A Holly Jolly Roundup, P.18 Festival of the Arts: 10Am-7Pm Daily Through a Brief Overview of This Christmas Eve, 1530 Cornwall Ave
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FUZZ BUZZ, P.11 + FILM SHORTS, P.23 + FREE WILL ASTROLOGY, P.26 c a s c a d i a PICKFORD CALENDAR INSIDE REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT SURROUNDING AREAS 12-12-2018* • ISSUE:50* • V.13 THE WHATCOM NAUGHTY WATER LIST Problems and A Holiday Cabaret prospects P.15 P.06 MIRACLE Seasonal spirits at Swim Club P.30 CORSBERG CARES APPALACHIAN A benefit with star power CHRISTM S P.13 A holly jolly roundup, P.18 Festival of the Arts: 10am-7pm daily through A brief overview of this Christmas Eve, 1530 Cornwall Ave. 30 Deck the Old City Hall: 12-5pm, Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall FOOD week’s happenings THISWEEK SATURDAY [12.15.18] 25 ONSTAGE Mostly Magic: 11am and 2:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre B-BOARD A Charlie Brown Christmas: 2pm and 7pm, BAAY Theater Vaudevillingham: 7pm and 9pm, Cirque Lab 22 A Christmas Carol: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts My 3 Ghosts: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre FILM Mostly Magic Cabaret: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre Annie: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon Noel Noir: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre 18 Award-winning LOL-Palooza: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre MUSIC DANCE comedians James The Nutcracker: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon 16 Saving Christmas Town: 2pm and 7pm, Mount and Jamesy Baker Theatre ART A Holiday Wish for Paco: 7pm, Blaine Performing present their Arts Center 15 seasonal show, MUSIC Bellingham Community Chorus: 2pm, and 7pm, St. STAGE ”O Christmas James Presbyterian Church Tea,” Wed., Dec. NOEL Ensemble: 3pm, Jansen Art Center, Lynden 14 Altai Kai: 8pm, Alternative Library 12 at the Mount WORDS GET OUT Baker Theatre Stories with the Grinch: 2pm, Village Books COMMUNITY 12 Winterfest: 12-3pm, historic Fairhaven Sleighbells Ring: 12-5pm, BelleWood Acres WORDS GET OUT Jingle Bell Dash: 10am, Seafarers’ Memorial Park, 10 WEDNESDAY [12.12.18] Anacortes Bowman Bay Holiday: 4-8pm, Deception Pass State ONSTAGE Park O Christmas Tea: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre CURRENTS FOOD 6 MUSIC Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, Ferndale Senior Center Celtic Christmas: 6:30pm, Port of Anacortes Transit Breakfast With Santa: 9-11am, Bellingham Child- Shed VIEWS care and Learning Center MVHS Holiday Concert: 7pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Breakfast With Santa: 91m-1pm, Eaglemont Golf Vernon 4 Course, Mount Vernon Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot MAIL THURSDAY [12.13.18] Market Square 2 ONSTAGE 2 VISUAL A Christmas Carol: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts Pacific Arts Market: 10am-6pm, Sunset Square DO IT DO IT Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre Deck the Old City Hall: 12-5pm, Whatcom Museum’s Annie: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon Old City Hall Noel Noir: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre Comet Sense: 2-4pm, Studio UFO The Project: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre 12.12.18 MUSIC SUNDAY [12.16.18] BHS Showstoppers: 12pm, Whatcom Museum’s Old It will be a family affair in Mount Vernon at the ONSTAGE .13 City Hall A Charlie Brown Christmas: 2pm, BAAY Theater 50 # Spanish Brass Christmas Concert: 7pm, Mount Baker 38th annual Magical Strings’ Celtic Yuletide Annie: 2pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon Theatre Noel Noir: 2pm, Anacortes Community Theatre MVHS Holiday Concert: 7pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount performance Sun., Dec. 16 at the Lincoln Theatre Vernon DANCE The Nutcracker: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon VISUAL Annie: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon MUSIC Festival of the Arts: 10am-7pm daily through Noel Noir: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre Reeb Willms and Caleb Klauder: 7pm, YWCA MUSIC Christmas Eve, 1530 Cornwall Ave. LOL-Palooza: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Ballroom Holiday Magic: 3pm, Mount Baker Theatre CASCADIA WEEKLY Celtic Yuletide: 3pm, Lincoln Theatr 2 FRIDAY [12.14.18] DANCE FOOD Saving Christmas Town: 7pm, Mount Baker Drayton Harbor Shell-abration: 4-6pm, G Street COMMUNITY ONSTAGE Theatre Plaza, Blaine Sleighbells Ring: 12-5pm, BelleWood Acres A Charlie Brown Christmas: 7pm, BAAY Theater The Nutcracker: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount A Christmas Carol: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts Vernon VISUAL VISUAL My 3 Ghosts: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre Pacific Arts Market: 10am-6pm, Sunset Square Pacific Arts Market: 10am-6pm, Sunset Square Now – December 24 IN CASH & PRIZES EACH GAME SHOW! 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