Songs for spring
The 60-member Vancouver Community Concert Band presents its spring concert, “Let the Music Begin,” from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, 4300 Main St., Vancouver, with a performance including music from “West Side Story,” “Mamma Mia” and “Singing in the Rain,” plus “Juba Dance” by Florence Price, “The Clapping Song” by Randall Standbridge and “Suite of Country Dances.” The free concert is open to all ages. To learn more about the community concert band or to get information on joining, visit vccb.us.
Hospitality calamity
The Vancouver Symphony’s Chamber Music Series welcomes silent film score compiler Rodney Sauer back to Vancouver for a showing of Buster Keaton’s 1923 comedy “Our Hospitality” at 7 tonight at the Kiggins Theatre, 1011 Main St., Vancouver. The film will be accompanied by live music as it would have been heard in the silent film theaters of the 1920s. The cost is $25 or $10 for students with ID. Find out more at kigginstheatre.com, vancouversymphony.org or call 360-735-7278. Keaton stars as Willie McKay, a young man who becomes entangled in a Romeo-and-Juliet-style romance. Only the strict rules of hospitality stand between him and certain doom at the hands of his sweetheart’s brothers.
Young valor
The Historic Trust hosts the Vancouver Barracks Military Association’s Military History Talk series once a month at the O.O. Howard House, 750 Anderson St., Vancouver. Admission is free. The presentation at 6:30 p.m. today concerns Johnny Lincoln Clem, arguably the youngest soldier to serve in the Civil War. He served at the Vancouver Barracks and was a Buffalo Soldier before becoming the last Civil War veteran to retire from the U.S. Army. To attend the lecture, call 253-223-0125, email jddavis@rocketmail.com or visit www.vbma.us.
River run
The Squires Electric Extraordinary 5K starts at 9 a.m. Saturday at 695 Waterfront Way, Vancouver. Participants needn’t be runners; they can walk, hop or crawl to the finish line. The $35 registration fee benefits The Hough Foundation. Registration opens at 8 a.m. The course follows the waterfront with views of the river. The race is flat and kid-friendly; kids 12 and under can join for free. Each racer gets a T-shirt or tank and finisher’s medal. Main Event will host a post-race party at 800 Main St.; coupons are included in the racing packet.
