Pollinator Festival comes to Clatskanie

On Saturday, July 26, the Pollinator Festival will take place at Clatskanie’s Cope Park (60 Lillich St.) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This free event is a family-friendly celebration of pollinators, plants, and the people who make our food systems flourish. The event will include live music by Oleada, a regenerative beekeeping talk by Columbia County Bee Club, an observation hive and solar wax demo, a master gardener fashion show, activities for the kids, honey tastings, local vendors, and more.

Following the afternoon activities, an after-hours bonus event without vendors will take place with an Amrita sneak preview at the Clatskanie Food Hub at 6 p.m. Hosted by producer Bee Oracle, Amrita is a documentary-in-progress about three groups of women merging science with spirituality to conserve wild bees. Tickets are by donation, which can be made at givebutter.com/beeoracle.