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Oregon Symphonic Band salutes veterans Palette Puddlers group makes a splash Enjoy season-opening concert in Clatskanie on Sunday at Stormy Weather art show and sale CLATSKANIE — The Oregon Symphonic Band will perform its fall 2015 season opening concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8 at Clatskanie High School, Donavon Wooley Performing Arts Center, located at 471 SW Bel Air Drive. This per- formance is made possible through the support of Mike Arthur Machine Services. Each selection in this “Sa- lute to Veterans” concert is dedicated to liberty and free- GRPUHÀHFWLQJRQHRIWKHFRQ- ÀLFWV LQ ZKLFK 86 VHUYLFH- men and women have taken part. Conductor Michael Burch-Pesses will open the concert with the exciting “Let Freedom Ring” by Marine Band Assistant Leader Lt. Ryan Nowlin and will follow with Charles Ives’ “Variations on America.” These two se- lections are based on the tune “My Country, Tis of Thee,” but the treatments are differ- ent. &KLHI:DUUDQW2I¿FHU5RE CANNON BEACH — The Pal- ette Puddlers’ annual Stormy Weather Arts Festival week- end art show and sale will be held at the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce, 207 N. Spruce St., Friday, Nov. 6 through Sunday, Nov. 8. Admission and refresh- ments are free. Artists will provide morning and after- noon demonstrations of their styles throughout the week- end. The Palette Puddlers are a group of professional women artists, many of whom have painted together for more than 12 years. The following members will be showing and selling original works of art in a variety of mediums: Louise Birkenfeld, Susan Bish, Betty Brower, Sheila Brown, Pa- tricia Button, Judith Fredrik- Submitted photo The Oregon Symphonic Band will perform Nov. 8 in Clatskanie. Nicholas of the U.S. Army Re- serve will guest conduct “The Blue and the Grey,” a med- ley of tunes popular during the American Civil War. Burch-Preses will resume the podium to lead “Concord,” which will take audiences back to the American Revolu- tion. 7KH¿UVWKDOIZLOOFRQFOXGH with the World War I tunes of George M. Cohan in “A Cohan Broadway Festival.” Included in the medley will be “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and “Yan- kee Doodle Dandy. After the intermission, hear “Black Granite,” written to honor the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. World War II will Ales & Ideas talks autism Julie Brown to discuss Thoreau’s ‘Walden’ ASTORIA —Clatsop Commu- nity College and Fort George Brewery announce the next Ales & Ideas community lecture. CCC English instructor Julie Brown will present “Thoreau’s ‘Walden’: A Self-Help Manual for Autism Spectrum Disorders” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov 5. Doors open at 6 p.m. Season- al beers on tap, food and other beverages are available for pur- chase. The Fort George Lovell Showroom is located at 426 14th St. Minors are welcome. Learning more about autism spectrum disorders makes it eas- ier to recognize, understand and accommodate different ways that “Aspie” brains work. Brown’s lecture will be of interest to teachers, social workers, literary scholars, education profession- als, health care professionals, File photo CCC English instructor Julie Brown will speak about autism at Ales & Ideas. criminal justice workers, people who work with the public, as well as people who either are on the spectrum or know someone 10 | November 5, 2015 | coastweekend.com be represented musically by selections from the popular Broadway show “South Pacif- ic” by Rodgers and Hammer- stein. The performance will close with the Armed Forces Medley arranged by Douglas Richard. Tickets will be available at the door: $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors ages 60 and older, and $6 for children. Band students are free. Tickets are available at Hump’s Restaurant in Clats- kanie, by calling Elsa at 503-728-3403 or at the box office at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 8. Find more information at www.OregonSymphonic- Band.com Submitted photo A watercolor by Ellen Zimet. son, Mary Ann Gantenbein, Jeannette Gran-Davis, Ireta Sitts Graube, Suzanne King, Jo Pomeroy-Crockett, Su- san Thomas and Ellen Zimet. There will be also be art repro- ductions, cards, small matted prints and gallery wraps for holiday shoppers, and a bar- gain bin with original unmat- ted, unframed works of art for $20 each. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and fro Submitted photo Marbeling and ZIA on yupo by Jo Pome- roy-Crockett. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. This year’s calendar contains art from 13 members and is avail- able at www.palettepuddlers. com. Zak Borden brings bluegrass to peninsula LONG BEACH, Wash. — The Pen- insula Arts Center will wel- come bluegrass musician Zak on the autism spectrum. Borden on Saturday, Nov. 7. Highlights of Brown’s talk Borden grew up in a family include autistic behaviors in of full-time artists, musicians Thoreau’s early life, Thoreau’s and writers. He put roots down different way of seeing and in many musical disciplines, thinking, interpreting the text of but in his late teens he fell in “Walden” as a self-help guide, love with bluegrass music. and the impact of environmental As it does for so many, the factors (including food, clothing fertile American hybrid intro- and shelter) for people on the duced him to a world of other spectrum. styles: from country soul to Brown holds a Bachelor of the lilting traditions of Ireland; Science from Oregon State Uni- from modern string band takes versity, a Master of Fine Arts in on Thelonious Monk to the creative writing from University syncopated rhythms of Brazil. of Montana, and a Ph.D. in En- As a performer and ed- glish from the University of Wis- XFDWRU KH FDPH WR ¿QG WKDW consin. Her published books in- passionate, well-played and clude “Writers on the Spectrum: interesting music is what he How Autism and Asperger’s Syn- really loves. He has collab- GURPH +DYH ,QÀXHQFHG /LWHUDU\ orated with Kathryn Claire, Writing”; “American Women rock veteran Casey Neill and Short Story Writers”; and “Eth- ÀXWHPDVWHU+DQ]$UDNL nicity and the American Short Borden is currently prepar- Story.” She presented a version of ing to record both the debut this Thoreau lecture as a keynote of his Brazilian choro project speaker for the July 2015 Creativ- “The Brazillionaires” and a ity and Madness Conference in collection of new songs. Santa Fe, New Mexico. On Saturday, Borden will Submitted photo Zak Borden will teach a songwriting work- shop and perform Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Peninsula Arts Center. teach a two-hour intensive songwriting workshop at 2 p.m. at the Peninsula Arts Cen- ter. No previous experience is necessary to participate. The workshop costs $20. “I will delve into a few key strategies that will help your lyrics and music really hook the listener and tell a capti- vating story,” Borden says. “We will play with some sim- ple and effective concepts in chord theory, perspective, un- even line length and breaking expectations to create a dy- namic arc and texture to your songs.” Then, at 7 p.m., Borden will perform a concert at the arts center. Joined by multi-in- strumentalist Jason Montgom- ery on stand-up bass, pedal steel and other instruments, Borden will nimbly pick his guitar and mandolin, singing a range from deep baritone to easy, clear high tenor. Admission to the concert is $12 at the door or online through www.brownpaper- tickets.com. Tickets are also available by calling Bill at 360-901-0962. The Peninsula Arts Center LV ORFDWHG DW 3DFL¿F$YH N. Wine, beer and other re- freshments will be available for purchase. 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