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Events, Monday, Jan. 19: Takacs Quartet; Day of Service

The Columbian
Published: January 15, 2015, 4:00pm

Concert

Takacs Quartet, 7:30 p.m. Lincoln Hall, Portland State University, 1620 S.W. Park Ave., Portland; $30 to $47; $16 to $25 for students. 503-224-9842 or www.focm.org

Nightlife

Comedians and Comedies, 8 p.m. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N. Mississippi Ave., Portland; $8, 21 and older. 503-288-3895 or www.mississippistudios.com

Words

Bookapalooza, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fort Vancouver Regional Library District Headquarters building, 1007 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver; free. 360-906-4700 or www.fvrlf.org. For more details, see the go: friday page.

Out and about

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, 9 a.m. to noon. Help create quilts for kids in need with Project Linus. Open to all ages and abilities; no quilting experience required. Unitarian Universalist Church of Vancouver, 4505 E. 18th St., Vancouver; donations encouraged. 360-833-0925 or www.uucvan.org

Martin Luther King Jr. Days of Service, 9 a.m. Volunteers of all ages can help with clean-up projects and tree-planting around the community. Events require pre-registration. Burnt Bridge Creek, Swift Skatepark, Water Resources Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way, Vancouver; free. tinyurl.com/2015covmlk or www.vancouverwatersheds.org

StreamTeam Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers can join the Clark Public Utilities StreamTeam to plant native trees. Location revealed after registering by phone or email. 360-992-8585, streamteam@clarkpud.com or www.streamteam.net

WSU Vancouver Day of Service, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A Day of Service event featuring music, interactive workshops and activities for children. Charlene Williams of Portland Public Schools will be the keynote speaker. There will be a school supplies donation drive, a screening of the film “Visions of Abolition,” followed by discussion. Firstenburg Student Commons, 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave., Vancouver; free, sign up recommend. 360-546-9568 or studentaffairs.vancouver.wsu.edu/student-diversity/mlk

Attractions

Free admission to national and state parks, all day. National parks and Washington state parks will waive entrance fees to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Fort Vancouver, 1001 E. Fifth St., Vancouver; free. 360-816-6230 or nps.gov/fova

Dancing

Country dance lessons, 7 p.m. Mondays, Silver Star Saloon, 6718 N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd., Vancouver; $5. 360-694-5742.

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