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Visit www.sconnect.org for a full list of showtimes, panelists, and film descriptions. of Cascadia Weekly #2.9 #2.9 Cascadia Weekly www.SustainableConnections.org/GreenPower 2 . 31 02.28.07 c a s c a d i a 03.04.07 WEDNESDAY SUNDAY | Food ON STAGE EEKLY 26-30 The Trial of God: 7:30pm, Underground Theatre, ON STAGE WWU eds The Man Who Came to Dinner: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden MUSIC A glance at what’s happening this week Marriage of Figaro: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount Night of Sing-Alongs: 7:30pm, Roeder Home Vernon | Classifi The Trial of God: 2pm, Underground Theatre, WWU WORDS 22-25 Spoken Word Wednesday: 8-10pm, Stuart’s at the 03.03.07 MUSIC Market Heartland: 4pm and 7pm, Skagit Valley Casino, Bow Ginny Snowe, John Miller: 7:30m, Firehouse Per- | Film FILM SATURDAY forming Arts Center Human Rights Film Festival: Continues through Harmony Northwest Chorus: 2pm, Whatcom Museum 18-21 March 3 ON STAGE MUSIC Sketchingham: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Boogie Universal: 8pm, old Base Camp COMMUNITY Endgame: 7:30pm, Syre Center, WCC Home & Garden Show: 10am-6pm, NW Fairgrounds, | Music Improvathon: Final show at 9:30pm, Upfront COMMUNITY Lynden 17 03. .07 Theatre Home & Garden Show: 10am-9pm, NW Fair- Pancake Breakfast: 8am-1pm, Rome Grange 01 The History of the Devil: 7:30pm, Under- grounds, Lynden Purim Celebration: 4:30pm, Garden Family Center ground Theatre Starry Night Gala: 5pm, Golf & Country Club | Art THURSDAY Step on a Crack: 7:30pm, Alger Community Culture Night: 5:30pm, Viking Union, WWU 16 Church ON STAGE The Man Who Came to Dinner: 7:30pm, Claire VISUAL ARTS 03.05.07 vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden Sketchingham: 8pm, iDiOM Theater MoNA Style: 10am-4pm, Skagit Valley Casino, The History of the Devil: 7:30pm, Underground Bow Theatre, WWU DANCE MONDAY | On Stage Opening Reception: 5-7pm, Lucia Douglas 15 Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront Folkdance Party: 8-11pm, Fairhaven Library Gallery ON STAGE Theatre Art Sanctuary Fundraiser: 5-9pm, Firehouse Auditions for Nunsense: 7pm, Claire vg Thomas The Naked Truth: 7pm, Whatcom Peace & Justice Performing Arts Center Get your fi ll of laughs when the Upfront Theatre, Lynden Center Theatre hosts 27 hours of improvisational Step on a Crack: 7:30pm, Alger Community Church comedy with its fi rst-ever Improvathon be- Romeo & Juliet: 7pm, Ferndale High Auditorium MUSIC ginning at 7:30pm March 2 and continuing Mount Baker Youth Symphony: 7:30pm, Mount Baker The Man Who Came to Dinner: 7:30pm, Claire vg through the 9:30pm show March 3 Theatre Thomas Theatre, Lynden WORDS | Words & Community MUSIC Poetry Night: 8:30pm, Fantasia Espresso 14 Fresh City, Strait Jacket Liberation: 7pm, Viking Dr. Harriet Hall: 7:30pm, Village Books Union, WWU Storytellers Guild Meeting: 7pm, Fairhaven Library WORDS | Get Out Gary Krist: 7:30pm, Village Books 8-13 8-13 Lyrics Born brings his renowned hip- 03.02.07 hop sounds to | Currents town March 5 at the Night- 6-7 FRIDAY light Lounge ON STAGE Endgame: 7:30pm, Syre Center, WCC | Views Sketchingham: 8pm, iDiOM Theater 4-5 Improvathon: 7:30pm through Sat. at 9:30pm Upfront Theatre The Trial of God: 7:30pm, Underground Theatre, WWU | Letters 3 The Naked Truth: 7pm, Center for Expressive Arts 3 Step on a Crack: 7:30pm, Alger Community Church IT The Man Who Came to Dinner: 7:30pm, Claire vg DO Thomas Theatre, Lynden Do it 03.06.07 .07 DANCE 28 Contra Dance: 7:30-11pm, Fairhaven Library TUESDAY 02. MUSIC ON STAGE David Lanz: 7:30pm, Heiner Center, WCC The History of the Devil: 7:30pm, Underground Richard Cionco: 8pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Theatre, WWU COMMUNITY COMMUNITY Home & Garden Show: 10am-9pm, NW Fairgrounds, Lady Washington Talk: 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum Lynden VISUAL ARTS Cascadia Weekly #2.9 For music-related events, see page 19 Trees of Life Opening: 6:30-8:30pm, Roeder Home More event information can be found starting on page 14 3 INSIDE 31 Contact Cascadia Weekly: | Food D 360.647.8200 26-30 letters Editorial table of contents credits letters eds Editor & Publisher: Tim Johnson D ext 260 | Classifi { editor@ cascadiaweekly.com Former Vice President Al Gore and fi lmmakers receive an 22-25 Oscar® for their documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, at the Arts & Entertainment 79th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif., on Sun- Editor: Amy Kepferle day. 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