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June 2019
Storytime in Camas Parks
Summer Outdoor Storytime Series, Mondays at 11 a.m. All young children and families welcome.
Find out more »Weekly Honeybee Hikes for Preschoolers at Leach Botanical Garden
Bring your preschoolers to Leach Botanical Garden in Portland for a weekly garden exploration. Your little one will look for wildlife, listen to the wind and the creek, touch a thimble-berry leaf, water the Children's Discovery Garden and maybe even eat a raspberry right off the vine. Then pause while our guide reads the group a story before helping the children craft something fun. Each week is different with seasonal themes. Honeybee Hikes happen every Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m.…
Find out more »Open Paint and Sip
Enjoy an open studio "paint and sip" evening at The Artful Attic Boutique in Camas. Come and go as you please during this two-hour open paint. Participants will be provided with a 10-by-10 wood canvas and a wide variety of acrylic paints and brushes. No painting instruction is provided — just create whatever you're inspired to make! Alcoholic beverages and snacks will be available for purchase. This is event is 21 and over only. An RSVP not required but is…
Find out more »Meaningful Movies: “Coming of Age in Aging America”
Meaningful Movies in Ridgefield presents this penetrating documentary that suggests that America’s social and economic institutions will – and must – change to adapt to a staggering demographic transformation where more than half of the world’s population will eventually be over the age of fifty. The film examines the current social security system; looks at the data being collected on the aging brain and body at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) lab; explores a town re-designing itself for multi-generational…
Find out more »Reading in the Wild: Story and Nature Series
Join Vancouver’s Water Resources Education Center for Reading in the Wild, a free outdoor reading series for kids ages 3 to 6 years old. The program connects fun stories with nature activities. Sit under a tree, listen to a story, then roam around the garden to play with plants, rocks, water or critters in the dirt. Note: Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian during these activities. Thursdays through Aug. 29.
Find out more »Tidewater Cove Marina Fifth Annual Boat Show, June 27-30
Tidewater Cove's annual boat show will be held Thursday, June 27, through Sunday, June 30. This is a free event that is open to the public. Sundance Yacht Sales, Royal Marine Yacht Sales, Vercoe Yacht Sales and Northwest Boat Center will exhibit new and used, big and small vessels for sale. Vendors such as Freedom Boat Club, Cooks Engine Company, Tipp Topp Marine, Biggs Insurance, Superior Design Top Shop and Columbia River Yacht Club will be available to answer questions.…
Find out more »Book to Art Jr.
A book group for students in grades 6-8 and their adults. The next title will be "A Wizard of Earthsea," by Ursula K. Le Guin. Pick up a free copy of the book at the library service desk and register to attend. Bring your art inspired by the book.
Find out more »Tidewater Cove Marina Fifth Annual Boat Show, June 27-30
Tidewater Cove's annual boat show will be held Thursday, June 27, through Sunday, June 30. This is a free event that is open to the public. Sundance Yacht Sales, Royal Marine Yacht Sales, Vercoe Yacht Sales and Northwest Boat Center will exhibit new and used, big and small vessels for sale. Vendors such as Freedom Boat Club, Cooks Engine Company, Tipp Topp Marine, Biggs Insurance, Superior Design Top Shop and Columbia River Yacht Club will be available to answer questions.…
Find out more »“The Great Race” Vintage Car Rally at WAAAM West Museum
Vancouver will host a stop on the The Great Race, the world's foremost vintage car rally. The event will bring 120 of the world's best antique automobiles to WAAAM West Cars by Ron Wade at 1015 N.E. 78th St., Vancouver, with the first cars arriving at just after 5 p.m. The Great Race, which began 36 years ago, is a time/speed/distance rally. Each stop is free to the public, when spectators can visit with the drivers and look at their…
Find out more »Strawberry Shortcake Day at the Cedar Creek Grist Mill
NOTE: This event has been changed/suspended; call 360-225-5832 for more information. More details TBA. Enjoy free, freshly baked whole wheat shortcake topped with ripe local strawberries and whipped cream at the Cedar Creek Grist Mill in Woodland, one of the only water-powered working grist mills in the United States. The shortcake is free and docents will be on hand to answer questions about the mill. Free bags of ground wheat and cornmeal, plus recipes, are available to take home. The…
Find out more »Clark County Historical Museum History Walking Tours
Clark County Historical Museum will kick off its 2019 History Walking Tours with a weekend exploring Vancouver’s Officers Row on Friday, May 31, and Saturday, June 1. This annual and popular series offers Clark County residents and visitors the opportunity to visit several of the area’s most fascinating neighborhoods and city centers. Guides will lead up to 25 people for approximately a mile, making frequent stops along the way to view buildings, tell stories, and answer questions. Good walking shoes…
Find out more »Crafts and Mocktails: Teen Botanical Wood Burning
Tweens and teens are invited to a craft and sip night (parents welcome) featuring mocktails, beverage, snacks and the opportunity to make a piece of woodburned wall art. Mocktails (Shirley Temples, Roy Rodgers and Ron Hortons), other beverages and snacks will be available for purchase. The class is taught be Emilie Rigby, a woodworker who has been teaching wood burning and carving for over six years. During this two-hour class Emilie will guide students through creating their own wood burned…
Find out more »The Great Race makes a pit stop in Vancouver
Vancouver USA will host an overnight stop on the 2019 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty. The Great Race will bring 120 of the world’s finest antique automobiles to town, with the first car rolling into Hazel Dell's The Museum, Cars by Ron Wade around 5 p.m. The Museum, a former auto dealership on the corner of 78th Street and Highway 99, displays a collection of premium, luxury, classic and antique cars and trucks. For a night, Ron…
Find out more »Musicians’ Open Jam
Last Friday of each month from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Barberton Grange, 9400 N.E. 72nd Ave., Vancouver. Everyone is welcome—all ages and still levels. For more information, call Michael Hatfield at 360-609-6628.
Find out more »Clark County Rotary Rummage Sale
The Clark County Rotary Rummage sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 29, at Evergreen High School, 14300 N.E. 18th St., Vancouver, with a preview evening from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, June 28, for $2 entry. Shop for antiques and collectibles, yard and garden items, sporting goods, pet items, books, baby items, toys, electronics, furniture, home decor, linens, art, small appliances, clothing and shoes, travel items and beauty products. There will be…
Find out more »Vancouver Farmers Market 30th Anniversary Season + a New Location
The Vancouver Farmers Market celebrates 30 years in a new location, moving two blocks north from the intersection of Esther Street and Sixth Street to Esther and Eighth in downtown Vancouver. The new configuration will provide additional space for the market’s 180 vendors as it expands to portions of 8th street and gives visitors a pedestrian-friendly space where they can shop, relax and play in Vancouver’s downtown core. The market runs every Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 27. Saturday hours…
Find out more »Clark County Historical Museum History Walking Tours
Clark County Historical Museum will kick off its 2019 History Walking Tours with a weekend exploring Vancouver’s Officers Row on Friday, May 31, and Saturday, June 1. This annual and popular series offers Clark County residents and visitors the opportunity to visit several of the area’s most fascinating neighborhoods and city centers. Guides will lead up to 25 people for approximately a mile, making frequent stops along the way to view buildings, tell stories, and answer questions. Good walking shoes…
Find out more »Tidewater Cove Marina Fifth Annual Boat Show, June 27-30
Tidewater Cove's annual boat show will be held Thursday, June 27, through Sunday, June 30. This is a free event that is open to the public. Sundance Yacht Sales, Royal Marine Yacht Sales, Vercoe Yacht Sales and Northwest Boat Center will exhibit new and used, big and small vessels for sale. Vendors such as Freedom Boat Club, Cooks Engine Company, Tipp Topp Marine, Biggs Insurance, Superior Design Top Shop and Columbia River Yacht Club will be available to answer questions.…
Find out more »Vancouver Farmers Market 30th Anniversary Season + a New Location
The Vancouver Farmers Market celebrates 30 years in a new location, moving two blocks north from the intersection of Esther Street and Sixth Street to Esther and Eighth in downtown Vancouver. The new configuration will provide additional space for the market’s 180 vendors as it expands to portions of 8th street and gives visitors a pedestrian-friendly space where they can shop, relax and play in Vancouver’s downtown core. The market runs every Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 27. Saturday hours…
Find out more »DB Cooper Boat Tour
Explore the legendary DB Cooper skyjacking mystery during this 75-minute pontoon boat adventure on the Columbia River. The trip begins from Tomahawk Island near Portland, where the still-unsolved skyjacking started over 47 years ago on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971. The tour then journeys west and passengers learn fascinating details about DB Cooper, the evidence and suspects, from a DB Cooper investigative expert. The journey then takes passengers 10 miles along the Columbia River to the rarely-seen spot on Tena Bar, where…
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