THE GRISTLE, P.06 + CLAY EXTRAVAGANZA, P.15 + FREE WILL ASTROLOGY, P.22 c a s c a d i a REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM SKAGIT SURROUNDING AREAS 02-27-2019* • ISSUE:* 09 • V.14 AFTER THE FIRE Hohl Feed and Seed P.26 DEPOT COMEDY CLUB Barrels of fun P.14 TRANS MOUNTAIN Pipeline expansion back in play P.08 IRISH IMMERSION Music from the Emerald Isle P.16 VISUAL A brief overview of this First Friday Art Walk: 6-9pm, downtown Anacortes 26 Art Walk: 6-10pm, downtown Bellingham FOOD week’s happenings THISWEEK SATURDAY [03.02.19] ONSTAGE 24 The Little Mermaid: 2pm and 7pm, Bellingham High School Fiddler on the Roof: 2pm and 7pm, Burlington- B-BOARD Edison High School Ben Franklin LIVE: 6:30pm, SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention 20 The Addams Family: 7pm, Ferndale High School Tarnation: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre FILM In advance of Antigone ’19: 7:30pm, Heiner Theater, WCC Richard III: 7:30pm, Phillip Taro Theater, Mount International Vernon 16 Women’s Day, LOL-apalooza: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre MUSIC Shifting Gears MUSIC Gail Pettis: 7pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts 15 will team up with The McHughs Album Release: 8pm, Firehouse Arts and Events Center ART local partners for International Guitar Night: 8pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon 14 indoor and outdoor COMMUNITY The Triple Nickel: 2pm, Ferndale Library STAGE climbs, hikes, bike rides, walks, GET OUT 13 Bike Swap: 7am-8pm, Boundary Bay Brewery runs and more Winter Festival: 9am-6pm, Christianson’s Nursery, Mount Vernon GET OUT March 3-8 as part Home and Garden Show: 10am-8pm, NW Washing- of Wild Womxn ton Fairgrounds, Lynden 12 FOOD Week. Seed Swap: 10am-2pm, Van Zandt Community Hall PHOTO BY BRANDON SAWAYA BY PHOTO Washington Beer Open House: 12-5pm, Anacortes WORDS Brewery, Bastion Brewing Company, Chuckanut Brewery, Farmstrong Brewing, Kulshan Brewing Co., 10 Wander Brewing WEDNESDAY [02.27.19] VISUAL Washington State Clay Extravaganza: 10am-4pm, Depot Market Square CURRENTS COMMUNITY New Exhibit Opening: 5-7pm, Smith & Vallee Gal- 6 Poet Laureate Fighting a Wildfire: 6:45pm, Sumas Library lery, Edison Claudia Castro Luna FILM VIEWS SUNDAY [03.03.19] Human Rights Film Festival: Through March 2, joins a Speakeasy throughout Bellingham and Whatcom County 4 reading ONSTAGE 23 Depot Comedy Club: 7pm, Aslan Depot MAIL THURSDAY [02.28.19] focusing on “Poetry MUSIC 2 ONSTAGE 2 & Democracy” Whatcom Symphony: 3pm, Mount Baker Theatre Kinky Boots: 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre Daymark: 7pm, Littlefield Celtic Center, Mount Vernon DO IT DO IT The Addams Family: 7pm, Ferndale High School Sat., March 2 at Fiddler on the Roof: 7pm, Burlington-Edison High the Mount Baker COMMUNITY School History Tour: 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum’s Old Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre Theatre. City Hall Antigone ’19: 7:30pm, Heiner Theater, WCC 02.27.19 The Project: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre GET OUT Wild Womxn Week: Through March 8, throughout .14 DANCE Bellingham 09 # Folk Dance: 7-9:30pm, Fairhaven Library Fiddler on the Roof: 7pm, Burlington-Edison High Socks in the Frying Pan: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Winter Festival: 9am-6pm, Christianson’s Nursery, School Mount Vernon Mount Vernon MUSIC Antigone ’19: 7:30pm, Heiner Theater, WCC Padden Mudfest: 10am, Lake Padden MVHS Jazz Night: 7pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon Tarnation: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre WORDS Home and Garden Show: 11am-5pm, NW Washing- Vadinska and Wilder: 7pm, Firehouse PAC Richard III: 7:30pm, Phillip Taro Theater, Mount John Hoyte: 10:30am, Blaine Library ton Fairgrounds, Lynden Mike Marker: 7:30pm, Chuckanut Center Vernon Phoebe Wahl: 2pm, Lynden Library Serial Killers Finale: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Sylvia Speakeasy 23: 6:03pm, Mount Baker Theatre MONDAY [03.04.19] COMMUNITY Center for the Arts CASCADIA WEEKLY Skookum Creek Celebration: 5pm, Boundary Bay LOL-apalooza: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront COMMUNITY ONSTAGE Theatre Imagine: 5-7:30pm, SPARK Museum Guffawingham: 9pm, Firefly Lounge 2 FRIDAY [03.01.19] MUSIC GET OUT TUESDAY [03.05.19} ONSTAGE Shantala: 7pm, Center for Spiritual Living Wild Things: 9:30-11am, Whatcom Falls Park The Little Mermaid: 7pm, Bellingham High School Lunasa: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre Home and Garden Show: 11am-8pm, NW Washing- GET OUT The Addams Family: 7pm, Ferndale High School Reid Jamieson: 7:30pm, Firehouse PAC ton Fairgrounds, Lynden Gear Swap: 6-9pm, YMCA WINNING SilverReefCasino.com Visit Reef Rewards for details. 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