Bellingham Alive

Deep Blue Sound
2025-01-23 19:30 - 2025-02-09 21:00 (America/Denver)
Bellingham TheatreWorks presents
DEEP BLUE SOUND
Written by Abe Koogler
Directed by Mark Kuntz
January 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, February 1, 7, 8 @ 7:30
February 9 @ 1:00 and 5:00
Firehouse Arts and Events Center, 1314 Harris Avenue
tickets: $25 general/$15 student
bellinghamtheatreworks.org
On a picturesque island in Puget Sound, we find a town in a crisis: The whales have gone missing. While (unofficial) Mayor Annie searches for a solution, Chris tries to get back together with Mary; John reaches out to help Homeless Gary; Leslie longs for a faraway pen pal; Ali has come home to care for her mother; and Ella has a secret she only wants to share with local journalist Joy Mead, who she barely knows. But what about the whales? Is their absence just a seasonal glitch, or is it a sign of our collective failure to take care of the Earth? DEEP BLUE SOUND is a funny and moving play about the connections we make—and the ones we long to make—to other people, and to the world around us.
Questions and accommodations 360-209-5599

Come discover more about this unique upcoming class series: Access Creativity with First Impulse Painting
2025-01-24 13:00 - 14:00
Join Susan Kramer-Pope, Creative Process Facilitator, for a free introductory session on Friday, January 24th, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm to find out if the course, Access Creativity with First Impulse Painting, is a fit for you.
You’ll explore the resources you already possess to express your unique creative nature without the need for skill or talent, and get all your questions answered.
Looking forward to seeing you there!

Robbie Burns Dinner at Hotel Leo
2025-01-25 16:00 - 21:00
Mark your calendars for an unforgettable evening at Hotel Leo’s Robbie Burns Day Dinner on January 25, 2025 from 4PM – 9PM! Join us to honor Scotland’s beloved poet with a night steeped in tradition, featuring a plated Scottish feast, lively music, and the ceremonial Presenting of the Haggis. This is a celebration of culture, cuisine, and community you won’t want to miss. The full menu and event details are coming soon, so stay tuned—and save the date for this special winter gathering!
Book your experience on Opentable or visit thehotelleo.com/dining for more info.

Make.Shift's Art for All Ages 2025
2025-01-25 18:00 - 21:00
Make.Shift presents our third annual Arts for All Ages Gala! The Gala will be held on January 25th, from 6pm to 9pm. The theme this year is Glam Rock, so come fully decked out to celebrate all ages of artists in our community. Hosted at Bellingham Cruise Terminal (355 Harris Ave.
Bellingham, WA 98225), this year’s gala comes complete with dinner, an awards ceremony, an auction, and our yearly exception of our No Booze policy! Additionally, until the first of December, Make.Shift is accepting nominations for the winner of our A4AA award. Find the nomination form at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17uwt9bU_aHKU64lk_W8z2P_0sfILXKS8FiGBXubJmdM/viewform?edit_requested=true
As always, all proceeds go towards keeping Make.Shift running through the new year. Make.Shift is a 501c3 non-profit serving over 6,000 people per year. All donations are tax deductible.
To get in contact with Make.Shift staff, call us at 360-933-1849, or send us an email at outreach@makeshiftartspace.org. Find our website at: https://makeshiftartspace.org/

Nature Show and Tell
2025-01-28 17:30 - 19:30
Nature Show and Tell. All ages welcome: family friendly and FREE! Doors open at 5:30PM, Show and Tell is 6:00-7:30PM. Bring your favorite nature photos or objects (collected responsibly, of course) to share with fellow nature lovers.
Prizes for most unique, funniest, and best in show (and tell)!
$1 per pint purchased goes toward Wild Whatcom’s youth program scholarships. Donations also welcome.
Submit photos in advance at: https://tab.so/naturephotos

Lunar New Year Wine Tasting
2025-01-29 17:00 - 19:00
Join us and Amy Pickering for a wine tasting to celebrate the Lunar New Year! 4 wines & charcuterie + cheese by yours truly.

Dirty Dozen Brass Band
2025-02-02 19:30 - 21:00
Official Website
The Lincoln Theatre is honored to host The Dirty Dozen Brass Band! Join us for a Mardi Gras celebration with this legendary New Orleans ensemble!
Celebrating over 45 years since their founding in 1977, the Grammy Award-winning New Orleans-based Dirty Dozen Brass Band has taken the traditional foundation of brass band music and incorporated it into a blend of genres, including bebop jazz, funk and R&B/soul. This unique sound, described by the band as a “musical gumbo,” has allowed the Dirty Dozen to tour across five continents and more than thirty countries, record twelve studio albums, and collaborate with a range of artists from Modest Mouse to Widespread Panic to Norah Jones. Forty-five plus years later, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a world-famous music machine whose name is synonymous with genre-bending romps and high-octane performances.
In 1977, the Dirty Dozen Social Aid and Pleasure Club in New Orleans began showcasing a traditional Crescent City brass band. It was a joining of two proud, but antiquated, traditions at the time: social aid and pleasure clubs dated back over a century to a time when black southerners could rarely afford life insurance, and the clubs would provide proper funeral arrangements. Brass bands — early predecessors of jazz as we know it — would often follow the funeral procession playing somber dirges, then once the family of the deceased was out of earshot, burst into jubilant dance tunes as casual onlookers danced in the streets. By the late ’70s, few of either existed. The Dirty Dozen Social Aid and Pleasure Club decided to assemble this group as a house band, and over the course of these early gigs, the seven-member ensemble adopted the venue’s name: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

BMC matinee program features music from Scandinavia
2025-02-05 10:30 - 11:30
Violinist Grant Donnellan offers the fourth installment of his popular musical travelogue series.
This year, he explores the rich musical heritage and his personal connection with Scandinavian culture. He and pianist Judith Widrig have curated a selection of works by well-known composers, as well as “discoveries” by women composers.
Join us on Wednesday, February 5, at 10:30am, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 119 Texas St. in Bellingham. Free, open to all, and family friendly. This is BMC’s gift to the community! More information on https://bellinghammusicclub.org/

Birchwood Garden Club's February 5th Meeting
2025-02-05 19:00 - 21:00
Birchwood Garden Club
Established 1931-Bellingham, Washington
Planting Seeds of Friendship throughout our Community
February Topic: Getting in Shape for Gardening
The February 5, 2025 meeting of the Birchwood Garden Club will be held in the Rotunda Room of the Old City Hall Museum, 121 Prospect St., Bellingham, WA 98225. Doors open at 6:30PM.
The speaker for the evening will be Eric Short-Miller, DPT, from the Fyzical Therapy and Balance Center of Bellingham who will speak on “Getting in Shape for Gardening.”
We’ve all been there. Spring arrives and we’re ready to get outside and garden. Of course since we’ve been sitting around doing nothing all winter, our body isn’t anywhere near in shape enough to bend and stretch and lift and everything else that goes along with the gardening process. Eric is going to tell us how to fix that.
Eric is a co-founder of the Fyzical Therapy Center of Bellingham. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy
and Doctorate of Physical Therapy. He is involved in the community, guest lecturing and teaching Tai Chi, as well as trying to improve his balance while out paddle boarding with his wife. Eric enjoys working with foot and ankle problems and balance issues, and is certified by the McKenzie Institute in Mechanical Spine evaluation and treatment. Please join us!!!
Birchwood Garden Club membership is open to anyone in Whatcom or Skagit Counties. You are invited to join us at our monthly meetings where we will have membership brochures to join. Check out our website, www.birchwoodgardenclub.org to see the fun activities and community services our club does! You can also join us on Instagram and Facebook @ Birchwood Garden Club.

Cancellation of Birchwood Garden Club's Feb. 5 Meeting
2025-02-05 19:00 - 21:00
Cancellation of Birchwood Garden Club’s February 5, 2025 Meeting due to inclement weather.
We will resume in March.

Exposed
2025-02-06 18:00 - 2025-03-26 21:00
Voxel Gallery presents Exposed, a provocative group exhibition exploring the beauty, complexity, and vulnerability of the human body. Featuring works that delve into body composition, sensuality, eroticism, and the nude form, the show invites artists to express the human figure in its raw beauty. Exposed opens Thursday, February 6, at 6 p.m. and runs through March 25 at 312 West Champion Street, Bellingham. Visit www.voxelgallery.com for more info.

Allied Arts 2025 Annual Membership Show
2025-02-07 10:00 - 2025-03-01 17:00
February 7- March 1:
Opening Reception: February 7, 6pm-9pm
Allied Arts presents our 45th Anniversary in conjunction with our 2025 Annual Member’s Show. This show features work from Allied Arts members, including professional artists, students, and new or emerging artists. The artwork presented in this show will exemplify the vast variety of creativity within our local art community.

Discover First Impulse Painting
2025-02-07 14:00 - 15:00
Painting Class Informational Session with Susan Kramer-Pope
Friday, February 7, 2025
2 –3 pm
Join Susan Kramer-Pope, Creative Process Facilitator, for a free info session on Friday, February 7th, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm to find out if the course, Access Creativity with First Impulse Painting, is a fit for you.
You’ll explore the resources you already possess to express your unique creative nature without the need for skill or talent, and get all your questions answered.
Looking forward to seeing you there!

Heart of The Art Kick-off
2025-02-07 16:00 - 18:00
Join us for “Heart of the Art,” a Downtown Sunnyland gallery glide through the vibrant artistic soul of Bellingham, happening on Friday, February 7th, from 5 PM to 8 PM. This event showcases our back alley hidden treasures and artists, featuring their innovative works and unique perspectives. Whether you’re an art enthusiast or simply looking to experience Bellingham’s rich cultural scene, this event promises an inspiring evening filled with creativity and community spirit. Don’t miss out on this chance to immerse yourself in the heart of our local art scene!
Hela Provisions will be open from 4pm – 6pm to kick off the art crawl! Join us for a product tasting including vermouth, N/A products, and cheese. Tickets for the tasting will be $10, which is being donated to Ragfinery to help them rebuild.

Music and stories from Scandinavia with violinist Grant Donnellan and pianist Judith Widrig
2025-02-07 19:30 - 21:00
Violinist Grant Donnellan offers the fourth installment of his popular musical travelogue series. This year, he explores the rich musical heritage and his personal connection with Scandinavian culture.
He and pianist Judith Widrig have curated a selection of works by Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius, as well as “discoveries” by romantic Swedish composer Amanda Maier, and contemporary Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.
Full-length BMC Night Beat is on Friday, February 7, 7:30pm at First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave. in Bellingham. No ticket purchase required; we suggest a $20 donation. All are welcome and students are always free!
Find out more about BMC’s season and endeavors on https://bellinghammusicclub.org/

50 years of EMS in Whatcom county: Celebrating our Past, Present, and Future
2025-02-08 17:30 - 20:30
The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Foundation of Whatcom County is proud to host a landmark celebration honoring 50 years of outstanding emergency medical services in our community. This special event will not only pay tribute to past and present medical first responders but also inspire future EMS leaders, highlight lifesaving stories, and officially launch the EMS Foundation of Whatcom County.
The evening will feature a silent auction to support the EMS Foundation’s mission of advancing emergency medical care in Whatcom County. Community members are invited to come together to honor the legacy of EMS professionals, while contributing to a brighter future for emergency services in our region.
Event Details:
When: February 8, 2025; 5:30pm – 8:30pm
Where: Chuckanut Bay Distillery Ballroom, Bellingham, WA
Why: To celebrate five decades of EMS service and raise funds to support education, training, and innovation in emergency medical care.
Tickets are available online until January 31st at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whatcom-ems-50th-anniversary-gala-tickets-1023004673517?aff=oddtdtcreator
About the EMS Foundation:
The EMS Foundation of Whatcom County is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization established in 2022 by local community members. The Foundation provides funding for innovative educational, technical, and research initiatives that enhance emergency medical care. With a commitment to compassion, empathy, and leadership, the EMS Foundation seeks to ensure exceptional care for everyone in Whatcom County.
Why Your Support Matters:
Funds raised during the event will go directly toward initiatives that support outstanding emergency medical training, cutting-edge research, and lifesaving technology, beyond what the EMS levy is authorized to support. By attending and contributing, you help empower EMS professionals to provide the best possible care for our community.
How to Get Involved:
Tickets and Donations: Visit www.wcemsfoundation.org for event details and to purchase tickets or make a donation.
Spread the Word: Share the event with friends, family, and colleagues to maximize community impact. You can find us on Facebook at wcemsfoundation and on Instagram at wcems_foundation.
Join us as we celebrate the past, honor the present, and invest in the future of emergency medical services in Whatcom County.
How to contact us:
EMS Foundation of Whatcom County
P.O. Box 164, Bellingham, WA 98227
Phone: 360-230-8806‬
Email: board@wcemsfoundation.org
Web: www.wcemsfoundation.org

Bad Posture Club: A Welcome Home Show
2025-02-09 18:00 - 21:00
Bad Posture Club: A Welcome Home Show
Sunday February 9th
1309 Cornwall Ave
Please join us for an intimate and acoustic listening event featuring songs and stories collected in their seven years since leaving Bellingham. Held in the city’s newest gorgeous and transformative space: The Ballroom at Chuckanut Bay Distillery.
Doors/Social Hour 6PM w/The Shadies
Bad Posture Club 7-8:30PM
Tickets available via:
https://events.humanitix.com/bpcbham
Early Bird $15 (January 6th to January 20th)
Advance $20 (January 21st to February 8th)
Day of Show $25 (cash/venmo @pacetrumpet)
21+
Cash bar
ADA accessible
* Bad Posture Club *
Bad Posture Club are a queer folk duo made up of Maren Day and Morgan Kavanagh. Originally from Northwestern Washington, they’ve toured nationally and spent formative years in the Midwest music scene. Together they craft intricate and experimental harmonies with their two voices, banjo, guitar, and a century-old pump organ. Bad Posture Club invites the listener in to offer warmth and reflection through their original therapeutic soundscape.
badpostureclub.net
* The Shadies *
Best be fashionably on time to meet and mingle before the main event as Bellingham’s own The Shadies help feed the community sentiment. Proud nerds of obscure fiddle tunes, forgotten songs from the early twentieth century, Hawaiian steel guitar melodies, and classic country favorites. Their old-time sound is an extension of late-night kitchen jams, impromptu square dances, festival pilgrimages, and compulsive woodshedding. Are they a band or just some pals that love to play tunes and sing songs? After almost 20 years, it’s hard to tell.

Heart & Soul*drift: Valentine's at Hotel Leo
2025-02-14 16:00 - 21:00
You can’t spell LOVE without L-E-O! Get ready for a night of romance and elegance at Hotel Leo! Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a delicious plated dinner featuring dishes like duck leg confit and braised lamb shank, perfectly complemented by featured cocktails and curated wine and cocktail pairings. All set to the soulful sounds of live music from Soul*drift.
Reserve your spot on OpenTable.

Valentine Parents Night Out
2025-02-14 18:00 - 21:00
Parents have a night out while your children celebrate with crafts, games and dancing! Ages 2.5-11. Check QR for details and registration.

Valentine Parents Night Out!
2025-02-14 18:15 - 21:15
Drop your children off for some fun Valentine’s Day crafts, music, games and dinner too! And you go have some fun of your own 🙂
1417 Cornwall Ave. Ste. 201
One block from Mount Baker Theatre!
https://peacecenters.org/event-descriptions/

Gong & Sound Bath
2025-02-14 19:00 - 20:15
Gong & Sound Bath with Kristi of Mystic Heart
Experience an intentional soothing soundscape to support your nervous system, ease your mind and rejuvenate your whole being. Kristi of Mystic Heart Sound Meditation crafts rhythmic gong beats and harmonzing cosmic sequences for you to be ‘bathed’ in a soundscape creating deeply relaxing states of meditation and a restorative environment for your mind and body. Unwind, relax deeply, rise feeling renewed.
For your maximum comfort please bring a yoga mat & plenty of padding/cushioning (to remain comfortable while reclined), cozy blanket and a small pillow for your head to nestle in for your sound experience. Seated, chair or reclined meditation all welcome.
Tickets: $28, $33 at the door. Pre-registration requested. Reserve your spot via MysticHeartBeats.com. Doors about 20 minutes before. Free parking during event.
Location: The Firehouse Arts & Events Center, in Fairhaven. 1314 Harris Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225

Grateful for Love with CraigO’s Planet Groove: Valentine's Dinner
2025-02-15 16:00 - 21:00
You can’t spell love without L-E-O!
Keep the Valentine’s vibes rolling with CraigO’s Planet Groove, bringing the best of the Grateful Dead to Hotel Leo on Saturday, February 15. Join us for the second night of our special Valentine’s Day dinner menu, featuring indulgent dishes like duck leg confit and braised lamb shank, plus featured cocktails and expertly curated wine and cocktail pairings. A night filled with great music, good company, and unforgettable flavors awaits!

Breaking Boundaries: A Black History Month Event
2025-02-15 19:15 - 21:00
Black Californian teenager, Nastasya Generalova, was raised by her single white Russian mother, Olga who enrolled Nastasya in rhythmic gymnastics when she was four years old as a way for her to connect to Olga’s homeland. This film looks at Nastasya’s personal journey of expression as the only black girl in Team USA, as well as her relationship with her mother in the stressful lead up to Tokyo Olympics qualification. The audience is invited into Nastasya’s world to experience what it feels like to be the only black girl in the building. CASCADIA is screening this 76-minute documentary directed by Dina Burlis in celebration of Black History Month. This special screening made possible, in part, with a grant from the Washington State Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Tickets are $12 and available here: https://bit.ly/3E6uPQx.

Risqué Renegades “Sizzle”
2025-02-15 19:30 - 21:30
Join these powerful women for a night of sexy dancing, explosions of glitter, and so much fun!
Perfect for date night, girls night out, or just looking to be entertained.
This is Cabaret done the local way. Stimulate. Defy. Empower.
Risquerenegades.com
Box office 360-336-8955

The Jazz Project
2025-02-16 16:00 - 18:00
The 2025 Spring Art of Jazz Series continues with Danned If We Do, with Jud Sherwood, drums/vocals; Cheryl Hodge, keyboard/vocals; Brian Cunningham, guitar/vocals; Jon Meyer, bass. Tickets and memberships are available in The Jazz Project store. Art of Jazz tickets are generic and admit to any concert in the series. The 2025 series is free to Jazz Project members.
Cost: Free for Members, $20 at the door
Purchase tickets in advance at https://jazzproject.org/product-category/tickets-art-of-jazz/
Website: jazzproject.org

Poetry Pop-Up Series | State Street (Bellingham)
2025-02-20 17:30 - 22:00
Experience Bellingham through poetry.
Presented by the Salish Sea Poetry Festival, this “crawl” of four local State Street hangouts connects poets and poetry groups with each other and the community.
Enjoy spoken poetry in a public house setting and taste local fare. Meet regional writers and learn about the groups that support them. Explore each stop with featured poets from the local writing groups below.
FOUR LOCATIONS, ONE DOWNTOWN STREET
5:30p Honey Moon Mead & Cider | 1053 N. State St. – Pacific Corner Poets’ Third Thursday
7:00p L&L Libations | 1107 N. State St. – Corridor
8:00p Ramble Tamble | 1313 N. State St. – HamLit
9:00p 20th Century Bowl | 1411 N. State St. – Idiom
Contact: SalishSeaPoetry@gmail.com

Keys & Cocktails
2025-02-21 16:30 - 22:00
Kick off the weekend in style with Keys & Cocktails at Hotel Leo Friday, February 21! Start your evening with a piano happy hour as the brand-new Steinway comes to life with the soulful vocals of Julie Lewis and the lively tunes of piano maestro Mark Nichols. From sultry torch songs to rowdy singalongs, it’s the perfect mix of music, history, and good company. Sip on a cocktail, settle into the warm ambiance, and let the music set the tone for a fantastic Friday night. Music starts at 4:30 PM and plays till 10 PM

Cinderella
2025-02-21 19:30 - 2025-03-02 22:00
Skagit Valley College presents Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” – the new Broadway adaptation of the classic musical. This contemporary take on the classic tale features Rodgers & Hammerstein’s most beloved songs, including “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible It’s Possible” and “Ten Minutes Ago,” alongside an up-to-date, hilarious and romantic libretto by Tony Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane.
Prince and Princess Tea Party at 12:30 on Sunday, February 23. Space is Limited for the Tea Party Option. Tickets must be purchased in advance and no later than February 21. Tickets are NOT available the day of the event.
Special performance for the little ones at 2:00pm – Saturday, March 1. The shorter performance is 60 minutes. Wear your costumes! The performance is Pay What You Wish!
FEBRUARY 21 – March 2, 2025
February 21, 22, 28, March 1st at 7:30 pm
February 23rd and March 2nd at 2:00
Ticket: Reserved $10-$50
https://purchase.mcintyrehall.org/
Phone: 360-416-7727

Gardening Green course in Bellingham
2025-02-22 10:00 - 2025-03-22 12:00
Discover the secrets to vibrant, lower-maintenance, and environmentally friendly landscaping with WSU Whatcom County Extension’s Gardening Green courses.
5-week in-person course in Bellingham on Saturdays, 10 am to 12 pm, from February 22-March 22.
You’ll learn how to
• Cultivate healthy soils, and conserve water,
• Reduce maintenance,
• Create naturally beautiful gardens that are bird and pollinator friendly, and
• Help to keep our lakes and rivers clean
And you’ll create a customized landscaping plan.
To learn more and register go to: https://extension.wsu.edu/whatcom/nr/gardening-green/

Dr. Kate Dee in conversation with Julie Trimingham- Med Spa Mayhem: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Secrets of the Aesthetic Industry
2025-02-23 17:00 - 18:00
Join Village Books in welcoming Dr. Kate Dee and Julie Trimingham to the Readings Gallery for Dr. Kate Dee’s debut memoir and exposé, Med Spa Mayhem: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Secrets of the Aesthetic Industry. Questions about Botox or Laser or Skin Care? Get the skinny on all that and more and join conversation.
