Hispanic council celebrates
Dia de la Independencia
Saturday event offers variety of family
activities, entertainment, food, dancing
ASTORIA — Thanks to gen-
Dia de la
erous sponsorship from Wau-
na Credit Union, the Lower
Independencia
Columbia Hispanic Council
will be hosting its annual cel-
ebration of the Dia de la Inde-
pendencia (Independence Day
of Mexico and other Latin
American countries) and also
national Hispanic Heritage
month.
The event will take place
from 4 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday,
Sept 19 and continue from 9
p.m. to 1 a.m. for dancing at
the Astoria Event Center, at
255 Ninth St. This is an all-ag-
es indoor/outdoor event with
entertainment and activities
for the whole family. Admis-
sion is $5 for adults and free
for children.
Ninth Street between Com-
mercial Street and Marine
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and tents will be set up for
food vendors. Monte Alban,
El Tapatio, Plaza Jalisco and
the Lower Columbia Hispan-
ic Council will sell an assort-
4 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19
Dancing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Astoria Event Center
255 Ninth St., Astoria
$5 adults, free for children
All ages
ment of Mexican foods and
drinks. The Hispanic council
will sell margaritas and beer.
The event will feature mu-
sic by local DJ Sonidos Eres,
folk dancing presentations,
music stage performance, and
an interactive Zumba dance
lesson by Nayelli Dalida of the
Astoria Arts and Movement
Center. There will also be ac-
tivities for the whole family,
such as a photo booth, face
painting, and arts and crafts.
Proceeds from the event
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bia Hispanic Council Scholar-
ship Fund.
Two bands perform at Fort George
Rin Tin Tiger, Norman
Baker & the Backroads
to play alt-folk music
ASTORIA — Hear two bands
perform at the Fort George
Brewery at 8 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 20. The brewery is located
at 1483 Duane St., all ages are
welcome, and there is no cover
charge.
Rin Tin Tiger is an alter-
native folk rock trio from
San Francisco, California.
High-energy acoustic guitar
leads lyric-heavy songs about
life in contemporary society.
The sound is often described
as a blend between early Bob
Dylan, Violent Femmes and
Tupac.
The band has shared the
stage with Minus the Bear,
Young the Giant, Manchester
Orchestra, Max Bemis of Say
Anything, The Lumineers,
Fences, Los Amigos Invisibles,
Mike Coykendall, Ida, Hey
Marseilles, and many more
along the West Coast.
Norman Baker & the Back-
roads will also perform. Baker
spent his childhood wreaking
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Norman Baker & The Backroads will perform Sunday, Sept. 20 at the Fort George.
havoc, inventing comic charac-
ters, writing raps, and playing
8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20
sports in Kent, Washington.
Surrounded by a family of mu-
Fort George Brewery
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by his mother, father and un-
All ages
cle, as well as Patsy Cline, the
Free
Beatles, Bob Marley and Tom
Waits.
Since picking up the guitar been composing music and
and bass at the age of 12, he’s playing various instruments
in many bands throughout the
U.S., Chile and Nigeria.
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by Justin Townes Earle, George
Jones, The Band, Charley Pride,
Neil Young and Doc Watson,
and he continues impressing
new fans at places like Seattle’s
Folklife Festival, The Tractor
Tavern, Seattle Art Museum
and Columbia City Theater
with his band Norman Baker
& the Backroads. The group’s
second release, “Present Day,”
is due out later this winter.
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