1. The great outdoors
You’ve been hibernating for the last five to six months. It’s OK. Everyone has. But now it’s time to turn off the TV and put the rain jacket away (but maybe keep it in an accessible spot until July). Spring is in full bloom, with summer on the horizon, and there’s no better way to celebrate warm and sunny weather than venturing outside. Luckily for you, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 9, there will be a Second Saturday celebrating National Get Outdoors Day with a rock wall, the chance to meet live birds of prey, catching fish from a pond, obstacle courses, soccer, archery, crosscut sawing and more. A historic fur trade encampment will re-enact life at Fort Vancouver during the 1840s. The event takes place at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, 1001 E. Fifth St., Vancouver; free. 360-891-5014 or www.nps.gov/fova
2. Pride and films
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month is the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, when patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn staged an uprising to protest police harassment and persecution of LGBT Americans. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 9, the Camas Public Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, will host a LGBT Film Festival featuring four films and documentaries: “The Saint of Dry Creek,” “Pink Boy,” “La Cage aux Folles” and “Kumu Hina.” The event is free, and for those 18 and older. 360-834-4692 or www.camaslibrary.org
3. Do it big
Things aren’t always bigger in Texas. Sometimes they’re bigger in Washington, too. That will be the case at 7 p.m. June 9 at the Clark College Big Band Bash at Clark College, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver; free. VanPort Jazz will open the festival filled with big band jazz and swing before the Clackamas Community College Jazz Ensemble takes the stage. The evening will finish with the internationally acclaimed Clark College Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Richard Inouye, Clark director of bands. 360-699-6398 or www.clark.edu
4. Born to be wild
The Run Wild Nature Adventure Family Fun Day invites you to act a fool from 1 to 5 p.m. June 10 at Fallen Leaf Lake Park, 2911 N.E. Everett St., Camas; $10 per child, $15 at the door, children younger than 2 get in free. Come dressed up as a wild thing for a day of running, walking and soaring through Fallen Leaf Lake Park in Camas. Enjoy experiential nature-based activity stations and an immersive journey around the lakeside trail. There will be live music, acrobats, engaging games, art activities, face painting and more. 360-837-8733 or www.treesongnatureawareness.org
