************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** The Gristle, P.6 * Hog Fuel Hijinks, P.8 * Ragfinery, P.18 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. {01.29.14}{#05}{V.09}{FREE} Toleak POINT OF TRAILS AND TIDES, P.14 WRITING WRONGS: Recognizing citizen journalist Wendy Harris, P.12 BIRTHDAY BASH: Music and memories at the BTG, P.16 JUDY COLLINS: A diva in charge of her own destiny, P.20 WEDNESDAY [01.29.14] Judy Collins: 8pm, Mount Baker Theatre International Guitar Night: 8pm, Lincoln The- 34 ONSTAGE atre, Mount Vernon Taming of the Shrew: 7pm, Bellingham High FOOD FOOD cascadia School COMMUNITY Community Boating Center Benefit: 7-11:30pm, Bellingham Elks Lodge 27 THURSDAY [01.30.14] FOOD ONSTAGE Oysterfest: 6-10pm, Bellingham Golf & Country B-BOARD B-BOARD Pride and Prejudice: 7pm, Bellingham High School Club Gramercy Ghost: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community A glance at what’s happening this week Theatre VISUAL ARTS 24 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Issac Howard Opening Reception: 5-8pm, Good Theatre Earth Pottery FILM FILM i: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Of This World and Not Opening: 5-8pm, Gallery The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Cygnus, La Conner 20 WORDS Chuckanut Radio Hour: 7pm, Heiner Theater, WCC MUSIC SUNDAY [02.02.14] VISUAL ARTS ONSTAGE 18 Landscapes Opening: 5-7pm, Lucia Douglas Birthday Bash Revue: 2pm, Bellingham Theatre Gallery Guild ART Man of La Mancha: 2pm, Alger Community Church 16 FRIDAY [01.31.14] Gramercy Ghost: 2pm, Anacortes Community Theatre STAGE Zimbabwean ONSTAGE Taming of the Shrew: 7pm, Bellingham High MUSIC superstar School Tribute Jazz Series: 12:30pm, Firehouse Perform- 14 Phantom of the Opera: 7pm, Lynden Christian ing Arts Center Oliver “Tuku” Worship and Fine Arts Center Jim Malcolm: 2pm, Nancy’s Farm Man of La Mancha: 7pm, Alger Community Washed Out, Kisses: 8pm, Viking Union Multipur- GET OUT Mtukudzi and Church pose Room, WWU his band, the Birthday Bash Revue: 7:30pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild FOOD 12 Black Spirits, will i: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Community Breakfast: 8am-1pm, Rome Grange Gramercy Ghost: 8pm, Anacortes Community WORDS make musical Theatre VISUAL ARTS Space Trek: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre Snow Star Photo Presentation: 3pm, Whatcom magic Jan. 31 at Museum’s Lightcatcher Building 8 DANCE Mount Vernon’s The Mom Show: 7pm, Firehouse Performing Arts Center MONDAY [02.03.14] CURRENTS CURRENTS McIntyre Hall MUSIC ONSTAGE 6 Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Doo Wop Wed Widing Hood: 7pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon Mount Vernon VIEWS Guffawingham: 9:30pm, Green Frog GET OUT 4 Wild Things: 9:30-11am, Whatcom County WORDS Book Group: 7pm, Village Books MAIL MAIL Poetrynight: 8pm, Bellingham Public Library Food SATURDAY [02.01.14] 2 Slow Food Presentation: 6:30pm, Community ONSTAGE Food Co-op DO IT Pride and Prejudice: 7pm, Bellingham High Gluten-Free Baking: 6:30pm, Gretchen’s Kitchen, School Mount Vernon Birthday Bash Revue: 2pm and 7:30pm, Belling- ham Theatre Guild 01.29.14 Phantom of the Opera: 7pm, Lynden Christian TUESDAY [02.04.14] Worship and Fine Arts Center .09 Man of La Mancha: 7pm, Alger Community WORDS 05 Church McKenzie Funk: 7pm, Village Books # i: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Gramercy Ghost: 8pm, Anacortes Community GET OUT Theatre Waxing Basics: 6pm, REI Space Trek: 8pm and 10pm, Upfront Theatre Hiking History Presentation: 7pm, Bellingham Public Library DANCE Food Ladies in Red, Men in Black: 7-10pm, Presence Supper, Southern Style: 6:30pm, Ciao Thyme CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA Dance Studio You’ll be seeing double when iDiOM Theater’s outgoing Folk Dance Party: 7:30-10:30pm, Fairhaven 2 Artistic Director, Sol Olmstead, presents his final Library Bellingham-based show, i, starting Jan. 30 at the Cornwall MUSIC BUG Jam: 3-5pm, St. James Presbyterian Church SEND YOUR LISTINGS TO Avenue creative space Crescent City Shakers: 2-5pm, VFW Hall [email protected] 34 FOOD FOOD 27 B-BOARD B-BOARD 24 FILM FILM 20 MUSIC EXPLORE it all 18 AT SWINOMISH CASINO & LODGE ART 16 HOT SEATS STAGE VALENTINES DAY 2014 WARMING UP BATTLE AT THE BAY 14 GET OUT 12 WORDS 8 CURRENTS CURRENTS 6 VIEWS 4 February 14thSun.-Mon. 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Or how about “vibrant public programing” .09 05 ©2013 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by ToleakPoint dinary TV producers trying to shove more media and “university withdraws due to liability con- # Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly OF TRAILS AND TIDES, P.14 PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 “pablum” down someone’s throat. I would hope cerns for content?” WRITING [email protected] WRONGS: Recognizing citizen journalist Wendy that fellow community media venues such as Please. Not now and maybe never. Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia Harris, P.12 BIRTHDAY BASH: Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing Music and memories at the BTG, P.16 Cascadia Weekly would see what we are doing as I expect you have or should have many con- JUDY COLLINS: papers in bulk from our distribution points risks prosecution A diva in charge of her own destiny,