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THE GRISTLE, P.06 + ORCHARD OUTING, P.14 + BEER WEEK, P.30 c a s c a d i a REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND COUNTIES 04-25-2018* • ISSUE:*17 • V.13 PIPELINE PROTESTS Protecting the Salish Sea, P.08 SKAGIT STOP Art at the schoolhouse, P.16 MARK LANEGAN A post- Celebrate AGI grunge SK T powerhouse, P.18 No words, no problem, P.15 Genre Legends: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Paula Poundstone: 8pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount 30 A brief overview of this Vernon Backyard Brawl: 10pm, Upfront Theatre FOOD week’s happenings THISWEEK DANCE Contra Dance: 7-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library 24 MUSIC Dylan Foley, Eamon O’Leary: 7pm, Littlefield B-BOARD Celtic Center, Mount Vernon Skagit Symphony: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon 23 WORDS FILM Book and Bake Sale: 10am-5pm, Deming Library Naomi Shihab Nye: 7pm, Performing Arts Center, Politically powered standup WWU 18 comedian Hari Kondabolu COMMUNITY MUSIC Vaisaikhi Day Celebration: 10am-5pm, Guru Nanak stops by Bellingham for an April Gursikh Gurdwaram, Lynden 16 GET OUT ART 29 gig at the Wild Buffalo Have a Heart Run: 9am, Edgewater Park, Mount Vernon 15 Everson Garden Club Sale: 9am-1pm, Everson- Goshen Rd. Native Flora Fair: 10am-3pm, Fairhaven Village STAGE Green 14 FOOD Pancake Breakfast: 8-10am, American Legion Hall, Ferndale GET OUT Pancake Breakfast: 8-10:30am, Lynden Community Center Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot 12 Market Square WORDS VISUAL Roger Small Reception: 5-7pm, Forum Arts, La WEDNESDAY [04.25.18] Conner 8 Spring has Sprung Party: 5-9pm, Matzke Fine Art MUSIC Gallery, Camano Island F.A.M.E. Benefit: 7pm, Lairmont Manor CURRENTS Van Bebber Quartet: 7pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts SUNDAY [04.29.18] 6 WORDS ONSTAGE Write Riot Poetry Slam: 7pm, Colophon Cafe Head to Camano Island for an Diary of a Madman: 3pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild VIEWS Hari Kondabolu: 8pm, Wild Buffalo GET OUT opening reception and party for 4 Tulip Festival: Through April, throughout the Skagit DANCE Valley the multi-artist exhibit ”Spring Bellingham Rep Auditions: 9:30-11:30am, Fire- MAIL Has Sprung” Sat., April 28 at house Performing Arts Center FOOD The Jungle Book: 2pm, Mount Baker Theatre 2 2 Beer Week: Through April 28, throughout Bellingham Matzke Fine Art Gallery MUSIC DO IT DO IT THURSDAY [04.26.18] Skagit Community Band: 3pm, Brodniak Hall, Anacortes ONSTAGE Community Chorus: 3pm, St. James Presbyterian 9 to 5: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre Church Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Cantabile Chamber Choir: 4pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal 04.25.18 The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Backyard Brawl: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Reserve Church, Mount Vernon Tulip Festival: Through April, throughout the Art of Jazz: 4-6:30pm, Church House .13 Skagit Valley 17 MUSIC MUSIC # Jazz Jam: 5:30-8:30pm, Illuminati Brewing Skagit Community Band: 7:30pm, Maple Hall, La GET OUT Misty Flowers: 7pm, Chuckanut Center Conner FOOD Run for the Bees: 11am, BelleWood Acres Cantabile Chamber Choir: 7:30pm, Anacortes Beer Week: Through April 28, throughout Bell- COMMUNITY Lutheran Church ingham MONDAY [04.30.18] Trivia Thursday: 5:30-8pm, Trove Coffee Coffee Tasting: 3pm, Camber Cafe FILM WORDS GET OUT The Kid: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon VISUAL Open Mic Night: 7pm, Village Books Get Gritty: 7:15pm, Fairhaven Runners Fourth Friday Art Walk: 5-8pm, historic Slam Poetry Performance: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center CASCADIA WEEKLY WORDS Fairhaven for the Arts Book and Bake Sale: 10am-5pm, Deming Library 2 FRIDAY [04.27.18] SATURDAY [04.28.18] TUESDAY [05.01.18] ONSTAGE GET OUT Always...Patsy Cline: 7pm, Conway Muse Plant Sale: 9am-4pm, Bellingham Senior Activity ONSTAGE FOOD 9 to 5: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre Center Always...Patsy Cline: 7pm, Conway Muse Dine Out for Maple Alley Inn: All day, throughout Genre Legends: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Wild Things: 9:30-11am, Stimpson Family Nature 9 to 5: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre Bellingham and Whatcom County THISWEEK 30 FOOD Contact Cascadia Weekly: 360.647.8200 24 mail TOC LETTERS STAFF Editorial B-BOARD Editor & Publisher: Tim Johnson ext 260 23 editor@ Bob Dorough started his musical career in the New York jazz cascadiaweekly.com FILM scene of the 1950s and ’60s, but his lasting legacy involved Arts & Entertainment his contributions to Schoolhouse Rock!, a series of catchy Editor: Amy Kepferle and educational cartoons that made it fun to learn about ext 204 18 everything from multiplication (“Three is a Magic Number”) calendar@ to grammar (“Conjunction Junction”) to politics (“I’m Just a cascadiaweekly.com MUSIC Bill”). 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A stampede Stephanie Simms Keeping the recommendations in the valley of stick horses surrounded her as she received 27: Advice Goddess Skagit: Linda Brown, DO IT also supports shopping locally, and all the good thanks, some goodies and many hearty hugs. 28: Comix Barb Murdoch stuff that entails. High thanks we owe you, Chris Paul! 29: Sudoku, Slowpoke Letters —Scott Railton, Mount Vernon The WCYF is refreshingly full of good news that SEND LETTERS TO LETTERS@ is created and abundantly shared to prosper and 30: A Beer Week countdown CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM 04.25.18 YOUTH FAIR direct the youth within our community. How un- THE GRISTLE, P.06 + ORCHARD OUTING, P.14 + BEER WEEK, P.30 c a s c a d i a REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA The 30th year of the Whatcom County Youth fortunate the collective of local newspapers and WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND COUNTIES .13 04-25-2018 • ISSUE:17 • V.13 17 ©2018 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by Fair (WCYF), was remarkable. 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