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Alan Rhodes, p.06 + GIVING TUESDAY, p.18 + FREE WILL ASTROLOGY, p.24 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND COUNTIES 11-23-2016 • ISSUE:47 • V.11 SACRED LANDSCAPE STILL STANDING AT STANDING ROCK, P.08 SEASON'S LEAPINGS Our annual plot Nutcracker roundup, P.15 C Q SQUARE twists Edible expansion at Skagit Food A NEW CHAPTER AT VILLAGE BOOKS, P.12 Co-op, P.30 30 cascadia DANCE FOOD FOOD ThisWeek The Nutcracker: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre A glance at this week’s Contra Dance: 7-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library 24 WORDS happenings Indies First: 9am-10pm, Village Books Indies First: 10am-8pm, Village Books Lynden B-BOARD B-BOARD Holiday Book Festival: 10am-6pm, Mount Baker Theatre 22 22 COMMUNITY Small Business Saturday: Throughout Whatcom and FILM Skagit counties Visits with Santa: 12-5pm, Yeager’s Toyland 18 FOOD Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, American Legion, MUSIC Peruse handmade Ferndale Holiday Cheesefest: 8am-5pm, Appel Farms, 16 treasures from Ferndale Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot ART women’s cooperatives Market Square Holiday Tea: 12-5pm, Christianson’s Nursery, Mount 15 around the world at Vernon CiderHead Release Party: 5-11pm, Honey Moon STAGE a Women’s Work VISUAL International Holiday Craft Market: 9am-4pm, Pioneer Meadows 14 Montessori School, Ferndale Art Show: 10am-4pm, Kale House, Everson Market happening Holiday Festival of the Arts: 10am-7pm, 4145 GET OUT Meridian St. Nov. 26-27 at the Hilltop Holiday Craft Sale: 11am-5pm, La Conner Garden Club 12 Mount Vernon Senior International Market: 11am-5pm, Mount Vernon Senior Center Center Deck the Old City Hall: 12-5pm, Whatcom Museum WORDS Artist Talk: 4pm, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison Holiday Art Walk: 5-8pm, historic Fairhaven 8 WEDNESDAY [11.23.16] SUNDAY [11.27.16] CURRENTS CURRENTS MUSIC ONSTAGE 6 Student Jazz Combos: 7pm, Unity Spiritual Center A Christmas Story: 1:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon VIEWS VISUAL Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: 2pm, Bellingham Holiday Festival of the Arts: 10am-7pm, 4145 Theatre Guild 4 Meridian St. Beauty and the Beast: 2pm, Squalicum High School The Happy Elf: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, MAIL MAIL THURSDAY [11.24.16] Lynden The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: 2pm, Anacortes 2 2 GET OUT Community Theatre Turkey Trot: 8am, La Conner High School For those not able to spend Thanksgiving Dinner with DO IT IT DO DO IT IT DO Thanksgiving Run: 8am, Skagit Running Company, DANCE Mount Vernon friends or family, free community feasts take place Thurs., The Nutcracker: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre Thanksgiving Ride: 9am, Fairhaven Bicycle Nov. 24 at the Old Town Cafe and the United Church of Ferndale, and MUSIC Messiah Sing-Along: 2:30pm, Garden Street United 11.23.16 FOOD Fri., Nov. 25 at the Church of the Assumption Community Thanksgiving Dinner: 10am-3pm, Old Methodist Church Town Cafe North Cascades Concert Band: 3pm, Anacortes .11 Thanksgiving Day Dinner: 12pm, United Church High School 47 GET OUT SATURDAY [11.26.16] # of Ferndale Wild Things: 9:30-11am, Cornwall Park Art of Jazz: 4-6:30pm, Encore Room at the Mount Tree Lighting: 5pm, Semiahmoo Resort, Blaine ONSTAGE Baker Theatre FRIDAY [11.25.16] Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: 7:30pm, Belling- FOOD ham Theatre Guild COMMUNITY ONSTAGE Lighthouse Mission Thanksgiving Dinner: 12- Beauty and the Beast: 7:30pm, Squalicum High Visits with Santa: 12-5pm, Yeager’s Toyland Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: 7:30pm, Belling- 2pm, Church of the Assumption School ham Theatre Guild The Happy Elf: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, VISUAL Beauty and the Beast: 7:30pm, Squalicum High School VISUAL Lynden Holiday Festival of the Arts: 10am-7pm, 4145 CASCADIA WEEKLY The Happy Elf: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Art Show: 10am-4pm, Kale House, Everson A Christmas Story: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Meridian St. Lynden Holiday Festival of the Arts: 10am-7pm, 4145 Vernon Hilltop Holiday Craft Sale: 11am-3pm, La Conner 2 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: 7:30pm, Ana- Meridian St. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: 7:30pm, Ana- Garden Club cortes Community Theatre Deck the Old City Hall: 12-5pm, Whatcom Museum cortes Community Theatre International Market: 11am-5pm, Mount Vernon Genre Legends: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Holiday Art Walk: 5-8pm, historic Fairhaven Genre Legends: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Senior Center Pals: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Art Party: 6-8:30pm, Tillie Lace Gallery Giggles and Goblins: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Deck the Old City Hall: 12-5pm, Whatcom Museum 3 CASCADIA WEEKLY #47.11 11.23.16 DO IT 2 MAIL 4 VIEWS 6 CURRENTS 8 WORDS 12 GET OUT 14 STAGE 15 ART 16 MUSIC 18 FILM 22 B-BOARD 24 FOOD 30 Contact THISWEEK Cascadia Weekly: ` 360.647.8200 30 Editorial Editor & Publisher: FOOD FOOD Tim Johnson `ext 260 { editor@ 24 mail cascadiaweekly.com TOC LETTERS STAFF Arts & Entertainment Editor: Amy Kepferle B-BOARD B-BOARD ext 204 {calendar@ Two lucky turkeys will travel to Washington D.C. 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