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!
A weekly highlight reel of upcoming arts and culture events in the lower Columbia Pacific region, hosted by Carol Newman.
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…
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.
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”…
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…
Friday, March 25 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Peninsula Players president and Director Rita Smith with “A Bag Full of Miracles” at the River City Playhouse in Ilwaco, WA. Executive director of the Coaster Theatre Patrick Lathrop with “The 39 Steps” and so much more at the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 &…
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…
Friday, February 4 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Cannon Beach Arts Assn treasurer Lila Wickham & FPG founder Jon Broderick on the CB Gallery exhibit “Working Shores”, the North Coast & the fishing industries. Plus a new anthology of fisher poetry and art. Musician & President Brian…
Friday, January 28 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Artists Sally Lackaff & Roger Hayes on life and the arts in their new hometown of Detroit, Michigan. Jennifer Crockett, Liberty Theatre ED, on The Brosius Academy, acting and stagecraft classes for youth and adults; plus full steam ahead…
Friday, January 21 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Harriott Balmer, president of the Tenor Guitar Foundation, on TGG12 and all things Tenor Guitar. Speaker, Writer and Holocaust survivor Ruth Lindemann with her latest book, “We Chose Survival – A Memoir of My Early Life”.
Friday, January 14 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Author Tina Ontiveros with her award winning memoir ‘rough house’ & Nancy McCarthy on the Cannon Beach Library’s NW Authors Series and upcoming events. Artist Marcia Wilson with her exhibit at Bay City Arts Center focused on nature & animal portraiture….
Friday, January 7 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Painter blis, aka Kristen Nekovar, artist-in- residence, with ‘the mess and the minutiae’ at Astoria Visual Arts. Printmaker and art educator Miki’ala Souza with ‘Ao’, her second solo show at Imogen Gallery.
Friday, December 31ST at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Clay artist David Campiche, Painter Rhonda Grudenic and Photographer/Writer Dwight Caswell with “Seeking the Sacred” at RiverSea Gallery. Musician & Sound engineer Nevada Sowle with the art of a life of music.
Friday, December 24th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Astoria School of Ballet’s founder and director Margaret Wall with the ‘Gift of Dance’ program and more. Fisher, Writer and Poet Dave Densmore on his writings, aspirations, life.
Friday, December 17TH at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Writer and host Heather Hirschi with author Robert Michael Pyle for First Person: Authors Talk at KALA. Writer Mark Mizell & artist Stirling Gorsuch with their new book “What Are The Chances?” Marcy Dunning, president of Clatsop Animal…
Friday, December 3rd at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Theater executive director Danyelle Tinker & performance director Susi Brown with ‘Almost Baroque for Christmas – A Holiday Review’ at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria. Ceramic artists Richard Rowland and Randy McClelland on ‘Ahikaaroa: Under the Beaver Moon’…
Friday, December 3rd at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Bereniece Jones Centeno, Director of the Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts, with an Afternoon of Stars at the Bridgewater Bistro. Kirista Trask of Cambium Gallery on Handmade for the Holidays pop ups – 5 venues, over 40…
Friday, November 26th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Program coordinator Andrew Tonry on Tolovana Arts Colony happenings: Wreath workshop; Caesar the Llama live; Holiday bazaar. ChrisLynn Taylor & Cheryl Capellen from the North Coast Chorale with Karl Jenkins’ “The Healer” at the Larsen Center for the Performing…
Friday, November 19th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Conductor Cory Pederson with the North Coast Chamber Orchestra’s “Minor Alterations” & Columbia River Symphony’s holiday concerts. Mystery/thriller author & former crime reporter Jennifer Greer with the North Coast Mystery Writer’s Group and her novels. English dept chair…
Friday, November 12th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Director Katherine Lacaze and actor Molly Oien with Arsenic and Old Lace at Astoria High School. Executive director Jennifer Crockett on The Liberty Theatre Gala, the Heritage Piano Trio and more. Astoria artist Autumn Hurd on her art, life,…
Friday, November 5th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Musicians Brian Bergman & Dennis Hale on the North Coast Symphonic Band’s 42nd season opening concert at the Liberty Theatre. Fused glass artist Christine Kende with the Astoria Art Loft series of Children’s Art Workshops. Richard Motchman with his…
Friday, October 29 at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Painter & installation artist Paul Rutz & CCC art instructor & gallery director Kristin Shauck on new exhibit “Being Moved” at the Royal Nebeker Gallery. The duo Adams & Costello present their new album at The Coaster Theatre in Cannon…
Friday, October 22nd at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Author & historian Sydney Stevens with her latest book “Historic Haunts of the Long Beach Peninsula”. Founder & director Ron Craig on the Astoria International Film Festival showing at the Liberty Theatre. Executive director Madeline Matson & Curator…
Friday, October 15th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Multidisciplinary collaborative artists Anna Daedalus & Kerry Davis with Palūs, a meditation on the tidal wetland by their home in Rosburg, WA. Writer Heather Hirschi hosts First Person: Authors Talk, a monthly conversation at KALA in Astoria; Oct with…
Friday, October 8th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Benz and Chang with “Islands”, psychological portraits in watercolor, at the RiverSea Gallery for Astoria Art Walk. Dave Ambrose on the Netel Grange celebration and fun/fundraiser; plus ACCC happenings. Local artists Sally Lackaff & Roger Hayes on life…