Central Washington-based naturalist and herpetologist Adrian Slade, who's been infatuated with snakes since early childhood, shared facts and busted myths about our deeply misunderstood neighbors at the Columbia Center for the Arts on March 18 — the sixth presentation in host and curator Sarah Fox’s Sense of Place season 16.

HOOD RIVER — Sense of Place continues its 16th season on March 18, with “Rattlesnakessssss: Shedding the Myths to Meet the Snake.” The event will take place at Columbia Center for the Arts at 7:00 p.m.