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HIPFiSHmonthly is located at 1017 Marine Dr in Astoria. 503.338.4878 Performance Poet John Kulm Send general email correspondance: [email protected] HIPFiSH is produced on the web at: www.hipfishmonthly.com Hipfish is printed at the Daily Astorian SAT/SUN Aug 17 - 18 SHOW 9PM Editor/Publisher: Doors Open 8:30 • $10 • No Host Bar Dinah Urell NEXT HIPFiSH Production THUR. AUG 3O tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com Graphics: Richard Ridgeway reserve seating suggested Additional Graphics: KALA is located at 1017 Marine Drive in Astoria 503.338.4878 Les Kanekuni Michelle Roth Kate Giese From Anacortes • Phil Elverum and Mt Eerie at KALA • Sunday Aug 26 Calendar/Production Assistance/StaffWriter: doors open 7:30 Come see the opening act apostrophe camel $7 all ages Cathy Nist 31, and september 1st Magic Web Worker: Briana Mariela/White Fang/The Memory Boys/Jesse Carsten Bob Goldberg summer breezers alternative music festival KALA VISUAL ARTS CURATOR: shively hall, from 7-12 • all ages Thanksgiving/What we doobie/Unkle Funkle +many more Agnes Field COVER DESIGN: LES KANEKUNI 7 dollars stay tunes. for more information cal 503 791 8983 3 aug12 hipfishmonthly.com Shanghaied Roller Dolls by Lynn Hadley we be jammin’(and blockin’) in Astoria Their first public derby bout,The Prohibitchin’ Party’ vs ‘The Tease Party... set for August 18 “Hurricane”, belts out the dread-locked members, Tara Al- ing team is the fourth coach for fitness themselves; exercise, dramatic flare, keep myself and the other coaches resonant voice of Head Coach, Rusty len, skate name “Kiss Me Dreadly,” training, Coach McBruiser, Orly Ben adrenaline rush, me-time, spiritual and coming back, and putting in the time, House, and the slender vessel of recalls that early on it was apparent an Jacobs, an active duty emotional and going to the clinics, and doing Robyn Koustik, skate name, “Hurricane experienced coach Coast Guard Member. the research, because Ka-Ream-Ya,” pulls was needed. As a Head Coach House not these women are ahead of result of going to only appreciates having amazing, smart, and the pack, The Daily Astorian his coaches, but the huge competitive!” covered in to announce the advantage of the proximity The Women’s Flat pads, tights, new derby team of the one of the largest Track Derby Associa- and helmet, formation, and Women’s Flat Track Derby tion is the internation- like a ballistic the solicitation of Association (WFTDA) al governing body for bobble head skaters, referees, member leagues, The the sport of women’s doll. She and coaches (an Rose City Rollers, who flat track roller derby laps around extensive list have assisted The Dolls and a membership or- the track, and of volunteers is with numerous resources, ganization for leagues attacks the required to help significantly guest to collaborate and other skaters the team with referees. network. The WFTDA with menac- everything from Tara remembers start- sets standards for rules, ing inten- selling tickets to ing with her first pair seasons, and safety, and sity to progress keeping track of skates, a $20 pair of determines guidelines through the of skater points Chicago skates, a tall, for the national and mob of ladies on and penal- leather, lace-up skate international athletic wheels, lacing ties) the team that had been rented competitions of member their bodies to- found its first out in Seaside, when leagues. There are gether to prevent coach, Walt people used to skate currently 156 WFTDA her advance- Sabe. An along the promenade. member leagues and 58 ment; she knocks, experienced It was something to leagues in the WFTDA she swoops, start with, but that Founding Roller Doll, Tara Allen. flat track Apprentice program. she wriggles skater from “a totally distant style of skate really Shanghaied Roller Dolls her way through the past,” Walt came to the team to teach is not ideal for roller are currently processing intimidating lot. There is so much basic skating and equipment main- derby. their paperwork with the action and strategy to get around the tenance skills. At age 69, he comes “You need to able WFTDA to be an official track, the skaters have to be mentally to every practice and dons his skates, to squat down and “Apprentice League” engaged without floundering on the operating as an assistant coach to bank your feet”, says Member. The first bout basic skating skills set required to Rusty, and the skate coach. Julie House, skate with another derby team, participate in roller derby. “The minimum skills is the first name “Petulant The Slaughter County Roll- The Shanghaied Roller Dolls set out plateau, they’ve got about six plateaus Frenzy,” she adds, er Vixens from Bremerton, on this skating odyssey about a year above that, (he laughs) part of it is “If you are going to Washington, is slated for ago, after the suggestion of a derby learning the practice jams... a major put any money into September 15th. The next league was tossed out on Facebook. plateau is learning how to think when derby, the first thing FRESH MEAT, an endearing A few initial meetings, organizational they’re doing the practice jams,” says you should buy is term for new recruits train- gatherings, and a Walt. the best padding ing, begins Sunday, August contact with Walt has been a you can!” 26th. For more information, the Clatsop tremen- With that com- visit www.shanghaiedroller- County Fair- dous ment, Tara pulls up dolls.com, or check them out grounds, all re- her pant leg, and on Facebook at Shanghaied lead to the source reveals a large, Roller Dolls Fans. Fall 2011 to the bruised patch on formation INAUGURAL BRAWL! team, as her knee. The of a bud- Sunday • August 19 well as conversation turns ding roller Be sure to catch the the help to bruises, injuries, derby Inaugural Brawl! on Sunday, of estab- and equipment. recre- Coach House August 19th at 5pm at the lished ational admits this is Clatsop County Fairgrounds, derby team, inevitable when where two teams, ‘The teams like Shang- you bring derby Prohibitchin’ Party’ and ‘The Portland’s haied women together. Tease Party’, both, comprised Rose City Roller Among the of Shanghaied Roller Dolls, Rollers, Dolls. Julie House, married to the head coach. investment of will face off in their first public and the Practice time, money, sweat, derby bout. Tickets are avail- now defunct began at the fairgrounds, which and tears, what makes this all-volun- Photos: Don Frank able at www.brownpapertickets. Shadow City victory, competition. have been generously made avail- teer organization of women skaters, com, or at the door for $10 Rollers of Longview, Washington, Coach House, skate name “Spicy able, when not otherwise engaged, ranging in size and in age from early (Ages 10 and under are free.). Come which connected the Dolls to Bench Tuna Roll,” adds “These women since actual practice began in October 20s to 40s, persevere? The answers out and support these amazing ladies Coach, Amanda Farmer, skate name (who participate in derby) are not like 2011. One of the original founding, are as varied as the team members, and badass mothers (Most of them “Scars Volta.” Completing the coach- anyone else. It’s one of the things that actually are.) on wheels! aug12 hipfishmonthly.com 4 A Free Discussion about African-Americans in Oregon August 7 Have you ever wondered This program is hosted by An Intimate evening of song... why the Black population in the Lower Columbia Diversity Oregon is so small? Oregon Project. The mission of the has a history not only of Black Lower Columbia Diversity exclusion and discrimination, Project (LCDP) is to engage but also of a vibrant Black pro-actively with diversity culture that helped sustain issues in the region, educate many communities throughout the community on the benefits the state—a history that is not of diversity, tolerance, and taught in schools. inclusion, and provide a forum This is the focus of “Why through which individuals, Aren’t There More Black groups, and organizations may People in Oregon? : A Hidden address concerns relating to History,” a free conversation diversity in the community. with Portland State University Web: http://www.lcdiversity- author and adjunct professor project.org/ Walidah Imarisha on Tuesday, For more information about August 7th , 2012 at 7:00 PM this free community discussion, More information about at the Judge Guy Boyington please contact Scott Lee at Oregon Humanities’ programs Heather Christie & Kathryn Claire Building, 857 Commercial, (503) 468-8715 or lcdiversity- and publications, which include Astoria, OR 97103. [email protected]. the Conversation Project, Think Walidah Imarisha has taught Professor Imarisha’s program & Drink, Humanity in Perspec- in Portland State University’s is made possible by funding tive, Happy Camp, Public Black Studies department, from Oregon Humanities, Program Grants, Responsive where she has created classes which connects Oregonians Program Grants, and Oregon about topics as diverse as the to ideas that change lives Astoria, Humanities magazine, can be history of the Black Panther and transform communities. Party, race and the history of Through the Conversation found at oregonhumanities. Oregon prisons, Hurricane Katrina, and Project, Oregon Humani- org. Oregon Humanities (813 hip hop as literature. She has ties offers free programs that SW Alder St, #702; Portland, KALA facilitated writing workshops, engage community members OR 97205) is an indepen- THURS. AUGUST 23rd | 8pm | $10 for students in third grade to in thoughtful, challenging con- dent, nonprofit affiliate of the twelfth, in community centers, versations about ideas critical National Endowment for the youth detention facilities, and to our daily lives and our state’s Humanities and a partner of women’s prisons. future. the Oregon Cultural Trust. 1017 Marine Drive in Astoria First Tillamook County Biennial doors open at 7:30pm Five North County Artists Beer and Wine Available Tillamook County Arts Network (TCAN) is Lynn Thomas, artist, musician and educator; liter- hosting its first biennial highlighting the wealth ary: Watt Childress,publisher of Upper Left Edge; of creative expression in Tillamook County. The and music: Michael Simpson, musician and music show opens at the Tillamook County Pioneer educator. Museum Gallery, 2106 2nd Street in Tillamook, with TCAN chose to host the show at the TCPM Enjoy the serenity of our a celebratory public reception for the artists on gallery because of its central county location, open gardens, wooded paths, sauna, Friday, August 3, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. with live music hours six days a week and because of the high vol- yurt and bhuddas . . . by Rod Whaley. The exhibition runs July 31 through . . . in Nahcotta, Washington ume of visitor traffic to the venue. Though patrons on Sandridge Road, Live September 30. must pay to tour the entire museum, access to the just south of Bay Avenue Earlier this year, TCAN put out a call for entries gallery is free. overlooking willapa bay to all “creatives” in its county-wide network to “We are grateful to TCPM for partnering with us Celebrating the Music submit new work for this juried biennial and invited on the biennial,” said TCAN biennial chair Kathleen the participation of 11 prominent local artists who 50th Anniversary of Ryan. “The Museum staff is exemplary at their abil- are known regionally, nationally and internation- SILENT SPRING ity to hang shows and their gallery has terrific wall August! ally. The invited artists were asked to submit one space and professional lighting—just the ambiance But man is a part of nature, and his piece of new work for the show. The remainder of war against nature is inevitably all shows start at 7pm we were needed for this quality exhibition.” a war against himself. the show will be comprised of juried 2D, 3D, fine “We encourage everyone to join us at the craft, literary and music selected by a jury of cre- – Rachel Carson Acustica . sat 4 opening and visit the exhibition to experience the ative peers working in each of those mediums. The creative expression that is fostered in this beautiful Jill Trenholm . fri 10 only criteria for participation in the show is living or in or owning a residence in Tillamook County. place we live,” said Ryan. Big Vibe . sat 11 Invited artists include: M.J. Anderson, sculptor An additional special biennial event is planned (Nehalem), Mark Cavatorta, ceramacist (Hebo), for Thursday, August 16, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. showcas- Jesse Meade . fri 17 Frank Boyden, mixed-media (Neskowin), Debo- ing short films by local filmmakers and music sets Denise Drake . sat 25 rah Dewitt, painter (Wheeler), Karen Gelbard, by local musicians. The free event will take place weaver (Sand Lake), David Henryson, wood worker at 2nd Street Market, 2003 2nd Street in downtown (Nehalem), Liza Jones, painter and printmaker Tillamook. Thur Fri Sat 4-10pm (Manzanita), Randall Koch, painter (Neskowin), Tillamook County Arts Network, an all-volunteer 9604 Paciﬁ c Hwy Elaine Norberg, painter (Tillamook), John Stahl, county-wide organization, has been serving the Long Beach, WA mixed media (Netarts) and Susan Walsh, painter local creative community since 2000. TCAN en- (360) 642-2828 and printmaker (Nehalem). gages daily in its mission to strengthen, illuminate Jurors for the show include: 2/D, 3/D: Randall and promote arts and culture in Tillamook County thecoveatnight.com Koch, Elaine Norberg and Susan Walsh; fine craft: through its website: www.tillamookcountyarts.org. www.mobydickhotel.com 360-665-4543 or 1-800-673-6145 The Wine Bar at the Peninsula Golf Course Club House 5 aug12 hipfishmonthly.com 250 Miles of Navigable Waters Paddle the Nestucca River to celebrate the dedication of the Tillamook County Water Trail as a National Recreation Trail. Friday, August 17 Pacific City, OR. – The Tillamook Estuaries is to promote the use

Make a Partnership’s (TEP) is partnering with Kayak and care of existing difference. VOLUNTEER WORK INVOLVES Tillamook County (KTC) to host the dedica- trails and stimulate The cats’ll love you for it! tion of the Tillamook County Water Trail as the development of a new National Recreation Trail. To high- new trails to create a light this national designation, a “flotilla” is national network of being organized, calling all non-motorized trails. craft to embark from the Pacific City Boat This year, 54 new Launch, next to Bob Straub State Park, into trails received a NRT the Nestucca Estuary. Along with the local designation, and community, State and National Officials have Tillamook County been invited to participate in this flotilla of Water Trail (TWCT) celebrators. is included in this The celebration begins with an on-land group as the only Nehalem and Tillamook Estuaries have been cake at 11am at the Pacific city Boat Launch. Oregon trail earning this honor in 2012. This completed, a third for the Nestucca Estuary At noon the launch of a flotilla of non- community driven project is facilitated by is near completion and the fourth covering motorized enthusiasts take the celebration the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (TEP) Netarts Bay is scheduled to begin thereafter. to the water! Bring your own boat and acces- and is the direct result of many partnerships. For more information: www.tbnep.org sories for a one-hour paddle of the Nestucca The TCWT consists of 250 miles of navi- Estuary or to reserve a boat go to: kayaktilla- gable waters for non-motorized enthusiasts, 10:00am Staging of boats for the float. Ar- mook.com. FMI: Julie Chick (503)-322-2222 including five estuaries within the County. rive early. or Marcus Hinz at (503) 866-4808 As a part of TEP’s Education Program, the 11:00am On-land Cake and Dedication The National Recreation Trails (NRT) TCWT offers superior water-based recre- Ceremony program recognizes exemplary trails of local ational opportunities for every skill level from 12:00pm Launch The Flotilla of Non-motor- and regional significance. The program goal novice to advanced whitewater. Maps for the ized Boat Enthusiasts

The Lower Columbia Clinic Thomas S. Duncan, M.D. • Susan L Skinner, CNM, CFNP 595 18th, Astoria • 503-325-9131 The Road to Oblivion by Stephen Berk n the previous column, I discussed Mitt the pharmaceutical industry, a major player oil supplies. And there are all those hungry A dog license: the gift Romney’s closeness to the imperialist in congressional campaign financing, it elimi- defense contractors. neocons and the likelihood that should he nates competitive bidding, making prescrip- Ryan has been sharply criticized by the that keeps on giving. become president, the US and Israel would tion drugs far more expensive in the US than American Bishops Conference of his own attack Iran. We might remember that when in neighboring Canada and in much of the Roman Catholic Church, as well as the George W. Bush committed us to war, he world. There are many ways of streamlining faculty and administration of the Catholic simultaneously handed massive tax cuts to Medicare, one of which is to eliminate the "Outside of a dog, a book Georgetown University in Washington, D. C. the wealthiest Americans. And huge sub- degree of expensive, mandated unnecessary They accuse Ryan of seeking to “dismantle is man's best friend. sidies continued for such industries as big tests, such as many MRI’s, but the medical Inside of a dog, government programs and abandon the oil, which reaps many hundreds of billions services industry stands in the way of that. poor to their own devices.” Ryan’s budget it's too dark to read." in profits per year. Trillions to fight two wars In addition, much of the cost of American plans also call for sharp cuts in the remain- were borrowed, thus bringing back the huge medical service delivery goes to pay for ing programs that benefit the most at-risk deficits erased during the Clinton administra- executives who run the drug companies, populations. But Ryan doesn’t get his Social tion. But Vice President Cheney reassured hospitals and other care facilities. All this Darwinist ideas from any Catholic or other us that Ronald Reagan had taught us that would get much worse under Ryan’s privati- religious teaching. He gets them from the deficits don’t matter. All that changed, of zation of Medicare. late novelist and erstwhile libertarian phi- “Oh, I just adore a course, when a Democrat took over the Ryan also wants to partially privatize Social losopher, Ayn Rand, requiring all his office canine with a White House, and then Republicans took Security, thereby handing trillions more staff to read her Atlas Shrugged. Rand ad- sense of humor!” the House after the Supreme Court handed dollars to big investment banks, which will mittedly romanticized the role of individual control of our government to billionaires. securitize and sell them as derivatives, as entrepreneurs in making America great, Then Republicans, who had plunged the they did with mortgages, thus conducting country into unparalleled war debt, suddenly wild speculation with retirement incomes while disparaging unions and any govern- became alarmed at Obama’s “wild spend- paid into by workers over the course of their ment move to aid the poor and spur upward ing.” entire career lives. Thus we will witness the mobility. But Rand, an atheist who encour- Romney takes his approach to domes- Social Security bubble and bust, as we did aged selfishness as a virtue, was idealizing Yeah? Well, I’m inventors like Edison and Ford. Her fictional licensed too. Not I’m all tic fiscal policy directly from the radical the savings and loan, dotcom and subprime yours big playbook of House Budget Committee chair, debacles, wreaking havoc with the economy John Galt had invented a perpetual motion every dog can machine, the solution to all energy prob- claim that boy! Paul Ryan. Ryan wants to privatize Medi- and ultimately destroying the incomes of care, an extreme move that would upend seniors throughout the country. Ryan’s plans lems. Ryan’s capitalists are merely specula- the medical care of many millions of seniors. of course take nothing from the bloated tors with other people’s money, Wall Street Medicare is broadly acknowledged to be the defense budget, which is greater than that casino gamblers. He would have us believe most successful, fiscally efficient program of the rest of the world. Who is this terrible they are the “makers,” and the folks who we have in medical service delivery. But enemy that we have to spend so much “de- paid into and are receiving Medicare and the Medicare drug benefit package recently fending” ourselves against? It would seem Social Security are the “takers.” Romney’s added during the Bush administration has to be those who would stand in the way of implementation of Ryan’s plan would further made it much more expensive. A boon to our plans to corner the world’s remaining impoverish most Americans. aug12 hipfishmonthly.com 6 Many believe galleries exists primarily to sell work, in our case, we have a different priority. We want the artwork to be seen and enjoyed. We would like to invite all North Coast by bob residents to come to LightBox Pho- goldberg tographic Gallery and see the fine Are We Just Lazy? photographic prints on the walls. We The cacophony started a little after his field in near silence with spectacular want you to enjoy them and to be S. Gayle Stevens, of Downer’s Grove, of watching and assisting these 8 o’clock this morning. A lone weed results. Yes, it’s hard work, but it keeps moved and influenced by them, and Il. and Judy Sherrod of Wichita Falls, photographers as they produced whacker, or hedge trimmer, or some other him in shape, gets great results, doesn’t it will not cost you anything. Tx. spent a week in Astoria around these plates in our darkroom, and as power tool, got me out of bed to do my contribute to global warming, and most We aspire to educate in the Photo- the time of the opening of this ex- they travelled around town with this gardening chores a little earlier than I had importantly, doesn’t wake up the neigh- graphic Arts, to open your eyes into hibit. They spent time photographing giant camera in tow. Starting with planned. bors or upset his animals. exactly what the photographic arts around Astoria with their 20” x 20“ a piece of aluminum, the collodion On my way to the community garden Our society has advanced much in the are all about. The prints on is poured on to this plate plot a few blocks from my house, the last few centuries, led by the use of fossil our walls were created by with extreme skill, and as chorus grew louder, with basses and fuels to power our tools, transportation some of the finest photog- the collodion sets up, it is tenors singing different grinding tunes. and houses. But I look at the drive to de- raphers in the nation, and lowered into a sleeve filled The soprano bird songs came through stroy vegetation as one arena where the this work is here in Astoria with silver nitrate. The silver only at times. use of power tools and chemical poisons for all to enjoy. As a gallery nitrate combines with the Having watered my little vegetable (based on fossil fuels) may be viewed as it is always great to sell a collodion and forms a sensi- plot, I headed home to deal ridiculous overkill, literally. print, we love to support tive emulsion that reacts to with the garden there. Every spring and summer, tons of the artists, and of course a UV light. In the dark, the On the way, I saw one chemicals are applied by the sides of sale helps the gallery pay plate is dropped into the neighbor mowing his roads in most places in an effort to kill the bills. As great as it feels large handmade camera, lawn (which I think he grass or other “invasive species”, to sell a print, our first re- the box is secured and then mowed just the other in the guise of fire aversion. If ward is when you take the brought to the location to day) and heard several chemicals aren’t used, typically time to come into the gallery to sim- handmade pinhole camera, loaded be photographed. The image needs weed whackers singing the roadsides are ridded of fuel ply enjoy the prints. The work in the to be shot and the plate needs to be with Wet Plate Collodion plates, their tunes in other by mechanical means. Not much gallery usually changes every month, creating one of a kind pieces using processed within 20-30 minutes from yards that were just in the way of science can be used so there is always something new to a 160 year old process dating to the the time the emulsion is formed. If out of sight. As I to justify these activities. It’s just the see, and yes, it costs you nothing. civil war. you saw us carrying the large box approached the road way we’ve always done it (really?). In July we opened a group show These pinhole wet plates are around different locations along the to my house, I heard I’d like to see a study that shows for five women of the photography the largest being produced in the river, now you know what was going the dual sounds of that this huge expenditure of collective known as “When Pigs Fly”. United States. We had the pleasure on. a weed whacker These one of a kind large Wet time, effort and fossil fuels and the ultimate really does prevent fires any Plate collodion images shot in in power tools more than either nothing or Astoria are presently in the gallery for the lazy, the better planning of roads for all to enjoy, along with other wet leaf blower. and their surroundings. plates and the work of the rest of the Yes, a couple The epitome “When Pigs Fly” collective. This cur- of guys from the city of this sort rent exhibit is showing at the gallery were completing the job that of thinking is until September 1st. We welcome the Blue Monster (what I call the giant what I’ve also you to come into the gallery during lawn mower that shaves the roadsides seen recently on my our open hours or during the August in Astoria a few times each summer) way to the community garden. 11th Second Saturday Artwalk from started yesterday. Talk about overkill. This A neighbor in a mask was spraying pesti- 6-9p.m. If you have not had the op- oversized killing machine mows down portunity to come into LightBox we everything in its path, but can’t really cut cide on the concrete by his house to rid would love for you to see the work. the grass, especially on hillsides. So it is the cracks of grass. As I’ve commented If you regularly come in, please be trailed by mere mortals wielding those before in this column, all it would take to sure to make it in to see these giant much better-sized power tools to finish rid his cracks of their green inhabitants plates. the job. would be bending down and picking We won’t stop you if you wish to As I watched these guys tidy up the them out. buy a print, but our biggest reward steep roadside leading to my house, I Recently logged forests are sprayed always comes from being able to wondered why they, or the Blue Monster, by plane to rid them of every possible continually share fine photographic for that matter, were there in the first plant before replanting the one species works with the residents of the North place. At the very least, the leaf blower, that makes the logging company (and the Coast. If you don’t come in and look, the most polluting (including noise) of local government) money. Groundskeep- S. Gayle Stevens and her giant pinhole camera we won’t get to have any rewards. any power tool on earth, could have been ing companies carry rakes, shovels and replaced with a broom. The capital cost brooms, but never use them. Grass is cut savings alone would make the couple with a riding lawn mower as soon as it minutes extra time to sweep the grass gets above a half an inch. 1st Annual cuttings well worth it. The city worker Is it a love of power tools (or just wouldn’t have to wear headphones, power), or are we just lazy? Vintage Trailer Rally wouldn’t be subjected to nasty pollution, The weather has really been nice in the at the Sou’ Wester Lodge in Seaview and wouldn’t have to carry the heavy area the last few weeks. If there is some blower on his back. I can see a savings in plant or insect in your garden that you can’t live with, there are so many tools The Rollin Oldies Vintage Trailer group, health care costs for the worker and the city. that will make the job easy and don’t Flyte Cap and Tin Can Tourists descend A friend recently sent me a video of require electrical or gas power. Use them upon the Sou’Wester Lodge August 10 – a contest between a lawn mower and or your own hands and muscle to get the 12. In love with the little home-away-from- a scythe-wielding guy, who beat the job done, or if you’re really lazy, just sit home on wheels from yesteryear (?) – they mechanized grass cutter by a hair (or is back on the lawn chair, drink of choice in do got charm, and niceties of comfort. that a blade?) in cutting down a rectan- hand, and let nature do its thing. gular patch of grass of equal size to his I kind of like that last choice. Go You can tour and chat with the aficiona- competitor. I’ve seen my friend scythe nature!. dos from 1-3pm each day.

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A continuation of Coast Pride Board Member. egon Coast Pride,” said Brian the coast’s oldest LGBT Pride “They whip out their phones, Diversity, Belinda Carroll and Bardfield-Pick. “We are excited marks over 20 ,years gathering, (formerly the Iris check out our website (www.or- the Inferno Dance Party, which This Way Out Pride Festival) is going boldly egoncoastpride.com) and start has drawn crowds of more than that so many people from the ). where it’s never gone before - sending messages on Facebook a 1000 people up and down LGBT community have stepped literally and figuratively. to all their friends.” the West Coast. Brian Timme up to help out our cause. Form- Our first program was distributed on April 1, 1988 (no foolin Starting with its new setting Chinook Winds Casino Re- of UltraSonic Events will be ing a venue where people can on the air! at the Chinook Winds Casino sort is pleased to be the venue providing sound lighting effects connect, educate themselves, Resort, Oregon Coast Pride of choice for the 2012 Oregon and D.J. services. be proud of who they are and is the award-winning internationally distributed weekly GLBT will be the first Pride gather- Coast Pride event this Sep- Returning from last year will celebrate their diversity is our This Way Out ing in the Pacific Northwest to tember. “This is an important be Fabulanzzaa L’Eville (Emcee/ main focus.” be held in a casino. That alone event that will draw visitors to performer) from the Salem For a full schedule of the radio program, currently airing on over 150 local commmunity radio stations makes it unique. the Lincoln City area and also Court, as well as many of the weekend go to www.oregon- Every Vendor booth has a showcase all that our resort drag queens that were such a coastpride.com or you can find around the world. has to offer. We welcome this hit at last year’s Drag-U-Licious. them on Facebook at www. event and are continuously Look for the Sisters of Perpetual facebook.com/oregoncoast- This Way Out leads off each week with NewsWrap, a summary of some of the expanding our reach for annual Indulgence to host the hilarious pride. major news events in or affecting the lesbian/gay community, compiled from a “Hearing Seattle’s Lisa QHAPS! Koch is one of life’s PFLAG Oregon North Coast meets the 3rd Thursday of the month, variety of, publications and broadcasts around the world. If you have a local news wickedest pleasures…” August 6:30 pm at the First Lutheran Church, 725 33rd Street, — Curve Magazine Astoria, OR. Everyone welcome! story you d like us to report, please let us know! And mark your calendars for the Astoria Regatta Parade - Sat- urday, August 16. Yes, PFLAG returns to the Regatta Parade – their events, conventions, and expos second year! PFLAG will be walking, carrying the fantastic banners is sponsored in part to offer to our guests and the crafted by Ardi Urell, and waving to cheering fans! - You don’t have to This Way Out community at large” said Eric belong to PFLAG to join the march - the more the merrier. Smileuske, Director of Market- OUT Oregon Coast Qfolk/Hipfish. ing. by A social group for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Chinook Winds will be home communities on the Central Oregon Coast. The group is just getting to all of the festival’s events, started, and welcomes comments, suggestions and what kinds of save for Drag-U-Licious on events people may like to see on the Central Coast. Thursday night Sept. 6 at 7:00 Comedian/Singer Lisa Koch Upcoming events: pm at BK Mulligan’s. headlines OCP, Saturday, Sept Just the Girls at Coffee House, Newport Bayfront 7 at 7pm, preceeding Inferno Proceeds from the event Tuesday, August 7 from 9-10 AM Dance Party, 8pm. will benefit the Oregon Safe Schools and Communities Just the Girls at Green Salmon, Yachats Coalition and other local chari- Tuesday, August 21 from 9-10 AM view of the stage and dance ties. 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In die rather than to burden my family become involved with with the glut of medical health care policy re- bills that would follow. form in Oregon and the All over the United United States. States people without My experience health insurance employ convinced me that our this tactic, even for system of health care easily treatable ailments delivery is broken, and such as pneumonia. I would like to share it Many Americans wait with you. until they are half-dead Health insurance with illness or pain available to self-em- before seeking hospital ployed people is very care. Cost isn’t the only expensive and usually factor. Some of us lack offers scant coverage. trust in doctors and see Skeptical of its value, I the medical system as chose not to buy health nearly broken. insurance at home. The cost of my When traveling over- medical care at Sha- seas, however, I bought are Zedek Hospital a travel insurance plan Ann Goldeen and daughters enjoy a camel ride in Israel in Jerusalem, Israel, that covered the cost of before an unexpected health crisis. including eight days emergency health care addition, my family was never asked as an in-patient was $10,000 (or and many other trip maladies. A week to leave my side. During this four- 39,000 shekels). Hospitals here at into the trip I became extremely ill home charge $40,000-$100,000 for with uncontrollable vomiting and was teen-hour stay in the ER, staff invited similar treatment. We need a system directed to Sh’are Zedek Hospital in and even showed my family the way that gives all Americans access to Jerusalem. to escort me to x-ray, CT scans, and affordable health care, and we are When my family and I pulled up the operating room. going to have to learn to pay for it in to the ER, I thought we’d come to Later, the Israeli surgeon ques- the parking garage, not the hospital. tioned my request for written insur- a new way. Our aggregated resources The parking facilities and the hospital ance documentation of my need for can provide quality healthcare for all itself were basic--instead of using hospitalization. When I asked the Oregonians--and Americans--at an resources for buying fancy buildings way to the billing office, the answer affordable cost. 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The public researched and testified at office, sign up at the office, Hair Removal is invited to enjoy ice cream sundaes and homemade cookies innumerable city, county, or contact Laurie Caplan, OMMP and WMMC Licensed Esthetician and get their picture taken with a cardboard cutout of President and state hearings about a volunteer coordinator, at patients only Obama at a festive Ice Cream Social on Saturday, August 11. “We variety of issues, including [email protected] or Iliana welcome everyone who wants to help elect progressive Demo- protecting the Columbia 503-338-6508. Contact us today for crats to public office,” said Nancy Holmes of Seaside, the event’s River from proposed LNG Citizens can register to vote coordinator. terminals. Price is well-known more info: 303-931-2202 at the campaign office and by appointment only The Clatsop County Democrat Central Committee (CCDCC) for her leadership with the get information about local, 360.836.0875 or hosts its annual fundraiser at its campaign office, 1030 Duane National Alliance on Mental 2935 Marine Drive, Astoria state, and national cam- [email protected] Street, in Astoria, from 2 – 4 pm, immediately following the Asto- Illness (NAMI). A longtime (Astoria Chiropractic Building) ria Regatta Parade. Adults are $10, children 10 and under are $5. community volunteer, she paigns. Sullivan reminds Holmes reports that several state and local officials will be in the has advocated for insurance people that the last day to parade and at the Ice Cream Social. coverage for mental illness register to vote or to change “Democrats are active even when there’s not a presidential and numerous other health party registration for the What is Permanent election,” said Larry Taylor, chair of the CCDCC. “The Clatsop and civic concerns. 2012 Presidential election is October is October 16. Dems encourage everyone to stay informed and get involved with CCDCC officers are Larry “We’re proud of Clatsop Cosmetic Makeup? politics and public service.” Taylor, Chair; Kathleen Sul- Other highlights of current Clatsop Democrats activities include: livan, vice-chair; Cindy Price, County’s relatively high • Permanent cosmetic makeup is a non- People who want to walk buttons are available, secretary; and Carmen Dun- voter turnout,” said Sullivan. surgical method of applying colored pigment with the Democrats in the including those featuring the nington, treasurer. CCDCC “We’re appalled that Repub- to enhance eyes, lips, and eyebrows with a Astoria Regatta Land Parade Obama logo and the Obama members participate in licans are working to restrict soft, natural finish that looks like should gather at 17th & Ex- family. regional and state Demo- voting rights in several cratic meetings, helping to states.” perfectly applied makeup. change on Saturday, August “The cardboard President 11 by 11:30 a.m. The parade Obama is very photoge- shape the platform and other The Clatsop County Demo- goes through downtown nic,” said Kathleen Sullivan, activities. crats work to increase citizen • Permanent cosmetics can beautifully de- Astoria and lasts about 90 CCDCC vice-chair, “and visi- Taylor encourages Demo- involvement in local issues fine facial features, correct the appearance minutes. tors can bring their cameras crats to attend the monthly and public service and of many imperfections, and improve your Darcy Wiegardt Campaign buttons, bumper if they’d like to have their CCDCC meeting on the 4th encourage people to run for picture taken with him at the Monday of the month. Social public office. People have overall appearance. Offering a new kind of Permanent Cosmetics stickers, signs, and other materials are available at the campaign office.” time is at 6:30 pm, and the until September 6 to file personal freedom, permanent cosmetics will Technician CCDCC campaign office, Jean Dominey, Carl Dominey, meeting starts at 7 pm. The for city and local govern- make your life easier. licensed & certified 1030 Duane, Astoria. Office and Juanita Price were August 27th meeting is at ing district office. More hours are Friday – Sunday, recently honored by the 1030 Duane Street, Astoria. information is available at Call for a Consultation 11 am – 4 pm through the CCDCC as Super Democrats, CCDCC supports get-out- the County Clerk’s office Permanent Cosmetics November election. Some complete with tiaras for the the-vote activities. To work or at www.co.clatsop.or.us/ 503.338.5555 At Spa La Cost 15 different styles of Obama ladies and a sequin bow tie on election campaigns or page/509?deptid=2 . in Astoria “Always Look Your Best!” aug12 hipfishmonthly.com 10 he water is ice-crystal-blue Tand the waves are breaking hard against the rocky shore. It’s raining sideways, I am shivering under SPIRIT IN THE WAVES my wool hat and fleece jacket; the sky is a typical Oregon-coast-grey. I watch my husband, a black neoprene Women Who Surf The North Coast figure with a scruffy beard, balancing Erin Hofseth Interviews over the slippery rocks leading down to the ocean. There are a handful of other surfers already out there. They are harmoniously following an unspoken pattern of turn-taking as they paddle, one at a time, into the oncoming swells. Some are skill- fully scaling down the face of these mountainous waves; others are being spit out from the barreling mouth, board soaring through the air, body dropping into the mass of turbulent white water at the bottom. Most of the black-suited bodies are masculine figures; but every once in awhile I de- tect a feminine silhouette gracefully gliding down the enormous face. I watch in awe, as my heart vicariously skips a beat, who is that? Sydney Nelson rides the clear blue Pacific. Anyone who has visited our open beaches on a Sydney Nelson I co-owned Seaside Surf for 10 years, but it was it’s necessary. I don’t think violent or destructive sunny, summer Saturday has witnessed how much Seaside, Oregon time to make a change. Doing what I loved for a localism is necessary, but we’ve got to protect and joy the ocean can bring people of all ages. You living was hard, it added an element of stress to respect this area, in all ways; picking up trash on can find people riding waves using everything How long have you lived in Seaside? my surfing and it was starting to change surfing the beach, shopping locally, and respecting the from their own bodies to kayaks, but these “week- I came to Seaside 16 years ago, planning to work, for me. beauty of this place. All the locals are really good end warriors,” as passionate as they are about just for the summer, at Cleanline Surf guys, with huge hearts, but this is where they were the ocean when they are on vacation, may not be Shop. I was living at Mount Hood at raised, it’s their backyard, and they want aware of what surfing means to the year-round the time, but I fell in love with it here; respect for their backyard. local surfer around here. While some were born all aspects: the beauty, the surfing, the Do you think that women treat each other and raised here, others migrated to our coastal community, and I never left. differently than men treat each other in towns years ago for the sole purpose of surfing. the ocean? What most established local surfers would say they How long have you been surfing? Women are much friendlier to each other. have found here is a tight-knit community of surf- 18 years. I was a sponsored, competi- There are times when we are edgy, but for ers, who protect what they love with a vengeance. tive snowboarder for 15 years, but I Localism is heavy, especially in the winter months the most part we are more accepting by got injured and couldn’t do it anymore. when the waves are large and the coveted surf nature. After that, I got serious about surfing. spots are working. Given the intimidating condi- What role does surfing play in your life? tions, one may assume that all of the year round Did you have a teacher, or are you ocean dwellers are men; that assumption is far self-taught? Surfing is my whole life. I plan my days around what the surf is doing. I can’t do from true. I am self taught, I learned completely anything with my day unless I know what the There are many awe-inspiring female surfers on my own. I was on a mission to learn surf is doing. in our community that, with steady commitment, and I was determined. The local guys charge our icy-cold waters year round. They are of befriended me when I moved here What’s the one thing you would tell a all ages, walks of life, and skill level, but they are and we would all surf together. I’ve woman interested in picking up surfing united by a common bond: a love for the ocean been obsessed with surfing for as long around here? and the willingness to face whatever She throws as I can remember. Even when I was No matter what you think, or how un-cool their way. living in Arizona as a kid, I knew surfing it seems, do not start on a shortboard. Learn to would become a huge part of my life, I just didn’t How was your transition into the surfing com- I hail you back to that cold, rainy, winter day, surf on a longboard and your frustration level will know when. munity when you first moved here? when I stood watching a female figure gracefully be so much lower. Also, you’ve got to be a good cascade down the face of a giant wave. Who was How long did you co-own the Seaside Surf I got some grief, but I was determined, and you swimmer, because you can’t just rely on a flotation that woman? Her name is Sydney Nelson Shop? have to earn it. I understand the localism here, device.

11 aug12 hipfishmonthly.com orn and raised in Cannon Beach, Julie Nelson included guys; they would block for me, cheer me waves, clueless about Bhas taken her love for surfing across the on, and make sure I made it out every time. what I was doing. My nations. For the last two years, she has dedi- friend, Joanna, was In what ways has surfing impacted the direction cated her life to the non-profit humanitarian surf my only friend who your life has gone? organization, Surfing the Nations. Now based would do it with me, in Wahiawa, Oahu, she travels around the world It has allowed me to realize how far I can go using we were addicted. working with underprivileged children, forming what God has given me. I’ve found that it’s hard Finally, my friend, relationships with them, and teaching them how to to find a surfer that doesn’t believe in something Shawnie, started swim and surf. Here’s what she had to say about bigger. Surfing opens your eyes to the power of taking me out to the growing up as a female surfer in this area and how creation; it makes you realize that there’s some- official local breaks at it’s evolved into what she is doing now. thing greater. New Smyrna Beach Inlet. Julie Nelson Surfing is a common language no matter what How was your culture I am in. It’s an instant connection with Wahiawa, Oahu transition into the people who don’t’ speak the same language as I, How long have you been surfing? local surf community and that serves to further our relationship. Surf- when you moved to 10 years, I started when I was 14. ing has allowed me to reach the nations, the surf Seaside? Who taught you? board is simply a means of my day, but the culture is what makes me who I am. I sort of taught myself, but I was always in the water with my Do you have dad; my a surfing men- My next interviewee, Beth dad is a tor? (Gergick) Catt, is as dedicated as they come. She is natural fish I’ve had sev- 7 months pregnant and still and I’m a eral at different riding waves. Originally from daddy’s times in my girl, so I Florida, she spent time in life. When I was both California and Portland, was always learning how to with him. before moving to the Oregon surf, it was my coast 5 1/2 years ago to My best friend Micah; friend, Mi- surf our much colder Pacific she always cah Cerelli Ocean breaks. pushed my kept me skills. Later, it Beth (Gergick) surfing was Mark Meke- Catt in High nas, who helped School, Seaside, Oregon to develop the and Mark How long have you been professional Mekenas surfing? (owner of side of my surf- I started 19 years ago in Cannon Beach Surf Shop) poured the culture of ing. I began Florida. surfing into my life, and that was really what led teaching lessons for him at Cannon Beach Surf, me to what I am doing now. when I was 15, and now I am the department head Did you move to Seaside of the Surfing the Nations Surf Department. Right for the surf? With both the extreme elements and the heavy now my mentor is Charis Ifland. She influences me Yes, I was living in Portland localism of this area, have you always felt com- in every way: skills, passion and professionalism. fortable in the water? and driving to the coast Do you see yourself ending up back here on the every week to surf. I decided Yes, because my dad had me in the water from Oregon coast? that I needed to just move to day one, and that gave me a lot of confidence; the the ocean. consistency of being in the water all my life took Yes, definitely. Growing up on the Oregon coast away the fear. I also always stuck with a crew that is the best blessing, but also a curse, because you Have you been surfing con- can never stay away. sistently throughout your pregnancy? Yes, but I have to be more cautious now of what conditions I go out in. I also To this day, I feel extremely lucky that I had an easy have had to alter my paddling position. I have to transition. People have been nothing but welcom- bend my knees and put my butt up in the air to ing and supportive in the water. At times I had to take the pressure off the baby. (Beth gets down on make the first effort with some of the women in the the floor to demonstrate and it’s quite entertain- ocean to show that there was no competition with ing.) me and that it was all about camaraderie. I was always just so stoked to be surfing with other wom- Who taught you how to surf? en. I use to feel like I had to prove myself up and Ever since I was a down the Oregon little girl I had been “All things, considered- maybe I was coast, and it was drawn to surf cul- actually pretty free- ture. Growing up in just a woman in love with a surfboard. ing for me when I Florida I was always It’s that simple.” - Gidget by Frederick Kohner surrendered that playing in the ocean ego and just surfed and I have always when and where felt really connected to the ocean. My brother I wanted. I got better and started having that fun surfed and I begged him to take me out but it stoked feeling again that I originally had when I never really happened. first started surfing. I have a humble respect for the women around here that I see charging bigger At the end of High School I decided to stop surf than I am comfortable with. waiting around for someone to teach me, so I bought a board and went out on shore-pound

aug12 hipfishmonthly.com 12 What role does surfing play in your life? competitive swimming through Masters Swimming Club. She began surfing a year and half ago. At Surfing has changed the whole course of my life. I 53, she refers to herself as an “advanced begin- have only allowed myself to live in places where I ner.” To say she’s inspiring would be an under- could be near the ocean, which has shut out many statement. I had the privilege of sitting down with opportunities, but opened up many opportunities Judi to talk about what inspired her to start surfing, as well. Surfing has taken me through Central and how it has impacted her life, and what her future South America, to Indonesia, Canada and Mexico; goals are as she continues to pursue this enliven- a lot of that traveling was by myself. It has thrown ing sport. me into new cultures, which in turn has molded me into a much more open-minded person. It has Judi Lampi changed what’s important to me. I would much Warrenton, Oregon rather live in a shack near the ocean than a man- sion in Ohio…no offense to Ohio. How long have you lived in Warrenton? I had the realization one day that I use the same I moved here from Portland 9 years ago. words to describe God, Love and the Ocean. I What inspired you to start surfing? need them, I crave them, I am in awe of them, but When I moved here in 2003, I took part in North- I know that if I don’t respect them, I am in trouble. west Women’s Surf Camp with Lexi Hallahan and I Judi Lampi began swimming competitively really enjoyed it, but I didn’t get passionate about when she was 14 years old. She’s a two-time All it yet. A friend of mine started surfing and he and American Swimmer, with 4 years of collegiate I got into it together a year and a half ago. We swimming under her belt, and over 15 years of would go 2-3 times a week. We hired Lexi and did semi-private lessons with 2-3 people. me something to look forward to. I have lost 27 It has given me a lot of confidence in my swim- Then my friend pounds since I started surfing and now that I feel ming abilities when I surf, but I know that I still moved away and energized, I want to be in better shape. I started have to respect the ocean. I started surfing taking a yoga class and that has really helped What are your personal surfing goals right now? by myself. I with my balance. Surfing has inspired me to be a hired Lexi for healthier person; when you are on the beach and I still have a lot of work to do, especially drop- private lessons; in the water, you feel good about yourself. ping into waves. I am out past the break now and she’s my “surf learning how to angle my board on my drop. I am coach.” As a new surfer, how have you been treated by other surfers in the water? focusing on turning my board into waves and rid- In what ways ing down the line. With Lexi’s guidance, I set goals has surfing Everyone is really nice. They answer questions for for myself and once I achieve those goals and gain me and I get to visit with some really interesting impacted your the confidence I need, I tackle the next ones. One people in the parking lots. Now that I have been life? thing that I really want to learn more about is how surfing for awhile, I find that I start to see the same It has put wind direction and tides affect the swell. people. They recognize me and say hello; that’s excitement really nice when you are surfing alone. Do you see yourself surfing for the rest of your back into my life? life; it energizes How has your history of competitive swimming me and gives influenced your surfing? Yes, definitely. Photos Judi Lampi: Dinah Urell

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13 aug12 hipfishmonthly.com CAMP KALA Laurel Kurtz and Sandy Sampson At KALA August 11 5pm – 9pm Art and Social Practice Astoria 2nd Saturday Art Walk territory of and self-initiated art projects she is an ad- knowledge junct professor of art at Portland Community and meaning College. Sampson’s publicly engaged com- provided by munity based work includes commissioned “the everyper- projects for: Portland Art Museum, Portland son” in the Institute for Contemporary Art: TBA, Beton every day. Salon, Paris, and Apex Art, New York. Sandy Laurel Kurtz works primarily in sculpture, Sampson is both physical and social. Through the collab- an interdisci- orative process and facilitation, Kurtz offers plinary artist her perspective on the converging roles of with a 30-year artist, artwork and audience in socially en- exhibition gaged work and intervention. Kurtz currently history and is works in a woodshop that celebrates mental based in Port- diversity at Port City. She has made work land Oregon. for the Liverpool Capital of Culture 2008, The main Elsewhere Artists’ Collaborative, Apex Art focus of her NYC, Oregon’s Percent for Art Program, the current practice is locating Portland Art Museum, and has an ongoing and framing collaboration with Project Grow. CAMP. casual pedagogy as it presents in the What does it mean to camp? Some- everyday. This translates to a profound times as kids it means setting up a fort in reliance on the expression of wisdom Sonja Grace our parents living room, as adults it can and expertise that each individual brings mean anything from setting out equipped about their own place within their com- Mystic Healer with maps and expensive gear, to just munity and their own lived experience. www.sonjagrace.com having a sleeping bag and a cooler in an In addition to work on commissioned unfamiliar place. But generally it means Read MESSAGES by Sonja Grace spending the night out of your own bed, every month in hipfish being inventive and making do with what July’s Junk – August’s Art is at hand when a need arises. CAMP, an installation at KALA is an Jane. E. Herrold exploration of campsite ingenuity in a Jane E. Herrold, local lifelong artist non- natural setting. The artists arrive with formerly known as “Calamity Jane,” em- the barest of necessities to set up camp in braces her true identity in trash. “Give art the gallery and ask visitors to help them kit a chance,” delights Jane, after collecting out their campsite by employing their own non-perishable materials from one month’s ingenuity and creativity to transform ma- worth of cast-offs, generated by two dogs terials gleaned from the streets into useful and one human living in Astoria, OR. July’s objects that will make the artist’s camp a junk is August’s art. home away from home. Herrold exhibits sculpture and collage Laurel Kurtz and Sandy Sampson both at CAMP KALA. Madonna and Chihauhau graduates of the PSU Art and Social (right) is the underpainting to collage in the 130 N. Hemlock Suite 2, Cannon Beach, Oregon Practice MFA program, founded by Har- work. 503.436.1301 • open every day from 10am... rell Fletcher, continue to explore the rich Beach Belly Dance Festival COME IN AND at the Painted Lady Lavender Farm TEST-DRIVE AN Art demonstrations, Belly Dancing, live music, tarot readings, raffle, vendors, door prizes, and much more! Special performances by Sara Meador, Paige Kay, Var’yin Par- ELECTRIC ham, the Beach Bellies, Sahara Nejune, Randy Brown & Friends, Karla the Gypsy Skirt Dancer and Jessamyn Grace. BIKE! WHEN: Saturday August 11th & Sunday August 12th, 10am - close WHERE: The Painted Lady Lavender Farm 1664 Highway 101 S. Ilwaco, WA 98624 All ages, $7 single entry for one day or $10 for 2 entrees -tickets at the door For more info Call Var’yin at: 360-318-6035 or visit: www.beach- bellydancestudio.com 11th and Marine Drive in Astoria For Belly Dance class information visit: astoriaartsandmove- ment.com 503.325.2961 • www.bikesandbeyond.com Beach Belly Dance is a school built around the idea of people Winter Hours are: helping people to achieve a healthier lifestyle through the Art of 10am ‘til 6pm Tuesdays through Saturdays Belly Dance. Belly Dance provides & allows us to bring people 12noon ‘til 5pm Sundays & Mondays together in a celebratory & supportive environment. Var’yin Parham, Founder of Beach Belly Dance aug12 hipfishmonthly.com 14 GoingsOn: August ‘12 in the columbia pacific

Two brothers in jazz, born and about the dedication to jazz guitar by this Lake and & Evan Jiroudek raised on the North Coast, growing up talented young musician. A Fundraising Concert in Cannon Beach, and following the Evan Jiroudek, a drummer, is a beat of their father’s footsteps, a musi- returning sophomore to the California cian himself – Lake and Evan Jiroudek Institute of Arts, where he was also given will perform at the Coaster Theater a coveted solo spot from 40 applicants on August 14, at 7pm at the Coaster globally. Theater, to raise funds for coming school To help round out the expenses of af- semesters, the school’s being at both fording to take advantage of these schol- ends of the map. arships, the brothers are joined by two Lake Jiroudek, recent high school prominent Oregon jazz makers, guitarist graduate, is going on to Juilliard School John Stowell and bassist Dave Captein. of Music, as a student in the jazz pro- This will be a great occasion to hear gram, the most prestigious in world, with this combination of budding Oregon- a full tuition, room and board scholar- born jazz musicians as they move to ship. There are only two jazz guitarists in merge with the global world of profes- the program at any one time – Lake was sional musicianship, in addition to fusing the only one chosen this year globally with excellence in Oregon. from hundreds of applicants. There is an Call the Coaster Theater to reserve. ZIP LINE TOURS extensive article and interview with Lake There will also be silent auction. Tickets in the Oregonian. You can find out more are going fast. $15. 503.436.1242 Let the MUSIC Play NOW An Astoria Column Experience OPEN Astoria Parks & Recreation presents relax and enjoy this unique musical Astoria 7 DAYS A WEEK an event you won’t want to miss. “Let setting. 9AM-4PM the MUSIC Play” is a two day experience This is a family-friendly musical event, no full of great music and community. Local alcohol, tobacco or drugs allowed. bluegrass talent, to upcoming indie-folk art- “Let the MUSIC Play” will take place ists to alternative rock, new country to the Saturday, Aug. 18 & Sunday, Aug. 19. Pro- innovative styling and compositions of the ceeds benefit two very worthy causes; The Portland Cello Project and Patrick Lamb. Astoria Band Boosters and youth recreation Picture yourself seated up on the grassy scholarships through the Astoria Parks & Recreation facilities (Astoria Aquatic Center: hill of the Astoria Column, taking in views of Recreation Community Foundation. Admis- 1997 Marine Dr., Port of Play: 785 Alameda the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean, sion is $10 for both days when purchased Ave & the Astoria Recreation Center: 1411 throw in some snacks and a blanket and ahead of time, or $15 the day of the event, Grand Ave.) an eclectic group of musicians, then just kids 12 and under are free. Tickets can For more information or for a concert be purchased online, or at various Parks & schedule, please visit astoriaparks.com.

ART ment with sideshow performers, burlesque THEATER Saturday 4 Quilt Show. Featured guest quilter is Karen dancers & live music in the evening. Takes Into the Woods. A fractured fairy tale. Snyder of Anna Lena’s in Long Beach. place in Long Beach, WA. jakethealligator- $17, 7pm at the Fort Columbia Theater MUSIC 10am – 4pm at Raymond High School in man.com near Chinook, WA North American Jews Harp Festival. Raymond, WA Workshops, demos, live music, and more. Clatsop County Fair. $6 adults, $3seniors Shanghaied in Astoria. A musical melo- 10am – 10pm? at the Bay City Arts Center. Open Mic & Community Art Project. & kids 6 – 12, kids 5 & under are free. drama. $16 - $20, 7:30pm at the ASOC baycityartscenter.org/site/Coming_Programs. Includes Live Music, A Family Friendly Com- 10am – 10pm at Clatsop County Fair- Playhouse in Astoria. html munity Art Project and an Open-Mic. Free, grounds near Astoria. clatsopfairgrounds. Arsenic & Old Lace. $8 - $20, 8pm at 5 – 9pm at the Sou’Wester Lodge in Long com/fair.htm the Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. Music for Their Future. An outdoor Beach, WA concert featuring four bands, the NKN Dance Magic Grand Champions Dance The Pearl. Mythical Comedy. $8 - $12, Choir, food court, beer, auction items, all First Saturday Art Walk. 5 – 8pm at Competition. Tickets available at the door. 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln City. to raise funds to purchase a grand piano galleries and businesses in Seaside and 9am – 5pm at the Seaside Civic & Conven- for the Neah-Kah-Nie School District. The Gearhart. tion Center. concert, which will begin at 4 p.m., will be Artist of the Month Reception. Dan Rockaway Beach Street Dance. At the Sunday 5 located at 11385 Fern Way, Nehalem, OR Arnold is the featured artist this month. At Rockaway Wayside in Rockaway Beach. MUSIC 97131. Offsite parking, with a shuttle oper- the Bay City Arts Center. 503-355-2291 Brownsmead Flats. 10am - 3pm at the ating every 10-15 minutes, will be located Northwest Classics. Join in on all the fun Astoria Sunday Market. at 36190 Schollmeyer Road, along U.S. CINEMA Looney Tunes. $2, 11am at the Bijou at the Tillamook Air Museum for a day of North American Jew’s Harp Festival. Highway 101, about one block south of Tohl Theater in Lincoln City. classic cars and planes. $9 adult admis- Jew’s Harp Guild annual meeting. Noon – Avenue. Remember to bring lawn chairs. sion, Car registration is $10. FMI, go to the 2pm at the Bay City Arts Center. FOOD & DRINK Flash Flood & the Dikes. Country/Psy- News & Events page at tillamookair.com Bluegrass Music Jam. 1 – 3pm at the chedelic. 6 – 8pm at the Pavilion at the Wine Tasting. Northwest Favorites. 1 – Relay for Life. Runs for 24 hours at Taft Tillamook Forest Center. Sou’wester Lodge in Seaview, WA. 4pm at the Cellar on 10th in Astoria High School in Lincoln City. Worth Trio. No cover. 8pm at Fort George Acustica. World Music. 7pm at The Cove HAPPENING Brewery & Public House in Astoria. “Join us for Great Family @ Night at the Peninsula Golf Course in Outdoor Quilt & Craft Show. Quilts dis- OUTSIDE Long Beach, WA played throughout town and at Copes Park. Race Against Violence 5K Run/Walk. FOOD & DRINK Vendors at Copes Park, live music in the 1- 2pm, starts at the Old Long Beach Train Knights of Columbus Pancake Break- Fun in a Beautiful Setting” Herrick Country Dance Band. $14, 7pm City Park in Clatskanie. 10:30am – 4pm. Depot in Long Beach, WA 360-591-6272 fast. $7/person, $25/immediate family. at the Lincoln City Cultural Center. Jake the Alligator Man’s Bachelor & Devils Lake Revival. Live music, food, free 8:30am – 1pm in the Parish Hall at Our Church of Surf. Surf Music. $5, 9pm at Birthday Parties. Family fun featuring kayak rentals, pontoon boat rides, stand up Lady of Victory Church in Seaside. For More Info or Reservations 503.861.9875 the San Dune Pub in Manzanita. games, cake & party hats & children’s paddle board lessons and a sail boat race. Forager’s Feast. Join chef Chris Holen of Harper. 9pm at Roadhouse 101 in Lincoln entertainment, along with a Hot Rod car 10am – 2pm at the Regatta Grounds at Baked Alaska Restaurant as he sends you Book online at: www.highlife-adventures.com City. show during the day. Grown-up entertain- Devils Lake in Lincoln City. 541-994-5330 on a culinary journey through Astoria Sun- 33136 HWY 101 BUSNESS • WARRENTON, OREGON 15 aug12 hipfishmonthly.com In the Mix theater & performance KALA CAFÉ to showcase eclectic regional acts. First up? Performance poet John Kulm and hip-hop funsters, Showladies. By Erin J. Bernard

ome of history’s great performers have found forms for most of his life. pected Ssuccess by combining the unexpected: funk and Kulm carved out a niche at poetry slams in Seattle’s departure soul plus African oral traditions begot hip-hop. Opera heady grunge days two decades back, billing himself from glitzy plus rock ‘n’ roll gave rise to the rock opera. as a “cowboy poet” and was booked on tour, in the gonzo rap, It’s a concept that also has strong foothold right early days with the Lollapalooza festival. but that’s here in Astoria, thanks to a long tradition of regional “They liked me because it’s so odd to see a cow- just the creative eclecticism. This month, KALA is gearing up boy coming into that scene,“ Kulm recalled. “I picked idea. to unveil a new performance medium that offers a up on a lot of the style they were using, real aggres- This is vehicle for its continued expression. sive, free verse.” another The nascent showcase is called KALA CAFÉ, and Since, he’s tried out many creative and practical artistic en- its inaugural presentation will feature the multiform pursuits, including stand-up comedy, book writing, deavor that 28th Season stylings of two regional acts: performance poet/ fatherhood, farming and postal work. is constantly SHANGHAIED IN ASTORIA humorist John Kulm and music funsters Showladies, The goal is to get closer to who he really is with reinventing featuring performers Teresa Barnes and Andrea Maz- each incarnation. itself, right July 12TH-Sept. 15TH zarella. During his two sets at KALA CAFÉ, he’ll share down to the Thurs.- Sat.@7:30pm KALA founder and HIPFiSHmonthly Editor and poetry, but he’s also got some brand new material genre (hip- Sun.7/22, 8/5&26, 9/2 @2:00pm Publisher Dinah Urell is the evening’s emcee, lending brewing. pop? Glam a song, ‘here and there’ and in addition some sneak Lately, Kulm has been playing with archetypes – rap?) and preview of acts to come to the KALA stage. universal symbols and prototypes. He likens then to name, which Showladies, Andrea Mazzarella(l) The KALA CAFÉ concept draws on traditional “modern fairy tales,” and he’s recently spent time changes and Teresa Barnes (R). vintage variety floorshows, with a little camp, cabaret teasing a few into prose. regularly. and commentary thrown in, says Urell, who has been “Archetypal work is like dreaming while you’re The two reinventing the showcase concept through her years awake,” he said of this new process. “It’s like a story- say they don’t know what’s coming next – only that as a performing creative artist. line starts to unfold and you’re just experiencing it.” it’d better be good for a laugh. “My first entertainment inspiration was Ricky Kulm is eager to share this more personal writing, “We really hope people have fun, and if they feel Ricardo,” she said. “And my alter ego Lucy, always but he remains committed to entertaining. like dancing, dance,” Mazzarella said. “Hopefully conspiring to get on stage. I loved watching the Dean “I worked so many years in stand-up that I just people have half as good a time as we’re having.” Martin Show with my father, I mean who the heck won’t allow myself to be boring,” he said. Urell offers, Urell hopes this mashup performance is the start of wants to play with dolls when the Gold Diggers are “John Kulm is a unique humor experience. He utilizes an exciting chapter for KALA – and for the creative- 9th Annual on the screen.” the poetic form, as a vehicle to philosophize on the spirited community surrounding it. It’s an ideal format for showcasing regional talent, contradictions in life, coming in sideways, and giving It’s a concept that’s still developing, thanks to the Miss Vivian & VirginIa Contest she says, and she couldn’t be more thrilled with the us (the audience) an opportunity to laugh at our own hard work of a few additional key players, including opening lineup. absurdities.” KALA visual arts curator Agnes Field and sound stage Shanghaied Costume Ball Both acts have a demonstrated taste for the eclec- Showladies, too, is audience-centric, Barnes says. man Les Kanekuni. tic: Showladies The act has gained notoriety for its off-the-wall per- “As a presentation space, KALA is focusing on & Fun Run rap about a formances, colorful costumes and colorful lyrics. performance, visual art, and whatever delightfully Sponsored by Napa Auto Parts constellation Barnes took her first stabs at songwriting a few falls under the category,” Urell said. “We’re having of Warrenton & Old Town of topics, from years back, and Showladies was born when Mazza- fun with diversity in art, and how we can shine the Framing Company wolves and wiz- rella began performing with Barnes at venues such stage lights on the creative forces this coastal region arding to club- as the Voodoo Room, with Barnes on guitar and lead inspires.” August 18th Fun Run 9am hopping, while vocals and Mazzarella on bass and accompanying Pub Crawl 6pm Kulm waxes vocals. (A keyboard stands in as drummer.) KALA CAFÉ & Shanghaied Costume Ball 10:00pm poetic on Jung- They’d noted a lack of what Barnes calls “rock Fri/Sat - AUG 17 • 18 ian archetypes, starry, glammy” musical acts in Astoria. Show @ 9pm – doors open 8:30 midlife crises and “We wanted to fill more of a lady Gaga-ish place $10 bucolic life. in town, bringing that element of crazy fun ridiculous Kulm is well danceable performance,” Barnes said. advance tickets at known for his Moving the audience – literally as well as cerebrally www.brownpapertickets.com open-mic stints – is key. advance tickets suggested at the now- Showladies draws inspiration from all over the closed River place: ‘90s R&B and rap, YouTube videos, rhyming Theatre, but he’s dictionaries. Beer/Wine and Cocktails available. 9th Season been working They’ll also be performing two sets at KALA CAFÉ TOPSEY TURVEY SHANGHAIED with spoken – a high-energy set and an acoustic set. KALA is located at 1017 Marine Drive. John Kulm Performance Poet words in many Heartbreaky guitar chords may seem an unex- Sept. 28th & 29th @7:30pm For more info call: 503.338.4878

Sponsored by Arsenic and Old Lace Featured performers are John Grosshuesch as Charlie June 15 – Sept 8 Brown, Shanda Bonn as Lucy, Sheila Shaffer as Snoopy, Summer Rep at the Coaster The Brewsters are not the average family: a brother who Rick Bonn as Schroeder, Ellen Jensen as Sally, and Patrick believes he’s Teddy Roosevelt and two aunts who are over- Lathrop as Linus. Tickets are $18 & $23 zealous in their charity. But renown drama critic Mortimer’s discovery in the window seat at his aunts’ home is simply A Week of Augusts beyond the pale. “Could the entire family suffer less from July 15 – Oct 22 A world premiere by N.J. Owen opens Wednesday, July eccentricity than from grave insanity?”, Mortimer wonders, 18 No-host wine tasting by The Wine Shack at 7:30 in the- on a wild chase after his own sanity. Everything in this atre lobby, curtain at 8:00 pm, complimentary champagne/ madcap classic spins around unforgettable aunts and their dessert follows performance. charitable works. Sometimes the only thing you have in common with old Directed by Julie Akers the cast features Don Conner, friends is the past, unless of course you share the same Margaret Hammitt-McDonald, Pia Shepherd, Amanda week in August at the Jersey Shore. Five sorority sisters ASOC Playhouse Payne, Stewart Martin, Slab Slabinski, David Sweeney, gather at a small BE & B where they have met for years. Marty Giguiere, and Seth Goldstein. Tickets:$15- $20 This odd assortment of women evade arrest, rehash past 129 West Bond Street You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown jealousies and drink a lot of wine! Directed by Victoria Parker Pohl, the cast features Khris July 5 – Sept 22 Frank, Lisa Fergus, Pia Shepherd, Bill Honl, Janie Sexton, in Uniontown Astoria Written by Clark Gesner, directed by Patrick Lathrop, Nancy Collier, Melissa McLeod, Tickets: $15 & $20 tickets online @ musically directed by Dorene Dunlap, and featuring Cindy Brewer on the piano opens Thursday, July 5 at the Coaster Performances: Wed – Sat at 8pm. Some Sunday Mati- astorstreetoprycompany.com Theatre in Cannon Beach. Join the Peanuts gang for a nees, 3pm, and Sunday eves 7pm. Please check the full

Photo: Photo: Vetter George day in their young lives and enjoy well known songs like summer rep schedule. Box Office: 503-436-1242 or online ticket info call “Happiness” and “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” at www.coastertheatre.com ASOC Box Offce: 503-325-6104 The madcap lovables of Arsenic and Old Lace. aug12 hipfishmonthly.com 16 theater & performance ••• music • visual arts • literarylecture • outdoor • theater••• music.

day Market to find a prized collection of in- Blue Skies for Black Hearts. Indie/Pop/ gredients for a special Sunday meal prepared Benyaro is Back Rock. No cover, 8pm at Fort George in at Mise En Place in Astoria. Cost is $45 per The Cover EP Astoria. person. To make reservations cal Mise En Norman Sylvester. 9pm at Roadhouse 101 Place Kitchenware at 503-325-7414 The soulful in Lincoln City. THEATER rockin’ duo of Ben ART Shanghaied in Astoria. A musical Musser and Bobby melodrama. $16 - $20, 2pm at the ASOC Peninsula Clay Artists Show. 10am – 9pm Playhouse in Astoria. McCullough are at the Artisan in Ilwaco, WA Into the Woods. A fractured fairy tale. $17, making their annual Astoria’s Second Saturday Art Walk. 5 – 3pm at the Fort Columbia Theater near stop at the VooDoo 9pm downtown Astoria. Chinook, WA Room this August. Mingle & Muse. With Jennifer and Ian Boyd. Arsenic & Old Lace. $8 - $20, 7pm at the On tour out west 4:30pm at the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology. Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. to promote THE CINEMA COVER EP, featuring Galaxy Quest. $2, 11am at the Bijou Monday 6 completely acoustic Theater in Lincoln City. HAPPENING arrangements of FOOD & DRINK Dance Magic Grand Champions Dance songs written and/or Pancake Breakfast. $5 for adults, $3 for Competition. Tickets available at the door. performed by the late children. 8am – 11am at the Peninsula 9am – 5pm at the Seaside Civic & Conven- Senior Activity Center in Klipsan Beach, WA tion Center. Sam Cooke, the late Wine Tasting. Summertime Blancs. 1 – 4pm Tuesday 7 Etta James, Moby, at the Cellar on 10th in Astoria Golden Bears CINEMA Procol Harum, the Summer Wine Series. Trisaetum Winery Portland duo, Singer-drummer Julianne Bright and multi- Looney Tunes. $2, 11am at the Bijou late Blaze Foley and & Vinyards. 1 – 5pm at the Wine Shack in instrumentalist Seth Lorinczi produce what we call “throwback.” Theater in Lincoln City. The Coasters. stand-up bass combo all to Cannon Beach. Thank god. Everything is just going to friggin fast – lets enjoy HAPPENING Benyaro supports Lang ourselves. One of the best HAPPENING what we’ve had and can still have. Like vintage trailers and Dance Magic Grand Champions Dance Horn Slim, Jessica lea May- that continues to return to Surf ‘N’ Saddle Junior Rodeo. At the Competition. Tickets available at the door. record players and field, Nicki Blum and the A-town. Peninsula Saddle Club in Long Beach, WA Good, good music at the Sou’ Wester Lodge under new, new 9am – 5pm at the Seaside Civic & Conven- 360-642-4459 tion Center. Gramblers, this tour, but we Saturday, August 18, management. get the beauty of their highly 9pm, The Voodoo Room in Vintage Trailer Rally & RV Classic. At the Saturday, Aug 11, 6-8pm in the Pavillion. Last left on the LECTURE Sou’weser Lodge in Seaview, WA Oregon Humanities Conversation Project. energetic acoustic guitar and Astoria. Seaview Beach Approach, on the WA Peninsula. “Why Aren’t There More Black People in Beach Belly Dance Festival. Art demon- Oregon: A Hidden History” with Walidah strations, Belly Dancing, live music, raffle, Imarisha. Free, 7pm at the Judge Guy Boyin- HAPPENING HAPPENING vendors, door prizes, and more. $7, 10am ton Building in Astoria. Surf ‘N’ Saddle Junior Rodeo. At the – 6pm at the Painted Lady Lavender Farm in Howlin’ Houndog Astoria Regatta. Music, food, crafts, historic This quote tours, boat races, trolley rides, museum Peninsula Saddle Club in Long Beach, WA Ilwaco, WA. to precious exhibits, History Hunt, Ball, Street Dance 360-642-4459 Astoria Regatta. Music, food, crafts, historic not to quote: “Howlin Wednesday 8 Houndog has a voice so & more. At various locations in Astoria. Vintage Trailer Rally & RV Classic. At the tours, boat races, trolley rides, museum ART astoriaregatta.com/ Sou’weser Lodge in Seaview, WA exhibits, History Hunt, Ball, Street Dance gruff he sound like he ate Peninsula Clay Artists Show. 10am – 9pm Tom Waits, smoked Mojo Tillamook County Fair. 10am – 10pm at & more. At various locations in Astoria. at the Artisan in Ilwaco, WA Astoria Regatta. Music, food, crafts, historic the Tillamook County Fairgrounds. For event astoriaregatta.com/ Nixon and gargled with tours, boat races, trolley rides, museum razor blades.” -Bill Locey, HAPPENING schedule, go to: tillamookfair.com/fairevents. exhibits, History Hunt, Ball, Street Dance Lower Columbia Pug Socializing Club. Astoria Regatta. Music, food, crafts, historic htm#mccoy & more. At various locations in Astoria. Pugs and their people meet monthly for fun Ventura County Star. tours, boat races, trolley rides, museum astoriaregatta.com/ and socialization. 11am at Carruthers Park Long-time Seattle music exhibits, History Hunt, Ball, Street Dance LITERARY in Warrenton. guy Erik “Howlin’ Houn- & more. At various locations in Astoria. Author Reading. Karen Fisher-Alaniz, author Tillamook County Fair. 10am – 10pm at dog” has a long list of the Tillamook County Fairgrounds. For event Tillamook County Fair. 10am – 10pm at astoriaregatta.com/ of “Breaking the Code: A Fathers Secret, A bands and his own style Daughter’s Journey, and the Question that schedule, go to: tillamookfair.com/fairevents. the Tillamook County Fairgrounds. For event Team Trivia Tournament. Teams can htm#mccoy schedule, go to: tillamookfair.com/fairevents. of composition influenced consist of one person or have as many as Changed Everything” will read from her work. by Middle Eastern music Free, 7pm at the Seaside Library. htm#mccoy five people. Trivia nights are informal, fun, Nesika Illahee Pow Wow. At the Pauline to Blues, Psychedelia, competitions where teams battle to see who Ricks Memorial Pow-Wow Grounds at Nesika Illahee Pow Wow. At the Pauline Sunday, Aug 12, 8pm, Fort OUTSIDE Government Hill in Siletz. ctsi.nsn.us/ Ricks Memorial Pow-Wow Grounds at Surf, Folk Rock & Country has the greatest knowledge of all matters Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge Inter- music. George in Astoria, No Cover. trivial.Free, 6pm at the Seaside Library chinook-indian-tribe-siletz-heritage/pow-wow/ Government Hill in Siletz. ctsi.nsn.us/ pretive Paddle Trip. Registration required. schedule-of-events chinook-indian-tribe-siletz-heritage/pow-wow/ Tillamook County Fair. 10am – 10pm at 5:30pm, meet at the Siletz Bay Moorage. schedule-of-events the Tillamook County Fairgrounds. For event Register at fws.gov/oregoncoast/calendar/ OUTSIDE schedule, go to: tillamookfair.com/fairevents. index.cfm?da=1&mo=6&ye=2012 Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament. On LITERARY htm#mccoy the beach off of downtown Seaside. Book Signing. Author Sue Glen will present The Moondoggies THEATER LECTURE THEATER her new book “USCG Air Station and Group Gothic Rhodes organ, Shanghaied in Astoria. A musical melo- Astoria.” 2pm at Beach Books in Seaside. Astornomer Paul Yost. Yost, president of drama. $16 - $20, 7:30pm at the ASOC Shanghaied in Astoria. A musical melo- wanderlust guitar, mark a sound the Spokane Astronomical Society, will give a Playhouse in Astoria. drama. $16 - $20, 7:30pm at the ASOC OUTSIDE lecture on cosmology. The talk will include a rooted in boogie blues and Playhouse in Astoria. Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament. On simple description of four of the fundamental A Week of Augusts. Comedy. $8 - $20, cosmic country. A young band, the beach off of downtown Seaside. forces of the universe and some of the tools 8pm at the Coaster Theater in Cannon A Week of Augusts. Comedy. $8 - $20, w/a silly name serious about 8pm at the Coaster Theater in Cannon and equipment scientists have developed Beach. Sandcastle Contest. In the historic Taft Dis- timeless American music. A part to measure these properties. Following the Beach. Friday, Aug 17, 7pm, at The Pearl. Mythical Comedy. $8 - $12, 8pm trict in Lincoln City. FMI go to: taftbeach.com lecture there will be a session of telescope of the Mcmenamin “chosen” the Sand Trap in Gearhart. at Theater West in Lincoln City. The Pearl. Mythical Comedy. $8 - $12, 8pm Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge Inter- stargazing. 8pm at Sou’Wester Lodge pavilion great Northwest tour! at Theater West in Lincoln City. pretive Paddle Trip. Registration required. No Cover. in Seaview, WA 9am, meet at the Siletz Bay Moorage. THEATER Friday 10 Saturday 11 Register at fws.gov/oregoncoast/calendar/ Arsenic & Old Lace. $8 - $20, 8pm at the MUSIC index.cfm?da=1&mo=6&ye=2012 MUSIC Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. Bruce Smith & The Boda Boyz. “Transplant Oregon Coast Soapbox Derby Rally Race. A Small Store with a Big Heart Darby O’Gill. A rollickin’ Irish Stage Show. Rock.” No cover, 7pm at McMenamins Sand 8am – 5pm on NE 22 near the Elk’s Lodge No cover, 1pm at Fort George in Astoria. Trap in Gearhart. in Lincoln City. Thursday 9 The Golden Bears. 6 – 8pm at the Pavilion Jill Trenholm. Acoustic/Folk Rock/Jazz. 7pm MUSIC at the Sou’wester Lodge in Seaview, WA. THEATER DeLake Dance Night. 6:30pm at the at the Cove @ Night at the Peninsula Golf Shanghaied in Astoria. A musical melo- The Bost Family Traditions. Bluegrass/ Lincoln City Cultural Center. Course in Long Beach, WA drama. $16 - $20, 7:30pm at the ASOC Americana/Southern Gospel. Free, parking Playhouse in Astoria. Steve Sloan. 9pm at Roadhouse 101 in Henry Turner Jr & Flavor. 9pm at Road- fees may apply. 7pm at Waikiki Beach at Lincoln City. house 101 in Lincoln City. Cape Disappointment State Park, WA Arsenic & Old Lace. $8 - $20, 8pm at the ART ART Big Vibe. Experimental/Electroacoustic. 7pm Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. beachbooks37.com Peninsula Clay Artists Show. 10am – 9pm Peninsula Clay Artists Show. 10am – 9pm at the Cove @ Night at the Peninsula Golf The Pearl. Mythical Comedy. $8 - $12, 8pm 37 North Edgewood, Seaside, OR at the Artisan in Ilwaco, WA at the Artisan in Ilwaco, WA Course in Long Beach, WA at Theater West in Lincoln City. 503-738-3500 17 aug12 hipfishmonthly.com artv happens. Discover the Arts The Sacred Yoni Show Ilwaco Open Studio Night Nehalem “Discover the Arts” is announces the first Ilwaco Na Gig,’” said Ryan. envisioning a “yoni show,” said deMoll, Open Studio Night. Slated “They were tradition- explaining that she, as well as many other for Saturday, August 11th ally used on Irish women, prefer the term “yoni” to vagina. from 5 to 8 PM, the tour will churches as fertili- Sanscrit for “sacred space,” the word yoni showcase original fine art tysymbols centuries is, in Hinduism, a sign of generative power ago.” that symbolizes the goddess Shakti. “I use in pottery, printmaking, and “But we’ve always it myself because it implies to me a much photography. Each artist gotten hung up on a more sacred connection to this most femi- will demonstrate and discuss place to do it, not to nine aspect of my body,” added deMoll. their craft in thier own studio mention being tied up This summer, “the time just seems right,” space, and will display with other ‘busyness’ said deMoll. She and a host of other Tilla- artwork. The following local we were up to,” said mook County artists are joining to produce artists are featured this year: deMoll, whose local The Sacred Yoni Show, scheduled for Aug. 9 POTTER – Jan Richardson accomplishments through Sept. 9. Rocky Intertidal CoCre- 5:15 to 5:45 pm include co-founding ative, a local public relations and market- Discover clay at The Arti- Manzanita’s CARTM ing firm, offered its office – which includes san – 14 West Main Street, with Ryan, being one gallery space – for the show, “I have some of several founders of downtown Ilwaco.In conjunc- new yoni paintings and it’s 2012,” deMoll Fire Mountain School tion with the Peninsula Clay continued, noting that in Mayan prophecy in Falcon Cove as Artists Show, Jan will dem- Printmakers Marie Powell the year 2012 marks the “reawakening of well as the Lower onstration the construction and Penny Treat the universal feminine consciousness.” Nehalem Community and progression of a clay Ilwaco. Bruce Peterson will Trust. In addition to From prehistoric petro glyphs to Georgia piece from start to finish. take an in depth look at Ilwaco co-founding CARTM, O’Keeffe’s famous paintings of flowers, to PRINTMAKERS in the new millennium, hosting Ryan is treasurer on Judy Chicago’s modern installation artwork Marie Powell & Penny Treat a short discussion about the the Tillamook County The Dinner Party, “artistic renderings of the 6:15 to 6:45 pm Discover show and a presentation on Arts Network Board yoni aren’t new,” said deMoll. “It’s one of printmaking at the new Marie what it just might mean to be a of Directors, was a the oldest of prehistoric artistic depictions.” Powell Printmaking Studio at photographer in the age of the founding member The Sacred Yoni Show will include paint- Twelve years ago, while participating the Port of Ilwaco. Marie Powell of the Hoffman Center Board of Direc- ings, sculpture, jewelry, quilts and fabric iPhone. in an art workshop together, Neahkahnie will demonstrate the funda- tors, served for many years as chair of the installations. Artists: Lane deMoll, Kathleen Lite bites and refreshments artists Lane deMoll and Kathleen Ryan mentals of monotype printmak- Tillamook County Solid Waste Advisory Ryan, Dana Zia, Tom ender, Aina Tonjes, will be available at each studio. discussed presenting an erotica show in a ing and Penny Treat demon- Committee and was behind the popular Dawn Shears, Chris Shears, Glenna Gray, Enter the free drawing for a local venue. Both were creating their own strates her unique painterly LIVE WITH IT expositions held for a number Nicole Poole, Sylvia Thornton and M.J. An- chance to win a gift basket woodblock printing. feminine-based art and noticing similar of years at her Green Arts Collective studio derson. OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, plus dinner for two at Ilwaco’s work by other area artists. “I remember a in the Nehalem area. Aug. 9, 6:30-9pm. Gallery location is 35850 PHOTOGRAPHER Pelicano Restaurant. You must marble piece that (Nehalem sculptor) M.J. A few years later deMoll and local artist Hwy 101 in Nehalem. View The Sacred Yoni Bruce W. Peterson be present to win. Drawing at Anderson did, which was called a ‘Sheela and massage therapist Dana Zia began Show, Fri – Sun, 2pm to 7pm thru Sept 9. 7:15 to 7:45 pm Discover Bruce W. Peterson Photogra- photography at the new Bruce phy Studio at 8PM. For more W. Peterson Photography Stu- information contact Bruce Peninsula Clay Artists dio on First Avenue, downtown Peterson at 503-338-9511 Aug 8 - 18 The fire is back--Peninsula Clay Artists of seven workshops on Cuenca tile. Cuenca Coffee Painter Karen Eland will feature a huge variety of ceramic styles tile is characterized by raised designs with and artwork in their 4th annual show and depressed areas that shelter the glaze. At Old Town Framing Company sale which runs from August 8th thru the Registration is recommended for the work- Old Town Framing 18th this summer. The event, designed to shops. presents the unique paint- promote the clay arts, will be held in Ilwaco Sat, Aug 11: David Campiche throws pot- ing of Karen Eland during at the Artisan Gallery on 114 West Main tery and discusses the Zen clay philosophy Astoria 2nd Saturday Art and will open to the public each day from called Zenga. David has been throwing Walk in August. Eland, 9 to 6 with three evening events on August clay and exploring sculpture since 1969.He from Bend, OR, began 8th, the 11th and the 18th, each until 9 pm. considers himself lucky to be part of such a painting with coffee in Workshops are inspired by an accumulated dedicated pottery community. 1998 after noticing how experience of over 200 years . The crafts- That same evening, two new studios, Ma- enticing the color of the men (and craftswomen) are spurred forward rie Powell’s printmaking studio and Bruce espresso was. She began by their constant quest for excellence. Peterson’s photography will participate a series of famous mas- Opening Celebration Wed., Aug 8: Rod along with the Clay Artists in the Discover terpieces reborn with a The Lager Loggers Maxwell Muir has been throwing pots for the Arts studio tour. Saturday August 18th coffee twist (such as Mona over 50 years and is known for his superb will be the closing reception and all of the Latte and Americano Gothic). attention and she has traveled forms and practical stoneware. Muir will workshop projects will be available for Two years ago, Eland added to several international cities throw pots between 6 and 8. Peninsula viewing. beer to her experimental including London, Dubai, and favorite, Brian O’Connor plays acoustical Workshops at the Artisan will include Jan Richardson Anagama House mediums. Fort George Brew- soon Mexico City, Chile, and guitar during the opening. To add to the stoneware wall pockets, hand built stone- ery’s porters and stouts cre- Korea. Astoria’s 2nd Saturday details are available from the sculpture artist excitement, the group will feature a barrel ware planters and teapots, wheel throwing, ated several Oregon-themed Art Walk takes place August 8, firing exhibit. Raku and Mosaics. Workshop participants and potter Jan Richardson at 360.665.2603 pieces like ‘The Lager Loggers’. 5pm – 8pm. Old Town Framing The actual show opens at 10 A.M. on the will create artwork that they can take home or Sue Ramond (an at 360.665.5200 or at Eland’s unusual paint choice is located at 1287 Commercial 8th. Renee O’Connor will feature the first after the firings. The full class schedule and the Bay Avenue Gallery. has attracted international Street. aug12 hipfishmonthly.com 18 ••• music • visual arts • literarylecture • outdoor • theater•••

Johnny Wheels & the Rollers. 9pm at Blues & Seafood. $20 - $35, 3 – 10pm at Sunday 12 Roadhouse 101 in Lincoln City. the Port of Ilwaco, WA bluesandseafood.com/ Sunday 19 Friday MUSIC ART Bluegrass & BBQ. $5 admission, 6 – 10pm MUSIC Richie & The Catillacs. 10am - 3pm at the Peninsula Clay Artists Show. 10am – 9pm at the Nehalem Bay Winery in Mohler. Swingcats. 10am - 3pm at the Astoria MUSIC Bill Hayes. Rock/Folk/Bluegrass. No cover, 5 – 8pm at the Cannon Beach Cookie Astoria Sunday Market. at the Artisan in Ilwaco, WA Joseph Appel. 6 – 8pm at the Pavilion at Sunday Market. Company. Howlin’ Houndog. Blues/Country/ Folk Rock. FOOD & DRINK the Sou’wester Lodge in Seaview, WA. Let the Music Play. Local bluegrass talent, Tom Trudell. Jazz piano. No cover, 6– 9pm at the Shelburne Restaurant & Pub in No cover. 8pm at Fort George Brewery & Fundraising Dinner. $7 for adults and $5 End of Summer Dance Party. Featuring to upcoming indie-folk artists to alternative Public House in Astoria. for children includes. 5 - 6:30pm at the live ‘80s tunes by Radical Revolution. No rock, new country to the innovative styling Seaview, WA. Sloan & Friends. 8:30pm at the Snug Peninsula Senior Activity Center in Klipsan cover, 7:30pm at McMenamins Sand Trap and compositions of the Portland Cello Proj- Asleep at the Switch. Blues, Country, 40’s, & 50’s. Free (donations accepted), 6 – Harbor Bar & Grill in Lincoln City. Beach, WA in Gearhart. ect and Patrick Lamb, there is some music 8pm at the City Hall in Garibaldi. for everyone. An outdoor concert at the ART LITERARY Benyaro. Acoustic/Indie/Surf. 9pm at the Astoria Column. $15 for both days. For more Thomasian Trio & Maggie Kitson. Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 6pm at Sweet Peninsula Clay Artists Show. 10am – 9pm Author Appearance. Cheryl Strayed, will Voodoo Room in Astoria. information or for a concert schedule, please Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach. at the Artisan in Ilwaco, WA read from her book “Wild.” Free, 7pm at the The Purple Cats. 9pm at the Snug Harbor visit astoriaparks.com. HAPPENING Seaside Library. Bar & Grill in Lincoln City. Jazz & Oysters. $20. Noon – 7pm at Wilson Saturday Surf ‘N’ Saddle Junior Rodeo. At the THEATER ART Field in Ocean Park. MUSIC Peninsula Saddle Club in Long Beach, WA Shanghaied in Astoria. A musical melo- Peninsula Clay Artists Show. 10am – 9pm watermusicfestival.com/jazz-and-oysters/ Musician’s Jam. Free, 2 – 4pm at the Tillamook Library. 360-642-4459 drama. $16 - $20, 7:30pm at the ASOC at the Artisan in Ilwaco, WA Otis Heat. Zouk. No cover. 8pm at Fort Beach Belly Dance Festival. Art demon- Playhouse in Astoria. Jennifer Goodenberger. Classical/Improvisational/Contemporary piano music. No Open Mic & Community Art Project. George Brewery & Public House in Astoria. cover, 6pm at the Shelburne Restaurant in Seaview, WA strations, Belly Dancing, live music, raffle, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown. Includes Live Music, A Family Friendly vendors, door prizes, and more. $7, 10am Cannon & Sloan. 8:30pm at the Snug The Honky Tonk Cowboys. Country. No cover, 7 – 10p at the Astoria Moose Lodge. Musical. $8 - $23, 7:30pm at the Coaster Community Art Project and an Open-Mic. Harbor Bar & Grill in Lincoln City. – 6pm at the Painted Lady Lavendar Farm in Theater in Cannon Beach. Free, 5 – 9pm at the Sou’Wester Lodge in FOOD & DRINK Ilwaco, WA. Seaview, WA FOOD & DRINK The Pearl. Mythical Comedy. $8 - $12, 8pm Wine Tasting Special. $9 for 4 2-oz pours + complimentary appetizers. 4 – 6pm at Astoria Regatta. Music, food, crafts, historic at Theater West in Lincoln City. Pancake Breakfast. All-you-can-eat for $5, tours, boat races, trolley rides, museum CINEMA 8am – noon at the Bay City Arts Center. the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Café in Cannon Beach. exhibits, History Hunt, Ball, Street Dance Some Like it Hot. $2, 11am at the Bijou Friday 17 Theater in Lincoln City. Cannon Beach American Legion Break- & more. At various locations in Astoria. fast. $7 adults, $3 children under 6. 9 Sunday astoriaregatta.com/ MUSIC FOOD & DRINK – 11:30am at the American Legion Hall in MUSIC Blues & Seafood. Friday Night All Star Jam. Nesika Illahee Pow Wow. At the Pauline Wine Tasting. Youngberg Hill. 1 – 4pm at Cannon Beach. All That Jazz. Jazz. No cover (donations accepted). 2pm at the Wet Dog Café in Ricks Memorial Pow-Wow Grounds at $10, 6:30 – 10pm at the Port of Ilwaco, WA the Cellar on 10th in Astoria. Rockaway Beach Arts & Crafts Fair & Astoria. Government Hill in Siletz. ctsi.nsn.us/ bluesandseafood.com/ Summer Wine Series. Ferraro Cellars. 1 – Farmers Market. At the Rockaway Beach chinook-indian-tribe-siletz-heritage/pow-wow/ North Coast Country Band. No cover, 3 – 6pm at the Astoria Moose Lodge. Jesse Meade. Country/R&B/Soul. 7pm 5pm at the Wine Shack in Cannon Beach. Wayside. schedule-of-events at the Cove @ Night at the Peninsula Golf Brian Johnstone, Flamenco/Jazz/Blues. 5 – 7pm at the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Seafood Boil. $60/person, reservations OUTSIDE Course in Long Beach, WA HAPPENING Café in Cannon Beach. required. 6pm at McMenamins sand Trap in Return of the Salt Makers. Historical Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament. On The Moondoggies. A’cappella/Crunk/Rock. Gearhart. Reservations at specialevents@ The Thomasian Trio. Jazz/Blues/Classic Rock. 7pm at Moody’s Supper House in the beach off of downtown Seaside. Reenactment of the Corps of Discovery salt No cover, 7pm at McMenamins Sand Trap mcmenamins.com makers. Free, on the beach at Avenue U in Seaside. Charity Golf Scramble. At Salishan Golf in Gearhart. Seaside. Resort. FMI 541-996-7102 HAPPENING Mike Strickland Piano Duo. $14, 8pm at A Day in the Park. Featuring live music by Shanghaied Roller Dolls Inaugural Brawl. Monday Oregon Coast Soapbox Derby Rally Race. the Lincoln City Cultural Center. Acustica and Jason Lambert, a Saturday Clatsop County’s Flat Track Roller Derby HAPPENING 8am – 5pm on NE 22 near the Elk’s Lodge Market, games, eating contest, a live raku League, will be hosting their first public in Lincoln City. ART Burgers & Jam Session. 6 – 9pm at the American Legion hall in Cannon Beach. Peninsula Clay Artists Show. 10am – 9pm firing, recreation demos, raffle prizes, a BBQ, scrimmage. $10/ person, kids under 10 free. THEATER at the Artisan in Ilwaco, WA and more. Noon – 4pm at Broadway Park Doors open at 4pm, scrimmage at 5 at the Tuesday You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown. Musi- in Seaside. Clatsop County Fairgrounds near Astoria, HAPPENING after party at The Big O Saloon in Olney. cal. $8 - $23, 7pm at the Coaster Theater in Return of the Saltmakers. Historical Rockaway Beach Arts & Crafts Fair & MUSIC Cannon Beach. Reenactment of the Corps of Discovery salt Psychic Sylvia Browne. 8pm at Chinook Farmers Market. At the Rockaway Beach Richard T. Blues. No cover, 5:30 – 8:30pm at T Paul’s Supper Club in Astoria. makers. Free, on the beach at Avenue U in Winds in Lincoln City. 888-CHINOOK Wayside. Monday 13 Seaside. Brian O’Connor. Jazz guitar. No cover, 6pm at the Shelburne Inn in Seaview, WA Corvette Club Car Show. At the Lincoln City OUTSIDE Muttzanita Dog Event. Pet Parade, Pet 16” Mushball Tournament. At Kirtsis Park Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 6:30pm at the U Street Pub in Sea- ART Community Center. 541-994-9994 side. Peninsula Clay Artists Show. 10am – 9pm Fashion & Talent Show, vendors, and more. in Lincoln City. 503-756-6921 at the Artisan in Ilwaco, WA OUTSIDE 10am – 3pm at Four Paws on the Beach and Neighbor Brew Tour Golf Tourney. $55/ at the beach in Manzanita. For schedule, go THEATER Wednesday Arsenic & Old Lace. $8 - $20, 7pm at the player, cart rental is $15/player. 2pm to: muttzanita.com/event-schedule/ Tuesday 14 Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. shotgun start at McMenamins Gearhart Hotel MUSIC Rockaway Beach Arts & Crafts Fair & Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 6pm at the Rio Café in Astoria, MUSIC in Gearhart. Farmers Market. At the Rockaway Beach Open Jam Hosted by One Way Out. Monday 20 Tillamook County Water Trail Dedica- Wayside. Dan Golden. World Music. 7:30 – 10:30pm at McKeown’s Restaurant & Bar in 8:30pm at the Snug Harbor Bar & Grill in tion. Celebrating a new National Recreation Seaside. Lincoln City. United Paws Monthly Adoption Day. This FOOD & DRINK Trail on the Nestucca River Estuary. Meet is a great time to stop in and see all the Ice Cream Social. The public is invited for Suzanne Knutzen. Piano. No cover, 7 – 8pm at the Shelburne Restaurant & Pub in ART at 11am at the Pacific City Boat Launch kittens, cats and dogs that need new forever cake & ice cream + birthday celebration. $1 Seaview, WA Peninsula Clay Artists Show. 10am – 9pm for the dedication ceremony, then join the homes. Noon – 3pm at the Tillamook County suggested donation, free if it’s your birthday at the Artisan in Ilwaco, WA non-motorized flotilla. Bring your own boat Fairgrounds. month. 2pm at the Peninsula Senior Activity HAPPENING and accessories for a one-hour paddle of Center in Klipsan Beach, WA Ecstatic Dance. Spirit-filled, freestyle, yogic trance dance. $5 - $7, 6:30 – 7:45pm, at CINEMA the Nestucca Estuary or to reserve a boat go Cuisin’ the Bay Car Show. In the Historic Pine Grove Community House in Manzanita Galaxy Quest. $2, 11am at the Bijou online: http://kayaktillamook.com/content/ Taft District in Lincoln City. HAPPENING Theater in Lincoln City. Washington State International Kite pages/special-events Corvette Club Car Show. At the Lincoln City Festival. At Long Beach, WA Thursday LITERARY Community Center. 541-994-9994 THEATER kitefestival.com/kite-festival/ MUSIC Author Luncheon. With Karen Karbo and her Shanghaied in Astoria. A musical melo- Psychic Sylvia Browne. 8pm at Chinook Live Music. No cover, 6pm at U Street Pub in Seaside. new book “How Georgia Became O’Keefe.” drama. $16 - $20, 7:30pm at the ASOC Winds in Lincoln City. 888-CHINOOK Includes a catered lunch with the author Tuesday 21 Playhouse in Astoria. The Thomasian Trio. Jazz/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 6pm at Twisted Fish Steak- and a copy of her book. Noon at Beach LITERARY house in Seaside. Books in Seaside. Call 503-738-3500 for A Week of Augusts. Comedy. $8 - $20, Nye Beach Writer’s Series. With poets MUSIC reservations. 8pm at the Coaster Theater in Cannon Leanne Grabel and Steven Sander. The Open Jam. Hosted by One Way Out. 8:30pm Basin Street NW. Jazz. No cover, 6:30pm at the Bridgewater Bistro in Astoria. Beach. at the Snug Harbor Bar & Grill in Lincoln City. poets will read from their work followed by a Randy Weese. Bluegrass/Country. 6:30 – 9pm at the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Café Wednesday 15 The Pearl. Mythical Comedy. $8 - $12, 8pm Q&A session and open mic.$6, 7pm at the CINEMA in Cannon Beach. at Theater West in Lincoln City. Newport Visual Arts Center. Some Like it Hot. $2, 11am at the Bijou ART Jam Session. No cover, 7pm at the Triangle Tavern in Astoria. Theater in Lincoln City. Peninsula Clay Artists Show. 10am – 9pm OUTSIDE Jim Wilkins. 7pm at the Voodoo Room in Astoria. at the Artisan in Ilwaco, WA Saturday 18 16” Mushball Tournament. At Kirtsis Park HAPPENING in Lincoln City. 503-756-6921 Salty Dogs. Folk/Blues/Classic Rock. No cover, 9pm at Sam’s Seaside Café in Seaside. THEATER MUSIC Washington State International Kite Festival. At Long Beach, WA You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown. Musi- Let the Music Play. Local bluegrass talent, THEATER ART cal. $8 - $23, 8pm at the Coaster Theater in to upcoming indie-folk artists to alternative Shanghaied in Astoria. A musical melo- kitefestival.com/kite-festival/ Knitting/Spinning Group. 3 – 5pm at the Astoria Fiber Arts Academy. Cannon Beach. rock, new country to the innovative styling drama. $16 - $20, 7:30pm at the ASOC and compositions of the Portland Cello Proj- Playhouse in Astoria. Wednesday 22 HAPPENING ect and Patrick Lamb, there is some music Poet & Songwriters Circle. If you are interested in writing poetry/songs, please drop in Thursday 16 Arsenic & Old Lace. $8 - $20, 8pm at the for everyone. An outdoor concert at the HAPPENING and join the group. 7pm at the Bay City Arts Center. MUSIC Astoria Column. $15 for both days. For more Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. Washington State International Kite Open Mic Night. All acts welcome. 5 – 7pm information or for a concert schedule, please The Pearl. Mythical Comedy. $8 - $12, 8pm Festival. At Long Beach, WA kitefestival. Poetry Open Mike. No cover, 8:30pm at the Wine Bar at Sweet Basil’s Café in Can- at the Three Cups Coffeehouse in Astoria. visit astoriaparks.com. at Theater West in Lincoln City. com/kite-festival/ non Beach.

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Two Author Events At Seaside Library OUTSIDE Hood to Coast Run. Race finish with mu- Karen Fisher-Alaniz: Breaking the Code sic, beer garden and vendors. On the beach at the Broadway Turnaround in Seaside. The Friends of the Seaside Library will host Karen Fisher- Alaniz, author of “Breaking the Code: A Fathers Secret, A Oregon Tuna Classic. At the Old Mill Marina in Garibaldi. Registration closes Daughter’s Journey, and the Question that Changed Every- on Aug 20. FMI: oregontunaclassic.org/ thing”. The event will take place in the Community Room on garibaldi.php Thursday, August 9, at 7pm. THEATER On his 81st birthday, without explanation, Karen Fisher- Shanghaied in Astoria. A musical melo- Alaniz’s father placed two weathered notebooks on her lap. drama. $16 - $20, 7:30pm at the ASOC Inside were more than 400 pages of letters he’d written to his Playhouse in Astoria. parents during WWII. The more she read the more she discov- You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown. Musi- ered about the man she never knew. They met for lunch each cal. $8 - $23, 8pm at the Coaster Theater week and Karen discovered that her father was part of a small in Cannon Beach. elite group of men trained to copy and break top-secret Japa- The Pearl. Mythical Comedy. $8 - $12, 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln City. nese code transmitted in Katakana. These meetings between Denise Drake father and daughter lead to a new understanding between the Coastal Songstress . . and certainly not much less Sunday 26 two and began an unintended journey—one taken by a father Denise Drake employs guitar, the groove. and daughter who thought they knew each other—as they piano and accordion to Catch Denise at KALA, 2nd MUSIC Salty Dogs. 10am - 3pm at the Astoria became newly bound in ways that transcended age and time. entertain the masses. Drake’s Saturday Art Walk, Aug 11, Sunday Market. Karen Fisher-Alaniz is a freelance writer whose articles have natural charm and soulful and a featured eve at The Sons of Malarkey. Celtic/Folk/Rock. No appeared in teen magazines and “Chicken Soup for the Nurses song handling and tasty cov- Cove, Saturday, Aug 25 at cover. 8pm at Fort George Brewery & Public Soul”. She lives in Walla Walla, Washington with her family. ers from country to rock to 7pm, located at the Penin- House in Astoria. reggae, remind listeners that sula Golf Course Club House, Sloan & Friends. 8:30pm at the Snug it really is all about the heart . LB,WA. Harbor Bar & Grill in Lincoln City. Cheryl Strayed: Wild HAPPENING Washington State International Kite On Thursday, August 16, at 7pm. The and bears, intense heat and record snowfalls as Open Mic. All Acts are welcome. No cover, on Aug 20. FMI: oregontunaclassic.org/ Festival. At Long Beach, WA kitefestival. 5 – 7pm at the Three Cups Coffeehouse garibaldi.php Friends of the Seaside Library will host Cheryl well as the beauty and intense loneliness of the com/kite-festival/ in Astoria. THEATER Strayed, bestselling author of trail. The story is told with PNPW Pro Wrestling. $10 - $15, 5 – 8pm “Wild”. The event will take great suspense, style, and LITERARY Shanghaied in Astoria. A musical melo- at the Astoria Event Center. place in the Community Room a sparkling sense of humor. Local Author Showcase. Writers and drama. $16 - $20, 7:30pm at the ASOC friends are invited to come share and listen Playhouse in Astoria. Old Iron Show. Antique tractors and the and due to space limitations; “Wild” vividly captures the to original works being read by local au- people who love them. At the Blue Heron You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown. Musi- thors. Free, 6 – 8pm at Olde Towne Trading French Cheese Co. in Tillamook. attendance will be limited to terrors and pleasures of one cal. $8 - $23, 8pm at the Coaster Theater Post in Ilwaco, WA 80 people. Book sales and young woman forging ahead in Cannon Beach. Surf City Classic Car Show. At Chinook Winds in Lincoln City. 888-CHINOOK signings will be presented by against all odds on a journey THEATER The Pearl. Mythical Comedy. $8 - $12, Beach Books. that maddened, strengthened, Arsenic & Old Lace. $8 - $20, 8pm at 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln City. OUTSIDE “Wild” is the story of an and ultimately healed her. the Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. Oregon Tuna Classic. At the Old Mill Saturday 25 Marina in Garibaldi. Registration closes eleven-hundred mile solo Cheryl Strayed is the #1 Thursday 23 on Aug 20. FMI: oregontunaclassic.org/ hike that broke down a young New York Times bestselling MUSIC garibaldi.php woman reeling from catas- author of “Wild”, “Tiny Beau- HAPPENING Troll Radio Revue. Americana. $2 for Washington State International Kite THEATER trophe and built her back up tiful Things” and “Touch”. adults, free for children. 11am – noon at Festival. At Long Beach, WA Fort George in Astoria. Shanghaied in Astoria. A musical again. At twenty-two Cheryl She holds an MFA in fiction kitefestival.com/kite-festival/ melodrama. $16 - $20, 2pm at the ASOC Denise Drake. Folk/Rock/Blues. 7pm at Playhouse in Astoria. Strayed thought she had lost writing and is a founding DeLake Dance Night. 6:30pm at the the Cove @ Night at the Peninsula Golf everything when her mother member of VIDA: Women Lincoln City Cultural Center. Course in Long Beach, WA A Week of Augusts. Comedy. $8 - $20, died young of cancer. Her in Literary Arts. Her book 7pm at the Coaster Theater in Cannon The Ocean. 9pm at Roadhouse 101 in The Ian McFeron Band. Americana/Folk Beach. family scattered, her marriage “Wild”, was chosen by Oprah Lincoln City. Rock/Roots Music. Free, parking fees may was destroyed, and her life Winfrey as the first selection apply. 7pm at Waikiki Beach at Cape Disap- Tuesday 28 THEATER pointment State Park, WA spun out of control. Four for Oprah’s book club 2.0 Arsenic & Old Lace. $8 - $20, 7:30pm at MUSIC years later, Strayed made Seaside Library is located the Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. Beth Willis Rock Band. 9pm at Road- house 101 in Lincoln City. Open Jam. Hosted by One Way Out. the most impulsive decision at 1131 Broadway. For more Shanghaied in Astoria. A musical melo- 8:30pm at the Snug Harbor Bar & Grill in Tommy Hogan Band. 9pm at the Snug of her life: to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from information call (503) 738-6742 or visit us at drama. $16 - $20, 7:30pm at the ASOC Lincoln City. Playhouse in Astoria. Harbor Bar & Grill in Lincoln City. the Mojave Desert to Washington State—and www.seasidelibrary.org and www.facebook. CINEMA The Pearl. Mythical Comedy. $8 - $12, FOOD & DRINK to do it alone. Cheryl faces down rattlesnakes com/seasidepubliclibrary . Close Encounters of the Third Kind. $2, 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln City. Wine Tasting. Oregon Pinot Noirs. 1 – 4pm 11am at the Bijou Theater in Lincoln City. at the Cellar on 10th in Astoria Friday 24 Wednesday 29 Writers on the Edge Summer Wine Series. Abacela. 1 – 5pm MUSIC at the Wine Shack in Cannon Beach. THEATER Steve Sanders and Leanne Grabel A Week of Augusts. Comedy. $8 - $20, Country Music Jam. Free, 7 – 9pm at the HAPPENING 8pm at the Coaster Theater in Cannon Writers on the Edge welcomes two authors Lighter Side of Wickiup Senior Center in Svensen. Washington State International Kite Beach. to its monthly series, Steve Sanders and Leanne Chronic Depres- Ian McFeron Band. Americana/Folk Rock/ Festival. At Long Beach, WA Grabel, Saturday, August 18. The event takes sion,” “Anger: The Roots Music. No cover, 7pm at McMe- kitefestival.com/kite-festival/ namins Sand Trap in Gearhart. Thursday 30 place at the Newport Visual Arts Center, 7pm, Musical,” and most Old Iron Show. Antique tractors and the The Flextones. 9pm at Roadhouse 101 in people who love them. At the Blue Heron MUSIC admission is $6, free to students. Open mic recently “bad- Lincoln City. French Cheese Co. in Tillamook. Street Level Devil. 9pm at Roadhouse follows. girls”. Among her 101 in Lincoln City. HAPPENING Steve Sander has appeared in various shows poetry books are Surf City Classic Car Show. At Chinook Washington State International Kite Winds in Lincoln City. 888-CHINOOK THEATER put on by Writers On The Edge. He was a Lonesome and Very Festival. At Long Beach, WA kitefestival. Shanghaied in Astoria. A musical melo- featured author more than once and appeared Quarrelsome He- com/kite-festival/ LITERARY drama. $16 - $20, 7:30pm at the ASOC Northwest Author Fair. featuring a panel in Vaudvillaineous Poets, and “The Memory roes, Flirtations,and Old Iron Show. Antique tractors and the Playhouse in Astoria. discussion with best-selling author Phillip Place.” The Last Weekend people who love them. At the Blue Heron A Week of Augusts. Comedy. $8 - $20, French Cheese Co. in Tillamook. Margolin at the Bijou Theatre followed by a Leanne Grabel has written and performed of Sylvia Plath. book signing with 50 authors and artists in 7:30pm at the Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. in numerous spokenword-based performance Newport Visual Arts Center is located at 777 OUTSIDE the plaza next to Bob’s Beach Books. Free, pieces, including “One Woman Shoe,” “The NW Beach Drive, Newport Or. Oregon Tuna Classic. At the Old Mill 9:30am – 2pm in Lincoln City. bobsbeach- The Pearl. Mythical Comedy. $8 - $12, Marina in Garibaldi. Registration closes books.net/events/ 8pm at Theater West in Lincoln City.

aug12 hipfishmonthly.com 20 Flash Cuts film. Movies & Musings by Les Kanekuni

(Joan Allen) and Noah Vosen (David Straithairn) to bring him in. Albert interested in what’s in his bag, all the while dodging the rogue detective, Finney and Scott Glenn return as Dr. Hirsch and Ezra Kramer, joined by a bike cop hot on his trail for traffic violations and Manny, a rival bike Bourne newcomers Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton as Cross’ nemesis, messenger who wants the $100 rush payment for himself. Probably the Eric Byer. best reason to see this is the hypekinetic chase scenes through Manhat- tan from a bike messenger’s point of view where death or serious injury The Campaign (Aug. 10) Director Jay Roach, who made his name are just inches away. with the Austin Powers movies, then directed the political dramas Recount and Game Change for HBO, has combined his interests in the political comedy The Campaign starring Hope Springs (Aug. 8) Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Will Ferrell Jones topline this dramedy about a longtime-marrieds going to couples and Zach therapy. After thirty years of marriage, 52-year-old Maeve realizes her Galifianakis. marriage has gone stale. Her kids are grown. Her tough-minded hus- Ferrell plays band Arnold (Jones) mostly complains to her about work. They sleep not only in separate beds but in separate bedrooms. But Maeve and incumbent Arnold still like each other, it’s just their marriage is broken. So Maeve North Carolina puts down her foot and insists that they go to a 1-week couples therapy Lawless (Aug. 29) John Hillcoat (The Road) directs this based on true congress- in Wyoming run by famous Dr. Feld (Steve Carell). So, in the middle of life tale of a family of bootleggers during Prohibition. Franklyn County, man Cam nowhere the battle begins in therapy. Arnold hates being there, can’t Virginia was dubbed the Wettest County in the World during Prohibi- Brady who see the use of it and refuses to open up. Part of the problem is Arnold tion for the sheer amount of illegal moonshine produced there. Story appears thinks the marriage is fine. So he’s shocked when Maeve tells him she focuses on the Bondurant brothers who run a bootlegging operation, doesn’t feel that way and in fact is leaving if he doesn’t give therapy a well on his way to distributing hooch to the locals. Forrest (Tom Hardy), the middle son, chance. From session to session, Maeve and Arnold have one week to is the leader and muscle of the operation. Oldest son Howard (Jason save their 30-year marriage. another since he Clarke) is a shell-shocked war veteran. Kid brother Jack (Shia LaBeouf) isn’t taken seriously, usually left to drive or be lookout. After having free The Bourne Legacy (Aug. 10) When The Bourne Supremacy/The seemingly reign for years by paying off the law, Chicago special deputy Charlie Bourne Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass had a falling out with Univer- is running Rakes (Guy Pearce) arrives in town to crack down on the Bondurants, sal, the studio that produced the Bourne movies, it looked like the series unop- with no quarter given. Rakes is a prissy psychopath, savagely beating was dead. Particularly since star Matt Damon backed his director and posed. But when Brady commits a very public faux pas, two wealthy said that without Greengrass he would not continue in the role. Uni- CEOS played by Dan Ackroyd and John Lithgow sponsor stumblebum Jack. Two of Rakes men slit Forrest’s throat, though he survives. They candidate Marty Huggins (Galifi- rape Forrest’s girl Maggie (Jessica Chastain. Jack is forced to become a anakis) so they can gain influence runner, doing the dangerous job of delivering liquor between county in their district. The smooth John lines. All this leads to final violent confrontation with the law. Also with Edwards-like Brady is everything Gary Oldman and Mia Wasikowska. Nick Cave wrote the screenplay and common guy Huggins is not, but did the music. what seems to be a one-sided campaign is evened when Hug- gins lands a cutthroat campaign manager and the two wage a war for who can stoop the lowest. The actors revealed to Vanity Fair that the Republican debates were one of the inspirations for their characters.

Premium Rush (Aug. 24) Joseph Gordon-Leavitt stars as Wilee, a live-wire New York City bike messenger whose motto is he always delivers. After making a rush pickup from a Chinese re- versal did an end-around the Damon ultimatum by having screenwriter ceptionist at Columbia Law School uptown he finds himself confronted Tony Gilroy, who worked on all three previous Bourne movies, created by New York City Det. Monday (Michael Shannon), who wants what’s in a parallel story to the Bourne series, going so far as to even set it within the envelope Wilee has just picked up. Only one problem: as Wilee puts the same time frame as The Bourne Ultimatum. Jeremy Renner stars as Aaron Cross, another black ops Treadstone assassin who goes rogue due it – “What goes in the bag, stays in the bag.” Thus begins an insane chase to the events of the Bourne movies, forcing CIA operatives Pamela Landy through town as Wilee tries to deliver to the downtown Chinatown address by the 6 o’clock deadline while trying to find out why Monday is so 21 aug12 hipfishmonthly.com network. Community Listings WORKSHOPS/CLASSES PC computers or just needing to update welcome to bring Instruments of any sort to therapy (Level 1) 9 am - 4 pmCall for details basic skills, this class is for you. Each class play along with what we’ve got going. Cost 503.338.9921 is tailored to meet the needs of participants. is a sliding scale from $5 - $7, or free if you FELTED ALPACA SCARVES. Saturday, May Free, at the Astoria Public Library. really need to just be there. Chinese Kung Fu. Tuesday and Thursday 5. Angela Rogers of Cedar Creek Alpacas in evenings from 5:30 to 7:00 at the Astoria Hood River will teach this class about how The Lower Columbia Classics Car Club. WALK WITH EASE. Tuesdays & Thursdays Arts and Movement Center (11th and Har- to make wet felted alpaca scarves. Rogers Invitation to all who are interested in Collector rison). The focus is on two styles; Ving Tsun will bring the fleece and there will be some through May 31. This structured walking Cars to attend one of our monthly meetings. Kyun and Tai Xu Quan. While both are suit- needle felting involved to create a decorative program will be taught by Kay Bunnell and The meetings are held at Steve Jordan’s able for self defense Ving Tsun is direct and element in the finished piece. No experience offers support, information and tools to help Shop Building, located at 35232 Helligso linear in it’s approach and Tai Xu is circlular. necessary. 1pm at the Picture Attic in Long develop successful exercise routines for Lane in rural Astoria - meet on the 3rd Thurs- Both are of ancient orgin (Buddhist and Tao- Beach, WA people with or without arthritis. Field trips are day of each month. If you are interested and planned. Monthly cost is $24 with resident’s ist respectivly) and have been developed by need the directions to get there, you may call card, $36 for nonresidents, free for ages 60 nuns and monks, and by lay deciples as well. DOES FOOD RUN YOUR LIFE? Come to Steve Jordan at 503-325-1807 and older. 1:30 – 2:30pm at the Broadway Matthew Crim [email protected] Overeaters Anonymous every Wednesday Playing Field in Seaside from 7-8pm in the Seaside Public Library, Toddler Arts Group. Every Wednesday 10 to LEARN SELF DEFENSE IN LONG BEACH. Board Room B. No dues, fees or weigh-ins. 11am –Get your toddler started in the arts! Kenpo Karate for Adults, WEEKLY KENPO Everyone welcome! (if you have questions YOGA NCRD. Monday, Yoga Of The Heart, Tolovana Arts Colony presents Activities are geared towards ages 1–3, but call 503-505-1721). 8:15 am - 9:45 am Instructor: Lorraine KARATE CLASS every Tuesday, 4:30pm - TAP THURSDAY NIGHTS! age birth–5 are welcome. All children must 6:30pm open to all.Long Beach Grange, Ortiz (no drop ins). Monday, Level II, 5:45 7-8PM be accompanied by a caregiver. Bay City Arts 5715 Sandridge Rd, Long Beach WA.Also at pm - 7:15 pm Instructor: Nicole Hamic Tolovana Hall, 3779 S. Hemlock, CannonBeach FREE COMPUTER CLASSES AT TILLAMOOK Center, Bay City. t the Grange, KENPO Karate for Kids, Mondays Wednesday, Yoga Stretch, 8:15 am - 9:45 Every week in August 3, 2012 COUNTY LIBRARIES. Tillamook County @ 4:00pm - 5:00pm, and free KENPO Open am Instructor: Lucy Brook Thursday, Level Libraries will be offering free basic computer practice, every Saturday, 2:00pm - 4:00pm. Beginning and intermediate adult students welcome. CELEBRATE RECOVERY • Nazarene I, 5:45 pm - 7:15 pm Instructor: Charlene classes this fall. Sign up for a free one-on- Class tuition is $40.00/mo. Inquire for a $8 drop in fee per class. Need tap shoes? Call instructor for purchase. Church, 2611 3rd St, Tillamook. Adult & Gernert Friday, Very Gentle Yoga, 8:15 am one session where you can ask questions free introductory class / sign up: jbgroove2@ teen 12 step program. Child care provided. - 9:45 am Instructor: Lucy Brook Saturday, Tap shoes are also carried at Gimre’s in Astoria. To RSVP, call or email: and learn at your own pace. Classes will be crescomm.net Phone: 360-665-0860.See held on Saturdays at the Tillamook County Call 503-812-3522 for more information. Mixed Levels, 8:00 am - 9:30 am Instructor: Dance Instructor: Nadine Nordquist, Phone: (503) 739 – 1982 us on video at: www.YouTube.com/Jon- Library September 11th, 18th and 25th and Tuesdays, 7-9, Dinner at 6 by donation.s Lorraine Ortiz. Email: [email protected] BelcherKenpo October 2nd and 9th. Additional sessions Scholarships In Honor of Irv Levine avail. 10% tuition discount for will be held at library branches in October BODY WORK•YOGA•FITNESS YOGA • Bay City Arts Center. Classed with and November. Registration is limited, so HIKE THE NORTH OREGON COAST WITH TAC members Michelle Lawhorn - Mon & Thurs 6pm. $5 contact your local library soon and reserve ANGORA HIKING CLUB. This year the Angora per class. For info look online at www.tolovanaartscolony.org your space. YOGA NAMASTE. Yoga Namasté invites you Hiking Club will be leading 8 hikes that will to spring into Spring by offering 2 FREE yoga cover the 64.4 miles of the north portion of Or call (503) 368 - 7222 classes during the month of March. Treat YOGA • Manzanita. The Center for the the Oregon Coast Trail. These hikes are open WRITING WORKSHOPS. Creative Journeys yourself to an hour of simple Hatha Yoga Contemplative Arts, Manzanita: Tuesday to the community, and we encourage you to with Gail Balden will continue her 2012 Sum- Arts, Manzanita: Tuesday Mornings 10- as well as new friends. Remember all guests at the Yoga Namasté studio on 342 10th evenings 5 - 5:45pm. $35 for 5 classes. join us for one or all of the walks. If you have mer Series of one-day creative writing work- 11:30. Call 368-6227 for more info. that might be interested in ENCORE, or just Street in downtown Astoria. This is yoga for Call 368-6227 for more info. questions about this program, contact Arline shops at the Center for Contemplative arts in everyone, all levels are welcome. Equipment LaMear, 503-338-6883. Car shuttles will be- want to know what we’re all about, are wel- Manzanita, Oregon. August 18, Sharing with is furnished, so bring yourself and a friend gin at the Basin St. parking lot across Basin LABYRINTH WALK • Grace Episcopal the World. This workshop will foster the idea Yoga in Gearhart. Gearhart Workout. For come. Aletha Westerbeerg, 503-325-4325. and explore this ancient art of yoga with us St. from Astoria KFC. Walkers should gather Church, 1545 Franklin St, Astoria, 3-6. of starting small when it comes to putting more information log on to www.gearhart- on Tuesday, March 27 and Thursday, March there by 9 a.m. for the March, April, May Every 1st Sunday. your work into the world. Writers have more workout.com 3470 Hwy. 101 N. Suite 104 29 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. The 10-week and June hikes. The remaining hikes, July, BREASTFEEDING INFORMATION & SUP- opportunities than ever to share their work in Gearhart Spring term will start Monday, March 26 August, September, and October will begin PORT. La Leche League’s monthly support through e-books, zines, e-readers and on- VOLUNTEER and end June 2, 2012. Level 1-2 classes at 8 a.m. to allow extra time for the longer demand publishing. Figure out what’s best group meetings provide an opportunity meet Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 8:30 YOGA • Nehalem. Ongoing yoga classes at drives to the walk start points. A record book for you and how to self-promote. Workshops for both new and experienced mothers to a.m. and Level 2-3 on Monday, Wednesday NCRD are as follows: Monday, Level II, 5:15- is available for $2 in which to record the eight Weekly Alder Creek Farm Community meet from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and cost $50 each. and Friday at 6:15 a.m. Vinyasa or Yoga 6:45 pm, Nicole Hamic; Wednesday, Morning Garden. Work Parties - Tuesdays, 10 am – share their questions or concerns, and to Class size is limited to a small group. To legs of the North Oregon Coast Trail. Upon Flow class meets Saturday at 9:30 a.m. All Yoga Stretch, 8-9:30 am, Lucy Brook; Noon. Help out the Coastal Food Ecology reserve a space in each class, send a $30 completion of all eight hikes, participants will talk with each other about the special joys classes are 90 minutes long. Todd Jackson, Thursday, Yoga for Parents & Kids, 3:45-4:45 Center, community garden, permaculture deposit (50% of which is nonrefundable if receive a certificate. If you are interested in and challenges of parenting. We especially a master teacher from Portland Yoga Arts, garden and harvesting for the Wheeler Food student cancels) to Gail Balden, 41500 pm, Charlene Gernert; Thursday, Level I, 5:45 receiving one of the record books, please call will return to our studio May 18-20, 2012 Bank. Tasks may include: greenhouse and encourage expectant and new mothers to join Anderson Road, Nehalem, OR 97131. For - 7:15 pm, Charlene Gernet; Friday, Very 503-338-6883 so we will know how many to to teach a 10-hour yoga workshop. This garden weeding, planting, and watering. us. Healthy babies and toddlers are always more information on Gail’s workshops, see Gentle Yoga, 8-9:30 am, Lucy Brook. have on hand. has been a very popular workshop and early www.creativejourneys.net or contact Gail at welcome at La Leche League meetings. We registration is encouraged. Please consult our 503-368-7807 or [email protected]. FREE AQUANASTICS CLASS. At KOA in look forward to seeing you soon. Second website www.yoganam.com for details or call SPIRITUALITY Meetings Warrenton. This class is being offered to Ute Swerdloff at 503 440 9761. Monday of the month at 10am- Astoria FOR En Plein Air Writing Workshop. Saturday, adults, men and women, 50 years or older, COLUMBIA RIVER MEDITATION GROUP. Sponsored ENCORE EVENT. On Tuesday, August 7, ENCORE FURTHER INFO, PLEASE CONTACT JANET August 25. With Matt Love. Making a on Monday, Oct 3,2012, from 10 to 11 AM (Exploring New Concepts Of Retirement Education) LOTUS YOGA. 1230 Marine Drive, Downtown by Great Vow Monastery. Meets ever Wednesday in the WEIDMAN @ 503-325-1306 OR LIZ PIETILA Personal Metaphor from the Natural World. at the KOA heated, indoor pool, at 1100 members will be participating in the Community Astoria. Ongoing classes on a month to FLag Room of the Public LIbrary. Time: 5:45 - 6:55. @ 503-861-2050. 95, 9:30am – 3pm. At Alder Creek Farm Ridge Road, across from Fort Stevens State month basis. Evening Classes Monday thru All are welcome to practice - quiet setting and slow Relations Council luncheon at Tongue Point Job Corps in Nehalem. To register, email Tela Skinner Park entrance. For directions call (503) Thursday 6:00 PM: Monday Level 1 Yoga for walking meditation. Local contact: Ron Maxted - Bistro. Lunch will begin at 11:45 and will include a at [email protected] or vwildauer@ 861 2606 or (800) 562 8506. WATER Relaxation. Tuesday Level 2 Strengthening. 503.338.9153. email: [email protected] presentation about Job Corps in Clatsop County as well gmail.com. IS TERRIFIC! It’s stimulating, therapeutic, NOTICES Wednesday Level 1 Beginning Flow. Thurs- as a post lunch tour of the center. It is not necessary exhilarating, and equalizing. It’s just plain fun! to be an ENCORE member to attend this event. day Level 2 Advanced Flow. Morning class TIBETAN BUDDHIST DHARMA GROUP. Native American Flute Workshop. July This class will be lead by Kathleen Hudson, a Reservations MUST be made by Tuesday, July 31 (there Healthy Kids is Oregon’s newly expanded Friday 9:00AM All Level THERAPEUTIC Yoga. Dharma River, meets Mondays 7:30 - 9 pm, 22. With Mark Thunderwolf. $185, includes water exercise professional with certification is limited seating) by calling TITA MONTERO, business no-cost and low-cost health coverage pro- Dedicated to making Yoga an accessible part 1230 Marine Dr., Suite 304 in Lotus Yoga’s purchase of flute. 11:30 am – 1:30pm at the from the American Red Cross water safety and community liaison, at (503) 338-4924. TONGUE of everyday living. Call (503)298-3874, studio. Meditation, sadhana practice, teach- gram for uninsured kids and teens up to 19 Bay City Arts Center. FMI 503-377-9620 program and the Arthritis Aquatic Training POINT JOB CORPS CENTER is located two miles East Check web for class schedule updates. ings & discussion. Dharma River is a satellite years of age. Healthy Kids offers comprehen- program. of Astoria on Highway 30. Turn left at the flashing light Email [email protected], website www. of the Portland Sakya Center. Contact sive coverage. No family makes too much and follow the signs to Tongue Point Campus. You will French Conversation Group Re-Start. The lotusyogaonline.com Yoga/Private Instruction. Dharma teacher, Rosetta Hurley, 338-9704 need to identify yourself at the entrance gate. money for Healthy Kids. For assistance contact group is devoted to speaking French only. It Private Individual Therapeutic and Restorative T’AI CHI. The Center for the Contempla- for more info. is NOT a class, so please do not show up Yoga instruction with certified, Yoga Alliance tive Arts, Manzanita: Wednesday Mornings Judi Mahoney (503) 358-2333, or via email at: judima- expecting to learn French from scratch. Once registered yoga teacher SarahFawn Wilson, 10-11:30. $30/month. Call 368-6227 for ENCORE Retirement Learning Community. [email protected] Please email us at CSINTERFAITH@ACTIV- you step through the door of the Riverbend MA, RYT-500. Private group classes also more info. Is an association of retirement-age people IST.COM We wish you deep peace... Room, it is French only. It will be on Satur- available. For more information and for public who share a love of learning. Established days, from 1-3pm at NCRD in the Riverbend class schedule, please call 503-440-6738 or in 2001 by a Steering Committee of retired Events TAI CHI AND STRETCHING. New Tai Chi Room. There is a nominal charge of $1/ email [email protected]. A SILENT MEDITATION • with Lola Sacks. adults, ENCORE is sponsored by Clatsop Classes forming the first week of each month person/time. For more information email Jane St. Catherine’s Center for the Contemplative Community College. We meet for lunch (am and pm times available) AtWavesOf PANCAKE BREAKFAST. All-you-can-eat, or call her 503-368-3901 or, call Paul Miller Arts, Manzanita: Monday Nights 5 - 5:45 Call the first Tuesday of every month. We try to ECSTATIC DANCE. Ecstatic, trance, yogic, Change 1002 Marine Drive in Astoria. Also alternate between North and South County, at the Bay City Arts Center. Every Sunday. at 503-368-5715. 368-6227 for more info. spirit filled), playful, improvisational, freestyle gentle stretching classes and light resistance so look for these Community Notes in your 8am to noon. $5/adults, $4 members. Kids - We’re Dancing! Wed. at 6:30 at Pine Grove training. Sat May 19 - Reiki Level 1 class 9 local Newspaper to see the place of choice. 1/2 price. Sausage, beans , slasa, fruit and Computer Basics. Third Saturday of each Community House, 225 Laneda Ave. in am - 3 pm, Sat June 2nd Aromatherapy Spa LECTIO DIVINA • Meditation with Holy Our Lunch Bunch get-togethers are a wonder- month 9:00am-10:00am. If you’re new to Manzanita. No experience necessary. You are Party 2 pm, Sat June 23 Intro to Aroma- Scripture. The Center for the Contemplative ful venue for meeting classmates over lunch, yogurt, juice and tea.

aug12 hipfishmonthly.com 22 Featuring biking quips, quibbles, and some damn good advice from Margaret Hammitt-McDonald.

AugustFREE WILL ASTROLOGY© Copyright 2012 Rob Brezsny By Margaret Hammitt-McDonald ARIES (March 21-April 19): The astrological omens suggest LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): On a spring day in 1973, an engineer that you now have a lot in common with the legendary Most named Martin Cooper debuted the world’s first cell phone. He Interesting Man in the World -- adventurous, unpredictable, placed a call as he walked along a New York City street. The In Search of a interesting, lucky, one-of-a-kind. To create your horoscope, I phone weighed two and half pounds and resembled a brick. have therefore borrowed a few selected details from his ad Later he joked that no one would be able to talk very long on Pedal-Powered Camping Trailer campaign’s descriptions of him. Here we go: In the coming his invention, since it took a lot of strength to hold it against weeks, you will be the life of parties you don’t even attend. one’s ear. Think of how far that amazing device has come since Camping trailers Astronauts will be able to see your charisma from outer space. then, Libra. Now imagine some important aspect of your own enchanted me as a Up to one-third of your body weight will be gravitas. Your cell life that is in a rather primitive state at this moment but could child. On my family’s phone will always have good reception, even in a subway 100 one day be as natural and fully developed as cell phones have annual tent-camping feet underground. Panhandlers will give you money. You could become. Are you willing to work hard to make that happen? trip to Lake Ontario in challenge your reflection to a staring contest -- and win. You’ll Now’s a good time to intensify your commitment. central New York, I rode be able to keep one eye on the past while looking into the SCORPIO around the campground future. When you sneeze, God will say “God bless you.” (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the coming weeks, you will lose some clout and self-command if you’re too hungry for power. on my ten-speed and TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Psychologist Bruno Bettelheim said Likewise, if you act too brazenly intelligent, you may alienate stopped to visit with the dreams we have at night are “the result of inner pressures potential helpers who are not as mentally well-endowed as elders in the electric- which have found no relief, of problems which beset a person you. One other warning, Scorpio: Don’t be so fiercely reason- hookup area. Their life to which he knows no solution and to which the dream finds able that you miss the emotional richness that’s available. In of year-round travel in none.” That sounds bleak, doesn’t it? If it’s true, why even saying these things, I don’t mean to sound as if I’m advising their cleverly designed bother to remember our dreams? Well, because we are often you to dumb yourself down and downplay your strengths. Not miniature houses (bus- not consciously aware of the feelings they reveal to us. By at all. Rather, I’m trying to let you know that the best way to sized RVs had not been portraying our buried psychic material in story form, dreams get what you really need is to tailor your self-expression to the invented) enthralled give us insight into what we’ve been missing. So even though unique circumstances you find yourself in. me with the promise of they may not provide a solution, they educate us. Take heed, carefree adventure. British cyclists can purchase the Taurus! Your upcoming dreams will provide useful information SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): For a while, French writer Now RVs the size of Imperial Star De- QTVan, specially made to be towed by you can use to fix one of your longstanding dilemmas. Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was very poor. He lived in a place that had no heat and almost no furniture. To enhance stroyers whiz past me on the road. Their cyclists or motorized scooter users. This GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When French composer Georges his environment, he resorted to the use of fantasy. On one of presence prompts me to wonder if a compact craft fits a bed, cooking kettle Auric scored the soundtrack for Jean Cocteau’s movie Blood of his bare walls, he wrote the words, “rosewood paneling with pedal-powered alternative exists: a pull- and drinks area, wall-mounted flat- a Poet, he produced “love music for love scenes, game music ornamental cabinet.” On another, he wrote “Gobelin tapestry behind sleeping place. A visit to the screen TV, and a radio. Manufactured by for game scenes, and funeral music for funeral scenes.” But with Venetian mirror.” Over the empty fireplace he declared, Internet revealed a variety of designs the Environmental Transport Associa- Cocteau himself had a different idea about how to use Auric’s “Picture by Raphael.” That’s the level of imaginative power I to make travel more comfortable for tion, this nifty device is not currently work. For the love scenes he decided to use the funeral music, encourage you to summon in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. people for whom packing a tent isn’t an being marketed in the U.S. You can see for the game scenes the love music, and for the funeral scenes So much of what you’ll need will come from that simple magic. option. Most were individual creations it at the company’s website, www.eta. the game music. In accordance with the current astrologi- on the part of handy individuals rather co.uk (accompanied by a young fellow cal omens, Gemini, I recommend that you experiment with CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It’s an excellent time to than the work of commercial producers. lounging under a quilt with an eye-sear- that style of mixing and matching. Have fun! (Source: A Ned overthrow false gods and topple small-minded authorities Tina Gallagher’s Yahoo! Voices article ing pattern). It was marketed to elders Rorem Reader, by Ned Rorem.) and expose fraudulent claims. Anyone and anything in your environment that do not fully deserve the power they claim “Bicycle Travel Trailers Are Becoming wanting to secure an overnight spot for CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Piglet was so excited at the idea should get the brunt of your exuberant skepticism. When Reality” provides links to You Tube viewing the royal wedding procession of being useful that he forgot to be frightened any more,” you’re done cleaning up those messes, turn your attention to videos where inventors show their without sleeping on concrete. wrote A. A. Milne in his kids’ story Winnie-the-Pooh. That’s your own inner realms. There might be some good work to be designs in action. A video called “A Hauling such a massive load requires my prescription for how to evade the worrisome fantasies that done there. Can you think of any hypocrisy that needs fixing? biketrailer” shows an elderly gentleman specialized, durable connectors are nipping at you, Cancerian. If no one has invited you to do Any excessive self-importance that could use some tamping pulling a tube-shaped trailer behind his (imagine one of these things tipping some engaging and important labor of love, invite yourself. down? Any pretending that would benefit from a counter dose recumbent bike that’s just large enough over in traffic) and a custom gearing You need to be needed -- even more than usual. P.S. Here’s of authenticity? to sleep inside. He has equipped it with system. While all of the riders appeared what Rumi advises: “Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder.” two support stands and can close its comfortable pulling their trailers, none AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In old China, people used to LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ve been making pretty good cool themselves by sipping hot drinks. After taking a bath, they mailbox-like door from inside or out. of the films I saw showed them going progress in the School of Life. By my estimates, you’re now the buffed the excess water from their skin by using a wet towel. Artist Kevin Cyr, a jaunty older fellow, up or down a hill. If you want to try equivalent of a sophomore. You’ve mastered enough lessons When greeting a friend, they shook their own hand instead has designed a pull-behind trailer that cycle-caravanning, make sure you so that you can no longer be considered a freshman, and yet of the friend’s. To erect a new house, they built the roof first. looks more like a miniature fifth wheel practice in a safe place (like a parking you’ve got a lot more to learn. Are you familiar with the ety- You’re currently in a phase of your astrological cycle when this than a launch tube for a spaceship. His lot early in the morning) to learn your mology of the word “sophomore”? It comes from two Greek kind of behavior makes sense. In fact, I suspect you’re most video presents the trailer in several set- new tolerances for braking and steering. words meaning “wise” and “fool.” That’ll be a healthy way to likely to have a successful week if you’re ready to reverse your tings; it’s evident from the riding scene, I’ve hauled as much as 100 pounds with think about yourself in the coming weeks. Be smart enough to usual way of doing things on a regular basis. though, that the additional space comes a bike trailer specially made for such know what you don’t know. Cultivate the voracious curiosity at the cost of a heavier load. (The looks loads, and I discovered the hard way PISCES necessary to lead you to the next rich teachings. (Feb. 19-March 20): I’m really tired of you not getting on the faces of cyclists he passes on the just how much clearance you need to all of the appreciation and acknowledgment and rewards you VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A few years ago, a Malaysian man road are priceless.) Ms. Gallagher offers stop safely—and how easily you can tip deserve. Is there even a small possibility that you might be named Lim Boon Hwa arranged to have himself “cooked.” For her own design ideas at the end of the over on turning. harboring some resistance to that good stuff? Could you be 30 minutes, he sat on a board covering a pan full of simmering article. Carbon-neutral trailers would be giving off a vibe that subtly influences people to withhold the dumplings and corn. The fact that no harm came to him was Alternatively, one may be able to great projects for handy people…or a full blessings they might otherwise confer upon you? Accord- proof, he said, that Taoist devotees like him are protected by scout troop. (However, trying to fit the ing to my analysis of the astrological omens, the coming weeks adapt a commercially available small their religion’s deities. I advise you not to try a stunt like that, will be an excellent time for you to work on correcting this pull-behind model to cycle towing. whole troop inside will require changes Virgo -- including metaphorical versions. This is no time to problem. Do everything you can to make it easy for people to A website dedicated to pint-sized in the laws of physics that would chal- stew in your own juices. Or boil in your tormented fantasies. offer you their love and gifts. travel trailers (Teardrops and Tiny Travel lenge Star Trek’s Scotty.) For the less Or broil in your nagging doubts. Or be grilled in your self- Trailers or www.tnttt.com) has entries mechanically inclined, we can hope the accusations. You need to be free from the parts of your mind Homework: Send news of your favorite mystery -- an enigma depicting the trailers’ owners hauling QTVan soon crosses the water (on its that try to cook you. that is both maddening and delightful. Freewillastrology.com them by bike or trike. own pontoons).

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Adrenals…The Stress Responders By Tracy Erfling, N.D. Ever been in a near accident on your by cortisol. Long-term, high cortisol significant adrenal disease convention- those hours your adrenals will thank and B6, but as always, take a B com- bike, in your car, or just tripping over levels cause unwanted symptoms al blood, urine or other standard tests you. Exercise regularly, not only will plex when taking any one B vitamin the curb? You feel a rush of ‘adrena- including weight gain, water reten- may be more suitable. this assist with energy and fitness it therapeutically. B vitamins are water- line’ your heart rate increases and you tion, suppressed immune function, So what are the treatment options? is also a terrific way to recharge the soluble and should be taken in divided may feel flushed or sweaty…that’s poor blood sugar control, weakened The most obvious are to decrease adrenals. Lastly do something relaxing doses throughout the day with food. your adrenals at work. The adrenal skin and bones, and altered moods or eliminate as many stressors as everyday, I love the evening bath, oth- Minerals such as Zinc, Potassium and glands, which sit above each kidney, and behavior. High cortisol levels also possible. Sometimes this may mean ers enjoy crafting, music, a good book, Magnesium are also necessary for the are responsible for the output of hor- decrease the active form of thyroid re-evaluating a job, asking for more journaling; whatever it is it should be adrenal’s metabolic pathway. mones that are active throughout the hormone (T3) and therefore may be an- responsibility sharing from the family, There are some body and help modulate our response other treatment option for those with getting some time alone, taking a terrific herbs for to stress. We all have stress in our little relief from conventional thyroid vacation, etc. Identifying more subtle adrenal health. lives from our jobs, our families, our replacement. stressors like poor sleep or allergies, Dr. Tracy Erfling is a They work on a va- finances; you name it. But other areas I think the best type of testing for and treating them is also a necessary riety of levels from that create stress are less recognized; adrenal health is salivary testing. It addition to the treatment plan. But as naturopath physician in the enhancing the life of things like allergies, poor quality sleep, is used less frequently by the medi- with all things easier said than done Lower Columbia Region. adrenal hormones to nourishing the chronic pain, anxiety and we cannot always quit our job Questions? depression. All these or find a better family. glands themselves. factors can add up, So then the discus- [email protected] My top picks for affecting our adre- sion turns not so adrenal health are Ginseng and Rho- nal health. much to eliminat- something that gets you out of that diola. Ginseng has a variety of types When stress ing stressors but hustle bustle mentality. there is American and Korean and re- continues how you manage After proper evaluation your health ally either/any of them are going to be long-term the stress. care provider may opt to supplement fantastically helpful for adrenal health. adrenals begin Stress man- with DHEA. This is a hormone that Rhodiola is a Siberian herb which I like to tire out and agement is an should not be taken unless it has been for use in stressful situations. I find it make inappropri- art unto itself and determined that you are deficient; and well suited to someone who is going ate levels of hor- in our hustle although it is widely available does not through a particularly challenging time mones which can bustle world it mean it is appropriate for everyone. as opposed to Ginseng which is a negatively affect is a challenge There are other supplements that sup- more broadly useful herb for general our overall health. to many. The port adrenal function, which may be adrenal health all the time…they work Although these adrenals love rou- safer options for those who have not well together!! glands produce a whole list cal community but is an tine which makes sense since they are been evaluated and are under chronic Stress is a reality of living in our of hormones the two I am focusing on invaluable tool for looking at adrenal one of the key players in helping the stress. Vitamin C is highly concen- modern world. Remember to nourish are cortisol and dehydroepiandros- function. Blood testing is another body to maintain balance. I encourage trated in the adrenals; taking 2-3 grams your adrenal glands by taking time to terone (DHEA). In a stressful situation option but blood levels of adrenal my patients to get routine in the fol- a day in divided doses may improve relax and work on your stress manage- cortisol is released to enhance our hormones tend not to show the subtle- lowing ways. Eat regularly this ensures function. Vit. C at this dosage could ment techniques, it will contribute to a alertness and ability to deal with the ties of adrenal health until disease is that the body is being consistently be aggravating to the stomach causing body in balance. situation. Once the stressful situation very advanced. The salivary test looks nourished and able to handle blood gurgling and looser stools however, so abates DHEA comes in to calm the at cortisol release throughout a day as sugar challenges appropriately. Sleep take to your tolerance, even smaller DO something you LOVE, BE with waters and reset the body back to well as it and DHEA’s total output. I between the hours of 10pm and 4am, amounts will be beneficial. B vitamins someone you LOVE, EAT your veg- equilibrium. These two hormones like will mention again that salivary testing again easier said than done for some are essential for the metabolic path- etables, DRINK clean water, BREATHE to be in balance, but under chronic is not readily available through most but if you are at least attempting to ways of many hormones the adrenals deeply, and MOVE your body EVERY- medical professionals BUT if there is stress DHEA becomes outweighed do something relaxing and restful in produce. Especially important are B5 DAY!!

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word and wisdom The Tribal Instinct... our need for others By Tobi Nason When I was in grad school for my probably once served our need for survival. We live in a culture that values indepen- counseling degree, I remember a profes- My guess is that when people were utilized dence. People are quite well equipped to sor talking about how it is a human need to their strengths, the survival of the group live solitary lives. Our primitive minds and to be “known.” We, as humans, have an structure was maximized. Sort of like this - bodies, though, have not totally weaned innate desire to bond with others, share John is really good at shooting arrows, let’s out the survival part that says: “I am sure our stories, and express ourselves. To be make him leader of the hunting crew. John to die if I live alone.” known and appreciated for what we think feels happy that his innate skill is recog- Maybe that’s why FaceBook is so suc- makes us unique. (This also is the basis nized by those he lives with, cares about cessful It satisfies that part of our tribal- for many religions, but that’s a different and depends upon. Since he can’t do loving human nature. We get to shine our column altogether.) This idea stands out for things like maybe make leather shoes, he’s me because I see evidence of it in so many grateful to do his part for group survival little light on a daily basis, if we so desire. arenas. Art, literature, dance, music.... and in return he reaps love, acceptance, We get mostly positive feedback- 5 likes, 2 all personal expressions of who we are. and maybe.... shoes. comments, for example. Our friend count And then there’s FaceBook. FaceBook is Loneliness. It could be the sense that no is specific. Our feedback is nearly immedi- a prime example of people putting stuff one really knows or appreciates the “real” ate. We connect. out there for others to approve (“like”) or you. It could be a physical distance from Counselor’s words: Being part of a tribe “share” with others. others. The bigger and deeper primitive or group feels good and right on a certain Clients often come to counseling to seek need - subconscious, of course - is that level, but being alone, feeling lonely, is relief from loneliness. Loneliness within we (the human species) once depended not the life-threatening event it once was. a marriage... loneliness from death of a upon approval and love within our group It is a symptom of needing more appre- loved one... loneliness from some form of for physical survival. To be ostracized or ciative connections with others. If lonely separation from others. All are a reflection abandoned by the group was tantamount within a marriage, get counseling. Commu- of this need, a desire, to be known and to death by starvation or some other soli- nication is key. If lonely in life, make efforts cared for by others - or even by just one tary fatality. We need each other, in other to connect with others. Share coffee or join other human life form. Not just known but words. While these are not the days of a group that interests you. The connections appreciated for our finest qualities but rustic survival, the need for shared identity forgiven for our less desirable traits. Why is is ingrained as a remnant of survival skills. will occur naturally. it so important? Where did this need come I’m going to suggest that, like every- Tob Nason is a counselor in Manzanita. from? Since I’m fairly religious, I’m going thing else we get handed in this life, She’s unusually interested in the big topics to throw in the short version which goes loneliness has a place and purpose. It is a of happiness and loneliness, two vague like this: Because that’s the way God made symptom that we are somewhat separated terms that encompass a whole mishmash us. The long version is that it is a trait that from sources of love (giving and getting). of human behavior.

25 aug12 hipfishmonthly.com FARMSTOCK II Sept 1-2 By Cathy Nist Fred’s Farm Extravaganza Local Food, Music and Fun

enjoyable. Good local food, good local music, fun and conversation in a beautiful setting. It’s a chance to gather with old friends, make new Fruit Wines, and more. Have a skill beverages, sweet treats and much ones, and maybe learn something or interest you would like to share by more. Don’t forget the ever-popular edition Farmstock t-shirts. Email Fred along the way. offering a workshop? A few slots are Fort George Beer Garden, open on Johnson at [email protected] for As of Hipfish press time, the Farm- Saturday. more information. Fred Johnson will demonstrate photo credit: Reprinted with permission of The Daily Astorian, Astoria, Oregon. photo credit: stock schedule has not yet been final- VOLUNTEERS cooking techniques with Oregon pink ized. A summary of event highlights Volunteers are wanted to help with shrimp, kindly donated by Bornstein The second annual Farmstock follows: parking, food and beverage service, Seafood, on Saturday afternoon. Ad- Festival is coming soon to a farm near general schlepping, cleanup, etc. FMI MUSIC ditional food demos are in the works. you. On September 1 and 2, Fred’s Last year, Kim Angelis was a crowd- or to sign up, email julietennis@gmail. Homegrown and KMUN Coast Com- pleasing hit. Angelis returns to the FARM DINNER com. munity Radio are teaming up again for Farmstock stage with her husband The special Farm Dinner at 1pm on For the Farmstock flyer, driving a weekend of local food, music, and Josef and the bellydancers. Other Sunday will highlight local ingredients. directions, and event schedule, go to: fun at Fred’s Farm in Naselle, WA. Confirmed acts as of Hipfish press time The menu includes salmon, spicy green coastradio.org/farmstock.html or visit Farmstock is the brainchild of include Nice Nice, Michael Hurley, beans, Mexican corn pudding, roasted the Farmstock page on Facebook. former chef and restaurateur turned Anitize, Sweet Young Thing, and Ma root vegetables, sautéed greens, sal- Admission to Farmstock is free, farmer Fred Johnson and is held on Barley, with more likely to sign on. ads, dessert, and more. Tickets for the parking is $5 per vehicle, camping (no the grounds of his historic farm. It is a Catch live music at Farmstock from dinner are available at KMUN and are hookups) is $20 per vehicle. Camping harvest celebration of everything that 10:30am – 10pm on Saturday. $25 until August 31, $35 at the door spaces are available on a first come, is fresh and local. (cash or checks only at the door). first served basis. All monetary transac- “We’re inviting all aspects of the WORKSHOPS Sponsors are wanted to assist tions onsite at Farmstock are by cash local food infrastructure to participate This year, a wide variety of free with funding onsite preparation and or check only. An ATM is located about in Farmstock, growers, processors, workshops will be presented on both infrastructure prior to Farmstock. one mile away at Bank of the Pacific and consumers. Ultimately, we need Saturday and Sunday. Subjects to be Donations will go toward covering the in downtown Naselle. Festival goers to keep our food dollars local, build covered include Beekeeping, Seed cost of mowing the fields to be used are encouraged to leave their dogs at a local food system of production, Saving. Eating Locally Seasoning for parking and camping during the home processing, Globally, still available. Contact Carol Carver Proceeds and distribu- Community at [email protected]. There from fees and tion,” says Gardens, is no registration for workshops, just tickets go Johnson. Yoga, show up. A schedule will be available to support He be- North closer to event time at the Farmstock Farmstock and lieves we can Coast page on Facebook. KMUN. Fred Food Web start this pro- VENDORS Johnson raises Mobile cess by form- Vendors will exhibit and sell their vegetables Gardens, ing personal wares on Saturday only from 10am and organically Black- relationships on. Expect to find handmade wares certified hay smithing, between ranging from arts and crafts to con- on his 70-acre Biochar, stakehold- sumable items like produce, pickles, historic farm, Maritime ers at social/ tinctures, and more. KMUN will hold located at 201 Gardening educational a raffle for a quilt and other items. S. Valley Rd., Challenges, events like Farmstock t-shirts and totes are Naselle, WA. Lager and Farmstock. available for $15. If you would like to He is especially All-Grain “It’s an active vend at Farmstock, contact Julie Ten- known for his Beer investigation nis at [email protected]. tomatoes and into a local- Brewing, greens. He ized food Tinctures FOOD COURT sells produce system.” 101, Farm An informal food court will be Joanne Rideout and Tom Hartland of KMUN hold the raffle quilt to local restau- Although Habitat located near the barn kitchen all day rants, and to the premise Restora- Saturday and Sunday morning. Tasty festival and will help feed the army of the public via CSA subscription, and at of Farmstock tion, offerings will showcase ingredients volunteers. Up-front costs are expected farmers markets. He caters weddings is serious, Growing from farms in the area. Hungry festival to be around $1000 - $1500. Sponsors and other events at his farm and owns the end and Using goers will be able to purchase pizzas, will be given food credits that they can a hardwood flooring business. 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