Arts � From Page A13
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that would otherwise be outside their regular budgets.
Save the dates for CAAorganized events in 2025:
� April 27— VoxaNova Trio plays light-Jazz and Bossa Nova emphasizing beautiful melodies, lush harmonies, exotic rhythms and original arrangements.
� May 18—“ Truckin’ in Nashville” a special narrated audio-visual review of all the best artists in country western music in the‘ 60s and‘ 70s.
� Aug. 2-3 – Wilsonville Music Festival @ Charbonneau. Blues from the best local musicians.
� Sept. 28— Stephanie Schneidermann is hands down one of the most diverse artists in the
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Pacific Northwest and creates sonic explorations of folk, Americana, trip hop, and pop.
� Oct. 10-12— Wilsonville Festival of the Arts @ Charbonneau. We are looking forward to another successful event in 2025. Most artists and artisans have said they plan to return this year, and we have a wonderful group of volunteers ready to begin planning the event.
� Oct. 23— Lloyd Jones plays blues for dancing; enough said.
� Dec. 14 – Holiday concert TBD, Alice’ s team is working on something special for Charbonneau.
Enjoy this beginning of spring and join me in looking forward to the big events at Charbonneau, brought to you by the volunteers who make
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Charbonneau Arts Association magical. |
Nonfiction Book Club |
By DAVE MAUK
Our nonfiction readers are tipping back into American history with“ Undaunted Courage” in March, after reading Malcolm Gladwell’ s“ The Tipping Point,” exploring the world of social change. Reading and discussing this iconic book on its 25th anniversary showed us that the fundamental principles of bringing about social change, popular trends and shifts in the acceptance of ideas and products is as true now as it has been in the past. How does something start as an ember spark into becoming more than that, before becoming a raging fire?
Looking at it as an epidemic provides a convincing analogy, noting that the book preceded the Covid-19 pandemic by 20 years. Like a contagion, an idea starts small and grows outward to include the masses. A meaningful touch-point for us was understanding the power of context. This is the
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situational environment and the circumstances of these moments in time that influence change. How‘ the now’ is relevant to turning an infection into an epidemic. Examining pop culture, and the shifts within it, is an example, moving from Elvis to Dylan to Whitney to Beyonce.
Looking through the lens of history, we can see the tipping points of when colonial America under British rule became an independent union of states united by a constitution. The turning points within the outbreak of the Civil War, andthe union remaining intact can also be pinpointed. What about westward expansion in the early 19th century? Was there a tipping point that began America’ s manifest destiny, the relentless movement west across the continent?
Yes, in fact, there was. It was the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803. This was the ember that became a spark that lit a bonfire, manifesting itself as a torrent of settlers heading from Missouri to Oregon, Washington and California.“ Undaunted Courage” by historian Stephen Ambrose is based on the correspondence between Meriwether Lewis, President Thomas
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Jefferson’ s personal secretary, and the president. It documents Americans initial passage into the western frontier.
Those in our community who followed the Charbonneau history series published in The Villager in 2023, and the topic of several fireside chats, can appreciate the story. Oregon is, of course, central to this, being the final leg of the journey, where Sacajawea, carrying her newborn son Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, served as translator and guide.“ Undaunted Courage” is an inside look at the personalities, dangers and consequences of American’ s first adventure west. Since it was published in 1996, the book has been a must read for fans of the Pacific Northwest and American history. It’ s the actual story of the founding of The Oregon Trail and all the names marking so many places familiar to those of us who live where we do.
The Charbonneau Nonfiction Book Group will meet to discuss“ Undaunted Courage” on Monday, March 17 at 1:30 p. m. in the Fireplace Room at the Clubhouse. History buffs and new readers are invited to attend.
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