From Birch Bay’s berm to Bellingham’s downtown shops, these family celebrations spread the Halloween fun across two weekends. The costume deserves more than one outing. Especially if someone spent three evenings making the wings. Whatcom County families have several opportunities to put theirs to use this October, with a waterfront trick-or-treat walk, a citywide candy…
Pumpkin trails, a garden scavenger hunt and downtown trick-or-treating give families several ways to celebrate this October. The costume is ready. The candy bucket is waiting. Now comes the part where somebody has to figure out where to go. Kitsap County has several family outings on the calendar this Halloween season, from daytime pumpkin walks…
From library games to afternoon trick-or-treating, these Clallam and Jefferson County outings put costumes, candy and family time ahead of haunted-house scares. Some children want Halloween to be terrifying. Others would prefer to wear butterfly wings, collect a reasonable quantity of chocolate and remain on speaking terms with bedtime. For families in that second category,…
If you’ve been hoping to catch comedian Tig Notaro live in Olympia, you might want to make your plans sooner rather than later. The Emmy- and Grammy-nominated comedian, actress and writer is bringing her Out of Nowhere comedy tour to the Washington Center for the Performing Arts this November, and one of her two scheduled…
The second weekend of September has apparently decided nobody in Whatcom County should stay home. From Friday, Sept. 11, through Sunday, Sept. 13, the calendar includes Greek food, live funk and soul, a free farm tour, a salmon-themed 5K and an entire festival devoted to dogs. Here are five worthwhile ways to spend the weekend…
Everett has a solid late-summer weekend lined up for Friday, Aug. 21 through Sunday, Aug. 23, with enough variety to cover date night, family time, live entertainment and the inevitable Sunday urge to buy something delicious from a local vendor. We narrowed the calendar to five picks that actually give you different ways to spend…
Tacoma isn’t letting the final stretch of August slip away quietly. For the weekend of Friday, Aug. 21 through Sunday, Aug. 23, there are plenty of reasons to leave the house, ranging from live comedy and a country concert to a farmers market, family activities and a free morning in Point Defiance. We narrowed it…
Soccer fans won’t need a ticket to Seattle’s World Cup matches to join the celebration. Everett’s official SeattleFWC26 Fan Zone opens this week at Boxcar Park, transforming part of the city’s waterfront into a free, all-ages gathering place where fans can watch matches on a giant screen, enjoy live entertainment, grab food from local vendors,…
A good Whidbey Island travel guide should leave room for spontaneity — because this is the kind of place where a simple day trip can quietly turn into a full personality shift. One minute you’re crossing a dramatic bridge over churning water, and the next you’re eating mussels by Penn Cove, wandering through sculpture-filled woods,…
Puget Sound Book Artists will celebrate 15 years of creative community this summer with a new members’ exhibition opening at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. The 15th Annual Members’ Exhibition runs from June 4 through July 31 at Collins Memorial Library and features work from 69 artists exploring this year’s theme: “15.” Puget…
