Calendar Picks of the Week

PrideFestSaturday, June 28
3rd Annual AIDS Walk. Corner of NW 14th St. and NW Monroe Ave., Corvallis. 2 – 3 p.m. Valley AIDS Information Network’s (VAIN) 3rd annual AIDS walk, “Get Engaged,” is intended to raise awareness around a subject that has been easily forgotten. We will be walking to the opening of PRIDE Festival taking place in Central Park on this day. It should be an easy walk for everyone and this is a FREE Event, but of course donations are always appreciated. Please join us and please show up early for sign in.

PRIDE in the Park. Corvallis Central Park, 650 NW Monroe Ave., Corvallis. 2 – 8 p.m. Get engaged with the LGBT community! There will be music, food booths, vendors, children’s activities, a beer garden and more! Free, All ages welcome! Watch PRIDE Corvallis’ Facebook page for up-to-date information.

OR7 – The Journey. Darkside Cinema, 215 SW 4th St, Corvallis. 7 p.m. Documentary film about the incredible journey of OR-7, a gray wolf which was collared in Oregon and eventually dispersed from his pack. A journey that tells the story not only of OR-7, but of the wolf as a species in America. It is a journey of survival. A journey of inspiration. Tickets are $11 and can be purchased prior to the screening at https://squareup.com/market/darkside-cinema/or-the-journey.

Thursday, July 3
Red White & Blue Riverfront Festival. Riverfront Park, NW Jackson Ave. & NW 1st St., Corvallis. All Day. Come celebrate the nation’s birthday on July 3rd and 4th on the downtown banks of the beautiful Willamette River during the Red White & Blue Riverfront Festival! Bring your family and friends to this fun-filled, family Festival featuring live music throughout, a delightful array of food vendors, colorful crafts booths, Kids activities: inflatables, rock climbing wall, bungee jump. For the adults there’s Oregon wines and microbrews.

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