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Good morning, Bellingham. This is your Monday update from The Hamster Wheel.

So many wonderful kites flying over Zuanich Point Park this weekend. Whether it’s seeing them from the neighborhood, or walking beneath them while on the harbor loop, they never fail to make me smile. Thank you to all the kite flyers! 🪁 🪁

Have fun, and stay safe out there!

Nature, Community, Sasquatch, UAP

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Weather Forecast

Monday: 73°F 🌡️ 57°F | 🌤️ Mostly Sunny | 🌧️ 13% | 💨 S 7 mph

Tuesday: 74°F 🌡️ 60°F | 🌧️ Slight Chance of Rain | 🌧️ 55% | 💨 S 6 mph

Moon Phases

Events, Updates & News Around Town

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Wrapping Utility Boxes With Community Art

The Bellingham Arts Commission meets tomorrow, August 5th, and will be reviewing and hopefully approving a project I just love. You know those utility boxes that pepper the city? Typically gray, often defaced with graffiti. Well the city has selected a handful of high visibility locations 👇️, and partnered with 5th grade students to produce fun and artistic wraps to liven these boxes up.

The students, who partisipated in the 2024-2025 Water School program were asked to submit original artwork. “The theme for all submissions was "Water," and students were encouraged to express what they learned and experienced during their time at Water School.” Here are few that jumped out at me. 👇️ 

This is a wonderful way to integrate public art into our community in spaces that are often otherwise an eyesore. Love it! 😁 See all the artwork being reviewed on the meeting agenda packet.

In other news…

🎨 The City of Bellingham is building a roster of talented creators for future public art projects, offering a chance to showcase your work with budgets from $50,000 to $195,000. Opportunities include designing, fabricating, and installing art—apply by noon on September 12!

🚁 I enjoy following the updates from Station SAR Whidbey social feeds. They regularly post amazing photos from search and rescue missions in the northern Cascades. This week, Kelly Salander, celebrated her time on the team by posting this beautiful video. 👇️ Worth a look. 🙂 

She writes “if you ever get the chance to be part of a SAR unit - take it. It’ll challenge you, change you, and give you experiences you’ll carry forever. 🚁✨”

Food & Drink

Hamsters Gotta Eat

Performance Arts This Week

Dance of The Hamsters

LIVE ARTS & FILM

Uisce Irish Pub
Guffawingham | Mon 9:00 pm

Mount Baker Theatre
Missoula Children's Theatre: The Jungle Book | Fri 5:30 pm, Sat 11:30 am

iDiOM Theater
A Tourist's Guide to the End of Magic | Thurs, Fri, Sat 7:30 pm

The Upfront Theatre
Various performances.

PARTICIPATORY DANCE

Salsa & Bachata - Viking Union - Mon 7 pm
Bellingham Embodiment Collective - Majestic Ballroom - Mon 6:30 pm
Beginning Cuban Salsa - Cof& - Tues 6 pm
B’ham Hop - Crystal Ballroom - Tues 7 pm
Int. Cuban Salsa - Cof& - Tues 7:15 pm
Tango Practica - The Majestic - Wed 6:30 pm
Summer Heat - Presence Studio - Thurs 6:30 pm
Sunset Silent Disco - Zuanich - Sat 7:30 pm
Salsa Collective - The Majestic - Sun 5:30 pm
Open Floor Movement - Presence Studio - Sun 10:30 am
Family Dance Party - Boom! - Sun 10 am

Events & Nightlife

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FEATURED

Join the The Fairhaven Program’s Donald Antenen for the summer seminar series on faith in fiction and philosophy. The format of the seminars is simple: read the assigned section of the book before you arrive and come up with a short question about the reading. Read quick! This weeks discussion is on Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling. A philosophical exploration of faith in the story of Abraham and Isaac. 5 pm tonight, August 4th.

Lucy London is a composer and performing artist from Petaluma, California, currently based in Minneapolis. She graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Performance Studies from the School of Communication, and while there also studied classical voice and opera at the Bienen School of Music. Lucy will be singing the songs of Joni Mitchell at the Admiralty Lounge, 7 pm on Tuesday. 

MONDAY

Monday Night Trivia, Zeeks Pizza - Topics include current news, “starts with”, audience requests from previous week, music, sports, history, geography, science, music, general knowledge, and more. Two rounds, five categories and five questions per category. Every Monday at 7 pm.

Monday Music & Trivia →

TUESDAY

Movie Trivia Night, Uisce Irish Pub - Sponsored by The Pickford Film Center. Show your movie buff skills for a chance to win cash, Pickford movie passes and Pickford free popcorn cards! Bring your friends and be there at 7 pm.

National Night Out, Birch Bay Beach Park - National Night Out is all about building a stronger, safer community through connection and camaraderie. It’s a chance for neighbors to come together and meet the people who serve and protect our area. Look for free pizza for the first 300 attendees, photo ops, and opportunities to meet first responders. Starts at 5 pm.

Tuesday Music & Trivia →

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