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DOWNTOWN SOUNDS: ACTION IN THE ALLEY, P.20 SUMMER REP: THREE FOR THE SHOW, P.17 * FREE WILL: ROB BREZSNY’S SAGE ADVICE, P.31 DOWNTOWN RENAISSANCE NETWORK PRESENTS Meet us in the alley between Bay St. & Champion St. in 34 34 July 16 Downtown Bellingham FOOD Sponsored by 28 28 July 23 Tiller’s Folly with Round Mountain Sponsored by: Acorn CLASSIFIEDS July 30 Jason Ricci and New Blood 24 Project with Margaret Wilder Band FILM FILM with Lucky Brown and 20 20 Summer Vaughn Kreestoe August 6 The Funk Revolution MUSIC Alley Concerts Sponsored by: 18 Wednesdays July 16-August 6 ART ART Volunteer Sponsor: FREE! 6:00-9:00pm Conservation Northwest all ages! bring the family! 17 Sponsored by: for more info visit: STAGE STAGE 15 DowntownBellingham.com Comcast - The Hempest - Kulshan Cycles - Manna Music - Rudy’s Pizzeria - Sound Beverage Distributors -Temple Bar - Zervas Group Architects GET OUT 14 WORDS 8 CURRENTS CURRENTS 6 VIEWS VIEWS 4 MAIL MAIL 3 DO IT IT DO 08 .16. 7 .03 29 # CASCADIA WEEKLY 2 BRINGS ALONG HIS cascadia /#/x"04 MAGIC PIPE—SEVEN FEET OF GALVANIZED STEELUSEDTOCREATEWHOLLY ORIGINAL MELODIES—TOPERFORMASPARTOFTHE MULTI-GENRE VANCOUVER FOLK MUSIC 34 FESTIVAL HAPPENING JULY 18-20 AT FOOD A glance at what’s happening this week JERICHO PARK 28 28 07.16.08 Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts CLASSIFIEDS Center WEDNESDAY Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot 24 Market Square ON STAGE Ferndale Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Riverwalk FILM Driving Miss Daisy: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Studio Park Theatre Raspberry Festival: Throughout Lynden 20 20 Twelfth Night: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. GET OUT MUSIC Bowler Hat Bocce Tourney: 9am-3pm, Fairhaven MUSIC Slim Pickens: Noon, Performing Arts Center Plaza, Village Green WWU Bivalve Bash: 10am-6pm, Taylor Shellfish Farms 18 Downtown Sounds: 6-9pm, Holly Street VISUAL ARTS ART COMMUNITY Art by the Bay: 10am-5pm, Camano Island Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green SAT Studio Tour: 10am-6pm, Skagit County Discovery Days: 10am-7pm, Birch Bay 17 Internal Landscapes Reception: 5-8pm, the Paperdoll STAGE 07.17.08 THURSDAY 15 ON STAGE 07.20.08 Festival of Plays: 7pm, Barn Theatre, Sudden Valley GET OUT Barefoot in the Park: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Studio SUNDAY Theatre Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre ON STAGE 14 King Lear: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. " /*2) Festival of Plays: 2pm, Barn Theatre, Sudden Valley The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Beauty and the Beast: 2pm, McIntyre Hall, Mount WORDS )$-/4 Vernon MUSIC Barefoot in the Park: 3pm, Mount Baker Studio AT THE LOW TIDE MUD Sons of the Widow James: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park Theatre 8 Festival of Music Concert: 7:30pm, Performing RUN, ONE OF MANY King Lear: 7pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. Arts Center, WWU BEACH-CENTERED The Answer: 8pm, Boundary Bay Brewery GET OUT ACTIVITIES HAPPENING MUSIC CURRENTS History Cruise: 6:30pm, Bellingham Bay Vancouver Folk Music Festival: 9am-9:30pm, Ken Wilcox Map Talk: 7pm, Village Books AS PART OF THE ANNUAL Jericho Park 6 SAMISH BAY BIVALVE Swing Connection Big Band: 2-4pm, the Leopold Jamais Trop Tard: 3-6pm, Fairhaven Village Green VIEWS BASH JULY 19 AT TAYLOR David Weiss: 3:30-5pm, Big Rock Garden Park 07. .08 Festival Finale: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, 18 SHELLFISH FARMS 4 JON ROWLEY WWU FRIDAY Beausoleil: 7:30pm, Lincoln Theatre, Mount Vernon MAIL 3 ON STAGE VISUAL ARTS 3 Festival of Plays: 7pm, Barn Theatre, Sudden Valley in Anacortes Sudden Valley Art by the Bay: 10am-5pm, Camano Island DO IT IT DO DO IT The Belle of Amherst: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Studio Vancouver Folk Music Festival: 4-9:30pm, Jericho Really Rosie: 2pm and 7pm, Anacortes Community Discovery Days: 10am-5pm, Birch Bay Theatre Park Theatre SAT Studio Tour: 10am-6pm, Skagit County Youth Theatre Showcase: 7:30p, Old Main Theatre, Twelfth Night: 3pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. 08 WWU COMMUNITY Driving Miss Daisy: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Studio .16. Soul Plays: 7:30pm, Phillip Tarro Theatre, Mount Raspberry Festival: Throughout Lynden Theatre 7 Vernon Soul Plays: 7:30pm, Phillip Tarro Theatre, Mount 07.21.08 Beauty and the Beast: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, VISUAL ARTS Vernon .03 29 Mount Vernon Artist Reception: 6-8pm, Blue Horse Gallery Beauty and the Beast: 7:30pm, McIntyre Hall, MONDAY # Twelfth Night: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. Fractals of Lake Padden: 6-8pm, Studio UFO Mount Vernon Upfront Unscripted: 9pm, Upfront Theatre Titus Andronicus: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. 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