The Comet - November 2018

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THIS issue editor: Ron Evans publishing assistants: Cy Peterson, Sarah Sims contributors: Holly Thorpe, Cory Calhoun, Dustin Hays, Jamie Howell, Allegra Hart. Cover: Henry Stinson WEB: thecometmagazine.com facebook.com/thecometmagazine instagram: @thecometmagazine twitter: @cometmagazine info@thecometmagazine.com

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THE VIEW OF AUTUMN FROM COMET WORLD HEADQUARTERS

October? OCTOBER? Where did she go? I swear she was just right by my side. We had plans, her and I. We were gonna do it all. All of it, I say. Pumpkin patches. Haunted museum tours. Horror film marathons. Bobbing for apples. (fuck that. super gross). We thought we’d have forever to pack it all in. But, I went to grab a carameled apple from a questionable vendor on the avenue, and when I turned around...she was gone.

whole month. Forever. Don’t be like me and October. Let our woes be your lesson on how to not let time slip by. Read The Comet. Circle out your month with a galldurn sharpie. Don’t just acknowledge the month. Live the month. Have fun. Be silly. Get stuffed you beautiful turkeys. We are giving thanks for your continued readership. Spread the word. Spread the filth.

We love you. Well...except for that one guy. We HATE him.

Sigh.

Happy trails,

Well, no matter. I have a new love. An even better love. November. Yeah. Ron Evans Yeah, that’s right. November and I are the wave of the future. We are gonna Editor, The Comet Magazine do it all, see? We’re gonna watch all the holiday specials and eat all the pumpkin pies and gorge on food in a manner that would make Pavorati barf (God rest his not-so-little soul...he dead, right? Anyhoo...)

Ron Evans is the owner of RadarStation art gallery at 115 S. Wenatchee Ave., host of the Tales from the Spacepod podcast, author of “Edgar Rue,” and creMy point is, we think we have all the month in the world when she’s young. ator of many other things, many of which have robots in them. He is editor of But, if we don’t get to plannin’ right away, before we know it, we are reach- The Comet and lead designer. ing for unsatisfying corn-syrup-drenched fruit only to find we’ve lost the

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B-SIDES: Damage And Remainder

We n a t c h e e music staple Michael Carlos recently celebrated the 10 year anniversary of his sophomore release “Damage And Remainder.” With his genre-spanning DUSTIN HAYS catalog, the local Musician/Music Historian singer-songwriter has long held his own ground in the music scene, dazzling audiences across the Pacific Northwest for the last 14 years. Carlos has planned an intimate anniversary performance of the album for RadarStation Art Gallery on November 9th.

Released in 2008, it was Carlos’ first release since a 2006 car accident on Blewett Pass that left him badly injured and claimed the life of his girlfriend Jennifer Reese. After a six month recuperation, Carlos made his comeback at the Wenatchee Apple Blossom Festival the following year. Along with mentions of his new album, his injury and return to music were well covered by several local and regional news outlets.

At that time, the Michael Carlos Band

featured Carlos on vocals, piano and guitar, Darik Peet on lead guitar (formerly of High Risk, Scotland Yard, Crazy Evelyn, Mercy Rain), Eric Frank on bass (formerly of Dead Silence, Skitzofrantic Warbabies, Michael Dickes Band), drummer Darren Reynolds (Former owner of Caffe Mela), and percussionist Vern Smith. In regular singer-songwriter fashion, Carlos often wrote compositions himself before bringing them to the members his backing band, but “Damage and Remainder” featured several songs that were completed with collaboration from the entire star-studded group.

The band began recording the album during Carlos’ 2007 comeback months at bassist Eric Frank’s Wenatchee recording studio, Resonant Audio. Organ parts and string arrangements were added to the album before its release by Chicago’s Ethan Sellers.

Damage and Remainder may be the most personal release of Carlos’, and was no doubt desired by his fanbase after his

very public accident and healing process.

While album tracks “More Than One Way Down,” “Isabel,” and “Jenny’s Cumbia” (a memorial song for Carlos’ late girlfriend) were written while Carlos was still recuperating, songs like “Out of Control” and “Love’s Martyr’s Brigade” had been completed well before the group recorded them in the studio.

The collection of songs seemed incomplete to Carlos until the recording of the album’s last song “The Remainder,” a stripped down vocal & piano tune; “the closure song” as Carlos deemed it.

“These are still some of my favorite recordings..” Carlos reflected on the album’s material a decade later. He plans to perform “Damage and Remainder” in its entirety along with sharing stories behind the songs, recordings and no doubt what he and his band have been up to

lately. The intimate solo performance on piano and acoustic guitar will be a great opportunity for fans of Michael Carlos who can’t always make it to his late-night shows.

The stage is set for Friday, November 9th at the RadarStation Art Gallery at 115 South Wenatchee Avenue. The entry fee is set at $10 and will include a copy of the CD! Tickets go on sale at RadarStationart. com on Friday, November 1. Doors will open at 7:00pm with the event starting at 7:30.

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

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winter is coming: new artisan faire emerges

by ron evans What are your backgrounds/involve- use a curated show with a small selection of talented artists. One afternoon, ment in crafts - art - jewelry?

Cara and I were chatting about how our C: I am just one of “those craft people.” I valley could use a show like this and we dabble in multiple arts, and am not satis- decided, right then and there, to make one fied unless I have two or three in progress ourselves. With my experience in the art at one time (much to husband’s chagrin!) community and attending craft fairs and My latest research, design and obsession Cara’s experience in planning and orgais with the artful arrangement of succu- nizing events, it only took about 20 minlents, matching my love of visual art with utes to curate a list of potential vendors, find a venue and start working on advermy love of plants. tising. It happened so easily and naturally, C: We are thrilled to offer an intimate, inviting setting to peruse local vendors S: I have been creating and selling jewelry like it was meant to be. who are bringing to you their handmade for the past 10 years in the Wenatchee valgoods. This isn’t your typical craft show ley. I primarily sell my work wholesale to Tell us what attendees can expect? (that’s been done before!) We hand- local retail shops, but double as a travelpicked vendors to provide a diverse se- ing artist in the summer, selling at local C: An intimate gathering, with lots to chat lection of high quality products and are craft/art fairs in the Pacific Northwest. I about, awe over, and beautiful products to thrilled to be able to offer adult beverages also dabble in painting and playing music. purchase for holiday gifts. for purchase, which will directly benefit S: We will have a small, hand picked Joyful Scholars Montessori School.

What was the catalyst for this event? group of local artists, with items ranging Vendors include: C: A desire to bring together friends and from jewelry, paintings, candles and crysfriends of friends who shop local, enjoy tals to chocolates, body care products and Third Eye Designs Jewelry high quality product and look forward to decorative plants.

Artful Succulent Arrangements an evening out, on a smaller scale than Moon Made Candles some of the events we already have in the Will this be an annual event?

Plant Medicine by Loni McKenzie Valley.

S: Yes! Heirloom Apparel S: There are several holiday craft fairs in C: We certainly hope that it will!

Yeti Chocolates our area, but there very few high quality Lotus of the Moon Spiritual Gifts artisan fairs. We thought our valley could The 1st annual Winter Artisan Faire will take place at the Mission Street Commons, a new co-working community space in downtown Wenatchee. Curated by Sarah Sims of Third Eye Designs Jewelry and Cara Hackenmiller, Principal/Owner of Joyful Scholars Montessori School, this Faire will have a small, but cozy selection of local vendors. We sat down Sarah and Cara to get the details.

How can people get involved as the event grows/continues?

C: We would love to continue the “intimate” vibe, and at the same time, would love to be in contact with local vendors.

I forsee incorporating music of some sort into the event, and possibly even offering longer hours to allow for more attendees.

Winter Artisan Faire Mission St. Commons 218 S. Mission St. Wednesday, December 5th Faire hours: 4-8pm Featured Vendors Online: Instagram: @moon_made @third_eye_jewelry @shelby.jo.campbell @loni_mckenzie @yetichocolates @lotus.ofthemoon Websites: SarahSims.etsy.com heirloomapparel.co yetichocolates.com lotusofthemoon.com

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

PUZZLE DEBUT: INTRODUCING THE META CROSSWORD and/or starred answers (if any), and sometimes the clues and grid as starting points. And beware: the form each meta takes is almost always unique.

What the heck is a meta crossword?

Simply put, it’s a regular crossword plus a built-in, single-answer puzzle that requires “escape-room” lateral thinking to solve. It’s perfect for solvers craving an extra dose of “aha!” Look for a new meta puzzle every other month.

Solving tips: Know that the puzzle's title applies as a hint only to the meta answer. Look for patterns in the answers, words, and letters. See anything in common? What might the puzzle’s title suggest? Also, while it’s “taboo” to Google for crossword answers, you’re encouraged to use Google to solve the meta.

How it works: work : Solve the mediumworks difficulty crossword below like normal. Then, if you dare, read the provided hint that asks you to find a single word or phrase. Then use elements like the puzzle title, the longest

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Want to learn more? For examples of meta crosswords and their answers, visit tinyurl.com/corymetas. Happy solving!

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QUOTE: "Codes are a puzzle. A game, just like any other game."

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Live Music at Stein

Stein Public House • Leavenworth Nov 2: River Dog Shakedown, 8pm Nov 3: Kevin Jones Band, 8pm Nov 8: Gina Belliveau, 7pm Nov 9: Adam Williams Trio, 8pm Nov 16: Twin Skinny, 8pm Nov 17: River Dog Shakedown, 8pm Nov 23: Nate Weakley Project, 8pm Nov 24: Analog Jack, 8pm Nov 30: Twin Skinny, 8pm

McGlinn’s Winter Music Events

McGlinn’s Public House • Wenatchee Nov 3: TBASA, 7:00pm Nov 9-10: Casey Ryan, 7:00pm Nov 17: Nic Allen, 7:00pm Nov 23-24: Eddie Manzanares, 7:00pm

Ye Olde Bookshoppe

11 Palouse St • 6pm Open Mic Nights, every Wednesday. Poetry, spoken word, short stories, music!

Live Music at Wally’s House of Booze

Presented by Snatchee Records • Wenatchee Nov 9: The Adarna / Dustin Hays Nov 10: The Nightmares / Ball Bag / Human Element Nov 16: The Generators / Not All There / Doll Steaks Nov 17: Ghost Power / Cobra Hawk / Better Daze ($10 tickets) Music at 9:30pm • $5 cover • 21+ • Details at facebook. com/pg/SnatcheeRecords509

Live music at Club Crow

Club Crow • Cashmere Nov 23: The 509s Brighten Up Your Black Friday, 6pm Nov 24: Jesse James and the MOB featuring Polly O’Keary and Nick Mardon, 8:30pm

Live Music at Icicle Brewing

Icicle Brewing Company • Leavenworth NOV 1: Bluegrass Night, 7pm NOV 2: The Nates, 6pm NOV 3: Kristen Marlo, 6pm NOV 7: Sergio & Co, 7pm NOV 9: Christina May, 6pm NOV 10: Just Plain Darin, 6pm NOV 14: Sergio & Co, 7pm NOV 15: Bluegrass Night, 7pm NOV 16: Twin Skinny, 6pm NOV 17: Ethan J Perry & The Remedy Band, 6pm NOV 21: Sergio & Co, 7pm NOV 23: Hans Hessburg, 6pm NOV 24: China Davis, 6pm NOV 28: Sergio & Co, 7pm

Live music at Old Skool’s

Old Skool’s Record Center • Ellensburg Nov 5: Rap and Hip-Hop from Coaster with special guest opener Leviticuss, 7-9pm Nov 10: All-ages show with The RF’s, Trevor Roseburg, Lanterns of Hope, and P.E.T.S., 6-10pm Nov 27: Folk Punk with Apes of the State, Dogtooth & Nail, and Robber’s Roost, 7-10pm

Open Mic at RadarStation

Hosted by Luke Ziegler Atkinson Every other Thursday at RadarStation! Musicians, comedians, poets, writers and all the rest of you, be there.

This is a blast, seriously, don’t miss out.

Nov 1 / 15 / 29: Sign-up at 7pm • Show at 7:30pm

Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center

127 South Mission Street • wenatcheevalleymuseum.org Nov 1: Dia de los Meurtos: Celebrate the Day of the Dead with live music, dancing, crafts, and festive food. Bring photographs in honor of lost loved ones to display on a Community Altar. 6pm-8pm Nov 6: Wenatchi Right to Fish with historian E. Richard Hart, 7pm

Nov 10: Free Kids Art Class, 11am Nov 13: Return of the Wapato with Emily Washines, 7pm

Nov 14: Get Lit! Adult light-up Christmas card work-

shop, 6:30pm Nov 15: Talk & Slide Show with respected ornithologist and author Dr. Bruce Beehler, 7pm

Wenatchee Public Library

310 Douglas Street Nov 2: Showing A Wrinkle in Time. 3:30pm Nov 7: Astronomy for Everyone: Learn about the universe and then view the rings of Saturn through a powerful hand-crafted telescope. 6:30pm Nov 8: Diamonds in the Ether: Tuning in to NW Radio History. Historian and broadcaster Feliks Banel looks back to the people, stations and stories that made radio broadcasting a vital part of the culture of the Pacific Northwest. 6:30pm Nov 16: Showing The Karate Kid. 3:30pm Nov 20: Beyond the Frame: Writing in the Margins — Transforming the Stories We Tell About Race.

Gonzaga University professor Jessica Maucione talks about ways we can seek out narratives that counter a white-centered approach. 6:30pm Nov 24: For the Spell of It! Adult spelling bee. 7pm

Nov 1-3: Little Shop of Horrors

Riverside Playhouse, Wenatchee Hosted by Music Theatre of Wenatchee: The cult smash musical-comedy by Ashman & Menken. Seymour the putz, lovely Audrey, a sadistic dentist, three streetwise singing and dancing urchins and a man eating plant.

Everything you could want in a musical!

7:30pm • Tickets at numericapac.org or call 663-ARTS

Nov 1: Laura Buchan: Corpora Exhibit Opening

CWU Randall Hall • Sarah Spurgeon Gallery • Ellensburg Laura Buchan is a wood sculptor residing in Stevenson, Washington, whose work investigates forms found in nature and anatomy. Buchan unites various anatomi-

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cal structures from different sources (plants, animals, insects, and humans) to create pieces that walk the line between fantastic and realistic.

Artist Talk 4pm • Reception 5-7pm • Exhibit runs through December 2

Nov 2: The Capitol Steps

Icicle Creek Center for the Arts • Leavenworth We put the MOCK in Democracy! Over 30 years ago, the Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. Although not all of the current members of the Steps are former Capitol Hill staffers, taken together, the performers represent 62 years of collective House and Senate staff experience.

7-9pm • Tickets at icicle.secure.force.com

Nov 2: Paul Sounders: Arctic Solitaire

Leavenworth Public Library Join us as we welcome award-winning nature photographer and author Paul Souders. His presentation on his recently released memoir, Arctic Solitaire: A Boat, A Bay, and the Quest for the Perfect Bear, is loaded with stunning images of the Arctic landscape and wildlife.

6:30-7:30pm • Free and open to the public

Nov 2: Art of Beer Flight Night

Wenatchee Valley Brewing • 108 Islandview St Taste four of our recent experimental batches, served in a flight! We will be featuring a pilsner, brown IPA, stout, and a specialty infused beer. Experimental flights come with a tasting worksheet to rate the beer, select taste profiles, and provide general notes. At least one of our Brewers will be on hand to explain the brews and how they were produced.

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Nov 2: Brian Ledbetter

Elks Lodge • Moses Lake Hosted by Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce, this must-see show combines comedy and audience participation with unbelievable demonstrations of mindreading, ESP, clairvoyance, and telekinesis.

7:30-9:30pm

Nov 2: Live Music at the Library: Sean Gaskell

Cashmere Library • 300 Woodring Sean Gaskell features traditional songs on the Kora, a 21 string harp that he learned how to play throughout the course of multiple visits to its homeland in Gambia, West Africa. The music is traditionally played by oral and musical historians known as Griots (Gree-ohs).

Many songs tell ancient stories of war and hardship, while others praise people of high political status and those who helped expand the Mande empire.

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Nov 3: Pray for Snow Concert

Arlberg Sports Parking Lot • 25 N Wenatchee Ave Mission Ridge presents the 5th Annual Pray For Snow Concert! Come celebrate winter culture in the Wenatchee Valley and the start of ski season with your friends from Mission Ridge, Leavenworth Winter Sports Club, Badger Mountain Ski Area, and Echo Valley Ski Area. Live music from Perfect By Tomorrow and Buzz Brump will have you rockin’ the night away. There will also be food and drinks by Mission Ridge’s Ka Wham Cafe and a beer garden with your favorite local breweries. Everyone in attendance is also entered to win prizes to help kick off the winter season right.

6-10pm • 21+ • Tickets at missionridge.liftbooking.com

Nov 3: Concert 2: Beethoven and Borodin

Numerica Performing Arts Center Hosted by Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra, “Beethoven and Borodin” reveals a stark contrast in each composer’s second symphonic effort. Beethoven’s humorous and happy Symphony No. 2 in D major and Borodin’s “Heroic” Symphony No. 2 in B minor will be presented. The audience will also be delighted to hear the Violin Concerto written by Pulitzer Prize winning composer, Kevin Puts, performed by violinist Rachel Patrick.

7-10pm • Tickets at wenatcheesymphony.org/concerts-blog/2018/11/3/beethoven-and-borodin

Nov 3: Free Family Saturday: Potato Heads

Moses Lake Museum & Art Center In honor of our current exhibit, Reheated: Baked,

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Mashed or Fried, please join us for a twist on the classic Mr. Potato Head! We will be crafting using a variety of textures, shapes and colors.

12-2pm • All ages • Family Saturday is Always FREE!

Nov 7: Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker 2018

The Capitol Theatre • Yakima Christmas is coming and so is the one and only Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker. Presenting world class Russian artists, hand-painted sets, Russian Snow Maidens, and jubilant Nesting Dolls.

7:30-9:30pm • Tickets at capitoltheatre.org

Nov 8: Tipsy Talks! History of Leavenworth Part 1

Bushel & Bee Taproom * Leavenworth Join local historian, Maxwell Reister, on a boozed up pre-Bavarian journey as he attempts to regale an audience with actual history from the olden times of Leavenworth. Will he successfully impart the knowledge of the past to the minds of the present? Or will he drunkenly rave about trains for half an hour? The only way to know for sure is to attend this historic event.

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Nov 8: Monthly Movies on the Big Screen: Mrs. Doubtfire

Numerica Performing Arts Center, Wenatchee November 2018 marks the 25th Anniversary of Mrs. Doubtfire! Troubled that he has little access to his children, divorced Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams) hatches an elaborate plan. With help from his creative brother Frank (Harvey Fierstein), he dresses as an older British woman and convinces his ex-wife, Miranda (Sally Field), to hire him as a nanny.

6:30-8:30pm • Tickets $3, at numericapac.showare.com

Nov 9: Michael Carlos: Damage and Remainder, An Intimate Retrospective

RadarStation * Wenatchee Michael Carlos celebrates the ten-year anniversary of the release of his most acclaimed studio album, Damage and Remainder, with an intimate acoustic performance at RadarStation Art Lounge.

7pm doors • 7:30 pm show • Tickets $10 (includes CD)

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Nov 9-10: The Staxx Brothers Weekend!

der Hinterhof • Leavenworth Come see the 3rd annual The Staxx Brothers weekend and catch the last shows before they take an extended break. He’ll be flying back to Jamaica after the show, so let’s send off The Staxx Brothers and Davin right.

Tickets sold at the door • $10 one night; $15 both nights

Nov 10: Laugh Riot

Wenatchee Convention Center For 18 years strong, Laugh Riot has been bringing the best in stand up comedy, and this year is no exception.

Co-headlining will be John Roy and Jeff Richards, both comedy veterans with numerous stage and TV credits.

8:00-10:30pm • Tickets: Eventbrite • Info: laughriot.net

Nov 15-Dec 1: How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

Wenatchee High School Auditorium • WHS Presents Big business means big laughs in this delightfully clever lampoon of life on the corporate ladder. Join J. Pierrepont Finch, as he rises from lowly window washer to high-powered executive, tackling such dangers as backstabbing colleagues, office parties, caffeine addiction and, of course, true love!

Multiple dates and times • Tickets at numericapac.org

Nov 17: Pedro the Lion

The Seasons Performance Hall • Yakima David Bazan is very excited to be back playing rock & roll as Pedro the Lion again. The set list will span every

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7:30-9:30pm • Tickets at brownpapertickets.com/ event/3453882

Nov 20: Banff Film Festival

Leavenworth Fest Halle Hot on the heels of the festival held every fall in Banff, Alberta, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road. This year’s tour features a collection of the most inspiring action, environmental, and adventure films from the festival. Advanced tickets will be available soon at Der Sportsmann in Leavenworth and at Arlberg Sports in Wenatchee.

6pm, Doors open for socializing and beverages • 7pm, Movies start • skileavenworth.com/events/banff-mountain-film-festival-2018

Nov 28: Beauty and the Beast

Numerica Performing Arts Center, Wenatchee Based on the original Broadway production, and the Academy Award winning motion picture, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr. is a fantastic adaption of the story of transformation and tolerance.

6:30-8:00pm • Tickets at numericapac.org

Nov 30: Matchstick Productions: All In

Icicle Creek Center for the Arts • Leavenworth Matchstick Productions 2018 epic ski film delivers a first of its kind experience. This concept is spearhead-

ed by a talented group of hard-charging women who wanted to disrupt the male-dominated ski film formula.

Skiing isn’t exclusionary, true fun in the mountains can be shared equally by everyone. This isn’t your typical “Women can shred too” film, this is a kick-ass ski film that just happens to feature as many women as men.

7-9pm • Tickets at icicle.secure.force.com

Nov 30: Leann Rimes: You and Me and Christmas

Town Toyota Center • Wenatchee Just in time for the holiday season! As part of her “You and Me and Christmas” tour, LeAnn Rimes will be performing some of her favorite holiday songs.

7pm • Tickets at towntoyotacenter.com

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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.

Mission St. Commons: A Coworking Community

218 S. Mission St • Open Mon-Fri 8am-6pm • www.missionstcommons.com • meet@missionstcommons.com Local artist C.G. Dahlin’s collection of abstract paintings and graphic photography will remain on exhibit for Mission St. Commons’ First Friday. Dahlin’s abstract paintings are made to solicit various interpretations.

His graphic design work has been made in an attempt to mix both natural and artificial beauty.

Robert Graves Gallery

Sexton Hall • Wenatchee Valley College • Mon-Thurs: 9am1pm (closed Fri-Sun) • By appointment: 509-663-0100 • Opening reception: Friday 5-7pm, with Artist Talk at 6pm Robert Graves Gallery presents Thinking Through Paint, an exhibition of extraordinary new work by contemporary artist Robert Wilson.

MAC Gallery

Wenatchee Valley College Music and Art Center • 1300 Fifth Street • Mon-Fri 9am-5pm • First Friday 5pm-7pm WVC Alumna Abbey Freed’s installation is expanded with new pieces and re-curated for the closing reception. Her drawings, sculptures and wall pieces dealing with the preservation, possession, and memorialization of human existence use quotidian materials, as she transforms seemingly banal domestic objects into moving expressions of life and loss.

Ye Olde Bookshoppe

11 Palouse St. • Mon 11am-7pm, Tue-Thur 10am-7pm, FriSat 10am-8pm • First Friday Art Walk: 5pm-8 pm Yeti Chocolates is a small batch artisan chocolate company that makes chocolate truffles and other confections that tantalize the palate and entice the senses.

Down by the River Lavender is a small lavender farm in Wenatchee that produces high-quality bath and body products. Sample their products and take something home that will help support their farming habit.

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15 Palouse Street #103 • Business Hours: By appointment only • First Friday Art Walk: 5-8pm Wellborn Knits – A home grown business specializing in hand made knitwear and macrame pieces. Come meet the talent behind these lovely knitted pieces. Anna will have items for sale, and she can take your custom order.

Wenatchi Sweets – Delicious pies, along with the wellknown Wenatchi Treats in a variety of sweet flavors.

Samples along with sweets available for purchase.

Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce

137 North Wenatchee Avenue • 509.662.2116 • First Friday Reception 5pm-8pm November First Friday features Isenhower Cellars Wine out of Leavenworth. Pacia (Paw-sha) Dixon will lead the participation art event, “Making Wine Journals.”

Tumbleweed Shop & Studio

105 Palouse • Tue-Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 11am-4pm • First Friday 5pm-8pm Tumbleweed will feature Claudia Wiggins and Jennifer Burke: Claudia’s heart is captured by color and light.

Her art reflects the joy in her life and hopefully evokes a smile from observers. Claudia will be showcasing giclees and prints. Also, Illustrator Claudia and author, Jennifer Burke will be presenting their new children’s book “Maxdog’s Christmas Surprise.” It is a delightful read and a must-have for holiday gift giving!

Mela

17 N. Wenatchee Ave. • caffemela.com • Mon-Fri 6am6pm, Sat-Sun 8am-4pm • Opening Reception 5-8pm Alessandra Piro exhibits “Passages,” a new collection of paintings that explore the sculptural qualities of encaustic painting. As the various layers are peeled away, they reveal veils of atmospheric wax with depth, color and luminosity that lead to subtle and unpredictable textures. Please join us at Mela for art and an eclectic compilation of music and sound with Hans Hessburg.

Two Rivers Gallery

102 N Columbia • Wed-Sat 11am-4pm, Sun 1pm-4pm • First Friday Reception 5pm-8pm Featured artist Terri Meenach exhibits watercolors and alcohol inks on yupo paper. Music by Connie Celustka on hammered dulcimer. Wines by White Heron Cellars; complimentary refreshments.

Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center

127 South Mission Street • Tue-Sat 10am-4pm • First Friday 10am-8pm (FREE) Beyond the Frame: Inland Bounty, the work of Edward S. Curtis in the Columbia River Basin. From 1907 to 1930 photographer Edward S. Curtis took on the colossal task of documenting the Native tribes of North America. The resulting work,

The North American Indian, contains twenty volumes of photographs and ethnographic text. We are recognizing the 150th anniversary of Edward Curtis’ birth with this exhibition of images from Volumes 7 and 8 of his work.

RadarStation

115 S. Wenatchee Ave. • First Friday Reception 5pm-10pm Final opening for our two current shows. Wordplay: A Group Art Show and POE: A Midnight Dreary. Dozens of brand new paintings in the gallery. Over 300 works of original art now on display. Silent films all evening on the big screen. New items in the kookiest gift shop in town, including mini paintings for the Dish of Fate. $10 gets you a spin! Beer, wine and hard cider available in The Atomic Lounge.

Pans Grotto

3 N Wenatchee Ave, Ste 2 • Don@pansgrotto.com The Day of the Dead or Día de Muertos is a time to honor and remember those who have passed on. Come check out what our local artists have come up with to celebrate the world beyond. The Day of the Dead show will be featured for all of November!

Class with a Glass

10 S. Columbia • Thur-Sat 6:30pm-9pm • First Friday Reception 5pm-8pm Class with a Glass welcomes local artist, Andrea Rogers, whose art features her primary passion: collage and mixed medium. Andrea loves the challenge of taking a paintbrush, acrylics, chalk, papers (and you name it!) to canvas. Andrea’s greatest hope is that her artwork inspires others to find the artist within.

Christmas Art Gallery

19 S. Wenatchee Ave. • Mon-Sat 10am-5pm • First Friday 10am-9pm New to the Avenue, in time for the holiday season, the Christmas Art Gallery will feature artist Dean Rainey.

View his selection of paintings, sculpture and pottery.

The gallery will feature outdoor landscapes, western and wildlife painting; wood, clay and metal sculptures.

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Lemolo Cafe & Deli

114 N Wenatchee Ave. • Sun-Mon 11am-4pm, Tue-Sat 11am-6pm • First Friday until 6pm Featured this month is local landscape photographer Brian Mitchell. Transporting the viewer to scenes of nature rarely seen, Brian’s photos will make you feel as if you were there yourself.

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ANARCHY IN THE METHOW: the axis of dissent

by ron evans

two interconnected facets) in this and other countries - I do think artists of all After his years in the seminal anarchist kinds should be speaking up. Some are, punk/dance/all over the map band from and the problem is (as mentioned above) Leeds, England - Danbert Nobacon found that the mainstream media curtails disa new way of life in sleepy Twisp, Wa. I sent by ignoring it, and punishing those chatted with Nobacon to talk about his who don’t toe the corporate line. ongoing musical projects and his involvement in local and national politics.

I’m dying to hear your summary on Donald Trump.

Tell us about Axis of Dissent?

The Axis of Dissent was originally my MOMMY: Annabel darlin, I don’t think blog on the chumba.com website in the this is something you should be worrying aftermath of 9/11 in response to George about.

W. Bush’s “Axis of Evil,” which was part of his propaganda to declare “bomb Iraq ANNABEL: Yeh but, but if he is doing back to the stone age.” It is now an um- bad things …if he gets poison in you … in brella name for whichever musicians your nose … then we might die.

I can recruit to be on my recordings or play live with me. It is the idea that there MOMMY: Well that’s something for us is a worldwide community of dissent that grown ups to worry about. barely gets mentioned in the billionaire corporate-owned mainstream media.

ANNABEL: Yeh but mommy, at nursery, Michael … he’s a boy … he lives nearby …

Going all the way back to your earliest he say “Trumpy.” I know we’re not supdays in Chumbawamba, your music posed to say the T-word, but Michael said and politics have never been separate, that T-man is like a’ Action Man. it seems. Do you think there is enough politics in NEW music or would you MOMMY: Action Man? … like to see more?

Given the dire circumstances we are in, ANNABEL: It like a doll … a man doll IE: a real potential of planetary ecosystem … for boys … but T-Man very old … like collapse, and the creeping authoritarian- grandpa, but he not like grandpa … and ism we are living under (to mention just action man got chin pie, like your boy-

friend mommy.

MOMMY: (flustered) Oh well I—, yes.

I—.

MOMMY: Bad Clown Creepy. Oh darling. It is enough to give me nightmares.

Nevermind, you.

ANNABEL: It’s okay mommy. I got dragANNABEL: Yeh … but he not like Ac- ons in my brain and they will fight him tion Man … but I think … I think … he like and make him go away. (pregnant pause) Bad Clown Creepy. Yeh. (pregnant pause) MOMMY: Mad Clown Creepy?

ANNABEL: Well you know about Bad ANNABEL: No. BAAAD Clown Creepy. Clown Creepy. I know, I know we not got to talk about him.

MOMMY: Oh darling, have you been MOMMY: (shuddering) I do wish you having bad night dreams again? wouldn’t call him that.

ANNABEL: No mommy. ‘Cos I see’d him.

I see’d him in the day, ‘cos I see’d him in ANNABEL: Yeh but at nursery...well Jenmy mommy’s computer. But I run fast. nifer...she a girl. And she my friend. And I escaped him … but then I see’d him in she say he an ill eagle. your phone mommy and he was in there … he everywhere.

MOMMY: Yes, well lots of things he’s doing are illegal.

MOMMY: Well darling, try not to think about him. Just think about finishing your ANNABEL: No but— well Jennifer’s vegetables for mommy if you want to daddy. She got a daddy. Her daddy a law have time for a story before bed. man.

ANNABEL: Oh Yeh yeh… if … if you don’t eat all your… your ’edgetables, he try and get you … Yeh. And if he don’t like people … he drop a bomb on them and make them dead … yeh.

MOMMY: You mean like a policeman?

ANNABEL: No mommy. Like a law man, he know things. And he say Bad Clown Creepy a very ill eagle. You know like when a … when a bald eagle is poorly in

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MOMMY: Oh, I see but I don’t thi—.

ANNABEL: Yeh but Bad Clown Creepy … he not got an ill eagle in his tummy mommy. No. He got an ill eagle in his brain. And it pecking … it pecking inside his brain, so when he use his words … it comes out like a fib. A big lot of fibs. ‘Cos you know … well Bad Clown Creepy … he a very big fibber mommy.

MOMMY: (to audience) Well she’s not wrong.

You have identified yourself over the years as an anarchist. Anarchy seems to frighten a lot of people, mostly due to a misunderstanding of the word itself. But also a complete misunderstanding of what it means to be an anarchist. Is there a consistency among anarchists on what that even means?

I don’t know if there is a consistency, but “anarchist” has been misused as an interchangeable word for “terrorist” through the industrial centuries. Most anarchists I know are of the Peter Kropotkin “mutual aid” variety, which is basically doing things collectively, in the sense of building ground up communities. Which most of us instinctively yearn for, as it is built into our DNA survival mechanisms from at least the time of when anatomically modern human hunter gatherer groups evolved around 200,000 years ago. Postagricultural society and the hierarchical patriarchy, which kicked in around 10,000 years ago, works against most of those that don’t have basic human empathy.

I think a lot of people enjoy the idea of a revolution but would have no idea how to start it. The problem may be that we are too comfortable with our modern American lives to put in the real sacrifice and effort needed to fully topple a structured government. How does one even start with such a grand scale scheme?

I think it is happening. There are, and have been down through history, genuine grass roots, bottom-up activists who (like the canary in the coal mine) read the warning signs of a society bent out of shape by wealth inequality. I think there will be some kind of revolution in our lifetimes brought on by increasing ecosphere collapse, and no one knows when or how it will burst forth, but we will recognize it when it does. It happened in Eastern Europe with the Fall of The Berlin Wall and the domino effect thereafter.

Nobody (not least the CIA whose job it was to foment such anti-communist feeling) saw it coming, and it just snowballed.

In our current climate, something similar could well happen. American lives are be-

ing disrupted by extreme (global warming) enhanced weather events and that is only going to get worse in the short and medium term, and that is the kind of thing that shakes people out of complacency.

Tell us about your most recent album?

Most recent album “Stardust To Darwinstuff” (2017) is a collection of songs held together by making use of scientific language as poetry, on account of me reading popular science books, particularly with regard to human origins and evolution.

It was already ironically prophetic, given Trump and the G.O.P.’s war on science, when most of it was recorded in October 2016, but as we went over schedule and into November and the election happened, I was able to add another song to the album and revise a couple of other

denly more able to tour than I have been for some considerable years.

You are currently living in the Methow Valley, describe what life is like there for you and how you came to land there as home base?

I have lived here for eleven years now.

The mother of our twins went to Evergreen College way back when and her pals moved out here after school, so she knew people out here. There are a lot of “Greeners” in the Methow Valley who came here to be organic farmers, fish biologists and artists. To bring it full circle our son has just started at Evergreen.

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Are you recording in your home at all or are you strictly a studio artist?

Mostly a strictly studio artist, certainly for albums. But we just put out a rush release “G.O.P. Spells … Gutting Our Planet” (a punk mantra for the midterms) recorded at my house on Garageband.

The question you probably get more often than many others I would imagine… Any word on a Chumbawamba reunion? Did you ever even officially break up?

We kind of did break up by mutual consent, feeling we had taken it as far as we could have after twenty-two years and eleven studio albums. We did do a one off 30th anniversary back in 2012 in the UK, but no plans to reform. We are still all in contact, and there is a new Chumbawamba documentary that has been in the works for a couple of years.

When Tubthumping came out and was all over the world with nonstop radio and video play, how quickly did life transform for you and the rest of the members of Chumbawamba?

Initially, we were pretty much on the road for two years solid and then we took a break. The record company realised that our other songs from the “Tubthumper” album could not compete with the one song, and so they slammed down hard on the accelerator of the one song and voila...we became a “one hit wonder.” The money coming in is also about a year in time behind the radio airplay, so we had some time to get used to being in the mainstream for our fifteen minutes. And we were all in our mid-thirties when it happened, so we were older and wiser and more cynical of the machine. We had been a band for 15 years already so we survived most of the scars that the corporate pop machine can inflict. Going into it, we had the thought that we will be on a whirlwind for a year and then the record companies will drop us. It lasted about four years, but they did drop us when they couldn’t get their heads around our follow up album “WYSIWYG” (2001).

verses here and there to shed light on the possible consequences of the election result (which I was certainly not expecting). It is 16 songs with full band arrangements and it zips along.

Are you currently touring?

Myself and Kira Wood Cramer (my singing partner for about the last year) just did a ten date tour around the Pacific Northwest, as far down as Ashland, Oregon. Our next date will be at RadarStation in Wenatchee on Nov 23rd. And we hope to tour more regularly. My twins have just gone off to college, so I am sud-

skunks et al. But, I do love it here and have no plans to move away.

Global warming is often a theme in your work. Has being surrounded by forest fires over the past decade had an impact on that?

I started writing ‘global warming’ songs in 2003 when Chumbawamba played in Prague in the aftermath of the Danube flooding its banks and swamping the city (“Wasps in November” which ended up on my Library Book of The World album). Yes, living here has impacted that as we are seeing all those warnings from the late 1990’s on, coming true.

Where can people follow you online? danbertnobacon.com and YouTube.

See Danbert on World Famous RayGun Stage for his Black Friday special at RadarStation, Wenatchee, Nov. 23rd. C

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bots, babes and beauty: THE ART OF HENRY STINSON

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by ron evans often than not grounded in realism. Is it a concerted effort to strike that balance? Or, is it just a style you have developed?

My style of painting has a looseness to it or bravado, yes, but I think that has to do with the fact that I like to have physical energy in the work as I am painting. I don’t like to spend 80 hours on a painting. It’s rare if I even spend 12 hours on a six foot tall painting. I just like the immediacy of falling in love with physically creating the painting, getting it finished, and moving on. It’s a concerted effort that What is your background in art? is grounded in realism, because I like the The first painting I ever did, my brother illusion of creating three dimensions on a lent me his oils and a canvas. I painted two dimensional surface.

Dracula. With blood on his fangs. I was OK with that painting, and I have been Robots, skulls, pin-up girls and rollerslightly off-center in my choice of paint- derby – do people ever ask you why ing subjects ever since. I didn’t become you don’t paint flowers more? hooked on art until I was about twenty I think a lot of people would like me to years old when I had to declare my major paint flowers more, but I’ve only ever in college. I picked art because it allowed painted them a few times. I like being a me to communicate in a visual language, nerd. I love robots, skulls, Godzilla, rollrather than a written one. er-derby, luchadors, etc. If I find it quirky and cool, there’s a good chance I’ll paint What is your association (former and it. With the Converse All Stars series, I current) with the Wenatchee Valley? painted them because I wear them. I have I started my college career in art and foot- a connection with them. For me it’s all ball at Wenatchee Valley Community Col- about connection. The paintings are more lege in 1978 when I received a small schol- a part of me when I have a connection with arship to play football. I fell in love with the subject matter. I had a black, tin, 12the mountains around Wenatchee, the inch tall, Japanese robot that I got for my hot summers, the apple orchards, and the 8th birthday when we were on the road, Red Lion for its swimming pool! I spent 2 moving from one army base to another. years there getting my associate’s degree It was called The Evil Space Robot With in art. Currently, I have a few of my paint- Chest Guns by Ryusei Majin, for all of you ings at the RadarStation Gallery/Lounge. other nerds out there. I had fun with that It was a fun coincidence meeting Ron on robot, and I always thought robots were a trip we took to purchase a new car. We cool. My robot series was titled “Take Me stopped by his gallery and just fell in love To Your Leader” and the first five robots with the quality of art and the quirkiness that inspired the series were titled “Weapof the space. ons of Mass Destruction,” as a fun nod to my childhood. Whatever currently interWhat started you on your path of ests me is what I feel compelled to paint. painting?

Painting started in 1990 with Ron Lukas. I What were some of your earlier influhad an acquaintance who showed up at an ences? open figure-drawing session with several Saturday morning cartoons, specifically of his paintings that he had done in Ron’s Looney Toons directed by Chuck Jones, class, and I knew I had to find out who for example: “Duck Dodgers in the 24th his teacher was. Ron ran an open figure- and a Half Century.” Jones also drew “The drawing session out of his studio on Mon- Grinch Who Stole Christmas,” another day evenings in Ballard, WA. I went. He favorite of mine. Dr. Seuss collaborated had his work all around the studio, and I with Chuck Jones to draw the pictures for knew then that I had found who I wanted his story, and I love his style of drawing. to study with. I spent 4 nights a week for It has life and emotion all its own, which the next 3.5 years studying painting in the I think sets him apart from all other direcRussian Impressionist style with Ron out tors. Saturday morning cartoons made me of his studio. I think it’s serendipitous that laugh. There were no real lectures inside my grandmother was from the Ukraine, cartoons back then (you could get that on and Ron’s style of painting had its roots Sunday morning with David and Goliath), there also. they were just for fun. To this day I am a cartoon snob. The story has to be good, Your painting style has a looseness to and it has to have great art and pacing. it, yet your subject matters are more I paint narratively, it’s all about telling a My first awareness of Henry Stinson’s colorful and impactful oil paintings was when people started tagging me in his Facebook posts. They knew I would appreciate the look, and especially the content, of what Henry was creating. These paintings had it all, in my book. Pinup girls, robots, skulls, roller derby and creatures all painted with a finess and sense of movement that reminds me of the master, Frank Frazetta. I finally got a chance to chat with Henry about his work, process and inspiration.

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story, and there is often a thread of humor running through my paintings.

Describe your experience as a working artist in terms of gallery representation, social networking, day-to-daygrind.

Right now I am represented by the Bonner David Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ and I have a few of my paintings at the RadarStation Gallery/Lounge in Wenatchee.

For social media, I typically post on instagram 2-3 times per week, and it is shared immediately to my facebook page. My wife said posting every day was too much! As far as the day-to-day work goes, I try to get in the studio each day to stretch canvas, create paintings, ship works, or just organize my thoughts. Consistency is key.

We bought our home for the studio, and I am fortunate to have about 750 square feet of space (plus storage) to work with.

Are you consistently selling your work?

In an ideal world, other people consistently sell it! I’d love to just focus on creating, but a lot of self promotion – even with a gallery promoting my work – has to go on. It’s interesting how I’m making connections all over the planet because of social media. With social media, the market for my work is global.

Do you find galleries to be losing their importance in the age of Instagram and Facebook?

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I don’t think so, no. Work needs to be experienced face to face. Art has all of its impact in person. Tiny little pictures on the internet are not the same thing. There’s a place for galleries and a place for social media. Both together create a well rounded marketing strategy. Galleries that embrace social media seem to be doing better with the change, and I think that goes for artists as well. Galleries have connections and access to col-

lectors that artists don’t have on their own. It’s one thing to own a Van Gogh, it’s another thing to have him over for dinner – LOL! I, as a curator, am asked all the time

“how to price a painting?” Do you have any rules of thumb concerning that?

I price my paintings by the square inch, it’s easier that way because it takes out the emotional component of pricing my own work. For example a small painting that is 12 x 12 (144 inches) would sell for $850.00 (5.90 per square inch). Larger paintings have a slightly smaller price per square inch to make them affordable.

Do you dabble much in sculpture?

I started my career in sculpture a n d

h ave a l ways loved the physicality of it. I like that oil painting has a very similar physicality with the thick paint and brushwork.

I don’t work in sculpture much anymore, unless you count the toys I sculpted for my daughter, and the found-object robots I built for my robot series paintings. I

guess I also build all of my own sets for my paintings - be it a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, or anything else that I need as a backdrop for my paintings.

Have you ever produced work for comic books? Album covers? Your style seems especially adaptable for this type of commercial work.

Nope. But I did work commercially as an illustrator for years when I began my career and before I learned painting. I did humorous illustration for ad agencies in Seattle in the 80s and 90s.

What projects are you working on at the moment?

My daughter was asking me the other day, “Do you do any fantasy art anymore?” So I did a lovely little sketch of a shamanic, mythological woman with goat horns and a staff with skulls for a Monster Draw Benefit for the Spokane Art School a couple weeks back. It was nice to paint purely from imagination. I get my ideas from my imagination, then I find my model or muse to help me in the creation of the work. I almost always paint from life, even though the ideas are from my imagination.

Where can people follow you online? henrystinson.com Facebook & Instagram /henrystinsonart C

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THE SPACEPOD: demons, angels and ghosts

by ron evans The topic of ghosts has come up an awful lot in my world of late. That time of year I suppose. I was recently chatting with Michael Knight on his daily show on KPQ concerning ghosts and hauntings.

He told stories of growing up in a haunted mansion and experiencing everything from apparitions and drastic temperature changes, to one on one encounters with something from the realm beyond.

The keyword here is “something.” When talking with people about hauntings and other spirit-related tomfoolery, you run into the same question over and over again. Are we dealing with an Uncle Joe that didn’t quite ascend (or descend...let’s be honest, Uncle Joe was a veritable buffet of bad choice-making). Or, are these entities that were never of this world to begin with? Or both? Get used to me asking impossible questions here.

It’s interesting to me how many people will believe in ghosts but not demons or angels and vice versa. I suppose one belief system would never demand the next.

But the most interesting talks I have with ghost hunters or regular folks who have had these kinds of paranormal encounters are from the camps that are at least open-minded about both.

There’s a lot to the idea of angels and demons. It is, in my opinion, easy to separate the idea of legions of spiritual beings out there fighting for our souls - and the traditional idea of heaven and hell. Those notions don’t really ring true to a lot of people, and even as someone who grew up in a very religious home (hell is for bad people) I can relate to that. I mean, sure, Hitler deserves eternity in a lake of fire.

But tax-dodgers? Theives? People who have had affairs or even those just didn’t believe the right shit? Never felt correct to me. Heaven is weird too. Especially the one I was taught about. Streets paved with gold? Isn’t gold the root of all evil? Why would God want his kingdom paved with the root of all evil? I guess you could argue that using gold as pavement devalues it and makes some sort of anti-capitalist statement. I suppose that.

Anyway, let’s say the angels and the de-

mons are real and are indeed fighting over our souls. Then what? Do we become demons if the demons win? Do we get wings like Clarence if the angels claim victory over us? Scattershot.

And even more scattershot to me is the idea that a ghost could be stuck in the land of the living, seemingly at random. Many times though, the poor trapped souls are connected to a place, building or relic of some sort. I do like a good haunted house story, but what is ultimately going on here? Are the ghosts stuck in the house?

Are they cursed to only roam a certain chunk of terrain? And if they are stuck in the house, what would happen if the house was demolished completely? Would there be a haunted 2x4 in a landfill somewhere?

What would happen if the earth was hit by an asteroid? Would the ghost be floating in space where his mansion once stood?

Can a ghost float to the moon for shits and ghostly giggles? Scattershot.

Anyhoo, going back to Michael’s tale - there were numerous times when he claimed to be able to tell the difference between trapped human souls and a mem-

ber of an unsavory legion of soul-snatching assholes from another dimension.

When I asked how he could tell, his eyes got cartoonishly wide and he loudly whispered “You could just tell.” D’alright. I buy it. I buy anything from a face that creeped out, thirty years later. I buy most stories people have shared with me about ghosts in general. I don’t doubt their sincerity.

But I have never had a ghostly encounter so I haven’t really been in a situation to weigh in beyond “hmmm, interestin’.”

And I hope I never will. This fear is what has kept me from going hunting for things in haunted buildings or graveyards.

Ghost stalkers. Do not need. Do not want.

I mean how do you even put a restraining order on a ghost? See what I mean?

Scattershot.

Listen to Tales From The Spacepod on iTunes or most other podcasting apps. C

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THE DOC IS IN: ARE YOU LISTENING?

ARE YOU TRU- you are no longer listening.

LY LISTENING? Be mindful of when you start thinking about your response before they have even stopped speaking. Communication Q: My spouse is not a race, it’s about taking the time to says I’m a bad lis- fully engage and be present. tener and our relationship always Here are four ways to help you engage and feels stressed. connect with your spouse more deeply: What can I do?

1. LISTEN WITHOUT ASSUMPTION ALLEGRA HART A: It sounds like Your brain can run away with thoughts Naturopathic Physician you may need to about what you think they are saying. consciously refine your listening skills. This prevents you from hearing what is Most people are not taught how to active- being said or what may lie just beneath ly listen. It’s easy to get caught up in think- the words. Try to focus on the words that ing about how you are going to respond are truly being said, rather than what you rather than listening to what is being said. think the other person might be thinking.

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2. LISTEN WITHOUT DISTRACTION This is a basic of listening, yet many people skip this crucial step. Put your phone down. Turn off the TV. Make eye contact when you are having a conversation. This lets them know that you are present, paying attention, and builds trust, making them more likely to open up at deeper levels.

3. LISTEN WITHOUT SEEKING TO FIX We like to feel helpful and try to fix problems for those we love. This is a natural response. You or your spouse may avoid sharing an experience with the other because you do not want to feel judged.

When we talk, sometimes we just need to be heard and we don’t want to be saved or told what to do.

If I’m talking to someone I know well, I’ll ask, “What do you need from me at this moment? Do you need me to just listen or are you seeking my advice?” This works especially well with spouses, dear friends, and children.

4. READ THE ROOM: Tone and Body Language Listening is not just auditory. You can hear their words but you must also assess their tone and the words they choose.

Are their words more positive or negative?

Also, be aware of their body language.

Defensive stances are often more closed,

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such as folded arms, head down, pursed lips, and crossed legs. More open, engaged, and optimistic stances are leaning forward and arms at their side. Pay attention to your body language as well. They may be responding to cues you aren’t aware you are giving.

This is just a mini crash course on the basics of better listening, which is the core to all healthy relationships.

Keep in mind; the art of listening takes time to develop. Stick with it, and your connection with your loved ones will become easier and more fulfilling for everyone.

ABOUT DR. ALLEGRA Dr. Allegra Hart is a naturopathic physician, speaker, author of Nourishing Space Within: Essentials of Self-Care, 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. If we as individuals can do the work necessary to set a healing foundation on 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” C

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