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LONG BEACH, Wash. — Folk singer and historian Joel Underwood presents a tribute to Woody Guthrie’s music and travels in the Pacific Northwest this week at the Peninsula Arts Center.

Underwood’s “That Ribbon of Highway: Woody Guthrie in the Pacific Northwest” is set for 7 p.m. Friday, in addition to a sold-out Saturday show.

Guthrie wrote 26 songs in 30 days while riding along the Columbia River and touring the Grand Coulee Dam project in 1941. His time in the region led him to enlist in the Merchant Marine during World War II, after which he returned home to notoriety but also tragedy and loss.

Underwood, a historian, teacher, musician and actor, combines music with lecture and theatrical drama to bring to life the stories behind familiar songs like “Roll On Columbia” and “This Land is Your Land.”

Tickets for the concert are $20, seating is limited to 34 people. For more about the show, visit www.peninsulaartscenter.org.