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THE GRISTLE, P.6 * BIRD COUNT, P.14 * RUMOR HAS IT, P.20 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. 12.x{.11 :: #50, v.06 :: !- A spirited seasonal wuTHE spoof, p.16 tcRAker DATING GAME: A HOLIDAY SOIREE FOR SINGLES, P.12 }} SEASONAL SONGS: THE POWER OF THE CHRISTMAS CAROL, P.20 GROUND RULES: RE SOURCES VERSUS SSA MARINE, P.8 34 34 cascadia FOOD Support local farmers by perusing 27 their remaining bounty at the final !( of B-BOARD A glance at what’s happening this week the season Dec. 17 at the Depot Market Square 24 FILM FILM DANCE 20 Bellingham Dance Company’s Winter Showcase: Flamenco master . 7pm, the Majestic MUSIC Gift of Dance Winter Recital: 7pm, Nooksack High ! returns to Bellingham School Performing Arts Center 18 MUSIC for a Dec. 17 gig at the Blue Noel: 7:30pm, Lynden Christian Reformed Church STAGE STAGE Horse Gallery WORDS 16 Family Story Night: 7pm, Fairhaven Library ART ART FOOD Holiday Champagne Tasting: 6pm, Book Fare Café 14 VISUAL ARTS Festival of the Arts: 10am-6pm, 3548 Meridian St. Pacific Arts Holiday Market: 11am-8pm, 1522 GET OUT Cornwall Ave. 12 ./0-4[12.x~.11] WORDS ONSTAGE The Wutcraker: 7pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU 8 The Christmas Toy Shop: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden The Andrews Brothers: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Dinner CURRENTS CURRENTS Theatre, Mount Vernon 6 An Endless Start: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Holiday Theatresports: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront VIEWS VIEWS Theatre Over the River: 8pm, Anacortes Community 4 Theatre Comedy Night: 9pm, Poppe’s Bistro & Lounge MAIL MAIL DANCE 2 Three Glorias: 6pm, Blue Horse Gallery Over the River: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Dancing for Joy: 6:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre DO IT IT DO DO IT 2 2 ) .4[12.x{.11] VISUAL ARTS Theatre Gift of Dance Winter Recital: 7pm, Nooksack High Festival of the Arts: 10am-6pm, 3548 Meridian St. ONSTAGE Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre School Performing Arts Center Curator’s Tour: 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum’s .11 Intro to Improv: 7pm, Improv Playworks Vaudevillingham: 8pm and 10pm, Cirque Lab Winter Wonderland: 7pm, Blaine Performing Arts 14 Lightcatcher Building WORDS An Endless Start: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Center The Nutcracker: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Chuckanut Sandstone Writers Theatre: 7pm, The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre .06 12. Vernon Firehouse Performing Arts Center !-$4[12. .11] 50 MUSIC x} # USA Dance Holiday Ball: 8-10pm, Blue Moon Martin Limon: 7pm, Village Books North Sound Community Orchestra: 7:30pm, ONSTAGE Ballroom VISUAL ARTS Kulshan Middle School The Wutcraker: 7pm, Performing Arts Center, Tango Experience Milonga: 8-11:30pm, Presence Festival of the Arts: 10am-6pm, 3548 Meridian St. Jesse Morrow Christmas Concert: 7:30pm, Pick- WWU Studio ford Cinema The Christmas Toy Shop: 7:30pm, Claire vg MUSIC Thomas Theatre, Lynden WORDS What the Chelm: 2pm, Whatcom Museum /#0-.4[12.x|.11] The Andrews Brothers: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Dinner Greg Doud: 7pm, Village Books Wind Music Concert: 3pm, Bellingham Unitarian CASCADIA WEEKLY Theatre, Mount Vernon ONSTAGE Fellowship COMMUNITY An Endless Start: 8pm, iDiOM Theater 2 The Wutcraker: 7pm, Performing Arts Center, David Lanz: 7:30pm, Amadeus Project WWU Singles Holiday Party and Dating Game: 6-9pm, Holiday Theatresports: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Imagine Christmas: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre Silver Reef Casino Theatre COMMUNITY Final Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, The Christmas Toy Shop: 7:30pm, Claire vg The Lights of Christmas: Through Dec. 28, Warm Over the River: 8pm, Anacortes Community Depot Market Square Thomas Theatre, Lynden Beach Camp, Stanwood Theatre Fly Day: 12-4pm, Heritage Flight Museum $QLPDOV+DYH$OZD\V%HHQ Holiday Bazaar: 10am-3pm, Birchwood Presby- terian Church <RXU%HVW)ULHQGV 34 Holiday Hero: 6-10:30pm, Ferndale Events Center 1RZ7KH\&DQ%H<RXU1HZ&DUHHU FOOD GET OUT Thriller Cross: 10am-2pm, Civic Field Harley Davidson Clocks 27 FOOD Galileo Thermometers Swedish Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, Norway Gel Hand Warmer Mittens Hall B-BOARD Pancake Breakfast: 8-11pm, Bellingham Beaded Purses & Rings Senior Activity Center Kitchenware & Gadgets Community Meal: 10am-12pm, United Church 24 of Ferndale ͙͝ά ơ ny ͛ Wines FILM FILM HoneycrispKringle: 11am-4pm, BelleWood Ship Cheese & Sausage Acres 20 VISUAL ARTS Comfort & Joy How Bazaar: 10am-4pm, Rexville Grocery, MUSIC Bellingham 7KHQ<RXU%HVW)ULHQG <RXU1HZ&DUHHU 18 Festival of the Arts: 10am-6pm, 3548 Merid- ^^^L]LY`IVK`ZJVT ian St. /P^H` ¶=HUAHUK[ 7XUQ\RXUORYHRIDQLPDOVLQWRDFDUHHUDVDFHUWLILHG9HWHULQDU\ Pacific Arts Holiday Market: 10am-6pm, 1522 7HFKQLFLDQ$W%HOOLQJKDP7HFKQLFDO&ROOHJH\RXóOOJDLQUHDOZRUOG STAGE Cornwall Ave. H[SHULHQFHZRUNLQJZLWKORFDOYHWHULQDULDQVRQOLYHDQLPDOVRIDOO Village Books & Paper Dreams 16 VL]HVñIURPKRXQGGRJVWRKRUVHV ART ART .0)4[12.x.11] ú2SHQLQJV$YDLODEOHIRU ú<HDU'HJUHH3URJUDP GIFT 6SULQJ ONSTAGE ú3UHUHTXLVLWHVQHFHVVDU\IRUHQUROOPHQW 14 The Wutcraker: 7pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU CARDS for &KHFNRXW%7&óV9HW7HFK3URJUDPñDQGJHWVWDUWHGRQ DANCE Teachers, Friends, Parents, WKHFDUHHU\RXóYHDOZD\VZDQWHG GET OUT The Nutcracker: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Kids, Grandparents, Uncles, ZZZEWFFWFHGX Vernon Aunts, Neighbors... 12 Dancing for Joy: 6:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre MUSIC WORDS Bellingham Community Chorus: 2pm, St. 8 James Presbyterian Church Adoramus Carolers: 3pm, Whatcom Museum Noel: 3pm, Bellingham High School Celtic Yuletide: 3pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount CURRENTS Vernon 6 FOOD EVERYONE! 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Tomorrow I’ll come back as a 22-year- 6 27: Bulletin Board Letters Send letters to letters@ Tonight I went out with a group dressed as San- old ho-ho-ho. You’ll let me in, won’t you? 28: Free Will Astrology cascadiaweekly.com. ta Claus(es). We were a diverse collection of peo- —Catherine Maxwell, Bellingham VIEWS VIEWS ple in our 30s and 40s—professionals from many 29: Wellness THE GRISTLE, P.6 * BIRD COUNT, P.14 * RUMOR HAS IT, P.20 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND LOWER B.C. walks of life. We met as friends of friends, col- 4 OCCUPY THE WORLD * * * 4 12.x{.11 :: #50, v.06 :: !- 30: Crossword leagues, curious hangers-on. We met in the spirit “The day will come when our Republic will be an MAIL MAIL MAIL 31: Advice Goddess of Christmas and we went to multiple bars in the impossibility because wealth will be concentrated 32: This Modern World, pursuit of Saturday-night merriment. in the hands of a few. When that day comes, we 2 However, one Bellingham bar (one known must rely upon the wisdom of the best elements Tom the Dancing Bug DO IT IT DO for its open-minded policies) did not allow us in the country to readjust the laws of the nation,” DATING GAME: A HOLIDAY SOIREE FOR SINGLES, P.12 }} SEASONAL SONGS: THE POWER OF THE CHRISTMAS CAROL, P.20 33: Sudoku, Slowpoke GROUND RULES: RE SOURCES VERSUS SSA MARINE, P.8 in. Why? Were we drunk? For the most part, no. wrote James Madison, 4th President of the Unit- 3O: Cream for Christmas COVER: Dan Pike and Pete Disorderly? Again, no. Did we have trouble in mind? ed States. .11 Kremen mug it up in The 14 Wutcraker. Photo by Drue Most of us might have had our kids, babysitters or I have visited the occupiers/”the best ele- Robinson ski plans tomorrow in mind; for tonight we just ments in the country,” to show my support (blan- wanted to spread Christmas cheer and have fun. kets and oranges) and gratitude for their courage ©2011 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by .06 12. Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC.