Columbia Forum

Columbia Forum February 18, 2020

Columbia Forum celebrates its 30th season and is a partnership between the Astorian, the Coast River Business Journal,  and KMUN. February’s talk features Columbia Forum co-founder Steve Forrester discussing his section of the forthcoming history “Eminent Oregonians.” Forrester will highlight his multiyear study of Richard Neuberger, who in 1954 became the first Democrat to win…

Columbia Forum featuring Karl Marlantes Jan 21, 2020

Karl Marlantes is the best-selling author of Matterhorn, What It Is Like to Go to War and his latest novel, Deep River. He grew up in Seaside, commercial fishing with his grandfather and attended Seaside schools. Marlantes graduated from Yale University and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University before serving as a Marine in…

Columbia Forum featuring Philip Mote_Ten Myths About Climate Change

Ten myths about climate change Are extreme weather events getting more extreme? Do we have 11 years before the window to “solve” climate change closes forever? Is it all just natural variability, with humans playing at most a bit part? And what about the Blob? Join us as we hear from Philip Mote, the founding…