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View MoreThe 14th annual Wheels on the Waterfront charity car show returns Saturday, Aug. 22, to Box Car Park by the Everett Marina, with about 285 vehicles expected and free admission for spectators.

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View MoreSnohomish County PUD will cut the ribbon on "El Sol al Alcance de tus Manos," a student-created community art display tied to a solar project, at Walter E. Hall Park in South Everett on Saturday, Sept. 19, with free activities and speakers including Mayor Cassie Franklin.

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View MoreCommunity Transit will add new weekday bus stops on W. Casino Road and boost weekend Swift Blue Line frequency from Everett Station starting Saturday, Aug. 29, while retiring ST Route 515 to Seattle.

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View MoreThe Schack Art Center's free Fresh Paint Festival returns to downtown Everett's Hoyt Avenue on Aug. 15–16 with more than 100 Pacific Northwest artists, live demonstrations, kids' activities and free gallery admission.

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View MoreThe Washington West African Center's fourth annual Sounds of Africa festival brings free live music, dance, food and a fashion show to Garfield Park on Saturday, Aug. 15, from 1 to 7 p.m., though the nonprofit is organizing this year's event without dedicated festival funding.

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View MoreGive Back Snohomish has purchased more than 5,000 school supplies to contribute to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County's drive to fill 1,000-plus backpacks, with free distribution Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Everett Boys & Girls Club.

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View MoreThe Everett Public Schools Foundation will collect school supplies from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday at QFC on Evergreen Way and Fred Meyer in Mill Creek, aiming to fill 3,600 backpacks for Title I students before the school year begins.

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View MoreThe Community Transit Board approved its 2026-2031 Transit Development Plan on Thursday, Aug. 6, formally restarting Everett Transit merger talks that head to an October vote and committing to the Swift Gold Line BRT serving Everett, Marysville and Arlington.

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View MoreSchack Art Center's free Fresh Paint Festival returns to Hoyt Avenue in downtown Everett on Aug. 15–16 with more than 120 artists, live glassblowing, entertainment and family activities.

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View MoreStations Unidos unveiled two artist-designed vinyl wraps on utility boxes in the Everett Station District on Aug. 3, 2026, funded by a City of Everett Cultural Arts Commission grant and partnerships with Snohomish County PUD, Ziply Fiber, and local installer Vinyl Lab Wraps.

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View MoreThe Everett Museum of History opened "Dairies: The cow butter story" on Thursday, July 30, at the Van Valey House, tracing the city's dairy heritage through October 3, while the Schack Art Center's juried show enters its final weeks and APEX Kings Hall lines up live concerts through August.

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View MoreVolunteers of America Western Washington will open an Old Friends Club dementia day program at Everett's Carl Gipson Center on Tuesday, Sept. 1, offering five hours of structured activities for up to 12 participants with early- to mid-stage dementia on Tuesdays and Thursdays while giving caregivers dedicated respite time.
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