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Steamboats, Blues and Geology on North Oregon Coast |
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Covering 180 miles of Oregon coast travel: Astoria, Seaside, Cannon Beach, Manzanita, Nehalem, Wheeler, Rockaway, Garibaldi, Tillamook, Oceanside, Pacific City, Lincoln City, Depoe Bay, Newport, Waldport, Yachats & Florence.
06/24/08
Secrets of the Season |
Steamboats, Blues and Geology on North Oregon Coast
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(Cannon Beach, Oregon) - The north Oregon coast will achieve a kind of intellectual nirvana throughout July, with special events that spotlight the steamboats of the region, lectures on wildlife rehabilitation, local geology, local tribes, as well as some event that feature blues and sake tasting.
The month of interesting fun begins at the Cannon Beach History Center in Cannon Beach, makes its rounds to Dragonfire Gallery and Inspired! Café, and includes a series of nature and natural history programs at the Coastal Natural History Center in Seaside
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| Inside the Coastal Natural History Center |
David Pearson, Curator of the Columbia River Maritime Museum, will speak on steamboats of the Columbia River at the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum Wednesday, July 9th, at 7:30 p.m. This presentation, entitled "When the River was the Road" is free to the public. The Cannon Beach History Center is located at the corner of Spruce and Sunset in Cannon Beach. For more information, call (503) 436-9301.
The ominous intellectual fun starts on Saturday, July 12, at Seaside’s Coastal Natural History Center. That day, geologist Tom Horning presents "Tsunamis and the Local Landscape," from 1 - 3 p.m. After the talk, Horning will lead a walk out to the estuary to observe evidence of past tsunamis. Horning was a teen in Seaside during the tsunami that hit that town in 1964, bringing firsthand knowledge to this engaging subject.
On Saturday, July 26, Sharnelle Fee, who directs the Wildlife Rehab Center of the North Coast, speaks on "Wildlife Rehabilitation." 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. She will bring along pelicans, northern spotted owls and other birds undergoing rehabilitation at the center. Children are welcome, but must be accompanied by an adult.
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| Attend one of these interesting programs in Seaside and you may discover the vast distance the rivermouth in Seaside has traveled in 300 years. |
On Saturday, August 2, Neal Maine, director of the North Coast Land Conservancy, along with geologist Tom Horning, will discuss "The Clatsop Plains and the Neacoxie Wildlife Corridor." This talk explores, in words and pictures, the human and natural history of this ecologically important area, from the creek’s mouth in the Necanicum estuary north to the Skipanon peninsula. The talk takes place 10 a.m. to noon at the Coastal Natural History Center. All CNHC events are free. 2674 Hwy. 101 N. Seaside, Oregon. (503) 738-5618.
For a dose of Ionian pleasures with a Japanese and Oregon slant, July 26 brings another installment of the Summer Sake’ Tasting and Blues series to the Inspirations! Café, located inside Cannon Beach’s DragonFire Gallery. Various creative incarnations of the drink are featured along with live blues acts to be announced. All sakes are brewed in Oregon, and all fruit is grown here. 2 to 5 p.m. Corner of 1st and Hemlock in Cannon Beach. 503-436-1533 www.DragonFireStudio.com.
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| Rod Whaley performs blues at the Cannon Beach History Center on July 26 |
Also that day and in Cannon Beach, singer-songwriter Rod Whaley will be playing at the Cannon Beach History Center from 7:30-9:30 p.m., as part of the Acoustic Folk! Music Series. Tickets can be purchased at the door: $5 for adults, $2 for kids. Gourmet coffee will be served.
Whaley was born in Detroit, Michigan and lived over ten years of his life in Seattle. He has been an Oregon coast resident since 1990. The first guitar he ever picked up was a lap steel guitar. “I grew up in a non-musical family,” he explains. “So it was hard to convince my parents that playing music would become such a passion.” But a passion it is. Whaley, who plays “acoustic roots,” gives credit to his guitar heroes Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Page, Justin Hayward, Dan Crary, Dickey Betts and Tony Rice. Aside from roots and blues music, Rod enjoys playing folk and swing.
Whaley’s first commercial recording was in 1984, when he recorded a piano solo for the first double record put out by Victory Music. He has also performed with many different players over the past 10 years at the annual Tierra Del Mar Music and Arts Fair, and performed weekly with bassist Gene Wynn at the Snug Harbor Bar and Grill in Taft from 2000-2002. He performed solo at the San Dune Tavern in Manzanita from 2003-2005, and has produced two CDs of original music with Jack Straw of Portland, and Kenny Blackwell and Dorian Michael of California.
The Cannon Beach History Center & Museum is located at the corner of Spruce and Sunset in Cannon Beach. For information, call (503) 436-9301.
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