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Save the Date: June arrives with Big Paddle, Camtown Youth Festival, Kids’ Flea Market

By Monika Spykerman, Columbian staff writer
Published: May 31, 2019, 6:02am
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Shopper Dana Slamp is seen through a glass mosaic created by artist Darla Lynn at the annual Recycled Art Fair in Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver Sunday June 26, 2016. The event hosts veterans for a day of fishing.
Shopper Dana Slamp is seen through a glass mosaic created by artist Darla Lynn at the annual Recycled Art Fair in Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver Sunday June 26, 2016. The event hosts veterans for a day of fishing. (Photo by Natalie Behring for the Columbian) Photo Gallery

May 31-June 1: It’s all fun and games at Hockinson Fun Days, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. May 31 and 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 1. Play family bingo, eat pancakes with firefighters, see the Fun Days Parade, enjoy rides at the Country Fair Carnival, browse the Marketplace Bazaar and check out the vintage car rally. www.hockinsonboosters.com

June 1: Get out on the water at The Big Paddle, with guided tours and recreational paddles on the Ridgefield waterfront, 5 Mill St., from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. On land, explore vendors at Paddler’s Village and enjoy live music, beer and wine gardens, hikes, giant Jenga and an all-ages obstacle course. www.RidgefieldBigPaddle.com

June 1: The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra ends its 40th season with “A Gallery of Music and Musicians,” at 3 p.m. June 1 and 7 p.m. June 2, performing Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” and Maestro Salvador Brotons’ “L’andorra,” at Skyview Concert Hall, 1300 N.W. 139th St., Vancouver. Tickets start at $34 or $10 for students. 360-735-7278 or vancouversymphony.org

June 1: Bring your kids ages 4 to 14 to the Woodland Moose Kids’ Fishing Derby from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Woodland’s Horseshoe Lake Park, Park Road and Lake Shore Drive. Kids can catch fish and get them weighed and cleaned; winners in each age group get a bicycle. Registration is $3; call Linda Jordan at 360-607-5312 or Lota Ross at 360-903-3579.

June 1: The Camtown Youth Festival and Kids’ Flea Market will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Crown Park in Camas, at the corner of Northeast 17th Avenue and Everett Street. Enjoy face painting and bounce houses, crafts, food, a youth art show and a petting zoo. At the Flea Market, find used toys and handmade wares for sale. www.cityofcamas.us/parks

June 1-2: Discover your “True Colors” with the Vancouver Master Chorale at 7 p.m. June 1 and 3 p.m. June 2 at First Presbyterian Church, 4300 Main St., Vancouver. The concert, inspired by Cyndi Lauper’s hit ’80s song, is a mix of Queen, James Taylor and Billy Joel, plus Broadway, movie and opera tunes. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. 360-573-7570 or www.vancouvermasterchorale.org

June 2: Prideful Voices Vancouver, 3 to 5 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Vancouver, 4505 E. 18th St., is an afternoon of true, first-person stories from LGBTQ+ community members, plus a performance by the transgender and gender-non-conforming a cappella group Acchord. Tickets are $10. www.ourboldvoices.com

June 7: Go on a Unicorn and Rainbow Scavenger Hunt during the next First Friday in downtown Camas, 5 to 8 p.m. Come in costume and collect items to win prizes, plus enjoy a cake-decorating contest and auction, a photo booth, live music, art shows and after-hours shopping. downtowncamas.com

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June 7-22: Magenta Theater’s “Curtain Up!” showing at 1108 Main St., Vancouver, is a comedy about five women who inherit shares in a dilapidated theater and their hilarious, backfiring schemes to restore it to its former glory. Tickets are $20 to $22. 360-606-0033 or www.magentatheater.com

June 8: The Portland Rose Festival’s Grand Floral Parade, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., is a beloved tradition with spectacular floats traveling a 4-mile route, starting at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 300 N. Winning Way, and winding through city streets and across the Willamette River. www.rosefestival.org

June 12: Coffee addicts, this one’s for you: “Fire Bending — Coffee Roasting and Its Effect on the Bean” is the subject of the next Science on Tap at the Kiggins Theatre, 7 to 9 p.m. at 1011 Main St., Vancouver, with Rob Hoos, Director of Coffee at Nossa Familia. Seats are $9 in advance, $10 at the door or $5 for students. www.kigginstheatre.com

June 14-30: Love Street Playhouse, 126 Loves Ave. in Woodland, presents “The Talisman Ring,” a romantic, swashbuckling adventure following the young Eustacie as she sidesteps her betrothal to dull Sir Tristram and lands in the middle of a smuggling operation. Tickets are $20. 800-966-8865 or www.lovestreetplayhouse.com

June 22: Vancouver’s Juneteenth celebration, “Together We Rise,” commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. It includes panel discussions and a diversity job fair from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Clark College’s Hanna Hall, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver. Admission is free. www.facebook.com/events/431197251025838

June 28: Antique cars from The Great Race will roll into Vancouver’s Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum, 1015 N.E. 78th St., at about 5 p.m., en route from Riverside, Calif., to Tacoma. The rally starts at 10 a.m. with food carts, continues with a cruise-in at 2 p.m., and ends with live music and a chance to meet The Great Race drivers. www.facebook.com/themuseumcrw

June 28: Enjoy an evening of dance, music and poetry at “Before the Sun Rises,” 7 p.m. at Magenta Theater, 1108 Main St., featuring the Washington Dance Creative, composer Judy A. Rose, Clark County Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Morgan and Washington State Poet Laureate Claudio Castro Luna. Tickets are $5. www.magentatheater.com

June 29-30: The Recycled Arts Festival is the place to be on the last weekend in June, when Esther Short Park, West Eighth and Columbia in downtown Vancouver, is transformed into an eco-conscious wonderland of repurposed and upcycled art, sculpture, jewelry, garden decor and clothing, plus food vendors, music and resources for sustainable living. Admission is free. recycledartsfestival.com

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