Events
WORTMAN PARK ART GALLERY
Located within the McMinnville Senior Center, the Wortman Park Art Gallery is a space created to showcase the work of local artists, to encourage local artists with recognition and community support, and to provide an aesthetically pleasing and artistic environment for Center users and the general public. Interested artists should contact Erin Guinn at the McMinnville Senior Center.
Ongoing
Mondays-Thursdays | 9a-4p
Feature Artists
May/Jun: Angela Manginelli
Jul/Aug: Elaine Rumford
Sep/Oct: Willamette Watercolor Group
KID'S NIGHT OUT
Our talented staff will keep your kids active and entertained at the Community Center. We will have games, activities, crafts and movies. Pizza and drinks will be provided. Pre-registration is required; discount for siblings.
Location: McMinnville Community Center
Ages: 5-10yrs
Date: Saturday, September 7
Time: 4:30p-8p
Fee: $18/$22 (non-resident)
BUNCO
Join us for an afternoon of fun playing an easy-to-learn dice game where you laugh and scream BUNCO! Prizes will be given out the 1st Wednesday of every month.
Location: McMinnville Senior Center
Ages: 21+
Date: Wednesdays (Ongoing)
Time: 2p-4p
Fee: FREE
TWEEN HANGOUT
Tweens, grades 3rd-5th, can come hang out, play games, and socialize. Each month will have a different activity.
Location: McMinnville Community Center
Ages: 3rd-5th grade
Date: Saturday September 14
Time: 1:30p-3p
Fee: $2 per person
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION
Celebrate and learn more about Juneteenth with the City of McMinnville! The City of McMinnville Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Committee will kick off the event with a reading of "The HIstorical Legacy of Juneteenth", then music from Vews and Vibes performance! Through a collaboration of of multi-instrumentalists, VEWS and the VIBES seamlessly bounces between genres and different energies to cultivate a one-of-a-kind experience. From getting people dancing, to supporting the community through creativity enriching events, these guys know how to bring the VIBES! This event will take place in conjunction with Make Music McMinnville and MacFresco!; some seating will be provided or you can bring your own.
Location: Bierly Brewing, 624 NE 3rd St
Date: Friday June 21
Time: 6:00-8:00p
Fee: FREE
GREATHOUSE OF MUSIC
Mark and Helena Greathouse, an international musical performing duo, present their one-hour performance, “You Do Speak English, Don’t You?”, a family friendly, lively cabaret style variety show. The show is basically a love story of how the two met in Europe, eventually married, and moved to
Mark’s native Oregon, where they live today. A Question and-Answer session follows the performance, with Helena sharing what her life was like growing behind the Iron Curtain and making it to the West. The show features Mark’s own songs, Czech folk songs, as well as several familiar songs and parts of instrumental numbers. The songs are all interspersed with short, humorous dialogues highlighting
challenges Helena and Mark have experienced in their lives as a Czech-American couple.
Location: McMinnville Senior Center
Ages: All ages
Date: Friday June 21
Time: 1:30p-2:30p
Fee: FREE
SPICE UP YOUR LIFE
Have you ever wanted to try a new recipe, but didn't want to buy a new ingredient, because you weren't sure you'd use it again? Now you can try it before you buy it! Kits will be available upstairs near the Library of Things. Kits will include a featured spice, recipe suggestions and other information as needed. Limted number of kits are available -based on first come, first served.
Location: McMinnville Library
Ages: Teens and Adults
Date: Sunday July 7, August 4 & September 1
Time: Library Hours
Fee: FREE
NICE TO MEAT YOU MEATLOAF LUNCH
We will serve you a generous slice of meatloaf with mashed potatoes and beef and mushroom gravy, roasted Parmesan-Garlic carrots and baked apple tarts with vanilla ice cream. Sign-up and pre-pay at the Friends' Kiosk by June 11th. Hosts: Friends of the McMinnville Senior Center.
Location: McMinnville Senior Center
Ages: 21+
Date: Tuesday June 25
Time: 12p-1p
Fee: $5
TACO TIME
If build your own Taco on National Dimple Day doesn't make you smile, then nothing will! A soft flour tortilla with chicken or beef, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, with mild, medium, and hot cha-cha salsa to choose from. Sides of taco seasoned tater tots and refried beans with churros for dessert. Sign-up and pre-pay at the Friends' Kiosk by July 3rd. Hosts: Friends of the McMinnville Senior Center.
Location: McMinnville Senior Center
Ages: 21+
Date: Tuesday July 9
Time: 12p-1p
Fee: $5
LIBRARY BOOK SALE
Purchase books, CDs and DVDs at a low price to support the Friends of the Library. Book donations are currently accepted on Tuesdays 12:30p-1:30p.
Location: McMinnville Library
Ages: All ages
Date: Saturday July 13 & September 14
Time: 12p-1p
Fee: $5
FREE ICE CREAM SOCIAL
It's a FREE Ice Cream Social on National Vanilla Ice Cream Day! You'll get a generous helping of high-quality vanilla ice cream and a plethora of different toppings to make your own delicious bowl of high fat and carbs! Popsicles and ice cream sandwiches will be available too...while supplies last! We'll have some pink lemonade and wafer cookies too! Open to all ages. Hosts: Friends of the McMinnville Senior Center.
Location: McMinnville Senior Center
Ages: All ages
Date: Tuesday July 23
Time: 1p-3p
Fee: FREE
BINGO BASH FUNDRAISER
Join us for lunch, stay for Bingo. Bingo is fun with cash prizes ranging from $5 to $100! There is a $20 buy-in which gets you 3 reusable hard cards (extra cards are $2 each while supplies last). We will play 25 games ending with a black-out for $100. Lunch will be between 11:30 and 12:30 for $5. Diner should sign-up and pre-pay at the Friends' Kiosk 2-days prior to event. For Bingo only, doors open at 12:30, games start at 1:00pm to 4:00pm and there will be a 50/50 Raffle! Hosts: Friends of the McMinnville Senior Center.
Location: McMinnville Senior Center
Ages: 21+
Date: Saturday July 20 & September 21
Time: Lunch 11:30a-12:30p Bingo 1p-4p
Fee: Lunch $5 Bingo $20
LET'S WING IT
Let's Wing It! We just missed National Chicken Wing Day! We will have a variety of sauced wings with sour cream on the side, macaroni salad, carrot salad and cheesy soft breadsticks. Dessert will be cake and ice cream. Sign-up and pre-pay at the Friend's Kiosk by July 25th. Hosts: Friends of the McMinnville Senior Center
Location: McMinnville Senior Center
Ages: 21+
Date: Tuesday July 30
Time: 12p-1p
Fee: $5
MISSOULA CHILDREN'S THEATRE PRESENTS ROBIN HOOD
Tickets can be purchased at the Community Center front desk after August 7th.
Location: McMinnville Community Center
Ages: All ages
Date: August 10
Time: 3p & 5:30p
Fee: TBD
