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MARCH 2016 TUESDAY 3/1/2016 Gentle Yoga Classes, Joani Glasser, 10:30am11:45am, www.yogawithjoani.com or 360-656-6699. (pg. 14) Creative Movement, The Firehouse PAC, 4:15-5pm, localmotiondance@gmail.com or 360-296-3766. Creative Modern Dance (ages 5-8), The Firehouse PAC, 5-6pm, $80 (8 weeks), 360-296-3766, localmotiondance@gmail.com. Tuesday Night Jazz: Julianne Thoma Quartet, Hotel Bellwether, 5-8pm, free, 360-392-3100, ranenogales@msn.com. Opening Reception: Mila Faulknner, Bellewood Farm Gallery, 5:30pm, free, 360-318-7720, www.milafaulknerart.com. (pg. 12) Samurai Arts Karate Program (6 Tuesdays) begins, Jansen Art Center, 5:30-7pm, one free drop-in / $110 for 10 sessions, 360-354-3600, cynthia@jansenartcenter.org or www.jansenartcenter.org. Build A Small Table Workshop (8 sessions) begins, Terra Firma Design Woodworking Shop, 6-8pm, $395 plus materials, 360-393-7577, www.TerraFirmaDesignNW.com or dolesejt@msn.com. (pg. 27) Doc Club (view and discuss documentaries), Bellingham Public Library, 6pm, free, 360-778-7217, jjohnson@cob.org or www.bellinghampubliclibrary.org. Doc Talk: “Understanding Menopause” with Sarah Evans, ARNP, Skagit Valley Hospital, 6-8pm, free / preregistration required, 360-814-2424, www.skagitregionalhealth.org. Reception: Art! Art! Art!, Firehouse PAC, 6-8pm, free, 360-752-1904. (pg. 12) “Flowing,” Pickford Film Center, 6:30-8:45pm, $10.75, www.pickfordfilmcenter.org or 360-738-0735. Bellingham Evening Toastmasters Club, Spring Creek Retirement Center, 223 E Bakerview Rd, Bellingham Wa, 98226, 7-8:30pm, free, contact-4470@toastmastersclubs.org, 360-7560217 or www.4470.toastmastersclubs.org. (pg. 10) Free Adult Acting Class: Performances, Anacortes Community Theatre, 7-10:30pm, free, Nello@freeadultactingclass.com, 360-8400089 or www.freeadultactingclass.com. Weekly International Folk Dancing, Bayview Civic Hall, 7-9:30pm, 1st session free / $3 thereafter, safdancers@hotmail.com or 360-766-6866. (pg. 25)
WEDNESDAY 3/2/2016 Open Studio Painting, Trish Harding School of Art at Studio UFO, 10am-3pm, $230 for 5 sessions or $50 each, 360-319-6115 or www.studio-ufo.net. (pg. 12) Senior Stretch (gentle yoga), Jansen Art Center, 10-11am, $12, cynthia@jansenartcenter.org or 360-354-3600. BMC Student Instrumental and String Awards, Trinity Lutheran Church, 10:30-11:30am, free, 360-306-8580, rsnyhowl@q.com or www.bellinghammusicclub.org. (pg. 5) Chair Yoga, Mount Vernon Senior Center, 11am-noon, free will offering, 206-790-4862, yogaheartspace0@gmail.com. Wednesday Lunchtime Music: Sylvia Bos, Jansen Art Center, noon-1pm, free, 360-3543600 or www.jansenartcenter.org.
Ukulele Fun, Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1-2pm, free will donation, 206-790-4962, yogaheartspace0@gmail.com. (pg. 5) Feminine Energy 101 Class (6 weeks) begins, Simply Spirit Reading & Healing Center, 3-5:30pm, $180, 360-647-7134, admin@simplyspiritcenter.com or www.simplyspiritcenter.com. Elder Care: Support Options with Dementia Trainer Debbie Gann, Skagit Valley Hospital Cascade Room, 5:30-8pm, free, 360-814-2424, healthquest@skagitvalleyhospital.org or www.skagitregionalhealth.org. Healing Hour, Simply Spirit Reading & Healing Center, 5:30pm, $5, 360-647-7134 or www.simplyspiritcenter.com. Handbuilt Pottery: Using Big Tools Workshop (4 sessions) begins, Baker Creek Ceramic Studio, 6:30-9pm, $160, 360-393-5458, bakercreekceramics@gmail.com or www.bakercreekceramics.com. Yoga for Daily Living (6 sessions) begins, Jansen Art Center, 6:30-7:45pm, $60 for 6 sessions, 360-354-3600, cynthia@jansenartcenter.com or www.jansenartcenter.org. Birchwood Garden Club: Tom’s Bamboo, Whatcom Museum Rotunda Room, 7-9pm, free, 360-384-6250, threemetcalfes@comcast.net or www.birchwoodgardenclub.org. (pg. 29) Scottish Country Dance Class, Fairhaven Public Library, 7-9:30pm, $8 / 1st class free, www.bellinghamscd.org. (pg. 25)
“Halving the Bones” w/ Ruth Ozeki, Pickford Film Center, 6:30-8:15pm, free, 360-738-0735, www.pickfordfilmcenter.org. “Mount Baker Eruptive History and Hazards,” Burlington Public Library, 6:30-8pm, free, 360-755-0760, blibrary@burlingtonwa.gov or www.burlingtonwa.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=1639. Xi Xi Hu Walking Qigong, The Carnation Building, 6:30-7:30pm, by donation, 360-3037964, scaredturtle8@gmail.com. Bellingham Parks & Rec Travelogue: “Costa Rica Eco-Adventure” with Jasmine Goodnow, Whatcom Musuem Old City Hall Rotunda Room, 7-9pm, $3 suggested donation, 360-778-8930, info@whatcommuseum.org or www.whatcommuseum.org. Valley Voices Acappella Chorus Open Enrollment for 2016, Ten Mile Grange, 7-9pm, $10 monthly, valleyvoicesr4u@gmail.com, 360-296-4374 or www.valleyvoices.weebly.com. (pg. 6) Balkan Folk Dancing, Fairhaven Library, 7:15-10pm, $5 donation requested / 1st time free, 360-380-0456. (pg. 25) “The Odd Couple: Female Version,” The Claire Theatre, 7:30pm, $12 general / $10 seniors and students / $8 kids 3-9, 360-354-4425, clairevgtheatre@gmail.com or www.clairevgtheatre.com. (pg. 29) Festival of (In)appropriation, Limelight Cinema, 8-9:30pm, free, 360-738-0735, www.pickfordfilmcenter.org.
THURSDAY 3/3/2016
FRIDAY 3/4/2016
Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale, Bellingham Public Library, 10am-6pm, free, 360-778-7250, friendslibrary3@gmail.com. Open Studio Painting, Trish Harding School of Art at Studio UFO, 10am-3pm, $185 for 4 sessions or $50 each, 360-319-6115 or www.studio-ufo.net. (pg. 12) Gentle Yoga Classes, Joani Glasser, 10:30am11:45am, 360-656-6699. (pg. 14) Lynden Emeritus Forum: “Survey of Big Band Music from Its Roots in 1920s Jazz through the Swing Era and Beyond” with Steve Herrick, Lynden High School Band Room, 10:30am-noon, free / donations encouraged, emeritus.forum@gmail.com or www.emeritusforum.weebly.com. Whatcom READS! Book Discussion with Ruth Ozeki (“A Tale for the Time Being”), Ferndale Library, 11am-1pm, free, 360-305-3600, www.wcls.org. Strings Open Studio, Jansen Art Center, 11:30am-12:30pm, $5 per month / members free, 360-354-3600, info@jansenartcenter.org or www.jansenartcenter.org. (pg. 6) Ceramics Open Studio, Jansen Art Center (JAC), noon-4pm, $10 per session / $70 for 10 sessions, www.jansenartcenter.org. Thursday Evening Live: Erik & Anissa, Jansen Art Center, 5-7pm, free, 360-354-3600, cynthia@jansenartcenter.org or www.jansenartcenter.org. Meditation Hour, Simply Spirit Reading & Healing Center, 5:30-6:30pm (drop in quietly), $5, admin@simplyspiritcenter.com, 360-6477134 or www.simplyspiritcenter.com. Throwing on the Potter’s Wheel Workshop (4 sessions) begins, Baker Creek Ceramic Studio, 6-9pm, $180, 360-393-5458, bakercreekceramics@gmail.com or www.bakercreekceramics.com.
Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale, Bellingham Public Library, 10am-6pm. (pg. 32) Microsoft Excel Workshop: Basic & Intermediate, Blaine Library, 10:30am-3:30pm, free / preregistration required, 360-305-3600, www.wcls.org. Whatcom READS Presents: Introduction to Buddhist Meditation with Tim Burnett, Red Cedar Dharma Hall, 11:30am, free, www.whatcomreads.org. Barkley Toasters, Dorothy Haggen Building, noon-1pm, free, 360-220-1151. (pg. 10) Valley Writers (adults), South Whatcom Library, 1-3pm, free, 360-305-3600, www.wcls.org. (pg. 26) Whatcom READS Presents: Principles of Buddhism with Ruth Ozeki and Tim Burnett, YWCA Ballroom, 1:30pm, free, www.whatcomreads.org. Ceramics Open Studio, JAC, 2-4pm, $10/session or $70 for 10 sessions, 360-354-3600 or www.jansenartcenter.org/ceramics-studio.
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