Travel writer recounts paddling Columbia River Astoria School of Ballet presents public
Charlotte Austin to share stories, photos at Nature Matters
ASTORIA — Their plan was
simple: Follow the river to the
ocean.
Beginning at Beacon Rock,
they paddled through the stun-
ning Columbia River Gorge, past
the Portland/Vancouver metro
area, along and through several
national wildlife refuges to their
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The next Nature Matters will
present an evening of stories and
photographs with travel writ-
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Thursday, May 21 at the Fort
George Lovell Showroom. This
event is free and open to the
public.
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friends and colleagues took an
incredible, seven-day kayak-
Nature Matters
7 p.m. Thursday, May 21
Fort George Lovell Showroom
426 14th St., Astoria
Free
ing journey along the Lower
Columbia River Water Trail, a
146-mile route stretching from
Bonneville Dam to the Pacif-
ic Ocean. While following the
paddle strokes of Lewis and
Clark, they saw eagles, salmon
and sea lions camped on unin-
habited islands, explored urban
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At the next Nature Matters, travel writer Charlotte Austin will talk about her seven-day
kayaking journey along the Lower Columbia River Water Trail.
waterways, weathered a few
storms, and met some delightful
strangers who are now friends.
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her adventure stories, share pho-
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Seattle, Washington. She did
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Writers & Writing Programs in
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Nature Matters, a lively con-
versation about the intersection
of nature and culture, takes
place on the third Thursday of
each month, October through
May. Nature Matters is hosted
by Lewis and Clark National
Historical Park in partnership
with the North Coast Watershed
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Brewery.
Fort George Lovell Show-
room is located at 426 14th St.
Doors will open at 6 p.m.
performance of ‘Cinderella’ May 15
See 41 student dancers bring this classic fairy tale to life
on the Liberty Theater’s stage
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Magwire Hammond of Portland Festival Ballet will dance the title role in “Cinderella.”
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of Ballet will offer a vibrant
presentation of Sergei Prokof-
iev’s “Cinderella,” based on the
7 p.m. Friday, May 15
Charles Perrault fairy tale, on
Friday, May 15 at the Liberty
Liberty Theater
Theater, located at 1203 Com-
1203
Commercial
St., Astoria
mercial St.
The ballet will feature guest
$10 adults, $5 children
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in the title role.
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will put on three shows for area
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In Their Footsteps talks cataclysms on the Columbia River
‘Cinderella’
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interest in the processes and
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Geologic cataclysms af- Clark Expedition members earlier.
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Clatsop announces the next In fecting the Columbia River drifted past a submerged forest
This talk weaves Capt.s the region. He pursued these
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clysms on the Columbia” pre- man timescales. In addition to H[SORUDWLRQ $W WKH GRZQ- eas into a narrative of modern ton and Master of Science and
sented by Jim O’Connor at 1 shooting through the narrows stream end of the gorge, they geologic thinking about land- Ph.D. degrees at the Univer-
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reography by director Margaret
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century score, “Cinderella” is
sure to delight.
Performances are made pos-
sible with support from the Clat-
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son’s Kidstuff, Wi-mahl Family
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Tickets cost $10 for adults
and $5 for children age 12 and
under. Tickets are available at the
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ticketswest.com
and landscapes, for the last 18
years with the U.S. Geological
Survey in Portland.
This monthly Sunday fo-
rum is sponsored by the Lewis
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ciation and the park. These
programs are held in the Netul
River Room of Fort Clatsop’s
visitor center and are free of
charge.
For more information, call
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