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Birdfest and Bluegrass Festival 2012

At the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Celebrate the changing of the seasons at the 13th Annual Birdfest and Bluegrass Festival at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday and Sunday, October 13-14, 2012.

The Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge will be free during the Festival, and the activities are varied and plentiful both days including music, crafts, storytelling, kayak tours and canoe tours, Audubon guided birdwalks, Kiwa Trail tour, the spectacular sandhill crane tours at dawn and dusk and even a chance to get to see areas of the reserve that are normally closed to the public.

“Birdfest is the perfect time for families to experience everything this great region offers — its diverse wildlife, scenic beauty and rich cultural heritage.” ~Katie Harrison, executive director of Friends of Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge

Children’s activities in downtown Ridgefield will include guided bird and nature walks, raptor displays, craft stations, and more. Visitors can enjoy bird, plant, and nature tours and presentations by regional experts who will share fun facts and information.

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Old Apple Tree Festival and Scarecrow Contest

Celebrating Vancouver’s Past and Future.

In 1830 Clark County’s first apple harvest occurred – one apple. Planted near Fort Vancouver in 1826, the Old Apple Tree is considered the oldest in the Northwest and the matriarch of Washington State’s apple industry. The annual Old Apple Tree Festival will take place this year on Saturday, October 6, 2012 between 11 am and 4 pm at Old Apple Tree Park (114 Columbia Way) by the Fort Vancouver Historic Site.

As a result of last year’s success, the 2nd Annual Scarecrow Contest returns to the annual Old Apple Tree Festival this year. The Scarecrow contest is hosted and sponsored by Vancouver Watersheds Alliance, and is free to the first 20 people that send in applications. Prizes will be awarded to the best three ‘traditional’ scarecrows on display at the Old Apple Tree Festival. For an application and entry rules, visit Vancouver Watersheds Alliance, or call 360-852-9189.

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Clark County Harvest Celebration Day

Showcasing the Bounty of Clark County Farms.

WSU Clark County Extension invites the public to the 14 th annual Harvest Celebration Day on Saturday, September 15, 2012 between 10 am to 3 pm.

Tour as many as thirteen local farms throughout Clark County showcasing the bounty and variety of agriculture in Clark County at this free family friendly event. Meet some of your local farmers; purchase fresh produce, cut flowers, and farm products; see alpacas, draft horses, chickens, goats, and other livestock; tour vineyards, fruit orchards, vegetable fields and flower gardens.

Farm descriptions with maps and an events schedule are available online from WSU Clark County Extension or from the Extension office in Vancouver located at 1919 NE 78 th Street. Participating farms will be open to visitors from 10 am to 3 pm.

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WSU Vancouver Film Festival

Enjoy Free Movies at WSU Salmon Creek.

The WSU Vancouver Diversity Council sponsors a yearly film festival, the Diversity Film Festival, which will offer the community a chance to view four different films for free between Monday, September 10, 2012 and Thursday, September 20, 2012.

“The festival’s goal is to encourage and promote awareness and dialog about diversity issues present within the WSU Vancouver campus, the Vancouver community, and the world beyond. Films are chosen based on specific themes that reflect on multiple aspects of cultural diversity present in the world around us.” ~WSU Vancouver

The first week focuses on issues of political diversity, and the second week is about American Indians and native culture.

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Fort Vancouver Campfires and Candlelight

A Trip Back in Time.

Enjoy living history at the annual Fort Vancouver Campfire and Candlelight event on September 8, 2012 from 4 pm to 10 pm. A full schedule of events are planned, with free admission to both Pearson Air Museum and Fort Vancouver.

“Campfires and Candlelight is Fort Vancouver’s largest costumed re-enactment, only possible with the help of more than 150 costumed interpreters from the park’s volunteer team, the park’s youth volunteer team, and multiple community partners. This year, the event includes signature components like cannon firings, Oregon Trail families, and blacksmiths, bakers, and carpenters hard at work, in addition to an extensive Timeline of History to showcase military history at Vancouver Barracks over time.

Campfires and Candlelight begins at Pearson Air Museum, which focuses on pre-World War II aircraft and features a dramatic lighting scheme to complement the candlelight ambience at the fort.

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Vancouver Green Drinks Wants You to Change Your Clothes

Be Green. Save Some Green.

Are you sick of your old clothes? Do you sometimes wish you could just change your wardrobe with someone else? Are you concerned with the environmental effects of consuming clothing and other household goods? Do you need an excuse to do some summer cleaning and purge? Do you love free stuff? If you answered yes to any of these questions, we’ve got just the event for you! Vancouver Green Drinks is putting on a community clothing swap in August, in place of their monthly networking event. They are partnering with the Habitat for Humanity Store to bring you this exciting opportunity to clean out your closets, get some lightly used clothing, and have some fun-all for free!

The Vancouver Green Drinks Community Clothing Swap will take place August 8, 2012, 5:30 pm at the Clark County Habitat for Humanity ReStore (5000 E Fourth Plain). The idea behind the community clothing swap is to get free clothing and other usable items; and get rid of good, usable stuff you no longer want or need. No money will change hands at this event! Unless, of course, you would like to make a donation to Habitat for Humanity, those will be gladly accepted!

Dig through your closet, drawers and storage, wash clothes you no longer love/wear/need and bring them to this clothing swap. Accepted items will include men’s, women’s and children’s clothing of all sizes, shoes, bags, accessories, household goods, electronics,  
media (music, movies, games). Please do not bring TV’s, microwaves, broken, ripped, stained, or unusable items.

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Riverview Six to Sunset Concert Series 2012

Free Outdoor Music at Esther Short Park.

Thanks Riverview Community Bank for making Thursdays in the ‘Couve a whole lot of fun! The Riverview Six to Sunset Concert Series is back for the summer, with a different band playing in Esther Short Park (610 Esther Street, Vancouver) every Thursday night between 6 pm and 8 pm from July 5 through August 9, 2012.

These concerts are free of charge and seating is on a first come basis; blankets and low lawn chairs up front, higher, upright chairs in back. As our weather here is a bit unpredictable, you might also want to bring an umbrella. Unless rain is “substantial” the show will go on!

Food vendors will also be available at the park, and there is a nice play area for the kids, so bring the whole family for some outdoor music, food and fun this summer at the Riverview Six to Sunset Concerts!

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