It's Thursday, July 22, Hammock Day. Today's birthday: TV's longtime 'Jeopardy' host Alex Trebek (1940-2020). Today in 1922, a long-running dispute about the use of a parking circle at 39th Avenue and Glisan Street in the Laurelhurst neighborhood neared a settlement. City officials were expected to acquire the circle for a city park. Thursday's weather should be partly sunny, with a north breeze and a high around 80.

• Hear a happy hour performance by Ben Rice at Polka Dot Downtown, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., outside Turner Construction, Southwest 12th Avenue and Washington Street. www.thesquarepdx.org/event/ben-rice/

• Hear author Patrick Wyman ("The Verge") talk online with author and podcast host Mike Duncan ("The Storm Before the Storm") in Powell's City of Books' author conversations, 5 p.m. zoom.us/webinar/register/9616219652060/WN_gbb9k9rgR1mSIvcyZKcmgQ

• Party with neighbors at Happy Valley's Summer Concerts in the Valley, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Happy Valley City Park, 13770 S.E. Ridgecrest Road. clackamasartsalliance.org/event/happy-valleys-summer-concerts-in-the-valley/2021-07-22/