Artists reception
An artists reception will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Gresham City Hall, Visual Arts Gallery, 1333 N.W. Eastman Parkway. Admission is free. The reception will highlight Passport to Adventure, the latest exhibit from the Gresham Art Committee.
You can also see the exhibit anytime from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays from Feb. 5 through April 14.
For more information, visit greshamartcommittee.com.
Friends and Family Night
You can help benefit Reynolds Learning Center by spending some cash at McMenamins Edgefields Power Station Pub, 2126 S.W. Halsey St., Troutdale, from 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12. Admission is free, and is open to all ages.
Edgefield will donate 50 percent of pub sales to the learning center. The pub serves burgers, beers, wine, salads, sandwiches, tater tots and more.
For more information, call 503-669-8610 or visit mcmenamins.com.
Troutdale Historical Society
Brandon Spencer-Hartle from the Historic Preservation League will present Historic Preservation 101 at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, in the Barn Museum of the Troutdale Historical Society, 473 E. Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale.
For more information, call 503-661-2164, or visit troutdalehistory.org,
Readers Theatre
Horton Footes The Trip to Bountiful tells the story of Carrie Watts, an elderly woman who makes a pilgrimage from Houston to her hometown of Bountiful, Texas. She discovers in the ruin and decay of times passage a renewed connection to her past and the realization that your homeland is forever a part of you.
Readers Theatre of Sandy Actors Theatre will present Bountiful at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in Gresham Chapel & Evening Event Center, 257 S.E. Roberts Ave.
Tickets are $8 general admission (no reservations). For more information, call Tim Park at 503-869-6183, or visit sandyactorstheatre.org.
Guitar man
Guitarist-singer and Filipino native Albert Pomar has played guitar and sung in such places as Bangkok, Singapore, Germany and Vietnam. You can catch him most Thursdays at the M & M Restaurant & Lounge, 137 N. Main Ave., from 7-11 p.m.
Admission is free. For more information, call 503-665-2626 or visit mandmlounge.com.