Sad songs, subversive banter: Vancouver’s duo Introducing the Machine just released their “independence day” album, pairing “beautiful and depressing” ballads with cheeky tip-jar spankings — find out how they balance heartbreak and humor.
Peninsula Park Hosts Free “Carmen”: Opera in the Park Portland returns Sunday, July 27, for a free, 90-minute outdoor staging of Bizet’s “Carmen,” featuring a 40-piece orchestra, soloists, flamenco dancers, and audience Sevillanas — find out.
Blind students gain job skills: Fourteen blind and low-vision students are working as baristas and screen printers this week at the Washington State School for the Blind’s two-week YES 1 summer camp, using Starbucks-style machines, braille labels and sound cues to hone career readiness — find out how.
Libraries at a crossroads: FVRLibraries is asking voters on Aug. 5 to approve its first levy lid lift in 15 years, promising restored rates, expanded hours, new bookmobiles and libraries—and warning of deep cuts in staff, hours and materials if it fails — find out what’s at stake.
Clark County backs farmland study: The county council unanimously approved a $155,000 ECOnorthwest contract for a four-month agricultural resource lands study, a timeline that pushes the growth plan update past the Dec. 31 deadline — find out what this means for local land use.
Other Vancouver headlines this week
- Vancouver unveils adults-only pinball social club
- ZoomInfo opens Vancouver waterfront headquarters
- Homelessness keeps rising in Clark County
- Portland author fuses Lynchian mystery, post-apocalyptic dread
- Vancouver’s I-5 south lanes close this weekend
- Greater Vancouver Chamber hosted volunteer speed networking
