The Camas Public Library will host a weekly "Kid Librarian" event when a kid gets to be a librarian for a day. Each new Kid Librarian will share the books […]
Registration is now open for the 2023 AWB Spring Meeting at the Vancouver Hilton, scheduled for May 9-10. Early registration discounts of up to $100 are available. This year’s keynote […]
The next Science on Tap at Portland's Alberta Rose Theatre is "Period: The Real Story of Menstruation" at 7 p.m. May 9. Tickets are $15 to $45, available at scienceontaporwa.org/events/alberta_may_9_period-2/. […]
The Camas Public Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, will host "Lifestyle and Functional Medicine to Optimize Fertility" from 6 to 7 p.m. May 10 with naturopath Kellie Moore from Ripple Wellness. Attendees will learn about nutrients for fertility and pregnancy, why stress impacts fertility, the importance of a healthy microbiome and the role of […]
Pettis Webber Pacific p.s. elder care law firm will host a free webinar "Dementia Care Planning - Don't Go Broke in a Nursing Home" starting at 4 p.m. May 11. This event will be presented virtually as well as in-person by attorney Beckie Pettis. Registration is free and required to attend. To register and receive […]
The next Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Night features Joanne Renee Boswell at Art at the Cave, 108 E. Evergreen Blvd., at 7 p.m. May 11. There's a $5 suggested donation to attend. Donations can be made in person or through Christopher Luna’s PayPal account (christopherjluna@gmail.com). Include a memo stating that the money is for […]
The Camas Public Library will host a weekly "Kid Librarian" event when a kid gets to be a librarian for a day. Each new Kid Librarian will share the books they're reading, reimagined cover art and a video book review. Registration is required. Registration and more information is available online at CamasPL.org/kidlibrarian.
The Camas Public Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, hosts the “Cover to Cover” book club from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of every month. The club is a general fiction book club for adults. To get the book, either pick up one of the copies that have been set aside for the […]
Former Washington State quarterback and number two overall NFL draft pick Ryan Leaf will speak at an event benefiting Columbia River Mental Health Services at Royal Oaks Country Club, 8917 N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd., starting at 9 a.m. May 18. Leaf will speak about his time at Washington State and the NFL, as well as […]
Literary Arts presents Oscar-winning actor, filmmaker and writer Tom Hanks, in conversation about his new novel, "The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece," at 7:30 p.m. May 18 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 S.W. Broadway, Portland. Tickets are $30 to $90 at portland5.com/arlene-schnitzer-concert-hall/events/tom-hanks-conversation. Hanks' novel is about the making of a star-studded, […]
Members of the public are invited to sign up for free 25 minute sessions with a financial planner to address topics like how to create a budget, how to pay […]
TEDxPortland is coming to the Keller Auditorium at 9 a.m. May 20. Tickets range from $79 to $300 at portland5.com/keller-auditorium/events/tedxportland. Tickets include 12 talks by leading-edge thinkers and innovators as well as four performances, a book and complimentary happy hour. The first 1,000 people to purchase a ticket get a Portland Gear "Confluence" bag.
NatureScaping of S.W. Washington will host a Beginning Bird Identification class at the CASEE Center, 11104 N.E. 149th St. in Brush Prairie, from 10 a.m. to noon May 20. The class will discuss the basics of bird identification and touch on some of the more common backyard birds in the Clark County area, specifically focusing […]
Clark College will host "Writing Along the Edges," an all-day creative writing festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 20 in the Penguin Union Building at 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver. The all-day workshop, led by Clark College English faculty, features author readings and writing workshops that celebrate writing and practice craft. Workshop facilitators […]
Photographer Rich Bergeman is the guest curator of an exhibit in the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Visitor Center, 1501 E. Evergreen Blvd., Vancouver. The photography exhibit will run from April 24-Sept. 25 in the visitor center's theater. Bergeman will give a public talk at 1 p.m. May 20, "The Land Remembers: Landscapes of the […]
The Camas Public Library will host a weekly "Kid Librarian" event when a kid gets to be a librarian for a day. Each new Kid Librarian will share the books they're reading, reimagined cover art and a video book review. Registration is required. Registration and more information is available online at CamasPL.org/kidlibrarian.
The next National Geographic Live event is "Adaptation" with Alizé Carrère, environmental anthropologist and filmmaker, at 7:30 p.m. May 22 at the Newmark Theatre, 1111 S.W. Broadway, Portland. Tickets are $25 to $55 at portland5.com/newmark-theatre/events/national-geographic-live-adaptation. Carrère takes the audience around the world to explore the remarkable ways people are adapting to a changing planet: To […]
The next Science on Tap at the Alberta Rose Theatre is 7 p.m. May 24 with "Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe," at 3000 N.E. Alberta St., Portland. Tickets are $15 to $45 at scienceontaporwa.org/events/alberta_may_24_alien/. Astronomer and science communicator Philip Plait draws on both the latest scientific research and his prodigious imagination […]
In recognition of National Historic Preservation Month, The Historic Trust and Vancouver Barracks Military Association are partnering to present a panel discussion on "Officers Row at 35: Origins, Preservation and the Future." The event will be held at the Red Cross Building, 605 Barnes Rd., Vancouver, at 6:30 p.m. May 25. The event is free […]
Pettis Webber Pacific p.s. elder care law firm will host a free webinar "The Legal Landscape of Dementia 101 - Creating Clarity and Ease" starting at 6:30 p.m. May 25. […]
