The Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens, 115 South Pekin Road Woodland, will host Lilac Days from April 22 through May 14. The historic gardens will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Admission is $5 for adults and children 12 and under free. The theme for 2023 is "Hats from the Past" and many […]
Portland Japanese Garden's first art exhibition of 2023, "Subtle Intimacy: Here and There," features the work of Japan Institute’s Artist-in-Residence, Rui Sasaki. Hailed as a “glass virtuoso” by The New York Times, Sasaki traveled from her native Japan to collect plant life from Portland Japanese Garden to create a site-specific experience: Transparent impressions of the […]
Two Rivers Heritage Museum, 1 Durgan Street, Washougal, is open every Saturday through October from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission costs are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $2 for students. Admission is free for children under five. and all Camas-Washougal Historical Society members. The museum is operated by Camas Washougal Historical Society […]
Northwest Children's Theater presents Elephant and Piggie's "We Are in a Play!" at the new Judy Kafoury Center for Youth Arts, 100o S.W. Broadway, Suite T-100, Portland. Meet “bestus friends” Gerald the Elephant and Piggie the Pig. Together, they tackle friendship’s big questions: What happens when two friends want to play with one toy? What […]
Savor Southwest Washington Wine is an annual event featuring wines from Southwest Washington growers, winemakers and tasting rooms in partnership with six boutique restaurants. Attendees can sample wines from 20 wineries as well as enjoy mall bites and light fare from noon to 5 p.m. May 6 in the Montage Event Space at Groove Nation […]
Touch of Class Chorale, a community choir founded in the 1970s and celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, will present three concerts entitled "I Am in Need of Music," featuring choral renditions of songs including "All Ye Who Music Love," "The Music of the Night," "If Music Be the Food of Love," "Sing Gently," "A […]
Ridgefield High School, 2630 S. Hillhurst Road, Ridgefield, presents six performances of the musical comedy “The Addams Family.” Shows are 7 p.m. May 5, 6, 12 and 13, with 2 p.m. matinees on May 6 and 13. Tickets can be bought at https://wa-ridgefield-lite.intouchreceipting.com/rhstheatre or at the door. Tickets cost $12 for adults, $10 for students, […]
Northwest Harmony Chorus and Columbia River Chorus present its annual Sendoff Show at 2 p.m. May 6 at Vancouver United Church of Christ, 1220 N.E. 68th St., Vancouver. The groups are getting ready to singing four-part a cappella music in the barbershop style at a regional contest in Spokane. Several guest ensembles and competing quartets […]
The 7th annual Hockinson Father-Daughter ball will take place at Cloverlane Event Center, 16391 N.E. 182nd Ave. in Brush Prairie, from 5 to 8 p.m. May 6. Father-Daughter duos of all ages are invited to spend to an evening of dancing, crafts, and appetizers. The theme for this year’s event is “Knights and Princesses.” In […]
Lotus Vietnamese Cuisine is hosting a BIPOC Night Market every weekend from April 21-23 to Aug. 25-27 in its parking lot at 8513 N.E. Highway 99, Vancouver. Hours are 5 to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 to 8 p.m. Sundays.
Coast to Coast Fish House offers live music by local artists from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday evenings. Shows are open to all ages with no cover charge. Locally and family-owned, Coast to Coast features a full bar, twelve beers on tap and a gluten-free beer menu. The food is Coastal Maine inspired with gluten-free […]
Paranormal Cirque is coming to Vancouver Mall at 8700 N.E. Vancouver Mall Drive with showtimes at 7:30 p.m. May 4, 5 and 8, at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. May 6 and at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. May 7. Paranormal Cirque combines theatre, circus, horror and cabaret for mature audiences ages 18 and older only due […]
The Vancouver Master Chorale will present “A Glimpse of Heaven,” with Mozart's "Requiem" and "Regina Coeli" (or "Queen of Heaven") at 7 p.m. May 6 and 3 p.m. May 7 at First Presbyterian Church, 4300 Main St., Vancouver. Also on the program are “All God’s Children” by Henry Mollicone, commissioned by The Vancouver USA Singers, […]
Ridgefield High School, 2630 S. Hillhurst Road, Ridgefield, presents six performances of the musical comedy “The Addams Family.” Shows are 7 p.m. May 5, 6, 12 and 13, with 2 p.m. matinees on May 6 and 13. Tickets can be bought at https://wa-ridgefield-lite.intouchreceipting.com/rhstheatre or at the door. Tickets cost $12 for adults, $10 for students, […]
Portland Storytellers Guild presents "How About Dat!" at 7:30 p.m. May 6 at Artichoke Music, 2007 S.E. Powell Blvd., Portland. Life is full of surprising and confusing moments. In the end, with a little perspective, we can see how they fit in with the whole, and we might say, “How about dat?" Three seasoned storytellers […]
Love Street Playhouse, 126 Loves Ave., Woodland, presents "Enchanted April," running April 28 through May 14. Tickets are $23, available at lovestreetplayhouse.com. Performances are 7:30 p.m. April 28, 29, May 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13. Matinee performances are April 30, May 6, 7, 13 and 14 at 2 p.m. Feeling lost in the shadows […]
Cascadia Composers present "Visions and Voyages," a concert featuring transits and transformations through songs with and without words, at 7:30 p.m. May 6 at Lincoln Performance Hall, Room 75, Portland State Univserity, 1620 S.W. Park Ave., Portland. This concert of new music will include works of Cascadia Composers Carla K. Bartlett, Adam Eason, Brian T. […]
"Myra's Story" will show May 5 to 28 at 21ten Theatre, 2110 S.E. 10th Ave., Portland. Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. The play, which is recommended for ages 15 and up, follows Myra's struggle with alcoholism and the generational and political traumas that fuel it. With Irish […]
Portland Center Stage presents Oscar-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney’s "Choir Boy," running April 21-May 14 on the U.S. Bank Main Stage at The Armory, 128 N.W. Eleventh Ave., Portland. From the writer of "Moonlight" comes this story about Pharus, a young, gay student leading the gospel choir at his elite, all-boys prep school. Identity and […]
Weekly Vipassana mediation sessions are held from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Sundays at Art at the Cave, 108 E. Evergreen Blvd., Vancouver. This type of meditation encourages self-observation by focusing on the inner self in a non-judgmental way. There's a $1 to $10 suggested donation to participate but no one will be turned away.
