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THUNDER Drums of China—a WEDNESDAY SUNDAY 18 28-piece ensemble chock full of drummers, percus- ON STAGE ON STAGE The Naked Truth on Stereotypes: 7pm, Perform- sionists and musicians embodying the fortitude Les Misérables: 2pm, Bellingham High School MUSIC ing Arts Center, WWU and character of the Chinese people. See them Oregon Shadow Theatre: 2pm, Whatcom Museum BOAT Festival: 7pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild A Streetcar Named Desire: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas March 2 at the Mount Baker Theatre Theater, Lynden 16 MUSIC Evita: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon ART Barrage: 7pm, Ferndale High School The Naked Truth on Stereotypes: 3pm, Fairhaven Bob Nelson: 7:30pm, Roeder Home College Auditorium WORDS MUSIC 15 Spoken Word Wednesday: 8-10pm, Bellingham Bayshore Symphonic Ensemble: 3pm, Central Public Market Lutheran Church STAGE Jigu! Thunder Drums of China: 3pm, Mount Baker FILM Theatre Human Rights Film Festival: Through March 1, Jeffrey Cohan: 4pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 14 Bellingham McDougall: 6:30pm, Bellingham Public Market COMMUNITY WORDS Pancake Breakfast: 8am-1pm, Rome Grange 02.28.08 Laughter Club Meeting: 4pm, Co-op Connection Building 12 THURSDAY Fantasy Casino Night: 7-11pm, St. Luke’s Health Ed. Center ON STAGE GET OUT BOAT Festival: 7pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild GET OUT The Naked Truth on Stereotypes: 7pm, Viking Home & Garden Show: 11am-5pm, Northwest 8 Union, WWU Washington Fairgrounds, Lynden Les Misérables: 7:30pm, Bellingham High School A Streetcar Named Desire: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theater, Lynden CURRENTS Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre 03.03.08 Something About the End of the World: 8pm, 6 iDiOM Theater MONDAY GET OUT ON STAGE VIEWS Robert Birkby: 7pm, Village Books BOAT Festival: 7pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild Fitness Forum: 7:15pm, Fairhaven Runners Polyanna Auditions: 7pm, Claire vg Thomas 4 Orion Weiss: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Something About the End of the World: 8pm, Theatre, Lynden Concert for Darfur: 8pm, Viking Union, WWU iDiOM Theater Brigadoon Auditions: 7pm, Ten Mile Grange, Lynden MAIL 02. .08 MUSIC 29 COMMUNITY 3 Bayshore Symphonic Ensemble: 7:30pm, St. Paul’s Horsemen Auction: 5pm, Everson Auction Barn WORDS 3 FRIDAY Shabbat 100: 6:30pm, Viking Union, WWU Episcopal Church, Mount Vernon Poetry Night: 8:30pm, Fantasia Espresso DO IT DO IT ON STAGE GET OUT WORDS BOAT Festival: 7pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild Home & Garden Show: 10am-9pm, Northwest The Roots: 8pm, Carver Gym, WWU The Naked Truth on Stereotypes: 7pm, Fairhaven Washington Fairgrounds, Lynden 03.04.08 08 Library .27. 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