Metropolitan Performing Arts presents a free outdoor theater series from July 16-Aug. 14 featuring an abridged and modernized version of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." Shows are performed in different outdoor locations around Vancouver. Admission is free. Bring a blanket, lawn chair and picnic dinner. All performances are at 6 p.m. Here are the locations […]

Comedian and television host Howie Mandel will perform at ilani's Cowlitz Ballroom, 1 Cowlitz Way, Ridgefield, at 7 p.m. Aug. 7. Tickets are $39 and $29 and can be purchased through Ticketmaster.com and ilaniresort.com. With more than 30 years in show business, Emmy-nominated Howie Mandel has established himself as a comedic icon. Currently, Mandel serves […]

Original Practice Shakespeare Festival offers a free presentation of “Henry IV, Part 2” at 7 p.m. Aug. 7 at Irving Park, 707 N.E. Fremont St., Portland. The company uses the original practice techniques of Elizabethan England: limited rehearsal, scrolls in hand, audience interaction, and an onstage prompter. Gender-fluid casting (just like in Ye Olde Shakespearean […]

Magenta Theater presents "Don Quixote de La Center" by local playwright David Bareford, a loose adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes 1605 novel, "Don Quixote de la Mancha" set in contemporary La Center at a group home for senior citizens. Aging resident Don Quintero decides he is a knight of old and embarks on misadventures comic […]

Metropolitan Performing Arts presents a free outdoor theater series from July 16-Aug. 14 featuring an abridged and modernized version of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." Shows are performed in different outdoor locations around Vancouver. Admission is free. Bring a blanket, lawn chair and picnic dinner. All performances are at 6 p.m. Here are the locations […]

Attend a free outdoor showing of the movie "Don't Look Up" on an inflatable 30-foot screen at Unitarian Universalist Church, 4505 E. 18th St., Vancouver, from 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 13. Attendees should bring their own blankets and chairs. On-site food trucks will offer meals for sale. Portable toilets large enough to accommodate wheelchairs […]

Magenta Theater presents "Don Quixote de La Center" by local playwright David Bareford, a loose adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes 1605 novel, "Don Quixote de la Mancha" set in contemporary La Center at a group home for senior citizens. Aging resident Don Quintero decides he is a knight of old and embarks on misadventures comic […]