Spend a blue Sunday in the park with the Norman Sylvester Band during the Sunday Sounds Concert from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Columbia Tech Center Park, 17701 S.E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver. The ensemble, led by Norman “The Boogie Cat” Sylvester, will perform original blues and R&B songs at the free concert. The group has performed with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Otis Clay, Peter Frampton and more. www.cityofvancouver.us/parksrec/page/columbia-tech-center-sunday-sounds
Or visit Satisfy Your Senses Art Show and Sale, a fundraiser with a portion of art sales benefiting the Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation. Attendees can meet the artists Kathleen Hovis, Bonnie Junell, Edi Olson, Timothy Reed and Debbie Wilhoit, enjoy wine and appetizers by Latte Da, with live music. There will be an artists’ reception from 5 to 8 p.m. July 21; with art for sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 22 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 23 at Latte Da Coffee House and Wine Bar, 205 E. 39th St., Vancouver. www.fvrlfoundation.org
The Sherman Base Ball Club of Vancouver Barracks will take on the Occidental Base Ball Club of Vancouver in a game of Vintage Base Ball. Costumed national park staff and volunteers will play according to 1867 rules, with music from the Vancouver Community Concert Band, “gentlemanly” attitudes and more. The game begins at 6 p.m. July 22 on the parade grounds near the Vancouver Barracks, 1101 Officers Row, Vancouver. 360-816-6230 or www.nps.gov/fova
Take a behind-the-scenes look into 15 beautiful gardens during the Natural Garden Tour of Clark County from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 23. This self-guided tour of new, established and evolving gardens that use natural gardening techniques is hosted by the Clark County Green Neighbors Program. Free. Online map of the gardens, a guide booklet, and optional registration are at http://clarkgreenneighbors.org/gardentour. The guide is also at local nurseries and Heritage Farm during regular hours. Call 360-397-2121 ext. 4352 for details.
