The Downtown Bellingham Partnership presents their inaugural downtown Holiday Wine Walk.  The new event, taking place Friday, November 10 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., will guide attendees on a tasting tour throughout downtown.  Like the spring iteration of the event, Holiday Wine Walk attendees will sample unique wines at 16 different retailers while having […]

Chuckanut Brewery in Bellingham, WA was awarded two Gold Medals for their Chuckanut beers at the 2017 Great American Beer Festival (GABF). A Gold for Kolsch German style Ale and a Gold for Chuckanut Dunkel Lager were given at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver, Colorado October 7, 2017. The GABF 2017 had 8,100 entries […]

Whatcom Events in Belligham, WA has announced a change to the 2018 Ski to Sea Race allowing racers to participate in multiple legs (with a maximum of three legs per individual).  Teams will consist of a minimum of three racers and a maximum of eight racers.  Individuals may compete in up to three legs for one team […]

Atwood Ales Farm Brewery in Blaine, WA, which produces a variety of ales inspired by old-world French and Belgian farmhouse brewing traditions. is set to release two fresh hops ales produced using hops harvested from their own hopyard, just hundreds of feet away from their brewhouse. In early September, several groups of volunteers assisted the […]

Bellingham and Whatcom County, Washington are a connected unit of small communities on a the northwestern edge of America, home to native peoples and immigrants of diverse backgrounds. Since 1921, the International Peace Arch monument between the US and Canada has been located here, in Blaine, WA, to honor the peace and shared ancestry between […]

Camber, a microroasting coffee company located in Bellingham, WA, celebrated the grand opening of its new restaurant at 221 Holly Street in downtown Bellingham on Aug. 26, 2017. Owned by David Yake, Andrew Bowman and Todd Elliott, Camber has been roasting coffee in Bellingham for select restaurants and cafes around the country since late 2015, […]

Noted violinist Benjamin Beilman will perform Sibelius’ evocative Violin Concerto with the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra as they open their 42nd season on  Sunday, October 8 at 3:00 p.m. at the Mount Baker Theatre in Bellingham. “The Sibelius Concerto is arguably one of the most difficult in the repertoire,” says Music Director Yaniv Attar. “We are […]

Kuntz and Company, a non-profit, dance theatre company founded and directed by Pam Kuntz in Bellingham, WA, presents THREADS, a dance theater piece that explores the fabric of memories, Oct. 26 and 27, 2017 at the Firehouse Performing Arts Center, 1314 Harris Ave, Bellingham. Do you remember that shirt your father used to wear while working […]

Today, a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) degree equals career opportunity. Whatcom Community College in Bellingham, WA strengthens the local and regional talent pool in these critically important fields through relevant degrees and certificates, scholarship opportunities, and programs for middle and high school students. In October, WCC will celebrate I ♄ STEM Month with […]

On Nov. 9, 2017, the Sustainable Design & Development Conference hosted by Sustainable Connections returns to Bellingham, WA, as one of the premier green building conferences in the Northwest. This conference focuses on the most advanced measures of sustainability, and embodies the principals of the Living Building Challenge. This year, building professionals of all kinds […]

Sustainable Connections invites all to participate in September Eat Local Month’s last hurrah with Restaurant week in Bellingham, from Sunday, Sept. 24 to Saturday, Sept. 30. Nineteen restaurants have dreamed up locally sourced specials, with 50% or more of the ingredients coming from Whatcom, Skagit, San Juan or Island Counties. Explore new dishes with classic […]

Mount Baker Theatre in Bellingham, WA presents Evil Dead-The Musical for a one-night engagement, Saturday, October 7 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are now available for this macabre musical comedy based on one of the most beloved cult franchises in the history of cinema:  Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, and Army of Darkness. In this gleeful, gore-filled […]

Western Washington University alumnus and Oscar winner TJ Martin won an Emmy Saturday for his National Geographic documentary “LA 92.” Martin, a graduate of Western’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies in Bellingham, co-created “LA 92” with longtime directing partner and fellow Oscar-winner Dan Lindsay. Their film “Undefeated” earned the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in […]

Cloud Mountain Farm Center in Everson, WA is hosting their annual Fall Fruit Festival on Saturday, October 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday, October 8 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come experience the farm firsthand with your family and friends and savor the bounty of our region.  This family-friendly event […]

The Western Washington University soccer programs will each host games at Harrington Field in Bellingham on Saturday and fans are encouraged to cheer on the Vikings with a two-for-one ticket admission special offer that includes a t-shirt and poster giveaways. The doubleheader on Saturday (Sept. 16) starts with the top-ranked WWU women’s soccer team playing […]

The Bellingham Theatre Guild engages the community to create live theatre experiences in Bellingham, and they are back with a fun story to tell, as they present The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie, directed by Dee Dee O’Connor. A group of strangers is stranded in a boarding house during a snow storm, and one of them is […]

Join Taylor Shellfish Farms near Bellingham, WA for a special two-night only pop-up dinner series with New Zealand chef, Monique Fiso, on September 23 and 24, 2017. The dinner will be held at the picturesque Taylor Shellfish Farm Store in Bow overlooking Samish Bay. Hiakai is a pop-up series devoted to the exploration and development of […]

Drivers will be smashing and crashing – and some will be cashing – Saturday, Sept. 23 during the Fall Demo Derby at the Northwest Washington Fair and Event Center in Lynden. “The Fall Demo Derby is ideal for fans who can’t get enough of this great action and for those who weren’t able to attend […]

Chuckanut Brewery in Bellingham, WA has collaborated with the Bottleshop Collective to brew an old style Oktoberfest beer called Old Fest. This collaboration is with Bellingham bottle shop friends Elizabeth Station, Chuck’s Hop Shops, Beer Junction, Bottleworks, Beer Authority, Special Brews, Edison City, Malt & Vine, Teku Tavern and Pint Defiance (Tacoma). They have decided […]

  The Whatcom Museum has been awarded a $60,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in support of the upcoming exhibition, “Endangered Species: Artists on the Front Line of Biodiversity,” which will be on exhibit September 8, 2018 – January 6, 2019, in the Lightcatcher building. The grant will assist the Museum […]

This fall, the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, WA, will present 75 artworks on loan from the Tacoma Art Museum, featuring works of western American art, including bronze sculptures and paintings. “Art of the American West: Highlights of the Haub Family Collection from the Tacoma Art Museum” will be on exhibit at the Lightcatcher building September […]

  Lisa Mudd-Keenan, who has extensive experience in the hospitality and travel industries, has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at Four Points by Sheraton Bellingham Hotel & Conference Center. Mudd-Keenan previously served in the position when the property was owned by Fred Poppe and for the last 14 years has been involved with […]

New features of the second annual Bellingham SeaFeast, scheduled Sept. 22-23, range from special dining to artistic to educational to just crazy fun. Several new activities sprinkle the lineup with attractions that aim to top the draw of last year’s inaugural family-friendly festival when more than 6,000 visited Squalicum Harbor and Zuanich Point Park. New […]

Food lovers will savor some new events featured in the second annual Bellingham SeaFeast, scheduled Sept. 22-23 in downtown Bellingham and at Squalicum Harbor in Bellingham. Organizers anticipate topping last year’s 6,000-plus attendance bolstered by new foodie activities, including ticketed SeaFeed at the Square, and Taste the Sea: A Sustainable Seafood Experience. Also, new ticketed […]

Appel Farms is proud to announce that owner, Ruth Appel is among the 2017 class of American Cheese Society Certified Cheese ProfessionalsÂź (ACS CCPsÂź). She is part of an elite group of individuals who passed the 7th ACS Certified Cheese ProfessionalÂź Exam. The exam was held on July 26, 2017, in Denver, CO. ACS CCPsÂź […]

A group of Whatcom County local yarn stores announced that the first ever Purls & Pop-Ups, a one-day Whatcom County yarn crawl, will occur on September 16, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at three locally owned yarn stores: Apple Yarns and Northwest Yarns in Bellingham, WA, and Wear on Earth in Lynden, WA. […]

It’s getting to be Oktoberfest time and Chuckanut Brewery in Bellingham, WA is celebrating. We’ve been working on our recipe all year and now they are releasing our golden Fest Bier all over Puget Sound. Chuckanut Brewery & Kitchen (North Nut), Bellingham, and Chuckanut Brewery’s South Nut Tap Room at the Port of Skagit Airport […]

Western Gallery, on the campus of Western Washington University in Bellingham, will host “Coded Threads: Textile and Technology,” which brings together 14 well-known artists integrating textiles with technology, from Sept. 27 to Dec. 8, 2017. The exhibition features the work of Lia Cook, Linda Hutchins, Robin Kang, Sheila Klein, Barbara Layne and Lauren Osmond, Maggie Orth, Devorah Sperber, Reiko Sudo, […]

Boundary Bay Brewery & Bistro and Cloud Mountain Farm Center are partnering to bring a farm-to-plate menu to Bellingham, showcasing a variety of locally grown ingredients. The farm-to-plate special will be available at Boundary Bay’s restaurant from Aug 30 to Sept 3, 2017. Boundary Bay will donate 20% of the sales from the specials to […]

Chuckanut Brewery has just tapped an ever-flavorful, smoky blonde lager called Rauch Helles at South Nut in Skagit Valley (11937 Higgins Airport Way, Burlington) and soon to be on at the Brewery & Kitchen in Bellingham (601 W Holly St). Chuckanut created the Rauch Helles last year in collaboration with Redhook’s experimental brewer Nick Crandall. […]

Whether it’s the liquid sound of Benjamin Beilman playing Sibelius, Beethoven’s Eroica with Amit Peled on cello, or Carmina Burana with more musicians than we have ever tried to get on the Mount Baker Theatre stage, there will be something for you with the Whatcom Symphony’s Orchestra. The events include: October 8, 2017 – Scottish Symphony […]

From the pages to the stage, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic children’s story “The Secret Garden” springs to life this summer in a full-length Tony Award-winning adaptation of the beloved novel. Sept. 1 – 3, Western Summer Theatre in Bellingham presents the enchanting classic children’s story of forgiveness and renewal re-imagined by composer Lucy Simon and […]

Get your heart pumping with a quick run, or take the kids for a stroll—all on trails close to Bellingham, WA. The new book Urban Trails: Bellingham by Craig Romano gets you outside, taking you to beaches, old-growth forests, shorelines, wetlands, vistas, meadows, and historic sites around Bellingham and nearby Anacortes, Mount Vernon, Burlington, Sedro-Woolley, Lynden, Ferndale, […]

The newly-established BMX Racing League  offers the community of Bellingham a unique way to engage kids and parents alike, through exciting programming that gets the whole family back on bikes – at Bellingham BMX. The League allows new families to learn how the sport works, and riders to progress gradually, riding only with other beginners. […]

The Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center and Boundary Bay Brewery in Bellingham invite all ages to register for the 11th Annual Compete for a Cause Cribbage Tournament, Saturday, September 9, 10:00 a.m. – 3 p.m., in the Boundary Bay Beer Garden. Advanced Registration is $25, $30 at the door (students and seniors $20 in adv. or, […]

The road to stardom is paved with hard knocks and broken dreams in a special summer treat as Bellingham welcomes the delicious west-coast premiere of a new comedy. This summer Western Summer Theatre presents “Angel Food Cake,” a comedy by award-winning playwright Kelli Lynn Woodend about life, love, dreams and music. “Angel Food Cake” premieres […]

There’s a killer on the loose in the city of subdued excitement, and there’s only one woman who can put an end to the madness- detective Lou Perkins. This August Western Summer Theatre in Bellingham presents a comedic murder mystery unlike anything you’ve seen before. “Bicycle Noir: A Love Story on Wheels” follows detective Perkins […]

From farm to plate and sea to table, celebrate local cuisine of the Pacific Northwest in Bellingham, WA and the surrounding Whatcom County every week this September. In the height of harvest season, Sustainable Connections presents Eat Local Month to highlight the the bounty in Bellingham’s backyard, and support the folks who grow, raise and prepare […]

Woods Coffee, with numerous locations in Bellingham and Whatcom County, has been celebrating their 15­ Year anniversary all year long, and have announced a major giveaway of over $9,000 in outdoor gear. Since 2002, Woods Coffee’s mission has been to Serve Others, Make a Difference, and Have Fun. Throughout 2017, Woods Coffee has highlighted each […]

Whatcom Events is pleased to announce the return of Wondermud (formerly Muds to Suds)! The family friendly run (for ages 8 and up) will feature 20 obstacles and mud pits that combine athletic stamina and your child hood fantasy of playing in the mud. Participant’s goals; (a) FINISH the course (b) get MUDDY (c) have […]