Shanghaied Roller Dolls battle
the Jefferson State Roller Girls
ASTORIA — Don’t miss the
roller derby bout between the
Shanghaied Roller Dolls and
the Jefferson State Roller Girls
at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 18 at
the Astoria Armory. The Dolls
will compete with the Girls of
Mount Shasta, California, in a
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Roller derby is one of the
fastest growing amateur sports
in the world with over 1,100
leagues in over 40 countries.
Evolved from 1930s marathon
speed skating, roller derby is a
competitive, full-contact sport
that requires speed, strategy
and athleticism.
The Armory is located
at 1636 Exchange St. Doors
open at 5 p.m. Advance tick-
ets can be purchased at www.
brownpapertickets.com, the
Astoria Armory, Coldwater
Surf & Skate, Gimre’s Shoes
or Tsunami Sandwich. Limit-
ed tickets will be available at
the door.
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Manzanita Writers’ Series celebrates
Hear chamber jazz at KALA
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MANZANITA — The Manzanita
Writers’ Series will celebrate the
launch of the fourth edition of
the North Coast Squid at 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 18. The event
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Center, located at 594 Laneda
Ave. Admission is free.
The fourth North Coast
Squid literary magazine show-
cases work of writers and
artists who live on the North
Coast or have a strong con-
nection to the area. Sixty-six
writers submitted 140 pieces.
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This year’s new category for
young writers was judged by
the editors of Tattoo Magazine,
a national award-winning high
school literary and art publica-
tion based in Shoreline, Wash-
ington, and advised by Andy
Barker, a member of the North
Coast Squid editorial team.
The Squid also includes 19
pieces of art and photography
from local artists — 24 artists
submitted 74 pieces.
This edition was partial-
ASTORIA — KALA presents
chamber jazz artists Primal
Mates in concert Friday, April
17. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.;
music will start at 8 p.m. There
7 p.m. Saturday, April 18
is a $10 cover, and the event
is 21 and over only. KALA is
Hoffman Center
located at 1017 Marine Drive.
594 Laneda Ave., Manzanita
For over 30 years, Chris
Free
Lee and Colleen O’Brien
have been performing as the
some of the photography and eclectic chamber jazz duo Pri-
art published in the magazine. mal Mates. They combine the
There will be refreshments, in- attention to composition and
cluding cake.
form of chamber music and
The North Coast Squid will art songs with the freedom and
be available for purchase at the improvisational interplay of
event, as well as at every Man- jazz.
zanita Writers’ Series event
Growing up about a mile
throughout 2015. The magazine from each other in Portland,
will also be available at a num- the duo met in 1980 when
ber of retail outlets along the O’Brien asked Lee to play
coast. Proceeds of the $5 cover drums in a quartet she was
price will go to the production forming. The meeting of kin-
of future editions.
dred musical spirits is a for-
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announce another project for lo- soon realized they had even
cal writers and artists during the more in common as “anam
evening’s activities.
cara” as the Irish say, or soul
The Manzanita Writer’s Se- mates.
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In 1989, they formed the
Center. Information on all its eclectic chamber jazz trio
programs can be found at www. Primal Mates in which they
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joined forces with guitarist
North Coast Squid
Release Event
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Celebrate the launch of the fourth issue
of the North Coast Squid literary journal
Saturday, April 18.
ly funded by a crowd-funding
campaign on Indiegogo. The
rest of the expenses were cov-
ered through in-kind donations
of design time and with Squid
sales.
The campaign-funding goal
was $3,000, and with support
from local fans as well as friends
and family of Squid volunteers,
submitters raised $3,600.
The release event will fea-
ture selected author readings
from the North Coast Squid,
as well as a gallery showing of
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of the group Oregon; per-
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and produced two recordings.
Along the way they formed to feature from their “mu-
the Chris Lee / Colleen sic in poetry” repertoire: the
O’Brien Group; raised a son; collaboration of Paul Bowles
spent a year in Alaska where and Tennesee Williams, zen/
the vibe, cello and voice duo beat poet Gary Snyder, and
was born; continued to tour American poet Robert Creely
and perform as a duo; record- whose poems have been set
ed projects of original music to music by jazz artist Steve
for quintet that featured Art Swallow.
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Chris Lee and Colleen O’Brien will perform as Primal Mates on April 17 at KALA.