Open Topics A speaking and listening group
Join us! You are invited to our one-hour meetings on Zoom on Mondays at noon.
Meeting Plans for April:
• April 7 – My Amazing Life, Part 3
• April 14 – Two speakers: Interview with Bobby Dericotti, Viet Nam vet. Dom Sitowski, topic TBD
• April 21 – Round Table: Animal Tales
• April 28 – Round Table: Writers’ excerpts
To join our next meeting, send an email request to opentopicspnw@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link and be placed on the email list.
To join our next meeting: Send an email request to: opentopicspnw@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link and be placed on the email list.
To learn more: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1pypuckrgfnxisakn16u0/Welcome-Letter-Final.pdf?rlkey=7v2pby3e06s54wofb0munfvrb&dl=0
To join our next meeting, send an email to: opentopicspnw@gmail.com to receive the link
and be placed on the email list.
Open Topics charges no dues and requires no membership.
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April 5
Debut Featured Reading by M. Klein and Brittany Mishra at Birdhouse Books
7 pm-8:30 pm
Birdhouse Books, 1001 Main Street
Vancouver, WA, 98660
M. Klein is a poet and artist from an Appalachian basement. Brittany Mishra is a poet exploring memory, mental illness, identity, parenthood, and the many contradictions of love and belonging.
For more information: birdhousebookstore@gmail.com
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Battle Ground Senior Citizens
February Activities
Senior Center: 116 NE 3rd Ave
Battle Ground Event Center: 912 NE Main St.
• April 10, 2025
Thursday Walkers
If you look outside and it is a torrential downpour. Walk is CANCELED.
Kiwanis Park, 422 SW 2nd. Ave. Battle Ground, WA , 9:30 – 11:00 am. Meet East End of Parking Lot
• April 11, 2025
LADY Mad Hatter’s / Keo Thai
Participants are responsible for their own meal cost, 11:30 am
• April 11,2025
Mahjong
At the Battle Ground Event Center (Woodin Creek Rm.)
912 E Main Street, Battle Ground, WA 98604
1 pm -3 pm. Donation Bucket
• April 16, 2025
Lunch & Learn
At the Battle Ground Event Center (Lewis River Room)
912 E Main Street, Battle Ground, WA 98604
“Emergency Management-1”
Doors Open 11:30 am -1 pm
• April 18, 2025
Veteran’s Lunch Club / The Prairie Tavern
14925 NE Caples Rd., Brush Prairie, WA 98606
Participants are responsible for their own meal cost, 11:30 am
• April 18th. 2025
BUNCO
At the Battle Ground Event Center (Woodin Creek Room)
912 E Main Street, Battle Ground, WA 98604
Noon – 3:30 pm. Donation Bucket
• April 21, 2025
Craft Club
At the Battle Ground Event Center (Moulton Falls Room)
912 E Main Street, Battle Ground, WA 98604
11 am – 12:30 pm. Donation Bucket
• April 21, 2025
Happy Stitchers
At the Battle Ground Event Center (Moulton Falls Room)
912 E Main Street, Battle Ground, WA 98604
12:30 pm – 4:00 pm. Donation Bucket
• April 23, 2025
Game Day
At the Battle Ground Event Center (Woodin Creek Room)
912 E Main Street, Battle Ground, WA 98604
10:15 am – 12:45 pm. Donation Bucket
• April 24, 2025
Thursday Walkers
If you look outside and it is a torrential downpour. Walk is CANCELED.
Kiwanis Park
422 SW 2nd. Ave. Battle Ground, WA 98604
9:30 – 11:00 am. Meet East End of Parking Lot
• April 25, 2025
Mahjong
At the Battle Ground Event Center (Moulton Falls Room)
912 E Main Street, Battle Ground, WA 98604
1 pm -3 pm. Donation Bucket
• April 28, 2025
Coffee Social
At the Battle Ground Community/Event Center (Moulton Falls Room)
912 E Main Street, Battle Ground, WA 98604
9 am – 11 am. Donation Bucket
Questions: call 360-953-3278 or
email: battlegroundseniorcitizens@gmail.com
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MAY
May 2
The Ne Plus Ultra Jass Orchestra
Hot Jazz of the 20s and 30s
7 pm, Providence Academy
400 E. Evergreen Blvd., Vancouver
Well lit parking, dance floor, ADA Accessible
Beer, wine, soda and concessions.
For tickets, visit https://www.historicmusic.org/
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May 3
Opening Day Parade
Columbia River Yachting Association
Saturday at 1 p.m.
Vancouver Waterfront
For more information, visit www.crya.us
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