🐹 Swap Your Scoot 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️

June 27, 2025

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

Several times this week I found myself being watched as I drove north out of town. This feathered-friend has no messing around stare.

Have fun, and stay safe out there!

Nature, Community, Sasquatch, UAP

Photos From the Hoods

Backside of Lummi Island - 📷 by Randall S Book

Butterfly - 📷 by Caroline

Bird on a Wire - 📷 by Margaret Oppenheimer

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Weather Forecast

Friday: 64°F 🌡️ 55°F | 🌧️ Chance of Rain | 🌧️ 50% | 💨 SSW 2 to 6 mph

Saturday: 70°F 🌡️ 54°F | ⛅ Partly Sunny | 🌧️ 14% | 💨 SW 1 to 6 mph

Sunday: 75°F 🌡️ 57°F | ☀️ Sunny | 🌧️ 0% | 💨 NW 1 to 7 mph

Moon Phases

Events, Updates & News Around Town

Get off the Hamster Wheel

Sell a Clunker & Buy a New Scoot!

Peddle down to Boundary Bay Brewery this Sunday for the Bellingham Bike Swap, an opportunity to buy and sell preowned bikes or gear, hosted by the Bellingham not for profit Shifting Gears.

Want to sell a bike? Drop-off starts at 7 am and runs through 10 am. 25% of each sale is donated to Shifting Gears to “support our programs that help break barriers preventing women from experiencing the outdoors and creating a more inclusive world.”

Shop the swap. Doors open for the shopping public at 1pm and close at 5pm. This is a opportunity to pickup various biking gear from all disciplines and for all ages, including bicycles, apparel, bike parts, and accessories. Get all the details.

In other news…

🏔️ Artist Point opens today!! Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announced that “our crews doing one last drive thru before opening the road to Artist Point . We are grateful for all their hard work! The weather is heating up and the mountains are calling.” 

Don’t forget to grab a Northwest Forest Pass at the Glacier Visitor Center as they are required for parking.

⛏️ Volunteer Opportunities This Weekend: There are a couple outdoor work parties this weekend.

  • Cornwall Rose Garden: Join the City of Bellingham to help weed and mulch (and stop to smell the roses!) during peak bloom at the Cornwall Rose Garden! All ages and abilities welcome. Saturday starting at 9 am. Details & Registration.

  • Beach Sweep Paddle: A monthly gathering with the goal of keeping local beaches clean. Paddle to an area and spend some time picking up as much trash as you can. End with a BBQ at the CBC! The best way to practice your sweep stroke is while picking up trash from your kayak with your friends. Details & Registration.

Garage & Estate Sales

Your Source For Vintage Can Openers

Cornwall Classic Estate (Fri, Sat, 10 am)
Lots of antique furniture, household and décor, and fun extras like toys, books, and plants. Check for address.

Sudden Valley Community Garage Sale (Sat, 9 am)
Over 30 homes throughout Sudden Valley will be participating — all selling treasures big and small.

  • 5811 Elder Rd, Ferndale, Fri, Sat, Sun 10 am, map

  • 618 Boulevard, Sat, Sun 9 am, map

  • 2256 Yew Street Road, Sat, Sun 9 am, map

  • 2418 Ellis Street, Sat 9 am, map

  • 1998 Midway Ln, Sat, Sun 9 am, map

  • 2411 View Ridge Dr, Sat, Sun 9 am, map

  • 3904 Springland Lane, Sat 9 am, map

  • 2531 Henry St., Sat 9 am, map

  • 2911 Cedarwood, Sat, Sun 9 am, map

  • 5710 Willow Springs, Sat 8 am, map

  • 27 Spring Rd., Sat, Sun, 8 am, map

Food & Drink

Hamsters Gotta Eat

Because it’s fun to be a lookie-loo

Crash an Open House

2304 F Street (Open Sat 1-3 pm)
Someone did a lovely job renovating this adorable little F Street home. Everything about it is darling. Great yard, great location, nice interior. Especially love the refinished-original or reclaimed fir floor in the bedroom. Listing.

14463 W Bow Hill Road (Open Sat 12-2 pm)
I’m taking us a little to the south of Bellingham with this one. It’s a sweet little farmhouse on 40 acres in just east of Edison. I don’t think there’s a more romantic place in the world than North Skagit. This is the dream if you’re like me and charish every ray of our limited sunshine. Listing.

Performance Arts This Week

Dance of The Hamsters

LIVE ARTS & FILM

iDiOM Theater
48-Hour Theater Festival | Sat & Sun, 7 & 9 pm

Mount Baker Theater
Chapters: Tell Me a Story | Fri t 6:30 pm

Bellingham Theatre Guild
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | Fri-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2 pm

New Prospect Theatre
Carrie: The Musical | Fri-Sun 7:00 pm

FireHouse Arts & Events Center
Bellingham TheaterWorks Summer Repertory Theatre
Translations | Fri 7:30 pm
The Foreigner | Sat 7:30 pm
The Language Archive | Sun 5 pm

The Upfront Theatre
Various performances.

PARTICIPATORY DANCE

 Salsa & Bachata 
Salsa Collective - The Majestic - Sun 5:30 pm

 Other  
Sunset Silent Disco - Zuanich - Sat 8:00 pm
Country Night - Bar 211 - Fri 7:30 pm
Open Floor Movement - Presence Studio - Sun 10:30 am
Family Dance Party - Boom! - Sun 10 am

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Events & Nightlife

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Catch the Bellingham Roller Betties at the roller derby championships on Saturday at Whatcom Community College. First whistle at 5:30 pm starts the face off between Season 17’s third place home team, Cog Blockers, competing against Whidbey Island Roller Derby. In the championship bout at 7:30pm, powerhouse BRB home teams F.L.A.S.H. and Tough Love will battle it out on the track. Snag tickets for the derby.

Returning to the Lookout Arts Quarry on June 27th and 28th for its third year is That Devil Music. Join artists from across the country for two nights of music and performance in genres ranging from bluegrass to black metal. Fiendish roving circus acts and a Saturday night burlesque show with live band accompaniment will tempt all to join the mischievous debauchery! Tickets.

FRIDAY

Kady Fox, Stones Throw Brewery - Kady Fox is a singer-songwriter based on Orcas Island, WA. Known for her powerful voice with a deep bluesy edge and wide dynamic range, Kady brings raw emotion and soul to every performance. Show starts at 6 pm.

Laughs @ Larrabee Comedy Night, Larrabee Lager Co - a night of delicious pizza, handcrafted beer and hot live stand up comedy! This month starring Brett Emerson. Grab a seat.

SATURDAY

BIPOC Walks: Low-Tide Exploration, Marine Park - Explore during extremely low tide with Wild Whatcom. Search for hermit crabs, nudibranchs, sea sponges, baby fish, and even water-shooting clams! This area is also a great spot to see the Great Blue Herons who nest in the trees along the shore. Program is donation-based/Free. Register for tide pool dipping.

Private Garden Tours, Whatcom Horticultural Society - Explore 5 Amazing Bellingham Gardens including a cozy cottage-style garden connecting three homes, a tapestry of mature trees and shrubs on a south hill slope, a colorful, textured garden anchored by evergreens, ground covers, and maples, a garden with an exceptional plant collection and amazing garden structures, and a big view of the islands, big rocks, collectable plants, and a crazy swing. Tickets for the tour.

SUNDAY

Bellingham Festival of Music, WWU Performing Arts Center - Artistic Director Marcelo Lehninger opens the Festival's 2025 season in which he will guide listeners on a global musical tour starting with The Russian Masters. Pianist Simon Trpceski is the soloist in Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. The program also includes the Shostakovich Festive Overture and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5. Tickets to some performances available.

Sourdough Basics, The Thirsty Badger - In this class you will learn how to care for a starter, make a loaf of sourdough and use the discard starter for other recipes. Along with lots of knowledge and hands on practice in the class you will take home a sourdough starter, loaf of bread to bake, instruction sheet, recipes, and bread lame. Make delicious, healthy bread.

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