• The Orcas Island Lit Fest

    The Orcas Island Lit Fest is an annual celebration of literature and community held in an inspiringly beautiful place. This April 17-19, 2020, we’ll bring together renowned authors and avid readers for three days of panels, readings and children's...

  • INTERACTIVE ACRYLIC POUR PAINTING DEMO ARIL 18

    Join popular artist, Bev Davis, at the Whatcom Art Market on Saturday April 18 from noon to 3 pm to learn how to paint by pouring acrylic paint and take your creation home with you. The gallery is located...

  • Laugh Your Tail Off!

    Big laughs are on the way Saturday, April 18, 2020, at The NOAH Center’s 7th annual Laugh Your Tail Off comedy show and auction featuring comedian Collin Moulton. The fun begins at 6 p.m. Laugh Your Tail Off is a fun evening designed to bring passionate community members together for an evening...

  • Blue Skies for Children’s 13th Annual Casino Night

    Come enjoy a night out with friends while supporting Blue Skies for Children! This event will include mock gaming such as, Blackjack, Texas Hold'Em, High Card Flush, Spanish 21, as well as appetizers, desserts, no host bar, raffle and gaming prizes. Tickets can be purchased for...

  • Kulshan Youth Choir Concert

    The Kulshan Youth Choir invites you to celebrate the songs that nature sings at their upcoming concert, "O Colored Earth," on Thurs., April 23 at 5:30pm at the First Congregational Church in Bellingham (2401 Cornwall Ave). We are a new youth chorus in Whatcom County providing music education through choral singing. Our choristers develop age-appropriate vocal practices, learn healthy singing technique, and...

  • Habitat for Humanity Trashion Show April 24, 2020

    Call for Entries for the Annual Trashion Show! Make fashion from trash, or “Trashion!” Do you want to participate as an artist or fashion designer in this year’s Habitat for Humanity annual “Trashion Show?” The “Trashion Show” is held during our Raise the Roof Auction on April 24th. Enter your design for a chance to win a cash prize of $150 for First Place Design, and $100 for Runner-up Design. Entries...

  • Tour de Lopez

    This very popular non-competitive bicycle tour of Lopez Island is brought to you by the Lopez Island Chamber of Commerce and is the kickoff event for cycling in...

  • FUNDrive benefiting Blue Skies for Children

    Ready for spring cleaning but unsure where to donate your items? Drop them off at Blue Skies for Children! We are conducting a FunDrive through Value Village and collecting items now through April 26th. Blue Skies receives funding for every pound you donate. Accepted: all clothing, shoes, towels, sheets, blankets, pillows, curtains or tablecloths, hats, scarves, blankets, wallets, backpacks, bags, in sellable condition. NOT Accepted: Mattresses, baby gear, appliances, large furniture, auto parts, building materials, cleaning...

  • Go Wild Photo Contest

    The Whatcom Humane Society's Go Wild Photo Contest is an online photo contest to recognize and appreciate photos of wildlife in the wild, where they belong! Starting May 1, 2020, we invite you to enter your...

  • Cascadia Poetry Festival

    Seattle Poetics LAB (SPLAB), a literary arts-oriented nonprofit organization and the organizing entity of the Cascadia Poetry Festival, is presenting the seventh Cascadia Poetry Festival at the Multiverse on San Juan Island May 1-3, 2020. The Multiverse, a gallery and island cultural center, will provide an intimate setting for festival attendees...

  • Kulshan Chorus Presents: Carmina Burana

    Kulshan Chorus, Cantabile Chamber Choir, Kulshan Youth Choir, Sno-King Community Chorale, and orchestra join forces under the artistic direction of Dustin Willets to perform Carl Orff’s masterpiece cantata, Carmina Burana. Orff selected twenty-four poems from the medieval collection, Carmina Burana, covering a variety of familiar topics: the fickleness of fortune and wealth,...