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Faun Fables to play psychedelic folk at KALA Improv clarinet duo, local guitarist Eric Conly to open performance July 25 ASTORIA — KALA wel- comes to the stage dynam- ic performance group Faun Fables on Saturday, July 25. Hailing from the San Francis- co Bay area, Faun Fables is IURQWZRPDQ'DZQ0F&DUWK\ and partner Nils Frykdahl. On a national tour, Faun Fables will perform with their young daughters. KALA also announces a special opening act: Arrington 'H'LRQ\VR RQ EDVV FODULQHW DQG 3DXO +RVNLQ RQ WKH UDUH contra-bass clarinet in an im- provisational duet. Local vo- calist and guitarist Eric Conly will also perform. The opening acts begin at 8 p.m., with Faun )DEOHVRQDWSP'RRUVRSHQ at 7:30 p.m. for cocktails and light fare. Tickets are $12 at the door. The event is 21 and over only. Faun Fables come under the genre of the psychedelic folk/Renaissance resurgence. 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Hear them perform at KALA July 25. tal structures of guitars and percussion. All manner of ÀXWHV GDQFH WKURXJK WKH DU- rangements. Characters and narration arise at times, oc- casionally in the form of a IXOO WKHDWHU VKRZ OLNH ³7KH Transit Rider” (2002) which WRXUHGWKHVWDWHVLQ³%\ the Light of this Kitchen Ta- EOH´ DQG ³:KDWHYHU Happened to Limpy Glen?” (2010) were also written and directed by McCarthy at the ,G\OOZLOG $UWV $FDGHP\ DV M A R I JU A N A artist in residence, the latter rock musical a collaboration with Frykdahl. Frykdahl is a member and collaborator of numerous projects and bands, as is Mc- Carthy, who recorded a laud- ed cover album with Will Old- KDP%RQQLH3ULQFH%LOO\LQ tribute to the Everly Brothers, ³:KDW WKH %URWKHUV 6DQJ´ with Johnny Cash producer 'DYLG )HUJXVVRQ 0F&DUWK\ also worked with Oldham on WKH DOEXP ³7KH /HW- . . . I T ’S N O T JU S T FO R H I P P I E S A N Y M O R E! WLQJ*R´UHFRUGHGLQ,FHODQG with famed Bjork producer Valgeier Sigurdsson, and the VLPSOHGHPRWDSHV³:DL Notes.” McCarthy made her opera debut in 2012 as the Celtic ¿UH JRGGHVV %ULJLG LQ 0DUN Streshinsky and Clark Su- SU\QRZLF]¶V ¿UH RSHUD ³0D- chine” at The Crucible in Oakland, California. KALA is located at 1017 0DULQH'ULYH)RUPRUHLQIRU- mation, call 503-338-4878. Manzanita Film Series screens ‘Death on a Rock’ MANZANITA — The Hoffman Center for the Arts’ Manzani- ta Film Series will screen the DZDUGZLQQLQJ¿OP³'HDWK on a Rock” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 24. Admission will be $5. Written and directed by Scott %DOODUGWKH¿OPIROORZVD\RXQJ woman whose bright outlook — VKHORYHVKHUMRELQDÀRZHUVKRS and has a sweet budding rela- tionship with her boyfriend — is URFNHGE\LOOQHVV'D\VVSHQWLQ ORQJWHUP FDUH EULQJ UHÀHFWLRQ desperation and family tension. The woman’s year of hap- piness, pain and growth is VKRZQWKURXJKÀDVKEDFNVDQG drifts between memories and shifting consciousness. ³'HDWK RQ D 5RFN´ VWDUV .DW\%HFNHPH\HU'LFN\'DKO DQG 0LFKDHO 'UDSHU ,W ZDV ¿OPHG LQ 3RUWODQG DQG %HOO- ingham, Washington. Submitted photo Watch “Death on a Rock,” a film by Scott Ballard, Friday, July 24 at the Hoffman Center for the Arts. The feature lasts 82 min- utes, and refreshments will be available. 'LUHFWRU %DOODUG DOVR GLG ³$6WDQGLQJ6WLOO´ZKLFKZDV screened at the Hoffman Cen- ter in May 2015. 2 0 LANDSCAPE $ BARK (U-HAUL) per yard WARRENTON FIBER 8am-5pm 861-3305 Mon-Fri, 389 NW 13th St., Warrenton never thought we would see this in our lifetime! 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