The Comet - January 2019

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EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE

everything will be fine

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EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE

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THIS issue editor: Ron Evans publishing assistants: Cy Peterson, Sarah Sims contributors: Cory Calhoun, Dustin Hays, Allegra Hart. Cover: Sharratt DeLong Highway 97- MAC WEB: thecometmagazine.com facebook.com/thecometmagazine instagram: @thecometmagazine twitter: @cometmagazine info@thecometmagazine.com

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COMET HEADQUARTERS JANUARY 3, 2019

THE EVER-IMPORTANT FIRST RECORD OF THE YEAR PLAYED AT COMET HEADQUARTERS. BACK TO THE ESSENTIALS.

We hope to continue bringing you events, art and interviews well beyond 2019 and we can use your help getting the word out about this little rag.

If you run a shop and you would like to carry us, or if you know someone that would, send them our way. We are widening our distribution. Help us spread the filth and propaganda! And thank you for your loyal readership.

It means everything. Have a grand 2019, my friends. I’ll be here in my chiliFor examp, I can pass out in front of the X-Files with chili stains on my Alf stained Alf t-shirt scanning the skies for UFOs. t-shirt one night, and my very next evening could be ended with relaxing yoga and some hot Echinacea tea with organic honey. Simply because I Happy trails, resolved to make a positive (arguably) change in my routine and outlook.

I’m not gonna do that, but I could. And that’s appealing.

Ron Evans Editor, The Comet Magazine Also appealing about the New Year is looking ahead at all the upcoming doings. Sometimes we forget that life still happens even in the dead of winter, but we got the events page to prove the contrary. We like looking Ron Evans is the owner of RadarStation art gallery at 115 S. Wenatchee Ave., ahead, I find. That’s where the possibility lives. We know what the past host of the Tales from the Spacepod podcast, author of “Edgar Rue,” and crelooks like, but that glorious unknown future is ours for the dreamin’. I ator of many other things, many of which have robots in them. He is editor of read somewhere that 2019 will be the year of the UFO. I don’t know what The Comet and lead designer. the hay that means but it sounds pretty cool. I’m in. And even with the sad knowledge that 97% of all New Year’s resolutions fall apart by early February - for a brief, golden and genuine moment...we are pretty damned inspired. May you remain so inspired all year long.

And just like that, we now write a new year on our checks. I’m not usually one for getting too terribly into New Year’s tomfoolery, but I do like certain aspects of the tradition of resolutions. It’s silly in a way because time is all made up from a linear standpoint. One day to the next doesn’t truly behave as a reset button. But then, it kinda does in certain ways.

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B-SIDES: Wenatchee Famous, Bob Burnham

BOB BURNHAM 2018. PHOTO PROVIDED BY AVALON MUSIC

Some of the local legends get talked about all the time. Countless others enjoy their spot in obscurity, playing in bands for decades, avoiding DUSTIN HAYS the local limeMusician/Music Historian light and never asking for any accolades for their time spent in the local music scene. Bob Burnham was one of those legends.

Born in ’52, Bob took an interest in music at a young age. While he was a student at Eastmont High School, Bob joined his first band, Limited Access, a rock n’ roll cover group. Unlike the heavily promoted bands of the Julian Records era, Limited Access was one of the many local bands that performed at school dances and talent shows during the ’60s but never recorded any original material.

Reflecting on the post-Beatles explosion years, he recalled, “Everyone was in a band for a while there.” Some groups never performed outside of their living rooms and garages, but a countless number of bands sprouted up. Bob remembered how the only groups that got a lot of local press were the few under the umbrella of ‘Teen Town Productions’ ran by local truancy officer Oliver “Jolly Ollie” Burns, who often partnered with KMEL program director and Julian Records owner Don Bernier to promote groups.

Bands like Bob’s Limited Access, or other local groups like The Intruders, Uncle Mortimer’s Magic Sapp Juice Band, The Pastell’s, Stop or Quincy’s The Renegades (just to throw out a few) all performed in the local circuit, never released records and therefore fell from the often reminisced lineup of local groups of the 1960s – despite them all featuring members of prominent local groups of later decades.

Two years after graduating, Bob played bass with Wenatchee’s Oaxaca (pronounced wa-hawk-ah) with fellow members of Limited Access Jim and Mike Riggs. Active only for the year of 1973, the six-piece cover group included both a trumpet

and saxophone player to accommodate the horn-heavy top-40s songs of the early ’70s.

During the ’70s and ’80s local venues got really strict on not letting groups perform original material. The outlook seemed to be “Originals don’t make people dance. So play the hits.” Bands could actually lose jobs if they performed original songs. The majority of the area bands that performed in clubs and restaurants during those decades played only top40s covers, occasionally sneaking in an original into the set and not claiming it as their own.

For the latter half of the ’70s and first half of the next decade, Bob performed in a group with local singer and guitarist Shawn Ireland. As a trio, the group was billed as either Bongo Fury or the Shawn Ireland Trio, but as members filtered in and out of the group they would change their names. They also performed across Central Washington as Dynomite Humm and Baby Moon.

Around this time Bob started recording local groups in his home studio, set up in the basement of his Wenatchee home.

Through the ’80s, “Bob’s Bargain Basement” was the local recording alternative to Dave Keefer’s studio in the basement of Belmonts. Of the local groups of the day, Bob recorded Fate, Shawn Ireland, Homegrown, Spare Change, River City (an early Paul Graves group), Janus Fury, and even recorded some of Teacher’s Pett’s first demos.

In the mid-’80s, Bob was a member of Toons, a rock cover group that performed frequently at the Fireside Room in the Franklin House (on the middle floor of the building). After Toons split up in ’85, he performed across the area with Switch, a band that featured a young Mont Holbrook (later of the ’90s group Limegrind) on guitar.

Already in his late-’30s, Bob performed in his last group Copatude until 1994 when he retired from the local music hustle.

Back in 2017, when I was working on the “Apple Capital Records,” Bob was a huge source of information about the past decades of the local music scene. His basement had been turned into a guest bedroom, but he still had an untouched cork

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board on the wall with flyers, photos, business cards and news clippings from the ’70s and ’80s. He was kind enough to dismantle parts of it, all while filling me in on which bands he played in, and which recorded in the basement.

Bob also happened to be best friends with my girlfriend’s father. Any time I ran into him I’d try and ask him some of my burning questions I had about old local groups.. he never hesitated to indulge my little obsession. I think the last time I saw Bob was at my gal’s parent’s house last February to watch the Superbowl. Bob was quick on his feet to throw in snarky remarks about the game and the commercials, something I really enjoyed (as I don’t know the first thing about football). We had plans to meet up and listen to some old recordings he had dug up, but I kept having to put it off.

Bob passed away Wednesday, Dec. 19, 10 days before his 66th birthday. Along

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with contributing to the local music scene for more than 30 years, Bob had been married to his wife Kathy since 1987, was a father to two children.

Though only a small number of people currently involved in the local music scene would know his name, Bob Burnham was one of those local guys with a daunting resume, who didn’t crash and burn on a search for fame and fortune trying to get out of town, he just filled the valley with as much music as he could.

Dustin Hays is a Wenatchee musician, local music history aficionado and enthusiastic member of the local music scene.

He performs as a solo singer-songwriter around the area and as a member of one of the valley’s newest groups The Nightmares. C

SHAWN IRELAND RECORDING IN BOB’S BASEMENT STUDIO IN THE ’70s.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY BOB BURNHAM

OAXACA. PHOTO PROVIDED BY BOB BURNHAM

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CORY CALHOUN'S PUZZLE CORNER Crosswords & more made exclusively for The Comet

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META CROSSWORD #2:

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ACROSS 1. Agreement 5. "___ darn tootin'!"

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EATER - A = TREE; PERCENTS - C = PRESENT; ORACLES - E = CAROLS; REDEFINER - F = REINDEER; SLIDE - I = SLED; ASKANT - K = SANTA; STORY - R = TOYS; TOWNS - T = SNOW; FUEL - U = ELF. Leftover letters A, C, E, F, I, K, R, T & U anagram into FRUITCAKE.

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GTFO: EVENTS WORTH LEAVING YOUR HOUSE FOR

Evan Egerer

JANuary Mondays: Ye Olde BookShoppe Open Mic

Ye Olde Bookshoppe • Wenatchee • 6:00pm • Free A new year; a new night! Bring your words, your song, your voice, your ears, your heart and soul. Join our weekly open mic, a casual and fun way to express yourself and meet some like-minded folk :)

JANuary Thursdays: RADARSTATION Open Mic

RadarStation • Wenatchee • 7:30pm • Free Music, Comedy, and Poetry. Hosted by LAPH Productions every Thursday on the world famous RayGun stage. Sign up at 7:00, with performances around 7:30.

JANuary Thursdays: Trivia + Humane Society Night

Tap and Putt • Wenatchee • 7:00pm Trivia Nights At Tap and Putt. $3 to enter and a chance to win the $$$ pot. We also donate $1 of every draft purchase to the Humane Society to show the animals some love and help us help them!

January Fridays: Bingo Night

Tap and Putt • Wenatchee • 7:00pm Every Friday at 7pm. Get a free board with each draft purchase and chances to win Wild Tickets, Gift Cards, Swag, Growlers and more!

JANuary Saturdays: Mountain Music Series

Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort • 6:30pm Saturday nights are all about live music up at Mission

Killdeer String Band Ridge. Whether you ski under the lights or come up just for a rockin’ show, Mission Ridge is the place to be. All the excitement goes down inside the Hampton Lodge and can be enjoyed from either the Chair 5 Pub or the KaWham Café.

Jan 5 Dynamite Supreme Jan 12 Massy Ferguson Jan 19 Cosmic Serenity Jan 26 TBD

January Music at Icicle Brewing

Icicle Brewing Company • Leavenworth Jan 4 Evan Egerer, 6:00pm Jan 5 Sarah O’dea, 6:00pm Jan 9•16•23•30 Sergio & Co, 7:00pm Jan 11 Justin Froese, 6:00pm Jan 12 Christina May, 6:00pm Jan 17•31 Bluegrass Night, 7:00pm Jan 18 Cascade Cascade, 6:00pm Jan 19 Killdeer String Band, 6:00pm Jan 26 Glass Heart String Choir

January Music at McGlinn’s

McGlinn’s Public House • Wenatchee • 7:00pm Jan 4•5 Champagne Sunday Jan 12 Martina Celeste Jan 18•19 Eddie Manzanares Jan 26 Nic Allen

Jan 4: Art of Beer Flight Night

Wenatchee Valley Brewing Company • 108 Islandview St. We are currently brewing a lot of fun new beers, and this event includes four of our experimental batches served on a flight. The experimental flights will be at a special price: Normally $8 --> $5 for regular customers --> $4 for our Mug Club Members.

Experimental flights come with a tasting worksheet, and at least one of our Brewers will be there to explain the brews and how they were produced.

5:00-8:00pm

JAN 5: Aaron Crawford

The Vogue: A Liquid Lounge • Chelan Live music with country artist Aaron Crawford. One of the best shows we’ve had. Don’t MISS! 8:00pm-10:00pm • All ages

Jan 10: Wayne’s World

Numerica Performing Arts Center • Wenatchee Monthly Movies on the Big Screen for only $3. Part of the 2019 Cold Winter Nights Comedy Series.

Rated PG-13 | Running Time: 1 hour 35 minutes 6:30pm • www.numericapac.org/event/waynes-world/

JAN 10: Brian Regan

Town Toyota Center • Wenatchee Join us for what is sure to be a night of laughter and fun as comedian Brian Regan stops by the Town Toyota

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Sway wild Center as part of his 2019 tour. Don’t miss out!

7:30pm-10:30pm • Tickets are on sale NOW at www.towntoyotacenter.com

social justice.

7:30pm • Tickets $17-$21 • www.numericapac.org/event/ villalobos-brothers/

ture audience. Seating is limited!

7pm • Tickets: $22 • VIP Tables: $140 • Series Pass: $60 • www.numericapac.org/event/cwn-andrew-sleighter

JAN 11: Matthew Perryman Jones w/ Molly Parden

JAN 18-19: Compedy at Campbell’s with Gabriel Rutledge

AN 19-20: Bavarian Icefest 2019

Jan 12: Michael Carlos • Cowboy dan

JAN 18-27: Lake Chelan Winterfest 2019

Brewminatti • Prosser Originally from Pennsylvania, Matthew grew up in Georgia and cut his artistic teeth in the Atlanta music scene before heading north to Nashville. Songs from across his catalog have been featured in dozens of film and TV placements, and tours have taken him across the U.S. and abroad to share stages with legends like Shawn Colvin and Patty Griffin.

7:00pm • Tickets at brewminatti.com/upcoming-events/ Wally’s House of Booze • Wenatchee The annual Michael Carlos Birthday Show!!! Also featuring Cowboy Dan and spoken word artists. Come out and party with us!

Show at 9:30 • $5 cover • 21+

JAN 12-13: Bavarian Bruisefest 2019

Leavenworth Festhalle The 5th Annual Bavarian Bruisefest is here! This 10-team tournament hosted in beautiful downtown Leavenworth has become a massive attraction for teams all over the PNW. First game starts at 9am; last game ends around 7:30pm on Saturday. On Sunday, 9am first game; last game ends around 6:30pm. Games on the hour all day long.

Championship ceremony will take place on Sunday after the last game.

9:00am-6:30pm leavenworth.org/event/bavariianbruisefest-2019/

Jan 17: Villalobos Brothers

Numerica Performing Arts Center • Wenatchee The Villalobos Brothers (Ernesto, Alberto, and Luis) use their violins and voices to redefine contemporary Mexican music. Their original compositions masterfully blend elements of jazz, rock, classical, and Mexican folk to deliver a powerful message of love, brotherhood, and

Campbell’s Resort on Lake Chelan “Gabriel Rutledge is a quick thinking, fast talking, hard working bad ass.” - Louisville Weekly A past winner of both the Seattle International Comedy Competition and The Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, Gabriel has made numerous television appearances. He is also author of the book “Happiness Isn’t Funny.”

Get tickets at https://rottenapplepresents.com/events/comedy-at-campbells-gabriel-rutledge/ East Woodin Ave • Chelan Nestled among the snow-capped hilltops and glacier fed waters of Lake Chelan, Winterfest is the perfect escape to a Washington winter wonderland. Join us for wine and ale tastings, horse-drawn carriages, intricate ice sculptures, live music, activities for kids of all ages, a massive beach bonfire, spectacular fireworks show and much more!

Specific event and ticket details: siteline.vendini.com/site/ lakechelanwinterfest.com

JAN 19: Cosmic Serenity

Wally’s House of Booze • Wenatchee Snatchee Records Presents!! A night with Cosmic Serenity, Alterna/Psych from Hilo, HI. Music at 9:30 • $5 cover • 21+

JJan 19: Stand-up Comedy with andrew sleighter

Numerica Performing Arts Center • Wenatchee Cold Winter Nights brings three months of comedy at the Numerica PAC to kick-off the New Year – including a three-part stand-up comedy series featuring some of the best comics in the industry.

January’s stand-up show features Andrew Sleighter, seen on Last Comic Standing, Nuvo TV’s Stand Up & Deliver, and Conan. He has also written and performed sketch comedy for Comedy Central. Intended for a ma-

Leavenworth Leavenworth loves winter, and each year on MLK Jr. weekend we celebrate winter’s bounty with IceFest! The village is still dressed in over half a million twinkling lights and this weekend is a flurry of frosty frivolity.

Come celebrate winter with us!

Games and events both days • Fireworks Sunday at 6:00pm • leavenworth.org/event/bavariian-icefest-2019/

Jan 25-26: Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival 2019

Downtown Leavenworth and Leavenworth Festhalle The sixth annual Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival offers a weekend of music and northwest wintertime fun.

During the day, attendees can take in live music at a handful of venues throughout downtown Leavenworth.

At night, 21+ guests will rock out to the festival’s headlining acts and enjoy local beer from Icicle Brewing Co. and Timbrrr’s celebrated Hot Toddy Garden.

Lineup and ticket details: winter.timbermusicfest.com

JAN 25: Sway Wild (ft. Mandy Fer & Dave McGraw)

Brewminatti • Prosser We first met them at Brewminatti Block Party 2018 and LOVED them. Excited to have them back. “...roots trailblazers Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer continue their upward stride towards artistic nirvana.... scintillating...” –PopMatters “...refreshing...stunning...some of the best I have heard.” –No Depression “...had me at ‘hello’...” –Seattle Post Intelligencer 7:00pm • Tickets at brewminatti.com/upcoming-events/

JAN 26: Brett Benton Duo

Club Crow • Cashmere Brett Benton returns to Club Crow! Come get down with this dirty delta and heavy hill country blues duo like y’all always do! Always a party!

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Wenatchee first Friday Kasey Koski with Wenatchee First Fridays helped put together this list of shows, along with their First Friday hours. Remember, while most places have special events, artists receptions and free admission during First Friday, the art itself is on exhibit all month long in most locations.

Designer Floors

MAC Gallery

Mission St. Commons

Terry Valdez features portrait paintings in a show titled Coyote Emerging & The Millennial Series. His portrait subjects are of past students from years as an Art Educator in the Eastmont School District. Each individual by their own unique existence has inspired Terry to attempt to peel back and connect to the complicated layers of this emerging generation.

WVC Art Department faculty members show that they are professional practitioners of their disciplines with a group exhibition of their creative work in a variety of media. The exhibition includes pieces by Ruth Allan, Scott Bailey, Vicki DeRooy, Natalie Dotzauer, Elena Payne, Yev Rybakov, and Majka Sadel.

Vonda Drees presents her daily journaling practice of connection, intuition and spirit. Other members of Grunewald Guild to bring a variety of work and programming information.

Lemolo Cafe & Deli

Mela

The Nature Conservancy

Sketching On the Fly: Travel Journal Adventures My travel sketches tend to be completed under time pressure. Maybe the sketch was done while waiting in line or for a meal. As such, the sketches tend to be vibrant and fresh. The quickly drawn inaccurate lines dart and bounce around the page portraying a small moment in time. For me, the traveler, the drawing marks my memory... I still can recall the moment caught... the sun, sky, place and the people I was with.

Color from Plants 2: karen dawn dean Natural dyes have been stuck to my bucket list for almost 50 years. I finally stepped out of my normal art making practice, dug into the alchemy and hermetic practice of botanical color extraction. It’s been a year’s-long journey of discovery; coaxing and persuading plants to give up their unique colors. I will share some of the techniques I’ve learned about indigo resist printing and the eco-dyeing process at 6:30 pm. Two workshops mid-month.

Perspectives on the Value of Shrub Steppe The Nature Conservancy will be hosting a showing of Marc Dilley’s photography and Jan Cook Mack’s pleinair work from the Moses Coulee in Eastern Washington.

This showcase honors the rich history of our arid lands and the unique landscape that is the precious home to many species of plants and wildlife. Educational Panel Conversation 6pm-6:45pm.

19 N. Wenatchee Ave • open First Friday 9am-8pm

114 N Wenatchee Ave • Open First Friday 1am-6pm

1300 Fifth Street • First Friday (Closing) Reception 5pm-7pm

17 N. Wenatchee Ave • Opening Reception 5pm-8pm

218 S. Mission Street • Open Mon-Fri 8am-6pm

115 Orondo Street • First Friday 5pm-7pm

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Pan’s Grotto

Tumbleweed Shop & Studio

From Orion to the Zodiac is it written in the stars?

Humanity has looked up at the sky in awe since the beginning of time and we are still watching the stars in contemplation. Come check out our local artists spin on different constellations the entire month of January.

Tumbleweed Bead Co. launched in 2002 when owner and creator Jessica Russell began creating delicate, sophisticated, eco-friendly jewelry at her in-home studio.

Tumbleweed believes in keeping life and accessories simple, fun and beautifully designed.

RadarStation

Two Rivers Gallery

3 N Wenatchee Ave, Suite 2 • Open 10am-8pm

115 S. Wenatchee Ave • First Friday FREE Reception 5pm-9pm RAD: An Installation Mural Rad Volume I by Ron Evans is a celebration of the glorious music players from the 70’s and 80’s. Painted acrylics on large canvases in a style that’s more graphic design than traditional composition. The current project is over twenty feet long. Sarah Sims will have more handmade Earth-friendly jewelry and more fun mini-paintings will be added to the Dish of Fate.

105 Palouse • First Friday Reception 5pm-8pm

102 N Columbia • First Friday Reception 5pm-8pm Featuring the oil paintings of Western artist Dean Rainey. The gallery will have a whole new show of over 50 local and regional artists. Music by pianist Jeannie McPherson. Local wines. Complimentary refreshments.

Free Art Tour with Terry Valdez Professional artist Terry Valdez leads the first in a series of free guided art tours on Friday, January 4, 5:30pm-7:10pm. His talk will briefly highlight his “Confluence of Communities” funnel series at Columbia Station. Guests will then board Current B to tour the Robert Graves Gallery Members Show.

Tours begin and end at Columbia Station. Sign up by phone: 509-664-7624 or email: sdanko@linktransit.com.

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Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center

127 South Mission Street • First Friday (FREE) 10am-8pm In conjunction with the Beyond the Frame: Inland Bounty exhibit, the Museum presents Gifts of the Earth. It is a look at some of the resources of Indigenous people of the Wenatchee Valley. Learn about native plants, their uses, and the cycle of seasons and harvest.

Ye Olde Bookshoppe

11 Palouse St • First Friday Reception: 5pm-8pm NCW based crafter Amanda Northwind has been making hand hammered jewelry for her shop, Mystic North, for 5 years. When’s she not dreaming up new ideas, you can find her out in the mountains.

First Friday Free Transit!

Monthly art tours coincide with Link Transit offering free First Friday service after 4:00pm on Routes 1, 5, 7, 8E, 8W, 11 & 12.

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HIGHWAY 97: sharratt delong’s solo show by ron evans Wenatchee’s Sharratt DeLong has been an active contributor to the local arts scene for many years and he has methodically developed a strangely hypnotic yet comforting style that straddles the border between impressionism and realism. He has a brand new show coming up at the MAC beginning January 15th called Highway 97. We caught up with Sharratt to see what led to this show, and to learn more about his creative output as a whole.

Are you from the Wenatchee area originally?

I mostly grew up here in Wenatchee, a place which has become very dear to me. Moved around a bit and had many adventures after high school. I lived in New York City for a couple of years and Los Angeles for around five years. I just really had to get out there and have a vast range of experiences and that’s exactly what happened. I learned a lot about who I was and what I wanted. It definitely wasn’t an easy or a safe route, but I am so grateful for the times I’ve had and the people I have gotten to know. I have never been to art school, but I’m back in school now, which has been wonderful.

When did you first discover painting on a serious level?

I have very early memories of visiting my Uncle Joe’s studio when I was little. He worked full time as an artist for many years, and also his brother in law, a watercolor artist named Nelsen Boren.

They both lived and worked out in Idaho and I remember wandering around their studios in awe. They both did a lot of cowboy/western art. They made a big impression on me. I have always painted or made art of some kind, but I don’t think I started taking it seriously for myself till I was in my mid to late twenties.

At the time I was living in the south bay area of Los Angeles and I moved into a room in a weird artist commune. Some of the people who lived there were semi art stars from the 1980’s and had incredible stories to tell. There were also painting supplies and old canvases everywhere and I just started painting on anything I could find. It was around then that I sold my first painting.

Painting seems to be your current focus, do you work in other mediums regularly?

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I’ve mostly always been painting, although I have done a little bit of sculpture these past few months. I took Natalie Dotzauers design and sculpture class at WVC and it was very fun and interesting. For a long time I was also very enthralled with film making, and I’d love to keep exploring that medium under the right circumstances. Painting ultimately appealed to me because It was just me and a canvas. I like the simplicity of that challenge to do something interesting.

Would you call yourself an expressionist, or do you pursue other painting techniques as well?

I’m not sure I’d call myself an expressionist, although I can definitely see some influences of that movement in my work. I don’t feel I distort things quite as much as the expressionists did. There are painting techniques and styles from so many movements and eras that I admire and that inspire me. Sometimes I think I definitely lean more towards the Romantic era and many of the later movements that happened in Europe and America around the turn of the century. There seemed to be a focus on the question of beauty back then, and that has always appealed to me very much.

Still life, street scenes and landscapes make up the bulk of your work. Are these images mostly painted on site, from memory, or from photographs?

I like to think I use a combination of all three techniques when I’m working.

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very specific weather conditions. Many of my favorite scenes from the upcoming show I have driven past and thought about, hundreds of times, and in all different types of light and weather conditions. Very often when the elements line up I’ll take several reference photos.

The light and the weather change so fast that by the time you have an easel set up, it’s all different, the firmament has shifted. Whenever I can I’ll paint on site.

The paintings I complete in the studio are often a result of a mixture of photo reference, memory, and where the painting itself is wanting to go.

When you are laying brush to canvas is there a controlled aspect to it, or is it more of a “however it happens” technique?

I’d say it’s more controlled. The first moment I start a painting is when I see a composition in real life that captures me and the light, the colors, the proportions of the shapes and the depth all work together. I know it when I see it, and while I paint I always keep that original feeling and image centered in my mind. My style of painting is somewhat rough and I do enjoy some proportion of chaos, but only as far as it goes to serve the original idea and feeling that motivated me in the first place.

Describe a typical setting for one of your painting sessions. tv on? music blaring? any rituals to your creative process?

I don’t have any regular rituals. Often I like to go to the gym first and get the blood pumping to my brain before I

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paint, but ultimately, every day is different and the most important thing is to just keep showing up to work. Usually when starting for the day I’ll sit with the work a while and just think on it, then eventually I’ll have a plan and I’ll start.

I might listen to a little music or a podcast during the beginning stages, while I’m roughing in large areas, but as things start to tighten and focus I will often work in total silence. It’s hard for me to listen to my own reactions when there’s music playing or other distractions. A good painting session for me is usually around 4-5 hours. After that I’m pretty exhausted and my decisions aren’t so good.

Tell us about your upcoming show at the MAC, Highway 97.

For the past four years I’ve been working

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as a truck driver, contracted by the post office. I’d wake up around 3:30am and then go load the truck with cages of mail, then be on the road by about 4:45am, heading north up highway 97 to drop off the mail to Chelan, Brewster, Malot, and then Okanogan. I’ve watched the sun rise and the skies change so many times and in so many different places through the years that eventually I’d find my favorite spots… mostly lonely, beautiful places that would give me a sense of calm and assurance. Very often it would be a particular lamp post that would still be on in the early morning blue light.

As time went on I’d paint these scenes while I waited all day in Okanogan to take the mail back to Wenatchee. On the way back, the sun would be going down and the streetlights will be coming back on. It was always a feeling of beauty and

loneliness. I’d say that beauty and loneliness are two of the strong themes of the show. I also must mention that Scott Bailey, head of the art department at WVC has been key in getting this show off the ground. He has helped me a great deal with organizing and curating this show and getting the work to a cohesive place.

I’m looking forward to learning more from him.

Is there a need to progress your work in terms of technique or are you content with just letting things happen organically?

I always feel the need to progress, learn, and develop. I constantly feel I can learn more and do better. It keeps things interesting. But I also try to let who I am come through and I try not to correct myself too much. There’s definitely a

balance there between the organic, free flowing way, and the clarity of control and technique. I try to use these elements in ratios that please me.

Where can people follow you online?

I’m currently trying to get my own website up, but until then I post a lot of my work on Instagram and Facebook. Just search for Sharratt Delong... I’m the only Sharratt DeLong out there. C

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COMET TALES: rEADER SUBMITTED WRITINGS By jon davies Bittersweet reads like a tasty treat til it’s time to eat. Accustomed to our processed diet the taste buds try to deny it at first. Keep eating to treat them to what they initially cringe at.

Babies don’t like vegetables at first but servings add up and then they can’t get enough. Don’t even have to call it tough love, green things pressed through screens mean a healthy diet from, “Try it you’ll like it,” to requests at the store to buy it. My first born is famous, to me, for skeptical baby face. A phrase I think back on with smiles on. She could scrunch up her mug and imitate Emperor Palpatine’s falling surprise eyes. It happened often during diaper change if the wet wipes were cold. It never got old but she grew out of it just the same. How fast the things that stay the same fade into the good old days. The nostalgia warms my heart and if I linger too long it morphs to mental fibromyalgia. The joy held shifts to pin pricks of how much I miss her and her sis. It wasn’t supposed to be like this, but that’s the breaks. Life does it to see if you have what it takes. So dwelling in smelling salts assaults the very sense that wakes you up. The memories that fill up our cup can spill scalding signals that we couldn’t get enough. Loss leaves the table leaves closeted for the holiday season. A smaller table takes less to fill up. If you’re lucky cooking for one is a foreign concept best left for the occasional travel obligation. Because brussel sprouts and dark chocolate bars for dinner is actually a winner, if you want to get thinner. A bottle spinner game for one highlights what is missing. I’m not dissing kissing, it lets the bliss in and listen to a Papa locked out of his proper place air kisses have got what it takes. So handle bitterness with Skype or FaceTime and leave lingering to find a new design. It doesn’t work but it’s worth a try.

Are you a writer? Send your short story, poetry, essay or excerpt to comettales@thecometmagazine.com and we may publish it in the next issue.

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art bus: LINK OFFERS FREE SERVICE FOR FIRST FRIDAYs

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This month’s guided art tour is with professional artist Terry Valdez. It will include information about riding Link Transit System buses, a talk from Terry about his commissioned artwork at Columbia Station and the work currently on display at the Robert Graves gallery.

Participants will receive a signed postcard featuring Terry’s work, have the opportunity to participate in fun Transit Trivia and win fun prizes. They will also have a unique opportunity to listen to live music on a Link Transit bus.

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How does it work? Where should people start/end?

For people interested in learning how our bus system works we have a great First Friday Art talk with Terry Valdez beginning at 5:30 at Columbia Station that incorporates one of our bus routes.

This art talk is limited to 20 people so if anyone is interested in attending they should email me at Sdanko@linktransit. com right away to reserve their spot.

The free First Friday bus service will take place on our existing routes so interested folks can board the bus on any of our regular bus stops. Our website has the entire ride guide published so people can get an idea of the places we go from there. The simplest way to navigate our system is to use Google Maps like driving a car, but be sure to pick the

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How did the idea of offering free First Friday service come up?

The idea for offering free service on our downtown routes came from Link Transit marketing director Eric West. January of 2019 will be the start of our First Friday free service so we are not sure of the response yet, however, we have had a lot of positive comments on our social media.

bus icon. This will tell anyone riding the bus where to get on, where to get off, and the cost. In this case there will be no cost on the routes dedicated for this free Friday service. There is no specific start and end for those just wishing to use the bus service to get around town.

The start for the guided art tours will be Columbia Station. Art tours end there as well. Free service goes to about 9:30pm on the 1, 5, 7, 8E, 8W, 11 & 12. Our A, B and C routes are always free when they are running.

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Beginning January 4th, Link Transit will be offering free rides for First Friday ateendees. We spoke with Outreach Coordinator, Selina Danko to ge the details.

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THE SPACEPOD: STRANGE NEW YEAR’S RITUALS

by ron evans If you thought eating black-eyed peas (must...resist...Fergie joke) for wealth and fortune for the upcoming New Year was odd, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Let’s take a look at some of the more bizarre rituals from around the globe. By the way, apparently the whole black-eyed peas thing was born in the Civil War. It was after a group of soldiers had run out of food except for some black-eyed peas which, at the time, were thought only to be fit for animals. But, animal food is better than starvation in most cases, so the troops cooked the slop up. And lived. They naturally looked upon this formally detested heathen pea as tokens of good luck, and the food even later became a staple of semi-respectable Southern cuisine. Another story says it was because the peas looked like coins (what currency were these numbskulls trading with) and so the thought was “eat something that looks like money and you will get money in the future.” Uh huh.

Anyway, as I said, things get much less logical than that.

In Mexico and many South American countries you will see bright red undies light up shop windows around the New Year, as they believe wearing them at the stroke of midnight will bring true love.

They also wear green undies to bring in wealth. Perhaps. It will more likely bring troubling stainage to your nethers due to cheaply made novelty underwear. But good luck, all the same.

The second hand stores in Denmark likely have zero dishes on the shelves as it’s customary to smash all your old plates to ring in the New Year. The best part is people throw them at the doors of other people they love. “Happy New Year, Karen! Fuck your clean porch and aversion to loud night sounds and your wishes for people to reuse things! Byeeee!”

In Ecuador they burn scarecrow-type effigies to scare away evil. It likely works as well as real scarecrows, which is not at all. Seriously, why do we keep trying with the scarecrows? I had a plastic owl on my roof once to scare off woodpeck-

ers. All it did was attract horny woodpeckers with a kink for owls. Live and learn.

Now, Peru may be onto something with their tradition of the Takanakuy Festival.

This is essentially one big bare-fisted street brawl. People line up to beat the living shit out of each other, supposedly all in good spirit. This is likely a rather effective way to blow off some steam and stress before heading into the next trip around the sun. Go team violence!

In Spain it’s common to eat twelve grapes at the countdown while making a wish for every grape. I kinda like this one with its prayer bead sort of meditative properties. Also, grapes are tasty and probably make that New Year’s kiss a little sweeter. Consider buying organic wishes this year.

The Philippines has their own take on finding wealth in the New Year. Burn round things. Any round thing. Oranges, soccer balls, pancakes. If it’s roundish, it gets the torch. Keep your sundials inside tonight, folks. The legend goes that since

coins are round, burning round things just has to bring coins. Now, I’m all for traditions, but do we ever stop to ask ourselves why we seem to only let the stupids come up with them?

And finally, Japan has a Buddhistbased tradition of ringing a large bell 108 times. That’s a lot. Have you ever heard one of those loud chimey clocks go off at noon? It feels like it will never stop being the era of that sound stabbing your ears.

Now imagine it being 108 o’clock. Fuck that. It’s also a common Japanese belief that smiling widely while the clock strikes midnight will bring happiness throughout the upcoming year. Fuck that too. Creepy.

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THE DOC IS IN: Frustrated in Washington

My family is really unhealthy.

They don’t believe what they eat affects their health. What can I do to help them?

ALLEGRA HART

-Frustrated in Washington

Naturopathic Physician

Many people come to this awareness during holiday gatherings. It can be very disconcerting to see your family’s health degrade rapidly. It’s sad to watch your friends and family continue to make horrible food and lifestyle choices, then hear them vehemently defend their actions. This is where many family fights begin.

However painful it might be to watch your friends and family become sicker, there is nothing you can do if they are unwilling to change their habits.

Once you understand you cannot control their health, this opens you up to understanding that you can only live by example. This means you must walk the path that heads toward good health and

away from poor lifestyle choices.

I know this sounds very disheartening, but the thing I want you to understand is that your family’s and friend’s health reflects your possible health in the future.

In regards to your family, you share not only genetic predisposition but also habits that were cultivated during childhood. In regards to your friends, you likely share similar lifestyle habits and values.

The good news is, lifestyle habits and diet play a larger role in your health through your life. We have learned that diet and lifestyle can determine how genes are expressed in your body. So your food and lifestyle choices can be your best defense or your worst enemy.

When you become healthier, people around you will wonder what you’re doing. If they are actually interested in being healthy they’ll ask you what you’re doing and this is when you get to share your health recommendations.

Telling people that what they’re doing is wrong is a really quick way to get them to stop listening to you. If you truly want to make a change in your family’s health, better choices have to start with you.

Make a commitment to eat better.

Bring healthy dishes to family gatherings and share them. Don’t go off on a tangent about why these foods are so much better for them but merely say “Hey, I really enjoy this dish and I hope you like it too.”

Make a commitment to move your body more frequently. Regular exercise is essential to building health on all levels, mental and physical. When you are visiting family, you can invite them to go for a walk with you, to the park, or the gym. Invite them without pressure but make sure you go and do that activity regardless of whether or not they choose to join you.

Your actions, and their results, are always the best teacher.

Ultimately, you must understand that they may never change. And that’s okay.

Unfortunate, yes, but okay. Connect in a positive way so you can boost the quality of life of everyone with whom you have the honor to interact.

Living a healthier life and actively setting a positive example is your best approach to lay the foundation for a healthier family.

ABOUT DR. ALLEGRA Dr. Allegra Hart is a naturopathic physician, speaker, bestselling author of Nourishing Space Within: Essentials of SelfCare, founder of Naturae Naturopathic Clinic and Dr. Allegra’s Apothecary, and works with patients worldwide.

Dr. Allegra specializes in helping women cultivate natural self-care and rebuild their health from the inside out. When we do the work necessary to create a healing foundation of our own, the ripple effect will inevitably ignite others to do the same.

If you have a question for Dr. Allegra, please send it to info@naturaeclinic.com with the subject “The Doctor Is In Question”.

This column is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional health care. C

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