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! May 17th, 2024

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…

ARTS – Live & Local! May 10th, 2024

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…

ARTS – Live & Local! May 3rd, 2024

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 –…

ARTS – Live & Local! April 26th, 2024

Friday, April 26th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Jessi Just, Executive Dir of the Heart of Cartm on the Trash Bash Art Festival 2024 at White Clover Grange in Nehalem. Cannon Beach Gallery Director Summer Peterson and Science Illustrator and Wildlife Artist Nora Sherwood with “Reserve Inspiration” opening for…

ARTS – Live & Local! April 19th, 2024

Friday, April 19th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Director Roy Seiber with the Cannon Beach Chorus concerts, “The Colors of Life”, in Seaside, Cannon Beach, Nehalem & Tillamook. Lee Stromquist and Dave Drury with the North Coast Big Band’s Benefit the PAC Concert at the Charlene Larsen Center in…

ARTS – Live & Local! April 12th, 2024

Friday, April 12th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests:   Deputy Director Norma Hernandez with Consejo Hispano’s first annual ‘Golpetazo del Año’ at CC Fairgrounds expo annex.   Photographer Don Frank with a new exhibit “Inky Daydreams” at Imogen Gallery in Astoria.   Artist and Printmaking Instructor Ben Killen Rosenberg &…

ARTS – Live & Local! April 5th 2024

Tillamook Artist, carpenter, craftsman, beekeeper and surfer Henry Stanley on his Surfboard exhibit at Bay City Arts Center. Editor-in-Chief Asher Finch and Faculty Advisor Kama O’Connor with RAIN MAGAZINE at CCC Towler Hall. Classical Pianist Andrei Andreev performs a benefit concert for Cascadia Chamber Opera’s summer Festival at the Charlene Larsen Center in Astoria; joined…

ARTS – Live & Local! March 29th 2024

Friday, March 29th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Tracy Abel from Tolovana Arts Colony on “Get Lit at the Beach”, a gathering for readers and authors in Cannon Beach. Executive Director Jennifer Crockett on the Liberty Theatre’s 99th Birthday Bash in the Liberty McTavish Room with live Jass. Ceramic…

ARTS – Live & Local! March 8th 2024

Friday, March 8th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Rita Smith, Denise Cox & Ann Erickson with Peninsula Players production of “Nunsense” at the River City Playhouse in Ilwaco, WA. Soprano Camila Parias & Hideki Yamaya on vihuela present “Songs of the Spanish Renaissance” at Peace First Lutheran Church in…

ARTS – Live & Local! March 1st 2024

Friday, March 1st at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Band member Jack ‘Yankl’ Falk on Trio Deloria concert of Klezmer, Romanian & Hungarian fiddle virtuosity and more at the Larsen Center in Astoria. Tolovana Arts Colony Program Coordinator Andrew Tonry on the fourth annual Cannon Beach Comedy Festival. Astoria H.S. production of…

ARTS – Live & Local! February 23rd, 2024

Friday, February 23 at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Anna Kaufman, NCCWP Astoria Coordinator with Poet Jennifer Nightingale, on the North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection Forest Poets Event in the Lovell Taproom at the Fort George in Astoria. From the 27th annual Fisher Poets Gathering: Nels Ure (Commercial Fishermen…

ARTS – Live & Local! February 16th, 2024

Friday, February 16 at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Founder Virginia Carlson and Candy Nichols with the 2024 Sunday Afternoon Live season at the Historic Raymond Theatre in WA. Bette Lu Krause, Rita Smith & Christl Mack of The Oyster Crackers in concert at KALA in Astoria. Adria Badagnani on…

ARTS – Live & Local! February 9th, 2024

Friday, February 9 at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Author & Storyteller Paula Charles launches her debut novel “Hammers and Homicide” at Lucy’s Books in Astoria. Operations Manager Mary Korte and Owner Thandi Rosenheim on the 2024 Sou’Wester Art Week in Seaview, WA. LaRee Johnson with her program on Mary…

ARTS – Live & Local! February 2nd, 2024

Friday, February 2 at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: CCC Art Professor, Gallery Director & Exhibit Founder Kristin Shauck with invited Artists Arnold Pander & Penny Treat in Au Naturel – The Nude in the 21st Century at the Royal Nebeker Gallery. Director Danyelle Tinker and actor Michael Murdoch from…

ARTS – Live & Local! January 26th, 2024

Friday, January 26 at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Jenni Tronier, Mick Alderman & Toddy Adams with David Auburn’s drama “Proof” at the Coaster Theatre in Cannon Beach. Dr. Jeannine Jordan on the multi media performance at Grace Episcopal Church in Astoria, part of Pipe Organs of the PNW Coast,…

ARTS – Live & Local! January 12th, 2024

Friday, January 12th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Painter & Printmaker Nicholas Knapton with “Conversations with Gavi”, an exhibition of diverse works created in Astoria & Berlin; at Imogen Gallery in Astoria. Lower Columbia Preservation Society’s VP Astronemis Ray and AA Jaime Lump with an update on LCPS, including…

ARTS – Live & Local! January 5th, 2024

Friday, January 5th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests:   Encaustic Painter Elise Wagner with her pop up exhibit ’20 Years in Wax’ at CCC Royal Nebeker Art Gallery.   Writer, Filmmaker Flax Glor on his class ‘Writing About Film’ at Clatsop Community College.   Musicians Len Bergman, Allyson Fabela…

ARTS – Live & Local! December 29th, 2023

Friday, Dec 29th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: CCC Historic Preservation Program Founder and Instructor John Goodenberger with Ales & Ideas lecture “Searching for Astoria’s Pauper Cemetery” at Fort George Lovell Showroom. Indigo Artist and Weaver Iris Sullivan Daire and son M. Tully Daire, currently a Student and Weaver…

ARTS – Live & Local! December 15th, 2023

Friday, Dec 15th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Textile Artists & Painters Jenny Rideout and Amelia Santiago from Hook, Pulp & Weave, on exhibit at Imogen Gallery in Astoria. Pianist Jennifer Goodenberger and Flutist Shelley Loring with their Holiday Concert at the Cannon Beach Community Church. Artist & Musician…

ARTS – Live & Local December 8th, 2023

Friday, Dec 8th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local!  Host Jim Dott & guests: Susi Brown, one of the three directors, and cast member Dylan Disch with “Almost, Maine” at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria. Editors Cate Gable, Paul Nelson, Jason Wirth and contributing Poet Robert Michael Pyle with “Cascadian Zen: Writings from…

ARTS – Live & Local December 1st, 2023

Friday, Dec 1st at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Saara Mathews & Lloyd Bowler with “Light in the Darkness”, a traditional honoring of deceased loved ones, at the Astoria Nordic Park. Musician Hideki Yamaya plays an Early Elizabethan concert on lute and cittern at Peace First Lutheran Church. Jackie Marchioto…

ARTS – Live & Local November 24th, 2023

Friday, Nov 24th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Artist Janet Darcher in an exhibit of art quilts by the Grouper Fiber Arts Collective at Astoria Art Loft. ED Madeline Matson on “Chinuk Ntsayka!” photography exhibit at the CP Heritage Museum in Ilwaco, WA. Chaplain Rev. Lori Blake on the…

ARTS – Live & Local November 17th, 2023

Friday, Nov 17th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Director Jeff Swanson & Actor David Sweeney with “Miracle on 34th St” at the Coaster Theatre in Cannon Beach. North Coast Chorale Singers Darcy Molloy & Helen McClaine on the annual Messiah Singalong benefit for CCA Regional Food Bank at the…

ARTS – Live & Local November 10th, 2023

Friday, Nov 10th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Curator Judith Altruda, Woodcarver Earl Davis & AVA Dir Annie Eskelin with Portrait of Eugene Landry & Contemporary Shoalwater Bay Tribe Artists & Writers @ Astoria Visual Arts Gallery. Musicians & Board members Pamela Fleming & Bill Britton and Soloist Diane…

ARTS – Live & Local November 3rd, 2023

Friday, Nov 3rd at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Director Edward James and Actors Nancy Watkins & Mark Erickson with ‘Alice In Wonderland’ at the Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts. Arts Council of Clatsop County Board members Danyelle Tinker & Dave Ambrose on the National Arts & Economic…

ARTS – Live & Local October 20th, 2023

Friday, Oct 20th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Astoria Conservatory Artistic Director of Dance Sarah Cohen, Founder & Voice Teacher Lisa Nelson and Dancer/Actor Alex with Grimm Tales @ the Charlene Larsen Center.   Cannon Beach History Center & Museum Directors Andrea Suarez-Kemp & Liz Scott and Tolovana Arts…