THE GRISTLE P.06 + FUZZ BUZZ P.09 + BUSINESS BRIEFS P.22 c a s c a d i a REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*SURROUNDING AREAS 01-01-2020 • ISSUE: 01 • V.15 BOOK CLUBBING Something for everyone P.10 FLY— ZONE Skagit Eagle Festival P.12 ERIC WINTER EXHIBITS JOHNSON Vivid visions The perks of at Jansen perfectionism Art Center P.16 P.14 FOOD Tour and Tasting: 2pm, Chuckanut Bay Distillery A brief overview of this Blind Tasting Experiment: 2pm-4pm, Seifert & 23 Jones Wine Merchants week’s happenings Potluck Social: 5pm-7pm, Sudden Valley Dance FOOD THISWEEK Barn VISUAL 20 Artist Talk and Demo: 2pm-5pm, Perry and Carl- son Gallery, Mount Vernon Voyager Opening: 5pm-7pm, Smith & Vallee Gal- B-BOARD lery, Edison The Language of Pattern Opening: 4pm-6pm, i.e. gallery, Edison 19 SUNDAY [01.05.20] FILM ONSTAGE The Curious Savage: 2:30pm, Alger Community 16 Church Depot Comedy Club: 8pm, Aslan Depot MUSIC Panty Hoes: 9:30pm, Rumors Cabaret 14 WORDS Resolutions for Writers: 11am-3pm, Village Books ART GET OUT 13 Rabbit Ride: 8:30am, Fairhaven Bicycle Deep Forest Experience: 11am-2pm, Rockport State Park STAGE FOOD 12 Country Breakfast: 8am-12pm, Rome Grange Langar: 11am-2pm, Guru Nanak Gursikh Gurdwara, Lynden GET OUT The Sky Colony will join a loaded lineup for a Give Me Shelter Solidarity Shindig VISUAL Ed Bereal Exhibit Closing: 12pm-5pm, Whatcom 10 Sat., Jan. 4 at the Lincoln Theatre. Museum’s Lightcatcher Building WORDS MONDAY [01.06.20] WEDNESDAY [01.01.20] ONSTAGE 8 Guffawingham: 9pm, Firefly Lounge GET OUT First Day Hike: 10am-12pm, Deception Pass Park DANCE CURRENTS Sudden Valley Polar Bear Plunge: 10am-12pm, Skagit Folk Dancers: 7pm, Bayview Civic Hall Marina Beach Park 6 Resolution Run, Padden Polar Dip: 11am, Lake WORDS Padden Attend an opening General Lit Book Group: 7pm, Village Books VIEWS Penguin Dip: 11am, Clear Lake Beach Polar Bear Plunge: 12pm, Birch Bay Beach Park reception for “Eat Your FOOD 4 Heart Out” Fri., Jan. 3 Community Soup Kitchen: 6pm, Little Cheerful THURSDAY [01.02.20] Cafe MAIL at Make.Shift Art Space ONSTAGE TUESDAY [01.07.20] during the monthly 2 2 The Curious Savage: 7pm, Alger Community Church Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre Downtown Bellingham COMMUNITY DO IT DO IT Upfront Standup: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Art Walk. Beer and Bunco: 7pm-10pm, Stemma Brewing Co. DANCE MUSIC Folk Dance: 7pm-9:30pm, Fairhaven Library Whatcom Chorale Auditions: 5pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 01.01.20 WORDS Breaking Bread: 7:30pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts Deep Forest Experience: 11am-2pm, Rockport MUSIC GET OUT .15 State Park Maple Leaf Jazz Band: 2pm-5pm, VFW Hall All-Paces Run: 6pm, Fairhaven Runners 01 # FRIDAY [01.03.20] Welcome Home Recital with Maya Enstad: VISUAL 7pm, First Congregational Church FOOD ONSTAGE First Friday Art Walk: 6pm-9pm, downtown Kulshan Chorus: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Theatre Tea for Beginners: 2pm, Bellingham Public Library The Curious Savage: 7pm, Alger Community Church Anacortes Space Trek: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre Art Walk: 6pm-10pm, downtown Bellingham COMMUNITY WEDNESDAY [01.08.20] Brass Monkey Theater Club: 9pm, Sylvia Center for Christmas Tree Removal: 8am-12pm, Belling- the Arts SATURDAY [01.04.20] ham, Ferndale, and Lynden ONSTAGE Gimme Shelter Fundraiser: 4pm, Lincoln The- Menace on the Mic: 8pm, Menace Brewing CASCADIA WEEKLY COMMUNITY ONSTAGE atre, Mount Vernon Mindfulness Workshop: 12pm, Village Books Space Trek: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre 2 MUSIC GET OUT Bill Anschell Trio: 7pm-9pm, Sylvia Center for GET OUT DANCE Salmon Run and Nature Walk: 10am, Ovenell’s the Arts Wild Things: 9:30am-11am, Lake Padden Park Ballroom Dance: 7pm-9pm, Bellingham Senior Heritage Inn, Concrete Beginner Birding: 10:30am-12pm, Anacortes Senior Activity Center Deep Forest Experience: 11am-2pm, Rockport SEND YOUR EVENTS LISTINGS TO Center Salsa Night: 9pm-12am, Cafe Rumba State Park [email protected] 23 FOOD 20 B-BOARD 19 FILM 16 MUSIC 14 ART 13 STAGE 12 GET OUT 10 WINNING IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK! 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