11/2-11/8 Displays and Interactive screens at Bellevue Square Mall for Diwali (link)
11/6 Community Night at Crossroads: Celebrating Diwali, free, 6-8pm (link) event was canceled due to uncertainty after the fire, but the community center is open
11/7 Empty Bowls benefit for Porchlight at St. Thomas, 11am-3pm (Facebook) – buy a bowl (donated by Northwest Pottery Collective) and enjoy soup and bread, $45 at the door
11/7 Live Performances for Diwali in Bellevue Square’s Center Court, noon-5pm (link) – complimentary henna at two locations from 11am-6pm
11/7 Diwali Family Fest with Hindi Time Kids at Lake Hills Library, ages 0-10 with adult, 3-4pm (link) – registration full
11/7 Footloose in the Fall community line-dancing at Crossroads Community Center, 6:30-8pm (link)- pre-register, room for up to 100 dancers to participate
11/8 Thanksgiving Feast for the Birds class to make a pumpkin feeder at Rainbowland Art Studio, ages 5-8, $56, 1:30-3pm – Mandarin-led with English support, there is also a class for ages 3-5 at 3:45pm
11/11 Easy as Pie classes at Taste Buds Kitchen, ages 4-8 from 9am-noon and 9-13 from 1-4pm – TBK also offers classes for adults
11/12 Greener Living class on Making Safer Products to Gift (virtual), 6-7pm (link) – additional classes on 11/16 and 11/24
11/13-1/18 Bellevue Downtown Ice Rink – Cheapskate Mondays will offer skating and skate rental for $12; reserve your tickets now
11/13 Bellevue Ladies’ Diwali Celebration and Potluck, 6pm (link) – waitlist
11/13 Hype – Bollywood Visual Rave | Diwali Edition | DJ Kartik at Mirra, 10:30pm (link)
11/14 Fall Forest Fungi class for ages 4 and up at Lake Hills Greenbelt, free, 10-11am (link) – waitlist for this and the session on 11/21
11/14 Maggie’s Christmas Market at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church (Factoria), 10am-4pm
11/14 Botanical Drawing: Celebrating Fall Seed Pods with colored pencils at Bellevue Botanical Garden, $55 (discount for BBG members), 1-4pm (link) – Taught by Dorota Haber-Lehigh
11/14 SilverKite workshop Festive Felt Botanicals at Bellevue Library, 3-4pm (link)
11/14 Festival of Trees holiday gala to support Jubilee Reach, 5:30pm (link) – registration is closed
11/14 Wood Printing and Wine workshop at Toloka, $25 suggested donation, 7-8pm – the winemaker from Zerno will be present
11/15 Christmas Straw-Weaving workshop at Toloka, ages 10+, $45, noon-2pm – there is also another workshop for ages 12+ on 11/22
11/16 Greener Living class on Reducing Wasted Food (Holiday Edition), virtual, 6-7pm (link) – additional class on 11/24
12/1 Registration opens at noon for Winter Botanical Embroidery Basics at Newport Way Library on 12/1, for adults, free, 5:30-7:30pm (link)
11/18 Friendsgiving Cooking Experience for Singles at Taste Buds Kitchen, 7pm (link) – they also have Tasty Thai, Handmade Pasta, Rockin’ Moroccan, and a Taste of Italy adult classes and lots of kids classes.
11/19 Mushroom walk: Fungi of the BBG & Lost Meadow Trail, $50 (discount for BBG members), 11am-1pm (link) – Mushroom fruiting peaks in fall when the rains are back.
11/20 Community Night celebrating Native American Heritage at Crossroads Community Center, free to pre-register, 6-8pm (link) – music, storytelling, and a craft
11/21 Fall Holiday Market with Bellevue Farmers Market, 10am-3pm – this will feature a Youth Makers Market (no fees for young King County artisans ages 8-17, link)
11/22 Bellevue Community Band: Winter Concert (performance in Kirkland), free, 2-3:30pm (link)
11/23 Deadline to reserve a tree in Mountains to Sound Greenway’s Holiday Trees for Habitats. Tree pickup will be on December 5th at the Holiday Market at the Lake Sammamish State Park in Issaquah, 10am-2pm (link). You can borrow a live, 2 foot ($100) or 4 foot ($200) tall tree (recommendation is to only bring it indoors for 7-10 days). Arrive early if you are hoping to get a specific variety. There is an alternate pickup on 12/6, and tree return dates are January 9 and 16; you’ll also receive an invitation to help with planting for habitat restoration in the spring. The Holiday Market also has gifts for sale and a wreath-making workshop.
11/24 Thanksgiving Luncheon at North Bellevue Community Center, 55+, noon-1pm (link)
11/24 Greener Living class on Upcycled Waste-Free Gift Giving at Newport Way Library, 6-7pm (link) – registration is open
11/26 Thanksgiving Brunch at Ascend, 10am-3pm (link) – an elevated table-side experience with carts & carousels, $155 per person, $40 for children ages 5-12, juice and coffee included
11/26 Thanksgiving Dinner at The Lakehouse, $110 per person, $45 for children under 10, 11am-8:30pm – reserve early
11/26 Thanksgiving: A Seat at the Table!, 4:30-8pm (link) – dinner for anyone who may not have a place to gather, only a few spots remaining, also 11/28 (link)
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