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Welcome to AVA’s monthly calendar of events. Take a peek and plan your stay-cation or your next visit to our region. The city’s most notable annual events include historic home tours, outdoor summer concerts and movies under the stars, and the Northwest Art and Air Festival.
*Note for event organizers: If you’d like to have your event listed on the AVA calendar, head over to our contact page and submit your event to us.
Friday All Skate
7pm-9pm
$10
* WAIVER NOTICE * – All occupants are highly encouraged to complete an individual online waiver before arriving to avoid potential delays of entry.
Management reserves the right to refuse entry for any reason.
** Know Before You Roll **
* Online Sales , Valid Waiver (15 min early entry)
* Traditional quad skates included, Inline skates $5.00 additional
* Walking Assist Skate Mates (Sundays Only)
Late Skate
9:30 pm – 11pm
$10
* WAIVER NOTICE * – All occupants are highly encouraged to complete an individual online waiver before arriving to avoid potential delays of entry.
Management reserves the right to refuse entry for any reason.
** Know Before You Roll **
* Online Sales , Valid Waiver (15 min early entry)
* Traditional quad skates included, Inline skates $5.00 additional
* Walking Assist Skate Mates (Sundays Only)
The Sick Town Derby Dames Roller Derby Club are collecting cans to raise funds.
Canuary is one of their BottleDrop fundraisers and they want your bottles and cans! It’s pretty simple. You donate your eligible containers. They add them to their non-profit BottleDrop account. You get rid of clutter. They get to keep rolling! Save the date. Save your cans.
Adult Skate
2nd and the 4th Wednesday of the Month
7pm-9pm
$10
All guests must be 18yrs and older to participate. ID verification required at the door before entry.
– Song Request Permitted –
* WAIVER NOTICE * – All occupants are highly encouraged to complete an individual online waiver before arriving to avoid potential delays of entry.
Management reserves the right to refuse entry for any reason.
** Know Before You Roll **
* Online Sales , Valid Waiver (15 min early entry)
* Traditional quad skates included, Inline skates $5.00 additional
* Walking Assist Skate Mates (Sundays Only)
Pop Music Skate
7pm-9pm
$10
* WAIVER NOTICE * – All occupants are highly encouraged to complete an individual online waiver before arriving to avoid potential delays of entry.
Management reserves the right to refuse entry for any reason.
** Know Before You Roll **
* Online Sales , Valid Waiver (15 min early entry)
* Traditional quad skates included, Inline skates $5.00 additional
* Walking Assist Skate Mates (Sundays Only)
The Sick Town Derby Dames Roller Derby Club are collecting cans to raise funds.
Canuary is one of their BottleDrop fundraisers and they want your bottles and cans! It’s pretty simple. You donate your eligible containers. They add them to their non-profit BottleDrop account. You get rid of clutter. They get to keep rolling! Save the date. Save your cans.
Hell On Hooves Roughstock Rodeo!
February 3rd, 2024 at the Linn County Fairgrounds.
Get tickets here: ticketscandy.com
Or visit one of their ticket outlets to save yourself $5!
Sportsman’s Warehouse in Albany
Double H Western Wear in Salem
The Tack Box in Corvallis
Wilco stores in Salem, Springfield, Stayton, Lebanon and Corvallis
Doors open at 5:30pm and the action starts at 7:00pm.
Kids 5 and Under are free courtesy of Douglas M. Johnson DMD.
Saddle Bronc Riding, Bull Riding, Barrel Racing and Mutton Bustin
Food, Beverage, and Beer vendors onsite.
Adult Skate
2nd and the 4th Wednesday of the Month
7pm-9pm
$10
All guests must be 18yrs and older to participate. ID verification required at the door before entry.
– Song Request Permitted –
* WAIVER NOTICE * – All occupants are highly encouraged to complete an individual online waiver before arriving to avoid potential delays of entry.
Management reserves the right to refuse entry for any reason.
** Know Before You Roll **
* Online Sales , Valid Waiver (15 min early entry)
* Traditional quad skates included, Inline skates $5.00 additional
* Walking Assist Skate Mates (Sundays Only)
Documentary viewing at Philomath High School.
Admission is free, but a canned food donation for the Philomath Food Bank is encouraged and appreciated.
IN 1866, SIX ALL-BLACK CAVALRY AND INFANTRY REGIMENTS WERE CREATED AFTER CONGRESS PASSED THE ARMY ORGANIZATION ACT. THEY CAME TO BE KNOWN AS BUFFALO SOLDIERS.
Established by Congress in 1867, Many African American men enlisted in exchange for full citizenship as promised by the 14th Amendment, but were denied this right by the Jim Crow laws established in the Reconstructionist South. In spite of that, these patriotic men helped lead the United States expansion westward; they built and guarded the Pacific Railroad and served as park rangers in places like Yosemite before the U.S. government established the National Park Service.
These African American soldiers fought bravely in the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine-American War, the Mexican Punitive Expedition, World War I & World War II, but the Buffalo Soldiers also participated in the subjugation of Native peoples as the United States appropriated tribal land, the persecution of striking silver miners in Idaho, and against Filipinos fighting for independence during the Spanish-American War, resulting in a complicated legacy.
It is particularly relevant today as our country is roiling with the agony of racial strife. By combining a multitude of diverse perspectives, the film examines the profound and often-contradictory roles played in American history by The Buffalo Soldiers, and how they fought on two very different sets of front lines: military conflicts abroad and civil rights struggles at home.
