Outdoor Sculpture Collection celebrates 50 years at WWU

The Outdoor Sculpture Collection at Western Washington University, which includes Mark di Suvero's 1975 "For Handel" sculpture in the Performing Arts Center Plaza, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. A tour of the 50-year-old collection is part of the Back 2 Bellingham and Showtime Family Weekend festivities this weekend; the group leaves from Red Square on the WWU campus at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 15.

For a list of the rest of the events happening on this huge weekend, check out http://www.nssfo.wwu.edu/b2b/schedule.shtml.

Artist Mark di Suvero's "For Handel" sculpture in the Performing Arts Center Plaza stands against a bright and sunny sky on Monday, May 10. Weather forecasters expect the clear weather to remain, warming up later in the week to the high 60s, with a possib