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HOOD RIVER — A maximalist assortment of art and media furnished the vibrant interior of “Black Infinity House” at Columbia Center for the Arts on Feb. 6, kicking off a month-long celebration of local Black and BIPOC artists, Black culture and Black life.   

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HOOD RIVER — The fifth installment of Mt. Adams Institute’s Sense of Place Season 16 will arrive at Columbia Center for the Arts on Feb. 18. Titled “Going Out on a Limb: Life on the Family Farms of Lisa Perry & Ricardo Galvez,” the evening will welcome Perry for a conversation rooted in the agricultural landscape and lived experience of a family farm in the Columbia River Gorge.

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HOOD RIVER — Join the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum (WAAAM) for a special presentation by author Martin Middlewood on Feb. 14 at 2 pm. Middlewood’s talk will focus on the history of Pearson Field and the early days of Pacific Northwest aviation.

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HOOD RIVER — An eruption of sound emerged from Columbia Center for the Arts on Jan. 29, as a quintet of award-winning musicians, The Volcano Listening Project (VLP), strummed, fiddled and blew along to the erratic beats of sonified volcanology.

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HOOD RIVER — Columbia Center for the Arts (CCA), in partnership with Black in the Gorge (BiG), will present “Black Infinity House,” an immersive gallery exhibition featuring Black and BIPOC artists from across the Pacific Northwest.

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HOOD RIVER — University of Idaho Professor of Law, natural resource rights advocate, and Cherokee Nation citizen Dylan Hedden-Nicely brought his wisdom to the Columbia Center for the Arts on Jan. 21, unraveling how the Northwest’s greatest gilled icon became sacred and ignited centuries of cultural and legal history.

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Entertainment Update is a listing of live events happening in our communities. Submit entries to seana@gorgenews.com. Entries are published as space permits. A full events listing is available at columbiagorgenews.com.

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Author and old-growth enthusiast Rand Schenck brought Gifford Pinchot’s legacy to light at the Columbia Center for the Arts on Dec. 10, guiding audience members through decades of the United States Forest Service’s polarizing history within and beyond the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

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HOOD RIVER — Around 15-20 demonstrators braved brisk conditions downtown on Nov. 21 for a conflicting milestone: 100-straight Fridays of sign-wielding, chanting and harmonizing in protest of the ongoing, U.S.-funded genocide in Gaza.

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HOOD RIVER — Friends of the Historic Columbia River Highway announce the annual Antique Auto Tour, to be held July 8 from Hood River to Rowena Crest in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.

HOOD RIVER — Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum, 1600 Air Museum Road, hosts author Crista Worthy for a special presentation during its monthly Second Saturday event on April 8.

On Saturday, Sept. 17, Hood River Valley High School’s Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) group and community members gathered at Jackson Park in Hood River for an afternoon of showcasing the culture and history of Latinx people for a National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.

The History Museum of Hood River County debuts its 2022 Cemetery Tales production Friday, Sept. 30, with tickets on sale now. There will also be a special screening that evening at 7 p.m. at the Bingen Theater, a fundraiser for the museum (see info box for details).

When you walk into Wy’East Community Church — the brown church adjacent to the Wy’East Fire District station in downtown Odell — one of the first things you’ll see is a large wooden sculpture of the building itself hanging on the wall.