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AUGUST 25, 2016 // 5 Hike from the Necanicum to Tillamook Head Register for free, inal On the Land outing Aug. 26 SUBMITTED PHOTO Alexa Wiley & the Wilderness will perform at 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28 at the Fort George Brewery in Astoria. notforsale Sense of place informs poetic songs of Alexa Wiley ASTORIA — Oregon Music News has described the sound of Alexa Wiley & the Wilderness as “wild meta- phorical music that rocks.” Hear the Portland-based band perform at 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28 at the Fort George Brewery. The show is free and open to all ages. The brewery is located at 1483 Duane St. Wiley is the singer-song- writer who nourishes the band’s blend of meaningful lyrics surrounded by the ful- ly realized Americana-rock of guitarist Bret Malmquist, musician Steve Dearborn, drummer Sean Oldham and bassist and Dale Turnbull. The group’s recent epon- ymous album, “Alexa Wiley & the Wilderness,” features songs like the folk-psych “Oregon Rain,” spin-dance “Water,” groovy “Must be Birds” and rock-poetry “Home.” The genres ex- plored will satisfy aiciona- dos and funabees alike who enjoy musical exploration. Wiley has lived in Portland since she was 6 years old, and her music is inspired by the Paciic Northwest’s sense of place. Her irst major foray into place-based artistic col- laboration was the co-pro- duced Salmon Nation Artist Project. As a lover of the outdoors and the Columbia River, Wiley often donates per- formances for local out- door organizations such as Outdoor School For All and Columbia Riverkeeper. Her anti-LNG song is featured in “Columbia Crossings: Ore- gon Faces America’s Energy Future,” a documentary of the long grassroots push in Oregon against proposed liq- ueied natural gas terminals. Through her friendly collaboration with Astoria isherman and poet Dave Densmore, Wiley teams her melodies with Densmore’s rough and real poetry to capture moments of tran- scendent relevance in a show they call “For the Love of Fish.” The duo’s blend of artistic virtues form a com- plementary lyrical dialogue addressing the dificult en- vironmental choices facing the contemporary Northwest community. Wiley and Densmore have performed together at Astoria’s annual FisherPoets Gathering for several years. SEASIDE — Join North Coast Land Conservancy Executive Director Katie Voelke and naturalist Mike Patterson for an exploration of the forests in the Necani- cum River loodplain forest and lower reaches of Tilla- mook Head in their many stages: newly planted, dead and decaying, and every- thing in between. This is the inal event in NCLC’s On the Land series of guided summer excur- sions. It will be held 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Aug. 26. Hikers will begin at Circle Creek, one of NCLC’s largest habitat reserves and also one of the most dynamic. From there, participants will venture up Tillamook Head and into 340-acre Boneyard Ridge, NCLC’s newest con- SUBMITTED PHOTO Biologist Mike Patterson will co-lead the hike. servation property. The excursion will take about two hours, and par- ticipants will hike between 2.5 and 3 miles. The walk will be on mown grass path, dirt or gravel trail, wooden boardwalk, and overgrown forest road and will include crossing narrow footbridges over creeks. Expect some elevation gain. There are no toilets on site, and no dogs or pets are allowed. Hikers should bring water and snacks. Wear sturdy SUBMITTED PHOTO NCLC Executive Director Katie Voelke will co-lead the hike. shoes and dress for the day’s weather. Binoculars are a good idea for spotting birds and wildlife. Circle Creek Habitat Reserve is located at the end of Rippet Road. There is no registration limit for this free outing. However, registration is re- quired; sign up at nclctrust. org or eventbrite.com Voelke grew up in Sacra- Bart Budwig, Mike Midlo play Sou’Wester Lodge SEAVIEW, Wash. — The Sou’Wester Lodge will host musicians Bart Bud- wig, of Enterprise, and Mike Midlo, of Portland, for a performance at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27. The show is open to the public, and there is no cov- er charge. The Sou’Wester Lodge is located at 3728 J Place. For more informa- tion, call 360-642-2542. Budwig grew up on the Idaho Palouse, with a pawn shop trumpet and a heart as big as a skyscraper — if skyscrapers knew how to be humble. He learned melody from classic jazz charts and learned that fault-lines in big hearts create drifting continents, cut new oceans and forge new mountains. Everyone close to him disappeared, whether to death or Texas, and from Texas he got a letter from Waylon Jen- nings entreating him to pick up a guitar and a pen. Budwig doesn’t write the big songs. He writes the songs about the places between the hills, in the draws and hidden canyons, where truth is a little more in focus, stories can take their time gettin’ told, heartbreak is a place of deep reflection, and mel- odies don’t have to wear rhinestone suits or drive new, shiny cars to be beau- tiful. He’s also not afraid of working out of the spot- light. Budwig engineered not only his own 2012 full- length “Whiskey Girl,” but also albums and tours with Radiation City, Holiday Friends, Girlfriends, Misé, mento and earned a bach- elor’s degree in biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She worked as a ield biologist for the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife before joining NCLC as its irst steward- ship director in 2005; three years later she became its second executive director. She and her husband, Scott Kirby, are expecting their third child this fall. They live in Cannon Beach. Patterson is a biologist, educator and professional counter of things — birds, butterlies, lowers. “The goal is to take these dispa- rate bits of data, stitch them together, and ind some portion of the ecological whole,” he writes. Patterson lives in Astoria and blogs about birds and more at surf- birds.com/community-blogs/ northcoastdiaries Professional North Coast Women Artists The Palette Puddlers of Cannon Beach are moving their Labor Day Art Show and Sale to the SUBMITTED PHOTO Bart Budwig will bring his Americana sound to the Sou’Wester Lodge on Aug. 27. John Craigie, Edmund Wayne and Mama Doll. Mike Midlo is a story- teller disguised as a musi- cian. His latest project, the feral eight-song collection “MidLo,” received a grant from Portland’s Regional Arts & Culture Council and was released as a digital download and on cassette in March 2013. Astoria Art Loft 103 3rd Street, Astoria (above Dots and Doodles Art Supply across from Burger King) Saturday Sept. 3 rd thru Monday Sept. 5 th 10am to 4pm daily Fantastic Original Artwork at Surprisingly Reasonable Prices!