Community Calendar

Through April 1

Gardening green

Like to have a beautiful ornamental garden that also helps to keep Whatcom waters clean? WSU Extension’s five-part live online gardening green coursewill teach essential principles for landscape gardening success using less water, and little-to-no fertilizer or pesticides. Learn how to nourish healthy soil and ways to reduce your garden chores. By the end of the course, you’ll have the framework for a landscape plan customized to your site and lifestyle. To learn more or register visit extension.wsu. edu/whatcom/nr/gardeninggreenor contactclniles@wsu. edu or (360) 778-5812.

Through April 1 Whatcom READS

Art Challenge

Allied Arts of Whatcom County, 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham, will host the annual Whatcom READS Art Challenge through April 1. The challenge is a partnership with the Bellingham and Whatcom libraries’ Whatcom READS program. Local artists were tasked with reading this year’s chosen book, The Cold Millions by Jess Walter. Artists are then invited to create works inspired by their reading of the book. Also featured in the gallery are works by Kiki Cardarelli, Harmoney Devauney, Lyz Stamen, Jessica Silver, and Rupert Ayton. Allied Arts is a non-profit gallery, proceeds from all sales go toward supporting the arts in the community. Email kelly@alliedarts.org for more information.

Saturdays in March

Lynden Winter Ride program

Sign-ups are open for this year’s Lynden Winter Ride program, a multi-week chaperoned ski and snowboard program for all ability levels, especially beginners. The program is open to all students in grades 6-12 who live in the Lynden School District boundaries, not just Lynden public students. The dates of the trips are Saturdays in March: 4, 11, 18, and 25. More details, contact information, and the sign-up link is available at lyndenwinterride.org.

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March 9 Boogie Woogie Kid

Live In Concert

Toe tappin’ fun music for the whole family presented by Be The One Community Mentor Programs.Be the One began in Lynden 10 years agowith the missionof cultivating strong communities through mentoring relationships.What began in 2013 with just six mentors and six students has now impacted more than 450 students in Lynden, Ferndale and Nooksack Valley. Come celebrate with us at NCCTK Church, 1816 18th St., Lynden.Adults $10, youth $5, kids under 6 are free.Tickets available atBeTheOneToday.org/ Boogie-Woogie.

March 10-12

Fiddler on the Roof Lynden High School’s theater arts department will present Fiddler on the Roof, March 3-12, at Judson Auditorium (the old Lynden Middle School), 516 Main St., Lynden.

Showtimes are 7 p.m. March 10-11, and at 3 p.m. March 12. Tickets are all general admission and only sold at the door: $10 for adults, $5 for seniors (65 and older) and students (K-12). Call (360) 354-4401 or email LHSDramaPublicity@ gmail.com for more information.

March 10

Variety of cultures

Come learn about a variety of cultures at Ferndale High School on March 10 from 5:30-8 p.m. in the student commons. FHS junior Jasmin Bautista is the organizer behind this event meant to showcase di erent cultures within the school. Booths will highlight each culture with fun facts and food, plus four performances showcasing Native, Latinx, Ukrainian and East Indian cultures. Kids also can enjoy arts and crafts, a bean bag toss, face painting, and henna art. Bautista partnered with the Ferndale Community Coalition to provide resources for parents and students.

March 10

Pat Hagen piano concert

Pat Hagen spent lots of time in Homer, Alaska playing the piano at church there. She has joined us at the community center for several years playing popular songs, occasionally hymns and whatever the spirit moves her to play. Come listen to some enjoyable piano songs on March 10 at the Lynden Community/Senior Center, 401 Grover St. Lunch is at noon, and the music will begin shortly afterward. For more information, call (360) 354-2921 or email info@lyndencommunitycenter.org.

March 10-12

Whatcom Cultural

Arts Festival

Allied Arts of Whatcom County presents the annual Whatcom Cultural Arts Festival at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, located in historic Fairhaven, March 10-12. This event seeks to celebrate the cultural diversity of the area through the common language of visual and performing arts. The cruise terminal will feature a host of vendors, displays and activities put together by the artists, artisans and businesses highlighting the diverse cultural communities in Whatcom County. Visit the Allied Arts web site atalliedarts.orgfor more.

March 11

Boogie Woogie Kid Trio

Saturday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the JansenArt Center, 321 front St., Lynden, join Mat- thew Ball aka The Boogie Woogie Kid for a family concert. Called the fastest fingers in the Midwest, Ball performs American songbook favorites from New Orleans and the swing dance era. You’ll hear a lot of boogie-woogie piano, as well as classic hits likeIt Had to be You, In the Mood, Let’s Call the Whole Thing O , Bumble Boogie, What a Wonderful World, Just a Closer Walk with Thee and Basin Street Blues. For tickets, visit jansenartcenter.org.

March 12

Chants Celestes

The organ delivers power and majesty, its expansive tones embracing the multi-faceted choral voice in Louis Vierne’s Messe Solennelle. Special guest organist Dongho Lee joins Whatcom Chorale to present Chants Celestes, a 19th century tour de force and additional works from the French tradition. Proceeds from this concert support restoration of the organ at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Whatcom Chorale. The concert is on Sunday, March 12 at 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2117 Walnut Street, Bellingham. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit whatcomchorale.org.

March 13

Deadline for spring exhibit at Jansen

Deadline for the Jansen Art Center’s spring juried exhibit is midnight Monday, March 13. Artists of all calibers and mediums are invited to submit as many as five pieces for consideration by a rotating jury made up of artists, curators, and other members of the regional arts community. Submission fee is $35. Jansen Members at the Artist level or higher receive a $10 discount on the submission fee. For submission guidelines and more information such as the membership program, visit jansenartcenter.org. This exhibit will be on display from Thursday, April 13 through Friday, July 7.

March 13 Whatcom Genealogical Society Educational Meeting

From 2-4 p.m. March 13 at Pioneer Pavilion Community Center, 2007 Cherry St. Ferndale. Whatcom Genealogical Society’s upcoming speaker will be Janice Lovelace, a genealogical researcher, author and educator. She completed the genealogy and family history certificate at the University of Washington in 2012, the certificate program in genealogy at Boston University, and ProGen in 2014. Her presentation: Is great-grandmother really Native American?” Many families have the oral history that an ancestor was Native American. How does a family researcher begin to discover if this is true? What federal, state, and tribal records are available?

March 14 Brian Lydiard Money Matters

Join the Lynden Community/ Senior Center at 12:45 p.m. March 14 as Brian Lydiard shares his financial advice and expertise on the current market. Lynden Community/ Senior Center is at 401 Grover St. For more information, call (360) 354-2921 or email info@ lyndencommunitycenter.org.

March 15

Painting with Anne

Come brush up on your skills or learn how to paint with Anne on March 15 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Lynden Community/Senior Center, 401 Grover St. You will use acrylic paints and you will leave with a finished picture. There is a fee of $25 for members and $30 for non-members. Sign up before is required. For more information, call (360) 354-2921 or email info@lyndencommunitycenter.org.