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10/24/2026

| Art and Happiness
📍 2004 James Street

Art and Happiness is one of the most joyful and creative spaces here in town for art supplies and creativity!

Recently, we visited the owner Elli for a make and take craft activity where we made BAT WANDS! Just in time before spooky season slips away. 🦇

You can obtain this very same make and take craft for yourself, just pop down to Art and Happiness to purchase one!

Watch the full two part special with the tutorial and interview with Elli now on our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/5MUsTEvxtdY

10/20/2026

| Bantam
📍 1327 Railroad Avenue, Bellingham, WA

Whether you're there for the southern comfort food bites or a delicious mocktail or cocktail, Bantam is a weekend fan fave for many!

What We Enjoyed:
🍗 Chef's Set Thai-Inspired Fried Chicken (rotated item)
🍗 Chicken & Waffles
🍗 Buu Chan Bacon Grilled Cheese
🍗 Parmesan Grits

Be sure to check them out the next time you're looking to spend a weekend meal on Railroad Avenue!

[ bellingham washington | food | foodie | taste test | restaurant | local business | community | pnw ]

10/15/2026

Explore Bellingham Now | Creative Currents; An Exhibit Curated by Bellingham SeaFeast at Cordata Gallery

Celebrating 10 Years of SeaFeast; Creative Currents features over 20 regional artists that celebrate "the Salish Sea, the working waterfront, and the quiet forces of tide and current that define life here" (Bellingham SeaFeast).

Cordata Gallery is FREE to visit, and you can check out the gallery every Tuesday through Saturday, between 11AM-4PM or by appointment.

Featured Artists:
🪼 Ivan Colin
🪼 Jason Allen LaClair
🪼 Ryan Henry Ward
🪼 A. Cyalsta Finkbonner
🪼 Andrew “Tsow-Met” Johnson
🪼 Diego Fidelis
🪼 Jenna Goodman
🪼 Paul Niemi
🪼 Tom Crestodina
🪼 Patricia Missler
🪼 Victoria Cassar
🪼 Suzanne Morlock
🪼 Evan Whitehead
🪼 Jim Dixon
🪼 Brandon Nelson
🪼 Tomas Vrba
🪼 Tatiana Wagner
🪼 Maggie Hayward
🪼 Graham Schodda
🪼 Stephanie O’Connor
🪼 Kevin Coleman
🪼 Isabella Tiger Moth
🪼 Rachel Simpson

Watch the full feature on this gallery on our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/Jj6cFNMU3eQ

10/15/2026

SEASON 8, EPISODE 2 ~ Kelly Evert & Paul Hanson, Village Books and Paper Dreams

Meet Kelly Evert and Paul Hanson. 2/3 of the trio that own and operate Village Books and Paper Dreams. All three former employees and leadership team that eventually took on the reins of the business from the founders Dee and Chuck Robinson. In this episode, Kelly and Paul talk about their journey in the world of books, what it's like to co-own and operate between three different business owners and all the hows and whys behind choosing what books to stock. Plus, we get into the ways that Village Books and Paper Dreams has connected with the community, the neurological magic of picking up and reading a physical book, and all the reasons why it's vital for us all to never lose the art of reading for yourself.

Enjoy the episode!

Listen:
🎙 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/episode/62xIoyywT1J5X7iobuqRk3?si=4c5ca17d8e81480a
🎙 APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kelly-evert-paul-hanson-village-books-paper-dreams/id1473399789?i=1000796485884
🎥 YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/Opgkg_0KDdM

10/14/2026

Whether you're looking for live music or a fun DJ set to dance along to, these are some of the places in down where you can dance your heart out in Bellingham! 💃🕺

Featured Venues:
🎶 Rumors Cabaret
🎶 The Wild Buffalo
🎶 The Shakedown
🎶 Oddfellows Temple Room at The Orion
🎶 The Royal
🎶 The Blue Room
🎶 Bar 211

Did we miss anywhere? Comment below your favorite local venues and social dance groups!

10/13/2026

10/13/2026

We're already two weeks away from our October Clean Water Happy Hour at Overflow Taps in Bellingham!

All the details:
📆 Saturday, October 24th
🕐 1:00PM - 3:00PM
🍺 Your first drink is on us before 2:30PM!

We'll have a variety of giveaway items from local businesses and are comping you your first drink thanks to our friends, Evergreen Home Loans - Bellingham!

Questions? Contact our event coordinator at [email protected]

Hope to see you there!

10/11/2026

Popped into FLOURISH yesterday for Pure Bliss Desserts's 16th Birthday Celebration and just had to get their spooky Italian Soda; The Witch's Brew!

Caramel drizzle and green apple, plus glitter to make it extra mystical and topped with whipped cream and fall sprinkles, this Italian Soda is the perfect caramel green apple flavor. It's got the light bite of a sour green apple paired with the richness of PBD's caramel, and the glitter is the perfect special touch to make this especially spooky! 🍏🧙‍♀️

You can snag this specialty flavor all of October, so if you're craving a spooky sweet sip, this has your name all over it!

Shoutout to Maddie for letting us film this lil highlight on our sweet treat! 📽

[ bellingham washington | Italian soda | spooky | Halloween ]

10/10/2026

Explore Bellingham Now | Whatcom Museum 🖼️

We recently paid a visit to both campuses of Whatcom Museum and had a blast viewing all of the different exhibits on display at both Old City Hall and The Lightcatcher.

Here were a few of our favorite sights:

- People of the Sea and Cedar | Lightcatcher Campus
- John M. Edison Hall of Birds | Old City Hall Campus
- Painted Forest: The Science and Beauty of Petrified Wood | Old City Hall Campus
- Green Gold: Logging in the Pacific Northwest | Old City Hall Campus
- Still Life with Sleeping Woman, Verdant Exhibition | Lightcatcher Campus
- Vivid Victorian | Old City Hall Campus
- Luminous Glow | Lightcatcher Campus

Want to learn more about these exhibitions? Visit the Whatcom Museum campuses to see and learn more:

📍 Old City Hall Campus | 121 Prospect Street
📍 Lightcatcher Campus | 250 Flora Street

[ bellingham washington | whatcom museum | museums | history | local ]

10/09/2026

Explore Bellingham Now | Creative Currents; An Exhibit Curated by Bellingham SeaFeast at Cordata Gallery

Celebrating 10 Years of SeaFeast; Creative Currents features over 20 regional artists that celebrate "the Salish Sea, the working waterfront, and the quiet forces of tide and current that define life here" (Bellingham SeaFeast).

Cordata Gallery is FREE to visit, and you can check out the gallery every Tuesday through Saturday, between 11AM-4PM or by appointment.

Featured Artists:
🪼 Ivan Colin
🪼 Jason Allen LaClair
🪼 Ryan Henry Ward
🪼 A. Cyalsta Finkbonner
🪼 Andrew “Tsow-Met” Johnson
🪼 Diego Fidelis
🪼 Jenna Goodman
🪼 Paul Niemi
🪼 Tom Crestodina
🪼 Patricia Missler
🪼 Victoria Cassar
🪼 Suzanne Morlock
🪼 Evan Whitehead
🪼 Jim Dixon
🪼 Brandon Nelson
🪼 Tomas Vrba
🪼 Tatiana Wagner
🪼 Maggie Hayward
🪼 Graham Schodda
🪼 Stephanie O’Connor
🪼 Kevin Coleman
🪼 Isabella Tiger Moth
🪼 Rachel Simpson

Watch the full feature on this gallery on our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/Jj6cFNMU3eQ