cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA 06/27/07 :: 02.26 :: FREE The Gristle, p. 6 Whatcom Women, p. 10 Barton Carroll, p. 20 PADDLE PRIDE OF THE toLummiPOTLATCH, P.8 GOING GREEN: HOME AND LANDSCAPE TOUR, P. 16 SOMETHING FISHY: SALMON AT THE BAY, P. 19 FILMS ALFRESCO: A GUIDE TO YOUR CELLULOID SUMMER, P. 24 2 Cascadia Weekly #2.26 06.27.07 Do it 3 | Letters4-5 | Views6-7 | Currents8-15 | Words & Community16 | Get Out17 | On Stage18 | Art 19 | Music20-23 | Film24-27 | Classifieds28-34 | Food 35 TICKETS: 604-826-5937 /1-866 494-FOLK(3655) www.missionfolkmusicfestival.ca Fraser RiverHeritagePark, plus manymore! Arrogant Worms (Ontario) RuaridhCampbell(Scotland) Angus Lyon& Santa CruzRiverBand(US) eld Band(Scotland) Battlefi Lhamo(Tibet) Yungchen Africa) (South Hugh Masekela Buffy Sainte-Marie FEATURING Early Bird Discounts to June 30 MUSIC FESTIVAL Mission FOLK Just 1hournorth ofBellingham! July 27to29 20 th Annual Mission BC c . a . s . c . a . d . i . a AN EXPLOSIVE AMOUNT OF FUN can 35 be found on Independence Day—the 4th of July, natch—when fi reworks fi ll the sky | Food over Bellingham Bay as part of the annual Haggen Family 4th. If you’re closer to 28-34 EEKLY Blaine, head to Marine Park for the action eds A glance at what’s happening this week | Classifi | VISUAL ARTS 24-27 06.27.07 Affect/Effect Opening: 2-5pm, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner WEDNESDAY | Film ON STAGE 20-23 Same Time, Next Year: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Studio 07.01.07 Theatre Romeo and Juliet: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. LASSOING, | Music SUNDAY 19 BRONCO MUSIC BUCKING, ON STAGE Quickdraw String Band: Noon, Performing Arts Center Oklahoma!: 2pm, Sedro-Woolley Civic Auditorium | Art Plaza, WWU AND CALF Same Time, Next Year: 3pm, Mount Baker Studio Theatre 18 Back Beat Revival: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park WRANGLING The Taming of the Shrew: 7pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. WORDS will be part of MUSIC Tom Trimbath: 7pm, Village Books the 73rd annual Bent Grass: 4-7pm, Fairhaven Village Green | On Stage Spoken Word Wednesday: 8pm, Stuart’s at the Market 17 Loggerodeo COMMUNITY COMMUNITY happening June Home & Landscape Tour: 10am-5pm, Whatcom County Wednesday Market: 3-7pm, Fairhaven Village Green 29-July 4 at Mt. Baker Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Kendall Elementary Chowder Charter: 6-9pm, Squalicum Harbor School | Get Out various venues Loggerodeo: Various times and venues, Sedro-Woolley 16 VISUAL ARTS Spirit of the Potlatch: 2pm, Whatcom Museum Site Specifi c Preview: 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum throughout the lovely town of VISUAL ARTS Sedro-Woolley Site Specifi c Opening: 12-5pm, Whatcom Museum Artist Salon: 6-9pm, Center for Expressive Arts 06.28.07 Anne Feeney: 7:30pm, Whatcom Peace and MUSIC | Words & Community THURSDAY Justice Center Month of Sundays Contest: 3-5pm, First 07.02.07 Congregational Church 8-15 ON STAGE WORDS Vicci Martinez: 7-9pm, Boulevard Park Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre Yasmine Galenorn: 7:30pm, Village Books Rocky Vasalino Reunion: 9pm, Bellingham MONDAY The Taming of the Shrew: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver Golf and Country Club B.C. ON STAGE | Currents Julius Caesar: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. COMMUNITY A Night for the Children: 6-8pm, St. Luke’s Summer Youth Theatre Institute: Starts today, WWU COMMUNITY 6-7 Health Education Center Padden Triathlon: 8:30am, Lake Padden Missoula Children’s Theatre Camp: Starts today, Mount WORDS Loggerodeo: Various times and venues, Lawn Sale: 9am-1pm, YWCA Baker Theatre David Relin: 7pm, Village Books Sedro-Woolley Greener Garden Party: 10am-12pm, Dan Godwin Community Center WORDS | Views COMMUNITY VISUAL ARTS Home & Landscape Tour: 10am-5pm, What- Poetry Night: 8:30pm, Fantasia Espresso 4-5 Bellingham Bay History Cruise: 6:30pm, Squalicum Exhibit Opening: 6-8pm, Lucia Douglas com County Harbor Gallery Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Market COMMUNITY Square Loggerodeo: Various times and venues, Sedro-Woolley Loggerodeo: Various times and venues, | Letters 3 Sedro-Woolley 3 06. .07 Sumas Community Day: 11am-dusk, Sumas IT 29 06.30.07 DO Salmon at the Bay: 2-8pm, Boundary Bay 07. .07 Brewery 03 Do it Blue Moon Potluck: 3-9pm, Josh Vanderyacht FRIDAY SATURDAY .07 Park, Van Zandt TUESDAY 27 ON STAGE ON STAGE 06. Oklahoma!: 7:30pm, Sedro-Woolley Civic Auditorium Summer Stock Reading: 11am, Village Books ON STAGE Fiddler on the Roof: 8pm, Bellingham Theatre Guild The Taming of the Shrew: 3pm, Vanier Park, The Shape of Things: 7:30pm, Mount Baker Studio Theatre The Shape of Things: 8pm, Mount Baker Studio Theatre Vancouver B.C. Julius Caesar: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. The Taming of the Shrew: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver Oklahoma!: 7:30pm, Sedro-Woolley Civic B.C. Auditorium COMMUNITY Julius Caesar: 8pm, Vanier Park, Vancouver B.C. Brilliant Traces: 8pm, Mount Baker Studio Loggerodeo: Various times and venues, Sedro-Woolley Stages: 9pm, Upfront Theatre Theatre Mount Baker Slideshow: 12:30pm, Whatcom Museum Fiddler on the Roof: 8pm, Bellingham MUSIC Theatre Guild Anne Feeney, a Pittsburgh-based folk- Bing Jensen: Noon, Bellingham Public Library Romeo and Juliet: 8pm, Vanier Park, Van- singer—and political and cultural hell- WeeklyCascadia #2.26 couver B.C. 56th Army Band: 7pm, Centennial Park, Lynden raiser—will return to Bellingham for a June Stages: 9pm, Upfront Theatre TO GET YOUR EVENTS LISTED, SEND INFO Peace and Unity Concert: 7pm, Whatcom Educational 29 performance at the Whatcom Peace and Justice Center TO [email protected] Credit Union 3 Contact 35 THIS ISSUE Cascadia Weekly: ’ROID RAGE? 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