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Sips & Bites Tonight! Just a Few Tickets Left!

**We have just a few tickets left so grab them up! It's going to be so much fun!**

Can you hear those ocean waves and feel the tropical breeze? TONIGHT is the Summer Nights Sips & Bites event in Downtown Camas! 5-9pm

Get Your Tickets Here!

Such a fun night out with friends or as a couple!

Ticket holders can enjoy sips and bites all around town! Come down, enjoy the beautiful weather and the sizzling shopping specials and special island tones of steel drums from local musician Terry Baber. Grab your friends, wear your best tropical attire and join in the fun!

Celebrate Art! First Friday - Plein Air Painting for All

We're excited about the upcoming "Celebrate Art" First Friday!

As part of September First Friday on September 6th, artists paint Plein Air and capture the essence of Downtown Camas! Artists paint during the day and then their art is showcased during the evening First Friday event!

This plein air event is open to artists of all levels and mediums, and is intended to be a showcase of local artists and their talents! Click on link below for more info and the application.

Click here to download the Plein Air application form!

We will see you Friday, September 6th from 5-8pm! For more info on all the artful fun that evening, click here!

(photo above: Nancy Carkin with her winning plein air painting in 2023. Mesa!)

Amazing Vendors at the Vintage & Art Faire!

The Camas Vintage & Art Faire is just a little over 1 week away! Woo-hoo! Saturday August 24th, 9am-3pm. What a beautiful day it will be!

This year brings many new artists and artisans to the show. Nature lovers will appreciate the authentic wildlife and scientific illustration of biology undergrad and Camas local Lux Johnson of Pale Relics. Stained glass collectors will enjoy the colorful and whimsical creations from Battleground artist Kelley McCarthy of Firefly Stained Glass. Camas maker Kierstyn Heilbrun will showcase her custom crocheted tops and other clothing, designed for all bodies. Her business, More Than Cotton, strives to empower women through her stylish handmade pieces.

Many popular artists will return for 2024 including wildlife, landscape and pet portrait painter Mike Paulsen, fine jewelry maker Heather McMaster of Girl in the Pearl, vibrant painter and silk dyer Liz Nye of E.M. ENZ Designs, and local fabric artist Kathy Marty of Windy Hill Weavers, who specializes in crafting rugs and other home items from Pendleton fabric scraps. You don't want to miss any of these beloved vendors!

Many new vintage vendors will also be joining this event. Longtime Camas Antiques vendor Neil Sater of Antique Frog will bring a wide selection of clothing, household goods, furniture and yard art. David Marshal of Junk Empire specializes in mid-century modern pieces and vintage toys and Tom Bliquez of Stonewood Rustics creates yard and garden art pieces out of reclaimed vintage wood and hardware.

Record collectors can find their missing album from returning vendor Bug Bones Records. For shoppers looking for bespoke home décor with a vintage twist, returning fan favorite vintage vendors Belle Flower Farms and the Friends and Foundation of the Camas Library offer a carefully curated selection of homegrown flower arrangements in vintage vessels and antique books sets!

We hope you can join us for this delightful event! Click the link to see a list of all the vendors for this year's event! https://downtowncamas.com/event/camas-vintage-art-faire

Camas Downtown Throwdown! Get Ready for Some Fun!

Disco Raffle! Shopping! Prizes! And all around Fun with Friends!

Shop Small & Win Big at the 2024 Camas Downtown Throwdown! This new event promises an evening of amusing games, fun shopping challenges, friendly competition & fabulous prizes, all benefiting our local food banks!

Grab a friend or put a team together and join us on Thursday, September 19th for shopping and games from 5pm-8pm, and then dance the night away at the Raffle Disco (yes, Raffle Disco!!) starting at 8pm!

Buy Tickets Here --they are only $10 for all the fun and we are supporting our local food banks!!

There are 3 ways to WIN Big at the Downtown Throwdown!

Purchase prize tickets to enter to win
Earn tickets at the Minute-To-Win-It style games, located at participating merchants throughout Downtown Camas!
Complete Shopping Challenges from our Shopping Showcase!

You can also play "The Price is Right" in downtown businesses--closest guesses win the items!

For details about this event, visit HERE!

Don your best bell bottoms or your favorite sequin jumpsuit and dive into the Disco theme! We all need more fun and dancing in our lives, right? :)

First Annual Media Day in Downtown Camas!

SAVE THE DATE! Papermaker Pride in conjunction with the Camas School District is hosting the first annual MEDIA DAY! Rally, Dine & Shine!

Kickoff Media Day for all fall sports is Sunday, September 8th, 4-7pm in Downtown Camas. You don't want to miss this family friendly community event!

4Ever Growing Kids is Hiring!

4Ever Growing Kids is adding to their team and looking to fill a part-time sales team member position.

This team member would be assigned to the register/sales floor and would focus on providing outstanding customer service while maintaining an excellent overall appearance of the sales floor. The sales team member is expected to provide an efficient and courteous customer experience with a high level of energy, professionalism, and positivity. We are looking for a team player!!

Someone who is a do-er and has an ‘I can figure this out’ mentality.

Part Time Position Available

Must be 18 years of age

Ability to stand for long periods of time

Available 2 Saturdays a month.

Application available in-store or online.

Clothing Swap! All Ages, Sizes, Seasons!

Clothing swap at Bridge Island Arts & Vintage! Aug. 18th, 12-4pm. All ages welcome. This swap is for all seasons and all sizes! Bring items to swap between 12-4pm and please bring your own bag! 1902 SE 6th Ave in Camas

Happy 141st Anniversary to the Mill

The GP Mill Interpretive Center will be open on Wednesday, August 28th from 5-8pm.

They will be celebrating their 141st anniversary! There will be cake and the mill manager, Jon Busby will come by for a visit. Please stop by and look at all the exhibits and bring your stories to share!

Fun fact: The Camas mill is the only mill that still refers to some of its machines as “mules” in a nod to the paper mill industry’s past. Come find out why!

Did You Know?

DID YOU KNOW that you can make a "wish list" at Runyan's Jewelers and they'll send it to someone for you? Makes shopping and gift buying a breeze!

Fun fact: Runyan's Jewelers has been in business since 1946!!

Stop by and see all that glitters and dazzles at Runyan's! 327 NE 4th Ave.

What's Coming Up at the Library

Thursday, August 20th at 4:30pm

Come play improv theater games at the Library! Improv theater is a fun activity and no experience is necessary to participate. There are three sessions at 4:30 p.m.:

Monday, August 5
Tuesday, August 20 (PLEASE NOTE: This date was rescheduled from Monday, Aug. 19)

No registration required. Just drop in!

What is Improv Theater?

Improv theater is short for improvisational theater. It’s a type of performance that is almost completely unplanned or unscripted. In our workshops we will be playing theater games and performing exercises. Participants will practice listening skills and collaborating with others. They will act out simple scenes that are made up on the spot! A guaranteed fun time.

Thursday, August 22nd at 5:30pm

We meet on the 2nd Friday and 4th Thursday of the month!

It's a book club without the assigned reading! Join your fellow book lovers for an hour of silent reading and then optional socializing afterwards. B.Y.O.B (Bring your own book), or borrow one of ours.

We'll have light beverages and snacks on hand, but feel free to bring your own.

Schedule:

5:30-6:00 Arrive and settle in.

6:00-7:00 Silent reading hour.

7:00-7:30 Chat with fellow book lovers or just keep reading.

CamasPL.org/silentbookclu b