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Baker STAGE Calendar Girls: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Bellingham Circus Vineyards Theatre Valentine’s Tasting Event: 5-8pm, Perfectly Paired Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre 14 Guild present My Hearts, Wine, Chocolate: 6:30-9:30pm, BelleWood The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Circus Valentine Acres GET OUT MUSIC VISUAL ARTS Metales M5: 10am and 12pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Feb. 13-14 at the Serving Sweets Reception: 1-4pm, Good Earth Vernon Pottery 10 Strumming for Tami: 6pm, Underground Nightclub Cirque Lab Nancy Grigsby Reception: 1-4pm, Artwood Gallery P.S. I Love You: 6-9pm, Studio UFO FRIDAY 12 WORDS [ 02. .16] SUNDAY [02.14.16] ONSTAGE 8 The Nerd: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre ONSTAGE Ballad of Ginger Goodwin: 7:30pm, DUG Theatre, Baby: 2pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild WWU Father’s Been to Mars: 2:30pm, Alger Community Baby: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild CURRENTS CURRENTS Church Father’s Been to Mars: 7:30pm, Alger Community The Nerd: 3pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre 6 Church My Circus Valentine: 6pm and 9pm, Cirque Lab Calendar Girls: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre The Second City: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre Cupid’s Arrow: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre VIEWS Cupid’s Arrow: 7pm, Upfront Theatre Whose Live Anyway: 9pm, Swinomish Casino, Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre: 7pm, Silver Reef 4 Anacortes Casino MAIL MAIL MUSIC DANCE Faculty Chamber Recital: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Waltz Brunch: 11am-1pm, Bellingham Dance 2 Center 2 Company Turtle Island Quartet: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall HINK THADDEUS BY PHOTO DO IT IT DO DO IT IT DO 1964...The Tribute: 8pm, Mount Baker Theatre MUSIC Protea String Quartet: 2pm, Whatcom Museum’s Old FOOD City Hall Vineyard Valentines Weekend: 12-5pm, Mt. 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