Valentine’s Day is always Cannon Beach Library hosts local author
Holly Lorincz to speak at Northwest Author Series Saturday
better with a baritone
Singers, Portland Chamber Orchestra
perform at Liberty Theater this week
ASTORIA — Celebrate Valen-
tine’s Day with the Portland
Chamber Orchestra and the
world’s most romantic voices.
The Liberty Theater will
host “It’s Better with a Bari-
tone,” a special performance
at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14.
Acclaimed
baritones
Rocky Blumhagen and Ron
Spivak present a special edition
of their two-man Broadway
revue featuring some of musi-
cal theater’s most impassioned
and romantic ballads by Ste-
phen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd
Webber, Jerry Herman, Mi-
chael Valenti and many others.
The program includes four
new songs with arrangements
written especially for this per-
formance.
Tickets cost $25 for adults
Submitted photo by Dave Stanfield
Rocky Blumhagen and Ron Spivak will
perform “It’s Better With A Baritone” at the
Liberty Theater on Saturday, Feb. 14.
and $20 for students, seniors
and military.
Tickets are on sale now at the
Liberty box office at 503-325-5922,
ext. 55 or visit ticketswest.com
CANNON BEACH — Holly
Lorincz , the author of “Smart
Mouth,” will be the February
speaker at the Cannon Beach Li-
brary’s Northwest Author series.
The talk will be held at 2 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 14 at the Cannon
Beach Library. The event is free
and open to the public.
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Holly Lorincz will speak at the next North-
west Author Series event at the Cannon
Beach Library on Saturday, Feb. 14.
sorbing salmon, venison and
books while sitting, shivering, on
a dock on the Columbia River.
She has a degree in journalism as
well as a Master of Arts in teach-
ing focused in writing and liter-
ature. She was the editor of the
literary magazine Perceptions,
and then became a high school
“Smart Mouth” by Manzanita author Holly
Lorincz won the 2014 Bronze Trophy for
popular fiction at the Independent Pub-
lisher’s Book Awards.
teacher and college instructor.
During that 15-year run, Lorincz
was named Teacher of the Year
in Oregon, won two national
awards from the National Fed-
eration of Schools, coached her
high school speech team to two
Starte Championships, began
an editing service and published
various short works.
Enjoy classical guitar this Valentine’s Day
Aaron Larget-Caplan plays ‘Of Dreams and Love’ at Coaster
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CANNON BEACH — Classical
guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan
will perform “Of Dreams and
Love,” a special program to
commemorate
Valentine’s
Day, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 14 at the Coaster The-
atre.
An avid solo and chamber
music performer, Larget-Ca-
plan’s performances combine
traditional expressivity with
contemporary passion. A gift-
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ed speaker and performer, he
has the ability to connect with
audiences, allowing both his
traditional and new repertoires
to come to life.
Larget-Caplan gave his
debut performance at age 15
and has since premiered over
50 compositions, most of
which are dedicated to him,
and performed throughout
the U.S., Italy and Russia.
His “New Lullaby Project”
has garnered international
attention and accolades. For-
merly on the faculty of the
Boston Conservatory, he is
now teaching at the Universi-
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now living the dream of every
college graduate with an English
degree: She has published a nov-
el, her editing service is thriving,
and she is a full-time MacGregor
Literary agent.
Residing on the Oregon
Coast with her son, Lorincz
works out of the MacGregor Lit-
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ocean, huddled next to the heater
and coffee pot. She is well aware
of the shifting role of a literary
agent. While seeking traditional
publishers for her authors, she
also works with clients on alter-
native publishing options, career
development, marketing plans
and media training.
Author Appearance
2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14
Cannon Beach Library
131 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach
Free
ty of Massachusetts Boston.
This concert is sponsored
by the Tourism and Arts Fund
and the Cannon Beach Tourism
and Arts Commission.
Tickets cost $15 to $20.
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Classical guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan will perform Saturday, Feb. 14 at the Coaster Theatre.