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Farm Tunes – BelleWood’s Annual Summer Music Series 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Join us for Drinks and Dinner with a view of Mount Baker! All Ages!
Bellingham, get ready! On Tuesday, September 26, TGR is returning to the Mount Baker Theatre for the winter kick-off party of the year. Join us for a one-night only premiere of our new feature length ski and snowboard film, Rogue Elements, presented by REI.
There will be a ton of prizes from our partners at REI, Atomic, Volkl, CEP, TGR and more, plus everyone in attendance will have a shot at the tour grand prizes. Don’t miss your chance to see Rogue Elements on the big screen. Plus, all attendees get a 2-for-1 lift ticket to Stevens Pass, valid Monday-Thursday from Opening Day 2017 through December 16, or January 2 through April 4, 2018. And, you can enter to win one of the tour grand prizes, including one of THREE trips – to Jackson Hole, Crested Butte or Ski City (Salt Lake), plus REI gift cards to gear up from a huge selection of skis, boots, jackets and more.
About the film: In the winter of 2017, the magnitude of winter’s force was on full display. Telephone pole-snapping storms pounded the Wyoming landscape. Regions to the west, recently left arid and forgotten, were gifted with unprecedented accumulation. Blizzards in Europe buried towns in an instant before disappearing just as fast, leaving the lucky few who were there to wonder if it even happened. A Bolivian expedition found grace above 18,000 feet before the elements went rogue and the humans reluctantly heeded warnings from above.
Join the TGR team as they embark on an adventure filled with fury and glory, and witness the unimaginable. Rogue Elements, presented by REI, features Angel Collinson, Jeremy Jones, Ian McIntosh, Elyse Saugstad, Tim Durtschi, Dash Longe, Nick McNutt, Hadley Hammer, Johnny Collinson, Thayne Rich, Sammy Carlson, Dane Tudor, Clayton Villa, Cam Riley, Sean Jordan, Griffin Post, Sam Smoothy and Sammy Luebke.
Warm up your holiday season with an evening of “Wine, Women & Song.” Join Allegra Women’s Ensemble directed by Dr.Timothy Black and Whatcom Sound Jazz Singers directed by Michael-Paul Gurulé for an intimate evening of sparkling music, delicious light hors d’oeuvres, fine wine and delightful company. $25. Donation includes one complimentary glass of wine. Tickets in advance at Brown Paper Tickets- “Wine, Women and Song,” any singer or at the door. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Whatcom Chorale, led by Deborah L. Brown, Artistic Director and Conductor, offers “Bach and Forward”— works by two very different Bachs! Refresh your spirit with the beauty of J. S. Bach’s “Jesu, meine Freude” (Jesus, my joy) and “Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf” (The Spirit gives aid to our weakness), and then laugh at P.D.Q. Bach’s “Liebeslieder Polkas,” a satirical homage to the romantic Brahms by the elder Bach’s “only forgotten son.”
Tickets available: (1) online at Brown Paper Tickets; (2) starting three weeks before the concert, at both locations of the Community Food Co-op and Village Books; and (3) at the door. Adults $20, Students/Seniors (65+) $15, Children (under 18) $5.
Founded just shy of 30 years ago, Spanish Brass is one of the most dynamic and admired brass groups on the international music scene. They have participated in some of the most prestigious venues and festivals around the globe, and in 2017 the group received the I Bankia Music Talent Award in Spain for the most influential musical artists. Anticipate a sparkling and pitch-perfect evening from these masters of brass who have on their list of accomplishments 22 recordings and the founding of two international brass festivals.
Please join Animals as Natural Therapy for an intimate holiday concert featuring the NOEL Ensemble.
Enjoy classical favorites, poetry and carols from around the globe in honor of the winter season! We invite you to celebrate the holidays with loved ones while giving back to our community. 100% of ticket sales support ANT’s youth, veterans and animals.
The Hearthsong Inn, a beautifully-restored schoolhouse located in Whatcom County, will provide wine and festive fare to accompany the music.
Tickets are $50 and are available by calling our office at 360-671-3509, or by online purchase at Brown Paper Tickets.
Tickets include wine, delicious hors d’oeuvres and a festive performance. Parking is free.
Whatcom Chorale and Whatcom Sinfonia present the premiere of Scott Henderson’s evocative new song cycle, “Ordinary Prayers,” and two works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — the “Coronation” Mass, K. 317 and “Vesperae solennes de confessore,” K. 339, which includes the beautiful “Laudate dominum.”
Tickets are available at the door and online through Brown Paper Tickets, and starting three weeks before the concert, at both Community Food Co-ops (Bellingham and Cordata), and at Village Books (Fairhaven and Lynden). Adult $20, Senior (65+)/Student $15, Under18 $5.
Come and attend this dynamic 8 week workshop where we will present a case for Christianity using arguments, science and philosophy. See more on our website at www.thereason.life
Pick your favorite pumpkin from the patch for carving or decorating. Enjoy a horse drawn wagon ride into the back of the property. Take a ride on a draft horse and get the chance to feed the goats and chickens. Launch a pumpkin with our Pumpkin Launcher. Shop homemade crafts, and warm up with fresh, local apple cider. Taste our freshly made Oliebollen (a dutch treat), and our irresistible pumpkin loaf, plus much more! Choose from many cute backdrops for family pictures. It is an unforgettable family experience!
Open Saturdays and Sundays in October, 10am-5pm.
Pick your favorite pumpkin from the patch for carving or decorating. Enjoy a horse drawn wagon ride into the back of the property. Take a ride on a draft horse and get the chance to feed the goats and chickens. Launch a pumpkin with our Pumpkin Launcher. Shop homemade crafts, and warm up with fresh, local apple cider. Taste our freshly made Oliebollen (a dutch treat), and our irresistible pumpkin loaf, plus much more! Choose from many cute backdrops for family pictures. It is an unforgettable family experience!
Open Saturdays and Sundays in October, 10am-5pm.
Pick your favorite pumpkin from the patch for carving or decorating. Enjoy a horse drawn wagon ride into the back of the property. Take a ride on a draft horse and get the chance to feed the goats and chickens. Launch a pumpkin with our Pumpkin Launcher. Shop homemade crafts, and warm up with fresh, local apple cider. Taste our freshly made Oliebollen (a dutch treat), and our irresistible pumpkin loaf, plus much more! Choose from many cute backdrops for family pictures. It is an unforgettable family experience!
Open Saturdays and Sundays in October, 10am-5pm.
Pick your favorite pumpkin from the patch for carving or decorating. Enjoy a horse drawn wagon ride into the back of the property. Take a ride on a draft horse and get the chance to feed the goats and chickens. Launch a pumpkin with our Pumpkin Launcher. Shop homemade crafts, and warm up with fresh, local apple cider. Taste our freshly made Oliebollen (a dutch treat), and our irresistible pumpkin loaf, plus much more! Choose from many cute backdrops for family pictures. It is an unforgettable family experience!
Open Saturdays and Sundays in October, 10am-5pm.
Pick your favorite pumpkin from the patch for carving or decorating. Enjoy a horse drawn wagon ride into the back of the property. Take a ride on a draft horse and get the chance to feed the goats and chickens. Launch a pumpkin with our Pumpkin Launcher. Shop homemade crafts, and warm up with fresh, local apple cider. Taste our freshly made Oliebollen (a dutch treat), and our irresistible pumpkin loaf, plus much more! Choose from many cute backdrops for family pictures. It is an unforgettable family experience!
Open Saturdays and Sundays in October, 10am-5pm.
Pick your favorite pumpkin from the patch for carving or decorating. Enjoy a horse drawn wagon ride into the back of the property. Take a ride on a draft horse and get the chance to feed the goats and chickens. Launch a pumpkin with our Pumpkin Launcher. Shop homemade crafts, and warm up with fresh, local apple cider. Taste our freshly made Oliebollen (a dutch treat), and our irresistible pumpkin loaf, plus much more! Choose from many cute backdrops for family pictures. It is an unforgettable family experience!
Open Saturdays and Sundays in October, 10am-5pm.
Pick your favorite pumpkin from the patch for carving or decorating. Enjoy a horse drawn wagon ride into the back of the property. Take a ride on a draft horse and get the chance to feed the goats and chickens. Launch a pumpkin with our Pumpkin Launcher. Shop homemade crafts, and warm up with fresh, local apple cider. Taste our freshly made Oliebollen (a dutch treat), and our irresistible pumpkin loaf, plus much more! Choose from many cute backdrops for family pictures. It is an unforgettable family experience!
Open Saturdays and Sundays in October, 10am-5pm.
Pick your favorite pumpkin from the patch for carving or decorating. Enjoy a horse drawn wagon ride into the back of the property. Take a ride on a draft horse and get the chance to feed the goats and chickens. Launch a pumpkin with our Pumpkin Launcher. Shop homemade crafts, and warm up with fresh, local apple cider. Taste our freshly made Oliebollen (a dutch treat), and our irresistible pumpkin loaf, plus much more! Choose from many cute backdrops for family pictures. It is an unforgettable family experience!
Open Saturdays and Sundays in October, 10am-5pm.
Join us for an eclectic and uplifting program of spiritual music from diverse congregations throughout Whatcom County, ending with an exuberant finale involving all singers with the audience! A Bellingham tradition for many years, this concert showcases diverse choral and instrumental music, and usually attracts a full house. Adding to individual selections by choirs ranging from intimate to majestic, the grand finale will be the 200-voice festival choir singing “Bright Morning Stars Are Rising,” an Appalachian hymn of hope and promise. Interfaith Coalition is a group of 40 Whatcom County congregations working together to end family homelessness in Whatcom County. An opportunity to donate will be available.
Local farmers are at the heart of our food system. And yet, the barriers that they face are staggering, especially for marginalized growers. From finding and affording land to keeping it productive and resilient in the face of climate change, local farmers need our support now more than ever. That’s why Washington Farmland Trust and Viva Farms are teaming up for the second year in a row on a virtual benefit concert to support a resilient, equitable future for farming. Join us for an evening of inspiration, music, and community as we aim to raise $330,000 for local farms. Featured artists include The Decemberists, True Loves, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Whitney Mongé, and Sera Cahoone.
Combining for the first time, VOX PACIFICA and CHOIR OF THE SALISH SEA will be presenting a theme of powerful music about the ocean and universe by many talented composers, on Friday, Dec 2nd, 7:30pm and Saturday, Dec 3rd at 3 pm. at the acoustically delightful First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall, Bellingham.
Tickets are available online at our website, voxpacifica.org/events , at Village Books and the door. General audience price is $20, students 12 yrs and under, $10.
Opening our 2022–2023 season of live concerts, Whatcom Chorale and Sinfonia return to the Mt. Baker Theatre with a powerful and uplifting presentation of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah! Messiah stands as a pinnacle of choral composition, overshadowing virtually everything else the baroque master wrote during his fifty-year career. In 280 years of presentations by all manner of ensembles, grandiose, intimate, professional, and improvised, this glorious work has retained its popularity and quite possibly ranks as the most performed piece of classical music in history.
Presented by Day-to-Day Dance
Come join Estrella’s journey to elf hood
where she learns it takes determination,
trusted guidance and hard work
to make wishes come true.
$15 General Admission
Children under 2 Free!
Doors open 30 min before showtime
Tickets at the door.
Tickets on sale online December 3, 2022
Singing the World into Balance
Bellingham’s premiere tenor/bass choir presents a musical montage to a mountain bike and trail running mecca. The driving rhythms and lofty harmonies of their singing reflect the energy and camaraderie of the mountain that brings the world to Bellingham.
Songs include: Bicycle Race (Queen), White Winter Hymnal (Pentatonix),
Here Comes the Sun (Beatles), Seven Bridges Road (The Eagles) and songs from BRAVEHEART, CHARIOTS OF FIRE, LION KING, TARZAN and THE HOBBIT
Prizes from local bike and running shops and clubs to be raffled off at each concert.
Ticket holders are automatically entered into the raffle. Must be present to win..
In October of 1998, Matthew Shepard, a young gay student at the University of Wyoming in Laramie was kidnapped, severely beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die in a lonely field under a blanket of stars. Five days later, when Matt passed away, the world was watching. Approaching the eve of the 20th anniversary, Craig Hella Johnson has responded with his first concert-length work, Considering Matthew Shepard.
This three-part fusion oratorio speaks with a fresh and bold voice, incorporating a variety of musical styles seamlessly woven into a unified whole. Johnson sets a wide range of soulful texts by poets including Hildegard of Bingen, Lesléa Newman, Michael Dennis Browne, and Rumi. Passages from Matt’s personal journal, interviews and writings from his parents Judy and Dennis Shepard, newspaper reports and additional texts by Johnson and Browne are poignantly appointed throughout the work.
Considering Matthew Shepard joins the ranks of many significant artistic responses to Matthew Shepard’s legacy. Most noteworthy is The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project, which has been seen by more than 30 million people. Jason Marsden, Executive Director of the Matthew Shepard Foundation calls Considering Matthew Shepard “by far the most intricate, beautiful, and unyielding artistic response to this notorious anti-gay hate crime.”
Matthew Shepard’s story must never be forgotten.
—Craig Hella Johnson, Composer
This is an independent event promoted by a renter of the facility. Any comments or opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of Mount Baker Theatre.
Looking to get in the Holiday Spirit and celebrate the joys of Christmas? Then you should join us on Sunday, December 17th for a performance from The Non-Stop Carolers!
The Non-Stop Carolers perform Victorian-style Christmas music across the county, and they’ll be singing in the taproom from 4-4:30 pm!
We encourage those interested in attending to make a reservation in the bistro to ensure you and your family can enjoy the full performance!
Reservations can be made here: https://tables.toasttab.com/restaurants/07e5d000-520f-4094-9ffa-d2c5c1f05b6a/findTime
Learn more about The Non-Stop Carolers: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063510465548
A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
Join us on December 17th at 5pm for a Christmas Concert featuring the St. Paul’s Choir, Handbell Choir and Instrumentalists. Directed by Music Director, Dr. Dongho Lee.
This special evening of celebration is open to the public! *Donations welcome to benefit our Organ Fund!
