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Silent film "The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog" (1927) is the most influential Alfred Hitchcock suspense thriller that nobody has ever heard of. A small group from the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and visiting silent-film score guru Rodney Sauer will provide live musical accompaniment Sunday at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics.

Vancouver Symphony checks in ‘Lodger’ at VSAA

Silent film "The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog" (1927) is the most influential Alfred Hitchcock suspense thriller that nobody has ever heard of. A small group from the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and visiting silent-film score guru Rodney Sauer will provide live musical accompaniment Sunday at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics.

February 7, 2020, 6:05am Clark County Life

Think you know Hitchcock? You probably don’t know “The Lodger,” an early film by the master of suspense that screens Sunday at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, complete with live musical accompaniment. Read story

A small loft on the third floor of the Black Pearl event center in Washougal offers sweeping views of the Columbia River.

Washougal Love Fest shows off Black Pearl

A small loft on the third floor of the Black Pearl event center in Washougal offers sweeping views of the Columbia River.

February 7, 2020, 6:03am Clark County Life

If you’ve been looking for love in all the wrong places, try Washougal. The Washougal Love Fest is a valentine gathering of artists, crafters, musicians and anybody else hungry for a little east-county community. They will converge Feb. 8 at Washougal’s eye-popping new waterfront event facility, the Black Pearl on… Read story

Volunteers with the Washington Trails Association make their way to the north loop of the Oaks to Wetlands trail in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, where they&#039;ve been invited to help with a major redesign-and-rebuild project.

Oak restoration on track at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

Volunteers with the Washington Trails Association make their way to the north loop of the Oaks to Wetlands trail in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, where they&#039;ve been invited to help with a major redesign-and-rebuild project.

February 2, 2020, 6:05am Clark County Life

Messy, muddy expanses of tree stumps and rock piles are not what draw visitors to the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, but they’re what’s on display this winter, up in the northern loop of the Oaks to Wetlands Trail. Read story

&quot;Hair Love&quot; is an animated film about an African American father faced with a daunting task: doing his daughter&#039;s hair.

Kiggins, Liberty in Camas to screen this year’s crop of ‘Oscar Shorts’ nominees

&quot;Hair Love&quot; is an animated film about an African American father faced with a daunting task: doing his daughter&#039;s hair.

January 30, 2020, 6:01am Clark County Life

It’s a tough world out there, but this year’s collection of short, Oscar-nominated documentaries should give moviegoers something to smile about. Read story

Lion dances add color and energy to the Chinese New Year celebration at Lan Su Chinese Garden.

Chinese New Year celebrations in Vancouver, Portland value tradition

Lion dances add color and energy to the Chinese New Year celebration at Lan Su Chinese Garden.

January 24, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life

The biggest, happiest celebration in the Chinese cultural calendar is set to begin Jan. 25 and end Feb. 8. Portland’s Lan Su Chinese Garden plans to extend festivities by one extra day, through Feb. 9, just to make sure everybody can get a taste of the color, fun and magic… Read story

Doug Harris, music instructor and director of Clark College&#039;s annual jazz festival, conducts last year&#039;s Clark College Jazz Ensemble. &quot;We&#039;re adding a big education component this time,&quot; he said of the 2020 festival.

Annual Clark College Jazz Festival welcomes clinicians, school bands

Doug Harris, music instructor and director of Clark College&#039;s annual jazz festival, conducts last year&#039;s Clark College Jazz Ensemble. &quot;We&#039;re adding a big education component this time,&quot; he said of the 2020 festival.

January 23, 2020, 6:00am Clark County Life

It looked a bit iffy earlier this month, but last week’s approval of a new faculty contract means the 58th annual Clark College Jazz Festival will go forth and swing. Read story

Tommy Neal, 72, takes a piano lesson with Rachel Risor at Music World in Hazel Dell. “This is the best thing I’ve ever done — not just playing randomly but learning each time,” he said.

Older adults love getting in tune in Clark County

Tommy Neal, 72, takes a piano lesson with Rachel Risor at Music World in Hazel Dell. “This is the best thing I’ve ever done — not just playing randomly but learning each time,” he said.

January 19, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Health

Learning your way around the fingerboard of the double bass is like learning your way around life, Steve Becker has found: so many options, so much reaching and stretching to play the right note the right way. Read story

The Women’s March in Vancouver seemed to have extra urgency this year. Speakers urged the crowd to start marching now, and stay politically active right through Election Day in November.

Awareness of urgency, grim reality mark 2020 Women’s March in Vancouver

The Women’s March in Vancouver seemed to have extra urgency this year. Speakers urged the crowd to start marching now, and stay politically active right through Election Day in November.

January 18, 2020, 8:29pm Clark County News

There was extra urgency to the fourth annual Women’s March in downtown Vancouver that may have been missing from previous politically progressive, anti-Trump outings. Read story

Poetry or tweetery? Vancouver resident Gregory Woodman, who masterminded this classy, hardbound volume entitled &quot;Collected Poems of Donald J. Trump,&quot; wants you to be the judge.

Vancouver man turns president’s tweets into thought-provoking collection

Poetry or tweetery? Vancouver resident Gregory Woodman, who masterminded this classy, hardbound volume entitled &quot;Collected Poems of Donald J. Trump,&quot; wants you to be the judge.

January 17, 2020, 6:05am Clark County Life

A new poetry collection masterminded in Vancouver is a great example of the killer business instinct for giving as many people as possible exactly what they want. Read story

Lucky Lager beer bottles from the 1940s-1980s are seen on display at the new &quot;History A-Brewin&#039; &quot; exhibit on Friday afternoon.

Clark County Historical Museum, ilani brew up good time

Lucky Lager beer bottles from the 1940s-1980s are seen on display at the new &quot;History A-Brewin&#039; &quot; exhibit on Friday afternoon.

January 17, 2020, 6:05am Clark County Life

Here’s a tasty pairing: the Clark County Historical Museum and the ilani casino resort. Both happen to have celebrations this weekend of that long-standing, liquid staple of local life from pioneer days all the way through today’s hipster culture: beer. Read story