Community Calendar

Join us for a miniature painting event, hosted by Doug Staudt. Miniatures and supplies will be provided. This will be a monthly event on every 1st Friday.

Come learn about energy efficiency and electrification This event is open to homeowners, renters, and businesses. Exhibitors include utility providers, electricians, HVAC installers, appliance retailers, insulation specialists, solar providers, builders, realtors, and nonprofit and education organizations,

A book club from the more adventurous side of your romance shelves! Does the idea of the monster under your bed excite rather than scare you? Like your love interests with more bite than bark? Do you look at Pyramid Head from Silent Hill and think "Yeah, he can get it?" This group is for you! Please note that due to the adult nature of the books we will be discussing, this club will be open to 18+ only. Hosted at Lee's Tahitian, on the second Tuesday of every month from 6-8 pm.

Free In Person Financial Course! Want to learn more about money? How to make your dollar stretch? How to create a budget? Well this free course is for you! Come join us on Wednesdays at the WECU Education Center on 511 E. Holly Street, Downtown Bellingham, starting February 4th-March 25th from 3:00pm-5:00pm. Scan the QR code or visit www.oppco.org/flare-registration/ to register. Hope to see you there!!!

Healthy rivers and salmon are vital to our way of life in the Pacific Northwest, but Columbia Basin salmon, steelhead, and other native fish are in crisis. Most wild salmon and steelhead runs persist at a fraction of their historic abundance and geographic distribution, and some (including three of five in the Snake River) persist at less than one percent of their historic abundance. Our region’s future is at stake, and our advocacy is more important now than ever.
Join Save Our wild Salmon Coalition on Zoom in taking collective action to protect salmon and defend the historic progress made towards salmon recovery by attending a virtual salmon advocacy action hour, occurring on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 12:30-1:30pm AND 5:30-6:30pm PT (afternoon and evening sessions are identical).
Join to hear updates from experts on issues impacting salmon recovery and the health of the Columbia/Snake Rivers, ask questions, and, most importantly, get resources and information about how you can take action NOW. We will provide resources and support for all levels of salmon advocates, whether you want to take quick online action, like contacting your representative or submitting a public comment, or spend more time on your advocacy by writing a letter to the editor or hosting a postcard-writing party.
RSVP at wildsalmon.org/salmon-action-hours

Go birding with staff from the Wenatchee River Institute at our campus by the Wenatchee River! All birding skill levels are welcome. Need binoculars? We have loaner binoculars that you can borrow.

We will enjoy birding this spring in Wenatchee on the second Thursday and in Leavenworth on the last Thursday of each month.

Trail difficulty level: beginner
Trail is wide enough for ADA access, but trails are gravel
Bathrooms available at the start and end of the walk

Meet outside the River Haus at 8am. This is a FREE event and no registration is needed.

Working people across the country and in Thurston, Lewis, and Mason Counties are facing escalating attacks on their livelihoods and their dignity. In response to this assault, the Thurston Lewis Mason Central Labor Council is partnering with the Washington Labor Education and Research Center (WA LERC) to present The South Sound Labor School education program at Evergreen State College on January 31, 2026.

The South Sound Labor School will offer “union curious” workers, rank-and-file union members, union leadership and staff, and members of community organizations the education they need to make our communities stronger and more effective.

Find out more about the South Sound Labor School and how to register at https://www.tlmlabor.org/.

A book club from the more adventurous side of your romance shelves! Does the idea of the monster under your bed excite rather than scare you? Like your love interests with more bite than bark? Do you look at Pyramid Head from Silent Hill and think "Yeah, he can get it?" This group is for you! Please note that due to the adult nature of the books we will be discussing, this club will be open to 18+ only. Hosted at Lee's Tahitian, on the second Tuesday of every month from 6-8 pm.

Could the American Revolution have been both a fight for human liberty—and for empire and dominance?

Explore the strange duality of the Revolutionary War with historian Lawrence Hatter. Meet the Revolutionary War generation who won huge victories for universal human rights, yet who conquered other humans for territory and treasure. Discover the Battle of Fallen Timbers, where the U.S.’s victory over a Native confederacy led to its ongoing invasion of Indian Country.

As the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaches, how can we celebrate the Founders’ achievements while reconciling with this dissonant past?
Lawrence B. A. Hatter is an award-winning scholar and teacher of Colonial and Revolutionary American history. A native of the United Kingdom, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia and currently serves as associate professor of History at Washington State University. He has been published in The Washington Post and TIME magazine. He also writes a regular column for Spokane’s The Inlander newspaper.
Lawrence lives in Pullman.

This talk is presented in partnership with The Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service, which educates citizens across the state about democratic institutions and public affairs, and is based at Washington State University. For more information, visit The Foley Institute’s website.

Artistic Partner Mei-Ann Chen joins us for this fantastical East meets West program. Following Che-Yi Lee’s dynamic and virtuosic Dancing Strings, violinist Melissa White brings us the beloved Butterfly Lovers’ Concerto, a tale of love, longing and transformation. Ravel’s Mother Goose closes our season, with magical spinning wheels, pagodas, princesses and enchanted gardens. This program includes a mini Taiwan Festival with food and activities provided by Asia Pacific Cultural Center.