I'm Into This Place

Ridgefield’s got a surprisingly diverse and nuanced history. (Seriously) and The Ridgefield Multicultural Festival’s 9th year is all about celebrating that history, both told and untold. Megan Dudley, president of the Ridgefield Multicultural Initiative, joins us to talk about founding the Initiative and the festival after recognizing the need for greater inclusivity in her community.

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🎉 The Festival is on the first Saturday in September - see you there!

⭐️ Thank you to this episode's sponsor: The Bon Vivant Traveler.

🎧 Other episodes you might like:

• Vancouver Ballet Folklórico: Bringing the Rhythms of Mexico to Clark County
• How Meaningful Movies Inspires Community Activism and Real Action
• 12,000 Years of Local History with the Chinook Nation

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This is not your grandma’s music education program. From commissioning professional musicians to write entire albums with the students, to performing in New York and Los Angeles, Camas High’s Choir is the class you wish you’d been able to take. And Ethan Chessin is the teacher you wish you’d had. Award-winning and innovative, the Camas High Choir is changing lives.

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🎶 Music in this episode by Camas High School Choir.

🎉 This episode also celebrates Dediko Restaurant and Clark County Battle of the Bands.

⭐️ Thank you to this episode's sponsor Johnson Bixby!

🎧 Other episodes you might like:

• The Oddest Instrument: Composer & Musician Nicole Buetti Takes Classical Music to the Next Level
• Embracing Creativity, Empowering Youth: Enspire Arts Tackles Clark County’s Arts Education Gap

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What not to miss at the Vancouver Arts & Music Festival today, Saturday, August 8!  🎉 Find out more.

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What not to miss at the Vancouver Arts & Music Festival today, Saturday, August 8!  🎉 Find out more.

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What not to miss at the Vancouver Arts & Music Festival today, Friday, August 7!  🎉 Find out more.

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We’ll be there - will you? Let’s find out all the details, what not to miss, and why we’re so excited. Listen in as we catch up with Igor Shakman, COO of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Stacey Donovan, the Cultural Services Manager for the City of Vancouver, and curator Sharon Svec. 

Come say hi! We’ll be at our booth every day recording shout outs of your favorites in arts, culture, and heritage for our Community Voices segment. You can also enter our raffle and vote for our Audience Choice Award to see who we’ll feature on the podcast next.

👀 For more info about VAMF, visit the episode page.

🎧 Other episodes you might like:
- What Comes After the Dream Changes: Sharon Svec on Art & Curation That Builds Creative Community
- Vancouver Arts and Music Festival Brings the World to Our Backyard 

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Heidi Johnson Bixby is one of her community’s most generous arts philanthropists. But why does she give so much funding to the creative sector when her world is financial planning and money management? Find out why her love of her community (and of “pretty things”) moves her to keep creativity thriving - and what she’s wishing for Vancouver’s future.

👀 For pictures of Heidi’s art collection and to learn more about Johnson Bixby, visit the episode page.

🎧 Other episodes you might like:

• The Biggest Event All Year: Vancouver Arts & Music Festival is Back!
• Making the City Her Gallery: Ana the Artist on Art That Belongs to Everyone

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Susan Dingle, the Clark County Poet Laureate, is a firecracker of a personality. In this conversation, we cover everything from the first poem she ever wrote as a child to her gauntlet to all of us to pick up a pen and paper and write the poem we have inside of us.

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🎉 This episode also celebrates Fourth Plain Forward, Friends of the Carpenter, and Poetry Street PNW.

🎧 Other episodes you might like:
- Poetry as Radical Resistance: Ghost Town Poetry
- A Tiny Creative Revolution on Main Street: Couve Zine Swap

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“Inspire Vancouver” is about to grant more than $6 million to arts, culture, heritage, and science programming and education. Where did this money come from, how are they distributing it, and how is this going to change the landscape for our community? Let's get into it.

🎉 For more info and links to the Inspire Vancouver program, visit the episode page.

🎧 Other episodes you might like:
- State of the City 2026
- Vancouver Arts and Music Festival Brings the World to Our Backyard

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Tucked away in an industrial corner of Washougal that's bordered by a wildlife refuge, Recluse Brew Works has quietly become a cornerstone of Clark County's thriving craft beer scene. Founded by brewer Gus Everson and managed by Richard La Rue, Recluse embodies the collaborative and community-centered spirit that makes the Pacific Northwest's beer culture so distinctive.

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👀 This episode also celebrates:
- Help Support the Washougal Community Library
- Artisans Guild of Camas 

🎧 Other episodes you might like:
- Pour Choices Pub: a Creative Haven on Main Street
- Pomeroy Cellars Cultivates Heritage and Community

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