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Save the Date: Produce, flowers, crafts in season as farmers market opens

By Ashley Swanson, Columbian Features News Coordinator
Published: March 21, 2015, 12:00am

Like the first day of spring, the return of the Vancouver Farmers Market features the bright colors of the season with the promise of summer. Visitors can wander the market for bouquets of daffodils, find the last of the winter produce and meet new craft vendors from tea maker to pet products. The farmers market is open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 1 along Sixth and Esther streets, downtown Vancouver. 360-737-8298 or www.vancouverfarmersmarket.com

While visiting the market, grown-ups can stop by the Spring Brewfest from noon to 10 p.m. today in Esther Short Park. Catch a bit of March Madness basketball while trying drinks from 32 breweries, five distilleries and a cider house. Proceeds benefit Disabled American Veterans, Northwest Battle Buddies and Second Chance Companions. Admission is $20 to $30, $10 for designated drivers, for ages 21 and older. www.vancouverbrewfest.com

The Professional Writers Series continues with Kevin Sampsell, who will discuss ways to write across genres, from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. He is the publisher of Future Tense Books, editor of “Portland Noir,” and author of memoirs and short stories that have been published in McSweeney’s, Nerve and Failbetter. The discussion will be in the Washington State University Vancouver Library, Room 240, 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave., Vancouver. Admission is free. http://events.vancouver.wsu.edu

Get ready to get fuzzy next week as Alpacapalooza brings hundreds of alpacas to town March 28 and 29. Alpacas and their breeders will compete for ribbons in the show ring. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet the alpacas and learn about the different uses of alpaca fleece. It all takes place at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds, 17402 N.E. Delfel Road, Ridgefield. http://alpacapalooza.com/home

Columbia Dance will showcase both its talented dancers and creative choreographers at “Columbia Dance Presents!” The show will includes Éowyn Emerald and Dancers, who earned the Times of London’s Critics Choice award at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as well as Portland choreographer Samuel Hobbs and his project push/FOLD. Also included are excerpts from “Swan Lake” performed by Nevada Ballet Theatre company member Steven Goforth. The performance is April 3 and 4 at the Royal Durst Theatre at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, 3101 Main St., Vancouver. Tickets are $20, $15 for students and seniors, $12 for ages 12 and younger. 360-737-1922 or www.columbiadance.org

Washington State University Vancouver will host the Run for Cougs 5K on April 4. Participants can register with a donation of 10 nonperishable food items to benefit the Cougar Food Pantry, which provides food to students and their families in need. http://studentaffairs.vancouver.wsu.edu/student-involvement/fun-run-rsvp

For a bigger run, runners and walkers can sign up for spots in the Blooms to Brews, set for April 12. This year’s inaugural marathon has been certified as a Boston Marathon qualifier. The event also includes a four-person marathon relay, a half-marathon and 10K run-walk. The routes go through Woodland farmland, along the rivers and through the Woodland Tulip Festival. It will be followed by a party at Horseshoe Lake Park, Goering Street and Park Road, Woodland. Registration is $110 for the marathon, $210 for the team relay, $80 for the half and $55 for 10K. http://bloomstobrews.getboldevents.com

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Columbian Features News Coordinator