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AMERICAN IDOLATRY, P. 6 LLAMA DRAMA, P. 8 POETRY MONTH, P. 15 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA 4/04/07 :: 02.14 :: FREE ANOUSHKA A SITAR Shankar IS BORN, P.18 BUNNY ON BAKER: SEARCH ON THE SLOPES, P. 14 GALLERY WALK: ART APPRECIATION HITS THE STREETS, P. 16 TARANTINO AND RODRIGUEZ: All the gory details, P. 22 31 | Food 25-30 | Classifieds 22-24 | Film 18-21 | Music 17 | On Stage 16 LIVE MUSIC | Art 15 Thurs. & Sat. at 8 p.m. | Words & Community 14 Alzheimer Society of Washington We are Bursting with New Styles, in cooperation with Fabrics, and Colors! | Get Out Bellingham Parks & Recreation Department 8-13 | Currents 6-7 | Views 4-5 | Letters 3 WALK and 5K RUN Do it Saturday, April 14, 2007 .07 .07 04 9:00 a.m. 04. Village Green in Fairhaven For registration forms or team packets, call 738-6706 or 1-800-493-3959 or visit our website at Custom Modern & www.alzsociety.org Contemporary Furnishings 1322 Cornwall Ave (includes T-shirt) Cascadia Weekly #2.14 | Cascadia Weekly #2.14 Registration Fee: $25 Downtown Bellingham 733-7900 www.LeftCoastFurnishings.com 2 Spring Fling: 10am-3pm, Roeder Home 04.04.07 History Ride: 1pm, Elizabeth Park c . a . s . c . a . d . i . a Tulip Fun Run: 9am, Skagit Regional Airport, Burlington 31 WEDNESDAY Tour De Fleur: 8am-12:30pm, Skagit Valley ON STAGE VISUAL ARTS | Food Tom Sawyer: 7:30pm, Ferndale Central School Student Art Sale: 5-10pm, Saratoga Real Estate EEKLY 25-30 Opening Reception: 5-7pm, Lucia Douglas Gallery WORDS Grand Opening: 11am-9pm, Gathering Glass Designs Spoken Word Wednesday: 8-10pm, Stuart’s at the Market eds Mary Cornish: 7pm, Village Books A glance at what’s happening this week | Classifi 04.05.07 22-24 22-24 THURSDAY | Film ON STAGE Come Back, Little Sheba: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild 18-21 Peasant Revolt: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre Good, Bad, Ugly: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Theatre of Social Change: 7:30pm, YWCA Ballroom | Music High School Musical: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon 17 Once Upon A Mattress: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community Theatre MUSIC | On Stage Charo: 7pm and 9:30pm, Skagit Valley Casino 16 WORDS Hidden treasure—and a whole lot of eggs—can be | Art Alma Alexander: 7:30pm, Village Books found at various Easter Egg Hunts this weekend: 15 April 6 at Cornwall Park and April 7 at the Arne VISUAL ARTS Hanna Aquatic Center, Barkley Village and Mt. Student Art Sale: 5-10pm, Saratoga Real Estate Baker Ski Area. 04.06.07 04.08.07 SUNDAY | Words & Community FRIDAY 14 ON STAGE COMMUNITY Drowning Lovely: 8pm and 10pm, iDiOM Theater Happy Easter! Come Back, Little Sheba: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild The ever-fl amboyant Charo adds comedic fl air to her fl amenco guitar performances April 5 at the Peasant Revolt: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Skagit Valley Casino | Get Out An Evening of Culture: 7:30pm, Best Western Heritage Inn 8-13 Oliver: 7:30pm, Blaine Performing Arts Center 04.09.07 High School Musical: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon COMMUNITY Once Upon A Mattress: 7:30pm, Anacortes Tesla: 8pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon Submarine Team Fundraiser: 6-9pm, American Museum of Radio Community Theatre MONDAY Once Upon A Mattress: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community | Currents Theatre Teen Easter Egg Hunt: 7:15pm, Cornwall Park DANCE WORDS 6-7 Poetry Night: 8:30pm, Fantasia Espresso VISUAL ARTS Northwest Ballet Theatre: 7:30pm, Fire- DANCE house Performing Arts Center Bruce Beasley: 7:30pm, Village Books Northwest Ballet Theatre: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Gallery Walk: 7-10pm, Downtown Bellingham Folkdance: 8-11pm, Fairhaven Library | Views Arts Center Student Art Sale: 5-10pm, Saratoga Real Estate COMMUNITY Contra Dance: 7:30-11pm, Fairhaven Library Opening Reception: 6-8pm, Import 12 4-5 MUSIC Travelogue Talk: 7pm, Bellingham Public Library Higginson Festival of Music: 6pm, Viking Works by Clayton Union, WWU James, Arnie Seattle Men’s Chorus: 7pm, Performing Arts 04.07.07 | Letters 3 Garborg and Sheryl Center, WWU 04.10.07 3 Funkhouser can be All-Ages Concert: 7pm, Rymar Studios seen at an opening SATURDAY Motherlode: 7:30pm, Bellingham Unitarian TUESDAY ITDO reception for the Fellowship Do it artists on April 7 at ON STAGE Charles Kavalovksi: 8pm, Performing Arts MUSIC .07 the Lucia Douglas Drowning Lovely: 8pm and 10pm, iDiOM Theater Center, WWU Swingtet: 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum Gallery. Come Back, Little Sheba: 8pm, Bellingham 04 04. Theatre Guild WORDS WORDS Peasant Revolt: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront Ariel Meadow Stallings: 6pm, Village Books Anthony Dalton: 7:30pm, Village Books MUSIC Theatre Rock Concert: 7pm, Rymar Studios An Evening of Culture: 7:30pm, Best Western COMMUNITY Kirtan: 6:30pm, Everybody’s Yoga Heritage Inn COMMUNITY April Pools Day: 4:30pm, Arne Hanna Higginson Festival of Music: 6pm, Viking Union, WWU Alpine Climbing 101: 6pm, REI Oliver: 7:30pm, Blaine Performing Arts Center Aquatic Center Anoushka Shankar: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU High School Musical: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Easter Egg Hunt: 8am, Barkley Village Mount Vernon VISUAL ARTS WORDS Jim Duemmel Opening: 10am-4pm, Roeder Home Sibyl James, Jim Bertolino: 7:30pm, Village Books | Cascadia Weekly #2.14 For music-related events, see page 21 TO GET YOUR EVENTS LISTED, E-MAIL More event information can be found starting on page 14 [email protected] 3 INSIDE Contact 31 Cascadia Weekly: 360.647.8200 | Food Editorial 25-30 letters Editor & Publisher: table of contents credits letters eds Tim Johnson ext 260 editor@ | Classifi cascadiaweekly.com FATAL FRUIT: Knowing their teacher was deathly allergic to strawberries, on March 29 two 12-year-old girls on Bain- 22-24 22-24 Arts & Entertainment bridge Island attempted to elude punishment for a poor Editor: Amy Kepferle progress report by plying Kasey Jeffers’ coffee cup with ext 203 strawberry lip gloss (they discussed using real berries, but | Film calendar@ fi gured that’d actually kill the teach). 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