Fuzz Buzz, P.12 * Jazz Fest, P.20 * Brown Lantern, P.34 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. 02.22.12::#08::V.07::FREE the stars align 2012 P.24 Winter Commission: Art Smarts and Divine Disasters, P.18 :: Keller Williams: Thinking Outside the Box, P.21 Demolition and Dredging: Making Way for the Waterfront, P.8 34 34 cascadia FOOD Poet ! will 28 share his words at “The Poet as Art” gathering B-BOARD Feb. 24 at the Lucia A glance at what’s happening this week Douglas Gallery 24 FILM FILM GET OUT Adventure Films: 7pm, Fraser Hall 4, WWU Fitness Forum: 7:15pm, Fairhaven Runners 20 MUSIC !-$4[02.y{.12] 18 ONSTAGE ART ART One-Act Theatre Festival: 7pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild Vagina Memoirs: 7pm, Viking Union Multipurpose 16 Room, WWU STAGE STAGE 1PLFt$IBUt'SJFOE 7pm, Bellingham Children’s Theatre Once Upon a Mattress: 7pm, Judson Hall, Lynden 14 The Fantasticks: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre The Diary of Anne Frank: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas GET OUT Theatre, Lynden William’s Window: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon 13 Into the Woods: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon WORDS Iron Curtain: 8pm, Anacortes Community Theatre Space Trek: 8pm, Upfront Theatre 8 Tape: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Evil Space Trek: 10pm, Upfront Theatre MUSIC CURRENTS CURRENTS Whatcom Chorale Fundraiser: 6pm, Bellingham Golf 6 & Country Club Community Gospel Choir: 7pm, Cornwall Church VIEWS VIEWS Faculty Recital: 8pm, Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, WWU 4 Twelve short plays and musicals can be seen during the WORDS MAIL MAIL Buddy Wakefield: 6pm, Heiner Center, WCC The Poet as Art: 7pm, Lucia Douglas Gallery 2 Bellingham One-Act Theatre Festival happening nightly through Jessica Lohafer Book Release: 8pm, Honey Moon DO IT IT DO DO IT 2 March 3 at the Bellingham Theatre Guild GET OUT Nature Babies: 9:30-11am, Interurban Trail .12 22 2 ) .4[02.yy.12] Feb. 25, Pickford Film Center, Fairhaven College, The Diary of Anne Frank: 7:30pm, Claire vg [02. .12] and beyond Thomas Theatre, Lynden ./0-4 y| .07 02. ONSTAGE Iron Curtain: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community ONSTAGE 08 WORDS # One-Act Theatre Festival: 7pm, Bellingham Theatre The Diary of Anne Frank: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas Elizabeth George: 4pm, Academic West, WWU Theatre Guild Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Theatre, Lynden Vagina Memoirs: 7pm, Viking Union Multipurpose Tape: 8pm, iDiOM Theater One-Act Theatre Festival: 7pm, Bellingham Theatre Room, WWU /#0-.4[02.yz.12] Upfront Film Festival: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Guild The Fantasticks: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre MUSIC Vagina Memoirs: 7pm, Performing Arts Center Con- Comedy Competition Finals: 8pm, Poppe’s Bistro ONSTAGE cert Hall, WWU Johnson, Miller, Dermody: 7:30pm, YWCA & Lounge Kenya Safari Acrobats: 10am and 12:15pm, Mount 1PLFt$IBUt'SJFOE 7pm, Bellingham Children’s CASCADIA WEEKLY Ballroom Baker Theatre Theatre DANCE Wind Symphony Concert: 8pm, Performing Arts One-Act Theatre Festival: 7pm, Bellingham Once Upon a Mattress: 7pm, Judson Hall, Lynden 2 Washington’s Birthday Ball: 6-9pm, Broadway Center Concert Hall, WWU Theatre Guild The Fantasticks: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre Hall Vagina Memoirs: 7pm, Viking Union Multipurpose WORDS William’s Window: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount FILM Room, WWU Elizabeth George: 7:30pm, Syre Theatre, WCC Vernon Bellingham Human Rights Film Fest: Through The Fantasticks: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre Into the Woods: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon Iron Curtain: 8pm, Anacortes Community Theatre 34 Space Trek: 8pm, Upfront Theatre FOOD Tape: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Evil Space Trek: 10pm, Upfront Theatre DANCE brandywine 28 Contra Dance: 7-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library Shimmer: 7pm, Whatcom Museum’s Light- kitchen B-BOARD catcher Building “From Seed to Plate” GET OUT 24 Smelt Derby: 8am-3pm, La Conner FOOD FILM Community Meal: 10am-12pm, United Church of Ferndale 20 Washington Beer Open House: 12-5pm, Boundary Bay Brewery, Chuckanut Brewery & 1317 commercial st MUSIC Kitchen 360.734.1071 VISUAL ARTS 18 Winter Commission: 7pm-2am, Spark Museum ART of Electrical Invention 16 .0)4[02.y}.12] STAGE ONSTAGE The Diary of Anne Frank: 2pm, Claire vg 14 Thomas Theatre, Lynden The Fantasticks: 2pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre GET OUT 1PLFt$IBUt'SJFOE 2pm, Bellingham Children’s Theatre Once Upon a Mattress: 2pm, Judson Hall, 13 Lynden Into the Woods: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount WORDS Vernon DANCE 8 Shimmer: 2pm, Whatcom Museum’s Light- catcher Building CURRENTS CURRENTS MUSIC Organ Society Concert: 3pm, Mount Baker 6 Theatre Art of Jazz: 4-6:30pm, Amadeus Project VIEWS FILM 4 Academy Awards Party: 4-10pm, Pickford MAIL MAIL Cinema 2 2 DO IT IT DO (*)4[02.y~.12] DO IT ONSTAGE One-Act Theatre Festival: 7pm, Bellingham .12 22 Theatre Guild WORDS Open Mic: 7pm, Village Books .07 02. 08 Poetrynight: 8:30pm, Amadeus Project # VISUAL ARTS Whatcom Art Guild Meeting: 7pm, Fairhaven Library /0 .4[02.y.12] CASCADIA WEEKLY ONSTAGE 3 One-Act Theatre Festival: 7pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild The Fantasticks: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre thisweek Contact Cascadia Weekly: E 360.647.8200 34 34 Editorial FOOD Editor & Publisher: Tim Johnson E ext 260 28 ô editor@ mail cascadiaweekly.com TOC LETTERS STAFF Arts & Entertainment B-BOARD Editor: Amy Kepferle Gov. 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