ARTS - Live & Local!
A weekly highlight reel of upcoming arts and culture events in the lower Columbia Pacific region, hosted by Carol Newman.
Friday, June 30th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Musicians John Hammond & Dennis Hale from the North Coast Symphonic Band with “An American Celebration” at the Liberty Theatre. Juleen Eun Sun Johnson & Heather July Goguen with “Statements & Illuminations” a show of Art & Words in…
Friday, June 23th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Jane Brumfield, manager of Brumfield Gallery in Astoria & Bronze Coast Gallery in Cannon Beach on “The Planets & Other Worlds”, exhibit by Katherine Ace. Bette Lu Krause with the three day Oysterville Schoolhouse Artisan Fair of arts, music,…
Friday, June 16th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Janet & Lloyd Bowler with Kristian Bugge & Sonnich Lydom of Gangspil from Denmark for the Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds. Director Deanna Duplechain & Actor Jolene Magee with Tiny Beautiful Things, a play by Noa Vardalos based on the book…
Friday, June 9th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Musician & Board member Betsey Ellerbroek, with soloists Laurie Swanson & Jim Achilles from the North OR Coast Symphony in concert in Nehalem & Seaside. Summer Peterson, Marketing & Programming Manager as well as Summer Art Camp Director, at…
Friday, June 2nd at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & a studio full of Tenor Guitar Gathering Musicians: Tyler Jackson – guitar Grant Flick – guitar & fiddle Alison Helzer – guitar August Watters – mandolin Paul Gabrielson – bass Pat Mac Swyney – Irish guitar Chris Wessel – Yes
Friday, May 26th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Frank Squillo directs “12 Angry Jurors” for the Riverbend Players at the NCRD Performing Arts Center in Nehalem. Poet and Professional Potter David Campiche on his historical novel “Black Wing” with readings at Fort George in Astoria, Time Enough…
Friday, May 19th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Musicians & Board members Mary Ann Ylipelto and Ken & Delores Richards on the 13th Annual Tenor Guitar Gathering in Astoria. David Arkenstone and Friends perform a multi genre candle lit concert at the Charlene Larsen Center in Astoria….
Friday, May 12th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Melissa Henige from The Harbor, Clay Artist & Bowl Makers Richard Rowland & Jimmy Mandes, with the annual Soup Bowl Benefit Night at Bob Chisholm Community Center in Seaside. Oregon Film Director Trip Jennings brings his new documentary “Elemental”,…
Friday, May 5th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Deborah Hazen, President of the Clatskanie Historical Society, on the Raymond Carver Writing Festival. Artist & Arts Program Coordinator Ally Bruser with her Nerikomi Clay Workshop at Sou’Wester Lodge in Seaview. Margarita Cullimore shares a celebration of Cinco de…
Heather Douglas – CCC, & Dr. Jenni Newton – Astoria School District, with the North Coast Inclusion Seminar, advancing equity in education, at Clatsop Community College. Dragon Fire Gallery owner Eeva Lantela with the Cannon Beach Spring Unveiling Arts Festival. Leader Lee Stromquist and Dave Drury with the North Coast Big Band with…
Friday, April 21th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Author & Pacific Slam grand champion Sean Davis with “Stormy River Storytellers”, a new series at Workers Tavern in Astoria; & owner, storyteller Diana Kirk. Director/Conductor Terry Dahlgren and Publicist Kathleen Strecker of the North Coast Symphonic Band with “Jazz,…
Friday, April 14th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Director Susi Brown and actors Cherry Kocemba & Rhonda Warnack with “Enchanted April” at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria. Curator Agnes Field and Artist Lezlie Piper, one of four artists, with “Divine Beacons” at Astoria Visual Arts. …
Friday, April 7th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Tracy Abel of Tolovana Arts Colony with “Get Lit at the Beach – A Gathering for Readers” in Cannon Beach. Artist Kathleen Faulkner with “The View From Here”, oils & oil pastels at Imogen Gallery in Astoria. Keri…
Friday, March 31st at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Dr. Vincent Centeno, Conductor of the Cascadia Chamber Opera Chorus, and CCO Board member, Lauri Kramer Serafin, with “A Celebration of Gilbert & Sullivan”, at the Larsen Center in Astoria. Dr. Margaret Frimoth, founder of The Healing Circle – VOCA, with…
Friday, March 24th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Sunday Afternoon Live (SAL) Founder Virginia Carlson and new presenters Barbara Hannah & Paul Delau on the Tel Aviv Wind Quintet & more at the Raymond Theatre in WA. Ryan Hull, Director of “The Waverly Gallery”, with Danyelle Tinker,…
Friday, March 17th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Actor & Director Frank Squillo with The Riverbend Players & Brighton Beach Memoirs at the NCRD Performing Arts Center in Nehalem. Maria Muldaur & her Bluesiana Band in concert at the White Clover Grange in Nehalem, a benefit for…
Friday, March 10th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Ceramic Artist Molly Schulps with classes and workshops at the new Columbia Clay Studio in Astoria. Tolovana Arts Colony Program Director Andrew Tonry with the Cannon Beach Comedy Festival. Astoria High School Thespians with “Into the Woods”; Aria…
Friday, March 3rd at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Musicians Betsey Ellerbroek & Pam Fleming of the North Oregon Coast Symphony with Stage & TV Actor Liz Cole; in concert at St Catherine’s in Nehalem & the Charlene Larsen Center in Astoria. Cellist, Composer, Singer/Songwriter Anna Fritz in concert at…
Guest host Albert Smith with a roomful of Fisher Poets Gathering artists: Steve Schoonmaker, Erica Clark, Moe Bowstern, and George Wilson
Friday, February 10th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Multidiscipline artist Rachel Siegel with a mini retrospective “ThenThereHereNow’ at KALA in Astoria; with Dinah Urell, proprietor of KALA & hipfish. Violinist Kim Angelis & Pianist Jennifer Goodenberger with a benefit concert, “Romancing the CLC”, at the Charlene Larsen…
Friday, February 3rd at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Director Thomas Ryan and actors Frank Jagodnik, Margo McClellan, Toddy Adams, Bryan Churchill with “Guilty Conscience”, a murder-mystery at The Coaster Theatre in Cannon Beach. CCC Art Department Chair Kristin Shauck and Ryan Prochaska, head of the Historic Preservation Program, with…
Friday, January 27th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Sadie Mercer, from Maggie’s On The Prom, on the Pacific Story Slam in Seaside, Astoria and Long Beach, WA. Lindsey Aarts on her solo show at RiverSea Gallery with work from her Astoria Visual Arts residency.
Friday, January 20th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Actors Slab Slabinski & Jacque Denton and Director William Bill Ham with ‘Simple Salmon ’23: Subtitle Undetermined’ at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria. Artists Anna Kaufman & Denise Monaghan, daughter & mother, present & former artists-in-residence at Astoria…
Friday, January 13th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Artist & Educator Jo Pomeroy-Crockett, co-owner of Art Loft and Dots ’N Doodles in Astoria, with an update on both. Writer, Dancer, Performance Artist Susan Grace Banyas, author of The Hillsboro Story, is featured at Warrenton Community Library After…
Friday, January 6th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Nancy McCarthy with ‘Hemingway at the Beach’ and more at the Cannon Beach Library. India Downes-Le Guin, Executive Director of the Hoffman Center for the Arts in Manzanita, with a full update. Director Edward James & performer Terri…
Friday, December 30th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Madeline Matson, Executive Director of the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco on ‘The Heart of the Museum: The Aura of Objects’. Poets Robert Michael Pyle and Florence Sage share new and seasonal poems. Jim Dott reads his…
Friday, December 16th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Jazz Singer, Songwriter, Composer Lauren Kinhan in concert at the Coaster Theatre in Cannon Beach; with Executive Director Patrick Lathrop on the 2023 Season. Kelly Ragsdale, Managing Director of the Columbia Theatre in Longview WA, on Finnegan Blue’s Irish Christmas &…
Friday, December 9th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Featured Watercolor Artist Noel Thomas at the RiverSea Gallery for their 25th Anniversary; with Poet Patricia Staton Thomas. Singer/Songwriter/Musician Kathryn Claire with “Winter Songs” in concert in Nehalem, Ilwaco & Astoria. Violinist, Teacher & Cofounder of the Columbia River…
Friday, December 2nd at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Poet Florence Sage with her new book of poetry “What to Do with Night”. Bruce Williams reads from Yevgeny Yevtushenko’s autobiography. North Coast Chorale Director Dr. Vincent Jones-Centeno and President ChrisLynn Taylor with their concert “Colors of Winter”.