Community Calendar

Art in the Park Festival hosts an annual attendance of over 78k people throughout two sunny days in Howard Amon Park. Artists from around the United States travel to show case, demonstrate, educate, and sell their original work. Boasting over 300 artists, Art in the Park Festival colourfully engulfs Howard Amon Park in Richland, Washington.With music from popular artists, live entertainment, gourmet food provided by award winning food trucks, interactive art experiences, sculpture gardens, and an immersive festival vibe.

We promise a one of a kind art experience.

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/.

Whether you’re a longtime Austen devotee or simply love a good historical novel, we’d love to have you join the conversation!

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

See restoration history and help NSEA maintain older restoration sites that need love.
Find out more and register at n-sea.org/stream-stewards

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!!!

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.

See restoration history and help NSEA maintain older restoration sites that need love.
Find out more and register at n-sea.org/stream-stewards

Evening Bingo is back at UKC Senior Center, the first Thursday of each month beginning March 5th through November 5th. Doors open at 4:30pm and calling begins at 6:00pm sharp! Cards and daubers are for sale. Cash bar will be open. Sack dinners for sale $7, or feel free to bring your own snacks.

PiE [Poetry in Ellensburg] is an open mic, where participants are each given 301 seconds (5 minutes + 1 second) to present their original writing, or that of a writer they admire. We are open to poetry, free verse, limerick, soliloquy, monologue, flash fiction, doggerel, (yours or Bukowski's). Must be 21 years of age.