Upcoming Events & Classes

Salmon Coulibiac Cooking Class Fundraiser — CCHS member special!

Posted on March 18, 2013 by cchmuseum| Comments Off

The museum has some awesome new neighbors! Burnt Bridge Cellars and Class Cooking, both around the corner on Broadway and 15th, offer tastings and wine by the glass as well as seasonal cooking classes. Co-owners Mark and Kim Mahan and David and Julie Smith are teaming up with us to offer a cooking class fundraiser for the museum on September 8th, 2013 from 4-8 pm. The class will feature Burnt Bridge wine tasting, wines by the glass for a discounted $5 each, and a full-course class and meal courtesy of Class Cooking. Students will learn how to prepare Salmon Coulibiac and accompanying side dishes. Non-alcoholic beverages will be available.

This class is open to members only and is limited to 12 people. If you’re not a current member, don’t panic! Click over to our Membership page and become one! Tickets, which are required, are $75, $50 of which goes directly to support the museum. Call (360) 993-5679 to reserve your seats today!

More about our partners

Burnt Bridge Cellars

Burnt Bridge Cellars is a small artisan winery located in downtown Vancouver. Owners David Smith and Mark Mahan brought their dream of operating a winery to fruition in the fall 2010 with their first harvest of fruit from eastern Washington state. The winery opened a tasting room at the current location in spring of 2012. Burnt Bridge Cellars celebrated it’s first Gold Medal from the Seattle Wine Awards for their 2010 Viognier.

www.burntbridgecellars.com

Class Cooking

Chef Kim Mahan has been teaching classes at Class Cooking since 2005, moving to her current location in downtown Vancouver last November adjacent to Burnt Bridge Cellars. Kim specializes in small group hands-on gourmet cooking classes, teaching many different cuisines, from Thai to Turkish. In addition to cooking classes, she provides in-house catering for winery events.

www.class-cooking.com

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Traditional “Z-twine” Basket-weaving Class w/ Pat Courtney Gold

Posted on March 16, 2013 by cchmuseum| Leave a comment

Instructor: Pat Courtney Gold
Date: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 9 am to 5 pm.
Prerequisite: some twining experience.
Cost: $95 for CCHS Members; $105 for non-members; fiber supplies included
Limited to 8 students; pre-registration is mandatory and non-refundable

Call (360) 993-5679 to reserve your place in this class.

Columbia River Native People used the “Z-twine” to weave baskets. Historically these were used for storage for food and personal items, and for trade. Internationally known Wasco fiber artist Pat Courtney Gold gives a limited number of classes per year, usually through museums. This class is a natural fiber weaving class which is taught on a limited basis in order to preserve the plant materials used in the weaving process.

In this class participants will learn the “Z-twine,” the traditional Wasco start at the base, and have options to finish the rim. Participants will learn to splice the plant fibers (warps), and also learn the cross warp technique. This class will use traditional plant fibers: tule, cattail leaves, sedge grass, and possibly others. Materials will be supplied by the instructor. You may bring your own materials to experiment with, and you are invited to bring a basket for show and tell.
The class is 8 hours and you will finish a basket approximately 4 inches diameter and 5 to 6 inches tall.

Tools participants need to bring: awl or nail; scissors, small plant pruners, measure tape, spray bottle, towel, apron (optional), pocket knife, note paper, pencils, baskets to share (optional), band-aides.

Participants also need to bring a brown bag lunch.