Under the autumn leaves, more than 12,000 pounds of apples will be pressed into fresh cider by volunteers during the annual Apple Cider Pressing at the Cedar Creek Grist Mill, 43907 N.E. Grist Mill Road, Woodland. Visitors can help crank the press, listen to the bluegrass jam on the back deck or tour the historic mill starting at 9 a.m. today, with the event going until all the apples are pressed, approximately around 4 p.m. While admission is free, there’s a $4 suggested donation to take home a half-gallon of cider. 360-225-5832 or http://cedarcreekgristmill.org
Are you ready to trick-or-treat? The Vancouver Community Library, 901 C St., will host a costume ball for all, with live music in the Columbia Room from 1 to 3 p.m. today. Admission is free. 360-906-5000 or www.fvrl.org
The Camas Meadows Golf Club will host a Harvest Party starting at 3:30 p.m. today, featuring a costume contest, scavenger hunt, cake walks, photo station and trick-or-treating at the golf club, 4105 N.W. Camas Meadows Drive, Camas. Admission is free. www.camasmeadows.com
The Pearson Field Education Center will add cobwebs to its planes during Halloween Hangar from 6 to 9 p.m. today for a flight-powered Halloween experience, with games, candy and activities at 201A East Reserve St., Vancouver. Admission is free. 360-992-1815 or www.fortvan.org
Carmen Caraballo will celebrate her birthday with “Carmen’s Favorite Things: free concert and benefit,” a community event featuring her favorite things about Vancouver. The celebration includes a concert by Tony Smiley. The concert will benefit Winter Hospitality Overflow; donations of toiletries and other items are encouraged. The concert begins at 6 p.m. Nov. 4 at the Kiggins Theatre, 1011 Main St., Vancouver. Admission is free. www.whoprogram.org
Fort Vancouver Lions Club will host a folk concert with music from Dan Weber, Avery Hill and Kelly Bosworth to benefit the Washington State School for the Blind and other Lions charities. The performance begins at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at Fries Auditorium, the School for the Blind, 2214 E. 13th St., Vancouver. Tickets are $15. 360-947-3302 or www.fortvancouverlions.org
The Portland Youth Philharmonic will open the season with a Prelude Concert at 4 p.m. Nov. 8 at Skyview High School Concert Hall, 1300 N.W. 139th St., Vancouver, featuring the philharmonic’s Conservatory Orchestra, Wind Ensemble and Young String Ensemble. Tickets are $15, $12 for students, seniors. 503-223-5939 or http://portlandyouthphil.org
Lee Child, author of the bestselling Jack Reacher novels, will be the guest at the Fort Vancouver Library Foundation’s Authors and Illustrators Fundraiser at 5 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 W. Sixth St., Vancouver. Tickets are $80. 360-906-4700 or www.fvrlf.org
Hilarity Benefiting Charity, featuring three Portland comedians, will benefit Vida’s Ark, a shelter for homeless teen mothers and their children. The show stars Amy Miller, contestant on “Last Comic Standing” and winner of Helium’s 2015 Funniest Person Contest, with opening acts by Bri Pruett and Virginia Jones beginning at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 at Kiggins Theatre, 1011 Main St., Vancouver. $40. http://www.vidasark.org
Tickets for “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe” are now on sale. The production of C.S. Lewis’ classic novel will be the final show at Magenta Theater’s current location, 606 Main St., Vancouver, before the theater troupe moves to a larger space at 1108 Main St. The performances run Nov. 19 through Dec. 19. Tickets are $15 to $18, and reservations are recommended. http://magentatheater.com
