Pomeroy Farm will host Pumpkin Lane After Dark from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 and 24 at 20902 N.E. Lucia Falls Rd., Yacolt. Take a ride down the scarecrow-adorned Pumpkin Lane, romp around the pumpkin patch, then enjoy wine and s'mores while listening to some live music. Tickets ($40) include a hayride around Pumpkin […]
Vampire Unicorns, 3510 N.E. third Ave., Camas, will host a broom-making workshop from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 10. Students will make full-size, standing brooms or "riders" from wood and natural, hand-dyed […]
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 […]
The Clark County Historical Museum's Haunted Walking Tours are Fridays and Saturdays in September and October. Museum guides will lead tourgoers down Vancouver's Main Street and back streets, where the brickwork crumbles like bread in the hand, past doors that have not opened in years, into rooms where the air has settled thick and still […]
Author, historian and local paranormal expert Jeff Davis leads Spirit Tales of the Vancouver Barracks at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and noon on Sundays through Halloween. Tourtakers should meet across from The Grant House, 1101 Officers Row, Vancouver. Tickets are $20 or $15 for veterans, seniors over 60 and kids 15 and younger. Tours […]
Metropolitan Performing Arts presents "Little Shop of Horrors," playing Oct. 10-26 at 6403 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver. This sci-fi smash musical follows meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn, who stumbles across a new breed of plant he names Audrey after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to Krelborn as […]
Scottish Country Dance "Friday Frolic" classes run from 7:30-9 p.m. Fridays through Dec. 19 at Columbia Dance, 1700 Broadway, Vancouver. The first class is free. No partner or special clothing is needed but soft-soled shoes are recommended. New dancers are welcome. Admission is $8. Learn more at rscds-swws.org or contact Liza Halpenny at lizahalpenny@msn.com.
Starbird Theatre presents "The 39 Steps," showing at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 and 11 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 11 and 12 at the Sherman Auditorium at Washington State School for the Blind, 2214 E. 13th St., Vancouver. The play follows Richard Hannay, who meets a mysterious woman at the theater. When shots are fired, […]
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 Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds will host the BlackPearl Halloween Horse Show from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 11 and from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 12 in the Jack Giesy Arena. Admission is free for spectators but fundraising raffles will be offered to support the mission to bring joy and healing to horses […]
Battle Ground has a new indoor farmer's market at 15 N.E. Grace Ave., Battle Ground. Tentative hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays starting Sept. 20 and continuing through Nov. 8. For more details, email info@bgfm.org. The market welcomes new vendors selling produce and artisan products; to apply, visit managemymarket.com/VendorRegister.aspx.
The Vancouver Farmer's Market summer season runs through Oct. 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays on Eighth Street and Esther Street near Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver. Visit vancouverfarmersmarket.com for a list of vendors and special events.
In 1924, if your family couldn’t pay its bills, you might have been sent to “the poor farm.” Clark County's "poor farm" is now the 78th Street Heritage Farm, founded in 1865 and placed on the Washington Historic Register in 2012. Join a WSU Extension Clark County Master Gardener for a guided tour of the […]
The next meeting of the League of Women Voters of Clark County is 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 18 at the CDM Caregiving Services building, 2300 N.E. Andresen Rd., Vancouver.
NatureScaping Wildlife Botanical Gardens and Washington State University Extension Clark County Master Gardeners will host a rain-or-shine outdoor Perennial, Bulb and Seed Swap from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 11 at the botanical gardens, 11000 N.E. 149th St., Brush Prairie. Gather up your overage of seeds, bulbs, and perennials and swap them for new […]
Attend a free paper shred event in the parking lot of the Salmon Creek United Methodist Church, 12217 N.E. Highway 99, Vancouver, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 11. Cash donations will benefit Meals on Wheels People and food donations will be accepted for the Clark County Food Bank.
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. […]
Pomeroy Farm presents Pumpkin Lane, open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday in October. Take a hayride down Pumpkin Lane, pick out the perfect pumpkin, enjoy photo ops, visit the farm animals and blacksmith shop and snack on autumn treats. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for kids ages 3-11; ages […]
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 […]
Why carve your own pumpkin when the chickens can do it for you? Get To-Gather Farm will host a Cluck 'n' Carve from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 11. Chickens naturally love to peck, scratch and nibble — especially when pumpkins are involved. Guests can choose a pumpkin from the farm stand (sold separately), gently scratch […]