May 02 Friday
Adaptive Creative Dance for Seniors is a fun way to stay physically and mentally active while building connections with others. We use Brain Compatible Dance Education pedagogy, based on developmental and neuroscience, to create a dance class that is good for the body and mind! In this class, we will learn some basic Modern Dance, Ballet, and Jazz techniques, adapted for a range of mobility with standing and seated options. We will also take time for playful improvisational movement and creation opportunities working together to learn and make dances!
Join us for a fun and relaxed watercolor class where vou'll explore new techniques and experiment with vibrant colors. Perfect for all levels - no prior experience needed!
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
Creative watercolor techniquemixing and blendingLayeringbalance between water and pigment
We welcome all to stroll through downtown Bellingham and delight in the works of the younger art community! On Friday, May 2nd, Whatcom County students will proudly display their works of art during the 25th annual Children’s Art Walk presented by Allied Arts of Whatcom County. On this night, there will be numerous activities for kids and adults, music, and more to celebrate the arts in schools. Activities include a puppet performance by Andy Koch and Christian Smith. Art will stay on display through the first two weeks of May in honor of the statewide Arts Education Month.
25th Annual Children’s Art Walk
May 2, 2025 - 5pm to 8pm
We welcome all to stroll through downtown Bellingham and delight in the works of the younger art community! On Friday, May 2nd, Whatcom County students will proudly display their works of art during the 25th annual Children’s Art Walk presented by Allied Arts of Whatcom County. On this night there will be a number of activities for kids and adults, music, and more to celebrate the arts in schools. Art will stay on display through the first two weeks in May in honor of the statewide Arts Education Month.
Please visit www.alliedarts.org for more information.
The Downtown Issaquah Wine & ArtWalk is back for 2025! Grab some friends and embark on a wine adventure of Issaquah's Historically Hip downtown and Olde Town galleries, boutiques, and businesses. Proceeds benefit the Downtown Issaquah Association.
Meet winemakers from some of Washington’s finest wine producers. Sip, stroll, and shop around the northwest’s funky Olde Town destinations. This is one of Downtown Issaquah's most anticipated events, so purchase your tickets early ($35 for 10 tasting tokens) and get a discount versus the day-of price ($45). Wine tasters must be 21 or older.
This event involves some walking and standing outdoors, so plan and dress accordingly. Please bring your own clear glass. Plastic glasses provided if needed. Bottled wine will also be available to purchase.
The event is free for those who don’t drink the wine but do want to enjoy fine art, crafts, live music, dance, and performance art. You can have a date night, hang out with friends, meet new people, dine in the downtown restaurants, engage with winemakers and artists, or just sit back and relax. There’s something for everyone to have fun on a Friday night. We love pets, but please leave Fido at home.Tickets non-refundable
TWO CHECK-IN LOCATIONS THIS YEAR• Historic Shell Station, 232 Front Street North, Issaquah• The Big Picture, 35 Sunset Way, Issaquah, WA (Express Check-in, Pre-Registered Only)• Both Check-In locations begin at 5:30, wineries begin pouring at 6 pm!• Receive 10% off Food & Beverage at The Big Picture for registered attendees with their event wristbands on thru the evening!
Have you ever watched a movie musical and found you really, really fantasized about being up on the screen with the cast? Well, here is your chance to almost do that! Friday Nights 6:30 - 9:30
A 30-minute dance move tutorial will be held prior to the start of each film.
FREE!!!
7/19: In The Heights
7/26: Kinky Boots
8/2: CHICAGO
8/9: DREAMGIRLS
8/16: West Side Story
8/23: HAMILTON
9/6: Sweet Charity
9/13: RENT
9/20: TBD
Book by Alfred UhryMusic and Lyrics by Jason Robert BrownCo-conceived and originally directed by Harold PrinceDirection by Tony Award® winner Michael Arden
Based on a true story, Leo and Lucille Frank are a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to make a life in the old red hills of Georgia. When Leo is accused of an unspeakable crime, the aftermath propels them into an unimaginable test of faith, humanity, justice and devotion. Riveting and gloriously hopeful, Parade reminds us that to love, we must truly see one another. The New York Times hails it as a Critic’s Pick and “the best-sung musical in many a New York season. It recalls an era of big casts, big stories, and big talent – a time when musicals actually felt like events.”
The second of a rare and sensational two-show celebration and journey into the brilliant mind of Tony®-winning composer and lyricists Jason Robert Brown
History-making revival and limited engagement National Tour
Winner of the 2023 Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Musical
Welcomed by KNKX. Frank Vignola is one of the most extraordinary guitarists performing before the public today. His stunning virtuosity has made him the guitarist of choice for many of the world’s top musicians, including Ringo Starr, Madonna, Donald Fagen, John Lewis, Tommy Emmanuel, Lionel Hampton, the Boston Pops, the New York Pops, and guitar legend Les Paul, who named Vignola to his “Five Most Admired Guitarists List:” for the Wall Street Journal.
His dynamic genre-spanning music has brought him to 21 countries on three continents – and still growing – performing in some of the world’s most illustrious venues, including the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, New York’s Lincoln Center, The Blue Note, and the world’s oldest indoor concert hall, Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Italy.
Pasquale Grasso - It was the kind of endorsement most rising guitarists can only dream of, and then some. In his interview for Vintage Guitar magazine’s February 2016 cover story, Pat Metheny was asked to name some younger musicians who’d impressed him. “The best guitar player I’ve heard in maybe my entire life is floating around now, Pasquale Grasso,” said the jazz-guitar icon and NEA Jazz Master. “This guy is doing something so amazingly musical and so difficult. “Mostly what I hear now are guitar players who sound a little bit like me mixed with a little bit of [John Scofield] and a little bit of [Bill Frisell],” he continued. “What’s interesting about Pasquale is that he doesn’t sound anything like that at all. In a way, it is a little bit of a throwback, because his model—which is an incredible model to have—is Bud Powell. He has somehow captured the essence of that language from piano onto guitar in a way that almost nobody has ever addressed. He’s the most significant new guy I’ve heard in many, many years.”
R & J
By William Shakespeare Adapted and directed by Aaron Lamb
When two young lovers lock eyes across a crowded dance floor, their hearts are forever bound. But can their love survive the brutal blood feud that has torn apart their rival families, the Capulets and Montagues? The greatest love story of all time, Shakespeare’s classic Romeo and Juliet has captivated audiences and artists for centuries.
Now, in a nation divided like no other time in recent history, the question posed by these two young people rings loud and long: can true love survive in a divided community? This fresh new adaptation by Artistic Director Aaron Lamb seeks to find modern parallels and star-crossed relevance with the young lovers we’ve known for centuries.
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The greatest love story of all time, Shakespeare’s classic Romeo and Juliet has captivated audiences and artists for centuries.
