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Let’s get into arts & culture policy, funding, prioritization, economic development, and community building with Mayor Matt Cole from Ridgefield.

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This is the first installment of our Mayors Talk Arts series, where we interview mayors across Clark County to hear about what’s going on in arts, culture, and heritage in their cities. Policy, funding, prioritization, economic development, community building… it’s all on the table. Let’s get into it with Mayor Steve Hogan from Camas.

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When you’re at the intersection, you can see everything at once. V Beltran Leyva works and lives at the crossroads of so many different communities: Latino, LGBTQ+, artists and performers, activists, and more. Their work bringing together people of all backgrounds - whether that be for sober drag shows, Spanish & English language learning, the new Latino Pride Festival, or partnering with LULAC and PFLAG - is creating and...

Ridgefield’s got a surprisingly diverse and nuanced history. (Seriously) and The Ridgefield Multicultural Festival’s 9th year is all about celebrating that history, both told and untold. Megan Dudley, president of the Ridgefield Multicultural Initiative, joins us to talk about founding the Initiative and the festival after recognizing the need for greater inclusivity in her community.

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This is not your grandma’s music education program. From commissioning professional musicians to write entire albums with the students, to performing in New York and Los Angeles, Camas High’s Choir is the class you wish you’d been able to take. And Ethan Chessin is the teacher you wish you’d had. Award-winning and innovative, the Camas High Choir is changing lives.

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We’ll be there - will you? Let’s find out all the details, what not to miss, and why we’re so excited. Listen in as we catch up with Igor Shakman, COO of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Stacey Donovan, the Cultural Services Manager for the City of Vancouver, and curator Sharon Svec. 

Come say hi! We’ll be at our booth every day recording shout outs of your favorites in arts, culture, and heritage for o...

Heidi Johnson Bixby is one of her community’s most generous arts philanthropists. But why does she give so much funding to the creative sector when her world is financial planning and money management? Find out why her love of her community (and of “pretty things”) moves her to keep creativity thriving - and what she’s wishing for Vancouver’s future.

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Susan Dingle, the Clark County Poet Laureate, is a firecracker of a personality. In this conversation, we cover everything from the first poem she ever wrote as a child to her gauntlet to all of us to pick up a pen and paper and write the poem we have inside of us.

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🎉 This episode also celebrates Fourth Plain Forward, Friends of the Carpenter, and Poetry Street PNW.

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“Inspire Vancouver” is about to grant more than $6 million to arts, culture, heritage, and science programming and education. Where did this money come from, how are they distributing it, and how is this going to change the landscape for our community? Let's get into it.

🎉 For more info and links to the Inspire Vancouver program, visit the episode page.

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Tucked away in an industrial corner of Washougal that's bordered by a wildlife refuge, Recluse Brew Works has quietly become a cornerstone of Clark County's thriving craft beer scene. Founded by brewer Gus Everson and managed by Richard La Rue, Recluse embodies the collaborative and community-centered spirit that makes the Pacific Northwest's beer culture so distinctive.

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We’ve got a guest host on this week!  Marianna Cruz takes the mic to tell us all about what she’s most excited about around Clark County this July & August.

🎉 Here are some of the festivals and events we’re most excited about this summer!
- Saturday Pride in the Park July 11
- Scooped Ice Cream Festival July 18 & 19
- Washougal Art & Music Festival Aug. 1
- Vancouver Arts and Musi...

Here's another local podcast I think you'll love! Northwest Book Talk, hosted by Patty Grasher, introduces us to local authors, illustrators, poets, and book experts from all over the Pacific Northwest. Enjoy this episode with poet and professor Jesse Morse.

📚 Learn more about Northwest Book Talk and Poet Jesse Morse.

📚 Don't miss the Northwest Book Fair & Media Fest: June 27, 10am-3pm, Clark College.

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Local, independent journalism is struggling. (And that’s not news at all…) But here in SW Washington, the history of our community can't be separated from the history of our local newspaper. Owned and operated by people who actually live here. We're deep-diving into the history of how the newspaper came to be, how the Campbell family became its stewards in 1921, and how generation after generation of brothers keep figu...

Alert! One of the best restaurants in Vancouver is currently hiding behind a mound of construction and we need to make sure it survives. Elements Restaurant is a local treasure, and its chef, Miguel Sosa is working his butt off to make sure we all have approachable world-class food and service right on Main Street.

At Elements, Chef Miguel celebrates immigrant heritage, supports local farmers and artists, and proves that beautiful, ...

On a corner of Main Street Ridgefield, something remarkable is happening. A professional art gallery, exhibiting a new show every single month, has opened up in the old hardware store. It’s bringing life and beauty to a relatively sleepy downtown, and it’s changing Ridgefield’s whole vibe.

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- Ridgefield Art Gallery
- Ridgefield Art Ass...