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Voodoo Room Insights to life are in the cards, séance goes beyond ASTORIA — Portland-based divination business Psychic Siamese Terror will provide tarot readings and paranormal connections for curious and intrepid souls Saturday, March 2, at the Voodoo Room, 1114 Marine Drive. Through the arts of tarot, astrology, paranormal connections and good humor, Suzy Olsen and Alana Jevert provide meaningful insight to any individual’s questions. Readings will be offered from 9 to 11 p.m. and start at $5. Do you have questions for the dearly departed? Stick around for the séance starting at 11:30 p.m., if you dare. For more information, contact psychicsiameseterror@gmail.com, or view the website at www .psychicsiameseterror.com Psychic Siamese Terror will be at the Voodoo Room March 2. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

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Gallery 504 KALA Take a holiday from winter with Holiday Friends North Northwest Artist Guild to feature Dian Schroeder LONG BEACH, Wash. — The Northwest Artist Guild announces its March First Saturday Art Show and Reception from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at Gallery 504 North, located in the Peninsula Performing Arts Center at 504 Pacific Ave. N. This month’s featured artist, Dian Schroeder, will share her “Sense of Place” through her watercolor land and waterscapes. Whether representational or impressionistic, Schroeder exhibits through her paintings her love of color and the changing light and feel of the coastal seasons. In addition to being a member of the Northwest Artist Guild, she is a member of Southwest Watercolor Society and other regional art associations. Other guild members will also have work in a variety of mediums and styles displayed.

ASTORIA — Astoria-based indie rock/pop band Holiday Friends will perform at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at KALA. Last year, the band self-released its now nearlyout-of-print debut album, “Chicks,” and hit the road supporting Blind Pilot. A sophomore effort, recorded at Portland’s Type Foundry Studio, has

just been completed and is being readied for release in late summer. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. There is a $5 cover charge and those younger than 21 are permitted with I.D. at the door. Cocktails and light fare will be available. KALA is located at 1017 Marine Drive.

Artworks will be available for purchase the night of the show as well as during other events at the center. The gallery will be featuring a different artist the first Saturday of each month throughout the year, with the exception of May, when the show will be the second Saturday. To learn more about the guild and its members log on to ht t p: / / nort hwest art i st gui l d .weebly.com

Dian Schroeder Artist Reception 3 to 7 p .m. Saturday, March 2 Gallery 504 North 504 Pacific Ave. N. Long Beach, Wash. A landscape by Dian Schroeder shows both her love of vivid color and the changing light and feel of the coastal seasons. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

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I had the chance to catch the Portland Chamber Orchestra perform at the Liberty Theater last weekend. Conducted by Yaacov Bergman, who directs the Walla Walla Symphony and the Siletz Bay Music Festival in Lincoln City, the Portland Chamber Orchestra played “Music of Film,” a concert of memorable music from Oscar-winning and popular films. Scheduled the weekend of this year’s Academy Awards, the concert was a fun way to celebrate the award season, Hollywood and good movies. The Sunday matinee concert that I attended opened with the familiar synthesizer and piano sounds of the title theme from “Chariots of Fire,” which won four Academy Awards in 1981, including Best Original Score. Though I’ve never seen the whole film (don’t worry, I plan to soon), I instantly recognized the song, which has been used in many slow-motion segments of various movies and TV shows, sometimes in parody. The concert was hosted by Edmund Stone, who writes and

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the 1957 film “Bridge on the River Kwai” (which also won an Oscar for Best Score.) Stone told the audience that in the film, American producers felt the lyrics were too vulgar, so the actors whistled the song instead of singing it. Maestro Bergman invited the audience to whistle along as the orchestra performed. Other highlights from the concert included “Memory” from the musical “CATS,” music from “Schindler’s List,” a “Lion King” medley, and “Moon River” from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”

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produces his own nationally syndicated radio program, “The Score,” on All Classical FM. A few years ago, when Daniel Craig hit the franchise, I heard one of Stone’s shows about the music from the James Bond movies. So I wasn’t surprised that a James Bond medley of songs was listed on the program. The Portland Chamber Orchestra played the familiar tunes in a brassy, big-band way that easily translated Bond’s flashy cars and martinis into sound. Another iconic song was “Colonel Bogey’s March” from

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Sunshine after rain: Leadbetter State Park

The weather report was bleak. The night before, rain careened off rooftops, swept across the saturated beach sands like an avenger from a distant planet. Rebecca Sedlak, the capable new editor of Coast Weekend, wanted to explore Leadbetter State Park, at the north end of the Long Beach Peninsula. Conditions didn’t look promising, but the woman is a trouper with a warm smile and loads of enthusiasm. We decided to push on. Isn’t this the “thing” about our ocean beaches? Isn’t it an inexplicable fact that even in the dead of winter, the weather can break open and the unexpected happen? That unexpected moment generally translates into sunshine, which normally translates into surprise and occasionally, exaltation. Rebecca arrived promptly at 11:30 a.m. We piled into my warhorse – a battered Toyota pickup truck – and headed north. No Innkeeper worth a darn can survive without a truck. A light mist clung to the landscape, etching away visibility and, to a lesser extent, our enthusiasm. At the northern-most parking lot, I shut off the engine, and then discovered I hadn’t brought my State Park pass. On the dash board, I left a note for the ranger describing how I had already bought three annual passes this year. I begged absolution! I didn’t really expect such an offering would work. One might conjure a guess that millions of these small violations add up exponentially, nearly balancing the state’s budget. Of course I’m being facetious, but as a right-brained daydreamer and miscreant, it might be said that I am a steady contributor to our government. Rebecca’s time allocation was short, so we decided to walk along the bay shore on the east side of the park. The tide was high

and Rebecca hadn’t brought knee boots. Certainly, she would return with wet feet. But, I must ask, what is wrong with wet socks when one can experience one of the wonderlands of the Pacific Northwest? And what a wonderland it was that fine day in the dead of winter. The surf seemed to roll into the shore with that soft-cushioned throb that invades your brain like the feathering of a steel brush on a snare drum. Gulls mewed, squirrels

wonders. Rebecca was quiet. Without complaint she walked along while the cold salt water squished between her toes. Despite her soaked-through canvas shoes, she was having a great time, as anyone can, lost in that wonderful space we call home. We walked north until the tree line subsided and a great salt water plain stretched before us for a couple of miles. Walked until we could see the Peninsula bending into a

Isn’t this the ‘thing’ about our ocean beaches? Isn’t it an inexplicable fact that even in the dead of winter, the weather can break open and the unexpected happen? scolded, and the sharp cry of a red tail pierced through the air like the clang of a Tibetan bell. On soft sand, our footfalls fell silently. Any evidence of our being was erased by the flood tide as it washed over our tracks. One hiker – the only one of the day – brushed past us and was gone. He had the stride of a marathon man. By now, sunshine flooded across the beach and through the shore pine. It felt as if we had the entire planet to ourselves. A lucky day, I thought. One felt the weight of all that landscape like a gold-gilded invitation to happy hour, this one without martinis. I often wonder why so many feel so empowered by nature. Why it wraps around us with particular force. Why, to a great degree, we find and identify so profoundly with the source of this force, that shear miracle that has transformed a mass of gas and carbon into planet earth, a globe with a molten heart, and always a cornucopia of natural

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large tongue of sand called Grassy Island. I don’t think too many people walk to the tip of the Peninsula, but I suggest that you just might wish to do so. This rare and beautiful spit of land offers an opportunity for a heartspirit rendezvous. Unpopulated and magical in its isolation, Grassy Island taps off the tank of our pioneer longings. Later, we doubled back through the woods, through a mossy pine forest, which remains the host to dozens of lichens and mosses, and of course, a bevy of animals, including black bear and elk. And yes, all creatures big and small if one just has the patience to seek them out, or, in the case of the black bear, stumble upon them. I have experienced this moment several times. Personally, I have never found the black bear to be threatening. Still, it is best to be cautious. The walk was empowering, the company special, and all this so close to home.

TOP. The tongue of the Long Beach Peninsula in Leadbetter State Park. Grassy Island lies in the distance. MIDDLE. Time and tide have eroded part of the tree trunk into a natural beach sculpture. LEFT. A tree stump marooned on the tideline of Willapa Bay.

Stepping Out THEATER Friday, March 1 “Memory” 7 p.m., The Barn Community Playhouse, 1204 Ivy Ave., Tillamook, 503-842-3999, www.tillamooktheater.com, $15 adults, $10 seniors/students, $40 family of four, at the door or in advance through Diamond Art Jewelers, 503-842-7940. “Memory” consists of two oneact plays, both exploring memory and growing older in different ways. “I Can’t Remember Anything” is the story of two neighbors, a widow and her late husband’s best friend. “The 75th” is set in a restaurant for the 75th reunion of a high-school class, of which only two members remain and who keep mistaking each other for other classmates. “Saving the Cedar Grove” 7 p.m., North Coast Recreation District Auditorium theater, 36155 Ninth St., Nehalem, $10 adults, $5 children younger than 12. In this whimsical musical comedy, concerned citizens join together to save their community center with none other than a lemon pie. Rumors are flying around town, such as: Who is that mysterious handsome man? Does Clarence know how to use duct tape? What drives Elaine nuts? Who will be singing “Pushing Sixty?”

Saturday, March 2 “Memory” 7 p.m., The Barn Community Playhouse, 1204 Ivy Ave., Tillamook, 503-842-3999, www.tillamooktheater.com, $15 adults, $10 seniors/students, $40 family of four, at the door or in advance through Diamond Art Jewelers, 503-842-7940. “Saving the Cedar Grove” 7 p.m., North Coast Recreation District Auditorium theater, 36155 Ninth St., Nehalem, $10 adults, $5 children younger than 12.

Sunday, March 3 “Memory” 2 p.m., The Barn Community Playhouse, 1204 Ivy Ave., Tillamook, 503-842-3999, www.tillamooktheater.com, $15 adults, $10 seniors/students, $40 family of four, at the door or in advance through Diamond Art Jewelers, 503-842-7940. “Saving the Cedar Grove” 2 p.m., North Coast Recreation District Auditorium theater, 36155 Ninth St., Nehalem, $10 adults, $5 children younger than 12.

AUDITIONS

Basin Street NW 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777, www.bridgewaterbistro.com, no cover. Dave Drury, Chuck Wilder and Todd Pederson play mainstream jazz classics. Steamin’ Stan Ruffo 7 to 10 p.m., Moody’s Supper House, 20 N. Holladay Drive, Seaside, 503-738-4054. Steamin’ Stan sings a mix of blues, jazz, soul and rock and roll.

Friday, March 1 Mix and Mingle Jazz Night 6 to 8:30 p.m., Cannon Beach Gallery, 1064 S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-0744, www.cannonbeacharts.org, no cover. Jazz guitarist Wes Wahrmund and friends perform. Refreshments will be served. The Thomasian Trio 6 to 9 p.m., The Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Cafe, 271 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-4361539, www.thewinebarcannonbeach.com, no cover, ages 21 and older. The Thomasian Trio plays jazz, blues and classic rock. Tom Trudell 6 to 9 p.m., The Shelburne Restaurant and Pub, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-6424150, www.theshelburnerestaurant.com, no cover. Tom Trudell plays piano. David Drury 6:30 to 9 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777, www.bridgewaterbistro.com, no cover. Dave Drury plays jazz guitar. Sara Jackson-Holman Trio 7 to 9 p.m., McMenamins Sand Trap, 1157 N. Marion Ave., Gearhart, 503-717-8150, www.mcmenamins.com, no cover, all ages. Sara Jackson-Holman’s music has been described as “a miasma of symphonic compositions, cabaret and alt-pop.”

Saturday, March 2 Columbia Crew 6 p.m., Charlie’s Chowder House, 1335 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-325-2368, no cover. Columbia Crew plays the kind of classic rock that resonates across generations. Jennifer Goodenberger 6 to 9 p.m., Shelburne Restaurant and Pub, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-642-2442, www.theshelburnerestaurant.com, no cover. Jennifer Goodenberger plays classical, improvisational, contemporary and contemplative originals on piano.

Sunday, March 3

Chuck Wilder 6:30 to 9 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777, www.bridgewaterbistro.com, no cover. Chuck Wilder plays jazz piano.

“84 Charing Cross Road” 3 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1242, www.coastertheatre.com. There are parts for four women and five men in this sentimental play about a transatlantic love of literature during the years after World War II.

Thunder Road Band 7:30 p.m., Seaside American Legion, 1315 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-5111, www.seasidepost99or.org, no cover. Thunder Road Band plays country, blues and good ol’ rock-n-roll.

MUSIC Thursday, Feb. 28 Brian O’Connor 5 to 8 p.m., The Shelburne Restaurant and Pub, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-6424150, www.theshelburnerestaurant.com, no cover. Acoustic jazz guitarist Brian O’Connor plays an eclectic mix of jazz standards and original compositions. Paul Dueber 6 to 8 p.m., Cannon Beach Hardware and Pub, 1235 S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-4364086, www.cannonbeachhardware.com, no cover. Paul Dueber plays ’70s and ’80s folk music, covering Simon and Garfunkle, Gordon Lightfoot, Phil Ochs, Ian Tyson and more. Enjoy the regular show from 6 to 7 p.m. and take part in an open mic from 7 to 8 p.m.

Holiday Friends 8:30 p.m., KALA, 1017 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-338-4878, www.hipfishmonthly.com, $5, younger than 21 permitted with I.D. Holiday Friends play indie rock and pop. Paradox 9 p.m., San Dune Pub, 127 Laneda Ave., Manzanita, 503-368-5080, www.sandunepub.com, $5 cover. Paradox has its roots in classic rock, playing some of the best dance tunes from ’60s, through the ’90s, as well as 21st-century alt-rock.

Sunday, March 3 Tom Trudell 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777, www.bridgewaterbistro.com, no cover. Tom Trudell plays jazz piano.

2431, ncsband@charter.net, www.northcoastsymphonicband.org, $10 adults, $8 students, children 12 and younger admitted free accompanied by an adult. The program is “Springtime in Paris,” with classical and popular music inspired by Paris, France. All That Jazz 2 to 4 p.m., Wet Dog Café, 144 11th St., Astoria, 503-325-6975, www.wetdogcafe.com, free. Donations will benefit the band’s Astoria High School music scholarship. Steamin’ Stan Ruffo 5 to 7 p.m., Wet Dog Café, 144 11th St., Astoria, 503-325-6975, www.wetdogcafe.com, free. Steamin’ Stan sings a mix of blues, jazz, soul and rock and roll. Brian Johnstone 6 to 8 p.m., The Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Cafe, 271 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-4361539, www.thewinebarcannonbeach.com, no cover, ages 21 and older. Brian Johnstone plays flamenco guitar, as well as jazz, blues and originals. Nathaniel Talbot Quartet 8 p.m., Fort George Brewery and Public House, 1483 Duane St., Astoria, 503-325-7468, www.fortgeorgebrewery.com, no cover. Nathaniel Talbot and his quartet play fresh, lyrical indie-folk originals.

Tuesday, March 5 Brian O’Connor 5 to 8 p.m., The Shelburne Restaurant and Pub, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-6424150, www.theshelburnerestaurant.com, no cover. Acoustic jazz guitarist Brian O’Connor plays an eclectic mix of jazz standards and original compositions. The Hunt Family 7 p.m., Don Whitney Auditorium, Tillamook High School, 2605 12th St., Tillamook, $25 adults, $20 students in advance or $30 adults, $25 students at the door. The Hunt Family plays folk, bluegrass, rock, country, Celtic and inspirational music, with step dancing and multiple instruments.

Thursday, March 7 Brian O’Connor 5 to 8 p.m., The Shelburne Restaurant and Pub, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., 360-6424150, www.theshelburnerestaurant.com, no cover. Paul Dueber 6 to 8 p.m., Cannon Beach Hardware and Pub, 1235 S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-4364086, www.cannonbeachhardware.com, no cover. The regular show is from 6 to 7 p.m. and the open mic is from 7 to 8 p.m. Basin Street NW 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, 503-325-6777, www.bridgewaterbistro.com, no cover. Steamin’ Stan Ruffo 7 to 10 p.m., Moody’s Supper House, 20 N. Holladay Drive, Seaside, 503-738-4054. Steamin’ Stan sings a mix of blues, jazz, soul and rock and roll.

MARKETS Friday, March 1 Long Beach Grange Indoor Market 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Long Beach Grange, 5715 Sandridge Road, Long Beach, Wash., 360-7778898, www.longbeachgrange.org/Weekend-Market2.html, free admission, vendors $10 per table per day. Featuring a variety of products such as farm-fresh eggs, home-baked goods, handcrafted items, goat cheese and goat milk soaps, Avon products, woodcrafts, pure honey, unbleached walnuts, hazelnuts, gift items, art, jewelry and more. Kitchen has food available.

North Coast Symphonic Band 2 p.m., Clatsop Community College Performing Arts Center, 588 16th St., Astoria, 503-325-

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Stepping Out MARKETS continued Saturday, March 2 Long Beach Grange Indoor Market 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Long Beach Grange, 5715 Sandridge Road, Long Beach, Wash., 360-7778898, www.longbeachgrange.org/Weekend-Market2.html, free admission, vendors $10 per table per day.

EVENTS Thursday, Feb. 28 After Hours Open House 5 to 7 p.m., Tilted Art and Gifts, 417 S. Holladay Drive, Seaside, 503-739-7070, www.tiltedartstore.com. There will be live music and refreshments at an open house where you can view current artworks and enter a drawing for door prizes. Trivia Night 6 p.m., The Ship Inn Lounge, No. 1 Second St., Astoria, 503-325-0033, ages 21 and older. Bring a team or just bring yourself and test your knowledge of useless facts. Ales & Ideas 7 p.m., Fort George Lovell Showroom, 426 14th St., Astoria, 503-338-2335 (Nancy Cook), ncook@clatsopcc.edu, free. Kristin Shauck will present “Creativity: The Mystery of the Muse,” using her own and other artists’ strategies to overcome creative blocks and other facets of creativity. “Buddhism – Basics and Beyond” 7 p.m., Astoria Senior Center, 1111 Exchange St., Astoria, lcdiversityproject@gmail.com, www.lcdiversityproject.org, free. Kojun and Daitetsu Hull, from the Great Vow Monastery in Clatskanie, will discuss Buddhism, both as a philosophy and as a way of life. Everyone is welcome. Susan Glen Author Appearance 7 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-6742, www.seasidelibrary.org, free. Historian and author Susan Glen will present her local history, “Seaside: 1920 to 1950.” Refreshments will be served.

Friday, March 1 Cannon Beach Yoga Festival 4 to 7 p.m., check-in, Cannon Beach Yoga Arts, 251 N. Hemlock St., Second Floor, Cannon Beach, 503-440-1649 (Christen Allsop), www.CannonBeachYogaFestival.com, $350 festival pass, space is limited. Yoga practitioners of all levels can engage in a weekend of yoga, meditation, music, art, dance, food, massage and body work, shopping and celebration. Workshops will be led by Aadil Palkhivala, Annie Carpenter, Julie Gudmestad, Sarahjoy Marsh, Uma Kleppinger and others, and there will be related events such as children’s yoga classes and a dance party. Friday Night Mixer 5 to 7 p.m., Imogen Gallery, 240 11th St., Astoria, 503-468-0620, www.imogengallery.com. Enjoy a social time at the gallery, with lovely art and lively conversation and an adult beverage. “Trends Toward Global Peace” 7 p.m., Clatsop Community College Performing Arts Center, 588 16th St., Astoria, 503-3382306, pwarren@clatsopcc.edu, www.clatsopcc.edu, free. Al Jubitz, peace activist and president of the Jubitz Family Foundation, will examine 28 trends that have been shifting the world away from its historical war system toward global collaboration, constructive conflict resolution and social change.

Saturday, March 2 Cannon Beach Yoga Festival 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., various locations, Cannon Beach, 503-440-1649 (Christen Allsop), www.CannonBeachYogaFestival.com, $350 festival pass, space is limited.

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Nehalem Estuary Cleanup 7:30 a.m., Wheeler Waterfront Park, U.S. Highway 101 at Rector Street, Wheeler, 503-3683203, lnct@nehalemtel.net, www.nehalemtrust.org. Join other volunteers for this biennial event, cleaning up the Nehalem Estuary. Participants meet up for chili dinner at 6 p.m. at Tsunami Grill, at the park.

Sunday, March 3

Pre-Art Walk Demonstrations 1 to 5 p.m. demos, Tilted Art and Gifts, 417 S. Holladay Drive, Seaside, 503-739-7070. Josh Blewett and Ellie Ruscetta will do chain saw carving demonstrations. Refreshments will be served. The art walk is from 5 to 7 p.m.

Seaside Community HU Song 1:30 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broadway, 503-717-5485 (Seann Valen), axcess49@gmail.com, www.eckankar.org, free. Regardless of your beliefs or religion, you can sing HU (pronounced hue), an ancient name for God, to become happier and more secure. It is simply for the spiritual uplift of those who come and is not directed to any other purpose. Presented by Eckankar.

Virginia Morell Author Appearance 2 p.m., Cannon Beach Library, 131 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1391. Virginia Morell will present her new book, “Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures.” Game Day at the Library 2 to 4 p.m., Astoria Public Library, 450 10th St., Astoria, 503-325-7323, www.astorialibrary.org, free. Relax and have fun with family and friends. Choose from a wide variety of board games and card games for all ages. Snacks will be provided. Pre-Art Walk Open House 2 to 5 p.m., Trail’s End Art Association, 656 A St., Gearhart, 503-717-9458, http://trailsendart.org. Featured artist Deborah Stenberg will give a demonstration on charcoal portraiture as well as showing how she teaches online courses for the University of Alaska. Commercial Fishermen’s Festival Crab Feed 2 to 6 p.m., Astoria Event Center, 894 Commercial St., Astoria, 503-791-8703, www.commercialfishermensfestival.com, $18, some discounts. Enjoy Dungeness crab, coleslaw and garlic bread, silent auction, live music and raffles for door prizes. Proceeds will benefit the Commercial Fishermen’s Festival. Dian Schroeder Artist Reception 3 to 7 p .m., Gallery 504 North, Peninsula Performing Arts Center, 504 Pacific Ave. N., Long Beach, Wash., http://northwestartistguild.weebly.com. This will open “Sense of Place,” an exhibit by Dian Schroeder of watercolor landscapes and waterscapes. The Greaver Family Exhibit Artists’ Reception 5 to 7 p.m., Cannon Beach Gallery, 1064 S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-0744, www.cannonbeacharts.org. Three generations of the Greaver family, five members, will have artworks on display and another will play original music at the reception. Seaside’s First Saturday Art Walk 5 to 7 p.m., galleries and businesses in Seaside. Check out new artworks, join your friends and meet artists while enjoying refreshments and live music. “Softenings” Exhibit Opening 5 to 7 p.m., RiverSea Gallery, 1160 Commercial St., Astoria, 503-325-1270, www.riverseagallery.com. Marion Raney Oman of Long Beach, Wash., will show her latest paintings in a solo show, “Softenings.” She continues to paint naturescapes from near and far, but this new series is a departure from her usual structured paintings, with softer, more impressionistic renderings. Virginia Morell Author Appearance 7 p.m., The Inn at Cannon Beach, 3215 S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-0741, www.nwbynwgallery.com. Virginia Morell will present her new book, “Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures.” Northwest By Northwest Gallery will feature a bronze animal exhibit by Georgia Garber at the event and at the gallery. Psychic Siamese Terror 9 p.m., Voodoo Room, 1114 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-325-2233, www.columbianvoodoo.com, psychicsiameseterror@gmail.com, www.psychicsiameseterror.com, readings start at $5. Psychic Siamese Terror will hold tarot readings from 9 to 11 p.m., with a séance to follow.

Cannon Beach Yoga Festival 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., various locations, Cannon Beach, 503-440-1649 (Christen Allsop), www.CannonBeachYogaFestival.com, $350 festival pass, space is limited.

Didgeridoo Reiki Healing Circle 1:30 to 2 p.m., RiversZen Yoga, 399 31st St., Astoria, 503-440-3554, http://RiversZenYoga.com, free, for ages 18 and older. Join Thom Dickerson for a tonal meditation, starting with a short informational presentation followed by a guided meditation featuring the spiritual vibrations of the didgeridoo, painting tonal pictures of reiki symbols. Labyrinth Walk 3 to 6 p.m., Grace Episcopal Church Hall, 1545 Franklin Ave., Astoria, 503-325-6580, free.

Tuesday, March 5 First Tuesday Book Club Noon to 2 p.m., Astoria Public Library, 450 10th St., Astoria, 503-325-7323, www.astorialibrary.org, free. Coffee and tea will be provided and those who wish to bring lunch are welcome to do so. Contact the library or check the website for this month’s topic. PageTurners Book Discussion 2 to 4 p.m., Ocean Park Timberland Library, 1308 256th Place, Ocean Park, Wash., 360-6654184, www.TRL.org, free, for adults. Join in a discussion of “The Paris Wife,” by Paula McLain. Lite Bite 6 to 9 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Suite A, Astoria, $40 each, limited to 200 tickets. Tickets for this fundraiser are available at the United Way office, 503-325-1961, online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/333211, or at participating restaurants: Baked Alaska, Wayfarer’s, The Depot, Bridgewater Bistro, Rotisserie Lumberyard & Grill, Stephanie Inn Dining Room, Newmans 988, Sweet Basil’s Café, 42nd Street Café, and Fishes. Proceeds will benefit United Way of Clatsop County.

Wednesday, March 6 Wacky Wednesday Open Mic Night 7:30 to 10 p.m., The Rio Cantina, 125 Ninth St., Astoria, 503-325-2409, www.theriocafe.net, no cover, ages 21 and older. All acts are welcome, including comedy, spoken poetry, rapping, music and more. Call for more information.

Thursday, March 7 Trivia Tournament 5:30 to 7 p.m., Astoria Public Library, 450 10th St., Astoria, 503-325-7323, www.astorialibrary.org. Teams compete for universal admiration each first Thursday of the month. Difficulty level appropriate for adults. Rules include no devices, smart phones, computers, etc. Check with the library for tournament source books and this month’s theme. Includes refreshments. “Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century” Artists’ Reception 6 p.m., Clatsop Community College Art Center Gallery, 1799 Lexington Ave., Astoria, 503-3382472, www.clatsopcc.edu, free, open to the public. Exhibit juror and OSU professor emeritus Clint Brown will speak, awards will be announced and there will be refreshments. A no-host post-reception party will immediately follow, at the Astoria Coffeehouse and Bistro, 243 11th St. The exhibit runs through March 28. Trivia Night 6 p.m., The Ship Inn Lounge, No. 1 Second St., Astoria, 503-325-0033, ages 21 and older. Bring a team or just bring yourself and test your knowledge of useless facts.

Stepping Out EVENTS continued Thursday, March 7 (continued) Rex Ziak Author Appearance 7 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-6742, www.seasidelibrary.org, free. Historian and author Rex Ziak will present his book, “Eyewitness to Astoria,” based on the journal of Astor party member Gabriel Franchere. Science on Tap 7 p.m., Fort George Lovell Showroom, 426 14th St., Astoria, 503-325-2323, www. crmm.org, free. Jim O’Connor, of the U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Center in Portland, will speak about the Missoula floods of the last ice age, and how they shaped the Northwest’s geography. Minors are allowed with an adult. The World of Haystack Rock 7 to 8:30 p.m., Cannon Beach Library, 131 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1391, free. The program is “Living on the Edge: Adapting to Coastal Erosion and Shoreline Change,” with Patrick Corcoran, Hazards Outreach Specialist, Oregon State University and Oregon Sea Grant.

Science on Tap

Science on Tap: Missoula Floods

Scientist to speak about the ice age Missoula floods ASTORIA — At the close of the last ice age, 15,000 to 20,000 years ago, a lobe of ice flowing south from Canada blocked the Clark Fork River in northwestern Montana. The resulting ice-dammed lake, known to geologists as Glacial Lake Missoula, was at times more than 2,000 feet deep and contained 500 cubic miles of water – twice the size of Puget Sound. The ice dam ruptured and reformed dozens of times, each break-out sending torrents of water across eastern Washington and down the Columbia River. Join the Columbia River Maritime Museum for the next Science on Tap: Missoula Floods, at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7, as Jim O’Connor revisits the flood waters that

proved forceful enough to instantaneously shape the landscape of the Pacific Northwest. O’Connor is a Pacific Northwest native long interested in the processes and events that shape the remarkable and diverse landscapes of the region. With a M.S. from the University of Washington and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona, he has spent the past 17 years with U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Center in Portland. Science on Tap, in partnership with Fort George Brewery, is a Columbia River Maritime Museum program introducing maritime science, history and technology in an informal setting. This program is free and open to the public and minors are allowed

7 p.m. Thursday, March 7 Fort George Lovell Building 426 14th St., Astoria 503-325-2323 www.crmm.org Free with adult. Doors open at 6 p.m., the presentation begins at 7 p.m. at Fort George Brewery’s Lovell Building at 14th and Duane streets. Seasonal beers are on tap, food and other beverages are available for purchase. For more information, call 503-3252323.

YOUTH EVENTS Saturday, March 2 Family Read-Aloud Regular library hours, Saturday, March 2, through Friday, April 12. Timberland Regional Library system, www.TRL.org, free. Ilwaco Timberland Library, 158 First Ave. N., Ilwaco, Wash., 360-642-390; Naselle Timberland Library, 4 Parpala Road, Naselle, Wash., 360-484-3877; Ocean Park Timberland Library, 1308 256th Place, Ocean Park, Wash., 360-665-4184; Raymond Timberland Library, 507 Duryea St., Raymond, Wash., 360-942-2408; South Bend Timberland Library, First Street and Pacific Avenue, South Bend, Wash., 360-8755532.

Seaside Public Library Rex Ziak time travels to 1811 Astoria in eyewitness account SEASIDE — The Friends of the Seaside Library will welcome Rex Ziak for a program at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7. The local area author of “Eyewitness to Astoria” will speak in the Community Room and there will be

book sales and signings. “Eyewitness to Astoria” is a comprehensive study of the rise and fall of the 1811 settlement known as Fort Astoria. Gabriel Franchere was a member of the first shipload of men sent to the

Check out some books, gather your family and read aloud to your kids – in any or every room of the house. Each library will have special programs and prizes. Program starts on Dr. Seuss’ birthday and ends on Beverly Cleary’s birthday. For kids of all ages.

CLASSES Saturday, March 2 Lidded Box 2 to 4 p.m., Dots ’N Doodles Art Supplies, 303 Marine Drive, Astoria, 503-325-5081, dotsndoodles@qwestoffice.net, http://dotsndoodlesonline.com, $20, supplies not included. Students will construct a simple box from book board complete with a fitted lid, covered with decorative papers and other embellishments. Each student will leave with a finished box.

Monday, March 4 Yoga Classes Various times, Lotus Yoga, 1230 Marine Drive, No. 101, Astoria, 503-298-3874, www.lotusyogaonline.com. Returning classes include Levels 1 and 2 Yoga, a mixed level class and gentle yoga. New classes include chair yoga Tuesday mornings and lunch yoga Tuesdays during the lunch hour. Visit the website for descriptions and cost.

Tuesday, March 5 “The Artist’s Way” Workshop 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesdays, March 5 through April 30, at Cannon Beach Gallery, 1064 S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-717-3924, diane@dianefisher.com, $135, discount for CBAA members. Jumpstart your creativity, rediscover your purpose and passion and experience a more creative and fulfilled life. Diane Fisher teaches this nine-week course. Preregistration is required and space is limited to 12. Call or email to see if space is available.

"Eyewitness to Astoria" is a book by local historian Rex Ziak based on the journal of Gabriel Franchere. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

Columbia River by John Jacob Astor in 1811. During the trip he kept a journal, recording the daily ordeals of establishing Astoria, the first permanent American settlement west of the Rockies. Upon his return to Montreal, Franchere’s journal was published but largely overlooked. As a result, his eyewitness account of one of the most amazing chapters in early American history was forgotten. Ziak has reformatted, illustrated and fully annotated Franchere’s journal and the accompanying maps and short essays give us a rare glimpse into the beginnings of Astoria. Ziak is an author, Emmy Award-winning cinematographer, and a three-time distinguished historian for the Oregon Historical Society. He has been a resident of the North Coast for many years. The Seaside Public Library is located at 1131 Broadway. The program is free. For more information, call 503-738-6742 or visit www.seasidelibrary .org

Rex Ziak Author Appearance 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7 Seaside Public Library 1131 Broadway, Seaside 503-738-6742 www.seasidelibrary.org Free

CANNERY PIER HOTEL & SPA presents

RICK BASS & STELLARONDO MARCH 8 AT 8 PM

RYAN WALSH

classical guitar in McTavish MARCH 15 AT 7:30PM

LIBERTY THEATER presents

BODYVOX-2 MARCH 16 AT 7:30 PM

AIFF presents MARY POPPINS MOVIE SING-ALONG MARCH 17 AT 2 PM

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Timberland Regional libraries

Fort George Brewery

Make your house a read-aloud house

Nathaniel Talbot Quartet picks and croons melodic tunes

PACIFIC COUNTY, Wash. — Pack up a sack of families wrote comments such as these: books and head to the kitchen, living room, • Asking questions about stories and reclaundry room – even the bathroom and garage ognizing pictures – and read some of your favorite stories aloud • Becoming more familiar with letters as a family. It’s time for the annual Timber• Helping him to learn new words land Regional Library (TRL) Fam• Improved language skills ily Read-Aloud, running from • She is learning about storySaturday, March 2 (Dr. Seuss’ telling and it has helped her attenPacific County, tion span birthday) through Friday, April 12 Wash. has (Beverly Cleary’s birthday). • It has helped my child learn The program, now in its 12th five Timberland colors, shapes and concepts of year, centers on the activity of famprint; rhymes and parts of a book. Regional ilies reading aloud together in dif• Imagination libraries: ferent areas of their homes. As an “Research (and common early learning program, the Readsense) tells us that parents are the Aloud focuses on children from infirst and most important teachers Ilwaco fancy to grade 3, though all of a Timberland Library of their children” said Duffy. What family’s children are encouraged to happens between parent and child 158 First Ave. N., Ilwaco, join in the fun. is the best predictor of future sucWash. “It’s no coincidence that we cess in school. Children who are 360-642-3908 begin our read-aloud with the celeread to from an early age develop bration of the birthday of Dr. Seuss better language skills, enhanced and close with the celebration of listening skills, larger vocabularNaselle the birthday of Beverly Cleary. ies, and are more ready to read Timberland Library Characters from books written by when they begin school. 4 Parpala Road, these beloved authors have become There is a tremendous body of Naselle, Wash. part of cherished childhood memoresearch showing that a child’s 360-484-3877 ries for many generations!” said emotional and social readiness is a Ellen Duffy, TRL’s Youth Services strong predictor of school success. Coordinator. “Sitting comfortably together to Ocean Park Families, as well as classrooms Timberland Library share a story helps nurture the and childcare providers, may pick emotional bond between parent 1308 256th Place, Ocean up a Read Aloud Castle Start-up and child,” said Duffy. Park, Wash. Kit at any Timberland library beEach Timberland library will 360-665-4184 ginning Saturday, March 2, enter award a grand prize: a backpack for chances to win prizes, and profilled with books selected especeed to read in rooms all around cially for the winning family or Raymond their homes. The more rooms and Timberland Library classroom. Many libraries will spaces, the merrier. The kit includes also have local drawings for books 507 Duryea St., Raymond, a Read Aloud Castle on cardstock and other prizes during the proWash. to color, a set of stickers, a Dr. gram. Friends of the Library 360-942-2408 Seuss bookmark, a door hanger and groups throughout the library sysa prize drawing entry form. Booktem have generously provided lists in the kits, all developed by many hundreds of books. Families South Bend TRL Youth Services staff, include Timberland Library may enjoy reading the gift book“100 Toddler Favorites,” which inplates to see the variety of Friends First Street cludes books and music, and groups that donated the books and and Pacific Avenue, South “Books to Read Aloud,” the revised their associated libraries. Bend, Wash. edition, featuring high appeal readComplete details will be in li360-875-5532 alouds for ages 3 to 12. braries and online at Comments from families durwww.TRL.org no later than March ing last year’s Family Read-Aloud 2, the date when kits will be at all demonstrate that families enjoy and Timberland libraries. Check with appreciate sharing books together. Specifi- your Timberland Library or log on to the cally asked in what ways the program con- website for further details, and get in there tributed to early learning for their children, and read!

ASTORIA — Oregon-grown tunesmith Nathaniel Talbot already had 16 years of songwriting and performing under his belt by the age of 29. With influences ranging from prodigious guitar pickers such as Doc Watson, Leo Kotke and Kelly Joe Phelps to the more soulful folk poetry of Elliot Smith, Gillian Welch and Paul Simon, his music represents a unique synthesis of oldtime picking and the indie here-andnow. Talbot combines complex finger-style guitar work with thoughtful, melodic vocal lines to create a sonic experience that is fresh and impacting. Just before his move from Portland to Whidbey Island, Wash., singer-songwriter and finger-style guitarist Talbot played to a sold-out room at The Woods for the release of his sophomore album, “Less Wild.” He shared that stage with three Portland singers, Sam Howard (Tony Furtado, Scott Pemberton), Russ Kleiner (Curtis Salgado, Tony Furtado) and Anna Tivel (Shook Twins), whom he had recently recruited to help record the album. The quartet found fast friendship that night, and despite the long distance relationship, has since gone on to compose, record and tour the Northwest with an ever-expanding repertoire. The quartet’s new release, “Here in the Fields,” represents Talbot’s strongest songwriting to date, while the acoustic bass, violin and percussion parts help create a harmonic

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The Nathaniel Talbot Quartet will play March 3, at Fort George Brewery. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

tapestry seldom heard in the traditional singer-songwriter genre. Expect these musicians to offer arrangements brimming with lush

Nathaniel Talbot Quartet 8 p.m. Sunday, March 3 Fort George Brewery and Public House 1483 Duane St., Astoria 503-325-7468 www.fortgeorgebrewery.com No cover charge vocal harmonies, haunting string arrangements and sparse, textured rhythm sections, while never straying too far from their anchor: Talbot’s powerful vocal melodies, finger-style guitar work and haunting lyrics. Talbot’s narratives are dark and bucolic, taking the listener

along the overlooks and through the underbellies of various Pacific Northwest landscapes and rural communities. It’s clear that a couple of years of farming along the forest and waters of Puget Sound have sculpted the content of these tunes and helped Talbot develop a sense of storytelling that many urban songsters lack. “Nathaniel Talbot’s high-register croon floats lightly over complex, plucky melodies and lucid tempos with an ethereal, ghostly vibe that meshes perfectly with the music’s forlorn, yet aggressive and ambitious, sound.” —Willamette Week. The Nathaniel Talbot Quartet will play at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 3, at Fort George Brewery and Public House, 1483 Duane St. There is no cover charge. Fort George can be reached at 503-325-7468 or log on to www.fortgeorgebrewery.com

Astoria High School Ayn Rand mystery ‘January 16th’ coming in March ASTORIA — The Astoria High School (AHS) Theater Department presents Ayn Rand’s murder mystery, “The Night of January 16th,” in the AHS Auditorium at 1001 W. Marine Drive. Where were you that night? Watch out because you may be the next witness in this courtroom drama. Rand’s text guides the viewer through the rise and destruction of a brilliant and ruthless man. The play fea-

tures Lainnie Alexander, Matthew Berger, Hannah Brown and other AHS students, as they perform a dramatic objectification of Rand’s vision of human strength and weakness. The production is directed by Karen Bain. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, March 8, 9, 15 and 16, and a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10. Tickets are $7, or $5 for students with an AHS student body card, at the door.

Soft and sharp Peninsula artist Marion Raney Oman explores and filters life’s edges in 18 new paintings

On the west side of Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula, in a studio that sits between the clean lines of a young forest and the curving limits of the sea, Marion Raney Oman greets each new day with brush and palette. Her morning ritual is a study in devoted practice: breakfast, coffee, a newspaper; then she immediately sets to work, catching the flood of early natural light that will keep her hand and eye in tune as she faithfully puts oil to canvas and quietly recreates the world. Born in northern California – her father a university professor of agronomy, her mother a talented ceramicist and designer – Oman spent her early childhood days among the fertile fields of the Sacramento Valley, where the duality of her parents’ love for art and science took equal seed in the heart of their youngest child. At the age of 11, she moved with her family to the verdant state she still calls home, and there, on the tree-lined slopes of western Washington, the natural backdrop for her thriving creativity only broadened. “Art was always present in my life,” says Oman, “though it was a long time before I really called myself an artist.” Today, with a committed and prolific career spanning almost 25 successful years, she’s a bit more comfortable Artist Marion Raney Oman with the term. “Now, I relaxes in natural surroundings think of it as being in a that influence her work. kind of room all my

own,” she reflects with a thoughtful smile, “a place to let things out that are inside. It’s a vision of life through my own little filter.” That “filter” has led Oman down a long path of artistic exploration, first in drawing and printmaking, then in painting with oils – the medium she most prefers, and the one she’s been exhibiting throughout the Columbia-Pacific since the early 1990s. In that time, her subject matter has varied as greatly as her interests, taking her viewers on sensuous tours through quiet still life compositions, bold expressions of birds, and the scenes for the public invited for wine and refreshments, as which she is perhaps most well-known: her stun- well as an interactive artist presentation designed to ning, dreamlike landscapes. In a offer insights into Oman’s inspirastyle that mixes Modernist ruletions and techniques. Another rebreaking with the layered look of ception will be held during the old masters, Oman paints places Astoria’s Second Saturday Art Walk that seem only to exist in that safrom 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March cred space between reverie and real9; all artwork will remain on disity, a space where rivers, trees, and play through April 2. mountains rise quietly, inexplicaIn a statement about the collecbly, up from the paint, taking distion, Oman writes, “It was more 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2 tinct shape under blankets of muted difficult to shake my ingrained RiverSea Gallery color. It’s these distinct shapes that technique than I expected. In this 1160 Commercial St. Astoria, fascinate and guide the viewing eye; case, the sharpness may have faded 503-325-1270 but lately, where Oman’s interest for awhile, but it wouldn’t disapmostly lies, is with their edges. pear. I found I came full circle,” she riverseagallery.com In “Softenings,” a new series of continues, “from ‘defined’ work, to land/water subjects soon to exhibit at RiverSea ‘softer’ work, then back to more ‘defined’... Such Gallery, Oman explores her “firm lines” and dis- is life, too; we turn out to be who we are.” It’s this plays an attempt, in 18 paintings, to “subtly hone” kind of thoughtful wisdom that seems to always the definitive, linear boundaries so present in her emanate from Oman and becomes especially tangiwork. A celebratory First Night unveiling will take ble in her latest work. With the same keen mind place from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2, with that consistently weds beauty to botany, and with a hand so skillful it can make a stand of trees look somehow like forgiveness, Oman reveals her deeper understanding: In life, as in painting, some paths are sure to only lead us back to where we started. Still, we must set forth; the very exploration is the prize. If we’ve anything close to the measured patience and dedication of an experienced artist like Oman, in time, we too might make peace with our own sharp edges.

‘Softenings’ opening reception

the arts VISUAL ARTS • LITERATURE • THEATER • MUSIC & MORE Story by LYNETTE RAE McADAMS • SUBMITTED PHOTOS

Learn more about the artist and view her work online at marionraneyoman.com. For exhibit and gallery information, visit riverseagallery.squarespace.com

TOP. Marion Raney Oman's "Leaves on Water." MIDDLE. Marion Raney Oman's, "River Delta," a selection from her show, "Softenings," which exhibits at RiverSea Gallery, March 2 to April 2. BOTTOM. Marion Raney Oman works in her studio on Washington's Long Beach Peninsula.

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‘Animal Wise’ Author Virginia Morell to appear in Cannon Beach CANNON BEACH — Oregon author Virginia Morell will speak about her new book, “Animal Wise,” at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at Cannon Beach Library, 131 N. Hemlock St. That evening, there will be a book signing from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at the Inn at Cannon Beach at 3215 S. Hemlock St. Morell is an acclaimed science journalist and author. She will present her new book, “Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures.” A contributing correspondent for Science, she has covered evolutionary and conservation biology since 1990. This is her fourth book. Morell is a regular contributor to National Geographic and Conde Nast Traveler. In 2004, her National Geographic article on climate change was a finalist for Best Environmental Article from the Society of Environmental Journalists. An accomplished public speaker, Morell spent March 2009 as a principal lecturer for National Geographic Society’s Expeditions Program on one of its round-the-world trips. She lives in Ashland with her husband, writer Michael McRae, a calico cat named Nin, and an American Working Farm Collie named Buckaroo. At the evening event at the Inn at Cannon Beach, Northwest By Northwest Gallery will display bronze sculpture by Georgia Gerber, known for her Tufted Puffin sculpture in Cannon Beach and Rachel the Pike Place Pig at Seattle’s Pike Place Market. The exhibition continues at the gallery with an extensive selection of the artist’s sculptures. Northwest By Northwest Gallery is located at 232 N. Spruce St. Publisher Random House had this to say about “Animal Wise” and its author: “Noted science writer Virginia Morell explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising and moving exploration into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated animals.

The bronze sculpture ‘A Scattering of Joy,’ by Georgia Gerber. – PHOTO COURTESY NORTHWEST BY NORTHWEST GALLERY

‘Animal Wise,’ by Virginia Morell.– SUBMITTED PHOTO

“Did you know that ants teach, earthworms make decisions, rats love to be tickled, and chimps grieve? Did you know that some dogs have thousand-word vocabularies and that birds practice songs in their sleep? That crows improvise tools, blue jays plan ahead, and moths remember living as caterpillars? “’Animal Wise’ takes us on a dazzling odyssey into the inner world of animals, from ants to elephants to wolves, and from sharp-shooting archerfish to pods of dolphins that rumble like rival street gangs. With 30 years of experience covering the sciences, Morell uses her formidable gifts as a story-teller to transport us to field sites and laboratories around the world, introducing us to pioneering animal-cognition researchers and their

surprisingly intelligent and sensitive subjects. She explores how this rapidly evolving, controversial field has only recently overturned old notions about why animals behave as they do. She probes the moral and ethical dilemmas of recognizing that even ‘lesser animals’ have cognitive abilities such as memory, feelings, personality and self-awareness – traits that many in the 20th century felt were unique to human beings. “By standing behaviorism on its head, Morell brings the world of nature brilliantly alive in a nuanced, deeply felt appreciation of the human-animal bond, and she shares her admiration for the men and women who have simultaneously chipped away at what we think makes us distinctive while offering a glimpse of where our own abilities come from.” Cannon Beach Library can be reached at 503436-1391, or log on to http://cannonbeachlibrary .org

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Scout calls for racers for cancer research fundraiser ASTORIA — Get your running or walking shoes on and head out to the Riverwalk Saturday, March 9, for a 5K run/walk for breast cancer research. Astoria High School freshman Bryce Nurding is organizing this event for his Eagle Scout project. The run/walk is for all ages and medals will be awarded for first

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place winners of each age group. There is no charge, but donations will be accepted the day of the race and all profits from the event will benefit breast cancer research. Water and snacks will be provided at the start and finish of the event and restrooms will be available. This is the first event to be held on the new Riverwalk extension through

Virginia Morell Author Appearances Saturday, March 2 2 p.m., Cannon Beach Library 131 N. Hemlock St. 7 p.m., The Inn at Cannon Beach 3215 S. Hemlock St. Cannon Beach

Northwest By Northwest Gallery can be reached at 503-436-0741 or visit www.nwbynw gallery.com

the Alderbrook neighborhood and will take place rain or shine. The run/walk begins at 10 a.m. at the Riverwalk’s intersection with 36th Street. Registration the day of the event is from 9 to 9:30 a.m. or you can preregister by contacting Nurding at brycenurding@hotmail .com or 503-298-8919. If you preregister, just show up at 9:45 a.m. and be sure to be warmed up. Sponsors include Bikes & Beyond, Eleventh Street Barber and Astoria Full Fitness Center.

Cancer Research Fundraiser 5K Run/Walk 10 a.m. Saturday, March 9 Riverwalk at 36th Street Astoria 503-298-8919 brycenurding@hotmail.co Free, donations welcome

Seaside’s 1st Saturday

Art Walk

March

5 to 7 p.m.

SEASIDE — Every month, galleries and businesses in Seaside and Gearhart welcome locals and visitors to Seaside’s First Saturday Art Walk. The next art walk is from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2, with art on display and for purchase, food and live music. Some venues open earlier so you can make a day of it. The locations are listed here in the order they appear on the Art Walk map or just walk around downtown and look for the Art Walk signs. Maps are available from participating merchants, the Seaside Chamber of Commerce at 7 N. Roosevelt (U.S. Highway 101) or at www.seasidechamber.com

(A) Trail’s End Art Association 656 A St., Gearhart 503-717-9458, http://trailsendart.org Start your Art Walk off early, from 2 to 5 p.m. The featured show is “Springtime Beginnings,” by Deborah Stenberg. She will be giving a demonstration on charcoal portraiture as well as showing how she teaches online courses for the University of Alaska. Yummy treats will be served. (B) Gilbert District Gallery 613 Broadway 503-738-4222 Featuring in-house local artists as well as refreshments and complimentary NW wines. There could be live music, too. (C) Fairweather House and Garden 612 Broadway 503-738-8899, www.fairweatherhouseandgarden .com Presenting native Oregonian John Halvorson, a self-taught artist whose original paintings reflect the American landscape and seascape in the natural world as well as contemporary and abstract. Also, there will be original pieces in springtime colordrenched works by Zifen Qian, Portland

State University art professor (and world-renowned artist) and Carmela Newstead, an art professor based in Yakima, Wash., will unveil a dashing mix of abstract oil paintings. Fairweather is conjuring springtime with color-drenched fresh flower tablescapes and designs that will be gifted to art patrons. Delightful treats will be offered by Chef Sharon Krask. (D) Yummy Wine Bar and Bistro 831 Broadway 503-738-3100, www.yummywinebarbistro.com Continuing a vibrant collection of works by Oskkar Walker. The show is called “Draga mea sursă de inspira ie,” a Romanian phrase which translates to English “My darling/dear inspiration.” “I’m moved by the beauty nature is able to create,” said Walker of the inspiration from which he drew. (E) Tilted Art and Gifts 417 S. Holladay Drive 503-739-7070 An encore event is scheduled for March, with a live chainsaw sculpting demonstration by two local artists, Josh Blewett and Ellie Ruscetta, from 1 to 5 p.m. Inside the gallery enjoy refreshments and an opportunity to view a variety of work by local artists.

TOP. A painting of tulips by Deborah Stenberg, showing at Trail’s End Art Association in Gearhart.– SUBMITTED PHOTO LEFT. A driftwood carving by Josh Blewett, showing at Tilted Art and Gifts. – SUBMITTED PHOTO ABOVE. A painting by Oskkar Walker, showing at Yummy Wine Bar and Bistro. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

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Art needs artists ... and artists need models Story by DWIGHT CASWELL • SUBMITTED PHOTOS

‘Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century’ juried exhibit returns to Clatsop Community College “Perhaps the most enduring and content-loaded subject in art history,” is how Clint Brown, professor emeritus at Oregon State University, describes the nude. “It’s a lot like doing Yoga,” says local model Sharon Collier, “but nude, in front of a lot of people.” Brown and Collier have different takes on the nude because Brown is the juror for the “Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century,” the art show currently at Clatsop Community College’s Art Center Gallery, with an opening reception 6 p.m. Saturday, March 7, and Collier models for classes at the college and for local artists. Begun by CCC art instructor Kristin Shauck, “Au Naturel” is in its seventh year. This year it received over 600 entries from around the world; 54 were selected by Brown for exhibition. And for the third year in a row, a show called “Nudes Downtown,” inspired by “Au Naturel,” will be the focus of Astoria’s Second Saturday Art Walk, on Saturday, March 9. Work by local and regional artists, and some artists participating in Au Naturel, will be shown at all the local art galleries, as well as at the Astoria Coffee House and Dots ’n Doodles art supply. Both shows will exhibit the nude in what Brown calls, “a diverse range of expressive possibilities.” You will see paintings and drawings in a variety of mediums and in styles ranging from classic to abstract, from political and confrontational to enigmatic or surreal, and from personal to

mythical. All these images, no matter how dissimilar in other respects, have one thing in common: one or more nude models. It is the very human concern with the body that links all these works, and it is all but impossible to properly render the figure without a model. But what does the model get out of it? The artist gets a work of art and the satisfaction (and perhaps a sale) that goes with it. But what’s in it for the model? For one model it’s a kind of performance. Sharon Collier began modeling 10 years ago when she was a student in Texas. “I was studying a lot of forms of dance and yoga and theater. It was the exhibitionist stage of my life. I wanted to be performing, and the college art department needed models.” She discovered that, “it’s very empowering to be totally exposed to people, every nuance of your body exposed, and they’re drawing you. It’s an art form. ‘This is me,’ you’re saying, and once you’ve shown people everything you’ve got, there’s nothing they can take away from you.” Today Collier’s motivation is different. A new resident of Astoria, modeling is part of her exploration of the extensive local art scene: “It’s a way of finding my groove in the community.” Collier is quick to dispel ideas that some people may have about modeling. “It’s not that sexy,” she says. “Sometimes you’re freezing in some starving artist’s studio because he hasn’t paid the utilities, or you’re cooking like a rotisserie chicken under a lot of hot lights.” And it’s harder

work than you might think, especially the long poses. “If you turn your head this way,” she moves her jaw a few inches to the left, “you think, no problem, but after 40 minutes your neck and shoulder muscles are like rock.” Then there are the reclining poses, when Collier has been known to fall asleep. “It’s very unprofessional,” she admits. “You lose all definition.”

‘It’s very empowering to be totally exposed to people, every nuance of your body exposed, and they’re drawing you. It’s an art form. ‘This is me,’ you’re saying, and once you’ve shown people everything you’ve got, there’s nothing they can take away from you.’ Collier, like any art model, undresses outside the classroom and enters wearing a robe. “You have to remove any element of lewdness,” she says. “To undress in front of them would be a kind of strip tease.” She says that the first few minutes with a new class, especially beginners, can be difficult. “There’s a certain buzz; no one looks at each other, but after a while I’m just something they’re drawing.” Modeling for an individual artist has a different dynamic than work-

ing with a group. “A deep intimacy has to evolve,” she says, especially if the project is a long one. “Your personalities have to match. It’s sort of like picking a spouse.” The work at this year’s “Au Naturel” is diverse, it is good, and you have an opportunity that few people have, to see a firstrate show devoted to the nude. This time, as you stroll from one work to the next, take a moment to consider the model as well as the artist: What was his or her motivation? Why did that person choose to model for this artist? And you might also consider Astorian Sharon Collier models nude for artists. – one more thing that Sharon Col- DWIGHT CASWELL PHOTO lier has to say about modeling: “It’s pretty cool. Everyone should experience standing naked in front of a bunch of people. They might realize it’s not so bad.”

"Hawk and Female Nude" by Mona Cordell of Portland.

‘Au Naturel: the Nude in the 21st Century’ Runs Feb. 21 through March 28 Clatsop Community College Art Center Gallery 1799 Lexington Ave. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, with special spring break hours (March 25 to 28) 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 12 | February 28, 2013 | coastweekend.com

Opening Reception 6 p.m. Thursday, March 7 Followed by a Post-Reception Party at the Astoria Coffee House

‘Nude vs. Naked,’ a free lecture by juror Clint Brown 10 a.m. Friday, 8 March Columbia Hall, Room 219, 1615 Lexington Ave., Astoria

‘Nudes Downtown: A Compendium of Art Inspired by Au Naturel’

"Mira reclined" by Brian Smith of Toronto, Ontario.

This multi-venue, collective exhibit will run concurrently with ‘Au Naturel’ as Astoria’s Second Saturday Art Walk, 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 9 "Big Sarah & Graffiti #2" by Rhoda Draws of Mill Valley, Calif.

"The Source" by Robert Bibler of Salem.

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Cannon Beach Gallery New show is a Greaver extravaganza CANNON BEACH — During have operated the Greaver Gallery March, the Cannon Beach since 1978. Their fine art graphGallery will host an entire fam- ics, drawings and paintings have been inily of artists cluded in na– three gentional juried erations in exhibits in all. The the United Greaver States and Family ExCanada with hibit is a 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2 more than 30 celebration Cannon Beach Gallery two- person of this talshows to ented fam1064 S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach their credit. ily’s 35th 503-436-0744 Both Hanne year in Canwww.cannonbeacharts.org and Harry are non Beach. frequent conAn artists’ tributors to recep t i o n the Cannon will be held on from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Beach Gallery, both to juried March 2, and will feature live shows and as featured artists in guitar music, drinks and appetiz- invitational shows. In addition to the senior ers. The exhibit will run until Greavers, their son, Peter April 1. Hanne and Harry Greaver Greaver, will be exhibiting his

The Greaver Family Exhibit Artists’ Reception

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‘Autumn Grasses,’ a watercolor by Harry Greaver. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

detail-rich watercolors and their daughter, Lotte Greaver, a serial doodler, will be showing her original drawings. Connor Kealey, 13, will be one of the youngest artists to be showcased in an invitational group show at the Cannon Beach Gallery. Connor will be exhibiting his original jewelry designs, which he also sells at the Greaver Gallery. In addition, Paul Greaver will be performing original compositions on guitar at the artist’s reception. Hanne Greaver was born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, where she attended Denmark’s School of Arts and Crafts. She also studied in France for a year on a French government scholarship. Since coming to the U.S. in 1955 to marry Harry, she has specialized in graphics and paintings. Harry Greaver was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Kansas. He received his professional training at the University of Kansas (BFA and MFA) and at the Los Angeles County Art Institute. He taught in the Department of Art at the University of Maine, Orono, from 1955 to 1966. He was Director of the

‘Summer Dance,’ an oil painting by Hanne Greaver. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in Michigan from 1966 to 1978. The next show at the Cannon Beach Gallery will be “Verde: A Green Inspired Show,” featuring Ashley Mersereau and underwritten by Western Oregon Waste. This is a juried show; artists interested in submitting work can find more information about how to participate on the website at www.cannonbeacharts.org. The submission date is Thurs-

‘Faces,’ a watercolor by Peter Greaver. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

day, April 4, with artworks being accepted between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. About the Cannon Beach Arts Association Since 1986, the Cannon Beach Arts Association (CBAA) has provided programs and opportunities that enhance and support the arts in Cannon Beach and the surrounding community. The CBAA is a nonprofit multi-

disciplinary arts organization run almost entirely by volunteers, allowing more than 97 percent of its budget to go directly to a wide variety of programs. For more information, contact the Cannon Beach Arts Association at 503-436-0744, or P.O. Box 684, Cannon Beach, OR 97110, email cannonbeacharts@gmail .com or visit www.cannon beacharts.org

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Seaside High School Musical could change your mind about same-ol’ school plays SEASIDE — Seaside High School (SHS) drama students are hard at work for the March 1 opening of the spring musical, “Changing Minds,” which is sure to entertain the whole family. Set in a high school, this is a modern musical was written especially for high school students. The musical was first presented in the fall of 2011, and, according to the director, SHS may be the first high school on the West Coast to produce it. There is some talk in the industry about a Broadway debut and even option for a film, an exciting prospect for those involved with the local production. At Playa Sola High School, it’s business as

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usual – the jocks, geeks and popular kids try to navigate a world of insecurities, grades, fashions and text messages. Then, during a school trip to a historic mission, the minds of two high school seniors are inexplicably switched. Suddenly, Kyle Fairbanks, a charismatic slacker/surfer, is helping everyone with their calculus, and scholastic superstar Natalie Watson has become an expert on heavy metal lyrics and is calling everybody “dude.” In this screwball-comedy-for-a-new-generation, Kyle and Natalie have to find out how to get their brains back as they juggle friends, classes, rumors, scholarship competitions and, oh yeah, Kyle’s super-

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hot, snob-of-a-girlfriend, Ashley. Driven by a contemporary pop score that reflects influences from rock, techno, R&B and rap, “Changing Minds” is a musical that is bright, laugh-out-loud funny, and is sure to have you singing and clapping along with the students as they discover that sometimes the best way to figure out who you are is by “Changing Minds!” Music will be provided by a live rock band featuring Julie Smith on piano, Bill Siewert on bass guitar, John Fairless on guitar and Tarynn Berkman on drums. Phil White is the music director and Lenore Morrisson directs. Morrisson has been assisted by SHS student Antonio Carrera Garcia with staging of the musical numbers, as well as additional support from Craig Shepherd. The cast features Alex Habecker and Adrian Velazquez as Natalie Watson and Kyle Fairbanks, and

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Morrisson reports that they are having fun playing characters of the opposite sex. With multiple layers to their characters, it is challenging for them as actors to keep it all in perspective. Supporting them is a cast of more than 20 students. Performances are at 7 p.m. March 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9, at the high school at 1901 N. Holladay Drive. There is parking on both sides of the school. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and students and $3 for Seaside High School students with an ASB card and children in elementary school. Tickets will be available at the door at 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact Morrisson at 503-738-5586 or lmorrisson@seaside.k12.or.us “Changing Minds,” with book by Bret Simmons and book and lyrics by David Howard, is produced with permission of Theatrical Rights Worldwide.

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1, 2, and 3 bedroom units available now. Prices ranging from $600-$850. $250 Move-in credit. Located near Fort Stevens Park Beach/Schools/Shopping-No pets. Columbia Pointe Apartments 500 Pacific Drive, Hammond (503)791-3703 www.yournextrental.com Astoria:160 Columbia. 1 bedroom apartment, newly renovated, river view. $750, plus deposits. All utilities included. No pets/no smoking. (503)680-4210 Half-Off First Monthʼs Rent Call or email for more information. Ask about our active military discount!

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Astoria South Slope:2 bedroom/2 bath, sauna, hot tub, great view. $1250/month includes yard maintenance. (503)791-4054

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Seaside: 2 bedroom with outside shed, close to town and beach. No smoking/pets. $850 per month. 1st, last & security deposit. Call (503)738-2836 Thompson Falls Estates 4 bedroom/3.5 bath. 3-car garage, gourmet kitchen. $2,000/mo. Beach Property Management Inc. (503)738-9068 Well-Maintained 3+ bedroom/2 bath South slope, view, yard. 323 Altadena, Astoria. $1,200 per month. (503)440-7013

250 Home Share, Rooms & Roommates Home share:1 bedroom available, $600 per month. First, last, $100 cleaning deposit. No pets/smoking. (503)338-0703

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300 Jewelry Buying Gold, Silver, Estate Jewelry, Coins, and Old Watches. Downtown Astoria-332 12th St. Jonathonʼs, LTD Wednesday-Sunday (503)325-7600

355 TV-Stereo-Radio Two 12” Kicker subs in a box with a 4000 watt Pyramid Series amp. $300. Call or text (503)298-7128

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YACHATS — The Yachats Acad- the open mic sessions in his emy of Arts and Sciences pres- room, where it has become a ents an evening featuring campus sensation. “We began it Newport High School students four years ago and it’s become a showcasing their music and pho- hit with over 900 individual or tography talents. All the young people are students of Matt Love and participate in Newport High School’s Friday Lunch Jam. The Friday Yachats 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 8 Jam takes place at 6:30 Yachats Commons p.m. Friday, March 8, at the Yachats Commons, Fourth Street and U.S. Highway 101, Yachats Fourth Street and U.S. 541-961-6695 Highway 101. The Acadhttp://GoYachats.com emy is supported by the $5 donation suggested Friends of the Yachats Commons Foundation. The hour-long event will feature music and spoken word performances by group performances. Who said Newport High School students rock is dead?” who perform at the Friday Lunch Love also serves as the adviJam, a weekly open mic event sor to the school’s magazine, the held on campus every Friday at Harbor Light, rock festival noon. The school’s journalism (Cubstock) and literary review. class will also present their pho- “You will not believe the qualtography work at the event. ity of the talent, musical and “We’ve got some remarkably spoken word,” he added. “We’ve talented students,” said Love, a got rock, blues, pop, folk, emo, Newport High School teacher, metal, country and some real author and publisher. Love holds beatnik poets. Our photogra-

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phers are very accomplished also.” Love hopes to raise funds to support this year’s literary review by selling student photographs, 2012’s literary review, which includes a bonus DVD of last year’s Yachats performance, and taking donations. Featured performers include Broken Culture, Nakaia Brogran, The Derp Patrol, Brie Staunton, Orchid Instinct, Creed Peterson, Grayson Bear, Nathan Bearden, Richelle Schatz, Slanderous Vitriol, The Steve Jones Band, Servants of the Kelp and Domenica Gavin. Newport High Senior Jay Gassner will emcee the event. There is no admission charge for this presentation, but the Academy appreciates a $5 donation to help cover publicity expenses and suggests generous support of the student activities and projects. For more information, go to http://GoYachats.com or call 541-961-6695.

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CANNON BEACH — The Coaster Theatre will hold auditions for “84 Charing Cross Road” at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 3. Parts are available for four women and five men. Production dates for the show directed by Steve Smith are May 3 through 28. The play is a story about the love of books and literature which spans 20 years from 1949 to 1969. A New York writer corresponds with an antiquarian bookshop manager in London. Books from the manager are shipped across the Atlantic to the writer and care packages from New York are sent to the bookshop staff of post-war-torn Britain. A close friendship develops between these lovers of literature. The show is a touching, hands-acrossthe-sea, sentimental chronicle. The Coaster theatre is located at 108 N. Hem-

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‘84 Charing Cross Road’ Auditions 3 p.m. Sunday, March 3 Coaster Theatre 108 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach 503-436-1242 www.coastertheatre.com

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Astor Street Opry Company Alice goes down the rabbit hole and pops up in Astoria ASTORIA — The Astor Street Opry Company’s fifth season of Winter Children’s Theatre presents “Alice In Wonderland: A Children’s Operetta and Musical Adventure in One Act.” The show will open Friday, March 8, and will run through March 24. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Doors open one-half hour before curtain, at the Astor Street Opry Company Playhouse at 129 W. Bond St. Directors for the 2013 season

are ASOC veterans Becka Blacksten-Ernst, co-direction by Heather Ramsdell, and music direction by ChrisLynn Taylor. The cast includes Rose Driscoll, Bailey Barrett, Bridget Bassett, Artamesia Magallon, Brooke Blankenhorn, Meaghan Bassett, Audrey Davis, Andrew Link, Emily Bergerson, Annabella Magallon, Sierra Gleason, Josie Nice, Mason Brown, Sophia Hansen, Malachi Keefe, Aubrie Payne, Sadie Miravalle, Riley Mitchell, Brittany

‘Alice in Wonderland’ Opening 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 8 Astor Street Opry Company Playhouse 129 W. Bond St., Astoria 503-325-6104 www.astorstreetoprycompany.com $10 adults; $6 ages 12 and younger

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Performing Arts Center College presents a discussion of evolving global peace system ASTORIA — Clatsop Community College Jubitz is the founder of the Jubitz Fam(CCC) will host Al Jubitz, peace activist ily Foundation, which directs funding to orand president of the Jubitz Family Founda- ganizations that foster peace building, tion, at 7 p.m. Frienvironmental stewday, March 1, for ardship, early child“Trends Toward hood education and Global Peace.” building bridges out Jubitz will introof poverty. A thirdduce the audience to generation Rotarian, the evolving global he is a past president peace system by exand remains active 7 p.m. Friday, March 1 amining 28 trends in the Rotary Club Clatsop Community College Performing Arts Center that have been shiftof Portland. He de588 16th St., Astoria ing the world away votes most of his 503-338-2306 from its historical time to the War Prewar system toward vention Initiative, a Free global collaboration, program of the Jubconstructive conflict itz Family Foundaresolution and social tion. He has a vision change. to prevent all war by the year 2030 and works This inspiring community discussion diligently to collaborate with partners in Rowill take place in CCC’s Performing Arts tary International, the Conflict Resolution Center at 16th Street and Franklin Avenue. Department at Portland State University and This free community event is part of the Arts various grassroots and nonprofit organiza& Ideas series. tions to achieve this goal. Jubitz received his BS degree from Yale Jubitz serves on the board of the United University in 1966 and earned his MBA Way of the Columbia-Willamette. In 2010, from the University of Oregon School of he and his wife, Nancy, were recognized naBusiness in 1968. He retired from the fam- tionally by United Way with the Tocqueville ily business after a career spanning 34 years. Society Award for their ongoing commitHe also served as a director of two private ment and support. He is a Senior Fellow of start-up companies. the American Leadership Forum of Oregon,

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Waltemate, Sadie Blacksten, Nicole Ramsdell, Elias Enyart, Nathan Jones, Lindsay Riutta, Sierra Payne, Torin Keefe, Emily Dunstan, Margo Lang, Kacie Klein, Lexi Blacksten, Garrett Payne, Gus Rasmussen, Anthony Anglim, Christopher Bar-

rett, Danielle Anglim, Nicole Blankenhorn, Megan Griffin, Josiah Haynes, Aidan Riutta and Ruby Rasmussen. Along with colorful, fantastical costumes by Terrie McDonald and beautiful set designs by Julie House, ASOC’s version of Lewis Carroll’s well-known dream-adventure novella, “Alice in Wonderland” is youthful in spirit, but sophisticated enough to captivate adults as it

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combining the artistic talents of Astoria High School students through March 28. This is the

Al Jubitz, peace activist and president of the Jubitz Family Foundation, will speak at Clatsop Community College March 1. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

Class 20, and also serves on the Leadership Councils of Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Portland Children’s Museum and the National Advisory Board of Environmental Defense Fund. He is Director Emeritus of Morrison Child and Family Services and an emeritus trustee of Outward Bound Wilderness School. For more information about the program, contact Patricia Warren at 503-338-2306 or pwarren@clatsopcc.edu

second annual Astoria High School student art show, organized by Nhakira La Pointe and Rachel Lertora, two Astoria High School sophomores. The 30 artists will be displaying their work using multiple mediums ranging from oil

pastels and watercolors to spray paint and Balsa-Foam. This year the students’ art will be for sale, something new that was not a part of last year’s show. A percentage of the sales will go to the Astoria High School Art Department.

Wheeler Waterfront Park Volunteers gather to clean up Nehalem Estuary NEHALEM — The eighth biennial Nehalem Estuary Cleanup is set for 7:30 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at the Wheeler Waterfront Park. This event is free and open to the public. Participants are asked to gather upstairs at Tsunami Grill in Wheeler Waterfront Park at 7:30 a.m. for orientation. This event takes place rain or shine, so weather-appropriate clothing is advised along with waterproof boots and work gloves, and don’t forget drinking water and a sack lunch. The evening celebratory festivities begin at 6 p.m., also upstairs at Tsunami. Participants will be treated to a T-shirt, chili feed and live music. The park is located just off U.S. Highway 101 at Rector Street.

Over the 14 years since it began, the biennial estuary cleanup has set an example of caring for the environment and has become a community institution. What began as a community-led activity was taken on as a community-wide project of the Lower Nehalem Watershed Council, bringing together a cross section of the community. Families, students, long-time residents and newcomers spent the day pulling trash of all sizes and shapes from the edge of the estuary. In many ways, little has changed since those first few cleanups. There is still the great community involvement and the chili afterward. Many of the same volunteers at that first event still come

Nehalem Estuary Cleanup • 7:30 a.m. Saturday, March Wheeler Waterfront Park U.S. Highway 101 at Rector Street, Wheeler 6 p.m. Participants’ Chili Dinner at Tsunami Grill back, including some of the original schoolchildren, now grown up and living elsewhere. However, the event has continued to evolve, grow and improve. Lower Nehalem Community Trust (www.nehalemtrust.org) came on as a co-sponsor in 2003. The Nehalem Estuary Cleanup became one of the first such events in the state to recycle what was collected, and over time CARTM Recycling and the Nehalem Bay State Park have increased their involvement as loads of styrofoam, glass bottles, tin cans and miscellaneous items beyond description are pulled from the estuary. The consistent effort is paying off with less and less trash in the bay, revealing more and more of the

Scott Warren of Wheeler hauls a load of styrofoam and other debris from the Nehalem Bay at the 2011 Estuary Cleanup. Even with snow in the foothills, sometimes the sun does come out on cleanup day! – PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LOWER NEHALEM COMMUNITY TRUST

pristine beauty which is the essence of the Nehalem Bay Estuary. For more information, contact Erich Miller at 503-368-3203 or lnct@nehalemtel.net

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Long Beach artist paints a meditative translation of nature

Crackin’ crabs the main event at festival fundraiser

ASTORIA — Marion Raney paintings. On her annual travels fined edges. As she worked, Oman of Long Beach, Wash., to South Sea islands, her palette however, she found she had will show her latchanges to the come full circle, with the last of est paintings in a s u n - d r en ch ed the paintings again featuring solo show, “Softcolors of the more emphasis on line. “I am enings,” begintropics, and ex- hopeful the exploration will quining March 2 at otic sea life are etly influence future work and 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2 RiverSea Gallery. often featured. create a balanced mixture,” the RiverSea Gallery An opening reWith this new artist said. ception and artist body of work, RiverSea Gallery located at 1160 Commercial St., Astoria presentation will Oman has chal1160 Commercial St. Business 503-325-1270 held from 5 to 7 lenged herself hours are 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. www.riverseagallery.com p.m. Saturday, s t y l i s t i c a l l y, Mondays through Saturdays, March 2. Oman striving to soften and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. will also be featured for Astoria’s the firm lines that a background For more information, call the Second Saturday Art Walk in drawing has brought. In this gallery at 503-325-1270 or visit March 9. The artwork will re- series, she sought to blend color the website at http://riversea main on view through April 2. fields, subtly honing away de- gallery.com Oman is noted for her dreamlike landscape paintings. She spends much of her time outside in the windswept environment, walking the sandy shore. Oman translates her personal experience of nature into art. Her paintings are a meditation of the North Coast: a gathering of shore birds, a sweep of clouds across a moody sky, the dance of dune grass, the curling foam at the edge of a wave. She harbors affection for all creatures. Birds are a constant element in her daily experience and make their way into her "Mirror Pond," by Marion Raney Oman. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

ASTORIA — Get crackin’ at the annual Crab Feed for the Commercial Fishermen’s Festival. Dungeness crab is donated by local commercial fishermen and will be served up along with coleslaw and garlic bread to raise funds for the 2013 Commercial Fishermen’s Festival. A silent auction, live music by Terry The Pan Man and raffles for door prizes are all part of the fun. The CFF Crab Feed is from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 2. Crew from the fishing vessel TNT are shown bringing in Dungeness crabs. – SUBMITTED PHOTO Cost is $18 for a crab dinner, BY ELIZABETH MCMASTER with a discount for seniors (60 place Sept. 14 and 15 at the men’s Festival is a nonprofit and older), military, firefighters, Hammond Marina. Organizers 501(c)(3) organization whose police and first responders. mission is to educate the The CFF Crab Feed will be public about the fishing inheld at the Astoria Event dustry, including the steps Center, at the corner of fishermen have taken to enNinth Street between Masure a renewable resource for 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 2 rine Drive and Commercial the future. The festival Street. For more informashowcases American fishAstoria Event Center tion, visit www. eries and the process of se894 Commercial St., Astoria C ommercialF ishermens lecting, preparing and 503-791-8703 Festival.com or call 503cooking seafood. www.CommercialFishermensFestival.com 791-8703. The mission is also dedThe silent auction inicated to offering fishermen $18, some discounts cludes hand-carved items, and industry professionals quilts, a full truck of gravel and wish to extend special thanks to an opportunity to bond and share specialty gift baskets. Funds Pacific Seafood, Bornstein information that will save lives, raised from the feed and auction Seafoods, Gravel by Sandridge improve productivity, increase support the 2013 Commercial and the Astoria Event Center. demand for seafood products, Fishermen’s Festival, taking The Commercial Fisher- and promote job opportunities.

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North Coast Symphonic Band Take a vacation with ‘Springtime in Paris’ ASTORIA — “Springtime in Paris” is the theme of the next concert of the North Coast Symphonic Band (NCSB). The concert will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 3, at the Clatsop Community College Performing Arts

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Center at 16th Street and Franklin Avenue. Acústica World Music will present pre-concert music. NCSB conductor Dave Becker and his wife, Kathy, plan to visit France this coming summer. “In the depths of winter, many people start daydreaming about where they would like to visit come spring or summer,” Becker said. “Why not take our audience on a short visit to Paris as springtime approaches?” “Ile de France,” from Darius Milhaud’s “Suite Française,” will open the concert, and “Farandole,” from George Bizet’s “L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2” from the opera “Carmen,” will end it. In between, the NCSB will perform the melodic “Sicilienne,” by Gabriel Fauré, and the easily

‘Springtime in Paris’ 2 p.m. Sunday, March 3 Clatsop Community College Performing Arts Center 588 16th St., Astoria 503-325-2431 www.northcoastsymphonicband.org $10 adults, $8 students Accompanied children 12 and younger admitted free Flute soloist Lauren Brady. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

recognizable “An American in Paris,” by George Gershwin. Also on the program is a Sammy Nestico version of Count Basie’s arrangement of “April in Paris,” featuring Terry Dahlgren, lead trumpet with the North Coast Big Band and music teacher at Seaside High School. Featured soloist for the afternoon will be Lauren Brady on flute. Brady is originally from Houston, Texas, and received her

“Springtime in Paris,” by Norma Hinsbeek. – SUBMITTED PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF THE ARTIST

master’s degree in flute performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Brady will perform Albert Doppler’s virtuoso “Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise.” Brady is a Coast Guard spouse and her husband will transfer out of the area this summer, so all are encouraged to come hear her one last time. Acústica World Music will

present the pre-show of international music in global languages in a style reminiscent of Pink Martini. The group features the talented Dolores Levine on lead vocals. Tickets will be available at the door the day of the concert starting at 1 p.m. Regular tickets cost $10 and student tickets are $8. Children 12 and younger

Liberty Theater Rick Bass and Stellarondo return to Astoria for CD release party

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lobby. Hotel owner Robert “Jake” Jacob invited them to return to Astoria to perform at the Liberty Theater. Bass and Stellarondo’s performance is presented by Cannery Pier Hotel and Spa and sponsored by Coast Community Radio’s KMUN 91.9 FM. Tickets are available at the Liberty Theater box office, 503-325-5922, Ext. 55, (open from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and two hours before each performance) and through ticketswest.com, 800-992-8499. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $12 for seniors, students and military. Bass and Stellarondo are on a brief Northwest tour. A film crew is producing a full-length documentary, “The Road to the Ryman,” about the Bass-Stellarondo quest to play at the famed Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. There are whispers that they may be introduced and/or serenaded at the beginning of their performance by their close friends, members of a Northwest-based band with national fame and local roots, Blind Pilot.

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will be admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Refreshments by Columbia River Coffee Roaster will be available in the lobby at intermission. Auditorium doors open at 1:15 p.m. and the pre-show starts at 1:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.northcoastsymphonicband. org, email ncsband@charter.net or call 503-325-2431. The North Coast Symphonic Band is also on Facebook.

Rick Bass and Stellarondo will have a CD release party March 8, at the Liberty Theater. – SUBMITTED PHOTO

ASTORIA — Award-winning writer Rick Bass and Missoula (Mont.)-based art-folk band Stellarondo will perform at the Liberty Theater to celebrate their new CD release, “Rick Bass & Stellarondo.” The evening at the Liberty Theater, 1203 Commercial

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St., at 8 p.m. Friday, March 8, will feature original music by Stellarondo and short stories read by Bass in accompaniment with the score. Last spring, Bass and Stellarondo captivated guests at the Cannery Pier Hotel when they gave a spontaneous performance in the hotel

8 p.m. Friday, March 8 Liberty Theater 1203 Commercial St., Astoria 503-325-5922 www.liberty-theater.org $15 general admission $12 seniors/students/military

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COME CHECK OUT ALL THE NEW FEATURES!!! WHAT’S NEW? With a fresh, updated exterior and improved interior dimensions, the new Sorento is designed for maximum versatility. For 2014, Kia’s best-selling U.S. Crossover Utility Vehicle (CUV) gets a makeover that goes beyond cosmetic upgrades and takes a major step forward for the brand. An enhanced powertrain touts greater efficiency, while a stronger, revised platform gives way to smoother, more refined handling. Expanded interior options, including UVO eServices1 and an available 5- or 7-seat cabin with added soft-touch surfaces reinforce Sorento’s luxurious pedigree.

Not everyone will qualify for rebates. Prices do not include tax, title and license fees, $75.00 title registration processing fee. All prices are after all rebates. All units subject to prior sales. All financing subject to credit approval, pictures are for illustration only. Must finance thru KMF to receive KMF rebate. First payment on leases due at signing. Offers expires close of business day Sunday, 3/1/13.