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Apr
29
Mon
Dance for People with PD and other Neurological Disorders @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center
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Apr 29 @ 10:45 am – 11:45 am
Dance for People with PD and other Neurological Disorders @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center

Dance for people with Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological disorders

(caregivers are welcome!)

SPRING 2024

FREE

Thank you

Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation

For sponsoring this class!

Mondays 10:45-11:45

April 1 – June 3

(10 classes)

Firehouse Arts & Events Center

1314 Harris Avenue

JUST SHOW UP!

Taught by Pam Kuntz

Artistic Director, Kuntz & Company

Faculty, WWU Dance

Accompanied by Eric Chappelle

Questions? Contact Pam Kuntz at

kuntzpam@gmail.com or 360-510-4711

https://www.kuntzandco.org/dance-class

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Tags: #bellinghamdance parkinson's disease
May
6
Mon
Dance for People with PD and other Neurological Disorders @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center
Tickets
May 6 @ 10:45 am – 11:45 am
Dance for People with PD and other Neurological Disorders @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center

Dance for people with Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological disorders

(caregivers are welcome!)

SPRING 2024

FREE

Thank you

Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation

For sponsoring this class!

Mondays 10:45-11:45

April 1 – June 3

(10 classes)

Firehouse Arts & Events Center

1314 Harris Avenue

JUST SHOW UP!

Taught by Pam Kuntz

Artistic Director, Kuntz & Company

Faculty, WWU Dance

Accompanied by Eric Chappelle

Questions? Contact Pam Kuntz at

kuntzpam@gmail.com or 360-510-4711

https://www.kuntzandco.org/dance-class

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May
13
Mon
Dance for People with PD and other Neurological Disorders @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center
Tickets
May 13 @ 10:45 am – 11:45 am
Dance for People with PD and other Neurological Disorders @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center

Dance for people with Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological disorders

(caregivers are welcome!)

SPRING 2024

FREE

Thank you

Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation

For sponsoring this class!

Mondays 10:45-11:45

April 1 – June 3

(10 classes)

Firehouse Arts & Events Center

1314 Harris Avenue

JUST SHOW UP!

Taught by Pam Kuntz

Artistic Director, Kuntz & Company

Faculty, WWU Dance

Accompanied by Eric Chappelle

Questions? Contact Pam Kuntz at

kuntzpam@gmail.com or 360-510-4711

https://www.kuntzandco.org/dance-class

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Tags: #bellinghamdance parkinson's disease
May
16
Thu
House Hazards – a new dance piece @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center
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May 16 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
House Hazards - a new dance piece @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center

Household Hazards, Kuntz and Company’s (KC) newest work, runs May 16th-May 19th at the Firehouse Arts and Events Center at 7:30, with an additional 5:00 performance on the 18th. Staying true to telling the stories of our community through the arts, this latest work examines a wide range of hazards encountered in the home, some heartfelt, some hilarious. With the Firehouse stage transformed into the bones of a home – dining room table and chairs, living room couch, bathtub, bed, closet – 14 dancers explore ideas including love, fear, memory, and loss. While Pam Kuntz, artistic director of Kuntz and Company, is typically the primary choreographer of all KC works created, unique here is that Household Hazards consists of 7 pieces created by 11 choreographers.

Seattle artists Naquoia Bautista, Cara Congelli, and Caitlin Schafte explore the lengths spiders will go to join us in our homes… and the lengths homeowners will go to fend off these arachnid invasions. Seamlessly woven through the spider invasion, Alona Christman and Ian Bivins move through the hazard of talking with their spouse, while Marissa Moeri and Angela Sebastian get lost in nostalgia and pseudo-productivity when “cleaning the closet.”

A piece about a quiet evening at home gone wrong brings Jessica Ardis, Samantha Martin, and Susan Newkumet to the Firehouse stage from their home studio on Orcas Island. These three artists explore what may go awry when a storm hits and unexpected visitors arrive. Meanwhile, Cecelia Hanford and Pam Kuntz move through what it means to have something to lose, and long-time KC artists Vanessa Daines and Kate Stevenson wrestle with a bed sheet in a piece that started with a story, became a poem and is now a tangle – stretched, scrunched, smoothed and embraced. Separately, but nearby in the bathroom, Cecelia Hanford and Gabby Malagreca explore how owning the walls around you creates only a fragile illusion of safety.

Our houses and homes are a piece of a place, each a constructed reflection of culture, history, and future expectations. With the world rapidly shifting around us in a multitude of ways, our homes become intimate mini-landscapes where we attempt to–or are forced to–maintain our cultural routines, all while questioning if the walls and rooms around us are truly the ones best suited for carrying us into the future.

Household Hazards enjoys five performances at The Firehouse Arts and Events Center at 1314 Harris Avenue in Fairhaven, WA – May 16th, 17th @ 7:30 PM. May 18th @ 5:00 and 7:30 PM, and May 19th @ 7:30 PM. For information or disability accommodations contact Pam at 360-510-4711 or kuntzpam@gmail.com. Tickets are available at kuntzandco.org.

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May
17
Fri
House Hazards – a new dance piece @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center
Tickets
May 17 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
House Hazards - a new dance piece @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center

Household Hazards, Kuntz and Company’s (KC) newest work, runs May 16th-May 19th at the Firehouse Arts and Events Center at 7:30, with an additional 5:00 performance on the 18th. Staying true to telling the stories of our community through the arts, this latest work examines a wide range of hazards encountered in the home, some heartfelt, some hilarious. With the Firehouse stage transformed into the bones of a home – dining room table and chairs, living room couch, bathtub, bed, closet – 14 dancers explore ideas including love, fear, memory, and loss. While Pam Kuntz, artistic director of Kuntz and Company, is typically the primary choreographer of all KC works created, unique here is that Household Hazards consists of 7 pieces created by 11 choreographers.

Seattle artists Naquoia Bautista, Cara Congelli, and Caitlin Schafte explore the lengths spiders will go to join us in our homes… and the lengths homeowners will go to fend off these arachnid invasions. Seamlessly woven through the spider invasion, Alona Christman and Ian Bivins move through the hazard of talking with their spouse, while Marissa Moeri and Angela Sebastian get lost in nostalgia and pseudo-productivity when “cleaning the closet.”

A piece about a quiet evening at home gone wrong brings Jessica Ardis, Samantha Martin, and Susan Newkumet to the Firehouse stage from their home studio on Orcas Island. These three artists explore what may go awry when a storm hits and unexpected visitors arrive. Meanwhile, Cecelia Hanford and Pam Kuntz move through what it means to have something to lose, and long-time KC artists Vanessa Daines and Kate Stevenson wrestle with a bed sheet in a piece that started with a story, became a poem and is now a tangle – stretched, scrunched, smoothed and embraced. Separately, but nearby in the bathroom, Cecelia Hanford and Gabby Malagreca explore how owning the walls around you creates only a fragile illusion of safety.

Our houses and homes are a piece of a place, each a constructed reflection of culture, history, and future expectations. With the world rapidly shifting around us in a multitude of ways, our homes become intimate mini-landscapes where we attempt to–or are forced to–maintain our cultural routines, all while questioning if the walls and rooms around us are truly the ones best suited for carrying us into the future.

Household Hazards enjoys five performances at The Firehouse Arts and Events Center at 1314 Harris Avenue in Fairhaven, WA – May 16th, 17th @ 7:30 PM. May 18th @ 5:00 and 7:30 PM, and May 19th @ 7:30 PM. For information or disability accommodations contact Pam at 360-510-4711 or kuntzpam@gmail.com. Tickets are available at kuntzandco.org.

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May
18
Sat
House Hazards – a new dance piece @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center
Tickets
May 18 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
House Hazards - a new dance piece @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center

Household Hazards, Kuntz and Company’s (KC) newest work, runs May 16th-May 19th at the Firehouse Arts and Events Center at 7:30, with an additional 5:00 performance on the 18th. Staying true to telling the stories of our community through the arts, this latest work examines a wide range of hazards encountered in the home, some heartfelt, some hilarious. With the Firehouse stage transformed into the bones of a home – dining room table and chairs, living room couch, bathtub, bed, closet – 14 dancers explore ideas including love, fear, memory, and loss. While Pam Kuntz, artistic director of Kuntz and Company, is typically the primary choreographer of all KC works created, unique here is that Household Hazards consists of 7 pieces created by 11 choreographers.

Seattle artists Naquoia Bautista, Cara Congelli, and Caitlin Schafte explore the lengths spiders will go to join us in our homes… and the lengths homeowners will go to fend off these arachnid invasions. Seamlessly woven through the spider invasion, Alona Christman and Ian Bivins move through the hazard of talking with their spouse, while Marissa Moeri and Angela Sebastian get lost in nostalgia and pseudo-productivity when “cleaning the closet.”

A piece about a quiet evening at home gone wrong brings Jessica Ardis, Samantha Martin, and Susan Newkumet to the Firehouse stage from their home studio on Orcas Island. These three artists explore what may go awry when a storm hits and unexpected visitors arrive. Meanwhile, Cecelia Hanford and Pam Kuntz move through what it means to have something to lose, and long-time KC artists Vanessa Daines and Kate Stevenson wrestle with a bed sheet in a piece that started with a story, became a poem and is now a tangle – stretched, scrunched, smoothed and embraced. Separately, but nearby in the bathroom, Cecelia Hanford and Gabby Malagreca explore how owning the walls around you creates only a fragile illusion of safety.

Our houses and homes are a piece of a place, each a constructed reflection of culture, history, and future expectations. With the world rapidly shifting around us in a multitude of ways, our homes become intimate mini-landscapes where we attempt to–or are forced to–maintain our cultural routines, all while questioning if the walls and rooms around us are truly the ones best suited for carrying us into the future.

Household Hazards enjoys five performances at The Firehouse Arts and Events Center at 1314 Harris Avenue in Fairhaven, WA – May 16th, 17th @ 7:30 PM. May 18th @ 5:00 and 7:30 PM, and May 19th @ 7:30 PM. For information or disability accommodations contact Pam at 360-510-4711 or kuntzpam@gmail.com. Tickets are available at kuntzandco.org.

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May
19
Sun
House Hazards – a new dance piece @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center
Tickets
May 19 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
House Hazards - a new dance piece @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center

Household Hazards, Kuntz and Company’s (KC) newest work, runs May 16th-May 19th at the Firehouse Arts and Events Center at 7:30, with an additional 5:00 performance on the 18th. Staying true to telling the stories of our community through the arts, this latest work examines a wide range of hazards encountered in the home, some heartfelt, some hilarious. With the Firehouse stage transformed into the bones of a home – dining room table and chairs, living room couch, bathtub, bed, closet – 14 dancers explore ideas including love, fear, memory, and loss. While Pam Kuntz, artistic director of Kuntz and Company, is typically the primary choreographer of all KC works created, unique here is that Household Hazards consists of 7 pieces created by 11 choreographers.

Seattle artists Naquoia Bautista, Cara Congelli, and Caitlin Schafte explore the lengths spiders will go to join us in our homes… and the lengths homeowners will go to fend off these arachnid invasions. Seamlessly woven through the spider invasion, Alona Christman and Ian Bivins move through the hazard of talking with their spouse, while Marissa Moeri and Angela Sebastian get lost in nostalgia and pseudo-productivity when “cleaning the closet.”

A piece about a quiet evening at home gone wrong brings Jessica Ardis, Samantha Martin, and Susan Newkumet to the Firehouse stage from their home studio on Orcas Island. These three artists explore what may go awry when a storm hits and unexpected visitors arrive. Meanwhile, Cecelia Hanford and Pam Kuntz move through what it means to have something to lose, and long-time KC artists Vanessa Daines and Kate Stevenson wrestle with a bed sheet in a piece that started with a story, became a poem and is now a tangle – stretched, scrunched, smoothed and embraced. Separately, but nearby in the bathroom, Cecelia Hanford and Gabby Malagreca explore how owning the walls around you creates only a fragile illusion of safety.

Our houses and homes are a piece of a place, each a constructed reflection of culture, history, and future expectations. With the world rapidly shifting around us in a multitude of ways, our homes become intimate mini-landscapes where we attempt to–or are forced to–maintain our cultural routines, all while questioning if the walls and rooms around us are truly the ones best suited for carrying us into the future.

Household Hazards enjoys five performances at The Firehouse Arts and Events Center at 1314 Harris Avenue in Fairhaven, WA – May 16th, 17th @ 7:30 PM. May 18th @ 5:00 and 7:30 PM, and May 19th @ 7:30 PM. For information or disability accommodations contact Pam at 360-510-4711 or kuntzpam@gmail.com. Tickets are available at kuntzandco.org.

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May
20
Mon
Dance for People with PD and other Neurological Disorders @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center
Tickets
May 20 @ 10:45 am – 11:45 am
Dance for People with PD and other Neurological Disorders @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center

Dance for people with Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological disorders

(caregivers are welcome!)

SPRING 2024

FREE

Thank you

Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation

For sponsoring this class!

Mondays 10:45-11:45

April 1 – June 3

(10 classes)

Firehouse Arts & Events Center

1314 Harris Avenue

JUST SHOW UP!

Taught by Pam Kuntz

Artistic Director, Kuntz & Company

Faculty, WWU Dance

Accompanied by Eric Chappelle

Questions? Contact Pam Kuntz at

kuntzpam@gmail.com or 360-510-4711

https://www.kuntzandco.org/dance-class

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May
25
Sat
Orcas of the Salish Sea: A Crash Course in Ecology @ Chuckanut Center
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May 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Orcas of the Salish Sea: A Crash Course in Ecology @ Chuckanut Center

Join Jazmen Yoder (Northwest Natura) & Madelaine Katz for an ecology crash course complete with captivating storytelling and bounteous wisdom-sharing on Southern Resident and Transient Killer Whales, and the Salish Sea Bioregion.

In this course you will learn:

Salish Sea natural history, including human history and the interconnectedness of species on land and sea.

Orca symbolism and lore within the Coast Salish region

Morphological traits, behaviors, and social structures of Orcas

Salmon species basic life history and phenology

Ecological roles, impacts, and new facts about Southern Resident and Transient Killer Whales

To hear and discern different Orca vocalizations

How to ID individual orcas by their unique features

How to support Orca conservation efforts

Tips for whale watching (where to go, what to look for, how to ID individuals, and more).

This course will be co-led by Madelaine Katz, a nature educator and student of the Salish Sea, and Jazmen Yoder, outdoor educator, naturalist, and founder of Northwest Natura.

The entire class 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.

***** Please register via the website.

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Categories: Education Local History Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: ecology marine ecology orca pnw salish
May
27
Mon
Dance for People with PD and other Neurological Disorders @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center
Tickets
May 27 @ 10:45 am – 11:45 am
Dance for People with PD and other Neurological Disorders @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center

Dance for people with Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological disorders

(caregivers are welcome!)

SPRING 2024

FREE

Thank you

Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation

For sponsoring this class!

Mondays 10:45-11:45

April 1 – June 3

(10 classes)

Firehouse Arts & Events Center

1314 Harris Avenue

JUST SHOW UP!

Taught by Pam Kuntz

Artistic Director, Kuntz & Company

Faculty, WWU Dance

Accompanied by Eric Chappelle

Questions? Contact Pam Kuntz at

kuntzpam@gmail.com or 360-510-4711

https://www.kuntzandco.org/dance-class

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Jun
3
Mon
Dance for People with PD and other Neurological Disorders @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center
Tickets
Jun 3 @ 10:45 am – 11:45 am
Dance for People with PD and other Neurological Disorders @ Firehouse Arts and Events Center

Dance for people with Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological disorders

(caregivers are welcome!)

SPRING 2024

FREE

Thank you

Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation

For sponsoring this class!

Mondays 10:45-11:45

April 1 – June 3

(10 classes)

Firehouse Arts & Events Center

1314 Harris Avenue

JUST SHOW UP!

Taught by Pam Kuntz

Artistic Director, Kuntz & Company

Faculty, WWU Dance

Accompanied by Eric Chappelle

Questions? Contact Pam Kuntz at

kuntzpam@gmail.com or 360-510-4711

https://www.kuntzandco.org/dance-class

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Jun
22
Sat
Tidepools, Lichens & Ferns with Northwest Natura @ Deception Pass State Park
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Jun 22 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
Tidepools, Lichens & Ferns with Northwest Natura @ Deception Pass State Park

Join botanist and naturalist, Jazmen Yoder on a walk at one of the most beautiful coastal parks in the Pacific Northwest. There will be an emphasis on learning about creatures in the tidepools, lichens and ferns, but you will learn a lot about other plants, fungi, edible seaweeds, and coast ecology through exploration of tidepools at low tide. Bring your camera, come for the knowledge, and stay for the views! This is a unique field trip offering you’ll remember forever.

Space is limited. Please register via the website.

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Categories: Education Outdoor Recreation Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: ecology Exploration lichen tidepools
April – June 2024 Apr – Jun 2024