Clark County Community Services has scheduled four public forums in January 2024 to discuss and get feedback on its low-income community needs survey conducted earlier this year. This feedback will be included in the final Community Needs Assessment report and will help determine spending decisions countywide. The Ridgefield Community Forum will be held at the […]
Ice Cream Renaissance is celebrating the new year with new flavors invented by the students of Hough Elementary School. The ice cream shop, located at 1925 Main St, Vancouver, partnered with fourth and fifth grade classes at Hough Elementary School. The students created new flavors to be showcased during the month of January. Each Wednesday […]
Pettis Webber Pacific p.s. elder care law firm will host a free webinar "Dementia" starting at 6 p.m. Jan 17. This event will be presented virtually by attorney Beckie Pettis. Registration is free and required to attend. To register and receive seminar webcast dates and details call, 360-696-2069. All virtual registrants will receive login instructions […]
Skiiers and snowboarders are invited to join the Thursday bus to Mt. Hood Meadows, every week for six weeks from Jan. 18 until Feb. 22. The bus loads at 6 a.m. at Safeway Salmon Creek, 13023 N.E. Hwy. 99 #1, Vancouver. Use GO CODE 1163304 at skihood.com consecutive week pass and bus. For more details, […]
Single Seniors will meet for breakfast at Kitchen Table Cafe, 705 N.E. 136th Ave. starting at 10 a.m. Jan. 18. For more information, call 360-892-8944.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly Chapter 954 meets every Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Minnehaha Church of Christ, 3217 N.E. 54th St. For more information, contact Helen Sheerin at 503-351-7395.
The Clark County Civil Service Commission meets regularly on the third Thursday of every month to approve backgrounds, eligibility lists and discuss issues that come before the commission. Meetings are hybrid; in person at 1300 Franklin St. in Vancouver on the 5th floor Room 511 OR via Microsoft Teams.
Burnt Bridge Cellars, 1500 Broadway St., Vancouver, offers Sip and Fold evenings on the third Thursday of every month. Sip wine and learn to fold origami from 4:30 to 7 p.m. with instructor Holly Williams of Holly's Origami.
The Rotary Club of Three Creeks' bi-weekly meeting is at La Quinta Inn, 1500 N.E. 134th St. in the Salmon Creek area of Vancouver. Meetings are from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. If attendees want to order food or drink, they should arrive early enough that it doesn't interrupt the meeting.
Northwest Personal Training will host a free community talk beginning at 6:45 p.m. Jan. 18. Program will detail the science of real behavioral change to transform one's life. Personal trainer Nick Medlock will dive into the differences between resolutions goals and habits when making change in the new year. Medlock will discuss the science behind […]
The Camas Public Library will host another edition of its popular Reading Dragons Cards program, titled Little Dragons. The program runs from Sept. 1 to April 30. Little Dragons is a reading program for infants and preschoolers. By reading to their children, parents can earn a free book. Further details can be found at CamasPL.org/littledragons.
Northwest Personal Training will host a series of Chair Yoga classes every Friday June 23 through July 28 from 11 a.m. to noon. Chair Yoga allows elderly or attendees with mobility issues to exercise in a low-impact manor. Performing poses with better alignment, more support, and less tension. Classes will span a series of 6 […]
Single Seniors will meet for food and cards at Round Table Clubhouse, 5016 NE Thurston Way, from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information call 360-892-8944.
Metropolitan Performing Arts will perform Disney’s "Newsies the Musical" from Jan. 19-Feb. 4 at the Brunish Theatre on the fourth floor at 1111 S.W. Broadway, Portland. Based on the 1992 Disney movie, the Tony Award-winning "Newsies" centers on Jack Kelly, leader of the gang of boys called “newsies.” When the publishers of the newspapers raise […]
The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry presents the U.S. premiere of Orcas: Our Shared Future, an exhibit that offers a deep dive into the stories and science that surround the orca, spirit of the Pacific Northwest’s wild coast and apex predator of all oceans. OMSI is the first museum in the United States to […]
Overeaters Anonymous meets Saturdays from 10 to 11:15 a.m. at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 5607 N.E. Gher Road. The program is a 12-step literature study. Held in Room 7. Use […]
NatureScaping Wildlife Botanical Gardens will host a workshop, "Bring Nature to your Doorstep: Planning and Designing with Nature," from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 20 at CASEE Center, Bldg. B, Room 205, 11104 N.E. 149th St., Brush Prairie. Landscape architect, ecologist and environmental educator Jane Tesner Kleiner will share planning and design techniques to bring […]
The Vancouver Farmers Market is open year-round at the intersection of Eighth Street and Esther Street in downtown Vancouver, next to Esther Short Park. Cold-season hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays from now through March 30. Find local farm produce and products, artisan wares, bread and baked goods, pet treats, flowers, plants […]
Portland Japanese Garden offers a new exhibit, "Masterpieces in Miniature: The Art of Netsuke Sculptures," on display in the Pavilion Gallery through March 4. Once immensely popular across Japan, netsuke (pronounced nets-keh) were miniature sculptures that also served as personal fashion accessories, overcoming the lack of pockets in men’s clothing by hanging small items from […]
Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington will host Joy Jam with three sessions: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 20 for kids in grades six to 12; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 21 for kids in grades two to five; and 12:30 to 3 p.m. Jan. 21 for kids in kindergarten to first […]
