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Kelley Baker

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Kelley is a storyteller in both print and film.

A native of Portland, Oregon, and graduate of USC’s film school, Kelley has a BA and an MFA in film production.

He is an author, (Dennis Barton Is A Bastard and Other Stories, From Arrah Wanna To Muleshoe, Road Dog, The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guide: Part One & Part Two) and an Independent Filmmaker.

He has written and directed three full length features (Birddog, The Gas Café, & Kicking Bird), eight short films, and quite a few documentaries.

His films have aired on PBS, Canadian and Australian television, and have been shown at Film Festivals including London, Sydney, Annecy, Sao Paulo, Sundance, Chicago, Aspen, Mill Valley, and Edinburgh.

In addition to his own films he was the sound design
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The Largest Log Cabin Ever Built

As a kid growing up in northwest Portland we lived fairly close to the Forestry Center. Dubbed by the media as the “world’s largest log cabin,”. It was apparently the second largest, but that doesn’t make as good of a headline, does it?

It was built for the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition of 1905. It was 206 feet long, 103 feet wide, and 72 feet high.

It was an amazing place. I remember

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