Bazaars
A Gathering Grove Craft Fair, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 24, 2820 Oakes Ave., Everett. Tables: 425-512-8845.
Benefits
Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Jan. 25, Stanwood Community and Senior Center, 7430 276th St. NW, Stanwood. $5, $2 children, door.
Healing the Children Oregon and Western Washington Chapter 6th Annual Dinner and Auction, 5 p.m. Feb. 7, Comcast Arena at Everett Events Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett. $75. 425-290-9300.
Camano Action for a Rural Environment first annual fundraiser “A Taste of Camano,” 6 p.m. Feb. 28, Brindles Bistro, 848 N. Sunrise Blvd., Camano Island. Wine, artisan cheeses, local delicacies. Meet the wine makers, cheese makers, and chefs. Music, auctions. $50, 360-387-3356, camanocare.org.
Concert for Special Olympics, 3 or 7 p.m. Jan. 31, Lake Stevens High School Performing Arts Center, 2908 113th Ave. NE, Lake Stevens. Sterling Dietz (World Teen Champion of Magic); Brothers From Different Mothers (“America’s Got Talent”); Lake Stevens High School Dance Team; Ivanca Olanu (2008 Aquafest Idol Winner). $12, Jay’s Market, Haggen Food &Drug, www.showcasemg.com, www.buyolympia.com. $15 at the door.
Breakfasts
Norwegian pancake breakfast, 7:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 2111 117th Ave. NE, Lake Stevens. All-you-can-eat Norwegian pancakes with strawberries, maple syrup, sliced ham, beverages. $5. Children 3 and younger eat free.
Classes
Writing family memoirs, by Joan Husby, 10 a.m. Thursday, Stanwood Community and Senior Center, 7430 276th St. NW, Stanwood. 360-629-7403.
Line dancing begins Tuesday, Camano Senior and Community Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. 425-205-0870.
Free Digital Photography classes, Monday, Jan. 26, Feb. 9. Begins Monday, Mountlake Terrace Library, 23300 58th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace. Dale Unruh, photographer for Woodland Park Zoo.
Free first aid and CPR classes, second Saturday of each month, Station 68, 8424 99th Ave. NE, Arlington. 360-659-6400.
Dances
Father-Daughter Valentines Dance, 5:30 or 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7, Feb. 21, Cedarcrest Middle School Cafeteria, 6400 88th St. NE, Marysville. Fathers and daughters of all ages are invited. $12, $3 each additional daughter, purchased at Jennings Park, 6915 Armar Road, Marysville. 360-363-8400.
Dinners
Camano Island Crab Fest, 3 to 7 p.m. Jan. 24, Camano Senior and Community Center, 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island. Crab, coleslaw, baked beans, garlic bread, beverage, dessert. Camano Combo performs. $15, $17 at the door. 360-387-0222.
Meetings
Friends of the Monroe Library, 7 p.m. Jan. 20, Monroe Library Meeting Room, 1070 Village Way, Monroe.
Snohomish County NAACP (Association for the Advancement of Colored People), 7 p.m. fourth Tuesdays, 3120 McDougall Ave., Everett. unit10aa@naacp.org.
Whidbey Island Genealogical Searchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, fire station, 2720 N. Heller Road, Oak Harbor. Bobbi Sandberg, Skagit Valley College, how to create a family Web page. randr.hancock@verizon.net.
Programs
Washington State University Snohomish County Extension’s 12-week course Cultivating Success: Agricultural Entrepreneurship begins 6 p.m. Monday, University Center at Everett Station, 3201 Smith Ave., Everett. $250. Karie Christensen, 425-338-2400, e-mail klchristen@ cahnrs.wsu.edu.
Washington State University Snohomish County Extension, McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett. Program at 10 a.m. Jan. 24 at Ed’s Apples in Sultan, about edible mushrooms. $60. 425-338-2400, klchristen@cahnrs.wsu.edu.
Northwest Stream Center, Adopt-A-Stream Foundation, 600 128th St. SE, Everett. How to adopt a stream, 7 p.m. Thursday. $7, $5. Swans of Winter, 10 a.m. Saturday, $75. Includes a field trip. 425-316-8592, aasf@streamkeeper.org.
Ways of Whales workshop, 9 a.m. Jan. 24, Coupeville Recreation Hall, 901 NW Alexander St., Coupeville. $20. info@ orcanetwork.org, 360-678-3451.
Volunteers
Volunteer for HOPE Therapeutic Riding Program, Langley. Training begins Jan. 21. 360-221-7656.
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