Richard Schroeder makes the best ever Security Guard for the 6x6 Art Auction at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum. He is a natural. He stands motionless for hours at a time. He remains expressionless. His mirrored dark glasses look… well,...
If I'd had any buttons, I'd have burst them for sure. Last night at the 6x6 Art Auction our friend and neighbor's oil painting went for the next-to-highest price. And, really, if you are at all familiar with the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum's...
If ever there was a time to clap and cheer, it's tonight! The crème de la crème of the local art community will have their work on display at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum. Actually, the artists will be there, too! It's the Opening...
It was a long day. We left the house at a reasonable 8:00 a.m. and returned thirteen and a half hours later, having accomplished two of the three things we set out to do. Two out of three ain't bad I thought to myself – especially since the third...
Eric Wiegardt and David Campiche will be front and center at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum tonight. The opening reception for their Retrospective Exhibition of Ceramics (David) and Paintings (Eric) begins at five p.m. It should be a meet...
The clapping wasn't over before the balls started rolling the lights began flashing! It was that never-to-be-forgotten sound – pinball machines in use! As soon as Tucker had completed his "pinball talk" at the Heritage Museum's annual meeting...
Tucker Wachsmuth is an artist, a storyteller, a collector. a photographer, a sailor, and now and then, when he leads all the kids in town on a historical scavenger hunt, he's the Pied Piper of Oysterville. He loves to help and is the one the...
Every year about this time, the Pacific County Historical Society (headquarters: South Bend) holds its annual meeting in Naselle. The gathering is always timed to coincide with the American Legion Auxiliary Smorgasbord – a fabulous array of main...
"Flashback: Remembering the 60s, Part 2" tomorrow evening at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum with a "Coffeehouse Concert" featuring the music of the Brownsmead Flats. There will also be a few minutes to peek at the expanded 60s exhibit which...
Actually, I'm not sure which was closer to overflowing – my arms or my heart! Both were laden as we came home last night from the 8th Annual 6×6 Art Show and Auction at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum. Two coveted art treasures plus a...
The thing about living in a small community – I’m talking the ‘greater’ community of the Long Beach Peninsula – is that, no matter where you go, you know someone. At the bank, the drugstore, the DMV office, the post office – everyplace and on...
This weekend, like almost every other one around this neck of the woods, is starting off in grand style. Tonight, an opening and reception at Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum and tomorrow afternoon a ribbon-cutting at the Chinook School. Both...