coast October 15, 2015 weekend arts & entertainment 4 9 12 14 COASTAL LIFE Long Beach Grange Restored building and energetic leaders equals strong community PROFILE Building and rebuilding Commercial fisherman Rick Horne is one handy guy FEATURE Roll ’em! Astoria International Film Festival brings great films this weekend DINING Mouth of the Columbia Kabob House brings Persian charm and flavors to Long Beach STEPPING OUT........ .............................................................. 5, 6, 7 CROSSWORD........... ....................................................................17 CW MARKETPLACE........ ....................................................... 18, 19 GRAB BAG ....... ..........................................................................23 Find it all online and more! COASTWEEKEND.COM www.coastweekend.com features full calendar listings, keyword searches and easy sharing on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. coastweekend.com | facebook.com/coastweekend | twitter.com/coastweekend on the cover The 80-minute film “Voyagers Without Trace” invites viewers on a treasure hunt with filmmaker Ian Mc- Cluskey as he uncovers what happened to three French adventurers who became the first to kayak down the Green and Colorado rivers in 1938 but then disappeared into obscurity. For the film, McCluskey had to learn to kayak and take on the infamous whitewater of the Green and Colorado rivers in just a few short weeks. The film will be screened twice during the Astoria Interna- tional Film Festival. Submitted photo See story on Page 12 COAST WEEKEND EDITOR: REBECCA SEDLAK COAST WEEKEND PHOTOS: JOSHUA BESSEX ADVERTISING MANAGER: BETTY SMITH CONTRIBUTORS: CATE GABLE DWIGHT CASWELL MATT LOVE RYAN HUME To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2015 COAST WEEKEND Astoria Visual Arts holds annual meeting Public invited to come learn about AVA artistic projects ASTORIA — Astoria Visual Arts welcomes its members and the public to its annual membership meeting, sched- uled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Fort George Lovell Showroom, located at 426 14th St. During the meeting, AVA members will elect nominees to the AVA governing board. AVA was formed in 1989 DV D QRQSUR¿W F membership organization to enhance, strengthen and pro- mote the arts in the greater Astoria area. AVA seeks to support artists; encourage artistic opportunity and di- versity; and serve the Asto- ria area as an artistic hub of cooperation, education and information-sharing. AVA projects include: • AVA a-i-r: The AVA Art- ist-in-Residence program is designed to encourage the creative, intellectual and pro- fessional growth of emerging artists. Currently, two artists are able to work for three months in studios provided rent-free by AVA, along with support from the Astoria Coffeehouse & Bistro, Dots ‘N Doodles Art Supplies, Astoria Co-op Grocery, City Lumber and Fort George Brewery. ‡2%21$9$LVDI- ¿OLDWHG ZLWK WKH 2%21 6R- FLHW\DQGVHUYHVDVWKH¿VFDO VSRQVRU IRU 2%21 DQ $VWRULDEDVHG QRQSUR¿W -DS- anese-American art history project dedicated to the doc- umenting, exhibiting and re- turn of personal artifacts and memorabilia taken as battle- ¿HOG VRXYHQLUV GXULQJ:RUOG :DU ,, 7KH &ROXPELD 5LYHU Maritime Museum is part- QHULQJ ZLWK WKH QRQSUR¿W E\ hosting an exhibit with the FROOHFWHG ÀDJV 7KH H[KLELW “A Peaceful Return,” opened 6HSW DQG ZLOO UHPDLQ DW the museum for at least two years. • Luna Phaser: This pub- lic art installation project is a kinetic tidal-activated sculp- WXUH E\ DUWLVW -LP )LQN 7KH project is in its post-planning, pre-implementation phase. Annual meeting 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 Fort George Lovell Showroom 426 14th St., Astoria Free ‡ )RUW $VWRULD 3DUN ,Q $9$ FRRUGLQDWHG the renovation of the historic Fort Astoria Park, including landscaping, replacement Submitted photo of hand-carved fencing and commissioning of a mural Luna Phaser, an AVA public art installation GHSLFWLQJWKH¿UVWQRQQDWLYH project, is a kinetic tidal-activated sculp- ture by artist Jim Fink. settlement in the region. Coast Weekend welcomes comments and contributions from readers. New items for publication consideration must be submit- ted by 10 a.m. Tuesday, one week and two days before publication. To submit an item, contact Rebecca Sedlak Phone: 503.325.3211 Ext. 217 or 800.781.3211 Fax: 503.325.6573 E-mail: rsedlak@dailyastorian.com Address: P.O.Box 210 • 949 Exchange St. Astoria, OR 97103 Coast Weekend is published every Thursday by the EO Media Group, all rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced with- out consent of the publisher. Coast Weekend appears weekly in The Daily Astorian and the Chinook Observer. October 15, 2015 | coastweekend.com | 3