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The Downtown Camas Association will host its monthly First Friday event this week, from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 3, throughout historic downtown Camas.
This month’s First Friday theme is “Welcome to Jurassic Camas” and will feature a variety of free games, activities and crafts centered around prehistoric creatures that once roamed the Earth during the Jurassic Period between 145 million and 201 million years ago.
- A hands-on fossil dig for children ages 4 to 12 at Bookish, located at 335 N.E. Fifth Ave., with an assortment of real fossils, polished rocks, crystals and gemstones;
- The “Jurassic Camas Quest,” a dinosaur-themed trivia game with puzzles and questions around downtown Camas for participants to find and answer for a chance to win themed prize baskets donated by local merchants;
- A free salt dough fossil and dinosaur STEM activity with Camas High School students and a Lego table inside Journey Church, at 304 N.E. Fourth Ave.;
- Children’s crafts at Livewell Camas, at 417 N.E. Birch St.; and
- Face painting with the Camas High Green Team at Journey Church, 304 N.E. Fourth Ave.
- Attic Gallery (421 N.E. Cedar St.) will feature a retrospective solo exhibition of artist Jean Schwalbe;
- Camas Gallery (408 N.E. Fourth Ave.) will celebrate featured artist Julie Olsen;
- The LOFT Gallery (411 N.E. Dallas St., inside the Lara Blair Studio) will feature a new collection of dioramas, tiny art and new, “faux food” creations;
- Pike Art Gallery (302 N.E. Sixth Ave., inside Minuteman Press) will feature paintings by local artist Liz Pike and Blue Bond; and
- Second Story Gallery (616 N.E. Fourth Ave., on the second floor of the Camas Public Library) will kick off its new exhibit, “A Century in the Books,” part of the library’s yearlong 100th anniversary celebration showcasing library milestones over the last century with historic photos and more.
