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Kick Ass Oregon
Paintings depict native plants
History makes Cannon of Oregon’s eight eco-regions
Beach history humorous Columbia
ILWACO, WASH. — The
Pacific Heri-
CANNON BEACH — Raise
a pint 7 p.m. Thursday,
May 11, at Cannon Beach
History Center & Museum,
where Doug Kenck-Crispin
of “Kick Ass Oregon His-
tory” will give a “rousing,
funny and spirited presen-
tation” on Oregon Gov.
Oswald West, organizers
said.
The event is free and
open to the public.
The state’s 14th governor
from 1911 through 1915,
West spent his term focus-
ing on women’s suffrage,
a new parole system for
prisoners, abolishing capital
punishment and protecting
Oregon’s beaches.
“West was notoriously
passionate about his poli-
cies, his family, and those
who worked for him,” the
museum said in a release.
“In one circumstance West
socked a journalist in the
face for something he wrote
about a staff member.”
Kenck-Crispin, the
resident historian for the
podcast “Kick Ass Oregon
History,” has been featured
in Imbibe and Portland
Monthly magazines, Ore-
gon Public Broadcasting’s
“Oregon Experience,”
“Think Out Loud,” “Week-
end Edition” and the season
premiere of Esquire TV’s
“Best Bars in America.”
For more information,
call the museum (1387 S.
Spruce St.) at 503-436-
9301, or visit cbhistory.org
or the museum’s Facebook
page.
tage Museum in Ilwaco is
presenting an exhibition
of 82 paintings by Frances
Stilwell that depict the
native plants of Oregon’s
eight eco-regions.
Composed of pastel
drawings with oils and
watercolors, the exhibition
— titled “Frances Stil-
well: Oregon’s Botanical
Landscape, An Opportu-
nity to Imagine Oregon
Before 1800” — will be
on display May 12 through
July 8.
The museum (115 SE
Lake St.) is open 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday. Admission is
free on Thursdays.
Originally from Ohio,
Stilwell earned her Mas-
ters of Science in bota-
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Frances Stilwell
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Stilwell’s “Tiger Lilies.”
ny-biophysics in 1967
and moved to Oregon in
1969. She began to define
her new home by learning
about the state’s native
plants, and then began to
draw them.
Stillwell has published
two books on Oregon
plants including her exhi-
bition’s companion book.
She wrote in the forward:
“This is my window into
Oregon’s botanical land-
scape. By the end of this
book I will have shown
you what it is like to ex-
perience the State through
the human eye rather than
the lens of a camera. You
will have become more
familiar with the natural
world of Oregon. Familiar-
ity is the first step towards
a sense of home.”
For more information,
call 360-642-3446 or visit
columbiapacificheriatge-
museum.org.
Celebrate Wahkiakum’s ‘Wonderful Women’
5:00 pm
Downtown Astoria
Every month, year ‘round!
May
13 th
Visit Downtown Astoria on the
2nd Saturday of every month for
art, music, and general merriment!
Presented by the Astoria Downtown Historic District Association
astoriadowntown.com
facebook/astoriadowntown.com
SKAMOKAWA, WASH. —
Friends of Skamokawa at
Redmen Hall will be pre-
senting a new exhibit from
noon to 4 p.m. Mother’s
Day, Sunday, May 14. Sweet
treats will be served.
“The Wonderful Women
of Wahkiakum County”
showcases the craft work of
four groups representing the
talented women in the coun-
ty. The groups: Skamokawa
Grange Women’s Activity
Group, Seattle Children’s
Hospital (Puget Island Aux-
iliary), River City Strippers
and the Cathlamet Woman’s
Group.
Besides their fine craft
work, the groups contrib-
ute much of their work to
charities.
Some women will be
working at their crafts:
spinning, weaving, beading
and several others so visitors
can see the women’s work
come to life. The exhibit will
run every weekend through
Sunday, June 25. Redmen
Hall is located in Skamoka-
wa, Washington, at 1394
Washington State Route 4.
For more information,
call 360-795-3007.
Photo narrative of natural places on view at LightBox
ASTORIA — LightBox Pho-
tographic Gallery in Astoria
will open a series titled
“Whole” by Ken Hochfeld, a
Portland landscape photog-
rapher, at 5 p.m. May 13,
during the Second Saturday
Art Walk.
The exhibition will kick
off with an artist reception.
Hochfeld will give an artist
talk and a special handmade
book presentation at 4 p.m.
before the show. For seating
reservations, call LightBox
(1045 Marine Dr.) at 503-
468-0238.
“Whole,” on display
through Wednesday, June
7, is described as a “con-
templative photographic
narrative from natural places
made in three chapters,
consisting of 82 images pro-
duced over nine years.”
“Conceived as a unique
unbound book, ‘Whole’ rep-
resents a personal, reflective
dialogue from quiet times in
the woods.”
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Ken Hochfeld’s “Pondering Unanswerable Questions.”