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Boundary Bay Brewery is throwing the biggest family friendly St. Patrick’s Day weekend ever, with four days of festivities Friday 3/14 – Monday 3/17. Penk O’Donnell Dancers, Beer Garden, Free music, Irish food and Irish beer, including the official after party of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday 3/16 featuring our popular Fish Fry, Dougs Burgers, live music and fun! Reservations are available online for indoor seating. Check out www.bbaybrewery.com/events for a full schedule of St. Patricks Day events.
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!
Description: It’s showtime for this Junior version of the iconic Broadway hit, Beetlejuice! Lydia Deetz is a strange and unusual teenager, still grieving the loss of her mother and obsessed with the whole “being dead thing.” Lucky for Lydia, she and her father move to a new house haunted by a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a delightful demon with a real zest for life. When Lydia calls on Beetlejuice to scare away anyone with a pulse, this double-crossing specter shows his true stripes, unleashing a (Nether)world of pandemonium. “Beetlejuice Jr.” features BAAY student performers ages 13-17.
**This event repeats on March 8th, 14th, and 15th**
Admission: $12
Website: baay.org
Be in the moment with spontaneous songs and random riffs. This unwritten score will have you humming along. Our talented cast of improvisors and musicians will bring you a completely brand new and unique showstopper every night. The audience suggestions shape the show and everything is made up on the spot! Come witness the greatest improvised musical ever created only at The Upfront.
We are an all ages venue. Shows with “mature content” or “recommended for” will be advertised accordingly.
Be in the moment with spontaneous songs and random riffs. This unwritten score will have you humming along. Our talented cast of improvisors and musicians will bring you a completely brand new and unique showstopper every night. The audience suggestions shape the show and everything is made up on the spot! Come witness the greatest improvised musical ever created only at The Upfront.
We are an all ages venue. Shows with “mature content” or “recommended for” will be advertised accordingly.
With a combination of emotional vocal delivery, fresh melodic arrangements, and airtight accompaniment, Gallowglass has developed a style of contemporary Celtic folk that Irish Music Magazine calls, “an inspired approach to the tradition”. The release of their album, Dear Ruin, in 2024 has garnered critical acclaim and international radio play. While Gallowglass is steeped in tradition, they are keeping their eyes on the horizon and have built a fire for all to gather around.
Boundary Bay Brewery is throwing the biggest family friendly St. Patrick’s Day weekend ever, with four days of festivities Friday 3/14 – Monday 3/17. Penk O’Donnell Dancers, Beer Garden, Free music, Irish food and Irish beer, including the official after party of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday 3/16 featuring our popular Fish Fry, Dougs Burgers, live music and fun! Reservations are available online for indoor seating. Check out www.bbaybrewery.com/events for a full schedule of St. Patricks Day events.
Join 45+ premier wedding & event vendors on Saturday March 15th, 2025 at the Ferndale Events Center from 10am-5pm.
A $7 ticket purchase enters you to win free wedding photography OR a night at The Cobblestone Hotel in Lynden w/ dinner for two OR day of coordination. Tickets available at events.humanitix.com/whatcom-county-wedding-showcase.
Find the best vendor prices with one-time show specials at the largest wedding expo in Whatcom County. Enjoy tasty samples, win prizes and catch a stunning walk-through fashion show.
Design your dream wedding or event with the best local vendors at the Whatcom County Wedding Showcase!
Help restore wildlife habitat in this lovely park on the south side of Bellingham!
All ages and abilities welcome. Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Tools, gloves, and instructions are provided. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Additional information will be emailed to registered participants. Register early, space is limited! If you sign up, please show up!
The salmon in Connelly Creek, which runs through this lovely neighborhood park, need some help from our friends at NSEA, who will be joining us to help with improving habitat by removing invasives and mulching to protect young native plants!
All ages and abilities welcome. Participants under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Tools, gloves, and instructions are provided. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Additional information will be emailed to registered participants. Register early, space is limited! If you sign up, please show up!
Help NSEA and the Whatcom Conservation District plant trees and shrubs along Terrell Creek at a long-term NSEA restoration site. Since 2002, NSEA has partnered with BP Cherry Point and various community groups like the Chums of Terrell Creek to restore stream habitat by removing invasive vegetation and replanting native trees and shrubs.
Terrell Creek not only provides cold, clean, and clear water essential for local coho and chum salmon populations, it also promotes healthy habitat for wildlife throughout the watershed including 170 bird species, steelhead, coastal and residential trout, and a diverse selection of Birch Bay shellfish.
Whatcom Conservation District’s 32nd Annual Native Plant Sale & Celebration will be on March 15th at Pioneer Park in Ferndale! Whether you plan on celebrating with us in person or are looking to put in a pre-order by February 28th, you can learn more at our website: www.whatcomcd.org/plant-sale/.
The Native Plant Sale & Celebration is an opportunity to purchase native plants at low cost and to check out booths for more plants for sale by local nurseries, art for your garden, and helpful information from conservation organizations. Native plants are a low-maintenance choice to improve habitat while creating beautiful natural landscapes. We will be selling over 40 species of plants, just in time to get them in the ground before the growing season begins!
The public is invited to celebrate the opening of a new museum in Old Town Bellingham. A sister museum to The Helen Loggie Museum of Art, MUSEO is an assemblage of several collections – tied together with Bellingham as its anchor. Paintings by Ira Yeager, pottery by Louis Mideke, historic maps, posters and an archive of over 100 years of Bellingham newspapers – all on permanent display in the beautifully restored 1913 US Hotel Building. Also open to the public will be the recently created Courthouse Plaza on the corner of Holly and E Street, allowing a chance to see inside the restored Birney streetcar. We hope you’ll stop by and join the fun!
Designed for adult individuals at any skill level who are interested in having fun outdoors this winter learning about plants, wildlife, wilderness skills, sustainable foraging, PNW winter ecology, and a bit of herbalism.
Each class will focus on both wilderness and naturalist skills to deepen your awareness of the natural world.
Lessons in this series:
Medicinal and Edible Plants and Fungi
Beginner Wildlife Track ID
Ecological Awareness
Fire building
PNW Ethnobotany
Winter Preparedness
Useful equipment and gear for outdoor adventures
Knife and ax skills
Each class will build on the previous one. For more details, keep reading!
The series will take place outdoors on Northwest Natura Land next to Nooksack River (North Fork) and Boulder Creek near Maple Falls, WA.
Day 3: Deciduous Woodlands
Saturday March 15th, 2025
12pm to 5pm
Maple Falls
Plant ID
Deciduous Tree ID
Medicinal Uses and First Aid of deciduous trees
Learn the names of native spring harbinger species.
Wilderness Skills
Emergency Shelter Basics (discussion and practice)
Wildlife Tracking
Make new observations and compare to January’s outing
Tracking Scavenger Hunt
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A word on PNW inclement winter weather:
Please note that if the forecasted weather is severe, the location could change to keep the class enjoyable and us safe (i.e. in case of gale force winds or “atmospheric river”, class may even be postponed if a venue is unavailable with short notice).
Registered individuals will receive details in an event-reminder emails a few days prior to each event.
Please register via the event website.
*** All three days are included in the course fee.
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
Revel in the energetic cadences and emotive melodies of life and love as Whatcom Chorale presents rousing song cycles rooted in Roma folk music. Works by Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, and Robert Schumann expand on and immortalize the playful and heartfelt traditions of the European countryside. Treat yourself to the lush harmonies and intricate rhythms of these exquisite musical tapestries. This program features our own Sara Negishi as accompanist.
Revel in the energetic cadences and emotive melodies of life and love as Whatcom Chorale presents rousing song cycles rooted in Roma folk music. Works by Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, and Robert Schumann expand on and immortalize the playful and heartfelt traditions of the European countryside. Treat yourself to the lush harmonies and intricate rhythms of these exquisite musical tapestries.
Description: It’s showtime for this Junior version of the iconic Broadway hit, Beetlejuice! Lydia Deetz is a strange and unusual teenager, still grieving the loss of her mother and obsessed with the whole “being dead thing.” Lucky for Lydia, she and her father move to a new house haunted by a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a delightful demon with a real zest for life. When Lydia calls on Beetlejuice to scare away anyone with a pulse, this double-crossing specter shows his true stripes, unleashing a (Nether)world of pandemonium. “Beetlejuice Jr.” features BAAY student performers ages 13-17.
**This event repeats on March 8th, 14th, and 15th**
Admission: $12
Website: baay.org
Be in the moment with spontaneous songs and random riffs. This unwritten score will have you humming along. Our talented cast of improvisors and musicians will bring you a completely brand new and unique showstopper every night. The audience suggestions shape the show and everything is made up on the spot! Come witness the greatest improvised musical ever created only at The Upfront.
We are an all ages venue. Shows with “mature content” or “recommended for” will be advertised accordingly.
Be in the moment with spontaneous songs and random riffs. This unwritten score will have you humming along. Our talented cast of improvisors and musicians will bring you a completely brand new and unique showstopper every night. The audience suggestions shape the show and everything is made up on the spot! Come witness the greatest improvised musical ever created only at The Upfront.
We are an all ages venue. Shows with “mature content” or “recommended for” will be advertised accordingly.
Boundary Bay Brewery is throwing the biggest family friendly St. Patrick’s Day weekend ever, with four days of festivities Friday 3/14 – Monday 3/17. Penk O’Donnell Dancers, Beer Garden, Free music, Irish food and Irish beer, including the official after party of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday 3/16 featuring our popular Fish Fry, Dougs Burgers, live music and fun! Reservations are available online for indoor seating. Check out www.bbaybrewery.com/events for a full schedule of St. Patricks Day events.
Join us for our Annual St. Patrick’s Day Brunch at Hotel Leo on Sunday, March 16! This festive event brings the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day to the table with a traditional Irish-inspired menu, lively music, and festive beverages to toast the occasion. Don your green and make a morning of it—fuel up before heading to the Bellingham St. Patrick’s Day Parade. There’s no better way to kick off the holiday than with delicious bites, flowing drinks, and plenty of craic. Sláinte!
Bellingham?s St. Patrick?s Day parade is a great chance to connect with our community! The parade is in honor of all local safety personnel, and it?s also a chance to green up our beloved Bellingham and celebrate all the great businesses, groups, schools and nonprofits that make this community what it is.
?Everyone’s invited to join in the fun. Whether you decide to march in the parade, (all family-friendly, nonpolitical groups are encouraged!) or spectate from the sidewalks of downtown Bellingham, we welcome you to join us for this community wide event and help us celebrate all the ways we can make Bellingham greener!
Calling all brave heroes! Unveil a myriad of dark secrets and come face to face with some of the most magnificent monsters and terrifying beasts ever to walk the earth. Discover the colossal Stone Troll, the mysterious Indrik, the dream-eating Baku, the Tooth Fairy (not as sweet as you’d think), an adorable Unicorn, and a majestic Griffin. Take your place among legendary heroes — just don’t wake the Dragon! From the creators of the international smash hit Dinosaur World Live, who bring spectacular puppets to life, this award-winning show is back in the U.S. by popular demand, direct from London’s West End. Don’t miss this spell-binding adventure live on the historic MBT Main Stage!
Boundary Bay Brewery is throwing the biggest family friendly St. Patrick’s Day weekend ever, with four days of festivities Friday 3/14 – Monday 3/17. Penk O’Donnell Dancers, Beer Garden, Free music, Irish food and Irish beer, including the official after party of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday 3/16 featuring our popular Fish Fry, Dougs Burgers, live music and fun! Reservations are available online for indoor seating. Check out www.bbaybrewery.com/events for a full schedule of St. Patricks Day events.
