Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The talent show was listed in Wahkiakum County paper as being held at Johnson Park is incorrect. The play is being held at Naselle - Grays River Valley high school. Auditions May 7, 2024, and the talent Show on May 14th, 2024....
Friday, April 26st, 7:30 p.m. Birkenfeld Theater 75 S Nehalem St, Clatskanie, OR Tickets $25 adults, $23 seniors, $20 children Spencer Day is a #1 Billboard jazz/pop singer and songwriter. He has played venues as diverse as Lincoln Center, the Hollywood Bowl and London’s West End. Day is a widely acclaimed songwriter creating witty and sophisticated pop songs in the tradition of classic jazz, American writers. Day’s songwriting is influenced by jazz, musical theater, cabaret, soul, and pop. His most recent album is a collection of rei...
April 21st, 3:00 p.m. Naselle Community Center 14 Parpala Road, Naselle, Wa. 98638 $10.00 for tickets The Brownsmead Flats are a wonderful, popular group from Astoria. They play acoustic music that may be best described as “Crabgrass” with a folk/bluegrass style. The band has a strong focus on vocal harmonies and several of their numbers are composed by members of the group. These numbers reflect living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. A variety of instruments are played by the 5-member band. Dan Sutherland is featured on the hammered dul...
Much of "The Last Man in Willapa," which is out on Tuesday and contains more than 75 poems, is familiar Pyle territory, place-based writing that dwells near Grays River, Washington, where he has lived and studied the landscape for more than 45 years. Pyle is the author of 28 books, including "Wintergreen," a winner of the John Burroughs Medal, the National Outdoor Book Award winner "Sky Time in Gray's River" and the novel "Magdalena Mountain." A Yale and University of Washington-trained...
The Clatskanie Arts Commission is thrilled to announce an add-on performance of Close to You, Music of the Carpenters on Sunday, April 14, at 3 p.m. at the Birkenfeld Theatre in Clatskanie, Oregon. Lisa Rock, lead singer and writer, has been performing to sold-out crowds for years. She's written more than 25 original concerts and cabarets that have been seen across the country, including Close to You: The Music of the Carpenters and A Carpenters' Christmas. Now, she has arranged a 6-piece band...
Local historian, Irene Martin, and Appelo Archive Center Director, Annika Kay, will discuss the rich history of Wahkiakum County at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 6 at Little Island Creamery. Their presentation will include the historical and cultural history of the people who have inhabited our communities over time. Artifacts from The Wahkiakum Historical Society and Appelo Archives Center will be on display. General Admission is $10 per adult. 18 years and under are free. Little Island Creamery,...
April is National Poetry Month. If you have been thinking about crafting your thoughts into a poem, now is the time. Last Saturday, Robert Michael Pyle led a workshop titled, “Writing from Nature” at a Writers Guild event held in Astoria’s old Alderbrook neighborhood. The daylong workshop was a rare opportunity to learn about writing with precision based on careful observation from one of the northwest’s most revered poets and authors. Two Wahkiakum County poets attended, Ruby Hansen Murray...
Semuel Hoogendoorn, a senior at Wahkiakum High School, is one of the winners of the 2024 Southwest Washington regional high school art show. Semuel's painting, "Aunt Sam Sends Her Love", was inspired by a dream he had about the Aunt that he had never met. In the painting, Semuel is meeting his aunt who died three years before Semuel was born. Semuel said that he was inspired to make the painting because his mother missed her sister and in the dream Semuel was able to show his mother that her sis...
Robert Michael Pyle, award-winning author and ecologist, will host a Writing Workshop on Saturday, March 30th, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at a private residence in Astoria. Registration for this event is limited, and will be available on a first come, first serve basis. The cost of attendance is $120, or $105 for Guild members. The workshop will include an afternoon of immersing in nature, open writing time, and discussions with author Bob Pyle. Topics include advice, writing strategies, and rhetorical approaches that Pyle has used during his...
On March 23, 7:30 p.m. Grays River Grange will host an old time movie night. “Natural Timber Country” is a 1972 film telling the story of the logging industry. We're setting up an old film projector in our hall to watch the reel of this historical documentary. Local historian Rex Ziak will lead a discussion after the screening. Popcorn and refreshments will be served. There will be no charge to watch the film. “Natural Timber Country” was filmed by Oregon native Ron Finne and is the story of old-time logging in the forests of the Northwe...
Clatskanie Arts Commission continues its performance series this weekend with a perennial Wahkiakum County favorite, Skamokawa's own Swamp Opera. Leader Andrew Emlen composes songs for the group as well as performing on an impressive array of instruments, including cello, banjo, Jew's harp, and mandocello, a cross between a cello and mandolin. Kyleen Austin, Eerik Friend, and Jillian Raye round out the ensemble. This weekend's show features songs by and about the people of the lower Columbia...
As aptly put by Sydney of Oysterville: If you can't quite wrap your head around the meaning of "swamp opera" and you are not sure how to pronounce Skamokawa, you don't want to miss this performance!! The Skamokawa Swamp Opera is a folk band made up of Wahkiakum Countymusicians founded in 2013.They are known for their vocal harmonies and varied instrumentation featuring guitar, banjo, cello, mandolin, mandocello, harmonica, and percussion. For this upcoming program they will be focusing on songs...
