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GET SET FOR A ROUGH RIDE WHEN 04.23.08 THE WHITEWATER FILM GET OUT CLASSIFIEDS Miles for Memories: 9am, Fairhaven Village Green WEDNESDAY HOTEL CHARLEY 3— 24
ON STAGE featuring local filmmakers and FILM Dog Sees God: 7:30pm, Underground Theatre, WWU kayakers and their expeditions to 04.27.08 Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald: 7:30pm, Mount Baker 20 20 Studio Theatre Brazil, Newfoundland, and India— SUNDAY shows April 24 at Broadway Hall MUSIC ON STAGE MUSIC Kate Long, Robin Kessinger: 7:30pm, Roeder Alice in Wonderland: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Home Vernon 18 18 Forever Plaid: 2pm, Anacortes Community Theatre
WORDS Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald: 7:30pm, Mount Baker ART Slam Poetry: 8pm, Underground Coffeehouse, WWU Studio Theatre
Spoken Word Wednesday: 8-10pm, Bellingham
Public Market MUSIC 17 Martin Kuuskmann: 3pm, First Congregational
COMMUNITY Church STAGE Mayor’s Arts Awards: 6:30pm, Whatcom Museum Wellspring Benefit: 3-7pm, Uisce’s Pub David Friesen Trio: 4pm, American Museum of 16 GET OUT Radio Tulip Festival: Through April 30, Skagit Valley WORDS GET OUT Jane Kirkpatrick: 4pm, Village Books
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Dog Sees God: 7:30pm, Underground Theatre, WWU 8 Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald: 7:30pm, Mount Baker 04.28.08 Studio Theatre Forever Plaid: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community MONDAY Theatre CURRENTS Virtual Solitaire: 8pm, iDiOM Theater WORDS
Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Open Mic: 7pm, Village Books 6 The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre DANCE Forever Plaid: 8pm, Anacortes Community Theatre Poetry Night: 8:30pm, Fantasia Espresso
Reporting Live From Crazy: 7:30pm, Firehouse VIEWS WORDS Performing Arts Center DANCE COMMUNITY Rick Barot: 7pm, Village Books Dancing Feet to a Latin Beat: 7pm, Nancy Whyte Laughter Club: 10:45am, Bellingham Senior Center 4 MUSIC School of Ballet
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