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Amy Goodman, p.06 * Fuzz Buzz, p.11 * Film Shorts, p.26 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT ISLAND COUNTIES 06-15-2016* • ISSUE:*24 • V.11 FIRING LINE America's cruel hoax, P.08 Musical Matters GREEN FROG'S STACKED LINEUP, P.20 + ICE CREAM EXITS AND ENTRANCES 101 The view from the Where to get scooped BAAY, P.16 this summer, P.34 FOOD Ferndale Farmers Market: 1-6pm, Cherry Street Salmon Dinner Sail: 6pm, Bellingham Cruise 34 cascadia Terminal FOOD FOOD ThisWeek VISUAL ARTS Solstice Art Walk: 5-8pm, throughout historic A glance at this week’s Fairhaven 27 happenings SATURDAY [06.18.16] B-BOARD B-BOARD ONSTAGE Shakespeare’s Wonderland: 1pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon 24 Best of BAAY: 5pm, the Majestic Ryan Stiles & Friends: 7pm and 9pm, Upfront Theatre FILM Hamlet: 7:30pm, iDiOM Theater Anything Goes: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild Proof: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre 20 DANCE MUSIC If you’re questioning Cinderella: 1pm, Lynden Christian High School Narnian Excerpts: 1pm and 6:30pm, Mount Baker 18 whether to be or Theatre ART not to be in the MUSIC Music Moves Me: 11am-4pm, Boundary Bay Brewery 16 audience for showings COMMUNITY Berry Dairy Days: Through Sunday, Burlington STAGE of Shakespeare’s Rockhound Rendezvous: 10am-5:30pm, Bloedel masterwork, Donovan 14 Antique Fair: 9am-4pm, Christianson’s Nursery, Hamlet, showing Mount Vernon GET OUT June 16-18 and 23- GET OUT Sofia Milstead Memorial Run: 9am, Lynden High 25 at iDiOM Theater, School 12 Run for Epilepsy: 9am, Lake Padden Park choose the first Boat Show: 9am-4pm, La Conner Marina Bark in the Park: 10am-2pm, Storvik Park, Anacortes WORDS option FOOD 8 Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, VFW Hall, Lynden PHOTO BY TAD BEAVERS TAD BY PHOTO Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, Blaine Senior Center WEDNESDAY [06.15.16] Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts CURRENTS CURRENTS Center ONSTAGE Mount Vernon Market: 9am-2pm, Riverfront Plaza 6 Blaine Market: 10am-2pm, Peace Portal Drive Anything Goes Benefit Show: 6:30pm, Bellingham Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Theatre Guild VIEWS Market Square Vaudevillingham: 7pm and 9pm, Cirque Lab 4 WORDS VISUAL ARTS Just Women Opening: 10am-5pm, Whatcom Mu- Terry Tempest Williams: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre MAIL MAIL seum’s Lightcatcher Building Brick and Toy Fair: 10am-5pm, Ferndale Events FOOD 2 2 Center Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green DO IT IT DO DO IT IT DO Sedro-Woolley Market: 3-7pm, Hammer Heritage SUNDAY [06.19.16] Park ONSTAGE Brewers Cruise: 6:30pm, Bellingham Cruise Terminal Celebrate the men in your life Sun., June 19 by bringing Anything Goes: 2pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild 06.15.16 THURSDAY [06.16.16] them to a Father’s Day Car Show at BelleWood Acres DANCE Narnian Excerpts: 6:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre .11 ONSTAGE or the Bellingham Fete—which will also include an antique 24 Bard on the Beach: Through Sept. 24, Vanier Park, # COMMUNITY Vancouver BC car show—at Wilson Motors Father’s Day Car Show: m-3pm, BelleWood Acres Anything Goes: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild Berry Dairy Days: 10am-4pm, Burlington Hamlet: 7:30pm, iDiOM Theater Bellingham Fete: 12-8pm, Wilson Motors Proof: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre WORDS GET OUT The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre FRIDAY [06.17.16] Family Story Night: 7pm, Fairhaven Library Boat Show: 9am-4pm, La Conner Marina ONSTAGE Poems of Motherhood: 7pm, Village Books CASCADIA WEEKLY MUSIC Hamlet: 7:30pm, iDiOM Theater Scot Ranney: 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum’s Old City MONDAY [06.20.16] Anything Goes: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild COMMUNITY 2 Hall Proof: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre Berry Dairy Days: Through Sunday, Burlington ONSTAGE The Chris Eger Band: 6-9pm, Hotel Bellwether Ryan Stiles & Friends: 9pm, Upfront Theatre Guffawingham: 9:30pm, Green Frog WORDS GET OUT DANCE Relay for Life: 6pm today through 12pm Saturday, DANCE Julie Trimmingham: 7pm, Village Books Cinderella: 7pm, Lynden Christian High School NW Washington Fairgrounds, Lynden Narnian Excerpts: 6:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre 3 CASCADIA WEEKLY #24.11 06.15.16 DO IT 2 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 12 GET OUT 14 STAGE 16 ART 18 MUSIC 20 FILM 24 B-BOARD 27 FOOD 34 Contact THISWEEK Cascadia Weekly: ` 360.647.8200 Editorial 34 Editor & Publisher: FOOD FOOD Tim Johnson `ext 260 { editor@ 27 mail cascadiaweekly.com TOC LETTERS STAFF Arts & Entertainment Editor: Amy Kepferle B-BOARD B-BOARD ext 204 {calendar@ cascadiaweekly.com 24 Music & Film Editor: FILM Carey Ross It took 30 years to get there, but on Tues., June 7 RMI ext 203 guide Brent Okita, 55, became only the second person to {music@ 20 reach the summit of Mt. 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DO IT IT DO No! What we need is a good heroin/meth/al- 31: Advice Goddess FIRING LINE America's cruel hoax, P.08 coholic treatment center, as well as programs A FULL COST ACCOUNTING 32: Comix Musical Matters to help addicts get services to help give back Protestors should pay the bill for the recent 33: Slowpoke, Sudoko GREEN FROG'S STACKED LINEUP, P.20 to our community. demonstration in Anacortes? Really? It appears + ICE CREAM 06.15.16 EXITS AND ENTRANCES 101 The view from the Where to get scooped It is ridiculous how they will appoint a public to me that the reason for the protest is the BAAY, P.16 34: Time for ice cream this summer, P.34 defender to a suspected murderer or thief, but fact that we have all been paying the bill for .11 COVER: Michaela Anne 24 ©2016 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by you have to pay nearly $3,000 for a private at- not waking up earlier to the excessive use of # Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. 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