THE GRISTLE P.06 + FUZZ BUZZ P.09 + FREE WILL ASTROLOGY P.22 c a s c a d i a REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*SURROUNDING AREAS 09-25-2019 • ISSUE: 39 • V.14 PAINT B’HAM BLUE The ultimate back-to-school party P.16 KATE TEMPEST LEMONS MEAL PLANS — — — A way with words An off-campus collaboration No meat, no problem P.10 P.13 P.26 Godlike: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts A brief overview of this Welcome Back Students Shows: 7:30pm and 26 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Tuesdays with Morrie: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas FOOD week’s happenings Theatre THISWEEK My Fair Lady: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community WEDNESDAY [09.25.19] Theatre DANCE WORDS Contra Dance: 7pm-10:30pm, Fairhaven Library Fall Book Sale: Through Saturday, Bellingham Public REAR END 23 Library MUSIC Beatles Singalong: 2pm, Bellingham Unitarian 21 COMMUNITY Fellowship Climate Action Week: Events take place through Sounds of the Planet Celebration: 7pm-10pm, FILM Sept. 29, throughout Whatcom County the Majestic Paint Bellingham Blue for WWU: 5:30pm-9:30pm, Christine Tassas et Les Imposters: 7pm, Mount downtown Bellingham Baker Theatre 16 Luke Plumb, Stanley Greenthal: 7:30pm, Fire- FOOD house Arts and Events Center MUSIC Eat Local Month: Through Sept. 30, throughout Whatcom County WORDS Final Wednesday Market: 2pm-6pm, Barkley Village 14 J.A. Jance: 4pm, Village Books Green ART Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market: 3pm-7pm, Hammer COMMUNITY Heritage Square Parkinson’s Day: 9am-3pm, Squalicum Boathouse 13 and Zuanich Point Park THURSDAY [09.26.19] Harvest Festival: 10am-4pm, Skagit River Park, Burlington STAGE ONSTAGE Fall Demo Derby: 6:30pm, NW Washington Fair- Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre grounds, Lynden And Then There Were None: 7:30pm, Bellingham 12 Theatre Guild GET OUT Godlike: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts Baker Lake 25K: 9am, Baker Lake On Approval: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden GET OUT Run for the Hills: 9am, Skagit Valley Softball Prop Prov: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Fields, Mount Vernon 10 MUSIC FOOD Led Zepagain: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre Pancake Breakfast: 8am-10:30am, Lynden Com- Best Intentions: 7:30pm, Chuckanut Center munity Center WORDS Mount Vernon Market: 9am-2pm, Riverwalk Park WORDS Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts 8 David Guterson: 7pm, Village Books Center Saturday Market: 9am-3pm, Concrete Community FRIDAY [09.27.19] Center CURRENTS Saturday Market: 10am-1pm, Lummi Island ONSTAGE Twin Sisters Market: 10am-2pm, North Fork Library 6 And Then There Were None: 7:30pm, Bellingham Lynden Farmers Market: 10am-2pm, Centennial Theatre Guild Park Godlike: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts Whodunnit? 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