ARTS - Live & Local!

A weekly highlight reel of upcoming arts and culture events in the lower Columbia Pacific region, hosted by Carol Newman.

ARTS – Live & Local! September 5th, 2025

Friday September 5th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Poet & Coordinator John Ciminello with Poet Florence Sage on the ten week ENCORE Local Author Series featuring published poets & authors at Astoria Senior Center. Director Suzanne Harold on the Grand Reopening Celebration of the Astoria Public Library after a…

ARTS – Live & Local! August 29th, 2025

Friday, August 29th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Saxophonist, Journalist, Author RJ Marx on his lecture ‘Seaside Riots 1963’ at the Seaside Library; his Jazz Fundamentals class at CCC; and music performances in Clatsop Co. Historian, Preservationist, Author John Goodenberger with his upcoming book on the Flavel Family of…

ARTS – Live & Local! August 15th, 2025

Friday, August 15th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Bereniece Jones-Centeno, Artistic Director of the Cascadia Chamber Opera, with Stage Director Brendan Hartnett and Stacey Murdoch, Paige Cook & Brandon Michael in CCO Festival’s production of “La Boheme” at the Larsen Center in Astoria. Poet Marj Hogan, Writer’s Guild of…

ARTS – Live & Local! August 8th, 2025

Friday, August 8th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Director/Producer Alejandra Lopez Nestor, Filmmaker/Editor Jasmine Garcia Delossantos & Host Liz Harris with Raices Clatsop Documentary Premier & Exhibit in the Anita Building in Astoria. CCO Artistic Director & Co-founder Bereniece Jones-Centeno with Mezzo Soprano Lisa Nelson & Baritone Zachary Martin…

ARTS – Live & Local! August 1st, 2025

Friday, August 1st at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Director Deanna Duplechain and Stage Manager & Sound Designer Jaime Britton with Sarah Ruhl’s “For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday” at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria. Marble Sculptor M.J. Anderson with “Inextinguishable”, her exhibit on our age old relationship…

ARTS – Live & Local! July 25th, 2025

Chelsea Rose, Director of Southern OR University Lab of Anthropology, on the Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project: Uncovering and Maintaining Chinese-American History in Oregon presented by Dr. Jennifer Fang at Obelisk Brewery in Astoria. Artists Luisa Mack & Gregory Gorham with “Oysterville, Pearl of the Peninsula”, an exhibit by eight artists in diverse mediums at Marie…

ARTS – Live & Local! June 13th, 2025

Friday, June 13th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Senior Court Princesses Emily Herzberg, Ava Thornton, Olive Thompson & Chaperone Melissa Schacher plus Miss Scandinavia Queen 2024-25 Audrey Cereghino for the 2025 Scandinavian Midsummer Festival at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds. Artists Agnes Field and Kate Speranza on “Sointula: A Place…

ARTS – Live & Local! June 6th, 2025

Friday, June 6th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Violinist Audrey Cereghino & Cellist Dylan Morrow, soloists, & Violist Betsey Ellerbroek, in concert with the North Oregon Coast Symphony at the Nehalem Elementary School & the Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts. Barbara Anne Gaidosh, Oregon Folksinger, in concert…

ARTS – Live & Local! May 16th, 2025

Delphine Criscenzo, Little Island Creamery Events Coordinator, and Bruce Watts, cofounder Astoria Jazz Fest/Jazz on the River, bring Shirley Nanette & the Beacon St Titans to Puget Island, WA. Artists Rachel Siegel and Dardinelle Troen, Astoria Visual Arts Board Members, with CREATE 8 x 8, a benefit for the AVA. Composer & Pianist Jennifer Goodenberger…

ARTS – Live & Local! March 28th, 2025

Friday, March 28th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Directors Rita Smith & Pamela Klifar with Peninsula Players’ production of “Disaster” at the River City Playhouse in Ilwaco, WA. Director Markus Brown & Actor Judy Goff-Menegat with “Marjorie Prime” at The Ten Fifteen Theatre in Astoria. Musica Maestrale’s Hideki Yamaya…

ARTS – Live & Local! March 21st, 2025

Friday, March 21st at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Wild Salmon Center Community Engagement Coordinator Avi Goldschmidt on Rand Schenck, author of “Forest Under Siege: The History of Old Growth After Gifford Pinchot” at Fort George Brewery. Katy Menne, Arts Council of Clatsop Co board member & CRMM education director…

ARTS – Live & Local! February 28th, 2025

Friday, February 28th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Adria Badagnani on the Manzanita Writers Series Literary Weekend with Poet Didi Jackson at the Hoffman Center for the Arts. Nancy McCarthy & Jennifer Nightingale with 13 writers in the NW Authors Series ‘Writers Read Celebration’ at the Cannon Beach Library….