Amy Goodman, P.6 * Go, Granny D!, P.18 * Drinking Local, P.38 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. {07.16.14}{#29}{V.09}{FREE} Passport to Paradise Cross the border for music and magic, P. 2 2 TRAGEDY ON TRIAL Of conduct and conscience, P.8 ART IN ACTION DRINK LOCAL Slaking your A Skagit-based summertime thirst, P.38 studio tour, P.20 WEDNESDAY [07.16.14] Ruvara Marimba Ensemble: 2:15-4pm, Jansen Art Center, Lynden 38 ONSTAGE Brian Lee: 6-8:30pm, Heart of Anacortes Last of the Red Hot Lovers: 7:30pm, MBT’s The Polyrhythmics: 7-9pm, Boulevard Park FOOD FOOD cascadia Walton Theatre Lynden’s Got Talent: 7pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre MUSIC 31 31 Downtown Sounds: 6-9pm, Bellingham’s Bay Street FILM Footloose: Dusk, Fairhaven Village Green FOOD B-BOARD B-BOARD Wednesday Market: 12-5pm, Fairhaven Village COMMUNITY Green Shipwreck Festival: 8am-4pm, downtown Ana- A glance at what’s happening this week cortes 26 Northwest Raspberry Festival: 7am-7pm, THURSDAY [07.17.14] throughout Lynden FILM Discovery Days: 10am-7pm, Birch Bay ONSTAGE Steampunk Festival: 11am-5pm, throughout 13 the Musical: 7pm, Bellingham Arts Academy historic Fairhaven 22 for Youth Macbeth: 7pm, Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheater GET OUT MUSIC Becky’s New Car: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre Wind Horse Half Marathon: 8:30am, Fairhaven Doc Dweeb: 7:30pm, Lynden Pioneer Museum Park 20 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Whatcom Dream 5K: 9am, Roosevelt Park Theatre Foothills Garden Tour: 10:30am-5pm, Whatcom ART One-Act Plays: 8pm, iDiOM Theater County The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre 18 FOOD MUSIC Pancake Breakfast: 7-11am, Lynden Community Prozac Mountain Boys: 6-8pm, Elizabeth Park Center STAGE Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts GET OUT Center 16 Whatcom Museum History Cruise: 5:30pm, Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Island Mariner Cruises Market Square Ferndale Public Market: 10am-3pm, Centennial GET OUT FOOD Riverwalk Park Lynden Farmers Market: 12-5pm, downtown Red Solo Cup: 2-5pm, Skagit County Historical Lynden Museum, La Conner 14 VISUAL ARTS The Art of Genre Opening: 12-5pm, Whatcom WORDS FRIDAY [07.18.14] Museum’s Lightcatcher Building ONSTAGE Gallery Walk: 4-8m, San Juan Island 8 13 the Musical: 7pm, Bellingham Arts Academy Skagit Artists Together Tour: 10am-6pm, for Youth throughout Skagit County Much Ado About Nothing: 7pm, Rexville-Black- CURRENTS CURRENTS rock Amphitheater Joan Baez Talley’s Folly: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre SUNDAY [07.20.14] 6 Folk icon brings her considerable talents to Faith County II: 7:30pm, Rome Grange Bellingham for a July 20 show at the Mount Baker Theatre One-Act Plays: 8pm, iDiOM Theater ONSTAGE VIEWS Hellingham: 9pm, Upfront Theatre 13 the Musical: 2pm, Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth 4 MUSIC Much Ado About Nothing: 2pm, Rexville-Black- Vancouver Folk Music Festival: Jericho Beach rock Amphitheater MAIL MAIL Park, Vancouver B.C. Becky’s New Car: 3pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre Chamber Music by the Bay: 7:30pm, Bellingham 2 2 Cruise Terminal MUSIC Vancouver Folk Music Festival: Jericho Beach DO IT IT DO DO IT IT DO COMMUNITY Park, Vancouver B.C. Northwest Raspberry Festival: 8am-8pm, Balkanarama: 2-5pm, Fairhaven Village Green throughout Lynden Festival of Music Finale: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU Joan Baez: 07.16.14 8pm, Mount Baker Theatre SATURDAY [07.19.14] COMMUNITY .09 ONSTAGE Vietnam Veterans Car Show: 10am-2pm, Sunset 29 # 13 the Musical: 2pm and 7pm, Bellingham Arts CostCutter Academy for Youth Depot Car Show: 10am-3pm, Depot Market Square Rapunzel: 3pm and 7pm, Mount Baker Theatre Discovery Days: 10am-5pm, Birch Bay Humor for Hunger: 5:30pm, NW Washington Fairgrounds, Lynden GET OUT Hamlet: 7pm, Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheater Garden Tour: 10am-4pm, Point Roberts Last of the Red Hot Lovers: 7:30pm, MBT’s Foothills Garden Tour: 10:30am-5pm, Whatcom Walton Theatre County CASCADIA WEEKLY Faith County II: 7:30pm, Rome Grange One-Act Plays: 8pm, iDiOM Theater 2 FOOD A fruit-filled pancake breakfast, a fun run, a “Razz & Shine” Cruise-In and Hellingham: 9pm, Upfront Theatre Wine & Spirits Fest: 1-5pm, BelleWood Acres Northwest Raspberry Festival tasty treats will be part of the annual July MUSIC VISUAL ARTS 18-19 in Lynden Vancouver Folk Music Festival: Jericho Beach Skagit Artists Together Tour: 10am-6pm, Park, Vancouver B.C. throughout Skagit County ALL STAR PROMOTIONS ALL STAR Swinomish Cash Storm -July 18 CashStorm Swinomish EXPLORE AT SWINOMISH CASINO &LODGE CASINO SWINOMISH AT Lucky Joker Poker -July19 Poker Joker Lucky Gameshows at6pm,8pm, Gameshows last weekend last 10pm and12am EXPLORE our EXPLORE Rewards! 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