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Happy Thursday, Vancouver!

It’s the final frightdown! Halloween is tomorrow, and Vancouver is ready to trick, treat, and track a little mud into every haunted house in town. As we creep toward November, spooky season is making its last stand! So before we trade cobwebs for comfort food, let’s enjoy the candy and the fact that Halloween is FINALLY, FINALLY on a Friday for the first time since 2014.

Anyways, here's what to expect in today's edition of The PNW Report (Vancouver):

📰 Local News
☁️ Weather
🎉 Events & Things To Do
🤔 Lateral Thinking Puzzle

Let’s get started!

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LOCAL NEWS

🚙 Port of Vancouver Extends Partnership with Subaru Through 2040

The Port of Vancouver just extended its partnership with Subaru through 2040, meaning decades more of shiny new cars rolling off ships and into driveways. It’s the longest-running import partnership at the port. What can we say? This is a long-term relationship that really drives!

🌮 Free Mexican Food Fiesta! Feeding Fourth Plain Returns Nov. 1

Vancouver’s beloved community event Feeding Fourth Plain is back on Saturday, November 1st to celebrate 15 years of serving up flavor and Día de los Muertos! This year, organizers are giving away $5,000 worth of free Mexican food to visitors. Thanks to the City of Vancouver, the party promises good eats, good vibes, and plenty of reason to show up hungry! Taco ‘bout a good time!

WEATHER [10/31 - 11/2]

Fingers crossed that it stays cloudy on Halloween…

Friday, 10/31: 56/51 ☁️ Cloudy
Saturday, 11/1: 57/43 🌧️ Rain
Sunday, 11/2: 57/44 🌦️ Partly Cloudy

Do red cars cost more to insure?

You may have heard the myth that red cars cost more to insure, often with varying reasons why. The truth is, the color of your car has nothing to do with your premium. Insurance companies are more interested in your vehicle’s make, model, age, safety features, and your driving history. What’s not a myth, though — is that people really can save a ton of money by switching insurers. Check out Money’s car insurance tool to see if you could, too.

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EVENTS AND THINGS TO DO [10/31 - 11/2]

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? You’re in the right place! 🎉

Stay tuned for Monday morning’s newsletter, where we’ll give the lowdown on all the cool upcoming weekday events for next week!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31st

🪩 Halloween @ Silver Ball Social Club | 11AM - 12AM ($12)
Join the crew at Silver Ball Social Club for a flippin’ awesome night of boos and booze featuring a live DJ, food and drink specials, and cotton candy. There’s no cover beyond the cost of the $12 wristband.

🧁 Melba’s Halloween Bakery Pop Up @ Dandelion Teahouse | 12PM (FREE)
Something wickedly delicious this way crumbs! Melba’s Vegan Bakery is rising from the mixing bowl for a spellbinding Halloween Pop-Up at Dandelion Teahouse. Come get sheet-faced on sugar!

👻 Family Halloween Party @ Big Al’s | 3PM - Close (FREE)
Big Al’s is serving up a gourd time this Halloween with their FREEky Friday Family Party. There will be free bowling, arcade play, claw machine swipes, and Halloween goodie bags for all the little monsters (and big ones too). Happy H-AL-oween!

🍬 Trick or Treat @ Reflection Plaza | 3PM - 5PM (FREE)
Washougal’s sweetest stroll returns for its third annual sugar rush! Little goblins can snag treat bags at the C-W Chamber of Commerce tent in Reflection Plaza, then haunt participating shops for candy galore.

🍭 Trick or Treat @ Downtown Ridgefield | 3PM - 5PM (FREE)
Come roam Pioneer Street to collect candy and compliments (of course your monster is the cutest one on the streets). Local shops and vendors will be handing both out.

🎃 Battle Ground Boo Bash @ Battle Ground Event Center | 3PM - 6PM (FREE)
The Battle Ground Boo Bash is back and ready to raise your spirits! Head to the Battle Ground Event Center and Fairgrounds Park for a frightfully fun, family-friendly Halloween celebration packed with games, treats, and spooky surprises. Kids can play their way through the Candy Carnival to win prizes, then wander through the Trunk-or-Treat lot where locals deck out their cars in spooky (and silly!) style.

🚗 Trunk or Treat @ Camas Meadows | 4PM - 6PM (FREE)
Get ready to par-tee at Camas Meadows’ Trunk or Treat! This free, family-friendly fright fest is a real hole-in-fun…just bring your candy bag and your best costume game.

🍫 Candy Crawl @ The Cedars Public House | 4PM - 7PM (FREE)
The Cedars Public House is brewing up a Candy Crawl, and it’s anything but boos-less! Stop in for sweet treats, snacks, hot cocoa, or a cocktail that’ll lift your spirits. Little ghouls under 14 who come in costume get a free hot chocolate and a goodie bag.

🛍️ Trick-or-Treating @ Vancouver Mall | 5PM - 8PM (FREE)
Look, we live in the PNW. We all need an indoor trick-or-treating option on Halloween. Head over to the Vancouver Mall, in costume, and trick-or-treat your way through the mall’s participating retailers.

🕸️ Halloween Bash @ The Neighborhood Refuge | 5PM - 10PM ($10)
The Neighborhood Refuge is haunting Ridgefield with a 21+ Halloween Bash! Come enjoy a DJ spinning wicked beats and a costume contest. Admission is $10 and includes a “blood bag” cocktail and raffle tickets…because tonight, the fun is to the last drop!

👗 Halloween Soiree @ Eras Vintage Marketplace | 6PM - 9PM ($20)
Eras Vintage Marketplace is throwing it back and turning it up at their Halloween Soirée! For $20, you’ll get two glasses of wine, devilishly good nibbles, and a chance to slay (literally) the costume contest.

💀 Halloween Monster Mash @ Vice Beer | 6PM (FREE)
Vice Beer is brewing up trouble! Creep into the haunted brewery for killer beats, wickedly good eats from El Viejon, and a tap list that’ll raise your spirits. Costume contests kick off at 10PM with prizes for Best Overall, Best 80s, Best 90s, and Best Couple — so come dressed to impress or distress. Ale yeah!

🕷️ The Order of the Spider @ Loowit Brewing | 6PM (FREE)
This Halloween, Loowit Brewing is spinning a web of wicked riffs and devilish delight! The taproom will transform into a lair of rock and revelry with live sets from Dwayne Spence & John Sandman (6–7:45 PM) and The Order of the Spider (8–10:45 PM). All ages welcome!

🍻 Brews & Boos @ Pour Choices Pub | 6:30PM - LATE (FREE)
Something’s brewing at 1919 Main St…and it’s not just the beer! The pub’s first annual Brews & Boos Halloween Bash is serving up spirited fun with spooky cocktails, a killer costume contest, free tarot readings, and dancing that’ll raise the dead (or at least your heart rate?!)

🎭 Pontypool @ Magenta Theatre | 7:30PM ($15)
For one night only, Magenta Theater presents Pontypool by Tony Burgess, a cult horror story where words themselves turn deadly. Directed by Luke Dowell, this staged reading features eerie effects, flashing lights, and just enough blood.

🧙 Halloween Party @ Cascade Bar & Grill | 8PM ($10)
Lip Bomb’s 4th Annual Halloween Bash is back at Cascade Bar & Grill with 80s & 90s rock bangers, free light-up duckies (because why not?!), Halloween giveaways, and a costume contest with killer prizes.

🏠 Marshall House Tour @ Officer’s Row | 10AM (FREE)
Step inside the Marshall House, where Queen Anne elegance meets military history. Once home to General George C. Marshall, this turreted treasure features stained glass, intricate woodwork, and a peek into the past with period furnishings and a recreated study. Walk-in tours available Wed–Fri, 10–2, and select Saturdays, 11–3.

👻 Spirit Tales of The Vancouver Barracks @ The Grant House | 7PM ($15)
Ready to get ghosted (historically speaking)? Join local historian Jefferson Davis (no, not that one) for the Spirit Tales Walking Tour through the eerie corners of the Vancouver Barracks. It’s boo-gie time!

🎥 Cinema of Horrors @ Clark County Event Center | 7PM ($70)
Buckle up, scream queens and kings! The Cinema of Horrors Drive-In returns to the Clark County Event Center tonight, with 18 terrifying (and a few family-friendly) films. There will be monsters, twists, immersive lighting, and Hollywood-level makeup. We hope you have a fang-tastic time!

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1st

🐝 Mason Bee Cocoon Cleaning Class @ Fourth Plain Community Commons | 9:30AM (FREE)
Get ready to bee amazed! Join the Vancouver Bee Project to learn all about our favorite pollinators. Then, roll up your sleeves and clean your own mason bee houses! No RSVP needed…just buzz on by!

🎨 Clark County Open Studios Tour @ Various Locations | 10AM - 5PM (FREE)
Okay, so, trick-or-treating for art lovers? The Clark County Open Studios Tour is your all-access pass to peek behind the canvas. Wander from studio to studio (check out the full list of participating studios here) to meet local artists, see creativity in action, and maybe even take home a masterpiece (or two).

🍵 Tea Blending Workshop @ Vampire Unicorns | 11AM ($35)
Brew-ha-ha! Steep, sip, and conjure your own magical blends as you mix herbs, flowers, and spices into potions that soothe, sparkle, or spellbind. Take home your bewitching brews and impress your friends with a cup that’s truly steeped in personality!

🧀 Charcuterie Board Workshop @ Kindred | 2PM ($55 - $85)
Carve out some time for yourself in this charcuterie board workshop hosted at our very own Kindred. Transform a sustainably sourced Oregon Black Walnut slab into a snack-ready masterpiece with guidance from local woodworker Abby Ruston. All tools, supplies, and finishing oil are included, so come ready to chip away at some serious fun!

📚 Adult LGBTQ Book Club @ Dandelion Teahouse | 4PM (FREE)
Join members of the LGBTQ community and allies for a tea-riffic book club sponsored by the Fort Vancouver Regional Library. This month’s book selection is the “Tensorate Series” so read up and get ready to sip sip hooray!

🎭 Haunted House @ Washougal High School | 6:30PM ($6)
Welcome to Forgotten…the ghost town that definitely didn’t get the memo about being deserted. Created and staffed entirely by the talented (and slightly twisted?!) WHS Drama students…and what could be spookier than high school?

🎶 Rhapsody in Blue @ Skyview Concert Hall | 7PM ($15 - $63)
Tune in for a symphonic evening at Skyview Concert Hall in Salmon Creek…prefer to skip the travel and just B-flat at home? Grab a virtual-only ticket and let the music come to you!

🩸🏁 Felida Cars and Coffee @ Creed Coffee Company | 8AM - 10AM (FREE)
Start your engines and your caffeine buzz at this classy cars + coffee combo! Bonus: if you attend, you get 10% off your coffee order. Wins all around!

🛒 Vancouver Farmers Market @ Esther Short Park | 9AM - 3PM (FREE)
Your weekly reminder that vegetables can be aesthetic and bread is always the answer. Stock up, stroll around, and try not to spend all your money on honey and hot sauce. But, if you do, at least you’re spending local?!

👻 Spirit Tales of The Vancouver Barracks @ The Grant House | 7PM ($15)
Ready to get ghosted (historically speaking)? Join local historian Jefferson Davis (no, not that one) for the Spirit Tales Walking Tour through the eerie corners of the Vancouver Barracks. It’s boo-gie time!

🎥 Cinema of Horrors @ Clark County Event Center | 7PM ($70)
Buckle up, scream queens and kings! The Cinema of Horrors Drive-In returns to the Clark County Event Center tonight, with 18 terrifying (and a few family-friendly) films. There will be monsters, twists, immersive lighting, and Hollywood-level makeup. We hope you have a fang-tastic time!