Poet Jim Dott releases new chapbook
KALA hosts ‘Glossary of Memory’ launch, performance
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HiiH Lights Barn Studio holds May events
Attend an open house, meet artists, learn to make paper
ASTORIA — HiiH Lights
Barn Studio and Showroom
will host several events this
month open to the public.
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HiiH (pronounced “Hi Hi”)
Lights creates custom hand-
made paper lighting for res-
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and now reads regularly at the
Last Tuesday poetry mic at Port of
Call Bistro & Bar. His poems have
been in two previous chapbooks
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Lewis and Clark Road. For
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www. HiiHLights.com
The showroom will host
its Monthly Open Studio
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process of making hand-
made paper lights.
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Astoria poet Jim Dott is launching his new
poetry chapbook, “A Glossary of Memory.”
and in the literary collections of
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The North Coast Squid.
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nimble method of printing on
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is available at writingongrand@
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gmail.com
Meet jeweler Judith Altruda at HiiH Lights Barn Studio and Showroom May 15.
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host guest jeweler Judith
Altruda and wood artist Jef-
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You can sign up for a ba-
sic paper marking class at
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place from 3 to 5 p.m. Sat-
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will cover an overview of
the history of handmade
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and Western techniques. At-
tendees will learn the pro-
cess of beating paper pulp
with the Hollander beater;
to use the mold and deckle
to create sheets of paper;
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pect to make between three
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email light@hiihlights.com
ART CARDS,
ARTISAN CRAFTS,
GALLERY &
WORKING STUDIO
1133 COMMERCIAL ST. ASTORIA
503.468.0308
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Meet wood artist Jeffro Uitto, of Tokeland,
Washington, at HiiH Lights Barn Studio
and Showroom May 15.
If you a re lookin g for
som e thin g u n iqu e ,
visit the G old en W ha le
1 94 N . H em lock, Ca n n on Bea ch
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Sign up for a paper making class at HiiH
Lights Barn Studio and Showroom.