This beloved American holiday classic, presented by Beaverton Civic Theatre, comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast.  With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.

One of Washington County's many seasonal open-air markets, the Hillsboro Saturday Farmers' market features fresh local produce, specialty foods, garden products, arts and crafts, live entertainment and more.

The market is located in downtown Hillsboro on Main Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues and along the western side of 2nd Avenue between Washington and Lincoln Streets.

One of Washington County's many seasonal open-air markets, Sherwood Saturday Market features fresh local produce, specialty foods, garden products, arts and crafts, entertainment and much more.  The market is located next to City Hall along the Pedestrian Walkway (22560 SW Pine Street, Sherwood).

One of Washington County's many seasonal open-air markets, the Beaverton Saturday Farmers' Market features fresh local produce, specialty foods, garden products, arts and crafts, live entertainment and more.

The market is located in Beaverton City Park at SW Hall Boulevard between 3rd & 5th Streets.

One of Washington County's many seasonal open-air markets, the Cedar Mills Farmers' Market offers fresh local produce, specialty foods, garden products, arts and crafts, live entertainment and much more.

The market is located in Sunset Mall on NW Cornell Road one block west of NW Murray Boulevard across from Sunset Park.

One of Washington County's many seasonal open-air markets, the Hillsboro Sunday Farmers' market features fresh local produce, specialty foods, garden products, arts and crafts, live entertainment and more.

The Hillsboro Sunday Farmers' Market is located in the parking area between NE Orenco Station Parkway and NE 61st Avenue, just off Cornell Road.

One of Washington County's many seasonal open-air markets, the Forest Grove Wednesday Farmers' Market features fresh local produce, specialty foods, garden products, arts and crafts, live entertainment and more.

The market is located in downtown Forest Grove on Main Street between 21st and Pacific Avenues.

One of Washington County's many seasonal open-air markets, the Tigard Area Farmers' Market features fresh local produce, specialty foods, garden products, arts and crafts, live music and much more.  The market is located near the intersection of Highway 99W and Highway 217 at 11831 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard.

SakeOne invites you to their tasting room to experience wild and wonderful sake and food pairings.  The new Sake Shock flight explores craft-brewed sake paired with eccentric offerings such as 10 month aged gouda and Dagoba Xocolatl.  Learn why sake, a pure and simple beverage, offers unlimited possibilities.

Tasting fee is $10 per person.  Brewery tours offered daily at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 PM.

One of Washington County's many seasonal open-air markets, the Banks Monday Farmers' market features fresh local produce, specialty foods, garden products, arts and crafts, live entertainment and more.

The market is located in at 290 South Main Street (near Sunset) in Banks.

Enjoy the sunset at our historic Estate Vineyards, every Sunday evening this summer.  We're keeping our doors open late, turning our tasting room into a wine bar, so you can take advantage of the landscape with a glass of wine in hand.  You're welcome to bring a picnic to enjoy while sipping your wine and being entertained with live music from local artists.  For added fun you can play Bocce ball vineyard-side as the sun goes down.  Weather permitting.  Please no pets or outside alcohol.

Hillsboro Tuesday Marketplace is a summer evening community festival and farmers' market with great produce, food, arts, crafts and musical entertainment.  Join the fun in downtown Hillsboro on Main Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues and along the western side of 2nd Avenue between Washington and Lincoln Streets.

Join a park ranger for a free, guided hike through the Stub Stewart State Park forest.  Explore the forest's natural and cultural history along a different trail each week.  Check the web or call us to see which trail our tales are taking.  Contact Heather Currey at 503-324-0606, ext. 223, or email Heather.Currey@state.or.us for more information.

One of Washington County's many seasonal open-air markets, the Beaverton Wednesday Farmers' Market features fresh local produce, specialty foods, garden products, arts and crafts, live entertainment and more.

The market is located in Beaverton City Park at SW Hall Boulevard between 3rd & 5th Streets.

The Washington County Museum is pleased to announce the first of twelve monthly art exhibitions in partnership with local arts organization Print Arts Northwest.

The Japan Series by local artist Ann Kresge includes a colorful collection of mixed-media relief prints which incorporate wood and metal and handmade paper.  Kresge will also show handmade Artists' Books.  Her imagery is abstracted from shelters, shrines, roofs, landscape and patterns seen on travels in Japan.

It's time again for Oak Knoll Winery's annual summer concert series - Toast to the Tunes!  This year's theme is "Vintage Rock n' Roll.  Meals will be available for purchase but you're also welcome to bring your own picnic.  No outside beverages are allowed.  Beer, wine, soft drinks and water will be available for purchase.  Dogs are allowed as long as they are socialized, well behaved and cleaned up after.

• June 25 - Everyday People


• July 9 - Father John & the Holy Rollers


• July 23 - Old Elbows


• August 6 - Rock Residue


• August 20 - Rock Hounds

Love is the supreme con game in this outrageously slick and sly Broadway sensation. Based on the popular 1988 film, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels centers on two con men living on the French Riviera. Suave and sophisticated Lawrence Jameson and a small-time crook named Freddy Benson both make a lavish living by talking rich ladies out of their money. After attempting to work together, they discover that the small French town isn’t big enough for the two of them. They agree on a settlement: the first one to extract $50,000 from a young female target, heiress Christine Colgate, wins and the other must leave town. Prepare to have your heart stolen in this hilariously clever take on the ultimate con! Written by Jeffrey Lane; Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek.  Presented by Broadway Rose Theatre Company.

Bring your dancing shoes and a thirst for the arts to the Beaverton Arts Commission's 6th annual Beaverton Last Tuesday summertime series celebrating music, food and art.  Join us for this series of three lively outdoor concerts at The Round Fountain Plaza (12600 Crescent St., adjacent to the Beaverton Central light rail station).  Parking is available off of SW Cedar Hills Boulevard at Westgate Drive (in the former Westgate Theater lot).  Local artists will have their artwork displayed (and for sale!) throughout the plaza offering work in a variety of media including jewelry, collaged marble tiles, oil, acrylic and water color paintings, and digital photography.  Local restaurants Typhoon!, Mio Sushi, and Mingo's will offer indoor and outdoor dining and refreshments for Beaverton Last Tuesday audiences.

• June 30 - We'll get things rocking at the first night of Beaverton Last Tuesday with Aaron Meyer, a concert rock violinist whose music bridges progressive rock, world, and classical genres.


• July 28 - Steinway signature artist Michael Allen Harrison, one of the region's most popular performing artists, and Julianne Johnson will perform songs from their new album Easy.


• August 25 - A favorite on the local Latin and jazz scene, Bobby Torres and his world-class ensemble will close out the series with an energy-charged evening of jazz, salsa and samba music.

Valley Art Gallery presents its July/August art show with Reduction Fired Pottery by Glenn Burris and Watercolor & Collage by Evelyn Fritz.  Glenn Burris has been involved with clay and the making of pottery since 1968.  He earned an undergraduate degree in art from Pepperdine University and an MA and MFA in ceramics from the University of Iowa.  In the pursuit of his goals to become a ceramics professor at a university, he learned that he loved making things from clay and didn't love teaching.  Using a kick wheel or hand-building from slabs of soft porcelain - strong forms are his primary goal - his glazes are his own formulas and are developed by trial and error.  He tries to achieve a wide range of color and texture while maintaining a durable surface on his pots.  Evelyn Fritz works in oil, transparent watercolor, acrylic and mixed media - watercolor and collage.  A member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon, she attended Portland Community College and received a scholarship to attend Sergei Bongard School of Art in Santa Monica, Calif.  She has taught at Portland, Chemeketa and Clatsop community colleges.  For two years she owned and operated a gallery in Cannon Beach.

Artist's Reception:  First Wednesday, July 1, from 5 to 8 p.m.

A current of reflection, interaction and response between human and environment runs through this exhibit of contemporary art.  The paintings of Alan Rose whimsically detail human interaction.  There are odd abstract elements to his work that represent the personality of his subjects.  Seattle artist Julia Haack creates abstract sculpture that makes visual reference to furniture and architecture out of recycled and cast-off materials.  Having been fascinated by watching skyscrapers being built, Haack equates her sculpture to architecture and equates architecture to our bodies.

Painter Dave Edgar is showing two sides of his work at the Arts Center.  In the main exhibition he presents a new body of work called Tree Machines, abstracted images of metal trees impervious to damage from any angle.  The series was inspired by the artist witnessing a failed parachute jump and rescue in the woods.  The lower exhibition space features Edgar's series HMMWV landscapes, which are not as abstract and were inspired by his experiences as an Army Ranger.

An opening reception for all artists will be held on First Tuesday - July 7 - 6 p.m.

The Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District (THPRD) invites you to enjoy this summer's series of concerts and theatre in park locations throughout the district.  Concerts and plays begin at 6:00 PM and are free.  Food and beverages will be available for purchase at the concerts.  Leashed dogs are always welcome!  Alcoholic beverages are prohibited.

The THPRD Rec Mobile, our mobile recreation unit, will provide face painting, balloons, games and activities for all kids at the concerts.  Bring a chair or spread a blanket.  Then get ready for high quality music and summer fun with family, friends and neighbors, compliments of THPRD.  Visit our website for more information about park locations and event line-up - www.thprd.org/events.

• June 25 - Garden Home Park (Concert)


• June 27 - Autumn Ridge Park (Theatre - "King Lear")


• July 2 - Hazeldale Park (Concert)


• July 9 - Arnold Park (Concert)


• July 11 - Somerset West Park (Theatre - "A Midsummer Night's Dream")


• July 12 - Center Street Park (Concert)


• July 18 - Schiffler Park (Theatre - 11am - "Slew Foot Sue & Pecos Bill"; 2pm  -  "A Bad Year for Tomatoes")


• July 28 - Raleigh Park (Concert)


• July 30 - Greenway Park (Concert)


• August 2 -  Kaiser Woods Park (Concert)


• August 6 - Cedar Mill Park (Concert)


• August 11 - Carolwood Park (Concert)

Rhythm and blues, contemporary jazz, big band, bluegrass, salsa, reggae -- we've got it all at the Concerts on the Commons.  Bring your blankets and/or lawn chairs, pack a picnic and enjoy an evening of free music.  Performances are every Friday night during July and August beginning at 6:30 p.m. and ending around 8:30 p.m.  The concerts are held on the plaza near the lake at Tualatin Commons.  NOTE:  Alcoholic beverages are not permitted on the Tualatin Commons.

• July 3 - Chris Loid Band (Country)


• July 10 - Ellen Whyte (Contemporary Blues)


• July 17 - Cambalache (Salsa)


• July 23 (Artsplash Weekend) - Tom Grant Band (Jazz)


• July 31 - Beliss (Folk Harmonies)


• August 7 - Crawfish Festival Presents:  To be determined


• August 14 - Keegan Smith (Pop/Funk)


• August 21 - Metro (Rhythm & Blues)


• August 28 -True North (Bluegrass)

Every first Wednesday of the month from 5-8 p.m., downtown Forest Grove is hopping with residents and visitors. Come to taste local wines, enjoy local crafters and artisans and take advantage of the snacks and special deals offered by as many as 30 local merchants on Main Street between Pacific and 21st Avenue. There are various entertainers including magicians, dancers, and stilt walkers.