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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
March 19, 2024

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Save the Date: Tulips, Broadway sounds, plus alpacas and other critters

By , Columbian Features News Coordinator
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This might be the weekend to pick tulips from Woodland’s Holland American Bulb Farm, 1066 S. Pekin Road. The “you pick” fields have been opened early thanks to the rush of winter sunshine. Visitors can drop by the farm from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, through April. Tulips are 50 cents a stem. www.woodlandtulipshabf.com

Instead of tulips, visitors to Alpacapalooza can collect alpaca pictures. Open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, the free showcase will feature hundreds of alpacas competing for ribbons at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds, 17402 N.E. Delfel Road, Ridgefield. $7 for parking. alpacapalooza.com

The Vancouver Singers USA bring the sounds of Broadway to their hometown with a big show tune concert, “Vancouver USA Singers Off to Broadway.” The choral ensemble will perform classic songs from “Guys and Dolls,” “Sweeney Todd,” “West Side Story” and more. It will also feature a performance by scholarship winner Hadara “Haddi” Meyer of Mountain View High School. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. today and 3 p.m. Sunday at Prairie High School Auditorium, 11500 N.E. 117th Ave., Vancouver. Tickets are $17 to $20, free for ages 12 and younger. www.vancouverusasingers.org

Journalist Jacqueline Keeler will share her story, “My Life as a Cleveland Indian,” discussing activism work as one of the founding members of Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry. The lecture is from 2 to 4 p.m. today at the Pearson Air Museum, 1115 E. Fifth St., Vancouver. Tickets are $15. It is part of the Clark County Historical Museum’s ninth annual Women’s History Month program 360-993-5679 or www.cchmuseum.org/9th-womens-history-program

Vancouver’s Storm City Roller Girls will show off its two home teams, the Misfits of Mutiny and Shock Treatment, by pitting them against one another. Bring a children’s book to donate for the Children’s Center. The bout begins at 6 p.m. today at the Clark County Event Center, 17402 N.E. Delfel Road, Ridgefield. Tickets are $10 to $12, free for ages 5 and younger. $6 for parking. www.stormcityrollergirls.com

Save the date for another flower-filled festival as 10th annual Sakura Festival is April 16 at the Japanese Friendship Garden and Gaiser Student Center, Clark College, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver. Celebrating the sister-city relationship between Vancouver and Joyo, Japan, a ceremony will be held under the cherry trees, followed by a dance performance, a showcase by the Portland Taiko Drum Group and refreshments. www.clark.edu

For those interested in hands-on science, the annual Critter Count will happen April 11. Starting at the Water Resources Education Center, participants can learn about the hidden world of amphibians and reptiles before heading to designated sites to find and count the herptiles. Plus a live Critter Show is set for 1 and 2 p.m. Water Resources Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way, Vancouver. www.cityofvancouver.us/publicworks/page/critter-count

Tickets are now on sale for Couve Couture’s longest fashion show yet. With a 175-foot-long runway, the show will fill the Providence Academy with seating in the ballroom, chapel, “prohibition” room and hallway. “Project Runway All-Star” Seth Aaron will headline the show, with Vancouver designers Lydia Wagner, Nike Pappas, Kate Beeman and Desi Allinger-Nelson. They will be joined by Portland designer Wendy Ohlendorf, Seattle designer Drew Dyrdahl and youth designer Kate Miles. The spring fashion show is April 18. Tickets are $20 to $75. www.couvecouture.com or www.tickettomato.com

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Columbian Features News Coordinator