Military History Talk: Waiting for the Cold War to Heat Up

O.O. Howard House 750 Anderson St A,, Vancouver, Wa, Select a Country:

The Historic Trust begins the Vancouver Barracks Military Association’s 2023 Military History Talk series with Maj. Jeff Davis' presentation, "Waiting for the Cold War to Heat Up," 6:30 to 8 p.m. […]

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Science on Tap: The Mystique of Terroir — Geology and Wine

Alberta Rose Theatre 3000 N.E. Alberta St., Portland, OR, United States

The next Science on Tap is "The Mystique of Terroir: Geology and Wine" at 7 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 N.E. Alberta St., Portland. Tickets are […]

$15 – $45
Event Series Portland Jazz Festival

Portland Jazz Festival

Various venues around Portland OR, United States

The Portland Jazz Festival 20th anniversary is happening Feb. 16 to 25 at various locations around Portland. The 2023 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival includes artists spanning the breadth of the jazz […]

Event Series Learn to Play Bridge

Learn to Play Bridge

Vancouver Bridge Club 6503 E. Mill Plain Blvd. Suite H, Vancouver, WA, United States

Learn to play bridge on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Vancouver Bridge Club, 6503H East Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver. The cost is $50 for all eight lessons or $10 per lesson. Classes include discussion and play. Call Connie Sayler with questions at 971-678-3863. The schedule is as follows: Jan. 3 - Introduction […]

$10 – $50

Free Tax Preparation-VITA

Three Creeks Community Library 800 N.E. Tenney Road, Vancouver, WA, United States

Ren Locus will free income tax return preparation at Three Creeks Community Library to qualified individuals in Southwest Washington through the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. For more […]

Single Seniors at Round Table Clubhouse

Round Table Pizza, Thurston Way 5016 N.E. Thurston Way, Vancouver, WA, United States

Single Seniors will meet for food and cards at Round Table Clubhouse, 5016 NE Thurston Way, from noon to 3 p.m. on Feb. 24. For more information call 360-892-8944.

Camas Library offers “Sugar Activities” for preschoolers

Camas Public Library 625 NE 4th Ave., Camas, WA, United States

The Camas Public Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, offers "Sugar Activities" for preschoolers from 4 to 4:45 p.m. Feb. 24. Kids will learn about letters, shapes and counting by playing with sugar, then create and paint sculptures out of sugar cubes. Registration is required by calling the library at 360-834-4692 or by visiting CamasPL.org/sugar.

Free

Litter Stewards Training

Vancouver City Hall 415 W 6th St, Vancouver, WA, United States

The Litter Stewards Training will be held at Vancouver City Hall, 415 West 6th St.,  from 4:30 to 5:30 on Feb. 24. Volunteers will receive training on safety protocols, how […]

Litter Stewards Training

Vancouver City Hall 415 W 6th St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Attend a family-friendly Litter Stewards Training from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Feb. 24 in the Aspen Room of City Hall, on the first floor at 415 W. Sixth St., Vancouver. Volunteers will receive training on safety protocols, how to identify city and public property, how to dispose of both hazardous and common trash and how […]

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Event Series Warriors Reprieve

Point Man International Ministries Meeting

Church on the Rock 500 S.W. Eaton Blvd., Battle Ground, WA, United States

The Vancouver chapter of Point Man International Ministries meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Friday in the Education Module at Church on the Rock, 500 S.W. Eaton Blvd., Battle Ground. Pointman International was started by a Seattle police officer and veteran and the faith-based, non-denominational support group is open to all veterans and first […]

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Event Series Portland Jazz Festival

Portland Jazz Festival

Various venues around Portland OR, United States

The Portland Jazz Festival 20th anniversary is happening Feb. 16 to 25 at various locations around Portland. The 2023 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival includes artists spanning the breadth of the jazz industry with musicians who are driving the evolution of jazz alongside NEA jazz masters and Grammy Award-winners. Events at the Newmark Theatre, Winningstad Theatre and […]

Event Series Prairie High School presents “Xanadu”

Prairie High School presents “Xanadu”

Prairie High School 11311 N.E. 119th St., Vancouver, WA, United States

Prairie High School Drama Club presents "Xanadu," showing Feb. 17 through 25 at Prairie High School, 11311 N.W. 119th St., in the Brush Prairie area of Vancouver. Learn more at facebook.com/PrairieDramaClub/. "Xanadu" follows Greek muse Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mount Olympus to Venice Beach, California, in 1980. She is on a quest […]

$6 – $13

Friends of Chamber Music presents Chanticleer

Kaul Auditorium, Reed College 3203 S.E. Woodstock Blvd., Portland, OR, United States

Friends of Chamber Music presents the renowned male vocal chorus Chanticleer at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at Reed College's Kaul Auditorium, 3203 S.E. Woodstock Blvd., Portland. The program, "Labyrinths," includes songs from Des Prez to Ayanna Woods, with jazz standards and new arrangements in between. Tickets range from $32 to $57, available at focm.org.

$32 – $57

Oregon Children’s Theater presents “The Mad Ones”

CoHo Theatre 2257 N.W. Raleigh St., Portland, OR, United States

Oregon Children's Theater's Young Professionals Company presents "The Mad Ones," Feb. 10-26 at the CoHo Theatre, 2257 N.W. Raleigh St., Portland. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $18 for adults and $12 for students at octc.org/the-mad-ones. The play is best for ages 14 and up. The musical follows […]

$12 – $18

Wanda Sykes at ilani

ilani Casino Resort 1 Cowlitz Way, Ridgefield, WA, United States

Emmy-winning comedian, actor, writer and producer Wanda Sykes is performing at ilani Casino Resort, 1 Cowlitz Way, Ridgefield, at 8 p.m. March 18. Tickets ($35 and $55) are available on ticketmaster.com and ilaniresort.com. Ranked among Entertainment Weekly's “25 Funniest People in America,” Sykes received Emmy nominations for both her role as real-life comic Moms Mabley in […]

$35 – $55

Oregon Coast All-day Birding Field Trip

Oregon Coast

TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center will host an all-day birding trip to the Oregon Coast on Feb. 25. Instructor Laura Whittemore will lead participants in walking explorations of bays, estuaries, rocky shores and headlands while watching for coastal winter residents like scoters, murres, loons, grebes, oystercatchers, surfbirds and turnstones. Transportation will be via carpool […]

$75 – $115

Friends of Trees hosts tree-planting in west Vancouver

WA

Friends of Trees is hosting a tree-planting in central Vancouver from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 25 in Arnada, Carter Park, Central Park, Esther Short, Fourth Plain Village, Fruit Valley, Hough, Hudson's Bay, Lincoln, Northwest, Rose Village, Shumway and West Minnehaha. Residents in those neighborhoods may purchase a tree to plant in their yards […]

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