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Columbian staff writer

A &quot;Poetry Moves&quot; placard on a C-Tran bus.

April poetry challenges brighten dark time

A &quot;Poetry Moves&quot; placard on a C-Tran bus.

April 14, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Life

Poet T.S. Eliot had no idea what was in store when he wrote nearly a century ago that “April is the cruelest month.” He was just talking about the slow emergence of spring, not a worldwide pandemic. Read story

Alex and Jessica Queen and their kids take in a free neighborhood concert by Fox and Bones on Wednesday in Camas.

Folk duo Fox and Bones performs driveway concert in Camasvideo icon

Alex and Jessica Queen and their kids take in a free neighborhood concert by Fox and Bones on Wednesday in Camas.

April 10, 2020, 6:01am Clark County Life

The band Fox and Bones has played many house concerts, said guitarist and singer Scott Gilmore, but Wednesday’s performance on Larkspur Street “is the first show we’ve played to houses.” Read story

Jaynie Roberts is making cotton masks to send to her friends and family, some of whom work in the medical field.

Clark County volunteers make fabric face masks for medical pros, friends, family

Jaynie Roberts is making cotton masks to send to her friends and family, some of whom work in the medical field.

April 7, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Health

We know the way people contract COVID-19: via coronavirus-laden droplets that somebody has coughed, sneezed or simply breathed out. Read story

Vancouver's Downtown Association will act as online hub for the event; visit its website or Facebook page and click through to participating galleries and individual artists. Or just search Facebook and Instagram for #dtvanwa to find the latest updates. The whole thing goes live at 5 p.m. Friday as any normal First Friday event would.

Vancouver’s First Friday Art Walk moves into virtual realm

Vancouver's Downtown Association will act as online hub for the event; visit its website or Facebook page and click through to participating galleries and individual artists. Or just search Facebook and Instagram for #dtvanwa to find the latest updates. The whole thing goes live at 5 p.m. Friday as any normal First Friday event would.

April 2, 2020, 6:03am Clark County Life

Gazing at artworks on computer screens isn’t ideal, but we’re all learning to adapt and even find silver linings in today’s social distancing measures. Read story

Jeffree White glances up at his laptop computer, where you can see piano student Daniel Martinez following the online lesson.

Arts instruction in Clark County goes virtual during pandemic

Jeffree White glances up at his laptop computer, where you can see piano student Daniel Martinez following the online lesson.

March 29, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life

Music educator Janet Lindsley has closed Mini Mozarts, her arts-oriented, downtown Vancouver preschool, and joined a new Facebook group called “Teaching Voice in the Zombie Apocalypse.” Read story

Vancouver resident Elizabeth Hay walks her bike past Kiggins Theatre on a nearly empty Main Street on Friday morning. Kiggins is currently closed but has partnered with an independent film streaming service.

Kiggins Theatre streaming independent films

Vancouver resident Elizabeth Hay walks her bike past Kiggins Theatre on a nearly empty Main Street on Friday morning. Kiggins is currently closed but has partnered with an independent film streaming service.

March 28, 2020, 5:00pm Clark County News

Locking down at home has not prevented programming director Richard Beer from curating an ongoing movie schedule for Vancouver’s only independent cinema, Kiggins Theatre. Read story

Judy Byron of Washougal takes a morning hike at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge in 2019.

Quell cabin fever at Clark County parks

Judy Byron of Washougal takes a morning hike at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge in 2019.

March 22, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life

Of all the desperate social-distancing measures we’re being driven to these days, here’s the most extreme of all: Go outside and play. Read story

Mike True, from left, of Vancouver, Jordan Boldt of Vancouver and Kim Newman of Camas give each other space as they gather to enjoy takeout from Nonavo Pizza on their lunch break in a nearly empty Esther Short Park on Thursday. Boldt said the sunny weather was a good excuse to get outside. &quot;You gotta make the best of it,&quot; he said about the COVID-19 situation.

Vancouver, Clark County officials: Enjoy parks, trails, but don’t touch structures

Mike True, from left, of Vancouver, Jordan Boldt of Vancouver and Kim Newman of Camas give each other space as they gather to enjoy takeout from Nonavo Pizza on their lunch break in a nearly empty Esther Short Park on Thursday. Boldt said the sunny weather was a good excuse to get outside. &quot;You gotta make the best of it,&quot; he said about the COVID-19 situation.

March 21, 2020, 6:05am Clark County Health

Minimize groups, maintain social distance, don’t sit on park benches or touch playground equipment. Have fun! Read story

Patrons scoured the Vancouver Community Library on Saturday for weeks&#039; worth of materials to take home before the library closed for two weeks. &quot;It was crazy, crazy,&quot; said library access manager Brian Hulsey, in yellow.

Clark County prepares for the unexpected

Patrons scoured the Vancouver Community Library on Saturday for weeks&#039; worth of materials to take home before the library closed for two weeks. &quot;It was crazy, crazy,&quot; said library access manager Brian Hulsey, in yellow.

March 14, 2020, 5:35pm Clark County News

Multiple dumps of wet, fat-flaked snow covered up Clark County’s anxieties about COVID-19 on Saturday morning. If you woke up feeling like weird times were only getting weirder, you sure weren’t alone. Read story

Cyclists practice riding single file and allowing sufficient space to avoid collisions while riding through Vancouver&#039;s Evergreen Highlands neighborhood on Monday night.

Vancouver Bicycle Club’s ‘Cycling 101’ offers street-level practice, safety of a guided group

Cyclists practice riding single file and allowing sufficient space to avoid collisions while riding through Vancouver&#039;s Evergreen Highlands neighborhood on Monday night.

March 13, 2020, 6:05am Clark County Life

Mountain biking is not too adventurous or risky for cyclist Kevin Brown. What really spooks him, he said, is riding in city traffic. He’s carried that anxiety around for decades, ever since enduring a couple of collisions with “crappy drivers,” including one who sideswiped him without ever even stopping, he… Read story