The Craft Beer and Wine Fest is Aug. 9-11 in Esther Short Park. Visitors can enjoy 60 craft brews, 20 craft wineries, local craft spirits and live music. Friday's music features Johnny Wheels & the Swamp donkeys and Revisiting Creedence, the Credence Clearwater Revival tribute band. Saturday's music features Queen tribute band Queen Mother, A Cheaper […]

Columbia Willamette Enological Society hosts its annual picnic from noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 11 at Summit Grove Lodge 30810 N.E. Timmen Road in Ridgefield. Enjoy brunch food from the lodge and taste a wide range of premium wines. Reservations are required at cweswine@gmail.com. Tickets are $40. Learn more about the society at columbiawillamettewine.org.

Burnt Bridge Cellars' downtown Vancouver tasting room will host Pottery on the Patio from 4 to 6 p.m. Aug. 11. Participants in this beginner-friendly workshop will create a trinket dish by hand. The $58 registration fee includes all materials. Kilnfolk Clay Studio will fire and glaze each piece, then contact the makers when they're ready […]

Empty Bowls Camas is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers Union Hall at 514 Dallas St., Camas. The event is a […]

Burnt Bridge Cellars, 1500 Broadway St., Vancouver, offers Sip and Fold evenings on the third Thursday of every month. Sip wine and learn to fold origami from 4:30 to 7 […]

Over the course of 10 Fridays from June to August, the Oregon Zoo hosts Zoo Nights: evenings filled with local music, food carts, activities for all ages, and the chance […]

La Uva Fortuna Farms, 16712 N.E. 219th St., Battle Ground, will host "Sip & Sway," a four-week dance class with professional instructor Brynlee. Learn new moves during a dance class  […]

English Estate Winery, 17806 S.E. First St., Vancouver, offers Good Times and Wine from 6 to 8 p.m. every Friday through Aug. 30. Guests are encouraged to bring a picnic […]

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 […]

The Sip & Stroll tasting event in downtown Vancouver is 5 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 17, featuring 35 tasting locations along Main Street and a collectable tasting glass. Each location […]

Burnt Bridge Cellars, 1500 Broadway, Vancouver, offers wine tasting and live music from Brenna Larsen from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 17.