Journalist Bonnie Henderson talks Peninsula Arts Center celebrates blues
with guitar legend Terry Robb
‘6,000 Years on the Oregon Coast Trail’ month
Bassist Albert Reda to also perform at Feb. 20 concert
ASTORIA — The North Coast
Watershed Association and
Lewis and Clark National His-
torical Park invite the public
to attend this month’s Nature
Matters talk, “6,000 Years on
the Oregon Coast Trail” with
Bonnie Henderson, at 7 p.m.
Thursday Feb. 18 at the Fort
George Lovell Showroom.
Nature Matters is a free event
and open to the public.
Henderson will give a pre-
sentation on the history and
prehistory of the Oregon Coast
Trail, which she recently back-
packed on a solo trip.
The Oregon Coast Trail is
unique in the nation. A bor-
der-to-border shoreline trail
incorporating more than 200
miles of sandy beach linked
by footpaths over headlands
and boat shuttles across bay
mouths. It has an interesting
history conceived by a geog-
raphy professor in the 1950s,
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Bonnie Henderson will give a presentation on the history of the Oregon Coast Trail at the
next Nature Matters talk on Feb. 18.
and it owes its existence to key
decisions made in the previous
half-century about who should
own Oregon’s beaches and
scenic bluffs.
But humans have been
walking on the Oregon Coast
Trail — or something like it
— much longer than that. How
long? It turns out that scientif-
ic consensus on that question
has changed radically in just
the past few years, thanks to
ground-breaking research in
archaeology and paleogeolo-
gy.
Henderson’s new edition
of her guidebook “Day Hik-
ing: Oregon Coast” includes a
complete guide to a long-dis-
tance trek on this world-class
trail. She is the author of four
books, including “The Next
Tsunami: Living on a Restless
Coast,” “Strand: An Odyssey
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“Best Hikes with Kids: Ore-
gon,” now in its third edition.
Her varied journalism career
has included newspaper and
magazine writing and editing.
Today she is primarily focused
on exploring the intersection
of the natural world and the
human experience close to
home. She lives in Eugene.
Nature Matters is a lively
conversation about the inter-
section of nature and culture
and takes place on the third
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Bonnie Henderson is the author of “Day
Hiking: Oregon Coast,” a guidebook to hik-
ing the Oregon Coast Trail.
Nature Matters
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18
Fort George Lovell Showroom
426 14th St., Astoria
Free
Thursday of each month, Oc-
tober through May. Lewis
and Clark National Historical
Park, the North Coast Wa-
tershed Association and Fort
George are the hosts for the
lecture series.
Fort George Lovell Show-
room is located at 426 14th
St. For more information, call
503-468-0408, or visit www.
clatsopwatersheds.org
LONG BEACH, Wash. — The
Peninsula Arts Center wel-
comes blues guitarist Terry
Robb and blues bassist and
vocalist Albert Reda at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 20. Doors open
at 6:30 p.m.
Robb has long been con-
sidered one of the top acoustic
blues guitarists. His dynamic
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amazed audiences worldwide.
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to swing and free jazz, Robb’s
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style, rock, bluegrass, Latin,
hymns and spirituals.
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Music Hall of Fame and Cas-
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of Fame, Robb is an icon of
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scene. In 2011, having won the
Muddy Award for best acous-
tic guitar an unprecedented 19
consecutive years, the Cascade
Blues Association honored
Robb with a namesake award:
the Terry Robb Acoustic Gui-
tar Muddy Award, bestowed
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annually.
In June of last year, Guitar
World magazine named Robb
one of eight acoustic blues
masters, along with Stevie
Ray Vaughn, Eric Clapton,
Jimi Hendrix, Rory Block,
Tommy Emmanuel, Buddy
Guy and Muddy Waters.
Albert Reda has frequent-
ly been named “Best Bassist”
by the Cascade Blues Asso-
ciation, and is an outstanding
vocalist as well.
In the ’70s and early ’80s,
Reda performed in the San
Francisco Bay area in the punk
band Mutants, oldies act Crui-
sin’, and R&B band MVP. In
1988, he moved to Portland, and
for the past 25 years Reda has
played with Northwest blues
artists such as Lloyd Jones,
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Albert Reda will perform with Terry Robb at the Peninsula Arts Center on Feb. 20.
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Terry Robb will perform at the Peninsula Arts Center Saturday, Feb. 20.
Duffy Bishop, Robbie Laws and
many others. He has received
11 Muddy Awards from the
Cascade Blues Association and
has been inducted into its hall
of fame. In 2002, Reda released
his own album, “Complicated
Life,” to great reviews in The
Oregonian and the CBA Blues
Notes. He’ll be releasing a new
CD of original songs in 2016.
Today, he splits his creative
efforts between performing, re-
cording and teaching.
The Peninsula Arts Center
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Ave. Admission is $12 at the
door, online through Brown
Paper Tickets; or call 360-901-
0962.
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