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| Western to host GNAC cross country championships | For the first time in 10 years, the GNAC Cross Country Championships return to beautiful Lake Padden in Bellingham, Wash. Hosted by Western Washington University, Lake Padden was the site of the 2005 GNAC Championships and will also host the conference meet in 2016 and 2017. The Women鈥 |
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| West Sound CoderDojo featured on TV program | |||
| Former WCC president Harold Heiner dies | Former longtime Whatcom Community College President Harold Heiner died Saturday, Oct. 17, at the age of 76 after a battle with Parkinson鈥檚 disease. Heiner was instrumental in creating a central campus for WCC during his 24 years as president. Family and former colleagues say he will be鈥 |
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| Compass 2 Campus brings 1,000 fifth graders to 草榴社区 campus Oct. 20 | |||
| Award-winning children鈥檚 writer coming to Bellingham | An All-Star of children鈥檚 literature will speak this week at a special Western Washington University event for fifth-graders, and will appear in a free public talk at Bellingham High School. Kwame Alexander, who won the 2015 Newbery Medal for 鈥淭he Crossover,鈥 a story in verse, will be鈥 |
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| Chasing the Sunset with Local Photographer Shelby Payne | If you follow our ThurstonTalk Facebook page (and why wouldn鈥檛 you?), you no doubt are familiar with the fiery sunsets captured by local photographer Chris Hamilton, often over Boston Harbor and Kim Merriman across the way on the Steamboat peninsula. Other local photographers contribute their鈥 |
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| Artist profile: Patrick Roulet brings global music to 草榴社区 | Western Washington University welcomes Dan Piccolo, an American drummer, percussionist and composer, for the inaugural concert of the Global Spice World Music Series on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Western鈥檚 Performing Arts Center Concert Hall. Global Spice is a new concert series created by鈥 |
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| Nonprofit jazz group brings top performers to The Majestic | Bellingham drummer Julian MacDonough founded Whatcom Jazz Music Art Center one year ago as an all-ages nonprofit performance and education space in the lower level of The Majestic on North Forest Street, with the entrance on Maple Street. It鈥檚 an intimate space with a capacity of 100, but鈥 |
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| Panel discussion Oct. 17 to focus on female film directors | |||
| Erasing mental illness misconceptions | Hundreds ran a 5k at Bloedel Donovan Park on Saturday, Oct. 10, to reject the stigma surrounding mental illness that affects one in four Americans. The National Alliance on Mental Illness Whatcom hosted its first annual Stigma Stomp and mental health fair to raise awareness of the鈥 |