Preschool Cooking
2022-05-22 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
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

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

Book of Masks
2022-06-04 05:00 - 22:00 UTC
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

Conversation & Reading with Author Kevin Donner
2022-06-05 00:00 UTC
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.

Chakra Class
2022-06-05 10:00 - 2022-07-31 11:30 UTC
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

Sips and Suds: A Beer, Cider, and Wine Social
2022-06-10 00:00 UTC
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/

An Evening of Belly Dance
2022-06-11 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
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/

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.

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”

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.

Family Promise of Whatcom County Bed Race
2022-06-26 00:00 UTC
Friends, families, coworkers, congregations, everyone! Gather your team and get ready to race to end family homelessness!
Challenge friends and family to build a race bed and compete against them to up the competitive spirit and raise more money to help Whatcom families leave homelessness in the dust.
A Bed Race Team needs 5 people: 4 bed runners and 1 bed rider. Design and build your bed by putting four wheels on a bed frame with a twin, full, or queen mattress. Then get decorating for race day!
$100 Bed Race Entry Fee. Free to attend this family-friendly event. Learn more at https://www.interfaith-coalition.org/familypromisebedrace
For more details or questions, email Bed Race Coordinator Konrad Kocsis at familypromisebedrace@gmail.com.

Freedom Vans Van Gathering
2022-07-09 00:00 UTC
Join us for our annual van meet up at the Freedom Vans shop! This is an opportunity to bring the van community together to share spaces and knowledge, as well as introduce others to van life. There will be a free taco bar and live DJ. Bring your van (if you have one), your friends and your furry companions. This event is for everyone! We hope to see you there!

Return to the Peppermint
2022-07-09 00:00 - 2022-11-01 00:00 UTC
Trish Harding has been invited to show her recent work at Gallery at Third & Main. Returning to a location where she and her high school friends enjoyed hamburgers & fries known then as The Peppermint. Her work will reflect images of Lummi Island where she lived while attending Ferndale Schools.
contact trish.harding@studio-ufo.net
www.studio-ufo.net
www.gallery3rdmain.com

Wet Lands/Dry Lands
2022-07-14 00:00 - 2022-10-06 00:00 UTC
New work by Trish Harding as she responds to the dichotomy of climate change, including pastel & oil paintings.
contact Lindsey@jansensenartcenter.org or trish.harding@studio-ufo.net
www.jansenartcenter.org
www.studio-ufo.net

Belly Dance Showcase
2022-07-15 18:00 - 20:30 UTC
Come watch an evening of belly dance entertainment at the Fairhaven Village Green. This showcase will feature professional dancers from Bellingham and beyond, along with student dance troupes.
DAY/DATE: Friday, July 15
TIME: 6:00-8:30 pm
AGES: All ages
LOCATION: Fairhaven Village Green
COST: FREE
https://bellinghamalive.comevent2/belly-dance-showcase/

Tour de Whatcom
2022-07-23
Enjoy all that the Northwest has to offer in one beautiful ride! Mt. Baker, Lake Whatcom, valleys, rivers, farmland, and beaches. With rides varying from 22 miles to 100, you’ll find a great ride for every member of the family. A portion of proceeds benefit local charities, ride for a great cause!
Post-ride after party at Boundary Bay Brewery for the Tour de Whatcom. Meet other riders and share stories of your day! Each rider receives apiece of free Tour de Whatcom swag. The Beer Garden is open for all ages until 5 pm.
$45 – $80, depending on length of ride and time of registration (early bird discounts and family rates available, more info on our website)
CENTURY ROUTE (100 MILES): Early Bird – $60/75, Walk-up – $80,
METRIC CENTURY ROUTE (62 MILES): Early Bird – $50/65, Walk-up – $70
44 MILE ROUTE: Early Bird – $45/60, Walk-up: $65
22 MILE ROUTE: Early Bird – $40/55, Walk-up: $60
Tandem Riders for all rides except Family Rates: (+$20)
FAMILY RATE (3-4 Riders): Early Bird – $130/150, Walk-up – $170
FAMILY RATE (5-6 Riders): Early Bird – $180/200, Walk-up – $220
There is not a minimum age for riders. However, bike trailers and tag along systems for pulling children (eg. Trail-a-bike, Co-pilot) are not permitted. It is up to each parent to determine their child’s ability to safely complete the course.
info@tourdewhatcom.com
(360) 746-8861
https://www.tourdewhatcom.com

Samish Island Arts Festival
2022-07-30
Come to our 24th Samish Island Community Arts Festival without taking a ferry, it’s held at 11292 Blue Heron Rd on Samish Island.
We’ll include up to 40 artists selling woodworking, jewelry, glass, baskets, soaps, linens, photography and more. Stella Sopra Italian food truck is not to be missed and Terramar Brewstillery serves artisan beers and ciders at the beer garden. PK Dwyer, blues musician and fusion Celtic by Flattery Light will provide live music. See our website samishIsland.net or email SamishArtsFest@gmail.com. Questions, call 360 420 0243.

Gatka Martial Arts Show
2022-08-05 18:00 - 19:00 UTC
It’s First Friday Artwalk, come out for a free showing of a local Sikh martial arts Gatka Team! Originated in Punjab in the 15th century, Gatka is a style of stick-fighting, intended to simulate swords.
DAY/DATE: Friday, August 5
TIME: 6:00-7:00 pm
AGES: All ages
LOCATION: Depot Market Square
COST: FREE

Allied Arts presents: Looking Forward, Facing Back
2022-08-05 18:00 - 2022-08-27 21:00 UTC
Opening Reception: Friday, August 5, 2022, 6:00-9:00 pm
Exhibit runs August 5-27, 2022, 11:00-4:00 pm
Allied Arts of Whatcom County invites you to our exhibit Looking Forward, Facing Back. This installment, featuring the work of Erin Libby, Jessica Silver, Lyz Staman, and Susan Cohen Raphael, will send you on a time travelling journey through the whimsical and surreal dream worlds of these evocative creators.
Erin Libby’s new oils are narrative paintings. They like to tell stories. They like mystery and whimsey. They hope viewers spend time interpreting their paintings by bringing their own sensibility, interpretation, and experience to the viewing.
Jessica Silver hopes to introduce you to the same sculpture or piece of jewelry she sees when she looks at each unique stone.
Lyz Staman creates oil paintings that reflect her international travel and causes that she is passionate about. Her work shows a new way of looking at life around us and the interesting people we meet.
Susan Cohen Raphael creates multimedia work with oil, acrylics, graphite, on paper, canvas, or wood as well as photography. Always focusing facial expressions and relationships with the natural world of forms, shapes, and colors.
contact: Xandra Blackburn – Gallery coordinator
phone: 360-676-8548 x102
email: xandra@alliedarts.org,
website: www.alliedarts.org
Allied Arts is a non-profit gallery, proceeds from sales go to support the arts in our community. For more information visit www.alliedarts.org or contact: Kelly Hart – Executive Director at 676-8548 x107 or kelly@alliedarts.org.

Spin Dance Ice Cream Social
2022-08-15 00:00 UTC
End summer with an in-person Spin Dance Ice Cream Social at Depot Market Square for individuals with disabilities. Music provided by Glitt3r Lyfe.
DAY/DATE: Monday, August 15
TIME: 6:00-8:00 pm
AGES: 14 and older
LOCATION: Depot Market Square
COST: Free! (must pre-register)
MAX: 50 (includes personal care assistants)
http://apm.activecommunities.com/bellingham/Activity_Search/36261

Upcycled Runway Show
2022-08-20 17:30 - 22:00 UTC
15+ local designers presenting their collections of upcycyled wearables including vintage, ready-to-wear and trashion/ industry waste. An artistic delivery of the diversion of textile waste from the landfill. A social gathering supporting TOWARD ZERO WASTE. All Ages welcome.
Doors open at 5:30pm.
DJ Kraymer Gdot
Show starts at 7pm.
Dance-Off with CASH PRIZES 8:30pm
Tickets from $20
www.thegoatscoat.com

(Photo credit: www.thegoatscoat.com)

Dog Days of Summer
2022-08-28 00:00 UTC
Whatcom Humane Society presents Dog Days of Summer! This event is the largest dog focused festival in the northwest and will feature vendors that cater to dogs and their people, fun activities, contests, and great food.

North Cascades Bluegrass Festival
2022-09-02 00:00 UTC
The North Cascades Bluegrass Festival is pleased to announce that it will be held this coming Labor Day weekend, September 3, 4 and 5, at the Deming Log Show Grounds, near Bellingham, WA. This year’s festival lineup contains a number of award-winning bands including two-time Grammy-nominated band The Special Consensus featuring 2021 IBMA Music Award nominees Greg Blake, male vocalist of the year, and Dan Eubanks, bass player of the year, IBMA Momentum award-winning band, Stillhouse Junkies as well the Kody Norris Show, a 7-time nominated SPGMA band of the year. Also appearing this year will be the Boulder, CO based Blue Canyon Boys as well regional favorites the Lonesome Town Painters and Runaway Train. Completing this year’s lineup will be talented singer-songwriter Rebekah Long from Nashville, TN. who, in addition to performing with her own band during the festival, will join local band favorite, Roosevelt Road, in a gospel set on Sunday morning.
For more information and tickets visit us at www.ncbf.fun

September Fly Day
2022-09-03 10:00 - 16:00 UTC
Heritage Flight Museum will host our September Fly Day on Labor Day weekend, featuring historic aircraft like the North American P-51 Mustang and Douglas A-1 Skyraider. Make it a day of family fun with spine-tingling flight demos, kids activities, Apollo 8 exhibits, static aircraft displays and Brando’s BBQ truck. Admission is $12 adults, $10 seniors, $5 military and kids 5-17, kids under 5 and members free. More info: www.heritageflight.org, or call 360-424-5151 ahead of the event date; we are unable to staff phones during the Fly Day.

33rd European Pediatrics Conference
2022-09-05 00:00 - 2022-09-06 00:00 UTC
33rd European Pediatrics Conference
September 05-06, 2022 Berlin, Germany
Theme: Fostering New Advancements in Ameliorating Child Health
Home | Conference Brochure | Submit Abstract | Scientific Sessions
Conference series takes pleasure in inviting the scientific community across the globe to attend the 33rd European Pediatrics Conference during September 05-06, 2022 at Berlin, Germany with a motto to Fostering New Advancements in Ameliorating Child Health
Euro Pediatrics 2022 aims to discover advances in health practice opportunities and challenges for the pediatrics community, management and education in relation to health disparities as well as a breadth of other topics. According to the reports, there are near 3.5 million pediatrics professionals in the workforce today, representing about three of each five human services proficient and specialized employments in the nation, or 57 percent of the 6.1 million employments in Health expert and specialized occupations.
For abstract submission, please visit: https://europe.pediatricsconferences.org/abstract-submission.php
Euro Pediatrics 2022 Conference will encourage Young Researcher’s Forum, scientists and the researchers in their early stage of career graph to widely discuss their outcome so as to enrich and develop the idea. The ‘Best Poster Award’ is meant to encourage students in taking active part in the International Science platform to sharpen their skills and knowledgebase.
The important tracks that are part of Euro Pediatrics 2022 includes Pediatrics, Neonatology and Perinatology, Pediatric Oncology & Hematology, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, Pediatric Neurology, Clinical Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Orthodontics, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Endocrinology, Pediatric Dermatology, Pediatric Nursing, Pediatric Surgery, Child and Adolescent Obesity, Pediatric Nutrition, Pediatric Orthopedics, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Treatments of Pediatric Diseases, Pediatric Diagnostic Techniques, Pediatric Surgeons Meeting, Commercialization, Pediatric Infectious Disease.
The Abstracts that are accepted for presentations are published in the proceedings of the Journals like Journal of Pediatrics & Therapeutics, Journal of Pediatrics & Health Research.
Grab the opportunity to participate by registering through flowing link:
https://europe.pediatricsconferences.org/registration.php
For further details, please contact.
Regards,
Keira Wilson| Program Director
Euro Pediatrics-2022
*For quicker reply, WhatsApp us on +44 3308187501
Email:europediatrics@europemeet.com

Mt. Baker Hill Climb
2022-09-11 00:00 UTC
Great views, fresh air, tough climbs. Ascend 4,462 feet from Chair 9 in Glacier to Artist Point (5,140 feet elevation) in approximately 22 miles. The Mt. Baker Highway (SR542) is known as one of the most scenic paved roads in the country and rarely is the highway closed to motorized vehicles from Glacier to Artist Point. With steep elevation and several switchbacks, this ride is not for the faint of heart, but the views are stunning. Experience the agony and the ecstasy!
This is a timed event. 1st female and male of each age division registered in the Competitive Division, receive a custom Voler Winners Jersey and 1st – 3rd of each division receive a locally produced medal.
The race begins at MP 35, 1/4 mile east of the check-in at Chair 9 Pizza & Bar.
Social: 7:00 AM
Recreational: 8:00 AM
Competitive: 8:30 AM
End time: 12:00pm (road closed until noon)
All start lines begin at Snowater Road, just east of Glacier, WA. Parking is available at the Chair 9 restaurant. All vehicles will need to have a NW Forest Pass ($5) to park at Artist Point.
Anyone over the age of 13 can participate in the Mt. Baker Hill Climb. Riders between the ages of 13-15 years old on race day MUST be accompanied by a parent or guardian to participate.
Individual: $70 early bird, $80 after; Tandem: $90 early bird, $100 after
https://www.bakerhillclimb.com
info@bakerhillclimb.com
(360) 746 – 8861

Trails to Taps Relay
2022-10-16 00:00 UTC
Teams of 5-10 runners explore 30+ miles of trails, roads, and parks with leg lengths between 1.6 miles and 5 miles. Each transition spot is one of 10 local breweries and cideries throughout Bellingham. It all ends with an After Party and a pint glass and free fill for participants. Costumes are strongly encouraged, and the costume contest winner receives merchandise from the local breweries and cideries.
This event is 21+ and benefits Lydia Place, a nonprofit, community-based agency serving individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Whatcom County since 1989.
Early bird: $250 per team, $300 per team after
relay@trailstotapsrelay.com
(360) 746 – 8861
https://www.trailstotapsrelay.com

Pacific Arts Market
2022-12-09 00:00 - 2022-12-18 00:00 (America/Denver)
Join us for our 10th annual Pacific Arts Holiday Market at Sunset Square Bellingham! Located at the former Tuesday Morning storefront, between Round Table Pizza and Xfinity, shop 40 local artisan crafters 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday! Featuring candles, glassware, jewelry, gemstones, holiday gifts, photography, bath and body, screen printed wearable art, cupcakes, cookies and more! Enjoy two more weekends of shopping local this holiday season.

Skagit Valley Chorale, Heralding Christmas 2022
2022-12-17 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Denver)
After our joyful return to McIntyre Hall for our 2022 spring concert, we are excited to have our first Christmas concert there with a live audience since 2019. We will visit some of our Christmas favorites and yours, too, and bring back the audience sing-alongs, including our long tradition of singing “Peace, Peace” to close our concert.
SATURDAY, DEC. 17 – 7:30 PM, SUNDAY, DEC. 18 – 2:00 PM
Tickets: $20-$30, McIntyre box office: (360) 416-7727, or
mcintyrehall@skagit.edu
Contact: Jill Hatcher, pjhatcher@comcast.net

ALCHEMY ME
2023-01-01 00:00 - 2023-01-05 00:00 (America/Denver) | Heartful Retreats, 8480 Thompson Beach Rd, Anacortes, WA, 98221, United States
Stay & Explore With Our 5-Day Workshop On Self-Transformation
Wellness retreats are a healthful way to bring body and mind back into alignment, and to recenter the seat of soul in the spirit of loving kindness. At Heartful Retreats, the focus is on exploring our many selves through friendship, writing and art making, good food, and mindful spirituality. This retreat is for anyone looking to examine distinct blueprints for life – those personal, professional and spiritual selves that describe the material of who we are. What you will leave with is a finished set of keepsake materials, tools, & talismans, & a better understanding of where you are now and possibilities ahead. Small class, big impact – space is limited so book now. Specific info about this Retreat can be found at www.heartfulretreats.com/retreats or contact Yvette Neumann @360-510-9819.
