Friday, November 22nd at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Soprano Terri Miller & Alto Nancy Word on the annual North Coast Chorale Messiah Singalong / Playalong Benefit at the Larsen Center in Astoria. Artist & Board Member Rachel Siegel with “Small Treasures”, an exhibit, auction, party & winter fundraiser…
ARTS - Live & Local!
A weekly highlight reel of upcoming arts and culture events in the lower Columbia Pacific region, hosted by Carol Newman.
Friday, November 15th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Cello Looping Musician, Composer, Singer Helen Gillet plays a concert at KALA in Astoria. Cascadia Bagpiper John Goff with a Bagpipe Swap Meet @ First Presbyterian & open jam session @ Breakside Brewery in Astoria. Artist Penny Treat with the exhibit “In the…
Friday, November 8th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Multi-disciplinary Artist Nhatt Nichols with “The Willapa Oyster & Its Environs” graphic story at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco, WA. Renee Fruiht, Jimmy Mandes & Alex Cantrell with the CCC Ceramic Student Club show and sale of their works…
Friday, November 1st at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Guitarist & Composer Aaron Larget-Caplan with “Death, Dreams, and Delusions” celebrating All Hollow’s Eve and the Day of the Dead at the Coaster Theatre in CB. Brent Follis with the Brent Follis QTET featuring Marilyn Keller play the Coaster Theatre during…
Friday, October 25th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Astoria Conservatory’s Artistic Director of Dance Sarah Cohen, Founder & Director Lisa Nelson & Dancer Alex with “Grimm Tales – Hansel & Gretel” at the Charlene Larsen Center. Clatskanie Arts Commission Board Members & Organizers Donavon ‘Dee’ & Elsa Wooley…
Friday, October 18th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Producer Michael Downey on the filming of ‘The Cycle’, a horror-thriller set in Astoria and surroundings. Marianne Monson of The Writers Guild with Harvest Moon and Susan Banyas on the 2024 Astoria Creative Writers Festival. Dr. Julie Brown with Clatsop Community…
Friday, October 11th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: WMF Chair Diane Marshall on the Dan Brubeck Quartet at Water Music Festival 2024 at the Chinook Event Center in WA. Artists Jill Mulholland & John Mueller from the AVA/Recology Coastal Oregon Artist Residency – COAR – at Anita Building for…
Friday, October 4th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: CCC Ceramics Instructor Brad Menninga with “The Country I Come From is Called the Midwest”, a group exhibit at the Royal Nebeker Art Gallery. Director Susi Brown, Actor Bonnie Lively & Venue Host Sally Musemeche with Astoria Readers Theater debut production…
Friday, September 27th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Director Mick Alderman and Actors Arnie Hummasti & Marc Weaver with “The Woman in Black” at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria. Bruce Watts from Astoria Jazz Festival, with pianist Brad Bleidt, presents the Beacon Street Titans with Shirley Nanette at…
Norma Hernandez with Consejo Hispano’s Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Celebration at Sunset Recreation Center in Seaside. Cannon Beach Library Manager Jen Dixon on the Annual Fall Festival Fundraiser at the CB library. Studio Manager Hans Miles with Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio and his personal exhibit “Dryer 15” in Ilwaco, WA.
Friday, September 13th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Founder Karin Temple and Jane Hill on the Autumnal Equinox Peace Labyrinth at Grace Episcopal Church in Astoria. Photographer/ Writer Roger Dorband, Painter Darren Orange and Poet/ Podcaster Ellie Dunklee on North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection’s “Deep Dive: Stories of…
Friday, September 6th at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests: Fisher Poets Jay Speakman & Rob Seitz will be joined by Jon Broderick & Geno Leach in “A Special Harvest of Fisher Poets” at KALA in Astoria. LCPS Board Members Lauri Serafin & Eric Wheeler with a monthly…
Friday, Aug 30th at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests: Alejandra Lopez Nestor & Rosendo Talancon-Botello present Raices Clatsop highlighting the local Latino community, history and culture at Anita Building in Astoria; with Liz Harris proprietor. Co-Owner Todd Robinett & Manager Mark Barsekian on the history of labor…
Friday, Aug 23rd at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests: Events Coordinator Delphine Criscenzo & Owner/Manager Kathleen McDonald with ‘Jazz on the River’ at the Little Island Creamery in Cathlamet, WA. Astoria Public Library Director Suzanne Harold & Clatsop Community College Library Director Dan McClure on the Astoria Library renovation….
Friday, Aug 16th at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests: Roberta Gumbel, Librettist & Director of dwb (Driving While Black), Brendan Hartnett, director of The Elixir of Love and Deac Guidi, Baritone & Board Member of CCO, with the Cascadia Chamber Opera Festival at the Larsen Center in Astoria….
Friday, Aug 9th at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests: Michelle Valigura, Ceramic Artist and Owner of Basalt, with >100 artists in Coastal Craft Uprising in Seaside. Artists Lezlie Amara Piper, Rachel Siegel and Derek Ecklund on their installation ’Synapse’ at AVA Gallery. Artist, Writer, Entrepreneur Ramey Holsman with…
Euphonium player Dr. Paul Niemisto, founder & director of the 7 piece Finnish American Brass Band ‘Ameriikan Poijat’, in concert in Astoria, Naselle, WA and more. Diana Thompson, coordinator of Water Music Society’s Jazz & Oysters 2024, at the Port of Peninsula in Nahcotta, WA. CCO Director & Soprano Bereniece Jones-Centeno, Astoria Conservatory Director Lisa…
Friday, July 26th at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests: Astoria Visual Arts Executive Director Annie Eskelin with participating Artists Joanne Lumpkin Brown & Philip Barasch in the AVA Astoria Open Studios Tour. Director of Appelo Archive Center Annika Kay and Serena Travis with ‘A Taste of Festival’, this year’s…
Friday, July 19th at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests: Susie McLerie and Joseph Stevenson on the music & dance legacy in Clatsop Co and the world by Jeanie McLerie. Katrina Gasser Sturgeon and Amy Boyovich on Community Competitions, exhibitions by and for all at the Clatsop County Fair in…
Friday, July 12th at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests: Executive Director Danyelle Tinker & Committee Member Nancy Montgomery with The Ten Fifteen Theater’s PERFORMATHON. Artist, Pianist, Composer Jennifer Goodenberger on her show The Art of Collage at Astoria Art Loft. Store Operations Manager Patrick Kint on the 50th Anniversary…
Friday, July 5th at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests: Chair Nancy Allen & Gardener Susan Filkins with the Water Music Society’s Music in the Gardens Tour on the Long Beach Peninsula, WA. Artists Kitty Paino and TJ Lev on the Trail’s End Art Association & Gallery Annual Judged Show…
Friday, June 28th at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests: Actors Katherine Lacaze, Cathey Ryan, David Sweeney in “Meshuggah-Nuns” at the Coaster Theatre in Cannon Beach. Conductor Terry Dahlgren & Musician/Publicist Kathleen Strecker with the North Coast Symphonic Band’s “Spirit of America” at the Liberty Theatre in Astoria. Executive Director…
Friday, June 21st at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: From Denmark for the 57th Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival, Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard with band members Mikkel Grue, Sebastian Bloch & Sune Rahbeck. Plus ScanFest’s Janet & Lloyd Bowler. Director Carly Keone & Actors Molly Oien & Robert Scherrer from…
Friday, June 14th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Musician & Committee member Dan Gerth on Make Music Day sponsored by the Arts Council of Clatsop County. Steven Amaya, host of KMUN’s Father Figures, exploring the topic. Director Tim Murphy & Actor & Board president Jon Osborn with Astor Street…
Friday, June 7th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! guest host Joanne Rideout with: Kate Cooper, Heidi Dowell & Duane the dog from the South Pacific County Humane Society in Long Beach with Art Pawtraits. Executive Director Kari Henningsgaard from the Wildlife Center of the North Coast in Astoria. Artist Morrison Pierce and Harmonicist…
Friday, May 31st at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Radio Producer & Filmmaker Barbara Bernstein with her documentary “Once a Braided River” screening at the Columbian Theater in Astoria. Performers at the 14th Annual Tenor Guitar Gathering at the Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts: Gerry Carthy, Baron Collins-Hill,…
Friday, May 24th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Author & Naturalist Dr. Robert Michael Pyle with his new poetry book “The Last Man in Willapa” at KALA in Astoria. Director Jolene Magee & actor Deborah Jensen with “Exit, Pursued by a Bear” at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria….
Friday, May 17th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Ukrainian American ethnomusicologist, folklorist, and singer Nadia Tarnawsky leads the vocal ensemble Cappella Romana in village folk songs, sacred chants, and choral works for A Ukrainian Wedding at Grace Episcopal Church in Astoria. Board member Ken Richards, Delores Richards & Mary…
Friday, May 10th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: North Coast Chorale’s Helen McClaine and Soloist Keith Workman with ’The Macabre’ at the Charlene Larsen Center in Astoria. Marketing & Operations Director Jenni Tronier & Play Director Markus Brown with “2 Across” at the Coaster Theatre in Cannon Beach. Design…
Friday, May 3rd at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Soprano Minntah Haefker and Drummer Brent Follis with the debut of The Minntah Quartet at Carruthers in Astoria. Educator Dr. Jenni Newton on the third annual North Coast Inclusion Seminar at Astoria High School. Mary Blake with ‘A Pollinators Affair –…