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coast February 5, 2015 weekend arts & entertainment 4 8 10 12 COASTAL LIFE El Greco’s journey Take a trip to see an El Greco masterwork on display THE ARTS ‘Life gets messy. Let’s show it.’ Coaster Theatre presents ‘’night, Mother,’ a drama about suicide, choice FEATURE ‘Orange on Blue’ Darren Orange makes his mark this February with an Astoria art show DINING Roasted rack of lamb Think this tasty dish is too fancy? Wrong! It’s easy STEPPING OUT........ .............................................................. 5, 6, 7 CROSSWORD........... ....................................................................14 CW MARKETPLACE........ ....................................................... 15, 16 GRAB BAG ....... .......................................................................... 19 Find it all online and more! COASTWEEKEND.COM www.coastweekend.com features full calendar listings, keyword searches and easy sharing on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. coastweekend.com | facebook.com/coastweekend | twitter.com/coastweekend on the cover Astoria artist Darren Orange will open a new art show, “Orange on Blue,” in the lobby of the historic John Ja- cob Astor Hotel in downtown Astoria this February. Photo by Dwight Caswell COAST WEEKEND PHOTOS: ALEX PAJUNAS ADVERTISING MANAGER: BETTY SMITH CONTRIBUTORS: DWIGHT CASWELL ERICK BENGEL DAVID CAMPICHE RYAN HUME To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2014 COAST WEEKEND There Is No Mountain, Ghost Towns on tap ASTORIA — Fort George Brew- ery will host two bands — There Is No Mountain and Ghost Towns — playing live music Sunday, Feb. 8. Head to the sec- RQGÀRRUDWSPIRUWKHVKRZ there is no cover. Portland-based husband-and- ZLIHGXR7KHUH,V1R0RXQWDLQ combines percussion, guitar and vocal harmony to create a brand RISRSZLWKLQWULFDWHZRUOGPX- VLFLQÀXHQFHG DUUDQJHPHQWV The band’s virtuosic style has been compared to acts like The Dirty Projectors and classics like Paul Simon’s “Graceland,” but it’s perhaps more telling that reviewers have tried to peg WKH GXR¶V PXVLFDO LQÀXHQFHV LQ JHQUHVUDQJLQJIURPMD]]WRIRON classical to psychedelic rock, and world music to doom metal — all are correct. Kali Giaritta and Matt Harmon usually just call it “pop with a short attention span.” There Is No Mountain’s live set-up is an exercise in multitask- ing — the duo sings nearly every- thing in harmony while Giaritta SOD\VDPHGOH\RISHUFXVVLYHLQ- struments and Harmon animates his acoustic guitar using nimble ¿QJHUV DQG HIIHFW SHGDOV $IUL- FDQ UK\WKPV MD]] KDUPRQLHV VKDSHVKLIWLQJDUUDQJHPHQWVDQG psychedelic swirls seep through WKH$PHULFDQD H[WHULRU PDNLQJ the live show a total surprise to DQ\¿UVWWLPHU With trumpet, accordion, violin and banjo, Ghost Towns LQIXVHVZHVWHUQHOHPHQWVRIIRON URFN DQG$PHULFDQD ZLWK GDUN- HUVRXQGVIURP(DVWHUQ(XURSH Songs alternate between joy melancholy but are anchored in the rain-drenched, earthy sensi- Ghost Towns was formed in March 2014 at the Sou’Wester Lodge. ELOLW\RIWKH1RUWKZHVW The band was born in March 2014 when Lukas Bor- sten assembled a crack team RI3RUWODQGPXVLFLDQVWRPDNH D VHULHV RI UHFRUGLQJV GXULQJ a week-long residency at the Sou’wester Lodge in Seaview, :DVKLQJWRQ $IWHU SHUIRUPLQJ DVKRZRQWKH¿QDOQLJKWLWEH- came apparent that the experi- ence and arrangements had co- alesced into a band rather than There is No Mountain will perform at the Fort George Brewery on Feb. 8. merely a recording project. Submitted photo Submitted photo Coast Weekend welcomes comments and contributions from readers. New items for publication consideration must be submit- ted by 10 a.m. Tuesday, one week and two days before publication. To submit an item, contact Rebecca Sedlak See story on Page 10 COAST WEEKEND EDITOR: REBECCA SEDLAK Two bands play Fort George Phone: 503.325.3211 Ext. 217 or 800.781.3211 Fax: 503.325.6573 E-mail: rsedlak@dailyastorian.com Address: P.O.Box 210 • 949 Exchange St. Astoria, OR 97103 Coast Weekend is published every Thursday by the EO Media Group, all rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced with- out consent of the publisher. Coast Weekend appears weekly in The Daily Astorian and the Chinook Observer. February 5, 2015 | coastweekend.com | 3