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An Evening with Ana Popovic . . . . . . . . inside back Artwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Barkley Village | Concert on the Green . . . . . . . . . 14 Bellingham Central Lions Club | Junk In the Trunk . . 11 Bellingham Music Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Bellingham Sports and Spine PT . . . . . . inside back Bellingham Theatre Guild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Bruton, Nissen & Schellberg, P.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Chrysalis Inn & Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside back Diamond Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Diane Arvin, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Epic Events & Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Good Earth Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Improv Playworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Jansen Art Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Kristi Gruett, Morgan Stanley . . . . . . . . inside back La Conner Chamber of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lincoln Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 19 Linda Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Lithtex Northwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Lummi Island Artists Studio Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 McIntyre Hall PAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside front Mod Sock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside back Mount Baker Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 North Cascades Bluegrass Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Northwest Digital Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 NW Washington Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Paint Moxie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Port of Anacortes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Ragfinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Renaissance Celebration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Salish Sea Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Scott Milo Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Skagit Casino Resort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . back cover Skagit River Salmon Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Studio UFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Atomic Kitten | Gallery Pegasus . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Village Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Village Inn Pub & Eatery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Washi Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Whatcom Art Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 WWU Performing Arts Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Yes Massages | Eileen Gribble LMP . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS AUGUST 2019 FEATURES: 13th Annual Whatcom County Farm Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 A Community of Island Artists Open for Visitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 An Evening with Ana Popovic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Beer is Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Bellingham Greekfest 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Bellingham Music Club 2019-2020 Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 It’s The Bellingham Symphony Orchestra! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Mount Baker Theatre 2019-2020 Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 North Cascades Bluegrass Festival – There Ain’t Nothin’ Subdued About It! . . . 22 PAPO: Plein Air Paint Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The City of Subdued Excitement presents the Subdued Stringband Jamboree . 25 The Dog Days of Summer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

DEPARTMENTS: Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 Benefits & Fundraisers . . . . . . . . . . 11 Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . 12-17 Family & Kids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-26 Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Health & Fitness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19, 21, 23 Outdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Potpourri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-27 Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

On the cover: Treasure Hunt,18” x 24,” acrylic on canvas, by Ria Harboe. Ria is one of numerous artists who will open their studios to the public for the triennial Lummi Island Studio Tour. The upcoming tour is Aug. 31–Sept. 1 from 10am-5pm. See feature story on page 3.

AUGUST 2019 Volume 16 Number 7 P.O. Box 2606 • Bellingham, WA 98227-2606 360-599-6827 • email: editor@ennw.info • www.ennw.info The ENNW Publishing Team Mark Fuller: mfuller@ennw.info • Barb Fuller: bfuller@ennw.info Gladys Crnich: gladys@ennw.info • Lynna Dunn Fuller: lfuller@ennw.info Margaret Bikman: margaret.bikmanennw@gmail.com Circulation: ENNW prints 10,000 copies & distributes to over 200 sites in Whatcom and Skagit Counties. For a current list of distribution sites go to www.ennw.info/distribution.html. Deadlines: We request Press Releases, Photos and Calendar Items by the 10th of the month before its release (August 10 for September issue). Send an email if you would like to be on our monthly reminder list. Press Releases, Calendar Items & Photos are now exclusively received through our Online Submission Form accessed through our website www.ennw.info/submit-an-event/. Please keep event description to 60-100 words per item. Submission Guidelines: Article ideas are encouraged with a sample of your writing style. You will be given credit and a bio line, but at this time we are unable to pay for articles. If we accept your proposal, please plan on writing 300–600 words. Advertising: We would like to encourage you to consider advertising with us. We feel we offer a great value for your hard earned advertising dollars. Due to the quality, ENNW is not in the recycle bin in a day or two. Many readers report they hold onto it all month long, resulting in better value. If you would like a rate sheet, please call or email to request one. Your advertising will make it possible for us to continue. Copyright & Pub Info: ©2019 Entertainment News NW. Reproduction of contents in any format is forbidden without written permission from ENNW. ENNW is only responsible for ad cost in the event of an error. Every effort has been made to gather accurate information regarding events. Please contact the sponsoring agency for more details. Printed at Lithtex NW, Bellingham, WA, USA. This Month’s Contributors: n Nancy Canyon holds a MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific Lutheran University. She’s the author of three books: Dark Forest, Saltwater, and Whispering, Idaho. n Marla Bronstein is a playwright, director, actress and freelance writer who enjoys keeping busy and relaxing. n Osa Hale has been a regular contributor to Entertainment News NW since 2012. She is a graduate of Western Washington University, with a B.A. in Visual Journalism. Her work has also appeared on Bellingham’s KOMO News website, the Seattle Times, and Portland Live. n Courtney Kendall divides her time between writing, working at Whatcom Community College, and enjoying her young son. She holds an MA in English Studies from Western Washington University. n Margaret Bikman worked as Entertainment News Coordinator at The Bellingham Herald for 27 years. She’s also a reference and instruction librarian at Whatcom Community College (also for 27 years). Margaret and her husband, Jay Saxton, enjoy dancing and attending concerts, plays, and art and literature events, and like traveling to exotic places like Cuba, Nova Scotia and New Orleans. n Deborah Bernard received her BA in Journalism at WWU, wrote for The Bellingham Herald, then worked in Alaska for decades. Now they’re back: her husband Joseph is gleefully retired and Debbie loves her office job at First Presbyterian Church. She is also writing her memoir, You Can’t Beat a Deadhorse. n April Metz de Montiel is a life-long arts supporter and pleased to be a contributor to Entertainment News NW.

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A Community of Island Artists Open for Visitors beauty of the Lummi Island Studio Tour is that they can rotate between many Twenty minutes from Bellingham lies a artists, and each tour will give you small island with a big reputation for art. something new to see. The premise The artist community on Lummi Island is remains the same, however. A map of a vibrant and active one inspired by the participating artists will be available natural elements around them, and the online, at The Islander Store, and at the quiet peace that the island affords. Three artists’ galleries. Visitors can take times a year, different artists put on the themselves on a free, self-guided tour of Lummi Island Studio Tour and open their the island where some artists will do studios to visitors who can get a glimpse of the artists’ work and their environment. The upcoming Studio Tour will be Labor Day weekend August 31 and September 1 from 10am-5pm. The Lummi Island Studio Tour is “such a fun way to get to know the island and the artists,” says Ria Harboe, an artist Etched Metal Jewelry by Pam Einhauser. who has been involved with the Studio Tour since shortly after she moved to the island about 20 years ago. “We have all levels of talents and experience with a real mixture of fine art and craftspersons.” Harboe works from Swing! by Ria Harboe. her Lummi Island and Bellingham studios, and is Spyglass, Metal Art by Wayne Chaudiere. demonstrations, be involved with the available for questions Whatcom Artist about their work and creative process, Studio Tour, as well. She creates in two and plenty of art will be available to view mediums, painting and clay, both and purchase. reflective of her love of the natural world. “Quite often we do have a core group After moving to the island, Harboe of artists that participate,” says Harboe. contacted Ria Nickerson, the founder of Her studio will of course be open, and the Lummi Island tour. “I contacted her Nickerson is a usual participant. Nickerson and became one of the few people to has been a full-time potter on Lummi volunteer,” says Harboe. “I thought it Island since 1977 and mixes her own clay was such a novel thing.” and glazes from raw materials for her The Labor Day Studio Tour tends to be functional and sculptural pieces. Lynn Dee the most well-attended tour. After Labor is also a frequent participant who has Day, Lummi Island slows down, done Raku firing demonstrations at past particularly with the annual maintenance Studio Tours. of the Lummi Island ferry, which means A glance at other Lummi Island artists that for the month of September there is shows that the island itself is a significant only foot passenger traffic on and off the inspiration to their work. Metal artist island. The Lummi Island Studio Tour is Wayne Chaudiere juxtaposes steel and “our last hurrah,” says Harboe. “It’s a stone with the natural environment; Judy lovely time of year to visit Lummi Island Arntsen weaves bull kelp from local and see the artists’ environment.” beaches into artistic pieces; Thomas Lutz The full line-up of participating artists creates furniture that reflects “the wild will be finalized in early August. The beauty that surrounds [him];” visual

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artists such as Nancy Ging, Meredith Moench, and Ingrid McGarry all list the nature that surrounds them as inspiration; the knitted works of Nancy Simmerman often features hand-spun Lummi Island wool; and Sue McCaslin often hand-dyes her work in colors reflective of island fauna.

Custom knit sweaters by Nancy Simmerman.

Raku Pottery by Lynn Dee.

Visit Lummi Island for a closer look at the art and the island that inspires it. For a complete list of participating artists and updated map, visit www.lummi-island.com/studio-tour.

PAPO: Plein Air Paint Out by Nancy Canyon The 14th Annual Downtown Bellingham Plein Air Paint Out gathers at Waypoint Park Saturday and Sunday, August 3 & 4, 10am-4pm. Come witness the time-honored tradition—artists set up around the park located at 1145 Granary Avenue, painting the waterfront, ships, acid ball, refining tanks, old stacks, and the city from different angles. A reception for completed pieces takes place at UFO Gallery, First Friday Art Walk, September 6, 6-9pm. The founder of PAPO, Trish Harding, says that an artist’s skill improves with en plein air painting. Working freely in natural light grows the artist’s understanding of color, value, and composition. Painting from perception while the wind blows or the sun disappears behind darkening clouds, is alluring to many artists. And of course, the French considered peinture sur le motif (what one actually sees) to be a traditional study. Monet, Pissarro and Renoir painted from life, hauling canvases and easels outside to capture skies, ponds, pastoral scenes, and villages.

Acid Ball & Lummi Island by Phylis Smith.

On the Beach.

When I participated in PAPO 2006, I set up my easel to view the old Granary building. New at plein air painting, I forged bravely ahead, adjusting values again and again as light and shadows changed. During the interview, I mentioned how challenging the exercise had been. “Painting outside is challenging,” Harding says. “I tell my students who say painting inside is hard: studio painting is easy. Vermeer had to grind his own pigments. Now we go to the art store and buy beautiful colors already made. Plein air pushes the Susan painting the waterway. envelope.” PAPO came about when a rumor Over the past thirteen years, PAPO spread through the artist community that artists, including Joy Olney, Ron Pattern, the City of Bellingham was going to Ann Chaikin, as well as Harding herself, gentrify downtown. “A group of painters set up their French easels on Holly Street decided to bring public attention to the to paint urban scenes. This year, Plein Air importance of artists working in the Washington Artists and Northwest Pastel community,” Harding says. “We wanted Society members are invited to work lots of artists on the streets so the public alongside local artists. The public will could see us painting—painters are a witness a large group of artists working necessary part of Bellingham.” through the obstacles of painting in all Originally as many as seventy sorts of weather. Harding says, “The artist participants, from beginner to advanced, learns to be responsive with paint rather set up along Holly and adjacent streets than over-controlling. And to see light, during the two-day event. Harding says, embracing constant change, letting the “Now, closer to twenty participants brave painting be what it is.” the elements yearly.” Once again, artists of all skill levels will gather in August to paint en plein air. This inclusive event isn’t based on ability, rather on commitment. The painter has two days to complete a painting before dropping it off at UFO Gallery—framed and ready to hang—September 5, no later than 3pm. Pick up is October 2. Come meet the PAPO artists this August. Observe the unique scenes being painted, enjoy Waypoint Park, and perhaps get to know an artist that you can visit in his or her studio later. For more information or to participate, contact Trish Harding, 360-319-6115 or email trish.harding@studio-ufo.net. Entertainment News Northwest ~ August 2019

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August at the Art Market – Summer

living is easy, especially at the Whatcom Art Market. Find 45 local artists and enjoy time with our knowledgeable staff and weekly featured artist. July 29-Aug. 4, Skip Patten, master woodcarver. Skip will demonstrate woodcarving on Sat., Aug. 3, 10am-1pm. • Aug. 5-11, Lorraine Day, photographer. Lorraine is onsite Fri., Aug. 9, 11am-3pm. • Aug. 12-18, Deanna Brown, elemental walk pottery. Deanna creates her pots by hand and wheel. She will be onsite Sat., Aug. 17, 11:30am3:30pm. • Aug. 19-25, Arlene Mortimer, water-colorist. Sun., Aug. 25, 11am-3pm, Arlene will be onsite to help you paint your own sea creatures to take home. • Aug. 26-Sept. 1, Deb Dole, painter and fabric artist. Come visit with her Wed., Aug. 28, noon-4pm or Thurs., Aug. 29, 11am-3pm. • Vino in the Village on Thurs., Aug., 8, 5:30-8:30pm. Fairhaven hosts a multi-

vineyard wine tasting. Tickets available online at hfa.fairhaven.com. The Art Market hosts one of the vineyards. Come sip local wine and check out local art! • Fairhaven Fourth Friday Art Walk, Aug. 23. Arlene Mortimer is at the Art Market, 5-8pm; come paint your own sea creature to take home. Whatcom Art Market is located at 1103 11th St., Bellingham. Free admission. More info: 360-738-8564 or www.whatcomartmarket.org.

Art Exhibit by Bob Barker – Bob

Barker, a forest steward and conservator of his property on Black Slough in Deming, displays his love of trees and the natural world in his acrylic landscapes. View a collection of his art in the Deming Library Meeting Room (5044 Mt. Baker Hwy.) through Aug. 31. Sponsored by the Friends of the Deming Library. Free admission. More info: 360-592-2422 or https://wcls.libcal.com/calendar/events.

All Is Not Lost: Images Salvaged from Damaged Glass Negatives –

Hundreds of glass negatives have been donated to the Whatcom Museum over the years, many arriving in damaged condition after decades of poor storage and rough handling. The pictures in this exhibition are derived from time-ravaged Silver Gelatin Dry Plate Negatives and will feature their accumulated scratches, cracks, lost corners, mold stains, and water damage. Though marred, the century-old negatives can still render images of historical significance. On exhibit through December at Whatcom Museum of History and Art (121 Prospect St., Bellingham). Admission is $10 general / members free. More info: 360-778-8930, info@whatcommuseum.org or www.whatcommuseum.org.

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Anacortes Arts Festival – Started in

1962, the Anacortes Arts Festival celebrates all forms of art and music throughout the weekend, and is the largest

supporter of arts funding in their community. Commercial Avenue will feature 270 artisans’ booths representing all mediums of art: ceramics, glass, fiber, jewelry, painting, sculpture, photography, leather, wood, and more. The festival’s working studios are a chance to see artists in action, and will be open from 10am4pm all three days. There will be demonstrations in basketry, woodworking, blacksmithing, marbling, native woodcarving in cedar, graffiti, stone sculpture, and chalk painting. A variety of musical acts compliment the artistic scene with three stages highlighting local and regional musical talent this year. An active Kids Area and Art Dash (certified half marathon, 10k, 5k), round out Festival activities. The festival will be open on Fri., Aug. 2, 10am-7pm; Sat., Aug. 3, 10am6pm; and Sun., Aug. 4, 10am-5pm. For more information, visit anacortesartsfestival.com.

August Art Show Reception – Join us

at Scott Milo Gallery (420 Commercial Ave., Anacortes) to see new monoprint mixed media work from Marie Powell of Ilwaco, WA. Powell’s brightly-colored, hand-pulled monoprints are mounted on canvas for this show. See works in floral, beach scenes, and fish. Also showing are photo encaustics by Kathy Hastings, oils by Jane Wallis, acrylics by Brooke Borcherding, celebration paddles by Les Eelkema and landscape and seascape oils by Lynn Zimmerman. Reception with the artists on Fri., Aug. 2, 6-9pm, in conjunction with opening night of the Anacortes Arts Festival. Free admission. More info: gallery@scottmilo.com, 360-293-6938 or www.scottmilo.com.

Narrative Anatomy – For the month of

August, Make.Shift Gallery (306 Flora St.) is excited to present Narrative Anatomy, a group exhibit featuring works by Kelsey Skordal and Rosie Lockie, two Bellinghambased artists who work in alternative comics and painting. Their practice shares a commonality and a foundation in narrative, which can be both elaborate in construction (comic storytelling) and vague in suggestion (painting). Both artists will show original comic panels, paintings, and

drawings that explore narrative on varying scales and scopes. Opening on Fri., Aug. 2, 6-10pm. Free admission. More info: 360389-3569, gallery@makeshiftproject.com or www.makeshiftproject.com.

Fins and Feathers – These alternate

modes of transportation will be well represented at Fourth Corner Frames (311 W. Holly St., Bellingham) by Lorna Libert, Laurie Potter, Sheila Steinborn, and Lynn Young. Each of these women brings their own style and flair to these critters on the move! From oils and acrylics, to pastels and one-of-a-kind embellished gourds, these creatures will surely capture you! Open house on Fri., Aug. 2, 6-10pm. Free admission. More info: 360-734-1340, Framr4u@gmail.com or www.fourthcornerframes.com.

We Are WACK – Allied Arts of Whatcom

County’s 2019 Gallery Series welcomes back WACK, Whatcom’s Artists of Clay and Kiln. WACK is a non-profit organization dedicated to ceramic artists from Whatcom County with a passion for creative expression with clay. This year, we challenged members to team up with other artists and create something new together for at least some of the pieces. Some partnered with other ceramic artists, and some teamed up with artists in other mediums! Opening reception on Fri., Aug. 2 from 6-9pm; exhibit runs until Aug. 31. The Allied Arts Gallery (1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham) is dedicated to providing a professional space for local artists. More info: 360-676-8548, info@alliedarts.org or www.alliedarts.org.

Downtown Bellingham Art Walk at Old City Hall – Join us at Old City Hall

for the opening of the Whatcom Artist Studio Tour Showcase, featuring local artists. Explore local history through our exhibits, Firsts in Flight, 1889, the orientation theater, the logging and maritime galleries, and the John M. Edson Hall of Birds. On Fri., Aug. 2, 6-10pm. Free admission. More info: 360-778-8930, info@whatcommuseum.org or www.whatcommuseum.org.

Whatcom Artist Studio Tour 2019 Showcase – This year marks the 25th

anniversary of the Whatcom Artist Studio Tour. Each year the two-weekend event offers visitors insight into the creative process, work-life, and work-environment of nearly 40 artists. For the third year, the Whatcom Museum will provide a showcase of select artworks from several participating studio tour artists during August and September. Admission is Included with admission/members free. More info: www.whatcommuseum.org.

Open Studio Painting Wednesdays at Studio UFO – This is a great way to

increase your painting skills. All skill levels benefit as the instruction is easel-to-easel using your media and personal project. Join UFO members for professional instruction and spirited presentations and

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lively critiques. Paint and share in a community of high artistic energy and understanding. Beginners, intermediate, and professional; personal style and voice recognized and highly encouraged! Trish Harding also facilitates local venues available for one person and group shows for Open Studio Painters who build a body of work. Show opportunities at Studio UFO (301 W. Holly St., Bellingham) during art walks are also available. This month’s sessions are Wed., Aug. 7, 14, 21 & 28 from 10am-3pm. Cost is $232 (all 4) or $66 each session. More info: 360-3196115, trish.harding@studio-ufo.net or www.studio-ufo.net.

Good Earth Pottery’s 50th Anniversary – Fifty years is a BIG deal for a small business! Join the celebration on Sat., Aug. 17 from 11am-6pm. Featuring live music from the Red Sky Riders (1-4pm), door prizes, snacks, limited commemorative mugs from various Good Earth Pottery artists, anniversary apparel and 15% off everything in the gallery! Representing more than 45 local artists, the gallery has been located in the historic Fairhaven village since 1969 (1000 Harris Ave., Bellingham). Free admission. More info: theteam@goodearthpots.com, 360671-3998 or www.goodearthpots.com.

Your Vision Workshop II: Plein Air to Studio UFO – We will be working for the

first two days (weather permitting) en plein air at Bellingham’s newest public space, Waypoint Park. A beautiful city property perched right on the water and in the heart of the city. Bellingham, from Waypoint Park, offers stunning water views of the Portage, Lummi Island, and the marina from one vantage, a north view

Artist Workshop – In this low key

painting workshop, you can paint with artist Neal Cronic, or visit and watch him paint. Interested in painting along with Neal as he paints? Feel free to bring water based painting materials of your own and join in! Materials can be provided by the artist when available. On Tues., Aug. 20 or 27 from 6-7:30pm at the Bellingham Public Library (210 Central Ave.) Free admission. More info: 360-778-7217, jjohnson@cob.org or www.bellinghampubliclibrary.com.

7th Path Hypnosis Basic 1 – 7th Path

Self Hypnosis® is an exciting development in the field of Body-Mind-Spirit personal development. It offers a systematic approach to help you improve your life, freeing yourself from stress and negative or painful emotions from the past. You can use it to work on a particular issue in your life, such as improving motivation, sleeping better, or breaking a bad habit. Kathie

of the city including the Old City Hall and the iconic Mount Baker Theatre spire, the South Hill crowned by Western Washington University’s Campus, and the remains of the old Georgia Pacific Pulp & Paper Mill which showcase large tanks, stacks, and an acid ball. Plein air paintings done here during the workshop can be considered for the PAPO Show at Studio UFO in September, Thurs.-Sun., Aug. 22-25, 10am-4pm. Cost is $400. More info: 360319-6115, trish.harding@studio-ufo.net or www.studio-ufo.net.

Artwood Gallery: Boxes, Boxes, Boxes! – Boxes come in all sizes and

shapes and woods from the many artists of Artwood. We have many boxes to choose from. Visit us during Art Walk on Fri., Aug. 23 from 5-8pm. Located at 1000 Harris Ave., Bellingham. Free admission. More info: artwood@qwestoffice.net, 360-6471628 or www.artwoodgallery.com.

Fairhaven Fourth Friday Art Walk –

Celebrate local creative spirit at the Fairhaven Fourth Friday Art Walk. Every fourth Friday of each month (except December) merchants throughout Fairhaven Village open their doors to share the artwork of emerging and established artists. Meet the artists, see demonstrations, partake in refreshments, and enjoy entertainment. Each month will feature new and exciting artists. Free admission. More info: 206-696-2671, artwalk@fairhaven.com or www.fairhavenwinterfest.com.

artists, 24 studios, with works in all media, including painting, drawing, pottery, printmaking, sculpture, glass blowing and more! Visit artists at their studios and see why so many have become worldrenowned. Enjoy delicious fresh local foods and wines prepared by island restaurants at a special “Preview Gallery” on Fri., Aug. 30, from 5-8pm, where the artists will showcase samples of their work at The Lopez Center for Community and the Arts. Free admission. More info: 360-468-2557, steve@windsweptstudios.com or www.lopezstudiotour.org.

Drawing Lines and Seeing Form –

Come to MoNA for an inventive drawing workshop with artist Jean Behnke—a great place to begin drawing or re-awaken your practice! This workshop explores the process of drawing using solid graphite pencils. Takes place on Sat., Aug. 31, 1-4:30pm at Museum of Northwest Art (121 1st St., La Conner). Cost is $55 + $15 materials fee. Register online at www.museumofnwart.ejoinme.org/ MyPages/classes. More info: 360-4664446, education@museumofnwart.org or www.monamuseum.org.

Labor Day Weekend Artists Studio Tour – 23rd Annual Self guided artists

studio tour with directory and maps on Sat. & Sun., Aug. 31 (10am-5pm) & Sept. 1 (10am-4pm) on Lopez Island. Thirty-six

Hardy is a hypnotist and author of the best-selling Migraine Relief with Hypnosis, now available on Amazon. Join Kathie on Sat., Aug. 24, from 10am-4pm with a one hour lunch break on your own. Class size is limited to 12 attendees. Advance registration at Brownpapertickets.com is required. More info: 360-842-6600, or www.salishseahypnosis.com.

Improv Playworks in August – Learn

to think on your feet! Come join us for a free workshop. An evening of play, creativity, storytelling and fun! We will do a selection of games and exercises from improvisational theater. All levels welcome, absolutely no experience necessary! Adults & teens 14+. Join us at Improv Playworks Studio (1011 Girard St., Bellingham) on Wed., Aug. 28 from 7-9pm. Free admission. More info: 360-0756-0756, sheila@improvplayworks.com or www.improvplayworks.

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Mount Baker Theatre 2019-2020 Season by Osa Hale Bellingham is full of talented folks, who bring their voices, art, and bodies to stages across the city. On any given night, you can see someone pouring their heart into performance. With all there is to offer, the Mount Baker Theatre still stands out as both a gorgeous venue and the surest bet in town for a night (or afternoon) of quality entertainment. The 2019-2020 season of live events, billed as Your Peak of Entertainment, will be a captivating one. As they do each year, the Mount Baker Theatre has a couple of engaging holiday performances. Audiences looking for a vintage Halloween celebration will be more than pleased with the Silent Film Spectacular: The Phantom of the Opera with Live Score (Oct. 21), complete with costume contest, signature cocktails, and a mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ. When the holiday season hits, the Dickensian tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the spirit of Christmas will be interwoven with classic carols in a heart-warming performance of A Christmas Carol (Dec. 22). By far, the most popular types of show this season are the musical artists. Fans of bluegrass and country can look forward to genre giants that are the Gatlin Brothers (Feb. 15), as well as the lively bluegrass sextet Steep Canyon Rangers (April 2) and the heart-wrenching melodies of the Wailin’ Jennies (May 9). There is no shortage of soul in this season. It kicks off with celebrated jazz singer Diana Krall (Sept. 15) and keeps right on rolling from there. Next up, it’s a jubilant night of funk, soul, and jazz from the multi-generational talent of Take Me to the River LIVE! Celebrating the Music of New Orleans (Oct. 19). Gracing the stage next in this soulful season are the a cappella “musical missionaries” of the beloved Sweet Honey in the Rock (Jan. 17). The stars

keep shining as Clint Holmes, Take 6, Tom Scott, and Nnenna Freelon team up to pay tribute to an American treasure in Georgia on My Mind: Celebrating the Music of Ray Charles (Feb. 7). Several of the musicians that will be performing this season are virtuosos that

have defined or contributed to their instrument and genre in ways that are downright historic. This includes the “Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele” Jake Shimabukuro (Oct. 12), distinguished world guitarist Jesse Cook (Nov. 23), and master trumpeter Chris Botti (May 3). Entertainment News Northwest ~ August 2019

Then there’s the band that defies labels and breaks out of boxes, while continuing to build on a 25-year legacy: Pink Martini. Performing at the Mount Baker Theatre on April 10, the “biggest little orchestra” around combines and contrasts classical, jazz, pop and more in a one-of-a-kind show. Musical theater also accounts for a large portion of this season. There are the classics: the 20th Anniversary Tour of Rent (Sept. 3) and Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music (Jan. 25). The stage will also be host to some new and exciting shows: An American in Paris (Jan. 19), Finding Neverland (April 4), and Menopause: The Musical (April 25). Rounding out the heights of Your Peak of Entertainment is a delightful assortment of performances. There are acts of captivating physicality, like the dancer-athletestorytellers that build giant storytelling shadow illustrations onstage in Catapult (March 18) and the 50-Year Celebration performance of the Dance Theatre of Harlem (May 16). Even the furry friends get in on the fun, with the beloved Stunt Dog Experience (March 14) featuring highenergy, talented rescue pups. There are also a few nights of engaging and hilarious conversation, comedy, and insight. The legendary feminist Gloria Steinem will be discussing her lifetime of writing, activism, and organizing (Nov. 22). Up-and-coming Julia Scotti, Jocelyn Chia, and Karen Rontowski make up the Ladies of Laughter (March 7). The laughs keep coming with the sharp wit onstage during An Evening with David Sedaris (May 18). Tickets, schedules, and event descriptions can be found at www.mountbakertheatre.com.

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Skagit River Shakespeare Festival – The Skagit River Shakespeare Festival continues through Sat., Aug. 17. Evening performances of A Midsummer’s Night Dream and Twelfth Night begin at 7pm, and Sunday matinees are at 4pm. All

Rooftop Cinema: Scream – Join the

Pickford Film Center on the roof of the Parkade at 6:30pm, Fri., Aug. 9 for a screening of the 1996 horror comedy classic Scream. In addition to the film, there will be a beer garden, live music and entertainment, food trucks, activities and more! Free admission with encouraged donations. More info: 360-647-0300 or www.pickfordfilmcenter.org/now-playing.

Storyteller’s Seasonal Summer Showing – The Storyteller’s Seasonal

allows local filmmakers to see their work on the big screen. For this season’s submissions, filmmakers must create a video around the theme of confrontation and use a fish as a prop. Tickets are $5; there will be a small cash prize for the best video. On Wed., Aug. 28 at 6:30pm at Pickford Film Center (1318 Bay St., Bellingham). Admission is $5. Info: 360467-0300, info@pickfordfilmcenter.org or www.pickfordfilmcenter.org/now-playing.

performances take place at the beautiful Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre located at 19299 Rexville Grange Rd. in Mount Vernon. Tickets are $15. Tickets can be purchased online at www.shakesnw.org or at the gate. For cast lists and schedule, please check our Facebook page or visit www.shakesnw.org for info; Twitter and Instagram: @ShakespeareNW. More info: 360-941-5744, eal@shakesnw.org or www.brownpapertickets.com/event.

The Odyssey – Sylvia Center for the Arts

proudly presents the The Odyssey. This play is the second of two ticketed indoor shows which support and make possible seven weekends of free theater in Maritime Heritage Park. Directed by Ashley Albertson, The Odyssey is a brand new adaptation of Homer’s epic written especially for this festival by Glenn Hergenhahn-Zhao, featuring the same distinct blend of witty comedy and drama featured in Briseis, and telling the adventures and mishaps of Odysseus’ ten-year voyage home to his wife and son after the end of the Trojan War, beset by Sirens, Cyclops, an unruly crew, and the whims of the gods. Performances at Sylvia Center for the Arts (207 Prospect St., Bellingham), Thurs.-Sat., Aug. 1-3, 8-10, and 15-17 at 7:30pm. Admission is $15 general / $12 Member / $9 student. Info:info@sylviacenterforthearts.org or https://sylviacenterforthearts.org/events.

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Playing (with) Shakespeare – Come

play with Shakespeare with Andy Friedlander, former northwestern representative of the National Shakespeare Conservatory. Students will learn the construction of Shakespearean language from the point of view of the actor. All the tools and clues necessary to create a Shakespearean character are to be found in the language. We will read scenes out loud and see how the language can show you how to stage the scene. Two sessions: Sat., Aug. 3 & 10 from 1-3:30pm at Museum of Northwest Art (121 1st St., La Conner). Admission is $35 per session. More info: 360-466-4446 or www.monamuseum.org/event/playingshakespeare.

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Jiffy Lube Muscle Up – The Bellingham

Jiffy Lube is kicking off the eighth annual MUSCLE UP campaign benefitting the MDA. Customers who donate $3 to the MDA will receive a savings book containing more than $100 in savings from Jiffy Lube and other national retailers. Last year’s campaign helped raise funds to send 300 kids to MDA Summer Camp. Every year kids living with neuromuscular disease come together to make new friends, try new things, and build vital life skills—all at no cost to families. Your donations help kids and their families fight back against neuromuscular disease. This event runs the entire month of August, during regular store hours. Info: www.mda.org/jiffy-lube.

Family Promise of Whatcom County Bed Race – The deadline for Bed Race

team entry is 9pm on Sun., Sept. 1! Gather a team of five pals and sign up to enter the third annual Family Promise Bed Race. Once you’re entered, you’ll have time to find a bed, decorate it, and bring your spirit of competition to the third annual Family Promise Bed Race, held 2-4pm on Sun., Sept. 8 at the Civic Field Parking Lot in Bellingham. This wacky and wild event is the most fun you can have in Whatcom County. Don’t miss out by letting your team’s entry deadline slip past. Jump on the Bed Race website now to enter your team! Free admission. More info: familypromisebedrace@gmail.com or familypromisebedrace.com.

Putts Fore Pets Golf Tournament: 10th Anniversary – Join us for a great

day on the course with your friends and colleagues! Besides the great golf course, fabulous prizes, friendly competition, and buffet dinner, you will be supporting the Whatcom Humane Society and the many animals we provide relief and care for every day. Check in, driving range, and putting contest opens at 11:30am on Thurs., Aug. 8 at Bellingham Golf and Country Club (3729 Meridian St.). Cost is $110-$440. More info: 360-733-2080 or http://whatcomhumane.org/event/ putts-fore-pets-golf-tournament/?tickets_ process=#buy-tickets.

Junk in the Trunk 1st Annual Fundraiser – Bellingham Central Lions

present Junk in the Trunk Flea Market on Sat., Aug. 10 from 9am-2pm at Civic Field. Buyers & sellers welcome. A fee of $25 gets you 2 parking stalls at Civic Field (1355 Civic Field Way, Bellingham). Load up your car and join us for the fun. Must preregister online at www.bellinghamcentrallions.org. Free to shop. More info: 360-319-4745, bonniedean@comcast.net.

Dave’s Beach Bash – The Dave Nelson Memorial Foundation presents Dave’s Beach Bash, a family-friendly day of swimming, games, music and prizes at beautiful Lake Samish on Sat., Aug. 10 from noon-4pm. Live music by Baby Cakes, food by Something Cheesy, drinks

by Wander Brewing and Stone’s Throw Brewery. Raffle and silent auction featuring lots of local items! Proceeds benefit two scholarships: one for a local high school student and one for a student in the Mental Health Counseling graduate program at WWU and the Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center’s Youth Program. In memory of Dave Nelson, a Sehome High School graduate, who loved his Bellingham community and was taken from us far too soon. He loved a good time, and we continue to have one in his name, while raising money to make positive changes in our community. For tickets, info, or to make a donation, visit www.davenelsonfoundation.org. Admission is $10. More info: 310-9093318, info@davenelsonfoundation.org or www.davenelsonfoundation.org.

the stage at 6pm. This year’s gala event is themed “Celebrating 50 Years Since Woodstock,” and dress from the 60s is encouraged. There will be a costume contest with prizes for best 60s attire. In addition, guests will be able to bid on a wide variety of silent auction items donated from area businesses and individuals. The Rick Epting Foundation is an all-volunteer, 501-c3 nonprofit whose mission is “Enhancing the quality of life in Skagit County and surrounding areas through the arts.” More info: 360-7087770, info@rickeptingfoundation.org.com or www.rickeptingfoundation.org.

Bacon & Kegs Festival – Join us in

supporting infants and toddlers with special needs while and celebrating summertime in the ‘Ham! With local restaurants and food trucks offering bites of bacon deliciousness, the best breweries in our region bringing the beer and cider, live music, swine-themed games, and a photo-booth, there will be something for everyone! The event features two sessions. The mid-day, all ages session from 1-3:30pm will include games and activities for all ages, with kids under 5 free, and live music by Black Water. The evening session (21 and over) will be from 5:30-9pm, and will feature live music by Baby Cakes. VIP tickets are also available. All proceeds go to benefit Whatcom Center for Early Learning’s work with children from birth to three with developmental delays and disabilities. On Sun., Aug. 11 at Depot Market Square (1100 Railroad Ave., Bellingham). Admission is $18-$45. More info: 360-671-3660, admin@wcel.net or www.wcel.net.

Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser – Enjoy a full menu of pancakes, French toast, biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, sausage or ham along with juice and coffee. Plus, strawberries and whipped cream! Bring your family and friends. Join us at the Ferndale Senior Activity Center (1999 Cherry St.) on Sat., Aug. 17, 8-11am. Admission is $6 general / $3 kids / free over 90 and under 3. Info: 360384-6244 or activities.fsac@gmail.com.

Pancake Breakfast – Enjoy pancakes,

French toast, biscuits and gravy, sausage, ham, and hashbrowns on Sat., Aug. 24 from 8-11am at the American Legion (5537 2nd Ave., Ferndale). Admission is $6 adults / $3 ages 6-12 / under 5 free. More info: 360-384-5595.

14th Annual REFA Fundraiser Concert at the Heart of Anacortes –

The 14th Annual Rick Epting Foundation for the Arts fundraiser will be held Sat., Aug. 24 at the Heart of Anacortes (2810 Morton Ave.). Doors will open at 5pm, with Janie Cribbs & the T. Rust Band taking

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AUGUST 2019 THURSDAY 8/1/2019 Vintage Farming Days, Berthusen Park

(Lynden), 7am-7pm, $8 adults / $5 seniors 60+ / $3 kids 8-12 / free age 7 and under, 360-599-4231, vintagefarmingdays@gmail.com or www.psatma.com. (pg. 24)

24th Annual Mount Baker Rhythm & Blues Festival, Deming Log Show Grounds. (pg. 18) Gentle Yoga with Joani, The Metta Center,

10:30-11:45am, first class $10, 360-656-6699, yogawithjoani@yahoo.com or www.yogawithJoani.com. (pg. 26)

Live at the Piano Lounge: Terry Palmer

(guitarist/vocalist, classic rock 70s), Jansen Art Center, noon-1pm, no cover, 360-354-3600, info@jansenartcenter.org or www.jansenartcenter.org. Summer Movie Matinee (TBA), Bellingham Public Library, 2pm, free, 360-778-7200, www.bellinghampubliclibrary.org. Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix VI, Ferndale Public Library, 5:45-8:30pm, free, 360-2550184, northwestchess.info/grandprix19.html or kaechster@gmail.com. Arts at the Port Fine Art Exhibition, Port of Anacortes Event Center, free.

Dr. Jimmy & The Swingtime Serenaders Big Band (Big Band), Elizabeth Park, 6-8pm, free. Free Advance Care Planning Workshop for All Community Members, St. Luke’s Community

Health Education Center, 6-8pm, 360-752-5267, hwalker@peacehealth.org or www.peacehealth.org/yourvoiceyourchoice. Quickstart Your Kayak class, Community Boating Center, 6-9pm, $65, info@boatingcenter.org, 360-714-8891 or www.boatingcenter.org. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 7pm, $15. (pg. 9) Balkan Folk Dancing, Fairhaven Branch Library, 7-9pm, $5 donation requested, 360-380-0456.

9th Annual Grateful Dead Meet-Up at The Movies, Historic Lincoln Theatre, 7:30-9:30pm, $12 general / $10 members, 360-336-8955, tickets@lincolntheatre.org or www.lincolntheatre.org. (pg. 18)

Marrowstone Music Festival: Faculty Chamber Orchestra, WWU PAC, 7:30-9:30pm, $22-$27. (pg. 18-19)

“The Odyssey,” Sylvia Center for the Arts,

7:30pm, $15 general / $12 Member / $9 student, info@sylviacenterforthearts.org or www.sylviacenterforthearts.org/events. (pg. 9)

Music Jam with Pat McFarland and Friends, Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 8-11pm, no cover, 360-734-2490. (pg. 19)

FRIDAY 8/2/2019 Vintage Farming Days, Berthusen Park (Lynden), 7am-7pm. (pg. 24)

24th annual Mount Baker Rhythm & Blues Festival, Deming Log Show Grounds. (pg. 18) Anacortes Art Festival, Historic Downtown

Anacortes, 10am-7pm, anacortesartsfestival.com. (pg. 6)

MBT MCT: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” Mount Baker Theatre, 3pm & 7pm,

$10, tickets@mountbakertheatre.com, 360-7346080 or www.mountbakertheatre.com. (pg. 24)

Friday Night Shindig on the Patio: Double Trouble Band and Back East BBQ,

Semiahmoo Marina Patio, 5-9pm, no cover, moorageoffice@semiahmoomarina.com. Indoor Wheelchair GangBall, Bloedel Donovan Park Community Building, 5:30-7:30pm, free / sport wheelchairs provided, 360-303-2130, bergmanjeff@yahoo.com. Arts at the Port Fine Art Exhibition, Port of Anacortes Event Center, free. August Art Show Reception, Scott Milo Gallery, 6pm, free, gallery@scottmilo.com, 360-2936938 or www.scottmilo.com. (pg. 6)

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Downtown Bellingham Art Walk at Old City Hall, Whatcom Museum Old City Hall,

6-10pm, free, 360-778-8930 or www.whatcommuseum.org. (pg. 6) August First Friday Artwalk, Historic Downtown Anacortes, 6-9pm, free, 360-293-6938 or www.anacortesart.com.

“Narrative Anatomy: Kelsey Skordal and Rosie Lockie,” Make.Shift Art Space, 6-10pm, free, 360-389-3569, gallery@makeshiftproject.com or www.makeshiftproject.com. (pg. 6) Open House, Bellingham Railway Museum, 6-9pm, free, 360-393-7540 or bellinghamrailwaymuseum.org. (pg. 24) Open House: “Fins and Feathers,” Fourth Corner Frames & Gallery, 6-10pm, free, 360-734-1340, Framr4u@gmail.com or www.fourthcornerframes.com. (pg. 6) Opening Reception: “We Are WACK,” Allied Arts of Whatcom County, 6-9pm, free, 360-676-8548, info@alliedarts.org or www.alliedarts.org. (pg. 6) Flashback (jazz, R&B, oldies, rock classics, blues), Beach Store Cafe, 7-9pm, no cover, 360-5108443, haslams10@comcast.net. “Twelfth Night,” Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 7pm, $15. (pg. 9) Bioluminescent Paddles, Community Boating Center, 9pm-midnight, $70, 360-714-8891, info@boatingcenter.org or www.boatingcenter.org. Karaoke with Master Moose, Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 9pm-1:30am, no cover, 360-734-2490.

SATURDAY 8/3/2019 Vintage Farming Days, Berthusen Park (Lynden), 7am-7pm. (pg. 24)

24th annual Mount Baker Rhythm & Blues Festival, Deming Log Show Grounds. (pg. 18) Anacortes Art Dash, City Hall to Port Dock, 8am, $50 half marathon / $35 10k / $25 5k / $5 under 12 and over 70. (pg. 6) 14th Annual PAPO, Downtown Bellingham, 10am-4pm. (pg. 4)

19th Annual La Conner Classic Boat & Car Show, South Basin/La Conner Marina, 10am-

3pm, $3 adults / kids free, 360-466-4778, director@laconnerchamber.com or www.lovelaconner.com. (pg. 27) Anacortes Art Festival, Historic Downtown Anacortes, 10am-6pm, anacortesartsfestival.com.

Ask A Master Gardener at Bellingham Farmers Market, Bellingham Farmers Market, 10am3pm, http://whatcom.wsu.edu/ch/mg.html.

Demo with Skip Patten (wood carving),

Whatcom Art Market, 10am-1pm. (pg. 5)

Free Jazz Master Class with Dmitri Matheny,

Anacortes Public Library, 10am-noon, free / please RSVP, Vince.fejeran@skagit.edu, 360-293-1910 or www.jazzatthelibrary. NW Singles Coffee/Conversation, Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 10-11:30am, free, 360-9334507, kat.webb123@comcast.net. Skagit Theater Camp Performance, Historic Lincoln Theatre, 10am & noon, www.lincolntheatre.org/performance/ skagit-theatre-camp-2019. Drayton Harbor Maritime Festival, Blaine Harbor, free, info@blainechamber.com, 360332-4544 or www.blainechamber.com/events. (pg. 24) Music at MoNA!, Museum of Northwest Art, 10:30am-5pm, free, 360-466-4446, www.monamuseum.org/event/music-mona or education@museumofnwart.org. (pg. 19)

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AUGUST 2019 Small Looms Clinic for Weavers, Bellingham

Public Library, noon-3pm, free, 360-778-7217, jjohnson@cob.org or www.bellinghampubliclibrary.com. Sound Journey, The Metta Center, noon1:30pm, free, 360-846-2705, info@soundtherpyofthepnw.com or Soundtherapyofthepnw.com. (pg. 26) Playing (with) Shakespeare, Museum of Northwest Art, 1-3:30pm, $35 per session, 360-466-4446, education@museumofnwart.org or http://monamuseum.org/event/playingshakespeare. (pg. 9) Art in the Alley, Jansen Art Center, 5:30-9pm, $25 (1 raffle ticket included), 360-354-3600 or www.jansenartcenter.org. (pg. 27) Arts at the Port Fine Art Exhibition, Port of Anacortes Event Center, free.

Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema: “Jurassic Park” (with music by Aaron J. Shay), Village Green,

7:30pm, $5 pp / free age 5 and under, www.epicap.com/fairhaven-outdoor-cinema or info@epicevents.us. (pg. 24) “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 7pm, $15. (pg. 9)

Marrowstone Music Festival: Fellowship Chamber Ensembles, WWU PAC, 7:30-

9:30pm, $15-$35. (pg. 18-19) Bioluminescent Paddles, Community Boating Center, 9pm-midnight, $70, 360-714-8891, info@boatingcenter.org or www.boatingcenter.org. “Repo Man,” Limelight Cinema, 10pm, $5, https://prod3.agileticketing.net/websales/ pages/TicketSearchCriteria. aspx?evtinfo=428945~f6f09a43-2b29-4bfa8fdf-eec896542d8e&.

SUNDAY 8/4/2019 24th annual Mount Baker Rhythm & Blues Festival, Deming Log Show Grounds. (pg. 18) 14th Annual PAPO, Downtown Bellingham, 10am-4pm. (pg. 4)

Anacortes Art Festival, Historic Downtown

Anacortes, 10am-5pm, anacortesartsfestival.com. Drayton Harbor Maritime Festival, Blaine Harbor, free. (pg. 24) Old City Hall History Tour, Whatcom Museum Old City Hall, 12:30-1:30pm. Bellingham Bells Game, Joe Martin Field, 1pm, $7.50-$11, 360-671-2626, events@villagebooks.com. (pg. 27) Skagit History Cruise (North Route), departing La Conner Channel Lodge dock, 1-3pm, $39 adult / $19.50 ages 6-17, under 6 free, www.whales.com.

MONDAY 8/5/2019 WSU Whatcom Master Gardener Diagnostic Plant Clinic, Bellingham Public Library,

4:30-7pm, 360-778-7217, jjohnson@cob.org or www.bellinghampubliclibrary.com. Tai Chi Class, St. James Presbyterian Church, 5:15-6:15pm, 360-389-5754, LindaTaiChi@comcast.net. (pg. 26) HNW Chorus Rehearsal, Mount Vernon Community Center, 6:30-9pm, free, 360-2015861, contact@harmonynorthwest.org or www.harmonynorthwest.org. (pg. 19)

Acoustic Open Mic with Trace Rezideux,

Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 7-10pm, no cover, 360-734-2490. Voice Workshop with Wendy Bloom, Central Lutheran Church, 7-8:30pm, $10. (pg. 19)

TUESDAY 8/6/2019 Gentle Yoga with Joani, The Metta Center,

10:30-11:45am, first class $10, 360-656-6699 or www.yogawithJoani.com. (pg. 26) Tai Chi Class, St. James Presbyterian Church, 11:30am-12:30pm. (pg. 26) Shibashi Tai Chi, Bellingham Public Library, 2-2:30pm, free, jjohnson@cob.org, 360-7787217 or www.bellinghampubliclibrary.org. Chair Tai Chi, Bellingham Public Library, 3-3:45pm, free, 360-778-7217 or www.bellinghampubliclibrary.org.

Author/Book Launch Party: Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy and “Many Hands Make Light Work,” Skylarks in Fairhaven, 4-6pm, free, cheryl@cherylstritzelmccarthy.com.

Free Advance Care Planning Workshop for All Community Members, St. Luke’s Community Health Education Center, 4-6pm, 360-7525267, hwalker@peacehealth.org or www.peacehealth.org/yourvoiceyourchoice. Home Item Repair Workshop (learn to repair toys, small kitchen appliances, electric tools), Bellingham Public Library, 5-7:30pm, free, 360-778-7217, jjohnson@cob.org or www.nwfreerepairs.wordpress.com.

“Kinky Boots,” Pickford Film Center, 5:457:30pm, $8-$11.25, 360-647-0300, info@pickfordfilmcenter.org or www.pickfordfilmcenter.org.

“Four-Color Reality: How Comic Books and the Real World Shape Each Other,”

Burlington Public Library, 6:30-7:30pm, free, 360-755-0760 or blibrary@burlingtonwa.gov. History Sunset Cruise, Bellingham Ferry Terminal, 6:30-8:30pm, $30 museum members / $35 non-members, info@whatcommuseum.org, www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4191750 or 360-778-8930. (pg. 28) Trivia with Smart Cookie, Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 7-9pm, no cover, 360-734-2490.

WEDNESDAY 8/7/2019 Open Studio Painting, Trish Harding School of

Art at Studio UFO, 10am-3pm, 4 days $232 or $66 each single day, www.studio-ufo.net, 360-319-6115 or trish.harding@studio-ufo.net. (pg. 6-7) Skagit County Fair, Skagit County Fairgrounds, 10am-10pm, www.skagitcounty.net/fair. Tai Chi Class, Firehouse Arts and Event Center, 11:15am-12:15pm. (pg. 26)

Wednesday Lunchtime Music: Emily Bailey and Bethany Hilt (violin, piano), Jansen Art

Center, noon-1pm, no cover, 360-354-3600, info@jansenartcenter.org or www.jansenartcenter.org/all-performances. Summer Local Art Exhibit Viewing, Anacortes Public Library, 1-2pm, free.

Bingo! Summer Book Share for Teens,

Bellingham Public Library, 2-3pm, free, www.bellinghampubliclibrary.com. Jim Basnight, Majestic Inn and Spa (Anacortes), 6-9pm, free, 360-299-1400, renea@majesticinnandspa.com or www.facebook.com/events/335119553869696.

THURSDAY 8/8/2019 Subdued Stringband Jamboree, Deming Log Show Grounds. (pg. 25)

Skagit County Fair, Skagit County Fairgrounds, 10am-10pm.

Wet Exits & Self Recoveries: Kayak Safety Course, Community Boating Center, 2-5:30pm, $79, 360-714-8891, info@boatingcenter.org or www.boatingcenter.org.

Marrowstone Music Festival: Festival Orchestras, WWU PAC, 3-5pm, $15-$45. (pg. 18-19)

Bellingham Laughter Club, Elizabeth Park (near owl sculpture), 4-5pm, free, 360-734-4989, www.worldlaughtertour.com. (pg. 26) “Twelfth Night,” Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 4pm, $15. (pg. 9)

Sunday Jazz on the Bay: Thomas Harris Quartet, Hotel Bellwether, 4:30-7:30pm, free, 360-392-3100, ranenogales@msn.com or https://hotelbellwether.com/activities. Arts at the Port Fine Art Exhibition, Port of Anacortes Event Center, free.

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AUGUST 2019 Gentle Yoga with Joani, The Metta Center,

10:30-11:45am, first class $10, 360-656-6699, yogawithjoani@yahoo.com or www.yogawithJoani.com. (pg. 26)

Live at the Piano Lounge: Chuck Dingee & Sharon Mason (classic rock, folk rock), Jansen Art Center, noon-1pm, no cover, 360-354-3600, info@jansenartcenter.org or www.jansenartcenter.org.

Putts Fore Pets Golf Tournament: 10th Anniversary, Bellingham Golf and Country

Club, 1pm, $110-$440, 360-733-2080. (pg. 11) Summer Movie Matinee (call for title), Bellingham Public Library, 2pm, free, 360778-7200, www.bellinghampubliclibrary.org. Vino in the Village, Whatcom Art Market, 5:308:30pm, tickets: online at hfa.fairhaven.com. (pg. 5)

Quickstart Your Kayak class, Community

Boating Center, 6-9pm, $65, 360-714-8891, info@boatingcenter.org or www.boatingcenter.org. The Chryslers (rock, soul, funk, and rhythm-andblues), Hotel Bellwether, 6-9pm, $6-$9, 360-392-3100, info@hotelbellwether.com or https://hotelbellwether.com/featured/ blues-brews-and-bbq.

Those Guys (Oldskool & Newskool Dance Covers), Elizabeth Park, 6-8pm, free. Balkan Folk Dancing, Fairhaven Branch Library, 7-9pm.

“Twelfth Night,” Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 7pm, $15. (pg. 9)

Music Jam with Pat McFarland and Friends, Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 8-11pm, no cover, 360-734-2490.

FRIDAY 8/9/2019 Subdued Stringband Jamboree, Deming Log Show Grounds. (pg. 25)

Skagit County Fair, Skagit County Fairgrounds, 10am-10pm, www.skagitcounty.net/fair.

Demo: Lorraine Day (photographer), Whatcom Art Market, 11am-3pm. (pg. 5)

“Bellingham’s Best Buildings: 1892 City Hall” (virtual tour; history, art and architecture), Bellingham City Hall Council Chambers, 2-3pm, free. Indoor Wheelchair GangBall, Bloedel Donovan Park Community Building, 5:30-7:30pm, free / sport wheelchairs provided, 360-303-2130, bergmanjeff@yahoo.com. “Penguins,” BAAY Theatre, 6pm, donation at the door, www.baay.org. Swing Set, Heron Center - Birch Bay State Park, 6-7:30pm, no cover, 360-371-2800. Rooftop Cinema: “Scream,” Parkade Rooftop Downtown Bellingham, 6:30-9pm, free, 360647-0300, info@pickfordfilmcenter.org or www.pickfordfilmcenter.org/now-playing. (pg. 9) “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 7pm, $15. (pg. 9)

Haynie Opry: Matt Audette and the Circle of Friends Band, Haynie Grange, 7pm, $10

general / free kids 12 and under, 360-366-3321. (pg. 19) Bioluminescent Paddles, Community Boating Center, 9pm-midnight, $70, 360-714-8891, info@boatingcenter.org or www.boatingcenter.org. Karaoke with Master Moose, Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 9pm-1:30am, no cover, 360-734-2490.

SATURDAY 8/10/2019 Subdued Stringband Jamboree, Deming Log Show Grounds. (pg. 25)

Junk in the Trunk 1st Annual Fundraiser, Civic Field, 9am-2pm, $25 to sell / free to shop, 360-319-4745, bonniedean@comcast.net or www.bellinghamcentrallions.org. (pg. 11) NW Singles Coffee/Conversation, Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 10-11:30am. Skagit County Fair, 10am-10pm. Dave’s Beach Bash, Lake Samish, noon-4pm, $10, info@davenelsonfoundation.org, 310909-3318 or www.davenelsonfoundation.org. (pg. 11) Playing (with) Shakespeare, Museum of Northwest Art, 1-3:30pm. (pg. 9) Summer Local Art Exhibit Viewing, Anacortes Public Library, 1-2pm, free.

Introduction to Essential Oils and Aromatherapy, REC Retreats, 1:30-5pm, $75,

360-220-8783, kjerstin@RECretreats.com or www.recretreats.com/retreat-events/essentialoils-101. Haynie Opry: Gospel Matinee, Haynie Grange, 3pm, $5 general / free kids 12 & under. (pg. 19) BrewFest on the Skagit, Historic Lincoln Theatre, 4-9pm, $25, tickets@lincolntheatre.org, 360336-8955 or www.lincolntheatre.org. (pg. 28) “Penguins,” BAAY Theatre, 6pm, donation at the door, baay.org.

Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema: “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” (with music by Havilah Rand), Village Green, 7:30pm. (pg. 24)

Haynie Opry: Matt Audette and the Circle of Friends Band (featuring the Hometowners),

Haynie Grange, 7pm, $10 general / free kids 12 and under. (pg. 19)

Entertainment News Northwest ~ August 2019

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CALENDAR

AUGUST 2019 “Twelfth Night,” Rexville-Blackrock

Amphitheatre, 7pm, $15. (pg. 9) Bioluminescent Paddles, Community Boating Center, 9pm-midnight, $70, 360-714-8891 or info@boatingcenter.org.

SUNDAY 8/11/2019 Old City Hall History Tour, Whatcom Museum Old City Hall, 12:30-1:30pm.

Bacon & Kegs Festival, Depot Market Square,

1-9pm, $18-$45, 360-671-3660, admin@wcel.net or www.wcel.net. (pg. 11) Open House, Pickett House Museum, 1-4pm, free / donations accepted, 360-293-1082. (pg. 28) Skagit History Cruise (South Route), departing La Conner Channel Lodge dock, 1-3pm, $39 adult / $19.50 ages 6-17, under 6 free, www.whales.com. Skulls ‘n’ Skins, Tennant Lake Interpretive Center, 1-4pm, free, 360-733-2900, info@fotlhp.org or fotlhp.org. (pg. 24-25) Jazz 2nd Sunday Series, Anacortes Public Library, 2-3:30pm, free, 360-293-1910, www.jazzatthelibrary. (pg. 19) “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 4pm, $15. (pg. 9)

The 2nd Sunday Summer Jazz Series: Christopher Woitach Steel Trio, Samson

Estates Winery, 4-6:30pm, $10, 360-966-7787, info@samsonestates.com or www.samsonestates.com. (pg. 19) Joan Penney (Latin, Brazilian, classic jazz), Hotel Bellwether, 4:30-7:30pm, free, joan@joansings.com or https://hotelbellwether.com/activities.

Sunday Jazz on the Bay: Joan Penny Quartet, Hotel Bellwether, 4:30-7:30pm, free, 360-392-3100, ranenogales@msn.com or www.hotelbellwether.com/activities.

Dances of Universal Peace (Mount Vernon),

Skagit Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 6-8pm, free / by donation, 360-629-9190, jstplnfolk@gmail.com or www.seattledup.org. Tango by the Bay Milonga, Squalicum Yacht Club, 7:30-10pm, $7 general / $5 members & students, 360-734-5676, bhamusabda@aol.com or www.bellinghamusadance.com.

MONDAY 8/12/2019 Northwest Washington Fair, Lynden Fairgrounds. (pg. 25)

WSU Whatcom Master Gardener Diagnostic Plant Clinic, Bellingham Public Library, 4:30-7pm.

Tai Chi Class, St. James Presbyterian Church, 5:15-6:15pm. (pg. 26)

HNW Chorus Rehearsal, Mount Vernon

Tai Chi Class, St. James Presbyterian Church,

11:30am-12:30pm. (pg. 26) Shibashi Tai Chi, Bellingham Public Library, 2-2:30pm, free, jjohnson@cob.org, 360-7787217 or www.bellinghampubliclibrary.org. Chair Tai Chi, Bellingham Public Library, 3-3:45pm, free, jjohnson@cob.org or www.bellinghampubliclibrary.org. Home Item Repair Workshop (learn to repair toys, small kitchen appliances, electric tools), Bellingham Public Library, 5-7:30pm, free, 360-778-7217, jjohnson@cob.org or www.nwfreerepairs.wordpress.com. Stammtisch Bellingham Meeting, Chuckanut Brewery, 5-7pm, free, 360-584-7515, bhamstammtisch@gmail.com. (pg. 26) “The Cat Rescuers,” Pickford Film Center, 5:45-7:15pm, $8-$11.25, 360-467-0300, info@pickfordfilmcenter.org or www.pickfordfilmcenter.org/now-playing. Trivia with Smart Cookie, Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 7-9pm, no cover, 360-734-2490.

WEDNESDAY 8/14/2019

Community Climate Conversation, Seaport

Books, 4:30-6pm, free, info@seaportbooks.com, 360-399-1800 or www.seaportbooks.com. (pg. 26-27) Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix VII, Ferndale Public Library, 5:45-8:30pm. Quickstart Your Kayak class, Community Boating Center, 6-9pm, $65, 360-714-8891, info@boatingcenter.org or www.boatingcenter.org.

Whitewing with The Soul Shaker Horns (Sassy Soul, Funk, Blues, and R&B), Elizabeth Park, 6-8pm, free.

Balkan Folk Dancing, Fairhaven Branch Library, 7-9pm.

“Twelfth Night,” Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 7pm, $15. (pg. 9)

Vaudevillingham, Bellingham Circus Guild’s

Cirque Lab, 7pm & 9pm, $5-$10 sugg. donation, www.bellinghamcircusguild.com.

Music Jam with Pat McFarland and Friends, Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 8-11pm, no cover, 360-734-2490. (pg. 19)

FRIDAY 8/16/2019

Northwest Washington Fair, Lynden

Open Studio Painting, Trish Harding School of

Senior Women Retreat/Campout (3 days) begins, Horizon Bay Lions Camp, $60 prepaid

Fairgrounds. (pg. 25)

Art at Studio UFO, 10am-3pm, $66. (pg. 6-7)

Senior Day in the Park, Hovander Homestead

Park, 10am-2pm, free, 360-733-4030, https://whatcomcoa.org/upcoming-events or msimon@whatcomcoa.org. (pg. 26)

Wednesday Lunchtime Music: Johanna Meenk, Jansen Art Center, noon-1pm, no

cover, 360-354-3600, info@jansenartcenter.org or www.jansenartcenter.org/all-performances. Tech Basics Coaching (basic computer, tablet, Internet, streaming, and downloading skills), Bellingham Public Library, 2-4pm, free / preregister, 360-778-7210, dbrewer@cob.org or www.bellinghampubliclibrary.com. Vox Pacifica Auditions, 6-8pm, by appointment, free. (pg. 19)

THURSDAY 8/15/2019 Northwest Washington Fair, Lynden Fairgrounds. (pg. 25)

Crones Circle Gathering, The Willows,

10-11:30am, free, 360-595-4485. (pg. 26)

Gentle Yoga with Joani, The Metta Center,

10:30-11:45am, first class $10, 360-656-6699, yogawithjoani@yahoo.com or www.yogawithJoani.com. (pg. 26)

Live at the Piano Lounge: Scrub Hubner,

Fairgrounds. (pg. 25)

to register, 360-483-7896, zannadel@gmail.com. (pg. 26-27) Friday Night Shindig on the Patio: Song Wranglers / Food TBD, Semiahmoo Marina Patio, 5-9pm, no cover, moorageoffice@semiahmoomarina.com. Indoor Wheelchair GangBall, Bloedel Donovan Park Community Building, 5:30-7:30pm, free / sport wheelchairs provided, 360-303-2130, bergmanjeff@yahoo.com.

Fairhaven Family Story Night with the Bellingham Storyteller’s Guild, Fairhaven

Library, 6-8:30pm, free, 360-714-9631, www.bellinghampubliclibrary.com. (pg. 25) “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” RexvilleBlackrock Amphitheatre, 7pm, $15. (pg. 9) 50th Anniversary of Woodstock, The Majestic, 7:15 lesson / 8-10pm dance party, $10 general / $7 members and students, 360-734-5676, bhamusabda@aol.com or www.bellinghamusadance.com. Bioluminescent Paddles, Community Boating Center, 9pm-midnight, $70, 360-714-8891, info@boatingcenter.org. Karaoke with Master Moose, Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 9pm-1:30am, no cover, 360-734-2490.

Jansen Art Center, noon-1pm, no cover, 360-354-3600 or info@jansenartcenter.org.

Community Center, 6:30-9pm. (pg. 19)

Acoustic Open Mic with Trace Rezideux,

Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 7-10pm, no cover, 360-734-2490. (pg. 19)

TUESDAY 8/13/2019 Northwest Washington Fair, Lynden Fairgrounds. (pg. 25)

Hogwarts Express Kids Upcycle Arts Camp (age 8+/mature 7 year olds; 4 days) begins,

Ragfinery, 10am-2pm, $180, 360-738-6977, hello@ragfinery.com or www.ragfinery.com. Gentle Yoga with Joani, The Metta Center, 10:30-11:45am, first class $10, 360-656-6699, yogawithjoani@yahoo.com or www.yogawithJoani.com. (pg. 26)

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CALENDAR

AUGUST 2019 SATURDAY 8/17/2019 Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser, Ferndale Senior

Activity Center, 8-10:30am, $6 adults / $3 children up to age 12 / under 6 free, 360-3846244, manager.fsac@gmail.com. (pg. 11) Northwest Washington Fair, Lynden Fairgrounds. (pg. 25) NW Singles Coffee/Conversation, Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 10-11:30am. Mindport’s Correspondence Club, Mindport Exhibits, 10:30am-12:30pm, free, 360-647-5614, publicity@mindport.org or www.mindport.org.

Good Earth Pottery’s 50th Anniversary Celebration, Good Earth Pottery, 11am-6pm,

free, theteam@goodearthpots.com, 360-6713998 or www.goodearthpots.com. (pg. 7) Demo: Deanna Brown (potter), Whatcom Art Market, 11:30am-3:30pm. (pg. 5) “Tobor the Great,” The Pickford Film Center, noon, $3, 360-467-0300, info@pickfordfilmcenter.org or www.pickfordfilmcenter.org/now-playing. Summer Local Art Exhibit Viewing, Anacortes Public Library, 2-3pm, free.

Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema: “Grease” (with music by Brian Ernst), Village Green, 7:30pm. (pg. 24)

“Twelfth Night,” Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre, 7pm, $15. (pg. 9)

Bioluminescent Paddles, Community Boating

Center, 9pm-midnight, $70, 360-714-8891, info@boatingcenter.org or www.boatingcenter.org.

SUNDAY 8/18/2019 The Royal Shakespeare Company’s “Measure for Measure,” Pickford Film Center, 11am,

$16-$20, info@pickfordfilmcenter.org, 360-4670300 or www.pickfordfilmcenter.org/now-playing. Old City Hall History Tour, Whatcom Museum Old City Hall, 12:30-1:30pm. Skagit History Cruise (North Route), departing La Conner Channel Lodge dock, 1-3pm, $39 adult / $19.50 ages 6-17, under 6 free, www.whales.com.

Sunday Jazz on the Bay: Trish and Hans Trio, Hotel Bellwether, 4:30-7:30pm, free, 360-392-3100, ranenogales@msn.com or https://hotelbellwether.com/activities.

MONDAY 8/19/2019 WSU Whatcom Master Gardener Diagnostic Plant Clinic, Bellingham Public Library, 4:30-7pm.

Tai Chi Class, St. James Presbyterian Church, 5:15-6:15pm. (pg. 26)

Acoustic Open Mic with Trace Rezideux,

Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 7-10pm, no cover, 360-734-2490.

TUESDAY 8/20/2019 Gentle Yoga with Joani, The Metta Center,

10:30-11:45am, first class $10, 360-656-6699, yogawithjoani@yahoo.com or www.yogawithJoani.com. (pg. 26) Tai Chi Class, St. James Presbyterian Church, 11:30am-12:30pm. (pg. 26) Veterans Picnic, Lairmont Manor, noon-3pm, free for veterans / $25 for guests, 360-734-2222. (pg. 27) Shibashi Tai Chi, Bellingham Public Library, 2-2:30pm, free, jjohnson@cob.org, 360-7787217 or www.bellinghampubliclibrary.org. Chair Tai Chi, Bellingham Public Library, 3-3:45pm, free, 360-778-7217 or www.bellinghampubliclibrary.org.

Free Beginner Irish Dance Class for Children, The Majestic Ballroom (downstairs), 4:305:30pm, 360-927-5348, kaleighejeffers@gmail.com.

Free Beginner Irish Dance Class for Adults,

The Majestic Ballroom (downstairs), 5:306:30pm, kaleighejeffers@gmail.com. Artist Workshop, Bellingham Public Library, 6-7:30pm, free, 360-778-7217, jjohnson@cob.org or www.bellinghampubliclibrary.com. (pg. 7) “Phoenix, Oregon,” Pickford Film Center, 6pm, $8-$11.25, 360-467-0300, info@pickfordfilmcenter.org or www.pickfordfilmcenter.org/now-playing.

Poetry Event: Group Reading with John & Jeffrey Morgan and Carla Conforto, Village Books, 7-8pm, free, 360-671-2626, events@villagebooks.com. Trivia with Smart Cookie, Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 7-9pm, no cover, 360-734-2490.

WEDNESDAY 8/21/2019 Open Studio Painting, Trish Harding School of Art at Studio UFO, 10am-3pm, $66. (pg. 6-7)

Tai Chi Class, Firehouse Arts and Event Center, 11:15am-12:15pm. (pg. 26)

Wednesday Lunchtime Music: Nell Veenstra,

Jansen Art Center, noon-1pm, free, 360-354-3600 or www.jansenartcenter.org. Summer Local Art Exhibit Viewing, Anacortes Public Library, 1-2pm, free. An Evening with Ana Popovic, BHS PAC, 7:30pm, $29.50, www.brownpapertickets.com. (pg. 19) Rush: “Cinema Strangiato 2019,” Historic Lincoln Theatre, 7:30-9:30pm, $12 general, 360-336-8955, tickets@lincolntheatre.org or https://lincolntheatre.org/film/rush-cinemastrangiato-2019. (pg. 21)

THURSDAY 8/22/2019 Your Vision Workshop II: Plein Air to Studio UFO, Trish Harding School of Art at Studio

UFO, 10am-4pm, $400, 360-319-6115, trish. harding@studio-ufo.net or www.studio-ufo.net. (pg. 7) Gentle Yoga with Joani, The Metta Center, 10:30-11:45am, first class $10, 360-656-6699, yogawithjoani@yahoo.com or www.yogawithJoani.com. (pg. 26)

Entertainment News Northwest ~ August 2019

Live at the Piano Lounge: Rosewood (Kathleen Dean and Sophia Van Zonneveld), Jansen Art Center, noon-1pm, no cover, 360-354-3600, info@jansenartcenter.org or www.jansenartcenter.org. Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix VIII, Ferndale Public Library, 5:45-8:30pm. Heroes (Youth Rock Band), Elizabeth Park, 6-8pm, free. Quickstart Your Kayak class, Community Boating Center, 6-9pm, $65, 360-714-8891, info@boatingcenter.org or www.boatingcenter.org. Balkan Folk Dancing, Fairhaven Branch Library, 7-9pm.

Excellence NW Workshop with Dawn Harju: Choice, Village Books Readings Gallery, 7-8pm, free, 360-671-2626, events@villagebooks.com or www.villagebooks.com. “An Iliad,” Sylvia Center for the Arts, 7:30pm, free, info@sylviacenterforthearts.org or https://sylviacenterforthearts.org/events.

Music Jam with Pat McFarland and Friends, Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 8-11pm, no cover, 360-734-2490.

FRIDAY 8/23/2019 Fairhaven Art Walk (paint your own sea creature with Arlene Mortimer), Whatcom Art Market, 5-8pm. (pg. 7) Fairhaven Fourth Friday Art Walk, Historic Fairhaven Village, 5-8pm, free, 206-696-2671, artwalk@fairhaven.com or www.fairhavenwinterfest.com. (pg. 7) Indoor Wheelchair GangBall, Bloedel Donovan Park Community Building, 5:30-7:30pm, free / sport wheelchairs provided, 360-303-2130, bergmanjeff@yahoo.com. The BSO Plays Bach, Mount Baker Theatre, 7-8:30pm, $10-$33, 360-734-6080, info@bellinghamsymphony.org or www.bellinghamsymphony.org. (pg. 21) “The Phantom Tollbooth,” BAAY Theatre, 7pm, $10, baay.org. The Unknowns (jazz, contemporary, blues and originals), The Conway Muse, 7-9pm, $10, 360-445-3000, https://conwaymuse.com. “An Iliad,” Sylvia Center for the Arts, 7:30pm. The Sonny Landreth Trio, Historic Lincoln Theatre, 8-11pm, $24-$39 / $2 off members, 360-336-8955, tickets@lincolntheatre.org or www.lincolntheatre.org. (pg. 21) Bioluminescent Paddles, Community Boating Center, 9pm-midnight, $70, 360-714-8891, info@boatingcenter.org or www.boatingcenter.org. Karaoke with Master Moose, Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 9pm-1:30am, no cover, 360-734-2490.

SATURDAY 8/24/2019 Pancake Breakfast, American Legion Post 154,

8-11am, $6 adults / $3 kids 6-12 / free age 5 and free, 360-384-5595. (pg. 11) 7th Path Hypnosis Basic 1, Bellingham Towers, Suite 165, 10am-4pm, $149, 360-842-6600, www.salishseahypnosis.com. (pg. 7) NW Singles Coffee/Conversation, Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 10-11:30am. Fidalgo Bay Day, Fidalgo Bay Resort, 11am3pm, free, tracya@co.skagit.wa.us, www.skagitmrc.org/projects/educationoutreach/fidalgo-bay-day or 360-416-1400. (pg. 25-26) Summer Local Art Exhibit Viewing, Anacortes Public Library, 1-2pm, free.

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AUGUST 2019 Sumi Fun for All Ages, Museum of Northwest Art,

1-4pm, $45, education@museumofnwart.org, www.monamuseum.org/event/sumi-fun-all-ages or 360-466-4446. “The Phantom Tollbooth,” BAAY Theatre, 2pm & 7pm, $10, www.baay.org. 14th Annual REFA Fundraiser Concert, The Heart of Anacortes, 5-8pm, free, 360-7087770, info@rickeptingfoundation.org.com or www.rickeptingfoundation.org. (pg. 11)

Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema: “The Princess Bride” (with music by The Psychedelic Cowboys), Village Green, 7:30pm. (pg. 4) “An Iliad,” Sylvia Center for the Arts, 7:30pm. Bioluminescent Paddles, Community Boating Center, 9pm-midnight, $70, 360-714-8891.

SUNDAY 8/25/2019 Demo: Arlene Mortimer (water-colorist),

Whatcom Art Market, 11am-3pm. (pg. 5)

Dog Days of Summer Festival, Whatcom

Humane Society Field, 11am-3pm, free, www.whatcomhumane.org/2019/05/08/ dog-days-of-summer-2 or 360-733-2080. (pg. 27) “The Lehman Trilogy” (NT Live), Pickford Film Center, 11am, $10-$20, 360-467-0300, info@pickfordfilmcenter.org. Old City Hall History Tour, Whatcom Museum Old City Hall, 12:30-1:30pm. Skagit History Cruise (South Route), departing La Conner Channel Lodge dock, 1-3pm, $39 adult / $19.50 ages 6-17, under 6 free, www.whales.com. Summerfest, Josh Vander Yacht Memorial Park, 1-7pm, free, southforkvalley@aol.com, 360594-1812 or www.facebook.com/southforkvalley. (pg. 26)

Fourth Sunday: Audubon at the Museum,

Whatcom Museum Old City Hall, 1:30-3:30pm, included with admission / members free, 360-778-8930, info@whatcommuseum.org or www.whatcommuseum.org. “The Phantom Tollbooth,” BAAY Theatre, 2pm, $10, www.baay.org.

Sunday Jazz on the Bay: Alicia Dauber Quintet, Hotel Bellwether, 4:30-7:30pm, free, 360-392-3100 or ranenogales@msn.com.

MONDAY 8/26/2019 WSU Whatcom Master Gardener Diagnostic Plant Clinic, Bellingham Public Library, 4:30-7pm.

Tai Chi Class, St. James Presbyterian Church, 5:15-6:15pm. (pg. 26)

Acoustic Open Mic with Trace Rezideux,

Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 7-10pm, no cover, 360-734-2490.

TUESDAY 8/27/2019 Tai Chi Class, St. James Presbyterian Church, 11:30am-12:30pm. (pg. 26)

“Apocalypse Now,” Pickford Film Center,

5:45pm, $8-$11.25, 360-467-0300, info@pickfordfilmcenter.org or www.pickfordfilmcenter.org/now-playing. Artist Workshop, Bellingham Public Library, 6-7:30pm, free. (pg. 7)

Amnesty International Group 270 Monthly Meeting, Community Food Co-op, 7-8pm,

free, amnestyinternational270@gmail.com or amnestyinternational270.weebly.com. (pg. 27) Trivia with Smart Cookie, Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 7-9pm, no cover, 360-734-2490. (pg. 19)

WEDNESDAY 8/28/2019 Open Studio Painting, Trish Harding School of Art at Studio UFO, 10am-3pm, $66. (pg. 6-7)

Tai Chi Class, Firehouse Arts and Event Center, 11:15am-12:15pm. (pg. 26)

Bellingham City Club, Northwood Hall,

11:30-1:30pm, $13 members / $18 nonmembers / $5 young adults (under 29) in advance; $15 members / $20 non-members at the door, info@bellinghamcityclub.org or www.bellinghamcityclub.org.

Wednesday Lunchtime Music: Janice Brink

(piano), Jansen Art Center, noon-1pm, no cover, 360-354-3600 or info@jansenartcenter.org. Tech Basics Coaching (basic computer, tablet, Internet, streaming, and downloading skills), Bellingham Public Library, 2-4pm, free / preregister, 360-778-7210, dbrewer@cob.org or www.bellinghampubliclibrary.com.

Storyteller’s Seasonal Summer Showing,

Pickford Film Center, 6:30pm, $5, 360-467-0300, info@pickfordfilmcenter.org or www.pickfordfilmcenter.org/now-playing. (pg. 9) Learn to Think on Your Feet, Improv Playworks Studio, 7-9pm, free, 360-756-0756, sheila@improvplayworks.com. (pg. 7)

THURSDAY 8/29/2019 Gentle Yoga with Joani, The Metta Center,

10:30-11:45am, first class $10, 360-656-6699, yogawithjoani@yahoo.com or www.yogawithJoani.com. (pg. 26) North Cascades Bluegrass Festival, Deming Log Show Grounds. (pg. 22) Quickstart Your Kayak class, Community Boating Center, 6-9pm, $65, 360-714-8891, info@boatingcenter.org or www.boatingcenter.org. Balkan Folk Dancing, Fairhaven Branch Library, 7-9pm. “An Iliad,” Sylvia Center for the Arts, 7:30pm.

Music Jam with Pat McFarland and Friends, Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 8-11pm, no cover, 360-734-2490.

FRIDAY 8/30/2019 North Cascades Bluegrass Festival, Deming Log Show Grounds. (pg. 22)

Submit your event info online at www.ennw.info/submit-an-event. Thank you!

Friday Night Shindig on the Patio: Music TBD / Bare Bones BBQ, Semiahmoo Marina Patio, 5-9pm, no cover, moorageoffice@semiahmoomarina.com.

Preview Gallery: 23rd Annual Lopez Island Artists’ Studio Tour, Lopez Center for

Community and the Arts, 5-8pm, free, 360-468-2557, steve@windsweptstudios.com or www.lopezstudiotour.org. (pg. 7) Indoor Wheelchair GangBall, Bloedel Donovan Park Community Building, 5:30-7:30pm, free / sport wheelchairs provided, 360-303-2130, bergmanjeff@yahoo.com. An Evening with Louise Penny, Mount Baker Theatre, 7pm, $35-$55, 360-734-6080, tickets@mountbakertheatre.com or www.mountbakertheatre.com. (pg. 28) “Pippin,” BAAY Theatre, 7pm, $10-$15, info@baay.org or baay.org. “An Iliad,” Sylvia Center for the Arts, 7:30pm. Cory Gallant, Jansen Art Center, 7:30-9pm, $15, 360-354-3600, info@jansenartcenter.org or www.jansenartcenter.org. (pg. 21) The Sky Colony Album Release, Lincoln Theatre, 7:30pm, $$TBA, 360-336-8955 or www.lincolntheatre.org. (pg. 21) Bioluminescent Paddles, Community Boating Center, 9pm-midnight, $70, 360-714-8891, info@boatingcenter.org or www.boatingcenter.org. Karaoke with Master Moose, Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 9pm-1:30am, no cover, 360-734-2490.

SATURDAY 8/31/2019 Lummi Island Artists’ Studio Tour, Lummi Island, 10am-5pm, free, 360-317-5807 or www.lummi-island.com. (pg. 3)

23rd Annual Lopez Island Artists’ Studio Tour, 10am-5pm. (pg. 7)

NW Singles Coffee/Conversation, Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 10-11:30am.

North Cascades Bluegrass Festival, Deming Log Show Grounds. (pg. 22)

Drawing Lines and Seeing Form, Museum of

Northwest Art, 1-4:30pm,$55 + $15 materials fee, education@museumofnwart.org, 360466-4446 or www.monamuseum.org. (pg. 7) “Pippin,” BAAY Theatre, 2pm & 7pm, $10-$15, info@baay.org or baay.org.

Wet Exits & Self Recoveries: Kayak Safety Course, Community Boating Center, 2-5:30pm, $79, 360-714-8891, info@boatingcenter.org or www.boatingcenter.org. “An Iliad,” Sylvia Center for the Arts, 7:30pm. Bioluminescent Paddles, Community Boating Center, 9pm-midnight, $70, 360-714-8891, info@boatingcenter.org or www.boatingcenter.org.

SUNDAY 9/1/2019 Lummi Island Artists’ Studio Tour. 23rd Annual Lopez Island Artists’ Studio Tour. North Cascades Bluegrass Festival, Deming Log Show Grounds. (pg. 22)

24th annual Mount Baker Rhythm & Blues Festival – Runs Aug. 1-4, on the

Deming Log Show Grounds, 3295 Cedarville Rd., west of Deming, and showcases top blues artists. Camping is available, opening at 10am, Thurs., Aug. 1. Email Lloyd at freesprt@televar.com to get a RV spot or VIP ticket ($190). Weekend pass: $145 (free general camping and all AfterHours Jams). Friday night pass: $35 (show starts at 5pm). Saturday-only day pass: $75 (show starts at 11am). Sundayonly day pass: $70 (show starts at 11am). Children younger than 12 get in free. Pick up your tickets at Avalon Records or www.tickettomato.com. It’s okay to bring coolers, personal food, chairs, shade canopies (only toward the rear of the venue, so as not to block the sight-lines of others). Alcohol is okay to bring to your personal campsite (21 and older), but Washington State law prohibits any alcohol in the showgrounds, only in the beer garden. No pets are allowed. Ice and ATMs available on site. More info: www.bakerblues.com and Facebook.

Colin Carr and Thomas Sauer.

9th Annual Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies – Come one, come all!

On Thurs., Aug. 1, join Dead Heads in your neighborhood—and around the world—when Trafalgar Releasing and Rhino Entertainment celebrate the 9th Annual Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies. This can’t-miss event—the first to go global—features the previously unreleased complete June 17, 1991 concert from Giants Stadium. Widely considered one of the greatest shows of the band’s final decade of performing, 6/17/91 also sounds unlike any Dead show you’ve ever heard, as it was one of only two recorded on 48-track. Mixed by Jeffrey Norman in glorious surround sound with video from the multi-camera live edit, this will be the first time the Bruce Hornsby and Vince Welnick line-up has ever appeared on the big screen. On Thurs., Aug. 1, 7:30pm at the Lincoln Theatre (712 S. 1st St., Mount Vernon). Admission is $12 general / $10 members. More info: 360-336-8955, tickets@lincolntheatre.org or www.lincolntheatre.org.

Edwin Huizinga.

Nathan Chan. Photo by Mike Gritanni.

Bellingham Music Club 2019-2020 Season by Marla Bronstein

The Bellingham Music Club (BMC) was founded over 100 years ago—104 to be exact.

Jared and Ruth Marie Ballance. Isabelle Cormier, BMC Program Chair, and Janey Bennett, BMC Vice-President, are the mavens Photo by Lynn Bridge.

behind a stellar 2019-2020 Night Beat series. The season opens in September with Jared and Ruth Marie Ballance, performing “Duos Three Ways” on cello, violin and piano. October showcases local organist Wade Dingman playing works of Bach and Handel, and the November concert features pieces from Cuba to Germany performed by Gustave Camacho on French horn, Greg Cox on trombone, and Carla Rutschman on tuba. February’s offering is Beethoven’s 250th birthday bash featuring cellist Colin Carr and pianist Thomas Sauer. May brings a well-loved BMC tradition: A new revue, “Four Weddings and a Musical: A Cabaret Celebration of Marriage,” directed by Scott Henderson. The season finale in June is not to be missed, featuring violinist Edwin Huizinga and harpsichordist Elliott Figg in a program they call “Dancing with Bach!” In addition, sneak peeks of the Night Beat programs, and performances by BMC competition winners, are offered free to the public. Yes, free! These take place on the first Wednesday of the month from September to June, 10:30am at Trinity Lutheran Church, 119 Texas St., Bellingham. As an extra special treat for the December Matinee, cellist Nathan Chan, pianist Jessica Choe, and violinist Andy Liang will present a program of piano trios. All six Night Beat season subscription performances will take place at 7:30pm on select Thursday nights. All but one will be held at First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Avenue. The October 2 sneak peek and October 3 Night Beat will take place at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2117 Walnut Street. Season tickets for all six shows are on sale online for only $75. Single ticket prices vary and are also on sale online at www.bellinghammusicclub.wordpress.com. Mailing address is Bellingham Music Club, P.O. Box 193, Bellingham, WA 98227-0193. Tickets will also be available at Village Books the month prior to the show, and at the door if they are not sold-out.

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An Evening with Ana Popovic Marrowstone Music Festival –

Internationally-acclaimed faculty travel to Western Washington University for the Marrowstone Music Festival, the largest and most comprehensive summer orchestral training program in the Pacific Northwest, which features concerts from July 20 through Aug. 4 at WWU’s Performing Arts Concert Hall. Details: https://marrowstone.org. For tickets, go to http://tickets.wwu.edu/ or call 360-650-6146.

Village Inn Pub & Eatery – Village Inn Pub & Eatery (3020 Northwest Ave., Bellingham) offers the following weekly Entertainment: Mondays, Acoustic Open Mic with Trace Rezideux, 7-10pm; Tuesdays, Trivia with Smart Cookie, 7-9pm; Thursdays, Music Jam with Pat McFarland & Friends, 8-11pm; and Fridays, Karaoke with Master Moose, 9pm-1:30am. No cover. More info: 360-734-2490.

Music at MoNA! – Listen to these

talented artists while viewing the inspirational exhibitions during MoNA’s first free music festival, on Sat., Aug. 3 from 10:30am-5pm (121 1st St., La Conner). Musicians include: 10:30amnoon, Saeed Abass, Ghanaian master drummer, flutist, and xylophonist; 1:30-3pm, Hope Island Band, local Americana; and 3:30-5pm, Leif & Sunnie, accordion duo, Nordic music. Free admission. More info: 360-466-4446, education@museumofnwart.org or www.monamuseum.org/event/music-mona.

Harmony Northwest Chorus – The

Joys of Summer: music and ice cream! Ladies, eager to find a place to sing? Want to be in a show? Then come join Harmony Northwest Chorus at rehearsals this summer and sing at our September Ice Cream Social. We are a women’s a cappella chorus that sings barbershop style music. Many opportunities to gain musical skills and perform in the community. We meet at 1401 Cleveland at the Community Center in Mount Vernon. Monday nights, 6:30-9pm (Aug. 5, 12, 19 & 26). Free. More info: 360-201-5861, contact@harmonynorthwest.org or www.harmonynorthwest.org.

Wed., Aug. 14 from 6-8pm by appointment with director Wendy Bloom. Information about Vox Pacifica and details regarding audition expectations can be found on our website. More info: info@voxpacifica.org or www.voxpacifica.org/auditions.

Haynie Opry – Haynie Opry presents

Matt Audette and the Circle of Friends Band on Fri., Aug. 9. On Sat., Aug. 10, the Opry features guest artists, The Hometowners (Country Duo). Both concerts begin at 7pm at Haynie Grange (3344 Haynie Rd., Blaine). Admission is $10 general / free kids 12 and under. There will also be a Gospel Matinee on Aug. 10 at 3pm and admission is only $5! For more info, call 360-366-3321.

Jazz 2nd Sunday Series Free Concert –

Jazz 2nd Sunday free jazz concert series presents Holly Pyle (vocals) and Dmitri Matheny (flugelhorn) on Sun., Aug. 11 at 2pm. Also featured are Bill Anschell keyboard, Phil Sparks bass, and Mark Ivester drums. Performance at The Heart of Anacortes Stage (1014 4th St.). More info: 360-293-1910, vmfejeran@gmail.com or www.jazzatthelibrary.com.

The 2nd Sunday Summer Jazz Series – This series will feature the smooth sounds of many local and promising jazz artists, as well as food and beverage available on site. The Jazz Project presents the Christopher Woitach Steel Trio at the Samon Estates’ Winery Pavillion and Estate Grounds (1861 Van Dyk Rd., Everson) on Aug. 11, from 4-6:30pm. Tickets are $10 general / $8 for a block of 5 or more / $5 students / free for Jazz Project members. Bring your own outdoor seating, blankets, and even picnic basket to enjoy the summer scenery, beer, wine, and jazz! More info: info@samsonestates.com, 360966-7787 or www.samsonestates.com.

Ana Popovic was born to a “bluesman” in Belgrade, Serbia in 1976. From an early age, Ana was surrounded by the blues. At 15, she began studying guitar in earnest under the direction of her father Muiltin, who hosted local jams. In 1995, Ana started her fast-paced career as one of the top guitarists on the planet. She was so good, in fact, that The Experience Hendrix Tour (comprised of the likes of Buddy Guy, Kenny Wayne Sheppard, Johnny Lang, Dwezil Zappa, Eric Johnson and many more) have chosen her, year after year, as the female counterpart paying homage to the late Jimi Hendrix. Ana has produced a dozen strong albums and is touring her latest, Like it on Top, celebrating different aspects of female empowerment. Ana’s fiery and passionate guitar riffs show clearly what a powerful woman is all about. Few, male or female, are her equal. This is a rare opportunity to bring one of the world’s premiere artists to Bellingham. She’s the best of the best! The amazing local prodigy, Chris Eger will open the show. The performance will be held at the Bellingham High School Performing Arts Center on Wed., Aug. 21 at 7:30pm. The BHS PAC is equipped with new sound and great seating, and is definitely one of the best performance venues in Bellingham. Tickets are $29.50 and available at www.brownpapertickets.com and Avalon Music in downtown Bellingham.

Vox Pacifica – Vox Pacifica is a new

Bellingham choir formed in 2018. Director Wendy Bloom will lead a lively and interactive voice workshop, suitable for all abilities that will help dust off the summer cobwebs, strengthen and focus your sound, expand your vocal range, and demonstrate ways to work through your vocal breaks. On Mon., Aug. 5 from 7-8:30pm at Central Lutheran Church (925 N. Forest St., Bellingham). Suggested donation $10. • Vox Pacifica is seeking a few more experienced singers, particularly sopranos, to add to our present group of 27. Vox rehearses Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm, beginning Sept. 11. Auditions for the upcoming season will be held on Visit www.ennw.info to view Entertainment News NW on your computer, smartphone or tablet.

It’s The Bellingham Symphony Orchestra! Amit Peled, guest soloist for the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 1 on Nov. A new name for our legendary 17, says the piece was also one of the first hometown orchestra, and a varied and concertos he performed with an orchestra. eclectic season begins this month. “I will never forget the feeling of that The orchestra formally changed its first chord, and after that the explosion of name from Whatcom Symphony emotion and the mastery of cello writing,” Orchestra to Bellingham Symphony he says. Orchestra at the end of the 2018-2019 Violinist Giora Schmidt, featured soloist season. on Feb. 9 for the Kabalevsky Concerto, “Every season is exciting, and I am so says he’s looking forward to revisiting the looking forward to this upcoming season, concerto with his good friend, Yaniv, in his says Yaniv Attar, Bellingham Symphony first visit to Bellingham. Orchestra’s music director. Daniel Bolshoy, who’ll play in the “One of the reasons I am personally Harmony from Discord series on March excited about the season is that there are 15, says the Castelnuovo-Tedesco Guitar quite a few pieces that have been on my bucket list; the biggest one is Schoenberg’s arrangement for orchestra of the Brahms G-Minor Piano Quartet (on May 31, with featured soloist, violinist Chee-Yun). Schoenberg took this piano quartet and arranged it for a huge orchestra. It is so much fun, and I can’t wait to share it with our audience.” “I am also thrilled to Yaniv Attar. Photo by Damian Vines. continue with the Harmony from Discord program (on March 15) and bring not one, but two amazing soloists for that concert, Jessica Choe and Daniel Bolshoy. Daniel will play the guitar concerto of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Jessica will play Erwin Schulhoff’s piano concerto.” (Sidenote: March 15 is the birthday of both Yaniv and Daniel.) Amit Peled. Jessica Choe. Gail Ridenour, Executive Director of the BSO, who also plays oboe, says she’s excited to play the Bach Concerto for Oboe and Violin with Shu-Hsin Ko, a fellow musician in the orchestra, in a special Baroque chamber performance at 7pm on Aug. 23. “It opens with a stately and fitting theme for oboe and violin in unison with the orchestra before the solo instruments break away. This concerto has beautiful and moving lines in the second Chee-Yun. movement. The oboe and violin parts Concerto No. 1 has “moments of weave back and forth to create a flowing poignant lyricism in the gorgeous second and seamless melody. The third movement movement; fiery Spanish flair in the final is very virtuosic in nature, particularly for movement, and true nobility and grace in the solo violin. Shu-Hsin does an amazing the first movement.” job with all those notes!” “Castelnuovo-Tedesco had a great gift The season opens officially on Sept. 29 for tuneful and inventive writing. He came with Canadian pianist Jon Kimura Parker, to the U.S. and settled in Hollywood to who’ll play Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto escape Mussolini, and he became one of No. 1.

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the most influential film score composers and teachers,” he says. “Without him, there would be no Star-Wars score. John Williams studied with Castelnuovo Tedesco, and you can hear that in this concerto. There’s a great marriage in this music between the passion of Spanish flamenco and the catchy melodies of the original Star Wars themes.” Pianist Jessica Choe, also on the Harmony from Discord program, says she feels honored to play the Schulhoff Concerto Piano No. 1 with the symphony. “Schulhoff was a prolific and extremely talented composer who introduced the use of jazz elements in “classical” music, she says. “His life was cut too short when he perished in the Holocaust, but his music has been brought to life in recent years by various musicians and musical organizations.” “I’m excited to share this important (but not so well known) work with the Jon Kimura Parker. Bellingham audience and to discover and explore Schulhoff’s influence on 20th-century music.” Members of the orchestra are also looking forward to the season. Tallie Jones, who’s played cello with the orchestra since 2013, says she’s continually grateful to be making music with friends new and old, for a wonderfully appreciative and supportive audience. Daniel Bolshoy. Brad Bigelow, a member of the orchestra since 1989 who’s been principal horn since 2001, agrees. “I am grateful beyond words to have had the opportunity to play with musicians of such high caliber.” And Stephanie Straight, principal timpani, has been a percussionist for the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra for the past 37 seasons, most of which has been in the capacity of timpanist. “It’s a blessing to work with Yaniv, creating our new path to the future.” All concerts will be at 3pm (except the 7pm August concert) at Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St. For tickets, call 360-734-6080 or go to mountbakertheatre.com. For more on the season, go to bellinghamsymphony.com. Photos courtesy of Bellingham Symphony Orchestra.

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Rush: Cinema Strangiato 2019 – The

Holy Trinity of Rock returns to the big screen on Wed., Aug. 21 at 7:30pm, when the first Annual Exercise in Fan Indulgence Cinema Strangiato brings Rush fans together in movie theatres worldwide. Featuring R40+, this global fan event will give audiences a special look into some of the best performances from R40 LIVE, including songs such as “Closer to the Heart,” “Subdivisions,” “Tom Sawyer,” and more, as well as unreleased backstage moments and candid footage left on the cutting room floor. At Lincoln Theatre. Admission is $12 general. More info: 360336-8955, tickets@lincolntheatre.org or www.lincolntheatre.org/film/rush-cinemastrangiato-2019.

Cory Gallant and his guitar player, Roland Beaulieu. This is going to be a high-energy duo patrons will be sure to love. Cory’s rich, soul-filled vocals helped gain him national exposure when he became the winner of the 2018 CCMA National Spotlight Performance Contest. Despite hailing from the smallest province in Canada, Prince Edward Island, Cory still received the largest number of fan votes to win the contest. On Fri., Aug. 30 at 7:30pm at Jansen Art Center (321 Front St., Lynden). Admission is $15. Info: 360-354-3600, info@jansenartcenter.org or www.jansenartcenter.org.

The Sky Colony Album Release – The Sky

Colony are an indie folk rock group focused on what matters most to them: simply creating wholesome music, and more importantly, their intention behind doing so. Since their formation in 2012, the story behind the lyrics of their 1960s-reminiscent sound has organically grown into one of personal empowerment, discovery, and awareness. Authentic and heartfelt lyrics, intricate tonal harmonies, catchy hooks, and interesting leads are what you’ll hear of this group from Skagit Valley. Takes place Fri., Aug. 30 at 7:30pm at Lincoln Theatre (712 S. 1st St., Mount Vernon). Admission TBA. More info: 360-336-8955, tickets@lincolntheatre.org or www.lincolntheatre.org.

The BSO Plays Bach – Join members of

your community orchestra for a special Baroque performance, exploring musical mirrors between Johann Sebastian Bach and contemporary Estonian composer, Arvo Part. Listen to three Bach classics paired with Part’s “If Bach Had Been a Beekeeper” and “Collage on B-A-C-H.” The wonderful soloists for this performance will be our very own Bellingham Symphony Orchestra musicians Deborah Arthur, Shu-Hsin Ko, and Gail Ridenour. Enjoy a special season preview and get to know members of your community orchestra on Fri., Aug. 23 at 7pm at Mount Baker Walton Theatre (104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham). A pre-concert lecture about the program will take place at 6:15pm; doors open at 6pm, and seating is limited, so please plan accordingly. Admission is $10-$33. Info: info@bellinghamsymphony.org, 360-7346080 or www.bellinghamsymphony.org.

The Sonny Landreth Trio – After a

dozen acclaimed albums, virtuoso slide guitarist and bandleader Sonny Landreth found himself at an artistic crossroads. He wanted to finally create the full-length acoustic collection his fans had long requested. But he was also itching to capture the sound of his stalwart electric trio augmented by a couple of his favorite collaborators. And the time was certainly right for an elastic, career-spanning double-live album. So Landreth and his longtime friends decided to do it all. Recorded Live in Lafayette is a 16-song opus that covers more musical ground than any single album ever could, as the singer and songwriter’s work stretches and twists across 93 minutes of full-band acoustic and electric bottleneck lightning. Perfomance on Fri., Aug. 23 at 8pm at Lincoln Theatre (712 S. 1st St., Mount Vernon). Admission is $24-$39 / $2 off members. More info: 360-336-8955, tickets@lincolntheatre.org or www.lincolntheatre.org.

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There Ain’t Nothin’ Subdued About It!

by Deborah M. Bernard

Celebrate Labor Day weekend at Northern Cascades Bluegrass Festival, from noon on August 29 to noon on September 3, held for the first time at the Deming Logging Show Grounds. This event began four years ago as “Hovander Homestead Bluegrass Festival” and was so wildly popular that it had to expand to its new location. “This year’s festival is going to be our best one yet. In addition to our new location and amenities at the Deming Logging Show Grounds, we have a powerhouse lineup of top-flight and award-winning bluegrass bands including Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen, The Missy Raines Trio and Colebrook Road. You won’t want to miss it!” said festival co-founder Daniel Tepper. This year’s other mainstage performers include: Brograss, Roosevelt Road and Friends Gospel Show, The North Cascades Bluegrass Boys, FarmStrong, The Warren G. Hardings, and Modern Tradition. Bellingham’s own Prozac Mountain Boys, a festival favorite, appears August 31 at 10am, still “keeping the PNW safe for bluegrass.”

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“Come join us this Labor Day weekend and see what the excitement is all about! Same great Bluegrass, same organizers, and more on-site amenities,” Tepper said. Imagine you and your family spending the weekend in a fun, exciting-yet-relaxing bubble of Bluegrass. Local and national Bluegrass bands playing from noon-8m on the mainstage by night... instrument and vocal workshops by day. They are “second-to-none and are a highlight for many festival-goers.” Food vendors, a beer garden, craft vendors, jam sessions around every corner. Come for a day, or camp for the entire event.

Missy Raines Trio.

And guess what? While you are indulging yourself and your family in this celebratory last hurrah before the start of the school year, you are also helping to raise money for Whatcom Parks! The festival is a program of the Whatcom Parks and Recreation Foundation (WPRF), a nonprofit organization whose main purpose is to “support and promote parks, trails and recreational opportunities throughout Whatcom County and its communities.” Proceeds from the North Cascades Bluegrass Festival will go to help strengthen the foundation, its programs and its mission. The foundation partners with 5 Starr Jams, which runs a monthly bluegrass/acoustic music jam in Bellingham on the last Saturday afternoon of the month. Offering opportunities for

bluegrass and acoustic musicians of all stripes and talents, 5 Starr Jams are a don’t-miss enjoyable time for everyone to get together in a fun environment and play music together. Daniel Tepper said, “At last year’s festival we decided to hold an Instrument Swap Meet to see if there was any interest in our making it an ongoing part of the festival. Somewhat to our surprise, it turned out to be very popular and we received many favorable comments about it such as ‘What a great event... whoever came up with this idea is a freaking genius’ and ‘Thanks for giving me an opportunity to unload, I mean, sell at a fair price, my 1968 Sears Silvertone guitar.’” Well, good news, friends and neighbors, we are bringing it back again at this year’s festival. Please note that the swap meet is actually on August 30, Friday afternoon, between 3-5pm (followed by our newest but also sure to be a hit open-mic stage). So if you were planning on waiting until the weekend to go to the swap meet, you’ll be out of luck. So pack up the babies, and grab the old ladies, and everyone goes, because everyone knows: it doesn’t get better than this! Kids 12 and under are free! Tickets: $30 for 1 day for adults, youth 13-17, $15. Weekend Pass: $50 adults, $25 youth. Prices vary for camping depending on hookups. Located at: Deming Logging Show Grounds 3295 Cedarville Rd., Bellingham, WA More info: visit www.ncbf.fun. Photos courtesy of the North Cascades Bluegrass Festival.

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13th Annual Whatcom County Farm Tour Free! Family Friendly! Self-Guided! by Margaret Bikman Get away from the TV and tech gadgets and meet a farmer. You have an opportunity that most Americans never will, says Larry Stap, one of the owners of Twin Brook Creamery in Lynden. Sustainable Connections hosts the 13th annual Whatcom County Farm Tour from 10am-4pm, Sat. & Sun., Sept. 7 and 8 at more than 10 family-owned farms, with educational activities at each of the self-guided tour stops. Most farms will be open only one day, and a few are open both. Producers include vegetables, orchards, beef, eggs and poultry, flowers, dairy farms, Rabble & Roost. and a Photo by Diane Padys. farmhouse brewery. Tour-goers can meet local farmers, learn about growing practices, enjoy hayrides, taste, and purchase farm produce and products, and meet farm animals. There’s also a Farm Tour Brunch at Cosmos Bistro, and a Farm-to-Pint tasting event at Aslan Brewing, with tastings featuring hops from Growing Veterans, which empowers veterans to cultivate purpose and belonging by growing food, community, and eachother. Although the tour is free, attendees can purchase a $12 Farm Tour VIP Badge, available the day of the tour at all of the farms, to support the tour and receive coupons and discounts on farm products.

Myshan Dairy. Photo by Katheryn Moran.

Sean Dalgarn, communications and outreach manager for Growing Veterans, says, “We do it because it offers the community a chance to learn about our mission and the necessity of connecting with nature and sustainable agricultural practices as well as the various issues facing military veterans.” Daniel Wavrin, artisan cheese maker at Ferndale Farmstead, says, “I love the complexity of what we are doing on the farm and the never-ending challenges that arise from our family operation. Spreading the love through cheese!” Larry Stap and his family have been farming in Whatcom County on the farm his great-grandfather started in 1910. This is their fourth year on the tour. “We are in this to tell consumers what is involved in agriculture and more specifically, the dairy community and because the urban and rural connect is getting farther and farther apart.”

“We need to tell our story to the public about what is involved in the production of food that is so plentiful in the stores that they most likely take for granted and never think about.” Details and a map are at https://eatlocalfirst.org/all-events/ whatcom-farm-tour and the local restaurants and businesses in mid-August.

Appel Farms. Photo courtesy of Ruth Appel.

Diana Krall – Diana Krall is the only jazz

singer to have eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. To date, her albums have garnered five Grammy Awards, eight Juno Awards, and have also earned nine gold, three platinum, and seven multi-platinum albums. Krall’s unique artistry transcends any single musical style and has made her one of the most recognizable artists of our time. Performance on Sun., Sept. 15 at 7pm at Mount Baker Theatre (104 N. Commercial St.). Admission is $67.50$135.50. More info: 360-734-6080, tickets@mountbakertheatre.com or www.mountbakertheatre.com. Visit www.ennw.info to view Entertainment News NW on your computer, smartphone or tablet.

Vintage Farming Days – 48th Annual

Vintage Farming Days at Berthusen Park, west of Lynden. Join us July 31-Aug. 3 for all things steam! The largest steam show in Washington state with the only operating steam donkey on the west coast! Daily parade, threshing, sawmill & blacksmith demonstrations, gas engines, steam engines, tractor pulls, antique cars & trucks, bookstore, theme displays, garden & pedal tractor pulls, vendors booths with handcrafts, antiques, swap meet, pioneer cabin exhibits & quilts, kid’s candy scramble, food & refreshments. Dry camping available. Admission is $8 adults / $5 seniors 60+ / $3 kids 8-12 / free age 7 and under / $20 season pass. More info: Vintagefarmingdays@gmail.com, 360-599-4231 or www.psatma.com.

art/craft booths, folk art model boat displays, homemade raft race, pet show, pirate playground area and our special attraction—tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftan! On Sat. & Sun., Aug. 3 & 4. Free admission. More info: 360-332-4544, info@blainechamber.com or www.blainechamber.com/events.

Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema – A movie and entertainment each Saturday at 7:30pm (see calendar for details) at Fairhaven Village Green. Presented by Ben Kinney and Keller Williams Realty. Bring blankets for the grass or low back lawn chairs for limited seating on the brick

areas. Popcorn and food will be available for purchase. Admission is $5 / free age 5 and under. Info: info@epicevents.us or www.epicap.com/fairhaven-outdoor-cinema.

Skulls ‘n’ Skins – The Friends of Tennant Lake and Hovander Park invite you to touch and learn about tortoise shells, wolf skins, deer antlers and more. The Interpretive Center will be open, as will the tower and boardwalk at Tennant Lake, so plan for an afternoon adventure on Sun., Aug. 11, 1-4pm. Dress for the weather: be sure to bring a hat, water, and sunscreen. Binoculars will be useful. Directions: Take the Ferndale exit (west) off of 1-5. Follow

MBT MCT: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Come cheer on the

Missoula Children’s Theatre campers! The children will be showing off their new theatre skills learned during a week at camp while performing Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on Fri., Aug. 2 at 3pm and 7pm. An original adaptation of the classic fairy tale, a young princess named Show White finds herself in peril when her step-mother, the queen, is told by her Magic Mirror that the princess is fairer than she! Aided by her two henchmen and a band of evil bats, the queen plots to get rid of Snow White. Snow White escapes from the Queen and from the Black Forest creatures with help from Witless the Woodsman, and finds a home with the Seven Dwarfs. Admission is $10. More info: 360-734-6080, tickets@mountbakertheatre.com or www.mountbakertheatre.com.

Bellingham Railway Museum – Open House, evening of Aug. 2, 6-9pm (Friday night art walk). Come and see Bellingham railroad history and the magnificent train layouts. Baked goods sale and free admission; donations always welcome! Located at 1360 Commercial St., Bellingham. More info: 360-393-7540, bellinghamrailwaymuseum@gmail.com or bellinghamrailwaymuseum.org.

Drayton Harbor Maritime Festival –

Celebrating our maritme heritage with a pirate theme at the Blaine Harbor! Enjoy two days of free family fun starting with a pancake breakfast and continuing through the day with Pirate Daze costume contest and treasure hunt for kids, 40+ food and

Bellingham Greekfest 2019 by Osa Hale Since 1965, the blue domes and gold crosses of St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church have brightened up East Sunset Drive, and its parishioners have enlivened the city with their community engagement and cultural traditions. One of the most delicious and well-loved of these traditions is the Bellingham Greekfest. For four days this September, members of the Orthodox Church, Bellinghamsters with Greek backgrounds, and local businesses will be creating and serving delicious traditional foods, drinks, and deserts. Do you want to chow down on some spanakopita or souvlaki? Check out the dinner booth. Got a craving for some baklava or koulourakia? The dessert booth will have your taste buds dancing with delight. That’s not even mentioning the gyro booth... an entire area of the festival is dedicated to those redolent rotisserie meat wraps. In addition to mouth-watering Hellenic delicacies and locally created food and beverages, Bellingham Greekfest features live music and dancing. Attendees can watch or join in the Kalamatianós, the exuberant folk dance that sends friends and strangers romping around and around in a giant circle. There will be a small makeshift market selling cultural trinkets to peruse, and children’s activities like face painting and a bouncy house. St. Sophia’s will be open for tours throughout the day, and the public is welcome to join in the daily services (including Great Vespers and Divine Liturgy). The 2019 Bellingham Greekfest will run from Thursday, September 5 through Sunday, September 8, in the St. Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Church lot. The festivities will begin at 11am each day, and go until 8pm or 9pm. Admission is completely free, and guests can stop by for lunch or dinner, or stay all day to socialize and participate in activities. A full menu and schedule for the festival can be found at www.bellinghamgreekfest.org.

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the signs to Hovander Park. Instead of a final right turn into Hovander Park, continue straight on Nielsen Road through the gate to Tennant Lake. Free admission. More info: 360-733-2900 or info@fotlhp.org or fotlhp.org.

Northwest Washington Fair (NWWF) –

The 2019 NWWF will be held from 9am, Mon., Aug. 12 through 11pm, Sat., Aug. 17. Monday night’s Demolition Derby will be followed by two nights of Rodeo, which lead to three nights of grandstand shows. All three grandstand performers are appearing at the NWWF for the first time. They vary from the comedy of Larry the Cable Guy to the music of Mark Chestnutt and Cheap Trick. Big screens bring the performers and performances closer to the audience. Those interested in volunteering to help with the fair should call 360-3544111. The competitions are open to everyone. Check for registration details at nwwafair.com/p/fair-and-rodeo/ exhibitors-guide. Don’t let your summer end without a visit to the fair!

Fairhaven Family Story Night with the Bellingham Storyteller’s Guild –

Join us at 6pm for a free hour of coaching and introduction to storytelling on Fri., Aug. 16 from 6-8:30pm. Professional storytelling begins at 7pm. For more information, find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BellinghamStorytellers-Guild-120965527946008 or call 360-714-9631. Free admission. More info: www.bellinghampubliclibrary.com.

What Lies Beneath: Minerals of the Pacific Northwest – The Whatcom

Museum has partnered with members of the Friends of Mineralogy Pacific Northwest Chapter to present an incredible display of minerals collected throughout the Pacific Northwest. From those the size of a fingernail to those requiring a forklift, learn how minerals are formed and where they are found. See the collector’s “tools of the trade” and marvel at the extremes some will go to find the perfect specimen. Photos and video document the field work involved and help us understand where these minerals are formed and how they are collected. Complementing the exhibition will be a variety of programs and hands-on activities. On exhibit Aug. 17 through Feb. 2, 2020 at Whatcom Museum Old City Hall (121 Prospect St., Bellingham). Cost is included with admission/members free. More info: 360778-8930, info@whatcommuseum.org or www.whatcommuseum.org/exhibition/ what-lies-beneath.

Fidalgo Bay Day – Come join us for a

free, fun, family outing at our 20th annual Fidalgo Bay Day event on Sat., Aug. 24 from 11am-3on, at the Samish Indian Nation’s beautiful Fidalgo Bay Resort (4701 Fidalgo Bay Rd., Anacortes). Take part in our popular beach seining demonstration, immerse yourself in a virtual reality diving experience, get

creative at the kid-friendly craft tables, play fun games, and learn about local projects and volunteer opportunities at the many educational exhibits staffed by local agencies and organizations. In addition to all of the fun activities, you will get the chance to taste complimentary samples of seafood chowder prepared by local restaurateurs and shellfish from Taylor’s, BBQ’d to perfection by our volunteers. You will also have the opportunity to enjoy a fabulous no-host traditional salmon BBQ (continued on page 26)

The City of Subdued Excitement presents the Subdued Stringband Jamboree August 8-10, 2019 by April Metz de Montiel To understand and appreciate the most quintessential Bellingham vibe is to participate in the annual Subdued Stringband Jamboree. Conceived 18 years ago by local musicians who needed a platform to share their talent, they created what they craved: an authentic music festival by and for local bands. What started with 10 musical groups on a single afternoon has transformed into a family-friendly, multistage, camping extravaganza! Over 3 nights and 2 long days 40 bands will perform. 75% of the bands have a Bellingham address. The remaining bands come from Louisiana, New York, Toronto and BC. Between the 2 main stages and the 3 smaller stages the audience with see locals and professionals performing in multiple intimate settings. Jamboree founder, Robert Sarazin Blake says, “Perhaps you’ve seen a lot of these bands before around town, [but] let me tell you, everybody sounds better at the jamboree!” Pop-up concerts and extemporaneous jam sessions are expected and encouraged. At the workshops the musicians from various bands will collaborate in teaching and sharing what they do. Campground jamming, square dancing and a kid’s parade bring texture to the weekend. Another aspect of the Subdued Stringband Jamboree that is copacetic with the Bellingham way is the community culture of environmentally friendly policies and the family inclusive atmosphere. The camping sites have been laid out intentionally with areas congruent for families with young children. Kid participation is also encouraged with multiple opportunities to create instruments and play music as well as volunteering to help at the festival! Kids can literally jump on the bandwagon to deliver water to thirsty participants, as bottled water is not available (in accordance with their zerowaste initiative.) Adult volunteers are also needed and appreciated. Full details with incentives are listed on the website. Foodies will not be disappointed by the eateries represented. A Bellingham longtime favorite, Cicchetti’s Pizza will be offering their wares as well as the new bird in town, Shirlee Bird Cafe. Gates open at 10am on Thursday, 9am on Friday and Saturday and close everyday at midnight. For local Bellingham residents, a Saturday evening pass (valid after 7pm) is only $25 in advance! Tickets are available online at Brown Paper Tickets only until 10am on August 6. Advance tickets are also available at the Community Food Coop and the Fourth Corner Exchange. Entry prices range from $45 - $150 so check the website for details. The Deming Log Show Fairgrounds Located off Highway 542 3295 Cedarville Road, Bellingham, WA 98226 (Cycling routes are also listed on the website.) www.stringbandjamboree.com

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Bellingham Laughter Club – Embrace

laughter for a rich and rewarding life! Free to 4-104 year olds. Laughter Club meets Sun., Aug. 4 from 4-5pm near the owl sculpture at Elizabeth Park. Please bring a chair if needed. For information, call Mary Lou Richardson at 360-734-4989 or visit www.worldlaughtertour.com.

Stammtisch Bellingham Meeting –

Monthly event held on second Tuesday of each month. People of German ancestry and their guests meet over beer and snacks, conversing in German, at Chuckanut Brewery (601 W. Holly, Bellingham). Free to attend. August

meeting: Tagesthema: braucht Deutschland ein Bundesheer. More info: 360-584-7515 or bhamstammtisch@gmail.com.

Gathering of Crones – Crones, an

archetype for senior women, meet monthly for discussion, empowerment, and advocacy for wise women, owning their aging process, singing, drumming, and poetry. Find support and share your adventure, while connecting to camaraderie with like-minded sisters. Newcomers welcome. Join us on third Thursdays, 10-11:30am at The Willows (3115 Squalicum Pkwy.). Free admission. More info: 360-483-7896. • Joy of Senior Women Campout/Retreat for wise women

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lunch offered by members of the Samish Indian Nation. Free admission. More info: 360-416-1400, tracya@co.skagit.wa.us or www.skagitmrc.org.

Summerfest – Summerfest will return

Sun., Aug. 25, at Josh Vander Yacht Memorial Park, 4106 Valley Hwy. (Hwy. 9) in Deming/Van Zandt. The schedule includes: 1pm, Reading of the Names; 2pm, Community Potluck; 3pm, music and entertainment featuring BandZandt. Don your dancin’ shoes. The fun will go on until dusk. Sponsored by the South Fork Valley Community Association. Donations for the upkeep and renovation of the Van Zandt Community Hall gratefully accepted. Free admission. Info: 360-594-1812, southforkvalley@aol.com or www.facebook.com/southforkvalley.

gentle yoga classes at The Metta Center (1602 Carolina St #D12, Bellingham). Classes meet Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30-11:45 am. 3-month pass fees: $68 for 5 classes / $110 for 10 classes / $15 drop-in / $10 first time. More info: 360-656-6699, yogawithjoani@yahoo.com or www.yogawithJoani.com.

Sound Journey – Sound Therapy with

Himalayan and crystal singing bowls to deeply restore the body using yin postures to nourish the meridians of the kidney in this 1.5 hour of bliss. A yin practice accompanied by the supportive vibrations from Himalayan and crystal singing bowls and complete silence. Helping to deeply stretch and open the body while taking you into a deep state of relaxation. At The Metta Center on Sat., Aug. 3, noon1:30pm. Free admission. More info: info@soundtherpyofthepnw.com, 360846-2705 or soundtherapyofthepnw.com.

T’ai Chi Classes – Join Linda and learn

T’ai Chi Chuan to sustain and maintain your health, balance, and well-being throughout life. Beginners and all levels of skill welcomed. These classes will guide you through the flowing and choreographed movements that are easy on the body and make the mind-body-

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aging gracefully will be held Aug. 16-18 at Horizon Bay Lions Camp. Workshops, singing, drumming, crafts. Bring instruments, poems, games. Beach time, fire pit, room to dance and sing camp songs. Reserve now. 360-483-7896, Anne, for info and reservation. Sponsored by Crones of Whatcom County, representing the National Crones Counsel, a non-profit organization. Admission is $60 prepaid to register. More info: zannadel@gmail.com.

Community Climate Conversation –

Meet Jamie Joy, a climate reality leader, who brings us a global perspective on climate change. Jamie seeks to gather local talent to inspire meaningful actions and

spirit connection through deep energizing breathing essential for good brain health. Classes held at St. James Presbyterian Church (910 14th St., Bellingham) on Mondays from 5:15-6:15pm and Wednesdays from 11:15am-12:15pm (beginners) and Tuesdays 11:30am12:30pm (some experience) at the Firehouse Arts and Event Center (1314 Harris Ave., Bellingham). For those concerned about balance, Linda also offers Shibashi and Chair Tai Chi at the Bellingham Library every Tuesday at no cost to the participant. Contact Linda at LindaTaiChi@comcast.net or 360-389-5754 for more information.

Senior Day in the Park – Senior Day in

the Park is a resource fair and barbecue for older adults and their adult children. If you have ever wondered what services are available in Whatcom County for the older adult, this resource fair is for you. A barbecue lunch is available for a suggested donation of $5 for those over 60 years old. Enjoy lunch, entertainment and fitness demonstrations, good company, and a door prize raffle. On Wed., Aug. 14 from 10am-2pm at Hovander Homestead Park (5299 Nielsen Ave., Ferndale). Free admission. More info: 360-733-4030, msimon@whatcomcoa.org or https://whatcomcoa.org/upcoming-events.

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real solutions. Bring your questions, your curiosity, and leave inspired for action on Thurs., Aug. 15 from 4:30-6pm at Seaport Books (106 S. 1st St., La Conner). Free admission. More info: 360-399-1800, info@seaportbooks.com or www.seaportbooks.com.

Lairmont Manor Veterans Picnic –

Attention all WWII, Korean War and In-Country Vietnam Vets, family, and friends! Please join us at Lairmont Manor (405 Fieldston Rd., Bellingham) on Tues., Aug. 20, from noon-3pm for the annual Veterans Picnic honoring WWII, Korean and In-Country Vietnam Vets. A luscious lunch buffet will be served! There will be music, entertainment and prizes! For reservations please call: 360-734-2222; seating is limited to 250, so call early to reserve your seat (RSVP by Aug. 9). Be prepared to spend a fun and patriotic afternoon listening to the vets tell their stories, enjoying the entertaining singers, and win prizes, too! Admission is free for veterans / $25 for guests. More info: 360-734-2222.

Amnesty International Group 270 Monthly Meeting – Amnesty

International is a global movement of more than 7 million people, which addresses human rights issues around the world. Join Group 270 in our monthly meeting for discussion, planning and letter-writing in the upstairs dining area of the Bellingham Community Food Co-op (N. Forest St.) on Tues., Aug. 27, 7-8pm. More info: amnestyinternational270@gmail.com or amnestyinternational270.weebly.com.

Bellingham City Club Monthly Program – Bellingham City Club hosts

monthly programs to inform, connect, and engage our community to strengthen the civic health of our region. Moderated presentations are offered on the fourth Wednesday of each month (Aug. 28) following a delicious lunch shared with fellow community members at Northwood Hall, 3240 Northwest Ave., Bellingham. Tickets are required and available via our website or on Brown Paper Tickets. Doors open at 11:30am for lunch and the

program begins at 12:10pm. Admission is $13 members / $18 non-members / $5 young adults (under 29) in advance; $15 members / $20 non-members at the door. More info or tickets: info@bellinghamcityclub.org or www.bellinghamcityclub.org.

2019 Fall Program Preview – The

Academy for Lifelong Learning offers adults an opportunity to learn and inspire continued intellectual growth. With that in mind, you are invited to join us for a preview event that showcases our upcoming fall and winter programming, with a brief overview of diverse courses taught by expert faculty and a variety of leisure excursions. Doors open at 12:30pm on Thurs., Sept. 5 at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal (355 Harris Ave.), with time for refreshments and socializing; event from 1-3pm. Free admission. Info: 360-6504970, acadLL@wwu.edu or wwu.edu/ALL.

The Dog Days of Summer by Courtney Kendall Every dog may have its day, but August 25 is the day to celebrate all dogs and dog lovers in Whatcom County. For over 15 years the Whatcom Humane Cooling off and Society (WHS) has put together the dunking for tennis balls. free, family-friendly Dog Days of Summer Festival. From 11am-3pm, dogs can dunk for tennis balls, dig for treats, and play at an event Digging for treats made just for them behind the on Hound Hill. Bellingham WHS location. “It’s fun for all ages, whether you have a dog or just want to watch,” says Dana Browne, Special Events Happy festival-goer. Manager for WHS. There will be over 50 pet-related vendors, an animal caricaturist drawing dogs for a WHS donation, vegetarian food trucks, Paws for a Beer Garden for adults, kids’ area with games and hands-on crafts, and interactive games and contests for the canine guests. There is a costume contest, dog/owner lookalike contest, and even a best kisser contest as dogs line up to kiss WHS animal control officers. “When you see that kiss that knocks the person back, you know it’s a winner,” laughs Browne. While the pups are competing for the best howl, owners Competing for the can speak to grooming technicians, find out where to get good pet Best Howl Contest. food, and more. “This is a great opportunity to collaborate with pet vendors and educate the community,” says Browne. “The vendors help make it fun by having great booths, and even some raffles.” There’s no registration needed ahead of time to attend or enter contests. Entrance to the festival is free, though donations to benefit WHS are welcome. WHS operates as Sporting formal attire. an open-admission shelter and wildlife rehabilitation center, provides animal control and rescue services, and offers community outreach and humane education programs. Join in on all the fun, rain or shine, and lend a paw to support Whatcom Humane Society! More information at www.whatcomhumane.org. Photos by Todd Folsom.

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19th Annual La Conner Classic Boat & Car Show – Join us Sat., Aug. 3,

10am-3pm, as we present an opportunity to share our American heritage with you and your family on the first weekend of August. Whether your love is classic cars, show cars, classic or work boats, you’ll be surprised and delighted at this event. You’ll discover true “treasures” – afloat, on wheels, or simply on display. Bring your entire family to La Conner. It’s a fun family event and one of the Northwest’s best summertime classic car and boat shows. Show takes place at the South Basin, La Conner Marina (3rd & State St.). Admission: $3 adults / kids 12 and under, free. Info: www.lovelaconner.com, 360466-4778, info@laconnerchamber.com.

Art in the Alley – You’re invited to the

J’s annual summer fundraising event, Art in the Alley (321 Front St., Lynden)! On Sat., Aug. 3, from 5:30-9pm. We will have live music, art activities, demonstrations, raffle, beer and wine garden, and BBQ. It all takes place behind the Jansen Art Center in Judson Alley. We’re planning a fun, outdoor dance party in celebration of the arts in our community. Adults 21+. Admission is $25 (1 raffle ticket included). Info: info@jansenartcenter.org, 360354-3600 or www.jansenartcenter.org.

Village Books sponsored Bellingham Bells Game! – Come watch the

Bellingham Bells take on the Victoria Harbourcats at Joe Martin Field on Sun., Aug. 4 at 1pm (1220 Civic Field Way). Village Books will be on hand giving out prizes, and if you look closely, you just might spot Waldo of Where’s Waldo fame. Admission is $7.50-$11. More info: 360-671-2626 or events@villagebooks.com.

Genealogy Research Help – Beginning

August 1, the Skagit Valley Genealogical Society (SVGS) will offer one-on-one research assistance by experienced genealogy volunteers. To schedule a free, family history research consultation call 360-840-3002. This new consultation by-appointment offering replaces SVGS volunteers being available as 1st Saturday volunteers at the Burlington Library (820 E. Washington Ave.). SVGS also offers educational programs by genealogy experts on the second Saturday of the month, 1-3pm at the Burlington Public Library. SVGS’ Sept. 14 program will be an introductory tutorial about using a new software program called DNA Painter. For details and to join SVGS visit skagitvalleygenealogy.org or email: genealogy0715@gmail.com. Free admission. More info: 360-840-3002.

An Evening with Louise Penny –

Louise Penny, a former CBC radio journalist, is the #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. She has been awarded the CWA Dagger, Nero, Macavity and Barry Awards, as well as two each of the Arthur Ellis and Dilys Awards. In addition, she has won the Agatha Award (seven times), and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. In 2017, she received the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture. In her latest book, A Better Man, catastrophic spring flooding, blistering attacks in the media, and a mysterious disappearance greet Chief Inspector Armand Gamache as he returns to the Surete du Quebec. Join us for this evening with the author on Fri., Aug. 30 at 7pm at Mount Baker Theatre (104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham). Admission is $35-$55. More info: 360-734-6080, tickets@mountbakertheatre.com or www.mountbakertheatre.com.

Clyde Ford: Think Black Launch Party – Village Books and Evolve Chocolate + Cafe are pleased to announce this special event celebrating the long-awaited memoir from Bellingham favorite, Clyde Ford. Join us on Sun., Sept. 15, 4pm at Village Books. Info: www.villagebooks.com or 360-6712626. See Sept. ENNW for more info.

Chuckanut Radio Hour featuring Karl Marlantes – Karl Marlantes, with

his new novel Deep River, applies the epic narrative sweep of Matterhorn to a family saga about Finnish immigrants to the Pacific Northwest. Tickets are $5 and will soon be available at Village Books and EventBrite.com. Receive a free ticket with purchase of Deep River. On Tues., Sept. 24 from 7-8pm at WCC’s Heiner Theatre. Admission is $5. Info: 360-671-2626. See Sept. ENNW for more info.

Hometown Skagit: How Sports Shape Our Community – This exhibit

focuses on the accomplishments, spirit, and inspiration of sports figures and teams in the Skagit area. From pioneers in their sports, to local sport celebrities, to champion teams, Hometown Skagit explores how these people and teams help shape our community through their contributions to current and future generations. Includes display of sports memorabilia such as trophies, equipment, programs, and photographs. On display through December at Skagit County Historical Museum (501 S. 4th St., La Conner). Admission is $5 adults / $4 seniors & kids 6 to 12 / free members and kids 6 and under. More info: 360-4663365, museum@co.skagit.wa.us or www.skagitcounty.net/museum.

History Sunset Cruises – Climb aboard

San Juan Cruises’ Victoria Star for our 36th annual summertime History Sunset Cruises, hosted by local historians Brian Griffin or Doug Starcher. You’ll enjoy beautiful scenery and hear stories about the region’s history. Pack a picnic, sunglasses, and a

light jacket. Wine and beer sold on board. Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm at the Bellingham Ferry Terminal (355 Harris Ave.). Admission is $30 museum members / $35 nonmembers. More info: 360-778-8930, info@whatcommuseum.org or www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4191750.

Pickett House Musuem – The Pickett

House Museum (910 Bancroft St., Bellingham) is open Sun., Aug. 11 from 1-4pm. The campaign to raise funds to replace the dry rot on windows of the front porch has been successful. Our contractor, Paul Johnson, researched and learned that previous to 1936, the windows had been floor length, so he replaced them to match the earlier photograph. Please come to see the dramatic change this makes to the museum. This home had been built by Mr. Peabody in 1856 for Captain Pickett and his family when the U.S. Army gave him orders to come to our area to construct a fort to protect our early pioneer families. This is the oldest home in its original location in the State of Washington. Free admission / donations accepted. Info: 360-293-1082.

Beer is Magic by Marla Bronstein From 4-9pm on Sat., August 10, the Lincoln Theatre Foundation will host the 17th Annual BrewFest On the Skagit, the longest running beer festival in the county. Among the nearly two-dozen breweries in attendance are new participants Herb’s Cider and Lost Giants Cider Co. from Bellingham, as well as Seattle’s Fremont Brewing. This event benefits Skagit’s 93 year-old Lincoln Theatre, a year-round film and live performance theater venue. The cost for advance tickets is $25 + applicable fees, and includes 5 tastes. Two dollars off for Lincoln Theatre members ($5 more day of event). Additional scrip for tastes will be available for $2 each. As always, a special $15 ticket without scrip is available for “designated drivers.” The Brewfest is a 21 and over event. Besides some of the most delicious beer and cider available, attendees can grab a meal from one of the food trucks on site, sit back, and enjoy the lineup of music. Starting off at 4:30pm, the Woods Sisters are followed by Waking Maya at 6pm, and Baby Cakes taking the stage at 7:30pm. The very funny Clay Christofferson will keep the show running as the emcee when he’s not pouring beer for Farmstrong Brewing. This event transitions the location of the weekly Farmer’s Market at Skagit River Walk Park into Brewfest, with the help of more than 100 volunteers. Contact Brandy at brandy@lincolntheatre.org for volunteering, or reach out to taylor@lincolntheatre.org. For more information about the event, or to purchase tickets in advance: 360-3368955, www.lincolntheatre.org, or in person at the Lincoln Theatre ticket office. According to Outreach Manager Taylor Bannister, at last year’s BrewFest, it rained all morning and afternoon as they set up. The sun came out at 4pm, just as they opened the gates. The rain started again at 9pm, just as the last schooner was poured. Beer is Magic. Entertainment News Northwest ~ August 2019

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