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[ Angela Sidlo Licensed Reflexologist 503.298.8815 Certified Holistic Aromatherapist “a collectors nursery” in Astoria [email protected] 503.338.9921 at Astoria Chiropractic 738 Pacific Way, Gearhart, OR Lic. # RF60411242 2935 Marine Dr., Suite B 503.738.5332 [email protected] feb15 hipfishmonthly.com 2 Astoria Painter DARREN ORANGE at the John Jacob Astor Hotel The Harbor Volunteer Training Program ORANGE ON BLUE • Feb 7 - 28 LEARN ABOUT OPPRESSION, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, ADVOCACY SKILLS, AND MORE. STORIA artist Darren Orange Atook a six month hiatus from painting and when he returned to the Interested applicants call: The Harbor Chris Wright (503) 325-3426 1361 Duane St. in Astoria canvas, it was with a tube of phthalo www.harbornw.org blue, a brilliant pigment that is now the primary subject of a new body of oil paintings, “Orange on Blue” that opened in the relic lobby of the John Jacob Astor Hotel, Saturday, Feb 7. By the end of the 60’s, a sign on the south end of the hotel read, (for those who lived in Astoria may remember) “The Fur Trader,” its façade replicating something akin to a historic trading post. It was more or less, a drinking hideout, just down The Trip of a Lifetime! the street from a similar venue, “The Take an international cruise ending Cinders.” here in Astoria! Unpack once! Once the hub of social activity in 18 day cruise, beginning April 18 Astoria, built in the 20’s, condemned By in the late 60’s and renovated to low Dinah Houston, Cartagena, Panama Canal, income apartments in the 80’s, one of Urell Costa Rica, Huatulco, Acapulco, the tallest buildings on the Oregon Cabo San Lucas, San Francisco... Coast has seen the contemporary ORANGE ON BLUE then back home to Astoria trend in repurpose. For the last five years Vintage Hardware, now down structure or on the outside. The large SPECIAL EVENTS: Double occupancy rooms paintings, like a deep, rich translucent starting at $1,299 per person the street, drew all curious to shop February 14 • 5-10pm February 21 • 5-10pm maze, to reflect on or get lost in, the for reclaimed architectural treasures Derek Ecklund, Jessamyn Grace Book this cruise today, and the opportunity to explore in the gift of the abstract artist to give us An Oregon based multi- Jessamyn Grace started SPACE IS LIMITED! 2-story lobby featuring Corinthian freedom in composition, that we may instrumentalist, composer, studying Egyptian Cabaret in columns amidst crumbling plaster, an plunge into its mystery. This is an sound artist, and digital cre- 1994 with her first instruc- ative, Ecklund uses a variety Call Sundial today for more information architectural treasure itself, and was opportunity to literally soak in what is tor, Aziza, and has been of instruments, field record- 503-325-4484 or 1-800-547-9198 the location of my parents wedding abstract art, and to engage with the compelled by the art of Belly ings, and digital music tools Dance ever since. She is the reception in ‘52. artist himself, present. to create an ecstatic listening Director of the Astoria Arts Now the empty space proves To offer a sense of abstract design, space, evoking beauty, wild- Orange is constructing a game of and Movement Center where extraordinary possibilities. This ness, and trance. Derek’s work she teaches Belly Dance. Aesthetic Chess, there for any and explores mystical approaches month of February, Darren Orange And KMUN’s host Day Of The NORBLAD to music, how it relates to invites the public to view his new all, to try their hand. A chess lover Velvet Voice. culture, and how it can affect works, in conjunction with a series of himself, he’s mixing the cerebral with www.jessamyngrace.com right brain artist. Instructions, chess our collective experience and performances, opening the space to perception. board and pieces supplied; providing Dusty Santamaria a diverse selection of artists. Sound http://www.soundmaps.net experimentation, dance performance, an exercise, an experiment in play. Songwriter and poet San- a DJ night, and various musician col- Darren Orange first made the Existence Habit tamaria works in the vein of American roots music. He laborations; one such event features scene in Astoria in The Rosberg Show Roger Hayes/Prepared Guitar abides by the mantra: “The a soundscape propelled by alcohol 2001, at Clatsop College - one of and Greg Skloff /Upright Bass three then unknown artists in an exc- best ingredients for a good breath; breathalyzers and those who song are three chords and itng debut. Along with the burgeoing Soundscape breath into them will directly modify the truth.” FMI: dustysantama- visual arts in the region, Orange has Christi Denton, Heather Per- sound altered by consumption. kins, Jesse Mejia of Portland. ria.bandcamp.com/ Nine large format works hang in made intense headway, choosing to A sound installation that the negative spaces of the lobby, and promote himself, rather than be with crowd sources alcohol breath. Friday 27 • 8pm hotel & hostel 30 small paintings in the adjacent a gallery. It’s not for everyone, but The soundscape will be Domovoy (Nick Stephens) N bare-walls room. The oil paintings, for the inventive and vital person and modified by and enhanced and Olaf Ydstie. produced over a 3-month period are painter that Orange is, this current by 16 breathalyzers. Alcohol 443 14th street undertaking will be a touchstone. consumption and non-con- February 28 • 5-10pm a divergence from Orange’s bold, sumption will directly modify Astoria To refrain from the term pop-up Parallel Lines earthy landscapes. Nature in a differ- the sound. Daric Moore, Jordan 503-325-6989 ent light, light on water set in abstract gallery, more like diggin’ a happenin’ Jesse Mejia: http://www. Okoniewski, Mike Morrow architectural forms. Orange dove in a ruin, half expecting Salomé to anestheticaudio.com/ and Brandon Bowers www.norbladhotel.com deep into the blue, free from a pic- show up . . . well, in the form of Heather Perkins: http://www. dancer Jessamyn Grace, she will, and landonewts.com Playing a number of different ture in his mind or hand, to play out a styles of rock music their color, a paint, that he claims “he’s not Orange On Blue, the new archeaologi- Christi Denton: http://www. christidenton.com songs have energy, emo- done with yet,” and that phthalo blue cal treasure of Astoria. tional depth, lyrical diversity We offer: suites, cabins, bunks, apts, laundry “supremely changes with light.” The February 20 • 8-10pm and catchy melodies. They only light during the show, especially www.darrenorange.com DJ Ali Aht are currently recording their and shared kitchen. significant in the dark hours, is that Minimal and Techno House first album. reflecting off the paintings. Friday, Saturday, Sunday DJ Ali Aht has shared bills Secure Building, Kathryn Claire with bike storage These great blue visions, ever-so 2-5pm or by appointment with the likes of Portishead, resonant of north coast monchromatic the Fugees, DJ Andy Smith, An evening of creative mus- ing, music and mayhem… backdrops, while void of corporeal Donald Glaude, and Sterling 1421a Commercial Street Moss of Planet Techno. With Kathryn Claire and life, draw the viewer in like a sole Astor Hotel As well as Headlined sets at Friends. inhabitant, to discover if they are in a Burning Man’s KSF Stage. www.kathrynclairemusic.com

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home & garden ARTS John Gorka at the Liberty • March 6 New Folk Movement fine art artisan decor NE MAN ON STAGE with a guitar can Mountain Stage, Etown, and has appeared garden ornaments Ochange the world. That’s the way it on CNN. His new song, “Where No Monu- is with world-renowned singer-songwriter ments Stand” is featured in the upcoming John Gorka, who’s been stopping audienc- documentary Every War Has Two Losers, 1124 Commercial St • Astoria, OR Open 11 - 5:30 (closed Sun, Mon) es in their tracks with his magical take on about activist and Oregon Poet Laureate contemporary folk music since the 1980s. William Stafford (1914-1993). 7th Season Join Coast Community Radio in welcom- Coast Community Radio listeners often ing Gorka to the Liberty Theater in Astoria hear Gorka’s music on KMUN Astoria 91.9 Winter March 6, 2015 for a memorable evening of and KTCB Tillamook 89.5 FM. Seeing him Children’s JOHN GORKA plays a concert in celebra- music – and his only Oregon appearance live is another thing entirely – Gorka is as Theatre tion of his 12th studio album, BRIGHT SIDE in 2015. kind and thoughtful in person as he is in 2015 OF DOWN, out now on Red House Records. Gorka’s iconic ballads on life, love and song. The first release in over four years from the flying horses will touch your heart and soul, The Liberty’s blend of great acoustics acclaimed songwriter widely regarded as “one make you rethink your assumptions about and intimate surroundings are the perfect The Real Story of contemporary folk music’s leading talents” how things are. His multifaceted songs are setting for this music legend. So be there (Vintage Guitar), the album’s 12 songs are full of depth, beauty and emotion. Rolling with KMUN on March 6 for an evening you of Little Red beautifully produced and sequenced from be- Stone magazine called him “the preemi- won’t forget. ginning to end. With guest vocal appearances nent male singer-songwriter of what has Tickets $25, $20 and $15 available Riding Hood by Red House labelmates Lucy Kaplansky, Eliza been dubbed the New Folk Movement.” through TicketsWest.com and by calling Fridays - 7pm, March 6th & 13th Gilkyson, Claudia Schmidt and Michael John- Many well known artists have recorded The Liberty Theater box office Tuesday – Saturdays & Sundays - 2pm son, the collection resonates with the classic, “Gorka-esque” sound and lyrical insight that’s and performed John Gorka’s works, includ- Saturday 2:00pm – 5:30pm and two hours March 7 - 8 & 14 -15 earned him generations of devoted fans and a ing Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nanci Griffith, before the show. All proceeds go to Coast Tickets: $10 - $6 career that’s found him gracing the stages of Mary Black and Maura O’Connell. John Community Radio. CoastRadio.org/Gorka PBS’ Austin City Limits, NPR’s Mountain Stage has graced the stage of Austin City Limits, 5th Annual and venues worldwide. REAL LEWIS AND CLARK STORY 2015 (Or…How the Finns Discovered Astoria!) Ales & Ideas presents Age of Aquarius include April 3rd - 19th “Mars” The Power of Song Fri/Sat Eves and Sun Matinees NCSB Concert from The Deac Guidi & Nancy Cook FEELING GROOVY? Conductor Dave Becker Planets CLATSOP COMMUNITY COLLEGE Auditions: Sun. Feb 15, and the North Coast Symphonic Band will by Gustav Ales & Ideas Lecture Series, Thursday, Noon-2pm & 6pm-8pm. offer an afternoon of peace, love, harmony Holst, “The February 26 at 7pm in the Fort George and understanding along with nostalgic tunes Enter- Lovell Showroom presents The Power from the 60’s and early 70’s at their Age of tainer” of Song. ASOC Playhouse Aquarius concert at 2 pm on Sunday, Febru- by Scott Clatsop College Speech Instruc- 129 West Bond Street ary 22, at the Liberty Theater in downtown Joplin, tor and professional opera singer in Uniontown Astoria Astoria. The Basin Street NW duo featuring and “To Deac Guidi joins Astoria Fisher Poet, tickets online @ former rocker David Drury on guitar and Todd Rejoice in amateur songwriter, and CCC English astorstreetoprycompany.com Pederson on bass will perform the pre-show the Beauty Instructor Nancy Cook to present a ticket info call at 1:30pm and Andy and Rachel Becker of of Peace” dynamic exploration into the Power of ASOC Box Offce: 503-325-6104 Portland will be the guest vocalists. Audience by Alfred Song in movements for social change, member: wear tie dye and flowers in your Reed. NCSB concert vocal soloists Andy mental health treatment, storytelling on hair! Tickets and Rachel Becker perform “Geth- semane” from the musical Jesus stage and film, and even in advertising. Conductor Dave Becker says, “We’ll available at Christ Superstar especially arranged Audience members will be entertained TEST DRIVE include some great pop hits of the period but the Liberty by NCSB arranger David Robertson by a slideshow, lecture, performance, OUR NEW also look at how social change and challeng- Theater of Rockaway Beach. The Beckers per- and even audience participation as this ing or questioning the status quo brought in- Box Office, form together a tune from Spamalot, dynamic duo shares the highlights from FRAMED fluenced all types of music. We’ll have pieces $15 for the musical comedy based on the a CCC humanities special topics class reflecting peace, war, love and the infusion of adults and 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy MINNESOTA exploring the role music plays in move- rock and roll into the mainstream pop music $7 for stu- Grail. Andy and Rachel also lead a FAT BIKE ments for social change, mental health and musical theater.” Drury and Pederson, dents. This sing-a-long of “California Dreamin’” treatment, and the age-old human with backgrounds in rock, blues, funk, and concert and “Monday, Monday.” practice of storytelling. psychedelic rock will blend these styles with is part of Doors open at 6pm for dinner & their customary jazz sounds. NCSB performs the season beverage purchase. All are welcome selections by the Mamas and the Pappas, ticket package that many patrons purchased to the The FREE monthly series at Fort Simon and Garfunkel, and “MacArthur Park” in the fall. Online tickets are available at Georeg Brewery. It’s by Jimmy Webb. Classic concert band pieces TicketsWest.com, include service. Phat! Aaron Larget-Caplan Coastal Tour Feb 7 - 14 Virtuoso Guitar – Bach to the 21st Century “A RIVETING Artist” as described by Cultural Center on Sunday, Feb 15 American, Spanish and Japanese composers, the Washington Post, classical gui- at 3pm. A “Guitar Virtuoso”, Aaron and new lullabies written for Aaron’s New tarist Aaron Larget-Caplan returns will perform a wide-ranging solo Lullaby Project including a world premiere to the Oregon Coast on a swing program titled ‘Virtuoso Guitar – by Bay-Area composer Garrett Shatzer. For through Oregon and Washing- Bach to the 21st Century’, which the Coaster Theatre a special program titled ton for a series of one-time only includes Aaron’s arrangements of ‘Of Dreams and Love’ will commemorate performances: Coaster Theatre compositions by Johann Sebastian Valentine’s Day. 11th and Marine Drive in Astoria for a special Valentine’s Concert on Bach, Domenico Scarlatti and Franz For concert info visit: alcguitar.com 503.325.2961 • OPEN DAILY • www.bikesandbeyond.com Saturday Feb 14; and the Lincoln City Schubert, original works by Latin feb15 hipfishmonthly.com 4 Inside the Month: Riverkeeper, Agencies, and Tribes Identify FPG - pg 12 A Record 90 poets converge this Risk of LNG Terminal For Fish and Fishing February for a Gathering that just ain’t Already, Riverkeeper, key local and state agencies, and tribes have identified major problems with Oregon LNG’s proposal for the Skipanon gonna quit! CRK’s Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky These groups and agencies registered their concerns with the Army Corps has fun with FP Dave Densmore. of Engineers, which must decide whether to approve massive dredging in critical salmon habitat for the proposed terminal and pipeline. In its com- MMA is a cool way of ments to the Corps, Riverkeeper commissioned an expert review of the life, that’s thriving on proposed Oregon LNG terminal, which concluded, “…it is clear that con- the Coast at Valhalla Al- struction and operation of the proposed OLNG project would negatively pha Fitness School . . . impact ESA-listed salmonids of a variety of species and life stages through- E. Hoseth. pg 9 out the entire year.”[i] Riverkeeper is not alone in raising concerns about Oregon LNG. In comments to the Corps, the Columbia River Estuary Study CPO’S!!!!!!! - pg7 Taskforce (CREST) summarized Oregon LNG’s impact by stating, “The New Economy Boost- proposed project will impact limited and fragmented habitats and ongoing salmon recovery efforts.” CREST continued by explaining that the site of ers. Stencil Activism the proposed Oregon LNG terminal would be more appropriately used for ...> Cathy Nist. salmon restoration, writing, “The entire peninsula has a high potential for On January 22, over 50 people gathered in Warrenton to learn more restoration, is close to the mouth of the Columbia River, and is hydrologi- about the impacts of the Oregon LNG project on public safety and critical DARK ARTS SCHED - pg25 cally connected to ongoing restoration work in the Skipanon River, Youngs salmon habitat. With help from artist Janet Essley, participants in the meet- Aaron Toledo of Keepsake Tattoo . . Bay, and Youngs Bay tributaries.” ing created new stenciled artwork to express their love of the estuary and Erin Hofseth Not only would the project harm salmon habitat, but it also presents a their concerns about the Oregon LNG project. The event was the latest step risk to a vibrant local fishing industry. The Oregon Department of Fish and in raising public awareness about the Oregon LNG project and the role local, Wildlife (ODFW) identified major potential disruptions to local commercial state, and federal agencies can play in denying the destructive, polluting AU NATUREL/Nudes a Plenty. Winners and sports fishing because of exclusion zones required for LNG tankers terminal and pipeline. There’s a great video on the River Keeper website -- and more beautious naked art down- to keep LNG export tankers safe. ODFW stated:,“the application does see lcoal folks get creative! townpg 10. not adequately characterize the potential for substantial disruption of this socially and economically important fishery during construction and opera- Attend the next Columbia Pacific Common Sense NO LNG meeting tion of the marine terminal complex. For instance, this fishery experienced Thurs, Feb19 6pm - potluck/snacks social 6:30-8pm Meeting. 107,700 angler trips in 2014 with a combined catch of nearly 84,500 Three Cups Coffee House, 279 W. Mrine Drive, AStoria salmon.” Because the Oregon LNG project could disrupt access for fishers Send your comments to DEQ and the Army Corp of Engineer to COLUMNS and other boaters in the Warrenton area, several fishing groups also urged deny permits to OLNG via www.columbiariverkeeper.org the Corps to deny the Oregon LNG proposal. source: columbia river keeper Steve Berk . . . 6 THEATER . . . 16 to the public free of charge at three community ART HAPPENS . . . 17 Women Interested in Going to School Join “The English Hour” at CCC THE VOLUNTEER LITERACY Program at Clatsop painting gatherings: February 12, 1:30-3:00 WORD/Literary EVents . . . 18 WINGS 2015 CONFERENCE Community College announces a new monthly P.M.; February 17, 7:00-8:30 P.M.; and Febru- FLASHCUTS ...... KANEKUNI 20 WINGS is a gateway to a promising and gathering — “The English Hour”. “The English ary 23, 12:30-2:00 P.M. All gatherings will take BIKE MADAME . . . HAMMITT-MCDONALD . . 21 productive future for women of all ages. This Hour” provides an opportunity for English place in the Lives in Transition (LIT) Resource FREE WILL ASTROLOGY . . . BREZNY 21 conference provides information on all aspects language learners, their friends and families, Room, Alder Hall 2nd floor, 1775 Lexington Ave, NETWORK COMMUNITY LISTINGS . . . 22 of returning to school and gets women started literacy tutors and those interested in meeting Astoria. Shirts can be decorated at the gather- ing, or they may be completed elsewhere and SONJA GRACE MESSAGES . . . 23 in the process. WINGS helps women in your some of the newest members of our community dropped off before March 4 at the LIT Resource BODIES IN BALANCE. . . . . ERFLING ND 24 community gain the confidence and information to meet, visit and discuss common interests. All they need to pursue a GED certificate or attend are invited to participate in this unique forum for Room- ATTN: Clothesline Project. WORD & WISDOM . . . NASON 23 FMI: visit CCC Women’s Studies Facebook Events a two-year college. The WINGS conference can cultural exchange. FOODGROOVE NEWS . . .25 Page at facebook.com/CCCWomensStudies/ be especially helpful to women who want to “The English Hour” will be held Thursday, CHEW ON THIS . . . MYERS 26 return to school after taking a break due to life February 19, at 6pm in the CCC Services Build- HIPFiSHmonthly is located at 1017 Marine Dr in Astoria. By Appt. circumstances. ing, 1717 Lexington Avenue, Astoria. Coffee The Astoria and Seaside Branches of and sweets will be provided. Later dates will be ADVERTISING INQUIRIES - 503.338.4878 AAUW(American Association of University announced as they are scheduled. Send general email correspondance: [email protected] Women) and Clatsop Community College are FMI: contact Eileen Purcell, 503-338-2557; epur- HIPFiSH is produced on the web at: www.hipfishmonthly.com again offering women in our area the exciting [email protected]. Hipfish is printed at the Daily Astorian opportunity to attend a free, award-winning conference about returning to education. The EDITOR/PUBLISHER: 2015 WINGS Conference will be held on Satur- The Clothesline Project: day, March 7 from 8am to 3:30pm in Columbia Dinah Urell Breaking the Silence of Violence Hall, 1651 Lexington Avenue, Astoria. GRAPHICS: Any woman interested in earning a GED, CLATSOP COMMUNITY COLLEGE invites the Buggy Bison degree or certificate, training for a new career, community to share in breaking the silence Give kids a voice. Les Kanekuni updating job skills or other educational op- around gender violence. CCC will host the Clat- portunities will find WINGS helpful and exciting. sop Clothesline Project kick-off event Wednes- Join the Kids’ Art Quilt. Dinah Urell College staff will provide information about day March 4, 2015, 5:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. in the KIDS (and parents) shouldn’t have to drink water admissions, scholarships, financial aid, sup- Towler Hall 3rd floor atrium, 1660 Lexington poisoned by pesticides and clear-cuts. Kids CALENDAR/PRODUCTION port programs, career planning, non-traditional Avenue, Astoria. The event will include a display bodies are especially vulnerable. Assistance/StaffWriter: careers, conquering math anxiety, distance of t-shirts painted by community members, The North Coast Basin Coalition is creating a learning and more. speakers and local resource information tables. kid’s art quilt that will travel to Salem. Governor Cathy Nist March 2015 HIPFISH: On the racks March 6 Participants receive breakfast, lunch, snacks T-shirts from previous Clatsop Clothesline Kitzhaber and our legislators must protect the MAGIC WEB WORKER: and fabulous door prizes as well as educational Projects will also be on display. Presentations by water we drink and the air we breathe. Cover: Collage by Sid Deluca benefits. Professional day care is provided on- speakers will begin at approximately 5:30 P.M. Kids, please put your age and town on your Bob Goldberg site for children under 12 at no cost. CCC is grateful to the survivors and friends who drawing, your name is optional. Before February KALA VISUAL ARTS CURATOR: For more information, or to register for WINGS 2015, courageously share their stories. Community 28 mail or email your art to Beyond Toxics, 1192 Agnes Field go towww.wings-clatsop.com or call Pat at 503-717- members are also invited to decorate t-shirts. Lawrence Street, Eugene, OR 97401. Info@ 1852. Pre-registration (online or by phone) is required. Shirts and materials for decorating are available beyondtoxics.org.

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What’s Behind the Movement to End Modern Slavery by Stephen Berk N DECEMBER 2, 2014, the United stresses rescue, medical treatment, and voca- become the huge pools of cheap labor, ONations International Day for the Aboli- tional education. Polaris has been most sophisti- detached from their homes and available tion of Slavery, a body of interfaith clergy cated in developing hotlines and compassionate, for worldwide exploitation. They constitute representing the Global Freedom Network well-placed ads to encourage people trapped a growing, desperate under caste without announced a faith-based campaign to end in slavery to self report. Emphasis on rescue, rights and most vulnerable to enslavers’ slavery by 2020. The group met in the Vati- rehabilitation, training and placement character- enticements. can’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences, where izes the antislavery movement as a whole. This Astute religious leaders are aware that en- a spectrum of clergy representing Sunni and individualized approach, while life-saving to slavement rises due to deep structural inequities. Shia Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Anglican, many, fails to appreciate that much of modern “Yet now,” says Pope Francis, “in this system de- Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian- slavery is rooted in the deregulated, privatized void of ethics, there is an idol and the world has ity, and Hinduism pledged to work within economy that constitutes the neoliberal world. become the idolater of the ‘god money’. Money their faith communities for the abolition of Since the 1970s, the trade liberalization is in command! Money lays down the law… and human trafficking. Notably absent was movement, led by the US and EU, has been those on the margins are done down, the elderly any representation of the immense fall away, because there is no room for Protestant orbit, which includes tre- them… And the young who do not find a mendous resources for social action. job collapse and their dignity with them.” Perhaps this oversight indicates that Organizations and media in the developed the Global Freedom Network was not world, on the other hand, generally portray a Vatican initiative, but the brainchild human trafficking as social deviance in of Australian mining billionaire and individual nations, a matter for policing, rescue and rehabilitation, rather than the philanthropist, Andrew Forrest, who byproduct of deep structural iniquities, founded the anti-trafficking NGO, tilted in favor of elites in the developed Walk Free, and who sat front and nations in the prevailing world order which center at the conference people like Bill Clinton played key roles in With its new faith-based affiliates, creati Walk Free is only one of the later par- Siobhan McGrath and Fabiola Mieres, ticipants in a burgeoning movement. writing for Open Democracy, critique the Human trafficking, or enslavement for US established Global Slavery Index, which purposes of sexual or labor exploita- posits a three tier system, with most slavery tion is as old as humankind, but it existing in Africa, Asia (India, Pakistan, Uz- has notably increased in recent decades. the chief factor in breaking down regula- bekistan), Russia and China. The Index, finding Measures of enslavement vary from the UN little slavery in the US or EU, ignoring the vast US International Labor Organization’s 2012 tions in countries all over the world which controlled labor exploitation, often through prison labor system, finds it in countries the US Astoria Real Estate estimate of 20.9 million to Freedom Fund’s considers adversarial, as well as those historically trade unions, while protecting a nation’s Your Locally Owned Real Estate Office for all Your Real Estate needs! 2014 figure of 35.8 million. Freedom Fund, victimized by Western imperialism. McGrath and industries and agriculture from predation also philanthropic in nature, with headquar- Mieres see the Index as allowing the US to use by transnational investment ventures and Buying • Selling • Investing ters in New York and London, boasts former “its diplomatic alliances and conflicts to influ- resource extracting corporations. The President Clinton among its most active ence its rankings.” Treating slavery on a national liberalization or deregulation of markets and notables. basis also enables the US, playing global sheriff, www.astoriarealestate.net A more grass roots endeavor is the Polaris privatization of public services that charac- to ignore systemic interdependence. In Thai- Peter and Janet Weidman Project, birthed in 2002 by two Brown University terizes neoliberal capitalism, while enriching land, for example, transnational corporations cre- Owner-Brokers students who became aware of a sex slavery ring a worldwide investor class, has displaced ated the conditions for forced labor by demand- operating out of a massage parlor near the uni- and impoverished indigenous populations ing rock bottom prices for farmed prawns. And 336 Industry Street versity. Polaris, named for the North Star, which in much of Asia, Africa and Latin America. so a well-purposed anti-trafficking movement is guided enslaved African Americans to freedom, This forms the basis of massive migrations compromised by US and other Global North na- Astoria, OR 97103 focuses less on slavery in Asia and Africa than to developed nations in places like North tions’ continued paternalism toward the poorer the above two large philanthropies, and more America and Europe to regain lost liveli- nations of the Global South. 503-325-3304 on that in the US. But like the other two, Polaris hoods. Migrants, often undocumented,

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nature WRITING THE TIDES Take your writing deeper A Photographic Journey in Support of the Alaska Wilderness a daylong writing workshop Neal Maine and Daniel Dietrich • Feb 21 offer by On Saturday, Feb. 21, 7pm in the historic Gilbert Block Building, longtime fisher poet located on the corner of Holladay and Broadway, Neal Maine and Daniel Dietrich, acclaimed nature photographers, will open a con- ERIN FRISTAD versation in support of the Alaska Wilderness League. Alaska Wilderness League’s mission is to lead the effort to Friday, Feb 27, 2015 preserve Alaska’s wild lands and waters by engaging citizens and decision makers with a courageous, constant, victorious voice for 10am-4pm • Heritage Museum, Astoria Contact Erin for details Alaska. $125 ($10 discount if you mention this ad) [email protected] Doug Ray, environmental consultant working with North Coast Land Conservancy, NCLC, who traveled to Kaktovia, Alaska with Maine and Dietrich will be the Master of Ceremonies. Neal Maine, after a thirty-year career as an award winning biol- Neal Maine, Pacific Light Images ogy teacher at Seaside High School, became the first executive director of North Coast Land Conservancy, which he co-founded The Arctic Light presentation goes beyond incredible photo- in 1986. Since his retirement from the land trust in 2010, he has graphs, for the adventure began and ended in the Pacific Ocean, pursued his passion for nature photography through PacificLight the largest ocean on earth, offering a take-home awareness Images. through the lens of one x three. The event will help remind us that With each purchase of an Arctic Light art work by Neal Maine/ being aware of an incredible moment can change a thought with PacificLight Images, the book (valued at $40) “The Last Polar Bear” ripples thatAstoria may affect many.Artwalk will be offered. Through Steven Kazlowski’s unparalleled imagery, the Co-sponsored5-8pm by •Denise November Fairweather 8 of Fairweather House and most critical environmental issue of our time is brought to life. Garden and Karen Marlsten-Emmerling of Beach Books. Through “The Last Polar Bear” places the reality of climate change in our the“Gathering” generosity of Avery featuring Loschen, the works Gilbert by Block Building, a satel- lite pop-up community room was made possible. hands. Gail Wahlstrom and Jill Merrill

Listening to the Land: Our North of rare plants found nowhere else but here. record bird numbers in the park and make Coast Through Indian Eyes Learn more about these plants, their habi- plans to count birds in their own backyards. Art Cards, Artisan Crafts, To the tats and what makes them special Thursday, Binoculars will be available for loan within indigenous Feb. 19 when scientist Kathleen Sayce pres- the park during this event. Gallery & Working Studio people of ents at 7pm, Nature Matters presentation at Along with the actual bird counting 1133 Commercial St. Astoria, OR 97103 Oregon’s the Fort George. activities, the park has planned four days of 503.468.0308 north coast, Sayce grew up in Ocean Park, Wash., and bird-related opportunities. A “pink heron geography has studied biology, botany and lichenology. scavenger hunt” will be on-going using the and culture are She lives on Willapa Bay north of Nahcotta, Netul River Trail along the Lewis and Clark inseparable: Wash., and botanizes Pacific and Clatsop River. A “Birds of Fort Clatsop” display is in tribal beliefs Counties in her free time. the visitor center lobby. and lifeways Sayce has written about local geology, • Saturday, February 14, Mike Patterson all begin with natural history, sustainability and banking, leads a birding walk starting - 9am in the the land. and gives talks on these topics. Read her Fort Clatsop Visitor Center lobby. Sorry, Join Richard natural history column for the Chinook Ob- dogs are not allowed at this morning walk. and Roberta server, reposted at Columbia Coast Natural Dress for the weather. Wheelchair acces- MAKE MOVIES. Basch, members of the Clatsop-Nehalem History (http://columbiacoast.blogspot. sible; non-motorized users might need Confederated Tribes, as they speak and com/) Nature Matters, a lively conversation assistance for about 200 yards. share stories about the spirit of the land and about the intersection of nature and culture, • Saturday: 10am to 3pm, a bird-themed our responsibility to care for it in “Our North the third Thursday of the month and hosted children’s crafts, face-painting and education wants to create a production ensemble (actors and crew) Coast Through Indian Eyes,” the second of by Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. corner will be available in the visitor center. to make movies in the NW Oregon Coast area. this year’s Listening to the Land programs, FREE! Doors open at 6pm for dinner and • On Sunday, February 15, Josh Saranpaa, on Wednesday, Feb.18, at 6pm, at the beverages. a wildlife rehabilitator with the Wildlife Seaside Public Library. Admission is free; Center of the North Coast, will talk about Angel Station Pictures will provide the equipment, refreshments are served. Join the Great Backyard the center’s work at 1pm in the Netul River experience and ability to produce movies. Room. Plus, featured live bird species from A member and vice-chairman of Clatsop- Bird Count You will participate in making great movies. Nehalem Confederated Tribes, Richard at Fort Clatsop, Feb. 13-16 the center such as common murre, rhinoc- eros auklet, northern fulmar, and American Angel Station will fund certain production Basch has worked in Indian and tribal Give Mother Nature a valentine this year kestral. education for 35 years and currently serves and show you care about birds by counting costs to ensure a movie is released. Sunday: 2pm to 4pm a bird-themed as tribal liaison for Lewis and Clark National them for the Great Backyard Bird Count. children’s crafts, face-painting and education Historic Trail. His wife, Roberta Basch, is also The 18th annual count is taking place Febru- corner will be Why Participate? a long-time educator and past president of ary 13 through 16. Anyone in the world can available in the the Washington Indian Education Associa- count birds at any location for at least 15 visitor center. tion. She is a member of the Puyallup and minutes on one or more days of the count Get knowledge and experience for your resume. Coeur d’Alene tribes and has been adopted and enter their sightings at www.BirdCount. FMI: (503) Test your creativity with no risk into the Clatsop tribe. org. The information gathered by tens of 861-2471 or Collaborate to make great movies Listening to the Land is a monthly winter thousands of volunteers helps track changes check out www. speaker series presented by North Coast in bird populations on a massive scale. The nps.gov/lewi Create lasting relationships Land Conservancy and the Necanicum Wa- GBBC is a joint project of the Cornell Lab or Lewis and Have fun! tershed Council. FMI: NCLCtrust.org. of Ornithology and the National Audubon Clark National Society with partner Bird Studies Canada. Historical Park Botanizing Oregon’s North Coast • From Friday, February 13 through on Facebook. Kathleen Sayce Feb. 19 Monday, February 16, visitors to Lewis and Oregon’s North Coast is rich in plant Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop www.aspnwoc.net can learn about participating in the count, Josh Saranpaa communities and has more than its fair share Wildlife Center of the North Coast 7 feb15 hipfishmonthly.com fitness 5th Annual Cannon Beach Yoga Festival • March 6 - 8 Yoga Meditatiion Bob’s “Iris” This Way Out marks almost 27 years on the air! Art Kirtan

World Renowned Teachers Brad Waites, College of Purna Yoga

Cannon Beach, OR will hosts the 5th Cannon Beach Yoga the college faculty. He also holds a professional level teacher’s Festival, March 6-8, 2015. Yoga practitioners of all levels certificate from Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, where he lived are welcomed for a weekend of yoga, meditation, music, and taught for several years. Brad leads workshops and classes art, massage & body work, throughout North America. shopping, and celebra- The festival events include Optional All Day Workshops tion. on Friday 3/6 with Simon Chokoisky and Sarahjoy This year 200 yoga Marsh; Opening Ceremony on Friday night; 20 Main- enthusiasts are anticipated track Workshops; 10 Optional Workshops; Morning Meditation; Saturday Night Kirtan and the Closing to take part in the work- Ceremony. shops and festivities to Optional Workshops, events, and lecture topics will inform and develop yoga include: Yoga Figure Drawing, Ayurveda, Teen Yoga and practice and lifestyle. Imagination Yoga®, a kid’s yoga program that will offer Festival Director Christen a free kid’s class, as well as, a workshop for parents and Allsop say’s, “We have school/yoga teachers. something for everyone Local Cannon Beach businesses are pulling out all – from yoga teachers to the stops with special offers and discounts on lodging, dining, spa treatments and shopping throughout the beginners to children. weekend. Please see all the specials and the full sched- Dave Stringer, widely-known Kirtan artist I’m so excited about this ule on the website: www. year’s program.” CannonBeachYogaFestival.com. The 2015 faculty include: Friends of Haystack Rock, a non- profit preservation, protection and • Simon Chokoisky, a teacher at the renowned Ayurvedic Institute education organization, received in New Mexico. He is known for making difficult concepts easy a grant from the City of Cannon to understand, and simple concepts profound. He is the author of Beach through the Tourism and Arts The 5 Dharma Types: Vedic Wisdom for Discovering Your Purpose Commission to fund this nonprofit & Destiny. event. With help from enthusiastic • Julie Gudmestad, PT, a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher and physi- volunteers and local businesses, cal therapist; director of Gudmestad Yoga Studio in Portland, OR; they will create a rich and lively and author of Yoga Journal’s Anatomy of a Yogi column for seven experience for all. years. The Full Festival Pass includes • Sarahjoy Marsh, a yoga teacher, therapist and founder of DAYA choice of 10 hours of Main Track Foundation, a nonprofit yoga center in Portland, OR. Her new Workshops, Morning Meditation on book Hunger, Hope & Healing: A Yoga Approach to Reclaiming Saturday and Sunday, Opening Cer- Your Relationship with Your Body and Food will be published in emony, Saturday Night Kirtan with February 2015. Dave Stringer, and Closing Ceremo- ny. A Partial Festival Pass may be Julie Gudmestad, Yoga • Dave Stringer has been widely profiled in publications all over purchased for Optional Workshops Teacher and Writer the world as one of the most innovative artists of the new Kirtan and events; all are priced individually. Main Track Workshops will (call and response chant) movement. Initially trained as a visual be open for individual registration on 2/14/15, based on availabil- artist, filmmaker and jazz musician, he has released six Cds and his ity. Due to small venues, space is limited in all workshops. voice also appears on numerous soundtracks, including the block- buster film Matrix Revolutions and the video game Myst. FMI/Register:www.cannonbeachyogafestival.com. Call Christen Allsop 503.440.1649 • Brad Waites is one of a few to be certified at the 2,000-hour level by the College of Purna Yoga, and is currently a member of

For centuries, Tai Chi has been practiced in China as an effective exercise for overall health and well-being. For the past 5 years, Angela Sidlo, a certified tai chi TAI CHI instructor, has been teaching Tai Chi in Clatsop County. This Sun Style Tai Chi Pro- 6 Week Course • Beginning March 9 gram is designed for people of all ages seeking a fun, affordable and safe exercise Two days a week 5:30pm - 6:30pm routine. It focuses on overall relaxation, balance, core strength, AT KALA in Astoria • 1017 Marine Dr. flexibility, mental discipline, stamina and more. Instructor: Angela Sidlo, Just $75 for full course! Preregistration is required. Call Angela Sidlo at 503-338-9921 feb15 hipfishmonthly.com 8 Story MMA Lifestyle Photos Ira Evansen, Coach and “Good Friend” By Erin Valhalla Alpha Fitness School of Combat Hofseth He works a crew of dedicated fighters. on the other end of that stick, at Valhalla. She’s been training with month ago. “It’s good for the guys my coach was such a drill ser- the MMA team for three years. When to train in the cage; now when they geant,” he says with a smile. asked what drives her, she says, “It’s go fight in the cage they’ve been Anyone who knows Evansen in the cage every knows that he embraces the single day.” Training “tough love” manifesto. He isn’t Evansen’s only takes kids in to fight-train as goal with his new young as 14, and it’s not just purchase. His vision MMA skills that they come is to begin hosting away with. “If these kids have smoker status MMA a short fuse and they’re losing fights. “The only their tempers on people for difference between no reason, put them in a gym smokers and amateur One of few women fighters, Denise Lofman, feels good in the mix at Valhalla with me for 3 hours. When fights is that there’s they get home they’re going RAFFITI-STYLE ART doing it 24/7. When I was growing no winner at the end, to fall asleep, I mean it really takes a up around here, it was surfing, and so both hands get G peppers the walls, lot out of you.” Many of the kids that then when I moved to Seattle, there raised,” Evansen ex- climbing ropes hang from the he takes in are getting into trouble was no more ocean, so I had to find plains, “the fighters and are in need of some constructive ceiling; dancers move to their something to do,” says Evansen. He The Cage, soon to become a spectator stage. wear a little thicker started with Taekwondo, moved into activity. “Training gives a person a own beat on one side of the such a challenge, and I love the tech- gloves, shin pads and head gear, and Kickboxing physical outlet. So building while MMA fighters nicality; it’s really hard and really fun you don’t have to worry about having and eventu- now you’re not going at the same time.” She also pays trib- the [Oregon State Athletic] Com- throw punches in a profession- ally landed on out and smoking weed, or going out ute to her coach, “Ira is a big part of mission there.” His hope is to start al fighting cage on the other. MMA. “Basi- to the bars at night, the reason that I keep coming back. hosting fights within the next three cally I went to It’s not your average gym, be- because you’ve got He’s a great coach. He really knows months, charging $10 a head. This college for do- cause the people, they’re not to come to the gym the best way to push each person would be just one more unique facet ing this stuff… and train. When I that he’s working with in an individual of Valhalla Alpha Fitness School of your average people. They’re this is what I started training it was way.” She goes on, “He keeps an eye Combat. an eclectic mix of many differ- was meant to physically impossible out for me, and he makes sure that “I want 30 people in this gym at all do,” he says ent lifestyles and interests. to keep doing any whatever I’m doing, I’m safe doing it. times when there’s a class going on. in reference “I want to make this the hub where of that shit. It was This is a really safe place for a woman I want people in the fitness center, to his years everyone wants to go at the end of really good for me.” to learn how to fight.” Denise also I want jokes being cracked, I want of intensive the day, a place where they can laugh According to Evansen, loves her team, “It’s a great group people talking to each other, I want training. After and have fun,” says owner of Valhalla the discipline of of guys and they’ve made me feel people meeting new people, I want competing in Alpha Fitness School of Combat, Ira training hones some included. Many of them are amateur girls meeting guys and guys meeting a few amateur Evansen, former professional Mixed positive life skills as fighters, and they fight in the cage on girls, I want kids learning new stuff, I Kickboxing Martial Arts (MMA) fighter, and Can- well, “If you get a kid a regular basis, but they are so wel- want people lifting heavier weight, I fights and lots non Beach native. Valhalla offers an to commit to the gym coming to beginners and those doing want to see people going from being of amateur array of fitness classes including: Jiu- and come in every it for recreational purposes.” over-weight to getting six packs.” MMA fights, Jitsu, Cardio Dancing, 24-hour access single day at 4:30, 4 Each member of Valhalla’s MMA For more information visit: www.val- Evansen to exercise equipment, and Alpha-fit, days a week, and he team has something to offer. Jordan hallacombat.com, call 541-310-2649, competed in commonly known as Cross-fit. Alpha- has to stay until the Guenther is the Fight Team Manager, or email: [email protected] his first profes- fit classes are held 4-5 times a day, Ira Evansen, Valhalla’s Benevolent God end of the night, and “Jordan is constantly working with 5 days a week, with a morning class sional MMA he does that every other gyms in the surrounding area, on Saturdays. The environment is a fight in Texas at the age of 24. He week of every month for a year; now looking for fights for our fighters. He direct reflection of Evansen himself. would go on to compete in a total of that kid can have a job because he’ll also keeps our fighters on task,” says He’s creative, outgoing, and accept- four professional MMA fights in the show up on time and he’ll stay there Evansen. Guenther is an amateur ing. It’s an “everybody is welcome” following three years, coming away and he’ll actually do it.” fighter and does one-on-one MMA sort of vibe; wear what you want, do with two wins and two losses. “I think Beyond the good lifestyle hab- training sessions at Valhalla. Travis what you want, and be who you are. I definitely wanted to be famous, I its, Evansen says, “[MMA] can give Makala is the gym’s Muay Thai coach, It seems Evansen’s only rule is this, wanted to go big. I didn’t go big or people a lot more confidence in Casey Lunzman is Valhalla’s amateur “We’ve got to laugh, and we’ve got anything, but I won some fights, I had situations; and maybe they’ll use their heavyweight fighter who was unde- to have fun. If you’re not smiling and some fun, and it gave me the oppor- skills in the wrong way here and there, feated until recently. Joey Dursse and having fun, then it’s really not worth tunity to travel a little bit.” but the majority of the time it makes Sean McNulty are two amateur fight- it.” Although his professional fighting people a little more comfortable ers with a strong background in wres- Valhalla, located in Seaside, right days are over now, Evansen certainly with themselves and how to use their tling, and Carson Cooper is a tough off of Highway 101, opened its doors has no problem finding ways to stay body. If they’re in a situation now, fighter who came to Valhalla four in 2011. Evansen moved back home active. He’s maintained his love for they can actually defend themselves. years ago at the age of 20. There is to the Oregon coast five years ago, surfing and all things outdoors. He Like Denise, at least now if some guy never a dull moment on MMA training after training and fighting in other moved back home to “re-group,” tried to mug her, she’d have a basic nights, especially with the gym’s new- states for over six years. He began his and focus on his future. He loves his idea of how to throw a punch and est addition, the cage. training career in Seattle at the age current role as coach. “I like being how to get away.” Denise Lofman is Evansen purchased a professional of 22, “whatever my passion is, I’m the drill sergeant. I remember being one of a few female fighters that train fighting cage for his gym about a

9 feb15 hipfishmonthly.com Oregon’s New Community Public Offerings Law Sparks By Cathy Nist a Grassroots Revolution in Local Investment

the public. Entrepreneurs seeking the capital to start or expand their small businesses often must secure funds by cashing in retirement plans, mortgaging their homes, and/or maxing out credit cards as banks are often reluctant to offer loans to many kinds of small start-ups. These small companies are also often unable to qualify for angel or venture capital investments. One result of these restrictive regulations is a massive leak of money out of our communities directly to Wall Street and the large corpora- tions that can afford to trade there. Oregon’s new CPO law permits a form of Ben Tilley, owner of Agrarian Ales, a farmhouse brewery crowdfunding that enables any Oregon resident near Eugene. to make investments in qualified Oregon-based Most of the nine companies offering the new style companies. The companies must have fewer of securities are related in some way to the growth than 50 employees, and total investment in any and production of food. These startup and growth one company is limited to $250, 000. Individual phase companies include an artisanal ice cream LAST MONTH, OREGON LAWMAKERS enacted in- producer, a farmhouse brewery, a manufacturer of vestment is a new Community Public Offerings (CPO) Ad- natural honey-sweetened sodas and, a mashup of capped at ministrative Rule that allows any Oregon resident craft beer taproom and old-fashioned barbershop a maximum to become an investor in a small Oregon com- in one storefront. (Visit hatchoregon.com for the of $2, 500 pany. Using a crowdfunding model, Amy Pearl of complete list.) per person Hatch Innovation (a Portland-based 501-C that North Fork 53, is a new agritourism com- per com- promotes community economic development) pany (the first on the coast), is one of the newly pany with headed a statewide team that worked together launched businesses that is offering securities. minimum with regulators to create the new law. Co-founder Ginger Edwards owns R-Evolution Gar- investment dens, a small organic farm that supplies vegetables This levels as to 65 CSA subscribers, the Manzanita Farmers new law is low as market and other customers. Two years ago, she seemingly $100 per began offering onsite farm stays through Airbnb. a small offering. “It became the biggest income stream on our farm change, In other Ginger and Brigham Edwards of North Fork 53 very quickly,” said Edwards. She is hoping that by but this words, selling shares in North Fork 53, the company can change the new regulations will allow investment in 96% accrue enough capital to acquire the note on a nearby can of Oregon-based businesses by 100% of Oregon property and make improvements to the existing house breathe residents. and barn in order to expand the farm stay capacity and life into According to Pearl, “The reason that these two complete a commercial kitchen and event space. Ed- struggling caps, both on the amount you can raise and the wards sees North Fork 53 as an opportunity to develop small busi- amount you can invest, are low is because the regu- into a food hub that serves as an educational incubator Enjoy the serenity of our nesses, lators here in Oregon felt that we should start slow gardens, wooded paths, sauna, for visitors and local community members. “The real super- and small to protect investors.” Most folks are not yurt and bhuddas . . . capital that we are generating here is community,” said charge likely to go bankrupt over a loss of $100 - $2500. . . . in Nahcotta, Washington Edwards during a recent interview. on Sandridge Road, local Unlike donation-based crowdfunding programs Oregon’s new CPO law may usher in a sea change just south of Bay Avenue econo- like Kickstarter, CPOs will ideally bring a return to overlooking willapa bay that injects much-needed revenue into our local econo- mies, and the investor, either as loan interest or in dividends mies. Amy Pearl says, “If every Oregonian invested offer small of money, products, or services. “women have been central to the environ- 1% of their savings into the Oregon economy, nearly 1 mental movement and our understanding of investors In concert with the new law, Hatch Oregon (an ecology since its earliest stirrings and fragile returns Amy Pearl of HATCH billion dollars would be invested in our state.” beginnings in the 19th century” offshoot of Hatch Innovations) has assisted the Excerpted from “Rachel Carson and that until now have mostly been reserved for the launching of nine small Oregon-based entrepreneurs The revolution has begun! Her Sisters” by Robert K. Musil wealthy. “It’s the most transformative thing that’s going who are currently offering CPO securities to investors. to happen to Oregon,” said Pearl recently at a Launch Recently, representatives of Hatch Oregon and the Oregon event at White Clover Grange near Nehalem. first businesses from across the state to use the new For more information on Oregon’s new SEC regulations passed in the 1930s and 40s, have securities crowdfunding rules toured Oregon present- Community Public Offerings: strictly ing a Road Show gov- “The local investment revolution will result in a 15 trillion dollar shift from titled “The New • View the Immense Possibilities Investment for the erned Wall Street to Main Street. This will be the end of Wall Street and Fortune Oregon Trail: From People episode: immensepossibilities.org/ipr-pod- who Wall Street to Main casts/investment-for-the-people/ can 500 companies as we know them.” Street!” The fourth invest - Michael Shuman, author of Going Local and The Small-mart Revolution stop on this tour • Listen to the OPB Think Out Loud Crowdfunding and was at the White Oregon Businesses Episode: opb.org/radio/pro- what Clover Grange grams/thinkoutloud/segment/crowdfunding-oregon- kind of investments they can make. Basically this has near Nehalem where members of the public had the businesses/ prevented anyone outside of the wealthiest 1% from opportunity to learn more about the new CPO rules, investing in small businesses. The rest of the popula- meet some of the entrepreneurs taking advantage of • hatchoregon.com has many resources on local tion, the 99%, was limited to investing only in enter- the new rules, sample their products, and invest live investing. You can browse prospectuses of the nine prises that could afford to pony up $50, 000 - $100, 000 with their companies. Oregon companies with CPOs and register as an for legal fees in order to be able to offer securities to www.mobydickhotel.com investor online. 360-665-4543 or 1-800-673-6145 feb15 hipfishmonthly.com 10 NUDES DOWNTOWN ARTIST CALL CCC Announces Au Naturel Award Winners 2015 Astoria Music THE OPENING RECEPTION of RiverSea Festival Clatsop Community College’s ninth KALA 2015 Poster annual juried art exhibit, Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century was LightBox Contest held Thursday, January 29, 2015 in Old Town Framing Co. The Astoria Music Festival is the CCC Art Center Gallery. In celebration of the Art Center pleased to announce our first POSTER ART CONTEST. The This year, artists from 28 states, Gallery’s annual exhibition, Au contest is open to all artists, the District of Columbia, and Cana- Naturel: The Nude In the 21st professional and amateur in da, Turkey, New Zealand, and South Century, at Clatsop Community Kay Danley at RiverSea Northwest Oregon and Southwest Africa submitted over 500 images College, Astoria art venues present Nudes Downtown: A Compendium Washington. The winning image for consideration. This year’s juror of Art Inspired by Au Naturel. This annual exhibition, now in its 5th year, will creatively depict subject matter Barbara Shaiman, an independent is a designed to be a companion show to Au Naturel, bringing into the harmonious with our festival, be curator based in Seattle, selected broader community a tribute to the nude in contemporary art. A diverse it music, composers, Astoria, the 56 works of art representing 41 collection will be shown in galleries landscape – whatever the imagina- artists from 14 states in addition to throughout downtown Astoria, tion evokes. Highlights of the 2015 an international artist from South creating a grand tour of art entirely Astoria Music Festival include Africa. The award presentation was focused on the theme of human- Gaetano Donizetti’s opera Mary recorded and may be viewed at kind in its most elemental form. All Stuart, Wolfgang Amadeus Mo- www.aunaturelart.com.com. . the venues involved have sched- zart’s opera The Magic Flute, works This year’s Au Naturel exhibit will uled opening receptions for Nudes by Ludwig Van Beethoven and will remain on display in the CCC Art Downtown 2015 during Astoria’s celebrate the 150th anniversary of Center Gallery, 1799 Lexington, As- Second Saturday Artwalk on Febru- composer Jean Sibelius’ birth. 1st Place/Purchase Award, Reed Clark, Apparition No. 4 toria, through March 5th, 2015. All ary 14, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. POSTER ART CONTEST ist will conduct a workshop in conjunction with visitors are invited to cast a vote for the People’s RiverSea Gallery includes a spe- INFORMATION the exhibit. Choice award, which will be announced at the cial exhibit of artists represented by • The poster art contest is open to Another award-winning artist in this year’s close of the exhibition. the gallery, including Robert Paul- the public. Amateur and profes- Au Naturel is Portland-based Henk Pander, This is the fifth year that First Place Winner menn, Marie Powell, Noel Thomas sional artists are encouraged to who was born Reed Clark, who and Penny Treat. Two guest artists, Bette Trone at KALA submit their work. in Haarlem, The resides in both Kay Henning-Danley and Arkady Roytman, have been chosen for this • The winning artist receives $500 Netherlands, and exhibition especially for their affinity in depicting the human figure. Both Portland and and two Festival Platinum Cards whose artwork also have the honor of showing this year in Au Naturel at the college gal- for entry to all events of the Gearhart, OR, is represented lery. Together, Au Naturel and Nudes Downtown celebrate the figure in Astoria Music Festival. has exhibited his in prestigious art, a source of inspiration for artists since ancient times. • The top 10 finalists’ art will be artwork in the Au museums and col- displayed in a “People’s Choice” Naturel. His large LIGHTBOX GALLERY is honored to have Robert Gojevic, founder and lections across the exhibit at the Astoria Music Fes- oil painting Ap- editor of Blur Magazine, as juror for the 5th Annual Photographic Nude. globe, including tival Office/Tempo Gallery during parition Number Blur is an online PDF magazine promoting international creative fine the Rijksmuseum in the April 2nd Saturday ArtWalk. Four, was also art photography. Blur is published by CREATUS, a non-profit located in Amsterdam. Pan- Visitors to the Office/Gallery may selected for a Zagreb, Croatia. Blur is vote on their favorite and the win- der has accepted an international publi- purchase award. ner will receive a prize of $100 and a special workshop cation with a team of two Weekend Passes to the Astoria Ms. Shaiman volunteer photographers award, which will Music Festival. selected an oil Henk Pander, Workshop Award and editors from around tentatively be held • Deadline for entries painting entitled Pearls by Carrie Alter of Cha- the world. The worldwide during the fall term of 2015, date and time to is March 15, 2015. pel Hill, NC for the second place award. Linda team is what makes Blur be announced. • The winner of the poster Andrei of Ithaca, NY was awarded third place a special publication, The Au Naturel exhibit is free and open art contest will be announced for her oil painting entitled Ode to Man. along with the quality of to the public. The CCC Art Center Gallery is Friday, March 27th. All of the artists selected to participate in the the work and the beauti- located at 1799 Lexington Avenue, Astoria. The • The official 2015 Astoria Music 2015 exhibit were invited to submit proposals ful presentation of the gallery is open Monday-Friday, 8am-5 pm and Festival Poster will be unveiled at for the solo show and workshop awards, which online PDF magazine. All Saturday, 11am-4pm; Sundays and holidays by the May 2nd Saturday ArtWalk. were reviewed by the art faculty. From among accepted images to The appointment only. Photographic Nude 2015 • For submission guidelines and these submissions, David Allison of Seattle, WA exhibit will be published Entry Form, please contact Carol View images of the award-winning artwork was chosen for the solo show award. This solo in the upcoming April Shepherd at 503-325-9896 or of- show will open the CCC Art Center’s 2015-2016 as well as those of this year’s exhibit and prior edition of Blur magazine. [email protected] exhibits www.aunaturelart.com exhibition season next fall, and the featured art- www.blur-magazine.com. CAVE by Mark Dierker at LightBox

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Diamonds and Gems ALwAyS Oil Paintings, watercolors and Prints at wholesale Prices Antique Silver and Glass, Porcelains Beautiful and Unique Engagement Rings Custom Design and Expert Repairs Email: [email protected] “If you can imagine it, we can make it” We Buy Estates Antique and Vintage Jewelry Top prices paid for Gold & silver! 11 feb15 hipfishmonthly.com Special Events Schedule River Interview: Dave Densmore Writing and Issues-related workshops • Tours of old By Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky canneries and working fishing boats. Film at the Community Organizer of Columbia Riverkeeper Columbian Theater • Story Circle at the Astoria Event • The Gearshack Bookstore • favorite Fisherpoets’ books and cds • silent auction items • musicians’ Save the Date: Feb. 27-March 1; Fisher Poets Gathering in jams • annual Poem Contest • open mic • Fisher Astoria, Oregon. Columbia Riverkeeper will host a concert Poet Dance • Ray Troll & The Wranglers • Sunday by DAVE DENSMORE and singer-songwriter ALEXA WILEY on morning Gospel Singin’ • Farewells! Saturday, February 28. At The Event Center • 4 to 5pm. Friday, February 27 Noon to 9 p.m. 2 to 10 p.m. FisherPoets Gearshack FisherPoets Gearshack 1144 Commercial 1144 Commercial Silent Auction ends at 7 p.m. Silent Auction Pick up winning bids by 9 p.m. Fisherpoets’ CDs, books and 1 to 3 p.m. gear for sale FisherPoets Gearshack “Anchored in Deep Water” 3 to 5 p.m. readings by Columbian Theater contributors – Pat Dixon Films at the FisherPoets Gathering “In the Same Boat” –Elijah Lawson Noon to 4pm “The Breach” –Mark Titus Fish Out of Water Exhibit • Kari Glass & Robin Rosemond 4 to 5 p.m. KALA Gallery Voodoo Room Open mic, all comers 2 to 3:30 p.m. Astoria Event Center 4 to 7 p.m. Story Circle – Jay Speakman IMOGEN Gallery George Wilson Artist Reception 3 to 5 p.m. Columbian Theater 4 to Open of FPG Program Films at the FisherPoets Gathering KALA Gallery “In the Same Boat” – Elijah Lawson Fish Out of Water • Kari Glass “The Breach” – Mark Titus & Robin Rosemond 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, February 28 Astoria Event Center 9 a.m. to noon Columbia Riverkeeper: Pier 39 Alexa Wiley in concert Open Boat aboard with Dave Densmore the Cold Stream – -Brett VandenHeuvel Dave Densmore 5 to 6 p.m. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Voodoo Room ULL-TIME FISHERMAN. Full-time poet. Both night I can just listen for a second, feel they way the Pier 39 Open-mic, all comers describe Dave Densmore. Long time friend of boat feels, smell the air, and then be back asleep, Hanthorn Cannery Museum – 10 p.m. Columbia Riverkeeper as well. I caught up with knowing that things are alright and be hardly unaware self-guided tour F Columbian Theater Dave one afternoon to talk about fishing, poetry, of servicing.” Raised in a small fishing village in the 10 to 11:15 a.m. Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers and the changing landscape of the Columbia River. I Aleutian Islands, Dave bought his first commercial Columbia River Maritime Museum in concert called during a rare moment of downtime, when a De- fishing boat at thirteen. Kern Room Global Ocean Health 10:30 p.m. cember downpour put an early end to his day of boat With more than a half a century as a commercial – Brad Warren Astoria Event Center repairs. “I got a Christmas tree for the boat instead,” fisherman, plus family roots in the business, Dave On-Site Poetry Contest he told me. has hard-earned wisdom and perspective. “I have Columbia River Maritime Museum Ford Room 11 p.m. I asked Dave whether certain circumstances (like a harvested millions of pounds of fish in my life, and I (to be determined) KALA Gallery Annual FisherPoets Dance landless sunrise or recorded-setting catch) spark his hope to harvest more. I’ll tell you something. I have Sunday, March 1 creative writing. “When they decide to come, they respect for the resource. Respect for the ones that are Columbia River Maritime Museum Barbey 9 to 9:30 a.m. come. My poem, Fish N’ Poems, talks about how dying. I think that if fishermen start thinking about it Center Prose and Poetry workshop Astoria Event Center – Erin Fristad Singing Harmony workshop sometimes it’ll be in the middle of the night, some- as something different than a means for getting a lot -John Palmes times it’ll be a beautiful day and sometimes it’ll be of junk that we don’t need to exist then some of the 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. blowing and storming and I’ll have my hands full on problems would straighten themselves out. It’s about Columbia River Maritime Museum 9:30 to 10 a.m. Astoria Event Center the gear and taking care of business. But, a poem respect.” Kern Room. Salmon Beyond Bor ders –(facilitator) FisherPoets Gospel Sing, comes and I have no choice but to run down and get Dave is a cornerstone poet at the annual Fisher Po- just for fun a piece of paper and write it down before the paper ets Gathering in Astoria. I asked Dave if he’s seen an Columbia River Maritime Museum Ford Room 10 a.m. to noon dissolves in my hand.” uptick in the number of fishermen writing poetry since Astoria Event Center Troll Art – Ray Troll I pressed him for harrowing details about forego- he started sharing his work. “Now it’s pretty com- FisherPoets Farewell open-mic for participants ing safety to guarantee a poem makes it onto paper. mon,” Dave said. “Quite a few fishermen are starting Columbia River Maritime Museum Barbey Center He laughed and reminded me, “I’ve been doing the to write. And I think when they start writing about Noon to 3pm Songwriting workshop -John KALA GAllery boating and the fishing for so long it’s automatic.” [fishing] they start seeing it different. It opens up the Palmes Life on a fishing boat has become second nature. “At spirituality of this life.” Fish Out of Water Exhibit • Kari 2015 Fisher Poet Gathering Feb 27 - 29 Poet Gathering Fisher 27 Feb 2015 Glass & Robin Rosemond nov14 hipfishmonthly.com 12

fishtail adaptation of the lunar zodiac Special Events Schedule F i s h O u t Of W a t e r Y E A R O F T H E D A L L S H E E P north-wind new year spin from the deep blue

gala opening artwalk celebration with valentine-making love fest Sat 14 Feb: Artwalk 5-8 PM Thurs 18 Feb: Lunar New Year’s Eve! FisherPoets Fri-Sun

AT KALA in Astoria

ANCHORED IN DEEP WATER: THE FISHERPOETS ANTHOLOGY 2015 Fish Out Of Water Year of the Dall Sheep follows Anchored in Deep Water: The Fisherpoets Anthology, is a seven-book set of work by writers, poets and the North Star on a boreal adventure where the Spirit of songwriters who have performed at the annual Fisherpoets Gathering in Astoria, Oregon, edited by fisher- Aurora Borealis reigns over winter’s endless night. This poet Patrick Dixon, with original cover art by award-winning Portland, Oregon artist Chelsea Stephen. Over inspiring fishtail is a north-wind spin on the twelve- 40 writers from the USA, Canada and Japan are represented, with seven interviews of the fishermen and animal cycle Chinese Lunar Zodiac. Hipfish and Kala Art women engaged in commercial fishing along the coasts of the North American continent. Released in July Gallery invite you in from the cold on Valentines Day to 2014, the books are available individually or as a complete set. Anchored in Deep Water is available at www. usher out the Year of the Moose and embrace the com- fisherpoets.org, a handful of bookstores and this year featured at the FPG Gearshack. ing Year of the Dall Sheep. Rejoice in the dynamic ef- • Reading Frenzy, 3626 N. Mississippi Ave, Portland OR 97227 fervescence of the Northern Lights and discover where • Cannon Beach Book Company, 130 N. Hemlock, Cannon Beach OR 97110 you and yours dwell within the enchanted realm of the • Columbia River Maritime Museum, 1792 Marine Dr., Astoria OR 97103 Northern Zodiac.

Fisher Poets Read KARI GLASS and ROBIN ROSEMOND both born to A great line-up of contributing Fisher Poets will read from “Anchored in Deep Wa- the north under the sign of the Dall Sheep. Robin and Kari have been scheming since 2005 when they met ter,” at KALA, on Saturday, Feb 28, 2:30pm to 4pm. (A non-FPG Button Event.) Over while working at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. Kari resides in Alert Bay on Cormorant Island off 20 poets read one of their contributed poems. A POET’S SHORT MARATHON! the northeast end of Vancouver Island and Robin moves between Alaska, Oregon, Louisiana and Mexico. Together mythology and folk tales evoke their artistic sense of wonder. Their process involves a collabora- tive exchange to create kinetic improv-installations repurposed from jetsam and flotsam—the raw matter for Writing The Tides concept and construction. A Daylong Writing Workshop w/Fisher Poet Port to Port • From Portknockie to Portland Paintings by George Wilson Erin Fristad February 14, 5-8pm Fri., Feb 27, 10-4pm Fisher Poet Reception WRITING THE TIDES is offered by longtime Fisher All writing Friday, Feb 27, 4-7pm Poet Erin Fristad. Erin is a regular performer and levels are workshop instructor at the Fisher Poet Gathering. welcome, and With the annual FisherPoets Gathering just around This year she wants to give students the opportu- while fishing the corner, IMOGEN GALLERY is pleased to nity to take their writing deeper than what can be and writing is host PORT TO PORT, an exhibition by professional offered in the 90 minute course she usually teach- on our mind artist/fisherman, George Wilson, who now resides es. Writing the Tides will be offered from 10-4 pm late February in Portland, Oregon. The exhibition opens Febru- on Friday, February 27th, writers will be done in in Astoria, you ary 14th for the Astoria Second Saturday Artwalk time for the official opening of the gathering at don’t have to with a reception from 5 – 8 pm, followed by an 5 pm. Erin is using the theme of tides, the unex- be a fisher artist/welcoming reception held Friday, February pected challenges and treasures they bring, as a poet to attend 27st from 4 – 7 pm, to kick off the full weekend of jumping off point for this workshop. Writers will and you don’t events scheduled for FisherPoets Gathering. The generate new work through a series of exercises have to write about fishing, boats or the ocean! exhibition will remain on display through March and practice tools of the writing craft that will sup- At The Heritage Museum in Astoria. $125. 10th. port their work indefinitely. Erin invites attendees (Mention you saw it in Hipfish for $10 off). One wouldn’t come quickly to draw a parallel of career choices between the fishing industry and the to send her work in advance so she can tailor the arts, whether visual or literary, yet it seems more prevalent than one might assume. Year after year the class specifically for their needs and interests. Important note: This workshop is offered in fishermen who might be poets, or vice versa, convene in Astoria to share their prose, their short stories, “I want all students, regardless of where they conjunction with the Fisher Poet Gathering but their livelihood with those of us who have perhaps never been to sea, let alone experienced first-hand are currently, to take their writing to the next it is completely independent from the Gather- the hard work of being a commercial fisherman. Likewise, with visual artists who make their living from level. This is a class they’ll remember.” The class ing. Please direct all questions to Erin at erin@ the sea. George Wilson is one of those unique individuals, who from childhood has enjoyed the beauty, is limited to 10 writers with the intention of creat- erinfristad.com. sometimes solitude and unpredictability of the fishing industry while combining that with his other love, ing a supportive environment where everyone is that of the visual language which he utilizes to narrate his observations as a fisherman. encouraged to take risks and have fun doing it. Wilson brings to Astoria a collection of watercolor paintings that depict his transition from his home- Erin Fristad survived fifteen years as a deckhand on a wide array of vessels and adventures. She chased herring near Togiak; crab off town, a small coastal fishing village in North East Scotland, to his new home in Portland, Oregon. Port to the Columbia River; salmon more places than she can remember; and for five years pursued fish in the name of science. Her work is Port: From Portknockie to Portland is a personal record of transition. Wilson, who spent 49 years of his widely published in journals and anthologies including most recently in Raising Lily Ledbetter: Women Poets Occupy The Workspace, life living in the same village where he was raised, sums up his exhibition as “My journey from Portknock- Floating Bridge Review #7, Hooked! True Stories off Obsession, Death , and Love from Alaska’s Commercial Fishing Men and Women ie to Portland, with fifty years worth of memories in my sea bag”. His work comes from his experiences and Poets of the American West. She holds a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and have taught writing workshops for over 10 of 20 years working on the North Sea as a commercial fisherman, “immersed in the rhythms of the natural years. Erin is a regular performer at the Fisher Poet Gathering and is grateful for its community of generous and tenacious sea folk. world; weather, tide, the movements and migrations of fish and birds.” world; weather, tide, the movements and migrations of fish and birds.” 13 feb15 hipfishmonthly.com GoingsOn: FEBRUARY ‘15 day-by-day •••calendar••• Monday 9 HAPPENING in the columbia pacific Antique Week. Featuring citywide antique sales, exhibits, appraisals, antique float Dance Your Joy at AAMC drops and more. In Lincoln City. FMI 800- GYPSY PASSION ARGENTINE TANGO WORKSHOP 452-2151 Kim & Josef Romance the PAC •Feb 13 Saturday, February 28th- 5:30 – 7pm!!! Tuesday 10 Join Portland instructor Estelle Olivares of cultural arts on any given eve - the for an intro level Tango workshop. No FOOD & DRINK Beer Pairing Dinner. This ticketed event will home of the NC Symphonic Band whose partner/experience necessary, $15 include a special menu of 5 courses with members fill its stage, and provide lis- drop-in. Questions? Contact Estelle at talks by our chefs and brewers. Tickets teners, with up close and personal music [email protected] can be purchased at buoybeer.com or at the taproom. 6 – 8pm at the Buoy Beer experience. Let the Liberty and the PAC Monday reside together like two old friends and Company in Astoria. 5:30-6:30pm Ballet with Trixie Gunn lovers. HAPPENING 5:30-6:30pm Lyrical Jazz In 2014, Kim Angelis was a featured with Trixie A Mostly Accurate Historic Tour. Of Lincoln performer at Beijing World Music Week Gunn City with local resident Elizabeth Black. and one of the headline acts at the Tuesday South Tour at 10am. North Tour at 2pm. Beishan World Music Festival in Zhuhai, 9:00-10:00am Zumba with Joy Sigler Bus leaves from the Cultural Center. To sign up call 541-994-9994. China. Kim has recorded seven albums, 5:30-6:30pm Lyrical Jazz with Trixie and received accolades through the Antique Week. Featuring citywide antique Gunn sales, exhibits, appraisals, antique float ASCAP Plus Awards, Global Rhythm 6:30-7:30pm Ballroom with Jen Miller drops and more. In Lincoln City. FMI 800- Magazine’s international song contest, 7:30-8:30pm West Coast Swing with 452-2151 her music was highlighted on NBC’s world-wide coverage of the 2000 Olym- Jen Miller LECTURE Past to Present: Columbia River Maritime pics in Sydney, and her composition, Wednesday History. Fishing Vessels of the Pacific “The Astoria Waltz,” is a favorite among 7:00-8:15pm Belly Dance with Jes- Northwest. With James Cole. $5, 10:30am fans in the Columbia Pacific Region. – noon at the Columbia River Maritime samyn Grace YPSY VIOLINIST KIM ANGELIS as a fundraiser for the PAC. The PAC, At this concert, Kim and Josef will Museum in Astoria. Gand accompanist/husband Josef and the people behind it too, are pas- share photos and programs from their Thursday Wednesday 11 Gault are two musicians, if there are any, sionate about the continued existence recent musical journeys to Africa and 9:00-10:00am Zumba with Joy Sigler that represent and express passion, not of this facility, a 250 seat theater that China, and also feature a world premiere 5:15-6:15pm Irish Dance with Gina MUSIC performance of Kim’s composition, Fernando. No cover, 8pm at the Adrift Hotel just on Valentines Day, but through a has seen many a creative effort in its Marie Newkirk “The Oregon Concerto.” Special guest, in Long Beach. dedicated career performing the world 40 some decades as a performing arts Cabaret Belly Dance performance artist For current schedule and instructor over, and they just happen to live and center – one that is valued, because of HAPPENING Jessamyn Grace joins the dynamic duo. contact: astoriaartsandmovement.com. love in Astoria. Romancing the PAC is its particular seating capacity, the stage, Night of All Knowledge Trivia Tournament. 342 10th St. in Astoria A fun team trivia competition. Free, 6pm at now a bonafide tradition in the region, the newly renovated organ, that it is a the Seaside Library. and one that they generously perform special venue to proceed to, as a lover Antique Week. Featuring citywide antique sales, exhibits, appraisals, antique float drops and more. In Lincoln City. FMI 800- Lots of New 452-2151 at the World Thursday 12 Portland Kite Museum MUSICFERNANDO. No cover, 8pm at OCAL, COMMUNITY-BASED the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. Chamber LWORLD KITE MUSEUM announc- Sol Seed. Reggae fusion. No cover, 9pm at es exciting new changes and events the Nauti Mermaid in Lincoln City. Orchestra for 2015. The World Kite Museum HAPPENING in Long Beach is the only American First Thursday Trivia. Teams of 1-5 compete It’s Better Museum dedicated exclusively to tell- for universal admiration and fantastic with a Baritone! ing the exciting and amazing story of prizes. Sign up ahead of time or just show kites, through hands on exhibits and up! Free, 5:30 – 6:30pm at the Astoria At The Liberty programs. Their unique collection has Public Library. over 1,500 kites from 26 countries, A Mostly Accurate Historic Tour. Of Lincoln Feb 14 • 7:30 pm while also offering museum-goers City with local resident Elizabeth Black. the opportunity to build and fly their South Tour at 10am. North Tour at 2pm. own kite. Bus leaves from the Cultural Center. To sign up call 541-994-9994. Recent additions, the WKM The- ater audio-visual room, updated and Antique Week. Featuring citywide antique WO-MEN ARE BETTER refreshed exhibits, including the new sales, exhibits, appraisals, antique float THAN ONE . . . under certain drops and more. In Lincoln City. FMI 800- T drew Lloyd Webber, Jerry Herman, and complete collection of WSIKF conditions. And in this case, two 452-2151 Michael Valenti and many others. The Annual Posters, technical and facility baritones. Celebrate Valentine’s Day • Asian New Year Celebration – Giant program includes seductive selec- updates, and now will oversee the LECTURE with the Portland Chamber Orches- tions from Phantom of the Opera, WA. ST. Intrnl. Kite Fest. Kite Culture, make origami cranes, Beers to Your Health. A Farm to Table Talk tra and the world’s most romantic Les Misérables, A Little Night Music, symbols of kite decoration, and a with Eric Bechard, Marco Davis, Teresa voices! Acclaimed baritones Rocky Retzlaff, Fred Johnson and Johnny Besch. The Pajama Game, and La Cages aux • The Museum makes its grand debut special section on the last Edo kite Blumhagen and Ron Spivak present Free, 7pm at the Lovell Showroom at Fort Folles Valentines Day, on March 7, “A Night at the Kite maker in Tokyo. Kicks off Feb 20-21. a special edition of their two-man George in Astoria. Museum.” Broadway revue featuring some of Feb 14, 7:30pm, Tickets $25 Stud/ • Spring Break Family Fun – March Oregon Railroads. With Ed Kamholz. Free, musical theatre’s most impassioned Mltry $20. Liberty Box office or 7pm at the Cannon Beach History Center • Rob Beamguard Workshop – Help 22 - April 20 www.worldkitemuseum. ballads by Stephen Sondheim, An- ticketswest.com and Museum. build an 8’ x 6’ Kite. February 14 – 16. com feb15 hipfishmonthly.com 14 ••• music • visual arts • literarylecture • outdoor • theater••• MORE MUSIC available for sale. 9:30pm at the Columbian HAPPENING Ted Brainerd. Blues. Free, 6pm at the Friday 13 Theater in Astoria. Antique Week. Featuring citywide antique Astoria Public Library. MUSIC sales, exhibits, appraisals, antique float McDougall. No cover, 7pm at the Sand Trap FOOD & DRINK drops and more. In Lincoln City. FMI 800- David Drury. Jazz Guitar. No cover, 6 – Wine Tasting. Rombauer (Napa Valley). 1 – Pub in Gearhart. 452-2151 8:30pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria. 4pm at the Cellar on 10th in Astoria Edmund Wayne. 9pm at the Adrift Hotel in Rod Whaley. No cover, 7pm at the Sand Valentine’s Day Tea Party. 2 – 4pm at the LECTURE Long Beach. Trap Pub in Gearhart. Driftwood Public Library in Lincoln City. In Their Footsteps Lecture Series. Wildlife Gregory Rawlins. No cover, 9:30pm at the Romancing the PAC. With Kim Angelis & Center of the North Coast. With Josh Voodoo Room in Astoria. HAPPENING Josef Gault. $15, 7pm at the PAC in Astoria. Saranpaa. 1pm in the Netul Room at Fort Festival of Dark Arts. 55+ specialty stouts Clatsop in Astoria. HAPPENING Ian McFeron. No cover, 9pm at the Adrift plus the darkest collection of entertainment Asian New Year Celebration. Including a Hotel in Long Beach. on the coast. Craftspeople, musicians, THEATER special exhibition on giant kite culture. At Starbright & Vine. Dramady. $15, 2pm at Johnny Wheels and the Walkers. No cover, artists, and entertainers, all while sampling the World Kite Museum in Long Beach. the PAC in Astoria. 9pm at Roadhouse 101 in Lincoln City. the largest stout collection ever assembled kitefestival.com/asian-new-year at a one-day festival. Limited tickets are ‘Night Mother. Drama. $15 - $20, 3pm at Sol Seed. Reggae fusion. $5 cover, 9pm at North Coast Legal Clinic for Tillamook available at festivalofdarkarts.com. $30 the Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. the Lighthouse Pub & Grub in Manzanita. County. For free legal advice on civil mat- procures your stout tasting glass, ten The Train Station Trilogy. Dramady. 7pm at ters, stop by in the morning during the walk Michael Hurley, Larry Yes & Nate Lumbard. tokens, and admission to the fest. A $10 the Bay City Arts Center. in hours or call ahead to make an appoint- No cover, 9:30pm at the Voodoo Room in non-drinking/minor ticket is also available. ment. Walk in hours are 10-12 and 1-4 for Astoria. Admission free to children 5 and under. Monday 16 appointments. If you would like to make FOOD & DRINK Noon – 10pm at Fort George in Astoria. an appointment, please call the Oregon Law Center at 503-640-4115. They do NOT Chocolate Extravaganza. 4 – 7pm at the Lower Columbia Pug Socializing Club. Pugs MUSIC Ghost Towns. No cover, 9pm at the Adrift give advice on criminal matters. At CARE in Sol Seed Hotel Cathlamet in Cathlamet. and their people meet monthly for fun and “Making waves all over the a memorable experience for all socialization. 11am at Carruthers Park in Hotel in Long Beach. Tillamook. HAPPENING North West and beyond, Reg- ages to enjoy. Warrenton. FOOD & DRINK THEATER Antique Week. Featuring citywide antique gae Fusion band Sol Seed from Catch them in Lincoln City at Ice Cream Social. The public is invited for Take a Number, Darling. Comedy. $15, 7pm sales, exhibits, appraisals, antique float Casino Night Out. Try your luck at Blackjack, cake & ice cream + birthday celebration. $1 at the NCRD in Nehalem. Eugene brings their eclectic style The Nauti Mermaid on Thurs- drops and more. In Lincoln City. FMI 800- roulette and craps to raise money for the suggested donation, free if it’s your birthday of Reggae mixed with elements day, February 12th. Music @ 452-2151 Cannon Beach Children’s Center. All day at ‘Night Mother. Drama. $15 - $20, 7:30pm the American Legion Hall in Cannon Beach. month. 2pm at the Peninsula Senior Activity at the Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. of Hip Hop, Soul and Rock to the 9pm | Free show! Also, Catch Comedy on the Coast. 21 and over. 8pm at Center in Klipsan Beach, WA Northern Oregon Coast. With them up North at the Manzani- Chinook Winds in Lincoln City. Your Heart’s Desire: A Celebration of Choco- late, Wine & Art. Art exhibit and sale, no Saturday 21 thought-provoking lyrics, infec- ta Lighthouse Pub and Grub on Tuesday 17 tious grooves and high-energy Friday, February 13th. Music @ OUTSIDE admission noon – 5pm. Chocolate & wine MUSIC Cupid, Birdies, & Eagles Golf Tourney. $60 party with live music, $30, 6:30 – 10pm. MUSIC Tom Trudell. Jazz piano. No cover, 6 – performances, Sol Seed creates 9pm | $5 Cover! per player, cart rental is $15 per player. Kiawanda Community Center in Pacific City. Ghost Towns. 8pm at the Adrift Hotel in 8:30pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria. Noon shotgun start at the Gearhart Hotel. Long Beach. Antique Week. Featuring citywide antique Steve Blanchard & Slipshod. 7pm at the THEATER sales, exhibits, appraisals, antique float FOOD & DRINK Lincoln City Cultural Center. 541-994-9994 Take a Number, Darling. Comedy. $15, 7pm drops and more. In Lincoln City. FMI 800- Beer Pairing Dinner. The chefs and brewers Billy Hagen. 9pm at the Snug Harbor Bar & at the NCRD in Nehalem. 452-2151 of Buoy Beer Company will present a unique Grill in Lincoln City. Sweetheart Dance. The Lincoln Pops Or- menu of five courses pairing local fare and ‘Night Mother. Drama. $15 - $20, 7:30pm Dixie Wrecked No cover, 9pm, Roudhouse at the Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. chestra will perform romantic favorites you Buoy Beer brews. Tickets & reservations at and your sweetheart can dance to. Tickets: the Buoy Beer Taproom in Astoria. 6 – 8pm. house101 in Lincoln City.Edmund Wayne. $14 per person, $25 for couples. 7pm at 503-325-4540 Saturday 14 the Lincoln City Cultural Center. FMI call 9pm at the Adrift Hotel in 541-994-9994 LECTURE MUSIC Past to Present: Columbia River Maritime Tom Trudell. Jazz piano. No cover, 6 – Comedy on the Coast. 21 and over. 8pm at History. Beeswax Wreck Project. With Scott Long Beach. 8:30pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria. Chinook Winds in Lincoln City. Williams. $5, 10:30am – noon at the Co- ART Derek Ecklund and Existence Habitat. 5 – lumbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria. THEATER Opening Reception. Blue, a fiber art exhibit 10pm at the Orange on Blue exhibition in Take a Number, Darling. Comedy. $15, 2pm LITERARY will be showing at the Cannon Beach His- the Astor Hotel in Astoria. at the NCRD in Nehalem. Reading. Author Kurt Fausch will read from tory Center and Museum. Reception at Niall Carroll. No cover. 6 – 8pm at the Wet Starbright & Vine. Dramady. $15, 7pm at his book “For the Love of Rivers.” 6pm at 6pm. Dog Café in Astoria. the PAC in Astoria. the Sitka Center, north of Lincoln City. FOOD & DRINK Aaron Larget-Caplan. Guitar. 7pm at the WEDNESDAY 18 Wine Tasting. Wines from Australia/New Nu-Blu Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. Sunday 15 Zealand. 1 – 4pm at the Cellar on 10th in MUSIC A happen-chance meeting in the first time. Recently hitting Elizabeth Nicholson & Bob Soper. Valen- Astoria. MUSIC Ghost Towns. 8pm at the Adrift Hotel in Anaheim, California and a last the charts with a collaboration tine’s Show. $12, 7pm at the Peninsula Arts Long Beach. Jambalaya Cook-off. Free, at the Culinary Jennifer Goodenberger. Jazz piano. No minute cancelation leads us into with Sam Moore (of Sam and Center in Long Beach. cover, 11:30am – 2pm at the Bridgewater Center in Lincoln City. 800-452-2151 the rare opportunity to witness Dave fame), Nu-Blu will bring It’s Better with Baritone. With the Portland Bistro in Astoria. Thursday 19 HAPPENING Chamber Orchestra and baritones Rocky some World-class bluegrass mu- their finely-crafted blend of Aaron Larget-Caplan. Bach to the 21st MUSIC Asian New Year Celebration. Including a Blumhagen and Ron Spivak. Show tunes. Century. Guitar. $15, 3pm at the Lincoln special exhibition on giant kite culture. At sic. on February 15th at the Fort banjo, mandolin, bass and guitar $20 - $25, 7pm at the Liberty Theater in Ghost Towns. 8pm at the Adrift Hotel in George Brewery. Nu-Blu, on a along with their pitch-perfect City Cultural Center. Long Beach. the World Kite Museum in Long Beach. Astoria. Meccorree String Quartet. Classical Cham- kitefestival.com/asian-new-year national tour, just happened to harmonies. Ian McFeron. No cover, 9pm at the Adrift ber music. $25, 3pm at the Camp Winema HAPPENING Shanghaied Roller Dolls vs the Trampires. have a day off and an interest to Sunday, February 15, 8pm at Fundraising Dinner. $7 for adults and $5 Hotel in Long Beach. Chapel north of Neskowin. Roller Derby. Tickets are $10 and may be check out the Oregon coast for the Fort George Brewery. for children includes. 5 - 6:30pm at the Neil Darling Band. $5 cover, 9pm at the San The Lonesome Heroes. No cover, 6:30pm at purchased in advance at shanghaiedroller- Peninsula Senior Activity Center in Klipsan dolls.org 6pm at the Astoria Armory. Dune Pub in Manzanita. the San Dune Pub in Manzanita. Beach, WA Arctic Light Event. This events presents the Fernando The Strange Tones. No cover, 9pm at Road- Ghost Towns. No cover, 8pm at the Adrift house 101 in Lincoln City. LECTURE photographic documentation of the journey THIS IS a new chapter in Hotel in Long Beach. Learning a Second Language: An Approach of 3 naturalists to the high Arctic last Sep- Viciconte’s ever-evolving Ted Vaughn Blues Band. 9pm at the Snug Nu Blu. 8pm at Fort George Brewery & from My Own Experiences. With Fernando tember. Photographs will be on display and Harbor Bar & Grill in Lincoln City. Public House in Astoria. Rodriguez. Noon – 1pm in room 219 of for sale. Neal Maine and Daniel Dietrich, musical trajectory, a career Neil Darling Band. $5 cover, 9pm at the San Marjorie LaFrenz & Russ Wilson. 8:30pm at Columbia Hall at CCC I Astoria. acclaimed nature photographers, will open marked by creative integrity a conversation in support of the Alaska Wil- and an almost painful honesty Dune Pub in Manzanita. the Snug Harbor Bar & Grill in Lincoln City. THEATER derness League. 7pm in the historic Gilbert which attracts fans from high ART FOOD & DRINK ‘Night Mother. Drama. $15 - $20, 7:30pm Block Building in Seaside. Second Saturday Artwalk. Free 5 – 8pm at the Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. and low that still believe in the Pancake Breakfast. All-you-can-eat for $5, United Paws Monthly Adoption Day. This is at galleries and businesses in downtown 8am – noon at the Bay City Arts Center. redemptive power of rock and Astoria. Friday 20 a great time to stop in and see all the kit- roll. And ‘that voice’. Cannon Beach American Legion Breakfast. tens, cats and dogs that need new forever Feb 11-12 at The Adrift in CINEMA $7 adults, $3 children under 6. 9 – MUSIC homes. Noon – 3pm at the Tillamook Winter Food Film Festival. Chocolat. Admis- 11:30am at the American Legion Hall in David Drury. Jazz Guitar. No cover, 6 – County Fairgrounds. LB. NO Cover. 7pm sion by donation, movie-themed small bites Cannon Beach. 8:30pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria. Listings continued on pg. 19

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COASTER THEATRE Take a Number, Darling. Riverbend Players Comedy Opening Opens 2015 Season with February 7! “Take a Number, Darling” by Jack Sharkey is NIGHT MOTHER scheduled for three weekends in February at the THE COASTER THEATER opens the 2015 Season with the North County Recreation District (NCRD) in Nehalem. drama Night Mother. Written by Marsha Norman and Directed This contemporary farce, directed by Linda Mako- by Sheila Shaffer, it features actors Ann Bronson and Marga- hon, includes crazy confusion when former romantic ret Page. Night Mother opened January 30, and continues liaisons are revealed! The cast includes Sedona Torres, through February 21. the over-the-top soap star; Michael Dinan, an insecure Synopsis: Jessie’s father is dead, her marriage ended in concert pianist; Rosa Erlebach, the flamboyant Span- divorce, her absent son is a petty thief, her last job didn’t ish surprise; Aftyn Garvin, the clever PR gal; Michael work out and, in general, her life is stale. As the evening Sommers, a Navy Commander friend; and Jeff Slamal, unfolds she sets about tidying the house and making a list for a tabloid reporter. her mother of things to be looked after as we discover what PERFROMANCES: Evening performances start at has brought her to this desperate place in her life. Winner 7pm on Feb 7, 13, 20, 21. Matinees are 2pm on Feb of the Pulitzer Prize – this eloquent and ultimately shattering 8, 14, 22. Tickets are $15 with some proceeds going play explores the final moments in the life a woman who has toward renovation of the NCRD Theater, 36155 decided that it’s no longer worth living. Ninth St. Call 503-368-5764 or check NCRD.org for This is a brutal, hard, thought-provoking play with multiple Margaret Page (left) and Ann Bronson (right) in the riveting drama, Night Mother further information. facets. When first produced over 30 years ago the issue of Margaret Page ( Thelma Cates) has appeared in countless produc- suicide was not a subject frequently discussed and is not a topic eas- tions at the Coaster Theatre, with the Tillamook Association for the The Train Station Trilogy by ily broached to this day. It can always be asked, “What would I do Performing Arts, with the Tillamook Community Choir, Cannon Beach Local Playwright Helen Hill in a similar situation?” There is no one answer. No one really knows Chorus, North Coast Choral and the Midway Messiah Chorus. until they are there. In interviews with the playwright she says, “I felt The Tillamook Highschool Drama Group Ann Bronson (Jessie Cates) marked her debut at the Coaster with ’Night Mother that Jesse’s decision to commit suicide was quite Tillamook High School Drama Group presents The Theatre in 2000. She has appeared on the Coater stage in numerous brave. She finally decided that she could decide what to do with her Train Station Trilogy, an original three act play by local principal singing roles - a classically trained Soprano, her latest role as life...The point was not to kill herself; the point was to take charge.” playwright Helen Hill; a rollicking comedy/drama/ the witch in the 2014 production of Into The Woods. “ When approached about the irony that it looks like self-annihilation sci-fi/romance. Produced by Junior Lizzie Nelson-Har- but it actually is self-activation, Marsha Norman responded, “For PERFORMANCES: Fri/Sat, 7:30pm and some Sunday Matinees, 3pm, rington as part of her senior community service proj- people who understand that, great; the ones who don’t will have through Feb 21. Talkback Thurs - Feb 19. Purchase Tickets by calling ect, all cast members are students at Tillamook High. another experience with it.” Norman’s play, one person’s perspective 503.436.1242 or online at coastertheatre.com. $20 - $15. Talkback The different acts have been separately produced and walking in someone else’s shoes. Thurs - Feb 19. won awards in New York, California, New Mexico and Michigan. The trilogy is presented here for the first time in its entirety. It is a work ten years in the making. The show features Lillie Elkins, Brianne Kephart, Gabe Martin, Christina Mata, Lizzie Nelson-Har- Starbright & Vine rington, Max Norris, Julie O’Brien, Noah Pelter, Ken Poblador, Miguel Sanchez and Colton Weeks. PARTNERS FOR THE PAC PERFORMANCES: At the Bay City Arts Center. Con- is a comic Community College and ENCORE philosophy cessions and ticket proceeds all go towards Charity look at a teacher and Philosofarian Seth Tichenor will Drive and Bay City Arts Center. Tickets are $7 at the fictional, play Blake. Donna is the latest in a long line door. once of live-in girlfriends for Marty, and is played Friday, Feb. 6 at 7pm; Sunday, Feb. 8 at 7pm; and famous, by Stacey Brown, executive director of United Sunday, Feb. 15 at 3pm. now fading Way of Clatsop County, and another ASOC comedian player. ASOC Winter Children’s Theatre (Marty Vine) No less than four of George Carlin’s seven Little Red Riding Hood who gets dirty words are used in S&V, and sexual The Astor Street Opry Company’s 7th season of another innuendo is liberally spiced throughout the Winter Children’s Theatre presents the musical “The chance at play, so you may want to keep the little ones Real Story of Little Red Riding Hood.” glory. In his away. For anyone with a friend or relative who Everyone has listened to the immortal yarn of Little directing has or had dementia, this play will resonate. Red Riding Hood and a hungry wolf. But it’s rare debut, Bob And it’s hilariously funny, especially if you are we get a chance to get the infamous Wolf’s point of Goldberg tuned to East Coast humor. view of this popular story. In this hilarious musical, Julie House, Tom Berdine, Seth Tichenor and Stacy Brown will lead The playwright will be in Astoria to catch OPENED ON FEBRUARY 6 at Clatsop however, our compassionate and sympathetic beast the Partners’ production of Starbright & Vine the evening performances of S&V, and will is understandably upset. He’s been maligned for gen- Community College’s Performing Arts Center, (S&V). Marty Vine is played by Tom Berdine, stick around afterwards to answer questions the Partners for the PAC presents a staged erations because of the well-known children’s parable. a veteran of theater at the PAC in the 80s from the audience. Determined to defend his own good intentions, he reading of the comedy/drama Starbright & and 90s who got his start with the Jewell Box PERFORMANCES: February 6 & 7, 7 pm, reveals Red Riding Hood’s real nature, rarely shown to Vine, written by Richard J. Allen, a two-time Players. The other title character, Jacqueline with playwright Q&A afterwards. February the outside world. With an abundance of toe-tapping Emmy-Award winning writer who serves (Jackie) Cole will be played by Julie House, 8, 14 & 15, 2pm. Tickets $15, and $16.50 tunes, this side-splitting cuddly tale will show that as Professor of Film, Television and Digital veteran of Astor Street Opry Company via Brown Paper Tickets. Rated R – strong there are two sides to every story. Media (FTDM) at Texas Christian University (ASOC) productions, former roller derby language and sexual innuendo. Clatsop Directed by Heather Ramsdell with Music Direction (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas. He won his Emmy queen, and now the co-owner of Coldwater Community College Performing Arts Center, by Chris Lynn Taylor and back stage assistance from Awards in 2001 and 2002 as a writer for CBS’s Surf and Skate. Marty’s “bastard” son Blake is 16th & Franklin, Astoria. Info and tickets, see the ASOC Teen Theater Club. daytime drama, As the World Turns. Former a relatively straight-laced tax accountant who www.supportthepac.org. Starbright & Vine Head Writer at NBC’s Days of Our Lives, he hires Jackie to help his father – who he thinks PERFORMANCES: Fridays - 7pm, March & 13; Satur- by Richard J. Allen, a benefit to keep the has also written for ABC’s General Hospital, is faking dementia – write the jackpot script days & Sundays - 2pm, March 7 - 8 & 14 -15. At the PAC open to the community, produced by ASOC Playhouse 129 West Bond Street Uniontown One Life to Live and NBC’s Another World. that comes with Marty’s selection as the “best Partners for the PAC. Astoria. For ticket info call: 503.325.6104 Starbright & Vine, Allen’s most recent play, living comic of the 20th century.” Clatsop feb15 hipfishmonthly.com 16 art happens. Astoria Studio Tour Sticks and Stones Summer 2015 Dan Pillars at RiverSea Gallery RIVERSEA GALLERY presents Sticks and Stones, a solo uses his THE ASTORIA SOCIETY of Artists exhibition of sculpture by Portland artist, Dan Pillers, art to work invites local artists to participate in its which explores the deep effect of common expressions through Astoria Studio Tour 2015 on the last on both a personal and cultural level. The show opens the feel- weekend of July. The Astoria Society on Saturday, February 14, and continues through March ings they of Artists was formed last year to orga- 10, 2015. The opening reception will be held during bring up. nize and manage the studio Astoria’s Second Saturday Artwalk from 5:00 to 8:00. All He ap- tour, now in its fifth year. As was are invited to meet the artist and enjoy art, conversa- proaches the case last year, this year’s event will tion, complimentary light bites, Valentine sweets and each new focus exclusively on welcoming celebratory beverages. creation area residents and outoftown visitors Dan Pillers is a Portland artist working in found object with a to meet artists in their studios. assemblage to create both wall-mounted and free- cynical wit This year’s Astoria Studio Tour will be standing sculptures rife with deep personal and cultural and a kind Saturday and Sunday, July 25-26, 10am meaning, structures literally built on the power of words heart. to 4pm both days. As in previous years, and dreams. At first glance, many of his works present After the tour remains free for the public, as large, fanciful display cases constructed of intricately a rough and there is no charge for the map turned wood and etched glass. Upon closer inspection sketch to brochures that will be available to the the contents convey a message and the words etched deter- public early in July. in the glass have the power to shock. The taunting old mine the “Astoria’s art scene is becoming phrases work with the provocative contents to evoke general Dan Pillars, Be Kind! increasingly vibrant” said Astoria artist a not so distant cultural past, and cause the viewer to look of the Kimberly Reed, “and after last year’s take pause and become aware of deep feelings and piece, Pillers leaves it up to his dreams. Each sculpture immensely successful tour, we intend memories. is built, start to finish, in a very lucid dream, and some to present another well organized and Pillers builds each sculpture around a feeling induced nights he “constructs” several works before waking. well publicized event that will benefit by words, “Sticks and stones will break my bones...” His dreams are so detailed that, once in his studio, he all local artists and the entire commu- IN STUDIO: and “This hurts me more than it hurts you,” are some of simply follows the steps laid out during slumber. Each nity.” Christine Trexel, Book and Paper Aritst the milder sayings. Kind phrases are tucked in here and sculpture links the power of words and memory and of- Members of the Astoria Society of More information, including the applica- there, as well as much stronger and more painful terms. fers a key to understanding our cultural roots. Artists’ 2015 Studio Tour production team tion to participate in the tour, is at http:// “Faggot” is one word he explores repeatedly, using RiverSea Gallery, open daily at 1160 Commercial are Paul Haist, Drew Herzig, astoriaartists.org. Application deadline is bundles of sticks to indicate its many layers of meaning. Street in the heart of historic Astoria, Oregon. For more Isabelle Johnston Haist, Gin Laughery, April 30. Artists with studios in the 97103 As a gay man born in the mid-20th century, he has spent information, call the gallery at 503-325-1270, or visit the Robert Paulmenn, Kimberly Reed, Charles zip code are eligible to participate. Also, a lifetime dealing with many of these expressions and website at riverseagallery.com. Schweigert, Christine artists from adjoining communities may Trexel, and Constance Waisanen. participate by sharing a local artist’s studio. “All of us participated in last year’s The brochure/map of participating studio tour and are eager to promote the artists and their studio locations will be AVA Announces! local art scene,” said Christine available in early July. Contact Artist Residency Program Trexel, book and paper artist. “We [email protected] or Drew Herzig, strongly encourage artists in all media to 503.325.1895, for more details take part in this year’s tour.” ARTIST Art Every Day CALL 366 Collage Animal by Diane Jackson Art Luminari Arts UNITIED

project, re- her already extensive art PAWS sulting in 366 skills. “Instead of sitting collages (“It on the couch, I did art,” was a leap says Jackson. year” she The fantastic result is ASTORIA VISUAL ARTS announces the launch said). a collection of pieces, all of an Artists-in-Residence Program (“AVA A-I-R”), The the same size, incorporat- which is designed to encourage the creative, FAUNA AN open community art show and sale will open goal was ing a vast array of materi- intellectual and personal growth of emerging at the North County Recreation District Gallery on March to focus on als and ephemera. artists. Residency finalists (currently limited to 3 and be up through March 30. The opening reception the process Luminari Arts is local artists) will be chosen on the basis of artistic will be from 4-6 PM on Friday, March 6. Focused on the rather than located at 1133 Commer- merit by an independent panel of established wildlife of the North Oregon Coast, art will be accepted the outcome, cial in Astoria. Join them working artists and arts patrons. Selected artists from 10-1 on Monday, March 2. Your animal related art is LUMINARI ARTS invites to incorpo- February 14, 5 to 8pm to will be provided with a small studio in the Down- welcome. The show is a fundraiser for United Paws, to help you to celebrate ART EV- rate the practice of “doing share in this celebration of town Astoria Historic District free of charge for support their work spaying and neutering cats. Join us for ERY DAY for the February art” daily, every day, for an entire year’s work in art a three-month residency, with the first residency the opening on March 6 or during open hours at NCRD Astoria Artwalk. Co-own- a year. In that process, as a daily practice. Snacks, commencing no later than April 1, 2015. (9-5 daily) during the month to enjoy local interpretations er Diane Jackson shares Jackson learned much beverages, music and joy For more information on the AVA A-I-R program of ‘Fauna.” If you caught December’s show, you’ll know the her collages, one created about gels, inks, collage provided. and how to apply, please visit http://astoriavisu- depth of talnet to be dispalyed. each day for a year long production and added to alarts.org

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Tolovana Arts Colony presents: The Beat Poets Manzanita Writer Series and the Beachnik Café Lauren Kessler • Feb 21 Feb 13-14 LAUREN KESSLER will read from her Journey Through the Thicket of Adoles- book Counterclockwise: My Year of cence; Pacific Northwest Book Award Explore the Beat Poets, one Hypnosis, Hormones, Dark Chocolate winner Dancing with Rose (published of the most controversial and and Other in paperback revolutionary eras of American Adventures in as Finding Life literature with Mark Mizell. the World of in the Land of This class includes a very cool Anti-Aging at Alzheimer’s), book containing a graphic the Hoffman the Washington history of the Beat Poets, Center at 7pm Post bestseller especially ordered by Mizell. on Saturday, Clever Girl and Two classes take place Friday, February 21. Los Angeles February 13 from 6-9pm and Counter- Times bestseller Saturday, February 14 from clockwise The Happy Noon to 3pm. The class is falls into the Bottom Riding being held at Tolovana Hall, “immersion Club. Kessler which is located at 3779 South journalism” or is author of Hemlock Street in Cannon “guinea pig” Oregon Book Beach. (blue building, set journalism cat- Award winner off the street, south of the egories which Stubborn Twig, Tolovana Inn, on the west side Lauren follows which was cho- of Hemlock.) The total for both in two previous sen as the book classes is $35. works. Not only for all Oregon to BEACHNIK CAFÉ: On Poets Le Roi Jones and Diana Di Prima, who published the magazine Floating Bear, in the 60’s. does she do read in honor of Saturday evening, February 14, from 7-10pm, The first ever one feel comfortable and hear great poetry and prose read extensive research with the subject ex- the state’s 2009 sesquicentennial. “Beachnik Café” will be held at the Gallery location of Can- at the open mike. Watt Childress will MC the event. The perts, Kessler uses herself as a test case Following Q&A, Open Mic welcomes non Beach Arts Association, in mid-town Cannon Beach at Bald Eagle is generously donating coffee and the Cannon for much of the subject up to nine local writers, 1064 S. Hemlock St. (right next to the Bald Eagle Café.) Beach Arts Association is donating the space in the gallery. she’s writing about. 5 minutes on original Drag out your beret, slip on a leotard, paste on a goatee and The Wall Street Jour- work. Admission for the Nature Matters Writers, readers, and listeners are invited to come and read come out to celebrate the Beat Era coffee culture. For regis- nal chose Counterclock- evening is $7. Rose Rimler on the Olympian Oyster • January 15 your own work, the work of someone you admire, or just to tration info call: Lisa Kerr, 503.440.0684/tolovanaartscolony@ wise as one of “Year’s be a great audience and listen. The goal is to make every- gmail.com. best books for the Road SATURDAY WORKSHOP Ahead.” Describing her from 10 to 3pm: Kes- book as informative and sler will teach a writing witty WSJ adds, “journal- workshop on Character Author Adam Selzer ist Lauren Kessler sets out Development. How do to find ‘the best research you create living, breath- stories and music and the worst scams’ in ing, believable -- and the wannabe-fountain-of- memorable -- characters? Sou’ wester Feb 21 youth marketplace.” This workshop, for both “You could not hope fiction and nonfiction PORTLAND AUTHOR/Acous- for a smarter, savvier, writers, explores the four tic Musician Adam Selzer, (of more committed guide main ways writers can Alialujah Choir and former band to the multibillion-dollar create three-dimensional Norfolk and Western) reads his anti-aging industry than characters.” At the short story entitled “Art Garfun- Kessler.”—The Oregonian Hoffman Center, the workshop is $50. kel’s Old People” while accom- Previous works include My Teenage Registration forms and information at panied by live musical score Werewolf: A Mother, A Daughter, A hoffmanblog.org. from musicians Peter Broderick, Cory Gray, Raul Pastor Medal, Oregon’s Railroads This is Kamholz’s second time at the Cannon Beach History and John Askew. Center & Museum, but his presentation couldn’t be anymore dif- The anti-heroes of Selzer’s Travel by Train ferent from his last. He’ll be discussing the luster of a bygone era, work often seek escape from CB History Center of a time when trains were the way to get where you needed the desperation of both their Looking for something to do for Valen- to go. With historic images of some converted or closed external and internal land- tine’s Day week? Look no further than depot stations and even Portland’s Union Station, he’ll scapes via the open roads of the Cannon Beach History Center & Open Mic share the story of Oregon’s railway system. Starting the West, seedy small town Museum’s free lecture series. The series Poetry Night with the Oregon’s first wooden tramway. Join CB bars, and the arms of tempo- kicks off on Thursday, February 12th History Center in a journey through the past of rary lovers who offer fleeting at 7:00 p.m. with a presentation by Last Tuesdays Oregon’s transportation systems through today. salvation. Oregon author Ed Kamholz. JOIN HOST Ric Vrana every last All of this is part of the Oregon Historical “Art Garfunkel’s Old People”is from his collection of short Edward J. Kamholz grew up in Tuesday of the month for Open Mic Railroads Project, of which Kamholz is an active stories, “Leaving,” which comes with a CD of tracks to accompany Vernonia, Oregon, home of Oregon- Poetry, 7pm at the Port of Call at member. The project’s object is to map all Or- and enhance the mood for the listener/reader. A treat to hear live. American operations. His grandfather, 9th and Commercial in Astoria. egon’s historical railroads from 1846 until now and Feb 21, 8pm, relax in the comfort of the living room @ Sou’wester, Alfred “Paddy” Hughes, was the Brings poems . . . each event, in so doing, give a virtual roadmap illustrating how 3728 J Place in Seaview. ALSO at Sou’ wester: On Sat, Feb. 7, chief electrician of the Vernonia mill. there’s something a little bit Anglo culture and much of today’s vehicular road different. Poetry is an at 8pm, SUB POP U.S.A.: The Subterranean Pop Music Anthology, He co-authored the book, The Oregon- infrastructure developed throughout the state. adventure! 1980–1988, by Bruce Pavitt, founder of Sub pop Records. Pavitt American Lumber Company: Ain’t No For those who love maps, who love tales of bygone reads and K Records Calvin Johnson follows with a spin of some More. He has given presentations all over the eras, and who especially love the romanticism associated 45s from the era of the Subterranean Pop fanzine (1980 – ’83). All Pacific Northwest on Oregon’s logging industry with traveling by train. A FREE presentation at the CB History welcome. and transportation. Center, 1387 S. Spruce St, in Cannon Beach.

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Lincoln City Super Auction II. Bid on a Margo Tufo. $5 cover, 9pm at the San Dune variety of items donated by local merchants, Wednesday 25 Pub in Manzanita. Friday 6 Friday Monday artists, and community members. 541- MUSIC Purple Cats. 9pm at the Snug Harbor Bar & MUSIC 994-3070 8pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. Grill in Lincoln City. Jennifer Goodenberger. Jazz piano. No MUSIC HAPPENING LITERARY The Winterlings. 9pm at the Adrift Hotel in cover, 6 – 8:30pm at the Bridgewater Bistro Thursday 26 in Astoria. Bill Hayes. Rock/Folk/Bluegrass. No Burgers & Jam Session. 6 – 9pm at Reading and Musical Score. Author Adam Long Beach. cover, 5 – 8pm at the Cannon Beach the American Legion hall in Cannon Selzer will read his short story, “Art Garfun- John Gorka. Folk. $15 - $25, 7:30pm at the FOOD & DRINK Cookie Company. Beach. kel’s Old People” while accompanied by live CINEMA Liberty Theater in Astoria. musical score from musicians Peter Broder- Wine Tasting. Trium. 1 – 4pm at the Cellar Sometimes a Great Notion. With a presenta- The Weather Machine. 9pm at the Adrift ick, Cory Gray, Raul Pastor Medal, and John on 10th in Astoria Tom Trudell. Jazz piano. No cover, 6– tion by author Matt Love and a special Hotel in Long Beach. Tuesday Askew. Free, 8pm at the Sou’wester Lodge 9pm at the Shelburne Restaurant & musical guest. Free, 6:30pm at the Big O HAPPENING in Seaview. Fisher Poets Gathering. Poetry, performanc- ART Pub in Seaview, WA. Saloon in Olney. Opening Reception. For Fauna, an open MUSIC Manzanita Writer’s Series. Author Lauren es, music, art, workshops, and more. At community art show. 4 – 6pm (exhibit is up Kessler will read from her book “Counter- FOOD & DRINK various locations, most in Astoria. $15 for a Asleep at the Switch. Blues, Country, through March 30) at NCRD in Nehalem. Richard T. Blues. No cover, 5:30 – clockwise: My Year of Hypnosis, Hormones, Special Wine Tasting. Quady North. 4 – 6pm button good for all events. For schedule and 40’s, & 50’s. Free (donations ac- 8:30pm at T Paul’s Supper Club in at the Cellar on 10th in Astoria. Dark Chocolate and Other Adventures in more information, visit fisherpoets.org. HAPPENING cepted), 6 – 8pm at the City Hall in Astoria. the World of Anti-Aging.” Open mic session Stout & Oysters Brewer’s Dinner. A five- Spaceness Event. With Julia Barbee. Pre- Cannon Beach Yoga Festival. A weekend of Garibaldi. follows. $7, 7pm at the Hoffman Center in course meal prepared in the Fort George sentations and fun events. $20 suggested yoga, meditation, music, health & wellness Brian O’Connor. Jazz guitar. No cover, Manzanita. wood-fired oven, pairing locally sourced donation. Starting at non at the Sou’wester treatments, and festivities. CannonBeachY- Maggie & The Cats. Blues/Classic 6pm at the Shelburne Inn in Seaview, Writers on the Edge. Author and journalisy oysters and dark beers. Seating is limited. Lodge in Seaview. souwesterlodge.com/ oga Festival.com Rock. No cover, 6:30pm at Sweet WA $65 for one - $60 each for parties of two Mateo Hoke will read from his work. He is event/spaceness-julia-barbee/?instance_ THEATER Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach. co-editor of “Palestine Speaks: Narratives or more. At Fort George in Astoria. Reserve id=401 your space at the table online at store. Winter Children’s Theater. $10 for adults, of Life Under Occupation,” a collection of Community Talent Showcase. 7pm at $6 for kids 12 and under. 7pm at the ASOC HAPPENING Wednesday fortgeorgebrewery.com or by calling the pub oral histories from Gaza and the West Bank. theHoffman Center in Manzanita. Playhouse in Astoria. Open Mic follows. $6, 7pm at the Newport at (503) 325-PINT. MUSIC Masters of Illusion. Magic Show. At Chinook Social Security. Comedy. 8pm at Theater Happy Hour for Higher Ed. With Visual Arts Center. HAPPENING Winds in Lincoln City. 888-MAIN-ACT West in Lincoln City. significant layoffs looming at Clatsop Ales & Ideas. The Power of Song with Deac Community College, faculty, adminis- Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. THEATER No cover, 6pm at the Rio Café in Take a Number, Darling. Comedy. $15, 7pm Guidi and Nancy Cook. A dynamic explora- Sunday 1 Saturday 7 trators, and the public are gathering Astoria, at the NCRD in Nehalem. tion into the Power of Song in movements weekly to discuss the situation and for social change, mental health treatment, MUSIC MUSIC ‘Night Mother. Drama. $15 - $20, 7:30pm storytelling on stage and film, and even Jennifer Goodenberger. Jazz piano. No David Drury. Jazz Guitar. No cover, 6 – provide information about restoring Suzanne Knutzen. Piano. No cover, at the Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. in advertising. Audience members will be cover, 11:30am – 2pm at the Bridgewater 8:30pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria. teaching jobs. This in a fun setting 7 – 8pm at the Shelburne Restaurant Bistro in Astoria. that anyone can come to, at the entertained by a slideshow, lecture, perfor- Celtic Song & Dance with the Stomptown- & Pub in Seaview, WA Sunday 22 mance, and even audience participation. Live Music. No cover. 8pm at Fort George ers. 7pm at the Lincoln City Cultural Center. Fort George Lovell Taproom, and the Free, 7pm at the Lovell Showroom at Fort Brewery & Public House in Astoria. 541-994-9994 brewery is donating a dollar from HAPPENING MUSIC George in Astoria. Richard T and Friends. Jazz. No cover, Too Long Sparks. 7pm at the Adrift Hotel in Marissa Anderson. Folk/Blues/Country. each pint sold during Happy Hour for 11:30am – 2pm at the Bridgewater Bistro LITERARY Long Beach. No cover, 8pm at the Sou’wester Lodge in Higher Ed, Fridays 3-6 p.m., to a fac- Ecstatic Dance. Spirit-filled, freestyle, in Astoria. ulty fund, which is dedicated toward yogic trance dance. $5 - $7, 6:30 – Last Thursday Poetry Open Mic. With host HAPPENING Seaview. Ric Vrana. Sign up onsite for a short time maximizing faculty positions. 7:45pm, at Pine Grove Community The Age of Aquarius. With the North Coast Fisher Poets Gathering. Poetry, performanc- Jimmy Bivens. 9pm at the Snug Harbor Bar Symphonic Band. Music from the 60s and slot to read your own poems or a poem you & Grill in Lincoln City. House in Manzanita like. 7 – 9pm at Port of Call in Astoria. es, music, art, workshops, and more. At Friday Night Family Skate. 5 – 9pm at 70s. $15, 1:30pm at the Liberty Theater various locations, most in Astoria. $15 for a Sonny Hess. & Vicki Stevens. No cover, 9pm the Astoria Armory. Open Mic Night. 7 – 9pm at Lush in Astoria. Friday 27 button good for all events. For schedule and at Roadhouse 101 in Lincoln City. Loren & Mark. $12, 2pm at the Historic more information, visit fisherpoets.org. Wine Bar in Cannon Beach. (every The Weather Machine. 9pm at the Adrift Wednesday except 1st of the month) Raymond Theater in Raymond. MUSIC OUTSIDE Hotel in Long Beach. Saturday Anna Tivel. 8pm at Fort George Brewery & Brian Johnstone. Jazz & Spanish guitar. No Lincoln City Half Marathon. Starts at 9am ART Public House in Astoria. cover, 6 – 8:30pm at the Bridgewater Bistro at Wapiti Park. Register by calling 541- MUSIC First Saturday Artwalk. Free, 5 – 8pm at Thursday in Astoria. 996-1233 Jaime Wyatt. 8pm at the Adrift Hotel in galleries and other businesses in Seaside Bruce Smith. With special guest John Musician’s Jam. Free, 2 – 4pm at the Long Beach. and Gearhart. MUSIC Koonce. No cover, 7pm at the Sand Trap Monday 2 Tillamook Library. Ronnie Jay Pirnell. 8:30pm at the Snug Pub in Gearhart. FOOD & DRINK Live Music. No cover, 6pm at U Street Harbor Bar & Grill. MUSIC Satori Bob. $12, 7pm at the Cannon Beach Wine Tasting. Wines from Southern Oregon. Jennifer Goodenberger. Classical/ Pub in Seaside. LECTURE Luke & Kati. No cover, 7pm at the Adrift 1 – 4pm at the Cellar on 10th in Astoria History Center and Museum. Hotel in Long Beach. Improvisational/Contemporary piano Lower Columbia Diversity Project. Creating The Winterlings. 9pm at the Adrift Hotel in UnWined 2015. Sip & savor award-winning music. No cover, 6pm at the Shel- Basin Street NW. Jazz. No cover, the Next Generation of Storyteller with Scott Long Beach. Tuesday 3 wine during this tasting event. $25 includes burne Restaurant in Seaview, WA 6:30pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Tucker and Cydonie Fukami. 2 – 4pm at the 10 tastes, appetizers, and more. 5 – 8pm Astoria. Guy Boyington Building in Astoria. HAPPENING MUSIC at the Liberty Theater in Astoria. The Honky Tonk Cowboys. Country. Fisher Poets Gathering. Poetry, performanc- Luke & Kati. No cover, 7pm at the Adrift Italian Dinner & Silent Auction. $10 for No cover, 7 – 10p at the Astoria Randy Weese. Bluegrass/Country. THEATER es, music, art, workshops, and more. At Take a Number, Darling. Comedy. $15, 2pm Hotel in Long Beach. adults and $6 for kids. 5 – 7:30pm at the Moose Lodge. 6:30 – 9pm at the Wine Bar at Sweet various locations, most in Astoria. $15 for a Rockaway Civic Center in Rockaway Beach. Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach. at the NCRD in Nehalem. button good for all events. For schedule and Wednesday 4 more information, visit fisherpoets.org. HAPPENING FOOD & DRINK Monday 23 MUSIC A Night at the Kite Museum. Fun, food, Jam Session. No cover, 7pm at the Masters of Illusion. Magic Show. At Chinook and festivities. $25, 6pm at the World Kite Wine Tasting Special. $9 for 4 2-oz Triangle Tavern in Astoria. MUSIC Winds in Lincoln City. 888-MAIN-ACT Luke & Kati. No cover, 7pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. Museum in Long Beach. kitefestival.com/ pours + complimentary appetizers. Jaime Wyatt. 8pm at the Adrift Hotel in night-at-museum Jim Wilkins. 7pm at the Voodoo Room 4 – 6pm at the Wine Bar at Sweet Long Beach. Saturday 28 in Astoria. Thursday 5 WINGS Conference. Sessions and Work- Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach. LECTURE MUSIC shops for women who are interested in MUSIC Listening to the Land. Or North Coast Troll Radio Revue. Americana. $2 for adults, pursuing a finer quality of life through a ART Through Indian Eyes. With Richard and free for children. 11am – noon at Fort Sky Colony. No cover, 7pm at the Adrift good investment of a day’s time into their Sunday futures. 8am – 3:30pm on the second floor Roberta Basch. Free, 6pm at the Seaside George in Astoria. Hotel in Long Beach. Knitting/Spinning Group. 3 – 5pm at Library. of Columbia Hall at CCC in Astoria. FMI the Astoria Fiber Arts Academy. Tom Trudell. Jazz piano. No cover, 6 – HAPPENING and to register. Go to: wings-clatsop.com/ MUSIC 8:30pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria. First Thursday Trivia. Teams of 1-5 compete Home.html Tuesday 24 for universal admiration and fantastic All That Jazz. Jazz. No cover (dona- HAPPENING Jasper Lepak. $12, 7pm at the Peninsula prizes. Sign up ahead of time or just show Cannon Beach Yoga Festival. A weekend of tions accepted). 2pm at the Wet Dog MUSIC ArtsCenter in Long Beach. yoga, meditation, music, health & wellness up! Free, 5:30 – 6:30pm at the Astoria Poet & Songwriters Circle. If you are 8pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. treatments, and festivities. CannonBeachY- Café in Astoria. Tribute to Hank Williams. With Fred Brandt, Public Library. oga Festival.com interested in writing poetry/songs, LECTURE Ocean Bottom Country Blues, The “Gospel” Honky Tonk Cowboys. No cover, 3 – please drop in and join the group. Past to Present: Columbia River Maritime Trip, Wil Duncan, and Eric Sappington. $10 THEATER Winter Children’s Theater. $10 for adults, 6pm at the Astoria Moose Lodge. 7pm at the Bay City Arts Center. History. Helicopter Pilot for the Columbia includes a jambalaya dinner. Diner at 6pm, THEATER $6 for kids 12 and under. 2pm at the ASOC River Bar Pilots. With Bruce Jones. $5, music at 7pm at the Bay City Arts Center. Social Security. Comedy. 8pm at Theater Brian Johnstone, Flamenco/Jazz/ Poetry Open Mike. No cover, 8:30pm West in Lincoln City. Playhouse in Astoria. 10:30am – noon at the Columbia River Bad Motor Scooter 7. No cover, 9pm at Blues. 5 – 7pm at the Wine Bar at at the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Café Maritime Museum in Astoria. Roadhouse 101 in Lincoln City. Social Security. Comedy. 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln City. Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach. in Cannon Beach.

19 feb15 hipfishmonthly.com FLASH CUTS film. THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE MOVIES & MUSINGS 2015 ACADEMY AWARD PREDICTIONS by Les Kanekuni

BEST PICTURE For most of the fall, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood was the Anna (Kate Bosworth) is in denial. Youngest daughter Lydia (Kristen BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Damien Chazelle’s screenplay for odds-on favorite. Shot over a 12-year period, film is a coming-of-age Stewart), a struggling actress in L.A. handles the situation best. Even Whiplash was nominated by the Writers Guild in the original screenplay drama portraying the same period in the life of 6-18 year-old Mason with the disease’s inexorable progress, Alice finds ingenious strategies category, but move to adapted for the Academy Awards after it was (Ellar Coltrane), his older sister Samantha (Lorelei Linklater) their mother to cope with perhaps the worst situation a person is faced with – the deemed to have been based on his short film of the same name. No Olivia (Patricia Arquette) and Olivia’s ex Mason Sr. (Ethan Hawke). What destruction of self. Five times previously nominated, but never a winner, matter. Chazelle’s crackling script about the battle of wills between seems a gimmick comes off as almost like real life as we literally see Moore looks due for a win. conductor and student in music school is the favorite here. Chazelle the kids grow up onscreen as their mother struggles to bring them up has said the drill sergeant conductor character of Terrence Fletcher was through frequent moves and bad husbands. After the Producers Guild Pick: Julianne Moore based on a demanding high school music teacher of his. Unlike the pro- Awards, though, Alejandro Iñárritu’s Birdman scored an upset win, vault- tagonist Andrew Neyman in Whiplash, who possesses Buddy Rich-like ing it into the driver’s seat for Best Picture. Eighteen of the last 25 Best Other nominees: Reese Witherspoon (Wild), Rosamund Pike (Gone talent, Chazelle realized he was not talented enough to make it in music Picture winners have won the PGA award. Birdman tells the story of Girl), Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Marion Cotillard (Two and went into filmmaking. down on his luck actor Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton), once famous Days, One Night) for playing superhero Birdman but now reduced to a desperate attempt Pick: Whiplash (Damien Chazelle) to revive his career by producing, directing and starring in a Broadway BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR The surest bet of the acting awards has to adaptation of a Raymond Carver short story even as his alter ego Bird- be J.K. Simmons for his searing performance as the sadistic conductor Other nominees: American Sniper (Jason Hall), The Imitation Game man appear and degrades him. Terrence Fletcher in Whiplash. At the prestigious Shaffer Conservatory (Graham Moore), Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson), The Theory of music school, Fletcher rules the top jazz band with an iron fist – berat- Everything (Anthony McCarten) Pick: Birdman ing, cajoling, insulting, even resorting to physical violence – all in his single minded pursuit of excellence. As Fletcher constantly reminds his BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Mexican cinematographer Emmanuel Other Nominees: Boyhood, American Sniper, The Imitation Game, players, success with his band can lead to professional careers. Failure is “Chivo” Lubezki goes for two wins in a row after his Oscar last year for Selma, The Theory of Everything, Whiplash, The Grand Budapest Hotel for losers and is not to be tolerated. Players are dismissed routinely for Gravity. His impressive work on Birdman with its constantly moving the slightest of infractions. “There are no two words more harmful in the camera and long takes could win over the Academy. The portrait-like BEST DIRECTOR With a win, Birdman director Alejandro Iñárritu could entire English language than ‘good job’” is Fletcher’s mantra. Desperate black and white cinematography for Polish film Ida is a challenger. create a Mexican New Wave in Hollywood, with last year’s win by Al- for success, the students have the demeanor of beaten dogs. Into this fonso Cuarón (Gravity). The Best Director prize is not always paired with is thrown 19-year-old Andrew Neyman (Miles Teller), who idolizes jazz Pick: Chivo gets the double a Best Picture win as we saw two years ago when Argo took top honors drummer Buddy Rich and aspires to his heights. But he immediately but director Ben Affleck was not even nominated and last year when becomes the pet whipping dog of Fletcher who sees talent and perhaps Other nominees: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Robert Yeoman), Ida Cuarón won, but Gravity did not. However, bravura directing is usually a little of his own ruthlessness in Andrew. With every insult and knock- (Lukasz Zal and Lyszard Lenczewski), Mr. Turner (Dick Pope), Unbroken rewarded and Iñárritu’s work on Birdman certainly qualifies. Construct- down from Fletcher, Andrew comes back for more. (Roger Deakins) ed of long takes with no visible cuts, the director’s work is a tour de force. More importantly, the cast as a whole was excellent, from comic Pick: J.K. Simmons BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Polish direct Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida actor Zach Galifianakis to burgeoning star Emma Stone to topliner tells the story of young Anna (Agata Trzebuchowska) a novitiate nun, Michael Keaton’s career comeback. Boyhood could still win Best Picture, Other nominees: Robert Duvall (The Judge), Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher), about to take her vows. However before she does, her Mother Superior but Iñárritu’s work is undoubtedly the most impressive. Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Edward Norton (Birdman) insists she meet her only living relative, an aunt Wanda (Agata Kulesza), a judge in the Communist system who is Anna’s polar opposite. Wanda Pick: Alejandro Iñárritu (Birdman) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Patricia Arquette leads this category smokes and drinks up a storm and promptly tells the young girl that her for her complex, nuanced performance in Boyhood as a single mother real name is Ida and she is Jewish. She insists on them taking a trip to Other nominees: Richard Linklater (Boyhood), Bennett Miller (Fox- trying to cope while raising two children. Olivia (Arquette) clearly has a her former family farm to learn the truth about the disappearance of her catcher), Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Morten Tydlum good head on her shoulder practically and just as clearly is a poor judge family. Shot in ravishing black-and-white, the film feels like a straight-up (The Imitation Game) of men. Bringing up 6-year-old Mason, Jr. (Ellar Coltrane) and his older art film from the early ‘60s, when the story is set. sister Samantha (Lorelei Linklater) alone after she and the kid’s irrespon- BEST ACTOR Eddie Redmayne scored an upset win over Michael sible father Mason, Sr. (Ethan Hawke) divorce, Olivia moves the family Pick: Ida Keaton at the Screen Actors Guild awards for his performance as Ste- to Houston to complete her degree so she can get a job. But for every phen Hawking in The Theory of Everything. Basically a romance, story step forward Olivia takes professionally, she backslides with her choice Other nominees: Leviathan, Tangerines, Timbuku, Wild Tales follows Hawking as a young man at university who meets fellow student of men. After marrying her professor Bill Welbrock (Marco Perella), she Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones). As Hawkings struggles with his thesis, he discovers he is an extreme disciplinarian, forcing Mason, Jr. to cut off BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Laura Poitras’s film Citizenfour collapses. Doctors inform him he has a motor neuron disease that will his long hair. Over time, Bill becomes a violent, abusive alcoholic. Olivia documents in almost real time the chilling emergence and allegations cause his muscles to waste away and cause his death in two years. De- moves the family and divorces Bill. Over time, she becomes a psychol- of whistleblower Edward Snowden – that the U.S. government was spite this, Jane and Stephen fall in love. Jane sacrifices her career to care ogy professor. As the kids grow up, they become closer to Mason, Sr. illegally spying on its own citizens under the guise of “national security.” for Stephen and their family. As his disease progresses, Jane’s burden who has matured and started a new family. But Olivia falls back into her An anonymous emailer using the name “citizenfour” contacts Poitras, grows heavier and heavier, even as Stephen’s career hits the strato- old pattern when she weds Iraq war veteran Jim, who disapproves of a well-know documentary filmmaker. After tense, close to paranoid sphere. The SAG awards are voted on strictly by actors, while the Acad- Mason, Jr.’s late nights after he develops an interest in girls. communications, Poitras and fellow journalist Glenn Greenwald meet emy as a whole votes for Best Actor. Still, actors are the largest segment Snowden in Hong Kong where he discloses to them how the National of the Academy, so Redymayne could win again. While Redmayne’s Pick: Patricia Arquette Security Agency is collecting information on Americans emails, cell- character was clearly different from him, former Batman Michael Keaton phone conversations, bank records and even web searches. After turn- could be seen as playing himself, something that has hurt nominees in Other nominees: Laura Dern (Wild), Keira Knightley (The Imitation ing over reams of documents to the journalists, the journalists decide the past. The 63-year-old Keaton could be the sentimental favorite. Game), Emma Stone (Birdman), Meryl Streep (Into the Woods) between themselves and their editors how to break the story without compromising security, knowing that their bombshell revelations will Pick ‘em: Michael Keaton Eddie Redmayne BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Birdman director Alejandro Iñárritu attract the full wrath of the U.S. government on Snowden and possibly and his team of writers fashioned the most original tale of the year themselves. Other nominees: Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Steve Carell (Fox- with their story of an over-the-hill actor famous for playing a superhero catcher), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) being haunted with self-doubt (voiced by his Birdman alter ego) while Pick: Citizenfour trying to resurrect his career by mounting a Raymond Carver short story BEST ACTRESS In a year of great performances of perhaps not-great adaptation on Broadway. The director has said the impetus for the dark Other nominees: Finding Vivian Maier, Last Days in Vietnam, Virunga, characters, Julianne Moore is the favorite for her portrayal of a woman in comedy was his turning 50 and personal events that mirrored what the The Salt of the Earth the prime of her life stricken with early Alzheimer’s disease. In Still Alice, character Riggan Thompson was going through. Moore plays Columbia University linguistics professor Alice Howland. Celebrating her 50th birthday, Alice’s husband John (Alec Baldwin) sa- Pick: Birdman (Alejandro Iñárritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dine- lutes her as the most beautiful, intelligent person he’s ever known. But laris, Jr. & Armando Bo) The 87th Academy Awards Will Be Presented, soon, Alice begins to forget words. Going for a jog around campus, she loses her way. When the diagnosis comes, Alice bears up better than her Other nominees: Boyhood (Richard Linklater), Foxcatcher (E. Max Sunday, February 22nd. Enjoy! family does. John initially won’t accept the diagnosis. Lawyer daughter Frye and Dan Futterman), The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson), Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy) feb15 hipfishmonthly.com 20 Featuring biking quips, quibbles, and some damn THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE 2015 ACADEMY AWARD PREDICTIONS good advice from Margaret Hammitt-McDonald.

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY© Copyright 2014 Rob Brezsny February By Margaret Hammitt-McDonald ARIES (March 21-April 19): Do you have an entourage or posse LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Life has a big, tough assignment for that helps you work magic you can’t conjure up alone? Is there a you. Let’s hope you’re up for the challenge. There’s not much group of co-conspirators that prods you to be brave and farsee- wiggle room, I’m afraid. Here it is: You must agree to experience ing? If not, try to whip one up. And if you do have an inspirational more joy and pleasure. The quest for delight and enchantment Bike Messengers: A Disappearing crew, brainstorm about some new adventures for all of you to has to rise to the top of your priority list. To be mildly entertained embark on. Scheme and dream about the smart risks and edu- isn’t enough. To be satisfied with lukewarm arousal is forbid- Urban Frontier? cational thrills you could attempt together. According to my read- den. It’s your sacred duty to overflow with sweet fulfillment and N MY TWENTIES, I attended graduate Ironically, reports Neil Bezdek (who ing of the astrological omens, you especially need the sparkle interesting bliss. Find ways to make it happen! Ischool in New York City, a place never used to be a bike courier in New York and rumble that a feisty band of allies can incite. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may have never sampled the lacking in adventure, including the two- City), most of the folks who look and TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The cosmos seems to be granting you southeast Asian fruit called durian. It’s controversial. Some wheeled kind. My cycling journeys were ride as they imagine messengers do a license to be brazenly ambitious. I’m not sure how long this people regard it as the “king of fruits,” and describe its taste tame in comparison aren’t professional boost will last, so I suggest you capitalize on it while it’s surging. as sweet and delicious. Naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace said with what I imag- messengers. He What achievement have you always felt insufficiently prepared or it was like “a rich custard highly flavored with almonds.” But ined as the exciting notes that while the powerful to accomplish? What person or club or game have you other people find the durian unlikable, comparing its aroma to life of the bicycle job does have its considered to be out of your league? What issue have you feared turpentine or decaying onions. TV chef Anthony Bourdain asserts messengers darting hazards, the typical was beyond your understanding? Rethink your assumptions. At that its “indescribable” taste is “something you will either love in and out of mid- messenger rides least one of those “impossibilities” may be more possible than or despise.” I foresee the possibility that your imminent future town traffic, astride more slowly and usual. will have metaphorical resemblances to the durian, Scorpio. My stalwart steeds with takes fewer chances advice? Don’t take things personally. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When I attended the University of Cali- frames covered than the public fornia at Santa Cruz, my smartest friend was Gemini writer Clare SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Talking will be your art form in duct tape (to assumes they must Cavanagh. She headed off to Harvard for her graduate studies, in the coming weeks. It’ll be healing and catalytic. You could discourage theft do in order to deliv- and later became a pre-eminent translator of Polish poetry. set personal records for most engaging phone conversations, or protect them er materials quickly. Her work has been so skillful that Nobel Prize-winning Polish emails, text messages, and face-to-face dialogs. The sheer inten- from damage?) I He notes that they poet Czselaw Milosz selected her as his authorized biographer. sity of your self-expression could intimidate some people, excite watched these wild earn their reputa- Interviewing Milosz was a tough job, Clare told blogger Cynthia others, and generate shifts in your social life. Here are a few riders grab onto tion for speed for Haven. He was demanding. He insisted that she come up with tips to ensure the best results. First, listen as passionately as the frames of taxis the way they navi- “questions no one’s asked me yet.” And she did just that, of you speak. Second, make it your intention to communicate, not to give themselves gate mail rooms course. Formulating evocative questions is a Gemini specialty. I just unload your thoughts. Tailor your messages for your specific a speed boost. I and office buildings audience. Third, reflect on the sometimes surprising revelations invite you to exercise that talent to the hilt in the coming week. didn’t envy their with which they that emerge from you. They’ll give you new insights into yourself. It’s prime time for you to celebrate a Curiosity Festival. exposure to tailpipe become familiar, CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Somewhere someone is traveling CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Let’s say you want to buy an fumes and com- not for their zippi- furiously toward you,” writes poet John Ashbery, “at incredible 18-karat gold ring. To get that much gold, miners had to excavate bative drivers, but I ness in traffic (“5 speed, traveling day and night, through blizzards and desert and move six tons of rock. Then they doused the rock with admired their elan Myths About NYC heat, across torrents, through narrow passes. But will he know poisonous cyanide, a chemical that’s necessary to extract the and chutzpah. They Bike Messengers,” where to find you, recognize you when he sees you, give you the good stuff. In the process, they created toxic waste. Is the gold inhabited an urban Wild West, jockey- Velojoy, June 20, 2012). thing he has for you?” This passage might not be literally true, ring worth that much trouble? While you ponder that, let me ask ing with buses in lanes “that ain’t big Perhaps Chicago is a hairier place for Cancerian. There may be no special person who is headed your you a different question. What if I told you that over the course enough for the both of us,” sometimes messengers than New York, as former of the next five months, you could do what’s necessary to obtain way from a great distance, driven by a rapt intention to offer you cast as the heroic Lone Rangers of the messenger Travis Hugh Culley’s lyrical a metaphorical version of a gold ring? And although you would a blessing. But I think Ashbery’s scenario is accurate in a meta- delivery world, at other times cursed at yet hard-hitting memoir, The Immortal have to process the equivalent of six tons of raw material to get phorical way. Life is in fact working overtime to bring you gifts as outlaws. Class: Bike Messengers and the Cult and help. Make sure you cooperate! Heighten your receptivity. it, you wouldn’t have to use poison or make a mess. Would you Now that fax machines, the Internet, of Human Power, erupts with scary Have a nice long talk with yourself, explaining why you deserve do it? and cell phones have made possible encounters on the road, injuries to self such beneficence. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1899, the King of the African instantaneous delivery of time-sensitive and bike, and even one death in the line LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1768, Britain’s Royal Society commis- nation of Swaziland died while dancing. His only son, Sobhuza, materials, have these jousting knights of of work. His co-workers, like Bezdek’s, sioned navigator James Cook to lead a long naval voyage west to was soon crowned as his successor, despite being just four the city streets vanished like that iconic, are hard-working blue-collar types, not Tahiti, where he and his team were supposed to study the planet months old. It took a while for the new King to carry out his mythical frontier? affluent hipsters whose skinny jeans duties with aplomb, and he needed major guidance from his Venus as it made a rare transit across the face of the sun. But it There’s evidence that the population would have cost Culley’s monthly pay grandmother and uncle. Eventually he showed great aptitude for turned out that task was a prelude. Once the transit was done, of bicycle messengers has declined, but from his piecework, benefit-free job. He Cook opened the sealed orders he had been given before leaving the job, though, and ruled until his death at age 83. I’m getting a Sobhuza-type vibe as I meditate on you, Aquarius. New power a cursory search on the Internet turns up describes movingly how the hit-and-run England. They revealed a second, bigger assignment, kept secret a healthy number of businesses deliver- death of a fellow messenger galva- until then: to reconnoiter the rumored continent that lay west of may come to you before you’re fully ready to wield it. But I have ing items that can’t travel through the nized a group of fiercely independent Tahiti. In the coming months, he became the first European to confidence you will grow into it, especially if you’re not shy about airwaves, anything from food to legal mavericks to cohere as a community, visit the east coast of Australia. I foresee a comparable progres- seeking help. documents requiring a non-electronic united for justice and laws to protect sion for you, Leo. The task you’ve been working on lately has PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the 1951 animated movie version been a prelude. Soon you’ll receive your “sealed orders” for the signature. Every time I visit Portland, cyclists. He makes the case that bike of Alice in Wonderland, Alice says to herself, “I give myself very I notice cyclists mounted atop spe- advocacy would not have achieved its next leg of your journey. good advice, but I very seldom follow it.” I hope you won’t be like cially designed heavy-duty bikes that current prominence, or met so many of her, Pisces. It’s an excellent time for you to heed your own good VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): According to computer security transport not just a take-out order but its goals, without the expertise, energy, advice. In fact, I suspect that doing so will be crucial to your abil- company Symantec, you’re not in major danger of contracting an an entire food cart. I’ve also spotted and persistence of the messenger online virus from a porn website. The risk is much greater when ity to make smart decisions and solve a knotty problem. This is one of those turning points when you really have to practice what bicycle movers hauling items as large as contingent. (If you appreciate having the you visit religious websites. Why? They’re often built by inexpe- mattresses and couches. right to occupy the whole lane on a city rienced programmers, and as a result are more susceptible to you preach. You’ve got to walk your talk. The industry has also left its stylistic street, thank a cycle courier!) hackers’ attacks. In the coming weeks, Virgo, there may be a The bike frontier may be as mythic as similar principle at work in your life. I suspect you’re more likely [Editor: Here’s the homework:] mark on cyclists, with everything from to be undermined by nice, polite people than raw, rowdy folks. the eponymous messenger bag to the Wild West of dime-store novels and Homework: What’s the most important thing you’ve never done? skinny jeans as riding garb and funky movies, but the cycling world would be I’m not advising you to avoid the do-gooders and sweet faces. Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com. Just be careful that their naivete doesn’t cause problems. And in fixed-gear bikes personalized with rub- a poorer, duller place without its mes- the meantime, check out what the raw, rowdy folks are up to. ber critters glued to the handlebars. senger vanguard.

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The society is seeking volunteers tojoin 7 days a week. 1/2price for new students Maher PILATES M/W/F 8:45-9:45am, Instructor: with how to clam and also how to clean & cook members in identifying and visiting cem- first month and locals residents first day free. Sam Peters. GENTLE STRETCHING,M/W 5:30- your clams. At Harborview Inn & RV Park in eteries to catalog theinformation for future Free parking and a handicapped ramp is 6:30pm & 6:45-7:45pm, Sat 9-10am Instructor: Garibaldi. To register please call 503-322-3251. generations. The society would also be grateful available. http://riverszen.com orFacebook. Angela Sidlo Private lessons available $25/hr. forany information from the public regarding WRITING WORKSHOP on Character Develop- com/RiversZen. Drop In rate for classes $10. Contact Angela old cemeteries and burial sitesthat may not ment. February 21. With Lauren Kessler. at 503.338.9921 to sign up for a class. Fee: Tai be commonly known. If you are interested, Characters propel plot. Characters make us YOGA • NCRD. Celebrating 20 years of com- Chi class $50 per month. Qigong class $40 per contact thesociety at www.clatsopcounty- The Big O Saloon’s Feb 26 screening care. How do you create living, breathing, munity yoga, and offering ongoing year-round month. Stretching class is $75 per month for believable -- and memorable -- characters? claases as follows: Monday, Yoga of the Heart, M/W/F and $50 for M/W.Yoga $50/month M/W [email protected] or call 503-325-1963 or of Sometimes a Great Notion. This workshop, for both fiction and nonfiction 8:15 - 9:45 am, instructors: Lorraine Ortiz and classes. Get a punch card for $50 and mix ‘n 503-298-8917. Lucy Brook (no drop ins); Monday, Vinyasa, match 8 class sessions. What better place to watch the greatest movie ever made about writers, explores the four main ways writers VOLUNTEER AT THE CANNERY MUSEUM. The can create three-dimensional characters. $50, 2:00 - 3:30 pm, instructor Charlene Gernert; logging than in a real logger bar decorated with chainsaws and ZUMBA. Low Impact Fitness for many ages. Hanthorn Cannery Museum on Pier 39 in 10am – 3pm at the Hoffman Center in Manza- Tuesday, Mixed Levels, 4:00 - 5:30 pm, instruc- Licensed instruction. Tolovana Community Astoria is housed in the oldest cannery build- saw blades? nita. Register at hoffmanblog.org tor Monica Isbell; Wednesday, Yoga Stretch, 8:00 - 9:30 am, instructor Lucy Brook; Wednes- Hall 3779 S. Hemlock, Cannon Beach, Call Joy: ing on the Columbia, and preserves the history On Thursday Feb. 26, the Big O Saloon in Olney will host a FIBER ARTS. NCRD is hosting the North Coast day, Restorative Yoga, 2:00 - 3:30 pm, instructor 503.738.6560 of the cannery workers and the canneries rare public screening of Sometimes a Great Notion. The movie, Fiber Arts Group on Mondays from 1-3 pm Charlene Gernert; Thursday,Yoga of the Heart, that made the city famous. The museum is adapted from Ken Kesey’s epic novel about a defiant family of in the Riverbend Room. If you do handwork 8:15 - 9:45 am, instructors: Lorraine Ortiz and open year-round at no charge and attracts of any kind...knitting, crocheting, weaving, Lucy Brook (no drop ins); Thursday, Level I, 5:45 SPIRITUALITY thousands of visitors from all over the NW and loggers, starred Paul Newman and was filmed on the Central macramé, needlepoint, etc. You are welcome - 7:15 pm, instructor Monica Isbell; Friday, Very CONVERSATIONS WITH MOTHER MARY. beyond. The Hanthorn Foundation (a 501(c) Oregon Coast during the summer of 1970. The film was released to come and join like-minded folk. Bring your Gentle Yoga, 8:00 - 9:30 am, instructor Lucy Come and experience the Love and Wisdom 3) needs volunteer staff to welcome people to in 1971 to an indifferent nationwide audience but remains a cult knitting problems on the 3rd Monday of the Brook; Saturday, Mixed Levels, 8:00 - 9:30 am, of Mother Mary through her channel Barbara this unique site and share a little local history. month and get help from knitting instructor classic in the Pacific Northwest. instructor Lorraine Ortiz. All classes meet at Beach. Sunday Jan11, 2015, 10:30 to No experience needed, no age limits, and you Lou Stine.The group will be working on NCRD, 36155 9th Street in Nehalem, Room 5. 12:30ish. In Seaside, Oregon. Call or email The Big O will offer a Hank Stamper Olympia and meatloaf sand- charity projects in the future such as Warm Up definitely do not have to stand! Nor will you For more information call 503-368-7160. for directions: 503-717-4302 beach- wich special, free popcorn, the warmth of crackling woodstove fire America or Carewear. email Jane for further at the end of the day, smell like a fish. To learn [email protected]. Suggested dona- more, please call Peter Marsh: 503-470-0356 or to enjoy the film, and a special musical guest. Astoria writer Matt information. [email protected] YOGA • MANZANITA. Silver Services Yoga tion $15.00. Bring finger food if you feel so with Holly Smith. Meeting each Thursday [email protected] ZUMBA. Come join the Zumba party at North inclined. The gathering will include a healing Love, author of Sometimes a Great Movie: Paul Newman, Ken Ke- from 10 to 11:30am beginning March 14, County Recreation District in Nehalem, Or- circle, channeled conversation with Mother Weekly Habitat Restoration/Stewardship Work sey and the Filming of the Great Oregon Novel, will introduce the egon. Winter class runs through March. 2013. Cost: $40 for five classes. (Sorry, no Mary, snacks and sharing. Parties. 10 am - noon. Meet at Alder Creek drop-ins) To Register: Call Holly at 503-368- movie and take questions after the screening. He will also discuss Farm, at the end of Underhill Lane between Attire: Loose gym clothing, non-gripping 4883. There is a richness which comes from COLUMBIA RIVER MEDITATION GROUP. Spon- new revelations about the legend of whether Newman cut the Nehalem and Manzanita. Dress for the weather sneakers, a water bottle & lots of energy! Rosa lessons learned in the later stages of life. sored by Great Vow Monastery. Meets ever and prepare to get outside with great people legs off a tavern pool table with a chainsaw during the production. Erlebach – instructor. Ncrd. 36155 9th Street Silver Services Yoga provides instruction in Wednesday in the FLag Room of the Public on beautiful properties doing a variety of habi- Nehalem, Or 97131(503) 368-4595 Rerlebach@ simple yoga postures with props, breath and LIbrary. Time: 5:45 - 6:55. MOVING to Clatsop The event is free and begins at 6:30 p.m. The Big O is Gmail.Com energy work, meditation and relaxation. Community College on Tuesdays @ 6-7:30pm, tat restoration activities. For more information starting Sept 30. Regtration is required at CCC. contact Lower Nehalem Community Trust, located 9.5 miles up Highway 202. The Hoffman Center Clay Studio. Manzanita. YOGA North Coast Recreation District. Class# is F.T085054, Rm 209 Towler Hall. All 503-368-3203, [email protected]. Drop by studio to reserve or e-mail hoffman- Nehalem. Yoga Schedule. Mondays: Yoga are welcome to practice - quiet setting and or bass.. Jazz, Blues, Funk, Country, Reggae, more information, contact us at astoriachess- [email protected]. The Clay Studio open of the Heart 8:15-9:45 a.m.; Vinyasa Flow slow walking meditation. Local contact: Ron VISITOR CENTER SEEKS VOLUNTEERS. Rock, Folk, etc. All players welcome. [email protected] or visit our Facebook page.” Tues and Thurs from 10am to 4pm and the sec- 4-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays: Mixed Level Yoga Maxted - 503.338.9153. email: ronmaxted@ The Astoria Warrenton Chamber of Com- ond and fourth Saturdays from 10am to 2pm. 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays: Morning Yoga wwestsky.net merce operates the Visitor Center located at TILLAMOOK PILOTS ASSOCIATION. A non- Stretch 8-9:30 a.m. Dig Deep Yoga 4-5:30 111 West Marine Drive in Astoria. The Center DOES FOOD RUN YOUR LIFE? Come to MEDITIATION/PAINTING FOR WOMEN. MEETINGS AND MEET-UPS! profit organization, meets the firstSaturday Overeaters Anonymous every Wednesday p.m. Restorative Yoga 5:45-7:15 p.m. is open year-round with visitor information each month at the Airbase Cafe (Tillamook Fridays, February 27 – March 20. With Linda PFLAG NORTHCOAST. Parents and Friends of from 7-8pm in the Seaside Public Library, Thursdays:Yoga of the Heart 8:15-9:45 Wiebenson. These classes are a series of four about the local area, the state of Oregon and Air Museum) at 9am for their regular business Lesbian, Gay , Bisexual, Queer people, meets Board Room B. No dues, fees or weigh-ins. a.m.; Fridays: Very Gentle Yoga 8-9:30 quiet mornings of meditation, reflection and beyond. The Chamber is looking to bolster meeting and to promote general aviation. every third Thursday of the month. This month Everyone welcome! (if you have questions call a.m. Saturdays: Mixed Level Yoga 8-9:30 silent painting. The paintings will be your pri- their crew of volunteers for the upcoming Next meeting is August 2nd and breakfast is 503-505-1721). a.m.More info: www.ncrdnehalem.org/about- vate response to the reading and meditation. busy season and you may be just the person Dec 18. 6:30-8:30pm. At the First Lutheran available. If you are interested in learning to us/schedules/ Neither experience with meditation nor paint- for the job. “All that is needed is a welcoming Church, 725 33rd Street, Astoria OR. fly, or are simply interested in general avia- French Conversation Group Re-Start. The ing is necessary. All supplies will be furnished. smile and a desire to assist our visitors,” says tion why not come to themeeting and meet group is devoted to speaking French only. LINE DANCING. NCRD is hosting Line Danc- VETERANS FOR PEACE. The North Coast Chap- $20/ 4-week session. 9:30am – 12:30pm at the Suzanne Cannon, Visitor Services Manager. similar-minded folks? The TPA owns a Cessna It is NOT a class, so please do not show up ing with Teresa on Saturday mornings from ter of V for P will meet on Thursday, December Center for Contemplative Arts in Manzanita. “We’ll teach you the rest.”Volunteers typically 172 available for members to rent for instruc- expecting to learn French from scratch. Once 10am to noon. Come on out an do Bootin’ 11 at the NCRD, on 9th Street in Nehalem. Register at 541-231-0136 work a three-hour shift, once a week. They tion or for general use for licensed pilots who you step through the door of the Riverbend Scootin’ Boogie and MANY more. Fun for all Gather in the Riverbend Room at 6:30 for a primarily greet visitors in person and by are members of TPA. Check out tillamookpi- Room, it is French only. It will be on Satur- ages. $1.00 admission fee. North Coast Rec A SILENT MEDITATION • with Lola Sacks. St. social half-hour (refreshments provided) and at phone, and may also help with answering lots.org for more information. days, from 1-3pm at NCRD in the Riverbend District in Nehalem. Catherine’s Center for the Contemplative Arts, 7pm for a short meeting. The main focus will Room. There is a nominal charge of $1/ Manzanita: Monday Nights 5 - 5:45 Call 368- mail requests and other tasks as needed. MEN’S GROUP FORMING. Forming a new more YOGA • Bay City Arts Center. Classed with be how to make Christmastime more mean- person/time. For more information email Jane 6227 for more info. For more details, contact Suzanne at 503- inclusive Men’s Group in North County. EVEry Michelle Lawhorn - Mon & Thurs 6pm. $5 ingful for Tillamook County veterans who are or call her 503-368-3901 or, call Paul Miller 325-6311 or stop by to pick up a volunteer other week on Sunday nights 5:30-7:30pm, at per class. LECTIO DIVINA • Meditation with Holy in need. We will also talk about a local veteran at 503-368-5715. application. the Center For Contemplative Arts in Manza- Scripture. The Center for the Contemplative who was a World War Two prisoner of war and YOGA • Manzanita. The Center for the nita. It would benefit all to experience a more Toddler Arts Group. Every Wednesday 10 to Arts, Manzanita: Tuesday Mornings 10- discuss what we can do to honor his passing. Contemplative Arts, Manzanita: Tuesday diverse circle of men - all ages - all walks of life 11am –Get your toddler started in the arts! 11:30. Call 368-6227 for more info. Please feel free to join us! You don’t need to Activities are geared towards ages 1–3, but evenings 5 - 5:45pm. $35 for 5 classes. Call OPEN MICS - all points of view - let’s expand the possibili- be a veteran to participate -- men and women, age birth–5 are welcome. All children must 368-6227 for more info. LABYRINTH WALK • Grace Episcopal ties. Bring yourself, be yourself, add yourself THE BEEHIVE IN NEHALEM is hosting veteran and non-veteran, all are welcome to be accompanied by a caregiver. Bay City Arts Church, 1545 Franklin St, Astoria, 3-6. to the mix, see what happens. Contact: Darel Yoga in Gearhart. Gearhart Workout. For an open Mic from 3-6 every Saturday Center, Bay City. Every 1st Sunday. attend. We look forward to seeing you! Grothaus 206-818-4833. more information log on to www.gearhart- afternoon. For more information and/or to workout.com 3470 Hwy. 101 N. Suite 104 get your name on the list contact Mick Taylor The Lower Columbia Classics Car Club. Invita- BREASTFEEDING INFORMATION & SUPPORT. La BODY WORK•YOGA•FITNESS in Gearhart VOLUNTEER at [email protected] tion to all who are interested in Collector Leche League’s monthly support group meet- Cars to attend one of our monthly meetings. ings provide an opportunity for both new and YOGA • Nehalem. Ongoing yoga classes at Clatsop Care Center is looking for volunteers YOGA NAMASTÉ. Unlimited community yoga LAST TUESDAY poetry open mic. Port of The meetings are held at Steve Jordan’s Shop experienced mothers to share their questions NCRD are as follows: Monday, Level II, 5:15- to assist in our Quality of Life Department. classes plus a 90 min. massage or private yoga Call, 9th & Commercial, Astoria, 7 to 9pm, Building, located at 35232 Helligso Lane in or concerns, and to talk with each other about 6:45 pm, Nicole Hamic; Wednesday, Morning Your presence could make a difference in their $125. Regular yoga(90min-class) unlimited Jan 27. Sign up onsite for a short time slot rural Astoria - meet on the 3rd Thursday of the special joys and challenges of parenting. Yoga Stretch, 8-9:30 am, Lucy Brook; Thursday, lives. Volunteer roles can be customized to fit $90. Community yoga(60min-class) unlimited to read your own poems or a poem you like. each month. If you are interested and need We especially encourage expectant and new $45. Regular Yoga Classes à la carte $15/class. Yoga for Parents & Kids, 3:45-4:45 pm, Charlene your schedule & preferences in terms of type Host: poet Ric Vrana. the directions to get there, you may call Steve mothers to join us. Healthy babies and tod- Community Yoga classes à la carte $10/class. Gernert; Thursday, Level I, 5:45 - 7:15 pm, of activity and time commitment. Volunteer roles include visiting & building friendships Jordan at 503-325-1807 dlers are always welcome at La Leche League Offers expire 12/20/2013. 342 1oth Street Charlene Gernet; Friday, Very Gentle Yoga, WEEKLY JAM SESSION happens every Wed with individuals, reading aloud to residents, meetings. second Tuesdays, from 6:30 - 8 pm Astoria. wwwyoganam.com. 503 440 9761. 8-9:30 am, Lucy Brook. eve. from 7 to 10 at the “Port of Call” in Astoria playing music , singing with residents, as- THE ASTORIA CHESS CLUB. meets Saturday at Grace Episcopal Church, nursery room, 1545 LOTUS YOGA ASTORIA. Classes with Certi- QIGONG. Free. Easy relaxing exercise & sisting on outings, conducting a movie night (used to be the Shipyard). A 3 piece host band mornings at 11:30 AM at Three Cups Coffee Franklin Ave, Astoria. Meet 2nd Monday of the fied, Experienced Teachers: Monday - Gentle meditation qigong class.Helps arthritis & fibro- activity, assisting in craft activities, games, to jam with any one who wants to sit in. Peter House and Thursday evenings at 5:30 PM at month at 10am- Astoria .FOR FURTHER INFO, 9:00am, Level 1 5:30am, Tuesday - Level 2 myalgia, reduces stress, Helps balance. Tues & cooking activities & other activities. Volunteers Unander on keys and/or bass, Tom Peake on the Hotel Elliott’s wine bar. Players of all ages PLEASE CONTACT JANET WEIDMAN @ 503- 6am, Wednesday - Gentle 9am, Restorative Thurs, 9am to 10am, Astoria Methodist Church, will need to pass a criminal background check drums and Richard Thomasian on guitar and/ and skill levels are welcome to attend. For 325-1306 or Megan Oien: 503-440-4942. feb15 hipfishmonthly.com 22 limited thinking of our species. more perspective. Star beings Scientists today are finding other have come to earth to help our AT THE galaxies with earth like planets. species, educate, experiment ANIMAL SHELTER They have even stated that life on and simply observe. Others VOLUNTEER on other planets seems more and have already integrated and cross more likely. Extraterrestrials or pollinated with humans. There is star beings come in all shapes an influence from above that has Can you donate a and sizes, some more advanced marked many sites around the few hours a week than humans and with physical world from Stonehenge to the to help the dogs form. Some aliens have no form Great Pyramids. We have been and cats at the and try to inhabit other bodies intercepted by the Gods in many Animal Shelter? Messages that are already here. We have lifetimes and those who experi- CAA needs help! limited our minds to believe if we enced such an encounter left us The work’s not Sonja Grace can’t see it then it’s not real. That the messages carved in stone hard and it’s mystic healer negates your energy systems, with a much different understand- terrifically what you feel and the entire spirit ing for the star beings that came rewarding. realm! The unseen can be scary to earth. to many people and this comes For over thirty years, author Star Beings from living in a society that has and Mystic Healer, Sonja Grace nurtured the wounded child. has been offering her internation- People around the world have and inscriptions of figures that Until we parent that inner five al clientele, immediate stability, practiced some sort of spiritual- were revered. But who are these year old and comfort their fear we clarity, and guidance. Sonja is ism throughout history. The hu- beings and where did they come have a tendency to experience an energy surgeon who works man experience lends to our soul from? ‘fear’ as if we were still five years with the physical, emotional, body having physical form and The number of star beings that old. This results in a lot of adults mental and spiritual bodies. She the opportunity to feel achieve- have visited earth far exceeds running around acting out their helps clients process emotional ment. Our natural state is in the imagination of humans. We wounded inner child. wounds, clear karma and gain in- spirit form. The pain and bliss all have experienced higher intel- Our beliefs coupled with ner peace. Her new documentary rolled into one when we incarnate ligence and their ability to cut our fear about facing the truth ‘Spirit Traveler’ is being filmed in is the threshold of transforma- stones with precision that can’t has perpetuated this problem England and you can follow her @ tion spiritually. This is why many be reproduced even today. We resulting in a wide spread denial. spiritraveler on twitter. Her new religions have pursued everything have monuments in the earth that It seems nearly impossible to book ‘Become and Earth Angel’ from fasting to self-flagellation. tell time and mark the seasons ignore the facts that science has Advice and Wisdom for Finding The body can endure so much with mathematical and astronomi- discovered thus far. We once your Wings and Living in Service with our constant need to test cal accuracy and yet we refuse thought humans existed for the is available through Findhorn and measure our strength. What to look beyond our own earthly past 200,000 years. That number Press. Her companion film series did humans believe in and pray existence. How can God create recently jumped to 400,000 years. ‘Earth Angel’ can be found on The Lower Columbia Clinic to prior to our known history? such a magnificent place and That is mind bending in relation- her website www.sonjagrace. Archeology has provided much out of an infinite universe only ship to religion and puts what com 595 18th, Astoria • 503-325-9131 word and wisdom To Be (in Love) or Not To Be (in Love)... That is The Question. By Tobi Nason Shelter Moods Do we have that choice - to BE in love, or not? and push-pull on the part of the borderline some, almost impossible. “Something, some- Something to think about, that’s for sure. make this dynamic go on and on and on. An body,” is better than “nothing, nobody,” or so It’s February and time for Valentine’s Day. I angry person can attach to someone with self- the thinking goes. said before, I love, love. I especially love, love esteem issues, and that will work for a while. The phrase, “Love is Blind,” is accurate. when it brings out the best in someone and The combinations are endless. The begin- Our hormones and endorphins go into the person beams with happiness. ning of the relationship can look good. All is overdrive and we forget to think. “Yes, I know Another version of love is distorted. There’s well. Once the word, “love,” exchanges lips, he/she is a murderous felon. I know he/she’s a version that’s obsessive, insecure, torment- dynamics can change for the worst. been married 6 times. I know this, but you ed by jealousy, and displays all sorts of weird So many times we are drawn in by the don’t understand - I love him/her!” Later, the manifestations. familiar and comfortable which can often turn phrase becomes, “I should have known.” Some of this is semantics: Love as inter- out to be a repeat event with repeat results. We all want to love and be loved. Love preted by the individual and applied to spe- To Love or Not To Love.... should feel good and beneficial (or at the very cific people. (“ I love my mother” is different 1. Be objective. A man with five divorces least, not detrimental) to one’s life. from “I love my girlfriend.”) may have issues. A woman who claims noth- This month, make sure you love yourself. If one had a choice, being “in love” may ing but bad luck in her past relationships may Love from others shouldn’t hurt, demean, be the better decision. Lots of endorphins, raise a flag or two. bewilder, alienate or decimate a person. If you happiness makes the skin glow, and all sorts 2.Let time pass naturally. There’s no rushing love yourself, you will take care, pay attention of good benefits result from a relationship. an unfolding relationship. If there’s pressure to the facts, and not ignore red flags. But, there are reasons not to be “in love.” I’m to move faster - via you or the other person, I Happy Valentine’s Day ! Please love wisely. thinking of those relationships that trigger would question why. dysfunction. A passive-aggressive person can 3.Are you willing to walk away from an Tobi Nason is a counselor located in Warren- trigger issues with someone with a borderline ill-fated relationship? It means giving up ton. She can be reached at (503) 440-0587. personality disorder. Abandonment issues the good stuff with the bad - hard to do, for

23 feb15 hipfishmonthly.com Reconnective Healing Practitioner bodiesinbalance By Tracy Erfling, N.D. Ann Robben Dott www.liveembodied.com Good Night, Sleep Tight! Schedule your Appointment! 503.791.3365 HE LONG NIGHTS of win- be welcoming and comfort- Tter is that time of year when able, free from distraction and Dr. Tracy Erfling is a sleep issues are most profound. conflict. Your bed should be a Anyone who has ever suffered place filed with soothing and naturopath physician in the through a night of lying awake, inviting materials and support Lower Columbia Region. tossing and turning, and (mattress, pillows, bed frame, The Circle of looking at the clock every 30 lighting, color choices, etc) ap- Questions? the Labyrinth minutes can attest to the value propriate for your needs. Items [email protected] of a good night’s sleep. Sleep First Sunday of the Month I would avoid in the bedroom is one of those stubborn health 3PM - 6PM are televisions, work of any ( Brief introduction at 3pm) concerns I somewhat dread kind, electric blankets (unless ficult to sleep through. On the can assist one in feeling sleepy treating as there are so many Grace Episcopal Church using it to warm the bed but other hand if you are regularly without the hangover so com- reasons for sleep disturbance 1545 Franklin Astoria turn it off before sleep) and awakening in the early morning mon from prescription sleep For more info: 503.325.6580 donations welcome and not as many sure fire solu- food. Instead try a good book, hours you may be suffering aids. Some of my favorites tions. That being said it is a your favorite music, a warmer from low blood sugars. When are Valerian, found in many critical health concern worth comforter or hot water bottle blood sugars drop too low, sleep aid herbal teas; Hops the exploring. and a nice cup of herb tea. your body’s natural instinct infamous bittering herb in beer Research shows that 6-8 This room should also be clean, is to wake you up in order to and Passionflower, a wonderful hours of sleep is essential to especially if you suffer from feed yourself…so for this case nervous system relaxant. Hyp- our health. There are many obi ason allergies. Make an effort to a protein snack before bed is notherapy can give you some T N hormones and cellular pro- keep dust to a minimum, and worth a try. Bottom line is to simple tools to assist in falling Counseling and Mediation Services cesses that come alive during In Astoria run your bedding through the consider what you could be asleep using only the power Specializing in Life Changes our sleeping hours to stimulate call 503-440-0587 wash regularly. Keep the room doing each night to assist the of your own mind. A series of repair and healing. Sleep dis- M.A in Counseling clean of clutter as well, as this winding down process to fall Acupuncture treatments may turbances can come when fall- may contribute to the churning and stay asleep. be another pill-free method ing asleep, attempting to stay of your mind late at night. A There are numerous treat- worth trying. And of course asleep or inadequate duration journal can be of great value to ment options for sleep distur- deep breathing exercises are of sleep. These disturbances make lists, write down worries, bance which have a variety of the body’s inherent relaxation may be caused by underlying or generally reflect before bed success. First easy go to is to trigger. Bottom line is if you medical conditions, emotions to clear your conscious for a try taking a quality calcium, have suffered with insomnia for (namely stress and anxiety), restful sleep. magnesium supplement before more than three weeks it is time Tracy Erfling n.d. medications, work schedules, What you do before you get bed. These minerals help with to get some help. naturopathic physician pain or blood sugar irregulari- muscle relaxation, not only skel- Sleep is one of those things ties. to the bedroom may also assist Adrenal issues (those under in a good night’s sleep. Being etal muscles but the smooth that is good when it’s good and primary care using appreciated stress manage- active during your day may be muscles surrounding our super frustrating when it’s not. ment glands) are worth a look a missing element. Quality arterial and digestive systems Natural medicine has some natural therapeutics when exploring causes of exercise of the cardiovascular as well. These minerals have a terrific tools worth exploring sleeplessness. These glands get-your-blood-pumping vari- calming effect to the nervous to assure that you will have a Call for an appointment! 503.440.6927 release the hormone cortisol ety may be just what you need system and can be useful for good night sleeping tight. 2935 Marine Dr. • Astoria which is key in setting the during the day to sleep more restless limbs at night. One of email:email: [email protected] [email protected] wake/sleep cycles our bodies soundly at night. Another idea my favorites for people who DO something you love, BE experience everyday. Poor I often counsel my patients to are suffering from concurrent with someone you love, EAT stress management, lack of do is to come up with a before sleeplessness and depression is your vegetables, DRINK clean regular exercise, poor eat- bed ritual, doing the same 5-HTP (5-hydroxytryptophan). water, BREATHE deeply and ing habits and lack of good thing each night will remind This amino acid precursor natu- MOVE your body EVERYDAY!! relaxation can all contribute to your body and mind it is time rally assists the body in making these glands being weak. Shift to wind down and relax. Hot serotonin and melatonin two work is especially tough on baths, reading, music, journal- hormones necessary for mood these little glands as the inher- ing, or some simple breathing elevation and quality ent challenge of going against exercises can relax the body sleep. Please note that if natures light/dark cycle creates and mind. Eating just before you are currently taking a likely deterioration of their bed is often a no-no as the an antidepressant, check important function. amount of energy it takes to with your doctor before As for sleep solutions, let’s digest will keep your body starting this nutrient. begin in the bedroom. Ideally busy and unable to relax; not Other options include we are spending 6-8 hours a to mention may contribute to any number of sedative night here so this room should acid reflux, which is very dif- herbs; their gentle actions feb15 hipfishmonthly.com 24 SHANGHAIED ROLLER DOLLS Aaron Toledo • Tattoo Artist take on the Trampires in their home season opener FESTIVAL at the Astoria Armory see him work at the Dark Arts Local roller derby league’s February 21 bout is the first of 6 home games this season OF THE GOT MY FIRST TATTOO when I was eighteen. It adequately DARK shocked my parents and gave my personality a ARTS slight edge for a couple of months. IN THE HEART of Stout Month, Fort Fifteen years later George Brewery’s Festival of Dark Arts is and I’m seeking not your normal Stout Beer Festival. Out- the best way to side of 55+ of the best Craft Stout Beers gracefully turn the generic, stark sun that the World has to offer, Fort George on my left ankle will host a bevy of dark entertainment to into something feast your senses on. On Valentine’s Day, beautiful. Thank- 2014, the Fort George Brewery Block will fully I’ve found one be converted into a 1­ Day Only, Carnival of the best tattoo artists on the Or- of Stout. Your Ticket to Darkness will ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, the Shanghaied Roller Dolls will egon coast, Aaron battle Tacoma’s Trampires at the Astoria Armory-407 17th Street, give you access to taste the Stout Beer Toledo, owner of Astoria-in their first home game of 2015. Doors open at 5pm and as well as more entertainment than you Keepsake Tattoo the bout begins at 6pm. Admission is $10 and all ages are wel- can shake a beer at. Tickets can be in Astoria. His come. As previous bouts have sold out quickly, SRD encourages purchased at FestivalofDarkArts.com personable, down to earth demeanor fans to purchase advance tickets at shanghaiedrollerdolls.org. until Friday, February 6 will be sold at Limited tickets will be available at the door. is what won me 9am on the day of the festival. To control By Roller derby is one of the fastest growing amateur sports in the over a year ago world, with over 1,100 leagues in over 40 countries. Evolved from crowds, tickets are limited and are rec- when I decided to 1930s marathon speed skating competitions, modern day roller ommended to be purchased in advance, venture back into Erin Hofseth derby is a fast-paced, competitive, full contact sport that requires ($30). Tickets for non­-drinkers are also the world of body art as a grown, speed, strategy, and athleticism. available, ($10) The Stout pours at noon. (somewhat mature) Shanghaied Roller Dolls, founded in 2011, is Clatsop County’s son. That gives me good insight into what I flat-track women’s roller derby league. SRD is a non-profit organiza- adult. Aaron really Fort George Pizza Joint Stage likes the “person-to-person contact” that think they would like.” Although the human tion powered by a community of adult and junior league skaters, he gets in his line of work, and it shows. He body is, “just another medium” to him, it’s a officials, and other dedicated volunteers. The mission of SRD is to 12pm - Blue Skies for Black Hearts looks people in the eye, he’s patient, and he fascinating canvas to the average observer, empower people of all shapes, sizes, and skills to be braver, kinder, - Power Pop/A Deeper Shade of Awesome listens carefully to the nervous ramblings of which is why he’s been a popular exhibit at smarter, and stronger through the sport of roller derby. To learn 2pm - Michael Hurley - Freak-Folk/ clients trying to explain what they want. He the past few Dark Arts Festivals, hosted by more about SRD and roller derby, visit shanghaiedrollerdolls.org or Snock Rock believes that he’s doing what he’s good at in Fort George Brewery. like the Shanghaied Roller Dolls on Facebook. 4pm - Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul an ideal setting. This year the dark-beer inspired festival Orchestra - A Drunken Minor Swing/ “I like the little freedoms that [tattoo- will be taking place on February 14th, Val- entine’s Day, from 12pm-10pm. Aaron plans Stout Down Blues ing] gives me. It allows me to just sort of hang out and be myself and talk to people on dressing up for the occasion. He’ll be 6pm - Summer Cannibals - Dark Surf/ all day.” Aaron loves connecting with properly adorned and made-up in true Dark- Surf Dark people, but he is by no means an exhibition- Arts fashion, performing on-sight tattoos 8pm - Orquestra Pacifico Tropical - ist. “I’m a totally introverted individual, I on some choice clients. They’ll be set up ¡Vamos a bailar!/¡Vamos a gozár! don’t do well in big groups. I can’t talk to a amongst the brew tanks right next to the tap large room of people; like literally, my voice room. “I’ve got a couple of really awesome clients lined up to do some really awe- Lovell Showroom Stage doesn’t carry that far, so dealing with people in this sort of situation is something that I some tattoos.” He’s looking forward to the 5:00 - Derek Ecklund identify with.” The artistic aspect of his job unique venue, “I’m just going to show-case 6:00 - Belly Dance with Jessamyn Grace comes naturally. He says that he was always, my work and take the opportunity to get 7:00 - Too Long Sparks “the quiet kid with the sketch book,” and exposed to people that I wouldn’t normally that ever since he can remember he’s been get exposed to in an environment that I don’t normally get to tattoo in.” Fort George Courtyard journaling in the form of illustration. Aaron completed his schooling and ap- Although in the past he has been open to Sisters of Fire - Fire Dancing prenticeship at Captain Jack’s Tattoo School taking walk-ins at the festival, this year he’s 5:30 + 7:30 in Portland, where he also got hired on as an sticking primarily to his appointed canvases. Piedmont, Rags, Country and Swing Blues employee right after completing his training. He’s not closed off to the possibility though, “If there’s a walk-in that comes along who Other Dark Arts around the Fort: After a few years there he was coast-bound, Guitar Library after Hours • Feb 20 relocating to Astoria nine years ago. He strikes me, I might take it.” The vibe will be Astoria Public Library Hours presents a free series of cultural Keepsake Tattoo + Aaron Toledo worked for two years at a tattoo shop in interactive. People can ask questions, make events that take place at the library after regular hours of opera- Rotten Photography Seaside before opening Astoria’s own Keep- comments and buy merchandise; last year tion. they’re FREE with light refreshements. A recent addition to Tarot by Jessamyn Grace sake Tattoo, located in a modern, revamped he surmised to have had around 50-75 peo- Astoria, Ted Brainard began his 40-year career as a musician while The Beer Painter, Karen Eland garage-style space right next to the Astoria ple in his general vicinity at all times. His a teenager in Los Angeles, CA. A guitarist, banjoist, mandolin clients have been prepped for the crowds, Glass Blowing by Fernhill Glass Coffee House and Bistro. There is purpose player, fiddler and vocalist, he’s performed solo and with groups in behind Aaron’s style of business and it’s to and Aaron, he’s use to it now. “It’s really fun The Solstice Blacksmith Forge venues nationwide. Besides playing music, Ted is also a luthier and his client’s benefit, to work outside of my own studio,” he says. instructor. At the February 20 concert, he will perform blues music Live Painting “One of the reasons that I do business the “It’s Jack Harris’s brainchild. He’s brought in Piedmont, rags, country, swing, and finger styles. Cigar Tent way that I do, in the form of meeting with in a lot of local, off-the-beaten-path crafters FMI: Library After Hours and other library programs and services, Ice Sculpture people, doing consultations, and talking and artists and put them together in one venue, with beer.” I can’t think of a better contact 503-325-7323 or visit astorialibrary.org. The Dark Forest Minstrels with them about what they want, is so that I can really get a feel for who they are in per- way to celebrate our national day of love. 25 feb15 hipfishmonthly.com Beers To Your Health Astoria Co-op Teams up with AAUW Farmers, Chefs and the Growing Farm to CHEW ON THIS! You can use any combination of meats you by Merianne Myers like. The amounts are strictly a matter of Table Movement taste. 1 Tablespoon olive oil 1 large chopped onion 2 or 3 minced garlic cloves 1 chopped tomato 1 minced chili pepper, your choice Manioc meal Cooked white rice ONCE upon a time, I spent a month in Rio. For years I had cooked alarmingly large quanti- Soak beans and beef jerky overnight in sepa- ties of food for eternally starving Brazilian surfers rate pots. In the morning, rinse and drain who cruised through my house on Oahu’s North the beans, cover with cold water and cook cov- Shore each winter. Naturally, I wasted exactly no ered over medium heat until tender. Check time accepting a friend’s invitation to visit Brazil periodically and add water if necessary. and let someone else do the cooking. My memories of Rio are compelling… Drain the jerky, cut into bite-sized pieces and add to beans as soon as they begin to bubble. ...Boating across the expansive bay to a private Cut beef or pork in half and salt pork or bacon island where hot, sunny days were spent into thick slabs and toss in the pot. Prick alternately lazing in a hammock or picking my sausages with a fork and add to the pot. way along the rocky water line armed with anoys- Restaurantour Eric Bechard of Albatross ter knife and a pocketful of fresh limes. When the beans are done, remove about 1/4 photo: Dinah Urell cup of the bean liquor and set aside. Taste the STORIA CO-OP GROCERY is teaming up because there has been an increased interest ...Sailing to a small island where we dropped beans and add salt and pepper to taste. The Awith the American Association of University regarding local sourcing at restaurants in the anchor and waded ashore to find a tiny restaurant, pot is full of salty meats, you may decide you Women (AAUW) to host a lecture called “Food area, and we at the Co-op are lovers of local at once absurdly inaccessible and teeming with don’t need to add more salt. Culture of the Lower Columbia: the growing food,” Astoria Co-op Marketing Director Zetty customers. We dripped dry on the deck, peeling Farm to Table Movement” in February. Farmers Nemlowill said. and eating our way through piles of huge boiled Sauté onion, garlic, tomato and chili pepper in and chefs will make up a panel that will discuss The Co-op offers monthly food and wellness prawns and tossing back shots the opportunities and challenges of sourcing lectures at Fort George Brewery called “Beers of Cachaca. Cachaca is Brazilian fresh local food on a commercial scale. The to Your Health”. It is a 40 year-old community- rum which comes to the U.S. in panel includes Eric Bechard of Albatross, Marco owned grocery store and deli that focuses on its party clothes; refined, bottled, Davis of the Columbian Café, Johnny Besch of natural, organic, and local food in downtown taxed. In Brazil, Cachaca is as Pickled Fish, Fred Johnson of Fred’s Home- Astoria. likely to appear as wanton, boot- grown and Teresa Retzlaff of 46 North Farm. Founded in 1881, AAUW is a national orga- leg nectar poured into whatever AAUW will lead the discussion in a question nization whose mission it is to empower women bottle or jar is handy and sold and answer format that the group traditionally through advocacy and education. The Astoria by the roadside. It is noted for uses at its candidate forums. Meredith Payton branch of AAUW was founded in 1927. As the its ability to enable the drinker of AAUW came up with the concept of featur- organization evolves it is branching out with to see God, a phenomenon I ing local food culture in an educational way and new types of events and collaborations such suspect is connected to the near- asked if the Co-op, a community-owned grocer, as this lecture, in order to attract a younger death experience promised with would like to be involved. Last year the duo generation. overindulgence. It is liquid fire teamed up to do a lecture on local food cul- that burns all the way down and ture, and this year’s theme places an emphasis THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, Doors open at 6 lights up the brain. It’s delicious. on the growing farm to table movement. p.m. (food and drinks available for purchase) “When Meredith Payton from AAUW and I Presentation 7pm to 8pm. Fort George Lovell ...Ending a great meal with a talked about a theme for this year’s lecture, the Showroom, 1483 Duane St. Astoria. The lec- plate of Goiabada and Requei- farm to table movement made a lot of sense ture is free and open to all ages. jao, sweet, grainy guava paste paired with the creamy soft “king cheese”. A oil until soft. Add about a cup of beans and the combination so perfect, it’s referred to as Romeo bean liquor, mash and return to the pot. OOD GLORIOUS FOOD This year Clatsop and Juliet. When ready to serve, remove meats, slice and County Master Gardeners are collaborating arrange on a platter. Ladle beans over steamed Master with the North Coast Food Web who will ...Samba-infused conversations over bowls of white rice and sprinkle with manioc meal. Serve present seminar topics and also provide steamy Feijoada and rice. Feijoada (Fay zwah Food Demonstrations and Food Tastings. dah) is life affirming food. It is cheap and lus- with orange segments. “FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD” will cover cious, making it the perfect fare for everybody. 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