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Art celebrating elk on display in Seaside SEASIDE — The art exhibit “Proceed As” is on display now at Fairweather House and Garden and continues through Feb. 6. The show fea- tures coastal elk images by lo- cal photographer Neal Maine as well as an elk painting by Michael Muldoon. After a 30-year career as a biology teacher at Seaside High School, Maine became WKH¿UVWH[HFXWLYHGLUHFWRURI North Coast Land Conservan- cy, which he co-founded in 1986. Since his retirement in 2010, he has pursued his pas- sion for nature photography WKURXJK 3DFL¿F/LJKW ,PDJHV a partnership with his grand- son Michael Wing, dedicated to raising awareness of coast- al ecology and wildlife. A percentage of all photography sales are donated to North Coast Land Conservancy to help further this goal. For this exhibit, Muldoon created an oil painting based on a photograph by Maine of two elk on the beach. “This image is one of Neal Maine’s countless photos ded- icated to raising awareness of coastal ecology and wildlife,” Muldoon said. “I’m very grate- Submitted photo “Morning Jog, Father and Son” is a paint- ing by Michael Muldoon that is based on a photo by Neal Maine. ful for his permission to ren- der his photo of these majestic elk on a soft beach morning, which I’ve titled ‘Morning Jog, Father and Son.’” Main and Muldoon are both fascinated with the hab- itat found along the coast and share a Seaside connection that spans 50 years — Main was Muldoon’s high school football coach. “To connect with Neal in this way after almost 50 years, for me, sincerely, is priceless,” Muldoon said. Muldoon will contribute 10 percent of the proceeds from the original painting as well as all giclee prints to the North Coast Land Conservan- cy. After graduating Seaside High School and attending West Point Military Academy, Muldoon spent a few years teaching and coaching before settling in a 30-year career in sales and marketing with a major car company. “I loved my job, but I love retirement even more, espe- cially the time it gives me with family, friends, travel, and of course oil painting,” he said. An interpretive oil paint- er, Muldoon has studied at the Scottsdale Art School and with his mother, Can- non Beach resident and art- ist Betty Brower. Muldoon shows artwork in Arizona and currently at Trail’s End Art Gallery in Gearhart and Fair- weather House and Garden, located at 612 Broadway. Tickets $20 or $15 ASTORIA — Another night of music will go down at the Fort George Brewery as the venue welcomes songwriter Jonah Tol- chin, from New Jersey, to per- form at 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25. Tolchin will warm up the brew- ery before continuing a U.S. tour with Dave and Phil Alvin. Rounding out the concert will be house-favorite stomp-grassers Polecat. Tolchin’s interest in electric blues grew to encompass the genre’s acoustic predecessors, which in turn lead to him discov- er and embrace other tradition- al folk forms. From Guthrie’s talking blues to the unyielding Jonah Tolchin & Polecat 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25 Fort George Brewery 1483 Duane St., Astoria All ages No cover pulse of old -time stringband music, Tolchin absorbed it, at- tempted to play it, and in the process found his own voice as a songwriter and a singer. His style, illustrated so convincingly on his Yep Roc debut “Clover Lane,” bridges the gap between FODVVLF IRON VHOIVXI¿FLHQF\ DQG SXQN¶V',<GH¿DQFHZLWKDSR- etic, open hearted sensibility at its core. Formed in Bellingham, Washington, in spring 2010, Polecat has traveled all over Northwest, performing over 400 shows in four years. The band’s instrumentation enables the group to seamlessly blend genres, including bluegrass, country, Celtic, rock, reggae and world music. The general appeal of Polecat comes from the band members’ take on roots music and their interactive and high-en- ergy live shows. non-perishable food item to be donated to a local food bank. Children should come core’s friendly and safety-cer- GUHVVHG LQ D VQXJ¿WWLQJ VKLUW WL¿HG VWDII ZLOO EH RQ KDQG WR or leotard and shorts with no teach cartwheel fundamentals shoes. and tumbling basics in this fun Call Encore Dance Studio class. for more information at 503- Suggested tuition is a 717-1637. Kids: Learn to cartwheel GEARHART — Encore Dance Studio will sponsor a free cart- wheel class for boys and girls ages 5 to 10. The class will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 24. 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