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Online trivia through Zoom, every Tuesday night, featuring a mix of gallery and breakout rooms allowing you to socialize while you play several rounds of trivia including a weekly suggested category.
Zoom link available each week at http://Facebook.com/WorldsBestTrivia.
Teams or individuals can play. To participate in scoring, teams designate a scribe who submits answers using google forms. Players of all ages welcome!
The WWU Viking Quartet will present a recital featuring works by Marc Mellits, Jennifer Higdon, Michael Markowski, Fabio Calzavara and Georges Bizet. Performance will followed by a Q&A with the performers.
Shuichi Irie, soprano saxophone
Owen Reynolds, alto saxophone
Sabastian Marichalar, tenor saxophone
Eleanor Lewis, baritone saxophone
Heiner Theater
Free
Join the Whatcom Literacy Council for our 29th annual TRIVIA BEE fundraiser on Wednesday, April 30th from 6:30 pm to 8pm.
Ryan Budds of TRIVIA WITH BUDDS will team up with Scotty VanDryver of KAFE Radio to provide a fast paced and interactive platform for an online trivia night akin to Jeopardy! Register your team (3 people) on our webpage for $75 or just watch for free. Teams compete in four rounds on a variety of topics; this year one of the rounds will be all LOCAL (Whatcom County) trivia!! Winners going home with the traveling “Totten Trophy” and all proceeds go to support the wonderful free adult literacy programs offered by the
Whatcom Literacy Council. Because it is a virtual ZOOM event participants can play from anywhere, with answers submitted via cell phone.
For local residents who would like to meet in person Aslan Depot (1322 N State, Bellingham, WA) will be showing the event on a big screen, and supporting the Whatcom Literacy Council by donating $1 for every pint purchased. It is recommended that you arrive around 6pm to find a table and order drinks and food before the game begins at 6:30pm.
Bellingham Public Library is partnering with WWU’s Sustainability Engagement Institute and the Center for Community Learning to bring back another round of the popular Learning Together Forums. These events bring our community together to talk about sustainability. All are welcome. Share your hopes and challenges related to creating a more sustainable region and meet others doing inspirational work. Participants will leave with new connections and opportunities for action. Forums are free and open to all. Snacks provided! No registration required. At this session, we’ll focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions.
Thursdays in May!
The G.B.U. is a Bellingham classic! This show features a rotating performance format as well as special guest players to really make sure you get a wild and hilarious show that can go anywhere!
We are an all ages venue. Shows with “mature content” or “recommended for” will be advertised accordingly.
Annual Plant Sale, featuring Veggies, Flowers & Herbs.
Cash or Check only
Welcome to Fish Fry Frydays, where the music is rockin’ and the fish is fryin’!
Join us in the beer garden on Friday, May 2nd for a fish fry and live music from Elk!
Enjoy free live music, a delicious fish fry menu, craft beer, and fun for the whole family!
Doors open & food starts at 4 pm with music starting at 6!
Elk, not an acronym but an affirmation of the jam scene in the PNW as the incarnation of her most majestic beings. Born in the pandemic in the belly of Bellingham, WA, they just keep jamming and enjoying the soulful classics that sustained so many throughout the years.
We welcome all to stroll through downtown Bellingham and delight in the works of the younger art community! On Friday, May 2nd, Whatcom County students will proudly display their works of art during the 25th annual Children’s Art Walk presented by Allied Arts of Whatcom County. On this night, there will be numerous activities for kids and adults, music, and more to celebrate the arts in schools. Activities include a puppet performance by Andy Koch and Christian Smith. Art will stay on display through the first two weeks of May in honor of the statewide Arts Education Month.
Date and time: recurring on the first Friday of every month from 6 to 10 p.m.
First Fridays is a monthly celebration that showcases local artists and galleries, places to dine and sip, late night shopping, events, live music, and more! Join us on the first Friday of every month from 6 to 10 p.m.
With fresh programming each month, First Fridays provide opportunities to engage with Downtown Bellingham and discover the city center throughout the year. Dozens of businesses host artists, feature signature dishes, become a stage for musicians, and more!
It’s a great night to experience Downtown!
Voyage with the Upfront crew as they explore strange new worlds and boldly go where no improviser has gone before! Based on audience suggestions and familiar tropes, we will take you on a hilarious space adventure unlike any other. Live, laugh, and prosper.
We are an all ages venue. Shows with “mature content” or “recommended for” will be advertised accordingly.
Friday nights in May!
Join us as we develop the next hit in cinema! Improvisers will jump between a pitch session in the “writer’s room” to playing out scenes, as they write a story in real time using your suggestions. Watch as the chaos of development turns into a full fledged theatrical experience as all the pieces come together. What scenes will make the final cut? You’ll find out as the finished “movie” will premiere the very same night!
We are an all ages venue. Shows with “mature content” or “recommended for” will be advertised accordingly.
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Help remove invasive blackberry at a property nestled along the North Fork Nooksack River! Starting a project by removing nonnative species reduces competition and ensures there is plenty of space for the native plants we install to grow into a healthy habitat along the waterway. Noxious weeds like this one spread quickly and often outcompete native plants. This not only reduces the biodiversity of our ecosystems but also harms salmon habitat by replacing native plants that provide shade, bank stabilization, and large woody debris needed for a healthy riparian zone.
Help remove invasive blackberry at a property nestled along the North Fork Nooksack River! Starting a project by removing nonnative species reduces competition and ensures there is plenty of space for the native plants we install to grow into a healthy habitat along the waterway. Noxious weeds like this one spread quickly and often outcompete native plants. This not only reduces the biodiversity of our ecosystems but also harms salmon habitat by replacing native plants that provide shade, bank stabilization, and large woody debris needed for a healthy riparian zone.
Annual Plant Sale, featuring Veggies, Flowers & Herbs.
Cash or Check only
Year Seven of Scarecrow Academy presents “Visions of America on Film,” an ambitious ten-week online discussion series built around buoyant and bracing cinematic views of America. Each week we’ll consider how some of the greatest filmmakers have pictured the US of A, through a variety of genres and eras.
Discussions are led by National Society of Film Critics member Robert Horton, author of the Seasoned Ticket column at the Scarecrow blog and Scarecrow’s “Programmer-Historian in Residence.” The Zoom sessions are free and open to all; there’s no homework, but we encourage you to watch that week’s movie, and please register online in advance. We meet on Saturdays at 2pm Pacific Time, beginning March 15, 2025.
Please register here: https://bit.ly/scarecrowacademy
Enter the Whimsical Wonderland and celebrate sustainability and affordable housing at Habitat Whatcom’s 6th Annual Trashion Show! This fashion show features showstopping outfits crafted from trash and other recycled materials, drawing inspiration from our theme of fairytales and the circus! Join us for an evening of fashionable fun, raffles for local goodies, games, themed cocktails and snacks, and more at the Bellingham Circus Guild.
All of the proceeds from the Trashion Show support affordable housing right here in Whatcom County! Bring a bag of used clothing to donate and get a free raffle ticket!
Hot Damn Scandal is returning to the brewery, playing an incredible live show in the beer garden on Saturday, May 3rd!
Doors open at 7, music starts at 8 pm | All Ages | $15 presale or $20 at the door |
Hot Damn Scandal finds its songs under park benches and in forgotten alleyways, on the corner of Tom Waits and Gershwin. The resulting outlaw ballads, dirty jazz, circus freakouts, shanty-rags, string band funk, lonesome heartbreakers, and whiskey bottle love songs blend together in what may be best described as ‘Cabaret Americana’: theatrical, orchestral, lyrical, and endlessly danceable.
We hope you will join us for this one night only performance! Our namesake concert centers around themes of connection and joy brought forth by the book of poems entitled “The Path to Kindness,” edited by James Crews. Selections from the book, read by Crews, will be interspersed throughout the performance. Please join us as our voices raise in song much needed kindness towards ourselves and others.
The members of The Music of ABBA are no strangers to the incomparable sound and look of Sweden’s greatest music export with meticulous attention to costumes, makeup, musical arrangements, movements and the singing, nothing is left to chance. Adding a few of ABBA’s live traits such as great solos, musical numbers, and a complete live band with backup singers ensures an extra dimension unheard of in most similar productions. Direct from Sweden: The Music of ABBA will deliver the closest experience to ABBA you’ll ever get with some of Sweden’s most experienced and talented singers and musicians.
Voyage with the Upfront crew as they explore strange new worlds and boldly go where no improviser has gone before! Based on audience suggestions and familiar tropes, we will take you on a hilarious space adventure unlike any other. Live, laugh, and prosper.
We are an all ages venue. Shows with “mature content” or “recommended for” will be advertised accordingly.
Saturday Nights April, May, and June at The Upfront Theatre!
Get ready for spontaneous comedy at its best! Punch Line is a short-form show with a variety of improvised word games which will keep you on your toes. Audience members provide the wackiest words, and our quick-thinking performers use them to create scenes full of unexpected laughs and outrageous moments. Enjoy witty banter and surprising punch lines! It’s a hilarious, unpredictable ride and no two shows are ever the same. Get ready to laugh till your sides hurt — the fun starts when YOU fill in the blanks!
Looking for a fun date night idea? Punch Line is the perfect way to break the ice or deepen your connection. The Upfront Theatre, Voted Best Date Night in Bellingham Alive!
We are an all ages venue. Shows with “mature content” or “recommended for” will be advertised accordingly.
Are you curious about Kidney donation?
Mount Baker Foundation is hosting the 3rd annual Living Kidney Donor event featuring a panel of kidney donors, recipients, and medical experts who will share inspiring stories and valuable insights on navigating the process of living kidney donation. Discover how kidney donation can be a rewarding experience, not just for the recipient who gains a new lease on life but also for the donor who experiences the profound impact of giving the gift of life. Together, we can achieve our “moonshot” goal of eliminating the kidney transplant waiting list in Whatcom County. Lunch will be served
This two-part series is designed for adults (16+) at any skill level that are interested in having fun outdoors learning more about flora, fauna, and natural history of the Pacific Northwest. We will meet two times during the month of May in Skagit County parks, focusing on universal botany wisdom, and ethnobotany of the PNW.
Each class will give you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the ecosystem, learn names of plants, lichens, mushrooms, and engage in hands-on learning to deepen your awareness of the natural world.
Overall, we will be moving at a slow pace during each outing as we focus on our surroundings, have mini lectures, or engage in activities.
Expect some gentle to moderate hiking, and some kneeling or squatting.
We’ll begin with an intro to botany so we can comfortably start using botanical terminology during this series. You will use samples of flowers and leaves to make observations of various structures and sketch them into a field notebook.
The second part of the class will be a walk in the woods, finding “signs of spring” while focusing on two plant families, the Roses and the Heaths (two very diverse and abundant groups).
During this segment you can expect to gain experience in:
-Plant ID
-Plant anatomy
-Plant taxonomy
You can also expect:
-Ethnobotany lesson
-Optional tidepool exploration
-Foraging tips on edible species
-Coastal views
-Wildlife and Bird sightings
-Relaxed community atmosphere
-Gentle walking in a beautiful park setting
Please register via the event website.
It’s Star Wars day at MBT and we’re celebrating with Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. After the destruction of the Death Star, Imperial forces continue to pursue the Rebels on the ice planet Hoth. Luke journeys to the planet Dagobah to train with Jedi Master Yoda, who has lived in hiding since the fall of the Republic. In an attempt to convert Luke to the dark side, Darth Vader lures young Skywalker into a trap in the Cloud City of Bespin.
