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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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Jul
12
Wed
Stories & Play @ Deming Library
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Jul 12 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Stories & Play @ Deming Library | Everson | Washington | United States

Begins with a 30 minute storytime featuring stories, rhymes and songs for preschool children, followed by open early learning play with a variety of activities and materials. (Ages 3-5, 60 minutes).

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Categories: Kids Tags: books library storytime
Jul
14
Fri
Stories & Play @ WCLS South Whatcom Library
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Jul 14 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Stories & Play @ WCLS South Whatcom Library | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Begins with a 30 minute storytime featuring stories, rhymes and songs for preschool children, followed by open early learning play with a variety of activities and materials. For ages 3-5.

 

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Jul
18
Tue
Stories & Play @ WCLS North Fork Library
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Jul 18 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Stories & Play @ WCLS North Fork Library | Maple Falls | Washington | United States

Begins with a 30 minute storytime featuring stories, rhymes and songs for preschool children, followed by open early learning play with a variety of activities and materials. For ages 3-5.

 

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Jul
19
Wed
Stories & Play @ Deming Library
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Jul 19 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Stories & Play @ Deming Library | Everson | Washington | United States

Begins with a 30 minute storytime featuring stories, rhymes and songs for preschool children, followed by open early learning play with a variety of activities and materials. (Ages 3-5, 60 minutes).

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Jul
21
Fri
Stories & Play @ WCLS South Whatcom Library
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Jul 21 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Stories & Play @ WCLS South Whatcom Library | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Begins with a 30 minute storytime featuring stories, rhymes and songs for preschool children, followed by open early learning play with a variety of activities and materials. For ages 3-5.

 

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Jul
26
Wed
Recycled Book Crafts @ WCLS Lynden Library
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Jul 26 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Recycled Book Crafts @ WCLS Lynden Library | Lynden | Washington | United States

Teens, create unique book crafts by recycling old and damaged books. From charms to notebooks the possibilities are endless! All supplies are provided but space is limited so registration is required. For teens grade 6-12.

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: books diy repurpose teen
Jul
28
Fri
Stories & Play @ WCLS South Whatcom Library
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Jul 28 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Stories & Play @ WCLS South Whatcom Library | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Begins with a 30 minute storytime featuring stories, rhymes and songs for preschool children, followed by open early learning play with a variety of activities and materials. For ages 3-5.

 

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Feb
2
Fri
Shelf-Conscious: A Peak Inside the Artist’s Journal @ Make.Shift Art Space
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Feb 2 @ 6:30 pm
Shelf-Conscious: A Peak Inside the Artist’s Journal @ Make.Shift Art Space | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Ever wanted to understand the secret inner-workings of your local artists and writers?
Join us at Make.Shift for the opening of Shelf-Conscious: A Peak Inside the Artist’s Journal. In Decemember 2017, Make.Shift released an open invitation to artists and writers in the
community to display their journals, diaries and sketchbooks. The exhibit, opening on First
Friday Art Walk in February, will feature an array of formats, including pre-made mini-journals designed and distributed by Make.Shift volunteers. A segment of the gallery will be dedicated to an intimate and interactive bedroom installation designed by Make.Shift volunteers and community artists. For anyone who would like to participate, there’s still time! Journal submissions are due Saturday January 27 at 12:00 p.m. Don’t have a journal to display? There will also be a “secret diary” open mic at the opening on Art Walk Friday! Sign-ups begin at 6:30 p.m. and performances will start at 7 p.m.

For more information about submission guidelines, Art Walk or Make.Shift please visit
our website at makeshiftproject.com/gallery or contact the gallery director, Jessyca Murphy at gallery@makeshiftproject.com.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Tags: and sketchbooks. The exhibit Art books diaries journal Make.Shift released an open invitation to artists and writers in the community to display their journals open mic opening on First Friday Art Walk in February will feature an array of formats
Apr
28
Sat
Dia de los Niños/Dia de los Libros – Children’s Day/Book Day @ WCLS Lynden Library
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Apr 28 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Dia de los Niños/Dia de los Libros - Children's Day/Book Day @ WCLS Lynden Library | Lynden | Washington | United States

Comida, música, entretenimiento y manualidades. Diversión para todas las familias y la comunidad – una tradición latina para celebrar a nuestros niños y libros. Food, music, entertainment and crafts. Fun for all families and the community – a Latino tradition of celebrating children and books.

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Categories: Family Events Kids Tags: books crafts food Latino library Music spanish
May
23
Wed
Ski to Sea Book Sale @ Bellingham Public Library
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May 23 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Used books, DVDs, CDs and more – large selection for all ages and most items $1! Tables are continuously restocked each day of the sale. For information, contact the Friends at 360-778-7250 or friendslibrary3@gmail.com.

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Categories: Non-Profit Fundraising Events Tags: books family sale
May
24
Thu
Ski to Sea Book Sale @ Bellingham Public Library
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May 24 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Used books, DVDs, CDs and more – large selection for all ages and most items $1! Tables are continuously restocked each day of the sale. For information, contact the Friends at 360-778-7250 or friendslibrary3@gmail.com.

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Non-Profit Fundraising Events Tags: books family sale
May
25
Fri
Ski to Sea Book Sale @ Bellingham Public Library
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May 25 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Used books, DVDs, CDs and more – large selection for all ages and most items $1! Tables are continuously restocked each day of the sale. For information, contact the Friends at 360-778-7250 or friendslibrary3@gmail.com.

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May
26
Sat
Ski to Sea Book Sale @ Bellingham Public Library
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May 26 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Used books, DVDs, CDs and more – large selection for all ages and most items $1! Tables are continuously restocked each day of the sale. For information, contact the Friends at 360-778-7250 or friendslibrary3@gmail.com.

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Sep
22
Sat
Fall Into The Holidays – A Vendor, Artisan, Craft Event @ Birch Bay Activity Center
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Sep 22 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Fall Into The Holidays - A Vendor, Artisan, Craft Event @ Birch Bay Activity Center | Blaine | Washington | United States

Enter to win raffle prizes donated by each vendor on site!
All Proceeds Go Toward our Children’s Programing
$1 per ticket, 12 for $10 or 25 for $20

30 interior booths, 26 outdoor booths
Vendor Booth Decorating Contest!
Decided on by the customers!

FREE CHILDCARE so you can shop.

For more information and vendor highlight posts, please check our event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/265618747368019/permalink/278249316104962/

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Categories: Family Events Festivals, Expos & Parades Food & Beverage Health & Wellness Home & Garden Non-Profit Fundraising Events Seasonal and Holiday Events Tags: #food #foodtrucks artisans arts and crafts bags bath and body books clothing cooking craftsmen decore essential oils Event face painting fall family friendly forged furniture holiday boutique holiday shopping holidays home jewelry kettle corn Kids kitchen makeup massage nail art paintings pets Photography skincare spices vendors woodworking
Oct
6
Sat
Author Visit: The Heartbreaks & Triumphs of a Long Distance Knitter @ Blaine Library
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Oct 6 @ 11:00 am
Author Visit: The Heartbreaks & Triumphs of a Long Distance Knitter @ Blaine Library | Blaine | Washington | United States

In “Skein: The Heartbreaks & Triumphs of a Long Distance Knitter,” author Christen Mattix recounts how she stumbled upon an unusual way of meeting her Fairhaven neighbors when she decided to knit a half-mile blue rope from a public bench to Bellingham Bay. During those three and a half years of knitting at the bench, Mattix meets her loveable and quirky neighbors, visits a Trappist Monastery, falls in love and transforms from introverted artist to a catalyst for community connections.

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Categories: Author Talk Tags: author signing author talk books knit knitting
Apr
23
Tue
Books and Brews: April – Lynden @ Overflow Taps - Lynden
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Apr 23 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Books and Brews: April - Lynden @ Overflow Taps - Lynden

Our first ever Books and Brews was a success and we are happy to introduce April’s read: “B is for Beer,” by Tom Robbins.

Overflow Taps and Village Books in Lynden have partnered for a monthly book club for 2019. Each month we will read a new book picked by Village Books and Overflow Taps will pick a featured beverage to pair.

On the 4th Tuesday of each month, we will meet at Overflow Taps at 7 pm to casually discuss the book and share a pint!

April book group discussion host: Chuck Robinson, founder, Village Book and Paper Dreams, Lynden community member

Pick up your copy of “B is for Beer” by Tom Robins at Village Books then mosey on over to Overflow Taps Lynden for a Books and Brews growler (free with the purchase of a fill)!

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Categories: Food & Beverage Tags: beer books
Aug
31
Sat
WWU Volleyball vs British Columbia @ Carver Gym WECU Court
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Aug 31 @ 1:00 pm
WWU Volleyball vs British Columbia @ Carver Gym WECU Court

Come cheer on the WWU Volleyball team at Carver Gym on WWU Campus on Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 1 PM against British Columbia! Go Vikings!

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Categories: Family Events Kids Sports Tags: #sports College Sports local soccer Soccer WWU Athletics
Feb
9
Sun
February Book Club (sort of) @ Thousand Acre Cider House
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Feb 9 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
February Book Club (sort of) @ Thousand Acre Cider House

*** Due to the January snowstorm, a lot of you have let us know that you were unable to make it to book club! Due to the overwhelming response, we have decided to just repeat January’s book in February. Here’s hoping for better weather this time around. Tell your friends that they now have another month to finish the book! Let’s make this a book club to remember! ***

Start the new year off right with a resolution to read and meet new friends! Our good friend Hayley Horne got us started last year with our Sunday Book Club gatherings and we are excited to keep the ritual going after the holidays. Here’s how it works:

1) Get pumped to read ‘Before We Were Yours’ by Lisa Wingate

2) You read/listen/skim/watch the movie in the comfort of your home…or a cozy cider bar downtown 🙂

3) Show up FEBRUARY 9th around the fire table ready to meet your fellow bookworms over a cider.

Looking forward to our next book and discussing it with all you cider loving readers!

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Education Food & Beverage Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: bookclub books cider discussion
Mar
22
Sun
March Book Club at Thousand Acre Cider House @ Thousand Acre Cider House
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Mar 22 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
March Book Club at Thousand Acre Cider House @ Thousand Acre Cider House

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger is the book for our March meet up! Because it’s a rather long selection, we’ve decided to push book club to the fourth Sunday of the month this time. Come in ready to chat about the book and also be a part of the crew to pick next month’s book!

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Author Talk Food & Beverage Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: book discussion books cider drinksandbooks read
Oct
29
Thu
Literacy Breakfast with Nancy Pearl @ BTC's Settlemyer Hall
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Oct 29 @ 7:00 am – 9:00 am
Literacy Breakfast with Nancy Pearl @ BTC's Settlemyer Hall

Have breakfast and listen to the witty and wonderful Nancy Pearl make her book recommendations for this year. Village Books will be on hand to sell her suggested titles.
Donations made at the event benefit the free adult literacy programs of the Whatcom Literacy Council.

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Categories: Education Non-Profit Fundraising Events Tags: books literacy nancy pearl whatcom literacy council
Nov
5
Fri
Whatcom Literacy Council’s Literacy Breakfast w/ Nancy Pearl @ Virtual
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Nov 5 all-day
Whatcom Literacy Council's Literacy Breakfast w/ Nancy Pearl @ Virtual

The Whatcom Literacy Council will host the annual Literacy Breakfast with Nancy Pearl on Friday, November 5, 2021 from 8:00am – 9:00am. This will be an online event, free to register with an expected donation of $75. Registration details at: https://whatcomliteracy.org/events.

This year, the witty and wonderful Nancy Pearl, author/librarian/NPR commentator, will review her favorite titles for the year. Nancy’s recommendations will be linked to our favorite local bookstore, Village Books. The event will kick off with a poetry reading by Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest.

All proceeds support the free adult literacy programs of the Whatcom Literacy Council.

Since 1983, the Whatcom Literacy Council has helped hundreds of adults in Whatcom County transform their lives by strengthening their literacy skills with free tutoring and small group classes. Proceeds from the event go directly to programs that help our neighbors here in Whatcom County build skills that help them get jobs and take care of their families.

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Categories: Non-Profit Fundraising Events Tags: books literacy poetry
Sep
10
Sat
Friends of the Library Book Sale @ Bellingham Public Library
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Sep 10 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

The Friends of the Bellingham Public Library will host a pop-up book sale of books for adults on the flag plaza outside the main doors of the Central Library, and children’s books will be for sale in the Lecture Room on the ground floor. Come see what books you’d like to add to your home library!

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Nov
12
Sat
Friends of the Library Book Sale @ Bellingham Public Library
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Nov 12 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Friends of the Bellingham Public Library Pop-Up book sale in the Lecture Room at the Central Library. All proceeds benefit your library. Check it out!

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Categories: Non-Profit Fundraising Events Tags: #Booksale books
Nov
22
Tue
Bellingham Reads Book Group In-Person @ Bellingham Public Library
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Nov 22 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Bellingham Reads is the Library’s book discussion group for adults. In November we’re reading and discussing “Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague” by Maggie O’Farrell. Meet in-person 12:00 – 1:00 pm OR register for the online meeting at 6:30 pm. Contact: Suzanne Carlson-Prandini at scarlson-prandini@cob.org 360-778-7236

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Bellingham Reads Book Group – Online @ Bellingham Public Library
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Nov 22 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Bellingham Reads is the Library’s book discussion group for adults. In November we’re reading and discussing “Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague” by Maggie O’Farrell. Meet in-person 12:00 – 1:00 pm OR register for the online meeting at 6:30 pm. Contact: Suzanne Carlson-Prandini at scarlson-prandini@cob.org 360-778-7236

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July 2017 – November 2022 Jul 2017 – Nov 2022