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December 6, 2018
A child enjoys the "snow" at a 2015 Hometown Holidays celebration in downtown Camas. This year's holiday festival will be held throughout the city's downtown from 5 to 9 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7, with a tree lighting and fireworks at 6:30 p.m. (Post-Record file photo)

Holiday happenings

If you’re looking for some holiday cheer, a photo opp with Santa, a Christmas tree lighting (or three), or even just a free cup of hot cocoa this holiday season, we’ve got you covered. Following is a list of winter holiday events occurring in Camas and Washougal, as well as a few of the bigger festivities happening in the greater Vancouver-Portland metro area.

November 29, 2018
Parents and children reach for the "snow" that fell down during the 2017 Hometown Holidays and Christmas tree lighting celebration in downtown Camas. (Post-Record file photo)

A hometown holiday

Camas’ popular Hometown Holidays event, which features a Christmas tree lighting in front of the Liberty Theatre, “snowfall,” visits with Santa, entertainment by Camas students, fireworks, hay rides and more, is back.

November 22, 2018
Allure Boutique owner Bobbi Lee (left) shows customer Joy Soyster, of Portland, a new cardigan at her downtown Camas shop on Nov. 15. This will be Lee's third year celebrating "Black Friday" with specials and discounts for downtown Camas' "Little Box Friday" on Nov. 23, and "Shop Small Saturday" on Nov. 24.

The best things come in little boxes

W hen Black Friday, the ultimate day-after-Thanksgiving shopping day, rolls around, shoppers in downtown Camas won’t have to compete for mall parking or stand in lines inside packed “big box” chain stores.

November 15, 2018
Quinn, an 11-month-old male kitty, relaxes with some toys at the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society cat shelter. Donations of cat treats, toys and beds, as well as free standing scratchers, breakaway collars and kitty litter are accepted at the Washougal-based shelter. (Dawn Feldhaus/Post-Record)

Donate to nonprofits in Camas, Washougal this holiday season

Nov. 27 is “Giving Tuesday,” a global day of giving that kicks off an entire month of donating to charitable organizations around the world. In the Camas-Washougal area, there are many nonprofit organizations hoping residents will open their hearts — and wallets — during this holiday season of giving.

November 15, 2018
(Contributed photo courtesy of Second Story Gallery) Artist Jennifer Neal’s “Light Meets Dark” will be on display throughout the months of December and January at the Second Story Gallery in Camas. The gallery, located on the second floor of the Camas Public Library, will hold an artist reception at a special time on Friday, Dec. 7, to help attract visitors to Neal’s “The World is Full of Beauty and Love” art show, before the Hometown Holidays festivities begin in downtown Camas later that evening. The gallery will offer music and treats as part of its “twilight” artist reception from 4 to 6 p.m., Dec. 7. Neal, a Camas artist, will unveil her bold paintings that night. Her art will be on display through Jan. 26, 2019, during regular library hours: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. For more information, visit secondstorygallery.net.

Around Town for Nov. 15, 2018

PUBLIC MEETINGS Camas City Council: The council will hold a workshop Monday, Nov. 19, at 4:30 p.m., followed by a regular meeting at 7 p.m., in Camas City Hall, 616…

November 8, 2018
Paul Solevad rinses his brush in his studio on Nov. 3. This was Solevad's fourth year participating in Clark County Open Studios.

Opening doors & hearts

Last weekend’s Clark County Open Studios event, in which regional artists opened their studios for a free, self-guided art tour, reminded Washougal woodworker John Furniss of school — in a good way.