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FUZZ BUZZ, P.09 + FLOWER FESTIVAL, P.14 + LEADER BLOCK, P.26 c a s c a d i a REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*SURROUNDING AREAS 08-21-2019 • ISSUE: 34 • V.14 BEST OF PARSING THE PRIMARYP.06 BELLINGHAM Mr. Cranky weighs in It's time to vote! P.11 MOVE IT North Cascades Bluegrass Festival P.16 c a s c a d i a A vibrant guide for our community members 55 and older | Summer 2019 | c a s c a d i a SSINGS cascacascadiaA vibrant guide for our community members 55 and olderd | Summer 2018 | a O FIT FOR LIFE HIT THE ROAD MONEY MATTERS A recreation Travel tips from An age for serious roundup, P.02 savvy seniors, P.04 savings, P.06 Up, up and away P.12 CASCADIA+ CR INSIDE CLASSIC RIDES An Iliad: 7:30pm, Maritime Heritage Park A brief overview of this Dynamic Duos: 9pm, Upfront Theatre 26 MUSIC FOOD week’s happenings Summer Jazz Combo: 2pm, Jansen Art Center, THISWEEK Lynden Janie Cribbs and the T.Rust Band: 5:30pm, Heart WEDNESDAY [08.21.19] of Anacortes ONSTAGE FILM REAR END 23 The Spitfire Grill: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, The Princess Bride: Dusk, Fairhaven Village Green WWU WORDS 20 MUSIC The Poetic Apothecary: 3pm, Upper Skagit Polecat: 6pm-8pm, Seafarers’ Memorial Park, Anacortes Library, Concrete FILM Ana Popovic: 7:30pm, Bellingham High School COMMUNITY Street Festival: 10am-11pm, downtown Ferndale 16 WORDS Write More Letters Club: 7pm, Bison Bookbinding & AirFest: 10:30am-3pm, Bellingham International Letterpress Airport MUSIC Summer Fun in the Park: 4pm-9pm, Marine Park, FOOD Blaine 14 Wednesday Market: 2pm-6pm, Barkley Village Green Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market: 3pm-7pm, Hammer FOOD ART Heritage Square Pancake Breakfast: 8am-10am, American Legion Virtuoso slide Post #154, Ferndale 13 THURSDAY [08.22.19] Mount Vernon Market: 9am-2pm, Riverwalk Park guitarist Sonny Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts Center STAGE ONSTAGE Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre Landreth brings Saturday Market: 9am-3pm, Concrete Community The Spitfire Grill: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, Center 12 WWU his talented trio Saturday Market: 10am-1pm, Lummi Island An Iliad: 7:30pm, Maritime Heritage Park to Mount Vernon Twin Sisters Market: 10am-2pm, North Fork The Project: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Library GET OUT for a Fri., Aug. Lynden Farmers Market: 10am-2pm, Centennial DANCE Park Folk Dance: 7pm, Fairhaven Library 23 concert at the Blaine Farmers Market: 10am-2pm, H Street Plaza 10 Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot MUSIC Lincoln Theatre. Market Square Crabfest Dinner: 6pm, Lummi Island Grange Hall WORDS Midlife Crisis: 5pm-9pm, Hotel Bellwether Heroes: 6pm-8pm, Elizabeth Park The Miller Campbell Band: 6pm-8pm, Skagit River- GET OUT 8 walk Plaza, Mount Vernon Fidalgo Bay Day: 11am-3pm, Fidalgo Bay Resort, Anacortes FOOD CURRENTS Bow Farmers Market and Fiber Day: 1pm-6pm, VISUAL Samish Bay Cheese Flower Festival: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square 6 Ask a Quilter: 2:30pm-4:30pm, Whatcom Museum’s FRIDAY [08.23.19] Lightcatcher Building VIEWS ONSTAGE SUNDAY [08.25.19] 4 The Phantom Tollbooth: 7pm, BAAY Theater The Spitfire Grill: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, ONSTAGE MAIL WWU The Spitfire Grill: 2pm, Performing Arts Center, An Iliad: 7:30pm, Maritime Heritage Park WWU 2 2 Dynamic Duos: 9pm, Upfront Theatre MUSIC DO IT Interactive canine DO IT MUSIC Big Band Bonanza: 12pm-4:30pm, Fairhaven Vil- Weatherside Whiskey Band: 6pm-9pm, Bellewood games, contests, lage Green Acres activities, pet- La Conner Live!: 1pm-4pm, Gilkey Square The BSO Plays Bach: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre Concerts on the Border: 2pm, Peach Arch Histori- cal State Park, Blaine 08.21.19 Sonny Landreth Trio: 8pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount related vendors Vernon and more will be COMMUNITY .14 Dog Days of Summer: 11am-3pm, Whatcom Hu- 34 COMMUNITY # part of Whatcom Street Festival: 6pm-11pm, downtown Ferndale mane Society Field Humane Society’s Community Free Market: 12pm-4pm, Flora Street FOOD annual Dog Days Summerfest: 1pm-7pm, Josh Vander Yacht Memo- Ferndale Farmers Market: 2pm-6pm, LaBounty Drive rial Park, Deming of Summer event VISUAL GET OUT Fourth Friday Art Walk: 5pm-8pm, historic Fairhaven Sun., Aug. 25 in Chuckanut Classic: 7:30am-5pm, throughout Whatcom County CASCADIA WEEKLY the field behind [08.24.19] Skagit History Cruise: 1pm, La Conner Channel SATURDAY Lodge 2 the shelter. 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