Imago Theatre presents “ZooZoo”

Imago Theatre 17 SE 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

After a three-year hiatus, Imago Theatre’s internationally-acclaimed mega hit ZooZoo is back. This December, the introverted frogs, finicky penguins and acrobatic larvae are coming out of hibernation to delight audiences […]

$19.50 – $37.50

Jim Fischer at 13 Coins

13 Coins Restaurant 511 W. Columbia Way, Vancouver, WA, United States

Pianist Jim Fischer will offer live music at the new 13 Coins restaurant on the Vancouver Waterfront, 511 W. Columbia Way, from 8 to 11 p.m. Dec. 16. He also […]

Water Center Garden Cleanup and Planting

Water Resources Education Center 4600 SE Columbia Way, Vancouver, WA, United States

Volunteers are invited to join a garden cleanup from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 17 at Vancouver's Water Resources Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way. Tools will be provided but […]

free

Seedlings Poetry Workshop

Cascades Presbyterian Church 9503 NE 86th St., Vancouver, WA, United States

Cascades Presbyterian Church will host a poetry workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 17 led by Clark County Poetry Laureate Armin Tolentino and others. No experience is necessary. The […]

Free

Portland Japanese Garden Transforms Its Landscape with Statues by Jun Kaneko

Portland Japanese Garden 611 S.W. Kingston Ave., Portland, OR, United States

Portland Japanese Garden presents its final art exhibition of 2022, "The Garden of Resonance," featuring the work of internationally acclaimed artist Jun Kaneko. Kaneko, winner of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement […]

$19.95

Oregon Historical Society presents “Motown: The Sound of Young America”

Oregon Historical Society and History Museum 1200 S.W. Park Ave., Portland, OR, United States

The Oregon Historical Society presents "Motown: The Sound of Young America," featuring stage outfits from many of the label’s top performers, interviews with Motown legends and opportunities to get inside […]

$10

Runyan’s Jewelers hosts Cookies and Cocoa with Santa

Runyan's Jewelers 327 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, WA, United States

Runyan’s Jewelers, 327 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, is hosting an open house from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 17, offering free pictures with Santa, hot cocoa, cookies and carolers. Pictures with Santa are from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Santa pictures are first come, first serve. Personal cameras are […]

free

Local Maker Holiday Pop-Ups at Dandelion Teahouse

Dandelion Teahouse and Apothecary 109 W. 7th St., Vancouver, WA, United States

Dandelion Teahouse and Apothecary, 109 W. 7th St., Vancouver, is offering a series of Local Maker Holiday Pop-ups from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 3, 10 and 17.  Local makers from the Vancouver and Portland area will set up in the loft upstairs to sell their artisan products. Here's the schedule: Dec. 3 All […]

free

MESO Makers Winter Market at Alberta Commons

Alberta Commons 376 N.E. Sumner St., Portland, OR, United States

Shoppers seeking unique holiday gifts will again have a wide variety of choices at the second annual MESO Makers Winter Market, opening Sunday, Dec. 4, at Alberta Commons, 376 N.E. Sumner St. in Portland. Hosted by the nonprofit Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO), the free market will run until Dec. 23. The hours will […]

free

Artist Talk

Art at the CAVE Gallery 108 E Evergreen Blvd, Vancouver

The Oregon Potter Association, as part of its current exhibition: Pushing Boundaries, invites the public to an artist talk featuring: artists Nora Brodnicky, Allison Chown, Martin Kagan, Gesine Kratzner, Roberta […]

The Midwinter Revels: Andalusian Night – a Celebration of the Solstice

Newmark Theatre 1111 S.W. Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

The Portland Revels returns to the stage from Dec. 16-18 to celebrate the winter solstice with "Andalusian Night," a journey through the stories and songs of Jewish, Muslim and Christian communities of Andalusian Spain with the Arabic and flamenco music of Seffarine. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16 and 17 and at 1 p.m. […]

$16 – $109

Liberty Factory: The Untold Story of Henry Kaiser’s Shipyards

Fort Vancouver Visitor Center 1501 East Evergreen Blvd, Vancouver, WA, United States

Author and maritime journalist Peter Marsh will present photos and story of the shipyards of Portland and Vancouver during World War II from 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 17 at […]

free

Columbia Dance presents a Clark County Nutcracker

Skyview High School Concert Hall 1300 N.W. 139th St., Vancouver, WA, United States

Columbia Dance offers its annual presentation Tchaikovsky's famous ballet, "The Nutcracker," with historical twists that incorporate local history. This one-of-a-kind production will feature beavers fighting fur trappers, dancing wapato plants and Oregon Trail children arriving by covered wagon as local Fort Vancouver history is woven into the plot of a classic ballet. Audiences will see […]

$18 – $30