Event Series Create a Cryptid Contest

Create a Cryptid Contest

Camas Public Library 625 NE 4th Ave, Camas

The Camas Public Library is hosting a "Create a Cryptid" contest for all ages to create a new cryptid worthy of keeping company with the Loch Ness monster, the Yeti, the Kraken and the chupacabra. The deadline to submit artwork for your own original cryptid is 5 p.m. Oct. 16. Use whatever medium you’d like […]

free
Event Series Scary Story Contest for grades 3-12

Scary Story Contest for grades 3-12

Camas Public Library 625 NE 4th Ave, Camas

The Camas Public Library is hosting a Scary Story Contest for kids in third through 12th grades. Stories must be 500 words or less and be inspired by one of these prompts: 1) You are walking alone in a graveyard at midnight. 2) You make the mistake of stealing from the town witches. Stories must […]

free

Holiday Craft Night: Gnomes

Battle Ground Community Center 912 E Main St, Battle Ground

Battle Ground Parks and Recreation is offering a Holiday Craft Night at 6 p.m. Nov. 10 at theBattle Ground Community Center, 912 E. Main Street, Battle Ground. Attendees will make a charming 33-inch-tall gnome. Instructors will give step-by-step guidelines and all materials will be supplied. The cost is $25 per gnome kit. The craft project […]

$25

The Gardner School Book Swap

The Gardner School of Arts and Sciences 16413 N.E. 50th Ave., Vancouver

The Gardner School of Arts and Sciences is hosting its annual Book Swap from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 13. The event is open to everyone, whether enrolled or not. Attendees should bring a selection of gently used books of all genres for all ages. Each attendee can choose up to 10 "new to […]

Free

Camas Public Library Little Dragons Programs

Camas Public Library 625 NE 4th Ave., Camas

The Camas Public Library will host another edition of its popular Reading Dragons Cards program, titled Little Dragons. The program runs from Sept. 1 to April 30. Little Dragons is a reading program for infants and preschoolers. By reading to their children, parents can earn a free book. Further details can be found at CamasPL.org/littledragons.

Free

Single Seniors at Round Table Clubhouse

Round Table Pizza, Thurston Way 5016 N.E. Thurston Way, Vancouver

Single Seniors will meet for food and cards at Round Table Clubhouse, 5016 NE Thurston Way, from noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 13. For more information call 360-892-8944.

Spooky Shoes for Adults

Camas Public Library 625 NE 4th Ave., Camas

The Camas Public Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, is hosting a Spooky Shoes Workshop for adults from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 13. Participants should bring a pair of plain canvas slip-on shoes (no laces). The class will use a Cricut machine to cut out skeleton bones and iron the vinyl onto shoes.

free

Quilt Workshop with Brenda Gael Smith

Zoom class

Clark County Quilters presents "Logs and Ladders" from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 13, featuring Brenda Gael Smith via Zoom from New Zealand. Participants will learn to build log cabin or ladder compositions with improvisational units. Smith will share information about freeform cutting without rulers or templates, how to join irregular blocks and the design […]

$55 – $75
Event Series ScareGrounds at Oaks Park

ScareGrounds at Oaks Park

Oaks Amusement Park 7805 S.E. Oaks Park Way, Portland

ScareGrounds PDX offers a line-up of Halloween horror attractions at Oaks Amusement Park at 7805 S.E. Oaks Park Way, Portland. Dates are Oct. 6-8, 13-15, 20-24, 27-31 and Nov. 3-4. Rides open at 6 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Halloween night. Haunted houses open at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $22 and can be purchased online […]

$25 – $70
Event Series Spirit Tales of the Vancouver Barracks

Spirit Tales of the Vancouver Barracks

The Grant House 1101 Officers Row, Vancouver

Spirit Tales of the Vancouver Barracks will be offered on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 29. Tourtakers should meet on Officer's Row across from the Grant House at 1101 Officer's Row, Vancouver. Times are 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and noon on Sundays. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors age 60 […]

$15 – $20
Event Series Cinema of Horrors Drive-In Experience

Cinema of Horrors Drive-In Experience

Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds 17402 N.E. Delfel Road, Ridgefield

Treadway Events and Entertainment presents "Cinema of Horrors: Drive-In Experience" at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds, 17402 N.E. Delfel Rd., Ridgefield. This contactless Halloween experience is set to send shivers down the spines of horror fans and thrill-seekers alike. Dates are Oct. 12-15, 18-22 and 25-31. Gates open at 7 p.m. nightly. […]

$59

Magenta Theater presents “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks”

Magenta Theater 1108 Main St., Vancouver

Magenta Theater, 1108 Main St., Vancouver, presents "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks," showing Oct. 13-29. Lily, an aging but formidable retiree, hires Michael, an acerbic dance instructor, to give her dance lessons in her Florida condo. Antagonism between a gay man and the wife of a Southern Baptist minister gives way to compatibility as […]

$23 – $25