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Adult Tabletop RPG Club

Adult Tabletop RPG Club

12/30/2024 - 12/22/2025 - 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Central Skagit Library
110 W. State St.

The Skagit Central Library in Sedro-Woolley is hosting a weekly Adult Tabletop RPG Club from 6pm-8pm on Mondays!

Every Monday will be a night for Tabletop Games. They are running one-shots until the group decides on the game system that they want to be the campaign.

Mondays will be an opportunity to try the games people have always wanted to try and perhaps even ones you’ve never thought about. Come join us and expand your TTRPG repertoire.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION!

Discover Pass FREE Days

Discover Pass FREE Days

01/01/2025 - 11/11/2025 - All Day

Check out this year’s Discover Pass FREE Days at Washington State Parks! No Discover Pass is required to visit the parks on these days of the year.

  • Jan. 1 — First Day Hikes; New Year’s Day
  • Jan. 20 — Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • March 9 —  Billy Frank Junior’s Birthday
  • March 19 — State Parks’ 111th Birthday
  • April 22  — Earth Day
  • June 7 — Free Fishing Weekend
  • June 8 — Free Fishing Weekend
  • June 19 — Juneteenth
  • August 9 — Smokey Bear’s Birthday
  • Sept. 27— National Public Lands Day
  • Oct. 10 —  World Mental Health Day
  • Nov. 11 — Veterans Day

Find a state park near you HERE!

Marine Life Center

Marine Life Center

01/01/2025 - 12/31/2025 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm at Marine Life Center
1801 Roeder Ave.

The Marine Life Center is OPEN on Squalicum Harbor in Bellingham.  This is a great opportunity to see marine life up close and in-person.

Monday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Tuesday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Wednesday: CLOSED
Thursday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Friday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, closed for lunch 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Sunday: Reservations 10:00 – 11:00 am, Open to the public 11:00 am – 4:00 pm, closed for lunch 12:30 – 1:30 pm

There is a Toddler Time on certain Mondays and Thursdays during the month.  One is at 9am and another at 9:45am.

Large groups or classes are welcome, but due to the center’s size, reservations should be made at least one week in advance.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION!

MegaZapper at the Spark Museum

MegaZapper at the Spark Museum

01/01/2025 - 01/01/2026 - 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm at Spark Museum of Electrical Invention
1312 Bay St

Did you know the SPARK Museum in Bellingham is home to one of the largest Tesla coil ‘lighting machines’ in the country? Get up close and personal with 4 million volts of loose electricity! MegaZapper shows on Saturdays & Sundays at 2:30pm.

Bellingham Farmers Market

Bellingham Farmers Market

04/05/2025 - 12/20/2025 - 10:00 am - 2:00 pm at Depot Market Square
1100 Railroad Ave

The Bellingham Farmers Market is back for another season! Head to Depot Market Square in Bellingham on Saturdays from 10am-2pm. Shop local produce, artisan foods, and crafts at the 100 stall market.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION!

Western Wednesday

Western Wednesday

09/24/2025 - 06/03/2026 - All Day

Every Wednesday is WESTERN WEDNESDAY in downtown Bellingham.

WWU students, staff, and faculty can bring their ID to score deals and discounts all day long at over 60 businesses throughout downtown Bellingham.  You’ll find deals from coffee to cocktails and everything in between.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATING BUSINESSS!

Elaine Horn: Broadcasting From Bellingham

Elaine Horn: Broadcasting From Bellingham

09/26/2025 - 12/31/2025 - 12:00 am at Whatcom Museum, Old City Hall
121 Prospect St.

The Whatcom Museum presents “Elaine Horn: Broadcasting From Bellingham!”

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION!

This photo exhibit features photos about the broadcasting career of Elaine Horn in Bellingham.  From the Whatcom Museum website:

The Whatcom Museum presents Elaine Horn: Broadcasting from Bellingham, a Photo Archive exhibition curated by Jeff Jewell. Horn (1920–1998) was a broadcasting trailblazer with a career that spanned three decades and brought her into homes from British Columbia to Everett, Washington.

Horn began in radio in the 1940s, but by 1962, she had moved into television. At a time when Wagon Train and Bonanza ruled the television ratings, Woman’s World premiered on Bellingham’s KVOS channel 12 with Horn as its charismatic host. Woman’s World appealed to a daytime television audience of mid-century homemakers, making it among the earliest shows in the daytime-TV genre targeted to women. It featured a wide range of topics—from fashion and cooking to cosmetics, childcare, and entertaining—and quickly became one of the most popular shows of this region and beyond.

Most impressive is that Woman’s World aired live, without edits or re-takes. Elaine faced a single, often stationary camera and addressed her audience without a script. The half-hour shows relied on Elaine’s gifted improvisation to carry the program. She was a skilled interviewer with poise and an endearing authenticity.

In 1984, KVOS-TV donated more than 400 original 4×5 negatives to the Whatcom Museum, offering a unique look into local broadcasting history. Captured between 1962 and 1966, the images chronicle Horn in the television studio, often joined by guests. She was both the Woman’s World host and the commercial announcer—a format that early television adapted from radio, merging advertisements into a program through a single, trusted voice.

Looking back on her career, Elaine told the Bellingham Herald in 1977, “One of the reasons I enjoy what I do is because of people. I like people. Everyone has a story.”

Movember Pickleball Tournament

Movember Pickleball Tournament

11/07/2025 - 11/09/2025 - All Day at Armory Pickleball
525 N. State St.

Armory Pickleball hosts their Men’s Movember Pickleball Tournament from November 7th-9th at Armory Pickleball in Bellingham!

Stop by and cheer on your friends in this tournament with proceeds benefitting the Chuckanut Health Foundation!

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE TOURNAMENT!

CLICK HERE TO MAKE A DONATION TO CHUCKANUT HEALTH FOUNDATION!

GangBall

GangBall

11/10/2025 - 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm at Bloedel Donovan Community Building
2114 Electric Ave

GangBall is an adaptive game that involves two teams, the object is to pass the “GangBall” to your teammates and take it to your endzone to score points. Open to all abilities, all bodies welcome and sports chairs are provided!

Bellingham Parks & Rec is hosting a GangBall gathering every Monday through December 8 at the Bloedel Donovan Community Building.

Open to people 10 and older.  Admission is FREE, but you must sign a liability waiver before playing.

For more information, CLICK HERE!

FIG Studio: Cute As a Button

FIG Studio: Cute As a Button

11/12/2025 - 10:00 am - 4:30 pm at Family Interactive Gallery Studio
250 Flora Street

The Whatcom Museum’s Family Interactive Gallery is a self-guided, self-exploratory space that families can play-to-learn and make-and-take crafts that will help young minds imagine, create, and innovate.  Cost is included with your museum admission.

Sew on Corduroy’s button with cardboard and yarn in an ode to author and illustrator Don Freeman.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION!

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