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The WhatcomTalk Events Calendar shares things to do around Whatcom County including Bellingham, Ferndale, Lynden, Blaine and beyond. Find fun activities and adventures throughout the region on our comprehensive events calendar. Have an event that isn’t listed? Click the green “Post your Event” button and our editors will review and approve within two business days.

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Oct
24
Fri
Tap Takeover @ Train Wreck Bar & Grill
Oct 24 @ 5:30 pm

The Train Wreck in Burlington will be hosting the second Bellingham Brewery Tap Takeover, and Chuckanut will be there with some great beers! Always lots of fun, try to make it over for a pint or two and chats with the brewers and reps. They will be pouring Chuckanut Pilsner, Local Malt Alt, Kolsch, and Fest Bier.

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Nov
8
Sat
27th Annual PNA Winter Beer Taste @ PC Blue Building
Nov 8 @ 5:15 pm – 9:00 pm

Join us at the 27th Annual PNA Winter Beer Taste! Admission includes your choice of 10 tastes, including popular winter ales, from 30 + breweries, pub style snacks and an awesome silent auction of unique and not so unique beer paraphernalia!
Beat the crowds at the preview tasting starting at 6 pm. For an additional tax deductible donation of $25, start your tasting early, enjoy complimentary sliders and receive a commemorative glass. Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen will be pouring Porter and Vienna Lager.

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Jun
13
Sat
Schooner Zodiac Ales N’ Sails Dinner Cruise @ The Schooner Zodiac
Jun 13 all-day
Schooner Zodiac Ales N' Sails Dinner Cruise @ The Schooner Zodiac | Bellingham | Washington | United States

The Zodiac is teaming up with Boundary Bay Brewery again to offer a four course beer-pairing dinner sail on Bellingham Bay. This dinner cruise will include three courses prepared by the ship’s chef and one course prepared by Boundary Bay’s own chef Matt Hansen — all paired with brews specially chosen by brew master Bryan Krueger to complement each course. Bryan will discuss the characteristics of each beer and the flavor profile behind each pairing.

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Jul
16
Thu
Fund/Sell/Save: Bootcamp for Food & Beer Business Owners @ The Hive
Jul 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Fund/Sell/Save: Bootcamp for Food & Beer Business Owners  @ The Hive | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Artisanal food business outgrowing the farmers market? Microbrewery hitting walls when trying to fund expansion? Food truck bleeding money (or sanity)? Ready to graduate to your own commercial kitchen?

What should you do first? What can wait?

In this free 90-minute intensive bootcamp, refine (and grow) your cash flow through our crash course in:

1) funding – crowdfunding platforms & campaigns, pre-sales, memberships, loans, equity
2) selling – marketing, email, branding, prospecting, retention, events
3) saving – back-office setups, financials, pricing
All three segments are custom-tailored to the unique challenges (and new opportunities) in the food and beverage space with input from our crack team of food biz experts from across the country including: Crowdfund Better, Brewery Resources, Hey Chef! and Small Food Business.

You’ll leave our workshop with a swag bag of goodies AND absolutely free business resources donated by our education partners AND the know-how to help you find the money to scale up, find new customers, retain/reboot old customers and save real money in your day-to-day operations.

Snag your spot at the table soon – we’re capping off this workshop at 25 food business owners / managers.

Oh, and did we mention that we’re buying the first round (or three) of local brew at The Local after the workshop?

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Jun
18
Sat
Ales ‘N’ Sails (Boundary Bay Brewing) @ Schooner Zodiac
Jun 18 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Ales 'N' Sails (Boundary Bay Brewing) @ Schooner Zodiac | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Celebrate Bellingham’s local craft brewing community aboard one of the west coast’s most beautiful windjammers! Passengers will join the crew in raising the Zodiac’s four sails including her 4,000 square foot mainsail (the largest on the west coast). We will be partnering with Boundary Bay Brewery to put on a four course beer pairing dinner featuring a corresponding ale or lager for each dish.

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Jun
30
Thu
Beer Pairing Dinner Sail (Chuckanut Brewery) @ Schooner Zodiac
Jun 30 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Beer Pairing Dinner Sail (Chuckanut Brewery) @ Schooner Zodiac | Bellingham | Washington | United States

For the first time we are pleased to host Bellingham based Chuckanut Brewery aboard for a four course beer pairing dinner sail. Head Brewer Brian Cardwell and brewery proprietor Mari Kemper will join us for a 3-hour evening sail on Bellingham Bay. Chuckanut Brewery will be selecting four of their finest lagers and ales which will be made available to passengers and our on board chef will be preparing a dinner menu that will complement the beer selection.

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Nov
10
Thu
Preschool Information Night: Pioneer Meadows Montessori @ Pioneer Meadows Montessori School
Nov 10 @ 7:00 pm
Preschool Information Night: Pioneer Meadows Montessori @ Pioneer Meadows Montessori School | Ferndale | Washington | United States

Community members interested in learning more about the Montessori approach to learning, and about Pioneer Meadows educational program are invited to a free information night on November 10th at 7pm. Tours will be given of the school building and a question and answer session will be held. This event is a parent/adult only event.

Pioneer Meadows Montessori serves children in preschool through 6th grade on a beautiful 5-acre campus minutes from downtown Ferndale. Year to year, the school has the most openings for three year old children. Please call to RSVP for this event, 360-778-3681.

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Jan
7
Sat
Dream Catchers with Lummi Artist Earline Hansen @ WCLS Lynden Library
Jan 7 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Dream Catchers with Lummi Artist Earline Hansen @ WCLS Lynden Library | Lynden | Washington | United States

Learn the history of the Native American Dream Catcher. Participants will be able to design and make their own. Earline Hansen is the owner of Orca Beads. Class size is limited. Please register online or contact the library.

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Feb
7
Tue
Beer Release @ Stones Throw Brewery
Feb 7 @ 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Beer Release @ Stones Throw Brewery |  |  |

Stones Throw Brewery will be releasing their Sun Don’t Shine Cascadia Dark Ale. (7.3 % ABV, 47 IBU). Leaving you with a lightly-roasted aftertaste, this Cascadian Dark Ale has a simple hop flavor and a deceptively-dark body. The candied-citrus aroma is balanced with a nice pine nose. Miss Annie (the notorious owner of Miss Annie’s Palace from Fairhaven’s Shady Past) always did have a dark side…

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Jan
24
Wed
Pruning 101 @ WCLS Blaine Library
Jan 24 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Pruning 101 @ WCLS Blaine Library | Blaine | Washington | United States

Winter is the traditional time to prune, but the concepts can be applied year round. Learn about the growth habits of trees and bushes, the whys of pruning and the right tools to use. Discover ways to get overgrown trees back into shape, how to harvest scionwood and graft custom fruit trees. Presented by Blaine C.O.R.E. (Community Orchards for Resources and Education).

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Jan
27
Sat
Pruning 101 @ WCLS Blaine Library
Jan 27 @ 10:00 am
Pruning 101 @ WCLS Blaine Library | Blaine | Washington | United States

Winter is the traditional time to prune, but the concepts can be applied year round. Learn about the growth habits of trees and bushes, the whys of pruning and the right tools to use. Discover ways to get overgrown trees back into shape, how to harvest scionwood and graft custom fruit trees. Presented by Blaine C.O.R.E. (Community Orchards for Resources and Education).

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Apr
24
Wed
Tax Savings & 1031 Exchange Workshop @ B-Town Kitchen & Raw Bar
Apr 24 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Tax Savings & 1031 Exchange Workshop @ B-Town Kitchen & Raw Bar

You’re Invited!
Free Real Estate Investment Workshop: Tax Savings & 1031 Exchanges
With special guest: Kyle Williams, Vice President and Account Executive with Investment Property Exchange Services, Inc.
Learn everything you need to know about Tax-Deferred Exchanges from a 1031 Expert!
*RSVP* www.goldentickethomeevents.com/register

Sponsored by Rick Moore Group with Re/Max Whatcom County

Located at B-Town Kitchen & Raw Bar
714 Lakeway Drive, Bellingham, WA 98229

Enjoy your first beverage on us! ??

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