THE GRISTLE, P.06 + FUZZ BUZZ, P.09 + FREE WILL ASTROLOGY, P.22 c a s c a d i a REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT SURROUNDING AREAS 11-14-2018* • ISSUE:46* • V.13 ELECTION REFLECTIONS A perfect storm P.10 PEDRO STANDUP THE LION STARS A righteous Seattle resurrection International P.16 Comedy Competition P.13 SNOW SCHOOL Where science meets winter, P.12 A brief overview of this You Can’t Take It With You: 2pm and 7pm, Bell- 26 ingham High School Double Uh-Oh Seven: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre FOOD week’s happenings Waiting for Godot: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center for the THISWEEK Arts Seven Supermans: 7:30pm, Heiner Theatre, WCC 21 A Chorus Line: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount WEDNESDAY [11.14.18] Vernon Seattle International Comedy Competition: B-BOARD MUSIC 8pm, Mount Baker Theatre LOL-Palooza: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Wine, Women, and Song: 7pm, Lairmont Manor Emmet Cohen Trio: 7pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts 24 DANCE Contra Dance: 7-10:30pm, Sacred Heart Social Hall FILM THURSDAY [11.15.18] ONSTAGE MUSIC Beatles Sing-Along: 2-5pm, Bellingham Unitarian 16 You Can’t Take It With You: 7pm, Bellingham High Fellowship School A Light in the Darkness: 7pm, Church of the As- Vaudevillingham: 7pm and 9pm, Cirque Lab MUSIC sumption Waiting for Godot: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts Childsplay: 8pm, Lincoln Theatre Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre 14 Seven Supermans: 7:30pm, Heiner Theatre, WCC WORDS ART The Project: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Last Call Poetry Reading: 7pm, Village Books WORDS 13 An Evening with Anne Lamott: 7pm, Mount Baker GET OUT Turkey Trot: 9am, Squalicum Creek Park Theatre STAGE VISUAL FOOD Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, Ferndale Senor Center Home for the Holidays: 5-9pm, Ferndale Events Center 12 Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square FRIDAY [11.16.18] Holiday at the Port: 10am-4pm, Anacortes Port GET OUT ONSTAGE Transit Shed Wine and Shop Weekend: 11am-6pm, Eagle Haven You Can’t Take It With You: 7pm, Bellingham High Winery, Sedro-Woolley School 10 Skagit Wine & Beer Festival: 4-8pm, Eaglemont Romeo and Juliet: 7pm, Sehome High School Little Golf Club, Mount Vernon Theatre WORDS Double Uh-Oh Seven: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre Waiting for Godot: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts VISUAL Home for the Holidays: 9:30am-5pm, Ferndale 8 Seven Supermans: 7:30pm, Heiner Theatre, WCC Events Center A Chorus Line: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon South Fork Winterfest: 10am-4pm, Van Zandt Com- LOL-Palooza: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre munity Hall CURRENTS MUSIC Holiday Art Show: 10am-5pm, Rexville Grange FishBoy Holiday Show: 2-9pm, FishBoy Gallery Western Symphony Orchestra: 7:30pm, Performing 6 Arts Center Concert Hall, WWU Peruse the folk art of RR Clark Sat., Kuinka: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon SUNDAY [11.18.18] VIEWS Peace Portal Podcast Party: 9pm-2am, Studio B Nov. 17 at the FishBoy Holiday Show ONSTAGE 4 WORDS at FishBoy Gallery. 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