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HIPFiSH June 11 • Volume 12 Issue 150

the like at Himani Indian Restaurant now open in Astoria. Read more pg. 29 Karahi and Handi; bowls served to customers filled with delicious curries and INSIDE 32: News/Events/Features . . . 4 -16

newsy events . . . 4-5

QFolk . . . .7 .. LGBTQ News & Events

Oregonians Foreclose . . .8 Legi Update .... t.a. Barnhart .... Weed Wars ..Bob Goldberg ...9 Beach Dance . . .Elia Seely ...10 Sauna Roots .... Diana Johnson...11 Flat’s New CD ....Goldberg . . .12 ASTORIA MUSIC FESTIVAL #9 . . . 13 - 15 Kim Angelis at the Coaster . . . . . 16

G O INGZON CULTURAL CAL END AR Performance in Spaces >>>> 18 Art Happens >>>> 20-21 Cultural Calendar by day April >>> 17- 23

FLASHCUTS . . . summer hits . . . Kanekuni 23 Bike Madame . . . Hammitt-McDonald . . . FREE WILL ASTROLOGY 25 Network Community Listings . . . 26 LOngevity in Manzanita .. Seely ... 27 Bodies in Balance. . . . . Erfling ND Spring Cleanse. . 28 Word & Wisdom . . . Nason 28

FOOD GROOVE/EATING THE COAST ... HIMANI OPENS ... CATHY NIST .. .29 - 30

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3 june11 hipfishmonthly.com Bulletin Tillamook Estuaries Partnership Hosts: 8th Annual Bounty of the Bay Fundraiser and Fishing Tournament Fishing enthusiasts gather JUNE 3-4, for the Annual Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (TEP) Bounty on the Bay. Now in its eighth year, Bounty on the Bay has become one of the most anticipated spring events for anglers on the North Coast. This weekend event highlights the best Tillamook Bay has to offer: amazing scenery, humongous fish, great local food, and jovial company. Now an anticipated tradition, Bounty on the Bay features two days of revelry: kicking off on Friday night with a Dinner and Salmon Fishing Demonstration, featuring tips that are bound to come in handy during Saturday’s Premier Fishing Tournament, and Stanley Marsh the grande finale: a sumptuous Seafood Feast (with fish donated by Stewardship long time supporter Pacific Seafood and Oyster), Awards Ceremony, and Silent Auction. Both events take place at the historic Old Mill in Garibaldi. TEP is proud to present local pros John Kirby and Bob Rees who will lead the Salmon Fishing Demo on Friday night during the BBQ Pork Dinner, followed by our esteemed guest speaker, Jim Martin (former Chief of Fisheries, ODFW) on Saturday night. This year is not just for the fisher- men- those interested in a different bay adventure can participate in a guided kayak tour of the Garib- aldi harbor. This action-packed weekend will raise vital funds to support TEP’s local grant program that encourages research, habitat restoration, and education projects throughout Tillamook County. Registration is open and necessary for all facets of the event. Please register by May 31st! Reg- istration forms are available online by going to www.tbnep.org or, to obtain more information regarding the event, contact Sierra Lauder by phone at (503) 322-2222 or by email at [email protected] . This annual fundraiser supports TEP’s efforts to implement the Tillamook Bay Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP). ## Garage Sale The Cannon Beach Women’s Auxiliary, American Legion, will hold their annual Garage Sale on SATURDAY MAY 21ST, 2011, from 9am to 4pm. The Sale is held at the Legion Hall in Mid-town. This sale features lamps, furniture, bedding, kitchen wares, holiday decorations, books and much more. Sorry, no clothing, shoes or large appaliances. Anyone wishing to donate to the sale can bring items to the Legion Hall on Thursday or Friday, May l9th and 20th, for sorting and pricing. Funds from the sale help the Legion Auxiliary to contribute to local high school scholarships, veterans hospitals, Xmas baskets and other community activities. june11 hipfishmonthly.com 4 North Coast Land Conservancy Meet & Greet - 25th Anniversary Celebration Kala. The North Coast Land Conservancy is taking its Anniversary Celebration to the communities who have made their work possible. From The Astoria Finnish[fish] Social- 5:00 to 7:00 pm join the staff and board for light refreshments and birthday cake and celebrate 25 ist Club was built in 1910 and years of conservation connections on the Oregon burned in 1923. It’s location Coast. Check out photos and presentations about the conservation work NCLC is doing in the area was a block west of Suomi where you live. Hall in Uniontown, Astoria, Speak with NCLC staff and board members about the work they do. Join the celebration, and During its existance, it was find out more about how you can get involved and a hub of activity; theater, a make a difference on the North Oregon Coast! FMI: (503) 738-9126 or www.nclctrust.org speakers bureau, sewing club, an orchestra, choir, sports and NCLC 25th Anniversary Celebrations: gymnastics, and was closely All Events 5pm – 7pm connected to the Finnish So- June 15 • ASTORIA Columbia Room, Clatsop Community College, cialist newspaper, The Toveri. 1651 Lexington Avenue The new HIPFiSH location at June 16 • Cannon Beach 1017 Marine Drive celebrates Stanley Marsh Community Hall, 207 N. Spruce Street Finnish Socialist Hall •Astoria the Astoria Bicentennial and Stewardship June 21 • Gearhart news and events Trails End Art Gallery, 656 A Street connection to the past. As we ALSO: Pick up a copy of the NCLC 25th Anniver- June 22 • Warrenton recover from the fire loss and sary publication featuring stories about lands Community Center, 170 S.W 3rd Street they conserve, people who have been key support- rebuild -- hipfish will present occasional events: music, art, speakers, uti- June 28 • Seaside ers throughout the years, and of course many stun- Old City Hall Building, Corner of Broadway liizing the storefront space that lends itself to community endeavors. ning photos of this beautiful North Coast landscape and Highway 101 that NCLC works to conserve and protect. Look for future announcements at www.hipfishmonthly.com and Download a PDF version at nnclctrust.org. . If June 29 • Nehalem right here -- in the hard copy. you’d like to get a printed copy to read, stop by North County Recreation District Building, Seaside office or call to find out locations around the 36155 9th Street North Coast where you can pick one up. www.hipfishmonthly.com

LNG Fast Track Bill Free workshop HB 2700 Passes become a licensed child care provider On Tuesday, June 7th, from 6:00pm – vBeing a child care provider is a very impor- ture have refused requests to amend 9:00pm, the Child Care Resource & Referral in tant job. Clatsop County’s workforce includes it to exclude LNG pipelines. The bill Clatsop County will hold a class for individu- increasing numbers of working parents who already passed the House, it now sits als interested in becoming Registered Family must have child care in order to go to work and on Governor Kitzhaber’s desk await- Child Care providers. The informational session keep their jobs. Providing quality child care is ing his signature. will cover the rules and regulations for state a vital service for parents and employers and The bill passed the Senate 20-9. registration, the services of the Child Care Re- an important part of improving the economic No votes were: Senators Atkinson, source & Referral, the business aspects of child development of our county. Johnson, Bates, Bonamici, Ding- care, information on quality child care, and The class will be held at OSU Extension Ser- fielder, Ferrioli, Girod, Prozanski, and other agencies that work to support child care vice, 2001 Marine Drive in Astoria . To register Whitsett. providers. You will also have the opportunity to for this class, or for more information, please If you are a landowner along ask questions you might have about providing call the Child Care Resource & Referral at 503- the pipeline route and you receive child care. 325-1220 or 877-333-4960. notice from LNG companies or the Department of State Lands that they issued a permit for your property, Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event to be held in June please let us know immediately. If Clatsop County, in conjunction with Western Oregon Waste (WOW), you receive a notice of a pipeline will be holding a household hazardous waste collection event at WOW permit on your property, please headquarters on Airport Road near the Astoria Airport in Warrenton on On Tuesday, May 31, 2011 the state Senate contact Monica Vaughan at (541) Saturday, June 11, from 9 am - 3 pm. Wastes such as used or leftover passed HB 2700, the bill that allows a company 521-1832; [email protected], or Dan pesticides, paints, poisons, fertilizers, solvents, batteries, automotive to apply for and receive removal/fill permits on Serres at (503) 890-2441; [email protected]. fluids, thermometers and light bulbs will be accepted for free from Clat- private property without landowner knowledge The passage of HB 2700 does not mean that sop County residents only. No medications, medical sharps, explosives, or consent. The current bill would allow out- LNG projects will prevail, but it does make the radioactive waste or waste from businesses will be accepted. For more of-state profit-making corporations to obtain job of stopping these projects more complicated information, contact the county at 503-325-8500. dredge-and-fill permits on private land with- and difficult.Y es votes on this bill do not repre- out the permission or even knowledge of the sent a yes vote on LNG. landowner. The passage of this bill infringes on Many legislators believe that this bill is Garden Tour July 9 private property rights by allowing companies needed for municipalities and believe that it fundraiser for the Lower Columbia Preservation Society building LNG-related pipelines to begin the state does not impact LNG, that LNG is no longer a The Lower Columbia Preservation Soci- 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Raffle tickets can also permitting process without landowners having a threat to Oregon or that the LNG proposals are ety’s 11th annual garden tour will be held on be purchased at this time: $1 each or 15 for say about proposed activities on their property. already dead. Saturday, July 9, 2011. The self-guided tour is $10.00. Winners need not be present to win. In the media over the last three years, this has According to River Keeper representative from 10am. to Admission is $15.00 for nonmembers and been called the “LNG fast-track bill,” and NO LNG Monica Vaughan, “while it is unfortunate that 3pm. A reception will be held from 3-4:30 $10.00 for LCPS members. For information call activists have been working hard to fight the pas- some of the legislators are misinformed, that p.m. The tickets can be purchased on the day 503-325-8024. sage of this bill. The bill’s backers in the legisla- does not mean they support the LNG projects.” of the tour at 690 17th Street in Astoria, from

5 june11 hipfishmonthly.com What Are We Fighting For? by Stephen Berk

Shortly after Osama Bin Laden was the country suddenly broke into the the president’s own party with no less killed, Spc. William Baxter, a parachute open. than former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and rigger with the 101st Sustainment The Obama administration, which Minority Leader Steny Hoyer, known Brigade, was quoted as saying, “OK, in 2009 sharply escalated the war in for his center right positions, signing he’s dead, can we go home?” Much Afghanistan, following the Bush surge on. Another sign that antiwar senti- as the “Global War on Terror” has been model in Iraq, had postponed any ment has been heating up follows the billed as much more than merely kill- significant draw down of troops there administration’s lack of consultation ing its leader, Baxter’s remark struck a to 2014. And that is obviously contin- with Congress prior to its decision to responsive chord around a war weary gent upon the president’s reelection. back the rebels and bomb Kaddafi’s country. Well over sixty per cent now But now an odd combination of positions in Libya, thus placing us in want out of Afghanistan. And while progressive Democrats with a smaller a third protracted war. Rep. Dennis the assassination of the terrorist mas- number of determined conservative Kucinich, arguably the most antiwar termind was supposed to burnish the Republicans mustered 204 votes in person in Congress, now teams up oft doubted warrior credentials of the the House for an amendment to the with the same Walter Jones, to author president, it was not supposed to ig- National Defense Authorization Act a bill disputing the constitutionality of nite congressional antiwar sentiment. calling for speeded up withdrawal the administration’s Libyan bombing But that is in fact what it has done. from Afghanistan. Its authors were and invoking the War Powers Act, re- The prevailing wisdom in the Dem- long time Massachusetts antiwar quiring authorization from Congress ocratic Party for over a generation has Democrat Jim McGovern and a North to continue that intervention. been that the Vietnam era antiwar Carolina conservative Republican, Administration policy in the wake movement, drawing strong congres- Walter Jones. Jones now regrets his of Arab Spring, the popular uprisings sional support from Democratic vote authorizing the Iraq War, and against Middle Eastern dictators, has doves, created a patriotic backlash while maintaining the need to inter- been to ride the crest of the pro- that eventually led to the ascendancy vene in Afghanistan in 2001, he now democracy wave. This is complicated of Republican conservatism. But as believes that the war there has long by long established US policy of the collective memory of Vietnam outlived its purpose and is serving strong support for many of those very fades, people have grown increasingly only to prop up a hopelessly corrupt dictators, particularly Hosni Mubarek, impatient with the social and financial government. Deeply religious, Jones who went along with US support of costs of today’s smaller but more recently converted from his family’s Israel. Post-Mubarek Egypt is already costly, interminable wars. Liberal warrior Baptist tradition to Roman altering this by opening its border hawks, including President Obama Catholicism, whose popes have with Gaza in support of blockaded, and Secretary of State Clinton, now increasingly opposed resort to war as suffering Palestinians there. The find themselves on the defensive, as a means to settle international and Obama administration now finds itself they try to maintain national commit- civil disputes. caught between growing domestic ment to relentless counterinsurgency Failing passage by only six votes, antiwar sentiment and the need to against a shadowy, stateless enemy. the McGovern-Jones amendment support new forces rising to power in Thus once the terrorist symbol was at must give pause to the Obama the Middle East. They would do well last eliminated, smoldering antiwar administration’s war planners. It drew to turn toward diplomacy, beginning sentiment in Congress and around support from a broad cross section of with the Taliban.

Be in a Guinness World Record Swimming Event Sunset Park & Rec Hosts!

On Tuesday, June 14th, 2011, thousands of kids and adults at aquatics facilities around the globe will unite to set a new global record for The World’s Larg- swim schools in Orange Country, CA, to parks & recre- est Swimming Lesson™ (WLSL). Sunset Empire Park ation centers in the Bronx, to locations in Mexico, Dubai & Recreation District is an official Host Location for the and the USAG Humphreys in South Korea, all taught 2011 WLSL record-setting event, taking place at 3pm the same swimming lesson at the same time with one GMT, 8 am Pacific. goal in mind – send the message that Swimming Les- The inaugural WLSL event established the Guinness sons Save Lives™. World Record for the largest simultaneous swimming Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon water park near Orlando lesson ever conducted in 2010 when almost 4,000 has been designated as the official headquarters loca- participants across 34 states, five countries and 3 con- tion for the international event for the second year. tinents participated to build awareness about the vital Gold Medalists’ Rowdy Gaines and Janet Evans are importance of teaching children to swim to prevent official spokespeople for the WLSL event for the second drowning. year to help convey that loss of life from drowning Tragically, drowning is the second leading cause of can be prevented through awareness and training. As unintended, injury related death of children ages 1-14 parents, both athletes feel a strong commitment to in the US. In fact, more than one in four fatal drowning teaching children how to be safe in and around the victims are children 14 and younger. And, research water. Gaines, 11-time world record holder and “voice shows if a child doesn’t learn to swim before the of American swimming” for the Olympic Games, will be 3rd grade, they likely never will. The threat of childhood master of ceremonies for the WLSL event at Typhoon drowning is even greater around the globe. Lagoon. The WLSL program works to promote drowning For more information on this important and fun prevention through education by focusing the energy event, to find out how you can join the WLSL record of thousands of participants on a clear and specific breaking call 503-738-3311 or via e-mail Aquatic Man- message all at the same time. In 2010, aquatic facilities, ager Genesee Dennis: geneseedennis@sunsetempire. from Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon near Orlando, Florida to com or visit www. wlsl.org.

june11 hipfishmonthly.com 6 LGBTQ news and culture f for the lower columbia pacific QFolk FILM Edie and Thea: A Very Long Engagement

In the closeted 1960s, two young women meet and fall in love - and so begins the extraordinary tale of Edie and Thea, whose engagement to each other would span This week I attended a quinceñera, the first I’ve attended for a more than forty years. young woman I know. For those unfamiliar with the tradition, a Ultimately, in their 70s, with Thea’s health in rapid de- quinceñera is a grand fiesta given for a girl who has turned fifteen cline, the two seize the opportunity to fulfill their dream of and made vows, at a special mass, to be a strong and loving woman. getting married. The film captures their inspiring journey For a mental snapshot, imagine little girls in pinwheel-bright dresses to Toronto - and Thea’s last trip on a plane - where the playing crack the whip on strappy heels, little boys in three-piece lovers are finally able to make their vows. Told with candor, black suits and white ties, shirttails sprung from their trousers as wit, and great affection, Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engage- they dart through the room ment is an American love story for the ages. or knuckle-bump their elders. Sunday, June 5, 3pm at the Columbian Theater, 11th and Old and young women and Marine. Presented by PFLAG Oregon North Coast and men attired primly in a hall Quinceñera The Columbian Theater. FREE. Everyone Welcome. decked out from the disco Ties that bind. ball to the shiny dance floor. By Tricia Gates Brown Folding chairs disguised by Clatsop County Diversity Committee. crisp white coverlets and At 1pm on Thursday, May 26th, at the Judge Boyington Build- Q-Community Events bows of purple tulle. Tulle draped from the ceiling and across elabo- ing in Astoria, County Commissioner Scott Lee, the recently ap- rately decorated reception tables donning a multi-tiered cake. Every pointed head of the Diversity Committee, welcomed everyone Q-JAZZ at the Bridgewater Bistro white-clothed table in the hall is likewise draped and packed with The Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria begins a new offering to the committee’s second public meeting. eager guests. A catered dinner is served and drinks flow, all against this spring/summer season. Q-Jazz and Song Social invites He then introduced Mayor Willis Van Dusen, who gave a a rousing salsa beat. The birthday girl, the “quinceñera,” performs a the LGBTQ Community and friends the third Thursday of brief history of the Diversity Committee, which was formed two waltz and other choreographed numbers with half a dozen teenage each month to enjoy the Basin St. Northwest Jazz Trio, years ago in response to complaints of racism being experi- boys she has selected for the honor (all dressed to the nines). And complimentary apps, and piano bar hosted by friends and enced by members of the Coast Guard stationed in Astoria. then, when the time has finally comes, guests rise like a flock of performance associates Dinah Urell and Walt Trumbull. After the formation of the committee, it was relatively inac- pigeons and dance to the wee hours of morn. Arrive at 8pm for complimentary appetizers and catch tive, until a recent report of racist taunts being directed at Job As someone who issued from a culture very different from the a sampling of Basin St. NW piano trio led by Chuck Wilder, Corps students on a local bus made its way into The Daily Asto- Latino, I couldn’t help mentally tallying the tab. My daughter “came featuring guitarist Dave Drury, and bassist Todd Pederson. rian. In response to this, the committee had a public forum, and of age” a few years ago, and let’s just say I didn’t slaughter the fatted Urell and Trumbull welcome guests in song and open the Thursday’s meeting was the follow-up from first public session. calf. I probably made cupcakes and ordered pizza for her and her mic for folks who would like to sing, in the vein of Ameri- Norma Hernandez, of the Lower Columbia Hispanic Council, friends. At a quinceñera there are layers upon layers of expense— can standards, jazz and blues. Expertise not required. then introduced the guest speaker, Mr. Frank Garcia, Jr., the from professional photography, to food and drink, to clothing The event, underway last month proved to be a spacious Office of the Governor’s Director of Diversity and Inclusion. Mr and professional hair styling, to live bands and DJs, to bridal-scale and welcoming social gathering. Many expressed gratitude dresses, to party favors. The events require months of planning and Garcia spoke of diversity as the awareness of cultural differ- to Dana Gunderson for hosting the Qmixer for a number of copious resources. I had to stop and remind myself that this party ences, and inclusion as the process of working through the dif- years at the Cannery Cafe, destroyed in the Astoria, Dec 16 was like no Anglo party I had attended. It was a product of a com- ferences to achieve a successful outcome. He said that diversity Riverfront fire. Owners of the Bridgewater, Ann and Tony munity tight-knit on a scale unfathomable by my experiences. And inclusion was the only way to stay competitive in today’s global Kitchner are happy to welcome the community. its purpose was distinct to its cultural context, to honor the unique economy. The message conveyed, that we can’t afford to waste coming-of-age of women, because women are the spiritual back- any of Oregon’s human resources, and we can’t afford to waste PFLAG OREGON NORTH COAST bone, the force of healing energy and heart for their communities. money dealing with the problems that a lack of diversity aware- Our monthly meeting will be Thursday, June 16th - Almost every aspect of a quinceñera is provided by close friends ness can cause. 6:30 pm at the Arts & Cultural Exchange, 120 10th Street, and family of the girl, who are affectionately titled “padrinos.” An After Mr Garcia’s presentation, a discussion followed. Those Suite #2, Astoria, OR. intimately close friend or relative might provide a large item, such as present were enthusiastic about a pro-active Diversity Com- Our guest speaker will be Jeanne St.John of the Oregon photography and videography, while another friend might provide mittee being an essential part of raising diversity and cultural Central Coast PFLAG - a very active chapter! Come learn the girl’s slippers or a special photo album. A quinceñera party is an awareness in the Lower Columbia area. the secrets of their success! explosion of participation, generosity and friendship from several The next public meeting of the Diversity Committee will PFLAG - Parents, Family, and Friends of Lesbians and dozen people who contribute to make it possible. A non-Latino be Thursday, June 23rd, 6 pm. For further information, Gays. Everyone welcome. might look at such a party and wonder how parents pull it off. But contact Scott Lee - [email protected] Questions? Contact Drew - [email protected] the parents don’t pull it off. An entire community pulls it off. That is the distinction, a powerful distinction, that sets child-raising in Latino culture apart. It takes a village, a pueblo, and it goes without saying. I am an onlooker at such events as quinceñeras. But I know enough about the local Latino community to know that relationships between families or between individuals in the community are often imperfect. Like all human communities, it holds its share of grudges, petty disputes, deep hurts, and delicate history. And yet. And yet, when a family needs support to usher their child across the threshold of womanhood, when a baby is baptized, when a couple gets married, when someone is in need, people lay aside their differences and come together. They provide for each other. Personal rifts aside, everyone shares the same dance floor—parties to broken marriages, parties to broken business deals, parties to broken friendships, political differences, soured love. All because a girl went and turned fifteen. And it is, after all, about the children, the future generations, and the ties that bind us together to hold them up.

7 june11 hipfishmonthly.com Rural Oregonians “Foreclose” on Congressman Walden In grassroots protest campaign On Saturday, May 7th, over 150 rural and small town Oregonians from 25 counties convened in Bend, Oregon to issue Rep. Greg Walden a “Notice of Foreclosure.” Rep. Walden voted in favor of the “Ryan” budget in the House of Representatives, which allocates over $700 billion to the military while cutting billions in community service needs across the state. A protest organized by the Rural Organizing Project convened to declare that Rep. Walden’s support of the “Ryan” budget is a violation of his duty to serve the public good, and that he is therefore in default. Modeled after the foreclosure notices that plague homeowners in crisis, the “Notice of Foreclosure” issued by the people claims: 1. Repossession of the political trust that the people have vested in Rep. Walden. 2. A deficiency judgment. 3. Such other equitable relief as the people may deem necessary. Attendees rallied in Bend’s downtown shopping district, at a park located in front of the Bend La Pine School District Building and the Public Library. Cara Shufelt, of the Rural Organizing Project, declared “These are the kinds of services our communities need: good schools, libraries, vibrant local businesses. When Rep. Walden supports over $700 billion for the military while cutting billions to KJerstin Gould(center) of Astoria represents Clatsop County. our communities, he is no longer rep- Notice of Foreclosure on the door “regular folks” like us who carve time resenting the common welfare of our of Rep. Walden’s office while the full out of their busy lives to help make communities. We are here to repos- notice was read aloud. the world a more fair, humane place.” sess the public trust vested in him.” To ensure Rep. Walden will hear The concept of the “People Fore- Community members shared this message, the grassroots protest closing” on those elected representa- testimony on the impact of these action will sent “Notice of Foreclo- tives who violate the public trust is misguided priorities. Nancie Koerber sure” from all over the state during already gaining traction, according to of Central Point talked about losing the month of May, with the concept Schufelt. her small business and her home go- that Walden will experience what “People in the states of Washington ing into foreclosure. When she visited homeowners in foreclosure face over and New York are already making Washington DC and tried to plans to “Foreclose” on meet with Rep. Walden, his their Representatives who office told her that “foreclo- have made poor choices sures were not a problem that harm the common they were hearing about welfare of our communi- in his district.” Deschutes ties.” County alone faced over For more info on the 3700 foreclosures in 2010. follow-up to “Foreclosure Betsy Lamb of Bend on Walden,” and to be shared the story of a local a part of the next steps immigrant family who - from sending in a local faced deportation. On Letter to the Editor to average 2.5 people are distributing “Foreclose on deported from Deschutes Walden” stickers to mailing County each week. Kathy a Notice of Foreclosure to Paterno of Powell Butte Walden’s office - contact shared the story of trying to discuss and over in the foreclosure process: Cara at the Rural Organizing Project: the war budget with Congressman humiliating notice after notice and [email protected], 503-543-8417. Walden several years ago and con- call after call. tinually being ignored by his office. Astoria resident and commit- • The Rural Organizing Project is Paterno was one of seven people who tee member of the Clatsop County a statewide organization of locally- decided to stage a “sit in” at Walden’s Marriage Equality Project, Kjerstin based groups that work to create office as a last resort to get his atten- Gould attended the protest, “The communities accountable to a stan- tion. They were eventually arrested diverse groups that met in Bend dard of human dignity: the belief in and hauled off to the Deschutes have in common a primary goal – to the equal worth of all people, the County Jail. speak out against unfair treatment, need for equal access to justice, and Ralliers then marched through to speak up and educate our friends the right to self-determination. downtown Bend to Rep. Walden’s and neighbors, and to do our part to Today, ROP works with 65 member office chanting “Foreclose on Walden.” promote human dignity. I was moved groups to organize on issues that Koerber, whose home is currently in by personal stories, and inspired by impact human dignity and to advance the foreclosure process, posted the the great achievements made by inclusive democracy. june11 hipfishmonthly.com 8 by t. a. barnhart

Legislative Update

From the Trenches: play “Taps” in May for many a good bill by bob Sweeping Away the Broom goldberg April might be the cruelest month, but it’s got nothing on she and members of the Ways and Means Subcommittee On May in the Legislature. May was a month of deadlines, and, as a General Government, which she co-chairs, are hopeful they can result, it’s the month in which bills died by the hundreds. Many “close some of the holes”. of those bills never had a chance of passing in the first place, When the State Economist delivered his forecast for the and by May 31st, their fate became official: toast. Policy com- coming years on May 12th, it appeared the state would have mittees ended all work on June 1st, so unless a bill had been $40-80 million more than previously anticipated. In addition, passed out of committee or moved to one of the non-policy not all reserve funds have been allocated. A variety of options committees (Rules, Revenue or Ways and Means), the bill was to use additional funds are being developed to curtail some of dead for this session. the more drastic cuts facing vulnerable populations throughout May’s work centered around holding any remaining public the state. It’s not likely that a clear picture will emerge on what hearings and then scheduling work sessions so that commit- programs will be preserved and which will be cut until late in tees could vote on the bill, as well as deal with amendments. June. By May 23rd, bills that had not been scheduled for a work Redistricting finally took center stage in May with the release session were done for 2011. Hence, throughout May, a common of the initial maps. Both parties released their proposals for refrain heard in testimony before committees was “I urge you state and Congressional districts; all versions ran into serious to schedule this bill for a work session”. The usual committee critiques. The Democrats have already dropped a version that response was to smile, thank the witness for their testimony, would have moved CD 3, now represented by Earl Blumenauer, and say nothing more. extend far up the Columbia River towards the coast. Rep Boone Take a drive, walk or bike ride through Fort Stevens State Park, and at In the first three months of the session, a rhythm had been is attempting to keep Tillamook County in a single district, your feet is European beachgrass (more about this invasive species in a established that carried everyone through the day: Commit- something the proposals would change. The Legislature is future column) along with Scotch broom and the ubiquitous shore pine tee hearings, floor sessions, more committee hearings, and, hoping to come up with a set of maps both parties can agree among other trees. But as you can see in the photo, this landscape is in between, people meeting in offices, hallways and even the on. As with most redistricting efforts, that is unlikely, meaning relatively new, having been planted in the 1930s as part a Civilian Conser- basement cafeteria. In May, all that ended as bill sponsors and the Secretary of State will end up drawing new state House and vation Corps project to stabilize sand that had been blowing all over the supporters (and, conversely, opponents) scrambled to get their Senate lines and a judicial panel the Congressional lines. Clatsop Plains since the construction of the South Jetty was completed bill to a committee vote so it might survive. The work in June (The various redistricting maps are available on the Legisla- around the turn of that century. It turns out that the jetty helped to ac- is to complete work on bills and, more importantly, pass the ture’s website: http://www.leg.or.us/redistricting.) crete sand at a much faster than natural pace, causing a huge annoyance remaining budgets. One of the outcomes of passing the final deadlines to move to the local population. The project has been a success, with the dunes The first of the major budgets, for education, happened in bills forward is that planning begins immediately for the 2012 stabilized, but its legacy includes the introduction of Scotch broom into April; the others probably won’t be completed until the end session. As one of Rep Boone’s legislative assistants noted, the area. of the session, possibly the last few days. Sen Betsy Johnson anyone who has an idea for a bill for next year should begin Dane Osis, a ranger at Fort Stevens, heads the effort to control invasive is a member of the budget-writing Ways and Means Commit- work now. The process is lengthy, and getting from idea to law species at the park, and is using a broad toolbox of methods to control tee; she works on social service issues rather than education, is far more complicated than we learned from Schoolhouse the spread of Scotch broom. In addition to using the herbicide Garlon and so her efforts are still undergoing. She did acknowledge that Rock. Even good bills can take several sessions to pass; Rep hand pulling (Osis mentioned that an Americorps crew had just finished getting the education budget done early got one of the most Boone has been working on a bill to support 911 service, but a project at the park), a biological control agent, the Scotch broom beetle contentious issues “off the table” far earlier than in any previous was unable to get it passed. The idea is not dead — she will be (Bruchidius villosus), was introduced in 2007. This beetle is supposed to legislative session. part of a work group that will bring the bill back in 2012 — and only eat the Scotch broom plant, and its main effect is the destruction of “As a budget writer,” she said in a phone interview, “this is the this experience is not uncommon. All three legislators and their seeds, which the larvae eat as they develop in the seed pod. Bruchidius busiest phase for me.” Some of the budgets nearing completion staff are glad to meet with citizens to talk about ideas for future was introduced into the Willamette Valley in 1998, and has successfully include ODOT and public safety. Human services is facing some legislation. established colonies there. of the most severe cuts due to the projected revenue shortfall But wait until July. This Legislature has a few more weeks to Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) is a of $3.5 billion the state faces in 2011-13. Sen Johnson said that go. member of the pea family, and is “native” to northern Africa and parts of Europe, Modernizing the Bottle Bill: It’s a Pass. from Sweden and the British Isles east to Rep. Ben Cannon (D-Portland) hailed the Senate passage of stood as a potent symbol of what is possible when Republicans Ukraine. Introduced as an ornamental in a major update to Oregon’s pioneering Bottle Bill. HB 3145B, and Democrats work creatively together to solve a common the 1800s, and widely used for roadside chief sponsored by Rep. Cannon and Rep. Vicki Berger (R- problem. It has stood as a symbol of what it means to be an erosion control since the early 1900s, Salem), represents the most significant expansion of the Bottle Oregonian: wasting little, tending carefully to our resources Scotch broom has spread along the Bill since Oregon adopted the redemption system in 1971. -- leaving the campsite better than we found it. It is exciting Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia to Georgia, “With today’s vote, the Bottle Bill is finally that the Legislature has managed to rekindle that spirit this and along the Pacific coast from British on its way to the 21st Century,” said year.”3145B now heads to the Governor for his signature. Columbia to central California. Rep. Cannon. “By expanding the With up to 18,000 seeds per plant, and redemption system to cover a seed dormancy period of up to 60 years, all beverage containers, Bill to Close Market for Shark Fins Scotch broom is a textbook example of we will save more than 72 Cytisus scoparius an invasive species. Here in Oregon, the million containers per Clears Final Hurdle Department of Agriculture has estimated that it costs almost $50 million year from landfills. The House today provided final passage to HB 2838, chief a year in lost timber production, and covers about 7 million acres of west- By encour- aging the sponsored by Representative Brad Witt (D-Clatskanie), which ern Oregon. Dave Ambrose, of the Clatsop Soil and Water Conservation development of outlaws the marketing of shark fins in Oregon. Shark fins are an District, says that Scotch broom is “uncontrollable and inextinguishable”. redemption cen- expensive, in-demand item used in shark fin soup. ters, we are making the “All too often shark fins are obtained by means of a barbaric The district is not currently doing any work on controlling Scotch broom, system more convenient practice commonly referred to as finning. This involves the except in cooperation with the project at Fort Stevens. for consumers. And by increasing the taking of sharks solely for the purpose of harvesting their The North Coast Land Conservancy (NCLC), as part of habitat enhance- deposit if redemption rates fall, we are ensuring that Oregon fins, while the rest of the fish is usually wasted,” said Rep. Witt. ment activities on their land, is controlling Scotch broom with mechanical will restore its place as a national leader in container recycling.” “Worse yet, sharks are often finned alive, only to die an agoniz- methods – a combination of mowing and hand clipping and gathering. Under HB 3145B, juices, teas, sports drinks, and other bever- ing death of starvation, drowning or bleeding.” NCLC’s Scotch broom program has been successful, according to Celeste age containers will carry a deposit by no later than 2018. “Ore- Some estimates show that internationally approximately 73 Coulter, NCLC Stewardship Director, with a noticeable reduction of flower- gon history is littered with unsuccessful attempts to modernize million sharks are finned and killed each year. Oregon fisheries ing plants in the last 5 years. the Bottle Bill,” said Rep. Cannon. “Our success today stands on regulations conform to federal requirements prohibiting the For the average property owner, spending a little time each spring the shoulders of many. The 2007 expansion to water bottles, removal of shark fins or tail at sea. However, there is no Oregon (around now) – when the brilliant yellow blooms make Scotch broom led by Rep. Vicki Berger and Sen. Jackie Dingfelder, helped law that bans the possession, sale, trade or distribution of shark easy to spot – with some loppers can prevent the spread of this most create the conditions that made further expansion possible. fins in state. HB 2838 changes that. prolific plant to unsuspecting neighbors. Just cut off all the flowering The Bottle Bill Task Force established the policy framework for To provide final passage the House concurred with Sen- branches of the plant and compost them. For insurance, plant something this bill. Senate leaders, including Sen. Peter Courtney and Sen. ate amendments to the bill. The Senate amendments add near that will shade out the broom in the future. Mark Hass, played an important role in getting HB 3145B across exemptions for a person who holds a license or permit under Or you can look into using your Scotch broom to make a soothing tea, the finish line. And it has been particularly important that commercial or recreational fishing laws or a fish processor who beer, salad, or even a broom! All of these have been tried in the past in the Oregon’s grocers, distributors, and recyclers are finally working holds a license. native lands of the plant, and the Plantagenet kings, who ruled England hand-in-hand to improve the Bottle Bill for Oregonians.” In the wake of Oregon action on this issue, similar legislation from 1154-1485, took their name from the Latin for “common broom”, “For Oregon, the Bottle Bill is about more than recycling is now being considered in California, Washington and Canada. another name for Scotch broom. And their namesake has been spreading beverage containers,” said Rep. Cannon. “For 40 years, it has HB 2838 now moves to the Governor’s desk for his signature. its seeds across the world since!

9 june11 hipfishmonthly.com Freeing, Fresh, and Fun By Elia Sealy Beach Dance Serves up Good Vibrations

Beach Dance founder and facilitator Lisa Evans is on the cover of Conscious Dancer Magazine summer issue. The photo was taken on Maui, at a dance retreat presented by Studio Maui; Tribal Spirit and Spirit Body. In addition to dance facilitation Evans also contributes as a writer to the magazine which covers many facets of the ecstatic/free-style dance movement. Subscriptions to Conscious Dancer are available at consciousdancer. com. You can also download on the We all of us, in our hearts, long is a worldwide literal movement unique opportunity to connect both web. to be free. Free from stress, worry, toward reclaiming the celebration of with self and the natural world, a Portland,Oregon self-consciousness, inhibition. Free the body’s desire to move. This is the canvas which itself is perpetually in has developed a to express our individual selves. How “conscious dance,” movement, and motion. strong conscious Community House, 225 Laneda Ave. This group also that looks for any given person will the permutations of styles, names, “Dancing with the elements is dance movement, with numerous regular studios includes instruments of any sort, and reminds, no vary, but there are elemental ways and formats are as varied as there about involving nature in the creative and halls where people gather to practice and enjoy exp. necessary. A $5-$7 sliding fee. A dance group are minds and bodies to conceive process. What happens to your dance dance and a dance community. The studio setting that humans, across cultures, give in Astoria has taken a break for the summer, but (see ww.somaspace.us) offers a deeper training voice to the uniqueness of who they of ways to move. The threads that has been meeting for over three years now – begun aspect, with a limited number of participants, while are. Creative expression: to sing, talk weave through most forms of con- What do you incorporate into your initially by Lisa Evans. story, create visual representations scious dance are that it is practiced dance?when you The see water, an eagle the horizon, fly overhead? the other locations attract groups of up to 100 people. For example; Sacred Circle Dance comes together of one’s world. And to dance—espe- in community, and the movement is wind, a sandcastle?” enthuses Lisa. Portland Dance Sites: on a Sunday morning, beginning with a meditative cially to dance. free-form; no steps to follow, no right “It’s a dynamic environment, unlike www.pdxecstaticdance.com lists all the free circle, before everyone boogies out on their own for Though we adults have, in our busy or wrong way to move, no end result. a studio.” form and contact improv sites in portland with links the next hour - the music ranging from slow and Western culture, lost touch with our Just pure unadulterated freedom to One of Lisa’s gifts as a facilitator is to websites: meditative, to ethnic, drums, electronic trance, hip- dancing selves—except at wedding be yourself. that she embodies a deep, insight- www.somaspace.us hop, classical and everything in between. receptions and nightclubs—there Like what you’re hearing? Well like ful spirit and an effortless attitude www.ecstaticdancers.com Manzanita offers a Wednesday night ecstatic this even more: Beach Dance of spontaneity and fun. Her own www.sacredcircledance.com dance night, Wednesdays, 6:30pm at the Pine Grove in Cannon Beach, hosted by journey in conscious dance began at Opportunities to boogie abound! movement artist and facilita- the Body Moves studio in Portland in Beach Dance Schedule: tor Lisa Evans, is back for a the late ‘90s. Fridays 6:30-8pm (a little earlier once fourth season. “The Sunday dance at Body Moves gering to bring others out onto the could be of service in the world,” Lisa September comes—details on website) “I’ve had nine rainy months became my church,” Lisa remembers. beach with her to share that experi- remembers with tears in her eyes. Saturdays & Sundays 10-11:30am to collect new music,” smiles “Moving in freedom spoke deeply ence. She had recently seen herself in “I could just see the expressions on Cost: $20 per event Lisa, “and I’m rarin’ to go!” to my soul, it became my practice.” photos taken by a visitor to Cannon people’s faces. I could watch their Location: meet at the top of the beach Beach Dance is a conscious When she relocated Beach—a professional photographer bodies, hear how they felt and what trail at Chapman Point in the North End movement form that allows to Cannon Beach in who found himself of Cannon Beach (more details on the 2001, she couldn’t touched by Lisa’s spirit helped me overcome my fear . . . is it was like for them. That first dance website) and headphones, loaded with always make the drive as she danced on the anybody going to get this besides folks to don a tiny iPod Shuffle beach. What she saw me? Is someone going to love it as Friday night session themes will be one lovingly crafted playlist, back into Portland for that is shared by others par- that Sunday dance. in the pictures made much as I do?” And how: Lisa is on announced on the website, Saturdays are her realize what others the cover of the summer issue of a surprise, and Sundays offer a mellower ticipating in the session. The “I missed it. So I had witnessed in her Conscious Dancer magazine, an inter- more contemplative dance—though some group gathers (on the beach), started dancing on dance: the joy, free- national publication that serves the calories will still likely be burned! Lisa Lisa shares a few words, and dom, and inspiration dance community. offers a unique playlist for each event. Par- it’s ready, set, play! And play morning beach run the beach.” At first a to express oneself. The summer of 2011 will offer 30 ticipants should wear layered clothing and is the word, essentially, for with a Walkman—re- “I knew I had to just opportunities to get free and funky bring what they need to feel comfortable what happens next. Immersed member those pre- do it,” Lisa states, “to with yourself on one of the most in- outdoors—water, appropriate footwear in a private world of music, iPod days?—would offer that opportunity etc. and arrive 10-15 minutes before yet linked in community with incorporate a little to others.” So she pre- the session starts. Individual iPods and the other dancers, the mover booty shake. Gradually North end of Cannon Beach (Chap- sented an initial beach spiring dance floors in the world: the headphones are furnished, plus a refresh- begins to experiment. To dare her time on the beach man Point). And beyond that? dance to the newly ing beverage. Cash or check for payment. to let go, let down, let their became more about “There’s a lot of beautiful beaches Lisa Evans, Beach Dance Founder forming local con- Pre-registration required. creative spirit out. The dance the dance than miles in the world,” Lisa laughs. “And I want Lisa also does group events for up to may look big or small—the logged. And the dance on the beach scious dance community and friends to dance on them with others!” 20 participants. Birthdays, bridal parties, beach offers a jumbo-sized became her passion. from around the NW. Fifteen dancers Stay tuned in and turned on to reunions—she is happy to work with Fast forward to summer 2008. Lisa came, another photographer friend the Beach Dance scene via www. limitation beyond the partici- and a friend and fellow dancer had showed up to capture the magic. beachdance.com. Reach Lisa at Tel: Watcha waitin’ for? Come on and dance! pant’sdance floor—anddesire and imagination.there is no been offering conscious dance inside 503-860-7711 email: lisa@theplay- specific needs or themes. Dancing outdoors offers a for about a year. And Lisa was hun- for me. I knew that this was how I fulspirit.com “That dance was confirmation june11 hipfishmonthly.com 10 sauna By Diane Ring Johnson My roots, my therapy and my Saturday night

took a years worth of glean- old ways of double-duty sauna usage ing. The outbuilding, an (hanging meat to cure inside the hot excellent 8’ x 10’ structure, space), I load my Little Chief smoker existed as a tool shed in the back yard. While the Finnish the sauna, and allow the smells of tend to use plentiful birch, with brined fish, place it inside we Northwestern colonists substitute birch for abundant smokey-wood-chip-aromatic,smoking fish to permeate the cedaras well cedar. Cedar boards used in aswalls. practical, The result sauna is scent.heady, not fishy, the interior came from many It was wrenching to watch the sources, mostly discards from recent closing and gutting of The scrapheaps. Once used cedar Union Steam Baths. Situated amidst shakes and shingles, used on the canneries and docks of Astoria’s interior and exterior walls, Uniontown, the Baths had served were found abandoned as laborers and lovers of sauna since well. Pieces of my oak dining 1928. Throughout those years, the table were recycled as curved “Hottest Spot in Town” was a high- guards to protect against light of my trips back home. It is still bodily contact with the sauna wondrous to conjure up its aromas of stove. The outer door was a fresh linens, cedar cooling-off rooms found, broken screen door; and the sweetness of Ivory soap. the interior door I built from Pulling on a wooden peg emitted used cedar boards. A small more steam from the diesel boilers window was a cast off, added into the vast tiled and tiered bathing Diane Ring Johnson’s sauna. She heartily to cleanse the room of humid- areas. Buckets of cold water provid- recommends you build your own - read on! ity and sweat after bathing. ed rinses and sealed pores between A farm in Naselle was my The window also adds a bit hot steams. Before the demise of childhood home. Our Finnish fam- of light to the cedar box structure The Union Steam Baths, a porn shop ily rounded out each week with a and staves off feelings of claustrobia. opened and operated on the second communal Saturday night sauna, Two vents, necessary for proper - a ritual that found us perched like air conduction, were ancient gifts position of the squeaky clean and the towel-draped chickens, sweating of small wooden shutters from The smuttyfloor, just was above odd theand Baths. reprehensible The juxta to together in a cedar henhouse-like Sea Chest art gallery. The total cost many but failed to deter those who structure. A wood stove was banked of the project was further kept to a loved the experience of the baths. with coals that, in turn, heated minimum by purchasing a brightly If you love the idea of sharing the enameled red scratch-and-dent rocks that rested above the coals. By events of the week in an intimately Finnlandia sauna stove at half of dashing the rocks with cold water, communal manner, if you desire the great spattering sounds and vast the original price. New materials included exactly ten new cedar fence clouds of volcanic steam were emit- detoxing, or if you long for nostalgia boards, three rolls of insulation ma- ted. Ahhhhhhhh. Those who sat on andbenefits dreadfully of weekly miss exfoliating The Union and Steam terial, countless sandpaper discs and upper benches received the largest Baths, consider building your own gross quantities of nails. It warms blasts of heat and sweated out more unique sauna. I will happily offer the heart, as well as heats the sauna, toxins than the bathers below. Cold encouragement and building advice to realize the potential of using used, through e-mail……….just don’t expect going green, and staying true to the completed the experience, closed our to hear from me on Saturday nights; I showers flavored with pine tar soap frugal Finn within. pores and revived us through next am enjoying my sauna. Building an old country sauna was, Saturday night. Diana Ring Johnson’s email: ironically, accomplished via the new In Naselle, sauna stories still [email protected] age internet. My plans, researched abound. Take the story of the two Note: Naselle, Washington is a online, stayed true to traditional new city teachers who had been small community that lies 15 min- layouts and features such as ventila- imported into the valley. Accordingly, utes NE of Astoria. It is the site of a the young women were initiated tion requirements that have been large semi-annual Finnish Festival in the art of sauna. Instructions: “If used throughout time in Finland. A that celebrates the rich heritage of it gets too hot in there, just throw dilemma common to sauna enthusi- its founders. water on the rocks.” Which they did. asts is often the heat source. Electric According to lore, the miserably hot or wood? Wood or electric? This is a teachers continued dashing the rocks major core decision. Modern Finns with water. When, at last they were overwhelmed by the heat and steam, afforded by the electric heater. In ad- they bolted in their natural states ditionhave flocked to shaving to the off conveniences labor intensive into an appreciative audience of local hours of stocking wood and burning pranksters. it to the requisite temperature, Moving back to the Astoria/Pen- neolithic sauna bathers preset their insula area was almost satisfaction electronic controls to the precise enough for one who had been far hour when they roll in from their day’s work, ready for relaxation. one of the most nostalgic elements of Contemporary touches also childhoodafield for many has completed years. Incorporating the return include the addition of aroma journey. Uppermost on the resettling therapies derived from birchwood Feel Good list was the sauna (said and pine. These scents, or others of with a fond sigh). Building it myself the bather’s choice, infuse the water doubled the giddiness factor. used in dousing the hot rocks. ‘Going Actual construction of my sauna electric’ means missing out on the was completed over the course of authentic essence of wood smoke. Diane’s suana awaits. one winter. Preparation, however, To compensate and borrow from the

11 june11 hipfishmonthly.com Brownsmead Flats CD Release Strings & Yarns: It’s Vintage Flats! By Bob Goldberg

The Flats at Big Red Studio in Portland Photo: Darren Sethe Darren Photo:

The Brownsmead Flats’ latest monies, featured during their many lo- CD, Strings & Yarns, just out, is vintage cal concerts. They use a single old-style Flats. A mixture of originals with a microphone for voices on stage, which sprinking of traditional songs arranged helps the band members to hear each by the band, the subject matter is local other, and presents an interesting cho- – politics, history, water and family. The reography for the audience, according album is lovingly dedicated to bassist to Raihala, as each soloist bends in for John Fenton’s wife Carol, who died his part, while the others sink back. last year in an accident in Mexico. She The Flats’ fiddler, Dan Sutherland, also wrote one of the songs on the CD, who also plays mandolin and ham- Porch Swing. The CD’s cover features a mered dulcimer, wrote two songs photo of a tapestry that was presented on the new album, Sail Away Sister to the band by a fan – hence the CD’s and Somebody’s Baby. The album is title, a reference to the cover tapestry rounded out with a couple traditional Raihala joined the band about 15 and the type of music they play and songs, the ever popular Cotton Eyed years ago. At the time the band formed instruments they use. Joe (with Over the Waterfall) and the initially, Raihala was on the road much Though the timing of the new re- sea shanty John Kanaka. of the year, eeking out a living playing lease coincides with Astoria’s bicenten- Strings & Yarns was recorded at Billy in a cover band. When that band broke nial, the only song written specifi- Oskay’s Big Red Studio in Portland, in up, he started playing with the Flats cally for the big birthday is harmonica four 12-hour sessions. Previous Flats’ more often, and still does. player Ned Heavenrich’s song, Shines albums were self-produced, so this All the band members have day and Glows, according to Ray Raihala, one was quite a step up, according to jobs and practice typically one day a the band’s “newest member,” and the Raihala. This is the Flats’ 5th album. week. They’ve played at the Northwest only Clatsop County native. Rai- Potluck was produced in 1996, fol- Folklife Festival, the Tumbleweed hala wrote two of the album’s songs, lowed by Rain in 1999. In 2006, they Festival, the Pendleton Round-Up Generic Historic Anniversary Song, released two recordings. The first, As- (right after 9/11), and opened for the where you can fill in any of the myriad toria, features numerous compositions Kingston Trio at the Liberty Theater anniversaries that we’ve celebrated that explore Astoria, its history and a few years ago. In addition to the recently or will in the near future, and topics related to the Columbia-Pacific current members, pianist and guitarist Ballad of the Peter Iredale, celebrating region. The second, Live at the Liberty, Jennifer Goodenberger has played one of those anniversaries, the 100th was recorded at the Liberty Theater in with the Flats in the past. of the beaching of the Peter Iredale in Astoria, as part of the Lewis and Clark Raihala attributes the band’s lon- 1906, on Clatsop Spit. bicentennial celebration. gevity to the fact that they “enjoy the “The band has evolved to sing about The Brownsmead Flats started play- process, get along well, and love the historical happenings,” said Raihala, ing together when the band members creative expression in music.” He says, and the new CD contains many ex- all converged on Brownsmead in the “We’re always on a point on the road; amples, including Heavenrich’s Recall, 1970s as what Raihala called “young it’s a journey, not a destination.” Going which tells about the recent recalls of marrieds” who wanted to try out the on 25 years together, with no end in several Clatsop County commission- rural Oregon experience. They came sight, the Brownsmead Flats should be ers, and guitarist Robert Stevens’ The from Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan and around for a while. Vortex, which tells the story of a man California, built their own houses, Don’t miss the CD release party at who witnessed the selling of Fort Astor and started families. The community (where else) Fort George Brewery on to the English during the War of 1812, had (and still has) frequent potlucks, Saturday, June 4th at 8 pm. Other went upriver to do some business, and and music was/is a big part of them. upcoming concerts include two Summer- came back to Astoria, only to find that Though each of the band members fest dates, June 18th and July 16th in Long the fort was now a brewery with the had played in a band previously, none Beach; the Astoria Sunday Market on July 3rd; the Ilwaco Timberland Library on July English moniker Fort George. had really done what the Flats’ website 28th; and one of the band’s favorite venues, The band does an a cappella version calls “crabgrass”, a folk/bluegrass style McGandy Park in Lacey, WA on August of Long Beach, Washington resident centered on this area’s geography. The 28th. Pick up the Flats new CD at Mary Garvey’s Astoria Bar on “Strings & band’s first album, Potluck, took the Bach & Rock in Astoria, also: Yarns,” highlighting the Flats’ tight har- name of the venue where it all began. www. brownsmeadflats.com. june11 hipfishmonthly.com 12 Astoria Music Festival 2011 • June 17 - 24

Cellist Sergey Antonov, Festival Fav

A second theme stands out for Bicentennial Beethoven is the theme this AMF 2011. VOCAL EXPLOSION. And year for the 9th Annual Astoria Music Festival. While a third . . . AWARD Winners! This the Columbia River shore was in raw transition, a place year the corridors of the Liberty Angela Meade, Ricahrd Tucker Award Winner of hope for immigrants and pioneers, a place of loss to vocal forte. Honoring the maturity of AMF,Theater and will its ever-growingfill with unadulterated respect for Ms. Swenson will appear in solo artist’s career to even greater heights, composers was creating the stirring Symphony No. 7, excellence in summer music festivals, with the Festival Orchestra on Sun- in addition to a $30,000 cash award. day, June 19 in a concert of Mozart Previous winners include Ruth Anne known for its expression of spontaneity, and a favorite 20 year Met vet, and one of America’s American Indians, one of the world’s most influential and Mahler. Not to miss. In addition, Swenson and Rénee Fleming. work of Beethoven himself. Written in 1811, Russian in a mid-week music event at the CCC Angela Meade will be featured in the embodiment of the Coloratura PAC, Swenson and opera coach David the festival season’s concert produc- cellist Sergey Antonov, beloved returning festival artist, Diva,finest R sopranos,uth Ann and Sw byenson all measures, makes Burnakus lead a rare public master tion opera selection, Verdi’s “Il Tro- performs this ode to Astoria’s founding year with one a rare Northwest appearance. San class with AMF vocal apprentices, vatore.” She is joined by principal and Francisco Classical Voice describes of Ludwig’s most romantic themes and opens the festi- founding member of the festival and her, “with technique to spare; power, val on Friday, June 17. “The Marriage of Figaro.” (This year foremost American baritone Richard agility, effortless projection!!!!! theas they Vocal put Apprentice the finishing Pro touches- on Zellar, (whose gutsy gram will return in July to rendition of “Bill” from stage the opera in OPERA Carousel at AMF 2010 FOR 5 BUCKS at the As- blew everybody joyously toria Arts and Movement away). The duo, which Center.) The second part performed last summer of the program will view in Portland’s Washington the Academy Award win- Park have Oregonian In the Shadow critics steering audi- of the Stars, featuring ences to this coming AMF Swensonning film and Burnakus in performance. a behind-the-scenes view Verdi’s Il Trova- of the San Francisco Op- tore tells of Gypsies, era Chorus. In addition love triangles, unrelent- to AMF formal classical ing revenge performances, these sideshows, so to and many a familiar opera theme, speak, bring accessibility, and shear not excluding the Anvil Chorus. fun to the festival music. The North Coast Chorale will do the The winner of the 2011 prestigious honors, as well the Coast’s favorite Richard Tucker award, is an up and baritone Deac Guidi plays the role of coming soprano, born and raised Ferrando. Go early, at 6:30pm - Rob- in Centralia, Washington, Angela ert Kingston of the Portland Opera Meade. The operative guideline delivers a preview on the work. Go for the Richard Tucker Award is earlier and enjoy a Happy Hour Con- that it be awarded to an American cert, ($10), featuring violinist Roy singer poised on the edge of a major Malan, Ian Scarfe, piano and friends national and international career. for Gypsy-inspired music. Saturday, Ruth Ann Swenson graces the AMF Stage It is hoped that the award acts as a June 25. cont. pg 14 well-timed catalyst to elevate the

13 june11 hipfishmonthly.com considered for additional performances, and thus the work has probably not been performed too frequently. The inspiration behind the piece was a musical box, with which George III (who did eventually die through a long mental illness), had reputedly tried to teach his birds to sing. Classical reviewer Robert Hugill describes it as a music-theatre piece that gives a visceral thrill in performance. Also on the performance roster for the eve, is music by Handel, (the Kings favorite composer) with soprano Amy Hanson, organist Julia Brown and the North Coast Chorale; Music from Solomon and Samson and Organ Concerto in F Major, (a virgin instrument to AMF 20011). A Prelude show at 6:30pm features Amy Hanson singing English Lute Songs. Featured concert at 7:30pm at the Liberty Theater. ON the Road with Mozart: An Evening of Words and Music Thur. June 23 Coast Community Radio’s Joanne Rideout tells the story of “Mozarts Journey to Prague, ” a romantic fantasy depicting the composer and his wife on the way to the opening night of Don Giovanni. Funny, moving, the story paints a picture of Mozart’s creative genius – it heights and depths. The work is based on Ed- ward Morike’s masterpice of German Literature. Joanne is joined by soprano Amy Hanson, Baritone Deac Guidi and the Festival Chamber Players. 7:30pm at the CCC PAC. Tickets are available at the door, $15. Too Much Coffee Man • The Comic Book Opera Tues. June 27

the show, as they say, and charged up even the decaf drinkers in theIts audience. back – with Comic a refill! book AMFauthor 2010, Shannon Too Much Wheeler Coffee Man collabo stole- Too Much Coffee Man is in for a refill! rated with opera composer Daniel Stevens Craft, and debuted Astoria’s Music Festival Director Keith Clark is a busy conduc- In 2009, AMF saw a noted 15% in ticket sales. In 2010, a 20% the work to sold out audiences at the Portland Center for Per- tor who graces the AMF stage with his conducting as well as his increase in sales. And in 2011, an unprecedented increase in forming Arts in 2006. Since then there has been a sequel, and unmatchable charm and prowess when it comes to educating pre-sales. It has steadfastly become a summer opera opportunity for those who attended last years performance, there’s more. audiences in performance previews – bringing a fresh and al- par excellence on the west coast, while other opera companies The brilliantly funny comic chamber opera is certainly worth a ways timely context to the works. This year due to his schedule, are taking a rest. President of the Board of AMF Leena Riker is happy to the hot Barista). Clark in expressing the connection to classical themes and to the report these numbers. While funding is always the challenge second cup, sequel or not. (and yes, we find out what happens to qualified stand-ins will continue the tradition, so important to in the arts, it is the people behind the organizations that either 21st century. make it work, or it doesn’t. This is Riker’s third season. Riker is significanceSo important of keeping that Clark symphonic and last musicyear’s aliveAMF andproduction well in theof the person who makes sure the singers are coming, she is the Wozzeck American Prize, a business backbone behind the scenes. An all-volunteer position, national organization with a mission to bolster small company Riker in her 70’s, proves that life experience is of the utmost opera performance are semi-finalists and conducting. in the new AMF and Clark are the only value. In addition to a gracious committment of time and care West Coast candidates in the opera division. for this festival, you can’t really put a price on that. A collective The formation of the The American Prize, is based on excel- operatic BRAVO to Ms. Riker for doing the hard work so that we lence, not restricted to famous names, or any single city on either coast, or the most prestigious companies, but according to every June. its chief judge David Katz is based on “talent, love of the art, hard canTicket all reap sales the don’t benefits pay ofthe this piper amazing for any musical festival, feat but that then occurs again, work and commitment that makes the difference.” they speak loudly to benefactors. And quality of performance speaks loudly to audience. This is why ticket buyers and critics are catching on to AMF. This publication puts the music festival Baritone Richard Zellar on the cover every year. Yes, the publisher is a biased music lover - a biased music lover who voraciously encourages you to get some tickets. You have two weeks not to screw-up. Live or- chestral music is on the up, as is acoustic music of all genres, and people dancing! Despite our new dependency on a different kind of lit screen – lets hope it’s our new version at a chance for more freedom to experience “human” potential, and that “art”remains Coast Community Radio’s Joanne Rideout Reads! our essential. Too Much Coffee Man, is a caffeine-addled Superhero-Every- Handel and His Mad King • Sat June 18 man who’s in love with his barista. Trouble brews when Espres- This promises to be an exciting evening as AMF 2010 tenor so Guy, a cynical opportunist, also makes a play for the ambi- John Duykers returns. Duykers memorably portrayed the tious but frustrated young barista. The characters must resolve Captain in AMF’s Wozzeck, and is a prominent American op- the age-old dilemma: Can coffee and relationships co-exist? eratic tenor, known for his work in modern and contemporary Accompanying the trio of performers is a trio of musicians; opera. Duykers career has involved testing the waters on new piano, string bass and clarinet. The score is refreshingly modern, projects. and quirky. Stacey Murdoch ( a former AMF opera perform- One of his most celebrated roles was that of Mao Tse-Tung (an er), embodies the anxious-ridden, over-the-top Coffee Man with extraordinarily testing part) in the 1987 world-premiere of John continual internal dialogues on love and insecurities, (sporting a Adams’ Nixon in China, which was televised (winning an Emmy very large mug on his head and red lycra body suit). Murdoch is Award), and recorded (winning a Grammy Award). a talented singer with a healthy set of pipes and dollops of comic AMF 2011 Duykers brings to the stage, Eight Songs for a genius. Its one thing to put on a ridiculous get-up, and another Mad King. This is a staged theater piece for singing actor and to give it life. instruments. Composed in the 70’s by Peter Maxwell Davies, it A treat this year for comic book enthusiasts, author Shannon - Wheeler will be in Astoria for the performance and will sign ized in advanced vocal technique. It requires the performer to copies of Too Much Coffee Man. AMAZING STORIES Comic Book singwas writtenin both bassspecifically and alto for registers a South asAfrican well as actor produce who speciala vast Store in Astoria will have fresh copies in soon. Wheeler is also range of other sounds. In essence, to express madness. In an currently up for a 2011 Eisner Comic Book Award. interview with Davies, he stated it was not a piece that he had 7:30pm, CCC PAC, 16th & Franklin, $15.

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Kid Classics 4 Kids • Sat., June 18, June 25 Family Concert and Troll Radio Review Radio Broadcast Musical stories for kids of all ages hosted by Debbie Twombly and featuring Astoria Music Festival musicians, the Troll, Stinky Toadwort, and the Troll Radio Review Theater Troupe. Broadcast live on Coast Community Radio, KMUN and KTCB. 11:00am. Both dates. Clatsop Community College Performing Arts Center. Free admission with a contribution of canned goods to the Clatsop County Action Food Bank at the door. Chamber Music At the Churches • Sun., June 19, 26 Enjoy short informal recitals of chamber music at Astoria Historic Churches at 11:30pm. FREE and post concert refreshments. First Presbyterian Church, 1103 Grand, and First United Methodist Church , 1076 Franklin, respectively. This year the Music Festival honors Steve Forrester, Publisher/Editor of the Daily Astorian and leader in the Liberty Theatre Restoration. This is a tradition closing AMF, with music and dinner, this year to be held at the Bankers Ballroom following the Beethoven X3 Grand Finale Concert on Sunday, June 26. AMF Tickets and Full Schedule

can pick up a brochure with a full schedule of events to help you pick and choose events. Single ticketsThe AMF are office available in downtown ranging from Astoria $15 is - $35.located First at 1271 and CommercialSecond Weekend in Astoria. Passes 503.325.9896. are available You – these are Best Seat Tickets for 3 events, $80. A Platinum Card includes ALL 9 EVENTS including the Awards Dinner, $250. Festival Gold, ALL 9 EVENTS $175.

503.325.5922, Ext. 55, or on the web, www.ticketswest.com. For more info go to: astoriamusicfesti- val.org.Tickets email: are availableastoriamusicfestival.org. through the Liberty Theater Box Office, Tue. – Sat., 2pm – 5:30pm,

MANAFEST Alternative Music Festival • Astoria June 17 – 19 Astoria’s alternative music festival impresario is Nick Stephens. Stephens has been organizing music events the last several years, his mission to provide a venue for creative musicians and an all ages audience. He sites that his inspiration to create music gatherings of this nature draws from former Astorian creative/musician Jona Bechtolt who successfully produced his low key Coast Community Radio’s Joanne Rideout Reads! events called CATCH THAT BEAT, that attracted a good crowd of hipsters to the region, to enjoy a weekend of music making. This will be a music-filled weekend in Astoria, where opera, Scandinavian Folk and alternative/rock music converge. MANAF- EST will appear at Shively Hall, the Blue Scorcher, on the Astoria Sunday Market stage, and other locations TBA. Look out. Now the music listings will look like this: Friday June 17 • 5-10$ cover Saturday June 18 5-10$ cover • Titan and the Pygmy (Sitar and drums Shively Hall 7pm-12midnight Shively Hall 7pm-12midnight songs) 1530 Shively Park Rd 1530 Shively Park Rd

• cat stalks bird (PDX experimental rock) • Kites at Night (Astoria electro rock ) • Star Craving (Astoria funtimes) More information about Sunday shows • Unicorn Denomination (PDX dancetech) available at the 17th and 18th shows, and • Saucy Yoda (PDX partycore) • I only draw monsters (Seaside local hard in forthcoming Manafest brochures avail- rock) • Mythological horses (Rock) able at the Blue Scorcher Bakery in Astoria. • Unkle Funkle (Comedycore) • White Fang (Original Classic Rock) Sunday June 19 • 8am-4ish The fund raiser for this festival is Saturday June 18th The Blue Scorcher, Tide Rock, Astoria http://www.kickstarter.com/proj- Crossfades: 1331 Marine Drive, Astoria, Sunday Market Stage. FREE SOUP. ects/4992032/mana-fest-2011 OR- FREE 5pm • Leafeater (PDX powerpop) the facebook event page is • Changeable Light Bulb (KMUN dj Jed, • Davis Hooker (Chehailis,Triumphant folk) http://www.facebook.com/event. playing “wierdness”) php?eid=166010786788627 • Geena Barker (Cannon Beach folk) • Taylor Holmes (San Fransisco pop songs)

15 june11 hipfishmonthly.com Violinist Kim Angelis The Mighty and the Misty: Waikiki Beach Concert Series At the Coaster • June 19 New 7pm time slot! This year marks the sixth summer of concerts offered outdoors at Cape Disappointment Odyssey, made Top Ten lists from Santa Cruz, CA, State Park, near Ilwaco, Washington. The Waikiki Beach Concert Series receives its name from to Herford, Germany. In 2007, her song, “Zingaro!” the small pocket beach where the North Jetty meets the rocky cape. The amphitheater which won Global Rhythm Magazine’s international serves as the setting songwriting competition. In 2009, the violinist’s for these folk concerts music was once again heard throughout the inter- was designed as part of national sports scene, as Junior World Champion the Confluence Project, gymnast Amelia Racea of Romania performed her designed by architect floor routines to a Kim Angelis recording. Maya Lin of Vietnam A New Release Memorial fame. There The Prophecy, A Gypsy’s Journey. 2011 are six performances Kim Angelis continues to breath life and soul into planned for the summer, her majestic violin compositions. The Prophecy is one on each second and 11 tracks, inspired by the Book of Isaiah., and each fourth Saturday evening track on the CD, Angelis relates to a passage and to of June, July and August. personal stories. June’s performances Recorded at Moody Studios in Los Angeles, and include two regional acts, regionally known Mighty Ghosts (mightyghosts.com) play Big REd Studio in Corbett, OR, Angelis is joined by original Americana acoustic roots music, and open the season on JUNE 11, with the new time numerous instrumentalists, adding paino, clarinet , for shows (no longer 2pm, conflicting with the beach-crowds), starting at 7pm. JUNE 25, accordion, percussion, oud, her husand Josef Gault all-female Bluegrass Band The Misty Mamas (mistymamas.com), take the stage. Violin Virtuoso and Composer Kim Angelis performs a on guitar, and a second flemenco guitarist Ciro Hurtado. If you’ve never concert at 3pm, on June 19 at the Coaster Theater in Cannon Utilizing diverse instrumentation, and arrangements, Angelis been to a performance Beach. The Astoria-based artist known admiringly in the region brilliantly colors and enhances the stories she tells through of the Waikiki Beach as the Gypsy Violinist, Angelis is an internationally acclaimed the single instrument, her voice, the violin. Whether there was Concert Series June is the violinist who has successfully transcended artistic boundar- added arrangement, or even the accompanying stories within month to check it out. ies – the music is built on a solid classical foundation, but the the CD package, Angelis interprets the tale single-handedly. Washington State Parks inspiration flows freely from the Romany Diaspora of Eastern The inimitable warmth and flair that project from her violin, are free for the rest of Europe, Russia, and Spain. Angelis’ brilliant compositions dance, cry, and soar. Each composition develops a strong and the month. Starting July showcase the beauty, power, and excitement of her playing. memorable theme, the violin leading the way. 1st, all park visitors will Jean Bartlett, managing editor of Ink Notes, writes, “Angelis… However, the arrangements enhance and surprise. Track be required to buy a $10 literally sings each string like a gypsy poet. Through breathtak- 2, Seven Trees, beigns with a sultry clarinet, that then play- daily Discover Pass or a ing cadenzas and tender passages. … it is her own composed fully chases the violin through the tune. Track 5, Isaiah 53, is a $30 annual pass. These music which constantly brings the audience to their feet beautiful duet between piano and violin, with the meander- passes will be available because it is of earth and yet not.” ings of the kanun (a zither type instrument). As well the piano in the next few weeks, wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold in Washington, as The passionate music of Kim Angelis has been featured on enahnces the meloncholic, and highly expresive Track 8, Astoria well as at Cape Disappointment State Park. The concerts themselves are free due to the network TV, PBS, NPR, and during the 2000 Olympics, when Gloria -- here Angelis represents the muted grey Astoria sky in support of the Friends of the Columbia River Gateway. This non-profit group operates the gift world champion gymnast Kui Yuanyuan of China used Kim’s a haunting reverie, and dynamically opens up the sky to silver stores at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and at the Carriage House near the North music for her floor exercise. For ten years, Angelis’ first CD, Vio- light, with the virtuosic use of the bow. Head Lighthouse. They support a variety of special events throughout the year in our area lin Voyager, resided on the Taiwanese Billboard charts. The film Angelis will perform new works at the concert, accompa- Washington State Parks and are now concentrating their efforts towards restoring the North Sweet Nothings features her music, which was nominated for nied by flemenco guitarist Josef Gault. Her lastest effort is a Head Lighthouse. Best Original Score by the California Independent Film Society complex set of compositions, but never without the free spirit This summer’s concert series at Cape Disappointment State Park will continue to offer and Best Score by the International Independent Film Tour. flowing, and the pieces that are the dance. Joining Angelis are beautiful music in a beautiful location. Bring your sunglasses if you’re lucky and an umbrella Her 1996 CD, Esperanza, was selected as a “Choice Recording” belly dancers Jessamyn Grace and Erika McKay, of the Astoria if you’re not. Come early, play on the beach a bit and enjoy a picnic dinner. Stay late and enjoy by Strings magazine and received a nomination by Just Plain Arts and Movement Center. CD Purchase at www.skysong.com the sunset with the sounds of folk music ringing in your ears. For more information about Folks for Best Instrumental Album. Kim’s 2005 release, Gypsy’s $10 Admission. 108 N. Hemlock, Cannon Beach. 3pm these concerts, call (360) 642-3029. - Dinah Urell

june11 hipfishmonthly.com 16 visual arts • theater goings on: June 11 music • literary in the columbia pacific outdoor • happenings culture • events Music at the forefront of the 44th Scandinavian Midsummer Festival Astoria Scanfest 2011 is proof this longtime cultural celebra- guard Band. Both artists with lauded individual and joint careers, a sic (springars, gangars, polskar, & polsdans) as well as runddansere tion shows no signs of slowing down. plentiful music selection can be found on the web. or turdans (“set dances”, usually choreographed), and various “mix- Stand-out music artists from the NW as well as the old country Fri., 17 6pm Arena Stage, Sat., 18 noon, 3pm, and 5pm on ers”. (Sounds like something out of Lord of the Rings.) will ring in the bicentennial year with sounds of the ancient roots various stages. Many of the melodies that Fossegrimen plays have no com- as well as the bloom of new Scandinavian music. poser since they have been handed down so many times that It’s a music packed weekend with many local/regional favorites their only identification is the fact that they are “from” the playing and new comers!!!! Willapa Hills, Wilho Saari, Scandinavian Coun- of the last musician to teach the music to another musician. Enjoy try, Double J and the Boys, and more. a variety of string instruments including fiddle, hardanger fiddle, nyckelharpa, guitar, mouth harp and bass violin. For an up-close listen to this authentic music, David Elliker- Vågsberg, fiddle and hardanger fiddle, and Brian Wood, guitar, will perform a concert of Norwegian music Saturday afternoon. Then Fossegrimen will play the music for the Saturday Evening Dancers’ Ball from 7 to 11pm on June 18. Food & Vendor booths, Dancers, Dancing, the Coronation, Bonfire, a Viking Encampment, Beer Garden & More! A very user- friendly schedule avail: www.astoriascanfest.com. Clatsop County Fairgrounds, June 17 – 19, 3-Day admission pass: $7 General, $2 for 6-12, 5 and under FREE. - Dinah Urell Swedish Folksters MAIASTRA, are Sofia Johansson (vocals, fultes, soprano sax and percussion), and Emil Brynge (vocals, octave mandolin, mandolin, guitar and violin). While Blume and Haarsguard offer a more pop/rock orchestrated sound, Maiastra is a beautiful minimilist sound, playful, yet accomplished musicians Featured performers Helen Blume and Harald who dig deep into the roots of ancient Swedish music. Fascinat- Haugaard from Denmark have several things in common; they ing, Emo-Ethno! both began their music careers as children, hail from musical fami- Friday at 4pm on the Arena Stage, 8-10pm in the Beer Gar- lies, and have taken Norwegian folk dynamically into a contempo- den. Sat: 12:30 and 5pm in the Exhibit Hall. rary 21st century sound. Fossegrimen is an ensemble based in Eugene, OR dedicated Haugaard is fiddler, composer and producer, and if you were to folk dance music from Norway and Sweden. Founded by David at the 2011 Seattle Folk Life Festival you may have caught him. and Claire Elliker-Vågsberg in 1999, most of the music is based on Helen Blume is one Denmark’s shining folk/pop vocalists, married the authentic dance style of the area of origin. Gammaldans music to Haaguard, and together they are Helen Blume and Harald Haa- (vals, schottis/reinlender, masurka & polkas), and Bygdedans mu-

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Friday 3 HAPPENING FOOD & DRINK THEATER FOOD & DRINK Vernonia’s First Friday. Arts, entertainment, Wine Tasting. Sineann. 1 – 4pm at the Cellar Lie, Cheat, and Genuflect. Comedy. $10, 7pm All-You-Can-Eat Spaghetti Feed. Door prizes, MUSIC live music, culture, & special events. 5 -8pm at on 10th in Astoria at NCRD in Nehalem. raffles, and information booths. Proceeds to Scout Cabin in Vernonia. help upgrade emergency communication Locust Street Taxi. 3:30 – 6:30pm at the Wine Tasting Special. $9 for 4 2-oz pours The Sound of Music. Musical. 7pm at the equipment for Clatsop County. 4 – 9pm at the Columbia Pacific Farmers Market in Long + complimentary appetizers. 4 – 6pm at the LITERARY Fort Columbia Theater, east of Chinook, WA Seaside Fire Hall. Beach, WA Wine bar at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon 360-655-6530 Author Reading. A River of Words with Beach. Bill Hayes. Rock/Folk/Bluegrass. No cover, 5 – Michael Pyle & Brian Doyle. A benefit for Rain Junior Shanghaied. Musical Melodrama. $10 HAPPENING 8pm at the Cannon Beach Cookie Company. Magazine. Suggested donation $10, 6pm at A Night in Spain. A Spanish inspired dinner & $6, 7:30pm at the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria. Annual Community Gardens Tour. From the Baked Alaska Expedition Room in Astoria. menu with paired wines and the Flamenco noon – 4pm, the public is invited to get ac- Dave Drury. Jazz guitar. No cover, 6 – 9pm at guitar music of Brian Johnstone. Reservations The Land of the Dragon. A stylized Chinese quainted with their community gardens at four the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria. THEATER recommended. 6 – 9pm at Sweet Basil’s in Can- play. 7:30pm at the Coaster Theater in Cannon different locations. Emerald Heights Garden at Beach. Seaside High School Cabaret. $3 - $7. 6pm at Lie, Cheat, and Genuflect. Comedy. $10, 7pm non Beach. 503-436-1539 1 Mitscher, in Astoria; The Hope Garden at 725 the Cafetorium at Seaside High School. at NCRD in Nehalem. 33rd Street in Astoria; The Hammond Garden HAPPENING at 448 Pacific Drive, in Hammond; and the Sunny O’Dell. No cover, 6 – 9pm at the Wet The Sound of Music. Musical. 7pm at the Sunday 5 Rod & Reels Rod Run. Free for spectators. Railroad Garden at Avenue J and Highway 101 Dog Café in Astoria. Fort Columbia Theater, east of Chinook, WA MUSIC in Seaside. 360-665-6530 8am – 3:30pm at the Wahkiakum County Tom Trudell. Jazz piano. No cover, 6 – 9pm at Fairgrounds in Skamokawa, WA The Bobbers. 10am – 3pm at the Astoria LITERARY Clemente’s in Astoria. Sunday Market. Saturday 4 United Paws Adopt-a-Cat. 11am – 3pm at the Authors in the Theater. 11 local authors will Asleep at the Switch. Blues, Country, 40’s, & Garibaldi Museum. 503-842-5663 Dan Golden. Jazz. 10am – 1pm at McKeown’s read from their current works, and books will 50’s. Free (donations accepted), 6 – 8pm at the MUSIC Blessing of the Fleet. At the Cape Kiwanda Restaurant & Bar in Seaside. be available for purchase. $5, 6:30pm at the City Hall in Garibaldi. River City Theater in Ilwaco, WA Musician’s Jam. Free, 2 – 4pm at the Tillamook Boat Launch in Pacific City. Bluegrass Music Jam. 1 – 3pm at the Til- Richard T. Jazz/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, Library. OUTSIDE lamook Forest Center. OUTSIDE 6pm at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach. Niall. No cover, 6 – 9pm at the Wet Dog Café All That Jazz. Jazz. No cover (donations ac- Beach Soccer Tournament. Free for specta- in Astoria. Derby Dollars for Scholars. BBQ & Sturgeon Jackson Andrews Trio. No cover, 7 – 10pm at fishing derby. BBQ is $8 and $5. 1 – 4:30pm at cepted). 2pm at the Wet Dog Café in Astoria. tors. On the beach near the Broadway Turn- the Lazy Spoon Café in Astoria. The Slick Skillet Serenaders. Jazz/Blues/ around in Seaside. the Wahkiakum County Fairgrounds in Skamo- Swingcats. Swing/Jazz/Blues. No cover, 6pm Ragtime. No cover, 8pm at Hazel’s Tavern in Sonny Hess Trio. Blues. No cover, 7pm at kawa, WA Derby entry form at wahkiakum- Radio Control Aircraft “Fun Fly”. At the North Astoria. at Lil’ Bayou in Seaside. McMenamins Sand Trap in Gearhart. chamber.com Coast RC Modelers’ Airfield at 13990 Hwy 101, Renegade Minstrels. Blues/Jazz/Roots. No 7 miles south of Tillamook. Kingston Trio Folk Sing-Along. $5, 7:30pm at ART Beach Soccer Tournament. Free for specta- cover. 8pm at Fort George Brewery & Public the Astoria Arts & Movement Center. Seaside Art Walk. 5 – 8pm at Galleries and tors. On the beach near the Broadway Turn- House in Astoria. THEATER businesses in Seaside & Gearhart. around in Seaside. FOOD & DRINK Frogtown. An all ages musical (with frogs) fea- Art Opening. Opening reception for sculptor Radio Control Aircraft “Fun Fly”. At the North CINEMA turing new songs and cast members. $12, with Wine Tasting. At Taste of Tuscany in Seaside. and painter Stephen Seable, BCAC’s Artist of Coast RC Modelers’ Airfield at 13990 Hwy 101, Edie & Thea. A PFLAG event. Free, 3pm at the a family rate of 4 for $39. 2pm at the Liberty 503-738-5377 the Month. 5 – 7pm at the Bay City Arts Center. 7 miles south of Tillamook. Columbian Theater in Astoria. Theater in Astoria.

17 june11 hipfishmonthly.com theater & performance Laughing Wild At PPP Neil Simon’s Star-Spangled Girl Look for TAPA’s production of Neil Simon’s timely favorite com- ingthis June. The Star-Spangled Girl tells the story of two strug- gling writers, portrayed by Sam Kuzma and Steele Fleisher, who are trying to keep their underground political protest newspaper afloat. While trying to expose government conspiracies and wrongdoings, they meet an all-American girl, portrayed by Chey Kuzma, who has just moved into their building. Love and politics dance together in this clever and witty play. The Star-Spangled Girl kicks off TAPA’s summer season on June 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, and July 1 and 2. Following The Star-Spangled Girl is The Starlite Academy Children’s Workshop July 19–23 directed by Wally and Diane Nelson. Then rounding out the summer season is The Chicken Creek Diaries written by Marilyn Allen and directed by Wally Nelson. For ticket info visit www.tillamookthe- Sam Kuzma, Chey Kuzma, Steele Fleisher. ater.com or contact [email protected].

June is Jr. Shanghaied At the Astor St. Opry Playhouse The 3rd Annual JUNIOR SHANGHAIED 2011 (an ALL KID cast, but enjoyed by the whole family!) runs every Saturday Evening and Sunday Afternoon in the month of June. This season opens Saturday June 4th at 7:30pm and will continue every Saturday at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2:00pm for the month of at the ASOC Playhouse 129 West Bond Street in Uniontown Astoria. Junior Shanghaied is as fun and memorable as the BIG Shanghaied! Including: Music, Dance and Local Folklore and with other fun ASOC traditions like raffles and souvenirs! inah U rell Also Available for Your Eating & Drinking Pleasure…The Miss Virginia Sweet Soda Fountain (sponsored by The Rio Café) Features: Hotdogs & Chips, Pop-

Bill Ham and Jennie Newton Converge in Laughing Wild D Photo: corn, Soda Pop, Locally Made Columbia Chocolates Candy & more! Tickets are $10 and can be purchased by calling our Shanghaied Ticket Hotline 503-325-6104 to leave a voice mail. Calls will be returned 10:00 am to 3:00pm daily. Tickets can also be purchased at the door beginning one hour before Pier Pressure Productions he learns at his “personality workshop,” show time, but reservations are recommended. Be sure to ask about our GROUP and CHILD discounts. Check out our (PPP) presents a staged reading of they run the gamut of everyday life’s website for all our activities at www.astorstreetoprycompany.com Christopher Durang’s Laughing Wild small brutalities until they meet, with The 2011 show is directed by Shanghaied Veterans’ Michael Wangen, music direction by ChrisLynn Taylor, Choreog- “Laughing wild amid severest woe” disastrous inevitability, at the Harmonic raphy by Carleta Lewis Allen. from Thomas Gray’s “Ode on a Distant Convergence in Central Park. Prospect of Eton College” is a fitting de- Jenni Newton and Bill Ham, sea- scription of this fiercely ironic comedy. soned Astoria actors will share the An Original Musical: In Laughing Wild, two comic mono- stage in this dark comedy. Storms, Stories and Songs; a Celebration of Cannon Beach logues evolve into a man’s and a wom- Performance: Sat June 24, Sun June The Cannon Beach Arts Association awards an annual of the winter, Lathorp researched and wrote the play. He an’s shared nightmare of modern life 25, 8pm. Tickets are $15 and available $3,000 grant to an emerging or professional artist from utilized archives from the Cannon Beach History Center as and the isolation it creates. From her 2 hours before curtain. Pier Pressure the community. The Artist Grant is intended to promote a resource for defining his characters and the time peri- turf battles at the supermarket to the Productions is located at 260 10th the work of local artists and to provide support necessary ods, including historic images to create the scenery. desperate cliches of self-affirmations Street in Astoria. to expand their creative process. It is also the intent to Admission to all of the performances are free. The encourage a wider art opening night performance (followed by a Gala Event) audience and quality will be on Saturday, June 11, at 7pm. Subsequent perfor- Summer Repertory Season opens art experiences within mances are scheduled for the summer on Saturdays: June with Neil Simon’s California Suite the community. 18, 25 & July 2 at 12 noon. On Friday, June 17, Coaster Theatre will open its first production of the 2011 Summer Repertory Season not The 2010 winner of with Boeing-Boeing, but with Neil Simon’s California Suite. Very recently, the rights to present Boeing-Boeing were the Individual Artist Don’t - Miss -‘Em! suddenly restricted by Samuel French, Inc. “This is something that has never happened to us before, although Grant, Patrick Lathrop Lie, Cheat and Genuflect royalty companies do retain the right to restrict the rights to any of the plays in their catalogue at any time,” says will present his origi- Catch The Riverbend Players at the NRCD, Sat June Coaster marketing person Pia Shepard. nal musical Storms, 4, 7pm, and Sunday June 5, 2pm. Tickets are $10. All In the true spirit of “the show must go on!” a new play was chosen, and the cast of Boeing-Boeing, director Julie Stories and Songs: A proceeds go to the auditorium renovation fund at NCRD, Akers, the designers and everyone involved, quickly shifted gears without a moment to lose and began work on Celebration of Cannon located at 36155 Ninth St. in Nehalem. Beach, at the Coaster California Suite. Coaster Theatre thanks Julie and the entire cast for their flexibility, dedication and hard work!. The Sound of Music California Suite is Neil Simon at his best, with 4 playlets all set in one suite in The Beverly Hills Hotel sometime Theater in June and Peninsula Association of Performing Artists (PAPA) in the 1970s. There’s a magazine writer visited by her ex-husband, a British star and husband on their way to the early July. Lathrop has continues with its production of the glorious classic The Academy Award ceremonies, an unsuspecting wife with an untimely arrival, and two couples on a vacation they been working with Sound of Music. Friday and Saturday shows, 7pm. Sunday should never have shared. Laughter abounds with Neil Simon at his most humane, compassionate best. local school children to The Gala Opening Night begins with a no-host wine tasting by The Wine Shack in the theatre lobby at 7:15pm, stage the production; Matinees, 3pm. June 4 show at 7:30pm. Tickets are $15 for curtain up at 8pm and complimentary champagne and hors-d’oeuvres following the performance. Tickets are which is an original adults and $5 for children, and can be purchased at Okie’s $20 & $15 on sale at the box office and on line. Coaster Summer Rep opens The Putnam County Spelling Bee ( a musical play about Thriftway in Ocean Park, Stormin’ Norman’s in Long Beach musical), July 1, and comedy The Mystery of Erma Vep, July 20. 503.436.1242/coastertheatre.com the history of Cannon or by calling 665-6530. June 3-5, 10 -12. At the Fort Beach. Over the course Columbia Theater (above the Chinook tunnel). june11 hipfishmonthly.com 18 ••• music • visual arts • literarylecture • outdoor • theater••• music. Junior Shanghaied. Musical Melodrama. $10 Mister Wizard. 9pm at Roadhouse 101 in 9 and older. At the Trask River Fish Hatchery & $6, 2pm at the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria. Lincoln City. near Tillamook. 503-842-4090 Lie, Cheat, and Genuflect. Comedy. $10, Street Level Devil. 9pm – 1am at Chinook Birding Field Trip. Hosted by Lincoln City 2pm at NCRD in Nehalem. Winds Seafood Grill Lounge in Lincoln City. Audubon. You will see nesting colonies of the Common Murre and a multitude of other The Land of the Dragon. A stylized Chinese HAPPENING play. 3pm at the Coaster Theater in Cannon birds. Binoculars and guide books will be pro- Beach. Comedy on the Coast. Featuring Kenny Bob vided. 9 – 11am at Yaquina Head Lighthouse. Davis, Rick Pulido, Tim Haldeman. $15, 8pm at The Sound of Music. Musical. 3pm at the Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City. THEATER Fort Columbia Theater, east of Chinook, WA The Sound of Music. Musical. 7pm at the 360-655-6530 THEATER Fort Columbia Theater, east of Chinook, WA The Sound of Music. Musical. 7pm at the 360-655-6530 Tuesday 7 Fort Columbia Theater, east of Chinook, WA 360-655-6530 Storms, Stories & Songs. An original one act MUSIC musical celebrating Cannon Beach. Free, 7pm at the Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. Richard T. Blues. No cover, 5:30 – 8:30pm at T Saturday 11 Paul’s Supper Club in Astoria. Junior Shanghaied. Musical Melodrama. $10 & $6, 7:30pm at the ASOC Playhouse in Brian O’Connor. Jazz guitar. No cover, 6pm at MUSIC Astoria. the Shelburne Inn in Seaview, WA Musician’s Jam. Free, 2 – 4pm at the Til- lamook Library. Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 6:30pm at the Harbor Bite in Seaside. Columbia Crew. Folk. No cover, 6 -9pm at Sunday 12 Charlie’s Chowder House in Astoria. Open Mic Night. Hosted by Barney Perrine. MUSIC Bill Hayes. No cover, 6 – 9pm at the Wet Dog No cover, 7 -9pm at Creekside Restaurant & Buoy 10. 10am – 3pm at the Astoria Sunday Café in Astoria. Lounge in Seaside. Market. Mighty Ghosts. Country/Bluegrass/Ameri- Dan Golden. Jazz. 10am – 1pm at McKeown’s cana. Free, 7pm at Waikiki Beach at Cape Restaurant & Bar in Seaside. Wednesday 8 Disappointment State Park, WA The Xploding Boys MUSIC Franco & The Stingers. 9pm at Roadhouse All That Jazz. Jazz. No cover (donations ac- Get a CURE fix Come dance to Fascination Street, Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No 101 in Lincoln City. cepted). 2pm at the Wet Dog Café in Astoria. Catch the Xploding Boys, Boys Don’t Cry, and more Cure classics cover, 6pm at the Rio Café in Astoria, Kathryn Claire & Hanz Araki. Celtic. No Swingcats. Swing/Jazz/Blues. No cover, 6 – Portland’s very own tribute to the with a band that is so close to the real 9pm at Lil’ Bayou in Seaside. HAPPENING cover, 9pm at Hazel’s Tavern in Astoria. Cure, on their west coast tour here in thing it is spooky! Holden Young Trio. Funk/Jam Band/Rock. No Astoria. Claimed to possibly be the Doors open at 8pm featuring Ecstatic Dance. Spirit-filled, freestyle, yogic ART cover. 8pm at Fort George Brewery & Public longest-running Cure tribute band in special guest DJ Wednesday. All trance dance. $5 - $7, 6:30 – 7:45pm, at Pine Astoria’s Second Saturday Art Walk. 5 – House in Astoria. Grove Community House in Manzanita the western hemisphere. the project ages. 17 and under $3. Adults 9pm in downtown Astoria. was started in 1999 as a side project $7. Friday, June 17, at the Astoria HAPPENING Team Trivia Tournament. Free, 7pm at the Art Sea Festival & Street Fair. All day events by then-drummer and now lead Movement Center, Corner of 11th Seaside Library. including live music, vendors, Plein Air Paint- Yappy Days. An entire weekend celebrating singer thedrowningman. and Harrison. Open Mic Night. 7 – 9pm at Lush Wine Bar in Out and Quick Draw Contest, Skylantern canines. Previous festivals have included Cannon Beach. Release, and much more. On 51st St and at doggie yoga classes, talent and fashion the Cultural Center in Lincoln City. For sched- shows, and guided expeditions. At the Inn ule, go to: oregoncoast.org/PleinArtFest/ at Cape Kiwanda in Pacific City. Note: date is Chris Robley and the Fear of Heights Thursday 9 index2.php tentative please check pcnvchamber.org/ for Rock Arranger! Band frontman and as soloist, MUSIC Community Art Project. Members of the more information. Portland now-veteran Chris Robley gets public are invited to work with artist John T Thomasian Trio. Jazz/Blues. No cover, 6pm at LECTURE the thumbs up from NPR to L.A.Times. Lil’ Bayou in Seaside. Unger to create a fish mosaic from recycled bottle caps. Noon – 6pm on SW 51st St in Nestucca History Discussion. Free, 2pm at While his solo efforts compare to Elliott Basin Street NW. Jazz. No cover, 6:30pm at Lincoln City. Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Smith, his backup band is an energetic the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria. rock force , of raw Beatle-esque ar- Eric John Kaiser Band. Acoustic/Classic FOOD & DRINK OUTSIDE rangements, with use of chamber pop Rock/Pop. No cover, 7pm at McMenamins Pancake Breakfast. $5, 8 – 11am at the Fore the Furballs Golf Tournament. A instruments; keyboards, trumpet, and Sand Trap in Gearhart. Peninsula Activity & Senior Center in Klipsan benefit for the South Pacific County Humane glockenspiel!!!! Guaranteed to love. Beach, WA Society. $25 per person, tee-off is at 10:30am Jam Session. No cover, 7pm at the Triangle Thursday, June 23, 7pm, Sandtrap at the Peninsula Golf Course in Long Beach. Tavern in Astoria. Wine Tasting. Summertime Roses. 1 – 4pm at in Gearhart, No Cover. the Cellar on 10th in Astoria Annual Nehalem Crab Derby. Presented by Jim Wilkins. 7pm at the Voodoo Room in Astoria. Wine Tasting Special. $9 for 4 2-oz pours Jetty Fishery 27550 Hwy 101 N, Rockaway + complimentary appetizers. 4 – 6pm at the Beach. 503-368-4988 Hillfolk Noir Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No Wine bar at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon Spooky Toe Tappin cover, 9pm at Sam’s Seaside Café in Seaside. Soap Box Derby Race. Car must be built Beach. according to AASBD guidelines. Age limit Fronted by singer, songwriter and multi-in- HAPPENING 8 – 13 years, weight limit 125 lb. Fee to race: strumentalist Travis Ward, Hillfolk Noir has been HAPPENING $50. 9am at Grace Alley in Lincoln City. 541- described as a dark, country-tinged, swampy- Knitting/Spinning Group. 3 – 5pm at the Hazardous Waste Disposal Day. Clatsop 996-1233 Astoria Fiber Arts Academy. swingin’, hillbilly-delta-blues-ragtime word County Residents can dispose of household machine. The band calls it Junkerdash, but no Poetry Open Mike. No cover, 8:30pm at hazardous waste on a special collection day THEATER matter the descriptor, you’ll find Hillfolk Noir’s the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon Western Oregon Waste’s Administrative Office Junior Shanghaied. Musical Melodrama. $10 psychedelic swamp-shack rags equally spooky Beach. near the airport in Warrenton. Household & $6, 2pm at the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria. pesticides, herbicides, and cleaners will be and toe-tapping. accepted. Medical wasted, medications and The Sound of Music. Musical. 3pm at the Hillfolk Noir has toured nationally and Friday 10 radioactive waste will not be taken.9am – Fort Columbia Theater, east of Chinook, WA performed with James McMurtry, Built to Spill, MUSIC 3pm. 360-655-6530 Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Neko Case, Justin Townes Hanz Araki. 3:30 – 6:30pm at the Columbia Lower Columbia Pug Socializing Club. Pugs Earle, Gourds, and more. Their unique roots Pacific Farmers Market in Long Beach, WA and their people meet monthly for fun and Monday 13 gumbo has broad appeal, as evidenced by the socialization. Free, 11am at Carruthers Park in disparate gigs they have played at everything Bill Hayes. Rock/Folk/Bluegrass. No cover, 5 – Warrenton. MUSIC 8pm at the Cannon Beach Cookie Company. from hipster clubs to square dances to folk Yappy Days. An entire weekend celebrating Soundwaves Music Festival. For Art’s Sake. music festivals. Sunday, June 26, 8pm, Fort George in Astoria, No Cover Barney Perrine. Blues. No cover, 6 – 9pm at canines. Previous festivals have included With the Soundwaves Chamber Players. Free, the Wet Dog Café in Astoria. doggie yoga classes, talent and fashion 7:30pm at the Lincoln City Cultural Center. Tom Trudell. Jazz piano. No cover, 6 – 9pm at shows, and guided expeditions. At the Inn Whiskey Puppy Clemente’s in Astoria. at Cape Kiwanda in Pacific City. Note: date is Tuesday 14 Kick up your Booty Heels tentative please check pcnvchamber.org/ for Boot-stomping, mule-slapping tradi- Asleep at the Switch. Blues, Country, 40’s, more information. MUSIC & 50’s. Free (donations accepted), 6 – 8pm at tional bluegrass and old time music. The the City Hall in Garibaldi. Comedy on the Coast. Featuring Kenny Bob Soundwaves Music Festival. Open Portland, OR trio brings energy, humor, Davis, Rick Pulido, Tim Haldeman. $15, 8pm at Rehearsal. Free, 2:30pm at the Lincoln City Richard T. Jazz/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, and skillful musicianship to little-known Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City. Cultural Center. 6pm at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach. songs and tunes searched out from the Richard T. Blues. No cover, 5:30 – 8:30pm at T repertoires of the early Southern string Bobby Bare, Jr with Carey Kotsionis. Pop/ OUTSIDE Paul’s Supper Club in Astoria. Rock/Southern Rock. No cover, 7pm at McMe- Annual Nehalem Crab Derby. Presented by bands. Whiskey Puppy have appeared to namins Sand Trap in Gearhart. Jetty Fishery 27550 Hwy 101 N, Rockaway Brian O’Connor. Jazz guitar. No cover, 6pm at howling acclaim at bars and festivals all the Shelburne Inn in Seaview, WA over the West Coast. Hanz Araki and Kathryn Claire. Celtic. $5, Beach. 503-368-4988 7:30 – 9:30pm at the Old Train Depot in Long Free Fishing Day. 8am – noon for children Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No Friday, July 1, 9pm. A great band to see at the new Hazels in Astoria, at Beach, WA 8 and younger, noon – 3:30pm for children cover, 6:30pm at the Harbor Bite in Seaside. 14th on Marine Dr. No Cover

19 june11 hipfishmonthly.com art happens. Art Sea Street Fair in Lincoln city The Fabled Landscape Focuses on Recycled art Marla Baggetta at RiverSea A Recycled Fashion Show, If you’ve ever Junk to Funk art, a Kids Recycled found yourself gazing Castle project are all part Lincoln down a path, not know- City’s bay front Art Sea Street Fair, ing where it might lead, on 51st Street, and city-wide, all- but choosing to follow day Art Sea Festival in Lincoln City, anyway, the paintings on Saturday June 11. and pastel landscapes Art vendors and bands from of Marla Baggetta are across the Pacific NW will set up sure to entrance. The at the Cultural Center on HWY 101 renowned Oregon artist from 9:00am-7:00pm. Plein Air brings a new collec- artists are invited back to compete tion of works on paper in our annual “Quick Draw” contest John T. Unger’s Bottle Cap Fish will be part of a as well as canvas to and live Paint Out along the Bay- community public art project at the Art Sea Street Fair. RiverSea Gallery in a Front. At sundown (around 8:45pm) series titled, The Fabled help in the release of hundreds of When speaking on the finished fish project Landscape. The exhibi- sky lanterns benefiting the Children’s Cancer John says,” The most amazing thing about tion will open with Association. Lanterns are available for a these fish is the way they interact with light. When you look at one or two caps from any a preview party and suggested donation and can be purchased brand, they’re generally not all that impres- artist’s talk Friday, June during the Street Fair on SW 51st Street. sive. But when you group hundreds of them 10th 6 –8 pm, followed This year The festival brings noted together and let them catch the sunlight, by the Astoria Second Canadian-based recycle artist John T. Unger they truly glow.” Saturday Artwalk recep- to Lincoln City to create a one day commu- Unger’s work, which includes magnifi- tion, June 11th 5 – 8 nity public art project. Unger is an artist filled cent ornate fire bowls hand-cut from 100% pm. Baggetta will be with a passion for found materials. He creates recycled steel has been praised in print by available at both events from everyday objects often discarded as used up, void of life. “If my job as an artist is Craft Magazine, VenusZine, Variety Magazine, to discuss her artwork, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, techniques and the to fill the world with more things, I feel that I should also remove unused or unwanted The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Sun vision that binds it all Times, The Detroit News, and others. together. The Fabled things from the world in the process in order to make room for the new art.” states the Members of the public are invited to Landscape will remain work with John and create a community art Baggetta is a signature member of the Pas- artist. “This is one reason I like working with on exhibit through June project from Noon 6:00PM on SW 51st Street tel Society of America and the Pastel Society of recycle materials.” 28th. inthe Historic Taft District of Lincoln City. FMI Oregon, and has won numerous awards for her John will be helping members of the In large format canvases and pastel works on Call 800.452.2151 or visit www.oregoncoast. public scale back and find new life by creat- paper, Baggetta invites the viewer to explore her highly sought-after works. She has been featured org conception of landscape. Known as a master of light in Pastel Journal, the premiere magazine for pastel ing a Fish of used bottle caps. States Unger, and color, Baggetta carefully follows the rules of artists. She is also the author of Step by Step Pastel, “Bottle caps have long had a place in the folk classic techniques in use of medium until she finds published by Walter Foster Publishing, and teaches art tradition as a decorative element. My own the perfect point of departure. Her work exhibits workshops throughout the northwest, including bottle cap mosaics were initially inspired by depth in training, an understanding of the impor- at Art Center College of Design, Pacific Northwest Haitian ritual flags, in which detailed images tance of under painting and tonality; composition is College of Art, Creative Arts Community-Menucha, are realized entirely through the use of never left to chance, nor is the balance of abstrac- Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, and for West Linn/ sequins. For the process each cap is sorted tion to reality. These combined elements are what Wilsonville Community Education. by brand or color, washed, dried, punched, make Baggetta’s work move beyond traditional RiverSea Gallery is open daily at 1160 Commercial partially crimped and finally nailed in over- landscape painting…it’s her own blend of magic, Street, in the heart of historic downtown Astoria, lapping scales to create a feeling of depth, based on intuition, freedom to explore, and sup- Open: Mon through Thur, 11 to 5:30; Fri and Sat, 11 light and shadow. Decorative nail heads ported by an assured knowledge of classical skills. to 7pm; and 11 to 4 each Sunday. 503-325-1270, or emulate the texture of seed beads often used visit the website at www.RiverSeaGallery.com to reinforce the sequins.” The Bay City Arts Center Fresh Air and Fresh Paint Artist of the Month Plein Air and More in Cannon Beach College and the American June 24 – 26 Embassy in Beijiing, China into a 3-day event, and this year a.m.-4 p.m. each day, but Michael is in 2000, to mural paint- includes more than two dozen art- also inviting students to join him for ing in Buin, Chile in 2003- ists, represented by Cannon Beach informal sunrise and sunset paint 2005. Raised and educated in galleries. outs at no additional charge. Open Portland, Seable earned his BS Artists will be creating works to painters of any level. For more from Portland State University of art on location throughout the information, contact DragonFire in Art/Biology/Humanities town and on the beach. Adding to Gallery. 503-436-1533. and his MA from Brigham the excitement of this unique art- EVENT INFO: June 24 - Friday Young University in Sculpture and Design. ist happening, many will work in night, 5 to 7pm, “Meet and greet” Says the artist of his work, the traditional method of plein air artists reception at the CB Cham- “I attempt to combine my ap- painting, while others will sculpt, ber of Commerce; June 25 - Satur- preciation for the beauty and and photograph in their own day 10am to 4pm, “Paint out” and wonder of the natural world unique styles. Individual galleries more throughout Cannon Beach. and my love of color, form, will display the finished works and Maps of the artists locations will Bay City Arts presents the work of sculp- line and texture. Much of my sculpture is host receptions for the artists. be available at all of the galleries. tor and muralist Stephan Seable through inspired by the human drama, and emotion “En plein air,” is the French ex- Sit and watch, ask questions, or Saturday Eve - individual Gallery the month of June, with a reception to meet of relationships, family, parent/child, and pression meaning to paint “in the even pick up your own brushes receptions for the artists; June 26 the artist, Saturday June 5, 5-7pm. man to God.” open air,” and is most frequently and participate in a workshop - Sunday 11am to 4pm, Plein Air Seable’s work ranges from playground Visit and enjoy this exhibit at the Bay City referred to as plein air, the act of with Michael Orwick, noted plein and More Group Show. For more sculptures for the Concord We Care Center Arts Center, 5680 A Street, in Bay City. For painting outdoors. Cannon Beach’s air painter, in the week leading detail and a list of participating and Ambrose School in Pittsburg, California, more events at the center go to baycityartcen- popular “Plein Air and More event up to the event. June 22-24, The galleries and artists, go to cbgal- to mural painting at the Foreign Affairs ter.org now in its third year, has grown workshop is scheduled from 10 lerygroup.com. june11 hipfishmonthly.com 20 ••• music • visual arts • literarylecture • outdoor • theater•••

Open Mic Night. Hosted by Barney Perrine. Astoria Music Festival. Gala Opening: Bicen- HAPPENING No cover, 7 -9pm at Creekside Restaurant & tennial Beethoven. $15 - $35, 7:30pm at the Northwest Garlic Festival. Garlic food & AN ALL JURIED SHOW Lounge in Seaside. Liberty Theater in Astoria. condiments, garlic crafts, live entertainment Guest Curator: Carl Annala Soundwaves Music Festival. “What I Did and more. Free admission, 10am – 5pm at June 4 – June 20 Wednesday 15 for Love.” With the Soundwaves Symphony Wilson Field on Sandridge Road near Oceam Orchestra. $25, 7:30pm at Salishan Spa and Park, WA The Cannon Beach Gallery pervisor at the MUSIC Golf Resort. Scandinavian Midsummer Festival. Music, Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No will be hosting an Artist’s Reception Walters Cultural Ty Curtis. 9pm at Roadhouse 101 in Lincoln dance, food, vendors, beer garden, Viking cover, 6pm at the Rio Café in Astoria on Saturday, June 4, 2011 between Arts Center in City. Encampment, and more. astoriascanfest.com 6-8P.M. for An All Juried Show curated Hillsboro where Open Mic Night. All acts welcome. 5 – 7pm theXploding Boys. A Cure tribute band. With for complete schedule. $6 admission for all 3 by Carl Annala. he is the gal- at the Three Cups Coffeehouse in Astoria. special guest DJ. $7 cover, all ages, 9:30pm days. 7am – midnight at the Clatsop County Born in McMinnville, Oregon into a lery director/curator. Jeweler, writer, Open Mic Night. Hosted by Ann Tierney. All at Astoria Arts & Movement Center, 11th & Fairgrounds near Astoria. Harrison in Astoria. musical family, Carl Annala is an arts dancer and rockstar are all titles he levels welcome. 5 – 7pm at Wheelhouse Cof- St Alban’s Rummage Sale. 9am – noon at St fee Company in Astoria. professional hailing from the Portland has enjoyed in the past. HAPPENING Alban’s Episcopal Church in Tillamook. Open Mic Night. 7 – 9pm at Lush Wine Bar in area. He has exhibited his drawings The Juried Show program at the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival. Music, Juneteenth Reggae Festival. $5 cover, BBQ Cannon Beach. and paintings at various galleries in non-profit Cannon Beach Gallery dance, food, vendors, beer garden, Viking & beverage available for purchase. Starts at the NW for over 20 years. He holds a is one of the unique offerings of Soundwaves Music Festival. A Musical Mix. Encampment, and more. astoriascanfest.com 5pm at the Nehalem Bay Winery in Mohler. With the Soundwaves Players. $25, 7:30pm at Bachelors of Fine Art in Drawing from the Cannon Beach Arts Associa- for complete schedule. $6 admission for all 3 Oregon Coast Exotic Car Show. $5 admis- the Salishan Spa and Golf Resort. days. 2pm – midnight at the Clatsop County sion. At Salishan Spa & Golf Resort. web. Pacific Northwest College of Art and tion. It provides both emerging and Fairgrounds near Astoria. a Masters of Fine Art in Painting from professional artists the opportunity HAPPENING me.com/photokas.com/OCECS.com/Sched- St Alban’s Rummage Sale. 9am – 4pm at St ule.html Portland State University. Annala is to submit their original artwork for Ecstatic Dance. Spirit-filled, freestyle, yogic Alban’s Episcopal Church in Tillamook. currently a Cultural Arts Program Su- consideration by a guest curator. trance dance. $5 - $7, 6:30 – 7:45pm, at Pine Riverside Belly Dance Revue. 3 belly danc- Grove Community House in Manzanita Oregon Coast Exotic Car Show. $5 admis- ers, 3 performances, and DJ Lucky spinning sion. At Salishan Spa & Golf Resort. web. al night. $5 cover, 10pm at the Wet Dog Café me.com/photokas.com/OCECS.com/Sched- in Astoria. CB Gallery Thursday 16 ule.html LECTURE Recruiting New docents MUSIC THEATER Are you an artist living on the making sales. In trade, docents get Thomasian Trio. Jazz/Blues. No cover, 6pm at Great Speaker Series. Matt Love presents The Star Spangled Girl. Romantic Comedy. “Gimme Refuge: the Education of a Care- Northern Oregon Coast? to contribute to the vitality of the Lil’ Bayou in Seaside. $9 - $12, 7pm at the Barn Community Theater taker.” 1pm at the Tillamook County Pioneer Cannon Beach’s only non-profit arts in the region by staffing a truly Basin Street NW. Jazz. No cover, 6:30pm at in Tillamook. Museum. gallery is recruiting new Docents for wonderful gallery that provides a the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria. California Suite. Comedy. $8 - $20, 8pm at summer. If you are interested, con- venue for emerging and professional Jam Session. No cover, 7pm at the Triangle the Coaster Theater Playhouse in Cannon LITERARY sider coming to the Docent Meeting artists from all over the North West. Tavern in Astoria. Beach. Manzanita Writer’s Series. Author Jen- on Wednesday, June 15 at 2pm to find In addition, Docents have unique op- Redwood Son. Americana/Lyrical/Roots nifer Lauck will read from her newest work, out more information. Or call the Can- portunities to exhibit their artwork in Music. No cover, 7pm at McMenamins Sand Saturday 18 “Found.” Q&A and open mic sessoion. $5 Trap in Gearhart. admission, 7pm at the Hoffman Center in non Beach Gallery at 503-436-0744 the gallery and receive 10% off of all MUSIC Manzanita. Jim Wilkins. 7pm at the Voodoo Room in and ask to speak with the director, purchases. Astoria Music Festival. Classics 4 Kids. Free Andrea Mace. The Cannon Beach Gallery is a pro- Astoria. Nye Beach Writer’s Series. An evening of admission with donation of canned goods at poetry and music with Matt Schumacher and Deb Montgomery. Acoustic/Folk Rock/Rock. Docents work six hours a month gram of the non-profit Cannon Beach the door. 11am at the PAC in Astoria. Colette Tennant. Plus: Q&A and open mic ses- 9pm at Lush Wine Bar in Cannon Beach. at the desk, answering questions Arts Association, which is celebrating Musician’s Jam. Free, 2 – 4pm at the Til- sion. $6 (students free), 7pm at the Newport about our rotating exhibits and its 25th anniversary in 2011. Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No lamook Library. Visual Arts Center. cover, 9pm at Sam’s Seaside Café in Seaside. Niall. No cover, 6 – 9pm at the Wet Dog Café OUTSIDE in Astoria. FOOD & DRINK Sand Castle Day. All-day events on the Ilwaco Art Walk • Sat, June 19 Fundraising Dinner. $7 for adults and $5 for North Coast Blues. Blues. No cover, 7 – 10pm beach at Cannon Beach. children includes. 5 - 6:30pm at the Peninsula at Lil’ Bayou in Seaside. Over 15 Ilwaco businesses at the free gifts from participating shops Relay for Life. From noon at the Taft High Senior Activity Center in Klipsan Beach, WA Soundwaves Music Festival. The Magic of Port of Ilwaco, open their doors and and restaurants. 100% of proceeds School football field in Lincoln City. Mozart. With the Soundwaves Symphony welcome friends, neighbors and visi- generated go to local non-profits and HAPPENING Orchestra. $25, 7:30pm at the Salishan Spa THEATER tors with refreshments and art, the community organizations. 5:00 – 8:00 Knitting/Spinning Group. 3 – 5pm at the and Golf Resort. third Saturday of the month. This pop- pm. FMI: funbeach.com Astoria Fiber Arts Academy. Storms, Stories & Songs. An original one act Beth Willis Rock Band. 9pm at Roadhouse ular event features two raffles with musical celebrating Cannon Beach. Free, at Poetry Open Mike. No cover, 8:30pm at 101 in Lincoln City. noon at the Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach. ART The Star Spangled Girl. Romantic Comedy. Local Artist Trunk Show. Paintings, draw- $9 - $12, 7pm at the Barn Community Theater Installation at PPP LECTURE ings, jewelry, photography, sewing, and much in Tillamook. PPP participates in Astoria’s June Wine Jeanne St John. Of Oregon Central Coast more including delicious baked goods. 10am Junior Shanghaied. Musical Melodrama. and Art Walk, Sat., June11 with a celebra- PFLAG. Free, 6:30 – 8:30pm at the Arts & – 5pm at Long Beach Coffee Roasters in Long $10 & $6, 7:30pm at the ASOC Playhouse in tion of the artists who have opened shows Cultural Exchange in Astoria. Beach, WA Astoria. at 260 10th Street since the opening of LITERARY FOOD & DRINK California Suite. Comedy. $8 - $20, 8pm at the theatre/gallery space in August 2010. the Coaster Theater Playhouse in Cannon Karen Bain, Jerry Schell, Liz Hylton, Jen- Author Appearance. Sisters and bestsell- Wine Tasting. Oregon Pinot Gris. 1 – 4pm at ing authors Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush the Cellar on 10th in Astoria Beach. nifer Goodenberger, Charlotte Bruhn, Kitty will discuss their Wicked Series as well as Paino, Terrie Remington, Becky Hitchin, and Wine Tasting Special. $9 for 4 2-oz pours their individual bestsellers. Free, 7pm at the + complimentary appetizers. 4 – 6pm at the Sunday 19 Rosie Bergeron will show representative Seaside Library. Wine bar at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon pieces that explore a variety of mediums Beach. MUSIC Dan Golden. Jazz. 10am – 1pm at McKeown’s and methods. Dan Reiley provides original Friday 17 Wine Tasting 101 Class. $20 includes hors compositions. Restaurant & Bar in Seaside. MUSIC d’oeuvres, class materials and a gift bag. 6 – Upstairs, an installation by Rosemonde 7:30pm at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach. Leanne Trevelyan & Greg Parke. 10am – Stelladora, a reclusive and retiring individual Teri Baber. 3:30 – 6:30pm at the Columbia Reserve by June 15, 503-436-1539 3pm at the Astoria Sunday Market. Pacific Farmers Market in Long Beach, WA who has studied art, religion, and theatre in Oregon, Nebraska, and Great Britain,. Her Bill Hayes. Rock/Folk/Bluegrass. No cover, 5 – 8pm at the Cannon Beach Cookie Company. Thursday, June 16 9pm piece, Wedding Weather Warnings is Deb Montgomery - Live at Lush Wine Bar an homage to British sculptor Cathy De Monchaux’s work, Dangerous Fragil- Tom Trudell. Jazz piano. No cover, 6 – 9pm at Clemente’s in Astoria. With a powerful voice that both soothes and ity, American poet Sylvia Plath’s “The Applicant,” and recording artist Laurie Asleep at the Switch. Blues, Country, 40’s, unnerves the listener, Deb Montgomery’s music is Anderson’s Meltdown. WWW is a turbulent fusion of fabrics, metals, plastics, cutting edge nurturing while delivering unforgiving glass, sound, and light. This installation has been a work in progress for over 50 & 50’s. Free (donations accepted), 6 – 8pm at the City Hall in Garibaldi. honesty in its quest to understand more about what years, whispering on the periphery of the artist’s vision since 1959, making an makes us all face or run terrified from life’s relentless appearance in bits and pieces from 1965 to 1997. In 1983, some of the inspired Barney Perrine. Blues. No cover, 6 – 9pm at the Wet Dog Café in Astoria. questions. Bill Hayes will join Deb on guitar. The impressions and images evolved into performance art presented at Clatsop duo first played together serendipitously at Lush’s Community College’s Performing Arts Center. From 1997 to the present, the Rhonda Ringering. Light classics and jazz standards on the piano. No cover, 6 – 9pm at open-mic. www.debmontgomery.com artist put away the thought of this installation until recently, when PPP pre- the Shelburne Restaurant in Seaview, WA Every Wednesday at Lush Wine Bar is Open-Mic. sented itself as an appropriate venue for the physical exploration of this piece. Richard T. Jazz/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, Cannon Beach • 7-9pmv Bent Rabbit Multimedia Studios engineered the sound for this exhibit. 6pm at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach.

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Astoria Music Festival. Cantatas, Croissants Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No Asleep at the Switch. Blues, Country, 40’s, & and Coffee. Free, 11:30am at the First Presby- cover, 6:30pm at the Harbor Bite in Seaside. 50’s. Free (donations accepted), 6 – 8pm at terian Church in Astoria. Open Mic Night. Hosted by Barney Perrine. the City Hall in Garibaldi. Country-Folk Music Jam. Americana. Bring No cover, 7 -9pm at Creekside Restaurant & Richard T. Jazz/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, your instruments and take part. 1pm at the Lounge in Seaside. 6pm at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach. Tillamook Forest Center, on Hwy 6, east of Astoria Music Festival. Comic Book Opera: Barney Perrine & Dan Golden. 6:30pm at Lil’ Tillamook. Too Much Coffee Man! $15, 7:30pm at the Bayou in Seaside. Howlin Houndog. Blues/Country/Folk Rock. PAC in Astoria. Country Music Jam. Free, 7 – 9pm at the BBQ on the deck. No cover, 1- 3pm at Fort Wickiup Senior Center in Svensen. George Brewery & Public House in Astoria. OUTSIDE Interpretive Paddle Trips. Free, 5:30pm at Jon Koonce & One More Mile. Rock. No All That Jazz. Jazz. No cover (donations ac- Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge. 541-867- cover, 7pm at McMenamins Sand Trap in cepted). 2pm at the Wet Dog Café in Astoria. 4550 Gearhart. Astoria Music Festival. Ruth Ann Swenson Astoria Music Festival All-Stars. Bicenten- The Future Sings Mozart and Mahler. $15 - $35, 4pm at nial Beethoven and Tchaikovsky Goes to Italy. by Sonja Grace the Liberty Theater in Astoria. Wednesday 22 & 2011 Predictions $15 - $35, 7:30pm at the Liberty Theater in Soundwaves Music Festival. The Great MUSIC Astoria. American Songbook and All That Jazz. $75, Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No Aaron Lewis of Staind. $15 - $30, 8pm at 4pm at the Salishan Spa and Golf Resort. cover, 6 pm at the Rio Café in Astoria, Chinook Winds Casino Resort. Energy Swingcats. Swing/Jazz/Blues. No cover, 6 - Open Mic Night. 7 – 9pm at Lush Wine Bar in Most people relate to the word feel right. That is energy! Your energy 9pm at Lil’ Bayou in Seaside. Cannon Beach. The Tommy Hogan Band. 9pm at Road- house 101 in Lincoln City. energy around their electric bill and protects you and keeps you safe. Folk Rock/Glam/Lyrical. No cover. 8pm Astoria Music Festival. Ruth Ann Swenson what kind of ‘energy’ is good for the When we keep our energy field clear at Fort George Brewery & Public House in Master Class and Film. Showing “In the ART Shadows of the Stars.” $15, 7:30pm at the PAC environment. Taking a much closer of unwanted congestion from our Astoria. Plein-Air & More. Art festival in Cannon look, the human body is surrounded daily lives we raise our vibrational in Astoria. ART Beach. FMI: cbgallerygroup.com/old-docs/ and managed by its very own energy rate and consciousness! Creating HAPPENING pem2011.htm field. The aura is made up of energy a healthy body means addressing Local Artist Trunk Show. Paintings, drawings, jewelry, photography, sewing, and much Open Mic. All Acts are welcome. No cover, THEATER and is directly related to seven energy the very layers of the auric field. The more including delicious baked goods. 10am 5 – 7pm at the Three Cups Coffeehouse in The Star Spangled Girl. Romantic Comedy. centers or chakras. physical, emotional, mental and spiri- – 5pm at Long Beach Coffee Roasters in Long Astoria. $9 - $12, 7pm at the Barn Community Theater The ancient Hindu Sanskrit word tual bodies all affect our energy. Beach, WA Ecstatic Dance. Spirit-filled, freestyle, yogic in Tillamook. means wheel and views the chakras This is where managing and caring trance dance. $5 - $7, 6:30 – 7:45pm, at Pine FOOD & DRINK California Suite. Comedy. $8 - $20, 8pm at as whorls of energy permeating, from for one’s energy is critical. If we are Grove Community House in Manzanita the Coaster Theater Playhouse in Cannon a point on the physical body entering not grounding our energy through Pancake Breakfast. All-you-can-eat for $5, 8am – noon at the Bay City Arts Center. LITERARY Beach. into the layers of the subtle bodies meditation we appropriately or Local Author Showcase. Writers and friends known as the aura. Rotating in a inappropriately extend our energy Cannon Beach American Legion Breakfast. $7 adults, $3 children under 6. 9 – 11:30am at are invited to come share and listen to clockwise direction, they are consid- to others. When we feel drained at Saturday 25 the American Legion Hall in Cannon Beach. original works being read by local authors. ered the focal points for the reception the end of the day it is often due to Free, 6 – 8pm at Olde Towne Trading Post in MUSIC and transmission of energies. the mismanagement of our energy. HAPPENING Ilwaco, WA Astoria Music Festival. Classics 4 Kids & Troll The chakras are connected by en- Regaining our balance means taking Northwest Garlic Festival. Garlic food & OUTSIDE Radio Review. Free admission with a contribu- condiments, garlic crafts, live entertainment tion of canned food at the door. 11am at the ergy to the center of the body into the the time to do the one thing that Interpretive Paddle Trips. Free, 6pm at Siletz and more. Free admission, 10am – 4pm at PAC in Astoria. vertical power current. This fantastic was compromised long ago; feel our Bay National Wildlife Refuge. 541-867-4550 Wilson Field on Sandridge Road near Ocean energy source in your body goes all feelings. Musician’s Jam. Free, 2 – 4pm at the Til- Park, WA lamook Library. the way up to the heavens and all the If we allow ourselves to embrace Thursday 23 way through your body deep into the our sensitivity we are better equipped Scandinavian Midsummer Festival. Music, Bill Hayes. No cover, 6 – 9pm at the Wet Dog dance, food, vendors, Viking Encampment, MUSIC Café in Astoria. Earth. The energy in our auric field to deal with the Earth’s changes. and more. astoriascanfest.com for complete Thomasian Trio. Jazz/Blues. No cover, 6pm at has everything to do with our current The Earth is a reflection of the same schedule. $6 admission for all 3 days. 7am – Misty Mamas. Bluegrass/Gospel/Folk. Free, Lil’ Bayou in Seaside. state of health. Managing the care for energy systems. There is energy 4pm at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds near 7pm at Waikiki Beach at Cape Disappoint- ment State Park, WA our energy is as important as the care throughout her body with the atmo- Astoria. Basin Street NW. Jazz. No cover, 6:30pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria. for the physical body. sphere representing her auric field. School’s Out Party. Activities include a Astoria Music Festival Opera. Verdi’s “Il The planet and every living organ- When we understand our own energy fun run at 10am, followed by a swim party, Chris Robley & The Fear of Heights. Folk/ Trovatore.” $15 - $35, 7:30pm at the Liberty Indie/Pop. No cover, 7pm at McMenamins Theater in Astoria. ism are made up of energy. We take system, we can better understand the touch a truck, live music, food, games and more starting at 11am at the Astoria Aquatic Sand Trap in Gearhart. home rocks from the ocean that have Earth and the galaxy around us. Aaron Lewis of Staind. $15 - $30, 8pm at Center. Jam Session. No cover, 7pm at the Triangle Chinook Winds Casino Resort. been tumbled to the shore and those We are currently experiencing a Oregon Coast Exotic Car Show. $5 admis- Tavern in Astoria. rocks have an ‘energy’ that is from reconstruction of the grid system in Rhythm Culture. 9pm at Roadhouse 101 in sion. At Salishan Spa & Golf Resort. web. Jim Wilkins. 7pm at the Voodoo Room in Lincoln City. deep within the ocean. That energy our galaxy. As the vibration is raised me.com/photokas.com/OCECS.com/Sched- Astoria. can affect us as much as going to in our galaxy, humanity will experi- ule.html ART Astoria Music Festival. On the Road with the office where we experience a ence a shift into the fifth dimension. OUTSIDE Mozart. $15, 7:30pm at the PAC in Astoria. Plein-Air & More. Art festival in Cannon stomach ache while at the morning Many have noticed their physical Beach. FMI: cbgallerygroup.com/old-docs/ Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No Relay for Life. Until 8am at the Taft High pem2011.htm meeting. That very stomach ache is forms affected by this energy as more cover, 9pm at Sam’s Seaside Café in Seaside. often energy. The energy that we feel frequent headaches, muscle and School football field in Lincoln City. FOOD & DRINK is a vibrational match for others in the body aches as well as dizziness have THEATER HAPPENING Crab Feed. Starts at noon at the Tillamook room. The stomach is governed by been prevalent. The Earth as well Knitting/Spinning Group. 3 – 5pm at the Junior Shanghaied. Musical Melodrama. $10 Elks Lodge. the third chakra and often symbolized has shown us that she too experi- & $6, 2pm at the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria. Astoria Fiber Arts Academy. person power. ences the shift in energy. Our entire Poetry Open Mike. No cover, 8:30pm at Wine Tasting. Worldwide Sauvignon Blancs. 1 – 4pm at the Cellar on 10th in Astoria We as humans are very sensi- Universe creates energy way beyond Monday 20 the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon tive beings. Most people are highly what science understands today. Our Beach. Wine Tasting Special. $9 for 4 2-oz pours FOOD & DRINK + complimentary appetizers. 4 – 6pm at the kinesthetic and feel everything. This attention to our own energy field is THEATER wine bar at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon can be extremely debilitating if you the microcosm to the macrocosm of Ice Cream Social. The public is invited for cake & ice cream + birthday celebration. $1 California Suite. Comedy. $8 - $20, 8pm at Beach. the Coaster Theater Playhouse in Cannon do not know how to manage that the Universe. suggested donation, free if it’s your birthday Beach. HAPPENING sensitivity. Children often feel hyper Author of Angels in the 21st Century, month. 2pm at the Peninsula Senior Activity sensitive and lack direction for gifts Sonja Grace is a leading mystic and Center in Klipsan Beach, WA Tillamook June Dairy Festival. “Tillamook that go unrecognized. As children de- spiritual intuitive who provides guid- Friday 24 – Our Slice of Heaven in 2011.” Children’s velop into adults they can experience ance to people all over the world. She OUTSIDE Parade at 10:30am, Grand parade at 11am in MUSIC downtown Tillamook. many coping systems that keep them works with all of her clients over the Interpretive Paddle Trips. Free, 5pm at Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge. 541-867-4550 Double J & The Boys. 3:30 – 6:30pm at the from feeling this highly charged sen- phone providing immediate stability, Columbia Pacific Farmers Market in Long OUTSIDE sory system. As a society we witness clarity and guidance through her read- Beach, WA Doggie Olympic Games. Well-behaved, weight gain or addictions to cope. It ings, counseling and processing work. Tuesday 21 Bill Hayes. Rock/Folk/Bluegrass. No cover, 5 – leashed dogs, and their owners are invited is often a physical crisis that brings us Sonja Grace sees and receives messages MUSIC 8pm at the Cannon Beach Cookie Company. to compete for gold, silver and bronze paw- to our energy body. from loved ones who have crossed shaped medals in 12 events. Registration for Richard T. Blues. No cover, 5:30 – 8:30pm at T Doug Rupe. No cover, 6 – 9pm at the Wet participants is $10 per event, or $40 for 5 or Everyone has experienced standing over and offers a venue for healing in Paul’s Supper Club in Astoria. Dog Café in Astoria. more events. Spectators free. 1 – 5pm at the next to someone they don’t know this world and the spirit world. www. Brian O’Connor. Jazz guitar. No cover, 6pm at Tom Trudell. Jazz piano. No cover, 6 – 9pm at Bolstad beach approach in Long Beach, WA and moving away because it didn’t sonjagrace.com the Shelburne Inn in Seaview, WA Clemente’s in Astoria. FMI: doggieolympicgames.com/ june11 hipfishmonthly.com 22 ••• music • visual arts • literarylecture • film. Flash Cuts Movies & Musings Tillamook County Rodeo. $10 adults, $5 children. Starts at 3pm at the Tillamook County Wednesday 29 by Les Kanekuni Fairgrounds. MUSIC Summer popcorn season gets into full swing with Marvel rebooting its longest running superhero Tillamook YMCA Milk Run. 2 mile walk, 5k Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, series, DC’s attempt at catching up, the last entry in the Transformers series, an R-rated bad role & 8k run/walk & kid’s course. 8am at the Til- 6pm at the Rio Café in Astoria, model comedy and a J.J. Abrams/Steven Spielberg sci fi that’s been shrouded in secrecy. lamook YMCA. 503-842-9622 Open Mic Night. 7 – 9pm at Lush Wine Bar in Rose Planting Festival. 10am at the Tillamook Cannon Beach. a small Ohio town a County Pioneer Museum. Columbia group of teenagers Bad Teacher (June 24) Summer Kite Festival. Kite-flying demonstra- HAPPENING has followed up on their 2003 worst- are making a super-8 tions, kid’s events, and more. 10am - 4pm at Mary Shaver Marionettes. Monkey & possible role model R-rated comedy D-River State Wayside in Lincoln City. Crocodile. A puppet play for all ages. Meet the home movie when a puppets afterwards and take home a small train overturns, un- Bad Santa with Bad Teacher. Cam- THEATER puppet. Free, 11 – 11:45am at the Library in leashing something eron Diaz stars as Elizabeth Halsey, Storms, Stories & Songs. An original one act Ocean Park, WA that wreaks death the worst seventh grade teacher musical celebrating Cannon Beach. Free, at Ecstatic Dance. Spirit-filled, freestyle, yogic imaginable whose only ambition is noon at the Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. and destruction trance dance. $5 - $7, 6:30 – 7:45pm, at Pine in their town. The to find a rich man to take care of her. Junior Shanghaied. Musical Melodrama. $10 Grove Community House in Manzanita In the meantime, Elizabeth curses & $6, 7:30pm at the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria. train turns out to be a military train out her students, and abuses sub- The Star Spangled Girl. Romantic Comedy. Thursday 30 bound from Area 51 stances, all the while waiting for her $9 - $12, 7pm at the Barn Community Theater rich boyfriend to marry her so she in Tillamook. MUSIC transporting secrets, Thomasian Trio. Jazz/Blues. No cover, 6pm at X-Men: First Class (June 3) After one of which escapes in the perhaps can get quit her gig. But after being California Suite. Comedy. $8 - $20, 8pm at the dumped, Elizabeth sets her sights Coaster Theater Playhouse in Cannon Beach. Lil’ Bayou in Seaside. three X-Men films and a maligned not accidental crash. Elle Fanning Jam Session. No cover, 7pm at the Triangle offshoot (Wolverine), Marvel has toplines mostly no-name cast. on rich, handsome substitute Scott Sunday 26 Tavern in Astoria. rebooted the series with a younger Delacorte (Justin Timberlake) while James Faretheewell and The Foolhardy. cast, hoping for a new trilogy, much Green Lantern (June 17) With Marvel simultaneously fending off the ad- MUSIC Acoustic/Electroacoustic/Folk Rock. No cover, like Paramount did with Star Trek rolling out three superhero movies vances of an irreverent gym teacher Columbia Crew. 10am – 3pm at the Astoria 7pm at McMenamins Sand Trap in Gearhart. two years ago. Story is set in 1962 this summer (Thor, X-Men: First Class, (Jason Segel). While saving up for a Sunday Market. Jim Wilkins. 7pm at the Voodoo Room in at the height of the Cuban Missile Captain America) in their leadup boob job, Elizabeth finds herself in Dan Golden. Jazz. 10am – 1pm at McKeown’s Astoria. Crisis and focuses on Charles Xavier a competition for Scott’s affections restaurant & Bar in Seaside. Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, (James McAvoy) and Erik Lehnsherr with the an energetic colleague, Amy Astoria Music Festival. Cantatas, Croissants 9pm at Sam’s Seaside Café in Seaside. (Michael Fassbender) before they (Lucy Punch), who happens to be the and Coffee. Free, 11:30am at the First United best teacher in school. After nearly Methodist Church in Astoria. HAPPENING became known as Professor X and going out of existence, R-rated com- Buck & Elizabeth’s One World, Many Stories. Magneto. As young mutants, Xavier All That Jazz. Jazz. No cover (donations ac- edies seem to be making a come- cepted). 2pm at the Wet Dog Café in Astoria. Join in an hour of skits, songs and laughter and Lehnsherr are just coming into with Buck and Elizabeth. Visit with puppets their powers of telekinesis and mag- back this summer with the two hits Astoria Music Festival Grande Finale. Peter and his animal friends through the magic Bridesmaids and The Hangover Part Bicentennial Beethoven and Festival All-Stars netic control. Xavier and Lehnsherr of ventriloquism. Get in the act, dance, and II doing boffo business. Columbia on Parade. $15 - $35, at the Liberty Theater in sing along to the duo’s new song, “One World, seek out young mutants and found Astoria. Many Stories.” Free, 2 – 3pm at the Library in a mutant academy. Though friends, hopes for a third. Swingcats. Swing/Jazz/Blues. No cover, 6pm Raymond, WA Xavier and Lehnsherr have very dif- at Lil’ Bayou in Seaside. Knitting/Spinning Group. 3 – 5pm at the ferent ideas about their differences Hillfolk Noir. Blues/Country/Swing. No cover. Astoria Fiber Arts Academy. with humans. Xavier wants to show 8pm at Fort George Brewery & Public House Poetry Open Mike. No cover, 8:30pm at the humans that mutants can be trusted, in Astoria. Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach. but Lehnsherr believes mutants are naturally superior. The two join ART OUTSIDE to The Avengers movie, DC Comics Plein-Air & More. Art festival in Cannon forces to prevent a nuclear catas- Sand Trap Golf Tourney. $180 per team, $240 tophe, but in the process the former found itself playing catchup and is Beach. FMI: cbgallerygroup.com/old-docs/ per team with carts. 1pm check-in, 2pm start. pem2011.htm At McMenamins Sand Trap in Gearhart. friends become the adversaries only now bowing its first second-tier known as Professor X and Magneto. superhero movie, preferring to con- HAPPENING Friday 1 Hugh Jackman makes a brief cameo centrate on Batman and Superman PNPW Pro Wrestling. $10, 5 – 8pm at the as Wolverine. first. Basically an origin story, Green Astoria Event Center MUSIC Lantern stars Ryan Reynolds as Hal OUTSIDE Terri Baber. 3:30 – 6:30pm at the Columbia Super 8 (June 10) The most closely- Jordan, a cocky Air Force test pilot Pacific Farmers Market in Long Beach, WA Tillamook County Rodeo. $10 adults, $5 guarded secret of the summer is who is the first human to be selected children. Events start at 8am at the Tillamook Bill Hayes. Rock/Folk/Bluegrass. No cover, 5 – undoubtedly this J.J. Abrams/Steven one of the Green Lantern Corp, an County Fairgrounds. 8pm at the Cannon Beach Cookie Company. Spielberg collaboration. The first intergalactic order of warriors sworn Summer Kite Festival. Kite-flying demonstra- Barney Perrine. Blues. No cover, 6 – 9pm at enigmatic trailer appeared more than to keep peace. When the nemesis of tions, kid’s events, and more. 10am -4pm at the Wet Dog Café in Astoria. a year ago depicted a train wreck in the Corp, Parallax, appears the Corp D-River State Wayside in Lincoln City. Tom Trudell. Jazz piano. No cover, 6 – 9pm at a small town. And something is try- turns to newest Green Lantern to THEATER Clemente’s in Astoria. ing to get out of an overturned car. save the universe. Strong supporting Junior Shanghaied. Musical Melodrama. $10 Asleep at the Switch. Blues, Country, 40’s, & Abrams, the creator of the TV conun- cast includes Blake Lively, Peter Sars- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (June 29) & $6, 2pm at the ASOC Playhouse in Astoria. 50’s. Free (donations accepted), 6 – 8pm at the drum Lost and the unseen monster gaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett Although universally reviled as films, City Hall in Garibaldi. The Star Spangled Girl. Romantic Comedy. Michael Bay’s Transformers series $9 - $12, 2pm at the Barn Community Theater Richard T. Jazz/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, has raked in over $1.5B worldwide in Tillamook. 6pm at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach. box office. Transformers: Dark of the California Suite. Comedy. $8 - $20, 7pm at the Whiskey Puppy. Bluegrass/Country/Other. No Moon will be the last in the series. Coaster Theater Playhouse in Cannon Beach. cover, 9pm at Hazel’s Tavern in Astoria. Shia LaBeouf and all the principals FOOD & DRINK return except for Megan Fox, whose Tuesday 28 Wine Tasting. At Taste of Tuscany in Seaside. character has been written out. Eng- MUSIC 503-738-5377 lish model Rosie Huntington-Whitely has the tough assignment of Sam’s Richard T. Blues. No cover, 5:30 – 8:30pm at T HAPPENING Paul’s Supper Club in Astoria. squeeze. Synopsis: The Autobots, led Vernonia’s First Friday. Arts, entertainment, by Optimus Prime, are back in action, Basin Street NW. Jazz. No cover, 6:30pm at the live music, culture, & special events. 5 -8pm at Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria. Scout Cabin in Vernonia. taking on the evil Decepticons, who are determined to avenge their de- Brian O’Connor. Jazz guitar. No cover, 6pm at THEATER the Shelburne Inn in Seaview, WA movie Cloverfield, is the master of and Tim Robbins. Early buzz on the feat in 2009’s Transformers Revenge The Star Spangled Girl. Romantic Comedy. 150M production has not been good, of the Fallen. In this new movie, the Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, withholding information. So per- $9 - $12, 7pm at the Barn Community Theater haps it’s no surprise that plot details one industry insider describing it as Autobots and Decepticons become 6:30pm at the Harbor Bite in Seaside. in Tillamook. “troubled.” Reports of reshoots and involved in a perilous space race be- Open Mic Night. Hosted by Barney Perrine. are scarce, but what has emerged The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling seems very much a Spielberg (who’s a rush to finish effects do not bode tween the U.S. and Russia, and once No cover, 7 -9pm at Creekside Restaurant & Bee. Comedy. $8 - $23, 8pm at the Coaster Lounge in Seaside. Theater Playhouse in Cannon Beach. producing)/Abrams melding, like E.T. well for the film. again human Sam Witwicky has to crossed with Cloverfield. In 1979, in come to the aid of his robot friends.

23 june11 hipfishmonthly.com Adults need inspiration too! Driftwood Library in Lincoln City word. has a scheme to get folks reading Driftwood Public Library is Jennifer Lauck Found: A Memoir excited to be hosting a Summer Read- ing Program for adults this year. Like Manzanita Writers Series the kids’ Summer Reading Club, this Jennifer Lauck reads from her new book the great truth of who she is. Lauck finally ends her program will invite adults to sign up to Found: A Memoir at the Manzanita Writers’ Series journey when she finds her natural mother—the track their reading over the months of event at 7pm on Saturday, June 18, at the Hoffman one who gave her life and gave her away with the June and July. Participants will be given Center. Found is the long awaited hope that she would have a better a special book they can use to sequel to the 2000 international life. keep track of what they’ve bestseller Blackbird: A Childhood Lost Lauck has published two other read and they can earn & Found which was featured on Oprah memoirs, a novel and a book on writ- prizes as they reach cer- and an international bestseller. Black- ing memoir. She traveled throughout tain goals. For bird was translated into 22 languages Northern Europe to speak about her each book and hit the bestseller lists in London, writing. Lauck was given the Book read Ireland and Spain as well as in the Sense 76 award and was featured they United States. in Newsweek, Harper’s Bazaar, Talk Blackbird was written in the voice Magazine, People, Glamour and of a little girl who attempts to make Writer’s Digest. She was a select USA sense of a world where parents die and Today pick and nominated for two will children fall through the cracks and are Oregon Book Awards. also qualify to left homeless. Found is written in the Before becoming a memoir writer, enter into a drawing to voice of a confident woman determined and thus speaker and teacher, Lauck worked be held at the end of the destined to find inner peace, lasting happiness for many years in television news for ABC affili- program (prizes will be gift certificates and sense of the familiar. ates from Montana to Oregon. Her investigative from local businesses). The more books Jennifer Lauck, with humor, clarity and urgency journalism reports appeared on CNN and the ABC participants read, the more chances they takes her readers on a thrilling quest that leads her Nightly News. earn toward one of the grand prizes! first into motherhood and then into the complex WORKSHOP: Saturday, June 18, Lauck will teach Ave in Manzanita. FMI: hoffmanblog.org online or When asked why the library thought a spiritual traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, where a workshop on Scene Writing for all genres from contact Kathie Hightower, 503-739-1505; kathie@ Summer Reading Program for adults was Lauck discovers great masters, great teachings and 10-3 at the Hoffman Center, located at 594 Laneda jumpintolife.net). necessary, Circulation Supervisor Ken Hobson answered, “Adults sometimes need a little extra encouragement to Missed Connections #3 MATT LOVE read too, especially to read for pleasure. At the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum We hope that with the enticement of sil- by laura ann brooks ly prizes and the opportunity to attend Oregon author and columnist of his teaching career, experience You even looked a bit like Shelley, summer author programs not geared Matt Love will be at the Tillamook as caretaker, and awakening as an toward kids, adults who have difficulty but you don’t remember it correctly. County Pioneer Museum at 1pm Oregonian. finding the time to read for pleasure That night, the fiery hour had elongated itself. It wasn’t 6 April, on June 18 as part of the museum’s Love is the author/editor of The might be encouraged to sit down for it was the same day Helen began her workbook for students. Great Speaker series. His topic will be Beaver State Trilogy, Citadel of the an hour with that book they’ve always Gimme Refuge: Spirit: Oregon’s Sesquicen- wanted to read instead of in front of the the Education of a tennial Anthology, Super TV for summer reruns. As the demands Again, Love needed two more for his quota of quivers, Caretaker, the title Sunday in Newport: Notes of life increase through adulthood, we though there were 98 names behind the rains. of his latest book. From My First Year in Town forget the pleasures books offer as other We were not in church, I was just trying to listen when deft Love In 1998, Love, and Gimme Refuge: The things distract us. Understandably, even at age 33, became Education of a Caretaker. avid readers lose the habit of reading. made that red slice on your sweater from arm to arm. caretaker of the He’s a regular contributor We’re hoping we can help adults redis- 600-acre Nestucca to the Oregonian, Oregon cover the singular pleasure of getting I did not see his bow let loose the world from all I thought it was. Bay National Wild- Coast Today and writes lost in a story. This is just a fun, gentle He must have retreated beyond that bright band of motley horses behind life Refuge, where the “On Oregon” blog for nudge back in the right direction.” Hob- he served until Powells.com. In 2009, Love son added that while this year’s program us. 2008. In that de- won the Oregon Literary will be a scaled-back affair compared Imagine my surprise when I found fletching in my breast pocket! cade, he helped re- Arts’ Stewart H. Holbrook to the spectacular program Children’s store the grounds Literary Legacy Award for Coordinator Teena Nelson puts together We had written to each other from inside the pit - to fuller ecology, his contributions to Or- for kids each summer, the hope is that discovered a love egon history and literature. the library can gauge interest in the It was that yaw and pitch of Love’s fixed wings, not stars or dreams, for teaching, and He lives in South Beach community for such a program. “If the that ushered us down rows and made you match my pace. reinvented himself with his dog and teaches interest is there, and we can consider as a writer and historian. Gimme English and journalism at Newport this year a success, then certainly we will That instant my eyes failed me for lack of a simple veil. Refuge is his passionate account High School. expand it over the coming years.” The Adult Summer Reading Program NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR’S will start on Sunday, June 5th at 3pm when Oregon writer Cathy Lamb visits Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush at Seaside Library the library to talk about her work. Cathy The Friends of the Seaside Initially they worked together. Later, is the author of four successful novels, Library welcome bestselling author’s they moved in different directions. Lisa her newest novel, First Day of the Rest of Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush, on Thurs- brought more suspense to her work, My Life will be released in late July. day, June 16, 7pm. The two sisters will while Nancy’s writing expanded to Those who wish to take part in the Laura Brooks conducts the Astoria discuss their Wicked Series as well as their include novels and script writing for All My program can come hear Cathy, learn Poetry Workshop , meeting each individual bestsellers. The event will take Children. In February of 2009 they worked details about the program and sign up Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at Studio place in the Community Room and book together again on Wicked Game and this sales and signings will be presented by May the latest in the series Wicked Lies to take part in it. Those not wishing too 11, 11th and Duane St., 18+, $5 take part in the program are also wel- Beach Books. was published. Lisa is the author of more come to come hear Cathy speak. The fun Lisa began writing at the urging of than 75 novels and Nancy has published will end in late July with another author her sister, novelist Nancy Bush, and was 30 novels, and penned many young adult visit (details to be announced). inspired by the success of authors she romance novels for Silhouette Books. FMI: Ken Hobson at the library either admired as well as the burgeoning market Seaside Public Library is located at 1131 for romance fiction. Nancy was convinced Broadway, across from the Youth Center by phone (541-996-1242) or via email at they could work together and succeed. and Swimming Pool. FMI: (503)738-6742 [email protected]. 801 SW Highway They sat down, determined to write and or visit us at www.seasidelibrary.org and 101, on the 2nd floor of the City Hall be published. They did and they were. www.facebook.com/seasidepubliclibrary building in Lincoln City. june11 hipfishmonthly.com 24 JuneFREE WILL ASTROLOGY© Copyright 2010 Rob Brezsny

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The film The Men Who Stare at I invite you to try an experiment inspired by this scenario: Featuring biking quips, quibbles, and some damn Goats tells the story of the U.S. army’s efforts to harness Without losing your mind, see if you can shed some of the good advice from Margaret Hammitt-McDonald. psychic powers for military purposes. It’s not entirely a work habitual restrictions you allow to impinge on the free and of the imagination. In fact, there’s substantial evidence that creative play of your mind. such a program actually existed. As the movie begins, a cap- SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The roots of big old trees are Triumph Over Lycra: tion on the screen informs viewers that “More of this is true your power objects. I advise you to visualize them in your When Commuters Get the Urge to Compete than you would believe.” I suspect there’ll be a comparable mind’s eye for a few minutes each day, maybe even go look situation unfolding in your life in the coming weeks, Aries. at actual trees whose roots are showing above ground. At the sight of a brightly colored, upon the kind of race your Spandex- As you experience a rather unusual departure from your Doing this will strengthen your resolve and increase your faster-than-light object growing wearing compatriot is preparing for, regularly scheduled reality, fact and fiction may be deeply patience and help you find the deeper sources of nurturing larger in my rear-view mirror, I resign intertwined. Will you be able to tell them apart? as a commuter, you might already you need. Another exercise that’s likely to energize you in myself to being passed by a competi- have an endurance edge from riding TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I dreamed you were a member just the right way is to picture yourself at age 77. I suggest tion cyclist of an indigenous tribe in what Westerners call New Guinea. you create a detailed vision of who you’ll be at that time. See excited to be You had recently begun to show unusual behavior that sug- yourself drinking a cup of tea as you gaze out over a verdant on the road gested you were developing enhanced cognitive abilities. valley on a sunny afternoon in June. What are you wearing? after a winter You’d solved one of the tribe’s long-standing problems, were What kind of tea is it? What birds do you see? What are your confined spontaneously spouting improvised poetry, and had been favorite memories of the last 30 years? to indoor spotted outside late at night having animated conversations SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you’re a physicist or training. My with the stars. Some of your friends and relatives were now Wall Street broker, your assignment this week is to read the husband, Seth referring to you by a new name that in your native tongue poetry of Pablo Neruda (bit.ly/NerudaSongs). If you’re a Goldstein, has meant “the one who dances naked with the deities.” How kirtan-chanting yogini or the author of a New Age self-help a different would you interpret my dream, Taurus? I think it suggests newsletter, your task is to read up on the scientific method reaction. Deep you could be on the verge of growing an intriguing new (bit.ly/ScienceMethod). If you’re white, be black, and vice in his normally capacity or two. versa. If you’re yellow, be violet, and if red, be green. If you’re mild-man- GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the far northern reaches of a tight-fisted control freak, try being a laid-back connoisseur nered brain, Ilulissat, a town in Greenland, the sun sets for good on of the mellowest vibes imaginable -- and vice versa. It’s Mix- a velocity November 29 every year and doesn’t rise again until January It-Up Month, Sagittarius -- a time to play with flipping and gland releases 13. Or at least that was the case until 2011. This year, to the flopping your usual perspectives, roles, and angles. a chemical shock of locals, sunlight broke over the horizon on January CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Describing muckraking that smells 11 -- two days ahead of schedule. Though a few alarm- journalist Peter Freyne, Senator Patrick Leahy said, “He knew like burning ists theorized that this disturbance in the age-old rhythm the difference between healthy skepticism and hollow cyni- rubber and activates the urge to race longer distances on a regular basis. was due to a shift in the earth’s axis or rotation, scientists cism.” Mastering that distinction happens to be your next with the jet-propelled rider. Having Practice tactical eating. A pre- suggested that the cause was global warming: Melting ice assignment, Capricorn. Can you distinguish between your spent his youth training with Olympic ride meal that emphasizes complex has caused the horizon to sink. I expect something equally tendency to make compulsive negative judgments and your cycling hopefuls and endowed with carbohydrates (vegetables and fruits), monumental to make an appearance in your world soon, skill at practicing thoughtful and compassionate discern- a greyhound’s physique, Seth is protein, and healthy fat will give you Gemini. Can you handle an increased amount of light? ment? My reading of the astrological omens suggests that equipped to give the speedsters a the long-haul energy you need, but you will have a successful month if you do. Not only that: The CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’m not a big fan of the “No Pain, run for their money. I, on the other bring along something for a quick universe will conspire to bring you blessings you didn’t even hand, travel at a single speed—cruis- No Gain” school of thought. Personally, I have drummed up spurt of energy, such as dried fruits realize you needed. ing—all day with no ill effects or need more marvels and wonders through the power of rowdy or an energy bar. (Always check with for glowing green energy-renewing bliss than I have from hauling thousand-pound burdens AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “There is time for work,” said your health care provider before across the wasteland. But I do recognize that in my own fashion designer Coco Chanel, “and time for love. That leaves concoctions. adopting a new diet.) The sprinting story as well as in others’, hardship can sometimes provoke no other time.” I understand and sympathize with that If the need for speed comes upon style of riding requires more frequent inspiration. I think it may be one of those moments for perspective. But I’m going to beg you to make an exception you at the approach of a human mis- you, Cancerian. Please accept this medicinal prod from the to it in the coming weeks, Aquarius. In addition to getting sile, here are Seth’s tips for coming refueling so you can summon those ancient Roman poet Horace: “Adversity has the effect of a healthy quota of work and love, please do your best to in first and defending the honor of reserves. eliciting talents that in times of prosperity would have lain carve out a few hours specifically devoted to engaging in commuters everywhere. Stand up for yourself. When accel- dormant.” unadulterated, unapologetic, unbridled play -- the kind of Shift strategically. For me, shifting erating, Seth leans into his pedals for flat-out, free-form, full-tilt fun and games that has the effect more power. If he’s on his recumbent LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In his 1934 book Beyond the Mexican gears has always been a pragmatic of permanently increasing your levels of liberation. bike, he sits back and pushes against Bay, British author Aldous Huxley observed that “the natural matter: lower gears for going uphill rhythm of human life is routine punctuated by orgies.” He PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Although I myself have an inti- or fighting wind and higher gears for the seat (counterintuitive for upright was using the word “orgies” in its broadest sense -- not to mate ongoing relationship with the Divine Wow, it’s perfectly going downhill or cruising on flats. As bike riders but ergonomic for a reclin- refer to wild sex parties, but rather to cathartic eruptions of fine with me if other people don’t. Some of my best friends the masters of spin like Seth know, using bike). Leaning forward, rather passion, uninhibited indulgence in revelry, and spirited ritu- are atheists and agnostics. But I must admit that I laughed ing a lower gear, and hence adopting than standing fully, can be enough to als of relief and release. That’s the kind of orgy you’re due for, derisively when I heard that the supposed genius named a higher cadence, produces rapid ac- blast off without going off course if Leo. It’s high time to punctuate your routine. Stephen Hawking declared, with the fanatical certainty of a celeration. Upon reaching the desired you have concerns about balance. religious fundamentalist, that heaven does not exist. How speed, you can shift to a higher gear VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “The great pleasure in life is doing Alas, genetics plays a role. The unscientific of him! The intellectually honest perspective is, for more power—and less effort at what people say you cannot do,” wrote the essayist Walter aerodynamic people who zip by me of course, that there’s no way to know for sure about that maintaining your speed. Familiarizing Bagehot. Personally, I don’t think that’s the supreme joy pos- (but not Seth) have more fast-twitch possibility. I bring this up, Pisces, as an example of what yourself with your gears will yield the sible to a human being; but it definitely has a provocative muscle fiber, which makes racing not to do. It’s particularly important right now that you not best combination for you. appeal. May I recommend that you explore it in the coming come naturally. Sports-specific train- be blinded by your theories about the way things work. If Develop your cruising speed. weeks, Virgo? The astrological omens suggest you’re in an ing can improve your chances, but you put the emphasis on your raw experience rather than Seth has found that many racers are excellent position to succeed at an undertaking you’ve been with my mesomorph body type and your preconceived biases, you will be blessed with as much sprinters: they’ll accelerate to zip told is unlikely or even impossible for you to accomplish. years of attempting to go faster than beauty and truth as you can handle. by the pokey (or so they assume) the “mellow” setting, I’ve accepted LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When people unsubscribe from Homework: Talk about a time when an unexpected visita- commuter in waterproof clothing but that cheetah cycling isn’t my forte. my newsletter, they’re asked to say why they’re leaving. In a tion cracked open a hole in your shrunken reality so as to let then slow down once they’re a blur in When the rainbow-colored projectile recent note, a dissatisfied customer wrote, “Because you are juicy eternity pour in: Freewillastrology.com. the distance. Seth’s secret to keeping a crackhead who makes no sense. You sound like you write up is to train for endurance. Practice explodes over the horizon, I watch these horoscopes while you’re stoned on mushrooms.” For accelerating to a comfortable cruising Seth take off and eventually catch In addition to this column, Rob Brezsny offers expanded the record, I not only refrain from crack and magic mush- speed and see how long you can keep up to him as he’s enjoying his well- weekly audio horoscopes and daily message horoscopes. rooms while crafting your oracles; I don’t partake of any in- it up. 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and 9th. Additional sessions will be held at library registered yoga teacher SarahFawn Wilson, MA, RYT- WORKSHOPS/CLASSES branches in October and November. Registration 500. Private group classes also available. For more Spend the Week Outdoors at is limited, so contact your local library soon and information and for public class schedule, please call Nature Adventure Camp & Naturalist Survival Camp Two Part Pottery Workshop for Children. On reserve your space. 503-440-6738 or email [email protected]. Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Saturday, June 8, kids will be making handmade pasta bowls. The second session on Saturday, June July 11-15 & July 18-22 SPIRITUAL WRITING FOR MEN AND WOMEN. Instruc- ECSTATIC DANCE. Ecstatic, trance, yogic, spirit 25 will focus on colorful glazing techniques in the tor Gail Balden is a writer, educator and workshop filled), playful, improvisational, freestyle - We’re Campers can choose from Italian tradition. Free, 1 – 3pm both days, at the presenter with over 30 years of teaching experience. Dancing! Wed. at 6:30 at Pine Grove Community TWO exciting camps in Sum- Seaside Library. Her work has been published in anthologies, literary House, 225 Laneda Ave. in Manzanita. No experience mer 2011 as educators from journals and national magazines. She teaches one- necessary. You are welcome to bring Instruments of the Lower Columbia River Es- Scene Writing in Seven Steps. Saturday, June 18. any sort to play along with what we’ve got going. day writing workshops and writes a monthly column tuary Partnership and Lewis With Jennifer Lauck. Learn the key ingredients to on the joys of small town life for the North Coast Citi- Cost is a sliding scale from $5 - $7, or free if you formulating the single most important aspect of zen. Visit her web site at www.creativejourneys.net. really need to just be there. and Clark National Historical good writing–the scene–with Jennifer Lauck who Park join together to explore has created a recipe all writers can follow in order the area’s trails, water and French Conversation Group Re-Start. The group is LOTUS YOGA. 1230 Marine Drive, Downtown Astoria. to create a juicy, tactile, focused and depth filled devoted to speaking French only. It is NOT a class, Ongoing classes on a month to month basis. Evening animals. scene. All levels and genres welcome. $50, 10am – so please do not show up expecting to learn French Classes Monday thru Thursday 6:00 PM: Monday Nature Adventure Camp, 3pm at the Hoffman Center in Manzanita. Download from scratch. Once you step through the door of the Level 1 Yoga for Relaxation. Tuesday Level 2 held July 11-15, features a a registration form here: http://hoffmanblog.org/ Riverbend Room, it is French only. It will be on Sat- Strengthening. Wednesday Level 1 Beginning Flow. week’s worth of adventures manzanita-writers-series/workshops-2011-2 urdays, from 1-3pm at NCRD in the Riverbend Room. Thursday Level 2 Advanced Flow. Morning class at the park and nearby, as There is a nominal charge of $1/person/time. For Friday 9:00AM All Level THERAPEUTIC Yoga. Dedi- well as an overnight in Fort Painting Coastal Color and Light. June 22, 23, 24. more information email Jane or call her 503-368- cated to making Yoga an accessible part of everyday Clatsop! Nature Adventure With Michael Orwick. Join this noted plein air artist living. Call (503)298-3874, Email lotusyoga@live. 3901 or, call Paul Miller at 503-368-5715. Camp is open to students entering fourth grade through sixth grade. The cost is in scenic Cannon Beach and learn how to put life and com, website www.lotusyogaonline.com for more information. $125. personality into your landscapes. The workshop is Library2Go Basics. Second Saturday of each month scheduled from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. each day, but Michael Naturalist Survival Camp, held July 18-22, takes campers on the water and to 9:00am-10:00am. Over 5000 audio books and videos the woods, deep into the park and other sites, as they explore and practice skills is also inviting students to join him for informal sun- can be downloaded to computers and digital devices YOGA NAMASTÉ.The Spring 2011 Yoga schedule rise and sunset paint outs at no additional charge. through the Library2Go database accessible through at Yoga Namasté starts March 28 and ends to survive and thrive in nature, including an overnight camping trip at the beach. Open to painters of any level. For more information, the Astoria Public Library web site. All downloads June 4. During the 11 week term you can enjoy This camp is open to students entering seventh and eighth grades. The cost is contact DragonFire Gallery. 503-436-1533. are free to access with your library card. Learn the GENTLE YOGA-LEVEL 1 at 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. $135. how to make the most of this extraordinary resource. Wednesdays and Fridays. LEVEL 1-2 (Beginner and Hours for both camps are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. For the Attract Songbirds to your Yard. A free talk entitled Free, at the Astoria Public Library. Intermediate) Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays at Thursday overnights, drop off is at 9 a.m. Thursday and pickup is at 11 a.m. Friday. “How to Attract Songbirds to Your Backyard” will be 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Level 2-3 (Intermediate and Enrollment for both camps is limited and scholarships are available. Advanced) Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays at 6:15 to given by Dawn Graf of US Fish and Wildlife on Friday Computer Basics. Third Saturday of each month The registration deadline for both camps is July 1. To register, visit www.lcrep. 8:45 a.m. LEVEL 1-2 Yoga flow at 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. June 10 at 7 PM at the Cannon Beach Chamber/ 9:00am-10:00am. If you’re new to PC computers org. For more information, please call Annie Kleffner at (503) 226-1565, Ext. 225. on Saturdays. For more information: www.yoganam. Community Hall. Dawn will also lead a songbird hike or just needing to update basic skills, this class is com or call: 503 440 9761 You can also find out more by calling (503) 861-4422. on the Cannon Beach Trail the following morning, for you. Each class is tailored to meet the needs of Saturday June 11 at 8 AM. Please meet at the birding participants. Free, at the Astoria Public Library. platform near the Cannon Beach lagoons at the YOGA SMA EXPLORATION. Yoga instructor Linda east end of 2nd Street. All are welcome! This event Sanderlin LMT, introduces SMA yoga, a practice The Lower Columbia Classics Car Club. Invitation permaculture garden and harvesting for the Wheeler is sponsored by the Ecola Creek Awareness Project evolved from Feldenkrais and Alexander technique, @ 7:00pm - 8:45pm, $45/mo Inquire /sign up: to all who are interested in Collector Cars to attend Food Bank. Tasks may include: greenhouse and (ECAP). For questions call Jan at 503-436-0143. found to be very effective for people with a limited [email protected] phone: 360-665-0860. one of our monthly meetings. The meetings are held garden weeding, planting, and watering. range of motion. Tues and Sat. classes at Parinamah 7:00pm - 8:45pm, KENPOKarate for Kids -River City at Steve Jordan’s Shop Building, located at 35232 in Manzanita. $5 p/class. FMI: Call Linda (503)867- School, 127 Lake Street SE, Ilwaco, Every Thursday Beginning Birding. June 28. Discovery Coast Coordi- Helligso Lane in rural Astoria - meet on the 3rd 3943; or via e-mail: [email protected]. @ 4:00pm - 5:00pm, $45/mo. nator Mary Atherton will teach a one hour beginning Thursday of each month. If you are interested and Meetings birding class on the 4th Tuesday of each month, need the directions to get there, you may call Steve emphasizing a different group of birds each month. Jordan at 503-325-1807 YOGA NCRD. Monday, Yoga Of The Heart, 8:15 am Free, 2pm at the Lighthouse Oceanfront resort in - 9:45 am Instructor: Lorraine Ortiz (no drop ins). SPIRITUALITY ENCORE Retirement Learning Community. Is an Long Beach, WA Space is limited, please RSVP at Monday, Level II, 5:45 pm - 7:15 pm Instructor: Ni- Library2Go. Classes will be held on the 2nd Saturday association of retirement-age people who share a meetup.com/Discovery-Coast. cole Hamic Wednesday, Yoga Stretch, 8:15 am - 9:45 of each month, in the Flag Room of the Astoria Public TIBETAN BUDDHIST DHARMA GROUP. Dharma River, love of learning. Established in 2001 by a Steering am Instructor: Lucy Brook Thursday, Level I, 5:45 Library, 450 10th Street, Astoria. This class is free meets Mondays 7:30 - 9 pm, 1230 Marine Dr., Suite Committee of retired adults, ENCORE is sponsored by pm - 7:15 pm Instructor: Charlene Gernert Friday, Tide Pool Edibles. June 19 or July 3. With Lee Gray, of charge and open to everyone. Please contact the 304 in Lotus Yoga’s studio. Meditation, sadhana Very Gentle Yoga, 8:15 am - 9:45 am Instructor: Lucy Clatsop Community College. We meet for lunch the the Wild Gourmet. $30 for adults, children under 12 library for details and registration at 503-325-7323 practice, teachings & discussion. Dharma River is Brook Saturday, Mixed Levels, 8:00 am - 9:30 am first Tuesday of every month. We try to alternate $15. ODFW license required. 9am for June 19, 8am or [email protected]. a satellite of the Portland Sakya Center. Contact for July 2, at NW 15th St beach access in Lincoln City. Instructor: Lorraine Ortiz Dharma teacher, Rosetta Hurley, 338-9704 for more between North and South County, so look for these 541-992-3798 info. Community Notes in your local Newspaper to see Open Art Night. 5:30 to 7 PM –1st & 3rd Weds. Bay YOGA • Manzanita. The Center for the Contempla- the place of choice. Our Lunch Bunch get-togethers City Arts Center, Bay City. Hawaiian Small Plates Demo Class. $50, includes tive Arts, Manzanita: Tuesday evenings 5 - 5:45pm. Center For Spiritual Living of the North Coast. are a wonderful venue for meeting classmates over $35 for 5 classes. Call 368-6227 for more info. meal & wine. 11am – 2pm at the Culinary Center in CSLNC is for those who want to grow spiritually, all lunch, as well as new friends. Remember all guests Life Drawing. 6 to 9 PM. Every 2nd & 4th Weds. Bay Lincoln City. faiths and paths welcome. Sunday Celebration and City Arts Center, Bay City. that might be interested in ENCORE, or just want to Yoga in Gearhart. Gearhart Workout. For more Children’s Church 10:30 a.m, 66 4th St., Warrenton. know what we’re all about, are welcome. Please call COURAGE TO HEAL. There is a free workshop coming information log on to www.gearhartworkout.com www.centerforspiritualliving.org and 503-791-2192. Toddler Arts Group. Every Monday, 10:30 to 11:30 Madeline Gobel, 503 325-3330. up in Tillamook County called, “Courage to Heal.” 3470 Hwy. 101 N. Suite 104 in Gearhart –Get your toddler started in the arts! Activities It is a free workshop for women survivors of child A SILENT MEDITATION • with Lola Sacks. St. Cath- are geared towards ages 1–3, but age birth–5 are sexual abuse. This workshop runs annually during YOGA • Nehalem. Ongoing yoga classes at NCRD are erine’s Center for the Contemplative Arts, Manzanita: BREASTFEEDING INFORMATION & SUPPORT. La welcome. All children must be accompanied by a the summer months, and generally lasts about ten as follows: Monday, Level II, 5:15-6:45 pm, Nicole Monday Nights 5 - 5:45 Call 368-6227 for more info. Leche League’s monthly support group meetings pro- caregiver. Bay City Arts Center, Bay City. t weeks. The group meets once a week.One in three Hamic; Wednesday, Morning Yoga Stretch, 8-9:30 vide an opportunity for both new and experienced girls will be sexually abused by the age of 16, yet am, Lucy Brook; Thursday, Yoga for Parents & Kids, LECTIO DIVINA • Meditation with Holy Scripture. mothers to share their questions or concerns, and CELEBRATE RECOVERY • Nazarene Church, 2611 3rd 3:45-4:45 pm, Charlene Gernert; Thursday, Level I, many survivors feel alone and ashamed. This work- The Center for the Contemplative Arts, Manzanita: to talk with each other about the special joys and shop is healing, empowering, and supportive. The lo- St, Tillamook. Adult & teen 12 step program. Child 5:45 - 7:15 pm, Charlene Gernet; Friday, Very Gentle Tuesday Mornings 10-11:30. Call 368-6227 for more challenges of parenting. We especially encourage cal facilitator of this group is Rhonda Bolow, and she care provided. Call 503-812-3522 for more informa- Yoga, 8-9:30 am, Lucy Brook. info. can be reached at 503-801-5064. Once Rhonda has tion. Tuesdays, 7-9, Dinner at 6 by donation. expectant and new mothers to join us. Healthy spoken with participants, days/times of meetings babies and toddlers are always welcome at La Leche T’AI CHI. The Center for the Contemplative Arts, LABYRINTH WALK • Grace Episcopal Church, 1545 League meetings. We look forward to seeing you will be set, based on what is most convenient for the OPEN ART NIGHT WITH PHAEDRA. Bay City Arts Manzanita: Wednesday Mornings 10-11:30. $30/ Franklin St, Astoria, 3-6. Every 1st Sunday. group. You can also contact the Women’s Resource Center, 5680 A St, 5-7pm on Wednesdays. month. Call 368-6227 for more info. soon. Second Monday of the month at 10am- Astoria Center at 503-842-9486 for more info. Please pass VOLUNTEER this on to anyone who might be interested. TAEKWON-DO. Confidence, discipline, self-esteem DAY CAMPS and respect are only a few of the traits you will BODY WORK•YOGA•FITNESS SHARE YOUR MUSICAL TALENT. If you have musical DOES FOOD RUN YOUR LIFE? Come to Overeaters develop in this class while improving overall fitness. or performance talents to share, we need you at Slug Soup. Art for Young People with Unique Tastes Anonymous every Wednesday from 7-8pm in the Ages: 8 -Adult families welcome! Mondays / Wednes- YOGA NAMASTE. The Spring 2011 Yoga schedule Nehalem Valley Care Center in Wheeler, Oregon. We Seaside Public Library, Board Room B. No dues, fees days, 6:00 - 7:00pm, through June 17th. Session - Children’s Art Day Camp. June 27 – July 1. 10am starts March 28 and ends June 4, 2011. During the are a skilled care center and our residents enjoy, or weigh-ins. Everyone welcome! (if you have ques- Fee: $24 Resident’s Card / $36 Non-resident. Loca- – 2pm at Nestucca Junior/Senior High School in 10 week term you can enjoy GENTLE YOGA-LEVEL 1 and benefit from, music therapies and entertain- tions call 503-505-1721). tion: Bob Chisholm Community Center - 1225 Ave. A, Cloverdale. Contact: Kim Cavatorta 503-392-4581 at 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays. LEVEL 1-2 ment. Professionals and amateurs welcome – all Seaside For Registration call the POOl: 503:738-3311 (Beginner and Intermediate) Mondays, Wednesdays, ages!! CONTACT:Katherine Mace, Activity Director, Center - 1225 Ave. A, Seaside For Registration call FREE COMPUTER CLASSES AT TILLAMOOK COUNTY Fridays at 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Level 2-3 (Intermedi- Nehalem Valley Care Center [email protected] Beach Art. June 27 – July 1. New projects each day. Tillamook County Libraries will be ate and Advanced) Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays the POOl: 503:738-3311 POOl: 503:738-3311 Center LIBRARIES. 503-368-5171 Stepping stones, garden flags & beads, Beach find offering free basic computer classes this fall. Sign at 6:15 to 8:45 a.m. LEVEL 1-2 Yoga flow at 9:30 to - 1225 Ave. A, Seaside For Registration call the POOl: art, paint brush handle art, notecards, memory up for a free one-on-one session where you can ask 11:00 a.m. on Saturdays. For more information: www. 503:738-3311 Weekly Alder Creek Farm Community Garden. Work questions and learn at your own pace. Classes will be yoganam.com or call: 503 440 9761YOGA RESTOR- book, and homemade ice cream. $12/day or $50 for Parties - Tuesdays, 10 am – Noon. Help out the held on Saturdays at the Tillamook County Library ATIVE. Private Individual Therapeutic and Restorative LEARN SELF DEFENSE IN ILWACO. Kenpo Karate for the week. 10am – 1:30pm, lunch included. At the Bay Coastal Food Ecology Center, community garden, September 11th, 18th and 25th and October 2nd Yoga instruction with certified, Yoga Alliance Adults. River City School, 127 SE Lake St, Tuesdays City Arts Center. 503-377-9620

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Permanent Cosmetic Makeup Services now available in Lower Columbia Region Permanent cosmetic makeup is a non-surgical method of applying colored pigment to enhance eyes, lips, and eyebrows with a soft, natural finish that looks like perfectly applied makeup. Permanent cosmetics can beautifully define facial features, correct the appearance of many imperfections, and improve your overall appearance. Offering a new kind of personal freedom, permanent cosmetics will make your life easier. Particularly benefi- cial to busy professionals, those with little or no time to apply makeup, allergy sufferers, or anyone who has difficulty applying cosmetic products - the results are always the same - perfectly applied, waterproof color that always looks fresh and beautiful! If you always want to look your best, gain self-esteem, and feel beautiful 24 hours a day - you may be the perfect candidate for a fresh new look that can start now and last Menu of Earthly Delights for many years. Longevity in Manzanita Call For Your Consultation: Darcy Wiegardt, Permanent Cosmetics Technician licensed & Certified. Located at Medical Spa LaCost, 1428 Commercial St. By Elia Seely Astoria, 503-338-5555. Jamie Ehrke, Proprietor There is something truly self-nur- scaping, all good jobs at the time that menu is truly inspiring, with everything First ENCORE Happy Hour Evening turing and sensual about being rubbed allowed her to take care of her young son from the standard Swedish or deep A fun gathering at the Baked Alaska’s ‘Happy Hour’ from 4 to 6pm is planned for with warm oil—chosen specifically for and stay in the communities she loved. tissue massage to Abhyanga Ayurvedic Sunday, June 12. Baked Alaska is located on the Columbia River at #1 12th Street, one’s unique combination of energies— And, there came a time when Ehrke knew massage (of aforementioned warmed oils Astoria,OR. Baked Alaska will exceed your expectations with their $3.00 food menu and then soothed with hot towels. Or that she wanted a different life. and towels!), Aromatherapy, Reflexology, plus $3.00 beer and well drinks. You can have alcohol or not as your choice of beverage. perhaps hot stones and shells placed “I had always wanted to do something Chakra Balancing or pregnancy massage. Please come for our first happy hour event overlooking the Columbia, where the Pilot on the body to facilitate relaxation, or a in healing arts field. I just had an ‘aha’ mo- Longevity massage therapist Christina Boats are docked, and enjoy visiting with fellow members, for an inexpensive Sunday massage accompanied by therapeutic ment after seeing a flyer in Portland for Pyktel has developed a line of chakra Supper. Membership is not required, guests are welcome if interested in the organiza- and aromatic essential oils. Follow with a East/West Massage School and said, that’s specific products, including oils that tion and are retired or semi-retired adults 50 years old and over. We will meet in the yoga class, tonifying elixir, or stimulating what I’ll do. And I just went and did it. I can be used in massage. Both she and Discovery Room. browse through a boutique bursting with knew that I would like it but it turns out Kathleen Hudson is the coordinator. If you have questions please call Kathleen at 503 mindfully chosen treats to nurture body that I love it and am passionate about it! Ehrke have a robust list of local massage clients and found themselves completely 861-2802, or Paula Duncan at Clatsop Community College toll free 1 866-252-8767. and soul. I’ve found my niche.” “20 Questions” will be our entertainment and educational challenge for Sunday, June Where and what is this paradise of Although Ehrke wasn’t necessarily in- booked throughout the tourist season last year. 12 at 5:30 P.M. nurturance? Longevity in Manzanita tending to start a business like Longevity, ENCORE - Exploring New Concepts Of Retirement Education: is an association of Longevity boasts two lovely massage . . . your friendly neighborhood yummy events flowed in that direction and here retirement age people who share a love of learning.A variety of interesting and infor- rooms—one that accommodates couples place! she finds herself. She took over an exist- mative classes are offered during Fall, Winter and Spring terms, following the calendar Longevity, “a place to relax and reju- ing business, Parinamah, but changed or friends wanting to enjoy individual of Clatsop Community College, the sponsor of the group. The classes are taught by venate,” is the lovingly crafted business the services significantly and put her own massages in the same room—and a volunteers and there is no homework, no tests – only enjoyment and education. For in- of long-time North coaster Jamie Ehrke. brand on the opportunities offered. Like cozy spot for hanging out and enjoying formation about ENCORE, see the web site, www.encorelearn.org, or call Paula Duncan, Located in a beautifully remodeled many coastal businesses, Longevity ca- an herbal elixir. The artisan boutique Liason, 503-338-2408 or email Paula at [email protected]. historic building in downtown Manzanita, ters to the tourist trade as well as to year showcases wares by seven local artists, Each month on the first Tuesday of the month members and their guests are invited Longevity offers massage, yoga, unique round residents. And while the three-vil- including jewelry, pottery, found and to meet for a no-host lunch, one month in Astoria, and alternate months in Seaside or shopping, and an elixir bar. Like many lage area doesn’t lack yoga, massage, and visual art. Also shop for regional fair trade “south county”. – All members are welcome to attend and to bring a guest. coastal business folk, Ehrke found her spa opportunities, Longevity has its own beauty products and fabulous socks, as Tuesday, the 7th, is the date for June LUNCH BUNCH and will be held in Astoria at way to her livelihood via a circuitous special vibe. “It’s casual, comfortable, and well as yoga wear and accessories. The Fultano’s Pizza Restaurant, 620 Olney Ave, Astoria. (503-325-2855). Members are asked route. nurturing. People feel that,” Ehrke says. experience is delicious all the way round. She studied sustainable agriculture Yoga and massage are the emphasis. to dredge up their memories of their first encounters with pizza! Come prepared to tell and political economy at Evergreen The beautiful studio can accommodate Skip the ice cream and give yourself a real your tale. College in Washington. She then moved up to 12 students per class, so yogis are summer treat: a few hours of self-nurtur- Further information is on the web site www.encorelearning.org. to Nehalem with former partner Hank assured of an intimate setting with a ance. Your body will thank you! Tallman, a coastal native and co-founded great teacher to student ratio. For sum- Longevity is located at 123 Laneda Lunasea Gardens. Departure from that mer the studio will offer 2-3 yoga classes Ave. in Manzanita. Tel: (503) 368-3800 WANTED: Artists and Instructors to Teach Summer Term endeavor brought her to the usual round every day. A variety of styles and levels Email: [email protected] June 26th through September 3rd Tolovana Arts Colony is currently recruiting instructors to lead outstanding arts, of coastal work. Restaurant jobs, land- give plenty of options. The massage Web: www.longevitymanzanita.com fitness, cultural, and other leisure classes for the upcoming summer term. Would you like to share your art or interest with residents and visitors to the North Oregon Coast? Please email your request for an application packet to [email protected]. Completed applications are due June 6th for the summer term. Classes are held at Tolovana Hall in Cannon Beach, OR. Community organizations are also welcome to request use of the hall for meeting use. There is no cost to instructors or community organizations for use of the hall. Tolovana Hall is owned by the City of Cannon Beach and managed by Tolovana Arts Colony, a non-profit arts organization, dedicated to providing year-round arts education and supporting the efforts of local working artists.

27 june11 hipfishmonthly.com word and wisdom health & wellness. By Tobi Nason bodiesinbalance Betrayal, Anyone? By Tracy Erfling, N.D. Got Questions? Betrayal is such an ugly concept. Trust and innocence go by the wayside. Pain and grief take their place. So nuses to each of these so my advise This month I want to take time are absolutely warranted, and that my care. Thankfully many insur- many versions of it exist. Marital, friendship, business to answer a few questions. These would be to use sparingly. is best evaluated in a doctor’s of- ance companies are carrying plans relations, confidential partnerships - all have the potential are either from you, my readers, or White table sugar, commonly fice. Y es, naturopaths can prescribe that cover naturopaths. BUT those for betrayal. Many a great drama (think Shakespeare!) has frequently asked from my patients. from sugar cane or sugar beets, is antibiotics. No, antibiotics are not same companies usually have a va- been built around betrayal, probably because it deals with I always welcome questions and the most refined sugar product, inherently dangerous, it is their riety of different plans with a vari- unmet expectations, lies, deception, and ultimately a loss comments as they often give me and while if given the choice of this overuse which is concerning; and ety of coverage options. So it’s not of some kind, be it love, innocence or even life. great ideas for upcoming articles, over aspartame I would choose this I’m not talking solely about those always as simple as asking ‘do you Its a topic that is only shared between confidantes, so keep them coming to erfling- every time it is still not a nutritious that are prescribed, but those that take such and such a company?”. I perhaps. I share my story, you share yours. It can be such [email protected]… option for our bodies…so I put it are also in our food supply/farm- always advise my new patients to a painful subject that to revisit the psychic scene can be What are the best sweeten- on the generally avoid list. ing practices, and homes (i.e. hand call their insurance company and choosing to revisit an unresolved experience. One’s blood ers? Many of us are turning up The newest member to the sanitizers). Our microbe paranoia is ask whether naturopathic care is pressure rises. There is also the idea that to be betrayed our noses at artificial sweeteners sweetener family is Stevia, a plant making our medicines weaker and covered under their plan prior to implies some sort of ignorance, a blindness to the facts. (thankfully), and so what should which has an extreme sweetness them stronger, and that is concern- our initial visit. Another thing to re- A certain shame for having been deceived sets in, as if we use instead? There are indeed concentration. The interesting ing. Yes! There are situations where member is that many plans have a some one smarter would have seen it immediately or a litany of options from table sugar thing about Stevia is its positive natural medicines can certainly deductible, a set amount of money some one more worthy would not be subject to betrayal. to honey so let’s go through some effects on blood sugars despite its be employed, again under the that must be spent by you BEFORE We don’t understand it so we analyze it endlessly and find of these ‘sugars’ to find out what the insurance company ourselves baffled. It is often not something one wants to they are and which suits our health begins to pay anything; acknowledge freely to just anyone at all. But since one’s best. yet another detail to un- ability to trust has suffered a blow, trusting again - even to Let’s begin with the sources that derstand prior to an office share one’s story - is fraught with hesitation. are least refined and closest to how visit. This may mean that I remember someone stating to me that it was not my nature intended…honey, maple Dr. Tracy Erfling is a the insurance accepts the fault if someone worked hard and succeeded in deceiv- syrup, fruit and fruit juices. In my visit and applies it to the ing me. That made me feel better. In any betrayal, I always mind these are the ideal sugars to naturopath physician in the deductible but you are still have whined, “How could I not know? Why did that person utilize in our diets because they are responsible for paying the lie to me?” etc. Silly me, I took it personally. food and take little to no refining Lower Columbia Region. doctor. Remember that Now that I am older and wiser.... yes, go ahead, laugh from their natural form to make insurance is a contract be- with me at this point. things a little sweeter. Honey quite Questions? tween you and the com- The older I get, the more protective of myself I get. I specifically has some wonderful pany, that we the doctors also feel free to place back on others that which belongs health benefits in that it contains [email protected] are dealing with multiple to others. Betrayal belongs to the betrayer. I realized I had vitamins and minerals, antioxi- companies so are not the freedom to move forward. The betrayer has to carry dants, enzymes, and can improve going to be nearly as well that burden for a long time, maybe forever. immune function in conditions sweetness; BUT mind you these guidance of a licensed professional. versed in the language of your in- Why am I writing about this now? I realize the media like allergies. Similarly maple syrup studies were done with crude herb Herbal medicine and nutritional surance plan as the company itself. exposes betrayals. I realize I react. I have an emotional and fruits offer some terrific health not stevia sweetened blueberry supplements can create weakness And a final note is that Medicare reaction to betrayals that play out in public. (Specifically, benefits. Along with molasses (a muffins, so while I am consider- in microbial growth along with does not recognize naturopathic the latest Schwarzenegger thing is out and about, but a refined product from sugar cane ing this to be a worthwhile option immune strengthening to make physicians at all, so this means they few years ago, Enron scandal also impacted me. Betrayal which is incredibly nutritious), I am keeping a scrutinizing eye for a powerful healing combina- will not cover our care and often by any other name.... ) these are my sugars of choice! on this trend. You can find Stevia tion. Making sure that there are the secondary or supplementary Arnold (as in Schwarzenegger) did not know that his Now there are many refined in powdered form and in lots of adequate levels of good/normal insurance will not either as they actions would impact me so. And probably millions of sugars which are touted to be more prepackaged products. microbes in the digestive system is are generally abiding by the same other folks. His shoddy behavior clicks in with previous natural and healthy than table sug- Remember the big picture here a key to avoiding infection as well rules as Medicare. It is a confusing personal betrayals, ones that have left nicks and scars on ar…some examples are turbinado, is our obsession with sweetness as recovering from antibiotic use. and convoluted system, and you my heart. Did he really think no one would ever know? agave syrup, brown rice syrup, and not solely the sweetener itself. I’m talking probiotics here, you can the consumer have more power Did he think his wife was stupid? I don’t know, but there’s fructose. The similarities with these So yes for those with an extreme take these with your antibiotics and to change it than me the doctor, great arrogance behind such a double life. My heart gets is that they are all refined sweeten- sweet tooth finding healthier op- definitely following. Y es, there are so make sure and speak up about heavy automatically. ers, the difference is their source. tions is worthwhile, but appreciat- so many choices (get something what type of coverage you would So, thanks, Arnold, for refreshing my memories about Turbinado comes from sugar cane ing other flavors (bitter, savory, with multiple organisms on the spend your dollars to use…change betrayal. It feels icky. The betrayer, Arnold, is icky. Makes (like white table sugar) but is a little spicey, etc.) is key! list of contents, and refrigerated… is slow but possible! me get depressed for all of humanity. I will have to take more raw (less processed) therefore Antibiotics, I get a lot of ques- take more than once a day) and yes Hope that clears the air a bit myself out for a hot fudge sundae, just to feel better. has larger crystals and is a tan color tions about antibiotics. If they’re there are foods, which when eaten at least for these few questions… After a few moments of this fleeting wave of emotional due to the retention of some of the needed, dangerous, what other regularly, can enhance your probi- again keep them coming and yuk, I remind myself, cognitively, that betrayal involves molasses within the cane itself. The things can be used instead of them otics status (yogurt, miso, tempeh, remember…DO something you secrets, selfishness and a certain arrogance. I, and most syrups come from the plants men- and how to recover from their use. raw sauerkraut, kim chi, Kombucha, love, BE with someone you love, EAT people, can move forward from its impact.Those that tioned and fructose is the sugar All good questions! Without get- Kefir, etc). your vegetables, DRINK clean water, practice betrayal get to live with themselves forever. within fruits, which is refined into a ting too specific, there are indeed Insurance coverage is certainly a BREATHE deeply and MOVE your And that, my friends, makes me feel much better. powder. There are pluses and mi- some situations where antibiotics common question I get regarding body EVERYDAY!! Tobi Nason is a counselor in Manzanita.

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Himani Indian Cuisine Made with Love! by Cathy Nist Hanks’s Daily Farm Stand A fix for your daily veg habit Customers lined up early for the complimentary buffet offered at the Fancy a stroll down much-anticipated opening the beach to pick up some of Himani Indian Cuisine in tasty local food for supper? Astoria, this last week in May. Nehalem farmer Hank Tall- It was a generous gift from man of Lunasea Gardens the Kancharla family to the community. continues his popular The Kancharlas have lived daily farm stand stocked in Astoria for nearly two with fresh and local food decades, operating several goodies from his own and adult foster care homes in neighboring farms and the area. Three years ago, gardens. Mani Kancharla, wanting “I want to get the word to share Indian culture and out to people who won’t her love of cooking with her go to a farmers market fellow Astorians, opened a because they have the food booth at the Sunday with a liberal use of exotic spices and ghee (clarified assumption that it’s not for was great. People were totally excited about Market. The high quality of the fare offered at the butter). them. Organic food is seen as a high class it; I got tons of people asking if we were do- stand soon generated many loyal customers who Nearly half of the entrees are vegetarian with a thing; which is great—that has incubated ing it again.” lobbied strongly for a restaurant. Although they have large variety of curries available. Especially good the market, but there needs to be more Tallman encourages local gardeners no previous experience operating a restaurant, the is Hyderabadi Bagara Baigan, a curry of eggplant access for economically challenged people. and other producers (eggs, honey, flowers, Kancharlas have obliged. stuffed with peanut, Everybody deserves to have fresh and local value-added products like soap, salsas, jams) The first impression coconut and sesame food; my hope is to offer organic produce at to contact him with items they would like upon entering the res- seed paste; flavored with to sell. Meadow Harvest grass-fed beef and taurant is from the warm tamarind and served with a lower cost that conventional items at the lamb will be available, as well as Tallwoman aroma of exotic spices that Basmati rice. The complex grocery,” Tallman states. infuses the entire space. In layering of flavors in the The farm stand opened last summer, but Tonics and herbs. contrast, the dining area is curry marries well with a challenging growing season led to a slow The stand will be open daily from 10am to appointed with under- the eggplant resulting in start. Tallman is optimistic about this year, 7pm at Longevity, 123 Laneda Ave. in Manza- stated elegance. The food a satisfying dish that this though of course farming is always a gamble. nita. Contact Tallman Tel: 503-368-FARM or is of a level beyond what writer will want to eat Jamie Ehrke, owner of Longevity, where the Email: [email protected]. one might expect to get again and again. stand is located, says “The feedback last year - elia seely at an Indian restaurant in South Indian special- a small town like Astoria. ties available at Himani Mani Kancharla, who is include dosa: crepes made La Cabana Opens in South Astoria functionally Himani’s Executive Chef, translates her from lentil and rice flour served with coconut chut- The food at La Cabana is fast, inexpen- love of cooking and hospitality into her cuisine. You ney and sambar (a spicy vegetable stew). Biriyani: sive, and good. Tacos, gorditas, burritos and can taste the love and care that goes into every item, rice with seasonings and meat and/or vegetables sopes are made fresh to order. Tortillas are the food is that good. slow-cooked in a sealed pot is another traditional homemade on site. Menudo is available on The ambitious menu offers nearly 50 entrees Southern dish. Saturdays and Sundays. Entrees are $5.99 (or originating from all over India, with an emphasis A favorite of this writer is the Biriyani with Lamb. $1.75 for a single taco). Rice with succulent chunks of lamb marinated in Soft drinks are available and include Jar- yogurt and spices is slow-cooked to perfection. ritos, Mexican Coca Cola, horchata (made The tender lamb nearly melts in the mouth; the fresh daily), as well as generous pours of Pepsi rice absorbs all of the flavors of the meat juices and products, all ranging from $1.75 - $2. seasonings. A cool riata of seasoned yogurt is served Note: Payment at La Cabana is currently on the side. cash only (as of May 30). Checks and debit/ Astoria’s former High Wheeler restaurant, Another personal favorite, not listed on the credit cards are not accepted at this time, but which closed early this year, is under new menu, but available at the Lunch Buffet is Rasam: a the restaurant owners hope to change this ownership and has been repurposed into Res- broth-like soup made with tamarind, tomato, chili policy in the near future. Look for expanded taurante “La Cabana”. La Cabana opened on and spices. The sweet-sour of the tamarind together menu offerings soon. with the subtle heat of the chili will cause me to May 28, serving a limited menu of authentic crave Rasam some cold winter day when I am feeling Mexican food. The eclectic seating fixtures Restaurante “La Cabana” under the weather. and gorgeous views of Youngs Bay have been Open 9am – 8pm every day. Prices at Himami are retained from the eatery’s previous incarna- 35431 Highway 101 Business, Astoria moderate with appetiz- tion. 503-791-8890 ers and sides running from $2 - $8, entrees Wine and Art in Astoria $9 - $18, beverages and Saturday June 11 desserts are $2 and $4, Enjoy a great pairing available for $10 atCommercial Street Antiques respectively. The all-you- of wine and art at the annual (959 Commercial) and Nepal on Exchange can-eat lunch buffet is Wine Walk in historic down- (1421 Commercial). $10. town Astoria in conjunction Glasses become available for sale starting at Himani Indian Cuisine with the 2nd Saturday Art Walk 4:30pm on the day of the event and include up is located in downtown on June 11. “We pair a selec- to six tastings per glass. For more information Astoria at 1044 Marine tion of art venues with local call 503-791-7940. Executive Chef Mani Kancharla (r), Drive. restaurants providing wine and appetizers,” Sponsored by Wauna Federal Credit Union, and son Will, restaurant manager. explained Art Walk Chair Deborah Starr. “There proceeds from the Wine Walk benefit the Asto- Open Monday – Satur- are also some great new gallery installations ria Downtown Historic District Association. The day with only the lunch buffet available from 11am – opening in June so this is the perfect oppor- real benefit, however, is enjoying this historic on dishes from the south. Southern Indian cuisine 2:30pm, and dinner from the menu at 5 – 9pm. Himani tunity to see some interesting and spectacular town while discovering great new works at revolves around rice or meat. It is rich and aromatic, will also be at the Astoria Sunday Market from 10am new works here in Astoria.” The Wine Walk takes local galleries and shops while sipping specially – 3pm until October 9. place from 5 to 9 pm. Wine Walk glasses are selected wines by local restaurants.

29 june11 hipfishmonthly.com eating the coast Fish On! Somewhere in my mid-twenties a surfer boyfriend introduced me to he and his buddies’ Mexico surf trip Workshops, Classes, How-Tos, Events . . . . staple, the fish taco, and this dee-lish meal-in-one Hoop House How-to. Build a Solar/Wood-Fired Bath House. A 7-day permanently settled in my fave food archive. Fish tacos Slide Shows Online. Learn how to build your own intensive workshop. June 13 – 19 from 8am – 5pm. say travel and summer to me, and provide an instant hoop house by watching a series of slide shows put The hand-on course will cover the process of building holiday fiesta in my mouth whenever I eat them. together by the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agri- a passive solar bathhouse from siting through site Infinite in variety, the fish taco combines the best of culture. Prospective builders are taken step by step preparation, design, utilization of available resources, fresh wherever you are—Hawaii, Mexico, the Pacific through the construction process. Cost estimates, a building codes, tool use, construction techniques, Northwest. I’m not talkin’ bout those insipid facsimiles list of resources, and links to websites with more in- and time permitting, basic electrical and plumbing. you get at chain taco stands, with a floppy fish stick— formation are presented. To see the slideshows, visit: The workshop costs $700 and includes breakfast, please!—enclosed inside a soggy tortilla, garnished kerrcenter.com/publications/hoophouse/hoophouse- lunch, and all materials needed. Class will be held at with unripe tomatoes and mayonnaise. I’m referring how-to-slideshow.htm R-evolution Gardens east of Nehalem. FMI: revolution- to the fresh corn tortilla bursting with seasoned fish, gardens.com/ sautéed veggies or imaginative salad, and garnished Northwest Earth Institute Gather- food love with a chunky salsa. Local Charcuterie Workshop. ing in Sept. Mexican inspired tacos might include snapper Northwest Earth Institute will hold their Annual September 26 from 8am – 4pm at the EVOO Cook- by elia seely quick grilled in olive oil, with North American Gathering September 15 – 18 at Fort ing School in Cannon Beach. OSU Extension Clatsop cumin, cayenne, and coriander Worden State Park and Conference Center in Port County and the Small Farm Program are offering a and then flaked into luscious Townsend, WA. This year’s gathering is entitled “If Not workshop for North Coast farmers and chefs on mak- chunks. Julienned fresh red Me, Then Who? Building Healthy Communities and ing delicious, legal, and safe charcuterie with locally and green peppers, along with Local Food Systems One Day at a Time.” Events at the raised meats. Talks in the morning will cover relevant slivers of onion sautéed with gathering include workshops on sustainable food, regulations and best practices for controlling patho- a little salt and pepper can edible landscaping, dynamic community organiz- gens during meat curing. Speakers include Maureen accompany the fish. Top with a ing, networking and community building. Will Allen, Taylor of Clatsop County Environmental Health, Will just-made pico de gallo. Don’t named one of Time’s top 100 most influential people Fargo of Oregon Department of Agriculture’s Food stint on the extra cilantro and a in the world in 2010 because of his inspiring food jus- Safety Division, and Dr. Karen Killinger of the Food dusting of cotija cheese. tice work in low-income neighborhoods, is this year’s Science department at Washington State University. Island style fish tacos keynote speaker. Space at the gathering is limited, In the afternoon, expert salumist Elias Cairo and Tyler explode with tropical fishes early registration is encouraged. For schedule, fees, Gaston from Portland’s Olympic Provisions will dem- such as mahi-mahi, ono, or and registration: nwei.org/north-american-gathering/ onstrate techniques and best practices. Tuition is $25 ahi. Grilling the fish is the Collecting Rainwater for Future Use. $10 suggested (includes lunch). Space is limited. For reservations, way to go, after a good soak donation. June 8 at 6pm at the Long Beach Grange please call Kristin Frost Albrecht @ (503)325-8573 or Sensational Summer Salsas! in a marinade of sesame oil, on Sand Ridge Rd in Long Beach, WA http://www. stop by OSU Extension Clatsop County, 2001 Marine garlic, ginger, tamari, and lime Fresh Apple Salsa longbeachgrange.org/Classes.html Drive, Room 210, Astoria, Oregon 97103. 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice . Asian inspired flavors beg a 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar fresh Japanese cucumber and 1 tablespoon finely chopped canned chipotles fruit salsa—imagine 1 tablespoon adobo sauce from canned pine- Slough Rd on Puget Island. Trolley shuttle available apple, Farmer’s Markets from the Elochoman Marina at 3, 4, & 5pm and stops chipotles Food, flowers, and plants only. 1 teaspoon honey man- at the Chamber of Commerce in Cathlamet, WA. Kosher salt, as needed Columbia-Pacific Farmer’s Market. Fridays, 3 – 7pm, Weekend Market. Fridays and Saturdays on the first 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion May Through September. In downtown Long Beach, and third weekends of the month, 10am – 4pm. At 1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper go, WA the Long Beach Grange on Sandridge Road in Long or papaya 1 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro River People’s Farmer’s Market. Thursdays, 3 – 7pm, Beach, WA. with minced kosher salt, to taste June 23 through September, possible into October. At onion and cilantro. Sprinkle Saturday Market at the Port. Saturdays, April – Sep- the parking lot in front of Astoria Indoor Garden Sup- 2 medium apples, one red and one green. Whisk with fresh ground pepper and tember, 10am – 4pm. Along the waterfront in Ilwaco, ply on 13th St in Astoria. The market accepts EBT, and together vinegar, lime juice, adobo sauce, and red tinged Haleakala sea salt. WA. honey. Toss with chopped ingredients, adding the WIC and Senior Nutrition coupons. Coming home to the North- Astoria Sunday Market. Sundays, May 8 – October 9, apples just before serving. west, a summer fish taco feast Seaside Farmer’s Market. Saturdays, July 2 – Sep- 10am – 3pm. On 12th St in downtown Astoria. could include salmon, steel- tember 24 (excluding August 27), 1 – 4pm at the TLC Island Style head, or sturgeon. In line with Credit Union Parking Lot. Manzanita Farmer’s Market. Fridays, June 10 – Sep- 1 small japanese cucumber, peeled and seasonality, I like these firmer tember 23, 5 – 8pm (5 – 7pm after September 9). At Cannon Beach Farmer’s Market. Tuesdays, June 14 – chopped fish barbequed—not too well the Windermere parking lot on Laneda in Manzanita. ½ cup diced jicama (or more if you love it) September 27, 2 – 5pm. Located in the Midtown area done!—with fresh herbs from Saturday Farmer’s Market. Saturdays, May 7 – Octo- Chopped cilantro of Cannon Beach. EBT, Visa, and Mastercard accepted. the garden and a squeeze of ber 29. 9am – 1pm at City Hall in Newport. EBT, WIC, 1 med Maui onion, minced lemon, and salt and pepper Tillamook Farmer’s Market. Saturdays, June 11 Senior Nutrition, credit and debit cards accepted. 1 or 2 large minced jalepenos to taste. Sautee up a batch of – September 24, 9am – 2pm. At Laurel & 2nd St in 2 medium sized tomatoes, chopped kale, garlic, and capers and Tillamook. 1 large mango, diced (pineapple works when top with a chiffonade of basil mango isn’t in season, or papaya) and Italian parsley. Or try a raw Open Air Markets chunks of fresh, creamy Maui avocado chop of mizuna and garden- Food, plus handicrafts, art and more. squeeze of fresh lime juice harvested salad greens and Cowlitz Community Farmers Market. Chop, mix, taste, serve. a chipotle kissed apple salsa. Saturdays, through October, 9am – 2pm. Top generously with cilantro At the Cowlitz Expo Center in Longview, Pico de Gallo or Italian parsley and skip the WA. 1/2 cantaloupe cheese—these flavoricious 1 cucumber tacos don’t need it! Kelso Bridge Market. Sundays, May – 1 jicama Rice and a slaw or simple September, 10am – 3pm. At Rotary Spray 2 oranges salad are great accompani- Park, on the lawn of Catlin Hall in Kelso, 2 mangoes or papaya ments to fish tacos, and I WA. 4 cups watermelon always prefer to use corn Two Islands Farm Market. Fridays, 6 limes, juiced tortillas. Get creative and use 3 – 6:30pm, May – October. 59 W. Birnie pico de gallo powdered seasoning (or a mix of shrimp or crab instead of fish. cayenne, chili powder, and salt—to taste) Possibilities of veg combos Cannon Beach Farmer’s Market are endless, and really any fish Chop, mix, serve. This is great as a salad on it’s own Every Tuesday, lends itself to the taco form. too. For salsa make the chop a little finer. 2pm - 4pm , June 14- Sept 24. Summer anyone?

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