The Ridgefield Farmers Market is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday through the end of September in Davis Park, 337-411 N. Third Ave., Ridgefield. Vendors sell local produce, plant starts, baked goods, flowers, soaps, jewelry, home décor items and clothing. The market also has a co-op table available where farmers sell locally-grown fruits and […]
The Watershed Alliance of Southwest Washington will host a Day of Healing the Wimahl (Columbia River) from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 31 on Cottonwood Beach at Captain William Clark Park, 3333 Index St., Washougal. The day begins with a volunteer beach cleanup from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch (bring your […]
"Playing with Light" at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) runs through Jan. 6. Full-body interactive exhibits encourage visitors to engage in light-, laser- and lens-based experiences, including freezing their shadows, mixing colored lights and making a laser beam bounce down a stream of water. Visitors can tinker with technology-focused exhibit elements involving […]
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.
Behind the Shoji summer marketplace returns to Portland Japanese Garden from June 29 to Sept. 2 during garden hours. The market features hard-to-find Japanese wares that you probably wouldn’t find short of a trip to Japan itself. Among the items available for sale are temari (thread-wrapped handballs) and incense holders, jewelry and glass vases with […]
Art n the Pearl Fine Arts and Crafts Festival is Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 on Portland's North Park Blocks. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 2. Admission is free. The festival features art by 130 visual artists selected to exhibit their […]
The MAiZE at the Pumpkin Patch on Sauvie Island will celebrate 70 years of The Peanuts comic strip with an eight-acre corn maize featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, and Sally. The MAiZE is open daily through Oct. 31. September hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. […]
The Cedar Creek Grist Mill, one of the only remaining water-powered grist mills in the United States, is hosting Treat Day from 1 to 4 p.m. Aug. 31 at 43907 N.E. Grist Mill Road, Woodland. Enjoy cookies, cakes, muffins, scones and even dog biscuits made from flour ground at the mill. Admission and treats are […]
"Every Shadow Has An Answer" is the title of an upcoming exhibit featuring 24 creative cyanotypes by Rachel Mulder and Sarah Lynne Hunter, hosted at the Corridor Gallery, located at 610 Esther St., opening reception will be held from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 31. Cyanotypes are made through placing an object, or anything that […]
VanCity Ballroom offers a beginners' lesson and social dancing at 7 p.m. Saturdays at 9212 N.E. Hwy 99. The 45 minute lesson begins at 7 p.m. followed by social dancing of all styles (ballroom, Latin, swing and nightclub) until 10 p.m. A different dance is covered each week. Visit vancityballroom.com for upcoming lessons. No experience […]
