Bellingham Alive

Padden Triathlon
2022-06-25
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Padden Triathlon is an excellent first, second, or twenty-second triathlon. Our course is simple, beautiful, and well-staffed. In an effort to make this a race you’ll enjoy year after year, we’ve made everything as simple as possible, so on race day, you can focus on the event. Our goal is to make the Padden Triathlon the best organized, most affordable, chip-timed event you’ll do all summer. Please start your triathlon season here in Bellingham.
More information here: https://cob.org/services/recreation/races/padden-triathlon
Call or email Lance Romo at lromo@cob.org (360) 778-7000.

14th Euro-Global Conference on Infectious Diseases
2022-06-24
On behalf of the Board of Organizing Committee, we heartily invite you to attend the 14th Euro-Global Conference on Infectious Diseases during June 24-25, 2022 in Berlin, Germany.
Theme: “Enlightening the Future Scope to Control of Infectious Diseases”

Free Community Clothing Swap
2022-06-18 10:00 - 14:00 UTC
We are hosting another free community clothing swap!
If you’re cleaning out closets, save items to swap & share with friends and neighbors.
When: Saturday, June 18th from 10am-2pm
Where: 2000 W North Street, Bellingham
What: Clothing swap for all ages, genders, sizes, styles, seasons. Bring clothes you want to exchange (not required) and take whatever items you need/want.
Leftover items go to non-profits and shelters in Whatcom county including Engedi Refuge, YWCA, and WeCare.
Last September y’all were able to help our community and met so many urgent needs for individuals and families by participating in the swap. You all showed up in a HUGE way to clothe the community free of charge–the stories we heard from attendees blew us away! We can’t wait to do it again.

An Evening of Belly Dance
2022-06-11 18:00 - 19:30
Come and see some of the fantastic, dramatic and breathtaking belly dance that Bellingham has to offer! Plus special guest, David Metz on the arabic tabla (drum), who will be traveling from Seattle to perform for us this evening!
Come early to enjoy a beverage at the Firehouse Cafe before the doors open for the show at 6pm. The show will start right at 6:30pm in the beautiful Firehouse Performing Arts and Events Center – an old firehouse turned small theatre – a short walk from the Historic Fairhaven District.
This evening will be a sparkling evening of raqs sharqi (oriental dance), fusion, and middle eastern folk dance; while our guest Toastmaster will share little bites of history and culture of the music and the dance.
Performers for the evening include:
Rachel Carter – Owner of Rachel Belly Dances here in Bellingham, Rachel is a playful performer who may make you feel like dancing along! She is sure to bring energy and sparkle to her performance.
Damiana Dance Company – Led by Cara Cressell and Jen Cerdena, and joined by the Azara dancers, these talented performers will bring a modern style of belly dance that was created here in the U.S. called Fat Chance Belly Dance (FCBD) style.
This style’s signature is using cues among the dancers to improvise their dance, while staying in synchrony with each other. Come and watch, you would never know that they are improvising!
Seattle Guests
David B. Metz – The ‘dancers’ drummer’! David has been playing middle eastern music and drumming for dancers’ drum solos for many years! Never seen a drum solo?! You are in for a treat! A drum solo is a completely improvised duet between a drummer and a dancer. Fun, fast and thrilling, this is not an act to miss!
Wisteria a former Bellingham resident, Wisteria does it all! She dances fusion, Egyptian Folkloric and raqs sharqi. Wisteria is a captivating dancer who dances and teaches in Seattle. Don’t miss her, or her legendary hair tosses, while she is in Bellingham!
Anyelle – Bellingham grown and a nationally recognized Oriental dancer, Anyelle won the title of Miss Belly Dance USA in 2014. This dynamic dancer always impresses!
Check out our Facebook Event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/317256060437253
Tickets now for sale at https://rachelbellydances.brownpapertickets.com/

Sips and Suds: A Beer, Cider, and Wine Social
2022-06-10 00:00
Please join us for an evening of beer, wine & cider tasting from Lost Giants Cider Co., Boundary Bay Brewery, Stemma Brewing, Wander Brewing, Dynasty Cellars, La Chantarelle Winery, and Samson Estates! Enjoy appetizers from The Sandwich Odyssey and dancing with live music from The Walrus. There will also be a chance to enter fabulous raffles to help support the WHS and the animals in our care! Plus, it will be a tented event and will happen rain or shine!
https://www.whatcomhumane.org/event/sips-suds-2022/

Chakra Class
2022-06-05 10:00 - 2022-07-31 11:30
As we reintegrate ourselves into society, it’s important to listen to your body and stay balanced. Using the
chakras as a blueprint for balance, this course includes discussion, poses, mantras, meditation, and community! No experience needed. Please bring a mat and a blanket.
An 8-week long class with Cloud 9’s Juliet Kaluzniacki.
DAY/DATES: Sundays; June 5, 12, 19, 26, July 10, 17, 24,
31 (NO CLASS JULY 3)
TIME: 10:00 am-11:30 am
AGES: 16+
LOCATION: Maritime Heritage Park
COST: $160

Conversation & Reading with Author Kevin Donner
2022-06-05 00:00
Working in senior care isn’t for everyone. It isn’t even for most. But for those rare few who find their passion in this multifaceted industry, the sense of job and life satisfaction are limitless. So too, however, can be the pervasive sense of loss and hopelessness.
Poopy Fingers: One Person’s Account of Working in the Delightfully Strange World of Assisted Living follows the lessons, the mistakes, the smiles, and the tears as Kevin Donner stumbles upon his own passion for working with, and for, this often undervalued and ignored demographic.
This book shows the daily physical and emotional needs of the residents, but more importantly, explores the varying stages of life familiar to so many of us. Come join us for a conversation intended to help start your own conversations with loved ones concerning issues around aging.

Book of Masks
2022-06-04 05:00 - 22:00
Featured Artists
Susan Guerrero
Ann Chaikin
Nancy Thomson
Lori Hill
Trish Harding
The first year of the Covid pandemic brought with it so many uncertainties, fears, bizarre happenings, and a precious few unforseeable bright spots. THE BOOK OF MASKS show is comprised of 5 journals which are the result of our weekly zoom class. Each page follows a current event theme inspired by noted artists and prompts given. The books are a rare intimate peek into the cloistered lives of these very accomplished artists who were spurred onward with new vision not because of the pandemic but in spite of it!
There will be other incredible zoom work as well.
Studio UFO will open its door early at 5 for those Art Walk early birds.
contact Trish.harding@studio-ufo.net
www.studio-ufo.net

Ski to Sea
2022-05-29
Ski to Sea is the original multisport relay race, from Mt. Baker to Bellingham Bay. Organize your team of 3-8 racers and join us on Memorial Day weekend! Teammates and spectators await finishing racers in Bellingham’s scenic Marine Park and can experience the Historic Fairhaven Festival, the all-day street party just up the hill.
Returning racers tell us their favorite parts of Ski to Sea are camaraderie and community. From organizing your team to training, racing, and trading stories at the finish line beer garden, Ski to Sea is all about teamwork. It is also about our incredible community of over 700 volunteers who work together to make this event unforgettable, year after year, since 1973.
(360) 746-8861
info@skitosea.com
https://www.skitosea.com

Preschool Cooking
2022-05-22 10:00 - 12:00
Join Annalee Dunn of the Tiny Onion Cooking School to cook with your little
one! Three different cooking sessions with different menus that provide
gluten free, dairy free, and nut free options.
DAY/DATE: Sunday, May 22
TIME: 10:00 am-12:00 pm
AGES: 3-5, accompanied by an adult
LOCATION: Bloedel Donovan Park’s Pavilion
COST: $40 for one child and one adult

Skagit Symphony presents: There and Back Again
2022-05-21
Having journeyed to Paris, Vienna, Budapest, and Istanbul this concert season, the Skagit Symphony has one more stop on our magical music tour. Featuring works by Vaughan Williams and Elgar, we’ll celebrate London of a century ago. Steinway Artist Sandra Wright Shen returns to set off sonic firework in Saint-Saens spectacular second piano concerto.
For more information, visit www.SkagitSymphony.com or call (360)848-9336
For tickets, visit www.McintyreHall.org or call (360)416-7727

Lovely Was the Walk
2022-05-21 00:00
Come join Esperanza as she takes a spring walk through her neighborhood wherein beauty unfolds.
Over 40 dance students of different ages will perform in this delightful production that is fun for people of all ages.
Written and directed by
Sabrina Gomez-Vannelli
Original Choreography by
Sabrina Gomez-Vannelli
Elizabeth Smyth
Valerie Goliff
Masks optional but encouraged (unless requirements change). Free masks available at the door. Tickets online and can also be purchased at the door. General admission and general seating. Doors open at 6:30pm
Art and graphic work by
Bob Paltrow Design
Get tickets here: https://dancestudio-pro.com/tickets/daytodaydance
Our website: https://www.daytodaydance.com/events
For more information you can call us at 360-393-3927 or email us at daytodaydance@gmail.com

911-When to Call and What to Expect
2022-05-20 00:00
Learn how to handle an emergency by watching “911-When to Call and What to Expect” via a free Zoom session, Friday, May 20 at noon. The Academy for Lifelong Learning , affiliated with WWU, is hosting the presentation by the Whatcom County 911 Public Education Coordinator. The session provides an inside look at What-Comm 911 Center which serves as the answering point for all 911 calls placed within Whatcom County, handling over 140,000, 911 calls per year. Registration is required and closes on Friday, May 13. For additional details about free registration and the topic check here: https://oce.wwu.edu/all/all-talks.

Barkley Village Wine Walk
2022-05-19 00:00
Barkley Village and Brigid Collins Family Support Center are teaming up for the third Barkley Village Wine Walk being held Thursday, May 19th, from 5:00-8:00 pm. Participants can stroll through 13 Barkley Village shops and restaurants as they taste regional wines in pop-up tasting rooms. Tickets on sale now at www.barkleyvillage.com/winewalk

Spin Dance at Home
2022-05-16 00:00 - 2022-07-18 00:00
Dance with us every third Monday of the month! Bellingham Parks and Recreation and the Max Higbee Center will host SPIN Dances at Home for individuals with disabilities. Everyone 14 and older is invited to dance with us to music provided by Glitt3r Lyfe’s Aireekah!
DATES: Mondays: May 16, June 20, July 18
TIME: 6:00-8:00 pm
AGES: 14 and older
LOCATION: Online. Please register for each session to
receive your Zoom link and password
COST: FREE (must pre-register)
https://apm.activecommunities.com/bellingham/Activity_Search/36257

Yoga & Sound Therapy
2022-05-13 17:30 - 2022-09-02 06:30
Bring a blanket and yoga mat to Maritime Heritage Park’s pavilion and enjoy 15-minutes of gentle yoga before the soothing sound vibrations of Himalayan singing bowls, gongs, and bells for deep
relaxation. Sessions are hosted by either Everitt Allen of Sound Therapy of the Pacific Northwest or Kristi Moseley of Mystic Heart Vibrational Sound Meditation. Five dates to choose from!
DAY/DATES:
Session 1: Friday, May 13 with Kristi
Session 2: Friday, May 27 with Kristi
Session 3: Friday, June 3 with Everitt
Session 4: Friday, August 26 with Everitt
Session 5: Friday, September 2 with Everitt
TIME: 5:30-6:30 pm
AGES: All ages
LOCATION: Maritime Heritage Park (pavilion in case of
bad weather)
COST: $5 each session. Please register and pay fee to
secure indoor program. Feel free to drop-in if program
is outdoors.

Puget Sound LYS Tour
2022-05-11 00:00 - 2022-05-15 00:00
Founded in 2006 by a few shop owners who liked to party, the first Puget Sound LYS Tour included 12 shops. With our region well known for quality yarn shops, the Tour quickly grew in size. In addition to being the first of it’s kind, we believe we are also the largest Yarn Store Tour in the Nation.
​In 2006, the Tour began as a long, three-day weekend. Then it expanded to four days. For the 6 years, it spanned five days with 25 shops. The 15th Anniversary Tour in 2020 was cancelled because of COVID-19, but we celebrated the Anniversary one year later with 20 shops, spanning 10 days! This year we will be returning to our more traditional, five day schedule.
​Each year, the shops gather and work together to plan a fabulous Tour with prizes, free patterns, and discounts.
Our goal is to help our customers learn, grow, and become successful in the art and craft we all love. That’s the principle that’s been driving the LYS Tour all these years. That, and we all like to party.
Please join us May 11th – 15th 2022!
https://www.lystour.com/
lystour@gmail.com

Everett Philharmonic Orchestra Listener’s Choice Concert
2022-05-01 15:00
Please join the Everett Philharmonic Orchestra for our season finale Sunday, May 1 at 3pm in the Everett Civic Auditorium when Dr. Paul-Elliot Cobbs conducts two of Aaron Copland’s most popular works: Fanfare for the Common Man and Appalachian Spring, as well as additional works by Beethoven and American composer Wayne Barlow. This concert, graciously sponsored by Northwest LED Lighting, is our annual selection of audience favorites in the “Listener’s Choice” concert.
At the outset of the concert, Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man gives a spine-tingling affirmation of the strength of the “Common Man” – much in evidence in our lives in these turbulent times. His beloved Appalachian Spring is a more comforting and joy-filled reminder of happy seasons that lie ahead of us. After intermission the Everett Phil’s principal oboist Laurie Swanson will be featured in American composer Wayne Barlow’s The Winter’s Passed. Barlow’s most enduring work is a neoclassical fantasy based on southern folk tunes inspired by a verse from the Songs of Solomon. We’ll end the afternoon and close out our season with Beethoven’s bright and cheery Symphony No. 6. In this pastoral symphony, we’ll join Beethoven on a walk in the countryside outside Vienna to a babbling brook and merry gathering, briefly interrupted by a thunderstorm before enjoying a shepherd’s song played in thanks for the warm sun of spring. Tickets on sale now for $10 – 25. Mask required for everyone in attendance. Please check our website for the most up-to-date COVID policies. For more info visit us at EverettPhil.org, email info@everettphil.org, subscribe to our FaceBook page or call (425) 585-8975.

Growing Your Own Medicine: Some Favorite Herbs to Grow and How to Use Them
2022-05-01 00:00
We will discuss how to grow and how to use some of my favorite garden medicinals. Come learn how to grow your own medicine!
Taught by Anna Derrer, Herbalist. $25 class fee includes handouts, recipes, and samples. Kindly pre-register by calling Living Earth Herbs (360) 734-3207 or by stopping in the shop!
For more information, check out our website at: www.livingearthherbs.com

Vendovi and Book of Shred Play at Paws!
2022-04-30 18:00 - 20:00
Get your tickets now for live music at Paws! Spring is here, the weather is warming up and we are here to have a great time with you and your dogs.
Vendovi and Book of Shred, two rock bands set to take the PNW by windstorm, will be performing 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, April 30th.
Vendovi has played multiple venues across Bellingham and the PNW including their most recent show at The Wild Buffalo.
Book of Shred was just featured in the One Giant Leap Showcase in Seattle.
You must have a Human + Dog or a Human Only ticket. Purchase tickets now at www.pawsforabeer.com/tickets. Tickets will be available for sale at the door as well.
Never been to Paws before? We ask that you bring your dog prior to the show date to introduce your pup to the space and evaluate whether its a good fit for your dog.
Food Truck: Simmering Tava
The concert is open to anyone 21+ and dogs 6 mo+.

Introduction to Belly Dance
2022-04-30 00:00
Have you ever wanted to try belly dance? Join this beginner workshop to learn belly dance! This class will
teach posture, basic belly dance movements, and exciting shimmies! Along with the moves, instructor
Rachel will share some of the history, culture, and music of belly dance. No dance experience needed to have a wonderful time in this class! Class is open to everyone.
DAY/DATE: Saturday, April 30
TIME: 12:00-1:30 pm
AGES: All ages
LOCATION: Bloedel Donovan Community Building
COST: $35

Blaine Art Studio Tour Gala
2022-04-29 17:00 - 19:00
The opening reception for the Art Tour in Blaine will be held at the beautiful Boating Center on Drayton Harbor. Meet and greet local artists & artisans, enjoy wine tasting, light refreshments and learn about the tour locations. 235 Marine Drive, Blaine on Friday, April 29, 5:00 – 7:00 pm. www.blainebythesea.com 360-332-4544

The Unknowns
2022-04-28 19:00 - 21:30
https://northcitybistro.com/event/the-unknowns/

All About Flower Essences: Making, Buying, Choosing, Using
2022-04-24 00:00
Class taught by Michele Sanger, Herbalist. $25 fee includes handouts, recipes, and samples. Kindly pre-register by calling Living Earth Herbs (360) 734-3207 or by stopping in the shop!
For more information check out our website: livingearthherbs.com

Dirty Dan Murder Mystery
2022-04-23 00:00 - 2022-04-24 00:00
Welcome to our second annual Dirty Dan* Mystery Weekend – The Case of the Crushed Clown!
REGISTER HERE
“It is with grievance beyond words that I must announce today, April 23, that we found the missing clown underneath a bale of hay on Harris Avenue.” announced Mayor Wilson. Thus begins the quest to find the murderer their motive and their method. Read the newspaper from front to back. You’ll also be given a map with locations where you can pick up printed clues to help you solve the mystery. All of the clue locations and the scene of the crime are within a half mile of Fairhaven Village Green. The suspect photos will be in the “Fairhaven Observer”. As you walk around the village collecting your clues, you will encounter some of the suspects (i.e. characters) described in the newspaper. You never know who might have valuable information which will help you solve the mystery. But can you trust them all? Hmmmm, the real “criminal” is out there and they have every reason to lead you in the wrong direction! When you think you have figured out who and how, enter your solution on the official ballot.
Place your completed form in one of the designated ballot boxes. Correct ballot solutions will be placed in a drawing for Grand Prizes ranging from Weekend Getaways and Merchant Gift Certificates to Dirty Dan Mystery Memorabilia.
Registration before April 15 – $15/person or $25/family-group. Registration after April 15 – $20/person or $35/family-group. Online registration ends at 6PM on April 22. Registration is available at 1106 Harris Avenue during the weekend.er ‘incorrect ballots’ will be placed in a drawing for other prizes.

Peter James 2022 Collection Celebration Event
2022-04-22 16:00 - 20:00
Friday April 22nd 4:00 – 8:00pm
Once a year, Peter James releases a new collection of vibrant nature photography that captures the essence of the dramatic beauty of Washington State. Each year, his work gets better, and this year it has also gotten much bigger. In addition to 26 new single images, he is also introducing 16 ultra high-resolution images that are printed as 3 or 5 panel prints from 6 feet up to 20 feet wide. These prints are magical to experience in person!
The event will also feature wine and appetizers, as well as a big screen slideshow of all 42 new images. If you haven’t been into the gallery recently, this is your perfect opportunity. If you have, why not bring your friends and share the beauty of our amazing area with them?
Contact the gallery with any questions (360) 733-9377, or browse Peter’s breathtaking work today at:
https://www.peterjamesphotogallery.com/
Peter James Photography Gallery
1211 Mill Avenue Bellingham, WA 98225
peter@peterjamesphotogallery.com
(360) 733-9377
https://www.peterjamesphotogallery.com/

Local Laughs - Open Mic Comedy Night
2022-04-21 17:00 - 22:00
Open Mic Comedy Night every other Thursday at The Local Public House!
(360)306-3731
www.thelocalpublichouse.com

Local Trivia
2022-04-20 17:00 - 22:00
Weekly Trivia at The Local Public House every Wednesday!
(360)306-3731
www.thelocalpublichouse.com

Katerina Canyon and Raúl Sánchez, Poetry Reading – IN PERSON
2022-04-16 19:00 - 20:00
Katerina Canyon and Raúl Sánchez will be doing an in-person poetry reading at Village Books in Bellingham, WA on April 16, 2022 from 7:00 – 8:00PM.
Katerina Canyon is an Award-Winning Poet, Best Selling Author, civil rights activist, and essayist. She will be reading from her new poetry collection Surviving Home, which was released on November 9, 2021. Surviving Home is a collection of poems that serve as a memoir of the trauma she experienced and overcame. Concisely arresting and challenging the beliefs of family and the fantasies of tradition, the poems in Surviving Home show that home is a place that you endure rather than a place where you are nurtured. With unyielding cadence and unparalleled sadness and warmth, Katerina Canyon contemplates the prejudice and limitations buried in a person’s African American heritage: parents that seem to care for you with one hand and slap you with the other, the secret desires to be released from the daily burdens of life, as well as the surprising ways a child chooses to amuse herself. Finding resilience in the unexpected, this collection tears down the delicate facades of family. Katerina Canyon is a 2021, 2020, and 2019 Pushcart Prize Nominee. Her stories have been published in The New York Times and The Huffington Post.
Raúl Sánchez will be reading from his new poetry collection When There Were No Borders. These poems present and re-present our “tongue,” our “language,” our “culture and pride.” Steeped in history and “blood blood blood” unforgotten and dignified, these poems are never what you expect yet are as familiar as an ancestral landscape. Deeply layered like culture itself, this book es una flor, multi-petalled, many-voiced – sin frontera and utterly unique. From rich love poems to Neruda-esque declamaciónes to canciones and cantos, this book represents as we were, and are, When There Were No Borders, by presenting the multiverse that is US of America through the voice of one, Raúl Sánchez, crossing borders.
Raúl Sánchez is the former City of Redmond Poet Laureate 2019 – 2021. He teaches poetry in Spanish through the Seattle Arts and Lectures (WITS) program, also through the Jack Straw Educational Project. In the last three years he volunteered for PONGO Teen Writing at the Juvenile Detention Center. He runs the “Poetry in the Park” event at the Meadowbrook Pond in NE Seattle. His work has appeared in a multitude of journals, magazines, and anthologies. His new collection When There Were No Borders was released by Flower Song Press, McAllen Texas July 2021. His latest book is All Our Brown Skinned Angels.
Village Books is located at 1200 11th St, Bellingham, WA 98225. For more information, please visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/katerina-canyon-and-raul-sanchez-poetry-in-person-tickets-304284943457

Easter Celebration
2022-04-16 11:00 - 2022-04-17 13:30
Activities and entertainment for the entire family will be featured April 16-17 during the Easter Celebration at Whatcom County’s Bellewood Farms & Distillery.
Live music, tractor train rides through the orchard and photo opportunities with the Easter Bunny – all free – will be offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 16, and Sunday, April 17. Bellewood Farms is located at 6140 Guide Meridian, within seven miles of Bellingham, Ferndale and Lynden.
“It’s a wonderful time to enjoy nature’s beauty,” said Eric Abel, president of Bellewood Farms. “The buds are forming on our apple trees and we may see blossoms on some of them, all with Mt. Baker as a majestic backdrop.”
Rosin & Reed, a duo of Kera-Lynne Newman and Jan Peters, will perform Irish/Celtic and American music with fiddle, guitar and harmonica from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. both days.
Children 12 and younger can earn prizes on a scavenger hunt along the Bunny Trail ($5 admission fee per child) while adults may prefer cocktails and farm-made spirits in the distillery’s tasting room. And everyone can enjoy tossing bags in a friendly game of cornhole.
Food options include the full menu at the Ten Mile Cafe, plus kettle corn and made-from-scratch cider donuts. A special addition for this weekend will be plant starts for anyone wishing to bring a splash of spring home with them.
For more information about Bellewood Farms, call (360) 318-7720 or visit www.bellewoodfarms.com.
