THE GRISTLE, P.6 -5*-#*) +x{ RUMOR HAS IT, P.20 cascadia REPORTING FROM THE HEART OF CASCADIA WHATCOM*SKAGIT*ISLAND*LOWER B.C. 02.x}.11 :: #07, v.06 :: !- AND rights wrongs FILM FESTIVAL EXPLORES THE HUMAN CONDITION, P.8 ALAN RHODES: AS THE WORLD TERNS, P.6 }} TELEKINESIS: MOVING MUSIC, NOT MOUNTAINS, P.20 COMEDIC COUPLINGS: YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, P.16 34 34 Grammy-nominated blues cascadia FOOD musician / )*$/ heads an all-star lineup at a “Voices of the Wetlands” 27 concert Feb. 21 at the B-BOARD Swinomish Northern Lights A glance at what’s happening this week Casino 24 [02. .11] FILM FILM 2 ) .4 x} ON STAGE 20 I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre MUSIC Circus is Bananas: 8pm, Cirque Lab WORDS 18 Brent Hartinger: 7pm, Village Books ART ART 16 /#0-.4[02.x~.11] ON STAGE STAGE STAGE Hot Rod: 7pm, Lynden High School I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre 14 The Cemetery Club: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden Romeo & Juliet: 7:30pm, Anacortes Community GET OUT Theatre Curiouser and Curiouser: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Good, Bad, Ugly: 8pm, Upfront Theatre 12 The Project: 10pm, Upfront Theatre WORDS MUSIC Ukulele Group Meeting: 7-9pm, Squalicum Yacht 8 Club FILM Human Rights Film Festival: Through Feb. 26, CURRENTS CURRENTS various locations throughout Bellingham 6 COMMUNITY Roeder Tour: 12:30pm, Roeder Home VIEWS VIEWS Travelogue Series: 7pm, Whatcom Museum 4 MAIL MAIL !-$4[02.x.11] PHOTO BY MATT MCDANIEL BY PHOTO ON STAGE 2 Hot Rod: 7pm, Lynden High School I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change: DO IT IT DO DO IT 2 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre Boldly conquer the universe alongside the cast of the Chekhov in Love: 7:30pm, 1412 Cornwall Ave. 11 The Cemetery Club: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas .16. Theatre, Lynden 0..0+!-*)/ during “Space Trek” shows this 02 Hallelujah Girls: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Dinner Theatre, Mount Vernon weekend and next at the Upfront Theatre .06 Space Trek: 8pm, Upfront Theatre 07 # Whose Live Anyway?: 8pm, Swinomish Casino, Anacortes Curiouser and Curiouser: 8pm, iDiOM Theater Romeo & Juliet: 8pm, Anacortes Community Theatre ./0-4[02.x.11] Curiouser and Curiouser: 8pm, iDiOM Theater atre, WWU Triple Threat: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Whose Live Anyway?: 8pm, Swinomish Casino, Tango Experience Milonga: 8pm, Presence Dance ON STAGE Anacortes Studio MUSIC Hot Rod: 7pm, Lynden High School Space Trek: 8pm, Upfront Theatre CASCADIA WEEKLY Ilya Itin: 7:30pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change: Romeo & Juliet: 8pm, Anacortes Community WORDS 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre Theatre Book Sale: 10am-3pm, Bellingham Public Library 2 WORDS Chekhov in Love: 7:30pm, 1412 Cornwall Ave. Triple Threat: 10pm, Upfront Theatre Chuckanut Radio Hour: 7pm, Leopold Crystal Book Sale: 10am-6pm, Bellingham Public Library The Cemetery Club: 7:30pm, Claire vg Thomas Ballroom David Vann: 7pm, Village Books Theatre, Lynden DANCE Family Story Night: 7pm, Fairhaven Library Hallelujah Girls: 7:30pm, RiverBelle Dinner Valentine Dance: 7-10pm, Blue Moon Ballroom COMMUNITY Theatre, Mount Vernon A Tierra Flamenco Show: 8pm, Old Main The- Community Conversation: 9:30am-12pm, City Council Chambers Robot Festival: 10am-4:30pm, American Museum of Radio 34 Fly Day: 12-4pm, Heritage Flight Museum Dating Game: 8-11pm, Poppe’s FOOD .0)4[02.y.11] 27 ON STAGE I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change: 2pm, B-BOARD MBT’s Walton Theatre The Cemetery Club: 2pm, Claire vg Thomas Theatre, Lynden 24 Chekhov in Love: 2pm, 1412 Cornwall Ave. Comedy Night: 8pm, Fairhaven Pub FILM FILM MUSIC Skagit Community Band: 3pm, Brodniak Hall, 20 Anacortes MUSIC (*)4[02. .11] yx 18 MUSIC ART Voices of the Wetlands: Northern Lights Casino, Anacortes 16 WORDS Poetrynight: 8pm, the Amadeus Project STAGE /0 .4[02.yy.11] 14 ON STAGE GET OUT I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change: 7:30pm, MBT’s Walton Theatre MUSIC 12 African-American Choral Celebration: 8pm, Performing Arts Center, WWU WORDS WORDS 8 Jim Lynch: 2:30pm, Bellingham Public Library Spoken Word: 7-9pm, Blue Horse Gallery Urban Waite: 7pm, Village Books CURRENTS CURRENTS 6 VIEWS VIEWS 4 MAIL MAIL 2 2 DO IT IT DO DO IT 11 .16. 02 .06 07 Robots will engage in every- # thing from solving puzzles to sumo wrestling at the annual )*-/#2 ./ -**/! ./$1' CASCADIA WEEKLY happening Feb. 19 at the 3 American Museum or Radio SEND EVENTS TO CALENDAR@ CASCADIAWEEKLY.COM Contact THIS ISSUE Cascadia Weekly: E 360.647.8200 34 Editorial FOOD FOOD Editor & Publisher: Tim Johnson E ext 260 ô editor@ 27 mail cascadiaweekly.com CONTENTS LETTERS STAFF Arts & Entertainment B-BOARD B-BOARD Editor: Amy Kepferle Celebrations erupted across the Middle East after Hosni Muba- Eext 204 rak bent to the pressure of protestors and stepped down as ô calendar@ Egypt’s president. 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ALAN RHODES: AS THE WORLD TERNS, P.6 }} TELEKINESIS: MOVING MUSIC, NOT MOUNTAINS, P.20 COMEDIC COUPLINGS: YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, P.16 —Everett James, Bellingham ©2011 CASCADIA WEEKLY (ISSN 1931-3292) is published each Wednesday by average reader to digest. His letter goes on to .06 Cascadia Newspaper Company LLC. Direct all correspondence to: Cascadia Weekly Cover: “Mango Boy,” as he is paint Jean Melious as a person unfortunate, out 07 PO Box 2833 Bellingham WA 98227-2833 | Phone/Fax: 360.647.8200 known, can be seen in Poto # [email protected] Mitan, part of the Bellingham of touch, for sure. Jean rightly responds with a GOOGLE AIR PATROL Though Cascadia Weekly is distributed free, please take just one copy. Cascadia Human Rights Film Festival. See Weekly may be distributed only by authorized distributors. Any person removing letter of her own. 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