JULY 20, 2017 // 17
Tsunami, earthquake documentary
‘Unprepared’ screens at Fort George
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Elizabeth Nicholson and Bob Soper
WHAT DO WE WANT?
CELTIC PROTEST SONGS!
LONG BEACH, WASH. — “If
there’s one thing the Irish
and Scots understand, it’s
protest songs,” the Peninsula
Arts Center in Long Beach,
Wash., wrote in a release.
And the center’s next
concert, “Songs of Protest
and Rebellion Through the
Ages,” will feature two of
the best Celtic artists in the
Northwest. The show will be
held 7 p.m. Saturday, July
22. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Harpist and singer Eliz-
abeth Nicholson is “at the
vanguard of a new genera-
tion of Celtic musicians,”
according to press materials.
Considered among the top
American interpreters of
Irish traditional music for
harp, her studies have also
included classical, Paraguay-
an and mediaeval harp. She
has “stretched the traditional
boundaries of the instrument
into rock music and country
blues,” organizers said.
Her most recent album of
traditional and original mu-
sic, “Sink or Swim” (Water-
bug Records) was released
to widespread critical praise
and international airplay.
Bob Soper is counted
among Portland’s most ver-
satile multi-instrumentalists.
A rock and jazz drummer
who also studied classical
Indian music at the Ali
Akbar College in California,
he went on to learn the Irish
fiddle, “ultimately becom-
ing one the Northwest’s
most sought after players,”
organizers wrote. Also an
accomplished banjo, guitar,
& bouzouki player (and
a singer of both Irish and
American traditional styles),
he’s been a member of some
of the region’s most beloved
and successful ensembles.
Tickets are $15 and avail-
able on Brown Paper Tick-
ets, by emailing events@
peninsulaartscenter.org, or
by calling 360-901-0962.
for purchase.
All events benefit the
Long Beach Peninsula
Acoustic Music Foundation,
a nonprofit charitable orga-
nization.
The Peninsula Arts Cen-
ter is located at 504 Pacific
Ave. N. Long Beach.
ASTORIA — Are you pre-
pared for the “Big One”?
The Oregon Field
Guide documentary
“Unprepared,” produced
by Oregon Public Broad-
casting, will be screened
at Fort George Brewery
(1483 Duane St.) the
evening of Thursday, July
20, as part of a commu-
nity awareness event to
highlight seismic risks and
vulnerabilities in Oregon.
The full event takes place
6 to 9 p.m.
The Oregon Section of
the American Society of
Civil Engineers will be
hosting the screening, in
partnership with the brew-
ery, the City of Astoria
and Clatsop County for
the event.
A panel of local
engineers and emergen-
cy managers, as well as
Allison Pyrch, a geotech-
nical engineer featured
in the documentary, will
be available for questions
following the film.
The panel will answer
OPB.ORG
questions about the Casca-
dia Subduction Zone event
and other local seismic
risks, and how Astoria and
Oregon are preparing.
The event is free and
open to all ages. Door
prizes will be awarded at
the end of the event.
The award-winning
“Unprepared” highlights
seismic risks in Oregon
and the potential for
major disruption after the
expected 9.0 Cascadia
earthquake and tsunami.
“It also starts the
conversation about what
we as Oregonians can
do to be more prepared,
both individually and as a
community,” the Oregon
Section of the American
Society of Civil Engineers
said in a release.
The trailer for the
documentary can be found
online.
THE COASTER THEATRE PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS
Open Mic
The center holds an open
mic the Friday night before
each concert. Sign-ups begin
at about 6:30 p.m.; the music
begins at 7 p.m.
Singers, instrumentalists,
poets, spoken-word artists,
stand-up comedians and
dramatists are all welcome.
Wine, beer, and other
refreshments are available
JUNE 16 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2017
JUNE 23 - SEPTEMBER 3, 2017
ALL PERFORMANCES BEGIN AT 7:30 P.M.
TICKETS: $20 OR $25
ALL PERFORMANCES BEGIN AT 7:30 P.M.
TICKETS: $20 OR $25
Sponsored by
The Ocean Lodge, Inn at Cannon Beach,
Lodges at Cannon Beach and Candi & Jon Holzgrafe
Sponsored by
The Ocean Lodge, Inn at Cannon Beach,
Lodges at Cannon Beach, Probuild/Milgard
and Leland E.G. Larson
108 N Hemlock Street,
Cannon Beach, OR
Tickets: 503-436-1242 or
coastertheatre.com