Artist profiles from Bellingham, Whatcom County, WA

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Collection of essays explores appeal of living in Western Washington

Bellingham's Rebecca Helm Beardsall works in the extended education department at Western Washington University. She recently edited a collection of essays, "Western Washington Reflections: Stories from the Puget Sound to Vancouver."

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TV, movie maker exhibits healing artwork at St. Joseph hospital

Bellingham photographer and videographer Scott Williams, 56, displays his works in "Healing Through Art," an exhibit at St. Joseph hospital. The exhibit also features paintings by Susie Wind, as well as wall plaques with the winners of last year's Sue Boynton Poetry Contest. A public reception is...
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Theater veteran Dennis Cattrell directs play about Lummis' treaty struggles with U.S. government

"What About Those Promises?" is a dramatization of the epic story of the Lummi Indians' struggle over treaties with the United States. The producer, Darrell Hillare, initiated the project, and with co-producer Ian Bivin, sketched the outlines of the production.
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Exhibit at Studio UFO explores coal train issue through art

Last November, Trish Harding, the founder of Studio UFO in Bay Street Village, at Holly and Bay streets, presented an exhibit entitled "Granary Love-In," in which local artists showed their interpretations of the building on the former G-P mill site on the Bellingham waterfront.
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WWU poet Bruce Beasley appreciates value of community poetry contests

Bruce Beasley, along with Mary Gillilan, selected 25 winners from the 275 poems submitted by Whatcom County residents for this year's Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest.
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Bellingham's Mike Rostron writes sci-fi rock musical

Bellingham playwright and musician Mike Rostron has written a new work, "Evermore," a sci-fi rock musical set more than a thousand years in the future. The play is performed at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, May 9-11, at Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., in Mount Vernon; and at 8 p.m. May 17...
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Julie Zavala-Marantette's local theater work spans makeup to hair to co-directing

I met Julie Zavala-Marantette several years ago when she was in a class I taught at Whatcom Community College. When she told me she was interested in makeup, I suggested that she contact Bellingham Theatre Guild to see if they needed a volunteer for their productions.
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Bellingham women compile anthology about women in 'extreme religions'

Bellingham resident Susan Tive, along with Cami Ostman, Elise Brianne Curtin, Colleen Haggerty and Pam Helberg, talk about the book "Beyond Belief: The Secret Lives of Women in Extreme Religions," at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at Village Books.
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Michael-Paul Gurulé conducts, and also plays sax regularly at Skylark's in Fairhaven

Michael-Paul Gurulé, 38, and his ensemble, Nuages (pronounced: noo-aj), have a regular gig every third Saturday at Skylark's Hidden Café in Fairhaven. The next one is Saturday, April 20, at 8 p.m.
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Veronica Jensen sings the lead in 'Cindrillon' opera at WWU

Western Washington University's Opera Studio, under the direction of Jay Rozendaal, presents "Cindrillon," the familiar fairy tale of Cinderella, written by French composer Jules Massenet and set in a rooftop garden.
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Carla Shafer helps to blend poetry and dance for annual 'Phrasings' performances

Bellingham Repertory Dance presents "Phrasings in Word + Dance," its seventh annual collaboration with Chuckanut Sandstone Writers Theater, Friday through Sunday, April 5-7, at Firehouse Performing Arts Center. One of the featured poets is Carla Shafer, director of Chuckanut Sandstone Writers ...