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 […]
Portland Center Stage at the Armory presents "Tick, Tick...BOOM!" Aug. 20-Sept. 18 at 128 N.W. 11th Ave., Portland. Before he electrified the world with "Rent," Jonathan Larson was a young man struggling to make his mark in the theater. While he waits tables and seeks his big break, the pressure to give it all up […]
Iris growers of Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon are hosting a plant sale featuring bearded irises at the Portland Nursery on Stark Street, 5050 S.E. Stark St., Portland. Now is the time to add new irises to gardens in many different colors and sizes, from the small rockery standard dwarf bearded to the large tall […]
The Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival, "Rebirth of the Blues," returns Aug. 26-28 to Esther Short Park. Hours are 3 to 10 p.m. Aug. 26, 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Aug. 27 and 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 28. The festival features 17 bands and a nationally acclaimed lineup of Grammy winners, American Blues Award […]
Heights Yoga will host Summer Park Yoga classes in the DuBois Neighborhood Park on Tuesdays and Sundays from June 26 to September 11. Tuesday classes will held at 4:30 p.m. and lead by Kelsey Allan. Sunday classes will be held at 1 p.m. and lead by Anna Otoupal.
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 […]
Enjoy "Crossing Paths," featuring live music at Leach Botanical Garden, 6704 SE 122nd Ave., Portland, from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 28. Attendees can bring a picnic dinner to enjoy on the grass and stroll through the garden to discover special sound installations. At 5 p.m., The Rose City Brass Quintet set begins followed by […]
Original Practice Shakespeare Festival offers a free presentation of “Richard III” at 7 p.m. Aug. 28 in Portland's Mt. Tabor Park amphitheater, Southeast 60th Avenue and Southeast Salmon Street. 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 […]
Portland clowns Olive and Dingo will host a Slide Ride for kids from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 29. Children should meet at Creston Park, 4454 S.E. Powell Blvd., Portland, at the playground near the Francis Street entrance. Olive and Dingo will be there with tall bicycles. Children should bring helmets, water and a […]
Single Seniors bi-weekly food and cards meeting in the Vancouver Mall food court, starting at 1 p.m. For more information, call 360-892-8944
The Lewis River Rotary Club with meet at the Battle Ground Community Center at 7 a.m. Aug 30. The meeting will review the club's various committees progress goals for the year.
Columbia Play Project's Pop-Up Parties in the Park is a series of free, public events designed engage children and families in exploratory play. Focused on science, technology, reading, engineering, art and math, games and toys include hands-on opportunities to explore and learn in a fun environment. More information about Columbia Play Project is available at […]
The Pittock Mansion, 3229 N.W. Pittock Dr., Portland, is offering a new exhibit from July 19 through Nov. 13, "Black in Oregon: 1840-1870." The Oregon Black Pioneers’ travelling exhibition highlights some of the Black individuals and families who came to Oregon during the years of legalized racial exclusion, when the provisional and territorial governments of Oregon […]
Uplifted Boutique and Maker's Market, in Portland's Mt. Scott neighborhood at 5404 S.E. 72nd Ave., Portland, present Story Time with Olive and Dingo from 10:30 to 11:30 every Tuesday from Aug. 23 to Sept. 13. Story Time features singing, stories, jokes, reading and music in the Good Medicine Theater connected to the boutique. The cost […]
The Clark County Toastmasters Club will host a communication and leadership skills development virtual open house event from noon to 1 p.m. Aug. 30. The event will feature a presentation by a local motivational speaker, Jacki Elsom in an entertaining and informative presentation centered around how one can broaden their self-concepts. Attendees are invited to […]
Heights Yoga will host Summer Park Yoga classes in the DuBois Neighborhood Park on Tuesdays and Sundays from June 26 to September 11. Tuesday classes will held at 4:30 p.m. and lead by Kelsey Allan. Sunday classes will be held at 1 p.m. and lead by Anna Otoupal.
The Sons and Daughters of Italy will host bocce ball nights at the Vancouver Elks Lodge NO 823 at 11605 S.E. McGillivray Blvd. Tuesdays in August, starting at 6 p.m. Courts located behind the main building. For more information call 360-521-5584.
HOPE Dementia Support is hosting a panel of Home Care Company and Placement Experts from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 30. Event will be held in person at CDM Caregiving Services as well as online via Zoom The panel will offer insight on caring for loved ones living with dementia To register , visit www.hopedementiasupport.org […]
Columbia Springs nature preserve and environmental education center, is hosting the ReLit festival from Aug. 31 to Sept. 28, when upcycled and repurposed items that have been made into lamps will be on display and on sale in locations throughout downtown Vancouver. Take a free tour around Vancouver to see the lamps; you'll be sent […]
The works of artist and poet Bob Sunshine is on display at Szechuan Brothers Chinese Restaurant, 13503 S.E. Mill Plain Blvd., Suite B5, during the months of July and August. Sunshine has enlarged his miniature black-and-white paintings to an 11" x 17" format. The August show will feature 16" x 20" and 20" x 30" […]
