ARTS! – Live & Local October 25th 2024

Friday, October 25th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests:   Astoria Conservatory’s Artistic Director of Dance Sarah Cohen, Founder & Director Lisa Nelson & Dancer Alex with “Grimm Tales – Hansel & Gretel” at the Charlene Larsen Center.   Clatskanie Arts Commission Board Members & Organizers Donavon ‘Dee’ & Elsa Wooley…

ARTS! – Live & Local October 18th 2024

Friday, October 18th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Producer Michael Downey on the filming of ‘The Cycle’, a horror-thriller set in Astoria and surroundings. Marianne Monson of The Writers Guild with Harvest Moon and Susan Banyas on the 2024 Astoria Creative Writers Festival. Dr. Julie Brown with Clatsop Community…

ARTS! – Live & Local October 11th 2024

Friday, October 11th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: WMF Chair Diane Marshall on the Dan Brubeck Quartet at Water Music Festival 2024 at the Chinook Event Center in WA. Artists Jill Mulholland & John Mueller from the AVA/Recology Coastal Oregon Artist Residency – COAR – at Anita Building for…

ARTS! – Live & Local October 4th 2024

Friday, October 4th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: CCC Ceramics Instructor Brad Menninga with “The Country I Come From is Called the Midwest”, a group exhibit at the Royal Nebeker Art Gallery. Director Susi Brown, Actor Bonnie Lively & Venue Host Sally Musemeche with Astoria Readers Theater debut production…

ARTS! – Live & Local September 27th 2024

Friday, September 27th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Director Mick Alderman and Actors Arnie Hummasti & Marc Weaver with “The Woman in Black” at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria. Bruce Watts from Astoria Jazz Festival, with pianist Brad Bleidt, presents the Beacon Street Titans with Shirley Nanette at…

ARTS! – Live & Local September 20th, 2024

Norma Hernandez with Consejo Hispano’s Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Celebration at Sunset Recreation Center in Seaside.   Cannon Beach Library Manager Jen Dixon on the Annual Fall Festival Fundraiser at the CB library.   Studio Manager Hans Miles with Ilwaco Artworks Community Clay Studio and his personal exhibit “Dryer 15” in Ilwaco, WA.

ARTS! – Live & Local September 13th, 2024

Friday, September 13th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Founder Karin Temple and Jane Hill on the Autumnal Equinox Peace Labyrinth at Grace Episcopal Church in Astoria. Photographer/ Writer Roger Dorband, Painter Darren Orange and Poet/ Podcaster Ellie Dunklee on North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection’s “Deep Dive: Stories of…

ARTS! – Live & Local August 30th, 2024

Friday, Aug 30th at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests:   Alejandra Lopez Nestor & Rosendo Talancon-Botello present Raices Clatsop highlighting the local Latino community, history and culture at Anita Building in Astoria; with Liz Harris proprietor.   Co-Owner Todd Robinett & Manager Mark Barsekian on the history of labor…

ARTS! – Live & Local August 23rd, 2024

Friday, Aug 23rd at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests: Events Coordinator Delphine Criscenzo & Owner/Manager Kathleen McDonald with ‘Jazz on the River’ at the Little Island Creamery in Cathlamet, WA. Astoria Public Library Director Suzanne Harold & Clatsop Community College Library Director Dan McClure on the Astoria Library renovation….

ARTS! – Live & Local August 16th, 2024

Friday, Aug 16th at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests:   Roberta Gumbel, Librettist & Director of dwb (Driving While Black), Brendan Hartnett, director of The Elixir of Love and Deac Guidi, Baritone & Board Member of CCO, with the Cascadia Chamber Opera Festival at the Larsen Center in Astoria….

ARTS! – Live & Local August 9th, 2024

Friday, Aug 9th at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests: Michelle Valigura, Ceramic Artist and Owner of Basalt, with >100 artists in Coastal Craft Uprising in Seaside.   Artists Lezlie Amara Piper, Rachel Siegel and Derek Ecklund on their installation ’Synapse’ at AVA Gallery.   Artist, Writer, Entrepreneur Ramey Holsman with…

ARTS! – Live & Local August 2nd, 2024

Euphonium player Dr. Paul Niemisto, founder & director of the 7 piece Finnish American Brass Band ‘Ameriikan Poijat’, in concert in Astoria, Naselle, WA and more. Diana Thompson, coordinator of Water Music Society’s Jazz & Oysters 2024, at the Port of Peninsula in Nahcotta, WA. CCO Director & Soprano Bereniece Jones-Centeno, Astoria Conservatory Director Lisa…

ARTS! – Live & Local July 26th, 2024

Friday, July 26th at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests: Astoria Visual Arts Executive Director Annie Eskelin with participating Artists Joanne Lumpkin Brown & Philip Barasch in the AVA Astoria Open Studios Tour. Director of Appelo Archive Center Annika Kay and Serena Travis with ‘A Taste of Festival’, this year’s…

ARTS! – Live & Local July 12th, 2024

Friday, July 12th at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests: Executive Director Danyelle Tinker & Committee Member Nancy Montgomery with The Ten Fifteen Theater’s PERFORMATHON. Artist, Pianist, Composer Jennifer Goodenberger on her show The Art of Collage at Astoria Art Loft. Store Operations Manager Patrick Kint on the 50th Anniversary…

ARTS – Live & Local June 28th, 2024

Friday, June 28th at 3pm ARTS! – Live & Local with Carol Newman & guests: Actors Katherine Lacaze, Cathey Ryan, David Sweeney in “Meshuggah-Nuns” at the Coaster Theatre in Cannon Beach. Conductor Terry Dahlgren & Musician/Publicist Kathleen Strecker with the North Coast Symphonic Band’s “Spirit of America” at the Liberty Theatre in Astoria. Executive Director…

ARTS – Live & Local June 21st, 2024

Friday, June 21st at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: From Denmark for the 57th Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival, Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard with band members Mikkel Grue, Sebastian Bloch & Sune Rahbeck.  Plus ScanFest’s Janet & Lloyd Bowler. Director Carly Keone & Actors Molly Oien & Robert Scherrer from…

ARTS – Live & Local June 14th, 2024

Friday, June 14th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Musician & Committee member Dan Gerth on Make Music Day sponsored by the Arts Council of Clatsop County. Steven Amaya, host of KMUN’s Father Figures, exploring the topic. Director Tim Murphy & Actor & Board president Jon Osborn with Astor Street…

ARTS – Live & Local! May 31st, 2024

Friday, May 31st at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Radio Producer & Filmmaker Barbara Bernstein with her documentary “Once a Braided River” screening at the Columbian Theater in Astoria. Performers at the 14th Annual Tenor Guitar Gathering at the Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts: Gerry Carthy, Baron Collins-Hill,…

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…