ELECTRON EDITION: P. 6 LONGHOUSE LESSONS: P.12 EAGLE FEST: P.14 ANIMAL ART: P.16 LATE TUESDAY, P.18 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA 01.31.07 :: 02.05 :: FREE CROSS POLLINATION FERTILE DANCE COMMUNITY PRODUCES THE BOTANY OF MOVEMENT P.15 LATE TUESDAY: POP PRINCESSES CALL IT QUITS, P. 18 NOTES ON A SCANDAL: POWERHOUSE ACTRESSES IN PITCHED COMBAT, P. 22 BLANCHARD BREAKTHROUGH: TREE CUTTERS AND TREE HUGGERS UNITE, P. 8 2 CascadiaWeekly#2.5|01.31.07 Do it 3 |Letters4-5 |Views6-7 |Currents8-11 |Words&Community12-13 |GetOut14 |OnStage15 |Art16 |Music18-21 |Film22-24 |Classifieds25-30 |Food31 Every Sat.LIVE at MUSIC 8 p.m. Winter Sale 20%–30% off Feb 1-15 Hours: Monthru Sat10to7•Sun125 214 Bellingham •360.543.5678 Holly, W. c . a . s . c . a . d . i . a 31 02.04.07 | Food 01.31.07 EEKLY SUNDAY 25-30 WEDNESDAY eds ON STAGE ON STAGE PuSh Performing Arts Festival: Continues The Fantasticks: 2pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild through Feb. 4 in Vancouver B.C. A glance at what’s happening this week Classifi | MUSIC MUSIC Whatcom Chorale: 3pm, First Congregational Church Anne Feeney: 7:30pm, Union Center 22-24 COMMUNITY Bald Eagle Festival: 10am-4pm, Upper Skagit Valley WORDS | Film Lynn Householder: 7:30pm, Village Books Pancake Breakfast: 8am-1pm, Rome Grange Volcano Talk: 2pm, Whatcom Museum COMMUNITY 18-21 W.E.B. Open House: 7-8:30pm, Fairhaven Park Pavilion | Music 16 02.01.07 | Art THURSDAY 15 ON STAGE A Winter’s Blank: 8pm, iDiOM Theater | On Stage Upfront Unscripted: At 7:30pm and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly at 9:30pm, Upfront Canadian Brass brings a plethora of horns to town 14 Theatre Feb. 3 at the Mount Baker Theatre MUSIC Playwright and actress | Get Out The Marshall Tucker Band: 7pm and 9:30pm, 02.05.07 Skagit Valley Casino Anna Deavere Smith— who’s played parts such 12-13 WORDS as Nancy McNally on The West Wing and is an Obie MONDAY Laura Ellis: 7:30pm, Village Books Award-winner—explores WORDS issues of race, community Poetry Night: 8:30pm, Fantasia Espresso COMMUNITY and character in America The J-Spot: 7pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Journaling to Creativity: 7pm, Geneva Fire Station Feb. 7 at WWU’s Perform- Veterans Talk: 7pm, Fairhaven Auditorium ing Arts Center COMMUNITY Bike to Work Meeting: 6:30pm, Bellingham Public Library | Words & Community 8-11 8-11 02.02.07 VISUAL ARTS NOAA Heritage Week: 10am-4pm, Bellingham Mari- 02.03.07 Bayshore Symphonic Ensemble: 7:30pm, St. time Museum FRIDAY Paul’s Episcopal Church, Mount Vernon | Currents ON STAGE Ensemble Electra: 7:30pm, Maple Hall, La 6-7 6-7 52 Pick Up: 8pm, Mount Baker Studio Theatre SATURDAY Conner The Fantasticks: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre ON STAGE Guild The Fantasticks: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre WORDS A Winter’s Blank: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Guild Literary Sampler: 7:30pm, Whatcom Museum | Views Just Friends: At 7:30pm and “Upfront Un- A Winter’s Blank: 8pm, iDiOM Theater John Taliaferro: 5pm, Village Books 4-5 scripted” at 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Just Friends: At 7:30pm and “Upfront Un- Cecile Andrews: 7:30pm, Village Books Tesla: 7:30pm, Leopold Crystal Ballroom scripted” at 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Romantic Comedy: 8pm, Anacortes Community Tesla: 7:30pm, Leopold Crystal Ballroom COMMUNITY Theatre | Letters Romantic Comedy: 8pm, Anacortes Community Northwest Rain Celebration: 11am, Fairhaven 3 3 Theatre Village Green DANCE Magic Show: 2pm and 7pm, Lincoln Theatre, Winter Fiesta: 6pm, Northwood Hall The Pale Pacifi c help bid pop songstresses Late Tues- DO ITDO Cross Pollination: 7:30pm, Firehouse Perform- Mount Vernon Fantasy Casino Night: 7-11pm, Fox Hall day farewell at an all-ages going away party Feb. 2 at Bakerview Auditorium Do it ing Arts Center Assumption School Fundraiser: 5:30pm, First Friday Dance: 8-11pm, Fairhaven Library DANCE Lakeway Inn .07 Dance Party: 9-11pm, U & Me Dance Cross Pollination: 7:30pm, Firehouse Perform- Bald Eagle Festival: 10am-4pm, Upper Skagit 31 ing Arts Center Valley 02.06.07 01. MUSIC Folkdance Party: 8-11pm, Fairhaven Library Late Tuesday: 7pm, Bakerview Auditorium VISUAL ARTS The Breakmen: 7:30pm, Nancy’s Farm MUSIC Humane Society Art Show Reception: 5-8pm, TUESDAY Lucia Douglas Gallery Canadian Brass: 8pm, Mount Baker Theatre WORDS WORDS Harmony Northwest Chorus: 2pm and 7:30pm, Geneviève Castrée Reception: 7pm, Depart- ment of Safety, Anacortes Memory & Mythology Workshop: 6pm, Village Books Zaid Abdul-Aziz: 7:30pm at Village Books. Emmanuel Baptist Church, Mount Vernon COMMUNITY COMMUNITY Underwater Images of the Pacifi c Northwest: Swing for the Soul: 6pm, Hampton Inn’s Fox For music-related events, see page 19 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum Cascadia Weekly | #2.5 Hall Avalanche Awareness Clinic: 6pm, Backcountry More event information can be found starting on page 12 Essentials 3 31 INSIDE Contact | Food Cascadia Weekly: D 360.647.8200 25-30 letters eds Editorial table of contents credits letters Editor & Publisher: Tim Johnson | Classifi | D ext 260 { editor@ 22-24 cascadiaweekly.com Jan. 29, Las Vegas: Miss Oklahoma Lauren Nelson, 20, Arts & Entertainment survived beauty boot camp and took home a sparkly Editor: Amy Kepferle | Film crown after becoming the 86th Miss America (even after Dext 203 singing the cheesy Phil Collins song “You’ll Be in My {calendar@ 18-21 Heart” in the talent portion of the evening). Miss Wash- cascadiaweekly.com ington made it to the Top 10, but, alas, was felled by the Oklahoma native. 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