The 2023 Portland Highland Games are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 15 at Mount Hood Community College, 26000 S.E. Stark Street, Gresham. Hear bagpipes, watch the Highland Dancers, listen to fiddlers and Celtic performers all day. Visit the Clan Tents to listen to the histories of the Highlands. There will be Celtic vendors along […]
The Rose City Vintage Market features dozens and dozens of vintage and antique vendors July 15 and 16 at the Portland Expo Center, 2060 Marine Drive West, Portland. The event is a combined indoor and outdoor market with special guest Laura Caldwell, local YouTube vlogger and owner of Left Coast Revivals. Hours are 8 a.m. […]
Join other volunteers and staff from the Water Resources Education Center for an ivy pull in Marine Park from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. July 15. Activities include cutting ivy from tree trunks, bending over to pull ivy free from the soil and shoveling and spreading bark mulch. Gloves, tools and snacks will be provided. Ivy […]
The Clark County Historical Museum is hosting "Wander Clark County" summer walking tours from 9 to 11 a.m. every Saturday from June 17 through Aug. 26. For a full list of tours go to cchmuseum.org/programs-events/walking-tours. The cost is $8 per person. The schedule is: June 17: Old City Cemetery June 24: Downtown Vancouver July 1: […]
Join the City of Vancouver Naturespaces team at Countryside Woods Urban Nature Area, Northeast Seventh Street and 153rd Avenue, for a morning of forest restoration. Volunteers will help remove invasive Himalayan blackberries from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. July 15. Register at cityofvancouver.us/cmo/page/volunteer-beat-blackberry-countryside-park.
The Hockinson Main Street Team and Majestic Farms Blueberries are hosting the fourth annual Hockinson Blueberry Festival from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 15 at the Hockinson Community Center, 15916 N.E. 182nd Ave., Brush Prairie. Celebrate this year's berry season with fresh blueberries from local farmers. Enjoy live music, flowers and plants, snacks, a pie eating […]
WSU Extension Master Gardeners will host a Tomato Pruning Workshop from 9:30 to 11 a.m. July 15 at the 78th Street Heritage Farm, located at Northeast 78th Street and Northeast 19th Court in Hazel Dell. The cost is $5. This workshop will clarify which types of tomato plants need pruning and will provide instruction on […]
The Watershed Alliance of SW Washington will host a beach clean-up at Frenchman’s Bar Regional Park, 9612 N.W. Lower River Rd., from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. July 15. Event recurs every third Saturday through Sept. 28. Attendees are asked to please dress for the weather and bring their own snacks and water. Gloves and tools […]
The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry presents the U.S. premiere of Orcas: Our Shared Future, an exhibit that offers a deep dive into the stories and science that surround the orca, spirit of the Pacific Northwest’s wild coast and apex predator of all oceans. OMSI is the first museum in the United States to […]
Beacock Music will host a series of Kids Beginning Guitar Workshop July 1, 8, 15, and 22. Classes are open to students ages 7 10 11, classes take place from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Students must bring their own guitar, instruments will not be provided. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of playing guitar […]
Overeaters Anonymous meets Saturdays from 10 to 11:15 a.m. at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 5607 N.E. Gher Road. The program is a 12-step literature study. Held in Room 7. Use Preschool entrance. For more information, call (360) 213-8902.
NatureScaping Wildlife Botanical Gardens will host a grass workshop: "Is the Grass Always Greener...?" at the CASEE Center, 11104 N.E. 149th St. in Brush Prairie, from 10 a.m. to noon June 17. The class will be presented by Kathy Kidd Plamondon, Trail Ambassador with Washington State Fish and Wildlife Steigerwald Reserve, Clark Public Utilities Stream […]
The Vancouver Farmers Market is every Saturday and Sunday from March 18 to Oct. 29 in downtown Vancouver near Esther Short Park at the corner of Eighth and Esther Streets. Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays. Learn more at vancouverfarmersmarket.com.
The Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum will host Clamshell Railroad Days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 15 and 16. The event will feature model train layouts from a number of regional train clubs. Admission is $5 for the weekend and includes a commemorative button. Children under 12 are free. Proceeds benefit the museum. Layouts […]
Beacock Music will host a weekly Beginning Ukulele Workshop from 11 to 11:45 a.m. July 1 through July 22. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of playing the ukulele including instrument parts and terminology, care, tuning, and how to practice. Learning basic strumming styles, 3-4 chords and how to put these elements together will […]
Two Rivers Heritage Museum, 1 Durgan Street, Washougal, is open every Saturday through October from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission costs are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $2 for students. Admission is free for children under five. and all Camas-Washougal Historical Society members. The museum is operated by Camas Washougal Historical Society […]
Beacock Music, 1420 S.E. 163rd Ave., Vancouver, is offering beginning guitar workshops for ages 12 and up from noon to 1 p.m. July 1, 8, 15 or 22. Students will be introduced to guitar fundamentals, including instrument parts and terminology, care, tuning and how to practice. Different styles of playing will be demonstrated as well […]
Art at the CAVE will host an artist talk with Dan Pillers and Janus Innes starting at 1 p.m. July 17. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the artists and share their ideas of creation and inspiration. The event is free and open to the public. The exhibition features the work of Janus Innes […]
Art at the Cave, 108 E. Evergreen Blvd., Vancouver, presents "Destination Unknown," a new exhibit running through July. Featuring work from abstract painter Janus Innes and conceptual mixed media artist Dan Pillers, "Destiny Unknown" contemplates the past, present, seen and unseen. An opening reception will be held with the artists from 4 to 8 p.m. […]
The Camas Public Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, hosts an All Ages Chess Club on the third Saturday of the month at 2 p.m. Attendees should bring their own chess sets, if they have them.
Calling all Teen Bakers! The Camas Public Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave., offers "Bakeology," a teen baking program from 3 to 4 p.m. on the third Saturday of every month. All experience levels are welcome and it's free to participate. We'll go over what went well, where we can improve, and learn new things along the […]
Lotus Vietnamese Cuisine is hosting a BIPOC Night Market every weekend from April 21-23 to Aug. 25-27 in its parking lot at 8513 N.E. Highway 99, Vancouver. Hours are 5 to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 to 8 p.m. Sundays.
The city of La Center is hosting Saturdays in the Park, featuring free, live concerts with local bands and tribute bands in Sternwheeler Park, 100 W. Fourth St., La Center, from June 24 to Aug. 5. Bring a picnic dinner, blankets and low-baked chairs for seating in the outdoor amphitheater. Opening acts start at 5:30 […]
Coast to Coast Fish House offers live music by local artists from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday evenings. Shows are open to all ages with no cover charge. Locally and family-owned, Coast to Coast features a full bar, twelve beers on tap and a gluten-free beer menu. The food is Coastal Maine inspired with gluten-free […]
Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” presented by Metropolitan Performing Arts, has been abridged and set in 1972 as a Women’s study group road trips from San Francisco to Washington DC to attend the Women’s Rights March. Naturally, not everything remains copacetic. Can you dig it? The play will be performed at several outdoor venues […]
Kit Garoutte Band with Ted Swenson and Jay Lundell plus guests Chris Bidleman and Steve Burpee will perform groove, heart and soul from 6 to 8 p.m. July 15 at 3Peaks Public House and Taproom, 24415 N.E. 10th Ave., Ridgefield. Hear songs by Simon and Garfunkel, Sting, AWB, Miles, Marvin Gaye and Steely Dan as […]
Exceptional musical partnerships from critically acclaimed albums headline this program. Artistic Director Gloria Chien and heralded clarinetist Anthony McGill are longtime recital partners, and the exhilarating F Minor sonata was part of their recording of the Brahms clarinet sonatas. McGill joins the Catalyst Quartet in the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor quintet that is part of UNCOVERED—the Catalyst’s […]
The Kiggins Theatre presents a "Grease" Sing-a-Long at 7:10 p.m. July 14 and 1:30 p.m. July 16. The 8 p.m. July 15 show is shadow cast with the Denton Delinquents. Dressing up is highly encouraged.
