Do you want to combat climate change and do you like being outside and getting your hands dirty? Join Friends of Trees' planting crew. Get complete details and register at friendsoftrees.org/volunteer/how-to-volunteer/crew-leader/. Online training, available Oct. 15-29, is free. Volunteers are expected to commit 20 hours, including online training and four planting events. Planting events are mostly […]
Single Seniors will carpool together to Crown Point on Oct. 15. For more information call 360-892-8944.
Clark College Community and Continuing Education will host a class series on the history of Paris fashion, occurring weekly on Saturdays at Clark College, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. This class will look into the origins of fashion in Paris and Versailles with Marie Antoinette. Students will learn the backstories of […]
NatureScaping will host a class at the CASEE Center, 11104 N.E. 149th St., Brush Prairie, from 10 a.m. to noon on Oct. 15. Lead be Julie Carlsen, NatureScaping coordinator and master gardener, this class will discuss plant propagation timing and techniques to add plants to one's gardens. Attendees will learn various methods of propagation from […]
The Salmon Creek Lions will host a free paper shred event in the Hazel Dell Umpqua Bank parking lot from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 15. In addition to offering paper shredding options for attendees' unneeded sensitive documents, the event will also be accepting donations for local charities. Cash donations will be accepted […]
Knights of Columbus Council 15730 Paper Shredding Fundraising Event. 215 West 12th Street Parking Lot between Columbia and Washington Streets Bring Your Recyclable Paper in up to 4 large paper grocery bags to have It safely Shredded. PLEASE; No staples, rubber bands, plastic, metal clips etc. YOUR $5.00 DONATION (OR MORE) WILL SUPPORT KNIGHTS OF […]
Portland Japanese Garden presents its final art exhibition of 2022, "The Garden of Resonance," featuring the work of internationally acclaimed artist Jun Kaneko. Kaneko, winner of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center, has made major contributions to the field of sculptural art on a global scale, exploring the relationships between art, […]
The Portland Art Museum presents "Perspectives," a special exhibition of more than 60 works by local BIPOC (Black, indigenous and people of color) photographers made during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. Perspectives features work by artists Emery Barnes, Joseph Blake, Linneas Boland-Godbey, David (Daveed) Jacobo, Mariah Harris, and Byron Merritt. The exhibition opens […]
Pumpkin Lane at Pomeroy Farm, 20902 N.E. Lucia Falls Rd., Yacolt, will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday in October; admission ends at 4 […]
The Pittock Mansion, 3229 N.W. Pittock Dr., Portland, is offering Behind the Scenes tours, where small groups of people are led by a guide through the parts of the mansion that are not accessible to most visitors. The tour includes basement passages, the boiler room, the Otis elevator machine room, third floor servants’ quarters and […]
During October, Vancouver's food scene will be on display as restaurants offer 3 items for $25 or $35. Dine the Couve returns as an annual month-long event hosted by Visit Vancouver WA to support small businesses, while celebrating the city's and county's culinary prowess. Restaurants will offer a three-course meal comprised of appetizer, entrée, and […]
Artists and art lovers over 18 are invited to join the Art Critique Group meeting every Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. in the atrium at 210 W. Evergreen Blvd., near Art on the Boulevard and Meiko's Marketplace Flowers. Attendees will draw, paint, and discuss art. For more information, email Gail at gqrn12316@gmail.com.
Northwest Harmony Chorus, a local Sweet Adelines group, will celebrate World Singing Day with a free Barbershop Extravanganza concert featuring several local outstanding vocal groups from 2 to 5 p.m. Oct. 15 in the Royal Durst Theatre at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, 3101 Main St., Vancouver. Vocal groups will include Northwest Harmony Chorus, […]
Skamania Lodge, 1311 S.W. Skamania Lodge Way, Stevenson, is hosting a Westward barbecue dinner over a fire pit with cowboy poetry, music, smoked foods and, of course, whiskey from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 15. The lodge, located on 175 acres in the Columbia River Gorge, is partnering with award-winning distillery Westward Whiskey for a western-style […]
The Herb Shoppe, 3912 N. Mississippi Ave., Portland, will host an online workshop, “Consciously Composting,” from 6 to 7 p.m. Oct. 15 instructed by Brandi. Students will learn about conscious composting as a spiritual and sustainable practice. Brandi, a Lakota woman who has learned from her tribe about the importance of composting and acts of […]
The Clark County Historical Museum will host guided tours, telling the stories of Clark County's haunted history. Tours will take place every Friday and Saturday night in October, starting at 6 p.m. at the Clark County Historical Museum, 1511 Main St, Vancouver, WA 98661 Tour guides will lead up to 25 people for approximately a […]
Washington State University Vancouver will host four A – Z of Paying for College Workshops this fall. The workshop is a public service for all prospective and current college students, regardless of the college you choose to attend. WSU Vancouver is located at 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave. in Vancouver, east of the 134th Street […]
Cinema of Horrors drive-in movie experience returns to the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds, 17402 N.E. Delfel Rd, Ridgefield, with classic horror movies playing from Oct. 7-31; see […]
Locals Live at ilani is a competition for singers who will compete for $5,000 and a headlining show in ilani's Muze Lounge. Beginning 7 p.m. Oct. 15, preselected singers will face off in a singing competition at Muze Lounge, 1 Cowlitz Way, Ridgefield. Every Saturday for five weeks, one winner will be chosen to move […]
Vancouver Elks 823 presents the fourth annual Nightmares on Elk Street Haunted House at 11605 S.E. McGillivray Blvd., Vancouver, open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in October. This is an extremely scary indoor haunted house with disturbing depictions of blood and gore, including visual and auditory frights, strobe lights and fog machines. It is not […]
