THE GRISTLE, P.6 /# "'* .+xFREE WILL, P.28 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. 12.z.09 :: #52, v.04 :: !- - .*'0/$*). MAKE ‘EM, DON’T BREAK ‘EM, P.13 ) 2 "$))$)". BELLINGHAM CHILDREN’S THEATRE, P.15 -0(*-#.$/ IT WAS A YEAR, P.18 ./2009&2*-./ 30 30 FOOD cascadia !'0/$./ % !!- 4*#) 25 25 WILL MAKE MUSIC DURING THE CAS- CADE EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL’S “LOUIS XIV’S BASSOON” CONCERT JAN. 3 AT CLASSIFIEDS A glance at what’s happening this week ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 22 22 FILM FILM 2 ) .4[12.z.09] 18 DANCE NYE Crash Course: 7pm, Blue Moon Ballroom MUSIC MUSIC Cole Anderson: 7:30pm, Lairmont Manor 16 ART ART GET OUT Epic Run: 7pm, Fairhaven Runners 15 /#0-.4[12.zx.09] STAGE STAGE $!4*0- ON STAGE Vampire Hearts: 7pm, RiverBelle Dinner # .)*/ Theatre, Mount Vernon 14 The Cody Rivers Show: 8pm, iDiOM Theater +*0)$)" New Year’s Eve Shows: 9pm and 11pm, Up- FROM AN OVERABUNDANCE GET OUT front Theatre OF END-OF-THE-YEAR DANCE CHAMPAGNE, STRIP DOWN 13 NYE Contra Dance: 8pm-1am, Norway Hall TO YOUR SWIMSUIT ON NEW MUSIC WORDS No-Fi Soul Rebellion: Boundary Bay Brewery YEAR’S DAY AND START 2010 Flowmotion, Acorn Project: 9pm, Wild Buffalo OFF WITH EITHER A “POLAR 8 Yogoman Burning Band, the Dt’s: Nightlight Lounge PLUNGE” IN BIRCH BAY OR THE ANNUAL “PADDEN COMMUNITY CURRENTS CURRENTS Labyrinth Walk: 3-5pm, Bellingham First POLAR DIP” Congregational Church 6 Labyrinth Walk: 4-9pm, Leopold Crystal Ballroom VIEWS VIEWS First Night Bellingham: 9pm-2am, Best West- ern Lakeway Inn 4 GET OUT MAIL MAIL Get Movin’ Kickoff: 6-9pm, Bellingham Sportsplex 2 Ring of Fire: 7pm, Birch Bay waterfront DO IT IT DO DO IT 2 VISUAL ARTS ./0-4[01.y.10] VISUAL ARTS pretive Center, Rockport Make.Shift Art Show Closing: 9pm, Casa Que Guy Anderson, Ann Morris Opening: 5-7pm, 09 09 Pasa ON STAGE Lucia Douglas Gallery .30. Vampire Hearts: 7pm, RiverBelle Dinner (*)4[01.{.10] 12 Theatre, Mount Vernon !-$4[01.x.10] Games Galore: 8pm, Upfront Theatre .0)4[01.z.10] ON STAGE .04 The Cody Rivers Show: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Radium Girls Auditions: 7pm, Claire vg Thomas 52 ON STAGE Director’s Cut: 10pm, Upfront Theatre ON STAGE Theatre, Mount Vernon # Vampire Hearts: 7pm, RiverBelle Dinner Comedy Night: 8pm, Fairhaven Pub Theatre, Mount Vernon MUSIC WORDS Games Galore: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Thomas Harris Quintet: 2-5pm, VFW Hall Poetrynight: 8pm, Anker Café The Cody Rivers Show: 8pm, iDiOM Theater MUSIC Director’s Cut: 10pm, Upfront Theatre COMMUNITY Cascade Early Music Festival: 4pm, St. Paul’s Resolutions: 11am-4pm, Village Books Episcopal Church /0 .4[01.|.10] GET OUT CASCADIA WEEKLY New Year’s Day Ride: 10:15am, Fairhaven Park GET OUT COMMUNITY ON STAGE Resolution Run: 11am, Lake Padden Birding the Beaches of Semiahmoo: 9am-12pm, Community Breakfast: 8am-1pm, Rome Grange Radium Girls Auditions: 7pm, Claire vg Thomas 2 Polar Plunge: 12pm, Birch Bay Drive Semiahmoo Park Museum Laughter Club: 4pm, Co-op Connections Building Theatre, Mount Vernon Padden Polar Dip: 12pm, Lake Padden Eagle Watching: 10am-4pm, Skagit River Inter- Eagle Tour: 1:30-4pm, with the Whatcom Land pretive Center, Rockport GET OUT GET OUT Trust Eagle Watching: 10am-4pm, Skagit River Inter- Ski and Snowboard Tuning 101: 6pm, REI 30 30 YOUR LOCAL PLACE FOR FUN FOOD EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK! 25 CLASSIFIEDS 22 22 FILM FILM 18 MUSIC 16 ART ART (YHU\)ULGD\ 6DWXUGD\QLJKWVWDUWLQJ 15 RQ-DQXDU\ZLQDFKDQFHWREXU\\RXU RSSRQHQWLQVQRZDQGZLQFROG STAGE KDUGFDVK6HH:LQQHUV&OXEIRUGHWDLOV 14 GET OUT 3 13 WORDS Sports Bar 8 Games Pull Tabs CURRENTS Pool Tables 6 Darts VIEWS 4 Dance Floor MAIL 2 Music 2 DO IT IT DO DO IT Live Entertainment! 09 09 .30. 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