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Just in time for Winter arts and crafts! Join Jazmen Yoder for this wildcrafting workshop where you will learn how to weave a basket using the coil technique with ponderosa pine needles.
Pine needle basket-making dates to almost 9,000 years ago and the baskets served as a vessel for grain, crops, and other essentials. It’s a skill that is simple to learn with guidance.
Dabblers, beginners, intermediate, and advanced weavers will enjoy this creative, social gathering.
This course will take place indoors at the Chuckanut Center near Fairhaven in Whatcom County, WA. The Chuckanut Center is heated and has access to facilities including a bathroom, full kitchen, and drinking water.
Embark on a magical and mysterious tour of Beatles music performed by The Walrus. From “Introducing the Beatles” to “Let It Be.” Sing along on this voyage through the 60s at the beautiful Blue Room stage in Bellingham!
Another comedy show!?!? YES!
Join us in welcoming back headliner Bo Johnson and other comedians from “Netflix is a Joke Radio” , “Comedy Central” , and “Don’t Tell Comedy Secret Sets” all live at The Blue Room!
Bo Johnson is a comedian from Seattle, Washington. He can be found headlining clubs, breweries, and appropriately sized theaters across the United States and Canada. His stand up has been featured on Netflix is a Joke Radio, season two of Kevin Hart Presents: Hart of the City on Comedy Central, Don’t Tell Comedy Secret Sets, & LOL Live! at the prestigious Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal. He was a finalist in the 39th annual Seattle International Comedy Competition and is a regular at festivals including Bumbershoot, SF Sketchfest, the Double Down Comedy Experience sponsored by Zappos, Life is Beautiful in Las Vegas, Rifflandia in Victoria BC, Prizefest, and Big Pine Comedy Festival in Phoenix. With a growing online audience Bo’s jokes have been viewed millions of times online.
Separate from stand up comedy one time Bo and his best friend from high school snuck into a movie theater as one person. That video was broadcast on TV shows like the now cancelled Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon on NBC and lowest rated daytime talk show at the time, The Meredith Veira Show. Bo still gets messages each year from friends seeing the video go viral on different meme accounts. Numerous magazines and newspapers also wrote about the hijinks, including an article in Cosmopolitan titled, “Man Sneaks His BFF Into Movie Theater by Stuffing Him Into His Pants.” More recently Bo trained his roommates dog by walking her to Shania Twain’s “Man! I feel like a Woman!” in a viral stunt earning over 7 millions views on Tik Tok and press coverage in both major and incredibly minor publications.
D?oors at 7:30PM | Show at 8PM
N?O REFUNDS WITHIN 1 MONTHS OF SHOW
Participate in the Coffee Crawl on the Think Local First digital passport where caffeine lovers all over are invited to visit numerous local java joints around Whatcom County this summer. At each stop, visitors simply check in using their digital passports, collect points, and earn piping–hot prizes.
Learn more at https://sustainableconnections.org/coffeecrawl/
This is an outdoor wildcrafting event scheduled in early winter. In this course you will forage for materials to make an entirely wildcrafted wreath. Here’s what you can expect:
-Guidance (foraging and wildcrafting)
-Independent foraging and exploration along the Nooksack River and surrounding forest.
-Using pliable branches to weave a wreath ring.
-Wildcrafting with foraged evergreens, lichen, berries, moss, and other beautiful things from the forest.
-A lesson in ethical foraging as wildcrafters.
-Campfire warmth during the wreathmaking process.
For more info visit the website
The Spin Jam Fam’s return to The Blue Room is here! Join us on the last Thursday of every month for flow arts, live DJs, art vendors, and more.
Tickets are donation based at the door, suggested $5-$10. Doors at 6pm!
Participate in the Coffee Crawl on the Think Local First digital passport where caffeine lovers all over are invited to visit numerous local java joints around Whatcom County this summer. At each stop, visitors simply check in using their digital passports, collect points, and earn piping–hot prizes.
Learn more at https://sustainableconnections.org/coffeecrawl/
Participate in the Coffee Crawl on the Think Local First digital passport where caffeine lovers all over are invited to visit numerous local java joints around Whatcom County this summer. At each stop, visitors simply check in using their digital passports, collect points, and earn piping–hot prizes.
Learn more at https://sustainableconnections.org/coffeecrawl/
Participate in the Coffee Crawl on the Think Local First digital passport where caffeine lovers all over are invited to visit numerous local java joints around Whatcom County this summer. At each stop, visitors simply check in using their digital passports, collect points, and earn piping–hot prizes.
Learn more at https://sustainableconnections.org/coffeecrawl/
Participate in the Coffee Crawl on the Think Local First digital passport where caffeine lovers all over are invited to visit numerous local java joints around Whatcom County this summer. At each stop, visitors simply check in using their digital passports, collect points, and earn piping–hot prizes.
Learn more at https://sustainableconnections.org/coffeecrawl/
Participate in the Coffee Crawl on the Think Local First digital passport where caffeine lovers all over are invited to visit numerous local java joints around Whatcom County this summer. At each stop, visitors simply check in using their digital passports, collect points, and earn piping–hot prizes.
Learn more at https://sustainableconnections.org/coffeecrawl/
Participate in the Coffee Crawl on the Think Local First digital passport where caffeine lovers all over are invited to visit numerous local java joints around Whatcom County this summer. At each stop, visitors simply check in using their digital passports, collect points, and earn piping–hot prizes.
Learn more at https://sustainableconnections.org/coffeecrawl/
Participate in the Coffee Crawl on the Think Local First digital passport where caffeine lovers all over are invited to visit numerous local java joints around Whatcom County this summer. At each stop, visitors simply check in using their digital passports, collect points, and earn piping–hot prizes.
Learn more at https://sustainableconnections.org/coffeecrawl/
Participate in the Coffee Crawl on the Think Local First digital passport where caffeine lovers all over are invited to visit numerous local java joints around Whatcom County this summer. At each stop, visitors simply check in using their digital passports, collect points, and earn piping–hot prizes.
Learn more at https://sustainableconnections.org/coffeecrawl/
Participate in the Coffee Crawl on the Think Local First digital passport where caffeine lovers all over are invited to visit numerous local java joints around Whatcom County this summer. At each stop, visitors simply check in using their digital passports, collect points, and earn piping–hot prizes.
Learn more at https://sustainableconnections.org/coffeecrawl/
Participate in the Coffee Crawl on the Think Local First digital passport where caffeine lovers all over are invited to visit numerous local java joints around Whatcom County this summer. At each stop, visitors simply check in using their digital passports, collect points, and earn piping–hot prizes.
Learn more at https://sustainableconnections.org/coffeecrawl/
Celebrate the turn of the year with The Blue Room and some of Bellingham’s best bands! Drink specials will be available all night, with a special surprise at midnight.
Pure Halcyon: https://linktr.ee/purehalcyonband
The Cosmic Neighborhood: https://linktr.ee/thecosmicneighborhood
Slowfall: https://www.slowfallband.com/
Participate in the Coffee Crawl on the Think Local First digital passport where caffeine lovers all over are invited to visit numerous local java joints around Whatcom County this summer. At each stop, visitors simply check in using their digital passports, collect points, and earn piping–hot prizes.
Learn more at https://sustainableconnections.org/coffeecrawl/
Please join Naturalists Jazmen Yoder (Northwest Natura) & Ryan Johnson (Firecraft NW) at the Chuckanut Center for this interactive and beginner friendly Fungi and Mushrooms crash course.
Learn the different structures of fungi and mushrooms, fungi propagation, life cycle, and how to categorize them.
Participants will review examples of edible mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest, what conditions they grow in, and how to use keys to identify them, followed by a demonstration on creating a spore print.
The class will conclude with a brief discussion and demonstration on using fungi to create fire, as well as books and resources to further pursue the study of mycology and fungi!
Participate in the Coffee Crawl on the Think Local First digital passport where caffeine lovers all over are invited to visit numerous local java joints around Whatcom County this summer. At each stop, visitors simply check in using their digital passports, collect points, and earn piping–hot prizes.
Learn more at https://sustainableconnections.org/coffeecrawl/
Join Bellingham Parks & Recreation for a presentation with guest speakers Alex Brede & Megan McGinty in the Rotunda Room of Old City Hall.
The smallest country in East Africa holds amazing diversity and wisdom within its borders: the Congo-Nile Trail, Lake Kivu, Nyungwe Forest, and resilient communities rebuilding themselves. In January & February 2023, Alex Brede and Megan McGinty spent 6 weeks traveling and volunteering in Rwanda. In this presentation, they share what they learned and the new connections they made in both Rwanda and North America.
The Toe Bean Poets Department cordially invites you to paaaartyyy!
NEKO’s celebrating a new Taylor Swift album the way Taylor intended: with a drink & 25+ cats. Join their 25+ adoptable kitties in the cat room for a The Tortured Poets Department listening party on Tues, April 23.
Tickets are required and include
– A Tortured Poets Department Listening Party Cat Room Session?
– An Exclusive “All Cats are Swifties” Enamel Pin themed for TTPD (ONLY available for Taylor Parties)?
– An Instax pic of you with the kitties?!
Tickets are limited so speak meow or furever hold your peace!
This Purride Month Party is the Cats’ Pajamas!
NEKO Bellingham’s cat room is getting comfy for a cause! Join NEKO’s 20+ kitties as they donate 100% of their 2024 Purride merch purroceeds to Bellingham Queer Collective to help them open a commewnity center! Swing by and donate through adorable Purride stickers and patches featuring the cats in the cat room. Plus, if you come in wearing pjs, you get a fur-ee rainbow kitty sticker!
Reserve a cat room session for June 18th to get time with the kitties, or pawp in any time just to shop for Purride merch!
Join us in the beer garden on Thursday, August 15th for a free live performance from the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra’s Trailblazers String Quartet! BSO Concertmaster Dawn Posey leads the quartet, which also includes Samantha Sinai, Yuko Watanabe, and Morgan Schwab.
All ages are welcome | Free | Music from 5-6pm (doors open at 4pm)
Whatcom Young Professionals is excited to host our annual fundraiser on Thursday, September 5th, from 5:30-8:00pm at Fishermen’s Pavilion. This groovy event will feature food trucks, local beer & cider, a DJ dance party, and Raffles for over $2,500 in gift certificates donated by local businesses, with all proceeds benefiting the Max Higbee Center! Admission includes a drink ticket and access to all the fun; Max Higbee Center members/families attend for free but are encouraged to register in advance online.
