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 fundraiser for the food pantry at the InterFaith Treasure House in Camas. Everyone who buys a ticket can choose their own ceramic bowl made by […]

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 p.m. with instructor Holly Williams of Holly's Origami.

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 to get to know some of the animals active during twilight hours. Food and snacks from local food trucks will be available, plus elephant ears […]

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  from 6 to 7 p.m. every Friday night through Aug. 30. On the first Friday of the month, learn rhumba and swing. On the second […]

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 dinner, buy wine, cider and soft drinks from English Estate Winery, and enjoy live music. Guests may also pre-order charcuterie boards with meat and cheeses, […]

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 […]

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 has beer, wine, cider or spirits to sample. Tickets are $40 per person and proceeds support the Hough Foundation. Buy tickets at houghfoundation.org/sip-and-stroll/. Check in […]

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