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Storyteller WILL HORNYAK Tales of Ireland’s Warrior Queens, Saints, Hags and Heroines March 20 Karen Bain directs “The Weir” THEATRE KALA Imogen Gallery contemporary works 240 11th street, astoria, or • 5 0 3 . 4 6 8 . 0 6 2 0 mon – sat 11 to 5:30, sun 11 to 4 • www.imogengallery.com Belly Dance follow us on facebook with A Jessamyn finn Gypsy’s ware Whimsy crystal & pottery HERBAL dinnerware APOTHECARY cooking products textiles home decor sweet treats jewelry sweaters t-shirts discover scandinavian design books & souvenirs Christmas year round sauna supplies cookware MARCH finnware.com • 503.325.5720 Since 1987 14 1116 Commercial St., Astoria OR • Open Daily Hrs: M-Th 10-5pm/ F 10-5:30pm/Sat 10-5pm Enter into the Gypsy's Caravan • exotic teas and herbs • unique fair-trade imports Wednesdays, 7pm to 8:15pm • nutritional remedies at the AAMC, $10 drop-in • natural body care 342 10th St (2nd Floor). & aromatherapy Your first class is free! * All genders, ages, and Relax, Explore, Enjoy! levels are welcome. 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Known as the “Whirling Dervish of the Cello”, Gillet has made a strong musical mark on the world with her synthesis of art form: from avant-garde jazz, French chan- sons to New Orleans funk and the bohemian flair of the Velvet Underground. Trained as a classical cellist with a Master’s Degree in Music, her training as an improviser began with North Indian Hindustani cellist Nancy Leash in ‘98, launching her into the worlds of free improvisation, jazz, funk, rock and song writing. Over the years — working in New Orleans with musicians of all stripes, from avant- Storyteller garde jazz and classical to pop and funk — Gillet has developed a singular polyglot style. The core of her work is solo performance with live looping, layering cello parts William Kennedy Hornyak and vocal lines. Rhythmic figures emerge with bowed or plucked ostinatos or a vari- presents A Storytelling Show ety of rubbing and slapping on the body of the cello, then enhanced with melodies and Workshop played or sung in her haunting alto. She is composer/singer-songwriter, and collaborator. Gillet recently recorded a duo at Kala album with multi instrumentalist Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band, Bela Fleck), sched- March 20 and March 21 uled to come out summer 2020 on Ear Up Records. She is founder of Tephra Sound Records and has several upcoming releases scheduled for 2020 including Shaking Show: Erin’s Daughters Souls; her Duo project with Swiss drummer Simon Berz. FMI: hellengillet.com Tales of Ireland’s Warrior Queens, Saints, Hags and Heroines Friday, March 13. Doors open at 7pm. Show at 7:30. $15. From pirate queen Grace O’Malley and mighty Maeve to saintly Brigit and the ancient Hag of Beara, a toast in story, song, poetry and lore to North Coast Chorale the multi-faceted Celtic feminine. Mature audi- Seth Walker ences only. & River City Singers Friday, March 20 at 7:30pm. March 29 KALA. $15 Tickets: libertyastoria.org present also at the door. Morten Lauridsen’s Storytelling Workshop Well Told: Crafting Personal Narratives We all have stories to tell and a unique voice and style with which to tell them. Truly memorable personal stories have a mythic quality to them. luxlux aeternaaeterna They provide a window to a larger world through the ordinary moments of our lives. The work of telling personal narratives is often to distill the universal from the personal, to find the common A FAVORITE on the KALA stage, Acoustic Blues/Soul artist Seth Walker returns! veins of meaning that connect to us all. Sunday March 29 Soul, jazz, blues and folk, Seth Walker deftly mixes all those genres and more in his During this workshop share stories from our work as a solo artist, organically building up a celebrated two-decade career that’s lives and explore the varied threads of meaning 3pm earned him praise everywhere from The Washington Post to NPR, who hailed his that run through them using traditional folktales “hard-driving” songs and “sweet tenor,” in addition to landing him dates with The and myths as a backdrop for our own stories and Astoria PAC Mavericks, The Wood Brothers, Raul Malo, Paul Thorn and Ruthie Foster, among create a supportive environment to develop our others. own storytelling voices and styles of telling. “…an accomplished guitarist and an even better singer, distilling the soul of Ray Consider the basics of a well-told tale and the 588 16th St. Astoria Charles, the Southern boy roots charm of Delbert McClinton, and an uptown blues tools required for all storytellers, be it for render- turn of phrase (à la Percy Mayfield) into his own distinct voice.” – The Vinyl District ing personal narratives or traditional tales. General admission seating. Doors open at 7:00 pm. $20. Advance: libertyastoria. Saturday, March 21, 10-2:30 at KALA. $35.00 org. Full Bar, 21+ please. PLEASE NOTE: Tickets purchased online are held at Reservations: [email protected] or 503 Tickets $10 at the door the door at KALA at the time of the show. 503 338-4878 to contact KALA. 697-5808. At KALA. 3 MARCH 20 hipfishmonthly.com Pajunen/Brynnel Duo The Spirit of St. Louis Trumpeter Mark Berney RUSSIAN GOLD w/ Lee Stromquist - piano MEDALISTS Joey Altruda - Bass RETURN TO Friday July 6 • 8pm ASTORIA HAUNTED ASTORIA By Katherine Lacaze Karen Bain Directs Empower Your Authentic Self Connor McPherson’s THE WEIR With a Healing Gift of Reiki 30-minute Sessions for only $60 haunting drama Call or text Deborah: (503) 706-0908 rooted in Irish Folklore www.HolyLoveReiki.com at The TEN FIFTEEN THEATRE [ KAREN KAUFMAN THE TEN FIFTEEN THEATER in Astoria is preparing to stage a production of Conor McPherson’s “The Weir,” One unique challenge for the actors in staging the play was L.Ac. • Ph.D a haunting drama that is deeply rooted in Irish folklore and the . learning the Irish dialect, which often required them to research murky boundary between reality and the supernatural, truth and unfamiliar words and terms. Not all the characters are using the imagination, and life and death. same dialect either. While the men use a Northern Irish accent, Acupuncture •Musculoskeletal Director Karen Bain described the one-act play, which opens Valerie, as a recent transplant, has a Dublin accent. While Bain’s pain and strain March 13, as “extremely Irish.” It is set in a small pub called The &Traditional conscientious attention to detail endows the show with authen- •Headaches/Allergies Weir outside of Sligo in Northern Ireland. At the pub, propri- ticity, she believes it will still be accessible to general audiences, •Gynecological Issues etor Brendan, played by Simon Caron, and his regulars Jack Chinese despite the accents and regional dialect. •Stress/emotional Issues and Jim—played by ‘Rick Gray and Bennett Hunter, respec- Medicine tively—frequently engage in banter, gossip, and the swapping A Collaborative Process Although the play touches on deeply intimate and poignant New Location! of stories. 503.298.8815 495 OlneyNew Location!Ave Astoria Or “It’s kind of home to these guys,” Bain said. emotions such as grief and loneliness, it is also comprised of hu- [email protected] No. 1, 12th St. Suite 8B, Astoria The audience gets a taste of their rapport when a local busi- mor and lightheartedness wrapped in an envelope of dramatic nessman and former pub regular Finbar Mack, played by Mick naturalism. Alderman, shows “It’s a really interesting mix,” Bain said. up one evening To build the relationships and connections necessary to drive with Valerie, a wom- the character-driven performance forward and give it substance, an who recently Bain said they use various tools. One is simply giving the actors home & garden ARTS moved to the area 10 minutes or so at the end of each rehearsal to hang out. She from Dublin. While also asked the men to hug each other every day, enabling them •artisan decor it’s not scandalous to develop the bonds of long-term friendship that are exhibited for home and garden for the woman, onstage. •traditional toys played by Nancy As the director, Bain said, it is her job to “listen to the play,” Montgomery, to be and then to “marry the play with the actors.” Although she pos- in the pub, it does sesses an extensive background in theater, including a masters 1124 Commercial St • Astoria, OR Open Mon - Sat 11 - 5:30, Sun 12 - 4 cause a bit of a stir of fine arts, she takes an open-minded, collaborative approach to the men’s regular to her productions, drawing from the creativity of her cast.