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Old City Hall hosts special musical events June 14, 15

Two music events of note take place at Whatcom Museum's Old City Hall's Rotunda Room, 121 Prospect St.

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Downtown art walk offers several special events on Friday

This month's Downtown Art Walk, as always, offers a leisurely (and free), self-guided tour to see (and buy) works by local and regional artists.
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Cabaret in Mount Vernon adopts 1920s theme

Mount Vernon's 1st Street Cabaret & Speakeasy had its soft opening in February with live entertainment offered every night of the week.
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Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema one of several summer series offering fun, music and movies

Memorial Day weekend seems to be the kickoff to summer events (no matter what the weather), so here's a handy schedule of various summer series events to cut and post on your refrigerator!
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New series, Jazz Legacy Concerts, to entertain and inform at Firehouse Performing Arts Center

I was at the Redlight on State Street a few weeks ago listening to the regular last-Tuesday lineup of drummer Julian MacDonough, sax player Josh Cook and bass player Chuck Kistler, when Julian happily announced a new, eight-month jazz series, Jazz Legacy Concerts, at the Firehouse Performing Arts...
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Yaniv Attar chosen as new director of Whatcom Symphony Orchestra

When I attended the Mayor's Arts Awards ceremony a few weeks ago, a member of the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra told me that the new director for the symphony had just been chosen, and this particular musician was thrilled. Each auditioning candidate, this musician told me, who had directed the symphony...
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Mount Baker Theatre to collect donated prom, princess dresses at 'Beauty and the Beast'

In conjunction with the staging of "Disney's Beauty and the Beast" Monday and Tuesday, May 6-7, at Mount Baker Theatre, theater staff will collect gently used prom and princess dresses at both shows to distribute to the YWCA and to Blue Skies for Children.
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Roger Griffith's last concert directing Kulshan Chorus is April 27 at WWU

At one of several Thanksgiving dinners I spent with my friends Roger and Anne Griffith, Roger spoke enthusiastically about seeing original Broadway shows with the original casts, "West Side Story," among others. His love for music of all sorts is ever-present in conversations, and the songs he has...
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Pickford theater celebrates second anniversary, successful digital campaign

Alice Clark, the executive director of Pickford Film Center, let me know that a celebration of the second-year anniversary of its theater, as well as its successful campaign to raise money for new digital equipment, will take place Saturday, April 20, and Sunday, April 21, with special movie screenings...
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Restless Heart singer Larry Stewart discusses life on the road

Grammy-wining country band Restless Heart is playing April 19 and 20 at the Skagit Valley Casino Resort in Bow, and I was contacted by the band's press agent, Don Murry Grubbs, asking if I would like to interview lead singer Larry Stewart.
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Blue Horse exhibit honors WWU design leader Marvin Southcott

At the urging of his friends, my buddy Layne Southcott was inspired to have an exhibit of works by his dad, Marvin, who died in February.