From 2- 8 pm on every third Saturday of the month, the Art & Wine event will take place in historic downtown McMinnville. Downtown merchants, galleries and restaurants are joining together with local artists and wineries to bring you a family-friendly event which showcases our historic downtown area's small-town atmosphere. Wine tasting, food, and other beverages will be offered by many of the businesses for your enjoyment while you stroll the streets of downtown McMinnville. For more information, contact the McMinnville Downtown Association at 503-472-3605.

Downtown Newberg will hold an ARTwalk from 5–9 pm on the first Friday of each month. A number of shops stay open for shoppers during the ARTwalk. For more information, contact Sally Dallas at 503-538-0888 or sally@newbergallery.com

Braids and Braves Square and Round Dance Club will give square dance lessons at the McMinnville Grange, 1700 Old Sheridan Road. The Feb. 22 lessons are free; subsequent lessons cost $5, $2.50 for ages 10 to 18. For more information, contact Norma Sohn at 503-864-3909 or Myrt Powell at 503-472-4250.

A four season gathering of artists, writers, farmers, wine makers, musicians, chefs, purveyors, hounds and local celebrities.

The 50th annual Turkey Rama festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m Friday, July 9, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 10, in McMinnville. The event includes entertainment, a Friday night street dance, dance and martial art demonstrations, pie-eating contest, sidewalk sales, bingo, chalk art, magicians, the biggest turkey contest, a Saturday night sock hop, food court, activities and vendor booths. For more information, call the McMinnville Area Chamber of Commerce at 503-472-6196.

An entirely new class of running event is coming to Oregon’s Willamette Valley Wine Region this summer. Fueled by Fine Wine, in collaboration with Energy Events and Dundee Hills Wine Growers Association, is proud to present the first annual Fueled by Fine Wine Half-Marathon. A limited group of 1,500 runners will have the exclusive opportunity to propel themselves over some of the many hills that make up Oregon’s world-class wine region.

In Historic Downtown McMinnville since 2001, the McMinnville Farmers' Market offers farm fresh, locally produced fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, dairy, herbs, flowers, food and craft items. There is live music and wine tasting each week, providing the perfect atmosphere for the community to gather and shop. The McMinnville Farmers' Market is sponsored, promoted and facilitated by the McMinnville Downtown Association.

McMinnville's free Brown Bag Concert series will run from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursdays through August 19, in the US Bank plaza at the corner of Northeast Third and Davis streets. For more information, call the McMinnville Downtown Association at 503-472-3605.

A juried show and sale of handmade crafts will be held from at the 99W Drive-In Theater, 3110 Portland Road, Newberg. Booth cost is $40 and sponsorship opportunities start at $25. For more information, call Wendy Doerr at 1-503-330-1825 or visit the website http://craftinshow.blogspot.com.

The annual Newberg Old Fashioned Days will be held Thursday through Sunday, July 22-25. The parade will be at 10 a.m. Saturday; deadline for parade entries is June 28. For more information, contact festival chair Russ Thomas at 1-503-537-1233 or russ.thomas@newbergoregon.gov.

The 24th annual International Pinot Noir Celebration will be held from Friday through Sunday, July 23-25, at Linfield College. The festival includes wine, food, seminars, tours, speakers and a salmon bake. Limited tickets are sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. Entire weekends costs $975; 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday's Passport to Pinot costs $125. For more information, visit www.ipnc.org or call 1-800-775-4762.

Carlton's Walk in the Park will be held from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 31, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1, in Wennerberg Park along the North Yamhill River. The fundraiser for local charities includes art, music, nursery booths, food, antique car and quilt shows, beer and wine. Admission is $15. For more information, visit www.carltonswalkinthepark.com or call 503-852-6572.

The 75th annual St. Paul Fourth of July Rodeo will be held Thursday through Sunday, July 1- 4, in St. Paul. The event includes a carnival, daily fireworks and professional bull riding. For more information, visit www.stpaulrodeo.com or call 1-800-237-5920.

McMinnville Garden Club will hold its 10th annual Summer Garden Tour & Faire from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 27. More than 45 vendors will have booths from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 27, at the free fair on Northeast Cowls Street between Second and Third. Money raised is used for scholarships and other community projects. Tour admission is $10. For more information, visit www.mcminnvillegardenclub.org or call 503-434-4344.

The Yamhelas Community Resource Center will hold its annual Yamhill Lavender Festival with live music, art, handmade crafts, live art, food, beverages and lavender from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 10, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 11, at Beulah Park in Yamhill, at the corner of Hemlock and Third St. Admission is free but canned food donations will be accepted. For more information, contact Jennifer Hurley at jennifer@ycrcenter.org or 503-927-7041.

The annual Turkey Trot, 8k run and two-mile walk will raise money for the Willamette Valley Cancer Foundation at 8 a.m. Saturday, July 10, at 417 N.W. Adams, McMinnville. The run costs $12 for the run, the walk $5. For more information, call 503-472-6196 or visit www.mcminnville.org/turkeyrama/trot.html.

Now in it's 18th year, "Uncorked" provides an outstanding evening of food, wine, entertainment, friends and unique auction items you won't find anywhere else. Sponsored by McMinnville Rotary

The Linfield Sociology and Anthropology Department presents "Runaways and Throwaways: Homeless Youth in Yamhill County" showing now through August.

An open-mike will be held the first and third Wednesdays of each month at Cornerstone Coffee Roasters, 216 N.E. Third St. Signups will be accepted starting at 6:30; music runs from 7 to 9:30 p.m. No cover charge. Information: 503-434-5965 or acraftyone22@verizon.net.

Dennis Brutke and the Country Gents will play country-western music for dancing at 7 p.m. Fridays in the McMinnville Grange Hall, 1720 S.W. Old Sheridan Road. Admission is $5.

The McMinnville Chamber of Commerce will hold Carnival Daze at noon each day, Thursday through Sunday, June 24-27, at the Yamhill County Fairgrounds on Northeast Lafayette Avenue, McMinnville. Carnival Daze replaces the carnival at Turkey Rama. Admission is free and attendees pay for their rides and games. Les Schwab Tires will offer discounts on Thursday. For more information, call Phil at 503-472-6196

The McMinnville Lions Club will hold the 24th annual Drive-in Fly-in Pancake Breakfast from 7 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday, June 27, at McMinnville Airport off Highway 18. The event includes a classic car and airplane show with public voting. All-you-can-eat ham, eggs, pancakes and beverage costs $8, $3 for ages younger than 10.

Willamina will holds its annual Old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration with fireworks.

The Jaycees will light fireworks at 10 p.m. Sunday, July 4, at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum off Highway 18, McMinnville. Grounds open at 4 p.m. At 6, the Humlie School of Music will perform. Donations to support the fireworks are requested. More information is available at www.mcminnvillejaycees.com.

The Grand Ronde Tribes will hold their annual Veterans Powwow Friday through Sunday, July 9-11. For more information, call 1-800-422-0232.

Gallery Theater: "Not Waving" will be presented Friday, July 30, through Saturday, Aug. 14, in Gallery Theater, 210 N.E. Ford St., McMinnville. Curtain times are 7:30 Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:30 Sundays. Admission is $13, $11 for students and ages 62 and older. For advance tickets, call 503-472-2227 between noon and 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

Fifteen wineries will present a Southern Mediterranean Wine Festival from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 27, at Cana's Fest, 750 W. Lincoln, Carlton. Tickets, including lunch and live music, cost $15. For more information, call 503-852-0002 or brooke@canasfeast.com.

A summer concert series will be held from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Fridays, June 25 through Aug. 13 at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, off Highway 18, McMinnville. Admission is free. For more information, contact 503-434-4815 or events@sprucegoose.com.
July 16 - The Ben Rice Band & Stu 'n' Lynn; July 23 - The Steve Hall Quintet; July 30 - Bodacious; August 6 - Mike Strickland; August 13 - TBA

A free concert featuring over 450 handbell ringers and others with bells and handchimes will take place at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 27, in the Wheeler Sports Center at George Fox University, Newberg. For more information, contact Sosh Meyer at shosm@smlcfamily.com or 503-644-9148.

The 50th annual Turkey Rama festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m Friday, July 9, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 10, in McMinnville. The event includes entertainment, a Friday night street dance, dance and martial art demonstrations, pie-eating contest, sidewalk sales, bingo, chalk art, magicians, the biggest turkey contest, a Saturday night sock hop, food court, activities and vendor booths. For more information, call the McMinnville Area Chamber of Commerce at 503-472-6196.

The annual Garden Party and Auction for Henderson House will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 13, at Red Ridge Farms and Olive Mill Factory, 5510 N.E. Breyman Orchard Road, Dayton. Cost is $55. For more information and reservations, call Joan Lusk at 503-852-7817.

McMinnville Rotary and the City of McMinnville present the annual free summer concert series in the Oak Grove at Linfield College, 900 S.E. Baker St., McMinnville. Smoking, alcohol and pets are prohibited. For more information, call 971-241-9593.
July 13 – Lulu LaFever & The Hot Tamales - soulful and sultry jazz; July 27 – Big Monti & The Precious Darlings - blues; August 3 – Imagine (A Beatles Tribute); August 10 – High Street - swing, blues and ballads

Yamhill Derby Days in Yamhill's Beulah Park. Derby car races, frog-jumping contests, a parade and a road run are included. For more information, call 1-503-662-3511.

Open jam session every Friday. No cover charge

The Carlton-Yamhill Lions Club will hold its annual Yamhill Derby Days pancake breakfast from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 17, at the Yamhill-Carlton High School cafeteria, 275 N. Maple St., Yamhill. Cost will be $5 for adults, $3 for children under 10 and free for children under 3 for sausages, eggs, pancakes, ham, juice and coffee.

A traditional Northwest Salmon Bake catered by Jason Stoller Smith will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 17, at Stoller Vineyards, 6161 N.E. McDougall Road, Dayton, as a fundraiser to benefit the McMinnville Education Foundation. Cost is $100 per person. For more information, call 503-864-3404.

A jam session will be held on the first and third Mondays of each month.

The Amity Valley Women's Club will hold its 53rd annual pancake breakfast from 6 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday, July 25, in Amity City Park. The event includes an antique car show and dancing by the Braids and Braves Square Dance Club. Breakfast costs $6, $3 for ages 6-12. For more information, call 503-835-7424.

"Collapse" will be shown at 6 p.m. Monday, July 26, in the Moonlight Theater at 3rd St. Pizza, 433 N.E. Third St., McMinnville. The showing is part of the Yamhill County Democrats' Wake-Up Call Movie Night regarding awareness of corporate power on the fourth Monday of each month. Admission is food or $2 donation for YCAP. For more information, call Liz Marlia-Stein at 971-241-1258.
"Capitalism: A Love Story" will be shown at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23

A summer reading program for ages 12 and younger will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. several Wednesdays this summer in the McMinnville Community Center, 600 N.E. Evans St. All family members are welcome. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.maclibrary.org. July 14 - Penny Walters puppet show; July 28 - Evergreen Air Venture Museum presentation on space and astronauts; August 25 - Talent show for local children ages 5-12

McMinnville Public Library will hold a teen read-in from noon to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 29, in the McMinnville Community Center, 600 N.E. Evans St. Teens may take part in a haiku review and win prizes. For more information, visit www.maclibrary.org.

"Music in the Vines" summer concert series from 6 to 9 p.m. at Methven Family Vineyards, 11400 Westland Lane, Dayton. Cost: $25 for concert and dinner.
July 31 - Ellen Whyte Trio; August 14 - Everyday People; August 28 - The Rust Band; September 11 - Miriam's Well