GOAT LAKE, P.16 * 2#//# # &+yz * ADVICE GODDESS, P.32 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. 07.xz.11 :: #28, v.06 :: !- VANCOUVER FOLK FESTIVAL, P.22 ALAN RHODES: BALLADS FOR A COAL TOWN, P.6 }} DARK HORSE: A CONVERSATION WITH TOM ANDERSON, P.10 STOMPING GROUNDS: SUNNYLAND’S BACKYARD ART PARTY, P.20 A low-tide mud run and 38 38 cascadia oyster shell sculpture FOOD contests will be part and parcel of the annual 31 31 .($.#4 $1'1 .# July B-BOARD A glance at what’s happening this week 16 at Taylor Shellfish Farms 27 FILM FILM 2 ) .4[07.xz.11] Andrea Rackl, Leslie Johnson: 7:30pm, Amadeus Project ON STAGE Jazz Festival Student Showcase: 7:30pm, Blaine 22 Lips Together, Teeth Apart: 8pm, MBT’s Walton Performing Arts Center Theatre MUSIC FILM MUSIC Rocky: 8:30pm, Fairhaven Village Green Candysound: 12pm, WWU Performing Arts Center 20 Plaza WORDS ART ART Downtown Sounds: 5:30-8:30pm, Bay Street Family Story Night: 6:30pm, Fairhaven Library Festival of Music Concert: 7:30pm, WWU Performing Journalism Conference: Through Sunday, WWU Arts Center 18 Jazz Festival Concert: 7:30pm, Blaine Performing Arts COMMUNITY Center Northwest Raspberry Festival: 10am-8pm, downtown STAGE STAGE Lynden COMMUNITY Draft Horse Spectacular: 11am, NW Washington Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green Fairgrounds, Lynden 16 SchmoozeFest: 4:30-6:30pm, Chuckanut Brewery GET OUT GET OUT ./0-4[07.x}.11] Chowder Charter: 6-9pm, Bellingham Bay ON STAGE 14 Aladdin: 2pm and 7pm, Bellingham Arts Academy /#0-.4[07.x{.11] for Youth Richard III: 7pm, Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre WORDS WORDS ON STAGE Murder on the Oriental Rug: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Din- Richard III: 7pm, Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre ner Theatre, Mount Vernon 8 Bard on the Beach: Through September, Vanier Park, Lips Together, Teeth Apart: 8pm, MBT’s Walton Vancouver, B.C. Theatre Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre The Winter’s Tale: 8:15pm, Island Stage Left, San The Odd Couple: 8pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre Juan Island CURRENTS CURRENTS The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Hellingham: 9pm, Upfront Theatre 6 MUSIC DANCE Clearbrook Dixie Band: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park USA Dance: 7-10pm, Blue Moon Ballroom VIEWS VIEWS Big Band Benefit: 7:30pm, Semiahmoo Golf Club Tango Experience Milonga: 8-11:30pm, Presence Studio 4 WORDS MAIL MAIL Chuckanut Radio Hour: 6:30pm, Leopold Crystal MUSIC Ballroom Vancouver Folk Music Festival: Jericho Beach Park, B.C. 2 GET OUT Drew Nelson: 6-8pm, Vartanyan Estate Winery DO IT DO DO IT 2 History Cruise: 5:30-8:30pm, Bellingham Bay The Atlantics: 7-9pm, Boulevard Park A Moment in Time: 7pm, Deception Pass State Park 11 !-$4[07.x|.11] FILM .13. Despicable Me: 8:30pm, Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema 07 ON STAGE Aladdin: 7pm, Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth COMMUNITY .06 As You Like It: 7pm, Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre Northwest Raspberry Festival: 8am-6pm, downtown 28 # Murder on the Oriental Rug: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Din- Lynden ner Theatre, Mount Vernon Junk in the Trunk: 9am-1pm, Civic Field A Mochrie of Stiles: 8pm, Mount Baker Theatre See artists in their natural Blaine Gardeners Market: 10am-2pm, H Street Plaza Our Town: 8pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre Lummi Island Market: 10am-2pm, 2106 S. Nugent Rd. Vaudevillingham: 8pm and 10pm, Cirque Lab Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Chestnut The Winter’s Tale: 8:15pm, Island Stage Left, San habitats doing what they Street and Railroad Avenue Juan Island Ferndale Public Market: 10am-4pm, Riverwalk Park Hellingham: 9pm, Upfront Theatre do best July 16-17 as part Skagit Valley Market: 10am-3pm, Farmhouse Restau- CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA rant, Mount Vernon MUSIC of the .&"$/-/$./. Chihuahua Festival: 10am-6pm, Mount Vernon Chris- 2 Vancouver Folk Music Festival: Jericho Beach Park, tian High School B.C. /*" /# -./0$*/*0- Discovery Days: 10am-7pm, Birch Bay Darrington Bluegrass Festival: Through Sunday, Dar- Draft Horse Spectacular: 11am, NW Washington rington Bluegrass Music Park Fairgrounds, Lynden Ham Radio Open House: 11am-4pm, American Museum of Radio Vettes in the Vineyard: 11am-4pm, Carpenter th Creek Winery, Mount Vernon Roller Betties Final Bout: 5pm, Pavilion Gym, 24 38 WCC Annual FOOD GET OUT Wind Horse Half Marathon: 8am, Fairhaven Park 31 Raspberry Run: 9am, Lynden Christian High School Bivalve Bash: 10am-5pm, Taylor Shellfish Farms B-BOARD Lavender Festival: 10am-5pm, Pelindaba Laven- der Farm, San Juan Island 27 VISUAL ARTS Skagit Artists Together Studio Tour: 10am-6pm, FILM Skagit Valley Art-2-Jazz Street Fair: 11am-4:30pm, downtown Blaine 22 Heather Saulsbury Reception: 4-7pm, Deming Public Library MUSIC Sunnyland Stomp: 4-10pm, Sunnyland neigh- borhood, Bellingham IF YOU LOVE GREAT MUSIC, THIS IS THE PLACE! 20 +$5$/'+$8*$$5' +(/(1(%/8048$57(7 ART .0)4[07.x~.11] ON STAGE 521+<1(6q'5<%21(61$7+$152'*(56 18 Aladdin: 2pm, Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth /(21$5'32'2/$. -'(':$5'6q*5,)) STAGE Richard III: 2pm, Rexville-Blackrock Amphi- theatre The Odd Couple: 3pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre -,0%<51(6q3$75,&.%$//q -$<0(6721( 16 The Winter’s Tale: 8:15pm, Island Stage Left, San Juan Island &+85&+2)7+(%/8(6352-(&7 q $0(/,$&855$1 GET OUT MUSIC Vancouver Folk Music Festival: Jericho Beach 0,5(1&+$7+$6$,*+q&52:48,//1,*+72:/6 14 Park, B.C. Zarabanda: 2-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green Giants’ Causeway: 3:30-5pm, Big Rock Garden /25&10$&0$7+¬1$ 1257+(51/,*+76 WORDS Park 86'(10$5. 3$,1 %(< 6 2 8 Festival of Music Finale: 7:30pm, WWU Perform- 0$77*25'21 0$77*5((1+,// '$ 1' ing Arts Center 1$ &$ ' COMMUNITY &$/$'+18$q0$5,%2,1( 1 $ CURRENTS Discovery Days: 10am-5pm, Birch Bay 7/ Forest Fair: 12-4pm, Whatcom Museum 2 & 6 52%(576$5$=,1%/$.( 6 Ham Radio Open House: 12-4pm, American 1 Museum of Radio $ 7 VIEWS 086,&,$162)0,66,21 6 GET OUT = < 4 Lavender Festival: 10am-5pm, Pelindaba Laven- -2+1'2</(q1$0*$5 * JULY 21-24 der Farm, San Juan Island 5 < MAIL . VISUAL ARTS 7$3,$(7$/(785,$ $ 2 PPP 2 , Skagit Artists Together Studio Tour: 10am-6pm, / 2 MISSION BC Skagit Valley IT DO DO IT ',5.32:(//%$1' * Open House: 12-5pm, Pilchuck Glass School, 1 Stanwood 2 11 *$//86%527+(56 0 .13. < 07 (*)4[07.x.11] 2876,'(75$&. $ : 5 WORDS .06 2 28 Poetrynight: 8:30pm, Amadeus Project # 6$*$322/ 1 ' -86721(+285 1 [07. .11] $ /0 .4 x / ( ON STAGE )520%(//,1*+$0 5 Lips Together, Teeth Apart: 8pm, MBT’s Walton , Theatre CASCADIA WEEKLYCASCADIA VISUAL ARTS Tickets: www.missionfolkmusicfestival.ca Children’s Craft Fair: 3pm, Ferndale Public 3 Library 604.826.5937 1.866.494.FOLK (3655) SEND EVENTS TO CALENDAR@ CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM THIS ISSUE Contact Cascadia Weekly: Although she first gained E 360.647.8200 public prominence when her 38 38 husband, Gerald, became Editorial FOOD President of the United States, Betty Ford became Editor & Publisher: a legend in her own right Tim Johnson after sharing her views on E ext 260 31 31 mail everything from equal rights ô editor@ to psychiatric treatment to cascadiaweekly.com TOC LETTERS STAFF abortion. 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