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Snack: 7:30pm and COMMUNITY Theatresports at 9:30pm, Upfront Dracula Dash: 3pm, Bloedel Donovan Theatre Park THURSDAY Fiddler On the Roof: 8pm, Anacortes Masquerade Stomp: 8-11pm, Glen Echo | On Stage Community Theatre Community Theatre Community Building, Everson ON STAGE Misconceptions: 7:30pm, Blaine Com- Serial Killers: 8pm and Haunted House: 4:30-7:30pm, Vista munity Theatre 14-15 10pm, iDiOM Theater WORDS Middle School, Ferndale Fiddler on the Roof: 8pm, Anacortes Uncommon Women Poetry Night: 7pm, Halloween Party: 10am-4pm, Harley Community Theatre and Others: 7:30pm, Barnes & Noble Davidson Performing Arts Center, Hal Burton: 7:30pm, Video Sale: 10am-6pm, Bellingham Kids can explore maritime activities galore when “By the Bay: Working on the Water- WWU Village Books DANCE Public Library front” opens Oct. 28 at the Whatcom Children’s Museum Kids at Play: 7pm, Bellingham Repertory Dance Com- Swedish Pancake Breakfast: 8-11am, Bellingham Public COMMUNITY pany: 7:30pm, Firehouse Performing Norway Hall Library Arts Center Video Sale: 10am- Kids’ Garage Sale: 9am-12pm, Bloedel Peter and the Wolf: 4pm, Nancy Whyte Good, Bad & Ugly: 8pm, Bellingham Public Donovan 10.29.06 10.30.06 School of Ballet | Words & Community 7:30pm, “Surprise Library Snack” at 9:30pm, Square Dance: 6-8pm, YWCA Ballroom 13 Mount Baker Film VISUAL ARTS Upfront Theatre Festival: 7:30pm, All-Ages Dance Party: 8-11pm, U & By the Bay Opening: 10am-5pm, What- SUNDAY MONDAY Fiddler on the Roof: Mount Baker Theatre Me Dance com Children’s Museum 7:30pm, Anacortes ON STAGE WORDS Misconceptions: 2pm, Blaine Com- Poetry Night: 8pm, Fantasia Espresso | Get Out munity Theatre The student-directed Un- Fiddler on the Roof: 2pm, Ana- COMMUNITY 8-12 10.27.06 common Women and Others cortes Community Theatre Chess Grand Prix: 6pm, Bellingham follows nine women during High School a six year period Oct. 25- MUSIC | News 28 at WWU’s Underground Day of the Dead Duo: 4-6:30pm, VISUAL ARTS FRIDAY 6-7 Theatre Lucia Douglas Gallery Angela Wales Rockett Opening: 11am- ON STAGE MUSIC Resonant Evil: 6pm, Sehome Hill 4pm, Viking Union Gallery, WWU Surprise Snack: 7:30pm October Fest: 7:30pm, Arboretum and Theatresports at Maple Hall, La Conner Young Artist Concert: 2:30pm, | Views 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Mount 4-7 4-7 Uncommon Women WORDS Vernon and Others: 7:30pm, Scott Williams: 7:30pm, 10.31.06 Performing Arts Center, Village Books WWU WORDS William Kittredge: | Letters Shiner: 8pm, iDiOM 5pm, Village 3 Theater COMMUNITY Books TUESDAY 3 Freaky Friday: 7pm, Student One-Acts: 7pm, WORDS Tennant Lake Interpre- Blaine Performing Arts COMMUNITY Halloween Stories: 7pm, Fairhaven IT DO tive Center Harvest Festival: 4-6pm, First Library Center Do it Pumpkin Patch in the Misconceptions: Presbyterian Church Pool: 7pm, Arne Hanna 7:30pm, Blaine Com- Haunted Fairhaven Walking Tours: Aquatic Center COMMUNITY munity Theatre 4-5:30pm, 7-8:30pm, historic Downtown Trick or Treat: 3-5pm, down- Video Sale: 10am-8pm, Fiddler on the Roof: Fairhaven town Bellingham 10.25.06 Bellingham Public 8pm, Anacortes Com- Howl-O-Ween: 2:30pm, Lake Pad- Library Trunk or Treat: 5-7:30pm, Christ the munity Theatre den Park Bingo in the Barn: King Community Church Pug-O-Ween Party: 1:30-3:30pm, 7-9pm, Sudden Valley Boo at Bloedel: 4:30-6:30pm, Bloedel Bloedel Donovan Park DANCE Dance Barn Donovan Park Pumpkin Run Car Show: 10am- Bellingham Reper- NOAA Ship Tours: Kids’ Halloween Party: 4-6pm, Garden 2pm, Chubby’s Diner tory Dance Company: 10am-12pm, 1-4pm, Street Family Center 7:30pm, Firehouse Bellingham Shipping Fairhaven Halloween: 3-6pm, historic Performing Arts Center Terminal To get your events listed, send to Fairhaven Halloween Dance Party: [email protected] Halloween Party: 5pm, Village Books 9-11pm, U & Me Dance For more event information, see Cascadia Weekly | #1.33 complete listings starting on p.13 3 31 INSIDE | Food Contact Cascadia Weekly: 25-29 Phone/FAX 360.647.8200 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Af- cascadiaweekly.com | Get Out support The City of Bellingham’s new ter all, we live in the Bush-II Account Executives: Rear End Thank you for the optimistic $25,000 “logo” is so deeply of- era where mediocre results and 8-12 8-12 Kevin Brown 25: Crossword, Help Wanted, ext 251 comment in the Oct. 11 Gristle fensive on so many levels, it’s failure of imagination are both Buy/Sell/Trade & Rentals {kevin@ regarding our fundraising ef- hard to know where to begin. celebrated and handsomely re- | News cascadiaweekly.com 28: Real Astrology forts for the new Pickford Film That the City took a signifi - warded. 6-7 6-7 Marisa Papetti Center. However, our entire proj- cant amount of hard-earned —Kevin Nelson, Bellingham ext 252 29: This Modern World, Mannkind & ect cost of $1.8 million (which Bellingham taxpayer dollars Troubletown {marisa@ cascadiaweekly.com includes everything from the and, instead of “Buying Local” Heaven help us, the city of | Views 31: Who’s bringing the turkey? new ticketing system to paying and keeping that money cir- Bellingham spent .000126 of its 4-7 4-7 4-5 Distribution off our mortgage) has not yet culating in our economy, they budget to replace a sad, out- CASCADIA David Cloutier, Robert been met completely.