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This is an artist’s rendering of the central mixed-use section of the Columbia Palisades redevelopment, where the Southwest Washington Center for the Arts hopes to build a concert hall with as many as 1,400 seats.

Clark County performing arts center organizers move forward with plans, now hiring a director

This is an artist’s rendering of the central mixed-use section of the Columbia Palisades redevelopment, where the Southwest Washington Center for the Arts hopes to build a concert hall with as many as 1,400 seats.

December 12, 2024, 12:20pm Business

The effort to bring a major performing arts center to Clark County is ready to staff up with a new executive director and a professional fundraiser. Read story

A Kwanzaa celebration will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds, 17402 N.E. Delfel Road, Ridgefield.
“I’m Done!” by Gretchen McLellan, illustrated by Catherine Lazar Odell, and “No Party Poopers!” by Gretchen McLellan, illustrated by Lucy Semple.

Snuggle up for storytime with these Clark County children’s authors and their new books

“I’m Done!” by Gretchen McLellan, illustrated by Catherine Lazar Odell, and “No Party Poopers!” by Gretchen McLellan, illustrated by Lucy Semple.

December 12, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Do your children or grandchildren need more mice? How about kites, birds, beavers or fairies? Read story

These Chocolate Orange Madeleines could have been delicious. Read how I went horribly wrong.

Madeleine madness or how to make chocolate madeleines taste terrible

These Chocolate Orange Madeleines could have been delicious. Read how I went horribly wrong.

December 11, 2024, 6:04am Clark County Life

Among chocolate’s many merits are its ability to play well with other flavors. I love chocolate and mint, chocolate and raspberry, chocolate and cherry, chocolate and ginger and especially chocolate and citrus. When I was in college, I used to make myself a hot chocolate by brewing orange or lemon… Read story

The Christmas Ships parade will ply the Columbia and Willamette rivers this month.

All that glitters: From Christmas Ships to ZooLights, illuminating displays abound throughout the holiday season

The Christmas Ships parade will ply the Columbia and Willamette rivers this month.

December 10, 2024, 6:10am Clark County Life

’Tis the season when twinkling lights illuminate our nights, making the darkness merry and bright. One light show is making a debut — Winter Gleam at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland — but several light shows have been going strong for decades, including the Christmas Ships parade, which is celebrating… Read story

Music director Jana Hart leads the Vancouver USA Singers (now Vancouver Master Chorale) as members rehearse in 2018 at First Presbyterian Church in Vancouver.

Longtime Vancouver Master Chorale artistic director Jana Hart is leaving on high note

Music director Jana Hart leads the Vancouver USA Singers (now Vancouver Master Chorale) as members rehearse in 2018 at First Presbyterian Church in Vancouver.

December 7, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Life

We’re sorry to report that Vancouver is losing its musical Hart, as well as some of its fleetest keyboard fingers. Will this town ever sound the same? Read story

Matt Griffin, left, and Melinda Griffin on Thursday look over gift packages in honor of their daughter, Maddy, pictured at left, who died of brain cancer in 2022. They now honor their daughter with a Facebook page called “Miracle Maddy,” where they advocate for spreading awareness of childhood cancers. Every holiday season, the Griffin family makes goodie baskets for pediatric oncology patients.

Miracle Maddy: Vancouver family creates pediatric oncology gift baskets in honor of their daughter

Matt Griffin, left, and Melinda Griffin on Thursday look over gift packages in honor of their daughter, Maddy, pictured at left, who died of brain cancer in 2022. They now honor their daughter with a Facebook page called “Miracle Maddy,” where they advocate for spreading awareness of childhood cancers. Every holiday season, the Griffin family makes goodie baskets for pediatric oncology patients.

December 7, 2024, 6:12am Clark County Health

Two years ago, the Griffin family of Vancouver lost their daughter to a rare form of brain cancer. Today, they honor her memory by creating holiday-themed gift baskets for families facing the same fight. Read story

Check It Out: On the seventh day of December

December 7, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life

I don’t really understand the whole “12 days of Christmas” thing. If they fall AFTER Christmas, why do we sing about them in December? What are the days BEFORE Christmas called? (Advent? How many songs wish you a Happy Advent?) And Hanukkah? How many gifts do you give then? Read story

Energy Adviser: Take care to not overload circuits

December 7, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life

Overloading electrical circuits is easier than you may think, especially around the holidays. At best, overloading the circuit is inconvenient, but it can also be dangerous. Read story

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Clark County history: Walter R. Dry, a tireless advocate for blind students’ education

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December 7, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Walter R. Dry spent his entire life educating blind students in two states. Rising from an able instructor at the Washington State School for the Blind to the superintendent of the Oregon State School for the Blind, he championed the Oregon Plan to move the students into public schools. The… Read story