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6th Season Winter Children’s Theatre 2014 Auditions: Sat. January 4th Noon to 2pm Show Dates: Feb. 21st -23rd, 28TH- TREEMORIAM Kings and Warriors Mar. 1ST-2ND & 7th-9th Fri. @7:00pm Sat & Sun. @2:00pm REEMORIAM. December 2013 issue marked independence. Living another reality, with a his- Tthe introduction of a new segment in HIP- tory and mythology as kings and warriors. FiSH. Throughout the life path we spend most of During the great wind storm, much of the our time developing relationships - their begin- town was knocked around, including the forest. nings, transformations, endings. Relationships to The trails we used covered with fallen trees. other; whether it is to fellow human, to our work, When time turned experience into memories, I to spirituality, where we live, to animals, to na- went back seeking what I had felt there. Human ture, all exercise and deepen the human journey. conquest of resources never ceasing. I found that North Coast Mini Storage And so to this concept, in ensuing issues someone had taken advantage of nature’s de- we honor relationship to the tree, as unique a struction, manicuring the land to a clean shave. & Independent U-Haul Dealership relationship as any. One that has inspired poems, A wide logging road now cut across our narrow 4th Annual paintings, songs, in addition to what the tree has footpaths. The border of the forest pushed back • Security Fenced and Lighting bestowed to human survival and culture, in its hundreds of yards, leaving the once shrouded infinite manifestations. The tree, one of earth’s REAL mystery of our kingdom exposed. • Resident Manager most generous gifts to humankind, to say noth- In time the paving of Irving may vanguard the LEWIS & CLARK ing of its tremendous function on the planet. • Surveillance Cameras Whether loss to blow down, development, spread of settlers into that forest. Public land be- STORY 2014 trunk rot, in or out of personal control, TREE- comes private. Trees cut down, sent away to be • Heated and Unheated Units MORIAM pays homage to the end of the rooted reconfigured, and brought back to be sold to the (Or…How • Boat, R.V. and Auto Storage Spaces friend. If you would like to share a tree memori- public. All of this is sad for the forest, good for am, or just let us know of a tree/s demise, please the people? I like neighborhoods, I sometimes the Finns • 5 x 10 thru 10 x 23 units contact [email protected]. even like people. So how can I deny them the - Dinah Urell dream of living in the forest that I myself have? Discovered • You-Lock and Keep Key When I went back years later, it was summer. Astoria!) The bare dirt hills had sprouted a five o’clock • Great Rates! We thank Astoria resident Josh Loring for shadow. Shrubs, baby trees taller than me, the sharing this story. Auditions: Sat. Feb 15th 12- 2pm & busy noise of birds. It wasn’t a forest anymore, it Mon. Feb 17th 6- 8pm Prided on Friendly, Dependable and As a glorious November morning began to Head wasn’t my kingdom, but it was something alive Secure Service! Since 2007 East on Irving Avenue. The road will eventu- and new. Show Dates: April 4th-6th, ally lose touch with its road signs. Its asphalt Nature will grow without stop if it is allowed 11th-12th & 18th-19th becomes gravel and abruptly stops at the edge to do so. It seems humans are the same, and not Fri. & Sat. @7:00pm & Sun. @2:00pm of the forest Astoria rests on. exempt from this natural expression. The forest is U-Haul Truck, Trailer, Growing up on this border I spent a few solid the foundation of Astoria. This small shifting of its and years as a young person in the woods. In sum- border happening for centuries. Where my own mer, we played till darkness. In winter, we played home sits was once a part of this wilderness. The ASOC Playhouse Towing in spite of it. Even with friends there was solitude, beauty of this environment has brought people 129 West Bond Street here to visit, to settle. As we create space for the Rentals! without cell phones. We saw the trees sway and in Uniontown Astoria heard their moans, becoming a part of nature. multitudes, where do we draw the border, before the forest that once was is forgotten to the town tickets online @ 605 Alternate Hwy 101 The secret public land gave an unrestricted home astorstreetoprycompany.com for our imaginations and adolescent attempts at that is? Warrenton, Or 97146 ticket info call PHOTO: Leigh Oviatt ASOC Box Offce: 503-325-6104 503-861-3484 3 jan14 hipfishmonthly.com hew! Man oh WinterPrint 2014 Wman. And I mean at RiverSea Gallery capital M-A-N! Walk North Coast Printmakers Collective Show into the Columbian + Regional Print Invitational Theater on a Dragalu- iverSea Gallery presents WinterPrint 2014, tion rehearsal night, Ra tribute to the rich diversity of contemporary printmaking in our region, comprised of two and if you’ve ever had complementary exhibitions and featuring 50 works by 25 artists. Opening January 11, Winter- the deep down urge to Print 2014 consists of a juried exhibition of new be hit on by a guy-guy, work by members of the North Coast Printmakers Collective, plus a Regional Print Invitational that the type who gets right showcases works by noted Oregon printmakers, to the point like, “Sister I know you got a bea- ver. ” Well, that’s just the ticket for this Janu- ary’s next installment. Did somebody say

Astoria has a feminine PHOTO: Dinah Urell

energy? Beach Dog by Normandie Hand, monotype. NCPC Juried Show each selected for their facility with a particular process. WinterPrint 2014 offers a compendium of techniques and styles in contemporary printmak- The Kings ing, and the paired shows encompass an exciting January 25 mix of emerging and established talent. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, Columbian Theater January 11, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm during Astoria’s Dragalution Second Saturday Artwalk. The two exhibitions Bend – bend – gender - bend. decades in the big cities, particular- recent role in UK series, Murray may Second continue through February 4th. People were confused a lot when ily Brooklyn, NY, the queer caba- be the Drag King to come closest to half, Nicole Rawlins, head of the printmaking pro- Marco “Daylight” Davis introduced ret scene flourishes in Drag King achieving mainstream success. original gram at Portland’s Multnomah Art Center, serves as both the juror for the NCPC members show women as Drag Queens last January, personae. For example, Murray Hill, song While the men in Dragalution and the curator of the Print Invitational. As a print- in the inaugural Dragalution song his signature byline, “the hardest might be challenged to up their ma- and making instructor and exhibiting artist for close to and dance production, and now working middle-aged man in show cho, the women performers too, are cho- two decades, Rawlins has worked with students men????? as Drag Kings. Accentu- business,” has become a New York experiencing the opportunity to let reog- at all levels, as well as formed relationships with ate Los Testosterosa! Since Ru Paul, City mainstay, making “Best of New go a little of that which deems you raphy many respected printmakers throughout the Drag Queen culture has become York” lists in Time Out and New northwest through collaborations, workshops and “girl,” and may discover the glee of breaks wide open, with what Davis more popular and visible in the York Magazine. Murray’s guise is just loosely describes as old school, exhibitions. putting on a monkey suit and some The North Coast Printmakers Collective is a mainstream than ever before. How- that, a kind of Shecky Greene for the hip-hop explorative dance music. facial hair gives you “that” credibility group of regional artists who have connected ever, Drag Kings have remained pre- queer performance scene. And ac- in a “man’s world.” Although “play” Recording musicians Tyler Little and through a shared passion for printmaking. Origi- dominantly secured in the Lesbian cording to Huffington Post, with a TV is the key to Davis’ shows, the play- Olaf Ydstie teamed up with Davis to nally meeting through art classes at Clatsop Com- community, but for the last several pilot on the way, an HBO spot, and a ing around pokes into the core of back the songs, replete with a new munity College, the group formally organized in gender role, and judging from the finale, H-M-F-G! And If the audi- 2010 in order to promote printmaking as an art multitude of audience members who ence interaction approach isn’t quite form throughout the region. They have exhibited as a group four times previously. Show partici- switched sexes for the last series of enough for the eve, a DJ dance pants: Vicki Baker, Elizabeth Bonn-Zimmerman, follows the performance. performances, therein lies a societal Reed Clarke, Stirling Gorsuch, Roger Hallin, portent; that gender identity and - Dinah Urell Normandie Hand, Kirsten Horning, Pat Howerton, gender roles are beginning to froth • Save the Date, January 25, and Gin Laughery, Marie Powell, Rebecca Read, and atop that can of PBR, cracking open prepare to be transported to a Penny Treat. centuries of cultural conditioning, In selecting artists for the Print Invitational, revolutionary, dragalutionary, and the desire to investigate the Nicole Rawlins sought those who were known for deep, down and damn sexy real- edges, the inner and outer of male/ working in particular techniques. One of those ity of OUTRAGEOUS FUUUUN! artists is her father, Gary Rawlins, a noted lithog- female. Daylight has a vision for you! rapher. The resulting show is an intriguing tour of Pushing boundaries and full up printmaking processes, and a testament to the • Show at 10pm. $10 at the door. on raunchy, racy, dirty fun, billed as exciting variety of prints being produced in north- Drag Dress Encouraged, but Daylight Cums and her Sexy Bas- west Oregon. Exhibiting artists are: Marcy Baker, most important your attendance. Sheryl Funkhouser, Liza Jones, Stephen LeFlar, tards – RAW, this incarnation begins **21+** Palmarin Merges, Paul Miller, Mark Perry, Gary the eve with a nod to Broadway, ex- Rawlins, Nicole Rawlins, John Saling, Michael pect some trad. stage performance, • At The Columbian Theater. Southern, Renee Ugrin, and Margaret van Patten. by Daylight and Sofanda Dykes per- Corner of 11th and Marine Dr. in RiverSea Gallery is open daily at 1160 Dragalution Queens at the Columbian’s End of the Reel Fundraiser. forms one of her favorite jazz tunes. Astoria. Commercial Street,in Astoria. 503.325.1270.

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HIPFiSHmonthly North Coast Times - Eagle Publisher Nov 13 and KMUN Commentator Honored This is your life CULTURAL CALENDAR Michael McKusker! & the month day by day 4-19 Saturday, February 1 7:30pm Barbey Maritime Center, Astoria News & FEATURES . . . 5 - 15 special community gathering on ASaturday, February 1 at the Barbey • FULL CIRCLE CALENDAR . . . 7 Maritime Center honors Astorian Mi- • FANA - New Group Address Property Sales . . 7 chael McKusker. The event, This Is Your Life Michael McCusker, will bring to- • COVER FEATURE . . . 8 -9 gether friends and admirers of Michael’s Jessica Maclay Photo courtesy The Daily Astorian for a tribute and commemoration of his • A NEW FINN PRES . . .URELL 10 significant contributions to the cultural • OUTLOOK/LOOKOUT . . . returns next month and political life of the Columbia Pacific region. • ZUMBA ON THE COAST . . . HOFSETH 11-12 Founded in 1971 in Wheeler as a VOLUNTEERS! In the 90’s McKusker ran for Mayor, standard newspaper, in 1976 Michael providing a candidacy to a seat that The 5th Annual McKusker revived The North Coast often went unchallenged. While he Times-Eagle, publishing the bimonthly COLUMNS Project Homeless Connect – himself was not convinced that he may broadsheet until 2007. The Times- have a chance at the seat, running more Steve Berk . . . 6 Jessica Maclay Memorial Eagle, featuring indepth political essays as an ideological candidate, many sup- and commentary, poetry and large THEATER . . . 16 Needs YOU! porters hoped for his election. format art images and political cartoons ART HAPPENS . . . 17 “Recognition for this formidable pres- In 2013, Clatsop County recorded 638 home- - long after the implementation of WORD/Literary EVents . . . 19 ence among us is long overdue,” says less families and 1,038 individuals, 321 individu- computer generated layout programs FLASHCUTS ...... Kanekuni 20 als were under the age of 18. Clatsop Communi- Tom Hartland, producer of the event - continued in the craft of journalistic Bike Madame . . . Hammitt-McDonald . . 21 ty Action, in partnership with 42 other non-profit, and past Development Director with paste-up format, the entirety of its FREE WILL ASTROLOGY . . . Brezny 21 governmental, and faith-based agencies will Coast Community Radio. “For KMUN publishing years. Crafted by McKusker Network Community Listings . . . 22 host the 5th annual Project Homeless Connect alone, Michael has been a constant Jessica Maclay Memorial. (PHC-JMM) Numerous himself, the Times-Eagle printed local, favorite among listeners.” Bodies in Balance. . . . . Erfling ND 24 services will be provided during this one-day regional and international writing and Explaining the format for the eve- Sonja Grace MESSAGES . . . 24 one-stop event including: medical screenings, art, always surprising its readers with ning, Hartland adds, “With Michael’s Word & Wisdom . . . Nason 24 hearing testing, eye exams, immunizations, hair- every issue, with its bold graphics and flair for the contentious as well as the CHEW ON THIS . . . Myers 25 cuts, personal care items, clothing vouchers and broad topic matter. For over 25 years, humorous, we expect a mix of tribute FOODGROOVE . . . a hot meal. Many informational and assistance The Times-Eagle inspired, evoked and as well as a bit of roasting for Michael’s services will be available including housing, mail underlined the progressive, thinking, colorful background.” KALA is the groundfloor gallery and performance space lo- service, food stamps, identification, social secu- creative, and reactionary North Coast. Doors open for the event at 6:30pm cated at the production office of HIPFiSHmonthly. We proudly rity, employment, education, and legal aid. We A complete microfilm collection of collaborate with local and regional artists in a presentational with the program starting at 7pm. need volunteers, please contact Tony DeGoede North Coast Times-Eagle outside Uni- format. KALA is the Finnish word for fish. Tickets are $10 to benefit public affairs or Viviana Matthews at Clatsop Community Ac- versity of Oregon’s master copy, is now programming on KMUN 91.9fm Astoria tion to sign up, 503-325-1400. HIPFiSHmonthly is located at 1017 Marine Dr in Astoria. housed in the Astoria Public Library. and KTCB 89.5fm Tillamook will be This year’s event will again be held at the Today McKusker continues to supply available at the door, and are available ADVERTISING INQUIRIES - 503.338.4878 Seaside Convention Center on Thursday January a left-wing outlook on KMUN 91.9fm, in advance from the station’s office 30th from 10:00 AM until 3 PM. Sunset Empire Send general email correspondance: with his ongoing half hour commentary. during business hours. The Fort George [email protected] Transportation District has designated this day And you can also saddle upside him HIPFiSH is produced on the web at: www.hipfishmonthly.com as a “Ridership Appreciation Day.” All bus ser- Brewery and Public House has added vices in Clatsop County will be at no cost to all at one of the city’s fine establishments their sponsorship to this upcoming riders for the entire day. and have a down-to-earth conversation event produced by Coast Community on topics that matter most. Radio. Editor/Publisher: HOMELESS AND ESPECIALLY NEAR-HOME- FEBRUARY LESS PEOPLE, those at imminent risk of becom- - Dinah Urell Dinah Urell HIPFiSH ing homeless, are encouraged to attend this free ON THE RACKS event. Homelessness also includes those people Gun Violence Prevention Graphics: living with others due to losing their own hous- Universal Background Checks, and Taking Action - Presentation Jan 30 Les Kanekuni MONDAY FEB 13 ing and are “doubled up” which has become To reduce gun violence, many Ore- egonians support universal background Michelle Roth more common in our county among our youth. gonians are working hard to ensure that checks on gun sales. Monetary donations for the event, which are Kate Giese a bill requiring universal background The Oregon Alliance to Prevent Gun tax deductible, are greatly appreciated. Dona- checks on all gun sales in Oregon is Violence is sponsoring community Calendar/Production tions for PHC-JMM can be mailed to Clatsop voted on during the short February gatherings around Oregon in January. Community Action at 364 9th Street, Astoria, OR Assistance/StaffWriter: Cathy Cover Design: Les Kanekuni 2014 legislative session. Please join us at a meeting near you. 97103, or at ccaservices.org (Paypal). Universal background checks are After a short presentation, we’ll talk Nist In 2011 the originator and organizer of Clat- the easiest, most effective way to keep about how we can reduce gun violence sop County’s first two PHC events was tragically Magic Web Worker: guns out of the hands of dangerous and pass universal background checks lost due to a fatal car accident. In recognition of people who can’t lawfully own them. in Oregon this year. Bob Goldberg her noteworthy dedication and compassionate Background checks do not prevent law- Thursday, January 30, at the Frist Un- KALA VISUAL ARTS CURATOR: service to others, the event has been named in abiding citizens from buying or owning tied Methodist Church. 7pm. Questions Agnes Field her memory – Project Homeless Connect - Jes- guns. Universal background checks and RSVP: michael.ceasefireoregon@ sica Maclay Memorial. have overwhelming support. 81% of Or- gmail.com

5 jan14 hipfishmonthly.com Coal Creek Volunteer Work Project Saturday, February 1, 2014 10:00 trail brushing, bridge cleaning, trail re- a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Meet at the Coal Creek pair and improvements to maintain and Trailhead. Turn north off North Fork enhance the one mile trail. Road at mp 4.5 and drive 1⁄4 mile on Dress for weather, wear sturdy shoes, Life versus Money by Stephen Berk Coal Creek Road to trailhead on your and bring lunch, water, and gloves. Tools The most salient characteristic of the nation or the world. Confer- power to wholly preoccupy individuals right. will be provided. Please call 503-815- our time is the reduction of all life to ences conducted under the auspices and their societies. Today’s capitalism Join Oregon Department of Forestry 7062 for more information and to RSVP. commodities for sale on markets. The of the UN Intergovernmental Panel makes money its god, long having for a volunteer work project on the earth, which our ancient forebears on Climate Change produce hollow dethroned the God of Creation, or Outback Trail. The project will include Thank you for volunteering. revered as their mother, is now merely verbiage, not even a carbon tax. Why nature, that is of life itself. Money, the basis of corporate and banking are the powers that be in such lethal by turning every resource of a living self-enrichment. The corporate feudal denial? Why do they continue daily, planet into a dead commodity for Celebrate the New Year at the powers-that-be view the earth merely yearly pursuing, even ramping up the sale on a market, thereby turns all life Columbia Pacific Common Sense as so much dead matter to be ripped hypercapitalism that is so toxic to the into death. This is especially true in PIZZA PARTY and meeting. apart. Whether by open pit or strip very continuance of complex and intel- a system, like the present one, which mining to recover increasingly rare Thursday, January 16 makes monetary accumula- metals, drilling miles 6:00 pm - PIZZA, social & snacks tion the be-all and end-all of deep offshore wells run- the structures that rule the 6:30 - 8 pm meeting ning ever greater risk of Three Cups Coffee House - 279 West Marine Drive, Astoria massive spills, injecting world. From that single- toxic chemicals into the minded focus on accumula- Will OLNG finally admit defeat? Will • Complimentary coffee provided by earth or ripping the tops tion comes the inability to anyone be able to count the errors in the Three Cups and Columbia River Cof- off mountains – all to see that it is the cause of the company’s latest submission to FERC? fee Roasters. continue the present fossil utter destruction of life on Will geology and Mother Nature triumph • If you’d like, bring a snack to share. fuel, high tech economy – earth. over pipelines and profits? We meet after Three Cups closes for Will we have enough pizza? RSVPs transnational corporations Preoccupation with the day, so we can’t buy coffee or getting money operates aren’t necessary, but would be helpful and the banks that finance snacks. them are daily consuming to continuously derail the so we can order enough pizza that after- • There is a parking lot and on-street and destroying more and people who make decisions noon. Snacks and treats are welcome. parking. Three Cups is under the more of the planet that is at all levels from choosing News, plans, and Q&A with Dan Serres, our common heritage. ligent life on this planet? the nurturance and enhancement of Conservation Director of Columbia bridge, across the street from M&N, In the eighties I used to watch the The culprit is in the worldwide single life. At the local level we can see this Riverkeeper. the Carhartt store. documentaries of oceanographer minded pursuit of money. Money is process at work in the Astoria City Jacques Cousteau, as he and his the sole driving force behind the world Council’s recent decision, with only Astoria LGBT Meetings sons dove deep, to study sea life and system. At the start of the Christian Drew Herzig’s dissent, to sell off a siz- PFLAG NORTHCOAST meets the 3rd Thursday of the month. Thursday, Jan 15, era, Jesus said: “You cannot love God observe the far-flung toxic effects of able portion of its forest land to private 6:30pm to 8pm at the First Lutheran Church, 725 33rd St., Astoria, OR. FMI: drewherzig@ and money” (or Mammon, a false yahoo.com industrial civilization upon the oceans. developers. The city’s wild places are They noted that coral reefs, the god). His brother, known as James the TRANS FAMILIES SUPPORT GROUP meets the last Monday of each month. For TBA not only an object of unique beauty. mothers of all aquatic life are dying, Just, said: “The love of money is the location contact [email protected]. For transgender individuals and family members They are also habitat for a great many and Cousteau prophesied that if the root of all evil.” These passages and only. non-human species, including deer, effluence of industrialism continues many like them are in all the New Tes- unchecked, the seas that surround and taments that line the backs of church raccoons, possums, frogs, and song Lincoln City LGBT nourish us and all aquatic life will all be pews and shelves of Christian book- birds. Our wildlife “experts” sternly MonthlyGatherings • January 8 6:00-7:30 pm: PFLAG Meeting—St. Stephen’s, 9th & Hurbert, Newport. dead within fifty years. As the oceans stores. Yet, how often is the sinful love warn us against feeding these animals. • Sunday, Jan 26,11am to noonish - Womens’ Out on the Oregon Coast Coffee at Cafe acidify due to the influx of carbonic of money the subject of a sermon? I But deprived of forest habitat, how are these creatures supposed to survive? Mundo. acid due to global warming, we are know of no contemporary pastor or • The Coastal AIDS Network monthly They won’t, as they have not been right on schedule to fulfill Cousteau’s theologian who speaks or writes of the activities: dire prediction. utterly corrosive effect of money on all all over the anthropocentric world, Second Tuesdays, 7:00 pm: “Activity Night” (call for information (541)994-5597) Yet, as we look about us at day-to- planetary life. where humans relentlessly impose an Third Tuesday, 7:00 pm: “Pizza Night” (Newport Abbey’s Pizza) day life, we see mainly business as Far more than a medium of ex- economy of death, killing hundreds of Fourth Tuesday, 7:00 pm: “Men’s Pot Luck” (Locations vary! Call (541)994-5597 or email usual. No sense of urgency pervades change, money possesses an uncanny species daily, all for the love of money. [email protected] for information)

The Adrift Hotel Music Calendar January 2014 Why Suffer? [pickled fish] 1/9, 1/10: Naomi Hooley & Rob Stroup (Americana) locally inspired menu, classic craft cocktails 1/11, 1/12:James Coates (soulful singer/songwriter) call us today! 1/13, 1/14, 1/15: Will West (Americana) 1/16, 1/17: The Weather Machine (indie folk) live music 1/18, 1/19: Shannon Stephens (blues-tinged indie folk) • Auto Accidents 1/20, 1/21, 1/22: Three For Silver (folky Americana) • Work Related Injuries weekly 1/23, 1/24: Lotte Kestner & Kevin Long (haunting indie folk) • Nutritional Evaluations 1/25, 1/26: Jeffrey Martin, Anna & the Underbelly • Second Opinions (folky indie pop) 1/27, 1/28:Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys covered by most insurance (bluegrass influenced Americana) 1/30, 1/31: Bradford Loomis (rootsy Americana) ASTORIA CHIROPRACTIC Show times are 9pm to 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays, 7pm to 9pm on weeknights (including Sundays). For Ann is Dr. Ann Goldeen, D.C. more information please contact Ezra Holbrook at Back! [email protected] or (503) 888-0675. 503-325-3311 @ adrift hotel 2935 Marine Drive • Astoria visit adifthotel.com Alternative Natural Health Care Since 1991 pg 23 360.642.2344 for menus + live music schedule jan14 hipfishmonthly.com 6 FANA Full Circle Friends of Astoria’s Natural Areas (FANA) Zodiac Calendar a signature petition addresses the sale of Astoria’s excess city properties • Imagery by Stirling Gorsuch • Astrological Interpretations By Anniken Moe • Designed and Published by HIPFiSHmonthly

his January, HIPFiSHmonthly is Texcited to announce the release of a special collaboration in the production On December 17, 2013 residents organized to address the Astoria “excess city proper- and design of the FULL CIRCLE ZODIAC ties” sales, reported recently in the news and topic of feature in the December 2013 issue CALENDAR. of HIPFISH. Now FANA has prepared a signature petition requesting a Town Hall meet- Combining the talents of North Coast ing, and that the marketing and sale of these properties cease, on the basis that “The print maker Stirling Gorsuch and Asto- citizens of Astoria must be involved in this dramatic ‘revisioning’ of the future of our city.” ria/Portland based astrologer Anniken FANA meets again on Tuesday, January 14 at 7pm, at KALA Gallery, 1017 Marine Drive Moe, the calendar features the repro- in Astoria. Interested residents may attend, and/or can also pick-up petitions to assist in duced 12 Zodiac signs from Gorsuch’s signature gathering. A deadline for the signature collection will also be set at the next meeting. Below is a list of questions and concerns developed by the FANA group relating beautifully crafted linocuts, and Moe’s to this issue and an excerpt from HIPFISH December 2013. FANA questions/inquiries lighthearted interpretations of the sun contact: [email protected] signs. With a concept to keep the calendar simple, tasteful and useful, each calendar month features Excerpt Hipfish Dec 2013 (by Bob Goldberg). the phases of the Moon, and also charts the Moon’s daily progressions through the signs, Mercury retro- The Great Depression brought many tax foreclosures to the Astoria area, which in turn grade throughout the year, and a glossary at the end of the calendar to interpret the progressions. brought a good deal of land into the hands of Clatsop County. Starting in the late 1940s, While the many aspects and planetary activity of Astrology is quite complicated, the calendar’s mis- after World War II, much of that land was sold to the City of Astoria for ridiculously small sion is to simplify a focus on planetary connection, and for the user to enjoy and discover the beauty of amounts of money (i.e. between one and ten dollars!). Since then, the city has been try- the artistic interpretations and to familiarize with the basic sun signs through Moe’s descriptions. ing to sell this bounty of land, but hasn’t made it a priority, so that only when a potential Gorsuch, initially produced his own sign of Sagitarius as a practice in the craft of print making. Eventu- buyer approached the city did it respond, and after many decades, the city was still left with many properties that it considered “excess to critical city need”, or “not associated ally this led to a decision to create all 12 signs. He researched the signs, finding the writings of Carl Jung with our duty to provide essential services or recreation opportunities to our citizens,” and Joseph Campbell an inspiring and indepth study in the mythology and symbolism of Astrology. He according to the city manager, Paul Benoit. then chose to represent each sign using human figures, (for example, a mermaid in a deep water cave FANA PETITION CONCERNS represents Scopio, exception to the case is Capricorn) and incorporating artistic representation of the elements - earth, air, fire and water – corresponding to each sign. In doing so, it was his desire to allow 1. The lack of transparency and coherence in the process the city has used to institute the land sales the viewer to be able to better see themselves and others through the symbology of the works, in addi- 2. The reduction of open land for recreation, bird and other animal habitat that these tion to the creation of a highly stylized series. sales will create. Once these lands are sold, they are lost forever as pubic assets Anniken Moe has had a keen interest in, and has studied the stars avidly for more than four decades belonging to the citizens of Astoria. now. She says, “Somewhere along the line I realized it had become a life-long pursuit, one I will relish 3. The loss of trees and other vegetation that provide stability and reduce the danger of until my last breath here on earth.” Moe’s mother also was a life long professional astrologer who early landslides on the steep hillsides that much of the public lands for sale are located on. in life bestowed the craft to her daughter. 4. The fiduciary irresponsibility of selling public lands at below-market prices at a time of Say’s Moe, “It has been, and continues to be, both a challenge and a privilege to assist others in find- historically low demand for vacant land. ing their purpose in life, and to navigate the choppy waters as safely and consciously as possible.” 5. The cavalier approach demonstrated by the city council to citizens’ concerns about HIPFiSHmonthly Publisher Dinah Urell has retained a keen interest in Astrology since her youth. the process and substance of these public land sales. When the publication’s presentation space KALA co-planned to exhibit Gorsuch’s zodiac prints this past 6. The apparent lack of concern about the impact sale of lands abutting the watershed December, collaborating with friend and associate Moe on the project, she says, was kismet written in will have on water quality and on vital wetlands. the stars. 7. The sheer number of public properties for sale with no timeline of how many proper- The special limited edition FULL CIRCLE calendars are now available at KALA, through mail order, ties can be sold within a given period of time. and will be available at many coastal bookstores, shops and galleries. To order a calendar, or if you are a 8. The large size of some of the public properties, with apparently no restrictions on business interested in carrying it, email: [email protected], or call 503.338.4878. Suggested Retail price what type of development can be allowed on these properties. is $18.00. 9. The lack of any protection for trees, regardless of size and age. FULL CIRCLE THE ZODIAC EXHIBIT. The framed linocut series is currently on exhibit at KALA. Also 10. The claim by the city manager that ‘there are plenty of public parks in Astoria’ when available, unframed linocuts and smaller framed archival reproductions. KALA is located at 1017 Marine our research suggests this is not the case, and the claim by the council that public Drive in Astoria. 503.338.4878. lands are ‘too expensive’ to maintain, when, in fact, most receive little or no mainte- nance at all.

7 jan14 hipfishmonthly.com j Games and Puzzles for kids of all ages! What’s In Store for 2-0-1-4? j rebuild a large dock to export more oil. A decision by the DSL is due sometime in 503.368.4873 2014. j 457 Laneda Ave On July 23, 2013, Manzanita, Or the Port of Vancou- ver approved a lease agreement with Tesoro/Savage to ship up to 380,000 The Coaster Theatre Playhouse Presents barrels of crude oil each day along the Columbia River. The proposed oil termi- nal would require at least four, mile- and-a-half long unit trains per day. The Washington State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) will make a recommendation to the Governor on the project and, Tickets $20 or $15 then, the Governor More Natural Gas, Coal and Oil Transiting Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. will make the final Through the Area and Being Processed and decision to deny or approve the terminal, probably All Sunday shows begin at 3:00 p.m. Shipped Out? in 2014. Talkback — Thursday, February 20th The fate of the Oregon LNG (OLNG) export For more information on these projects, contact terminal on the Skipanon Peninsula in Warrenton, Dan Serres of Columbia Riverkeeper at dan@ Sponsored by Mike & Tracey Clark and associated pipeline running through Clatsop columbiariverkeeper.org or (503) 890-2441, check County and across the Columbia River to Washing- Tickets: 503-436-1242 or coastertheatre.com out the Power Past Coal website at http://www. ton, could be decided this year. A decision by the 108 N Hemlock Street, Cannon Beach, OR powerpastcoal.org/, or contact Laurie Caplan of State of Oregon Department of Land Conservation Columbia Pacific Common Sense at 503-338-6508 and Development (DLCD) is due by the end of April or [email protected]. on a Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) ap- plication submitted by OLNG last year. Though the The Astoria High School Sports Complex decision on the project is ultimately in the hands of This joint project between Columbia Memorial the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Hospital (CMH), the City of Astoria, Astoria School Enjoy the serenity of our it is unlikely that the project will be approved if the District and Recology (formerly Western Oregon gardens, wooded paths, sauna, county (which rejected it last October) and the state Waste) is supposed to break ground this month yurt and bhuddas . . . both reject it. . . . in Nahcotta, Washington and be completed in September, in time for the on Sandridge Road, Of the three remaining coal export terminal 2014 Astoria High School football season. The field just south of Bay Avenue proposals running through the Columbia Pacific will support soccer, football, baseball, softball and overlooking willapa bay Region, the one that might get the green light in band competitions and other community events, Celebrating the 2014 is the Morrow Pacific project of Australian and will double as a cap on the old Astoria landfill. 50th Anniversary of company Ambre Energy. In this proposal, coal The grandstand will seat 1200, with two bleacher SILENT SPRING would be shipped by rail from the Powder River Ba- sections seating an additional 200. Two lots will sin to the Port of Morrow near Boardman. There it provide 300 parking spaces. There will be limited But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably would be transferred to an enclosed storage facility access for pedestrians. The adjacent Recology a war against himself. and loaded onto covered barges. The coal would transfer station will benefit from sewer service and then be shipped down the Columbia River to Port better-paved roads, provided by the City of Astoria – Rachel Carson of St. Helens’ Port Westward Industrial Park. There, as part of the project. enclosed transloaders would transfer the coal onto A group of 9-10 people worked together on the covered oceangoing Panamax ships. Permit deci- design and the overall build up of the complex – sions by the Oregon Department of Environmental including design, capping of the landfill, and new Quality (DEQ) and the Department of State Lands sewer system. An agreement was recently signed (DSL) are due in 2014, with the DSL decision pos- by the parties and approved by their boards, laying sibly announced by the end of April. out the responsibilities of each. Global Partners has started exporting oil from In return for an investment in the sports complex Port Westward near Clatskanie. Oil trains from the of $5 million, the school district gave the current Bakken formation, in North Dakota, travel through John Warren Field property to CMH, which they the Columbia River Gorge, Portland, and St. Helens will use for expansion projects. They have indicated among many other cities on the way to the export that in the short-term, they will use at least part of terminal. Now, Global Partners seeks a permit to the football field for parking.

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For more information, contact Paul Mitchell, Com- will join the Cannon Beach Distillery, just off Hemlock a Ford Family Foundation grant to develop construc- Less GMOs? munity Outreach Manager at CMH, at 503-338-4504 Street in Cannon Beach, which opened in 2012, in tion documents for Phase II, which would include the GMO Free Oregon (www.gmofreeoregon.org/) is or [email protected]. current hole adjacent to the Garden. The city is also delighting the more sophisticated drinking palates working hard with volunteers all over the state to put working with EPA on a brownfields grant to clean in the area. GMO (genetically-modified organisms) related mea- Walmart in Warrenton? up part of Heritage Square where the Safeway, a dry And if distilled spirits are a little too much for you, sures on the ballot this November at both the state The news broke last year that Walmart was com- cleaner and a printer used to be, and anticipates Astoria’s 4th brewery, Buoy Beer Company, will soon and county levels. State-wide, they are putting forth ing to town, but the site where it is supposed to be testing taking place in the spring. join Fort George, Astoria Brewing, and Hondo’s, at a measure requiring the labeling of foods containing built (on Highway 101 near Costco in Warrenton) has For more information, contact Estes at 503- the old Bornstein’s cannery at the foot of Seventh St. genetically modified/genetically engineered ingredi- been silent since. According to Skip Urling, Warren- They are shooting for a January opening. ents. At the county level, they are drafting language ton planning chief, Walmart has secured all the nec- For more information on North Coast Distilling, to ensure farmers have the right to seed heritage essary permits and licenses required for Warrenton, see their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ and sustainable agriculture, and in doing so, stop the growth/cultivation of GMOs in the open environ- minus a building permit, which can’t be granted until pages/North-Coast-Distilling/257097114435984, ment. Their goal is for this language to be used as a the last permit required, a “404” wetlands fill permit, and Buoy Beer’s Facebook page is chronicling their county measure template for concerned citizens to is secured from the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). construction at www.facebook.com/BuoyBeerCom- put forth in their home counties all across the state. Urling won’t make a prediction as to whether the pany. These efforts come on the heels of the failed project will start in 2014. GMO labeling ballot initiative in Washington State In addition, WalMart also needs a Clean Water Act Legal Pot in Washington, and Maybe last November, and the passing of SB633, which “401 Certification” from DEQ for the “404” permit, in Oregon? gave the State of Oregon jurisdiction over GMO and a CZMA Certification from DLCD for that permit, The Washington State Liquor Control Board legislation. This may affect several county initiatives according to Sara Meyer, spokesperson for the group issued updated figures recently regarding the that were in the works. Clatsop Residents Against Walmart (CRAW), which is 338-5183 or [email protected], or check out the applications to grow, process and sell pot under For more information on efforts to label GMOs and the industry response, see www.truth-out.org/ garden’s website at www.astoriachineseheritage.org. Washington’s legal marijuana law, passed by voters in 2012. Some 2,666 of those are growing license news/item/21064-gmo-and-natural-food-fight- treacherous-terrain. The 19th Street Bridge and Pipeline applications, and 1,918 are processing applications. Replacement Project The Board at least initially is limiting the number The Irving Avenue Bridge near 19th Street is a of stores to 334 statewide. There have been 2,035 steel structure that was built in 1946. This bridge retail applications received, which means there could serves as part of an alternate route for State High- be lotteries for those licenses in many areas. There way 30. The bridge is showing signs of significant will be 2 stores in Pacific County and 1 in Wakiakum deterioration and has required emergency repairs County. According to the I-502 implementation web- to keep it functional for heavy loads such as school site at http://liq.wa.gov/marijuana/I-502, out-of-state buses, garbage trucks and fire trucks. The Astoria residents may purchase pot at any Washington retail City Council approved contracts for new construction store, but must consume their purchases in the State in 2013. Construction of the new bridge will take of Washington. approximately one year and is tentatively scheduled Meanwhile, in Oregon, beginning in March, medi- following the Walmart project, and seeking to kill it. to begin in June. Irving Avenue will be closed to cal marijuana retailers will be required to register The permits and certifications are on hold pend- foot and vehicle traffic during that time. Recently, with the state, maintain encrypted electronic records ing an opinion from the National Marine Fisheries the council approved early clearing of “vegetation” and ensure around-the-clock security for their Service (NMFS) about the potential effects of the (read “trees”) to avoid disturbing migratory bird inventory. A draft version of new rules spells out the Marriage Equality proposed WalMart project on the wetlands and nests during construction. Clearing will take place specifics of how the industry will operate in Oregon, When Basic Rights Oregon began the Marriage former stream at that location that drain to the Skip- by the end of February, and involve, in addition to which in 1998 was one of the first states to allow Matters Campaign in 2010, Oregon residents across anon River, which could come out some time in the the right of way of the bridge, a 20-ft swath centered marijuana for medicinal use. In 2013, the Oregon the State saw an enlivened and bold strategy that next 30-60 days. Once that NMFS opinion is issued, on a water main that will be replaced as part of the Legislature approved a law to regulate the medical included glossy testimonial mailers, TV commercials and many, many volunteers collecting signatures for the Corps, DEQ and DLCD will all have to review it project. marijuana industry in the state. a 2012 ballot. While the support was overwhelming, and make their own respective decisions. The time- For more information, contact Cindy Moore, as- New Approach Oregon (NAO), a marijuana a last poll deemed the legislation to turn over the line for these decisions is currently unknown, and sistant city engineer, at 503-338-5173 or cmoore@ legalization advocacy group, intends to put forward a state ballot initiative in the 2014 General Election ban on marriage, (10 years ago) dead. further appeals may be made, delaying the start of astoria.or.us. Nevertheless, the Conversation Project, which construction possibly past the end of the year. (see their website at http://newapproachoregon. com/). Their approach would implement a strict sys- itself saw a good run here in the Lower Columbia For more information, contact Urling at 503-861- Cannon Beach Academy Charter tem to regulate, tax and legalize marijuana, similar to Pacific Region, got the voting constituency to finally 0920 or [email protected], or check out School Opening? the Washington and Colorado systems. Under NAO’s come to grips with reality; Love = Equality, equals the CRAW website at http://c-r-a-w.org/index.html. The Seaside School District will hold a public approach for 2014, 40% of funds would support K-12 inherent human rights. And although many were meeting to determine the fate of the Cannon education, 20% would support mental health and disappointed in the decision to kill the ballot – the The Garden of Surging Waves and Heritage Beach Academy public charter school application treatment services and 15% would be dedicated to tremendous movement that got people really talking Square in Astoria on Tuesday, January 14, at 6 pm at the Seaside law enforcement. The effort would follow a failed at- about the depth of the issue, shed light on all our The Garden of Surging Waves is a city park de- School District Offices at 1801 South Franklin Street, tempt at a legalization initiative in 2012 in Oregon. consciousness. Now, ready for the 2014 ballot, Freedom To signed to honor and celebrate the Chinese heritage Seaside. The charter school is the only matter on the And there could be industrial hemp growing in Marry Campaign employs a staff of 24 people and of Astoria and the Lower Columbia River Basin. The agenda. If the school district approves the applica- them there fields in Oregon this spring, as the state will grow larger as the election grows near. 100,000 Garden is Phase I of a larger redevelopment project finalizes rules for growing the relative to marijuana tion, the Academy would open in temporary quarters signatures have been gathered to repeal 2004’s slated for what is known as the former Safeway in September for K-5 students from the Seaside after passage of Senate Bill 676 in 2009. This thrills Michael Pierce, owner of Astoria Hemp Works (which Measure 36. block, now referred to as Heritage Square, across School District area. is moving to Portland in the near future), who said In addition, a lawsuit has been filed by two Port- the street from Astoria City Hall. Development of If you have any questions, please contact the char- that it will allow retailers such as himself to obtain land attorneys, Lake Perriguey and Lea Ann Easton, additional public space is envisioned for other parts ter school folks at (503) 440-9878 or check out their hemp for their products locally. Ten states (Califor- on behalf of two Portland couples, challenging the of the block in future phases. Initial concepts suggest website at http://thecannonbeachacademy.com/. nia, Colorado, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, North constitutionality of straights-only marriage. Who will an amphitheater and large, open areas designed to Dakota, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and West get there first? Supporters of the lawsuit argue that a serve as community gathering spaces. More Spirits and More Beer in Astoria! Virginia) have defined industrial hemp as distinct and court ruling would be cheaper and faster than wait- According to Brett Estes, Astoria Community De- Opening any time will be a micro-distillery in removed barriers to its production (see www.vote- ing until November 2014 and gambling millions on a velopment director, the Garden should be open to Astoria called North Coast Distilling, on Duane hemp.com/state.html for more information). China is ballot measure. They also say that basic human right the public any time, and the city is waiting to hear on Street in the Liberty Theater building. North Coast the world leader in hemp production. shouldn’t be decided by the masses.

9 jan14 hipfishmonthly.com Finn Kaleva Lodge No. 2 A New President with a passion for Heritage Story and photo by Dinah Urell

he tradition of Saturday night sauna events.” on this particular Finnish dairy farm was Astoria Real Estate T She de- accompanied by a dinner cooked on the scribed Your Locally Owned Real Estate Office for all Your Real Estate needs! woodstove. Imagine the smell of a fresh- the baked wild black berry pie wafting out of President Judi Lampi - United Finnish Kaleva Brothers and Sisters at Suomi Hall, Uniontown com- Buying • Selling • Investing the oven. If you were in need of the toilet, radeship of the recent Lutefisk Dinner, and that too was in the mode of a Finn outhouse. all the baking that went on for nights. Pula and to preserve the heritage and culture for And one of her strongest memories recalls www.astoriarealestate.net and prune tarts, to name a few, that Finnish generations to come.” Judi Lampi, was holding the milk pitcher as Peter and Janet Weidman Kaleva sold in addition to a delicious dinner Visibility in the community, another key. her Grandma Fanny milked the cow. Owner-Brokers to go into the building maintenance fund. Teaming up with her father Melvin, a third “They were very simple, good people,” For the first time, the traditional Christmas generation Finn/Astorian, for the Astoria Bi- she says of her grandparents, George and event was opened up to the public. And centennial Celebration, they created a sauna Fanny Lampi, “and they never did, or cared 336 Industry Street great celebration served over 100 plates of float, that doubles as a heritage booth, of to have an electric stove or an indoor bath- Astoria, OR 97103 the stinky, but tasty cod dish, and sold out of which then sold makkara (Finnish blood room.” just about all the goodies. sausage, that was made to order from a Port- Growing up in the 60’s, Lampi experi- 503-325-3304 Growing up in Portland and working as land butcher company) served with sweet enced a rich Finnish cultural upbringing. She a Health/Science teacher for over 25 years, and tangy Finn mustard, a recipe revived by was lucky to be able to visit her grandpar- Lampi made the decision to retire to Astoria, former Cannery Café owner and Finn, Dana ents every weekend, in Brownsmead, just and although she never actually lived here, Gunderson. Another super seller, and notch east of Astoria. Her stories and memories being here reminded her of how much her in the belt for Kaleva Lodge No. 2. are testament to the depth and history of Finnish roots were a part of her life. The Lodge also has increased networking Finnish culture in the Lower Columbia Pacific She became a member of Kaleva Lodge with contemporary Finland. Music, literature, Region. Judi Lampi is the newly elected No. 2 in 2006, and gradually started step- and art have seen numerous visitors. Of President of the United Finnish Kaleva ping up to the plate for various committees. recent a Finnish Rug weaving artist, brought Brothers and Sisters, Lodge No. 2, better One of the things that was apparent, most of by Leena Riker, Lodge member and Suomi known around town as Suomi (Finnish) Hall in the members were getting older. A natural native who now resides on the coast. The Uniontown. decline, and the once popular activity and well-attended event brought many inter- Of late, the goings on at the hall have identity of belonging to a heritage lodge ested in the craft itself. The Lodge No. 2 been making press, and while she certainly long since passed decades a go. After all, also recently hosted a group of 30 Finnish and very stubbornly Finnish-like would not the Lodge No. 2 was founded in 1886, foresters, here to study Oregon Forestry – by lay claim to it being on her part, her vibrant and for 80 years Suomi Hall has been the serving a meal and general hospitality. “They energy and passion for heritage has had beloved home. said it was the best meal they had had in the something to do with it. Concerned, as were other members says States,”Lampi says. “The place is coming alive,” says Lampi of Lampi, “How do we preserve and keep alive Lampi herself visited Finland about a year Suomi Hall, “Member folks are really getting the culture?” Ding! New members. Enter ago, visiting yes, cousins running a longtime excited about organizing and participating in Lampi’s brainchild, the family dairy. She also fell in love with the “One Finn At a Time” cam- cities and the attention paid to quality of life, paign. Brochures and press which takes precedent for Finns. Although releases, (and a feature she does not speak Finnish, she will finally story by this publication) in be taking advantage of the language class at December 2010 began a Clatsop College. new path for the organi- In the Fire of 1922, Kaleva Lodge lost zation. And it must be most of its records but recently Lampi and inserted; the Lodge mission former President Bernie Bjork surprisingly clearly states, friends of found member ledger papers dating back to Finns are openly welcome. the 1800s. There on the paper was the name Not only did it garner new of Judi’s great grandfather Andrew Lampi, members, but it breathed who had homesteaded in the Finnish enclave new life into an inherent of Hamlet, Oregon. That makes her a fourth vision. The Kaleva Lodge generation member of the Kaleva Lodge “I want us to be part No. 2. of our community like we But, she reminds, “You don’t’ have to be once were,” says Lampi, a Finn to be a member, you just have to be a Hamlet Or. A Finnish enclave, Judi Lampi’s ancestors pictured. “to share these traditions, friend. Call me for a membership.” jan14 hipfishmonthly.com 10 Story and photos By Erin Hofseth

Latin Rhythms on the Coast uniting Bodies and Souls

he winter months are cold here Some of us, a growing number of us, with Zumba and revealed a natural ability to 70 pounds. She has had students con- and move their bodies in ways that they on the North Coast. The sun have decided to turn in our movies and to dance. She lost her postpartum weight fide in her that Zumba has helped them never have before.” “It’s liberating,” she Tsets early and we are met with pizza for spandex and salsa; and I’m not and found a renewed zest for life. After get off of their anti-depressants. She has says with a smile. Saso has been a dancer a blanket of darkness only a few hours referring to the type you eat with corn taking Zumba classes in Florida for a year even inspired several women to become for most of her life. With a background after we’ve finished our lunch. The grey chips. I’m referring to a 3-step, 8-count and a half, Gibbon’s husband, an officer licensed instructors. She currently has is Salsa and Hip-hop, Zumba was an im- sky looms heavily above us day after day, form of dancing. Salsa is just one of the in the Coast Guard, got relocated and three licensed Zumba instructors teaching mediate fit for her. She has been teaching swallowing up our memories of sunny many forms of dance incorporated into the family moved to Washington D.C. classes at Raqad Fitness. beach days and late evening sunsets. the popular international fitness program She searched D.C. for a Zumba class that One of these instructors is Yas- Most of us have developed our own known as Zumba. Walk through the doors would fit her lifestyle as a mom of young emin Archer. She began as a Zumba unique coping mechanisms as we sur- of Gearhart Zumba studio, Raqad Fitness, children. It was to no avail. At this time, in student last February and went on on a Monday evening at 5:15 and you will 2009, Gibbons decided to get licensed, to receive her license a few months most likely be greeted with a smile and “out of desperation,” she says with a later in April. Archer has been a hug from more than just one enthusiastic laugh. If she couldn’t find a class that fit runner for most of her life. When woman. The beats of world music will her needs then she would teach her own she got introduced to Zumba, she sweep you up before you’ve had time classes. She taught in D.C. for 2 years be- realized that it was a much more to take your sweatshirt off. Women of all fore moving to Gearhart, Oregon, where natural way for her body to exercise. ages, nationalities, body type, and skill she opened her own Zumba studio, “Cycling and jogging uses repeti- level will be hip-shaking and hooting on Raqad Fitness. tive motions; because of this, a lot every side of you. of bikers and At this point, the joggers don’t best option is “Zumba is a happy workout. You’re not dreading to go notice big to laugh. This is to Zumba, you are actually waiting for the next class.” changes in what Zumba is all their bodies. about: having fun. - Nayelli Daleda, AAMC instructor With Zumba Secondary to the you are get- fun is the aerobics. Many of the women When Gibbons opened her doors a ting a complete body workout… that enter a Zumba class for the first time year ago she had a few goals: she wanted and it’s so much fun!” Archer is are there because they are hoping to lose to stay in shape herself, she wanted to a naturally talented dancer who weight. That’s exactly why Zumba instruc- find a community of friends, and she embraces all forms of dance. She tor, and owner of Raqad Fitness, Liza Gib- wanted to offer a family-friendly, afford- leads high-energy classes that have bons, decided to try it out 9 years ago. able studio where women could discover a hip-hop /reggae flare. It is not Yasemin Archer, Candy Green, Liza Gibbons, Gibbons began taking Zumba classes the joys of Zumba. “Zumba is a great uncommon for women to leave an Instructors at Raqad Fitness in Florida after the birth of her second equalizer. We have people from all differ- Archer class feeling elated from the Nayelli Dalida, Zumba Instructor at AAMC as well as in Ilwaco, WA child. She had been on bed rest during ent walks of life, different races, different surge of endorphins that are released classes at Raqad Fitness since April. Be- her third trimester and weighed 190 ethnic backgrounds, different financial sit- as she laughs and cheers her students coming part of the Zumba community has render to the seasonal shifts here on the pounds when she stepped into her first uations, but when we walk through those through her choreographed routines. filled a lot of Saso’s own personal needs, north coast. The “snow birds” among class. Until then Gibbon’s history in dance doors, we are all equal. We are all here Katie Saso, another instructor at “you can sweat, you can dance, and us flee to warmer climates. Others of us had been informal. Although a life-long for the same reason.” In her one year of Raqad Fitness, says that one of the things you have a community of friends.” Saso make a winter movie list and support our athlete, she had never taken organized teaching here on the coast Gibbons has she loves most about Zumba is “watch- continues, “as a society we are missing favorite local take-out restaurant. dance classes. She instantly fell in love witnessed women lose anywhere from 10 ing women get exposed to new music dance and music as a prominent form of

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According to the International HILDA LAHTI ELEMENTARY CAFETERIA--KNAPPA there are not many outlets for expression in the Zumba website, Zumba classes are held in This may be why it is such an approachable 41535 Old US Hwy 30, Astoria, US 731- 333- 1066 form of dance.” Our instinctive desire to dance 185 countries, at a 140,000 locations, with form of exercise. No one is keeping score, Zumba, Monday 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, Becky Tarker may be one of the reasons why Zumba is rap- 14,000,000 people participating. That’s a lot of competing, or trying to win. People just want Zumba, Wednesday 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, BeckyTarker idly becoming an International phenomenon. hip-shaking and smiles. to have fun, and a bonus to it all? It’s afford- Zumba Toning, Thursday 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, BeckyTarker Although Zumba was originally a Latin dance Although Raqad Fitness is the only studio in able. The common drop-in rate here on the fitness program, it has evolved to incorporate the area that focusses exclusively on Zumba, coast is $5 a class, with many places offering NORTH COUNTY RECREATION DISTRICT World Dance. Some of the dance forms that students can punch card op- 36155 9th Street, Nehalem, OR 97131, US (503) 487 7565 students will be exposed to include: Reg- attend classes tions dropping Zumba, Monday 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, Rosa Erlebach gaeton, Kumbia, Maranga, Bachata, Samba, at many other the rate down Zumba, Wednesday 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, Rosa Erlebach Hip-Hop, Belly Dancing, Reggae, and even locations along to about $4 a Zumba, Friday 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM the North Turbo Jam. Instructors have the freedom to class. At Raqad Coast. (See RAQAD FITNESS tailor classes to fit their own unique styles. This Fitness, Zumba side bar) One 3470 Highway 101, Gearhart, OR creates student and such place is Pacific Pelican Plaza, www.raqad fitness.com quite a bit Surf Instructor, the Astoria Morning Classes: of diversity Arts and Lexi Hallahan, Monday: 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM with Katie from class Movement leads students to class. Wednesday: 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM with Liza Center (AAMC) in stretch- The Friday: 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM with Liza located in ing and light overarch- Saturday: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM with Katie downtown yoga after ing Zumba Evening Classes: Astoria in the each class that guidelines Monday: 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM with Yasemin upstairs space she attends. were cre- Katie Saso leading classes at Tuesday: 5:15 PM– 6:15 PM with Liza of the beauti- Hallhan loves ated by Raqag Fitness in Gearhard Wednesday: 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM with Candy ful Oddfel- the “women the found- Thursday: 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM with Liza lows Hall, energy” that ers and are historical building. Zumba classes are held in Zumba provides. Although most classes on the TOLOVANA COMMUNITY HALL perpetu- a large, open room offering plenty of space coast are predominately filled with women, it 3779 S. Hemlock, Cannon Beach , OR 97110, US (503) 738 ated by a for dancers to move about. Instructor, Nayelli is by no means an exclusively female activity. 6560 core group Dalida, has been teaching classes at the AAMC Men are encouraged to attend classes and, at Zumba Impact Monday 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, Joy Sigler of Zumba for a year. Her classes take place on Tuesdays Raqad Fitness, kids are always welcome. There Zumba Active Senior, Wednesday 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM, Joy instructors and Thursdays, with Thursday’s class being Sigler is a children’s room with toys in the back of the referred conducted with weights emphasizing upper studio along with a cozy couch to sit on. to as ZIN body toning. She also leads classes across the OTHER LOCATIONS: (Zumba bridge in Ilwaco, WA. Dalida got licensed while So if you’re feeling ready to take on some- ZUMBA IN NEHALEM Katie Saso, Instructor at Raqad Fitness Instruc- her Coast Guard husband was stationed in San thing new this January, why not welcome in the At The Lighthouse located at 36480 Hwy 101 tor Network). Those guidelines suggest that Diego. Having no previous dance experience, New Year with some hip-shaking and salsa. You Mon/Wed Eves 5 PM – 6PM Beginners pace for all ages, 12 classes be composed of 70% Latin music and she spent a year teaching free classes for fellow may find that Zumba is just the thing for you. and over. 30% “other.” New material is sent to instruc- parents at her children’s elementary school. As one Zumba advertisement reads, “you’ll NOTE: While most of these class times have been updated, tors every month from the ZIN. This keeps She took that opportunity to teach herself how lose everything but your smile.” For most of us, please check with locations. classes fluid and interesting for instructors and to teach, and when her family moved to the Or- that’s just what we need. jan14 hipfishmonthly.com 12 8th Annual Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century

A reception honoring the great artists such as Rem- selected artists will be held brandt, Velazquez, Degas, on Thursday, January 30th Freud, and Fischl. Although at 6:00 pm. This year’s juror, Clarke is compelled to paint Opens January 23 Charles Froelick, owner and the human figure, he elevates director of Froelick Gallery the actual painting process in Portland, will be present over subject matter, striv- to give a gallery talk. Awards ing “to have the courage to to be announced at the paint over the early pleas- The eighth annual international reception include cash prizes, ing parts of a painting and purchase awards, a solo show arrive at something beyond juried exhibit Au Naturel: The Nude in award to be held during the what I thought was going to the 21st Century opens January 23rd 2014-2015 exhibition season, be the destination when I at Clatsop Community College’s Art and a select number of work- began.” On the other hand, shop awards. This reception is Shane Boddington of New Center Gallery located at 1799 Lex- free and open to the public. York City describes his work ington Avenue, Astoria, OR. The show A No-Host Post-Reception as “an exercise of technique party at the Astoria Coffee- and concept that pertains to Don Copper, Chicago, IL; Arabesque; will run through March 20th, 2014. house and Bistro, at 243 11th pastel, charcoal, graphite, correction the study of body form and Street in downtown Astoria, fluid on paper; 30” x 22” x 0” individual character.” While will immediately follow the Boddington’s work is ex- reception. tremely realistic, Don Copper This year, nearly 800 of Chicago works in a much images submitted by art- more abstract manner, “seek- ists from 28 states plus the ing to eliminate the boundary District of Columbia, as well between the subject and pure as international submissions image.” He confesses that he from Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands. After careful “regularly indulge(s) in figure deliberation, 61 works of art drawing,” for the challenge. were selected from nearly However, Copper feels that 800 images submitted by the “most profound” effect artists from 28 states plus the after a life drawing session District of Columbia as well is that it transforms how he as international submissions sees. “Everything becomes from Canada, Germany, and extraordinary,” he explains, the Netherlands. The 2014 “---the light, the surfaces, the exhibit will represent 47 artists details - and I feel more en- from 17 states in addition gaged with the world around to international artists from me.” Canada and Germany. Further information about The artwork featured in the the 2014 exhibiting artists 2014 exhibit encompasses will be available online at the Shane Boddington, New York City; Portrait of Sara Eisman : The Wall St Analyst very diverse approaches to Au Naturel website at www. Oil on Canvas. 100 cm x 160 cm the human form. Reed Clarke aunaturelart.com after Janu- Reed Clarke, Portland, Oregon; Artist and Model of Portland is inspired by ary 23rd. Oil on Canvas, 48” x 36” x 0”

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No cover, 9pm at exclusively to telling the exciting and amaz- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is a “Hardly a day passes that I don’t the Voodoo Room in Astoria. ing story of kites, through hands on exhibits 1962 American drama adaptation think how lucky I was to be cast in The Cedar Shakes. $5 cover, 9pm at and programs! of Harper Lee’s the San Dune Pub in Manzanita. The World Kite Museum collection has Pulitzer-prize- over 1,500 kites from 26 countries. Learn Naomi Hooley & Rob Stroup. Ameri- winning, semi-auto- cana. No cover, 9pm at the Adrift Hotel about kites and their long and illustrious biographical novel in Long Beach. usage for entertainment, industry, and sci- of the same name, entific experimentation. You can even make directed by Robert LECTURE Lower Columbia Diversity Project. a kite of your own and take it out for a run Mulligan. on the world’s longest beach. Blueprints for Utopia Science Fiction and The film is widely Social Change. With Walidah Imarisha. Feb1-2, WKM celebrates Asian Kites, and considered to be Free admission, 6pm at the Astoria each year from a different country. Uniquely one of the greatest Public Library. shaped & decorated kites and other folk ever made. arts are displayed. Videos, demonstrations Part of the LITERARY and hands-on activities are part of both Feather Mountain Press Presents film’s huge ap- Nancy Slavin & Elia Seely. The days’ events. peal is seeing the authors will be reading from their novels Located on Sid Snyder Drive off the main dramatic events and discussing the writing and publish- drag in Long Beach, WA. worldkitemuseum. unfold through ing process. 7pm at the Bay City Arts com the innocent eyes Center. of childhood. Through their father’s that film,” Gregory Peck said in a Pacific University Writer’s Confer- HANZ ARAKI w/Cary Novotny work as a lawyer, Scout and Jem 1997 interview. “I recently sat at a ence. Readers include Pete Fromm, begin to learn of the racism and dinner next to a woman who saw it Dorianne Laux and Ben Percy. Free, Irish flute player Hanz Araki is the quintessential evil in their town, aggravated by when she was 14 years old, and she 7:30pm at the Best Western Ocean world musician. The Japanese-American musician poverty; they mature quickly as they said it changed her life.” View Resort in Seaside. has performed around the world with Irish music are exposed to it. “You never know Over fifty years after winning the THEATER groups such as the Juno Award-winning Paperboys someone,” Atticus tells Scout, “until Pulitzer Prize, To Kill a Mockingbird Things My Mother Taught Me. you step inside their skin and walk and “sexed up” fiddle duo the Bridies. remains a beloved bestseller and Comedy. $12, 8pm at Theater West in around a little.” Lincoln City. Cary Novotny has been playing guitar and quite possibly the most influential Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) American novel of the 20th Century. singing professionally in the Portland area for two a highly principled lawyer and As Atticus Finch explains early in Saturday 11 decades. Novotny posesses a powerful musical windowed father of two in the the film, mocking birds do no harm MUSIC style, with strong rhythm and a sure sense of har- Depression-era South (Alabama, to anyone, simply singing all day; the Niall Caroll. No cover, 6 – 8pm at the mony and tone. He has recorded and performed 1932), defends a black man against Wet Dog Café in Astoria. an undeserved rape charge, and film’s title refers to the unnecessary with many great bands in the world of Irish music, James Coates. Soulful singer/song- along the way teaches his children harming of innocent creatures. including Cul An Ti, Kevin Burke, The Bridies, and Tickets $5, available at the writer. No cover, 9pm at the Adrift Hotel about prejudice and injustice. To in Long Beach. An Tua. Kill A Mockingbird vividly captures a Liberty Theater Box Office (Asto- Friday, January 31, 7pm till 10pm. All Ages. At specific time and place when racial ria) 503.325.5922 or TicketsWest. ART the Sandtrap in Gearhart. unrest was at its peak in the South. (128 minutes, Black and White). Northwest Artist Guild Exhibit Open- ing. Featuring the art of Connie Criess. Noon – 5pm at Gallery 504 in Long Windless Kite Competition and Performance Beach. And for those who would young Spencer Watson on fun- and dives, twists, turns, near to 4:00PM. Even watching the their event. The whole thing is Astoria’s Second Saturday Art Walk. like to forego the wind, The beach.com, as he collaborates misses, sheer beauty in motion, practices and teaching events a days fun. 5 – 9pm downtown Astoria. Windless Kite Festival, Jan 18 with a double-stringed winged a dance truly. is exciting. Admission is by At the Long Beach School FOOD & DRINK – 19, is an indoor performance flying machine, to a symphonic Get high with a kite in donation as you enter and en- Gymnasium, Washington and Pancake Breakfast. $5 for adults, $3 and competition. For a mag- version of the stones “Paint it Washington. Performances trance to the gym is after each 4th St South, Long Beach, WA for children. 8am – 11am at the Pen- nificent sampling of this unique Black.” He and the kite take us both Saturday and Sunday, Jan group or individual finishes 98631 insula Senior Activity Center in Klipsan expressive art, watch a video of on a dramatic journey of floats 18-19, from about 10:30 AM Beach, WA HAPPENING Lower Columbia Pug Socializing Club. Pugs and their people meet monthly for fun and socialization. 11am at Car- ruthers Park in Warrenton. LITERARY Northwest Author’s Series. Featuring Nancy Slavin, author of “Moorings” and Elia Seely author of “Whisper Down the Years.” Free, 2pm at the Cannon Beach Library. Pacific University Writer’s Confer- ence. Readers include Jack Driscoll, David St John and Kellie Wells. Free, Spencer Watson in motion jan14 hipfishmonthly.com 14 ••• music • visual arts • literarylecture • outdoor • theater••• MORE MUSIC 7:30pm at the Best Western Ocean tsunamis, have crafted the spectacular FOOD & DRINK ages. 2 – 4pm at the Astoria Public View Resort in Seaside. scenery and its unique habitat. Free, Rockaway Lions Beef Stew Dinner. Library. 6pm at the Seaside Library. THEATER $8 adults, $6 13 and under, 5 – 8pm United Paws Monthly Adoption Day. Things My Mother Taught Me. Com- LITERARY at the Lions Club house in Rockaway This is a great time to stop in and see edy. 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln Pacific University Writer’s Confer- Beach. all the kittens, cats and dogs that need City. ence. Readers include Steve Amick, LITERARY new forever homes. Noon – 3pm at the Judy Blunt and Laura Hendrie. Free, Pacific University Writer’s Confer- Tillamook County Fairgrounds. Sunday 12 7:30pm at the Best Western Ocean ence. Readers include Claire Davis LITERARY View Resort in Seaside. and Kwame Dawes. Free, 7:30pm at Poetry Appreciation. Poetry, Poems, MUSIC the Best Western Ocean View Resort in and Poets will be discussed during this Chris Anderson. Jazz/Motown/Pop. Seaside. hour long group meeting. 2 – 3pm at $12, 2pm at the historic Raymond Thursday 16 OUTSIDE Necanicum Village assisted Living and Theater in Raymond. MUSIC Memory Care in Seaside. North Coast Brew Tour Golf Tourney. James Coates. Soulful singer/song- The Weather Machine. Indie/Folk. No cover, 7pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long Seasonal and unique beers from around Writers on the Edge. Author R. Gregory writer. No cover, 7pm at the Adrift Hotel the North Coast family of breweries will Nokes will read from his new book, in Long Beach. Beach. be stationed on the course for tasting! “Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in Scott Pemberton Trio. Roots/Funk/ FOOD & DRINK Find a partner and start the year with the Oregon Territory.” Open Mic session Americana/Rock. No cover. 8pm at Fundraising Dinner. $7 for adults and a 2-Player scramble. $55/ player, cart follows. $6, 7pm at the Newport Visual Fort George Brewery & Public House in $5 for children includes. 5 - 6:30pm at rental is $15 per player. Noon shotgun Arts Center. Astoria. the Peninsula Senior Activity Center in start at the Gearhart Hotel. Klipsan Beach, WA OUTSIDE Pacific University Writer’s Confer- THEATER Beach Cleanup Day. 9:30am – ence. Readers include Valerie Laken, HAPPENING Things My Mother Taught Me. 11:30am or so. Free clam chowder will Mike Magnuson and Joseph Millar. Free, Columbia Pacific Common Sense Comedy. $12, 8pm at Theater West in be available from 11:30am – 1:30pm. 7:30pm at the Best Western Ocean Pizza Party & Meeting. News, plans, Lincoln City. Meet up at any of the major beach ap- View Resort in Seaside. and Q&A with Dan Serres. Pizza and proaches on the Long Beach Peninsula. LITERARY coffee will be provided bring treats and ourbeach.org/cleanup-is-fun snacks to share. 6Ñ30 – 8pm at the Saturday 18 Feather Mountain Press Presents THEATER Three Cups Coffee House in Astoria. Nancy Slavin & Elia Seely. The MUSIC Things My Mother Taught Me. authors will be reading from their novels LECTURE Slipshod. Bluegrass/Blues/Americana. Comedy. $12, 8pm at Theater West in Songwriter Shannon Stephens and discussing the writing and publish- Food Allergies and Naturopathic $14, 7pm at the Lincoln City Cultural Lincoln City. Seattle’s City Arts magazine Records. Check out the song- Center. ing process. Noon at Cloud & Leaf Book- Medicine. With Dr Tracy Erfling. Free, says “Shannon Stephens is a store in Manzanita. tress and her blues-tinged indie 7pm at the Seaside Library. Three Doors Down Acoustic – Songs talented musician, a master of From the Basement. $30 - $45, 8pm Sunday 19 folk at the Adrift. OUTSIDE A Conversation on Poverty. subtle stagecraft and a fantastic Bird Survey. The surveys will monitor CARE(Community Action Resource at Chinook Winds in Lincoln City. MUSIC Sat/Sun, Jan 18-19 at The Edmund Wayne. Folk/Rock/Soul/Ameri- songwriter with an increasingly the bird species that are utilizing the Enterprises)is hosting a forum at the Margo Tufo. Blues. $5 cover 9pm at cana. No cover. 8pm at Fort George brilliant body of work.” 3 albums Adrift, Sid Snyder Dr, in Long park from season to season. No birding Tillamook County Library to discuss the San Dune Pub in Manzanita. ways of dealing with poverty in the Brewery & Public House in Astoria. and a new EP on Asthmatic Kitty Beach. experience is required, and experts are Ocean. 9pm at the Snug Harbor Bar & community. Shannon Stephens. Blues-tinged Indie welcome to come share their knowl- Grill in Lincoln City. edge. Meet at 9am near Battery Russell Nature Matters Lecture Series. Folk. No cover, 7pm at the Adrift Hotel Sassparilla Shannon Stephens. Blues-tinged Indie at Fort Stevens State Park, Warrenton. Aquatic Macroinvertebrates: Ecology, in Long Beach. Folk. No cover, 9pm at the Adrift Hotel at the Dune 503-861-3170 x 41 Ecosystem Services and River Restora- in Long Beach. ART Portland favorite, tion. With Celeste A Mazzacano. Free, Coastal Carvers Show & Sale. Americana roots band, 7pm at the Lovell Showroom at Fort ART Experience the largest wood carving Monday 13 cum dirty bluegrass George in Astoria. Astoria’s Second Saturday Art Walk. show in all of Oregon. Seminars, les- MUSIC 5 – 9pm downtown Astoria. sons, carvings for show and sale. All to stomp-rockin folk, Will West. Americana. No cover, 7pm LITERARY Sassparilla warm up the Coastal Carvers Show & Sale. ages. Free, 10am – 5pm at Chinook at the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. Pacific University Writer’s Confer- denizens of the Dune, ence. Readers include Sandra Alcosser, Experience the largest wood carving Winds in Lincoln City. home.teleport. LITERARY Pam Houstonand Craig Lesley. Free, show in all of Oregon. Seminars, les- com/~coastalcarvers the San Dune Pub in Pacific University Writer’s Confer- 7:30pm at the Best Western Ocean sons, carvings for show and sale. All FOOD & DRINK Manzanita. Boogie right, ence. Readers include Frank Gaspar View Resort in Seaside. ages. Free, 10am – 5pm at Chinook Pancake Breakfast. All-you-can-eat at the beach. Scott Korb and John McNally. Free, Winds in Lincoln City. home.teleport. Saturday, January THEATER for $5, 8am – noon at the Bay City Arts 7:30pm at the Best Western Ocean com/~coastalcarvers Center. 25, on Laneda, ½ way Things My Mother Taught Me. View Resort in Seaside. to the beach. In Man- Comedy. $12, 8pm at Theater West in FOOD & DRINK Swiss Breakfast. $7, 8 – 11am at Lincoln City. Crab Feed. $15 for a one-crab dinner Swiss Hall in Tillamook. zanita. Tuesday 14 and $25 for a two-crab dinner. Noon – Cannon Beach American Legion MUSIC Friday 17 8pm at the Long Beach Elks Club. Breakfast. $7 adults, $3 children Will West. Americana. No cover, 7pm Wine Tasting. Wines from Washington under 6. 9 – 11:30am at the American at the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. MUSIC State. 1 – 4pm at the Cellar on 10th Legion Hall in Cannon Beach. Wadhams & Houston. No cover, 7pm in Astoria. LITERARY at the Sand Trap Pub in Gearhart. HAPPENING Pacific University Writer’s Confer- HAPPENING Indoor Kite Festival. Indoor Kite Fly. Three Doors Down Acoustic – Songs ence. Readers include Marvin Bell, Indoor Kite Festival. Indoor Kite Fly. This kite flying ‘recital’ involves indoor From the Basement. $30 - $45, 8pm Katherine Dunn and Debra Gwartney. This kite flying ‘recital’ involves indoor kite flying with no fans to move the at Chinook Winds in Lincoln City. Free, 7:30pm at the Best Western kite flying with no fans to move the air. There are solos, duets and group Ocean View Resort in Seaside. The Weather Machine. Indie/Folk. No air. There are solos, duets and group performances of two and four line kites cover, 9pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long performances of two and four line kites choreographed air routines to music. Beach. choreographed air routines to music. ‘Hot Trick Shoot Out’ matches pairs of Wednesday 15 flyers for comic capers and tricky ma- ART ‘Hot Trick Shoot Out’ matches pairs of MUSIC neuvers. 10:30am – 4pm at the Long New Exhibition Opening. Threads flyers for comic capers and tricky ma- Will West. Americana. No cover, 7pm Beach School Gymnasium. kitefestival. to New Worlds: A Collection of Fiber neuvers. 10:30am – 4pm at the Long at the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. com/windless-kite-festival-2 Arts, a traveling exhibition organized by Beach School Gymnasium. kitefestival. com/windless-kite-festival-2 Ol’ Danny Barnes LECTURE Weaving Guilds of Oregon. Plus: Creative LITERARY Banjo Guru Danny Barnes out, Oct 2013, Shri 108 is a Listening to the Land. Seaside geolo- hands Across the Columbia, works by Game Day at the Library. Relax and Oregon Legacy Series. With Oregon gist Tom Horning and Eugene author the Clatsop Weavers Guild. Reception have fun with family and friends at the author R Gregory Nokes. Free, 3pm at comin’ to Astoria ‘gain. Barnyard hardy taste of it. electronics, an aesthetic combin- Bonnie Henderson will discuss the North and demonstrations from 5 – 7pm at library’s free monthly Game Day. Choose the Driftwood Public Library in Lincoln Sunday, January 26, 8pm Coast’s landscapes and how geologic the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum from a wide variety of board games, City. ing various bits of bluegrass, processes, including earthquakes and in Ilwaco. card games, and LEGO® bricks for all Listings continued on pg. 21 noise, rock and electronic music at the Fort George, 14th & is Danny’s signature. New album Duane. 15 jan14 hipfishmonthly.com Women In The Arts, Redux theater & performance. Opens at Pioneer Museum The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum presents a new art show, Women in the Arts, Redux, from now until February 16, 2014. Art by Breanna Moran and Rebecca Spaniel is featured in the Main and Northwest Galleries. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in drawing and paint- ing from Biola University in 2003, Breanna Moran pursued a career in visual art as a freelance artist and set painter in the Southern California entertainment industry. In 2008, her art career took an unexpected turn when she had the opportunity to lead a group of tourists through the Galleria Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy, where she discovered a love for teaching. She relocated to Portland, Oregon in 2008 and graduated with a Master’s of Arts in Teaching from George Fox University in 2010. Inspired by the beauty of the Northwest, Ms. Moran’s current body of work attempts to distill the complex matrix of textures, colors and light found in the forests and shores of the Oregon coast. These latest images attempt to capture the personality of the various inhabitants and the rugged grandeur of their natural sur- roundings. Breanna notes, “When I am not up to my elbows in paint and charcoal in the studio, I’m the art, photography and ceramics teacher at Tillamook High School. I hope to be able to encourage a new generation of artists to pursue a rewarding career in the arts.” Pajama Game Cast: (left to right: Steve Stein, Daniel Phelps, Matthew Brasil, Gerry Cortimilia, Annie Bishop, John Davy, Becki Wilhelm, Julie Buck- In 2013, she also was commissioned by the Tillamook Mural Project nam, Roberta Bettis, Wally Nelson, Liz Tosch, Bill Farnum, Karen Downs, Robert Bishop. Not pictures – Cyndi Lewis, Lisa Greiner, Kelli McMellon). Committee to design and paint the mural on the Latimer Quilt and Textile Center’s repository. TAPA presents Rebecca Spaniel grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, fishing Wake-Up! To THE PAJAMA GAME the marshlands and exploring the Appalachian forests, where she The dangers of a workplace romance are explored to hysterical Abbott at his brimming with songs and dances which have be- first discovered her love of nature and painting. After graduating from the College of Charleston with her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine effect in this romantic comedy from the creators of DAMN YAN- come popular and musical theatre standards (among them “Hey KEES. Conditions at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory are anything Art/Studio Art, Ms. Spaniel began a journey across North America, There,” “Steam Heat” and “Hernando’s Hideaway”) and features visiting over 15 states in the US and three Canadian provinces but peaceful, as sparks fly between new superintendent Sid So- plenty of splashy, fun production numbers. For solid, classic musi- rokin and Babe Williams, leader of the union grievance committee. before landing in Alaska. After experiencing an Alaskan winter, cal comedy, it’s hard to beat THE PAJAMA GAME!. Their stormy relationship comes to a head when the workers strike Ms. Spaniel decided to rejoin the continental United States as an for a 7 and a half cent pay increase, setting off not only a conflict Performances: January 24,25,31 and February 1,7,8, at 7pm and Oregon resident where she found inspiration and a community that between management and labor, but a battle of the sexes as well. January 26 and February 9 at 2pm. Reservations available at 503- embraced her and her art. Bright and brassy, this unconventional, fast-paced Broadway 842-7940. At The BARN, 1204 Ivy St. in Tillamook. A reception in the artists’ honor will be held at the Pioneer Mu- favorite is every bit the embodiment of legendary director George $15/Adults, $10.00/Students/Seniors, $40 for a family of four. seum from 2:30 to 4:00 PM on Saturday, January 25, 2014. ASOC NEW WORKS NORTHWEST Ibsen’s A Doll’s House Call For Original Scrits Opens at The Coaster Theater The Astor Street Opry Company in a continuing commitment to The slamming of the front door at the of the most striking dramatic heroines of premiere A Doll’s House created quite the support and inspire performance artists is putting out the call to lo- end of A Doll’s House shatters the romantic the late-nineteenth century. The play- controversy for its critical attitude toward cal coastal community playwrights to submit their original full length stage plays to be considered for production at the ASOC Playhouse façade of the Helmers’ marriage. In their wright’s radical views shocked his audienc- 19th century marriage norms. It has been in May 2014. stifling relationship, Nora and Torvald have es and his insights into human relationships enjoyed ever in many celebrated stage This new addition to ASOC’s theatre calendar, “New Works deceived one another and themselves are as relevant today as in 1879. and film adaptations ever since. In 2006, A Northwest Coast” is an excellent opportunity for local writers to see consciously and subconsciously, when Nora A Doll’s House was published in Sep- Doll’s House held the distinction of being their own work fully produced live on stage by an experience group finally recognizes the urgency for individual tember of 1879 and received its world the worlds most performed play. of stage artists. Deadline for consideration is January 15th 2014. freedom. Ibsen’s Nora continues to be one premiere that December. At the time of its Directed by Susi The submitted scripts will be reviewed by a local panel of Brown. Cast: knowledgeable theatrical artists for perceptive and entertainment value along with the necessary technical requirements for mounting Sofie Kline, Ben Van on our stage. They will be critiquing for dynamics of plot, character Sofie Kline is Osdol, Heather Neu- development and motivation. The scripts can be comedy, drama or Ibsen’s 19th wirth, David Sweeney, anything in between but we ask that all work be suitable for family centruy heroine, Seth Goldstein, Caro- audiences. Nora, ahead of lyn Anderson, Margaret For consideration, please submit five complete script copies (No her time, in “A Hammitt-McDonald, originals, please) to: ASOC Original New Works Northwest Coast Script Submissions c/o Anne MacGregor, 101 Madison Avenue #2D Doll’s House.” Luthien McDonald Goldstein, Parker Fergus, Astoria Oregon 97103. Include a Title Page for each script that states Ben Van Osdol names of all authors along with addresses, phone numbers and Holly Fergus portrays hus- email addresses. Subsequent pages should include only manuscript band Torvold, Performances: Open- title and page number. whose marriage ing January 31 – Febru- By submitting you are stating that the script is your own original has the most ary 22. Talkback Thurs- work. No adaptation of other authors, stage plays, monologues, unexpected day – Feb 20. Friday short stories or screen plays will be accepted. The author retains outcome. and Saturdays, 7:30pm, all other rights to his/her work. (No scripts will be returned unless Sunday shows 3pm. returned envelope with postage is included). The ASOC is very excited to be a continuing sponsor of local and Tickets: $20 and $15. regional theatrical artists and their dynamic work and we hope that Call the Coaster Box Of- this new Theatre presentation will enhance our coastal community’s fice:503.436.1242. growing performance art culture. For more information please con- tact Production Committee Chair Anne MacGregor at 503-338-3826. jan14 hipfishmonthly.com 16 art happens. Kimberly Reed At Fair Weather House and Garden Replenish, for many, is a word unlocking what- ever the previous year has repressed. And, too, it is the title of a specific painting uniquely created by the artist Kimberly Reed the first art exhibition booked for January 2014 at Fair Weather Gallery. Kimberly Reed’s signature abstract works come wildly to life, adding an extra element of chance to an already unpredictable method: using the effects of acrylics and mixed media, she adds layers of paint—one on top of another in traditional and nontraditional mediums. The work seems to be tilted this way and that, allowing the paint to drip and flow into another on an over sized canvas, hand starched by the artist. Drying at varying rates, the multi-colors bring to mind a subtle suggestion of the selected title of the art work. her love of the ocean. “When I arrived in Astoria, I Reed grew up in Northern California (inland), came without knowing almost anyone.” moved to Fort Bragg (the Atlantic Ocean) then View REPLENISH through the month of January. later moved to the Nevada desert to attend the Fairweather House and Garden is located in the University of Nevada/Reno, majoring in education. historic Gilbert district of downtown Seaside at 612 Taking a road trip to Oregon, she rediscovered Broadway. Caffeine Mythology Art Caption: The Marshmellow Hunters 6 x 20 New Works by Anne Grgich At Imogen Gallery Paint into 2014 Imogen Gallery kicks off the New Year While the movement was once shunned by Shirley Dahlsten Kicks-off with the work of Portland artist Anne Grgich. the established, i.e. museums, critics, gallerists the year with “Classical Known as a visionary, Grgich delivers CAFFEINE and subsequently serious collectors, it is now a and Futuristic Painting” MYTHOLOGY a powerful collection of collaged genre that has launched itself into a permanent paintings and collaboratively created ceramic and meaningful art form gaining serious rec- PM - will run through April 3, 2014 and be held vessels, exploring past, present and future. ognition and respected on all levels. Outsider at Trails End Art Center, 656 Avenue A, Gearhart. Caffeine Mythology opens for Astoria’s Second art now frequently finds itself within the walls You do not have to be a member to attend the Saturday Artwalk, January 11th with an artist’s of the world’s most prestigious art institutions. class. reception from 5 – 8 pm. Food and drink will Grgich has played a role in that, enjoying a rich Dahlsten is charging $60.00 per person for be provided by the Astoria Coffee House and career with regular exhibitions that has taken the 10- week class. For questions, or to register, Bistro with live music performed by the JT Wise her virtually around the world. After opening her Local Artist and Author Shirley Dahlsten’s please contact Dahlsten at (503) 325-1514 or Trio of Portland. Anne Grgich will be available to email: [email protected]. show in Astoria, she’s off to France for her next most recent group just celebrated the successful answer questions about her work and process. Anyone, with or without art experience, is en- exhibition. conclusion of a 10-week class which she called The exhibition will remain on display through couraged to join her class. For beginners, as well Viewing Grgich’s work is like following a “Realism and Abstraction.” Participants moved February 4th. as more experienced artists, Dahlsten’s class offers string, not knowing where it leads, but like Alice through challenges, fun, and creative obstacles to Grgich has over the years solidly established an array of options, and will be entertaining and herself as a leader of the American Outsider Arts in Wonderland, you follow, making discoveries complete individual artistic projects. rewarding. Students work independently on the Movement, casting her into a worldwide com- along the way. Imogen Gallery is located at 240 Beginning Thursday, January 30, 2014, Dahlsten various problem-solving assignments. munity of artists, creating without the constructs 11th Street in Astoria. HRS: Mon – Sat, 11pm to is offering yet another inspiring class entitled Photo caption: Local Artist and Author Shirley of the establishment, including academia. 5pm. 503.468.0620 “Classical and Futuristic Painting.” The 10-week Dahlsten (center) and “Realism and Abstraction class - held on Thursdays from 10:00 AM – 1:00 “class. Next class begins January 30. Printmaker Elizabeth Bonn-Zimmerman At Tempo Gallery The Six Senses When asked about her printmaking process and usually comes Curator Jessi DiTillio Elizabeth Bonn-Zimmerman says, “My work out embossed. She At Cannon Beach Gallery comes from meditation, dreams and dream like is playing with a images that strike me in the daytime world. I am combination of plant The Cannon Beach Gallery is pleased to host uplifted by nature and entranced by patterns. monoprints and guest curator, Jessi DiTillio, in January, 2014 for an So often there are feelings and thoughts that added embossed im- exhibit entitled The Six Senses. cannot be expressed in daily conversations. ages, going through Jessi DiTillio is Assistant Curator of Contempo- Words don’t communicate all that needs to be the press numerous rary Art at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. said. Dreams have always moved and guided times. She’s worked in a diverse range of contemporary me. The inner world has usually spoken louder Stop by TEMPO art institutions, from artist collectives in Ghana to to me then the outer. In art there are untouched GALLERY during Art nonprofit galleries and alternative performance realms to work with, to play with, receive and Walk Saturday Jan. spaces in New York City. Following her study of The theme of the SIX SENSES is intended to create. My voice would be small indeed, stifled 11th 5-8 to meet contemporary art and political activism at New be interpreted by artists, with all of the six senses without my artwork.” Elizabeth and see her York University, she earned her MA in Art History open for exploration. In other words, any one of Elizabeth’s most recent works are collagraphs, work. Tempo Gallery, at the University of Oregon. Most recently, she the senses could be explored in the artists work, With these prints, the plates are made three which shares space curated the traveling exhibition Emancipating the including sight, sound, taste, touch, or smell, in dimensionally, out of cardboard and other mate- with the Astoria Past: Kara Walker’s Tales of Slavery and Power, cur- addition the more nebulous sixth sense. rials, like a collage. This plate is then inked and Music Festival, is located at 1271 Commercial rently installed at the Crocker Museum in Sacra- The Six Senses opened on Saturday, January 4 – wiped like an etching, hand printed with a press, St., Astoria. mento and opening at the JSMA in January. view through the month of January.

17 jan14 hipfishmonthly.com ••• music • visual arts • literarylecture • outdoor • theater•••

OUTSIDE LITERARY FOOD & DRINK Friday Free Admission to WA State Parks. Saturday 25 Oregon Legacy Series. With Oregon Wine Tasting. Big Reds. 1 – 4pm at the Cellar on 10th in Astoria MUSIC MUSIC author Monica Drake. Free, 3pm at the Bill Hayes. Rock/Folk/Bluegrass. No cover, 5 – 8pm at the Cannon Beach Cookie Company. Monday 20 Troll Radio Revue. Americana. $2 for Driftwood Public Library in Lincoln City. HAPPENING Mix & Mingle Jazz Night. With jazz guitarist Wes Wahrmund & friends. Refreshments will be served. adults, free for children. 11am – noon Asian New Year Kite Celebration. Free, 6 – 8:30pm at the Cannon Beach Gallery. MUSIC Monday 27 Tom Trudell. Jazz piano. No cover, 6– 9pm at the Shelburne Restaurant & Pub in Seaview, WA. at Fort George in Astoria. Videos, demonstrations and hands-on Three for Silver. Folky Americana. No activities are part of the celebration. At Asleep at the Switch. Blues, Country, 40’s, & 50’s. Free (donations accepted), 6 – 8pm at the City cover, 7pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long Jeffrey Martin, Anna & The Under- MUSIC Hall in Garibaldi. belly. Folky Indie Pop. No cover, 9pm at Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys. Blue- the World Kite Museum in Long Beach. Thomasian Trio & Maggie Kitson. Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 7-11pm at Sweet Basil’s Café in Beach. Cannon Beach. the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. grass influenced Americana. No cover, Game Day at the Library. Relax and 7pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. have fun with family and friends at the Open Mic. Musicians, singers and comedians are all welcome. Each performer will receive $1 off FOOD & DRINK Sassparila. $5 cover, 9pm at the San pints of beer or cider. Perform or just enjoy the show. 7:30 – 9:30pm at Hondo’s Brew & Cork in Ice Cream Social. The public is library’s free monthly Game Day. Choose Dune Pub in Manzanita. Astoria, invited for cake & ice cream + birthday Tuesday 28 from a wide variety of board games, HAPPENING celebration. $1 suggested donation, CINEMA card games, and LEGO® bricks for all Friday Night Mixer. Enjoy a social hour at the gallery, with art and conversation, plus beverages MUSIC ages. 2 – 4pm at the Astoria Public provided by Astoria Coffeehouse. 5 – 7pm at Imogen Gallery in Astoria. free if it’s your birthday month. 2pm at Best of the Northwest Film Center the Peninsula Senior Activity Center in 39th Annual Film Festival. $5, Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys. Blue- Library. grass influenced Americana. No cover, Saturday Klipsan Beach, WA 7:30pm at the Hoffman Center in HAPPENING Manzanita. 7pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. MUSIC OUTSIDE Comedy on the Coast. $15, 8pm at Musician’s Jam. Free, 2 – 4pm at the Tillamook Library. Jazz Jam. 8:30pm at the Snug Harbor Free Admission to WA State Parks. FOOD & DRINK Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln Jennifer Goodenberger. Classical/Improvisational/Contemporary piano music. No cover, 6pm at the Bar & Grill in Lincoln City. City. Shelburne Restaurant in Seaview, WA Wine Tasting. Wines from Italy. 1 – The Honky Tonk Cowboys. Country. No cover, 7 – 10p at the Astoria Moose Lodge. 4pm at the Cellar on 10th in Astoria FOOD & DRINK OUTSIDE Tuesday 21 Library Lovers Dinner. All-you-can-eat FOOD & DRINK Roast Beef Dinner. $8 3 – 7pm at St Beach Cleanup. Take part in the Wine Tasting Special. $9 for 4 2-oz pours + complimentary appetizers. 4 – 6pm at the Wine Bar at MUSIC spaghetti and more. 5 – 7pm at Big monthly “Treasure the Beach” cleanup Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach. Mary’s By the Sea in Rockaway Beach. Three for Silver. Folky Americana. No wave Café in Manzanita. with the city of Seaside, Beach Drive Sunday cover, 7pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long LECTURE Buccaneers and the Seaside Downtown Beach. Acupuncture. With Karen Kaufman. Wednesday 29 Development Association and help keep MUSIC All That Jazz. Jazz. No cover (donations accepted). 2pm at the Wet Dog Café in Astoria. Free, 1pm at the Seaside Library. Seaside beaches clean and beautiful. OUTSIDE ART Meet at 9am at Seashore Inn on the North Coast Country Band. No cover, 3 – 6pm at the Astoria Moose Lodge. Great Speaker Series. Mind the Gaps: Resident Show & Tell. Presentations Bird Survey. The surveys will monitor Beach in Seaside. Brian Johnstone, Flamenco/Jazz/Blues. 5 – 7pm at the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon How Gender Shapes Our Lives. With begin at 6:30pm in the Boyden Studio Beach. the bird species that are utilizing the Jade Aguilar. 1pm at the Tillamook at the Sitka Center, north of Lincoln The Thomasian Trio with Maggie Kitson. Jazz/Blues/Classic Rock. 7pm at Moody’s Supper House park from season to season. No birding THEATER in Seaside. experience is required, and experts are County Pioneer Museum in Tillamook. City. A Doll’s House. Drama. $15 - $20, Steve Sloan. 8:30pm at the Snug Harbor Bar & Grill in Lincoln City. welcome to come share their knowl- 7:30pm at the Coaster Theater in Can- OUTSIDE Thursday 30 non Beach. HAPPENING edge. Meet at 9am near Battery Russell Bird Survey. The surveys will monitor Indoor Winter Farmers Market. 4 – 5 farmers will vend every week. 2 – 5pm at the Nehalem at Fort Stevens State Park, Warrenton. Beehive. the bird species that are utilizing the MUSIC Sunday 2 Monday 503-861-3170 x 41 park from season to season. No birding Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys. Ameri- HAPPENING experience is required, and experts are cana. $17, 7pm at the Lincoln City MUSIC Burgers & Jam Session. 6 – 9pm at the American Legion Hall in Cannon Beach. Wednesday 22 welcome to come share their knowl- Cultural Center. An American Forest. No cover. 8pm Tuesday MUSIC edge. Meet at 9am near Battery Russell Bradford Loomis. Rootsy Americana. at Fort George Brewery & Public House MUSIC at Fort Stevens State Park, Warrenton. in Astoria. Three for Silver. Folky Americana. No No cover, 7pm at the Adrift Hotel in Richard T. Blues. No cover, 5:30 – 8:30pm at T Paul’s Supper Club in Astoria. 503-861-3170 x 41 Long Beach. Brian O’Connor. Jazz guitar. No cover, 6pm at the Shelburne Inn in Seaview, WA cover, 7pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long Swansea & Lara Michell. No cover, Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 6:30pm at the U Street Pub in Seaside. Beach. THEATER ART 7pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. Bruce Thomas Smith. Acoustic. 7:30pm at Moody’s Supper House in Seaside. Check Please. Comedy. A Riverbend Opening Reception. Au Naturel: The Typhoon Rose. 8:30pm at the Snug Open Jam. Hosted by One Way Out. 8:30pm at the Snug Harbor Bar & Grill in Lincoln City. Thursday 23 Players Dinner Theater. $30, 6:30pm at Nude in the 20th Century. 6pm at the Harbor Bar & Grill in Lincoln City. HAPPENING the Lincoln City Cultural Center. Art Center Gallery at CCC in Astoria. Teen Tuesdays. Free special events just for teens in 6th through 12th grades. Activities include movie MUSIC CINEMA making, video game nights, crafts, and movie nights. 3:30 – 4:30pm at the Seaside Library. FMI visit Lotte Kestner & Levin Long (haunting Dragalution. Daylight Cums and Her To Kill a Mockingbird. $5 2pm at the seasidelibrary.org Friday 31 Indie Folk). No cover, 7pm at the Adrift Sexy Bastards – Raw. Audience interac- Liberty Theater in Astoria. tion is encouraged, so dress in drag Wednesday Hotel in Long Beach. MUSIC HAPPENING and get ready to boogie. An evening of Rock On Fundraiser. with rock violinist Asian New Year Kite Celebration. MUSIC LECTURE raunchy, racy, dirty fun. $10 general Aaron Meyer & guitarist Tim Ellis. Ap- George Coleman. Pop/Jazz/Folk/Rock. 5:30 – 9pm at Shelburne Restaurant and Pub in Seaview. Ales & Ideas Lecture Series. Should Videos, demonstrations and hands-on The Coconuts. Swing/Jazz/Country/Bluegrass/Folk. 6pm at the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Café in admission, Dress in Drag encouraged. petizers and wine, concert, and silent activities are part of the celebration. At Technology Be Beautiful? With Seth auction. $75/person, 6:30pm at the Cannon Beach. 21 and over. $10pm at the Columbia the World Kite Museum in Long Beach. Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 6pm at the Rio Café in Astoria, Tichenor. Free, 7pm at the Fort George Theater in Astoria. Lincoln City Cultural Center. Jam Session. No cover, 7pm-ish – 10pm at the Moose Lodge in Astoria. Lovel Showroom in Astoria. Hanz Araki & Cary Novotny. Celtic. LITERARY Moody’s Music Jam. Bruce Thomas Smith will host a music jam every Wednesday. Everyone is Oregon Legacy Series. With Oregon welcome. 7 – 9pm at Moody’s Supper House in Seaside. Sunday 26 No cover, 7pm at the Sand Trap Pub in Friday 24 Gearhart. author Matt Love. Free, 3pm at the Dan Golden. World Music. 7:30 – 10:30pm at McKeown’s Restaurant & Bar in Seaside. MUSIC Driftwood Public Library in Lincoln City. HAPPENING MUSIC Coffee Concert. $10, includes coffee Bradford Loomis. Rootsy Americana. Ecstatic Dance. Spirit-filled, freestyle, yogic trance dance. $5 - $7, 6:30 – 7:45pm, at Pine Grove Country Music Jam. Free, 7 – 9pm at No cover, 9pm at the Adrift Hotel in Community House in Manzanita and pastry. 3pm at the Lincoln City Monday 3 the Wickiup Senior Center in Svensen. Cultural Center. Long Beach. SPIRITUAL MUSIC Ocean Within Awareness Group. Mission: to actively move toward our true nature and become one Will West & The Friendly Strangers. Tandrius Zlabys. Classical piano. $25, HAPPENING with the Ocean Within. Meetings will have two short meditation sessions, group discussions, and a No cover, 7pm at the Sand Trap Pub in Comedy on the Coast. $15, 8pm at Anna and the Underbelly. No cover, focus practice for the week. All faiths/paths welcome. 6:30 – 7:30pm at the Astoria Indoor Garden 3pm at the Camp Winema Chapel north 7pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. Supply. FMI 503-741- 7626 Gearhart. of Neskowin. Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City. Thursday Delta Halos. No cover, 9pm at the Danny Barnes. Barnyard electronics. Tuesday 4 Voodoo Room in Astoria. 8pm at Fort George Brewery & Public THEATER MUSIC House in Astoria. A Doll’s House. Drama. $15 - $20, MUSIC Brian O’Connor. Jazz. 6pm at the Shelburne Inn in Seaview. Lotte Kestner & Levin Long (haunting Anna and the Underbelly. No cover, Indie Folk). No cover, 9pm at the Adrift 7:30pm at the Coaster Theater in Can- Live Music. No cover, 6pm at U Street Pub in Seaside. Jeffrey Martin, Anna & The Under- non Beach. 7pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. Paul Dueber. Folk music from the 70s and 80s. No cover, 6 – 8pm at the Cannon Beach Hardware Hotel in Long Beach. belly. Folky Indie Pop. No cover, 7pm at & Pub. the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. ART The Thomasian Trio. Jazz/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 6pm at Twisted Fish Steakhouse in Seaside. LITERARY Saturday 1 Monthly Photo Salon. 7 – 9pm at the Basin Street NW. Jazz. No cover, 6:30pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria. Three Oregon Authors. Three authors HAPPENING Hoffman Center in Manzanita. Steamin’ Stan Ruffo. Blues/Jazz/Soul/Rock. No cover, 7 – 10pm at Moody’s Supper House in representing independent Oregon MUSIC Tillamook County Historical Society Matthew Price. Folk. $14, 7pm at the Seaside. presses-Matt Love, Nancy Slavin, and Dinner & Meeting. Dinner, presenta- Lincoln City Cultural Center. Wednesday 5 Jim Wilkins. 7pm at the Voodoo Room in Astoria. Stevan Allred- will read from their works Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 9pm at Sam’s Seaside Café in Seaside. tion by Rich Mulcahy and meeting. and answer audience questions. Free, Members are invited to bring their beach The Junebugs. $5 cover, 9pm at San MUSIC ART Dune Pub in Manzanita. Anna and the Underbelly. No cover, Knitting/Spinning Group. 3 – 5pm at the Astoria Fiber Arts Academy. 6pm at the Astoria Public Library. findings to the meeting and Cannon Manic Mechanics. 9pm at the Snug 7pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. HAPPENING Beach Treasures will verify findings. $15 THEATER Harbor Bar & Grill in Lincoln City. Trivia Night. Bring a team or just bring yourself and test your knowledge of useless (or possibly useful) Check Please. Comedy. A Riverbend 3 – 5pm at St Mary’s By the Sea Catho- HAPPENING facts. 6pm at the Ship Inn in Astoria. lic Church in Rockaway Beach. RSVP at Swansea & Lara Michell. No cover, Mahjongg – The Ancient Chinese Tile Poet & Songwriters Circle. If you are interested in writing poetry/songs, please drop in and join the Players Dinner Theater. $30, 6:30pm at group. 7pm at the Bay City Arts Center. the Lincoln City Cultural Center. 503-915-4989 9pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. Game. Have you always wondered how

jan14 hipfishmonthly.com 18 •••calendar••• word. to play? Do you admire the beautiful de- signs? The traditional game of mahjongg Listening To The Land Mind The Gaps: How Gender Shapes Our Lives is a social event enjoyed by four people Jan 15 • Geologist, Author Explore Tsunamis’ Jan 25 • Pioneer Museum Lecture around a table. Join Gail Friedlander, a Lasting Impact on the Coast From the mo- This is the focus of “Mind the Gaps: How player for 38 years, as she introduces ment we are born, Gender Shapes Our Lives,” a free conversation the history of the game and its many The Oregon Coast has periodically been swamped by tsunamis gender shapes with Jade Aguilar on Saturday, January variations both through time and in dif- triggered by large earthquakes in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, ferent parts of today’s world. Free, 6pm an offshore fault line that runs from Vancouver Island to Eureka, every aspect of 25, 2014 at 1:00 PM at the Tillamook County at the Naselle Timberland Library. California. Those quakes and tsunamis have left their marks upon our lives: our Pioneer Museum. This Great Speaker Series the landscape, and they continue to shape the communities and interests, program is hosted by the Pioneer Museum Thursday 6 the individuals who live here. Join Seaside geologist Tom Horning opportunities, through its Daisy Fund and sponsored by Or- egon Humanities. MUSIC and Eugene author Bonnie Henderson to consider the lasting and how we move Br’er Rabbit. Americana. No cover, impacts of ancient tsunamis in “Live Land,” this year’s first Listen- through the world. Aguilar is an assistant professor of sociology 8pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. ing to the Land program, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 6 p.m. at the In the twenty-first and women’s and gender studies at Willamette Seaside Public Library. century, disparities University. Her broad areas of study are gender, HAPPENING Horning, an explora- among the gen- sexuality, and family, and her main area of focus First Thursday Trivia. Teams of 1-5 compete for universal admiration and tion geologist-turned- ders still prevail, is the study of intentional communities. Through fantastic prizes. Sign up ahead of time geotechnical consultant, especially the the Conversation Project, Oregon Humanities or just show up! Free, 5:30 – 6:30pm at has been exploring the intersections of offers free programs that engage community the Astoria Public Library. North Coast’s beaches, race, class, immigration status,and geography. members in thoughtful, challenging conversa- estuaries, dunes, and What can these disparities tell us about society’s tions about ideas critical to our daily lives and Friday 7 forests since boyhood values and priorities? How can we better under- our state’s future. For more information about MUSIC and has been urging stand the complexities of gender’s effects on this free community discussion, please contact Alexa Wiley & The Wilderness. No his neighbors to make our daily lives and identities? the Pioneer Museum at 503-842-4553 or visit cover, 7pm at the Sand Trap Pub in tsunami preparedness a their website at www.tcpm.org. Gearhart. priority since returning Thompson Square. $25 - $40, 8pm at to his hometown nearly Nature Matters/North Coast Watershed Series Chinook Winds in Lincoln City. twenty years ago. Join him to take a fresh look at the North Coast’s spectacular scenery and unique habitats through the eyes Br’er Rabbit. Americana. No cover, No backbone? No problem. 9pm at the Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. of an earth scientist. The fascinating world of aquatic invertebrates A chance encounter with Horning five years ago led Henderson Nature Matters presents survival is closely linked to na- ART to begin researching how we know what we know about earth- an evening with Xerces Society tive fish, yet whose conserva- Monthly Photo Salon. 7 – 9pm at the quake and tsunami risk on the Pacific Northwest coast and the Staff Scientist & Aquatic tion and habitat needs are Hoffman Center in Manzanita. uncanny correspondences between the course of Horning’s own Conservation Coordinator, Dr. frequently unknown and not HAPPENING life and the scientific discoveries that have led us to our current Celeste A. Mazzacano January addressed. Daddy-Daughter Dance. 6 – 8pm at understanding of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Henderson will 16 at Fort George. Celeste is the Staff Scientist the Lincoln City Community Center. discuss and read excerpts from The Next Tsunami, forthcoming Aquatic invertebrates are and Aquatic Conservation THEATER from OSU Press in spring 2014. Her most recent book, Strand, found in almost every freshwa- Director for the Xerces Society A Doll’s House. Drama. $15 - $20, was an Oregon Book Awards finalist. ter habitat, where they play key for Invertebrate Conservation, 7:30pm at the Coaster Theater in Can- Listening to the Land is roles in nutrient cycling and headquartered in Portland non Beach. a monthly winter speaker regulating primary production. Oregon, and the Project Co- series presented by North They are a vital food resource ordinator for the international Saturday 8 Coast Land Conservancy and for birds, fish, amphibians, Migratory Dragonfly Partner- MUSIC the Necanicum Watershed mammals, and reptiles. The bi- ship. She is also Editor-in-Chief Niall Caroll. No cover, 6 – 8pm at the Council in partnership with ological health of a waterbody of Argia, the news journal of Wet Dog Café in Astoria. the Seaside Public Library can be determined based on the Dragonfly Society of the their community composition, Americas. She has a Ph.D. Nature Matters, a lively Thompson Square. $25 - $40, 8pm at and with generous support Chinook Winds in Lincoln City. from the Seaside Chamber and they are useful tools in in Entomology and a B.S. in conversation about the inter- of Commerce. Programs take monitoring for pesticides & Genetics and Cell Biology from section of nature and culture, Betty & The Boy. No cover, 9pm at the herbicides. the University of Minnesota. Adrift Hotel in Long Beach. place at the Seaside Public takes place on the third Library on the third Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. from Celeste will discuss just how With over 17 years of experi- Thursday of the month through FOOD & DRINK much aquatic macroinverte- ence in research, conservation, October through May. To find out more about this series and our spring. Wine Tasting. Wines for Valentines upcoming programs, please visit www.nclctrust.org. brates contribute. Freshwater and education, Celeste brings Day. 1 – 4pm at the Cellar on 10th in mussels will be addressed as an impressive depth and Thursday, January 16, At Astoria a particularly sensitive group breadth of experience to bear the Fort George Lovell Room. UnWined. Wine tasting, appetizers. Go Birding! of macroinvertebrates whose on current conservation issues. Beer and grub available. $25/ person, 10 tastes with ticket (ad- Join Fort Stevens State Park ditional tastes available for purchase). on weekly bird surveys and see 5 – 7pm at the Liberty Theater McTavish some of the amazing variety of Ales & Ideas R oom in Astoria. birds in our local area. The sur- Should Technology be Beautiful – A Philosophical Approach HAPPENING veys will monitor the bird species Clatsop Community College and the Fort University of Hawaii, Oregon State University, Lower Columbia Pug Socializing Club. that are utilizing the park from George Brewery host Seth Tichenor in the 3rd Concordia University, Linfield College and a Pugs and their people meet monthly season to season, and will be 2013/14 Ales and ideas education series in the number of community colleges including Clat- for fun and socialization. 11am at Car- conducted weekly for an entire Lovell Room. sop Community College. His areas of specialty ruthers Park in Warrenton. year. No birding experience is re- Many have observed that technology can be include The Philosophy of Religion, Classical beautiful. But is it important that it be beauti- Your Heart’s Desire: A Celebra- quired, and experts are welcome South Asian Philosophy, Comparative Philoso- ful? More specifically, can beauty play a role in tion of Chocolate, Wine & Art. Free to come share their knowledge. phy and Philosophy of Education. Seth is a co- technology being better as technology? This is admission, noon – 5pm at the Kiawanda Binoculars are recommended, founder of Philosofarian – an ongoing project Community Center in Pacific City. the question Tichenor will investigate - looking and we have a few binoculars that to classical and contemporary thinkers from a that aims to make philosophical life relevant to Rich Guzzi. Comedy & Hypnosis. $20, first-timers may borrow. The survey will take around 2 hours and wide array of disciplines & backgrounds (from everyone everywhere. 7pm at the Sand Trap Pub in Gearhart. will cover several diverse habitats within the park. The sites will Martin Heidegger to Steve Jobs). Thursday, January 23, 7pm (doors open THEATER be accessed by walking and driving. For questions contact Park Seth Tichenor has pursued advanced degrees 6pm) at Fort George, 14th and Duane in As- A Doll’s House. Drama. $15 - $20, Ranger Dane Osis 503-861-3170 x 41 or at [email protected] in Philosophy from the University of Hawaii- toria. Seasonal beers on tap, food and other 7:30pm at the Coaster Theater in Can- All surveys meet near Battery Russell and start at 9:00 am. Sun Manoa and in Theology from Boston University. beverages are available for purchase. Minors non Beach. Jan 12th, Tues Jan 21st, Sat Jan 25th. He has been teaching for 19 years including the are welcome.

19 jan14 hipfishmonthly.com Flash Cuts film. Movies & Musings by Les Kanekuni

4 actors playing CIA agent Ryan. After Ben Affleck left the part after the panned but profitable The Sum of All Fears (2002) the series sat moribund until Chris Pine became available after his second Star Trek movie. Shadow Recruit is the first Ryan movie not based on a Tom Clancy book and is basically an origin story, cutting between Ryan’s relationship with his young wife Cathy (Keira Knightley) who is unaware of Ryan’s status as an intelligence agent. Synopsis: While working as a junior analyst for the CIA’s covert intelligence office, Jack Ryan inadvertently uncovers evidence of an imminent terrorist attack. With no intelligence to verify his discovery, Ryan is promoted to field agent and sent to Moscow to continue his investigation, where he soon encounters Viktor Cherevin (Kenneth Branhagh), an enigmatic businessman at the center of a plot to cripple the global economy. As Ryan learns to navigate the world of intelligence, fend off assassins and address the potential breakdown of his marriage, he comes to the realization that it may already be Her (Jan. 10) Director Spike Jonze (Where The Wild Things Are) too late to stop Cherevin from ushering in an economic catastrophe returns with his first self-penned film, a wistful meditation on the of unprecedented scale. bleeding from injuries and is plainly desperate. At their house, Frank nature and difficulties of real love in a nearly virtual world. Theodore reveals that he escaped from prison where he was serving time for Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) lives in a near-future Los Angeles of Labor Day (Jan. 31) Director Jason Reitman (Up In The Air), returns murder. Franks insists on tying up Adele to make it appear he has skyscrapers and subways, filled with well-dressed, if slightly nerdy with his adaptation of Joyce Maynard’s coming-of-age/romance coerced her. Before long, Frank slips into the man of the house role, citizens like himself. Theodore is very good at his job – a writer novel. Set in 1987, story is told from the point of view of 13-year- fixing things, teaching Hank about baseball and best of all, cooking. of love letters for BeautifulHandwrittenLetters.com. Theodore’s old Hank (Gatlin Griffith) who’s mother Adele (Kate Winslet) lives a In perhaps the only seduction-by-peach-pie-making in cinema his- nerdy exterior conceals a sensibility very attuned to picking up life of quiet desperation. Pushing 40, drab-looking Adele lives with tory, Frank and Adele get acquainted by mashing bowls of fruit by people’s feelings – except his own. Theodore lives alone in a high Hank in a shabby house in small town Massachusetts. Once beauti- hand and folding a crust. Soon, the two are lovers, but their dreams rise apartment, divorced by his wife (Rooney Mara) and existing ful, Adele is wasting away as a woman from emotional and sexual of escaping together are threatened by a manhunt, suspicious in an emotional vacuum – until he meets Samantha, the world’s deprivation after her husband leaves them. Everything changes one neighbors and Hank, who is torn between his yearning for a father first artificially intelligent operating system (voiced by Scarlett Labor Day weekend when man (or nightmare) of her dreams Frank figure and his fear of being usurped by the new man in the house. Johansson). Samantha is the perfect male fantasy woman: she’s (Josh Brolin) accosts them in a convenience store and politely forces The Monuments Men (Feb. 7) Based on a true story, George nurturing, can instantly anticipate and adapt to his needs, gives him them to give him a ride. Although handsome and well-built, Frank is Clooney’s film details the exploits of the men of the Monuments, her undivided attention, has a sexy voice and best of all, asks for Fine Arts and Archives program in World War II. After the Nazis be- nothing in return. It doesn’t take long before Theodore falls in love gin a systematic program to loot western Europe of art treasures to with Samantha, spending long periods talking with an earpiece and be taken to Germany, President Roosevelt tasks George Stout (Cloo- handheld device. Of course, the central conundrum for Theodore is ney) with creating a group of art historians, curators and museum that Samantha is not real and his love for her will never be fulfilled. directors to track down and return the treasures to their rightful Another possibility too, is that Samantha has desires of her own. owners. But lost in the greater war effort, Stout’s resources are few: Actress Samantha Morton originally voiced the part, replaced by only seven middle-aged men with little authority and equipment Johansson in post-production. to cover the whole of France and Germany. Trying to protect the Lone Survivor (Jan. 10) Based on ex-Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell’s art treasures from the Nazis and uninformed Allies requires the bestseller, story follows the four members of Luttrell’s team on a Monuments Men to get as close to the front as possible, sometimes dangerous and ultimately, costly, mission in Afghanistan in 2005. being caught in firefights. Monuments Man James Rorimar (Matt Movie opens with a near-dead Luttrell (Mark Wahlberg) being heli- Damon) strikes up a relationship with Rose Valland (Cate Blanchett) coptered back to Bagram Air Base, the only survivor of the mission. an art historian at a major Paris museum who has risked her life to Movie then flashes back to before the mission, spending time with catalog art stolen by Nazis and their eventual destinations. But wary team members Luttrell, Lt. Murphy (Taylor Kitsch), Matt Axelson of being used, she withholds the information. Finally winning her (Ben Foster), and Danny Dietz (Emile Hirsch) and detailing the bru- over, with Valland’s precious ledger the Monuments Men deduce tality of Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. Lt. Commander Kristenson (Eric the Nazis are stashing their booty in salt mines in Germany, but with Bana) task the team with capturing or killing Shah. From a nearby the war drawing to a close must race the Russians for possession of hill, the team surveills a village where Shah has been seen. Shah is the priceless treasures. Jocular in tone with some serious moments, present, but with dozens of guards. Then the mission is compro- Monuments Men is an anti-heist movie with Stout and his men mised when Afghan goat herders stumble onto the team. After tak- basically playing cops to the Nazis robbers in the greatest treasure ing them prisoner, the team must decide their fate after discovering hunt in history. With Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob that radio communications have been cut off. Dietz and Axelson Balaban and Cate Blanchett. argue for killing the goat herders and continuing the mission, while Luttrell insists that that is illegal killing. Lt. Murphy releases the goat herders and aborts the mission, but the goat herders alert the Tali- ban and the team must fight off overwhelming odds in battle that lasts nearly 45 minutes of screen time.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (Jan. 17) The Jack Ryan series stumbles into its second attempt to reboot the series with in 22 years after Harrison Ford aged out of the part after 1994’s Clear and Present Danger. Unlike the clockwork efficiency of the Bond series – 23 films in 50 years with only 5 actors playing Bond, it’s a wonder the Ryan series exists at all with only its 5th movie in 24 years with

jan14 hipfishmonthly.com 20 Featuring biking quips, quibbles, and some damn good advice from Margaret Hammitt-McDonald.

JanuaryFREE WILL ASTROLOGY© Copyright 2013 Rob Brezsny By Margaret Hammitt-McDonald ARIES (March 21-April 19): Deep bronzes and smoky cinna- Icelanders writes and publishes a book at sometime in his or mons and dark chocolates will be your lucky colors in 2014. Mel- her life. I know it’s unrealistic, but I would love to see at least low mahoganies and resonant russets will work well for you, too. one in ten of all my Libra readers do the same in 2014. I think In the Event of Snow They will all be part of life’s conspiracy to get you to slow down, you’re ready to make a big statement -- to express yourself in deepen your perspective, and slip into the sweetest groove ever. a more complete and dramatic way than ever before. If you’re In this spirit, I urge you to nestle and cuddle and caress more not ready to write a book, I hope you will attempt an equivalent than usual in the coming months. If you aren’t totally clear on accomplishment. where home is, either in the external world or inside your heart, SCORPIO devote yourself to finding it. Hone your emotional intelligence. (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I’m hoping you will find a new Explore your roots. On a regular basis, remember your reasons teacher or two in 2014, maybe even a mentor. Not a guru who for loving life. Stay in close touch with the sources that feed your tells you what to do. Not an exploitative “expert” who claims to wild soul. know what’s right for you or a charismatic narcissist who collects adoration. What I wish for you, Scorpio, is that you will connect TAURUS (April 20-May 20): For years, French painter Édouard with wise and humble sources of inspiration . . . with life-long Manet and French poet Stéphane Mallarmé hung out with each learners who listen well and stimulate you to ask good questions other every day. Mallarmé referred to their relationship as “the . . . with curious guides who open your eyes to resources you most complete friendship.” They influenced each other to be- don’t realize you need. In the coming months, you are primed to come better artists and human beings. I’m guessing that in the launch a quest that will keep you busy and excited for years; I’d coming months, Taurus, you’ll thrive on that kind of stimulating love to see you get excellent help in framing that quest. companionship. Having such regular contact with a like-minded ally might even be an important factor in ripening your intel- SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 2014, it’s possible you will ligence. At the very least, I predict that soulful friendship will be be given a cabbage farm or a petting zoo or some bequest that’s a crucial theme in 2014. You will attract blessings and generate not exactly in close alignment with your life’s purpose. But it’s luck for yourself by deepening your ability to cultivate synergistic more likely that the legacies and dispensations you receive will bonds. be quite useful. The general trend is that allies will make avail- When it comes to snow, I’m of the road, enough links had opened for the GEMINI (May 21-June 20): St. Peter’s Basilica is a very old able to you a steady flow of useful things. Your ability to attract school of “watch it fall from at home chain to slip off, as he didn’t have the church in Vatican City. It contains a life-size bronze statue of St. what you need will be high. In the coming months, I may even in front of the fire with a cup of hot equipment to weld the links shut. I hope Peter that is at least 700 years old. Over the centuries, countless have good reason to name you an honorary Scorpio. You might cocoa.” Once it’s on the ground, I’ll the commercially available chains are visitors have paid their respects by kissing and touching the match those Great Manipulators’ proficiency at extracting the play in the stuff, but if I don’t have to go more durable. feet of the idol. The metal composing the right foot has been essence of what you want from every situation. anywhere when a snowstorm makes one If you’d prefer gliding over gripping, so thoroughly worn down by these gestures that the individual CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Would you be interested in a of its infrequent but memorable visits to you can go with the flow and apply toes have disappeared, leaving a smooth surface. You will have motto that will help set the tone for you in 2014? I’ve got a sug- the North Coast, I prefer not to chance skis to your bike. So far, this option is a similar kind of power in 2014, Gemini. Little by little, with your gestion that’s in alignment with the astrological omens. It’s from steady affection and relentless devotion, you can transform those slippery roads by bike or car. I hail recreational (allowing for the sport of a poem by Margaret Atwood. Try saying this and see if it works what’s rigid and hard. from Pennsylvania and New York, where downhill ski-biking), so there’s room for for you: “Last year I abstained / this year I devour / without guilt a winter won’t go by without at least the inventive to create a bike-ski conver- CANCER (June 21-July 22): Big rivers don’t travel in straight / which is also an art.” If you choose to make this affirmation one two-foot accumulation of what I sion for road riding. The difficulty is that lines. Their paths are curvy and complicated, with periodic turns your own, be sure you don’t forget about the fact that devouring fondly call “The Substance,” and when I you have to remove the wheels to put and bends. In some places they flow faster and in others they’re without guilt is an art -- a skill that requires craft and sensitivity. moved out here, I swore to avoid travel- on the skis and vice versa, so as with the slower. Their depth and width may vary along the way, too. Your You can’t afford to get blindly instinctual and greedy in 2014; you ing in it whenever possible, especially studded tires, you’ll have to pack one own destiny is like one of those big rivers, Cancerian. In some shouldn’t compulsively overcompensate for 2013’s deprivations. after I saw the sketchy state of winter along while you’re using the other. years, it meanders for long stretches, slowing down as it wanders Be cagey and discerning as you satisfy your voracious hunger. road maintenance. For those who reside in areas where along a crooked course. It may even get shallower and narrower For those who are more intrepid than snow is a regular visitor, the bike- AQUARIUS for a while. But I expect that in 2014, you will be moving more (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The coming months will be a I, here are some bike-friendly inven- mounted snowplow is the ultimate tool rapidly than usual. You will be traveling a more direct route, and good time to meditate on the concepts of happy accidents and tions that can get you through a coastal for dueling with the white stuff. Instead you will be both wide and deep. benevolent trouble. Go ahead and throw constructive mischief winter’s random mayhem, or that will at of getting a grip on it or gliding with into the mix, too, and maybe even a dose of graceful chaos. Are LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “In games there are rules,” writes science least entertain you. it, you just push it out of your way. This you game for playing around with so much paradox? Are you Car tires aren’t the only studly options is beneficial when the plow has come fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson, “but in life the rules keep willing to entertain the possibility that fate has generous plans changing.” This is always true, of course, but I think it will be out there. Studded bike tires are avail- through and cleared the cars’ lane by for you that are too unexpected to anticipate? There’s only one able too. Aimed at the mountain-biking shoving the stuff into the bike lane, an especially poignant truth for you between now and your next requirement that you have to meet in order to receive your odd birthday. During the coming months, you may sometimes feel as set, these fat and grippy tires can work making it look like Planet Hoth from gifts in the spirit in which they’ll be offered: You’ve got to be if every last law and formula and corollary is mutating. In some for hybrid-bike commuters if necessary. The Empire Strikes Back. If you’re a open-minded, eager to learn, and flexible. cases, the new rules coming into play will be so different from But what do you do when, by the time handy type, you can follow the step- the old rules you’ve been used to, they may at first be hard to PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I think we humans need some new you’re ready to head home, the snow by-step instructions on your choice of figure out. But now here’s the happy ending: It may take a while, emotions. It’s true that old standards like sadness, anger, jeal- has melted or been plowed away? online tutorials for how to build a bike but you will eventually see that these new rules have an unex- ousy, and fear are as popular as ever. But I would personally love That’s where bike-tire chains come in. snowplow. Some of these contraptions pected logic and beauty that will serve your future well. to be able to choose from a greater variety, especially if at least According to an online review, as with are human-powered versions of snow blowers and thus not meant for travel, 51 percent of the new crop of emotions were positive or inspir- car-tire chains, bike-tire chains provide VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I predict that you will commit no good grip but also increase road noise while others are designed so you can ing. Now it so happens that in 2014 you Pisceans will be primed major acts of self-sabotage in 2014. Congrats! I also foresee that and chatter (distracting sounds and a pedal to work (or the local ski resort) on to be pioneers. Your emotional intelligence should be operating you will be exceptionally careful not to hurt or damage yourself. bumpy ride—ditto for studded tires). a newly cleared road, and (as one online at peak levels. Your imagination will be even more fertile than Hooray! More good news: You won’t be as critical of yourself as My husband, who is more adventurous article demonstrated) your fellow riders usual. So how about it? Are you ready to generate revolutionary you have sometimes been in the past. The judgmental little voice than I when it comes to snow (he once gratefully follow behind you. innovations in the art of feeling unique and interesting feelings? in the back of your head won’t be nearly as active. Yay! Even your enjoyed sliding around on a mountain Should you be inspired to try snow- To get started, consider these: 1. amused reverence; 2. poignant negative emotions will diminish in frequency and intensity. Hal- bike in Colorado’s epic snow-drifts while riding with any of these devices, know excitement; 3. tricky sincerity; 4. boisterous empathy. lelujah! Whoopee! Abracadabra! visiting his brother) once tried to make a that I’ll be cheering you from behind my LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The citizens of Iceland love literature, Homework: To hear Part One of my three-part audio forecasts set out of chain mail (one of our oddest living-room window, cup of hot cocoa but many are not content to simply read. One out of every ten about your destiny in 2014, go to http://bit.ly/BigPicture2014 past jobs). A few hundred feet down the in hand.

21 jan14 hipfishmonthly.com network. Community Listings Riverbend Room. There is a nominal charge Community House, 225 Laneda Ave. in Thursday, Yoga for Parents & Kids, 3:45-4:45 WORKSHOPS/CLASSES of $1/person/time. For more information Manzanita. No experience necessary. You are pm, Charlene Gernert; Thursday, Level I, 5:45 email Jane or call her 503-368-3901 or, call welcome to bring Instruments of any sort to - 7:15 pm, Charlene Gernet; Friday, Very THE ASTORIA CHESS CLUB. meets Satur- Paul Miller at 503-368-5715. play along with what we’ve got going. Cost Gentle Yoga, 8-9:30 am, Lucy Brook. day mornings at 11:30 AM at Three Cups is a sliding scale from $5 - $7, or free if you really need to just be there. Coffee House and Thursday evenings at The Lower Columbia Classics Car Qigong at WAVES OF CHANGE. Tuesday & 5:30 PM at the Hotel Elliott’s wine bar. Club. Invitation to all who are interested in Thursday 8:30am TO 9:30am at Waves of Players of all ages and skill levels are Collector Cars to attend one of our monthly “LEARN SELF DEFENSE IN ASTORIA. Change Wellness Center. 1 12th street (the welcome to attend. For more informa- meetings. The meetings are held at Steve Kenpo Karate for Adults, WEEKLY KENPO docks on 12th $40 a month. Drop in’s tion, contact us at astoriachessclub@ Jordan’s Shop Building, located at 35232 KARATE CLASS every Friday, 5:15pm till welcome $5. CALL LINDA WILLIAMSON gmail.com or visit our Facebook page.” Helligso Lane in rural Astoria - meet on the 6:30pm, 342-10th Street, 2nd floor, 503-861-2063. 3rd Thursday of each month. If you are inter- Astoria, OR 97103.Class tuition is $40.00/ ested and need the directions to get there, mo. Instructor is a Black Belt in Ed Parker’s Qigong for Health/MANZANITA. With Janet KNITTING GROUP. A knitting group is you may call Steve Jordan at 503-325-1807 American Kenpo Karate. Visitors are welcome coming to NCRD in January! The Lou Stine/ to drop in and see the class or inquire for Maher. Sunday Mornings 11:30 - 12:30at Skip Rognlien kntting group is going public! free introductory lesson.Sign-up by e-mail at: Center For Contemplative Arts. Cost: $5 sug- Knitters are invited to come to the Riverbend Toddler Arts Group. Every Wednesday [email protected] or by phone at: gested donation Room at NCRD, 36155 Ninth St., Nehalem, 10 to 11am –Get your toddler started in the 360-665-0860”. arts! Activities are geared towards ages 1–3, from 1-4 pm on Monday afternoons, starting T’AI CHI. The Center for the Contempla- but age birth–5 are welcome. All children January 6. Fiber artists of all types whose tive Arts, Manzanita: Wednesday Mornings must be accompanied by a caregiver. Bay YOGA • MANZANITA. Silver Services Yoga work is portable are invited. Come and join 10-11:30. $30/month. Call 368-6227 for City Arts Center, Bay City. with Holly Smith. Meeting each Thursday some of the most creative people in fiber arts from 10 to 11:30am beginning March 14, more info. in the area. Call Jane at 503-3683901 or 2013. Cost: $40 for five classes. (Sorry, no MASTER GARDENER TRAINING PROGRAM. email : [email protected] drop-ins) To Register: Call Holly at 503-368- WAVES OF CHANGE WELLNESS CENTER. Tuesdays, January 14 – April 1. $120, 4883. There is a richness which comes from Contact Angela at 503.338.9921 to Learn to Preserve at Home. 9:30am – 4:30pm at Tillamook Bay Com- lessons learned in the later stages of life. INTRODUCTION TO BEEKEEPING. Sat- sign up for a class. Fee: $50 per month. munity College. 503-842-3433 Silver Services Yoga provides instruction in Online! urday, January 1 or Tuesday, January Stretching class is $75 per month. simple yoga postures with props, breath and JANUARY CLASS SCHEDULE - M-W-F 9-10 14. Local beekeepers from the Willapa energy work, meditation and relaxation. AM—Adv. Stretching Class with Light River Beekeeping Club will introduce Preserve@home Online Class. A 6-week course starting Thursday, BODY WORK•YOGA•FITNESS resistance training. M-W-F 10-11 AM— participants to honeybee varieties and January 16. Offered by OSU Extension. Topics to be covered YOGA North Coast Recreation District. Gentle Stretching with Sam Peters. M-W the differences among the queen bee, YOGA NAMASTÉ. Unlimited community yoga 530-630 PM- Beginning Gentle Stretch- include: Foodborne Illness – causes and prevention, Spoilage and workers and drones. They’ll give you a Nehalem. Yoga Schedule. Mondays: Yoga classes plus a 90 min. massage or private of the Heart 8:15-9:45 a.m.; Vinyasa ing with Angela Sidlo. TU/TH 830-930 Canning Basics, Canning High Acid foods, Canning Specialty High good introduction to the most popular yoga $125. Regular yoga(90min-class) Flow 4-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays: Mixed Level AM - Qigong with Linda Williamson. TU/ Acid Foods – pickles, salsa, jams, jellies, etc., Canning Low Acid types of hives and the tools, equip- unlimited $90. Community yoga(60min- TH 10-11 AM—Tai Chi Fan 36 Form with Yoga 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays: Morning Foods, and Freezing and Drying. Supplemental materials this year ment and protective clothing needed to class) unlimited $45. Regular Yoga Classes à Yoga Stretch 8-9:30 a.m. Dig Deep Yoga Angela Sidlo. TU/TH 530-630 PM—Tai successfully keep bees in the Pacific la carte $15/class.Community Yoga classes à 4-5:30 p.m. Restorative Yoga 5:45-7:15 Chi with Angela Sidlo. Saturday 9-10 AM will include materials on planting varieties for food preservation Northwest. Free, 1 - 2pm on the 11th at la carte $10/class. Offers expire 12/20/2013. p.m. Thursdays:Yoga of the Heart 8:15- - Stretching class with Angela. Private and one on cold storage and root cellaring. 450, includes optional the Naselle Timberland Library or 5:30 342 1oth Street Astoria. wwwyoganam.com. 9:45 a.m.; Fridays: Very Gentle Yoga lessons available $25/hr. Drop In rate for – 6:30pm on the 14th at the Raymond stretching classes $10 hands-on lab. Register by January 13 at 503-397-3462 503 440 9761. 8-9:30 a.m. Saturdays: Mixed Level Yoga Timberland Library. 8-9:30 a.m.More info: www.ncrdnehalem. org/about-us/schedules/ HIKE THE NORTH OREGON COAST WITH Public LIbrary. Time: 5:45 - 6:55. All are phone, and may also help with answering LOTUS YOGA ASTORIA. Classes with Certi- Painting with Words – The Art of Visual ANGORA HIKING CLUB. This year the Angora welcome to practice - quiet setting and slow mail requests and other tasks as needed. fied, Experienced Teachers: Monday - Gentle Ideas. Tuesday afternoons. With Sandra Hiking Club will be leading 8 hikes that will walking meditation. Local contact: Ron Maxt- For more details, contact Suzanne at 503- 9:00am, Level 1 5:30am, Tuesday - Level 2 YOGA REFLECTION & RESOLUTIONS Foushee. Focus will be on helping writers WORKSHOP. Saturday, January 11. A fun cover the 64.4 miles of the north portion of ed - 503.338.9153. email: ronmaxted@ 6am, Wednesday - Gentle 9am, Restorative 325-6311 or stop by to pick up a volunteer visualize and paint with verbal images in workshop designed to help you acknowl- the Oregon Coast Trail. These hikes are open wwestsky.net 6:30pm, Thursday - Level 2&3 6pm, Friday application. poetry, music lyrics, short stories, stories edge and grow from the challenges of the to the community, and we encourage you to - Therapeutic 9am. Meditation - Wednesday join us for one or all of the walks. If you have for children or lyrical essays. Tuition is past year while setting goals and resolu- A SILENT MEDITATION • with Lola Sacks. 6pm, New Classes coming soon!Monthly questions about this program, contact Arline $20 per session or $80 per four-session tions for the one ahead. You’ll gain the St. Catherine’s Center for the Contemplative MEETINGS AND MEET-UPS! Prices: Unlimited Classes - $90, 4-8 Classes LaMear, 503-338-6883. Car shuttles will be- sequence. 3:30 – 6:30pm at the Trail’s tools you need to solidify your resolutions Arts, Manzanita: Monday Nights 5 - 5:45 Call - $10 each, Drop Ins - $13 each. New gin at the Basin St. parking lot across Basin End Art Center in Gearhart. Call 503-717- and take realistic action toward making 368-6227 for more info. 0112 to register. Students get a $10 discount on first month. them a reality. $35, 9am – 12:30pm at St. from Astoria KFC. Walkers should gather MEN’S GROUP FORMING. Forming a new Beach Books in Seaside. seasideyoga- there by 9 a.m. for the March, April, May more inclusive Men’s Group in North retreats.com and June hikes. The remaining hikes, July, LECTIO DIVINA • Meditation with Holy THE PAINTING EXPERIENCE. Wednesday, YOGA • NCRD. Celebrating 20 years of com- County. EVEry other week on Sunday August, September, and October will begin Scripture. The Center for the Contemplative January 15 – Sunday, January 19. With munity yoga, and offering ongoing year-round nights 5:30-7:30pm, at the Center For at 8 a.m. to allow extra time for the longer Arts, Manzanita: Tuesday Mornings 10- Stewart Cubley. People from all levels of claases as follows: Monday, Yoga of the ZUMBA AT NCRD. Come join us & learn Contemplative Arts in Manzanita. It would drives to the walk start points. A record book 11:30. Call 368-6227 for more info. experience are welcome, including those Heart, 8:15 - 9:45 am, instructors: Lorraine latin-inspired rhythms, have fun, & is available for $2 in which to record the eight benefit all to experience a more diverse who have never picked up a paintbrush. Ortiz and Lucy Brook (no drop ins); Monday, burn calories. Bring a water bottle, legs of the North Oregon Coast Trail. Upon circle of men - all ages - all walks of life You will be given the environment, Vinyasa, 2:00 - 3:30 pm, instructor Charlene non gripping snickers, a smile & lots of LABYRINTH WALK • Grace Episcopal completion of all eight hikes, participants will - all points of view - let’s expand the pos- methods, facilitation, and overview with Gernert; Tuesday, Mixed Levels, 4:00 - 5:30 energy! Zumba classes continue until De- Church, 1545 Franklin St, Astoria, 3-6. receive a certificate. If you are interested in sibilities. Bring yourself, be yourself, add which to do in-depth self-exploration that pm, instructor Monica Isbell; Wednesday, cember 20. M - W evenings from 6:30 to Every 1st Sunday. receiving one of the record books, please call yourself to the mix, see what happens. can lead to pivotal insights for generating Yoga Stretch, 8:00 - 9:30 am, instructor 7:30 & Fridays 9-10am. 6 classes $25/ 3 503-338-6883 so we will know how many to effective change. The goal is free expres- Lucy Brook; Wednesday, Restorative Yoga, classes $15/ Drop-in $8 For information Contact: Darel Grothaus 206-818-4833. have on hand. sion, with the emphasis on the creative 2:00 - 3:30 pm, instructor Charlene Gernert; on other programs, call NCRD Fitness VOLUNTEER process rather than on technique or Thursday,Yoga of the Heart, 8:15 - 9:45 am, Center (503) 368-4595. instructors: Lorraine Ortiz and Lucy Brook (no The Astoria Chess Club will be holding its expertise. $420 - $570 plus $25 studio SPIRITUALITY Weekly Habitat Restoration/Stewardship fee. All materials provided. At Great Vow drop ins); Thursday, Level I, 5:45 - 7:15 pm, inaugural meeting at Three Cups Coffee ZUMBA CLASSES/NEHALEM. At the Work Parties. 10 am - noon. Meet at Alder Zen Monastery, Clatskanie. zendust.org/ instructor Monica Isbell; Friday, Very Gentle House in Astoria (279 W. Marine) at 11:30 Lighthouse located at 36480 Hwy 101 in Creek Farm, at the end of Underhill Lane displayevent/56067 Yoga, 8:00 - 9:30 am, instructor Lucy Brook; ACTIVE DREAMING CLASS. Thursdays, Nehalem. Mon and Wed. 5pm – 6pm. Begin- between Nehalem and Manzanita. Dress for AM on Saturday, October 26. All ages and Saturday, Mixed Levels, 8:00 - 9:30 am, January 16 and 30. With Kim Hazel. Learn ners pace for all ages, 12 and over. 5.00 per the weather and prepare to get outside with skill levels are welcome. For more informa- instructor Lorraine Ortiz. All classes meet at how to be an active dreamer, using dreams The Hoffman Center Clay Studio. class. First class FREE. great people on beautiful properties doing a tion, contact [email protected]. NCRD, 36155 9th Street in Nehalem, Room and coincidence to access the deeper reality Manzanita. Drop by studio to reserve or 5. For more information call 503-368-7160. variety of habitat restoration activities. For or e-mail [email protected]. and bring energy, healing and magic into ev- more information contact Lower Nehalem YOGA • Bay City Arts Center. Classed with BREASTFEEDING INFORMATION & SUP- The Clay Studio open Tues and Thurs from eryday life. $100, 7 – 8:30pm at the AAMC Community Trust, 503-368-3203, lnct@ Michelle Lawhorn - Mon & Thurs 6pm. $5 10am to 4pm and the second and fourth LOTUS YOGA. 1230 Marine Drive, Downtown in Astoria. astoriaartsandmovement.com nehalemtel.net. PORT. La Leche League’s monthly support per class. Saturdays from 10am to 2pm. Astoria. Ongoing classes on a month to group meetings provide an opportunity month basis. Call (503)298-3874, Check PAINTING/MEDITATION FOR WOMEN. Fridays, for both new and experienced mothers to web for class schedule updates. Email YOGA • Manzanita. The Center for the VISITOR CENTER SEEKS VOLUNTEERS. DOES FOOD RUN YOUR LIFE? Come to January 10 - 31. With Linda Wiebenson. A share their questions or concerns, and to [email protected], website www.lotusyoga- Contemplative Arts, Manzanita: Tuesday The Astoria Warrenton Chamber of Com- Overeaters Anonymous every Wednesday series of four quiet mornings of meditation, talk with each other about the special joys online.com Yoga/Private Instruction. evenings 5 - 5:45pm. $35 for 5 classes. Call merce operates the Visitor Center located at from 7-8pm in the Seaside Public Library, reflection, and silent painting. The paintings and challenges of parenting. We especially 368-6227 for more info. 111 West Marine Drive in Astoria. The Center Board Room B. No dues, fees or weigh-ins. will be your private response to the reading is open year-round with visitor information encourage expectant and new mothers to Everyone welcome! (if you have questions call Gentle Stretching Classes (M/W/F 9-10 and meditation. Neither experience with about the local area, the state of Oregon and join us. Healthy babies and toddlers are 503-505-1721). AM & M/W 5:30-6:30 PM classes avail- Yoga in Gearhart. Gearhart Workout. For meditation nor painting is necessary. All beyond. The Chamber is looking to bolster always welcome at La Leche League meet- able) at Waves of Change Wellness more information log on to www.gearhart- supplies will be furnished. $20 per four-week their crew of volunteers for the upcoming Center, 1 12th Street suite #8 Astori- workout.com 3470 Hwy. 101 N. Suite 104 session. 9:30am – noon at the Center for ings. second Tuesdays, from 6:30 - 8 pm at French Conversation Group Re- busy season and you may be just the person aQigong Classes offered TU/TH mornings in Gearhart Contemplative arts in Manzanita. To register, Grace Episcopal Church, nursery room, 1545 Start. The group is devoted to speaking for the job. “All that is needed is a welcoming 8:30-9:30 AM call 541-231-0136. Franklin Ave, Astoria. Meet 2nd Monday of French only. It is NOT a class, so please do smile and a desire to assist our visitors,” says the month at 10am- Astoria .FOR FURTHER not show up expecting to learn French from YOGA • Nehalem. Ongoing yoga classes at Suzanne Cannon, Visitor Services Manager. scratch. Once you step through the door of ECSTATIC DANCE. Ecstatic, trance, yogic, NCRD are as follows: Monday, Level II, 5:15- COLUMBIA RIVER MEDITATION GROUP. “We’ll teach you the rest.”Volunteers typically INFO, PLEASE CONTACT JANET WEIDMAN the Riverbend Room, it is French only. It will spirit filled), playful, improvisational, freestyle 6:45 pm, Nicole Hamic; Wednesday, Morning Sponsored by Great Vow Monastery. Meets work a three-hour shift, once a week. They @ 503-325-1306 or Megan Oien: 503- be on Saturdays, from 1-3pm at NCRD in the - We’re Dancing! Wed. at 6:30 at Pine Grove Yoga Stretch, 8-9:30 am, Lucy Brook; ever Wednesday in the FLag Room of the primarily greet visitors in person and by 440-4942. jan14 hipfishmonthly.com 22 and encourage her to feel the what the cost. Drama and upset love deep within herself and al- contribute to creating dysfunc- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED low that to be her protection. tion across the board. Look To help Shelter animals This is something we can into your own feelings and stay all practice, for the reality of true to them. We can create au- Can you donate a few hours a week not seeing eye to eye with thenticity through our honesty to help the dogs and cats currently everyone remains a glaring with ourselves. Love yourself as at the Clatsop County Animal point around the world. Toler- much as you love your family, Shelter? Volunteers are badly ance is mandatory but certainly friends and pets. Then practice needed. The work’s not hard but it’s not embraced even in our loving everyone around the wonderfully rewarding. Messages own families. By holding your world that much and more. It is energy in a state of love you the state of love that nurtures Sonja Grace become a vibrational match for us, protects us and expands our that energy. If you are bullying awareness. It is a win win all the mystic healer others or the recipient of being way around this sacred Earth. bullied you are in a cycle cre- For over thirty years, author ated by emotional woundings. and Mystic Healer, Sonja Grace All You Need is Love These cycles keep repeating has been offering her clients, I worked with a woman who other people’s behavior, we are throughout our lives with the both in the United States and asked me what my spiritual a vibrational match for that en- same emotional song. The hard abroad, immediate stability, advice was for dealing with dif- ergy. When we hold that place part is getting past the pain clarity, and guidance. Through ficult and disrespectful neigh- of love deep within our soul no and indignation that we feel her healing, counseling and bors. I suggested that she love matter how cruel or disrespect- when we have been belittled spiritual processing, Sonja has a them and that she allow her ful they are, we are in fact or wronged. Allowing yourself wide variety of talent to choose to have your feelings, process from in which she accesses her love to fill her auric field and transcending the moment and protect her as well as forgive them and release is the best ability to channel and com- we are protecting ourselves. them. She had a huge reaction way to keep things moving. municate with the divine. Two There is no amount of negative and came headfirst into all of When we stop this process time author of Angels in the energy that can permeate a her resistance saying that these we tend to store the upset in 21st Century and her latest people do not deserve her love state of love. I explained we our bodies and create illness. book, Earth Ways Healing and that it was disrespectful her can have healthy boundaries We can feel upset or angry Medicine for the Soul, provides for me to suggest such a thing. and recognize the dysfunction and process and release these a pathway to the four seasons I smiled and told her that love but protect ourselves in a way feelings without emotionally through prayer and ceremony is the most powerful energy we that keeps our energy high. I hurting others. The inner child and is a companion to the film can experience. When we live gave her a really big hug and wants to step up front and get presentation Earth Ways Series. The Lower Columbia Clinic in our upset and outrage with told her how much I loved her his or her needs met no matter www.sonjagrace.com Thomas S. Duncan, M.D. • Susan L Skinner, CNM, CFNP 595 18th, Astoria • 503-325-9131 word and wisdom Acts of Desperation By Tobi Nason I heard on NPR the major reason people ourselves, we could be in less than optimal posed to the immediate short-term? I know make so-called bad choices re: finances, health. I am. I know that I will have to stop and relationships, is simple: Desperation. Deci- How do we deal them with this distress- think: Is this going to help me with my long sions made out of desperation are meant ful feeling of desperation? I would have to term goals? for short - term results, as opposed to add- say, first- recognize it ! Anxious? Worried? What are your long term goals? Write ing to our long-term goals. Can’t sleep? Desperate! them down. I know financial security is I realized I made several choices in the Come up with solutions. Divide into recent years that boy, I wish I had a do- short term and long term responses. one of mine. My decisions in the last few over. I believe desperation played a part of Write them down if necessary. What’s the years have occasionally been - desperate. those less than smart decisions. Despera- long term consequence of the short term I know that I want a meaningful relation- tion. response? What’s the best and the worst ship with a nice man. My decisions in the The feeling of desperation. There’s that that can come of it? What’s the price tag, in last few years have occasionally been - you word- feeling. It’s a feeling. And as we all other words. guessed it - desperate. Everyday decisions know, feelings are pretty transient. We feel NPR mentioned how poverty reflects a regarding eating and exercise need to start despondent, then something happens, short-term decision-making process. Stress reflecting long term goals. My decisions in and we feel good, then something else relief is more immediate when you buy a the last few years have occasionally been happens and we feel a bit deflated, and big screen t.v. Eating comfort food feels - desperate. Occasionally eating emotion- later that day a phone call cheers us up. good at the time, but too much of it and TRANSLATION: Feelings. Up and down, and all around,,, you’ve got another problem- extra weight. ally, and exercising little to none..... sounds Desperation can come and go. There’s that The spiral of bad choices, ones that solve pretty desperate to me. Share the love. Adopt a dog or momentary sense of panic that says “Do short term goals yet sabotage long term As I write this, I also realize that another cat from the Animal Shelter something! Do something! This situation goals is hard to change..Life seems short. trait has to be developed. Patience comes calls for action and I can’t stand it. Do Immediate concerns seem.... well, immedi- to mind. Patience and more patience. And something.” That something may solve the ate. most of us have lost some ability to be pa- short-term situation and relieve us of that Desperation.I am going to focus on my tient. I know I have. This is going to be one anxiety, while the long-term effects are not long term goals and let desperation slowly transitional year. More thoughtful choices. What’s this invisible even thought of.... fade into the sunset. Desperation is not More thoughtful living. More focus on the dog nonsense? If I made resolutions, this would be my friend. It has made me regret certain bigger stuff of life. Patience. mine: Do not act out of desperation. financial decisions. Speaking in despera- 2014 is going to be a great year. Can’t Easier said than done, I bet. Much as it tion has cost me a relationship or two. is easier to solve our short term concerns Loss comes to mind. Desperation equals you feel it? A great year.... and not worry about tomorrow, we eventu- long-term loss. Tobi Nason is a counselor located in ally run into our future selves. If we’ve There! I’ve convinced myself. How about Manzanita. Her email is tobio@nehalemtel. overspent, we are desititue. If we overate, you? Are you ready to make decisions net and is willing to hear from readers we are obese. If we did not take care of based on something long-term, as op- regarding topics of interest.

23 jan14 hipfishmonthly.com bodiesinbalance By Tracy Erfling, N.D. Holistic Heatlh Practioners at Seaside Library Dr. Tracy Erfling • Food Allergies • Jan 16 It all begins with the ITIS On Thursday, January 16, The Friends of the Seaside Library host Dr. Tracy Erfling speaking on Know how most conditions we suffer from end one). All of these substances interfere with the nacea, Shiitake or Astragalus (immune enhancing food allergies and naturopathic medicine. The event will take place in the Community Room and begin with the suffix itis? Each part of the body, in fact, body’s ability to create inflammation. Let me take herbs). The use of hot and cold water (hydrother- at 7:00 p.m. is subject to an itis from hair follicles (folliculitis) to a step back and say that I am not calling these apy) is often overlooked as an amazingly effective Dr. Erfling explains that, “a true food allergy is a the stomach (gastritis) to the bottom of the feet and inexpensive way to promote blood process of the immune system. When broken down food particles of the allergic food enters the blood, (plantar fascitis). Really the source of most condi- flow, thus enhancing healing and reduc- the immune system mediates a response to that tions of the body begins with an itis…and what is ing inflammation. Topical Castor Oil is food. Some responses are immediate like those this magic itis? Inflammation. another plant medicine which in collabo- common to shellfish, and peanuts while others have Dr. Tracy Erfling is a a more delayed reaction that can occur the same Inflammation is a complex self-correcting ration with hydrotherapy can invoke a day or days later”. Dr. Tracy will navigate the topics process of the body, which involves prostaglan- naturopath physician in the wonderful anti-inflammatory response. of food sensitivities, food intolerance, and the vari- ous treatments that are available. She cautions that, dins, macrophages, neutrophils, and many other These healing tools have much less Lower Columbia Region. “food allergies can often be a long and confusing immune system players. This phenomenal team chance of side effects and a highly effec- journey, so be patient and persistent”. is designed to repair damaged tissues. It is so Questions? tive track record. And I am just scratch- Dr. Tracy Erfling, is a naturopathic physician in Astoria, Oregon, who has been in practice since fundamental to the body that it is taking place [email protected] ing the surface here, there are countless 2001. She received an undergraduate degree in every moment of every day and we hardly realize opportunities to explore the healing Biology and Chemistry from Willamette University it. Some itis’ that are actually noticed pass quickly practices of acupuncture, massage, and graduated from the National College of Natural Medicine in Portland. Dr. Tracy runs a family practice like pharyngitis (sore throat) others take a little Chinese herbal medicine, physical therapy, yoga, with an emphasis on treating women and their substances bad or unnecessary, because I realize time and attention to clear like bronchitis and meditation…yes they can all affect how we create families. for many they are essential, I am just pointing out then others seem to get stuck in an inflammatory and heal an itis. Acupuncturist Karen Kaufman • Jan 25 the failure to work with the body’s natural healing state that is damaging and difficult to turn off like We can’t ignore the terrain however…our On Saturday, January 25, at 1:00 p.m. The methods and the philosophical difference in the Friends of the Seaside Library will host Acupunctur- arthritis. Each has a different cause from bacteria lifestyles. We live in a very pro-inflammatory ist and practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, idea of blocking a natural process as opposed to to viruses, toxins and trauma; and each individual world. We rush, stress, lack movement, eat highly Karen Kaufman. leads a lifestyle, which encourages the process of seeking the cause and supporting the systems the processed foods empty of nutrition, drink gallons Acupuncturists are trained in a traditional form body designed to heal itself. It is unfortunate that of Chinese medicine which involves inserting thin, inflammation in a healing or destructive way. of carbonated high fructose corn syrup, or equally sterile needles into various points of the body to Conven- modern medicine has so little faith in our innate bad artificial sweetener; I’ll stop here as I imagine relieve pain, promote healing, and improve physical, self-correcting mental and emotional well-being. The body points tional medi- you’ve heard this all before…but it cannot be dis- correspond with energy channels that are stimulated cine uses many systems. regarded that medicine, both conventional and during treatments and are considered pathways to tools to correct So how natural, is often working an uphill battle. How- a life-energy force called Qi. The most commonly would natural reported use of acupuncture is for back pain, joint an itis and ever, I am amazed each day that I practice when and neck pain, and headache. Acupuncturists are it is entirely medicine ap- someone can do something as seemingly basic highly regulated in the United States by the Na- dependent proach the itis? as removing diet soda how profoundly it changes tional Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, and the needles are regulated on the source We would also his or her health. It is a constant reminder in the by the FDA. According to a 2007 National Health and cause, but consider thera- power of nature, and continues to build my faith Survey, an estimated 3.1 million adults and 150,000 pies that would children in the United States used acupuncture the more often in the innate healing systems of the body. previous year. than not, the have an anti- The itis is not the enemy it is the process by At this event Karen will explain the techniques idea is to inflammatory which we self-correct, so find ways to support this and benefits of acupuncture and will give a demon- stration of how the process is done. block the process and stop the inflammation. effect, but from a supportive perspective. Things process in your lifestyle and health care choices, Karen Kaufman is an Oregon native and Astoria This is done with a variety of medications both like fish oils (promotes the healing pathways of because it all begins with the itis. High School graduate. She is a licensed acupunc- prescription and non: steroids like hydrocortisone the inflammatory process, rather than the destruc- Happy New Year and don’t forget this year to turist (L.A.c.), certified in Chinese Herbology, and has a Ph.D in Psychology. Her practice is in Astoria, or prednisone, painkillers, anti-inflammatories tive pathways), vitamin C (essential in tissue DO something you love, BE with someone you Oregon. like aspirin, acetaminophen or ibuprofen, or repair), Bromelain (a pineapple enzyme which love, EAT your vegetables, DRINK clean water, Seaside Public Library is located at 1131 Broad- way. For more information call (503)738-6742 or visit COX-2 inhibitors like Vioxx or Celebrex (this is digests inflammatory proteins), Turmeric (a well BREATHE deeply and MOVE your body EVERY- us at www.seasidelibrary.org and www.facebook. by no means a complete list…just a common studied herb which reduces inflammation) Echi- DAY!! com/seasidepubliclibrary.

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Healing Holistic Health jan14 hipfishmonthly.com 24 For the past year I have used this column to rant thinking lovely lovely spread on a split, toasted scone or a waffle or about whatever burr is currently under my saddle thoughts about tucked into a crepe. Or spoon it into ramekins and eat after which I tack on a recipe so as to cajole humankind and it as is. You can up the ante by using some of the peel you, the reader and my esteemed editor, our collective for candied orange rind which, when dipped in dark Dinah, into thinking this is a food col- prospects chocolate, becomes temptation wrapped in beauty umn. Often one or more of you tell me CHEW ON THIS! for sur- and a fitting garnish for this curd. that you tried and loved the recipe, by Merianne Myers vival. • 1/2 cup fresh squeezed orange juice - any kind so I guess the deceit is working. It’s Need- (Have I mentioned that I especially like Cara not that I don’t care about the food less to Caras?) angle. Frankly, I’m all about the food say, this • 1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice angle. Pretty much everything I do proposi- • 1 stick butter is an affirmation of the food angle. tion is • 3/4 cup sugar However, I am occasionally cranky about doomed • 6 egg yolks something gone wrong and I’m not above at the outset. Put juices, butter and sugar in the top of a double holding a fabulous recipe hostage until I’ve That’s why the boiler over simmering, not boiling, water. Heat it offloaded a piece of my mind. average New Year’s through, stirring often. While the ship of state yaws queasily from port to Resolution lasts about a starboard, threatening never again to right itself, I In a separate bowl, whisk the egg yolks. Temper month. As proof of my superior ability to be human, I them by whisking in about a half cup of the warm cook. When war, climate change, poverty, disease, will skip the month of good intent and move swiftly to cruelty and despair take up relentless residence in my mixture. Then add the whole works to the hot mixture the part where we eat something sweet and creamy and whisk for several minutes until it starts to thicken. head, I cook. I use cooking to banish demons, assuage and luxurious the main ingredient of which is shipped guilt, manifest art, celebrate love and appreciate good Don’t let it boil! from far away. Before you tsk, tsk me, check yourself. If Once it’s thick, pour it into a bowl, cover with plastic fortune. you drink coffee, eat chocolate or bananas or mangoes The transition to a new calendar year always has wrap pressed against the surface of the curd and refrig- or coconut products, you need to be quiet, cut me and erate for several hours. me feeling optimistic yourself a little slack and make this recipe. and impos- sibly This will keep indefinitely in the fridge, sealed in a If you are able, make this with Cara Cara oranges, jar with plastic wrap on the surface of the curd. well-inten- tioned. which can be found at the Astoria Co-op and which Your garden variety FOR LEMON CURD: Use 3/4 cup lemon juice and no have a tragically short season. They are possessed of orange juice. Never-Mind- The- flesh the color of Carnelian and juice of such uncom- Egregious- Transgres- mon sweetness, I’m left resenting Valencia orange sions-Of- The-Past, juice for not measuring up. It’s an intense if short lived This-Time-I- Really- malady. Mean-It sorta deal. I Instead of deluding ourselves with promises to will eat only healthy, change our behavior, how about we make something local, organic foods that delicious, share it with somebody, thank the fates or are not de- structive or our deity of choice for whatever good fortune has wasteful of our natural befallen us and greet the New Year with among other resources. I will purge things, oranges. my recipe file of all Get Out and decadence. I will ask UNABASHEDLY OPULENT ORANGE CURD my perfect husband Full disclosure: this stuff is wicked addictive. It is per- PEDDLE . . . to plant only kale and other leafy greens and devise fect scooped into a tart shell and topped with a dollop new and luscious ways of preparing them, all the while of whipped cream or creme fraiche. It is completely

4th Annual Cannon Beach Yoga Festival Presents World-Class Yoga Teachers, Feb. 28 – Mar, 2, 2014 A health and wellness director of Gudmestad Yoga Studio in Portland, OR; and Friends of Haystack Rock, a nonprofit preservation, destination, and a natural author of Yoga Journal’s anatomy column for seven years. protection and education organization, received a Cannon scenic treasure, Cannon Sarahjoy Marsh, founder of DAYA Foundation, a nonprofit Beach Tourism and Arts Fund grant to help fund this event. Beach, OR will host the yoga center in Portland, OR. FOHR and Festival Director, Christen Allsop envision a small, On Our New Line, 4th Cannon Beach Yoga The festival events include an Optional All Day Workshop robust festival that offers excellence in teaching and hos- Festival, February 28 - on Friday 2/28 with Annie Carpenter; Opening Ceremony pitality to the Northwest yoga practitioner. With help from the 27.5/650B March 2, 2014. The small and Keynote Address with Cyndi Lee on Friday night; 18 enthusiastic volunteers and local businesses, they will create Mountain Bike coastal town welcomes Maintrack Workshops; 8 Optional Workshops; Morning a rich and lively experience for all. yoga practitioners of all Meditation; Saturday Night Jai Ho! Bollywood Dance Party; The Full Festival Pass includes choice of 10 hours of Acceleration levels for a weekend of and the Closing Ceremony. Main Track Workshops, Morn- of a 26” yoga, meditation, music, An array of Optional Work- ing Meditation on Saturday and shops, events, and lecture topics art, dance, food, massage Sunday, Opening Ceremony and Smoothness & body work, shopping, will include Yoga Figure Drawing Keynote Address, Jai Ho! Bol- and celebration. and Imagination Yoga®, a kid’s of a 29’er! lywood Dance Party and Closing The esteemed faculty yoga program that will offer a Ceremony: $350/ $295 early bird of yoga teachers include: free kid’s class, as well as, a work- by 1/1/14. A Partial Festival Pass Aadil Palkhivala, known shop for parents and elementary may be purchased for Optional Annie Carpenter at the Surfsand as the Teacher of Teachers, school teachers. Resort Ballroom founder and director of Local Cannon Beach business- Workshops and events; all are Alive & Shine Yoga Center and The College of Purna Yoga in es are pulling out all the stops priced individually. Main Track Bellevue, WA. Annie Carpenter, developer of SmartFLOW with special offers and discounts Workshops will be open for Yoga in Venice, CA, and star of Yoga Journal’s DVD Yoga for on lodging, dining, spa treat- individual registration on 2/14/14, th Total Back Care. Cyndi Lee, the first Western female yoga ments and shopping throughout based on availability. Due to small 11 and Marine Drive teacher to fully integrate yoga asana and Tibetan Buddhism the weekend. Lodging Sponsor, venues, space is limited in all Aadil Palkhivala at the Sea Ranch Sundance Event Lodge in Astoria into her practice and teaching. Author of the classic, Yoga Surfsand Resort is offering $100 workshops. Body Buddha Mind, and her newest book is the The New off one Full Festival Pass with a 2-night reservation. Please For more information and to register, visit www.Cannon- 503.325.2961 York Times critically acclaimed May I Be Happy: A Memoir see all the specials and the full schedule on the website: BeachYogaFestival.com. Or call Christen Allsop at 503-440- OPEN DAILY of Love, Yoga and Changing My Mind. Julie Gudmestad, www.CannonBeachYogaFestival.com. 1649. PT, a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher and physical therapist; www.bikesandbeyond.com 25 jan14 hipfishmonthly.com Keepin’ it Local: Resolutions for a New Year By Cathy Nist

Cook from scratch. Pie Day/Night Celebration and Auction Reducing your Promises Delicious Fun intake of processed foods is good for Nehalem—Can you think of anything better your health and to do on a winter Saturday night than attend an the environment. event starring pie? The exciting sixth annual Pie If cooking from Day Auction/Feast hosted by Lower Nehalem scratch is new to Community Trust and Food Roots will take place you, try one meal a on Saturday, January 18 at 7 p.m. at the Nehalem week. A large pot Bay United Methodist Church, 36050 10th Street in Nehalem. An $8 suggested donation at the of stew or a roast door will get you an exciting, celebrity-hosted pie chicken can be auction and an all-you-can-eat pie (and ice cream) stretched out over feast. Yes,—all-you-can-eat pie! This family- several meals. friendly event is an annual fundraiser for the two Eat seasonally. organizations designed to bring the community When you buy fresh together for the fun of pie buying, pie eating and strawberries in honoring pie as a slice of the American Dream. the winter, they The lively pie auction will also feature both Many of us believe that our current food are imported from sweet and savory pies made by some of the best system is grossly flawed. Without going into another climate. They are bred to stand up to be- pie bakers in the lower Nehalem Watershed/ specifics, let’s just say that we are continually ing shipped long distance and still look good. Do Neahkahnie Mountain region and surround- bombarded by a lot of unhealthy foods and they taste as good as the fresh strawberries you ing communities. These delicious pies will be practices. Generally, I’m not a fan of New Year’s buy in June? Not likely. Are they as nutritious? auctioned off by local radio personality Peter Resolutions, but I have doing a great deal of Also not likely. Buy fresh whatever is in season Newman and screen and stage actor Megan (Liz) ruminating about our food system of late. Over and enjoy it while you’ve got it. You will really Cole adding her own personal spice to the event. the past few years, I have gradually been mak- Those successful in procuring a pie from the auc- notice the difference in flavor and may find (as I ing changes in what and how I eat. Change is have) that you can’t go back to buying whatever, tion can safely tuck them away and partake in the Photo by L orraine O rtiz not easy, but I find myself less overwhelmed by final slice of fun, the pie feast. Food Roots, will whenever, from wherever. It just doesn’t taste Bidders survey the pies of all kinds, sweet, savory, small gradual steps as opposed to a cold turkey be providing pies of all kinds for Pie Day revelers gluten-free, vegan, before the auction begins. the same. Stretch out the seasons with the ap- approach. What follows is a list of food-related propriate frozen or preserved foods as needed. to enjoy. and farm awareness, production and access on themes that I continually address in my own life; Celebrate it while you’ve got it then let it go until The doors open at 6:30 p.m., so bring your the north coast, www.foodrootsnw.org. my resolutions, so to speak. next year. pie loving friends, get a good seat and prepare The event is made possible, in part, by Unfurl for an evening of delicious winter fun. Proceeds of Manzanita, an eco-fiber clothing boutique, that Grow your own. Start small. Even if you have Preserve your own. To a newbie, the equip- from this event will further the work of the two supports a healthy community, Eco-Logic Tree no place for a garden, herbs and salad greens ment and knowledge required to can food can hosting non-profits. The Lower Nehalem Commu- LLC of Nehalem, providing ecologically sound can be grown in containers (large nursery pots or seem overwhelming. Keep it simple to start with. nity Trust, a local land conservation organization, tree care, and TLC Credit Union, committed to even 5 gallon plastic buckets with holes punched Pick berries at your favorite blackberry patch or www.nehalemtrust.org and Food Roots, a com- the coastal communities it serves. in the bottom) on a porch, deck, or balcony. You u-pick farm. Freeze them and enjoy in the months munity food organization supporting local food For more information about the Pie Day/Night can even skip the seeds and buy plant starts from to come. As you gain confidence and interest, event call 503-368-3203 or 503-812-2800. a store or farmers market. Some dirt and regular tackle something more complicated. watering and maybe a little fertilizer on occasion Educate yourself. Seek out opportunities to are all you need. The sun will do the rest. Library Lovers Dinner learn. Take a cooking class, read a permacul- Fundraiser for the North Tillamook Library Buy direct from a local farmer. Buy what you ture book, try a new gardening technique or can’t grow at a farmers market or farm stand. You vegetable variety, subscribe to a podcast, pick Tuesday, January 28th, 5-7pm @the BIG WAVE can subscribe to a CSA and get a weekly box of a farmer’s or Master Gardener’s brains. The pos- Spaghetti, salad, bread, Reservations required.The your local library; enjoy an eve- local, fresh, in-season produce. Don’t overlook sibilities are endless. dessert - No host wine bar. $20 North Tillamook Library in Man- ning with your neighbors. value-added items like pickles, jams, or salad Work together. Think barn raising, but on a a person ($10 of which is tax- zanita is owned and maintained Contact Gail Young: 503-368- mixes. It can take a little effort to seek out such smaller scale. Go in with friends and family on a deductible) by “Library Friends”. Support 5248 or [email protected]. buying opportunities (see below), but the results garden. Pool labor and equipment on a canning are rewarding. project. Host a potluck or rotating dinner party Tickets On Sale for The Festival of Dark Arts 2014 Buy from businesses that support local farm- featuring the best of our local bounty. Again, the February 15th at Fort George Brewery ers. Co-ops, certain restaurants, fish markets, possibilities are endless. and even some chain grocery stores are sourcing Pay it forward. Help a friend weed a garden or Darkness falls upon Astoria every winter…and stout lovers rejoice some of their food items locally and are happy to learn a new cooking skill. Share your garden sur- On Saturday February 15th, from 2pm- stout sampling. New this year, Fort George is of- share that information with their customers. plus with friends and neighbors or donate to your 10pm, all areas of the Fort George block will be fering a Ticket to Darkness. Skip the cashier lines If it is grown local, buy local. Whether necessity local food bank. Volunteer for a food assistance overflowing with dark art, darker entertainment, and get right to the stout! and the darkest selection of craft beer ever as- or guilty pleasure, coffee, citrus fruit, and choco- program or for an organization such as Food Check out the great Dark Arts Teaser, made sembled.*** late aren’t from around here and can be pretty Roots or the North Coast Food Web. by Charlie Herrin The Beer Traveler, at www.fes- With stout in hand, feast your senses on the hard to give up. You don’t have to do without Resources: tivalofdarkarts.com. You can also purchase your those things you love, just be aware that there Dark Art Gallery, on-site tattoo artistry, belly • northcoastfoodweb.org and nwfoodroots.org dancing, tarot card reading, and tintype photog- are hidden costs in foods that travel far to get Ticket to Darkness and see the immense (and jointly produce The North Coast Food Guide, raphy. Warm yourself by the blacksmith forge, to your home. Lettuce, greens and some herbs growing) stout list. Be forewarned: stout will stain which lists local food producers and purveyors. can grow year round in our climate. (My lettuce glass blower’s kiln, and fire dancers. An attempt your clothes and hotels will fill up. Book your to break the Guiness World Record for fire swal- survived last month’s freezing weather under a • OSU and WSU Extension services offer classes, rooms now and bring a dark shirt. lowing will take place. Live music will play all day. tent of row cover cloth!) We are fortunate to have gardening advice and much more. And wherever you go, rare stouts will await you. With 55 unique varieties, this will be the larg- access to some of the best seafood in the world. • localharvest.org is a searchable online guide Admission is free, however a new mug ($10) est collection of specialty stouts in the Northwest, Why not find local sources for these and other for local and organic food growers, producers, and tasting tokens ($1 each) are required for in February, at a Festival of Dark Arts, EVER. Pacific Northwest specialties? and sellers. jan14 hipfishmonthly.com 26 The Circle of the Labyrinth Casual Dining First Sunday of the Month Great 3PM - 6PM River ( Brief introduction at 3pm) Views Grace Episcopal Church 1545 Franklin Astoria B i s t r o For more info: 503.325.6580 donations welcome

gluten -free Brewery Tours friendly! Sat./Sun. at 1:00 and 4:00pm. FREE Live Music Every Sunday at 8:00 Hand-made Food House made sausages, steaks, and fresh seafood.

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1493 Duane Street Happiness is . . . open daily 8-5 pear shaped fruit! R Open Daily! • 8am - 8pm Corner of 14th & Exchange • (503)325 - 0027 This is your LIFE We now have weekly produce deals MICHAEL MCCUSKE (variety of organic fruit & veggies) for members. Saturday February 1 Just $25 to become a member (gets 7pm Barbey maritime Center astoria you sales & discounts). You do not have to be a member to shop at the Co-op. $10 to benefit Public Affairs Programming on KMUN & KTCB 503-325-0010 during business hours

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27 jan14 hipfishmonthly.com Some of Introducing our most BIG BEER MONTH Robust in January Ales will be featured!

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Join us at 188 N. Hemlock in Cannon Beach

Liberty Theater presents Tickets on sale NOW! fourth annual DON MCLEAN AND JUDY COLLINS Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 Yoga Festival Show Begins at 7:30 On the Beautiful Oregon Coast Tickets: $60, $45, $30 Feb 28 - Mar 2, 2014

Sponsored by Bank of the Pacific and Fulios Yoga, Meditation, Art & Dance Astoria Intern’l Film Festival and Liberty Theater Presents ARNICA QUARTET with world renowned teachers! In the McTavish Room To Kill A Mockingbird Feb 16 • 2pm Sunday, February 2, 2pm COMING IN MARCH back by popular demand $350 - Full Festival Pass $5 admission BodyVox 2, March 8 $295 - Early Bird Special Ends 01-01-14 $325 - Early Bird Special Ends 02-01-14 For details on workshop & lodging specials: LIBERTY THEATER BOX OFFICE www.cannonbeachyogafestival.com Tues – Sat, 2 – 5:00pm & 2 hours before curtain • 503.325.5922 ext. 55 [email protected] 1203 Commercial Street, Astoria, OR (Corner of 12th & Commercial) 503-440-1649 www.liberty-theater.org