Celebrate the Holiday Season with Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: The Musical at Mount Baker Theatre
Sleigh what? The critically acclaimed live stage show, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical, returns this fall for its tenth year on the road entertaining families across North America. The national tour, featuring the “most famous reindeer of all” and his friends from the longest running and highest rated holiday television special, will soar into Bellingham, Washington at Mount Baker Theatre on December 7 with two showtimes at 1:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Audiences are invited to help Santa save Christmas with the help of Rudolph and the holly jolly cast of characters including Hermey the Elf, Yukon Cornelius, Bumble the Abominable Snow Monster, and more.
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Whatcom Housing Alliance Presents Whatcom Housing Week
The Whatcom Housing Alliance is proud to announce the eighth annual Whatcom Housing Week, a week-long event dedicated to addressing the critical housing challenges facing our community. In partnership with local organizations, the Whatcom Housing Alliance is hosting over 17 events, each free and open to the public. Events will be held from October 15-18, 2024 and will include walking tours, art exhibits, a candidate forum and the biannual Whatcom Housing Alliance All Members Meeting.
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The Community is Invited to Celebrate Boundary Bay Brewery’s 29th Anniversary
Twenty-nine years ago Clueless and Toy Story hit the big screen, Mariah Carey ruled the airways, Yahoo hit the internet, DVD’s were invented, and Boundary Bay Brewery opened its doors to customers on September 16th, 1995.
To celebrate its 29th anniversary, Boundary Bay Brewery has planned a week of special events highlighting everything that is synonymous with Boundary Bay- community, live music, fun for all ages, and great craft beer.
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Northwest Youth Services Announces 2nd Annual Healing Centered Engagement Gathering
Northwest Youth Services is excited to invite the community to the 2nd Annual Healing Centered Engagement Gathering on Saturday, October 5, from 9 AM to 1 PM at Sehome High School. This event offers a unique opportunity to explore how art and belonging intersect within the framework of Healing Centered Engagement.
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Vitamin String Quartet Announces Stop in Bellingham - Experience the Music of Taylor Swift, Bridgerton & Beyond
Beloved pop-culture inspired instrumentalists Vitamin String Quartet have announced their U.S. tour performing the music of Taylor Swift, Bridgerton, and more. With over 2 billion streams, almost 4 million downloads, and over 1 million physical units sold, the Billboard-charting ensemble is known for their classical reinterpretations of pop hits. Their songs have been prominently featured in the Netflix and Shondaland original series Bridgerton, and the quartet performed at the show’s Season 3 premiere event.
Location: Mount Baker Theatre Main Stage Date: Friday, November 22, 2024
Time: 7:30 PM
Price: Tickets start at $15.75*
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All-New Shrek The Musical Coming to Bellingham as part of North American Broadway Tour
Mount Baker Theatre (MBT) is thrilled to announce that an all-new version of Shrek The Musical will depart Duloc to embark on a cross-country national tour that includes a stop in Bellingham, Washington on Sunday, November 17. Audiences can expect a Shrek that feels both familiar and refreshingly new, inviting everyone to “fall in love all ogre again.”
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The Hip Hop Nutcracker Returns With a National Tour Stop in Bellingham, Washington
A holiday dance mash-up for the whole family celebrating 50 years of hip hop! As artists, the industry, and fans celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip hop around the globe, The Hip Hop Nutcracker announces its 2024 tour to more than 25 U.S. cities including Mount Baker Theatre for one night only on November 13, 2024. The production reimagines Tchaikovsky’s 130-year-old ballet as a contemporary holiday dance spectacle! The performance features hip hop pioneer Kurtis “The Breaks” Blow, the first rapper to be signed by a major label in 1979, performing as the show’s MC.
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A Tale of Two Yarn-Makers Reviving the Local Mill
Article by The Tyee
Excerpt: For nearly a decade, the Spinsters were a fixture at the Bellingham Farmers Market. Their booth was easy to find: market goers just needed to look for their brightly coloured yarns in vibrant cyan and deep magenta. Founders Kate Burge and Rachel Price commuted to the market by bike — neither one owned a car at the time — and set up most Saturdays.
The duo, who named their company Spincycle, specialized in a type of craft practised by few others in the early 2000s: kettle-dyeing and hand-spinning wool into beautiful skeins. Unlike most commercial yarns, which are spun and then dyed, the yarn Burge and Price create is dyed first, before it’s spun into yarn.
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