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This is your brain on Vortex IPA First Ales & Ideas focuses on neuroscience, art of alcohol ASTORIA — Clatsop Com- munity College and the Fort George Brewery announce the kick-off of the 2015-16 Thursday night Ales & Ideas community lectures at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1. The college’s Ales & Ideas lecture series has moved to the ¿UVW 7KXUVGD\ RI HDFK PRQWK for the season and begins with an apropos program entitled “This is Your Brain on Vortex: The Neuroscience (and Art) of Alcohol” presented by Port- land-based neuroscientist Bill Griesar, PhD., and artist Jeff Leake of NW Noggin, an art and neuroscience education and outreach network. Doors open with food and beverage service at 6 p.m. Seasonal beers on tap, food and other beverages are avail- able for purchase, but no pur- chase is required. The Fort George Lovell Showroom is located at 426 14th St. Minors are welcome. Humans have used intoxi- cants like alcohol and marijua- na for thousands of years, and modern humans are no differ- ent. The Northwest is home to a thriving beer, wine and spir- its industry that is growing on the North Coast. “This is Your Brain on Vortex” invites par- ticipants to enjoy (or abstain from) their favorite beer while Griesar and Leake discuss the neuroscience and art of alco- hol. Find out how alcohol af- fects the chemistry of the brain Submitted photo Jeff Leake will present with Bill Griesar about the neuroscience and art of alcohol at the Oct. 1 Ales & Ideas lecture. some well-known artists have approached (and sometimes Neuroscientist Bill Griesar will present the used) alcohol in the creation first Ales & Ideas lecture of the 2015-16 of their works of art. season Oct. 1. A graduate of OHSU’s Behavioral Neuroscience pro- and how it changes a person’s gram, Griesar teaches neuro- EHKDYLRU $OVR ¿QG RXW KRZ science at Portland State Uni- Submitted photo versity and Washington State University, Vancouver. Leake holds a Master of Fine Art from University of California, Davis and a Bachelor of Fine Art from the San Francisco Art Institute. Both currently co-teach an Art and the Brain course at WSU Vancouver and at PSU, providing reference to visual arts and visual phe- nomena in relation to neuro- science. They also founded the volunteer art and neuroscience outreach program, NW Nog- gin (nwnoggin.org) and rou- tinely bring college students and brains to K-12 classrooms in Portland and Vancouver public schools. dinin g out D IR EC T O R Y 503.325.7414 b a ked a k.co m #1 12th S treet, Asto ria , O R NO RTH COAST & PE NINSU L A 503.755.1818 www.camp18restaurant.com Favorite stop to & from the Coast Y OU R 3 8TH & L, ON THE S EAV IEW BEAC H APPROAC H 3 60-642-7880 W ILD M US HROOM DINNER 10/2 Patty’s Wicker Cafe S ILIE FAM OME! LC WE R ES TA U R A N T H ER E! on ly $15 per w eek! Call you r sales Rep today! Hungry Harbor GrillE 3 13 Pa c ific Hw y, Do w n to w n Lo n g Be a c h, W A 3 60-642-5555 w w w.hu n gryha rb o r.c o m 503.436.1539 www.cafesweetbasils.com Cannon Beach 503.738.6403 maggiesontheprom.com 581 S Prom, Seaside OR 1157 N. Marion Avenue Gearhart 503-717-8150 www.mcmenamins.com O n the B ea utiful N eca n icum R iver Breakfast & Lunch 600 Broadway Ste 7 & 8 -Seaside 503.717.1272 S he lb u rn e In n , Re s ta u ra n t & Pu b 4415 Pa c ific W a y, S e a vie w, W a 3 60-642-4150 w w w.s he lb u rn e re s ta u ra n t.c o m October 1, 2015 | coastweekend.com | 15
