NAMI Connection is a recovery support group for adults living with mental illness. NAMI’s support groups are unique because they follow a structured model, ensuring everyone has an opportunity to be heard and to get what they need. Meetings are held virtually weekly on Thursdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. via Zoom. Register at us02web.zoom.us.
The League of Women Voters of Clark County will host a candidate forum from 5-8 p.m. Oct. 9 at Clark-Cowlitz Fire and Rescue, 21609 N.E. 72nd Ave., Battle Ground. Candidates for Battle Ground City Council, Battle Ground School District and Hockinson School District will participate.
The Historic Trust presents "The Trickster: How This Ancient Archetype Helps Us Imagine a Better World" with author and activist Shepherd Siegel from 6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Red Cross Building, 605 Barnes St., Vancouver. The Trickster, a character who animates and enlivens humanity’s oldest stories, is frequently misunderstood. Explore the paradoxes, art, tricks, […]
HOPE Dementia Support Group is a weekly support group for those caring for individuals living with all types of dementia. Weekly meetings are 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays at The Hampton Salmon Creek, 14715 N.E. 20th Ave., Vancouver. A Zoom option is available.
Clark County Quilters meet at 7 p.m. on the second Thursday of every month at Trinity Lutheran Church, 309 W. 39th St., Vancouver. Social hour is 6 to 7 p.m. Participants may also join from home with a Zoom link. For more details, visit clarkcountyquilters.com/monthly-meetings.
Enjoy a monstrously spooky Halloween display across several properties on Franklin Street, centered at 4616 N.W. Franklin St., Vancouver. The display will be lit every night from 6-9 p.m. with special effects and music. Enjoy surprise guest appearances on Friday and Saturday nights and a pumpkin sale and belly dancers on Oct. 25. Pumpkins will […]
Northwest Personal Training, 1011 Broadway St., Vancouver, will offer a five-week "Mindful Reset" starting 6:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 9. The course is a practical, beginner-friendly class to help you reconnect with […]
"Speakers With Spirit" is a club where you can enjoy improving your communication skills in the comfort of your home. We start each meeting with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance. Meeting on Zoom every Thursday night 6:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Click on the website link below. Then click the black banner to enter […]
Southwest Washington Woodturners invite the public to its meeting on the second Thursday of each month from 7-9 p.m. at Friends of the Carpenter, 1600 W. 20th St., Vancouver. The group is open to both experienced and novice woodturners. Learn more at southwestwashingtonwoodturners.org.
The Kiggins Theatre, 1011 Main St., Vancouver, hosts Comedy on Tap featuring a rotating line-up of stand-up comedians every second Thursday of the month at 8 p.m., hosted by Tristian Spillman. Doors open at 7 p.m. with drink specials until 7:30 p.m. The first comedian takes the stage at 8 p.m. Admission is $15.
The next Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic, 7-9 p.m. Oct. 9, features Erin Aurelia and musical guest Zach Jenisch at Art at the Cave, 108 E. Evergreen Blvd., Vancouver. There's a $5 suggested donation to attend. Aurelia, owner of Sunshine Editorial Services & Book Coaching, is the author of "Bone & Stars: A Constellation of […]
The Cedars Public House in Brush Prairie will host a series of Best Medicine Comedy Nights, starting 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9 with Seattle comics Adam Tiller, Ish Qureshi and Quinn Fitzgerald. Doors open at 6 p.m. for dining reservations; call 564-221-2068. Tickets for the show are $15. Food and drinks will be available to buy.
Magenta Theater presents "I Am Frankenstein," playing Oct. 3-19 at 1108 Main St., Vancouver. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays with matinee showings at 2 p.m. Sundays. A retelling of Mary Shelley's classic novel, the play adds two principal characters: a haunting chorus known as The Blackbirds, and the troubled Shelley herself. The […]
The Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities of Southwest Washington will host a series of fitness classes to help older adults become more active. The Battle Ground and Brush Prairie […]
Touchmark at Fairway Village will host the ‘Couve to Columbia Relay Walk as part of Active Aging Week 2025. The 10-mile course takes participants from Touchmark at Fairway Village through a mapped relay to the Vancouver waterfront. Six teams of residents and team members will take turns walking segments of the route, ranging from 0.09 […]
Join SOLVE for a litter cleanup at Esther Short Park as part of the “Pick It Up, Vancouver!” initiative. The event kicks off at 10 a.m. with a safety talk and supply distribution and ends at noon back at at the park. Meet at the clock tower in Propstra Square, on the southeast corner of […]
Clark College's Native Plant Center will host a fall sale from noon to 6 p.m. Oct. 8 and 9 and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 10 and 11, just in time for fall planting. Plants include flowers and shrubs, cinquefoil, milkweed, penstemon, twinberry, spirea, coastal strawberry, sedge, goldenrod and columbine, among many others. […]
Get To-Gather Farm, 1913 S.E. 303rd Ave., Washougal; will be open for fall activities from 3:30-6:30 p.m. Thursdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 31. Admission is free. Purchase a pumpkin grown on the farm, walk on one of the farm’s nature trails or brave the Spooky Trail through the woods. Feed […]
Bi-Zi Farms Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze, 9316 N.E. 119th St., Brush Prairie, is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily except Tuesdays from Oct. 1-30 (closed Halloween day). The Nighttime Corn Maze is open every Friday and Saturday from Oct. 3-25. Tickets are $16 for ages 3 to 61; seniors 62 and older and those with […]
Gather and Feast Farm, 2706 N.E. 369th St., La Center, is open daily from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Admission is free. Take a self-guided farm tour (see the map on the front porch of the farm store) and visit the Scottish Highland cows and a calf, chickens, goats, pigs and a peacock and peahen. Walk through […]