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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 13 Gallery owner to read from her novel, “Right of Way” By diane goble Correspondent When you step into Cha for the Finest art gallery on Hood Avenue, it’s like step- ping into the past ... 20,000 years into the past. You imme- diately become immersed in a wonderland of what life might have been like back in pre-historic times as told by modern-day artisans and crafters. Cha is an artisan and author. She is inviting the public to the gallery on Saturday, February 21, at 10 a.m. to listen to a read- ing from her novel “Right of Way.” “Right of Way” is the first in a series of books she has been writing about the ancients, and how they sur- vived and adapted to the cli- mate changes in the Alaskan territories where there had been a land bridge of ice. In 1974, Cha moved from New Mexico to Alaska where she learned to create gold- nugget jewelry, but moved on to carving after she found a wealth of raw materials available all around her. She became an ivory carver and specialized in fossilized wal- rus tusks, teeth, and prehis- toric bones from extinct ani- mals including wooly mam- moths, saber-toothed tigers, cave bears and bison. As she carved, she devel- oped a deep connection to the spirits of the people who had collected the fossils, as they told her their life stories. Cha used her family mem- bers as the characters in the book, which she wrote with a great deal of help from her late mother. She renamed some of her favorite face carvings to portray the char- acters. She brings these ancient people back to life to tell their stories of love and hardship, feast and famine, as they struggled through their short lives. Book 11 is in progress, and four books are cur- rently in print. Cha used a Shingledecker print for each book cover and, inside, read- ers will find color photos of the hand-carved artifacts named for the characters. “If you love the first book, ‘Right of Way,’ you’ll want to read the rest of the series, buy a carving of your favorite character, and have a print of your favorite cover to hang in your reading room,” she said. If a reader helps her get more of the series published, she will let them name a char- acter in the series. Cha for the Finest is located at 183 E. Hood Ave. For information, call 541-549-1140. Starts Friday Fri., Feb. 13 – Thurs., Feb. 19 Feb. 11th / Wed. Carolyn Wonderland 4 Peaks Preview Party! Heralded as one of the best vocalists in Austin! ! 7 PM • $17 online Feb. 13th / Fri. Garth Stein Author Showcase Paulina Springs Books hosts best-selling author of “Racing in the Rain” for his new novel “Sudden Light.” Kingsman: The Secret Service (R) Fri 4:15, 7:00 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:00 Mon Presidents’ Day 3:30, 6:15 Tues-Thurs 6:00 50 Shades of Grey (R) Fri 4:45, 7:30 Sat-Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:30 Mon Presidents’ Day 4:00, 6:30 Tues-Thurs 6:30 Sponge Bob (PG) Fri 4:30, 6:45 Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:00, 3:45, 5:45 Mon Presidents’ Day 3:30, 5:30 Tues-Thurs 4:45 American Sniper (R) Fri 4:30 Sat-Sun 1:00, 7:45 Mon Presidents’ Day 3:45 Tues-Thurs 6:00 Jupiter Ascending (PG-13) Valentine’s Valen enti ti ’ Dance with The Notables Swing Band Dessert & Dance Swinging Fun! 7 PM • $10 online PUB OPENS 1-1/2 HOURS PRIOR TO SHOWS BelfryEvents.com Call for Details 541-815-9122 Fri 7:15 • Sat-Sun 5:00, 7:45 Mon Presidents’ Day 6:30 Tues-Thurs 6:45 Movie times and titles are bsite subject to change. Visit we n. atio rm info st late for or call WWW.SISTERS MOVIEHOUSE.COM 541-549-8800 photo by diane Goble cha will read from her prehistory novel at her gallery on hood avenue. ENTERTAINMENT•ARTS•SPECIAL EVENTS Episcopal p p Church of the Transfi g guration Shrove The Belfry y Live Music with The Belfry y Volentine’s Donce Tuesday y Pancake Supper 5 to Carolyn y Wonderland 7 to & Dessert with The Notobles 7 p.m. Pancakes, homemade applesauce, sausage, g OJ, 10 p.m. for 4 Peaks Preview Swing g Bond! 7 to 10:30 p.m. coffee & tea! $4 adults, $2 kids Party! $17 online at bendticket. $10 online at bendticset.com 4 to 12; free under 4, $10 for a com and $20 at the door the or $12 at the door the day of family of 4 or more. For more day of show. Pub doors open show. 541-815-9122 or go information call 971-237-1876. 90 minutes before the show. online to belfryevents.com. For more info: 541-815-9122 or Bronco Billy’s Sisters City y Hall Habitat y Ronch Grill & go to belfryevents.com. Slideshow of Kyrgyzstan Soloon Live Music with the Build 7 p.m. Free! Jack & Acopello p Quortet Thursday~Feb. 12 Bello Mary Ann McDonnell will share 7 p.m. For more information slides of a global village build call 541-549-7427 or go to Faith Hope p & Charity y last fall, and discuss another broncobillysranchgrill.com. Vineyards y Live Music trip planned for September. For with The Substitutes The Open p Door ot more info call 541-549-1193. Cleorwoter Gollery Live 6 to 9 p.m. $5 cover. For Sisters Community y Church Music with Fiddlploy p y additional information go to faithhopeandcharityevents.com 7 p.m. No cover! For more info Jim Anderson Presents “The Big g One” 11:15 a.m. Jim call 541-549-4994 or go to or call 541-526-5075. discusses earthquakes and theclearwatergallery.com. the geology of Central Oregon. Friday~Feb. 13 Foith Hope p & Chority y All ages welcome; the Sisters Vineyords y Volentine’s Sisters High g School Sisters Senior Luncheon follows at Dinner & Donce with The Folk Festival Winter noon. If staying g for lunch, RSVP Concert: The Stray y Birds with Substitutes 6 to 10 p.m. $115. to 541-678-5483 ($3.50 ages g Cahalen Morrison & Eli West 21 and over. Reserve online at 60 and older; $6 if under 60). faithhopeandcharityevents.com 7 p.m. $20 in advance, $25 or call 541-526-5075. at the door ($10 students). Wed.~Feb. 18 For additional information Sisters Schools “Sisters Sisters High g School 18th or to purchase tickets call Shootout” Bosketboll Annual Coff ee House Benefi t 541-549-4979 or go online to Tourney y 8 a.m. and day-long! 7 to 9 p.m. Art demos, silent sistersfolkfestival.org. For boys and girls in grades 5 auction, hands-on stations, live The Belfry y Author Reading, to 8. Info: sistersshootout.com entertainment and more from Garth Stein, “A Sudden or call SPRD at 521-529-2091. SHS students! $5 entry. Funds Light” g 6 p.m. Free! Paulina to SHS arts programs & the Springs Books presents the Sunday~Feb. 15 go visual arts scholarship. Info: bestselling author of “The Art of Bethany, 541-549-4045 x1012. Sisters Schools “Sisters Racing in the Rain,” discussing his new novel. Pub doors open Shootout” Basketball Thursday~Feb. 19 y 8 a.m. and day-long! at 5 p.m. For more information Tourney For boys and girls in grades 5 Faith Hope call 541-549-0866 or go to p & Charity y to 8. Info: sistersshootout.com Vineyards paulinasprings.com. y Live Music with or call SPRD at 521-529-2091. CinderBlue 6 to 9 p.m. Faith Hope p & Charity y cover. For info go to Vineyards y Live Music with Monday~Feb. 16 $5 faithhopeandcharityevents.com JazCru 6 to 9 p.m. $5 cover. or call 541-526-5075. The Open p Door at And Fondue Friday is $30 Clearwater Gallery y Live for two! For more info go to Friday~Feb. 20 faithhopeandcharityevents.com Music with Tumbleweed Peep p Show 7 p.m. No or call 541-526-5075. The Belfry y Live Music with cover! For more information Slaid Cleaves 7 to 10 p.m. Listings in the calendar are call 541-549-4994 or go to $18 online at bendticket.com subject to change. Deadline theclearwatergallery.com. or $23 at the door the day to submit is 5 p.m. Fridays to show. Pub doors open 90 Teresa@NuggetNews.com Tuesday~Feb. 17 of minutes before the show. 541- 815-9122 or belfryevents.com. The Belfry y Frontiers in Science, “Climate Change: Faith Hope p & Charity y What’s Real?” 7 p.m. Free, Vineyards y Live Music with with Dr. Constance Millar. Honey y Don’t 6 to 9 p.m. Presented by the Sisters $5 cover. And Fondue Friday Science Club. Doors open at is $30 for two! For info go to 6 p.m. for refreshments. For faithhopeandcharityevents.com info: sistersscienceclub.org. or call 541-526-5075. Wed.~Feb. 11 Saturday~Feb. 14