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COASTAL LIFE
V-Day cheat sheet
Haven’t made plans for Valentine’s Day? Check out this local run-down
THE ARTS
Share your inner Beat
Tolovana Arts Colony hosts a Beat poetry workshop this weekend
FEATURE
A flood of stout
Fort George Brewery campus hosts its third annual Festival of Dark Arts
DINING
Try fondue
This easy Valentine’s Day dessert will definitely impress your sweetie
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Peninsula Arts Center hosts Elizabeth Nicholson, Bob Soper
LONG BEACH, Wash. — The
Peninsula Arts Center will
host Elizabeth Nicholson and
Bob Soper for a special Val-
entine’s Day concert at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 14. Doors open
at 6:30 p.m.
Nicholson, a harpist and
singer, is at the vanguard of a
new generation of Celtic mu-
sicians. Considered among
the top American interpreters
of traditional Irish music for
harp, she has stretched the
traditional boundaries of the
instrument into rock music
and country blues. Her stud-
ies have also included classi-
cal, Paraguayan and medieval
harp.
Her most recent CD of
traditional and original mu-
sic, “Sink or Swim” (Water-
bug Records) was released to
widespread critical praise and
international airplay, including
a spot on Fiona Richie’s “This-
tlepod,” which highlights out-
standing new Celtic releases.
Soper is counted among
Portland’s versatile multi-in-
strumentalists. A rock and
jazz drummer from a young
age who also studied classical
Indian music at the Ali Akbar
College in California, he went
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ultimately becoming one the
Northwest’s most sought-after
players.
Also an accomplished
banjo, guitar and bouzouki
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Elizabeth Nicholson and Bob Soper will play a special Valentine’s Day concert at the Pen-
insula Arts Center.
player — and a singer of both
Irish and American traditional
styles — he’s been a member
of some of the region’s most
beloved and successful ensem-
bles, including the Irish bands
Cul an Ti and Grafton Street,
as well as the old-time/coun-
try-blues group The Pagan Jug
Band.
The Peninsula Arts Center
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N. Wine, beer, and other re-
freshments are available for
purchase.
Tickets are $12 at the door.
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Beach Peninsula Acoustic
Music Association, a 501(c)3
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tion.
Celtic harp and
fiddle concert
7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14
Peninsula Arts Center
504 Pacific Ave. N., Long Beach, Wash.
$12
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