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2 // COASTWEEKEND.COM Follow the footsteps of pioneering women Fort Clatsop hosts author Jane Kirkpatrick for March 19 talk SUBMITTED PHOTO Sara Nebeker, left, presents a check for $500 to Drea Frost, the 2016 scholarship winner. Two arts scholarships will be award- ed in 2017 from the Royal Nebeker Scholarship Fund. Second Royal Nebeker scholarships announced CLATSOP and PACIFIC COUNTY, Wash. — Sarah Nebeker and the board of the Royal Nebeker Scholarship Fund announce that the fund is now accepting applications for two scholarships in the visual arts. The deadline to apply is May 1. A $300 scholarship is to be awarded to a high school student attending any school in Pacific County, Wash- ington, or Clatsop County, Oregon. A $500 scholarship is to be awarded to appli- cants of any age residing in either county. The purpose of the Royal CARRUTHERS 1198 Commercial Street Astoria, Oregon 97103 503.975.5305 Nebeker Scholarship is to encourage those pursuing an education in two- or three-dimensional visual arts. Applicants need not be currently registered in an arts program. A written statement and a portfolio of 10 images of the applicant’s work is required. Finalists may, at the dis- cretion of the scholarship committee, be interviewed as part of the application process. Those applying can ob- tain an application form by contacting info@nebeker- fund.org Happy Hour Tuesday-Friday 4pm-6pm and 8:30-Close ASTORIA — Do you know who the Mother of Oregon is? You’ll hear her story — and a few other stories of pioneering women who made a difference in their time and who continue to touch lives today — at the next In Their Footsteps free speaker series event. Author Jane Kirkpatrick will give the talk “This Road We Traveled with Purpose- ful Pioneering Women” at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 19 at the Fort Clatsop visitor center in Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. Kirkpatrick is the award-winning author of SUBMITTED PHOTO Author Jane Kirkpatrick will speak about Tabitha Moffat Brown, the Mother of Oregon, on March 19 at Fort Clatsop. 31 books, most based on the lives of historical men and women. She has spoken around the world about the power of stories in our lives. Her latest book, “This Road We Traveled,” is based on the life of Tabitha Moffat SUBMITTED PHOTO “The Road We Traveled” by Jane Kirkpatrick. Brown, her daughter Pherne Pringle and granddaughter Virgilia Pringle, women who took the first Applegate Cutoff in 1846. Tabitha was 66 years old and lame when she began the journey. It was what she did after arriving in the Oregon Territory that inspired the 1987 Oregon Legislature to name her the Mother of Oregon. Some of Kirkpatrick’s books, including “This Road We Traveled,” will be available for purchase and signing following her presentation. This monthly Sunday forum is sponsored by the Lewis & Clark National Park Association and the park. These program will be held in the Netul River Room of Fort Clatsop’s visitor center and is free of charge. For more information, call the park at 503-861- 2471, visit www.nps.gov/ lewi, or check out Lewis and Clark National Historical Park on Facebook. Ages & Ages, The Cave Singers come to Astoria ASTORIA — The Liberty Theatre’s Sunset Series will present a special co-headlin- er concert of two of the Pa- cific Northwest’s brightest: Ages & Ages from Portland and The Cave Singers from Seattle. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. March 18 at the theater, located at 1203 Commercial St. Tickets cost $25 general admission and are available at ticketswest.com If Ages and Ages’ debut album “Alright You Rest- less” declared independence from the cynicism and self-consciousness plagu- ing a generation; and the follow-up “Divisionary” was an exercise in confronting change, conflict, and loss; then “Something to Ruin” addresses the debris of our collective failures and asks whether we might be better off letting go and starting over. Recorded at Isaac Brock’s studio (Ice Cream Party), the band’s fourth SUBMITTED PHOTO BY ALICIA ROSE Portland alternative indie band Ages & Ages will perform with Seattle’s Cave Singers March 18 at the Liberty Theatre. album is still full of their infectious and joyful melo- dies while also reflecting on several serious existential themes. Early on in the writing process of this record, Ages & Ages alternative indie band leaders Tim Perry and Rob Oberdorfer traveled to Central America and visited indigenous ruins partly engulfed by surround- ing forests — a tangible reminder of the imperma- nence of human civilization and the resilience of nature. Back at home in Portland, their community was being engulfed by something entirely different. Like so many other cities around the country, rapid growth and development were changing both its landscape and culture. “Banshee,” the fifth album from Seattle’s Cave Singers, might wrap you in with its rhythmic folk quite submissively. Front-man Peter Quirk rambles off rhythmic vocals that sound like a free-styling trouba- dour, atop lo-fi instruments that keep things natural and earthy in the most forebod- ing ways possible. Featuring former mem- bers of Murder City Devils and Pretty Girls Make Graves, Cave Singers re- leased their first two records on Matador, then jumped over to Jagjaguwar for their next two LPs , includ- ing 2013’s “Naomi.” On “Banshee,” the band decided to self-release their newest work, and the result is its most cohesive statement to date. “Banshee” brings The Cave Singers back to their original three pieces of vocalist/songwriter Peter Quirk, guitarist Derek Fu- desco and drummer Marty Lunda. The album was recorded live in July of 2015 over six days with producer Randall Dunn.