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CCC screens documentary about timebanking June 18 SEASIDE and ASTORIA — Clat- sop Community College will host This As That Productions and its partners Lower Colum- bia TimeBank and Portland Time Bank for a free com- munity screening of “Time as Money,” a new feature docu- PHQWDU\ ¿OP E\ /HQRUH DQG Mark Eklund that celebrates the power of community that is built through the compli- mentary currency of time- banking. “Time as Money” will be shown twice Thursday, June 7KH ¿UVW VKRZLQJ ZLOO EH at 2:30 p.m. at Clatsop Com- munity College’s South Coun- ty Campus, 1455 N. Roosevelt Drive in Seaside. The second showing will be on the Asto- ria campus in Columbia Hall, Room 219, 1651 Lexington Ave. at 6:30p.m. The screen- ing will be followed by a question-and-answer period with Eklund and board mem- bers from the Lower Columbia TimeBank. “Time as Money” is a documentary exploring time- banking, a service exchange Submitted photo Screen “Time As Money,” a documentary about timebanking, in Seaside or Astoria June 18. program that uses time as the currency. Timebanking began in the 1980s while civil rights lawyer and former speech writer for Robert Kennedy, Edgar Cahn, was lying in a hospital bed after a heart at- tack. This experience of feel- ing helpless, similar to the dis- enfranchised and unemployed, gave him the idea to create a new system of money as a tool to connect people and neigh- bors called time dollars. Time- EDQNHUV¿QGWKDWQRWRQO\GRHV this complimentary currency bring improvement to their lives, but it empowers them to create larger-scaled timebank projects, giving everyone in- volved ownership in the com- munity. 7KLV ¿OP ZDV PDGH SRV- sible with the support of the timebank community. The ¿OPZDVIXQGHGZLWKWLPHWKH currency of timebanking, with which production help were paid. No production quality was compromised. Instead, the abundance of the talent in the timebank community allowed This As That Productions to ¿QLVKWKLVIHDWXUHOHQJWKSURM- ect. Direct inquiries to Patricia Warren at 503-338-2306 or pwarren@clatsopcc.edu ‘Time as Money’ screening First screening 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 18 CCC South County Campus 503-338-2306 1455 N. Roosevelt Drive, Seaside Free Portland musician brings rock sounds Casey Neill to perform June 13 at Peninsula Arts Center LONG BEACH, Wash. — Ac- claimed singer-songwriter Casey Neill will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 13 at the Peninsula Arts Center. Neill has performed throughout the world on stag- es such as New York’s Town Hall, San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, and Glasgow’s Old Fruitmarket. He has played as a member of the Minus Five as well as shar- ing stages with Jello Biafra, Pete Seeger, Sunny Day Real Estate, Camper Van Beetho- ven and countless more. Irish supergroup Solas re- corded Neill’s original song “Lowground” on their albums “Waiting for an Echo” and “Reunion.” In 1997, Neill inked a three-record deal with the folk label Appleseed and was featured on their tribute to Pete Seeger along with Bruce Springsteen, Billy Bragg and Bonnie Raitt. A compilation of his material entitled “Memory Against Forgetting” was re- leased by Amy Ray’s Daemon imprint in 2005. Following a few years of residence in New York City, Neill moved back to Portland The Coaster Theatre Playhouse Presents It Could Be Any One Of Us JUNE 12 - SEPTEMBER 5, 2015 All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $15 or $20 Sponsored by The Ocean Lodge, Inn at Cannon Beach, Lodges at Cannon Beach, Probuild/Milgard, Leland E.G. Larson and U.S. Bank 108 N Hemlock Street, Cannon Beach, OR 8 | June 11, 2015 | coastweekend.com JUNE 19 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2015 All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $18 or $23 Sponsored by The Ocean Lodge, Inn at Cannon Beach, Lodges at Cannon Beach, Candi & Jon Holzgrafe and Dennis’ 7 Dees Tickets: 503-436-1242 or coastertheatre.com Submitted photo Singer-songwriter Casey Neill will perform June 13 at the Peninsula Arts Center. and its thriving music commu- nity. The Norway Rats formed in 2007 to tour behind his album “Brooklyn Bridge” (In Music We Trust label), followed by the acclaimed “Goodbye to the Rank and File.” In 2011, Neill was hired by New York’s Mabou Mines Theater Company to perform and compose for their new work “Landscapes” at PS122. The Peninsula Arts Center LV ORFDWHG DW 3DFL¿F$YH N. Tickets are $12 at the door. For reservations, call 360-901- 0962. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Wine, beer, and other refresh- ments are available for pur- chase. &RQFHUWV EHQH¿W WKH /RQJ Beach Peninsula Acoustic Music Foundation, a 501(c)3 QRQSUR¿W FKDULWDEOH RUJDQL]D- tion. Casey Neill 7 p.m. Saturday, June 13 Peninsula Arts Center 504 Pacific Ave. N., Long Beach, Wash. 360-901-0962 $12