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! July 29, 2022

Friday, July 29th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:    Astoria Visual Arts director Annie Eskelin and participating artists Robert Paulmenn & Jane Adams on the Astoria Open Studios Tour with more than 50 artists.   Cannon Beach History Center & Museum manager Andrea Suarez, Development coordinator Deanna Duplechain &…

Arts! Live & Local July 22, 2022

Friday, July 22nd at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:    Co-founder, Artistic director & Opera singer Bereniece Jones-Centeno & Orchestra leader & Pianist Vincent Centeno with Cascadia Chamber Opera’s production of The Banshee @ the Larsen Center in Astoria.   Artist Morrison Pierce & Musician Tim Root with The Not-So…

Arts! Live & Local July 15, 2022

Friday, July 15th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:    Pianist Jennifer Goodenberger & Violinist Kim Angelis play original music at the Astoria Library 10th St concert series & the Finn Fest in Naselle.   Artists Kitty Paino & Carolyn Myers Lindberg on the Trails End Art Association 71st Annual Judged…

Arts! Live & Local June 10, 2022

Friday, June 10th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:    Sergey Antonov & Ilya Kazantsev of The Hermitage Piano Trio with Special Guests for the Third Dimension Classical Music Festival at the Liberty Theatre.    The Anita Building presents BorderXer by artist, curator, teacher Patricia Vázquez Gómez; with Liz Harris, artist and…

ARTS – Live & Local! May 27, 2022

Friday, May 27 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:    Paul Dueber with the Second Sunday Series of concerts in Cannon Beach’s Coaster Theatre; plus more.   Marcus Runkle on Seaside’s first LGBTQ Pride March & Community Celebration.   Conductor Cory Pederson & player Pamela Fleming on North Coast Chamber Orchestra’s concerts…

ARTS – Live & Local! April 29, 2022

Friday, April 29 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:    Cannon Beach Library NW Authors Series presents Author Karl Marlantes at the Coaster Theatre.   Director & Choreographer Margaret Wall on the Astoria School of Ballet production of Thumbelina at the Liberty Theatre.   Program director Andrew Tonry on the…

ARTS – Live & Local! April 22, 2022

Lauri Serafin & Bernie Robe from Cascadia Chamber Opera with the debut of Pint Sized Opera at local establishments.   Brian Bergman on the North Coast Symphonic Band at the Liberty Theatre & the North Coast Big Band at the Larsen Center.   Brian Pietrowski with LCPS & CCC Historic Preservation on the Fort Astoria…

ARTS – Live & Local! April 15, 2022

Jake Shulman-Ment, Brooklyn based violinist and bandleader of Midwood, with the Portland Klezmer Festival.   Heart of Cartm Director Jessi Just on the return of the Trash Bash Art Festival to Manzanita & Nehalem.    Conductor Cory Pederson with Columbia River Symphony’s The Sounds of Civilization at the Liberty Theatre in Astoria.

ARTS – Live & Local! April 08, 2022

Director Edward James & Actor Mark Erickson with Aaron Posner’s “Stupid F#!*ing Bird” at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria.   Curator and Artist Jessica Schleif with Cartographer Kayla Fermin in “Secrets of the Slow Dimension” a collaborative installation on the natural world at Astoria Visual Arts.      Photographer Don Frank with “The Lost Winter”…

ARTS – Live & Local! April 01, 2022

Friday, April 1 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:    Performative sculptor Dawn Stetzel with the 10th annual Sou’Wester Arts Week: over 30 creators, performances, installations, open studios in Seaview, WA.   Documentary & fine arts photographer Robbie McClaran with “The Great River of the West” at Lightbox Photographic Gallery…

ARTS – Live & Local! March 18, 2022

Friday, March 18 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:    David Sweeney and Jeremiah Williams in “ART” by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton & directed by Karen Bain at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria. Running March 18th-26th   Barbara Anne Gaidosh, long time Folksinger, plays Astoria, Long Beach…

ARTS – Live & Local! March 11, 2022

Friday, March 11 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:    Photojournalist Amiran White & Chinook Nation Councilwoman Jane Pulliam on ntsayka ilii: our place, an interpretive exhibit at Astoria Visual Arts.   Warrenton Community Library director Kelly Knudsen and Author Diana Kirk with Library After Dark.   Cascadia Chamber Opera…

ARTS – Live & Local! March 04 2022

Friday, March 4 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:    Printmaker Stirling Gorsuch with “Coastal Lexicon” at RiverSea Gallery in Astoria.   Painter Phyllis Taylor, featured artist at Trail’s End Art Gallery in Gearhart.   NOCS & North Coast Chamber Orchestra Conductor Cory Pederson & Board member Pamela Fleming with…

ARTS – Live & Local! February 25 2022

Friday, February 25 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:    Christy Martin & Aodh Og O’Tuama as Four Shillings Short in concert at the Larsen Center in Astoria.   Ashley Mundel directs the Astor Street Opry Company Teen Company in Clue: On Stage.   Dr. Chelsea Vaughn, Curator of Collections…

ARTS – Live & Local! February 18 2022

Friday, February 18 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Patrick Dixon releases his memoir ‘Waiting to Deliver’ – Alaska fishing in stories, poems and photographs. Amy Carleton with Coast Craft Cooperative offers a Wasco Weaving Workshop @ Anita in Astoria. Bill Dodge with his long history as an artist &…

ARTS – Live & Local! February 11, 2022

Friday, February 11 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts:    Scott Leahing with an update on Astoria’s Dots ’N Doodles Art Supplies and upcoming guest artist Don Colley.   Bette Lu Krause on the four women band Oyster Crackers’ concert at the Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts in…