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Apr
22
Sat
Whatcom Land Trust Earth Day Work Party and BBQ @ Maple Creek Reach
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Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Whatcom Land Trust Earth Day Work Party and BBQ @ Maple Creek Reach | Maple Falls | Washington | United States

Earth Day Celebration – Scotch Broom Pull and Planting Party plus BBQ lunch
Whether you like the challenge of pulling scotch broom or the satisfaction of planting trees, there is something for everyone at Whatcom Land Trust’s Earth Day celebration at Maple Creek Reach!

After getting down and dirty for the work party, relax and celebrate at our Earth Day BBQ lunch.

Directions: Go east on Mt. Baker Highway (SR 542) past Maple Falls. The property is on the right (south) side of the road, about ½ mile past Maple Falls just past Maple Creek bridge.

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Categories: Outdoor Recreation Tags: Nature; work party; Earth Day
Mar
28
Wed
Game Night Chuckanut Brewery South Nut @ Chuckanut Brewery South Nut Tap Room
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Mar 28 @ 5:30 pm
Game Night Chuckanut Brewery South Nut @ Chuckanut Brewery South Nut Tap Room | Burlington | Washington | United States

Game night at our South Nut Tap Room! Come join us for a night of fun with games and beer! Drop on by and compete to win prizes.

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Family Events Food & Beverage Tags: beer bellingham brewery brewery chuckanut brewery drink beer game night
Sep
15
Sat
Community Game Night @ WCLS Point Roberts Library
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Sep 15 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Community Game Night @ WCLS Point Roberts Library | Point Roberts | Washington | United States

Enjoy a fun evening full of laughter and good times at this game night for all ages! Board games galore, shuffleboard, foosball, pool and jigsaw puzzles are all available to play. Bring potluck snacks and drinks. Tea is provided.

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Categories: Family Events Tags: game night
Sep
27
Thu
Dance for PD and Other Movement and Neurological Disorders @ Ballet Bellingham
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Sep 27 @ 10:00 am

Dance for people with Parkinson’s disease and other movement and neurological disorders.

FREE – supported by PeaceHealth. No registration necessary. Just show up!
Taught by Pam Kuntz (artistic director of Kuntz and Company and WWU dance faculty)
This class is specially designed for people living with PD. Caregivers and supporting family or friends are also welcome, as are individuals living with other movement or neurological disorders. Please join us and dance to music by accompanist Mike Bajuk.

Thursdays, Sept 27-Dec 6
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. at Ballet Bellingham.

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: dance kuntz and company parkinson's disease
Oct
17
Thu
Spokes @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center
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Oct 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Spokes @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center

NOTICE 4 performance on 4 dates, with the 4th date having a different time!!!

Spokes
October 17th, 18th, 19th at 7:30 and October 20th at 5:00
Tickets $18.00 general and $12.00 seniors/students
purchase in advance at kuntzandco.org
or pay what you can at the door

Created by Kuntz and Company, this dance piece is about family, friends, husbands, wives, children, siblings, love, relationships, caring, love, loss, joy, owls, play, love, sisters, dads, moms, boyfriends, kids, racing, pushups, breakdancing, love, girlfriends, armwrestling, supporting, love, jazzhands, hope, seeing, climbing, lifting, each other, penguins, each of the bars or wire rods connecting the center of a wheel to its outer edge, dancing, high-tens, love, holding on, letting go of her, pulling, love, strength, singing together, alone, coasting, falling, your people, love, bells, churning butter, monkeys, girls, boys…but it isn’t about bikes.

Created and performed by: Ian Bivins, Vanessa Daines, Pam Kuntz, Annie Molsberry, Brent Molsberry, Ally Morgan, Kate Stevenson, Bo Stewart, and Montana Walters

October 17th, 18th, 19th at 7:30 and October 20th at 5:00
Firehouse Arts and Events Center
1314 Harris Avenue, Fairhaven

Tickets $18.00 general and $12.00 seniors/students
purchase in advance at kuntzandco.org
or pay what you can at the door

For disability accommodations
or more information call
360-510-4711 or e-mail kuntzpam@gmail.com

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Categories: Theater Performances Tags: kuntz and company
Apr
28
Thu
Whatcom Literacy Council’s TRIVIA BEE @ Virtual or Menace Brewing or The Local Public House
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Apr 28 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Whatcom Literacy Council's TRIVIA BEE @ Virtual or Menace Brewing or The Local Public House

The Whatcom Literacy Council will be hosting the 26th Annual TRIVIA BEE on Thursday, April 28th, 2022, from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.

Ryan Budds of TRIVIA WITH BUDDS is back to bring you a fun and interactive online trivia night akin to Jeopardy! Register your team of three ($75) here: https://whatcomliteracy.org/events or just watch for free.

Scotty VanDryver of KAFE Radio will host this exciting match of wits and brainpower. Teams compete in all four rounds in a range of topics. The winner goes home with the traveling “Totten Trophy.” Because it is a virtual ZOOM event participants can play from anywhere, with answers submitted via cell phone. Last year’s winning team “The Crabpots” had players from Bellingham, Alaska, and Baltimore.

For local residents who would like to meet in person The Local Public House (1427 Railroad Ave, Bellingham, WA) and Menace Brewing (2529 Meridian St, Bellingham, WA) will both be showing the event on big screens. Space is limited so come early to hold your spot; proof of vaccination and masks required.

Be sure to check out our online silent auction the week leading up to the Trivia Bee (April 23rd through April 30th).

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: game night non profit trivia trivia bee
Oct
20
Thu
Lean In @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center
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Oct 20 @ 7:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Lean In @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center

“Lean in,” Kuntz and Company’s newest work, explores what it means to show up and lean into possibility. Creators and performers include Naquoia Bautista, Alona Christman, Vanessa Daines, Brooke Evans, Pam Kuntz, Ella Mahler, Caitlin Schafte, Angela Sebastian, and Kate Stevenson. (link to artist bios) Bellingham dance audiences may remember these artists from past Kuntz and Company work, Bellingham Repertory Dance Company performances, and/or WWU dance concerts. Many of them have performed together for years and have developed an intimate knowledge of each others’ tendencies and strengths, allowing for a wildly imaginative and wholly collaborative approach to the creation of this new work. While Kuntz is always collaborative in her approach to creating work, she typically identifies a theme (motherhood, body image, HIV/AIDS) and partners with non-trained community members to tell their stories surrounding that theme. This time Kuntz’s only collaborators are trained dancers and what they bring to the table: a wide range of personal stories wrapped inside of their movement truths and capabilities. This time the piece is about the dancers themselves, and what they bring to and bring out of each other. There is a chance that “Lean in” is about what it means to be a dancer at the age of 25, 35, 45 and 53 – Kuntz hasn’t quite hit the 55 mark – but that wasn’t the goal. It really is about showing up and seeing what can be discovered.
https://www.kuntzandco.org/lean-in

Lean in
a dance/theatre piece
by Kuntz and Company
Oct 20,21,22 @ 7:30 PM and Oct 23 @ 5:00
Firehouse Arts and Events Center
1314 Harris Avenue
Fairhaven, WA 98225
tickets: https://www.kuntzandco.org/lean-in

For info and disability accommodations contact Pam Kuntz at 360-510-4711 or by email kuntzpam@gmail.com

photographer – Breeann Johnson

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Categories: Theater Performances Tags: dance Firehouse Arts and Events Center kuntz and company
Oct
21
Fri
Lean In @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center
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Oct 21 @ 7:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Lean In @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center

“Lean in,” Kuntz and Company’s newest work, explores what it means to show up and lean into possibility. Creators and performers include Naquoia Bautista, Alona Christman, Vanessa Daines, Brooke Evans, Pam Kuntz, Ella Mahler, Caitlin Schafte, Angela Sebastian, and Kate Stevenson. (link to artist bios) Bellingham dance audiences may remember these artists from past Kuntz and Company work, Bellingham Repertory Dance Company performances, and/or WWU dance concerts. Many of them have performed together for years and have developed an intimate knowledge of each others’ tendencies and strengths, allowing for a wildly imaginative and wholly collaborative approach to the creation of this new work. While Kuntz is always collaborative in her approach to creating work, she typically identifies a theme (motherhood, body image, HIV/AIDS) and partners with non-trained community members to tell their stories surrounding that theme. This time Kuntz’s only collaborators are trained dancers and what they bring to the table: a wide range of personal stories wrapped inside of their movement truths and capabilities. This time the piece is about the dancers themselves, and what they bring to and bring out of each other. There is a chance that “Lean in” is about what it means to be a dancer at the age of 25, 35, 45 and 53 – Kuntz hasn’t quite hit the 55 mark – but that wasn’t the goal. It really is about showing up and seeing what can be discovered.
https://www.kuntzandco.org/lean-in

Lean in
a dance/theatre piece
by Kuntz and Company
Oct 20,21,22 @ 7:30 PM and Oct 23 @ 5:00
Firehouse Arts and Events Center
1314 Harris Avenue
Fairhaven, WA 98225
tickets: https://www.kuntzandco.org/lean-in

For info and disability accommodations contact Pam Kuntz at 360-510-4711 or by email kuntzpam@gmail.com

photographer – Breeann Johnson

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Categories: Theater Performances Tags: dance Firehouse Arts and Events Center kuntz and company
Oct
22
Sat
Lean In @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center
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Oct 22 @ 7:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Lean In @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center

“Lean in,” Kuntz and Company’s newest work, explores what it means to show up and lean into possibility. Creators and performers include Naquoia Bautista, Alona Christman, Vanessa Daines, Brooke Evans, Pam Kuntz, Ella Mahler, Caitlin Schafte, Angela Sebastian, and Kate Stevenson. (link to artist bios) Bellingham dance audiences may remember these artists from past Kuntz and Company work, Bellingham Repertory Dance Company performances, and/or WWU dance concerts. Many of them have performed together for years and have developed an intimate knowledge of each others’ tendencies and strengths, allowing for a wildly imaginative and wholly collaborative approach to the creation of this new work. While Kuntz is always collaborative in her approach to creating work, she typically identifies a theme (motherhood, body image, HIV/AIDS) and partners with non-trained community members to tell their stories surrounding that theme. This time Kuntz’s only collaborators are trained dancers and what they bring to the table: a wide range of personal stories wrapped inside of their movement truths and capabilities. This time the piece is about the dancers themselves, and what they bring to and bring out of each other. There is a chance that “Lean in” is about what it means to be a dancer at the age of 25, 35, 45 and 53 – Kuntz hasn’t quite hit the 55 mark – but that wasn’t the goal. It really is about showing up and seeing what can be discovered.
https://www.kuntzandco.org/lean-in

Lean in
a dance/theatre piece
by Kuntz and Company
Oct 20,21,22 @ 7:30 PM and Oct 23 @ 5:00
Firehouse Arts and Events Center
1314 Harris Avenue
Fairhaven, WA 98225
tickets: https://www.kuntzandco.org/lean-in

For info and disability accommodations contact Pam Kuntz at 360-510-4711 or by email kuntzpam@gmail.com

photographer – Breeann Johnson

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Categories: Theater Performances Tags: dance Firehouse Arts and Events Center kuntz and company
Jun
1
Sat
Trees of the PNW: A Wildcrafting Series with Northwest Natura
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Jun 1 @ 3:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Trees of the PNW: A Wildcrafting Series with Northwest Natura

This series is designed for individuals at any skill level who are interested in learning more about trees and wildcrafting skills.

Each class will incorporate guided note-taking and hands-on experience that will familiarize you with various trees of the Pacific Northwest.

Overall, we will be moving at a slow pace during each outing as we focus on our surroundings and have mini lectures, and the second half of class will generally be stationary to engage in crafts and activities.

Expect some gentle to moderate hiking, and some kneeling or squatting.

Each class will build on the previous one. For more details, keep reading!

Day 1: An Evening at the Lake: Birch Bark Candles
Saturday June 1st, 2024

(Details on location will be sent to registered participants only).

This is an introductory class to common tree species and a wildcrafting course using several species of trees including Douglas-Fir, Paper Birch and Western Redcedar.

What to expect:

First Half: We will begin the series with an introduction to common trees and general concepts about tree adaptations to better appreciate the materials we’ll be working with in the second half of class.

Second Half: Each person will craft their own primitive candle using bark, resin, roots, and wood.

Please register via the website.

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Categories: Education Outdoor Recreation Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: Bushcraft hiking PNWtrees wildcrafting
April 2017 – June 2024 Apr 2017 – Jun 2024