Events
KAFE's Weekend Vibes
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.”
Ferndale Preschool Storytime
11/07/2025 - 10:30 am - 11:00 am at Ferndale Public Library
2125 Main St.
This 30-minute program is designed for preschoolers, ages 3-5, to hear stories, learn rhymes, and sing along with songs that are just right for them at the Ferndale Public Library!
This storytime session is EVERY FRIDAY from 10:30am-11:00am in the Ferndale Meeting Room!
Make.Shift FREE FRIDAYS
11/07/2025 - 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm at Make.Shift Art Space
306 Flora Street
Every Friday, drop by Make.Shift in Bellingham between 1:00pm-3:00pm and create whatever you’d like with the supplies and tools available. It could be vintage magazines, collage materials, paints, pencils, pens, yarn, and more! Refreshments will be available!
Sensory Indoor Recess
11/07/2025 - 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm at Hillcrest Park
1717 S. 13th Street
Mount Vernon Parks & Rec are hosting a Sensory Indoor Recess on Fridays from 2:00pm-4:00pm at Hillcrest Park in Mount Vernon.
This is a space designed for children and families that will benefit from a calmer environment. There will be hands-on toys, sensory tools, books, arts and crafts, and more. Kids will be welcome to explore these at their own pace.
The space is full enclosed, making it easier for caregivers of kids who tend to wander.
