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Join us Wednesday, July 4th - Saturday, July 7th 2018 at Tom McCall Park in Portland, OR!

Now in its 31st year, the Waterfront Blues Festival is the largest blues festival west of the Mississippi and the second-largest blues festival in the nation. The festival annually attracts more than 100,000 blues fans from throughout the world. 

Enjoy more than 100 performances on four stages, plus more than 35 artist interviews and workshops, Blues Cruises on the Willamette River, activities for kids, dances, after-hours jams, fireworks and more. 

Touted as one of the best-run festivals anywhere, the Waterfront Blues Festival is committed to providing a world-class event to the community of Portland and beyond that presents diverse musical arts, culture, and entertainment. The festival has been committed to using its broad platform to create awareness and support of hunger relief efforts for 30 years.

Watch and learn as artists demonstrate how to paint, sculpt and photograph Cannon Beach, showing the town and coastline through their eyes. Artists are at work throughout town and on the beach Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Once completed, art is taken to the gallery representing its artist where it is available for purchase. A Meet-the-Artists Show at the Chamber happens Friday at 5pm.

The Recycled Arts Festival, presented by McCord’s Vancouver Toyota, is produced by Clark County Public Health as part of our ongoing effort to encourage waste reduction, reuse and recycling in Clark County, Washington.

The Recycled Art Festival’s mission is to educate and excite Clark County residents about waste reduction, reuse and recycling and to inspire them to see the things they may otherwise consider trash in a new, beautiful way. The Festival is able to succeed in its mission by bringing together over 130 highly talented artists who create amazing pieces of art by using a minimum of 75% recycled materials. Visitors to the Recycled Arts Festival are entertained, amazed and excited by the creativity that is on display; creativity that inspires people to think twice before tossing out unwanted items.

KICK OFF SUMMER AND #DOMOREGOOD WITH LEVÉ AT THIS FUNDRAISING EVENT FEATURING BINGO hosted by Joshua Dean, Live music with Brian Odell, Brews by Lagunitas + local wines and Sustenance from PDX pizzerias

Tickets include 1 drink, free pizza, and 2 BINGO cards. Additional BINGO cards and drinks will be available for $5. Players can use as many BINGO cards in one game as they're hands allow them to dob ☺ The general flow of the evening will look like this:
6:00: music + merriment
6:30: BINGO game 1
7:00: brew + pizza break
7:30: BINGO game 2

The event will support Levé and our 3 nonprofit partners:• Adelante Mujeres works to educate and empower low-income Latina women and their families, providing intentional, innovative, and holistic programs to over 5,500 families annually.• Mercy Corps NW believes that a person's background can and should not dictate their capacity to thrive. Their mission is to build more just, productive and resilient communities in the Pacific Northwest.• Oregon Active provides Adventure Therapy for people in our community with disabilities and other life challenging conditions. They are paying it forward through adventure and community.If you have any questions, feel free to shoot us an email at hello@levenw.org.

June 4 through 30 - Ebb Pate and Rachel Muller -
Rachel Muller presents “Inspired by Ancient Egypt” with pieces reminiscent of the surviving art from tombs and monuments.
Ebb Pate states In “A Vision Beyond”,” Since coming to the Northwest 30 years ago, I have been continually inspired by the natural beauty of where we live, and strive to express my awe through my landscapes.”

June through September - Robert E Gigliotti, Guest Sculptor.
Art is a yearning for immortality and, as such, can become a method to challenge people’s paradigms and reveal that All Is One. Art is bigger than the sum of it’s parts. The great American philosopher, Ken Wilber, said that the goal of great art is the revelation of non dual spirit. Non dual spirit means that not only are we connected but we are literally One. Quantum physics can demonstrate this. My art is an attempt to illustrate this visually. By removing elements from a scene that the mind expects to be there creates space for new insights.  www.parklanegallery.org

This event has been going on in Sisters for 16 years. It is an annual event that features a Variety of Arts, Crafts, Some Antiques, Some Commercial, Food, Entertainment with a special fundraiser benefiting; The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon. This event runs the same time as the Sisters 78th Annual Rodeo and is located in the Sisters Creekside Park (Highway 20 & Jefferson Street).

Cannon Beach will host its 54th annual Sandcastle Contest Saturday, June 9, 2018, the oldest competition of its kind in the Pacific Northwest and the most popular event in Cannon Beach. Dozens of teams of professional sand sculpture artists, amateur groups and families will construct remarkable creations in the sand during the event. The Masters division teams compete for cash prizes and construct large, elaborate creations often utilizing construction forms similar to those used for pouring concrete in order to accomplish their monumental size. Although the contest on Saturday is the highlight of the weekend, visitors will find plenty of other activities to keep them busy.

Visit the evenings artist and preview their work from 5pm to 6pm, then continue to enjoy an evening of art, music and entertainment.

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The Wilsonville Festival of Arts has something for everybody!

June 3 & 4, 2017: The Wilsonville Festival of Arts annual 2 day event features art in all its forms at Town Center Park.

The Wilsonville Arts & Culture Council is a community organization committed to provide a variety of family-centered art and culture activities in Wilsonville. This is done to educate, entertain, enhance a positive community image, attract visitors, share the cultural experience of our community, encourage unity, promote the education of our rich history and foster civic pride. The goal is to provide “Something for Everyone.”

Olympic Ballet School's annual student performance! Join us and
see how hard our students have worked through the year, from the tiniest
Creative Movement students to experienced students from our Classical
Ballet division. Two performances, 4pm & 6pm. No tickets sold, open
seating!

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Edmond's Waterfront Festival has live entertainment, arts & crafts
vendors, food courts, kid's activities, beer & wine garden,
hydroplanes, and classic boat displays.

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