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Liberty Theater to host Rising Stars in an evening of music ASTORIA — Portland Piano In- ternational launched its Rising Stars program in January with four recitals around the state by Rachel Kudo. It continues in March with free, one-hour per- formances by Viktor Valkov. In a program that includes Beethoven, Froberger, Wagner, Nenov and Bartok, Valkov will perform (no ticket needed) at the Liberty The- ater at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 19. There will be a brief break after the recital and then the Third Thursday Comedy Series be- gins with Irish comedian George Casey at 7:30 p.m. (tickets for the comedy show are available WKURXJKWKH/LEHUW\ER[RI¿FH Valkov is currently pursuing his doctorate at Rice University, studying with Jon Kimura Park- er. Born in Bulgaria, Valkov be- gan his studies at the State Music $FDGHP\LQ6R¿DDQGFRQWLQXHG in Essen, Germany. He has a mas- ter’s degree from Juilliard, where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal and Matti Raekallio. He won the 2012 New Orleans International Piano Competition and has toured the U.S. and internationally. An extension of PPI’s exist- ing educational outreach pro- grams, Rising Stars represents VHYHUDO¿UVWVIRU33,LQDGGLWLRQ to free performance opportuni- ties for music-lovers. With Ris- ing Stars, PPI brings talented young pianists, not yet fully em- barked on professional careers, to small venues across the state, producing recitals outside Port- ODQGIRUWKH¿UVWWLPHLQ33,¶V year history. The family-friendly recitals offer a new way to wel- come audiences to the classical piano experience: They are free, short, and conversational. After the recital, audience and per- former can engage in question and answers about the overall program and individual pieces. Rising Stars will expand in the fall to include collaborations with the Oregon composers selected to participate in PPI’s Commission- ing Project. The Commissioning Project, awarded a $90,000 Cre- ative Heights grant from the Fred Fields Fund of the Oregon Com- munity Foundation, supports the composition of new solo works for classical piano. Each commis- sioned composer will be paired with a Rising Star to develop the work, which will then receive its world premiere in a Rising Stars Peninsula Quilt Guild celebrates 20 years Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum hosts three-day show ILWACO, Wash. — The 20th an- QXDO ³4XLOWLQJ DW WKH %HDFK´ 3HQLQVXOD 4XLOW *XLOG ([KL- bition will take place Friday to Sunday, March 20 to 22 at WKH&ROXPELD3DFL¿F+HULWDJH Museum, located at 115 S.E. Submitted photo Lake St. Pianist Viktor Valkov will perform works by Bee- With more than 100 quilts thoven, Froberger, Wagner, Nenov and Bartok at on display in three separate 6 p.m. March 19 at the Liberty Theater. galleries, the show exhibits work from some of the area’s recital. Composers selected for most talented fabric artists, the Commissioning Project will all members of the Peninsula 4XLOW*XLOG be announced this spring. The guild started in 1995 Portland Piano Internation- al is dedicated to presenting the with veteran quilt maker Pat ¿QHVW SLDQLVWV LQ WKH ZRUOG LQ Gibson and 10-year quil- recital settings and to enriching ter Ethel Boler, culminating and educating the community LQ WKH ¿UVW TXLOW VKRZ DW WKH through outreach activities. PPI’s museum, which showcased 2014-15 season sponsor is Noam about 30 quilts by 17 wom- Ben-Hamou. Additional funders HQ7RGD\WKH3HQLQVXOD4XLOW and sponsors include the Re- Guild has 67 members from gional Arts & Culture Council, Washington, Oregon and Cal- Work for Art, James F. and Mar- ifornia. The quilts displayed will be ion Miller Foundation, Oregon Community Foundation, May- as varied as the quilters them- belle Clark Macdonald Fund, Or- selves done in many different egon Arts Commission, National styles, from art to scrappy and Endowment for the Arts, Oregon both machine and hand quilted. Cultural Trust, Portland Piano Various quilting demonstra- Company, Higgins Restaurant, tions, such as paper piecing, Portland State University and All hand quilting, appliqué and more will take place through- Classical Media. D 3UL]H 4XLOW WR EH UDIIOHG off during the exhibition. This year’s quilt is done in an Amish style and titled ³%HDFK&DELQV´7LFNHWVIRU the raffle will be available throughout the show for $1 per ticket. The drawing will be held Sunday afternoon; it is not necessary to be pres- ent to win. Proceeds from the ticket sales will go to various charitable organiza- tions on the peninsula and in Pacific County. $GPLVVLRQ WR WKH 4XLOW Show is free. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Submitted photo Quilt Show attendees can purchase $1 raffle tickets with the chance to win “Beach Cabins,” the Amish-style quilt on display here. out the three-day event. Each year guild members participate in constructing Partners for the PAC hosts a Girls Night Out Watch Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant in 1963 thriller ‘Charade’ ASTORIA — Lookout ladies, it’s Partners for the PAC’s Girls Night Out. On Thursday, March 19, you’ll want to get yourselves over to the Clatsop Community College Performing Arts Cen- ter for an entertaining evening designed expressly with you in mind. A night of fashion and fun is yours for the price of $10 at the door. Doors open at 7 p.m. First, there’ll be a showing of WKHFODVVLF¿OP³&KDUDGH´ Then, you’ll sip bubbly and eat chocolate during intermission. Be sure and get glamorous be- fore you arrive too; there are SUL]HV IRU ³EHVW HQVHPEOH´ LQ the audience. So, dust off those tiaras, get out the evening gloves. This will be your night to shine. $WSP³&KDUDGH´ZLOO cast its spell on the big screen. ³&KDUDGH´ LV D FODVVLF FDWDQG mouse thriller and romantic comedy all-in-one from director Stanley Donen. Audrey Hepburn stars as widow Regina Lampert, who spends most of the movie looking for money her charac- WHU¶V ODWH KXVEDQG ¿OFKHG DQG romancing Cary Grant who, as Peter Joshua, is a distinctly sus- picious character however dev- astatingly handsome he might be. A cadre of miscreants re- mains on their trail, looking for the money as well — played by popular actors George Kennedy, James Coburn and other familiar faces from the 1960s. The re- doubtable Walter Matthieu has a small, but key, role as a private investigator. The action moves from one gorgeous location to an- other—from a ski lodge in the Alps in Haute-Savoie, France and the glittering streets of Paris at night, to an outdoor Punch and Judy puppet show in the Jardins des Champs Elysees and many other fa- mous locations in the legend- ary City of Light. Proceeds from this event will go to the continued operation of the PAC facility as a venue for affordable public arts and Submitted photo Watch Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in “Charade” during the Partners for the PAC’s Girls Night Out. educational offerings. For more information visit www.support- thepac.org & % 2'/- ! " )# $"#* ! "$ 1+2 ! "$% $" $# /.0(03.. 00 March 19, 2015 | coastweekend.com | 11
