Trail’s End reopens with ‘Think Red’ show
GEARHART — After a long
winter of remodeling, Trail’s
End Art Association has re-
opened and invites visitors to
see its new show “Think Red”
with numerous entries ad-
dressing the theme.
A wine and cheese open
house will take place from 2 to
5 p.m. Saturday, March 7. The
show runs through March 29.
The public is welcome to
browse the Trail’s End gallery
and gift shop, which high-
lights new items of handmade
jewelry, glass objects, small
paintings, coloring books and
paper art.
The shop also features art
prints and photos, greeting
cards of members’ artwork
and handmade cards for all oc-
casions.
Trail’s End Art Association
is located at 656 A St.
For more information
about the organization and its
gallery hours in March, call
503-717-9458, or visit www.
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about the events planned for
the coming year.
In April, the association
will begin its Featured Art-
ist of the Month series. New
members are welcome.
Ales & Ideas explores the power of song
Deac Guidi and Nancy Cook delve into music storytelling
ASTORIA — Clatsop Commu-
nity College and the Fort George
Brewery announce the February
program of the 2014-15 Ales &
Ideas education series, which
will take place at 7 p.m. Thurs-
day, Feb. 26 in the Fort George
Lovell Showroom. Door opens
with musical entertainment at
6 p.m. Seating is limited; arrive
early to assure a place.
For this month’s presentation,
CCC Speech Instructor and pro-
fessional opera singer Deac Guidi
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songwriter, and CCC English
Instructor Nancy Cook for a dy-
namic exploration into music’s
role in movements for social
change, mental health treatment,
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and even in advertising.
Audience members will be
entertained by a slideshow, lec-
ture, performance, and audience
participation as this dynamic duo
shares the highlights from a CCC
humanities special topics class
devoted to academic exploration
of the power of song.
Guidi began teaching at CCC
after he received his master’s de-
gree in rhetoric from Idaho State
University in 2000. He teach-
es all speech communication
courses with special emphasis
on argumentation, critical theory,
and gender and communication.
Guidi is also a professional sing-
er applauded by the Oregonian
as “a great voice, smartly de-
ployed” who performs regularly
in local and regional venues, in-
cluding the Astoria Music Festi-
val, Portland Opera, North Coast
Chorale, Oregon Lyric Opera,
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Sound Concert Opera.
Cook has taught writing and
literature at CCC since 2004. A
former park ranger, backpack-
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from the University of Alaska,
Fairbanks and a Bachelor of
Science in environmental writ-
ing from the Evergreen State
College. Her poems and prose
appear in the Riverteeth Journal
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tain Gazette, RAIN Magazine,
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the Seal Press anthology “Going
Alone: Women’s Adventures in
the Wild” and other places. She
also performs each year at the
Astoria FisherPoets Gathering.
The mother of one daughter, she
continues to spend summers at
her cabin in McCarthy, Alaska,
where she directs the annual
Wrangell Mountains Writing
Workshop.
Zip line for a good cause
High Life Adventures helps charities
WARRENTON — On Sat-
urday, Feb. 28, High Life
Adventures is offering its
eight-line zip line tour at a
discounted price of $49 per
person, and 100 percent
of the proceeds will go to
the participant’s charity of
choice: the Clatsop Commu-
nity Action Regional Food
Bank, the Wildlife Center
of the North Coast, or Clat-
sop CASA (Court Appointed
Special Advocates).
High Life Adventures’ ex-
hilarating zip line tour covers
a mile of zipping in a beau-
tiful setting in Warrenton.
Participants are accompanied
by two tour guides on a se-
ries of eight zip lines around
and over a seven-acre lake.
The tour takes approximately
two hours to complete, and
all equipment is provided; no
experience is required.
Tours will be offered on
the hour from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. Saturday. High Life
Adventures is located at
92111 High Life Road.
Space is limited and res-
ervations are required in
advance. Participants can
reserve their zip line tour
online at www.highlife-ad-
ventures.com/booking
or
call 503-861-9875 for more
information.
Zip line for charity
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28
Photo by Alex Pajunas
High Life Adventures will donate 100 percent of proceeds from zip line tours Saturday, Feb.
28 to the local charity of your choice.
High Life Adventures
92111 High Life Road, Warrenton
503-861-9875
$49
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Children ’s Thea tre 2015
The real story of
Gaming Starts
7:00 PM
7:00, 8:00 AND 9:00
Little Red Riding Hood
Photo by Amelie Welden
Submitted photo by David Lee Myers
Astoria’s Deac Guidi is pictured here sing-
ing at the Astoria Music Festival.
Nancy Cook, a local artist, poet and teach-
er at Clatsop Community College, will
present with opera singer and CCC Speech
Instructor Deac Guidi about the power of
song at the next Ales & Ideas.
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Sa tu rda ys & Su n da ys a t 2pm M a rch 7th, 8th, 14 th, 15 th
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ASTORIA
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