompe- E ext 260 tent Socialist super- mail ô editor@ FOOD power went bankrupt? cascadiaweekly.com CONTENTS CREDITS LETTERS “Eight years, four 28 28 crises—each one Arts & Entertainment awful enough on its Editor: Amy Kepferle own to brand any Eext 203 presidency an abject ô calendar@ failure,” MSNBC’s Ra- cascadiaweekly.com CLASSIFIEDS chel Maddow quipped on her new show. 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