THE GRISTLE P.06 + BOB BALLOT P.21 + FREE WILL ASTROLOGY P.22 c a s c a d i a REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*SURROUNDING AREAS 09-04-2019 • ISSUE: 36 • V.14 ENVIRONMENTAL HEROES Stewards of the planet P.10 All systems go at Lookout Arts Quarry P.13 SH’ ART WALKING Lessons in abstraction P.14 WB-20 Two decades and counting BANG! at the Wild Buffalo P.16 Art Walk: 6pm-10pm, downtown Bellingham A brief overview of this 26 SATURDAY [09.07.19] FOOD week’s happenings ONSTAGE THISWEEK Pippin: 2pm, Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth Sh’Bang!: Through Sunday, Lookout Arts Quarry Improv Evolution: 9pm, Upfront Theatre DANCE REAR END 22 Folk Dance Party: 7:30pm, Squalicum Yacht Club MUSIC 20 Bellhaven Jazz Festival: 12pm-7pm, Samson Estates Winery, Everson FILM Traditional Jazz: 2pm-5pm, VFW Hall COMMUNITY 16 Compete for a Cause: 9am-3pm, Boundary Bay Brewery MUSIC Arch of Healing Ceremony: 10:30am-12:30pm, Bellingham Public Library 14 Skagit River Salmon Festival: 11am-6pm, Edge- water Park, Mount Vernon ART Generation Celebration: 2pm-7pm, Barkley Vil- lage Green 13 FOOD Mount Vernon Market: 9am-2pm, Riverwalk Park STAGE Anacortes Farmers Market: 9am-2pm, Depot Arts Center 12 Saturday Market: 9am-3pm, Concrete Community Center Saturday Market: 10am-1pm, Lummi Island GET OUT Twin Sisters Market: 10am-2pm, North Fork Library Have fun while learning how to protect the watershed Lynden Farmers Market: 10am-2pm, Centennial Park 10 at the annual Skagit River Salmon Festival Sat., Blaine Farmers Market: 10am-2pm, H Street Plaza Bellingham Farmers Market: 10am-3pm, Depot Sept. 7 in Mount Vernon at Edgewater Park. Market Square WORDS PHOTO BY LYNN TYLER KING LYNN BY PHOTO Farm Tour: 10am-4pm, 13 locales throughout Whatcom County 8 WEDNESDAY [09.04.19] Greek Festival: 11am-9pm, St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church ONSTAGE CURRENTS Menace on the Mic: 9pm, Menace Brewing GET OUT Dahlia Flower Show: 12pm-5pm, Bloedel Donovan 6 MUSIC Park George Colligan: 7pm, Sylvia Center for the Arts Nooksack River Walk: 3pm, Horseshoe Bend VIEWS Trailhead COMMUNITY 4 Green Drinks: 5pm-7pm, Boundary Bay Brewery VISUAL Pitcher Perfect Reception: 3pm-6pm, Good Earth MAIL FOOD Pottery Eat Local Month: Through Sept. 30, throughout Artist Talk and Reception: 3:30pm-7pm, Smith & 2 2 Whatcom County Vallee Gallery, Edison Wednesday Market: 2pm-6pm, Barkley Village Green Drie Chapek Reception: 4pm-6pm, i.e. gallery, DO IT DO IT Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market: 3pm-7pm, Hammer Edison Heritage Square SUNDAY [09.08.19] THURSDAY [09.05.19] Fill up on beautiful blooms at an annual Dahlia Flower 09.04.19 Show Sept. 7-8 at Bloedel Donovan, and a Dahlia ONSTAGE ONSTAGE Sh’Bang!: Through 12am, Lookout Arts Quarry Good, Bad, Ugly: 7:30pm, Upfront Theatre Festival Sun., Sept. 8 at Triple Wren Farms in Ferndale. Pippin: 2pm, Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth .14 Standup Comedy: 9:30pm, Upfront Theatre 36 # GET OUT MUSIC Mt. Baker Hill Climb: 7am, Chair 9, Glacier Chris Eger Band: 5pm-9pm, Hotel Bellwether Skagit Flats Marathon: 8am, Burlington-Edison Night Beat: 7:30pm, First Congregational Church FRIDAY [09.06.19] WORDS High School John Keeble: 7pm, Village Books Dahlia Flower Show: 10am-4pm, Bloedel Donovan FOOD ONSTAGE Park Greek Festival: 11am-9pm, St. Sophia Greek Ortho- Sh’Bang!: 12pm today through 12am Sunday, FOOD Wander to Wander: 11am, Whatcom Dispute dox Church Lookout Arts Quarry Greek Festival: 11am-9pm, St. Sophia Greek Ortho- Resolution Center CASCADIA WEEKLY Bow Farmers Market: 1pm-6pm, Samish Bay Cheese Pippin: 7pm, Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth dox Church Dahlia Festival: 12pm-5pm, Triple Wren Farms, Brass Monkey Theater Club: 9pm, Sylvia Center Ferndale Farmers Market: 2pm-6pm, LaBounty Ferndale 2 VISUAL for the Arts Drive Women on the Water: 12pm-6pm, Community First Thursday Art Walk: 5pm-8pm, downtown Mount Improv Evolution: 9pm, Upfront Theatre Boating Center Vernon VISUAL Fall Exhibits Reception: 6pm-8pm, Jansen Art Center, MUSIC First Friday Art Walk: 6pm-9pm, downtown FOOD Lynden Handsome and Gretyl: 6pm-9pm, Bellewood Acres Anacortes Farm Tour: 10am-4pm, Whatcom County 26 FOOD Sept. 23 - 29, 2019 Photo by Damian Vines REAR END 22 Learn about solutions to address global climate change at the local level. FREE EVENTS 20 Climate Action Week Kick-Off by City of Green Power X (GPX) by Puget Sound 9/23 Bellingham at City Hall 9/26 Energy, WWU Institute for Energy Studies and FILM MON THU Sustainable Connections at Aslan Depot, Racing Extinction - A Documentary by 4 pm - 6 pm Multifaith Network for Climate Justice at 16 Pickford Film Center, 5:45 pm - 7:15 pm Go Solar, Save the Planet, Save Money Workshop by Banner Power Solutions at Firehouse Arts and Events Center, 6 pm - 8 pm Climate Action for Smart Businesses by MUSIC 9/24 Sustainable Connections and the Port of A Moral Case for Climate Action by Climate TUE Bellingham at Squalicum Boat House, Reality Project Bellingham Chapter at Bellingham noon - 1 pm Unitarian Fellowship, 6:30 pm - 8 pm 14 Energy Efficiency and Home Improvement Scavenger Hunt by WTA Bus by Whatcom Fair by Community Energy Challenge at 9/27 Smart Trips at Downtown Bellingham Bus ART Building Performance Center, 5 pm- 7 pm FRI Station, 2 pm - 3:15 pm Celebrating Earth, Our Common Home Climate Action Week Work Party by Nooksack 13 by Multifaith Network for Climate Justice at Salmon Enhancement Association at NSEA Lairmont Manor, 6 pm - 7:30 pm Campus, 3 pm - 6 pm Netse Mot: One Mind for Xw’ullemy (the 9/25 E-bike Ride by Whatcom Smart Trips at Salish Sea) by Lummi Nation at Blaine Fishing STAGE Bellingham High School, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Pier, 5 pm - 7 pm WED Little Squalicum Park Restoration Work Party 12 Shared Electric Scooter Demo by Downtown 9/26 9/28 by Bellingham Parks Volunteer Program at Little Bellingham Partnership at Waypoint Park, SAT THU 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Squalicum Park, 9 am - noon Kids Art Contest by Whatcom Transportation Authority at Depot Market Square, 10 am - 1 pm GET OUT For more event details, visit www.cob.org/all-in 10 WORDS 8 CURRENTS On Sale Now! 6 Access new heights in wonder-based learning with the 24th season of the VIEWS Wade Bennett King Education Series at Mount Baker Theatre. 4 Shows open for kids of all ages, through school groups or by individual purchase! 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