Sep 02 Wednesday
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!!!
Jazz Wednesdays 6-8pm!
Grab your horn, axe, sticks or voice and sit in!
Or sit and enjoy the best in local jazz talent.
All Ages. No Cover. Dinner show. Reservations Recommended.
Birchwood Garden Club
Established 1931-Bellingham, WashingtonPlanting Seeds of Friendship throughout our Community
September Topic:
“Ideas for American Gardens from England” with Karen Chapman.
The first meeting of the Birchwood Garden Club’s 2026-27 season will be held September 2, 2026, in the Rotunda Room of the Old City Hall Museum, 121 Prospect St., Bellingham, WA 98225. Doors open at 6:30 PM.
The speaker will be Karen Chapman of Le jardinet, who wasborn in England and, as she puts it, grew up with a trowel in her hand. She moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1996, and since then has worked for leading garden nurseries and established her business, Le jardinet, to provide garden design services. Karen offers workshop events, publications, and online learning opportunities as well as leading garden tours in Great Britain, United States, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand with a special focus on her native England. Karen's presentation will be “Ideas for American Gardens from England.” Join us for what promises to be a most interesting presentation!
The Birchwood Garden Club is accepting applications from non-profit organizations in Whatcom and Skagit counties to help support projects that are related to horticulture, agriculture or related fields. Applications for up to $500.00 can be found at www.birchwoodgardenclub.org and will be accepted until December 31 and awarded in February.
Founded in 1931, Birchwood Garden Club membership is open to anyone in Whatcom or Skagit Counties. You are invited to join us at our monthly meetings held in the Rotunda Room of the Whatcom Museum, featuring guest speakers on current gardening topics. Check out our website, www.birchwoodgardenclub.org or join us on Instagram and Facebook @ Birchwood Garden Club.
Duane Betts ignites and brings an evolution to the Southern rock tradition. With a fiery legacy forged by his father, the legendary Dickey Betts, the second generation musician infuses it with his own soul-stirring blend of blues, raw passion, and six-string mastery.
Backed by his band, Palmetto Motel, Betts delivers a dynamic live show filled with searing guitar solos, heartfelt storytelling, and a mix of classic influences with fresh energy. Fans can expect a blend of roots rock, blues, and some improvisational jamming, creating an electrifying yet deeply authentic experience. With top-tier musicianship, a connection to rock ‘n’ roll history, and the desire to make every performance a true experience, a Palmetto Motel show is an unforgettable journey that no music lover should miss.
Sep 03 Thursday
Morse Clary's Retrospective Exhibition explores one sculptor's observations of life using non-verbal language of found objects embedded in exquisitely crafted wooden books revealing a rich universe of visual poetry.
Welcome the America250 food delivery. Unload food from the truck. Sort and organize food onto pallets. Assist local food bank representatives with loading and distribution. Help with cleanup as needed.
Project DetailsCome join The Church of Jesus Christ for a once-in-a-lifetime community service event!
As part of the America250 celebration, a JustServe/America250 truck will deliver up to 40,000 pounds of donated food to Kittitas County. Volunteers will help unload approximately 24 pallets of food, sort items, and prepare them for pickup by local food banks serving families in need.
This is a historic, one-time service event celebrating America's 250th anniversary. Volunteers will help welcome the America250/JustServe food delivery truck and prepare donated food for distribution throughout Central Washington.
Youth, families, community members, and groups are all invited to participate. Youth are encouraged to invite friends from the community to serve alongside them. Families are welcome to participate together.
No experience is necessary. Volunteers should be able to lift food items, work as a team, and enjoy serving alongside others.
What you need:
Wear red, white, and/or blue just for the fun.Able to lift and carry a case of packaged food 20-40 pounds, or cheer for those that can.Dress appropriately for a warm fall day; we will be outside on an asphalt parking lot.Bring and wear SunscreenFamilies are encouraged to serve together. The first 25 volunteers will receive a JustServe participation prize.Volunteers, please park on the street next to Mountain View Parkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdLlRHF7CMY&t=3s
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Group ProjectSuitable for all ages
Point of ContactScott Robinson509 859-3169[email protected]
Jim Hodges’ “Unearthed” exhibition is a monumental bronze cast of an uprooted tree stump. The truncated form resonates with majesty while also serving as a mournful reminder of humankind’s impact upon the natural world. The sculpture is suspended in stillness, suggesting what might have been above, stretching branches that had reached into the air towards the sun that once contained life in green and barky rough wildness. With this implication, and through our interaction with the sculpture, “Unearthed” opens generative thought toward relationships between environments and their communities. The work beckons us to consider fragility, ephemerality, as well as the sacredness of life.
This work-in-becoming had its first residency in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral in 2019. Imagine that in the confines of that edifice the sculpture absorbed metaphysical power from everyday spiritual practice, from a celebration of life observed in rites of faith, musical performances, readings, by a community’s presence, participation, and social interaction. “Unearthed” has its second residency at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Washington State University, providing the academic and regional community an occasion to approach the work through intentional participation.
In time, its roots will be reunited with the ground through burial, transferring its accumulated goodwill charged with incorporeal memories and energies into the Earth. Only its severed trunk will remain visible, indicating a new role in nature.
IMAGE | Jim Hodges, Unearthed, 2015 to present
LOCATION | The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. Museum hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Closed Sundays, Mondays, and during University holidays and breaks.
Each year, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art presents selections from its growing permanent collection in an exhibition, offering fresh perspectives through thematic exhibitions, recent acquisitions, and curated installations.
Open August 25, 2026 through March 13, 2027, “JSMA Collects” explores the many ways artists, curators, and visitors connect with nature, place, and one another. Works on view reflect the relationships between environments and communities, while spring installations expand the conversation to themes of home, family, and everyday life, inviting reflection on the natural world and our place within it.
From its founding collection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American and European paintings, the museum's holdings have grown to more than 4,000 works of art. Today, the collection spans the eighteenth century to the present and features a diverse range of regional, national, and international artists whose works illuminate the breadth and evolution of visual culture.
IMAGE | Etsuko Ichikawa, Vitrified, 2020
Form a Line
July 31 - Sept 20, 2026
Childhood's End Gallery presents Form a Line, a group exhibition of new work by four distinct Pacific Northwest artists. Finding common ground in bold representation of the natural world, Kathy Anderson, Colleen Cotey, Sara Gettys, and Julia Janeway each bring a practiced sensitivity to their chosen mediums. Through processes that remove material or add it, these four artists present new works rooted in an intimate knowledge of place and material.
Artist Reception - Saturday, Aug 8, 4-6pm
Childhood’s End Gallery222 4th Ave WOlympia WA 98501
Always FREE to enter
360-943-3724
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