Come Celebrate with Beth Willis & Todd Chatalas!

 

Come celebrate the Anniversary of Cannon Beach’s name with Portland favorite Beth Willis Rock Duo. Soul-blues diva Beth Willis will serenade listeners accompanied by guitarist Todd Chatalas at the Cannon Beach History Center on Friday May 25th at 7:30 p.m. We will open the doors at 7 p.m.

We are excited to celebrate the anniversary of Cannon Beach being given its present-day name in 1922. Rock Duo Beth Willis and Todd Chatalas will perform both rock, acoustic and blues music. Willis, who has played in Cannon Beach before, is a local favorite who is well known for her smoky voice and an amazing stage presence.

Portlandblues.com writes of Willis, “[hearing her] was like going back in time to 1992 and hearing Sheryl Crow for the first time. Just one girl (as near to an angel as you can get) and a guitar.”

 

Willis will also be celebrating her recent Portland Music Award for Best Female Artist. The Oregonian says, “Willis’ full, expressive voice brings her sharp songwriting to life, blending Americana, rock, and western influences…” Willis is a soulful performer that takes listeners on a journey back in time, when music was pristine. Willis has gone from playing on the sidewalks of downtown Portland to being an in-demand musician playing from Las Vegas, to the Aladdin Theater in Portland, and even to Seattle.

 

Don’t miss this opportunity to see Willis at Chatalas in a unique intimate setting.

Check her out on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp_WjXH3AQE&feature=related

The Cannon Beach History Center is located at the corner of Spruce and Sunset in Cannon Beach. For information, call (503) 436-9301.

Doors will open at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $7 Adults/ $2 Children

Lodging for this event was provided by the Cannon Beach Hotel http://www.cannonbeachhotel.com/

The cost of tickets to this concert will help fund programs such as the Acoustic Folk & Lecture Series, exhibits, and field trip programs.

Coast Community Radio’s own Joanne Rideout

Coast Community Radio’s own Joanne Rideout to make a rare appearance at the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum on Wednesday May 9th at 7 p.m. Rideout will be sharing photos and stories from time spent at sea aboard a bulk carrier in 2010.

Prior to moving to the coast Rideout lived in the desert of Southwest on Navajo and Hopi Reservations. She worked as an editor of the Hopi Tribe’s local newspaper, she also covered news for the Associated Press. Rideout also spent time as a freelance journalist contributing to many national publications, such as the Environmental Magazine, Family Circle, and Oxygen Magazine.

This is a FREE lecture and open to the public.

Lecture begins at 7 p.m. May 9th.

Earth Day Celebration with Author & Environmentalist Tara Rae Miner

 

 

The Cannon Beach History Center & Museum is excited to announce that author Tara Rae Miner has agreed to appear at the museum on April 22nd to celebrate Earth Day with us. Miner grew up in a small logging town here in the Pacific Northwest. She received her Masters degree in science from the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Montana. Miner is an accredited author and editor. Work she edited at Orion Magazine received the Pushcart Prize. She has appeared on environmental and journalism panels, and acted as a judge for the annual Reed Environmental Writing Award. Miner has also written as a freelance journalist for many national publications. Her concern about our impact on the planet and for her daughter’s healthy inspired her to write her latest book Your Green Abode.

 

Miner will inform attendees of different ways of creating a more sustainable home and lifestyle.

This is a FREE event and open to the public.

 

Refreshments will be available.

 

Lodging has been provided by the Surfsand Resort .

 

Evolution Revolution Lecture by Portland State Professor

The Cannon Beach History Center & Museum is honored to have Portland State University alum and adjunct professor, Dr. Cameron M. Smith at the give a lecture on his new book The Fact of Evolution. Smith’s interest in evolution began in the late 80′s, while studying with Harvard University’s archaeology field school program at the Leakey research station in Northern Kenya. Dr. Smith has a Ph.D in Archaeology from Canada’s Simon Fraser University and is a respected scholar, who has published his scientific works in journals, such as the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Dr. Smith has also been published in popular magazines such as Scientific American MIND, Archaeology Magazine, South American Explorer, Spaceflight, Skeptical Inquirer, The Next Step, and The Bulletin of Primitive Technology.

Lecture is FREE and open to the public.

World Famous Jazz Guitarist & Acclaimed Violinist Appear at C.B.H.C.M.

Tuesday April 3rd at 7:00 p.m.

World renown jazz guitarist John Stowell will return to the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum with acclaimed violinist Paul Patterson. Stowell and Patterson have both traveled the world performing for many years, first meeting and playing together in the 80′s. John Stowell was the first American Jazz performer to appear in Russia after the fall of the Iron Curtain and he continued to sell out performances there for two decades after.

Paul Patterson plays violin in the Cincinnati Symphony, Pops Orchestras, and has been a featured soloist on a number of instruments including the bouzouki and the mandolin, among others. When not busy playing professionally Patterson keeps himself busy playing at jazz clubs throughout his hometown of Cincinnati.

If you missed Stowell’s January performance, here is another opportunity to see this amazing musician in action!

 

Tickets are $7 Adults and $2 Children

All proceeds will help fund upcoming events including future concert series, lectures, exhibit, and field trips.

Robert Richter Live in Concert

The Cannon Beach History Center & Museum is proud to present Robert Richter on Saturday March 31st.  Richter is a well known singer and songwriter that enjoys story telling.  Richter will be performing with a guitar and a slide guitar in honor of Woody Guthrie.  Guthrie would have been 100 in 2012 and Richter would like to celebrate with concert goers.  Richter will bring a blend of different genres, from Celtic music to rock and blues.

 

“Robert Richter is a charismatic entertainer that gives his all every time he performs and is a stellar musician.”  Morry Feldman, WQED-FM Pittsburgh, PA.

The concert will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $7 Adults and $2 Children, all proceeds help to support acoustic events, lectures, exhibits, and field trip programs at the History Center.

Robert Lewis Knecht Speaking Event

Robert Lewis Knecht owner of the Cannon Beach Treasure Company and contributor to the Cannon Beach Gazette will be giving a lecture on treasure discovery.  His first expedition was in 1988 as a medic and photojournalist for the Ocean Research Center of the Arctic Project.  In the years after this expedition Robert has made over 900 dives and filmed numerous treasure expeditions, above and below the water.  He has worked the all over the world as an adventure filmmaker and as a treasure hunter.  As an award winning cameraman and producer, Robert’s work has appeared on many national and UK T.V. programs such as PBS, The Discovery Channel, and The History Channel.  Robert has spent some time in front of the camera as well appearing on History Channel’s Pawn Stars and several other programs.

Lauren Sheehan in Concert!

Back by popular demand!  Nationally acclaimed folk artist and blues musician Lauren Sheehan returns to the History Center with special guest Bill Uhlig.  Sheehan will be celebrating her recent addition to the Library of Congress’s American FolkLife Collection.

Lauren Sheehan is a well known Pacific Northwest vocal performer, famous for her shape shifting ability to cover anything from Memphis Blues to Old Country and Folk with an authentic flair.  She has toured throughout the United States, as well as through Ireland and has released several successful albums.  Sheehan is not only an acclaimed vocalist but is an aficionado with the guitar, banjo, and fiddle.

“She is a true entertainer, weaving the stories and history of the music into her performance and connecting with her audience on a personal level.” (Gray Eubank, Director, Portland Christmas Revels).

For More Information Visit her Website: www.laurensheehanmusic.com

Fisher Poet and Environmentalist Dave Densmore Appearing in Cannon Beach

Fisher Poet and Environmentalist Dave Densmore Appearing in Cannon Beach

Famed poet and fisherman, David Densmore will be reading poems and stories from his new book on January 28th at the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum in Cannon Beach.

Dave Densmore has appeared in the New York Times and Smithsonian Magazine, he was one of the subjects of a documentary called ‘Fisher Poets’, and has published several books of his writings. He is well known as an artist and fisherman on the coast of Oregon and in Alaska. He has appeared at events for the Bioneers, the ‘Columbia River Keepers’ events, and at New Bedford’s ‘Working Waterfront Festival’. He can often be found at schools speaking to children. When not fishing in Alaska, or writing in Oregon, he spends his free time in Belize and Guatemala.

Dave Densmore is more than a fisherman and more than a poet, he is a staunch protector of nature and mother earth. His recent works are often more about the paint inflicted on Mother Earth by his fellow man than the contents of his fishing net, but the seas and the fishing life are his first love.

Hear Dave Densmore read his works and answer questions on January 28th at 6:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public, it will be held at the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum, which is located at 1387 S. Spruce at the corner of Sunset & Spruce. Coffee and tea will be served.

Dave Densmore Reading
Live at the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum
Corner of Sunset & Spruce
cbhistory.org / 503-436-9301
Jan. 28 @ 6:30pm
FREE
Coffee and tea provided

Calendar of Events 2012

Here is a PDF of our upcoming events, feel free to print it off and post it up, so you will always know what is happening at the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum.

PDF: 2012 events